April 04, 2014

Is "Captain America: Winter Soldier" Something?
— Ace

I'm bored of superhero movies myself -- I still watch 'em, mind you, but not with any particular excitement about it -- but the new Captain America is getting 88% "fresh" ratings at Rotten Tomatoes, and quite a few reviewers claiming it's the best Marvel movie either since Iron Man 1, or the Avengers. Or maybe it's the best Marvel movie ever. Or the best superhero movie ever.

Eh, I doubt that. But still, it sounds like it's not awful (like Man of Steel) or competent-but-forgettable (like Thor: The Dark World).

It's done boffo box office in its early overseas opening. ("Boffo" is an industry term meaning "20% above expectations.")

I'll probably see it. I didn't bother with Iron Man 3 or Thor 2, but this one interests me. I'll let you know.

I've had this link open all week and it's time to close it. Not a big thing, but in this Washington Post blog entry on France's so-called Tea Party, the writer claims this:

Steeped in conservative rage and tasting of grass roots, a political backlash has traditional politicians and the news media asking the once-unthinkable: Is le tea party brewing in France?

If it were, it would be populated by the likes of Catherine Mas-Mezeran, a Parisian mother of three who wrinkles her nose at the mention of President François Hollande. She calls him “the Socialist,” which, technically, he is. But if President Obama had the birthers, Hollande now has the baptismists.

The head of the Parti Socialist, and a lifelong socialist (when he wasn't a communist), is technically a socialist?

What would be required for him to be a genuine one?

The left is just so used to dishonestly denying that socialists are socialists that they even do so when a guy actually has the title, "Head of the Socialist Party of France."

Those welfare cheats are reportedly in jail.

I don't really want to link this -- I hate giving Politico what it wants -- but they recently did a story on Sharyl Attkisson entitled Media Career Path: Cry Liberal bias. Yes, it suggests what that headline implies it does: That liberal bias is just something people "cry" to get attention. Completely fictitious, you know.

I wouldn't bother clicking on it. The headline is enough.

Oh you'll love this: Tom Friedman interviewing Hillary Clinton. No but seriously, enjoy Hillary kill two minutes with nonsensical babbling when she's asked to identify anything she's proud of from her term at SecState.

Great explainer on the left's lies on the Hobby Lobby case. Similar to the one Gabe did, but better, because this guy isn't a Turncoat when he posts at the Federalist.

Rand Paul still has a bad habit of repeating cherished-but-false leftwing agitprop talking points about American foreign policy. He should probably stop that.

This kid must be a reader.

Long piece -- but good -- on the need to actually, get this, hire better teachers and, importantly, fire worse ones.

60% of Intel's employees who donated to the gay marriage cause, either pro or anti, donated in favor of Prop 8.

Let's ban Intel.

No, of course we won't do that. As Allah suggests, you don't have to shoot all looters to establish the point that looting won't be tolerated. You just have to hang one of the ringleaders in the town's center plaza. The rest will get the idea.

Mark Pryor: Why sure I'd vote for Obamacare again. Why do you ask?

Most people think NBC is the most biased network. That is debatable -- I think that dishonor might belong to ABCNews, which had really better think about what it is putting at risk (Disney, Marvel, Star Wars) with its relentless and flagrant propaganda.

Nice corporation you have there, Disney. Be a real shame if someone were to boycott your trillions of dollars of non-news products, wouldn't it?

You might want to consider ABCNews' Progressive Politics Animal House operation if you're on the fence about seeing Captain America.

Democrat Representative Jim Moran: Gee Willickers, Congressmen sure do deserve a big pay raise.

Democrat Senate hopeful Bruce Braley: Sitting down with my trial-law clients for dinner is really no different than farm work, if you think about it. Or, preferably, don't.

I don't want to start any scurrilous rumors, but I'm pretty sure Bruce Braley is actually brain damaged.

Oh, and, yeah? That Brazilian poll that said "We're totally into raping scantily dressed women" that everyone linked except me/us? It turns out it's largely wrong, as I imagined it was.

Minor, minor content warning for this. I don't know why this squirrel does this, but this squirrel just keeps effing with and attacking a snake (identified by one of the witnesses as a rattlesnake, but I don't know about that).

The squirrel, for reasons I can't guess, is just determined to pick a fight with this snake. He thinks he's Rikki Tikki Tavi or something.

Just so you know: The squirrel appears to be unharmed at the end. The "content warning" is for the snake attempting to bite the squirrel, which I don't think it actually manages to do.

Then again, this squirrel could have pitched over dead from poison five seconds after the end of this video.

I don't know what this snake did to piss this squirrel off so much.

This is one badass squirrel. It has the soul of a honey badger.

Squirrels, Nemeses of Snakes. Buzzion informs::

Depending on the type of squirrel it could actually be immune to the snake venom.

Adult squirrels are not the snakes' prey, Rundus said in a telephone interview. The adults have a protein in their blood that allows them to survive the snake venom, and they have been known to attack and injure snakes, biting and kicking gravel at them.

Who knew.

Posted by: Ace at 04:31 PM | Comments (301)
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1 Uhhh, first?

Posted by: Pug Mahon, So Very Tired at April 04, 2014 04:35 PM (dkesm)

2 411 The Left thinks calling us Teabaggers is funny.


They don't realize it is our balls on their chins.
Posted by: DangerGirl at April 04, 2014 08:33 PM (GrtrJ)


from the last thread.  Because it can't be said enough.

Posted by: DangerGirl at April 04, 2014 04:35 PM (GrtrJ)

3 A solid B-

Posted by: TEH WON at April 04, 2014 04:35 PM (GzeTB)

4 Now to read the post.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, So Very Tired at April 04, 2014 04:35 PM (dkesm)

5 Happy-ish Friday Night!

Posted by: Adriane... at April 04, 2014 04:36 PM (qoKTg)

6 2 411 The Left thinks calling us Teabaggers is funny. "They don't realize it is our balls on their chins. Posted by: DangerGirl at April 04, 2014 08:33 PM (GrtrJ) from the last thread. Because it can't be said enough." hahahahahahahahaha!! Brilliant!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, So Very Tired at April 04, 2014 04:37 PM (dkesm)

7 Also, fuck the Leftists.


I was supposed to stay away for the rest of the weekend.  But, I just cant quit you.

Posted by: DangerGirl at April 04, 2014 04:37 PM (GrtrJ)

8 Wife and I are watching The Avengers right now. Headed out for a Date Night of dinner and Capt America: WS tomorrow.

Posted by: Bcochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 04, 2014 04:39 PM (GEICT)

9 I wish we had enough power to shame and get the attention of the Complicit Media Guard, but I think they have enough revenue streams to ignore any boycott. I will have to find new entertainment, as I cannot justify giving them my money any more.

Posted by: sithkhan at April 04, 2014 04:40 PM (qWAB9)

10 BC1981, Have a nice night out.

Posted by: Carol at April 04, 2014 04:42 PM (gjOCp)

11 Of course, he's a Socialist, that's the name of the party, he's a millionaire and not one of the smart one like DSK, despite his shortcomings, he's the French DeBlasio,

I was more partial to the first Captain America film, but this one doesn't look too bad, there's a bit of a macguffin, and it's a leadin to the next Avengers film,

Posted by: Corolianus Snow at April 04, 2014 04:42 PM (Jsiw/)

12 I will have to find new entertainment, as I cannot justify giving them my money any more. I long ago stopped paying for cable TV, preferring to steal their programming on the net. Now I'm changing my ISP from Comcast to WOW! It's cheaper, anyway.

Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at April 04, 2014 04:43 PM (H4aQb)

13 Holy shit! That is ONT quantity (quality?) content, there, Ace.

Posted by: shredded chi at April 04, 2014 04:43 PM (EZogV)

14 The words they are a flowing tonight. But, very good words they are, especially the last post.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 04, 2014 04:45 PM (ojnk6)

15 Me? New call center job booking moves. Talk to fellah moving outta Cali to Texas. We talk. He says conditions and situation in golden state motivate move. Understood, I say. Going out on a limb, I begin to recommend a "smart military blog" covering said conditions... and before I could say A...C...E...dot... MU... the fellah says "Oh, you mean Ace of Spades HQ?" It was a beautiful moment.

Posted by: OK, thanks, bye at April 04, 2014 04:45 PM (uopHF)

16 We should start referring to the left as the felchers. My problem with socialist is that marxists call themselves socialists because they think it makes them sound more benign.

Posted by: Progressive Pug at April 04, 2014 04:45 PM (vFh9Q)

17 Most people think NBC is the most biased network. That is debatable -- I think that dishonor might belong to ABCNews, which had really better think about what it is putting at risk (Disney, Marvel, Star Wars) with its relentless and flagrant propaganda.

Them's fighting words!

Posted by: The Tiffany Network at April 04, 2014 04:46 PM (IN7k+)

18 Hey! GOT and Mad Men this Sunday?

Posted by: Progressive Pug at April 04, 2014 04:46 PM (vFh9Q)

19 Really stomp the bitch, ask her a two fold question. What did you do as senator what did you do as Secretary of State? That will shut her up

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 04, 2014 04:47 PM (HVff2)

20 “I think it’s appropriate to take a few minutes to reflect on some of the issues that people of faith have in common, and from my perspective, as I have traveled extensively through New York and been in the company of New Yorkers from so many different walks of life, I agree that the challenges before us, as individuals, as members and leaders of the community of faith, as those who already hold positions of public responsibility and those who seek them, that we do all share and should be committed to an understanding of how we make progress, but we define that progress, deeply and profoundly.” That’s from Christopher Hitchens, quoting Hillary Clinton not saying anything about faith, in No one left to lie to. This was during her initial run for the Senate.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 04, 2014 04:47 PM (WX3R9)

21 Damn, now I have to cancel my flight and hotel reservation in Rio.

Posted by: garrett at April 04, 2014 04:47 PM (s8nex)

22 Some fun for you, Ace. Game of Thrones as reported by the MSM linked in my sock.

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at April 04, 2014 04:48 PM (hn5v5)

23 Squirrel ain't nothing but a nut munching Weasel.

Posted by: garrett at April 04, 2014 04:48 PM (s8nex)

24 I notice that Opera isn't saving all of the sockpuppets I use. So, I'll have be extra careful in not misspelling "diaphragm" every time I type it out. Regarding movies, I actually had a couple of $7.50-off coupons to see the new Robocop remake. But, when I heard about Samuel Jackson's role in the movie, I just kinda lost interest and let the coupons expire.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke's Solid Gold Diaphragm at April 04, 2014 04:48 PM (bHnlE)

25 It's a little-known fact that early versions of the Gadsen flag featured a squirrel and the phrase "Get off my nuts."

Posted by: Cliff Claven at April 04, 2014 04:49 PM (E87ep)

26 The Welfare Cheats reportedly in jail would have got away with it if it wasn't for those meddling kids.

Posted by: Or if they were Black at April 04, 2014 04:50 PM (nbGZj)

27 So, Ace is looking for a date tonight?

Posted by: Progressive Pug at April 04, 2014 04:50 PM (vFh9Q)

28 19 Really stomp the bitch, ask her a two fold question. What did you do as senator what did you do as Secretary of State? That will shut her up Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 04, 2014 08:47 PM (HVff2) WAR ON WOMEN!!!!11!!@!@#!@#

Posted by: every leftist shithead on Facebook at April 04, 2014 04:51 PM (bHnlE)

29 Snake and squirrel would make for a pretty decent meal in more difficult times.  Sometimes we forget how good life is.

Posted by: Fritz at April 04, 2014 04:51 PM (oJUxt)

30 15 Me? New call center job booking moves. Talk to fellah moving outta Cali to Texas. We talk. He says conditions and situation in golden state motivate move. Understood, I say. Going out on a limb, I begin to recommend a "smart military blog" covering said conditions... and before I could say A...C...E...dot... MU... the fellah says "Oh, you mean Ace of Spades HQ?" It was a beautiful moment. Posted by: OK, thanks, bye at April 04, 2014 08:45 PM (uopHF) Ha! Cool! What did he say about the Q?

Posted by: Tami [/i][/b][/u][/s] at April 04, 2014 04:51 PM (bCEmE)

31 Honey squirrel don't give a shit.

Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at April 04, 2014 04:51 PM (H4aQb)

32 Depending on the type of squirrel it could actually be immune to the snake venom. Adult squirrels are not the snakes' prey, Rundus said in a telephone interview. The adults have a protein in their blood that allows them to survive the snake venom, and they have been known to attack and injure snakes, biting and kicking gravel at them. http://tinyurl.com/lzqqufk

Posted by: Buzzion at April 04, 2014 04:51 PM (n5pju)

33 mama squirrel I bet protecting her babies

Posted by: thunderb at April 04, 2014 04:51 PM (zOTsN)

34 Chuck Grassley must just be laughing his old, wrinkled ass off and looking forward to heading the judiciary committee. 

Please.

Posted by: huerfano at April 04, 2014 04:51 PM (bAGA/)

35 That doesn't look like a rattlesnake to me, but I'm no expert. Is anybody here a herpetologist? And while you're at it, can you look at a rash for me?

Posted by: S. Muldoon, president United Mime Workers local #555 at April 04, 2014 04:52 PM (g4TxM)

36 Remember that photo of the poor little squirrel who slid down some metal strips and got his balls stuck between two of them? Man, it looked painful.

Posted by: Progressive Pug at April 04, 2014 04:53 PM (vFh9Q)

37 Something about that Mozilla thing doesn't weather well. Too many others not being attacked. This is starting to look personal, somebody doesn't like this guy, and the political donation is only the vehicle used to stir up the mob.

Posted by: Smith the Terrible at April 04, 2014 04:53 PM (vKJ+a)

38 Saw "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" last night. The lefty critics proclaiming how this is the most political Marvel and attacks the government's spying efforts had me a bit worried that I was going to be preached at for two hours in between things blowing up. Luckily, that isn't the case. If you seen the trailer, you've seen most of Captain America's arguments against the program, which turns out to be a secret project that is at Bond villain levels of evil (as close as I can write without spoiling the real villains or their plan). Most of the film is wall-to-wall set pieces of great action. Is the best Marvel film? Not better than "The Avengers," which had the benefit of a half-dozen films setting up the material. But it is extremely lean and mean and well told by the Russo brothers (who were mainly TV directors for "Arrested Development" and "Community"), especially compared to "Iron Man 3" or "Thor: The Dark World." Make sure to stay through the credits for two sequences: the 2nd one is not that important (it could have easily been in a scene in the final seconds of the main feature), but the first one (after the animated credits) is a full set-up for "Avengers: Age of Ultron."

Posted by: Synnerman at April 04, 2014 04:53 PM (IsFVF)

39 I see an allegory here for us vs the Dems. I just can't quite place it.

Posted by: Lauren at April 04, 2014 04:53 PM (hFL/3)

40 39 Posted by: Lauren at April 04, 2014 08:53 PM (hFL/3) Allegory or allergy?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 04, 2014 04:55 PM (HVff2)

41 ref Squirrel v Snake. Squirrels are absurdly quick. A rattler will kill (and eat) a squirrel but it'll only get the squirrel with a surprise attack. In this case, with the squirrel aware of the snake, it's just FASTER than it and can always evade the bites.

Posted by: Comrade Arthur at April 04, 2014 04:55 PM (h53OH)

42 Herpatologists can now treat Allegory Rash, except in weasels.

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at April 04, 2014 04:55 PM (vHRtU)

43 Evening all. Dr Muldoon. OT question for you. Still looking at potential majors for one of the Road Boys. US BLS says job growth over the next decade for physicians is 20%. But for PAs, it's 38%. Sound anything close to accurate for PAs?

Posted by: Tobacco Road at April 04, 2014 04:56 PM (4Mv1T)

44 43 Herpatologists can now treat Allegory Rash, except in weasels. Posted by: OG Celtic-American at April 04, 2014 08:55 PM (vHRtU) That's odd, I couldn't find that on Web MD

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 04, 2014 04:57 PM (HVff2)

45 I don't want to start any scurrilous rumors, but I'm pretty sure Bruce Braley is actually brain damaged.

I believe the proper phrasing is "Bruce Braley, as you know, is brain damaged."

Posted by: HR does not stand for "Harry Reid" at April 04, 2014 04:57 PM (hO8IJ)

46 everyone on this blog- cancel Comcast, verizon is better anyway

Posted by: Avi at April 04, 2014 04:57 PM (p/izY)

47 tale of two sports commentators Mike Francesa. Complete blow hard. Complete Democrat. Says male athletes should not take off time when their wives give birth during the season Boomer Esiason. Conservative leaning, but not total. Says the same thing, more or less. The lynch mobs are out for him. Including the talking heads at The Five

Posted by: thunderb at April 04, 2014 04:57 PM (zOTsN)

48 LPGA golfer Paulina Gretzky has upset some other women golfers with her photoshoot She's the daughter of Wayne Gretzky She's got quite the nice elbows ... http://tinyurl.com/lh32hkc

Posted by: kbdabear at April 04, 2014 04:57 PM (aTXUx)

49 Our dog runs down squirrels in our yard.  We've shot a few (and ate them) but he gets most of them himself and guards them fiercely. 

Posted by: DangerGirl at April 04, 2014 04:58 PM (GrtrJ)

50 Hey TR Bright son?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 04, 2014 04:58 PM (HVff2)

51 The Gretzky daughter's momma was the hotness.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at April 04, 2014 04:58 PM (4Mv1T)

52 37 He was just a convenient, high profile target. Several, if not, many more will follow and the goal of oppressing support for traditional marriage out of fear for your livelihood will have been acheived. Not one person has mentioned that his position was a positive one toward and not anti anything. Position 1 does not automatically equal position , unless one needs to twist the narrative to neutralize a high profile target.,

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 04, 2014 04:59 PM (ojnk6)

53 Hey TR Bright son? Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian -------------------------- The younger Road spawn can slam a dunk but is also studious, and interested in science, particularly anatomy is his 11th grade class.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at April 04, 2014 05:00 PM (4Mv1T)

54 There's one MAN in the race that can beat Brucely Braley, Samclovis.com, gravitas to spare, and Grassley will make a great Senate Judiciary chair, bring up Hillary McStain and Grahamnsty on Bengahzi, I dream, and Holdover and the Lyin kINg on Fast and Furious!

Posted by: Concealedkerry Behind Northern agression enemy lines at April 04, 2014 05:00 PM (LjjnQ)

55 Last year in France there were huge protests over the same sex marriage bullshit. Spearheaded by mostly women and Christian groups.  They were huge, larger then any protest we may have here. Yet then went, I won't say largely unreported but just plain not reported here in the U.S.  While France may embrace the economic ideology of Socialism they also embrace (outside of Paris) a sense of traditionalism that would be rejected by our progressive majority.  Their Tea Party movement isn't just based on fiscal ideology but by social ones also.

Posted by: lowandslow at April 04, 2014 05:00 PM (IV4od)

56 45 It's listed under it's Latin name, Hypnerotomachia Dickus.

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at April 04, 2014 05:00 PM (vHRtU)

57 (oh yeah. I forgot about that bit about some squirrels being immune to the venom)

Posted by: Comrade Arthur at April 04, 2014 05:00 PM (h53OH)

58 As much as I want to, I will not go see Captain America. It has Redford, the very same guy who said that if I disagree with the JEF I'm a racist. Fook him and the horse he rode in on.

Posted by: LFW - Honorary Pointy Eared Vulcan at April 04, 2014 05:00 PM (vVSOO)

59 Kateurday Open Thread Compliance Pic http://tinyurl.com/m59ldyl

Posted by: kbdabear at April 04, 2014 05:01 PM (aTXUx)

60 "No, of course we won't do that. As Allah suggests, you don't have to shoot all looters to establish the point that looting won't be tolerated. You just have to hang one of the ringleaders in the town's center plaza. The rest will get the idea." That's why you need a dumbass to help you out sometimes. "Never mind maneuvers, smash into them."

Posted by: Pegasus at April 04, 2014 05:01 PM (4IIrG)

61 I was working from here today & listened to the podcast on this but will have to listen to it again. I couldnÂ’t hear everything while working.

Posted by: Carol at April 04, 2014 05:01 PM (gjOCp)

62 Stolen from The Hostages Open Thread Compliance Pic http://tinyurl.com/l9x7lhh

Posted by: kbdabear at April 04, 2014 05:02 PM (aTXUx)

63 when my son was in 11th grade, he too was interested in anatomy. His girlfriend's.

Posted by: thunderb at April 04, 2014 05:04 PM (zOTsN)

64 So, is Winn Dixie gay? Just read that it is implied that he and Mikey are couple which does explain a few things.

Posted by: Progressive Pug at April 04, 2014 05:04 PM (vFh9Q)

65 TR, nice to hear the son excels in both. My oldest is entering Masters/PhD program in nursing. She says bright future.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 04, 2014 05:04 PM (HVff2)

66 Who the hell is Winn Dixie, besides a grocery store?

Posted by: DangerGirl at April 04, 2014 05:05 PM (GrtrJ)

67 Ace with a bold update about venom.

Posted by: Waterhouse at April 04, 2014 05:05 PM (E87ep)

68 Damn. It's like that squirrel had a taste for blood or something.

Posted by: Mike in the Hinterlands at April 04, 2014 05:05 PM (DNpio)

69 Everyone here remembers MAD magazine's "Snappy" one-liners, ya? They were never really funny. That's what these new Marvel films are filled with -- unfunny snappy one-liners and unfunny back-and-forths.

Posted by: Soothsayer at April 04, 2014 05:05 PM (VlefE)

70 "LPGA golfer Paulina Gretzky has upset some other women golfers with her photoshoo"

Must be the 10% straight female golfers, cause I would think the lesbians on tour would want to hit that as much as me.

Posted by: lowandslow at April 04, 2014 05:06 PM (IV4od)

71 Sound anything close to accurate for PAs? Posted by: Tobacco Road at April 04, 2014 08:56 PM (4Mv1T) *** @TR- Could be. I don't know enough about how that is going to play out to offer you a good opinion. Being a PA would probably offer fair job security, there will certainly be demand for providers (physician extenders, alternative providers) of all stripes. There are two main things I think worth considering- scope of practice (what you will be allowed to do) and reimbursement. I just don't know enough to predict with any confidence where those two elements are going to end up. It might be that PA's will have more leeway to do challenging and fun things, and the compensation may rise as they fill more roles traditionally held by MD's. I just can't say with confidence.

Posted by: S. Muldoon, president United Mime Workers local #555 at April 04, 2014 05:06 PM (g4TxM)

72

Can I ask the Horde for some advice?

Posted by: GilaGuy who lurks at April 04, 2014 05:06 PM (b96D1)

73 TR, nice to hear the son excels in both. My oldest is entering Masters/PhD program in nursing. She says bright future. Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian ------------------------------- Excellent! Must make you proud, and your wallet hurt.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at April 04, 2014 05:06 PM (4Mv1T)

74 Looks like a corn snake.

Posted by: bergerbilder at April 04, 2014 05:06 PM (8MjqI)

75 Gophers will do the same thing as the squirrel, but with rattlesnakes. It was probably a mama squirrel defending her nest. The snake could have been a hog nosed snake. Similar markings as a rattler, but non-venomous. Had a damn squirrel sneak into my BBQ grill through the little slot for the rotisserie and built her nest in there. Now I've got two or three little squirrels living in my grill. THIS SHALL NOT STAND!

Posted by: LFW - Honorary Pointy Eared Vulcan at April 04, 2014 05:06 PM (vVSOO)

76 At least the French are open and honest about their socialism.

Posted by: rickl at April 04, 2014 05:06 PM (sdi6R)

77 “There’s only one God ma’am, and I’m pretty sure he doesn’t dress like that.”

Posted by: Bcochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 04, 2014 05:07 PM (GEICT)

78

LPGA golfer Paulina Gretzky


She's not a pro golfer. She is marrying one though; Dustin Johnson.

Posted by: Thulsa Doom at April 04, 2014 05:07 PM (8SsiG)

79 If you remember the wisdom from legendary troll palin steele; "When you think about it, Captain America is the story of Obama"

Posted by: kbdabear at April 04, 2014 05:07 PM (aTXUx)

80 Go, GilaGuy...

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at April 04, 2014 05:07 PM (vHRtU)

81 So, is Jon Snow the last one left to root for? I'd like to see everyone get burnt alive by a dragon, to be honest.

Posted by: Soothsayer at April 04, 2014 05:07 PM (VlefE)

82 68 Who the hell is Winn Dixie, besides a grocery store? Posted by: DangerGirl at April 04, 2014 09:05 PM (GrtrJ) Whoops! Wynn Duffy.

Posted by: Progressive Pug at April 04, 2014 05:08 PM (vFh9Q)

83 I like the end of the article where they say she might get new people interested in the game. I doubt it, but they'll probably play with their 5 wood.

Posted by: no good deed at April 04, 2014 05:08 PM (ILBCY)

84 67 I have a daughter doing the same thing in Pediatric Nursing, MH. She's already getting recruited for high 5 figure salary plus OT starting pay.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 04, 2014 05:08 PM (ojnk6)

85 59. Was that the crazy Amy episode?

Posted by: Navycopjoe at April 04, 2014 05:08 PM (HcEdR)

86 Now I've got two or three little squirrels living in my grill. THIS SHALL NOT STAND! Posted by: LFW - Honorary Pointy Eared Vulcan at April 04, 2014 09:06 PM (vVSOO) *** Make sure you baste frequently, otherwise they dry out.

Posted by: S. Muldoon, president United Mime Workers local #555 at April 04, 2014 05:09 PM (g4TxM)

87 off stupid sock

Posted by: puddleglum at April 04, 2014 05:09 PM (8SsiG)

88 "Can I ask the Horde for some advice?"

You can never put to much water in a Nuclear Reactor.

Posted by: lowandslow at April 04, 2014 05:10 PM (IV4od)

89 That damned last thread?  I was  ...forget it.

There's too many links to follow!
*chases butterflies*

This is an ONT!
...sans pictures.

Posted by: Slapweasel at April 04, 2014 05:10 PM (lq3Ak)

90 You may fire when ready GilaGuy. I'm not sure that you'll like the answers, but what the hell, what do you have to lose?

Posted by: LFW - Honorary Pointy Eared Vulcan at April 04, 2014 05:10 PM (vVSOO)

91 when I was a kid my grandfather tried to give me squirrel tales he had. He said to make earrings out of them. He was kind of a weirdo

Posted by: thunderb at April 04, 2014 05:10 PM (zOTsN)

92 You can never have too much nucleation in water.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 04, 2014 05:10 PM (WX3R9)

93 The Friedman-Hillary clip is most revealing in the first few seconds, when Hillary acts like she's "oh so sharp" for "catching" Friedman inserting a potentially pointed question into a fawn. And Friedman gives this little lapdog headshake and cringing smile being "caught" as "oh so wicked" like a fat girl who acts like eating a chocolate bar is doing something so "naughty" as to make her into some kind of femme fatale. Then he acts grateful as she deigns to discourse ad bullshitum all around the point. I actually think that Friedman's so stupid that he accidentally implied a sharper point than he intended, and had initially thought he was just giving her an opportunity to give a Miss Teenage Secretary of State answer about all the wonderful things she wants to talk about. Disgusting display all around really.

Posted by: NYC Parent at April 04, 2014 05:10 PM (6Z4S1)

94 Thanks Seamus. I am not really sure how the US BLS can make any predictions in healthcare. I just found those stats yesterday, and your commentary is a welcome reality check regarding the state of flux that the healthcare industry is in due to the ACA.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at April 04, 2014 05:11 PM (4Mv1T)

95 Squirrels? Too much cholesterol.

Posted by: Cousin Eddie at April 04, 2014 05:11 PM (8MjqI)

96 arrrggghhh. squirrel tails, not tales. hard to make earrings out of tails, let alone tales

Posted by: thunderb at April 04, 2014 05:11 PM (zOTsN)

97 My Grandfather had a few squirrel tales of his own....

Posted by: Mike in the Hinterlands at April 04, 2014 05:11 PM (DNpio)

98 "Can I ask the Horde for some advice?"

Don't eat the yellow snow.

Posted by: HR at April 04, 2014 05:12 PM (hO8IJ)

99 You can never put to much water in a Nuclear Reactor.>>

Oh I beg to differ.

Posted by: The Tsunami at April 04, 2014 05:12 PM (TI3xG)

100 Seamus, do you have a good recipe?

Posted by: LFW - Honorary Pointy Eared Vulcan at April 04, 2014 05:12 PM (vVSOO)

101 I'm just hoping against hope that New Gods gets made, with a really good director, before the superhero-movie trend burns out. It calls out for a movie adaptation: the awful cardboard bits can be cut out or redone, the good stuff will shine on screen. Quentin Tarantino plays Desaad, the role he was made for.

Posted by: anonymous irishman at April 04, 2014 05:12 PM (DJgfL)

102 Since I've never been married?   You can certainly ask me for advice, Gila.

Posted by: Slapweasel at April 04, 2014 05:12 PM (lq3Ak)

103 Ha, naturalfake, I was watching that too.  I almost changed the channel on the screaming harridan.  She was off the rails. 

Posted by: no good deed at April 04, 2014 05:12 PM (ILBCY)

104 marriage advice from the horde. heaven for fen

Posted by: thunderb at April 04, 2014 05:13 PM (zOTsN)

105 I'd like to see everyone get burnt alive by a dragon, to be honest.
I like Stark's tomboy daughter, Arya, too and I know a bit more about her future from someone discussing the books. I wonder what she and the Hound get up to that leads her to the book part I know about but I guess I won't know for another year. (No HBO and no plans to get it.)

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at April 04, 2014 05:13 PM (hn5v5)

106 83 I'd like to see everyone get burnt alive by a dragon, to be honest. True in real life politics as well. Except for Harry Reid.

Posted by: gewa76 at April 04, 2014 05:14 PM (k8m83)

107 Well, as some of you might know I was told I was being "let go" from my job by the end of June, and now served with divorce papers within the last 48 hours. My blood pressure went up, and I saw my doc today, it is now under control, and my mom drove all night to make sure her only child didn't do something tragic. I now have about 100 pages of documents in legal-ese, with questions, etc. I have an appointment with my soon-to-be-best-friend-divorce-attorney on Monday. Shall I try to do what I can with them and then discuss with him, or just turf this legal stuff to him? I'm sorry, but my face still won't stop leaking

Posted by: GilaGuy who lurks at April 04, 2014 05:14 PM (b96D1)

108 Advice? It's easier to ask forgiveness than permission. Who knows, she might like it there.

Posted by: Bcochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 04, 2014 05:14 PM (GEICT)

109 Next up on Animal Planet: Squirrel Tales: The Ensnakening

Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at April 04, 2014 05:15 PM (H4aQb)

110 when my son was in 11th grade, he too was interested in anatomy. His girlfriend's. Posted by: thunderb ---------------------- Well, at least you know which "team" he's on. Right?

Posted by: Tobacco Road at April 04, 2014 05:15 PM (4Mv1T)

111 Kingsnake. Not sure which variety but I used to catch them all the time. Those and big blacksnakes. Not poisonous but lots of sharp little teeth. I can attest to that.

Everyone should learn to ID poisonous snakes vs. harmless ones. It's not that hard and would save a lot of freaking out.

Posted by: Bat Chain Puller at April 04, 2014 05:15 PM (jpc8l)

112 Do not overfill your transmission fluid.

Posted by: every leftist shithead on Facebook at April 04, 2014 05:16 PM (bHnlE)

113 @110 This too shall pass.

Posted by: M. Le Point at April 04, 2014 05:16 PM (6Z4S1)

114 yes, it's Robert Redford, but he's a little like Sheen's character, Jason Wynn,
in 'Spawn', like Loki, they see people as 'needing to be ruled'   as timely in it's own way, as the Hunger Games,

Posted by: Corolianus Snow at April 04, 2014 05:16 PM (Jsiw/)

115 #1.  Don't get Married UNLESS You Have To:

...Getting Married involves Churches and vows.  These are sacred.

*more to follow, unless tired*

...and beer.  Sweet, sweet beer.

Posted by: Slapweasel at April 04, 2014 05:16 PM (lq3Ak)

116 /sock

Posted by: Sandra Fluke's Solid Gold Diaphragm at April 04, 2014 05:16 PM (bHnlE)

117 It's funny how Arya's aging quite quickly.

Posted by: Soothsayer at April 04, 2014 05:16 PM (VlefE)

118 Your lawyer doesn't know what you know. He can fill out forms but the data and more importantly the background for understanding has to come from you. Put them away tonight and work on them only when the sun is up...

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at April 04, 2014 05:16 PM (vHRtU)

119 The same bunch that are complaining about Paulina Gretzky being on the cover of Golf Digest also complained about Holly Sonders who works for the Golf Channel. She's lovely eye candy too. Sonders did play college golf though.

Posted by: puddleglum at April 04, 2014 05:16 PM (8SsiG)

120 Gila, I'd wait to talk to your attorney.


Been divorced once.  Didn't do it the right way.

Posted by: DangerGirl at April 04, 2014 05:16 PM (GrtrJ)

121 Gila, best advice I can give is always remind her that this rape could always be a murder

Posted by: Navycopjoe at April 04, 2014 05:16 PM (VbTKR)

122 74 Can I ask the Horde for some advice? Posted by: GilaGuy who lurks at April 04, 2014 09:06 PM (b96D1) Always keep your escape tunnels well dug and ready.

Posted by: Thrawn at April 04, 2014 05:16 PM (WlWt+)

123 "Can I ask the Horde for some advice?" Another moron stuck in the snow?

Posted by: garrett at April 04, 2014 05:17 PM (gmMnw)

124 Actually, if you're looking for marriage advice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxhC-ZLlCyc

Posted by: Sandra Fluke's Solid Gold Diaphragm at April 04, 2014 05:18 PM (bHnlE)

125 "Can I ask the Horde for some advice?" Don't fight a land war in Asia.

Posted by: garrett at April 04, 2014 05:18 PM (gmMnw)

126 Squirrels? My sister has five sugar gliders, which seem to be a type of squirrel. They have bifurcated penises. Or two. Not sure. And they like to play with themselves, called flossing. Here endeth my contribution to the thread.

Posted by: Y-not at April 04, 2014 05:19 PM (zDsvJ)

127 you should read the documents before your meeting with your attorney what you don't understand or disagree with, put a yellow sticky on if you have joint accounts, take half out and put it in a separate account in just your name if your paycheck automatically goes into the joint account, change that make sure you put in she doesn't apply for any new credit cards using your income keep a close eye on your credit cards that she is an auxillary on. You may want to cancel them this is when credit ratings get trashed, as she finances a new life on your back As cold as it sounds, you must try to protect yourself she no longer has your best interests at heart remember that

Posted by: thunderb at April 04, 2014 05:19 PM (zOTsN)

128 Whoops! Wynn Duffy.
I just call him Mr Eyebrows or the Dixie Mafia Guy. (BTW, the actor played Jesse Pinkman's Alc-Anon counselor in Breaking Bad.)

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at April 04, 2014 05:19 PM (hn5v5)

129 Another moron stuck in the snow?

Beer...nose....dying....

Posted by: HR at April 04, 2014 05:19 PM (hO8IJ)

130

"Can I ask the Horde for some advice?" 


Don't play in traffic.

Posted by: puddleglum at April 04, 2014 05:19 PM (8SsiG)

131 I know exactly what to expect in this new season. -- Little will be done -- Lots of walking -- Lots of talking -- gratuitous homosex -- lots of agonizing and unnecessary cruelty and gore -- And, most of all, the story will become even more complex and introduce even more characters.

Posted by: Soothsayer at April 04, 2014 05:19 PM (VlefE)

132 5¢

Posted by: Lucy at April 04, 2014 05:19 PM (ZshNr)

133 Gila....cry it out. When you're all cried out....get your focus on.

Posted by: Tami [/i][/b][/u][/s] at April 04, 2014 05:20 PM (bCEmE)

134 Oh, and also...put it away for the weekend.  Enjoy yourself best as you can.  I'm glad your mom is with you...I'm an only child too.


Discuss with your attorney next week and decide how to proceed from there.  You'll fill out the questions yourself but talk to him first.


In the meanwhile.  Relax and disengage best as you can.

I'm really sorry you're going through this.

Posted by: DangerGirl at April 04, 2014 05:20 PM (GrtrJ)

135 "I now have about 100 pages of documents in legal-ese, with questions, etc. I have an appointment with my soon-to-be-best-friend-divorce-attorney on Monday. Shall I try to do what I can with them and then discuss with him, or just turf this legal stuff to him? I'm sorry, but my face still won't stop leaking "

Posted by: GilaGuy who lurks at April 04, 2014 09:14 PM (b96D1)


Slapweasel Legal Advice #2:

Listen to your council, unless he is your buddy.  You should probably, then, make fun of him and offer him more beer than he has ever seen.

Posted by: Slapweasel at April 04, 2014 05:20 PM (lq3Ak)

136 "in this Washington Post blog entry on France's so-called Tea Party"

With the headline:

"Social conservatives are mobilizing in France, leading to talk of a tea party"

Except that the American tea party didn't start with socons. It started with fiscal cons who were pissed off about higher taxes and fatter deficits to bail out the executives and shareholders of reckless private sector firms.

(TEA == "Taxed Enough Already". Ask Rick Santelli, who is the guy whose outraged televised comments about corporate-welfare bailouts directly led to the first Tea Party gatherings.)

So, apart from being historically and politcally illiterate cretins, the WaPo are bang on the mark as usual.

Posted by: torquewrench at April 04, 2014 05:20 PM (noWW6)

137 "104 I'm just hoping against hope that New Gods gets made, with a really good director, before the superhero-movie trend burns out." The superhero trend won't burn out for a long, long time. Since the first X-Men, the genre has only gotten stronger over the last 14 years. Because, intelligently, the filmmakers took the superhero film and started applying it to various genres. So rather than simply a "comic book movie," they branched out into more successful fields. "Thor" takes the genre into the realm of fantasy. "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" plays with the 70s conspiracy thrillers. "Guardians of the Galaxy" is space adventure.

Posted by: Synnerman at April 04, 2014 05:21 PM (IsFVF)

138 @110. Be strong. Let the lawyers do their lawyery stuff. I've been where you've been and it does get better. Those doors have been closed and the bridges burnt. The only way you have is forward. FWIW, a good rabbi or clergy can be a great source of comfort. So can your Mom.

Posted by: LFW - Honorary Pointy Eared Vulcan at April 04, 2014 05:21 PM (vVSOO)

139 Yeah, I was not amused when Mary Steenburgen appeared on my screen.

Posted by: Soothsayer at April 04, 2014 05:21 PM (VlefE)

140 Slapweasel Legal Advice #3:

Wake up tomorrow with a phone book halfway glued to your head and ask him WHY HE DIDN'T WRITE ANYTHING DOWN?!?

Posted by: Slapweasel at April 04, 2014 05:22 PM (lq3Ak)

141 Posted by: thunderb at April 04, 2014 09:19 PM (zOTsN)


Yes, all of this.

Cancel the credit cards you have together right away.  Get your own.  Don't let her rack up charges that you will be eventually 50% responsible for.  Get a new bank account ASAP.

Make sure these dates etc are spelled out in your divorce decree.

Posted by: DangerGirl at April 04, 2014 05:22 PM (GrtrJ)

142 GilaGuy who lurks>>

Not really advice but as I was told during a divorce. The money you will lose to be rid of her will be worth every penny. It sucks but like a band aid rip it off don't drag it out even if it costs more (within reason) end it quick and get back to life. Making the money back is less painful than dragging out the process.

Posted by: The Tsunami at April 04, 2014 05:22 PM (TI3xG)

143 Advice, check the expiration date, and always rotate your stock. Interpersonal skills not in my skill set.

Posted by: Smith the Horrible at April 04, 2014 05:22 PM (vKJ+a)

144 Gila, I've never been married, have no pragmatic advice. But I truly believe we are never given that which we cannot, ultimately, bear. I wish you the best.

Posted by: Mike in the Hinterlands at April 04, 2014 05:23 PM (DNpio)

145 121 It's funny how Arya's aging quite quickly. Actually, they got lucky in that Maisie hasn't gotten any taller. She can play a kid for many years to come. Bran, on the other hand, will look like Bob Seger soon.

Posted by: gewa76 at April 04, 2014 05:23 PM (k8m83)

146 When she says "It's nothing, really" it's something.

Posted by: Cousin Eddie at April 04, 2014 05:23 PM (8MjqI)

147 Slapweasel Legal Advice #4:

Start writing things down because he is your lawyer/buddy/stuff.

Posted by: Slapweasel at April 04, 2014 05:23 PM (lq3Ak)

148 It's funny how Arya's aging quite quickly.
And the actress is just under one year younger than the Sansa-character actress not the three or four you'd think. I don't know the girls' official ages, if given at all, in the books and I'm too lazy/don't care to look for it although I have hit the Fire and Ice (wiki?) site a few times in the past.

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at April 04, 2014 05:23 PM (hn5v5)

149 many a spouse has been stuck with the debt of the abandoning spouse after they have left she knew she was leaving you before you did you must protect yourself

Posted by: thunderb at April 04, 2014 05:24 PM (zOTsN)

150 the National Front is not that socially conservative either,and they are protectionist, nativist, so they aren't really like the Tea Party at all.

Posted by: Corolianus Snow at April 04, 2014 05:24 PM (Jsiw/)

151 Bran, on the other hand, will look like Bob Seger soon. heh

Posted by: Soothsayer at April 04, 2014 05:24 PM (VlefE)

152 Bleg since this is an open thread: Wanted to let the south Houston portion of the Horde know that Dunn Bros. Coffee in Friendswood is having a Show-and-sell tomorrow from 9:00 to 2:30 as long as the weather is good. I'll be selling there and have at least my spinning wheel and probably my loom available for demonstrating.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 04, 2014 05:24 PM (GDulk)

153 More ncj advice: if the Thai hooker has a 6" clit.... That's a dude

Posted by: Navycopjoe at April 04, 2014 05:24 PM (VbTKR)

154 Squirrel!

Posted by: Made You Look :) at April 04, 2014 05:25 PM (nbGZj)

155 Slapweael Legal Advice #5:

-You married her for her Soul.

...get the words "money, beauty" and "snatch" out of your head, man.  This is a courtroom.  Conduct yourself accordingly.

Posted by: Slapweasel at April 04, 2014 05:25 PM (lq3Ak)

156 And more!!! It's easier to hide a body than go through a divorce Cheaper too

Posted by: Navycopjoe at April 04, 2014 05:25 PM (VbTKR)

157 Club 'D' ain't so bad...once you get over the fact that you are now paying her for the sex you did and didn't have over all the years you were together. It's expensive, because it is worth it.

Posted by: garrett at April 04, 2014 05:26 PM (gmMnw)

158 "I'm sorry, but my face still won't stop leaking"

And not a single one of us would think less of you for that. Nothing to apologize to us about. You have been horribly treated by those around you. Two kicks in the gut right in a row. Completely natural to be feeling crummy.

When you're going through hell, keep going.

::: sends bearhug through USB port :::

Posted by: torquewrench at April 04, 2014 05:27 PM (noWW6)

159 Sharyl Attkisson makes me feel funny inside.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at April 04, 2014 05:27 PM (oFCZn)

160 I am sorry I sound so cold. I am not indifferent to your pain, but I am thinking about your future. You have one and you must protect it

Posted by: thunderb at April 04, 2014 05:27 PM (zOTsN)

161 I wish Disney could be boycotted -- but an attempt was made in the '90s and I don't think hurt them much at all (they had made a hateful anti-priest/Catholic film that Christians (not just Catholics) were really offended by).

So long as Disney puts out "family values" type movies every year, Disney will continue to get butts in the seats.

Posted by: Aslan's Girl at April 04, 2014 05:27 PM (KL49F)

162
Squirrel!

Posted by: Snake at April 04, 2014 05:27 PM (hUf/y)

163 When my marriage started failing (no kids) I started hiding away my personal assets and converting all of my shit into cash that I could (that I again hide away). Unbeknownst to her, her lawyer and my lawyer.
Because fuck her, that's why.  It really pissed her off that for some reason the divorce didn't seem to outwardly effect me financially at all.
Heh.

Posted by: lowandslow at April 04, 2014 05:28 PM (IV4od)

164 'It's a little-known fact that early versions of the Gadsen flag featured a squirrel and the phrase "Get off my nuts." Posted by: Cliff Claven at April 04, 2014 08:49 PM'

The modern flag of Peruvia still incorporates this device.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 04, 2014 05:28 PM (eNS8f)

165 Sorry GilaGuy. I didn't see the details of your situation until after posting. Unfortunately, I have little practical experience to share as my inherent distrust of people precludes me from having a relationship that could result in marriage.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke's Solid Gold Diaphragm at April 04, 2014 05:29 PM (bHnlE)

166 she left. Its time for you to make you your priority

Posted by: thunderb at April 04, 2014 05:29 PM (zOTsN)

167 Because fuck her, that's why. Posted by: lowandslow at April 04, 2014 09:28 PM (IV4od) If we ever make it to the same Meetup, that just bought you a drink.

Posted by: garrett at April 04, 2014 05:29 PM (gmMnw)

168 "And the actress is just under one year younger than the Sansa-character actress not the three or four you'd think. I don't know the girls' official ages, if given at all, in the books and I'm too lazy/don't care to look for it although I have hit the Fire and Ice (wiki?) site a few times in the past." I read today in an interview with them that the actresses are now 17 and 16, whereas the book characters were 11 and 8 at the start (the show aged everyone by 2-4 years, so you didn't have a 13-year old Danaerys having sex with Khal Drogo). Martin originally planned a 5 year jump after the 3rd book so all of the young main characters would be 18-21, but he abandoned it after he realized that he set too many plots in motion that were immediate threats.

Posted by: Synnerman at April 04, 2014 05:29 PM (IsFVF)

169 Why, is HANNIBAL as bad as Game Of Thrones?

Posted by: Soothsayer at April 04, 2014 05:30 PM (VlefE)

170 Rep. Steve Stockman @SteveWorks4You Liberals on Hobby Lobby: Corporations can't exercise personal values Liberals on Mozilla: Corporations should exercise personal values. As Stephen the Irishman said; "The Lord says he can get me out of this mess, but He's pretty sure you're fooked"

Posted by: kbdabear at April 04, 2014 05:30 PM (aTXUx)

171 Who knew.

You think squirrels are bad-ass? Let me tell you about rabbits.

Posted by: Jimmy Carter at April 04, 2014 05:30 PM (pgQxn)

172 Depending on what state you are in, you may be able to take advantage of what she has also.


For instance, in Texas here, it's 50/50.  She can take half of your 401K, but you can also take half of hers.  Frankly, do that if you can.


I played the nice girl in my divorce.  I shouldn't have.  While it got me out, it left me in a really bad place financially for a long time.


But again. besides canceling your credit cards, enjoy your weekend best you can.  Also, if you need someone to talk to, don't hesitate to seek out family, friends or a counselor.  You need a support system.  You cannot do this alone.

Posted by: DangerGirl at April 04, 2014 05:30 PM (GrtrJ)

173 last thing GilaGuy. I am so glad your mom is there. I'm gonna say a prayer for you if that's OK

Posted by: thunderb at April 04, 2014 05:31 PM (zOTsN)

174 I went and saw it. Bob Redfern lived up to my expectations. My favorite part of the evening was seeing Rocket Raccoon in the Guardians trailer. I'm glad to know 70% of our intelligence apparatus is Nazis. Wonder if my Foster brother and dad were?

Posted by: sven10077 at April 04, 2014 05:31 PM (TE35l)

175 After the squirrel had his way with that sissy-ass snake, he spent a moment in quiet reflection on his awesome powers: http://imgur.com/o19lw

Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at April 04, 2014 05:31 PM (H4aQb)

176 ...these people aren't taking you seriously.  I'm here for you, Sir.  You don't even have to pay me.  I'm completely "Pro Bono".

Slapweasel Legal Tip #6:

Never admit to "whacking it".  It is simultaneous murder/infidelity.  You just can't say that anymore.

Posted by: Slapweasel at April 04, 2014 05:31 PM (lq3Ak)

177 he set too many plots in motion.. I think were dealing with a writer who doesn't really know how to tell a story. Martin might actually be a rambling demented savant.

Posted by: Soothsayer at April 04, 2014 05:32 PM (VlefE)

178 Cancel the credit cards you have together right away. Get your own. Don't let her rack up charges that you will be eventually 50% responsible for. Get a new bank account ASAP. Make sure these dates etc are spelled out in your divorce decree. Posted by: DangerGirl at April 04, 2014 09:22 PM (GrtrJ) This +1000. Left my wife and got up before dawn and started calling and canceling cards. I could because my name was on them. Next time I see her she couldn't resist saying with annoyance, "You canceled those cards real quick, didn't you?" You KNOW she tried to use them right away but I was faster. The fact that she mentioned it meant she had a meltdown when it got denied at the store. In short: cancel those credit cards five minutes ago.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at April 04, 2014 05:32 PM (oFCZn)

179 And more: A southern wife will not find any humor in the line "fuck me like an uncle" It actually hurts...bad

Posted by: Navycopjoe at April 04, 2014 05:33 PM (pR5YY)

180 Let's see if this one works: http://imgur.com/o191w

Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at April 04, 2014 05:33 PM (H4aQb)

181 "I'm glad to know 70% of our intelligence apparatus is Nazis." You should have put a SPOILER notice on that. Besides, it was SHIELD that was under control, which is managed by the world council, not the United States.

Posted by: Synnerman at April 04, 2014 05:33 PM (IsFVF)

182 OK, how about this one: http://goo.gl/OBGyyi

Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at April 04, 2014 05:33 PM (H4aQb)

183 RedLetterMedia's latest is a 3-minute preview of the summer movies. NSFW, but funny.

Posted by: AmishDude at April 04, 2014 05:34 PM (T0NGe)

184 Whoa.  This is an impressive list of items to check out.  My evening is planned now.  Hell, maybe my whole weekend is.

Posted by: Dave S. at April 04, 2014 05:34 PM (UvR6d)

185

 

       This Mozilla lynching should wake up a lot of people. But I doubt it will. Years ago, a couple of years out of college, my jaw dropped agape during one little episode where I learned what true totalitarians these "progressives" were. Ace was talking about "Other-izing". Yeah, they do that, but if there's any group who are truly Other, it's these prog lunatics.

    Back then, I was in a a discussion with a some of these people and they suggested that parents should have to get a license to have children. I realized what a horrible tyranny that would be and thought surely they just haven't thought it through. So, in a Jonathan Swift Modest Proposal style, I said you know, on second thought, I agree and then proposed the most Orwellian, totalitarian system of state control of children and making babies I could come up with.

      Guess what. They had no idea what I was doing, agreed with it, and said it perhaps didn't go far enough! That woke me up to what we're dealing with. These people now control academia, the media, and the Democratic Party apparatus. Their takeover is no complete, and we're seeing what they will do.

       If things keep up, in 5 years, you won't believe where we'll be in terms of their totalitarian utopia. 

   This sound cliche and trite, but it's true. These people hate America, what we stand for (or did stand for) and our founding principles. They hate it -- these things are the cross to their Dracula. The symbols of traditional Americana, think John Wayne, Clint Eastwood as say Josey Wales, the manly, independent, pioneer, master of your own destiny thing, are anathema to them. They absolute hate it.

  And they're going to destroy it, hell, try to strike it from collective memory.

Posted by: publius(NotBreitbartPublius) at April 04, 2014 05:34 PM (ic1j1)

186 Squirrels eat baby birds. Then they visit parks, act cute, and get free peanuts for dessert.

Posted by: eman at April 04, 2014 05:35 PM (AO9UG)

187 also I am pissed enough my bp shot up to 151 over 135 with a 93 BPM explaining the Tax court power grab on IRAs... "thanks Comrade Soetoro"

Posted by: sven10077 at April 04, 2014 05:35 PM (TE35l)

188 Here's a definite Moron Squirrel http://i.imgur.com/ipqdMyq.gif

Posted by: kbdabear at April 04, 2014 05:35 PM (aTXUx)

189 Listened to Mark Levin tonight. He had Matt Bevin on who is running against Mitch McConnell in Kentucky for the Republic Senate seat. I was blown away by this guy's ability to clearly articulate his positions, his reasoning, etc. Finally a Republican who can speak! I am planning to send him a contribution. Very impressive. https://mattbevin.com/learn/meet-matt/

Posted by: Jen at April 04, 2014 05:36 PM (IdGqX)

190 Moron Squirrel, better linky http://tinyurl.com/msdn49p

Posted by: kbdabear at April 04, 2014 05:36 PM (aTXUx)

191 30 Tami - he was rushed to get off phone, but you could feel the love.

Posted by: OK, thanks, bye at April 04, 2014 05:37 PM (uopHF)

192 195 Here's a definite Moron Squirrel http://i.___ur.com/ipqdMyq.gif Posted by: kbdabear at April 04, 2014 09:35 PM (aTXUx) Imgur has a weird thing going that prevents you from copy/pasting one of their urls. I just learned that the hard way. It might be a barrel offense.

Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at April 04, 2014 05:37 PM (H4aQb)

193 Who the hell is Winn Dixie, besides a grocery store? Posted by: DangerGirl at April 04, 2014 09:05 PM (GrtrJ) LOL. I was thinking the same thing.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 04, 2014 05:38 PM (XyM/Y)

194 It's hard for me to even fathom divorce. I don't know why, but I was blessed with the most patient, kind, generous person on earth for a wife. I can count on one finger the number of arguments we have had in 40 years together, and while raising 7 kids. Mabe I was rewarded for not killing my sister, Poke Salad Rosemary, while I was growing up.

Posted by: bergerbilder at April 04, 2014 05:38 PM (8MjqI)

195 Imgur has a weird thing going that prevents you from copy/pasting one of their urls. I just learned that the hard way. It might be a barrel offense. Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at April 04, 2014 09:37 PM (H4aQb) If it is and it's retroactive, the barrel will be packed for the rest of the night. I've seen that a lot here.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at April 04, 2014 05:38 PM (oFCZn)

196 Real advice Stay away from alcohol until all this is out of your system You don't need to add artificial depressants

Posted by: Navycopjoe at April 04, 2014 05:38 PM (YcOel)

197 Posted by: Navycopjoe at April 04, 2014 09:38 PM (YcOel) Too late!

Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at April 04, 2014 05:40 PM (H4aQb)

198 201. 201 I was blessed with the most patient, kind, generous person on earth for a wife. I wound up with non-cooking, violent and insane But damn the woman can rock a bikini

Posted by: Navycopjoe at April 04, 2014 05:41 PM (YcOel)

199 I have a brother in law whose father said this about his marriage, "We've had one argument in the entire time we've been married.......It's lasted 40 years. J/K. ;^) I'm happy for you. i too have been blessed in my spouse---more patient than I am.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 04, 2014 05:42 PM (XyM/Y)

200 I really like how FDR's dual embargoes of oil and metal on Japan are no longer really a big reason for why Japan decided to launch Operation Hawaii and to seize the Dutch East Indies for its oil.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 04, 2014 05:43 PM (I6YUj)

201 107/68 89 BPM... I'm a good boy that may not have a stroke for awhile after all... I have to go to my happy place...which looks a lot like the bridge scene from Apocalypse Now these days.....

Posted by: sven10077 at April 04, 2014 05:43 PM (TE35l)

202 Damnit... listen, Gila:

I'm SO glad your Mother took the time to drive all the way to see you.  That merely begins your Blessings. 

Having idiots like myself around may not help immediately, but the rest of these fine people are more exquisite than that word can convey.

Were I "trying to find something to grasp", I couldn't recommend anything better than these beautiful people.

There's something REAL to hang onto.  Their Blessed Souls allow for idiots like me to Hang Around.

You should hang around, too.  There's a lot of Love around here.

I REALLY have to pee, but I won't be proven wrong.  I guarantee it.


Posted by: Slapweasel at April 04, 2014 05:44 PM (lq3Ak)

203 Whoever is running against McComnell will have his work cut out for him, Mcc has a LOT of money behind him.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 04, 2014 05:44 PM (XyM/Y)

204 So a further thought on the laughable WaPo piece on the French political realignment. Left completely unmentioned was Marine Le Pen, whose rightist party was the single biggest winner and picked up several times as many offices as analysts had predicted.

And what was part of the winning formula for Le Pen is something that has been discussed a few times in the past here with regard to future GOP strategy: unabashed economic nationalism.

Talking forthrightly about those ordinary French citizens who are being screwed by transnationalist globalist economics. Guess what? Those people turn up to vote! And did. For Le Pen's party. Responding to her sympathetic rhetoric.

Her economic agenda is not entirely intellectually or analytically consistent, but it sure does have street level appeal. Can't make any policies of any sort without first winning elections.

Posted by: torquewrench at April 04, 2014 05:44 PM (noWW6)

205 Thanks to all of you, and I really mean it. I guess this is just "step 1" and there are many more to go. Between my wife and my job, I'm not sure what is what. She certainly has great timing. I wish I saw my new-best-friend-attorney today, but I guess that can wait until Monday. On the plus-side, I saw my doc, and can now physically keep it together.

Posted by: GilaGuy who lurks at April 04, 2014 05:44 PM (b96D1)

206 50 - DangerGirl - Used to baby sit an Akita pair. Walking in the woods, he & his mate would not hesitate to ruin a squirrel's day. Back in their yard? THOSE squirrels were HIS to watch, love and protect like his own pets! Would not chase them at all, but watch them as they were his puppies. Miss those Akitas... Long long time ago.

Posted by: OK, thanks, bye at April 04, 2014 05:44 PM (uopHF)

207 110 Well, as some of you might know I was told I was being "let go" from my jobby the end of June, and now served with divorce papers within the last 48 hours. My blood pressure went up, and I saw my doc today, it is now under control, and my mom drove all night to make sure her only child didn't do something tragic. I now have about 100 pages of documents in legal-ese, with questions, etc. I have an appointment with my soon-to-be-best-friend-divorce-attorney on Monday. Shall I try to do what I can with them and then discuss with him, or just turf this legal stuff to him? I'm sorry, but my face still won't stop leaking Posted by: GilaGuy who lurks at April 04, 2014 09:14 PM (b96D1) Just make sure your lawyer has a good checklist to follow. Lawyers forgetting things in the divorce agreement is teh not goodly.

Posted by: eman at April 04, 2014 05:44 PM (AO9UG)

208 207 Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 04, 2014 09:43 PM (I6YUj) Hey Anna they are nothing if not flexible... I took an interest in history starting at age 4 or 5 All my life the Hull Notes were given as the justification for Japan going oops... glad to know that's changed since St Frank can do no wrong.

Posted by: sven10077 at April 04, 2014 05:44 PM (TE35l)

209 Gophers will do the same thing as the squirrel, but with rattlesnakes. It was probably a mama squirrel defending her nest. The snake could have been a hog nosed snake. Similar markings as a rattler, but non-venomous. Had a damn squirrel sneak into my BBQ grill through the little slot for the rotisserie and built her nest in there. Now I've got two or three little squirrels living in my grill. THIS SHALL NOT STAND! Posted by: LFW - Honorary Pointy Eared Vulcan at April 04, 2014 09:06 PM (vVSOO) I agree about it not being a rattlesnake. They will normally hold their rattle erect and begin shaking it to warn off the attacker. They will definitely do it when coiled. Also, the head doesn't look like a normal, venomous snake's head. They tend to be flatter. It's hard to tell for sure because of the distance away from the camera. The same bunch that are complaining about Paulina Gretzky being on the cover of Golf Digest also complained about Holly Sonders who works for the Golf Channel. She's lovely eye candy too. Sonders did play college golf though. Posted by: puddleglum at April 04, 2014 09:16 PM (8SsiG) Sonders is getting jiggy with Eric Kuselias who used to be the host of the show she is on. When the Golf Channel execs found out, who did they can: the middle-aged, weird-looking guy or the hot, young woman? Yeah, she still works there. She's also still doing the horizontal mambo with him.

Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at April 04, 2014 05:45 PM (zT0DN)

210 My first marriage wasn't bad...just to the wrong person.  I knew it and went through with it anyway.  It just ended up hurting both of us.


I got luckier the second time.


As painful as my experience was, I wouldn't take it back.  I learned a lot about life and mostly, myself in the process.

Posted by: DangerGirl at April 04, 2014 05:45 PM (GrtrJ)

211 I could go for a Gila right about now.

Posted by: The Squirrel at April 04, 2014 05:45 PM (H4aQb)

212 I never even thought about cheating, because I knew that the guilt would kill me.

Posted by: bergerbilder at April 04, 2014 05:45 PM (8MjqI)

213 Monster this, bitch!

Posted by: The Squirrel at April 04, 2014 05:45 PM (H4aQb)

214 213 - Hmm. Wasn't that an Akita that was eating the cabbage yesterday?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 04, 2014 05:46 PM (aDwsi)

215 Gila- Being able to keep it together physically is very important. Take care of yourself as best as you can to help with what lies ahead.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 04, 2014 05:47 PM (XyM/Y)

216 "The Avengers" is the most overrated movie of all time. 

Loki's stupid tag-now-you're on-my-team until-someone-bonks-you-on-the-head stick. Thor straight up trying to murder Captain America.  Weird villain pairing of Norse god with dog-faced alien invaders riding flying scooters.  Really the only way it was superior to Man of Steel is that it had a few moments of sort of funny/clever dialogue.







Posted by: Occam's Razor at April 04, 2014 05:48 PM (DPMu1)

217 220 The Squirrel at April 04, 2014 09:45 PM (H4aQb) whoa calm down friend..... I have been warning the cave dwellers of your champion Troglivar the demonic 8 foot tall squirrel with antlers.... they won't swerve to avoid the roadkill but I do

Posted by: sven10077 at April 04, 2014 05:48 PM (TE35l)

218 As painful as my experience was, I wouldn't take it back. I learned a lot about life and mostly, myself in the process. As painful as my experience was, I'd take it back in a heartbeat.

Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at April 04, 2014 05:48 PM (H4aQb)

219 do not watch Eat, Pray, Love what a horrible film

Posted by: thunderb at April 04, 2014 05:49 PM (zOTsN)

220 Posted by: OK, thanks, bye at April 04, 2014 09:44 PM (uopHF)


My one dog believes that the squirrels in our yard are his personal chew toys/fresh meat.  Fortunately for them, they have a fence, trees and electrical wires they can taunt him from.  But if they get on the ground?  Dead freaking meat.  That dog is the fastest dog I have ever seen.

Posted by: DangerGirl at April 04, 2014 05:49 PM (GrtrJ)

221 Consider a dog or a cat.

Posted by: Soothsayer at April 04, 2014 05:50 PM (VlefE)

222 seriously a dog might be good

Posted by: thunderb at April 04, 2014 05:50 PM (zOTsN)

223 227 DangerGirl at April 04, 2014 09:49 PM (GrtrJ) my Shepherd/Wolf used to kill rabbits by stalking near their holes and biting their heads off when they poked 'em up.... I miss him...looking forward to seeing him one day

Posted by: sven10077 at April 04, 2014 05:50 PM (TE35l)

224 Hmm. Wasn't that an Akita that was eating the cabbage yesterday? Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 04, 2014 09:46 PM (aDwsi


Those were Shiba Inus.

Posted by: DangerGirl at April 04, 2014 05:51 PM (GrtrJ)

225 229 seriously a dog might be good Agree. But be prepared Gila--that dog might well become the best friend you've ever had.

Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at April 04, 2014 05:52 PM (H4aQb)

226 what a horrible film I have nor seen it. Why is it so bad?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 04, 2014 05:52 PM (XyM/Y)

227 My one dog believes that the squirrels in our yard are his personal chew toys/fresh meat. Fortunately for them, they have a fence, trees and electrical wires they can taunt him from. But if they get on the ground? Dead freaking meat. That dog is the fastest dog I have ever seen. Posted by: DangerGirl at April 04, 2014 09:49 PM (GrtrJ) My dog caught a mole the other day. Shook it and tossed it around until it was dead. I was walking right near her when all of a sudden, boom...she stops, sticks her head down toward the ground and pulls the damn thing out. She's done more damage to the yard digging for these little mofos than the little mofos have done.

Posted by: Tami [/i][/b][/u][/s] at April 04, 2014 05:53 PM (bCEmE)

228 I got a cat as my f'ing work schedule doesn't accommodate a dog. She saved my life.

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at April 04, 2014 05:53 PM (vHRtU)

229 I have one dog, she took the other dog. That's OK, this dog is better with me than her. Still....

Posted by: GilaGuy who lurks at April 04, 2014 05:53 PM (b96D1)

230 I'm making my way through various MST3K shorts on YouTube. This one has me laughing pretty hard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfYd9scVU20

Posted by: Sandra Fluke's Solid Gold Diaphragm at April 04, 2014 05:53 PM (bHnlE)

231 "On the plus-side, I saw my doc, and can now physically keep it together."

Physical and mental functioning go hand in glove.

Sleep is important for both. And can be hard to get enough of when the world seems against you. It can be hard to drop off into slumber. Or not wake up with a start.

If necessary, talk about that with your doc in addition to the blood pressure. There may be some meds that will let you conk out and rest up. You'll need that. Use judiciously and only as directed.

Posted by: torquewrench at April 04, 2014 05:54 PM (noWW6)

232 230 - (my Shepherd/Wolf ) I miss him...looking forward to seeing him one day. Posted by: sven10077 If my beloved kitten of a Lory parrot ain't waiting for me in heaven, then I damn well ain't goin'...

Posted by: OK, thanks, bye at April 04, 2014 05:54 PM (uopHF)

233 Imgur has a weird thing going that prevents you from copy/pasting one of their urls. I just learned that the hard way. It might be a barrel offense. Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at April 04, 2014 09:37 PM (H4aQb) See the AoSHQ Commenter Agreement page 37 under "Barrel Offenses" Item 21 Barrel Offenses shall be determined by their effect on blog formatting Links do not affect the blog format and are voluntarily accessed by the reader. Caveat Emptor Your motion to send my client to The Barrel is denied

Posted by: Vincent Gambini, esq at April 04, 2014 05:55 PM (aTXUx)

234 So Google has cancelled WorldNetDaily's AdSense account cause it reported on knockout game attacks and used, correctly, the term "black mobs" when describing racist knockout game attacks where a mob of black dudes would attack a white guy. But it's racist to accurately report actual crimes. And Google's policy is No H8! so no ad revenue for WND.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at April 04, 2014 05:55 PM (ZPrif)

235 "Gila-
Being able to keep it together physically is very important. Take care of yourself as best as you can to help with what lies ahead."
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 04, 2014 09:47 PM (XyM/Y)

I agree with this and with what NCJ said.  Staying away from booze keeps the mind clear. 

KNOWING you have a support-structure is important, as well.  For the second night in-a-row, The Horde has come through.

I've got an email address, so you can send away.  I've also got a phone #.  I've never been Married, nor really been "In Love", but I'll pretend ...lol.  We can Hang Out.

Posted by: Slapweasel at April 04, 2014 05:56 PM (lq3Ak)

236 228 Consider a dog or a cat. Posted by: Soothsayer at April 04, 2014 09:50 PM (VlefE) 229 seriously a dog might be good Posted by: thunderb at April 04, 2014 09:50 PM (zOTsN) I understand what you're both saying but....don't get an animal for the wrong reason. Ok, maybe a cat but not a dog. Unless he knows for sure any new job won't take him away from home for long hours.

Posted by: Tami [/i][/b][/u][/s] at April 04, 2014 05:57 PM (bCEmE)

237 Your motion to send my client to The Barrel is denied Guilty as Sin, free as a bird!

Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at April 04, 2014 05:57 PM (H4aQb)

238 I thought Man of Steel was an excellent movie - very beautiful, some flat spots but overall was inspiring.

Posted by: Inspector Cussword at April 04, 2014 05:58 PM (Qp0nB)

239 Unless he knows for sure any new job won't take him away from home for long hours. Posted by: Tami so very true. I did not consider that. But he said he has a dog and she took one.

Posted by: thunderb at April 04, 2014 05:58 PM (zOTsN)

240 so very true. I did not consider that. But he said he has a dog and she took one. Posted by: thunderb at April 04, 2014 09:58 PM (zOTsN) Yeah, I type that before I read his comment about already having a dog.

Posted by: Tami [/i][/b][/u][/s] at April 04, 2014 05:59 PM (bCEmE)

241 Who knew.

I did.

Because I'm part squirrel.

Look how I store nuts in my cheeks.

Posted by: Joe "Bushy-Tailed" Biden at April 04, 2014 05:59 PM (MuHA+)

242 what a horrible film I have nor seen it. Why is it so bad? Posted by: FenelonSpoke fake shallow self-centered idea of spirituality and God sex and the city with a thin fake veneer of spirituality

Posted by: thunderb at April 04, 2014 05:59 PM (zOTsN)

243 I thought Man of Steel was an excellent movie - very beautiful, some flat spots but overall was inspiring. I liked it. So did Empire of Jeff, who wrote a profane but persuasive entry on his blog as to why it is an excellent movie.

Posted by: Grey Fox at April 04, 2014 05:59 PM (OsYZS)

244 I agree with this and with what NCJ said. Staying away from booze keeps the mind clear.>>

It also lessens the chance for doing something stupid that will get police attention. DUI, stupid phone call...  And anything like that will hurt you in court.

Posted by: The Hickster at April 04, 2014 06:00 PM (TI3xG)

245 Those were Shiba Inus. Posted by: DangerGirl ------- All Jap dogs look alike to me. * *Formal self denoucement

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 04, 2014 06:00 PM (aDwsi)

246 I'm rooting for the Gopher Snake. The squirrel is obviously a liberal. It's mouth is full of goodies, but it obviously thinks the snake has got something - or it donated to prop 8. The snake just wants to get out of there. The squirrel wants to kill it, but the snake has to bake a wedding cake for the squirrels gay marriage first.

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at April 04, 2014 06:00 PM (pgQxn)

247 I'm going to bed... stay crazy... I get the sleep study done tomorrow the cardio stress test on Monday... I think I meet with the doc the week after to be told what's up... I hope I make it another year or three.

Posted by: sven10077 at April 04, 2014 06:00 PM (TE35l)

248 Okay..., 'denouncement'

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 04, 2014 06:00 PM (aDwsi)

249 I'm at homemadegravy (numbers) seventy-one at (sorta) hoooya dot com.

Posted by: Slapweasel at April 04, 2014 06:00 PM (lq3Ak)

250 Eat Pray Love is a pretty film, like a travelogue with food porn, which sounds good until Julia Roberts starts speaking

Posted by: thunderb at April 04, 2014 06:01 PM (zOTsN)

251 Japanese anger also focused on the embargoes which the United States had slapped on American exports to Japan. By the end of 1940 Washington had cut it off from all vital war materials except petroleum. As far back as 1938 the United States had placed Japan under the so-called moral embargo. The termination of on January 20, 1940, of the Treaty of Commerce and Navigation of 1911 removed the legal obstacle to actual restrictions. Beginning in July 1940, Washington placed all exports of aviation fuel and high-grade scrap iron and steel under federal license and control. In September 1940, after Japanese forces moved into northern Indochina, Roosevelt finally announced an embargo on scrap iron and steel to Japan. Thus, by the end of that year, Japan had begun to experience a real pinch and a shadow of genuine fear mingled with its resentment of these discriminatory measures.

pg 5.  At Dawn We Slept.  Gordon W. Prange.  1981. Penguin Book.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 04, 2014 06:01 PM (I6YUj)

252 241 So Google has cancelled WorldNetDaily's AdSense account cause it reported on knockout game attacks and used, correctly, the term "black mobs" when describing racist knockout game attacks where a mob of black dudes would attack a white guy. Posted by: Costanza Defense at April 04, 2014 09:55 PM (ZPrif) This is why in the Battle Against the Google Buses in San Francisco, I'm rooting for the Hippies

Posted by: kbdabear at April 04, 2014 06:01 PM (aTXUx)

253 Sleep well sven...sleep deep and well.

Posted by: Tami [/i][/b][/u][/s] at April 04, 2014 06:01 PM (bCEmE)

254 250 Grey Fox at April 04, 2014 09:59 PM (OsYZS) I must be the class dork... I preferred Superman Returns.... I found Man of Steel to be rather un Superman like.... ah well

Posted by: sven10077 at April 04, 2014 06:01 PM (TE35l)

255 I used to have a gopher snake that would have killed that piece of shit fuzzy tailed tree rat in a heartbeat. Well, not that fast since it has to squeeze the breath out of it - but it's fun to watch.

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at April 04, 2014 06:01 PM (pgQxn)

256 Thanks again, all of you! This is just so much, I feel like I'm drowning. I'm glad my mom is here, she is supportive. While she can't do anything directly, it's still good to have someone here. I know this will certainly get worse before it gets better, but I believe it must get better. It must. I have to believe, and I do.

Posted by: GilaGuy who lurks at April 04, 2014 06:01 PM (b96D1)

257 So i helped my 82 year old MIL buy a new car today. I told her to not say anything unless I gave here the "hi sign". She agreed. Round one of the price negotiations she says, "I'll take it." Me: *Sigh* I said, "I guess were done. Sign her up."

Posted by: Tobacco Road at April 04, 2014 06:01 PM (4Mv1T)

258 236 I have one dog, she took the other dog. That's OK, this dog is better with me than her. Still.... Posted by: GilaGuy who lurks at April 04, 2014 09:53 PM (b96D1) You need to keep your mind occupied or it will torture you to death. I did crossword puzzles. Hundreds of them. Non-stop. It saved the day. Find something that will do the same thing for you.

Posted by: eman at April 04, 2014 06:01 PM (AO9UG)

259 254 I'm going to bed... stay crazy... I get the sleep study done tomorrow the cardio stress test on Monday... I think I meet with the doc the week after to be told what's up... I hope I make it another year or three. Posted by: sven10077 at April 04, 2014 10:00 PM (TE35l I'm going in for an aneurysm repair next Thursday. The problem with knowing these things in advance is that you feel you have to get everything ready. It's probably easier if it's treated as an emergency.

Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at April 04, 2014 06:02 PM (H4aQb)

260 231 Hmm. Wasn't that an Akita that was eating the cabbage yesterday? Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 04, 2014 09:46 PM (aDwsi Those were Shiba Inus. Posted by: DangerGirl at April 04, 2014 09:51 PM (GrtrJ) That sounds like something your doctor will tell you with a grim face. "I'm afraid you have shiba inus."

Posted by: eman at April 04, 2014 06:03 PM (AO9UG)

261 I'm going in for an aneurysm repair next Thursday. The problem with knowing these things in advance is that you feel you have to get everything ready. It's probably easier if it's treated as an emergency. Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at April 04, 2014 10:02 PM (H4aQb) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Prayers for you!!!!

Posted by: thunderb at April 04, 2014 06:04 PM (zOTsN)

262 Hey, Sven. I agree on the supes movies. I was looking forward to seeing where Singer was taking it.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 04, 2014 06:04 PM (WX3R9)

263 Gila, very sorry, i know it's a painful thing, to have life and future be upturned so quickly. But as someone said up there.. There is life after divorce, and having advice to close joint and accts is good advice even if it seems trivial compared to your emotional needs. there is life after divorce!promise.

Posted by: willow at April 04, 2014 06:05 PM (nqBYe)

264 263 Thanks again, all of you! This is just so much, I feel like I'm drowning. I'm glad my mom is here, she is supportive. While she can't do anything directly, it's still good to have someone here. I know this will certainly get worse before it gets better, but I believe it must get better. It must. I have to believe, and I do. Posted by: GilaGuy who lurks at April 04, 2014 10:01 PM (b96D1) I'll never forget the conversation I had with my mom when I told her my marriage had failed. She was magnificent. Great moms are a blessing beyond comprehension.

Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at April 04, 2014 06:05 PM (H4aQb)

265 My little brother of 44 is trying to hype some Captain America sequel as though it's the Shiznit, as the young people say. Some guy in a leotard with a shield?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 04, 2014 06:06 PM (bitz6)

266 269 Stephen Price Blair at April 04, 2014 10:04 PM (WX3R9) Well Singer did a lot of damage... I wish we could send cake girl to him with a cake that said "hey Bryan we get it you're gay and hey guy God bless you...now quit comparing everything to it"

Posted by: sven10077 at April 04, 2014 06:06 PM (TE35l)

267 When in personal /family crisis, compartmentalization is key. From personal experience. Make a conscious effort to spend time thinking about X for a while, then Y, then Z. You need to keep your shit together, if you try to process everything all at once you'll never have any peace and you'll make poor decisions when it's very important that you make the right ones.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 04, 2014 06:06 PM (ZshNr)

268 When in personal /family crisis, compartmentalization is key. From personal experience. Make a conscious effort to spend time thinking about X for a while, then Y, then Z. You need to keep your shit together, if you try to process everything all at once you'll never have any peace and you'll make poor decisions when it's very important that you make the right ones.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 04, 2014 06:06 PM (ZshNr)

269 Top 5 Crackdowns on Conservatives' Internet Free Speech http://shar.es/B88n8 via @BreitbartNews

Posted by: Costanza Defense at April 04, 2014 06:06 PM (ZPrif)

270 "I know this will certainly get worse before it gets better, but I believe it must get better. It must. I have to believe, and I do."
Posted by: GilaGuy who lurks at April 04, 2014 10:01 PM (b96D1)

If you can email me, I'll give you my number and we can talk about BASEBALL stuff.

I am not gay...lol. 

Emails would be fine.  The "coolest" thing is that you figure things out after a few months.

Posted by: Slapweasel at April 04, 2014 06:07 PM (lq3Ak)

271 Sorry for the double post, good luck.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 04, 2014 06:07 PM (ZshNr)

272 Gila, I haven't been around enough to jaw w/you in detail about it...I'll tell you what I told my foster brother.... You'll be okay one foot in front of the other.... believe in yourself and keep cool.

Posted by: sven10077 at April 04, 2014 06:07 PM (TE35l)

273 night-o all

Posted by: sven10077 at April 04, 2014 06:08 PM (TE35l)

274 Me: *Sigh* I said, "I guess were done. Sign her up." Posted by: Tobacco -------- Mrs. H has demonstrated similar bargaining skills, about almost everything, i.e., Her: "I'll take that one". Me: "But, but..., you know anything about it." Her: "It's pretty".

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 04, 2014 06:08 PM (aDwsi)

275 Women's soccer match Uniforms are Very Moron-centric http://tinyurl.com/ldejwaf

Posted by: kbdabear at April 04, 2014 06:09 PM (aTXUx)

276 Gila, after the atty thing Monday, do you have days off that you can go do something enjoyable that perhaps she didn;t enjoy but now you can? hell my x was probably in heaven that he could watch sports with his friends without me slamming pots and pans around because i hated having to cook for everyone. (slobs) haha

Posted by: willow at April 04, 2014 06:09 PM (nqBYe)

277 Nude.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 04, 2014 06:10 PM (bitz6)

278 >>75 TR Oldest is on her own, if you want some info email me

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 04, 2014 06:11 PM (HVff2)

279 Gila, Just caught up, at the end of a dead thread. Sorry, if I missed this, but what state are you in? This becomes important in getting divorce advice.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 04, 2014 06:14 PM (ojnk6)

280 yeah divorce sucks. advice, Don't be angry enough that you do something you might regret, don't change because divorce is ugly and painful, work on staying a good person. but take care of your needs financial and physical. and hug, sorry.

Posted by: willow at April 04, 2014 06:15 PM (nqBYe)

281 Okay.., I've asked this twice before today with no answer from the hordish multitude. Making the switch to Opera, but so far, can not figure out how to install the toolbar, nor can I open Opera in two separate windows. Reopening it only results in a new tab appearing. Hep me, hep me!

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 04, 2014 06:19 PM (aDwsi)

282 #266.  Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at April 04, 2014 10:02 PM (H4aQb)
I've never written a Prayer on a calendar before.  Yours shall be the first.
You're scheduled for a "Monday-Thru"... lol.  Just kidding!

Our Lord finds us in the most precarious of positions.  Might our collective Faith allow for the Soul of Harrison to be at ease, as he finds himself amongst our wishful love.

When you've returned Our Brother, may he be as Spry, Witty and Loving as You'd left him!

...In Jesus' Name, I Pray.

*amen*

Posted by: Slapweasel at April 04, 2014 06:20 PM (lq3Ak)

283 Mike when i downloaded Opera it had a box with a check for that stuff

Posted by: willow at April 04, 2014 06:20 PM (nqBYe)

284 so maybe do the download process again?

Posted by: willow at April 04, 2014 06:22 PM (nqBYe)

285 Mike when i downloaded Opera it had a box with a check for that stuff Posted by: willow --------------- Perhaps I mis-checked things, but what about after the fact?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 04, 2014 06:23 PM (aDwsi)

286 Mike, there's nothing that says 'view -> toolbars'?

Posted by: Tami [/i][/b][/u][/s] at April 04, 2014 06:23 PM (bCEmE)

287 Or 'Settings -> Toolbars'?

Posted by: Tami [/i][/b][/u][/s] at April 04, 2014 06:24 PM (bCEmE)

288 Regarding the squirrel video:

Obviously the underreported North American Valet and Rattlesnake Hunting Squirrel, a very desirable companion for the well-to-do photographer/snake hunter. Notice early in the video the lens wipe that the squirrel is carrying for the photog and of course the well honed snake handling skills. This well-trained squirrel is not one for the skillet, no sirree Bob. This critter is prime rut material. I'll bet you could make some big bucks off this one's spooge.

Who's up for milking it?

Posted by: robert17 at April 04, 2014 06:25 PM (bGQeu)

289 Okay... my email is only open to Gila.

I've got a phone and we can shoot-the-shit for awhile.

...unless you're thirteen.  *HAH!*

If you are Thirteen?  Knock it off.

Posted by: Slapweasel at April 04, 2014 06:27 PM (lq3Ak)

290 Thanks to all! My blood pressure is now under control, so that is one thing done... step one... done... checked off... I'm in Florida, and was hoping to stay here, but I guess it doesn't matter now. She is seeking alimony, presumably until she gets married again (LOL), and I will be unemployed at the end of June. I have to believe that my soon-to-be-new-best-friend-attorney can sort this out for me in an logical way. I'm so glad my mom is here. As stupid as it sounds, I really value her presense. Thanks to all of you!

Posted by: GilaGuy who lurks at April 04, 2014 06:27 PM (b96D1)

291 Okay, Gila.  Be Well.

...the offer still stands.

Posted by: Slapweasel at April 04, 2014 06:29 PM (lq3Ak)

292 get some sleep GilaGuy. Take care

Posted by: thunderb at April 04, 2014 06:30 PM (zOTsN)

293 297 Sorry to hear about the location Gila. From what I've heard, not a friendly location for a male getting divorced.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 04, 2014 06:30 PM (ojnk6)

294 Hang in there, Gila.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 04, 2014 06:32 PM (ZshNr)

295 Yep, I will get hosed, I think. I may take you up on your offer. Now, I think I need to go to bed, this has been one helluva day, and tomorrow awaits.

Posted by: GilaGuy who lurks at April 04, 2014 06:37 PM (b96D1)

296 Mark Pryor: Why sure I'd vote for Obamacare again. Why do you ask? Ohhh, just wanna confirm the suspicion that you're a clueless dumbfuck, that's all.

Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at April 04, 2014 09:29 PM (rakCv)

297 The next time a Democrat or journolist (birm) yells "Squirrel!!!", we'll know why they're freaking out.

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at April 05, 2014 04:08 AM (qIFL7)

298 "Man of Steel" was the worst movie I've seen in the last 10 years, and deeply anti-American to boot. Bleech.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 05, 2014 04:54 AM (102Hx)

299 That snake video cameraman is one annoying picece of crap. Not to mention horrible at fucking filming. I haven't seen camerawork this bad since Barack's Bathhouse Boys III.

Posted by: Johnny at April 06, 2014 11:07 AM (WvGsS)

300 remember the FBI raided Melgens offices in Miami

Posted by: thunderb at April 10, 2014 04:11 AM (zOTsN)

301 they also got Melgen for non payment of taxes. All very mafia

Posted by: thunderb at April 10, 2014 04:12 AM (zOTsN)

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