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March 15, 2014

Early Morning Open Thread - [Niedermeyer's Dead Horse]
— Open Blogger

Here. Have some pancakes and bacon.

It's good for you.

Posted by: Open Blogger at 04:44 AM | Comments (252)
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1 Yum!

Posted by: Caliban at March 15, 2014 04:45 AM (2ArJQ)

2 That looks tasty.

Posted by: someoldguy at March 15, 2014 04:46 AM (fR7g6)

3 yay! *sniff* love that fresh thread smell! thanks, nBh

Posted by: Joe Tenebris at March 15, 2014 04:46 AM (y6KdO)

4 Now I want Cracker Barrel

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 15, 2014 04:47 AM (DmNpO)

5 Good morning, morons.

Posted by: toby928© at March 15, 2014 04:47 AM (QupBk)

6 Crying over my oatmeal. Middle age...

Posted by: LadyS at March 15, 2014 04:47 AM (tMTsS)

7 DAY 495 965 to go (1,042 to Inauguration Day 2017) Muzzies, Marxists, Maoists, Mau-Maus, MFM's, Moochelle, McCain's, McConnell's, McAuliffe's, Maduro's, MIRV's, Mexifornians, Mugwumps, mutants, malcontents, malthusians, maniacs, malignant medical mandates, martial law, miscreants, microagressors, minions, maladjusted masochistic multiculturalists, momzers, mamalukes, mooks, mopes, mariuoli, meeskeits, maricons, marauders, malodorous militants, menstruating mons veneri and miscellaneous meshugas notwithstanding.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 15, 2014 04:48 AM (olDqf)

8 this comment originally intended for the ONT, but this guy passed out... i saw Naked Incest Pyramid open for Green Day at the Gilman in Berkley, CA back in '97 ...and seriously i'm still skeeved by that photo

Posted by: Joe Tenebris at March 15, 2014 04:48 AM (y6KdO)

9 We looooove the bacons!!! Cause they are good for us!!!!!!

Posted by: Spongemonkeys at March 15, 2014 04:49 AM (zw+pb)

10 Good Morning Morons. Today is Saturday, March 15, 2014. Beware the Ides of March! On this day in 44 BC, Â“Ides of March,Â” Julius Caesar was stabbed to death in the senate house by a group of conspirators led by Cimber, Casca, Cassius, and Marcus Junius Brutus.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 15, 2014 04:50 AM (T2V/1)

11 The Malaysian government is now saying the airliner was hijacked.

http://tinyurl.com/pdk2vkd

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 15, 2014 04:50 AM (T2V/1)

12 Obamanites pushing Obamacide hard trying to get suckers to sign up before the deadline ends. The fact is that if you are not a member of the free shit army in good standing then you are a sucker to sign up.

http://tinyurl.com/nctce5t

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 15, 2014 04:50 AM (T2V/1)

13 Interesting post about "Fletch" on the ONT. Full disclosure: I know one of the producers of the new project and he was very pleased at the attention. I can go into much more detail about the tortured tale to bring this project to the big screen again (hint: it started in January of 2000) but I must refrain lest I reveal identities.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 15, 2014 04:50 AM (olDqf)

14 Teachers Union boss goes to the Ukraine on her member's dimes. Just remember, this is really what unions are for.

http://tinyurl.com/q7twl27

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 15, 2014 04:51 AM (T2V/1)

15 Congress moves to eliminate useless government reports. The only thing I can say is "what took so damn long"?

http://tinyurl.com/lya46tl

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 15, 2014 04:51 AM (T2V/1)

16 Obama proposes regulations to "protect" college students from meanie colleges that force them to borrow money over useless degrees. The evidence I have seen is they borrow this money to finance a lifestyle of partying and games and wind up with no degree. And I don't recall seeing this as a responsibility of the federal government in my copy of the Constitution.

http://tinyurl.com/ohxoo3x

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 15, 2014 04:51 AM (T2V/1)

17 The unrepentant crime ring known as the EPA threatening WY rancher with $75K/day fines for building a pond on his property. As I recall the last time the EPA tried this shit after dragging it out in court for a decade the court told them to pack sand. It is lawfare pure and simple and if we had a real congress the existing EPA would be disbanded, all the mid and top level supervisors fired and forbidden from ever working in government again. A new EPA should be started with strict controls over its power.

http://tinyurl.com/kn268bm

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 15, 2014 04:51 AM (T2V/1)

18 Hhmmmm bacon....

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 15, 2014 04:52 AM (Urmiy)

19 9 How many more days till Chopper One takes off and our long national nightmare is over? Posted by: Ugg Boots at March 15, 2014 08:49 AM (oGrEy) I GUARANTEE that Obama give the "Nixon wave" from Marine One just before it lifts off on January 20, 2017.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 15, 2014 04:52 AM (8QTvS)

20 Issa tells idiot Cummings to stick his shit up his ass. And he is absolutely right. Cumming is doing everything he can do to impede these hearings because Lerner is guilty as hell.

http://tinyurl.com/q28n5bh

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 15, 2014 04:52 AM (T2V/1)

21 What, no love for the eggs and melted cheese, too?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] at March 15, 2014 04:52 AM (rpZ5G)

22
The US has surrendered control of the Internet in yet another Obama POS ruling.

And an ex-Bush guy says this:

The U.S. governmentÂ’s plan to give away authority over the InternetÂ’s core architecture to the Â“global Internet communityÂ” could endanger the security of both the Internet and the U.S. Â— and open the door to a global tax on Web use.

So stand by for a "global tax" going to some European shit hole.

http://tinyurl.com/njq6uvl

http://tinyurl.com/qejal9p

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 15, 2014 04:52 AM (T2V/1)

23 mmmmm breakfast!

Good morning!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at March 15, 2014 04:52 AM (b/lt+)

24 This is what happens when you live in a shit State like MD. An 81 year old woman jailed for two days because her dogs got out of the fenced yard and ran down the street. They fined her $7,000 which she could not pay so she went to jail.

http://tinyurl.com/jw2u6x3

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 15, 2014 04:52 AM (T2V/1)

25 More thuggish cop behavior as a cop arrives at the scene of an accident and shoots an unarmed 20 year old airman and his boss defends him.

http://tinyurl.com/orbty3t

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 15, 2014 04:53 AM (T2V/1)

26 I fucked up. Yesterday, talking about stopping distances for a 777 I transposed feet for meters and got it wrong. DrewM caught it, but I was too involved with other things at the time to go back and check. He was right. I was wrong.

Posted by: jwest at March 15, 2014 04:53 AM (u2a4R)

27 A janitor is assaulted by three thugs with baseball bats and shoots two of them.

Two of the individuals held down the 39-year old man while a third one beat him with a baseball bat. The maintenance worker was able to free himself and fatally shoot two of the attackers with his concealed carry permitted gun.

The two attackers who died were James Bell, Jr., 19, and Anmarie Miller, 17. The surviving attacker, aged 20, was arrested on suspicion of substantial battery, but was released without charges Friday.

So what happens? They want to charge the janitor and have freed the third attacker. This is why these anti-gun Northern States should be abandoned for the shit holes that they are.

http://tinyurl.com/krcgf2w

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 15, 2014 04:53 AM (T2V/1)

28 My favorite meal is breakfast

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 15, 2014 04:53 AM (t3UFN)

29 Libs go ballistic as Andrea Tantaros calls the Islamic religion the most intolerant in the world. Perhaps they have not kept tract of all the violence committed by the Muzzies or perhaps they are just stupid.

http://tinyurl.com/p2ff87k

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 15, 2014 04:53 AM (T2V/1)

30 EPA would be disbanded, all the mid and top level supervisors fired and forbidden from ever working in government again. ~~A new EPA should be started with strict controls over its power.~~ FIFY.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 15, 2014 04:54 AM (8QTvS)

31 Fed finally admits we have "inflation" but only since 2014. They are, as usual, full of shit.

http://tinyurl.com/o8vb5yc

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 15, 2014 04:54 AM (T2V/1)

32 Vic-- Making elites out of public (or union member's) money is what the entire Left is about.

Posted by: --- at March 15, 2014 04:54 AM (ksJYU)

33 Woke up peeing out my anus with hideous cramps. Food poisoning of some sort.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 15, 2014 04:54 AM (olDqf)

34 Very disturbing cosplay fail

http://www.ufunk.net/insolite/lowcost-cosplay/

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 15, 2014 04:54 AM (Urmiy)

35 Ireland's PM wants amnesty for 50,000 illegal Irish in the US. Sorry fellow, white Europeans need to apply. Ask those Germans who were harassed for months on end.

http://preview.tinyurl.com/q2od83g

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 15, 2014 04:54 AM (T2V/1)

36 What, no love for the eggs and melted cheese, too? *** Personally, the eggs and the cheese are the most yummy part.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 15, 2014 04:54 AM (DmNpO)

37 In another "its about time" action Obama signed a bill recently passed that kills taxpayer funding for political conventions. Instead they will throw the money in yet another hole in the ground. Why not just not spend it? We don't have it anyway.

http://tinyurl.com/qhwtcua

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 15, 2014 04:54 AM (T2V/1)

38 The corrupt DOJ is stonewalling on prosecutor misconduct.

http://tinyurl.com/qgqhvpf

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 15, 2014 04:54 AM (T2V/1)

39 Fed finally admits we have "inflation" but only since 2014. They are, as usual, full of shit. *** You don't think they actually go to the grocery store themselves, do you?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 15, 2014 04:55 AM (DmNpO)

40 Idiot Kay Hagan (C-NC) takes the floor calling for action on the AGW scam. She wants to make sure that NC sends her packing.

http://tinyurl.com/orrh9mu

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 15, 2014 04:55 AM (T2V/1)

41 JJ Sefton. So the Chinese take out from Wo Hop is taking you out?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 15, 2014 04:55 AM (Urmiy)

42 Eggs look a bit runny, could you take it back and cook them a bit more? And don't spit in them.

Work today. I'm nursing a cold, and tomorrow winter is coooming (that's my attempt to imitate Sean Bean's pronunciation, work with me here people) back for more.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 15, 2014 04:55 AM (BeSEI)

43 Unions love the new childcare support bill. Another hole to throw taxpayer money into.

http://tinyurl.com/pwayvvq

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 15, 2014 04:55 AM (T2V/1)

44 Interesting post about "Fletch" on the ONT. Full disclosure: I know one of the producers of the new project and he was very pleased at the attention.

I can go into much more detail about the tortured tale to bring this project to the big screen again (hint: it started in January of 2000) but I must refrain lest I reveal identities.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton
.............
It just confirms my opinion that Hollywood has simply run out of ideas.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at March 15, 2014 04:55 AM (b/lt+)

45 Ramirez and impeachment, what a difference being a black Democrat makes.

http://tinyurl.com/qhwzerm

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 15, 2014 04:56 AM (T2V/1)

46 A new EPA should be started with strict controls over its power. Posted by: Vic at March 15, 2014 08:51 AM (T2V/1) There is no such thing as strict controls in DC. Let the states monitor industry

Posted by: Velvet Ambition at March 15, 2014 04:56 AM (R8hU8)

47 Inhofe blasts Obama for throwing billions in a "green hole" while starving defense. Hey, congress is also to blame for a lot of that.

http://tinyurl.com/k6kwp7e

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 15, 2014 04:56 AM (T2V/1)

48 EPA would be disbanded, all the mid and top level supervisors fired and forbidden from ever working in government again. ~~A new EPA should be started with strict controls over its power.~~ FIFY. *** Agreed

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 15, 2014 04:56 AM (DmNpO)

49 Mmmm, breakfast...

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit[/i][/u][/b][/s] at March 15, 2014 04:56 AM (0HooB)

50 What might the impeachment charges against Obama look like if congress had some balls (and he was a Republican).

http://tinyurl.com/qgwgx3v

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 15, 2014 04:56 AM (T2V/1)

51 Americans no longer believe in global warming, but that hasn't stopped the criminals pushing it.

http://tinyurl.com/pwoveff

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 15, 2014 04:57 AM (T2V/1)

52 CA gun store shutdown, stock confiscated, and owner harassed by government storm troopers.

http://tinyurl.com/on6p2ln

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 15, 2014 04:57 AM (T2V/1)

53 Add some eggs and you've got the breakfast of champions right there!

Posted by: Liberty Lover at March 15, 2014 04:57 AM (HoUfP)

54 Kindle Daily Deals

http://tinyurl.com/odmovfr

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 15, 2014 04:57 AM (T2V/1)

55 42 JJ Sefton. So the Chinese take out from Wo Hop is taking you out? Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 15, 2014 08:55 AM (Urmiy) Actually, I bought some jelly beans from Whole Paycheck and I suspect some little kid stuck his hand in the bin, the one that he scratched is dingleberry-laden ass with.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 15, 2014 04:57 AM (olDqf)

56 And its supposed to be nice today. But after today back to cold and rainy. I am sick of this winter. Its is past time for some spring.

That's it for today folks.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 15, 2014 04:58 AM (T2V/1)

57 In March, July, October, May The Ides fall on the 15th day, The Nones the 7th, all else besides, Take two days off for Nones and Ides. h/t: Lola Morrison, my late high school Latin teacher.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] at March 15, 2014 04:58 AM (HsTG8)

58 I put a little nutmeg in my buttermilk pancakes this morning. Om nom nom.

Posted by: HR at March 15, 2014 04:59 AM (hO8IJ)

59 That Ramirez cartoon should be tattooed on the forehead of every Prog/Com in DC.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit[/i][/u][/b][/s] at March 15, 2014 04:59 AM (0HooB)

60 And its supposed to be nice today. But after today back to cold and rainy. I am sick of this winter. Its is past time for some spring. That's it for today folks. *** A fine job, as usual, Vic. I feel Blessed at this time of year to live in NE Florida. It's been glorious here for days.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 15, 2014 04:59 AM (DmNpO)

61 Suspending the personal mandate, de jure or de facto, without removing the must-issue and community-rating just means that private medical insurance will disappear. Mission Accomplished for NHS then.

Posted by: toby928© at March 15, 2014 04:59 AM (QupBk)

62 45 It just confirms my opinion that Hollywood has simply run out of ideas. Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at March 15, 2014 08:55 AM (b/lt+) Well, as a writer of original material (or any damn thing you want if you pay me) you are right. However, the take on the material is much more in keeping with the books, and not the goofy Chevy Chase approach. I read a draft and it's pretty good, but of course once the studio, star, director and someone's drug connection have their say it will turn to dreck. Guaranteed.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 15, 2014 05:00 AM (olDqf)

63 Add some eggs and you've got the breakfast of champions right there! *** psst! Look under the bacon!

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 15, 2014 05:00 AM (DmNpO)

64 J.J. - There's also a flu going around with those symptoms.. wife had it this week.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at March 15, 2014 05:00 AM (b/lt+)

65 So stand by for a "global tax" going to some European shit hole.

That's racist. It'll go to a bunch of African and Asian shitholes, and be siphoned off by their kleptocrats and/or used to finance Islamic terrorism.

Posted by: HR at March 15, 2014 05:01 AM (hO8IJ)

66 Americans no longer believe in global warming, but that hasn't stopped the criminals pushing it. *** Dude. There's money in them thar scams!

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 15, 2014 05:01 AM (DmNpO)

67 66 J.J. - There's also a flu going around with those symptoms.. wife had it this week. Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at March 15, 2014 09:00 AM (b/lt+) Must be that. Feel much better now.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 15, 2014 05:02 AM (olDqf)

68 Sturgeon's Law was designed I think with Hollywood firmly in mind.

But we can hope to be pleasantly surprised.

JJ Sefton, so you got the yucky seconds after Ronan Farrow stuck his mitt in the jar? Hope you get to feeling better.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 15, 2014 05:02 AM (Urmiy)

69 I found these potato chips once that were pancake and syrup flavored.

Not too bad either.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Awaiting Armageddon) at March 15, 2014 05:03 AM (LSDdO)

70 The one morning I actually go and get some content ...

Posted by: Andy at March 15, 2014 05:03 AM (vGQV1)

71 All the yummy breakfast food piled atop one another...and all it reminds me of is a pile of naked family members. Thanks, ONT. Thanks alot.

Posted by: Lady in Black, reading from the bottom up at March 15, 2014 05:04 AM (22bm2)

72 68 -

I'm also not convinced the Dems are being stupid by pushing this now. We know they don't do anything in an election year unless they did internal polling on it.

We all laughed when Obama and Squaw Warren used their "you didn't build it" nonsense.

It worked.

Global warming seems like it's losing to us. Wait until after we've had a long hot summer. The LiVs might see it differently than they do today.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 15, 2014 05:04 AM (BeSEI)

73 J.J. - if it's not breaking a confidence, could you disclose why Kevin Smith left the Fletch project? Or was he never as firmly in the running to direct as he claimed? I remember him talking it up as a Jason Lee vehicle, and it seemed like a good fit for the two of them.

Posted by: A. Pendragon at March 15, 2014 05:05 AM (wJliR)

74 Pretty much everybody in my neck of the woods has had the pukes and shits at least once this year. Norovirus. It's what's for breakfast. And I see that the shooting hasn't started yet. At least not here.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at March 15, 2014 05:05 AM (Myhth)

75 I feel Blessed at this time of year to live in NE Florida. It's been glorious here for days. I probably should not mention that it'll be 80 degrees today and that I have an afternoon gig on a nearby river today, where there'll be copious amounts of beer, babes and motorcycles.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit[/i][/u][/b][/s] at March 15, 2014 05:06 AM (0HooB)

76 Read the comments on the Internet control giveaway linked at Drudge. Or don't, and have a good Saturday. NaÃ¯vetÃ© feels so good, I almost wish I could get mine back.

Posted by: Justamom at March 15, 2014 05:06 AM (Sptt8)

77 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 15, 2014 08:54 AM (olDqf)

TOO MUCH INFORMATION!!!

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Awaiting Armageddon) at March 15, 2014 05:07 AM (LSDdO)

78 Didn't that janitor know that it is far, far better to lie there and get beaten to death than to use an evil gun? If only his attackers had been driving erratically or opening a door holding a gaming control...that might have made it okay for the cops. But no, those youths had to be actually physically harming the janitor. So obviously he has to go to jail.

Posted by: Spongemonkeys at March 15, 2014 05:07 AM (zw+pb)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Representative Paul Ryan on Friday agreed to meet with the Congressional Black Caucus after members of the group branded his remarks about inner-city poverty this week "highly offensive".

The controversy began on Wednesday after Ryan said on William Bennett's talk radio show, "Morning in America," that there was a "tailspin of culture, in our inner cities in particular, of men not working and just generations of men not even thinking about working or learning the value of work."

Representative Barbara Lee of California, a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, called Ryan's remarks a "thinly veiled racial attack."

He ought to nut up and tell them to go fuck off. Plus prove him wrong

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 15, 2014 05:07 AM (FE/sZ)

80 Wait until after we've had a long hot summer.

Every summer I've spent here has been long and hot. It'll start next week and run through Thanksgiving.

And the barometric pressure changes in warm months make my sinuses give me migraines. Spring can go fuck itself.

Posted by: HR at March 15, 2014 05:07 AM (hO8IJ)

81 75 J.J. - if it's not breaking a confidence, could you disclose why Kevin Smith left the Fletch project? Or was he never as firmly in the running to direct as he claimed? I remember him talking it up as a Jason Lee vehicle, and it seemed like a good fit for the two of them. Posted by: A. Pendragon at March 15, 2014 09:05 AM (wJliR) I really can't get into the details. I doubt very much that the players involved will read anything here but you never know. Suffice it to say that Kevin Smith and Harvey Weinstein are assholes, but we all knew this already.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 15, 2014 05:08 AM (olDqf)

82 The one morning I actually go and get some content ... Andy You gotta get up pretty early in the morning to post content here, bub... No, wait, you don't. Most of us are hung over and that picture of breakfast is the closest we'll get to food until about 2pm.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit[/i][/u][/b][/s] at March 15, 2014 05:09 AM (0HooB)

83 I read the FNC link about the plane. They quote the Malay PM as saying the last "ping" from the plane was seven and a half hour after takeoff. WTF.

Posted by: Mandy P., lurking lurker who lurks at March 15, 2014 05:09 AM (qFpRI)

84 If I was in DC the first thing I would do as a CC (congress critter) is tell the CBC that they were racists and they could kiss my ass.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 15, 2014 05:09 AM (T2V/1)

85 Even if they don't read it personally, there is probably someone on some production company payroll who's job title reads "Internet Research." And what they do is Google and Bing keyboards to see what pops up.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 15, 2014 05:10 AM (Urmiy)

86 87 Even if they don't read it personally, there is probably someone on some production company payroll who's job title reads "Internet Research." And what they do is Google and Bing keyboards to see what pops up. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 15, 2014 09:10 AM (Urmiy) Exactly.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 15, 2014 05:11 AM (olDqf)

87 Woke up peeing out my anus with hideous cramps. Food poisoning of some sort.

--

JJ, something bad is going around. Drudge linked an article to a VA school that closed because 250 kids and staff called in sick with the same thing. My MIL in Orlando has been hospitalized for the last 4 days from vomiting and diarrhea. Some kind of nasty norovirus is making the rounds.

Posted by: Lady in Black, reading from the bottom up at March 15, 2014 05:11 AM (22bm2)

88 77 I feel Blessed at this time of year to live in NE Florida. It's been glorious here for days. I probably should not mention that it'll be 80 degrees today and that I have an afternoon gig on a nearby river today, where there'll be copious amounts of beer, babes and motorcycles. Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at March 15, 2014 09:06 AM (0HooB) We're suppose to get 3 - 5" of snow here in SE MO tomorrow. Or so they say...

Posted by: Tami [/i][/b][/u][/s] at March 15, 2014 05:11 AM (bCEmE)

89 Harvey Weinstein can go fcuk hisself straight to hell

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at March 15, 2014 05:12 AM (XvrTA)

90 *blinks*

Keyboards, I meant keywords. Geez. Need moar caffeine?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 15, 2014 05:12 AM (Urmiy)

91 it was fun while it lasted but the kids expect breakfast. nervy little punks. 'see' you later friends-in-a-box. jj, ever read dreamcatcher? hahaha.

Posted by: Joe Tenebris at March 15, 2014 05:13 AM (y6KdO)

92 Issa tells idiot Cummings to stick his shit up his ass. And he is absolutely right. Cumming is doing everything he can do to impede these hearings because Lerner is guilty as hell.

http://tinyurl.com/q28n5bh

Posted by: Vic at March 15, 2014 08:52 AM (T2V/1)

Well and because this probably has clear links to the JEF I've got mixed feelings on what Issa is doing. First of all he's exactly right to call out Cumdumpster for what he's doing. But the trouble is, he risks this becoming a sideshow where the MFM will come down on the the side of Ike the idiot and ignore the IRS. Issa loves the spotlight too fucking much to be effective at his job imo. When Lerner agreed to testify he ran like a fucking idiot to FNS with a "look what I got" goofy grin on his face and then got short sheeted when the whore Lerner took the fifth. He got played badly and should learn from that but I'm afraid his ego will always be his enemy.

Don't get me wrong: I'm on his side but question his strategy.

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 15, 2014 05:13 AM (YvXkB)

93 Harvey Weinstein can go fcuk hisself straight to hell Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at March 15, 2014 09:12 AM (XvrTA) It would be a short trip for him

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 15, 2014 05:14 AM (t3UFN)

94 So for the first time in a week, the news stories about the Malaysian jet haven't completely reversed overnight. More confidence than ever that it was not a mechanical failure followed by a plunge into the sea, but sabotage/hijacking. So what do we do with that information?

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 15, 2014 05:14 AM (ZshNr)

95 93 jj, ever read dreamcatcher? hahaha. Posted by: Joe Tenebris at March 15, 2014 09:13 AM (y6KdO) Never heard of it.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 15, 2014 05:15 AM (olDqf)

96 27 I fucked up. Yesterday, talking about stopping distances for a 777 I transposed feet for meters and got it wrong. DrewM caught it, but I was too involved with other things at the time to go back and check. He was right. I was wrong. Today is National Everything You Think Is Wrong Day.

Posted by: katya the designated driver at March 15, 2014 05:15 AM (4Chvm)

97 I missed the lurk/delurk thread yesterday. Sad when one is too busy to lurk (is there a level below lurker?). Busy with job and coaching. Cut the grass in the near dark between rain squalls last evening-- if I didn't get to it then, I would have to call in air drops of Agent Orange. Have a great weekend.

Posted by: Far Post at March 15, 2014 05:15 AM (HHTXF)

98 De-lurking cause no one's awake yet in my house and I'm bored out of skull. Hullo all.

Posted by: Revvy at March 15, 2014 05:16 AM (HfZVy)

99 dreamcatcher was a stephen king novel with a parasitic organism that holes up in your digestive tract and then makes its exit through the no-no hole.

Posted by: Joe Tenebris at March 15, 2014 05:17 AM (y6KdO)

100 A man who became known for claiming he was the sailor kissing a woman in Times Square in a famous World War II-era photo taken by a Life magazine photographer has died. Glenn McDuffie was 86. McDuffie died March 9 in a nursing home in Dallas, his daughter, Glenda Bell, told The Associated Press.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 15, 2014 05:18 AM (t3UFN)

101 It is going to be nice hammock weather in Central FL today. Unfortunately I am going to be too busy doing yard work to enjoy it.....

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at March 15, 2014 05:18 AM (5REbo)

102 103 Hijinks ensue. Posted by: naturalfake at March 15, 2014 09:17 AM (KBvAm Never a big Stephen King fan. But I love the expression "hijinx ensue." It's the most difficult part of the writing process.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 15, 2014 05:18 AM (olDqf)

103 He ought to nut up and tell them to go fuck off. Plus prove him wrong

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 15, 2014 09:07 AM (FE/sZ)

Repubs become that asshole Trent Lott every time this dogshit happens.

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 15, 2014 05:18 AM (YvXkB)

104 'no-no hole' aka shit-locker. lol. thx eoj for that particular euphamism.

Posted by: Joe Tenebris at March 15, 2014 05:19 AM (y6KdO)

105 9: Sadly Obama won't go the way of Nixon. He will leave office with MFM Hosanas and his cult following will praise him as the GodKing! I'm wondering if he will even leave office after 2 terms. Its not like he gives a shit about the Law. Fundamental Transformation is a harsh mistress.

Posted by: puddleglum at March 15, 2014 05:19 AM (h3peT)

106 105 Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 15, 2014 09:18 AM (t3UFN) You must remember this, a kiss is still a kissÂ… Â…as time goes by.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 15, 2014 05:19 AM (olDqf)

107 "For the average person, many folks who don't have health insurance initially, they're going to have to make some choices. And they might end up having to switch doctors, in part because they're saving money," said Obama in an interview with the medical website WebMD.

Barry: I had to destroy your health insurance to save your health insurance.

If they don't have health insurance to begin with, why would they have to switch doctors?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 15, 2014 05:20 AM (FE/sZ)

108 'no-no hole' aka shit-locker. lol. thx eoj for that particular euphamism. Exhaust port FTW.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit[/i][/u][/b][/s] at March 15, 2014 05:21 AM (0HooB)

109 He ought to nut up and tell them to go fuck off. Plus prove him wrong

--

The AA community (we're all communities now, not one nation united) has a very chronic problem of not admitting to the dire predicament their people are in as a whole. Nothing Paul Ryan said is incorrect. Neither is the fact that gang life has overtaken so many inner cities and their own culture has become the complete and total antithesis to success and leading a normal, decent life. Thing will never improve unless and until they realize what they have become and combat that. Look at Eric Holder issuing decrees that schools should make discipline "even" with all races. Nobody gives one rat's arse about psychologically looking into why there are so many black youths who are misbehaving and...gasp...actually trying to turn that ship around. Same with 80% black, unwed mothers. But let's bash Paul Ryan for pointing out the obvious. Bring on the apologies. That'll help. ::eye roll::

/rayciss

Posted by: Lady in Black, reading from the bottom up at March 15, 2014 05:22 AM (22bm2)

110 Cummings is doing exactly what I said. Trying to change the discussion from felonies committed by IRS Democrats like Lerner to racism by Issa.

Issa should just kick him off the committee for interrupting the proceedings. And he should tell the MFM that one of these days they are going to have to give up helping blacks play the race card for every issue that comes up.

And all should remember that the Demopcraps bypassed two more senior commie members to put that asshole racist Cummings on that committee.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 15, 2014 05:23 AM (T2V/1)

111 In the UK, they sentenced an asshole and his wife, to 5 years and 22 months in prison, respectfully. He'll probably serve a year and she a couple of months. They were associates of the asshole who killed Lee Rigby. They posted a video to youtube laughing and cheering it on. He also offered an award to anyone who killed another soldier. She intimidated a caretaker at a mosque and refused to remove the Ho Bag on her head in court. Of course, they are uk born and converted only a few months ago so they can't be thrown out of the country not that the UK has the balls to do it, anyway.

Posted by: The Yellow Pug at March 15, 2014 05:24 AM (r7mtu)

112 How can you eat when our government is corrupted, Ukraine is about to be taken over by force, and a plane full of people are missing? oh OHHH Pancakes! I just want to eat my pancakes. Can't I sit here and finish my pancakes?

Posted by: Leland at March 15, 2014 05:25 AM (3R7WS)

113 Issa should ask the MFM why they're more concerned with committee procedural matters than what the IRS has done.

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 15, 2014 05:25 AM (YvXkB)

114 Barry: I had to destroy your health insurance to save your health insurance.

If they don't have health insurance to begin with, why would they have to switch doctors?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 15, 2014 09:20 AM (FE/sZ)

After five years we know better than to expect logic from SCOAMF. And LIVs won't notice the contradiction.

Posted by: Retread at March 15, 2014 05:27 AM (cHwk5)

115 Yesterday they had prisoners cleaning the snow off the streets for the St.Patrick's Day parade. At a stoplight I saw a couple of them laughing and talking to each other as they shoveled. It looked like hard work, tho, that snow was super wet to begin with, and then had frozen solid. Maybe it just felt good to be outside on a 50 plus degree day. I don't know exactly how it's set up, but I hope this mitigates their sentences somewhat, or was some kind of work/release program.

Posted by: Spongemonkeys at March 15, 2014 05:27 AM (zw+pb)

116 >>> Yesterday, talking about stopping distances for a 777 I transposed feet for meters and got it wrong. You work at NASA?

Posted by: fluffy at March 15, 2014 05:28 AM (Ua6T/)

117 Issa should ask the MFM why they're more concerned with committee procedural matters than what the IRS has done. The narrative can be changed, but someone has to start standing up to the MFM talking heads first.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit[/i][/u][/b][/s] at March 15, 2014 05:28 AM (0HooB)

118 Issa should also hold Lener in criminal contempt and then level another criminal contempt charge at Holder and call for his impeachment.

And if nothing makes it through then defund the entire executive department.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 15, 2014 05:29 AM (T2V/1)

119 Are you trying to fatten us up or something?

Posted by: flounder at March 15, 2014 05:29 AM (Kkt/i)

120 I know a guy who has been in jail a few times in NC, and did the roadside details picking up trash. He said it was by far the most coveted job, only well behaved prisoners even had a shot at it. I also lived at Cape Cod one year when a road crew prisoner bolted, stole clothes off a laundry line and lived on the lam for a few days.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 15, 2014 05:29 AM (ZshNr)

121 The one morning I actually go and get some content ... *** Dude. Feel free to stomp all over this thread. It was just a place-keeper until you folks woke up.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 15, 2014 05:29 AM (DmNpO)

122 126 Dude. Feel free to stomp all over this thread. It was just a place-keeper until you folks woke up.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 15, 2014 09:29 AM (DmNpO)

I think that was a joke.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 15, 2014 05:31 AM (T2V/1)

123 J.J. - Understood, and thanks. Kevin Smith is a curious case - the weird direction he took around the time Red State came out is a puzzlement to me.

Posted by: A. Pendragon at March 15, 2014 05:31 AM (wJliR)

124 Stedman deserves to be impeached for urging state attorneys general to violate their oaths to defend their state constitutions over homo marriage. Oaths of office, how do they work?

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 15, 2014 05:31 AM (YvXkB)

125
Friday at the California Republican State Convention, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus told attendees that the GOP has an office in the San Francisco Bay Area city of San Mateo that is building a $35 million data platform to help candidates.

SFGate

The RNC - placing their $35 million project in one of the most Liberal Democratic areas of the country, 71% for Obama in 2012, where it's sure to staffed by Lefty agents provocateur.

The GOP pivoting to jobs, for the other side.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 15, 2014 05:31 AM (kdS6q)

126 I've been watching this program called Strip the City. It deals with the engineering behind large cities. The one on New Orleans was very good. As to Paris -- don't buy property there. I's built on abandoned limestone quarries and rock full of gypsum which dissolves when exposed to water.

Posted by: The Yellow Pug at March 15, 2014 05:32 AM (r7mtu)

127 130 The RNC - placing their $35 million project in one of the most Liberal Democratic areas of the country, 71% for Obama in 2012, where it's sure to staffed by Lefty agents provocateur.

The GOP pivoting to jobs, for the other side.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 15, 2014 09:31 AM (kdS6q)

It is also one of the most expensive real estate areas in the country. What a waste of money. Why didn't they build it here in SC. Or if they wanted a hi tech area the Raleigh-Durham area.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 15, 2014 05:34 AM (T2V/1)

128 I've been watching this program called Strip the City. It deals with the engineering behind large cities. The one on New Orleans was very good. As to Paris -- don't buy property there. I's built on abandoned limestone quarries and rock full of gypsum which dissolves when exposed to water. That's a neat show. And the French built NO below sea level. Civil engineering isn't one of their strengths.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit[/i][/u][/b][/s] at March 15, 2014 05:35 AM (0HooB)

129 Or build it in Iowa since the Iowans seem to think the election revolves around them. Plus it would be far cheaper to build and staff.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 15, 2014 05:35 AM (Urmiy)

130 Man there is a boatload of things going on in my area this weekend. The Big 12 tourney is in town, Planet Comicon also, an Anime Con near me, plus a number of Parades and races in various places.

And at least today the weather is going to be fantastic. Of course, it then crashes tomorrow...

Posted by: HH at March 15, 2014 05:35 AM (XXwdv)

131 "17 I don't recall seeing this as a responsibility of the federal government in my copy of the Constitution.

Posted by: Vic at March 15, 2014 08:51 AM (T2V/1)"

It is in the "penumbras and emanations" clause along with all the other crap that leftists do when they are in power.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at March 15, 2014 05:35 AM (PD6iL)

132 Niedermeyer, have you been up all night, or do you just lurv all us peeps in your computer?

Posted by: fluffy at March 15, 2014 05:35 AM (Ua6T/)

133 It is also one of the most expensive real estate areas in the country. What a waste of money. Why didn't they build it here in SC. Or if they wanted a hi tech area the Raleigh-Durham area.

Posted by: Vic at March 15, 2014 09:34 AM (T2V/1)

Oh Vic, you're such a kidder. Do you really think the Spawn of Rockefeller believe one syllable of the party platform? Those country club memberships don't pay for themselves.

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 15, 2014 05:36 AM (YvXkB)

134 A man who became known for claiming he was the sailor kissing a woman in Times Square in a famous World War II-era photo taken by a Life magazine photographer has died. Glenn McDuffie was 86. McDuffie died March 9 in a nursing home in Dallas, his daughter, Glenda Bell, told The Associated Press. *** You mean that awful rapist? God Bless him. There are worthless #waronwomen twats who believe that.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 15, 2014 05:37 AM (DmNpO)

135 Niedermeyer, have you been up all night, or do you just lurv all us peeps in your computer? ** I went to sleep at about 4 then my kittehs lovingly woke me at 0730 and I was commenting from bed. I got up to put up this thread. I'll be a sleepy, napping girl by noon.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 15, 2014 05:39 AM (DmNpO)

136 You mean that awful rapist? God Bless him. There are worthless #waronwomen twats who believe that. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 15, 2014 09:37 AM (DmNpO) What?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 15, 2014 05:40 AM (t3UFN)

137 Story in Daily Mail the real reason OBL death photo not released is hundreds of bullets shot. After death. Like hamburger

Posted by: thunderb at March 15, 2014 05:41 AM (Jt18H)

138 I put a little nutmeg in my buttermilk pancakes this morning. Om nom nom.

Posted by: HR at March 15, 2014 08:59 AM (hO8IJ)

Chopped Walnuts, yuuum!

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 15, 2014 05:41 AM (o3MSL)

139
And in Big Tent news:

California Republicans let media see one gubernatorial candidate, not another

After letting reporters listen to remarks from Republican candidate for governor Neel Kashkari, county chairmen at the state party's biannual convention Friday closed the room for the speech given by another candidate, Tim Donnelly.

The move visibly frustrated Donnelly, a Twin Peaks assemblyman, who had wanted the meeting to be open press.

Mark Pruner, president of the county leaders' group, said later Friday that momentum had been building throughout the day to close the meeting to the media and had only to do with Donnelly holding a later speaking spot than Kashkari.

Sacbee

It will no doubt shock you that Kashkari is the Team Republican backed liberal Goldman banker that ran the Fed's TARP program, while Donnelly is a conservative.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 15, 2014 05:41 AM (kdS6q)

140 What? *** Yep. Bing it. She didn't asked to be kissed thus he sexually assaulted her. Just ask the feminists.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 15, 2014 05:42 AM (DmNpO)

141 whoa got woken up by a kitteh poop bomb left uncovered in the box what the hell do these two eat?

Posted by: navycopjoe at March 15, 2014 05:42 AM (At8tV)

142 Man there is a boatload of things going on in my area this weekend. The Big 12 tourney is in town, Planet Comicon also, an Anime Con near me, plus a number of Parades and races in various places. Yeah, this is the last weekend of Bike Week down here. Been seeing all types of interesting machinery on the roads.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit[/i][/u][/b][/s] at March 15, 2014 05:43 AM (0HooB)

143 Welcome to the Tar Heel State, we just cut our sales tax, too.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 15, 2014 05:43 AM (ZshNr)

144 @Doranimated CNN cuts back on costly graphics http://tinyurl.com/kda8cfe

Posted by: Tami [/i][/b][/u][/s] at March 15, 2014 05:44 AM (bCEmE)

145 Oaths of office, how do they work?

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 15, 2014 09:31 AM (YvXkB)

It certainly appears that they don't really apply to "people of color" belonging to the correct party.

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 15, 2014 05:44 AM (o3MSL)

146 133 And the French built NO below sea level. Civil engineering isn't one of their strengths.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at March 15, 2014 09:35 AM (0HooB)

Actually the old French quarter is the only part that is above sea level. The Americans are the ones who built below sea level when they put in the dikes.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 15, 2014 05:44 AM (T2V/1)

147 Been looking at annual real estate taxes in a couple of states. This is my estimate (for the areas I might be interested in): Pennsylvania: About $1,500 / $100,000 in actual value North Carolina: About $500 / $100,000 in actual value Florida: About $1,000 / $100,000 in actual value (maybe a Fl moron could help me out, it looks like they assess based on most recent sale price) Wonder which state looks most attractive to a future retired person? *** In Florida there's also portability, meaning that you can take your taxes with you up to a certain amount when you buy a new/existing house. It helps prevent folks being stuck in their old house because of the fear of much higher taxes when moving to a new house. I haven't used it so not exactly sure how it works.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 15, 2014 05:45 AM (DmNpO)

148 It will no doubt shock you that Kashkari is the Team Republican backed liberal Goldman banker that ran the Fed's TARP program, while Donnelly is a conservative.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 15, 2014 09:41 AM (kdS6q)

See, Republicans CAN learn from the Democrats!

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 15, 2014 05:46 AM (o3MSL)

149 Yep. Bing it. She didn't asked to be kissed thus he sexually assaulted her. Just ask the feminists. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 15, 2014 09:42 AM (DmNpO) Ugh. Feminism in a nutshell: Someone once gave me a sad, there fore I will make the rest of you pay for my hurt feeeeewings...........forever.

Posted by: Mandy P., lurking lurker who lurks at March 15, 2014 05:46 AM (qFpRI)

150 and they just issued a high wind warning 30-40 mph with gusts up to 65 mph

Posted by: navycopjoe at March 15, 2014 05:46 AM (At8tV)

151 Actually the old French quarter is the only part that is above sea level. The Americans are the ones who built below sea level when they put in the dikes. Hmm, that wasn't very bright. Maybe they were drinking French wine at the time. I'll find a way to blame teh feelthy Frogs.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit[/i][/u][/b][/s] at March 15, 2014 05:48 AM (0HooB)

152 ooooh chick fight under my window life in waikiki

Posted by: navycopjoe at March 15, 2014 05:48 AM (At8tV)

153 Ex-Bush admin official: Internet giveaway weakens cybersecurity, opens door to Web tax Web tax? So we can fund more turd world warlords? Fuckers.

Posted by: The Yellow Pug at March 15, 2014 05:49 AM (r7mtu)

154 The guy who just died claiming to be the iconic "kissing sailor" in times square may not actually be the sailor in the picture. His story has been disputed by many people.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 15, 2014 05:49 AM (T2V/1)

155 A conservative in cali? The f you say.

Posted by: traye at March 15, 2014 05:51 AM (PZeh4)

156 Oh! Just remembered... So, you buy a house for $100k and live in it for a few years. The market continues to rise and that house, and others rise in value. Now your house is worth $125k meaning that if you bought the exact same house again, your taxes would be higher. Now, you can take the existing taxable value of your old home to a new home and not be stuck. Buy at $100k. Taxes rise slowly over time. Sell it at $150k. Buy new house at $200k. Instead of paying taxes on $200k, you would transfer the taxes associated with the house you did own and only pay an increase associated with the difference in value between your old home and the new home.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 15, 2014 05:51 AM (DmNpO)

157 NDH posted pancakes. Must have had a good evening.

Posted by: blaster at March 15, 2014 05:51 AM (4+AaH)

158 "And the French built NO below sea level. Civil engineering isn't one of their strengths.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at March 15, 2014 09:35 AM (0HooB)"

I hate it when people make me defend the French but facts is facts. The part of New Orleans that the French built is above sea level. The reason it is called the Crescent City is that the sand spit on which it was built is shaped like a crescent moon or a croissant pastry. The below sea level part was all built by 'Murcans who optimistically believed that they could sell off to another sucker before the city flooded out.

Actually, the reason that West Point was established with such a strong emphasis on engineering was so that the United States could stop relying on French civil engineers to design our seacoast forts which were our major defense projects and government expenditures during the first half of the 19th century. As it turned out, those civil engineering skills that enabled West Point graduates to build forts also came in handy when building railroads.

Anyway, civil engineering is actually one of the strengths of the French. Honesty, integrity, common sense and frequent bathing tend to be areas where they are a bit lacking.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at March 15, 2014 05:51 AM (PD6iL)

159 typo. I meant to say now worth $150k

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 15, 2014 05:52 AM (DmNpO)

160 35 -- Anna -- On the fence with that one; it could an epic cosplay FAIL... or the trolling of anime fans... everywhere.

Posted by: CPT. Charles at March 15, 2014 05:52 AM (lJaja)

161 Fuck the GOPe

Posted by: Velvet Ambition at March 15, 2014 05:52 AM (R8hU8)

162 Ncj, you actually live in wakiki? Does the navy still own the hale koa hotel? I lived there for two months trying to find a place when I was stationed at pearl. My favorite was the highly dressed girls accosting the Japanese business men.

Posted by: traye at March 15, 2014 05:55 AM (PZeh4)

163 So the tax value in your example remains 150, the sale cost of the old home, not 200, the purchase price of new one? That's pretty cool. For how long?

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 15, 2014 05:55 AM (ZshNr)

164 22 -- Krebs -- Hmm... are you sure that isn't mac-n-cheese on those pancakes? Not that I hate m-n-c mind you...

Posted by: CPT. Charles at March 15, 2014 05:56 AM (lJaja)

165 169 yep, dead center on walina st just off kuhio the hale koa is actually owned by the army, rates are based on rank

Posted by: navycopjoe at March 15, 2014 05:57 AM (At8tV)

166 Anyway, civil engineering is actually one of the strengths of the French. I ~~stand~~ sit corrected. Pantsless.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit[/i][/u][/b][/s] at March 15, 2014 05:58 AM (0HooB)

167 The U.S. governmentÂ’s plan to give away authority over the InternetÂ’s core architecture to the Â“global Internet communityÂ” could endanger the security of both the Internet and the U.S. Â— and open the door to a global tax on Web use. Â“U.S. management of the internet has been exemplary and there is no reason to give this away Â— especially in return for nothing,Â” former Bush administration State Department senior advisor Christian Whiton told The Daily Caller. Â“This is the Obama equivalent of CarterÂ’s decision to give away the Panama Canal Â— only with possibly much worse consequences.Â” The U.S. Commerce Department announced late Friday it would relinquish control of The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Â— the organization charged with managing domain names, assigning Internet protocol addresses and other crucial Web functions Â— after its current contract expires next year. Can Congress stop this?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 15, 2014 05:58 AM (t3UFN)

168

Sadly Obama won't go the way of Nixon. He will leave office with MFM Hosanas and his cult following will praise him as theGodKing! I'm wondering if he will even leave office after 2 terms.Its not like he gives a shit about the Law.

Wait until you see my new seal and letterhead. They're fabulous!

"Office of the Ex-President"

Posted by: GodKing at March 15, 2014 05:59 AM (BAS5M)

169 Ted Cruz ‏@tedcruz 36s Saw this, but noticed an error. So I wanted to make one thing clear: I don't smoke cigarettes http://tinyurl.com/lnq8l4l

Posted by: Tami [/i][/b][/u][/s] at March 15, 2014 05:59 AM (bCEmE)

170 damn, no soda in the house, just sweet and sour mix, peroni beer and booze there was like 6 cans of rc when I went to bed may have to sell nck to an arab if this happens again

Posted by: navycopjoe at March 15, 2014 05:59 AM (At8tV)

171 ICYMI in the thread last night, Samantha Power is really, offensively stupid. Samantha Power ‏@AmbassadorPower Mar 13 I missed the day at law school where self-determination was defined as #Russia-determination. Russia must halt its military action.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 15, 2014 06:01 AM (DmNpO)

172 45 -- Chi-Town Jerry -- maybe. Me, I was never truly impressed with Chevy Chase in the Fletch role... perhaps his 'clever' snark was lost on me. (It was all too contrived for my tastes.)

Never read the books tho; maybe this revisit is worth a peek, or maybe not.

Posted by: CPT. Charles at March 15, 2014 06:01 AM (lJaja)

173 Posted by: Tami at March 15, 2014 09:59 AM (bCEmE)

And he's got a sense of humor!

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 15, 2014 06:03 AM (o3MSL)

174 Koch brothers killed the thread.

Posted by: fluffy at March 15, 2014 06:06 AM (Ua6T/)

175
Meanwhile, in the Land of Dreams:

A federal judge has rejected a civil rights lawsuit filed by a man arrested on suspicion of violating the city's anti-nudity ordinance for wearing a "gladiator-type black leather loincloth" at an LGBT Pride activity.

William X. Walters argued that he was targeted because he is gay while police allow women to wear even more revealing thongs at local beaches and at the annual Over-the-Line tournament at Fiesta Island.

"There is nothing in the record that reasonably suggests sexual orientation had anything to do with the [police] decision to insist upon compliance with the literal text" of the ordinance, U.S. District Judge Cathy Ann Bencivengo ruled in a 15-page decision this week.

The arresting officer had given Walters a chance to avoid being arrested by covering up but he refused, according to court documents. Walters responded to the officer by saying, "So either cite me, arrest me, or leave me alone because I'm not interested in your opinion," according to the documents.

From a standing position, Walters genitals and buttocks were covered by his loincloth, the judge ruled. But when he moved "the flaps of Walters' loincloth moved freely ... and as the wind blew that day, exposing his buttocks," Bencivengo ruled.

http://tinyurl.com/k7hxml5

Pics of the Honey Maid Boy at the link.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 15, 2014 06:06 AM (kdS6q)

176 Waikiki is interesting, or was 20 years ago. My first day, checked in, went for a walk, within the first mile I was offered drugs by five different dudes. "Oh, this is going to be an interesting year."

Posted by: traye at March 15, 2014 06:06 AM (PZeh4)

177 Personally, the eggs and the cheese are the most yummy part. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 15, 2014 08:54 AM (DmNpO) RINO!

Posted by: Beefy Meatball at March 15, 2014 06:07 AM (bUmSq)

178 Can Congress stop this? It's cute that you think Congress would actually act in the best interests of the country.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit[/i][/u][/b][/s] at March 15, 2014 06:07 AM (0HooB)

179 Can Congress stop this?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 15, 2014 09:58 AM (t3UFN)

Wonder what Zuckerburg thinks about this?

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 15, 2014 06:08 AM (o3MSL)

180 So the tax value in your example remains 150, the sale cost of the old home, not 200, the purchase price of new one? That's pretty cool. For how long? *** Nope. It means that whatever you are paying in taxes, based upon the original purchase price of the original home (plus slow increases), now worth $150k, will transfer along to the first $150k of your new purchase. $200k - purchase price on new home -$150k - sale of your old home _______ $50k of home value added to your old tax rate, which was based upon $100k. So, on a $200k home, you're paying as if the home were valued at $150k. Or, I suppose it might be easier to say it this way. You bought a home at $100 and it rose in value to $150k. You sell the house for $150k and buy a different house for $150k. You will transfer the old tax rate to the new house and you will not see a rise in taxes.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 15, 2014 06:09 AM (DmNpO)

181 Cpt Charles it might be both. It also could be a desert topping and a floor wax.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 15, 2014 06:10 AM (Urmiy)

182 183 My first day, checked in, went for a walk, within the first mile I was offered drugs by five different dudes. still like that but now the hookers are even more aggressive a few years ago I was walking with T when two hookers started bugging us they left us alone when T pulled up her shirt showing a badge and gun....all you could hear was the click clack of hooker heels

Posted by: navycopjoe at March 15, 2014 06:11 AM (At8tV)

183 Well the Mega Millions rolled over last night. Tuesday's drawing is worth $400 million if taken as an annuity. Or $224 million on the cash option.

The numbers - 7 20 40 54 69 and 12.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 15, 2014 06:12 AM (Urmiy)

184 101 -- Revvy -- 'Morning fellow de-lurker.

Posted by: CPT. Charles at March 15, 2014 06:12 AM (lJaja)

185 speaking of heels, nck's feet are almost as big as T's and she is seriously eyeballing the boot collection it may turn ugly if she goes after the suede jimmys

Posted by: navycopjoe at March 15, 2014 06:14 AM (At8tV)

186 And once in a while there is some good news about bomb "experts":

http://preview.tinyurl.com/l9lfcrj

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 15, 2014 06:15 AM (o3MSL)

187 "I read a draft and it's pretty good, but of course once the studio, star, director and someone's drug connection have their say it will turn to dreck.

Guaranteed.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 15, 2014 09:00 AM (olDqf)"

I have heard that in Hollywood, they like the taste better after they have peed in it.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at March 15, 2014 06:15 AM (PD6iL)

188 The numbers - 7 20 40 54 69 and 12.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 15, 2014 10:12 AM (Urmiy)

Asking for a friend:

Do you have to get the numbers in order?

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 15, 2014 06:16 AM (o3MSL)

189 whoa peppers went to the packers!!!! wtf peppers? just lost all his chi-town love

Posted by: navycopjoe at March 15, 2014 06:17 AM (At8tV)

190 Guess Obama won't be retiring to Hawaii after all:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/mzo27e5

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 15, 2014 06:19 AM (o3MSL)

191 197 Guess Obama won't be retiring to Hawaii after all: ------- I don't let little things like laws bother me.

Posted by: King Baraka I at March 15, 2014 06:21 AM (Aif/5)

192 147 -- navycopjoe -- them kittehs will constantly experiment with ways to gain attention.

They give you that adorable face saying: Ignore the havoc... focus on teh cute.

Posted by: CPT. Charles at March 15, 2014 06:21 AM (lJaja)

193 197 Guess Obama won't be retiring to Hawaii after all: he never was he's hated here and lets be serious, the guy is a racist..even against blacks unless they're mega rich typical rich Chicago black.....and yeah, i'm looking at you oprah and you too micheal jordan

Posted by: navycopjoe at March 15, 2014 06:22 AM (At8tV)

194 Wait....Condoleezza Rice is part of that stupid 'Bossy' campaign?!

Posted by: Tami [/i][/b][/u][/s] at March 15, 2014 06:23 AM (bCEmE)

195 Guess Obama won't be retiring to Hawaii after all: Loved the title of that article: Hawaii tries...

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit[/i][/u][/b][/s] at March 15, 2014 06:24 AM (0HooB)

196 pulled up her shirt

Posted by: navycopjoe at March 15, 2014 10:11 AM (At8tV)

You know the rule....

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 15, 2014 06:24 AM (QFxY5)

197 199 I have one who like to walk around with stuff in his mouth (watches are his favorite, hid my rolex for like a week once) and the other will just smack you in the face to get attention the boys are cool though they are both from Sardinia Italy got one each both times I was stationed there

Posted by: navycopjoe at March 15, 2014 06:25 AM (At8tV)

198 Ronan Farrow is in Kenya -- looking for ratings. lol

Posted by: The Yellow Pug at March 15, 2014 06:25 AM (r7mtu)

199 OK, I'm a lone voice in the wilderness of flyover country.

However I'm gonna post this, irrespective of the thread topic, until I'm excluded from all but Huffpo and Popular Mechanics.

I'm calling for a national Republican/Conservative/Libertarian debate prior to the presidential primaries, to include all the Leaders, Faux Leaders, Right Wingers, Rinos, Tea Partiers, Isolationists, dynasties; and men and women of all races, creeds, and heights, that know in their hearts they can Lead this country out of the mess we are in, with the end result to select 2 people to represent the non-progressives in the Republican presidential primary.

With the winners being the Presidential candidate and the 2nd place to be the VP candidate on the Republican ticket.

We got the technology, the mess, and the time; so all we need is the will.

After the first 3 presentations, we have a national call in vote similar to American Idol, that last for 24 hours. The half of the partcipants with the lowest votes are then eliminated and go back to their real jobs or to apply for one, another vote after the 4th show, with half of the participants eliminated, and the final vote with the top two participants being our presidential election candidates. Those not finishing as the top 2, will go home, support the selected candidates, and if not interested in a real job, start writing down ideas how they could contribute to the next presidents cabinet leaders. If any sour grapes are shown by the losing aspirants, may they be forever damned unto hell, here on Earth and whatever comes next.

Hosted on a national program on Fox News in a program similar to Hannity's new forum on TV, with questions answered from callers and email from a randomly selected cross section of Americans, selected by Rasmussen.

Screw the other networks because they are all ideological whores of the progressives.

This use of the nation's air time will be furnished at cost by Fox and paid for by 1 sponsor per program, with 1 one minute commercial at the beginning, the middle, and the end of the program.

The hosts to be selected from among Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, Rush Limbaugh, Dennis Miller, Dennis Prager, Glenn Reynolds, Jim Sinclair, Michelle Malcolm, Laura Ingram, William Jacobson,

Three or four of these programs, run maybe in 1/2 hr segments of Shep's, Brett's, and Gretta's, Bill's and or Morgan's shows and simultaneously on all local fox affiliates.

Anything has got to be better than the crap system we now have.

Posted by: Tortuga at March 15, 2014 06:27 AM (FmyWU)

200 203 that not the pic you want to see its the boots on the couch pic which is legendary she wants to do a pic in a couple years to match her 40th pic at the beach..should be interesting cause the woman just will not age

Posted by: navycopjoe at March 15, 2014 06:27 AM (At8tV)

201 201?

Posted by: Tami ?

I always thought Condie was way over-rated-- mostly due to skin color....

And I refuse to denounce mah'sef'....

Posted by: backhoe at March 15, 2014 06:28 AM (ULH4o)

202 When HuffPo and CNN are saying the Ban Bossy shit is stupid, you know you've gone full retard.

Posted by: Adam at March 15, 2014 06:30 AM (Aif/5)

203 Good morning, morons. I am going to attempt to make mozzarella cheese today.

Posted by: DangerGirl at March 15, 2014 06:33 AM (GrtrJ)

204 Those new satellite maps of that airliner put the original report of it landing near Nanning, China back into play. There is a sketchy radar hole up thru Burma/Laos right into the Nanning area from last flight path.

Posted by: Jean at March 15, 2014 06:34 AM (Aqvh6)

205 Get out of your houses and away from your computers. Enjoy Nature. Volunteer in your community. Serve others. And do so while reflecting in your hearts the wonderful leadership of our wise multiracial President, Barack Obama. He, who in a more correct world would round up you Reich-wing haters and punish you for your racist hate. He who provides for our least fortunate. He who will avenge the sins of the international bankers.

Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein from Brattleboro, Vermont at March 15, 2014 06:34 AM (nyLnk)

206 Congress moves to eliminate useless government reports. The only thing I can say is "what took so damn long"?

http://tinyurl.com/lya46tl

Posted by: Vic at March 15, 2014 08:51 AM (T2V/1)

Got here late but had to weigh in seeing as this is co-sponsored by my beyond useless senator Mark Warner. The Jolly win has all of them thinking they better "do something!!!!!!!"

Posted by: RushBabe at March 15, 2014 06:35 AM (hrIP5)

207 GOP could have parked that new data center in the former Steelcase "pyramid" Tech Center - futuristic look for campaign photos, probably already plumbed for hi tech, but oh noes, it is in a field a mile or so from the Grand Rapids airport, so not cool enough, I suppose..
Instead, like someone else said, give the money to a high tax, high cost, high DEM benefit area because of beach or something..

Just Dave in GR

Posted by: JustDave in GR at March 15, 2014 06:35 AM (5yaV0)

208 I always thought Condie was way over-rated-- mostly due to skin color....And I refuse to denounce mah'sef'....

Posted by: backhoe at March 15, 2014 10:28 AM (ULH4o)

Condi is on the level of Christine Todd Whitman on the Reagan - Rockefeller continuum.

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 15, 2014 06:36 AM (YvXkB)

209 210 I am going to attempt to make mozzarella cheese today. easy peasy just remember to get all the air out while making the balls.....don't be gentle I learned how to do it while living in Italy...fresh mozzy is worlds better

Posted by: navycopjoe at March 15, 2014 06:38 AM (At8tV)

210 Good morning, Horde. I have a mid-term Monday and tomorrow will be spent doing things for my yarn event next weekend (http://homespunyarnparty.blogspot.com). I was up half the night with a stupid headache. So I'm basically screwed and need someone to cram the information into my head.

Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at March 15, 2014 06:38 AM (N/cFh)

211 From my quick scan of Drudge it appears the rest of the world has finally caught up with Morons who had the plane hijacked several days ago.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Bossy Redneck Queen at March 15, 2014 06:39 AM (baL2B)

212 Anyway, civil engineering is actually one of the strengths of the French.
Bing "Vauban".

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at March 15, 2014 06:42 AM (hn5v5)

213 I have been waiting all morning for another airline speculation thread... chop chop

7 hours damn... flight corridor on the news shows it pretty much going where you would expect it to go under such circumstances. Also saw in some of the coverage that it may have been on the ground for a while with the engines running, which would lead one to speculate on state sponsored shenanigans.

Posted by: Dr. Shatterhand at March 15, 2014 06:43 AM (gl2Yt)

214 I would hold off on the fresh mozzaerala for a few months - until I had fresh tomatoes and basil.

Posted by: Jean at March 15, 2014 06:43 AM (Aqvh6)

215 218?

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Bossy Redneck Queen ?

I like your tagline. I really don't think this "bossy" meme is going anywhere in a jobless Ã˜-Merica....

Posted by: backhoe at March 15, 2014 06:43 AM (ULH4o)

216 Anything has got to be better than the crap system we now have. Put a live duel somewhere in that competition and you have my full support.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit[/i][/u][/b][/s] at March 15, 2014 06:43 AM (0HooB)

217 easy peasy
just remember to get all the air out while making the balls.....don't be gentle

I learned how to do it while living in Italy...fresh mozzy is worlds better
Posted by: navycopjoe at March 15, 2014 10:38 AM (At8tV)

Yeah, it doesn't look difficult at all.

Posted by: DangerGirl at March 15, 2014 06:44 AM (GrtrJ)

218
Good morning, morons. I am going to attempt to make mozzarella cheese today.
Posted by: DangerGirl

Yay!

Posted by: A Colony of Listeria Bacteria

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 15, 2014 06:44 AM (kdS6q)

219 I really like the looks of that breakfast, NDH. Do you deliver?

Posted by: grammie winger at March 15, 2014 06:44 AM (oMKp3)

220 Malaysia Airlines is gonna have to be giving some DEEP discounts AND guaranteed round trip tickets. Â…Â…..they're just now looking at the pilots?

Posted by: ontherocks at March 15, 2014 06:45 AM (O/NZ5)

221 Gingy, my daughter has started knitting (?, no idea where it came from)

Posted by: Jean at March 15, 2014 06:45 AM (Aqvh6)

222 Good morning, all. I'm here, so someone can post a new thread now.

Posted by: shredded chi at March 15, 2014 06:46 AM (CYqDc)

223 they left us alone when T pulled up her shirt showing a badge and gun....all you could hear was the click clack of hooker heels Posted by: navycopjoe ----------------- Heh. I've had a similar experience. As an amateur radio operator, I carry a handy talkie in my jacket pocket every now and then. A guy approached me trying to sell some cheapie gold jewelry. In a moment of inspiration, since I had my hand in my jacket pocket, I keyed the radio, and it responded with the usual burst of noise. The guy actually ran away.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 15, 2014 06:48 AM (aDwsi)

224 hoa
peppers went to the packers!!!!

wtf peppers?
just lost all his chi-town love

Posted by: navycopjoe at March 15, 2014 10:17 AM (At8tV)

No loss. He hasn't been a factor for a couple of years.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 15, 2014 06:48 AM (FE/sZ)

225 224 the trick is in the rennet if you use a veggie based you use a little less then animal based we use veggie so only 15 drops also when you cool the curds it seems easier to stretch it if you cool at room temp than in the fridge

Posted by: navycopjoe at March 15, 2014 06:50 AM (At8tV)

226 231 No loss. He hasn't been a factor for a couple of years i'm torn on him plus I see the irony of him breaking cutler during a sack in Chicago fans will riot

Posted by: navycopjoe at March 15, 2014 06:52 AM (At8tV)

227 No whey I'm making curds.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 15, 2014 06:52 AM (aDwsi)

228 Yay! Posted by: A Colony of Listeria Bacteria Working in a microbiology lab taught me to not fear bacteria. You people are dirty and everything you touch is covered in poop. Everything

Posted by: traye at March 15, 2014 06:52 AM (PZeh4)

229 228 Gingy, my daughter has started knitting (?, no idea where it came from) Posted by: Jean at March 15, 2014 10:45 AM (Aqvh6) --- That's awesome. Point her to Ravelry.com and Knittinghelp.com

Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at March 15, 2014 06:53 AM (N/cFh)

230 Sausage gravy and biscuits for breakfast here at Casa Backwardio. Yummy.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit[/i][/u][/b][/s] at March 15, 2014 06:54 AM (0HooB)

231 #195

They aren't drawn in order. They're just listed that way thereafter. The order isn't a factor but they're going to appear on the ticket that way, so having some sort of order makes it easier to look and see if you have any matches.

Posted by: Epobirs at March 15, 2014 06:55 AM (bPxS6)

232 People who think it is terrorism, are shooting from the hip.

Posted by: Barky at March 15, 2014 06:56 AM (aDwsi)

233 Nood, food

Posted by: Barky at March 15, 2014 06:58 AM (aDwsi)

234 Anyway, civil engineering is actually one of the strengths of the French. Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at March 15, 2014 09:51 AM (PD6iL) Yet, Paris is still built on abandoned quarries and gypsum.

Posted by: The Yellow Pug at March 15, 2014 06:58 AM (r7mtu)

235 Has the Malaysian cruise missile made its way to its Crimean destination yet? Pootie Pooter better keep his beady little eyes peeled for Muslims bearing gifts.

Posted by: Fritz at March 15, 2014 07:00 AM (UzPAd)

236 Condi is the female equiv of Colin Powell; Republican as it suited them for advancement but still believe blacks need/should get special treatment.

Basically they're Democrats who could pass as Republican. Different from RINO's as they don't reveal their predilection until after they've used up all the influence they could gather.

Plus Condi's a bit smarter and has kept her mouth shut and her profile low.

Blacks are more conscious of skin color and place more importance on it than any white (these days) would dream of.

You don't hear about it much cause they keep it quiet and the lying Media of course won't talk about it either.

You start getting into the rich black families down south and say like philly or a few other enclaves and you'll find people who look down their nose at someone with a skin shade a bit darker than they like.

And the hair's a thing too.

Oh yeah, lots of little rules and taboos. And it mostly centers around color of skin.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Awaiting Armageddon) at March 15, 2014 07:02 AM (LSDdO)

237 Earthquake! Not severe in Castaic but could be serious where it originated.

Posted by: Epobirs at March 15, 2014 07:14 AM (bPxS6)

238 Yet, Paris is still built on abandoned quarries and gypsum.
And D.C. is built on a swamp.

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at March 15, 2014 07:18 AM (hn5v5)

239 I greatly prefer Condi to Powell, because she's never stabbed the Bushes or the Repubs in the back. Powell might be the gold standard for dogshit RINOs.

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 15, 2014 07:19 AM (YvXkB)

240 245 Yet, Paris is still built on abandoned quarries and gypsum. And D.C. is built on a swamp. Posted by: andycanuck at March 15, 2014 11:18 AM (hn5v5) Want DC built on a French design?

Posted by: The Yellow Pug at March 15, 2014 07:34 AM (r7mtu)

241 36 Ireland's PM wants amnesty for 50,000 illegal Irish in the US. Sorry fellow, white Europeans need to apply. Ask those Germans who were harassed for months on end.

http://preview.tinyurl.com/q2od83g Posted by: Vic at March 15, 2014 08:54 AM

We'll let in the Mexicans and the Haitians, but we don't want the Irish!!

Posted by: Barack Johnson at March 15, 2014 07:39 AM (aTXUx)

242 Spitballing here ...

What if MH370 wasn't hijacked by terrorists but by pirates/thieves

I know you couldn't fence a 777 on Craigslist, but they might already have a buyer

Posted by: kbdabear at March 15, 2014 07:44 AM (aTXUx)

243 I don't accept the premise that founding a national capital in a less than ideal setting reflects on the IQ of the inhabitants or their engineering skills, which is why I mentioned D.C.

BTW, Paris was founded 2,000 years ago; D.C. was founded in 1790. What does that add to the premise?

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at March 15, 2014 07:47 AM (hn5v5)

244 Thieves masquerading the theft as a terrorist act?

I wonder if that's been thought of before

Posted by: kbdabear at March 15, 2014 07:52 AM (aTXUx)

245 Want = Wasn't

Posted by: The Yellow Pug at March 15, 2014 08:01 AM (r7mtu)

246 So how does the buyer explain his new 777 in the driveway? A hijacking followed by nothing and no hint of motive is very difficult to explain. Maybe they want the plane for this or for that. Okay, but is the ultimate goal best reached this way? You don't need an airliner to deliver a nuke to San Francisco. A yacht will do.

Posted by: eman at March 15, 2014 08:06 AM (AO9UG)

247 250 I don't accept the premise that founding a national capital in a less than ideal setting reflects on the IQ of the inhabitants or their engineering skills, which is why I mentioned D.C. I do. BTW, Paris was founded 2,000 years ago; D.C. was founded in 1790. What does that add to the premise? Posted by: andycanuck at March 15, 2014 11:47 AM (hn5v5) Parts of it. As the city grew, it was built over quarries that were mined to build the original parts. Other parts were built rather late, e.g., Eiffel Tower, Montmartre. Hell if you look at 17th and 18th century paintings, there was quite a bit of open area in Paris.

Posted by: The Yellow Pug at March 15, 2014 08:07 AM (r7mtu)

248 Thieves masquerading the theft as a terrorist act?

I wonder if that's been thought of before

What exactly would be the purpose of it? As others have pointed out, you couldn't realistically use the engines (always by far the most expensive component of any jet aircraft) since they telemeter back to the manufacturer. It wouldn't be worth much in carriage since getting parts for it would be problematic.

Yesterday, talking about stopping distances for a 777 I transposed feet for meters and got it wrong. DrewM caught it, but I was too involved with other things at the time to go back and check.

He can read a table better than jwest for example, but the meaning of the values escapes him. The FAR field length takeoff length requirements, which the Boeing document quoted yesterday uses, factor in the extra field length required on takeoff to lose an engine, cannot climb sufficiently and as such, the pilot must get the aircraft stopped. In short, the so-called balanced field length problem. This is important since terrorists don't give a crap about commercial aviation requirements for takeoff purposes.

For the FAR landing length side of things, there is no requirement that the pilot be able to get the plane back off the runway, as in the takeoff case, if the landing doesn't go as planned. However, the FAA has still inserted a 67% safety factor in these numbers (so sayeth a Stanford writeup on the principles of the FAR rules).

Long story short, if you don't care about the safety factors, you use a whole lot less runway than the Boeing numbers listed. Now that we know the plane flew on for several hours more, that opens up a wide vista of small but available runways, particularly ones from state actors who would be willing to host this kind of operation.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at March 15, 2014 08:08 AM (FvyJS)

249 Any time the US turns over authority to the "internationale" it will not be good for America.

Posted by: gracepmc at March 15, 2014 08:37 AM (rznx3)

250 256 Any time the US turns over authority to the "internationale" it will not be good for America. Posted by: gracepmc at March 15, 2014 12:37 PM (rznx3) Not to those Americans who get teary eyed when they hear the Internationale.

Posted by: The Yellow Pug at March 15, 2014 09:00 AM (r7mtu)

251 Have some pancakes and bacon. I never mix my stuff up like that. I keep the pancakes and the meat/eggs separated.

Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at March 15, 2014 11:49 AM (AQTz3)

252 Really, I would lose the butter. It is fattening.

Posted by: ProfTwist at March 15, 2014 05:50 PM (k4R5S)

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