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Overnight Open Thread (4-13-2015)
MS: Well, the thing that I thought was interesting about this, and actually indicated a degree of subtle contempt, I thought, from the authorities - either that or we are just beyond parody here - is that they replaced American Sniper with Paddington Bear... If people are going to get... 'Oh, no, I feel threatened and intimidated by seeing American Sniper', then fine. You watch the teddy bear movie. We'll schedule Thomas the Tank Engine. We'll schedule Babe the pig. Oh, wait, no, that would offend all the Muslims, and there'd be a riot. So we won't have that, but we'll find some other children's stuffed character that is safe for you to watch. The logic of the safe space.HH: I guess Charlotte's Web is off the list, too.
MS: ...is that 23 year old students can only watch Paddington Bear.
-- Mark Steyn on the Hugh Hewitt show.
Walmart critics embrace two moral standards: in the first, morality requires payment of high wages to 1.2 million people. In the second, morality can be achieved without [personally] employing anyone at all - that is, by paying zero wages. Most of us have chosen to live by the second standard, and from our lofty moral position we can criticize Walmart for not meeting the first standard. How convenient!
Usually at this point somebody starts talking about how Hillary Clinton will get the woman vote, how black turnout will stay up there if Barack Obama goes all-in, how rocks fall and everybody dies; the usual, in other words. Which would all be more useful if any of this was ever based on much more than gut feelings. The truth is, there are a lot of confident people out there when it comes to this election - but very few of them can show their work.
-- Moe Lane
See also: This entire article by Jonathon Chait which asserts that Hillary's victory is baked into the demographic cake.
The Marquess Mingles With the Common Folk During Her Journey to the Iowa Phase of Her Coronation
And found their folkways, apparel, and ways of speaking just so fascinating and adorable. She particularly enjoyed the 'gas stations' and impromptu 'Chipotle' festivals which she was able to visit incognito by way of her mufti dress and magical sunglasses.
She also occasionally invited the more impressive specimens into her native-style van for 'chats' as is the custom among middle American hoi polloi.
Putin Delivers Advanced S-300 Missile Air Defense System to Iran Days After 'Historic' Negotiations
The Crazy JetBlue Pilot Back in 2012
Luckily the First Officer was alert and quick thinking and it was the pilot who left the cockpit without following protocol.
According to the affidavit filed with the complaint, Osbon, a pilot working JetBlue Flight 191 from New York's John F. Kennedy (JFK) Airport to Las Vegas, according to witnesses, arrived at JFK later than he should have for the flight and missed the crew briefing. As the plane was leaving JFK and climbing in altitude in its scheduled five-hour flight, Osbon said something to the first officer (FO) about being evaluated by someone, but the FO did not know what he meant. Osbon then talked about his church and the need to "focus" and asked the FO to take the controls and work the radios. Osbon began talking about religion, but, according to the FO, his statements were not coherent.
The affidavit goes on to say that the FO became concerned when Osbon said "things just don't matter." According to the FO, Osbon yelled over the radio to air traffic control and instructed them to be quiet. Osbon turned off the radios in the aircraft, dimmed his monitors, and sternly admonished the FO for trying to talk on the radio. When Osbon said "we need to take a leap of faith," the FO stated that he became very worried. Osbon told the FO that "we're not going to Vegas" and began giving what the FO described as a sermon.
Guy Married Five Months is Terribly Worried That Men Don't Trust Women
And Jazz Shaw's response is just a bit too PC and perfectly even-handed. So let me don my chauvinist hat and state outright that in general women DO overreact - or to be more precise the set of circumstances that provoke a DEFCON 1 reaction in ladies includes things that in no way possibly could be considered a genuine emergency.
So when I hear Mrs. Maetenloch emit a blood-curdling shriek from across the house it could be based on the overtones of terror present be 1) an armed intruder discovered in the bathroom 2) a slashed open major artery or 3) a large spider in the same room. Now statistically it's almost certainly 3) but as I'm running through the house *I* have to be prepared for 1) and 2) and a whole host of other nasty possibilities.
I used to get mad when I would come charging in in full-adrenalin-ready-for-bear mode only to find that it was merely an arachnid hiding behind the toilet, but now I mostly just accept that this is way it is and it's not going to change. So yes I do discount women's reactions mentally - but I still have to react just the same in case it is a legit emergency. Overreaction is a flaw much more common in women than men. Men of course have their own different menu of flaws.
Acetaminophen Reduces Both Pain and Pleasure, Study Finds
So people who are just a little too happy might need a Tylenol mickey.
Researchers studying the commonly used pain reliever acetaminophen found it has a previously unknown side effect: It blunts positive emotions (abstract). Acetaminophen, the main ingredient in the over-the-counter pain reliever Tylenol, has been in use for more than 70 years in the United States, but this is the first time that this side effect has been documented.
The 10 Weirdest Florida Stories of 2015....So Far
The Yahoo AoSHQ group - it's got electrolytes.
And my twitter thang.
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Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at April 13, 2015 10:56 PM (NHQQx)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at April 13, 2015 10:57 PM (uiVGU)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 13, 2015 10:58 PM (9mzia)
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 13, 2015 10:58 PM (KCxzN)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at April 13, 2015 10:59 PM (Wo9OY)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 13, 2015 10:59 PM (/00xA)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 13, 2015 10:59 PM (9mzia)
Posted by: mynewhandle at April 13, 2015 11:00 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 13, 2015 11:00 PM (9mzia)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 13, 2015 11:00 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 13, 2015 10:58 PM
Pork stir-fry, here. It was fabulous.
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 13, 2015 11:01 PM (KCxzN)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 13, 2015 11:02 PM (kEeS6)
Posted by: tu3031 at April 13, 2015 11:02 PM (EDYaR)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 13, 2015 10:59 PM (9mzia)
******
Heh....heh....heh...
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at April 13, 2015 11:02 PM (NHQQx)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 13, 2015 11:02 PM (znRvO)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at April 13, 2015 11:04 PM (ucDmr)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 13, 2015 11:04 PM (9mzia)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at April 13, 2015 11:04 PM (WUYpW)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at April 13, 2015 11:04 PM (Wo9OY)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at April 13, 2015 11:04 PM (WUYpW)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 13, 2015 11:05 PM (/00xA)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 13, 2015 11:05 PM (kEeS6)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at April 13, 2015 11:04 PM (Wo9OY)
I didn't realize that there was anything beyond medium rare.
Posted by: In Exile at April 13, 2015 11:06 PM (/3yYD)
http://tinyurl.com/opw8h9r
Posted by: Anna Puma"
Teespring rejected my Ready For Hillary! (In Jail) tee shirt. Said it had "Content Problems". I've escalated to their IP department but not holding my breath.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at April 13, 2015 11:06 PM (Wo9OY)
Posted by: Monk Dewallye Dehonqe at April 13, 2015 11:06 PM (1ybqr)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 13, 2015 11:07 PM (/00xA)
Otherwise good job on the ONT.
Posted by: Donna &&&&&& V. (brandishing ampersands) at April 13, 2015 11:07 PM (+XMAD)
Posted by: speedster1 on the ipad at April 13, 2015 11:07 PM (1brdf)
Posted by: Donna &&&&&& V. (brandishing ampersands) at April 13, 2015 11:08 PM (+XMAD)
Liberals, particularly those in the media, are too stupid to see how patronizing that is? Yep, she's willing to go within 20 feet of the rabble. I'm impressed! When it comes to being an out of touch, rich, patronizing scrunt, she's right up there with Skinny Gwinny Paltrow.
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 13, 2015 11:08 PM (kGrwF)
Posted by: Jim at April 13, 2015 11:08 PM (RzZOc)
Posted by: Dr. Shatterhand at April 13, 2015 11:08 PM (7ZfrD)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 13, 2015 10:58 PM
Pork stir-fry, here. It was fabulous.
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 13, 2015 11:01 PM (KCxzN)
Hate Chicken's Nuggets of Cis-normative Hegemony for me. Delish.
Posted by: J. Random Dude at April 13, 2015 11:08 PM (8OfdL)
Posted by: In Exile"
I prefer mine MR, but she doesn't. I think it ruins it when you cook it to that extreme, but it's her taste buds.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at April 13, 2015 11:09 PM (Wo9OY)
..........
Thief!
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 13, 2015 11:04 PM (9mzia)
******
And you might wanna look at the guy that took the Avis award, which was apparently stolen from you as well....
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at April 13, 2015 11:09 PM (NHQQx)
are going to get... 'Oh, no, I feel threatened and intimidated by seeing
American Sniper', then fine. You watch the teddy bear movie.
Hey! Hey! Trigger warning!
Posted by: Timothy "Dumbshit" Treadwell at April 13, 2015 11:10 PM (oKE6c)
Hillary and her van. You will wish for an alien serial killer.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 13, 2015 11:10 PM (kEeS6)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at April 13, 2015 11:04 PM (Wo9OY)
I didn't realize that there was anything beyond medium rare.
Posted by: In Exile at April 13, 2015 11:06 PM (/3yYD)
The NHL has to get their pucks from somewhere.
Posted by: J. Random Dude at April 13, 2015 11:10 PM (8OfdL)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 13, 2015 11:10 PM (kdS6q)
Like, 'A Boy and his Dog'.
I'll NEVER forget when that movie opened up in my hometown (Ohio U). Feministas want absolutely ballistic.
But they still showed the movie
Posted by: Mr Wolf at April 13, 2015 11:10 PM (cjgnX)
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at April 13, 2015 11:10 PM (RzZOc)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at April 13, 2015 11:11 PM (ucDmr)
"We firmly, but politely ask them to leave."
Posted by: Lauren at April 13, 2015 11:11 PM (MYCIw)
With what?
Candy or Ice Cream?
Always new Dems trolled streets.
Posted by: Mr Wolf at April 13, 2015 11:11 PM (cjgnX)
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 13, 2015 11:11 PM (JO9+V)
I miss my girls already. Now off to read the six links I opened reading the content.
Posted by: DC in River City, temporary bachelor at April 13, 2015 11:12 PM (e+1S5)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at April 13, 2015 11:12 PM (Wo9OY)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 13, 2015 11:12 PM (kEeS6)
*fill in the blank*
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at April 13, 2015 11:08 PM (RzZOc)
******
Just....No. No more.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at April 13, 2015 11:13 PM (sdPF/)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 13, 2015 11:13 PM (znRvO)
And then I recall the Victorian cure for them -- an orgasm or two.
Posted by: GnuBreed at April 13, 2015 11:13 PM (0iMoy)
Posted by: eleven at April 13, 2015 11:13 PM (MDgS8)
Posted by: braying wild hildebeest at April 13, 2015 11:14 PM (gJhu3)
Posted by: irongrampa at April 13, 2015 11:14 PM (jeCnD)
Posted by: eleven at April 13, 2015 11:14 PM (MDgS8)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 13, 2015 11:15 PM (znRvO)
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 13, 2015 11:15 PM (JO9+V)
Posted by: bill-o at April 13, 2015 11:15 PM (XA2yb)
Posted by: t-bird at April 13, 2015 11:16 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: bergerbilder at April 13, 2015 11:16 PM (FgVhc)
Posted by: Lauren at April 13, 2015 11:16 PM (MYCIw)
Posted by: eleven at April 13, 2015 11:16 PM (MDgS8)
You'd settle for a plain ole serial killer.
You'll get Hillary, serial liar.
Posted by: GnuBreed at April 13, 2015 11:16 PM (0iMoy)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 13, 2015 11:16 PM (028dR)
My Momma actually did raise not one, but two fools. They would get in the van.
& you people wonder why I don't speak to those people...
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 13, 2015 11:16 PM (KCxzN)
Posted by: Naes at April 13, 2015 11:17 PM (YhayY)
Posted by: bill-o at April 13, 2015 11:18 PM (XA2yb)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 13, 2015 11:18 PM (/00xA)
As always, another great ONT!
Posted by: Lost Tom Servo at April 13, 2015 11:18 PM (Cz+S6)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at April 13, 2015 11:18 PM (ucDmr)
Posted by: dartist at April 13, 2015 11:18 PM (ahBY0)
Posted by: Sasquatch at April 13, 2015 11:18 PM (2kQ01)
1) Hillary is a creepy old broad. I ain't getting in that van. I've seen movies where that ended...poorly.
B) Steyn is awesome. Some morons made the same point a few days ago. Morons are also awesome.
III) MD CPS story: no words. People throw the word fascist around pretty loosely, but if this doesn't qualify, nothing does.
Hey, I didn't say they were interesting thoughts.
Posted by: DC in River City, temporary bachelor at April 13, 2015 11:18 PM (e+1S5)
https://twitter.com/Boycottchina1/status/587817089844563968
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at April 13, 2015 11:18 PM (Wo9OY)
Posted by: W. Hubble at April 13, 2015 11:19 PM (U7H1n)
That reminds me of the funniest episode I saw on "Cops". One of the cops was a very handsome young guy. Tots hawt. They had to deal with this woman who was the cliche fifty-something, sloppy, drunk hag. She kept hitting on hot policeman, to the point where they had to warn her to keep her hands off him.
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 13, 2015 11:19 PM (kGrwF)
Here is some K-Pop
https://youtu.be/-z0xjKdXhzU
Maybe 9Muses
https://youtu.be/NQXAE8FNm1w
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 13, 2015 11:19 PM (kEeS6)
Posted by: irongrampa at April 13, 2015 11:19 PM (jeCnD)
Posted by: Snoodling World Champ 1997 at April 13, 2015 11:19 PM (Q819Q)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at April 13, 2015 11:20 PM (ucDmr)
Hillary so old "Rare" meant raw Iguanodon.
Knownsayin?"
Could also be trilobite. Cankles is old enough to remember Snowball Earth.
Posted by: Sasquatch at April 13, 2015 11:20 PM (2kQ01)
Posted by: Grillmaster Gumb at April 13, 2015 11:20 PM (1ybqr)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gimme Back My Bullets
https://youtu.be/nF6MXumnLt0
Also contains content I'm assured is 'ette approved
Posted by: Brother Cavil, by the Pale Moon light at April 13, 2015 11:20 PM (m9V0o)
Well, that fills me with confidence.
Posted by: t-bird at April 13, 2015 11:21 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: JohnnyBoy at April 13, 2015 11:21 PM (KG0mU)
Posted by: ThunderB, Chrystal Methanny Rocket Launcher at April 13, 2015 11:21 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Snoodling World Champ 1997 at April 13, 2015 11:19 PM (Q819Q)
Well at least lady monkeys are considerate enough to have distinctive distress calls depending on the threat...
Posted by: Maetenloch at April 13, 2015 11:22 PM (pAlYe)
Posted by: Jean at April 13, 2015 11:22 PM (ztOda)
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....lost in America at April 13, 2015 11:22 PM (+1T7c)
Posted by: Luap Nor's last brain cell at April 13, 2015 11:22 PM (U7H1n)
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....lost in America at April 13, 2015 11:23 PM (+1T7c)
Also, I realized that it's been far too long since I've watched "Strangers with Candy." I had forgotten the lesson, "Violence isn't the only way to solve a conflict; but, it's the only way to win it!"
Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at April 13, 2015 11:23 PM (l3LvV)
Good man, except I'm not on one of your rivers killin walleye like my buddy on the Wolf. Fcuker is rubbing it in. How you doing?
Posted by: dartist at April 13, 2015 11:23 PM (ahBY0)
We need to cut shillary in half, count the rings, then we will know her actual age.
You had me at cut shillary in half.
Posted by: eleven at April 13, 2015 11:24 PM (MDgS8)
Read somewhere recently, maybe here, about someone OD'ing on Tylenol.
I'd never heard of that.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 13, 2015 11:24 PM (/00xA)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at April 13, 2015 11:24 PM (Wo9OY)
Posted by: the littl shyning man at April 13, 2015 11:25 PM (U6f54)
Posted by: bergerbilder at April 13, 2015 11:25 PM (FgVhc)
Posted by: Jean at April 13, 2015 11:25 PM (ztOda)
Posted by: Tbeats27 at April 13, 2015 11:25 PM (V8L/P)
Posted by: JohnnyBoy at April 13, 2015 11:25 PM (KG0mU)
https://twitter.com/Boycottchina1/status/587817089844563968
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at April 13, 2015 11:18 PM (Wo9OY)
****
I would farm it out on Alibaba. No one in the U.S. will run that because the tolerance and fairness Mafia would lose their shit on them. Because equality.
That, or a local silkscreen shop.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at April 13, 2015 11:25 PM (sdPF/)
According to modern Feminists, there is nothing so empowering of woman than... having their genitals mutilated.
More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=8786
Posted by: The Political Hat at April 13, 2015 11:26 PM (0Ew3K)
Absolutely delicious.
Thicker steaks need to either be grilled, or broiled. And if you have access to a Ruth's Chris type, 1,500 to 1,800 degree broiler? All the better.
In the skillet, I turn my steak frequently. Get a good sear, but get it off the heat long enough per side to keep from turning it to leather. Keeps the juices in the middle, too.
Well cut steaks are becoming harder to find at the grocery store. I've been having to ask the butcher to cut 'em to order.
What I need to do, is buy a side of beef and have it all custom cut. Might be wise to buy a freezer first, though, eh?
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at April 13, 2015 11:26 PM (RzZOc)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at April 13, 2015 11:26 PM (ucDmr)
Posted by: Ktgreat at April 13, 2015 11:26 PM (Bl4dy)
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 13, 2015 11:26 PM (kGrwF)
Posted by: ThunderB, Chrystal Methanny Rocket Launcher at April 13, 2015 11:26 PM (zOTsN)
It was the guy they say did the Anthrax thing.
What happens when you OD on Tylenol is you completely destroy your liver. So even if they get to you fast enough to potentially save you, you're basically in need of a liver transplant that may not coming seeing as though you purposefully destroyed your last one.
So you get to think long and hard about how much you *really* wanted to die, which for most people turns out to be not so much.
Posted by: Lauren at April 13, 2015 11:26 PM (MYCIw)
Posted by: Luap Nor's last brain cell at April 13, 2015 11:22 PM (U7H1n)
And rainfall patterns over the last century.
Posted by: Maetenloch at April 13, 2015 11:27 PM (pAlYe)
I also hear they'll use the lesser cuts for well done. I don't care. I don't eat steak out much at all but when I grill at home I burn 'em up. The edges get a little crunchy. I love that.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 13, 2015 11:27 PM (/00xA)
Posted by: DTShangers at April 13, 2015 11:27 PM (kpIaO)
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 13, 2015 11:27 PM (KCxzN)
Posted by: dartist at April 13, 2015 11:18 PM
Hi you Midwestern Morons.
Now that would be a good name for a country band.
One that deliciously tortures leftists, Obama, Clinton, Alinkskeyites...well now I'm repeating myself.
Posted by: Farmer at April 13, 2015 11:28 PM (o/90i)
The best part of the University of Michigan "American Sniper" uproar is how the administration backed down after Coach Harbaugh said he was showing the movie for his football team.
Harbaugh has redeemed himself after dissing my Raiders.
I know.......he was never going to the Raiders....but still.....
Posted by: eleven at April 13, 2015 11:28 PM (MDgS8)
Posted by: Bruce Jenner at April 13, 2015 11:28 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Lauren at April 13, 2015 11:28 PM (MYCIw)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at April 13, 2015 11:29 PM (ucDmr)
Posted by: eleven at April 13, 2015 11:30 PM (MDgS8)
Posted by: ThunderB, Chrystal Methanny Rocket Launcher at April 13, 2015 11:30 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Jean at April 13, 2015 11:30 PM (ztOda)
Cougar hatey hate hates Jim Harbaugh. I showed her that story, and she said, "that's nice, he's still a dick"
Heh. I agree. He is a dick. But he's a proven winner, and an unashamed patriot. I remain a fan. I'm a bigger fan of his brother, naturally.
Posted by: DC in River City, temporary bachelor at April 13, 2015 11:30 PM (e+1S5)
That was it. Sounds like a Godawful way to "off" yourself.
I've always been a little worried about taking too much of any medicine. I buy ibu/aceto in the smallest doses available. One for a headache and that's it.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 13, 2015 11:31 PM (/00xA)
I worry that both halves may grow back.
Posted by: t-bird at April 13, 2015 11:31 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 13, 2015 11:31 PM (znRvO)
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 13, 2015 11:26 PM
t/y, nerdygirl
I mentioned this the other night...U of M did show the movie at the student union hall (wrap your mind around that) on Friday night
There were no protests & no arrests
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 13, 2015 11:31 PM (KCxzN)
Did they warn them that Hillary had just eaten Chipolte?
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac, at April 13, 2015 11:32 PM (+Fae7)
Posted by: Museisluse at April 13, 2015 11:32 PM (hfaKT)
Posted by: ThunderB, Chrystal Methanny Rocket Launcher at April 13, 2015 11:26 PM (zOTsN)
*******
Yep. In actuality, 55% of all liver failures are caused by Acetominophen, not booze. You will not hear this batted around however, because Pharma Lobbyists.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at April 13, 2015 11:32 PM (NHQQx)
Posted by: eleven at April 13, 2015 11:32 PM (MDgS8)
I went to physical therapy expecting a lecture on the exercises I didn't do this weekend. Instead, the receptionist and my therapist immediately asked me how my parents were doing, expressed relief that they were on their way home with my sister-in-law, and gave me a card they'd all signed. I nearly cried from the exhaustion and kindness.
And yes, cthulhu, I did all the exercises he asked me to and practiced my walking some more. Getting there......
Posted by: pookysgirl at April 13, 2015 11:32 PM (MKXiS)
Posted by: dartist at April 13, 2015 11:32 PM (ahBY0)
Posted by: ThunderB, Chrystal Methanny Rocket Launcher at April 13, 2015 11:32 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Naes at April 13, 2015 11:33 PM (YhayY)
he couldve done it with a million other drugs and he chose tylenol
Posted by: ThunderB, Chrystal Methanny Rocket Launcher at April 13, 2015 11:34 PM (zOTsN)
Started rehabbing the boat this past weekend should be done tomorrow
I wonder what you guys think about river season being earlier, I already know what you think about the "folks who can spear".
Posted by: dartist at April 13, 2015 11:35 PM (ahBY0)
Posted by: Luap Nor's last brain cell at April 13, 2015 11:35 PM (U7H1n)
Then I worked at a restaurant on the boardwalk in OC MD that's main selling point was fresh roast beef sandwiches. After seeing beef cooked over an open flame like that I can eat it bloody no problem. Medium is or medium rare is the best. With horseradish.
Posted by: prophet at April 13, 2015 11:35 PM (bqjwL)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 13, 2015 11:36 PM (/00xA)
will run that because the tolerance and fairness Mafia would lose their
shit on them. Because equality.
That, or a local silkscreen shop.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty"
And yet if you search their website, you can find many hundreds of Hillary or Obama t-shirts, both supporting and attacking. Their reply makes no sense to me in that light.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at April 13, 2015 11:36 PM (Wo9OY)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 13, 2015 11:27 PM (/00xA)
You need some serious couch time
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 13, 2015 11:36 PM (znRvO)
Tylenol's really the one you have to look out for. It's toxic at low enough levels that someone could potentially screw themselves without meaning to if they took a cold medicine with Tylenol in it and then took just plain Tylenol a bit later for a headache or something.
Advil is safer, although too much can cause stomach issues so you don't want to go hog wild there either.
Posted by: Lauren at April 13, 2015 11:37 PM (MYCIw)
Goodnite, good people. Stay safe.
Posted by: irongrampa at April 13, 2015 11:37 PM (jeCnD)
Posted by: Jean at April 13, 2015 11:37 PM (ztOda)
Posted by: fairweatherbill at April 13, 2015 11:37 PM (uiVGU)
Posted by: dartist at April 13, 2015 11:38 PM (ahBY0)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 13, 2015 11:39 PM (znRvO)
Posted by: The Ascot at April 13, 2015 11:39 PM (+QXYH)
We make you assholes sammitches, the least you can do is off the killer attack spiders! This used to puzzle J too. Every. Fucking. Time. "You backpack in the high sierras & you freak out at spiders?!"
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 13, 2015 11:39 PM (9+kRh)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at April 13, 2015 11:36 PM (Wo9OY)
******
I'm sure you can. You May want to try arguing with them about this policy given this fact you quoted.
We all already know the answer, so why bother?
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at April 13, 2015 11:40 PM (NHQQx)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at April 13, 2015 11:40 PM (ucDmr)
Ibprofin is the shiz for me
booze+ Ibprofin=ok
booze+Tylonol=dead, or something bad
Posted by: The Ascot at April 13, 2015 11:41 PM (+QXYH)
We all already know the answer, so why bother?
or just resubmit it ... next idiot in order processing might not care
Posted by: Jean at April 13, 2015 11:41 PM (ztOda)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at April 13, 2015 11:41 PM (Wo9OY)
We make you assholes sammitches, the least you can do is off the killer attack spiders! This used to puzzle J too. Every. Fucking. Time. "You backpack in the high sierras & you freak out at spiders?!"
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 13, 2015 11:39 PM (9+kRh)
We don't mind killing the spiders. We mind that you have no sense to identifying a threat.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 13, 2015 11:42 PM (znRvO)
Posted by: Ransom Olds Hillary at April 13, 2015 11:42 PM (jT+gh)
Posted by: Jean at April 13, 2015 11:42 PM (ztOda)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at April 13, 2015 11:42 PM (Wo9OY)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo
You were supposed to reply, "not yet, but maybe you can help me with that."
Posted by: fairweatherbill at April 13, 2015 11:43 PM (uiVGU)
academics, SJWs, football coach
Posted by: Jean at April 13, 2015 11:30 PM (ztOda)
Considering that the alumni keep UM's endowment way up there, and the football team is the way most alumni keep involved with the school after graduation, I would say: football coach, football coach, football coach, academics, fencing, rowing, quidditch, and then SJW's.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac, at April 13, 2015 11:43 PM (+Fae7)
Posted by: eleven at April 13, 2015 11:43 PM (MDgS8)
I screamed hard core like a girl.
Posted by: Ktgreat at April 13, 2015 11:43 PM (Bl4dy)
academics, SJWs, football coach
Posted by: Jean at April 13, 2015 11:30 PM (ztOda)
You left off alumnae with deep pockets.
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 13, 2015 11:43 PM (kGrwF)
Posted by: JoeF. at April 13, 2015 11:44 PM (8HGb7)
That's about all I use anymore. Got some aceto but I was warned years ago about using too much of it.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 13, 2015 11:44 PM (/00xA)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 13, 2015 11:42 PM
******
Zactly. It's almost as If they were never told the story about the Boy Who Cried Wolf.
*Shakes head*
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at April 13, 2015 11:45 PM (sdPF/)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 13, 2015 11:45 PM (znRvO)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at April 13, 2015 11:45 PM (ucDmr)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 13, 2015 11:45 PM (T1005)
500 corgis invade California beach
http://bit.ly/500-corgis
Carry on.
Posted by: mindless weblurker at April 13, 2015 11:46 PM (ACs58)
I believe acteo's breakdown products are worse than the alternatives as well, you might not want to keep it around too long.
Posted by: Jean at April 13, 2015 11:47 PM (ztOda)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at April 13, 2015 11:47 PM (ucDmr)
Absolutely delicious.
...Well cut steaks are becoming harder to find at the grocery store. I've been having to ask the butcher to cut 'em to order.
What I need to do, is buy a side of beef and have it all custom cut. Might be wise to buy a freezer first, though, eh?
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at April 13, 2015 11:26 PM
We are lucky, in our rural IL town there are 2 locally owned grocery stores. One is just a few blocks away and is the better of the 2.
We just had a sirloin you described a couple of days ago. Tonight my main course was a sirloin w/ 7 old WI sharp cheddar sammich.
I'm stuffed, but might have to dig into the leftover Swedish Meatballs before I go to bed.
Posted by: Farmer at April 13, 2015 11:47 PM (o/90i)
shit on them.
But if it were for Cheney you'd probably get a discount and a Peabody award or something.
Posted by: t-bird at April 13, 2015 11:47 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: dartist at April 13, 2015 11:47 PM (ahBY0)
Posted by: speedster1 on the ipad at April 13, 2015 11:47 PM (1brdf)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 13, 2015 11:47 PM (/00xA)
Posted by: Naes at April 13, 2015 11:47 PM (YhayY)
>>>500 corgis invade California beach
That's like 600 too many.
Corgis are a miserable breed
Yuck **Spits**
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 13, 2015 11:48 PM (znRvO)
Posted by: Naes at April 13, 2015 11:47 PM (YhayY)
*******
If it were shag, that shit would have had enough substances and pressure placed on it you would mistake it for Berber today.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at April 13, 2015 11:50 PM (uiVGU)
Deep Eddy Grapefruit vodka. Five stars. Not sweet at all, no sugar added, no preservatives, no garbage. Basically, think of Pinnacle, then think of whatever is the exact opposite.
I'm currently drinking it with lime and club over ice. Seriously good, and seriously dangerous as a pool side drink.
Price is decent too. Under $18 for a 750. And it's from Texas. Well, Austin, but technically that's still Texas.
Posted by: DC in River City, temporary bachelor at April 13, 2015 11:50 PM (e+1S5)
Lies. I can't even trust you ladies to use a toaster without burning the house down.
Posted by: Snoodling World Champ 1997 at April 13, 2015 11:51 PM (Q819Q)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 13, 2015 11:51 PM (028dR)
tinyurl.com/mvcovqs
Posted by: People Corp at April 13, 2015 11:52 PM (TzeLs)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at April 13, 2015 11:52 PM (ucDmr)
He/she was actually rather docile. My husband put him in a garbage bag and walked him down to the water by our house.
Posted by: Ktgreat at April 13, 2015 11:52 PM (Bl4dy)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at April 13, 2015 11:29 PM
The cloud wall started right around here, east of town. Moved on and dropped tornados near Franklin Grove and Ashton. Then went on to do the worst damage.
Wife's Dr. lives north of Rochelle and he lost his roof and windows, neighbors were demolished.
Posted by: Farmer at April 13, 2015 11:53 PM (o/90i)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 13, 2015 11:39 PM (9+kRh)
It's not about killing the spiders - it's about the fact that the fire alarm, missile tracking warning, collision alarm, tornado alarm, terrain proximity warning, medical code blue alert and air raid siren were all set off to inform us about the presence of a spider that needs killing.
Posted by: Maetenloch at April 13, 2015 11:53 PM (pAlYe)
Then I made a trip to a local pest control. Interestingly, they don't call it "poison " anymore. It's called "bait". Isn't that sweet?
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 13, 2015 11:53 PM (kGrwF)
Posted by: Lauren at April 13, 2015 11:53 PM (MYCIw)
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 13, 2015 11:55 PM (kGrwF)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at April 13, 2015 11:55 PM (ucDmr)
I hope it's not one of Bill's old vans. It would probably smell like a
dog kennel and the shag carpet would be stained with god knows what.
Posted by: Naes at April 13, 2015 11:47 PM (YhayY)
Some millenial hipsters would probably love it in their "organic" gardens.
Posted by: bergerbilder at April 13, 2015 11:55 PM (FgVhc)
tinyurl.com/mvcovqs
Posted by: People Corp at April 13, 2015 11:52 PM (TzeLs)
******
If only there was a post about this on the main page of this very blog site. *Sigh*
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at April 13, 2015 11:56 PM (uiVGU)
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Almost any bug here results in the above. A Silverfish generates particular terror.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 13, 2015 11:56 PM (028dR)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 13, 2015 11:42
Killing spiders with minimum bitching got him extra special happy fun time. And here I thought y'all dug the hummers.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 13, 2015 11:56 PM (9+kRh)
She decided to give it to a homeless man. Turns out he's a vegan, so he declined. Instead she gave the burger to the man's dog and the man ate the bun, the sauted mushrooms, and the fries.
Then she bought the dog a bag of dry dog food.
Posted by: eman at April 13, 2015 11:56 PM (MQEz6)
For me it was a snake slithering over my bare foot while I was taking out the trash one night. I busted my knuckles up good on the asphalt as I punched it in its stupid head.
I'm sure it wasn't poisonous. Or even dangerous. But fuck that shit. Eight legs or no legs = made by satan. If it comes within arms reach of me, it dies.
Posted by: DC in River City, temporary bachelor at April 13, 2015 11:56 PM (e+1S5)
In a cast iron skillet, heat six strips or so of bacon slowly at low temperature so that you render out the fat. While you are doing this add a dry rub of celery salt and ground mace.
When you've rendered enough fat, seat on high both sides of the steak.
Turn off heat and add bacon back to pan and place steak on top. Add a bit of spicy mustard to the top of the steak and add on top of that chopped up garlic. Add water chestnuts to the bacon.
Cook 5 to 8 minutes (depending on steak size) in an oven heated 350-380 deg F.
Flip the steak. Ad a bit of salsa verda to the top of the steak and layer on a good melty cheese. Turn the water chestnuts.
After another 5 to 8 minutes you'll have a tasty steak with bacon and nice flavorful, but still crunchy, water chestnuts.
Posted by: The Culinary Hat at April 13, 2015 11:57 PM (0Ew3K)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at April 13, 2015 11:29 PM
The cloud wall started right around here, east of town. Moved on
and dropped tornados near Franklin Grove and Ashton. Then went on to do
the worst damage.
Wife's Dr. lives north of Rochelle and he lost his roof and windows, neighbors were demolished.
Damn Farmer, glad it missed you. The film of that one was something I wouldn't want to be around.
Posted by: dartist at April 13, 2015 11:58 PM (ahBY0)
Posted by: Dr. Shatterhand at April 13, 2015 11:08 PM (7ZfrD)
At least Hillary is less likely to give you herpes.
Posted by: wooga at April 13, 2015 11:59 PM (XK0dn)
Posted by: Ransom Olds Hillary at April 13, 2015 11:42 PM
TY, reminds me I should plant some more tomorrow.
Potatoes, not Hillarys.
Posted by: Farmer at April 13, 2015 11:59 PM (o/90i)
Posted by: PM Rich at April 14, 2015 12:00 AM (eEBON)
She made me take it outside.
Then she made me kill it with a shovel.
On principle.
Posted by: eman at April 14, 2015 12:00 AM (MQEz6)
Posted by: bergerbilder at April 14, 2015 12:00 AM (FgVhc)
Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at April 14, 2015 12:00 AM (l3LvV)
Most snakes don't bother me too bad. Of course, gotta watch for rattle-buggers.
But racers will scare my shit every damn time. Racers are big. They will sit absolutely still until you are damn near right on top of them and then suddenly jump up and make all kinds of activity. Scare the Hell outta you.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 14, 2015 12:01 AM (/00xA)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 14, 2015 12:01 AM (028dR)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 13, 2015 11:56 PM (9+kRh)
*******
No real man in the world would bitch about killing one. BJers being a bonus. Just don't let us think you are about to die when you sound a spidey alarm, Mkay?
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at April 14, 2015 12:01 AM (NHQQx)
I'm sure you'll enjoy it on a hot day. I'm still pissed I didn't land the jobs in SA and Austin. Lotta good Texas morons I'd like to meet. Not that asshole Ricardo, but the rest of you seem like good people.
Soon.
Posted by: DC in River City, temporary bachelor at April 14, 2015 12:01 AM (e+1S5)
You wouldn't have a sister who was single I suppose.
Posted by: dartist at April 14, 2015 12:02 AM (ahBY0)
Posted by: Kindltot at April 14, 2015 12:02 AM (t//F+)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 14, 2015 12:04 AM (/00xA)
sit absolutely still until you are damn near right on top of them and
then suddenly jump up and make all kinds of activity. Scare the Hell
outta you.
Fcuk snakes, I had my fill at Fort Polk. I'll stay Nord thankyou.
Posted by: dartist at April 14, 2015 12:05 AM (ahBY0)
Posted by: roller czoroaster at April 14, 2015 12:06 AM (jT+gh)
Posted by: t-bird at April 14, 2015 12:06 AM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at April 13, 2015 11:55 PM
Me too, thanks.
They say there has never been a tornado touch down in the city limits of Dixon. I suspect because it's centered around a river valley.
When new lived south of town a tornado touched down about a mile from our house in the 80s.
Posted by: Farmer at April 14, 2015 12:07 AM (o/90i)
Posted by: Naes at April 14, 2015 12:07 AM (YhayY)
"
I only play an asshole on the internet.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 14, 2015 12:07 AM (/00xA)
The lizard immediately ran in to our bedroom closet and curled up in one of my wife's shoes. Slippery devil.
My little Kershaw came in handy. More excitement when it got impaled on the blade. Good times.
Posted by: Skookumchuk at April 14, 2015 12:08 AM (/WPPJ)
Posted by: Hillary! at April 14, 2015 12:09 AM (JoIcn)
Heard a lot of horror stories about Ft. Polk.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 14, 2015 12:09 AM (/00xA)
Brandon M Finnigan ConArtCritic 2h 2 hours ago
I have this great delusion that when my son is born and I post his picture all of conservative Twitter suddenly stops fighting...
Also, the baby is just #twoweeks away.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 14, 2015 12:10 AM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Hillary!
*snicker*
Posted by: t-bird at April 14, 2015 12:11 AM (FcR7P)
Damn scorpions.
Posted by: Lauren at April 14, 2015 12:11 AM (MYCIw)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 14, 2015 12:11 AM (028dR)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill
-------------------------
Said the man that didn't use the bathroom at Chipotle after Hillary...
Acetaminophen?
Nope. Threw it all away when cthulhu edumacated me a while back - I won't have it in the house.
I take goody's only - when needed. Or if I'm out, a have a small bottle of naproxen.
Now, back out to the garage...
Posted by: shredded chi at April 14, 2015 12:12 AM (l1iXB)
Error 404--Logic searched for and not found.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at April 14, 2015 12:12 AM (sdPF/)
Posted by: fairweatherbill at April 14, 2015 12:13 AM (NHQQx)
Posted by: The Rutles at April 14, 2015 12:13 AM (0Ew3K)
Posted by: digitalbrownshirt at April 14, 2015 12:13 AM (IbjZr)
My last house had black widows in the garage, scorpions in the kitchen, and rattle snakes in my freaking flower bed.
We survived though. I've to see anything frightening at our new house, but I'm sure it's just a matter of time.
Posted by: Lauren at April 14, 2015 12:14 AM (MYCIw)
Posted by: Hillary! 2016 at April 14, 2015 12:14 AM (JO9+V)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 14, 2015 12:15 AM (028dR)
Posted by: The Culinary Hat at April 13, 2015 11:57 PM (0Ew3K)
Thanks I'll try that too. But leaving out the water chestnuts. Crunchy yeah, yucko for me.
Posted by: Farmer at April 14, 2015 12:16 AM (o/90i)
Posted by: bergerbilder at April 14, 2015 12:16 AM (FgVhc)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvuU_vAm6wg
Posted by: the littl shyning man at April 14, 2015 12:16 AM (U6f54)
The staff manager had to review the tapes to confirm she had stopped in, and even then his response was kind of..."oh, that's kind of neat......I guess".
Posted by: Landofskybluewater at April 14, 2015 12:17 AM (JoIcn)
-----------------
Hold it...., Goodys has acetaminophen (Tylenol) in it..
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 14, 2015 12:17 AM (028dR)
\--
Although I didn't scream, I ran like a scared girl while down clipping the grass the old fashioned hand clipping way when a tarantula decided to appear. After running, was so pissed off that it scared me that I got it in a box and hit it with insecticide. The scaping sounds of death haunt me 35 years later.
Posted by: People Corp at April 14, 2015 12:17 AM (TzeLs)
No mercy for dirty northerners. I got along with ok with the locals but there was a kid from Cicero that will never forget the fake coral snake that got helped into his shelter half.
Posted by: dartist at April 14, 2015 12:18 AM (ahBY0)
The Bitch Is Back by Elton John would be better.
Wouldn't have to change ANY lyrics.
NONE.
|-|>
I'm with stupid
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at April 14, 2015 12:18 AM (zRby/)
Steaks. Yes to a nice outer crust, but other than that, "knock his horns off, grab him by the tail, and drag his ass across the grill" as Dad used to say.
And, any word from qdpsteve yet?
Posted by: shredded chi at April 14, 2015 12:18 AM (l1iXB)
It's the tiny cries of "help me" that always haunt my dreams.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at April 14, 2015 12:19 AM (zRby/)
the house it could be based on the overtones of terror present be 1) an
armed intruder discovered in the bathroom 2) a slashed open major artery
or 3) a large spider in the same room. Now statistically it's almost
certainly 3) but as I'm running through the house *I* have to be prepared for 1) and 2) and a whole host of other nasty possibilities"
Even with my extremely limited dating experience, this is something I know about firsthand. I remember once, when I was a teenager, my stepdad was out of the house and I was just hanging out in my basement. My mom suddenly started screaming my name, and I ran upstairs. "What's wrong, Mom?" She pointed at the couch, and I saw a spider hanging out there. "Kill it!", she commanded me. "Oh, okay, Mom. Don't worry; I got this." I grabbed some toilet paper, squashed the spider and flushed it down the toilet.
Being an old-fashioned guy in some ways, I felt pretty good about that. It is a man's duty to kill spiders for the women he loves, after all.
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at April 14, 2015 12:20 AM (a5m3K)
Hehehe.
I had a little black fuzzy spider take up residence in a pickup one time. Don't know why, it wasn't good hunting ground. It would be on the dash most mornings but would disappear when I got in.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 14, 2015 12:20 AM (/00xA)
You are right, Mike!
I correct myself - I take BC only.
gave the box of Goody's I bought last time (accidentally) to the neighbor. With a warning not to drink when he takes it.
Posted by: shredded chi at April 14, 2015 12:21 AM (l1iXB)
Posted by: dartist at April 14, 2015 12:02 AM (ahBY0)
Nope, sorry. Married, 4 kids. She's in good shape other too much time playing volleyball on the beach. That & the kids sucked away her c cup.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 14, 2015 12:21 AM (9+kRh)
Posted by: Skookumchuk at April 14, 2015 12:22 AM (/WPPJ)
Not one.
Posted by: Hank at April 14, 2015 12:23 AM (U/UEh)
all types. Many are poisonous. Those from the North would be well
advised to stay away.
No worries from here brother. You guys have some fine women, no matter what you say.
Posted by: dartist at April 14, 2015 12:24 AM (ahBY0)
Posted by: dartist at April 13, 2015 11:58 PM
It was a wide MFer. J's doc is the closest I've been to tornado victims since the Belvidere tornado of 1967?
My Mom's cousin lived there. His kids were getting out of school at the time, I think one was slightly injured.
Posted by: Farmer at April 14, 2015 12:25 AM (o/90i)
Hey, kiddos. This right here is what we call a "lie".
Posted by: DC in River City, temporary bachelor at April 14, 2015 12:25 AM (e+1S5)
Not one.
Posted by: Hank
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Moo Moo?
Nip Sip?
Posted by: shredded chi at April 14, 2015 12:25 AM (l1iXB)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 14, 2015 12:25 AM (/00xA)
Posted by: eman at April 14, 2015 12:26 AM (MQEz6)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/587638920856244224
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/587639620625502208
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/587640030585196544
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/587640779616583681
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/587641206177341442
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/587641778859220992
Posted by: kbdabear at April 14, 2015 12:26 AM (GrXXa)
--
The ones that want to slum it for a weekend lark drive in custom armor plated vans that would fit a scooby van if need be.
Posted by: People Corp at April 14, 2015 12:27 AM (TzeLs)
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We keep a van at the Aspen house, one of those Mercedes things. Only use it to ferry the family and friends back and forth from the slopes. The caretaker keeps it garaged the rest of the year.
Posted by: Mooie Mooie at April 14, 2015 12:27 AM (eeTCA)
I have never seen a live scorpion, and I hope to keep that perfect record until the day I die.
Posted by: rickl at April 14, 2015 12:28 AM (sdi6R)
My Mom's cousin lived there. His kids were getting out of school at the time, I think one was slightly injured.
I thought I heard that one was the 2nd biggest all time around the area? F4 I think they said. Not something you open a beer and watch for very long.
Posted by: dartist at April 14, 2015 12:28 AM (ahBY0)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 14, 2015 12:29 AM (/00xA)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/587691478903685121
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/587691671657127936
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/587691871171809280
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/587692019297849344
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/587692287360012288
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/587692507833569280
Posted by: kbdabear at April 14, 2015 12:29 AM (GrXXa)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/587692757608599554
Posted by: kbdabear at April 14, 2015 12:30 AM (GrXXa)
Most of the scorpions you see are not the black desert kind. They're the little yellow/brown cousins. Sting is about like a bee or wasp, maybe a little more.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 14, 2015 12:31 AM (/00xA)
Posted by: Ricardo
---------------
Actually, I am very civil to the guy, considering that he generally is wearing a "Kick me, I'm an asshole" sign.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 14, 2015 12:31 AM (eeTCA)
Posted by: People Corp at April 14, 2015 12:32 AM (TzeLs)
Posted by: andycanuck at April 14, 2015 12:32 AM (kivUY)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/587698117744533504
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/587698376663138304
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/587698575309582336
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/587698782671781888
Posted by: kbdabear at April 14, 2015 12:32 AM (GrXXa)
Posted by: puddleglum at April 14, 2015 12:32 AM (20X6f)
Posted by: Lauren at April 14, 2015 12:32 AM (MYCIw)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at April 14, 2015 12:34 AM (a5m3K)
Heh.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 14, 2015 12:34 AM (/00xA)
But racers will scare my shit every damn time. Racers are big. They will sit absolutely still until you are damn near right on top of them and then suddenly jump up and make all kinds of activity. Scare the Hell outta you.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 14, 2015 12:01 AM
The problem w/ snakes is the creepy surprise. I ran across a big one in the barn, I think it was a spotted adder in local parlance.
Broke the end off a hoe killing it. Next day drove in and drove right over another the same size. Didn't kill it so I had to find another tool.
They were actually non poisonous and good to have around, but the surprise element was too much. Glad I got rid of them.
Posted by: Farmer at April 14, 2015 12:34 AM (o/90i)
Posted by: andycanuck at April 14, 2015 12:36 AM (kivUY)
It depends on where you live. In Arizona, the only scorpion you'll see
is the centruroides and it's the most poisonous scorpion in North
America. I've killed hundreds of them. I hunt them outside at night with
a black light since they glow green. It helps prevent most (but not all) of them from
ending up in the house. It's a minor miracle I've never been stung.
Posted by: Naes at April 14, 2015 12:36 AM (YhayY)
Posted by: andycanuck at April 14, 2015 12:37 AM (kivUY)
I want the steak well done and I apologize for nothing. I don't want my cow walking away when I'm trying to eat it.
You're more civilized than me. I like mine to jump up and try to run before I eat it.
Posted by: dartist at April 14, 2015 12:37 AM (ahBY0)
Hey, i just want the chance to prove that money won't make me happy. If I was really rich, I would be a total dick. Well, that's not really true. I would be on some island that has never seen snow. Plus, I would be a total dick,
Posted by: DC in River City, temporary bachelor at April 14, 2015 12:37 AM (e+1S5)
Posted by: Skookumchuk at April 14, 2015 12:39 AM (/WPPJ)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at April 14, 2015 12:39 AM (a5m3K)
Posted by: Hank at April 14, 2015 12:39 AM (U/UEh)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 14, 2015 12:39 AM (/00xA)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 14, 2015 12:39 AM (eeTCA)
Okay, Hillary, what kind of American are you?
Hundreds of years from now, I'll still be here and where will you be, little ashes-and-dust man?
Posted by: Hillary! at April 14, 2015 12:41 AM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Skookumchuk at April 14, 2015 12:42 AM (/WPPJ)
Okay, Hillary, what kind of American are you?
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Let's wait for an interviewer to put that question to her. It may be a while.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 14, 2015 12:42 AM (eeTCA)
Posted by: Piercello at April 14, 2015 12:43 AM (QJCCx)
Posted by: dartist at April 14, 2015 12:43 AM (ahBY0)
On the other hand, I came back to my old beater after being on the road for about a month and I had a flat on the beater. Jacked up the car and pulled the flat tire, and there was a mama black widow with about a thousand little tykes. I poured gasoline on the tire and fried all their happy asses. I think there may have been a disturbance in the arachnid force. Didn't see them again after that.
Posted by: Old Blue at April 14, 2015 12:43 AM (9iR5/)
Posted by: andycanuck
Hmm, that seems an easy target for graffiti: Hitlary!
Just have to cross one 't'.
Posted by: t-bird at April 14, 2015 12:43 AM (FcR7P)
It's kinda like Hill's but it's white....and windowless.....and soundproof.
Posted by: Harry Reid at April 14, 2015 12:45 AM (JoIcn)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 14, 2015 12:45 AM (/00xA)
Hey, kiddos. This right here is what we call a "lie".
Posted by: DC in River City, temporary bachelor at April 14, 2015 12:25 AM
Ya beat me to it. I was gonna say he does a fine
job of it, must come naturally.
Posted by: Farmer at April 14, 2015 12:45 AM (o/90i)
Nope.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 14, 2015 12:45 AM (UVfht)
Hi Cooth!
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 12:46 AM (qry2M)
Is there anything in Arizona that doesn't bite, sting or stick a spike into you if you don't fry from the heat first?
Giant Gila Monsters?
Posted by: Old Blue at April 14, 2015 12:47 AM (9iR5/)
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 12:47 AM (qry2M)
Posted by: Naes at April 14, 2015 12:47 AM (YhayY)
job of it, must come naturally. "
Ah, come now. I think I'm just misunderstood.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 14, 2015 12:48 AM (/00xA)
Posted by: Old Blue at April 14, 2015 12:49 AM (9iR5/)
Posted by: dartist at April 14, 2015 12:28 AM
I think you're right. Remember we drove over to look at the damage, and that wasn't at all like my folks. Belvidere was a big deal.
Posted by: Farmer at April 14, 2015 12:49 AM (o/90i)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 14, 2015 12:51 AM (Lqy/e)
You know one animal that is surprisingly venomous, though? The humble platypus. Only the males, though; they have venomous claws on their little webbed feet.
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at April 14, 2015 12:51 AM (a5m3K)
Posted by: Mary Lou at April 14, 2015 12:52 AM (JO9+V)
Posted by: Naes at April 14, 2015 12:47 AM (YhayY)
------Yeah, I sorta of knew that, but in the old 1950's movie, they were kind of slow. You could pop them with a police special and they would......never mind.Avoid the Giant Gila Monster. They bite. A lot. And you'll die.
Posted by: Old Blue at April 14, 2015 12:52 AM (9iR5/)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 14, 2015 12:48 AM (/00xA)
*****
This is a place where you can let your inner asshole flag fly. Embrace that.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at April 14, 2015 12:54 AM (NHQQx)
I am finally caught up,
Hi Carol,
Hi, Old Blue,
Hi Piercello,
Mike,
Prothonotary Warbler
Ricardo,
Maetenloch,
AltonJackson,
ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise,
bergerbilder,
and all of my other friends in little grey boxes!
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 12:55 AM (qry2M)
here in the PNW, but we do have racers. They get into our firewood
racks. Yeah, it's the surprise that gets ya.
Posted by: Skookumchuk at April 14, 2015 12:39 AM (/WPPJ)
I am told you can find rattlers around Cottage Grove and further south. I nearly fell over one east of Medford once, but that is way south.
The bull snakes look and act like rattlers, though. Non poisonous but they will rear up, and will whip their tails in the brush like a rattler will. Makes snake fearers like me all sorts of twitchy.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 14, 2015 12:55 AM (t//F+)
Nope.
Some of my best camping memories from a site around McDowell Mountain. Got to go out with a kid tracking rattlesnakes, first time I saw coyotes. The biker that ran the campground had to dig up a snakes nest next to our campsite. Cool to visit.
Posted by: dartist at April 14, 2015 12:55 AM (ahBY0)
It depends on where you live. In Arizona, the only scorpion you'll see
is the centruroides and it's the most poisonous scorpion in North
America. I've killed hundreds of them. I hunt them outside at night with
a black light since they glow green. It helps prevent most (but not all) of them from
ending up in the house. It's a minor miracle I've never been stung.
Posted by: Naes at April 14, 2015 12:36 AM (YhayY)
*crosses Arizona off list*
Posted by: rickl at April 14, 2015 12:55 AM (sdi6R)
Good advice. If you survive a bite you'll be fined for disturbing an endangered species.
IF you survive.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 14, 2015 12:56 AM (UVfht)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at April 14, 2015 12:56 AM (a5m3K)
Posted by: Old Blue at April 14, 2015 12:57 AM (9iR5/)
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 12:58 AM (qry2M)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 14, 2015 12:48 AM
I think your just stood. Love to meet you if you get up to IL.
Like to meet you if you ever get up to IL. We do get down to TX rarely, my brother lives in Paris. How far away are you?
Posted by: Farmer at April 14, 2015 12:59 AM (o/90i)
Posted by: Piercello at April 14, 2015 12:43 AM (QJCCx)<<<
GET THESE MEDIUM FUCKING SNAKES OFF MY MOTHERFUCKING PLATE!!!
Wait. That don't sound quite right.
Posted by: Samuel L. Jackson at April 14, 2015 01:00 AM (/JOra)
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 01:00 AM (qry2M)
Posted by: Soothsayer's innapropiate participation at April 14, 2015 01:01 AM (PbnxZ)
Posted by: Skookumchuk at April 14, 2015 01:02 AM (/WPPJ)
Hi Cooth!
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 12:46 AM (qry2M)
Howdy, howdy!
Posted by: cthulhu at April 14, 2015 01:02 AM (T1005)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at April 14, 2015 01:03 AM (uiVGU)
Speaking of which, is Steak and BJ night over with yet? I don't know if single guys qualify.
Posted by: dartist at April 14, 2015 01:03 AM (ahBY0)
What... is your name?
My name is Sir Lancelot of Camelot.
What... is your quest?
To seek the Holy Grail.
What... is your favourite colour?
Blue.
Go on. Off you go.
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 01:04 AM (qry2M)
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 01:00 AM (qry2M)
I like turtles!
Posted by: Mitch McConnell at April 14, 2015 01:04 AM (9+kRh)
Posted by: Kindltot at April 14, 2015 12:55 AM
That's what happened to me w/ this "spotted adder". Made a rattling sound. There are rattlers not too far north of here in the Galena area.
I dispatched the SOB to snake heaven. Should have left it live to prey on the other vermin but was just too creepy surprise to do so.
Posted by: Farmer at April 14, 2015 01:05 AM (o/90i)
Speaking of which, is Steak and BJ night over with yet? I don't know if single guys qualify.
Posted by: dartist at April 14, 2015 01:03 AM (ahBY0)
Sure, if you've offed done bugs!
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 14, 2015 01:06 AM (9+kRh)
If Britain had not held in the summer, early fall of 1940, the world we live in would be a very different place.
I thanked her for the courage and the sacrifice of the men and women of Great Britain and the Commonwealth for breaking the wave of Nazi tyranny.
That we've squandered that sacrifice makes me sad.
Posted by: Old Blue at April 14, 2015 01:07 AM (9iR5/)
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 01:07 AM (qry2M)
Posted by: Old Blue at April 14, 2015 01:09 AM (9iR5/)
Hah, I've got the bug part down but the other part seems to be alluding me.
Posted by: dartist at April 14, 2015 01:10 AM (ahBY0)
Abort! abort! error 404
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 01:11 AM (qry2M)
Giant Gila Monsters?
The only venomous lizard.
Posted by: Naes at April 14, 2015 12:47 AM (YhayY)
Mexican Beaded lizard (a close relative but more yellow than pink) is also generally regarded as venomous -- and there's an ongoing discussion over whether the Komodo Dragon is actually venomous, or if it merely carries horrific mouth bacteria and the bacterial infection releases toxins.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 14, 2015 01:11 AM (T1005)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEGtSetAe8g
Good night, everyone!
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at April 14, 2015 01:12 AM (a5m3K)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 14, 2015 01:06 AM (9+kRh)
*******
As mentioned, we are generally cool with offing the bugs, especially when a hummer may be involved.
Just do not react as if you are being raped or killed when you see an arachnid, Kay?
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at April 14, 2015 01:12 AM (sdPF/)
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 01:13 AM (qry2M)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 14, 2015 01:11 AM
Are you telling us in a subtle way that the Komodo Dragon is related to Hillary!
Posted by: Farmer at April 14, 2015 01:13 AM (o/90i)
Posted by: Tuna at April 14, 2015 01:14 AM (JSovD)
Was obama so desperate for his own anti-Reaganesque 'tear down this wall' moment that he made a deal with the devils in Cuba?
I believe so.
Posted by: Soothsayer's innapropiate participation at April 14, 2015 01:14 AM (PbnxZ)
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 01:14 AM (qry2M)
Posted by: Piercello at April 14, 2015 01:15 AM (QJCCx)
That Chait article is depressing as hell.
Posted by: Tuna at April 14, 2015 01:14 AM (JSovD)
If he wasn't a total Dem tool, it might be.....
Posted by: cthulhu at April 14, 2015 01:16 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Piercello at April 14, 2015 01:16 AM (QJCCx)
Posted by: The Political Strap-On at April 14, 2015 01:16 AM (0Ew3K)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0s3LftIdvFY
A thunderstorm wandered too close to the launch site, and with an instantaneous launch window, there was no time to wait until it passed. Lightning is a hazard to rockets that are launching, and winds at high altitudes can cause aerodynamic stresses that could cause the rocket to break up. So it's prudent not to launch in these circumstances.
There is an opportunity for another attempt on Tuesday at 4:10 pm EDT, but the forecast doesn't look any better. Conditions in the Cape Canaveral area are ripe for generating afternoon thunderstorms.
Aside from the primary mission of delivering cargo to the ISS, they will use this flight to attempt a soft landing aboard the Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship Just Read the Instructions. The first landing attempt in January failed when the control fins ran out of hydraulic fluid, and a second attempt in February was cancelled due to rough seas. On that flight, the first stage made a mock soft landing in the ocean which was nearly perfect.
Posted by: rickl at April 14, 2015 01:18 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 01:18 AM (qry2M)
Posted by: Yes means Maybe at April 14, 2015 01:19 AM (7wyDO)
Still depressing. 18 more months of this crap. The inevitability of Hillary. As I said, depressing as hell.
Posted by: Tuna at April 14, 2015 01:19 AM (JSovD)
I could have told you that and I'm just a hack on guitar. A toast to you friend.
Posted by: dartist at April 14, 2015 01:21 AM (ahBY0)
Posted by: Old Blue at April 14, 2015 01:21 AM (9iR5/)
In today's battle between red wine and finishing the taxes, the taxes lost. Maybe tomorrow, eh?
Posted by: Piercello at April 14, 2015 01:16 AM (QJCCx)
I had the red wine AND got the fiancee's taxes ready to mail.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 14, 2015 01:21 AM (T1005)
Hey, I forgot to mention how much I appreciate rickl's
updates on our private space adventures. (I like the eggs and boidies in the nest stuff too, brings balance)
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 01:23 AM (qry2M)
Posted by: Tuna
---------------------
Indeed. And I would like to say that he is wrong, but my confidence level is very low. Consider that his final argument (as opposed to hard demographic facts) reflects what the MSM are thinking, and how they will treat the campaign:
"The argument for Clinton in 2016 is that she is the candidate of the only major American political party not run by lunatics. There is only one choice for voters who want a president who accepts climate science and rejects voodoo economics, and whose domestic platform would not engineer the largest upward redistribution of resources in American history. Even if the relatively sober Jeb Bush wins the nomination, he will have to accommodate himself to his party's barking-mad consensus. She is non-crazy America’s choice by default. And it is not necessarily an exciting choice, but it is an easy one, and a proposition behind which she will probably command a majority."
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 14, 2015 01:23 AM (eeTCA)
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Still depressing. 18 more months of this crap. The inevitability of Hillary. As I said, depressing as hell.
Posted by: Tuna at April 14, 2015 01:19 AM (JSovD)
The only thing inevitable about Hillary is how she'll be tongue-bathed by media sycophants for the next 19 months.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 14, 2015 01:24 AM (T1005)
Cthulhu, It must be a snap, due to all those tentacles, all working autonomously!
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 01:25 AM (qry2M)
Posted by: Piercello at April 14, 2015 01:16 AM
LOL, been there, done that.
Fortunately filed online Sat. I should have done it earlier as I had a big refund because of medical expenses.
Tonight I had some red wine to celebrate.
Posted by: Farmer at April 14, 2015 01:25 AM (o/90i)
Posted by: People Corp at April 14, 2015 01:26 AM (TzeLs)
Posted by: Old Blue at April 14, 2015 01:26 AM (9iR5/)
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 01:27 AM (qry2M)
Posted by: Tuna at April 14, 2015 01:27 AM (JSovD)
Cthulhu, It must be a snap, due to all those tentacles, all working autonomously!
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 01:25 AM (qry2M)
In my misspent youth, I did hundreds of tax returns -- some with serious complexity. The fiancee has a relatively simple fact-pattern (no oil and gas royalties, no small business, rentals, farms, or pass-through entities), and the thing is still close to 40 pages of crap. Then you turn to the California return, which is exclusively machine-readable, that you have to sign-off on under penalty of perjury....
Posted by: cthulhu at April 14, 2015 01:30 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Tuna
---------------------
Indeed. And I would like to say that he is wrong, but my confidence level is very low.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 14, 2015 01:23 AM (eeTCA)
Then there is the institutionalized voter fraud that is baked into the system. I wonder how many millions of illegals will cast votes in 2016, and not be challenged because racism?
The illegals are being carefully spread all around the country, to the point where they will tip strategic voting precincts.
Posted by: rickl at April 14, 2015 01:30 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 14, 2015 01:32 AM (ZbCKc)
Posted by: dartist at April 14, 2015 01:34 AM (ahBY0)
So, Those driver's licences for illegal aliens,
what is the scam that gets them past the poll workers?
(excepting, of course, the deep deep red polling places, natch)?
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 01:36 AM (qry2M)
InKaDinkaDoo!
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 01:37 AM (qry2M)
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 01:40 AM (qry2M)
Posted by: dartist at April 14, 2015 01:34 AM
And good night Jimmy Durante.
Let's think about an IL MoMee sometime in the future. I know some WI degenerates that might come down and join us.
Posted by: Farmer at April 14, 2015 01:40 AM (o/90i)
what is the scam that gets them past the poll workers?
(excepting, of course, the deep deep red polling places, natch)?
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 01:36 AM (qry2M)
There are places that check ID?
I don't think I've ever been made to show my ID in my entire life.
Posted by: The Voting Hat at April 14, 2015 01:41 AM (0Ew3K)
(excepting, of course, the deep deep red polling places, natch)?
red
I just can't get over the MSM calling the Reds BLUE!
It slows down my cognition!
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 01:43 AM (qry2M)
_________________
John McCain has been pimping a bill to make it a federal crime for anyone to impede or delay or otherwise interfere with busloads of illegal aliens being transported around the nation.
Because McCain is so very dedicated to his job of protecting the best interests of American citizens . . . which is why he's doing everything he can to help the Obama administration secretly move busloads of diseased and criminal and welfare-dependent illegal aliens into American neighborhoods -- and making a criminal out of any American who attempts to stop or delay it.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at April 14, 2015 01:44 AM (lmdHn)
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 01:46 AM (qry2M)
I've read your satire/argument for men's equal right to an abortion, and I have a suggestion that turns it into a real argument.
No one will ever agree to forcing a woman to have an abortion because the man demands it. At the same time, you have a good argument that the man contributes one half of the genetic material, yet has NO voice. So to change it, the man must have a say as well. Equal rights, and all that. So here are the new rules:
1. Only the biological father has any potential responsibility.
2. The woman, as soon as she realizes she is pregnant, must notify all possible fathers that they may be involved so that a paternity test can be conducted.
3. The biological father can decide to bear none, some or all responsibility for the child, which is the same decision that the woman can currently make; remember, equal rights.
4. Unless the biological father chooses 'all', he is responsible for paying for one half of the abortion if she so chooses that option. If she chooses not to abort, then the father is responsible only up to the point he has agreed to in writing.
5. Married couples should have some special rules that still take the father's equal rights into consideration.
Hey, it's a Brave New World.
Posted by: GnuBreed at April 14, 2015 01:46 AM (0iMoy)
what is the scam that gets them past the poll workers?
-----
In CO, you go get a drivers license and they ask you if you want to register to vote. They are all union workers and they really don't give a rats ass if you are eligible to vote or not. Not their job. Since the illegal DL is new to CO, I would imagine that the illegal vote will go up substantially this next election cycle.
I guess that means I can go vote in Mexico. Amiright?
Posted by: Old Blue at April 14, 2015 01:47 AM (9iR5/)
I don't think I've ever been made to show my ID in my entire life.
Posted by: The Voting Hat at April 14, 2015 01:41 AM (0Ew3K)
I remember reading that UN observers in 2012 were appalled at the lack of voter security in U.S. elections.
The U freakin' N. Wrap your mind around that.
Can't we at least have purple ink on our fingers to prevent people from voting twice, like they do in Third World elections? Apparently not.
Posted by: rickl at April 14, 2015 01:48 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 14, 2015 01:50 AM (DXzRD)
(excepting, of course, the deep deep red polling places, natch)?
red
I just can't get over the MSM calling the Reds BLUE!
It slows down my cognition!
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 01:43 AM (qry2M)
Which is, of course, exactly the desired effect.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 14, 2015 01:50 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Old Blue at April 14, 2015 01:51 AM (9iR5/)
We have a "Planned Parenthood" right down the street,
and an abortion "clinic" twenty-five steps away.
Across from the worst "high"school in the worst school district in my county. BIG SIGH.
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 01:52 AM (qry2M)
Some of those pictures need funny captions.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 14, 2015 01:53 AM (DXzRD)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 14, 2015 01:54 AM (DXzRD)
Judas Priest! I hope those driver's licences are printed on Da Glo stock. I keed, I keed, They're probably exactly the same except they affix an easily removed green dot, NOT under the laminate.
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 01:59 AM (qry2M)
Yeah, but Margaret Sanger would be so proud! After all, we have to reduce the number of "undesirables" giving birth. Wouldn't want them to pollute the gene pool. Not to go all Godwin or anything, but her and the Nazi's would have had a lot in common. And feminists in America would praise her.
Posted by: Old Blue at April 14, 2015 02:01 AM (9iR5/)
Quite a few states now have voter ID laws. I think Wisconsin's was just upheld and goes into effect this year. Last year for the first time, I had to show an ID to vote in MS.
Posted by: GnuBreed at April 14, 2015 02:02 AM (0iMoy)
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 02:03 AM (qry2M)
Bigger prisons.
I think the deserts of Nevada would be a good starting place.
Y'know Californica is releasing prisoners because of overcrowding.
Gimmie a solution.
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 02:09 AM (qry2M)
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 02:10 AM (qry2M)
Posted by: The Taxed Hat at April 14, 2015 02:13 AM (0Ew3K)
Bigger prisons.
I think the deserts of Nevada would be a good starting place.
Y'know Californica is releasing prisoners because of overcrowding.
Gimmie a solution.
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 02:09 AM (qry2M)
I keep thinking about how much I'd laugh if Jerry Brown declares a "water emergency" and orders all the inmates in CA prisons to be relocated somewhere there's no drought.....like, say, Brazil.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 14, 2015 02:14 AM (T1005)
I think the deserts of Nevada would be a good starting place.
Y'know Californica is releasing prisoners because of overcrowding.
Gimmie a solution.
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 02:09 AM (qry2M)
Not Nevada.
We've been sending our mental cases who have been released to Sacramento (CA's capitol).
I would suggest sending them to Mexico.
Posted by: The Ironic Hat at April 14, 2015 02:17 AM (0Ew3K)
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 02:19 AM (qry2M)
Posted by: GnuBreed at April 14, 2015 02:20 AM (0iMoy)
So Sorry, Hat, I forgot you live there
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 02:21 AM (qry2M)
Gimmie a solution.
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 02:09 AM (qry2M)
Use prison labor to build new prisons.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April 14, 2015 02:23 AM (J+mig)
Use prison labor to build new prisons.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April 14, 2015 02:23 AM (J+mig)
Logical. But thug culture finishing schools are a bad thing.
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 02:26 AM (qry2M)
Posted by: The Ironic Hat at April 14, 2015 02:17 AM (0Ew3K)
Every state does that, and the ones that are too crazy for the state capitols get sent to DC.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April 14, 2015 02:27 AM (J+mig)
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 02:26 AM (qry2M)
Well, yeah. We've been overly focused on reform and not focused enough on punishment, as far as the prison system goes. If prison's like a mix of a hotel and criminal school, it's too soft.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April 14, 2015 02:29 AM (J+mig)
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 02:29 AM (qry2M)
Posted by: The Tennis Hat at April 14, 2015 02:32 AM (0Ew3K)
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 02:38 AM (qry2M)
399 BRB, time for the Tennis show if it involved Japanese teenage girls and Bath Salts injected directly into the eyes...
Posted by: The Tennis Hat at April 14, 2015 02:32 AM (0Ew3K)
Well..... does it and did they?
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 02:40 AM (qry2M)
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 02:40 AM (qry2M)
I've never used bath salts, but this is the best approximation of it using audio-visual means that I know of...
Posted by: The Audio-Visual Hat (wtf... dragons) at April 14, 2015 02:42 AM (0Ew3K)
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 02:51 AM (qry2M)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUTGr5t3MoY
crazy
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 02:51 AM (qry2M)
Meh.
Green Day are "Meh".
Something a bit more "not sane"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvuO2EvCTAE
Posted by: Seasons in the Hat at April 14, 2015 02:53 AM (0Ew3K)
Posted by: m at April 14, 2015 02:53 AM (WIUGG)
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 02:56 AM (qry2M)
Something a bit more "not sane"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvuO2EvCTAE
Posted by: Seasons in the Hat at April 14, 2015 02:53 AM (0Ew3K)
True dat.
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 02:57 AM (qry2M)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUTGr5t3MoY
crazy
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 02:51 AM (qry2M)
Not again....I've been doing taxes!!!!
Do you ever find yourself looking around and noticing that everyone else seems younger and younger?
Posted by: cthulhu at April 14, 2015 02:58 AM (T1005)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 14, 2015 02:58 AM (T1005)
*chambers round*
Get. Off. My. Lawn...
Posted by: The Chambered Hat at April 14, 2015 03:00 AM (0Ew3K)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at April 14, 2015 03:01 AM (OsWis)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 14, 2015 03:01 AM (T1005)
Ah, I see, a contest between entertainment and insight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxtPRF6NG7I
Rate It!
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 03:02 AM (qry2M)
*waves to cooth*
Posted by: SMFH at it all at April 14, 2015 03:01 AM (OsWis)
Howdy, howdy!!!!
Posted by: cthulhu at April 14, 2015 03:02 AM (T1005)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 14, 2015 03:01 AM (T1005)
Already anticipated:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKezWLZqRik
Posted by: The Rutled Hat at April 14, 2015 03:03 AM (0Ew3K)
coo coo Achoo (here, wipe your nose)
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 03:05 AM (qry2M)
Ah, I see, a contest between entertainment and insight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxtPRF6NG7I
Rate It!
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 03:02 AM (qry2M)
G/C! Nice -- how many albums do you have? Media Player says seven, but I think it's six....
But you shouldn't leave people thinking that they didn't get "out there" -- http://tinyurl.com/o27d3d8
Posted by: cthulhu at April 14, 2015 03:10 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 03:10 AM (qry2M)
soothing music
coo coo Achoo (here, wipe your nose)
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 03:05 AM (qry2M)
Having tentacles for a face means never having to look for Kleenex.....
Posted by: cthulhu at April 14, 2015 03:11 AM (T1005)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 14, 2015 03:10 AM (T1005)
Woah!
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 03:12 AM (qry2M)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at April 14, 2015 03:13 AM (WUYpW)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 14, 2015 03:14 AM (T1005)
Huh?!? What do you use to wipe the Tartar and Cocktail sauce off????
Posted by: Adriane is Easily Confused ... at April 14, 2015 03:15 AM (nSOh+)
Posted by: Adriane is Easily Confused ... at April 14, 2015 03:15 AM (nSOh+)
I have returned...
Posted by: Conservative Crank at April 14, 2015 03:13 AM (WUYpW)
Unscathed, we hope.....
Posted by: cthulhu at April 14, 2015 03:16 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 03:17 AM (qry2M)
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 03:20 AM (qry2M)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 14, 2015 03:21 AM (T1005)
Posted by: GnuBreed at April 14, 2015 03:22 AM (0iMoy)
Here is "Tired Climb" by Kylesa:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVLMQrJ-Vik
Best of of the current decade, IMHO...
Posted by: The Political Hat at April 14, 2015 03:23 AM (0Ew3K)
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 03:24 AM (qry2M)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sw54Pdh_m8
I can't help myself
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 03:17 AM (qry2M)
Another nice choice. The English Beat and successors always make me think, "Santa Barbara party music."
Posted by: cthulhu at April 14, 2015 03:24 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 03:27 AM (qry2M)
Of course, as I mentioned at the top of the post, I'm pro-life. I think abortion on demand is an abomination, but it was an interesting thought experiement. And straw men are fun, if dishonest.
Posted by: Conservative Crank at April 14, 2015 03:28 AM (WUYpW)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 14, 2015 03:29 AM (T1005)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ej-AHok9idU
When I was hanging out at Smokey's Smoke shop in Amsterdam one week, this was playing ALL the time,
whilst sampling and purchasing seeds. I kinda grew on me.
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 03:37 AM (qry2M)
Posted by: Adriane is Easily Confused ... at April 14, 2015 03:37 AM (nSOh+)
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 03:37 AM (qry2M)
Posted by: Bill Clinton at April 14, 2015 03:38 AM (/WaV2)
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 03:39 AM (qry2M)
Hey Gnu, appreciate the thought you put into that. Mostly I just wanted
to troll some rad-fems, and also put up a blog post for the first time
in over a year. I was laughing out loud when I added the Wendy Davis
justification.
Of course, as I mentioned at the top of the post, I'm pro-life. I
think abortion on demand is an abomination, but it was an interesting
thought experiement. And straw men are fun, if dishonest.
Posted by: Conservative Crank at April 14, 2015 03:28 AM (WUYpW)
I hate to say this in this venue.....but I'm actually (mostly) pro-choice.....but it shocks and horrifies me that there's a human being walking around out there who was born at 21 weeks and five days [ http://tinyurl.com/jwy7qrw -- we share a birthday!], while abortions take place at 23 weeks.
And it seems to me that those facts open up a graceful way to square that circle. Abortion should be legal up until two weeks before the earliest surviving "premature birth" -- with "premature birth" defined as removal from the mother's womb. If technology develops to the point where a fetus can be removed from its mother's womb at 8 weeks and be a kid some years later, that should be pretty straightforward.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 14, 2015 03:43 AM (T1005)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nauLgZISozs
I love me some strawmen
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 03:39 AM (qry2M)
Seems like just a while ago, we were doing eggmen.....
Posted by: cthulhu at April 14, 2015 03:45 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 03:48 AM (qry2M)
Posted by: jc at April 14, 2015 03:48 AM (iRJ+A)
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 03:48 AM (qry2M)
I'm agreeing with you as a Pro-Life type. It might make a reasonable political point. We're probably not going to ever be able to get the genie back into the bottle. That's just the horrible reality of things. A standard based on viability (including technologically-assisted viability) would be a huge step in the pro-life direction from where we currently are.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April 14, 2015 03:49 AM (J+mig)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pG-Lq6Kc-rQ
I miss the radio
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 03:48 AM (qry2M)
====take just a little more time between draw and fire.
Posted by: jc at April 14, 2015 03:49 AM (iRJ+A)
Posted by: Adriane is Easily Confused ... at April 14, 2015 03:49 AM (nSOh+)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 14, 2015 03:49 AM (T1005)
Hey jc ...
Posted by: Adriane is Easily Confused ... at April 14, 2015 03:49 AM (nSOh+)
=====howz U?
Posted by: jc at April 14, 2015 03:50 AM (iRJ+A)
====take just a little more time between draw and fire.
Posted by: jc at April 14, 2015 03:49 AM (iRJ+A)
'K
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 03:50 AM (qry2M)
And even most pro-lifers can accept abortion in the case of saving the life of the mother or a few other very limited and selected scenarios. I admit I have a hard time thinking rationally about abortion at all due to the fact that the idea of on-demand for convenience's sake alone makes my blood boil.
Posted by: Conservative Crank at April 14, 2015 03:51 AM (WUYpW)
tired.
Busy with 1000 little things ...
Not many glass classes offered over summer - too hot, but definitely would like to learn more next fall. "They" have a make your own neon sign class for advanceders ...
Veself? {don't ask....}
Posted by: Adriane is Easily Confused ... at April 14, 2015 03:58 AM (nSOh+)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 14, 2015 03:43 AM (T1005)
I'm agreeing with you as a Pro-Life type. It might make a
reasonable political point. We're probably not going to ever be able to
get the genie back into the bottle. That's just the horrible reality
of things. A standard based on viability (including
technologically-assisted viability) would be a huge step in the pro-life
direction from where we currently are.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April 14, 2015 03:49 AM (J+mig)
That Wendy Davis and her Vapors Brigade are freaking about a 20-week abortion ban just creeps me out. AFAIK, Frieda Mangold and James Elgin Gill are living, breathing, playing kids after separating from their moms at 128 days.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 14, 2015 03:59 AM (T1005)
Don't visit Harry's Place. One of the last times I was there, they defended not only the notion of abortion on demand, but the "right of destiny" to support post birth abortions in case the child survived ...
Posted by: Adriane is Easily Confused ... at April 14, 2015 04:00 AM (nSOh+)
Posted by: Adriane is Easily Confused ... at April 14, 2015 04:00 AM (nSOh+)
Oh, I've read some of the musings of noted "ethicist" Peter Singer. *spits*
Posted by: Conservative Crank at April 14, 2015 04:04 AM (WUYpW)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at April 14, 2015 04:04 AM (WUYpW)
Posted by: Bruce Jenner at April 14, 2015 04:06 AM (cIoI4)
Posted by: Adriane is Easily Confused ... at April 14, 2015 04:06 AM (nSOh+)
And that's one of the reasons why I'm a Pro-Life type. Once you begin arguing where human life begins, you can rationalize almost anything. It's not murder at 21 weeks. It's not murder at 30 weeks. It's not murder at 52 weeks... It's not murder at 2000 weeks...
If you draw a hard line at "if it's genetically human and alive, it's a human life with a right to life", there's no slippery slope to go sliding down.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April 14, 2015 04:07 AM (J+mig)
Better than thrematting but worse than fivematting ...
Posted by: Adriane is Easily Confused ... at April 14, 2015 04:06 AM (nSOh+)
====aha, now we know with whom Mr. Borge has been spending his time.
Posted by: jc at April 14, 2015 04:08 AM (iRJ+A)
It's not murder if they're a kulak ... it's not murder if they're a jew ... etc.
Posted by: Adriane is Easily Confused ... at April 14, 2015 04:09 AM (nSOh+)
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 04:09 AM (qry2M)
Posted by: Adriane is Easily Confused ... at April 14, 2015 04:09 AM (nSOh+)
And, hey, conservatives are monsters, it's not like they're real people...
Posted by: Conservative Crank at April 14, 2015 04:09 AM (WUYpW)
Posted by: Adriane is Easily Confused ... at April 14, 2015 04:09 AM (nSOh+)
Nailed it. The devaluation of life is a progressive condition.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April 14, 2015 04:10 AM (J+mig)
Cooth, ace is openly pro-choice, you'll notice us pro-lifers haven't burned the blog down yet.
And even most pro-lifers can accept abortion in the case of saving
the life of the mother or a few other very limited and selected
scenarios. I admit I have a hard time thinking rationally about abortion
at all due to the fact that the idea of on-demand for convenience's
sake alone makes my blood boil.
Posted by: Conservative Crank at April 14, 2015 03:51 AM (WUYpW)
You'll note that I feel able to say what I said here.
I think a lot of the problem that we have as a nation in discussing abortion is that we all have caution lights and red lines -- but we've been conditioned to conceal them and harden our most extreme positions in order to protect room to maneuver. "Pro-choice" types like to stake out an outer perimeter somewhere about 1-2 years after actual birth; "Pro-life" types would say that once a sperm could sense an ovum and move toward it, conception was practically a "done-deal".
In reality, a lot of pro-lifers can't get that excited about a 300-cell blastocyst, and a lot of pro-choicers would be repulsed at the thought of a 22-week abortion.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 14, 2015 04:12 AM (T1005)
Bah, blog formatting, how does it work?
Posted by: Conservative Crank at April 14, 2015 04:04 AM (WUYpW)
Everywhere else, or here?
Posted by: cthulhu at April 14, 2015 04:13 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Adriane is Easily Confused ... at April 14, 2015 04:14 AM (nSOh+)
Posted by: Adriane is Easily Confused ... at April 14, 2015 04:00 AM (nSOh+)
And that's one of the reasons why I'm a Pro-Life type. Once you
begin arguing where human life begins, you can rationalize almost
anything. It's not murder at 21 weeks. It's not murder at 30 weeks.
It's not murder at 52 weeks... It's not murder at 2000 weeks...
If you draw a hard line at "if it's genetically human and alive,
it's a human life with a right to life", there's no slippery slope to go
sliding down.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April 14, 2015 04:07 AM (J+mig)
Slippery slopes can be managed if you know where the top and bottom are.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 14, 2015 04:16 AM (T1005)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 14, 2015 04:16 AM (T1005)
Too often those are defined in relative terms. Just like that special snowflake will decide for xerself which invented pronouns will apply to xer.
Posted by: Conservative Crank at April 14, 2015 04:18 AM (WUYpW)
except when you're the kulak or the jew at the bottom ...
Posted by: Adriane is Easily Confused ... at April 14, 2015 04:20 AM (nSOh+)
Good points, and this is why I like this place. You can still have a meaningful and meaty discussion of issues here. The number of places where you can still do that is shrinking all the time.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April 14, 2015 04:20 AM (J+mig)
I'm so old ... I remember when Balloon Juice was an intelligent read ...
Posted by: Adriane is Easily Confused ... at April 14, 2015 04:22 AM (nSOh+)
Posted by: Adriane is Easily Confused ... at April 14, 2015 04:23 AM (nSOh+)
Slippery slopes can be managed if you know where the top and bottom are.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 14, 2015 04:16 AM (T1005)
Too often those are defined in relative terms. Just like that
special snowflake will decide for xerself which invented pronouns will
apply to xer.
Posted by: Conservative Crank at April 14, 2015 04:18 AM (WUYpW)
And that's one of the things that gets me. Baby Frieda was one pound and 11 inches at 128 days [and, yes, I suspect the latter as being "hinky"], and she's going home to be a kid. That, to me, is one end of the "slope". Back away from that a couple of weeks for safety, and only the ignorant, the partisan, or the soulless should argue otherwise.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 14, 2015 04:24 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April 14, 2015 04:20 AM (J+mig)
Agreed.
Totally unrelated--do we need to change the connotation of RINO? Aren't the Tea Party types the ones who are now Republicans in name only? Maybe CRINO?
Posted by: Conservative Crank at April 14, 2015 04:24 AM (WUYpW)
The number of places where you can still do that is shrinking all the time.
I'm so old ... I remember when Balloon Juice was an intelligent read ...
Posted by: Adriane is Easily Confused ... at April 14, 2015 04:22 AM (nSOh+)
I had totally forgotten about that place. Wow.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 14, 2015 04:25 AM (T1005)
Posted by: jc at April 14, 2015 04:27 AM (iRJ+A)
sleep or garage?
Posted by: shredded chi at April 14, 2015 04:27 AM (ngXRR)
Posted by: captain*arizona at April 14, 2015 04:27 AM (+4x6B)
You can still have a meaningful and meaty discussion of issues here. The
number of places where you can still do that is shrinking all the time.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April 14, 2015 04:20 AM (J+mig)
Agreed.
Totally unrelated--do we need to change the connotation of RINO?
Aren't the Tea Party types the ones who are now Republicans in name
only? Maybe CRINO?
Posted by: Conservative Crank at April 14, 2015 04:24 AM (WUYpW)
We're all RINOs to the party leadership.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 14, 2015 04:27 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at April 14, 2015 04:18 AM (WUYpW)
I've come to a conclusion on special snowflake syndrome, too. The whole genders thing is essentially assigning a sex to the soul which can be separate from (and overrides) the sex of the body. It's entirely based on emotions, there's no science or reason behind it... it's essentially a religious belief. Let's go with that line, it'll wedge the sexually confused from the atheists, and give us a method of legally shutting it down.
If their ideas about spiritual genders are a religious belief - and one could very well argue that they are - then instituting public policy based on them is a flagrant violation of the Separation of Church & State, and the 1st Amendment as it constitutes a law respecting the establishment of religion.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April 14, 2015 04:28 AM (J+mig)
Posted by: jc at April 14, 2015 04:28 AM (iRJ+A)
how's it hanging?
Posted by: shredded chi at April 14, 2015 04:29 AM (ngXRR)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at April 14, 2015 04:29 AM (WUYpW)
we heard the same crud in 2012 that moe lane says now. Just because only
once since 1988 has a republican won the popular vote in 2004 when
kerry and unions were ambivalent about immigration issue and 44% of
hispanics voted for bush. the hispanic vote will decide the 2016
election just as they have in every presidential election since 2000.
they love mrs clinton and hate republican anti-immigrant racists.
Posted by: captain*arizona at April 14, 2015 04:27 AM (+4x6B)
Oh, fuck -- it's you, again.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 14, 2015 04:29 AM (T1005)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 14, 2015 04:27 AM (T1005)
Maybe you are. I'm an Independent.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April 14, 2015 04:30 AM (J+mig)
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April 14, 2015 04:28 AM (J+mig)
If we could get Leftism denoted as a religion, it would save the country right there.
Posted by: Conservative Crank at April 14, 2015 04:30 AM (WUYpW)
I don't get the impression of pro-choicers overtly advocating that, except for Peter Singer. Although I also can't recall any of them repudiating or denouncing Singer.
Posted by: Sunni LeBeouf at April 14, 2015 04:31 AM (XrHO0)
trial fit with final column side layer on --
http://tinypic.com/r/j77nfp/8
Posted by: jc at April 14, 2015 04:28 AM (iRJ+A)
Every time I see that thing I'm impressed that an individual can create such a complex object in a home shop. How long have you been working on it, now?
Posted by: cthulhu at April 14, 2015 04:33 AM (T1005)
Well, that took about fifteen seconds. I found the cut-off wheels I was looking for...
sleep or garage?
Posted by: shredded chi at April 14, 2015 04:27 AM (ngXRR)
You could do both, and sleep in the garage.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 14, 2015 04:34 AM (T1005)
Hey, jc.
how's it hanging?
Posted by: shredded chi at April 14, 2015 04:29 AM (ngXRR)
====dunno. I never leave it alone long enough to find out.
Posted by: jc at April 14, 2015 04:35 AM (iRJ+A)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at April 14, 2015 04:30 AM (WUYpW)
I've been calling the green movement a religion for a long time.
It's got an apocalypse, it's got a priesthood, it's got a prophet, it's got an inquisition, it's got sinners, indulgences, knightly orders, and various flavors of heretics and apostates. How is it not one?
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April 14, 2015 04:35 AM (J+mig)
@465 >>>"Pro-choice" types like to stake out an outer perimeter somewhere about 1-2 years after actual birth;
I don't get the impression of pro-choicers overtly advocating that,
except for Peter Singer. Although I also can't recall any of them
repudiating or denouncing Singer.
Posted by: Sunni LeBeouf at April 14, 2015 04:31 AM (XrHO0)
If they're all nodding along with it, and nobody says, "wait -- that's crazy!!!!", they're probably staking it out as an outer perimeter.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 14, 2015 04:36 AM (T1005)
individual can create such a complex object in a home shop. How long
have you been working on it, now?
Posted by: cthulhu at April 14, 2015 04:33 AM (T1005)
===in dog years?
Posted by: jc at April 14, 2015 04:36 AM (iRJ+A)
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April 14, 2015 04:35 AM (J+mig)
As near as I can tell, the only reason is because they don't call themselves one. I'm sure the Branch Davidians didn't call themselves a cult either, but if it prays like a duck and chants like a duck...
Posted by: Conservative Crank at April 14, 2015 04:37 AM (WUYpW)
It's got an apocalypse, it's got a priesthood, it's got a prophet,
it's got an inquisition, it's got sinners, indulgences, knightly orders,
and various flavors of heretics and apostates. How is it not one?
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April 14, 2015 04:35 AM (J+mig)
=====me, too. and calling it "science" doesn't change one thing you wrote.
Posted by: jc at April 14, 2015 04:37 AM (iRJ+A)
Prayer for Our Courts and Judges
Lord God, I thank you today for the gift of our nation.
You alone rule the world with justice,
Yet you place in our hands the solemn duty
of participating in the shaping of our government.
I pray today for our President and Senators
Who have the responsibility of placing judges on our courts.
Please protect this process from all obstruction.
Please send us men and women of wisdom,
Who respect Your law of Life.
Please send us judges with humility,
Who seek Your truth and not their own opinions.
Lord, give all of us the courage we need to do what is right
And to serve you, the Judge of all, with fidelity.
We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen!
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 04:38 AM (qry2M)
pretty sure my sandwich maker, the bourbon & even the puppy would agree with you. I think I'll take all of y'alls advice...
goodnight and be well.
Posted by: shredded chi at April 14, 2015 04:39 AM (ngXRR)
Every time I see that thing I'm impressed that an
individual can create such a complex object in a home shop. How long
have you been working on it, now?
Posted by: cthulhu at April 14, 2015 04:33 AM (T1005)
===in dog years?
Posted by: jc at April 14, 2015 04:36 AM (iRJ+A)
If you're going to give the information in dog years, you need to share a picture of the dog.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 14, 2015 04:40 AM (T1005)
http://tinypic.com/r/xgd0e9/8
Posted by: jc at April 14, 2015 04:40 AM (iRJ+A)
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at April 14, 2015 04:40 AM (qry2M)
Posted by: jc at April 14, 2015 04:41 AM (iRJ+A)
have you been working on it, now?
Posted by: cthulhu at April 14, 2015 04:33 AM (T1005)
===in dog years?
Posted by: jc at April 14, 2015 04:36 AM (iRJ+A)
If you're going to give the information in dog years, you need to share a picture of the dog.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 14, 2015 04:40 AM (T1005)
====I guess it has been over a year. The first one was a failure in geometry. I am not sure if I screwed up the layout or if it just moved too much while curing after the steam bending. I have been a lot more careful with this one. It still changes a lot tho. I hope it settles in with the right shape. If not I may have to burn the house down.
Posted by: jc at April 14, 2015 04:44 AM (iRJ+A)
tonight's status -- 1st 2 strips starting the outer layer on the room side.
http://tinypic.com/r/xgd0e9/8
Posted by: jc at April 14, 2015 04:40 AM (iRJ+A)
I hope you bought those clamps all at the same time, so you could get the volume discount.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 14, 2015 04:44 AM (T1005)
Posted by: cthulhu
-------------------------
At this stage, I'd probably wake up with a missing appendage.
Being pantsless, I'm not willing to risk it - the rest can wait 'til tomorrow, thank you very much.
Posted by: shredded chi at April 14, 2015 04:47 AM (T5QC5)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 14, 2015 04:44 AM (T1005)
===some one told me once: "you can't have too many clamps." At the time I thought they were joking. I've come around to agreement. However, I also think it's reasonable to throw away any clamp that pisses you off.
Posted by: jc at April 14, 2015 04:49 AM (iRJ+A)
http://tinypic.com/r/2e1t6s9/8
I can't really picture any other form of handrail looking right in this space.
Posted by: jc at April 14, 2015 04:56 AM (iRJ+A)
How long
have you been working on it, now?
Posted by: cthulhu at April 14, 2015 04:33 AM (T1005)
===in dog years?
Posted by: jc at April 14, 2015 04:36 AM (iRJ+A)
If you're going to give the information in dog years, you need to share a picture of the dog.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 14, 2015 04:40 AM (T1005)
====I
guess it has been over a year. The first one was a failure in geometry.
I am not sure if I screwed up the layout or if it just moved too much
while curing after the steam bending. I have been a lot more careful
with this one. It still changes a lot tho. I hope it settles in with the
right shape. If not I may have to burn the house down.
Posted by: jc at April 14, 2015 04:44 AM (iRJ+A)
Our house was built in 1955 -- it's older than I am. It was originally an L-shaped plan of about 1300 square feet with a garage forming the front leg of the L. In 1986, the existing garage was converted into a family room and a new garage was added, boosting it to 1700 feet and turning it into a U. In addition, the original non-garage leg of the L was extended by about 8 feet, putting the total at around 1900.
In practice, this means that every part of the house has its peculiarities. If I start at the northeast corner, it's the family-room converted from a garage in 1986 -- the walls have insulation, it's 3-conductor romex. Continuing south along the perimeter, you pass a wall and are in the mudroom -- 1950's, no insulation, 2-conductor romex with added ground. A bit more and we're in the living room -- the wall was paneling over studs, but is now insulated drywall. most of the wiring is 2-conductor with added ground. Turn the corner, and the wall isn't insulated, but the large double-french-double-sidelight door is.
Point being, it may well have been simpler if the house would've burned down.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 14, 2015 05:02 AM (T1005)
You could do both, and sleep in the garage.
Posted by: cthulhu
-------------------------
At this stage, I'd probably wake up with a missing appendage.
Being pantsless, I'm not willing to risk it - the rest can wait 'til tomorrow, thank you very much.
Posted by: shredded chi at April 14, 2015 04:47 AM (T5QC5)
I think I missed it if it was upthread.....what the hell are you doing in the garage in the first place?
Posted by: cthulhu at April 14, 2015 05:05 AM (T1005)
Seriously, Cato articulates an interesting point, that this is essentially a claim about something immaterial, hence spiritual. I've seen activists try to conflate this with 'intersex' conditions, but those are physical conditions. They usually drop out of the discussion when I point that out (eg. Zoe Brain).
Posted by: Bruce Jenner at April 14, 2015 05:11 AM (3F6F8)
Iowa LEOs are advising citizens not to accept an invitation from a demented senior citizen to "Come see what's in my van"
#GrandmasPervyVan
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 14, 2015 05:28 AM (95CzI)
Iowa LEOs are advising citizens not to accept an invitation from a demented senior citizen to "Come see what's in my van"
#GrandmasPervyVan
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 14, 2015 05:28 AM (95CzI)
************************
She could star in a remake of TCM as leatherface. And she could do it sans mask. Harry Reid could play the decrepit father and Obama and Holder would be the demented siblings.
Posted by: Sunni LeBeouf at April 14, 2015 05:45 AM (XrHO0)
Posted by: @PeeteySDee at April 14, 2015 05:53 AM (8Vnke)
When tweetle beetles fight,
it's called
a tweetle beetle battle.
And when they
battle in a puddle,
it's a tweetle
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When beetles battle beetles
in a puddle paddle battle
and the beetle battle puddle
is a puddle in a bottle...
...they call this
a tweetle beetle
bottle puddle
paddle battle muddle.
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