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"Can I just finish my waffle?" ~ President Obama's remarks on new ISIS strategy.

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Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 17, 2015 06:36 AM (CMkNk)

2 Waffle denied.

Posted by: Evil Otto at February 17, 2015 06:36 AM (6eVVe)

3 Yee-hah! That injunction and the response by Abbott are things of beauty. I love you, Texas!

Posted by: Gem at February 17, 2015 06:36 AM (c+gwp)

4
A little snow last night here in NYC. Supposed to be in the mid 40's by the weekend though I'll be in Sarasota.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 17, 2015 06:36 AM (CMkNk)

5
Born in Brooklyn, but Texas is stealing my heart!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 17, 2015 06:38 AM (CMkNk)

6 Face-freezing here in Chicago. No "bon temps" for us, but lots of blubber-producing paczkis!

Posted by: Gem at February 17, 2015 06:43 AM (c+gwp)

7
Actually, flurries are still flurrying here.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 17, 2015 06:44 AM (CMkNk)

8 ISIS is not Islamic and this waffle is not gluten free....

//Bronko Bama on weighty matters

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at February 17, 2015 06:44 AM (/4AZU)

9 Arkansas is still shit down today because of ice so I don't have to go to work!

I am already kind of stir crazy though so hopefully it will melt by afternoon.

Posted by: Lea - Sorry make that Miss Leaette at February 17, 2015 06:45 AM (vmMMi)

10 Texas- stomping on obama every chance it gets.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 17, 2015 06:46 AM (6IAdM)

11 For today's good news I offer you the pleasant and mood-lifting thought that...at least your Federal government is closed today.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 17, 2015 06:48 AM (V+kmg)

12 11
Today, too?

Posted by: shredded chi at February 17, 2015 06:49 AM (hsaUf)

13 Woohoo! Code Red! :fist pump:

Posted by: All Hail Eris at February 17, 2015 06:49 AM (KH1sk)

14 What did Texas do now?

Morning, Glories!

Posted by: mindful webworker - half here at February 17, 2015 06:50 AM (W2Fol)

15 Arkansas is still shit down today

(sigh) what to do, what to do. OK I'll try the high road:
Congratulations. Some states are "shit down" each and every day.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 17, 2015 06:50 AM (xq1UY)

16 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. Here's a Lee Marvin story:

It was during the filming of 1967s Point Blank, and director John Boorman and Marvin had been out to dinner. No, scratch that - it had started as dinner, but now it was two in the morning and Marvin was hammered to the gills. The two had arrived in Marvin's car, and the star insisted on driving. Boorman snatched the keys away from Marvin, who snarled "Fuck you," and reared back, wielding an imaginary samurai sword. He was perfectly capable of driving, Marvin insisted, and to prove his sobriety, he clambered to the top of the car and crouched on the luggage rack.

What was Boorman to do? After thinking, he got behind the wheel and began driving, figuring the longer he went on, the more Marvin would see he was serious and would back down. But it didn't happen, and the next thing the director knew, he was on the Pacific Coast Highway, heading for Marvin's home, with the star still snarling on the rooftop.

It wasn't long before the car was pulled over. An officer got out of his cruiser and slowly approached them, surveying the scene. Finally, he came to the driver's door, looked at Boorman and asked his first question:

"Do you know you have Lee Marvin on your roof?"

Here's a little beefcake for the 'ettes: Marvin in boxing mode:

http://goo.gl/J3QKbF

And for the 'rons, the lovely, doomed Sharon Tate:

http://goo.gl/4iMNeG

Hope you all have a wonderrful day.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 17, 2015 06:52 AM (zF6Iw)

17 When I heard about the Fed shut-down that was my first thought, as well, that at least stupidity and evil will be in abeyance for a day.

Posted by: Gem at February 17, 2015 06:52 AM (c+gwp)

18
I know the MFM is evil, but last night Levin played Richard Engel's entire report about Yazidi women being bought and raped by the subhuman Muzzy bacteria.

Kudos to him and to hell with SCOAMF and the apologists for Islam.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 17, 2015 06:53 AM (CMkNk)

19 16 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. Here's a Lee Marvin story:

It was during the filming of 1967s Point Blank, and director John Boorman and Marvin had been out to dinner. No, scratch that - it had started as dinner, but now it was two in the morning and Marvin was hammered to the gills. The two had arrived in Marvin's car, and the star insisted on driving. Boorman snatched the keys away from Marvin, who snarled "Fuck you," and reared back, wielding an imaginary samurai sword. He was perfectly capable of driving, Marvin insisted, and to prove his sobriety, he clambered to the top of the car and crouched on the luggage rack.

What was Boorman to do? After thinking, he got behind the wheel and began driving, figuring the longer he went on, the more Marvin would see he was serious and would back down. But it didn't happen, and the next thing the director knew, he was on the Pacific Coast Highway, heading for Marvin's home, with the star still snarling on the rooftop.

It wasn't long before the car was pulled over. An officer got out of his cruiser and slowly approached them, surveying the scene. Finally, he came to the driver's door, looked at Boorman and asked his first question:

"Do you know you have Lee Marvin on your roof?"

Here's a little beefcake for the 'ettes: Marvin in boxing mode:

http://goo.gl/J3QKbF

And for the 'rons, the lovely, doomed Sharon Tate:

http://goo.gl/4iMNeG

Hope you all have a wonderrful day.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 17, 2015 06:52 AM (zF6Iw)

So, wait. Does this mean that Boorman was secretly a sadist (ala Romney) for sticking Marvin on the roof?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 17, 2015 06:55 AM (wt/Oq)

20 Sharon Tate... she was so beautiful. I read Helter Skelter when I was a kid and had nightmares about her and the awful way she died.

Posted by: Gem at February 17, 2015 06:56 AM (c+gwp)

21 They already closed schools last night, here in B-more.

We have about four inches on the ground, and it looks to have stopped snowing.

Randomly

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 17, 2015 06:56 AM (e/FtQ)

22 Status of shit?

Down

Posted by: Ghost of hallelujah at February 17, 2015 06:57 AM (7RXcs)

23 Today, too?
Posted by: shredded chi at February 17, 2015 06:49 AM (hsaUf)

Yes. Because ~~global warming~~ snow.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 17, 2015 06:58 AM (V+kmg)

24 Hey, MPPPP, I have a Hollywood question for you. In the opening to Blackboard Jungle, a large sign has been blurred. What is so terrible today that was perfectly acceptable back when the movie was released?

Posted by: The Great White Snark at February 17, 2015 06:58 AM (LImiJ)

25 Great story. Lee Marvin was a real badass - in the Steve McQueen sense of the word.

And yeah, Sharon Tate... a real clockstopper. Helter Skelter scared me for years. I always thought Manson & family were going to come to VA to kill.

Posted by: shredded chi at February 17, 2015 06:59 AM (hsaUf)

26 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 17, 2015 06:52 AM (zF6Iw)

Hey MP4. Here's a Marvin story. On the movie "Death Hunt" prima donna asshole and co-star Andrew Stevens kept taunting effeminate director Peter Hunt.

Stevens at one point, in a fey intonation kept asking Hunt "What's my motivation?!" That was it; Marvin had had enough. He walked over to Stevens, grabbed him by the collar and got right in his face "Your motivation is to say your fucking lines when he says action, got it?!"

After that, Stevens behaved.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 17, 2015 07:00 AM (CMkNk)

27 Per Weaselzippers, State Department spokesmouth Marie Harf told Chris Matthews that the solution to ISIS is "lack of opportunity for jobs (sic)".

If your only tool is a hammer then every problem looks like a nail.

And if your only tool is a bloated, ineffective, bureaucratic-laden "jobs program" then every problem looks like unemployment.

Posted by: Brian at February 17, 2015 07:00 AM (4HYng)

28
By the way, Lee Marvin was a Marine, and was wounded on Saipan in '44. Shot in the butt, but still. He was a tough hombre.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 17, 2015 07:01 AM (CMkNk)

29 Brits, Malaya, 1950's. Yazidis, hmff.

FWIW I once worked a job with an ex-Brit soldier who'd been in Malaya in the 50's, and also was privileged to witness the Mau Mau up close and personal. A trifle one-sided, his observations were, but he had some tales to tell.

He said "our problems here" arose from the fact that the entire Government of England had fewer members than that of North Carolina. At least he didn't blame that on the Unwritten Constitution.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 17, 2015 07:03 AM (xq1UY)

30 27 Per Weaselzippers, State Department spokesmouth Marie Harf told Chris Matthews that the solution to ISIS is "lack of opportunity for jobs (sic)".
Posted by: Brian at February 17, 2015 07:00 AM (4HYng)

Really? Really?! For God's sake. Do these people even pay attention to the fodder that comes out of their mouths?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 17, 2015 07:03 AM (wt/Oq)

31 4inches of snow shut down the federal govt???
Shit, I got more than that 150 miles south.
Oh well, one less day of their damage, I guess.

Posted by: shredded chi at February 17, 2015 07:04 AM (hsaUf)

32 Thanks so much to Gushka for proving the address of a bat sanctuary and for Cheri 's empathy. I still haven't found the bat. It's so small it could be anywhere in the bedroom. If I find it I will call the rescue people and follow the directions on their website.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 17, 2015 07:04 AM (DXzRD)

33 Per Weaselzippers, State Department spokesmouth Marie Harf told Chris Matthews that the solution to ISIS is "lack of opportunity for jobs (sic)".

Maybe it's just early, but WTF does "the solution is lack of jobs" even mean?
Trying to slow starve them?

Posted by: rickb223 at February 17, 2015 07:04 AM (AiMSn)

34 That's a clown question, bro.

Posted by: Fritz at February 17, 2015 07:05 AM (dVmLD)

35 33
I think they mean that if the government of Iraq passed a bloated infrastructure bill, it would solve ISIS.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 17, 2015 07:06 AM (wt/Oq)

36 27�Per Weaselzippers, State Department spokesmouth Marie Harf told Chris Matthews that the solution to ISIS is "lack of opportunity for jobs (sic)".

This is nth level insanity. Just terrifyingly clueless. People are being burned alive, Gidget.

Posted by: Gem at February 17, 2015 07:06 AM (c+gwp)

37 The Prime Minister of Denmark is a fine looking woman. This may have been covered already.

Posted by: George at February 17, 2015 07:07 AM (4HYng)

38 Lack of jobs and climate change are what created ISIS

Posted by: Ghost of hallelujah at February 17, 2015 07:07 AM (7RXcs)

39 37 The Prime Minister of Denmark is a fine looking woman. This may have been covered already.

Posted by: George at February 17, 2015 07:07 AM (4HYng)

Kinda looks like an older Kirsten Dunst.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 17, 2015 07:09 AM (wt/Oq)

40 Sharon Tate... she was so beautiful. I read Helter Skelter when I was a kid and had nightmares about her and the awful way she died.

Posted by: Gem at February 17, 2015 06:56 AM (c+gwp)

Gem, if you ever have the chance, read The Family by Ed Sanders. He was an "underground" journalist during the period of the Manson murders and discusses the various weird and deadly cults operating in the area at the time. Try to get the original 1971 version, which had material on the Process Church of the Final Judgement, which was removed in later printings.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 17, 2015 07:09 AM (zF6Iw)

41 Let's see. From the other day it was great to breakup ATnT to revolutionize telecom (breaking up a no longer existing monopoly) but from last night one learns that the idea of breaking up or restricting Microsoft stifled innovation.

Posted by: RioBravo at February 17, 2015 07:10 AM (z27Ny)

42

Islam = The Manson Family but with better calligraphy.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 17, 2015 07:11 AM (CMkNk)

43 re: Marie Harf.

Every time I see that woman talking on TV I feel like I'm watching a skit from the Onion or Saturday Night Live.

Kerry and the others must know this and either just don't care or think there's something to be gained by having the Tri-Delt social chair speak for the nation. (H/T to Iowahawk on the Tri-Delt crack)

Posted by: George at February 17, 2015 07:11 AM (4HYng)

44 15 Arkansas is still shit down today

(sigh) what to do, what to do. OK I'll try the high road:
Congratulations. Some states are "shit down" each and every day.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 17, 2015 06:50 AM (xq1UY)
*****

Gah ! Dumb typos.

Posted by: Lea - Sorry make that Miss Leaette at February 17, 2015 07:12 AM (vmMMi)

45 Google Prime Minister of Denmark for images and you get one of Mrs. President giving the stink eye to somebody.

Posted by: Gotfreud Schloester at February 17, 2015 07:12 AM (JkyLU)

46 Hey, MPPPP, I have a Hollywood question for you. In the opening to Blackboard Jungle, a large sign has been blurred. What is so terrible today that was perfectly acceptable back when the movie was released?

Don't know. I've actually never seen Jungle, and YouTube makes you pay to see the full movie. Anybody out there have an answer?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 17, 2015 07:13 AM (zF6Iw)

47 Gidget: http://tinyurl.com/mjnosv3
Harf: http://tinyurl.com/q7we3gk

You Make The Call.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 17, 2015 07:13 AM (xq1UY)

48 Damn got Willow'ed on the ONT.

Posted by: Jean at February 17, 2015 07:13 AM (ztOda)

49 Islam = The Manson Family but with better calligraphy.

-----

And better PR. And better connections high in the federal government. And a higher body count.

Posted by: George at February 17, 2015 07:13 AM (4HYng)

50 Probably the school lunch menu with real food

Posted by: Jean at February 17, 2015 07:14 AM (ztOda)

51 Gem, if you ever have the chance, read�The Family�by Ed Sanders. He was an "underground" journalist during the period of the Manson murders and discusses the various weird and deadly cults operating in the area at the time. Try to get the original 1971 version, which had material on the Process Church of the Final Judgement, which was removed in later printings.Posted by:�Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing�at February 17, 2015 07:09 AM (zF6Iw)

Thanks, MP4. Despite the nightmares, Helter Skelter did awaken a lifelong interest in such things. I will look for it.

Posted by: Gem at February 17, 2015 07:14 AM (c+gwp)

52 4inches of snow shut down the federal govt???
Shit, I got more than that 150 miles south.
Oh well, one less day of their damage, I guess.
Posted by: shredded chi at February 17, 2015 07:04 AM (hsaUf)

It's more than 4", you have people commuting to work from areas which were hit much worse, towns in this area lack the amount of snow removal equipment that places like Boston, Chicago and Buffalo have, and no one ~~in the DC area~~ with Maryland plates knows how to drive.

So yeah, the federal government is closed.

Having said that, I laugh every time it happens because I'm from New England and I remember a grand total of 20 snow days in 12 years of elementary and high school combined.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 17, 2015 07:15 AM (V+kmg)

53 Isn't that picture of Marvin from an old Twilight Zone episode?

Posted by: HH at February 17, 2015 07:16 AM (Ce4DF)

54 Gigit didn't wear glasses. Completely different. Glasses make you smart.

Posted by: Gotfreud Schloester at February 17, 2015 07:17 AM (JkyLU)

55 Harf? Oh it means this Administration wants to Amnesty ISIS so they take jobs the Mexicans won't do.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 17, 2015 07:17 AM (W27Zz)

56
So yeah, the federal government is closed.

-------
I hope someone remembered to send the Park Police to keep people out of the monuments near the Mall.

Posted by: RioBravo at February 17, 2015 07:17 AM (z27Ny)

57 I hope someone remembered to send the Park Police to keep people out of the monuments near the Mall.
Posted by: RioBravo at February 17, 2015 07:17 AM (z27Ny)

Heh.

Oh and....fuck Obama.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 17, 2015 07:18 AM (V+kmg)

58 11 - "For today's good news I offer you the pleasant and mood-lifting thought that...at least your Federal government is closed today."

Not mine - still got to report (Mission Essential) - thank God for VPN access....

Posted by: Ibin Pharteen at February 17, 2015 07:18 AM (Fgc0C)

59 Sharon Tate was quite the beauty. I saw this oddball vampire movie once. It was campy and looked late 60's-ish. I only left it on because of the actress who I didn't recognize. She was stunning, absolutely gorgeous. I finally looked up the name of the movie online. I still can't remember the name of it but the actress was Sharon Tate. Charles Manson and his "family" should have been drawn and quartered. And those who celebrated her death (Obama's Weather Underground friends) should be beaten with lead pipes.

Posted by: puddleglum not at work at February 17, 2015 07:18 AM (3gogR)

60 Speaking of snow, the five day forecast
Chance of Snow
Chance of Snow
Chance of Snow
Chance of Snow
Chance of Snow

The roads are crap and the snow plows are parked.

Posted by: Gotfreud Schloester at February 17, 2015 07:18 AM (JkyLU)

61

Don't Harf my mellow, dude.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 17, 2015 07:19 AM (CMkNk)

62 Bannion is right about the drivers. Fearlessly driving the beltway in the snow at 70+ MPH is what I experienced.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 17, 2015 07:19 AM (W27Zz)

63 Not mine - still got to report (Mission Essential) - thank God for VPN access....

Posted by: Ibin Pharteen at February 17, 2015 07:18 AM (Fgc0C)

Ditto.

I'll have to log in in 30 min.

But it's much more pleasant to work here than in a n office with several semi-literate morons.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 17, 2015 07:19 AM (V+kmg)

64
All these news sluts and teeny-bopper spokes chicks have the same prop glasses. They're the Lotte Lenya/Rosa Klebb frames that give you gravitas.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 17, 2015 07:21 AM (CMkNk)

65 Posted by: puddleglum not at work at February 17, 2015 07:18 AM (3gogR)

Was it "The Fearless Vampire Killers"? Polanski is in it also.

Posted by: HH at February 17, 2015 07:22 AM (Ce4DF)

66 Re: Manson

A bunch of low information, lost, disaffected souls on the fringe of civilized society fall under the spell of a charismatic, silver tongued street hustler turned Cult leader who sways them with lies of a work-free hedonistic nirvana while secretly scheming to use them for his own racialist Armageddon.

What could possibly go wrong with that?

Posted by: Reieu at February 17, 2015 07:22 AM (4HYng)

67 I saw this oddball vampire movie once. It was campy and looked late 60's-ish. I only left it on because of the actress who I didn't recognize. She was stunning, absolutely gorgeous. I finally looked up the name of the movie online. I still can't remember the name of it but the actress was Sharon Tate.

That was 1967s The Fearless Vampire Killers, or, Pardon Me, But Your Teeth Are In My Neck, also starring Tate's husband, Roman Polanski.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 17, 2015 07:24 AM (zF6Iw)

68 JJ Sefton with Liberals its all about the Externals. Academic degrees. Fancy clothes. Air Force One. 'Smart' making glasses.

Oh kami I remember The Fearless Vampire Killers.. what incompetence. Much like this administration, except Sharon Tate's role is played by Michelle.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 17, 2015 07:24 AM (W27Zz)

69 Been driving in Va for over 30 years - I'm well aware of the ineptitude of our drivers. Anywhere east of Richmond, anyway.
And I have vowed to never go near the soupbowl again, but I'm sure I'll want to visit Arlington again sometime soon.

Posted by: shredded chi at February 17, 2015 07:25 AM (hsaUf)

70 @64 Oh hell you brought up Rosa Klebb. Now it will be shoes, shoes, shoes, all day long.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 17, 2015 07:25 AM (xq1UY)

71 Secretary Kerry will have some pointed words for ISIL later. He's working on the speech now. Very pointed. We will get back to you.

Posted by: Marie Harf at February 17, 2015 07:26 AM (FCsIb)

72 66. What could possibly go wrong with that?

=======

Trashing a pretty good health care system, open borders and a worldwide Caliphate are three things that spring to mind.

Posted by: Joe at February 17, 2015 07:26 AM (4HYng)

73 70 @64 Oh hell you brought up Rosa Klebb. Now it will be shoes, shoes, shoes, all day long.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 17, 2015 07:25 AM (xq1UY)

Col. Klebb was a Russky bull dyke.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 17, 2015 07:27 AM (CMkNk)

74 @66
That is the story of Obama.

Posted by: Gotfreud Schloester at February 17, 2015 07:27 AM (JkyLU)

75 Yea, Polanski was in it. I forgot about that. I still can't remember the name of the movie so you might be right. It was an ok flick but Sharon Tate was very memorable. More than the movie was.

Posted by: puddleglum not at work at February 17, 2015 07:27 AM (3gogR)

76 72 Trashing a pretty good health care system, open borders and a worldwide Caliphate are three things that spring to mind.
Posted by: Joe at February 17, 2015 07:26 AM (4HYng)

And that health care system was damned good before 1965.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 17, 2015 07:27 AM (CMkNk)

77 "But it's much more pleasant to work here than in a n office with several semi-literate morons."

I work in an IT cell for a 2-letter agency (who want's to be 3... they get all the kewl toys...), and got good ones. We realize we're galley slaves, with so-so oars, but we're all in it together...

Just wish they'd stop 'fing with day\day biz, leave the plumbing alone, and just make what works better, instead of "hey! I got this great idea to make....." that never works, gets deployed correctly, and then 'mysteriously' the project leader\Exec who championed it retires\moves on...

Posted by: Ibin Pharteen at February 17, 2015 07:27 AM (Fgc0C)

78 @73 Yes. With fabulous shoes. You remember. Stilettos, kind of.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 17, 2015 07:28 AM (xq1UY)

79 Klebb had the really pointy shoes.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 17, 2015 07:28 AM (W27Zz)

80 78 @73 Yes. With fabulous shoes. You remember. Stilettos, kind of.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 17, 2015 07:28 AM (xq1UY)

Stiletto shoes - literally!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 17, 2015 07:29 AM (CMkNk)

81 So, it was "The Fearless Vampire Killers, or, Pardon Me, But Your Teeth Are In My Neck". Ok then.

Posted by: puddleglum not at work at February 17, 2015 07:30 AM (3gogR)

82 Rosa Klebb - Shadout Mapes. I knew she was someone famous but couldn't remember why.

Posted by: Gotfreud Schloester at February 17, 2015 07:33 AM (JkyLU)

83 Why did it have to be Weirding Modules?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 17, 2015 07:33 AM (W27Zz)

84 I have a theological/gastronomical question: I made a Mardi Gras cake for the office but we're off today. Is it poor form to bring it in tomorrow, on Lent?

What if they gave up restraint for Lent?

Posted by: All Hail Eris at February 17, 2015 07:34 AM (KH1sk)

85 And that health care system was damned good before 1965.

------------

Was born in 1958. Parents put the doctor's bill for my delivery in the baby book. $24.00. Dad wrote a check. Got a receipt stamped "paid in full." They didn't keep the hospital bill so maybe that was $58,000 for two days or something. But the doc got twenty four bucks.

Posted by: Ron at February 17, 2015 07:34 AM (4HYng)

86 Texas judge halts Executive Amnesty. Nice. Lets see how this plays out....

http://tinyurl.com/on6b7lq

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 17, 2015 07:34 AM (60Vyp)

87 "Why did it have to be Weirding Modules?"

Special effects. You can't have a movie without explosions. The Weirding Way doesn't have explosions, so you have to have modules that blow things up.

Explosions generated by sounds because of The Voice. That Laurentis guy really screwed that story up.

Posted by: Gotfreud Schloester at February 17, 2015 07:37 AM (JkyLU)

88 Here's a picture of Tate from a genuinely unsettling movie, 1967s Eye of the Devil, where she plays a witch with connections to blood sacrifices:

http://goo.gl/RC0FOd

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 17, 2015 07:37 AM (zF6Iw)

89 It was nice to make in the cake and tell them that Lent can't officially start until after everyone has had a piece of cake.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 17, 2015 07:37 AM (DXzRD)

90 All Hail Eris, sounds* like you may have time to attend a certain matter then.

http://tinyurl.com/nzz4kv4

* Pretty sure the cake will be appreciated tomorrow. Until someone chokes on the baby and sues you. But until then it should be smashing good.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 17, 2015 07:38 AM (W27Zz)

91 86. Federal judges interfering with legislative or executive judgments is a mortal threat to our democracy unless they are striking down democratically enacted laws promoting traditional marriage. Then it's totally cool because it pisses off the Christians who really are no different than ISIS.

Posted by: Posted from a dorm or government office at February 17, 2015 07:39 AM (4HYng)

92 But, what does the blurred-out sign at the beginning of Fearless Vampire Killers say, anyway?

I hate-hate-hate 60's H'wood "camp," like any straightforward provincial rube, because it makes it so hard to try to figure what anyone seriously believed, and you're laughing right now aren't you. No, really. I was in Cali several times in that era, and found most people to be, well, in deadly earnest. Hollywood totally failed to document, just to take an example, the presumed seriousness of new music of that time ("to include" early prog rock and so on) because they were busy making fey sidelong jokes, making fun of everybody. Like bullshit written in lightning.

I've read several old essays that blamed the post-fin-de-siecle feyghey tralala of XX Cent Europe on one Stefan Zweig, whose campy romps are now being applauded by all as "Grand Budapest Hotel."

Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 17, 2015 07:39 AM (xq1UY)

93 I think it's really a bad idea for people to do any kind of film or play involves being a Satanist. I just think it's one of those areas that you shouldn't mess around with-it can open a door to evil influences. I have certainly played some unpleasant characters but -nobody -thankfully- ever asked me to play a Satan worshipper.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 17, 2015 07:42 AM (DXzRD)

94 As of right now, I'm scheduled to do a game in Greensboro tonight. They've cancelled classes, which would be an automatic postponement of all activities in a public school, but are still holding off on any decision on after-school activities. It's the playoffs, and the second round starts Thursday in Asheville regardless, so I think they're gonna try to play if at all possible. If so, I'm driving the producer in my car, put my rusty NE snow driving skills to use.

Posted by: Lincolntf at February 17, 2015 07:42 AM (2cS/G)

95 Puddleglum did it look like this??

http://youtu.be/F8Ciz1G_Zm0

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 17, 2015 07:43 AM (W27Zz)

96 Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 17, 2015 07:38 AM (W27Zz)
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Haha, no baby in the cake. Lawsuit! I put a couple pieces of candy in instead.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at February 17, 2015 07:43 AM (KH1sk)

97 g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at February 17, 2015 07:43 AM (2Ayux)

98

Can we get Texas to overrule the ATF's illegal ban on .223 ammo???

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 17, 2015 07:45 AM (CMkNk)

99 Seems like I prefer to post pictures rather than work today.

Courtesy of Robert Avrech's Seraphic Secret blog, a couple of leggy photos.

First, Rita Hayworth:

http://goo.gl/Ou2aBW

And now, Betty Grable, who once quipped, "There are two reasons I'm a star, and I'm standing on both of them."

http://goo.gl/81IArL

And that story reminds me of Dorothy Parker's quip about Clara Bow, whose most famous movie was It (the 'it,' of course being sex appeal): "Forget 'It.' She had those!":

http://goo.gl/j1Qu7a

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 17, 2015 07:46 AM (zF6Iw)

100 The Zero Administration is aiding and abetting a known enemy, yet congress does nothing....

http://tinyurl.com/m73gb7k

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 17, 2015 07:47 AM (60Vyp)

101 95: Yep, thats it. Again, I only remember that Sharon Tate was a real beauty. The movie was kind of forgettable.

Posted by: puddleglum not at work at February 17, 2015 07:47 AM (3gogR)

102 Mornin' 'rons.

Fry bread and bacon with bacon gravy for breakfast.

Sticks to your ribs and keeps you warm in these negative temps.

For my next feat of derring-do, I shall consume bacon, in a bacon bowl, with bacon gravy, sprinkled with bacon bits.

Posted by: Citizen X at February 17, 2015 07:49 AM (7ObY1)

103 Maybe everyone here has a bedroom where there is not one thing out of place, but that is not my life. :^) If a bat can fit in a space that's a 1/4 of an inch it can be anywhere-between books, under clothes. I would like the poor thing to get help but at this point I'm note even sure if the cats didn't do something to it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 17, 2015 07:52 AM (DXzRD)

104 This is one movie that gets limited airplay but is still 'interesting' since it addresses the same subject matter as Eyes Wide Shut before Kubrick updated it for modern consumption of the post-WWI generation wresting with what they experienced versus what they had been taught.

Stars Charles Gray and Christopher Lee. Seven Arts/Hammer Film. The Devil Rides Out which had The Devil's Bride as the US title.

http://youtu.be/F8Ciz1G_Zm0

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 17, 2015 07:52 AM (W27Zz)

105 How to get a bat to come out of hiding?
Use the batsignal!

Posted by: @votermom at February 17, 2015 07:54 AM (0a6uA)

106 Candy in the cake? Okay.

So going to address a certain matter of cinema tardiness and revel in bespoke suits. And action?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 17, 2015 07:54 AM (W27Zz)

107 Pretty bad when your internet returns this for one of the Tiny URLs

The request was denied
due to a content categorization hate-and-racism.

The Jawas are hate\racism???

Posted by: Ibin Pharteen at February 17, 2015 07:54 AM (Fgc0C)

108 Maybe everyone here has a bedroom
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Not me. As a privileged white male I only have a rape room.

Posted by: RioBravo at February 17, 2015 07:55 AM (z27Ny)

109 Me #14 What did Texas do now?

CrotchetyOldJarhead #86 Texas judge halts Executive Amnesty. Nice. Lets see how this plays out....
http://tinyurl.com/on6b7lq

Sheesh! What it takes to get an answer around here: patience; it'll come around.

Posted by: mindful webworker - musicologist at February 17, 2015 07:55 AM (gRZfJ)

110 Finish his waffle? Hell he hasn't started has he?

Morning Morons

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 17, 2015 07:56 AM (3mTLw)

111 Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 17, 2015 07:54 AM (W27Zz)
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I think today is another day to hibernate with books. Plenty of time to see the movie this week.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at February 17, 2015 07:57 AM (KH1sk)

112 Here's Lotte Lenya (Rosa Klebb to you) before she looked quite so much like Linda Hunt: http://tinyurl.com/maroyjf

She knew the words to everything Bertolt Brecht ever wrote, which you might think of as being Punishment Enough. You'll note her shoes were always fabulous.

She was married to Kurt Weill, who Brecht called a sellout because he made money.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 17, 2015 07:58 AM (xq1UY)

113 61

Don't Harf my mellow, dude.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 17, 2015

Didn't know you had a cat. Those damn Harf balls are a bitch

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 17, 2015 07:58 AM (3mTLw)

114 Good books? Smutty fun books? Campy books? Or all the above?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 17, 2015 07:58 AM (W27Zz)

115 "...and no one in the DC area with Maryland plates knows how to drive..."

Posted by: Sean Bannion

Me and my Rubicon strenuously abjure.

Posted by: Daisy Cutter at February 17, 2015 07:59 AM (5GdsD)

116 I have a record with Lotte Lenya playing pirate Jenny in "The Threepenny Opera". I would loved to have seen her perform it live.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 17, 2015 07:59 AM (DXzRD)

117 108 Maybe everyone here has a bedroom
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Not me. As a privileged white male I only have a rape room.
Posted by: RioBravo at February 17, 2015 0

So the son of an Iraqi President? Dawg

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 17, 2015 08:00 AM (3mTLw)

118 So if Valley Girl Harf thinks that the answer to ISIS violence is having a job when will Obama do an executive order for some works progress thing in the Mideast to employ ISIS members?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 17, 2015 08:01 AM (DXzRD)

119 Here's a picture of Tate from a genuinely unsettling movie, 1967s Eye of the Devil, where she plays a witch with connections to blood sacrifices:

http://goo.gl/RC0FOd

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 17, 2015 07:37 AM (zF6Iw)

She was a beauty alright, but seeing that picture there, I was immediately taken in my mind back to the last photos of her. If you haven't seen them, don't go looking for them.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 17, 2015 08:01 AM (Dj0WE)

120 98

Can we get Texas to overrule the ATF's illegal ban on .223 ammo???

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 17, 2015

Peasants. Pitch forks, uprisings, some assembly required

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 17, 2015 08:05 AM (3mTLw)

121 >>>All these news sluts and teeny-bopper spokes chicks have the same prop
glasses. They're the Lotte Lenya/Rosa Klebb frames that give you
gravitas.
<<<

Where exactly does Earnest fit in here? Or is he grouped differently?

Posted by: Fritz at February 17, 2015 08:06 AM (UzPAd)

122 when will Obama do an executive order for some works progress thing in the Mideast to employ ISIS members?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Don't go giving them ideas or encouraging crappy ones they might already have.

Posted by: Moderate Salami at February 17, 2015 08:07 AM (/Ho8c)

123 It's OK for Christopher Lee to appear in devil movie. If Satan fucks with him, he'll castrate the bitch, gut rip him and kick his ass.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at February 17, 2015 08:11 AM (ixacz)

124 For those who remember Caroline Glick's "LATMA" political sketch comedy show out of Israel, the same guys have a new half-hour special out, conveniently subtitled in English.

The opening nails TFG to the wall harder than anyone in any US or European media has ever dreamed. Actual joke:

OBAMA: "I have a dream that Israel will retreat to the '67 borders. 1567! Hahahahaha!"

http://tinyurl.com/mp4k2ev

Posted by: Ian S. at February 17, 2015 08:12 AM (6QHER)

125 VIA, I ordered and got that .22 from Cabela's. No issues with the order. Not "great" ammunition, but at $3.50/50, worth what it cost, which is saying a lot, now.

So, thanks for the tip. I know you've gotten ragged on recently because the deals you find sell out so fast nobody can hit them. This one worked out well.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 17, 2015 08:12 AM (xq1UY)

126 Morning all.

So I see that dope at State Hoff or Haff ot Halfwit said the problem with ISIS is jobs?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 17, 2015 08:12 AM (rDqRv)

127 126 Morning all.

So I see that dope at State Hoff or Haff ot Halfwit said the problem with ISIS is jobs?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 17, 2015 08:12 AM (rDqRv)

Harf-wit. Nice one.

ISIS is decapitating all the people that Americans won't.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 17, 2015 08:17 AM (CMkNk)

128 ISIS is creating a number of shovel ready jobS in the mass graves industry.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at February 17, 2015 08:18 AM (V+JK4)

129 Harf has to be the worst spokesperson of any United States dept/agency ever. The communists in the 30/40/50's were better.

Posted by: RioBravo at February 17, 2015 08:18 AM (z27Ny)

130 Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 17, 2015 08:12 AM (rDqRv)
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The President, Ambassador Power and Secretary Kerry have all come to that conclusion, yes. They concluded this after extensive thought, analysis, a bong hit and a third martini.

Posted by: Marie Harf at February 17, 2015 08:19 AM (FCsIb)

131 My college roommate's mother was best friends with Sharon Tate. For what it's worth.

Posted by: Ghost of hallelujah at February 17, 2015 08:19 AM (7RXcs)

132 They wouldn't be decapitating people who aren't part of ISIS if they could just make above minimum wage at a Subway shop (Hold the ham please!) in Seattle. My new executive order-bring all ISIS members to the US

Posted by: Branco Bama at February 17, 2015 08:20 AM (DXzRD)

133 It's like the State Dept isn't harf trying.

Posted by: mindful webworker - said that? at February 17, 2015 08:20 AM (gRZfJ)

134 Good morning

Posted by: Bigby's Other Hand at February 17, 2015 08:20 AM (3ZtZW)

135 Posted by: Branco Bama at February 17, 2015 08:20 AM (DXzRD)
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They do seem to be energetic, innovative, go-getters. They could prop up the ailing funerary sector.

Posted by: RioBravo at February 17, 2015 08:22 AM (z27Ny)

136 129 Harf has to be the worst spokesperson of any United States dept/agency ever. The communists in the 30/40/50's were better.
Posted by: RioBravo at February 17, 2015 08:18 AM (z27Ny)

"Pffft!"

Posted by: Jen Pfffft-saki at February 17, 2015 08:22 AM (CMkNk)

137 The White House will kick off a three day summit Tuesday on combating violent extremism on social media but the administration wont focus on Islamic extremism and wont even mention the term.

What can I say

I do now believe fredo is a traitor and a secret muslim

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 17, 2015 08:23 AM (rDqRv)

138 Psaki/Harf ...they're the symptom not the disease

Posted by: Ghost of hallelujah at February 17, 2015 08:23 AM (7RXcs)

139
Actually glad it's snowing now since I fly out of here tomorrow and it's supposed to be clear in NYC.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 17, 2015 08:23 AM (CMkNk)

140 69 Been driving in Va for over 30 years - I'm well aware of the ineptitude of our drivers. Anywhere east of Richmond, anyway.
And I have vowed to never go near the soupbowl again, but I'm sure I'll want to visit Arlington again sometime soon.
Posted by: shredded chi at February 17, 2015 07:25 AM (hsaUf)

Ah, c'mon; that's anyone here with an NC plate. Our drivers are fine, they even use blinkers in Tidewater.

Posted by: Grabthar's Hammer at February 17, 2015 08:24 AM (Edob3)

141 137 Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 17, 2015 08:23 AM (rDqRv)

Islamic extremism is a redundancy. Islam is extreme by itself.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 17, 2015 08:24 AM (CMkNk)

142 Posted by: Citizen X at February 17, 2015 07:49 AM (7ObY1)

You forgot grits refried in bacon grease. Other than that, party on!

Posted by: Hrothgar at February 17, 2015 08:25 AM (ftVQq)

143 Texas Federal Court ruling. Time for flaming skull?

Posted by: SGT York at February 17, 2015 08:25 AM (IQP/f)

144 "and a secret muslim"

Yes.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 17, 2015 08:25 AM (VS5VV)

145 grits refried in bacon grease
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There are some things even bacon can't fix.

Posted by: RioBravo at February 17, 2015 08:26 AM (z27Ny)

146 Say what you will about Lawrence "of Arabia" (and there's a lot to say), but there's not a single issue currently in play in the ME that isn't intelligently outlined in "Seven Pillars of Wisdom." He may have been part of the problem -- that bothered him a lot, apparently -- but his insight was unerring. And even when he went all liberal-whiny, which was a lot, he sounded exactly like our current liberal whiners, except more original.

He goes on at some length about nomads and nomad wannabes looking down on "Town Arabs" who do degrading things like taking jobs. The idea of the current admin advocating a War on Poverty in the richest quarter of the planet tells me that they are Said Arabists, thrashing all over with no depth, and have never read Gertrude Bell, Lawrence, Burton, or Woolley. White racists all, gotta figure.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 17, 2015 08:27 AM (xq1UY)

147 Fredo doesn't seem to be trying to hide his secret (being a Muslim) anymore.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at February 17, 2015 08:27 AM (V70Uh)

148 143 Texas Federal Court ruling. Time for flaming skull?

Posted by: SGT York at February 17, 2015 08:25 AM (IQP/f)

Suggestion for judges who respect the Constitution and separation of powers; go after all the illegal teeth of the Executive branch - (EPA, ATF, NEA, etc.)

Nullification ain't just a river in Poland.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 17, 2015 08:27 AM (CMkNk)

149
I still kinda think the State Dept and Admin is cool with a Caliphate under the "Which Apache?" theory. The Left was batting that lame one around back in 2004 or so, since they figured a Caliphate would have enough authority to tell the rest of Islam to cool it down.

If thats the undercurrent of their decision making, all they're trying to do is limit their brutality to local stuff, allow the Caliphate to form and possibly encourage the fight between them and Iran for supremacy [and if Israel bites it in the process, well, they figure its "one less thing"].

Posted by: Bigby's Other Hand at February 17, 2015 08:28 AM (3ZtZW)

150 I doubt he truly is a muslim but he is certainly more sympathetic to them than he is to Jews or Christians.

Posted by: steevy at February 17, 2015 08:28 AM (KETbL)

151 Blaze has a story about a commie front group (probably Soros kiddies) protesting/brown-shirting Scott Walker's "house" - except Scott Walker doesn't live there, his parents live there.

Posted by: Ghost of hallelujah at February 17, 2015 08:28 AM (7RXcs)

152

>>>>You forgot grits refried in bacon grease

You can refry grits? Izzat like frying polenta?

Posted by: Bigby's Other Hand at February 17, 2015 08:30 AM (3ZtZW)

153 139
Actually glad it's snowing now since I fly out of here tomorrow and it's supposed to be clear in NYC.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 17, 2

I would gladly trade some snow for some warmth. 25-28 degrees below normal for this time of year.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 17, 2015 08:30 AM (2Aj5D)

154 150 I doubt he truly is a muslim but he is certainly more sympathetic to them than he is to Jews or Christians.
Posted by: steevy at February 17, 2015 08:28 AM (KETbL)

He's a hardcore leftist which is every bit as evil as Islam. And their 100 year body count is nearly 300 million.

Sadly, I'm sure Islam is up to that challenge.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 17, 2015 08:30 AM (CMkNk)

155 Posted by: steevy at February 17, 2015 08:28 AM (KETbL)

I think it's more a matter that he actively hates Judeo-Christian civilization, despite having benefited from it all his life - like a vast number of Leftists - and would rather replace it with anything, no matter how broken or downright monstrous it is.

Posted by: Cato at February 17, 2015 08:31 AM (J+mig)

156 Posted by: Grabthar's Hammer at February 17, 2015 08:24 AM (Edob3)

Couldn't believe how difficult it was to find the entrance to Arlington, when my friend and I went there this summer to check out the columbarium.

Posted by: Hrothgar at February 17, 2015 08:33 AM (ftVQq)

157 Ok now I'm making waffles. Wish I had bought sausage or bacon to go with.

I guess I'll call into the morning call too. Jut in case anything is going on.

Posted by: Lea - Sorry make that Miss Leaette at February 17, 2015 08:33 AM (vmMMi)

158 You can refry grits? Izzat like frying polenta?

Posted by: Bigby's Other Hand at February 17, 2015 08:30 AM (3ZtZW)

Pretty much, they don't have the consistency to make really good patties, but they still taste good.

Posted by: Hrothgar at February 17, 2015 08:34 AM (ftVQq)

159
Say what you will about Lawrence "of Arabia" (and there's a lot to say),

One thing he said in Seven Pillars was that Wahabism was a "heretical cult".

It's made progress in a century.

Posted by: Bandersnatch, now half gay at February 17, 2015 08:35 AM (JtwS4)

160 Remember Obama's documented religious creed:

"God DAMN America"

Posted by: RioBravo at February 17, 2015 08:36 AM (z27Ny)

161 Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 17, 2015 08:27 AM (xq1UY)

Darn it, now there's one MORE book on the re-reading list!

Posted by: Hrothgar at February 17, 2015 08:36 AM (ftVQq)

162 Isis have reportedly cut off the hands of three women as punishment for unknown charges and publicly flogged men for using mobile phones.

Well if they only had Jobs?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 17, 2015 08:37 AM (rDqRv)

163 I doubt he truly is a muslim but he is certainly more sympathetic to them than he is to Jews or Christians.

His daddy was. He was registered as one in Jakarta in the madrassa he attended.

In muzzie speak, that makes him a muzzie.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 17, 2015 08:38 AM (AiMSn)

164 154 155 Yes.

Posted by: steevy at February 17, 2015 08:39 AM (KETbL)

165 It's made progress in a century.
Sure enough. The biggest change in Islam in, well, centuries.
I'm sure none of us thought this was the Heinlein novel we'd be living in.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 17, 2015 08:39 AM (xq1UY)

166 Wonder if Vic lost power. Up State SC got hammered with freezing rain.

Here in CLT we have sleet then freezing rain on top of that.

Nobodies going out today. Still have power.

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 17, 2015 08:39 AM (0FSuD)

167 What if they gave up restraint for Lent?

Posted by: All Hail Eris at February 17, 2015 07:34 AM (KH1sk)

Sounds like you've figured out us Catholics now.

Posted by: Cato at February 17, 2015 08:39 AM (J+mig)

168 Isis have reportedly cut off the hands of three women as punishment for unknown charges

Fapping.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 17, 2015 08:40 AM (AiMSn)

169 Hey how's that "Strategic Patience" working?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 17, 2015 08:40 AM (rDqRv)

170 Snowing fairly heavily in the KC area right now. I'm guessing it's only going to last about an hour, but just bad timing for the rush hour.

Posted by: HH at February 17, 2015 08:41 AM (Ce4DF)

171 Hey how's that "Strategic Patience" working?
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Too early to tell.

Posted by: RioBravo at February 17, 2015 08:41 AM (z27Ny)

172 VIA you must stop posting these ammo alerts at night when I've had a few.

I bought two 420 boxes of the XM855. Now my ammo cost me twice what my gun did. Any tips on good 30 mags for an AR?

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 17, 2015 08:41 AM (0FSuD)

173 How many Progressives are embarrassed by Obama but won't admit it because he's black?

Posted by: Jav Vee USA at February 17, 2015 08:42 AM (7u7u7)

174 "Can I just make this putt?" <---------"Can I just finish my waffle?"

Posted by: Lizzy at February 17, 2015 08:43 AM (WvpaS)

175 Well if they only had Jobs?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 17, 2015 08:37 AM (rDqRv)

He was a JOOO. ha ha

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 17, 2015 08:43 AM (0FSuD)

176 A bunch of low information, lost, disaffected souls on the fringe of
civilized society fall under the spell of a charismatic, silver tongued
street hustler turned Cult leader who sways them with lies of a
work-free hedonistic nirvana while secretly scheming to use them for his
own racialist Armageddon.
But enough about Obama. Let's discuss Manson some more.

Posted by: andycanuck at February 17, 2015 08:43 AM (2KB+E)

177 And, the hammer falls. No game tonight. So no experimenting on the roads for me.

Posted by: Lincolntf at February 17, 2015 08:45 AM (2cS/G)

178 Several 30-round AR mags are "In Stock" at Sportsmans Guide bwahaha.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 17, 2015 08:45 AM (xq1UY)

179 The first I in ISIS stands for what? Why did the CIA pick the name ISIS for their newly branded covert Army? What's wrong with Al Qaeda?

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 17, 2015 08:46 AM (hlbmD)

180 So I assume the SJWs are in full shriek about Islamic rape culture. They are, aren't they? Buehler?

Posted by: Northernlurker at February 17, 2015 08:46 AM (XohZJ)

181 178
Several 30-round AR mags are "In Stock" at Sportsmans Guide bwahaha.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 17, 2015 08:45 AM (xq1UY)

ha ha. When I get my 940 rounds from Ammo Depot, you can bet my Sportsman's Guide order will be cancelled.

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 17, 2015 08:47 AM (0FSuD)

182 Any tips on good 30 mags for an AR?

Posted by: Nip Sip

I personally like the AR Stoner stainless steel mags. Seem to be reliable and well-built, and sturdier than the aluminum ones. Midway USA generally has pretty good prices on them. They're a little more $$ than the aluminum ones and basic Magpul units.

Posted by: Moderate Salami at February 17, 2015 08:48 AM (/Ho8c)

183 Let's discuss Manson some more.
Advantage Manson, I'm afraid. Better music, hotter chix.

Harf v Gidget? Advantage Gidget. More gravitas.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 17, 2015 08:48 AM (xq1UY)

184
*rummages through meme closet*

I missed one. What's the origin story of the waffle meme?

Thanks.

Posted by: Bandersnatch, now half gay at February 17, 2015 08:50 AM (JtwS4)

185 Happy Mardi Gras everyone!

Fat Tuesday, last day before Lent. Drink up bitches, beer is more than a breakfast drink.

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 17, 2015 08:50 AM (0FSuD)

186 Oh man, now I realized I could have made cheese grits! Ah well maybe for lunch. The nicest thing about snow days is sitting around having breakfast and coffee.

Posted by: Lea - Sorry make that Miss Leaette at February 17, 2015 08:50 AM (vmMMi)

187 @182

Thanks, what about the plastic ones?

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 17, 2015 08:51 AM (0FSuD)

188 186
Oh man, now I realized I could have made cheese grits! Ah well maybe for
lunch. The nicest thing about snow days is sitting around having
breakfast and coffee and a bloody mary

Posted by: Lea - Sorry make that Miss Leaette at February 17, 2015 08:50 AM (vmMMi)

FIFY. It's Fat Tuesday make yourself one!

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 17, 2015 08:52 AM (0FSuD)

189 >>State Department spokesmouth Marie Harf told Chris Matthews that the solution to ISIS is "lack of opportunity for jobs (sic)".

This is just.....insanity?

I don't know which is worse - that she actually believes this, or that she thinks this is a plausible lie because she thinks if she ignores the hungry wolves at our door they'll get bored and go away.
Neither of these options indicate a firm grasp on reality - and it is getting people killed.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 17, 2015 08:52 AM (WvpaS)

190 The country wants Lee Marvin as the executive, but we get Andrew Stevens instead. poo.

Ice storms in Tennessee have my day screwed up. Ain't that a peach.

Federal judge of the district court variety attempts to stop amnesty. Obama regards district court judges the same way I regard beach pebbles in Tasmania.

BTY, where's the fookin bacon? I smells it, but I can't find it.

Posted by: fairweatherbill looking for a definition at February 17, 2015 08:52 AM (XFlqK)

191 B'Snatch, TFG was photo-opping a diner-counter Man of The People breakfast, and beset with reporters. One of them asked an actual question, and he said "Can't I just eat my waffle?"

And a meme was born.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 17, 2015 08:52 AM (xq1UY)

192 The 'I' in ISIS stands for Tea Party

Posted by: Ghost of hallelujah at February 17, 2015 08:52 AM (7RXcs)

193
And a meme was born.

Thank you, sir.

Posted by: Bandersnatch, now half gay at February 17, 2015 08:54 AM (JtwS4)

194 Guten morgen, meine fapperschen!

Barry will never finish waffling when it comes to terrorists. They're his peeps, after all.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 17, 2015 08:54 AM (2Ojst)

195 Wonder if Vic lost power. Up State SC got hammered with freezing rain.

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I'm in upstate SC. I think Vic is to the east of me by a good distance, but we didn't lose power, despite a coating of ice everywhere right now.

Posted by: Lady In Black at February 17, 2015 08:55 AM (6C3ns)

196 OK in about 10 minutes you can watch Mardi Gras parades start, LIVE!

http://tinyurl.com/p2hux2a

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 17, 2015 08:55 AM (0FSuD)

197 pretty sure Vic's Lowcountry - I seem to recall him talking about living in or near Charleston

Posted by: Ghost of hallelujah at February 17, 2015 08:56 AM (7RXcs)

198 Big-boned Tuesday.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 17, 2015 08:56 AM (hlbmD)

199 No, he lives about 30 miles from the NC border, I think.

Posted by: Lady In Black at February 17, 2015 08:57 AM (6C3ns)

200 I couldn't even get Sportsmans Guide to send me a pellet rifle. Re-ordered through Amazon and they delivered without a problem. I wish I could afford to leave this damn state.

Posted by: dartist at February 17, 2015 08:57 AM (ahBY0)

201 @195

The roads are a disaster in CLT. I suspect he lost power or we'd be hearing from him by now.

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 17, 2015 08:57 AM (0FSuD)

202 @189 if she ignores the hungry wolves at our door they'll get bored and go away.

Very astute, but she's actually advocating feeding those wolves.
Lots of Danes in the news lately. Surprising nobody's referenced Kipling's opinion of paying Dane-geld, and what happens after that.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 17, 2015 08:58 AM (xq1UY)

203 Had no interest in watching the masturbatory SNL fiesta, but I did notice that Sarah Palin was listed as one of the guests. If she really did appear on that show - after the politicalhit job they did on her - then she absolutely is as dumb as her detractors say.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 17, 2015 08:58 AM (zF6Iw)

204 OK in about 10 minutes you can watch Mardi Gras parades start, LIVE!

And the barfing/alcohol poisoning in 20!

Posted by: rickb223 at February 17, 2015 08:58 AM (AiMSn)

205 We've got about one inch of packed snow on our roads, with a layer of ice in some spots. Once the sun hits, I think driving will improve rapidly.

Posted by: Lincolntf at February 17, 2015 08:58 AM (2cS/G)

206 Surprising nobody's referenced Kipling's opinion of paying Dane-geld, and what happens after that.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 17, 2015 08:58 AM (xq1UY)

The end of that game is oppression and shame, and the nation that pays it is lost.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 17, 2015 08:58 AM (2Ojst)

207 Ahem. Reminder. The newest Drift Compatible podcast will be going live at 9:45 a.m. and this is the Plague Edition because we did this even though I am little Miss Sicky McSickerson koff koff koff.

So you have to listen to it since I suffered so.

*bigeyes*

Posted by: alexthechick - Ragebunny now with MAGIC Jazz Hands at February 17, 2015 08:58 AM (IrByp)

208 "No, he lives about 30 miles from the NC border, I think."

The 'Big City' near him is Florence. He's mentioned it a number of times.

Posted by: HH at February 17, 2015 08:59 AM (Ce4DF)

209 >>The nicest thing about snow days is sitting around having

breakfast and coffee and a bloody mary

Snowy day here, but still have to work from home (son has the day off). I may have to get creative w/lunch, though. Not like anyone can see what you're doing on a conference call....

Posted by: Lizzy at February 17, 2015 08:59 AM (WvpaS)

210 204 OK in about 10 minutes you can watch Mardi Gras parades start, LIVE!

And the barfing/alcohol poisoning in 20!
Posted by: rickb223 at February 17, 2015 08:58 AM (AiMSn)

And lots of rape. I mean drunken sex. Same thing, I hear.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 17, 2015 08:59 AM (2Ojst)

211 So you have to listen to it since I suffered so.

**pushes box of Kleenex and a hot toddy through USB port**

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 17, 2015 08:59 AM (zF6Iw)

212 So you have to listen to it since I suffered so.

*bigeyes*
Posted by: alexthechick - Ragebunny now with MAGIC Jazz Hands at February 17, 2015 08:58 AM (IrByp)

Your martyrdom is noted.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 17, 2015 09:00 AM (2Ojst)

213 188 186
Oh man, now I realized I could have made cheese grits! Ah well maybe for
lunch. The nicest thing about snow days is sitting around having
breakfast and coffee and a bloody mary

Posted by: Lea - Sorry make that Miss Leaette at February 17, 2015 08:50 AM (vmMMi)

FIFY. It's Fat Tuesday make yourself one!
Posted by: Nip Sip at February 17, 2015 08:52 AM (0FSuD)

All I have is beer and bourbon. Can I put bourbon in coffee?

I am using my cafe du monde mug in honor of Fat Tuesday!

Posted by: Lea - Sorry make that Miss Leaette at February 17, 2015 09:00 AM (vmMMi)

214 I missed one. What's the origin story of the waffle meme?

Thanks.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, now half gay at February 17, 2015 08:50 AM (JtwS4)

Press were asking him questions during one of his publicity visits during the 2008 campaign and his response was "Can't I just sit here and finish my waffle?"

Posted by: Colorado Alex at February 17, 2015 09:01 AM (10ydV)

215 And speaking of warming up with a hot toddy, I give you Thelma Todd:

http://goo.gl/gwvj7F

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 17, 2015 09:01 AM (zF6Iw)

216 And speaking of warming up with a hot toddy, I give you Thelma Todd:

http://goo.gl/gwvj7F
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 17, 2015 09:01 AM (zF6Iw)

Oh. Oh that does help.

Posted by: alexthechick - Ragebunny now with MAGIC Jazz Hands at February 17, 2015 09:02 AM (IrByp)

217 All I have is beer and bourbon. Can I put bourbon in coffee?

Why would anyone drink coffee if it didn't have bourbon in it?

Posted by: fairweatherbill looking for a definition at February 17, 2015 09:02 AM (XFlqK)

218 The arson at the Islamic center in Houston has been solved. A homeless guy set a fire in a shed to stay warm. Hate crime.

http://tinyurl.com/p8e52n9

Posted by: huerfano at February 17, 2015 09:03 AM (bAGA/)

219 >>Very astute, but she's actually advocating feeding those wolves.
Lots
of Danes in the news lately. Surprising nobody's referenced Kipling's
opinion of paying Dane-geld, and what happens after that.

Argh, you're right! These people are freakin suicidal.

The latest Belmont Club/Richard Fernandez post spell out exactly what ISIS is doing w/it's daily onslaught of public executions: Showing, again and again, that the emperor has no clothes. Strategic patience = Obama will do nothing, which encourages these savages.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 17, 2015 09:03 AM (WvpaS)

220 Now my ammo cost me twice what my gun did.

Ain't it the truth. Never scrimp on getting the best quality weapon you can, because you'll end up spending more on ammo than it cost anyway.

Posted by: toby928(C) at February 17, 2015 09:03 AM (evdj2)

221 In Alas Babylon that guy mixed Bourbon and Coffee.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 17, 2015 09:04 AM (hlbmD)

222
Can I put bourbon in coffee?

You just described my weekend.

Posted by: Bandersnatch, now half gay at February 17, 2015 09:04 AM (JtwS4)

223 Hope you stop Harfing soon AlextheChick. Get better soonest.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 17, 2015 09:05 AM (W27Zz)

224 Ok it's pretty good, but I just put in a splash.

Posted by: Lea - Sorry make that Miss Leaette at February 17, 2015 09:05 AM (vmMMi)

225 ...and he hasn't finished waffling yet.

Dane-Geld, Copybook Heading duly noted.

Kipling and George V died within a day of each other. A wag at the Times wrote "The Kind has gone, and taken his bugler with him." God how they hated him.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 17, 2015 09:05 AM (xq1UY)

226
I bought two 420 boxes of the XM855. Now my ammo cost me twice what my gun did. Any tips on good 30 mags for an AR?
Posted by: Nip Sip at February 17, 2015 08:41 AM (0FSuD)

You can get Bushmaster AR aluminum mags for about $8.00 a pop.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 17, 2015 09:06 AM (2Ojst)

227 "Can I just finish my waffle?"

And it's an eight-year waffle, by the way...

Posted by: Baraka Obama at February 17, 2015 09:06 AM (FcR7P)

228 Tis a strategic waffle eh wot?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 17, 2015 09:07 AM (W27Zz)

229 Quite some time ago someone here had mentioned that when they listened to TFG speak, the were crazed by his "whistling S's". At the time I had never noticed it....He has so many things about his speech that make me crazy, that I didn't notice! THEN I got to where I couldn't listen to him speak at all. I would rather put an ice pick through my ear canal than hear his voice. But by chance I heard him on a radio last week that I had no control over. I heard him speaking for the first time in a long while. My G-d! The whistling was unmistakable. Irritating as hell. I can't believe I ever missed that. Thanks// to whoever first pointed that out!

Posted by: TX ette, trying to be helpful at February 17, 2015 09:07 AM (sUJHF)

230 That Obama can't even say that the people beheaded were Christians is despicable. I don't normally read "Hot Air" but the words of Pope Francis posted there are in sharp contrast to the words of ISIS enabler Barack Hussein Obama.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 17, 2015 09:07 AM (DXzRD)

231 Good morning, pixel people.

What fresh hell awaits us this fine day?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at February 17, 2015 09:07 AM (0HooB)

232 The arson at the Islamic center in Houston has been solved. A homeless guy set a fire in a shed to stay warm.
Posted by: huerfano at February 17, 2015 09:03 AM (bAGA/)

-----

Damn

Posted by: RioBravo at February 17, 2015 09:08 AM (z27Ny)

233 231 Good morning, pixel people.

What fresh hell awaits us this fine day?
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at February 17, 2015 09:07 AM (0HooB)

We got boiled hell, fried hell, barbecued hell, hell soup, hell gumbo, hell sandwich, sauteed hell, hell kabobs...

Posted by: Insomniac at February 17, 2015 09:08 AM (2Ojst)

234 And even some Hades flavored grits.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 17, 2015 09:09 AM (W27Zz)

235 Warmed over hell and you will like it.

Posted by: RioBravo at February 17, 2015 09:09 AM (z27Ny)

236 "The future does not belong to those who don't let me finish my waffle."

Posted by: the words of ISIS enabler Barack Hussein Obam at February 17, 2015 09:10 AM (FcR7P)

237 hell a'la mode
hell sushi
chicken fried hell w/ hell gravy

Posted by: AltonJackson at February 17, 2015 09:10 AM (2Ayux)

238 NYT has an article this morning about the CIA purchasing chemical weapons in Iraq and destroying them. Very timely, since I just had a friend recently say Bush lied.

Posted by: runningrn at February 17, 2015 09:10 AM (QkHR4)

239 Will it help to put coffee in my bourbon?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at February 17, 2015 09:10 AM (0HooB)

240 So unemployment is the harf-assed reason for isis?

Just shut up and try to look pretty Marie...

Harsh? I'd say the same thing to Jeb...

Posted by: Fewenuff at February 17, 2015 09:10 AM (zPNX5)

241 Hell's Kitchen puts on a helluva good spread.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 17, 2015 09:10 AM (W27Zz)

242 Will it help to put coffee in my bourbon?
-----
Now but it shows spirit.

Posted by: RioBravo at February 17, 2015 09:11 AM (z27Ny)

243 Still no dump?It may be time for the apparatus.

Posted by: steevy at February 17, 2015 09:11 AM (KETbL)

244 229 Quite some time ago someone here had mentioned that when they listened to TFG speak, the were crazed by his "whistling S's".

Greatest orator evah! - The MFM

Posted by: Citizen X at February 17, 2015 09:12 AM (7ObY1)

245 MPPPppppp: "If she really did appear on that show - after the politicalhit job they did on her - then she absolutely is as dumb as her detractors say."

Well, shit, Mary, that's pretty harsh. She is self-effacing enough to laugh at what they did, not feel screwed about it. Think she should join Outrage Inc instead? I like it that she'll not back down. Undefeated.

I only watched the bit where Seinfeld was taking q's from the audience, except everyone he called on was a celeb. Sarah pops up and Seinfeld says, "Yes, Tina?" Here, watch it for yourself.

http://youtu.be/6l5O82aSYPc

Posted by: mindful webworker - Palin/West 2016 because splodey lib heads at February 17, 2015 09:12 AM (gRZfJ)

246 hell a'la mode
hell sushi
chicken fried hell w/ hell gravy

Vegetarian hell.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 17, 2015 09:12 AM (AiMSn)

247 Catholic blogger Anchoress gives names of Coptic Christians most recently killed by ISIS and asks for their prayers for the conversion of ISIS members.

http://tinyurl.com/k6268wc

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 17, 2015 09:12 AM (DXzRD)

248 Midnight Basketball will solve ISIS.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 17, 2015 09:12 AM (hlbmD)

249 Mien corgi komerads!

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 17, 2015 09:13 AM (W27Zz)

250 Oh, and now Joe Scarborough is saying that "ultra-fundamental Christians" could get just as violent as Islamic radicals.

Really starting to feel like this is the Twilight Zone and these people live in opposite world. There's a freakin Christian genocide going on right now - they're being slaughtered in the ME (along w/any remaining Jews), Nigeria, etc.
Yet when Joe closes his eyes to sleep at night the thing he fears the most is some bible-thumper wanting to share the Good News with him?!?!?!?!?!

Posted by: Lizzy at February 17, 2015 09:14 AM (WvpaS)

251 203
Had no interest in watching the masturbatory SNL fiesta, but I did
notice that Sarah Palin was listed as one of the guests. If she really
did appear on that show - after the politicalhit job they did on her -
then she absolutely is as dumb as her detractors say.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 17, 2015 08:58 AM (zF6Iw)

NY Slime had a picture of her standing up and being recognized. Her dress made her look like a school girl, but she's still hot and an attention whore.

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 17, 2015 09:14 AM (0FSuD)

252 Hell a la King, Hell Newburg, New England Hell, coconut hell, Hell Florentine, Hell Marsala, Hell flambe', Hell en papillote...

Posted by: Insomniac at February 17, 2015 09:14 AM (2Ojst)

253 but I did notice that Sarah Palin was listed as one of the guests.
Go to Twitchy to read how Sarah drove all the leftists nuts. There are about nine, separate items devoted to it.

Posted by: andycanuck at February 17, 2015 09:15 AM (2KB+E)

254 @250

WZ had a story about TEN guys that have gone over to fight the ISIS.

So they must be "Ultra Christians"?

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

255 Other than a few clips on Levin's show I've never heard more then 10 words from TFG before I change the channel. Heck I even switch stations if Levin goes much more than 30 seconds. Can't stand to listen to TFG. ALWAYS denigrate, marginalize, lie and spin.

Posted by: Fewenuff at February 17, 2015 09:16 AM (zPNX5)

256 Drew up.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 17, 2015 09:16 AM (zF6Iw)

257 Had no interest in watching the masturbatory SNL fiesta, but I did
notice that Sarah Palin was listed as one of the guests. If she really
did appear on that show - after the politicalhit job they did on her -
then she absolutely is as dumb as her detractors say.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 17, 2015 08:58 AM (zF6Iw)

I disagree. I bet her mere presence drove the leftist wackjobs absolutely bonkers.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 17, 2015 09:16 AM (2Ojst)

258 Hell on a stick..

Posted by: Fewenuff at February 17, 2015 09:16 AM (zPNX5)

259 Scored big time this weekend. Bone in ribeyes $4.99 lb at Kroger. Bought a whole ribeye.
Had them sliced 1" thick. Got 15 ribeyes.
16 lbs of ribeyes for $89.

Seriously thinking of getting another and grinding it into burger meat. $4.99 is cheaper than 90/10.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 17, 2015 09:17 AM (AiMSn)

260 Joe Scarborough probably doesn't know any fundamentalist Christians. He probably thinks that singing in the praise band makes you the equivalent of Westboro Church.

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

261 >>So they must be "Ultra Christians"?

Sure, why not.
And that lady who just shot the serial sex offender breaking into her home is a crazy gun nut. Because how dare you fight back when someone wants you dead?

Posted by: Lizzy at February 17, 2015 09:17 AM (WvpaS)

262 Oh, and now Joe Scarborough is saying that "ultra-fundamental Christians" could get just as violent as Islamic radicals.

Forcibly washing your feet.

Posted by: toby928(C) at February 17, 2015 09:18 AM (evdj2)

263 Nood Drew up

Posted by: Citizen X at February 17, 2015 09:21 AM (7ObY1)

264 I have a copy of The Family and second the recommendation. Sanders started running into some scary people when doing his research and had to back off. (Keep in mind that a defense attorney was killed by the family. I think he went missing during the trial. )

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 17, 2015 09:34 AM (Lqy/e)

265 Popping back in to say

Thanks Rick. Going tomorrow AM -- of course if My Local doesn't have the same special, I'll be squawking like the guys who don't get VIA's boolit deals in time.

That is indeed a price from ten years ago. Cheap ribeyes often have a lot of "integumentary tissue" but if grilled right or slow-cooked that stuff dissolves.

I note with approval that you elected to have the butcher do the slicing.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 17, 2015 09:37 AM (xq1UY)

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