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Akseli Gallen-Kallela, "Finnish Sunset Over Lake Ruovesi" (c. 1916)

Posted by: rdbrewer at 10:15 AM

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1 Pretty.

Posted by: NCKate at June 22, 2015 10:16 AM (tidfh)

2 Pretty Pic

Posted by: Velvet Ambition greatest thing since before sliced bread at June 22, 2015 10:16 AM (R8hU8)

3 Yay! Rd is back.

Posted by: HH at June 22, 2015 10:16 AM (Qia1Z)

4 Needs tits.

Posted by: Insomniac at June 22, 2015 10:18 AM (2Ojst)

5 Oh great, more scandi propaganda.

Posted by: Draki at June 22, 2015 10:18 AM (0eidE)

6 Barack Obama is a SCOAMT.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Not dead yet at June 22, 2015 10:18 AM (kff5f)

7 I found Waldo!

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Not dead yet at June 22, 2015 10:18 AM (kff5f)

8 A little too cheerful for a Monday. So yes it quite works.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 22, 2015 10:19 AM (F3WrY)

9 "Rainbow Sherbet at Baskin Robbins - 2011"

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at June 22, 2015 10:19 AM (O7MnT)

10 Too yellowy and primitive.

Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at June 22, 2015 10:20 AM (6qR/9)

11 Karl Rove needs more face time on Fox News for his anti-2nd amendment stand. All the republicans need to see him in his glory as a Rino.

Posted by: just saying at June 22, 2015 10:20 AM (wkuqO)

12 How's the fishing?

Posted by: Diogenes at June 22, 2015 10:20 AM (Z9g7j)

13 "Rainbow Sherbet at Baskin Robbins - 2011"
Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at June 22, 2015 10:19 AM

LOL

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 22, 2015 10:21 AM (h4vJk)

14 What a great view from here.

Posted by: The Escaped Convicts at June 22, 2015 10:21 AM (VcOqI)

15 Oh AlextheChick, some art for you...

http://preview.tinyurl.com/opcjf6p

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 22, 2015 10:22 AM (F3WrY)

16 and...that's the last time we'll see the sun for 10 months. It's like living in Indiana. Time for a sow-na and barrels of vodka.

Posted by: A Finn at June 22, 2015 10:22 AM (vgIRn)

17 That sunset doesn't look Finnish-ed.

Ar ar.

Posted by: Citizen X at June 22, 2015 10:22 AM (7ObY1)

18 Yellow water. Who's peeing in the pool?

Posted by: fairweatherbill gatekeeper of pestilence at June 22, 2015 10:22 AM (1eYr7)

19 Yay, art! Cheery and summery looking, too!

Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12 at June 22, 2015 10:23 AM (2l5vw)

20 So Tenthette has a job interview this morning at 10 (CDT). Honestly we're not sure she even wants the job, but I don't want her to pass it up, either- we need the income.

But it would be full time call-center work, which would be considerably less than ideal.

So I'm a bit conflicted.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Not dead yet at June 22, 2015 10:23 AM (kff5f)

21 Rachel Dolezal did a painting just like this one. She calls it "Caucasian Sunset Over Lake Of Our Kind."

Posted by: Fritz at June 22, 2015 10:23 AM (UzPAd)

22 Gorgeous! I think this is the first time I can actually see the picture.

Posted by: Lea at June 22, 2015 10:24 AM (lIU4e)

23 Yes, Akseli does need to finish that sunset.

Posted by: Same hell, different day at June 22, 2015 10:24 AM (j2/uG)

24 Well this is damn awesome.

http://tinyurl.com/oog9c8y

'Those who ignite a fire should be responsible for the cost of suppressing it before it becomes a conflagration,' wrote Senior District Judge Richard P. Matsch about the Brady Campaign when he awarded $203,000 on June 17 to the retailers the organization sued. He was critical of the group for using the court to publicize its political agenda at the expense of a handful of retailers.
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After reviewing requested compensation, Matsch determined that Brian Platt of BTP Arms will be awarded $31,969.89, the Sportsman's Guide awarded $59,060.87, and Lucky Gunner awarded $111,971.10.
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How's that ass taste Brady Campaign?!?

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at June 22, 2015 10:25 AM (fWAjv)

25 North to Alaska.

Posted by: Johnny Horton at June 22, 2015 10:25 AM (VcOqI)

26 You can try to coat it in bright pastels, but rape is still horrific. The "artist" should be ashamed of ximself.

Posted by: Feminist art critic at June 22, 2015 10:25 AM (2Ojst)

27 I'm moving to Finland. Everyone there is white, so there is no racial discord.

No affirmative action. No EEOC. No preferences or quotas.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at June 22, 2015 10:25 AM (4AVeu)

28 The artist was obviously drunk. That's clearly Lake Hidlugarfun in Norway. Damn scandis.

Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at June 22, 2015 10:26 AM (22uju)

29 Yay, art class! *shoots spitwad at Hector*

Posted by: fly gal at June 22, 2015 10:26 AM (8TdcF)

30 I found Simo Häyhä!

Posted by: Grump928(c) at June 22, 2015 10:27 AM (evdj2)

31 I'm moving to Finland. Everyone there is white, so there is no racial discord.

They all carry knives.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at June 22, 2015 10:28 AM (evdj2)

32 But it would be full time call-center work, which would be considerably less than ideal.
So I'm a bit conflicted.

Y'all are moving to India?

Posted by: rickb223 at June 22, 2015 10:28 AM (t6GMP)

33 As the Red October slowly rises to periscope depth......

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 22, 2015 10:28 AM (VPLuQ)

34 Looks like a watercolor. Some of his other work look ghoulish.

Posted by: Quotous Loo at June 22, 2015 10:29 AM (tBl83)

35 Oh look a yellow painting. The artist painted this just before getting a new pair of glasses.

Posted by: just saying at June 22, 2015 10:30 AM (wkuqO)

36 >>I'm moving to Finland. Everyone there is white, so there is no racial discord.

A tad of discord with the bear next door, however. Plus, the language is completely incomprehensible. It's like some strange elvish language. And it's dark and colder than a witches hooha for a good percentage of the year.

But there is vodka. Lots of vodka.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 22, 2015 10:31 AM (g1DWB)

37
I'm moving to Finland. Everyone there is white, so there is no racial discord.

They all carry knives.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at June 22, 2015 10:28 AM (evdj2)

Obligatory from The Anarchangel.

http://tinyurl.com/yd6xet3

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 22, 2015 10:31 AM (vXKGT)

38 Gotta be those damn Lutherans again.

http://tinyurl.com/nrca6gx

Man kills three and injures 34 after ploughing car into shoppers before getting out and stabbing bystanders in Graz, Austria.
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Josef Klamminger, National Police Director, said they could 'absolutely rule out an extremist, religious or political background' to the attack, saying it was the act of a 'lone wolf'.

Austrian of Bosnian descent.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at June 22, 2015 10:31 AM (fWAjv)

39 11
Karl Rove needs more face time on Fox News for his anti-2nd amendment
stand. All the republicans need to see him in his glory as a Rino.

Posted by: just saying at June 22, 2015 10:20 AM (wkuqO)

I knew there was a good reason I hated Rove. Good thing he is going nowhere. He was Bush's biggest mistake and too many people thought he was a political genius. I always maintained the Democrats were politically stupid for pushing Gore.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 22, 2015 10:33 AM (GpgJl)

40 Yellow water. Who's peeing in the pool?
Posted by: fairweatherbill gatekeeper of pestilence at June 22, 2015 10:22 AM (1eYr7)

Everyone

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 22, 2015 10:34 AM (wq4B0)

41 Holy shit the Sun's gone nova. SMOD missed out!

Posted by: joncelli, getting it out of his system at June 22, 2015 10:34 AM (RD7QR)

42 Fun fact. Helsinki airport as a sports bar that features all Boston teams. You could drop the place into Boston and it would look normal.

Good cheeseburgers too.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 22, 2015 10:34 AM (g1DWB)

43 Wow, that's a bad painting. Only sometimes do I think "I could do that." Well, I could do that. I just cannot think of any reason why I would.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 22, 2015 10:35 AM (TOk1P)

44 Josef Klamminger, National Police Director, said they could 'absolutely rule out an extremist, religious or political background' to the attack, saying it was the act of a 'lone wolf'.

Austrian of Bosnian descent huh? I'm sure there is no religious reasoning and that can be stated immediately, before any nosy people have a chance to look into his background.

I am baffled that people think they are doing anything other than signaling that there was definitely a religious or political reasoning by ruling it out immediately.

Posted by: Lea at June 22, 2015 10:35 AM (lIU4e)

45 I think living next to the USSR/Russia would be tough. I think of all those stupid Karelia Finns who went back to the USSR only to get a bullet in the back of the neck.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 22, 2015 10:36 AM (iQIUe)

46 finland is a welfare state and is attracting the needy. Muzzies are bringing their diversity to the pale white man.

Posted by: just saying at June 22, 2015 10:37 AM (wkuqO)

47 I don't know from Finland, but the other Scandilands are obviously dealing with racial strife, due to their imports.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 22, 2015 10:38 AM (TOk1P)

48 Is that Rape Lake?

Posted by: andycanuck at June 22, 2015 10:40 AM (kivUY)

49
The Rifle is almost as important to Finnish culture as it is to the Swiss and us Americans.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 22, 2015 10:40 AM (vXKGT)

50 Sounds of ATVs, helicopters, the constant baying of hounds....we have to keep moving. If they unleash the drones, we're dead.

Posted by: The Escaped Convicts at June 22, 2015 10:41 AM (VcOqI)

51 Plus, the language is completely incomprehensible. It's like some strange elvish language.

Ah, so you see what I did there...

Posted by: zombie J. R. R. Tolkein at June 22, 2015 10:41 AM (2l5vw)

52 Let's see if this discarded mattress will float.

Posted by: The Escaped Convicts at June 22, 2015 10:42 AM (VcOqI)

53 Is that Rape Lake?

Must be; my IT Dept is protecting me from it.

Posted by: HR needs cookies at June 22, 2015 10:42 AM (ZKzrr)

54 The water in that lake identifies as cis-ethanol.

Posted by: chemjeff at June 22, 2015 10:42 AM (2ap0X)

55 Is that Rape Lake?
Posted by: andycanuck at June 22, 2015 10:40 AM

Site of the great Rape-and-Boating-Accident Incident of 2015.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 22, 2015 10:43 AM (h4vJk)

56 Hey, who is the bitch screaming that we took her mattress?

Posted by: The Escaped Convicts at June 22, 2015 10:43 AM (VcOqI)

57 Must be; my IT Dept is protecting me from it.

Posted by: HR needs cookies at June 22, 2015 10:42 AM (ZKzrr)

Really? This is the first one that has shown up here on my work pooter without me needing to go to the link.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 22, 2015 10:43 AM (TOk1P)

58 Man kills three and injures 34 after ploughing car into shoppers before getting out and stabbing bystanders in Graz, Austria.

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

Clearly they need common-sense bans on cars and sharp things. I'd tell them so, but, you know...

Posted by: Anon Chicago pol without transcripts at June 22, 2015 10:44 AM (vgIRn)

59 Iceland is cool. It has given us the music of Sigur Ros.

Posted by: The Escaped Convicts at June 22, 2015 10:44 AM (VcOqI)

60 Pretty bright painting for a Monday morning.

Thanks.

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Suggestions for improving the US Ten-Dollar Bill
with women, and other ideas for monetary changes.
http://bit.ly/ten-spot-women

Posted by: mindful webworker - or mindless, whatever at June 22, 2015 10:44 AM (TFV0D)

61 On this day 200 years ago, Napoleon abdicated for the second time.

Have to wonder why after the big revolution the fwrench hooked up with Bonaparte.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 22, 2015 10:44 AM (iQIUe)

62 Iceland is cool. It has given us the music of Sigur Ros.

Posted by: The Escaped Convicts at June 22, 2015 10:44 AM (VcOqI)

Which has become progressively more silly and irrelevant in recent years.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 22, 2015 10:45 AM (TOk1P)

63 Really? This is the first one that has shown up here on my work pooter without me needing to go to the link.

All I see is the caption. But don't worry, it's oppressing me with it's cisnormativity and hyphen.

Posted by: HR needs cookies at June 22, 2015 10:45 AM (ZKzrr)

64 Bonaparte was the short Corsican version of Gaylord.

Good at PR but a bit iffy on actual results.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 22, 2015 10:46 AM (F3WrY)

65 I'm moving to Finland. Everyone there is white, so there is no racial discord.

They all carry knives.

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And knife fights over the last of the vodka are common.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at June 22, 2015 10:46 AM (z5Gh/)

66 Which has become progressively more silly and irrelevant in recent years.

True. But we'll always have Agaetis Byrjun. That one was enough to make their legacy.

Posted by: Citizen X at June 22, 2015 10:46 AM (7ObY1)

67 This is the first one that has shown up here on my work pooter without me needing to go to the link.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 22, 2015 10:43 AM (TOk1P)

You get pooter at work? Damn, I'm working for the wrong people.

Posted by: Insomniac at June 22, 2015 10:46 AM (2Ojst)

68 Open Threads discriminate against Content Threads and Closed Thread--end the discrimination!!

Posted by: RoyalOil at June 22, 2015 10:47 AM (ZvKdv)

69 Posted by: rickb223 at June 22, 2015 10:28 AM (t6GMP)

*snort*

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Not dead yet at June 22, 2015 10:47 AM (kff5f)

70 And knife fights over the last of the vodka are common.

So, we'll be just fine.

Posted by: HR needs cookies at June 22, 2015 10:48 AM (ZKzrr)

71 >>> Have to wonder why after the big revolution the fwrench hooked up with Bonaparte.

Are you kidding?
Everything was spinning out of control. He was the classic Strong Man politician.

Posted by: Bigby's Roping Gloves at June 22, 2015 10:48 AM (3ZtZW)

72 I have a friend who is a NY State Trooper. They are having a bitch of a time.

They are looking for the escaped convicts, but there are tons of "foreigners" with no identification. None. Not even a driver's license. They can't arrest them because they are have been told to focus only on the escaped convicts.

How the hell are you going to catch escaped convicts when the whole State of New York is a haven for undocumented people?

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at June 22, 2015 10:49 AM (4AVeu)

73 Hhhmmm.... just not seeing this as cool

http://www.ufunk.net/en/gadgets/sony-wedding-action-cam/

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 22, 2015 10:49 AM (F3WrY)

74 >>> Good at PR but a bit iffy on actual results.

Second Nappy joke?

I guess "iffy" means conquering most of Europe, parts of the Middle East, etc just wasn't good enough?

Posted by: Bigby's Roping Gloves at June 22, 2015 10:50 AM (3ZtZW)

75 I like well done paintings in primary colors.

Posted by: Cruzinator at June 22, 2015 10:50 AM (yCkeu)

76 All I see is the caption. But don't worry, it's oppressing me with it's cisnormativity and hyphen.

Posted by: HR needs cookies at June 22, 2015 10:45 AM (ZKzrr)

Here, lemme describe it for you. All bright colors in the sky, slopped on the canvas haphazardly, with a completely unnatural mix of pink, green, salmon, yellow and blue, looking nothing like what a sky looks like. Reflected onto a lake, the colors are subdued, and stylistically applied in more of a typical impressionist manner. Almost Monet-like.

It's as if two different people painted it. And there's a smudge on the left side, as if the painter just sorta said "eh, I'll leave that there. No one will care, since this thing is a mess anyway."

Posted by: BurtTC at June 22, 2015 10:50 AM (TOk1P)

77 How are the women in Finland?

Posted by: JoeF. at June 22, 2015 10:50 AM (lIueZ)

78 That looks like the place I dump my used motor oil.

Posted by: Weasel at June 22, 2015 10:51 AM (6xtq3)

79 I guess "iffy" means conquering most of Europe, parts of the Middle East, etc just wasn't good enough?

If you can't take Russia in the winter, you may as well not have gotten out of bed. Right?

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Not dead yet at June 22, 2015 10:51 AM (kff5f)

80 Napoleonic twitter feed:
https://twitter.com/1815now

Posted by: andycanuck at June 22, 2015 10:51 AM (kivUY)

81 Well except for Egypt and Russia, sure Napoleon was 'good'

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 22, 2015 10:51 AM (F3WrY)

82 >>> How are the women in Finland?

They all have headaches.

Posted by: Bigby's Roping Gloves at June 22, 2015 10:51 AM (3ZtZW)

83 And now...Miami Vice Pastels.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 22, 2015 10:52 AM (659DL)

84 First picture I've been able to see at work since, well, a long time. Apparently "31derful Flavors Rape Lake" is permissible.

Posted by: physics geek at June 22, 2015 10:52 AM (MT22W)

85 I have a friend who is a NY State Trooper. They are having a bitch of a time. They are looking for the escaped convicts, but there are tons of "foreigners" with no identification

Not mere escapees. Escaped murderers. But the death penalty is icky.

Posted by: Blue Hen at June 22, 2015 10:52 AM (Spluw)

86 If you can't take Russia in the winter, you may as well not have gotten out of bed. Right?
:=(

Posted by: zombie adolf hitler at June 22, 2015 10:52 AM (kivUY)

87 a completely unnatural mix of pink, green, salmon, yellow and blue

It sounds like you've just described a painting of Kaboom.

Posted by: physics geek at June 22, 2015 10:53 AM (MT22W)

88 61
On this day 200 years ago, Napoleon abdicated for the second time.

Have to wonder why after the big revolution the fwrench hooked up with Bonaparte.
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Bonaparte came to power when he helped out the Revolutionary government out by turning his cannons on the Paris mob which had outlived its political usefulness. *meaningful stare at Baltimore, et al* A few years later he responded to criticism of his Middle Eastern adventure by taking over the government and making himself Heroic Leader of Everything, and then Emperor a few years later. There was little opposition in France to either event, since any leader who could have opposed Bonaparte's decision was already dead, in prison, or in exile. Vive le empereur!! Vive le revelucion!!

Posted by: exdem13 at June 22, 2015 10:53 AM (ry4ab)

89 >>> How are the women in Finland?

They always complain about their men in bed: "You're Finnish already?"

Posted by: Shecky Goldberg at June 22, 2015 10:54 AM (4AVeu)

90 You can take your "Finnish Sunset" and go to Helsinki!!

Posted by: Filthy Swedish Guy at June 22, 2015 10:54 AM (wtvvX)

91 The Finns were badass fighters. They used the Nazis to help stave off the Russians then abandoned them after they had no further use for them.

Posted by: Cruzinator at June 22, 2015 10:54 AM (yCkeu)

92 Best art curation on the internet!

Posted by: gp at June 22, 2015 10:54 AM (+Jpqc)

93 Well except for Egypt and Russia, sure Napoleon was 'good'

Never have unsecured and overextended LOCs. Applies to land and water.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 22, 2015 10:54 AM (659DL)

94 Also, what's with the snow-wop painting? Do we need more reasons to hate the Scandis?

Posted by: physics geek at June 22, 2015 10:55 AM (MT22W)

95 True. But we'll always have Agaetis Byrjun. That one was enough to make their legacy.

Posted by: Citizen X at June 22, 2015 10:46 AM (7ObY1)

I like Takk better. All that brassy bombast, and emotionality... egad, it's been months since I've listened to it. Time to dig it out.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 22, 2015 10:55 AM (TOk1P)

96 Ugh. Remember when everything was turquoise and peach in the 80s?

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 22, 2015 10:55 AM (iQIUe)

97 71
>>> Have to wonder why after the big revolution the fwrench hooked up with Bonaparte.

Are you kidding?

Everything was spinning out of control. He was the classic Strong Man politician.
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Yeah, that's the condensed version, and he was cheered all the way by the French version of Obamabots.

Posted by: exdem13 at June 22, 2015 10:55 AM (ry4ab)

98 Just think exdem13 if we were on the Super Dimensional Fortress Macross timeline where would we be?

Rebuilding Earth sure. But we would still have Minmay. And VF-4s.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 22, 2015 10:56 AM (F3WrY)

99 >>59 Iceland is cool. It has given us the music of Sigur Ros.

Waits for AtC to come in with her patented Sigur Ros Album title Joke.z

Posted by: Garrett at June 22, 2015 10:56 AM (jxeDq)

100 How are the women in Finland?

Posted by: JoeF. at June 22, 2015 10:50 AM (lIueZ)

A better question is WHY are the women in Finland?

Posted by: BurtTC at June 22, 2015 10:57 AM (TOk1P)

101 Finnish Vera Jordanova

http://tinyurl.com/qffytqe

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at June 22, 2015 10:57 AM (fWAjv)

102 Hakkaa Palle!!

Posted by: Penfold at June 22, 2015 10:57 AM (Fbt5B)

103 Under Obamaparte were into our seventh year of Waterloo.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at June 22, 2015 10:58 AM (hl14T)

104 Ugh. Remember when everything was turquoise and peach in the 80s?

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 22, 2015 10:55 AM (iQIUe)

Don't you, forget about me, don't don't don't don't...

Posted by: Mauve at June 22, 2015 10:58 AM (TOk1P)

105 This reminds me of one of the churches my sister goes to. It is a modern-ish style Catholic Church, you know the big half-circular kinds, instead of the traditional two rows of pews with an aisle down the middle kinds.

Anyway, on the wall of the church, right behind the altar and the crucifix, there is an awful, awful, AWFUL tye-dyed pattern. I think it's supposed to represent Easter morning, I really don't know, it's SO bad. The colors they chose were pastel blue, pastel pink, and pastel purple. In a tye dyed pattern swirly. It's the color palette of a 6 year old...just so bad.

Posted by: TickledPink at June 22, 2015 10:59 AM (RLFFI)

106 Drudge headline: Washington fears losing Greece to Moscow.

What horseshit. Zero has not a fuck to give.

Posted by: maddogg at June 22, 2015 10:59 AM (xWW96)

107 Here's some art my IT Dept isn't blocking.

http://is.gd/3Sfi3e

If we're looting, I call dibs on Thiebaud's "Refrigerator Pies", but if we're going straight to the beheadings I'm OK with that.

Posted by: HR needs cookies at June 22, 2015 11:00 AM (ZKzrr)

108 >> Remember when everything was turquoise and peach in the 80s?

Still is in Albequerque and Sedona.

Posted by: Garrett at June 22, 2015 11:00 AM (jxeDq)

109 98
Just think exdem13 if we were on the Super Dimensional Fortress Macross timeline where would we be?

Rebuilding Earth sure. But we would still have Minmay. And VF-4s.
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Yes I know, by this time the fourth interstellar colonization fleet would be getting set to roll...

BTW have you seen Mikimoto's reboot manga? Still Macross, but cell phones have made an appearance instead of robophones that seek out recipients. Had to do that for the younger generation y'know. (The Petite-cola robo-vendors and litter-getter 'bots are still around though.)

Posted by: exdem13 at June 22, 2015 11:02 AM (ry4ab)

110 Under Obamaparte were into our seventh year of Waterloo.

Not really. Waterloo was a close run thing.

We don't have any of those.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 22, 2015 11:02 AM (659DL)

111 The colors they chose were pastel blue, pastel pink, and pastel purple.

Or they didn't fix the dyes right and the bright blue, pink, and purple washed out. (Sorry, I spent half the weekend sorting my hand-dyed fabric, so it's on my mind...)

Posted by: HR needs cookies at June 22, 2015 11:02 AM (ZKzrr)

112 Yes, it was actually turquoise meth.

Posted by: Walter White at June 22, 2015 11:03 AM (+IuHY)

113 This reminds me of one of the churches my sister
goes to. It is a modern-ish style Catholic Church, you know the big
half-circular kinds, instead of the traditional two rows of pews with an
aisle down the middle kinds.

Anyway, on the wall of the church,
right behind the altar and the crucifix, there is an awful, awful,
AWFUL tye-dyed pattern. I think it's supposed to represent Easter
morning, I really don't know, it's SO bad. The colors they chose were
pastel blue, pastel pink, and pastel purple. In a tye dyed pattern
swirly. It's the color palette of a 6 year old...just so bad.

Posted by: TickledPink at June 22, 2015 10:59 AM (RLFFI)

Yup, I went to a wedding recently, the place looks like... I don't know what it looks like. All I know is, we got there a bit late, and couldn't even figure out how to get in the damn building.

Light fixtures, bad paint jobs, ceilings that don't quite appear to be held up by anything. I know lots of money went into building it, but gosh, that would be money better spent on gun manufacturing.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 22, 2015 11:03 AM (TOk1P)

114 Still is in Albequerque and Sedona.

Posted by: Garrett at June 22, 2015 11:00 AM (jxeDq)

Heh. Gringos.

Posted by: Howling coyote cut-out dealer on way to bank at June 22, 2015 11:03 AM (vgIRn)

115 106
Drudge headline: Washington fears losing Greece to Moscow.

What horseshit. Zero has not a fuck to give.
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Knowing Obummer's political mentors, he probably feels Russia is getting its due after being cheated out of a Commie friend in 1948.

Posted by: exdem13 at June 22, 2015 11:03 AM (ry4ab)

116 >>> Yeah, that's the condensed version, and he was cheered all the way by the French version of Obamabots.

OK seriously NO.

I understand. You're looking at the weirdness that ocurred during the French Revolution with the Temples to Reason and etc. That wasn't all down to Napolean.

A more valid argument would be the pro-Monarchy one if you want to be crotchety.

Posted by: Bigby's Roping Gloves at June 22, 2015 11:04 AM (3ZtZW)

117 Finnish Ginger Anna Easteden

http://tinyurl.com/p4ydear

http://tinyurl.com/qz6og4w

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at June 22, 2015 11:04 AM (fWAjv)

118
Dragon Fire!

Posted by: Doctor Fish at June 22, 2015 11:04 AM (P330y)

119 Son was just here.

A friend he served with in Afghanistan has committed suicide.

Prayers, please.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 22, 2015 11:05 AM (FsuaD)

120 108 >> Remember when everything was turquoise and peach in the 80s?

Still is in Albequerque and Sedona.

Posted by: Garrett at June 22, 2015 11:00 AM (jxeDq)

Perfectly acceptable in the desert, not quite as appropriate in, say, Virginia.

Posted by: joncelli, getting it out of his system at June 22, 2015 11:05 AM (RD7QR)

121 The main drag in North Myrtle Beach still looks like the set of a Miami Vice episode.

Posted by: Lincolntf at June 22, 2015 11:05 AM (tvQwu)

122 Greece has been an insignificant country for 2000 years. I personally won't miss their leechy parts sucking blood from the producing world. We need Greece like we need a huge distended dog tick on the West's collective scrotum.

Posted by: maddogg at June 22, 2015 11:05 AM (xWW96)

123 #66 I like Jonsi and Alex's "Riceboy Sleeps," which includes "Boy 1904", using a recording of the voice of the last Castrato singer. My parents weren't perfect, but at least they didn't cut my balls off and stick me in the choir.

Posted by: Sigur Ros at June 22, 2015 11:05 AM (VcOqI)

124 Terrible, Jane. And too frequent.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 22, 2015 11:06 AM (659DL)

125 Morning all.... I see obama is on another tirade against Fox News...

Posted by: donna at June 22, 2015 11:06 AM (Bn6aD)

126 Prayers, please.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 22, 2015 11:05 AM (FsuaD)

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On it.

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 22, 2015 11:06 AM (A98Xu)

127 From Drudge: Darth Vader arrested after high speed case.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at June 22, 2015 11:06 AM (km3xQ)

128 >>Posted by: Howling coyote cut-out dealer on way to bank at June 22, 2015 11:03 AM (vgIRn)

Your brother sells Kachina Dolla out on the State Highway, doesn't he?

Blue eyed fellow...sells Jewlery,too.

Posted by: Garrett at June 22, 2015 11:06 AM (jxeDq)

129 Title of painting, Nuclear Dawn.

Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at June 22, 2015 11:07 AM (0x/TW)

130
My favorite color is fuschia, especially shoes and bags!

Posted by: Caitlyn at June 22, 2015 11:07 AM (P330y)

131 I have the first volume of The First. Glad HAL kept the character designs recognizable. Especially the two page full color opening of Minmay in her 2012 concert costume.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 22, 2015 11:07 AM (F3WrY)

132 How's the fishing?
Posted by: Diogenes

Looks just like the Chesapeake Bay that me and one of my sons were fishing on last night, the longest day of the year! That thing in the middle looks just like the Thomas Point Light House.

P.S. Just caught one rock pup

Posted by: Daisy Cutter at June 22, 2015 11:08 AM (myGBe)

133 Prayers sent Jane.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at June 22, 2015 11:08 AM (fWAjv)

134 I was watching this show where they are in a gym and a wall is stained glass in weird swirly shapes. All I cd think, is why wd you want a glass wall where balls are being thrown???

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 22, 2015 11:08 AM (iQIUe)

135 In other news Kenya still disappointed Obama didn't send them America's riches.

Posted by: just saying at June 22, 2015 11:09 AM (wkuqO)

136 We need Greece like we need a huge distended dog tick on the West's collective scrotum.

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That's poetry, man. But can you do it in hexamic pentameter?

Posted by: Homer at June 22, 2015 11:09 AM (z7QBq)

137 Finns are nice people. The town of Lantana, Florida used to be a little colony of Finland right here in the U.S. Their language is like Japanese mixed with Yiddish and the women are like ABBA but the JV squad. Food is odd too like Canada's, plain and lots of meats and roasts with root vegetables. Every year they had a big party and celebrated whipping the commies asses back in 1940 or some such.

Posted by: Huck Finn at June 22, 2015 11:10 AM (D0NZx)

138 I saw Collective Scrotum before they changed their name to Collective Soul!

Posted by: Garrett at June 22, 2015 11:10 AM (jxeDq)

139 135 In other news Kenya still disappointed Obama didn't send them America's riches.

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Sorry, Kenya. After seven years of Obama, America is shit out of riches.

Posted by: Homer at June 22, 2015 11:11 AM (z7QBq)

140 >>>From Drudge: Darth Vader arrested after high speed case.

Boy, some child stars really let their live spiral out of control.

Posted by: Macaulay Culkin at June 22, 2015 11:11 AM (PtTYB)

141 **That sunset doesn't look Finnish-ed. Ar ar. **

So Suomi.

Posted by: Dave at Buffalo Roam at June 22, 2015 11:11 AM (XOXvq)

142 We need Greece like we need a huge distended dog tick on the West's collective scrotum.

Yes, but Russian planes based on Crete would not be a good thing.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 22, 2015 11:11 AM (659DL)

143 Talk about trapped in the 80's - MegaZone 23

https://youtu.be/GxWcpmmE9Ec

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 22, 2015 11:12 AM (F3WrY)

144 Self mutilation is self mutilation.Wouldt it be better to learn to live with what you got? I can only think they whack it off is because they want a va jay jay and to have sex with men.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 22, 2015 11:12 AM (iQIUe)

145 137 The Fins lost the winter war, but the russians knew they were in a fight.

Posted by: just saying at June 22, 2015 11:12 AM (wkuqO)

146 "Prayers, please. "

Done

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 22, 2015 11:12 AM (VPLuQ)

147 Drudge. Marines hitchhiking on foreign ships.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 22, 2015 11:13 AM (SXQcx)

148 All this painting needs is a giant liger.

Posted by: Napoleon Dynamite at June 22, 2015 11:13 AM (VcOqI)

149 Finland is the only country to pay us back.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at June 22, 2015 11:13 AM (l3vZN)

150 It moves me to see how well the artist captured all 36 of the people shot in Chicago over the weekend that everybody is so up in arms about.

The fact is they don't matter. Not really. Not unless they can be used to further a political agenda.

Posted by: Semper In Stercus at June 22, 2015 11:13 AM (BZAd3)

151 Finns in the US/Canada eat boiled fish which is pretty good. You just boil the fish and some potatoes and then pour hot butter over it.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 22, 2015 11:13 AM (iQIUe)

152 @140

Between this and the Phantom Menace, I'd say this is a step up in his life.

I kid, of course, as putting people's lives in danger is nothing to joke about.

Posted by: TickledPink at June 22, 2015 11:14 AM (RLFFI)

153 So, is Lyme disease really a disease is it like Lupus!?

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 22, 2015 11:14 AM (iQIUe)

154 Hopefully Russia will get in a war with occupied Asia Minor.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 22, 2015 11:14 AM (SXQcx)

155 ok gotta go drive around

Posted by: Bigby's Roping Gloves at June 22, 2015 11:14 AM (3ZtZW)

156 A friend he served with in Afghanistan has committed suicide.

Ah, hell.

Prayers up for your son, his friend, and his friend's family.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Not dead yet at June 22, 2015 11:14 AM (kff5f)

157 Chiraq is suppose to be a musical comedy. Can you imagine if a white director tried to do this??

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 22, 2015 11:15 AM (iQIUe)

158 >>>So, is Lyme disease really a disease is it like Lupus!?

It's not Lupus!!!

Posted by: Dr Greg House at June 22, 2015 11:15 AM (PtTYB)

159 103
Under Obamaparte were into our seventh year of Waterloo.
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Obummer is more like Napoleon's stupid brother Joseph, who received Spain as a present, ran it into the ground, was swarmed by guerillas, and gave 0% support to the various marshals who were losing campaigns to Wellington each year.

Wellington BTW won Waterloo the same way he beat all of the French armies in Spain. He took a good defensive position, anchored his flanks, waited until the French were tired of throwing themselves at his lines and/or overextended, then hit one wing hard and rolled 'em up. At Waterloo Blucher's army was his counterattack. His entire plan was to hunker down on that ridge until the Prussians showed up.

If Napoleon's ulcer hadn't been driving him to distraction and the army of 1815 had been the army of 1808 instead, Waterloo would have been very different. The preliminary actions had gone his way, with Wellington Blucher separated and pushed back with loss. But Napoleon couldn't personally survey the battlefield because of his ulcer, and his marshals defaulted to being French and simply went headlong at the nearest English positions. The Redcoats held so the Belgians and Dutch didn't run away, and Soult managed to lose contact with Blucher, who ignored his chief of staff's kvetching and marched to the sound of the guns. And the French army of 1815 simply was no longer the instrument that had been used to win and keep an empire. It came up short when the extra push was called for.

Posted by: exdem13 at June 22, 2015 11:15 AM (ry4ab)

160 I kid, of course, as putting people's lives in danger is nothing to joke about.

Neither is the Phantom Menace script. Ye gods...

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 22, 2015 11:15 AM (659DL)

161 Yes, but Russian planes based on Crete would not be a good thing.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 22, 2015 11:11 AM (659DL)

As long as they like the Russian boot on their necks.

Posted by: maddogg at June 22, 2015 11:16 AM (xWW96)

162 I'm reading reviews of the Pixar movie Inside Out.

"Who says there are no original ideas in Hollywood anymore?"

And

"Whatever brainstorm led the Pixar folks to 'Inside Out', they've created the most extraordinary film of the year"

And more in that vein. Tell me, am I the only one who saw the TV show Herman's Head? Because I clearly remember a show called Herman's Head that had the exact same plot.

Posted by: Weirddave at June 22, 2015 11:16 AM (WvS3w)

163 153
Very much a nasty disease. Science is learning more about it, just heard there was an new and worse version moving about now too.

Posted by: just saying at June 22, 2015 11:16 AM (wkuqO)

164 I'm beyond words. Heartbroken for the young Marine and his poor family. And for our son, who is trying to be stalwart, but is clearly broken up.

The past week has been hard with his truck being totaled, the move, the shooting on his street, and also, this:

His roommate's dad suffered a stroke last week, and roommate spent Father's Day waiting for the doctors to tell him if he should pull the plug on his dad.

Life is so full of suck right now.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 22, 2015 11:18 AM (FsuaD)

165 So I just heard that Windows 10 (Well, Microsoft, I guess) is going to be a NASCAR sponsor.

The jokes: they write themselves.

Here, I'll start:

NASCAR + Windows 10: I only watch for the crashes.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Not dead yet at June 22, 2015 11:18 AM (kff5f)

166 As I said on the ONT, George Lucas knew how to pick the most wooden actors to deliver the wooden lines in the prequel movies.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 22, 2015 11:18 AM (F3WrY)

167 Phantom Menace is Shakespeare compared to Attack of the Clones.

I am pretty sure the dialogue between Edward and Bella was better than Anakin and Padme.

Posted by: TickledPink at June 22, 2015 11:19 AM (RLFFI)

168 >>>Marines hitchhiking on foreign ships.<<<

On the bright side, the USN is doing Muslim outreach, so there's that.

Posted by: Fritz at June 22, 2015 11:19 AM (UzPAd)

169 Tell me, am I the only one who saw the TV show Herman's Head? Because I clearly remember a show called Herman's Head that had the exact same plot.

Herman's Head - '91 - '94. On Fox. Per Imdb.
Never saw it.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 22, 2015 11:19 AM (t6GMP)

170 Nascar + Windows 10: 200 miles an hour...sometimes.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 22, 2015 11:20 AM (659DL)

171 There was nothing wrong with the Prequels that a better writer, director, producer, and actors could not have fixed.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Not dead yet at June 22, 2015 11:20 AM (kff5f)

172 167 Phantom Menace is Shakespeare compared to Attack of the Clones.

I am pretty sure the dialogue between Edward and Bella was better than Anakin and Padme.

Posted by: TickledPink at June 22, 2015 11:19 AM (RLFFI)

PADME: I remember that time we did stuff.

ANAKIN: Yes. Let us press lips now.

Posted by: joncelli, getting it out of his system at June 22, 2015 11:21 AM (RD7QR)

173 Jane,

So sorry for you and yours. Looks like you are getting all the bad stuff out of the way so you can have a clear life later.

Posted by: just saying at June 22, 2015 11:21 AM (wkuqO)

174 Herman's Head - '91 - '94. On Fox. Per Imdb.

Never saw it.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 22, 2015 11:19 AM (t6GMP)

I was under the impression we were the only ones who did.

Posted by: Pixar at June 22, 2015 11:21 AM (TOk1P)

175 Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 22, 2015 11:18 AM (FsuaD)

wow, that is awful

so sorry Jane

Posted by: chemjeff at June 22, 2015 11:21 AM (2ap0X)

176 >>>Neither is the Phantom Menace script. Ye gods...

In the opening scene of Star Wars, there is a space battle. In the opening scene of Phantom Menace, there is a discussion about a trade pact, followed by.......zzzzzzzzz

Posted by: Citizen Cake at June 22, 2015 11:21 AM (PtTYB)

177 121
The main drag in North Myrtle Beach still looks like the set of a Miami Vice episode.

Posted by: Lincolntf at June 22, 2015 11:05 AM (tvQwu)

The problem with N. Myrtle Beach isn't the main drag. Its the non-existent "beach". But it does have a "Doll House" club.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 22, 2015 11:22 AM (GpgJl)

178 Anakin, "Oh pad me! Spank me!"

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 22, 2015 11:22 AM (F3WrY)

179 NASCAR + Windows 10: We like spinning circles.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Not dead yet at June 22, 2015 11:22 AM (kff5f)

180 Life is so full of suck right now.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 22, 2015 11:18 AM

Prayers, Jane. :-(

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 22, 2015 11:23 AM (h4vJk)

181 yo!

Posted by: Yo! at June 22, 2015 11:23 AM (q+zA9)

182 ANAKIN: Yes. Let us press lips now.

No seriously, press lips. It's entirely accurate.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 22, 2015 11:23 AM (659DL)

183 What happened in North Myrtle Beach? That used to be where all the elbow clubs were.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 22, 2015 11:23 AM (SXQcx)

184 PADME: I remember that time we did stuff.

ANAKIN: Yes. Let us press lips now.

Posted by: joncelli, getting it out of his system at June 22, 2015 11:21 AM (RD7QR)

Padme: Remember when I was like, 20, and already a queen, and you were about 5? That was cool.

Anakin: Yes, even then you made my tiny little boy weenie feel all tingly and stuff.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 22, 2015 11:23 AM (TOk1P)

185 Thanks for the prayers, all. I stupidly asked son, "Why on earth did your buddy kill himself?"

He just shut down.

I'm in tears.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 22, 2015 11:23 AM (FsuaD)

186 Self mutilation is self mutilation.Wouldt it be better to learn to live with what you got? I can only think they whack it off is because they want a va jay jay and to have sex with men.

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Why don't they surgically implant a vajayjay in their belly or side. That way they could swiing both ways.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at June 22, 2015 11:24 AM (KJ3FX)

187 The Elbow Room was my favorite.

Posted by: Garrett at June 22, 2015 11:24 AM (jxeDq)

188 NASCAR + Windows 10: I only watch for the
crashes.

NASCAR + Windows ME: Now moar crashes!

Posted by: rickb223 at June 22, 2015 11:24 AM (t6GMP)

189 @162

Inside Out is not Herman's Head.

And, being a follower of movie reviewers whose opinions I trust wholeheartedly, and as someone who has seen the movie...I don't think the creativity that people are praising is because of the plot of a bunch of inside voices in a person's head.

The creativity is in the execution of it. In taking a relatively mundane thing, and making it a universe where memories are stored and how those memories either disappear or come back.

It's actually a very sweet movie. I liked it a lot...didn't LOVE it the way a lot of people do. But, it is very layered and deserves a lot of praise for creating an animated film that doesn't rely on fart jokes to entertain the kiddies.

Posted by: TickledPink at June 22, 2015 11:24 AM (RLFFI)

190
So Google now records and transmitseverything it picks up in a room with a device that has Chrome installed.

What exatly is that all about?

Posted by: Yo! at June 22, 2015 11:25 AM (q+zA9)

191
I like this but the nose scrunch has got to hurt:

https://goo.gl/iM8vti

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 22, 2015 11:25 AM (iQIUe)

192 Lots of Finns in northern Michigan, especially Marquette. Went to school there, and funny thing, the women of Finnish descent had, how shall I say this, rather disproportionately large, um, hips. Rumor had it it was due to the long winters and lots of starchy foods.

Posted by: Daisy Cutter at June 22, 2015 11:26 AM (myGBe)

193 166
As I said on the ONT, George Lucas knew how to pick the most wooden actors to deliver the wooden lines in the prequel movies.
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I've always said that it was a great distinction to get Natalie Portman to act poorly. I would have 100% disowned Attack of the Clones except for Christopher Lee, who took a role labeled "Count Dooku" and made it badass.

Posted by: exdem13 at June 22, 2015 11:26 AM (ry4ab)

194 I don't understand where all the bad feelings for Russia come from.

They are now a capitalist society. There's no evil communist government planning the invasion of the U.S. The Russian people love the people and culture of the U.S. All they want to do is make money and live a good life.

When the Ukraine had free and fair elections, the majority of the people voted for the pro-Russian government. The U.S. promised to support that government against any aggressors. When revolutionaries overthrew the government, the U.S. cheered them on.

Putin appeals to the strong nationalist streak that runs through all Russians. He has to make deals that help his country while appearing to be just as strong as the country was while the USSR was in business. It's a matter of national pride.

Why is it that half the people here are ready to send in the nukes?

Posted by: jwest at June 22, 2015 11:26 AM (9ZZd+)

195 What exatly is that all about?

Book of Revelation etc., etc....

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 22, 2015 11:26 AM (659DL)

196 These lines were spoken while the characters were fighting atop molten lava:

Obi-Wan: Anakin, Chancellor Palpatine is evil! The Sith are evil. The Dark Side of the Force is an evil presence.
Anakin Skywalker: From my point of view, it is the Jedi who are evil.

Reads like a transcript from Meet the Press, doesn't it?

Posted by: Citizen Cake at June 22, 2015 11:26 AM (PtTYB)

197 190 Unless there is a microphone I don't see how they can do it. You can use a speaker as a microphone but it would seem to require different circuit on the motherboard to listen.

Posted by: just saying at June 22, 2015 11:27 AM (wkuqO)

198 They always complain about their men in bed: "You're Finnish already?"

Posted by: Shecky Goldberg at June 22, 2015 10:54 AM (4AVeu)

*****

To which the men reply, "Well, you didn't like it when I was always Russian."

Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at June 22, 2015 11:27 AM (mvenn)

199 >>an animated film that doesn't rely on fart jokes to entertain the kiddies.

You say that like Fart Jokes are a bad thing?

Posted by: Garrett at June 22, 2015 11:27 AM (jxeDq)

200 jwest,

Tiresome. Really.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 22, 2015 11:27 AM (659DL)

201 Surely this morning you solar deniers will acknowledge the rising of the sun is a clear sign of man-caused sunrises. I know what I'm talking about! I'm an engineer!!!

Posted by: Bill Nye the Liar Guy at June 22, 2015 11:28 AM (PFn4f)

202 Tiresome. Really.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 22, 2015 11:27 AM (659DL)

Tiresome to you, because you haven't got a clue what the issues are or how to think them through.

Posted by: jwest at June 22, 2015 11:29 AM (9ZZd+)

203 jwest,

Tiresome. Really.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 22, 2015 11:27 AM (659DL)

He needs to feel something, anything, so saying dumb nonsense on the AoSHQ is how he goes about it. I give him this much credit though, at least he's not a robot, like mumr.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 22, 2015 11:29 AM (TOk1P)

204 143
Talk about trapped in the 80's - MegaZone 23

https://youtu.be/GxWcpmmE9Ec
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Good lord, this anime is 30 years old now. Return, oh return my fleeting youth!!

But thanks to mecha anime we'll have the Eighties in Spaaaace forever now.

Posted by: exdem13 at June 22, 2015 11:30 AM (ry4ab)

205 Russia is corrupt as hell and the russian people hate our guts.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 22, 2015 11:30 AM (iQIUe)

206 So Google now records and transmitseverything it picks up in a room with a device that has Chrome installed.

What exatly is that all about?

It doesn't transmit everything, it waits for you (or some smartass nearby) to say "Ok, Google", at which point it starts transmitting so it can do its thing. If you have an Android phone, they all do that.

It's occasionally a popular prank at tech conferences for the speaker to say "Ok, Google, go to ace dot mu dot nu" or something similar and wait for peoples' Android phones to freak out.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 22, 2015 11:31 AM (B/VB5)

207 Finns were actually the first Europeans to settle in NJ. There was a colony along the Delaware river.They introduced the log cabin to America

Posted by: JoeF. at June 22, 2015 11:31 AM (lIueZ)

208 that's the problem, not even Christopher Lee could save the prequels.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 22, 2015 11:32 AM (F3WrY)

209 189
@162

Inside Out is not Herman's Head.

And, being a
follower of movie reviewers whose opinions I trust wholeheartedly, and
as someone who has seen the movie...I don't think the creativity that
people are praising is because of the plot of a bunch of inside voices
in a person's head.

The creativity is in the execution of it. In
taking a relatively mundane thing, and making it a universe where
memories are stored and how those memories either disappear or come
back.

It's actually a very sweet movie. I liked it a
lot...didn't LOVE it the way a lot of people do. But, it is very layered
and deserves a lot of praise for creating an animated film that doesn't
rely on fart jokes to entertain the kiddies.
-------------
This is my #1 review for the movie now.

Posted by: exdem13 at June 22, 2015 11:32 AM (ry4ab)

210 I just heard that Phil Austin died. He was Nick Danger for the Firesign Theatre, and while they were filthy, dope-smoking hippies, there were also funny as hell. RIP.

Posted by: Null at June 22, 2015 11:32 AM (xjpRj)

211
The sun sets over California not Finland.

Everybody knows that.

Posted by: Rocket Train at June 22, 2015 11:32 AM (IPzoI)

212 Obviously someone here gets his news and perspective from Russia Today.

Posted by: VA GOP Sucks at June 22, 2015 11:34 AM (PFy0L)

213 I wonder if that lake has any fish in it.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 22, 2015 11:34 AM (LA7Cm)

214 Russia has been in the empire business for 500 years putting Europe at risk. Communism and the Soviet Union was just one incarnation of their empire building dreams. The defeat of communism was not the end of Russia hegemony over eastern europe or central asia (or at least their perceive right to hegemony).

Posted by: SH at June 22, 2015 11:34 AM (gmeXX)

215 207 Finns were actually the first Europeans to settle in NJ. There was a colony along the Delaware river.They introduced the log cabin to America
Posted by: JoeF. at June 22, 2015 11:31 AM (lIueZ)

=========

So, they were the first Italians? Like the Etruscans.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 22, 2015 11:34 AM (iQIUe)

216 The sun sets over California not Finland.
Everybody knows that.
Posted by: Rocket Train

Well, did you know you could save 15% on your car insurance by switching to Geico?

Posted by: rickb223 at June 22, 2015 11:34 AM (t6GMP)

217 I saw Napoleon's Ulcer open for Spock's Beard.

But I was really drunk at the time so I'm spotty on the specifics.

Posted by: Citizen X at June 22, 2015 11:34 AM (7ObY1)

218 Well, gee, let's look at modern history. What happens when an expansionist Russia begins "reclaiming" nations on it's periphery? Wicked good things, obviously. Our shortsightedness, and the pathetic justifications of same, in abandoning Europe during the Nineties and 00's are bearing their foul fruit now.

Posted by: Lincolntf at June 22, 2015 11:34 AM (tvQwu)

219 >>They introduced the log cabin to America

Sure. But the first ones were made entirely out of Lutefisk.

Posted by: Garrett at June 22, 2015 11:34 AM (jxeDq)

220 >>They introduced the log cabin to America

Sure. But the first ones were made entirely out of Lutefisk.

Posted by: Garrett at June 22, 2015 11:34 AM (jxeDq)

221 207
Finns were actually the first Europeans to settle in NJ. There was a
colony along the Delaware river.They introduced the log cabin to
America
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Ah, so "New Sweden" was settled by Finns? I see that outsourcing is not new then.... Although Finns seem like a good sort to use as colonists.

Posted by: exdem13 at June 22, 2015 11:34 AM (ry4ab)

222 Right after the knife murders OJ Simpson was missing. With today's tech his phone would lead the cops to him in minutes. Probably be able to listen in as every phone has a microphone. I think hacking phones to listen has been pretty common for a few years now. It doesn't take 3 letter agencies to have the talent to do it.

Posted by: just saying at June 22, 2015 11:35 AM (wkuqO)

223 Hi, I'm Hayden Christensen. You might remember me from such films as "Attack of the Clones" and "Dial R for Rhinoplasty". This weekend, I'll be appearing as tree #2 in a Midsummer Night's Dream at the Beef 'n Boards Theater in Boomtickle, Iowa. If you're in the neighborhood, stop by!

Posted by: Hayden Christensen at June 22, 2015 11:35 AM (PtTYB)

224 205
Russia is corrupt as hell and the russian people hate our guts.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 22, 2015 11:30 AM (iQIUe)

I once gave a tour to a group of Operators who came over with INPO from Chernobyl. I detected no hate from them. On the contrary they liked the US and loved the tour,

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 22, 2015 11:35 AM (GpgJl)

225 OK,

FUCKFACE.

Let me walk you through "the issues."

1. Your version of the events in Ukraine are rather "unique" and very, very slanted towards the Russian narrative. In any event, Putin's actions during and subsequent to the revolution are an old-fashioned land grab. Nothing more, nothing less.

2. While we're at it, let's ask the Baltic Republics, Poland, and Georgia how they feel about the docile, misunderstood, capitalist Russia.

3. What I know is that 1,000 years of geopolitical history has something to say about national identities and motivations. Read it, learn it, apply it. They Russian have had that millenia to decide whether or not to be part of the West. That decision has been made.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 22, 2015 11:36 AM (659DL)

226 If the age of MegaZone 23 is freaking you out, don't think of Space Battleship Yamato or Legend of the Galactic Heroes.

Or Nausicaa or Nadia, Secret of the Blue Water or Gundam.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 22, 2015 11:36 AM (F3WrY)

227 You think Pravda and Tass are slanted?

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 22, 2015 11:36 AM (SXQcx)

228 Well, gee, let's look at modern history. What happens when an expansionist Russia begins "reclaiming" nations on it's periphery? Wicked good things, obviously. Our shortsightedness, and the pathetic justifications of same, in abandoning Europe during the Nineties and 00's are bearing their foul fruit now.
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 22, 2015 11:34 AM (tvQwu)

And the Euros are looking out way for protection and leadership ( even though they do not say that out loud) and see Fredo and shit a brick. Well you get the leadership you deserve. Better learn to speak russian, while we all learn to speak chicom

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 22, 2015 11:36 AM (wq4B0)

229 I just heard that Phil Austin died. He was Nick Danger for the Firesign Theatre, and while they were filthy, dope-smoking hippies, there were also funny as hell. RIP.
Posted by: Null at June 22, 2015 11:32 AM

*pauses for a moment of silence*

*goes back to rummaging in the trash*

Posted by: The Giant Rat of Sumatra at June 22, 2015 11:36 AM (h4vJk)

230 Pravda and Tass are paragons of journalistic integrity compared to America's current MFM.

Posted by: Citizen X at June 22, 2015 11:37 AM (7ObY1)

231 We have more than our share of Russians here, come for the easy pick'ens.

Posted by: just saying at June 22, 2015 11:37 AM (wkuqO)

232 You think Pravda and Tass are slanted?

Less than the NY Times.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 22, 2015 11:37 AM (t6GMP)

233 >>>Putin appeals to the strong nationalist streak that runs through all Russians.

They have a funny way of expressing that nationalist streak. They are committing demographic suicide at such a rate that the government has to pay them to have children.

It'd be nice if governments would learn their lesson and not steal from their citizenry in the first place.

Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at June 22, 2015 11:37 AM (6qR/9)

234 Ah, so "New Sweden" was settled by Finns?

My understanding is that Finland was part of Sweden at that time.

Admittedly most of what I know about Swedish history is Gustavus Adolphus, because beer.

Posted by: HR needs cookies at June 22, 2015 11:38 AM (ZKzrr)

235 I don't believe for a minute that the Russkies hate us. And I don't hate the Russkies. Putin is a politician, and a better one than da Zero. Speaking of da Zero, I DO hate him and his crab lice.

Posted by: maddogg at June 22, 2015 11:38 AM (xWW96)

236 I just heard that Phil Austin died. He was Nick Danger for the Firesign Theatre, and while they were filthy, dope-smoking hippies, there were also funny as hell. RIP.
Posted by: Null at June 22, 2015 11:32 AM (xjpRj)

He can't be in two places at once when he's not anywhere at all.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at June 22, 2015 11:38 AM (W5DcG)

237 A 17-year-old invented an ingenious way to instantly stop bleeding

Imagine this: you're gushing blood. Nothing seems to make it stop. Then you apply a gel to your wound, and within seconds, the bleeding stops. In minutes, you're healed.

This is the premise of VetiGel, an algae-based polymer created by Joe Landolina -- a 22 year-old who invented the product when he was just 17.

Landolina is now the co-founder and CEO of Suneris, a biotech company that manufactures the gel. Last week, Suneris announced that it will begin shipping VetiGel to veterinarians later this summer. Humans won't be far behind.

... didn't I see them using this stuff in the final battle scene in "Serenity" (2005) when Zoe was injured. But that was 5 years before this guy invented it.

Posted by: Shepherd Derrial Book at June 22, 2015 11:38 AM (e8kgV)

238 The one thing I vividly remember about going to school in Northern Michigan in the early 80's was all the activity at K.I. Sawyer AF base just outside of town. B52s, some with nuclear cruise missiles, always flying around. Those were the days when we thought we would all be living in a post-apocalyptic nuclear war. Good times.

If you think you can trust Russia these days, tell me why such a capitalist, freedom loving country likes threatening all its neighbors with over-flights of Russian Bear bombers.

Posted by: Daisy Cutter at June 22, 2015 11:39 AM (myGBe)

239 The Russian people just luuuurve Putin! As well they should, considering that those who publicly oppose him end up dead of sudden onset polonium syndrome.

Posted by: Lincolntf at June 22, 2015 11:39 AM (tvQwu)

240 The defeat of communism was not the end of Russia hegemony

The lack of Russians will be.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at June 22, 2015 11:40 AM (evdj2)

241 We have that 237, in two versions already.

Posted by: just saying at June 22, 2015 11:40 AM (wkuqO)

242 Hold the Polonium. That's Capitalism.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 22, 2015 11:40 AM (SXQcx)

243 There was a Brit 5 part documentary on Russia where they talked with the ruskies about the US. They hate us. They think we are stealing resources and trying to prevent them from developing theirs and becoming a world power. It was scarey.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 22, 2015 11:41 AM (iQIUe)

244 >>> 81
Well except for Egypt and Russia, sure Napoleon was 'good'

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 22, 2015 10:51 AM (F3WrY) <<<
Ahem........

Posted by: Spain at June 22, 2015 11:41 AM (sCHw2)

245 Boy, the crew of that battleship on the horizon is going to be pissed when they find out they are on a lake, and not at sea.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 22, 2015 11:41 AM (g4acn)

246 The lack of Russians will be.

------

Agreed. Russia has always relied on an infinite supply of Russians to overcome their technological shortcomings.

Posted by: SH at June 22, 2015 11:41 AM (gmeXX)

247 Jane D'oh at June 22, 2015 11:05 AM (FsuaD)

Done!

Posted by: Hrothgar at June 22, 2015 11:42 AM (ftVQq)

248 Remember, Stalin is still considered a cool guy and is getting more popular each year.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 22, 2015 11:42 AM (iQIUe)

249 ... didn't I see them using this stuff in the final battle scene in "Serenity" (2005) when Zoe was injured. But that was 5 years before this guy invented it.

Jupiter Ascending.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 22, 2015 11:42 AM (t6GMP)

250 Remember, Stalin is still considered a cool guy and is getting more popular each year.

but enough about the Democrats.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at June 22, 2015 11:43 AM (evdj2)

251 Marijuana prices crashing in colorado. You can blame me.

Posted by: Fracking at June 22, 2015 11:43 AM (wkuqO)

252 I'm so sorry to hear about your son's friend, Jane. Prayers offered.

Posted by: Lea at June 22, 2015 11:43 AM (lIU4e)

253 an algae-based polymer

So it's not vegan? Tsk, tsk.

Posted by: HR needs cookies at June 22, 2015 11:44 AM (ZKzrr)

254 In fairness to our Red Rat Commie Bastard Overlords, I think the Proggers have gone all Maoist as opposed to Stalinist.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at June 22, 2015 11:44 AM (evdj2)

255 185
Thanks for the prayers, all. I stupidly asked son, "Why on earth did your buddy kill himself?"

He just shut down.

I'm in tears.
--------------
I had to run back and send you a hug.

Posted by: exdem13 at June 22, 2015 11:44 AM (ry4ab)

256 Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 22, 2015 11:36 AM (659DL)

I do ongoing business in Russia and China, travel to Moscow frequently and have a firm grasp on geopolitical events.

You, on the other hand, have probably never traveled more than few hundred miles from your home and you get your worldview from action movies.

Just like liberals, you picture yourself as the hero standing between apple pie and the dirty Ruskies who want to kill your parents and rape your sister.

Put the Netflix down and learn a little about the world.

Posted by: jwest at June 22, 2015 11:45 AM (9ZZd+)

257 Marijuana is a weed that will grow anywhere. Why would you buy from stores that record all your data and pay a sales tax? Black market defeats both of those.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 22, 2015 11:45 AM (SXQcx)

258 It'd be nice if governments would learn their lesson and not steal from their citizenry in the first place.

I'm sorry, I wasn't listening. What did you say?

Posted by: Civil Forfeiture Bandits at June 22, 2015 11:46 AM (O7MnT)

259 Just shot off an angry letter to the ADL for going after Former Ambassador Oren and his criticism of Fredo

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 22, 2015 11:46 AM (wq4B0)

260 Wasn't this painting in the Golden Girls house?

Posted by: SH at June 22, 2015 11:46 AM (gmeXX)

261 On the plus side...

The Maryland couple charged twice with letting their children free range it have been cleared on the second, and final Child Neglect case.

http://cbsloc.al/1LpbEOa

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 22, 2015 11:48 AM (VPLuQ)

262 Posted by: Ian S. at June 22, 2015 11:31 AM (B/VB5)

Not to belabor the point, but a microphone HAS to be on continuously to detect the phrase "OK Google!" so it's a good thing Google believes in not being evil!

Posted by: Hrothgar at June 22, 2015 11:48 AM (ftVQq)

263 Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 22, 2015 11:48 AM (VPLuQ)

Good news: The couple was cleared.
Bad news: That was ever in question.

What a f*cked up world.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Not dead yet at June 22, 2015 11:49 AM (kff5f)

264 259
Just shot off an angry letter to the ADL for going after Former Ambassador Oren and his criticism of Fredo

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 22, 2015 11:46 AM (wq4B0)

From what I have seen lately the ADL, like the NAACP, has become just another wing of the Democrat Party.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 22, 2015 11:50 AM (GpgJl)

265 You, on the other hand, have probably never traveled more than few hundred miles from your home and you get your worldview from action movies.

Ace knows who I am and what I do. You cannot hold my jockstrap on travels, knowledge of other countries, or day-to-day contact with same.

Piss off, naive idiot.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 22, 2015 11:50 AM (659DL)

266 >>I do ongoing business in Russia and China, travel to Moscow frequently and have a firm grasp on geopolitical events.

I'm willing to bet I travel at least as much as you and I also have a pretty decent grasp on geopolitical events.

If you think the Russian government is 1) a true democracy and 2) our friend you are an idiot.

Also, whomever was claiming that they had pissed on Mao's tomb in Tiananmen Square is full of shit.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 22, 2015 11:50 AM (g1DWB)

267 What a f*cked up world.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Not dead yet at June 22, 2015 11:49 AM (kff5f)

Yup, sure getting there

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 22, 2015 11:50 AM (wq4B0)

268
Not to belabor the point, but a microphone HAS to be on continuously to detect the phrase "OK Google!" so it's a good thing Google believes in not being evil!
Posted by: Hrothgar at June 22, 2015 11:48 AM (ftVQq)

Getting all cozy with the government they are. Not long ago they were exposed for fueling their corporate jets on a military base at reduced costs. Nothing is ever free.

Posted by: just saying at June 22, 2015 11:50 AM (wkuqO)

269 Good news: The couple was cleared.
Bad news: That was ever in question.

Good news: It got a lot of well deserved publicity. Have to keep on fighting.

Posted by: SH at June 22, 2015 11:50 AM (gmeXX)

270 an algae-based polymer

So it's not vegan? Tsk, tsk.

Posted by: HR needs cookies

Algae are plants. You're thinking of plankton.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 22, 2015 11:51 AM (KoT6c)

271 Advisory notice: As jwest demonstrates (again), it's foolish to make assumptions about who you are talking to here at the HQ.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 22, 2015 11:51 AM (659DL)

272 The big money in cannabis won't be from people buying half-ounces at pot shops in Boulder. It will be in the exploitation of the 100-odd cannabinoids that aren't THC, and have been largely ignored by medical/pharmaceutical concerns due to the blanket ban on weed. Extracts, oils, tinctures, etc. already exist, but most still just get you high, real medicine is, I believe, in that plant somewhere, and my fledgling company (very fledgling, going through the license approval process in Maryland) is hoping to help find and produce it.

Posted by: Lincolntf at June 22, 2015 11:51 AM (tvQwu)

273 Seems early for a pissing match.

Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at June 22, 2015 11:52 AM (vgIRn)

274 Good news: The couple was cleared.

Bad news: That was ever in question.>>>

And cleared at what cost. Similar to the civil asset forfeiture. You will win the case but they have still won through lawfare/intimidation.

Posted by: Buzzsaw at June 22, 2015 11:52 AM (aVYsC)

275
Lincolntf, I share some of your angst about the drawdown of American power since the late 90s, but Europe is the place I am least worried about.

I had once naively harbored hopes that Europe would start ordering from the adult menu again, one of the reasons I thought the whole Bosnia adventure was a disaster, in that it was the golden opportunity to shock Europe back into seriousness, yet once again Uncle Sam stepped in to set things right (well, sorta). Abandonment + proximal threat (China and NK) has succeeded in accelerating a return to normal security perspectives and behaviors in Japan, where the pacificism was imposed, formal, and worked perfectly in the Cold War alliance set-up. Europe? Outside the former Bloc, where understandably adult rationality abounds on security matters, nada.

But I am quite blase about Russia's bellicosity of late. In fact I think Putin's ambitions are mostly realized, and that Ukrainecan actually be viewed as mostly a defensive move, from the long-standing and admittedly slightly kooky paranoid Russian perspective. Actually Putin is missing an obvious and major move he should have already made.

Japan is ripe for the plucking, and makes perfect sense - a charm offensive there much more serious than the actual current one. Return the islands, or a few of them, agree to share revenues/development of energy resources there, etc. This would have a huge impact in Japan (and should, really). All the while,smiling a broad grin at Beijing, with whom the Russkis are workingly surprisingly well of late. Anyway, if Putin's inner circle wants to pay me 100 large for my full Japanese rapprochement/Chinese encirclementstrategy, it's available .....

Posted by: rhomboid at June 22, 2015 11:52 AM (QDnY+)

276 you picture yourself as the hero standing between apple pie and the dirty Ruskies who want to kill your parents and rape your sister.

I'm the one who keeps the apple pies on the table and no one asks me how I do it.

Posted by: Adam Strange, Agent for H.A.RM at June 22, 2015 11:52 AM (O7MnT)

277 Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 22, 2015 11:48 AM (VPLu

Watched the 20/20 special on the Wolfpack. The opposite of free ranging. Seven kids kept locked up in their small NYC apartment for 14 years.

Posted by: Cruzinator at June 22, 2015 11:52 AM (yCkeu)

278 "Wasn't this painting in the Golden Girls house?"

Like anybody could even know that.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 22, 2015 11:52 AM (LA7Cm)

279 Holy cow

Awful accident I just passed

Head on with a semi, tire sitting on passenger side seat

Can't figure out how it happened given where it was.

Posted by: Bigby's Cellphone Finger at June 22, 2015 11:54 AM (GQZ54)

280 This is this weekend in Jackson, MS

http://mississippicomiccon.com/

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 22, 2015 11:54 AM (F3WrY)

281 Algae are plants. You're thinking of plankton.

D'oh. Thanks.

(My HS biology class had a coloring book instead of a textbook. The teacher won state awards for his "fresh approach.")

Posted by: HR needs cookies at June 22, 2015 11:55 AM (ZKzrr)

282
>>>it's foolish to make assumptions about who you are talking to here at the HQ.

wait ?
you guys are all a bunch of morons I thought?

Posted by: Yo! at June 22, 2015 11:55 AM (q+zA9)

283 If you think the Russian government is 1) a true democracy and 2) our friend you are an idiot.

Also, whomever was claiming that they had pissed on Mao's tomb in Tiananmen Square is full of shit.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 22, 2015 11:50 AM (g1DWB)

I never said the Russian government was a true democracy or that the government was our friend. All I said was that the Russian people don't have America or Americans and that there is no desire by the Russian people or Russian government to get into a fight with the U.S.

If you will remember, I was one of the ones calling bullshit on the guy saying he pissed on Mao's tomb.

Posted by: jwest at June 22, 2015 11:55 AM (9ZZd+)

284 Seems early for a pissing match.

Inspired by the painting.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at June 22, 2015 11:55 AM (W5DcG)

285 Posted by: Bigby's Cellphone Finger at June 22, 2015 11:54 AM (GQZ54)

Someone on their cellphone?

Posted by: Stateless Infidel at June 22, 2015 11:55 AM (AC0lD)

286 The story of the NYC cops making an arrest being attacked is not even front page news. How times have changed for the worst. it's now an everyday occurence. Sigh

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 22, 2015 11:55 AM (wq4B0)

287 "Wasn't this painting in the Golden Girls house?"

Like anybody could even know that.

Can I use a lifeline and phone a friend?

Posted by: rickb223 at June 22, 2015 11:56 AM (t6GMP)

288 I've never traveled to Russia or China - yet I feel quite confident in commenting on geopolitical issues. I do not feel that Russia is an imminent threat as they were under the Soviet Union. But that does not mean that Russia is not a threat at all. Any student of history knows that Russia thinks of itself as an empire. And I welcome moves by Russia and China to become more capitalistic. Countries that are rich and trade with other countries are less prone to start wars - which is not to say that they won't. I worry about Russia and China for different reasons. The former is in a demographic death spiral - and I'm not sure what that will mean. The latter is probably starting their death spiral - but there will be many years of too many men and not enough women. That strikes me as a bad recipe.

Posted by: SH at June 22, 2015 11:56 AM (gmeXX)

289 I prefer peach pie.

Posted by: Rocket Train at June 22, 2015 11:56 AM (IPzoI)

290 Advisory notice: As jwest demonstrates (again), it's foolish to make assumptions about who you are talking to here at the HQ.

*cough*Palin Steele*cough*

Posted by: Grump928(c) at June 22, 2015 11:56 AM (evdj2)

291 They watched the hazy sun, sinking in the sea

Posted by: Napoleon Dynamite at June 22, 2015 11:57 AM (VcOqI)

292 it's foolish to make assumptions about who you are talking to here at the HQ. wait ?

you guys are all a bunch of morons I thought?

Even a blind squirrel fvcks a pumpkin twice a day....

Posted by: rickb223 at June 22, 2015 11:57 AM (t6GMP)

293
I do ongoing business in Russia and China, travel to Moscow frequently
Posted by: jwest

At least you've declared your bias and self-interest openly.

Give you points for that.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 22, 2015 11:58 AM (kdS6q)

294 Ace knows who I am and what I do. You cannot hold my jockstrap on travels, knowledge of other countries, or day-to-day contact with same.

Piss off, naive idiot.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 22, 2015 11:50 AM (659DL)

Right.

I'm sure you're a real, globe trotting secret agent and your day job as shoe clerk is just a cover.

Posted by: jwest at June 22, 2015 11:58 AM (9ZZd+)

295 "Seems early for a pissing match."

It's never too early for a pissing match.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 22, 2015 11:58 AM (VPLuQ)

296 Putin's inner circle wants to pay me 100 large

Um, rhomboid, you really should specify large what

Posted by: JohnnyBoy at June 22, 2015 11:58 AM (TPjwz)

297 I do ongoing business in Russia and China, travel to Moscow frequently and have a firm grasp on geopolitical events.

So they bought you.

Posted by: VA GOP Sucks at June 22, 2015 11:58 AM (PFy0L)

298 Oh boy! A pissing match!

Posted by: Moderate Salami at June 22, 2015 11:58 AM (/Ho8c)

299 We just pissed on Mao's tomb.

Posted by: The Escaped Convicts at June 22, 2015 11:59 AM (VcOqI)

300 The latter is probably starting their death spiral - but there will be many years of too many men and not enough women. That strikes me as a bad recipe.
Posted by: SH at June 22, 2015 11:56 AM (gmeXX)'

China is getting richer by way of capitalism, they can always import women from poorer countries.

By the way I personally think being a democracy is more important than capitalism for preventing wars.

Posted by: just saying at June 22, 2015 11:59 AM (wkuqO)

301
NGU, I rely on you to keep track of the outrageous goings-on in the organized Jewish community (simply lacking the stomach to look at it any longer). So, ADL attacked Oren?

Since absolutely nothing seems far-fetched or amazing any more, sounds about par for the course.

Haven't read his book yet, but one excerpt really shocked me. I believe Oren writes that the Israeli top leadership was "shocked" when it became clear Bambi was not serious about stopping the mullah's nuke program.

WTF? I simply cannot imagine that anyone in the Israeli leadership (even the squishier less impressive ones) would be the least bit surprised by this, or even that they ever took US seriousness, uh, seriously.

Posted by: rhomboid at June 22, 2015 11:59 AM (QDnY+)

302 Maybe both.

It's all outside lane going south, 2 lanes

All on the sidewalk

Car is pointed north though and sitting further out like they were all pushed out

Radio says driver trapped

Posted by: Bigby's Cellphone Finger at June 22, 2015 11:59 AM (GQZ54)

303 I stayed at a Red Roof once.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 22, 2015 11:59 AM (SXQcx)

304 >>287 "Wasn't this painting in the Golden Girls house?"
Like anybody could even know that.
Can I use a lifeline and phone a friend?

Ask LittleMsRightie. Aka laceyunderalls.

Big GGirlz fan.

Posted by: Garrett at June 22, 2015 11:59 AM (jxeDq)

305 286
The story of the NYC cops making an arrest being attacked is not even
front page news. How times have changed for the worst. it's now an
everyday occurence. Sigh
-----------
News stories concerning policemen at risk on the job only exist out here in flyover country.

Posted by: exdem13 at June 22, 2015 12:00 PM (ry4ab)

306 "... it's foolish to make assumptions about who you are talking to here at the HQ..."
Posted by: Circa

Point of Order: I thought it was SOP on this smart military blog to never make assumptions about who you are talking to here.

Posted by: Daisy Cutter at June 22, 2015 12:00 PM (myGBe)

307 you're thinking of plankton

again?

Posted by: JohnnyBoy at June 22, 2015 12:00 PM (TPjwz)

308 Putin's inner circle wants to pay me 100 large

Um, rhomboid, you really should specify large what

Posted by: JohnnyBoy at June 22, 2015 11:58 AM

Why are you all looking at me like that?

Posted by: Svetlana at June 22, 2015 12:00 PM (h4vJk)

309 It's never too early for a pissing match.

I'm not doing the arachnid arsonist thing again. Way too much trouble getting the little SOBs back in containment.

Posted by: zombie J. R. R. Tolkein at June 22, 2015 12:00 PM (2l5vw)

310 Sock-b-gone.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12 at June 22, 2015 12:00 PM (2l5vw)

311 Our top news at noon, the two escaped murderers are still on the loose and State Police have no clues to work on.

In other news:

In order to ensure that all detainees at Guantanamo Bay are released, President Barack Obama today announced that New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo will head up Joint Task Force GTMO.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at June 22, 2015 12:01 PM (4AVeu)

312 "27
I'm moving to Finland. Everyone there is white, so there is no racial discord.

No affirmative action. No EEOC. No preferences or quotas.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at June 22, 2015 10:25 AM (4AVeu)"

You can attend college for free in Finland even if you are not a citizen. They would like you to have 800 Euros in the bank to demonstrate that you are not a complete bum but tuition is free. Many courses of study are in English. And the FAQ page says that it is just an ugly rumor that it is always cold there. Helsinki often gets to 20 C in the summer time.

Of course, the taxes that Finns pay to support the socialist government that provides free college to foreigners are absolutely horrific.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at June 22, 2015 12:01 PM (QHgTq)

313 I'm sure you're a real, globe trotting secret agent and your day job as shoe clerk is just a cover.

Yeah, you nailed me.

What you know about anything is inconsequential. Of this, I am more than certain. Since what I know is consequential.

Congrats on being able to navigate the internet and buy an airline ticket.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 22, 2015 12:01 PM (659DL)

314 While nobody has a personality as condescending Moo2 does, Second Place is a lock.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 22, 2015 12:01 PM (VPLuQ)

315 The real danger of an imperalistic China and Russia is not that of a direct attack on the US, although miscalculations can and do occur. But of their support for anti-American and anti-western democratic groups and states around the world the havoc they can reek. As in Iran, North Korea and all the muslims around the world. And with America withdrawing from World Leadership and a dramatic weakening of out Military, the direct threat to our Allies around the World.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 22, 2015 12:01 PM (wq4B0)

316 Advisory notice: As jwest demonstrates (again), it's foolish to make assumptions about who you are talking to here at the HQ.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 22, 2015 11:51 AM (659DL)

Jwoost does so too know what he's talking about! Just ask his wife, Morgan Fairchild.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 22, 2015 12:02 PM (TOk1P)

317 No pissing in this pool.

Posted by: Lifeguard at June 22, 2015 12:02 PM (VcOqI)

318 They would like you to have 800 Euros in the bank to demonstrate that you are not a complete bum but tuition is free.

Greece on line one. Something about 23 Euros.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 22, 2015 12:03 PM (659DL)

319 "Of course, the taxes that Finns pay to support the socialist government that provides free college to foreigners are absolutely horrific."

Which is, like, totally unlike anything here in the United States.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at June 22, 2015 12:03 PM (4AVeu)

320 Sounds like Mr. Oink Oink.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 22, 2015 12:03 PM (SXQcx)

321 Helsinki often gets to 20 C in the summer time.

Too much sun, though.

Posted by: HR needs cookies at June 22, 2015 12:03 PM (ZKzrr)

322 >>And the FAQ page says that it is just an ugly rumor that it is always cold there. Helsinki often gets to 20 C in the summer time.

What they don't tell you is summer is a week long.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 22, 2015 12:03 PM (g1DWB)

323 Alright, that does it, there's the purple chemical reaction. Who pissed in the pool? Out now.

Posted by: Lifeguard at June 22, 2015 12:04 PM (VcOqI)

324 Just shot off an angry letter to the ADL for going after Former Ambassador Oren and his criticism of Fredo

-
I don't understand the world anymore.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at June 22, 2015 12:04 PM (FevLs)

325 The Russian people love the people and culture of the U.S. All they want to do is make money and live a good life.

What "the people" want matters little. Putin is playing real-life "Risk" abroad and real-life "Mafia Wars" domestically.

Meanwhile, Obama is playing "Candyland" and keeps getting stuck in Molasses swamp.

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at June 22, 2015 12:04 PM (O7MnT)

326 Greece on line one. Something about 23 Euros.

23 Euros. Not as snappy as 23 Skidoo.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 22, 2015 12:04 PM (t6GMP)

327
No pissing in this pool.
Posted by: Lifeguard

And never dive
unless you know
the water's not too shallow and it's clear below.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 22, 2015 12:04 PM (kdS6q)

328 The real danger of an imperalistic China and Russia is not that of a direct attack on the US, although miscalculations can and do occur.

I'm less worried about a Russia-China team-up than I am about what happens when they turn on each other. Seriously, you'd think the Russians would have learned this lesson by now about agreements with strategic rivals that can attack by land...

Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12 at June 22, 2015 12:04 PM (2l5vw)

329 317 No pissing in this pool.
Posted by: Lifeguard at June 22, 2015 12:02 PM (VcOqI)

This is our "log", notice how there's no "b" in it. (Wait, that doesn't work.)

Posted by: joncelli, getting it out of his system at June 22, 2015 12:04 PM (RD7QR)

330 Meanwhile, Obama is playing "Candyland" and keeps getting stuck in Molasses swamp.

I picture him as a Mystery Date fan.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at June 22, 2015 12:04 PM (evdj2)

331 323 I really really had to go.

Posted by: boy with purple legs at June 22, 2015 12:05 PM (wkuqO)

332 What's 20 degrees Celsius in First World Units?

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 22, 2015 12:05 PM (SXQcx)

333 The latter is probably starting their death spiral - but there will be many years of too many men and not enough women. That strikes me as a bad recipe.

Posted by: SH at June 22, 2015 11:56 AM (gmeXX)

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

There are ways of coping with that.

Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at June 22, 2015 12:05 PM (6qR/9)

334 What they don't tell you is summer is a week long.

Anyone here know what "Winter is coming" is in Suomi?

Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12 at June 22, 2015 12:05 PM (2l5vw)

335
The Russian people love the people and culture of the U.S. All they want to do is make money and live a good life.

We share the same biology
Regardless of ideology

Believe me when I say to you
I hope the Russians love their children toooooooo

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 22, 2015 12:05 PM (kdS6q)

336 Obama: A Single Payer Healthcare System Would Be Better Than Obamacare

Weasel Zippers

As if that is not where this monstrocity will end up anyway and you and Gruber both knew that. Maybe not that dope pelosi, but you did

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 22, 2015 12:06 PM (wq4B0)

337 20 degrees Celsius is a little over 75 yards.

Posted by: Garrett at June 22, 2015 12:06 PM (jxeDq)

338 Having NO Healthcare System would be better. Fee-for-service FTW.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at June 22, 2015 12:07 PM (evdj2)

339 Anyone here know what "Winter is coming" is in Suomi?

Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12 at June 22, 2015 12:05 PM

"Good morning", right?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 22, 2015 12:07 PM (h4vJk)

340 The Russian people love the people and culture of the U.S. All they want to do is make money and live a good life.

And if they ran their own country it would all be unicorns and rainbows. A shame about that.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12 at June 22, 2015 12:07 PM (2l5vw)

341 Any word out of Greece? Riots and cannibalism start yet?

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 22, 2015 12:07 PM (LA7Cm)

342 20 degrees Celsius is a little over 75 yards.

So, a tenth of a hogshead.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at June 22, 2015 12:07 PM (evdj2)

343 'Meanwhile, Obama is playing "Candyland" and keeps getting stuck in Molasses swamp.'

You guys. Can't we go one day without bringing Reggie Love into the discussion?

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at June 22, 2015 12:07 PM (4AVeu)

344 Hey guys!

Here's a commercial with two pony -tailed poop stabbers in a Madonna pose with an ADOPTED infant!

Get it? Totally normal FAMILY!

You like this, right?

You're not a HOMOPHOBE are you?

Cause homophobes really shouldn't buy Tylenol.

Posted by: Zombie Caesar Nero : Director, Tylenol Marketing Division at June 22, 2015 12:07 PM (GxHdH)

345
Finland has Santa Claus also.

They don't advertise it.

Posted by: Rocket Train at June 22, 2015 12:07 PM (IPzoI)

346 Anyone here know what "Winter is coming" is in Suomi?

Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12 at June 22, 2015 12:05 PM

They have no such phrase, since it's always winter.

Posted by: Insomniac at June 22, 2015 12:08 PM (2Ojst)

347 Hrm.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_in_Finland

Posted by: HR needs cookies at June 22, 2015 12:08 PM (ZKzrr)

348 What's 20 degrees Celsius in First World Units?>>>

The setting in the thermostat that first turns the AC on.

Posted by: Buzzsaw at June 22, 2015 12:08 PM (aVYsC)

349 Jesus, I hope that's a Tootsie Roll.

Posted by: Lifeguard at June 22, 2015 12:08 PM (VcOqI)

350
Monday Monday
la la
so good to me
*raspberry*

Posted by: wth at June 22, 2015 12:09 PM (wAQA5)

351 Just started reading A Confederacy of Dunces . Can't decide if I like it just yet but I can say it does make me paint a vivid picture in my mind which is always a factor in how I judge the writing.

Posted by: Cruzinator at June 22, 2015 12:09 PM (yCkeu)

352 Finland has Santa Claus also.

They don't advertise it.

That's because he's been locked in a remote Lapp equipment shed since 1954.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 22, 2015 12:09 PM (659DL)

353 *checks Anime Weekend Atlanta*

So far no word of any Japanese guests like MIQ or Amuro Ray's seiyuu this year.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 22, 2015 12:10 PM (F3WrY)

354 Posted by: Zombie Caesar Nero : Director, Tylenol Marketing Division at June 22, 2015 12:07 PM (GxHdH)

I heard a Sprint mobile radio commercial talking about family plans, and mentioned a family with two moms. Much obscenity ensued, along with a pledge to never do business with Sprint.

Posted by: Insomniac at June 22, 2015 12:10 PM (2Ojst)

355 Santa killed 251 Russians in the Continuation Wars.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at June 22, 2015 12:10 PM (evdj2)

356 337 20 degrees Celsius is a little over 75 yards.
Posted by: Garrett at June 22, 2015 12:06 PM (jxeDq)

Uh that would be meters I believe.

Posted by: Cruzinator at June 22, 2015 12:10 PM (yCkeu)

357 So, a tenth of a hogshead.

A cubic hectare.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 22, 2015 12:10 PM (659DL)

358 Maybe Obama is outsmarting everybody. Maybe he surgically implanted bombs in all the Gitmo releasees and here in a few months, KABOOM!!!!

Posted by: The Great White Snark at June 22, 2015 12:10 PM (H5ETH)

359 I've asked this before but what are the trees in St. Petersberg that release all the pollen so it looks like it is snowing in Spring? Got to be tough for allergy sufferers.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 22, 2015 12:11 PM (iQIUe)

360 Meanwhile, Obama is playing " ~~Candyland~~ Naked Twister" and keeps getting stuck ~~in Molasses swamp~~ on Reggie.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 22, 2015 12:11 PM (VPLuQ)

361 Rudolph is credited with 57 confirmed kills.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at June 22, 2015 12:11 PM (evdj2)

362 So, a tenth of a hogshead.

A cubic hectare.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 22, 2015 12:10 PM

500 square gills.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 22, 2015 12:12 PM (h4vJk)

363 361 Rudolph is credited with 57 confirmed kills.
Posted by: Grump928(c) at June 22, 2015 12:11 PM (evdj2)

So the nose is a laser designator?

Posted by: joncelli, getting it out of his system at June 22, 2015 12:12 PM (RD7QR)

364
Rudolph is credited with 57 confirmed kills.

Wuss.

Posted by: Simo H�yh� at June 22, 2015 12:12 PM (ZKzrr)

365 Ew, I love it when nature goes swirly that's what totally got me yesterday. Drove to Breckenridge and back the Family Circus route over two passes, the continental divide twice and not through the tunnel and it was swirls all over the place. I was stunned. Repeatedly stunned. I took capable photos of swirly, pouring nature, sky, snow, rock, trees, water, clouds, everything swirly.

http://tinyurl.com/ofb3mul

Posted by: bour3 at June 22, 2015 12:12 PM (5x3+2)

366 Rudolph is credited with 57 confirmed kills.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at June 22, 2015 12:11 PM

After which the Russians never laughed and called him names, but spoke of him only in hushed and respectful voices.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 22, 2015 12:13 PM (h4vJk)

367 361
Rudolph is credited with 57 confirmed kills.

One in each state?

Posted by: some random meathead - if you're not drinking, you're not paying attention at June 22, 2015 12:13 PM (GxHdH)

368 No pissing in this pool.
Posted by: Lifeguard

This is our "log",

Nah. It's just a Baby Ruth.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 22, 2015 12:13 PM (t6GMP)

369 So, Wendy's girl or A T T girl?

Posted by: Bored at June 22, 2015 12:14 PM (VcOqI)

370 All of the other Reindeer used to microagress Rudolph.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 22, 2015 12:14 PM (SXQcx)

371 I am a Night Elf Mohawk.

Posted by: Mr. T's Special Frosted Breakfast Flakes at June 22, 2015 12:15 PM (PFn4f)

372 "Nah. It's just a Baby Ruth."

Hey, that's mine

Posted by: Greenskeeper Carl at June 22, 2015 12:15 PM (VPLuQ)

373 So, Wendy's girl or A T T girl?

The Wendy's chick is a natural blond. She would make for an interesting Collars and Cuffs case.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at June 22, 2015 12:15 PM (evdj2)

374 "So, Wendy's girl or A T T girl?"

Of those two, the AT&T girl. Now, AT&T girl vs. Jan the Toyota girl?

Jan.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 22, 2015 12:15 PM (LA7Cm)

375 Of those two, the AT&T girl. Now, AT&T girl vs. Jan the Toyota girl?

Jan.

Yes please.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 22, 2015 12:16 PM (t6GMP)

376 The AT&T girl seems too young for me. Nice hooters though.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at June 22, 2015 12:16 PM (evdj2)

377 You bastards stay away from Lily!

Posted by: Garrett at June 22, 2015 12:17 PM (jxeDq)

378 Wendy.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 22, 2015 12:17 PM (659DL)

379 369 So, Wendy's girl or A T T girl?

Wendy's girl.

But she has to have her hair dyed ginger.

Posted by: Citizen X at June 22, 2015 12:17 PM (7ObY1)

380 Of those two, the ATT girl. Now, ATT girl vs. Jan the Toyota girl?

Jan.>>>

Hey what am I chopped liver?

Posted by: Flo at June 22, 2015 12:17 PM (aVYsC)

381 The AT&T girl seems too young for me. Nice hooters though.
Posted by: Grump928(c) at June 22, 2015 12:16 PM (evdj2)

She's a Jooooo!

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 22, 2015 12:17 PM (wq4B0)

382 Rudolph is credited with 57 confirmed kills.
Posted by: Grump928(c)

So the nose is a laser designator?
Posted by: joncelli, getting it out of his system

Designator...yeeeaaah, we'll go with that.

Posted by: Head R&D Elf, Santa's Armory at June 22, 2015 12:17 PM (2l5vw)

383 But she has to have her hair dyed ginger.

No fear of soul loss then.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at June 22, 2015 12:17 PM (evdj2)

384
369
So, Wendy's girl or A T T girl?

Milana Vayntrub - not even a close one.

http://tinyurl.com/lq3kju3

you're welcome ( SFW--but it is a Chive link so beware NSFW gifs)

Posted by: some random meathead - if you're not drinking, you're not paying attention at June 22, 2015 12:18 PM (GxHdH)

385 Hey what am I chopped liver?
Posted by: Flo

Sorry. You give me the meat sweats.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 22, 2015 12:18 PM (t6GMP)

386 AT T girl.

Wendy's chick would be better if real ginger.

Posted by: Moderate Salami at June 22, 2015 12:18 PM (/Ho8c)

387 The Fourth Reich just extended sanctions against the Soviet Union for another six months.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 22, 2015 12:18 PM (SXQcx)

388 Just shot off an angry letter to the ADL for going after Former Ambassador Oren and his criticism of Fredo

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 22, 2015 11:46 AM (wq4B0)
----------------------------------------------
When the SHTF, it will at least take down all these naive politically correct idiots as well. ISIS won't distinguish between them and the more pro-Israel westerners. A bunch of Chamberlains. They've learned nothing from history, or even events happening right in front of their faces.

Posted by: Abe Crocksman at June 22, 2015 12:18 PM (6qR/9)

389 Think the Rooskies have a version of Kate Upton?

Katrina Uptonski?

Posted by: Weasel at June 22, 2015 12:19 PM (6xtq3)

390 You bastards stay away from Lily!"

You just know that there is a party going on in that blue blouse.

Posted by: Greenskeeper Carl at June 22, 2015 12:19 PM (VPLuQ)

391 mmmmm Bedazzling...

Posted by: some random meathead - if you're not drinking, you're not paying attention at June 22, 2015 12:20 PM (GxHdH)

392 Think the Rooskies have a version of Kate Upton?

Many.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 22, 2015 12:20 PM (659DL)

393 I do wish the Weather Channel would stick to the weather. (like CNN would just give the news, not BS) WC just keeps on putting up end of the world videos!!

Posted by: Colin at June 22, 2015 12:20 PM (VVrB8)

394 I like Flo. She has a nice MILFy, wholesome, but cray cray vibe going on. Hate Progressive, tho.

But still, AT T girl wins.

Posted by: Moderate Salami at June 22, 2015 12:21 PM (/Ho8c)

395 You just know that there is a party going on in that blue blouse.

Like two ferrets wrasslin' in a pillow case.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 22, 2015 12:21 PM (t6GMP)

396 Flo is a dog.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 22, 2015 12:21 PM (SXQcx)

397 >>Think the Rooskies have a version of Kate Upton?

Ukraine. We should be helping them if for no other reason.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 22, 2015 12:22 PM (g1DWB)

398 Many.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here)

Pfffft, like you would know, basement-dwelling, Netflix-watching proto-Neanderthal person.

Posted by: Moderate Salami at June 22, 2015 12:22 PM (/Ho8c)

399 Just started reading A Confederacy of Dunces . Can't decide if I like it just yet but I can say it does make me paint a vivid picture in my mind which is always a factor in how I judge the writing.

Posted by: Cruzinator

IMHO, there's only two things that one 'gets' out of reading it. 1 ) To say that you've read it, 2 ) To come to the conclusion that the internet is full of Ignatius J. Reillys.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 22, 2015 12:22 PM (KoT6c)

400 Flo is a dog.

Posted by: Boss Moss

To each their own.

Posted by: Moderate Salami at June 22, 2015 12:23 PM (/Ho8c)

401 397 >>Think the Rooskies have a version of Kate Upton?

Ukraine. We should be helping them if for no other reason.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 22, 2015 12:22 PM (g1DWB)

Everything I know about Ukrainian women I learned from the Internet.

Posted by: Insomniac at June 22, 2015 12:23 PM (2Ojst)

402 >>385 Hey what am I chopped liver?
Posted by: Flo

More like half a 3 day old roast beef sandwich...

but, yeah.

Posted by: Garrett at June 22, 2015 12:23 PM (jxeDq)

403 Did the Court say homosexual marriage is Ok yet?

Posted by: just saying at June 22, 2015 12:23 PM (wkuqO)

404 "Flo is a dog."

No...

Flo is a Progressive

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 22, 2015 12:23 PM (VPLuQ)

405 Indeed, VIA.

Posted by: Moderate Salami at June 22, 2015 12:23 PM (/Ho8c)

406 (My HS biology class had a coloring book instead of a textbook. The teacher won state awards for his "fresh approach.")
Posted by: HR needs cookies at June 22, 2015 11:55 AM (ZKzrr)

OMG! And I thought mine was pretty easy (we watched arachnophobia, someone destroyed a sink dissecting frogs and the teacher flat out skipped the evolution chapter which I thought was kind of hilarious)

Posted by: Lea at June 22, 2015 12:24 PM (lIU4e)

407 Pfffft, like you would know, basement-dwelling, Netflix-watching proto-Neanderthal person.

I know, right?

I mean, what would I know about the nightlife in St. Petersburg?

Absolutely NOTHING. Especially if Mrs. Circa is tuning in today.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 22, 2015 12:24 PM (659DL)

408
I got 10 pages into C of D.

Just seems like an all "whacky" caste of characters. Like a bad sitcom.

Posted by: Rocket Train at June 22, 2015 12:24 PM (IPzoI)

409 Hannah on Direct TV commercial.

'Nuff said.

Posted by: Bossy Conservative....lost in America at June 22, 2015 12:24 PM (RFeQD)

410 I believe the court is done until Thursday, so no.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 22, 2015 12:24 PM (iQIUe)

411 Everything I know about Ukrainian women I learned from the ~~Internet~~ Brazzers.

Fixed for accuracy.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 22, 2015 12:24 PM (t6GMP)

412 >>Everything I know about Ukrainian women I learned from the Internet.

For once, the internet is not lying to you.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 22, 2015 12:24 PM (g1DWB)

413 Headed to the beach. It'll be my first time at a Florida beach.

Posted by: lincolntf at June 22, 2015 12:24 PM (tvQwu)

414 >>>
351
Just started reading A Confederacy of Dunces . Can't decide if I like
it just yet but I can say it does make me paint a vivid picture in my
mind which is always a factor in how I judge the writing.

Posted by: Cruzinator at June 22, 2015 12:09 PM (yCkeu) <<<<

I read Bernard Cornwell's "Sharpe's Rifles" series for the insights about linear warfare during the Napoleonic Wars.........well, that, and the social justice aspects of a London wharf-rat making fools of all those 1-%er Society Brits and a-rising from the ranks to become a Lieutenant-Colonel, and all. EAT THE RICH!!
Mostly the tactical stuff, though.

Posted by: Mickey Shwarma at June 22, 2015 12:25 PM (sCHw2)

415 403 Did the Court say homosexual marriage is Ok yet?
Posted by: just saying at June 22, 2015 12:23 PM (wkuqO)

If it's ghey then it's OK!
If it's straight, it's reprobate!

Posted by: Insomniac at June 22, 2015 12:25 PM (2Ojst)

416 Thx.

Posted by: just saying at June 22, 2015 12:25 PM (wkuqO)

417 409
Hannah on Direct TV commercial.

sharp elbows...

Posted by: The Horse at June 22, 2015 12:25 PM (GxHdH)

418 I mean, what would I know about the nightlife in St. Petersburg?

South Beach is better.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 22, 2015 12:25 PM (t6GMP)

419 Hannah on Direct TV commercial.

Yeah, but she appears to prefer horses.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 22, 2015 12:25 PM (659DL)

420 Has the Republican Leadership sold us out yet today? It's past noon in the East.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at June 22, 2015 12:25 PM (evdj2)

421 As if that is not where this monstrocity will end up anyway and you and Gruber both knew that. Maybe not that dope pelosi, but you did
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 22, 2015 12:06 PM (wq4B0)
---
Gruber "knew what was in it", all the while laughing at his stupid fellow countrymen he was planning to screw over.

Makes me wonder if when he was a child, he stole from his parents, all the while laughing at how stupid they were to keep their wallets out in the open. f'king sociopaths.

Posted by: Glitch Grrl at June 22, 2015 12:25 PM (6qR/9)

422 >>I like Flo. She has a nice MILFy, wholesome, but cray cray vibe going on. Hate Progressive, tho.

Someone put a flo commercial on one of music services (apple?) that has her laughing in the most annoying, grating voice. I now HATE flo!

I forgot to look for Confederacy of Dunces at the library last week. Maybe I'll try it later in the summer...

Posted by: Lea at June 22, 2015 12:25 PM (lIU4e)

423 cast of characters.

Posted by: Rocket Train at June 22, 2015 12:26 PM (IPzoI)

424 South Beach is better.

Heh. Well played.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 22, 2015 12:26 PM (659DL)

425 Hannah on Direct TV commercial.

Yeah, but she appears to prefer horses.

And one old goat.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 22, 2015 12:26 PM (t6GMP)

426 The Serbian is up.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 22, 2015 12:27 PM (SXQcx)

427 Woot Finland!! Lapp dances for everybody!!

Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at June 22, 2015 12:27 PM (bYFj6)

428 Serbian women on the other hand look like bridge trolls but hairier, much, much hairier.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 22, 2015 12:27 PM (g1DWB)

429 413 Headed to the beach. It'll be my first time at a Florida beach.
Posted by: lincolntf at June 22, 2015 12:24 PM (tvQwu)
========
You're going to burn up like a meteorite. Or, the cartel will give you a Colombia Necktie. Get out now!!!!

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 22, 2015 12:28 PM (iQIUe)

430 424 Roof is your kinda guy he stands on and burns the American flag. He is the one who wanted a race war and there were some black takers.

Posted by: just saying at June 22, 2015 12:28 PM (wkuqO)

431 Bureau of Land Management agitators?

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 22, 2015 12:28 PM (SXQcx)

432

Where's that Ace fellow?

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 22, 2015 12:28 PM (qCMvj)

433 Something something swim Finns.

Posted by: Turd Ferguson at June 22, 2015 12:28 PM (bhc1W)

434
Here we go...

EXCLUSIVE: Dylann Roof was a devout Christian who went to church camp and worshipped regularly, reveals pastor as the killer's family pray for his victims

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 22, 2015 12:28 PM (iQIUe)

435 413 Headed to the beach. It'll be my first time at a Florida beach.
Posted by: lincolntf at June 22, 2015 12:24 PM (tvQwu)

Which one?

Posted by: Insomniac at June 22, 2015 12:29 PM (2Ojst)

436 Serbian women on the other hand ~~look like~~ ARE bridge trolls but hairier, much, much hairier.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 22, 2015 12:29 PM (t6GMP)

437 >>> Posted by: Dylann Roof Tea Party hero! at June 22, 2015 12:26 PM (0h+8r)<<<<

Yesssssssssss, of course! Look at all the copious tears all over this comment-thread that you THINK you see......

Don't you have limits about how much of your medications you're supposed to ingest, per hour?

Posted by: Mickey Shwarma at June 22, 2015 12:29 PM (sCHw2)

438 I took capable photos of swirly, pouring nature, sky, snow, rock, trees, water, clouds, everything swirly.

http://tinyurl.com/ofb3mul

Posted by: bour3 at June 22, 2015 12:12 PM (5x3+2)

Looks unusually green. So much precipitation. All the reservoirs but one on the Peak are at 90+ percent capacity. They had to plow the road there to get ready for the Hill Climb.

Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at June 22, 2015 12:29 PM (vgIRn)

439 If I wanted a wacky cast of characters, I'd watch MSNBC.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at June 22, 2015 12:29 PM (48o4Q)

440 Hannah and her super sharp elbows

http://tinyurl.com/nhcmh7s

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at June 22, 2015 12:29 PM (fWAjv)

441 Here we go...

EXCLUSIVE: Dylann Roof was a devout Christian who went to church camp and worshipped regularly, reveals pastor as the killer's family pray for his victims

And he was targeted by other Christians who...

Yeah, that narrative is gonna need a little work.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 22, 2015 12:30 PM (659DL)

442
I think it was Finland but little kids have their own tot size snow machines to get around on.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 22, 2015 12:30 PM (iQIUe)

443 If he was a devout Christian he wouldn't murder. There is a Commandment against that even.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 22, 2015 12:30 PM (SXQcx)

444 441 Hannah and her super sharp elbows

http://tinyurl.com/nhcmh7s
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at June 22, 2015 12:29 PM (fWAjv)

Good God above. I'll be in my bunk.

Posted by: Insomniac at June 22, 2015 12:30 PM (2Ojst)

445 ***looks carefully at our membership list. Hmmm I don't see a Roof listed.

Posted by: just saying at June 22, 2015 12:31 PM (wkuqO)

446 Loveland Pass is no place to be in January. Thank the Lord above for the Tunnel.

Posted by: MTF at June 22, 2015 12:31 PM (VLfxt)

447 Oh look Hector is here to warn us of the dangers of ethnic conflict.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 22, 2015 12:31 PM (659DL)

448 Oh shit it's back

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 22, 2015 12:31 PM (wq4B0)

449 Hector, please seek professional help for your inner demons.

You don't have to continue to live this way. There is help available for you, but only you can help you by deciding to take the first step.

There are programs available in your area. Please get hold of one and begin the healing process.

Posted by: Citizen X at June 22, 2015 12:31 PM (7ObY1)

450 I mean, we don't want to end up losing what's left of American infrastructure to NATO airstrikes.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 22, 2015 12:31 PM (659DL)

451 Palm Beach Gardens, don't know the specific beach name.

Posted by: lincolntf at June 22, 2015 12:32 PM (tvQwu)

452 Is this the open thread?

Posted by: dwart at June 22, 2015 12:32 PM (3B/OT)

453 Please nobody engage this asshole today.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at June 22, 2015 12:32 PM (fWAjv)

454 450 it is kinda fun, in a silly sort of way.

Posted by: just saying at June 22, 2015 12:32 PM (wkuqO)

455 "237
A 17-year-old invented an ingenious way to instantly stop bleeding

Imagine
this: you're gushing blood. Nothing seems to make it stop. Then you
apply a gel to your wound, and within seconds, the bleeding stops. In
minutes, you're healed.

This is the premise of VetiGel, an
algae-based polymer created by Joe Landolina -- a 22 year-old who
invented the product when he was just 17.

Landolina is now the
co-founder and CEO of Suneris, a biotech company that manufactures the
gel. Last week, Suneris announced that it will begin shipping VetiGel to
veterinarians later this summer. Humans won't be far behind."

I thought they were already using something like this in Iraq and Afghanistan to get blood clotting and reduce bleeding. I think it was a powder made from something like ground up shrimp shells or something like that.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at June 22, 2015 12:32 PM (QHgTq)

456 "If it's ghey then it's OK!
If it's straight, it's reprobate!"

Zombie Johnny Cochran handling the case?

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 22, 2015 12:32 PM (LA7Cm)

457 I'm still perplexed about that peckerhead Roof complaining that he couldn't find any Kluxxers or Aryan Nations types in SC to hook up with, and that this is somehow a sign of the racism of SC.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at June 22, 2015 12:33 PM (evdj2)

458 Dylann Roof reminds me of an obnoxious f***tard at a previous job, down to the haircut. Other tard never killed anyone I know of, but you never know.

Seriously, I'd say we need a War on F***tards, but a- I know where that would get us, and b- it's probably too late anyway.

Posted by: Head R&D Elf, Santa's Armory at June 22, 2015 12:33 PM (2l5vw)

459 Storm doors christianity is siumilar to that of the oh so rev jeremiah Wright.....wait

Posted by: Hector fap party zero at June 22, 2015 12:33 PM (Spluw)

460 Geez. I need to clean out my sock drawer.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12 at June 22, 2015 12:33 PM (2l5vw)

461 For MILFs, the boss on Workaholics. Oh yeah. I's hit that.

Posted by: Citizen X at June 22, 2015 12:34 PM (7ObY1)

462 I'm still perplexed about that peckerhead Roof complaining that he couldn't find any Kluxxers or Aryan Nations types in SC to hook up with, and that this is somehow a sign of the racism of SC.

Running joke in these parts is that the racists don't bother with the KKK anymore, on account of it's pretty much made up of infiltrators and informants now more than actual racists.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12 at June 22, 2015 12:34 PM (2l5vw)

463 I thought they were already using something like this in Iraq and Afghanistan to get blood clotting and reduce bleeding. I think it was a powder made from something like ground up shrimp shells or something like that.

QuikClot.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 22, 2015 12:34 PM (t6GMP)

464 I like the girl on the Toyota commercials.

Posted by: Turd Ferguson at June 22, 2015 12:35 PM (21SK1)

465 I bet that a bunch of shit I say won't ever be proven. I just like saying shit and lying.

Posted by: Hector fap party zero at June 22, 2015 12:35 PM (Spluw)

466 >>Hannah and her super sharp elbows

Good.

You all go chase Hannah down the beach and leave my Lily alone.

Posted by: Garrett at June 22, 2015 12:35 PM (jxeDq)

467 Let the snakehandling countdown begin 5.....4...17.....3.14159.......8..........

Posted by: Hector fap party zero at June 22, 2015 12:35 PM (Spluw)

468 Dylann Roof Tea Party hero! at June 22, 2015 12:26 PM (0h+8r)

RIP Charleston 9 at June 19, 2015 09:24 AM (0h+8r)

spool up the TB3K

Posted by: AltonJackson at June 22, 2015 12:36 PM (KCxzN)

469 It's funny, JDAMs don't really start fires. They just kind of make everything go 'splody. It's quick.

Just ask any Serbian armored battalion.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 22, 2015 12:36 PM (659DL)

470 Ace is awake.

Posted by: HH at June 22, 2015 12:36 PM (Qia1Z)

471 The Balkans are the model for avoiding ethnic strife.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 22, 2015 12:37 PM (SXQcx)

472 @ 442: Roof is on the same team as the DemoKKKrats, Nation of Islam, Al Sharpton, New Black Panthers, CAIR, La Raza, and all the other HATE-groups included in the "hate America" leftist universe.

Just curious, do the lives of millions of black-skinned babies murdered by the DemoKKKrat-run Planned Parenthood matter?

Do the lives of thousand of black youths murdered by other black youth trapped in DemoKKKrat-run welfare-plantations ( such as NYC, Chicago, Baltimore, or Detroit) matter?

Why do they not matter? Show your work.

Posted by: Mickey Shwarma at June 22, 2015 12:37 PM (sCHw2)

473 Running joke in these parts is that the racists don't bother with the KKK anymore, on account of it's pretty much made up of infiltrators and informants now more than actual racists.

Nobeody cares about tradition....*sigh*

Posted by: zombie Robert 'sheets' Byrd (D-Ninth plane of Hell) at June 22, 2015 12:37 PM (Spluw)

474 I like the girl on the Toyota commercials.

Jan = Laurel Coppock.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 22, 2015 12:37 PM (t6GMP)

475 It's always so interesting how obsessed trolls are with mixed race , normal members of normal free expression organizations like the Tea Party, yet totally uninterested in waco hardcore racists like members of the KKK, Jeremiah Wright and his 'church' and Al Sharpton.

Hmm . Why is that do you think?

Posted by: some random meathead - if you're not drinking, you're not paying attention at June 22, 2015 12:37 PM (GxHdH)

476 Having said that...Hannah's Mons appears to be immaculate.

Posted by: Garrett at June 22, 2015 12:37 PM (jxeDq)

477 Don't we matter, too?

Posted by: RIP Charleston Planned Parenthood 1,000 at June 22, 2015 12:38 PM (sCHw2)

478 Loveland Pass is no place to be in January. Thank the Lord above for the Tunnel.
Posted by: MTF

I was driving up to Berthoud Pass about 20 years ago (March 1995) from Idaho Springs, and it was just a few flakes on the East side, but just over the pass, it was a blizzard. I was heading for Winterpark to do a little skiing on a business trip.

Drove back over the pass to go to Denver later in the day. 65 Degrees in Denver.

Colorado weather is funky. Love that place, though.

Posted by: Bossy Conservative....lost in America at June 22, 2015 12:38 PM (RFeQD)

479 Ace up

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 22, 2015 12:38 PM (GpgJl)

480 @431

Roof is one of your team members. He hates minorities and dreams of race wars.

Posted by: Dylann Roof Tea Party hero!

Unlike some people, I can only speak for what I myself think. And I certainly don't dream about any wars, be they racial or not. Also, I don't hate minorities. Or majorities. Or parities.

I do greatly dislike the subversion of our system of government and tyranny, though.

Posted by: Moderate Salami at June 22, 2015 12:39 PM (/Ho8c)

481 Ace is awake

Posted by: crowd whispers at June 22, 2015 12:39 PM (3B/OT)

482 i zapped the troll, but he's obviously a bum using a library's computers so he'll be back

Posted by: ace at June 22, 2015 12:43 PM (bhepQ)

483 So, Wendy's girl or A T T girl?

Posted by: Bored at June 22, 2015 12:14 PM (VcOqI)

Or?

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Not dead yet at June 22, 2015 12:43 PM (kff5f)

484 That's right hector; let the hatred flow through you; which I can tell you is a mite better than the barbed cock of Satan. Trust me on this.

Posted by: zombie Robert 'sheets' Byrd (D-Ninth plane of Hell) at June 22, 2015 12:44 PM (Spluw)

485 Remember when Hector admitted his grandfather fought for the Nazis? Good times good times.

Posted by: Kenway at June 22, 2015 12:44 PM (G5h6S)

486 i zapped the troll, but he's obviously a bum using a library's computers so he'll be back

Thanks. At least he will have to change McDonalds now.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at June 22, 2015 12:44 PM (evdj2)

487 I'd take the ATT girl over the Wendy's girl, although she's cute too.

I'd only take Flo if she's wearing her trashy blonde wig.

Posted by: Kenway at June 22, 2015 12:45 PM (G5h6S)

488 454 Palm Beach Gardens, don't know the specific beach name.
Posted by: lincolntf at June 22, 2015 12:32 PM (tvQwu)

Should be nice. Wear lots of sunblock. The Florida sun can have you looking like a boiled lobster in under an hour.

Posted by: Insomniac at June 22, 2015 12:46 PM (2Ojst)

489
The Finns were badass fighters. They used the Nazis to help stave off the Russians then abandoned them after they had no further use for them.

Posted by: Cruzinator at June 22, 2015 10:54 AM (yCkeu)

They're also the only German-allied country in WWII that told the Nazis to piss off when pressured to round up their Jews.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 22, 2015 01:01 PM (vXKGT)

490 So Google now records and transmitseverything it picks up in a room with a device that has Chrome installed.

What exatly is that all about?

Finding out if you've got anything to hide - obviously.

Either that or making soundtracks for pornos.

They've really grown since those "At least do no evil" days haven't they?

Posted by: An Observation at June 22, 2015 01:02 PM (bzIWr)

491
I'd take the ATT girl over the Wendy's girl, although she's cute too.

Are you sure, have you seen the Wendy's girl in her big floppy hat?

Posted by: An Observation at June 22, 2015 01:05 PM (bzIWr)

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