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February 08, 2014

Saturday Morning Open Thread for Politics [Y-not]
— Open Blogger

This thread brought to you by the Sochi Olympics:

Via Sochi Problems' Twitter feed: Huge ovation as Vladimir Putin enters the Olympic arena....

Here's a thread for those of you who don't like hot tomatoes or pointy rosie elbows. You may deposit your man cards in the dumpster at the end of the alley.

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1 So, uh. Yeah, it's Saturday.

Posted by: akula51[/b][/i][/s] at February 08, 2014 06:26 AM (ySU/u)

2 Have at it, morons!

Posted by: Y-not at February 08, 2014 06:26 AM (zDsvJ)

3 Saturday but feels like Sunday already. Woke up at 4am with an AHA moment. Started looking online for travel jobs. Found a promising one in Dickenson ND of all places. Now I'm ready for a nap and it's only 930.

Posted by: Molly k. at February 08, 2014 06:30 AM (M/X+h)

4 Stormtrooper THX 1138, "So should we tell Lord Vlad that he split his pants?"

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 08, 2014 06:33 AM (u7qIz)

5 This Olympics seems stranger than any other I have seen.

Posted by: Mikey NTH -Scurrilous Rumors - Get Yours Today at the Outrage Outlet at February 08, 2014 06:34 AM (gmoEG)

6 >>Started looking online for travel jobs. What's your line of work?

Posted by: Y-not at February 08, 2014 06:35 AM (zDsvJ)

7 I'm a nurse. Have been doing home health and hospice for 18 years so kind of tied down to what I can find out there.

Posted by: Molly k. at February 08, 2014 06:37 AM (M/X+h)

8 Does anyone follow figure skating? I was just curious because a lot of the "canned" ads show the woman who got the Olympic spot, but came in 4th at the US Championships. Was there some politicking going on in her selection rather than the girl who won 3rd? I don't know, but my cynicism for that selection just says "ad revenue" rather than winner.

Posted by: Mustbequantum at February 08, 2014 06:37 AM (MIKMs)

9 3 - Not me..., I've got work that needs...... zzzzzzzzzzz

Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 08, 2014 06:37 AM (aDwsi)

10 I thought I'd heard that nurses were really in demand now b/c of doctor shortages etc. 'Hope you can find something you like, Molly.

Posted by: Y-not at February 08, 2014 06:38 AM (zDsvJ)

11 Any of you homos touch my Olympics.....I'll kill ya.

Posted by: Vladimir "pyscho" Putin at February 08, 2014 06:39 AM (+1T7c)

12 Well, when Monday comes I have to haul my Cole-boy ( The late Miss Emily's beloved Border Collie ) to the vet's clinic on Pennick road. Not looking forward to it.

Besides his being an awful car traveler- he can't sit still & sheds like crazy-- he totally freaked out last visit there. Screaming & crying & panicking. Don't know why, but he did.

Posted by: backhoe at February 08, 2014 06:39 AM (ULH4o)

13 The snow boarder who took Gold had never tried the trick before. Japan 1620. Not in practice, not in competition, never. That's fucking ballsy. Oh, and the Canadians who were talking shit about Shaun White should sit the fuck down now, even with White out they didn't win. Syrup-monkeys.

Posted by: Lincolntf at February 08, 2014 06:41 AM (ZshNr)

14 when Monday comes I have to haul my Cole-boy ( The late Miss Emily's beloved Border Collie ) to the vet's clinic on Pennick road. --- Just a check up I hope. One of our collies is very antsy in the car. I gotta work on that because I'd really like to be able to take her places for hikes.

Posted by: Y-not at February 08, 2014 06:43 AM (zDsvJ)

15 Back from a fun-filled morning of straightening out MIL's computer.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at February 08, 2014 06:44 AM (T2V/1)

16 From Russia, women in armor and with swords and a crossbow.
http://youtu.be/8XBwJU3Nnu8

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 08, 2014 06:44 AM (u7qIz)

17 drudge headline IRAN WARSHIPS SENT TO USA BORDER for the first time another FIRST for the Nobel Peace Prize Winner

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 08, 2014 06:47 AM (IXrOn)

18 backhoe - It's weird. Dogs differ a great deal. One of my girl friends (in a former life) had a Greyhound. Great dog, docile and funny. *Hated* going in the car. The car BTW, was a VW beetle. You had to pick the animal up and try to stuff him in the back seat. The dog would immediately stiffen all of his legs and spread them out. It was like some kind of bad comedy scene..., there was just no way to jam him into the back seat without two people doing the job.. The current critter hops in the car, settles on the seat, and just looks out the window. At the Vet's office, she hops out and trots to the door, eager to be let in.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 08, 2014 06:47 AM (aDwsi)

19 USA Team figure skating just moved into 1st place. Canadian team in 2nd. They share a coach.

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at February 08, 2014 06:49 AM (bCEmE)

20 Oh, and the Canadians who were talking shit about Shaun White should sit the fuck down now, even with White out they didn't win. Syrup-monkeys. Posted by: Lincolntf at February 08, 2014 10:41 AM (ZshNr) I don't know what the Canadians were saying, but, as an American, it sucks what he did. He knew the course beforehand, and could have allowed one of the other teammates in the competition, possibly winning us another medal.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 08, 2014 06:50 AM (IXrOn)

21 Oh sorry....team USA got 1st for the last routine. They're in 3rd overall, Canadians in 2nd and Russians in 1st.

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at February 08, 2014 06:51 AM (bCEmE)

22 Shouldn't Putin be shirtless in that photo, maybe riding a bear?

Posted by: Lizzy at February 08, 2014 06:51 AM (POpqt)

23 Y-not? It's just a check-up and rabies shot. I tried to get them to make a housecall for it. My vet is one of the few who still does that. But for whatever reason they insisted I bring him to the clinic.

He's seven, going on eight. Once the fastest dog I've ever seen, but slowing down some. And yeah, he led me to Emily's purple, bloated corpse in 2010. Guess he did not know what to do with a dead Mommy.

Neither did I. Take it one day at a time is all I can figure.;

Posted by: backhoe at February 08, 2014 06:54 AM (ULH4o)

24 Wow Denmark is about to kill a perfectly healthy giraffe. They claim they can't find another zoo to take the 18 month old male named Marcus. So they plan to use a bolt gun to kill it and use its flesh to feed other animals at the zoo.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26098935

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 08, 2014 06:55 AM (u7qIz)

25 16 Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 08, 2014 10:44 AM Bless you!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 08, 2014 06:58 AM (u82oZ)

26 I don't think he knew the course beforehand, most of the athletes were shocked and demanding changes after the first practice runs. It does suck that another American didn't get to go, but I really don't think SW screwed anyone over, shit just happens. He's won that event in other comps against many of the same guys in Sochi, I don't think he was afraid of the competition as the Canadians stated.

Posted by: Lincolntf at February 08, 2014 06:59 AM (ZshNr)

27 I like Putin since he started playing James Bond. As a KGB agent he brings experience to the part. http://tinyurl.com/n3qqsu4

Posted by: whoever at February 08, 2014 07:01 AM (kGSN0)

28 Are snowboarders known for their decorum in discussing opponents?

BTW, the U.S. bobsledder who had to punch his way through a (literally) cardboard bathroom door after a shower, Johnny Quinn, used to play in the CFL (as well as the NFL).

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at February 08, 2014 07:01 AM (LLfr9)

29 I thought I'd heard that nurses were really in demand now b/c of doctor shortages etc. 'Hope you can find something you like, Molly. Posted by: Y-not at February 08, 2014 10:38 AM

Stage III - barefoot medics

Posted by: mrp at February 08, 2014 07:02 AM (JBggj)

30 18? MH?

It's funny, the different personalities of dogs. Sasha, the rescue dog I had to give back to county animal control- because she was always tunneling under the fence and running away? Had perfect car manners. Sat like a lady in the seat and never moved.

Cole-boy can't sit still. I attribute that to Dead Miss Emily's spoiling him so rotten. She never commanded him "No!" no matter what he did. He's shocked when I give the command.

Well, I'll get him to the clinic. Despite my worries. Another thing he won't do is "come" if he gets loose. Much like my bull-headed, geeky and nerdy late wife....

Posted by: backhoe at February 08, 2014 07:03 AM (ULH4o)

31 Actually, they kind of are known for that. Obviously there are serious rivalries and probably some personal feuds but Snow boarders have always been sort of Crunchy/Co-Existy types. Sharing tricks, training together, etc.

Posted by: Lincolntf at February 08, 2014 07:04 AM (ZshNr)

32 Haven't seen any Olympic coverage yet, but I'm glad to hear we won the first medal. I'll probably wait until the Toilet Fishing Event to start watching, unless they decide to show the Women's Naked Curling Competition first.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b] at February 08, 2014 07:04 AM (0HooB)

33 Canada's slopestyle bronze winner was working with a broken rib from 2 weeks ago while, oddly enough, our other two healthy guys finished 5th and 9th.

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at February 08, 2014 07:05 AM (LLfr9)

34 One of my girl friends (in a former life) had a Greyhound. Great dog, docile and funny. *Hated* going in the car. The car BTW, was a VW beetle. You had to pick the animal up and try to stuff him in the back seat. The dog would immediately stiffen all of his legs and spread them out.

It was like some kind of bad comedy scene..., there was just no way to jam him into the back seat without two people doing the job..

Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 08, 2014 10:47 AM (aDwsi)

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Ha! Great story! Greyhounds do that when they are nervous. They just plain balk, stiffen their legs and refuse to move even an eyelash. Funny critters they are, and so very sweet.

Our first Greyhound loved riding in the car. I had a Mustang at the time and it was hard getting her to fit unless the top was down. On sunny days, she'd stand up in the backseat with her nose to the sky, loving every minute of the car riding down the highway. The best part was seeing drivers in the oncoming lane pass me by with a big smile on their faces.

Lord, I miss that dog. The absolute sweetest thing ever, and dumb as a bag of hair.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 08, 2014 07:06 AM (P6QsQ)

35 Another thing he won't do is "come" if he gets loose. Much like my bull-headed, geeky and nerdy late wife.... Posted by: backhoe --------------------- Yeah, well that is true of my current critters too. Selective hearing. A lady down the street told me that she has her dog trained perfectly, it comes to her after being called two dozen times.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 08, 2014 07:06 AM (aDwsi)

36 @ 24 -I'll take him ! If I were a multi-billionaire, I wouldn't be wasting my life writing software code or raiding hedge funds or trying to turn America Communist. I'd move to Africa and set up a wildlife preserve and hire retired US military personnel to defend it. Granted, I'd probably fuck up the local ecoculture by introducing animals from other places that don't belong there, but seriously, how much more fucked up could Africa really get? We're poor stewards of God's creations.

Posted by: Blacksheep at February 08, 2014 07:07 AM (bS6uW)

37 That would be amusing. If Spain puts a mechanic's lien on the Panama Canal.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-26090909

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 08, 2014 07:08 AM (u7qIz)

38 And the other weird thing about the U.S. and Canadian skaters having the same coach is that she's Eastern European. I don't know what specific country.

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at February 08, 2014 07:08 AM (LLfr9)

39 Blacksheep, the Powerball jackpot is pretty big for tonight.

There are a few environmentalists a few years back who were proposing to transplant to the central US endangered animals from Africa - like elephants, lions, and cheetahs.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 08, 2014 07:11 AM (u7qIz)

40 That would be amusing. If Spain puts a mechanic's lien on the Panama Canal. I can't overemphasize the importance of paying attention to change orders.

Posted by: Blacksheep at February 08, 2014 07:11 AM (bS6uW)

41 You should get a British Commonwealth (or Japanese!) right-hand drive car and get your dog to sit in the front left-hand seat and then drive down the highway and look for the faces of drivers in the opposite side!

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at February 08, 2014 07:12 AM (LLfr9)

42 Our old dog, Cinder, liked riding in the car. Upfront, curled up on the bench seat between mom and dad. And boat rides. She loved boat rides.

Posted by: Mikey NTH -Scurrilous Rumors - Get Yours Today at the Outrage Outlet at February 08, 2014 07:12 AM (gmoEG)

Strange Opening Ceremony production about the history of mother Russia. Seems they left out the extermination of the Romanov family, including servants and aides.

No depiction of the brave noble workers who poured concrete over the lethal open maw of Chernoble either.

Odd, that.

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 08, 2014 07:13 AM (BAS5M)

Molly,

You should should round up a dozen of your friends and start a job shop. Hospitals and nursing homes are always looking for nurses to fill in on the weekends. You charge full rate plus. Pay the nurses full rate and keep the plus. With dozen friends it becomes your full time job at home. No more travelling and plenty of time off.

Posted by: burt at February 08, 2014 07:14 AM (1+kJ5)

45 Walmart has great ad with Mike Row narrating, "work is a beautiful thing" Nice counter point San Fran nan

Posted by: Thunderb at February 08, 2014 07:14 AM (zOTsN)

46 http://tinyurl.com/nnd9tvc Tehran (AP): The commander of Iran's Northern Navy Fleet, Admiral Afshin Rezayee Haddad, is quoted by the official IRNA news agency as saying Saturday that the Iranian naval vessels have already begun the three month mission to the Atlantic Ocean via waters near South Africa. = As this is Iran's response to the US Naval Base in Bahrain, and U.S. naval deployments near Iran's coastlines, I'd consider the ongoing threat being in a naval base installation that Iran would negotiate with a Central/South American nation like Venezuela. As for approaching US maritime waters, I'd rather the report actually stipulate exactly where the Iranian naval route will pass, and who all else passes that route regularly in commerce. And how thoroughly does our own Coast Guard and Navy patrol/secure our coastal maritime waters, given "open borders" policy? Consider also how dependent we are on electronics too easily disrupted by energy bursts. Some media stories must be taken with a grain of salt. It's expected that a nation's navy learn the terrain of the ocean floors. Just as maintaining a safe distance is expected in order to prove "mutual respect". Therein, I'd align a parallel point, that a privacy comfort zone surrounding the body be the constitutional right of "We The People" US citizenry, to be honored by the US Government (TSA, law enforcement protocol). Rather, at present, far too much tax sponsored authoritarianism and bureaucratic effort is directed against the good citizenry rather than in traditional and constitutional fulfillment of governmental purpose: DEFEND THE BORDERS, defend our lives, persons, and inner sanctity, all being equal under the Supreme Law of the Land.

Posted by: panzernashorn at February 08, 2014 07:14 AM (MhA4j)

47 There are a few environmentalists a few years back who were proposing to transplant to the central US endangered animals from Africa - like elephants, lions, and cheetahs. Saw on some cable show last night that scientists are busy stockpiling rare animal DNA, just in case. I just hope they saved all the tasty ones.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b] at February 08, 2014 07:15 AM (0HooB)

48 35? MH?

Taking Cole-boy anywhere worried me to death. He's fine on a leash, but loose? Simply does not obey. I could kill Emily if she weren't already dead for spoiling the dumb little SOB so much.

Contrary to what you read on the web about Border Collies, he's dumb as a bag of hammers. Sweet and loving, fine companion. But rather dumb, even for a dog.

Posted by: backhoe at February 08, 2014 07:15 AM (ULH4o)

49 28 -

Put me in coach! I am the greatest snowboarder in the world, and I know how to handle situations like this.

Posted by: Richard Sherman at February 08, 2014 07:16 AM (BeSEI)

50 38 And the other weird thing about the U.S. and Canadian skaters having the same coach is that she's Eastern European. I don't know what specific country.

Peruvoslavia?

Posted by: Anachronda at February 08, 2014 07:18 AM (U82Km)

51 >>I'd move to Africa and set up a wildlife preserve and hire retired US military personnel to defend it.

You wouldn't even have to go to Africa. This place collects animals from all over the world: http://www.wildanimalsanctuary.org/

They specialize in predators, though, so not a good place for a giraffe.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 08, 2014 07:18 AM (POpqt)

52 47 -

Are they also building an ark?

Posted by: BurtTC at February 08, 2014 07:18 AM (BeSEI)

53 Ok. This skater is a saucy little minx and I think the horde would approve. Skating little bond girl

Posted by: Thunderb at February 08, 2014 07:20 AM (zOTsN)

54 Routine called scandalizing and not age appropriate

Posted by: Thunderb at February 08, 2014 07:21 AM (zOTsN)

55 43 Strange Opening Ceremony production about the history of mother Russia. Seems they left out the extermination of the Romanov family, including servants and aides.

No depiction of the brave noble workers who poured concrete over the lethal open maw of Chernoble either.

Next you'll be complaining that there wasn't the occasional black car prowling around with guys jumping out, bundling up a random dancer, and hurrying them off to the gulags.

Posted by: Anachronda at February 08, 2014 07:22 AM (U82Km)

56 Ice twerking?

Posted by: Lincolntf at February 08, 2014 07:22 AM (ZshNr)

57 Not twerkng. More Juliet Prowse, 60s era shimmy

Posted by: Thunderb at February 08, 2014 07:23 AM (zOTsN)

58 Saucy minx?

I guess life is returning to me after Emmy's been dead 3 1/2 years. I am noting women's figures once more. And liking what I see.

Posted by: backhoe at February 08, 2014 07:24 AM (ULH4o)

59 Are they also building an ark?

Posted by: BurtTC at February 08, 2014 11:18 AM (BeSEI)

I saw the Jack Ryan movie last week. It was okay. One of the previews was for a Noah's Ark movie with Russell Crowe. I never knew Noah's Ark had so much CGI or Gladiator style battle scenes.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 08, 2014 07:24 AM (FE/sZ)

60 I mentioned a while months back we've adopted an abused eighteen-month old male German Shepherd rescue pup. Well, he just turned two (or so we think, we had to make up a birthday based on the sketchy medical records we have) and he has really come in to his own lately. He's gained 20 pounds in the last four months, his hair has grown in, the parasitic infestation has been conquered, and he's been turned from a feral, neurotic, dangerous to the cat, panting, wolf-like beast into a playful (even with the cat), well mannered, leash trained house dog. Now that he's squared away, though, he's really feeling his oats athletically. Sprinting in big circles in the back yard (which is really beautiful to watch), taking over part of the couch (we gave up fighting him and just put a blanket with his name on it in his spot), and generally acting like a crazed maniac once or twice a day in between naps. This past Wednesday night, my wife and I were shooting a game of pool up in the game room, and as usual our little monster was underfoot. When he got tired of us paying attention to the game and ignoring him he jumped all the way up onto the fucking pool table. All four feet landed at once, so he could have made the jump if it had been another foot or two higher, like he's JJ Watt or something. It's really gratifying to watch him develop, and just generally to help give an animal a new lease on life.

Posted by: Blacksheep at February 08, 2014 07:25 AM (bS6uW)

61 Anachronda would that be a new sport? Synchronized Kidnapping?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 08, 2014 07:27 AM (u7qIz)

62 Skater now performing to gorgeous orchestral arrangement of "Paint it Black". From china. She's 18. An old hag

Posted by: Thunderb at February 08, 2014 07:27 AM (zOTsN)

Next you'll be complaining that there wasn't the occasional black car prowling around with guys jumping out, bundling up a random dancer, and hurrying them off to the gulags.

We never did that - InkyDinky

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 08, 2014 07:27 AM (BAS5M)

64 Black sheep that is so wonderful. You have given him life, and joy

Posted by: Thunderb at February 08, 2014 07:28 AM (zOTsN)

65 59 -

There was some discussion about it here a few weeks back. If I recall, the general gist of it was that Noah was now going to be a story of global warming, or some other such "environmentalist whacko" topic.

Plus, it has Hermoine Granger in it, and the question was whether Russell Crowe was going to be boinking her or not.

Speaking of movies, I heard the other day that the Lego movie is getting the highest positive percentages in Rotten Tomatoes (if I mention tomatoes, does that belong in the other thread?) history.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 08, 2014 07:28 AM (BeSEI)

66 I'd like to see Putin and Obama fight it out in the ring like that old Two Tribes video. We'd see whether Putin's "tough guy schtick" is really just to impress the local yokels back in 'Russia. My guess is that it'd be a short fight.

Posted by: Blacksheep at February 08, 2014 07:29 AM (bS6uW)

67 The Iran move to the edge of U.S. coastal waters really bugs me. They're only doing this because they can, and because Obama is such a pussy. They wouldn't even pull this if Bill Clinton was president, let alone the Bush's. And Haddad isn't a Persian name.

Posted by: JoeyBagels at February 08, 2014 07:29 AM (Hj7va)

68 43. Posted by: Count de Monet at February 08, 2014 11:13 AM (BAS5M) There's a magnificent movie (streaming Netflix) set in the 14th Century pitting the Muslim Tatar Khan Dynasty v. everyone including Russian Christian Priests taken as slaves, Prince Peter, Moscow. The Horde (2012) [Orda] http://tinyurl.com/k6qqdxh

Posted by: panzernashorn at February 08, 2014 07:30 AM (MhA4j)

69 Whoever mentioned the Pogues in the last thread, Thanks. I've been listening to them on YouTube (I like to see the lyrics in print so I can figure out half the words) since that post. Sickbed of Cuchulainn is awesome. Body of an American another great one.

Posted by: Lincolntf at February 08, 2014 07:30 AM (ZshNr)

70 What a great story, Blacksheep! Sounds like you've got one happy dog.
* * *
IIRC, the Noah's Ark movie is all about the global warming. *Yawn*

Posted by: Lizzy at February 08, 2014 07:31 AM (POpqt)

71 Are they also building an ark? That's what the show was about, Ancient Aliens, IIRC. They were theorizing about Noah and the Ark and how aliens could've been gathering up the DNA instead of the physical beings themselves (duh!). I was channel surfing after watching my Magic's miraculous last-second game winning dunk against the OKC Thunder last night. I bet Tobias Harris' feet have yet to touch the ground.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b] at February 08, 2014 07:31 AM (0HooB)

72
Spastic Lab will come to me immediately from any distance. Taught her from a pup that coming to command was ALWAYS a good thing, no matter the circumstance.

No problem for me using rewards for desired behavior, it hastens the process greatly.

Posted by: irongtrampa at February 08, 2014 07:31 AM (SAMxH)

73 66, while I agree that Putin's he-man act is a partly a tough-guy shtick to impress the serfs, he'd still make quick-work of President Mom Jeans, probably just by glaring at him...

Posted by: JoeyBagels at February 08, 2014 07:32 AM (Hj7va)

74 Putin is old KGB. He knows how to handle a community organizer. We wouldn't even have time to sit down and it would be done

Posted by: Thunderb at February 08, 2014 07:32 AM (zOTsN)

75 Putin looked bored at times during the Opening Ceremony. Like he'd rather be out wrestling bears or bending frying pans in shirtless mode.

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 08, 2014 07:34 AM (BAS5M)

76 Ha. Russian snow boarder puts his cell phone number on his helmet, his phone crashes from all the chicks sending him nude pics.

Posted by: Lincolntf at February 08, 2014 07:35 AM (ZshNr)

77 61 Anachronda would that be a new sport? Synchronized Kidnapping?

Capture skating.

Posted by: Anachronda at February 08, 2014 07:36 AM (U82Km)

78 Putin is a douche, but I wish we had a leader who looked out for our interests they way he looks out Russia's.

Posted by: JoeyBagels at February 08, 2014 07:36 AM (Hj7va)

79 LOL all this music they're playing in the background of the medal ceremonies reminds me of the Capitol music from the Hunger Games. That or the old Japanese Iron Chef.

Posted by: DangerGirl at February 08, 2014 07:36 AM (GrtrJ)

80 60?
Blacksheep?

Good deal. I hated returning my rescue Rhodesian Ridgeback to animal control last Xmas, but her tunneling and running was going to get her killed.

I live on a truck route. A guy two streets over is known to trap and kill people's cats- and he is suspected of being behind dog vanishings, too. Why he's free is a mystery, but his "partner" is a disbarred lawyer, so that may have something to do with that.

In addition there are rumors one or two vans full of Mexicans cruise the county and kidnap dogs for dogfighting.

I just could not take her running away all the time. Hope she gets a good home with lots of room to roam.

Posted by: backhoe at February 08, 2014 07:37 AM (ULH4o)

81 38 And the other weird thing about the U.S. and Canadian skaters having the same coach is that she's Eastern European. I don't know what specific country. Posted by: andycanuck at February 08, 2014 11:08 AM (LLfr9) I believe they said she's Russian.

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at February 08, 2014 07:37 AM (bCEmE)

82 71 -

Yeah, I think anyone would start to lose me as soon as they introduce a theory that involves a Biblical story, and extra-terrestrials. Oh, and no physical evidence of the phenomena you are supposedly studying.

You kinda have the very definition of non-scientific method right there.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 08, 2014 07:39 AM (BeSEI)

83 irongtrampa?

One of the problems I/we had with Cole is he does not care a thing about treats- of any kind. About the only thing he responds to is a really harsh voice. And even that is iffy.

Posted by: backhoe at February 08, 2014 07:42 AM (ULH4o)

84 Re: ancient aliens and DNA. Its not science, its science fiction.

Anne McCaffrey's Dinosaur Planet or Star Trek when Enterprise finds a planet populated by American Indians, Kirk suffers amnesia, and thinks he is Kirok. Or Arthur C.Clarke with 2001.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 08, 2014 07:42 AM (u7qIz)

85 72 -

Yep, I have the world's dumbest beagle, and she knows two specific commands: "come" and "sit," and when she hears either one, she does it without hesitation.

Saves her from letting that nose take her anywhere and everywhere in the world, because I'm certain she's not bright enough to find her way back home from two houses down.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 08, 2014 07:42 AM (BeSEI)

86 I have a rescue Cairn who is not food motivated at all.

Posted by: Thunderb at February 08, 2014 07:43 AM (zOTsN)

87 My NBC's have NBC Kids and a Western.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 08, 2014 07:43 AM (6bMeY)

Send out a few Fast Attack boats to meet the Iranian targets, and just ping 'em continuously, with absolute, full strength sonar blasts. Continually. From multiple bearings.

Concurrently, the skies overhead should be spiderwebbed with all manner of airborne assets. Especially EW heavies, which would utterly deny the Iranians the benefit of any SIGINT, useful radar returns and any targeting ability.

And of course, a full Carrier Group making it's presence felt along the way.... just to send those warm n' fuzzy U.S.N. greetings.

Sadly though, 0zero is more likely to send a harbor pilot out, and welcome the Iranians into port as his honored guests.

Whereupon, he would bow down to them.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn

Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at February 08, 2014 07:43 AM (vvk2F)

89 NBCSN. In cable sports channel area

Posted by: Thunderb at February 08, 2014 07:44 AM (zOTsN)

90 Posted by: backhoe at February 08, 2014 11:37 AM (ULH4o) That's really tough, but at least you tried. Sometimes they just can't be saved, either from themselves or others, and sometimes they can be but just not at that point in time in your particular environment. You did everything you could, hopefully it will still work out for her somewhere. Hope that bastard in your neighborhood gets what he deserves,he sounds like a real piece of work.

Posted by: Blacksheep at February 08, 2014 07:44 AM (bS6uW)

91 Just intercept them halfway across the ocean, and sink the lot of them.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 08, 2014 07:45 AM (6bMeY)

92 NBC Sports Network, a way up the dial channel I never watch, is showing figure skating. Channel 514 in my house.

Posted by: Lincolntf at February 08, 2014 07:45 AM (ZshNr)

93 German gal fell like a ton of bricks

Posted by: Thunderb at February 08, 2014 07:46 AM (zOTsN)

94 I'm almost embarrassed to admit it but I love Ancient Aliens. I know it's bullshit but it's cool and sometimes provocative, and it makes the Mrs. roll her eyes every time she sees the dude with the crazy hair. More interesting than most of the crap on TV.

Posted by: Blacksheep at February 08, 2014 07:47 AM (bS6uW)

95 Germans brought cowbell

Posted by: Thunderb at February 08, 2014 07:48 AM (zOTsN)

96 The guy with the crazy hair is high.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 08, 2014 07:48 AM (6bMeY)

97 For all the bashing v. Putin/Sochi/Russia Winter Olympics, remember that the Olympic Committee decided to put the events there. Putin only nominated Sochi; the rest of the nations' reps decided to select Sochi. Now, remember Hitler's 1936 Berlin Nazi Germany Olympics. Had sports enthusiasts boycotted that event, there'd have been no crowd to witness and cheer Jesse Owens when our American Black athlete proved racism wrong in front of his peers, leaders and the world's media audience. http://tinyurl.com/mbk3839

Posted by: panzernashorn at February 08, 2014 07:49 AM (MhA4j)

98 90? Blacksheep?

Sasha was a wonderful dog- very protective of me and Cole, but very loving and gentle with me. She'd charge any stranger at the fence- but if I let them in she'd fall on her back and present her belly.

I don't know why that fiend two streets over is not in jail. Or dead. He deserves both.

Posted by: backhoe at February 08, 2014 07:50 AM (ULH4o)

99 IOC loves bribes. Russian mafia bought it from them

Posted by: Thunderb at February 08, 2014 07:51 AM (zOTsN)

100 73 JoeyBagels "while I agree that Putin's he-man act is a partly a tough-guy shtick to impress the serfs,.." It isn't just the serfs who are impressed. I would love to get in a turkish bathhouse with him and be his bottom.

Posted by: Barack Obama at February 08, 2014 07:51 AM (XjoAe)

101 94 -

I can understand it as entertainment. I just can't wrap my head around the notion of a channel that is supposed to be about history airing it.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 08, 2014 07:52 AM (BeSEI)

102 The Horde (2012) [Orda]
===
Worth watching!

Posted by: mrp at February 08, 2014 07:52 AM (JBggj)

103 Oh no! A hobo has kidnapped irongrampa! Trace his ISP back to his house so Ace can save him! (And get us lunch at the same time.)

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at February 08, 2014 07:52 AM (LLfr9)

104 Ha. Russian snow boarder puts his cell phone number on his helmet, his phone crashes from all the chicks sending him nude pics.
That deserves a medal.

And thank you for the coach update, Tami.

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at February 08, 2014 07:54 AM (LLfr9)

105 there's a clever quirky independent flick that made fun entertainment while weaving a good little tapestry. Future Folk (2012) http://www.futurefolk.com/ Hondo.

Posted by: panzernashorn at February 08, 2014 07:55 AM (MhA4j)

106 Italian skater is beautiful

Posted by: Thunderb at February 08, 2014 07:57 AM (zOTsN)

107 101. That's what bugs me about Pawn Stars. It's entertainment that goes down easy, but are Rick Harrison's thumbnail histories supposed to justify it being on the History Channel? And speaking of that, is he really that knowledgeable about history, or is he like Alex Trebek and only acts like he is?

Posted by: JoeyBagels at February 08, 2014 07:57 AM (Hj7va)

108 103

Relax, Andy. The hobo was the idiot cat who insists on trying to post with me. He's just not literate enough to get away with it.

Posted by: irongrampa at February 08, 2014 07:57 AM (SAMxH)

109 Anyone else noticing all the empty seats at the Olympic figure skating? Ladies are doing their short programs now and seats are barely half full.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 08, 2014 07:59 AM (P6QsQ)

110 The Bible mentions "others" in Genesis 6. Look up the Nephelim.
They aren't "begat" by anyone descended from Adam.
They took a liking to human women and thus the reason for the flood.

Posted by: navybrat at February 08, 2014 08:00 AM (AW7Gr)

111 They keep saying it's just reporters and athletes.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 08, 2014 08:00 AM (6bMeY)

112 Worth watching! Posted by: mrp at February 08, 2014 11:52 AM (JBggj) I've found some of the BEST recent movies are foreign, especially from the regions we Americans consider exotic, even taboo. I love great cinema.

Posted by: panzernashorn at February 08, 2014 08:00 AM (MhA4j)

113 I can understand it as entertainment. I just can't wrap my head around the notion of a channel that is supposed to be about history airing it. That's certainly a fair criticism. My guess is that it's a money maker for them, which they probably need given the level of intelligence of the average American. Most folks here probably dig documentaries and historical recreations, but A&E and the Cartoon Channel probably thump the History Channel in the ratings. Ancient Aliens is just what you said - entertainment - but it's well done and shows cool places and things I don't see elsewhere, so why not indulge in a little historical science fiction from time to time? I find it to be a harmless diversion between Vikings and Nazis. YMMV of course.

Posted by: Blacksheep at February 08, 2014 08:01 AM (bS6uW)

114 All the people who thought it was really cool that Barky dissed Vlad by sending a delegation of gay athletes are now whining about the payback - a 'racist tweeter' being the Russian flag carrier. I hope the rest of the world gest tired of laughing at us soon.

Posted by: George Tirebiter at February 08, 2014 08:01 AM (lryY4)

115 110. there's always more to a story than what finally got printed thousands of years later

Posted by: panzernashorn at February 08, 2014 08:03 AM (MhA4j)

116 NBC is covering kickball? Is that what premiere league is?

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 08, 2014 08:03 AM (6bMeY)

117 Traditionally, Russian governments aren't all that thrilled with their subjects mixing it up with foreigners, especially on a large scale. It's a lot easier and cheaper to fleece media organizations, international committees, foreign governments, and corporate sponsors.

Posted by: mrp at February 08, 2014 08:04 AM (JBggj)

118 Yesterday I was listening to some sports radio station in the car. I have no idea if this is true but one of the guys said that Sochi was a summer resort area and they basically came in and said 'uh...you all need to leave. We need all this ground for the olympics.' The Russian version of Kelo. Anyway, apparently all the people who left didn't take their dogs with them....that's why there are so many stray dogs. Also, I hate people.

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at February 08, 2014 08:05 AM (bCEmE)

119 I liked the line from David Burge that Putin at this point is basically doing donuts in Obama's front yard. Unfortunately, it's actually our front yard, or at least it used to be.

Posted by: Blacksheep at February 08, 2014 08:07 AM (bS6uW)

120 I'm a big fan of audiobooks and check the new releases at Audible every week. There are three this week worthy of comment. First, The Party's Over: How the Extreme Right Wing Hijacked the GOP and I Became a Democrat by Charlie Crist. Great timing, just when it was revealed that he was selling judgeships. The second is Fame: Justin Bieber: A Graphic Novel. Forget Bieber. Just how does an audio graphic novel work? Third, is Peter Sloan Teaches How to Draw Cartoons: The Face. Yeah, learning to draw by audio must be something of a challenge.

Posted by: WalrusRex at February 08, 2014 08:07 AM (E+uky)

121 Thank heaven you're safe, irongrampa, although I'm sure you can handle a tramp on your own.

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at February 08, 2014 08:08 AM (LLfr9)

122 Oh my goodness, this skater is a little girl!

Posted by: grammie winger at February 08, 2014 08:10 AM (P6QsQ)

123 Don't worry, Blacksheep, there are plenty of Mexican illegals to resod the front lawn once Putin's done with it just ask Boehner et alia.

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at February 08, 2014 08:11 AM (LLfr9)

124 113. I recently came across scholarly research well worth exploring online. A Voice for the Electric Universe, Thunderbolts Project posts a lot of scientific historical astronomical and myth as archetype video lectures online. If I were in Albuquerque next month, I'd visit the March 2014 convention. http://tinyurl.com/k7tgx7t Symbols of an Alien Sky

Posted by: panzernashorn at February 08, 2014 08:11 AM (MhA4j)

125 Oh my goodness, this skater is a little girl! Posted by: grammie winger at February 08, 2014 12:10 PM (P6QsQ) 15....and she's fantastic!

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at February 08, 2014 08:11 AM (bCEmE)

126 Peter Sloan intones in a boring voice, "Now draw a circle in pencil on the paper."

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 08, 2014 08:11 AM (u7qIz)

127

   One more hour until bachelorhood. 4 days of just me and the dog. Wife is going with younger daughter and husband to New Orleans.

   I will not be accompanying them, since they're flying.

   Shame, love to fly, but until some sanity is restored vis-a-vis security no more flights for me. Not willing to be groped by some fat fud for no reason.

Posted by: irongrampa at February 08, 2014 08:12 AM (SAMxH)

128 I've always wanted to pick up a book about illiteracy from the shelf and then go to the front desk and ask if they've got the same book on audio.

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at February 08, 2014 08:12 AM (LLfr9)

129 22 Shouldn't Putin be shirtless in that photo, maybe riding a bear? Makes me think of the Guy on a Buffalo. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ4T9CQA0UM

Posted by: scottst at February 08, 2014 08:12 AM (Fp9Vt)

130 123?
Thanks for the laugh.
Pity there is some truth to it....

Posted by: backhoe at February 08, 2014 08:12 AM (ULH4o)

131 All the people who thought it was really cool that Barky dissed Vlad by sending a delegation of gay athletes are now whining about the payback - a 'racist tweeter' being the Russian flag carrier. - What I appreciate is the maturity. Maybe it is true that everything you need to know you learned on the kindergarten playground. A few weeks ago China and Japan escalated their cold war by calling each other Voldemort.

Posted by: WalrusRex at February 08, 2014 08:13 AM (E+uky)

132 Amazing performance

Posted by: grammie winger at February 08, 2014 08:13 AM (P6QsQ)

133 Ancient Aliens is our guilty pleasure. It's 99 and 44/100% BS, but it's fun to watch.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b] at February 08, 2014 08:14 AM (0HooB)

134 120 WalrusRex I'm still laughing, thanks.

Posted by: panzernashorn at February 08, 2014 08:14 AM (MhA4j)

135 119 I liked the line from David Burge that Putin at this point is basically doing donuts in Obama's front yard. Posted by: Blacksheep Mmmmmmmmmmmm, donuts!

Posted by: Homer Boehner Simpson at February 08, 2014 08:16 AM (MhA4j)

136 History Channel used to be good at those cheesy--but cool--docs about the various European tribes--"The Saxons", "The Goths", the "The Danes"--that featured historical reenactments with actors who looked like members of metal and progressive bands from 1972...

Posted by: JoeyBagels at February 08, 2014 08:19 AM (Hj7va)

137 See you later and good luck to your athletes (and the Aussies' too) with plenty of silver and bronze along with Canada's golds.

Have fun.

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at February 08, 2014 08:20 AM (LLfr9)

138 See ya later in hockey. Heh

Posted by: Thunderb at February 08, 2014 08:21 AM (zOTsN)

139 @129 I had forgotten about the guy on a Buffalo. They are great, thanks.

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 08, 2014 08:21 AM (0FSuD)

140 Good one, (MhA4j) !

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at February 08, 2014 08:21 AM (LLfr9)

141
I like Pawn Stars just because it's so cheesy. Same with American Pickers.

Of course, there's always American Restoration--so neat to watch them bring something back to it's former glory.

Posted by: irongrampa at February 08, 2014 08:22 AM (SAMxH)

142 Japanese girl fell on her but.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 08, 2014 08:23 AM (6bMeY)

143 88 Jim at February 08, 2014 11:43 AM (vvk2F) Naw. No fast attacks going active. 1) Take plenty of periscope pics with the Iranian ships in the cross-hairs. Go for the high def pictures. 2) Transfer pics to a Burke. Parade the female crewmembers topside (steel beach mode on). * 3) Transfer pics via helo and message drop on flight deck of "Helo carrier." 4) if they are still obnoxious, send in a Kaiser class oiler to make them swerve. * I did something similar to an all male Soviet AGI during EMP testing of the USS Perry (FFG-7) back in the day. Plus we had plenty of Beach Boys music on the 1-MC.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 08, 2014 08:23 AM (u82oZ)

144 I missed it...where is the current skater from?

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at February 08, 2014 08:25 AM (bCEmE)

145 Did Obama really send a delegation of gay athlete's to Sochi? Like that's going to do something? I'm thinking how much easier it would have been to sell the liberals on the Cold War if we just pointed out how they persecuted gays. "They send dissidents to Siberia?--who cares?"; "There is no freedom of the press?'--not our business; "They want to take over the world?--let them."; "They persecute gays?"--"BOMB THEM!!"

Posted by: JoeyBagels at February 08, 2014 08:25 AM (Hj7va)

146 Italy.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 08, 2014 08:25 AM (6bMeY)

147 Thanks Boss...beautiful.

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at February 08, 2014 08:26 AM (bCEmE)

148 Italian skater is so graceful

Posted by: Thunderb at February 08, 2014 08:26 AM (zOTsN)

149 What a beautiful skater.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 08, 2014 08:27 AM (P6QsQ)

150 128 -

One of these days I'm going to walk into an "adult" bookstore (do they still exist?), wearing dark glasses and ask for the braille section.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 08, 2014 08:27 AM (BeSEI)

151 I wonder how they intend to enforce these 30 minute passes. If you kill the cookies and punt your IP.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 08, 2014 08:27 AM (6bMeY)

152 Very nice job by Kostner. She's a gorgeous skater.

Posted by: DangerGirl at February 08, 2014 08:29 AM (GrtrJ)

153 She was mesmerizing

Posted by: Thunderb at February 08, 2014 08:29 AM (zOTsN)

154 145 -

I couldn't possibly care less about the Olympics (don't ban me for saying so, Ace!), but I'm going to assume they didn't send a "delegation full of gays."

Most likely our Olympic team is slightly more populated with gay athletes than the NBA or NFL, but it's the fact that some people can't shut up about it that makes it a story.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 08, 2014 08:31 AM (BeSEI)

155 Burt, they're not talking about the athletes.

The U.S. delegation will be led by a former Cabinet secretary and a deputy secretary of state, and it will include two openly gay athletes Â— tennis legend Billie Jean King and ice hockey player Caitlin Cahow Â— in an apparent bid to highlight opposition to RussiaÂ’s anti-gay laws.

Posted by: DangerGirl at February 08, 2014 08:33 AM (GrtrJ)

156 154 -

Or to put it another way, anytime you assemble a gaggle of female athletes, there is going to be a higher percentage of gays among them than a comparable assemblage of male athletes.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 08, 2014 08:33 AM (BeSEI)

157 Actually all you have to do is run Crap Cleaner. They aren't recording IPs.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 08, 2014 08:34 AM (6bMeY)

158 There are a few environmentalists a few years back who were proposing to transplant to the central US endangered animals from Africa - like elephants, lions, and cheetahs. Posted by: Anna Puma http://www.thewilds.org/default.aspx The Wilds is 10,000 acres of strip mined land in Eastern Ohio (about 1 hour east of Columbus, Ohio) that has been reclaimed and planted with a high nutrition hybrid grass. There are a series of 500 acre paddocks that contain wildlife (endangered and otherwise) from all over the world. It is affiliated with the Columbus Zoo. It's a lot like "Jurassic Park", in that a bus carries visitors through different gates to the different paddocks. The paddock for Africa has giraffes, rhinos, gazelles... a real plethora of African Fauna. It's actually a pretty neat place to visit. The African animals are kept inside during the winter. No predators are kept there yet, but they do still have plenty of unused land to be developed.

Posted by: Vladimir at February 08, 2014 08:34 AM (+1T7c)

159 155 -

Oh. Obviously I know nothing of the Olympics anymore then. Back in the day, the "delegation" WAS the athletes, not a bunch of preening leftist weenies.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 08, 2014 08:34 AM (BeSEI)

160 lincolntf try giving the Real McKenzie`s a listen as well

Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at February 08, 2014 08:36 AM (KgN8K)

161 OH ski jump wipeout!

Posted by: DangerGirl at February 08, 2014 08:36 AM (GrtrJ)

162 This may be the worst song ever screeched but check out the badonkadonks on the chick. http://tinyurl.com/l288jwz

Posted by: WalrusRex at February 08, 2014 08:37 AM (E+uky)

163 When did this women's hockey thing happen?

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 08, 2014 08:37 AM (6bMeY)

164 Perhaps SMOD is coming by sea?

Posted by: High Priest of the Cult of SMOD at February 08, 2014 08:38 AM (qxj6R)

165 The coverage consists of people talking about sports without actual sports.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 08, 2014 08:39 AM (6bMeY)

166 When did this women's hockey thing happen? Yeah, I wonder about that, too.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b] at February 08, 2014 08:39 AM (0HooB)

167 "The 21st Winter Olympic Games on NBC. Brought to you by " buffering!

Posted by: Anachronda watches the Olympics at February 08, 2014 08:39 AM (U82Km)

168 Hockey coverage was on msnbc earlier this morning. I think they went to regular programming a couple of hours ago.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 08, 2014 08:41 AM (P6QsQ)

169 Coverage will resume momentarily.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 08, 2014 08:41 AM (6bMeY)

170 The first thread was dead when we got back from Harbor Freight in Dover :waves at Krebs & Carnot:, so I'm trying to catch up. I'd thought of the "http://" thingy while walking Frank the Dachshund, tried it and tested just before Mr. Empire decided he needed a step drill bit Right Now, and we just got back. Thanks to all who tried to help. Sorry to be so late getting back to you, but not being here ... well, you know.

Posted by: Empire1 at February 08, 2014 08:42 AM (2A49a)

171 I wonder what the first guy to decide to fling himself off the side of a mountain with giant planks on his feet was thinking.

I'm guessing, "ohhhhhh shiiiiiiiit."

Posted by: DangerGirl at February 08, 2014 08:43 AM (GrtrJ)

172 136 JoeyBagels I like those docs as well. About the only "educational" media presentations that insult intelligence and try our patience are by recent NOVA nerds and nitwits pretending to be artisans and warriors themselves re-enacting history. (Like watching someone "rediscover" the wheel.) It's frustrating when American tax-funded PBS venues like NOVA become substandard productions, for a variety of reasons. It's a sad state when scholarship and taxes produce dumb and dumber. A lot of BBC productions stay in the low budget, two scholars revisiting historical sites with two specialist guests on screen (artisan, military), illustrating events in high tech animation while narrating, recreating ancient battles to view with convincing effect.

Posted by: panzernashorn at February 08, 2014 08:43 AM (MhA4j)

173 Vlad from 2005 and Slate. Donlon is an idiot who makes some very broad generalizations. And somehow in his lexicon a lion or a cheetah is a megafauna just like an elephant.

http://tinyurl.com/lmamova

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 08, 2014 08:44 AM (u7qIz)

174 155. The U.S. delegation will be led by a former Cabinet secretary and a deputy secretary of state, and it will include two openly gay athletes Â— tennis legend Billie Jean King and ice hockey player Caitlin Cahow Â— in an apparent bid to highlight opposition to RussiaÂ’s anti-gay laws. Posted by: DangerGirl at February 08, 2014 12:33 PM (GrtrJ) Disgusting. Hijacking the Olympics. Bad form. But no surprise given Obama. Watch him push any gold medal winner from the pedestal to take the awards himself, citizen of the world.

Posted by: panzernashorn at February 08, 2014 08:48 AM (MhA4j)

175 Sweden vs Norway.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 08, 2014 08:51 AM (P6QsQ)

176 Watch him push any gold medal winner from the pedestal to take the awards himself, citizen of the world. I don't think Obama is attending the Olympics.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 08, 2014 08:53 AM (XyM/Y)

177

Guys do yourselves a HUGE favor and watch the free Dog Whisperer vids on youtube.

Sucky dogs suck

Posted by: MAx at February 08, 2014 08:53 AM (b7yum)

178 For our Scandi friends, scientists think they found a sunstone that was used to help navigate even when the Sun was not visible.

http://tinyurl.com/m6gkhed

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 08, 2014 08:54 AM (u7qIz)

179 And Norway takes it home. Almost a sweep. I would think cross country ski racing would be just about the most demanding winter sport of all.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 08, 2014 08:56 AM (P6QsQ)

180 @118 Tami That's exactly what happened. Wife is in Moscow and we just spoke about that a hour ago on the phone. A couple of days ago a German news team was interviewing russians who were thrown out of their houses and some who had the business stolen by local government officials. The most costly Olympics in history because its graft and corruption all the way down.

Posted by: Buckeye Abroad at February 08, 2014 08:56 AM (XjoAe)

181 Here's a hi-def link if anyone wants to watch the women's freestyle moguls final.

http://tinyurl.com/lmvc4zx

Posted by: DangerGirl at February 08, 2014 08:56 AM (GrtrJ)

182 176 -

I don't imagine he would be there. Too much emphasis on competition, and people having to work hard to succeed.

Plus, too many white people.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 08, 2014 09:00 AM (BeSEI)

183 Are snowboarders known for their decorum in discussing opponents?

BTW, the U.S. bobsledder who had to punch his way through a (literally) cardboard bathroom door after a shower, Johnny Quinn, used to play in the CFL (as well as the NFL).

Posted by: andycanuck at February 08, 2014 11:01 AM (LLfr9)

Using "snowboarders" and "decorum" in the same sentence = logic fail.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 08, 2014 09:01 AM (pFqpP)

184 For our Scandi friends, scientists think they found a sunstone that was used to help navigate even when the Sun was not visible.

http://tinyurl.com/m6gkhed

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 08, 2014 12:54 PM (u7qIz)

Pretty crappy description of the optical properties of calcite. It doesn't "depolarize" light, it simply separates the polar components of normal sunlight. Gypsum crystals do this, too. And many other minerals; in fact, most minerals.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 08, 2014 09:25 AM (pFqpP)

185 I was at the garden thread. I have one thing to say. Mitch McConnell must be an idiot. I just received my 7th letter from him via USPS, with my notice of my 2014 support! I have thrown them all away & they still send them.

Posted by: Carol at February 08, 2014 09:31 AM (z4WKX)

186 I mentioned a while months back we've adopted an abused eighteen-month old male German Shepherd rescue pup. ... It's really gratifying to watch him develop, and just generally to help give an animal a new lease on life. --- +1

Posted by: whoever at February 08, 2014 10:37 AM (kGSN0)

187 The Obama administration and many in the analytical community have said al QaedaÂ’s central leadership was no longer influential and that the terror group as a whole was diminishing.

After al QaedaÂ’s current leader Ayman al-Zawahiri released a propaganda video in January 2014 telling Syrian insurgents to ban together, the State Department said that al Zawahiri was the only al Qaeda core leader left and that he spent Â“more time worrying about his own personal security than propaganda.Â”

Hoffman disputed that notion.

Â“The core may not be as strong, but the al Qaeda brand I would argue is just as strong if not stronger,Â” Hoffman said.

While al QaedaÂ’s central leadership has suffered significant losses, al Zawahiri has still managed to maintain influence among affiliates and facilitated the expansion of the al Qaeda network, Hoffman said.

Â“I think heÂ’s actually achieved the impossible, heÂ’s held the movement together now for three years at a time that it is splintering,Â” he said. Â“Al Qaeda is in more places today than it was before al Zawahiri took control.Â”

Posted by: David Koresh at February 08, 2014 10:45 AM (e8kgV)

188 The founder and CEO of American Title Services in Centennial was found dead in his home this week, the result of self-inflicted wounds from a nail gun, according to the Arapahoe County coroner.

Richard Talley, 57, and the company he founded in 2001 were under investigation by state insurance regulators at the time of his death late Tuesday, an agency spokesman confirmed Thursday.

It was unclear how long the investigation had been ongoing or its primary focus.

A coroner's spokeswoman Thursday said Talley was found in his garage by a family member who called authorities. They said Talley died from seven or eight self-inflicted wounds from a nail gun fired into his torso and head.

Also unclear is whether Talley's suicide was related to the investigation by the Colorado Division of Insurance, which regulates title companies.

Posted by: Ross Perot at February 08, 2014 10:48 AM (e8kgV)

189 Damn, seven or eight wounds with a nail gun? There are a whole lot easier ways of offing yourself. Must have been a lib.

Posted by: LFW - Honorary Pointy Eared Vulcan at February 08, 2014 11:38 AM (SudzO)

190 "A coroner's spokeswoman Thursday said Talley was found in his garage by a family member who called authorities. They said Talley died from seven or eight self-inflicted wounds from a nail gun fired into his torso and head.

Also unclear is whether Talley's suicide was related to the investigation by the Colorado Division of Insurance, which regulates title companies.

Posted by: Ross Perot at February 08, 2014 02:48 PM (e8kgV)

7 or 8 self inflicted NAIL GUN wounds to the torso and head...

Obvious suicide... /eyeroll

Reminds me of that story about the KGB spy who died of 23 self-inflicted gunshot wounds to the back of the head.

Posted by: tangonine at February 08, 2014 02:24 PM (x3YFz)

191 Register and ban all nail guns.

Posted by: CMU VET at February 08, 2014 02:44 PM (ejB0r)

192 That's not Putin - that's Obama arriving at the Olympics with his campaign staff.

Posted by: Emperor Palpable at February 09, 2014 10:28 AM (7+oD+)

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