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Overnight Open Thread (2-23-2016)

Quote of the Day

When it was announced - during the Watts riots of August 1965 - that the rioters were about to move to Desilu's production base of Culver City, California, the original phaser rifle from "Where No Man Has Gone Before" was one weapon that Herbert F. Solow suggested to Gene Roddenberry as a means of protection. (Inside Star Trek: The Real Story, p. 89) Apart from its use in the episode and its proposed anti-riot use, the phaser rifle prop was most notably re-utilized for well known official publicity shots, which featured William Shatner, in the guise of Kirk, holding the phaser rifle. (Inside Star Trek: The Real Story, pp. 117, 106, 190; et al.)

origistartrekphaserrifle

[This result came up while I was searching for something completely different and led me down a rabbit hole of links. I blame society. And Google.]

Apparently Roddenberry never used the prop rifle to scare off rioters but he did call on former buddies in the LAPD to stand guard with rifles and pistols and protect the actors during filming of Police Story (not the Joseph Wambaugh series of the 70s). Interestingly Roddenberry based the character Spock on LAPD Police Chief William Parker who he deeply admired.

Coldly cerebral (Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, a one-time L.A.P.D. officer and Parker speechwriter, reportedly based the character Mr. Spock on his old boss), intolerant of fools, and famously incorruptible (in a department that was famously corrupt), Parker gradually rose. In 1950, a scandal involving 114 Hollywood "pleasure girls" made Parker Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department, a position he would hold for sixteen controversial years. In time, he became, in the words of Los Angeles Times publisher Norman Chandler, "the most powerful man in Los Angeles."

Parker supposedly was also the inspiration for the character Sgt. Joe Friday on Dragnet. (Did you know that Jack Webb was supposed to be the original Dean Wormer in Animal House?)

Related: Martin Luther King Was a Closet Trekkie Who Convinced Uhura Not To Leave the Show For Broadway

Semi-Related: The New Centurions by Joseph Wambaugh, who was also an LAPD officer during the same era Roddenberry was, is still considered one of the best books ever written on what's like to be a policeman.

Anita Sarkeesian: There is not a shred of truth about me being involved in "shadowbanning" and driving my critics off Twitter, and if you disagree that is a manifestation of your misogyny and you deserve what you get!

I'm going to editorialize a bit here and point out that whenever #GamerGate was brought up over the past year and a half, a certain number of the commenters here just shrugged their shoulders and declared that they didn't give a shit about gaming so why should they care. Well this is why you should care.

It was never about gaming - the gamers were just the first, easy targets - it was always about control and suppressing whatever the SJWs don't like. Now maybe you don't give a shit about Twitter either but eventually the SJWs will come for something you do care about. It'd be nice if you were in the fight and helping out those battling them today - unless you'd like to find out whether or not the Niemöller quote applies to you the hard way.

Will Twitter Narrow the Overton Window?

Social media was supposed to democratize the flow of information. In a provocative Twitter essay on the ways that outlets like Twitter and Facebook weaken old-fashioned political establishments, Clay Shirky wrote: "Social media is breaking the political 'Overton Window' - the ability of elites to determine the outside edges of acceptable conversation." In other words, now that the barriers to entry in the political conversation are lower, elites ostensibly have less ability than before to control the narrative.

Twitter's decision to move against McCain is, in a sense, a challenge to Shirky's thesis-a gamble that it is still possible for elites to aggressively delineate "the outside edges of acceptable conversation." We're just talking about a different set of elites: socially liberal Silicon Valley executives rather than centrist newspapermen and party establishmentarians.

Ivy League Crybullies vs. Survivor of a Soviet labor camp: Guess Who Needs 'Emotional Support'?

"So there you have it; a group of Ivy League crybullies worn out from the emotional toll of protesting Natan Sharansky, a former dissident and survivor of years of confinement, including solitary confinement, in harsh Soviet prison camps. Is there a better indication of the decline of American higher-ed culture than a bunch of Ivy Leaguers at risk of emotional breakdown due to the presence of one of the great, stoic heroes of the Cold War on their campus?"

Charcuterie Chapeau Criminalized

It's now illegal to wear a pig hat in parts of Europe.

'Whether or not it was provocation, it is and remains a pig hat.'"

Pig-hat-arrest

Four-Year-Old Egyptian Boy is Sentenced to Life in Jail For Committing Four 'Murders' When He Was Just One

Clearly a case of mistaken identity but the Egyptian justice system seems incapable of correcting any errors.

Justice Department Seeks to Force Apple to Extract Data From 12 Other iPhones in Cases Not Involving Terrorism

10 Highly Controversial Statistics From The Culture Wars

Wait - if 1 in 3 men would commit rape then how come only 1 in 4 college women have been sexually assaulted?

Why $100 bills and ?500 Notes May Soon Be Killed Off

A little too convenient for people and they make it difficult for the government to track all transactions.

Anti-GMO Nutjobbery Risks "Food Crisis" in the Philippines

German Saboteur Cache Found 70 Years After the War

Buried in a Latvian forest these items were intended for acts of sabotage against Red Army forces and are still in amazingly good condition.

germancache001-3

The Secret 'Anti-Languages' You're Not Supposed To Know

Dating By Smell

smelldating34

The Yahoo group is for closers only.

Tonight's post brought to you by changes:

too_true_21

Notice: Posted by permission of AceCorp LLC. Please email the stuff to that place. Also do that thang.

Posted by: Maetenloch at 11:08 PM




Comments

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1 Woot woot ONT

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 23, 2016 11:10 PM (voOPb)

2 Wait - if 1 in 3 men would commit rape then how come only 1 in 4 college women have been sexually assaulted?
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Outcome based penis intrusion?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 23, 2016 11:11 PM (voOPb)

3 Hola, amigoz en loz intertuboz!!!

Posted by: cthulhu at February 23, 2016 11:11 PM (EzgxV)

4 Distended version.

Posted by: GnuBreed at February 23, 2016 11:12 PM (gyKtp)

5 for something completely different and led me down a rabbit hole of links. I blame society. And Google.]
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Ha, a fellow moron with too much time on his hands?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 23, 2016 11:12 PM (voOPb)

6 Yo.....

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 23, 2016 11:15 PM (CLgp4)

7 A plethora of linkies!

Posted by: logprof at February 23, 2016 11:15 PM (wRRM9)

8 Looks like Trump in First
Mario in Second
And, Cruz in Third

That's so far

Posted by: L, Elle at February 23, 2016 11:15 PM (2x3L+)

9

Words Used today At AoSHQ, that are rarely used, and should be used WAY more:

Vile
Lout
Tits

add your own...

Posted by: The Moose Out Front Should Have Told Ya at February 23, 2016 11:15 PM (+zqYj)

10 NINE!!!, or a reasonable facsimile thereof...

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T), at February 23, 2016 11:15 PM (OQ9R7)

11 MLK did do some good with Uhuru.

Posted by: Burnt Toast at February 23, 2016 11:16 PM (T78UI)

12 Words Used today At AoSHQ, that are rarely used, and should be used WAY more:



Vile

Lout

Tits



add your own...


Pusillanimous

Posted by: Blanco Basura at February 23, 2016 11:16 PM (YJmuy)

13 Maetneloch, do you want me to keep caucus results downstairs so as not to sully your ONT?

Let me know. Will oblige.

Posted by: L, Elle at February 23, 2016 11:17 PM (2x3L+)

14 "Tonight's post brought to you by changes"


Those men. Damn. What a gift we received.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 23, 2016 11:17 PM (CLgp4)

15 TRUMP!!!!

Watch and learn.

http://tinyurl.com/nnd7t8n

Posted by: Kreplach at February 23, 2016 11:17 PM (ILoaF)

16
10 Highly Controversial Statistics From The Culture Wars
Wait - if 1 in 3 men would commit rape then how come only 1 in 4 college women have been sexually assaulted?




One in three = 33%; one in four = 25%; 33% - 25% = 8% of men rape other men. Because rapist McRapeys gotta rape, yo!

Posted by: cthulhu at February 23, 2016 11:17 PM (EzgxV)

17 I keep hearing that alternatives to Twitter are coming. I also hear that Twitter's technology is ... basic.

Rather than fight to save Twitter from itself, better to work to kill it.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 23, 2016 11:17 PM (qkjYB)

18 Top 20! Woot!

Posted by: Fewenuff at February 23, 2016 11:17 PM (T/sbU)

19 Did Megyn go to her stylist and say I want you to make my head and face look as close to a hatchet as possible?

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at February 23, 2016 11:18 PM (4ErVI)

20 wow almost broke single digits

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at February 23, 2016 11:18 PM (z+4T3)

21 14 "Tonight's post brought to you by changes"


Those men. Damn. What a gift we received.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 23, 2016 11:17 PM (CLgp4)

--The 18 year old women of 1944 were tougher than the 18 year old men of today.

Posted by: logprof at February 23, 2016 11:18 PM (wRRM9)

22 It's now illegal to wear a pig hat in parts of Europe

As if we need another reason to question our multi-trillion dollar defense of Europe.

Clearly a case of mistaken identity but the Egyptian justice system seems incapable of correcting any errors.

Clearly they have a lot to learn from - oh, is that a drug-dealers house with a baby in a crib? BOMB THE SHIT OUT OF IT!!

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 23, 2016 11:18 PM (7E1Ic)

23 >>>Those men. Damn. What a gift we received.

And a lot of this country has fucking pissed it away

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 23, 2016 11:18 PM (voOPb)

24 12
Words Used today At AoSHQ, that are rarely used, and should be used WAY more:





Vile


Lout


Tits





add your own...

Pusillanimous


Posted by: Blanco Basura at February 23, 2016 11:16 PM (YJmuy)


Catamites.

Posted by: cthulhu at February 23, 2016 11:18 PM (EzgxV)

25 Bring forth the pleasure girls, Mr. Spock.

Posted by: Captain James Tiberius Kirk at February 23, 2016 11:18 PM (Dwehj)

26 This comment identifies as first.

Posted by: buzzion at February 23, 2016 11:18 PM (zt+N6)

27 Crespuscular

Posted by: Kindltot at February 23, 2016 11:18 PM (q2o38)

28 I heard MLK was more into the Janice Rand type.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 23, 2016 11:19 PM (qkjYB)

29 That last bit needs to be spread far and wide.

Posted by: rickl at February 23, 2016 11:19 PM (sdi6R)

30 Put this in the other thread but i know how fast you all jump ship when there is a new thread.

Thinking on it, if Jeb hadn't split the third Bush term vote with Rubio, might Rubio of had more momentum and money early on? Does the Morons agree?

If we dodge amnesty Rubio will we have Jeb to thank for it?

Posted by: Shiggz at February 23, 2016 11:19 PM (G7wcY)

31 Revolver looks like an old Webley.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 23, 2016 11:20 PM (quZl1)

32 Wait - if 1 in 3 men would commit rape then how come only 1 in 4 college women have been sexually assaulted?

That's easy. The various rapers are raping the same college women over and over again. Or, the rapers are raping 1 out of 2 non-college women, so it averages out. Maybe both.

I see no reason to challenge those rock-solid statistics.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at February 23, 2016 11:20 PM (R+30W)

33 13 Maetneloch, do you want me to keep caucus results downstairs so as not to sully your ONT?
Let me know. Will oblige.
Posted by: L, Elle at February 23, 2016 11:17 PM (2x3L+)


If you would since there's already a thread downstairs for it.

Posted by: Maetenloch at February 23, 2016 11:20 PM (pAlYe)

34 Leave the politics downstairs please.

No one gives a fuck about the bushes at the moment

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 23, 2016 11:20 PM (voOPb)

35 if 1 in 3 men would commit rape, how do they find enough men to fill the universities with so many nancy boys?

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at February 23, 2016 11:21 PM (LWu6U)

36 Revolver looks like an old Webley.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 23, 2016 11:20 PM (quZl1)


Colt or a Belgian knock off

Posted by: Kindltot at February 23, 2016 11:21 PM (q2o38)

37 A man is arrested for wearing a pig hat. The world has gone Monty Python.

Posted by: Josephistan at February 23, 2016 11:21 PM (7qAYi)

38 I could never keep the two sides clear in my head in the GamerGate imbroglio. This guy, that guy who said what; it was all a jumbled up mess. Still is unless there is a list of the players and which side they are on.

Same with the Sad Puppies - Hugo. Nebulizer, atomizer whatever globe it was, golden or Acadamy.

Posted by: John the Baptist at February 23, 2016 11:21 PM (b6qi2)

39 Re: the D-Day photo; today is the anniversary of the flag raising atop Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima.

Posted by: Country Singer at February 23, 2016 11:21 PM (GUBah)

40 Slap...... you actually were the Ninth post......


In Common Core math.

If Jeb! was still a candidate, he would approve of this message.



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at February 23, 2016 11:21 PM (McRlu)

41 Nichelle Nichols does promo spots on MeTV where she tells about MLK asking her to stay on Star Trek.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 23, 2016 11:22 PM (FkBIv)

42 hi all
so can someone give me the skinny on GamerGate? I never really understood what the issue was there

Posted by: chemjeff - PuppyMonkeyBaby '16 at February 23, 2016 11:22 PM (uZNvH)

43 I've read several Wambaugh books; dad was a cop and, naturally, a big fan of his stuff. So if a book was on the shelf, eventually I got to it.

Posted by: GnuBreed at February 23, 2016 11:22 PM (gyKtp)

44 "The 18 year old women of 1944 were tougher than the 18 year old men of today."



That ain't no shit.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 23, 2016 11:22 PM (i3A6b)

45 I guess there were no rooftop Koreans as yet in 1965.

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 23, 2016 11:22 PM (JO9+V)

46 Wait - if 1 in 3 men would commit rape then how come only 1 in 4 college women have been sexually assaulted?

If the SJW's think that 1 in 3 men would commit rape, then the real question is: What kind of maladjusted freaks do these women hang out with that they believe that? Of all the men in my life, family, friends, dates, I don't know ANY that I ever thought of as capable of rape.

Then again, most of the men in my life were raised with a traditional sense of morality.

Posted by: nerdygirl at February 23, 2016 11:22 PM (+lVUW)

47 words...

ya imbroglio. just came to me and I spelt it right the first time used it right too and shit.

Posted by: John the Baptist at February 23, 2016 11:23 PM (b6qi2)

48 Words Used today At AoSHQ, that are rarely used, and should be used WAY more:



Vile

Lout

Tits



add your own...



Peccadillos

Posted by: ALH at February 23, 2016 11:23 PM (Z56vq)

49 Webb as Dean Wormer would've been surreal in a an awesome way though.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at February 23, 2016 11:23 PM (4ErVI)

50 I saw Vile Lout Tits open for Skinny Puppy at the Tower in 85.

Posted by: Josephistan at February 23, 2016 11:23 PM (7qAYi)

51 I wonder if you could get arrested in the USA by wearing a white pointy Klan-like hat?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 23, 2016 11:23 PM (FkBIv)

52 Natalie Imbroglio had a few big hits back in the '90s.

Posted by: pretty cute, too at February 23, 2016 11:24 PM (RxzlW)

53 If the world has gone Monty Python, we would be slapping each other with fish.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 23, 2016 11:24 PM (2yQQy)

54 51 I wonder if you could get arrested in the USA by wearing a white pointy Klan-like hat?


Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 23, 2016 11:23 PM (FkBIv)



What about Grey?

Posted by: Gandalf at February 23, 2016 11:24 PM (zt+N6)

55 ***"...whenever #GamerGate was brought up over the past year and a half, a certain number of the commenters here just shrugged their shoulders and declared that they didn't a shit about gaming so why should they care. Well this is why you should care.

It was never about gaming - the gamers were just the first, easy targets"***


This. Thank you. The dismissive tone that those commenters took just highlighted how little people understand the extent of the problems we face.


Though it was nice to see that the gamers didn't turn out to be the easy targets the SJWs thought they were.


Even though I've never used Twitter, or planned to, I'm not sure what I could do to pushback.


The reason for the success of the SJWs speaks to the extent of the Gramscian damage we've suffered. they're even infesting the upper corporate structures in various industries.


This shitshow will not be fixed overnight, or even in 20 years. If ever.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at February 23, 2016 11:24 PM (Wckf4)

56 "Colt or a Belgian knock off"



You're right.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 23, 2016 11:25 PM (i3A6b)

57 I'm going to editorialize a bit here and point out that whenever #GamerGate was brought up over the past year and a half, a certain number of the commenters here just shrugged their shoulders and declared that they didn't a shit about gaming so why should they care. Well this is why you should care.

This is what I was saying all along as well. It's as true now as it was then.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 23, 2016 11:25 PM (0mRoj)

58 world has gone Monty Python, we would be slapping each other with fish.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 23, 2016 11:24 PM (2yQQy)

Bring out your dead, bring out your dead

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 23, 2016 11:25 PM (voOPb)

59 So did Vile Lout Tits open for Pussy Riot at Chelyabinsk?

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 23, 2016 11:25 PM (2yQQy)

60 51 I wonder if you could get arrested in the USA by wearing a white pointy Klan-like hat?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 23, 2016 11:23 PM (FkBIv)


No but it's unclear if you'd be allowed to burn a cross in your own yard while wearing one. [cue all the Reno 911 sketches involving the misunderstood Klansmen]

Posted by: Maetenloch at February 23, 2016 11:26 PM (pAlYe)

61 Words Used today At AoSHQ, that are rarely used, and should be used WAY more:





Vile


Lout


Tits





add your own...

Pusillanimous


Posted by: Blanco Basura at February 23, 2016 11:16 PM (YJmuy)


Catamites.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 23, 2016 11:18 PM (EzgxV)
*******
Strategery

Posted by: Hartmark at February 23, 2016 11:26 PM (zv81W)

62
The Secret 'Anti-Languages' You're Not Supposed To Know




"He say you Brade-runnah."

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 23, 2016 11:26 PM (kdS6q)

63 The reason for the success of the SJWs speaks to
the extent of the Gramscian damage we've suffered. they're even
infesting the upper corporate structures in various industries.





This shitshow will not be fixed overnight, or even in 20 years. If ever.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at February 23, 2016 11:24 PM (Wckf4)


It'll be fixed, but it'll only be fixed when people have had enough and things get really ugly. People only have so much bullshit tolerance.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at February 23, 2016 11:26 PM (HalrA)

64 And please pay no attention to how awkward the writing is at 55.


I clearly haven't had enough to drink yet.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at February 23, 2016 11:26 PM (Wckf4)

65 Bring out your dead, bring out your dead
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian

I'm not dead yet!

Posted by: America at February 23, 2016 11:26 PM (zmW4B)

66 The #Gamergate stuff is simple enough. It was a deliberate ploy by the gamer media to declare it a "harassment" campaign by the Right.

That's why Adam Baldwin coined the #gamergate tag in the first place - because it was revealed that the gaming journalists were on a secret mailing-list, where they coordinated their attacks on gamers.

In fact it was Milo who got the syringes and dead animals delivered to his mail box. It was the people complaining about the journalistic malfeasance who got the threats to their lives and livelihoods.

The Left's counter to #gamergate? #gamerghazi. Chortle, chortle. Nontroversy. Right-wing hysteria. (Telling, what they thought of the protoISIS attack on US personnel in Libya, at the same time.)

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 23, 2016 11:26 PM (qkjYB)

67 "Tell him I'm eating."

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 23, 2016 11:26 PM (2yQQy)

68 --The 18 year old women of 1944 were tougher than the 18 year old men of today.
Posted by: logprof at February 23, 2016 11:18 PM (wRRM9)


No shit. My mom was raised on a farm. She knew how to dispatch a chicken, remove the feathers, and gut it. All while wearing a dress.

Posted by: nerdygirl at February 23, 2016 11:26 PM (+lVUW)

69 What exactly is the average Joe to do about gamergate type assaults?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 23, 2016 11:27 PM (FkBIv)

70 I'm ready for the silly walks.

Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at February 23, 2016 11:27 PM (dvuhZ)

71 Sorry -- I've had Gamergate explained to me slowly and I still don't get it.

All I can say is "Yes it is bad for SJWs to stifle freedom of allthethings."


What else can I do?

Also I despise Twitter with the white hot passion of a thousand suns. Before I even knew about the politics.

Again....what can I do?

Posted by: Havoc at February 23, 2016 11:27 PM (qUNWi)

72 so can someone give me the skinny on GamerGate? I never really understood what the issue was there

Posted by: chemjeff


acecomments.mu.nu/?blog=86post=354531#c23174458

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 23, 2016 11:27 PM (7E1Ic)

73 That revolver is likely a Nagant. Soviets made a bazillion of 'em.


Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at February 23, 2016 11:28 PM (McRlu)

74 The issue with GamerGate was that video games were one of the last bastions of reasonable freedom of expression (ie not thoroughly dominated by tyrannical puritanical maniacal fascist so-called libs).

So, politics being downstream of culture, the libs aimed to take it, and probably won. Their enemies were the usual... Racist, sexist, homophobe blah blah blahdy blah. And many of them, pathetic saplings with no clue about politics, still have no idea what ran them over.

Posted by: Mega at February 23, 2016 11:28 PM (JwLCI)

75 Jazz/rockets 100/99

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 23, 2016 11:28 PM (qkjYB)

76 Speaking of androids dreaming, the French try to get inside Philip K. Dick's mind.

http://www.ufunk.net/en/tech/i-philip-vr/

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 23, 2016 11:28 PM (2yQQy)

77 Evening morons, how fares the horde?

New pic of Son of Crank posted at that Twitter thing that has become the suck.

@conservativecra

Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at February 23, 2016 11:29 PM (Gosad)

78 1 in 3 democrat men i know seem pretty rapey.

Most democrat women i know hang out with drug users, money takers, and all around beta male losers. You can spot these "couples" as the women will be the one driving the 2002 toyota to her job at the gap while her ambiguous race either from pigment or dress "boyfriend" is leaned way back in the passenger side on a weekday afternooon.

Note I just described Obamas Parents ^^^

Posted by: Shiggz at February 23, 2016 11:29 PM (G7wcY)

79 world has gone Monty Python, we would be slapping each other with fish.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 23, 2016 11:24 PM (2yQQy)

Bring out your dead, bring out your dead


Dudes would be wailing about not being able to have babies and some of us would be pining for the fjords. Come to think of it, that's what a good many of the migrants are doing.

Posted by: Basement Cat at February 23, 2016 11:29 PM (3C9q2)

80 Natalie Imbroglio had a few big hits back in the '90s.

Hang at the HQ or dive into YouTube videos for nostalgia's sake? I'm torn.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at February 23, 2016 11:29 PM (YJmuy)

81 >>those commenters took just highlighted how little people understand the extent of the problems we face.
----
I will admit I was one of those who questioned the problem. My bad

But, to this day I have yet to see a piece that explained it to my understanding. The gaming world is its own world. Not bad, not good, it is what it is

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 23, 2016 11:29 PM (voOPb)

82 So, railing against Twitter by posting shit that they ban you (rightly or wrongly, doesn't matter) for is actually a fight against The Man?

(This means MUMR and Ira are actually doing the right thing???!!?)


Twitter holds the keys. I don't see there is anything to do but bail from them, badmouth them, and watch them slowly sink.

Unless Maet has a different, more devious plan in mind?

Posted by: GnuBreed at February 23, 2016 11:29 PM (gyKtp)

83 No one gives a fuck about the bushes at the moment
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 23, 2016 11:20 PM (voOPb)


That's what you think.

Posted by: Lesbian at February 23, 2016 11:29 PM (+lVUW)

84 Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 23, 2016 11:26 PM (qkjYB)



Video games represents one of the few parts of the culture they don't have complete control over, and they can't tolerate not controlling it. The whole gamergate kerfluffle was their attempt to gain control of it by their usual tactics - creating false crises, then running forward with "concerned" parties that wanted "common sense" changes that would give them total control over what gets produced.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at February 23, 2016 11:29 PM (HalrA)

85
I don't use Twitter other than to see what bit of fun Adam Baldwin or Peabody Award winning actor Nick Searcy are up to with the occassion nod to writer Larry Corriea- but now that 2 of them have bailed, I can't imagine ever going back. I think it's sad that the social justice babies have taken it over and banned anyone that doesn't conform to their groupthink. I fear Maet is correct in that the locust swarm of SJWs will move on to a new crop once they finish devasting their current feasting grounds.

Posted by: Darth Randall at February 23, 2016 11:29 PM (KlVdw)

86 "This is what I was saying all along as well. It's as true now as it was then."



I never understood "GamerGate" either. I'm not a gamer. Seemed SJW was trying to force the hand of game creators from what I got. No "racism", "sexism", etc.



Not proper puncs, I know.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 23, 2016 11:29 PM (kNsif)

87 words : secret argots - - there's a learned word that we should flaunt.

patois is another good one.

In the time of fire, we're gonna need secret code words.

Posted by: John the Baptist at February 23, 2016 11:30 PM (b6qi2)

88 Revolver looks like an old Webley.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 23, 2016 11:20 PM (quZl1)


Ricardo, I am really sorry. That is actually an 8mm French Model 1892 service revolver, and a really crisp and clean one.


Posted by: Kindltot at February 23, 2016 11:30 PM (q2o38)

89 Hotair comments in the shitter, Twitter qwitters growing in #s and Facebook bleeding current and potential users.

Ha!

Posted by: Fewenuff at February 23, 2016 11:30 PM (T/sbU)

90 34 Leave the politics downstairs please.

No one gives a fuck about the bushes at the moment
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 23, 2016 11:20 PM (voOPb)

We don't need no stinking bushes!

Posted by: Miley's Tongue dba Ylva of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy at February 23, 2016 11:31 PM (odjaN)

91 SJW = Soviet Justice Wankers.

Does that clear things up. Or put more simply - "Everything under their control. Nothing outside."

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 23, 2016 11:31 PM (2yQQy)

92 Even Iowahawk seems to have bailed on twitter. Last time I checked (earlier today) he hadn't posted since the 20th.

Posted by: Country Singer at February 23, 2016 11:31 PM (GUBah)

93 "Again....what can I do?"
-Posted by: Havoc at February 23, 2016 11:27 PM (qUNWi)

It isn't so much what you can or cannot do. It was the chiding and derision some people had for the entire subject.

...because 'gamers' suck, or something.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T), at February 23, 2016 11:31 PM (OQ9R7)

94 Cant and slang are great fun....

I recall learning some, back in the Beantown days, from all the old Russki dudes in the neighborhood, and my landlord/drinking buddy, who, like many of his age, did time in the Red Army before going on to a career in the Gulag.

Moskvitchka = "a female Muscovite" = "a large and heavy coat"

"lopata" = "shovel" = "pointless labor done with inferior equipment"

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at February 23, 2016 11:31 PM (/33sy)

95 "I'm torn."


You reveal yourself.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 23, 2016 11:31 PM (xeMoJ)

96 We don't need no stinking bushes!
Posted by: Miley's Tongue dba Ylva of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy

If you don't like the smell, then stop breathing.

Posted by: Hillary! Rodham-Rodham at February 23, 2016 11:32 PM (zmW4B)

97 lopata - another adjective for this administration.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 23, 2016 11:32 PM (2yQQy)

98 Seemed SJW was trying to force the hand of game creators from what I got. No "racism", "sexism", etc.
--------------------

Key word: SEEMED. Racism and sexism are their tactics, not their concern.


Posted by: Mega at February 23, 2016 11:33 PM (JwLCI)

99 87 words : secret argots - - there's a learned word that we should flaunt.

patois is another good one.

In the time of fire, we're gonna need secret code words.
Posted by: John the Baptist at February 23, 2016 11:30 PM (b6qi2)
***
Indeed, I predict "canoe" will come into widespread use.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at February 23, 2016 11:33 PM (/33sy)

100 Denninger says Facebutt and Twatter are both ultimately a zero. I hope he's right.

Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at February 23, 2016 11:33 PM (dvuhZ)

101 The AoS group on Steam still exists, but it's been deserted for a year.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 23, 2016 11:34 PM (VdICR)

102 "Ricardo, I am really sorry. That is actually an 8mm French Model 1892 service revolver, and a really crisp and clean one."


Pfft. After your comment I thought it was a Colt FN creation.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 23, 2016 11:34 PM (B4ic/)

103 You reveal yourself.

That's what the webcam is for.

Well, that and inducing vomiting.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at February 23, 2016 11:34 PM (YJmuy)

104

Nichelle Nichols was/is a raging bull dyke with a taste for young white girls and usually had a couple in her trailer... but she banged Rodmeister for the role... or so the legend goes...

Posted by: The Moose Out Front Should Have Told Ya at February 23, 2016 11:34 PM (+zqYj)

105 Natalie Imbruglia has a great song with the chick from Portishead. Not even sure Imbruglia does anything on it besides sing backing vocals.

Posted by: Mega at February 23, 2016 11:35 PM (JwLCI)

106 http://tinyurl.com/zfb7ass

Modern failures

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 23, 2016 11:35 PM (voOPb)

107 Posted by: Havoc at February 23, 2016 11:27 PM (qUNWi)


The issue with gamergate started with revelations that a female video game developer was sleeping with video game journalists in exchange for positive reviews. It started as a simple industry/media corruption story.


The gaming media, unwilling to be called out on their corruption, started playing victim cards left and right, calling gamers (their own target demographic) misogynistic.


Gamers responded gloriously, thoroughly vetting the gaming media and discovering what a wretched hive of scum and villainy it was. All of the usual Lefties tried to back the corrupt gaming media and got a thorough bruising, and they weren't happy about it. Hence the controversy.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at February 23, 2016 11:35 PM (HalrA)

108 I fear Maet is correct in that the locust swarm of SJWs will move on to a new crop once they finish devasting their current feasting grounds.

Posted by: Darth Randall


One in 10k reasons why the GOP deserves no respect.

They've watch as almost every American enterprise and institution is slowly compelled to bow the the Left's marching orders. And they've done nothing to roll that back .

I feel sorry for NRO and the GOP boosters that are angry at the current situation, unable to see why Turnip is taking their lunch money and flushing it down the toilet.

It's tragic in a way.

It's also something we should have seen coming.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 23, 2016 11:35 PM (7E1Ic)

109 Anita Sarkeesian...

Who bitch this is?

Posted by: Ripley at February 23, 2016 11:36 PM (0vsws)

110 Twitter holds the keys. I don't see there is anything to do but bail from them, badmouth them, and watch them slowly sink.
Unless Maet has a different, more devious plan in mind?
Posted by: GnuBreed at February 23, 2016 11:29 PM (gyKtp)


I do.

Now I can't suggest that you go to the Twitter abuse page which only requires some email address and flag 5 or 10 or 50 deserving targets for complaints every single day for the next 30 days like it's a part-time job and grind their automated banning process to a halt. Because that would be a violation of their TOS. And wrong. So very wrong.

But I'm sure you guys are a clever bunch who can come up with something.

Posted by: Maetenloch at February 23, 2016 11:36 PM (pAlYe)

111 Gamer thread here was a hoot. Miss the gaming horde/morons

Posted by: Fewenuff at February 23, 2016 11:36 PM (T/sbU)

112
acecomments.mu.nu/?blog=86post=354531#c23174458

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 23, 2016 11:27 PM (7E1Ic)

I can't open that link, do you have something else?

Posted by: chemjeff - PuppyMonkeyBaby '16 at February 23, 2016 11:36 PM (uZNvH)

113 I get the feeling Zuckerberg has the strength to ride this tiger. He has diversified enough that even if Facebook is reduced to being The SJW Network, he'll be fine. Like Brin with Google.

Note that Zuckerberg and Brin don't let Sarkeesian drive policy.

Twitter, of course, is doomed.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 23, 2016 11:36 PM (qkjYB)

114 But what IS Gamergate? What is the controversy even about? I don't get it.

Posted by: chemjeff - PuppyMonkeyBaby '16 at February 23, 2016 11:37 PM (uZNvH)

115 Well back to the editing.

Hopefully ChemJeff is at Fapplebees and not incinerating an innocent steak.

Have fun.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 23, 2016 11:37 PM (2yQQy)

116 Tuesday Night ONT Compliance Pics

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/702197813225136129

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/702197953268736000

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/702198111377162240

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/702198259524227072

Posted by: kbdabear at February 23, 2016 11:38 PM (k9psb)

117 "Anita Sarkeesian...

Who bitch this is?"



She is apparently killing Twitter with a single-minded "fairness." So, we may owe here a debt of gratitude.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 23, 2016 11:38 PM (DIET0)

118 I'm not explaining Gamergate again. Daddy Warpig had a great write-up and I'm too lazy to look for it.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T), at February 23, 2016 11:38 PM (OQ9R7)

119 77
Evening morons, how fares the horde?



New pic of Son of Crank posted at that Twitter thing that has become the suck.



@conservativecra





Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at February 23, 2016 11:29 PM (Gosad)


That is one handsome little dude, 'specially with the super getup -- has he got little girls throwing themselves at him, yet?

Posted by: cthulhu at February 23, 2016 11:38 PM (EzgxV)

120 Twatter want a cracker?

Posted by: Fewenuff at February 23, 2016 11:38 PM (T/sbU)

121 Other Horde argot:

sterno, adj., "High-quality"

pelt, n., "money"

brisket, n., "hobo meat"

roast, n., "hobo meat"

canoe, n., an unbreakable alibi
canoe, v., to conceal under the pretense of loss
kaboom!, n., "abject failure"

holy water, n., "any high-proof distilled spirit"

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at February 23, 2016 11:38 PM (/33sy)

122 The Barrel is a safe space.

Sort of.

Posted by: eman at February 23, 2016 11:38 PM (MQEz6)

123 Words that should e used more at AoS?

Pick any ten from Jabberwocky


Posted by: Tex Lovera at February 23, 2016 11:38 PM (TJBCh)

124 Has The Donald stolen Nevada via caucus fraud? Lots of reports of strong arming

Posted by: Grumpy old man at February 23, 2016 11:38 PM (WQ7Wn)

125 I just found out that I have a twitter account! How do I go about closing it? Facebook? They don't seem to have a way to ask that question.

Posted by: rabidfox at February 23, 2016 11:38 PM (EW9tX)

126 111 Gamer thread here was a hoot. Miss the gaming horde/morons

Posted by: Fewenuff at February 23, 2016 11:36 PM (T/sbU)



The comments were fine. The post about how everything coming out was shit except for the obscure semi porny anime game that no one was going to buy got old.

Posted by: buzzion at February 23, 2016 11:38 PM (zt+N6)

127 One last thought...

Soviet Justice Wankers = the Green Slime?

Ciao.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 23, 2016 11:38 PM (2yQQy)

128 Fewenuff, yeah, the gaming thread was nice, but it didn't get enough attention, and what attention it did get was in part MUMR telling the "gang of gaming morons" that they were degenerates.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 23, 2016 11:38 PM (qkjYB)

129 114
But what IS Gamergate? What is the controversy even about? I don't get it.


Posted by: chemjeff - PuppyMonkeyBaby '16 at February 23, 2016 11:37 PM (uZNvH)


Explained the origin in 107. It was about corruption in gaming media, and Leftist bully tactics being used to try to silence the critics of the corrupt gaming media.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at February 23, 2016 11:39 PM (HalrA)

130 Also:

Barrelicious

Posted by: Tex Lovera at February 23, 2016 11:39 PM (TJBCh)

131 Denninger says Facebutt and Twatter are both ultimately a zero. I hope he's right.

Sorry for my persistent ignorance but zero what?

Posted by: eleven at February 23, 2016 11:39 PM (qUNWi)

132 Moar Tuesday Night ONT Compliance Pics

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/702198389824425986

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/702198515674521606

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/702198655089045508

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/702198787670986752

Posted by: kbdabear at February 23, 2016 11:39 PM (k9psb)

133 "But what IS Gamergate? What is the controversy even about? I don't get it"

I believe it was an SJW crusade against objectifying women and minorities in games.



Anybody?

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 23, 2016 11:40 PM (Bfbio)

134 words : secret argots - - there's a learned word that we should flaunt.

patois is another good one.

In the time of fire, we're gonna need secret code words.
Posted by: John the Baptist at February 23, 2016 11:30 PM (b6qi2)

****

Patina is another damn fine underused word for the list.

Posted by: Tim in GA at February 23, 2016 11:40 PM (YLidQ)

135 I suppose the anime fanservice was a bit overporny, even by Elbow Thread standards.

Maybe it would have been better if the Gang Of Gaming Morons was, in fact, a gang with an editor.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 23, 2016 11:40 PM (qkjYB)

136 92
Even Iowahawk seems to have bailed on twitter. Last time I checked (earlier today) he hadn't posted since the 20th.

Posted by: Country Singer at February 23, 2016 11:31 PM (GUBah)


Or been booted. Or shadowbanned.

Posted by: cthulhu at February 23, 2016 11:40 PM (EzgxV)

137 Hey everybody.

I just noticed today, a Sinclair gas station opened nearby me here in SoCal. I thought the company went out of business a long time ago, like the 1960s.

The station included a "DinoMart." Can't wait for the TV ads with Jimmy Walker: "DinoMart is DinoMite!!!!!" :-P

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 23, 2016 11:40 PM (ntObR)

138 131: Value of the company, stock price. Zero. I don't know if Denninger has said actively short 'em yet, but he thinks their model is doomed.

Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at February 23, 2016 11:40 PM (dvuhZ)

139 SJWs Always Lie has a summary of Gamergate too.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 23, 2016 11:41 PM (qkjYB)

140 Earlier tonight a leftist far bastard was threatening to kill NRA members in Twitter. That's ok but being against it is ban worthy

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 23, 2016 11:41 PM (voOPb)

141 Ricardo, Colts have a certain look, but that one is too square. The Belgians would do square and liked to copy whatever was popular.
But then I think most of the design work for French revolvers were done in Belgium anyways.

Um, you know how I never post on sports threads? Yeah, that memory volume is filled with arcana about obsolete European pistols.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 23, 2016 11:41 PM (q2o38)

142 112 >> I can't open that link, do you have something else?

Copy and paste that to your browser, then add an ampersand between 86 and post; then it should work.

Posted by: GnuBreed at February 23, 2016 11:41 PM (gyKtp)

143 But what IS Gamergate? What is the controversy even about? I don't get it.

Wannabe thought police declared that Gamers were misogynistic racist unpersons. Even though significant numbers of gamers are women, minorities, and mainly care about having fun with other gamers playing games.

You know how that scientist got unpersoned as a misogynist for wearing a shirt with sexy ladies? Same sort of thing, but the leftists failed to cow Gamers into an apology tour.

If conservatives want to start be relevant, they should take very good notes on what GamerGate is, and what Gamers accomplished. (SJWs Always Lie is a good write up)

Posted by: ReactionaryMonster browsing Bravely at February 23, 2016 11:41 PM (1D4Ef)

144 But but they were our degenerates!

Guilty I did not comment but tried to catch the thread each week. Did not notice the bad vibes. Oh well...

Posted by: Fewenuff at February 23, 2016 11:42 PM (T/sbU)

145 Gamergate, as I understand it, is about the video gaming community, video games, video game creaters and reviewers , and feminism


women who created video games started to complain about the sexism in video games, and that the games they wrote werent popular because the gaming community was sexist. Gaming blogs and publications agreed with the women and wrote scathing reviews attacking both the games and the people who enjoyed them. Turns out some of the complaining women were sleeping with the game reviewers and columnists. Then the complaining women complained when these compromising relationships were revealed, and set about doxxing and swatting people who disagreeed with them in an attempt to stifle thier legitimate criticism


Posted by: ThunderB at February 23, 2016 11:42 PM (zOTsN)

146 Daddy Warpig's Gamergate Article:

https://tinyurl.com/h2bo9j3

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T), at February 23, 2016 11:42 PM (OQ9R7)

147 I believe it was an SJW crusade against objectifying women and minorities in games.





Anybody?

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 23, 2016 11:40 PM (Bfbio)


After its origin (discussed in 107 and 129), it eventually went on to being a very public debate about political correctness in gaming. And it's one of the few times in modern history that the PC Inquisition lost.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at February 23, 2016 11:42 PM (HalrA)

148 Surely you remember Lorna Patterson, who played the blonde flight attendant "Randi" in Airplane

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/702337770895876096

Posted by: kbdabear at February 23, 2016 11:42 PM (k9psb)

149 The current 'imbroglio' over Twitter and Anita Sarkeesian is a direct result of Gamergate. This bint addressed the fvcking UN about this crap.


Locusts are a perfect comparison for these people. And they are moving from one feeding ground to the next. And yes, they are coming for something you like. They're working this in true leftist fashion. They're working on legislation, they've inserted this into some school curricula (I wish that was an exaggeration), and they're getting this shit put into corporate policies.


It's confusing when you get into the Inside Baseball level, but the basics are pretty easy to get.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at February 23, 2016 11:42 PM (Wckf4)

150 Evening horde.



Fuck Apple to hell.

Trying to cut and paste Ricardo Kills comment - which to my understanding is correct regarding Gamergate.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 23, 2016 11:43 PM (hlMPp)

151 The station included a "DinoMart." Can't wait for the TV ads with Jimmy Walker: "DinoMart is DinoMite!!!!!" :-P

Always take your car or truck to a reputable reptile.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at February 23, 2016 11:43 PM (YJmuy)

152 I thought twitter was invented by kbdabear as a place to post compliance pics.

Posted by: I hang out at AoSHQ too much at February 23, 2016 11:43 PM (RxzlW)

153 Anita Sarkeesian...

Who bitch this is?
Posted by: Ripley at February 23, 2016 11:36 PM (0vsws)


Anyone who offered her a leg up. That was part of the problem.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 23, 2016 11:43 PM (q2o38)

154 More argot:

to get shirts = to have what is due and proper

shiny and chrome = transcendental and mystical

bunk = the dark and shameful place of quiet time

quiet time = self-abuse

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at February 23, 2016 11:43 PM (/33sy)

155 Or been booted. Or shadowbanned.

Posted by: cthulhu at February 23, 2016 11:40 PM (EzgxV)



I can still see his timeline, looks like he just walked away. His last tweet read:

"Twitter is a private firm and perfectly free to ban/shadowban me or anyone else. It's not like I'm asking them to bake me a gay wedding cake."

Posted by: Country Singer at February 23, 2016 11:43 PM (GUBah)

156 The Levitt and Donohue claim that abortion has reduced crime rates is comical. There is a steep drop off in crime in the mid nineties that they state is because of all of the unwanted babies that didn't grow up to be criminals because they got aborted.

They completely ignore the contribution of digital cameras and cell phones as a crime deterrent.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at February 23, 2016 11:43 PM (z+4T3)

157 It's not whose bitch Sarkeesian is. It's who wants to be Sarkeesian's bitch. Answer is, too many -

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 23, 2016 11:44 PM (qkjYB)

158
Patina - Shiney


Never liked the idea of using 'shiney' in Firefly. Sounded contrived.

Posted by: John the Baptist at February 23, 2016 11:44 PM (b6qi2)

159 I found that and posted it because I love you Morons.

...most of you Morons.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T), at February 23, 2016 11:44 PM (OQ9R7)

160 But what IS Gamergate? What is the controversy even about? I don't get it.

Try this corrected link: http://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=354531#c23174458

Posted by: Maetenloch at February 23, 2016 11:44 PM (pAlYe)

161 Posted by: Maetenloch at February 23, 2016 11:36 PM (pAlYe)

I take it you don't actually need to have a twitter acct to report abuse?

Posted by: GnuBreed at February 23, 2016 11:45 PM (gyKtp)

162 "Yeah, that memory volume is filled with arcana about obsolete European pistols. ."


No. Some sorta large frame. 8mm makes sense.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 23, 2016 11:45 PM (DMgXs)

163 Rockets / Jazz tied. OT

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 23, 2016 11:45 PM (qkjYB)

164 I take it you don't actually need to have a twitter acct to report abuse?
Posted by: GnuBreed at February 23, 2016 11:45 PM (gyKtp)


Nope. Just some non-bouncy email.

Posted by: Maetenloch at February 23, 2016 11:45 PM (pAlYe)

165 btw. along with the all writs act discussed in a previous thread about the apple encryption case, the courts have consistently ruled that when a policeman demands you turn over your car to pursue criminals (like in a thousand movies), you must comply.

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at February 23, 2016 11:46 PM (WTSFk)

166 lawn = the immediate field of vision of an older person

belt-onion = marker of age, commonly worn by male members of the horde

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at February 23, 2016 11:46 PM (/33sy)

167 Trump is pulling 41 % of the hispanic voters

Posted by: ThunderB at February 23, 2016 11:46 PM (zOTsN)

168 Well hell...I could buy zero stock. That's right in my wheelhouse.

Posted by: eleven at February 23, 2016 11:47 PM (qUNWi)

169 Anita Sarkeesian's "I'm not a fascist" post concludes:

"Filed under: Harassment














Comments are closed."



Posted by: forest at February 23, 2016 11:48 PM (lcz8X)

170 I just noticed today, a Sinclair gas station opened nearby me here in SoCal. I thought the company went out of business a long time ago, like the 1960s.

I haven't seen one in a long time but they exist.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_Oil_Corporation

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 23, 2016 11:48 PM (FkBIv)

171 "And it's one of the few times in modern history that the PC Inquisition lost."

Okay, so I'm not a total asshole on the subject.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 23, 2016 11:48 PM (DMgXs)

172 Im2bo, the thing to remember which somehow tragically is always forgotten is this:

The strength of that sacrifice i.e. D-Day and WW2 was so tremendous, such that it elevated American/FreeWorld society to the level where whiny, morally/intellectually lazy/bankrupt snowflake syndrome to where it is today.

It will take the pendulum swinging/supreme sacrifices back the other way eg 1914 or 1939 to melt all the snowflakes, which i hasten to suggest has already begun slowly and sometimes imperceptibly but unmistakably.

Posted by: MikeD at February 23, 2016 11:48 PM (uKJIC)

173 BTH, how were the wings? Were they mango habanero?

Posted by: logprof at February 23, 2016 11:48 PM (wRRM9)

174 Anita Sarkeesian's "I'm not a fascist" post concludes:
"Filed under: Harassment
Comments are closed."
Posted by: forest

To paraphrase Margaret Thatcher: being not a fascist is a lot like being a lady; if you have to tell people you are, you aren't.

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the #Problematic at February 23, 2016 11:50 PM (zmW4B)

175 Slap, thanks for posting until this past November I didn't even have a Twitter account. I will read it tomorrow thanks again

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 23, 2016 11:50 PM (voOPb)

176 170 I just noticed today, a Sinclair gas station opened nearby me here in SoCal. I thought the company went out of business a long time ago, like the 1960s.

I haven't seen one in a long time but they exist.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_Oil_Corporation
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 23, 2016 11:48 PM (FkBIv)


--Last time I was there (2 years ago), there was one in Grand Forks, ND.

Posted by: logprof at February 23, 2016 11:50 PM (wRRM9)

177 Wannabe thought police declared that Gamers were misogynistic racist unpersons.

yabutt, that was after the story broke about media (professional) reviews of games was being manipulated, and the SJW counter attack was an attempt to deflect attention away from that manipulation of professional reviews.

(as I understand the timeline) the SJW were caught out, and countered with an attack on the gamers, who then really brought the hurt. It really wasn't about the video games being anti women.

Posted by: John the Baptist at February 23, 2016 11:50 PM (b6qi2)

178 Cant and slang are great fun....

Since this is a smart military blog, how about some Frog military slang from Napoleon's Grande Armee? Now you too can use the Grognards' terms for brothels, bedbugs, amputations, booze, bayonet charges, military engineers, radical lefties, and many more items of interest to the military mind.

"Les Goddams" or "Les Rosbifs" = The British infantry
"Les autres chiens" = The Austrians (autrichiens in French)
"Marie-Louise" = an inexperienced draftee (1813-1815; the real Marie-Louise was Napoleon's second wife)
"Vrai bougre" = Veteran campaigner

Many more at the link: http://tinyurl.com/jyum79t

Posted by: Basement Cat at February 23, 2016 11:50 PM (3C9q2)

179 I take it you don't actually need to have a twitter acct to report abuse?

Posted by: GnuBreed


No, you do if you aren't friends of the staff.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 23, 2016 11:50 PM (Qy3YA)

180 "Patina" is a finish achieved through time alone.

Posted by: andycanuck at February 23, 2016 11:50 PM (WOyz5)

181 "The issue with gamergate started with revelations that a female video game developer was sleeping with video game journalists in exchange for positive reviews. It started as a simple industry/media corruption story.


The gaming media, unwilling to be called out on their corruption, started playing victim cards left and right, calling gamers (their own target demographic) misogynistic.


Gamers responded gloriously, thoroughly vetting the gaming media and discovering what a wretched hive of scum and villainy it was. All of the usual Lefties tried to back the corrupt gaming media and got a thorough bruising, and they weren't happy about it. Hence the controversy."

==============

That is as straightforward and honest description as you will get of what happened. Much much more so then even say wikipedia. The industry is full of leftists and gamer media is heavily locked down by leftists top to bottom.

The meta issue is that many gamers still like guns, strong males, murdering assholes, and sexy females. That plus their lack of total control over the medium is what really drives the left batshit crazy so this was bound to happen.

Posted by: Shiggz at February 23, 2016 11:51 PM (G7wcY)

182 Blanco and Bertram, I also still remember the first time I ever saw a Terrible Herbst gas station in Utah, around 1979 when our family was summer vacationing in Bryce Canyon.

Even then at the age of 13 I thought, "why the $#!@ would they name their chain that?!?"

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 23, 2016 11:51 PM (ntObR)

183 Answered the phone for a survey tonight. Sadly there wasn't a 'Fuck Rubio' answer as the poll was geared towards seeing how much support he had.

Carson v. Rubio

Carson


Kasich v. Rubio


Kasich

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 23, 2016 11:51 PM (hlMPp)

184 When people demeaned "gamers" as people who sat on their asses all day, it was one of the few times I started "Punching Up".

Do that or get on the wrong side of me in a baseball thread and I'll withhold praying for you for Thirty Days... lol.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T), at February 23, 2016 11:51 PM (OQ9R7)

185 log, I got 4 mango habanero and 4 reformulated (ghost) blazin' at your recommendation.

I think the habaneros were (still) spicier. Maybe because they're sweeter, so lull me into tasting them longer.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 23, 2016 11:51 PM (qkjYB)

186 *those are how I answered. Kasich/Rubio gives me a Tuesday off.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 23, 2016 11:52 PM (hlMPp)

187 " Trump is pulling 41 % of the hispanic voters"


Heh.


Most Hispanics in NV will be union SPEU. Ya kinow cleaning the tables and manning the bars. Trump country.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 23, 2016 11:52 PM (uKwsU)

188 I found that and posted it because I love you Morons.

...most of you Morons.

Posted by: Slapweasel


*wriggles out of awkward hug thing*

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 23, 2016 11:52 PM (Qy3YA)

189 -Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 23, 2016 11:50 PM (voOPb)

You're very welcome, Sir!

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T), at February 23, 2016 11:52 PM (OQ9R7)

190 Well, it looks as though I'll have to hit the weight room and build up my arms and shoulders. Those two briefcase of 50s will be a strain.

Posted by: Hank at February 23, 2016 11:52 PM (xVYeR)

191 logprof, hmm.

Wonder if there's any other Sinclair gas station in all of California.

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 23, 2016 11:52 PM (ntObR)

192 "Patina" is a finish achieved through time alone.
Posted by: andycanuck
-----------

*gazes at *green* 50 year-old disassembled brass faucet valve*

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 23, 2016 11:53 PM (J3phO)

193 "*wriggles out of awkward hug thing*"
-Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 23, 2016 11:52 PM (Qy3YA)

C'mere! *applies noogie* I gotcha', ya lil' bastard!

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T), at February 23, 2016 11:53 PM (OQ9R7)

194 BWW's mango habanero wings are pretty good. Also their jammin' jalapeno wings.

Been using their Sweet BBQ, Hot BBQ and Wild sauces when I make wings at home. Just as good as at the restaurant.

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 23, 2016 11:53 PM (ntObR)

195 Had to look up Terrible Herbst. Never been in that area of the country.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 23, 2016 11:54 PM (FkBIv)

196 "Now I can't suggest that you go to the Twitter abuse page which only
requires some email address and flag 5 or 10 or 50 deserving targets for
complaints every single day for the next 30 days like it's a part-time
job and grind their automated banning process to a halt. Because that
would be a violation of their TOS. And wrong."

That warning is oddly reminiscent to the warning on the packaging of many condensed grape and powdered grain products sold during Prohibition to advise the purchaser they had better not do the following:... or you would end up with an alcoholic beverage. And that would be illegal.

Posted by: Rod Serling at February 23, 2016 11:54 PM (0vsws)

197 I had to bail on the steam gamer group as I am full of radical unapproved thoughts. Such things while working for the government does not mix. Gotta keep my political ideas and identity top secret. Not Clinton top secret but for real top secret. which is why I use a VPN for all this stuff.

Posted by: Shiggz at February 23, 2016 11:54 PM (G7wcY)

198 Iowahawk is the funniest guy on the Internet, and he seems to be a genuinely decent fellow. I'd truly miss his wit if he walked away, but I'd understand if he did.

Life's too short, and he obviously has many other interests.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at February 23, 2016 11:54 PM (TJBCh)

199 Words Used today At AoSHQ, that are rarely used, and should be used WAY more:

Duel!

Posted by: t-bird at February 23, 2016 11:55 PM (J3phO)

200 Bertram, yup.

As if that weren't enough they have a casino in LV called Terrible's. Guess what their yelp reviews say? :-P

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 23, 2016 11:55 PM (ntObR)

201 185 log, I got 4 mango habanero and 4 reformulated (ghost) blazin' at your recommendation.

I think the habaneros were (still) spicier. Maybe because they're sweeter, so lull me into tasting them longer.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 23, 2016 11:51 PM (qkjYB)

--Interesting. The local BWW only allows splitting flavors with a minimum of 5 wings each.

Posted by: logprof at February 23, 2016 11:55 PM (wRRM9)

202 Trump is for amnesty so that is apropos.

Posted by: Geoffrey at February 23, 2016 11:55 PM (LoRcb)

203 Wait, SEIU.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 23, 2016 11:55 PM (QQwnN)

204 I get an animated banner ad for boob growth creme

Not all targeted ads are bad

Posted by: kbdabear at February 23, 2016 11:55 PM (k9psb)

205 Riots were way south of Culver City. Star Trek lore should be taken with salt.

Posted by: Desilu Studios at February 23, 2016 11:55 PM (m0JA3)

206 *gazes at *green* 50 year-old disassembled brass faucet valve*

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 23, 2016 11:53 PM (J3phO)



The patina looks right, but faucets aren't my specialty, and I'm not sure about the provenance of this one. But I've got a buddy that's an expert in historic faucets, let me give him a call.

Posted by: Rick Harrison at February 23, 2016 11:56 PM (GUBah)

207 179 I take it you don't actually need to have a twitter acct to report abuse?
Posted by: GnuBreed
No, you do if you aren't friends of the staff.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 23, 2016 11:50 PM (Qy3YA)


No I don't think so. If you go here - https://support.twitter.com/forms/abusiveuser - you'll see that a twitter handle marked as optional.

Now to get someone banned it helps to know someone on the Twitter Committee of Public Safety.

Posted by: Maetenloch at February 23, 2016 11:56 PM (pAlYe)

208 It's Tuesday. Special deal wing day. Minimum 4 so I got 4 of one and 4 of t'other

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 23, 2016 11:56 PM (qkjYB)

209 Via Instapundit linked in my sock a means to fight back against Twitter including NOT cancelling your account.

Posted by: andycanuck at February 23, 2016 11:56 PM (WOyz5)

210 176

There's a Sinclair station in a little town about 20 miles north of where I live here in Oklahoma.

Posted by: Captain Whitebread at February 23, 2016 11:56 PM (rJUlF)

211 Even then at the age of 13 I thought, "why the $#!@ would they name their chain that?!?"
Posted by: qdpsteve
---------

Yeah, stupid name.

Posted by: Amerada Hess at February 23, 2016 11:56 PM (J3phO)

212
The Levitt and Donohue claim that abortion has reduced crime rates is
comical. There is a steep drop off in crime in the mid nineties that
they state is because of all of the unwanted babies that didn't grow up
to be criminals because they got aborted.

They completely ignore the contribution of digital cameras and cell phones as a crime deterrent.


Posted by: Lemmiwinks at February 23, 2016 11:43 PM (z+4T3)

Way more importantly for youth crime, that is when home video game systems dropped in price and became readily available. Kids stayed home to blow shit up on their TV's instead of going out d getting into trouble.

For adults, the late 80's to mid 90's is when states got tired of revolving door criminals and instituted three strike and truth in sentencing laws. Crime rates likely dropped because criminals were locked up for much longer periods and so weren't available to commit further crimes.

Posted by: redbanzai at February 23, 2016 11:57 PM (NPofj)

213 Now to get someone banned it helps to know someone on the Twitter Committee of Public Safety.


Posted by: Maetenloch

"Committee of Public Safety"? that sounds familiar.

Posted by: Maximilien Robespierre at February 23, 2016 11:57 PM (zmW4B)

214 "Trump is for amnesty so that is apropos."


He's the one calling for the wall, so.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 23, 2016 11:57 PM (QQwnN)

215 (as I understand the timeline) the SJW were caught out, and countered with an attack on the gamers, who then really brought the hurt. It really wasn't about the video games being anti women.

Posted by: John the Baptist at February 23, 2016 11:50 PM (b6qi2)



Basically the "anti-woman" etc crap was an effort by them to shut it down. People were saying "These games getting great reviews are crap." And then all the article start coming out about mysoginistic gamers because the lead character is gay or it was made by a woman and that's why they hate it.

Gamers want good games, good storylines. SJW's believe if the game forwards their cause then it is good.

Posted by: buzzion at February 23, 2016 11:57 PM (zt+N6)

216 Gamers & baseball fans are nerds.

Posted by: Chi at February 23, 2016 11:58 PM (oJOym)

217 Nevada caucus reports make me think we already are a Third World Country

Posted by: Grumpy old man at February 23, 2016 11:58 PM (LGvfY)

218 Been using their Sweet BBQ, Hot BBQ and Wild sauces when I make wings at home. Just as good as at the restaurant.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 23, 2016 11:53 PM (ntObR)


--My favorites I have used at home have been the hot, mango habanero, and spicy garlic.

Posted by: logprof at February 23, 2016 11:58 PM (wRRM9)

219 The image of the soldiers landing at Normandy reminds me of Ray (Alan Ford) in Cockneys vs. Zombies chewing out his ne'er-do-well descendents:

"When I was yer age, I was fightin' Nazis. What are you two fighting? Traffic?"

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at February 23, 2016 11:58 PM (LUlyE)

220 Wonder if there's any other Sinclair gas station in all of California.
Posted by: qdpsteve


https://www.sinclairoil.com/customers/location-list

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 23, 2016 11:58 PM (FkBIv)

221 I remember getting free green soap shaped like a dinosaur at the Sinclair station when I was a kiddo in the 60s.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at February 23, 2016 11:59 PM (TJBCh)

222 The Levitt and Donohue claim that abortion has reduced crime rates is comical. There is a steep drop off in crime in the mid nineties that they state is because of all of the unwanted babies that didn't grow up to be criminals because they got aborted.

They completely ignore the contribution of digital cameras and cell phones as a crime deterrent.


Posted by: Lemmiwinks at February 23, 2016 11:43 PM (z+4T3)


It becomes all the more ridiculous when you factor in the crime spike over the last couple years.

Posted by: AD at February 23, 2016 11:59 PM (QWY55)

223 Blanco and Bertram, I also still remember the first time I ever saw a
Terrible Herbst gas station in Utah, around 1979 when our family was
summer vacationing in Bryce Canyon.


Haven't seen a Terrible Herbst since San Jose in the 80's. Looks like it's a NV based company.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at February 23, 2016 11:59 PM (YJmuy)

224 Fox just called it for Trump

Posted by: ThunderB at February 23, 2016 11:59 PM (zOTsN)

225 "Basically the "anti-woman" etc crap was an effort by them to shut it down. People were saying "These games getting great reviews are crap." And then all the article start coming out about mysoginistic gamers because the lead character is gay or it was made by a woman and that's why they hate it.

Gamers want good games, good storylines. SJW's believe if the game forwards their cause then it is good.
"
-Posted by: buzzion at February 23, 2016 11:57 PM (zt+N6)

Perfectly concise and to the point. Then gaming sites started banning posters.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T), at February 23, 2016 11:59 PM (OQ9R7)

226 Most democrat women i know hang out with drug users, money takers, and all around beta male losers. You can spot these "couples" as the women will be the one driving the 2002 toyota to her job at the gap while her ambiguous race either from pigment or dress "boyfriend" is leaned way back in the passenger side on a weekday afternoon.
Posted by: Shiggz at February 23, 2016 11:29 PM (G7wcY)


You described a large number of the cases on Judge Judy. It just amazes me that so many women are willing to give money to lazy ass bums.

Posted by: nerdygirl at February 23, 2016 11:59 PM (+lVUW)

227 TRUMP!!!!!!

Posted by: Kreplach at February 24, 2016 12:00 AM (EmUe0)

228
Feculent.

Posted by: irongrampa at February 24, 2016 12:00 AM (P/8aq)

229 HOOOORDE

I will now list all the things that have gone right today:
1) I have successfully poured bourbon into a glass



That's it. Ok, now I'm done whining, so what are we talking about?

Posted by: DC is a temporary bachelor at February 24, 2016 12:00 AM (e+1S5)

230
Rubio people on twitter (i know i know) are apopleptic

Posted by: ThunderB at February 24, 2016 12:00 AM (zOTsN)

231 BBW is VERY dickish about posting 'Gun Free Zone' crap.

I can make better wings cheaper and faster at home.

*although their sauce selection is admirable


Back in High School Wednesday's were 10 cent wing night at a local bar that took Proof of ID as a suggestion. Damn they were good. Not meaty but the sauce was perfect.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 24, 2016 12:00 AM (hlMPp)

232 "Gamers & baseball fans are nerds."
-Posted by: Chi at February 23, 2016 11:58 PM (oJOym)

...This fuckin' guy! *shakes fist*

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T), at February 24, 2016 12:00 AM (OQ9R7)

233 "Fox just called it for Trump"


Let us do the "Trumpty Trump."


Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 24, 2016 12:01 AM (8Nn8V)

234 Trump's getting the nomination 'less it goes smokefilled room.

And if it goes smokefilled room then Trump is kingmaker and crowns the GOP candidate, or else the GOP won't win.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 24, 2016 12:01 AM (qkjYB)

235 That's it. Ok, now I'm done whining, so what are we talking about?
Posted by: DC is a temporary bachelor at February 24, 2016 12:00 AM (e+1S5)

*****

Gamergate. And some other stuff.

Posted by: Tim in GA at February 24, 2016 12:01 AM (YLidQ)

236 Basically the "anti-woman" etc crap was an effort by them to shut it down. People were saying "These games getting great reviews are crap." And then all the article start coming out about mysoginistic gamers because the lead character is gay or it was made by a woman and that's why they hate it.

Gamers want good games, good storylines. SJW's believe if the game forwards their cause then it is good.
Posted by: buzzion at February 23, 2016 11:57 PM (zt+N6)


Another factor was that it came out that gaming journalists despised the gamers they were ostensibly writing for and were down with the SJW agenda, so everything you read about the issue on any commercial web site was basically SJW propaganda about how awful and misogynist those unenlightened gamers were.

Posted by: Maetenloch at February 24, 2016 12:02 AM (pAlYe)

237 *Trump Dance*

Posted by: eman at February 24, 2016 12:02 AM (MQEz6)

238 Because rapist McRapeys gotta rape, yo!
Posted by: cthulhu at February 23, 2016 11:17 PM (EzgxV)

so i've been on a breaking nad kick for several days, (rough show)

everytime i see Yo , or see bitch i think of jesse now.

Posted by: willow at February 24, 2016 12:02 AM (L1+sh)

239 Houston chokes again in OT. Jazz win

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 24, 2016 12:02 AM (qkjYB)

240
No I don't think so. If you go here - https://support.twitter.com/forms/abusiveuser - you'll see that a twitter handle marked as optional.
Posted by: Maetenloch


True, but we have to imagine that the inquiries without twitter handles are bounced to a secondary filter looking for DMCA notices and other legally required response categories.

I don't think they would leave an form inquiry open to automated complaints. then again...

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 24, 2016 12:02 AM (Qy3YA)

241 Nichols also saved Brian Williams from being on the Space shuttle Columbia and invented TANG.

Posted by: whatmeworry? at February 24, 2016 12:02 AM (dZGNV)

242 Rubio people on twitter (i know i know) are apopleptic

Posted by: ThunderB at February 24, 2016 12:00 AM (zOTsN)

How apoplectic are they?

Posted by: redbanzai at February 24, 2016 12:02 AM (NPofj)

243 221 I remember getting free green soap shaped like a dinosaur at the Sinclair station when I was a kiddo in the 60s.
Posted by: Tex Lovera at February 23, 2016 11:59 PM (TJBCh)
***
I think its was a passive-aggressive thing.

When the guy at the gas station hands you a cake of soap, it means you need a bath.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at February 24, 2016 12:02 AM (lutOX)

244 so what would the Trump dance resemble?

Posted by: willow at February 24, 2016 12:03 AM (L1+sh)

245 >>He's the one calling for the wall, so.


That still leaves 30 million on the wrong side.

Posted by: garrett at February 24, 2016 12:03 AM (91LL3)

246 Trump won the hispanic vote too

Posted by: ThunderB at February 24, 2016 12:03 AM (zOTsN)

247 Fox calls it for Trump... then declares it a mighty victory for C-3Bio.

Rupert Murdoch gotta Murdoch.

Posted by: torquewrench at February 24, 2016 12:03 AM (noWW6)

248 Yuge win. Yuge!

And Mexico is going to pay for Rubio's bus ticket home.

Posted by: Trump at February 24, 2016 12:03 AM (1CroS)

249 Rubio people on twitter (i know i know) are apopleptic.


Why? Because he finished second? Or worse than second?

Posted by: Tex Lovera at February 24, 2016 12:04 AM (TJBCh)

250 willow, it's a great show, but hardcore. Also male-oriented, so - kudos for sitting through our world.

If you got female-oriented stuff you think it would benefit men to watch, I'll pay attention

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 24, 2016 12:04 AM (qkjYB)

251
244 so what would the Trump dance resemble?
Posted by: willow at February 24, 2016 12:03 AM (L1+sh)

Hip thrusting and spanking motions.

Posted by: eman at February 24, 2016 12:04 AM (MQEz6)

252 Swage

Posted by: Kindltot at February 24, 2016 12:04 AM (q2o38)

253 235 That's it. Ok, now I'm done whining, so what are we talking about?
Posted by: DC is a temporary bachelor at February 24, 2016 12:00 AM (e+1S5)

*****

Gamergate. And some other stuff.
Posted by: Tim in GA at February 24, 2016 12:01 AM (YLidQ)

But let's get back to the topic at hand...DC is stingy as fu*k

One glass?!?

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 24, 2016 12:04 AM (hlMPp)

254 This is really a big win for Rubio, because I get paid a shitton of money to say that.

Posted by: Dr. Hunscrewdriver at February 24, 2016 12:04 AM (zmW4B)

255 Oh, and thanks for trying to save my bad link, Mr. Meaty.

If only some genius could dream up an interactive comment system that A ) allowed internal links, and B ) didn't ban people from accidentally commenting on old threads ...

A girl's gotta dream.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 24, 2016 12:05 AM (Qy3YA)

256 156 The Levitt and Donohue claim that abortion has reduced crime rates is comical. There is a steep drop off in crime in the mid nineties that they state is because of all of the unwanted babies that didn't grow up to be criminals because they got aborted.

They completely ignore the contribution of digital cameras and cell phones as a crime deterrent.


Posted by: Lemmiwinks at February 23, 2016 11:43 PM (z+4T3)



Isn't one of the big problems of that claim is that it doesn't account for drops in crimes in states where abortion was legal before Roe vs. Wade? Meaning that a state where abortion was legal before would have the drop happen earlier. I'm betting that is not even close to the case.

Posted by: buzzion at February 24, 2016 12:05 AM (zt+N6)

257 Houston chokes again in OT. Jazz win

MUNTZLAFF

Posted by: Tex Lovera at February 24, 2016 12:05 AM (TJBCh)

258 Okay thank you all for the explanations

Posted by: chemjeff - PuppyMonkeyBaby '16 at February 24, 2016 12:05 AM (uZNvH)

259 238
Because rapist McRapeys gotta rape, yo!

Posted by: cthulhu at February 23, 2016 11:17 PM (EzgxV)



so i've been on a breaking nad kick for several days, (rough show)



everytime i see Yo , or see bitch i think of jesse now.

Posted by: willow at February 24, 2016 12:02 AM (L1+sh)


I shudder at the thought of our sweet willow breaking 'nads for several days.

Posted by: cthulhu at February 24, 2016 12:05 AM (EzgxV)

260 so what would the Trump dance resemble?

Posted by: willow at February 24, 2016 12:03 AM (L1+sh)

Similar to the Two-Handed Chicken Choke.

Posted by: Burnt Toast at February 24, 2016 12:05 AM (T78UI)

261 When the guy at the gas station hands you a cake of soap, it means you need a bath.

Then why did they always smile and say, "Drop it and see what happens"?

Posted by: Blanco Basura at February 24, 2016 12:05 AM (YJmuy)

262

do we know who got 2nd yet

Posted by: ThunderB at February 24, 2016 12:06 AM (zOTsN)

263 You described a large number of the cases on Judge
Judy. It just amazes me that so many women are willing to give money to
lazy ass bums.

Posted by: nerdygirl at February 23, 2016 11:59 PM (+lVUW)


They avoid strong-willed men because they want control, and want to mold the guy in their image. Eventually they reach a point where they realize it isn't working and bail out, and that's where Judge Judy gets involved.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at February 24, 2016 12:06 AM (HalrA)

264 Exactly correct, Donald Trump has now won races in three different regions of the country.

His support is deep and it is wide.

Trump/Sessions 2016 - Hasta La vista, BABY!!!

Posted by: Kreplach at February 24, 2016 12:06 AM (EmUe0)

265 As much as a barn-fire Trump is, realize how bad the alternative has been

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 24, 2016 12:06 AM (8Nn8V)

266 This is really a big win for Rubio, because I get paid a shitton of money to say that.
Posted by: Dr. Hunscrewdriver


Mike Murphy is available.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 24, 2016 12:06 AM (FkBIv)

267 boulder, it's pretty shocking. when i found out my kid (1 was watching it i wanted to spank him, (would have been his 1st , but Gah!)but 18 so..
anyway interesting look into harsh ness, but interesting non the less.
and all the actors do well.

Posted by: willow at February 24, 2016 12:06 AM (L1+sh)

268 A girl's gotta dream.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 24, 2016 12:05 AM (Qy3YA)


It's like learning to drive a stick.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 24, 2016 12:06 AM (q2o38)

269 so what would the Trump dance resemble?


A weasel stalking a python.

Posted by: eleven at February 24, 2016 12:07 AM (qUNWi)

270 I shudder at the thought of our sweet willow breaking {'nads} for several days.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 24, 2016 12:05 AM (EzgxV)

woops , sigh.

Posted by: willow at February 24, 2016 12:07 AM (L1+sh)

271 Gamergate started when a wannabe feminist game developer whipped up a shitty game called Depression Quest which for some reason got fantastic reviews in the gaming press even though it was almost universally panned in gaming forums.

Some gamers decided to peak under the covers and found that the Depression Quest developer was sleeping with one of the gaming reviewers and that bit of info went viral in the gaming world.

So the feminist developer Zoe Quinn and her ugly tranny buddy Brianna Wu went to her buddy Anita Sarkeesian, a shrieking batshit crazy feminist who somehow got influential jobs in the media decided to punish those evil misogynistic white males who are the majority of the gaming customers.

For once the SJW's met a target that fired back with quite hard hitting effect and the SJW's freaked out that the Gamergaters didn't surrender.

While I am not a gamer, I took quite an interest in GG because it showed that you can fight back against these proggie fascists and you can win if you can take the massive heat when the empire strikes back.

Posted by: kbdabear at February 24, 2016 12:08 AM (k9psb)

272 "Trump is for amnesty so that is apropos."





He's the one calling for the wall, so.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 23, 2016 11:57 PM (QQwnN)

Trump is also the one who just since December has said: we need to let the ones here stay, we need to let only "the good ones" stay, I will deport them!, I will deport them but they can come right back in.
Between that and his general propensity to lie through his teeth, I wouldn't be trusting that he is strong against amnesty.

Posted by: redbanzai at February 24, 2016 12:08 AM (NPofj)

273 Reminder: There is a caucus thread.

Posted by: Maetenloch at February 24, 2016 12:08 AM (pAlYe)

274 so what would the Trump dance resemble?

Posted by: willow


The Solid Gold Dancers and the Mashed Potato

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 24, 2016 12:08 AM (Qy3YA)

275 261 When the guy at the gas station hands you a cake of soap, it means you need a bath.

Then why did they always smile and say, "Drop it and see what happens"?
Posted by: Blanco Basura at February 24, 2016 12:05 AM (YJmuy)
***
Sinclair had stations in San Fran? Who knew?

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at February 24, 2016 12:08 AM (lutOX)

276 I could maybe get behind trump sessions - ' cuz sessions is the real deal

Posted by: Grumpy old man at February 24, 2016 12:08 AM (WQ7Wn)

277
And yes, they are coming for something you like. They're working this in true leftist fashion.
Posted by: Burn the Witch at February 23, 2016 11:42 PM (Wckf4)

-----
Yeah, I used to like going to IO9. It had some decent science fiction and movie news, now it's turned into a SJW cesspool.

Posted by: Darth Randall at February 24, 2016 12:09 AM (KlVdw)

278 I'm ecstatic that Marco has placed first in my heart yet again. And heart is where the home wallet is.

Posted by: Rupert at February 24, 2016 12:09 AM (1CroS)

279 er chicken choking and spanking.

you guys really are weird

Posted by: willow at February 24, 2016 12:09 AM (L1+sh)

280 Re words not getting used.

"BitchTypist" deserved more use.

Posted by: Shiggz at February 24, 2016 12:09 AM (G7wcY)

281 So Trump wins. Three in a row.


It's looking even more and more like a preference cascade. Incredible. The GOPe has had since June to stop the guy and they can't even do that. Absolutely tone deaf and ineffectual. They all have to go, and it's looking like that might well happen.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at February 24, 2016 12:09 AM (4ErVI)

282 >>>>> do we know who got 2nd yet
Posted by: ThunderB at February 24, 2016 12:06 A
-----
Yes, Donald Trump. Cruz tied for 3rd with Kasich. Rubio ran away with NV in 1st as predicted

Posted by: L, Elle at February 24, 2016 12:09 AM (2x3L+)

283 Cruz finished just ahead of Rubio per Drudge headline.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at February 24, 2016 12:10 AM (TJBCh)

284
National Review: Nevada Is Rubio's Firewall, but Cruz Could Tear It Down
by Elaina Plott

December 21, 2015

http://tinyurl.com/gta2ga2

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 24, 2016 12:10 AM (kdS6q)

285 Reminder: There is a caucus thread.


Oh, it's so cute when Maet tries to control the ONT.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 24, 2016 12:10 AM (1xUj/)

286 Exactly correct, Donald Trump has now won races in three different regions of the country.

His support is deep and it is wide.

Trump/Sessions 2016 - Hasta La vista, BABY!!!


Posted by: Kreplach at February 24, 2016 12:06 AM (EmUe0)

But can he take Florida with its huge Cubano community?


Not if either Rubio or Cruz drop out.

Posted by: Burnt Toast at February 24, 2016 12:10 AM (T78UI)

287 279 er chicken choking and spanking.

you guys really are weird

Posted by: willow at February 24, 2016 12:09 AM (L1+sh)



Bunch of sick perverts

Posted by: Toaster Fucker at February 24, 2016 12:10 AM (zt+N6)

288 As much as a barn-fire Trump is, realize how bad the alternative has been

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 24, 2016 12:06 AM (8Nn8V)


That might have been true in 2012. It is not true now.

Posted by: redbanzai at February 24, 2016 12:10 AM (NPofj)

289 weft, yeah! mashed potatoes seems good.

Posted by: willow at February 24, 2016 12:10 AM (L1+sh)

290 Vote for Dino.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 24, 2016 12:11 AM (FkBIv)

291 Marco Rubio is the real winner in Nevada.

Posted by: Mariobot at February 24, 2016 12:11 AM (2TUVm)

292 >>>> Reminder: There is a caucus thread.
Posted by: Maetenloch at February 24, 2016
-----
I tried to keep that going, Boss. Pretty sure I got severely willpower down there with my effort. Everyone likes you more.

Posted by: L, Elle at February 24, 2016 12:11 AM (2x3L+)

293 I starred in Dinosaurs from '91 - '94.

Posted by: Sinclair at February 24, 2016 12:12 AM (m0JA3)

294 Bunch of sick perverts
Posted by: Toaster Fucker at February 24, 2016 12:10 AM (zt+N6)

and that crazy couch guy!

Posted by: willow at February 24, 2016 12:12 AM (L1+sh)

295 Ehh sorry Maet we're not supposed to talk about Nevada? That's cool. Didn't see it.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at February 24, 2016 12:12 AM (4ErVI)

296
Cruz finished just ahead of Rubio per Drudge headline.


Posted by: Tex Lovera at February 24, 2016 12:10 AM (TJBCh)


How do they have results yet? I read it took three days in 2012 (and they changed the announced winner at least once).

Posted by: redbanzai at February 24, 2016 12:12 AM (NPofj)

297 Reminder: There is a caucus thread.
Posted by: Maetenloch


Message: true.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 24, 2016 12:13 AM (Qy3YA)

298 * willowed, not willpower

Posted by: L, Elle at February 24, 2016 12:13 AM (2x3L+)

299 Frigging pervs!

Posted by: swiss-cheese f#cker at February 24, 2016 12:13 AM (WOyz5)

300 Not if either Rubio or Cruz drop out.

Posted by: Burnt Toast


Trump is way ahead in FL

Posted by: ThunderB at February 24, 2016 12:14 AM (zOTsN)

301 Whenever I try to keep the big political battles off the ONT, I am told that Huge Things Are Happening!!!11!!!

...in case I didn't know.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T), at February 24, 2016 12:14 AM (OQ9R7)

302 "Between that and his general propensity to lie through his teeth, I wouldn't be trusting that he is strong against amnesty."


I don't trust he's strong on that. Not at all. But, he's stonger than the others. I don't trust any other pols to do shit, so.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 24, 2016 12:14 AM (XzMZT)

303 It's looking even more and more like a preference
cascade. Incredible. The GOPe has had since June to stop the guy and
they can't even do that. Absolutely tone deaf and ineffectual. They all
have to go, and it's looking like that might well happen.


Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at February 24, 2016 12:09 AM (4ErVI)

Unlikely to happen from a Trump win.

Posted by: redbanzai at February 24, 2016 12:14 AM (NPofj)

304 252
Swage


Posted by: Kindltot at February 24, 2016 12:04 AM (q2o3


Random memory access -- I read an article some years back where it maintained that Swagelock (a private company) went to extraordinary lengths to keep its privacy private. As in, incorporating A, B, C, D, E, and F as corporations; forming W, X, Y, and Z as partnerships between these corporations; and renting buildings or running factories as named joint-ventures between random combinations of companies and partnerships.....to the point that there could be two wholly-owned Swagelock factories across the street from each other and they could eat off the same food truck, but nobody (including local management) would know they were part of the same enterprise.

Posted by: cthulhu at February 24, 2016 12:14 AM (EzgxV)

305 Is Marco Rubio insane that he thinks he can unite the party??


Fucking.

Insane.

Posted by: Kreplach at February 24, 2016 12:14 AM (ILoaF)

306
Actually, there's a new Ace NV thread.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 24, 2016 12:14 AM (kdS6q)

307 Cruz finished just ahead of Rubio per Drudge headline.


Posted by: Tex Lovera at February 24, 2016 12:10 AM (TJBCh)

woohoo.

maybe the best two upsets will carry this through!

Posted by: willow at February 24, 2016 12:14 AM (L1+sh)

308 How about talking about one of those states no-one really talks about. Like, I dunno, New Mexico. Home of George R. R. Martin. And Stephen Donaldson. And of weird-tasting enchiladas. And DWI statistics

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 24, 2016 12:15 AM (qkjYB)

309 When you think about it, GWB's true legacy was 8 years of Obama. I can only hope Obama's true legacy is President Trump. Skidmark was so incompetent and divisive, that the average American said, "Hey, Trump can't be any worse."

Posted by: gewa76 at February 24, 2016 12:15 AM (9MbCY)

310 "Bunch of sick perverts"

I'm not sick. I'm just misunderstood.

Posted by: Misunderstood Perverts at February 24, 2016 12:15 AM (1CroS)

311 So am guessing super Tuesday is pretty much gonna seal the deal and I'm going to have to pull that damn lever for Trump, aren't I?

Posted by: tdpwells at February 24, 2016 12:15 AM (evKax)

312 Rubio won't win Florida. Even the Florida morons are cursing the mere mention of Rubio.

But hey who cares about that? Have you seen Carson and Webb do the clapper coppers bit? It's pretty good. Link inside the link Maet posted.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at February 24, 2016 12:15 AM (4ErVI)

313 305 Is Marco Rubio insane that he thinks he can unite the party??


Finishing 3rd is just a toy

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 24, 2016 12:16 AM (voOPb)

314 Goodnight.

Mas en la menana.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 24, 2016 12:16 AM (XzMZT)

315 A bit of Burroughs, in light of the apocalyptic vibe:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bubCpbx-DHk

Last act, the End, this is where we all came in. The final Apocalypse is when every man sees what he sees, feels what he feels, and hears what he hears. The creatures of all your dreams and nightmares are right here, right now, solid as they ever were or ever will be, electric vitality of careening subways faster faster faster stations flash by in a blur.

Pan God of Panic, whips screaming crowds, as millions of faces look up at the torn sky:

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at February 24, 2016 12:17 AM (lutOX)

316 Oh, it's so cute when Maet tries to control the ONT.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 24, 2016 12:10 AM (1xUj/)


[slowly eases open the nitrogen valves and gathers matches and gasoline]

Posted by: Maetenloch at February 24, 2016 12:17 AM (pAlYe)

317 nite ricardo. sleep well

Posted by: willow at February 24, 2016 12:17 AM (L1+sh)

318
"Between that and his general propensity to lie through his teeth, I wouldn't be trusting that he is strong against amnesty."





I don't trust he's strong on that. Not at all. But, he's stonger
than the others. I don't trust any other pols to do shit, so.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 24, 2016 12:14 AM (XzMZT)


Cruz has pretty much done what he promised his voters he would (and his one fuck up with TPA he listened when his constituents told him he was fucking up). Supporting Trump when you know he is a barn fire makes no sense when there is a viable alternative to burning the country down.

Posted by: redbanzai at February 24, 2016 12:17 AM (NPofj)

319 G'Night, Ricardo.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T), at February 24, 2016 12:17 AM (OQ9R7)

320 So am guessing super Tuesday is pretty much gonna seal the deal and I'm going to have to pull that damn lever for Trump, aren't I?

Posted by: tdpwells


See above.

Posted by: New Thread at February 24, 2016 12:17 AM (Qy3YA)

321 The Black Knight in "Holy Grail" just called - well, sent a pigeon. He's wondering if Rubio is pinin' for those Norwegian fjords.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 24, 2016 12:18 AM (qkjYB)

322 279
er chicken choking and spanking.



you guys really are weird

Posted by: willow at February 24, 2016 12:09 AM (L1+sh)


You were the one breaking 'nads.

Posted by: cthulhu at February 24, 2016 12:18 AM (EzgxV)

323 "Actually, there's a new Ace NV thread."

But does it have Happy Fun Ball? I think not!

Posted by: torquewrench at February 24, 2016 12:18 AM (noWW6)

324 [slowly eases open the nitrogen valves and gathers the matches and gasoline]
Posted by: Maetenloch at February 24, 2016 12:17 AM (pAlYe)

and here was Smod all along. and i thought it was b.s.

Posted by: willow at February 24, 2016 12:18 AM (L1+sh)

325 "Trump won the Hispanic vote"

Yeah, but they were white Hispanics. The type that gun down innocent black kids for no reason.

Posted by: Ripley at February 24, 2016 12:19 AM (0vsws)

326 Kreplach: "Is Marco Rubio insane that he thinks he can unite the party??"

No. His MacroScript just remains in beta stage and they don't have enough PAC money yet to update the talking points.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at February 24, 2016 12:19 AM (1CroS)

327 Two Hot Threads

Two Hot intense threads.


This is entertainment.

Posted by: John the Baptist at February 24, 2016 12:19 AM (b6qi2)

328 Well, since we're supposed to stay away from NV, here's a question for andycanuck-- what's going on with the 14-year-old going all stabby in an Ontario high school? I thought knife control was a NYC issue.

Posted by: Basement Cat at February 24, 2016 12:19 AM (3C9q2)

329 You were the one breaking 'nads.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 24, 2016 12:18 AM (EzgxV)

well there might be a nad or two i wouldn't mind breaking or at least bruising a bit.

Posted by: willow at February 24, 2016 12:19 AM (L1+sh)

330 312
Rubio won't win Florida. Even the Florida morons are cursing the mere mention of Rubio.

But
hey who cares about that? Have you seen Carson and Webb do the clapper
coppers bit? It's pretty good. Link inside the link Maet posted.


Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at February 24, 2016 12:15 AM (4ErVI)


I used to be a Floridian, and cheered when Rubio rose to take on Charlie Crist, who was a typical Democrat with an R by his name (who later defected after his loss). Rubio has done nothing but turn on the people who put him in office since he was sent to DC. The man's a sellout's sellout and shouldn't be trusted to run for dog catcher, let alone President.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at February 24, 2016 12:20 AM (HalrA)

331 "I call them Social Justice Whores."
-Posted by: Blano at February 24, 2016 12:19 AM (3eoPa)

I call them "Shut Up, But First..."

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T), at February 24, 2016 12:20 AM (OQ9R7)

332 Rubio won't win Florida. Even the Florida morons are cursing the mere mention of Rubio.

But
hey who cares about that? Have you seen Carson and Webb do the clapper
coppers bit? It's pretty good. Link inside the link Maet posted.


Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at February 24, 2016 12:15 AM (4ErVI)


Rubio isn't even running for re-election to the Senate... because he can't win even that.

Posted by: redbanzai at February 24, 2016 12:20 AM (NPofj)

333 308 How about talking about one of those states no-one really talks about. Like, I dunno, New Mexico. Home of George R. R. Martin. And Stephen Donaldson. And of weird-tasting enchiladas. And DWI statistics
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 24, 2016 12:15 AM (qkjYB)

--Weird Al (featuring Breaking Bad): "Albuquerque"

https://youtu.be/bWdTi57e4GU

Posted by: logprof at February 24, 2016 12:20 AM (207O6)

334 Here is more that you can do to damage Twitter: http://www.professorbainbridge.com/professorbainbridgecom/2016/02/using-twitters-own-risk-factor-analysis-to-force-it-to-respect-viewpoint-diversity.html

Posted by: Maetenloch at February 24, 2016 12:20 AM (pAlYe)

335 Oh, it's so cute when Maet tries to control the ONT.
Posted by: Bandersnatch
---------------

Not prudent to poke at a wasp nest.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 24, 2016 12:21 AM (J3phO)

336 OK, I just woke up after a short nap. Is Chavez around? I missed him the other night.

And why oh why is FNC still having that POS Karl Rove on TV?

Posted by: Farmer at February 24, 2016 12:22 AM (o/90i)

337 Maet you are leaving That to OUR imagination?

Posted by: willow at February 24, 2016 12:22 AM (L1+sh)

338 nevermind i thought that was left blank!

uh oh. and i don't even have wine to blame.

Posted by: willow at February 24, 2016 12:23 AM (L1+sh)

339 "It's now illegal to wear a pig hat in parts of Europe. 'Whether or not it was provocation, it is and remains a pig hat.'"

Now this is where it starts to get interesting.

Is an ordinary hat with a prominent label on it reading "PIG HAT" verboten?

These are the sorts of questions which have vexed European academic philosophers for the last thousand years. They should love it.

Posted by: torquewrench at February 24, 2016 12:23 AM (noWW6)

340 Mas en la menana.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 24, 2016 12:16 AM (XzMZT)


Here's a new topic... why can't we use tildes and other diacritical marks more easily? What the heck Microsoft?

Posted by: redbanzai at February 24, 2016 12:23 AM (NPofj)

341 My biggest hope for Trump is that the left couldn't help themselves but relentlessly try to cheap shot him and he couldn't help but to kick dirt in their faces.

That may restrain his more regressive instincts on on social issues

And an America first sweep of trade laws is long long overdue.

That's my thinking and I why I am not as panic'd of a Trump win as some. Or am I missing something? I think his VP pick will tell us how plans to govern. It sounds off but I actually think he would do well with Romney as VP to help him get things done. "Big picture" guys or loudmouths always need a technocrat I don't know anyone better suited and willing to accept the shitstorm of public office.

Posted by: Shiggz at February 24, 2016 12:24 AM (G7wcY)

342 Gaming blogs and publications agreed with the women and wrote scathing reviews attacking both the games and the people who enjoyed them. Turns out some of the complaining women were sleeping with the game reviewers and columnists.

Hmm. This makes me wonder about how Hillary Clinton is getting better press than she deserves. Just how many male and female journalists is she sleeping with to get them to ignore Benghazi?

Posted by: nerdygirl at February 24, 2016 12:25 AM (+lVUW)

343 "I'm so proud of us claiming this 'against all odds' victory tonight! Nobody expected the amazing result we have achieved. Don't let anyone tell you that another tie for a distant second is not a win! Because everyone but us believed we would do worse than tied for 2nd! Don't let anyone tell you that finishing 2nd in Latino vote is not a win! They're wrong! If you'd like I can tell you why they're wrong 8 times, like I told O'Reilly I will do what the American people want 8 times earlier today!"

Posted by: Ruby at February 24, 2016 12:26 AM (MpnLF)

344 Here's a new topic... why can't we use tildes and other diacritical marks more easily?
------------

Whãt?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 24, 2016 12:26 AM (J3phO)

345 Put on your hi-heel sneakers, put your pig hat on your head

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 24, 2016 12:27 AM (FkBIv)

346 "Here is more that you can do to damage Twitter: https://tinyurl.com/jjr7vnn"
-Posted by: Maetenloch at February 24, 2016 12:20 AM (pAlYe)

Nice article, Maet! I can start on this after I wake-up.

...around the Crack-O'-Noon. (Long day, today.)

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T), at February 24, 2016 12:27 AM (OQ9R7)

347 you can leave your hat on

Posted by: willow at February 24, 2016 12:28 AM (L1+sh)

348 And of weird-tasting enchiladas.

NM enchiladas are the good stuff. Not like that nasty left over El Patio frozen dinners they serve most places around here.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at February 24, 2016 12:28 AM (YJmuy)

349 341
Mas en la menana.



Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 24, 2016 12:16 AM (XzMZT)


Here's a new topic... why can't we use tildes and other diacritical marks more easily? What the heck Microsoft?


Posted by: redbanzai at February 24, 2016 12:23 AM (NPofj)


Ummm.....*points at bottom of comments* "Powered by Minx 0.7 alpha."

Posted by: cthulhu at February 24, 2016 12:29 AM (EzgxV)

350 Maetenloch is Scottish, and slow to anger.

But...he banned Soothsayer for being an unrepentant dick. Well, no one is a 100 percent dick (from "Guardians of the Galaxy").

Soothsayer was funny and trenchant in many of his many comments, but Maetenloch banned him, and I don't think that even pleadings by frequent commenters (such as Toby928/Grump 92 will change his mind.

Because....he is Scottish.

So go ahead. Taunt Maetenloch. Slow to anger, but his reprisals have a finality about them. Because he's Scottish. And not crap.

And now I bid you....adieu!

Posted by: Bossy Conservative....tortured American at February 24, 2016 12:29 AM (+1T7c)

351 What's going on with the 14-year-old going all stabby in an Ontario high school? I thought knife control was a NYC issue.
------
I only saw a newscrawl on it this early afternoon and a tiny bit of spoken news. Girl went stabby in the hallway, including getting two teachers. I didn't see any name so I don't know if it was Sudden Jihadi Syndrome or just crazy girl time or gang-related. And see? Canadian handgun control does work... so fatal stabbings are up massively this year in Toronto and area!

Posted by: andycanuck at February 24, 2016 12:29 AM (WOyz5)

352 Here's a new topic... why can't we use tildes and other diacritical marks more easily? What the heck Microsoft?
Posted by: redbanzai at February 24, 2016 12:23 AM (NPofj)

--There used to be a handy toolbar atop the comment boxes but some asshelmet commenters abused them. Hence, no nice things.

Posted by: logprof at February 24, 2016 12:30 AM (207O6)

353 For once the SJW's met a target that fired back with quite hard hitting effect"

There was a description of gamers s opponents who live, breath and sleep VICTORY. They will hack subvert, xlan up, and farm muffins to win. Should have picked on someone else, like Republicans.

Posted by: Jean at February 24, 2016 12:31 AM (cXiMR)

354 "You can leave your hat on"
-Posted by: willow at February 24, 2016 12:28 AM (L1+sh)

The hottest chick I've ever seen danced to that at a Bare-as-you-Dare contest I emceed. She got down to nice panties and a hot bra.

Backed-up and had me undo the bra.

...just as she covered-up with a cowboy hat.

-Good. Freaking. Night.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T), at February 24, 2016 12:31 AM (OQ9R7)

355 Oh, it's so cute when Maet tries to control the ONT.

Somebody is asking for either a Long Cat or a Yoko Special.

Posted by: Basement Cat at February 24, 2016 12:31 AM (3C9q2)

356 353
Here's a new topic... why can't we use tildes and other diacritical marks more easily? What the heck Microsoft?

Posted by: redbanzai at February 24, 2016 12:23 AM (NPofj)



--There used to be a handy toolbar atop the comment boxes but some asshelmet commenters abused them. Hence, no nice things.

Posted by: logprof at February 24, 2016 12:30 AM (207O6)


With Firefox, there still is a nice handy toolbar atop the comment boxes. It just doesn't do anything.

Posted by: cthulhu at February 24, 2016 12:32 AM (EzgxV)

357 >>>Oh, it's so cute when Maet tries to control the ONT.

So, I'm gonna go ahead and put out a Yoko Storm Watch for tomorrow night. Thanks a lot, Bander. You dick.

Posted by: DC is a temporary bachelor at February 24, 2016 12:32 AM (e+1S5)

358 Twitter, as a value to businesses with something to sell.

If you are paying money to advertise produce, don't you watch to see if your advertising is working? If your advertising isn't working, isn't that money wasted?

Posted by: John the Baptist at February 24, 2016 12:32 AM (b6qi2)

359 G'Night, Bossy.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T), at February 24, 2016 12:33 AM (OQ9R7)

360 Wow! I just refreshed and there weren't fifty new comments.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at February 24, 2016 12:34 AM (YJmuy)

361 Here's a new topic... why can't we use tildes and other diacritical marks more easily? What the heck Microsoft?

--

there is a secret. You have to hang around and study the blog, do your time, pay your dues, and you might get lucky one day when someone gives you a clue.

Consider it an initiation into the secrets of the blog.

But first. . .

Posted by: John the Baptist at February 24, 2016 12:34 AM (b6qi2)

362 Oh, it's so cute when Maet tries to control the ONT.
Posted by: Bandersnatch
---------------
Not prudent to poke at a wasp nest.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 24, 2016 12:21 AM

Someone might want to tell that to Trump. It seems to have worked for him.

I'm amazed at the support he has drawn from disaffected folks. Just shaking my head at the clusterfuck the Reps have made out of this year when they should have cleaned the clocks of Hilldabeast or Bernster.

Posted by: Farmer at February 24, 2016 12:34 AM (o/90i)

363 While the Nevada caucus storm brews, there's another storm brewing over in the S. China Sea.

U.S. says China deploys fighter jets to disputed South China Sea island

http://tinyurl.com/gnkrzfu

China: Missiles in South China Sea similar to US military presence in Hawaii

http://tinyurl.com/ho6csm8

The 9-Dash-Line War will be a hell of a debate topic come October.

Posted by: Thrawn at February 24, 2016 12:35 AM (s87AC)

364
Somebody is asking for either a Long Cat or a Yoko Special.



I don't think Long Cat was real. I know I didn't really see it.

Posted by: eleven at February 24, 2016 12:35 AM (qUNWi)

365 "The time to short was about a year ago."

Time left to short Farcebook.

That one's going to be the Big Kahuna when and if it implodes.

Posted by: torquewrench at February 24, 2016 12:35 AM (noWW6)

366 With Firefox, there still is a nice handy toolbar atop the comment boxes. It just doesn't do anything.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 24, 2016 12:32 AM (EzgxV)


--The inability to use that toolbar probably has led to greater numbers of embarrelings as well.

Posted by: logprof at February 24, 2016 12:36 AM (207O6)

367 Interesting Trekkie tie-in. I attended AF Technical School with Uhura's niece.

Posted by: Fish at February 24, 2016 12:38 AM (jJt7b)

368 Fun Fact: Uhura (Nichelle Nichols) brother cut his junk off and is riding on a spaceship behind the Hale-Bopp comet. True story.

Posted by: Dingus McAllister at February 24, 2016 12:40 AM (4Boke)

369 Turning in early tonight folks. Thanks for the great chat! Happy hump day...

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 24, 2016 12:42 AM (ntObR)

370 And an America first sweep of trade laws is long long overdue.



That's my thinking and I why I am not as panic'd of a Trump win as
some. Or am I missing something? I think his VP pick will tell us how
plans to govern. It sounds off but I actually think he would do well
with Romney as VP to help him get things done. "Big picture" guys or
loudmouths always need a technocrat I don't know anyone better suited
and willing to accept the shitstorm of public office.

Posted by: Shiggz at February 24, 2016 12:24 AM (G7wcY)

Because starting trade wars worked so well for us circa 1930?

Trump is a nightmare on more fronts than I care to name but let me name a few at least:


1st amendment -- Trump is A-OK with people's religious liberties being stomped on by gay marriage activists,


2nd amendment -- what Trump is saying now on the 2nd amendment is very different than his past support of an "assault weapons' ban,


5th amendment -- see his eminent domain abuse and continued defense thereof,


amnesty -- Trump has held every position from let them all stay to make them all leave but then let some or all of them back in,


Obamacare -- has repeatedly called Cruz a liar for pointing out that his past support of single payer insurance likely means he will not actually get rid of the substance of Obamacare while he simultaneously states that the individual mandate is a good thing and that he will make sure the government provides insurance for everyone.


If this country is going to elect another progressive, it might as well go full retard and elect Hillary.

Posted by: redbanzai at February 24, 2016 12:42 AM (NPofj)

371 So good for those who were able to fight back. Yeah the locusts are coming, but not all of us can fight every battle. We have to do some picking and choosing and leave other battles to others. My battles will be gun related most likely.

The important lessons:

1. We can win
2. The other side are losers. Seriously, they're fat mentally ill people.

So locate your allies, don't shoot at them like a "moderate" does, and stand firm - they can't win if we don't surrender.

Posted by: ReactionaryMonster browsing Bravely at February 24, 2016 12:43 AM (1D4Ef)

372 'Night, qdp!

Posted by: logprof at February 24, 2016 12:44 AM (207O6)

373 --There used to be a handy toolbar atop the comment boxes but some asshelmet commenters abused them. Hence, no nice things.

Posted by: logprof at February 24, 2016 12:30 AM (207O6)

*Pouts*

Posted by: redbanzai at February 24, 2016 12:44 AM (NPofj)

374 toolbar atop the comment boxes but some asshelmet commenters abused them. Hence, no nice things.

Posted by: logprof at February 24, 2016 12:30 AM (207O6)

So my worthless little brother & ducked up,things? Story of my life

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 24, 2016 12:46 AM (voOPb)

375 --There used to be a handy toolbar atop the comment boxes but some asshelmet commenters abused them. Hence, no nice things.



Posted by: logprof at February 24, 2016 12:30 AM (207O6)

*Pouts*


Posted by: redbanzai at February 24, 2016 12:44 AM (NPofj)

I hesitate to ask but... how exactly does one abuse diacritical marks?

Posted by: redbanzai at February 24, 2016 12:49 AM (NPofj)

376
'apparatchik' - аппаратчик is another word I'd like to see used more often on the blog.


Posted by: John the Baptist at February 24, 2016 12:49 AM (b6qi2)

377 I haven't felt so boned since 11/12

Posted by: Heddy at February 24, 2016 12:49 AM (reARY)

378 country is going to elect another progressive, it might as well go full retard and elect Hillary.


Bernie feel the Bern, the kind penecillin doesn't cure

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 24, 2016 12:51 AM (voOPb)

379 Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 24, 2016 12:46 AM

So how are you and Chavez holding up in the frozen north we call WI?

It's been warm here for a few days, but snow tomorrow, uggh.

Posted by: Farmer at February 24, 2016 12:52 AM (o/90i)

380 378
--There used to be a handy toolbar atop the comment boxes but some asshelmet commenters abused them. Hence, no nice things.





Posted by: logprof at February 24, 2016 12:30 AM (207O6)

*Pouts*




Posted by: redbanzai at February 24, 2016 12:44 AM (NPofj)

I hesitate to ask but... how exactly does one abuse diacritical marks?


Posted by: redbanzai at February 24, 2016 12:49 AM (NPofj)



This ain't no usual batch of morons.....this is Teh Horde!!!!

Posted by: cthulhu at February 24, 2016 12:52 AM (EzgxV)

381 >> Farmer It's been warm here for a few days, but snow tomorrow, uggh.

It's been racing & snowing since Friday

I want done with winter

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 24, 2016 12:54 AM (voOPb)

382 I hesitate to ask but... how exactly does one abuse diacritical marks?
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It isn't a question of abuse, it is a matter of hostile work environment.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 24, 2016 12:55 AM (RrDm2)

383 "After its origin (discussed in 107 and 129), it eventually went on to being a very public debate about political correctness in gaming. And it's one of the few times in modern history that the PC Inquisition lost."

Yep. And one of the really interesting parts about it was the unifying effect on actual gamers who railed against it. Blacks, whites, gays, straights, men, women, all manners of people basically said "fuck you, shut the fuck up and leave us and our games alone." Especially interesting were women, minorities and gays even more loudly telling them to fuck off and stop using their racial/sexual identities as cover for their SJW bullshit.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 24, 2016 12:56 AM (0mRoj)

384 I want done with winter
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian
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I know what you mean, but I also want the grass shocked into at least two more months of dormancy.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 24, 2016 12:57 AM (RrDm2)

385 378 --There used to be a handy toolbar atop the comment boxes but some asshelmet commenters abused them. Hence, no nice things.



Posted by: logprof at February 24, 2016 12:30 AM (207O6)

*Pouts*


Posted by: redbanzai at February 24, 2016 12:44 AM (NPofj)

I hesitate to ask but... how exactly does one abuse diacritical marks?
Posted by: redbanzai at February 24, 2016 12:49 AM (NPofj)

*sigh* I don't really have to explain it again, do I?

Posted by: The Chicken at February 24, 2016 12:58 AM (0mRoj)

386 OMG, I'm not trying to start any political flame wars here...I've generally avoided that sheet.

But right now I'm watching Trump absolutely full of crap...shacking head.

Posted by: Farmer at February 24, 2016 12:58 AM (o/90i)

387 I hesitate to ask but... how exactly does one abuse diacritical marks?

Posted by: redbanzai
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It was more the abuse of every other "nice thing" that we had. HAD being the key word in that sentence.

Posted by: Chi at February 24, 2016 12:58 AM (oJOym)

388 i will not laugh at Ace and his Indian food misadventure. I have done what he has at Mantra Indian Lunch Buffet more than once. Poor Ace, Indian food overindulgence is really uncomfortable.

Posted by: Gushka can haz kittys what plays fetch! at February 24, 2016 01:01 AM (6ga6c)

389 Posted by: Farmer at February 24, 2016 12:58 AM (o/90i)

Political thread up top, FYI. Plenty of room to vent there.

Posted by: v at February 24, 2016 01:01 AM (1D4Ef)

390 Apparatchik.
Zampolit.
Chekist.

Welcome to Soviet America, comrade.

Posted by: torquewrench at February 24, 2016 01:01 AM (noWW6)

391 tildes? This is a bbs not a website.

Posted by: Jean at February 24, 2016 01:01 AM (cXiMR)

392 It was more the abuse of every other "nice thing" that we had. HAD being the key word in that sentence.
Posted by: Chi at February 24, 2016 12:58 AM

We HAD nice things? O KI kinda remember that fondly.

How's Tucker doing? Our dogs tore apart a toy tonight having fun playing. Almost cught a pic for the Sat. thread but I suck as a photographer.

T

Posted by: Farmer at February 24, 2016 01:03 AM (o/90i)

393 It was more the abuse of every other "nice thing" that we had. HAD being the key word in that sentence.

Posted by: Chi at February 24, 2016 12:58 AM (oJOym)

its kind of like when you have more than eight cats and a dog, too. yeah. that furniture and your carpet isnt gonna look right even if everyone goes potty where they are sposed to, and the dog really behaves. Now add just one asshole. Thats kinda like what happened only it wasnt cats and there was more than one asshole

Posted by: Gushka can haz kittys what plays fetch! at February 24, 2016 01:04 AM (6ga6c)

394
I know what you mean, but I also want the grass shocked into at least two more months of dormancy.

And I want peace, love & understanding and that ain't gonna happen either. But I don't blame you for trying

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 24, 2016 01:04 AM (voOPb)

395 Archie Comics Continues To Circle The Politically Correct Drain

Archie Comics, which once was considered to be family/child friendly comic, has increasingly been circling the drain of Political Correctness and all the insanity that comes with it.

More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=11116

Posted by: The Political Hat at February 24, 2016 01:04 AM (vBeA5)

396 Poor Ace, Indian food overindulgence is really uncomfortable.
Posted by: Gushka can haz kittys what plays fetch!
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I have mentioned this before, but the worst gastronomic mistake I have ever made was having a dinner of cabbage-stuffed squab, before getting on a plane in Paris for a flight to the U.S.

Before it was over, I began to pray that the plane would crash into the frozen wastelands of Newfoundland.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 24, 2016 01:05 AM (RrDm2)

397 torque, forgot capo. We dont bitch about Soros enough. Part of the Trump fuel is the number of politicians on the right drinking pond water from Soros' Open Borders fund.

Posted by: Jean at February 24, 2016 01:05 AM (cXiMR)

398 401 Poor Ace, Indian food overindulgence is really uncomfortable.
Posted by: Gushka can haz kittys what plays fetch!
--------------

I have mentioned this before, but the worst gastronomic mistake I have ever made was having a dinner of cabbage-stuffed squab, before getting on a plane in Paris for a flight to the U.S.

Before it was over, I began to pray that the plane would crash into the frozen wastelands of Newfoundland.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 24, 2016 01:05 AM (RrDm2)

As did the rest of the passengers, I'd wager.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 24, 2016 01:06 AM (0mRoj)

399 We dont bitch about Soros enough.
-------------------

The LIV have never even heard of Soros.
Now, the eeeevil Koch brothers, well that's a different matter.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 24, 2016 01:07 AM (RrDm2)

400 over, I began to pray that the plane would crash into the frozen wastelands of Newfoundland.

Mr. Hammer I take it you didn't have the pet thread to take your mind off your discomfort?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 24, 2016 01:07 AM (voOPb)

401
Before it was over, I began to pray that the plane would crash into the frozen wastelands of Newfoundland.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 24, 2016 01:05 AM (RrDm2)

i remember a drive home from Palm springs like that. Pray-for-death Gastronomic mistake is the worst sort of torture.

Posted by: Gushka can haz kittys what plays fetch! at February 24, 2016 01:08 AM (6ga6c)

402 Hey TPH, how was your voting experience? Did you witness any skulduggery?

Posted by: logprof at February 24, 2016 01:08 AM (w9ErY)

403 As did the rest of the passengers, I'd wager.
Posted by: Insomniac
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Aside from a few moans, I don't think so. The problem was a intestinal tract folded and seat-belted into a tourist-class seat.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 24, 2016 01:08 AM (RrDm2)

404 Hey TPH, how was your voting experience? Did you witness any skulduggery?

Posted by: logprof at February 24, 2016 01:08 AM (w9ErY)


Gave a run-down over on the "Trump Wins in Nevada" thread:

http://acecomments.mu.nu/?blog=86&post=361720#c24880484

Posted by: The Political Hat at February 24, 2016 01:10 AM (vBeA5)

405 The post about how everything coming out was shit except for the obscure semi porny anime game that no one was going to buy got old.
Posted by: buzzion at February 23, 2016 11:38 PM (zt+N6)

As someone who buys more than a few of the semi porny anime games I seem to recall those got some equally harsh (note- not necessarily undeserved) treatment as well.

And when the people reading the thread and the author seemed to be coming from two different places it seemed half the comments became battles.

For non Gamers- imagine Ace had way too much Valu-Rite and suddenly tried pushing Dondi as the only acceptable choice - it kind of felt like that kind of a difference in world views at the end, though with fewer comparisons to a certain someone with a site about green hued sportsballs the NFL uses and reciprocal bannings being passed out in response.

...Though also without alcohol involved but rather a sober and pointed POVthat the author communicated...so maybe nothing like that example above actually.

Posted by: Bete resigned to just watching the world burn at February 24, 2016 01:11 AM (F9322)

406 Some Good points Red, thanks for your thoughts. If I may contribute a few of my own.

I get what you are saying about a leftist style union led trade war. But there is a lot of room for improvement between where we are now and that point.

fwiw I have been on the Cruz train since I watched two videos of him. One of him talking to that farmer about ethanol. But first and more importantly was one where he questioned the sierra club president. It was a thing of beauty. Never have I seen an elected republican actually do that.

But as to the other points, watching the total collapse of the originally democratically elected socialist leadership of Venezuala and post Nazi Germany I have concluded that no amount of in your face failure or scandal will ever stop the Leftist crusaders or cause them self awareness or to question their cause. To me I hear fine lets elect a caliphate and then everyone will see how much they hate the caliphate.

With the leftist hivemind, I now see they fight every hill to the death no matter how stupid or pointless. Because their leaders realize crusades are about momentum.

In many ways this is still the continued battle with the European white aristocrats that the founding Founders fled from and tried to build America against.

With Trump I think of King Herod who built the Jewish Temple to try to quell rebellion.

Posted by: Shiggz at February 24, 2016 01:11 AM (G7wcY)

407 Like a hair in a biscuit, T. Hangin' in there.

Tucker says Hi, and "your don't don't know crap about tearing up toys!"
He's been having fun with the barrel chested pit bull & 3 legged yorkie next door last few days.
He thinks he's as big as the pit. Hilarious to watch them.

Posted by: Chi at February 24, 2016 01:13 AM (oJOym)

408 Mr. Hammer I take it you didn't have the pet thread to take your mind off your discomfort?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian
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Ah. The cat then was the noble Belmont. I'll have to send a photo. Great old old guy. Died one October. If he had lived until the following March, he would have been twenty years old. When an animal has slept on your bed every night for that many years, it's a bit of a loss.

He's buried under a cherry tree down in back. Every spring when it blooms, I think of him. That was 17 years ago.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 24, 2016 01:14 AM (RrDm2)

409 2
Outcome based penis intrusion?

...would be a good name for a band.

Posted by: Anachronda at February 24, 2016 01:15 AM (o78gS)

410 Gave a run-down over on the "Trump Wins in Nevada" thread:

http://acecomments.mu.nu/?blog=86&post=361720#c24880484
Posted by: The Political Hat at February 24, 2016 01:10 AM (vBeA5)


--Cool. I wonder why there was so much video recording going on? Maybe all sides were trying to keep the others honest. . . .

Posted by: logprof at February 24, 2016 01:15 AM (207O6)

411 The Secret 'Anti-Languages' You're Not Supposed To Know




"He say you Brade-runnah."

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 23, 2016 11:26 PM (kdS6q)


That was an interesting article, but man! was it poorly edited. Interesting article, in fact, but suffered from a lack of editing. And was repetitive, and repeated itself.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 24, 2016 01:16 AM (afR/C)

412 --Cool. I wonder why there was so much video recording going on? Maybe all sides were trying to keep the others honest. . . .

Posted by: logprof at February 24, 2016 01:15 AM (207O6)


Lot's of press inside the actual caucus meeting. MSNBC and Jerusalem Post were there (the later interviewed me). Some of the journalists were recording what was happening at the precint tables where people were voting.

Posted by: The Caucussing Hat at February 24, 2016 01:19 AM (vBeA5)

413 Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 24, 2016 01:14 AM (RrDm2)

Cherry pollen is thick iykwim

Loop gets living setter who went through 3'humman babies no complaints, bites etc. cinamon girl lived tom16.5 years

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 24, 2016 01:20 AM (voOPb)

414 Goddammit iman american. My ancestors were from all over the place, but they still came.


They have fought in the civil war fought. The best mud ecrucifixe

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 24, 2016 01:25 AM (voOPb)

415 MH - Yeah, I know what you mean. I've never figured out whether or not we invest too much emotion in our animals or not.

I had a girlfriend when I was young, who had a way with animals. I asked her why that was. She said, "Well, they're like people, you just give them all the love that you can." I never forgot that.

With that, I am out.

G'night all.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 24, 2016 01:25 AM (RrDm2)

416 Ah. The cat then was the noble Belmont. I'll have to
send a photo. Great old old guy. Died one October. If he had lived
until the following March, he would have been twenty years old. When an
animal has slept on your bed every night for that many years, it's a bit
of a loss.



He's buried under a cherry tree down in back. Every spring when it blooms, I think of him. That was 17 years ago.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 24, 2016 01:14 AM (RrDm2)

i had one like that. Aphrodyte, she was also a noble soul. Spent the night with the new dog on the floor curled against him, to let him know this place was gonna be waaaaay better than the office at the local pound where i got him. He always worshiped her after that, which is uncommon in a Blue heeler. I will see if i can send one in for the pet thread of her and the Naked One. They were best friends and slept with me in my arms every night. the only times they were not sleeping ON me, they were snuggled by the bed with my dog Wally. Now all residing in the Land Of Happy Memory. Breaks my heart, because there are moments i forget they are not still here, then i see the little orange faces of the current cats (and the current white kitten what places fetch, and his Dilute tortie adopted sister what also plays fetch) and its amazing to me that life does in fact go on. Wow. whether you like it or not.

Posted by: Gushka can haz kittys what plays fetch! at February 24, 2016 01:25 AM (6ga6c)

417 Good nite moron keep your chins uo

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 24, 2016 01:26 AM (voOPb)

418
I had a girlfriend when I was young, who had a
way with animals. I asked her why that was. She said, "Well, they're
like people, you just give them all the love that you can." I never
forgot that.



With that, I am out.



G'night all.





Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 24, 2016 01:25 AM (RrDm2)

smart lady. she was right about that.

Posted by: Gushka can haz kittys what plays fetch! at February 24, 2016 01:27 AM (6ga6c)

419 Good nite moron keep your chins uo

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 24, 2016 01:26 AM (voOPb)

Have a good night's sleep MisHum:-)

Posted by: redbanzai at February 24, 2016 01:28 AM (NPofj)

420 G'Night, Hammer and MisHum.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T), at February 24, 2016 01:33 AM (OQ9R7)

421 Hi,
I'm in thread that Ace posted.
One last time- Please pray for my friend Gayle, who has fallen twice in the past week, further injuring her Stage IV Brain Cancer. Her husband updated FB tonight to write he rarely uses FB & felt he owes it to her friends, that his heart is broken & he is at the hospital ( could be hospice) & hoped to bring her home for 4-6 days, but it's not going to happen.

Gayle or her husband & daughter ask for prayers for God to take her soon & peacefully. Doctors said 1-2 weeks Monday.

Please pray for Gayle & her family that she dies soon & without pain.

Thank you, I know you will pray.

Posted by: Carol at February 24, 2016 01:36 AM (sj3Ax)

422 I'm in thread that Ace posted.

One last time- Please pray for my friend Gayle, who has fallen twice
in the past week, further injuring her Stage IV Brain Cancer. Her
husband updated FB tonight to write he rarely uses FB felt he owes
it to her friends, that his heart is broken he is at the hospital
( could be hospice) hoped to bring her home for 4-6 days, but
it's not going to happen.



Gayle or her husband daughter ask for prayers for God to take her soon peacefully. Doctors said 1-2 weeks Monday.



Please pray for Gayle her family that she dies soon without pain.



Thank you, I know you will pray.



Posted by: Carol at February 24, 2016 01:36 AM (sj3Ax)
Prayers added.

Posted by: redbanzai at February 24, 2016 01:39 AM (NPofj)

423 Well, I guess I'll have to wait until the morrow before I know for sure who's second, but I fear it'll be Stupor Mario.


Have a good night, y'all!

Posted by: logprof at February 24, 2016 01:41 AM (w9ErY)

424
Thank you, I know you will pray.



Posted by: Carol at February 24, 2016 01:36 AM (sj3Ax)

prayers up, Carol. May she enter the Kingdom of the Lord, quickly and peacefully, and may her family know the comfort of the promise that one day they will all one day be reunited, on Gods Heavenly shores.

Posted by: Gushka can haz kittys what plays fetch! at February 24, 2016 01:41 AM (6ga6c)

425 Thank you,
Redbanzi & Gushka!

Posted by: Carol at February 24, 2016 01:43 AM (sj3Ax)

426 G'night MHx2.

Carol, prayers out. I hope you're holding up well.

The caucus thread has become pretty ugly, so I may hang here a few minutes, or maybe I'll just rack-out myself...

Posted by: Chi at February 24, 2016 01:47 AM (oJOym)

427 Might God find our Sister Gayle and call her home. Might He comfort Gayle's friends and Family. Where there is doubt, let them find faith.

In this darkness, there is light. May all find joy when God finds her soul and grants her eternal life.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T), at February 24, 2016 01:47 AM (OQ9R7)

428 Prayers for Gayle, Carol

Posted by: L, Elle at February 24, 2016 01:50 AM (2x3L+)

429 G'night to you too, log.

Posted by: Chi at February 24, 2016 01:53 AM (oJOym)

430 I think that four-year-old Egyptian kid is lying about not committing those murders at age one.

Every four-year-old I've ever met tells all sorts of tales.

He's probably going to keep on lying about it, too.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T), at February 24, 2016 01:53 AM (OQ9R7)

431 G'Night, logprof.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T), at February 24, 2016 01:54 AM (OQ9R7)

432 Not to be overlooked or outdone in the Goodnights:
Goodnight logprof.
The very best goodnight.
Sweet dreams all night

Posted by: L, Elle at February 24, 2016 01:58 AM (2x3L+)

433 Thank you, Elle & Chi.
I'm going to sleep momentarily.


Good Night!

Posted by: Carol at February 24, 2016 01:59 AM (sj3Ax)

434 Great Spirit of the Father, angels here on earth, please bring comfort, grace and peace to Gayle and her family.



Hi. I got home, wanted to report on how Fox radio news just skipped mention of Cruz in their Nevada coverage, saw the Ace thread and left my report there, then ran through the comments... and wished I'd been over here, whatever's been going on here.

Posted by: mindful webworker - in for a minute at February 24, 2016 01:59 AM (Jcvz2)

435 Dear Sweet Father God,

Please take Gayle into Your Loving Presence and comfort her family during this their time of sorrow.

Amen,
Sherry

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes now franchising Lulu Snackbars at February 24, 2016 02:03 AM (kXoT0)

436 G'Night, Carol. Be well and joyful.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T), at February 24, 2016 02:05 AM (OQ9R7)

437 Watching Better Call Saul. Fell asleep last night, thankfully!

I'm enjoying the heck out of this show. The whole "Slipping Jimmy" story is excellently written and acted.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T), at February 24, 2016 02:08 AM (OQ9R7)

438 A weary wave to neighbor Sherry.

A bleary salute to Slapweasel.

Good night to Carol, if you're still reading. Same for L, Elle.

Chi, Gushka, Logprof, any else... sweet dreams.

Aaaaand, I'm heading for bed.



Our Father is not in hiding; he is not in arbitrary seclusion. He has mobilized the resources of divine wisdom in a never-ending effort to reveal himself to the children of his universal domains. There is an infinite grandeur and an inexpressible generosity connected with the majesty of his love which causes him to yearn for the association of every created being who can comprehend, love, or approach him....

Posted by: mindful webworker - out for the night at February 24, 2016 02:14 AM (Jcvz2)

439 Good Night and Blessings, Mindful!

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T), at February 24, 2016 02:16 AM (OQ9R7)

440 God bless and keep Gayle.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at February 24, 2016 02:33 AM (iQIUe)

441 Well I guess the Nevada thread killed the ONT. Ah fuck it I'm taking tomorrow night off.

Posted by: Maetenloch at February 24, 2016 02:35 AM (wqVD1)

442 im still here Maet! i lurk here most nights, and would be really sad without the ONT even on nights i dont comment, i refresh until i see it come up! its the highlight of my evening

Posted by: Gushka can haz kittys what plays fetch! at February 24, 2016 02:38 AM (6ga6c)

443 Posted by: Maetenloch at February 24, 2016 02:35 AM (wqVD1)

Given a choice between arguing politics and anything else, The Horde chooses to beat each-other to a pulp.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T), at February 24, 2016 02:39 AM (OQ9R7)

444 ...at least you don't write baseball threads, Maet!

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T), at February 24, 2016 02:40 AM (OQ9R7)

445 Prayers for Gayle and her husband Paul. So sorry Carol. xoxo

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, aging supermodel Redneck Queen at February 24, 2016 02:42 AM (1uwuc)

446 Maet, they are all going to wind up soon and be back here, honey. xoxo

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, aging supermodel Redneck Queen at February 24, 2016 02:43 AM (1uwuc)

447 I can't sleep Mindful Webworker. Im tired but upset. Gayle was given 3 months & has made it a week or two,more. I am 100% sure that when our time is up, it is all in God's hands.

Thank you.

Posted by: Carol at February 24, 2016 02:47 AM (sj3Ax)

448 I hope you find peaceful, sweet sleep tonight, Carol. Might your eyes get heavier than the burden upon your heart.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T), at February 24, 2016 03:04 AM (OQ9R7)

449 And to prove I have no special gift, everyone's prayers were sweet, caring, peaceful and lovely.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T), at February 24, 2016 03:08 AM (OQ9R7)

450 I suppose that an Islanders Pig Trucker hat would be considered provocative, huh? Got to get me a nice fluffy pink pig hat for next winter.

Posted by: goon at February 24, 2016 03:26 AM (gy5kE)

451 G'night, all.

Matlock Error, thanks for another great one. Believe me, you don't want even 1/2 of that other thread in here, anyway.

Posted by: Chi at February 24, 2016 03:34 AM (oJOym)

452 G'Night, Chi.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T), at February 24, 2016 03:37 AM (OQ9R7)

453 As a conservative, I guess I should quit twitter, but all the attention I get... it's just so faaaabulous!

Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at February 24, 2016 03:55 AM (IDHFk)

454 441
Well I guess the Nevada thread killed the ONT. Ah fuck it I'm taking tomorrow night off.


Posted by: Maetenloch at February 24, 2016 02:35 AM (wqVD1)


Don't think it killed off the ONT; think, rather, that it siphoned-off the undesirables.....

Posted by: cthulhu at February 24, 2016 03:56 AM (EzgxV)

455 Good morning horde

Posted by: Skip at February 24, 2016 04:01 AM (fizMZ)

456 The digression into lingustics over there is getting swamped -- duck and cover!

Posted by: cthulhu at February 24, 2016 04:02 AM (EzgxV)

457 Captain, the time has come for the Federation to put its foot down on these Romulans, and that foot is the Enterprise.

Posted by: Mr. Spock at February 24, 2016 04:05 AM (IDHFk)

458 G'Night, Ev'ry-Buddy!

*static*

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T), at February 24, 2016 04:12 AM (OQ9R7)

459 I don't even want to look at the "Trump won Nevada" thread anymore because of the bit of nastiness I saw between posters-which wearies me- so if anybody knows can they tell me the other results?. Where did Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio come out? Thanks,

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 24, 2016 04:41 AM (w4NZ8)

460 Looks like Rubio in 2nd place at 23.9% 17,253 votes

Ted in 3rd at 21.6% 15,612 votes

Posted by: Hanoverfist at February 24, 2016 04:48 AM (3FBAK)

461 Great ONT, Maet. Your hard word and interesting material is much appreciated. You wonder what Natan Sharansky thought of these crybullies? Another man who experiencedt he gulags because of his faith (But in his case he was Catholic) was Walter Ciszek, a RC priest. He was in tortured in Lubyianka and the sent to the gulags-and there's a website "The Walter Ciszek Prayer League" which has a sections on meditations-where he talks about his experiences and his faith.. I can't get the website on my computer now. Hopefully that's just because of my computer, not because the website is gone Ciszek is no longer alive He and Sharansky-giants among men. Crubulies are not even worthy to tie their shoes

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 24, 2016 04:53 AM (w4NZ8)

462 Posted by: Hanoverfist at February 24, 2016 04:48 AM (3FBAK)

Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 24, 2016 04:54 AM (w4NZ8)

463 time for an OT gun thread diversion?

Posted by: redc1c4 at February 24, 2016 05:24 AM (1MFjL)

464 never mind..

it's dead Jim.

Posted by: redc1c4 at February 24, 2016 05:26 AM (1MFjL)

465 I hesitate to ask but... how exactly does one abuse diacritical marks?

Diacarefully......this place is filled with nitrogen
and methane from the Indian buffet.

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Liberal Economists Rue a "New Decade of Greed"
Artificial Insouciance: Maureen Dowd's Word Processor Revolts Against Her Numbing Imbecility
Intelligence Officials Eye Blogs for Tips
They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan
Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq
Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town
When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool
What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means
Wonkette's Stand-Up Act
Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour
Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)
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