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March 09, 2014

Nothing to See Here [Y-not]
— Open Blogger

Via the Jawa Report,

Tragedy: Iranian Grad Student at Georgia Tech Dies
Nothing to see here folks. He was just making Molotov Cocktails in his apartment. You know, normal stuff at Georgia Tech:

Go over to the Jawa Report to read the whole thing.

**UPDATE**
Commenter JPS cautions that the news reporting may be way off in saying that the student was making molotov cocktails. Unfortunately, nothing very definitive seems to have been published to counter the media reports, but I did find this statement:

"We have worked closely with other law enforcement agencies during the investigation of this tragic incident," Robert Connolly, interim police chief for Georgia Tech, said in an emailed statement. "The FBI has relayed that, to date, they have not developed any information or evidence indicating criminal intent in this investigation."

Also, per the AP:

Vietnamese authorities searching waters for the missing Boeing 777 jetliner spotted an object Sunday that they suspected was one of the plane's doors, as international intelligence agencies joined the investigation into two passengers who boarded the aircraft with stolen passports.

It's still early days. Keep praying for survivors.

**UPDATE**
Commenter Ricardo Kill provides this update, suggesting that the wreckage is not from the missing Malaysian Air flight:

SEPANG - The Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) has denied that the debris found near Vietnam's Tho Chu Island was from of the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 airplane.
DCA director-general Datuk Azharuddin Abdul Rahman said authorities have confirmed that the objects spotted floating in the sea about 100km south-southwest off the island did not match the body of the missing aircraft.

Let's hope that the subsequent investigation is thorough and not hampered by political correctness.

Open thread.

Posted by: Open Blogger at 09:13 AM | Comments (270)
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1st!

Posted by: Bronco Bama at March 09, 2014 09:16 AM (nQjHM)

2 If the Iranian had been making meth, would AMC have made a new Breaking Bad based on his story?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 09, 2014 09:17 AM (lnUO4)

3 About a year ago a guy burned down an extended stay motel in Austin. It was all very suspicious, and was quickly swept down the memory hole.

Posted by: Lauren at March 09, 2014 09:17 AM (hFL/3)

4 I work with a couple of Iranians and these two I find rather strange. Completely different ways of looking at the world and going about the day.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 09, 2014 09:18 AM (v7+/1)

5 It's still early days. Keep praying for survivors.

No chance of that, the probability of that is measured in barns (nuclear particle measurement)

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 09, 2014 09:18 AM (T2V/1)

6 Molotov cocktails---No criminal intent Own more than 6 guns-----Criminal intent.

Posted by: Obama's America at March 09, 2014 09:19 AM (Aif/5)

7 Of course, ever since the Age of Obama, all countries love us and there is no terrorism. Reminds me of the town (a "planned community") where I grew up that didn't have funeral homes or cemeteries. No one died there.

Posted by: Y-not at March 09, 2014 09:20 AM (zDsvJ)

8 At least when The Burning Times arrive we can all stop pretending. So there's that.

Posted by: Sharkman at March 09, 2014 09:20 AM (8+xjO)

9 Somebody better go get the others.

Posted by: Sharkman at March 09, 2014 09:21 AM (8+xjO)

10 If the Malaysia crash was terrorism, wouldn't someone have claimed responsibility by now?

Posted by: Hollowpoint at March 09, 2014 09:22 AM (SY2Kh)

11 Repost from dead thread 214 Lance Cpl. Kyle Carpenter to receive Medal of Honor. What an inspiration. ------ Medically retired Marine Lance Cpl. William Kyle Carpenter, 24, jumped on a grenade during a rooftop battle against Taliban in Afghanistan in November 2010. His actions saved the life of his friend and fellow Marine Lance Cpl. Nicholas Eufrazio, but nearly cost him his own, Stars and Stripes reports. Carpenter lost one of his eyes and suffered other serious injuries after jumping on a grenade during a rooftop battle against Taliban in Afghanistan. Carpenter suffered severe injuries from the blast, including losing his eye and most of his teeth, a shattered jaw, a broken and tattered arm, and countless lacerations from shrapnel. A piece of shrapnel damaged EufrazioÂ’s frontal lobe and left him unable to speak for two years. But both men have made significant leaps in their recovery, and 30 surgeries later, Carpenter ran the Marine Corps Marathon with a posted time of 4:28:42. He consistently goes to the gym and can now do more pull-ups than he ever has been able to before.

Posted by: RWC at March 09, 2014 09:22 AM (MtC8f)

12 I hate to be Debbie Downer.. but, survivors? Yeah, I don't think so.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at March 09, 2014 09:22 AM (b/lt+)

13 We all look the same to us!

Posted by: Malaysian Security at March 09, 2014 09:22 AM (/uRce)

14 Yeah, highly doubt survivors on the Malaysian flight. They're not even finding bodies.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 09, 2014 09:23 AM (v7+/1)

15 7 Reminds me of the town (a "planned community") where I grew up that didn't have funeral homes or cemeteries. No one died there.

Posted by: Y-not at March 09, 2014 01:20 PM (zDsvJ)

I linked to an article about a town like that in MA on one of the islands off the coast. The only funeral place they had closed because the owner/operator died and there is no replacement. It is making life tough for them there.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 09, 2014 09:23 AM (T2V/1)

16 Re the Malayasian Airlines crash/disappearance, I admit it turned my stomach to read a quote from one of the family members waiting for news -- "Allah's will." SMH

Posted by: Y-not at March 09, 2014 09:24 AM (zDsvJ)

17 What do you do when you have a big friggin' bowl of shrimp with no cocktail sauce? It's simple, if you have a bottle of ketchup and a bottle of wasabi horseradish.

I call it Molotov's cocktail sauce.

Posted by: Fritz at March 09, 2014 09:24 AM (PnMCP)

18 BTW, the Gun Thread, Food Thread, and Travel Threads are in the queue. I'm waiting on the other two to put up the travel one. I can't remember when the Gun Thread normally goes up or who posts it. Bad case of CRS -- "Can't Remember Shit."

Posted by: Y-not at March 09, 2014 09:25 AM (zDsvJ)

19 The only survivor scenario I see is if the pilot skimmed it down, Sully-style, and some passengers were able to get out and into the detachable rafts that I believe are standard on such jets. Don't know if that's ever happened before, but I suppose the possibility exists.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 09, 2014 09:26 AM (ZshNr)

20 Posted by: Y-not at March 09, 2014 01:25 PM (zDsvJ) Andy does the gun thread I believe. Time varies but i think around 1:27pm is when it is usually posted.

Posted by: RWC at March 09, 2014 09:27 AM (MtC8f)

21 and on to football Tuesday when da bears sign TJ Ward and Michael Bennett and resign peanut tillman and Milton, that's a wrap for the superbowl kiddies stand by for heavy gloating as Da Bears go UNDEFEATED!!!

Posted by: navycopjoe at March 09, 2014 09:28 AM (At8tV)

22 Thx RWC. I'll probably put the travel one after CBD's food thread, which I think usually goes up at 4 pm Eastern.

Posted by: Y-not at March 09, 2014 09:29 AM (zDsvJ)

23 (Repost from the dead thread, slightly edited)

Sarah Palin's speech last night sent the Left into lunar orbit:

For example, forthrightly liberal PoliticsUSA.com:

"Thank God She Lost! Bitter Sarah Palin ..." etc.,

LINK: http://preview.tinyurl.com/m9vkakc

And the Esquire take:

"CPAC Bonus Saturday: The Princess In Excelsis"

LINK:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/pm3x2ua

LOLOL.

Posted by: mrp at March 09, 2014 09:29 AM (JBggj)

24 Not all Muslims with Molotov cocktails are a threat to others. Can you imagine Mr. Mom Jeans trying to throw one?

Posted by: t-bird at March 09, 2014 09:30 AM (FcR7P)

25 18 BTW, the Gun Thread, Food Thread, and Travel Threads are in the queue. I'm waiting on the other two to put up the travel one.

I can't remember when the Gun Thread normally goes up or who posts it.

Bad case of CRS -- "Can't Remember Shit."

Posted by: Y-not at March 09, 2014 01:25 PM (zDsvJ)

I have 4 threads open now and having a hard tie keeping up.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 09, 2014 09:30 AM (T2V/1)

26 I've been wondering if it isn't commonplace in that part of the world for people to travel with stolen passports. ?

Posted by: shredded chi at March 09, 2014 09:31 AM (OmBt5)

27 I think the AP reported that the two passengers with stolen passports checked in together. Interpol said that their database included the passports in question, which makes the matter even more interesting. An inside accomplice waved them through?

Posted by: mrp at March 09, 2014 09:31 AM (JBggj)

28 19 The only survivor scenario I see is if the pilot skimmed it down, Sully-style, and some passengers were able to get out and into the detachable rafts that I believe are standard on such jets. Don't know if that's ever happened before, but I suppose the possibility exists.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 09, 2014 01:26 PM (ZshNr)

I can't recall an open ocean style ditching where this was possible. I suppose it's happened, but what made the "Miracle on the Hudson" possible was the smooth waters of the river.

Posted by: SARDiver at March 09, 2014 09:31 AM (ci7Fe)

29 It's too early to assume anything (standard disclaimer), BUT i read that they are looking into two other passengers who boarded with fake ID. The two guys with stolen passports bought their tickets together. Could be conventional criminals, but obviously up to no good. Hmmmm. Also, one of the militaries thinks the plane turned around and headed back to Malaysia.

Posted by: stace at March 09, 2014 09:32 AM (9PXzx)

30 One US expert I saw quoted this morning said that the two stolen passports on one flight in that part of the world was "not uncommon". Lax security, corruption, outdated/unused tech, etc.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 09, 2014 09:33 AM (ZshNr)

31 I've been wondering if it isn't commonplace in that part of the world for people to travel with stolen passports. Do they realize there are pictures in passports? "Yes, I used to be a blonde woman. What of it?"

Posted by: t-bird at March 09, 2014 09:33 AM (FcR7P)

32 Y-Not, The food thread is up already, it's disguised as a beer thread today. 😉

Posted by: lindafell at March 09, 2014 09:33 AM (PGO8C)

33 Falsifying just the picture is easier than doing a whole passport, or I suppose the traveler could have altered his appearance enough to pass cursory exam. Maybe a simple payoff to look the other way? It's definitely a twist.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 09, 2014 09:36 AM (ZshNr)

34 "ROME (Reuters) - Interpol is investigating more suspect passports used to board a missing Malaysia Airlines flight, in addition to two European ones that were falsely used by unidentified passengers, the global police agency said on Sunday. An Italian man and an Austrian man were falsely listed as passengers on Beijing-bound flight MH370, which disappeared after takeoff from Kuala Lumpur early on Saturday with 239 people aboard. Authorities later confirmed the two men - Austrian Christian Kozel and Italian Luigi Maraldi - were not on the plane, and their passports had been stolen in Thailand within the last two years. An Interpol spokeswoman said a check of all documents used to board the plane had revealed more "suspect passports" that were being further investigated. She was unable to give further information on the number of documents or the country they related to. (Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ..."

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 09, 2014 09:36 AM (v7+/1)

35 It's the lack of mayday broadcasts that is most mysterious. I guess.

Posted by: eman at March 09, 2014 09:37 AM (AO9UG)

36 GT is a tough, competitive school. I'm sure this was just blowing off a little steam, just like Ft. Hood was a case of 'workplace violence'

Posted by: phreshone at March 09, 2014 09:37 AM (Q6pxP)

37 Oh, politicsusa, that's the site for trig denialists, who haven't dialed to eleven, yet,

Posted by: coriolianus snw at March 09, 2014 09:37 AM (Jsiw/)

38 Lax appears to be SOP down there.....

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 09, 2014 09:37 AM (v7+/1)

39 Yeah, Weiss and Maraldi are such common Far Eastern surnames.

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at March 09, 2014 09:38 AM (hn5v5)

40 The Malaysian flight over water is giving me flashbacks to two previous terrorist attacks. Lockerbie where a delay before take-off caused the plane to explode over land and several years prior where Canadian Sikh terrorists did blow up Air India Flt 182 while over the Atlantic.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 09, 2014 09:39 AM (lnUO4)

41 Molotov cocktails---No criminal intent

Own more than 6 guns-----Criminal intent.

Posted by: Obama's America at March 09, 2014 01:19 PM (Aif/5)

Well, I would grant the possibility that the guy was just an idiot who was playing around with stuff that goes "boom" and makes smoke, because it is fun to play around with stuff that goes "boom" and makes smoke, and like, I totally never did it when I was in college.

But only the possibility, mind you. When a muzzie plays around with stuff that goes "boom" and makes smoke, the default assumption has to be that it's not innocent, because, precedent.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 09, 2014 09:39 AM (lrwdQ)

42 The last I read the Austrian's name was "Weiss". Maybe it was four stolen passports then after all?

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at March 09, 2014 09:40 AM (hn5v5)

43 Isn't that stuff about stolen passports 'profiling'. I mean..., that doesn't mean they were bad people. Ammirite?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 09, 2014 09:40 AM (aDwsi)

44 stand by for heavy gloating as Da Bears go UNDEFEATED!!! Posted by: navycopjoe at March 09, 2014 01:28 PM (At8tV) *** So you are saying we will have to put up with heavy gloating for two whole weeks?

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 09, 2014 09:40 AM (g4TxM)

45 I saw "Aussie" commenting a day or so ago, and remember him (her?) saying that is is common to go to through that same airport when flying from down under or kiwiland. Made me think that maybe security wasn't as lax as I first assumed. But that's all I have right now - my assumptions. Which, like most, lean towards terrorism. And yes, I think it'll be swept under the rug.

Posted by: shredded chi at March 09, 2014 09:41 AM (OmBt5)

46 Note to self: don't do any flying to the Far East anytime soon.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 09, 2014 09:41 AM (v7+/1)

47 Maybe the pilot and co-pilot had the fish.

Posted by: eman at March 09, 2014 09:41 AM (AO9UG)

48 27 y/o co-pilot... did he spontaneously 'allah akbar' the plane into the ocean.. or was it a conspiracy with the two? or something entirely different

Posted by: phreshone at March 09, 2014 09:41 AM (Q6pxP)

49 So you are saying we will have to put up with heavy gloating for two whole weeks? The Bears open with a bye week?

Posted by: t-bird at March 09, 2014 09:43 AM (FcR7P)

50 And aussie is a woman, shredded chi.

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at March 09, 2014 09:43 AM (hn5v5)

51 @47 So, you think Stryker's gonna be able to get that puppy down in one piece?

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 09, 2014 09:43 AM (v7+/1)

52 I heard the White House response to this act of terrorism is to refrain from ordering Malaysian food for two weeks.

Posted by: Y-not at March 09, 2014 09:43 AM (zDsvJ)

53 25?
Y-not?
CRS?

If it weren't for 3 X 5 filecards in my shirt pocket, I wouldn't know what to do next.
Damn, I hate getting old. It's a SOB....

Posted by: backhoe at March 09, 2014 09:43 AM (ULH4o)

54 Lockerbie cemented my already burgeoning hatred for Islamic terrorists. Nicole Boulanger, the neighbor of my HS girlfriend and basically her "big sister", was on that flight. She was worth a million of those scumbags.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 09, 2014 09:44 AM (ZshNr)

55 Maybe an engine went kerblewy and damaged the fuselage and then the act of turning back destroyed the plane. And zombies killed the pilots.

Posted by: eman at March 09, 2014 09:44 AM (AO9UG)

56 Have the Russians buckled in the face of the incredible pressure from us boycotting the ParaOlympics yet, btw?

Posted by: Y-not at March 09, 2014 09:44 AM (zDsvJ)

57 I knew I picked the wrong week to quite drinking.

Posted by: Lloyd Bridges at March 09, 2014 09:44 AM (v7+/1)

58 Yes there have been so many unexplained explosions over the last few years. What about the apartment in Minnesota in January? That was swept under the rug. We had a condo building catch fire and burn here with reports of people hearing an explosion. At first they said it was hash oil, but then they said it wasn't and they were still investigating. And they have never released a cause. This was a condo complex that had numerous residents from the ME. I suspect if you researched it enough there would be so many unexplained explosions in cities across the country that we would all end up being grateful for incompetent bomb makers.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 09, 2014 09:44 AM (RZ8pf)

59 GT is a tough, competitive school. I'm sure this was just blowing off a little steam, just like Ft. Hood was a case of 'workplace violence' Posted by: phreshone --------------- I actually was assigned a group project with a middle eastern GT student. He remained intentionally aloof from the group. It was not that he was shy, or had communication difficulties, it was that he was contemptuous of his classmates.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 09, 2014 09:44 AM (aDwsi)

60 So you are saying we will have to put up with heavy gloating for two whole weeks? Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 09, 2014 01:40 PM (g4TxM Two weeks?

Posted by: Velvet Ambition at March 09, 2014 09:45 AM (R8hU8)

61 44 So you are saying we will have to put up with heavy gloating for two whole weeks? i'm actually serious this time the bears have a chance to start 6 all-pros on defense and that's with last year's #2 offense coming back even Jay Colorblind Cutler can't screw it up hell, Tony Crybaby Romo couldn't even screw it up

Posted by: navycopjoe at March 09, 2014 09:45 AM (At8tV)

62 >>Damn, I hate getting old. It's a SOB.... Beats the alternative, though!

Posted by: Y-not at March 09, 2014 09:45 AM (zDsvJ)

63 If it weren't for 3 X 5 filecards in my shirt pocket, I wouldn't know what to do next. Damn, I hate getting old. It's a SOB.... Posted by: backhoe --------------- Heh. My favorite trick is making a grocery list, then walking out without remembering to take it with me.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 09, 2014 09:46 AM (aDwsi)

64 " My favorite trick is making a grocery list, then walking out without remembering to take it with me." That particular malady affects not just the old.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 09, 2014 09:47 AM (v7+/1)

65 Don't they grow tea in Malaysia? And I'll bet they have parties. Just spitballin' here.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 09, 2014 09:47 AM (g4TxM)

66 Beats the alternative, though! Posted by: Y-not at March 09, 2014 01:45 PM (zDsvJ) As my dear departed Mum used to say "Getting old isn't for sissies!"

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 09, 2014 09:47 AM (o3MSL)

67 How about some coffee, Johnny?

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at March 09, 2014 09:48 AM (hn5v5)

68 Neither incident has any connection to terrorism. All is well. Nothing to see here.

Posted by: FBI at March 09, 2014 09:48 AM (sOtz/)

69 phresone, you mean like Egypt Air Flt 990?

http://youtu.be/F8G08hwlDjQ

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 09, 2014 09:48 AM (lnUO4)

70 I love conservatives.

Posted by: Mitch McConnell at March 09, 2014 09:49 AM (Iyg03)

71 I have been spurned by a bunch of tree bark eaters.

Posted by: Dennis Rodman at March 09, 2014 09:49 AM (Dwehj)

72 That particular malady affects not just the old. Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 09, 2014 01:47 PM (v7+/1) One of the fundamental questions in life is "Why am I here?" Like when I walk into the kitchen and say "Why am I here?"

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 09, 2014 09:49 AM (o3MSL)

73 Fuck conservatives.

Posted by: Mitch McConnell at March 09, 2014 09:49 AM (Iyg03)

74 Note to self: don't do any flying to the Far East anytime soon. Posted by: Ricardo --------------- Waaay ahead of you. I took the flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing (or 'Peking', as I prefer) off my list of desirable travels 30 years ago.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 09, 2014 09:50 AM (aDwsi)

75 The flight path took the plane directly over Macho Grande.

Posted by: eman at March 09, 2014 09:50 AM (AO9UG)

76 50 Thanks, Andy from the great white north. I'll try to remember that for future reference. Now, I'll take the doggie for a long walk since we finally have sunshine and temps higher than 30. I've already listened to most of the podcast - any recommendations on something good to listen to for an hour?

Posted by: shredded chi at March 09, 2014 09:50 AM (OmBt5)

77 Seamus...you may be on to sumthin'....just saying.

Posted by: lindafell at March 09, 2014 09:50 AM (PGO8C)

78 Did I say that out loud? I would never say that. I love conservatives. They're the nice, nice vote-givers. That I love.

Posted by: Mitch McConnell at March 09, 2014 09:50 AM (Iyg03)

79 Those bastards.

Posted by: Mitch McConnell at March 09, 2014 09:51 AM (Iyg03)

80 62?
63?

I hear you. I've been stiff as a board since several days of cold WX and rain squalls I had to go out in- using a staff to walk. No doubt the RA liting up again.

Mike? Yeah, I've done that. Get to the store, left my note at home, and ponder "WTF was I supposed to buy?"

I seem to be using drive-in windows a lot more.... damn it all.

Posted by: backhoe at March 09, 2014 09:51 AM (ULH4o)

81 No, no, I didn't mean that. I would never say that. I love conservatives. They're nice, and they give me votes.

Posted by: Mitch McConnell at March 09, 2014 09:51 AM (Iyg03)

82 exactly Anna

Posted by: phreshone at March 09, 2014 09:52 AM (Q6pxP)

83 I just don't understand why the powers that be have decided that we must deny that terrorism exists. For decades we all lived with the threat of terrorism, sure sometimes it was the IRA but often it was from one ME group or another. Wouldn't it strengthen our government's argument that they need to tap our phones and read our emails and anally probe us at airports if they admitted that yeah there are ME folks in this country trying to blow us up on a regular basis.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 09, 2014 09:52 AM (RZ8pf)

84 I would expect that sex tourists in that region might want to travel under false identities...

Posted by: --- at March 09, 2014 09:52 AM (Nc4A0)

85 Remember that MN Somali apartment explosion? That was covered up quickly.

Posted by: Beagle at March 09, 2014 09:52 AM (sOtz/)

86 Like when I walk into the kitchen and say "Why am I here?" Posted by: Hrothgar ----------------- The likelihood of that happening is proportional to the distance that you have to walk back to re-discover your purpose. MH Law #121

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 09, 2014 09:52 AM (aDwsi)

87 Whatever you do, DO NOT utter the words "Macho Grande" around me.

Posted by: Ted Stryker at March 09, 2014 09:52 AM (v7+/1)

88 Heh. My favorite trick is making a grocery list, then walking out without remembering to take it with me. Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 09, 2014 01:46 PM (aDwsi) ______________ Take a couple pics of your fridge & pantry with your phone. When you get to the store, you'll know most of what you need.

Posted by: shredded chi at March 09, 2014 09:53 AM (OmBt5)

89 I'm amazed that he lasted a month. With those type of burns, they usually die withing 72 hours. Was he an exchange student? I hope not. Unless I know more about this guy, I don't know if I would write him off as a terrorist. When I was an undergrad, foreign grad students were always committing suicide by setting themselves on fire.

Posted by: The Yellow Pug at March 09, 2014 09:53 AM (hJnUx)

90 Neither incident has any connection to terrorism. All is well. Nothing to see here. Posted by: FBI at March 09, 2014 01:48 PM (sOtz/) Sort of like there is no voter fraud anywhere in the entire country! All is well. Nothing to see here. Unexpectedly, wherever the "right" votes are being suppressed by photo ID requirements, it is a critical situation that deserves the attention of the entire DoJ.

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 09, 2014 09:53 AM (o3MSL)

91 Oh, and I heard that it is now 4 people boarded with stolen passports.

Posted by: The Yellow Pug at March 09, 2014 09:54 AM (hJnUx)

92 Take a couple pics of your fridge & pantry with your phone. When you get to the store, you'll know most of what you need. Posted by: shredded ----------------------------- ... including the fact that it is time to clean out the fridge.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 09, 2014 09:54 AM (aDwsi)

93 Soooo, Senslessbrenner (RINO) from Wisconsin thinks that Texas and Georgia are aggriegious examples of voter suppression and that we should be back under Holder's injustice departments stupidvision. Rrriiiggghhhhttt.......

Posted by: lindafell at March 09, 2014 09:56 AM (PGO8C)

94 Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 09, 2014 01:52 PM (RZ8pf) Especially as they have had such smashing successes in preventing terror attacks (all of which they can't tell you about)!

Posted by: Joker Tsarnaev at March 09, 2014 09:57 AM (o3MSL)

95 I just don't understand why the powers that be have decided that we must deny that terrorism exists. For decades we all lived with the threat of terrorism, sure sometimes it was the IRA but often it was from one ME group or another. Wouldn't it strengthen our government's argument that they need to tap our phones and read our emails and anally probe us at airports if they admitted that yeah there are ME folks in this country trying to blow us up on a regular basis.

It's the Narrative. The left adopted the belief long ago that middle eastern terrorists were poor benighted souls who suffered under the yoke of American imperialism. Hence, any talk about how bad they are is simply another way to justify the need to oppress non-white countries.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 09, 2014 09:57 AM (lr3d7)

96 Nice day for a change. Unfortunately we've got an uncontested arrival of kids on our property trying to climb one of our trees, so Mr. DeVille is out there engaging in Nazi opposition. Too bad really, as we wouldn't care if the little strangers climbed the tree..... if it weren't for lawyers.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 09, 2014 09:57 AM (dfYL9)

97 Any new word on Joker or was it Speedbump's [ex] girlfriend who went to Chechnya and vanished? Was she on the Malaysian flight?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 09, 2014 09:58 AM (lnUO4)

98 The Amsterdam destination makes me think it might have been terrorists who fucked up and prematurely nuked themselves. Which would explain why no jihadi dirtbags are taking credit -- perhaps they weren't trying to pick a fight with China. The Guardian ‏@guardian Malaysia Airlines: passengers w stolen passports had tickets with consecutive numbers and onward flight to Amsterdam http://gu.com/p/3ncm9/tw

Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 09, 2014 09:58 AM (ZPrif)

99 ...if it weren't for lawyers. Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 09, 2014 01:57 PM (dfYL9) Wm Shakespeare had a plan for that.

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 09, 2014 09:59 AM (o3MSL)

100 @95 Taught to the best and brightest in the Wahabbi League schools of Georgetown an Harvard. Oddly though, still no evangelical churches in Mecca.

Posted by: Beagle at March 09, 2014 10:01 AM (sOtz/)

101 99 Wm Shakespeare had a plan for that. Posted by: Hrothgar at March 09, 2014 01:59 PM (o3MSL) -------------------------- And a very good one!

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 09, 2014 10:01 AM (dfYL9)

102 "if it weren't for lawyers. " Same reason I don't let me more people onto the property. Lots want to go hunt or fish but I just say "no." Not that I'm a jerk but lawyers.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 09, 2014 10:01 AM (v7+/1)

103 Hmm. The condescension and scorn in this lede dripped right right off my screen and onto my desk. "Failed Vice Presidential candidate and half-term governor Sarah Palin made her appearance at CPAC today, delighting an easily-amused crowd with an updated recitation of the GOPÂ’s favorite go-to book, Dr. SeussÂ’ Â“Green Eggs and Ham.Â” Link: http://alturl.com/gbbj6 The story's garbage but the video is amusing. The same people who spend every waking moment chuckling at sites like Buzzfeed are poo pooing the silly snowbilly, but I thought it was pretty funny.

Posted by: Weirddave at March 09, 2014 10:01 AM (N/cFh)

104 OT:

Just saw the CSPAN interview where lefty journo prof interviews Gabriel Sherman who wrote a 'tell-all' book from the lefty perspective about Fox News and Roger Ailes. Raised my blood pressure to danger levels.

No wonder "journalism" is in the shape it's in with Jane Hall filling minds full of mush and not adding much else.

Posted by: Sphynx at March 09, 2014 10:02 AM (OZmbA)

105 I'm going to set up my gold panning rig today then maybe use it tomorrow. I've got 40+ pounds of pay dirt that has been burning a whole in my shed all winter. All the streams have been overwhelmed this winter, new places were dug out for me, so I want to clear out room for new dirt. Most of the stuff I have I came from CA and AZ, but I hold out hope that one of my NC spots will produce.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 09, 2014 10:02 AM (ZshNr)

106 How many mulligans does President Obama really take during a round of golf? And how many strokes does he recover with his shoe wedge?

These are the true international and foreign dilemmas of our time.

Posted by: Fritz at March 09, 2014 10:04 AM (PnMCP)

107 Posted by: Sphynx at March 09, 2014 02:02 PM (OZmbA) "One monolithic voice to rule them all!"

Posted by: J R R Tolkien at March 09, 2014 10:04 AM (o3MSL)

108 RAND WINS CPAC POLL... Just like pop...Paulbots skewing the polls. Do all Paulbots live in their mother's basements??

Posted by: The Yellow Pug at March 09, 2014 10:04 AM (hJnUx)

109 Lincoln - Have you ever had any luck?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 09, 2014 10:04 AM (aDwsi)

110 So, was the knife attack last week definitely Uighars?

Posted by: The Yellow Pug at March 09, 2014 10:05 AM (hJnUx)

111 I like your priorities there, Fritz

Posted by: Preznit FoShizzle at March 09, 2014 10:05 AM (v7+/1)

112 More and more, I feel like we are living in a very bad remake of this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_a_Mad,_Mad,_Mad,_Mad_World

Posted by: backhoe at March 09, 2014 10:06 AM (ULH4o)

113 Before he goes golfing, I have to remind Barry that because of all the chemicals, he shouldn't was his balls on the course in the same manner as he does at home

Posted by: Reggie Love at March 09, 2014 10:07 AM (Q6pxP)

114 Just like pop...Paulbots skewing the polls. Do all Paulbots live in their mother's basements?? Subterranean dwellings offer added resistance to HAARP signals and Chemtrail agents.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at March 09, 2014 10:07 AM (SY2Kh)

115 Lincoln - Ah, reminded of Robert Service. Â“A half-dead thing in a stark dead world, clean mad for the muck called gold.Â” ― Robert Service

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 09, 2014 10:07 AM (aDwsi)

116 108--- Do all Paulbots live in their mother's basements?? Posted by: The Yellow Pug at March 09, 2014 02:04 PM (hJnUx) ------------------------- No. Many live in college dorms. THEN they live in basements.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 09, 2014 10:08 AM (dfYL9)

117 Navycopjoe: After Bennett, you may need to sign those 20-some other Hawk defenders for a real good defense. Just sayin'.

Posted by: Seattle Seakawks at March 09, 2014 10:08 AM (cgWjy)

118 I'm pretty sure that golf balls contain a substance known to cause cancer in California.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 09, 2014 10:08 AM (aDwsi)

119 Odd that the Chinese granted visas based on reported-stolen passports.

Posted by: --- at March 09, 2014 10:08 AM (MMC8r)

120 I don't find the Molotov cocktails suspicious. He was probably just trying to teach the dogs to stay off the couch.

Posted by: WalrusRex at March 09, 2014 10:08 AM (E+uky)

121 Wahhabi 20,000,000 bucks each for indoctrination and propaganda centers at Georgetown and Harvard is a great investment in dawah and the jihad of the tongue: two things you will never learn about at either school.

Posted by: Beagle at March 09, 2014 10:09 AM (THJBH)

122 I am pretty sure the pilot and co-pilot had mooslemish names. So there's that to consider in the allyoop snackbar scenario, on top of the stolen passports. Maybe one of them wuz fighting for control if plane as he did not feel the need to be a martyr with him? Regardless, my prayers are for miracle survivors and peace of mind for those left behind.

Re: Georgia Techie: he knew dang well what he was doing. Who or when he was planning to blow up will be a mystery for the ages, but these workplace injuries are a good thing.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Redneck Queen at March 09, 2014 10:09 AM (baL2B)

123 Not Terrorism and Not Lena Dunham Open Thread Compliance pic http://tinyurl.com/mbnj2tz

Posted by: kbdabear at March 09, 2014 10:09 AM (aTXUx)

124 Yeah, not enough to make a profit, but enough to keep me searching. I'm no hardcore prospector, but it's an excuse to muck around in streams. The most valuable finds I've had (not very valuable, mind you) have been precious/semi-precious stones. I've never sold any, most are small, but I've got emeralds, rare-colored Flourites, stuff like that in my collection, all found in NC.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 09, 2014 10:09 AM (ZshNr)

125 I don't find the Molotov cocktails suspicious. He was probably just trying to teach the dogs to stay off the couch. Posted by: Walrus ------------ No dogs for Muzzies, because unclean.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 09, 2014 10:09 AM (aDwsi)

126 Golf balls.

I recently had a conversation with an ABC store manager (Pinehurst area) who told me that he was getting in some vacation time now (a couple of weeks ago) because the US Open was going to be the big event of the year.

Posted by: mrp at March 09, 2014 10:10 AM (JBggj)

127 Fluorites. stupid auto correct.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 09, 2014 10:10 AM (ZshNr)

128 Lincoln - Yes. A lot of Ruby/Emerald hunters in the w. part of the state. There was once gold mining, of course, in Mecklenburg county, a recent commercial resurgence in interest, I believe.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 09, 2014 10:12 AM (aDwsi)

129 Lincoln - It used to be not-uncommon to find a small dredge working one or another N. GA river.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 09, 2014 10:13 AM (aDwsi)

130 And, as we've seen with every other security incident -- the public and every government generally wants more and better surveillance and monitoring. If this was terrorism then the key to solving it will be the surveillance videos of the guys with fake passports and facial recognition software that tries to figure out who they are. If the video isn't good enough or the bad guys aren't on file then people will demand ever higher resolution surveillance video and ever more comprehensive picture databases. I can foresee an eventual call for biometric passports. Something with your biometric markers, like DNA. Maybe have to give a saliva sample to verify you are you. Iris, fingerprints, etc. People bitch about the surveillance state, but after every incident most people demand more of it. And the State is eager to comply.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 09, 2014 10:14 AM (ZPrif)

131 Mixing molotov cocktails in an Iranian student's dorm? We'd better put everyone who buys a gallon of gas on the DHS terrorist watch list If this thug had succeeded, I'm sure that the MSM would be buzzing about how Georgia is a hotbed of Teabagger Terrorism

Posted by: kbdabear at March 09, 2014 10:15 AM (aTXUx)

132 Lincoln - If you've never seen it: http://www.stoppingpoints.com/north-carolina/sights.cgi?marker=Gold+Mines&cnty=Mecklenburg

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 09, 2014 10:15 AM (aDwsi)

133 Ever heard of Hiddenite, the town or the gem? It's about an hour from here, the only source in the world. That's where I want to go and rent a camper and live for a month, just digging like a dog. But they don't really allow that. Some gold places do. I had good luck at one east of Asheville, name escapes me.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 09, 2014 10:15 AM (ZshNr)

134 118 I'm pretty sure that golf balls contain a substance known to cause cancer in California. Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 09, 2014 02:08 PM (aDwsi) And when you hit a golf ball in California, you get ticketed for littering.

Posted by: model_1066 at March 09, 2014 10:15 AM (KWIwL)

135 Russia Today is to Putin as MSNBC, NBC, CBS, ABC, and CNN are to Obama

Posted by: kbdabear at March 09, 2014 10:16 AM (aTXUx)

136 125?
Mike?

My late wife's Border Collie sleeps with me. Had all his shots, clean, smells slightly of fresh straw like you find in new brooms.

He's cleaner than some people I've had the misfortune to encounter.

Posted by: backhoe at March 09, 2014 10:16 AM (ULH4o)

137 When Asiana Flight 214 flew into the ground on an afternoon with perfect flying conditions a lot of people with experience in Asia suggested that the problem may have been that the most senior pilot aboard had the least lfying time in a 777 and that the other pilots may have been too deferential when he made a mistake on the approach. The theory was the pilot was letting the computer fly the plane, he didn't know the imitations of the craft and no one questioned him. Some -who also accused American pilots of being cowboys for not trusting the computers- saw that attitude as racist. The final report hasn't been issued but three weeks ago Asiana announced they were changing how they trained their pilots. The reason given was one of the pilots involved in the crash testified he didn't think he had the authority to call for the landing to be aborted when he saw how low they were.

Score one for the racist American cowboys.

Posted by: NC Mountain Girl at March 09, 2014 10:16 AM (rc+UK)

138 CAN I HAZ VOTES IN NOVEMBER?

Posted by: McConnell Cat at March 09, 2014 10:17 AM (Iyg03)

139 135 Russia Today is to Putin as MSNBC, NBC, CBS, ABC, and CNN are to Obama Posted by: kbdabear at March 09, 2014 02:16 PM (aTXUx) Except that nobody had to coerce our lame joke of a so-called media to tongue Obama's asshole 24/7.

Posted by: model_1066 at March 09, 2014 10:18 AM (KWIwL)

140 " The reason given was one of the pilots involved in the crash testified he didn't think he had the authority to call for the landing to be aborted when he saw how low they were. " I cannot fathom this. Sum bitch is fixing to kill me and everybody else aboard I'M SAYING SOMETHING!

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 09, 2014 10:18 AM (v7+/1)

141 And when you hit a golf ball in California, you get ticketed for littering. Posted by: model_1066 -------------------------- Heh. Our neighborhood has a smallish lake, maybe 50 acres. Becoming so silted up that we had it dredged. The primary feeder creek runs through a golf course. The dredge coughed up hundreds and hundreds of golf balls. Some pretty old, Gutta-percha

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 09, 2014 10:19 AM (aDwsi)

142 Mike, I didn't, but have learned about all that stuff since I moved here. Total bonus to the relocation. We've gone on at least one gold /gem mini-expedition every year since we've lived here, and I do a bunch on my own. As a side-effect I've learned about all the differences between New England and North Carolina woods and waterways. Totally different animals, literally and figuratively.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 09, 2014 10:20 AM (ZshNr)

143 I Keeeeellll You! I Keeeellll You All!

Posted by: Achmed, the Dead Terrorist at March 09, 2014 10:21 AM (JRT/5)

144 >>Score one for the racist American cowboys. Mmmm... cowboys! http://blog.drysdales.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/13MWZ-side-promo.jpg Bunk!

Posted by: Y-not at March 09, 2014 10:21 AM (zDsvJ)

145 People bitch about the surveillance state, but after every incident most people demand more of it. And the State is eager to comply. Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 09, 2014 02:14 PM (ZPrif) Every hi-tech snooping gadgetry that Google turns out wouldn't have made a difference in Boston. The Russians did everything but beat the FBI in the head with a cluebat about Joker and Speedbump, and the FBI ignored it But yeh, let's put the NSA everywhere while muzzies carry a nuke suitcase past waving TSA gropers

Posted by: kbdabear at March 09, 2014 10:21 AM (aTXUx)

146 I'm pretty sure the government is stealing an our from each of us so they can give them to Bark and Mooch so they can take more vacations.

Posted by: WalrusRex at March 09, 2014 10:22 AM (E+uky)

147 Heh. Our neighborhood has a smallish lake, maybe 50 acres. Becoming so silted up that we had it dredged. The primary feeder creek runs through a golf course. The dredge coughed up hundreds and hundreds of golf balls. Some pretty old, Gutta-percha Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 09, 2014 02:19 PM (aDwsi) In high school, a couple of us punks would sneak onto the course late at night with a wire basket and some rope, and drag the ponds for balls. We'd get 300-400 in a couple of hours on some nights.

Posted by: model_1066 at March 09, 2014 10:22 AM (KWIwL)

148 backhoe - Yeah, I know. My wife's little dog curls up next to my outboard shoulder every night. I gave up fighting it. No matter what I do, there she is in the morning. It's like having a heating pad on my shoulder.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 09, 2014 10:23 AM (aDwsi)

149 Meanwhile, Mr Y-not assembled our tax documents to send off to our the wizard we found in California. (One of only three good things from our stay there.) Hope he can work some magic, because the mister's salary has been flat as a pancake owing to a really tight state budget.

Posted by: Y-not at March 09, 2014 10:24 AM (zDsvJ)

150 We have the NSA, DHS, TSA, and every other acronym in the government anal probing law abiding Americans while ignoring muzzie terrorists right under their noses Think maybe Obama, Holder, and the other leftist control freaks are telling us who they see as the real enemy?

Posted by: kbdabear at March 09, 2014 10:24 AM (aTXUx)

151 > 136 ... He's cleaner than some people I've had the misfortune to encounter. Posted by: backhoe at March 09, 2014 02:16 PM (ULH4o) ...well, your dog is in better shape than most children in the Turd World.

Posted by: 8-) at March 09, 2014 10:24 AM (33Umy)

152 Posted by: Y-not at March 09, 2014 02:21 PM (zDsvJ) Girls go nuts for Wrangler butts.

Posted by: stace at March 09, 2014 10:24 AM (9PXzx)

153 >>Girls go nuts for Wrangler butts. Too true. I remember trying on a pair of Wrangler ten zillion years ago when I was a "junior" (and had virtually no hips). It was nigh on impossible to pull those things up. But they look great on dudes.

Posted by: Y-not at March 09, 2014 10:25 AM (zDsvJ)

154 At fifteen I was cart guy at a course in Pinehurst, part of my pay was the ability to dive the ponds. We would divide balls, bad ones they kept as range balls and I got to sell the good ones.

Posted by: traye at March 09, 2014 10:25 AM (mPI0W)

155 ...well, your dog is in better shape than most children in the Turd World. Posted by: 8-) at March 09, 2014 02:24 PM (33Umy) The Onion has that covered: http://tinyurl.com/2va8dcx

Posted by: model_1066 at March 09, 2014 10:26 AM (KWIwL)

156 "SEPANG: The Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) has denied that the debris found near Vietnam's Tho Chu Island was from of the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 airplane. DCA director-general Datuk Azharuddin Abdul Rahman said authorities have confirmed that the objects spotted floating in the sea about 100km south-southwest off the island did not match the body of the missing aircraft. It was spotted by the Singapore search team. "In the meantime, we are still verifying if the oil slick it matches the MAS Boeing 777-200 with relevant authorities," he said. He added that the search radius has also been expanded from 20 nautical miles to 50 nautical miles. "At present, we have 34 aircraft and 40 ships currently combing the search and rescue areas," he said. Azharuddin said authorities did not rule out the possibility of the aircraft being hijacked, but asserted that the priority was to locate the plane. The aircraft disappeared with 239 people on board, including 12 crewmembers, early Saturday morning while on its way to Beijing." This search is actually going backwards.....

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 09, 2014 10:27 AM (v7+/1)

157 * checks jeans label * * crap! Lee *

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 09, 2014 10:27 AM (aDwsi)

158 Harvey Weinstein says California really needs to give Hollywood a big break on taxes So they can make movies telling us how the rich won't pay their fair share of taxes http://tinyurl.com/pz6dkaw

Posted by: kbdabear at March 09, 2014 10:28 AM (aTXUx)

159 LOST

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 09, 2014 10:28 AM (ZshNr)

160 Think maybe Obama, Holder, and the other leftist control freaks are telling us who they see as the real enemy?

If Americans ever recover their values long enough to remember we outnumber the useless shits in government, they're done. The worst muzzies are likely to do is kill a bunch of urban cannon fodder, but not enough to undo Obama's margin of victory.

Posted by: Methos at March 09, 2014 10:28 AM (hO9ad)

161 There is a golf course here that sits on the edge of a 4 lane road with a parkway in the middle of it. The house across the street always has golf balls for sale. I assume someone there goes to the course and dredges the ponds but I like to imagine the golf balls are from errant shots on the course that land in their yard. Well I like to imagine that after I have safely driven by.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 09, 2014 10:29 AM (RZ8pf)

162 >>157 * checks jeans label *

* crap! Lee * Posted by: Mike Hammer

<<

Girls become sluts.
for Lee Jeans nuts.

Posted by: Sphynx at March 09, 2014 10:29 AM (OZmbA)

163 But they look great on dudes. Posted by: Y-not at March 09, 2014 02:25 PM (zDsvJ) Yeah, one time I walked right past my dorm on the way back from class--I got distracted by one walking in front of me.

Posted by: stace at March 09, 2014 10:29 AM (9PXzx)

164 Not a hypocrite. Quit calling me a hypocrite!

Posted by: Liberal 1%er asking for tax breaks at March 09, 2014 10:30 AM (Aif/5)

165 LOST?

Mr. Wilson!

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 09, 2014 10:30 AM (lnUO4)

166 I like to imagine the golf balls are from errant shots on the course that land in their yard. Well I like to imagine that after I have safely driven by. Posted by: Paranoid ------------ My mother had a house adjacent to the 14th green at a golf course. Periodically, there would occur a 'thump' as a ball hit the house. The golfers were always too embarrassed to come knock on the door and ask about looking for their ball.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 09, 2014 10:31 AM (aDwsi)

167 Is there a Bermuda like triangle in the south china sea?

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 09, 2014 10:31 AM (RZ8pf)

168 DCA director-general Datuk Azharuddin Abdul Rahman said authorities have confirmed that the objects spotted floating in the sea about 100km south-southwest off the island did not match the body of the missing aircraft.

If they found an airplane door floating in the ocean, I'd still be curious where it came from.

Posted by: Methos at March 09, 2014 10:31 AM (hO9ad)

169 the US Open was going to be the big event of the year.

Posted by: mrp at March 09, 2014 02:10 PM (JBggj)

Pinehurst #2 is hosting the Men's US Open and the Women's US Open on back-to-back weeks this year... A double zoo for the people working in the area

Posted by: phreshone at March 09, 2014 10:32 AM (Q6pxP)

170 PGiS, if you mean marauding pirates then yes.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 09, 2014 10:32 AM (lnUO4)

171 Lol, Lee jeans will do too, just not those hipster jeans, whoever makes those.

Posted by: stace at March 09, 2014 10:32 AM (9PXzx)

172 after I have safely driven by. Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle Ah ha ha ha, one of my duties was chipping range balls back into the range and then picking them up with machine, there was a ball in deep grass, hack hack hack, boom, right out the back of the range. New Cadillac. That little ball does a surprising amount of damage.

Posted by: traye at March 09, 2014 10:34 AM (mPI0W)

173 Levis. There are no jeans but Levis.

Posted by: garrett at March 09, 2014 10:34 AM (I33is)

174 Mitch McConnell can hear the pitter pat of little feet coming up behind him.

Don't be fooled, he's still a Club Senate member who's only goal is to return to the Senate for 6 more years.

Come on Kentucky. Hasn't he been there long enough?

He'd cut his momma's throat at this point to stay in his nice cushy job. He'd promise anything to remain in power.

I haven't seen anyone so uncomfortable holding a rifle since the last time a liberal in real life did (and not in a show or movie).

We're not HIS sort, He's not comfortable with US. Why should we reward his disdain with money and a job?

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at March 09, 2014 10:35 AM (LSDdO)

175 When your sack is saggy
Better'd wear Dockers
They're baggy

Posted by: Sphynx at March 09, 2014 10:36 AM (OZmbA)

176 Yeah that is the thing the south china sea is a beehive of activity and ships are often stacked up waiting to get to Chinese ports. I know the location is south of where the shipping is but some ships come out of Malaysia too because as China has gotten more wealth they have outsourced labor to Malaysia in some cases. Yet no ship saw anything.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 09, 2014 10:36 AM (RZ8pf)

177 158 Harvey Weinstein says California really needs to give Hollywood a big break on taxes I have a brilliant idea. Ready? For these states like Louisiana who give tax breaks for filming there, if anyone on the film wins an award, they have to mention the tax break in their acceptance speech. OK, if that's too hard to control, it has to be mentioned by organizers of the award show at the time of the presentation and, if relevant, must be televised. Oh, I would just love to see them up their announcing their little subsidies and debasing themselves.

Posted by: AmishDude at March 09, 2014 10:36 AM (xSegX)

178 173 Levis.

There are no jeans but Levis. Posted by: garrett
<<

And David Cassidy is his prophet.

Posted by: Sphynx at March 09, 2014 10:37 AM (OZmbA)

179 Updated the post. Thanks, Ricardo.

Posted by: Y-not at March 09, 2014 10:37 AM (zDsvJ)

180 148?
Mike?

My dogs and cats always slept with me- from childhood. We kept them clean, and they always had up to date medicine.

I had the misfortune to encounter one of those "people who never bathe" in Winn-Dixie a few months ago. First thing I smelled was the miasma of cheap perfume to attempt to disguise her stench. Then her- rancid human being. I have done hard, heavy, sweaty labor with huge strong men all my life. If you bathe daily the worst you smell like is a man- not offensive. But if you don't? Rancid butter- it's awful.

My Cole-boy is quite clean. And nestles against me at nite. It's quite comforting.

Posted by: backhoe at March 09, 2014 10:38 AM (ULH4o)

181
If you've seen my flick, surely you must be down for a little action?

Posted by: Bronco Bama at March 09, 2014 10:39 AM (nQjHM)

182 173 Levis. There are no jeans but Levis. Posted by: garrett at March 09, 2014 02:34 PM (I33is) Made by JOOOOZ with the blood of Palestinian children!!!!1!1!1!1!

Posted by: Insomniac at March 09, 2014 10:39 AM (UAMVq)

183 Made by JOOOOZ with the blood of Palestinian children!!!! Like stonewashed matzoh.

Posted by: garrett at March 09, 2014 10:40 AM (I33is)

184 Who needs a hi-falutin book thread when there is such classy poetry on this one?

Posted by: stace at March 09, 2014 10:41 AM (9PXzx)

185 Girls become sluts.
for Lee Jeans nuts.

Next you'll tell me girls spread their thighs for Levi's.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 09, 2014 10:41 AM (0AKks)

186 I live across the street from the 18th fairway and I still get golf balls hit in my yard. Average about 6 or 7 a year. My neighbors across the street replace windows often. That is why I bought across the street from the fairway.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at March 09, 2014 10:41 AM (jucos)

187 My son and I spent yesterday harvesting trees. I have one black walnut log 32" diameter in the big end, 24" diameter on the small end, fourteen feet long. I have eight bois d'arc (Osage orange) logs that average 20" diameter and nine feet long. All are well seasoned, no rot. We'll see how enthusiastic the sawmill is about sawing these. They got all excited on the phone. Advise Request: flat saw big planks or smaller quarter sawn for the great grain, stability, etc. Somebody here is a furniture maker. Wonder what that stuff is worth too.

Posted by: Mr. Dave at March 09, 2014 10:41 AM (/uRce)

188 I polled 3% at CPAC. I'm a juggernaut, baby!

Posted by: Paul Ryan at March 09, 2014 10:42 AM (JQuNB)

189 Has anyone had experience with a cat ingesting easter lilies? My sister's cat had the pollen from one on his face, she is at kitty vet with him now. Doesn't look like he ate the actual plant but I am sure pollen is equally toxic. She is terrified he is going to die, vet doesn't know yet what to tell her. I know it's not as dramatic as a plane of people or a person being sick, but prayers are appreciated. he is her baby, she is sick with worry right now.

Posted by: LizLem at March 09, 2014 10:42 AM (ijXVY)

190 Levis. There are no jeans but Levis. Posted by: garrett -------------------- I dumped Levis when they went with a prominent[i/] pro-ghey policy. They may do as they wish, but promoting a lifestyle of which I disapprove doesn't get my business.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 09, 2014 10:42 AM (aDwsi)

191

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 09, 2014 10:42 AM (aDwsi)

192 A *very* near-barrel experience.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 09, 2014 10:42 AM (aDwsi)

193 140 " The reason given was one of the pilots involved in the crash testified he didn't think he had the authority to call for the landing to be aborted when he saw how low they were. " I cannot fathom this. Sum bitch is fixing to kill me and everybody else aboard I'M SAYING SOMETHING! Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 09, 2014 02:18 PM (v7+/1) Admittedly, this is an extreme example, but Asian cultures tend to be very deferential to authority.

Posted by: AmishDude at March 09, 2014 10:43 AM (xSegX)

194 Why are we still entertaining Grad Students from muslim countries.... Iran in particular. This country truly has a death wish.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at March 09, 2014 10:43 AM (jucos)

195 Advise Request: flat saw big planks or smaller quarter sawn for the great grain, stability, etc. Somebody here is a furniture maker. Wonder what that stuff is worth too. Flat saw for pieces that will be stressed by weight. Quarter saw for figure on the rest. Good luck. I don't envy your blades.

Posted by: garrett at March 09, 2014 10:43 AM (I33is)

196 Liz : Has the cat been taken to the vet? Seems unlikely to be a terminal sort of thing.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 09, 2014 10:43 AM (aDwsi)

197 Soooo clooooose.

Posted by: The Barrel at March 09, 2014 10:43 AM (0AKks)

198 People don't understand that we've already lost the War on Terrorism.

The goal of the terrorist is to change the people or the state or the culture that they are at odds with. So that they either interfere less with the terrorist local control OR that they cease to exist at all as they were originally created or as they grew.

The US and western Civilization is already beyond the first part. We are less and less able to confront or control the interactions with those overseas in the areas where the terrorists are the strongest AND we've changed our basic day to day living style to such that we've become a prison country. We no longer look to innovate (except on surveillance) we have become perpetual whiners of this or that, we no longer are leaders of the world, our financial system teeters on the brink of insolvency and we no longer believe in ourselves or our future.

THEY. WON.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at March 09, 2014 10:45 AM (LSDdO)

199 Maxim Eristavi ‏@MaximEristavi Political association with EU could be signed on March 17 or 21 - @MFA_Ukraine https://twitter.com/MFA_Ukraine/status/442730138674167808 So, in the next week or two 1) Crimea will vote to secede (referendum March 16th) 2) Russia will probably vote to absorb the Crimea 3) Ukraine will sign Association Agreement with EU (17th or 21st)

Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 09, 2014 10:45 AM (ZPrif)

200

Girls wipe their chins

for guys in Toughskins

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at March 09, 2014 10:45 AM (jucos)

201 Blanco - Yeah. The smell of barrel generates adrenaline.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 09, 2014 10:45 AM (aDwsi)

202 obama killed Osama.

Posted by: soothsayer at March 09, 2014 10:46 AM (4mGlY)

203 >>First thing I smelled was the miasma of cheap perfume to attempt to disguise her stench. Then her- rancid human being.<<

This is kind of what I imagine pre-bathing America and Europe to have smelled like. Regular baths didn't start happening in most western cultures until well past mid-19th century.

So, Constitutional Convention might have has a bit of a strong 'atmosphere.'

Posted by: Sphynx at March 09, 2014 10:46 AM (OZmbA)

204 200
Girls wipe their chins
for guys in Toughskins Posted by: Truck Monkey,

. . . after they take a swig of moonshine.

Posted by: Sphynx at March 09, 2014 10:46 AM (OZmbA)

205 Sorry, no NASCAR thread today. My email got hacked late this morning and sent out emails to everyone I've ever emailed over more than a decade. It's a ckufing mess.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 09, 2014 10:47 AM (DmNpO)

206 194 Why are we still entertaining Grad Students from muslim countries.... Iran in particular. This country truly has a death wish. Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at March 09, 2014 02:43 PM (jucos) Well, come on, it's not like there are any qualified Americans. They go to college to take courses that satisfy diversity requirements or writing courses that they should have taken in high school.

Posted by: AmishDude at March 09, 2014 10:47 AM (xSegX)

207 Mike, yeah he is at vet now. According to the medical doctor that is the internet Lillies can cause kidney failure in cats, so sis is worried his organs will shut down. I think cat will pull through ok, but vet won't give her any such assurances and that worries me.

Posted by: LizLem at March 09, 2014 10:47 AM (ijXVY)

208 Admittedly, this is an extreme example, but Asian cultures tend to be very deferential to authority. - Not only Asian. The MBM is deferential to Barky.

Posted by: WalrusRex at March 09, 2014 10:47 AM (E+uky)

209 It's a ckufing mess.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 09, 2014 02:47 PM (DmNpO)

______________

So I shouldn't have clicked on those links you sent me?

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at March 09, 2014 10:48 AM (jucos)

210 My email got hacked late this morning and sent out emails to everyone I've ever emailed over more than a decade. It's a ckufing mess. Posted by: Niedermeyer's ----------------- And yet, and yet...., I've received nothing.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 09, 2014 10:48 AM (aDwsi)

211 garrett, I have a carbide tipped chain on my chain saw so that part was okay though slow going. I have two hardwood mills I'm talking to and they seem unconcerned. They say they will saw for cash or part of the stash.

Posted by: Mr. Dave at March 09, 2014 10:49 AM (/uRce)

212 Liz - Must hope for the best, brace for the worst. I know how she feels. We become very attached to our animals..., very.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 09, 2014 10:50 AM (aDwsi)

213 So I shouldn't have clicked on those links you sent me? *** that would be a "NO!" Don't click the links! Is it too extreme to wish that hackers were hung by their ankles in the town square and beaten mercilessly by the townfolk?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 09, 2014 10:50 AM (DmNpO)

214 Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 09, 2014 02:47 PM (DmNpO) That happened to me, I sent a mass text to everyone apologizing and warning them, changed password. Silver lining, I got back in touch with a few old friends! But yikes nonetheless, always frightening.

Posted by: LizLem at March 09, 2014 10:50 AM (ijXVY)

215 I thought you had your own portable mill. When I lived in upstate NY, we had all sorts of awesome hardwoods on our place. Nothing like that out West.

Posted by: garrett at March 09, 2014 10:51 AM (I33is)

216 Paul Ryan? Hey, it seemed like a good idea at the time.

Posted by: Mitt Rombley at March 09, 2014 10:51 AM (JQuNB)

217 I read elsewhere that, although the area where the missing plane went silent is heavily fished, most of the small boats that fish there don't carry radios. So the information may be there, but it will have to be assembled over time as the boats return to shore. Ditto Garrett on the blades, for the Osage Orange in particular.

Posted by: Piercello at March 09, 2014 10:51 AM (jJ97i)

218 Odd that the Chinese granted visas based on reported-stolen passports. I read that because these were EU thru-passengers to Europe, they didn't need a visa.

Posted by: t-bird at March 09, 2014 10:51 AM (FcR7P)

219 Wonder what that stuff is worth too. Posted by: Mr. Dave I have a bunch of black walnut and pecan trees that I plan on moving to the country as a tree farm retirement income (growing the trees as lumber) for my children. I was talking about it with my buddy yesterday, he said a couple of years ago they sold one big black walnut tree for $20k.

Posted by: traye at March 09, 2014 10:51 AM (mPI0W)

220 I want a steam powered sawmill. Bad.

Posted by: Mr. Dave at March 09, 2014 10:51 AM (/uRce)

221 Is it too extreme to wish that hackers were hung by their ankles in the town square and beaten mercilessly by the townfolk? Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 09, 2014 02:50 PM (DmNpO) Chain an old VAX terminal to their necks, which they have to drag around with them for a year.

Posted by: model_1066 at March 09, 2014 10:52 AM (KWIwL)

222 Is it too extreme to wish that hackers were hung by their ankles in the town square and beaten mercilessly by the townfolk? Posted by: Niedermeyer's --------------- I, myself, favor a return to stocks. I've been agitating for that as the reward for tagging/graffiti. The city council has demurred so far.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 09, 2014 10:52 AM (aDwsi)

223 That happened to me, I sent a mass text to everyone apologizing and warning them, changed password. Silver lining, I got back in touch with a few old friends! But yikes nonetheless, always frightening. **** It sent to hundreds of email addresses, people and companies I don't even recognize anymore. My old landlord reached out to me today after receiving it and asked me to get in touch with her.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 09, 2014 10:52 AM (DmNpO)

224 I'm waiting for the rhyme about Wranglers.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 09, 2014 10:52 AM (dfYL9)

225 Thanks traye. I guessed I had a 5K black walnut log but it was entirely a guess.

Posted by: Mr. Dave at March 09, 2014 10:53 AM (/uRce)

226 224 I'm waiting for the rhyme about Wranglers. Posted by: Margarita DeVille
<<

Girls like Wranglers
'Cause they can spot the Danglers

Posted by: Sphynx at March 09, 2014 10:54 AM (OZmbA)

227 I want a steam powered sawmill. Bad. Posted by: Mr. Dave ----------------- My grandfather had one. The community relied on the noon whistle. When he switched to diesel, it left folks without a noon marker. Marginally traumatic.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 09, 2014 10:54 AM (aDwsi)

228 Chain an old VAX terminal to their necks, which they have to drag around with them for a year.

At least we know they won't be a flight risk for a year.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 09, 2014 10:54 AM (0AKks)

229 Wranglers bind your danglers.

Posted by: Mr. Dave at March 09, 2014 10:54 AM (/uRce)

230 You know having "your passport stolen in Thailand" - usually means you sold it for cash to fund more hookers and blow.

Posted by: Jean at March 09, 2014 10:54 AM (4JkHl)

231 I, myself, favor a return to stocks. I've been agitating for that as the reward for tagging/graffiti. The city council has demurred so far. Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 09, 2014 02:52 PM (aDwsi) For tagging, I would prefer a more 'street justice' approach, including but not limited to broken thumbs.

Posted by: model_1066 at March 09, 2014 10:55 AM (KWIwL)

232

Women check out our Danglers

when we wear our Wranglers

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at March 09, 2014 10:55 AM (jucos)

233 Gun thread up.

Posted by: Y-not at March 09, 2014 10:56 AM (zDsvJ)

234 What I'm really nervous about is that it might not be my email, but my Iphone that's been hacked. I've been getting odd text messages for a couple of days. I turned off the email function on my Iphone. Changed the password on my AOL account over the phone instead of doing it online. The spam emails have stopped.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 09, 2014 10:56 AM (DmNpO)

235 For tagging, I would prefer a more 'street justice' approach, including but not limited to broken thumbs. Posted by: model_1066 ----------------------------- I would not be opposed to that. But there is precedent for stocks, thus might be exempt from 'cruel and unusual'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 09, 2014 10:56 AM (aDwsi)

236 It's Danglers for the win!

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at March 09, 2014 10:56 AM (jucos)

237 My old landlord reached out to me today after receiving it and asked me to get in touch with her. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse

What did you leave buried under back porch?

Posted by: Jean at March 09, 2014 10:56 AM (4JkHl)

238 Liz, it's scary when your critters are sick! Even with kidney failure, kitties can live a long life. Our Hobbes lived for over 10 years with full kidney failure---took a large committment to his meds, but very doable. And if he's at the vet now, they can mitigate any failures that come along.

The internet doctor is the most terrifying thing ever! Prayers sent.

And Vic, during my morning thread rant, I neglected to wish you 'Happy Birthday'! Many happy returns and Thanks for your morning updates! Does your jury duty next week mean we morons won't have our morning fix?

Posted by: DishofRed at March 09, 2014 10:57 AM (Dmq63)

239 I buy my jeans at Coldwater Creek, because Mom Butts drive Reggie nuts.

Posted by: Barack Hussein Obama at March 09, 2014 10:59 AM (I33is)

240 Mr Dave, just thinking about a big walnut log gives me chills. My first cash paying job was at a sawmill (shhh, I was only 14) and my dad had an awesome workshop.

Posted by: traye at March 09, 2014 10:59 AM (mPI0W)

241 "You know having "your passport stolen in Thailand" - usually means you sold it for cash to fund more hookers and blow." Well, so much for that idea.

Posted by: Sen. Bob Menendez at March 09, 2014 11:01 AM (v7+/1)

242 I, myself, favor a return to stocks. I've been agitating for that as the reward for tagging/graffiti. The city council has demurred so far. Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 09, 2014 02:52 PM (aDwsi) If "polite society" is willing to hound to death and get fired a very stupid but innocuous person for their comments on twitter, then yes we deserve to have stocks once more. But I am willing to concede to a form of online, social media based form of pillory or stocks, if physical ones are too unseemly. Like Teh Barrel but more public.

Posted by: LizLem at March 09, 2014 11:01 AM (ijXVY)

243 What did you leave buried under back porch? **** Heh. I think they wanted to adopt me when I rented from them. Very nice people and we've lost touch since I moved last year.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 09, 2014 11:02 AM (DmNpO)

244 213?
NDH?

Public flogging. Forever banned from the web and computer stuff.

Posted by: backhoe at March 09, 2014 11:03 AM (ULH4o)

245 226, 229, 232 --- 236--- It's Danglers for the win! Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at March 09, 2014 02:56 PM (jucos) --------------------- Indeed!

Somehow I KNEW you morons would think of something!

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 09, 2014 11:05 AM (dfYL9)

246 Yeah, that Italian and Austrian might be having some awkward conversations right about now with their wives about just how it was they had their passports stolen in the sex tourism capital of the world.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 09, 2014 11:06 AM (ZPrif)

247 I was talking about it with my buddy yesterday, he said a couple of years ago they sold one big black walnut tree for $20k. Posted by: traye at March 09, 2014 02:51 PM (mPI0W) There's an operation up in Ashland, WI that salvages sunken old growth logs from the bottom of Lake Superior. The cold water prevents rot, and the logs are in the same condition they were in when they were cut down a hundred years ago. Wonder how much those are worth...

Posted by: model_1066 at March 09, 2014 11:08 AM (KWIwL)

248 I'm going to make a couple of five guitar stands with the bois d'arc and some saddle leather. Should look good.

Posted by: Mr. Dave at March 09, 2014 11:08 AM (/uRce)

249 248 I'm going to make a couple of five guitar stands with the bois d'arc and some saddle leather. Should look good. Posted by: Mr. Dave at March 09, 2014 03:08 PM (/uRce) That's good, a lot of the boys in the band love leather! -From Frank Zappa's song "Crew Slut"

Posted by: model_1066 at March 09, 2014 11:12 AM (KWIwL)

250 Make 6. I can always use another stand!

Posted by: garrett at March 09, 2014 11:12 AM (I33is)

251 "It's like a Telefunken U-47... with leather."

Posted by: garrett at March 09, 2014 11:14 AM (I33is)

252 Any bets on how many cars Austin Dillon takes out this week?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 09, 2014 11:14 AM (DmNpO)

253 251 "It's like a Telefunken U-47... with leather." Posted by: garrett at March 09, 2014 03:14 PM (I33is) Just follow the magic footprints!

Posted by: model_1066 at March 09, 2014 11:17 AM (KWIwL)

254 A out the Georgia Tech student: Fellow Morons, I know more than I'd like to about that story. He was a brilliant, depressed young man who committed suicide and that really is all there is to it Oh - except that the Molotov Cocktail angle is bullshit. Kid fucking set himself on fire, reporters swarm his aparent complex and they misunderstand the investigating authorities. The kid was not making incendiary devices, he just immolated himself, on purpose, not by accident. Guys, we all know the press fucks up. Sometimes they fuck up and the result fits a pattern we're expecting. And I hate it as much as you when the FBI, five seconds after a likely terrorist incident, announces there's no indication of terrorism, but this one really is a suicide, not a timely accident.

Posted by: JPS at March 09, 2014 11:17 AM (9ziuC)

255 Sorry, all. I'm not drunk, I just can't post worth a damn from an iPhone.

Posted by: JPS at March 09, 2014 11:19 AM (9ziuC)

256 #148

Many years ago, my sister had two dogs, each about six months old, a Dalmation and a Rhodesian Ridgeback. They were staying over at my place for a couple days while she had to go out of town. A treat for me since I'd been without canine company for a few years at that time.

I took a mid-afternoon nap and woke up to find I couldn't move. This was frightening at first but after a moment I realized the blanket was weighted down on each side near my shoulders. Alarming but less scary. I looked around and found I had a dog on each side that had decided to join me on the bed.

Posted by: Epobirs at March 09, 2014 11:25 AM (bPxS6)

257 just add water...makes its own sauce!

Posted by: warren at March 09, 2014 11:27 AM (82lr7)

258 257 just add water...makes its own sauce! Posted by: warren at March 09, 2014 03:27 PM (82lr7) I ain't gonna squash it and you don't need to wash it!

Posted by: model_1066 at March 09, 2014 11:30 AM (KWIwL)

259 21 and on to football Tuesday when da bears sign TJ Ward and Michael Bennett and resign peanut tillman and Milton, that's a wrap for the superbowl kiddies stand by for heavy gloating as Da Bears go UNDEFEATED!!! Posted by: navycopjoe at March 09, 2014 01:28 PM (At8tV) *rolls eyes*

Posted by: 85 Bears at March 09, 2014 11:31 AM (0GMOI)

260 >>Posted by: JPS at March 09, 2014 03:17 PM (9ziuC) Do you have any sort of link I can post in an update?

Posted by: Y-not at March 09, 2014 11:40 AM (zDsvJ)

261 Y-Not, I'm sorry, I don't. Just word of mouth from people who knew this guy very well, know what caused the reporters' confusion, and are disgusted with the misreporting and total absence of retractions.

Posted by: JPS at March 09, 2014 11:50 AM (9ziuC)

262 Brilliant and suicide by self-immolation don't necessarily jive in my mind.

Posted by: garrett at March 09, 2014 11:55 AM (I33is)

263 Y-Not, Thanks for asking, by the way. The thing is, the people I'm hearing from aren't supposed to be making statements, they're supposed to let a Tech spokesman, the Atlanta Police and the FBI make the statements. Those statements are accurate as far as they go, we're just so conditioned to bullshit denials we take these with a grain of salt. Hell, I'd probably call BS if those and the news were all I had to go on. Garrett: No, not in mine either.

Posted by: JPS at March 09, 2014 12:09 PM (9ziuC)

264 ..suicide by self-immolation...

Posted by: garrett at March 09, 2014 03:55 PM (I33is)

They sure don't fit well into the Western concept of normal behavior!

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 09, 2014 12:14 PM (o3MSL)

265 Nuts! Slowly reading thru....then I find out I was suppose to wear pants to this post.

Posted by: Tantoius Maximus at March 09, 2014 12:16 PM (wxoCS)

266 Posted by: JPS at March 09, 2014 04:09 PM (9ziuC) OK, I did a little searching and found a statement that I've included in an update. 'Hope that at some point we'll have a more definitive statement from GT or the FBI.

Posted by: Y-not at March 09, 2014 12:54 PM (zDsvJ)

267 Y-not, thanks. Wish I had something more concrete to give you, but you're being more cautious than the so-called professional reporters have been.

Posted by: JPS at March 09, 2014 01:09 PM (sQUa0)

268 Read this morning that if the plane had a catastrophic decompression at 35,000 feet, the pilots would have been unconscious within two seconds, not enough time to signal or get oxygen masks on. However, I would assume the plane would have been on autopilot at that point, but what do I know? I also don't know if the above is possible without the plane first coming totally apart, which would have resulted in pieces floating around.

Posted by: Jen at March 09, 2014 01:59 PM (JqB3t)

269 self-immolation in the privacy of one's apartment? Really? Perhaps it was an accidental early ignition of a planned grand protest suicide.

Posted by: PaleRider at March 09, 2014 02:32 PM (m+nIW)

270 Let's hope that the subsequent investigation is thorough and not hampered by political correctness. Count on it.

Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at March 09, 2014 02:46 PM (AQTz3)

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