April 21, 2014


— Ace

An American man wins the Boston Marathon for the first time since 1983.

The Blaze reports that a $28 billion Army software system for organizing intelligence on the battlefield just doesn't work very well-- and the Army is refusing officers' request to implement a much cheaper ($3 million) system developed by a private software company, a system preferred by the Marines.

The Marine Corps, Air Force and special forces, through their own procurement process, had implemented Palantir [the privately developed alternative software] as an additional war-fighting tool to be utilized with their own DCGS platform. U.S. special forces, including the Navy SEALs and other elite teams, along with the Marine Corps noted in a June 2013 U.S. Government Accountability Office report that their troops thought Palantir was “easy to use” and “effective” on their recent missions in Afghanistan.

“Users indicated it was a highly effective system for conducting intelligence information analysis and supporting operations,” the GAO report said. “The software had gained a reputation for being intuitive and easy to use, while also providing effective tools to link and visualize data.”

But for the Army ,”Palantir was like a thorn in their side — they didn’t want to cut into their own research and funding — if they added the software program to their DCGS platform, it would eliminate their ability to keep lining their own pockets,” a military intelligence analyst with knowledge of the program told TheBlaze.

When a student videotaped bullies absuing him and presented that proof to school authorities, that student was quickly charged with illegally wiretapping other people and prosecuted. He was ultimately convicted on a disorderly persons charge.

Now that charge is being vacated -- but what the hell?

I think this is an example of Your Government At Work, and government's interest is always in protecting itself and the phoney-baloney jobs of its workers. If a kid presents evidence of serious bullying, that reflects poorly on the school's discipline.

So how do you solve that problem? Well, there are two ways: One is to crack down on bullying, which may be difficult and may take a long time.

The other is to prosecute the whistleblower.

Either way, it's out of your In Box. So go with the easier one.

This is pretty neat, though I don't understand the principle behind it -- French scientists say they've created a gel embedded with nanoparticles that will close a wound as if it were glue even in soft organs like the liver and lungs.

The article explains how the nanoparticles bond with each other and with the gel they're in... but I don't understand how the gel sticks to the flesh. I mean, if the gel itself is just glue, then how is this different than plain old glue?

So I don't understand it. But it seems important. Maybe one of y'all can figure out how it works from the paper submitted on the process.

Charlie Crist announces that he hasn't changed his position on abortion -- that he's always been pro-life, by which he means pro-choice.

His statement is confusing and nonsensical, as it's meant to be.

My definition. My definition. My definition is this.

See, when he was "pro-life" he really was "pro-choice" and now that he's "pro-choice" he's really "pro-life."

He's right, he has been consistent: He's said whatever he thought was necessary to win the next election.

Since Easter's over, some of you might have some extra Peeps and eggs lying around. And you're probably wondering, "How many of them could I shoot through with a bullet from a .50 caliber Barrett rifle?"

VA Viper has that answer.

Finally, via Hot Air, noting that an analysis says that the Democrats have only a 1% chance of winning the House in November, this astonishing video of a wall-climber.

The money part comes between 20 seconds and 28 seconds. He twice tries to jump up to reach an out-of-reach handhold (which is itself pretty amazing). Failing at his jump, he attempts something that never would have occurred to me in 10,000 years of trying.


"Technique," he says (or perhaps an onlooker says) as he executes this strange and extremely dangerous upside-down maneuver. Technique indeed.

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1 Charlie Crist may be part Peep.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 21, 2014 03:52 PM (8ZskC)

2 Charlie Crist may be part Peep.

Posted by: Cicero

Circus Peanut

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 21, 2014 03:53 PM (ujux6)

3 Crist 2016: America's Historic First® Dorito-Colored President

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 21, 2014 03:54 PM (8ZskC)

4 $28 billion vs $3 million. Hmmmmmm......

Posted by: EC at April 21, 2014 03:55 PM (doBIb)

5 The climber guy has done that before, so not so impressive. Check out all the chalk on the handhold spots. Plus, photoshop, I could tell by the pixels.

Posted by: blaster at April 21, 2014 03:55 PM (4+AaH)

6 peeps!!!

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at April 21, 2014 03:56 PM (u8GsB)

7 Cheeto Crist is a portrait of everything wrong with the Republican party.  More ego than intelligence and wouldn't trust him as far as I could kick him.

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 21, 2014 03:56 PM (EWYBa)

8 Twenty eight billion for a hammer and a toilet. What a deal!

Posted by: The DoD at April 21, 2014 03:56 PM (Dwehj)

9 My friendsssh, there you have proof that a giant wall along the southern border would accomplish nothing.

Posted by: John McCain (R) Maverickstan at April 21, 2014 03:56 PM (8ZskC)

10 Something's fishy about that wall climb.

Posted by: Gravity at April 21, 2014 03:57 PM (5UteM)

11 Those Mexicans, they're like ants.

Posted by: John McCain (R) Maverickstan at April 21, 2014 03:57 PM (8ZskC)

12 4 $28 billion vs $3 million. Hmmmmmm...... Posted by: EC at April 21, 2014 07:55 PM (doBIb) Well, they are our betters, right? Snark

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

13 peeps!!! By show of hands, who here likes the taste and texture of peeps? I think they're pretty awful. They taste and feel like stale marshmallow to me. But they're brightly colored and shaped like little chicks, so Peeps.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/s][/i][/b][/s] at April 21, 2014 03:58 PM (8ifMA)

14 I can't even walk down the street in flats without tripping over an invisible dog. That whole oh hey I'll just flip upside down to climb this wall thing is just plain showing off.

Posted by: alexthechick - Oh save us mighty SMOD at April 21, 2014 03:58 PM (dMSj2)

15 Depends on what your definition of "is" is ... Also, everything is a lie including the "a", the "an", and the "the" ...

Posted by: Adriane... at April 21, 2014 03:58 PM (qoKTg)

16 DCGS is like 90's software and Palantir is like the magic software on CSI.

Posted by: Pax Americana at April 21, 2014 03:58 PM (leNsN)

17 By show of hands, who here likes the taste and texture of peeps?

Hell, I'll eat anything.

Posted by: Sandra Flook at April 21, 2014 03:59 PM (Dwehj)

18 Also, get your body armor in hard boiled eggs, not in Peeps.

Posted by: blaster at April 21, 2014 03:59 PM (4+AaH)

19 Crist-Boner 2016

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 21, 2014 03:59 PM (HVff2)

20 WOOHOO!!!! not only did I find that Mexican Coke in the bottles with real sugar (damn its good), not only am I making chicken rice soup from scratch (making the stock now), but the new upper was waiting at the door its beautiful

Posted by: navycopjoe at April 21, 2014 04:00 PM (krmE0)

21 This wall-climber is quite the showman. Once, on a cruise ship, saw a freestanding ladder-climber who struggled at the lowest steps, but was walking around the stage (like stilts) from the very top rungs by the end of his routine. Kind of like how Mr. Crist appears to struggle with abortion issues.

Posted by: My Sisters' Brother at April 21, 2014 04:00 PM (EbFAg)

22 Yeah.... those damn Palintirs are a pain...

Posted by: Peregrine Took at April 21, 2014 04:00 PM (84gbM)

23 It is not unusual for military systems to be expensive and at the same time sucky. GI's will get it figured out, though.

Posted by: blaster at April 21, 2014 04:00 PM (4+AaH)

24 Well that's kind of like the upside down maneuver Barry plays on me.

Posted by: Reggie Love at April 21, 2014 04:00 PM (idA6q)

25 What's that brass thingy coming out of the side of the gun? It looks like part of the bullet.

Posted by: Michael Bloomberg at April 21, 2014 04:01 PM (8ZskC)

26 That whole oh hey I'll just flip upside down to climb this wall thing is just plain showing off. Posted by: alexthechick


It's bullshit.

Posted by: Dr Spank at April 21, 2014 04:02 PM (5UteM)

27 It is not unusual for military systems to be expensive and at the same time sucky. GI's will get it figured out, though. Posted by: blaster at April 21, 2014 08:00 PM (4+AaH) The only Army lab that consistently produces shit soldiers actually use, it Natick Labs. Not so much a fan of the rest of the Army R&D effort.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 21, 2014 04:02 PM (yz6yg)

28 In before the 30 repetitive comments about genetics. All from the same person.

Posted by: Buzzion at April 21, 2014 04:02 PM (z/Ubi)

29 This ONT worthy content, Ace. Nice last thread of the day.

Posted by: L, elle at April 21, 2014 04:02 PM (p8TAe)

30 WOOHOO!!!! not only did I find that Mexican Coke in the bottles with real sugar (damn its good), not only am I making chicken rice soup from scratch (making the stock now), but the new upper was waiting at the door its beautiful Posted by: navycopjoe at April 21, 2014 08:00 PM (krmE0) ncj I was like its real easy just go to Walmart then I remembered - Hawaii. So, for your next trick, mix your Mexican Coke with spiced rum - I recommend The Kraken for this. It is amazing how much different the sugar based rum tastes in a sugar based Coke than in HFCS based.

Posted by: blaster at April 21, 2014 04:03 PM (4+AaH)

31 What's that brass thingy coming out of the side of the gun? It looks like part of the bullet. Posted by: Michael Bloomberg at April 21, 2014 08:01 PM (8ZskC) That's the assault bayonet, Mike. You should get them off the streets.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 21, 2014 04:03 PM (yz6yg)

32 I guess they think happy Bavarian mountain climber music is the best music to shoot peeps by. Personally, I'd opt for something more sinister.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 21, 2014 04:03 PM (8ZskC)

33 DCGS-A is a fine system. The problem is idiot commanders who don't want to learn how to incorporate it into the their networks and misuse it (such as issuing it to freaking company commanders!). Palantir is nice, but doesn't play well with other systems which is a big problem when you're trying to create an integrated intelligence picture.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at April 21, 2014 04:03 PM (TNcMy)

34 navycopjoe at April 21, 2014 08:00 PM (krmE0) a delicious meal and a waited for package in the mail ... a pleasant day to be sure!

Posted by: Adriane... at April 21, 2014 04:04 PM (qoKTg)

35 >>>Since Easter's over, some of you might have some extra Peeps and eggs lying around. And you're probably wondering, "How many of them could I shoot through with a bullet from a .50 caliber Barrett rifle?" I was disheartened at your lack of posting the "peep show" picture yesterday ace.

Posted by: Buzzion at April 21, 2014 04:04 PM (z/Ubi)

36 john wayne marathon from now until saturday, commercial free on tcm. my faves, the man who shot liberty valance, and haunted gold.

Posted by: Puncher at April 21, 2014 04:04 PM (wvCkw)

37 While on one level it's kind of cool, doesn't a battlefield communication system called "Palantir" immediately make you wonder just how secure it is?

Posted by: Trimegistus at April 21, 2014 04:05 PM (42WoQ)

38 DCGS-A is a fine system. The problem is idiot commanders who don't want to learn how to incorporate it into the their networks and misuse it (such as issuing it to freaking company commanders!). Posted by: Colorado Alex at April 21, 2014 08:03 PM (TNcMy) Young'uns. You'll learn. Why I remember the day, just like it was yesterday, when they said GCCS-A would work too. Memories.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 21, 2014 04:05 PM (yz6yg)

39 DoD and failed acquisitions. We'd need, not a thread, a month-long seminar. Corruption, incompetence... mind numbing tsunami of stupid.

Posted by: tangonine at April 21, 2014 04:05 PM (x3YFz)

40 I find it incredibly odd that three chocolate Easter bunnies are enough to cause a .50 round to be deflected off its trajectory. Is that right?

Posted by: EC at April 21, 2014 04:06 PM (doBIb)

41 $28 billion vs $3 million software...

Yet any mention that the Defense budget may be an obscenely bloated hog is met by squeals of indignation around here.

Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at April 21, 2014 04:06 PM (+lsX1)

42 In before the 30 repetitive comments about genetics. All from the same person. Everybody knows I'm voting for Aegon but at least I'm not that bad ... or may Arya, since it's Monday ...

Posted by: Adriane... at April 21, 2014 04:06 PM (qoKTg)

43 Peeps are disgusting. Plus, totally useless. I want to know how many Krispy Kremes it takes to stop a 9mm. That is much more practical knowledge for day-to-day survival needs.

Posted by: wooga at April 21, 2014 04:06 PM (6KuDG)

44 not only did I find that Mexican Coke in the bottles with real sugar (damn its good) I found a Fred Meyer near me that had a "classic soda" section. Among the several Sarsaparillas and other goodies were several Root Beers I hadn't tried before. So I browsed the ingredients until I found one that looked promising. It wasn't my new favorite, but very nice.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/s][/i][/b][/s] at April 21, 2014 04:06 PM (8ifMA)

45 So how many peeps can Chris Christy go thru?

Posted by: Aviator at April 21, 2014 04:07 PM (3rrMW)

46 and you Lockmart, Boring, Aerospace (FFRDC), MITRE, Booze fuckers out there? I hope you all die in a car fire. Because you're either assholes or you let your boss be an asshole and have no soul.

Posted by: tangonine at April 21, 2014 04:07 PM (x3YFz)

47 I shot a Peep in Reno Just to watch it die.

Posted by: Johnny Cash at April 21, 2014 04:07 PM (8ZskC)

48 I put peeps in all my grandchildren's Easter baskets. My daughter was appalled and made me take them back home with me.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 21, 2014 04:08 PM (oMKp3)

49 Great job, Meb!

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 21, 2014 04:08 PM (ZshNr)

50 I knew someone who was having problems with his employers, was ordered to see a psych. He recorded the interview b/c he knew he was getting set up and he was. The psych's report contradicted what the employee said on the tape. When he gave it to his atty, he was told he had violated the law. If the law was to protect the confidentiality of the, I hate to call it the patient since he was not a patient, why should it not be admissible?

Posted by: Sad Pug at April 21, 2014 04:08 PM (8c12T)

51 We'd need, not a thread, a month-long seminar. Corruption, incompetence... mind numbing tsunami of stupid. Posted by: tangonine at April 21, 2014 08:05 PM (x3YFz) I've found over time that the Army is worse at this game than USAF or USN. The only reason you hear less about it from the Army is that the Army programs are far, far less expensive than the sister services so their glaring gaffes don't get the same level of screaming headline coverage. Have I mentioned that I work in USD (AT&L)?

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 21, 2014 04:08 PM (yz6yg)

52 Mexican cokes? This is Califoristan, EVERYTHING is Mexican.

Posted by: OK, thanks, bye at April 21, 2014 04:08 PM (uopHF)

53 But, to his credit he didn't make a peep.

Posted by: Johnny Cash at April 21, 2014 04:09 PM (8ZskC)

54 My sister-in-law loves Peeps, but only after she lets them sit out open so they get stale. If you like marshmallows, you should like Peeps, yes? I don't like marshmallows very much.

Mr. BTEG found bottled Pepsi made with real sugar. I normally drink the Throwback which comes in cans.

Posted by: Barb the Evil Genius at April 21, 2014 04:09 PM (yE8uc)

55 That last chocolate bunny was still going "Whew" when he knocked it over.

What if you stacked the peeps inside a lubed stainless pipe so you'd actually eventually stop the bullet with peeps?

Posted by: DaveA[/i][/b][/s] at April 21, 2014 04:09 PM (DL2i+)

56 30 I have capt morgan private stock in the freezer will add half a shot to my half a coke brb

Posted by: navycopjoe at April 21, 2014 04:10 PM (krmE0)

57 45 So how many peeps can Chris Christy go thru? All of them. Before lunch.

Posted by: Arthur Cognomen at April 21, 2014 04:10 PM (dkesm)

58 In Peruvia Peeps are used to clear minefields ahead of the tanks.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 21, 2014 04:10 PM (8ZskC)

59 I'm going to start walking around with three Easter bunnies taped to my chest. COME AT ME, BRO!!!!

Posted by: EC at April 21, 2014 04:11 PM (doBIb)

60 The Republicans will retain the House, though only by a margin narrow enough that they can continue to be the whipping boys for the Democrats and the Media (BIRM).

Any fantasies that the GOP will gain the Senate are just that--fantasies.  The Media learned the lesson of 2010 very well indeed, as witness the election of 2012.

Nest!

Posted by: Null at April 21, 2014 04:11 PM (xjpRj)

61 44 Among the several Sarsaparillas and other goodies were several Root Beers I hadn't tried before I would love to get my hands on some Mr Pibb in the bottle, ice cold

Posted by: navycopjoe at April 21, 2014 04:11 PM (krmE0)

62 $28 billion vs $3 million software... Yet any mention that the Defense budget may be an obscenely bloated hog is met by squeals of indignation around here. Bu the $28 billion software includes a website where you can sign up for Ocare.

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

63 59 COME AT ME, BRO!!!! hmmm, Im literally putting the 7.62 together right now give me a couple minutes and come on down

Posted by: navycopjoe at April 21, 2014 04:12 PM (krmE0)

64 All the new immigrants from East Africa might vote 95% Democrat socialist, but hey -- we're competitive in distance running for the first time in decades. USA! USA! USA!

Posted by: Separate but Stupid at April 21, 2014 04:12 PM (ZPrif)

65 I liked that guy's excuse making to explain his bullet's poor showing against those peeps. He just didn't want to admit that he was using rather feminine bullets.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 21, 2014 04:12 PM (IN7k+)

66 I knew someone who was having problems with his employers, was ordered to see a psych. He recorded the interview b/c he knew he was getting set up and he was. The psych's report contradicted what the employee said on the tape. When he gave it to his atty, he was told he had violated the law. If the law was to protect the confidentiality of the, I hate to call it the patient since he was not a patient, why should it not be admissible? I guess it depends on the state he lived in. Some won't allow you to record yourself in a conversation. Both parties have to consent.

Posted by: EC at April 21, 2014 04:13 PM (doBIb)

67 Because you're either assholes or you let your boss be an asshole and have no soul.

Show me on Power Point.

Posted by: SpongeBobSaget at April 21, 2014 04:13 PM (L02KD)

68 Crist? That's a type of weasel.

Posted by: Kreplach at April 21, 2014 04:13 PM (1gdVS)

69 @47 You walk the line of really funny, Mr. Cash.

Posted by: My Sisters' Brother at April 21, 2014 04:14 PM (EbFAg)

70 >>I put peeps in all my grandchildren's Easter baskets. Best place to put peeps is the microwave.

Posted by: Aviator at April 21, 2014 04:14 PM (3rrMW)

71 Charlie Crist announces that he hasn't changed his position on abortion -- that he's always been pro-life, by which he means pro-choice. ___ And for the record, I have not changed my opinion on gay marriage either. The marriage parts sucks in the bad way and the gay part sucks in the g...uh gay Magritte is a civil right.

Posted by: Barack Obama at April 21, 2014 04:14 PM (M3hAT)

72 63 59 COME AT ME, BRO!!!! hmmm, Im literally putting the 7.62 together right now give me a couple minutes and come on down Posted by: navycopjoe at April 21, 2014 08:12 PM (krmE0) Not skeered!!!

Posted by: EC at April 21, 2014 04:14 PM (doBIb)

73 Young'uns. You'll learn. Why I remember the day, just like it was yesterday, when they said GCCS-A would work too. Memories. It does work. The problem is that commanders and staff don't want to use it so they ignore sending soldiers to train on it, refuse to do a COMEX to make sure their systems are talking, and then bitch and moan about how it sucks when everything goes to hell in the field or downrange. Oh, and tangonine, go die of cancer, worthless asshole.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at April 21, 2014 04:14 PM (TNcMy)

74 Not skeered!!! Posted by: EC at April 21, 2014 08:14 PM (doBIb) You would be if AtC were here.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 21, 2014 04:15 PM (yz6yg)

75 41 $28 billion vs $3 million software... Yet any mention that the Defense budget may be an obscenely bloated hog is met by squeals of indignation around here. Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at April 21, 2014 08:06 PM (+lsX1) Never seen anyone squealing when that comes up. But most here do know one sure thing: that 28 billion dollar boondoggle would not be getting cut from the budget because it's lining someone's pocket. That $3 million functioning software is what would wind up being cut.

Posted by: Buzzion at April 21, 2014 04:15 PM (z/Ubi)

76 I have capt morgan private stock in the freezer will add half a shot to my half a coke brb Posted by: navycopjoe at April 21, 2014 08:10 PM (krmE0) It appears that now I have complete control of ncj. Hop on one leg, now!

Posted by: blaster at April 21, 2014 04:15 PM (4+AaH)

77 so, for those of you playing at home I got a letter from the IRS today saying they needed more information before they could process my husbands 1040EZ he filed with Kelli Ann Velade He doesn't know a Kelli Ann Velade and he doesn't qualify for the 1040EZ and neither does Ms Velade, who is the COO of Chili's restaurant out of curiosity, I looked at her political contributions she only made one in 2014 to the Brinker Intl PAC (Brinker owns Chilis) and the Brinker PAC only gave money to Republicans so trying not to be paranoid here and truly hoping they wont use this obvious fraud to audit the ever loving shit out of us

Posted by: thunderb at April 21, 2014 04:16 PM (zOTsN)

78 You know ... all the Wailing and Gnashing of Teeth nowadays regarding "bullying" really pisses me off. Why ? Well ... so glad you asked. Everyone that's ever went to school knows the score - but nobody wants to say it. If you attract the attention of The Bully - you've got to kick his ass. Since he's bigger than you, which is Job Requirement #1 for being The Bully, that means you're probably going to have to use a weapon. God bless all you Internet Tough Guys that didn't need to use one ... you're truly an inspiration to us all. But for the rest of us ... we're gonna' need a bat or a brick. And that, my friends, just chaps The Public's ass. Not Public Schools mind you, but The Public. Frankly - The Public is much more concerned about the acute damage done to The Bully than the chronic damage done to The Victim. And The Public hates to admit that they, collectively, can't solve a problem. Short story long ... that's why I advise my kids that - if it's not worth making them bleed and getting arrested, it's not worth a fight. But if the situation passes both conditions ... DON'T. FUCKING. STOP. In the long run, it's just easier that way.

Posted by: ScoggDog at April 21, 2014 04:16 PM (VdBU2)

79 It does work. The problem is that commanders and staff don't want to use it so they ignore sending soldiers to train on it, refuse to do a COMEX to make sure their systems are talking, and then bitch and moan about how it sucks when everything goes to hell in the field or downrange. Posted by: Colorado Alex at April 21, 2014 08:14 PM (TNcMy) It may very well work. But a system that soldiers won't use - for whatever reason, valid or invalid - is a system that has failed the first test of design engineering. Period.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 21, 2014 04:17 PM (yz6yg)

80 I just watched that Kardashian sex tape for the first time. Wish I hadn't. She really has had a lot of plastic surgery and not for the better. Is it wrong for me to hope that the entire klan is on a jet going to the big wedding and it falls out of the air, thereby ending our national nightmare??

Posted by: Sad Pug at April 21, 2014 04:17 PM (8c12T)

81 I just watched that Kardashian sex tape for the first time. LOL! Which one?

Posted by: EC at April 21, 2014 04:18 PM (doBIb)

82 But if the situation passes both conditions ... DON'T. FUCKING. STOP. In the long run, it's just easier that way. I tell my kids that about jail, too. Wait, no I don't. I tell them to find some wimp and beat the shit out of him, right then and there, to make a statement.

Posted by: blaster at April 21, 2014 04:18 PM (4+AaH)

83 Posted by: thunderb at April 21, 2014 08:16 PM (zOTsN) Identity fraud... some illegal using that name... I'd check your credit statements, sounds like someone has your husbands info...

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 21, 2014 04:19 PM (84gbM)

84 I hope that everyone had a much, much better Easter than I did.

Posted by: The Easter Hat at April 21, 2014 04:19 PM (AymDN)

85 Yet any mention that the Defense budget may be an obscenely bloated hog is met by squeals of indignation around here. Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at April 21, 2014 08:06 PM (+lsX1) Not by anyone who actually knows what the fuck they're talking about.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 21, 2014 04:19 PM (yz6yg)

86 Short story long ... that's why I advise my kids that - if it's not worth making them bleed and getting arrested, it's not worth a fight. But if the situation passes both conditions ... DON'T. FUCKING. STOP. In the long run, it's just easier that way. The classic Ender Wiggins move.

Posted by: EC at April 21, 2014 04:19 PM (doBIb)

87 is a system that has failed the first test of design engineering.

Users are trouble, avoid them wherever possible.

Posted by: DaveA[/i][/b][/s] at April 21, 2014 04:20 PM (DL2i+)

88 and truly hoping they wont use this obvious fraud to audit the ever loving shit out of us Posted by: thunderb at April 21, 2014 08:16 PM (zOTsN) Oh gee. That truly stinks. Grrrrr.... I hope this goes away FAST for you.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 21, 2014 04:20 PM (oMKp3)

89 based on the letter from the IRS they have the correct SSN

Posted by: thunderb at April 21, 2014 04:20 PM (zOTsN)

90 Which one? Posted by: EC at April 21, 2014 08:18 PM (doBIb) There is only one as far as I know.

Posted by: Sad Pug at April 21, 2014 04:21 PM (8c12T)

91 80 I just watched that Kardashian sex tape for the first time. Wish I hadn't. She really has had a lot of plastic surgery and not for the better. Is it wrong for me to hope that the entire klan is on a jet going to the big wedding and it falls out of the air, thereby ending our national nightmare??

Posted by: Sad Pug at April 21, 2014 08:17 PM (8c12T)

++++

Don't worry, I'm sure the klan's patriarch will straighten them out:
http://tinyurl.com/n6dn5az

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 21, 2014 04:21 PM (IN7k+)

92 I'm sick of this bullying bullshit. 3/4's of "bullying" today is name-calling. Big frikkin woop. Sticks and stones, pussies. Sticks and stones..

Posted by: Soothsayer the Invidious § at April 21, 2014 04:21 PM (+6MPX)

93 But most here do know one sure thing: that 28 billion dollar boondoggle would not be getting cut from the budget because it's lining someone's pocket. That $3 million functioning software is what would wind up being cut.

True, but not a great argument against cutting the budget. "We'll just spend our meager pittance on stupid shit that doesn't work!"

Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at April 21, 2014 04:21 PM (+lsX1)

94 Is it just my browser, or are you seeing ads for Filson? Likes me some Filson. "Might As Well Have The Best".

Posted by: OK, thanks, bye at April 21, 2014 04:21 PM (uopHF)

95 How many peeps can Chris Christie shove in his jowls at a time? 

I had a buddy who could stick an entire Big Mac in his mouth and polish it off with no spillage.

Posted by: Fritz at April 21, 2014 04:21 PM (oJUxt)

96 3 million vs 28 billion hey that's only a 98k% differrence. Close enough for government work.

Posted by: Kreplach at April 21, 2014 04:22 PM (1gdVS)

97 Users are trouble, avoid them wherever possible. Posted by: DaveA at April 21, 2014 08:20 PM (DL2i+) You'd be surprised how often I actually hear that argument from contractors - dressed up in innocuous sounding language to be sure.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 21, 2014 04:22 PM (yz6yg)

98 Currently ass deep in nagging from the wife over shit she bought from some guy I told her was an asshole, yet, the nagging continues. Lot to be said for being single.

Posted by: tangonine at April 21, 2014 04:22 PM (x3YFz)

99 86 The classic Ender Wiggins move. Gah ... put that right up next to Starship Troopers in the GREAT BOOKS HOLLYWOOD FUCKED UP thread.

Posted by: ScoggDog at April 21, 2014 04:23 PM (VdBU2)

100 True, but not a great argument against cutting the budget. "We'll just spend our meager pittance on stupid shit that doesn't work!" Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at April 21, 2014 08:21 PM (+lsX1) Littoral Combat Ships... and the DDG1000.. instead of building the already proven Tomahawk Missiles... Genius I tells ya... pure Genius!

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 21, 2014 04:23 PM (84gbM)

101 If you're seeing ads you aren't doing it right.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 21, 2014 04:23 PM (LJ7Ze)

102 sorry for that. AoS ain't facebook. I'd delete if I could (/looks at Ace)

Posted by: tangonine at April 21, 2014 04:23 PM (x3YFz)

103 schools are not serious about bullying or any other bad behavior.....in fact the middle school my youngest is currently at has never ever expelled a student.....not a bully, not an arsonist, not a thief.....no one & the principal told me point blank.....they never will....they have punished an entire class for the actions of a handful...one of my girls was kept from lunch recess for an entire year because some boys had an apple war during lunch....so the entire 8th grade lost lunch recess for the year

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at April 21, 2014 04:24 PM (u8GsB)

104 Can I get about five million dollars of that Army contract?

There are some neat cars in this auction I would like to buy.  The Guiliatti Speciale is tempting even with the spotty history.  The #10 GT-350 with race history is also tempting.  Two XK120s, an XK140, and even a Series 1 XKE.  The 74 Fiat 500R? Pass.

http://tinyurl.com/movmhnn

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 21, 2014 04:25 PM (DlqJm)

105 Lot to be said for being single. Posted by: tangonine at April 21, 2014 08:22 PM (x3YFz) Funny thing.... when Women find out I've been divorced for 21 years... they ask how come I've never remarried... Guys never ask that for some reason.... /smile...

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 21, 2014 04:25 PM (84gbM)

106 Those Clittoral Combat Ships are so hard to find.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 21, 2014 04:25 PM (LJ7Ze)

107 Users are trouble, avoid them wherever possible. Posted by: DaveA at April 21, 2014 08:20 PM (DL2i+) I laugh and scream at the same time.

Posted by: tangonine at April 21, 2014 04:25 PM (x3YFz)

108 76 It appears that now I have complete control of ncj. when you can look better than T in a thong you'd have a shot till then i'm already owned...sorry

Posted by: navycopjoe at April 21, 2014 04:26 PM (krmE0)

109 Littoral Combat Ships... and the DDG1000.. instead of building the already proven Tomahawk Missiles... Genius I tells ya... pure Genius! Posted by: Romeo13 at April 21, 2014 08:23 PM (84gbM) WellllllllÂ…Â…don't give up on DDG-1000 yet. Pretty sure that one's gonna come off. The LCS is toast - as proved by Hagel's establishment of a Task Force to look at the mission set for LCS and to determine if the next best move is LCS, LCS enhanced, or FFGs. Three guesses how that "analysis" is going to come out. Hint: Sell your stock in Austal, Lockheed and Fincantieri now.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 21, 2014 04:26 PM (yz6yg)

110 Not by anyone who actually knows what the fuck they're talking about.

True. Still, lots of squealing every time this comes up.

Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at April 21, 2014 04:26 PM (+lsX1)

111 Those Clittoral Combat Ships are so hard to find. Posted by: Boss Moss at April 21, 2014 08:25 PM (LJ7Ze) Ever been married?

Posted by: tangonine at April 21, 2014 04:26 PM (x3YFz)

112 The Z ships are as dead in the water as the LCS.  Just there will only be three of them instead of 32 LCS targets.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 21, 2014 04:27 PM (DlqJm)

113 @77 - well, aside from making one feel better about eating at Chili's, I suppose you're suggesting that those directing the IRS in their vote-suppression activities are getting a pretty good laugh out of the snail's-pace trail being left by the House.

Posted by: JEM at April 21, 2014 04:28 PM (o+SC1)

114 111 No, I can do math.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 21, 2014 04:28 PM (LJ7Ze)

115 The Army probably rejected the Palantir system because it sounded too geeky. "Whaddya think we are, the Chair Force?! This ain't no Dungeons and Dragons!"

Posted by: pookysgirl at April 21, 2014 04:28 PM (9+kKl)

116 92 Sticks and stones, pussies. Sticks and stones.. Sooth ... that is total bullshit. If we're in high school, and I do nothing while you tell me my mother is a whore ... you're not going to stop at just talking. If you were a decent person - you wouldn't be calling my mother a whore in the first place. That's not how things work. Complete and total bullshit. Kids in school do not play by adult rules. In Adult World, you can dismiss such shit without fear of escalation. In School World, taking such shit is just acquiescing to uninvited foreplay.

Posted by: ScoggDog at April 21, 2014 04:29 PM (VdBU2)

117 If you find the right woman, marriage can be the best thing that you will ever do.

Posted by: Kreplach at April 21, 2014 04:29 PM (1gdVS)

118 Brinker owns Maggiano's as well.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 21, 2014 04:29 PM (LJ7Ze)

119 True. Still, lots of squealing every time this comes up. Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at April 21, 2014 08:26 PM (+lsX1) I know. It's one of many reasons I have been avoiding the morning headline thread lately. Much sound, heat, and fury. So little actual understanding of the issues. Sorta like a more articulate version of dKos

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 21, 2014 04:29 PM (yz6yg)

120 Hagel was an asshole in the senate. He was John McCain's twin. They're both idiots. SECDEF? My fucking dog would be a better SECDEF, well, not my current one, but my dearly departed German Shepherd, Nero. In fact, I have 2 parrots that would out-SECDEF Hagel. He's a lunatic.

Posted by: tangonine at April 21, 2014 04:29 PM (x3YFz)

121 BOOM brown rice everywhere!

Posted by: Soothsayer the Invidious § at April 21, 2014 04:29 PM (+6MPX)

122 >>I had a buddy who could stick an entire Big Mac in his mouth and polish it off with no spillage. Posted by: Fritz Based on her videos so can Kim Kardashian.

Posted by: Aviator at April 21, 2014 04:30 PM (3rrMW)

123 a $28 billion Army software system... Just think of how many Obama family vacations this would fund! What a waste.

Posted by: Behind Enemy Lines at April 21, 2014 04:30 PM (thLL8)

124 The Z ships are as dead in the water as the LCS. Just there will only be three of them instead of 32 LCS targets. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 21, 2014 08:27 PM (DlqJm) Yeah, I know. Shame, because I think they'll end up being good after the shakedown period. Of course, since we're not buying as many as we planned the per unit cost looks outrageous.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 21, 2014 04:30 PM (yz6yg)

125 "Make a Big Mac vanish?  Easy Peasy. On you mean to eat it..."  - Sandra Fluke.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 21, 2014 04:31 PM (DlqJm)

126 If you find the right woman, marriage can be the best thing that you will ever do. Posted by: Kreplach at April 21, 2014 08:29 PM (1gdVS) Oh, I found the right one, don't get me wrong. But some days...

Posted by: tangonine at April 21, 2014 04:31 PM (x3YFz)

127 123 That's about 6 Nimitz Class Carriers.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 21, 2014 04:32 PM (LJ7Ze)

128 117 If you find the right woman, marriage can be the best thing that you will ever do. Posted by: Kreplach at April 21, 2014 08:29 PM (1gdVS) And if not the right woman the biggest painful mistake you'll ever make. Chain saw cuts pale in compare

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 21, 2014 04:33 PM (HVff2)

129 Oh, and tangonine, go die of cancer, worthless asshole. Posted by: Colorado Alex at April 21, 2014 08:14 PM (TNcMy) I love all the heartfelt thoughts. Thank you so much. You have a great evening as well.

Posted by: tangonine at April 21, 2014 04:33 PM (x3YFz)

130 Posted by: Sean Bannion at April 21, 2014 08:26 PM (yz6yg) You don't build a ship to support a non existent weapon system... because you don't know what the damn requirements are going to be... They should have built a Modern FFG... with Electric drive, new hull, and such... to see if it even works... instead of something the size of a WW2 Cruiser. Its the same thing that caused the Littorals to fail.... they built a Cadillac Platform, with new Teck... but did not finish the weapon systems that were supposed to go on it to make it Combat effective. So... you build the DDG1000.... and for offensive firepower it has???? the Harpoon Missiles we no longer make? The non Existent Rail Gun??? Israeli lasers? (who we are busy pissing off)...

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 21, 2014 04:33 PM (84gbM)

131 1 Cicero, He and Boehner are ALL Oompa-Loompa baby...

Posted by: sven10077 at April 21, 2014 04:33 PM (TE35l)

132 Ref army v marine software. Marines have been very innovative. For example, of couple of mid-level officers adapted Doom II (soon after it came out) to be perhaps the first military squad level FPS sim. It wasn't at all gamelike! If you tried Doom stuff you just died right away. It allowed up to 4 people to practice how to close-assualt machine gun positions and so on.

Posted by: Comrade Arthur at April 21, 2014 04:33 PM (h53OH)

133 And if not the right woman the biggest painful mistake you'll ever make. Chain saw cuts pale in compare Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 21, 2014 08:33 PM (HVff2) Amen, amen I say unto you. ::: fist bump :::

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 21, 2014 04:33 PM (yz6yg)

134 Posted by: Sean Bannion at April 21, 2014 08:17 PM (yz6yg) Comrade Bannion, it is obvious your troops need more motivation to use the software system approved by the nomenklatura!

Posted by: Hrothgar at April 21, 2014 04:34 PM (o3MSL)

135 He and Boehner are ALL Oompa-Loompa baby... I know this will sound racist, but we gotta stop letting orange people get positions of power.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at April 21, 2014 04:34 PM (uhAkr)

136 120 In fact, I have 2 parrots that would out-SECDEF Hagel Well I have 2 Irish setters who outsmart TFG & uncle joe

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 21, 2014 04:34 PM (HVff2)

137 I gotta' up my game ... never even had a cold wished on me. T9 - you're doin' it right !!!

Posted by: ScoggDog at April 21, 2014 04:35 PM (VdBU2)

138 Perchance, Colorado Alex, since we live in the same State, you can someday express to me that passionate opinion in person. Wouldn't that be a hoot?

Posted by: tangonine at April 21, 2014 04:35 PM (x3YFz)

139 Don't worry, I'm sure the klan's patriarch will straighten them out: http://tinyurl.com/n6dn5az Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 21, 2014 08:21 PM (IN7k+) Interesting read and links.

Posted by: Sad Pug at April 21, 2014 04:36 PM (8c12T)

140 I hope that everyone had a much, much better Easter than I did. Instead of running in a race in Vegas, I was stuck home with a 101+ temp. Plus now I've got something called dermatitis. One other thing, at that race I missed someone else's name was drawn for that Shelby they were giving away. If your weekend sucked worse, Mr. Hat, it should be an interesting story.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 21, 2014 04:36 PM (0AKks)

141 It is debatable if the Z ships will turn out in anyway good.  The Navy pivoted and restarted Burke production instead of buying more of them.  Considering how much the upper Navy loved the LCS for a decade, for them to sink the Z ships it begs the question if the three built will be anything more than technology demonstrators as the Navy now calls the ships.  Not peeked at the inner machinations, or did the LCS Mafia poach Z funding like the F-18 Mafia stole the money from the F-14D and A-6F.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 21, 2014 04:37 PM (DlqJm)

142 T9 ... I fart in your general direction.

Posted by: ScoggDog at April 21, 2014 04:37 PM (VdBU2)

143 Tangonine, what kind of birds?

Posted by: OK, thanks, bye at April 21, 2014 04:37 PM (uopHF)

144 Re: Peeps: I remember one time our tactical rifle match fell on Easter Sunday, and we decided to have an egg shoot -- taking turns trying to hit an egg at 500 yards. It didn't work out quite as planned. First, the match director couldn't figure out how to affix an egg to the target, so he went with a kiwi fruit hanging in a plastic mesh. ("Think of it as an egg in a ghillie suit" he said.) Then a thunderstorm rolled in during the match. The range had no graveled 500-yard line, so we're lying in the mud between firing lines holding long metal rods with wet hands while we watch lightning bolts hit the ground. Also, the dark clouds and driving rain made it kinda hard to see a fuzzy brown fruit on a black background in our scopes. A great time was had by all. (Seriously.)

Posted by: Socratease at April 21, 2014 04:38 PM (82qVG)

145 So... you build the DDG1000.... and for offensive firepower it has???? the Harpoon Missiles we no longer make? The non Existent Rail Gun??? Israeli lasers? (who we are busy pissing off)... Posted by: Romeo13 at April 21, 2014 08:33 PM (84gbM) Acquisition lead times are so long, that you have to plan 30 years ago for what you need today. USAF and USN have an OK track record at this. LCS buy should never have happened. It should have been 52 FFGsÂ…..or more. DDG-1000Â….still think it will be OK and you'll look back in 20 years and think "Wow, someone in ASN (Ships) sure was on the ball 30 years ago." Come to NoVAMoMee this year and talk to pep about what's going on at NRL right now and how close some of this stuff is to deployment. Not everything new is shit.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 21, 2014 04:38 PM (yz6yg)

146 Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 21, 2014 08:37 PM (DlqJm) Yeah.... the LCS will go the way of the Pegasus Hydrofoils.... Someone's Brainchild, that the next person in charge did not like...

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 21, 2014 04:39 PM (84gbM)

147 An AoShq duel????? Cool! Who are the seconds?

Posted by: Sad Pug at April 21, 2014 04:39 PM (8c12T)

148 Not peeked at the inner machinations, or did the LCS Mafia poach Z funding like the F-18 Mafia stole the money from the F-14D and A-6F. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 21, 2014 08:37 PM (DlqJm) That. Well, that and the Maine twins saved BIW's ass on more than one occasion.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 21, 2014 04:39 PM (yz6yg)

149 Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 21, 2014 08:25 PM (DlqJm) Somehow, I believe that a certain subset of the horde could write one helluva proposal for almost any military system. The problem would be paying the graft as overhead that would do us in. I am convinced that a substantial portion of the $28 bn was to be skimmed to the "correct" people/corporations and that made it a de facto winning proposal.

Posted by: Hrothgar at April 21, 2014 04:40 PM (o3MSL)

150 Tangonine, what kind of birds? Posted by: OK, thanks, bye at April 21, 2014 08:37 PM (uopHF) 2 Greys, 3 sun conures, 2 green cheeks. About 7 too many... but we're making due without being on the next episode of Hoarders. Love every one of them.

Posted by: tangonine at April 21, 2014 04:40 PM (x3YFz)

151 147 An AoShq duel????? Cool! Who are the seconds? I'll volunteer if we can throw pies. I have Key Lime.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 21, 2014 04:40 PM (oMKp3)

152 Actually the Pegasus class has far more offensive punch than an LCS.  Pegasus - 8 Harpoons and a 76mm gun.  LCS - two balky 57mm guns and no working weapon modules.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 21, 2014 04:40 PM (DlqJm)

153 In Adult World, you can dismiss such shit without fear of escalation. That must be a vacation destination, a la Westworld.

Posted by: Road Rage at April 21, 2014 04:40 PM (wu/TK)

154 you should never waste a good key lime pie

Posted by: thunderb at April 21, 2014 04:41 PM (zOTsN)

155 T9 ... I fart in your general direction. Posted by: ScoggDog at April 21, 2014 08:37 PM (VdBU2) Your mother smells of elderberries.

Posted by: tangonine at April 21, 2014 04:41 PM (x3YFz)

156 After crunching the numbers, the percentage cost difference between the army's non-functioning system and the marines functioning system is 933,233%

Posted by: Kreplach at April 21, 2014 04:42 PM (Xkr8I)

157 Not everything new is shit. Posted by: Sean Bannion at April 21, 2014 08:38 PM (yz6yg) Never said it was.... but with the current folks in the Pentagon... we don't know what will be vaporware, and what not... Because it will come down to who wins the Funding battle... not what is Militarily effective...

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 21, 2014 04:42 PM (84gbM)

158 154 you should never waste a good key lime pie Posted by: thunderb at April 21, 2014 08:41 PM (zOTsN) It ain't that great , and my Capri pants are feeling kinda tight. So I figure I can afford to throw it at a moron.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 21, 2014 04:42 PM (oMKp3)

159 I wish I could find an article I read years ago called "Easy for Them". It stated that given the choice, government workers would choose easy over right every time.

Posted by: Travis McGee at April 21, 2014 04:43 PM (Ph479)

160 151 I'll volunteer if we can throw pies. I have Key Lime. I nominate AirSofts at 20 paces.

Posted by: ScoggDog at April 21, 2014 04:43 PM (VdBU2)

161 147 An AoShq duel????? Cool! Who are the seconds? Posted by: Sad Pug at April 21, 2014 08:39 PM Never would've guessed T9 & CoAlex, figured Mr. Moo would've been glove slapped 1st

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 21, 2014 04:43 PM (HVff2)

162 After crunching the numbers, the percentage cost difference between the army's non-functioning system and the marines functioning system is 933,233% Posted by: Kreplach at April 21, 2014 08:42 PM (Xkr8I) Those damn Marines, ruining it for everybody else as usual!

Posted by: Hrothgar at April 21, 2014 04:43 PM (o3MSL)

163 Posted by: Travis McGee at April 21, 2014 08:43 PM (Ph479) You never hear of such malfeasance in the private sector!

Posted by: GM Ignition Key Engineering Team at April 21, 2014 04:45 PM (o3MSL)

164 Didn't the Marines start using modern tents instead of those stupid shelter halfs?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 21, 2014 04:45 PM (LJ7Ze)

165 Where's all the T9 hate coming from? I guess I missed stuff. I like CO Alex and T9. And I miss Jones in CO.

Posted by: L, elle at April 21, 2014 04:45 PM (p8TAe)

166 An AoShq duel????? Cool! Who are the seconds? Posted by: Sad Pug at April 21, 2014 08:39 PM Valueright and Bottle Rockets at 4 paces?

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 21, 2014 04:46 PM (84gbM)

167 One of the truly sad things about the F-18 Mafia breaking the procurement system and sucking up the money, it forced a few Naval aviators to work outside the normal channels to build the interface to allow F-14s to use LANTIRN and turn them into the Bombcats so successfully used in Afghanistan.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 21, 2014 04:46 PM (DlqJm)

168 46 and you Lockmart, Boring, Aerospace (FFRDC), MITRE, Booze fuckers out there? I hope you all die in a car fire. Because you're either assholes or you let your boss be an asshole and have no soul. Posted by: tangonine at April 21, 2014 08:07 PM (x3YFz) ************* Oh really?

Posted by: tasker at April 21, 2014 04:46 PM (RJMhd)

169 I've had enough of this T9 fellow. Obviously an empty-headed animal food trough wiper.

Posted by: ScoggDog at April 21, 2014 04:47 PM (VdBU2)

170

Congo or Timneh? Greys are teh cool. Met Dr. Irene Pepperberg at a lecture - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_(parrot). Somewhere have a cup "autographed" by the late Alex. If you love parrots, you're OK.

Posted by: OK, thanks, bye at April 21, 2014 04:47 PM (uopHF)

171 @162

Somebody(s) should be going to jail for this level of malfeasance.

Posted by: Kreplach at April 21, 2014 04:47 PM (Xkr8I)

172 Evening Horde. Who we pissing off?

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 21, 2014 04:48 PM (GEICT)

173 Cripplefight!!!!

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 21, 2014 04:48 PM (LJ7Ze)

174 If your weekend sucked worse, Mr. Hat, it should be an interesting story. Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 21, 2014 08:36 PM (0AKks) Visited my Grandmother on her birthday (which was on Easter this year). She was a plump, sharp-witted woman who didn't suffer fools, but when I saw her she was almost skeletal, couldn't remember some of her own children, and will likely not see another Easter. I had to stab myself to keep from breaking down. Oh, and her children aren't all on the same page as to what is best for her.

Posted by: The Easter Hat at April 21, 2014 04:48 PM (AymDN)

175 And, Colorado Alex, just to provide some perspective: I was doing some work to ensure comms to our boys on the ground. I went to Lockmart, NG, (Boeing is actually pretty awesome when it comes to this sort of thing). I needed some data. They asked me for my charge code. I wanted to punch everyone in the room. Ya gettin' it yet?

Posted by: tangonine at April 21, 2014 04:48 PM (x3YFz)

176 So will the Army win a Golden Fleece Award for this?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 21, 2014 04:49 PM (DlqJm)

177 @ 172 lol

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 21, 2014 04:49 PM (HVff2)

178 Somebody(s) should be going to jail for this level of malfeasance. Posted by: Kreplach at April 21, 2014 08:47 PM (Xkr8I) We'd need more and/or bigger jails!

Posted by: Hrothgar at April 21, 2014 04:49 PM (o3MSL)

179 Tango--you've been trying to start things up every other week just about.

Posted by: tasker at April 21, 2014 04:49 PM (RJMhd)

180 Blues goalie got punked from 30 feet.  It's gonna be a long game for Miller.

Posted by: Fritz at April 21, 2014 04:50 PM (oJUxt)

181 Posted by: The Easter Hat at April 21, 2014 08:48 PM (AymDN) That had to be really tough. I'm so sorry.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 21, 2014 04:50 PM (oMKp3)

182 Well BCochran, looks like a possible duel with herrings between T9 and COAlex.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 21, 2014 04:50 PM (DlqJm)

183 Oh really? Posted by: tasker at April 21, 2014 08:46 PM (RJMhd) Yes. Really.

Posted by: tangonine at April 21, 2014 04:50 PM (x3YFz)

184 School administrators are the dumbest people walking the face of the earth. Period.

Posted by: Guido the SPED teacher at April 21, 2014 04:50 PM (GYg/s)

185 As a farm kid I did get a few peeps at Easter. I never ate them, I saved them until they became dry and then shot them with my 22 and turned them into sugary dust. Great fun for a young boy.

Posted by: Angel with a sword at April 21, 2014 04:51 PM (hpgw1)

186 182 Well BCochran, looks like a possible duel with herrings between T9 and COAlex. Gawd ... I can only imagine catching a stray herring in the knee.

Posted by: ScoggDog at April 21, 2014 04:51 PM (VdBU2)

187 1% chance....same % that if the GOP wins the senate, they will cut spending, roll back regulations, investigate the IRS, etc.

Posted by: Ron Paul at April 21, 2014 04:51 PM (0LHZx)

188 Key lime pie is very easy to make.  Buy a crust, juice, eggs, sweetened condensed milk and a little touch of habanero sauce.  1/2 hour later you're a dessert genius.

Posted by: DaveA[/i][/b][/s] at April 21, 2014 04:52 PM (DL2i+)

189 Tango--you've been trying to start things up every other week just about. Posted by: tasker at April 21, 2014 08:49 PM (RJMhd) Nope. Been playing it cool.

Posted by: tangonine at April 21, 2014 04:52 PM (x3YFz)

190 Dang TPH, sorry to hear that.

I won't make a Roujin-Z comment.

Hang in there and pray for what is best for her.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 21, 2014 04:52 PM (DlqJm)

191 That "American man" was born in Eritrea. When I heard an American won, I didn't expect one that is  a recent emigre from the continent that seems to produce the usual winners.

Posted by: Baldy at April 21, 2014 04:52 PM (2bql3)

192 183 Oh really? Posted by: tasker at April 21, 2014 08:46 PM (RJMhd) Yes. Really. Posted by: tangonine at April 21, 2014 08:50 PM (x3YFz) **************** Maybe there's a spot for you on Real Housewives....gawd the over reaching drama queen act you pull here.

Posted by: tasker at April 21, 2014 04:53 PM (RJMhd)

193 Coexist... now!

Posted by: Soothsayer the Invidious § at April 21, 2014 04:53 PM (+6MPX)

194 Posted by: The Easter Hat at April 21, 2014 08:48 PM (AymDN) Watched that with my Mom who was sharp as a tack for years, but eventually began to confuse me with someone else but could still carry on a rational conversation. It went downhill from there. Sorry to hear about your troubles.

Posted by: Hrothgar at April 21, 2014 04:54 PM (o3MSL)

195 Tango--you've been trying to start things up every other week just about. Posted by: tasker at April 21, 2014 08:49 PM (RJMhd) I'm sorry if I have an opinion. Believe it or not I actually do listen to other opinions. I'm not arrogant (or I hope not). So correct me at your leisure.

Posted by: tangonine at April 21, 2014 04:54 PM (x3YFz)

196 You never hear of such malfeasance in the private sector!

Sure, and how long did it take regulators to do something about it. Like I said I wish I could find the article. What I wrote was too simplistic.

Posted by: Travis McGee at April 21, 2014 04:54 PM (Ph479)

197 Posted by: Ron Paul at April 21, 2014 08:51 PM (0LHZx) Get back in the barrell.

Posted by: fluffy at April 21, 2014 04:54 PM (Ua6T/)

198 Who gives a shit, really?

Posted by: Commander Denton at April 21, 2014 04:54 PM (+6MPX)

199 @104 - A catalog whose scribblers can't even spell 'Chris Craft'? A quick skim shows...well, I like '57 Nomads but I won't pay a fortune for one, Price aside, the '33 La Salle, the '28 Roller boattail, the Lincoln K gunboat. The idea that a car I've always regarded as an utter turd, worth about its weight in cinder blocks - the Merc 190SL - should be worth $100K+ shows just how poor my judgment in such matters is. I wouldn't mind having an old Buick GS but I'd probably get more enjoyment from a clone with a reworked suspension. That 550 is pretty but I'd rather have a blue one with the Fiorano stuff but not the SMG gearbox. Somehow I'm going to own a Fazzaz 550 or 575 before I die, and I'll go out and put 20K miles a year on the thing and I'll never repair a single damn chip in the paint and the Ferrari clowns can blow me. Three million for a Maserati Birdcage? It's depressing to think I remember a time I could have had one - a really bad one, but, still - for $12K. And then there's $400K for a converted street GT350 - not even a real R-model - with a fair but not spectacular history... I think I'll cry now.

Posted by: JEM at April 21, 2014 04:55 PM (o+SC1)

200 Funding proposal.  Hey Bannion think we could make a super keen and shiny super duper PowerPoint presentation.  One that promises secure encrypted unicorn rainbow farts and coded by paraplegic Nigerian lesbians?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 21, 2014 04:55 PM (DlqJm)

201 182 Well BCochran, looks like a possible duel with herrings between T9 and COAlex. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 21, 2014 08:50 PM (DlqJm) Herrings? Real men use saltwater catfish.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 21, 2014 04:55 PM (GEICT)

202 Posted by: Soothsayer the Invidious § at April 21, 2014 08:53 PM (+6MPX) COEXIST Infidel!

Posted by: Hrothgar at April 21, 2014 04:55 PM (o3MSL)

203 Maybe there's a spot for you on Real Housewives....gawd the over reaching drama queen act you pull here. Posted by: tasker at April 21, 2014 08:53 PM (RJMhd) OHHH! I know you! You're that guy who doesn't like me! Took me a minute, because I approach every thread as 'anew' Except you're a dick. I keep forgetting that.

Posted by: tangonine at April 21, 2014 04:56 PM (x3YFz)

204 Hat, bummer. Hope the family comes together. If not, gonna be a long ordeal. Been there, done that. Prayers for the best.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 21, 2014 04:56 PM (HVff2)

205 Private sector malfeasance?

Gentle-beings!   I present to you Krugman and ENRON.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 21, 2014 04:56 PM (DlqJm)

206 200 Funding proposal. Hey Bannion think we could make a super keen and shiny super duper PowerPoint presentation. One that promises secure encrypted unicorn rainbow farts and coded by paraplegic Nigerian lesbians? Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 21, 2014 08:55 PM (DlqJm) You're Air Force?

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 21, 2014 04:56 PM (GEICT)

207 Yawn.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 21, 2014 04:57 PM (ZshNr)

208 The Political Hat- in case you didn't see I'm praying for you and her. God bless and keep you both.

Posted by: sven10077 at April 21, 2014 04:57 PM (TE35l)

209 Don't make me stop this car.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 21, 2014 04:57 PM (oMKp3)

210 Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 21, 2014 08:55 PM (DlqJm) We may have to schedule some side sessions at the NoVAMoMe.

Posted by: Hrothgar at April 21, 2014 04:58 PM (o3MSL)

211 @187

You know what happens if the GOP gains the senate?

Comprehensive Immigration Reform, otherwise they will do jack squat nothing and or grow government but in a conservative manner.

There has been exactly one period of time where the GOP attempted to advance a conservative agenda and shrink government - the Newt Gingrich era.

Which Clinton appropriated as his own agenda and history which gave rise to the meme that Clinton left office with a surplus, he did  but it had absolutely nothing to do with him.

Posted by: Kreplach at April 21, 2014 04:58 PM (Xkr8I)

212 I like this tangonline fellow.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at April 21, 2014 04:58 PM (0LHZx)

213 Emergency boobehs to diffuse the tension in the thread. http://tinyurl.com/lf9jcmw

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

214 A prayer for you and yours, Mr. Hat--no other words for it--(yeah, I know we're not even acquainted, but still...) Work sucked today! If I had a .50, I'd be blowin' away some Peeps, myself. God bless us, every one.

Posted by: JeanQ at April 21, 2014 04:58 PM (82lr7)

215 I saw paraplegic Nigerian lesbians? on the Ed Sullivan Show.  Vic was sitting in on the Peeps.

Posted by: DaveA[/i][/b][/s] at April 21, 2014 04:59 PM (DL2i+)

216 Just had a horrid thought ... anybody ever seen Skin Deep ?

Posted by: ScoggDog at April 21, 2014 04:59 PM (VdBU2)

217 Actually BCochran, in the Five Sided Puzzle Palace upon Polluted Potomac, slick PowerPoint presentations have become raison d'etre of how wonderful some idea is.  Especially if you add to the first slide important names that head Armed Services committees who support your idea. 

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 21, 2014 05:00 PM (DlqJm)

218 I loved the spinning plates guy on Ed Sullivan.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 21, 2014 05:00 PM (oMKp3)

219 Posted by: EC at April 21, 2014 08:58 PM (doBIb) Thank you sir, for much needed boobeh relief!

Posted by: Hrothgar at April 21, 2014 05:00 PM (o3MSL)

220 There has been exactly one period of time where the GOP attempted to advance a conservative agenda and shrink government - the Newt Gingrich era. Which Clinton appropriated as his own agenda and history which gave rise to the meme that Clinton left office with a surplus, he did but it had absolutely nothing to do with him. Posted by: Kreplach at April 21, 2014 08:58 PM (Xkr8I) ___________ Yes and no. Yes, Gingrich was awesome. Which is why it drove me insane when people said he was a RINO in 2012. A RINO? Gingrich? Are you fucking kidding me. I literally wanted to punch people when they said that. And you have to give Clinton credit. He could have done what Obama did and refused to go along with anything Gingrich proposed. He didn't do that. The mid to 90s were a great time in this country and saying that Clinton had "absolutely nothing" to do with it is just foolish.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at April 21, 2014 05:00 PM (0LHZx)

221 Posted by: EC at April 21, 2014 08:58 PM (doBIb A for effort A for quality nice job

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 21, 2014 05:00 PM (HVff2)

222 219 Posted by: EC at April 21, 2014 08:58 PM (doBIb) Thank you sir, for much needed boobeh relief! Posted by: Hrothgar at April 21, 2014 09:00 PM (o3MSL) There's more where that came from!

Posted by: EC at April 21, 2014 05:01 PM (doBIb)

223 Them peeps were deservedly shot, they are sort of like doughnuts the hard way.

Posted by: Killerdog at April 21, 2014 05:01 PM (Zdgjo)

224 * mid to late 90s

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at April 21, 2014 05:01 PM (0LHZx)

225 I loved the spinning plates guy on Ed Sullivan.
Posted by: grammie winger at April 21, 2014 09:00 PM (oMKp3)
While Sabre Dance was playing.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 21, 2014 05:02 PM (I9I9J)

226 The chocolate bunnies blew away nicely, too! Thanks for those vids, Ace, made my day!

Posted by: JeanQ at April 21, 2014 05:02 PM (82lr7)

227 There's more where that came from! Posted by: EC at April 21, 2014 09:01 PM (doBIb) I have the feeling that you may need to pace your postings this evening!

Posted by: Hrothgar at April 21, 2014 05:02 PM (o3MSL)

228 Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at April 21, 2014 09:00 PM (0LHZx) Which conservative sat on a couch with Nancy Pelosi espousing the need for climate change legislation? After office Newt got diarrhea of the mouth & brain

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 21, 2014 05:03 PM (HVff2)

229 RE: Army software thing... The Amry is at the end of the day a giant govt bureaucracy. It may employ more "good guys" than other giant govt bureaucracies like the IRS or BLM or whatever, but it's still a giant govt bureaucracy that wastes tons of tax money.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at April 21, 2014 05:03 PM (0LHZx)

230 227 There's more where that came from! Posted by: EC at April 21, 2014 09:01 PM (doBIb) I have the feeling that you may need to pace your postings this evening! Posted by: Hrothgar at April 21, 2014 09:02 PM (o3MSL) In case of emergency... ...undo bikini top!

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

231 While Sabre Dance was playing. Oh ya! That was the best.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 21, 2014 05:04 PM (oMKp3)

232 Which conservative sat on a couch with Nancy Pelosi espousing the need for climate change legislation? After office Newt got diarrhea of the mouth & brain Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 21, 2014 09:03 PM (HVff2) ____________ BURN THE RINO!! Forget all the shit he actually did while in office and concentrate on a commercial he shot.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at April 21, 2014 05:04 PM (0LHZx)

233 EC you might as well retrieve that music video I posted for you...

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 21, 2014 05:04 PM (DlqJm)

234 I liked Topo Gigio on the Sullivan show, and spinning plates. Imagine entertaining a kid with that today?

Posted by: fairweatherbill deerslayer at April 21, 2014 05:05 PM (vA2UI)

235 And you have to give Clinton credit.
Maybe Hillary will usher in a new golden age.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 21, 2014 05:05 PM (I9I9J)

236 So this happened today. (Pro Tip: When you're wanted in connection with shooting U.S. marshalls, don't give them an excuse to pop you.) "Gang defendant shot, killed at new Salt Lake City federal courthouse U.S. marshal shot defendant when he charged witness with a pen or pencil. AngilauÂ’s trial was being heard in U.S. District Judge Tena CampbellÂ’s courtroom before a jury. Angilau was among 17 TCG members and associates indicted on racketeering charges in May 2010. Federal prosecutors allege the gang committed murders, robberies and assaults to expand its operations in the Salt Lake Valley over two decades. Court documents allege Angilau was involved in an incident where two deputy U.S. marshals were shot at, but not injured, in August 2007" http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/ 57844841-78/angilau-witness-cardwell-defendant.html.csp

Posted by: Y-not at April 21, 2014 05:06 PM (zDsvJ)

237 Not first by a  long shot, my mostly real computer

Posted by: Ender at April 21, 2014 05:06 PM (Jm2U+)

238 235 And you have to give Clinton credit. Maybe Hillary will usher in a new golden age. Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 21, 2014 09:05 PM (I9I9J) ____________ If I thought Hillary would be a Bill clone I'd have no problem with her. But she'll be an Obama clone sadly.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at April 21, 2014 05:06 PM (0LHZx)

239 Know what would be totally awesome right about now? Copying every single comment so far and then posting them in a single comment. Awe. Some.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 21, 2014 05:06 PM (GEICT)

240 A lawsuit pending in California federal court accuses a handful of firms, including Google, Apple and Intel, of agreeing not to recruit employees from one another as a means of keeping wages down, a scheme allegedly hatched by deceased former Apple CEO Steve Jobs.

Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at April 21, 2014 05:06 PM (e8kgV)

241 Okay Clinton was great and the Army is just a bunch of tax wasters. That's my cue...."

Posted by: grammie winger at April 21, 2014 05:06 PM (oMKp3)

242 Yes, Gingrich was awesome. Which is why it drove me insane when people said he was a RINO in 2012. A RINO? Gingrich? Are you fucking kidding me. I literally wanted to punch people when they said that. -Bovine Bloviator If you email me I will give you my address, you are free to come over & punch me out. Newt after leaving office became a rino douchenozzle very similar to you

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 21, 2014 05:07 PM (HVff2)

243 Copying every single comment so far and then posting them in a single comment. Awe. Some. Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 21, 2014 09:06 PM (GEICT) It ain't as exciting as it may appear.

Posted by: tangonine at April 21, 2014 05:07 PM (x3YFz)

244 241 Okay Clinton was great and the Army is just a bunch of tax wasters. That's my cue...." Posted by: grammie winger at April 21, 2014 09:06 PM (oMKp3) ________ yes that's EXACTLY what I said, the Army is "just" a bunch of tax wasters. I take it you didn't score very high on the verbal part of the SAT, with that kind of reading comprehension

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at April 21, 2014 05:08 PM (0LHZx)

245 If you email me I will give you my address, you are free to come over & punch me out. Newt after leaving office became a rino douchenozzle very similar to you Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 21, 2014 09:07 PM (HVff2) ________ Because he got divorced and made a commercial with Nancy. BURN HIM!!

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at April 21, 2014 05:09 PM (0LHZx)

246 If I thought Hillary would be a Bill clone I'd have no problem with her. But she'll be an Obama clone sadly. Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at April 21, 2014 09:06 PM (0LHZx) Cool with the raping and the extramarital beejs from 19 yr old interns? Destruction of our intelligence network? Starting the ball rolling on the housing bust? Treating terrorism as a law enforcement matter? Awesome.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 21, 2014 05:09 PM (GEICT)

247 I like this tangonline fellow. Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at April 21, 2014 08:58 PM (0LHZx) kinda warming up to Mr. Mloo Mloo as well.

Posted by: tangonine at April 21, 2014 05:10 PM (x3YFz)

248 Thank you all for your thoughts/prayers. The really problematic things are: Family not agreeing on what is best; and The fact that she keeps on slipping into her native tongue and "provincial" dialect which involves grammatical cases that do not exist in the "standard" languages (meaning that people who are helping treat her don't know what she is saying).

Posted by: The Easter Hat at April 21, 2014 05:10 PM (AymDN)

249 Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 21, 2014 09:09 PM (GEICT) BC you forgot disbarred perjurer

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 21, 2014 05:10 PM (HVff2)

250 Mostly lurker, will go back and read other things, is this the way it is done

Posted by: Ender at April 21, 2014 05:10 PM (Jm2U+)

251 BC you forgot disbarred perjurer Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 21, 2014 09:10 PM (HVff2) Indeed I did. There's plenty of other stuff too. Just hitting the high points. Sure do miss Ol Slick Willie.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 21, 2014 05:11 PM (GEICT)

252 You're Air Force? Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 21, 2014 08:56 PM (GEICT) ISWYDT, and you have to defend it.

Posted by: tangonine at April 21, 2014 05:11 PM (x3YFz)

253 >>>89 based on the letter from the IRS they have the correct SSN

Posted by: thunderb at April 21, 2014 08:20 PM (zOTsN)<<<

 

pull your credit reports. someone has your husband's social security number.  the irs is plagued with fake and fraudulent returns. you should be able to dispute the return too and file an identity theft complaint with the sheriff's office.

 

sorry to hear about it.

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 21, 2014 05:12 PM (RhQvZ)

254 Here's why I like Newt: Moon colony. Yeah, all you fuckers laughed at him, but that shit there is old-fashioned American progress and drive. America's only hope was in the stars. When we abandoned that for welfare checks and Muslim outreach we were doomed.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at April 21, 2014 05:12 PM (uhAkr)

255 Destruction of our intelligence network? Starting the ball rolling on the housing bust? Treating terrorism as a law enforcement matter? Awesome. Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 21, 2014 09:09 PM (GEICT) You forgot the terminal headaches.

Posted by: Zombie Vince Foster [/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 21, 2014 05:12 PM (yz6yg)

256 "...but it's still a giant govt bureaucracy that wastes tons of tax money." They all do. The only difference is that all of the other bureaucracies could not survive without the one that would defend us, if need be.

Posted by: navybrat at April 21, 2014 05:13 PM (JgC5a)

257 225 I loved the spinning plates guy on Ed Sullivan. Posted by: grammie winger at April 21, 2014 09:00 PM (oMKp3) While Sabre Dance was playing. Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 21, 2014 09:02 PM (I9I9J) I liked the Mexican astronaut. Recently reheard that skit and it is still funny.

Posted by: Sad Pug at April 21, 2014 05:13 PM (8c12T)

258 Indeed I did. There's plenty of other stuff too. Just hitting the high points. Sure do miss Ol Slick Willie. Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 21, 2014 09:11 PM (GEICT) Plus he & his old lady tried to socialize medicine before Obamacare

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 21, 2014 05:13 PM (HVff2)

259 holy hell the house smells good I may lock the door and hoard the soup for myself

Posted by: navycopjoe at April 21, 2014 05:13 PM (krmE0)

260 Don't forget, Clinton screwed over Ukraine utterly.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at April 21, 2014 05:13 PM (uhAkr)

261 Cool with the raping and the extramarital beejs from 19 yr old interns? Destruction of our intelligence network? Starting the ball rolling on the housing bust? Treating terrorism as a law enforcement matter? Awesome. Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 21, 2014 09:09 PM (GEICT) ________ I don't' give a fuck what the president does in his spare time. Cut my taxes and lower govt spending and you can have a Roman orgy in the Oval Office every night for all I care. Housing Bust: Yeah it was Clinton who championed the "ownership society" which front and center had home ownership. I very vividly remember Bush's 2004 acceptance speech when he talked about Mr. and Mrs. Martinez, immigrants who were able to buy their first house. But yeah, let's blame Clinton for causing the housing bust. See it's stupid bullshit like this why Newt is a RINO. Because let me guess, he once said that maybe just Maybe Bush also contributed to the housing bubble that happened almost exclusively on his watch? But that can't be. The housing bubble 2002-2007 and the housing bust 2007-2009 was not the fault of the president who was in office 2001-2009. No way!! It was the guy who was in office 1993-2001. Yeah that's it. Makes perfect sense.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at April 21, 2014 05:13 PM (0LHZx)

262 257 225 I loved the spinning plates guy on Ed Sullivan. Posted by: grammie winger at April 21, 2014 09:00 PM (oMKp3) While Sabre Dance was playing. Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 21, 2014 09:02 PM (I9I9J) I liked the Mexican astronaut. Recently reheard that skit and it is still funny. Posted by: Sad Pug at April 21, 2014 09:13 PM (8c12T) Jose Jimenez?

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

263 They all do. The only difference is that all of the other bureaucracies could not survive without the one that would defend us, if need be. Posted by: navybrat at April 21, 2014 09:13 PM (JgC5a) We're wasting metric fucktons of money. But at least it's Constitutionally mandated!! HoweverÂ….I'm actually OK with that. MedicaidÂ…not so much.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 21, 2014 05:14 PM (yz6yg)

264 FWIW ... I really do think the ball started rolling with Clinton. But nobody much gave a shit because 401Ks were booming. Then Bush - then Barry the DoomBringer. But first, there was Clinton.

Posted by: ScoggDog at April 21, 2014 05:14 PM (VdBU2)

265 Here's why I like Newt: Moon colony. Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at April 21, 2014 09:12 PM (uhAkr) It's a joke. Right? Joke? haha?

Posted by: tangonine at April 21, 2014 05:14 PM (x3YFz)

266 *eyeroll* I know better. I freaking know better. Never feed the troll. Broke my own damn rule. *sigh* Hey Bannion! How's turnout looking?

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 21, 2014 05:15 PM (GEICT)

267 >>>Don't forget, Clinton screwed over Ukraine utterly.<<<

Bill Clinton could fcuk up a blowjob from a 19 year old groupie.

Posted by: Fritz at April 21, 2014 05:16 PM (oJUxt)

268 One thing about the Clinton's, they took ugly to the ultimate level with that science experiment they called Chelsea.

Posted by: Killerdog at April 21, 2014 05:16 PM (Zdgjo)

269 On the moon, nobody smells like elderberries. Just sayin'.

Posted by: ScoggDog at April 21, 2014 05:16 PM (VdBU2)

270 Jose Jimenez? Posted by: EC at April 21, 2014 09:14 PM (doBIb) My name is Jose Jimenez...

Posted by: Sad Pug at April 21, 2014 05:17 PM (8c12T)

271 Visited my Grandmother on her birthday (which was on Easter this year). She was a plump, sharp-witted woman who didn't suffer fools, but when I saw her she was almost skeletal, couldn't remember some of her own children, and will likely not see another Easter. Reminds me of my last visit to my grandmother, about 6 months before she passed. She claimed to know who I was, but you could see in her eyes she had no idea. She was the glue that kept the family together. What's coming isn't easy, but there's life on the other side. It may not be life as you know it today, but it is life.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 21, 2014 05:17 PM (0AKks)

272 Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at April 21, 2014 09:13 PM (0LHZx) Not certain why you are cheerleading for newt. After all he is pro gun & anti abortion unlike you

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 21, 2014 05:17 PM (HVff2)

273 HoweverÂ….I'm actually OK with that. MedicaidÂ…not so much. Posted by: Sean Bannion at April 21, 2014 09:14 PM (yz6yg) Well, it's be ok if everyone didn't get auto-dumped into it after age whatever. Having to navigate the 1) dumbass $12/hour idiots that answer the phones 2) the doctors and hospitals that are trying to stay above water 3) while you're dying? Just give me a shaman.

Posted by: tangonine at April 21, 2014 05:17 PM (x3YFz)

274 Represented without commentÂ…. Hang around long enough on Twitter, YouTube, or blog comments sections, and you'll conclude that the country is being overrun by morons, rage-aholics, feces-flinging howler monkeys, overt racists, lunatic conspiracy theorists, runaway narcissists and examples of humanity so hateful, depraved, nasty, and vicious that you begin rooting for a Noah-esque Great Flood. A wise friend in this business noted, "we're in politics, which attracts a certain personality, and we work on the Internet, which also attracts a certain personality." Apparently, the middle of that Venn diagram is some sort of Hobbesian hell of the particularly socially awkward, quick to anger at dissenting views, and usually incapable of hiding disdain for the rest of us for having the temerity to not instantaneously recognize their wide-ranging genius.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 21, 2014 05:18 PM (yz6yg)

275

thunderb-

 

the following link is the Identity Theft Affidavit Form 14039 from the IRS.

 

http://tinyurl.com/dxgbz9

 

Hope it helps and apologies that it has happened to someone in your family.

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 21, 2014 05:18 PM (RhQvZ)

276 Today I at last got around to providing the paperwork to my former employer, under threat of dire consequences if I did not, that justifies me claiming my wife as a dependent for purposes of carrying her on my health care policy. This pisses me off. Who the fuckity fuck do those dickheads who have whacked this whole system around think they are?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/s] [/u] at April 21, 2014 05:18 PM (JFbSU)

277 Clinton also took massive amounts of funny money from the Chinese and allowed them to steal American technology at will.

The Clinton's belong in jail.

It seems we will be plagued by this odious criminal enterprise until these fucks shuffle off this mortal coil and meet their just desserts in hell.

Posted by: Kreplach at April 21, 2014 05:19 PM (Xkr8I)

278 Hey Bannion! How's turnout looking? Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 21, 2014 09:15 PM (GEICT) 26 out of 40

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 21, 2014 05:19 PM (yz6yg)

279 Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ at April 21, 2014 09:18 PM (JFbSU) Former employer? Dude... what dire consequences could they have possibly threatened you with?

Posted by: tangonine at April 21, 2014 05:19 PM (x3YFz)

280 Jose Jimenez is not PC by today's standards. Anyone that liked him should be outed and castigated. Maybe pilloried as well.

Posted by: fairweatherbill deerslayer at April 21, 2014 05:20 PM (vA2UI)

281 236 y-not Ma'am.... //Deputh Marshal Givens

Posted by: sven10077 at April 21, 2014 05:20 PM (TE35l)

282 I see you your Bill Dana, and raise you a Vaughn Meader.

Posted by: OK, thanks, bye at April 21, 2014 05:20 PM (uopHF)

283 26 out of 40 Posted by: Sean Bannion at April 21, 2014 09:19 PM (yz6yg) 26? Morons need to up their game.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 21, 2014 05:20 PM (GEICT)

284 *shoves apple pie with ice cream through USB port for Bannion*

Posted by: alexthechick - Oh save us mighty SMOD at April 21, 2014 05:20 PM (dMSj2)

285 Morons need to up their game. Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 21, 2014 09:20 PM (GEICT) Good luck with that. They're Morons. Remember?

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 21, 2014 05:21 PM (yz6yg)

286 Hang around long enough on Twitter, YouTube, or blog comments sections, and you'll conclude that the country is being overrun by morons, rage-aholics, feces-flinging howler monkeys, overt racists, lunatic conspiracy theorists, runaway narcissists and examples of humanity so hateful, depraved, nasty, and vicious that you begin rooting for a Noah-esque Great Flood. A wise friend in this business noted, "we're in politics, which attracts a certain personality, and we work on the Internet, which also attracts a certain personality." Apparently, the middle of that Venn diagram is some sort of Hobbesian hell of the particularly socially awkward, quick to anger at dissenting views, and usually incapable of hiding disdain for the rest of us for having the temerity to not instantaneously recognize their wide-ranging genius. Posted by: Sean Bannion at April 21, 2014 09:18 PM (yz6yg) So your point is: Everyone is an idiot.

Posted by: tangonine at April 21, 2014 05:21 PM (x3YFz)

287 *shoves apple pie with ice cream through USB port for Bannion* Posted by: alexthechick - Oh save us mighty SMOD at April 21, 2014 09:20 PM (dMSj2) THIS, my Queen is why I would drive 350 miles at 3 a.m. if you called and told me you had a hangnail.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 21, 2014 05:22 PM (yz6yg)

288 So your point is: Everyone is an idiot. Posted by: tangonine at April 21, 2014 09:21 PM (x3YFz) No. Not exactly. My point is that idiots tend to self-identify.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 21, 2014 05:22 PM (yz6yg)

289 "we work on the Internet, which also attracts a certain personality" No. It let's us see exactly what you're doing.

Posted by: tangonine at April 21, 2014 05:23 PM (x3YFz)

290 AtC never sends me anything through the USB port. Complete bullshit. By the way, just how in the hell do you get stuff through that little socket ?

Posted by: ScoggDog at April 21, 2014 05:23 PM (VdBU2)

291 By the way, just how in the hell do you get stuff through that little socket ? Posted by: ScoggDog at April 21, 2014 09:23 PM (VdBU2) Just pucker up and blow.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 21, 2014 05:23 PM (yz6yg)

292 Posted by: sven10077 at April 21, 2014 09:20 PM Dayam, I had to look up the reference but I don't really get it! I haz sadz.

Posted by: Y-not at April 21, 2014 05:24 PM (zDsvJ)

293
One thing about the Clinton's, they took ugly to the ultimate level with that science experiment they called Chelsea.

Posted by: Killerdog at April 21, 2014 09:16 PM (Zdgjo)


You will note Bill and Hill practiced birth control after Chelsea.  They put her picture above the headboard. 


Posted by: Doctor Fish at April 21, 2014 05:24 PM (nQjHM)

294 Gonna' need a demonstration.

Posted by: ScoggDog at April 21, 2014 05:24 PM (VdBU2)

295 By the way, just how in the hell do you get stuff through that little socket ? Hehehehehe......

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

296 My point is that idiots tend to self-identify. Posted by: Sean Bannion at April 21, 2014 09:22 PM (yz6yg) I get ya. So due to exposure (and lack of restraint) idiots tend to float to the top, as it were.

Posted by: tangonine at April 21, 2014 05:24 PM (x3YFz)

297 285 Morons need to up their game. Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 21, 2014 09:20 PM (GEICT) Good luck with that. They're Morons. Remember? Posted by: Sean Bannion at April 21, 2014 09:21 PM (yz6yg) And 1500 miles away

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 21, 2014 05:24 PM (HVff2)

298 I get ya. So due to exposure (and lack of restraint) idiots tend to float to the top, as it were. Posted by: tangonine at April 21, 2014 09:24 PM (x3YFz) ::: fist bump :::

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 21, 2014 05:25 PM (yz6yg)

299 >>>Hang around long enough on Twitter, YouTube, or blog comments sections, and you'll conclude that the country is being overrun by morons, rage-aholics, feces-flinging howler monkeys, overt racists, lunatic conspiracy theorists, runaway narcissists and examples of humanity so hateful, depraved, nasty, and vicious that you begin rooting for a Noah-esque Great Flood.<<<<<

Given the 2012 election results, the above is a pretty accurate description of the state of the nation.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at April 21, 2014 05:25 PM (289iv)

300 AtC never sends me anything through the USB port. Complete bullshit. By the way, just how in the hell do you get stuff through that little socket ? Posted by: ScoggDog at April 21, 2014 09:23 PM (VdBU2) Fine. Here. Sheesh. *shoves a box that totes doesn't have an emu in it nope not at all through the USB port for you* Some people are so fussy.

Posted by: alexthechick - Oh save us mighty SMOD at April 21, 2014 05:26 PM (dMSj2)

301 Anyone got a beer? Or something stronger? I need a drink.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) [/b] [/i] [/s] at April 21, 2014 05:26 PM (HDwDg)

302 Thanks for the entertainment Horde. Have a good one. Still think T9 and DopeStateAlex should settle this shit Skin Deep style ... but I'll be damned if I'll be a second to that friggin' duel.

Posted by: ScoggDog at April 21, 2014 05:27 PM (VdBU2)

303 And 1500 miles away Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 21, 2014 09:24 PM (HVff2) It says clearly, right here in Section 2391, subparagraph (a)(5)(B) of the Uniform Code of AoSHQ (as amended) that "there will be no excuses proffered on the blog regarding a failure to drink." See? Right there. Black and white. ::: points :::

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 21, 2014 05:27 PM (yz6yg)

304 Anyone got a beer?
Or something stronger?
I need a drink.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at April 21, 2014 09:26 PM (HDwDg)


shoves tequila and a cheap swill chaser through the usb port . . . 

Posted by: Peaches at April 21, 2014 05:27 PM (8lmkt)

305 301 Anyone got a beer? Or something stronger? I need a drink. Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at April 21, 2014 09:26 PM (HDwDg) Ok, gimlet thru the USB port

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 21, 2014 05:27 PM (HVff2)

306 301 Anyone got a beer? Or something stronger? I need a drink. Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at April 21, 2014 09:26 PM (HDwDg) *prepares syringe*

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

307 My Bill Clinton action figure just conned all my other action figures out of their lunch money and then successfully blamed it on my George Bush action figure.

Posted by: eman at April 21, 2014 05:28 PM (AO9UG)

308 292 Y-not, I'm on the nook hence the typo.. I have a spare copy of season 1 of Justified.... I'll send it through the USB port I guess...

Posted by: sven10077 at April 21, 2014 05:28 PM (TE35l)

309 Heh, thanks guys. It's clear it's gonna be one of those weeks.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) [/b] [/i] [/s] at April 21, 2014 05:28 PM (HDwDg)

310 driving down the road, swinging my right arm trying to connect with those angsty youngsters in the back seat. do.not.make.me.pull.over.

Posted by: willow at April 21, 2014 05:29 PM (nqBYe)

311 My point is that idiots tend to self-identify. Posted by: Sean Bannion at April 21, 2014 09:22 PM I'm not sure I should enter the thread with such billing.

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 21, 2014 05:29 PM (KCxzN)

312 I can send some beer, wine, and bourbon through the tubes to you, tsrblke.

Posted by: eman at April 21, 2014 05:30 PM (AO9UG)

313 ooh, i love irish setters, I want one one day.

Posted by: willow at April 21, 2014 05:30 PM (nqBYe)

314 do.not.make.me.pull.over. Posted by: willow at April 21, 2014 09:29 PM (nqBYe) HmmmmÂ…sounds kinda hawt. What are you wearing?

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 21, 2014 05:30 PM (yz6yg)

315 254 Here's why I like Newt: Moon colony. Yeah, all you fuckers laughed at him, but that shit there is old-fashioned American progress and drive. America's only hope was in the stars. When we abandoned that for welfare checks and Muslim outreach we were doomed. Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at April 21, 2014 09:12 PM (uhAkr) Gingrich has been a genuine space buff for years. He is sincere and knowledgable about it, and he takes it seriously. While there is certainly room to quibble about the specifics of his proposals, at the very next debate, fucking Romney made it the butt of a joke. What an asshole. I hit the roof, and was *this close* to saying "Fuck Romney, I refuse to vote for him." In the end I did, and I felt cheapened doing so.

Posted by: rickl at April 21, 2014 05:30 PM (sdi6R)

316 299 guy that moves pianos for a living... Yeah I should probably either log on to or nuke twatter...

Posted by: sven10077 at April 21, 2014 05:30 PM (TE35l)

317 Sean, sweat pants and an old raggy t. smiles

Posted by: willow at April 21, 2014 05:30 PM (nqBYe)

318 Nooo, willow. Bannion! For to be fetching willow some nice tea with a little extra something something in it.

Posted by: alexthechick - Oh save us mighty SMOD at April 21, 2014 05:30 PM (dMSj2)

319 303 It says clearly, right here in Section 2391, subparagraph (a)(5)(B) of the Uniform Code of AoSHQ (as amended) that "there will be no excuses proffered on the blog regarding a failure to drink." See? Right there. Black and white. ::: points ::: Posted by: Sean Bannion at April 21, 2014 09:27 PM (yz6yg) Oh, I'll be drinking just not with you morons. Maybe next year vacation time was all consumed when I heard of this meetup.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 21, 2014 05:31 PM (HVff2)

320 (that's actually true) as i'm cutting limbs off the trees with a hand saw. so dirty and icky clothes it is.

Posted by: willow at April 21, 2014 05:31 PM (nqBYe)

321 "Here's why I like Newt: Moon colony."

My liking for Gingrich declined hugely based on a couple of things:

-- Getting outed as an adulterer just after the Clinton impeachment, a proceeding that was about perjury but that the country parsed as being about adultery. Making the GOP look like hypocritical scolds.

-- The revelation that Newt and the Heritage Foundation had been busy pushing the dangerous "individual mandate" crap that was incorporated into Romneycare and later into Obamacare.

-- His having screwed up the 1998 election cycle by refusing to let vulnerable House GOP members go home to campaign.

-- The Pelosi anti-global-warming PSA. 'Nuff said.

Posted by: torquewrench at April 21, 2014 05:31 PM (noWW6)

322 Sean, sweat pants and an old raggy t. smiles Posted by: willow at April 21, 2014 09:30 PM (nqBYe) If you're married that's like a total come on. QuickÂ….get the kid to bed!

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 21, 2014 05:32 PM (yz6yg)

323 309 tsrbike, It's tough...you're tougher

Posted by: sven10077 at April 21, 2014 05:32 PM (TE35l)

324 50 Cal Versus Peeps. Willow Versus angsty youngsters. Choices....choices.....

Posted by: eleven at April 21, 2014 05:32 PM (fsLdt)

325 313 ooh, i love irish setters, I want one one day. Posted by: willow at April 21, 2014 09:30 PM (nqBYe) There da bomb

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 21, 2014 05:32 PM (HVff2)

326 Willow said "dirty"

Posted by: eman at April 21, 2014 05:32 PM (AO9UG)

327 >>>>>driving down the road, swinging my right arm trying to connect with those angsty youngsters in the back seat.<<<<

Use a belt, don't take your eyes off the road--just flog blindly over the shoulder. Doesn't matter which one you hit, both deserve it.

That was my Grandma's system.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at April 21, 2014 05:32 PM (289iv)

328 Oh, I'll be drinking just not with you morons. Maybe next year vacation time was all consumed when I heard of this meetup. Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 21, 2014 09:31 PM (HVff2) C'mon! Alexandria is like Wisconsin! We zip in! We zip out!

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 21, 2014 05:33 PM (yz6yg)

329 ooh, i determinately want something something! ty alex

Posted by: willow at April 21, 2014 05:33 PM (nqBYe)

330 Misanthropic Humanitaria i love the color, and they Always seem happy and light, a real mood picker upper. one day i will.

Posted by: willow at April 21, 2014 05:34 PM (nqBYe)

331 Bannion! For to be fetching willow some nice tea with a little extra something something in it. Posted by: alexthechick - Oh save us mighty SMOD at April 21, 2014 09:30 PM (dMSj2) Oh, I'll be given' her a little extra sum thin' Yes I will. I will indeed.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 21, 2014 05:34 PM (yz6yg)

332 Is there a step that I'm missing with the NoVaMoMe?

Posted by: RWC at April 21, 2014 05:35 PM (QeH9j)

333 *walks in* *burns down wall listing all other candidates for 2016* SCOTT WALKER! *trips over own right foot* *walks out*

Posted by: Totally Anonymous Moron Who Certainly Isn't CAC at April 21, 2014 05:35 PM (JGdqB)

334 that was supposed to be definately don't know why my mind went there. the guy, Ouch, that would really hurt!

Posted by: willow at April 21, 2014 05:36 PM (nqBYe)

335 320 (that's actually true) as i'm cutting limbs off the trees with a hand saw. so dirty and icky clothes it is. Posted by: willow at April 21, 2014 09:31 PM (nqBYe) Ponytail thru a baseball cap?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 21, 2014 05:36 PM (HVff2)

336 Willow said 'dirty' while drinking gin... He he, he he...

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at April 21, 2014 05:37 PM (W7zKe)

337 Ponytail thru a baseball cap? Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 21, 2014 09:36 PM (HVff2) Duuuude, we're brothers from different mothers!

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 21, 2014 05:37 PM (yz6yg)

338 Misanthropic, actually a babushka

Posted by: willow at April 21, 2014 05:37 PM (nqBYe)

339 My liking for Gingrich declined hugely based on a couple of things: Posted by: torquewrench at April 21, 2014 09:31 PM (noWW6) Newt was the only one who had the balls to debate Obama and come out on top. I supported Newt in the caucuses (even though the 2nd to last candidate got almost all of the RNC delegates) because I knew that all the other candidates would fold like wusses (or be labeled as wackos *couch*RonPaul*cough). As least with the coronation of Jeb we can dispense with such positive thinking early and build up our tolerance to Val-U-RiteÂ…

Posted by: The Political Hat at April 21, 2014 05:37 PM (AymDN)

340 Yes I will. I will indeed. Posted by: Sean Bannion at April 21, 2014 09:34 PM (yz6yg) Poor, sainted Mrs Bannion.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 21, 2014 05:38 PM (GEICT)

341 330 Misanthropic Humanitaria i love the color, and they Always seem happy and light, a real mood picker upper. one day i will. Posted by: willow at April 21, 2014 09:34 PM (nqBYe) Seriously, when that day comes and if you need help, I can help you out. They are wonderful companions & contrary to popular belief, pretty smart & not hyper.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 21, 2014 05:38 PM (HVff2)

342 so anyway back out to saw down a few more, and than saw them into fire size packest. be good. no really, BE GOOD

Posted by: willow at April 21, 2014 05:39 PM (nqBYe)

343 Poor, sainted Mrs Bannion. Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 21, 2014 09:38 PM (GEICT) Relax! She got her latex catsuit back from the cleaners and the battery on the video camera is charged. It's all good.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 21, 2014 05:39 PM (yz6yg)

344 My neighbors are cooking home-made Indian food. Man, if was a cartoon character, I'd be floating out the window following the aroma back to their place.

Posted by: eman at April 21, 2014 05:39 PM (AO9UG)

345 279 Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ at April 21, 2014 09:18 PM (JFbSU) Former employer? Dude... what dire consequences could they have possibly threatened you with? Posted by: tangonine at April 21, 2014 09:19 PM (x3YFz) Ending coverage and thereby throwing one or both of us into the maelstrom of the buggered up health insurance market that has come to pass.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/s] [/u] at April 21, 2014 05:40 PM (74T7W)

346 338 Misanthropic, actually a babushka Posted by: willow at April 21, 2014 09:37 PM (nqBYe) Aww had you said baseball cap I would've melted

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 21, 2014 05:40 PM (HVff2)

347 *stomps into thread* *flips coffee table* *throws empty beer bottle at Cochran* It's good to be home.

Posted by: DC in Towson at April 21, 2014 05:40 PM (Pvcl5)

348 Aww had you said baseball cap I would've melted Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 21, 2014 09:40 PM (HVff2) She's just playing hard to get. Give her another Irish tea and that ball cap will come flying out of her back pocket.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 21, 2014 05:41 PM (yz6yg)

349 Hey, bartender--set up a round o' splatter shots.... .....Everyone ready? GO! *throws salt over shoulder* *downs shot o' tequila* *smashes lemon wedge* (splatter! woohoo!) ....YEEEeeeee HAAAaaaa!!! Okay, I feel better now. Hope it works for you, too!

Posted by: JeanQ at April 21, 2014 05:41 PM (82lr7)

350 347 *stomps into thread* *flips coffee table* *throws empty beer bottle at Cochran* It's good to be home. Posted by: DC in Towson at April 21, 2014 09:40 PM (Pvcl5) Reaction time is STILL good to go!

Posted by: EC at April 21, 2014 05:41 PM (doBIb)

351 "Newt was the only one who had the balls to debate Obama and come out on top."

I did like the way that Newt went after the primary debate moderators for their ridiculous shit. The GOP could use more of that kind of fiery response.

Of course, Romney and Ryan went on to have even more comically biased debate "moderators" abusing them in the general election, and they didn't say one word about it.

Posted by: torquewrench at April 21, 2014 05:41 PM (noWW6)

352 Shouldn't this be the KaBoombastic Open Thread?

Posted by: Soothsayer § at April 21, 2014 05:41 PM (+6MPX)

353 >>>My neighbors are cooking home-made Indian food.>>>

You can't beat home-made Italians.

Posted by: Hannibal Lector at April 21, 2014 05:41 PM (PAplM)

354

87 is a system that has failed the first test of design engineering.

Users are trouble, avoid them wherever possible.

 

God created the world in 8 days- the trick there was NO INSTALLED BASE.

Posted by: BunkerinTheBurbs at April 21, 2014 05:42 PM (X3xYu)

355 >>>the guy, Ouch, that would really hurt!<<<<

If you could make it to the floorboard first and flatten out the cousin/brother/ uncle in the backseat you were brawling with would bear the brunt and provide some cover.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at April 21, 2014 05:42 PM (289iv)

356 You can send a cat suit to the cleaners? Thought you had to lick it clean...

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at April 21, 2014 05:42 PM (W7zKe)

357 339 My liking for Gingrich declined hugely based on a couple of things: Posted by: torquewrench at April 21, 2014 09:31 PM (noWW6) Newt was the only one who had the balls to debate Obama and come out on top. I supported Newt in the caucuses (even though the 2nd to last candidate got almost all of the RNC delegates) because I knew that all the other candidates would fold like wusses (or be labeled as wackos *couch*RonPaul*cough). As least with the coronation of Jeb we can dispense with such positive thinking early and build up our tolerance to Val-U-RiteÂ… Posted by: The Political Hat at April 21, 2014 09:37 PM (AymDN) Well if it is Jeb vs. Hillary in 2016, and Jeb wins, at least Hillary can be Secretary of State again.

Posted by: eman at April 21, 2014 05:42 PM (AO9UG)

358 AhemÂ….DC please pick up the white courtesy phone for a message from NoVAMoMee 2. DC please pick up the white courtesy phone for a message from NoVAMoMee 2.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 21, 2014 05:42 PM (yz6yg)

359  or home-made Indians...

Posted by: Hannibal Lector at April 21, 2014 05:43 PM (PAplM)

360 I initially read this post's title as: "My Definition of a Boobtastic Open Thread" Imagine my disappointment...

Posted by: JeremiadBullfrog at April 21, 2014 05:43 PM (Y5I9o)

361 the rain is comin'...I give it an hour

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 21, 2014 05:43 PM (KCxzN)

362 360 I initially read this post's title as: "My Definition of a Boobtastic Open Thread" Imagine my disappointment... Hey! I did post a boob up thread.

Posted by: EC at April 21, 2014 05:44 PM (doBIb)

363 Well if it is Jeb vs. Hillary in 2016, and Jeb wins, at least Hillary can be Secretary of State again. Posted by: eman at April 21, 2014 09:42 PM (AO9UG) She will probably be Vice President then

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 21, 2014 05:44 PM (HVff2)

364 "Relax! She got her latex catsuit back from the cleaners"

This thread is useless without pictures.

Posted by: torquewrench at April 21, 2014 05:44 PM (noWW6)

365 >>>DC please pick up the white courtesy phone for a message from NoVAMoMee 2. I'll get an email to you after next Monday. I fly out for yet another interview then, and if all goes well, my nic will be changing. If not, I will try to make it. Cougar won't be in attendance, since that day is the start of her family's beach week.

Posted by: DC in Towson at April 21, 2014 05:44 PM (Pvcl5)

366 Hey! I did post a boob up thread. TL;DR REPOST!

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at April 21, 2014 05:45 PM (W7zKe)

367 Just had a bottle of Lagunitas pale ale. More bitter than I usually like, but pretty good otherwise.

Posted by: eman at April 21, 2014 05:45 PM (AO9UG)

368 Hey! I did post a boob up thread.-EC That was some time ago. May we have a new one please?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 21, 2014 05:45 PM (HVff2)

369 This thread is useless without pictures. Posted by: torquewrench at April 21, 2014 09:44 PM (noWW6) Sorry, willow hasn't signed the agency photo release yet, and until she does there will be no pics of anyone.

Posted by: Dewey Cheatham, Esq. AoSHQ Legal Dept. [/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 21, 2014 05:46 PM (yz6yg)

370 Charlie Crist our Number 2 Orange Man.

Also chocolate eggs and peeps can DEFLECT BULLETS!!!11!!!!!!1!1

OMG! OMG! OMG!

Wrap yourself in peeps and if you don't get killed, you've got a handy high energy snack for later.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Waiting For SMODOT) at April 21, 2014 05:47 PM (JS0vr)

371 I'll get an email to you after next Monday. I fly out for yet another interview then, and if all goes well, my nic will be changing. If not, I will try to make it. Cougar won't be in attendance, since that day is the start of her family's beach week. Posted by: DC in Towson at April 21, 2014 09:44 PM (Pvcl5) But she will be there in spirit.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 21, 2014 05:47 PM (yz6yg)

372 *ducks beer bottle* The fuck?!? Hey Bannion, remember a while back talking about invites for the MoMee? I'm about to send those out, but I'm missing a couple email addresses.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 21, 2014 05:48 PM (GEICT)

373 >>>But she will be there in spirit. Euphemism? Never mind, stupid question.

Posted by: DC in Towson at April 21, 2014 05:48 PM (Pvcl5)

374 Congrats to Meb for his win, and for his lovely patriotic speech when he finished.

He is a true patriot.

Posted by: PJ at April 21, 2014 05:48 PM (ZWaLo)

375 No Cougar?????? Well fuck all the things. I'm canceling my plane flight.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 21, 2014 05:48 PM (GEICT)

376

Use a belt, don't take your eyes off the road--just flog blindly over the shoulder. Doesn't matter which one you hit, both deserve it.

That was my Grandma's system.

 

Mom's was a wooden spoon going 75mph down 405.  Smack, smack, smack, now do something and see what happens.

Posted by: Infidel at April 21, 2014 05:49 PM (PyxzI)

377 Never mind, stupid question. Posted by: DC in Towson at April 21, 2014 09:48 PM (Pvcl5) :::sniff ::: It's like I don't even know you!! ::: sob ::: What have you done with DC?!??!?!?

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 21, 2014 05:49 PM (yz6yg)

378 368 Hey! I did post a boob up thread.-EC That was some time ago. May we have a new one please? Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 21, 2014 09:45 PM (HVff2) Here you go! http://tinyurl.com/mto2usr

Posted by: EC at April 21, 2014 05:49 PM (doBIb)

379

Posted by: The Easter Hat at April 21, 2014 08:48 PM (AymDN)-

 

my thoughts and prayers for you and your family. it is a difficult thing to see.

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 21, 2014 05:50 PM (RhQvZ)

380 Have I mentioned that I work in USD (AT&L)? Posted by: Sean Bannion at April 21, 2014 08:08 PM (yz6yg) Sorry, brother. Pays the bills, though. Look... I did the defense contractor thing for 7 years after I got out. It ain't pretty.

Posted by: tangonine at April 21, 2014 05:50 PM (x3YFz)

381 Thanks EC

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 21, 2014 05:52 PM (HVff2)

382 OKÂ….can't hang for the ONT. Love each other fellow babies.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 21, 2014 05:53 PM (yz6yg)

383 >>>It's like I don't even know you!! I just got back from 4 days in Disney with Princess. I'm lucky I can even remember how to breathe.

Posted by: DC in Towson at April 21, 2014 05:53 PM (Pvcl5)

384 280 Jose Jimenez is not PC by today's standards. Anyone that liked him should be outed and castigated. Maybe pilloried as well.

Posted by: fairweatherbill deerslayer at April 21, 2014 09:20 PM (vA2UI)

++++

I have no idea what you are talking about.

Posted by: Frito Bandito at April 21, 2014 05:53 PM (IN7k+)

385 I never had a peep in my Easter baskets. I have seen them, but never ate one. My mother always said birds in the house are bad luck. One year someone gave her a beautiful blue vase with birds on it. My mother fell down the stairs & injured her foot badly. My father had some kind of accident in the basement & hurt his foot badly. I don't know what happened to my left foot but I was in such pain my father had to take me to the ER. My mother gave vase back after that week & said that it brought us bad luck & to return it. I think that's why we never had peeps.

Posted by: Carol at April 21, 2014 05:56 PM (gjOCp)

386 fuckin' work shit, man, it just disrupts my whole space-time continuum . . . sigh

Posted by: Peaches at April 21, 2014 05:59 PM (8lmkt)

387 386 fuckin' work shit, man, it just disrupts my whole space-time continuum . . . sigh Posted by: Peaches at April 21, 2014 09:59 PM (8lmkt) You sure that's not the weed?

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 21, 2014 06:00 PM (GEICT)

388 I have no idea what you are talking about. Posted by: Frito Bandito at April 21, 2014 09:53 PM (IN7k+) Me neither

Posted by: Speedy Gonzales at April 21, 2014 06:00 PM (Zdgjo)

389 384 - Exiled to the cartoon gulag, brother.

Posted by: Speedy Gonzales at April 21, 2014 06:01 PM (uopHF)

390 Young, out dated peeps you say? Unwanted? Unaccounted for?

Posted by: Hairy Sugar Vampire Reed at April 21, 2014 06:04 PM (W7zKe)

391 You sure that's not the weed?

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 21, 2014 10:00 PM (GEICT)


Haven't even had time to inhale yet, my brutha!  Ridiculous!!!

Posted by: Peaches at April 21, 2014 06:04 PM (8lmkt)

392 Open Skies Treaty. So now we have "limited legal spying?" That's some stupid shit right there.

Posted by: Long Dong Silver at April 21, 2014 06:06 PM (JdEZJ)

393 Haven't even had time to inhale yet, my brutha! Ridiculous!!! Posted by: Peaches at April 21, 2014 10:04 PM (8lmkt) That just ain't right. Course, it's only 7pm over there

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 21, 2014 06:06 PM (GEICT)

394 >>>Haven't even had time to inhale yet, my brutha! Ridiculous!!! I was able to partake before my trip. It was nice. Probably be a while before I can again.

Posted by: DC in Towson at April 21, 2014 06:08 PM (Pvcl5)

395 Bastiges. Both of you.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 21, 2014 06:09 PM (GEICT)

396 I initially read this post's title as:
"My Definition of a Boobtastic Open Thread"
You aren't the only one.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 21, 2014 06:10 PM (I9I9J)

397 396 I initially read this post's title as: "My Definition of a Boobtastic Open Thread" You aren't the only one. Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 21, 2014 10:10 PM (I9I9J) *sigh* It's going to be a busy night!

Posted by: EC at April 21, 2014 06:11 PM (doBIb)

398 this comment on the school kid charged with wire-tapping merits reposting: Anonymous Coward, Apr 19th, 2014 @ 5:05am DA - wants convictions. Government prosecution of criminal offenses. Will use tactics like overcharging with unrelated and mostly ridiculous charges to acquire a guilty verdict via a "plea deal". Conviction rate is how he is judged. Police Officer - wants criminals. Is not a law specialist. Relies on other Government parties to tell him what to do. Getting the "criminal" is all he is interested in. Can use questionable tactics to get what he wants. His word will always be held as more important because he said it. Arrest rate is how he is judged. School "board" - wants an APPEARING to be, perfect school. No bullying exists at the school = "better school" = more funds = higher wages for those up top. Bullying is a problem for the school IF people find out that there is a bullying problem. In the same way that pupils who don't pass a test are a problem IF people find out. Education is irrelevant, only test results are relevant to them. "Performance rate" in multiple(too many) areas is how they are judged. They all use authoritarian methods to subjugate people to get what they want. The system more or less asks for it. The DA can charge someone with apparently anything. The cop can arrest a person for apparently anything using only his word. The school can "discipline" a student for apparently anything.

Posted by: Cicero Kid at April 21, 2014 06:11 PM (Fp7JI)

399 Still gay!


Posted by: Jason Collins[/i] [/b] at April 21, 2014 06:12 PM (5ikDv)

400 >>>Bastiges. Both of you. Lovely green aura you have.

Posted by: DC in Towson at April 21, 2014 06:12 PM (Pvcl5)

401 Plan atria has an API you can download. Just getting a ICD for DCGS would require weeks of paperwork.

Posted by: Jean at April 21, 2014 06:14 PM (Aqvh6)

402 I'm sorry The Political Hat. I just said a prayer for you & your grandmother. It sucks when they get old. It's going to suck when we get old.

Posted by: Carol at April 21, 2014 06:19 PM (gjOCp)

403 Yet any mention that the Defense budget may be an obscenely bloated hog is met by squeals of indignation around here. Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at April 21, 2014 08:06 PM (+lsX1) Bullshit. Why? Because every single defense cutting measure is addressed at troops, benefits and existing systems. Never is the target the mindblowing stupidity, incompetence and felony corruption in the DoD acquisition process. Never. You come up with a plan to target that and I'm all in. That's why we

Posted by: Clint Howard at April 21, 2014 06:19 PM (Zvxc2)

404 Off Clint fucking Howard sock from this morning....

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at April 21, 2014 06:19 PM (Zvxc2)

405 404 Off Clint fucking Howard sock from this morning.... Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at April 21, 2014 10:19 PM (Zvxc2) *pours glass of Tranya for 98ZUSMC*

Posted by: EC at April 21, 2014 06:20 PM (doBIb)

406 dammit all to hell, my car now has another swimming pool sized leak, only 5 days after I had it in and paid $468 and change and they said nothing was leaking but I should flush the tranny, brake and power steering fluid.  it's astonishing how much whatever is on that concrete pad under my baby.  a little reddish, just slightly oily -- i'm thinking either radiator or water pump.  fuck me fuck me fuck me.  i don't mind spending the money, it's the inconvenience of the damn thing.

Posted by: Peaches at April 21, 2014 06:21 PM (8lmkt)

407 Clint, ok. Step one. Put the USAF in charge of US Navy procurement, the Navy in charge of the Army, and the Army in charge of the USAF. Allow SOCOM and the Marines to work out their differences over a beer somewhere, there budgets are so small it doesn't matter.

Posted by: Jean at April 21, 2014 06:22 PM (Aqvh6)

408 Slow night around these parts. Guess I'll catch up on GoT and drink way too much.

Posted by: DC in Towson at April 21, 2014 06:22 PM (Pvcl5)

409 Peaches, or you ran over a cat.

Posted by: Jean at April 21, 2014 06:23 PM (Aqvh6)

410 *pours glass of Tranya for 98ZUSMC* Posted by: EC at April 21, 2014 10:20 PM (doBIb) *bumps head on bulkhead* Now, let me show you around my ship.

Posted by: Beloch at April 21, 2014 06:23 PM (Zvxc2)

411 a little reddish, just slightly oily Sounds like transmission fluid.

Posted by: EC at April 21, 2014 06:23 PM (doBIb)

412 dammit all to hell, my car now has another swimming pool sized leak, only 5 days after I had it in and paid $468 and change and they said nothing was leaking but I should flush the tranny, brake and power steering fluid. it's astonishing how much whatever is on that concrete pad under my baby. a little reddish, just slightly oily -- i'm thinking either radiator or water pump. fuck me fuck me fuck me. i don't mind spending the money, it's the inconvenience of the damn thing. Posted by: Peaches at April 21, 2014 10:21 PM (8lmkt) Girl, just roll in there with an axe in hand. Don't take any BS, most of those nitwits are under 25 and couldn't fix a drain. Take skulls, not excuses.

Posted by: tangonine at April 21, 2014 06:24 PM (x3YFz)

413 DC, Maryland sucks, I hope your new job is in greener pastures.

Posted by: Jean at April 21, 2014 06:24 PM (Aqvh6)

414 407 Clint, ok. Step one. Put the USAF in charge of US Navy procurement, the Navy in charge of the Army, and the Army in charge of the USAF. Allow SOCOM and the Marines to work out their differences over a beer somewhere, there budgets are so small it doesn't matter. Posted by: Jean at April 21, 2014 10:22 PM (Aqvh6) Hmmmmm... *rubs chin thoughtfully* Hmmm....

Posted by: Zombie Robert McNamara at April 21, 2014 06:25 PM (Zvxc2)

415 +1 for the Defense Contractor Corruption Act of 2014.  Lockmart survivor. Obama victim, actually, when the asshole cancelled already completed helicopters because Sikorsky paid him off more.

Working on a DoD project right now, in fact. Documenting vaporware. How to use an API that hasn't even been created yet.

Your great grandkids tax dollars at work.


Posted by: grognard at April 21, 2014 06:25 PM (t5lML)

416 411 a little reddish, just slightly oily She hit a hobo!

Posted by: Cicero Kid at April 21, 2014 06:26 PM (Fp7JI)

417 srsly, it looks like something exploded in the front of my engine compartment.  happened last Tuesday night, they found nothing on Wednesday, hence the up-sell.  now, kaboom, shit is everywhere.  makes me crazy . . . which, as  y'all know, is not a real long trip.

Posted by: Peaches at April 21, 2014 06:27 PM (8lmkt)

418 a little reddish, just slightly oily ------------------ Sounds *mostly* like transmission fluid. If only slightly oily, brake fluid a possibility. Never seen reddish coolant. Power steering..., maybe. There. I helped a lot, didn't I? Pretty much just echoed what you said, but with a pulp-noir emphasis.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 21, 2014 06:27 PM (aDwsi)

419 411 a little reddish, just slightly oily You hit Elizabeth Warren!!!!! I didn't even know she was in CaliÂ…...

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 21, 2014 06:28 PM (GEICT)

420 Grognard, sometimes it's easier to work backwards from the manual and whatever marketing has published.

Posted by: Jean at April 21, 2014 06:28 PM (Aqvh6)

421 dammit all to hell, my car now has another swimming pool sized leak, only 5 days after I had it in and paid $468 and change and they said nothing was leaking but I should flush the tranny, brake and power steering fluid. it's astonishing how much whatever is on that concrete pad under my baby. a little reddish, just slightly oily -- i'm thinking either radiator or water pump. fuck me fuck me fuck me. i don't mind spending the money, it's the inconvenience of the damn thing.

Posted by: Peaches at April 21, 2014 10:21 PM (8lmkt)



Sorry, my eyes went kind of crossed after "tranny" and all of the "fuck mes"

I hope the oily discharge is fixed soon.  Antibiotics might help.

Posted by: grognard at April 21, 2014 06:28 PM (t5lML)

422 Maybe Mr. Biden can figure out a way to finally not bump his head on the toilet any more.

Posted by: Killerdog at April 21, 2014 06:28 PM (Zdgjo)

423 Never seen reddish coolant. GM made Dex-Cool coolant that was red.

Posted by: EC at April 21, 2014 06:29 PM (doBIb)

424 Green Bay police are gestapo. That is all

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at April 21, 2014 06:30 PM (Q8vlx)

425 GM made Dex-Cool coolant that was red. Posted by: EC --------- It's a Jeep Chrysler Fiat.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 21, 2014 06:30 PM (aDwsi)

426 Peaches, or they overfilled something and it blew out the relief valve. Is the steering difficult, does it stop, does it make any (even a very slight noise when you switch gears)?

Posted by: Jean at April 21, 2014 06:31 PM (Aqvh6)

427 So now we have "limited legal spying?" That's some stupid shit right there. Posted by: Long Dong Silver at April 21, 2014 10:06 PM (JdEZJ) Just so long as the peasants don't get to do it!

Posted by: Hrothgar at April 21, 2014 06:31 PM (o3MSL)

428 Grognard, sometimes it's easier to work backwards from the manual and whatever marketing has published.

Posted by: Jean at April 21, 2014 10:28 PM (Aqvh6)


Excellent advice.  However, no manual.  I am writing the manual.  Marketing consists of PowerPoint slides designed specifically to maintain the buy-in of the supervising General.

So basically, it's "insert bullshit here so General Fancypants doesn't get wind that the prime is a crew of fuck ups and pull everyones' funding."

Posted by: grognard at April 21, 2014 06:31 PM (t5lML)

429 "Don't make any noise while the music's playin."

Posted by: Soothsayer § at April 21, 2014 06:31 PM (5HQnh)

430 for the Defense Contractor Corruption Act of 2014. Lockmart survivor. Obama victim, actually, when the asshole cancelled already completed helicopters because Sikorsky paid him off more. Working on a DoD project right now, in fact. Documenting vaporware. How to use an API that hasn't even been created yet. Your great grandkids tax dollars at work. Posted by: grognard at April 21, 2014 10:25 PM (t5lML) I got nothin' man. People gotta eat. And Lockmart, NG, and the rest of the cirlceof Defense Contractor employ a lot of people. They're despicable, their PMs and VPs are despicable. They don't give a crap about the troops in the field, they just push their wares. I say this having been there and got so disgusted I left of my own volition.

Posted by: tangonine at April 21, 2014 06:32 PM (x3YFz)

431 Peaches, it sounds like transmission fluid the way you described it. Can you walk to an auto parts store? Grab an extra bottle and top it off. Tomorrow, take your car somewhere else and get it serviced.

Posted by: EC at April 21, 2014 06:32 PM (doBIb)

432 Sounds *mostly* like transmission fluid. If only slightly oily, brake fluid a possibility. Never seen reddish coolant. Power steering..., maybe.

Thanks, Mike, but it is *exactly* what I saw last Wed. morning -- when they said "nothing is leaking  out of your car" I figured the property maintenance guys just parked some beater in my spot while I was gone (everything they drive leaks).  Such a pain in the ass . . .

Posted by: Peaches at April 21, 2014 06:33 PM (8lmkt)

433 May be a hose leaking Peaches.

Posted by: Long Dong Silver at April 21, 2014 06:33 PM (JdEZJ)

434 Grognard, you might as well spend some quality time working on your resume, because any general that easy to fool is a short timer looking for nice place to play golf. Six months before some O6 comes looking for answers. At which time the prime will blame you guys and start sitting on your invoices.

Posted by: Jean at April 21, 2014 06:34 PM (Aqvh6)

435

Troyriser, DLamp and anyone else interested in the contemporaneous pagan record of Christ's existence, here is the evidence of the very strange darkness that fell after he died on the cross:

 

About the middle of the first century, roughly 50 AD, the pagan Thallus, in a fragment preserved by Julius Africanus, argued that the abnormal darkness that accompanied the death of Christ was a purely natural phenomena and coincidence...

 

This comes from the author William Durant, from the book Caesar and Christ, in his 11 volume series on the history of Western civilization (i.e., not written from a Christian defense or point of view), and appears to be sourced from Julius Philippus in Cicero, De off.

 

Will repost in ONT if this is not it.  Cheers!!

Posted by: prescient11 at April 21, 2014 06:34 PM (6HrmZ)

436 Peaches, is this car GM? If so, don't worry it will probably spontainiously combust sitting in your driveway.

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at April 21, 2014 06:34 PM (Q8vlx)

437 They said there was a tiny leak in some super-expensive a/c hose.  ($389 for hose, $195 for labor).  Said, don't do anything,  you could be fine for years with this. 

Posted by: Peaches at April 21, 2014 06:35 PM (8lmkt)

438 A high pressure hose.

Posted by: Long Dong Silver at April 21, 2014 06:35 PM (JdEZJ)

439
They're despicable, their PMs and VPs are despicable. They don't give a crap about the troops in the field, they just push their wares.

I say this having been there and got so disgusted I left of my own volition.

Posted by: tangonine at April 21, 2014 10:32 PM (x3YFz)



The fraud I saw in just my little corner of Lockmart was shocking.  And to think I started work there excited to make a contribution to aid our warfighters. 

That was a culture that rotted at the top and made it almost all the way to the bottom by the time I got there.  Except for the 10% of people who believed in their work and didn't cheat the system.

Posted by: grognard at April 21, 2014 06:36 PM (t5lML)

440 May be a hose leaking

I see a lot of those.

Posted by: Sandra Flook at April 21, 2014 06:36 PM (Dwehj)

441 Grognard, CPFF corrupts all.

Posted by: Jean at April 21, 2014 06:36 PM (Aqvh6)

442 Peaches - I'm thinking that you need to find a *reliable*, *trustworthy*, independant shop.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 21, 2014 06:37 PM (aDwsi)

443 Peaches, you need to find a new mechanic. These guys sound like the crooks that work our little town. I about killed the last fucker that tried to rip off my wife.

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at April 21, 2014 06:37 PM (Q8vlx)

444

Posted by: Jean at April 21, 2014 10:28 PM (Aqvh6)-

 

sent you an email the other day.

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 21, 2014 06:37 PM (RhQvZ)

445 Grognard, you might as well spend some quality time working on your resume, because any general that easy to fool is a short timer looking for nice place to play golf. Six months before some O6 comes looking for answers. At which time the prime will blame you guys and start sitting on your invoices.

Posted by: Jean at April 21, 2014 10:34 PM (Aqvh6)



Fortunately, not my primary gig.  We have a commercial software product that is my primary.  I'm doing this because they needed a writer on a billable project.  It started with a few easy docs, and now its an implementation guide for a system that isn't even completed yet.

Posted by: grognard at April 21, 2014 06:38 PM (t5lML)

446 >>>413 DC, Maryland sucks, I hope your new job is in greener pastures. Thanks, buddy. MD is ok, and I'm born and raised here, mostly. But it's time to move on. This move would be a serious change, but at least to a free state. But a really really small town, and Cougar and I prefer the medium size city living. You know, lots of restaurants, gyms, stuff to do on the weekends, an airport, like that. But we'll adapt. And either fall in,love with it or move onwards and upwards in a few more years.

Posted by: DC in Towson at April 21, 2014 06:39 PM (Pvcl5)

447 $1000 for a fucking wheel bearing? Ya right dumbass. That was just for the bearing, no labor.

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at April 21, 2014 06:39 PM (Q8vlx)

448 I say this having been there and got so disgusted I left of my own volition. Posted by: tangonine at April 21, 2014 10:32 PM (x3YFz) I can only imagine. I got a whiff of it from completely outside of it and I was disgusted.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at April 21, 2014 06:39 PM (Zvxc2)

449 Grognard, CPFF corrupts all.

Posted by: Jean at April 21, 2014 10:36 PM (Aqvh6)



Amen

Posted by: grognard at April 21, 2014 06:39 PM (t5lML)

450 Rich will look later. Have been commuting to fucking MAryland for a few weeks because some douchebag changed the dial in rules.

Posted by: Jean at April 21, 2014 06:41 PM (Aqvh6)

451 ONT up.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 21, 2014 06:41 PM (ojnk6)

452 You guys are so awesome and thank you so much for your advice.  These mechanics are very highly thought of and, well, some stuff isn't easy to find, particularly if it's intermittent.  I will definitely insist they put their Top Men on it tomorrow.

Posted by: Peaches at April 21, 2014 06:41 PM (8lmkt)

453 Peaches, you need to find a new mechanic. These guys sound like the crooks that work our little town. I about killed the last fucker that tried to rip off my wife. Posted by: Chavez the Hugo ------------------- Just had a conversation with an older lady the other day. She takes her car to the dealer *every* 4000 miles to have it serviced, because someone told her it would last longer that way. *Every* 4000 miles they have sold her some 'additive', *every* 4000 miles, they have charged her for cleaning her battery terminals. F'ckrs have no conscience at all. They've probably have been putting in synthetic oil also, which would be good for at least twice that oil change interval.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 21, 2014 06:42 PM (aDwsi)

454 Don't drive low on tranny fluid unless you want to be out a grand for a new transmission.

Posted by: Cicero Kid at April 21, 2014 06:43 PM (Fp7JI)

455 Peaches, the way to get their top men on it is to stand there in stompy boots and watch them work, a low cut blouse might even get the owner on it.

Posted by: Jean at April 21, 2014 06:44 PM (Aqvh6)

456 You guys are so awesome and thank you so much for your advice. These mechanics are very highly thought of and, well, some stuff isn't easy to find, particularly if it's intermittent. I will definitely insist they put their Top Men on it tomorrow. Posted by: Peaches at April 21, 2014 10:41 PM (8lmkt) There are great mechanics. Don't let us jade you, for sure. Just give them that "Peaches don't do BS" Look and you'll be fine.

Posted by: tangonine at April 21, 2014 06:45 PM (x3YFz)

457 Ace, About those nanoparticles -- for use in wound closing, the NPs are applied directly to tissue in a solution of deionized water. In the primary literature (which isn't structured like any other biochemistry paper I've ever read, by the way. The French, amirite?), the impression I get is that the NPs' bonding capacity in hydrogels was observed separately (reference 9 in the paper) and the idea to use them in wound closure arose as an extension of that observation. How it works, if you want my educated guess: silica nanoparticles have a net negative charge concentrated at their surface due in part to the addition of hydroxyl groups in the formulation process. The larger the particle, the more hydroxyl groups it can carry on its surface, the more negative the overall charge (zeta potential, if you wanna get fancy). These NPs, at 50nm in diameter, are pretty large. This charge facilitates the particle's adsorption to cell surface proteins at positively-charged amino acid side chains and through hydrogen bonding. So you brush the junk on, the particles stick to junk embedded in the cell membrane, and when you squeeze the gash together, the unbound, outward-facing side of the NP touches the opposite side of the meat canyon and latches on to hold it shut. I think.

Posted by: Nork at April 21, 2014 06:48 PM (8sVVc)

458
  Bad idea, leaving oil in an engine for extended intervals.

   It seldom loses it's lubricating ability, but contamination--dirt, acidic water from short hopping etc can and will compromise it.

   Every 3k or 3months is a very good rule.

    If you check the owners manual, you'll find that most people's regular driving is classed as severe service according to the descriptions.

   You can change a shit load of oil and filters for the cost of an engine replacement.

Posted by: irongrampa at April 21, 2014 06:48 PM (SAMxH)

459 I have the oil changed ever 2500 miles, it's like a religion with me.  I take the car in for no apparent reason and say, just check everything, let me know!  I do not mind spending the money (really, the car costs me almost nothing over gas and my crazy demand for maintenance).  This is a weird thing.  That puppy is just coming up on 64,500 miles, although it's a 2002.  Looks brand new.  I love it.

Posted by: Peaches at April 21, 2014 06:56 PM (8lmkt)

460 "Boombastic?
"My Definition"?

Has someone been listening to the Dream Warriors? Back to the '90's!
Did you know that's originally from Herbie Hancock?

Posted by: LexisTexas at April 21, 2014 09:28 PM (kPFAg)

461 No recording laws are utter bullshit.  Cameras everywhere, recorders should be too.  No one should ever feel confident that they can say anything they want without repercussion.

Posted by: SFGoth at April 21, 2014 10:07 PM (KmodX)

462 I just passed 20,000 miles in my Audi A4, 2005.5 model.  I probably change the oil twice a year.  If I did it every 3k miles, that would be like 1 every 18 months.  However, it's not like S.F. gets hot or cold.

Posted by: SFGoth at April 21, 2014 10:14 PM (KmodX)

463 Hmmm...if the Corps and teh Flyboys developed something, then sure as hell, the Army doesn't want to have anything to do with it.

Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie © at April 22, 2014 05:18 AM (1hM1d)

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