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Overnight Open Thread (5-21-2015)
Sadly most of the movies I see these days are ones I watch on planes. So here are a couple of quickie movie reviews of what I've watched in the last few weeks.
Okay I had read the mixed reviews but I figured hey I'm a sucker for sci-fi flicks so why not. Well the short version is that Interstellar is a long, maudlin, melodramatic, visually stunning, wannabe epic, manipulative, nearly 3 hour long movie with gaping plot holes that actually ended up irritating me. Not recommended unless you have nothing else better to do for three hours. Or just enjoy movies where nearly every single line is an intense whisper.
A very interesting and well done movie. I can see why it won an Oscar and Michael Keaton was nominated for one. It did a very good job of putting you into the life and mind of Riggan, a washed-up actor best known for playing the superhero Birdman now trying desperately to pull off a Broadway show and show that he can actually do something meaningful. The movie follows him around and fills you in on his life without ever having a flashback scene, while also making you want to see what happens to him next. I enjoyed its mix of documentary-style and magical realism scenes but I can see why others might not care for it. It also makes the case that life in general needs a jazz drum background track. Recommended.
Okay I already knew the story of Alan Turing and the British breaking the Enigma code during WWII and was very skeptical that it could ever be made into a watchable movie. But I was wrong and The Imitation Game is in fact excellent. It does a good job of both explaining the technological challenges of breaking the code and the context of how important this was to winning the war and capturing the drama behind it. So you can watch the movie knowing nothing and fully enjoy it. Alan Turing was a genius and likely had what we would call today Asperger's syndrome and was critical to ultimately breaking the code. Benedict Cumberbatch did an excellent job playing him and deserved his Oscar for it. Turing's homosexuality was significant to several parts of the plot but I'm glad the movie didn't make it a central point or become preachy about it. Highly recommended.
This 2006 British movie has been lingering in my Netflix queue for nearly five years - so long I had forgotten why I ever even added it. But a few weeks ago out of complete lack of other choices I finally watched it. And it turned out to be very good. The story is about an art student who after a painful breakup with his girlfriend is unable to sleep at all. Finally desperate to fill his nights he starts working the night shift at a local grocery store. There at some point he discovers that he has the ability to actually stop time. So of course he has some fun with this checking out women's breasts and playing pranks on people. But after a while he becomes bored with this and is inspired to use the stopped-time scenes as still-lifes for his art. And in the process he also comes to really know the motley group of people he works with and appreciate them in their own way. In particular he falls in love with a quirky cashier, Sharon. They eventually start dating and it turns out that being able to stop time is not nearly as helpful in a relationship as you might think.
Stylistically the movie is sort of a mix of Fight Club with Groundhog Day along with a good amount of teen sex comedy and rom-com mixed in. But it's actually a very thoughtful and funny movie with the main character narrating scenes and musing on the significance of time in peoples' lives, his own flaws and missed opportunities, and reflecting on how he came to be so fascinated by the female form. Ultimately the movie is about finding love and inspiration in the fleeting moments of everyday life more than any of the entertaining boobage and comedy scenes in it. Excellently written this movie really should be more well known than it is. Highly recommended.
All of these phrases are really implicit calls for censoring certain kinds of speech.
But the federal government does not just "ask" for money. It takes the money it wants in taxes, usually before the people who have earned it see their paychecks.Despite pious rhetoric on the left about "asking" the more fortunate for more money, the government does not "ask" anything. It seizes what it wants by force. If you don't pay up, it can take not only your paycheck, it can seize your bank account, put a lien on your home and/or put you in federal prison.
So please don't insult our intelligence by talking piously about "asking."
And please don't call the government's pouring trillions of tax dollars down a bottomless pit "investment." Remember the soaring words from Barack Obama, in his early days in the White House, about "investing in the industries of the future"? After Solyndra and other companies in which he "invested" the taxpayers' money went bankrupt, we haven't heard those soaring words so much.
Then there are those who produced the wealth that politicians want to grab. In Obama's rhetoric, these producers are called "society's lottery winners."
....When all else fails, redistributionists can say, as Obama did at Georgetown University, that "coldhearted, free-market capitalist types" are people who "pretty much have more than you'll ever be able to use and your family will ever be able to use," so they should let the government take that extra money to help the poor.
Slippery use of the word "use" seems to confine it to personal consumption. The real question is whether the investment of wealth is likely to be done better by those who created that wealth in the first place or by politicians. The track record of politicians hardly suggests that turning ever more of a nation's wealth over to them is likely to turn out well.
How you prevent an 'immigration crisis'.
How a FAL gets made.
Akira Kurosawa, A Master of Movement
Using movement in move-ies.
This Watery Graveyard Is the Resting Place for 161 Sunken Spaceships
Zhang Caijie, 25, became an overnight hit in Taiwan after pictures of her were posted online. She works in her parent's market stall butchering meat and is now a sought-after bachelorette in the country.
You're been doing it wrong apparently.
First World Problems: My Clit Has Anxiety
Sigh.
Yahoo group. That is all.
Come on be a smartie and join the yahoo group party! For the children. Why do you hate children?
And my lo-fi Twitter spew.
Tonight's post brought to you by Audrey shopping with her fawn:
Notice: Posted by permission of AceCorp LLC. Do not taunt happy-fun ball. Now go forth and conquer.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Michael the Hobbit at May 21, 2015 11:12 PM (0RdKg)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at May 21, 2015 11:13 PM (ucDmr)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 21, 2015 11:13 PM (ODxAs)
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Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at May 21, 2015 11:13 PM (K5/vW)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at May 21, 2015 11:13 PM (V70Uh)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 21, 2015 11:13 PM (uctT+)
The hydra-like and incestuous interrelationship of Progressive groups is well known. Now, that interrelationship of anti-Second Amendment groups has been charted.
More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=9104
Posted by: The Political Hat at May 21, 2015 11:14 PM (7YlUk)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 21, 2015 11:14 PM (vX8Jh)
Posted by: flounder at May 21, 2015 11:14 PM (ecDRv)
Posted by: fairweatherbill at May 21, 2015 11:15 PM (FviSe)
Sorry to bring the down to the ONT, but we had to put our 13.5 yr old puppy to sleep. Canine lupus. 4 weeks from diagnosis to....
I miss her terribly.
Fuck.
Posted by: speedster1 on the ipad at May 21, 2015 11:15 PM (1brdf)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 21, 2015 11:15 PM (vX8Jh)
"Jesus, you are running very very late."
http://tinyurl.com/lp8hqhs
Posted by: Thrawn at May 21, 2015 11:15 PM (wZ2hu)
Posted by: AltonJackson at May 21, 2015 11:16 PM (KCxzN)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at May 21, 2015 11:17 PM (V70Uh)
Posted by: Eromero at May 21, 2015 11:17 PM (go5uR)
Posted by: eleven at May 21, 2015 11:17 PM (MDgS8)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at May 21, 2015 11:18 PM (K5/vW)
... *non-existent corncob pipe *
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 21, 2015 11:18 PM (uctT+)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 21, 2015 11:18 PM (Cil7w)
So sorry. Been there, done that, a heart breaker for sure
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at May 21, 2015 11:19 PM (K5/vW)
BTW you all are great!
Posted by: FCF at May 21, 2015 11:19 PM (kejii)
Posted by: tbodie at May 21, 2015 11:20 PM (EeHjs)
nah, beer makes for grat poopin...
that Rick Perry article at The Chive today was cool
but I'm team Walker or Cruz at the moment
Posted by: I'm a drinker, not a thinker at May 21, 2015 11:20 PM (D0Tns)
And based on my user name here, you have to realize that I know a thing or two about bird-men.
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at May 21, 2015 11:20 PM (C1gb4)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 21, 2015 11:21 PM (Cil7w)
Posted by: tbodie at May 21, 2015 11:21 PM (EeHjs)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 21, 2015 11:18 PM (Cil7w)
Considering men out number women, anything cute with a pulse gets attention.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at May 21, 2015 11:21 PM (K5/vW)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 21, 2015 11:21 PM (kCLGY)
Posted by: fairweatherbill at May 21, 2015 11:21 PM (xrURQ)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at May 21, 2015 11:22 PM (C1gb4)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 21, 2015 11:22 PM (Cil7w)
By the way, I am pretty good with Math and y'all are too, right? How is it that your population now is greater now than 40 years ago, when it should be half?
Been some cheating huh?
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at May 21, 2015 11:22 PM (V70Uh)
Like, totally different "birdmen."
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 21, 2015 11:23 PM (vX8Jh)
snort!!
Posted by: FCF at May 21, 2015 11:23 PM (kejii)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 21, 2015 11:23 PM (XAFOu)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 21, 2015 11:23 PM (vX8Jh)
Posted by: eleven at May 21, 2015 11:24 PM (MDgS8)
Oh! I also just had a thought. Touch is good for your emotional health! Ace should be seeking out more hugs not turning them away.
Anyways night all.
Posted by: Lea at May 21, 2015 11:24 PM (0uBKR)
Posted by: eleven at May 21, 2015 11:24 PM (MDgS8)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at May 21, 2015 11:25 PM (C1gb4)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 21, 2015 11:25 PM (W5DcG)
"often my stress bone, my fear bone and my humiliation bone are all connected to my clit bone."
Delta Rhythm Boys - Dry Bones
https://youtu.be/hYeQUXXYvK0
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at May 21, 2015 11:25 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Miss Piggy at May 21, 2015 11:26 PM (ODxAs)
Posted by: FCF at May 21, 2015 11:26 PM (kejii)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 21, 2015 11:26 PM (vX8Jh)
put our 13.5 yr old puppy to sleep. Canine lupus. 4 weeks from diagnosis
to....
I miss her terribly.
Fuck.
Posted by: speedster1 on the ipad at May 21, 2015 11:15 PM (1brdf)
Condolences, speedster1. Just lost my 17 year old kitty last week. I feel your pain.
Posted by: Hillywok at May 21, 2015 11:26 PM (M57sC)
Posted by: andycanuck at May 21, 2015 11:27 PM (kivUY)
Posted by: Null at May 21, 2015 11:27 PM (xjpRj)
Posted by: Adriane the Movie Critic ... at May 21, 2015 11:27 PM (nSOh+)
I am SO sorry for your loss. Stupid things burrow into our hearts, and letting them go just...sucks.
Posted by: speedster1 on the ipad at May 21, 2015 11:28 PM (1brdf)
Posted by: buzzion at May 21, 2015 11:28 PM (zt+N6)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 21, 2015 11:28 PM (F2IAQ)
I know I shouldn't drink, but I really do need to ration my pain pills.
Posted by: bergerbilder at May 21, 2015 10:46
I know your pain.
We have a 4 y/o yellow lab. The wife finally convinced me to get a young chocolate lab, I've been resisting for a couple of years.
So it's crazy around here.
As far as back pain, I always take Meloxicam, an anti-flammitory. Once in a while I take a Tramadol.
Posted by: Farmer at May 21, 2015 11:17 PM
Posted by: Farmer at May 21, 2015 11:28 PM (o/90i)
Yeah, I know my inner sphincter that's why I'm a good asshole,
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at May 21, 2015 11:28 PM (K5/vW)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 21, 2015 11:28 PM (XAFOu)
Posted by: Jim at May 21, 2015 11:28 PM (RzZOc)
Chay ( Short Version ) https://youtu.be/D6CNN7FFP4s
Chay ( Long Version ) https://youtu.be/TlDEO5z8GFU
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 21, 2015 11:29 PM (Cil7w)
Posted by: speedster1 on the ipad at May 21, 2015 11:29 PM (1brdf)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill
It's hard not to find it drop dead sexah... Even if I've only held a lake boat hull. Once. Allegedly.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 21, 2015 11:29 PM (uctT+)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at May 21, 2015 11:30 PM (C1gb4)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 21, 2015 11:30 PM (vX8Jh)
So, it's a Christopher Nolan movie, then? I watched 2 recentish flicks within the last couple of weeks. "Guardians of the Galaxy"... was ok. Didn't love it didn't hate it. It was reasonable fun and kept me engaged. But, it tried a bit too hard to be cute and the soundtrack though good songs, seemed a little forced. Chris Pratt, Bautista, John C. Reilly and Michael Rooker made the film more enjoyable with their presence than I might have have felt about it otherwise. They were good. Not bad for a comic book type flick.
"Edge of Tomorrow" was a surprise. Quite good and thoroughly entertaining. Was expecting it to be more ho-hum action/war by-the-numbers... but it really stuck to it's scifi guns and stayed with the "groundhog day" element of the story... so the action came as a natural byproduct of the story. Watching Cruise go through the motions again and again and getting killed in various ways worked for me. Also, Cruise was good. He does sort of personality... shallow, self absorbed so very well. Don't know if it has much repeat viewing value, but, it was fully engaging on first run through. Thumbs up.
Posted by: otho at May 21, 2015 11:30 PM (tBSrv)
Posted by: Adriane the If Only Mean People would Connect Only with Each Other Critic ... at May 21, 2015 11:30 PM (nSOh+)
Anyone who has known small business owners, or people who have started businesses, knows that those people work far harder than most of the rest of us, and they take enormous financial risks. I've known people who started their own businesses. They work 12 to 16 hours per day, six days a week, sometimes 7 days a week. They invest their life savings, and bank loans, and sometimes money from family members.
And that lazy, golfing asshole in the White House has the nerve to call them lottery winners? You want to see lottery winners? Look at the disability dopers next door to me. Look at the career welfare mom who hasn't had to work more than 2 months in her entire adult life because she got knocked up 3 times.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 21, 2015 11:30 PM (UI0Cn)
Stuck at work 3 hours late tonight. Have to inhale some dinner and pack bags for a weekend trip, then sleep fast before another morning shift.
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at May 21, 2015 11:31 PM (Gosad)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 21, 2015 11:31 PM (vX8Jh)
Chay ( Short Version ) https://youtu.be/D6CNN7FFP4s
Chay ( Long Version ) https://youtu.be/TlDEO5z8GFU
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 21, 2015 11:29 PM (Cil7w)
I was half expecting Johannes Krauser II to show up...
Posted by: DMC at May 21, 2015 11:31 PM (7YlUk)
ATF HQ @ATFHQ 7h
UPDATE: Info on the $10K reward for the arrest & conviction of person(s) responsible for Baltimore fires. http://ow.ly/Ng7jV
KRenner retweeted
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 21, 2015 11:32 PM (uctT+)
Condolences. It sucks. Hard.
But take heart that you gave her and she you 13 and a half years of love. You will see her scampering about again.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 21, 2015 11:32 PM (XAFOu)
Posted by: fairweatherbill at May 21, 2015 11:32 PM (xrURQ)
Posted by: Michael the Hobbit at May 21, 2015 11:33 PM (0RdKg)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 21, 2015 11:33 PM (Cil7w)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at May 21, 2015 11:33 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 21, 2015 11:33 PM (F2IAQ)
Like those obscenely over-paid, rich, cold hearted liberals, George Clooney, Leonardo DiCaprio, Bruce Springsteen, and Matt Damon. Yeah, take all their money away from them and give it to the poor.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 21, 2015 11:34 PM (UI0Cn)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at May 21, 2015 11:30 PM
LOL, my spellcheck was no help so I said f*** it. I need another drink. BRB
Posted by: Farmer at May 21, 2015 11:34 PM (o/90i)
Posted by: fairweatherbill at May 21, 2015 1
As a guy who suffers, huh?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at May 21, 2015 11:34 PM (K5/vW)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at May 21, 2015 11:34 PM (V+xAQ)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 21, 2015 11:35 PM (F2IAQ)
Definitely checking that out.
Posted by: eleven at May 21, 2015 11:24 PM (MDgS
Other reviews of the movie that I have seen here say that the issue of Turing's homosexuality is over-emphasized. In the Britain of the time, homosexuality amongst upper-class intellectuals was more or less winked at, knowingly. And given that the guy was a brilliant mathematician, his homosexuality was never a barrier to his being employed in the War effort.
Geoffrey Pyke is another gay boffin who was invaluable to the War effort.
Posted by: Hillywok at May 21, 2015 11:35 PM (M57sC)
Posted by: cthulhu at May 21, 2015 11:36 PM (T1005)
Kurosawa was a true master that was ripped off by countless directors, Spielberg and Lucas being the two prime examples.
Posted by: Kreplach at May 21, 2015 11:36 PM (dvoaF)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at May 21, 2015 11:34 PM (V+xAQ)<<<
About gladiators?
Posted by: Captain Oveur at May 21, 2015 11:36 PM (dkfG0)
Sorry to hear it.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 21, 2015 11:37 PM (UI0Cn)
As a guy who suffers, huh?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at May 21, 2015 11:34 PM (K5/vW)
A salve that is used for horses that supposedly works on humans but smells rather badly.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 21, 2015 11:37 PM (XAFOu)
Posted by: FCF
WTF? Who said you were?
Second, it's "a SPACE lot."
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 21, 2015 11:37 PM (uctT+)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at May 21, 2015 11:34 PM (V+xAQ)
About gladiators?
Posted by: Captain Oveur at May 21, 2015 11:36 PM (dkfG0)
I do!
I do!
What do I win?
Posted by: Joey Biden at May 21, 2015 11:37 PM (7YlUk)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian
Oh yeah. Busted tailbone, sciatica, lower back muscle spasms, etc.
Posted by: fairweatherbill at May 21, 2015 11:37 PM (o/3Hk)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 21, 2015 11:37 PM (Cil7w)
Posted by: Michael the Hobbit at May 21, 2015 11:38 PM (0RdKg)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at May 21, 2015 11:38 PM (la5++)
Posted by: Hillywok at May 21, 2015 11:35 PM (M57sC)<<<
I would have been fabulous!
Posted by: Habbakuk at May 21, 2015 11:38 PM (dkfG0)
A salve that is used for horses that supposedly works on humans but smells rather badly.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 21, 2015 11:37 PM (XAFOu)
If it beats ice packs I don't give a shit
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at May 21, 2015 11:39 PM (K5/vW)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 21, 2015 11:39 PM (Cil7w)
Posted by: Dave S. at May 21, 2015 11:39 PM (mhkbv)
This may be the first mention of Ace, but someone on his staff or him is trackin Ace daily based on some of Rushes topics....
Posted by: I'm a drinker, not a thinker at May 21, 2015 11:40 PM (D0Tns)
I'm pretty sure that's where Lucas got the idea. Also, Disney movies tend to have a bunch of goofy shit going on in the background. And what did Lucas do once he no longer had Spielberg telling him to tone it down? Well, he added a bunch of goofy shit going on in the background of the Star Wars movies.
I'm pretty sure Lucas was heavily influenced by Disney movies. He just doesn't have the Disney talent for storytelling, which is why he needed Spielberg riding his ass to make a decent film.
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at May 21, 2015 11:40 PM (C1gb4)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 21, 2015 11:40 PM (vX8Jh)
Serious question, and not a 'cornering' one either; would you have liked Birdman if the main role was not as cast?
Keaton as the main was kind of intrinsic to the whole concept, don' t you think?
Mebbe Val Kilmer could have pulled it off?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 21, 2015 11:40 PM (uctT+)
Posted by: Michael the Hobbit at May 21, 2015 11:38 PM (0RdKg)
Oh crap! Had a stinky sock on. My apologies.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2015 11:40 PM (M57sC)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at May 21, 2015 11:39 PM (K5/vW)
I wouldn't either. (And I have no experience with it, just did a quick search.)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 21, 2015 11:40 PM (XAFOu)
Here is what I have been working on. First two pics here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/24774589@N04/
Posted by: Gingy at May 21, 2015 11:40 PM (WvS3w)
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Our local talk guy, who is superlative, has quoted Ace several times.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 21, 2015 11:41 PM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: Oscar Wilde at May 21, 2015 11:41 PM (V70Uh)
Here is "Night Crawler" by Judas Priest:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMkqQoL1jkQ
Posted by: The Political Hat at May 21, 2015 11:41 PM (7YlUk)
104 Hi Horde. I've been really busy cranking out a new pattern
Posted by: Gingy at May 21, 2015 11:40 PM (WvS3w)
Nope. Too easy.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 21, 2015 11:42 PM (XAFOu)
WTH? Sherilyn Fenn as a blonde?
Posted by: moron watching Two Moon Junction at May 21, 2015 11:42 PM (sONVP)
Rush has been trackin on Ace for a year or more.
"
It seems he's been watching for more than that.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 21, 2015 11:43 PM (vX8Jh)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2015 11:43 PM (M57sC)
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Our local talk guy, who is superlative, has quoted Ace several times.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 21, 2015 11:41
Belling who sits in for Rush I swear uses stuff from Ace & WZ
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at May 21, 2015 11:43 PM (K5/vW)
Today sucked.
Sorry to bring the down to the ONT, but we had to put our 13.5 yr
old puppy to sleep. Canine lupus. 4 weeks from diagnosis to....
I miss her terribly.
Fuck.
Posted by: speedster1 on the ipad at May 21, 2015 11:15 PM (1brdf)
I'm so sorry, speedster.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 21, 2015 11:43 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 21, 2015 11:41 PM (F2IAQ)
I've heard SCOAMF on the Plante show many times.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 21, 2015 11:43 PM (XAFOu)
I don't think saying, "I'd hit that," is exactly quoting.
Posted by: andycanuck at May 21, 2015 11:43 PM (kivUY)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill
It's found in the vet section, but there's probably not a collegiate or professional athlete that hasn't used it.
Posted by: fairweatherbill at May 21, 2015 11:43 PM (o/3Hk)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at May 21, 2015 11:43 PM (V70Uh)
The left claim to be in love with the Cuban system.
Okay. Let's take them up on it. In Cuba, there's a standard wage. Actors and musicians get paid the same as people who muck out clogged toilets, or who cut sugar cane under a tropical sun (which is brutally hard labor).
So let us enact a comparable arrangement for, oh, a quarter of a century and then see what actors and musicians think of the system.
(Note that the high taxation of Hollywood salaries was one of the factors which turned Ronald Reagan from an FDR liberal into a budding free-market conservative. He observed how big stars would do two pictures a year and then knock off and loaf, because the marginal return to them on additional work was tiny. The tax man took it all.)
Posted by: torquewrench at May 21, 2015 11:43 PM (noWW6)
Thanks, and sure hope so.
76 MH
Thank you. I know the Horde would understand.
86 NG
Thank you.
Back to lurking.
Posted by: speedster1 on the ipad at May 21, 2015 11:44 PM (1brdf)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 21, 2015 11:44 PM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: cthulhu at May 21, 2015 11:36 PM
Howdy. Hope your identity theft is getting resolved. Was going to email you but the whole situation sounded creepy and I didn't want to put us at risk.
Sounds like it's safe now?
Posted by: Farmer at May 21, 2015 11:44 PM (o/90i)
As a news junkie, I used to have it on the background a lot.
In last year I got down to only watching the panel segments on Special Report and the opening segment on O'Reilly. Brief period where The Five interested me, but then I got bored.
Lately I've just fast-forwarded through the Baier segment and haven't even played O'Reilly.
Posted by: Costanza Defense at May 21, 2015 11:44 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: tmitsss at May 21, 2015 11:45 PM (Pa9vP)
Posted by: anonymous irishman at May 21, 2015 11:45 PM (DJgfL)
Posted by: speedster1 on the ipad at May 21, 2015 11:45 PM (1brdf)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 21, 2015 11:45 PM (t//F+)
Posted by: otho at May 21, 2015 11:46 PM (tBSrv)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at May 21, 2015 11:46 PM (UVfht)
Thanks, Daniel.
Posted by: chi's sandwIch (previously shredded chi) at May 21, 2015 11:46 PM (hQIXB)
Posted by: otho at May 21, 2015 11:30 PM (tBSrv)
Yes I was very pleasantly surprised by 'Edge of Tomorrow' as well. Cruise was very good as a shallow douche and as he was killed over and over, you saw him become a better, ultimately heroic man. More range than Cruise's usual characters.
Posted by: Maetenloch at May 21, 2015 11:46 PM (wqVD1)
Turning's homosexuality led to aberrant behavior and a conviction. He then lost his job, his security clearance, ability to travel to US or other countries to seek employment. Dont remember if the film portrayed his death as a suicide or an accident.
So, yeah, it was a big deal.
Posted by: Bruce But Not Jenner at May 21, 2015 11:46 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at May 21, 2015 11:46 PM (V70Uh)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2015 11:43 PM (M57sC)
Anything dissolved in DMSO will be taken directly to the blood stream upon contact with skin. Copletely taken in.
And DMSO is very, very good at dissolving things...
Posted by: The Dimethyl Sulfoxide Hat at May 21, 2015 11:46 PM (7YlUk)
He's also good friends with Robert Spencer and Pamela Geller, so maybe he's just afraid to out himself as a Moron, since Spencer and Geller are not fans of this site.
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at May 21, 2015 11:46 PM (C1gb4)
Posted by: Michael the Hobbit at May 21, 2015 11:47 PM (0RdKg)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 21, 2015 11:44 PM (F2IAQ)
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You're not wrong. But you left out the awesome rack and great legs.
Posted by: Gingy at May 21, 2015 11:47 PM (WvS3w)
Liniment.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 21, 2015 11:47 PM (vX8Jh)
Posted by: Adriane the Tangled Yarn Critic ... at May 21, 2015 11:47 PM (nSOh+)
Posted by: Gingy
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It seemed prudent.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 21, 2015 11:48 PM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 21, 2015 11:48 PM (kCLGY)
Not a decent man in the whole thing. But thoroughly enjoyable.
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo
It's on par with Bros. Grimm, Van Hellsing, Hansel and Gretel...
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 21, 2015 11:48 PM (uctT+)
They will try to hang him around our neck
Like a burning tire
Posted by: Thunderb, the things I have seen at May 21, 2015 11:48 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Gingy at May 21, 2015 11:49 PM (WvS3w)
Posted by: Ostral B Heretic at May 21, 2015 11:49 PM (IDo11)
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Hmm. So an ounce of Scotch mixed with a little DMSO, rub-on drink?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 21, 2015 11:49 PM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 21, 2015 11:49 PM (kCLGY)
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According to the article, the "China" in question is the Republic of China, aka Taiwan. Since they never instituted a One Child policy, afaik they don't have the gender imbalance issues that the PRC does.
Posted by: junior at May 21, 2015 11:50 PM (rdoKr)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 21, 2015 11:50 PM (Cil7w)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 21, 2015
Crap, I'm getting some wild ideas
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at May 21, 2015 11:50 PM (K5/vW)
This may be the first mention of Ace, but someone on his staff or him is trackin Ace daily based on some of Rushes topics....
Posted by: I'm a drinker, not a thinker at May 21, 2015 11:40 PM
I'm a pretty avid watcher of The Five on FNC. I think there are several who read here regularly, from the topics that come up.
Greg Gutfeld for sure, also Eric Bolling and Dana Perino.
Posted by: Farmer at May 21, 2015 11:50 PM (o/90i)
So sorry to hear that. My pup is my best friend, and I can't imagine what I'll do when it's his time.
it took me 20 years to accept another four-legged friend into the house for a reason...
Posted by: chi's sandwIch (previously shredded chi) at May 21, 2015 11:50 PM (2njrJ)
Serious question, and not a 'cornering' one either; would you have liked Birdman if the main role was not as cast?
Keaton as the main was kind of intrinsic to the whole concept, don' t you think?
Mebbe Val Kilmer could have pulled it off?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 21, 2015 11:40 PM (uctT+)
Hard to say - I think other older former-leading man type actors could have pulled it off as well but Keaton was a perfect fit for the role.
Posted by: Maetenloch at May 21, 2015 11:51 PM (wqVD1)
Posted by: Misanthropic
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Honest officer, I was just treating a sore elbow.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 21, 2015 11:51 PM (F2IAQ)
oldest sisters, has had his photo taken with every conservative
candidate except Fiorina.
They will try to hang him around our neck
Like a burning tire
Posted by: Thunderb, the things I have seen at May 21, 2015 11:48 PM (zOTsN)<<<
Good thing there are no pics of me and that Bill guy that I don't even know.
Posted by: Hillary! at May 21, 2015 11:52 PM (dkfG0)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 21, 2015 11:52 PM (Cil7w)
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According to the article, the "China" in question is the Republic of China, aka Taiwan. Since they never instituted a One Child policy, afaik they don't have the gender imbalance issues that the PRC does.
Posted by: junior at May 21, 2015 11:50 PM (rdoKr)
You're suppose to read and not just look at the picture?,
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at May 21, 2015 11:52 PM (K5/vW)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 21, 2015 11:53 PM (kCLGY)
Only five minutes left - who's doing a birthday shot with me???
Posted by: chi's sandwIch (previously shredded chi) at May 21, 2015 11:53 PM (kCH76)
Posted by: I'm a drinker, not a thinker at May 21, 2015 11:53 PM (D0Tns)
A thought: Invest in lint rollers if hugging ewoks?
♥
Goooood evening, morons and moronettes of spades
Adding -ettes is sexist. SJW's discuss. Even better: Disqus.
♥
Speaking of Turing, Milady and I are about half-way through watching Ex Machina. Don't know where it's going, but it's intriguing. The main character is not stupid, yay. Everything absolutely everything is suspect. Hope it pays off. But we have to do that old people thing and go to bed, so, unfinished movie, and just passing through to annoy the ONT before I do.
#1morething, watched Xmen Future Past finally, and I think the Quicksilver scene (you know the one) is the best superheroic film bit I've ever seen. Watched just that scene again the next day. For superspeedster action, nothing in the whole first season of The Flash compares. There. Got that out. Now I can disappear into the time vortex. *vllorrop*
Say g'night, Gracies.
Posted by: mindful webworker - time in a bottle at May 21, 2015 11:53 PM (ACs58)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 21, 2015 11:53 PM (W5DcG)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 21, 2015 11:53 PM (F2IAQ)
Speaking of which how many coexist bumper stickers do you think you could find in Iran?
Posted by: Northernlurker at May 21, 2015 11:53 PM (nlHrF)
Posted by: captain*arizona at May 21, 2015 11:54 PM (lHePF)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at May 21, 2015 11:34 PM (K5/vW)
A salve that is used for horses that supposedly works on humans but smells rather badly.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 21, 2015 11:37 PM (XAFOu)
If it beats ice packs I don't give a shit
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at May 21, 2015 11:39 PM (K5/vW)
Another bit of horse liniment for those prone to boils is ichthammol. It looks and smells like tar and can leave a long-lasting dark stain in your skin....but where the usual recommended "hot wet compresses" takes forever to make modest gains, this old-fashioned "drawing-salve" is wildly more effective. A lot of times, you have to ask for it from a pharmacist because it's not out on the shelves.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 21, 2015 11:54 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at May 21, 2015 11:52 PM (K5/vW)
That's just crazy talk right there.
Posted by: tbodie at May 21, 2015 11:54 PM (EeHjs)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 21, 2015
You can't bust me on no stinking breathalyzer
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at May 21, 2015 11:54 PM (K5/vW)
Greg Gutfeld for sure, also Eric Bolling and Dana Perino.
Posted by: Farmer at May 21, 2015 11:50 PM (o/90i)
I call bullshit, everyone knows bolling cannot read.
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 21, 2015 11:54 PM (kCLGY)
Greg Gutfeld for sure, also Eric Bolling and Dana Perino.
Posted by: Farmer
I agree. I've heard topics as well as comments repeated hours after they appear here.
Posted by: fairweatherbill at May 21, 2015 11:54 PM (xrURQ)
Posted by: Ostral B Heretic at May 21, 2015 11:49 PM (IDo11)
Exactly.
Posted by: Maetenloch at May 21, 2015 11:54 PM (wqVD1)
Posted by: Gingy at May 21, 2015 11:55 PM (WvS3w)
Posted by: dogfish at May 21, 2015 11:55 PM (jWtyG)
Posted by: AltonJackson at May 21, 2015 11:55 PM (KCxzN)
http://annapuna.blogspot.com/2005/12/ramirez-incident.html
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 21, 2015 11:55 PM (Cil7w)
Posted by: Darth Randall at May 21, 2015 11:55 PM (KlVdw)
Posted by: Anna Puma
You really like Sharpo .. Sharply's, Sharmuta's performance?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 21, 2015 11:55 PM (uctT+)
If you could go to alextimes.com and vote "No - let the neighbors build" it would be a big help.
Thanks.
Posted by: Caliswag at May 21, 2015 11:55 PM (s0DHf)
I have been sick as a dog for two weeks with some kind of super flu.
Just thought you'd all be dying to know that.
Also, my daughter gave birth to my first grandkid. I was sick so I just spent the time at the hospital without seeing her. Still haven't!
Maybe next week when I'm better. But that sucks -- baby'll be all grown up by then!
Posted by: JohnnyBoy at May 21, 2015 11:56 PM (KG0mU)
Posted by: dogfish at May 21, 2015 11:56 PM (jWtyG)
Honestly cannot believe that was best picture...but I do love Michael Keaton.
Thoroughly enjoyed Imitation Game. Did you see a Most Violent Year? That was a surprise hit for me. Pretty much unknown actors w a really great story and just well done and thankfully not Hollywood usual crap.
Posted by: keena at May 21, 2015 11:56 PM (6URWP)
Posted by: cthulhu at May 21, 2015 11:56 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at May 21, 2015 11:56 PM (Gosad)
Posted by: I'm a drinker, not a thinker at May 21, 2015 11:56 PM (D0Tns)
158 Crap!
Only five minutes left - who's doing a birthday shot with me???
Posted by: chi's sandwIch (previously shredded chi) at May 21, 2015 11:53 PM (kCH76)
Prost
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at May 21, 2015 11:57 PM (K5/vW)
First time that I had to have a beloved animal companion euthanized, someone came up to me afterward and put a friendly supportive hand on my shoulder and told me it would stop hurting eventually.
I don't know how long "eventually" is, but it hasn't happened yet.
Posted by: torquewrench at May 21, 2015 11:57 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 21, 2015 11:57 PM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at May 21, 2015 11:57 PM (AVEe1)
And just to get things weird ... out in the PRC boonies, if a son dies before marriage ... they find a mentally retarded woman ... from a different village hopefully ... and they spirit wedding them ... after they kill her ...
Posted by: Adriane the All Cultures are Equal Critic ... at May 21, 2015 11:58 PM (nSOh+)
Posted by: Gingy at May 21, 2015 11:58 PM (WvS3w)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at May 21, 2015 11:58 PM (K5/vW)
Posted by: Maetenloch at May 21, 2015 11:46 PM
Yep... and let's face it- Bill Paxton always adds a star to a film's rating. Cruise does do douche so well and it was a redemtion story that worked for the story. Cruise is an underrated actor. Hopefully he'll pick more roles that showcase his abilities as he gets older. He's done a fair amount of dross and/or ho-hum flicks, but there's enough good roles in good movies over the years to make me appreciate what he's capable of.
Posted by: otho at May 21, 2015 11:58 PM (tBSrv)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 21, 2015 11:59 PM (Cil7w)
Only five minutes left - who's doing a birthday shot with me???
Posted by: chi's sandwIch (previously shredded chi) at May 21, 2015 11:53 PM
Am I late? Saluda!
Posted by: Farmer at May 21, 2015 11:59 PM (o/90i)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at May 21, 2015 11:59 PM (AVEe1)
Trust me on this, after a while you'll see a pic and, while still missing that pup, you'll look back and remember that special connection and remember with a smile.
Posted by: teej at May 21, 2015 11:59 PM (qyZxC)
DMSO is a excellent solvent that can also easily enter the blood stream through skin. Which can be bad if it happens to carry a contaminant along with it. But I don't think it has any intrinsic benefits on its own despite this being a folk belief since at least the 70s.
Posted by: Maetenloch at May 22, 2015 12:00 AM (wqVD1)
This may be the first mention of Ace, but someone on his staff or him is trackin Ace daily based on some of Rushes topics....
Posted by: I'm a drinker, not a thinker at May 21, 2015 11:40 PM (D0Tns)
Rush has mentioned ace before. He usually gets the website wrong.
Posted by: buzzion at May 22, 2015 12:00 AM (zt+N6)
http://annapuna.blogspot.com/2007/01/now-this-is-sick.html
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 22, 2015 12:00 AM (Cil7w)
a conviction. He then lost his job, his security clearance, ability to
travel to US or other countries to seek employment. Dont remember if
the film portrayed his death as a suicide or an accident.
So, yeah, it was a big deal.
Posted by: Bruce But Not Jenner at May 21, 2015 11:46 PM (iQIUe)
The prosecution occurred in 1952, seven years after the war had ended. So, at the time, no big deal. Perhaps he thought that the latitude he was granted in wartime was going to stick to him for life. Or maybe he just didn't care. Who knows?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 22, 2015 12:01 AM (M57sC)
You're suppose to read and not just look at the picture?,
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Must have been mentioned in one of the photo captions.
Yeah, that's the ticket.
*cough*
Posted by: junior at May 22, 2015 12:01 AM (rdoKr)
His writing is unique and original and he literally has no competition in this area.
The only writers who could approach him were Steven Den Beste when he was writing and Chuckles before he went insane.
Posted by: Kreplach at May 22, 2015 12:01 AM (dvoaF)
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at May 22, 2015 12:01 AM (Gosad)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 22, 2015 12:02 AM (kCLGY)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 22, 2015 12:02 AM (Cil7w)
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Pretty much...
iirc, India might have similar problems, though not as pronounced and not because of government policy (quite the opposite, in fact).
Posted by: junior at May 22, 2015 12:02 AM (rdoKr)
And, Maet, thank you for all the ONT's I have read during my wagon train move West. I think I left what is left of my brain or it is in one of the boxes my husband packed like a chimp on acid. I have been lurking from the shadows (sort of like HilCankles but without a Scooby Van or a huma).
Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Redneck Queen at May 22, 2015 12:02 AM (FCPu0)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
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Just one day at a time, man.
How'd he do?
Posted by: chi's sandwIch (previously shredded chi) at May 22, 2015 12:03 AM (oE+xB)
Posted by: I'm a drinker, not a thinker at May 22, 2015 12:03 AM (D0Tns)
Love each other fellow babies.
Posted by: teej at May 22, 2015 12:03 AM (qyZxC)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 22, 2015 12:03 AM (uctT+)
Posted by: Null at May 21, 2015 11:27 PM (xjpRj)
Ah... Clem.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2015 12:04 AM (t//F+)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 22, 2015 12:04 AM (F2IAQ)
Speaking of Tom Cruise, read a good piece on Lola FX.
Lola is a VFX company that stayed secret for a long time cause of what they do.
What Lola specializes is plastic surgery VFX. Like giving the leading man a sixpack or the jawline of a 25 year old.
Lola came out of the closet when they did the Skinny Steve in Captain America.
They're like Photoshop for Movies -- keeping the stars young and robust looking.
Posted by: Costanza Defense at May 22, 2015 12:04 AM (ZPrif)
202 Chi! Happy birthday! Sadly, my contract forbids alcohol within 8 hours of scheduled shift start or I'd raise one for you.
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at May 22, 2015 12:01 AM (Gosad)
DMSO gin & tonic & your elbow
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at May 22, 2015 12:04 AM (K5/vW)
http://annapuna.blogspot.com/2005/12/ramirez-incident.html
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD)
Well I think if you have cancer, are on oxygen, and have to be defibrillated you are pretty well f#cked. From a practical standpoint, after reading that I would refrain from pissing on an electric fence...which is always good advice.
Posted by: fairweatherbill at May 22, 2015 12:05 AM (xrURQ)
Louis CK had a point - pedos just cannot help themselves.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at May 22, 2015 12:05 AM (AVEe1)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at May 22, 2015 12:07 AM (C1gb4)
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at May 22, 2015 12:07 AM (Gosad)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian
A bit redundant when long bows are available.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 22, 2015 12:08 AM (uctT+)
It's been 42 years, and sometimes I feel a weight at the end of the bed.
Posted by: Fox2! at May 22, 2015 12:08 AM (brIR5)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 22, 2015 12:08 AM (kCLGY)
Posted by: Dan SAvage at May 22, 2015 12:08 AM (D0Tns)
Posted by: Thunderb, the things I have seen at May 22, 2015 12:08 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Conservative
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I enjoy a nice Scotch as much as the next man, but there are limits.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 22, 2015 12:09 AM (eeTCA)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2015 12:09 AM (t//F+)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 22, 2015 12:09 AM (Cil7w)
Posted by: Conservative
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I enjoy a nice Scotch as much as the next man, but there are limits.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 22, 2015 12:09 AM (eeTCA)
if you are irish a scotch could be the next man.
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 22, 2015 12:10 AM (kCLGY)
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at May 22, 2015 12:10 AM (Gosad)
Posted by: Costanza Defense at May 22, 2015 12:10 AM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at May 22, 2015 12:07 AM (
I did not know this. The things I learn here
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at May 22, 2015 12:10 AM (K5/vW)
I've a longtime fan of All That Jazz (one of the most underrated movies of all time - Roy Scheider should have gotten an Oscar for it) and yeah there's a lot of ATJ in Birdman. But I think there's enough differences between the two that Birdman can be enjoyed on its own without viewing it as just a modern copy of ATJ.
Posted by: Maetenloch at May 22, 2015 12:11 AM (wqVD1)
Posted by: kbdabear at May 22, 2015 12:11 AM (GrXXa)
Posted by: Dan SAvage at May 22, 2015 12:11 AM (D0Tns)
Posted by: Dave S. at May 22, 2015 12:11 AM (mhkbv)
Birdman was the dumbest piece of non-entertaining trash I've seen in a long time. They really just phoned it in and pretended to be hip and tell us how tortured and pitiful all those heroic actors are. Don't even watch this if it's free
Imitation game was very good, I actually thought the gay thing played very little into the movie until the very end, and they close the movie with on screen text about gays in the 40s or something leaving it feeling like one of those humane society infomercials, except it felt wholly out of place and an abrupt zigzag away from the whole rest of the movie
Posted by: hookedonteledildonics at May 22, 2015 12:12 AM (uKs7A)
Speaking of which how many coexist bumper stickers do you think you could find in Iran?
Posted by: Northernlurker at May 21, 2015 11:53 PM (nlHrF)
They would only have the C. The rest would be cut off.
Posted by: rickl at May 22, 2015 12:12 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 22, 2015 12:09 AM (Cil7w)
Once I was El Presidente of Vuvuzuela! Now, not so much.
Posted by: zombie Chavez at May 22, 2015 12:13 AM (M57sC)
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at May 22, 2015 12:14 AM (Gosad)
what's up with that?
Posted by: chi's sandwIch (previously shredded chi) at May 22, 2015 12:14 AM (oE+xB)
Posted by: keena at May 22, 2015 12:14 AM (6URWP)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 22, 2015 12:15 AM (kCLGY)
what's up with that?
fuckin on Valentines day or the 4th of July?
Posted by: I'm a drinker, not a thinker at May 22, 2015 12:15 AM (D0Tns)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 22, 2015 12:15 AM (W5DcG)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 22, 2015 12:16 AM (Cil7w)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/601462968765657088
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/601463100215136256
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/601463502318874626
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/601463634984742912
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/601470630173626368
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/601470906100101120
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/601471181678489601
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/601529776348614656
Posted by: kbdabear at May 22, 2015 12:16 AM (GrXXa)
Birdman I saw in theaters, and it's pure Hollywood conceit. Nobody buys that Michael Keaton threw it all away, because he wouldn't compromise his artistic integrity to make ANOTHER Tim Burton film. That's what the Batman franchise was back then. George Clooney never made another, and he got rich. Val Kilmer got fat and disappeared, too. What are you gonna do?
The Imitation Game took someone very complicated and turned them into a one dimensional gay martyr. I loved Cryptonomicon. I loved Turing Machine. I became irritated by this movie by the end of it where I was shouting at the epilogue.
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at May 22, 2015 12:17 AM (nCKKS)
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at May 22, 2015 12:14 AM (Gosad)
I think I read somewhere about a girl getting a manslaughter sentence for giving her guy an enema, at his request with one or two bottle of wine.
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 22, 2015 12:17 AM (kCLGY)
May falls just under 9 months away from unofficial end of summer.
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at May 22, 2015 12:17 AM (Gosad)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at May 22, 2015 12:18 AM (K5/vW)
Posted by: otho at May 22, 2015 12:18 AM (tBSrv)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 22, 2015 12:19 AM (kCLGY)
Posted by: keena at May 22, 2015 12:19 AM (6URWP)
Posted by: Adriane the Movie Critic ... at May 22, 2015 12:19 AM (nSOh+)
Posted by: Thunderb, the things I have seen at May 22, 2015 12:19 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Darth Randall at May 21, 2015 11:55 PM (KlVdw)
Yep. Leftists just can't help projecting. They do it constantly.
Posted by: rickl at May 22, 2015 12:19 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: AltonJackson at May 22, 2015 12:20 AM (KCxzN)
Posted by: I'm a drinker, not a thinker at May 22, 2015 12:21 AM (D0Tns)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at May 22, 2015 12:21 AM (AVEe1)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 22, 2015 12:22 AM (Cil7w)
I wouldn't advise that at all. DMSO passes right thru your skin, and can carry any impurities or things on your skin along for the ride.
Oh, and it will give you garlic smelling breath too.
Posted by: GnuBreed at May 22, 2015 12:22 AM (bo7G7)
Posted by: keena at May 22, 2015 12:22 AM (6URWP)
Posted by: Thunderb, the things I have seen at May 22, 2015 12:19 AM (zOTsN)
really fucks up your gerbils.
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 22, 2015 12:22 AM (kCLGY)
Hey buddy, buy me a drink and I can tell you some stories...
Posted by: Steve Kroft at May 22, 2015 12:24 AM (6URWP)
Anna, the article I read mentioned handicapped women, only because with the girl children all killed pre-birth, any non-handicapped woman's family could get a better price as a "real" bride.
Bride kidnappings & 1 wife for related men {many families out in the boonies don't fall under the 1 child policy & many that do simply don't send the 2nd sons to school - straight to the fields} are making a comeback as well.
Posted by: Adriane the All Cultures are Equal Critic ... at May 22, 2015 12:25 AM (nSOh+)
Posted by: zombie Chavez at May 22, 2015 12:25 AM (M57sC)
Posted by: keena at May 22, 2015 12:19 AM
Yeah, "All That Jazz" had some heavy competition that year... 1979 was a bloody terrific year for movies. "Alien", "Being There", "Mad Max" just to name a few. But what gets the Oscars slobbering? "Kramer v Kramer"? Oh, fuck off.
Posted by: otho at May 22, 2015 12:25 AM (tBSrv)
You know what else gives you garlic breath, garlic.
Posted by: fairweatherbill at May 22, 2015 12:26 AM (FviSe)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian
A bit redundant when long bows are available.
I think Ace covered this 'topic' a while ago.
"hot new trend" equals a writer finding one friend that does some stupid shit that won't ever be a 'thing' outside of the purposes of the article.
#NYCdelaendaest
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 22, 2015 12:26 AM (uctT+)
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) (T) at May 22, 2015 12:26 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Thunderb, the things I have seen at May 22, 2015 12:27 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: I'm a drinker, not a thinker at May 22, 2015 12:21 AM (D0Tns)
are you drinking yards.
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 22, 2015 12:27 AM (kCLGY)
Posted by: Thunderb
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He was just turning his life around.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 22, 2015 12:27 AM (F2IAQ)
If only Sad Puppies did movies ...
: -))
Posted by: Adriane the Movie Critic ... at May 22, 2015 12:27 AM (nSOh+)
And this was one of the major plot lines in Neal Stephenson's Diamond Age. The Mouse Army.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 22, 2015 12:28 AM (Cil7w)
-Posted by: Thunderb, the things I have seen at May 22, 2015 12:27 AM (zOTsN)
Is it just me, or has DNA testing become faster than an internet search?
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) (T) at May 22, 2015 12:28 AM (OQ9R7)
Back in the 1950s, before there were any satellites, Cape Canaveral was a missile test site for the military. Many different types were tested, with varying degrees of success. One was an early cruise missile called the Snark. So many of them crashed shortly after takeoff that the area of the Atlantic near the Cape was called "Snark-infested waters".
Posted by: rickl at May 22, 2015 12:28 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Adriane the Crime Critic ... at May 22, 2015 12:29 AM (nSOh+)
Let this be a lesson, always eat your pizza crust.
Posted by: Garrett at May 22, 2015 12:29 AM (CnmVh)
Posted by: Adriane the Movie Critic ... at May 22, 2015 12:27 AM
LOL. That Meryl Streep. She's such a phoney.
Posted by: otho at May 22, 2015 12:29 AM (tBSrv)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 22, 2015 12:26 AM (uctT+)
Yep. Some dumbass writer in New York or Los Angeles discovers the next new trend "sweeping the nation," and you never hear about it again outside of that one article they wrote about the dumbasses in New York or Los Angeles doing it.
Posted by: buzzion at May 22, 2015 12:29 AM (zt+N6)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 22, 2015 12:30 AM (M57sC)
Posted by: Thunderb, the things I have seen at May 22, 2015 12:30 AM (zOTsN)
-Posted by: Garrett at May 22, 2015 12:29 AM (CnmVh)
...right?!?
Those who don't are buying the wrong pizza.
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) (T) at May 22, 2015 12:30 AM (OQ9R7)
Sadly, the Benghazi 4 were unavailable for comment.
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at May 22, 2015 12:30 AM (Gosad)
Posted by: I'm a drinker, not a thinker at May 22, 2015 12:30 AM (D0Tns)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 22, 2015 12:30 AM (Cil7w)
Posted by: Bill H at May 22, 2015 12:30 AM (Baojj)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 22, 2015 12:31 AM (kCLGY)
Posted by: Garrett at May 22, 2015 12:31 AM (CnmVh)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 22, 2015 12:32 AM (Cil7w)
Posted by: Thunderb, the things I have seen at May 22, 2015 12:32 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 22, 2015 12:27 AM (F2IAQ)
Getting ready for college I heard.
Posted by: cm9000 at May 22, 2015 12:32 AM (8zCR+)
Posted by: Thunderb, the things I have seen at May 22, 2015 12:27 AM (zOTsN)
I wonder how many rounds they expended in not shooting him?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 22, 2015 12:32 AM (M57sC)
True dat.
A man once told me his brother had business in China & saw farmers in the boonies using stick plows. No oxen, no metal blades ... sticks ...
Posted by: Adriane the All Cultures are Equal Critic ... at May 22, 2015 12:33 AM (nSOh+)
-Posted by: I'm a drinker, not a thinker at May 22, 2015 12:30 AM (D0Tns)
As someone with vast experience in this field of "study"; -- I call bullshit.
*throws flag*
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) (T) at May 22, 2015 12:33 AM (OQ9R7)
Cape Canaveral was a missile test site for the military. Many
different types were tested, with varying degrees of success. One was
an early cruise missile called the Snark. So many of them crashed
shortly after takeoff that the area of the Atlantic near the Cape was
called "Snark-infested waters".
Posted by: rickl at May 22, 2015 12:28 AM (sdi6R)
I remember having a Revell model kit of the Snark. I guess that dates me, eh?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 22, 2015 12:35 AM (M57sC)
Was kind of hoping the Baltimore cops would pick him up for a ride.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at May 22, 2015 12:35 AM (UVfht)
Posted by: Garrett at May 22, 2015 12:31 AM (CnmVh)
Just protecting their clients rights.
Posted by: cm9000 at May 22, 2015 12:35 AM (8zCR+)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 22, 2015 12:27 AM (F2IAQ)
Getting ready for college I heard.
Posted by: cm9000 at May 22, 2015 12:32 AM (8zCR+)
All he had in his hands was a sandwich!!!
Posted by: Adriane the Crime Critic ... at May 22, 2015 12:35 AM (nSOh+)
and even the french after the poles who did all the hard work on
breaking enigma. whatshisnameturing was some pantywaist nancy boy lime
who showed up halfway through .
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 22, 2015 12:02 AM (kCLGY)
There were several elements in breaking ENIGMA. The Poles had a mechanical device they called "the Bombe" after the French term for an ice-cream cake for some reason. It allowed for quick cribbing of ENIGMA messages and some success in breaking the original (4? rotor?) device while being overrun.
Another element was intercepted Italian cyphers that were transmitted in a training drill in the Med, from an Italian version. On analysis it was found that one letter was missing from an extremely long coded transmission, and it was figured that the operator was lazy and hit one key repeatedly. From that they figured something of the progression of the rotors and the cyphering and realized that no letter could be ciphered as itself, and this is a chink in the decryption.
The Poles fled to France and from there to England.
Other elements helped including capturing a German naval version that had a different rotor assembly, it had two half rotors in place of one of the 4 rotors in the original Army version.
However, as the war went on and the Germans became aware that it was possible to decipher ENIGMA they began changing codes more frequently.
The ENIGMA is an interesting idea of cyphering. It has 4 or 5 rotors and a plug-board like an old telephone operator's board. The coding depended on which series of rotors and which arrangement of plugs were used. As each letter of a message was entered it would also rotate a rotor in a planned manner changing connections to light up different letters each time. The receiving ENIGMA would copy that movement for each letter received when the coded message was entered into the receiving machine.
It was broken by a lot of hard work, insight, capturing equipment and skull sweat. Although Turing took a lot of credit to himself, he did do marvelous things that I could not touch, so if he was an insufferable bugger, well, he was useful.
(The story of breaking Japanese Purple is even more interesting)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2015 12:36 AM (t//F+)
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) (T) at May 22, 2015 12:33 AM (OQ9R7)
whut? to many or too few ounces for da' beer goggles?
Posted by: I'm a drinker, not a thinker at May 22, 2015 12:36 AM (D0Tns)
Posted by: Garrett at May 22, 2015 12:36 AM (CnmVh)
He has a girlfriend who will lie for him. That is insane.
He is from Guyana
Posted by: Thunderb, the things I have seen at May 22, 2015 12:37 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at May 22, 2015 12:37 AM (Gosad)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 22, 2015 12:37 AM (Cil7w)
Posted by: Garrett at May 22, 2015 12:36 AM (CnmVh)
Doggeh gets the pizza bones.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 22, 2015 12:38 AM (M57sC)
Posted by: Garrett at May 22, 2015 12:31 AM (CnmVh)
____________
Until you need one.
Posted by: HUCK / AKIN 2016 at May 22, 2015 12:38 AM (0LHZx)
Was kind of hoping the Baltimore cops would pick him up for a ride.
Posted by: Blanc
you are sorry, I am sorry he was arrested at all. I was hoping for bagged and tagged.
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 22, 2015 12:38 AM (kCLGY)
Posted by: Alberta
--------------
I had a Revell Nike launcher.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 22, 2015 12:39 AM (F2IAQ)
Cheesy Sci-Fi Flick
Oren Peli was the guy we all can fault for the success for reviving the 'shakey cam/ found video'horror genre after directing Paranormal Activity.
I hate trope fueled crapfests like the next moron and rote-by-numbers exercises in any genre, but this one is at least original in effort.
The premise is tissue thin, and the title evaporates it to its sloppy essence. What if you and your millenial cohorts believed you could breach the confines of the post-modern fairy world of 'Area 51.'
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 22, 2015 12:39 AM (uctT+)
http://tinyurl.com/m683qlo
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 22, 2015 12:37 AM (Cil7w)
Hey! I found a NIB Reggie Jackson Avanti kit. I wonder what that is worth now?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 22, 2015 12:41 AM (M57sC)
-Posted by: cm9000 at May 22, 2015 12:35 AM (8zCR+)
Whether you were being sarcastic or not, you are quite correct. The problem with that guy, (in particular), is that he didn't come across as anything more than an angry, defensive, over-protective, thou-dost-protest-too-much ass.
Quality attorneys are steady and skilled in the art of P.R.
This guy was horrible... lol.
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) (T) at May 22, 2015 12:41 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Garrett at May 22, 2015 12:41 AM (CnmVh)
Howdy, y'all!!!
Posted by: cthulhu at May 21, 2015 11:36 PM
Howdy. Hope your identity theft is getting resolved. Was going to
email you but the whole situation sounded creepy and I didn't want to
put us at risk.
Sounds like it's safe now?
Posted by: Farmer at May 21, 2015 11:44 PM (o/90i)
Er, no.....safer today than yesterday, not as safe as tomorrow, but not exactly what you'd normally call "safe".
Posted by: cthulhu at May 22, 2015 12:41 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Garrett at May 22, 2015 12:36 AM (CnmVh)
heh. it is all discipline. if I want a pizza I order a pizza. if I order a pizza I eat a pizza. never leave a job half finished. if you are gonna torture, rob, and murder while eating a pizza, finish your pizza.
I hope he ordred someting other than pepperoni or sausage cause he is gonna have regular serving of cylinderical meats in his new residence.
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 22, 2015 12:44 AM (kCLGY)
She is willing to risk jail for that. Stunning
Posted by: Thunderb, the things I have seen at May 22, 2015 12:44 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: HUCK / AKIN 2016 at May 22, 2015 12:38 AM (0LHZx)
If I ever need one, I'm doing it wrong.
Posted by: cm9000 at May 22, 2015 12:44 AM (8zCR+)
Posted by: Garrett at May 22, 2015 12:41 AM (CnmVh)
"The Lab test and the cat scans are what cost real money."
Posted by: just the punchline at May 22, 2015 12:45 AM (M57sC)
Posted by: Thunderb, the things I have seen at May 22, 2015 12:44 AM (zOTsN)
Guys on Death Row get marriage offers ...
Posted by: Adriane the Crime Critic ... at May 22, 2015 12:46 AM (nSOh+)
sausage cause he is gonna have regular serving of cylinderical meats in
his new residence.
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 22, 2015 12:44 AM (kCLGY)
Pineapple, one hopes?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 22, 2015 12:46 AM (M57sC)
Posted by: Thunderb, the things I have seen at May 22, 2015 12:47 AM (zOTsN)
It is probably from U-110 that the RN retrieved the true heart of the Kreigsmarine's wolf packs - the Flower Chart. When orders and contact messages were sent via Enigma machines, coordinates taken from the Flower Chart were used instead of actual Lat and Long numbers. So it was a code within a code. And once the RN had the Flower Chart and could reasonably read Enigma traffic, hunter killer teams or patrol bombers could be steered to U-boat concentrations.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 22, 2015 12:48 AM (Cil7w)
Posted by: bernverdnardo at May 22, 2015 12:48 AM (WhfU/)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 22, 2015 12:50 AM (kCLGY)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 22, 2015 12:51 AM (kCLGY)
BTW, here's what my doggeh brought me for my b-day gift this morning:
http://tinypic.com/r/ra9eew/8
(Slight grossness warning for anyone with a weak stomach)
Posted by: chi's sandwIch (previously shredded chi) at May 22, 2015 12:52 AM (WtnIG)
what's up with that?
Posted by: chi's sandwich (previously shredded chi)
That's because I have you assigned to control group 28.
Posted by: A.I. at May 22, 2015 12:53 AM (QP2lF)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 22, 2015 12:53 AM (Cil7w)
-Posted by: I'm a drinker, not a thinker at May 22, 2015 12:36 AM (D0Tns)
Slapweasel's Chart of Chicks vs. Beer:
-Hot, Cool Chick = 0oz.
-Hot, Odd Chick = 12 oz. (1)
-Sweet, Average Chick = 24 oz. (2)
-Sweet, Goofy Chick = 36 oz. (3)
-Hot, Annoying Chick = 84 oz. (7)
-Sweet, Below-Average Chick = 96 oz. (
-Hot Loudmouth = 120 oz. (10) +1 oz. shot
-144 oz. = Talk sweet and don't piss me off in the next ten minutes.
-144 oz. + = ...sometimes shit happens.
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) (T) at May 22, 2015 12:54 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 22, 2015 12:54 AM (kCLGY)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 22, 2015 12:55 AM (uctT+)
Sorry to bring the down to the ONT, but we had to put our 13.5 yr old puppy to sleep. Canine lupus. 4 weeks from diagnosis to....
I miss her terribly.
Fuck.
Posted by: speedster1 on the ipad at May 21, 2015 11:15 PM (1brdf)
Sorry to hear that. My condolences. Had to do the same 2 weeks ago to my 14 y/o puppy also. I can still "see" her in my apt. sometimes.
Posted by: Blano at May 22, 2015 12:55 AM (heN73)
Hey Cooth, I got a kinda cryptic email from your address a couple weeks
ago, basically a one-liner, not at all your usual style--was that you or
not you?
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at May 21, 2015 11:56 PM (Gosad)
Hard to say, but things didn't really get hot until last Wednesday.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 22, 2015 12:55 AM (T1005)
One of the funniest comments I can remember.
Posted by: Garrett at May 22, 2015 12:56 AM (CnmVh)
Posted by: cthulhu at May 22, 2015 12:56 AM (T1005)
Posted by: phoenixgirl in a maui frame of mind at May 22, 2015 12:57 AM (0O7c5)
BTW, here's what my doggeh brought me for my b-day gift this morning:
Wat the hell is that. A rabbit?
Posted by: cm9000 at May 22, 2015 12:57 AM (8zCR+)
One of the funniest comments I can remember.
Posted by: Garrett at May 22, 2015 12:56 AM (CnmVh)
I am glad I was able to be of service. I get a lot of laughs from you and others so
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 22, 2015 12:58 AM (kCLGY)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 22, 2015 12:59 AM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 22, 2015 01:00 AM (uctT+)
For the recent MS double cop killing, the police are arresting anyone remotely involved; last count I think there were 6 or 7 total arrested, though only one did the shooting.
And I have no doubt the shooter is headed for death row. But the others are likely to get lengthy sentences as well.
Posted by: GnuBreed at May 22, 2015 01:01 AM (bo7G7)
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) (T) at May 22, 2015 01:02 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 22, 2015 12:59 AM (F2IAQ)
Spring has been a second Fall here, because AGW.
Posted by: cm9000 at May 22, 2015 01:02 AM (8zCR+)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 22, 2015 01:03 AM (uctT+)
Posted by: otho at May 22, 2015 01:04 AM (tBSrv)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at May 22, 2015 01:05 AM (OsWis)
Truth is bravery anymore. That Overton Window seems a bitch in light of today's "fourth estate".
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) (T) at May 22, 2015 01:06 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) (T) at May 22, 2015 01:07 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at May 22, 2015 01:07 AM (OsWis)
Posted by: cm9000
----------------------------
That is what's left of a possum. Almost as big as the pup.
Posted by: chi's sandwIch (previously shredded chi) at May 22, 2015 01:08 AM (WtnIG)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 22, 2015 01:09 AM (uctT+)
@AdamBaldwin 1md
Obama is a proven, pathological liar.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 22, 2015 01:03 AM (uctT+)
Yes, saying the truth is now an act of bravery that may have repercussions.
Posted by: cm9000 at May 22, 2015 01:11 AM (8zCR+)
Obama is a proven, pathological liar.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 22, 2015 01:03 AM (uctT+)
But the Hillarhoid is totally honest, amirite?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 22, 2015 01:12 AM (M57sC)
-Posted by: otho at May 22, 2015 01:04 AM (tBSrv)
Taking that "Last Ship" job might have been a paycheck decision. I lost interest after trying and trying to let the "goofy shit" --go.
My apologies to those still involved, but I couldn't follow it after they "liberated" Guantanimo.
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) (T) at May 22, 2015 01:12 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) (T) at May 22, 2015 01:12 AM (OQ9R7)
Um, wasn't their liberation of Gitmo saving one soldier and killing all the terrorists still there?
Posted by: buzzion at May 22, 2015 01:14 AM (zt+N6)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 22, 2015 12:59 AM (F2IAQ)
Spring has been a second Fall here, because AGW.
I am enjoying a fire in the fireplace right this second and it will be June in just over a week. Thanks AGW!
Posted by: Weirddave at May 22, 2015 01:14 AM (sqMPm)
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) (T) at May 22, 2015 01:12 AM
Haven't seen that. Haven't seen all his flicks. But, the ones I have, he was outstanding and most importantly... memorable in EVERY role I saw. If I was a producer, he'd be on my speed dial for movies. Particularly for certain roles.
Posted by: otho at May 22, 2015 01:16 AM (tBSrv)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 22, 2015 12:59 AM (F2IAQ)
Spring has been a second Fall here, because AGW.
I am enjoying a fire in the fireplace right this second and it will be June in just over a week. Thanks AGW!
Posted by: Weirddave at May 22, 2015 01:14 AM (sqMPm)
1%! In Comrade Obama's America, you warm fireplace!
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at May 22, 2015 01:17 AM (Gosad)
-Posted by: buzzion at May 22, 2015 01:14 AM (zt+N6)
Yes. (The whole episode was odd.) Then they did a "radar-thing" to avoid a Russian attack in the next episode.
It has been one implausible thing after the next. I chose to suspend disbelief for ten-to-twelve episodes.
It simply got really, really goofy after that.
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) (T) at May 22, 2015 01:19 AM (OQ9R7)
Nothing cool came from there since me & Dad...
Posted by: chi's sandwIch (previously shredded chi) at May 22, 2015 01:22 AM (WtnIG)
In the "what would I do differently, if I were to do it again" department, I will offer these tips:
1. Do not start the floor by putting a milled joint edge against the wall. Use a table saw, and rip about 2" off the first row of planks, and put that cut edge against the wall. Those strips with the milled joint will become invaluable, later.
2. Take the time to make some "kickers", small slabs of plank with a block of hardwood rabbeted and glued to them, so you can lock the kicker onto a joint, and whack on it with a hammer to move the plank into position. Small scraps of plank used as kickers soon get the shit beat out of them, and you can run out.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 22, 2015 01:22 AM (M57sC)
money it wants in taxes, usually before the people who have earned it
see their paychecks"
No. The are just fucking with you and fomenting class envy by making you think they are taxing you, the worker, on the front end.
It is the guy or gal who buys the shit you put your minute or two of labor into that buys the end product that pays the tax.
Tax season you get all pissed off again for the taxes you have to pay, but it is the end retail consumer that is actually paying your gross income, taxes and all.
It would be so much cleaner to pay that tax at the back end, at the cashier, but everyone, EVERYONE, would what know they really do pay.
Sidebar - It is that back end tax domestic goods that makes 'made in china' profitable. Vote for Hillery, s/he/it says she'll eliminate the incentive for business to go offshore.
Posted by: Burnt Toast at May 22, 2015 01:23 AM (NaeCR)
Yea? In Obama mentor Billy Ayers' America, I fuel the ovens.
Posted by: Weirddave at May 22, 2015 01:23 AM (WvS3w)
Thanks, everyone.
BTW, here's what my doggeh brought me for my b-day gift this morning:
http://tinypic.com/r/ra9eew/8
(Slight grossness warning for anyone with a weak stomach)
Posted by: chi's sandwIch (previously shredded chi) at May 22, 2015 12:52 AM (WtnIG)
Looks like the big white one that I sent got him pretty ambitious.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 22, 2015 01:24 AM (T1005)
I'd appreciate a pic or two. I really like cork floors. And there are so many different varieties...
As a lowly contractor, I've laid miles of that kind of flooring. You should still post photos & help out any homeowners here out.
Posted by: chi's sandwIch (previously shredded chi) at May 22, 2015 01:33 AM (WtnIG)
Anyway, be good morons, and stay frosty.
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at May 22, 2015 01:35 AM (Gosad)
Posted by: cm9000 at May 22, 2015 01:39 AM (8zCR+)
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) (T) at May 22, 2015 01:40 AM (OQ9R7)
Do a quick search - cork is durable, comfortable, quiet, beautiful, - basically, the coolest shit around.
Posted by: chi's sandwIch (previously shredded chi) at May 22, 2015 01:44 AM (WtnIG)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at May 22, 2015 01:44 AM (+4uXG)
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) (T) at May 22, 2015 01:46 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 22, 2015 01:46 AM (kCLGY)
Yes, cm9. Bamboo is pretty cool, too.
Do a quick search - cork is durable, comfortable, quiet, beautiful, - basically, the coolest shit around.
Posted by: chi's sandwIch (previously shredded chi) at May 22, 2015 01:44 AM (WtnIG)
I'll check it out, thanks.
Posted by: cm9000 at May 22, 2015 01:47 AM (8zCR+)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 22, 2015 01:47 AM (kCLGY)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at May 22, 2015 01:48 AM (+4uXG)
Posted by: jc at May 22, 2015 01:48 AM (iRJ+A)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at May 22, 2015 01:49 AM (+4uXG)
-Posted by: jc at May 22, 2015 01:48 AM (iRJ+A)
Easy there, Fred. The King's mouth won't move.
Posted by: A Detractor at May 22, 2015 01:50 AM (OQ9R7)
of flooring. You should still post photos help out any homeowners
here out.
Posted by: chi's sandwIch (previously shredded chi) at May 22, 2015 01:33 AM (WtnIG)
Chi, the product I used was very similar to what is pictured below. I bought it at Lowes in Calgary, AB. 12" X 36" planks, 3/8" thick. Core is MDF, top is natural cork with urethane finish, and base is ground cork, very similar to what used to be used under bottle caps. Needs no underlayment.
http://www.fastfloors.com/cork/apc-cork/naturals/aphrodite-natural/
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 22, 2015 01:51 AM (M57sC)
Yeah, not a bad day...
Posted by: chi's sandwIch (previously shredded chi) at May 22, 2015 01:52 AM (WtnIG)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at May 22, 2015 01:59 AM (UVfht)
Also, Political Hat, if you're around, I suspect graduates of this new Master's program will be providing you with blog fodder for years to come: http://tinyurl.com/mds7shr
Posted by: Country Singer at May 22, 2015 01:59 AM (nL0sw)
Posted by: Country Singer at May 22, 2015 02:00 AM (nL0sw)
Posted by: Thor's feather duster at May 22, 2015 02:06 AM (JgC5a)
Posted by: Tyrone Shoelaces at May 22, 2015 02:11 AM (EARfr)
I discovered Cashback a few years ago. A very nice script.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at May 22, 2015 01:49 AM (+4uXG)
That reminds me of a funny part of how I spent my day. Days ago, I had an issue with my bank about how they kept sending announcements to a compromised email account even after they'd been directly told to stop. That lead to the deletion of my email from the main bank screen (the one that the guys inside the bank see), despite it being a "required field".
Anyway, after that point, I became aware that the bank's Rewards program was still sending out "you have XXXX rewards points from your cc that ends with 1234" emails to the compromised email despite it officially having been purged from the underlying cc....which gets a bump up a level of management and even more sympathy for the next problem. I also redeemed all the rewards points in the account (except for
and I'm walkin' around with an extra $95 in my pocket -- woohoo!!!!By the way (having spent a bunch of time with them), has anyone deconstructed the stylized actions that bank employees do? When they call up the line, they always go, "My name is Fred Smith, and I'm a banker", then they squint at their screens and say "Montana, Charlie, Six, Eight, Seven" to the computer on the line, and then they go "escalate". Speech recognition has gotten so good that it probably fools 80% of the people overhearing the human's end of the conversation.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 22, 2015 02:12 AM (T1005)
Posted by: cthulhu at May 22, 2015 02:17 AM (T1005)
"Cyanide and Happiness" is definitely meta, but I don't mind.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at May 22, 2015 02:27 AM (+4uXG)
Posted by: cthulhu at May 22, 2015 02:47 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 22, 2015 02:48 AM (SntwW)
Cashback is an excellent movie worth repeated viewings, in fact certain parts of the movie I have repeatedly viewed, with the pause and rewind button handy.
Posted by: docweasel at May 22, 2015 03:46 AM (0r/VP)
Most women who have at least two brain cells to rub together will wig the fuck out if they find out that their hubbies like slobbing knobs and traveling down the Hershey Highway.
And woe to the motherfucker that brings that AIDS/HIV shit to her domain.
As a woman myself, I would give him 24 hours to evac the AO.
If not...
Posted by: SMFH at it all at May 22, 2015 03:52 AM (OsWis)
Up too early, but can't bring myself to pull on pants yet, so how about some edutainment? Here's the documentary "Synth Britannia" about the bridge between punk and synth pop in '70s England:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/24774589@N04/
I've just started it, so if it stinks, so sorry.
Posted by: All Hail Eris at May 22, 2015 04:07 AM (jR7Wy)
Posted by: All Hail Eris at May 22, 2015 04:08 AM (jR7Wy)
Posted by: Ian Deal at May 22, 2015 05:22 AM (knkQi)
Which is part of why Bisexual Women have less PR problems than Gay Men who reside in closets...
A woman going out with the girls for some strange is less likely to bring the primary relationship back "some gifts" due largely to the carnal biomechanics involved....
sorry glee gang but facts are facts.
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at May 22, 2015 06:19 AM (/4AZU)
The problem from what I've gathered is less the kiss of the moonbat and more raw mendacity.
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at May 22, 2015 06:21 AM (/4AZU)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 22, 2015 06:22 AM (VPLuQ)
Those two simple words say volumes about what matters to him.
Posted by: Gem at May 22, 2015 06:35 AM (c+gwp)
http://tinyurl.com/m946g2j
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2015 06:40 AM (1sJza)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2015 06:42 AM (1sJza)
And Cthulhu's b-day gift. Is that a.... possum?
Posted by: Gem at May 22, 2015 06:44 AM (c+gwp)
I haven't been on an ONT in ages. It's too much to read as far as comments.
I thought that I'd see more comments.
Posted by: Carol at May 22, 2015 06:47 AM (sj3Ax)
Tiny URL of Rush talking about Ace Letterman post from Wednesday. Rush predicted Letterman would fail & Ace remembered it.
He's very flattering to Ace.
Posted by: Carol at May 22, 2015 06:52 AM (sj3Ax)
Posted by: @votermom at May 22, 2015 06:53 AM (cbfNE)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 22, 2015 06:53 AM (GpgJl)
Posted by: @votermom at May 22, 2015 06:55 AM (cbfNE)
I'm glad the movie didn't make it a central point or become preachy
about it.
There's a movie about Turing starring Derek Jacobi.
After about 25 minutes of it, there was a line or two about being a genius and the rest was gay gay gay gay gay.
I shut it off, never went back.
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at May 22, 2015 06:59 AM (oVJmc)
Posted by: mindful webworker - ready to be ready at May 22, 2015 07:02 AM (oBghv)
Posted by: Carol at May 22, 2015 07:02 AM (sj3Ax)
Posted by: Null at May 22, 2015 07:06 AM (xjpRj)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 22, 2015 07:06 AM (GpgJl)
But it just does not feel right
to post an Ode to the Morning
at the end of the Overnight.
Posted by: mindful webworker - un cafe at May 22, 2015 07:08 AM (oBghv)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 22, 2015 07:08 AM (zF6Iw)
Ace gets mentioned on Rush's show, and the place goes to poop.
Morning thread is late.
And I bet nobody has cleaned the Barrel.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 22, 2015 07:09 AM (VPLuQ)
My older brother doesn't want to move to TX because of the recent tornadoes! I'm not looking at anyplace else.
He looked in AZ & decided it sucks, well NM is much worse.
I've kept television off unless it's to entertain me. I don't know if tornadoes were near Hill Country.
I am not moving to NM.
Posted by: Carol at May 22, 2015 07:10 AM (sj3Ax)
Posted by: Carol at May 22, 2015 07:13 AM (sj3Ax)
I am not moving to NM.
Posted by: Carol at May 22, 2015 07:10 AM (sj3Ax)
Tornadoes are more in the panhandle region up near OK.
Show him this map
http://bit.ly/1n0Gz7H
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 22, 2015 07:13 AM (GpgJl)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 22, 2015 07:15 AM (GpgJl)
Texas is a big place, and the twisters trend towards the panhandle...
Move down to Galveston...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galveston,_Texas
Nice beaches, spring break madness and low tornado risk...
yes you may eat a hurricane but thanks to the 1900 one they take prep seriously.
http://tinyurl.com/lduq9sf
Galveston Twister Risk
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at May 22, 2015 07:16 AM (/4AZU)
Posted by: Carol at May 22, 2015 07:16 AM (sj3Ax)
"
Most of us Lurkers or semi Lurkers have went back to mostly Lurking lately.
I expect it will remain that way for some time.
Posted by: Luap Nor's last brain cell at May 22, 2015 07:16 AM (GoyxN)
The Cobs and Ewok-6 are in afterglow...
I guess the debate on whether Limbaugh has his staff lurk here is settled.
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at May 22, 2015 07:17 AM (/4AZU)
Morning, Carol. I live in twister country, and let me tell you, the threat is overblown. Not that it will make any difference to your brother, but that's pretty silly. You're probably in much more significant danger from drunken illegal invader drivers. Everywhere.
Take the entire area of Texas, mark the tornado paths on it, where serious damage has been done, and per square foot, you're probably safer anywhere in Texas than on a hurricane coast. But such thinking is likely to dissuade your brother's fears, since thinking and fear often tend to be exclusive mental departments.
I would not move to a trailer home on a hilltop in the middle of a wide-open prairie.
Posted by: mindful webworker - un cafe at May 22, 2015 07:17 AM (oBghv)
Good Morning Morons. Today is Friday, May 22, 2015. On this day in 1964 LBJ announced his Great Society social reforms to bring an end to poverty and racial injustice in America. We still have poverty and always will regardless of what the socialist government does. Indeed, when you subsidize poverty you create more of it. This was a simple ploy to buy black votes for the Democrats and it worked. It is very easy to grow a FSA. As for racial injustice, that had largely disappeared for blacks by 1964. Now we still have it but it is largely against white males.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 22, 2015 07:18 AM (GpgJl)
and some of us non-lurkers are experimenting in lurking.
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at May 22, 2015 07:18 AM (/4AZU)
http://fxn.ws/1HxJ4pI
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 22, 2015 07:18 AM (GpgJl)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 22, 2015 07:18 AM (GpgJl)
http://fxn.ws/1FGKUqQ
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 22, 2015 07:19 AM (GpgJl)
http://bit.ly/1Em65XQ
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 22, 2015 07:19 AM (GpgJl)
I had always thought that someone from there at least periodically perused the blog.
The little furry guy has more of a following then he thinks he has.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 22, 2015 07:19 AM (VPLuQ)
http://fxn.ws/1Q0zFsX
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 22, 2015 07:19 AM (GpgJl)
Note to self: put a trailer on top of the tallest point on a prairie....
let nature take its course.
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at May 22, 2015 07:19 AM (/4AZU)
http://fxn.ws/1F1lLAH
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 22, 2015 07:19 AM (GpgJl)
http://fxn.ws/1AiVPor
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 22, 2015 07:19 AM (GpgJl)
http://fxn.ws/1ekaxS2
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 22, 2015 07:20 AM (GpgJl)
http://fxn.ws/1JFI9pp
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 22, 2015 07:20 AM (GpgJl)
I suppose there will some expectations of productivity..
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 22, 2015 07:20 AM (kS9UV)
http://aol.it/1ISD3Wg
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 22, 2015 07:20 AM (GpgJl)
"Chimps with mini-guns"...
whatever I'm a lot more concerned with the destruction of today than how yesterday got here.
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at May 22, 2015 07:20 AM (/4AZU)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 22, 2015 07:20 AM (GpgJl)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 22, 2015 07:21 AM (GpgJl)
Time for that 2nd cup of coffee already.
Posted by: mindful webworker - un cafe so far at May 22, 2015 07:21 AM (oBghv)
http://on.wsj.com/1IStkiI
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 22, 2015 07:21 AM (GpgJl)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 22, 2015 07:21 AM (GpgJl)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 22, 2015 07:21 AM (GpgJl)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 22, 2015 07:22 AM (GpgJl)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 22, 2015 07:22 AM (GpgJl)
Posted by: Carol at May 22, 2015 07:22 AM (sj3Ax)
Quite, add in the commentariat and he has a much bigger impact than he thinks....
if only like Hillary! he could monetize it.
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at May 22, 2015 07:22 AM (/4AZU)
http://bit.ly/1PyRAMp
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 22, 2015 07:22 AM (GpgJl)
http://bit.ly/1FEi4qV
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 22, 2015 07:22 AM (GpgJl)
http://bit.ly/1SiQO4S
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 22, 2015 07:22 AM (GpgJl)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 22, 2015 07:23 AM (GpgJl)
http://bit.ly/1FH4LGp
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 22, 2015 07:23 AM (GpgJl)
http://washex.am/1FrEqZK
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 22, 2015 07:23 AM (GpgJl)
http://dailysign.al/1Aj0Du2
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 22, 2015 07:23 AM (GpgJl)
http://dailysign.al/1KogPNZ
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 22, 2015 07:24 AM (GpgJl)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 22, 2015 07:24 AM (GpgJl)
http://bit.ly/1HyLTcW
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 22, 2015 07:24 AM (GpgJl)
http://fxn.ws/1F50bw1
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 22, 2015 07:24 AM (GpgJl)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 22, 2015 07:25 AM (GpgJl)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 22, 2015 07:25 AM (GpgJl)
I have local news on & it's supposed to be in 30s tomorrow. We had two extremely hot days, in 90s & too hot suddenly. Now it's back to being very cold for May, never mind late May.
Posted by: Carol at May 22, 2015 07:25 AM (sj3Ax)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2015 07:27 AM (1sJza)
It's chronic spontaneous climate disruption...
aka "weather"
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at May 22, 2015 07:27 AM (/4AZU)
The only thing that Zip got wrong was the comment about a large crown forming and getting ugly.
I watched the live segment, and everyone from the Police, to Paramedics, to the community members were aware that they were watching another flop and drop show.
For the most part, an absolute lack of interest by anyone in his little street performance.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 22, 2015 07:29 AM (VPLuQ)
I'm sure it's both Lizzy Warren fighting against TFG & Baker is republican & RINO. He's playing politics because of both.
Posted by: Carol at May 22, 2015 07:30 AM (sj3Ax)
Vic,
I have local news on it's supposed to be in 30s tomorrow. We
had two extremely hot days, in 90s too hot suddenly. Now it's back
to being very cold for May, never mind late May.
Posted by: Carol at May 22, 2015 07:25 AM (sj3Ax)
More of that global warming.
As to your brother not wanting to move to TX. I would bet he really doesn't want to move anywhere. He is set in his ways.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 22, 2015 07:30 AM (GpgJl)
Then I get to here how this is the hottest may on record...
Posted by: typo dynamofo at May 22, 2015 07:31 AM (i7JE3)
The Navy isn't doing this on their own. They can only do this with the approval of the President. The Chinese complains to the State Department, who takes the complaint to the President, who make the decision to continue the overflights. Then the Chinese get to decide if they are going to shoot down the overflights. At that point, the President of the United States decides something something, and we're at war either declared or undeclared.
Meanwhile there is a war of words between Iran and Israel. Israel said (more or less) if Hezbollah puts missiles in people's homes, they (Israel) will attack the missile launchers which will mean that civilians will be hurt. Iran says that if Israel attacks civilians then Iran has 80,000 missiles ready to launch against Israel.
Posted by: Old Man Dester Giggens at May 22, 2015 07:31 AM (yq6to)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 22, 2015 07:32 AM (GpgJl)
He wanted to move when he had to remove most of the snow. He's got bad right shoulder & knee & now left shoulder is starting to bother him.
He's 10 1/2 years older than I am. My best friend lives with me now & will until 2021. He always told me to get him to move in with me if anything ever happened to him. I think he's also thinking about leaving me because of age, alone.
Posted by: Carol at May 22, 2015 07:35 AM (sj3Ax)
Raw vegetables? EEeewww.
I thought vegetables were "beef stew helper."
Posted by: mindful webworker - dos cafe, do I hear tres? at May 22, 2015 07:36 AM (oBghv)
I'm well read on Turing, and everything I've read indicates that he had a strong personality and was a true leader - very much not portrayed here.
Moreover, Joan Clarke openly admits that she knew Turing was gay and that their marriage would largely be without sex - but she wanted to marry him anyway. And her parents at no time "demanded" that she return home to get married. The whole sub-plot of him being "forced" to marry her is unmitigated bullshit, meant to create tension around his homosexuality - tension that simply did not exist.
Lastly, it would have been nice to recognize that thousands of people were working to break enigma, led by Turing. He was a leader, not the gay version of "The Professor" from Gilligan's island.
Mention his homosexuality? Sure.
But even his death, which in the movie is attributed to him being embarrassed about being jailed for being gay (which, indeed, was a travesty), might very well have been murder. Turing was a walking encyclopedia of what were then top-secrets. He knew as much about encryption as anyone, and he would have been a huge target, asset, and/or liability.
He died years after his arrest, and years after his "treatment" (which was ghastly) ended. It would have been nice to have expounded a bit on "maybe someone wanted him dead?" It's a legitimate, and fascinating, question.
Dreadful film, twisting the truth IMHO.
Posted by: RobM1981 at May 22, 2015 07:37 AM (zurJC)
On the one hand, it's Hollywood. On the other hand, it's Hollywood. On the gripping hand the entertainment industry has been taken over by activists who have an agenda to advance.
Posted by: Old Man Dester Giggens at May 22, 2015 07:41 AM (yq6to)
It's 56 degrees here now in Boston area.
I lost some roses, quite a few to winter. Had to cut several climbers to below ankle level. I've never had to do that, now some that survived winter & we're starting to put out new growth have turned black. If winter didn't do them in, it was spring!
last summer we had one heat wave, after Labor Day. Many days last summer I was outside wearing a light sweatshirt.
Yesterday I started with sweatshirt & had to put on Sherpa lined jacket after 5:30 because it got cold out.
Posted by: Carol at May 22, 2015 07:46 AM (sj3Ax)
Posted by: no good deed at May 22, 2015 07:48 AM (GgxVX)
I call BS on two of the stories posted by Vic:
The stone tools - The story links to some pictures of the find - rocks sticking out of a stratum. Below those pics is one of a genuine Oldowan hand axe. But the ones hanging out of the soil were just rocks.
The mosquito story - The story was done by Orkin and only lists the top five. I guess you have to watch the video for the other 15. Anyways, if some place in Alaska isn't in the top five the list is bogus. Orkin was probably trying to drum up business in the areas they listed.
Posted by: Ed Anger at May 22, 2015 07:50 AM (RcpcZ)
The REPUBLICAN Senate thanks the Military by destroying the Military Commissary System. And we helped get those cock suckers elected?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 22, 2015 07:50 AM (rDqRv)
Posted by: mindful webworker - tres! tres cafe! mwah hahahaha at May 22, 2015 07:51 AM (oBghv)
Posted by: Ed Anger at May 22, 2015 07:51 AM (RcpcZ)
Well at least he is a Republican, for what ever that means
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 22, 2015 07:52 AM (rDqRv)
That was my thought, Ed, but look again. There is a link to the full Orkin list.
Posted by: mindful webworker - we hates bloodsuckers! at May 22, 2015 07:52 AM (oBghv)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 22, 2015 07:52 AM (GpgJl)
Thank you.
I really liked Hill Country in Texas. I don't want to live in Galveston
I'll email brother Vic tornado map & Sven hurricane map. Also tell him what you wrote Mindful Webworker.
Thank you!
Posted by: Carol at May 22, 2015 07:53 AM (sj3Ax)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 22, 2015 07:54 AM (rDqRv)
Good morning, fellow rape-shifters.
Really liked "Imitation Game." Thought they would be playing up the homo angle all through the picture but it was kept to a minimum, and it was part of the real story.
Loved "Birdman" SPOILER ALERT - -
You have been warned.
(you all realize that the entire movie is a flashback of Keaton's character's life at the moment he commits suicide?"
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 22, 2015 07:54 AM (St6BJ)
On this date in 1925, the director Fritz Lang began filming Metropolis, so here's a picture of the female lead, Brigitte Helm:
http://goo.gl/A5nekU
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 22, 2015 07:54 AM (zF6Iw)
Horrible movie, Lifetime movie of the week bad. He named his machine after his dead first love? Good freak'n grief, I damn near blew chow.
Posted by: lowandslow at May 22, 2015 07:56 AM (dItuC)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 22, 2015 07:54 AM (zF6Iw)
I just squirted 3-in-1 Oil . . .
Hey! Porn flick with Helm and the Oz Tinman!!!!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 22, 2015 07:56 AM (St6BJ)
I quit the AODHQ DD out of disgust for the republican Majority & how they've ceded power to zero!!
Posted by: Carol at May 22, 2015 07:57 AM (sj3Ax)
By the way, although it's a Weinstein film (the new Bad News Jews), "Woman In Gold" is a must see IMHO.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 22, 2015 07:57 AM (St6BJ)
Posted by: Old Man Dester Giggens at May 22, 2015 07:57 AM (yq6to)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 22, 2015 07:59 AM (GpgJl)
If Obama was FDR, he would have negotiated a peace with Hitler, allowing him to keep all of France AND we would have shipped back Einstein, Hans Bethe and 500 lbs of plutonium.
What am I saying, he would have surrendered to Japan right after Pearl Harbor and blamed it on Captain Cook.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 22, 2015 07:59 AM (St6BJ)
Thanks. I need more coffee to find that link without your help.
But the entire list make the article even more wrong. I've been down south and out west, but nowhere compares to far north for mosquitoes.
Posted by: Ed Anger at May 22, 2015 07:59 AM (RcpcZ)
There was a gang of Polish mathematicians who cracked the math of enigma-breaking, built a prototype code-breaking machine, and got their findings out through France as the world caught fire. They're mentioned, more or less, in every cyphering account, but usually as a sort of them-too footnote. I don't think they get the credit they deserve.
NCR also did important work in high speed euro-de-computing, for Tenth Fleet. USN had a crack crew of human computers, all females except the CO, the luckiest officer in WWII.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at May 22, 2015 08:01 AM (xq1UY)
What we do have are gnats. They get in your eyes, your nose, and they bite. You don't know you have been bitten until you see the blood.
Posted by: Old Man Dester Giggens at May 22, 2015 08:02 AM (yq6to)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 22, 2015 08:03 AM (T9zqB)
I'm sure the AF scrambles interceptors when Alaskan mosquitoes swarm....
Those suckers are BIG. As in "B-52-sized."
Posted by: MrScribbler at May 22, 2015 08:05 AM (P8YHq)
wrong. I've been down south and out west, but nowhere compares to far
north for mosquitoes.
Posted by: Ed Anger at May 22, 2015 07:59 AM (RcpcZ)
And I have lived all over the country, North, East, South, and West and no other region has mosquitoes as bad as the South. In fact, the only place I have ever lived that did not have a mosquito problem was on board the ship 500 miles out to sea. Although, Chicago and upstate NY didn't have a problem I suspect it was more because I was there primarily in the Winter. It is hard for mosquitoes to survive when it is -60F outside. (chill factor in Chicago)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 22, 2015 08:05 AM (GpgJl)
http://bit.ly/worst-skeeters
Posted by: mindful webworker - we hates bloodsuckers! at May 22, 2015 08:05 AM (oBghv)
You know who else was convicted during this period of the brutal repression of teh gayz? Sir John Gielgud. Maybe there's more to Turings conviction then just "being gay".
Posted by: Fleegle at May 22, 2015 08:06 AM (Y/ZZA)
Good Morning, J. J. Sefton.
Did I miss countdown?
Posted by: Carol at May 22, 2015 08:06 AM (sj3Ax)
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 22, 2015 08:07 AM (JO9+V)
Posted by: Fourth Horseman found my saddle at May 22, 2015 08:07 AM (baCne)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 22, 2015 08:08 AM (GpgJl)
Posted by: Old Man Dester Giggens at May 22, 2015 08:02 AM (
**************
The grass always being greener, we're on our 22nd straight day of rain here in Co. Spgs.
Im about to go all Jack Torrance.
Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at May 22, 2015 08:08 AM (yxw0r)
Posted by: Carol at May 22, 2015 08:08 AM (sj3Ax)
Posted by: mindful webworker - clarion at May 22, 2015 08:09 AM (oBghv)
Not to mention, even though the only one of the Big Three we have is poison ivy, there are many fence weeds and pest trees that will give you a little rash or edge-on inflamed cut if you handle them. Vegetation is also red in tooth and claw.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at May 22, 2015 08:10 AM (xq1UY)
Acting against my own rules, I watched Interstellar about half a year ago. It was because it got extremely high IMDB reviews, which is unusual.
And guess what? I was totally duped. Interstellar is easily the worst SF movie of the decade, at least on it's SF elements. Not only did it have uncountable plot holes, the script was so fucking bad they Ex Nihilo-d it from the very beginning. It's so stupid I actually hit my forehead so it hurt.
Interstellar's ending has uncanny resemblance to M. Night Shyamalan's shticks.
Good thing I pirated it. If I actually paid to view this POS I could have never forgiven myself.
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