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Overnight Open Thread (28 Feb 2015)

Why conservatives will miss Mr. Spock.

Spock was a very rational, intelligent character who often came to opposite conclusions to people around him (if you live in a liberal place or went to a liberal college, you can personally relate to this), but who used logic and common sense to figure things out. If you were to tell Spock there was global warming, he'd whip out his tricorder, take his own readings, and tell you you were wrong. If you described a society to Spock that invited strangers in and gave them unlimited welfare, Spock would clearly call such a society "illogical".

Top photo from Spock and the black cat.

Dresses

Disney really is going all in with the Star Wars thing. Disney CEO Bob Iger's wife wore a Yoda dress to the Academy Awards (yes that is Kirsten Dunst in the picture). I wonder if the thermal exhaust port is shielded?

Hidden Faces

Can you spot all 16 faces in the above image?

Words Invented By Authors

PhotoMath

This won't make kids smarter if they come to rely on it. PhotoMath brings its math equation solving app to android.

Retrowave

Retrowave from Florian Renner on Vimeo.

Russia VS NATO

Interesting. Russia's military exercises are way bigger than NATO's.

Smokable Clothing

It's all fun and games until someone gets hurt. Hoodies that get you high.

The GOP

Powerline asks are Washington Republicans incompetent? Yes. Yes they are.

Red Sonja

Alright morons. Imagine you a big Hollywood exec and you are tasked to cast the lead role for the movie Red Sonja. Who do you cast as your warrior ginger? Does it have to be a real ginger?

Winter

Looks like old man winter isn't done yet. Models are starting to show all 49 states getting some snow this next week.

Cat Video

Tonight's ONT brought to you by the surprising origin story of Wonder Woman:


h/t VAViper

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1 Ont

Posted by: tbodie at February 28, 2015 10:20 PM (tHAoL)

2 Now to go read.

Posted by: tbodie at February 28, 2015 10:20 PM (tHAoL)

3 Saturday night ONT Woot woot

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, looking for Billy The Mountain at February 28, 2015 10:21 PM (4ka5+)

4 The War on Catgirls

If a Georgia lawmaker gets his way, genetically engineering catgirls for domestic ownership will be illegal. Not specifically catgirls, but any combination of DNA from human and non-human sources.

More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=8337

Posted by: The Political Hat at February 28, 2015 10:22 PM (0Ew3K)

5 ONT, hello....

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 28, 2015 10:24 PM (UMBjg)

6 Hola, amigoz en loz tuboz!

Posted by: cthulhu at February 28, 2015 10:25 PM (T1005)

7 heh

Posted by: John of Salisbury at February 28, 2015 10:25 PM (8CdUx)

8 Ahoy, ONT.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 28, 2015 10:26 PM (u82oZ)

9 PhotoMath

Calculators and all other electronic devices should be banned from K-12.

Posted by: The Educational Hat at February 28, 2015 10:26 PM (0Ew3K)

10 Spock may be gone, but I am forever!

Posted by: Spocktaur at February 28, 2015 10:26 PM (OVx7B)

11 Looks like old man winter isn't done yet. Models are starting to show all 49 57 states getting some snow this next week.


FIFY

Posted by: presnit whos smarter than the weather guy at February 28, 2015 10:26 PM (tHAoL)

12 Wonder Woman fought with a speculum.....?


I am..... I........ I need to sit down for a minute.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 28, 2015 10:27 PM (UMBjg)

13 Retrowave

A retort:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYQuf_0k3W8

Posted by: The Future-Retro Hat at February 28, 2015 10:28 PM (0Ew3K)

14 Evening Horde


What have we fucked up today?

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 28, 2015 10:29 PM (GEICT)

15 Who do you cast as your warrior ginger? -Stana Katic (Beckett)


Does it have to be a real ginger? - nope.

Posted by: tbodie at February 28, 2015 10:29 PM (tHAoL)

16 I'm waiting on PhotoMeth.

Posted by: North Florida Redneck at February 28, 2015 10:29 PM (DajPN)

17 If a Georgia lawmaker gets his way, genetically engineering catgirls for
domestic ownership will be illegal. Not specifically catgirls, but any
combination of DNA from human and non-human sources.



Furries and otherkin hardest hit.

Posted by: Armando at February 28, 2015 10:30 PM (IcK0S)

18 g'evenin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at February 28, 2015 10:31 PM (4gN5w)

19 I'm not even tackling that photo. I see seven and that's it.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 28, 2015 10:31 PM (UMBjg)

20 That Kansas constitutional carry bill is so much all kinds of awesome, it should be a damned no-brainer for the rest of the red states to copy. Especially considering the moves Obama is making of late...

Posted by: KG at February 28, 2015 10:32 PM (GS9cy)

21 Too much work for a Saturday night

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, looking for Billy The Mountain at February 28, 2015 10:32 PM (4ka5+)

22
Competitive eating champion Matt "Megatoad" Stonie sucked down 182 slices of bacon in a five minute stretch during a contest sponsored by Smithfield Foods in Daytona, Fla.

http://tinyurl.com/onhbj5j

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 28, 2015 10:33 PM (kdS6q)

23 Posted by: presnit whos smarter than the weather guy at February 28, 2015 10:26 PM (tHAoL)

Heh. I had 50 originally but couldn't very ft if Hawaii was going to get snow so I changed it to 49. Forgot to drop the all part!

Posted by: CDR M at February 28, 2015 10:35 PM (93D1V)

24 (yes that is Kirsten Dunst in the picture). I wonder if the thermal exhaust port is shielded?

I would love to conduct a detailed study on this topic, up close and personal.

Posted by: GnuBreed at February 28, 2015 10:35 PM (Rybx/)

25 When that cat gets older there will be a war there that will end badly. Cats and birds, not a fair fight. Cats and dogs, much more interesting. But still my cat wins those too.

So the Pope says money is dung? Well he and his associates were and are more than happy to accept said dung from my poor parents and relatives every Sunday. I also noted large amounts of said dung must have been spent on the Vatican, his residence, when I visited there.

Posted by: keena at February 28, 2015 10:36 PM (RiTnx)

26 Evening Gentlefappers.

So does Wonder Woman use the speculum like a boomerang?

Posted by: All Hail Eris at February 28, 2015 10:36 PM (KH1sk)

27 (yes that is Kirsten Dunst in the picture). I wonder if the thermal exhaust port is shielded?

I would love to conduct a detailed study on this topic, up close and personal.

Posted by: GnuBreed at February 28, 2015 10:35 PM (Rybx/)


Use the force.

Posted by: Obi-Wan Fapponi at February 28, 2015 10:36 PM (0Ew3K)

28 "Interesting. Russia's military exercises are way bigger than NATO's."

Of course - it puts large amounts of troops right on the borders of the Baltic states Putin wants to gradually take over (which is why Estonia and Lithuania have introduced measures to bring back "temporary" conscription).

Here's a good blog post by "Streetwise Professor" on teh Twitters - "Is NATO a threat to Russia? If only."

http://tinyurl.com/nyef8g9

I was particularly surprised that Germany's readiness is so poor - one of their "elite" units had to use broomsticks painted black as props during a recent NATO exercise. Also goes to show that NATO is really the US.

Posted by: Thrawn at February 28, 2015 10:36 PM (d7XFS)

29 For Red Sonja casting... how about Adrianne Palicki from Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Make her a redhead and she'd be great in the role. Would just be a revision of the role she's doing in AoS and she did in GI Joe.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at February 28, 2015 10:36 PM (7A4qQ)

30 22 Competitive eating champion Matt "Megatoad" Stonie sucked down 182 slices of bacon in a five minute stretch during a contest sponsored by Smithfield Foods in Daytona, Fla.

Waste of bacon. But if their bacon no better than their country ham, maybe not such a loss.

Posted by: Splunge at February 28, 2015 10:36 PM (qyomX)

31 It's Hollywood. Hallie Berry must play Red Sonja because, racism.

Posted by: Sgt. Stryker at February 28, 2015 10:38 PM (XO6WW)

32 One proton torpedo on the way...

Posted by: Ostral B Heretic at February 28, 2015 10:39 PM (X1rEV)

33 Another Red Sonja option... Hayley Atwell of Agent Carter fame. She's already a redhead, I think.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at February 28, 2015 10:39 PM (7A4qQ)

34 It's a more "enlightened" age; Why Red Sonja have to be a ginger woman? Can't RS be a transgendered, disabled black "wymon" who identifies as a ginger?

Posted by: Thrawn at February 28, 2015 10:40 PM (d7XFS)

35 I laugh (not at the horde, but because of it) in that though I'm pro-recreational marijuana, gay marriage, and abortion (I don't hide behind the euphemism "choice" though I support a ban on partial-birth and late-term abortions unless the mother is going to die (and only in the latter, not the former)), I'm orders of magnitude more conservative than the GOP. Don't just put up a border fence, mine the G-D thing. Get rid of at least a 1/2 dozen cabinets, including Vet Affairs (WTF isn't this part of DoD), very pro-2nd, 9th, and 10th amendments, hard money, congressional term limits, und so weiter (and so on). Republican party, LOL.

Posted by: SFGoth at February 28, 2015 10:41 PM (9CBig)

36 Considering the luck Georgia has had breeding humans, this might not be a bad idea.

Posted by: Sgt. Stryker at February 28, 2015 10:41 PM (XO6WW)

37
The cat is having a grand old time but I dont think the chicken is. Do chickens play?

Posted by: Bruce J. at February 28, 2015 10:41 PM (iQIUe)

38 Hoooorde!

The fuck is up?

Posted by: DC in River City at February 28, 2015 10:41 PM (e+1S5)

39 Goodnight all. Our Constitution Bee is tomorrow.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 28, 2015 10:42 PM (u82oZ)

40
PECK HIS EYES OUT! You have my permission.

Posted by: Bruce J. at February 28, 2015 10:42 PM (iQIUe)

41 I can't believe Ace hasn't hit on this hot topic yet (unless of course I didn't read through his posts) but....
http://tinyurl.com/prrtmlv

white/gold or blue/black?

I have a theory based on random shit I saw this week (gettin some liberal cred by saying that right) about why people see it as one or the other and it kinda fits the science behind it.....kinda like global warming,,,,errrr climate change....

Posted by: keena at February 28, 2015 10:43 PM (RiTnx)

42 Meh, let me know when all 57 states get snow.

Posted by: SFGoth at February 28, 2015 10:43 PM (9CBig)

43 I'm curious as to how Insomniac's evening is progressing. Did he overcome his introversion via mass quantities of alcohol? I'm imagining conga lines and cannonballing off the roof into the pool shouting "I am the lizard king!"

Posted by: All Hail Eris at February 28, 2015 10:46 PM (KH1sk)

44 42: the corpseman will keep you informed.

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at February 28, 2015 10:47 PM (ucDmr)

45 Algebra will be more accessible, and a step up for people who are good at word problems.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 28, 2015 10:47 PM (+4uXG)

46 If the chicken kills the cat and then begins to eat it, does he say

"Tastes like worm."?

Posted by: GnuBreed at February 28, 2015 10:48 PM (Rybx/)

47 Remember Hawaii has two ginormous white-capped mountains on the Big Island. It's not at all impossible that all 50 will indeed get some snow.

Posted by: Trimegistus at February 28, 2015 10:48 PM (ULxbM)

48 This Utah/Arizona game on ESPN is wild.

Posted by: DC in River City at February 28, 2015 10:48 PM (e+1S5)

49 So the wife and I are watching Sister Act 2, after watching Sister Act before that. Love these movies. Love the music.

Anywho, I'd completely forgotten that Jennifer Love Hewitt is in SA2.

"Sweet, JLH....wait...when did this movie come out? How old was she??...........14?!?!? Dammit."

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 28, 2015 10:48 PM (GEICT)

50 Given that the cat is obviously still just a kitten, that chicken must be some kind of small bantam. A full-size chicken couldn't give a shit about cats.

Posted by: Trimegistus at February 28, 2015 10:50 PM (ULxbM)

51 Hey everybody. I shared this earlier but don't think a lot of you saw it, so was hoping I could post it again.

I read today that Harvey Weinstein of all people has just greenlighted a biopic of McDonalds' own Ray Kroc, starring Michael Keaton, and that there's hopes it'll be 2016/17 best picture material.

Will be interesting to see how that plays out.

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 28, 2015 10:50 PM (elbY7)

52 Just finished watching "The Doomsday Machine".

May Adonai bless you and keep you, Nimoy.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 28, 2015 10:51 PM (AVEe1)

53 The white and gold photos were overexposed on the blue channel. The dress was black and blue.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 28, 2015 10:51 PM (+4uXG)

54 Chickens can fight like hell.
Cocks especially.
They can open you up like a can of beans.

Posted by: navybrat at February 28, 2015 10:52 PM (JgC5a)

55 I was .the impression the russians had such large exercise because russian / soviet doctrine was to always have at least one person with a line of sight on their home base so they do not get lost

Posted by: yankeefifth at February 28, 2015 10:52 PM (gsfK5)

56 I love John Green's geekatorium. I need to display all my cyberpets like that. It's like a nerd wunderkammer.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at February 28, 2015 10:54 PM (KH1sk)

57 Chickens can fight like hell.
Cocks especially.
They can open you up like a can of beans.
Posted by: navybrat at February 28, 2015 10:52 PM (JgC5a)

I have made it a point to never put myself in a situation where I could get stabbed by a cock.

Posted by: yankeefifth at February 28, 2015 10:54 PM (gsfK5)

58 Robert Rodrigues: "Hey let's put a poster up for a movie that hasn't been green-lit. That'll seal the deal somehow."

Following Conan, I would say the less special effects there are, the better.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 28, 2015 10:54 PM (+4uXG)

59 58 Robert Rodrigues: "Hey let's put a poster up for a movie that hasn't been green-lit. That'll seal the deal somehow."

Following Conan, I would say the less special effects there are, the better.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 28, 2015 10:54 PM (+4uXG)



Worked for Deadpool.

The rumors and leaks and fan art and all that shit built fan desire to a fever pitch and ultimately the movie was green lighted.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 28, 2015 10:57 PM (GEICT)

60 Following Conan, I would say the less special effects there are, the better.

It was amazing what Milius and Stone did with that budget and that technology. The wraiths looked real. So did that huge snake - those puppeteers deserved an Academy.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 28, 2015 10:57 PM (AVEe1)

61 Worked for Deadpool. The rumors and leaks and fan art and all that shit built fan desire to a fever pitch and ultimately the movie was green lighted.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 28, 2015 10:57 PM


They'd better not fuck that up.

Posted by: otho at February 28, 2015 10:58 PM (tBSrv)

62 That cat should be ashamed of himself.

Posted by: rickl at February 28, 2015 11:00 PM (sdi6R)

63 Does Wonder Woman put the speculum back in the refrigerator when she's done swinging it?

Posted by: Final Arbiter of Reality at February 28, 2015 11:00 PM (TjHN/)

64
Commander M, a song for you Navy guys written bya couple USAF Viper pilots. Apologies in advance!


http://tinyurl.com/oko7j4k

Posted by: Bill R. at February 28, 2015 11:00 PM (jKUeC)

65 50 Given that the cat is obviously still just a kitten, that chicken must be some kind of small bantam. A full-size chicken couldn't give a shit about cats.

Posted by: Trimegistus at February 28, 2015 10:50 PM (ULxbM)

I'd say that a chicken would if it was a Maine Coon attacking it. Or one of those hybrids like a Bengal.

Posted by: AshevilleRobert at February 28, 2015 11:00 PM (Wo9OY)

66 are Washington Republicans incompetent?

Dammit, we are not incontinent! It's just that Harry Reid said "boo!". What happened next could have happened to anybody.

Posted by: John Boehner at February 28, 2015 11:00 PM (FcR7P)

67 Chickens can fight like hell.

Tell me about it!

Posted by: Sheldon Cooper at February 28, 2015 11:00 PM (X1rEV)

68 I coined the word recombobulate (opposed to discombobulate). Do I win a prize?

Posted by: Bill H at February 28, 2015 11:01 PM (3sZO1)

69 They'd better not fuck that up.

Posted by: otho at February 28, 2015 10:58 PM (tBSrv)



*nods*

If they do, I actually think AtC might hunt people down.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 28, 2015 11:02 PM (GEICT)

70 The Retrowave video reminds me of the old USA network "Nighflight"

Posted by: Kindltot at February 28, 2015 11:02 PM (t//F+)

71 so greg gutfeld quit red eye. huh. It was obvious he needed something new but I am surprised he is quitting.

Posted by: yankeefifth at February 28, 2015 11:02 PM (gsfK5)

72 71: FNC is creating some weekend show for him so he's not leaving the network.

Posted by: puddleglum@work at February 28, 2015 11:04 PM (20X6f)

73 Following Conan, I would say the less special effects there are, the better.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 28, 2015 10:54 PM (+4uXG)
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They'd better get Basil Poledouris ripping off Prokofiev too. Great score.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at February 28, 2015 11:06 PM (KH1sk)

74 I've never seen an all white cat. Pretty cool looking.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 28, 2015 11:06 PM (g1DWB)

75 I've seen straight up dumb articles on American Thinker, but this one takes the cake.

Posted by: palooka at February 28, 2015 11:07 PM (chnM7)

76 Naomie Harris is everything Halle Berry is supposed to be.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 28, 2015 11:07 PM (+4uXG)

77 Evening, patriots.

Milady webworker and I just got home after a date! We tried to recall the last time we'd been out to dinner together. Sometime before August, we realized. It's been... a weird bunch of months. Freezing temps, icy roads, 20mph much of the way, but worth the effort.

I had the green chili cheeseburger. Fresh Oklahoma beef. With fries. And a Guiness. It'll do for tonight.

Now it's early but I'm ready to sleep, no doubt to dream of diving on ice.

Posted by: mindful webworker - sleepyhead at February 28, 2015 11:08 PM (oBghv)

78 *nods* If they do, I actually think AtC might hunt people down.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 28, 2015 11:02 PM

They've got a shot at doing something spectacularly good and funny. I want Kelley/McGuinness good, not some crap that a studio throws together via group focus. I won't charge ATC a fee for merc service if they fuck this up, I'll get stabby for free.

Posted by: otho at February 28, 2015 11:08 PM (tBSrv)

79 70 The Retrowave video reminds me of the old USA network "Nighflight"
Posted by: Kindltot at February 28, 2015 11:02 PM (t//F+)


Hmmm.... makes me think of a pairing between "Tron" and "Blade Runner"[/i with a good dash of "Back To The Future" mixed in.

Posted by: Bill H at February 28, 2015 11:09 PM (3sZO1)

80 Red Sonja? Don't really care unless Cerebus the Aardvark is involved.

Posted by: Robert at February 28, 2015 11:09 PM (Wo9OY)

81 @53
Yes I know it was overexposed but I saw it as blue and black. My better half saw it as exposed and saw it as white and gold.
In my small number of people, the really concrete, detail oriented people saw it as white and gold. The artsy people especially those who work a lot with color saw it as blue and black, which was the real color.
My one daughter saw it as one then the next day, the other. Which freaked her out.
Last night at a friends dinner party, I was the only one who saw blue and black and they are turned on me!!

Posted by: keena at February 28, 2015 11:09 PM (RiTnx)

82 Another Red Sonja option... Hayley Atwell of Agent Carter fame. She's already a redhead, I think.

This man is wise.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at February 28, 2015 11:09 PM (10ydV)

83 The only thing the GOP is good at is getting elected and fighting conservative.

Articulating and effectuating an actual agenda, not so much.

Posted by: Kreplach at February 28, 2015 11:10 PM (W7O4a)

84 I've never seen an all white cat. Pretty cool looking.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 28, 2015 11:06 PM (g1DWB)


Actually, it is blue and gold. It is just the lighting, and an optical illusion.

You may have heard about it?

Posted by: Kindltot at February 28, 2015 11:12 PM (t//F+)

85 Red Sonja?


Rachel Nichols

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 28, 2015 11:12 PM (GEICT)

86 Red Sonja? Don't really care unless Cerebus the Aardvark is involved.

Posted by: Robert at February 28, 2015 11:09 PM (Wo9OY)


Sadly, I doubt anyone in Hollywood would touch Sim's stuff.

Posted by: Jaka at February 28, 2015 11:13 PM (0Ew3K)

87 From the end of the dead thread:

When Oregon was admitted to the United States in 1859, it was the only state whose state constitution explicitly forbade black people from living, working or owning property within its borders.

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Yeah, but we passed that law ironically.
Posted by: Oregon Hipster

Posted by: Turd Ferguson at February 28, 2015 11:14 PM (MYPM9)

88 The only thing the GOP is good at is getting elected and fighting conservative.

Articulating and effectuating an actual agenda, not so much.
Posted by: Kreplach at February 28, 2015 11:10 PM (W7O4a)


They're not even any good at that. What kind of administration has been running the show for the past two cycles/ For the last 25 years, the only thing the Repubs have been good at is a measured kind of failure.

Posted by: Bill H at February 28, 2015 11:15 PM (3sZO1)

89 palooka: Although I know you're a longstanding contrarian here - oh fuck it, so am I. You're right.

"American Thinker" isn't my go-to place for thought, American or otherwise. This particular article tried too hard. The only Right-friendly message the article successfully argues for is that in "Return of the Archons". One out of ten.

I'd not have gone for individual episodes, myself (especially not that 3rd-season rubbish). I'd have gone for the general support of the Naval virtues: deference to the Captain, but mindful of where the Captain's orders are not *obviously* destructive. And general principles of duty, honour, and protection of one's home.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 28, 2015 11:15 PM (AVEe1)

90 Evening/morning, morons and ettes. More snow coming tomorrow !! Woot woot I love me some snow, I work at a ski area running a snowcat. Fresh snow makes the job go pretty easy, as opposed to grinding up frozen crud. Take heart gentle people for spring will come. At least it always has

Posted by: NativeNH at February 28, 2015 11:17 PM (v5fmw)

91 Basil Poledouris died a few years ago, IIRC. The Conan score, with the huge and brutal orchestra makes me wish he had done more work for Hollywood. Hunt for Red October is also terrific. He might have been my personal choice for Star Wars 7.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 28, 2015 11:17 PM (+4uXG)

92 Posted by: All Hail Eris at February 28, 2015 10:46 PM (KH1sk)

Hiya! I'm home, pantsless and enjoying the quiet. No cannonballs, I'm sorry to report.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 28, 2015 11:17 PM (0lfHk)

93 >>Actually, it is blue and gold.

Bazinga.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 28, 2015 11:18 PM (g1DWB)

94 72 >> I've never seen an all white cat. Pretty cool looking.

The ex has it now, but 'our' cat is all white. Our prior cat was 100% black, except for one white whisker.

Posted by: GnuBreed at February 28, 2015 11:19 PM (Rybx/)

95 The Star Wars dress is part of the Rodart Fall 2014 line - there are many more of them, and Kristen actually got one of the better ones:


http://www.gofugyourself.com/ new-york-fugshion-week-rodarte-02-2014

Posted by: Lizzy at February 28, 2015 11:19 PM (lHHyw)

96 Hey, all.

Posted by: shredded chi at February 28, 2015 11:20 PM (HXwIE)

97 I've never seen an all white cat. Pretty cool looking.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 28, 2015 11:06 PM (g1DWB)

Actually, it is blue and gold. It is just the lighting, and an optical illusion.

You may have heard about it?
Posted by: Kindltot at February 28, 2015 11:12 PM (t//F+)


All I saw was the cat's smile.

Posted by: Alice in Wonderland at February 28, 2015 11:20 PM (W5DcG)

98 Does it have to be a real ginger?

----

Are you TRYING to steal entire theaters worth of souls?

Posted by: Turd Ferguson at February 28, 2015 11:20 PM (MYPM9)

99 Geez, slow tonight.

*pours shots all around*

*throws bottle at Cochran*

There. Now it's a party.

Posted by: DC in River City at February 28, 2015 11:21 PM (e+1S5)

100 I was particularly surprised that Germany's readiness is so poor - one of their "elite" units had to use broomsticks painted black as props during a recent NATO exercise. Also goes to show that NATO is really the US.
Posted by: Thrawn at February 28, 2015 10:36 PM (d7XFS)


IIRC, back when the French and Brits "led" the air attack against Libya that got rid of Khadaffhi, they weren't even able to get a squadron each there without the US doing all of the logistics.

Currently, France has 1 aircraft carrier (that may or may not be able to go to sea at a given time) 9 frigates and 6 subs.
Great Britain has 6 destroyers, 13 frigates, 4 ballistic subs, and 6 fleet subs. Plus 1 carrier that is now an amphibious assault ship, plus 3 other amp assualt ships.

Along with Italy's carrier, those ships make up the bulk of the European NATO members' navies.

So yes, the US IS NATO.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at February 28, 2015 11:22 PM (+Fae7)

101 FNC is creating some weekend show for him so he's not leaving the network.
Posted by: puddleglum@work at February 28, 2015 11:04 PM (20X6f)




that's good for him. hopefully whatever he does is humor oriented.

Posted by: yankeefifth at February 28, 2015 11:22 PM (gsfK5)

102 And people wonder why I cross the road.

Because now even the damned cat is fucking with me.

Posted by: The Chicken at February 28, 2015 11:22 PM (+XMAD)

103 99 Geez, slow tonight.

*pours shots all around*

*throws bottle at Cochran*

There. Now it's a party.

Posted by: DC in River City at February 28, 2015 11:21 PM (e+1S5)



*catches bottle*

*takes a hit off of it*

Let's go.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 28, 2015 11:22 PM (GEICT)

104 That "Why Conservatives Will Miss Spock" link completely misunderstood/misrepresented the point of "A Taste of Armegeddon." The computer wasn't just simulating disasters; it was fighting a war. Both sides were using computer simulations to determine casualties rather than conventional weapons, in order to preserve their physical history and culture. The point of the episode is that war HAS to be brutal, ugly, and destructive, because that's the only way it will ever end. If you sanitize it, no one will ever get tired and more people will die. As Robert E. Lee said, "It is well that war is so terrible, that we should grow too fond of it." The author of the piece took a really cool and profound episode and made a wooden, forced political point out of it.

I wouldn't normally say anything, but that's probably my favorite episode, and it really rubs me the wrong way how they represented it.

Posted by: 4thgengamecock at February 28, 2015 11:23 PM (IGovk)

105 Yes, Red Sonja must be a real red head, and I want proof.

Posted by: Ostral B Heretic at February 28, 2015 11:23 PM (X1rEV)

106 I'm glad the Mental Floss nerd specified the words were merely first pu in print by the authors, not necessarily invented by them.

Posted by: Turd Ferguson at February 28, 2015 11:23 PM (MYPM9)

107 >> There. Now it's a party.

Hey, I brought my Armageddon lighter

*flicks Da Biq*

Posted by: GnuBreed at February 28, 2015 11:24 PM (Rybx/)

108 >>>*takes a hit off of it*

Pfft. Like I would throw a non-empty bottle.

Posted by: DC in River City at February 28, 2015 11:24 PM (e+1S5)

109 Hello, Horde!

The icy weather has pretty much killed activity at the karaoke bar tonight...staffers were the only ones there, so the boss sent me home. Feels weird to be at home and on the ONT this early.

Posted by: Captain Whitebread at February 28, 2015 11:25 PM (rJUlF)

110 Hey, I brought my Armageddon lighter

*flicks Da Biq*

Posted by: GnuBreed at February 28, 2015 11:24 PM (Rybx/)



*claps*

How long you been holding on to that one?

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 28, 2015 11:25 PM (GEICT)

111 I've got a 99.9999% black cat. Except, right on the top of her widdwe biddy haid, there's a white speck, about the 1/2 the size of a small grain of rice.

Full grown, she's 7-1/2 lbs. Tiny, small cute cat!

Her name is Bonnie, as in "Bonnie Wee Lass".

She gives her 13 lb. littermate brother, living fits. She's like the "Chickenhawk" from the Foghorn Leghorn cartoons. They're both longhaired cats. It's not uncommon to find one with a mouth full of the other's fur, after a tussle.

And yes, living with these two cats is like life in a Warner Bros. cartoon. I'm not exaggerating, they're a pair of characters.

At least they sleep a lot; they're cats. Having said that, they sleep a lot on our laps. Rather immobilizing, at times.

Good friends, good company. Gotta love 'em.


Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at February 28, 2015 11:25 PM (RzZOc)

112 Pfft. Like I would throw a non-empty bottle.
Posted by: DC in River City at February 28, 2015 11:24 PM (e+1S5)

you should only throw a bottle if it is sealed or empty.

Posted by: yankeefifth at February 28, 2015 11:26 PM (gsfK5)

113 72 97 My mom had an all white cat, deaf as a doorknob. It was oblivious to other cats growling, so it never learned catiquette properly. When it was a full grown farm tomcat, my mom fell ill and returned it to her cousin's farm. We heard it only took two weeks to become the alpha male in the barn...

Posted by: Final Arbiter of Reality at February 28, 2015 11:26 PM (TjHN/)

114 Hey, I brought my Armageddon lighter

*flicks Da Biq*

-----

Don't need one.
*flickum bicus*

Posted by: Harry Dresden at February 28, 2015 11:26 PM (MYPM9)

115 As for the Death Star (under-construction) dress - I give it 5/10. It's pretty. But it draws attention to itself; it is too obviously a marketing ploy. A *great* dress calls attention to the woman who wears it. The dress posted here draws my eye to this woman's kneecaps (what's the point?).

Slightly tangential to the topic, 3D printed dresses are coming. By which I mean, are here already.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 28, 2015 11:26 PM (AVEe1)

116 NATO was/is nothing more than a diplomatic excuse for the U.S. to get involved in a European war. It has patently outgrown it's utility and should be dissolved.

Posted by: SFGoth at February 28, 2015 11:27 PM (9CBig)

117 At least they sleep a lot; they're cats. Having said that, they sleep a lot on our laps. Rather immobilizing, at times. 

Good friends, good company. Gotta love 'em. 

Spent today with 2 cats in my lap. Got my wife to make me a sammich cause of the cats.

Posted by: tbodie at February 28, 2015 11:28 PM (tHAoL)

118 It's slightly less tacky then everything she wore in Spiderman.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 28, 2015 11:29 PM (+4uXG)

119 Get rid of NATO and the UN. At least get the UN out of the U.S.

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at February 28, 2015 11:29 PM (ucDmr)

120 71 so greg gutfeld quit red eye. huh. It was obvious he needed something new but I am surprised he is quitting.
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 28, 2015 11:02 PM (gsfK5)


Greg is doing "The Five" and will get a weekend show. FNC is grooming him to take Greta, Hannity, or O'Reilly's place down the road.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at February 28, 2015 11:30 PM (+Fae7)

121 Evening horde.

Just got done with The Judge.

RWC movie review upcoming.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 28, 2015 11:30 PM (HKu0W)

122 It was good.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 28, 2015 11:30 PM (HKu0W)

123 NATO was/is nothing more than a diplomatic excuse for the U.S. to get involved in a European war. It has patently outgrown it's utility and should be dissolved.
Posted by: SFGoth at February 28, 2015 11:27 PM (9CBig)


It lost it's reason for existence once the USSR dissolved.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 28, 2015 11:30 PM (W5DcG)

124 Years ago, had a feral mom cat show up, birth a litter of five, and die almost before they were weaned. Three of the cats were white triplets.

All white, except, one had a small gray steak on the top of her head on the left, another same but on the right. Third had no stripe. After the all white cat and one of the others had died, the remaining cat lost her gray stripe - no longer needed to differentiate them.

They sure were cute as kittens. Long ago now. All gone.

Posted by: mindful webworker - cat man do at February 28, 2015 11:31 PM (hgso/)

125 "So yes, the US IS NATO."


NATO isn't what is used to be just 15 years ago. Russia sees no big issue today.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 28, 2015 11:31 PM (UMBjg)

126 Red Sona - Rene Russo in her prime, or currently, Adrianne Palicki or Gemma Arterton?

Posted by: Lizzy at February 28, 2015 11:32 PM (lHHyw)

127 I hate ice storms

Just spent the last 14 hours driving across west Texas. Saw at least 30 big rigs wrecked between Odessa and Ft Worth. I stopped counting at 28. Some gnarly wrecks, most were on their sides, jackknifed or torn apart like a squadron of Warthogs had used them for target practice.

One truly epic smash up outside of Pecos had 3-4 Fedex trucks that looked like they piled up on each other.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 28, 2015 11:32 PM (VB0Qs)

128 Are big wars over?

Is everything skirmishes and 4th gen warfare?

Other than the US nobody can project power very far

China, Russia, meh

Posted by: #28 moron at February 28, 2015 11:32 PM (pIhxB)

129 1 Evening horde. 

121 Just got done with The Judge. 

RWC movie review upcoming.


122 It was good.



TL;DR



Posted by: tbodie at February 28, 2015 11:32 PM (tHAoL)

130 Slow ONT.

You fuckers gone and got lives or something.

Dammit!

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 28, 2015 11:33 PM (HKu0W)

131 It lost its reason for existence once the USSR dissolved.

----

*ahem*

Posted by: V. Putin at February 28, 2015 11:33 PM (MYPM9)

132
NATOthe US isn't what is used to be just 15 years ago. Russia sees no big issue today.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 28, 2015 11:31 PM (UMBjg)



Fixt

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 28, 2015 11:33 PM (GEICT)

133 NATO was/is nothing more than a diplomatic excuse for the U.S. to get involved in a European war. It has patently outgrown it's utility and should be dissolved.

*its.

Otherwise... NATO should have pivoted against Khomeinism. A great opportunity was missed in 1989.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 28, 2015 11:33 PM (AVEe1)

134 Posted by: tbodie at February 28, 2015 11:32 PM (tHAoL)

Succinct

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 28, 2015 11:34 PM (HKu0W)

135 >>>It was good.

Never heard of it. Based on the imdb synopsis, I will never see it. I do like RDJ though.

Posted by: DC in River City at February 28, 2015 11:34 PM (e+1S5)

136 are Washington Republicans incompetent?

It's turtles, all the way down.

Posted by: toby928(C) says call me Odysseus at February 28, 2015 11:34 PM (rwI+c)

137 "The icy weather has pretty much killed activity at the karaoke bar tonight."


The local joint was shut down tonight when I went by around 6:00. Not much activity at all anywhere.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 28, 2015 11:35 PM (UMBjg)

138 It's turtles, all the way down.
Posted by: toby928(C)

----

Thank you.

Posted by: Mitch McConnell at February 28, 2015 11:36 PM (MYPM9)

139 *its.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo

Correct - it was reflexive. Ironically, the apostrophe in it's renders it an abbreviation, not a possessive.

Posted by: SFGoth at February 28, 2015 11:36 PM (9CBig)

140  are Washington Republicans incompetent?


Hmmm.... first time i read that i was sure it said "incontinent".

Posted by: tbodie at February 28, 2015 11:36 PM (tHAoL)

141 Hi Horde,
I've been reading biography of General Patton.
It's long but I'm enjoying it.

I'll be back in a week or two when I finish reading it.

Jim-from Galveston,
My older brother & me have (until spring, if if happens this year) steaks & whatever Sunday afternoons. I have package from Copperas Cove Chamber of Commerce. Thank you very much, but I wouldn't ask my best friend to travel from Galveston to central Texas. It's too far & I'm sure it would take up too much of your time.

Posted by: Carol at February 28, 2015 11:36 PM (sj3Ax)

142 Does anyone else find it interesting that bacon is jihadibane? If you were ever into moral equivalence or not sure if daesh was good or evil I would think their fear and revulsion of and for bacon would settle the matter for you.





Posted by: yankeefifth at February 28, 2015 11:36 PM (gsfK5)

143 "NATOthe US isn't what is used to be just 15 years ago."



Well, there is that too.


Causation......correlation, etc.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 28, 2015 11:37 PM (UMBjg)

144 >>>You fuckers gone and got lives or something.

Nah. Cougar and Princess got home today, and they're both sound asleep. So I'm drinking combatively. Seriously, I'm hitting this bottle of Jim Beam Black like it's a hooker that doesn't have my money.

Posted by: DC in River City at February 28, 2015 11:37 PM (e+1S5)

145 The Kitties beat the Utes. Good game. The coach for Arizona is from the same neck of PA as I am (Lawrence County). I never met him but saw him play basketball in high school. Can't remember the high school he went too, Blackhawk or Elwood City? Eh, not important. Lots of good college BB games tonight.

Posted by: puddleglum@work at February 28, 2015 11:38 PM (20X6f)

146 Red Sonja?... Emma Stone

http://shoespost.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Emma-Stone-26.jpg

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at February 28, 2015 11:38 PM (z+4T3)

147 I'm hitting this bottle of Jim Beam Black like it's a hooker that doesn't have my money.

---

Huh. I thought the money went the other way.

Posted by: Jerry Springer at February 28, 2015 11:39 PM (MYPM9)

148 Nah. Cougar and Princess got home today, and they're both sound asleep. So I'm drinking combatively. Seriously, I'm hitting this bottle of Jim Beam Black like it's a hooker that doesn't have my money.
Posted by: DC in River City at February 28, 2015 11:37 PM (e+1S5)


see I thought you were gonna say like obama beats reid for cumming on his face.

Posted by: yankeefifth at February 28, 2015 11:39 PM (gsfK5)

149 okay, I'll quit talking out loud to myself now.

Good night, Gracies.

Posted by: mindful webworker - yawns, waves, snores at February 28, 2015 11:39 PM (hgso/)

150 >> If you were ever into moral equivalence or not sure if daesh was good
or evil I would think their fear and revulsion of and for bacon would
settle the matter for you.


...and dogs. They hate dogs - WTF?

The blogger Bookworm recently speculated that Mohammed hated dogs because he raided other tribes a lot, and dogs would get in the way of that (early detection, etc.).

Posted by: Lizzy at February 28, 2015 11:39 PM (lHHyw)

151 NATO isn't what is used to be just 15 years ago. Russia sees no big issue today.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 28, 2015 11:31 PM (UMBjg)


Our navy just shows how economically powerful the US can be. France and Great Britain can't even build ONE aircraft carrier without it blowing their whole budget. We can fund one carrier to be built every year and it would only be about 2% of our defense budget.

Thanks to Obamacare, not only do the taxpayers of the US pay for American's healtcare, but we will also continue to pay for Europe's health care system.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at February 28, 2015 11:39 PM (+Fae7)

152 Nite MWW. Stay safe.

Posted by: tbodie at February 28, 2015 11:40 PM (tHAoL)

153 Huh. I thought the money went the other way.
Posted by: Jerry Springer at February 28, 2015 11:39 PM (MYPM9)


apparently DC has a sub s pimp business.

Posted by: yankeefifth at February 28, 2015 11:40 PM (gsfK5)

154 ""If you described a society to Spock that invited strangers in and gave them unlimited welfare, Spock would clearly call such a society "illogical".



I think for the first time ever spock would say "Da fuck??"

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 28, 2015 11:40 PM (FMbng)

155 >>>see I thought you were gonna say like obama beats reid for cumming on his face.

Thanks for that. I've been wondering how to acquire EDS. Now I know.

Posted by: DC in River City at February 28, 2015 11:40 PM (e+1S5)

156 ...and dogs. They hate dogs - WTF?

The blogger Bookworm recently speculated that Mohammed hated dogs because he raided other tribes a lot, and dogs would get in the way of that (early detection, etc.).
Posted by: Lizzy at February 28, 2015 11:39 PM (lHHyw)


how a society treats dogs is a good way to quickly gauge their worth.

Posted by: yankeefifth at February 28, 2015 11:41 PM (gsfK5)

157 We had an "All White" cat, once.
We found it sitting on the hay bales in the barn one day.
It was a pure white Manx.
Oddly enough, I was not allergic to it.
We took it to our vet to get it checked-out/vaccinated and the vet told us that it was a pretty special "show cat", whatever that means.
The neighbor kids killed it with a pellet-gun.
It was a very nice cat...

Posted by: ChrisP at February 28, 2015 11:42 PM (Ib3Td)

158 see I thought you were gonna say like obama beats reid for cumming on his face.


Oh fuck you for that

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 28, 2015 11:42 PM (GEICT)

159 Its mormon night on ESPN. Utah was just playing (lost) now its BYU vs. Gonzaga.

Posted by: puddleglum@work at February 28, 2015 11:42 PM (20X6f)

160 The blogger Bookworm recently speculated that Mohammed hated dogs because he raided other tribes a lot, and dogs would get in the way of that (early detection, etc.).

I've seen that notion mooted a few times, before Bookworm. Maybe here; maybe in some sermon from the 1700s in Google Books.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 28, 2015 11:43 PM (AVEe1)

161 how a society treats dogs is a good way to quickly gauge their worth.

Posted by: yankeefifth at February 28, 2015 11:41 PM (gsfK5)

*****************
Pretty good eatin'

Posted by: Preznit Hussein at February 28, 2015 11:43 PM (5f5bM)

162 Scarlett Johansson = Red Sonja

Posted by: JackStraw at February 28, 2015 11:43 PM (g1DWB)

163 The good news from that long drive is that I now officially live in Texas. Woohoo!!!!

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 28, 2015 11:43 PM (VB0Qs)

164 ""If you described a society to Spock that invited strangers in and gave them unlimited welfare, Spock would clearly call such a society "illogical".

I think for the first time ever spock would say "Da fuck??"

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 28, 2015 11:40 PM (FMbng)


Baby bro had a thing against utopian plans.

He even blew up GOD!

Posted by: Sybok at February 28, 2015 11:43 PM (0Ew3K)

165 149 okay, I'll quit talking out loud to myself now.

Well, I've been conducting a silent inner monologue all through the comments, so...

Posted by: Captain Whitebread at February 28, 2015 11:44 PM (rJUlF)

166 Otherwise... NATO should have pivoted against Khomeinism. A great opportunity was missed in 1989.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 28, 2015 11:33 PM (AVEe1)


But the French and Germans were knee deep in supplying the Iraqis and Iranians with materials during that time up until about 2003.

We found lots of shit that would have embarrassed them if GWB had wanted to.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at February 28, 2015 11:44 PM (+Fae7)

167 France and Great Britain can't even build ONE aircraft carrier without it blowing their whole budget.


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


We builds zem for Russia!!

Posted by: Shipbuilder Hollande at February 28, 2015 11:45 PM (5f5bM)

168 I think The Five sucks balls. Donkey balls. Sweaty donkey balls.

Pretty much unwatchable from my perspective.

Posted by: Garrett at February 28, 2015 11:45 PM (FStv1)

169 Nah. Cougar and Princess got home today, and they're both sound asleep. So I'm drinking combatively. Seriously, I'm hitting this bottle of Jim Beam Black like it's a hooker that doesn't have my money.

Posted by: DC in River City at February 28, 2015 11:37 PM (e+1S5)

You poor thing you

But seriously, The Judge is worth 1.99.

Good scene when someone picks up a drink after 28 years sober and nobody pitches a damn fit. I'll leave it at that.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 28, 2015 11:45 PM (HKu0W)

170 Pretty good eatin'
Posted by: Preznit Hussein at February 28, 2015 11:43 PM (5f5bM)

exactly

Posted by: yankeefifth at February 28, 2015 11:45 PM (gsfK5)

171 Mr Spock prepares for the Warren presidency...
http://giphy.com/gifs/fighting-spock-nancy-xHAdLzcGWEB3i

Posted by: andycanuck at February 28, 2015 11:45 PM (2KB+E)

172 We found lots of shit that would have embarrassed them if GWB had wanted to.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at February 28, 2015 11:44 PM (+Fae7)


whut?

Posted by: Oil for Food at February 28, 2015 11:45 PM (pIhxB)

173 Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 28, 2015 11:43 PM (VB0Qs)

Congratulations and glad you're safe.

Posted by: tbodie at February 28, 2015 11:46 PM (tHAoL)

174 Kathy Griffin is Red Sonja.

Posted by: Garrett at February 28, 2015 11:46 PM (FStv1)

175 " We can fund one carrier to be built every year and it would only be about 2% of our defense budget.
"



In 2009/10 (help me here) Congress passed a resolution to keep the Navy at 11 CBGs. We've dropped below that. Only ten today. Big E got canned early in '12 and the replacement ain't showed up yet.




Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 28, 2015 11:47 PM (UMBjg)

176 163 The good news from that long drive is that I now officially live in Texas. Woohoo!!!!

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 28, 2015 11:43 PM (VB0Qs

Congrats!!

Austin?

*kidding


One step closer to being in NC.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 28, 2015 11:47 PM (HKu0W)

177 I think The Five sucks balls. Donkey balls. Sweaty donkey balls.

Pretty much unwatchable from my perspective.
Posted by: Garrett at February 28, 2015 11:45 PM (FStv1)





well there is that Guilfoyle girl. eric bolling is a full on retard.

Posted by: yankeefifth at February 28, 2015 11:47 PM (gsfK5)

178 Kathy Griffin is Red Sonja.

---

Not cool. I just vomited a little.

Posted by: Turd Ferguson at February 28, 2015 11:48 PM (MYPM9)

179 My vote: Adrienne Palicki for Red Sonja. Johannsen is likely busy with Marvel a bit longer, and Emma Stone doesn't look the part.

I'd say Christina Hendricks, but I don't think they'd be able to afford the chainmail bra...

Posted by: Captain Whitebread at February 28, 2015 11:48 PM (rJUlF)

180 Sister Act, Sister Act 2 and now Jaws 3.

On a roll tonight.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 28, 2015 11:48 PM (GEICT)

181
174 Kathy Griffin is Red Sonja.

Posted by: Garrett at February 28, 2015 11:46 PM (FStv1)

Is that a ban-able offense?!?

Hell no.

Hell. No.


Put a bit of red dye in Katheryn Winnicks hair and that is my choice.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 28, 2015 11:49 PM (HKu0W)

182 Does anyone else find it interesting that bacon is
jihadibane? If you were ever into moral equivalence or not sure if
daesh was good or evil I would think their fear and revulsion of and for
bacon would settle the matter for you.













Posted by: yankeefifth at February 28, 2015 11:36 PM (gsfK5)

***************************
Not surprisingly, not every Muslim is all that devout. I've been in nominally Muslim African countries where people ignore the prayers, but will dress nice and go to mosque on Fridays, and in those same countries I've had some mighty fine bacon (and smelled it cooking in neighborhoods).

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at February 28, 2015 11:49 PM (5f5bM)

183  Kathy Griffin is a Red commie pig.


That's all i have to say about that.

Posted by: tbodie at February 28, 2015 11:49 PM (tHAoL)

184 The last scene of Red Sonja, where she's dying of consumption, should be played by Jennifer Garner.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at February 28, 2015 11:49 PM (lG2E3)

185 Oh fuck you for that
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 28, 2015 11:42 PM (GEICT)


As if anyone believes that exercise band story. I wonder if anyone has a copy of reid's i've fallen and can't get it up alert call.

Posted by: yankeefifth at February 28, 2015 11:50 PM (gsfK5)

186 Slightly tangential to the topic, 3D printed dresses are coming. By which I mean, are here already.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 28, 2015 11:26 PM (AVEe1)


A) what does a 3-d printed dress look like, and

B) completely off topic, do you think one could 3-d print a lower receiver out of Cerakote?

Posted by: Kindltot at February 28, 2015 11:50 PM (t//F+)

187 181

(looks up Katheryn Winnicks)

OK, I might have to revise my list.

Posted by: Captain Whitebread at February 28, 2015 11:50 PM (rJUlF)

188 That annoying little Red Haired Neighbor Girl from Small Wonder is Red Sonja.

Posted by: Garrett at February 28, 2015 11:50 PM (FStv1)

189 On a roll tonight.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 28, 2015 11:48 PM

LOL. Jaws 3...awesome.

Posted by: otho at February 28, 2015 11:51 PM (tBSrv)

190 Saturday Night SCIENCE ONT Compliance Pics

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/571728113438097409

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/571728413687324672

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/571728572127191040

Posted by: kbdabear at February 28, 2015 11:51 PM (GrXXa)

191 Not surprisingly, not every Muslim is all that devout. I've been in nominally Muslim African countries where people ignore the prayers, but will dress nice and go to mosque on Fridays, and in those same countries I've had some mighty fine bacon (and smelled it cooking in neighborhoods).
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at February 28, 2015 11:49 PM (5f5bM)


but that is a good way to test for jihadiitis. salivates at smell of bacon no problem. starts twitching and dry heaving at smell of bacon, send 'em to King Hussein.

Posted by: yankeefifth at February 28, 2015 11:52 PM (gsfK5)

192 Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at February 28, 2015 11:49 PM (5f5bM)

Used to have skip days in high school and go to Shoneys breakfast bar. The Somali Muslims could be picked out by looking at their bacon covered plates.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 28, 2015 11:52 PM (HKu0W)

193 Oh, Lagertha is an excellent choice. And Katheryn Winnick is really into martial arts - she has a third-degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do, along with a second-degree Black Belt in Karate.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 28, 2015 11:53 PM (lHHyw)

194 168: It does have Andrea Tantaros and her impossibly short, tight, mini skirts. So, its not all that bad.

Posted by: puddleglum@work at February 28, 2015 11:54 PM (20X6f)

195 OK, I might have to revise my list.

Posted by: Captain Whitebread at February 28, 2015 11:50 PM (rJUlF)

You....you don't...

You don't know Katheryn Winnick???

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 28, 2015 11:54 PM (HKu0W)

196 I am not sure if we have a little caesars anywhere nearby but I am tempted to find one and get their bacon whatever pizza.


Anyone else think it is not a coincidence that daesh runs riot and little caesars drops a bacon pizza bomb? Opening shot in the new crusade.



Posted by: yankeefifth at February 28, 2015 11:55 PM (gsfK5)

197 Posted by: yankeefifth at February 28, 2015 11:55 PM (gsfK5)

If the bacon pizza does coincide that is awesome.

Just had their deep dish at the nephews b-day and it was damn good.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 28, 2015 11:57 PM (HKu0W)

198 >>>Used to have skip days in high school and go to Shoneys breakfast bar. The Somali Muslims could be picked out by looking at their bacon covered plates.

I once knew an ex-Muslim from Africa who said he gave up his religion after he first smelled bacon cooking in the pan. His exact words were "any god that can ban that has nothing to offer me"

Solid dude, I think he went Army. Wouldn't be surprised to find his 5'5" ass has spent the last decade busting out windows and kicking doors.

Posted by: DC in River City at February 28, 2015 11:58 PM (e+1S5)

199 Predator showing at the local old school single screen theatre.

Sweet.

Posted by: random, the new predictable at February 28, 2015 11:58 PM (fDF6X)

200 The Gerald R. Ford, new John F. Kennedy, and, new Enterprise will conceivably commission in '15, '20, and, '25 respectively.


Decks full of SH's, UCAVs, and, F-35s. And SH's for the rotor heads.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 28, 2015 11:58 PM (UMBjg)

201 Predator showing at the local old school single screen theatre. Sweet.

Posted by: random, the new predictable at February 28, 2015 11:58 PM


Do. Not. Miss.

Posted by: otho at February 28, 2015 11:59 PM (tBSrv)

202 >>>Sister Act, Sister Act 2 and now Jaws 3.
On a roll tonight.

You do know it's cheating to just repost your twitter stuff here, right?

Posted by: DC in River City at March 01, 2015 12:00 AM (e+1S5)

203 ok - 16 Faces: 5 on the left, 4 in the middle, 7 on the right. 5 human faces, 1 reflected in the glass on the left, the 2 books to the left of the man in white coat, face in the center window, face at the bottom of the phone stand, 2 faces in the fire, 2 faces in the lamp - facing each other, face on the painting, and the face in the flowers on top of the vase.

Posted by: fluke_boy at March 01, 2015 12:01 AM (jqe5A)

204 Miss. I am sitting with the popcorn right now. Lights down. Wheee!

Posted by: random, the new predictable at March 01, 2015 12:01 AM (fDF6X)

205 Carol, one of my best friends on the planet lives in Marble Falls, so my making the (4 hr.) drive ain't no tang. Hell, I'll probably get him to help with the Marble Falls part of the tour, as he spent years and years looking for the property he ended up buying.

I'd also steer you to contact SMFH to see about Copperas Cove. It's on the backside of Ft. Hood, which is her stomping grounds. She'll know the territory there, whereas I only know it from being highly impressed with it's beauty and ambience, while passin' thru a few times.

Just keep in mind, in this part of Texas, those drives are the norm.

January of '14, I drove from here to Allen, TX, well North of Dallas, to attend an event where Ted Cruz was the keynote speaker, introduced by Bill Whittle. I'd had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Whittle some years before, at the DuToit's, where he was overnighting during a cross-country flight.

That was 265 miles, each way, and I was happy to do it.

If you move to Texas, you'll have to recalibrate your drive-o-meter. It's a solid 38 miles from Galveston to the outer loop around Houston, Beltway 8. A short day for me is 80 miles on the odometer. It's usually twice that, sometimes triple, depending on where the customers are.

Ain't nothing to drive an hour, just to meet a friend for a drink and cigars. You'll get used to the distance and time behind the wheel. At least you see a lot of nice scenery through the windshield!



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at March 01, 2015 12:01 AM (RzZOc)

206 You do know it's cheating to just repost your twitter stuff here, right?

Posted by: DC in River City at March 01, 2015 12:00 AM (e+1S5)

Shhhh.

Do. Not. Say that to kbdabear!

Posted by: tbodie at March 01, 2015 12:01 AM (tHAoL)

207 I am sitting with the popcorn right now. Lights down. Wheee!

Posted by: random, the new predictable at March 01, 2015 12:01 AM


There's something out there and it ain't no man. We're all gonna die.

Posted by: otho at March 01, 2015 12:02 AM (tBSrv)

208 g'night, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 01, 2015 12:04 AM (4gN5w)

209 Not sure the Navy is sold on the F-35.

Posted by: CDR M at March 01, 2015 12:04 AM (93D1V)

210
Posted by: DC in River City at February 28, 2015 11:58 PM (e+1S5)

Good friend who was the most prolific bacon eater of the group turned Baptist....

And died of a heart attack.

I think his goatfucking family may have added to the stress.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 01, 2015 12:04 AM (HKu0W)

211 Hooooooorde!

So fun times here. A brand new matress and box spring set was ordered a week or two back to replace the ancient and broken set I've slept on since the early 1990s (inherited at that). The initial time it was due was around this Friday.

It was supposed to come down from the factory up in Cullman, AL where they're made.

...yeah, I don't really have to tell you the reason it won't be here until Tuesday.

Oh well, such is life...

Posted by: Brother Cavil, by the Pale Moon light at March 01, 2015 12:05 AM (m9V0o)

212 Night AJ.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 01, 2015 12:05 AM (HKu0W)

213 DC, RWC, yankee -- needless to say, alcohol consumption is a test too. Note that in most African "Muslim" countries, beer is the beverage of choice due to the water being undrinkable. And I have worked with a "Jordanian" (i.e., Palestinian) Muslim who drinks like a fish, and know Pakistanis who do too. When the flight fom Riyadh to London leaves Saudi airspace, the women all go to the bathroom and change out of their ninja outfits and the booze starts flowing.

I'm guessing it's like everything else - you have various degrees of compliance. I never really was around any Mormons growing up and was very surprised the first time I saw them getting drunk. Muslims are probably the same way, especially when they're away from the flagpole.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at March 01, 2015 12:05 AM (5f5bM)

214 You don't know Katheryn Winnick???
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 28, 2015 11:54 PM (HKu0W)

Well, I do NOW...

Posted by: Captain Whitebread at March 01, 2015 12:06 AM (rJUlF)

215 168: It does have Andrea Tantaros and her impossibly short, tight, mini skirts. So, its not all that bad.
Posted by: puddleglum@work at February 28, 2015 11:54 PM (20X6f)

I am going to preface my comment with the fact that it is stupid, however, I am gonna make it all the same. andrea tantaros does not ever move to any of the music played on any of her shows. when Guilfoyle is in the leg chair on the Five anyd a song is on as the come in or out, she at least moves her foot up and down, she my go full chair dance. A while ago I saw a few minutes of her noon show. as they would go to or return from commercial the girls on the couch were all bouncing and bopping to the music, save for tantaros. she has clearly made a decision not to do so for some reason related to taking herself far too seriously.

someone needs to have a conversation with her, I even volunteer. listen, tantaros, that's your name right? You wear short tight dresses with stripper heels and sit in the leg chair in every show you are in. you are playing sex to the hilt to get and keep your job. start bouncing your fucking foot to the music and stop acting like you are some serious thinker who is above selling anything related to sex to get you stupid job.

Also, fix your fucking eyebrows; learn how to do them yourself or quit pissing off whoever draws them on for you. Half the time you look like Jerry Seinfeld's uncle with your fucked up eyebrows.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 01, 2015 12:06 AM (gsfK5)

216 You should cheer real loudly when I fuck up that cockholster, Jesse Ventura.

Posted by: the Predator at March 01, 2015 12:07 AM (OVx7B)

217
In 2009/10 (help me here) Congress passed a resolution to keep the Navy at 11 CBGs. We've dropped below that. Only ten today. Big E got canned early in '12 and the replacement ain't showed up yet.


Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 28, 2015 11:47 PM (UMBjg)


Yep, but one of our carriers has as many aircraft operating from it as all of the other NATO carriers combined.

Sadly, the Ford is about a away from going into service, 7 years after it was laid down. In the 4 years of WW2, we built 18 carriers.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at March 01, 2015 12:07 AM (+Fae7)

218 "Not sure the Navy is sold on the F-35."


They're isn't a whole lotta choice at this point. Northrop/Boeing is winding down SH production and there aren't any alternatives. They are both winding up UCAV production.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 01, 2015 12:10 AM (UMBjg)

219 Brother Cavil a decent mattress is a lifesaver! Hang in there!

Posted by: richard mcenroe at March 01, 2015 12:10 AM (XO6WW)

220 Rousey just won in 14 seconds. Beating her previous record of 16 seconds.

She's good at this fighting thing.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 01, 2015 12:11 AM (ZPrif)

221 217: We can't even make steel here anymore.

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at March 01, 2015 12:11 AM (ucDmr)

222 >>>Rousey just won in 14 seconds. Beating her previous record of 16 seconds.

You bought it? I think I've bought one fight in the last year. I just don't know any of the fighters anymore. I used to buy every single one.

Now I'll catch the free ones on Fox, and that's it.

Good for Rousey, she's a hell of a fighter.

Posted by: DC in River City at March 01, 2015 12:13 AM (e+1S5)

223 I'm outta here, Morons. I'm going to take advantage of having the night off to actually get to sleep before 3 a.m.

Posted by: Captain Whitebread at March 01, 2015 12:14 AM (rJUlF)

224 Nite Captain W.

Posted by: tbodie at March 01, 2015 12:16 AM (tHAoL)

225 I second Jim's recommendation of Marble Falls and Copperas Cove. The entire string of lakes in central Texas is great.

Posted by: Mr. Dave at March 01, 2015 12:17 AM (DajPN)

226 >>start bouncing your fucking foot to the music and stop acting like you are some serious thinker who is above selling anything related to sex to get you stupid job.

One of the really funny/sad things about the times we live in is how much authority we give to actors and people on teevee who talk about the news. Tantaros is kind of cute but who the hell is she and why am I supposed to care what she thinks? I read smarter stuff here.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 01, 2015 12:17 AM (g1DWB)

227 Hooooooorde!

So fun times here. A brand new matress and box spring set was ordered a week or two back to replace the ancient and broken set I've slept on since the early 1990s (inherited at that). The initial time it was due was around this Friday.

It was supposed to come down from the factory up in Cullman, AL where they're made.

...yeah, I don't really have to tell you the reason it won't be here until Tuesday.

Oh well, such is life...
Posted by: Brother Cavil, by the Pale Moon light at March 01, 2015 12:05 AM (m9V0o)




One of the few unfettered areas of capitalism in nyc is mattresses. when I first moved here I was working obscene hours and I had been here for a couple of months but had not had time to get a bed. I was pissing about it over dinner one evening and everyone said "why didn't you just call 1800mattress?"

When I got home around midnight I called 1800mattress and answered a few questions and gave my card info. within an hour, maybe only a half hour I had a couple of guys ringing my buzzer. I buzzed them in, they stormed up two flights of stairs with a mattress and started banging on my door. I am pretty sure if I not opened it when I did they would have kicked it in and started setting everything up.

Anyway, I opened the door, the shoved the mattress into my room ran downstairs and grabbed the frame and box spring and came back up. Everything was assembled and cleaned up less than ten minutes later.

Apparently they have trucks preloaded with several beds driving around 24/7 with beds ready to go.

Of course getting someone to bring you a new cable box requires a weeks notice sito set up an appointment with a 6 hour window.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 01, 2015 12:17 AM (gsfK5)

228 Zingano sprinted at Rousey immediately, trying a flying knee, Rousey grabbed her, they both fell to the ground, scrambled a bit, armbar. More arm lock, I guess. 14 seconds.

Don't sprint toward a lion.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 01, 2015 12:18 AM (ZPrif)

229 >>>222 >>>Rousey just won in 14 seconds. Beating her previous record of 16 seconds



There's a real easy NCJ joke to be had here.

Posted by: Garrett at March 01, 2015 12:19 AM (FStv1)

230 Cougars just dropped number 3 Gonzaga.

I love it when Cougars score a lot.

Posted by: DC in River City at March 01, 2015 12:21 AM (e+1S5)

231 "Yep, but one of our carriers has as many aircraft operating from it as all of the other NATO carriers combined.
"


Well, yes. CDG handles about 36 aircraft. The QE's will handle about the same.


Think this. In 1990 we were still heading toward 15 CBGs. And a 600-ship navy.


Today? 10 and 270. Yes, yes, ships and technology a capabilities. But.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 01, 2015 12:21 AM (UMBjg)

232 Ain't nothing to drive an hour, just to meet a friend for a drink and cigars. You'll get used to the distance and time behind the wheel. At least you see a lot of nice scenery through the windshield!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

I live in Dallas. My car is going to have a LOT of miles on it over the next few years.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at March 01, 2015 12:23 AM (+4uXG)

233 Zingano's strategy was worth a shot, I guess. Everybody else has been destroyed. Usually by a first round armbar, so worth trying something crazy. Although the humiliating 14 second defeat probably makes a respectable first round loss like everybody else seem not that bad in retrospect.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 01, 2015 12:24 AM (ZPrif)

234 Anyway, too much math for one night.



Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 01, 2015 12:24 AM (UMBjg)

235
Put a bit of red dye in Katheryn Winnicks hair and that is my choice.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 28, 2015 11:49 PM (HKu0W)


Cut. Jib. Newsletter?

Also wouldn't mind seeing Karen Gillan in it.

We will probably get one of the WWE female wrestlers doing it though.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at March 01, 2015 12:25 AM (+Fae7)

236 I ain't got time to read.

Posted by: Jesse Ventura, Conspiracy Theorist at March 01, 2015 12:25 AM (+4uXG)

237 Well, yes. CDG handles about 36 aircraft. The QE's will handle about the same.

Think this. In 1990 we were still heading toward 15 CBGs. And a 600-ship navy.

Today? 10 and 270. Yes, yes, ships and technology a capabilities. But.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 01, 2015 12:21 AM (UMBjg)


The real question is not what we have now, but what we have the capacity to build on short notice while in a full-out WWII-type of full out war.

Posted by: The Infrastructural Hat at March 01, 2015 12:27 AM (0Ew3K)

238 Flying from Dulles (DC) to S.F. tomorrow evening -- maybe not. Looking like some naaasty weather.

Posted by: SFGoth at March 01, 2015 12:27 AM (9CBig)

239 Zingano's strategy was worth a shot, I guess. Everybody else has been destroyed. Usually by a first round armbar, so worth trying something crazy. Although the humiliating 14 second defeat probably makes a respectable first round loss like everybody else seem not that bad in retrospect.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 01, 2015 12:24 AM

Yep. All or nothing approach. Get it over with quickly, win or lose. If the gambit pays off, good. If not, you can avoid a lengthier bout in which you can get seriously messed up.

Posted by: otho at March 01, 2015 12:27 AM (tBSrv)

240 You bought it? I think I've bought one fight in the last year. I just don't know any of the fighters anymore. I used to buy every single one.

Now I'll catch the free ones on Fox, and that's it.

Good for Rousey, she's a hell of a fighter.
Posted by: DC in River City at March 01, 2015 12:13 AM (e+1S5)


Buffalo Wild Wings locations usually has the UFC PPVs on. All it costs is some beer and wings.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at March 01, 2015 12:30 AM (+Fae7)

241 Tantaros is kind of cute but who the hell is she and why am I supposed to care what she thinks?


Wait, she talks?

About the only show I watch on FNC is Red Eye. We'll see what they do with Gutfield with this new show. I mostly get my news from the Interweb thingamajig.

Posted by: puddleglum@work at March 01, 2015 12:30 AM (20X6f)

242 Yep. All or nothing approach. Get it over with quickly, win or lose. If the gambit pays off, good. If not, you can avoid a lengthier bout in which you can get seriously messed up.
Posted by: otho at March 01, 2015 12:27 AM (tBSrv)

losing really fast also limits your humiliation opportunity. less chance for wedgies and getting dragged around by your sports bra, hair, etc, while someone is screaming "who's your daddy?" at you.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 01, 2015 12:31 AM (gsfK5)

243 Stolen from another commenter: good evening gentle fappers.

Posted by: thathalfrican at March 01, 2015 12:31 AM (R5HRU)

244 'Night all

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 01, 2015 12:32 AM (HKu0W)

245 One of the really funny/sad things about the times we live in is how much authority we give to actors and people on teevee who talk about the news. Tantaros is kind of cute but who the hell is she and why am I supposed to care what she thinks? I read smarter stuff here.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 01, 2015 12:17 AM (g1DWB)




I am not sure who she is but she is always dropping her experience on the Hill. I thought she worked for carville's wife. I could google her but who cares.

Agreed about the conversation here, it is much better, more interesting and informative, than nearly anything on television.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 01, 2015 12:33 AM (gsfK5)

246 Is "checking the oil" an approved mma move?



Posted by: yankeefifth at March 01, 2015 12:35 AM (gsfK5)

247 >>>Buffalo Wild Wings locations usually has the UFC PPVs on. All it costs is some beer and wings.

That is some good gouge. My small town does have a B Dubs, we go for football games because Princess can act a fool and no one notices or cares. Their food is pure shit, and the beer selection is sub par, but I actually kinda like the place.

Posted by: DC in River City at March 01, 2015 12:35 AM (e+1S5)

248 I'm bemused.

Little has started making home movies and posting them to Youtube. Mostly stuff about video games, made with the iPad. He posts them on my account and I review each one first. he's got three RL friends who follow my account and comment. I watch what's going on, even if the blather of 10 year olds isn't very interesting.

Well, he also watches videos. I just found out that he watched this one: http://youtu.be/XI3r8_i2CLU it's an anime video of two my little ponys fighting, then making up. The blood is cartoonish, so I guess I'm (just) OK with that aspect of it.

Thing is, he commented on it. As me, since it's my account he's watching on (we're going to have a talk about that). I found out when I got an email that someone had replied to my comment.

What was the comment that my ten year old son made to the video?

"Still a better love story than Twilight"

Posted by: Weirddave at March 01, 2015 12:35 AM (7TK5d)

249 Posted by: yankeefifth at March 01, 2015 12:33 AM (gsfK5)

Tantaros would get the business. Guilfoyle too.

I agree that the conversation on this blog is better than the talking heads. Unless Gutfeld is involved then I'm guaranteed a few laughs too.

Posted by: thathalfrican at March 01, 2015 12:36 AM (R5HRU)

250 245
One of the really funny/sad things about the times we live in is how
much authority we give to actors and people on teevee who talk about the
news. Tantaros is kind of cute but who the hell is she and why am I
supposed to care what she thinks? I read smarter stuff here.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 01, 2015 12:17 AM (g1DWB)









I am not sure who she is but she is always dropping her experience
on the Hill. I thought she worked for carville's wife. I could google
her but who cares.



Agreed about the conversation here, it is much better, more interesting and informative, than nearly anything on television.





Posted by: yankeefifth at March 01, 2015 12:33 AM (gsfK5)


....but does it arrange Vegas MoMe's?

Posted by: cthulhu at March 01, 2015 12:36 AM (T1005)

251 >>>What was the comment that my ten year old son made to the video?
"Still a better love story than Twilight"

So, what...ten-ish years until he a full Moron in good standing?

Posted by: DC in River City at March 01, 2015 12:38 AM (e+1S5)

252 248
I'm bemused.



Little has started making home movies and posting them to Youtube.
Mostly stuff about video games, made with the iPad. He posts them on my
account and I review each one first. he's got three RL friends who
follow my account and comment. I watch what's going on, even if the
blather of 10 year olds isn't very interesting.



Well, he also watches videos. I just found out that he watched this
one: http://youtu.be/XI3r8_i2CLU it's an anime video of two my little
ponys fighting, then making up. The blood is cartoonish, so I guess I'm
(just) OK with that aspect of it.



Thing is, he commented on it. As me, since it's my account he's
watching on (we're going to have a talk about that). I found out when I
got an email that someone had replied to my comment.



What was the comment that my ten year old son made to the video?



"Still a better love story than Twilight"

Posted by: Weirddave at March 01, 2015 12:35 AM (7TK5d)


*golf clap*

Posted by: cthulhu at March 01, 2015 12:38 AM (T1005)

253 Well, he also watches videos. I just found out that he watched this one: http://youtu.be/XI3r8_i2CLU it's an anime video of two my little ponys fighting, then making up. The blood is cartoonish, so I guess I'm (just) OK with that aspect of it.

Posted by: Weirddave at March 01, 2015 12:35 AM (7TK5d)


Methinks it might be a good time to talk aobut "bronies"...

Posted by: Charlie, going to candy mountain at March 01, 2015 12:38 AM (0Ew3K)

254 ....but does it arrange Vegas MoMe's?
Posted by: cthulhu at March 01, 2015 12:36 AM (T1005)


?

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 01, 2015 12:38 AM (gsfK5)

255 Tantaros is fine. And hot. Though she's got an inner babushka waiting to burst out. That body type does not stay thin or even medium naturally.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 01, 2015 12:40 AM (ZPrif)

256 SNL isn't just not funny, it's cringeworthy. It's the opposite of funny.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 01, 2015 12:40 AM (g1DWB)

257 Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 01, 2015 12:40 AM (ZPrif)

I'll take my chances.

Posted by: thathalfrican at March 01, 2015 12:41 AM (R5HRU)

258 SNL isn't just not funny, it's cringeworthy. It's the opposite of funny.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 01, 2015 12:40 AM (g1DWB)


Like Helen Hunt?

Posted by: The Anti-Humerous Hat at March 01, 2015 12:42 AM (0Ew3K)

259 JackStraw, I turned it on and I am thoroughly unimpressed.

This Net Neutrality skit fucking bows.

Posted by: thathalfrican at March 01, 2015 12:43 AM (R5HRU)

260 Buffalo Wild Wings. Isn't that the one on the list of serious anti-gun donor to crap like Bloomberg, Joyce Foundation and the whole long list of other wanna-ban-guns idiots?

I know they post the Texas .30-'06 "No Handguns" sign, in conformance to the legal requirements. Which means no CHL holder can carry on their premises.

Thanks, no. Better wings and better teevees, just a ways up the road. And if fifty people are eating there, you can safely presume that half of 'em are armed. Very safe place to eat!


Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at March 01, 2015 12:45 AM (RzZOc)

261 The real question is not what we have now, but what we have the capacity to build on short notice while in a full-out WWII-type of full out war.
Posted by: The Infrastructural Hat at March 01, 2015 12:27 AM (0Ew3K)


Considering that we were building about 5 carriers a year during WW2 and it takes 7 years to build one now, a WW2 type of war will leave everybody without ships in about 6 months.

Fuck, since 1991 they have been planning on building I-73 from Charleston, SC to Sault St Marie, MI. Most of the route would be along existing 4 lane highways that would be brought up to interstate level, and in almost 25 years, 82 miles have been upgraded. And the route has been changed to be from Charleston, SC to Roanoke, VA.

That should tell you how we would be able to get a bunch of ships built quickly these days.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at March 01, 2015 12:45 AM (+Fae7)

262 That should tell you how we would be able to get a bunch of ships built quickly these days.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at March 01, 2015 12:45 AM (+Fae7)

*******

I don't know. In a war situation with a competent administration, I can see us jamming out some stuff. I say this with the following conditions:
Those told to fcuk off and let us go balls deep into this thing are, in no particular order...

EPA
Unions-all
OSHA
DOJ
DOL
Every Environmental group
Every AntiWar group
Congress-all

I'm sure I'm missing a bunch, but this is a starter list.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at March 01, 2015 12:55 AM (FviSe)

263 That is some good gouge. My small town does have a B Dubs, we go for football games because Princess can act a fool and no one notices or cares. Their food is pure shit, and the beer selection is sub par, but I actually kinda like the place.
Posted by: DC in River City at March 01, 2015 12:35 AM (e+1S5)


One of my cousins husband is a huge UFC fan, so usually he and my other cousins husband meet up there to watch them.

Considering the PPV's cost about $55, I can tolerate some cheap swill and greasy wings for a few hours.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at March 01, 2015 12:57 AM (+Fae7)

264 254
....but does it arrange Vegas MoMe's?

Posted by: cthulhu at March 01, 2015 12:36 AM (T1005)





?



Posted by: yankeefifth at March 01, 2015 12:38 AM (gsfK5)


There have been a number of "great ideas" that get floated through several conversations on the blog -- t-shirts, a mega-Vegas-MoMe, a comment-system that allows ampersands, putting up flyers in NYC with a picture of Wicket and text saying: "Have you seen this Ewok? Report possible sightings at ace.mu.nu".... -- that never seem to amount to anything.

OTOH, I think of this place as a great place to hang out, swap jokes and stories, inhabited by some of the warmest and funnest people in the intertubez.

It just hit me weird that it might be taken as a news source. That, and I'm a little grumpy that the weather played cat-and-mouse with raining all day, so I was highly unproductive. Unfortunately, it's not uncommon for me to free-associate six or eight stages away from the original stimulus before I hit Post.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 01, 2015 12:57 AM (T1005)

265 Fighting, math all above my pay grade good night morons, be well

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, looking for Billy The Mountain at March 01, 2015 12:59 AM (4ka5+)

266 Evenin' everyone.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 01, 2015 12:59 AM (UVfht)

267 Someone needs to make the Have You Seen This Ewok Flyer in PDF format so it can be downloaded.

Also, Disco Wicket for the photo. That one looks the most like Ace.

Posted by: Garrett at March 01, 2015 01:01 AM (FStv1)

268 243 Stolen from another commenter: good evening gentle fappers.
Posted by: thathalfrican at March 01, 2015 12:31 AM (R5HRU)

Gentle? No. Like it owes me money? Yes.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 01, 2015 01:01 AM (0lfHk)

269 Methinks it might be a good time to talk aobut "bronies"...

:/ don't need to. Big is borderline bronie. He's not, but he's also not not, IYKWIM. Let's just say he doesn't see anything wrong with MLP even if he doesn't indulge much anymore. I've had talks with Little about how what's perfectly fine at 10 isn't at 21.

Posted by: Weirddave at March 01, 2015 01:01 AM (7TK5d)

270 I don't know. In a war situation with a competent administration, I can see us jamming out some stuff. I say this with the following conditions:
Those told to fcuk off and let us go balls deep into this thing are, in no particular order...

EPA
Unions-all
OSHA
DOJ
DOL
Every Environmental group
Every AntiWar group
Congress-all

I'm sure I'm missing a bunch, but this is a starter list.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at March 01, 2015 12:55 AM (FviSe)


It would be nice to do it, but the Dems would be backing all of those groups instead of the war effort.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at March 01, 2015 01:02 AM (+Fae7)

271 Cal Santa Barbara vs Cal Irvine. Gauchos and Aardvarks?? I think I got that right. Isn't Cal Irvine basically a school for budding anti semites? Or is that most of them now? Anyway, good game.

Posted by: puddleglum@work at March 01, 2015 01:04 AM (20X6f)

272 It would be nice to do it, but the Dems would be backing all of those groups instead of the war effort.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at March 01, 2015 01:02 AM (+Fae7)

*****

I'm guessing you missed my disclaimer. We have the capacity to do it. We do not have the will. This could happen. But likely never will.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at March 01, 2015 01:05 AM (o/3Hk)

273 Has anyone heard from Fourth Horseman?

Posted by: Carol at March 01, 2015 01:06 AM (sj3Ax)

274 267
Someone needs to make the Have You Seen This Ewok Flyer in PDF format so it can be downloaded.



Also, Disco Wicket for the photo. That one looks the most like Ace.

Posted by: Garrett at March 01, 2015 01:01 AM (FStv1)




Not this one? http://tinyurl.com/n6386sc

Posted by: cthulhu at March 01, 2015 01:07 AM (T1005)

275 Cal Santa Barbara vs Cal Irvine. Gauchos and Aardvarks?? I think I got that right. Isn't Cal Irvine basically a school for budding anti semites? Or is that most of them now? Anyway, good game.

Posted by: puddleglum@work at March 01, 2015 01:04 AM (20X6f)


Sadly, they are known for the strong "kill all the Jews" presence there.

Sad as it's actually a decent school in non-insane disciplines.

They also have a nuclear reactor on campus that I've used.

Beautiful, beautiful Cherenkov Blue...

Posted by: The Azure Hat at March 01, 2015 01:07 AM (0Ew3K)

276 >>>260 Buffalo Wild Wings. Isn't that the one on the list of serious anti-gun donor to crap like Bloomberg, Joyce Foundation and the whole long list of other wanna-ban-guns idiots?
I know they post the Texas .30-'06 "No Handguns" sign, in conformance to the legal requirements. Which means no CHL holder can carry on their premises.

I hear ya, but if I'm in a wings-and-beer joint, I'm drinking, so the iron is safely locked up at home. I'm not saying it's not a big deal, but I totally get places that sell a lot of booze saying leave em in the glove box.

Also, concealed means concealed. I tend to ignore laws and regs I find silly or overly burdensome.

YMMV. I'm a 2A absolutist, but I'm also a private property absolutist.

Posted by: DC in River City at March 01, 2015 01:08 AM (e+1S5)

277
Isn't Irvine about 70% east Asian? As noted, with a small group of idiots of the anti-Israeli variety. But mostly IT and sciences.


Posted by: rhomboid at March 01, 2015 01:09 AM (afQnV)

278 >>Has anyone heard from Fourth Horseman?

Soon.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 01, 2015 01:10 AM (g1DWB)

279 My idiot mother-in-law downloaded a freeware puzzle game while I was away from my pc yesterday afternoon, in an attempt to appease my 8 year old son. She must have bypassed my security software somehow, and now all of my web browsers..Pale Moon, IE, and Firefox...are bombarding me with pop-ups and bullshit website diversions. My adblocker just seems to allow the popups in new windows instead of blocking anything. I'm seething like a Dutch Muslim and I'm at my wits end trying to fix this. Any advice out there?

Posted by: Biff Boffo at March 01, 2015 01:10 AM (EARfr)

280 275: they have a decent basketball team. They and UCSB are putting on a decent game.

Posted by: puddleglum@work at March 01, 2015 01:12 AM (20X6f)

281
"seething like a Dutch Muslim"

Catchy! Might become a stand-by around here.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 01, 2015 01:12 AM (afQnV)

282 Any advice out there?

I've got some bad advice involving a sledge hammer.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 01, 2015 01:12 AM (UVfht)

283 74
I've never seen an all white cat. Pretty cool looking.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 28, 2015 11:06 PM (g1DWB)

We have an all white cat imaginatively named Whitey.Should I denounce myself?

Posted by: Ian Galt at March 01, 2015 01:13 AM (dmepw)

284 No, Sean Penn. Nobody will see that action movie your peddling.

Posted by: puddleglum@work at March 01, 2015 01:14 AM (20X6f)

285 >>Any advice out there?

We talking mother in law or virus?

Posted by: JackStraw at March 01, 2015 01:14 AM (g1DWB)

286 Ace's Birthday Cake

http://tinyurl.com/lcus53j

Posted by: Garrett at March 01, 2015 01:14 AM (FStv1)

287 Isn't Irvine about 70% east Asian? As noted, with a small group of idiots of the anti-Israeli variety. But mostly IT and sciences.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 01, 2015 01:09 AM (afQnV)


They've been known for decades as "University of Chinese Immigrants" or "University of Chinese and Indians".

There was even the "suicide bridge" where, according to stereotype, any student who got less than a 4.0 would jump off in shame.

Posted by: The Zot Hat at March 01, 2015 01:14 AM (0Ew3K)

288 I'm seriously considering the sledgehammer. First, on my mother-in-law, then on the PC.

Posted by: Biff Boffo at March 01, 2015 01:16 AM (EARfr)

289 DC, I note and don't conflict with your tactical and situational practices.

My point was, that I'm not supporting 'em with my hard-earned dollar, just to have 'em turn and spend that dollar directly against me.

So, they don't get my dollar, in the first place. And I don't have to worry about CHL, and all the related discussion.

The wings n' pizza joint up in League City is vastly superior, in every respect. I'm happy to give them my trade, and they're happy to serve some incredibly awesomely good food.

Cheers!


Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at March 01, 2015 01:22 AM (RzZOc)

290
Speaking of UCSB, next door is the Goleta/SB airport, which began life as Marine Corps Air Station Santa Barbara during WWII. First carrier-based USMC close support squadrons used in the Pacific started and were commanded from there. Today, right near the officers club at Miramar, stand 6 palm trees that were transplanted from MCAS Santa Barbara when it was decommissioned after the war.

Thus ends your obscure SoCal WWII history nugget for the evening.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 01, 2015 01:23 AM (afQnV)

291 I'm guessing you missed my disclaimer. We have the capacity to do it. We do not have the will. This could happen. But likely never will.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at March 01, 2015 01:05 AM (o/3Hk)


Saw that.

Just added it for emphasis.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at March 01, 2015 01:23 AM (+Fae7)

292 "Highly illogical" is Vulcan for "dumbass."

Posted by: Darth Cobalt Shiva, Sith Lord at March 01, 2015 01:24 AM (F2i9w)

293 I'm seriously considering the sledgehammer. First, on my mother-in-law, then on the PC.

Posted by: Biff Boffo at March 01, 2015 01:16 AM (EARfr)


If you have an earlier saved version, restore to that.

Also runn Ad-Aware, Spybot, Malwarebytes, ccCleaner, and whatever other software you may have.

Also, change all passwords and make sure your MiL doesn' know the new password.

Posted by: The Viral Hat at March 01, 2015 01:24 AM (0Ew3K)

294 288
I'm seriously considering the sledgehammer. First, on my mother-in-law, then on the PC.


Posted by: Biff Boffo at March 01, 2015 01:16 AM (EARfr)


In hopes that it's "minor", I'd kill all browsers and most other processes, then use a different computer to snag malwarebytes off the internet. Burn it to a disc or memory stick, and see if you can get it to load and run on your infected machine.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 01, 2015 01:24 AM (T1005)

295
Hat, thanks - as I thought. Like those evil alternatives for the UCI acronym.

One good one that just works well is for San Diego State (SDSU) - Still Drunk, Still Uneducated.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 01, 2015 01:25 AM (afQnV)

296 I'm seriously considering the sledgehammer. First, on my mother-in-law, then on the PC.
Posted by: Biff Boffo at March 01, 2015 01:16 AM (EARfr)

*****

Malwarebytes would be good for the PC. Suggestions for MIL, in this case and as a fantasy scenario, involve a shovel, a tarp, Lyme and some exertion on your part.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at March 01, 2015 01:25 AM (o/3Hk)

297 290

Speaking of UCSB, next door is the Goleta/SB airport, which began
life as Marine Corps Air Station Santa Barbara during WWII. First
carrier-based USMC close support squadrons used in the Pacific started
and were commanded from there. Today, right near the officers club at
Miramar, stand 6 palm trees that were transplanted from MCAS Santa
Barbara when it was decommissioned after the war.

Thus ends your obscure SoCal WWII history nugget for the evening.


Posted by: rhomboid at March 01, 2015 01:23 AM (afQnV)


Just up the road a piece is where the Japanese attacked the US mainland during WWII. http://tinyurl.com/py6omcs

Posted by: cthulhu at March 01, 2015 01:28 AM (T1005)

298 What's your mother-in-law's email? I have a great opportunity for her!

Posted by: a Nigerian prince at March 01, 2015 01:30 AM (OVx7B)

299 Also, change all passwords and make sure your MiL doesn' know the new password.

Posted by: The Viral Hat at March 01, 2015 01:24 AM (0Ew3K)


He needs a moat, hot oil pots, and a circus cannon for sending invaders on their way.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 01, 2015 01:32 AM (FMbng)

300 Incidentally, the Santa Barbara McDonalds on State Street near where 154 goes off to Lake Cachuma......is where the EggMcMuffin was secretly developed by a franchisee. The initial reaction from corporate was to shut it down.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 01, 2015 01:32 AM (T1005)

301 Also, change all passwords and make sure your MiL doesn' know the new password.

Posted by: The Viral Hat at March 01, 2015 01:24 AM (0Ew3K)

He needs a moat, hot oil pots, and a circus cannon for sending invaders on their way.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 01, 2015 01:32 AM (FMbng)


Switching to Linux would be enough of a moat...

Posted by: The Penguin Hat at March 01, 2015 01:33 AM (0Ew3K)

302 Happiness is seeing your MIL on a milk carton.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 01, 2015 01:35 AM (FMbng)

303 What's your mother-in-law's email? I have a great opportunity for her!
Posted by: a Nigerian prince at March 01, 2015 01:30

Wait, is she really rich? If so, we have greater opportunities.

Posted by: The Clinton Foundation at March 01, 2015 01:36 AM (o/90i)

304 Switching to Linux would be enough of a moat...
Posted by: The Penguin Hat at March 01, 2015 01:33 AM (0Ew3K)

*****

Sure, except for the fact that He, ya know, asked for help with current configurations and stuff.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at March 01, 2015 01:37 AM (CFeD8)

305
ctulhu, don't know if that plaque was at the golf course when I spent time in that area. The beach sign definitely was not.

Just a bit north on 101 - now and for several years closed - is the former Timbers restaurant (east side of 101) - believe the doors are made of wood from the oil pier at Ellwood that took the rounds from the I-boat in 1942.

Old friend's mother grew up on a ranch nearby, just north (beautiful ranch in one of the valleys running perpendicular to the coast, near Reagan's ranch). She said sheriffs came around day of the attack to make sure everyone had shotguns and ammo, and to tell them to black out their windows. They set up a few checkpoints with local men just off the highway.

Whole thing sparked a panic throughout SoCal and along the west coast. Just a few years back the last remnant of the Navy anti-sub blimp station near the Del Mar racetrack in San Diego was removed as part of a lagoon restoration project.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 01, 2015 01:37 AM (afQnV)

306 the EggMcMuffin was secretly developed by a franchisee. The initial reaction from corporate was to shut it down.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 01, 2015 01:32 AM

Damn, haven't one of those in years. Now I want one.

Maybe I'll go in the kitchen make the similar sandwich my wife makes.

Posted by: The Clinton Foundation at March 01, 2015 01:40 AM (o/90i)

307 Thank you all. Going to drink some more beer before I continue.

Posted by: Biff Boffo at March 01, 2015 01:42 AM (EARfr)

308 Thank you all. Going to drink some more beer before I continue.
Posted by: Biff Boffo at March 01, 2015 01:42 AM (EARfr)

*****

Always a wise first action choice.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at March 01, 2015 01:43 AM (xrURQ)

309 >>>My point was, that I'm not supporting 'em with my hard-earned dollar, just to have 'em turn and spend that dollar directly against me.

Good on ya. I don't disagree with the practice, but I also don't follow it. I cater a lot of lunches and the anti 2A Panera Bread is who I usually use. They have good food at good prices, and that is the end of my consideration.

Posted by: DC in River City at March 01, 2015 01:48 AM (e+1S5)

310 Spoiler alert:

They got to the chopper.

Posted by: random, the new predictable at March 01, 2015 01:50 AM (lx1i3)

311 Spoiler alert:

They got to the chopper.

Posted by: random, the new predictable at March 01, 2015 01:50 AM (lx1i3)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtTxbbFzaGo

Posted by: Chopper Dave at March 01, 2015 01:52 AM (0Ew3K)

312 For quick force expansion, call Divine Wind Drones. Remember, with Divine Wind you save gas with no trip back! Call today! Twenty free broomsticks with every order!

Divine Wind Drones is a division of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.

Yeah, it's so slow I delurked. You were warned.
/relurk

Posted by: Man from Wazzustan at March 01, 2015 01:59 AM (uPxUo)

313 Biff, get your kid a Kindle or iPad to play on (or a Handheld gaming device), and keep him off of your computer.

That way, any pop-ups or malware will only affect his device.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at March 01, 2015 02:01 AM (PZ6/M)

314 305

ctulhu, don't know if that plaque was at the golf course when I spent time in that area. The beach sign definitely was not.

Just
a bit north on 101 - now and for several years closed - is the former
Timbers restaurant (east side of 101) - believe the doors are made of
wood from the oil pier at Ellwood that took the rounds from the I-boat
in 1942.

Old friend's mother grew up on a ranch nearby, just
north (beautiful ranch in one of the valleys running perpendicular to
the coast, near Reagan's ranch). She said sheriffs came around day of
the attack to make sure everyone had shotguns and ammo, and to tell them
to black out their windows. They set up a few checkpoints with local
men just off the highway.

Whole thing sparked a panic throughout
SoCal and along the west coast. Just a few years back the last remnant
of the Navy anti-sub blimp station near the Del Mar racetrack in San
Diego was removed as part of a lagoon restoration project.


Posted by: rhomboid at March 01, 2015 01:37 AM (afQnV)


I went to school at the University of Casual Sun-Bathing, and really love the area....and even fought my way back to working there after graduation....but, sadly, had to recognize that I was never going to be able to afford to live there (the same realization I've come to with regard to the entire state).

One of my favorite bits of local history has to do with a street downtown called "Canon Perdido".

To start with, it helps to know that the Spaniards' original development plan for Alta California (the current US state) was to establish four forts (Presidios) in the natural port cities of San Diego, Santa Barbara, Monterey, and San Francisco. Then, along a royal road (El Camino Real) that ran from San Diego to Sonoma, they established 21 Missions to support the colony and convert the locals to Catholicism. They were spaced roughly a day's travel apart.

So, Santa Barbara was a big deal at the time -- having both a Mission and a Presidio, it was substantially more important that Los Angeles.


And in being such a big deal, great things occurred there -- like http://tinyurl.com/lcnhh8k









Posted by: cthulhu at March 01, 2015 02:02 AM (T1005)

315 Somehow I get the impression that John Wick isn't aiming center mass.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at March 01, 2015 02:09 AM (+4uXG)

316 Got curious to where Santa Barbara was located. North of LA near the coast. Looks like its probably a pretty are. Also, expensive. They won by the way.

Posted by: puddleglum@work at March 01, 2015 02:09 AM (20X6f)

317
I "endured" some time at UC State Beach myself. Probably one of the few colleges where pranks included filling an entire dorm common bathroom with kelp (freshly picked up at the beach 100 yards away).

SB itself is sort of unrecognizable. The whole State Street redevelopment was well done, but ..... meh. Just another plush CA entertainment/tourist street now. And .... a rush hour on 101 now. Was shocked - didn't really believe it - when the woman at a winery up in Paso told us we'd better get past SB before 1PM on a Sunday (going south). She was right.

Nice thing about SB is that it acts as a buffer and barrier. Few from the LA-plex seem to venture just another 90 minutes north, where central coast remains as beautiful and quiet as when I was a kid. With great wine and increasingly very good eating.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 01, 2015 02:11 AM (afQnV)

318 Los Angeles was originally "El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula", or "The Town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels of the River of the tiny bit".



The LA river was named that by the Portolà expedition because it was the name of a special annual feast day for the
Franciscans, which the Portolà party had celebrated the previous day. The original Porzioncula church -- where the Franciscan movement started -- is near Assisi and is so named because it is on such a tiny piece of ground. Porzion-cula would approximately be "portion-tiny".

Posted by: cthulhu at March 01, 2015 02:20 AM (T1005)

319 It was supposed to come down from the factory up in Cullman, AL where they're made.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, by the Pale Moon light at March 01, 2015 12:05 AM (m9V0o)



Every time I drive through Cullman, or even hear or read its name, this pops into my head:

http://youtu.be/q-RLqLx1iYI

Posted by: Country Singer at March 01, 2015 02:21 AM (nL0sw)

320 316
Got curious to where Santa Barbara was located. North of LA near the
coast. Looks like its probably a pretty are. Also, expensive. They won
by the way.

Posted by: puddleglum@work at March 01, 2015 02:09 AM (20X6f)


Santa Barbara is northwest of LA and on the coast. With the sea to the south and mountains to the north, it has been described as the American Riviera.

It's pretty pricey.....but the real money is one town over, in Montecito. Take a gander through http://tinyurl.com/lsuvo3d -- and, note well, California property tax is about 1% of the last sales price....so the annual tax bill for every $1,000,000 is just a smidge over $10,000

Posted by: cthulhu at March 01, 2015 02:31 AM (T1005)

321 Red Sonja ===> Marleen Lohse
In addition to being Ginger, she speaks in a sexy German accent.

Posted by: Bubba Thudd at March 01, 2015 02:32 AM (9HmHK)

322 There is a similar situation near here -- everybody thinks that Palo Alto is super-high-priced.....'cause they don't know about Atherton -- http://tinyurl.com/lsuvo3d .

Posted by: cthulhu at March 01, 2015 02:35 AM (T1005)

323 **peeps in**


hmmmmm. kinda early for dead thread.



**leaves to find a defibrillator**

Posted by: jc at March 01, 2015 02:53 AM (iRJ+A)

324 #49

The strangest Jennifer Love Hewitt early appearance is cable staple 'The Trojan War.' This is a type of movie Hollywood cranks out every five years or so, in which a teenage boy is intensely pursuing a blonde while failing to notice the dark haired girl next store has grown up to be drop dead gorgeous. An 80s example of this was 'My Secret Admirer' which put the girl next door Lori Loughlin in the position of playing Cyrano to C. Thomas Howell in his pursuit of Kelly Preston.

Will Friedle is killing himself to procure condoms and make a study date with Marley Shelton while oblivious to the fact that his childhood pal has grown up to be Jennifer Love Hewitt. The viewer watches in stunned amazement and wants to shout at him, "Dude, she's Jennifer Love Hewitt and she wants you!"

Posted by: Epobirs at March 01, 2015 02:57 AM (IdCqF)

325 #322

They know the face but not the name. Ghostbusters, Real Genius, Die Hard, always the guy the audience loves to hate and rarely a sympathetic character. Such is life as a character actor.

Posted by: Epobirs at March 01, 2015 03:00 AM (IdCqF)

326 Just going old school:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuuQAZvnm_w

Posted by: The Judas Hat at March 01, 2015 03:04 AM (0Ew3K)

327 I took the day to bust out my box of "In Search Of..." DVDs!

Gonna miss Mr. Nimoy!

Posted by: RKae at March 01, 2015 03:07 AM (or9GQ)

328 PTSD nightmare, can't sleep, triggered by Weird dave and his fundamental Molon Labe post.

What would it be like living in a country where urban areas were no go zones for white christians, or jews.

Where urban areas like Ferguson were controlled completely by 'protestors' who would invade and take over government buildings in neighboring communities. Where the Rules of Engagement prevented Law Enforcement from responding to any action by the protesters, where LEO had to stand and watch. Where LEO could not use physical restraint or rubber bullets or tear gas. Where LEO had to retreat rather than confront because confrontation was provocative, yet protesters could 'challenge' Law Enforcement and LEO had to retreat or be charged by Federal DOJ agents with civil rights violations.

Where Islamists had their own sovereign enclave where US Law did not apply, and sent out raiding parties that would retreat to the sanctuary of those sovereign territories.

Where Obama was still President, and the country was divided into urban areas openly rejecting US Law, and rural areas subject to oppressive Federal Regulations, where rural communities had to worry about raiders and worry about Federal DOJ who would charge rural LEO with violations of Federal Law should they attempt to defend those communities from urban raiding partings.

Looks like I'm going to be awake for the rest of the night.

Posted by: Starvin Arthur at March 01, 2015 03:12 AM (XPoBY)

329 What would it be like living in a country where urban areas were no go zones for white christians, or jews.

Where urban areas like Ferguson were controlled completely by 'protestors' who would invade and take over government buildings in neighboring communities. Where the Rules of Engagement prevented Law Enforcement from responding to any action by the protesters, where LEO had to stand and watch. Where LEO could not use physical restraint or rubber bullets or tear gas. Where LEO had to retreat rather than confront because confrontation was provocative, yet protesters could 'challenge' Law Enforcement and LEO had to retreat or be charged by Federal DOJ agents with civil rights violations.

Where Islamists had their own sovereign enclave where US Law did not apply, and sent out raiding parties that would retreat to the sanctuary of those sovereign territories.

Where Obama was still President, and the country was divided into urban areas openly rejecting US Law, and rural areas subject to oppressive Federal Regulations, where rural communities had to worry about raiders and worry about Federal DOJ who would charge rural LEO with violations of Federal Law should they attempt to defend those communities from urban raiding partings.

Looks like I'm going to be awake for the rest of the night.

Posted by: Starvin Arthur at March 01, 2015 03:12 AM (XPoBY)


In other words, how shall we deal with the present, which is expanding upon the live of more and more.

The only solution? The Machine Stops.

Posted by: E.M. Forster at March 01, 2015 03:15 AM (0Ew3K)

330 Some more old school goodness

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu0z1csRnKQ

Posted by: Sad Hats of Destiny at March 01, 2015 03:17 AM (0Ew3K)

331 I can't get over the irony of a fast talking video character telling us about authors who invented new words.

Wouldn't it make more sense to use the written word? Oh, right, those almost subliminal subtitles that the functionally illiterate would never be able to read before the text disappeared; subliminal text with a poorly selected colored font that can't be differentiated from the complex background of books while the view struggles to understand the fast talking person in the vid.

Well, alrighty then. Could the fast talking video character then at least use 'diction' and 'enunciation' so the new words could be heard?

Maybe rhyme would be better. It would help the viewer remember the new words, except white people can't rap.

Posted by: Starvin Arthur at March 01, 2015 03:29 AM (XPoBY)

332 PTSD nightmare, can't sleep, triggered by Weird dave and his fundamental Molon Labe post.


Sorry dude. I just wanted to make people think things through.

Posted by: Weirddave at March 01, 2015 03:30 AM (WvS3w)

333 When I'm thinking "old school", I'm thinking something more like: http://tinyurl.com/k2h55m3

Posted by: cthulhu at March 01, 2015 03:32 AM (T1005)

334 PTSD nightmare, can't sleep, triggered by Weird dave and his fundamental Molon Labe post.

Sorry dude. I just wanted to make people think things through.

Posted by: Weirddave at March 01, 2015 03:30 AM (WvS3w)


Looks like you've "out-DOOMed" Monty...

Posted by: Teh Hat o' Doom at March 01, 2015 03:34 AM (0Ew3K)

335 When I'm thinking "old school", I'm thinking something more like: http://tinyurl.com/k2h55m3

Posted by: cthulhu at March 01, 2015 03:32 AM (T1005)


Good selection. Some more from them:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8T_PQoTC30

Posted by: Hat Motor Scooter at March 01, 2015 03:36 AM (0Ew3K)

336 332
PTSD nightmare, can't sleep, triggered by Weird dave and his fundamental Molon Labe post.



Sorry dude. I just wanted to make people think things through.




Posted by: Weirddave at March 01, 2015 03:30 AM (WvS3w)


It was a good piece. There is a fundamental difference between the avoidance of consequence and those who would know the truth. Everything about the modern age screams "I can be as irresponsible as I want and let others pay the freight" -- you can't take a reasoned position in opposition by saying, "the consequences of opposing this can be ignored."

Posted by: cthulhu at March 01, 2015 03:37 AM (T1005)

337 335
When I'm thinking "old school", I'm thinking something more like: http://tinyurl.com/k2h55m3



Posted by: cthulhu at March 01, 2015 03:32 AM (T1005)



Good selection. Some more from them:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8T_PQoTC30

Posted by: Hat Motor Scooter at March 01, 2015 03:36 AM (0Ew3K)


Why not mix Montrose and DOOM? http://tinyurl.com/qxk64eg

Posted by: cthulhu at March 01, 2015 03:40 AM (T1005)

338 Sorry dude. I just wanted to make people think things through.

Posted by: Weirddave at March 01, 2015 03:30 AM (WvS3w)

It was a good piece. There is a fundamental difference between the avoidance of consequence and those who would know the truth. Everything about the modern age screams "I can be as irresponsible as I want and let others pay the freight" -- you can't take a reasoned position in opposition by saying, "the consequences of opposing this can be ignored."

Posted by: cthulhu at March 01, 2015 03:37 AM (T1005)


Freedom, without responsibility or consequence, isn't.

It is also a demonstration of just how ingrained freedom was to the Founding fathers, that they would risk so much to uplift themselves from the second freest people on Earth to the highest.

Posted by: The Free Hat at March 01, 2015 03:44 AM (0Ew3K)

339 Why not mix Montrose and DOOM? http://tinyurl.com/qxk64eg

Posted by: cthulhu at March 01, 2015 03:40 AM (T1005)


If there is any song that would cause Ron Paul cultists to jerk-off, it is this song.

Posted by: The Paper Hat at March 01, 2015 03:45 AM (0Ew3K)

340 ....or have a pop version of DOOM? http://tinyurl.com/lgxdhsn

Posted by: cthulhu at March 01, 2015 03:47 AM (T1005)

341 ....or maybe a jazz/pop technically-complex version of DOOM? http://tinyurl.com/pbezfnx

Posted by: cthulhu at March 01, 2015 03:51 AM (T1005)

342 ....or have a pop version of DOOM? http://tinyurl.com/lgxdhsn

Posted by: cthulhu at March 01, 2015 03:47 AM (T1005)
341 ....or maybe a jazz/pop technically-complex version of DOOM? http://tinyurl.com/pbezfnx

Posted by: cthulhu at March 01, 2015 03:51 AM (T1005)


No.

Some real DOOM mood music:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbGqPRFyHtg

Posted by: South of Hat at March 01, 2015 03:54 AM (0Ew3K)

343 341
....or maybe a jazz/pop technically-complex version of DOOM? http://tinyurl.com/pbezfnx


Posted by: cthulhu at March 01, 2015 03:51 AM (T1005)

======or skewed a little in the direction of a previous conversation --
http://youtu.be/0bXSeheZLq8

Posted by: jc at March 01, 2015 04:00 AM (iRJ+A)

344 Did we spring forward or did I lose an hour eating my belgian waffle?

Posted by: Mostly Peaceful Commenter at March 01, 2015 04:03 AM (yxjM5)

345 Did we spring forward or did I lose an hour eating my belgian waffle?

Posted by: Mostly Peaceful Commenter at March 01, 2015 04:03 AM (yxjM5)


That's in one week's time.

Posted by: The Hat Saving Time at March 01, 2015 04:06 AM (0Ew3K)

346 Sorry dude. I just wanted to make people think things through.

Posted by: Weirddave at March 01, 2015 03:30 AM (WvS3w)

It was a good piece, and some good comments. My 'ptsd' is a slight exaggeration, and honestly, I don't know what is going to happen, or what we'll have to do about it.

We don't need (or want) right wing death squads like South America went through, and I suspect some comments suggesting that tactic were mobys while others must might be venting overpressure.

But Ferguson is a good example. We don't want a Federal DOJ threatening LEO with civil rights violation for putting down riots. And we don't want protesters thinking they have a right to riot.

And I really don't want squads of armed night riders burning me out of house and home after looting and raping. (I'm thinking Rhodesian farmers being driven off their farms by black revolutionary gangs.)

Posted by: Starvin Arthur at March 01, 2015 04:11 AM (XPoBY)

347 I'm going to do the same thing I did last year; no changing of clocks except the ones that have a one click changeover.

I found that by relying on those three sources that I have for the time, I was able to meet any space time coordinates necessary.

And I had the added bonus of not losing sleep or resetting a bunch of clocks for the entertainment of a bunch of techno idiots in the capitals of the world.

SPRING THIS! MOTHERF**KERS!

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 01, 2015 04:15 AM (zRby/)

348 We don't need (or want) right wing death squads like South America went through, and I suspect some comments suggesting that tactic were mobys while others must might be venting overpressure.

Posted by: Starvin Arthur at March 01, 2015 04:11 AM (XPoBY)


O Rly?

Posted by: Zombie Agusto Pinochet at March 01, 2015 04:16 AM (0Ew3K)

349 On the subject of the loss of consequence, the break in the chain of causality, the fact that words such as "through an Exchangeestablished by the State under Section 1311" are supposed to be read as "through an Exchangeestablished under Sections 1311 or 1321"....




When gallant men who served the American ideal lie dead in flag-draped caskets and the response of those entrusted to lead them is "What difference -- at this point, what difference does it make?"




When an once-honorable professional calling has been turned into a shakedown operation involving scam-upon-scam.... http://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=229881




When $3B can be spent without authorization....and questions about the spending are stonewalled -- http://tinyurl.com/lmd3xrx




I find myself thinking of http://tinyurl.com/lfxj9vn


Posted by: cthulhu at March 01, 2015 04:16 AM (T1005)

350 And I had the added bonus of not losing sleep or resetting a bunch of clocks for the entertainment of a bunch of techno idiots in the capitals of the world.

SPRING THIS! MOTHERF**KERS!

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 01, 2015 04:15 AM (zRby/)


We will steal an hour of time from you and there is nothing you can do!

Just be glad you are still allowed to use non metrical time!

Posted by: Federal Temporal Agency at March 01, 2015 04:18 AM (0Ew3K)

351 They'll have to take that hour from my cold dead hands!

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 01, 2015 04:19 AM (zRby/)

352 They'll have to take that hour from my cold dead hands!

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 01, 2015 04:19 AM (zRby/)


If you insist...

Posted by: Captain of the NCC-1701-J at March 01, 2015 04:20 AM (0Ew3K)

353 I regret that I have but one hour to lose for my chronological continuum.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 01, 2015 04:22 AM (zRby/)

354 I regret that I have but one hour to lose for my chronological continuum.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 01, 2015 04:22 AM (zRby/)


Pffft...

Posted by: The Time Lords at March 01, 2015 04:23 AM (0Ew3K)

355 I detect by your hash that you're a furry creature of some sort from a moon far far away.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 01, 2015 04:24 AM (zRby/)

356 350
And I had the added bonus of not losing sleep or resetting a bunch of
clocks for the entertainment of a bunch of techno idiots in the
capitals of the world.



SPRING THIS! MOTHERF**KERS!



Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 01, 2015 04:15 AM (zRby/)



We will steal an hour of time from you and there is nothing you can do!



Just be glad you are still allowed to use non metrical time!

Posted by: Federal Temporal Agency at March 01, 2015 04:18 AM (0Ew3K)


I've got a Thermador cooktop.....and, every time I use it, I reflect back on the French Republican Calendar -- and how bugfuck crazy that was. For those whose education in history somehow omitted this issue, there is http://tinyurl.com/5gu6w

As a teaser (read the whole thing, sil vous plait!): "Each day in the Republican Calendar was divided into ten hours, each
hour into 100 decimal minutes, and each decimal minute into 100 decimal
seconds. Thus an hour was 144 conventional minutes (more than twice as
long as a conventional hour), a minute was 86.4 conventional seconds
(44% longer than a conventional minute), and a second was 0.864
conventional seconds (13.6% shorter than a conventional second)."

Posted by: cthulhu at March 01, 2015 04:25 AM (T1005)

357 I detect by your hash that you're a furry creature of some sort from a moon far far away.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 01, 2015 04:24 AM (zRby/)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwdba9C2G14

Posted by: Johnnie Cochran at March 01, 2015 04:27 AM (0Ew3K)

358 Posted by: cthulhu at March 01, 2015 04:25 AM (T1005)

Typical Frog scheme to rip off labor whilst appearing to support it.

They only invented the meter to fcuk with the Brits and to seize manufacturing.

They finally thought they got their wish in the sixties but American Patriots said NON! to that snail swill and we refused to change just for the convenience of some cheese eating surrender monkeys.

People who use the meter who don't have a scientific reason for doing so are liberal democrat snobs and should be pilloried.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 01, 2015 04:30 AM (zRby/)

359 You've got to grow -- you've got to learn by your mistakes / you've got to die a little every day just tryin' to stay awake.... http://tinyurl.com/oxkq4tf

Posted by: cthulhu at March 01, 2015 04:31 AM (T1005)

360 Changing your mind all the time will just lead to run around in circles.

Mistakes? We don' make no mistakes around here.

Computer errors and autocorrect are to blame for all seeming errors in this sphere of influence.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 01, 2015 04:33 AM (zRby/)

361 358
Posted by: cthulhu at March 01, 2015 04:25 AM (T1005)

Typical Frog scheme to rip off labor whilst appearing to support it.

They only invented the meter to fcuk with the Brits and to seize manufacturing.

They
finally thought they got their wish in the sixties but American
Patriots said NON! to that snail swill and we refused to change just for
the convenience of some cheese eating surrender monkeys.

People who use the meter who don't have a scientific reason for doing so are liberal democrat snobs and should be pilloried.


Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 01, 2015 04:30 AM (zRby/)


I've long been an aquarium hobbyist.....and I have to admit, trying to get the weight of an aquarium....I convert from gallons to liters, liters to kilos, then kilos to pounds.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 01, 2015 04:34 AM (T1005)

362 Changing your mind all the time will just lead to run around in circles.

Mistakes? We don' make no mistakes around here.

Computer errors and autocorrect are to blame for all seeming errors in this sphere of influence.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 01, 2015 04:33 AM (zRby/)


After all, 2 + 2 = 5

Posted by: IngSoc at March 01, 2015 04:34 AM (0Ew3K)

363 362
Changing your mind all the time will just lead to run around in circles.



Mistakes? We don' make no mistakes around here.



Computer errors and autocorrect are to blame for all seeming errors in this sphere of influence.



Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 01, 2015 04:33 AM (zRby/)



After all, 2 + 2 = 5

Posted by: IngSoc at March 01, 2015 04:34 AM (0Ew3K)


Only for certain party-approved values of "2".

Posted by: cthulhu at March 01, 2015 04:36 AM (T1005)

364 After all, 2 + 2 = 5

Posted by: IngSoc at March 01, 2015 04:34 AM (0Ew3K)

Only for certain party-approved values of "2".

Posted by: cthulhu at March 01, 2015 04:36 AM (T1005)


No. No. No.

Sometimes 2 + 2 = 5

Sometimes 2 + 2 = 2

Sometimes both are true...

Posted by: Critical Math Studies Thesis at March 01, 2015 04:38 AM (0Ew3K)

365 Zulu Time

10 pounds
Inspired by the kilogram-litre relationship, the imperial gallon was based on the volume of 10 pounds of distilled water weighed in air with brass weights with the barometer standing at 30 inches of mercury and at a temperature of 62 °F. In 1963, this definition was refined as the space occupied by 10 pounds of ...

Google wants to rate web sites on 'truthiness'. Web sites who have a high degree of accuracy to be placed higher in search results.

Using various databases of facts. . . and non factual statements. . . .

Posted by: Starvin Arthur at March 01, 2015 04:41 AM (XPoBY)

366 OK, let's just forget the DOOM-y words for a bit and stretch out with some sounds -- http://tinyurl.com/kxe7l66

Posted by: cthulhu at March 01, 2015 04:41 AM (T1005)

367 364
After all, 2 + 2 = 5



Posted by: IngSoc at March 01, 2015 04:34 AM (0Ew3K)



Only for certain party-approved values of "2".



Posted by: cthulhu at March 01, 2015 04:36 AM (T1005)



No. No. No.



Sometimes 2 + 2 = 5



Sometimes 2 + 2 = 2



Sometimes both are true...



Posted by: Critical Math Studies Thesis / Common Core at March 01, 2015 04:38 AM (0Ew3K)


FIFY

Posted by: cthulhu at March 01, 2015 04:42 AM (T1005)

368 2 + 2 = 5

That there's Government Mathematics.

You have to attain a Masters degree in Supremo Stupido to understand.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 01, 2015 04:42 AM (zRby/)

369 Posted by: Starvin Arthur at March 01, 2015 04:41 AM (XPoBY)

I've found that Google has become more and more useless.

You have to sift out any ambiguity such that you practically have to know the answer before you ask the question.

And even then you wind up with three pages of hits concerning some has been rock group that hasn't had a decent hit since the twentieth century.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 01, 2015 04:46 AM (zRby/)

370 OK, let's just forget the DOOM-y words for a bit and stretch out with some sounds -- http://tinyurl.com/kxe7l66

Posted by: cthulhu at March 01, 2015 04:41 AM (T1005)


Pffft.

The only real "world" music is Metal

Skinflint:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcPLcjnS2iM

Silent Hell:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzIXc5CTC2M

Chthonic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heF_NPJbv8Y

Demonic Resurrection:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCxBU0oLmKw

Posted by: \m/ The World Metal Hat \m/ at March 01, 2015 04:47 AM (0Ew3K)

371 2 + 2 = 4 in most numbering systems.

However 8 + 8 equals 20, unless it equals 10.

You can google it, and the results will be accurate.
You can trust google.

It's science!

Posted by: Starvin Arthur at March 01, 2015 04:49 AM (XPoBY)

372 Also, Rudra:

Rudra

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVvDOTxEb_Q

Posted by: \m/ The World Metal Hat \m/ at March 01, 2015 04:49 AM (0Ew3K)

373 2 + 2 = 4 in most numbering systems.

However 8 + 8 equals 20, unless it equals 10.

You can google it, and the results will be accurate.
You can trust google.

It's science!

Posted by: Starvin Arthur at March 01, 2015 04:49 AM (XPoBY)


2 + 2 = 11 in base 3

2 + 2 = 10 in base 4

Posted by: The Base Hat at March 01, 2015 04:51 AM (0Ew3K)

374 Well, from the Steamroller Toccata, let's go old skul -- http://tinyurl.com/amchc2g .





A "toccata", by the way, is a piece to show off "touch" -- to show that you had full control and mastery of the various means of eliciting sound from your instrument, here a pipe organ. German organs (like those Bach was most familiar with) mechanically linked their pipes -- so if you were playing three sets of pipes on one keyboard against one set of pipes on another, you likely had to press three times as hard on the first (plus additional friction in the linkages). To play a "dancing" melody between the two was partially an athletic accomplishment and partially a balancing of rhythm and effort.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 01, 2015 04:54 AM (T1005)

375 A "toccata", by the way, is a piece to show off "touch" -- to show that you had full control and mastery of the various means of eliciting sound from your instrument, here a pipe organ. German organs (like those Bach was most familiar with) mechanically linked their pipes -- so if you were playing three sets of pipes on one keyboard against one set of pipes on another, you likely had to press three times as hard on the first (plus additional friction in the linkages). To play a "dancing" melody between the two was partially an athletic accomplishment and partially a balancing of rhythm and effort.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 01, 2015 04:54 AM (T1005)


A retort:

"As much as it is nice to see an artist noodle around, I've always thought the best measure of an artist within a band is how flawlessly he/she can integrate that talent with the talent of the rest of the band to create a multi-layered complexity that unites to form a cohesive whole.

"On that note, Mastadon will be in Vegas again in May, with Clutch opening. You kinda have to be there with the quality sound system to appreciate the quality of the interplay of the artists.

"One can be a technical god while playing nothing but crap."

Posted by: The Technical Hat at March 01, 2015 04:56 AM (0Ew3K)

376 370
OK, let's just forget the DOOM-y words for a bit and stretch out with some sounds -- http://tinyurl.com/kxe7l66



Posted by: cthulhu at March 01, 2015 04:41 AM (T1005)



Pffft.



The only real "world" music is Metal



Skinflint:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcPLcjnS2iM



Silent Hell:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzIXc5CTC2M



Chthonic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heF_NPJbv8Y



Demonic Resurrection:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCxBU0oLmKw

Posted by: \m/ The World Metal Hat \m/ at March 01, 2015 04:47 AM (0Ew3K)


http://tinyurl.com/l5dt747

Posted by: cthulhu at March 01, 2015 04:58 AM (T1005)

377 Play that Bach on the orgasmatron with Barbarella embraced by the machine.

Yes, I know. It was Jana Fonda. A young Jane Fonda.

I didn't care about politics, it was ART!

Posted by: Starvin Arthur at March 01, 2015 05:00 AM (XPoBY)

378 http://tinyurl.com/l5dt747

Posted by: cthulhu at March 01, 2015 04:58 AM (T1005)


Bach was Black and his music appropriated by oppressors!!1!

http://bit.ly/1FJNbge

Posted by: Critical White Oppressor Studies Major (wiht a minor in reallu rellluy hating Whitey at March 01, 2015 05:01 AM (0Ew3K)

379 Ok, wait. I made a mistake. IMDB calls it the 'Excessive Machine'.

The orgasmatron was that stupid Woody Allen shit.

Posted by: Starvin Arthur at March 01, 2015 05:02 AM (XPoBY)

380 Night all.

Here is the best album by Judas Priest, and one of the best albums ever, Stained Class:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gArmjbRLhCk

Posted by: The Political Hat at March 01, 2015 05:03 AM (0Ew3K)

381 Speaking of touch pieces.... http://tinyurl.com/lqjv6tz

Posted by: cthulhu at March 01, 2015 05:13 AM (T1005)

382 All alone in the night.

Posted by: Starvin Arthur at March 01, 2015 05:22 AM (XPoBY)

383 OMG.............same piece @381, played by zombies and poseurs -- http://tinyurl.com/qdr5tyh




Squire and Howe have plenty of talent, but both look like they need their walkers. Everyone else is there to pay tribute.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 01, 2015 05:26 AM (T1005)

384 NBC news. Snow -- I-44 traffic pile up.
with pitchers.

http://tinyurl.com/nmyphak

Posted by: Starvin Arthur at March 01, 2015 05:33 AM (XPoBY)

385 Morning, All.


Went to see American Sniper last night with the family.

The emotional impact is as powerful as any movie I have ever seen.

Bradley Cooper was fantastic.

Absolute silence at the end.

If you are the last remaining Moron who has not seen it, you must.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 01, 2015 05:38 AM (vDR6p)

386 ....changing gears, again..... http://tinyurl.com/nge2spq

Posted by: cthulhu at March 01, 2015 05:39 AM (T1005)

387
http://tinyurl.com/mp5q72v

NBC News analysis of Netanyahu speaking to congress and Obama's pique.

It's Netanyahu's fault, you see.

Posted by: Starvin Arthur at March 01, 2015 05:50 AM (XPoBY)

388 Happy March first, comrades! Mrs. E starts prepping her first from-scratch corned beef brisket today for St. Patricks Day. I wonder if she can distill up some Irish whiskey, too? I grock that it's time for me to go to work. It's just that it's raining in ETEX, and cold (35 degreesF). Maybe a couple cups of Community Coffee will get the old furnace stoked? Snausage biskit?

Posted by: Eromero at March 01, 2015 05:50 AM (go5uR)

389 OK, this is noteworthy (kicks up at 5:15) -- http://tinyurl.com/n58j6cd

Posted by: cthulhu at March 01, 2015 05:52 AM (T1005)

390 Washington Post On Netanyahu's visit:
http://tinyurl.com/l5dxvb5

It's getting ugly out there, and Code Pink is planing to protest at AIPAC.

This blatant hostility isn't helping my frame of mind.

Posted by: Starvin Arthur at March 01, 2015 06:07 AM (XPoBY)

391 "I met a girl who sang the blues
And I asked her for some happy news
But she just smiled and turned away"

Posted by: Starvin Arthur at March 01, 2015 06:09 AM (XPoBY)

392 I keep losing my comments!

Good Morning, VIA, & others that are awake.

Posted by: Carol at March 01, 2015 06:19 AM (sj3Ax)

393 Morning, Carol


Time to load up the family for another day of Paintball League practice.

With snow on the way....

Be kind to each other, Gentle Fappers and Fappettes.

Out

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 01, 2015 06:23 AM (J2AXA)

394 Mornin. And G'nite VIA

Posted by: Cato at March 01, 2015 06:25 AM (3HxZe)

395 This is not the thread to die on.

Posted by: John "Laughingcock" Boner at March 01, 2015 06:40 AM (lG2E3)

396 VIA,
Have a good day.
We're supposed to wake up tomorrow with 6 more inches of snow. If so, that should put us on record for snowiest winter.
It was 1994-1994 with 107 + inches. Most of snow fell from January 23-February 16.
It's a mess here & my home phone isn't working because I have everything from Comcast but stopped them from coming here because cable box is buried & they expected us to shovel it. I tried to tell man in Tucson to imagine 7.5 feet of snow that's been shoveled out of driveway, sidewalk, roof of one porch & no one in their right mind would shovel snow that's out of driving area.

if I'm in my living room I can see call coming on. It's mostly 854 area codes that are telemarketing cos.

Posted by: Carol at March 01, 2015 06:46 AM (sj3Ax)

397 Morning all.

So, Carol, what is it like living on an Ice Planet?

Here in southern Indiana, most of our stuff is melted (still have a could inches of a snow/ice mix on the ground though. According to the weather channel we are supposed to get snow and Ice this morning, followed by rain. The weather app on my phone says no snow/ice, just rain.

Right now I am hoping the phone is right.


Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 01, 2015 06:54 AM (wt/Oq)

398 Well, I hope everyone is well along to getting their implements preseason maintenance completed in preparation for planting season.

Of course, those with livestock will be busy taking care of their herds. Still, It's March, and everyone gets restless about now.

Posted by: Chalmers Crabbage, Farm Implements LLC at March 01, 2015 06:59 AM (AX6QS)

399 There will be growth. In the Spring.

Posted by: Chauncey Gardner at March 01, 2015 07:05 AM (lG2E3)

400 Aetius451AD,
To be frank, it sucks.
I have over 200 roses that are completely covered with 8-12 feet of snow. Snow is good to keep them insulated but we had single digit temps in January before snow started.

Jerk across the street has had car parked in front of my house at edge of our driveway. His number is unlisted & I looked for it but don't have it. He's got a foot he can move back now. I can't get out of my driveway because of him& snow mountains, unless I want to dent my car.

Posted by: Carol at March 01, 2015 07:31 AM (sj3Ax)

401 IIRC Red Sonja appeared in a story set at the siege of Vienna.She wasn't from Conan's time or world.

Posted by: steevy at March 01, 2015 07:53 AM (KETbL)

402 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shadow_of_the_Vulture

Posted by: Epobirs at March 01, 2015 08:04 AM (IdCqF)

403 want to really learn math? use brilliant.org largest social network of people in the world working on math problems together. Best of all it's free.

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