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Overnight Open Thread (9-22-2014)
We Fought the Poverty and the Poverty Won
Despite the trillion$ and trillion$ spent over the last 47 years the poverty rate has remained essentially unchanged since 1967.
Of course this is primarily because the poverty rate itself is a BS measure which only counts income before any benefits and is adjusted periodically so that approximately 14% of Americans will always be below the poverty line. Note that the poor of 2014 are much better off than the poor of 1967 and even better off than many of the 2014 middle class in Europe.
Census counts a family as poor if its income falls below specified thresholds. But in counting family "income," Census ignores nearly the entire $943 billion welfare state.For most Americans, the word "poverty" means significant material deprivation, an inability to provide a family with adequate nutritious food, reasonable shelter and clothing. But only a small portion of the more than 40 million people labelled as poor by Census fit that description.
The media frequently associate the idea of poverty with being homeless. But less than two percent of the poor are homeless. Only one in ten live in mobile homes. The typical house or apartment of the poor is in good repair and uncrowded; it is actually larger than the average dwelling of non-poor French, Germans or English.
How Many Countries Are in the UN?
The correct answer is 193 but the US State Department says there are 194. Which means that the State Department is either gobsmackingly incompetent at their job or deeply disingenuous. Please make all wagers before reading the article.
Does the National Women's Soccer League Have a Domestic Violence Problem?
Ten Facts from the ?#?Islamic_State? that everyone should know.1. We don't pay rent here. Houses are given for free.
From a muhajir sister,also spouse of a Mujahid brother at #Islamic_State
2. We pay neither electric nor water bills.
3. We are given monthly grocery supplies. Spagetti, pasta, can foods, rice, eggs and etc.
4. Monthly allowance are given not only to husband and wife (wives) but also for each child.
5. Medical check up and medication are free - The Islamic State pays on behalf of you.
6. You can still survive even if you don't speak Arabic. You can find almost every race and nationality here.
7. For every newly married couples are given 700usd as a gift. (Only for Mujahid and I'm not sure if it's still available now).
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9. No one is conducting business during prayer time. You can see people left their shops opened and pray either in the masjid or near by their shops.
10. The number of mix-marriages and mixed-race children are so high. It's beautiful to witness brotherhood with no racism.
Diary Of A Muhajirah
And Bookworm points out that unlike other flavors of socialism Caliphate socialism is very up front with the fact that it's based on OPM (other people's money):
In the caliphate, as I said, things are different, very, very different. The consumers are one perpetual class, always enjoying luxury, while the producers are another perpetual class, always suffering servitude. A case in point is the fact that, as you probably noticed, I left out Item No. 8 in the above list. That's the one that talked about paying for this socialist Islamic paradise:8. You don't have to pay tax (If you're a Muslim).
Coerced payment from the non-Muslims is always at the point of a gun or the tip of a sword.
Clash of the religions...and idols. Next march I hope the Mothra girls get their own float. Because they're cute and I like that song.
Netropolitan: Facebook for the Elite
The $9000 fee to join does help keep out the hoi polloi.
Should Everyone Be on Lithium?
Is lithium an essential mineral for a healthy brain?
OMG: The Awful 'Patriarchal Culture' of the UNC Party Scene
AKA ladies nights at the local bars.
'My Father Is A Bird' Is A Film About A Man With A Bird For A Dad Who Masturbates
Well you did say you were sick of all the Hollywood remakes and reboots...
17 Movies With Plot-Holes So Big, You Can Drive A Truck Through Them
And with swordplay!
The Yahoo AoSHQ group - it's got electrolytes.
And my twitter thang.
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Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Bill D. Cat at September 22, 2014 10:11 PM (XWw96)
Posted by: Bill D. Cat at September 22, 2014 10:11 PM (XWw96)
Remember, those who rant about 'equality' and how 'the people' will be the basis for power/control, are the same ones who build up their own personal satrapies and form cabals to advance their interests.
http://politicalhat.com/?p=6749
Posted by: The Political Hat at September 22, 2014 10:11 PM (lN8KC)
Posted by: Bill D. Cat at September 22, 2014 10:12 PM (XWw96)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian. Kinder, gentler machine gun hand at September 22, 2014 10:12 PM (7CMTP)
Posted by: Bill D. Cat at September 22, 2014 10:12 PM (XWw96)
Posted by: Methos at September 22, 2014 10:14 PM (A6vWB)
Posted by: AltonJackson at September 22, 2014 10:14 PM (KCxzN)
WTF?
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at September 22, 2014 10:14 PM (DWaQJ)
Posted by: cthulhu at September 22, 2014 10:15 PM (T1005)
Posted by: James from Plains at September 22, 2014 10:16 PM (kFxpe)
Posted by: navycopjoe at September 22, 2014 10:16 PM (QIQY1)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at September 22, 2014 10:16 PM (edPC+)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian. Kinder, gentler machine gun hand at September 22, 2014 10:17 PM (K4xGQ)
Posted by: Feh at September 22, 2014 10:17 PM (g/zj9)
Posted by: AltonJackson at September 22, 2014 10:17 PM (KCxzN)
Posted by: Methos at September 22, 2014 10:18 PM (A6vWB)
Posted by: Costanza Defense at September 22, 2014 10:18 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Tom Friedman at September 22, 2014 10:18 PM (kFxpe)
Thanks for another excellent ONT, Maety!
Posted by: All Hail Eris at September 22, 2014 10:19 PM (QBm1P)
Splitter!!!
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at September 22, 2014 10:20 PM (edPC+)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at September 22, 2014 10:20 PM (ucDmr)
Posted by: Shecky Soetoro at September 22, 2014 10:20 PM (kFxpe)
Posted by: Methos at September 22, 2014 10:18 PM
Tomahawks have been launched, so, yes.
Posted by: AltonJackson at September 22, 2014 10:20 PM (KCxzN)
Posted by: fairweatherbill at September 22, 2014 10:21 PM (rb3rM)
Great that we've got TV reporters being briefed that bombing will be scaled down after tonight. Think Isis might hear that too?
Posted by: Costanza Defense at September 22, 2014 10:21 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Feh at September 22, 2014 10:22 PM (g/zj9)
Posted by: All Hail Eris at September 22, 2014 10:22 PM (QBm1P)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at September 22, 2014 10:22 PM (DWaQJ)
I've been over at the Mustang forum. I need to interact with some adults for a little bit after that visit. *sheesh*
Posted by: Tobacco Road at September 22, 2014 10:22 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Bill from Chappaqua at September 22, 2014 10:22 PM (kFxpe)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at September 22, 2014 10:23 PM (DWaQJ)
Posted by: otho at September 22, 2014 10:23 PM (tBSrv)
I've been over at the Mustang forum. I need to interact with some adults for a little bit after that visit. *sheesh*
Posted by: Tobacco Road at September 22, 2014 10:22 PM (4Mv1T)
What happened?
Posted by: EC at September 22, 2014 10:23 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: fairweatherbill
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No, no. Everything goes with apple pie.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at September 22, 2014 10:23 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Costanza Defense at September 22, 2014 10:24 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Lauren at September 22, 2014 10:24 PM (BPMYx)
Posted by: Curtis Lemay at September 22, 2014 10:24 PM (kFxpe)
Great that we've got TV reporters being briefed that bombing will be scaled down after tonight. Think Isis might hear that too?
Posted by: Costanza Defense at September 22, 2014 10:21 PM (ZPrif)
Send in the clowns. What a f*cking joke. Isn't there one adult in the White House?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian. Kinder, gentler machine gun hand at September 22, 2014 10:24 PM (hcfn1)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at September 22, 2014 10:24 PM (DWaQJ)
Has anyone figured out that the border towns of Syria and turkey are stuffed with Kurds. Cause they are
Posted by: ThunderB at September 22, 2014 10:24 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: no good deed at September 22, 2014 10:24 PM (w3a0Z)
Who did we piss off today?
And I'm going to keep repeating myself on social media until I see some sort of response or at least someone asking the question. Under what authority is Obama conducting attacks in Syria?
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Tatted, Rested and Ready at September 22, 2014 10:25 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Anthony Weiner at September 22, 2014 10:25 PM (kFxpe)
Posted by: EC
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Young people, and trailer trash apparently inhabit that domain. I spend more time scolding people for their poor manners.
Imagine, a Moron reduced to that??!!
Posted by: Tobacco Road at September 22, 2014 10:25 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: andycanuck at September 22, 2014 10:25 PM (d/dDK)
Posted by: ThunderB at September 22, 2014 10:26 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at September 22, 2014 10:26 PM (W5DcG)
Posted by: Bob Belcher at September 22, 2014 10:26 PM (PtOuS)
Tom Gara @tomgara
Anyhow, task for tomorrow is to find everyone who wrote pieces about the highly advanced Syrian air defenses and throw cups of water at them
Posted by: Tweets of War at September 22, 2014 10:26 PM (ZPrif)
http://tinyurl.com/lg6q46b
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at September 22, 2014 10:22 PM (DWaQJ)
Cool RK thanks for sharing. But damn you still owe me some pork product
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian. Kinder, gentler machine gun hand at September 22, 2014 10:27 PM (hcfn1)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr
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I can't imagine there is one.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at September 22, 2014 10:27 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: andycanuck at September 22, 2014 10:27 PM (d/dDK)
Posted by: ThunderB at September 22, 2014 10:28 PM (zOTsN)
Food, shelter, transportation, entertainment, and medical care are human rights guaranteed to every person on earth compliments of evil corporations and the rich.
Posted by: Liberal Marxist Democrat Asshole at September 22, 2014 10:28 PM (3/wAJ)
So it's ok then? It's not a war if we drop bombs all at once and then don't drop so many for #twoweeks or so?
We could declare a 'cease fire' for humanitarian reasons tommorrow like the do in Gaza. That would work.
Posted by: fallacies galore at September 22, 2014 10:28 PM (HwltP)
Posted by: ThunderB at September 22, 2014 10:28 PM (zOTsN)
The same as all leftist programs. Millions of innocent dead people.
By the way, have I ever told you that you look 75?
Posted by: Ezekiel Emanuel at September 22, 2014 10:29 PM (kFxpe)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at September 22, 2014 10:29 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: EC
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Young people, and trailer trash apparently inhabit that domain. I spend more time scolding people for their poor manners.
Imagine, a Moron reduced to that??!!
Posted by: Tobacco Road at September 22, 2014 10:25 PM (4Mv1T)
Poor manners? Hector must live there along with Ms Cloggenstein
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian. Kinder, gentler machine gun hand at September 22, 2014 10:29 PM (hcfn1)
Posted by: larry craig at September 22, 2014 10:29 PM (rb3rM)
My ROE are rather harsh: it moves, it dies.
Posted by: AltonJackson at September 22, 2014 10:29 PM (KCxzN)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at September 22, 2014 10:29 PM (ucDmr)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at September 22, 2014 10:29 PM (UVfht)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at September 22, 2014 10:29 PM (edPC+)
Posted by: Costanza Defense at September 22, 2014 10:30 PM (ZPrif)
Imagine, a Moron reduced to that??!!
Let me guess....
"GET OFF MY LAWN!!!"
Posted by: EC at September 22, 2014 10:30 PM (doBIb)
Who did we piss off today?
And I'm going to keep repeating myself on social media until I see some sort of response or at least someone asking the question. Under what authority is Obama conducting attacks in Syria?
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Tatted, Rested and Ready at September 22, 2014 10:25 PM (GEICT)
The good and welfare clause...
Posted by: John Conyers at September 22, 2014 10:30 PM (lN8KC)
Beheading.
Posted by: Lauren at September 22, 2014 10:24 PM (BPMYx)
Yeah. Medical care and utilities are free!...
...That is, if we didn't slaughter you and your wife and crucify your children and use your newborn for bayonet practice. Once you're past that, it's GREAT!
Posted by: Secundus at September 22, 2014 10:30 PM (OvSk0)
That was too easy. Always bet on 'deeply disingenuous'.
Posted by: t-bird at September 22, 2014 10:31 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Vlad Putin at September 22, 2014 10:31 PM (kFxpe)
Posted by: toby the beagle at September 22, 2014 10:31 PM (d/dDK)
Posted by: ThunderB at September 22, 2014 10:32 PM (zOTsN)
Afghanistan
Iraq
Libya
Pakistan
Somalia
Syria
Yemen
Posted by: Costanza Defense at September 22, 2014 10:32 PM (ZPrif)
He thought they were all weather drones?
Posted by: Fritz at September 22, 2014 10:32 PM (C0dQz)
Posted by: kbdabear at September 22, 2014 10:33 PM (aTXUx)
I expect plenty of touchy-feely limp noodle socialists here to pack up the family and move to the Islamic State to live in paradise!
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at September 22, 2014 10:33 PM (oFCZn)
He doesn't have any legal authority. So are we bombing Isis or Syrian targets?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian. Kinder, gentler machine gun hand at September 22, 2014 10:33 PM (hcfn1)
Posted by: ThunderB at September 22, 2014 10:33 PM (zOTsN)
A statement that applies to every circumstance I've ever encountered.
Good evening horde. Cranky Princess was cranky tonight. So this wine I'm drinking is medicinal, thereby not violating my no drinking on school nights rule.
Posted by: DC in River City at September 22, 2014 10:33 PM (e+1S5)
Now when is my tee time tomorrow? Not too early I hope. I like to wake up when the sun is warm.
Posted by: King Putt at September 22, 2014 10:34 PM (kFxpe)
Posted by: Methos at September 22, 2014 10:18 PM (A6vWB)
No. Operation Polling Thunder.
h/t - andycanuck from about a week ago
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Suntanning in Bizzaro World at September 22, 2014 10:34 PM (0ZBDE)
Posted by: ThunderB at September 22, 2014 10:34 PM (zOTsN)
Afghanistan
Iraq
Libya
Pakistan
Somalia
Syria
Yemen
Posted by: Costanza Defense at September 22, 2014 10:32 PM
You mis-spelt Pok-e-stan
Posted by: AltonJackson at September 22, 2014 10:34 PM (KCxzN)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/514081417907949569
Posted by: kbdabear at September 22, 2014 10:33 PM (aTXUx)
Don't know what's wrong with her neck but I am happy she only has 2 boobehs
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian. Kinder, gentler machine gun hand at September 22, 2014 10:35 PM (hcfn1)
Yeah, that's a pretty big fuckin' deal.
Not getting UN authorization?
I'm personally out of fucks to give.
Posted by: Burn the Witch at September 22, 2014 10:35 PM (xSCb6)
I'll send you some as soon as I can get some. Nothing but tracks and evidence. Great weekend though. Best I've had in a while. Weather was nice. Everything seemed, felt, smelled, and, seemed "right."
It was hard to drive back last night "home." Very hard.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at September 22, 2014 10:35 PM (DWaQJ)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/514083572173778944
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/514083809995030529
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/514084299566751745
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/514084924593541120
Posted by: kbdabear at September 22, 2014 10:35 PM (aTXUx)
Nobel Peace Prize authority. Who dares to question that?
Posted by: t-bird at September 22, 2014 10:35 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: ThunderB at September 22, 2014 10:35 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at September 22, 2014 10:33 PM (oFCZn)
I've got five bucks says we see news stories on just that before year's end.
Posted by: Secundus at September 22, 2014 10:36 PM (OvSk0)
Posted by: Joan Rivers at September 22, 2014 10:36 PM (kFxpe)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/514171843671257089
Posted by: kbdabear at September 22, 2014 10:36 PM (aTXUx)
Isn't it ironic.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at September 22, 2014 10:36 PM (edPC+)
Posted by: Achmed at September 22, 2014 10:36 PM (3rrMW)
Posted by: Hrothgar at September 22, 2014 10:37 PM (o3MSL)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at September 22, 2014 10:35 PM (DWaQJ)
Yeah I know that feeling. Glad you have a place to escape to.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian. Kinder, gentler machine gun hand at September 22, 2014 10:38 PM (hcfn1)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at September 22, 2014 10:38 PM (edPC+)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr.
High speed trains!
Woo-woo!
Posted by: Joe Biden, sooper smaht guy at September 22, 2014 10:38 PM (EWHoV)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr.
High speed trains!
Woo-woo!
Posted by: Joe Biden, sooper smaht guy at September 22, 2014 10:38 PM (EWHoV)
Posted by: Secundus at September 22, 2014 10:39 PM (OvSk0)
Posted by: Yip at September 22, 2014 10:39 PM (VllE5)
Did you get my code book???
Posted by: B.O. at September 22, 2014 10:39 PM (DWaQJ)
Posted by: EC at September 22, 2014 10:39 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at September 22, 2014 10:39 PM (ucDmr)
Posted by: Secundus at September 22, 2014 10:36 PM (OvSk0)
They better convert. No sense of losing your head over it
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian. Kinder, gentler machine gun hand at September 22, 2014 10:40 PM (hcfn1)
Posted by: fairweatherbill at September 22, 2014 10:40 PM (rb3rM)
President Obama is launching Tomahawks on Syria.
Last year, President Obama shut down the Tomahawk production line.
Meanwhile.... both Russia, and China, are feeling frisky....
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 22, 2014 10:40 PM (f0pWu)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 22, 2014 10:41 PM (l1zOH)
http://t.co/J7EtBPDb3D
Posted by: EC
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The Lambo, anyway.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at September 22, 2014 10:41 PM (4Mv1T)
This Shep coverage really needs jazz hands or, maybe, a full-fledged dance number.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at September 22, 2014 10:41 PM (oFCZn)
Posted by: mugiwara at September 22, 2014 10:41 PM (3a584)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 22, 2014 10:41 PM (l1zOH)
Winter is coming.
Posted by: That Guy Who Says "Winter Is Coming" at September 22, 2014 10:41 PM (Oo0Xc)
Posted by: War Boner at September 22, 2014 10:41 PM (nlQae)
Posted by: ThunderB at September 22, 2014 10:42 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at September 22, 2014 10:42 PM (edPC+)
Posted by: Chief Justice John Roberts at September 22, 2014 10:42 PM (l3vZN)
Posted by: EC at September 22, 2014 10:42 PM (doBIb)
sort of response or at least someone asking the question. Under what
authority is Obama conducting attacks in Syria?
We caught them and we shot them under Bush's Rule .303! (Even though it doesn't apply to my Administration.)
Posted by: 'breaker' obama at September 22, 2014 10:42 PM (d/dDK)
Posted by: ThunderB at September 22, 2014 10:35 PM (zOTsN)
Wear a condom.
It's the UN, double bag it.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at September 22, 2014 10:42 PM (UVfht)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at September 22, 2014 10:43 PM (ucDmr)
Posted by: Barack Obama at September 22, 2014 10:43 PM (ZPrif)
Tonight I've tried to reason with juvenile car owners on the Ford forum, and well-read Libertarians on the gun forum. And I. Got. Nothin.
Good night folks...
Posted by: Tobacco Road at September 22, 2014 10:43 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: ThunderB
On the other hand any goat fucking that needs to be done is covered.
Posted by: Aviator at September 22, 2014 10:43 PM (3rrMW)
Posted by: Swatara at September 22, 2014 10:43 PM (jiZk3)
Posted by: AltonJackson at September 22, 2014 10:44 PM (KCxzN)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at September 22, 2014 10:38 PM (edPC+)
It sure isn't the George S Patton School that's in session!
Posted by: Hrothgar at September 22, 2014 10:44 PM (o3MSL)
Posted by: no good deed at September 22, 2014 10:24 PM (w3a0Z)
Well that should put an end to muzzies beheading people.
Posted by: nerdygirl at September 22, 2014 10:44 PM (xoSaW)
Right after she punts your sack into next week.
Posted by: EC at September 22, 2014 10:44 PM (doBIb)
I guess they're not familiar with John Corzine.
Posted by: Country Singer at September 22, 2014 10:44 PM (HesC7)
Posted by: ThunderB at September 22, 2014 10:45 PM (zOTsN)
Operation Rolling Blunder
alternately:
Operation Brokebacker
JimSunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at September 22, 2014 10:45 PM (RzZOc)
http://t.co/J7EtBPDb3D
Posted by: EC
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The Lambo, anyway.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at September 22, 2014 10:41 PM (4Mv1T)
Aluminum wheels?
Nite TR
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian. Kinder, gentler machine gun hand at September 22, 2014 10:46 PM (jTQ9M)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 22, 2014 10:46 PM (l1zOH)
And, of "the homeless", the media constantly push the trope that the only problem these people have is the lack of a place to live.
Nope. Sorry. If you give these people a place to live -- and actually require them to behave themselves while in it, perform basic maintenance and upkeep upon it, pay some trifle towards it -- most of them will promptly ruin and abandon it.
The problems of "the homeless" are, overwhelmingly,
(a) Mental illness, and
(b) Substance abuse, counting booze as a substance.
Those two categories (totals do not sum to 100 thanks to overlap) take in the vast majority of "homeless" individuals.
Shitfire, I am a San Franciscan of long standing and see this stuff All. The. Time. Good old open-minded San Francisco, so open minded that its brains run out its ears, is an absolutely huge hive of the "homeless".
Meanwhile, liberalism says that:
(a) You can't institutionalize or treat even obviously severely mentally ill individuals without their consent, consent they can't really give and that you will never get from them, and
(b) If it feels good, do it, and boy, do booze and dope ever feel good, so good that some will subordinate everything else to them.
So until those twin precepts of liberalism go away, which they won't ever do, the "homeless" won't go away either.
Oh, and of course there's the second-order problem that drug use fuels psychoses. Even weed does it for some.
Posted by: torquewrench at September 22, 2014 10:46 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: Lauren at September 22, 2014 10:47 PM (BPMYx)
Turkey is an enemy
Posted by: ThunderB at September 22, 2014 10:28 PM (zOTsN)
The meme that is Islam is the enemy. It's like "the Borg". It assimilates people who might otherwise pose no harm and incorporates them into it's collective.
Posted by: D-Lamp at September 22, 2014 10:47 PM (txvbW)
Posted by: War Boner at September 22, 2014 10:47 PM (nlQae)
Posted by: Swatara at September 22, 2014 10:43 PM (jiZk3)
Consider where you're posting!
Posted by: Hrothgar at September 22, 2014 10:47 PM (o3MSL)
Posted by: B.O. at September 22, 2014 10:48 PM (DWaQJ)
I mean, come on!
This is what the Islamic State is doing wrong. The jihad state only lasts as long as there aren't more kuffar to conquer. Eventually it runs out. You have to look to the future. You have to have a producing class and you can't squeeze it too hard. (I had to learn all this the hard way.)
Posted by: al-Hajjaj at September 22, 2014 10:48 PM (3kZUM)
"City in question has not had a stable government in over thirty years, and the citizens are violently opposed to law enforcement in any form. However, prompt response to all calls for aid is a must. When you do, they will try to kill you.
"Applicants must provide their own cars, fuel, weapons, training, uniforms, ammunition, and insurance. There is no salary."
Posted by: Secundus at September 22, 2014 10:48 PM (OvSk0)
The poor will always be with you.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian. Kinder, gentler machine gun hand at September 22, 2014 10:48 PM (jTQ9M)
Right after she punts your sack into next week.
Posted by: EC at September 22, 2014 10:44 PM (doBIb)
Some men will actually pay good money for that...
Posted by: Thank you ma'am, may I have another at September 22, 2014 10:48 PM (lN8KC)
Posted by: D-Lamp at September 22, 2014 10:49 PM (txvbW)
Posted by: ThunderB at September 22, 2014 10:49 PM (zOTsN)
Presumably the strikes are coordinated with Assad, so he has no
incentive to activate his air defenses. We're basically Assad's air
force right now.
Posted by: Costanza Defense at September 22, 2014 10:30 PM (ZPrif)
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^^this. Syria is not going to oppose our airstrikes against Syria's enemies.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at September 22, 2014 10:49 PM (HubSo)
heheheh... "you can't squeeze it too hard"... heheh eh heh
Posted by: beavis at September 22, 2014 10:49 PM (tBSrv)
Citations from: Suliman Bashear, "Arabs and Others in Early Islam"; Ridwan Sayyed, "Die Revolte des Ibn al-As'at"; Khalid Blankenslip, "The End of the Jihad State"; some others
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at September 22, 2014 10:49 PM (3kZUM)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at September 22, 2014 10:49 PM (DWaQJ)
Posted by: Fritz at September 22, 2014 10:50 PM (C0dQz)
Posted by: andycanuck at September 22, 2014 10:50 PM (d/dDK)
Posted by: Baldy at September 22, 2014 10:50 PM (2bql3)
********
Because Black.... That's why
Posted by: Truck Monkey, as Voiced by Brian Dennehy at September 22, 2014 10:50 PM (jucos)
Right after she punts your sack into next week.>>>
Guess I didn't think thru what a violent soccer chicks first strike on me would be.
Thanks for removing my ambivalence.
Posted by: Swatara at September 22, 2014 10:51 PM (jiZk3)
In the "why haven't I been watching this" department; Top Gear on BBC America is hilarious!!
Posted by: puddleglum at September 22, 2014 10:51 PM (b9RLM)
Posted by: HatGate at September 22, 2014 10:51 PM (lN8KC)
Posted by: chick with three boobs at September 22, 2014 10:52 PM (d/dDK)
Posted by: Hope Solo's Cooch at September 22, 2014 10:52 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at September 22, 2014 10:53 PM (3kZUM)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at September 22, 2014 10:54 PM (fIv/H)
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at September 22, 2014 10:54 PM (HubSo)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at September 22, 2014 10:54 PM (ucDmr)
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Because Black.... That's why
Posted by: Truck Monkey, as Voiced by Brian Dennehy at September 22, 2014 10:50 PM (jucos)
Well.... lets see...
No UN Security Council Resolution.
No Act of Congress says we can bomb a UN member State... ie Syria... (congress said we can arm and train... not bomb)...
US forces or Land are not in Jeopardy...
So Obama just committed an Act of War... all by his little ole self.
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 22, 2014 10:56 PM (f0pWu)
So we're trusting that sunni states, all authoritarian and some fundamentalist, will fight the caliph - who is post-sunni - knowing that if the sunni states "win", the power vacuum is most likely to be filled by the two Iranian-run Shia states on either side.
Yeah. I see all that ending well.
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at September 22, 2014 10:56 PM (3kZUM)
Posted by: Buzzion at September 22, 2014 10:56 PM (1cM33)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian. Kinder, gentler machine gun hand at September 22, 2014 10:48 PM (jTQ9M)
And their number shall be 14%.
-- Stuff Jesus Said, Vol. II
Posted by: Maetenloch at September 22, 2014 10:57 PM (pAlYe)
Posted by: Costanza Defense at September 22, 2014 10:57 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at September 22, 2014 10:53 PM (3kZUM)
Got that one from Instapundit.
Posted by: HatGate at September 22, 2014 10:58 PM (lN8KC)
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon
Valjarjar's booby was trapped by a goat? The hell you say!
Posted by: joe biden at September 22, 2014 10:58 PM (rb3rM)
Posted by: Lizzy at September 22, 2014 10:59 PM (D/504)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 22, 2014 10:59 PM (l1zOH)
Posted by: ThunderB at September 22, 2014 10:59 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Buzzion at September 22, 2014 10:56 PM (1cM33)
*******
I just looked at it and Tommy Vee has picked up MUMRs slack by bravely posting at the end of a dead thread.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at September 22, 2014 10:59 PM (ojnk6)
News reports say only a few dozen targets are being hit. Are we letting each Arab partner fly one plane in the sortie? Or maybe put one soldier in the situation room? Or is UAE mostly handling the catering?
Posted by: Costanza Defense at September 22, 2014 11:00 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Costanza Defense
If I understand it correctly, the House voted on the CR only and then bailed DC.
So, no?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 22, 2014 11:00 PM (2P642)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at September 22, 2014 11:00 PM (UVfht)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at September 22, 2014 11:00 PM (fIv/H)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, as Voiced by Brian Dennehy at September 22, 2014 11:00 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Costanza Defense at September 22, 2014 10:57 PM (ZPrif)
they voted to Arm and Train Moderate Syrians...
They did NOT vote to authorize military strikes on Syria...
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 22, 2014 11:00 PM (f0pWu)
Posted by: Secundus at September 22, 2014 11:00 PM (OvSk0)
Posted by: Costanza Defense at September 22, 2014 11:01 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at September 22, 2014 11:01 PM (edPC+)
Posted by: ThunderB at September 22, 2014 10:35 PM (zOTsN)
Wear a condom.
It's the UN, double bag it.
It's the UN. Wear a HAZMAT suit.
Posted by: puddleglum at September 22, 2014 11:01 PM (b9RLM)
So Obama just committed an Act of War... all by his little ole self.
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 22, 2014 10:56 PM (f0pWu)
Ultimate responsibility lies with those Media people who got him elected by lying and covering up for him.
I keep saying that they are a greater threat to us than terrorists, and it is because they enable people like Obama to get into power.
Posted by: D-Lamp at September 22, 2014 11:01 PM (txvbW)
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But was that ever signed into law? Just asking. I can't remember off-hand.
Posted by: Costanza Defense at September 22, 2014 11:01 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, as Voiced by Brian Dennehy at September 22, 2014 11:01 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Timy at September 22, 2014 11:02 PM (fIv/H)
Posted by: fairweatherbill at September 22, 2014 11:02 PM (rb3rM)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian. Kinder, gentler machine gun hand at September 22, 2014 11:02 PM (jTQ9M)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at September 22, 2014 11:02 PM (edPC+)
Posted by: torquewrench at September 22, 2014 10:46 PM (noWW6)
Even when it doesn't fuel it, a lot of these guys decide that they'd rather medicate with booze or weed than take their prescription meds.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at September 22, 2014 11:02 PM (10ydV)
Posted by: Swatara at September 22, 2014 11:02 PM (jiZk3)
Everyone knows this yet they still suspend disbelief for something.
And will argue about it.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at September 22, 2014 11:03 PM (KK+mC)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at September 22, 2014 11:03 PM (UVfht)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, as Voiced by Brian Dennehy at September 22, 2014 11:03 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Secundus at September 22, 2014 11:04 PM (OvSk0)
Posted by: mugiwara at September 22, 2014 11:04 PM (3a584)
http://tinyurl.com/qjg8otw
This is now on Drudge, in red, because Iraq seems to be reeling from this 'Fail'. I'd say 'epic Fail' but Iraq seems to be more of a screwball farce.
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at September 22, 2014 11:04 PM (3kZUM)
Posted by: Buzzion at September 22, 2014 10:56 PM (1cM33)
Well he was still going as of about an hour ago. I'm about 90% sure he's using a script that posts his inanity every few seconds if it's not already present and changes to a different proxy every 30 minutes or so.
The problem with MUMR is that he doesn't really interact with people here and he doesn't put a real email address in his comments so our only recourse to deal with him is to banhammer the hell out of him.
Posted by: Maetenloch at September 22, 2014 11:04 PM (pAlYe)
Posted by: Wag the Dog at September 22, 2014 11:04 PM (Rlvcv)
Posted by: DC in River City at September 22, 2014 11:04 PM (e+1S5)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at September 22, 2014 11:05 PM (edPC+)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 22, 2014 11:05 PM (2P642)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at September 22, 2014 10:26 PM (W5DcG)
Sooner or later you run out of other peoples' money.
Posted by: rickl at September 22, 2014 11:05 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: E.T. at September 22, 2014 11:05 PM (K+RBk)
Posted by: Daybrother at September 22, 2014 11:06 PM (LqKsU)
Posted by: Sam Adams at September 22, 2014 11:06 PM (LoVhJ)
I was interested that on Fox, they said that the PENTAGON made the decision this morning...
Uh... wuh???
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 22, 2014 11:07 PM (f0pWu)
Posted by: judge Roberts at September 22, 2014 11:08 PM (K+RBk)
Hard to get fat in a refugee camp.
Posted by: Swatara at September 22, 2014 11:08 PM (jiZk3)
Posted by: Buzzion at September 22, 2014 11:09 PM (1cM33)
So long as the Arabs fight tribe against tribe, so long will they be a little people, a silly people -- greedy, barbarous, and cruel, as TEA Partiers are.
Posted by: barack of arabia at September 22, 2014 11:09 PM (d/dDK)
Presumably the strikes are coordinated with Assad, so he has no
incentive to activate his air defenses. We're basically Assad's air
force right now.
Posted by: Costanza Defense at September 22, 2014 10:30 PM (ZPrif)
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^^this. Syria is not going to oppose our airstrikes against Syria's enemies.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at September 22, 2014 10:49 PM (HubSo)
I think you might be assuming to much from the clusters---k that is the Syrian government to have any idea who they are shooting at.
Posted by: Jean at September 22, 2014 11:09 PM (TETYm)
i figured (correctly) that "tiny little frogs" wasn't your go-to place for gaming news (it's a niche blog), but hadn't known that instapundit had also linked to this.
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at September 22, 2014 11:09 PM (3kZUM)
Uh... wuh???
Posted by: Romeo13
Yeah. Heard that too. Inspires confidence.
Posted by: Daybrother at September 22, 2014 11:09 PM (jJOhW)
Posted by: the Umayyads at September 22, 2014 11:10 PM (3kZUM)
Supposedly, crude chemical weapons were used during the attack (if this report is accurate).
http://tinyurl.com/nplu28d
Posted by: Thrawn at September 22, 2014 11:11 PM (Oo0Xc)
Posted by: Jean at September 22, 2014 11:11 PM (TETYm)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at September 22, 2014 10:59 PM (ojnk6)
Dude, that was like four hours ago.
Posted by: Tommy Vietor at September 22, 2014 11:12 PM (oFCZn)
Just exactly what color is the line in Syria now for Isis and Assad?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian. Kinder, gentler machine gun hand at September 22, 2014 11:13 PM (jTQ9M)
Posted by: barack of arabia at September 22, 2014 11:13 PM (d/dDK)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, as Voiced by Brian Dennehy at September 22, 2014 11:13 PM (jucos)
http://tinyurl.com/nplu28d
Posted by: Thrawn
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Jesus Christ!
Posted by: Daybrother at September 22, 2014 11:13 PM (p694W)
Posted by: Wag the Dog at September 22, 2014 11:14 PM (Rlvcv)
tried to push the meme that everyone who was on the waiting list for
free/subsidized public housing in Toronto must have been homeless!!11!!1!! Everyone knew that was b.s. so they soon stopped pushing it."
Here in SF, in the late 1980s, there was an absolutely constant drumbeat in the local press.
Homeless. Reagan-Bush. Homeless. Reagan-Bush. Homeless. Reagan-Bush. Homeless. Reagan-Bush. Homeless. Reagan-Bush. Homeless. Reagan-Bush. Homeless. Reagan-Bush. Homeless. Reagan-Bush.
Unceasing.
There would be periodic fawning "success story" articles about people who had been given places to live courtesy of Liberal Government Munificence.
One of those was about a newly constructed complex of heavily subsidized low-income apartments on the SF bay waterfront, and man, that is about the most expensive place in Commiefornia short of Malibu to build anything.
They had profiles of the people living there at public expense, and one of them was a "former Chernobyl firefighter". I said, holy moly, whoa nelly, wait a damn minute, WHAT IS THIS GUY DOING HERE?
The Cold War was still going on, for goodness' sake.
And anyone who had held any kind of an official state job anywhere behind the Iron Curtain _certainly_ wasn't a U.S. citizen while doing so.
So how does he get to, number one, quickly get into the USA to begin with, and then number two, casually jump to the head of the queue, ahead of native-born citizens, for a cushy subsidized apartment with gorgeous Bay views?
Still don't have any answers to those questions.
Posted by: torquewrench at September 22, 2014 11:15 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: Jean at September 22, 2014 11:15 PM (TETYm)
Posted by: ThunderB at September 22, 2014 11:16 PM (zOTsN)
The Iraqis got paddled HARD and they pretty much only have the world's pity left to go on. That and revulsion at ISIS's tactics.
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at September 22, 2014 11:16 PM (3kZUM)
I expect plenty of touchy-feely limp noodle socialists here to pack up the family and move to the Islamic State to live in paradise!
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at September 22, 2014 10:33 PM (oFCZn)
It'll be worse if they join ISIS and decide to stay here.
Posted by: rickl at September 22, 2014 11:16 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Jean at September 22, 2014 11:17 PM (TETYm)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian. Kinder, gentler machine gun hand at September 22, 2014 11:02 PM (jTQ9M)
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And there's your difference between Sunni and Shia. In Iran, they have a ruling from the Ayatollah Khomeini himself that a sheep that has been used for sex can't be eaten, and if you screw your neighbor's sheep so he can't eat it, you have to pay him for it. In Sunni-land, anything goes. Baaaaa!
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at September 22, 2014 11:17 PM (HubSo)
I can't believe I'm saying this, but there it is.
Posted by: Blor Utar at September 22, 2014 11:17 PM (1iYd3)
Posted by: Wag the Dog at September 22, 2014 11:14 PM (Rlvcv)
I'm waiting for a dark horse, Evan Baugh resurgence.
Posted by: Jean at September 22, 2014 11:18 PM (TETYm)
I'm calling it a night, but before I go, here's some guys (and gals) fighting the pussification of 'Murica:
NFSW: http://youtu.be/sHUgSl4_Yxs
Night y'all!
NSFW
Posted by: Country Singer at September 22, 2014 11:18 PM (HesC7)
Posted by: Jean at September 22, 2014 11:19 PM (TETYm)
How about a sociopathic, cynical, and pro-American Democrat: Leon Panetta. He's about as decent as Niccolo M. but he might at least be on our side as a nation.
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at September 22, 2014 11:19 PM (3kZUM)
Posted by: ThunderB
This. You wouldn't think a US President could get away with blaming his own military but he could and would if something goes wrong in a big way.
Posted by: Daybrother at September 22, 2014 11:19 PM (N7yxc)
The Iraqis got paddled HARD and they pretty much only have the world's pity left to go on. That and revulsion at ISIS's tactics.
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at September 22, 2014 11:16 PM (3kZUM)
Fair enough. They could have gotten some concentrated chlorine gas from looting Syrian stores, but your point about Iraqi govt's credibility is well valid.
Posted by: Thrawn at September 22, 2014 11:19 PM (Oo0Xc)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, as Voiced by Brian Dennehy at September 22, 2014 11:13 PM (jucos)
No, you mean Ivy League faculty.
Any local community college faculty is far more likely to have at least a passing acquaintance with reality.
Posted by: rickl at September 22, 2014 11:20 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Mark in Sandy UT at September 22, 2014 11:20 PM (xGX1p)
Posted by: Blor Utar at September 22, 2014 11:17 PM (1iYd3)
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Putin is a real leader. I am conflicted. Assad, I believe, welcomes these strikes so he won't be asking Vlad for any help. I can see a situation where Teh JEF fucks up just bad enough to get the Chinese and/or the Russians involved. I hope we survive this fool.
Posted by: Truck Monkey, as Voiced by Brian Dennehy at September 22, 2014 11:20 PM (jucos)
Jack, 17yo big brendle shorthair, pet of many houses and two families, brilliant and mellow cat, passed away today in the arms of his best friend, our daughter, who had been with him continuously for about a day and a half. 5:55pm CDST.
Hoist a glass to a friend now gone.
Good night, Gracies.
Good night, Jack.
Posted by: mindful webworker & 4-footed friends at September 22, 2014 11:21 PM (4vw2j)
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at September 22, 2014 11:21 PM (HubSo)
208 I don't know how to post links, so would someone please go to Youtube and link Postmodern Jukebox videos of "Blurred Lines" and "Careless Whisper". The singer, Robin Adele Anderson ! Hotcha, Hotcha, Woof, Woof!! She generates more heat with a few wiggles and a wink than J-Lo, Iggy Azeala and Miley Cyrus together! And she has a better voice than them too!
Posted by: Sam Adams at September 22, 2014 11:06 PM (LoVhJ)
We're aware. You'll have to get in line behind rickl, who is behind me, and I'm behind Maetenloch.
What you really need to watch though is her singing the incredibly stupid, awful song "Wiggle." While wearing a 1920's flapper dress.
http://youtu.be/pDl9SDd1FJY
Posted by: buzzion at September 22, 2014 11:22 PM (zt+N6)
Posted by: rickl at September 22, 2014 11:23 PM (sdi6R)
be asking Vlad for any help. I can see a situation where Teh JEF fucks
up just bad enough to get the Chinese and/or the Russians involved. I
hope we survive this fool.
Posted by: Truck Monkey, as Voiced by Brian Dennehy at September 22, 2014 11:20 PM (jucos)
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I think the Russians are already involved on Syria's side. They do have naval port facilities there.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at September 22, 2014 11:23 PM (HubSo)
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God Bless you Jack. May you find green fields and soft Summer breezes.
Posted by: Daybrother at September 22, 2014 11:23 PM (n/qkd)
Posted by: Jean at September 22, 2014 11:24 PM (TETYm)
Alan Dershowitz (sp?). After that, I'm out of ideas.
Posted by: DC in River City at September 22, 2014 11:25 PM (e+1S5)
Can't type much through the tears. But, my glass raised high to the memory of Jack, my toast, a quiet sob.
My most sincere condolences, to you, your family, and all who knew and were "Friends of Jack."
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at September 22, 2014 11:26 PM (RzZOc)
That occurred to me.
But, the guy had an impeccably Slavic name and a backstory that, near as I could figure, squared up accurately to the facts as then known about the Chernobyl event.
Posted by: torquewrench at September 22, 2014 11:27 PM (noWW6)
In past threads alot of people suggest waiting for a mourning period to pass and then getting a new puppy not to replace Jack's memory but to start happy memories anew.
Posted by: andycanuck at September 22, 2014 11:27 PM (d/dDK)
Posted by: Bob Belcher at September 22, 2014 11:27 PM (PtOuS)
My beagle sends his regards. I hope I have him as long as you had Jack. He went out the way I want to, in the arms of someone that loves me unconditionally.
Posted by: DC in River City at September 22, 2014 11:28 PM (e+1S5)
True. The Democrats do know how to build up a constituency. The GOP is solid in another area----they know how to run off their constituents.
Posted by: Wag the Dog at September 22, 2014 11:29 PM (Rlvcv)
Give your daughter an extra hug. Sorry for your loss.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian. Kinder, gentler machine gun hand at September 22, 2014 11:29 PM (A4oX7)
Posted by: Country Singer at September 22, 2014 11:30 PM (HesC7)
just checking in with a pet update
Jack, 17yo big brendle shorthair, pet of many houses and two
families, brilliant and mellow cat, passed away today in the arms of his
best friend, our daughter, who had been with him continuously for about
a day and a half. 5:55pm CDST.
Hoist a glass to a friend now gone.
Good night, Gracies.
Good night, Jack.
Posted by: mindful webworker 4-footed friends at September 22, 2014 11:21 PM (4vw2j)
Here's to Jack......and may you meet again in the hereafter....
Posted by: cthulhu at September 22, 2014 11:30 PM (T1005)
You guys own a HUMANCENTiPAD? You must be rich!
Posted by: andycanuck at September 22, 2014 11:30 PM (d/dDK)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, as Voiced by Brian Dennehy
I don't think it would be better if it was being run by Ivy League Faculty.
Posted by: Aviator at September 22, 2014 11:31 PM (3rrMW)
Posted by: ThunderB at September 22, 2014 11:31 PM (zOTsN)
But keep using Google, gotta make those payments on my new ski chalet, them bitches ain't cheap! Also thinking about buying a vineyard and new yacht. My old yacht is just so ... 2009, you know what I mean?
DRUDGE REPORT @DRUDGE_REPORT 11m
GOOGLE severs ties with conservative group over 'climate change' stance... http://drudge.tw/1pbcy1J
Posted by: Google Execs at September 22, 2014 11:32 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Sam Adams at September 22, 2014 11:32 PM (LoVhJ)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Suntanning in Bizzaro World at September 22, 2014 11:33 PM (0ZBDE)
The left: Showing that they can't handle the give-and-take that comes with the freedom of speech.
What a bunch of pansies. Totalitarian pansies.
Posted by: Blor Utar at September 22, 2014 11:35 PM (1iYd3)
Posted by: shredded chi at September 22, 2014 11:35 PM (Q2PZf)
Posted by: Sam Adams at September 22, 2014 11:32 PM (LoVhJ)
The blonde they've recently been doing some songs with isn't half bad either.
Posted by: Buzzion at September 22, 2014 11:35 PM (zt+N6)
Posted by: ThunderB at September 22, 2014 11:36 PM (zOTsN)
BEARS WIN!!!!!
Posted by: navycopjoe at September 22, 2014 11:36 PM (QIQY1)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at September 22, 2014 11:36 PM (FOcN3)
I know, I know..., you do it because it is 'convenient'.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 22, 2014 11:36 PM (l1zOH)
We bomb things now that we can't really ID but might be militarily important? This is a new policy.
Could just as easily be one of their mass graves of Christians or Shites.
Posted by: Daybrother at September 22, 2014 11:37 PM (NZcDt)
Posted by: ThunderB at September 22, 2014 11:37 PM (zOTsN)
Put down Liberal Fascism. Read Dune.
Posted by: Frank Herbert at September 22, 2014 11:37 PM (3kZUM)
Consider this the sister-wife of posts.
Posted by: Thatch at September 22, 2014 11:37 PM (m/nBa)
brilliant and mellow cat, passed away today in the arms of his best
friend, our daughter, who had been with him continuously for about a day
and a half. 5:55pm CDST. Hoist a glass to a friend now gone."
Bending an elbow here in honor of Jack and of all the other multitude of cool cat companions who are no more.
It's been a while since I've had to handle a cat passing away, but I know what the toughest part is. Walking around and realizing the sudden emptiness of all of their old favorite spots to hang out. That one corner of the bed. The sunny late afternoon windowsill. The shady spot under the backyard tree.
And I swear, although I am the least supernaturalist person you will ever meet, that I have heard faint meows in the voices of my departed cats for a few weeks after each one of them had passed on. Echoes.
Posted by: torquewrench at September 22, 2014 11:38 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: Sam Adams at September 22, 2014 11:06 PM (LoVhJ)
Here you go.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz-OMn1o22Y
(Love the hat tip at the end.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVXziMFEqX0
And speaking of Iggy Azalea, one of my favorite PMJ covers is her hit "Fancy". It features a different singer, Ashley Stroud, but the band is at full power.
For reference purposes, here is the original:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-zpOMYRi0w
Now watch PMJ show you how it's done:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzPGzGUNZbs
Posted by: rickl at September 22, 2014 11:38 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: navycopjoe at September 22, 2014 11:39 PM (QIQY1)
I know, I know..., you do it because it is 'convenient'.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 22, 2014 11:36 PM (l1zOH)
The amount of posts not very prolific Mr. Hammer. Have you solved your problem?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian. Kinder, gentler machine gun hand at September 22, 2014 11:39 PM (A4oX7)
Posted by: Misanthropic
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The penguins (who are behind this entire thing) are distracted by CNN coverage of OBlammer's spitwads.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 22, 2014 11:40 PM (l1zOH)
Put down Liberal Fascism. Read Dune.
Posted by: Frank Herbert at September 22, 2014 11:37 PM (3kZUM)
Dune? I was thinking more like Dilbert
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian. Kinder, gentler machine gun hand at September 22, 2014 11:41 PM (A4oX7)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at September 22, 2014 11:41 PM (l3vZN)
Posted by: andycanuck at September 22, 2014 11:41 PM (d/dDK)
Posted by: navycopjoe at September 22, 2014 11:39 PM (QIQY1)
Don't worry Joe the Slackers will be there
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian. Kinder, gentler machine gun hand at September 22, 2014 11:43 PM (A4oX7)
Posted by: ThunderB at September 22, 2014 11:43 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 22, 2014 11:43 PM (l1zOH)
Posted by: Swatara at September 22, 2014 11:44 PM (jiZk3)
Posted by: Baldy at September 22, 2014 11:44 PM (2bql3)
Went to a government site last night to look up something. It was loading very slowly so I opened Little Snitch on my MAC to see what the network traffic being loaded was:
news.google dot com
ih4.google dot com
googleusercontent dot com
googlecache dot com
Posted by: Daybrother at September 22, 2014 11:45 PM (i3n/x)
Posted by: TJ at September 22, 2014 11:45 PM (G1eTV)
Yep. Same as everyone who drives a car, owns a tv or computer, uses a cell phone, has cable or dish or internet, buys products from any major retail chain or restaurant.
If I were to boycott every business that supported the left, I would have to be a survivalist in Idaho or somewhere.
Posted by: DC in River City at September 22, 2014 11:46 PM (e+1S5)
controlled by sacrificing virgin feminists .. actually any feminist
(including male feminist sympathizers) ... to Gaia
Posted by: RFK Jr at September 22, 2014 11:49 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Bob Belcher at September 22, 2014 11:52 PM (PtOuS)
Google.
Apple.
Microsoft.
Twitter.
Facebook.
Yahoo.
And, what's worse is that any use of these services even in years long past is going to come back to haunt you eventually in terms of the proceeds of that use going to fund various institutional-left shitweasellery.
The Gates Foundation are up to stuff that would just drop your jaw if you knew about it. I only have found out about a very tiny few fragments of their back-channel bullshit via assiduous digging. The media certainly aren't saying a word.
Posted by: torquewrench at September 22, 2014 11:52 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: Misanthropic
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See? Global Climate Change.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 22, 2014 09:55 PM (vPh3W)
From the last thread I know. But it was the same here, a decidedly cool and wetter than normal summer in N IL.
That BS parade in NY was a travesty. Idiots all. Some are naïve and well meaning perhaps, but there is a strong streak of anti-capitalism and statist attitude amongst them. Again, idiots!
Posted by: Farmer at September 22, 2014 11:52 PM (o/90i)
It is survivalist of you (like racist but against people that want to survive) for you to pigeon hole all of us working on survival stratiges into Idaho.
Posted by: Swatara at September 22, 2014 11:52 PM (jiZk3)
Posted by: DC
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Possibly...., but the use of Google services is largely voluntary by most people, and there are alternatives.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 22, 2014 11:53 PM (l1zOH)
Posted by: DC
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Possibly...., but the use of Google services is largely voluntary by most people, and there are alternatives.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 22, 2014 11:53 PM (l1zOH)
Posted by: Laird OG Celtic-American at September 22, 2014 11:53 PM (Mw9or)
I can't be be 100% positive, but I'm pretty damn sure my puppy officially stops being a puppy on 09/23.
I seem to remember that being his birthday, and he will be two, so, a full fledged adult.
I plan on hitting the pet store to get him a giant (US made) rawhide, maybe a fluffy toy, and a small can of wet food to mix with his Purina One for tomorrow.
Yes, he's spoiled rotten, and yes, he's my best friend.
Make fun of me if you must, but this little guy is more loyal than any human I've ever known.
Posted by: shredded chi at September 22, 2014 11:54 PM (Q2PZf)
Farmer. I'm in NW Wis. Cool summer, no spring. It's weather what are you going to do?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian. Kinder, gentler machine gun hand at September 22, 2014 11:55 PM (hcfn1)
Posted by: TJ at September 22, 2014 11:45 PM (G1eTV)
Yeah the Star Wars one is a pretty weak "plot hole." You had Kenobi there on the planet as a guardian for him. As opposed to Leia who did have her adoptive father's name and no knowledge of who her real father is.
The much bigger plot hole is in Return of the Jedi Luke asks Leia if she remembers her real mother and she does. Even though her only connection is the hours immediately after childbirth before Padme dies. The chance of having a memory at the moment of birth is impossible.
Posted by: Buzzion at September 22, 2014 11:56 PM (zt+N6)
Posted by: ThunderB at September 22, 2014 11:43 PM
Where is the evidence they are really participating? Or is this "leaks from the Obama admin"?
Posted by: Farmer at September 22, 2014 11:56 PM (o/90i)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at September 22, 2014 11:56 PM (FOcN3)
Posted by: shredded chi at September 22, 2014 11:54 PM (Q2PZf)
Happy BD little guy. Your dog shares the same BD as our dear departed Rhoda, mother of our 2 redheads. Give the guy an extra "shnack" from us
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian. Kinder, gentler machine gun hand at September 22, 2014 11:59 PM (9kWyt)
Posted by: Buzzion at September 22, 2014 11:56 PM (zt+N6)
That's not a plothole in RotJ, though, but in Lucas' brain as he was making the prequels.
Posted by: Long ago, a Hat far far away at September 22, 2014 11:59 PM (lN8KC)
Posted by: ThunderB at September 22, 2014 11:59 PM (zOTsN)
We would never lie to you! (Unless it was in the short or long term interest of Ruling Class Left.)
Posted by: ProgNews Now at September 22, 2014 11:59 PM (ZPrif)
Good night, Gracies.
Good night, Jack.
Posted by: mindful webworker & 4-footed friends at September 22, 2014 11:21 PM
Will do mw & 4ff. Good friends and tough to lose.
Posted by: Farmer at September 22, 2014 11:59 PM (o/90i)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian. Kinder, gentler machine gun hand at September 22, 2014 11:55 PM (hcfn1)
Cool summer here too.
Posted by: cm9000 at September 23, 2014 12:00 AM (Om9Yh)
Watched it already and Nom Nom nom Abby.
Posted by: Swatara at September 23, 2014 12:01 AM (jiZk3)
Posted by: Sam Adams at September 23, 2014 12:02 AM (LoVhJ)
YES! thamks for that tip. I am gonna get some of their stuff. Just fabulous.
Posted by: free tibet, etc. at September 23, 2014 12:02 AM (lAXNl)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, as Voiced by Brian Dennehy at September 23, 2014 12:03 AM (jucos)
Uggg, up in the ICU 3 nights in a row, running out of gas...
On the funny side, had a patient tell me tonight he had a "Hi-Anal Hernia" ...
Posted by: Laird OG Celtic-American at September 23, 2014 12:03 AM (Mw9or)
I guess we did better in Vietnam than we did on poverty
Posted by: pointsnfigures at September 23, 2014 12:03 AM (9JiQ8)
Retcon it, though, to her remembering her adoptive mother who died when she was young and you're golden.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at September 23, 2014 12:04 AM (UVfht)
I actually figured the War On Poverty to be just New Deal Part II: The Revenge.
FDR begat LBJ in an amazing number of ways.
Really the only FDR trick that LBJ didn't emulate, but which Johnson's successor was pretty much forced into as a legacy of LBJ's economic mismanagement, was an attack on the gold standard.
Posted by: torquewrench at September 23, 2014 12:06 AM (noWW6)
Posted by: gracepmc at September 23, 2014 12:08 AM (rznx3)
>>>I will say it once more. Anyone using Google's services is enabling an insidious tool of Left.
Yep. Same as everyone who drives a car, owns a tv or computer, uses
a cell phone, has cable or dish or internet, buys products from any
major retail chain or restaurant.
If I were to boycott every business that supported the left, I would have to be a survivalist in Idaho or somewhere.
Posted by: DC in River City at September 22, 2014 11:46 PM (e+1S5)
Er, who do you think owns the Chinese factories churning out consumer goods from socks to semiconductors?
Posted by: CPC Politburo at September 23, 2014 12:08 AM (T1005)
Retcon it, though, to her remembering her adoptive mother who died when she was young and you're golden.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at September 23, 2014 12:04 AM (UVfht)
Except Luke specifically says "real mother" and dumbass Lucas never thought to remove that when he was ruining the original trilogy to fit his shitty prequels.
Posted by: Buzzion at September 23, 2014 12:08 AM (zt+N6)
Meh.
Posted by: Costanza Defense at September 23, 2014 12:10 AM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian. Kinder, gentler machine gun hand at September 23, 2014 12:11 AM (AyNk/)
The much bigger plot hole is in Return of the Jedi Luke asks Leia if
she remembers her real mother and she does. Even though her only
connection is the hours immediately after childbirth before Padme dies.
The chance of having a memory at the moment of birth is impossible.
Posted by: Buzzion at September 22, 2014 11:56 PM (zt+N6)
That's not a plothole in RotJ, though, but in Lucas' brain as he was making the prequels.
Posted by: Long ago, a Hat far far away at September 22, 2014 11:59 PM (lN8KC)
MOAR MIDICHLORIANS!!!!
Posted by: Lucas Non-Electric at September 23, 2014 12:12 AM (T1005)
I just gave him a denta-bone & showed him the pic you sent - "this is a BD present from Dreamer & her friends"
He growled in approval as he inhaled it.
Posted by: shredded chi at September 23, 2014 12:13 AM (Q2PZf)
Posted by: ThunderB at September 23, 2014 12:13 AM (zOTsN)
thought to remove that when he was ruining the original trilogy to fit
his shitty prequels.
Hmmm... retcon so she's got hyperthymesia?
Posted by: Blanco Basura at September 23, 2014 12:15 AM (UVfht)
I take detailed notes when consulting with doctors.
At one point, after I had been nodding and scribbling for a couple of minutes straight as the physician talked, I looked up and said, "Anything else, Doc?"
He said, "Yeah. Gimme that pad. I want to see what you've been writing down and check to make sure you've spelled everything correctly."
I laughed and said, "That's actually my standard end of consult request."
Whether it's engineering or medicine, small errors can have big consequences. Sweat the details.
Posted by: torquewrench at September 23, 2014 12:15 AM (noWW6)
I just gave him a denta-bone & showed him the pic you sent - "this is a BD present from Dreamer & her friends"
He growled in approval as he inhaled it.
Posted by: shredded chi at September 23, 2014 12:13 AM (Q2PZf)
Thank Tucker for the smile I have now. So do smaller breeds act grown up at age 2 ? Setters & Labs you are looking at the 4 year old range for them to be 'mature'
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian. Kinder, gentler machine gun hand at September 23, 2014 12:16 AM (AyNk/)
He was what he was, and not only was that Good Enough, it was Wonderful ...
Posted by: Adriane... at September 23, 2014 12:16 AM (P+IZm)
Posted by: Brenda at September 23, 2014 12:17 AM (eIbbE)
Posted by: Alana at September 23, 2014 12:18 AM (S197S)
I understand where Mr. Hammer is coming from on the google issue. I try
to discriminate against businesses where I feel I can make a difference.
That happens locally, Google is too big for us right wingers to even
have a hiccup let alone fail
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian. Kinder, gentler machine gun hand at September 23, 2014 12:11 AM (AyNk/)
The thing about Google is that they don't, and never did, have a non-Totalitarian business. Something where they took a lump of clay from the earth, formed it with their hands, and baked it to be something for others to enjoy. Everything has always been, "glad-hand your 'customers' into telling you their secrets, then sell them out sixteen-ways-from-Sunday" hidden behind a huge mask that says, "Free Stuff!!!!! Don't Be Evil."
Microsoft and Apple have actually made things and contributed to people's well being. I can't think of a time that Google ever has.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 23, 2014 12:18 AM (T1005)
So are we talking about the soccer chicks or what?
Anyhoo...when I hit F5 it's gonna take half an hour for this page to refresh....
I was never into chicks with rock hard abs anyways.
Posted by: eleven at September 23, 2014 12:19 AM (MDgS8)
Posted by: eleven at September 23, 2014 12:20 AM (MDgS8)
Barry Soetero, Nobel Peace Prize winner
McCain can only stare in wonder at his audacity.
On a separate note, I'm getting this tingling feeling in my nether regions -- Which usually means I'm about to get f*cked. Can you say 'lame duck session'?
http://tinyurl.com/ny754wz
(Wash. Examiner) -- It seems there is a plan afoot to pass the internet sales tax during the lame duck; I'm sure they will try and pass amnesty as well.
Posted by: GnuBreed at September 23, 2014 12:21 AM (zNQ6a)
Yes, he's spoiled rotten, and yes, he's my best friend.
Make fun of me if you must, but this little guy is more loyal than any human I've ever known.
Posted by: shredded chi at September 22, 2014 11:54 PM
Nah, no funning from this end. The dog, Bailey, is a true joy in our lives. They more than pay us back.
Posted by: Farmer at September 23, 2014 12:21 AM (o/90i)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdAyO1_0noM
Posted by: rickl at September 23, 2014 12:21 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: ThunderB at September 23, 2014 12:22 AM (zOTsN)
Because they all normally said No right?
Posted by: Swatara at September 23, 2014 12:22 AM (jiZk3)
jet when there's no enemy air force and Assad turned off his air
defenses ahead of time."
Oh FFS.
There are not that much more than a hundred combat-coded frames of the F-22. They are irreplacable national assets. There are things which only they can do, and there just aren't that many of them, and there will not be any more of them. The production line is closed.
It absolutely infuriates me to see them being used for bullshit unnecessary missions. To include air show flying displays.
Most of the general public don't know the difference from one jet to another. Just as they don't know and don't care what airliners they fly on. Pick something out of the boneyard for the air show stunts.
Crap, the services are burning up old F-4s as robotically flown missile targets. Fly some of those for public relations. Loud is good, and the F-4 is nothing if not loud. Put a big decal on the side that says "Super Duper Oh Boy F-35 Stealth Fighter". The public won't know and won't care.
Posted by: torquewrench at September 23, 2014 12:23 AM (noWW6)
Posted by: katya the designated driver at September 23, 2014 12:24 AM (WuBo6)
Microsoft and Apple have actually made things and contributed to people's well being. I can't think of a time that Google ever has.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 23, 2014 12:18 AM (T1005)
What are you talking about? Giving the Chinese Government info about dissident bloggers is totally within our "Don't Be Evil" policy.
Posted by: Google at September 23, 2014 12:25 AM (Oo0Xc)
Posted by: katya the designated driver at September 23, 2014 12:26 AM (WuBo6)
"Well, the F-22s were used. Cause it's important to use a stealth fighter
jet when there's no enemy air force and Assad turned off his air
defenses ahead of time."
Oh FFS.
There are not that
much more than a hundred combat-coded frames of the F-22. They are
irreplacable national assets. There are things which only they can do,
and there just aren't that many of them, and there will not be any more
of them. The production line is closed.
It absolutely infuriates me to see them being used for bullshit unnecessary missions. To include air show flying displays.
Most
of the general public don't know the difference from one jet to
another. Just as they don't know and don't care what airliners they fly
on. Pick something out of the boneyard for the air show stunts.
Crap,
the services are burning up old F-4s as robotically flown missile
targets. Fly some of those for public relations. Loud is good, and the
F-4 is nothing if not loud. Put a big decal on the side that says "Super
Duper Oh Boy F-35 Stealth Fighter". The public won't know and won't
care.
Posted by: torquewrench at September 23, 2014 12:23 AM (noWW6)
You, sir, have my recommendation to be SecDef in the next sane administration.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 23, 2014 12:26 AM (T1005)
Isn't it ironic."
It's like raaaaainnn......
Posted by: Alanis Borissette at September 23, 2014 12:27 AM (AWwDY)
And AMARC has over 500 F-16s of various models in storage. But we could never do, like we did for Italy, and refurbish some for Iraq while they waited on their new F-16s.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at September 23, 2014 12:29 AM (edPC+)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at September 23, 2014 12:29 AM (UVfht)
Even though (or because ... ?) the singer keeps her clothes on, the typical disgusting Moron will surely enjoy this bluegrass version of Blurred Lines:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz-OMn1o22Y
Posted by: Nice Shorts! at September 23, 2014 12:29 AM (YTTfU)
You, sir, have my recommendation to be SecDef in the next sane administration.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 23, 2014 12:26 AM (T1005)
Seconded. All in favor?
Posted by: rickl at September 23, 2014 12:29 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: eleven at September 23, 2014 12:30 AM (MDgS8)
Isn't it ironic
Posted by: ThunderB at September 23, 2014 12:30 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: katya the designated driver at September 23, 2014 12:24 AM (WuBo6)
Adding a third boob guarantees the bad boy crowd chasing her SS if she was in heat. Looks like a Nancy grace in a few weeks
Be well moronsn
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian. Kinder, gentler machine gun hand at September 23, 2014 12:30 AM (hcfn1)
Seconded. All in favor?
Posted by: rickl at September 23, 2014 12:29 AM (sdi6R)
AYE
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian. Kinder, gentler machine gun hand at September 23, 2014 12:32 AM (hcfn1)
It's like raaaaainnn......
That's not rain, and I feel much better.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at September 23, 2014 12:29 AM (UVfht)
Golden showers have never been a thing of mine....but whatever floats your boat....
Posted by: cthulhu at September 23, 2014 12:32 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Swatara at September 23, 2014 12:32 AM (jiZk3)
Posted by: katya the designated driver at September 23, 2014 12:24 AM (WuBo6)
Fixed.
Posted by: The Plastic Hat at September 23, 2014 12:33 AM (lN8KC)
Even though (or because ... ?) the singer keeps her clothes on, the typical disgusting Moron will surely enjoy this bluegrass version of Blurred Lines:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz-OMn1o22Y
Posted by: Nice Shorts! at September 23, 2014 12:29 AM (YTTfU)
Heh. Way ahead of you. See #278.
I think the word you're looking for is "despite".
Posted by: rickl at September 23, 2014 12:33 AM (sdi6R)
He said, "Yeah. Gimme that pad. I want to see what you've been writing down and check to make sure you've spelled everything correctly."
I laughed..."That's actually my standard end of consult request."
Whether it's engineering or medicine, small errors can have big consequences. Sweat the details.
Posted by: torquewrench at September 23, 2014 12:15 AM
I'm of the same mind. Don't actually write things down, just ask him to repeat it to get it firm in my mind, then repeat it at home to the wife. I should start taking notes, good idea.
If more people were more aware and involved in their own health that would be a great savings in medical costs.
Posted by: Farmer at September 23, 2014 12:33 AM (o/90i)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 23, 2014 12:34 AM (FMbng)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian. Kinder, gentler machine gun hand at September 23, 2014 12:34 AM (hcfn1)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian. Kinder, gentler machine gun hand
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If "grown up" consists of acting like a Great Dane on a red bull & Meth high, then sure!
He does more damage around than I do on a three-day bender. The little guy knocks over everything when he's hyper...
I think this expensive food gives him extra energy, so he tears around playing with everything & everyone that will pay attention.
Luckily, neighbor has a sweetheart pit bull & a fatty black lab, so some days I just let them over here, or let him over there to play (we both have an acre for them to run on).
still doesn't tire him out enough, but it helps.
Posted by: shredded chi at September 23, 2014 12:35 AM (Q2PZf)
Hilarious! That's what I get for imagining the ONT starts at the first comment I read.
Posted by: Nice Shorts! at September 23, 2014 12:37 AM (YTTfU)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at September 23, 2014 12:38 AM (W5DcG)
Posted by: Zaphon Beeblebrox at September 23, 2014 12:39 AM (lN8KC)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at September 23, 2014 12:40 AM (edPC+)
Posted by: pedantic Hitchhiker fan at September 23, 2014 12:40 AM (MDgS8)
Posted by: Swatara at September 23, 2014 12:32 AM
Sounds like a plan. To offer a suggestion you might want to crate train the dog from the start. I'd never done that before but it made a lot easier w/ the current dog.
Our 4 yo thinks it's her den and wanders in all the time to sleep. It helps w/ traveling, but greatly when they are pups, for many reasons.
Posted by: Farmer at September 23, 2014 12:41 AM (o/90i)
I think it was Edgar Allen Poe who called it The Imp ...
Posted by: Adriane... at September 23, 2014 12:41 AM (P+IZm)
Posted by: SpongeBobSaget at September 23, 2014 12:42 AM (jtgkZ)
I have no words... I have been there (sorta, not as elaborate) more than once.
no words to describe the loss.
sorry, man.
Posted by: shredded chi at September 23, 2014 12:43 AM (Q2PZf)
When the Dems were confident, we got weird expressions of their ideology....but now that all their shit is coming apart at the seams, we're getting weird expressions of their id.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 23, 2014 12:43 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 23, 2014 12:34 AM
Sorry to hear that. Things like that can fcuk w/ your mind for a while about the fragility of life and sanity.
Posted by: Farmer at September 23, 2014 12:47 AM (o/90i)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 23, 2014 12:34 AM (FMbng)
Shit. Yeah, I think everybody's increasingly on edge.
Something's gotta give. This shit can't go on forever.
Posted by: rickl at September 23, 2014 12:51 AM (sdi6R)
It was smart not use the F-22 in Iraq or A-stan when it wasn't needed. But that smart military decision undercut the political base of support for the program, allowing Obama to kill it.
By comparison, the Marines threw the V-22 into the fire immediately, arguably for missions it was not needed.
Military procurement is political. The Marines wanted to make sure nobody would kill the program, so they used it as soon as they could and as often as possible.
And today the V-22 is still being produced and the F-22 is not. If the Air Force had used the F-22 to pointless drop a few bombs on Iraq, maybe Obama wouldn't have been able to kill it off.
Posted by: Costanza Defense at September 23, 2014 12:54 AM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Costanza Defense at September 23, 2014 12:57 AM (ZPrif)
from suicide. I hate to say I'm galvanized at this point, but man it just
gets fucking old. Some over chicks, some over jobs, some for no good reason. In THIS case I'm almost laughing about this dude,
because his house was getting foreclosed on, he went through a divorce,
and he basically said fuuuck all you people and blew up what was probably
going to be THEIR shit anyway. Oh, the bank is getting the house? POOF.
Ex wife wants what? POOF. I have to give him 10 out of 10 for style. It totally fit his personality.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 23, 2014 12:58 AM (FMbng)
Posted by: We were all thinking it ... at September 23, 2014 01:01 AM (YTTfU)
Oh please. Don't even bother to call the committee to order.
It would be a revised, enlarged and expanded version of the Onion's take on the Reagan-Carter debates.
Senator Stemwinder: "Mr. Wrench, can we have your opinion regarding the proper employment of American forces abroad?"
Torquewrench: "Kill the bastards!"
Senator Eartampon: "Mr. Wrench, what is your thinking regarding sexual harassment in the ranks?"
Torquewrench: "Kill the bastards!"
Senator Goatscrotum: "Mr. Wrench, would you inform us of your position regarding defense acquisition reform?"
Torquewrench: "Kill the bastards!"
Senator Ma'am: "Mr. Wrench, what would you have done in the case of Bowe Bergdahl?"
Torquewrench: "Kill the bastard SLOWLY. Then airdrop his dead body back in Trashcanistan from thirty thousand feet. With a couple of tactical nukes as a chaser."
Posted by: torquewrench at September 23, 2014 01:01 AM (noWW6)
thanks - yeah, they can be a true blessing.
Swatara,
I've never trained a dog for a crate (never liked the idea), but most I've seen seem happy as a pig in s**t.
That said, maybe consider a smaller dog. Less hassle, less clean-up, less $ to feed & vet bills...
I never would've picked a min-pin for a pet, but now that I inherited mine, I want more of them.
intelligent, loyal, protective... maybe even the best dog I've ever had. My Mom swore off dogs 35 years ago, and now she wants to take Tucker home with her some days - "you have to work 12 hours. I'll take hime with me today." (She's 76, but acts 50 - and now wants to steal my puppy!)
Posted by: shredded chi at September 23, 2014 01:03 AM (Q2PZf)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 23, 2014 01:04 AM (yDmQD)
Posted by: rickl at September 23, 2014 01:06 AM (sdi6R)
"You, sir, have my recommendation to be SecDef in the next sane administration."
Oh please. Don't even bother to call the committee to order.
It would be a revised, enlarged and expanded version of the Onion's take on the Reagan-Carter debates.
Senator Stemwinder: "Mr. Wrench, can we have your opinion regarding the proper employment of American forces abroad?"
Torquewrench: "Kill the bastards!"
Senator Eartampon: "Mr. Wrench, what is your thinking regarding sexual harassment in the ranks?"
Torquewrench: "Kill the bastards!"
Senator Goatscrotum: "Mr. Wrench, would you inform us of your position regarding defense acquisition reform?"
Torquewrench: "Kill the bastards!"
Senator Ma'am: "Mr. Wrench, what would you have done in the case of Bowe Bergdahl?"
Torquewrench:
"Kill the bastard SLOWLY. Then airdrop his dead body back in
Trashcanistan from thirty thousand feet. With a couple of tactical nukes
as a chaser."
Posted by: torquewrench at September 23, 2014 01:01 AM (noWW6)
You're bucking for POTUS, aren't you? Being eminently sensible about the use of armed force won't get you all the way, 'though it's a heckuva start. How are you on Domestic Policy?
Posted by: cthulhu at September 23, 2014 01:06 AM (T1005)
Today in the Middle East: Obama bombs Syria, coup in Yemen, Chinese navy enters Strait of Hormuz.
Posted by: Tweets of War at September 23, 2014 01:07 AM (ZPrif)
UNC has some hot girls, both my X's went there.
They are all CRAZY AS SHIT.
Posted by: Nip Sip at September 23, 2014 01:08 AM (0FSuD)
Posted by: andycanuck at September 22, 2014 10:25 PM (d/dDK)
Well, when you had the old-fashioned outhouse, you didn't need water pressure or electricity to take a shit. So there's that.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 23, 2014 01:09 AM (yDmQD)
Posted by: Steven Den Beste at September 23, 2014 01:09 AM (+rSRq)
Posted by: Serena at September 23, 2014 01:10 AM (rRVYM)
Posted by: shredded chi at September 22, 2014 11:54 PM (Q2PZf)
Not me. I've known precious few humans I would rate with any of my dogs. My current one is the same way and he is still a puppy going on 2. Dachshund/Chow mix. Sounds funny, but a great looking dog. Think muscular large Jack Russell size, up-curled chow tail with the close cropped coat and color of a Dachshund.
Or, I use his AKC breed name: Goofball.
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Suntanning in Bizzaro World at September 23, 2014 01:11 AM (0ZBDE)
7/21/2009: "Obama Wins Crucial Vote To Cancel F-22." Calls it "inexcusable waste." http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/22/business/22defense.html
Senator Kerry votes to cancel.
Posted by: Tweets of the Dumb at September 23, 2014 01:11 AM (ZPrif)
D. Gartenstein-Ross @DaveedGR
Probably the most significant aspect of having Qatar in the anti-IS coalition: Al Jazeera unlikely to heavily publicize civilian casualties.
Posted by: Costanza Defense at September 23, 2014 01:13 AM (ZPrif)
In comparing late '60s poverty levels to more recent times, I read that
in the late '60s a significant number of Canadian households (5% or so?)
still only had outhouses. Being poor then was alot different than
today.
Posted by: andycanuck at September 22, 2014 10:25 PM (d/dDK)
Well, when you had the old-fashioned outhouse, you didn't need water pressure or electricity to take a shit. So there's that.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 23, 2014 01:09 AM (yDmQD)
My paternal grandfather lived in Delta, Colorado. My dad and my uncle went back and put in gas heating in 1971 (previously had been coal). They went back in 1973 to install indoor plumbing (previously had been an outhouse [in Colorado]). Note well the order that they did these tasks.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 23, 2014 01:13 AM (T1005)
Posted by: cthulhu at September 23, 2014 01:13 AM (T1005)
***
Gramps wanted a solitary place to get away from Grams for a little bit?
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at September 23, 2014 01:15 AM (ojnk6)
Indeed. It's politics, but politics are unavoidable. Buy extra.
"Most of the general public don't know the difference from one jet to another. ... Fly some [old F-4s] for public relations. Loud is good, and the F-4 is nothing if not loud. ..."
You ain't kiddin'! I remember driving by the end of an airport runway once when one of those was taking off. It's very dramatic, in a low-tech sort of way. Lots of fire and smoke and noise.
The F-18s that would take off in the same place had a more "even", or "controlled" sound to them, not as loud, and the engines seemed to just have kind of this glow coming out of them. I was working at the place where they were (and were being) built. I was in the missile business (working on navigation for the Tomahawk, among other things), but I still would hear them describe the F-4 as "Proof that if a brick would fly, if given enough power!"
Posted by: Optimizer at September 23, 2014 01:16 AM (/q6+P)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 23, 2014 01:04 AM (yDmQD)
******
Ya gets what ya pays for.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at September 23, 2014 01:17 AM (ojnk6)
Up in Vancouver BC I found a brand of bottled water that claimed to be half regular spring, half lithiated spring water. It was called, IKYN, "HappyWater".
Posted by: Sister Sestina at September 23, 2014 01:19 AM (eRAox)
It was a BIG fucking house. Land grant and all that shit. My grandfather's son in laws, all FIVE, bought and had built indoor plumbing for the house.
I don't think my grandfather liked it or ever used it. He milked cows till he was 84 when he slipped in the milk house and broke his hip. It was all down hill after that.
Posted by: Nip Sip at September 23, 2014 01:19 AM (0FSuD)
Senator Cthulhu, after giving the matter careful consideration, soliciting expert opinion, and consulting at length with my advisors, I have concluded that the most reasonable option available is to kill the bastards.
Posted by: torquewrench at September 23, 2014 01:20 AM (noWW6)
As far as his name goes, yeah, this one goes by "poopyhead" or any variations - poopstain is a favorite.
Posted by: shredded chi at September 23, 2014 01:22 AM (Q2PZf)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at September 23, 2014 01:17 AM
And w/ repeating that bit of wisdom I'm off to bed for an early morning meeting.
Be well Morons.
Posted by: Farmer at September 23, 2014 01:22 AM (o/90i)
soliciting expert opinion, and consulting at length with my advisors, I
have concluded that the most reasonable option available is to kill the
bastards.
You've got my vote.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at September 23, 2014 01:22 AM (UVfht)
Something's gotta give. This shit can't go on forever.
Posted by: rickl at September 23, 2014 12:51 AM (sdi6R)
A little mood music?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04F4xlWSFh0
Posted by: The Drowning Hat at September 23, 2014 01:25 AM (lN8KC)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at September 23, 2014 01:26 AM (ojnk6)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
I just finished watching on Hulu this Canadian historical 'reality' tv show called Pioneer Quest. I think it was filmed in '99 or so. Two couples are sent out into the countryside with a wagon load of 1880's gear and have to stay for 10 months or so.
I think PBS here in the states did something similar but the participating couples in the US show were idiots and had no experience in living in the rough. The Canadian producers were smart enough to pick couples that knew at least a few things. A very sedate and enjoyable change from the usual SuperDrama~! reality shows in the US.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 23, 2014 01:27 AM (2P642)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at September 23, 2014 01:31 AM (ojnk6)
Posted by: ginaswo at September 23, 2014 01:32 AM (+X1qa)
Posted by: Optimizer at September 23, 2014 01:32 AM (/q6+P)
Posted by: Optimizer at September 23, 2014 01:32 AM (/q6+P)
******
Shouldn't they just, ya know, Shelter in Place, as said Congress often recommends for others?
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at September 23, 2014 01:40 AM (ojnk6)
Posted by: Robert at September 23, 2014 01:42 AM (ky43f)
Posted by: Nip Sip at September 23, 2014 01:49 AM (0FSuD)
couple of opinions on F-22 talk.
@376: Well, the Air Force probably campaigned hard to use the F-22. This is technically their first combat mission.
@342: It absolutely infuriates me to see them being used for bullshit unnecessary missions.
@395: Indeed. It's politics, but politics are unavoidable.
To be sure, politics is involved, but a lot of factors go into sourcing assets. I don't know when they went IOC, or what DOCs say.
It might be an unnecessary mission, but anything that gives us an advantage is to be desired. To do less would be ...
and finally @ 342: The public won't know and won't care.
seems a little off to me.
Posted by: dDan at September 23, 2014 01:52 AM (hwYmz)
I don't own a pair of jeans.
So get the fuck off my lawn.
Posted by: Nip Sip at September 23, 2014 01:49 AM (0FSuD)
I've never owned a pair of blue jeans.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 23, 2014 01:55 AM (T1005)
This is a FOUR STAR movie and I highly recommend seeing it if you get a chance.
For whatever erason it never came down to the local first run theater and instead came into the second run theater, which is fine. $1.75 for a ticket? I'll take it!
Anyway, the plot if very simple. Jon Favreau plays a divorced father and the head chef at some fancy ass restaurant. Always too busy to spend time with his kid, fits him into his life when he gets a chance. Anyway, after receiving a brutal review from a food critic Favreau discovers Twitter (Twitter might as well be the costar of this movie) and calls out the food critic and challenging him to come back to his restaurant so he can blow his mind and kick his ass.
Anyway, the problem being the restaurant owner is some unimaginative chump who thinks, hey, if it ain't broke don't fix it and refuses to change the menu even once. Nevermind the review basically ruined his business, though he doesn't know it yet, he refuses to change. So Favreau wins up on his ass.
So what happens is he ends up traveling with his ex-wife, played by the wonderfully delicious Sofia Vergera, to Miami and winds up buying a food truck from his ex-wife's first husband.
So after fixing up the truck Favreau, his son, and John Leguizamo end up driving up through Florida into Louisiana into Texas selling Cubano sandwhiches.
It's a simple story. It's essentially the story of a father, alienated from his son, learning how to reconnect and about a man learning to reconnect with the passion that drives him in life.
It's a very sweet, endearing feel good kind of movie filled with delicious looking food and excellent music. I really left this movie just feeling...good. And hungry. I really wanted one of those sammiches. And...everything else that was cooked on screen. I was practically licking my palms when they pulled out a brisket and...oh, just see it youself.
Four/five stars and HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
Posted by: Robert at September 23, 2014 01:55 AM (ky43f)
Reminds me of the F-117s being first used in Panama, ostensibly to drop two precision bombs next to PDF barracks -- not on them, so they got the PDF's attention without causing too many casualties to guys we were going to have to turn right around and rearm. Everybody knew the real reason was that the Air Force had new toys they had to use.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at September 23, 2014 02:09 AM (HubSo)
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at September 23, 2014 02:11 AM (HubSo)
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at September 23, 2014 02:11 AM (HubSo)
******
Truth. That sound is the awesome.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at September 23, 2014 02:13 AM (ojnk6)
Posted by: CAC at September 23, 2014 02:14 AM (ccE2y)
Posted by: CAC at September 23, 2014 02:14 AM (ccE2y)
*******
I firsted ya one that one, if this is not a sock of Brandon/CAC.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at September 23, 2014 02:17 AM (ojnk6)
I'm not cheering the fact that they were used. I'm not cheering anything about this admin and where we're headed.
Posted by: dDan at September 23, 2014 02:26 AM (hwYmz)
Well if she's a leftist and she's a broad isn't she a Leftist Broad whether she likes it or not?
Posted by: FOAF at September 23, 2014 02:36 AM (eVemY)
Posted by: dDan at September 23, 2014 02:46 AM (hwYmz)
Posted by: cthulhu at September
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Well, just a thought, but - next time you come the the east coast, pack a pair. At least be like Jake from State Farm & wear some khakis instead of shorts, dude - it was like 30 degrees!
Posted by: shredded chi at September 23, 2014 03:22 AM (8Samq)
You might like the movie "Eat Drink Man Woman".
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111797/?ref_=nv_sr_1
It is in Chinese with subtitles but a lot goes on without dialog. And they are always cooking absolutely spectacular meals.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at September 23, 2014 03:24 AM (PD6iL)
I've never owned a pair of blue jeans.
Posted by: cthulhu at September
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Well, just a thought, but - next time you come the the east coast,
pack a pair. At least be like Jake from State Farm wear some
khakis instead of shorts, dude - it was like 30 degrees!
Posted by: shredded chi at September 23, 2014 03:22 AM (8Samq)
I did seriously freeze my butt off during parts of the visit.....the walk back to the car after the restaurant is seared -- seared -- upon my memory.....
Posted by: cthulhu at September 23, 2014 03:58 AM (T1005)
Hope you & BH are doing well, btw...
Posted by: shredded chi at September 23, 2014 04:17 AM (mJLf8)
http://tinyurl.com/opp6ng3
Posted by: The Evil Hat at September 23, 2014 04:56 AM (lN8KC)
Posted by: rickl at September 23, 2014 05:37 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: rickl at September 23, 2014 05:37 AM (sdi6R)
Night all.
Here is "Golem" by Voivod:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3Sgmm-z5xc
Posted by: The Political Hat at September 23, 2014 05:39 AM (lN8KC)
Here's the live NASA feed:
http://tinyurl.com/p6vhzpw
Because SOME things about the early 21st Century thus far are pretty amazing.
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