March 21, 2014

WH Sources: Putin May Order Troops to Seize More of Ukraine, Possibly as Soon as This Weekend
— Ace

Jake Tapper reporting; the "as soon as this weekend" is reported in the video at the top of the page.

Russia has formally accepted Crimea's request to join the Russian state. (Ahem.) They have troops on the Ukrainian border -- for purposes of "training exercises" -- and are furthermore infiltrating Spetsnaz commandos over the border in order to begin operations.


U.S. officials believe [that] Russia is invading Ukraine with its Spetsnaz—the special operations units and battalions attached to both the military and the country’s intelligence agencies.

An American intelligence report predicted that Russian provocateurs would look to instigate low-level street brawls or “skirmishes” in eastern and southern Ukraine.
U.S. intelligence officials now say Russia’s Spetsnaz are expanding into eastern and southern Ukraine, as well. The intelligence report from February assessed that Russian provocateurs would look to instigate low-level street brawls or “skirmishes” in eastern and southern Ukraine. The report also predicted that Russia’s shadow warriors would seek to pay off Ukrainians to attend pro-Russian rallies and in general fan the flames of separatism. And since then, eyewitnesses say, that’s exactly what’s happened.

...

Schindler said the GRU Spetznas were following a similar playbook of provocations or “active measures” taken in the Republic of Georgia following the country’s 2005 Rose Revolution. “This sort of Spetznas special operations, intel-driven exercise is the continuing Russian refinement of the same model used in Georgia,” he said.

Russia is reported to have troops along the entirety of the Ukrainian frontier, at least double the number they previously said would be taking part in this snap "training exercise."

Pro-Russian "crowds" meanwhile seized two Ukrainian warships in Crimea yesterday.

Posted by: Ace at 03:35 PM | Comments (530)
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1 Can I join the Russian state, too?

Posted by: Booji Boy at March 21, 2014 03:37 PM (XeVA7)

2 Check out these sweet March Madness picks guys.

Posted by: Gaff at March 21, 2014 03:39 PM (iV8i3)

3 This Obama kid, now he's showing me something.

Posted by: Jimmy Carter at March 21, 2014 03:39 PM (UHqtd)

4 In Russia, Spetsnaz infiltrate you!


Posted by: EC at March 21, 2014 03:39 PM (doBIb)

5 we need to send Shawn Penn STAT!

Posted by: Guido 'trigger happy' at March 21, 2014 03:40 PM (15qFH)

6 Spetznaz shmetznaz, who does Barry have in the Sweet Sixteen?

Posted by: your betters in the media at March 21, 2014 03:40 PM (bAGA/)

7 Letting them have the Sudetenland may have been a mistake.

Posted by: Boss Moss at March 21, 2014 03:41 PM (bitz6)

8 Did y'all hear? Picked UCONN to win it all in my Women's bracket. Took me four or five days to finally make that call...

Posted by: Barack Hussein Obama at March 21, 2014 03:41 PM (yagOO)

9 Not even psychics saw this coming.

Posted by: The CIA at March 21, 2014 03:41 PM (slXFW)

10 The intelligence report from February assessed that Russian provocateurs would look to instigate low-level street brawls or “skirmishes”


Where have we seen this before?

Hmmm....

Posted by: EC at March 21, 2014 03:41 PM (doBIb)

11 You know there's that running gag here... only Crimea--oops! we're all in!

Posted by: tasker at March 21, 2014 03:42 PM (RJMhd)

12 This interesting times shit sucks.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at March 21, 2014 03:42 PM (Gk3SS)

13 ....no wait who's that cool ex-basketball player with the piercings? he's on fire. With Shawn Penn. Dream Team.

Posted by: Guido 'trigger happy' at March 21, 2014 03:42 PM (15qFH)

14 How does this impending invasion affect my brackets now that Duke lost? Asks the US Commander in Chief

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 21, 2014 03:42 PM (HVff2)

15 Vlad knows that Barry will be busy golfing this weekend. And watching TV.

Posted by: wth at March 21, 2014 03:42 PM (wAQA5)

16 I predicted this.  It is such a burden to know things like this before they happen.  Woe is me.

Posted by: Carrie's relative from the previous thread at March 21, 2014 03:43 PM (LI48c)

17 Oh, and before I forget:


NC State = GOP


That was fucking facepalming last night.  Ugh!

Posted by: EC at March 21, 2014 03:43 PM (doBIb)

18 Wouldn't it be nice if our Govt. actually stopped the bad guys plots from the latest Clancy novel.

Posted by: DaveA[/i][/b][/s] at March 21, 2014 03:43 PM (DL2i+)

19 Good Lord, protect us from this man (Obama, not Putin).

Posted by: pj at March 21, 2014 03:43 PM (ZWaLo)

20 I wonder what Terminus is? I'm guessing a total shithole overrun by zombies and rapists.

Posted by: Dr Spank at March 21, 2014 03:43 PM (slXFW)

21 9 Not even psychics saw this coming.
Posted by: The CIA at March 21, 2014 07:41 PM (slXFW)
I told you but you wouldn't believe me.

Posted by: Cassandra at March 21, 2014 03:43 PM (XeVA7)

22 First they came for the unicorns.

Posted by: Boss Moss at March 21, 2014 03:44 PM (bitz6)

23 How many russians are living in the Ukraine and Crimea? They should have kicked them all out after communism fell though that might have caused a war. I got lost outside of Berlin in the early 90s and I was shocked to see how many russians were still around. A few I talked to and the cemeteries were all russians that lived in the GDR.

Posted by: Pug Train at March 21, 2014 03:44 PM (r7mtu)

24 DO NOT CROSS THIS LINE. uhhh please. Ok well don't cross this line or this line, definitely not this line....oh come ooooon.....

Posted by: Guido 'trigger happy' at March 21, 2014 03:44 PM (15qFH)

25 I am just surprised Putin didn't roll the tanks when Barry was meeting with the Ukraine interim prime minister.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at March 21, 2014 03:44 PM (5REbo)

26 20 I wonder what Terminus is? I'm guessing a total shithole overrun by zombies and rapists. Posted by: Dr Spank at March 21, 2014 07:43 PM (slXFW) ******** It's a trap. Instead of foraging around--lead people to you with their stuff. Take their stuff.

Posted by: tasker at March 21, 2014 03:44 PM (RJMhd)

27 nature abhors a power vacuum

Posted by: thunderb at March 21, 2014 03:44 PM (zOTsN)

28 Gee Wiz Kids

Lets invade Mehico...

Posted by: Colonel Mickey at March 21, 2014 03:44 PM (Ypcwm)

29 Hey Vlad, tell the Chinese to grab Big Mooch while you're at it.

Posted by: wth at March 21, 2014 03:45 PM (wAQA5)

30 So we go from 'that will never happen,' to 'we were right that the Russians might try a low level infiltration of Crimea followed by an invasion of troops.' Either I have a reading comprehension problem or Susan Rice does.

Posted by: MJ at March 21, 2014 03:45 PM (oari7)

31 Hey ace, thought you would like to know the morons are pumping you up on the WaPo's comment section on the Koch story. Hope you get some traffic out of it.

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 21, 2014 03:45 PM (0FSuD)

32 I saw an issue of Shaved Spestnaz once, it was in the john at my mechanics shop. Not quite as classy as Oui.

Posted by: garrett at March 21, 2014 03:45 PM (UHqtd)

33 Young man, I'm giving you until Monday to straighten up, or else!

--John Kerry, really bad parent, obscenely bad diplomat

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at March 21, 2014 03:45 PM (P7Wsr)

34 The bear is acting bearishly? Say it ain't so!

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 21, 2014 03:45 PM (OREF1)

35 I think Putin wants the entire coast, including Odessa. That would let him connect with Transnistria, the Moldovan breakway Russian bit. Would also landlock, and royally fuck, Ukraine. Ukraine might be forced to fight to save Odessa.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 21, 2014 03:45 PM (ZPrif)

36 27 nature abhors a power vacuum Posted by: thunderb at March 21, 2014 07:44 PM (zOTsN) THIS.

Posted by: Guido 'trigger happy' at March 21, 2014 03:46 PM (15qFH)

37 32 I saw an issue of Shaved Spestnaz once, it was in the john at my mechanics shop. Not quite as classy as Oui. Posted by: garrett at March 21, 2014 07:45 PM (UHqtd) *********** You own a Volvo!

Posted by: Cleo the Car Jack at March 21, 2014 03:46 PM (RJMhd)

38 Remember the Code Pink types who acted as human shields in Iraq? Where are they now? Not in Ukraine, that's for sure.

Posted by: WalrusRex at March 21, 2014 03:46 PM (Mogjf)

39 If anyone knows what Russia is going to do in Ukraine, it would definitely be the White House.

Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at March 21, 2014 03:47 PM (+lsX1)

40 29 Hey Vlad, tell the Chinese to grab Big Mooch while you're at it. Posted by: wth at March 21, 2014 07:45 PM (wAQA5) Plus the brats & her leach of a mom

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 21, 2014 03:47 PM (HVff2)

41 Biden's speechifying really worked

Posted by: thunderb at March 21, 2014 03:47 PM (zOTsN)

42 This weekend being now.


And now - which nation will start using Barack as a tetherball?


(As Insty said - A second Carter Administration was the best case scenario.)

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Perfidy and Accusations at the Outrage Outlet! at March 21, 2014 03:47 PM (gmoEG)

43 31 Hey ace, thought you would like to know the morons are pumping you up on the WaPo's comment section on the Koch story. Hope you get some traffic out of it. Posted by: Nip Sip



He'd get more traffic with a Walking Dead thread, but ace isn't about money, or traffic, he's about integrity and living on the street like an animal.

Posted by: Dr Spank at March 21, 2014 03:48 PM (slXFW)

44 Which YouTube Video caused Putin to invade the Ukraine?

Posted by: Boss Moss at March 21, 2014 03:48 PM (bitz6)

45 Remember the Code Pink types who acted as human shields in Iraq? Where are they now? Not in Ukraine, that's for sure.

Posted by: WalrusRex at March 21, 2014 07:46 PM (Mogjf)




Too bad about that, I have a friend that is there right now (she's originally from there) and I'd rather have the code pinkos there instead.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 21, 2014 03:48 PM (OREF1)

46 This will all be "Mostly Peaceful".

Posted by: The Sh*t Stirring Spoon at March 21, 2014 03:48 PM (lq3Ak)

47 NC State = GOP That was fucking facepalming last night. Ugh! Posted by: EC at March 21, 2014 07:43 PM (doBIb) FREE THROWS! FUCKING MAKE THEM! They looked like they had just smoked a big joint. Duke sucked too. God I hope UNC doesn't win. We'll never hear the end of it.

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 21, 2014 03:48 PM (0FSuD)

48 it would not surprise me if the JEF had already privately agreed to this in his phone call with Putin

Posted by: thunderb at March 21, 2014 03:48 PM (zOTsN)

49 20 I wonder what Terminus is? I'm guessing a total shithole overrun by zombies and rapists. Posted by: Dr Spank at March 21, 2014 07:43 PM (slXFW) It's Detroit?

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 21, 2014 03:48 PM (oFCZn)

50 38 Remember the Code Pink types who acted as human shields in Iraq? Where are they now? Not in Ukraine, that's for sure. Posted by: WalrusRex at March 21, 2014 07:46 PM (Mogjf) Showing their vajayjays on that 'show me your vajayjay site' because wormers rights and feminism.

Posted by: Guido 'trigger happy' at March 21, 2014 03:49 PM (15qFH)

51 Fulda, baby, Fulda. We'll be there again in 5 years, good thing we have to re-purchase everything. Damn shame we couldn't have stayed, but who's ever going to need those bases, right? It's all Peace-y in Eastern Europe and shit....

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 21, 2014 03:49 PM (ZshNr)

52 Fulda, baby, Fulda. We'll be there again in 5 years, good thing we have to re-purchase everything. Damn shame we couldn't have stayed, but who's ever going to need those bases, right? It's all Peace-y in Eastern Europe and shit....

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 21, 2014 03:49 PM (ZshNr)

53 Greater flexibility?

Posted by: Boss Moss at March 21, 2014 03:49 PM (bitz6)

54 More sanctions. This time Barry is only going to let Putin put the tip in ... for a minute.

Posted by: Aviator at March 21, 2014 03:49 PM (3rrMW)

55 Yahoo tells me that Obama's magic pen solved this whole thing already.

Posted by: Lauren at March 21, 2014 03:49 PM (hFL/3)

56 Give Putin an inch and he'll take an entire country. Give him a country and there's no telling where he'll stop.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 21, 2014 03:49 PM (IoH+Y)

57

>28

But then we'd have to give them all free healthcare and cell phones.

Posted by: wth at March 21, 2014 03:49 PM (wAQA5)

58 He'd get more traffic with a Walking Dead thread, but ace isn't about money, or traffic, he's about integrity and living on the street like an animal. Posted by: Dr Spank at March 21, 2014 07:48 PM (slXFW) & hitting physco babes who show up on tv.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 21, 2014 03:50 PM (HVff2)

59 women's rights NOT wormers rights...but they should have rights too. go wormers.

Posted by: Guido 'trigger happy' at March 21, 2014 03:50 PM (15qFH)

60 Here's a Friday weasel.

http://cheezburger.com/8105871360

They look cute but they'll eat every squirrel in the neighborhood.

Posted by: DaveA[/i][/b][/s] at March 21, 2014 03:50 PM (DL2i+)

61

12 This interesting times shit sucks.

 

Yeah it does, Atc.

 

And we're getting the Full Chinese Curse.

 

1) May you live in interesting times. ...[check]

 

2) May the authorities become aware of you. ...[check]

 

3) May you get what you desire. ....[wait, what? I didn't desire this! Those other fuckers did.]

Posted by: wheatie at March 21, 2014 03:50 PM (5jdPE)

62 those Russians in crimea and sympathisizing with Russia just dreamers

Posted by: thunderb at March 21, 2014 03:50 PM (zOTsN)

63 Same kind of thing the USSR did all over the world with their "spontaneous" popular "liberation" movements. Except it's a lot easier just next door with a big Russian minority living there.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 21, 2014 03:50 PM (dfYL9)

64 My prediction? Russia takes everything east of the Dniester. Invasion will involve attacks from Belarus. After that, there will be a declaration of independence from a ethnically Russian majority area in Estonia, and it will be "liberated" like the Crimea. NATO will not interfere because they will defacto recognize the "declaration of independence" and thus it isn't a NATO concern. Lather, rinse, and repeat for Latvia and Lithiuania.

Posted by: The Political Hat at March 21, 2014 03:50 PM (CTCNK)

65 CLIMATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: John Kerry, Reporting for Duty! at March 21, 2014 03:50 PM (ZWaLo)

66 In many ways, Obama's bracket picks are like the story of Ukraine.

Posted by: Fritz at March 21, 2014 03:50 PM (PnMCP)

67 nature abhors a power vacuum

Posted by: thunderb

How much does Nature have to pay the whore for that?

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i][/b] at March 21, 2014 03:51 PM (twp4I)

68 Isn't there like one episode left? So nothing will get resolved this 2nd half of the season like whether everyone teams back up. Or if Daryl commits a statutory cime

Posted by: Dr Spank at March 21, 2014 03:51 PM (slXFW)

69 I respect Ukraine's right to rejoin the Soviet... err... Russia.

Posted by: Ron Paul at March 21, 2014 03:51 PM (fP31B)

70 They look cute but they'll eat every squirrel in the neighborhood. Posted by: DaveA at March 21, 2014 07:50 PM (DL2i+) and your point is?

Posted by: Guido 'trigger happy' at March 21, 2014 03:51 PM (15qFH)

71

Did you really think Putin was going to stop at just the Crimea. 

 

He needs a land bridge to Crimea too.  Ukraine will be lucky if he stops at the Dneiper. 

Posted by: rd at March 21, 2014 03:51 PM (D+lxs)

72 Remember the Code Pink types who acted as human shields in Iraq? Where are they now? Not in Ukraine, that's for sure.

Posted by: WalrusRex at March 21, 2014 07:46 PM (Mogjf)



Now don't be silly!  Being a human shield is part of moral posturing, actually getting in front of someone who will enjoy killing you is not part of the plan!  I mean, how can you preen if you've been shot to death?

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Perfidy and Accusations at the Outrage Outlet! at March 21, 2014 03:52 PM (gmoEG)

73 Has anyone told TFG yet? Perhaps now was not the best time to let your entire family go visit an ally of Putin!

Of course, if the ChiComs kidnapped her, Ben Rhodes would finally have a plot for his failed novel.

Posted by: PJ at March 21, 2014 03:52 PM (ZWaLo)

74 when is Putin taking Brighton Beach?

Posted by: thunderb at March 21, 2014 03:52 PM (zOTsN)

75 Next up the Urals.

Posted by: Boss Moss at March 21, 2014 03:52 PM (bitz6)

76 Plus the brats & her leach of a mom

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 21, 2014 07:47 PM (HVff2)

.....

.Let's not get greedy, might scare 'em off.

Posted by: wth at March 21, 2014 03:53 PM (wAQA5)

77 Ok really, what the fucks the matter with me? I have tons of work to do and here I am posting inane comments on this site. Is there a 12 step program for this? oh, and its not the first time.

Posted by: Guido 'trigger happy' at March 21, 2014 03:54 PM (15qFH)

78 Latvia, clear your dance card

Posted by: thunderb at March 21, 2014 03:54 PM (zOTsN)

79 Next up the Urals.

Posted by: Boss Moss

Azerbaijan. Pipelines.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i][/b] at March 21, 2014 03:54 PM (twp4I)

80 So Carrie's relative is either suffering from Munchausen Syndrome, a tumor,  brooding teenager syndrome, or genuinely has psychic powers.

I'm going with 1 and 3.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at March 21, 2014 03:54 PM (P7Wsr)

81 I can haz Ukraine?

Posted by: LoLPutin [/i][/s][/u][/b] at March 21, 2014 03:54 PM (yz6yg)

82 I actually don't think Putin will make a move on the Baltics, that would really suck.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 21, 2014 03:54 PM (ZPrif)

83 75 Next up the Urals.
Posted by: Boss Moss at March 21, 2014 07:52 PM (bitz6)
Sounds painful.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 21, 2014 03:54 PM (XeVA7)

84 Who ever thought weakness would lead to aggression? Such a fucking new development. Almost like all the shitbag isolationists are completely ignorant of history.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 21, 2014 03:54 PM (ZshNr)

85 dude that is so 19th century totes uncool

Posted by: thunderb at March 21, 2014 03:55 PM (zOTsN)

86 Putin might as well just take the whole Ukraine and Moldova. Nothing to lose with Bambi in the WH.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 21, 2014 03:55 PM (dfYL9)

87 >>>Or if Daryl commits a statutory cime

Posted by: Dr Spank at March 21, 2014 07:51 PM (slXFW)<<<


Beth is 18 in this season. It's all good with me. Now, somebody get me a drink.

Posted by: Zombie Hershel's head at March 21, 2014 03:55 PM (9duOQ)

88 Sounds painful. Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 21, 2014 07:54 PM (XeVA7) Damn. beat me to it.

Posted by: Guido 'trigger happy' at March 21, 2014 03:55 PM (15qFH)

89

73 Has anyone told TFG yet? Perhaps now was not the best time to let your entire family go visit an ally of Putin!

 

Of course, if the ChiComs kidnapped her...

 

 

Don't tease us.

 

Posted by: wheatie at March 21, 2014 03:56 PM (5jdPE)

90 We won't try to stop Putin because he'll soon see the error of his ways and withdraw back to Russia's traditional borders.  When he does, we'll make sure he knows that there are no hard feelings.

Posted by: Barky O'Genius at March 21, 2014 03:56 PM (8ZskC)

91 Daryl's hairdo is a crime already...

Posted by: tasker at March 21, 2014 03:56 PM (RJMhd)

92 East Crimea lost? You mean to tell me that East Crimea lost? That can't be right. East Crimea lost? How did they lose to Brazil Polytechnic?

Posted by: CNN Host at March 21, 2014 03:56 PM (oari7)

93 we have already agreed to this

Posted by: thunderb at March 21, 2014 03:57 PM (zOTsN)

94

I'm very worried about the Baltic States and Poland. 


Our true allies in Eastern Europe are royally screwed.


F*** Oblabla Shitstain, his Secretariat of State, and his worthless Sec of Def. 

Posted by: Marybeth at March 21, 2014 03:57 PM (zFUKI)

95 In Roman religion, Terminus was the god who protected boundary markers; his name was the Latin word for such a marker. Sacrifices were performed to sanctify each boundary stone, and landowners celebrated a festival called the "Terminalia" in Terminus' honor each year on February 23

Posted by: Dr Spank at March 21, 2014 03:57 PM (slXFW)

96 If Putin lobbed a fucking Tsar Bomba into Texas, that Jug Eared Fuck would simply make sure his golf game wasn't downwind of the fallout. Fuck "Manchurian Candidate." We have a Marxist President.

Posted by: grognard at March 21, 2014 03:57 PM (S2juK)

97 92 East Crimea lost? You mean to tell me that East Crimea lost? That can't be right. East Crimea lost? How did they lose to Brazil Polytechnic? Posted by: CNN Host at March 21, 2014 07:56 PM (oari7) This is why I come here to get the breaking sports news.

Posted by: Guido 'trigger happy' at March 21, 2014 03:58 PM (15qFH)

98 84 Who ever thought weakness would lead to aggression? Such a fucking new development. Almost like all the shitbag isolationists are completely ignorant of history. Posted by: Lincolntf at March 21, 2014 07:54 PM (ZshNr) Obviously you didn't catch the TFG yesterday. What Putin did was a move of weakness

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 21, 2014 03:58 PM (HVff2)

99 Georgia is next, to be followed by Alabama.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 21, 2014 03:58 PM (8ZskC)

100 Who ever thought weakness would lead to aggression? Such a fucking new development. Almost like all the shitbag isolationists are completely ignorant of history.


But my professors told me bad things only happened because of American agreshuuuuuun.

Posted by: College Student[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at March 21, 2014 03:58 PM (P7Wsr)

101 That was from Wiki.

Posted by: Dr Spank at March 21, 2014 03:58 PM (slXFW)

102 Comrade Putin, Help! I would like Kentucky to be free. Please send arms or female divisions. Will supply Pappy Van Winkles bourbon for life.* *Offer valid only in Kentucky. If I am going to be force to live in a dictatorship and I cannot be the Dictator, then I'm gonna choose the Dictator I want.

Posted by: Hanoverfist at March 21, 2014 03:58 PM (ecN6u)

103 1 for AtC
http://cheezburger.com/8102802176

Posted by: DaveA[/i][/b][/s] at March 21, 2014 03:58 PM (DL2i+)

104 wait just one second. Vladimir (com)Putin', like in (com)Puter He's a cyborg or sumfin'

Posted by: seamrog at March 21, 2014 03:58 PM (Mtyf9)

105 Ein Reich, Ein Volk, Ein Putin.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 21, 2014 03:59 PM (8ZskC)

106 Thanks to The One, NATO will be gone by the end of this year... for who wants to fight and die for the Baltic states? *chirp-chirp*

Posted by: GuyfromNH at March 21, 2014 03:59 PM (kbOju)

107 When German, French, Belgian, Dutch, Austrian, British, Italian, Greek, and sundry other Panzers start rolling east, I'll start caring a bit.

Until then not so much.

Not one drop of American blood to defend those who won't defend themselves.

Posted by: GMB (et al) at March 21, 2014 03:59 PM (nkPV9)

108

>77

I only come here while at work, makes it a hell of a lot more fun.

Posted by: wth at March 21, 2014 03:59 PM (wAQA5)

109 First the Weasels came for the Squirrels, and I said nothing because I wasn't a Squirrel.

Posted by: garrett at March 21, 2014 03:59 PM (ALzH8)

110 The actress that plays Beth is 28 years old.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 21, 2014 03:59 PM (oFCZn)

111 Are all NATO countries, EU countries?

Posted by: CNN Host at March 21, 2014 03:59 PM (oari7)

112 The good news and the bad news.....

California is next. 

Ooops..... now I got so excited that I can't remember the bad news. 

Posted by: Anchovy at March 21, 2014 04:00 PM (MNxW+)

113 hoo boy Carrie let some more crazy fly.

Posted by: buzzion at March 21, 2014 04:00 PM (LI48c)

114

At this point...Putin could take Alaska, and Barky would do nothing.

 

Barky would make a speech and say that Putin was doing us a favor, taking those snowbillies and icky Oil deposits off our hands.

Posted by: wheatie at March 21, 2014 04:00 PM (5jdPE)

115 With one episode left what can possibly happen with the "cure" people?

Posted by: Dr Spank at March 21, 2014 04:00 PM (slXFW)

116 82 I actually don't think Putin will make a move on the Baltics, that would really suck. Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 21, 2014 07:54 PM (ZPrif) -------------------- Too risky, I think. OTOH, it would be tempting to try something like that right now while Bambi is POTUS. Tempting --- but perhaps too risky to poke Germany.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 21, 2014 04:00 PM (dfYL9)

117 If I'm living east of Poland and I'm not Russian, I ain't sleeping too good these days.

Posted by: tu3031 at March 21, 2014 04:00 PM (yagOO)

118 >>>Lather, rinse, and repeat for Latvia and Lithiuania. My family fled Lithuania and Poland to get away from the Soviets once already. Except my uncle. He stayed. Now there's a statue to him.

Posted by: DC in Towson at March 21, 2014 04:01 PM (6NGyP)

119 112 The good news and the bad news..... California is next. Ooops..... now I got so excited that I can't remember the bad news. Posted by: Anchovy at March 21, 2014 08:00 PM (MNxW+) I hope Alaska has nucs.

Posted by: Guido 'trigger happy' at March 21, 2014 04:01 PM (15qFH)

120 This Russian stuff is just a big fat distraction from our primary task of forcing a palestinian peace deal on those pesky Joooos.

Posted by: John Francois Kerry, Worthy Successor to Hillary! Clinton at March 21, 2014 04:01 PM (8ZskC)

121 They look cute but they'll eat every squirrel in the neighborhood.

Posted by: DaveA at March 21, 2014 07:50 PM (DL2i+)


and your point is?

I mean EVERY squirrel, you'll be tripping over nuts in a boringly quite area for years.

Posted by: DaveA[/i][/b][/s] at March 21, 2014 04:02 PM (DL2i+)

122 I saw Meryl on From Dusk to Dawn. Didn't recognize him except by voice.

Posted by: Pug Train at March 21, 2014 04:03 PM (r7mtu)

123 Except my uncle. He stayed. Now there's a statue to him. I will add this statue to my collection.

Posted by: Vlad Putin at March 21, 2014 04:03 PM (ALzH8)

124 I told you the Ukraine was weak.

Posted by: Kramer at March 21, 2014 04:04 PM (ALzH8)

125 Peace In Our Time!

Posted by: Neville Chamberlain at March 21, 2014 04:04 PM (D+lxs)

126
If I'm living east of Poland and I'm not Russian, I ain't sleeping too good these days.

You can rest easy knowing that VP Joe "The Joke" Biden will immediately threaten Russia with a deadline, should they invade any other countries.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at March 21, 2014 04:04 PM (0IhFx)

127 I hope Alaska has nucs.

Posted by: Guido

Nan Nuc? I think he's in Quebec.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i][/b] at March 21, 2014 04:05 PM (twp4I)

128

Is this over the objection or in light of the acquiescence of SCOAMF??

 

That is the question.

Posted by: prescient11 at March 21, 2014 04:05 PM (tVTLU)

129 I mean EVERY squirrel, you'll be tripping over nuts in a boringly quite area for years. Posted by: DaveA at March 21, 2014 08:02 PM (DL2i+) lol actually I like squirrels. My wife's family in MN not so much. But weasels would probably worse. And by the way it won't be the first time I've tripped over my nuts. Mrs. G reminds me.

Posted by: Guido 'trigger happy' at March 21, 2014 04:05 PM (15qFH)

130 I would say i can't believe this shit.
but unfortunately i can ,
Now.

Posted by: willow at March 21, 2014 04:05 PM (nqBYe)

131

Why is Bush bombing Ukrayne again? 

Posted by: Low Information Voter at March 21, 2014 04:06 PM (pmsMR)

132 I'm sending Special Envoy Denis Rodman to negotiate.

Posted by: Barry the Pea Smacker at March 21, 2014 04:06 PM (KQp38)

133 Nanook Rubs It https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhHCcUnm4SI

Posted by: garrett at March 21, 2014 04:06 PM (ALzH8)

134 Freeze Yakov Smirnov's bank accounts! That'll show them we mean business.

Posted by: RWC at March 21, 2014 04:06 PM (QeH9j)

135 Since the Dead talk is done I'm heading home. And according to my psychic, no one will murder on the way, so I got that going for me.

Posted by: Dr Spank at March 21, 2014 04:06 PM (slXFW)

136 Hopefully he'll settle for the dependent customer, "friendly govt", satrapy, Russia layered look.  Or when the casualties start to accumulate.

Posted by: DaveA[/i][/b][/s] at March 21, 2014 04:07 PM (DL2i+)

137 Posted by: tu3031

ugh, who knew things would look this shitty  so quickly

Posted by: willow at March 21, 2014 04:07 PM (nqBYe)

138 53 Greater flexibility? Posted by: Boss Moss at March 21, 2014 07:49 PM (bitz6) I like it, now bend over. I am putting the second six inches in.

Posted by: Vladimir Putin at March 21, 2014 04:08 PM (0FSuD)

139 Why is Bush bombing Ukrayne again?

Posted by: Low Information Voter

I believe the standard LIV line now is "But Bush would have been worse, next time I'm voting for Hillary!"

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at March 21, 2014 04:08 PM (P7Wsr)

140
Dear Mr. Tapper,


In answer to your question about facilities, my footman is in charge of my personal lavatory, and the cleaning boy dutifully wipes the portable after every use.  Mother and the girls also have their separate lavs, and this small gesture prevents our royal hynies from touching icky lids.


Best Wishes,


Michelle Obama the Magnificent

Posted by: Michelle Obama at March 21, 2014 04:08 PM (nQjHM)

141 "Where have we seen this before?

Hmmm...."

Chicago, 1968?

Posted by: Baron Von Ottomatic at March 21, 2014 04:09 PM (kUgpq)

142 JT Marlin upgrades Eastern Concrete & Barbed Wire Products Corp. to STRONG BUY

Posted by: JT Marlin at March 21, 2014 04:09 PM (8ZskC)

143 Nice knowing ya Estonia. Here's looking at you Latvia.

Posted by: RWC at March 21, 2014 04:09 PM (QeH9j)

144 I think Barry oughta send Billie Jean King and Brian Boitano over there to give Vlad a boatload of shit. That's what I think...

Posted by: tu3031 at March 21, 2014 04:09 PM (yagOO)

145 Scary stuff. And we have a Sec of State who has declared that (1) the Monroe Doctrine is now dead and (2) the Palimaniacs need not recognize the right of Israel to exist as a Jewish state. And the MFM hardly makes notice of this crap.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 21, 2014 04:09 PM (dfYL9)

146 Give up your nukes, we'll look after you. Trust me.

Posted by: Bill Clinton at March 21, 2014 04:09 PM (0FSuD)

147 Ace is the Borgia Pope and we are his bastard children. It's twue! It's twue!

Posted by: Pug Train at March 21, 2014 04:09 PM (r7mtu)

148 Appeasement Works!

Posted by: Neville Chamberlain at March 21, 2014 04:10 PM (D+lxs)

149 Appeasement in our time.

Posted by: garrett at March 21, 2014 04:11 PM (ALzH8)

150 There will be appeasement after our time.

Posted by: Gmac-Pondering the coming implosion, and hoping its 404care at March 21, 2014 04:12 PM (baiNQ)

151 Hillary could fly above Crimea and write SURRENDER PUTIN in smoke.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 21, 2014 04:12 PM (8ZskC)

152 The problem is there is no credible threat or action we can take that can deter Putin. There are economic things we can do that would make Russia's situation difficult but these are all things we should be doing anyway for our own economic well being--and we are not doing them. And even if we did take up balls to the wall energy production as a cudgel against Putin it would be a slow acting thing and he would have time to cement his control over Ukraine.

I have seen the US at war and it aint pretty. Seven years after going to war against people who killed 3000 civilians in a terrorist attack a majority of the country voted for a crypto muslim with an araby sounding name who promised to pull out of the fight as fast as he could. As a people, as civilians. we are too fractured to go to war (hot or cold) with a Russia that is united to a common goal.

After 5 years of Barry's PC purges I am not sure that the military is in a fit state to challenge the Russians on their own turf, and Ukraine is pretty much their front yard.

We have managed to fuck ourselves to the point that we really have no choice but to hunker down, hope things to go too haywire internationally, and pray for some sort of modern Great Re-Awakening to unite the nation behind a common ideal. Until then we are boned.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at March 21, 2014 04:12 PM (5REbo)

153 I am telling you I bet they discussed this. Putin told him what he wanted to do. JEF said OK. They decided on meaningless "sanctions" Cleared it with Europe. You'll note that Rosnaft, which supplies Germany, is not being punished by sanctions. Even though they are the largest oil and gas company out of Russia This has all been agreed to Like when they agreed to carve up Poland

Posted by: thunderb at March 21, 2014 04:12 PM (zOTsN)

154 So...weakness *is* provacative. Who knew?

Posted by: DC in Towson at March 21, 2014 04:12 PM (6NGyP)

155

They may take the Rhineland.

They May Take Czechoslavakia!

They May Even Take Poland!

But they will never get past the Maginot Line!

Posted by: Edoard Deladier at March 21, 2014 04:13 PM (D+lxs)

156 This has all been agreed to

Like when they agreed to carve up Poland


Crazy conspiracy theorist!

Posted by: Vyacheslav Molotov at March 21, 2014 04:13 PM (8ZskC)

157 >>>Give up your nukes, we'll look after you.
Trust me.
Posted by: Bill Clinton at March 21, 2014 08:09 PM (0FSuD)<<<



See. See! This is why we need nukes. We don't want to be invaded by Russia.

Yeah... that's the ticket!

Posted by: Iran at March 21, 2014 04:13 PM (9duOQ)

Posted by: Captain Vasili Borodin at March 21, 2014 04:14 PM (ecN6u)

159 Best I can tell Barry has lost at LEAST two of his sweet 16, OSU and Duke. Suck it Obama.

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 21, 2014 04:14 PM (0FSuD)

160 114 At this point...Putin could take Alaska, and Barky would do nothing. -- He'd have to time it for when Palin is out of state.

Posted by: votermom at March 21, 2014 04:14 PM (SxhkH)

161 his protestations are all political theater

Posted by: thunderb at March 21, 2014 04:14 PM (zOTsN)

162 See. See! This is why we need nukes. We don't want to be invaded by Russia. Yeah... that's the ticket! Posted by: Iran at March 21, 2014 08:13 PM (9duOQ) Yep, we agree.

Posted by: The Saudi's at March 21, 2014 04:15 PM (0FSuD)

163 This has all been agreed to

Von Ribbentrop is probably insulted by Kerry.

Posted by: DaveA[/i][/b][/s] at March 21, 2014 04:15 PM (DL2i+)

164 153 So...weakness *is* provacative. Who knew?

You call this weakness?  Wait 'til China makes their move on disputed territories and waters.

Posted by: Barack Obama at March 21, 2014 04:15 PM (kUgpq)

165 The SCOAMF is political theater writ large.

Posted by: Gmac-Pondering the coming implosion, and hoping its 404care at March 21, 2014 04:15 PM (baiNQ)

166 "Si vis pacem, para bellum" If only TFG could read Austrian.

Posted by: RWC at March 21, 2014 04:16 PM (QeH9j)

167 142 Nice knowing ya Estonia. Here's looking at you Latvia. Posted by: RWC at March 21, 2014 08:09 PM (QeH9j) I would have liked to have seen Montana.

Posted by: Captain Vasili Borodin at March 21, 2014 04:16 PM (ecN6u)

168 Just ignore those double flashes of light you'll be detecting in the Indian Ocean soon.


(yup, we actually read the ONT, not just the comments)

Posted by: Poland at March 21, 2014 04:16 PM (9duOQ)

169 HeÂ’s about integrity and living on the street like an animal. Â… but mostly living on the street like an animal.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 21, 2014 04:17 PM (WX3R9)

170 The Puerto Rican Jewish guy with a mustache is giving us a history lesson on O'R. Getting your own anchors to talk on your show? Must suck not having real guests.

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 21, 2014 04:17 PM (0FSuD)

171 TFG has no fucking idea how to deal with this. None.
Welcome to the big leagues, asshole...

Posted by: tu3031 at March 21, 2014 04:17 PM (yagOO)

172

Do the Brits have a way to blow up the Chunnel? 

 

That 20 miles of water was the only thing that stopped me. 

Posted by: Ghost of Napoleon at March 21, 2014 04:17 PM (D+lxs)

173 144 @Margarita

Media?  What is this you speak of?

Posted by: NCwoof at March 21, 2014 04:18 PM (aUQgu)

174 This is why it was important to respond in Syria.  This is why it was important to have a stronger response to the Crimea.  It will not end here.

No, we couldn't have put troops on the ground in the Crimea.  We could have reinstituted our deals to put missiles in Poland and the Czech Republic.  We could have placed much stronger sanctions.  We could have recalled our ambassador.  We could have taken a lot more steps than we have.

We will need to take those steps before this is all over, so we might as well do it now--when we're strongest and when offering our allegiance still means something.

Posted by: AD at March 21, 2014 04:18 PM (AMNFq)

175 I would have liked to have seen Montana. Posted by: Captain Vasili Borodin at March 21, 2014 08:16 PM (ecN6u) Great place to marry a round American woman and raise rabbits which she would cook for you.

Posted by: RWC at March 21, 2014 04:18 PM (QeH9j)

176 We have managed to fuck ourselves to the point that we really have no choice but to hunker down, hope things to go too haywire internationally, and pray for some sort of modern Great Re-Awakening to unite the nation behind a common ideal. Until then we are boned. Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living Actually the EU is the immediate bonee. We're a long way down the list. Brussels and her collection of welfare-bloated states are about to get a lesson in true hegemony. They sat on their ever-enlarging asses and offered very little in terms of international conflicts or potential conflicts. It was the US doing 98% of dirty work. Maybe they'll learn something from their willful stupidity, but history says that's unlikely.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at March 21, 2014 04:19 PM (twp4I)

177 Barry has brackets to attend to, so you know, go fuck yourselves.

Posted by: Fritz at March 21, 2014 04:19 PM (PnMCP)

178

Posted by: Poland at March 21, 2014 08:16 PM (9duOQ)


Coach K is Polish.  Duke losing wrecked my bracket.  I consider that a provocation.

Posted by: Vladimir Putin at March 21, 2014 04:20 PM (9F2c1)

179 I don't think we are going to get out of it this time boys.

Posted by: Admiral Painter at March 21, 2014 04:20 PM (D+lxs)

180 Given General MomJeans' obvious combat prowess the Russians may take back Alaska this weekend.

Posted by: sven10077 at March 21, 2014 04:20 PM (TE35l)

181 Oh, way OT, but I would like to thank Verizon for shitting the bed last night right as I sat down to waste time here and watch basketball. That was really cool of them. I like waking up to read all the scores. It's like Christmas, really. Bloody wankers.

Posted by: DC in Towson at March 21, 2014 04:21 PM (6NGyP)

182 Great place to marry a round American woman and raise rabbits which she would cook for you. Posted by: RWC at March 21, 2014 08:18 PM (QeH9j) Don't forget you can shot a bear, catch trout and drive like hell to get any fucking where.

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 21, 2014 04:21 PM (0FSuD)

183 "Maybe they'll learn something from their willful stupidity, but history says that's unlikely." Posted by: weft cut-loop Let them eat... cake.

Posted by: The Sh*t Stirring Spoon at March 21, 2014 04:21 PM (lq3Ak)

184 175 

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 21, 2014 08:19 PM (twp4I)


Point taken.  But don't think we're that far down the list.  Looks like we're first.  Or to be first.

Posted by: NCwoof at March 21, 2014 04:22 PM (aUQgu)

185 Montana? Isn't that where they send zombie 777's?

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 21, 2014 04:22 PM (0FSuD)

186 if you really wanted to hurt them you would put sanctions on their oil and gas companies but they cant do that, because Europe so they put minor sanctions on the co owner of the fourth largest oil and gas company. And he announces he had already sold his interest to his business partner the day before gee wonder who tipped him off no sanctions on the other oil companies, and certainly not the biggest which is Rosneft Rosneft, which in the process of doing a big deal with Morgan Stanley and is larger than Exxon Mobil right now nothing is happening to them so far nothing will happen to them. This is a joke

Posted by: thunderb at March 21, 2014 04:22 PM (zOTsN)

187 The whole "reset" idiocy --- what did it mean? The only reason why our relations with Russia were sour at the time was because of Russia's seizure of S Ossetia and Abkanazia from Georgia. So "reset" means "Bush was baaaad to get grumpy about that." America should not be judgmental about this sort of thing, eh? And then the idiots cancel the defensive missile systems in Poland and Czech Rep. Plus they engineer a START treaty favorable to the Ruskis. RIGHT. Never hold a card when you can give it away for NOTHING! The stupidity, the childishness, staggers the mind.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 21, 2014 04:22 PM (dfYL9)

188 Maybe they'll learn something from their willful stupidity, but history says that's unlikely. Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 21, 2014 08:19 PM (twp4I) Boy, you are an optimist?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 21, 2014 04:22 PM (HVff2)

189 That's it man, game over man, game over! What the fuck are we gonna do now? What are we gonna do?

Posted by: Pvt. Hudson at March 21, 2014 04:22 PM (ecN6u)

190

This is why it was important to respond in Syria. This is why it was important to have a stronger response to the Crimea. It will not end here.

No, we couldn't have put troops on the ground in the Crimea. We could have reinstituted our deals to put missiles in Poland and the Czech Republic. We could have placed much stronger sanctions. We could have recalled our ambassador. We could have taken a lot more steps than we have.

We will need to take those steps before this is all over, so we might as well do it now--when we're strongest and when offering our allegiance still means something.

Posted by: AD at March 21, 2014 08:18 PM (AMNFq)

 

How about putting a Marine MEF on shore in Poland? 

Or the Baltics?

 

Posted by: Amateur Logistician at March 21, 2014 04:23 PM (D+lxs)

191 Given General MomJeans' obvious combat prowess the Russians may take back Alaska this weekend. Yeah, but why should we care about CanadaÂ’s inability to hold its own territory? TheyÂ’re mostly owned by the Koch brothers anyway.

Posted by: Steven Mufson and Juliet Eilperin at March 21, 2014 04:23 PM (WX3R9)

192 In other news, Mooch's mama is throwing hissy fits in China.

Drudge has the link.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at March 21, 2014 04:23 PM (V70Uh)

193 Posted by: RWC at March 21, 2014 08:18 PM (QeH9j) Don't forget you can shot a bear, catch trout and drive like hell to get any fucking where. Posted by: Nip Sip at March 21, 2014 08:21 PM (0FSuD) You must have the directors cut 'cause I don't remember that part.

Posted by: RWC at March 21, 2014 04:24 PM (QeH9j)

194 If we reduce our military Vladimir will see that we want peace and he won't have to be so butch.

Posted by: Barakasauruz Wrecks at March 21, 2014 04:24 PM (Mogjf)

195 Is this the part where Presentdent O'F*ckstik heals the oceans, stops glowbull wormening, and by the shear force of his manliness causes Putin to retreat?



Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 21, 2014 04:24 PM (si68n)

196 I don't mind the Euros getting Treadwelled, serves them right.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at March 21, 2014 04:25 PM (5REbo)

197 i really am depressed by this, first the mid east handed over to the MB, now  Crimea than move on Ukraine. and ..
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk signed the political elements of a trade pact with the European Union on Friday, even as Russian lawmakers finalized annexation of Ukraine's Crimea region. The signing in Brussels signals Europe's solidarity with Ukraine

so Europe will?

Posted by: willow at March 21, 2014 04:25 PM (nqBYe)

198 taiwan,  japan.

srsly this could really get worse quickly

Posted by: willow at March 21, 2014 04:26 PM (nqBYe)

199 gosh if we set up missiles in Poland and the Czech Republic if the had expanded NATO If we drilled off shore fracked like mad to sell to Europe and drive prices down it would have made our economy boom given Europe a safety net for energy and establish a presence that signaled our intent none of that happened we're fucked. it will get worse

Posted by: thunderb at March 21, 2014 04:27 PM (zOTsN)

200 I do feel sorry for the Ukrainians.  They have no real friends now.  As in friends that will actually come to their defense.

Posted by: chemjeff at March 21, 2014 04:27 PM (9GG/0)

201 How about putting a Marine MEF on shore in Poland?
Or the Baltics?

As much as I admire the Poles, not until they fire the first shot in self defense.
Not until they are willing to fight for their freedom without the assurance that Uncle Sam will bail them out.

When the do fire the first shot, then all the help we can give, including ground forces.

Posted by: GMB (et al) at March 21, 2014 04:27 PM (nkPV9)

202 #175

Yup.  The West doesn't have the guts to cut off all non-diplomatic relations with Russia (trade, travel, research, etc.)  It's liberal Europe's problem anyway.

Posted by: SFGoth at March 21, 2014 04:27 PM (dAgiO)

203 Look perhaps we should offer Putin our lunch money, later We'll give em  the breakfast money i mean who actually eats breakfast anyway.

and he'll be satisfied and go home.

Posted by: willow at March 21, 2014 04:27 PM (nqBYe)

204

And then the idiots cancel the defensive missile systems in Poland and Czech Rep. Plus they engineer a START treaty favorable to the Ruskis.
RIGHT. Never hold a card when you can give it away for NOTHING!

The stupidity, the childishness, staggers the mind.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 21, 2014 08:22 PM (dfYL9)

 

 

BHO cancelled the Poland and Czech Republic Missile Defense deal on September 17, 2009.  What happened 70 years before on the same date?

 

BHO purposefully picked that day, of all days, for the announcement as a big Fuck You! to the Poles. 

Posted by: History is just a bunch of dates at March 21, 2014 04:27 PM (D+lxs)

205 Europe will do NOTHING they need the oil

Posted by: thunderb at March 21, 2014 04:28 PM (zOTsN)

206 Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 21, 2014 08:24 PM (si68n) The exhaust of rolling T90's is great for Mother Gaia.

Posted by: RWC at March 21, 2014 04:28 PM (QeH9j)

207 How about putting a Marine MEF on shore in Poland?
Or the Baltics?

Posted by: Amateur Logistician at March 21, 2014 08:23 PM (D+lxs)

Actually, the American ambassador just announced new large-scale joint war games in Poland and the Baltic states, which I consider a good step, but then we walked it back--so who knows what's going on?

Posted by: AD at March 21, 2014 04:28 PM (AMNFq)

208 Something that I find has gone completely unremarked so far:

The EU's current grand poobah for external foreign policy is a Brit. Catherine Ashton.

She's a Labour party hack from way back, one of those people who has spent pretty much their entire adult life in politics without ever once having had what the rest of us would consider a real job.

Tony Blair stuck her into the House of Lords, and from there she gravitated on out into the rapidly metastasizing Eurocrat system in Brussels. She's been there since, accumulating steadily more power and influence.

Except... how did this person originally get her start in Labour politics, anyway? Via an outfit called CND. The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, a lefty peacenik bunch.

But what is now known in retrospect, from smuggled archival sources which became available after the end of the Cold War, is that CND had been a funded and controlled catspaw of Soviet intelligence from the very beginning. During the years that Ashton was active with them.

So when Putin, the ex-KGB officer, enters into negotiations with the EU's foreign policy chief regarding Ukraine and Crimea, he's got someone sitting across the table whom he already knows well. Very well indeed.

Posted by: torquewrench at March 21, 2014 04:30 PM (noWW6)

209 Barky told Putin (via Medvedev) that it didn't matter to him what Russia did --- as long as it happened AFTER the Nov election. He TOLD them that was all that mattered to him, that once he was re-elected, who cares?

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 21, 2014 04:30 PM (dfYL9)

210 197 taiwan, japan.

srsly this could really get worse quickly

Posted by: willow at March 21, 2014 08:26 PM (nqBYe)

Yeah, I'm sure China's not paying attention to this at all.

We are so f'ked.

Posted by: AD at March 21, 2014 04:30 PM (AMNFq)

211 Man, if I was an oil rich former Soviet State like Azhebaijan (or however you spell it), I'd be crapping in my pants right now!

Posted by: runningrn at March 21, 2014 04:30 PM (o6g4X)

212 At least we've got some MEF's at Camp Lejeune.  And some Spec Ops at Fort Bragg.  That is until the bummer shuts it down.

Posted by: NCwoof at March 21, 2014 04:30 PM (aUQgu)

213 Putin is on the wrong side of history in Crimea. He will be on the wrong side of history in Ukraine. He will be on the wrong side of history in Alaska. And I will be on the right side of history.

Posted by: Barakasauruz Wreckz at March 21, 2014 04:30 PM (Mogjf)

214 If you think about it, this is a shrewd, smart move by Putin.

Obama will be busy with the NCAA tourney.

Posted by: Mister Christopher at March 21, 2014 04:30 PM (LmCo9)

215 What's really important is the Dukies going down in my brackets.

Posted by: Prez'nit 404 at March 21, 2014 04:31 PM (Dwehj)

216 >206 war games, that's about it, play. Obama is good for playing games

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 21, 2014 04:31 PM (HVff2)

217 "Pro-Russian "crowds" meanwhile seized two Ukrainian warships in Crimea yesterday." Are these the ships that were blockaded in port by the Soviet-era rustbuckets the Russofascists sunk in the channel? If so: why didn't the Ukrainian navy scuttle them in their berths? If not: why didn't they get hem the hell out of there?

Posted by: ol_dirty_/b/tard at March 21, 2014 04:31 PM (DB1vy)

218 do we actually have anyone with balls or sense in the pentagon anylonger?

anyone to instruct the President that His stance or lack of from the burning of the ME to now is going to cause much more instabilty and a more dangerous world?

Posted by: willow at March 21, 2014 04:31 PM (nqBYe)

219 204 ThunderB,

Thank God Barry is protecting the west from a shale boom and resurgent American energy domination....



Gaia watermelon cult is a 5th column.

Posted by: sven10077 at March 21, 2014 04:31 PM (TE35l)

220 But what is now known in retrospect, from smuggled archival sources which became available after the end of the Cold War, is that CND had been a funded and controlled catspaw of Soviet intelligence from the very beginning. During the years that Ashton was active with them. So when Putin, the ex-KGB officer, enters into negotiations with the EU's foreign policy chief regarding Ukraine and Crimea, he's got someone sitting across the table whom he already knows well. Very well indeed. Posted by: torquewrench like I said this has all been agreed to already

Posted by: thunderb at March 21, 2014 04:31 PM (zOTsN)

221 Watching the PC/UNC game, I can't decide if Brian Blaney has aged better than me. Yeah, he has.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 21, 2014 04:32 PM (ZshNr)

222 191 In other news, Mooch's mama is throwing hissy fits in China.

Drudge has the link.

The Chinese must *detest* having to put up with them, least of all because of the race angle.

Posted by: SFGoth at March 21, 2014 04:32 PM (dAgiO)

223 Don't worry Willow. Look at it this way, a nuclear winter will take care of that pesky globull warming.

Posted by: Hanoverfist at March 21, 2014 04:33 PM (ecN6u)

224 John Kerry is a wise man. I heard him speak on this Ukraine matter. "These are the politics of the 19th century," said this wise man with the long face. He could have been a Cherokee. They had long faces among the tribes, but they knew how to smoke the pipe. IYKWIM PS--they say his wife has been in "therapy." The white man has such funny words for things.

Posted by: Ward Churchill at March 21, 2014 04:33 PM (2ArJQ)

225 191 In other news, Mooch's mama is throwing hissy fits in China. I know this to be true. When the Obamas stayed in Vail they stayed at a hotel we use. The staff said they were the rudest assholes to set foot in the place. They took over one elevator full time so Moochie would not have to wait and they had to staff it 24 hrs a day. Moochie doesn't push buttons.

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 21, 2014 04:33 PM (0FSuD)

226 There are late games this evening. I'd best not get a 3 AM call.

Posted by: Prez'nit 404 at March 21, 2014 04:33 PM (Dwehj)

227 there will be no war, at least over this this has already been agreed to

Posted by: thunderb at March 21, 2014 04:34 PM (zOTsN)

228 203 BHO cancelled the Poland and Czech Republic Missile Defense deal on September 17, 2009. What happened 70 years before on the same date? BHO purposefully picked that day, of all days, for the announcement as a big Fuck You! to the Poles. Posted by: History is just a bunch of dates at March 21, 2014 08:27 PM (D+lxs) ------------------------- I honestly don't know if it was sheer malice or utter incompetence. Considering the true imbeciles he has advising him on foreign affairs, it might be the latter.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 21, 2014 04:34 PM (dfYL9)

229 >>>taiwan, japan.

srsly this could really get worse quickly

Posted by: willow at March 21, 2014 08:26 PM (nqBYe)<<<



Fuel up the jets, boys and girls. We're not waiting for Iran's reaction to the JEF's green light to dictators and nut-jobs.

Posted by: Bibi Netanyahu at March 21, 2014 04:34 PM (9duOQ)

230

In case you do not get #203.

 

On September 17, 1939, Russia Attacked Poland. 

 

Poland was attacked by the Nazis on Sept 1, 1939.  As Poland was desperately fighting off the Nazis, Stalin attacked Poland.  Stalin and Hitler divided Poland between them, as was previously negotiated by the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact. 

 

And 70 years later, BHO used that date to announce he was screwing over Poland and the Czech Republic.  I suppose he could have picked Sept 29, 2009, because that would have been the 71st Anniversary of "Peace in our Time!"

Posted by: History is just a bunch of dates at March 21, 2014 04:34 PM (D+lxs)

231 #OccupyUkrainia

Posted by: Stark Dickflüssig at March 21, 2014 04:34 PM (MbqmP)

232 The Chinese must *detest* having to put up with them, least of all because of the race angle.



Eh, you know the saying...an hour after you have a Chinese hissy fit, it's like you never had a hissy fit at all.

Posted by: The Chinese at March 21, 2014 04:35 PM (9F2c1)

233 I was kinda depressed with this whole Ukraine thing but then I heard the pussywillows were in bloom. By the way, what's a "pussywillow"?

Posted by: Bill Clinton at March 21, 2014 04:35 PM (2ArJQ)

234 At least we've got some MEF's at Camp Lejeune. And some Spec Ops at Fort Bragg. That is until the bummer shuts it down.

Posted by: NCwoof at March 21, 2014 08:30 PM (aUQgu)



I may or may not know a little something about an MEU headed somewhere later this fall...



Posted by: EC at March 21, 2014 04:35 PM (doBIb)

235 So the Obama women travel to China, raise a ruckus, piss off the staff, and pretend that Grandma is looking out for their best interests, both diplomatically and existentially. 

Nothing is too good for our Royal Family and the vaginas there-within.

Posted by: Fritz at March 21, 2014 04:36 PM (PnMCP)

236 212 Putin is on the wrong side of history in Crimea. He will be on the wrong side of history in Ukraine. He will be on the wrong side of history in Alaska. And I will be on the right side of history.


You sure about that?

Posted by: Citizens of New Putintopia (formerly Chicago) in 2117 at March 21, 2014 04:37 PM (9F2c1)

237 Go Providence, go!

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 21, 2014 04:37 PM (0FSuD)

238 Barky told Putin (via Medvedev) that it didn't matter to him what Russia did --- as long as it happened AFTER the Nov election. He TOLD them that was all that mattered to him, that once he was re-elected, who cares? Posted by: Margarita DeVille yup. this was all agreed to IMHO

Posted by: thunderb at March 21, 2014 04:37 PM (zOTsN)

239 So maybe Biden isn't really Obama's insurance policy. Maybe if he continues effing us and our allies over, our enemies will keep him in power into perpetuity. Remember those hinky, illegal, foreign campaign donations Obama got in his first election? Call me crazy, but everything makes me smell a conspiracy theory everywhere with TFG.

Posted by: runningrn at March 21, 2014 04:38 PM (o6g4X)

240 Putin is a dick and Obama is a pussy.

Posted by: coffee grinder at March 21, 2014 04:39 PM (6iQS+)

241 Camp Jejune! Surely you jest.

Posted by: Rumack at March 21, 2014 04:39 PM (2ArJQ)

242 Mebbe that Marine experimental task force will get to see action sooner then they think.

Posted by: Hanoverfist at March 21, 2014 04:39 PM (ecN6u)

243 I told Bill no missiles in the Baltics. That's why he decided to withdraw.

Posted by: Hillary! at March 21, 2014 04:41 PM (2ArJQ)

244 When do you think it would be appropriate to give the Ukrainians the ammo and weapons they asked for? Before or after Russia takes them over?

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 21, 2014 04:41 PM (0FSuD)

245 Everyone can sleep soundly at night with me at the helm.

Posted by: Prez'nit 404 at March 21, 2014 04:41 PM (Dwehj)

246 I still remember when Romney said Russia was our #1 geopolitical foe.  Hahahaha!!!!


Posted by: EC at March 21, 2014 04:43 PM (doBIb)

247 The thing is, 3 AM Ukrainian time is tee time in America.

Posted by: Mr. President Obama at March 21, 2014 04:43 PM (WX3R9)

248 221 191 In other news, Mooch's mama is throwing hissy fits in China. Drudge has the link. The Chinese must *detest* having to put up with them, least of all because of the race angle. Oh, trust me, the Chinese don't care about racism. If the Royal family is acting stupidly and offending the Chinese, I think the Chinese media will report it (unless the Chinese government tells them they can't ). On the one hand, I'd let the media run negative stories about the American Royal family, as it would burnish the creds of Comnunism. Because party leaders and their families don't act all uppity and all. And yes, I said "uppity"!

Posted by: runningrn at March 21, 2014 04:43 PM (o6g4X)

249 239 Putin is a dick and Obama is a pussy. Posted by: coffee grinder at March 21, 2014 08:39 PM (6iQS+) Made for each other.

Posted by: Zombie Groucho Marx at March 21, 2014 04:43 PM (2ArJQ)

250 "The Soviets must understand our deep concern." - Jimmy Carter after USSR invaded Afghanistan. Has Barky played the "deep concern" card?

Posted by: WalrusRex at March 21, 2014 04:43 PM (Mogjf)

251

yup. this was all agreed to IMHO

Posted by: thunderb at March 21, 2014 08:37 PM (zOTsN)

 

 

I do not think that this = Ukraine was agreed to specifically. 

But I think he agreed that Russia could do what it wants in "Russia's" sphere of influence. 

 

Which probably includes Georgia, Ukraine, Moldava, and everything not NATO. 

 

But does it include Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania which are NATO? 

Posted by: Not Exactly What was Planned at March 21, 2014 04:44 PM (D+lxs)

252 Wow, at the Daily Mail site, the sour expression on Mooch's mom's face is something to behold. I'm sure she is an absolute joy for service staff.

Posted by: torquewrench at March 21, 2014 04:44 PM (noWW6)

253 239 Putin is a dick and Obama is a pussy. Posted by: coffee grinder at March 21, 2014 08:39 PM (6iQS+) Yup. And I see Dick winning here.

Posted by: runningrn at March 21, 2014 04:44 PM (o6g4X)

254 236 Go Providence, go! Posted by: Nip Sip at March 21, 2014 08:37 PM (0FSuD) This man cheers for God.

Posted by: Caliban at March 21, 2014 04:44 PM (2ArJQ)

255 Top. Wimmens.

Posted by: Prez'nit 404 at March 21, 2014 04:45 PM (Dwehj)

256 taiwan, japan. srsly this could really get worse quickly Posted by: willow Taiwan The mainlanders already own some ridiculous amount of Taiwan. A bunch of the TW banks have interlocking directorates with mainland banks ( the board of directors of TW banks are mainlanders who sit on the boards of Chinese banks ). Illegal in the US but commonplace abroad. There's no reason for a military invasion at this point. All of the money is flowing towards Beijing. Japan They have nukes or are ready to turn on a conveyor belt system. China likes the nationalistic agitation they can produce by pissing on Japan so this is pretty much routine. Again, China may run a boat aground on the Senkaku islands, plant a flag, and claim victory. They aren't going to do much beyond that. Here's something to worry about. Russia, China, and motherfucking India are all high-fiving Putin over Crimea. That kind of triumvirate is the stuff World Wars are made of.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at March 21, 2014 04:45 PM (twp4I)

257 Here might be another catalyst i.e. excuse: New Ukraine province in play as ethnic Russians push new secession referendum http://tinyurl.com/p8vmequ

Posted by: Thrawn at March 21, 2014 04:45 PM (WlWt+)

258 I do not think that this = Ukraine was agreed to specifically. But I think he agreed that Russia could do what it wants in "Russia's" sphere of influence. Which probably includes Georgia, Ukraine, Moldava, and everything not NATO. But does it include Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania which are NATO? Posted by: Not Exactly What was Planned yup

Posted by: thunderb at March 21, 2014 04:46 PM (zOTsN)

259
We should bomb the Ukraine and kill some Roosskies.

Posted by: John McCain at March 21, 2014 04:46 PM (0Kobm)

260 Hello there. Is today the Rhineland or the Sudeten land? I kind'a get those confused.

Posted by: World War III at March 21, 2014 04:46 PM (Tm1Xr)

261 I thought we Banned Bossy! From the DM story: "But the Obamas' stay has already affected staff and guests at the hotel, with the Westin front-desk veteran alleging that Mrs. Obama's mother Marian Robinson has been 'barking at the staff since she arrived.'" Lol! I see the mooch didn't fall far from the tree! I almost feel sorry for Barry now. Almost!

Posted by: runningrn at March 21, 2014 04:47 PM (o6g4X)

262 Are all NATO countries, EU countries? No, there are several NATO countries that are not in the EU. (e.g., US, Canada) and vice versa (e.g., Ireland)

Posted by: Fox2! at March 21, 2014 04:47 PM (cHwSy)

263 This is probably true. Charles C. W. Cooke ‏@charlescwcooke Americans hate Rand PaulÂ’s libertarianism. They just donÂ’t know it yet: http://ccwc.me/1hPFh99

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 21, 2014 04:48 PM (ZPrif)

264 bonk bonk on the head

Posted by: Dr. Varno at March 21, 2014 04:49 PM (V4CBV)

265 253 236 Go Providence, go! Posted by: Nip Sip at March 21, 2014 08:37 PM (0FSuD) This man cheers for God. Posted by: Caliban at March 21, 2014 08:44 PM (2ArJQ) Now that was good! And I do!

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 21, 2014 04:49 PM (0FSuD)

266 "But the Obamas' stay has already affected staff and guests at the hotel, with the Westin front-desk veteran alleging that Mrs. Obama's mother Marian Robinson has been 'barking at the staff since she arrived.'"

These stories are lies.

Posted by: Harry Reid at March 21, 2014 04:50 PM (XeVA7)

267 What bracket is Ukraine in again?

Posted by: Joe Biden at March 21, 2014 04:50 PM (2ArJQ)

268 Mrs. Obama's mother Marian Robinson has been 'barking at the staff since she arrived

We were shooting for sort of a reverse Gone with the Wind on the China visit. I see it's working splendidly.

Posted by: Prez'nit 404 at March 21, 2014 04:50 PM (Dwehj)

269 "But does it include Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania which are NATO?" There was some "talk" the other day from Russia accusing the Estonian government of mistreating the Russian minorities. If Putin is going to try this game with countries in NATO, then either NATO is going to have to "sack-up" or disband because it's a worthless organization. It'll be interesting to see how Turkey continues to react. The Turks and the Russians have a long-lived historical enmity towards each other, but over the past decade or two, relations between the two countries *were* improving.

Posted by: Thrawn at March 21, 2014 04:51 PM (WlWt+)

270 This is probably true. Charles C. W. Cooke ‏@charlescwcooke Americans hate Rand PaulÂ’s libertarianism Reagan's freemarkets. They just donÂ’t know it yet: http://ccwc.me/1hPFh99 Posted by: Flatbush Joe Fixed. You may now agree.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at March 21, 2014 04:51 PM (twp4I)

271 Gotta hate those evil billionaires David Burge ‏@iowahawkblog Group running $3 million ad campaign against Koch brothers took $2.5 million donation from... Michael Bloomberg http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/pacgave2.php?cycle=2014&cmte=C00484642 Â…

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 21, 2014 04:51 PM (ZPrif)

272 Did you read the article?

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 21, 2014 04:52 PM (ZPrif)

273 Turkey is cozying up to China. They were talking blockade over this. They still don't trust Russia

Posted by: thunderb at March 21, 2014 04:52 PM (zOTsN)

274 Why would India be in Putin's bullpen on this shit ? Not doubting , but generally curious , cause I haven't heard about their territorial lusts , lately . What do they want , Pakistan , Sri Lanka ?

Posted by: awkward davies at March 21, 2014 04:52 PM (whqez)

275 Getting the country, let alone the world, back on the right track could take a generation or more. And that's if we're really lucky and the smart people come out and vote and the dummies stay home. Well, it's 5 o'clock somewhere. Cheers!

Posted by: whyme at March 21, 2014 04:52 PM (l9mF2)

276 I would be surprised if Russia did try to take over Ukraine. There's not much gain to it and they really just wanted the Crimean peninsula. My guess is this is chest beating and warning to not try to take the territory back more than anything else. But hey, nobody ever made money trying to predict Russians.

Posted by: Guy who ate too much Taco Bell at March 21, 2014 04:53 PM (zfY+H)

277 Russia, China, and motherfucking India are all high-fiving Putin over Crimea. That kind of triumvirate is the stuff World Wars are made of.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 21, 2014 08:45 PM (twp4I)


aren't they also discussing  the dollar?

or what word am i looking for. another  currency ?


would that even fly at this time?

Posted by: willow at March 21, 2014 04:55 PM (nqBYe)

278 I stand corrected, Turkey and Russia are quite cozy The Turkish diplomat, who agreed to speak on the condition of anonymity, said that “diplomacy is the way, rather than sanctions. Turkey is very active on this front and is trying to find a solution through diplomacy.” The diplomat remarked that Davutoðlu was the first foreign minister to visit Ukraine after the crisis broke in late February, showing the importance of the issue for Ankara.

Posted by: thunderb at March 21, 2014 04:55 PM (zOTsN)

279
Why would India be in Putin's bullpen on this shit ?<<<<<

Go with the strong horse and obama is a cat, specific breed: pussy.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 21, 2014 04:55 PM (0Kobm)

280 Evening Morons. I just finished watching an incredibly beautiful sunset at the lake, while enjoying my favorite cocktail. What have you been up to?

Posted by: ALH at March 21, 2014 04:56 PM (uk8q3)

281 NSA is dumping our phones and emails while Jugears is doing research on CBS Sports and ESPN. Â…..they got it covered.

Posted by: ontherocks at March 21, 2014 04:56 PM (8UNGI)

282 233  @EC

What say you, EC?  Fall you say?

Posted by: NCwoof at March 21, 2014 04:57 PM (aUQgu)

283 That Cal Poly team plays basketball like I golf.

Posted by: Prez'nit 404 at March 21, 2014 04:58 PM (Dwehj)

284 VIA, you still here?

Posted by: DC in Towson at March 21, 2014 04:58 PM (6NGyP)

285 We lost this.

Posted by: chris matthews at March 21, 2014 04:58 PM (WCnJW)

286 What say you, EC? Fall you say?

Posted by: NCwoof at March 21, 2014 08:57 PM (aUQgu)


Sometime this fall/winter unless TFG cuts the shit out of everything between now and then.



Posted by: EC at March 21, 2014 04:58 PM (doBIb)

287 15 Vlad knows that Barry will be busy golfing this weekend. And watching TV. Posted by: wth at March 21, 2014 07:42 PM (wAQA5) How else am I supposed to find out about these things. If MSNBC interrupts Bridgegate about something, I'll know that shit just got real

Posted by: King Barry the Informed at March 21, 2014 04:58 PM (aTXUx)

288 Only Europe can stop Russia. However painful it will be, they have to turn off the gas pipelines. Russia cannot go six months without the income.

Posted by: toby928© at March 21, 2014 04:58 PM (QupBk)

289 TFG is a coward and a traitor.

Posted by: votermom at March 21, 2014 04:59 PM (AAglu)

290 Mrs Robinson is up for a makeover.  Coo coo ca choo

Posted by: NCwoof at March 21, 2014 04:59 PM (aUQgu)

291 Silly Obama.

Crimea was "just the tip."

Posted by: Vladimir Putin at March 21, 2014 04:59 PM (A9zaA)

292 Is MSNBC still talking about the bridge shit? Wow.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 21, 2014 04:59 PM (oFCZn)

293 Only Europe can stop Russia. However painful it will be, they have to turn off the gas pipelines. Russia cannot go six months without the income.

Posted by: toby928© at March 21, 2014 08:58 PM (QupBk)



All that green energy bullshit was supposed to save them.

Posted by: EC at March 21, 2014 04:59 PM (doBIb)

294 Europe will do nothing

Posted by: thunderb at March 21, 2014 04:59 PM (zOTsN)

295 DC you looking for me?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 21, 2014 05:00 PM (/nx2Q)

296 Put nukes in Poland and the rest of Eastern Europe.

Posted by: Florida State alum at March 21, 2014 05:01 PM (Rk8LS)

297 Europe will do nothing

They'll fold like one of Uncle Joe's cheap suits. Heh.

Posted by: Prez'nit 404 at March 21, 2014 05:01 PM (Dwehj)

298 Europe will do nothing Then nothing will be done.

Posted by: toby928© at March 21, 2014 05:01 PM (QupBk)

299 291 They aren't even aware that no Conservatives want him.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 21, 2014 05:01 PM (ojnk6)

300 When are we going to have another French Day on Chez Ace?

Posted by: Pug Train at March 21, 2014 05:01 PM (r7mtu)

301 279 Evening Morons. I just finished watching an incredibly beautiful sunset at the lake, while enjoying my favorite cocktail. What have you been up to? Posted by: ALH at March 21, 2014 08:56 PM (uk8q3) Bitching and griping mostly. With cocktails, of course.

Posted by: rickl at March 21, 2014 05:01 PM (sdi6R)

302 285  @EC

Good?  For us uSa Americans?

Posted by: NCwoof at March 21, 2014 05:02 PM (aUQgu)

303 What's keeping Putin from going balls out and pushing all the way to Odessa?


Posted by: EC at March 21, 2014 05:02 PM (doBIb)

304 Good? For us uSa Americans?

Posted by: NCwoof at March 21, 2014 09:02 PM (aUQgu)



It remains to be seen if they will be re-tasked and pointed in a certain direction.



Posted by: EC at March 21, 2014 05:03 PM (doBIb)

305 What does Putin have to lose?

Posted by: soothsayer, playing the villain tonight at March 21, 2014 05:03 PM (H0qMa)

306 UNC-PROV 58-58 Go God go!

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 21, 2014 05:04 PM (0FSuD)

307 What's keeping Putin from going balls out and pushing all the way to Odessa?

Only my iron will. And my mother-in-law.

Posted by: Prez'nit 404 at March 21, 2014 05:04 PM (Dwehj)

308 What's keeping Putin from going balls out and pushing all the way to Odessa? Certainly not fear of us.

Posted by: toby928© at March 21, 2014 05:04 PM (QupBk)

309 302 Certainly not the kinder, gentler USA.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 21, 2014 05:04 PM (ojnk6)

310 305 @Nip Sip

This time we be on same side.  Go Providence.  Roy Williams did a TV commercial for Obamacare.  Idiot.

Posted by: NCwoof at March 21, 2014 05:05 PM (aUQgu)

311 >>>you looking for me? I'm not. But you do need to explain to Cougar why she's not getting jewelry this year because I just bought a bunch on Mosin food, thanks to your stupid wiki arms recommendation. I take no responsibility here whatsoever. My financial planner would like a word with you, too. And my credit card is plotting your demise.

Posted by: DC in Towson at March 21, 2014 05:05 PM (6NGyP)

312 I am done bitching and griping for a couple days. It's the weekend. I plan on getting in touch with my inner Moronette. I will sleep in tomorrow, fix breakfast and after that, maybe go engage in my favorite sport, browsing in an antique store.

Posted by: ALH at March 21, 2014 05:05 PM (uk8q3)

313 I just updated the latest version of firefox. It's got a slightly different look.

Posted by: soothsayer, playing the villain tonight at March 21, 2014 05:06 PM (H0qMa)

314 Only my iron will. And my mother-in-law.

Posted by: Prez'nit 404 at March 21, 2014 09:04 PM (Dwehj)



Maybe if you told the Rangers, SEALs, SFOD-D, and Force Recons that a whole lotta Ukrainian pr0n stars were in trouble, they'd go over there all on their own and push Ivan back.

Posted by: EC at March 21, 2014 05:06 PM (doBIb)

315 OT: Mike Vick signed by the Jets for one year, $5M. WTF. I mean seriously. I know time has passed, but this dude is a sadist who tortured and killed dogs, God's most unconditionally loving creatures. Dig it if you can: "As the Little Red Dog lay on the ground, fighting for air, Quanis Phillips grabbed its front legs and Michael Vick grabbed its back legs. They swung the dog over their head like a jump rope then slammed it to the ground. The first impact didn't kill it. So, Phillips and Vick slammed it again. The two men kept at it, alternating back and forth, pounding the creature against the ground until, at last, the little red dog was dead." I don't give a shit what 'culture' you were raised in, you are a sick motherfucker if you can do that to a dog. Vick is filth, and the Jets were wrong to sign him.

Posted by: Blacksheep at March 21, 2014 05:06 PM (bS6uW)

316 Don't forget a lot of food goes to the region from Ukraine (grain). Expect food prices to soar. Especially in the ME.

Posted by: CDR M at March 21, 2014 05:06 PM (LsJl8)

317 Ah.... Then my work here is done. Found some good prices, did you?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 21, 2014 05:06 PM (/nx2Q)

318 Nah, I'm sure he'll be cool with just the Crimea. I still can't believe that they lost to Brazil Polytechnic at Cominsky Park.

Posted by: President Obama's Ability to Learn at March 21, 2014 05:06 PM (oari7)

319 I'm not. But you do need to explain to Cougar why she's not getting jewelry this year because I just bought a bunch on Mosin food, thanks to your stupid wiki arms recommendation.


You can make a 'brass' necklace for Cougar!


Posted by: EC at March 21, 2014 05:07 PM (doBIb)

320 Why would India be in Putin's bullpen on this shit ? Not doubting , but generally curious , cause I haven't heard about their territorial lusts , lately . What do they want , Pakistan , Sri Lanka ? Posted by: awkward davies Anyone that claims to understand India is lying. That said the anti-colonial grievance is still very strong in India. Add into the fact that they have resisted all encouragement to be a buffer at first between the West and the Soviets, and lately between the West and China. Think Switzerland with a billion poor people. And yes, the currency thing; my guess is they would like to create some kind of dollar alternative, but it's still a difficult proposition to begin with. Dollar-denominated finance is trillions more than all of their economies combined.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at March 21, 2014 05:07 PM (twp4I)

321 Well, accordingly to People magazine --- and who wouldn't believe People magazine?--- Viktor Voronov is utterly devastated over Johnny Weir's filing for divorce. This IS part of Bambi's sanctions against Russia, no?

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 21, 2014 05:07 PM (dfYL9)

322 My ex is 101st with discharge as Marine reservist.  Hear there are airborne in Eastern Ukraine.  Maybe just rumor.

Posted by: NCwoof at March 21, 2014 05:08 PM (aUQgu)

323 This is happening because Bush started all those wars taking territory from Russia and now they want it back. What do you what President Obama to do...start another war????

Posted by: Dorcus Blimeline at March 21, 2014 05:08 PM (iB0Q2)

324 302. I would think only the thought that the Ukrainian citizens may have learned some tricks from what went on in Afghanistan would stop Putin. Historically Eurasia has always been duking it out for who controls more of the territory, going back centuries before the USA existed.

Posted by: PaleRider at March 21, 2014 05:08 PM (dkExz)

325 Don't forget a lot of food goes to the region from Ukraine (grain). Expect food prices to soar. Especially in the ME.

Posted by: CDR M at March 21, 2014 09:06 PM (LsJl

what's  it all look like to you

Putins move. will china be encouraged ?


Posted by: willow at March 21, 2014 05:09 PM (nqBYe)

326 This time we be on same side. Go Providence. Roy Williams did a TV commercial for Obamacare. Idiot. Posted by: NCwoof at March 21, 2014 09:05 PM (aUQgu) BOTH my X wives when to UNC. I went to State and son went to Duke. Fuck UNC-CH and the horse they rode in on.

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 21, 2014 05:09 PM (0FSuD)

327 Breaking News Broken News lane missing!

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 21, 2014 05:09 PM (aDwsi)

328 BOTH my X wives when to UNC.


Well, if there's a good place to pick ex-wives from...

Posted by: EC at March 21, 2014 05:10 PM (doBIb)

329 I was proud of our first lady today in China, so proud how she represents our country. Bush's wife was a idiot and nobody liked her at all.......

Posted by: Dorcus Blimeline at March 21, 2014 05:10 PM (iB0Q2)

330 302 What's keeping Putin from going balls out and pushing all the way to Odessa? Posted by: EC at March 21, 2014 09:02 PM (doBIb) --------------- Odessa, UKR? Nothing. Odessa, Texas? Texans.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 21, 2014 05:10 PM (dfYL9)

331 I believe every word I read in POOP, The Magazine.

Posted by: soothsayer, playing the villain tonight at March 21, 2014 05:10 PM (H0qMa)

332 Heh. HTML malfunction

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 21, 2014 05:10 PM (aDwsi)

333 >>>You can make a 'brass' necklace for Cougar! You misspelled "pearl". And, VIA, I did. Damn you all to hell. And I'm now a buyer's club member at sportsmans guide. 21 cents per round delivered. How can I pass that up? *shut up kid, you can eat again on tuesday*

Posted by: DC in Towson at March 21, 2014 05:10 PM (6NGyP)

334 If enough dominos line up and fall into place, an alternative currency to the USD "might" be able to be put into place. Especially since the president of the US would love to see that happen. Having the world line up and choose up sides is never a good thing.

Posted by: whyme at March 21, 2014 05:11 PM (l9mF2)

335 Maybe if you told the Rangers, SEALs, SFOD-D, and Force Recons that a whole lotta Ukrainian pr0n stars were in trouble, they'd go over there all on their own and push Ivan back. Posted by: EC at March 21, 2014 09:06 PM (doBIb) fnord (doBIb) ? !!! (hastily packs extra lightsaber in overnight bag)

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at March 21, 2014 05:11 PM (qyfb5)

336 Nip : One word -- 'Mercer'

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 21, 2014 05:12 PM (aDwsi)

337 I think it's time I finally buy a nood 'puter. I'm currenly using a 2006 model Compaq. This, of course, means a new place for all of you to live. So, that's nice.

Posted by: soothsayer, playing the villain tonight at March 21, 2014 05:12 PM (H0qMa)

338 325  @nip sip

Nip, that NC State game broke what little heart I have left breathing in my broke down chest.

My last hope is that UNC crashes.

Posted by: NCwoof at March 21, 2014 05:12 PM (aUQgu)

339 You misspelled "pearl".


If she'll ever let you "make" one again!



Posted by: EC at March 21, 2014 05:12 PM (doBIb)

340 Any recommendations for a cheap notebook?

Posted by: soothsayer, playing the villain tonight at March 21, 2014 05:12 PM (H0qMa)

341 I don't give a shit what 'culture' you were raised in, you are a sick motherfucker if you can do that to a dog. Vick is filth, and the Jets were wrong to sign him. Posted by: Blacksheep at March 21, 2014 09:06 PM (bS6uW) Yep.

Posted by: Pug Train at March 21, 2014 05:12 PM (r7mtu)

342 also Venezuela's government has arrested several opposition leaders in recent weeks, including two mayors this week. Also this week, the president of Venezuela's congress, Diosdado Cabello, accused Ms. Machado of being a terrorist and an assassin, and began the process of revoking her parliamentary immunity

and riots /and violence are escalating.

Posted by: willow at March 21, 2014 05:14 PM (nqBYe)

343 Uh, oh. Tillis misrepresents his schooling. Opponents cry 'Fraud'! Which it isn't really, but that's what a Democrat would say.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 21, 2014 05:14 PM (aDwsi)

344 So, Tobacco Road, and I don't mean me, is suckin' wind in terms of hoops. Sheesh.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 21, 2014 05:14 PM (4Mv1T)

345 >>>If she'll ever let you "make" one again! No matter what I say here, she's still getting jewelry. I have really, really good taste in jewelry.

Posted by: DC in Towson at March 21, 2014 05:14 PM (6NGyP)

346 315 Don't forget a lot of food goes to the region from Ukraine (grain). Expect food prices to soar. Especially in the ME.

Posted by: CDR M at March 21, 2014 09:06 PM (LsJl


This shall not stand.

Posted by: Chris Christie at March 21, 2014 05:14 PM (9F2c1)

347 (hastily packs extra lightsaber in overnight bag)

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 21, 2014 09:11 PM (qyfb5)



Google "

Merilyn Sakova"

Posted by: EC at March 21, 2014 05:14 PM (doBIb)

348 Any recommendations for a cheap notebook? I have an ASUS I can't complain about...but I don't know shit about computers or ask much of them.

Posted by: garrett at March 21, 2014 05:14 PM (kQYXp)

349 Any recommendations for a cheap notebook? Posted by: soothsayer ----------------- I like the Champion with wire wound binding.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 21, 2014 05:15 PM (aDwsi)

350 TR!

Posted by: EC at March 21, 2014 05:15 PM (doBIb)

351 Google " Merilyn Sakova" Posted by: EC at March 21, 2014 09:14 PM (doBIb) fnord (doBIb) No. 'Cause I gotta leave in like five minutes, and if I do that I'm not gonna get out of her for like 20.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at March 21, 2014 05:15 PM (qyfb5)

352 Okay, that was a typo, but it was a pretty damned cromulent one.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at March 21, 2014 05:16 PM (qyfb5)

353 whyme,  yes i think i had read they were having that discussion a year or so ago.

Posted by: willow at March 21, 2014 05:16 PM (nqBYe)

354 "Evening Morons. I just finished watching an incredibly beautiful sunset at the lake, while enjoying my favorite cocktail. What have you been up to?" Grilling some yardbird and carné asada, enjoying the evening water and the granddaughter, sipping some good scotch and smoking a cigar. Enjoying the simple pleasures....

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 21, 2014 05:16 PM (60Vyp)

355 >>>No. 'Cause I gotta leave in like five minutes, and if I do that I'm not gonna get out of her for like 20. So. Freud was right.

Posted by: DC in Towson at March 21, 2014 05:17 PM (6NGyP)

356 335 Nip : One word -- 'Mercer' Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 21, 2014 09:12 PM (aDwsi) Yeah, it has not been a good NCAA so far, just hoping UNC can brighten up my night an lose and the Wahoo's can win. Daughter in law is a Wahoo.

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 21, 2014 05:17 PM (0FSuD)

357 Look to Venezuela if you want to know what it'd be like if we do revolt here. What I mean is, Venezuela is kinda similar in how it's evenly split between the leftist takers and right-earners just like here. And, you'll notice how the police and military have little compunction enforcing the will of their despotic leaders...just like here.

Posted by: soothsayer, playing the villain tonight at March 21, 2014 05:18 PM (H0qMa)

358 Hi willow! Bye willow! (runs)

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at March 21, 2014 05:18 PM (qyfb5)

359 i am so burned out by all of this.
but i'm like a  looky lucy while waiting to be rear-ended.

Posted by: willow at March 21, 2014 05:18 PM (nqBYe)

360 Merovign!  hey !what?
hey!

Posted by: willow at March 21, 2014 05:18 PM (nqBYe)

361 Is Asus better than Acer? I don't how I feel about having a computer with a name so close to 'anus'.

Posted by: soothsayer, playing the villain tonight at March 21, 2014 05:19 PM (H0qMa)

362 Nip - Oh..., wait I meant to say 'St. Louis' Just a little humor...

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 21, 2014 05:19 PM (aDwsi)

363 356 Look to Venezuela if you want to know what it'd be like if we do revolt here. What I mean is, Venezuela is kinda similar in how it's evenly split between the leftist takers and right-earners just like here. And, you'll notice how the police and military have little compunction enforcing the will of their despotic leaders...just like here. Posted by: soothsayer, playing the villain tonight at March 21, 2014 09:18 PM (H0qMa) ----------------------- Which is why the 2nd amendment matters so much.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 21, 2014 05:20 PM (dfYL9)

364 360 Please stop the war talk. Posted by: No War at March 21, 2014 09:19 PM (jBtff) OK, how about a song? http://tinyurl.com/ct2c65

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 21, 2014 05:20 PM (0FSuD)

365 I wonder when Putin will take the ISS hostage.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 21, 2014 05:20 PM (rh481)

366 356  @soothsayer

And to add to his post, Weasel Zippers has a video of what Maduro does to individuals who disagree with his gov.  If you have the stomach for it.  Forewarned.

Posted by: NCwoof at March 21, 2014 05:21 PM (aUQgu)

367 EC- -sup, my brutha from a different mutha. (where's Gingy?) Which Aimpoint optic was that you were running that day at the range? I almost traded for one this week but it was different than yours.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 21, 2014 05:21 PM (4Mv1T)

368 i'm like a looky lucy while waiting to be rear-ended. That's really all we ask, willow.

Posted by: Blacksheep at March 21, 2014 05:21 PM (bS6uW)

369 I like the Champion with wire wound binding. Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 21, 2014 09:15 PM (aDwsi) You ready for next weeks wave of snow? Will it ever end?

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 21, 2014 05:21 PM (0FSuD)

370 WTF, over? Wintery mix again on Tuesday???


FUCK OFF WINTER!!! IT'S SPRING NOW!!!



AAAAA*head explodes*

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 21, 2014 05:21 PM (OREF1)

371 314 I don't give a shit what 'culture' you were raised in, you are a sick motherfucker if you can do that to a dog. Vick is filth, and the Jets were wrong to sign him. Posted by: Blacksheep at March 21, 2014 09:06 PM (bS6uW) In more positive dog news, I mentioned here about a week ago that I had gotten a message on my answering machine about a lost dog in my area. The caller described the dog, gave her phone number, and mentioned a website, lostmydoggie.com. I had never heard of it, but went there and found the listing immediately. While I never did see the dog, I knew what he looked like, his name, and how to contact his owner. Tonight I checked out the website and saw that he was no longer listed. At first I didn't know whether that meant that he had been found, or he was found dead. I checked the testimonials section and saw a note from the owner that he had been found three days later, in part with the help of strangers who had been contacted. It's a pretty neat site. Check it out.

Posted by: rickl at March 21, 2014 05:21 PM (sdi6R)

372 74-74 two minutes

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 21, 2014 05:22 PM (0FSuD)

373 Anna - Some vintage airshow pics. Well vintage aircraft show pics: http://forums.airshows.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=55583

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 21, 2014 05:22 PM (aDwsi)

374 That's what I mean. And Venezuelans are not only standing by while their govt is out of control, they're supporting the tyranny. Just like here..

Posted by: soothsayer, playing the villain tonight at March 21, 2014 05:22 PM (H0qMa)

375 >>>Is Asus better than Acer?

I don't how I feel about having a computer with a name so close to 'anus'.

Posted by: soothsayer, playing the villain tonight at March 21, 2014 09:19 PM (H0qMa)<<<


Yes, typically.

Posted by: Asus of Spades at March 21, 2014 05:22 PM (9duOQ)

376
Barry: Vlad took Crimea? Let me look...I don't even see a Crimea in the brackets. Let him take them. My picks are going to win!!

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 21, 2014 05:23 PM (FE/sZ)

377 OMG, you guys! Did you hear? Obama just ordered troops into the Baja peninsula and took it from Mexico! It's totally now part of the US and the people there are rejoicing! It's easy now to take stuff, cuz Russia and China won't oppose us. Everything is totally up for grabs now, so cool! They take stuff, so we take stuff! Cooool! Now we can bring our Cinco da Mayo parties to Baja CALIFORNIA (totes you guys) and Sammy Hagar is totally the governor now and we get free tequila!

Posted by: frigger at March 21, 2014 05:24 PM (I2IdM)

378
President Obama has Putin back on his heels, and is in a great position to finish this charade by deporting Vlad back to Siberia with extreme prejudice.

Posted by: Jo Jo Biden, VP of Comical Gaffe's and Assholishness at March 21, 2014 05:24 PM (nQjHM)

379 Which Aimpoint optic was that you were running that day at the range?

PRO.


You should be able to find it for right around $400.


You busy tomorrow?

Posted by: EC at March 21, 2014 05:24 PM (doBIb)

380 Any recommendations for a cheap notebook? - Back in the day I had a lot of fun with Big Chief.

Posted by: WalrusRex at March 21, 2014 05:25 PM (Mogjf)

381 Asus makes Googles nexus tablets. Good stuff.

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 21, 2014 05:25 PM (0FSuD)

382 "And, VIA, I did. Damn you all to hell. And I'm now a buyer's club member at sportsmans guide. 21 cents per round delivered. How can I pass that up? *shut up kid, you can eat again on tuesday*"

No,please....don't thank me.
Mine is a life of service to others.

Some would even call me a giver.





I have three orders backordered at Sportsmans Guide as we speak.

And just got Mrs VIA's PSA Premium M4 Buffer tube and stock for $10.00 off.

Damn, I loves me the internet.



Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 21, 2014 05:26 PM (si68n)

383 So when is Putin stopped? South & East Ukraine? Belarus? Parts of Baltics? Missiles in Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua?

Posted by: Summing up at March 21, 2014 05:26 PM (5Q1ZU)

384 Mrs. Obama's mother Marian Robinson has been 'barking at the staff since she arrived


I see the Chinese are blowing their lacist dog ristres again.

Posted by: DangerGirl at March 21, 2014 05:26 PM (GrtrJ)

385 I have placed certain steering currents in place, which will cause the wintry mix to skirt WNC, and land 'splat' on Piedmont/Central NC. Doing my part to ease the rigors of global warming as it affects the mid part of the state. Because giver.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 21, 2014 05:26 PM (aDwsi)

386 >>>Any recommendations for a cheap notebook?<<<



Ooh, ooh, pick me, pick me!

Posted by: Trapper Keeper at March 21, 2014 05:26 PM (9duOQ)

387 soothsayer , except I doubt that Venezuela has 300 million firearms in civilian hands . Well , we used to have 300 million ,,,,,, but canoe accidents have seriously reduced that glorious number .

Posted by: awkward davies at March 21, 2014 05:26 PM (whqez)

388

Evening 'rons.

Megyn Kelly is still on the Malaysian airliner story. I turned off the sound and am just ogling her.

Posted by: Jim in Virginia at March 21, 2014 05:26 PM (JZihP)

389 What, you fags didn't have Mercer over Duke, Dayton over Ohio State, Providence over North Carolina or Stephen F. Austin over VCU?

Posted by: Blacksheep at March 21, 2014 05:27 PM (bS6uW)

390 Mike, there are enough JU-52s in one picture to invade Greece again...

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 21, 2014 05:27 PM (rh481)

391 Megyn Kelly is still on the Malaysian airliner story. I turned off the sound and am just ogling her.


I wish there was such technology to make the camera pan lower.


Posted by: EC at March 21, 2014 05:27 PM (doBIb)

392 and if I do that I'm not gonna get out of her for like 20. Braggart.

Posted by: toby928© at March 21, 2014 05:28 PM (QupBk)

393 387 She has talked about nothing but 370 ever since it happened. Getting real old as there is very little new news.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 21, 2014 05:28 PM (ojnk6)

394 Back in the day I had a lot of fun with Big Chief. Posted by: WalrusRex --------------------- Blue Horse

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 21, 2014 05:28 PM (aDwsi)

395 Hey, how about that Duke bball team?

Posted by: Jim in Virginia at March 21, 2014 05:28 PM (JZihP)

396 Fuck, look like tar poots are going to win on a free throw? 77-77 2 seconds. Poots on the line

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 21, 2014 05:28 PM (0FSuD)

397 Sorry. I'm drunk. Only way to endure the world.

Posted by: frigger at March 21, 2014 05:28 PM (I2IdM)

398 "But the Obamas' stay has already affected staff and guests at the hotel, with the Westin front-desk veteran alleging that Mrs. Obama's mother Marian Robinson has been 'barking at the staff since she arrived.'"

Lol! I see the mooch didn't fall far from the tree! I almost feel sorry for Barry now. Almost!

Posted by: runningrn at March 21, 2014 08:47 PM (o6g4X)



Yeah, the ugly tree. And how much are we paying for an in law to travel on our dollar?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 21, 2014 05:29 PM (FE/sZ)

399 Hey, if UNC chokes on these free throws it will be a trifecta of triangle chokes.

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 21, 2014 05:30 PM (0FSuD)

400 384 - Crap. '...effects...'

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 21, 2014 05:30 PM (aDwsi)

401 Everbody's working for the weekend.

Posted by: Mikhail & The Mechaniks at March 21, 2014 05:30 PM (wu/TK)

402 Hey, if UNC chokes on these free throws it will be a trifecta of triangle chokes. Posted by: Nip ------ I've longed to choke the Triangle.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 21, 2014 05:31 PM (aDwsi)

403 Well, as they said in Animal House. EAT ME.

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 21, 2014 05:31 PM (0FSuD)

404

376:

Obama just ordered troops into the Baja peninsula and took it from Mexico! It's totally now part of the US and the people there are rejoicing! 

 

ALBERTA.

Posted by: Jim in Virginia at March 21, 2014 05:31 PM (JZihP)

405 At least I've got a booming economy and well-thought-out, well-executed health care reform going for me.

Posted by: Barack Obama at March 21, 2014 05:31 PM (kUgpq)

406 You've gotta box out, straight up

Posted by: Blacksheep at March 21, 2014 05:31 PM (bS6uW)

407 I've longed to choke the Triangle. Are we back on Megyn Kelly again?

Posted by: Blacksheep at March 21, 2014 05:32 PM (bS6uW)

408 So when is Putin stopped?

South & East Ukraine?

Belarus?

Parts of Baltics?

Missiles in Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua?

Posted by: Summing up at March 21, 2014 09:26 PM (5Q1ZU)



Barry: He won't take any of our 57 states

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 21, 2014 05:33 PM (FE/sZ)

409 If those stubborn Ukrainians had signed up for ObamaCare when they were supposed to, none of this stuff would be happening.

Posted by: eman at March 21, 2014 05:33 PM (AO9UG)

410 At least I've got a booming economy and well-thought-out, well-executed health care reform going for me. Posted by: Barack Obama -------------- And military at all-time readiness level. Moral is high.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 21, 2014 05:33 PM (aDwsi)

411 >>> Everbody's working for the weekend.<<<



Well, not everybody.

Posted by: SCOAMF's caddy for Saturday at March 21, 2014 05:33 PM (9duOQ)

412 Anyone know the spread on the UNC game?

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 21, 2014 05:33 PM (0FSuD)

413 Crap

Posted by: NCwoof at March 21, 2014 05:33 PM (aUQgu)

414 I never had any issues with my Acer laptop.  I bought a middle of the road one about five years ago.  Dropped it a year ago and the screen busted.  However, I hooked it up to the HDTV and it works just fine to stream internet onto the TV.  Always was reliable and ran well.


I replaced it with an insanely expensive gaming laptop by Toshiba, which shit its pants back in late November, two weeks after the warranty ran out.  Fortunately, I have a good local PC repair shop that was able to fix it.  I shouldn't blame Toshiba though, it was ultimately Windows 8 that took the crap.  Toshiba customer service sucked donkey balls though.

Posted by: DangerGirl at March 21, 2014 05:34 PM (GrtrJ)

415 I plan on getting in touch with my inner Moronette. I will sleep in tomorrow, fix breakfast and after that, maybe go engage in my favorite sport...
Posted by: ALH at March 21, 2014 09:05 PM
----------------------
[Moron]: Oh yeah, here it comes...
----------------------

...browsing in an antique store.

----------------------
[Moron]: Damn

Posted by: What? at March 21, 2014 05:34 PM (VS4Ds)

416 398 Hey, if UNC chokes on these free throws it will be a trifecta of triangle chokes. Posted by: Nip Sip at March 21, 2014 09:30 PM (0FSuD) NC Central still alive?

Posted by: BignJames at March 21, 2014 05:34 PM (j7iSn)

417 413 Crap Posted by: NCwoof at March 21, 2014 09:33 PM (aUQgu) Well, that did suck. I guess this giving up drinking for Lent is going to be harder than I thought.

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 21, 2014 05:35 PM (0FSuD)

418 I have placed certain steering currents in place, which will cause the wintry mix to skirt WNC, and land 'splat' on Piedmont/Central NC.

Doing my part to ease the rigors of global warming as it affects the mid part of the state. Because giver. Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 21, 2014 09:26 PM (aDwsi)


BANNION!   For to be strapping emus on the lions before strapping to the Ravage.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at March 21, 2014 05:35 PM (Gk3SS)

419 I am going to be enjoying pain killers and antibiotics. Living the dream

Posted by: thunderb at March 21, 2014 05:35 PM (zOTsN)

420 Have we sent Plugs Biden into Ukraine yet? They don't seem to be despairing enough.
 
Ya know, if you live in the EU now would be a good time to study Russian as a second language.

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 21, 2014 05:35 PM (cHZB7)

421 Someone check to see if Mike Hammer's cat has put him out of action and has been posting for him.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 21, 2014 05:36 PM (rh481)

422 Have we sent Plugs Biden into Ukraine yet? They don't seem to be despairing enough.


It would make a great movie.


Tropic Thunder 2:  Baltic Thunder

Posted by: EC at March 21, 2014 05:36 PM (doBIb)

423 418 BANNION! For to be strapping emus on the lions before strapping to the Ravage. Posted by: alexthechick --------------------- I'm sorry, have we met?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 21, 2014 05:36 PM (aDwsi)

424 What's with Craig Sager's sports jacket? Whoa, dude's stone cold pimpin'.

Posted by: Blacksheep at March 21, 2014 05:37 PM (bS6uW)

425 417  @Nip

Have I told all the NC peeps how much I despise Roy Williams?

Posted by: NCwoof at March 21, 2014 05:37 PM (aUQgu)

426 NCCU is up next! Go Eagles!

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 21, 2014 05:37 PM (0FSuD)

427 BANNION! For to be strapping emus on the lions before strapping to the Ravage. Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at March 21, 2014 09:35 PM (Gk3SS) Throw in a few raptors. Controlling the weather is worse than tossing a beer bottle.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 21, 2014 05:38 PM (oFCZn)

428 Had to duck out and watch the 'Heels squeak out a win. And, EC, no I am not.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 21, 2014 05:38 PM (4Mv1T)

429 Have I told all the NC peeps how much I despise Roy Williams? Posted by: NCwoof at March 21, 2014 09:37 PM (aUQgu) I knew him when he was an asst coach. Wasn't a bad guy back then. Now, he's got the big head.

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 21, 2014 05:38 PM (0FSuD)

430 Good God, the bloodshed in Tijuana is horrific. I heard Sammy Hagar's battalion has taken the swimming pool and surrounds! USA! USA!

Posted by: frigger at March 21, 2014 05:38 PM (I2IdM)

431 In fairness, my poor showing so far isn't my fault.  I was constantly picking up my phone and struggling to understand these guys from Ukraine.  Totally wracked my concentration while I was studying my bracket picks.  Man, I told Val Duke was suspect this year too.

Posted by: Barack Obama at March 21, 2014 05:39 PM (kUgpq)

432 K State v. Kentucky next up on CBS.

Posted by: Blacksheep at March 21, 2014 05:39 PM (bS6uW)

433 Throw in a few raptors. Controlling the weather is worse than tossing a beer bottle. Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 21, 2014 09:38 PM (oFCZn)


That's what the Ravage is.  A Ravage of Velociraptors. 

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at March 21, 2014 05:39 PM (Gk3SS)

434 Anyone got an extra reset button I can borrow?
 
This one seems to be broken.

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at March 21, 2014 05:39 PM (cHZB7)

435 418 @MikeHammer

Please keep Asheville to your own bad self.

Posted by: NCwoof at March 21, 2014 05:40 PM (aUQgu)

436 Roy did an O'BummerCare ad, so I heard. Say it isn't so. I heard even Dean was a lib. Something in the water in Chapel Hill.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 21, 2014 05:40 PM (4Mv1T)

437 Kenny the Jet trying to justify.

Posted by: Blacksheep at March 21, 2014 05:40 PM (bS6uW)

438 That's what the Ravage is. A Ravage of Velociraptors. Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at March 21, 2014 09:39 PM (Gk3SS) Ahh I see. I was confused due to a lack of alcoholic beverages. Perhaps emus and lions and then another layer of raptors?

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 21, 2014 05:40 PM (oFCZn)

439 All I know is when my core beliefs get violated by my government I will rise into action.

Posted by: Ace commentors what wants to play Bobby Bad Ass at March 21, 2014 05:41 PM (N3Al8)

440 Did anyone just see the ad for "Talking bench" Is that like an empty chair?

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 21, 2014 05:42 PM (0FSuD)

441 So what is Common Core?

Posted by: soothsayer, playing the villain tonight at March 21, 2014 05:42 PM (H0qMa)

442 And, EC, no I am not.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 21, 2014 09:38 PM (4Mv1T)


Lunch tomorrow?  Anywhere is fine.


Wife and kids are out of town until later that day.  Don't tell, but I picked up a bigger brother to my other purchase a while back!  Hee hee!

Posted by: EC at March 21, 2014 05:42 PM (doBIb)

443 Not did an Internet search yet, but those airshow pictures..  I think the baby prop airliners are called Doves.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 21, 2014 05:42 PM (rh481)

444 Unilateral Nuclear Disarmament It's A Bad Idea

Posted by: Brother Cavil at March 21, 2014 05:42 PM (m9V0o)

445 I have no dog in the NCAA Just slam it on the ground until it dies. Then you can sign with the Jets for five mil.

Posted by: Mike Vick at March 21, 2014 05:42 PM (bS6uW)

446 >> I have no dog in the NCAA ..... I just root against whoever Obama picks.
 
You stole my playbook.

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 21, 2014 05:43 PM (cHZB7)

447 429 @NipSip

So how do you explain the 404Care PSA he did for the leader with no clothes?  Face it, he's a freakin moron.

Posted by: NCwoof at March 21, 2014 05:43 PM (aUQgu)

448 Ahh I see. I was confused due to a lack of alcoholic beverages.

Perhaps emus and lions and then another layer of raptors? Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 21, 2014 09:40 PM (oFCZn)

You (by which I mean Bannion) strap an emu onto a lion and then strap a lion onto the raptor. 


Then there's fun for the whole family!  

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at March 21, 2014 05:43 PM (Gk3SS)

449 Please keep Asheville to your own bad self. Posted by: NCwoof ----------------- Think of me a as secret agent, a plant, a shadowy mole. Risking life and sanity in order to monitor the gruesome, repugnant nest of Progressives that Asheville is. It's a nasty job, but someone has to do it.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 21, 2014 05:43 PM (aDwsi)

450 Yeah well I have my internal Red Line. When the US Gov crosses it I'ma spring into action and kick some ass.

Posted by: Ace commentore what wants to play Bobby Bad Ass at March 21, 2014 05:44 PM (N3Al8)

451 439 Here is "the bracket" pick who to cheer against. Duke and OSU have already lost. http://tinyurl.com/ohdn7bt

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 21, 2014 05:44 PM (0FSuD)

452 Picking the opposite of Obama is always a safe bet.

Posted by: DangerGirl at March 21, 2014 05:44 PM (GrtrJ)

453 "So what is Common Core?" Posted by: soothsayer, playing the villain tonight It is education when passed through the intestines and secreted from the colon; via semi-controlled sphincter mechanisms.

Posted by: The Sh*t Stirring Spoon at March 21, 2014 05:44 PM (lq3Ak)

454 Posted by: Mike Vick at March 21, 2014 09:42 PM (bS6uW)]


I cannot tell you how pleased I am the Eagles let him go.  No Andy Reid, no Vick.  I can feel good about rooting for them again.

Posted by: DangerGirl at March 21, 2014 05:45 PM (GrtrJ)

455 OMG, this is really going to affect Obama's golf game!  MY GOD WE ARE ALL DAMNED.

Posted by: Null at March 21, 2014 05:45 PM (xjpRj)

456 440, 451 Troll or sock? Opinions?

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 21, 2014 05:45 PM (ojnk6)

457 I think the baby prop airliners are called Doves. Posted by: Anna ------------- Well, get cracking. We rely on you for such arcania.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 21, 2014 05:45 PM (aDwsi)

458 Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland are all NATO members. If Putin invades those then the Treaty kicks in. Full stop. If Obama does nothing then he has essentially abrogated the treaty, the Euros are on their own, and lots and lots of hell breaks loose.

My prediction: Vlad fancies himself a latter day tsar. He wants the empire back and he wants to be running it. When he said that Kiev was the mother of Russian cities (paraphrasing) he meant that it belongs with Russia and he was going to take it. Ukraine will lose Kiev and everything east of the Dniester. The will lose all ports on the Black Sea back to Kherson, and maybe even Odessa. And Barky will do nothing until the NATO treaty is triggered. Then we will find out if he truly is the agent that Putin is handling.

Posted by: joncelli at March 21, 2014 05:46 PM (/AYWV)

459 436  @TobaccoRoad

Yep, the fool shoore did.  Seen it wif my own unbelieven eyes.

Posted by: NCwoof at March 21, 2014 05:46 PM (aUQgu)

460 Lunch tomorrow? Anywhere is fine. Wife and kids are out of town until later that day. Don't tell, but I picked up a bigger brother to my other purchase a while back! Hee hee! Posted by: EC ---------------------------------- We can do that. And do tell. You've bought Austrian and American sidearms since we went to Drakes. The last was .45ACP IIRC. You bought something BIGGER?!

Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 21, 2014 05:46 PM (4Mv1T)

461 >>>That's what the Ravage is. A Ravage of Velociraptors.<<<



If you like your Ravage, you can keep your Ravage.

I prefer mine.

Posted by: Soundwave at March 21, 2014 05:47 PM (9duOQ)

462 I have placed certain steering currents in place, which will cause the wintry mix to skirt WNC, and land 'splat' on Piedmont/Central NC.

Doing my part to ease the rigors of global warming as it affects the mid part of the state. Because giver.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 21, 2014 09:26 PM (aDwsi)




I would say something rude but it looks like AtC has it well in hand. Besides, you may recall my head is currently exploded.



It's like that bitch Nature knows I have a convertible...

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 21, 2014 05:47 PM (OREF1)

463 Yeah well I have my internal Red Line. When the US Gov crosses it I'ma spring into action and kick some ass. Posted by: Ace commentore what wants to play Bobby Bad Ass at March who is doing that

Posted by: thunderb at March 21, 2014 05:48 PM (zOTsN)

464 We can do that. And do tell. You've bought Austrian and American sidearms since we went to Drakes. The last was .45ACP IIRC.

You bought something BIGGER?!

Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 21, 2014 09:46 PM (4Mv1T)


No US sidearms so far.  Unless we're counting the WC which is not yet in my hands.  Belgian, German, Swiss-German, and Austrian.


Yep!  It's the big, BIG brother to my little friend.


Posted by: EC at March 21, 2014 05:48 PM (doBIb)

465 Anyone got an extra reset button I can borrow?This one seems to be broken.
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at March 21, 2014 09:39 PM (cHZB7)
You used the "easy" button by mistake. Or was it a mistake?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 21, 2014 05:48 PM (XeVA7)

466 who is doing that

Posted by: thunderb at March 21, 2014 09:48 PM (zOTsN)



Douche troll.

Posted by: EC at March 21, 2014 05:49 PM (doBIb)

467 It's the big, BIG brother to my little friend. Posted by: EC ---------------------------- What! WHAT?

Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 21, 2014 05:49 PM (4Mv1T)

468 I think Pixy just saved my ass.

Posted by: DangerGirl at March 21, 2014 05:49 PM (GrtrJ)

469 Gee thanks Mike, why don't you snap to it?  

There is the matter of that Bf-208 with the tricycle landing gear also.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 21, 2014 05:49 PM (rh481)

470 450  @ Mike Hammer

Well...in that case, I'll FEDex you a peach cobbler with a S (and) W Model 3 baked inside.

Posted by: NCwoof at March 21, 2014 05:49 PM (aUQgu)

471 464 -GGE - Well, perhaps the AWD Subaru has Mom Nature annoyed. I mean, you may be at the bottom of all of this.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 21, 2014 05:49 PM (aDwsi)

472 The 35.

Posted by: EC at March 21, 2014 05:49 PM (doBIb)

473 "You used the "easy" button by mistake. Or was it a mistake?" Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. That was no mistake.

Posted by: The 3 A.M. Phone Call at March 21, 2014 05:50 PM (lq3Ak)

474 Troll or sock? Opinions?

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 21, 2014 09:45 PM (ojnk6)




Eh, I dunno, I wasn't paying attention to it.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 21, 2014 05:50 PM (OREF1)

475 Given how the Russian minority in Ukraine has given so much trouble and pretext to Putin, it really is the best argument in favor of ethnic cleansing in these types of countries

Posted by: Slapnutz at March 21, 2014 05:50 PM (ldEU6)

476 We are all VCU now.

Posted by: Mike Vick at March 21, 2014 05:50 PM (bS6uW)

477 Something in the water in Chapel Hill. Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 21, 2014 09:40 PM (4Mv1T) No it's that awful James Taylor music. Will turn most straight guys ghey as shit. Remember what Jesse Helms said? Put a fence around it to keep all the commies in one place.

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 21, 2014 05:51 PM (0FSuD)

478 Smart Power!

Posted by: Barakaka I at March 21, 2014 05:51 PM (Aif/5)

479 464 -GGE - Well, perhaps the AWD Subaru has Mom Nature annoyed. I mean, you may be at the bottom of all of this.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 21, 2014 09:49 PM (aDwsi)



Whaaaa??? Nature LOVES Subarus...or so all the douchy commercials lead me to believe...

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 21, 2014 05:51 PM (OREF1)

480 472- Posted by: NCwoof ------- We're gonna need a bigger boat, as it were.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 21, 2014 05:52 PM (aDwsi)

481 Oh.  Oh my stars and garters.   *fans self*


Oh Brit Hume, you magnificent bastard.


Someone who won't break the blog go and figure out some way to embed what he just tweeted. 

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at March 21, 2014 05:52 PM (Gk3SS)

482 The 35. Posted by: EC -------------------------------- No excuses for shooting less than tight groups with that. 5.3" barrel. Nice.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 21, 2014 05:53 PM (4Mv1T)

483 Someone who won't break the blog go and figure out some way to embed what he just tweeted.


What, pray tell?

Posted by: EC at March 21, 2014 05:53 PM (doBIb)

484 Ewwwww: http://goo.gl/CfEh51

Posted by: Pug Train at March 21, 2014 05:53 PM (r7mtu)

485 WAHOO-WAH!

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 21, 2014 05:54 PM (dfYL9)

486 Someone who won't break the blog go and figure out some way to embed what he just tweeted. The retweet from Mediaite about Carter?

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 21, 2014 05:54 PM (WX3R9)

487 No excuses for shooting less than tight groups with that. 5.3" barrel.


Hopefully!

Posted by: EC at March 21, 2014 05:55 PM (doBIb)

488 Brit Hume ‏@brithume 7m No. “@iloanya1: why are you right wingers always obsessed with what this woman does..why ? could it be cause she's of a different color ?”

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 21, 2014 05:55 PM (aDwsi)

489 481  @GGE

Subaru dissed?  When mine (with two NRA stickers attached) has gotten me out of jams more than I can count on both hands?  This must be some kinda "newspeak" or somethin

Posted by: NCwoof at March 21, 2014 05:56 PM (aUQgu)

490 What, pray tell?
Posted by: EC at March 21, 2014 09:53 PM (doBIb)

Hold on am trying to figure out how to c (ampersand) p without self-embarrelling. It is magnificent.


Okay here goes:

Brit Hume: No. “iloanya1: why are you right wingers always obsessed with what this woman does..why ? could it be cause she's of a different color ?”

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at March 21, 2014 05:56 PM (Gk3SS)

491 Move over Dubai, the LAPD Rampart division just took on charge a Lamborghini Gallardo.

http://tinyurl.com/lvk7zha

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 21, 2014 05:56 PM (rh481)

492 Ewwwww: http://goo.gl/CfEh51 *** Christopher Allen ‏@chris_allen 4h @RiffRaff41 Fuck. Fuck. Goose.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 21, 2014 05:57 PM (DmNpO)

493 Tweedly deedly dee. Tweedly deedly de. Tweedly deedly dee. Tweedly deedly de. Tweedly deedly dee. Tweedly deedly de. Tweet tweet

Posted by: Rockin' Ruble at March 21, 2014 05:57 PM (wu/TK)

494 Brit Hume: No. “iloanya1: why are you right wingers always obsessed with what this woman does..why ? could it be cause she's of a different color ?”


Is she talking about Mooch?

Posted by: EC at March 21, 2014 05:58 PM (doBIb)

495 Send the snow here, Mike. I'll be working from home and will need the distraction.

Posted by: NCKate at March 21, 2014 05:58 PM (y7PFk)

496 So, Brit Hume said "No" Move over, Rover!

Posted by: fluffy at March 21, 2014 05:58 PM (Ua6T/)

497 496 Mooch and her Mom in China. Drudge has the story up top.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 21, 2014 05:59 PM (ojnk6)

498 In related news, Fortune Magazine released its list of 50 greatest leaders, and Obama didn't make the cut. NBC is shocked.

Posted by: Florida State alum at March 21, 2014 05:59 PM (Rk8LS)

499 Move over Dubai, the LAPD Rampart division just took on charge a Lamborghini Gallardo.


Any morons want to play Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit with the LAPD?


Posted by: EC at March 21, 2014 05:59 PM (doBIb)

500 EC- We need to eat bad food and find a good gun shop we haven't been to. If GGE not's working maybe he'll head south for lunch.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 21, 2014 05:59 PM (4Mv1T)

501 Send the snow here, Mike. I'll be working from home and will need the distraction. Posted by: NCKate ------------------- Will require exact Lat. & Long. This steering the weather is tricky business.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 21, 2014 05:59 PM (aDwsi)

502 Is she talking about Mooch?

Posted by: EC at March 21, 2014 09:58 PM (doBIb)


As far as I can tell, yes. 

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at March 21, 2014 05:59 PM (Gk3SS)

503 Brit Hume... Laconic, precise and humorous. -With a single word.

Posted by: The Sh*t Stirring Spoon at March 21, 2014 05:59 PM (lq3Ak)

504 Is she talking about Mooch? Posted by: EC at March 21, 2014 09:58 PM (doBIb) Yep; he had tweeted a link to the Daily Mail article.

Posted by: Vendette at March 21, 2014 05:59 PM (8pqpP)

505 Kidnap Michelle? No, take her back,PLEASE. We'll forgive your debt, just TAKE HER BACK.

Posted by: The Chinese at March 21, 2014 06:00 PM (Q3tFF)

506 Yo! Others!

Posted by: rickl at March 21, 2014 06:00 PM (sdi6R)

507 Mooch and her Mom in China. Drudge has the story up top. Posted by: ManWithNoParty ------------------- .. and kids. Winner: Reggie Loser: China

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 21, 2014 06:01 PM (aDwsi)

508 EC- We need to eat bad food and find a good gun shop we haven't been to.


Tilted Kilt and Eagle One?

Posted by: EC at March 21, 2014 06:01 PM (doBIb)

509 A serious question, has Mrs. Diplomat bestirred herself to offer comfort to the families of the missing Malaysian plane?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 21, 2014 06:01 PM (rh481)

510 Hmm. Just aim for the tall buildings in Charlotte then, mike.

Posted by: NCKate at March 21, 2014 06:02 PM (y7PFk)

511 ONT! NOOD!

Posted by: The Sh*t Stirring Spoon at March 21, 2014 06:03 PM (lq3Ak)

512

Weasels. Crap.

So instead of jerked squirrel to eat when the Crazy Times come I have to eat NUTS!

Hmmm..  jerked weasel... 

Posted by: cryptocon at March 21, 2014 06:04 PM (6qMMx)

513 512 Hmm. Just aim for the tall buildings in Charlotte then, mike. Posted by: NCKate ---------------- Tricky. Must avoid Myers Park neighborhood, friends, etc. there. Dropping the bad stuff over along/around the River is easy, however.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 21, 2014 06:05 PM (aDwsi)

514 510  @EC

Eagle One?

Try BearCreek Gunshop and Gunsmith in Garner.    Worth a shot.

Posted by: NCwoof at March 21, 2014 06:06 PM (aUQgu)

515

Back to the geopolitics for a moment.

 

Why would India side with Russia (well, they pretty much are just sitting it out)?  Easy:  China.  It's all about China (for India), well, except when it's also about Pakistan (but that's ALSO about China, since China and Pakistan got cozy because of ..... India).  Oversimplification, but by far the biggest factor here.

 

More curious is China itself.  They typically, and rationally from their perspective, more or less smile on large power misbehavior, and block any UN consideration of same, as on average they would like to reserve that sort of freedom of action for their own selves.  So it's not wildly out of pattern for China to go easy on Moscow over this.  I'd speculate that Beijing also (again, with reason) regards Moscow's attempt to police up the mess that Ukraine was becoming (from Russia's standpoint) as pretty normal and sensible.  But .... Beijing cannot be thrilled by Russian assertiveness. (still hoping for a "surprise" breakthrough between Russia and Japan, driven by American weakness and Chinese boorishness)

 

Azerbaijan.  Have heard/seen speculation about "moves" against Azerbaijan.  But they already have a Med pipeline terminating in Turkey.  And Nagorno-Karabakh is firmly in Armenian hands, a quiet front there (Armenia maintains its historic close ties to Russia, for lots of boring sensible reasons, mostly being surrounded by - increasingly surly - Turks to the south, annoying Azeris to the east, nutcase Georgians to the west, and the partly-crazy Caucasus to the north.

 

Don't see any action WRT Azerbaijan coming out of this.  Also would be very surprised at any real action in the Baltics.  Russia has used the large Russian minorities, esp. in Latvia, as levers/real issues vs. the Baltics since the break-up.  That will continue.  Overall, Putin's behavior so far accords with Russian vital interests (Crimea, Ukrainian non-alignment with the west, energy transport routes).  Messing with Poland or the Baltics gives Putin nothing of value, while running the (stunningly tiny, remote) risk of actually provoking serious Euro or US behavior.

 

Posted by: non-purist at March 21, 2014 06:07 PM (afQnV)

516 Eagle One?

Try BearCreek Gunshop and Gunsmith in Garner. Worth a shot.

Posted by: NCwoof at March 21, 2014 10:06 PM (aUQgu)



Garner's a little way out for me.  I haven't been to Eagle One since it was Davi's a long time ago. 

Posted by: EC at March 21, 2014 06:08 PM (doBIb)

517 For reference, a list of the NATO member nations: http://preview.tinyurl.com/lp69ka

Posted by: joncelli at March 21, 2014 06:10 PM (/AYWV)

518 518  @EC

Understood.

Keep in mind for gunsmithing, if needed.

Also, excellent instruction for new shooters.

Good, good people.


Posted by: NCwoof at March 21, 2014 06:10 PM (aUQgu)

519 Subaru dissed? When mine (with two NRA stickers attached) has gotten me out of jams more than I can count on both hands? This must be some kinda "newspeak" or somethin

Posted by: NCwoof at March 21, 2014 09:56 PM (aUQgu)



Must be, and Mike Hammer is doing the speaking, not me.




If GGE not's working maybe he'll head south for lunch.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 21, 2014 09:59 PM (4Mv1T)




Tomorrow? In fact, I'm NOT working tomorrow, but I do have an open carry lunch in Clayton at noon, at McCalls, and both of you would be more than welcome to attend.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 21, 2014 06:11 PM (OREF1)

520 Understood.

Keep in mind for gunsmithing, if needed.

Also, excellent instruction for new shooters.

Good, good people.


Posted by: NCwoof at March 21, 2014 10:10 PM (aUQgu)



Is that Chuck Elrod's new place?

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 21, 2014 06:12 PM (OREF1)

521 522  @GGE

Yep.  They moved recently.  Chuck, IMO, is a very good instructor.

Posted by: NCwoof at March 21, 2014 06:15 PM (aUQgu)

522 If I posted to wrong NC'er, I apologize.  Old, easily confused after beers.

Posted by: NCwoof at March 21, 2014 06:17 PM (aUQgu)

523 Will do!

Posted by: EC at March 21, 2014 06:17 PM (doBIb)

524 ONT up

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 21, 2014 06:18 PM (DmNpO)

525 Yep. They moved recently. Chuck, IMO, is a very good instructor.

Posted by: NCwoof at March 21, 2014 10:15 PM (aUQgu)



I did my concealed carry class with them.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 21, 2014 06:35 PM (OREF1)

526 In many ways, Obama's bracket picks are like the story of Ukraine. Posted by: Fritz at March 21, 2014 07:50 PM (PnMCP) ______________ Then again, the story of Ukraine (totally schizophrenic from its inception) is pretty much the story of Obama

Posted by: alwyr at March 21, 2014 06:43 PM (V0j3u)

527 Putin threatening to take more of the Ukraine? Don't worry- Susan Rice is on it!

Posted by: Dick Turpin at March 22, 2014 07:31 AM (Xcnae)

528 I could give two shits about Estonia, latvia, Lithuania and Poland... it's March Madness and the wife, kids, and MIL are in China - And As if that's not already heaven on earth I spelled Syracuse correctly this year.

Posted by: Nobel Prize Winner Obama at March 22, 2014 08:50 AM (6HPkS)

529 and Ukraine is pretty much their front yard.

GET OFF MY LAWN!

Posted by: Vladamier Putin at March 22, 2014 08:59 AM (WujO7)

530 I have passed from outrage, to ranting at idiots parroting Putin on news sites, and finally, I'm numb. I'm watching the Soviet Union re-form and Obama is helping them.

Posted by: I'd rather be surfin at March 22, 2014 05:37 PM (zZrhw)

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