Thursday Morning Open Thread

Yeah it's an open thread. Deal with it.

Posted by: BenK at 09:05 AM

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1 What?

Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at January 15, 2015 09:06 AM (XzRw1)

2 An uninhabited open thread, where all may sprawl.

Posted by: Kraken at January 15, 2015 09:07 AM (s+qrv)

3 I should note that the ~~protestors~~ tantrum-throwing toddlers in Boston secured themselves to and through concrete-filled barrels on a bridge.

Seems to me this is a problem with the potential to solve itself, courtesy of Sir Isaac Newton...

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Unrepresented & FARK refugee at January 15, 2015 09:07 AM (DT3rQ)

4 Open thread! Yay!

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 15, 2015 09:08 AM (028dR)

5 *grumble *
* morning *
*grumble *

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2015 09:08 AM (vPh3W)

6 No dump? Lotta shit going down today.

Posted by: maddogg at January 15, 2015 09:08 AM (xWW96)

7 [Manspreads]

Posted by: joncelli at January 15, 2015 09:09 AM (RD7QR)

8 Morning mumbling Mr. Hammer.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 15, 2015 09:09 AM (028dR)

9 You think the short legged canines should be summoned? Nah.

Posted by: Kraken at January 15, 2015 09:09 AM (s+qrv)

10 If someone takes a dump in an open thread, what do we call it? (Don't say Obama).

Posted by: Roy at January 15, 2015 09:10 AM (VndSC)

11 #3,
Are they witches?

Do they float?

heh.

Posted by: anon a mouse at January 15, 2015 09:10 AM (/jpU8)

12 10 A mohammed.

Posted by: steevy at January 15, 2015 09:11 AM (v5UtH)

13 You think the short legged canines should be summoned?"

The battle is won by showing up.

Shih Tzu

Posted by: anon a mouse at January 15, 2015 09:11 AM (/jpU8)

14 Pope says Charlie Hebdo got what they should expect

http://tinyurl.com/n943yn7

Posted by: McCool at January 15, 2015 09:11 AM (nCSwS)

15
Since BenK isn't going to post a dump today. I shall take the duty upon myself.
http://tinyurl.com/ldrq8u9

Posted by: maddogg at January 15, 2015 09:11 AM (xWW96)

16 10 If someone takes a dump in an open thread, what do we call it? (Don't say Obama).
Posted by: Roy at January 15, 2015 09:10 AM (VndSC)

I would have to go with Obama, Roy.

Posted by: Kraken at January 15, 2015 09:11 AM (s+qrv)

17 A free range thread.

Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at January 15, 2015 09:11 AM (XzRw1)

18 No news is good news I suppose.

Posted by: Austin in TX at January 15, 2015 09:11 AM (F9Hpt)

19 open thread double take

fine

I have hearty beef stew to get started.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 15, 2015 09:12 AM (IXrOn)

20 *manspreads*

Aaaah, so much better!

Posted by: Insomniac at January 15, 2015 09:12 AM (2Ojst)

21 14 Pope says Charlie Hebdo got what they should expect

http://tinyurl.com/n943yn7

Posted by: McCool at January 15, 2015 09:11 AM (nCSwS)

Well, he Did say there are limits to this expressin' yourself thing...

Posted by: Kraken at January 15, 2015 09:12 AM (s+qrv)

22 Well, we have a "mohammed" and an "Obama". Is there a difference?

Posted by: Roy at January 15, 2015 09:12 AM (VndSC)

23 >>>Yeah it's an open thread. Deal with it.

I'm agoraphobic! A victim of agoraphobia! I demand content!

Posted by: Bigby's Chicken Fingers at January 15, 2015 09:13 AM (3ZtZW)

24 9 You think the short legged canines should be summoned? Nah.
Posted by: Kraken at January 15, 2015 09:09 AM (s+qrv

I already did it. If they haven't had enough coffee to join us, well, sucks to be them.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 15, 2015 09:13 AM (eeTCA)

25 This is postspreading, straight up.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at January 15, 2015 09:13 AM (0HooB)

26 I think the Rick Springfield Butt Assault case deserves a thread.

At any rate, it's fun to Google "Rick Springfield Butt Assault."

Posted by: Citizen X at January 15, 2015 09:13 AM (7ObY1)

27 good morning all
man I hate writing recommendation letters

Posted by: chemjeff at January 15, 2015 09:14 AM (9GG/0)

28 In which the Limeys prove that they deserve to be no more than-

brain-dead nanny state drones:

http://www.theguardian.com/money/2015/jan/12/us-

healthcare-system-leaves-brits-baffled-enraged

Fail Britannia!

Posted by: naturalfake at January 15, 2015 09:14 AM (KBvAm)

29 POLL: Just 1 in 4 believe economy improving...

I don't know how we overcome this.

Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at January 15, 2015 09:14 AM (XzRw1)

30 22 Well, we have a "mohammed" and an "Obama". Is there a difference?
Posted by: Roy at January 15, 2015 09:12 AM (VndSC

One's a pedophile
The other is a fag loving, moms jean wearing, bike helmet wearing, cant throw a baseball piece of shit.

So no, there is no difference.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 15, 2015 09:14 AM (eeTCA)

31 Pope on Charlie Hebdo: There are limits to free expression

Uh, no.

Che disgrazia.

Posted by: Citizen X at January 15, 2015 09:15 AM (7ObY1)

32 I saw Rick Springfield Butt Assault open for Buffalo Springfield in Lousiville in '72.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 15, 2015 09:15 AM (659DL)

33 Unemployment claims rise. Josh Earnest to spin later today.

fxn.ws/1BvYcSP

Posted by: MTF at January 15, 2015 09:15 AM (6um35)

34 From the sidebar:

Conservatives are an island of misfit toys. They are sitting in lifeboats and helplessly watching the Titanic slip under.

I think it's serious preppers who live in rural areas that are the ones in the lifeboats. I feel more like I'm slowly backing towards the stern as I watch the water rise.

Posted by: rickl at January 15, 2015 09:15 AM (zoehZ)

35 Fox just had a teaser of MASP arresting Boston protestors.

Posted by: Fox2! at January 15, 2015 09:15 AM (brIR5)

36
Well, we have a "mohammed" and an "Obama". Is there a difference?

Can we get a fatwa that says the media may not portray any image of Obama, nor his utterances?

Cuz I'd be down with that.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 15, 2015 09:15 AM (JtwS4)

37 How many more people must suffer before we have sensible butt control?!!

Posted by: joncelli at January 15, 2015 09:15 AM (RD7QR)

38 27 good morning all
man I hate writing recommendation letters
Posted by: chemjeff at January 15, 2015 09:14 AM (9GG/0)

I wrote one for someone - once. Word got out, I never was asked again. Funny,that.

Posted by: Kraken at January 15, 2015 09:15 AM (s+qrv)

39 35 Fox just had a teaser of MASP arresting Boston protestors.

Tase them, bro's!

Posted by: Citizen X at January 15, 2015 09:15 AM (7ObY1)

40
Oh sure...yeah...corgis.

Pffft.

You breedist fux!

Posted by: Dachshunds at January 15, 2015 09:16 AM (KBvAm)

41 Pope says if you insult his Mom, you get a punch
Expect the same if you insult someone's religion.

okay then . . . can we send some Crusaders to take care of ISIS and Boko Harem and all the Christians living in dhimmitude all over ME ?

Posted by: McCool at January 15, 2015 09:16 AM (nCSwS)

42 Pope on Charlie Hebdo: There are limits to free expression

Uh, no.

Che disgrazia.

And there we are. If one is insecure in one's faith enough to be troubled by words and images, then you need to engage in some rather sever introspection.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 15, 2015 09:16 AM (659DL)

43 Aaaand, Melissa Harris-Perry has just been named Director of Wake Forest University's Pro Humanitate Institute. (sigh)

Stick a fork in Wake.

Posted by: Slider88 at January 15, 2015 09:17 AM (Go5e7)

44
Movie sign:

Today Amazon is releasing its first wave of pilots for 2015. Its an interesting assortment of projects but theres only really one thats must-see viewing: The Man in the High Castle.

The Man in the High Castle, adapted from the Philip K. Dick novel of same name and executive produced by Ridley Scott, goes back to 1962 to see what America would look like had the Allies lost World War II. In this alternate universe the United States has been split three ways: the Nazi controlled east coast, renamed the Greater Reich, the Japanese Pacific States on the west coast, and the neutral zone in the center of the country.

The Man in the High Castle manages to evoke a suitably unsettling tone while also introducing a large cast of characters in a way that, while not perfect, makes it easy to follow their storylines and make the last-minute cliffhanger have suitable weight. Its so good you might even forgive Scott for Exodus: Gods and Kings.

http://www.wired.com/2015/01/amazons-new-pilots-high-castle/

Well, there's my TV break for tonight.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 15, 2015 09:17 AM (kdS6q)

45 Here's the link to the Soros/Ferguson connection.

http://tinyurl.com/pl2xt7z

Why can't we deport him and everyone in his organizations and seize their assets? What good is having laws against treason if they're never enforced? That bastard is clearly trying to destroy our country, but there's nothing we can do to stop him? I don't buy it.

Freedom isn't a suicide pact.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at January 15, 2015 09:17 AM (0HooB)

46 Upon reading the article from Yahoo on Pope Francis, I find it more nuanced than "They got what they deserved."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2015 09:17 AM (DXzRD)

47 22
Well, we have a "mohammed" and an "Obama". Is there a difference?

Posted by: Roy at January 15, 2015 09:12 AM (VndSC)

One has an "h, d" and an "e" in it, the other has a "b" in it.

That's the only difference I see.

Posted by: Nip Sip at January 15, 2015 09:17 AM (0FSuD)

48 If y'all get tired of gnawing on the same old bones over and over, here's a tidbit that I found interesting. Parse this one:

Economic costs of psoriasis calculated by researcher as approximately $112 billion in 2013.

https://tinyurl.com/pdrohq2

Consider a couple of numbers- GDP in the range of what, 14 trillion? roughly 5.5 million people with psoriasis. That 112 billion number seems awfully high. This strikes me as a "butterfly flapping its wings in the Amazon" sort of ripple financial analysis, aka BS. This is what passes as science these days.

Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at January 15, 2015 09:17 AM (NeFrd)

49 Duke jumps the shark, Wake jumps the shark...

YAY institutes of higher learning!

Posted by: Citizen X at January 15, 2015 09:17 AM (7ObY1)

50 37 How many more people must suffer before we have sensible butt control?!!
Posted by: joncelli at January 15, 2015 09:15 AM (RD7QR)

Kardashian sisters hardest hit. Mooch next in line.

Also....
never mind
delete

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 15, 2015 09:17 AM (eeTCA)

51 Polar Bear Next to Igloo in a Snowstorm. I like it, rd.

Posted by: Mega at January 15, 2015 09:18 AM (hHFOx)

52 IRS Watchdog: Elderly and Disabled Taxpayers Not Allowed to Leave Messages

Because... shut up that's why.

Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at January 15, 2015 09:18 AM (XzRw1)

53 The lady has some serious perseverance to pursue the butt assault case for 7 years.

Posted by: Citizen X at January 15, 2015 09:19 AM (7ObY1)

54 7 How many more people must suffer before we have sensible butt control?!!

A person could drown if not careful.

Posted by: Steve Kroft at January 15, 2015 09:19 AM (XzRw1)

55 EUROPES LEADING RABBI JEWS MUST BEGIN CARRYING GUNS
TOP JEWISH ORG PETITIONS EU TO PERMIT JEWS TO CARRY GUNS

Great Idea, but hey how about us Jews in NJ?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 15, 2015 09:19 AM (Zmw74)

56 man I hate writing recommendation letters

Posted by: chemjeff at January 15, 2015 09:14 AM (9GG/0)

****

Chemjeff- you should find the book of Intentionally Ambiguous Recommendations (I don't know the exact title, but it's along those lines).

two examples:

"He was always high in our opinion."

"You will be fortunate indeed if he comes to work for your firm."

Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at January 15, 2015 09:19 AM (NeFrd)

57 Pope says Charlie Hebdo got what they should expect

The essence of moral courage is to expect bad things to happen when you do the right thing--and do it anyway.

If Christ is the foundation of Christianity, such courage would be the structural supports.

Let justice be done, though the heavens fall...

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Unrepresented & FARK refugee at January 15, 2015 09:20 AM (DT3rQ)

58 I should note that the protestors tantrum-throwing toddlers in Boston secured themselves to and through concrete-filled barrels on a bridge. Seems to me this is a problem with the potential to solve itself, courtesy of Sir Isaac Newton...
Posted by: Brother Cavil
Direct water hoses on them. Not water cannon; just plain hoses. You're concerned for them and you want them to be "hydrated". And make sure that the water pools. I doubt that they are in the lee of the wind. When/if they are ready to be arrested, claim that the wagon cannot get there, due to traffic delays.

Ensure that the cops on the scene are supplied with cocoa at regular intervals. Don't forget the marshmellows.

Posted by: Blue Hen at January 15, 2015 09:20 AM (Spluw)

59 Pope: ""I am worried, but you know I have a defect: a good dose of carelessness. I'm careless about these things," he said. But he admitted that in his prayers, he had asked that if something were to happen to him that "it doesn't hurt, because I'm not very courageous when it comes to pain. I'm very timid."

ahgghghghghghghghg...

Posted by: Feh at January 15, 2015 09:20 AM (qXRfP)

60 "How many more people must suffer before we have sensible butt control?!! "

Am I the only Moron who is aware that Brian William's daughter was on "Girls" getting Butt motorboated last night?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 15, 2015 09:20 AM (enGVd)

61 Melissa Harris-Perry? Sorry, can't seem to recall what kind of bullshit she committed. Although her pretentious snooty name makes me suspect she's a special snowflake, straight up.

Posted by: Kraken at January 15, 2015 09:21 AM (s+qrv)

62 Am I the only Moron who is aware that Brian William's daughter was on "Girls" getting Butt motorboated last night?

He's so proud.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 15, 2015 09:21 AM (659DL)

63 Oh boy! Obama just opened travel to Cuba!

Price of hookers to sky rocket.

Posted by: Nip Sip at January 15, 2015 09:21 AM (0FSuD)

64 Brian must be so proud.

Posted by: Feh at January 15, 2015 09:21 AM (qXRfP)

65 Am I the only Moron who is aware that Brian William's daughter was on "Girls" getting Butt motorboated last night?Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 15, 2015 09:20 AM (enGVd) No, but you might be the only Moron who gives a fuck.

Posted by: maddogg at January 15, 2015 09:21 AM (xWW96)

66 Oh boy! Obama just opened travel to Cuba!

It's like Haiti.

WITH NO INTERNET!!!

IN SPANISH!!!

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 15, 2015 09:22 AM (659DL)

67 * takes a slug of coffee *
* Oh! That's better! *

Morning MH. What's the temperature up your way?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2015 09:22 AM (vPh3W)

68 Well, her ass was getting kissed, so it's an improvement on Dad's daily routine.

Posted by: Blue Hen at January 15, 2015 09:22 AM (Spluw)

69 Ah, here it is:

The Lexicon of Intentionally Ambiguous Recommendations available on Amazon (use Ace's link)

Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at January 15, 2015 09:22 AM (NeFrd)

70 On Ace's internet, Open Thread deals with YOU!

Posted by: komrad fluffy at January 15, 2015 09:23 AM (Ua6T/)

71 Butt motorboated?

Do you need champagne for that?

Posted by: Steve Kroft at January 15, 2015 09:23 AM (0FSuD)

72 I think a mohammed is runnier than an Obama.An Obama may or may not contain peanuts.

Posted by: steevy at January 15, 2015 09:23 AM (v5UtH)

73 61 Melissa Harris-Perry? Sorry, can't seem to recall what kind of bullshit she committed. Although her pretentious snooty name makes me suspect she's a special snowflake, straight up.
Posted by: Kraken at January 15, 2015 09:21 AM (s+qrv)

She once said that children belong to society collectively, and she also wore tampons as earrings.

Not at the same time.

Posted by: rickl at January 15, 2015 09:23 AM (zoehZ)

74 Hate Money - it's a hit
Don't give me that do goody-good bullshit

Posted by: Citizen X at January 15, 2015 09:23 AM (7ObY1)

75 Nip - You didn't respond to my comment last night about Duke and the muzzies....

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2015 09:24 AM (vPh3W)

76 *stomps into thread*

*looks around for cat...kicks Hector instead*

Mother********ing, c****sucking leftist **************************s!!!!!!!

'Black lives matter' assholes have been blocking my way into Boston today, chaining themselves to barrels in the middle of both sides of 93. Kudos to the state police who removed the cretins before the commuters had a go at them.

http://tinyurl.com/pfxaedp

I can't add any more to this stupid shit.

*here endeth the rant*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 15, 2015 09:24 AM (knoK7)

77 Am I the only Moron who is aware that Brian William's daughter was on "Girls" getting Butt motorboated last night?
All the Morons/ettes from the ONT two days ago.

Posted by: andycanuck at January 15, 2015 09:24 AM (L6/+u)

78 Upon reading the article from Yahoo on Pope Francis, I find it more nuanced than "They got what they deserved."

I know FS, but nuance doesn't work as good as red-meat clickbait on the Interwebz

Posted by: McCool at January 15, 2015 09:24 AM (nCSwS)

79 IN SPANISH!!!

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 15, 2015 09:22 AM (659DL)

With less Cholera.

Posted by: Nip Sip at January 15, 2015 09:24 AM (0FSuD)

80 A Mohammad smells of goat. An Obama, of urine.

Posted by: Feh at January 15, 2015 09:24 AM (qXRfP)

81
OK, the Pope is wrong about limiting free speech. But consider this:

"If my good friend Dr. Gasparri says a curse word against my mother, he can expect a punch," Francis said, throwing a pretend punch his way.

I believe that makes the Pope officially more manly than our President.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 15, 2015 09:24 AM (JtwS4)

82 62 Am I the only Moron who is aware that Brian William's daughter was on "Girls" getting Butt motorboated last night?

He's so proud.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 15, 2015 09:21 AM (659DL)

Ah fame, such a fleeting thing. She can advertise underwear, I suppose. The guy.... maybe Scope, or dental floss.

Posted by: Kraken at January 15, 2015 09:24 AM (s+qrv)

83 An Obama may or may not contain peanuts.

Only if the stoner has been munching out on Snickers.

Posted by: fluffy at January 15, 2015 09:24 AM (Ua6T/)

84 61 Melissa Harris-Perry? Sorry, can't seem to recall what kind of bullshit she committed

She wore tampon earrings on MSNBC, for starters.

Posted by: Citizen X at January 15, 2015 09:24 AM (7ObY1)

85
Morning MH. What's the temperature up your way?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2015 09:22

A balmy 21 with an expected high of 34
Woot-Woot!!!!!
January thaw coming.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 15, 2015 09:25 AM (eeTCA)

86 I can't add any more to this stupid shit.

I'll add two words: rotten tomatoes.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at January 15, 2015 09:25 AM (0HooB)

87 Apparently, one of the more correct terms is "Swamp Boating".

Also, "Goin' mudding"

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 15, 2015 09:25 AM (enGVd)

88 84 61 Melissa Harris-Perry? Sorry, can't seem to recall what kind of bullshit she committed

She wore tampon earrings on MSNBC, for starters.
Posted by: Citizen X at January 15, 2015 09:24 AM (7ObY1)

She could have been Wake President if she would have shove a dildo down her throat.

No offense CBD

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 15, 2015 09:26 AM (eeTCA)

89 75
Nip - You didn't respond to my comment last night about Duke and the muzzies....

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2015 09:24 AM (vPh3W)

Must have been gone. I discussed it earlier, mentioned National Cathedral in DC lets the Mohammedans have services.
Also suggested frats bring a pet pig the show. What did you say?

Posted by: Nip Sip at January 15, 2015 09:26 AM (0FSuD)

90 What's with the religious being so touchy about insults? Insults are harmless.

Laws do the real damage.

Posted by: Feh at January 15, 2015 09:26 AM (qXRfP)

91 60 "How many more people must suffer before we have sensible butt control?!! "

Am I the only Moron who is aware that Brian William's daughter was on "Girls" getting Butt motorboated last night?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 15, 2015 09:20 AM (enGVd)

I will not watch that show...because Lena Dunham naked. Yuuuuck.

Posted by: Insomniac at January 15, 2015 09:26 AM (2Ojst)

92 I'll add two words: rotten tomatoes.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at January 15, 2015 09:25 AM

Given the temps right now, someone wisely suggested fire hoses.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 15, 2015 09:27 AM (knoK7)

93 Calcagno claims that Springfield struck her while performing in the crowd during an Aug. 28, 2004 concert at Chevy Court. His buttocks caused "serious, disabling and permanent injuries," according to her 2007 lawsuit.

Beware the power of my incredibly tight arse, bitchez!

Posted by: Citizen X at January 15, 2015 09:27 AM (7ObY1)

94 Nip - As I recall, you have a son that went to Duke. I hope he is on the phone to the President's Office, and the Alumni Association. The phone line would be glowing red if it were me.
http://tinyurl.com/kp56gdh

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2015 09:27 AM (vPh3W)

95 Protesters in Boston, leave them sit there. Eventually they will get cold and go home. Ignore them

Posted by: Mackeral Politifactual at January 15, 2015 09:28 AM (VsSPM)

96 Barack Obama is a SCOAMT.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 15, 2015 09:28 AM (kff5f)

97 The book on ambiguous recommendations looks like quite a funny book. Some examples:

http://tinyurl.com/nunu9ul

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2015 09:28 AM (DXzRD)

98 Kudos to the state police who removed the cretins before the commuters had a go at them.

They probably want (or think they want) a violent reaction. As tempting as it would be to kick their ribs into splinters, a gallon of water would be quite punishing in this weather.

Posted by: fluffy at January 15, 2015 09:28 AM (Ua6T/)

99 MH - Hmm. Well, 25 deg here in the sunny south.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2015 09:28 AM (vPh3W)

100 DEAL WITH IT?!?!?!

Posted by: Al Sharpton on MSNBC at January 15, 2015 09:28 AM (Rx8ML)

101 Come! Come to the island paradise I have created!

Gone is the horrible Bautista regime, which enabled drunkenness, exploited Cuba's women, ran crooked gambling, and no free healthcare.

Come!

Come! Vacation in Cuba!

Come to Cuba for:

The Rum!

The 13 year old hookers!!!

The state run Casinos!!!!

The Exotic Tropical STDs!!!

Come!

To Cuba!!!

Posted by: Fidel Castro at January 15, 2015 09:28 AM (KBvAm)

102 Duke jumps the shark, Wake jumps the shark...

Pawn jumps Queen. Knight jumps Queen. Everybody jumps Queen.......

Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2015 09:29 AM (cMHWz)

103 We're almost at 20 degrees here in the greater Buffalo area.

It's a warm spell.

First time out of the single digits/teens since it was a balmy 54 degrees on January 5th.

Posted by: Citizen X at January 15, 2015 09:30 AM (7ObY1)

104 I'll got to Cuba when its entire political class drops dead.

Posted by: Feh at January 15, 2015 09:30 AM (qXRfP)

105 @94

He's a double Dukie, BA, MBA and his girl friend is a Dukie. Already emailed him. Sort of sad, he use to give money to the Chapel.

That's over.

Posted by: Nip Sip at January 15, 2015 09:30 AM (0FSuD)

106 I think we should have a thread on the "Lexicon of Intentionally ambiguous recommendations (L.I.A.R)
for Obama's next job.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2015 09:30 AM (DXzRD)

107 Wow, the Pope's statement on Charlie Hebdo...just wow.

Why can't we deport [Soros] and everyone in his organizations and seize their assets?

Here's just one example why: Chelsea Clinton held her wedding at Soros' daughter's house. Now that's being tight w/the Clinton's, no?

Posted by: Lizzy at January 15, 2015 09:30 AM (ABcz/)

108 Pawn jumps Queen. Knight jumps Queen. Everybody jumps Queen.......

Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2015 09:29 AM (cMHWz)

Queen jumps Queen- but only on pay-per-view.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 15, 2015 09:30 AM (kff5f)

109 Saw the Academy Awards nominations on Fox this am. There needs to be a new category, the "Affirmative Action Best Picture". Seems Selma was nominated for Best Picture, but not any other major category. Hmmmm. And Clint Eastwood was nominated for Director, but American Sniper was for multiple categories. Hmmmm.

Posted by: RedDish at January 15, 2015 09:30 AM (5eXg1)

110 I'll got to Cuba when its entire political class drops dead.
Posted by: Feh
------------------

Last time that happened, Fidel arranged it.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2015 09:31 AM (vPh3W)

111 Now that another attack has occurred by the ROP and a terrorism summit is in the works next month. That Obama certainly will take his opportunity to push His ideas
, gun rights , free speech rights
What does this portend for america or the west . and Why is Media complacent or willing to be told what their Opinions are allowed?

Are they this stupid or just willing participants?

tossed and turned last night.

Posted by: willow at January 15, 2015 09:31 AM (nqBYe)

112 Walker/Romney '16

Defense: West
State: Rubio
AG/Justice: Cruz
Treasury: R. Paul
Energy: Palin
HHS: Jindal

Viable?

Posted by: Feh at January 15, 2015 09:31 AM (qXRfP)

113 If I might add my two cents about an Obama, it may also contain dog hair.

Posted by: HugoStiglitz at January 15, 2015 09:31 AM (Moh0M)

114 American Sniper has six Oscar nominations.

Selma, not so much.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 15, 2015 09:31 AM (enGVd)

115 99 MH - Hmm. Well, 25 deg here in the sunny south.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2015 09:28 AM (vPh3W

Ah the joys of mountain living.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 15, 2015 09:31 AM (eeTCA)

116 As tempting as it would be to kick their ribs into splinters, a gallon of water would be quite punishing in this weather.

Posted by: fluffy at January 15, 2015 09:28 AM

Exactly what one radio caller suggested. Me, all I could hear in my head was Eddie Murphy's voice saying "May I suggest using your nightstick, officer?"

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 15, 2015 09:31 AM (knoK7)

117 Fret, Fret .

Posted by: willow at January 15, 2015 09:32 AM (nqBYe)

118 edit at 109 Sorry, Eastwood was NOT nominated.

Posted by: RedDish at January 15, 2015 09:32 AM (5eXg1)

119 "You won't find many people like him."

(In fact most people detest him)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2015 09:33 AM (DXzRD)

120 93 Calcagno claims that Springfield struck her while performing in the crowd during an Aug. 28, 2004 concert at Chevy Court. His buttocks caused "serious, disabling and permanent injuries," according to her 2007 lawsuit.

Beware the power of my incredibly tight arse, bitchez!
Posted by: Citizen X at January 15, 2015 09:27 AM (7ObY1)

His glutes are brutes!

Posted by: Insomniac at January 15, 2015 09:33 AM (2Ojst)

121 29 in CLT, it's not just the mts.

Either snow, or warm up.

Posted by: Nip Sip at January 15, 2015 09:33 AM (0FSuD)

122 Here's just one example why: Chelsea Clinton held her wedding at Soros' daughter's house. Now that's being tight w/the Clinton's, no?

His organizations are violating the law for non-profits by spewing left-wing propaganda and there's nothing that can be done about it. He has openly declared his goal of destroying our country, yet he operates with impunity.

#WASTF

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at January 15, 2015 09:33 AM (0HooB)

123 And those racist Academy Award bastards *still* didn't nominate me for a best actress or supporting actress award.
Oh when will my oppression end???????????

Posted by: Oprah Winfrey at January 15, 2015 09:34 AM (ABcz/)

124 117 Fret, Fret .
Posted by: willow at January 15, 2015 09:32 AM (nqBYe)

Cello, guitar, or mandolin?

Posted by: Kraken at January 15, 2015 09:35 AM (s+qrv)

125
At least it's not another '2016 options suck' thread.

Does anybody else like Agent Carter?

Posted by: Lea hates Peppa Pig but will watch it for freedom (not really) at January 15, 2015 09:35 AM (lIU4e)

126 Lazily wondering this morning where are the screams of outrage on separation of Church and State as relates to the "most beautiful sound on earth" call to prayer at Duke University?

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 15, 2015 09:35 AM (6C3ns)

127 An open thread is tantamount to manspreading, a microaggression. (She said "mount".)

Posted by: fly gal at January 15, 2015 09:35 AM (pyh+9)

128 Backwards Boys in a sane america that i thought i lived That would make them unelectable.

i have woken up.
not gratefully but bitterly.

Posted by: willow at January 15, 2015 09:36 AM (nqBYe)

129 Her ass has much mass!

Posted by: andycanuck at January 15, 2015 09:36 AM (L6/+u)

130 And those racist Academy Award bastards *still* didn't nominate me for a best actress or supporting actress award.
Oh when will my oppression end???????????
Posted by: Oprah Winfrey
-----------------

Here, have this nice consolation prize, a Tom Ford purse.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2015 09:36 AM (vPh3W)

131 Viable?

Possibly, but I prefer this ticket.

http://backwardsboy.blogspot.com/2014/07/if-i-were-ted-cruz.html

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at January 15, 2015 09:36 AM (0HooB)

132 Yeah it's an open thread. Deal with it.

I can't deal with this today. I can't I tell you.

*Wanders off*

Posted by: Hopped Up On Something at January 15, 2015 09:36 AM (NHtMs)

133 Does anybody else like Agent Carter?

I liked the premier, but I haven't seen this week's episode yet (no spoilers, please). I like what I've seen so far.

Also, to quote Peanut: "She's hawt."

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 15, 2015 09:36 AM (kff5f)

134 "It appears that our situation has not improved."

Posted by: Dr. Jones Senior at January 15, 2015 09:37 AM (VsSPM)

135 Sniper opens today.

Gonna have to break down and go see a movie in the theater.

Posted by: rd at January 15, 2015 09:38 AM (k19Aq)

136 kraken more the verklempt fret.

Posted by: willow at January 15, 2015 09:38 AM (nqBYe)

137 Lazily wondering this morning where are the screams of outrage on separation of Church and State as relates to the "most beautiful sound on earth" call to prayer at Duke University?
Posted by: Lady in Black
---------------

In this case there will be lots of mewling about it being a private school. On any other issue, there would be screaming about the fact that they take Federal money (by the barrel) in the form of grants and loans.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2015 09:39 AM (vPh3W)

138 Not that the MSM will notice, but Obama had the time and inclination to send a congratulatory tweet to the two guys who scaled El Capitain, complete w/a photo of him in front of a painting of said peak w/ a thumbs up sign (so, not recycled photo), and yet......not any public statements in solidarity of the French re: Je Suis Charlie yet?

Now what could that mean?

Posted by: Lizzy at January 15, 2015 09:39 AM (ABcz/)

139 121 29 in CLT, it's not just the mts.

Either snow, or warm up.
Posted by: Nip Sip at January 15, 2015 09:33 AM (0FSuD)

Well maybe all those Muzzies at Duke can help you folks out in NC with your Climate Change. Little sand people must be cold as well?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 15, 2015 09:39 AM (eeTCA)

140 Gonna have to break down and go see a movie in the theater.

--

I couldn't even get through the trailer Martha McCollum played on The Kelly File the other day without getting teary-eyed. It looks to be a very powerful, emotional film.

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 15, 2015 09:39 AM (6C3ns)

141 Lena Dunham is approaching thirty. Her biological clock is ticking and every day that passes her chance of producing offspring rapidly decreases. We are still in the danger zone but things are looking better.

Posted by: George Orwell de Leon at January 15, 2015 09:39 AM (1BQGO)

142 Now what could that mean?

Je Suis un muslim

Posted by: Your President at January 15, 2015 09:40 AM (7ObY1)

143 Jim Geraghty quotes confirmed lefty NYT columnist and CFR president Les Gelb as going into full-scale panic that the Progressives still have two years in which they can destroy civilization.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/01/13/this-is-obama-s-last-foreign-policy-chance.html

Posted by: MTF at January 15, 2015 09:40 AM (6um35)

144 Me, all I could hear in my head was Eddie Murphy's voice saying "May I suggest using your nightstick, officer?"

** golf clap **

Posted by: fluffy at January 15, 2015 09:41 AM (Ua6T/)

145 "You can not provoke."

So when there are provocative street protesters in the street, provoking ordinary people who are simply trying to live their meaningless ordinary lives, to violence then it is ok to give the protesters what they want.

It would be the Christian thing to do, give them what they want and pound them into a bloody smear on the pavement.

Posted by: Pope Francis at January 15, 2015 09:41 AM (VsSPM)

146 The Luap Nor Institute published and then deleted an article calling the Charlie Hebdo attacks a false flag operation because of the unparalleled professionalism of the attack, looking more like a special forces raid than a terrorist attack.

Because going to the wrong place and having to actually ask for directions is the high of professionalism and elite training yo. Totes.

Posted by: Neil DeGrasse Tyson at January 15, 2015 09:41 AM (SQkRc)

147 My tampon earringth are a thymbol of my tholidarity with the thtruggle for womenth righth.

God, my thpeech impediment ith tho thevere.

Posted by: Mellitha Harrith-Perry at January 15, 2015 09:42 AM (7ObY1)

148 I think we should have a thread on the
"Lexicon of Intentionally ambiguous recommendations (L.I.A.R) for Obama's next job.

Fluffer.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2015 09:43 AM (cMHWz)

149 It's Thursday. Thursday is podcast day.

Posted by: Sheldon Cooper at January 15, 2015 09:43 AM (nCSwS)

150 The thread, its arms wide open.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at January 15, 2015 09:44 AM (fIv/H)

151 alright, i'm weary of pulling at my own hair, besides the sore scalp.
so i need a willing participant to step up that likes to be hurt.

also i wear boots that kick your shins nicely.

Posted by: willow at January 15, 2015 09:44 AM (nqBYe)

152 alright, i'm weary of pulling at my own hair, besides the sore scalp.
so i need a willing participant to step up that likes to be hurt.

also i wear boots that kick your shins nicely.

Posted by: willow at January 15, 2015 09:44 AM (nqBYe)

153 Posted by: Mellitha Harrith-Perry at January 15, 2015 09:42 AM (7ObY1)

Oh, you thpethial little thnowflake!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 15, 2015 09:44 AM (Zu3d9)

154 137 Lazily wondering this morning where are the screams of outrage on separation of Church and State as relates to the "most beautiful sound on earth" call to prayer at Duke University?
Posted by: Lady in Black
---------------

In this case there will be lots of mewling about it being a private school. On any other issue, there would be screaming about the fact that they take Federal money (by the barrel) in the form of grants and loans.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2015 09:39 AM (vPh3W)

So, church bells ringing on campus are now okay?

Posted by: eman at January 15, 2015 09:44 AM (MQEz6)

155 Posted by: willow at January 15, 2015 09:44 AM (nqBYe)

Oh Baby-Baby

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 15, 2015 09:45 AM (eeTCA)

156 also i wear boots that kick your shins nicely.

Posted by: willow at January 15, 2015 09:44 AM (nqBYe)

I volunteer BC as tribute!

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 15, 2015 09:45 AM (kff5f)

157 Does anybody else like Agent Carter?
Posted by: Lea hates Peppa Pig

Yes. The feminist crap is a bit much, but Hollywood won't allow anything to be made without injecting leftist politics. Starting bets on when we see the brilliant, unappreciated, poorly treated person of color appears.

The daily double will be whether this character appears before or after the first gay character.
If they're one and the same, that's the trifecta.

Posted by: Blue Hen at January 15, 2015 09:45 AM (Spluw)

158 alright, i'm weary of pulling at my own hair, besides the sore scalp.
so i need a willing participant to step up that likes to be hurt.

also i wear boots that kick your shins nicely.

I volunteer CBD, that antisemite crossbowist has it coming.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Unrepresented & FARK refugee at January 15, 2015 09:46 AM (DT3rQ)

159 ** golf clap **

Posted by: fluffy at January 15, 2015 09:41 AM

It was a tiny moment of humor amidst the suck.

And given the number of State police cars I saw flying down the breakdown lane, I was reminded of the scene from one of the Terminator movies (2?):

How many cops are out there?

Umm...all of them I think.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 15, 2015 09:46 AM (knoK7)

160 Willow is here early.
that must mean something.

Posted by: Michelle Learner at January 15, 2015 09:46 AM (VsSPM)

161 Yeah, so I binged Melissa harris whatever and tampons. Yeah, total dumbass.

Posted by: Kraken at January 15, 2015 09:46 AM (s+qrv)

162 Just found Agent Carter on Hulu but stopped watching early on to put on Galavant for the kid. I'll try watching it another time

Posted by: Bigby's Chicken Fingers at January 15, 2015 09:46 AM (3ZtZW)

163 157 Does anybody else like Agent Carter?
Posted by: Lea hates Peppa Pig

I'm surprised she wasn't a black man who was trapped in a woman's body who enjoyed sex with all the genders. And I mean all the genders.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 15, 2015 09:47 AM (eeTCA)

164 Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 15, 2015 09:46 AM (knoK7)

Which is immediately followed by the cops all being mini-gunned in the leg. "They'll live."

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 15, 2015 09:47 AM (kff5f)

165 Allen, it is a good fit, Yet atc already pummels him frequently , it seems wrong to take advantage .

BC are you here?

Posted by: willow at January 15, 2015 09:47 AM (nqBYe)

166 MA State Troopers do not fuck around.

Posted by: eman at January 15, 2015 09:47 AM (MQEz6)

167 I'll pass on Agent Carter. There's enough feminazi bullshit in real life without turning on more of it on purpose.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at January 15, 2015 09:47 AM (0HooB)

168 I like Agent Carter, but yeah, the feminist stuff is annoying.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 15, 2015 09:47 AM (ABcz/)

169 atc already pummels him frequently , it seems wrong to take advantage .

That's why I volunteered him- he's already got the calluses built up, so it won't hurt him as much.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 15, 2015 09:48 AM (kff5f)

170 Just found Agent Carter on Hulu but stopped watching early on to put on Galavant

Galavant has some funny bits. I keep thinking that its similar to Mel Brooks. Some of the musical numbers are surprisingly good.

Posted by: Blue Hen at January 15, 2015 09:48 AM (Spluw)

171 Which is immediately followed by the cops all being mini-gunned in the leg. "They'll live."

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 15, 2015 09:47 AM

That would be the one I was thinking of!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 15, 2015 09:48 AM (knoK7)

172 I'm surprised she wasn't a black man who was trapped in a woman's body who enjoyed sex with all the genders. And I mean all the genders.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 15, 2015 09:47 AM (eeTCA)

All 57 of them?

Posted by: Insomniac at January 15, 2015 09:48 AM (2Ojst)

173 166 MA State Troopers do not fuck around.

Posted by: eman at January 15, 2015 09:47 AM (MQEz6)

Nor does Billy The Mountain and his lovely wife Ethel.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 15, 2015 09:48 AM (eeTCA)

174 (L.I.A.R) for Obama's next job.

"No President could be better than Obama."
(and we may try that, next time)

Posted by: Stringer Davis at January 15, 2015 09:49 AM (xq1UY)

175 168 I like Agent Carter, but yeah, the feminist stuff is annoying.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 15, 2015 09:47 AM (ABcz/)

I'll stick with "The Bridge", I guess.

Posted by: Kraken at January 15, 2015 09:49 AM (s+qrv)

176 168 I like Agent Carter, but yeah, the feminist stuff is annoying.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 15, 2015 09:47 AM (ABcz/)

Try it with the sound off?

Posted by: eman at January 15, 2015 09:49 AM (MQEz6)

177
Willow! Here, this will make you feel better. It always works for me.

http://tinyurl.com/8wrcqco

Posted by: maddogg at January 15, 2015 09:49 AM (xWW96)

178 Good morning morons. On this day in 1776,

ah who cares our nation is ending and all memory of the truth is being systematically erased. Chaos evil and stupid have won.

Posted by: Edgar Allan Schmoe at January 15, 2015 09:49 AM (OLFrt)

179 What is the meaning of all of this?

There must be meaning.

To go through life meaningless would be hell.

Posted by: Michael Lerner at January 15, 2015 09:49 AM (VsSPM)

180 Over my dead body, Schmoe.

Posted by: Feh at January 15, 2015 09:50 AM (qXRfP)

181 166 MA State Troopers do not fuck around.
=========================

Then I don't know why they didn't spray a water cannon on these clowns. Nothing like the possibility of freezing your ass to get them protestors headed indoors. I never understood why the Ferguson cops also didn't do that same thing.

Posted by: MTF at January 15, 2015 09:50 AM (6um35)

182 Galavant is a hoot. Very Python-esque.

And yeah, the songs are the best part. Interesting plot devices too, especially the one where the first heroine (the current Queen) turns out to be a real PIA instead of the typical storybook character.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at January 15, 2015 09:51 AM (0HooB)

183 Posted by: Edgar Allan Schmoe at January 15, 2015 09:49 AM (OLFrt)

I laughed, then didn't.

Posted by: Golfman in NC at January 15, 2015 09:51 AM (GqEzX)

184 ok since my query was passed by. Is agenda 21 a real concern at this time?

Posted by: willow at January 15, 2015 09:51 AM (nqBYe)

185 >>Try it with the sound off?

She is dishy, and the gal's got curves!
Who OK'd that?!? Thought there was an "only badass waifs allowed " rule in Hollywood nowadays.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 15, 2015 09:51 AM (ABcz/)

186 Does anyone understand Ressurrection? We just started watching it. Why isn't everyone freaking the beep out at dead people showing up?

Posted by: Blue Hen at January 15, 2015 09:51 AM (Spluw)

187 "I never understood why the Ferguson cops also didn't do that same thing"

PC trepidation.

Posted by: Feh at January 15, 2015 09:51 AM (qXRfP)

188 lol at the ambiguous recommendation letters. I love it.

a carefully placed comma makes all the difference:

"He won't do anything which will lower your high regard for him."

"He won't do anything, which will lower your high regard for him."

Posted by: chemjeff at January 15, 2015 09:51 AM (9GG/0)

189 Well the high school has chosen another stinker of a play to perform for the spring UIL competition. Last year, they had to cancel the production of "The Rimers of Eldritch" because many of the parents of cast members and the cast themselves became increasingly uncomfortable with the murder, rape, and sexual-themed dialogue of the play. Even whittled down, it was too much. Some key members of the cast withdrew in the final week of rehearsals - they just couldn't take it any more.

Well now it's "The Best of Everything" a pre Mad Men era early 1950's treatment ala "Sex and the City" and "Girls" A terrible story badly written but chock full of sex, premarital sex, extra marital sex, lechery, back alley abortion, death, partner counts, losing one's virginity and innocence, sexual assault and harassment in the office.

They sent home the script for the parents to review. I have forwarded my thoughts to the theatre director and the school principal, namely, not with my daughter in this crapfest are you putting on this piece of excrement.

WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH OL' BILL SHAKESPEARE'S ROMEO AND JULIET FOR HIGH SCHOOL FOR CRYING OUT LOUD???

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 15, 2015 09:51 AM (JO9+V)

190 "So, church bells ringing on campus are now okay? "

Yeah, sure.

Posted by: anon a mouse at January 15, 2015 09:51 AM (/jpU8)

191 There's enough feminazi bullshit in real life without turning on more of it on purpose.

Unless they turned it to 11 in the second episode, I don't see it really as "feminazi" or really even as super feminist.

The main character- Peggy Carter- has gone from the 2nd most important (or 3rd, depending on how you count) member of the SSR to a glorified secretary in the same outfit. At the same time, in the Captain America Radio Show, she's been completely written out for some fainting-violet character.

Needless to say, she's chaffing a bit.

The rest of the women you meet are much more sanguine about their situation. Most of them are just about to be let go from war-time jobs, what with the war over and all, and are trying to figure out what to do with themselves.

I roll my eyes at some of it, but it's not terrible.

And Jarvis is hilarious.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 15, 2015 09:51 AM (kff5f)

192 The SMOD is no match for #Radagast2016 and his Olde Toby smoking wizardriness.

Posted by: Radagast the Brown at January 15, 2015 09:52 AM (BRn3w)

193 Though they really needed to cast Paul Bettany in that role.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 15, 2015 09:52 AM (kff5f)

194 Posted by: MTF at January 15, 2015 09:50 AM

To their credit, though, they did clean up the trash quickly. At least on 93S. Not a douchebag to be seen by the time I got to where the 'protest' was supposed to be.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 15, 2015 09:52 AM (knoK7)

195 maddog, i will not click!

i know you and your propensity for spidering the innocent!

Posted by: willow at January 15, 2015 09:52 AM (nqBYe)

196 Yeah, MA SP are the least corrupted/patronage driven officers in the State. They were the only ones who ever went after Whitey Bulger during his twenty years of openly running an organized crime ring in broad daylight. Of course all the Boston Cops and FBI were in cahoots with the criminals, so the SP got shut off at every turn. At least they tried.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 15, 2015 09:52 AM (2cS/G)

197 Posted by: MTF at January 15, 2015 09:50 AM (6um35)

Something about optics.

Posted by: Zombie George Wallace at January 15, 2015 09:52 AM (GqEzX)

198 "I never understood why the Ferguson cops also didn't do that same thing"
------------------

It would have had a disparate effect on minorities.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2015 09:52 AM (l1zOH)

199 194th�

Posted by: @PeeteySDee at January 15, 2015 09:52 AM (BRn3w)

200 Damn!

Posted by: @PeeteySDee at January 15, 2015 09:53 AM (BRn3w)

201 "WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH OL' BILL SHAKESPEARE'S ROMEO AND JULIET FOR HIGH SCHOOL FOR CRYING OUT LOUD???"

Dead.White.Men.

Posted by: anon a mouse at January 15, 2015 09:53 AM (/jpU8)

202 184 ok since my query was passed by. Is agenda 21 a real concern at this time?
Posted by: willow at January 15, 2015 09:51 AM (nqBYe)

Probably yes, although the static caused by the news cycle makes it hard to stay focused on much. Which is a major point to the news cycle.

Posted by: Kraken at January 15, 2015 09:53 AM (s+qrv)

203 Obama, his face black, his eyes red.

Posted by: toby928(C) at January 15, 2015 09:53 AM (evdj2)

204 166 MA State Troopers do not fuck around.

MILITARIZED THUG TROOPERS!!!!!!!11!!!

Posted by: navycopjoe has another new kimber at January 15, 2015 09:54 AM (/2Qtx)

205 Obama, his face black, his eyes red."

Situation normal, then. AFU.

Posted by: anon a mouse at January 15, 2015 09:54 AM (/jpU8)

206 Mornin'. Coffee is especially delicious this morning as my two week-old son decided to wake up at 4 AM.

Oh, and 5 days until the new season of Justified!

Posted by: Mainah at January 15, 2015 09:55 AM (659DL)

207 WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH OL' BILL SHAKESPEARE'S ROMEO AND JULIET FOR HIGH SCHOOL FOR CRYING OUT LOUD???
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 15, 2015 09:51 AM (JO9+V

Throw it back in the PC faces, Annie Get Your Gun

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 15, 2015 09:55 AM (eeTCA)

208 kraken damn it, i keep hoping that was tin foil territory.

ties navycops shoe laces together.

and off to do chores.

Posted by: willow at January 15, 2015 09:55 AM (nqBYe)

209 Situation normal, then. AFU.
Posted by: anon
-------------------

FUBAR

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2015 09:55 AM (l1zOH)

210 @189 WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH OL' BILL SHAKESPEARE'S ROMEO AND JULIET FOR HIGH SCHOOL FOR CRYING OUT LOUD???

sex, premarital sex, extra marital sex, lechery, back alley abortion,
death, partner counts, losing one's virginity and innocence, sexual
assault and harassment in the office.

You answer your own question. And misunderestimate Willie da Shake.
You bite your thumb at me sir?

Posted by: Stringer Davis at January 15, 2015 09:55 AM (xq1UY)

211 WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH OL' BILL SHAKESPEARE'S ROMEO AND JULIET FOR HIGH SCHOOL FOR CRYING OUT LOUD???
Posted by: Count de Monet

Send him a treatment of the mighty mo video, done as a musical, since he's in to edgy shit.

Or,
a modern retelling of the Scarlet letter, using the UVa frat as the main characters, falsely accused by power made pressure groups and school administrators.

Posted by: Blue Hen at January 15, 2015 09:56 AM (Spluw)

212 I roll my eyes at some of it, but it's not terrible.

I gave up on it after watching a few of the commercials. It did look good for the first few, then it didn't.

I'll take Galavant any day. Or The Americans or Vikings, both of which start up soon. I'll wait.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at January 15, 2015 09:56 AM (0HooB)

213 154 So, church bells ringing on campus are now okay?

They should also recite Psalm 23 and The Lord's Prayer (King James Version, please).

And then, daily in the courtyard, they should reenact the "Put Edwina Back-in-Bowl" scene from Steve Martin's All of Me. http://tinyurl.com/bakinbol

That should cover everyone.

Posted by: edj at January 15, 2015 09:56 AM (klzyR)

214 Oh, you thpethial little thnowflake!

She makes me sound normal.

Posted by: Cindy Brady at January 15, 2015 09:56 AM (7ObY1)

215 WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH OL' BILL SHAKESPEARE'S ROMEO AND JULIET FOR HIGH SCHOOL FOR CRYING OUT LOUD???

We did Midsummer Night's Dream in the round my freshman year.

For UIL one-act, though, you don't want to do Shakespeare because it's too hard to cut down. And if I have to see Anne of the 1000 days again, Imma a cut a b*tch.

But there are much better plays out there. We did On Borrowed Time for UIL my freshman year, and we took it further than my high school had ever gotten in UIL competition.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 15, 2015 09:56 AM (kff5f)

216 Dead.White.Men.
Posted by: anon a mouse

Yea verily?

Posted by: Othello at January 15, 2015 09:56 AM (Spluw)

217 The Oprah's Selma snubbed again at the racist Oscars.

Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at January 15, 2015 09:57 AM (XzRw1)

218 208 ties navycops shoe laces together.

well that should make driving interesting

Posted by: navycopjoe has another new kimber at January 15, 2015 09:57 AM (/2Qtx)

219 A terrible story badly written but chock full of sex, premarital sex, extra marital sex, lechery, back alley abortion, death, partner counts, losing one's virginity and innocence, sexual assault and harassment in the office.

***************

So, "Grease?" "Cabaret?"

Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at January 15, 2015 09:57 AM (vgIRn)

220 Is agenda 21 a real concern at this time?

okay, Agenda 21 has a lot of crap that we as conservatives are opposed to anyway.

but by framing it in terms of this "Agenda 21" it makes us look like paranoid anti-UN nutcases.

I would prefer that we simply discuss the relevant issues involved that are contained within Agenda 21, instead of just dragging the UN into it.

Posted by: chemjeff at January 15, 2015 09:57 AM (9GG/0)

221 Artsy fartsy open thread! Corgis roll out!

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Unrepresented & FARK refugee at January 15, 2015 09:57 AM (DT3rQ)

222 FUBAR

Y'all got that right

Posted by: toby928(C) at January 15, 2015 09:57 AM (evdj2)

223 211 WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH OL' BILL SHAKESPEARE'S ROMEO AND JULIET FOR HIGH SCHOOL FOR CRYING OUT LOUD???

It's too hetero-cisnormative.

Troilus and Cressida has ghey characters. That one would be more acceptable.

Posted by: Citizen X at January 15, 2015 09:57 AM (7ObY1)

224
FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2015 09:17 AM (DXzRD)

I'm getting kinda tired of parsing this Pope's "nuanced" statements. I miss Benedict terribly. He understood who the enemy is. Francis is a political and economic idiot.

Posted by: Donna V. at January 15, 2015 09:57 AM (u0lmX)

225 203 Obama, his face black, his eyes red.
Posted by: toby928(C) at January 15, 2015 09:53 AM (evdj2)

Temba, his arms wide.

Posted by: Insomniac at January 15, 2015 09:58 AM (2Ojst)

226 Throw it back in the PC faces, Annie Get Your Gun

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 15, 2015 09:55 AM (eeTCA)

Ha! That'd be fantastic.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 15, 2015 09:58 AM (kff5f)

227
So...
This France thing is over?

Posted by: Willard P. at January 15, 2015 09:58 AM (VsSPM)

228 Heavily populated thread for a blow off, No Show Jones content free post. It's the least Ben could do, so that's what he did.

Posted by: Mr. Dave at January 15, 2015 09:58 AM (9OMfa)

229 We did Midsummer Night's Dream in the round my freshman year.

That play by the "mechanicals" at the end is one of the funniest damn things ever written.

Posted by: Citizen X at January 15, 2015 09:58 AM (7ObY1)

230 You answer your own question. And misunderestimate Willie da Shake.You bite your thumb at me sir?
Posted by: Stringer Davis

I doubt that he does. The bard was adept for writing a piece that appealed to multiple audiences simultaneously.
Compare that to cursing, bed-hopping fools. And then there's CGI.

Posted by: Blue Hen at January 15, 2015 09:59 AM (Spluw)

231 203 Obama, his face black, his eyes red.

His lips purple...

Posted by: Citizen X at January 15, 2015 09:59 AM (7ObY1)

232 217 The Oprah's Selma snubbed again at the racist Oscars.

Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at January 15, 2015 09:57 AM (XzRw1

The black movie won it last year, right? So it is someone else turn. Who knows. Who cares. Certainly not I

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 15, 2015 09:59 AM (eeTCA)

233 That play by the "mechanicals" at the end is one of the funniest damn things ever written.

Indeed. And they are "the Rude Mechanicals."

Even Billy S. liked rock and roll band names.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 15, 2015 10:00 AM (kff5f)

234 Kid loves the horses and songs/dancing on Galavant. Good find

Posted by: Bigby's Chicken Fingers at January 15, 2015 10:01 AM (3ZtZW)

235 Now I know ol' Bill could be a ribald as Al Goldstein when he wanted to be, but c'mon! Romeo and Juliet, love's first kiss, misunderstood teen love . . .

Its more the treatment of the subject matter and the explicitness in this production rather than it exists at all. This play opened(and closed quickly) off-Broadway in 2012 reviewed as Sex and the City without vibrators. For high schoolers, really Ms. Theatre Director???

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 15, 2015 10:01 AM (JO9+V)

236 231 203 Obama, his face black, his eyes red.

His lips purple...
Posted by: Citizen X at January 15, 2015 09:59 AM (7ObY1)

His breathing shallow?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 15, 2015 10:01 AM (eeTCA)

237 Pope? His hat blew off as he arrived in Manila. Somewhere in the RC surahs and kabbala there must be a significance for that. And it can't be good.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at January 15, 2015 10:02 AM (xq1UY)

238 Agenda 21 (the Rio Declaration) is an agreement, not a treaty. The US and other countries appended responses to the declaration, some quite critical.

It would be nice to disrupt the UN somehow.

Posted by: Feh at January 15, 2015 10:02 AM (qXRfP)

239
So leftists in deepblue states are continuing to make life uncomfortable for the liberal residents because "black lives matter." I feel sorry for the sensible people who were stuck on that freeway this morning, but since this was Boston, few are sensible. So - ha, ha. Live with it, idiots.

Posted by: Donna V. at January 15, 2015 10:03 AM (u0lmX)

240 It would be nice to disrupt the UN somehow.

You all know my proposed solution.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 15, 2015 10:04 AM (kff5f)

241 "55
EUROPES LEADING RABBI JEWS MUST BEGIN CARRYING GUNS

TOP JEWISH ORG PETITIONS EU TO PERMIT JEWS TO CARRY GUNS

Great Idea, but hey how about us Jews in NJ?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 15, 2015 09:19 AM (Zmw74)"

If you plan to remain in New Jersey, you will have to find some politicians to pull strings for you. This will probably cost you thousands of dollars for political contributions as well as probably hosting parties at your house where you persuade other people to write checks to your new politician friends.

You might try to leverage your synagogue membership in these activities. You might persuade other members of your congregation that they should press their elected officials to make the gun laws of New Jersey less onerous but, lets face it, you have a better chance of standing outside the synagogue building and causing it to levitate with your mind than you do of getting a large group of New Jersey Jews to change their views on gun control.

Or you can just move to some more normal "shall issue" state and go through their application process. Although out of state permits are not valid in New Jersey, there are some states that issue concealed carry licenses to out of state residents and those licenses are honored by reciprocity in some other states so this might be of some use to you if you travel outside of your home state. You will probably have to store your handgun outside of New Jersey, though.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at January 15, 2015 10:04 AM (KDbAT)

242
Temba, his arms wide.

Posted by: Insomniac at January 15, 2015 09:58 AM (2Ojst)

Shaka, when the walls fell. o.O

Posted by: Kinley Ardal at January 15, 2015 10:04 AM (9LuAk)

243 126 Lazily wondering this morning where are the screams of outrage on separation of Church and State as relates to the "most beautiful sound on earth" call to prayer at Duke University?

I think the local Scottish Association needs to have a pipe concert on Friday at 1:00 pm, or whenever.

Posted by: Fox2! at January 15, 2015 10:05 AM (brIR5)

244 240 It would be nice to disrupt the UN somehow.

You all know my proposed solution.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January

Fire? Salt?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 15, 2015 10:06 AM (eeTCA)

245 Cant wait to see her high school put on The Vagina Monologues. Sheesh.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 15, 2015 10:08 AM (JO9+V)

246 Does anyone understand Ressurrection? We just started watching it. Why isn't everyone freaking the beep out at dead people showing up?

Posted by: Blue Hen at January 15, 2015 09:51 AM (Spluw)

Not Dead Anymore Guy: Hi, Honey. I'm home!

Wife: But..but..but...You died. You're dead.

NDAG: Well, I don't know anything about that.

Wife: So....what's it like? The after life and all. Is there heaven?

NDAG: ......Eh....I don't really remember....

Wife: You died. Four years ago. And you don't know where you've been or what you've been doing?

NDAG: (shrugs).....

Wife: .......

NDAG: .........

Wife:.......So.......You want a sandwich or something?

NDAG: I could eat.

FIN

Posted by: Every Resurrection Episode at January 15, 2015 10:09 AM (0cMkb)

247 Good morning all. Speaking of protesters, at least there is a bit of good news around these parts. The Mall of America is prosecuting 10 leaders of the protesters that shut down the MOA just before Christmas.
http://www.startribune.com/local/west/288627921.html
Those businesses were not amused.

Posted by: Snowybits at January 15, 2015 10:10 AM (NUoa2)

248 I see Wes Anderson's latest movie was nominated for an Oscar.

I liked Rushmore. It was quirky and interesting.

Apparently Anderson only had a single idea since he's made the same quirky movie for 20 years in a row now.

How has he not grown bored of his own schtick? The audience obviously has.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at January 15, 2015 10:10 AM (ZPrif)

249 lol at the ambiguous recommendation letters. I love it.

****
Placement of commas or strategically placed spaces or ambiguous half spaces:

"You will find him out standing in his field."

The authors refer to an ambiguous smudge on the paper that might or might not be a comma, I think they called it a "squomma" or something similar.

Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at January 15, 2015 10:10 AM (NeFrd)

250 What gets me about Agent Carter is...

My memory may be all wrong, but IIRC...

After Jack Kirby brought back the original Captain America in Avengers #4? and he had his own series in Tales of Suspense (?) and was leader of the Avengers, Kirby did some stories of the WW2 Cap. That's where Peggy Carter was first introduced. When the WW2 stories ended, we saw her as an old lady. IIRC.

Time traveling from late 1960s Jack Kirby 4-color print to 2015 and Agent Carter of WW2 stars in a live-action network television mini-series. That's just... amusing to me. But, I've been amused to see all Kirby's characters brought to life. Dum Dum Dugan especially.

Mom never threw out my comic collection. It was stolen.

Posted by: mindful webworker - Agent of AoSHQ at January 15, 2015 10:11 AM (eauMe)

251 Pope? His hat blew off as he arrived in Manila. Somewhere in the RC surahs and kabbala there must be a significance for that. And it can't be good.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at January 15, 2015 10:02 AM (xq1UY)

***

Heh. God's living rent free in his head.

Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at January 15, 2015 10:12 AM (NeFrd)

252 201 "WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH OL' BILL SHAKESPEARE'S ROMEO AND JULIET FOR HIGH SCHOOL FOR CRYING OUT LOUD???"

It doesn't serve our purposes.

Posted by: The Frankfurt School at January 15, 2015 10:12 AM (zoehZ)

253 So the highway blocking asshole protesters ever get charged with a crime? Or, crazy idea, convicted?

Seems these fascist bastards never have to pay the price of their convictions. Yet I'm positive if I disrupted some leftist ceremony or event or workplace -- that i'd be arrested and charged and convicted of a crime.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at January 15, 2015 10:12 AM (ZPrif)

254 >>I see Wes Anderson's latest movie was nominated for an Oscar.

Yeah, I slept through most of that one.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 15, 2015 10:21 AM (ABcz/)

255 So, church bells ringing on campus are now okay?

They should also recite Psalm 23 and The Lord's Prayer (King James Version, please).

In Latin.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2015 10:24 AM (cMHWz)

256 "162
Just found Agent Carter on Hulu but stopped watching early on to put on Galavant for the kid. I'll try watching it another time

Posted by: Bigby's Chicken Fingers at January 15, 2015 09:46 AM (3ZtZW)"

If you are going to watch something on Hulu, I would recommend "Single Handed". In some ways it is kind of like the movie, "Lone Star" about a man who had been away from his remote, small home town but who has returned to be the the law enforcement officer where his father had previously had that job. It is set in a completely different place but it is good in its own way.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at January 15, 2015 10:28 AM (KDbAT)

257 Ace up!

Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2015 10:29 AM (cMHWz)

258 King James Version in Latin. I love this place.

Just look up the "ten figures" of the Duke Chapel (hint: no Latin required, in the theological sense), and think whether any Imam would allow them to coexist with the call-to-prayer. Something's gotta give there, and I think it's Sidney Lanier.

They already chiseled some on Robt E Lee's likeness (look up why. It's good.)
I expect Savonarola and the Methodist bishops will be next to go. Koran-owning T Jeff may be eaten last, or Luther, who said something nice about them once.

Remember, all land within sound of the call-to-prayer is Ummah, claimed territory.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at January 15, 2015 10:32 AM (xq1UY)

259 "248
I see Wes Anderson's latest movie was nominated for an Oscar.

I liked Rushmore. It was quirky and interesting.

Apparently Anderson only had a single idea since he's made the same quirky movie for 20 years in a row now.

How has he not grown bored of his own schtick? The audience obviously has.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at January 15, 2015 10:10 AM (ZPrif)"

John Irving made a career of writing the same novel over and over again. One of the interesting things about "The World According to Garp" is that the movie was better than the book. That doesn't happen too often.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at January 15, 2015 10:33 AM (KDbAT)

260 I just jumped in here without reading all above because I looked at Gallup Poll for today. Who the hell is keeping this empty suit's numbers up? Hmmmm?

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