Morning Thread (3-30-2015)

And just like that, it's Monday again ...

Posted by: Andy at 06:17 AM

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1 Wake up everyone! Entertain me.

Posted by: flmomof4 at March 30, 2015 06:19 AM (nSjrf)

2 I would have been first, but I stopped to read the content.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 30, 2015 06:22 AM (WxYKp)

3 All hail the content !

Posted by: Blacksheep at March 30, 2015 06:23 AM (bS6uW)

4 *Looks around for Vic*

Posted by: SMFH at it all at March 30, 2015 06:25 AM (OsWis)

5 @1 - Being a mom of four -- in Florida or anywhere else -- sounds exhausting. I find it hard to give my dog enough attention. Kudos.

Posted by: Blacksheep at March 30, 2015 06:26 AM (bS6uW)

6 Time for fresh hell
Yay?

Posted by: Navycopjoe says death to 3 bean casserole at March 30, 2015 06:27 AM (u65Ml)

7

DAY 873

590 to go (663 to Inauguration Day 2017)

Muzzies, Marxists, Maoists, Mau-Maus, MFM's, Moochelle, Mao-suits, McCain's, McConnell's, machiavellian Mississippi mudslingers, McAuliffe's, Maduro's, MIRV's, Mexifornians, menacing Mozillan 'mo's, Mugwumps, Monrovian microbes, mutants, malcontents, malthusians, maniacs, malignant medical mandates, martial law, miscreants, microagressors, minions, maladjusted masochistic multiculturalists, momzers, mamalukes, mooks, mopes, mariuoli, meeskeits, maricons, marauders, malodorous militants, menstruating mons veneri, malfunctioning Moron microsites and miscellaneous meshugas notwithstanding.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 30, 2015 06:28 AM (St6BJ)

8 5

They're all grown now, but that's what I was greeted with every morning back in the day. though it's roughly translated into: Waa Waa Waa!

Posted by: flmomof4 at March 30, 2015 06:28 AM (nSjrf)

9
6 Time for fresh hell
Yay?
Posted by: Navycopjoe says death to 3 bean casserole at March 30, 2015 06:27 AM (u65Ml)

Get it while it's HOT!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 30, 2015 06:28 AM (St6BJ)

10 Time to slice like a Hammah!

Posted by: Dan Patterson at March 30, 2015 06:29 AM (3UPl6)

11 I wonder how life will be different when we're all ruled by Google and Iran? Thanks, Obama !

Posted by: Blacksheep at March 30, 2015 06:29 AM (bS6uW)

12
Gotta jump out early kids. Off to the allergist to get shot and then to complete a couple of assignments (one is the "audition" for the potential new gig).

Later fellow shape-shifters!

Keep it IS-real.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 30, 2015 06:29 AM (St6BJ)

13 And I thought I'd be late!

Morning, Glories!

Such Glories as are up.

Thought for the day, any day. The Most Highs rule in the kingdoms of men.

I rread that somewhere.

Posted by: mindful webworker - I'm awake! at March 30, 2015 06:30 AM (wwx67)

14 If Obama has his way..it may very well be the Last Monday.

Posted by: Donna,,,,Seriously. at March 30, 2015 06:31 AM (E/XWt)

15

Old and busted - Kukla, Fran and Ollie

New Hotness - Google, Iran and Malia

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 30, 2015 06:31 AM (St6BJ)

16 J.J.s rolling out early.
Vic is MIA.

Can we just go right to Monty's DOOm thread?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 30, 2015 06:32 AM (WxYKp)

17 Morning! I got jack.. bring on the Vic!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at March 30, 2015 06:32 AM (/9Mak)

18 Missed Sefton (Don Adams voice) by that much!

Posted by: mindful webworker - awww at March 30, 2015 06:34 AM (wwx67)

19 @12 - My favorite form is kitsune. Or maybe tengu.

Posted by: Blacksheep at March 30, 2015 06:34 AM (bS6uW)

20 Wakey, Wakey!

Working on VERY preliminary plans to host Leukemia Cup benefit concert on the Chicago Lakefront featuring the winner of the Van Cliburn Competition.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qROema2MDI

What have you gotten done so far this morning??

Posted by: MachiasPrivateer at March 30, 2015 06:34 AM (EMi53)

21 It's not Vic level news..
But we bought a Roku 3.

One step closer to no cable bill.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 30, 2015 06:35 AM (WxYKp)

22 Dog* news that'll make you go
daaaawwwww.

http://dailym.ai/19zbL9a

*also cats and birds.

Posted by: Comrade Arthur at March 30, 2015 06:37 AM (h53OH)

23 Morning, all.

Felt miserable over the weekend, so spent it in bed, sleeping and reading. What, you ask? Furious Love, about the affair and marriages of Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor.

So, as an apertif to the morons, here are Taylor's measurements in her prime:

5'3", 116lbs, 35-21-36, wearing a 32C cup.

It looks like another crappy day here at work, so probably won't be back until lunch, if then. Hope you all have a wonderful day.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 30, 2015 06:38 AM (zF6Iw)

24 Anyone else wonder why King Richard wasn't buried with the rest of the Kings and Queens of England in Westminster Abbey?

Posted by: flmomof4 at March 30, 2015 06:39 AM (nSjrf)

25 I wonder what unAmerican evil Obama, Jarrett and Kerry were dreaming about while we were resting up for work.

Posted by: Blacksheep at March 30, 2015 06:39 AM (bS6uW)

26 Liz Taylor, now there was a beautiful woman.

Posted by: flmomof4 at March 30, 2015 06:40 AM (nSjrf)

27 24 Anyone else wonder why King Richard wasn't buried with the rest of the Kings and Queens of England in Westminster Abbey?
Posted by: flmomof4 at March 30, 2015 06:39 AM (nSjrf)

Because they were afraid he'd haunt the place until the Tudors were thrown out?

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 30, 2015 06:41 AM (J+mig)

28 Took my daughter to the range this weekend. It made me smile that a one-handed Vietnam Veteran outshot me.

Posted by: gunslingeraz at March 30, 2015 06:41 AM (Ij1fE)

29 Van Cliburn lived in my great aunt's boarding house in Kilgore.

Posted by: Dave at Buffalo Roam at March 30, 2015 06:41 AM (1s0XW)

30 People are suddenly acting like it's a proven truth that Richard III was wronged by history (not to mention Shakespeare). I have no idea what really happened (and don't really care either way), but neither do these revisionists.

Posted by: Blacksheep at March 30, 2015 06:43 AM (bS6uW)

31 Posted by: Blacksheep at March 30, 2015 06:43 AM (bS6uW)

Nobody knows, to be honest. Probably never will. The records are a muddled mess, and the victors wrote the histories.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 30, 2015 06:44 AM (J+mig)

32 Welll.. it's 5:45 here.. been up for an hour.. gotta decide whether to go back to bed, or just get an early start and head to work... humming Jeopardy theme... back to bed wins! Have a good day y'all..

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at March 30, 2015 06:45 AM (/9Mak)

33 Boehner was just on the radio about the Iranian deal. He said we're dealing with a regime that has never kept its word. He didn't say which regime he meant, though.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at March 30, 2015 06:46 AM (xcHSl)

34 33 Boehner was just on the radio about the Iranian deal. He said we're dealing with a regime that has never kept its word. He didn't say which regime he meant, though.
Posted by: The Great White Snark at March 30, 2015 06:46 AM (xcHSl)

My guess would be "both".

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 30, 2015 06:47 AM (J+mig)

35 Oh no! Is he that drunk again?
Trey Sanchez, Truth Revolt
http://bit.ly/bone-head

[Boener:] ...it isn't all that easy to be in public service and have a name that looks like "boner."

Posted by: mindful webworker - little boxes, little boxes... at March 30, 2015 06:49 AM (wwx67)

36 30

They were all a bloodthirsty lot back then. I don't think Richard III was any better or worse than any of the rest of them. BTW Leicester is my hometown, little brother sang in the choir at Leicester Cathedral, which is why I find it strange they buried him there. Leicester is not the most inspiring place to visit a shrine to a King.

Posted by: flmomof4 at March 30, 2015 06:50 AM (nSjrf)

37 Dave @ 29 - Believe me, it a long way from a boarding house in Kilgore to the Chicago Lakefront.

Posted by: MachiasPrivateer at March 30, 2015 06:50 AM (EMi53)

38 Amazing animal tales, Comrade Arthur.

This one isn't quite as amazing, but it's elephants

Very Special Roadside Service
-Red Dawn, Chicks on the Right
http://bit.ly/jumbo-helps

Louisiana ...The vehicle was pulled over on the side of the road. It was tipping over, but a couple of elephants...

Posted by: mindful webworker - little boxes, little boxes... at March 30, 2015 06:53 AM (wwx67)

39 Dave @ 29 & 37 - Think Ravinia with a beautiful view of the Chicago Skyline, on the grass, under the stars, for leukemia research.

http://www.ravinia.org/

Posted by: MachiasPrivateer at March 30, 2015 06:56 AM (EMi53)

40 I guess Vic is still nestled up in his covers, dreaming about Kate Upton.

Posted by: Blacksheep at March 30, 2015 07:00 AM (bS6uW)

41 Boehner was just on the radio about the Iranian
deal. He said we're dealing with a regime that has never kept its word.
He didn't say which regime he meant, though.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at March 30, 2015 06:46 AM

Sadly, he doesn't know which regime he means. Could it be the Mad Mullahs in Teheran, or the Mad Mullahs in D.C.?

Not that Cheeto John is exactly a credible source for accusations of untrustworthiness....

Posted by: MrScribbler at March 30, 2015 07:01 AM (P8YHq)

42 Good morning Morons.

I became as sick and nauseated as hell yesterday afternoon and was afraid I was coming down with the crud. I went to bed woke up at 7 pm and was still so sick I couldn't bring myself to even drink water. There was nothing in my stomach to make me ill.

Per ace's suggestion, I switched from chewing nicotine gum to the patch a few weeks back. I noticed last night that the patch was irritating my skin so I took it off. I fell asleep and feel fine this morning.

I wonder if I hadn't been suffering from nicotine poisoning. At age 55, it's not like it was a bout of morning sickness. Jeez, the nausea was bad though.

Posted by: Donna &&&&&& V. (brandishing ampersands) at March 30, 2015 07:03 AM (+XMAD)

43 Dave @ 29, 37 & 39. We are talking about the ORIGINAL SITE FOR CHICAGO2016, BEFORE VALERIE JARRETT GOT HER CLAWS ON THINGS AND MOVED THE SITE TO PLEASE HER CRONY FRIENDS!

POWER TO THE PEOPLE!

Posted by: MachiasPrivateer at March 30, 2015 07:10 AM (EMi53)

44 28,

I know the feeling. When my daughters fired my SAW*, they wanted one so bad.

*They fired blanks during a unit organization day.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at March 30, 2015 07:12 AM (OsWis)

45 Core values? We don' need no steenking core values!
Candice Lanier, Frontlines

[Oregon-based Presbyterian USA Minister John Shuck:] "We all have been trained to think that Christianity is about believing things," Shuck said in the article. "Its symbols and artifacts (God, Bible, Jesus, Heaven, etc) must be accepted in a certain way.

"And when times change and these beliefs are no longer credible, the choices we are left with are either rejection or fundamentalism."

[Emphasis added. I believe this fellow is sad and confused. But mostly confused.]

Posted by: mindful webworker - hoky smokes, Bullwinkle! at March 30, 2015 07:13 AM (wwx67)

46 Oops. Link for unbelieving minister:

http://bit.ly/faithlessness

Posted by: mindful webworker - hoky smokes, Bullwinkle! at March 30, 2015 07:15 AM (wwx67)

47 @ 45 - Dude needs another vocation.

Posted by: Blacksheep at March 30, 2015 07:15 AM (bS6uW)

48 Leadership
Duty
Respect
Selfless Service
Honor
Integrity
Personal Courage

Just a few things that matter to some...and what we're lacking overall.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at March 30, 2015 07:18 AM (OsWis)

49 L is Loyalty

Posted by: SMFH at it all at March 30, 2015 07:18 AM (OsWis)

50 So is king putt going to mention this 'anniversary' today?
link to wiki:

http://tinyurl.com/3d6nod

Have a good week Horde and goodbye blue Monday!

Posted by: Lost Tom Servo at March 30, 2015 07:19 AM (gD7Kn)

51 Monday of Holy Week-A great German hymn, "Ah Holy Jesus"

http://tinyurl.com/ox4jne2

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 30, 2015 07:19 AM (DXzRD)

52 @41

Quite frankly John Boehner is a buffoon.

What he should have done is channel Tip O'Neil and said that any deal is DOA since the administration has side steeped congress in the process of advice so there will be no consent to this secret deal worked out with a murderous regime with the blood of Americans literally dripping from its hands.

And furthermore state there will be no funding for this agreement coming forth from congress.

I know Boehenrs an incompetent punk bitch and nothing like that will happen but that's what he should be saying.

Posted by: Kreplach at March 30, 2015 07:20 AM (0fmtZ)

53 April 2 is when I celebrate 12 years since the first time I celebrated the first of three fun-filled years in Iraq.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at March 30, 2015 07:21 AM (OsWis)

54 Dave,

Would it help to know that a bunch of fresh faced kids with 501 -3c status, obtained before Lois Lerner took office, has a 99 year lease from a cash strapped city to the site?

All they want to do, is make friends, have fun and learn something new every day, BECAUSE KNOWLEDGE IS POWER!!

Posted by: MachiasPrivateer at March 30, 2015 07:21 AM (EMi53)

55 damn...time does fucking fly.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at March 30, 2015 07:21 AM (OsWis)

56 My favorite Easter song is, Were You There? Gives me chills.

Posted by: Blacksheep at March 30, 2015 07:22 AM (bS6uW)

57 Who - no really, who - allows their daughter to go to "spring break," let alone PAYS for it?

And why do the idiots who do have the money to do so?

Posted by: Just some guy at March 30, 2015 07:22 AM (yxw0r)

58 And why do the idiots who do have the money to do so?
Posted by: Just some guy at March 30, 2015 07:22 AM (yxw0r)

That's the question of the age. Why is it that stupid people never seem to have any difficulty getting a good standard of living, while all of the decent and hard-working folks I know scrape along?

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 30, 2015 07:26 AM (J+mig)

59 Happy Holy Week!!

Posted by: Ruth at March 30, 2015 07:28 AM (oo88B)

60 Morning all

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 30, 2015 07:29 AM (rDqRv)

61 A blessed Holy Week to you too, Ruth

A Monday of Holy Week devotional from "Guideposts" magazine:

http://tinyurl.com/ogcokk2

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 30, 2015 07:30 AM (DXzRD)

62 Back atcha, Ruth : )

hey Nevergiveup.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at March 30, 2015 07:30 AM (OsWis)

63 My wife's lifelong friend came to visit last week. Her daughter is a freshman at one of America's fine public indoctrination camps on the East coast. Daughter wanted to go spring breaking down Florida way, but my wife's friend made her come here to swim and go to the rodeo and hang out with us old goats. She was pouting when she got here, but beaming when she left. Parenting, what a concept.

Posted by: Blacksheep at March 30, 2015 07:31 AM (bS6uW)

64 Iranian negotiators reportedly have made a last-ditch push for more concessions from the U.S. and five other world powers as talks on the fate of Iran's nuclear program come down to the final days before a crucial deadline.

The New York Times reported late Sunday that Tehran had backed away from a tentative promise to ship a large portion of its uranium stockpile to Russia, where it could not be used as part of any future weapons program.

Typical Persian negotiating tactic. Fredo is being taken to the cleaners. What a joke, except the jokes on us.

"My friends, you have nothing to fear from a Fredo Presidency"

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 30, 2015 07:32 AM (rDqRv)

65 @57 Cause parents spoil their kids rotten. And the kids grow up to be rotten people. (not all parents but way to many)

Posted by: Case, Mors Semper Tyrannis at March 30, 2015 07:33 AM (tjj0w)

66 Oooooookay.....

Spence Jackson, spokesman for the late Tom Schweich, found dead

JEFFERSON CITY - Veteran Missouri state official Spence Jackson, who was media director for the late state auditor Tom Schweich, was found dead Sunday, sources said. He was 44.

http://tinyurl.com/q6mqo4a

Schweich is the guy who apparently killed himself a few months ago.

Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at March 30, 2015 07:34 AM (MMC8r)

67 More good news for Missouri Republicans!

Prominent Missouri R party insider, who had been Tom Schweich's media guy for about four years... dead. Apparent suicide.

What's going on here?

Incidentally, since Schweich's own suicide, this guy Spence Jackson, has been one of the most vocal critics of John Hancock, the current head of the state party.

Yeesh!

Posted by: BurtTC at March 30, 2015 07:34 AM (Dj0WE)

68 My wife's lifelong friend came to visit last week. Her daughter is a freshman at one of America's fine public indoctrination camps on the East coast. Daughter wanted to go spring breaking down Florida way, but my wife's friend made her come here to swim and go to the rodeo and hang out with us old goats. She was pouting when she got here, but beaming when she left. Parenting, what a concept.
Posted by: Blacksheep at March 30, 2015 07:31 AM (bS6uW)

My daughter is 28 now, but my wife JUST told me that years ago she wanted to spring break and my wife told her no way, no how, never. And neither ever mentioned it to me, for fear I'd go ballistic.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 30, 2015 07:34 AM (rDqRv)

69 I know Boehenrs an incompetent punk bitch and nothing like that will happen but that's what he should be saying.

Posted by: Kreplach at March 30, 2015 07:20 AM

There is a divide between "should be" and "is now" that can only be bridged by throwing the current Congress out on their collective (fat) asses. If our "leaders" were actually schooled on what America is all about and what "laws" mean, they would have broomed Choom Boy out of the White House -- and into prison -- years ago.

In fact, if respect for laws (or even fear of them! -- and a basic understanding of what the word "servant" (as in "servant of the people") means -- was president among Our Political Overlords, the Mocha Messiah and his ilk would never have gotten to Washington in the first place; they'd all be drawing welfare.

Posted by: MrScribbler at March 30, 2015 07:35 AM (P8YHq)

70 That John Kerry is one tough nut to crack I tell you. Who knew that "I hate my own country" was a bad opening gambit in strategic negotiations?

Kerry probably thought that's what meant by common ground. The mullahs were probably like, "right on, we hate your country too."

Posted by: Blacksheep at March 30, 2015 07:36 AM (bS6uW)

71 Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 30, 2015 07:32 AM (rDqRv)

The whole world makes me feel like I fell into a portal into the mirror universe, except that there's hipster beards instead of goatees. There's so much lunacy that people just accept as truth that it blows my mind, and I can't even begin to comprehend how quickly things decayed to this sad state.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 30, 2015 07:36 AM (J+mig)

72 Just love "Can't get your shit together" Mondays.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2015 07:36 AM (JWaIS)

73 #69 -- "present," not "president."

Gaaaaack....

Posted by: MrScribbler at March 30, 2015 07:36 AM (P8YHq)

74 Cato, that is known as falling down the rabbit hole.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at March 30, 2015 07:37 AM (OsWis)

75 Maintenance Mondays

Posted by: SMFH at it all at March 30, 2015 07:38 AM (OsWis)

76
Biden Reveals American Jews Can Only Rely on Israel, Not US

US Vice President makes shocking statement, telling American Jews no matter how involved you are in the US, the only guarantee is Israel.

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/193387#.VRk1bCjGNbw

Worth the read

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 30, 2015 07:38 AM (rDqRv)

77 Motorpool Mondays

Posted by: SMFH at it all at March 30, 2015 07:38 AM (OsWis)

78 Uh, Missouri? What the hell?

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 30, 2015 07:38 AM (659DL)

79 Holy shit,

The VP even knows that we're so screwed up the squeakhole.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at March 30, 2015 07:39 AM (OsWis)

80 MainNewsInside Israel

Israel May Get to Have Its Own 'Fox News'

Free at last? Non-leftist Channel 20 requests permission to create a news department.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 30, 2015 07:40 AM (rDqRv)

81 A third of Republicans believe US President Barack Obama poses an imminent threat to the United States, outranking concerns about Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syrian President Bashar Assad.

Only a third?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 30, 2015 07:41 AM (rDqRv)

82 Posted by: SMFH at it all at March 30, 2015 07:37 AM (OsWis)

Good analogy, it's a lot like Alice in Wonderland, what with being surrounded by incomprehensible madness all the time.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 30, 2015 07:41 AM (J+mig)

83 Looks like it's that time again - off to do my best for the oil companies and double bill my liberal clients. I wish you all well.

Posted by: Blacksheep at March 30, 2015 07:41 AM (bS6uW)

84 65
@57 Cause parents spoil their kids rotten. And the kids grow up to be rotten people. (not all parents but way to many)

Posted by: Case, Mors Semper Tyrannis at March 30, 2015 07:33 AM (tjj0w)

And keep the money.

I try not to be a class warrior, but damn, it's hard sometimes.

Posted by: Just some guy at March 30, 2015 07:42 AM (yxw0r)

85 Missouri is screwed up.

Posted by: Y-not at March 30, 2015 07:43 AM (KZBSl)

86 Is getting your ass beat by Hot Wheels tracks and Navy belts considered being spoiled?

Asking for a friend.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at March 30, 2015 07:44 AM (OsWis)

87 Going out later this morning in search of . . .

Texas Wildflowers

bluebonnets, indian paintbrushes and others

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 30, 2015 07:45 AM (JO9+V)

88 Is getting your ass beat by Hot Wheels tracks and Navy belts considered being spoiled?

Asking for a friend.
Posted by: SMFH at it all at March 30, 2015 07:44 AM (OsWis)

Hot wheel tracks?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 30, 2015 07:45 AM (rDqRv)

89 Pray for that Presbyterian minister. He really should be a Unitarian, perhaps, but evidently he wants his pension, I suppose. For him church has ceased to be anything about Scripture, a divine Jesus, or a God who actually does thing or is supernatural in anyway. It's simply about left wing causes.

http://tinyurl.com/nc47z6g

This is from a group of traditional Episcopalians The tone is sharp, but I understand their being upset. I think more prayers are needed, though.

I once knew a Presbyterian minister who told me at a Conference, "I feel such a sense of relief now that I no longer believe that Jesus is divine in anyway." I didn't say it, but thought to myself, "And this is good thing for a minister of the Gospel?" Then I was at another Conference, this time there was a Methodist minister there who said, "Imagine, Some people actually think Jesus was literally resurrected from the dead!!" The other three people at the table including me all raised our hands said "I do." That person later left the Christian ministry and is now doing really new age type stuff.

I think I'll leave it at that. I've said too much. See you all tomorrow, folks, with some more Holy Week hymns.

Keep on praying!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 30, 2015 07:46 AM (DXzRD)

90 Bluebonnets aren't quite blooming yet.

I live near a huge field that blooms into and explosion of blue and yellow.

Damn, I love Texas.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at March 30, 2015 07:46 AM (OsWis)

91 Is getting your ass beat by Hot Wheels tracks and Navy belts considered being spoiled?

That's hot.

YES!

Posted by: Marv Albert at March 30, 2015 07:47 AM (MMC8r)

92 88,

My dad is a retired Chief Petty Officer.

He used whatever was handy.

But he had to catch us first....

Posted by: SMFH at it all at March 30, 2015 07:47 AM (OsWis)

93 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 30, 2015 07:46 AM (DXzRD)

You haven't said too much. For those of us who don't run in those kind of circles, it can be amazing to hear what actually goes on in them.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 30, 2015 07:48 AM (J+mig)

94 But if it grows too big, the kids might have to call up the reserves from the Disney Magnet School

http://www.disney.cps.k12.il.us/

We'd call the global TV concert "Live From Lincoln Park".

But you do see the recently solved problem, don't you? Democrats celebrating in a public park named after The Great Emancipator, in the Land of Lincoln, The People's Republic of Chicago?

With Bruce Rauner (R-IL) holding the purse strings now, things might go an eensy, weensy, bit easier than before.

Need still more help? The French School of Chicago is standing by!

http://www.lyceechicago.org/

Posted by: MachiasPrivateer at March 30, 2015 07:49 AM (EMi53)

95
@86 Asking for a friend.

Tell your friend all they have to do is drop dime on mompop. And really, I said not all parents spoil their kids, just a lot do.

Posted by: Case, Mors Semper Tyrannis at March 30, 2015 07:49 AM (tjj0w)

96 95,

Heheh.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at March 30, 2015 07:50 AM (OsWis)

97 Is getting your ass beat by Hot Wheels tracks and Navy belts considered being spoiled?

Hot Wheels track made a distinctive whistling sound when applied thusly.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 30, 2015 07:50 AM (JO9+V)

98 "I wonder if I hadn't been suffering from nicotine poisoning. At age 55, it's not like it was a bout of morning sickness. Jeez, the nausea was bad though."

Posted by: Donna &&&&&& V. (brandishing ampersands) at March 30, 2015 07:03 AM (+XMAD

Have you tried Chantix? Worked for me.

After the first day, there was no desire for a cigarette, just the auto-response habit of going through the motions.

Posted by: jwest at March 30, 2015 07:50 AM (9ZZd+)

99 4
*Looks around for Vic*

Posted by: SMFH at it all at March 30, 2015 06:25 AM (OsWis)

I would have been first but I snored away as it was. And the rocking chair still calls.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 30, 2015 07:50 AM (wlDny)

100 Why wd any parent pay for their kid to go off on some 1 week orgy involving booze and drugs? On top of it, you have to worry about them arriving and returning safely if they drive, too.

Posted by: Bruce J. at March 30, 2015 07:50 AM (iQIUe)

101 Lots of things make a whistling sound right before being applied thus to your ass.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at March 30, 2015 07:51 AM (OsWis)

102 Keep on praying!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 30, 2015 07:46 AM (DXzRD)

Maranatha. Can't come soon enough.

Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at March 30, 2015 07:51 AM (yxw0r)

103 Hey Vic!

Posted by: SMFH at it all at March 30, 2015 07:51 AM (OsWis)

104 Biden Reveals American Jews Can Only Rely on
srael, Not US

US Vice President makes shocking statement, telling American Jews no matter how involved you are in the US, the only guarantee is Israel.

We're with you President Biden!!
-90% of American Jews

Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2015 07:52 AM (JWaIS)

105 Read article about Eric Greiteins, Jewish fmr Navy Seal who is also running for MO governor.

Cant link (on phone) but it's at a Jewish news site called Forward.

More odd MO politics history in that article about a prior Jewish candidate.

I really think they need to investigate wtf is going on.

Posted by: Y-not at March 30, 2015 07:53 AM (KZBSl)

106 Greitens.

Posted by: Y-not at March 30, 2015 07:53 AM (KZBSl)

107 What do you do when you have spent your life studying theology and philosophy and then lose your faith? You have no marketable job skills.

I feel sorry for the guy. He should go be an apprentice electrician.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at March 30, 2015 07:54 AM (V70Uh)

108 Worth the read.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 30, 2015 07:38 AM

I think you -- and the reporter -- are making a mistake common to almost everyone who pays any attention to what comes out of Joltin' Joe's mouth: you are mistaking a random assemblage of words that seems to resemble a complete sentence for actual coherent thought.

It's a variant of the "infinite number of monkeys" syndrome.

After reading the article, I'm not really sure what he meant. And I doubt he could explain it to you.

And if he tried, he'd spit library paste all over you....

Posted by: MrScribbler at March 30, 2015 07:55 AM (P8YHq)

109 Hot Wheels track made a distinctive whistling sound when applied thusly.

The original Star Wars light saber.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2015 07:55 AM (JWaIS)

110
@100. Or they wind up arrested and have to pay huge fines. Well, the parents have to pay the fines. And lawyers.

Mom! I'm in jail! Send money and lawyers!

Posted by: Case, Mors Semper Tyrannis at March 30, 2015 07:56 AM (tjj0w)

111 Biden Reveals American Jews Can Only Rely on
srael, Not US

If Cheney said it?

Posted by: Marv Albert at March 30, 2015 07:56 AM (MMC8r)

112 "That John Kerry is one tough nut to crack I tell you."

First LOL of the day!

Posted by: mindful webworker - needed the laugh at March 30, 2015 07:57 AM (wwx67)

113 flmomof4 @ 1 - My deepest apologies for taking so long to answer your request. Your wish is my command!

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

Posted by: MachiasPrivateer at March 30, 2015 07:58 AM (EMi53)

114 I think you -- and the reporter -- are making a mistake common to almost everyone who pays any attention to what comes out of Joltin' Joe's mouth: you are mistaking a random assemblage of words that seems to resemble a complete sentence for actual coherent thought.

It's a variant of the "infinite number of monkeys" syndrome.

After reading the article, I'm not really sure what he meant. And I doubt he could explain it to you.

And if he tried, he'd spit library paste all over you....
Posted by: MrScribbler at March 30, 2015 07:55 AM (P8YHq)

I was not making any point. Just thought it was an interesting article

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 30, 2015 07:58 AM (rDqRv)

115 There is a show on the netflix instant called Secrets; Richard III, about finding and digging up his bones. It is worth watching a) because the skinny little forensics chick that actually digs up the bones is really cute and b) the look on the Yorkist lady's face when the forensics babe explains to her that given the scoliosis of the spine, Shakespeare was right about the "bunch-back" thing.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at March 30, 2015 08:00 AM (MkQKr)

116 g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 30, 2015 08:00 AM (hSlC9)

117 WASHINGTON Defense Secretary Ash Carter is considering easing some military enlistment standards as part of a broader set of initiatives to better attract and keep quality service members and civilians across the Defense Department.

Other than waiving some age limits for certian jobs, THIS is a bad bad bad idea.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 30, 2015 08:04 AM (rDqRv)

118 SMFH: "Lots of things make a whistling sound right before being applied thus to your ass."

Yeah, like the principal of my grade school, wielding The Paddle, as I recall. Seemed to enjoy his work.

Posted by: mindful webworker - needed the laugh at March 30, 2015 08:04 AM (wwx67)

119
Iran is playing Obama for the bitch he is.

Posted by: Case, Mors Semper Tyrannis at March 30, 2015 08:04 AM (tjj0w)

120 Orange Hot Wheels track. The preferred thrashing implement of moms and it made a distinctive whistling sound when applied. Remember it!

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 30, 2015 08:05 AM (JO9+V)

121 What fresh Hell awaits us today?

Posted by: steevy at March 30, 2015 08:05 AM (KETbL)

122 118,

In my case, it was mom and dad...heh.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at March 30, 2015 08:05 AM (OsWis)

123 "Easibg standards" doesn't scream improved quality to me.

Posted by: Y-not at March 30, 2015 08:05 AM (KZBSl)

124 120,

LOL! Oh yeah.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at March 30, 2015 08:06 AM (OsWis)

125 Hot Wheels track had the bottom, which was fairly flat, and the top side, with the two raised edges.

Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at March 30, 2015 08:06 AM (MMC8r)

126 I took a cell cam pic of the sunrise, trying to capture the layers of rising fog, trees on the horizon, layers of red and purple in the sky.

Now I can't figure how to get the pic from the cell to the tablet. I've been working with computers for thirty-some years, and they just seem to get worse. Can't be me....

Posted by: mindful webworker - blunt force at March 30, 2015 08:06 AM (wwx67)

127 But as I said earlier, had to catch us first.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at March 30, 2015 08:07 AM (OsWis)

128 Those raised edges hurt like hell.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at March 30, 2015 08:07 AM (OsWis)

129 Italiam moms favored the wooden spoon.Mine was a marshmallow though.She only gave one of us a good whack one time and that was my sister.Hand across the face for running to grandma.

Posted by: steevy at March 30, 2015 08:08 AM (KETbL)

130 Nevergiveup,

He is desperately in need of personnel, what with having to deploy that extra division between Biden and Mrs. Carter.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at March 30, 2015 08:09 AM (MkQKr)

131 "Now I can't figure how to get the pic from the cell to the tablet."

Text to your email and download from there.....?

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 30, 2015 08:11 AM (xia9n)

132 My dad blustered on rare occasions bit never actually bit me that I can recall.I do remember getting him so mad I ran and hid under the bed.He lifted it up but I don't think he even hit me.

Posted by: steevy at March 30, 2015 08:11 AM (KETbL)

133 Mom: Wait til your dad gets home!

Me (thinking, because I wasn't that crazy to mouth off): Dad isn't gonna be home for four months. Like you're gonna remember what I did in four months.

Somehow, she always remembered...

Posted by: SMFH at it all at March 30, 2015 08:11 AM (OsWis)

134 20 Wakey, Wakey!

Working on VERY preliminary plans to host Leukemia Cup benefit concert on the Chicago Lakefront featuring the winner of the Van Cliburn Competition.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qROema2MDI

What have you gotten done so far this morning??
Posted by: MachiasPrivateer at March 30, 2015 06:34 AM (EMi53)

A morning fap counts, yes?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 30, 2015 08:11 AM (mndtc)

135 Now I can't figure how to get the pic from the cell to the tablet. I've been working with computers for thirty-some years, and they just seem to get worse. Can't be me....

1. Mini usb to usb -- they sell cables for that
2. email the pic

Smart phones are whole new edumaction.

Posted by: SE Pa Moron at March 30, 2015 08:11 AM (xQX/f)

136 Heartbreak Ridge is 30 years old next year. Where did the time go?

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 30, 2015 08:12 AM (JO9+V)

137 Hello?

Posted by: Bigby's Crushing Your Head at March 30, 2015 08:12 AM (3ZtZW)

138 "...easing some military enlistment standards as part of a broader set of initiatives to better attract and keep quality service members..."

Maybe, I'm just speculatin' here, but maybe, if the military had righteous, patriotic purposes (like, you know, occasionally being alowed to WIN wars), higher standards, and a CiC who wasn't out to destroy them, d'y think that might encourage quality service members?

Crazy thoughts, I know.

Posted by: mindful webworker - Department of Offense at March 30, 2015 08:12 AM (wwx67)

139
Now I can't figure how to get the pic from the cell to the tablet.

Bluetooth?

Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at March 30, 2015 08:12 AM (MMC8r)

140 I saw Heartbreak Ridge in Basic training in 1987.

I love that movie.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at March 30, 2015 08:13 AM (OsWis)

141 You think we've got RINO problems.

http://tinyurl.com/q8mcqvp

Posted by: The Great White Snark at March 30, 2015 08:13 AM (ee9LE)

142 30 years old?

Damn.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at March 30, 2015 08:13 AM (OsWis)

143 139,

Email the pic to yourself.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at March 30, 2015 08:14 AM (OsWis)

144 Posted by: Count de Monet at March 30, 2015 07:45 AM

Hill Country Wildflower and Winery tour.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 30, 2015 08:14 AM (60Vyp)

145 They let you watch movies in Boot Camp?

Posted by: Bigby's Crushing Your Head at March 30, 2015 08:14 AM (3ZtZW)

146
Cal student goes missing after party at USC. Said he was going to take a walk. Who goes for a walk at 1 am in that area? It is notorious for robberies, assaults, and murders of students. He had to know that.

Posted by: Bruce J. at March 30, 2015 08:14 AM (iQIUe)

147 145,

It was after we qualified.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at March 30, 2015 08:15 AM (OsWis)

148 "http://tinyurl.com/q8mcqvp"

What do you do with a charging rhino?

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 30, 2015 08:15 AM (xia9n)

149 And one of the DSs was a huge fan of the movie.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at March 30, 2015 08:16 AM (OsWis)

150 We had a peach tree in the backyard. Whistling sound? You bet.

Nothing's worse than a peachtree switch.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at March 30, 2015 08:16 AM (V70Uh)

151 I piss napalm and shit concertina.

Posted by: steevy at March 30, 2015 08:17 AM (KETbL)

152 Ooooh, switches....

Posted by: SMFH at it all at March 30, 2015 08:17 AM (OsWis)

153 Mom: Wait til your dad gets home!

Me (thinking, because I wasn't that crazy to mouth off):

Dad isn't gonna be home for four months. Like you're gonna remember what I did in four months.

Somehow, she always remembered...

Moms. The original terabyte memory.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2015 08:18 AM (JWaIS)

154 "Nothing's worse than a peachtree switch."

Green, waxy, all those nodes and knots.....

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 30, 2015 08:18 AM (xia9n)

155 Cato, that is known as falling down the rabbit hole.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at March 30, 2015 07:37 AM (OsWis)

I use the phrase: Help! I fallen down the rabbit hole and I can't get up!

Posted by: RickZ at March 30, 2015 08:19 AM (zpOER)

156 136 Heartbreak Ridge is 30 years old next year. Where did the time go?
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 30, 2015 08:12 AM (JO9+V)

Huh.....

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Suntanning in Bizzaro World at March 30, 2015 08:19 AM (8NTh+)

157 129
Italiam moms favored the wooden spoon.Mine was a marshmallow though.She
only gave one of us a good whack one time and that was my sister.Hand
across the face for running to grandma.

Posted by: steevy at March 30, 2015 08:08 AM (KETbL)

Mom wasn't Italian, but there's a reason I do not and never will own a wooden spoon.

Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at March 30, 2015 08:19 AM (yxw0r)

158 Frankly, this gentile is wondering if Israel might be his only hope.

Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at March 30, 2015 08:19 AM (MMC8r)

159 145
They let you watch movies in Boot Camp?

Posted by: Bigby's Crushing Your Head at March 30, 2015 08:14 AM (3ZtZW)

***********
Movies were the No. 1 destination on liberty at OCS. Air conditioned, dark, and a good hour and a half of uninterrupted sleep.

Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at March 30, 2015 08:23 AM (yxw0r)

160 'Morning Horde. Got my meaty paw wrapped around a strong cup of coffee. Haven't been sleeping great and I seem to need more and more joe to get going these days.

And now, let the day's hell descend upon us.

Posted by: joncelli at March 30, 2015 08:23 AM (RD7QR)

161 What do you do with a charging rhino?

Take away Boehner's credit card?

Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2015 08:24 AM (JWaIS)

162 161,

Hehehe

Posted by: SMFH at it all at March 30, 2015 08:25 AM (OsWis)

163 Dump up.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2015 08:29 AM (JWaIS)

164 "Mini usb to usb"

Well, sure, if you want to do it the easy way...

I have software that supposedly lets me look at and copy files from the cell. The paint program tells me the copies aren't really JPGs, though. What th?

Then, this tablet has 2 USB ports, a mini on the screen/tablet where the power plug goes, and a regular on the keyboard/dock where the bug for the wireless mouse goes.

I have a multiplex plug purchased with the tablet. Mini USB to 3 ports: 2 reg & 1 mini. You'd think that would be the key. But, no. the multiplex can go between the power plug and the tablet, but it apparently does not transmit power.

So, sans multiplex for reg usb, I either have to not have power or not have wireless mouse while the cell is connected. That's the only way I've found.

Like I said, the easy way.

Posted by: mindful webworker - Department of Offense at March 30, 2015 08:30 AM (wwx67)

165 >>>I piss napalm and shit concertina.

2.4 million units of Bicillin x 3 over 3 weeks oughta cure that

Posted by: Bigby's Crushing Your Head at March 30, 2015 08:32 AM (3ZtZW)

166 But, no. the multiplex can go between the power plug and the tablet, but it apparently does not transmit power.

They do sell a three wire plug for that purpose, I have one I got from Amazon. With that setup you can also plug smart phone into hdmi input on television and drive content from phone. It's kinda cool and less then 20 bucks.

Posted by: SE Pa Moron at March 30, 2015 08:47 AM (xQX/f)

167 113

And about time too. Seriously that was great, love musical shows. Was such a nerd when I was in high school, knew all the old show tunes. I'm glad I grew into my nerdiness.

Posted by: flmomof4 at March 30, 2015 08:47 AM (nSjrf)

168 Once we've taken down Valerie "The Wicked Natural Born Iranian Witch" Jarrett, the rest is only details.

Posted by: MachiasPrivateer at March 30, 2015 09:00 AM (wFIA5)

169 MOVE ALONG, THERE'S NOTHING TO SEE HERE!

Just "A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking"

http://www.samuelfrench.com/p/2280/coupla-white-chicks-sitting-around-talking-a

NOW, can I get an AMEN?

Posted by: MachiasPrivateer at March 30, 2015 09:43 AM (wFIA5)

170 This one is probably more your style, Defending the Caveman, by Rob Becker.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jPPDh7mOPI

Posted by: MachiasPrivateer at March 30, 2015 10:01 AM (wFIA5)

171 Next would be the Moonlight Sonata, honoring Grumman Aerospace Plank Owners and their billions of friends, watching as their hero, THE MAN IN THE MOON, Neil Armstrong, rises over Lake Michigan, and winks ;-) ,so we can all wink ;-) back!

Posted by: MachiasPrivateer at March 30, 2015 11:48 AM (wFIA5)

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