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Overnight Open Thread (7-7-2015)

Since I'm kinda tired and lazy tonight will be a movie night. And tonight's feature is the Japanese movie Battle Royale from 2000. It's a controversial yet highly influential movie about a dystopic future Japan where randomly chosen high school classes are forced to fight to the death until there's only a single survivor. This is meant serve as a propaganda for the regime as well as stifle dissent.

And if that sounds very similar to a certain popular novel and movie series, well therein lies an continuing internet controversy. Koushun Takami published the book, Battle Royale, in 1999 and the movie was made the following year. Suzanne Collins didn't publish The Hunger Games until 2008 and swears she hadn't even heard of Battle Royale until after the novel was already submitted (and that the ideas in the book came to her all on her own). Given that she worked in the entertainment industry at the time in my opinion she's almost certainly lying. Takami on the other hand has always pointed to The Lord of the Flies and The Running Man as inspirations for his book and declined to discuss Collins' possible idea plagiarism merely stating that "every novel has something to offer."

Watching this movie again after a few years I realized I had forgotten how good it is. It's fast moving, well edited and takes you right into the story without delay. Unlike The Hunger Games the students here (who would be 9th graders in the US) had no idea that they had been selected to fight so the first part of the movie is them figuring out what's happening, what the rules are, and deciding what they're going to do. At first they're all rather generic but through their actions and flashback scenes you start to know them as individuals. It's not until almost 45 minutes in that you finally start seeing who the main characters are.

And the students like people in general reflect the full human scale of behavior. Some are moral while others are immoral, or amoral and their various behaviors include decency and kindness, love, opportunism, confusion, and cruelty with a mixture of all of these in some of them. All of them have choices to make and their actions and hurried conversations during the movie reveal their character beneath their identical school uniforms and haircuts.

Warning: This is a very violent movie although there are bits of dark humor in it. In fact this movie never got a full release in the US due to the fact that it came out a year after Columbine and studios and audiences were allergic to anything showing teenagers killing.

And as a side note my wife went to the same high school as Takami (although she doesn't remember him since he was three years behind her) and she says that a lot of the school scenes from the book and movie match her own experiences there.

Battle Royale (2000)

Hmmm: Illegal Alien Shooter in SF Used a Federal Agent's Gun

Big Trouble in Big China

China Stocks Swoon Despite Orders From Beijing

When 25% of your publicly traded companies halt the trading of their shares, you just might be in trouble.

Over 700 Chinese companies have halted trading to "self preserve," according to the state media. That means about a quarter of the companies listed on China's two big exchanges - the Shanghai and Shenzhen - are no longer trading.

China's stock markets are in trouble. The Shanghai Composite Index has fallen over 25% since mid-June. The Shenzhen, which has more tech companies and is often compared to America's Nasdaq Index, is down even more.

New York Times: The Myth of the Southern Strategy

When the NYT stops accepting a standard lefty trope...

WaPo Op-Ed: Amy Schumer's Jokes "Inspiring" Mass Shooters

So much stupid packed into just 13 short paragraphs.

Surprisingly Restaurant Prices in SF Rise by 14% After a Recent 14% Increase in the Minimum Wage There

If only someone could have predicted this outcome ahead of time.

Entebbe July 4, 1976: The Greatest Hostage Rescue in History

What imagination, what audacity!

If you had written the raid as a movie script, it would have been rejected as too over the top even for a Cameron film. But it actually happened. You can watch a documentary on it here.

Entebbe-July-4-1976

Slate: Texas May Become a More Dangerous Place Due to Unregulated Eyebrow Threading

So much naïve stupidity. And his complaint about 'legislating' from the bench is rather rich.

The Hypocrisy and Lies of Twitter's Most Notorious 'Anti-Abuse' Activist, Randi Harper, Part 1

Randi Harper, Part 2: The Fact and Fiction of the Troll Formerly Known as @freebsdgirl

Gaining fame for her attacks on Gamergate supporters Randi Harper and her tactics have made social media a nastier, meaner place.

Since her ascendance to minor notoriety, Harper has become known for her abusive tactics and for misrepresentations of her critics. Her trail of victims includes diversity activists, technologists, data scientists, bloggers, gamers, and ordinary social media users.

This report will examine widely publicised and deeply disturbing claims about Harper's private life that shed light on what led her to lash out at the world in such vicious and remorseless fashion.

Despite claiming to oppose online abuse, Harper the cyber-bully and internet troll, together with her mob-like army of followers, has been involved in numerous campaigns of abuse against multiple targets in the past year.

Bankers Fired After Making a 'Team-Building' Fake ISIS Video With Mock Execution

So much stupid.

The Yahoo group is for closers only.

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1 First?

Posted by: AshevilleRobert at July 07, 2015 11:17 PM (Wo9OY)

2 HA!

Posted by: lindafell de Spair at July 07, 2015 11:17 PM (xVgrA)

3 Yeeh-hah! I can die happy now.

Posted by: AshevilleRobert at July 07, 2015 11:18 PM (Wo9OY)

4 Fifth?

Posted by: Country Singer at July 07, 2015 11:19 PM (nL0sw)

5 Now Fifth...

Posted by: Country Singer at July 07, 2015 11:19 PM (nL0sw)

6 Also, I have ancestors that lived on the shore of the Firth of Forth.

Posted by: Country Singer at July 07, 2015 11:19 PM (nL0sw)

7 Yay ont woot woot

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at July 07, 2015 11:19 PM (xJGO2)

8 Oh noes! Texas is even MORE dangerous, guys!

Y'all he's talking about the dangers inherent in a piece of thread.

Posted by: Lauren at July 07, 2015 11:20 PM (Gm2CM)

9 ... everybody rolls with their fingers crossed ...

Posted by: leonard cohen at July 07, 2015 11:20 PM (AVEe1)

10 Hello....

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 07, 2015 11:21 PM (1zHEs)

11 Where is everybody?

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 07, 2015 11:21 PM (4oe4A)

12 And if that sounds very similar to a certain popular novel and movie series, well therein lies an continuing internet controversy.

It sounds like 10,000 popular books and movies. hardly original.

As to Japanese movies, my favorite - of the two or three I've seen, though I will extrapolate this to all Japanese movies - is Brother. Excellent crime fable.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 07, 2015 11:23 PM (MYSVz)

13 When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal post to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation from the previous post.....

Posted by: cthulhu at July 07, 2015 11:23 PM (EzgxV)

14 Next step for china's stock market. They close it down completely until things cool off.

Posted by: AshevilleRobert at July 07, 2015 11:23 PM (Wo9OY)

15 E plebneesta

Posted by: Cloud William at July 07, 2015 11:23 PM (W5DcG)

16 The U.S. Mint ran out of Silver Eagles and quit taking orders.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 07, 2015 11:23 PM (4oe4A)

17 Entebbe was a wild-assed plan. But it worked.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 07, 2015 11:24 PM (1zHEs)

18 I wouldn't have predicted Amy Schumer might become a casualty of the Pyramid of Grievances.

Posted by: Dave S. at July 07, 2015 11:24 PM (mhkbv)

19 Actually, Amy Schumer's jokes are deadly, and here's why...

Posted by: Washington Postx at July 07, 2015 11:24 PM (Ydaoe)

20 I once tried to get one of those illegal, back alley eyebrow threadings done. It's not a topic for polite company IYKWIM.

Posted by: lindafell de Spair at July 07, 2015 11:24 PM (xVgrA)

21 Hey Cooth!

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 07, 2015 11:24 PM (kmtse)

22 The U.S. Mint ran out of Silver Eagles and quit taking orders.

DO THEY STILL HAVE DIMES??!??!?!?!?!?!?

Posted by: Pawn Rawl at July 07, 2015 11:25 PM (UVfht)

23 "The U.S. Mint ran out of Silver Eagles and quit taking orders."




They'll just print some more dineros. Don't mean nothing.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 07, 2015 11:25 PM (1zHEs)

24 Is There Anything More Racist Than A Progressive Country?

Sweden is held up as a paragon of Progressive spiffiness. Yet the Swedish flag, a symbol of that Progressive ideal, is now considered a paragon of... racist hate.

More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=9427

Posted by: The Political Hat at July 07, 2015 11:25 PM (/YkzI)

25 Entebbe July 4, 1976: The Greatest Hostage Rescue in History

What imagination, what audacity!

If you had written the raid as a movie script, it would have been rejected as too over the top even for a Cameron film. But it actually happened. You can watch a documentary on it here.


Don't forget the two movies made about it. They weren't bad. One was a Bronson film and I forget who was in the other.

BTW, the operation was led by Yonatan Netanyahu ... a graduate of Cheltenham High Schiool in the Philly suburbs.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 07, 2015 11:25 PM (MYSVz)

26 hiya SMFH

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at July 07, 2015 11:26 PM (xJGO2)

27 I thought Schumer was pretty p.c. if not SAW? I guess not enough to get a 'get outta shitsville free' card.

Posted by: andycanuck at July 07, 2015 11:26 PM (kivUY)

28 I picked up that movie about ten years ago and still haven't watched it other than the first few minutes: The part where the kid complains and, well, anyway...
On the other hand I watched Fury Road and it was fine. not a chick flic really though not a Road Warrior hero film either.
Daybrother says check it out.

Posted by: Daybrother at July 07, 2015 11:26 PM (oAwqA)

29 Phew! Good thing I'm out of that triskadekaphilian
group.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at July 07, 2015 11:27 PM (x3GpS)

30 Well, at least Texas has a nice stockpile of gold. No really, not bonds but actual gold bars. It's the only state that does. It's only about $650 million worth but better than any other state or the fed for that matter.

Posted by: lindafell de Spair at July 07, 2015 11:27 PM (xVgrA)

31 You know who has content?

Closers.

Posted by: Humongous Ears at July 07, 2015 11:27 PM (7wyDO)

32 Can you still buy the Swedish Flag?

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 07, 2015 11:27 PM (4oe4A)

33 The ONT is deadly to the Amish, Here are ten reasons why:

Posted by: eleven at July 07, 2015 11:27 PM (MDgS8)

34 Hey MisHum...sorry to hear about your wife's mishap.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 07, 2015 11:28 PM (kmtse)

35 For some reason seated behind home plate at the White Sox-Toronto game tonight there was a family holding up a large Greek flag. I wonder if German tourists paid for their tickets?

Posted by: andycanuck at July 07, 2015 11:28 PM (kivUY)

36 That chariot is tacky as hell, but it looks like it would be a barrel of fun.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 07, 2015 11:29 PM (IAqcp)

37 Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 07, 2015 11:28 PM (kmtse)

Thanks pal, just when we were getting caught up.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at July 07, 2015 11:29 PM (xJGO2)

38 "You know who has content?

Closers."



And coffee.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 07, 2015 11:30 PM (1zHEs)

39 35 For some reason seated behind home plate at the White Sox-Toronto game tonight there was a family holding up a large Greek flag.

Posted by: andycanuck at July 07, 2015 11:28 PM (kivUY)


The Greeks invented baseball!

Posted by: Gus Portokalus at July 07, 2015 11:30 PM (MYSVz)

40 He could've done a better job on the horse.

That horse looks a bit teh ghey.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at July 07, 2015 11:30 PM (x3GpS)

41 Amy Schumer would be pretty hot with a Ball Gag.

Posted by: Robinson at July 07, 2015 11:30 PM (1SHv1)

42 Good evening, Horde!

I've got the Hunger Games going on, right here in my house.

It's gonna be me vs. the fridge. I hope I don't get outsmarted.



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at July 07, 2015 11:30 PM (RzZOc)

43 Yes, MH, what the Ms. do to the car?

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 07, 2015 11:31 PM (1zHEs)

44 Didn't care for "Battle Royale", looked rather cheap and seemed rather implausible to me.

Posted by: Darth Randall at July 07, 2015 11:31 PM (6n332)

45 Hey everybody.

Now that Cosby is down, anybody else hear about the latest famous sex offender? Turns out it's none other than Subway's own Jared Fogle. Got his home raided for child porn, supposedly.

The first tipoff to the cops came when someone in his neighborhood noticed he was always offering to show the local kids his "five dollar footlong..."

[/rimshot]

Posted by: qdpsteve at July 07, 2015 11:31 PM (ntObR)

46 So, responding to a late comment on the Happy Fun Thread, to wit, "Sorry for the dead lady in SF who voted for SF to be a sanctuary city."

The young woman who was killed was not a local. She was a visitor to SF from elsewhere in Commiefornia.

Her political predilections are at this point not known.

Posted by: torquewrench at July 07, 2015 11:32 PM (noWW6)

47 Schumer is PC that's why the SJW outrage is so funny.

Soon now, they will have lost all contact with reality and we can politely ignore them while they drool and rant on the street corners.

No one that crazy can manage sane living so they're be on the street tout suite as they say. (or would it in this case be sans suite?

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at July 07, 2015 11:32 PM (x3GpS)

48 Hey I feel stupid but how do I join the yahoo group?

Posted by: Dmoney at July 07, 2015 11:33 PM (aCTGu)

49 It's gonna be me vs. the fridge. I hope I don't get outsmarted.



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at July 07, 2015 11:30 PM (RzZOc)


Step one, put the webcam in the fridge to make certain that the light goes out when the door is closed.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 07, 2015 11:33 PM (IAqcp)

50 Well.

I'm still happy that Nero doesn't want to take a walk in the garden tonight, but I am also happy that I can afford a 16 gauge extension cord so I can run an air purifier in a room with no grounded outlets ...

Posted by: Adriane the Technology Critic ... at July 07, 2015 11:33 PM (bVIxt)

51 Japan vs USA in Mech Battle

https://www.sankakucomplex.com/2015/07/08/japan-vs-usa-in-mech-battle/

Ads at site are NSFW

Posted by: The Political Hat at July 07, 2015 11:34 PM (/YkzI)

52 I love the old silver dollars. A big stack made me feel rich.

The newly minted Silver Eagles, or the old uncirculated silver dollar coins have nearly the same effect, but you should not fondle the new ones.

The old coins, already worn from years in circulation, those you can hold in your hand. My sister, bless her heart, used them to buy gasoline for a hot date, bless her heart.

Posted by: Old Man Dester Giggens at July 07, 2015 11:34 PM (iT4eB)

53 Battle Royale is indeed a good movie. Yeah I don't buy that that the Hunger Games author hadn't heard of it. As for the sequel, BR2... terrible.

Posted by: otho at July 07, 2015 11:34 PM (d8udV)

54 That horse looks a bit teh ghey.
The whole thing is supposed to be reminiscent of a carousel chariot and not be an accurate representation of a chariot I'm guessing.

Posted by: andycanuck at July 07, 2015 11:34 PM (kivUY)

55 " Turns out it's none other than Subway's own Jared Fogle. Got his home raided for child porn, supposedly."



Isn't it so far that he got raided as a result of him emailing his committee chairman who had kid porn on his 'puter?

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 07, 2015 11:34 PM (1zHEs)

56 Favorite Japanese movie? Throne of Blood. It's Shakespeare's MacBeth but with Samurai's, Emperors, and Japanese Sorceress's.

Posted by: Puddleglum at July 07, 2015 11:34 PM (w+I3a)

57 It's like trans fat. Whenever I here that now, it conjures up the image of an overweight sexually ambivelous man in an ugly dress with large hair and rhinestone makeup.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at July 07, 2015 11:34 PM (x3GpS)

58 What's the consensus on what effect the drastic drop in the Chinese stock market will have on the upcoming 9-Dash-Line War? Bump it up or delay it?

Posted by: Thrawn at July 07, 2015 11:34 PM (wZ2hu)

59 Posted by: qdpsteve at July 07, 2015 11:31 PM (ntObR)

This morning's thread may be of interest to you ...

Posted by: Adriane the Technology Critic ... at July 07, 2015 11:35 PM (bVIxt)

60 21 Hey Cooth!

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 07, 2015 11:24 PM (kmtse)



Howdy, howdy!!!

Posted by: cthulhu at July 07, 2015 11:35 PM (EzgxV)

61 "Well, at least Texas has a nice stockpile of gold. No really, not bonds but actual gold bars. It's the only state that does."

Last I had heard, they had not yet taken possession of the physical, and if recent experience is any guide, getting direct possession of bona fide physical precious metals (as opposed to bullshit hypothecated depository receipts and whatnot) can be a real adventure.

I cynically speculate that Kyle Bass is way long actual physical gold other than the TX stash, and is rubbing his hands in anticipation of a massive buying panic for verified physical metal if New York can't actually deliver what Texas is expecting to have delivered. Kyle is smart.

Posted by: torquewrench at July 07, 2015 11:35 PM (noWW6)

62 Battle Royale and The Hunger Games are similar but I wouldn't call it plagiarism. The whole reason behind why they had the event (BR) was really stupid. You want to instill discipline back into students and yet you pick a class at random? Plus, you've been doing this event for years and yet the students had no idea of what it was about? It's a decent film if you don't think about it too much. The follow-up film was horrible.

Posted by: WOPR at July 07, 2015 11:36 PM (nRvEn)

63 Adriane, I'm a day late and a dollar short again eh?

About right for me these days. Sigh.

Posted by: qdpsteve at July 07, 2015 11:36 PM (ntObR)

64 The whole thing is supposed to be reminiscent of a carousel chariot and not be an accurate representation of a chariot I'm guessing.
Posted by: andycanuck


Wait, that horse is dead!?

Posted by: Daybrother at July 07, 2015 11:36 PM (oAwqA)

65 Having seen the movie Battle Royale and read the Hunger Games, I can tell you that Hunger Games is NOT Battle Royale, despite both movies having teenagers kill each other.
Hunger Games owes a ton to Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery". Katniss subbing in for the random draw of her sister in the games is the impetus for the entire series.

Battle Royale owes a ton to the fact that the director (Kinji Fukasaku) was a teenager making bomb fuses for Imperial Japan and was bombed a lot, which gave him direct personal experience in being a teenager and being attacked and having his friends killed around him for reasons completely beyond his control.

They are not the same. Hunger Games isn't bad. Quick read (all 3 in a day). Politically though, WOW is the climax of Hunger Games a teen fantasy of how the world should work.

Battle Royale is insanely great. The Manga is even sicker than the movie, which is nuts. Watch the movie.

Posted by: Cowboy Wally at July 07, 2015 11:36 PM (tLCYC)

66 Evening morons, how fares the horde?

At work. Damn shame about Flynn.

Catch you morons later, maybe.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at July 07, 2015 11:37 PM (b2cFu)

67 Favorite Japanese movie? Throne of Blood. It's Shakespeare's MacBeth but with Samurai's, Emperors, and Japanese Sorceress's.

Posted by: Puddleglum at July 07, 2015 11:34 PM (w+I3a)


Aiiiieeeaaaiii! Godzilla!

Posted by: Thousands of japanese extras at July 07, 2015 11:37 PM (IAqcp)

68 I wouldn't mind having a chariot, though mine would be, optimally, powered by a brace of buxom and scantily clad females.

Though shoeing and feeding them would drive me into bankruptcy.

re China -- Remember back in the 80s-90s, when it looked like the Japanese were going to wind up with ownership of the world? When they were buying everything in America?

*waves at China*

Posted by: GnuBreed at July 07, 2015 11:38 PM (tdMe8)

69 Anybody here ever see Michael Haneke's French film, "Cache"??

Pretty good. Would be better in English, of course.

Posted by: qdpsteve at July 07, 2015 11:38 PM (ntObR)

70 You want to instill discipline back into students and yet you pick a class at random?

Posted by: WOPR at July 07, 2015 11:36 PM (nRvEn)


Decimation worked okay for the Romans.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 07, 2015 11:38 PM (MYSVz)

71 Germany wants their Cadmium bars back.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 07, 2015 11:38 PM (4oe4A)

72 " The Greeks invented baseball!

Posted by: Gus Portokalu"

- Manuel?
He's got
a crush on him.


- A what?!
A crush.


You know, in love.


- I knew it!

I should have never hired
a Frenchman.


He's Greek,
Mr. Fawlty.


- Well, that's even worse. I mean, they invented it.

Posted by: Basil Fawlty at July 07, 2015 11:38 PM (Wo9OY)

73 I'm with puddleglum, "Throne of Blood" is my favorite Kurosawa film.

Posted by: Darth Randall at July 07, 2015 11:38 PM (6n332)

74 48 Hey I feel stupid but how do I join the yahoo group?

Posted by: Dmoney at July 07, 2015 11:33 PM (aCTGu)



Email Maet.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 07, 2015 11:38 PM (EzgxV)

75 " Turns out it's none other than Subway's own Jared Fogle. Got his home raided for child porn, supposedly."

Yea, so I had a weird experience about 6-7 years ago. Was watching the news when a picture of a guy who was arrested for child porn was shown. It was my f'ing dentist, who was a prominent, well know guy in practice for 30 plus years! eewww!!!

Posted by: lindafell de Spair at July 07, 2015 11:39 PM (xVgrA)

76 Would like to get the DVD or blu-ray of Kurosawa's "Ran." Still remember hearing good things from 1986.

As I understand it, it's a Japanese "Richard III."

Posted by: qdpsteve at July 07, 2015 11:39 PM (ntObR)

77 It's pretty despicable what's being done to Cosby.

Everyone's headlines has him drugging the women for sex.

They forget to mention that the women testified that they took the drugs knowingly and voluntarily. And 'ludes are a known sex enhancer for the ladies. It's what makes them popular still. (besides whatever medical use it has)

He said he bought the drugs for sex with women not that he bought the drugs so he could force women to have sex with him.

Gellman's amnesia folks? The media is out to screw him and they'll do so very slyly because they know he's still an icon to some blacks.

Cripes even Breitbart and Drudge did the same thing to him with the headline.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at July 07, 2015 11:40 PM (x3GpS)

78
He had his child porn hands in your mouth.

Think about it.

Posted by: eleven at July 07, 2015 11:40 PM (MDgS8)

79 Battle Royale and The Hunger Games are similar but I
wouldn't call it plagiarism. The whole reason behind why they had the
event (BR) was really stupid. You want to instill discipline back into
students and yet you pick a class at random? Plus, you've been doing
this event for years and yet the students had no idea of what it was
about? It's a decent film if you don't think about it too much. The
follow-up film was horrible.

Posted by: WOPR at July 07, 2015 11:36 PM (nRvEn)


It wasn't about discipline.

It was about random terror.

By taking random students, and showing that they will turn on each other, on TV, the state shows that revolt is impossible and that you can't trust anyone.

Posted by: The Political Hat at July 07, 2015 11:41 PM (/YkzI)

80 "Yeah I don't buy that that the Hunger Games author hadn't heard of it."

I'm so far out of the pop culture loop that there's an eighteen month lightspeed delay, but even I had heard of Battle Royale long before I heard of the Hunger Games. Many years before.

Just another Hollyweird hack at work, stealing material.

Hey, you know what would be an original plot line?

A bunch of attractive young people suddenly realizing that their entire futures have been stolen from them by a bunch of cynical financiers and cretinous politicians stacking up debt to the ceiling to fund the welfare state.

In reality, of course, those young people voted repeatedly and enthusiastically to have their futures stolen, because social justice and, um, something something.

Posted by: torquewrench at July 07, 2015 11:41 PM (noWW6)

81 65 Having seen the movie Battle Royale and read the Hunger Games, I can tell you that Hunger Games is NOT Battle Royale, despite both movies having teenagers kill each other.

No they're not the same and I like both in their own way. But it's also pretty clear to me that Collins took a lot of ideas from Battle Royale despite her claims otherwise.

Posted by: Maetenloch at July 07, 2015 11:41 PM (pAlYe)

82 I was watching CNBC Asia market watch for the first time ever. China stocks were showing a lot of red.


I wonder if world events are going to finally explode and intrude on President Dumbass' golf games for the remainder of his term. The meetings alone may drive him to self medicate.

Posted by: Stateless Infidel at July 07, 2015 11:41 PM (AC0lD)

83 lindafell, yuck.

Posted by: qdpsteve at July 07, 2015 11:41 PM (ntObR)

84 Decimation worked okay for the Romans.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 07, 2015 11:38 PM (MYSVz)

And it was implemented for units that broke and ran. In other words, it was applied to the bad units. In BR world, the Romans would select from a unit that did nothing wrong and decimate them just due to the luck of the draw.

Posted by: WOPR at July 07, 2015 11:41 PM (nRvEn)

85 In America it's known as Battle Quarter Pounder.



*probably screwed that up.


Evening horde.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at July 07, 2015 11:42 PM (XAFOu)

86 Surprisingly Restaurant Prices in SF Rise by 14% After a Recent 14% Increase in the Minimum Wage There

Inconceivable!

Posted by: rickl at July 07, 2015 11:42 PM (sdi6R)

87 Mmm. Cadmium bars.

Posted by: homer simpson at July 07, 2015 11:42 PM (kivUY)

88 Well, firepit has burned down. I almost got Willowed...

Carryover from dead thread -
To: you know who,
You have nothing to thank me for. I sincerely hope you're doing well. You know my rule - Any. Time.
Got it?

And, hello, all.
Is this where we post what we're NOT happy for?

Because I'm not happy that they're remaking "Vacation."
(Even if it looks kinda funny) it's going to be in the vein of The Hangover. Yay.

Posted by: Chi at July 07, 2015 11:42 PM (4fW0K)

89 Doh!

Posted by: homer simpson at July 07, 2015 11:43 PM (kivUY)

90 76: Yep, its Richard III, Japanese version. Only saw it once. Its another great Kurosawa film. He has lots of them though. Its hard to find on DVD. I went looking for it and came up blank on Amazon. I keep trying.

Posted by: Puddleglum at July 07, 2015 11:43 PM (w+I3a)

91 Okay, y'all. This is a suggestion and an inquiry, not an official Mo Meet on the schedule! (as yet)

Improptu Texas Moron Meet. Saturday afternoon / evening, 18 July.

South of Houston, starting in League City, at The Arms Room, indoor shooting range.

After the guns are safed and cased, then a couple miles up the road to Dempsey's Irish Bar & Grille, in Webster.

Location has good proximity to hotels in various price ranges.

Y'all would have to make a hell of a quick consensus as to the feasibility, desirability and do-ability of the thing.

I know that on that short notice, we'll miss more Morons than would otherwise be the norm. But, I can pull it off then, and don't think I can shake one loose much longer into the summer.

Which would only mean that some other Texas Moron would have to put together a gig for a later time.

But, this one's an option.

What sayeth ye, Horde?



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at July 07, 2015 11:44 PM (RzZOc)

92 Oops. Tungsten.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 07, 2015 11:44 PM (4oe4A)

93 Kill Bill 1 - 2 - 3

The fight scene inside the little trailer was . . . surprising.

Posted by: Old Man Dester Giggens at July 07, 2015 11:44 PM (iT4eB)

94 Posted by: andycanuck at July 07, 2015 11:34 PM (kivUY)

Come to think of it, that's probably where he got the whole thing. It would already have mounting brackets and holes for the poles so adapting that to a MC frame would be easy.

Still it's teh ghey.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at July 07, 2015 11:44 PM (x3GpS)

95 Puddleglum, thanks. Just looked at Ran at Amazon and it is available on blu-ray at Amazon for $13.63 or DVD for $20.

Posted by: qdpsteve at July 07, 2015 11:44 PM (ntObR)

96 There's a Kill Bill 3?

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at July 07, 2015 11:45 PM (x3GpS)

97 "Under the city's sanctuary ordinance, people in the country illegally aren't handed over to immigration officials unless there's a warrant for their arrest."


So the feds were too lazy to get a warrant, knowing full well that they would not be notified when he was released. I think the family of the victim has more than one govt agency that they can sue.

Posted by: bergerbilder at July 07, 2015 11:45 PM (+jijM)

98 He had his child porn hands in your mouth.

Think about it.
Posted by: eleven

Yea, yuck!!! I was pretty freaked out by it all. Luckily, I always watch the glove wearing and hand washing habits of all my healthcare providers. Still, eeewwww!! He was really guilty too, he's in jail now.

Posted by: lindafell de Spair at July 07, 2015 11:45 PM (xVgrA)

99 Nite Moroms
Be well

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at July 07, 2015 11:45 PM (xJGO2)

100 In America it's known as Battle Quarter Pounder.
>>>

And Poutine

Posted by: Robinson at July 07, 2015 11:46 PM (1SHv1)

101 65 Having seen the movie Battle Royale and read the Hunger Games, I can tell you that Hunger Games is NOT Battle Royale...
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Does Battle Royale have Jennifer Lawrence in it?
No?
Then... meh. I'll pass.

Posted by: Chi at July 07, 2015 11:47 PM (4fW0K)

102 And it was implemented for units that broke and ran. In other words, it was applied to the bad units.

Not exactly. It was applied to units that bad things happened to, whether their fault or not.

But I was really just making a flippant little quip for giggles ...

In BR world, the Romans would select from a unit that did nothing wrong and decimate them just due to the luck of the draw.

Posted by: WOPR at July 07, 2015 11:41 PM (nRvEn)


Never saw the movie. Frankly, I could only stand to watch 15 minutes of Hunger games before I had to turn it off. I really don't get what anyone found interesting in it. It all seemed very infantile and silly to me ... not that there's anything wrong with infantile and silly ... but I just couldn't suspend disbelief enough to continue watching the movie without gagging or putting a foot through the TV. I found its populatrity a real puzzler.

Now, Open Water .... that was a movie! No relation to anything. just sayin' ...

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 07, 2015 11:47 PM (MYSVz)

103 76: Ran is actually based on King Lear. You can find it at Amazon. I just found it.

Posted by: Puddleglum at July 07, 2015 11:47 PM (w+I3a)

104 Quarter Kilogramer with cheese.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 07, 2015 11:48 PM (4oe4A)

105 I don't know much about Amy Schumer but I just lost all respect for her anyway, as I do and will for anybody who apologizes to these SJW fascist sh*tbirds.

Posted by: rrpjr at July 07, 2015 11:48 PM (s/yC1)

106 Oops. Tungsten.>>>

Or Wolfram

Posted by: Robinson at July 07, 2015 11:48 PM (1SHv1)

107 "There's a Kill Bill 3?"

There is a place holder for it on imdb.com.
Speculation maybe.

Posted by: Old Man Dester Giggens at July 07, 2015 11:48 PM (iT4eB)

108 He was really guilty too, he's in jail now.

Posted by: lindafell de Spair at July 07, 2015 11:45 PM (xVgrA)


For filling under-age cavities?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 07, 2015 11:49 PM (IAqcp)

109 Puddleglum, yeah, my bad.

I'm way behind on Shakespeare and have never read my way entirely through one of his plays. Have wondered where to start. I'd assume "Hamlet" or "Romeo and Juliet" are the most accessible to modern audiences but don't know.

Posted by: qdpsteve at July 07, 2015 11:49 PM (ntObR)

110 >> There's a Kill Bill 3?

I don't think so. Especially since he died in KB 2. Then he really died, but to give him credit, dick first.

Posted by: GnuBreed at July 07, 2015 11:49 PM (tdMe8)

111 It will answer all the questions that Kill Bill one and two left open.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 07, 2015 11:49 PM (4oe4A)

112 108
He was really guilty too, he's in jail now.



Posted by: lindafell de Spair at July 07, 2015 11:45 PM (xVgrA)





For filling under-age cavities?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 07, 2015 11:49 PM (IAqcp)

jared?

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at July 07, 2015 11:50 PM (0O7c5)

113 "The fight scene inside the little trailer was . . . surprising."


Good movie. Snakes, eyeballs. The series was good.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 07, 2015 11:50 PM (1zHEs)

114 97 There's a Kill Bill 3?
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at July 07, 2015 11:45 PM (x3GpS)

Nope. There has been talk of it for a while, that a Kill Bill 3 would focus on Copperhead's daughter being trained by the eye-less assassin to kill The Bride.

However, I think that project will never come to fruition.

Posted by: Thrawn at July 07, 2015 11:50 PM (wZ2hu)

115 Did Sulu's recent conniption remind anyone of anything? Like, Martin Bashir's scat incident? Both cases of leftists going off on a *mention* of slavery as if it were an *endorsement* of slavery. I'm pretty sure they're both OK with OWS "wage slave" rhetoric though. This is something that has been known to come up from time to time on my blog.

Posted by: Dave M at July 07, 2015 11:50 PM (Cbzos)

116 Jim, I for one can't do League City on short notice. If there's an Austin area MoMee, though, I'd be a definite maybe.

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at July 07, 2015 11:50 PM (iuQS7)

117 Any "sanctuary city" should face an immediate cutoff of all Federal funds. Welfare, Medicaid, Section 8, school lunches, highway money, farm subsidies, you name it.

Elect me President and I will do it by EO. So shall it be written; so shall it be done.

Posted by: rickl at July 07, 2015 11:50 PM (sdi6R)

118 Hunger Games owes a ton to Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery". Katniss subbing in for the random draw of her sister in the games is the impetus for the entire series.

Also the tale of Theseus and the Minotaur.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, by the Pale Moon light at July 07, 2015 11:51 PM (m9V0o)

119 As I understand it, Shakespeare's early stuff, like "Titus Andronicus," was *very* bloody and action-oriented.

Kind of nice to hear ol' Bill himself had to start off like Jim Cameron did. Makes him a bit more relatable IMHO.

Posted by: qdpsteve at July 07, 2015 11:51 PM (ntObR)

120
Shakespeare is best in snippets.

Trying to follow a whole play in what amounts to a foreign language is an exercise in futility. For me anyway.

Posted by: eleven at July 07, 2015 11:51 PM (MDgS8)

121 Anyone watching the series, "The Strain?" It's a Del Toro project that just started(?) on TV. Im wondering if its worth watching, I saw the previews when my kids were watching a marathon of recorded "Teen Titans" which is another show I don't get. I really don't watch any TV myself but we have 5 of them.

Posted by: lindafell de Spair at July 07, 2015 11:52 PM (xVgrA)

122 Shakespeare couldn't write a happy ending.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 07, 2015 11:52 PM (4oe4A)

123 What questions did 1 - 2 leave open?

Her == resurrection from the dead

Everyone else == dead

Seems pretty straight forward and no dangling plot lines.

But then I'm a very simple guy;

You hurt me == I get away from you.

You keep hunting me down to hurt me I will turn around and fcuk your shit up till you stop.

See? Simple guy.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at July 07, 2015 11:52 PM (x3GpS)

124 eleven, true re Shakespeare.

I'd probably need to get a guide to read along with it, such as one of Barron's guides.

Posted by: qdpsteve at July 07, 2015 11:52 PM (ntObR)

125 McDs has announced they are going to increase the patty weight of their quarter pounder to 4.5 ounces.

*scratches head*

Posted by: GnuBreed at July 07, 2015 11:52 PM (tdMe8)

126 Any "sanctuary city" should face an immediate cutoff of all Federal funds. Welfare, Medicaid, Section 8, school lunches, highway money, farm subsidies, you name it.

I think AllenG's mantra deserves practical application, personally. Harboring invading colonistas...

Posted by: Brother Cavil, by the Pale Moon light at July 07, 2015 11:52 PM (m9V0o)

127 95 Puddleglum, thanks. Just looked at Ran at Amazon and it is available on blu-ray at Amazon for $13.63 or DVD for $20.

Posted by: qdpsteve at July 07, 2015 11:44 PM (ntObR)

People people people.

Again, Amazon Firestick hacked with Kodi. Watching the kids tomorrow and watching the Minion movie. Not a penny going to Hollywood. I think I have the script of Age of Ultron down pat by now.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at July 07, 2015 11:53 PM (XAFOu)

128 By taking random students, and showing that they will turn on each other, on TV, the state shows that revolt is impossible and that you can't trust anyone.
Posted by: The Political Hat at July 07, 2015 11:41 PM (/YkzI)

Eh, I don't buy that logic. A contrived game doesn't show that revolt is impossible or that you can't trust anyone. "We're going to blow everyone's head off if there isn't a single winner," doesn't say much about the human condition.

"The Hunger Games" had better logic on this point. Your district gets a reward if you win, and the state shows it is powerful enough to make you send two kids each year.

Posted by: WOPR at July 07, 2015 11:53 PM (nRvEn)

129 122 Shakespeare couldn't write a happy ending.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 07, 2015 11:52 PM (4oe4A)



All the comedies had happy endings. All the tragedies did not. And the histories.....well, let's just say they weren't comedies.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 07, 2015 11:53 PM (EzgxV)

130 In the Elizabethan era there were no happy endings.

You were born in shit, lived in shit and died in shit.

The only differences was the depth of the shit.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at July 07, 2015 11:54 PM (x3GpS)

131 The whole Jared thing?

I haven't seen any actual accusations (yet). I am the last person to defend a child molester, but they searched his home computers. So what.
Maybe because the dude that ran his foundation probably had been in his home (many times), and had access to his computers?

Looking for more evidence?

Posted by: Chi at July 07, 2015 11:54 PM (4fW0K)

132 124 eleven, true re Shakespeare.

I'd probably need to get a guide to read along with it, such as one of Barron's guides.

Posted by: qdpsteve at July 07, 2015 11:52 PM (ntObR)



They're actually more difficult to read than they are to listen to.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 07, 2015 11:54 PM (EzgxV)

133 Jim, sounds like fun but I'll be in the hospital with the new baby (assuming she doesn't come any sooner).

Posted by: Lauren at July 07, 2015 11:55 PM (Gm2CM)

134 Shorts of Hate and Intolerance ONT Compliance Pics

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/618482218575503361

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/618482554967076864

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/618482791668424704

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/618482948350824449

Posted by: kbdabear at July 07, 2015 11:55 PM (GrXXa)

135 I'm way behind on Shakespeare and have never read my way entirely through one of his plays. Have wondered where to start. I'd assume "Hamlet" or "Romeo and Juliet" are the most accessible to modern audiences but don't know.

Posted by: qdpsteve at July 07, 2015 11:49 PM

Jeez, if you're going to subject yourself to that stuff, I'd say Julius Caesar, or to a lesser extent Macbeth. Even that stuff is a slog.

Posted by: otho at July 07, 2015 11:55 PM (d8udV)

136 He's the King.

How do you know?

'Cause he hasn't got pig shit all over him ...

Posted by: Elizabethan Political Analyst at July 07, 2015 11:55 PM (bVIxt)

137 Jim, I for one can't do League City on short notice. If there's an Austin area MoMee, though, I'd be a definite maybe.
Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe

Same here. I could do about 1-1.5 hours drive from Austin in any direction.

Posted by: lindafell de Spair at July 07, 2015 11:55 PM (xVgrA)

138 @76 Would like to get the DVD or blu-ray of Kurosawa's "Ran." Still remember hearing good things from 1986.

As I understand it, it's a Japanese "Richard III."
--------------------------

Close. It's a Japanese 'King Lear', with sons instead of daughters.

Posted by: junior at July 07, 2015 11:56 PM (3m3mw)

139 "Taming of a shrew", the movie. Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.


Posted by: Old Man Dester Giggens at July 07, 2015 11:56 PM (iT4eB)

140 otho, I kind of have to read at least one Shakespeare masterpiece before I die.

It's a requirement for calling yourself a screenwriter of any repute.

Posted by: qdpsteve at July 07, 2015 11:56 PM (ntObR)

141 Battle Royal the manga is really good and has ALOT in common with Hunger Games. They both have a Government run game to distract the population.

Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at July 07, 2015 11:56 PM (c4yY7)

142 Hate Shorts ONT Compliance Pics

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/618483104823541760

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/618483238491848704

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/618483390090735616

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/618483527441600512

Posted by: kbdabear at July 07, 2015 11:56 PM (GrXXa)

143 McDs has announced they are going to increase the patty weight of their quarter pounder to 4.5 ounces.

Got an idea: make something that resembles a freaking hamburger!

Posted by: t-bird at July 07, 2015 11:56 PM (FcR7P)

144
Jeez, if you're going to subject yourself to that stuff, I'd say Julius Caesar, or to a lesser extent Macbeth. Even that stuff is a slog.

Posted by: otho at July 07, 2015 11:55 PM (d8udV)


Don't read Shakespeare. Go see a performance. It should be damned easy to find one or more of his plays being performed somewhere near you.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 07, 2015 11:58 PM (IAqcp)

145 Posted by: Chi at July 07, 2015 11:54 PM (4fW0K)

Mob rule. Haven't ya heard.

But yeah, I don't think he is/will be charged. Looking for more evidence.

Did he vote for Dear Leader?

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at July 07, 2015 11:58 PM (XAFOu)

146 A heavier 60 - 40 fat burger. That should work. Why not go leaner? Less fat.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 07, 2015 11:58 PM (4oe4A)

147 I am swooping in for some Hillz Cankle snark. That video on Drudge has so much Hilarity I don't know where to start. White panty hose on the thunderous legs. And her daughter, bless her heart, is wearing white hose as well...I think with shorts although I did not look again. Either that or alien legs.


Posted by: ChristyBlinky,aging Redneck Queen supermodel, has a Hobbit foot at July 07, 2015 11:58 PM (5br9Q)

148 109: no worries. I thought it was Richard III. Forgot about King Lear. HS English was a long time ago. My HS English teacher (Senior year) was obsessive about Shakespeare. Its one of the few things I remember from my hi skool edukatiun.

Posted by: Puddleglum at July 07, 2015 11:58 PM (w+I3a)

149 junior, AOP, Old Man, hmmm. All good advice. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at July 07, 2015 11:59 PM (ntObR)

150 qdpsteve, yes to Hamlet and RnJ, especially since both have decent non-Shakespearean adaptations (The Lion King and West Side Story, respectively) that would be a way to ease in. I also heartily recommend the David Tennant version of Hamlet, possibly with closed captions on so you can follow the text along with the action; it's a modern adaptation, which I don't normally like, but some of the modern elements--two-way mirrors and CCTV cameras, specifically--highlight the political paranoia of Claudius' court in a way that's easier for modern audiences to understand. For a more period-correct Hamlet, go for the Mel Gibson.

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at July 07, 2015 11:59 PM (iuQS7)

151 the clue to Jared is he hasn't been arrested.

Some guy part of some organization with Jared as the head was arrested a while back for child porn.

they're now investigating everyone who had regular communication with that guy that seemed to have "overtones" or perhaps that guy took advantage of being an insider to plant malware on his associates computers to aid him in storing and sending and receiving.

Remember it ain't your enemies who can do the most damage by surprise. It's your friends or those you let close.

Paranoids don't have a social life but then they don't get stabbed in the back too often either.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at July 07, 2015 11:59 PM (x3GpS)

152 I'd suggest watching a film version of one of the plays first and then read the play second.

Posted by: andycanuck at July 08, 2015 12:00 AM (kivUY)

153 Once read a funny story that the reason Hollywood producers won't make the film "Richard III"??

They're convinced audiences will ask: when did I miss Parts I and II?

Ah geez...

Posted by: qdpsteve at July 08, 2015 12:00 AM (ntObR)

154 Adieu.


Mas Hell in the manana.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 08, 2015 12:00 AM (1zHEs)

155 #115: It made me think we need a new rhetorical law. Gandhi's Law, or something like that.

The basic idea is, no matter how wise and gentle and kind and even Christ-like a leftist may seem (especially to other leftists), at some point he will say something that reveals him to be a contemptible piece of shit.

Gandhi was a big-time supporter of Hitler who later said the Jews should've just all killed themselves, because that would've really shown Hitler the error of his ways. So that's why I'm thinking this maxim should be named for him.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at July 08, 2015 12:00 AM (wKc1L)

156 I watched about 15 minutes of Hunger Games as well. By the time I got to the 15 minute mark, I was thinking "I'd have picked these kids to get killed as well. They're all too stupid to be allowed to live".

Posted by: AshevilleRobert at July 08, 2015 12:01 AM (Wo9OY)

157 It's hard to find them in the original Klingon.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 08, 2015 12:01 AM (4oe4A)

158 You can't stifle dissent. Not really.

I have personal experience in this matter.

Posted by: dissent555 at July 08, 2015 12:01 AM (yR6A1)

159 93 The fight scene inside the little trailer was . . . surprising
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So, I'm the only one that was immediately reminded of the fight scene in Raising Arizona when I saw that?

Posted by: Chi at July 08, 2015 12:01 AM (4fW0K)

160 Night all.

Here is "Low Tide" by Kylesa:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vT45Sxek2s

Posted by: The Political Hat at July 08, 2015 12:01 AM (/YkzI)

161 Zoom in on the person driving the car next to Chariots of Fire guy, its the crypt keeper.

Posted by: wodun at July 08, 2015 12:01 AM (DD0s8)

162 So Randi Harper is using the SPLC model? Or should I call it the crypto-Nazi Model?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 08, 2015 12:01 AM (eeTCA)

163 Posted by: Lauren at July 07, 2015 11:55 PM (Gm2CM)

Women have that advantage over men: they know who's kids are theirs. (unless you don't trust the hospital)

Good luck and God bless you and your baby.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at July 08, 2015 12:01 AM (x3GpS)

164 Elisabeth and Andy, thanks!!

Puddleglum, no worries. ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at July 08, 2015 12:02 AM (ntObR)

165 Somehow I dodged the whole Richard Trilogy.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 08, 2015 12:02 AM (4oe4A)

166 "
McDs has announced they are going to increase the patty weight of their quarter pounder to 4.5 ounces.



Got an idea: make something that resembles a freaking hamburger!

Posted by: t-bird"

And they should sell their breakfast menu 24 hrs a day.

Posted by: AshevilleRobert at July 08, 2015 12:03 AM (Wo9OY)

167 157 -- Boss Moss -- hah

Posted by: eleven at July 08, 2015 12:03 AM (MDgS8)

168 otho, I kind of have to read at least one Shakespeare masterpiece before I die. It's a requirement for calling yourself a screenwriter of any repute.

Posted by: qdpsteve at July 07, 2015 11:56 PM

I honestly can't see all that much relevence to screenwriting IMHO. Playwriting, yes. But, screen? Shakespeare is all about the telling, and not much showing. The problem with Shakespeare is that demands first rate acting to have any hope of getting across what's going on. I'd say the easiest to follow is probably Julius Caesar.

Posted by: otho at July 08, 2015 12:03 AM (d8udV)

169 Ha-ha.

Bing search 'randi harper +bitch' and have a laugh at the top links.

Posted by: andycanuck at July 08, 2015 12:04 AM (kivUY)

170 Shakespeare woulda had a field day with our current POTUS, me likes to think.

Probably with several of the previous ones too.

Posted by: qdpsteve at July 08, 2015 12:04 AM (ntObR)

171 The basic idea is, no matter how wise and gentle and kind and even Christ-like a leftist may seem (especially to other leftists), at some point he will say something that reveals him to be a contemptible piece of shit.
--------

Scratch a Liberal, find a Nazi. I seem to be confirming Godwin's Law tonight..., but if the hobnailed boots fit, they have to wear them.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 08, 2015 12:05 AM (eeTCA)

172 King Richard I starred this awful kid actor in a pod race.

Posted by: eleven at July 08, 2015 12:05 AM (MDgS8)

173 Got an idea: make something that resembles a freaking hamburger!

Posted by: t-bird
------------------------------

Plan B:
Make something that tastes like a hamburger.

Posted by: Chi at July 08, 2015 12:06 AM (m+AZt)

174 otho, thanks and good points.

Believe it or not, in screenwriter circles, one of the ways you get cred (let's admit it, you can't get it selling scripts, because that rarely happens) is by knowing your Shakespeare.

Not that their understandings and interpretations are that great or deep. But you don't want to go out there admitting you've never read anything of Bill's. At least from what I've seen and read. ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at July 08, 2015 12:06 AM (ntObR)

175 It's not a tumah!

Posted by: richard ii, kindergarten king at July 08, 2015 12:06 AM (kivUY)

176 I tried watching Hamlet, Kenneth Branagh's version. I cannot keep up with rapid fire Shakespeare which is too bad. It looked good.

Posted by: Puddleglum at July 08, 2015 12:07 AM (w+I3a)

177 Just say in interviews that you don't see what was so great about Shakespeare, qdpsteve, all he did was string together a bunch of famous quotes.

Posted by: andycanuck at July 08, 2015 12:07 AM (kivUY)

178 I am the King of Denmark and I would like some strawberries is Hamlet?

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 08, 2015 12:08 AM (4oe4A)

179 The writers that you're supposed to be familiar with if you want to make it in screenwriting:

- Shakespeare
- William Goldman
- Neil Simon
- Woody Allen
- George Lucas, Francis Coppola, John Milius, David Mamet

and there's a few others.

Posted by: qdpsteve at July 08, 2015 12:08 AM (ntObR)

180 "McDs has announced they are going to increase the patty weight of their quarter pounder to 4.5 ounces."

I only ate at McDonalds when there was no other alternative.

When they decided to rebrand themselves as the preferred fast-food brand of urban youth, and then spent a ton of money on a loud flashy hip-hop advertising campaign, and patrons then started getting mugged in line or beaten to death in the parking lot, I then cut back my MCD patronage to zero, where it will remain.

Posted by: torquewrench at July 08, 2015 12:08 AM (noWW6)

181 Women have that advantage over men: they know who's kids are theirs.>>>

Yeah there could be a DNA switcheroo. But My kids are my kids I've had them way too long to give a shit to care what their mother may have done.

Posted by: Robinson at July 08, 2015 12:09 AM (1SHv1)

182 Posted by: AshevilleRobert at July 08, 2015 12:03 AM (Wo9OY)

Aren't some McDs selling some breakfast items 24/7? Anyways, I'm boycotting them so I don't care. They hired that shitweasel Robert Gibbs, and the CEO announced they want to be 'a Progressive burger company'.

My infrequent visits are now no visits.

Posted by: GnuBreed at July 08, 2015 12:09 AM (tdMe8)

183 andy, LOL.

Wouldn't be the first time I faked it to make it. ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at July 08, 2015 12:09 AM (ntObR)

184 I kind of have to read at least one Shakespeare masterpiece before I die. It's a requirement for calling yourself a screenwriter of any repute.

Posted by: qdpsteve at July 07, 2015 11:56 PM


In my day, it was a requirement to graduate from high school.

Posted by: bergerbilder at July 08, 2015 12:10 AM (+jijM)

185 To be or not to be.... therein lies the rub fair Juliet.

Posted by: eleven at July 08, 2015 12:10 AM (MDgS8)

186
179 The writers that you're supposed to be familiar with if you want to make it in screenwriting: - Shakespeare - William Goldman - Neil Simon - Woody Allen - George Lucas, Francis Coppola, John Milius, David Mamet and there's a few others.
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 08, 2015 12:08 AM (ntObR)


I take it that George Lucas is on there as a lesson of what not to write.

Posted by: buzzion at July 08, 2015 12:10 AM (zt+N6)

187 It's Okay until they start singing.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 08, 2015 12:10 AM (4oe4A)

188 Bedtime. Night all.

Posted by: AshevilleRobert at July 08, 2015 12:11 AM (Wo9OY)

189
My favorite Shakespeare was Guildenstern and Rosencrantz are dead.

Which was tangentially Shakespeare.

Posted by: eleven at July 08, 2015 12:11 AM (MDgS8)

190 bergerbilder, I managed to do well enough in other stuff to fake my way past Shakespeare knowledge in HS.

Hey, it was the go-go '80s!!... As long as you didn't get AIDS everything was cool.

Posted by: qdpsteve at July 08, 2015 12:11 AM (ntObR)

191 Don't read Shakespeare. Go see a performance. It should be damned easy to find one or more of his plays being performed somewhere near you.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 07, 2015 11:58 PM

Still a slog even in live performance. Without exceptional actors to interpret the text, it just comes across as word salad, with mugging. That's just the way it is with Shakespere, IMHO. It's great stuff, but almost inpenetrable unless done right. The movie version of Julius Caeasr and the Polanski's Macbeth makes the job easier, for those 2 plays.

Posted by: otho at July 08, 2015 12:12 AM (d8udV)

192 It took me quite a while (I'm ashamed to say) to figure out that Hamlet's soliloquy was about suicide.

I'm a late bloomer.

AND a bloomin' idiot.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at July 08, 2015 12:12 AM (x3GpS)

193 I actually saw The Tempest at the Royal Shakespeare Theater in Stratford-upon-Avon when I was 15. It really kicked up my appreciation for The Bard.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 08, 2015 12:12 AM (EzgxV)

194 On my to-watch list is the '35 version of A Midsummer Night's Dream. All-star cast, but just the prospect of Jimmy Cagney doing Shakespeare is hilarious enough in itself.

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at July 08, 2015 12:12 AM (iuQS7)

195 buzzion, Lucas' early stuff is worth the read.

But yeah, for the sake of sanity, gotta stop after "Return of the Jedi." (Which I can still remember was originally titled "Revenge of the Jedi.")

Posted by: qdpsteve at July 08, 2015 12:12 AM (ntObR)

196 #187: Lucas can write a great script as long as he has to put up with Spielberg riding his ass and telling him, "No, George, we're not doing that because it would be very, very, very dumb."

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at July 08, 2015 12:12 AM (wKc1L)

197 Hold it..., according the arrest record (Cobb County MWNP, watch your back!), Randi Harper is 5'6" and 190 lbs? A delicate little thing. Now, just for the record, that isn't misogyny, just an observation.

She gets around too; IL, GA, CA, and now somewhere else.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 08, 2015 12:13 AM (eeTCA)

198 Oh - I missed the Amy Schumer comments...
anyone with any self-respect will turn her off in fifteen seconds.
EVERYTHING is a "my vagina" joke, sex, etc. she is a very nasty being.
and I am no prude, believe me. If you've never been exposed, count yourself lucky. But, apparently, you will be - she's the next "big thing" it seems.

Posted by: Chi at July 08, 2015 12:13 AM (myxYy)

199 all I know is to start heading for the exits when the large woman begins her song.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at July 08, 2015 12:13 AM (x3GpS)

200 This online store sent me a coupon. I'm tempted to get the President Obama animation set.


I could animate him, make him say things. I have software where I can do his voice. I have thought of doing an animated State of the Union before but that would be a ton of work.



I'll sleep on this.

Posted by: Stateless Infidel at July 08, 2015 12:13 AM (AC0lD)

201 Posted by: qdpsteve at July 08, 2015 12:08 AM (ntObR)

Mamet's okay but I can't imagine why anyone would think his writing is anything better than "half-decent". Too stylized. He never lets any of tis characters speak over each other - which is a sign of a very poor writer and/or director. He puts some catchy phrases in but it's really just the same thing over and over again. You can tell a Mamet movie from just watching 40 seconds. Seriously.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 08, 2015 12:14 AM (MYSVz)

202 Sorry, I intended #196 to be a response to #186, not #187. I'm not sure how that happened.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at July 08, 2015 12:14 AM (wKc1L)

203 >>>Hmmm: Illegal Alien Shooter in SF Used a Federal Agent's Gun<<<




If we can't bring the guns to them, we'll bring them to the guns.


A reverse Fast and Furious (would that make it Operation Furious and Fast?)

Posted by: SCOAMF, Holder: The Sequel, and the DOJ at July 08, 2015 12:15 AM (Ydaoe)

204 174 otho, thanks and good points.

Believe it or not, in screenwriter circles, one of the ways you get cred (let's admit it, you can't get it selling scripts, because that rarely happens) is by knowing your Shakespeare.

Not that their understandings and interpretations are that great or deep. But you don't want to go out there admitting you've never read anything of Bill's. At least from what I've seen and read. ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at July 08, 2015 12:06 AM (ntObR)



https://youtu.be/aSmZfnax1yw

Posted by: cthulhu at July 08, 2015 12:15 AM (EzgxV)

205 Primordial, re speaking over each other, I'd assume you're a semi-fan of Robert Altman then. ;-)

One of the things that makes his films a bit of a slog is that much of the dialogue is muddy thanks to all the actors acting on top of each other.

Posted by: qdpsteve at July 08, 2015 12:16 AM (ntObR)

206 Ooh, cooth, I'm jealous! The Tempest was the first one I saw live, but unfortunately it was just a HS production. I would like to get to a performance in Stratford or at the Globe one of these days, though.

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at July 08, 2015 12:16 AM (iuQS7)

207
Characters speaking over each other is a very stage play type thing.

It's a turn off for me. But that's just me.

Posted by: eleven at July 08, 2015 12:16 AM (MDgS8)

208 While in Colorado, my grandfather gave each of the kids a real silver dollar that was minted the year I was born. Naturally, they all had to promise to not simply spend it.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 08, 2015 12:17 AM (GDulk)

209 Do they sing in Shakespeare plays?

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 08, 2015 12:18 AM (4oe4A)

210
Orson Welles was terrible about the actors all talking at once thing.

He way over did that.

Posted by: eleven at July 08, 2015 12:18 AM (MDgS8)

211 I love the scene in Blackadder: Back and Forth where he meets Shakespeare.
*Blackadder punches Shakespeare in the nose*
"That's for every schoolchild who had to dress in tights and say ridiculous lines like 'Wot ho me lord' and 'hey nonny nonny'."
*Blackadder kicks him while he's down*
"And that's for Ken Branagh's 4 hour Hamlet movie."
"Who's Ken Branagh?"
"I'm going to tell him you said that. I think he's going to be very hurt."

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Indestructible at July 08, 2015 12:18 AM (tgnRB)

212 Disney announced that they will be doing a movie about Han Solo, with Lucas gone it should be good. Disney should reboot Star Wars 1-3.

Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at July 08, 2015 12:18 AM (c4yY7)

213 193 I actually saw The Tempest at the Royal Shakespeare Theater in Stratford-upon-Avon when I was 15. It really kicked up my appreciation for The Bard.


Saw A Midsummer Nights Dream at the same place when I was in my early 20's (1990-93 I was stationed in the UK). I wish I could tell you it was fantastic but I was pub crawling all day in Stratford-upon-Avon before and after the performance so the memory is a bit hazy.

Posted by: Puddleglum at July 08, 2015 12:19 AM (w+I3a)

214 Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at July 08, 2015 12:12 AM (wKc1L)

Actually he can write a good script.

He just can't produce, cast or direct.

And I'm pretty sure he cast Portman cause he got in her pants.

the little anakin was a total failure and unless his momma was really hot I have no clue why he was selected.

That's when it all went to hell. Not when he screwed up but when no one would tell him he was screwing up.

After that it was inevitable that things would suck. Lucas had no brakes on teh stupid.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at July 08, 2015 12:19 AM (x3GpS)

215
195 buzzion, Lucas' early stuff is worth the read. But yeah, for the sake of sanity, gotta stop after "Return of the Jedi." (Which I can still remember was originally titled "Revenge of the Jedi.")
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 08, 2015 12:12 AM (ntObR)


How much of that was Lucas though? Didn't he actually have a ghostwriter on a lot of Star Wars? And how much was him for Empire, when he had two others also credited as screenwriters on it? As for Revenge vs Return, meh. There are several stories about that. From Lucas saying he realized that Jedi wouldn't seek revenge because that's more dark side to it being fake promotional stuff during film production to hide the real title and prevent unlicensed merchandise.

Posted by: buzzion at July 08, 2015 12:20 AM (zt+N6)

216 Oops, my comment was in response to another about silver dollars, but now I don't know which it was.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 08, 2015 12:20 AM (GDulk)

217 otho, thanks and good points. Believe it or not, in screenwriter circles, one of the ways you get cred (let's admit it, you can't get it selling scripts, because that rarely happens) is by knowing your Shakespeare. Not that their understandings and interpretations are that great or deep. But you don't want to go out there admitting you've never read anything of Bill's. At least from what I've seen and read. ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at July 08, 2015 12:06 AM

Fuck it, dude. Use the George Costanza method. Rent the movie and just tell them you read it. In fact, if you get the right book and/or dvd, you can pick up what you need from the cover blurb. Hone your bullshitting skills, dude... you're a writer. I've done that shit before to score wins in HS, uni and reveiws. Fuck those guys.

Posted by: otho at July 08, 2015 12:22 AM (d8udV)

218 205 Primordial, re speaking over each other, I'd assume you're a semi-fan of Robert Altman then. ;-)

I don't know enough about Altman to understand you, here. I don't know if this is joking or what. I liked MASH (I hope that was Altman) but I didn't really like the directing much. I've seen one other Altman film (that I knew was Altman) and I couldn't stand it. SHort Stories or something like that. I don't remember anything about it except I hated it.

One of the things that makes his films a bit of a slog is that much of the dialogue is muddy thanks to all the actors acting on top of each other.

Posted by: qdpsteve at July 08, 2015 12:16 AM (ntObR)


Are you talking about Mamet?

I don't find his films bad. They're mostly fun to watch. But, if you've seen one Mamet film you've seen them all. Well, except for "About Last Night", which was more of a normal movie.

The thing about actors only speaking in their turn is just something that really annoys me, because it never ever ever happens. Only on paper do people wait their turns to speak ... because of the linear nature of writing on paper. I have always found poor writers and directors come out with movies in which people wait their turns to speak, as if they are only able to comprehend lines as they are exactly written on the script ... and the writer didn't even know the word "interject" or how to use parentheses. it's a pet peeve of mine. I have many

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 08, 2015 12:22 AM (MYSVz)

219 buzzion, as I understand it Lucas had a lot of friends suggesting stuff to him re "Star Wars." But I also believe once SW was a huge hit, he got final say on everything scriptwise for the first two sequels, even if he didn't have to sit at the typewriter missing parties to crank it all out himself anymore.

Of course I could be wrong. ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at July 08, 2015 12:23 AM (ntObR)

220 George Lucas first flick was THX-1138 was it not?? I liked it. A good dystopian flick. Robert Duval and Donald Pleasance were in it.

Posted by: Puddleglum at July 08, 2015 12:23 AM (w+I3a)

221 #205: Here's a fun fact about Robert Altman. When he was making the MASH movie, he was having some trouble with the theme song. Nothing coming across his desk seemed quite maudlin and over-the-top-sappy enough to suit his vision for the movie.

So, on a whim, he decided to try asking his thirteen-year-old son to put something together for him. After all, who's more emo than a thirteen-year-old boy?

The kid proceeded to write the song "Suicide Is Painless", and it was just what the elder Altman was looking for. And because that song became the theme song of the TV show, too, and thus paid residuals to its composer, Altman's son has actually made more money from MASH than his father did.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at July 08, 2015 12:23 AM (wKc1L)

222 212 Disney announced that they will be doing a movie about Han Solo, with Lucas gone it should be good. Disney should reboot Star Wars 1-3.

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Working Title: Han Solo and the Tramp. The spaghetti-eating scene will be precious.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 08, 2015 12:25 AM (oZr5y)

223 otho, not bad advice. It *is* Hollywood, where your sincerity is gauged by how well you can fake it. ;-)

Primordial, Robert Altman's big hits were M*A*S*H (the original 1970 movie written by a communist), Nashville (1975, and it spawned a hit song called "I'm Easy"), Popeye (by far his most commercial film), and The Player (a fantastic relatively early Tim Robbins film that did a great job skewering Hollywood).

And supposedly, they all contain Altman's trademark of actors talking over actors talking over other actors. It was actually kind of an in-joke about his films by the time he passed away.

Posted by: qdpsteve at July 08, 2015 12:26 AM (ntObR)

224 When Lucas divorced his first wife that's when he it went down hill, she had to convince Lucas to keep Han Solo saving Luke Skywalker at the Death Star.

Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at July 08, 2015 12:26 AM (c4yY7)

225 206 Ooh, cooth, I'm jealous! The Tempest was the first one I saw live, but unfortunately it was just a HS production. I would like to get to a performance in Stratford or at the Globe one of these days, though.

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at July 08, 2015 12:16 AM (iuQS7)




Going in, I had no clue even what it was supposed to be about....but, in the hands of the right troupe, it sucks you into its world. And all the speechifying in verse that is so horrific in print can flow glibly off the practiced tongue.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 08, 2015 12:27 AM (EzgxV)

226 >>>And I'm pretty sure he cast Portman cause he got in her pants.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at July 08, 2015 12:19 AM (x3GpS)<<<




Ewww. Pictures George the Hutt with his Slave Natalie...

Posted by: Jabba the Hutt at July 08, 2015 12:27 AM (Ydaoe)

227 Battle Royale is the discussion movie? Damn Maetenloch has been having a day.... The Raid on Entebbe was made into an Eighties action flick (sort of) as Delta Force. All the right people hated it. It was awesome due to Chuck Norris and friends kicking ass, taking names, and bringing all the hostages home safely. (There is an actual Entebbe movie, made back when Hollywood wasn't cowering in fear of Muzzie terrorists, but it feels a little underplayed.)


Posted by: exdem13 at July 08, 2015 12:28 AM (ry4ab)

228 226 >>>And I'm pretty sure he cast Portman cause he got in her pants.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at July 08, 2015 12:19 AM (x3GpS)

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

A missing thermal exhaust port shield must have been a galactic epidemic.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 08, 2015 12:30 AM (oZr5y)

229 Puddleglum, correctamundo. Lucas got the then-fast-rising director Francis Ford Coppola to look at his (dreck) USC student film from 1968 "Electronic Labyrinth" and read the expanded script he wrote.

Coppola loved THX-1138 and hired Lucas to make a full-budget studio feature out of it. It wasn't a big hit but it was the early 1970s and back then, let's admit it, you could get major points just for being "original" and "arty" enough and Coppola then figured, "if I gave this guy something really commercial to make, I bet he could hit it out of the park."

Along came "American Graffiti."

Let's admit it: Lucas, like Orson Welles and Greece, absolutely peaked *really* early in his lifetime/career.

Posted by: qdpsteve at July 08, 2015 12:30 AM (ntObR)

230 Ewww. Pictures George the Hutt with his Slave Natalie...
Posted by: Jabba the Hutt

As he climaxes, he shouts "Now THIS is podracing!"

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Indestructible at July 08, 2015 12:30 AM (tgnRB)

231 51
Japan vs USA in Mech Battle

https://www.sankakucomplex.com/2015/07/08/japan-vs-usa-in-mech-battle/

Ads at site are NSFW
------

Yeah baby, giant robot combat!!

Posted by: exdem13 at July 08, 2015 12:30 AM (ry4ab)

232 yay ...American Graffiti

omFg ...Willow

Posted by: UppityOrchid at July 08, 2015 12:32 AM (mJUSR)

233 #226: I could block out George the Space-Slug from that picture if it meant I could see Natalie Portman in that slave-bikini.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at July 08, 2015 12:33 AM (wKc1L)

234 And supposedly, they all contain Altman's trademark of actors talking over actors talking over other actors. It was actually kind of an in-joke about his films by the time he passed away.

Posted by: qdpsteve at July 08, 2015 12:26 AM (ntObR)[/i

I don't have a thing for characters talking over each other. I have a thing for conversations not being ridiculously unnatural - which means either characters always waiting their turns or characters never doing so. I don't know ... it's like when you see a movie and the guy is supposed to have been doing work outside and his face is all dirty but everything else in the frame is spotless. There is an unnatural feeling to that that most people probably don't notice but I would bet they pick up subconsciously. Kind of like TV and movie families where siblings don't even look like they came from the same planet, let alone the same family. I don't know ... Is it too hard to not make a total mockery of reality in a piece that isn't supposed to be a total farce? That's my attitude about it.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 08, 2015 12:34 AM (MYSVz)

235 Mamet's okay but I can't imagine why anyone would
think his writing is anything better than "half-decent". Too stylized[...]

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 08, 2015 12:14 AM (MYSVz)


Don't forget that he is a turn-coat lefty too- that is, he was a lefty until he had a conversion and then wrote a book about it. He will be destroyed as surely as Cosby.

Starting with phrases Just.Like.Yours.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 08, 2015 12:34 AM (3pRHP)

236 yep. "American Graffiti" is Lucas' best work. The rest range from adequate to terrible. I'm talking about his input not final product. With "American Graffiti", I can't fault Lucas.

Posted by: otho at July 08, 2015 12:35 AM (d8udV)

237
234 #226: I could block out George the Space-Slug from that picture if it meant I could see Natalie Portman in that slave-bikini.
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at July 08, 2015 12:33 AM (wKc1L)


Not that. But you will thank me. Oh yes you will.

https://youtu.be/R-XMtdBENRo

Posted by: buzzion at July 08, 2015 12:35 AM (zt+N6)

238 otho, agreed.

Posted by: qdpsteve at July 08, 2015 12:37 AM (ntObR)

239 229 Cooth, I never knew you were gay.

Posted by: Bendix-Frawley Experience at July 08, 2015 12:30 AM (0vzv7)



Heh. Reminds me of when I did a college English paper on "Ode on a Grecian Urn" in period language. The TA grading the paper got halfway through tearing me a new one and then said, "Aaarghh! You've got me doing it!!!" and gave me a B+.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 08, 2015 12:37 AM (EzgxV)

240 Posted by: buzzion

You sir are a gentleman and a scholar.

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Indestructible at July 08, 2015 12:37 AM (tgnRB)

241 Hold it..., according the arrest record (Cobb County MWNP, watch your back!), Randi Harper is 5'6" and 190 lbs? A delicate little thing. Now, just for the record, that isn't misogyny, just an observation.

She gets around too; IL, GA, CA, and now somewhere else.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 08, 2015 12:13 AM (eeTCA)

****

At 5'6" and 190, I would already go pretty far out of my way to avoid meeting her. Ya know, besides all the Bugfcuk crazy and stuff.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 08, 2015 12:38 AM (p7dd/)

242 #238: You are correct. I am thanking you now. Thank you, Buzz!

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at July 08, 2015 12:38 AM (wKc1L)

243 Don't forget that he is a turn-coat lefty too- that is, he was a lefty until he had a conversion and then wrote a book about it. He will be destroyed as surely as Cosby.

Starting with phrases Just.Like.Yours.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 08, 2015 12:34 AM (3pRHP)


Yeah ... I'm glad he decided to stop being a "brain-dead leftist". I liked the pieces he wrote about that. But that doesn't change how I view his movies.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 08, 2015 12:39 AM (MYSVz)

244 Heh. Reminds me of when I did a college English paper on "Ode on a Grecian Urn" in period language.

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That's not a paper. It's a spreadsheet.

Posted by: The Grecian Urn Financing Corp. at July 08, 2015 12:41 AM (oZr5y)

245 Did you know that George Lucas worked as a cameraman on "Gimme Shelter" at Altamont?

Posted by: otho at July 08, 2015 12:43 AM (d8udV)

246 "about 35 drachmas per day."

Posted by: Just The Punchline at July 08, 2015 12:43 AM (5tDM+)

247 otho, oh yeah.

Lucas is also credited as a cameraperson in "Woodstock" along with, I believe, Martin Scorsese.

Posted by: qdpsteve at July 08, 2015 12:44 AM (ntObR)

248 Boss Moss: The U.S. Mint ran out of Silver Eagles and quit taking orders.



The mint always has mysterious shortages after J.P. Morgan forces the price down with illegal naked short positions to itself on their own SLV silver exchange. For some reason the mint always runs out when the price is deliberately dumped.

And Obama never prosecutes. They were probably afraid the price of physical silver would rise after the Greek fiasco, hence the deliberate dump.

Posted by: Kristophr at July 08, 2015 12:44 AM (6fIOn)

249
249 otho, oh yeah. Lucas is also credited as a cameraperson in "Woodstock" along with, I believe, Martin Scorsese.
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 08, 2015 12:44 AM (ntObR)


So was I.

Posted by: Brian Williams at July 08, 2015 12:45 AM (zt+N6)

250 Mamet did "Phil Spector" I think. He did a pretty damn good job on that one.

Posted by: otho at July 08, 2015 12:45 AM (d8udV)

251 245 Heh. Reminds me of when I did a college English paper on "Ode on a Grecian Urn" in period language.

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

That's not a paper. It's a spreadsheet.

Posted by: The Grecian Urn Financing Corp. at July 08, 2015 12:41 AM (oZr5y)




Ahem. It predated spreadsheets. It was 14-column analysis paper that you had to manually crossfoot.




Fortunately, I got in right past the wire and never had to do cuneiform on mud tablets.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 08, 2015 12:46 AM (EzgxV)

252 Heh. We lost one.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 08, 2015 12:47 AM (EzgxV)

253 Posted by: Just The Punchline at July 08, 2015 12:43 AM (5tDM+)

Heh, I was thinking of a similar version of that joke told in The Colditz Story (available on YouTube under the title "The Colditz Story - Three Corney Jokes" [sic]).

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at July 08, 2015 12:48 AM (iuQS7)

254 .....and it was the 229 I responded to @239.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 08, 2015 12:49 AM (EzgxV)

255 For a crappy ass movie staring Marky Mark. The Big Hit is pretty funny.

Posted by: Robinson at July 08, 2015 12:50 AM (1SHv1)

256 otho, oh yeah. Lucas is also credited as a cameraperson in "Woodstock" along with, I believe, Martin Scorsese.

Posted by: qdpsteve at July 08, 2015 12:44 AM

Really? I did not know that. Haven't watched Woodstock much. It's kind of annoying and many of the acts are lame. Worth it for the few good performances, though. Gimme Shelter is far and away a better film, for many reasons, IMHO, and doesn't get the credit it deserves compared to Woodstock.

Posted by: otho at July 08, 2015 12:51 AM (d8udV)

257 otho, can believe that. Gimme Shelter is actually *about* something besides a concert.

"Woodstock," while I wouldn't mind picking up the BR sometime, is really just a time capsule.

Posted by: qdpsteve at July 08, 2015 12:52 AM (ntObR)

258 Well, well, according to latest from Ambrose Evans-Pritchard (AEP) at the Telegraph, the whole "Greferendum" thing was a fool's ploy by Tsipras and Syriza. They never intended to win the referendum, the ploy was to lose, resign, and let the new government deal with the hard terms Frau Merkel and co were demanding.

They didn't want Grexit, they just wanted to bluff, hope to get all the other PIIGS in a debtors' cartel and force the Germany to eat it. They failed.

Now, Tsipras has a tiger by the tail. His firing of the FinMin (who apparently did want to go ahead with Grexit, and what that entailed) is the give-away.

The ECB is putting the slow squeeze on 'em, slowly letting the pain increase. Syrzia has learned to be careful what it wished for. If they fold, they'll be hell to pay with the people.

Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at July 08, 2015 12:54 AM (dvuhZ)

259 Bernie Sanders said 99.9% of legal gun owners obey the law. I was gobsmacked, but definitely not as butthurt about it as the Leftards.

Posted by: exdem13 at July 08, 2015 12:54 AM (ry4ab)

260 258 Well, well, according to latest from Ambrose Evans-Pritchard (AEP) at the Telegraph, the whole "Greferendum" thing was a fool's ploy by Tsipras and Syriza. They never intended to win the referendum, the ploy was to lose, resign, and let the new government deal with the hard terms Frau Merkel and co were demanding.

They didn't want Grexit, they just wanted to bluff, hope to get all the other PIIGS in a debtors' cartel and force the Germany to eat it. They failed.

Now, Tsipras has a tiger by the tail. His firing of the FinMin (who apparently did want to go ahead with Grexit, and what that entailed) is the give-away.

The ECB is putting the slow squeeze on 'em, slowly letting the pain increase. Syrzia has learned to be careful what it wished for. If they fold, they'll be hell to pay with the people.

Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at July 08, 2015 12:54 AM (dvuhZ)



They need to replace their finance ministry with Icelandic consultants.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 08, 2015 12:56 AM (EzgxV)

261 [I[
259 Bernie Sanders said 99.9% of legal gun owners obey the law. I was gobsmacked, but definitely not as butthurt about it as the Leftards.
Posted by: exdem13 at July 08, 2015 12:54 AM (ry4abp


I don't know. I'd be pretty butthurt about his underestimate.

Posted by: buzzion at July 08, 2015 12:56 AM (zt+N6)

262 255 For a crappy ass movie staring Marky Mark. The Big Hit is pretty funny.

Posted by: Robinson
------------------------------
I enjoyed it years ago.
Probably unrelated in every way, but if you liked that, check out Lucky Number Slevin.
(Not sure why one reminded me of the other - I probably wAtched them at about the same time?)

Posted by: Chi at July 08, 2015 12:57 AM (WoOWE)

263 #259: Yeah, I saw a Moron talking about that today, and suggesting we support Sanders because we're not seeing any Repugs making that point. I have another idea, though. I posted this a little while ago in the IL-18 Results thread, and I think it bears repeating...

If you really want to hurt the GOP, I think I may have a better idea.

Support Donald Trump.

I've been thinking about this a lot recently. I've mentioned a couple of times here that I can envision a scenario where the GOPe pulls out all the stops, leaving no dirty trick off the table, to pull their chosen candidate Jeb across the finish line. Do you think Trump just shrugs and give up at that point? Probably not; I'm thinking he runs third-party/independent after that. He's a fighter. He's arrogant. He won't forgive that sort of slight. He's already made some sacrifices for his run, so he's invested and at some point he'll decide he has nothing more to lose in pursuing the only job that would really feel like a promotion to him. And he thrives on any sort of publicity, including (and maybe especially) bad publicity.

And the more I think about it, the more I'm seeing this as the best possible outcome. Why? Because nothing would hurt the GOP as much as coming in THIRD in a presidential race would.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at July 08, 2015 12:58 AM (wKc1L)

264 check out Lucky Number Slevin.

(Not sure why one reminded me of the other - I probably wAtched them at about the same time?)>>>

I've seen both and liked them. Maybe I just have Dark Humor.

Posted by: Robinson at July 08, 2015 12:59 AM (1SHv1)

265 This should be interesting.....



This comment is from a browser in a virtual machine running a different OS from the one I've been posting from all night....I wonder if the hash will even change.....

Posted by: cthulhu at July 08, 2015 01:00 AM (EzgxV)

266 They need to replace their finance ministry with Icelandic consultants.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 08, 2015 12:56 AM (EzgxV)


Tanned, rested, and ready!

Posted by: Ron Paul at July 08, 2015 01:00 AM (5tDM+)

267 #265: I saw that, and it was pretty good!

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at July 08, 2015 01:00 AM (wKc1L)

268 "They didn't want Grexit, they just wanted to bluff, hope to get all the
other PIIGS in a debtors' cartel and force the Germany to eat it. They
failed. Now, Tsipras has a tiger by the tail."

Also, meanwhile, there's a trading halt on more than half of Chinese equities. Nothing to see here! Move along!

Posted by: torquewrench at July 08, 2015 01:00 AM (noWW6)

269 Once again I say that they only thing worth watching on the awful TBS show Clipped is Ashley Tisdale.

Posted by: buzzion at July 08, 2015 01:01 AM (zt+N6)

270 Payback with Mel Gibson is good too. Yeah I have some sick tastes in movies.

Posted by: Robinson at July 08, 2015 01:02 AM (1SHv1)

271 If they fold, they'll be hell to pay with the people.
Posted by: publius
--------------------
It's like a Greek tragedy.
We only await the Exode

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 08, 2015 01:02 AM (eeTCA)

272 "They didn't want Grexit, they just wanted to bluff, hope to get all the
other PIIGS in a debtors' cartel and force the Germany to eat it. They
failed. Now, Tsipras has a tiger by the tail."

Also, meanwhile, there's a trading halt on more than half of Chinese equities. Nothing to see here! Move along!

Posted by: torque wrench

#twoweeks

Posted by: Gods of the Copy Book Headings at July 08, 2015 01:03 AM (tgnRB)

273 "The little anakin was a total failure and unless his momma was really hot I have no clue why he was selected."


I have read many criticisms of the (unknown to me at this moment ) character who played Anakin. But none are very specific. He was a very cute kid, and obviously very intelligent. He was white and had blonde hair, which is not in favor in our time. Who would have been better?

Posted by: bergerbilder at July 08, 2015 01:04 AM (+jijM)

274 cthulhu - same ol' hash

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 08, 2015 01:05 AM (eeTCA)

275 Any thing with Ben Kingsley, I'll watch and like.
And Bruce Willis? Just a bonus.

Posted by: Chi at July 08, 2015 01:05 AM (WoOWE)

276 I have read many criticisms of the (unknown to me at this moment ) character who played Anakin. But none are very specific. He was a very cute kid, and obviously very intelligent. He was white and had blonde hair, which is not in favor in our time. Who would have been better?
Posted by: bergerbilder at July 08, 2015 01:04 AM (+jijM)


Someone older.

Posted by: buzzion at July 08, 2015 01:05 AM (zt+N6)

277 They never intended to win the referendum, the ploy was to lose, resign, and let the new government deal with the hard terms Frau Merkel and co were demanding.

Er, The Producers was not supposed to be a how-to manual... especially since the ploy worked about as well in the play/movie as it did for the Greeks!

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at July 08, 2015 01:06 AM (iuQS7)

278 261: I don't think Greece can pull an Iceland now. What Iceland did was refuse to take on its own banks bad debt (ie equivalent of TARP and all that shit), and tell the creditors to go screw themselves. You took on the risk, you take the loss, we're not going to put our banks losses on our own sovereign balance sheet (like a lot of others did. Spain, for instance).

The creditors (mostly Brits and the Netherlands, IIRC) screamed bloody murder and sued everybody, but Iceland did all right. Think of that, letting the market play our and liquidate the fools, rather than socializing their losses.

But here, all of Greece, including the govt are the spendthrift fools. There's no way out that doesn't require tremendous pain for their people. But they brought it on themselves.

Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at July 08, 2015 01:06 AM (dvuhZ)

279 269 Once again I say that they only thing worth watching on the awful TBS show Clipped is Ashley Tisdale.


I can't get past the commercials for it. Looks awful.

Posted by: Puddleglum at July 08, 2015 01:06 AM (w+I3a)

280 GAAAAH! Not the barrel!

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at July 08, 2015 01:06 AM (iuQS7)

Posted by: Puddleglum at July 08, 2015 01:06 AM (w+I3a)

282 270 Payback with Mel Gibson is good too. Yeah I have some sick tastes in movies.

Posted by: Robinson at July 08, 2015 01:02 AM (1SHv1)


Good movie.

Man On Fire is always worth watching. Both versions - though the Denzel version is a bit better.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 08, 2015 01:07 AM (MYSVz)

283 I call for a vote:

Does Ms. Wolfe get a pass?

Posted by: Chi at July 08, 2015 01:08 AM (WoOWE)

284 The barrel calls.

Posted by: Kristophr at July 08, 2015 01:08 AM (6fIOn)

285 Posted by: bergerbilder at July 08, 2015 01:04 AM (+jijM)

He said his lines like he was reading a script. He came off phony and stupid. don't know for sure if it was the dialog or him but either way he couldn't act.

And I'm not the only one who thinks that.

I don't know who was available, who read for the part so I have no clue who would've been better but I'm sure there were a few.

Watching him made me squirm. He drove me out of my suspension of belief many times during that movie.

And BTW his older counter part was no Barrymore either.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at July 08, 2015 01:08 AM (x3GpS)

286 Heh, as America goes, so goes the rest of the world that does business with us. Good old King Putt the Lightbringer brought our economy to a standstill so Americans stopped buying so much stuff. Now the EU is short on euros to pay for Greece's little benders and the Chinese stock exchange is sputtering. Not only has Obummer fundamentally transformed us, he is going to transform the EU and the PRC as well. He truly is going to be famous...or infamous.

Posted by: exdem13 at July 08, 2015 01:09 AM (ry4ab)

287 The barrel does not get enough female company.

Posted by: Kristophr at July 08, 2015 01:09 AM (6fIOn)

288 The Big Hit was a little-known John Woo movie that had well-choreographed Blood Opera-style action and a good supporting cast including a carpet-chewing Lou Diamond Phillips and a grandstanding Avery Brooks (ironically, Phillips character is named Cicso, Brooks' name on the series Deep Space 9).

I'm sure *someone* protested a Chinese woman playing a Japanese girl, but not me, China Chow's pretty hot.

The movie verges on a parody of action movies and, like many older Hong Kong action movies, contains a lot of racial stereotyping.

Lucky Number Slevin is a *far* better *written* movie, if darker and moodier.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 08, 2015 01:09 AM (bLnSU)

289 He/she who plays with the tags, takes the consequences.

Thumbs barrel-ward.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at July 08, 2015 01:09 AM (x3GpS)

290 They didn't want Grexit, they just wanted to bluff, hope to get all the other PIIGS in a debtors' cartel and force the Germany to eat it. They failed. Now, Tsipras has a tiger by the tail."


Also, meanwhile, there's a trading halt on more than half of Chinese equities.



I'll use the burning embers of Western Civilization to make popcorn. Yay!! Interesting Times!!! WEEEEE!!!

Posted by: Puddleglum at July 08, 2015 01:09 AM (w+I3a)

291 run, It is the italicsians!!

Posted by: moron #73 at July 08, 2015 01:10 AM (PY/7D)

292 Man On Fire is always worth watching. Both versions - though the Denzel version is a bit better.>>>

I've only seen the Denzel version. But I really like movies where the bad guys get what they deserve. Even if the good guy pays for the delivery.

Posted by: Robinson at July 08, 2015 01:10 AM (1SHv1)

293 Bad news Liz...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 08, 2015 01:10 AM (eeTCA)

294 Ewww. Pictures George the Hutt with his Slave Natalie...
Posted by: Jabba the Hutt

As he climaxes, he shouts "Now THIS is podracing!"

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Indestructible at July 08, 2015 12:30 AM (tgnRB)

"She'll do point 5 past fap speed. She might not look like much, but she's got it where it counts."

Posted by: Blano at July 08, 2015 01:10 AM (heN73)

295 Sorry, Elizabeth, but... we have an actual female in the barrel for once?

Yee-haw!

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at July 08, 2015 01:11 AM (wKc1L)

296 If the Germans really wanted to make the PIIGs hurt for their fiscal irresponsibility, they would re-issue Marks, and dump the Euro.

And let their own banks take the fall for being dumb enough to make loans to Marxists.

German exports would be hurt for a while, but Germans would be insulated from France and southern Europe's fiscal insanity.

Posted by: Kristophr at July 08, 2015 01:12 AM (6fIOn)

297 >>>Payback with Mel Gibson is good too. Yeah I have some sick tastes in movies.


Posted by: Robinson at July 08, 2015 01:02 AM (1SHv1)<<<

Man, that's just mean!


Posted by: zombie James Coburn at July 08, 2015 01:12 AM (Ydaoe)

298 Payback... you are doing all this for $70k?

no, my share is half that....

Posted by: moron #73 at July 08, 2015 01:13 AM (PY/7D)

299 For those with tag trouble, put close tags in your Name box, after your nick.

They don't do anything if you don't use tags, but if you do, *they close them*.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 08, 2015 01:13 AM (bLnSU)

300 I'm sure *someone* protested a Chinese woman playing a Japanese girl, but not me, China Chow's pretty hot.

That's possible. Look up the movie "21" on Wikipedia sometime. It about the MIT students that count cards at blackjack in Vegas. In reality most of the students were Asian. Most of the characters in the movie were white. They asked the guy that the main character is based on about it and he said he didn't mind them using a white actor and would have found it more offensive if they had selected an Asian actor that wasn't the same ethnicity as him just so they could have an "Asian."

Posted by: buzzion at July 08, 2015 01:13 AM (zt+N6)

301 *sniffles, dons hazmat suit, gathers up work what actually needs to get done tonight, slinks off to the barrel in shame*
Oh, well, I suppose it was bound to happen eventually....

(Ironically? "Work" = a proofreading project.)

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at July 08, 2015 01:13 AM (iuQS7)

302 I call for a vote:

Does Ms. Wolfe get a pass?
Posted by: Chi at July 08, 2015 01:08 AM (WoOWE)

***

The rules are clear. Others posts were altered. And I'm hungry, damnit!

Posted by: The Barrel at July 08, 2015 01:14 AM (mG3Qj)

303 I saw Battle Royale several years ago. It was pretty good. Then much later I heard there was this new movie Hunger Games that was a supposed to be a ripoff of Battle Royale. So I waited a couple more years until they got Hunger Games in the kids' section of the public library so I could check it out for free. I put it in the machine and waited to watch and laugh what a ripoff it was.

I surprised in two different ways.

First, it was not a direct ripoff at all. Many major differences.

Second -- and more significantly -- every single thing different about Hunger Games made it a much much worse film.

In other words, it wasn't a direct ripoff, but it should have been one, if the director had wanted to make a better film.

Hunger Games was OK in the first half-hour but quickly descended into ridiculous absurdity when the "battle" was actually just a competition to see which contestant could curry favors from the aristocrats, who totally manipulated the proceedings with bonus weapons or other aides for their favorites, or alternately unleashed some new danger against those they wanted to lose. It wasn't about fighting to the death; it was about competing to see who was the most popular.

Yeah, that might make it more appealing for a 13-year-old girl, but for everyone else, it just make it cringeworthy.

Battle Royale, conversely, was more of what HG should have been -- a straight-up battle to the death between the teens.

Japan - 1
US - 0

Posted by: zombie at July 08, 2015 01:14 AM (jBuUi)

304 293: I watched the original version of Get Carter with the mighty Michael Caine. It was fantastic. Never saw the remake with Rocky. Didn't want too. No way you could replicate the "feel" of the original. Plus, Michael Caine>Sylvester Stallone

Posted by: Puddleglum at July 08, 2015 01:15 AM (w+I3a)

305 Yeah, that might make it more appealing for a 13-year-old girl, but for everyone else, it just make it cringeworthy.

Posted by: zombie at July 08, 2015 01:14 AM (jBuUi)


That was the target demographic.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 08, 2015 01:16 AM (bLnSU)

306 Some say the whole euro idea was as a check on Germany. They all feared the power of fully operational reunited Germany (see first half of the last century; not an irrational fear). I can only wonder what games Putin may be cooking up about to exploit the coming EU fracture.

Oh, and Milton Friedman, rest his soul, said the euro wouldn't survive it's first real crisis. This is it, and he was right.

Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at July 08, 2015 01:16 AM (dvuhZ)

307 Meaty,
If ever I get the opportunity, the evening's tab is on me.
"You Rock" as the kids say.

Posted by: Chi at July 08, 2015 01:16 AM (SUBXi)

308 So, cthulhu got his cloaking device working, and then disappeared?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 08, 2015 01:18 AM (eeTCA)

309 274 cthulhu - same ol' hash

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 08, 2015 01:05 AM (eeTCA)



Yeah, I noticed. But that leaves me with a bunch of fun experimentation to do....because I can clone this VM. So, if I'm running this VM on two different boxes, do they have the same hash? What if I'm on two different subnets?



And, BTW, we lost another one.....who may have been telling me he knew the rev of one of the machines currently online.



.....and now that I successfully have one OS running as a guest of another, things are about to get very interesting.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 08, 2015 01:18 AM (EzgxV)

310 *Poof!*

Slight whiff of Ozone.Meh...

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 08, 2015 01:18 AM (p7dd/)

311 301 *sniffles, dons hazmat suit, gathers up work what actually needs to get done tonight...
------------------------------
Sorry. I tried.
stay small.

Posted by: Chi at July 08, 2015 01:18 AM (SUBXi)

312 Holy crap Michael Caine did a version of Get Carter? I really need to search for previous versions of these dark movies I like.

Posted by: Robinson at July 08, 2015 01:18 AM (1SHv1)

313 288
The Big Hit was a little-known John Woo movie that had
well-choreographed Blood Opera-style action and a good supporting cast
including a carpet-chewing Lou Diamond Phillips and a grandstanding
Avery Brooks (ironically, Phillips character is named Cicso, Brooks'
name on the series Deep Space 9).

----------------
The Big Hit was hilarious action fun, a send-up of Hong Kong heist films and their American imitators. Lou Diamond Phillips and Avery Brooks definitely had a great time making the film.

Posted by: exdem13 at July 08, 2015 01:19 AM (ry4ab)

314 German industrialists and bankers wanted the Euro, and the extra access it gave them to European markets. They thought they could keep the 'tards in check with strict banking and investing rules.

This turned out to be wildly optimistic. Now Germany is forced to support wild Euro spending by having the currency they use inflated, which horrifies Germans.

It's past time to get out of the Euro. They don't need to use that currency to stay in the trade zone. Britain uses the pound, after all.

Posted by: Kristophr at July 08, 2015 01:19 AM (6fIOn)

315 The Democrats and the EU were racing to see who could collapse the economy first.

Everyone else is just collateral damage.

The extent of the damage makes you wonder if humanity is mad to the core, or if there really is some absurd bet between the richest men in the world to see how much damage they can get pet politicians to do.

Someone said recently, I think it was ATC, that it's just not possible to be a conspiracy theorist anymore.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 08, 2015 01:20 AM (bLnSU)

316 Interesting, I've been posting that same NYT article about the Myth of the Southern Strategy on several different blogs in the past few days and watching Lefties spin out of control.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at July 08, 2015 01:21 AM (xSCb6)

317 #288: and a good supporting cast including a carpet-chewing Lou Diamond Phillips

I always knew Lou Diamond-Phillips was a lesbian!

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at July 08, 2015 01:21 AM (wKc1L)

318 Hell, they don't have to conspire anymore. They brag about it.

https://youtu.be/_F7bM63ZfWQ


Posted by: Kristophr at July 08, 2015 01:22 AM (6fIOn)

319 312: the ending is brutal, in a good way. :-)

Posted by: Puddleglum at July 08, 2015 01:23 AM (w+I3a)

320 Don't worry, BTW, the lefties will reset in a few days and start believing that article never happened, or was misinterpreted, or was planted, or is a conspiracy, ad nauseam.

Fundamental core beliefs are unchallengeable, and "we're not the racists, they are" is one of their fundamental core beliefs, no matter how many times they call someone an oreo or ask them to do the ping-pong trick.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 08, 2015 01:23 AM (bLnSU)

321 I have read many criticisms of the (unknown to me at this moment ) character who played Anakin. But none are very specific. He was a very cute kid, and obviously very intelligent. He was white and had blonde hair, which is not in favor in our time. Who would have been better?

Posted by: bergerbilder at July 08, 2015 01:04 AM

The Phantom Menace? It wasn't the kid. Nobody could have hoped to do better. The whole thing was flawed from concept phase. It was dreadfully written. It was nothing that actually served the overall story and wasmostly WTF? in relation to the story of the originals. It was an action figure and video game promo. The older Anakin? Not his fault either. Christensen(sp?) could only do so much with shitty scripts, poor character instruction and shitty, lazy direction. That guy is actually are rather capable actor who might have done better with a shady character like Vader, but was given nothing to work with.

Posted by: otho at July 08, 2015 01:24 AM (d8udV)

322 And here is the original Kyle Bass interview:

https://youtu.be/ILKolTI1s50

"We are just going to kill the dollar."

Posted by: Kristophr at July 08, 2015 01:24 AM (6fIOn)

323
Oh, and don't get to sympathetic with the Germans. This whole balance of trade thing is a bitch. What's been going on is the German's have been financing, that is lending money to the PIIGS to buy their shit.

German makes some shit. He sells it to Greece. He then saves his money, which is "invested" -- in loans back to Greece to buy more shit. He thinks he's got savings packed away, but it's just IOUs from Greece.

And I don't want to scare anybody or anything, but that's exactly what China is doing to us (with the help of our own "industrialists"). We buy a whopping excess of shit from China. We give them dollars. They don't buy any (much) shit back from us.

If that was allowed to continue, the dollars would pile up in China and be depleted here. Think of the ratio of dollars to shit. It would go up in China (inflation) and down here(deflation). It would become cheaper to make shit here and not buy it from China.

So China takes the dollars and loans it back to us by buying Ts. That's how the imbalance of trade is "financed".

Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at July 08, 2015 01:25 AM (dvuhZ)

324 288 The Big Hit was a little-known John Woo movie that had well-choreographed Blood Opera-style action and a good supporting cast including a carpet-chewing Lou Diamond Phillips and a grandstanding Avery Brooks (ironically, Phillips character is named Cicso, Brooks' name on the series Deep Space 9).
------------------------------
I love those little Easter eggs. Recently watched Jack Reacher, and I grinned when Reacher told Robert Duvall's character "maybe you can coach soccer."

(An inside joke referring to that awful Kicking And Screaming movie?)

Posted by: Chi at July 08, 2015 01:25 AM (SUBXi)

325 275 Any thing with Ben Kingsley, I'll watch and like.
Posted by: Chi


My favorite Ben Kingsley movie is Pascali's Island.

I'm still struck by the poignancy of a spy who devotes his life to sending it espionage reports -- decade after decade -- that nobody ever reads.

Posted by: zombie at July 08, 2015 01:25 AM (jBuUi)

326 sending it = sending in

Posted by: zombie at July 08, 2015 01:26 AM (jBuUi)

327 Mmmmm.... Banana bread.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 08, 2015 01:27 AM (UVfht)

328 312 Holy crap Michael Caine did a version of Get Carter? I really need to search for previous versions of these dark movies I like.
Posted by: Robinson


Now I'm depressed.

Posted by: zombie at July 08, 2015 01:27 AM (jBuUi)

329 publius:

I'm not very sympathetic to the German government or the banksters and industrialists that promoted the Euro. They were willing to risk this for their own short term profit.

If the German people had a clue, they would run screaming from the Euro.


Posted by: Kristophr at July 08, 2015 01:28 AM (6fIOn)

330 Gotta go all.

Thanks to everyone for the great chat and advice.

Posted by: qdpsteve at July 08, 2015 01:28 AM (ntObR)

331 I like Ben Kingsley but the house of sand and fog was depressing.

Posted by: Robinson at July 08, 2015 01:28 AM (1SHv1)

332 My favorite Ben Kingsley movie is Pascali's Island.
------------------------------

Bonus! Helen Mirren.
(Careful, zombie. You may be showing your age)

Posted by: Chi at July 08, 2015 01:29 AM (SUBXi)

333 I watched the original version of Get Carter with the mighty Michael Caine. It was fantastic. Never saw the remake with Rocky. Didn't want too. No way you could replicate the "feel" of the original. Plus, Michael Caine>Sylvester Stallone

Posted by: Puddleglum at July 08, 2015 01:15 AM (w+I3a)


I actually liked the Stallone remake much better than the original. It's a very good movie. Michael Caine is in the Stallone version, too. He plays Brumby.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 08, 2015 01:30 AM (MYSVz)

334 "And I'm not the only one who thinks that."


That's the important part.

Posted by: bergerbilder at July 08, 2015 01:32 AM (+jijM)

335 306 Some say the whole euro idea was as a check on Germany. They all feared the power of fully operational reunited Germany (see first half of the last century; not an irrational fear). I can only wonder what games Putin may be cooking up about to exploit the coming EU fracture.

Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at July 08, 2015 01:16 AM (dvuhZ)


If you're talking about the currency, the euro was constructed to be an assault on the US dollar and little else. Eurotrash weenies have always been intensely jealous of America and hated the fact that we won WWII for them and they were such pathetic losers. The French have done everything in their power to attack the US, stabbing us in the back at every turn, and the euro was supposed to be the death blow to American financial and trade hegemony.

of course, the eurotrash douchebags screwed it up ... as losers do.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 08, 2015 01:33 AM (MYSVz)

336 #334: How cool! I'm really curious now to see if Caine could do better in the role of Al Brumby than Ed O'Neill did.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at July 08, 2015 01:33 AM (wKc1L)

337 kinda related - at least to 334.

I saw a trailer for the new "Vacation" today - Chevy Chase is in it, if even for just a cameo.
Apparently, it's the second generation taking the Vacation. (Russ?)

Posted by: Chi at July 08, 2015 01:33 AM (SUBXi)

338 (Careful, zombie. You may be showing your age)
Posted by: Chi


Oh, I always like old stuff, in every genre of entertainment. I never ever watch movies when they're new, or even close to new.

Know when I first saw Star Wars? Somewhere around 2006. I saw The Exorcist for the first time sometime in the '90s. I'm still waiting for the Lord of the Rings films to mature a bit, like fine wines, before I commit to seeing them.

Posted by: zombie at July 08, 2015 01:35 AM (jBuUi)

339 Posted by: You Know it at July 08, 2015 01:33 AM (EfTwv)

***

*Poof!*

LOL

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 08, 2015 01:35 AM (mG3Qj)

340 336 Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 08, 2015 01:18 AM (p7dd/)

Oh, Damn you are something else eh?
*sulphur from my ass*

Posted by: You Know it at July 08, 2015 01:33 AM (EfTwv)



Looks like someone has a fan club. I'm thinking that this one is probably gone before I post. Let's see.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 08, 2015 01:36 AM (EzgxV)

341 329 312 Holy crap Michael Caine did a version of Get Carter? I really need to search for previous versions of these dark movies I like.
Posted by: Robinson

Now I'm depressed.
Posted by: zombie



Your old. ;-) I was 3 when the original Get Carter came out. I've seen it several time on TV. TCM shows it a couple of times a year. Great flick. Seen some of the Stallone version, never the whole thing. I'll check it out again when it comes on TV. I'm not a big Stallone fan. Seen quite a few of his movies but I'm generally neutral towards him. Cop Land was fantastic though.

Posted by: Puddleglum at July 08, 2015 01:37 AM (w+I3a)

342 This blog needs a PVE-only zone.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 08, 2015 01:37 AM (bLnSU)

343 So, Ira.....tell me what you really think about MAx. Is he just misunderstood? Would you buy him a drink?

Posted by: cthulhu at July 08, 2015 01:39 AM (EzgxV)

344 Oh, I always like old stuff, in every genre of entertainment. I never ever watch movies when they're new, or even close to new. Know when I first saw Star Wars? Somewhere around 2006. I saw The Exorcist for the first time sometime in the '90s. I'm still waiting for the Lord of the Rings films to mature a bit, like fine wines, before I commit to seeing them.

Posted by: zombie at July 08, 2015 01:35 AM

2006? That means you probably haven't seen the original, original Star Wars. Unless you watched an old VHS. Lucas's new Star Wars are kinda like the old ones, but with shit smeared on the negatives.

Posted by: otho at July 08, 2015 01:39 AM (d8udV)

345 I never ever watch movies when they're new, or even close to new...
- zombie
------------------------------
I'm bad (or good?) about that.
I tried watching "Sixth Sense" for the first time earlier this evening. I gave it almost an hour before I gave up on it.
Then I switched over to background noise & logged on to the HQ.

Posted by: Chi at July 08, 2015 01:40 AM (SUBXi)

346 338 #334: How cool! I'm really curious now to see if Caine could do better in the role of Al Brumby than Ed O'Neill did.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at July 08, 2015 01:33 AM (wKc1L)


To take this full circle - Ed O'Neill plays the Secret Service honcho (or some honcho) in the Mamet movie, Spartan, which is not bad ... (though too stylized and robotic )

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 08, 2015 01:41 AM (MYSVz)

347 Tsipras will work a deal to restructure Greek debt, the EU will accept it. Little people everywhere will be screwed.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 08, 2015 01:41 AM (eeTCA)

348 Classic 1970s joke:


Two teenage girls are flipping through used albums at the record store.

"Look -- Paul McCartney was in a band before Wings!"

Posted by: zombie at July 08, 2015 01:41 AM (jBuUi)

349 Shelter from the storm, Cooth.
Posted by: Sure at July 08, 2015 01:39 AM (jGD8H)

****

Pffttt. Pussy.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 08, 2015 01:42 AM (mG3Qj)

350 Oh my a Based Milo Article in the ONT

Supposedly he's submitting Round 3 to the editors on Thursday.

Posted by: Zakn at July 08, 2015 01:42 AM (d2pTe)

351 348: Heh, my sister saw The Sixth Sense. She gave me the basic outline of the plot without giving away the BIG MOMENT, and I figured it out before she even finished. I told her I had seen that movie before except it was called Jacobs Ladder and had Timmy Robbins in it. Too bad Timothy Robbins is such a commie douche. He's a pretty good actor.

Posted by: Puddleglum at July 08, 2015 01:43 AM (w+I3a)

352 The Phantom Menace? It wasn't the kid. Nobody could have hoped to do better. The whole thing was flawed from concept phase. It was dreadfully written. It was nothing that actually served the overall story and wasmostly WTF? in relation to the story of the originals. It was an action figure and video game promo. The older Anakin? Not his fault either. Christensen(sp?) could only do so much with shitty scripts, poor character instruction and shitty, lazy direction. That guy is actually are rather capable actor who might have done better with a shady character like Vader, but was given nothing to work with.
Posted by: otho at July 08, 2015 01:24 AM (d8udV


I've ranted before about the prequel problems. Of course I think the biggest problem they have is it destroys the revelation in Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. That Vader is Anakin and Luke and Leia are twins. The easiest way to fix Vader/Anakin is that you give Obi-Wan another apprentice. Have him also fall to the darkside. This other apprentice fights Anakin (the betrayal) but have him "die" or appear to die.

Anakin also turns for other reasons and perhaps anger over the betrayal. He fights with Obi-wan and also seems to die. Then you have the Empire find "him barely alive, but the cybernetic suit will save his life." And that is where Palpatine names him Darth Vader. You never see who is really in the suit. You have Vader have a confrontation with Kenobi and you have Kenobi's horror at realizing who is inside the suit. Later a conversation with Kenobi and the Lars' or Yoda about deciding to not tell Luke the full truth about what happened with his father.

Posted by: buzzion at July 08, 2015 01:45 AM (zt+N6)

353 I'm not a big Stallone fan. Seen quite a few of his movies but I'm generally neutral towards him. Cop Land was fantastic though.

Posted by: Puddleglum
------------------------------
Funny you say that.
I'd take it a step further and say that I don't like Stallone much at all. I was never a Rocky or Rambo fan.

I happened to catch the last half of Rocky Balboa (is that the newest one?), and really liked what I saw - I want to see it from the beginning now.

Posted by: Chi at July 08, 2015 01:46 AM (SUBXi)

354 I happened to catch while channel flipping not too long ago. The African Queen. Pretty fing impressive that a movie where 90% of the time takes place on a crappy little boat is so totally riveting. Great writing and actors.

Posted by: Robinson at July 08, 2015 01:46 AM (1SHv1)

355 354 348: Heh, my sister saw The Sixth Sense. She gave me the basic outline of the plot without giving away the BIG MOMENT, and I figured it out before she even finished. I told her I had seen that movie before except it was called Jacobs Ladder and had Timmy Robbins in it. Too bad Timothy Robbins is such a commie douche. He's a pretty good actor.
Posted by: Puddleglum


And both of those are based on the Twilight Zone episode starring Jack Klugman as the captain of a spaceship that crash lands on an alien planet. You can guess the plot (are we trying not to give away spoilers for The Sixth Sense?)

Posted by: zombie at July 08, 2015 01:46 AM (jBuUi)

356 "Stir of Echoes" is better than the 6th Sense. The ending is a bit pat, but overall a better flick about a similar story.

Posted by: otho at July 08, 2015 01:46 AM (d8udV)

357 For those who like spy movies:

Little Drummer Girl - the best. Only a few snippets of leftism here and there but basically a great flick.

The Assignment - and excellent movie version of the taking down of Carlos, the Jackoff.

Also ...

Unthinkable - lots of holes and problems but still a great, great movie.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 08, 2015 01:47 AM (MYSVz)

358 356 Hey Maet | cthulhu,
You guys are so funny

Posted by: valjar at July 08, 2015 01:45 AM (jGD8H)




Are you seriously confusing Maet and MWNP?

Posted by: cthulhu at July 08, 2015 01:48 AM (EzgxV)

359 359: or the A Stop At Willoughby episode. Twilight Zone did quite a few episodes like that.

Posted by: Puddleglum at July 08, 2015 01:48 AM (w+I3a)

360 Speaking of good Shakespeare movies, Patrick Stewart is amazing in MacBeth (2011) - it was originally a BBC broadcast. It's available on Netflix -

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at July 08, 2015 01:49 AM (ZSFBc)

361 cthulhu, MAx is not Ira. Leastwise, I strongly doubt it. MAx has been here a long time; used to go by another nic, also with the first two letters capitalized. He was being dickish one night as MAx, and I responded to him as his old nic, and he whined that the old nic was based upon his real-life name, and not to use it.


MAx said he is a teacher of auto mechanics in the school system in the Los Angeles area. His on-line persona can be kind of dickish, but I'd sit down and have a beer with him if the opportunity presented itself. He does indeed seem to know his stuff in his area of expertise.

Posted by: Ron Paul at July 08, 2015 01:50 AM (5tDM+)

362 hey hey all

Posted by: thathalfrican at July 08, 2015 01:50 AM (R5HRU)

363 #359: The Sixth Sense was actually a straight ripoff of an episode of the Nickelodeon show Are You Afraid Of The Dark?.

http://preview.tinyurl.com/28srzdc

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at July 08, 2015 01:51 AM (wKc1L)

364 Are you seriously confusing Maet and MWNP?
Posted by: cthulhu at July 08, 2015 01:48 AM (EzgxV)

***

He has gotten it in his pea sized sponge that you and Maet are one and the same. Because you both don't like him and stuff. Or something.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 08, 2015 01:52 AM (p7dd/)

365 "Look -- Paul McCartney was in a band before Wings!"

Posted by: zombie at July 08, 2015 01:41 AM (jBuUi)
------------------------------
Don't get me started...

You know how many times I've played a record (yes, record), and some pimply faced kid says "oh yeah - Steely Dan. I love him!"

A) yes, I know that you hate SD
B) you can substitute Lynyrd Skynyrd, Molly Hatchet, etc..

Posted by: Chi at July 08, 2015 01:52 AM (SUBXi)

366 @ Zombie, 303.


"Hunger Games was OK in the first half-hour but quickly descended into ridiculous absurdity when the "battle" was actually just a competition to see which contestant could curry favors from the aristocrats, who totally manipulated the proceedings with bonus weapons or other aides for their favorites, or alternately unleashed some new danger against those they wanted to lose. It wasn't about fighting to the death; it was about competing to see who was the most popular."


Beg to differ, but don't you see? You've perfectly described the rent-seeking, advantage leveraging tactics of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and other lefty functionaries in how they live their lives as an extension of High School Mean Girls intrigues, competitions, cliques and jealousies.

Describes the left, to a tee.

I know that Hunger Games didn't intend to portray such a message, but they did, and strongly so.

It perfectly mirrors and portrays the leftist Press Secretaries, Czars and other totalitarian pukes in perfect character.

Not the most well written or acted movie I've seen. Not by a long shot.

But reset the filter on your goggles, and you'll find a whole 'nuther movie.



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at July 08, 2015 01:52 AM (RzZOc)

367 Off crazy uncle sock.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 08, 2015 01:53 AM (5tDM+)

368 #369: Well, I can't speak for anyone else, but I think Steely Dan is awesome.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at July 08, 2015 01:54 AM (wKc1L)

369 Hunger Games lost me when Katniss hid in a tree and those after her started a FIRE to wait her out.

LOLWTF

Posted by: thathalfrican at July 08, 2015 01:54 AM (R5HRU)

370 I'm oot Hope ya'll hit the number tonight

Posted by: Zakn at July 08, 2015 01:55 AM (d2pTe)

371 Pretty fing impressive that a movie where 90% of the time takes place on a crappy little boat is so totally riveting.
------------------------------

Did somebody call my name?

Posted by: The Old Man And The Sea at July 08, 2015 01:55 AM (GKOZH)

372 #373: I never saw those movies, so maybe I'm missing out on some details here, but it seems to me like setting a forest fire is a fine strategy if you're in a fight to the death with someone you suspect is hiding out in a tree.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at July 08, 2015 01:57 AM (wKc1L)

373 "oh yeah - Steely Dan. I love him!"
>>>

That Pink Floyd dude is awesome.

Posted by: Robinson at July 08, 2015 01:57 AM (1SHv1)

374 Well it appears my record with linux is still 1000% negative.

Any of you who read my giddy praise of slax a linux distro that runs off a usb stick can wipe that from your memory banks. (unless of course it works for you)

Went back and everything looked okay but when I triggered Firefox it loaded and then quit. Just disappeared.

Tried the generic browser slax also has and that too had problems so I couldn't even get on the net to find out what the problem with firefox was. (turns out there is no answer so far).

So once again linux has failed for me. I'm wiping this thing and then going the long route as enumerated on various sites on loading a distro onto a usb stick.

*sigh*

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at July 08, 2015 01:57 AM (x3GpS)

375 >>>The Sixth Sense was actually a straight ripoff of an episode of the Nickelodeon show Are You Afraid Of The Dark?.

http://preview.tinyurl.com/28srzdc


Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at July 08, 2015 01:51 AM (wKc1L)<<<

What a twist!

Posted by: M. Night Shamalamadingdong at July 08, 2015 01:57 AM (Ydaoe)

376 365 cthulhu, MAx is not Ira. Leastwise, I strongly doubt it. MAx has been here a long time; used to go by another nic, also with the first two letters capitalized. He was being dickish one night as MAx, and I responded to him as his old nic, and he whined that the old nic was based upon his real-life name, and not to use it.


MAx said he is a teacher of auto mechanics in the school system in the Los Angeles area. His on-line persona can be kind of dickish, but I'd sit down and have a beer with him if the opportunity presented itself. He does indeed seem to know his stuff in his area of expertise.

Posted by: Ron Paul at July 08, 2015 01:50 AM (5tDM+)



*Facepalm*



What part of "let's you and him fight" don't you get? MAx/DAve was doing a bunch of passive-aggressive troublemaking with me years ago, and it would have been a source of innocent merriment to have gotten him sideways interacting with my current irritant.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 08, 2015 01:58 AM (EzgxV)

377 Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at July 08, 2015 01:57 AM (wKc1L)

Never thought of that BUT my comeback is; the whole forest could be controlled digitally if I could remember.

Posted by: thathalfrican at July 08, 2015 01:59 AM (R5HRU)

378 368 Are you seriously confusing Maet and MWNP?
Posted by: cthulhu at July 08, 2015 01:48 AM (EzgxV)

***

He has gotten it in his pea sized sponge that you and Maet are one and the same. Because you both don't like him and stuff. Or something.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 08, 2015 01:52 AM (p7dd/)



Wait, he's confusing ME with Maet?!?!?!?

Posted by: cthulhu at July 08, 2015 01:59 AM (EzgxV)

379 Hey, halfrican!
How's tricks?

Posted by: The Old Man And The Sea at July 08, 2015 02:00 AM (GKOZH)

380 Oops! Off Spencer Tracey sock...

Posted by: Chi at July 08, 2015 02:01 AM (GKOZH)

381 Without double album covers what do kids today use to sort the seeds out of their weed?

Posted by: Robinson at July 08, 2015 02:01 AM (1SHv1)

382 What part of "let's you and him fight" don't you get? MAx/DAve was doing a bunch of passive-aggressive troublemaking with me years ago, and it would have been a source of innocent merriment to have gotten him sideways interacting with my current irritant.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 08, 2015 01:58 AM (EzgxV)


I expected better from you.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 08, 2015 02:02 AM (5tDM+)

383 Hey Chi, I'm doing ok. Just got home from the gym. Bout to take a shower and call it a night.

YOu?

Posted by: thathalfrican at July 08, 2015 02:03 AM (R5HRU)

384 Wait, he's confusing ME with Maet?!?!?!?
Posted by: cthulhu at July 08, 2015 01:59 AM (EzgxV)

***

That is what I've seen in his fly by style of posting.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 08, 2015 02:04 AM (QNcbF)

385 Robinson,
the weed they're smoking these days doesn't have seeds.
and it's unfair to call it "weed"
That shit will knock your granddad's dick in the dirt...

Posted by: Chi at July 08, 2015 02:04 AM (GKOZH)

386 345 So, Ira.....tell me what you really think about MAx.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 08, 2015 01:39 AM (EzgxV)

? Did my stalker melt down already? He hasn't been back from his latest time out for very long.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 08, 2015 02:04 AM (Vm8WO)

387 #381: That could change things, I guess. That makes sense.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at July 08, 2015 02:05 AM (wKc1L)

388 Well, sports fans. It's been fun. It's been real.

But I'm not sure if it's been real fun.

Oh, what the fcuk do I know. It's always real fun on the ONT.

Hasta la nite nite, Horde!



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at July 08, 2015 02:11 AM (RzZOc)

389 Maet is apparently busy. A number of posts should disappear soon.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 08, 2015 02:12 AM (p7dd/)

390 359
And both of those are based on the Twilight Zone episode starring Jack Klugman as the captain of a spaceship that crash lands on an alien planet.

Posted by: zombie at July 08, 2015 01:46 AM (jBuUi)



You mean this one?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABS2w9DizZ0


Jack Klugman was in several classic Twilight Zone episodes. Here's a clip from another one, but I can't find a good video of the whole episode on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBlNdo9-0z0


Does anybody else think that the young Jack Klugman resembled Lee Harvey Oswald?

Posted by: rickl at July 08, 2015 02:12 AM (sdi6R)

391 Music was a different experience back in the 70s. The whole ritual of breaking out the Disc washer and cleaning the album before listening made it an experience. The instant gratification of an MP3 just aint the same.

Posted by: Robinson at July 08, 2015 02:12 AM (1SHv1)

392 hangin' in there, halfrican - like a hair in a biscuit.

Having a few drinks, enjoying the horde...
July 4th fireworks in the neighborhood really screwed up my sleep, but I'm unemployed, so F it.

I should probably eat a few melatonin and make my "good night" phone call. Try to get back to some kind of normal...

Posted by: Chi at July 08, 2015 02:13 AM (GKOZH)

393 386 What part of "let's you and him fight" don't you get? MAx/DAve was doing a bunch of passive-aggressive troublemaking with me years ago, and it would have been a source of innocent merriment to have gotten him sideways interacting with my current irritant.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 08, 2015 01:58 AM (EzgxV)


I expected better from you.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 08, 2015 02:02 AM (5tDM+)



Why would you? Somebody screws around with me for six months, waits a year or so, then pretends to be an old and treasured friend, and I'm supposed to welcome them with open arms -- when they're still peddling the same passive/aggressive bullshit?




You're a real person and a good Moron -- I'd lend you bail money. MAx is just banking on the Alzheimer's I don't yet have.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 08, 2015 02:13 AM (EzgxV)

394 Hi all, just stopping in before bed.

Try not to wreck the place so I can read it all tomorrow.

T

Posted by: Farmer at July 08, 2015 02:13 AM (o/90i)

395 What ho, Trimalchio!

Posted by: that guy who confuses Shakespeare and Woodhouse at July 08, 2015 02:14 AM (bjfcn)

396
397 Music was a different experience back in the 70s. The whole ritual of breaking out the Disc washer and cleaning the album before listening made it an experience. The instant gratification of an MP3 just aint the same.
Posted by: Robinson at July 08, 2015 02:12 AM (1SHv1)


Yeah man, it totally sucks to be able to listen to a song you want immediately

Posted by: buzzion at July 08, 2015 02:14 AM (zt+N6)

397 Chi, Sounds like a decent way to wind down.

Enjoy the evening my man.

Night all

Posted by: thathalfrican at July 08, 2015 02:15 AM (R5HRU)

398 Speaking of Battle Royale and Hunger Games and (to a lesser extent) The Running Man, here's a classic and NSFW tune...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7AnOp3nkp4

Good night, everyone!

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at July 08, 2015 02:15 AM (wKc1L)

399 Yeah man, it totally sucks to be able to listen to a song you want immediately>>>

Fuck I know I just miss my youth. Now get off my fing lawn!

Posted by: Robinson at July 08, 2015 02:17 AM (1SHv1)

400 I think the Colosseum should sue both Hunger Games and Battle Royale for copyright infringement.

Posted by: buzzion at July 08, 2015 02:17 AM (zt+N6)

401 Alberta - While at the bank today, I bought a couple of rolls of pennies. One proved to be a 2006 Canadian piece. Curious, I checked to see when they were still copper. Well, I don't recall, but up until 2000 or so. Anyhow, I was surprised to see that current versions are 95% steel.

Well, I pulled out a magnet to check the 2006 that I had and, no attraction. Steel..., and yet non-magnetic.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 08, 2015 02:17 AM (eeTCA)

402 Well, I pulled out a magnet to check the 2006 that I had and, no attraction. Steel..., and yet non-magnetic.>>>

Maybe a stainless steel some of those aren't magnetic.

Posted by: Robinson at July 08, 2015 02:20 AM (1SHv1)

403 Fuck I know I just miss my youth. Now get off my fing lawn!

Posted by: Robinson
------------------------------
Dude.
High as gas, sitting in Dan's little bedroom, putting Dire Straits "Telegraph Road" on the turntable, cranking it to 11...
Somehow, at seventeen, he had a ginormous Harmon Kardon tuner/amp set-up backed up with Certain Vega D9s.

Life changing.

Posted by: Chi at July 08, 2015 02:21 AM (GKOZH)

404 391 Music was a different experience back in the 70s. The whole ritual of breaking out the Disc washer and cleaning the album before listening made it an experience.

Posted by: Robinson at July 08, 2015 02:12 AM (1SHv1)



I remember that very well, and I don't miss it a bit.

And this song wasn't even available in the 70s, though it was recorded in 1970. It was only released in 2014:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVa-lNwYbgI

Posted by: rickl at July 08, 2015 02:24 AM (sdi6R)

405 ? Did my stalker melt down already? He hasn't been back from his latest time out for very long.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 08, 2015 02:04 AM (Vm8WO)


Well, maybe now that you got your dream job, you'll meet a better class of creepy stalker.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 08, 2015 02:25 AM (bLnSU)

406 Somehow, at seventeen, he had a ginormous Harmon Kardon tuner/amp set-up backed up with Certain Vega D9s.
>>>

Oddly I know what all those foreign words in that sentence mean.

Oh and to have been rich enough to afford Klipsch.

Posted by: Robinson at July 08, 2015 02:25 AM (1SHv1)

407 Using it further, it's not quite as smooth.....but I haven't even started tuning and optimizing -- and it works.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 08, 2015 02:26 AM (EzgxV)

408 And, sure enough, a comment number rerack has occurred. Thanks, Maet.

Phuck you, Ira.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 08, 2015 02:27 AM (QNcbF)

409 Why would you? Somebody screws around with me for six months, waits a year or so, then pretends to be an old and treasured friend, and I'm supposed to welcome them with open arms -- when they're still peddling the same passive/aggressive bullshit?




You're a real person and a good Moron -- I'd lend you bail money. MAx is just banking on the Alzheimer's I don't yet have.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 08, 2015 02:13 AM (EzgxV)


I know MAx has been kind of dickish. He seems to be really invested in this "mean girls clique" view of the ONT, when from where I sit, he makes himself hard to like, and more or less brings that ostracism upon himself. But to wish for him to be victimized by Ira doesn't do much except validate his notions of persecution.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 08, 2015 02:27 AM (5tDM+)

410 Heh. Just did a search and found:

2006 - P - - - - - - $ 0.01
2006 - Magnetic - - $ 5.00 $ 10 $ 15 $ 25 $ 49
2006 - RCM Logo - Magnetic - - - - - - $ 0.01
2006 - Non magnetic - - - - - - $ 0.01
2006 - RCM Logo - - - - - - $ 0.01
2006 - P - Non magnetic - - - - $ 40 $ 50 $ 75

So...., a bunch of different 1 Cent pieces that year.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 08, 2015 02:27 AM (eeTCA)

411 Back-ish...paperwork and such sh*t still pending.

Was going to ask if there had been fragging or trolling, but I see MWNP at 408 already answered that for me.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at July 08, 2015 02:31 AM (b2cFu)

412 Alberta - While at the bank today, I bought a couple of rolls of pennies. One proved to be a 2006 Canadian piece. Curious, I checked to see when they were still copper. Well, I don't recall, but up until 2000 or so. Anyhow, I was surprised to see that current versions are 95% steel.

Well, I pulled out a magnet to check the 2006 that I had and, no attraction. Steel..., and yet non-magnetic.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 08, 2015 02:17 AM (eeTCA)


I'm not sure what alloy was used. Pennies are now extinct here, as of about a year ago. No more are made. Seems to me the late-model ones were lighter. I have a mittfull of them, I should check. Copper, of course, is non-magnetic. There are a lot of alloys in the general category of "bronze".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 08, 2015 02:31 AM (5tDM+)

413 I'm out.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 08, 2015 02:31 AM (eeTCA)

414 My expose on the Canuck maple syrup-pemmican fraud got nuked?

Maet is in cahoots with Big Moose!


Posted by: Internet facts at July 08, 2015 02:32 AM (bjfcn)

415 Oddly enough, at seventeen, I was working for a few years.
Hung out with an older guy that had a pair of OLD Bose 901s.

That is what turned me on to good quality. My first speakers were little 501s.
Right now I'm running an older Denon with some basic Polk Audio.
It works. Hell, I'm almost fifty. And the dog doesn't like me turning it up too much, anyway.

Posted by: Chi at July 08, 2015 02:32 AM (DkRHT)

416 And hi, Chi, cooth, Mero, and the other regular degenerates who help me stay amused this time of night...

Posted by: Conservative Crank at July 08, 2015 02:32 AM (b2cFu)

417 Any Steel that approaches 18% nickel becomes non magnetic and will resist rusting when wet.

Posted by: Robinson at July 08, 2015 02:34 AM (1SHv1)

418 And hi, Chi, cooth, Mero, and the other regular degenerates who help me stay amused this time of night...

Posted by: Conservative Crank at July 08, 2015 02:32 AM (b2cFu)


I am Groot.

Posted by: Groot at July 08, 2015 02:34 AM (bLnSU)

419
417 Any Steel that approaches 18% nickel becomes non magnetic and will resist rusting when wet.
Posted by: Robinson at July 08, 2015 02:34 AM (1SHv1)


Oh I see!

Posted by: Insane Clown Posse at July 08, 2015 02:35 AM (zt+N6)

420 Waves at Crank.
(I just got pics last week of Grand-nephew Wyatt crawling for the first time!)

Posted by: Chi at July 08, 2015 02:35 AM (DkRHT)

421 And... *Poof!*

Slight whiff of Ozone, slightly dumber for having read Ira's drivel.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 08, 2015 02:36 AM (mG3Qj)

422 And there's another faint whiff of ozone...

Trolls are like the inverse of the insectoids from Ender's Game (Verpine? Or was that from AD&D Dark Sun? I think I was reading stuff from both around the same time)--instead of knowing everything that has ever happened to a member of the hive, they repeat the same mistakes over, and over, and over...

Posted by: Conservative Crank at July 08, 2015 02:36 AM (b2cFu)

423 I haven't seen Guardians of the Galaxy, but I'm thinking a Vin Diesel voiced CGI character is a downgrade from a Sith Lord...

Posted by: Conservative Crank at July 08, 2015 02:37 AM (b2cFu)

424 Oh crap the Insane Clown Posse is mocking me on magnets. Time to go to bed. Night all.

Posted by: Robinson at July 08, 2015 02:37 AM (1SHv1)

425 409 Why would you? Somebody screws around with me for six months, waits a year or so, then pretends to be an old and treasured friend, and I'm supposed to welcome them with open arms -- when they're still peddling the same passive/aggressive bullshit?




You're a real person and a good Moron -- I'd lend you bail money. MAx is just banking on the Alzheimer's I don't yet have.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 08, 2015 02:13 AM (EzgxV)


I know MAx has been kind of dickish. He seems to be really invested in this "mean girls clique" view of the ONT, when from where I sit, he makes himself hard to like, and more or less brings that ostracism upon himself. But to wish for him to be victimized by Ira doesn't do much except validate his notions of persecution.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 08, 2015 02:27 AM (5tDM+)




(a) you don't know the half of it regarding his behaviour. Specifically regarding 'ettes.




(b) you misunderstand my wishes re: Ira....I wouldn't expect either to be "victimized" by the other -- they're both too cocooned within their own pathologies. I'd expect that they might bleed off a certain amount of their unwelcome attentions upon each other.



But, sadly, my cover got blown.



(b)

Posted by: cthulhu at July 08, 2015 02:38 AM (EzgxV)

426 Chi, that's cool. Son of Crank is starting to show some progress on the standing unsupported thing. He's also gone from never attempting steps a few weeks ago to going up them on all 4, hands and feet--doesn't even use his knees. So he's technically walking up stairs before learning how to stand...I think I'm in trouble.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at July 08, 2015 02:39 AM (b2cFu)

427 I haven't seen Guardians of the Galaxy, but I'm thinking a Vin Diesel voiced CGI character is a downgrade from a Sith Lord...

Posted by: Conservative Crank at July 08, 2015 02:37 AM (b2cFu)


Ehh, Marvel Creative Universe seems to be doing better than Lucasverse right now.

And, it cheered someone up on the Happy Open Thread, so that's something.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 08, 2015 02:40 AM (bLnSU)

428 405 Well, maybe now that you got your dream job, you'll meet a better class of creepy stalker.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 08, 2015 02:25 AM (bLnSU)

GAH! No. More. Stalkers.

And sorry, I owe you an email. Lawyer from hell has decided he's not going quietly, so I'm hurriedly setting things up so I a complete picture of our situation before the clock runs out on malpractice.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 08, 2015 02:40 AM (Vm8WO)

429 416 And hi, Chi, cooth, Mero, and the other regular degenerates who help me stay amused this time of night...

Posted by: Conservative Crank at July 08, 2015 02:32 AM (b2cFu)




Seems to me that recent threads have suffered from a dearth of SoC pix.....

Posted by: cthulhu at July 08, 2015 02:41 AM (EzgxV)

430 Seems to me that recent threads have suffered from a dearth of SoC pix.....

Posted by: cthulhu
------------------------------
Once again, beat to the punch by the elder god.

Posted by: Chi at July 08, 2015 02:43 AM (DkRHT)

431 430 Seems to me that recent threads have suffered from a dearth of SoC pix.....

Posted by: cthulhu
------------------------------
Once again, beat to the punch by the elder god.

Posted by: Chi at July 08, 2015 02:43 AM (DkRHT)



*fistbump*

Posted by: cthulhu at July 08, 2015 02:45 AM (EzgxV)

432 >>>I haven't seen Guardians of the Galaxy, but I'm thinking a Vin Diesel voiced CGI character is a downgrade from a Sith Lord...

Posted by: Conservative Crank at July 08, 2015 02:37 AM (b2cFu)<<<

Sure, Vin was a little wooden, but it might have been his best role.

Posted by: waiting for The Chronicles of Groot at July 08, 2015 02:45 AM (Ydaoe)

433 And sorry, I owe you an email.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 08, 2015 02:40 AM (Vm8WO)


Eees okay. I hear the occasional word from Gushie so I don't feel totally left-out.

I wish I had resources to help you with your troubles, especially since you will have less free time soon.

I will let you know if one of those lotto tickets I never buy is a winner.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 08, 2015 02:45 AM (bLnSU)

434 recent threads have suffered from a dearth of my presence, to be fair. He really enjoyed fireworks, I'm thinking that our previously discussed plan of firearms and tannerite will go over well with him once he's old enough...

Posted by: Conservative Crank at July 08, 2015 02:46 AM (b2cFu)

435 Posted by: USA Today! at July 08, 2015 02:44 AM (z1Q+n)

***

*Poof!*

Bye, shithead.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 08, 2015 02:46 AM (QNcbF)

436 Crank @ 426

I figure you have about three weeks before he finds the car keys, walks out to the garage, and goes for a joyride.
Good luck, brother. They grow up SO fast...

Posted by: Chi at July 08, 2015 02:46 AM (DkRHT)

437 Sure, Vin was a little wooden, but it might have been his best role.
Posted by: waiting for The Chronicles of Groot at July 08, 2015 02:45 AM (Ydaoe)


And he was lucky enough to be sidekick to Bradley Cooper.

Posted by: Insane Clown Posse at July 08, 2015 02:48 AM (zt+N6)

438 Is John Ekdal socking as Insane Clown Posse?

Posted by: Conservative Crank at July 08, 2015 02:50 AM (b2cFu)

439 425 (a) you don't know the half of it regarding his behaviour. Specifically regarding 'ettes.
b) you misunderstand my wishes re: Ira....I wouldn't expect either to be "victimized" by the other -- they're both too cocooned within their own pathologies. I'd expect that they might bleed off a certain amount of their unwelcome attentions upon


Can we all just get along?

AOP is well versed in DAve/MAx's nonsense. He's see the bulk of it first hand, including I believe the night I actually got threatened.

And yeah, I get you were just trying to get them to argue amongst themselves. I agree it would not be amusing to watch, & intentionally crossing those 2 streams would not be good.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 08, 2015 02:50 AM (Vm8WO)

440 No that was me.

Posted by: buzzion at July 08, 2015 02:50 AM (zt+N6)

441 3 year-old takes a joyride in a Lancer Evo

https://youtu.be/0WCttfSBVS8

(this is entertainment, not a news clip)

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 08, 2015 02:50 AM (bLnSU)

442 The talking raccoon really allowed him to branch out.

Posted by: waiting for The Chronicles of Groot at July 08, 2015 02:52 AM (Ydaoe)

443 431 Y'all have no idea what makes a person angry.
Mr. cthulhu, You are a liar and a dribbling piece of shit.
Please, jump in a lake.

Posted by: USA Today! at July 08, 2015 02:44 AM (z1Q+n)



And, yet, I've been mostly quiet while you've pawed through my finances until I cut you off. Funny how that works....

Posted by: cthulhu at July 08, 2015 02:52 AM (EzgxV)

444 Evening, all.

I had a very bad day today. My kitty got really bad news at the doctors today. I'm devastated. She's my best friend, truly the best cat I've ever had. There's nothing to be done, so if you are so inclined, I would be eternally grateful for your prayers for a healing miracle. Thank you. God bless you all.

Posted by: Aslan's Girl at July 08, 2015 02:53 AM (xetep)

445 I don't know if I've ever seen Ekdal actually comment here. I used to love his all headline, no content trolling posts--at least in small doses.

buzzion, have you heard anything about another SWOHMoMe?

Posted by: Conservative Crank at July 08, 2015 02:53 AM (b2cFu)

446 Nope. Speedster organized the last one so he'd be the one to ask.

Posted by: buzzion at July 08, 2015 02:54 AM (zt+N6)

447 And, yet, I've been mostly quiet while you've pawed through my finances until I cut you off. Funny how that works....
Posted by: cthulhu at July 08, 2015 02:52 AM (EzgxV)

Unfortunately, the correct answer would have been, "You first. I already swim in a sea of forsaken souls."

Posted by: Conservative Crank at July 08, 2015 02:55 AM (b2cFu)

448 433 I will let you know if one of those lotto tickets I never buy is a winner.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 08, 2015 02:45 AM (bLnSU)



Well, I'll be letting the state bar take care of business & then see if I should/need to file malpractice. Much as I'd like to sue this guy into oblivion, I have things I need to put $ into before a retainer. I'm hoping the bar can impose penalties that will make that unnecessary.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 08, 2015 02:56 AM (Vm8WO)

449 for u at July 08, 2015 02:54 AM (oN28M)

***

And yet his posts remain while yours go *Poof!*.

I phart in your general direction.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 08, 2015 02:57 AM (QNcbF)

450 444 Posted by: Aslan's Girl at July 08, 2015 02:53 AM (xetep)

I'm sorry Aslan'd Girl. Prayers out. I can give you the name of a top veterinary homeopath if you are interested.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 08, 2015 03:00 AM (Vm8WO)

451 Cute video, Mero. Scary, but cute.

Bebe's, sorry to hear of your troubles.
if it'll make you feel any better, I can take a selfie of my "boobs" - but the closest I can come to pudding is a cup of cottage cheese.

Posted by: Chi at July 08, 2015 03:00 AM (DkRHT)

452 *muffled* Can I come out now?

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at July 08, 2015 03:01 AM (iuQS7)

453 Aslan's Girl,

Much as I loathe cats on principle, prayers sent. It's hard to lose a faithful companion.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at July 08, 2015 03:01 AM (b2cFu)

454 I had a very bad day today. My kitty got really bad news at the doctors today. I'm devastated. She's my best friend, truly the best cat I've ever had. There's nothing to be done, so if you are so inclined, I would be eternally grateful for your prayers for a healing miracle. Thank you. God bless you all.

Posted by: Aslan's Girl at July 08, 2015 02:53 AM (xetep)


For what it's worth, you have it.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 08, 2015 03:01 AM (bLnSU)

455 Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 08, 2015 02:45 AM (bLnSU)

Hi Mero ...

Posted by: Adriane the Critic ... at July 08, 2015 03:01 AM (bVIxt)

456 448 And, yet, I've been mostly quiet while you've pawed through my finances until I cut you off. Funny how that works....
Posted by: cthulhu at July 08, 2015 02:52 AM (EzgxV)

Unfortunately, the correct answer would have been, "You first. I already swim in a sea of forsaken souls."

Posted by: Conservative Crank at July 08, 2015 02:55 AM (b2cFu)




446 So, Cooth,
Flail, baby flail.

Posted by: for u at July 08, 2015 02:54 AM (oN28M)




See, the thing Ira doesn't seem to get is that his periodic professions of wounded innocence are totally undercut by his attempts to gloat.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 08, 2015 03:02 AM (EzgxV)

457 Robots at July 08, 2015 03:00 AM (oN28M)

***

Sheesh Ira, you are just phoning it in anymore. Get creative, Son!

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 08, 2015 03:02 AM (p7dd/)

458 I can take a selfie of my "boobs" - but the closest I can come to pudding is a cup of cottage cheese.
Posted by: Chi at July 08, 2015 03:00 AM (DkRHT)

Uhhhh thanks for the offer? I don't want you to go to any trouble. I'll just pull up that bookmarked pic of Jason Momoa in a kilt that Adriane posted. Thanks for thinking of me though!

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 08, 2015 03:04 AM (Vm8WO)

459 *muffled* Can I come out now?

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe
------------------------------
Thread winner!

Holy mackerel - did we all forget that she was down there this whole time???
Somebody hose her off...

Posted by: Chi at July 08, 2015 03:04 AM (DkRHT)

460 Aslan's Girl, may the Lion be with you and your kitty.

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at July 08, 2015 03:04 AM (iuQS7)

461 452 *muffled* Can I come out now?
Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at July 08, 2015 03:01 AM (iuQS7)

Yes, yes!

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 08, 2015 03:05 AM (Vm8WO)

462 LOL, Chi! *shoves a shiny new squeeky toy for Tucker through the USB port*

Now, what's all this about Momoa in a kilt? Bebe, you *have* seen the Aquaman pic, yes?

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at July 08, 2015 03:06 AM (iuQS7)

463
Mazda dadat ahuro
Haurvato ameretatascha
Boroish a ashah'yacha
Khapaithyat khshathrahya saro
Vangheush vazdvare manangho
Ye hoi mainyo shyaothanaishcha urvatho
Ashem Vohu

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 08, 2015 03:07 AM (bLnSU)

464 444 Evening, all.

I had a very bad day today. My kitty got really bad news at the doctors today. I'm devastated. She's my best friend, truly the best cat I've ever had. There's nothing to be done, so if you are so inclined, I would be eternally grateful for your prayers for a healing miracle. Thank you. God bless you all.

Posted by: Aslan's Girl at July 08, 2015 02:53 AM (xetep)



I am so sorry to hear. I pray that your kitty may be healed and that you may be comforted.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 08, 2015 03:07 AM (EzgxV)

465 bebe ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKU1OIO8-EA

sec 32 mark ...

Posted by: Adriane the Movie Critic ... at July 08, 2015 03:07 AM (bVIxt)

466 463 Now, what's all this about Momoa in a kilt? Bebe, you *have* seen the Aquaman pic, yes?
Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at July 08, 2015 03:06 AM

No I haven't seen it. And Adriane is here, maybe she has the tiny URL link to the Momoa kilt pic still.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 08, 2015 03:09 AM (Vm8WO)

467 Aslan's Girl -

May you and Kitty find Strength for this frightening time...

Posted by: Adriane the Movie Critic ... at July 08, 2015 03:09 AM (bVIxt)

468 Robots at July 08, 2015 03:05 AM (s/f2a)

***

I am truly sorry you have to live in that head, Ira. It must really suck.

That said, Phuck off, not our problem.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 08, 2015 03:10 AM (QNcbF)

469 Hello, Adriane, and welcome back Elisabeth! Here's a 10-gallon bucket of Lysol.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 08, 2015 03:10 AM (bLnSU)

470 464
Mazda dadat ahuro
Haurvato ameretatascha
Boroish a ashah'yacha
Khapaithyat khshathrahya saro
Vangheush vazdvare manangho
Ye hoi mainyo shyaothanaishcha urvatho
Ashem Vohu
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 08, 2015 03:07 AM (bLnSU)

Zoroastrian?

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 08, 2015 03:10 AM (Vm8WO)

471 Aslan's,
Our pets are precious. I'm so sorry for the fear you both are experiencing.
I can't imagine...

I ask for Gertrude of Nivelles to come to your aid and comfort.

Posted by: Chi at July 08, 2015 03:11 AM (DkRHT)

472
Courtesy of Weasel Zippers (Still on the main page, scroll down):

http://www.weaselzippers.us/228433-tweet-of-the-day-hill-arious-wall-hangings-and-circus-pants/


Who knew Hillary!! was a Rebel?

Posted by: Arbalest at July 08, 2015 03:11 AM (FlRtG)

473 Zoroastrian?

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 08, 2015 03:10 AM (Vm8WO)


Good call, though Mazda makes it kind of obvious that it's either that or some obscure language spoken in Japanese car companies.

It's a healing prayer.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 08, 2015 03:12 AM (bLnSU)

474
343 Hey cooth you need to get your shit together. I'm tired of you dragging my name here through the mud just because you don't remember the last 6 years or so we've been talking.
I'm the guy from La Verne with Ronnie Monrose's old stack who used to be the source here for ammo availability what 4 years ago now?
Lack of memory on your part does not necessitate me taking shit from you. I've been a real good friend to you for many many years.
Maybe someone else can clue you in since Purp and Jake aren't here anymore to do so.

Posted by: MAx at July 08, 2015 03:13 AM (YJeFl)

475 Posted by: Adriane the Movie Critic ... at July 08, 2015 03:07 AM (bVIxt)

Thank you! He looks tasty as always, but that is really reminding me of khal Drogo.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 08, 2015 03:14 AM (Vm8WO)

476 467 *poof*
I'd use that under advisement if I were you... poofter.

Posted by: Robots at July 08, 2015 03:09 AM (s/f2a)



The way you've been chasing MUMR, he could be zapped for the next few years and not come close to the number of your posts that have disappeared.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 08, 2015 03:14 AM (EzgxV)

477 Robots at July 08, 2015 03:12 AM (s/f2a)

***

Soon.....

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 08, 2015 03:14 AM (QNcbF)

478 Hey, Merovign! Thanks!

Bebe, here's Aquaman (take out the spaces):
http://www.knowitalljoe.com/ wp-content/uploads/ 2015/02/ Jason-Momoa-Aquaman.jpg

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at July 08, 2015 03:14 AM (iuQS7)

479 Heh, thanks Elizabeth!

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 08, 2015 03:20 AM (Vm8WO)

480
Bebe FFSI never threatened you I was just tired of you constantly talking shit. But i guess the acusation makes your life more exciting... thinking someone cared that much...
GodDAMM sometimes you people are so obsessed with being drama queens.
Jeez sorry fellers I wasn't here earlier to witness y'all talking shit behind my back. I've always admired that. Normal people do.
Stinks like bitch in here tonight. Damn shame.

Posted by: MAx at July 08, 2015 03:20 AM (YJeFl)

481 https://celluloidblonde.files.wordpress.com/
2013/07/jason_mamoa_kilt.jpg

extra space before the 2013 ...

Posted by: Adriane the Movie Critic ... at July 08, 2015 03:20 AM (bVIxt)

482 Miss Elizabeth,
Tucker says thanks (you can call him poopyhead).
Actually, I'm surprised and honored that you knew who he is!

And now that the 'ettes are getting randy (really? Tasty? Y'all are almost as bad as us 'rons), I need to make a last drink & chew up a couple more melatonin...

Posted by: Chi at July 08, 2015 03:21 AM (DkRHT)

483 *poof*
no comment.

Posted by: tool at July 08, 2015 03:19 AM (kET+E)

***

The Socially enlightened among us would probably not have chosen "tool" as a nic, but that descriptor hardly describes you, does it, Ira?

You sad, sad POS.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 08, 2015 03:24 AM (mG3Qj)

484 Oops, EliSabeth! Adriane comes through with the way shorter URL than what's on my bookmark!

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 08, 2015 03:24 AM (Vm8WO)

485 474
343 Hey cooth you need to get your shit together. I'm tired of you dragging my name here through the mud just because you don't remember the last 6 years or so we've been talking.
I'm the guy from La Verne with Ronnie Monrose's old stack who used to be the source here for ammo availability what 4 years ago now?
Lack of memory on your part does not necessitate me taking shit from you. I've been a real good friend to you for many many years.
Maybe someone else can clue you in since Purp and Jake aren't here anymore to do so.

Posted by: MAx at July 08, 2015 03:13 AM (YJeFl)



Yeah, I've been polite up to now, just to be polite. Never liked your act. You've never been a friend, you've always had the same passive-aggro act to stir up shit. Cozy up to Ira or take a stand against him -- it'll give me something to watch.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 08, 2015 03:25 AM (EzgxV)

486 Adriane, does Jason's grin remind you of Tom Selleck? I could see a Magnum PI reboot with Jason as son of Magnum.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 08, 2015 03:26 AM (Vm8WO)

487
486 Adriane, does Jason's grin remind you of Tom Selleck? I could see a Magnum PI reboot with Jason as son of Magnum.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 08, 2015 03:26 AM (Vm8WO)


Brilliant! But let's make him gay!

Posted by: Hollywood at July 08, 2015 03:27 AM (zt+N6)

488 No worries, Bebe! And Chi, of course I know who Tucker is.

Right, back to work... blah.

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at July 08, 2015 03:27 AM (iuQS7)

489 Jason as son of Magnum... ooh, intriguing. But who would be the Higgins character? Hiddleston?
(I'm going now, really, but I'll be back later.)

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at July 08, 2015 03:28 AM (iuQS7)

490 487 Brilliant! But let's make him gay!
Posted by: Hollywood at July 08, 2015 03:27 AM (zt+N6)

Noooooooooo. And I refuse to denounce myself for being hetero!

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 08, 2015 03:29 AM (Vm8WO)

491 coincidence? at July 08, 2015 03:28 AM (bjfcn)

****

Coincidentally, same when you're around, but you just add more vinegar to the stench.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 08, 2015 03:31 AM (p7dd/)

492 >>>Jason as son of Magnum... ooh, intriguing. But who would be the Higgins character? Hiddleston?

(I'm going now, really, but I'll be back later.)

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at July 08, 2015 03:28 AM (iuQS7)<<<

Well, I'm always available if you need a British guy.

Posted by: Michael Caine at July 08, 2015 03:31 AM (Ydaoe)

493
Ah cooth if you want to be a dick I have no doubt you'll excel at it. Note that I'm still speaking in friendship although you seem to have abandoned it wholesale. There's no house so big you can't burn it down.
I don't take shit from ettes, do I have to for some reason? Why should I or why would I?
Those that don't treat me like shit get treated like princesses, those that do get treated appropriately. I'm not here to take shit nor give it.
FFS people get a life that fulfills you so you don't have to come here and create conflict to keep yourselves awake.

Posted by: MAx at July 08, 2015 03:31 AM (YJeFl)

494 I could see a Magnum PI reboot with Jason as son of Magnum.

Give that woman a Director's Chair!!!!

Posted by: Adriane the Movie Critic ... at July 08, 2015 03:33 AM (bVIxt)

495 Actually, Higgins (John Hillman) is still with us. He voiced a Knight Rider rebuild on "Fast & Loud" recently (yeah, I know!).

A new Higgins? Hmmm... I don't know why, but Giovanni Rossi just came to mind. Maybe I'm a little drunk.

Posted by: Chi at July 08, 2015 03:35 AM (mJLf8)

496 Hey Maet, I hope you're keeping an eye on this since its already into its "Oooh everyone here wronged poor Treacher" schtick and is starting into mean girls chased off purple avenger & jake in Idaho mode.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 08, 2015 03:35 AM (Vm8WO)

497 : U.S. GOV at July 08, 2015 03:33 AM (kET+E)

*Poof!*

Lol.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 08, 2015 03:35 AM (p7dd/)

498 The Maet abides.

Posted by: Maetenloch at July 08, 2015 03:36 AM (wqVD1)

499 493
Ah cooth if you want to be a dick I have no doubt you'll excel at it. Note that I'm still speaking in friendship although you seem to have abandoned it wholesale. There's no house so big you can't burn it down.
I don't take shit from ettes, do I have to for some reason? Why should I or why would I?
Those that don't treat me like shit get treated like princesses, those that do get treated appropriately. I'm not here to take shit nor give it.
FFS people get a life that fulfills you so you don't have to come here and create conflict to keep yourselves awake.

Posted by: MAx at July 08, 2015 03:31 AM (YJeFl) 493
Ah cooth if you want to be a dick I have no doubt you'll excel at it. Note that I'm still speaking in friendship although you seem to have abandoned it wholesale. There's no house so big you can't burn it down.
I don't take shit from ettes, do I have to for some reason? Why should I or why would I?
Those that don't treat me like shit get treated like princesses, those that do get treated appropriately. I'm not here to take shit nor give it.
FFS people get a life that fulfills you so you don't have to come here and create conflict to keep yourselves awake.

Posted by: MAx at July 08, 2015 03:31 AM (YJeFl)



Sweetheart -- get the hell away from me and keep your distance. You've falsely claimed to be a friend for too fuckin' long and I've let it pass, but now that's over.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 08, 2015 03:36 AM (EzgxV)

500

I could see a Magnum PI reboot with Jason as son of Magnum.


I'm available ... I bring the Uptown Funk.

Posted by: Bruno of Mars at July 08, 2015 03:36 AM (FlRtG)

501 *Ribisi
Damn autocucumber.

Posted by: Chi at July 08, 2015 03:36 AM (3241I)

502 494 Give that woman a Director's Chair!!!!
Posted by: Adriane the Movie Critic ... at July 08, 2015 03:33 AM (bVIxt)

Excellent! You can help with the casting (couch). ; P

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 08, 2015 03:37 AM (Vm8WO)

503 498 The Maet abides.

Posted by: Maetenloch at July 08, 2015 03:36 AM (wqVD1)




And I seriously welcome this.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 08, 2015 03:38 AM (EzgxV)

504 498 The Maet abides.
Posted by: Maetenloch at July 08, 2015 03:36 AM (wqVD1)

Can I offer you a Manhattan? Peppermint schnapps hot cocoa for sleepy time perhaps?

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 08, 2015 03:39 AM (Vm8WO)

505 The fact that none of the Xmen screen writers could ever "do anything" with James Marsden as Scott Summers / Cyclops was a damn shame ...

I wouldn't mind seeing him in kilt.

Posted by: Adriane the Movie Critic ... at July 08, 2015 03:40 AM (bVIxt)

506
496 Hey Maet, I hope you're keeping an eye on this since its already into its "Oooh everyone here wronged poor Treacher" schtick and is starting into mean girls chased off purple avenger jake in Idaho mode.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 08, 2015 03:35 AM (Vm8WO)


I always laugh when he gets to those. Its laughable that he laments purp not being around, while whining about "mean girls" because if someone was acting trollish Purp would use his blog keys to out where the person was posting from especially if it was a place of employment. Jake in Idaho also did not leave from a spat with commenters or their behavior. He left due to a disagreement with ace. And I thought I saw a while back that a semi regular new name admitted to being Jake.

Posted by: Hollywood at July 08, 2015 03:40 AM (zt+N6)

507 I'd love to play Hawaii in the Magnum reboot.

Posted by: Brian Dennehy at July 08, 2015 03:42 AM (Ydaoe)

508 Uummm..is there sock failage happening here...?

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 08, 2015 03:43 AM (QNcbF)

509 Wait - there's an 'ette directed film with a casting couch?
Where does the line start for auditions?

Posted by: Chi at July 08, 2015 03:44 AM (4MUh9)

510 Aw, fuck -- I got involved in a time-warp where I was going to quote a post that just said "ooooh" as being the fastest Ira ID ever....but it was gone before I could comment on it.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 08, 2015 03:45 AM (EzgxV)

511 Hmmm it would have to be son or nephew of Higgins. Could see Hiddleston. Ribisi has always struck me as kinda effeminate. It would have to be someone that could pull off that whole "holy shit Higgins is a closet badass!" thing.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 08, 2015 03:46 AM (Vm8WO)

512
485 If Ira is who you say he is of course I condemn him in the strongest possible terms. I was disappointed when your forensic analysis didn't (to my knowledge) deliver the proof that you were promising that he was the source of your computer problems. From what I read you were blaming it instead on cnet downloads.
What do I KNOW about Ira? A little- I don't consider the goings on at this place an essential part of my identity, so I'm no expert. Of course I make no league with a wrecker- I guess that is just one of your many slanders these days.
But I've seen over and over here people "Emmanuel Goldsteined" for failure to pay proper obeisance to the self-professed clique. Ira, if he/she is innocent of your charges, would be far from the first.
If not, f him/her. He/she's nobody to me- in that case he/she'd be worse than nothing to me.
I remember when we used to discuss real, productive, and variedcontent, not people who weren't here. But I'm old.

Posted by: MAx at July 08, 2015 03:46 AM (YJeFl)

513 507 I'd love to play Hawaii in the Magnum reboot.
Posted by: Brian Dennehy at July 08, 2015 03:42 AM (Ydaoe)

You'll be the Pacific Ocean and like it! You've gotten too fluffy to be a mere island archipelago.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at July 08, 2015 03:47 AM (b2cFu)

514 I'm watching the new Godzilla. I'm so disappointed in it. There's about a half hour left. And no real monster fighting. And while it looks like they're finally getting to it, its dark and smoky and doesn't look like you're going to see shit.

Posted by: buzzion at July 08, 2015 03:48 AM (zt+N6)

515 505 I wouldn't mind seeing him in kilt.
Posted by: Adriane the Movie Critic ... at July 08, 2015 03:40 AM (bVIxt)

Seconded.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 08, 2015 03:48 AM (Vm8WO)

516 >>>You'll be the Pacific Ocean and like it! You've gotten too fluffy to be a mere island archipelago.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at July 08, 2015 03:47 AM (b2cFu)<<<

It may be a bit of a stretch, but I can work with that.

Posted by: Brian Dennehy at July 08, 2015 03:49 AM (Ydaoe)

517 >>>It would have to be someone that could pull off that whole "holy shit Higgins is a closet badass!" thing.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 08, 2015 03:46 AM (Vm8WO)<<<

Me?

Posted by: Jason Statham at July 08, 2015 03:51 AM (Ydaoe)

518 514 I'm watching the new Godzilla. I'm so disappointed in it. There's about a half hour left. And no real monster fighting. And while it looks like they're finally getting to it, its dark and smoky and doesn't look like you're going to see shit.

Posted by: buzzion at July 08, 2015 03:48 AM (zt+N6)


There's 25-30 minutes of that movie worth seeing. You are closing in on the good fight scenes, but they are kind of short (expensive). The last one has a nice surprise moment of "**** you, *****" in it.

The whole intro 1/3 was pointless except about 2 minutes of history and technical details, but I liked the part on the ship where they "rebooted" the origin of the monsters in a way that kind of makes way more sense than the originals.

I have re-watched that movie, but as I said only about a half-hour of it.

You can see the really good parts in about 10 minutes.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 08, 2015 03:51 AM (bLnSU)

519 Has anyone other than me read 'Bridge of Birds'?

I thought it would be a great vehicle for Brandon Lee as Number 10 Ox if it could be adapted for screen ... so I am dating myself...

Posted by: Adriane the Movie Critic ... at July 08, 2015 03:51 AM (bVIxt)

520 499 Ah well y'll seem to be craving my attention to liven up yer otherwise boring lives. Good luck with that-

Posted by: MAx at July 08, 2015 03:51 AM (YJeFl)

521 513 You'll be the Pacific Ocean and like it! You've gotten too fluffy to be a mere island archipelago.
Posted by: Conservative Crank at July 08, 2015 03:47 AM

But, playing multiple island while simultaneously playing an erupting Kilauea?

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 08, 2015 03:54 AM (Vm8WO)

522 512
485 If Ira is who you say he is of course I condemn him in the strongest possible terms. I was disappointed when your forensic analysis didn't (to my knowledge) deliver the proof that you were promising that he was the source of your computer problems. From what I read you were blaming it instead on cnet downloads.
What do I KNOW about Ira? A little- I don't consider the goings on at this place an essential part of my identity, so I'm no expert. Of course I make no league with a wrecker- I guess that is just one of your many slanders these days.
But I've seen over and over here people "Emmanuel Goldsteined" for failure to pay proper obeisance to the self-professed clique. Ira, if he/she is innocent of your charges, would be far from the first.
If not, f him/her. He/she's nobody to me- in that case he/she'd be worse than nothing to me.
I remember when we used to discuss real, productive, and variedcontent, not people who weren't here. But I'm old.

Posted by: MAx at July 08, 2015 03:46 AM (YJeFl)



You particularly pissed me off regarding deety and the shit-stirring thereof. I am not your friend and it insults me when you claim to be.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 08, 2015 03:54 AM (EzgxV)

523 520 499 Ah well y'll seem to be craving my attention to liven up yer otherwise boring lives. Good luck with that-
Posted by: MAx at July 08, 2015 03:51 AM (YJeFl)

Are you some sort of masochist, who craves even negative attention so long as it is attention? Your current line of commenting is non-productive at best, not to mention drawing the ire of multiple regulars and the attention of a cob who is downright merciless with the banhammer. Just give it a rest.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at July 08, 2015 03:55 AM (b2cFu)

524 The whole intro 1/3 was pointless except about 2 minutes of history and technical details, but I liked the part on the ship where they "rebooted" the origin of the monsters in a way that kind of makes way more sense than the originals. I have re-watched that movie, but as I said only about a half-hour of it. You can see the really good parts in about 10 minutes.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 08, 2015 03:51 AM (bLnSU)


Yeah that's what I'm noticing. And the fight scenes are a smoky dark mess. And there's the fire breath. Seriously this fight should have been in daylight. The Hawaii fight should have been more than just a blurb on the tv screen and that could be night time.

Posted by: buzzion at July 08, 2015 03:55 AM (zt+N6)

525 517 Me?
Posted by: Jason Statham at July 08, 2015 03:51 AM

Hmmm. Definite possibility!

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 08, 2015 03:55 AM (Vm8WO)

526 Of course... there has to be a volcano!

Posted by: Moron Magnum P.I. at July 08, 2015 03:55 AM (Ydaoe)

527 Ah well y'll seem to be craving my attention to liven up yer otherwise boring lives. Good luck with that-
Posted by: MAx at July 08, 2015 03:51 AM (YJeFl)

***

Actually, since you are generalizing, I could have gone to bed happy to never, ever see even one of your posts.

The irony. It must burn.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 08, 2015 03:55 AM (QNcbF)

528 So, I am reading that the gun that the gun used to kill Kate Steinle was a federal agent's gun.

Sooooooo....hired hit? Something political? None of the above?

Posted by: TickledPink at July 08, 2015 03:58 AM (adaac)

529 : up your's at July 08, 2015 03:58 AM (kET+E)

***

And yet my words remain and yours go up in smoke.

*Poof!*

LOL.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 08, 2015 04:00 AM (QNcbF)

530 Anthony Mackie could pull off a TC ...

Posted by: Adriane the Movie Critic ... at July 08, 2015 04:01 AM (bVIxt)

531 523 Posted by: Conservative Crank at July 08, 2015 03:55

It's been on extended time out twice. The straw that broke the camels back last time was threatening me. And he looks to be reusing all his old scripts, on fast forward.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 08, 2015 04:01 AM (Vm8WO)

532 Not sure why Ribisi came to mind.
Maybe just because with the mustache, he could look the part?
And he's a better actor than he gets credit for.

Posted by: Chi at July 08, 2015 04:02 AM (4MUh9)

533 529 So, I am reading that the gun that the gun used to kill Kate Steinle was a federal agent's gun.
Sooooooo....hired hit? Something political? None of the above?
Posted by: TickledPink at July 08, 2015 03:58 AM (adaac)

The gun was reported stolen, from a vehicle, before the shooting. Why it was left there is beyond me.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 08, 2015 04:03 AM (Vm8WO)

534 unperson's ass at July 08, 2015 04:03 AM (kET+E)

*Poof!*

Lol.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 08, 2015 04:04 AM (QNcbF)

535 OY.

Night all.

Only 1 car: gear keeps shifting out of Drive & hubby goes to work & I go to class at the same time...

Posted by: Adriane the Movie Critic ... at July 08, 2015 04:04 AM (bVIxt)

536 My car was hacked!!!

I blame China.

Posted by: Federal Agent who lost his gun at July 08, 2015 04:04 AM (Ydaoe)

537 531 Anthony Mackie could pull off a TC ...
Posted by: Adriane the Movie Critic ... at July 08, 2015 04:01 AM (bVIxt)

Yeah. May as well throw Chris Evans in for Rick while we're at it. Who plays Lily though?

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 08, 2015 04:05 AM (Vm8WO)

538 535 OY. Night all
Posted by: Adriane the Movie Critic ... at July 08, 2015 04:04 AM (bVIxt)

Me too, laundry is done.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 08, 2015 04:07 AM (Vm8WO)

539 528 You have no idea how stupid you sound.
PLEASE try again.

Posted by: up your's at July 08, 2015 03:58 AM (kET+E) 528 You have no idea how stupid you sound.
PLEASE try again.

Posted by: up your's at July 08, 2015 03:58 AM (kET+E)



Heh. Cut'n'paste to the unvirtual world still has quirks.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 08, 2015 04:08 AM (EzgxV)

540 444 at July 08, 2015 04:06 AM (YqHHe)

****

*Whiff of ozone*

LOL.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 08, 2015 04:09 AM (QNcbF)

541 Melatobourbon kicking in.
G'night all. Thanks for the fun...
Behave.

Posted by: Chi at July 08, 2015 04:12 AM (4MUh9)

542 Whiff of un at July 08, 2015 04:15 AM (LPN25)

**

Hit the showers. You smell like vinegar. Lol.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 08, 2015 04:17 AM (QNcbF)

543 542 You two are SO sophisticated.
I will try something else!
Watch and learn.

Posted by: blab and etc at July 08, 2015 04:13 AM (LPN25)



I'm watching. And learning.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 08, 2015 04:18 AM (EzgxV)

544 Hey troll: I'm laughing at the superior intellect.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at July 08, 2015 04:22 AM (b2cFu)

545 Whiff of un at July 08, 2015 04:15 AM (LPN25)

***
BotScript=Douchebag sap. Luvin it....

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 08, 2015 04:24 AM (QNcbF)

546 546 Cooth, You are really so far gone...

All I see is further validation, on a regular basis, of everything cooth has said about being harassed.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at July 08, 2015 04:29 AM (b2cFu)

547 Catching up: Yes, I knew that John Hillerman is still with us, though I agree with Bebe (was it?) that the new character would have to be Higgins' son or nephew...

... unless we go with his daughter/niece, played by Felicia Day.

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at July 08, 2015 04:30 AM (iuQS7)

548 Looks like this place is winding down...

Posted by: Conservative Crank at July 08, 2015 04:50 AM (b2cFu)

549 Yeah, I think most folks have gone on to bed. Alas for me, work beckons....

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at July 08, 2015 04:52 AM (iuQS7)

550 And the banhammer claims another victim. Is Maet still swinging it at this hour, or do we have another champion?

Posted by: Conservative Crank at July 08, 2015 04:59 AM (b2cFu)

551 Well, I'm back. This time using a different program to make the boot stick and with Linux Mint installed.

So far so good *crosses every appendage that can be crossed*

We'll see. I'm going to reboot back into windoze and then boot this thing again and see if IT dies.

If it does, I'm going to change my nic to "Linux Reaper".

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at July 08, 2015 05:14 AM (x3GpS)

552 And I'm back again in Windoze.

Ah. My own private little play ground. Every one's asleep.

Except Maet. Maet? Maet!!

MAET!!!! Wake up and piss the house if on fire!!!!

(used to do that in boot camp.)

Okay so far so good, now we'll reboot back into Linux Mint on a stick and see if all the changes were persistent and everything still works.

Back in a bit.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at July 08, 2015 05:22 AM (x3GpS)

553 The fact that none of the Xmen screen writers could ever "do anything" with James Marsden as Scott Summers / Cyclops was a damn shame ... I wouldn't mind seeing him in kilt.

Posted by: Adriane the Movie Critic ... at July 08, 2015 03:40 AM

Marsden as Cyclops was pretty much the only good thing I took out of the X-Men movie/s. It was good casting. The others? Meh.

Posted by: otho at July 08, 2015 05:25 AM (d8udV)

554 Not sure why Ribisi came to mind. Maybe just because with the mustache, he could look the part? And he's a better actor than he gets credit for.

Posted by: Chi at July 08, 2015 04:02 AM

Yes, he is. I'm a bit of a Ribisi fan. In that if he's in something I'm more likely to give the flick a shot. I'm a huge "Flight of the Phoenix" (original) fan, but, damnit... I think that Ribisi may have done his character better than /Hardy Kruger. I denounce my blasphemy. Ribisi was also great in "Middle Men" an obscure recentish movie.

Posted by: otho at July 08, 2015 05:29 AM (d8udV)

555 381 Without double album covers what do kids today use to sort the seeds out of their weed?

Posted by: Robinson at July 08, 2015 02:01 AM (1SHv1)


The good weed today (hydroponic) has no seeds.

Posted by: RickZ at July 08, 2015 05:33 AM (YAPNU)

556 And I'm back again.

Linux nose ON. Linux nose OFF.

Well, knock on a cpu but this seems to be working.

Now to make boot up automatic (I have to do a thing from the menu due to the older cpu I'm running) and if that works then I've got a Linux on a Steeek.

whoo hoo!

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at July 08, 2015 05:34 AM (x3GpS)

557 I have said that Southern Strategy has always been a Democrat load of horse dookie to attack the Republican Party.


The Democrats lost the South for two reasons; main one, they embraced the anti-US left over Vietnam and the military in general and (2) The LBJ great society welfare program.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 08, 2015 05:38 AM (GpgJl)

558 I would like to take this dead time to state once again how much I hate the auto save function built into Corel Imaging Programs. One that the good Programmers thought would be a good idea not to have the ability to turn completely off.

That is my early morning rant. Your regularly scheduled doldrums will resume momentarily. After Coffee has been made.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Proud owner of Luap Nor's Last Brain Cell at July 08, 2015 05:51 AM (GoyxN)

559 The Democrats lost the South for two reasons; main
one, they embraced the anti-US left over Vietnam and the military in
general and (2) The LBJ great society welfare program.


Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 08, 2015 05:38 AM (GpgJl)

And simple demographics. The old racists were already dying out, and the younger generations were a lot more open-minded. I've made that point a number of times. If the old racist Southern Democrats had switched over, the South would have blued again as they died out. Instead, it keeps getting redder. That's because it's the old racists that are dying out.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at July 08, 2015 05:56 AM (J+mig)

560 Heya Tim,

Just hanging out with fellow DVs (Dysfunctional Veterans) over at FB.

Latest discussion is about us "too dumb for college" vets that somehow manage to collect degrees and start businesses, as opposed to being some potato behind a counter sneering at us bragging about their -studies degree.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 08, 2015 05:57 AM (kmtse)

561 Posted by DV Patrick:

So I have been noticing a hidden bit of excellence going on these last few years while the wars diminish and Vets are returning home. Here it is...... I see undying support all around but there are still those who state Veterans don't amount to shit and we were too stupid to go to college. To those I say look at the facts. I have seen more small businesses run by vets excelling these past years than anything else. And all during a time of supposed economical Debt. Microbreweries, distilleries, restaurant's, clothing lines, and even tactical gun equipment lines. I have seen Veterans excelling and doing more for small American Communities than most others. This is my opinion and its what I see. So before you join the ranks of every pussified complainer out there and cry that America is crumbling, I say look around, the veteran community has our backs. Our job to keep America what is was is never over.
DV Patrick

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 08, 2015 06:02 AM (kmtse)

562 Good Morning SMFH!
Beg Pardon but I don't do FB. No way on Gods Good Green Earth.

I caught that all the time on another sight about "edumacations"

Somehow I am able to Feed, Clothe, and House, my Family with just over
200 acres.

I have a BIG Family.

Only way to go.

Don't let any civs get to you.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Proud owner of Luap Nor's Last Brain Cell at July 08, 2015 06:05 AM (GoyxN)

563 I never let potatoes get to me.

In fact, I do enjoy chowing down on a few on occasion

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 08, 2015 06:06 AM (kmtse)

564 SMFH. Reminds me of this.

http://bit.ly/1D0gppz

Posted by: Golfman at July 08, 2015 06:06 AM (48QDY)

565 559 And simple demographics. The old racists were
already dying out, and the younger generations were a lot more
open-minded. I've made that point a number of times. If the old racist
Southern Democrats had switched over, the South would have blued again
as they died out. Instead, it keeps getting redder. That's because it's
the old racists that are dying out.


Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at July 08, 2015 05:56 AM (J+mig)

There were still plenty of old racists around in 1965 when LBJ started the Great Society and later when they embraced the anti-war left in Chicago.

In fact Jimmy Carter ran for governor using the old "racist anti-black" platform that had been used in GA every since I can remember.

They are pretty much dying off though now. But demographics are also hurting the Democrats for another reason. The only white Democrats left in the South are the old "yellow dog Democrats" who would vote for a yellow dog if it had a "D" after its name. These are mainly the FDR holdovers and they are old.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 08, 2015 06:06 AM (GpgJl)

566 Heh Golfman,

Yeah, we do love our memes.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 08, 2015 06:08 AM (kmtse)

567 Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 08, 2015 06:06 AM (GpgJl)

True to a point. I do know some middle aged white democrats that so wrapped up in "Daddy was a D and the R's are evil. "

Otherwise somewhat intelligent but that mind set is so ingrained they will never change.

Posted by: Golfman at July 08, 2015 06:12 AM (48QDY)

568 tutles and Snakes. turtles and Snakes.

A Snake can eat a turtle. Sure it is a difficult meal for a Snake but it never happens the other way around.

Patience and Persistence.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Proud owner of Luap Nor's Last Brain Cell at July 08, 2015 06:12 AM (GoyxN)

569 They are pretty much dying off though now. But
demographics are also hurting the Democrats for another reason. The only
white Democrats left in the South are the old "yellow dog Democrats"
who would vote for a yellow dog if it had a "D" after its name. These
are mainly the FDR holdovers and they are old.


Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 08, 2015 06:06 AM (GpgJl)

That's the point I was trying to make. And it's why the Democrats have that insane hatred for, and go to such effort to stereotype white southerners. The South rejected them after about two hundred years under their thumb, and they're still butthurt about it.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at July 08, 2015 06:14 AM (J+mig)

570 I know one who one of the old Democrat Machine congressman got him a job at Warner Robbins AFB. He has voted Democrat ever since and will never change. He is 77 years old now.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 08, 2015 06:16 AM (GpgJl)

571 Well, had the duty to take Little VIA to apply for his Learners Permit yesterday.

After passing the written test on his first attempt, he was asked if he wanted to register to vote.

He immediately replied "Yes", and chose Republican as his party affiliation.

In many States, this wouldn't seem big,
This is Baltimore.
Young Republicans are as rare as concealed carry permits.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 08, 2015 06:20 AM (VPLuQ)

572 Moving on to the "plagiarism" subject that Maet alluded to over the Hunger Games. Plagiarism is a very specific crime. Just because a book, or a movie, has the same general theme as another one done earlier doesn't necessarily mean plagiarism.


The problems is after centuries and centuries of writing books on every theme under the sun, you can always find some previous book that is based on a similar theme. I'm sure if you took some of Heinlein's best works and looked around you could find books based on a similar theme.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 08, 2015 06:23 AM (GpgJl)

573 Battle Royale???

How about about 100 voters in each US Congressional district given a red button. Each member of Congress is fitted with a collar loaded with VX. IF any one of the 100 is displeased they can press the red button.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 08, 2015 06:23 AM (0uDnf)

574 Meanwhile in Chicago, two women, and two ministers are suing Chicago suburbs for not doing enough to keep guns out of Chicago.

Breitbart.

They tried suing the gun stores and that didn't work, so now they are suing the city governments of the suburbs.

Posted by: paisleyhautmeister at July 08, 2015 06:23 AM (8/JWs)

575 Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 08, 2015 06:20 AM (VPLuQ)

Glad they gave him the option.

I would have loved to have been there if the D box had already been checked.

Posted by: Golfman at July 08, 2015 06:24 AM (48QDY)

576 Good Morning, Horde.
Speaking of Veterans, the Army will soon be downsized to smaller than it was before WW1.
There's a cheerful thought to start the day.

Posted by: ALH at July 08, 2015 06:25 AM (btTLZ)

577 Keys to powerful living-

Praise God anyway!:

http://tinyurl.com/pv7fl4q

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 08, 2015 06:25 AM (OSs/l)

578 574
Meanwhile in Chicago, two women, and two ministers are suing Chicago suburbs for not doing enough to keep guns out of Chicago.



Breitbart.



They tried suing the gun stores and that didn't work, so now they are suing the city governments of the suburbs.

Posted by: paisleyhautmeister at July 08, 2015 06:23 AM (8/JWs)

I have that one for my morning news links. 9 pp today. The press is finally catching up from the holidays.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 08, 2015 06:25 AM (GpgJl)

579 ALH, the standing US Army before World War II was smaller than the army of Romania.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 08, 2015 06:26 AM (0uDnf)

580 That Chicago gun story is showing up 'all over', Fox, Reuters.

Why doesn't Illinois sue Colorado for all the pot that is all over Chicago saying Colorado isn't doing enough to keep pot out of Chicago.

Posted by: paisleyhautmeister at July 08, 2015 06:29 AM (8/JWs)

581 "Meanwhile in Chicago, two women, and two ministers are suing Chicago suburbs for not doing enough to keep guns out of Chicago.
"

That will take Tax Money to defend. Excellent. Let progtardia help collapse the system.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Proud owner of Luap Nor's Last Brain Cell at July 08, 2015 06:30 AM (GoyxN)

582 In times of turmoil-Praise God anyway!

http://tinyurl.com/nagekqk

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 08, 2015 06:31 AM (OSs/l)

583 Well this is certainly a different type of Musketeer...

http://www.e2046.com/product/D+Artagnan/23161/

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 08, 2015 06:31 AM (0uDnf)

584 Our founding fathers at the Constitutional Convention in the 1780s distrusted large standing armies because thy felt like they would be used to oppress the people.


Our current corrupt Democrat government doesn't like large standing armies because they deflect budget from socialist programs to the military.


And that is why the South has abandoned the Democrats more than anything.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 08, 2015 06:31 AM (GpgJl)

585 "Why doesn't Illinois sue Colorado for all the pot that is all over
Chicago saying Colorado isn't doing enough to keep pot out of Chicago.
"

That is damn good idea. Tax Money needed by two States. That would help.

Maybe little rahmmie boi would be interested?

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Proud owner of Luap Nor's Last Brain Cell at July 08, 2015 06:34 AM (GoyxN)

586 What is the over/under for getting the morning thread on time today?

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 08, 2015 06:34 AM (GpgJl)

587 I'm betting 0755.

Posted by: Golfman at July 08, 2015 06:35 AM (48QDY)

588 Gore lost his bid for President, not really because of Florida, that was just a close race. But he lost Tennessee. His home state. The South turned on Gore because we knew he had turned into a Washington Democrat liberal. No amount of "I'm one of you" was going to play down here.

Posted by: Case, Mors Semper Tyrannis at July 08, 2015 06:42 AM (1uTkE)

589 Watching Battle Royale 2000,

Much better than the Hunger Games thus far.

There is no ways the author didn't get some of her ideas from this movie.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 08, 2015 06:42 AM (kmtse)

590 The article about restaurant prices rising 14% in SF (unexpectedly!) after the wage increase just shows the progtards didn't think it through. What they needed to do was simultaneously enact restaurant price control laws, and a law making it illegal for restaurants to go out of business. Then the Evil Capitalists suffer and The People win.

Posted by: Agent J at July 08, 2015 06:48 AM (ueOgE)

591 SMFH it is an interesting movie of immature humans put into a pressure cooker survival situation. Takami points to his influences. While S. Collins claims 'oh mine is totes original.'

Which is such a lie. All writers of any awareness will quickly realize there are only so many plots out there if they are voracious readers; what matters is how you retell the oft-told tale.

David Gerrold, writer of Trouble With Tribbles from Star Trek TOS, even distilled what these stories boil down to in one of his non-fiction Star Trek - Man vs Himself, Man vs Nature, Man vs Man, or can mix them. Or one can read the more readily available Hero With a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell and which George Lucas read while stuck in a hospital bed.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 08, 2015 06:50 AM (0uDnf)

592 yikes

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 08, 2015 06:51 AM (0uDnf)

593 The miracle of a new day. Pause and be thankful.

Posted by: HAL 9000 at July 08, 2015 06:51 AM (VcOqI)

594 Is anybody paying attention to the Chinese Stock Market?
Interesting Times, Indeed.

Posted by: ALH at July 08, 2015 06:55 AM (btTLZ)

595 I guess no one watched Hillary on CNN, little note anywhere except on CNN who is all excited about the breaking news. They really didn't get much more than just campaign talking points..from her.

Posted by: Colin at July 08, 2015 06:59 AM (WQLtV)

596 Popping in with a prayer request

FenelonSpouse is traveling over an hour today to go for a job interview. Getting a job would be a good thing as the unemployment office has to the one of the worst agencies in the state. They don't call when they say they will. UE has been held up for weeks and I'm not exactly rolling in the dough like mega church preachers are. ;^) So we're not praying that Spouse gets the job-only that they get there safely and present themself in a such a way that their positive points are emphasized and that the interviewer is open to what they have to say and offer.

Even if you're good at interviews they're not the best thing to have to go through-harder if you're an introvert and not too big on self promotion.

But we're praising God anyway for the interview and just because it's good to praise God.

Thx.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 08, 2015 06:59 AM (OSs/l)

597 The global market is poised for a dreadful reaction or should I say over-reaction?

And the geniuses across the globe who are supposed to be so smart are re-arranging deck chairs.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 08, 2015 07:00 AM (0uDnf)

598 595
I guess no one watched Hillary on CNN, little note anywhere except on
CNN who is all excited about the breaking news. They really didn't get
much more than just campaign talking points..from her.


Posted by: Colin at July 08, 2015 06:59 AM (WQLtV)

I have several links for that for the morning thread.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 08, 2015 07:01 AM (GpgJl)

599 I'm looking at getting a Gold's Gym wife beater shirt and raising it on my flag pole. E-bay has them.

Posted by: Case, Mors Semper Tyrannis at July 08, 2015 07:01 AM (I0sxh)

600 Looks like another 8 or 8:30 day so I am going to load links now.


Good Morning Morons. Today is Wednesday, July 08, 2015. On this day in 1932 the Dow Jones Industrial Average reached its lowest level of the Great Depression, closing at 41.22. Socialist FDR was elected the next year and made things worse for the economy and turned a recession into the depression.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 08, 2015 07:05 AM (GpgJl)

601 guess no one watched Hillary on CNN, little note anywhere except on
CNN who is all excited about the breaking news. They really didn't get
much more than just campaign talking points..from her.

Posted by: Colin at July 08, 2015 06:59 AM (WQLtV)


The best? From the interviewer herself, admitting as much.

Keilar Blasts Clinton's Interview Performance: 'I Didn't Hear A More Open Or Transparent Hillary Clinton'

http://bit.ly/1gnuE2Q


(The Washington Free Beacon also has a clip of Chrissie Matthews admitting the Democrats are supporting the Illegals just for the votes.)

Matthews: 'Let's Face It,' Democrats Want Illegal Immigrants For the Votes

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 08, 2015 07:05 AM (qCMvj)

602 Anna,

Just finished Historical Archetypes and Mythology. Very enjoyable class.

Still have yet to read Hero of a Thousand Faces in its entirety.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 08, 2015 07:05 AM (kmtse)

603 Sorry Ace, RNCe favorite LaHood has won the primary.


http://fxn.ws/1IIyHlq

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 08, 2015 07:05 AM (GpgJl)

604 598 I have several links for that (Hillabeast) for the morning thread

Aw, c'mon, Vic.... Is it going to be a day of punishment because of the election?

Posted by: Agent J at July 08, 2015 07:06 AM (ueOgE)

605 The shit on that Pier 14 SF illegal killer gets deeper. The gun he used to kill that woman had been issued to a federal agent and had been stolen from his car. So much for CA gun control pukes.


http://fxn.ws/1CZI0XK

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 08, 2015 07:06 AM (GpgJl)

606 Posted by: Case, Mors Semper Tyrannis at July 08, 2015 07:01 AM (I0sxh)

You'd have to explain it to people before they would become offended.

Then they would be really pissed.

Posted by: Golfman at July 08, 2015 07:06 AM (48QDY)

607 And some people are questioning the SF sheriff who turned the asshole loose. He is a former member of the "Green Party" who converted to Democrat (figures since there is not an once of difference between them). People, this is what failure looks like when cities are run by socialists and watermelons.


http://fxn.ws/1CnpPAm

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 08, 2015 07:06 AM (GpgJl)

608 Where is Barbara Boxer? She was a solid supporter of sanctuary cities back when Bush was President. Now that the idea of sanctuary for illegal border jumpers is in the news Boxer can't be found. Oh, that's right, she's not running again.

Posted by: paisleyhautmeister at July 08, 2015 07:06 AM (8/JWs)

609 Meanwhile in NM, the first State to issue driver's licenses to illegals new checks show that tens of thousands of licenses were issued based on fraudulent documents.


A crackdown on document fraud has sent the number of driver's licenses issued to illegal aliens in New Mexico plunging by 70 percent, while revealing that the state likely issued tens of thousands of bogus licenses after becoming the first state to adopt the controversial policy a dozen years ago.


Yeah, they'll go out and get insurance if you give them licenses all right. When their first act in entering the country is to break the law don't expect them to become law-abiding angels down the road. Liberals are so stupid it burns. It's a wonder they can even breath they are so stupid.


http://fxn.ws/1He2hK5

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 08, 2015 07:06 AM (GpgJl)

610 The world is going to shit and the Army plans on cutting 40,000 personnel due to budget cuts (and wasteful spending brought on by congressional interference). Meanwhile O'Shitforbrains has said he will veto the next military funding bill because it cuts money from his favored socialist programs to fund the military.


We have cut the Navy to levels so low we are looking at transporting troops via foreign ships and do not have the sealift capacity to transport tank brigades at all. We have already made significant cuts in the Army, Marines, and Air Force. And every time we have cut back to the bone like this we have found ourselves in a major war because adventurous dictators like Putin see an opening.


http://fxn.ws/1dLlcnY

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 08, 2015 07:06 AM (GpgJl)

611

Crap about Flynn losing. Money is King.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 08, 2015 07:06 AM (qCMvj)

612 Amazing new geeky apt being developed for touch-screen monitors. Personally I don't see much use for this but it looks neat.


http://fxn.ws/1H9SKVn

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 08, 2015 07:07 AM (GpgJl)

613 Subway has fired Jared Fogel.


http://fxn.ws/1J3u558

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 08, 2015 07:07 AM (GpgJl)

614 A 14 year old TN girl who had been lured on line to a meeting with a sex offender has been found in VA. No we don't have any recidivision for sex offenders.


http://fxn.ws/1J3u7dn

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 08, 2015 07:07 AM (GpgJl)

615 An F-16 from Shaw AFB collided with a Cesna 150 about 11 miles north of Charleston yesterday. Needless to say the occupants of the Cesna were killed but the AF pilot ejected safely.


http://fxn.ws/1ClZKSd

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 08, 2015 07:07 AM (GpgJl)

616 Carnival cruise lines will begin making cruises to Cuba next year.


http://fxn.ws/1TkyyHY

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 08, 2015 07:08 AM (GpgJl)

617 Defense expert says CO theater shooter was legally insane. These news stories always muddle this crap. Of course the guy's elevator didn't go to the top floor (51-50 as it were). That is not the question in this type of defense. The question is was he able to determine right from wrong, and based on his actions he most certainly was.


http://fxn.ws/1dLmU8W

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 08, 2015 07:08 AM (GpgJl)

618 >>>
The global market is poised for a dreadful reaction or should I say over-reaction?

And the geniuses across the globe who are supposed to be so smart are re-arranging deck chairs.
.
.
.Yep. Paul "Nobel Laureate" Krugman is defending Greece. He says they are standing up to the German/French Bully and speaking truth to power, austerity is wrong, etc.


Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at July 08, 2015 07:08 AM (iONHu)

619 More social services stuff but this one goes a little bit further than allowing your kids to walk home from school on their own.


A couple in Sumter County, SC has been arrested because they forced their daughter to live in a tent in the woods ¼ mile from their home for a few days between the hours of 8 am until 6 pm as punishment for eating a pop-tart. They have been charged with child neglect. This was a bizarre punishment for eating a pop-tart but I hardly think it is child neglect. The article bemoans the fact that she had to "fend for herself" during a thunderstorm. Oh heavens the agony. All you parents who let your kids "camp out" in the backyard overnight better think again. Big brother is watching you.


http://fxn.ws/1JSmCJ2

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 08, 2015 07:08 AM (GpgJl)

620

Hilarious that Ace posted a Poe thread (calling it "Happy" Poe, hehe) after the Flynn loss thread.

Although I did re-read the Usher book this week. Hopefully I can hit the 6:30 time for discussion on Sunday.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 08, 2015 07:08 AM (qCMvj)

621 New tactic for gun grabbing Nazi SJWs. Sue the local cities for allowing gun stores to operate. Normally I would say this is going nowhere. But since the judge should have never let this idiocy even be filed and the courts have begun to invent their own law, as well as language, and this is deep blue IL, anything can happen.


http://fxn.ws/1KRSS0q

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 08, 2015 07:08 AM (GpgJl)

622 And speaking of SJWs they are going after Paula Deen again. She had the audacity to dress up like Lucille Ball on a show using "brown face". There's a new one I never heard of before. My response if I were her would be to appear on the next show at the opening and tell them to get a life.


http://fxn.ws/1HM1Jla

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 08, 2015 07:09 AM (GpgJl)

623 Illegal in AZ who had been deported 6 times runs over a family while high on drugs. I blame Obama.


http://bit.ly/1fk5kux

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 08, 2015 07:09 AM (GpgJl)

624 Trump is absolutely right on his charges about illegals. According to the government's own numbers (which are most likely low-balled) there are 347,000 illegals in the country with criminal backgrounds (besides illegal entry).


http://bit.ly/1JStG8H

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 08, 2015 07:09 AM (GpgJl)

625 Why didn't we hear about this in 92? No internet? Using a rope on the press is nothing new for the Clintons, it just never got reported before because "Clinton".


http://bit.ly/1RjmPMn

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 08, 2015 07:09 AM (GpgJl)

626 Support for the Confederate flag is strong in the rural South. But the NYT needs someone who knows their ass from a hole in the ground when captioning their pictures. The caption under the picture reads Confederate Battle Flag. It is not, it is the Confederate Naval Jack. The battle flag is square and smaller. (Link to the NYT via Drudge)


http://nyti.ms/1LRAsh6

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 08, 2015 07:10 AM (GpgJl)

627 Washington DC residents want to rename the city and demolish the Jefferson Memorial. Give them an inch. I have a better idea, reduce the size of DC to just enough room to hold congress, the WH, and other federal buildings and make it illegal for anyone to live there. Cede the remaining land to MD, which is already a blue Hell, AND get rid of that BS "non-voting representative" who sits on committees and runs her mouth like a 200 horse merc outboard at full bore.


http://bit.ly/1Clrg2n

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 08, 2015 07:10 AM (GpgJl)

628 Remember "end welfare as we know it"? Now 1 out of 5 US citizens are on welfare. That alone should tell you the numbers about the economy and unemployment are bald-faced lies.


http://bit.ly/1JMiaOT

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 08, 2015 07:10 AM (GpgJl)

629 Good Morning Morons. Today is Wednesday, July 08, 2015. On this day in 1932 the Dow Jones Industrial Average reached its lowest level of the Great Depression, closing at 41.22. Socialist FDR was elected the next year and made things worse for the economy and turned a recession into the depression.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 08, 2015 07:05 AM (GpgJl)


In contrast : In China

"I've never seen this kind of slump before. I don't think anyone has. Liquidity is totally depleted," said Du Changchun, an analyst at Northeast Securities.

-------------------------
Has never read about the tulip mania, has never read about the great depression in the US, has no historical knowledge of the crash of '29.

Posted by: paisleyhautmeister at July 08, 2015 07:10 AM (8/JWs)

630 Black "thug" teens beat an elderly Jew in Brooklyn while laughing. Original story from Drudge link was to CBS who of course did not mention the race of the "thugs". But I searched around for a while and of course the "thugs" were black. Hey, it's Brooklyn. I wonder if he was flying the CBF over his apartment? Police say they have no motive yet. What an incredibly stupid statement from the NYPD.


http://bit.ly/1LRBauN

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 08, 2015 07:10 AM (GpgJl)

631 St Louis judge tells Ferguson activists who want an independent investigation of the Ferguson DA to take a hike. And I am sure these "activists" are not from Ferguson).


http://bit.ly/1HMBaKU

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 08, 2015 07:11 AM (GpgJl)

632 RINOs in congress are determined to move forward with an Eisenhower memorial despite opposition from his family and almost no donations for the memorial at all.


http://bit.ly/1JO94Bh

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 08, 2015 07:11 AM (GpgJl)

633 ISIS savages are executing reporters now.


http://bit.ly/1KS1zrw

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 08, 2015 07:11 AM (GpgJl)

634 Speaking of thugs, the WH is pushing their supporters to get the "Jewish Community" behind them on support for the Iran sellout.


http://bit.ly/1KS1MLp

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 08, 2015 07:11 AM (GpgJl)

635 The Choom breaks out his pen and phone again to order solar panels installed on housing projects. Where is he getting the money to throw in this hole, which again will be a total failure? Not to mention these panels will be stolen or totally destroyed within a few years. BTW, Baltimore is not a good location for solar power anyway.


http://bit.ly/1CoPbhB

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 08, 2015 07:12 AM (GpgJl)

636 Scankles interview showed what a brainless twit she really is. She is back on her VRWC kick again blaming them for all her felonies.


http://bit.ly/1RjWNsh

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 08, 2015 07:12 AM (GpgJl)

637 And the interview by CNN supporter of her came off just as expected.


http://bit.ly/1KS4y36

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 08, 2015 07:12 AM (GpgJl)

638 And she outright lied about her e-mails. Said she didn't have to turn over anything.


http://bit.ly/1LRf0Zv

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 08, 2015 07:12 AM (GpgJl)

639 Good luck to FenSpouse.I have dropped a word with the Big Guy.

And yes, the funemployment office is awful. I was once on hold for 6.5 hours.


Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at July 08, 2015 07:12 AM (yxw0r)

640 Yep the F-16C was from the 55th FS of the 20th FW at Shaw. One image on Twitter showed the distinctive blue and white diamond band with 55 and dice that is located at the top of the tail. Saw another image of the nozzle from the F-110 engine resting against a camper.

The F-16C is a Block 50 bird. The pilot, Maj Aaron Johnson, was doing solo training and instrument approaches into Charleston. The fighter was between 2,000 and 3,000 feet when the collision happened.

http://www.f-16.net/f-16-news-article4965.html

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 08, 2015 07:13 AM (0uDnf)

641 And of course, taking their cue from the head asshole, Democrats are blaming Republicans for sanctuary cities run by Democrats. If I were reading a book with this in it I would throw it down because the plot would be so improbable as to make the book unreadable.


http://bit.ly/1Hf0vII

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 08, 2015 07:13 AM (GpgJl)

642 The NAACP finds the CBF, and everything else associated with the antebellum South, offensive. But here is something I had never even heard of until now that makes me want to puke.


Artists have made a video, which is being shown in a Polish museum that has an enactment of naked Jews playing tag in the Nazi gas chambers before they are killed. Why anyone would make such a video, much less have officials show it in a museum, is incomprehensible to me.


http://bit.ly/1NNB6uo

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 08, 2015 07:13 AM (GpgJl)

643

This is interesting.

Reversal: Florida County Commission Votes to Put Back Confederate Flag

over at the truthrevolt.org

Trump was saying something like this the other day, stuff will blow over, and those dipsh*ts will return to his golf course ("It's the best in the world!" he says.), etc.

He's right. That is what the GOP doesn't get. Stuff blows over very quickly, but you see so many cowards in DC, with their tails between their legs. Submitting at the slightest shout out.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 08, 2015 07:13 AM (qCMvj)

644 The BB "Primary" has Jebbie the Hutt and the NJ Fat Man in last place. So I guess that means we will get one of those from the RNCe primaries.


http://bit.ly/1RjYtln

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 08, 2015 07:13 AM (GpgJl)

645 SF helped that illegal kill that innocent woman on Pier 14.


After admitting to shooting and killing 32-year-old Kate Steinle, Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez, an illegal alien, was asked why he had come to San Francisco.


He responded that he knew San Francisco was a sanctuary city where he would not be pursued by immigration officials.



I would hope that her family would sue the living hell out of SF.


http://dailysign.al/1G6zW7G

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 08, 2015 07:13 AM (GpgJl)

646 The NEA just loves the new version of Bush/Kennedy fiasco known as "No Child gets education". The unions love it too. Conservatives should hate it.


http://dailysign.al/1MdU4d8

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 08, 2015 07:14 AM (GpgJl)

647 Ramirez


http://bit.ly/1Hfefq2

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 08, 2015 07:14 AM (GpgJl)

648 >>>Scankles interview showed what a brainless twit she really is. She is
back on her VRWC kick again blaming them for all her felonies.
.
.
.
.Well, in her defense, she hasn't got anything else.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at July 08, 2015 07:14 AM (iONHu)

649 Starbunks is raising prices for its crap coffee despite the price of coffee dropping and will not say why. IBD does and lays it right at the feet of the stupid minimum wage crowd.


http://bit.ly/1CoRK3b

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 08, 2015 07:14 AM (GpgJl)

650 Breaking: How phony; Scankles and the Democrat CA Senators are now condeming SF for their sanctuary city policy.


http://fxn.ws/1KMYlqR

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 08, 2015 07:14 AM (GpgJl)

651 Thanks, Bob, I appreciate that

I told Spouse they should get a job at UE, They're obviously understaffed. ;^)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 08, 2015 07:14 AM (OSs/l)

652 Breaking: OK gov will keep ten commandments on statehouse grounds despite order from State Supreme Court. So is it starting? Open defiance of the black robes?


http://fxn.ws/1CoQhdi

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 08, 2015 07:15 AM (GpgJl)

653 621 New tactic for gun grabbing Nazi SJWs

My prediction is the reciprocity aspect of SSM will be used not to make CCW permits issued in any one state valid in all, as has been suggested by others, but rather the most restrictive gun control laws in any one state will be applied to all the rest.

Posted by: Agent J at July 08, 2015 07:15 AM (ueOgE)

654 The Daily Deals


Note: I also got an e-mail from Amazon with some new book deals. John Ringo fans should know that his Black Tide Rising book 3 has been marked down now to $6.99.


http://amzn.to/1Ha6KhG


That's it for today folks.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 08, 2015 07:15 AM (GpgJl)

655 Popping in with a prayer request

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 08, 2015 06:59 AM (OSs/l)


Prayers x 100

(I'm praying for the whole enchilada! )

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 08, 2015 07:15 AM (qCMvj)

656 Washington DC residents want to rename the city and demolish the Jefferson Memorial.


I'm all in favor of demolishing the City, then renaming it. Obamadelphia? Shitholistan? Eh, who cares about the name, just bring on the demolition.

Posted by: Anti-socialist at July 08, 2015 07:16 AM (+kznc)

657 Good job Vic.

9 pp huh? Wow.

Posted by: Golfman at July 08, 2015 07:16 AM (48QDY)

658 Greece has until Sunday to make a deal. The banks are out of money now.

The loan sharks in Brussels want to loan more money to Greece.

The point is, when a committee of people can, on a whim, vote your country into an economic collapse, you are not free, you are not sovereign, your fate will be arbitrarily determine by a court judge.

Posted by: paisleyhautmeister at July 08, 2015 07:17 AM (8/JWs)

659 Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 08, 2015 07:15 AM (qCMvj)

Thanks, sister.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 08, 2015 07:17 AM (OSs/l)

660 Even if you're good at interviews they're not the best thing to have to go through-harder if you're an introvert and not too big on self promotion.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 08, 2015 06:59 AM
________

Tell me about it! True story:

In the winter of 2013, I interviewed for a telesales job. I'd worked for the company doing telesales in the '90s and thought I could do it again. But the company changed. They had me fill out a questionnaire online, and the decision was largely based on its results. I got an interview, which lasted two hours and was quite strange.

The questionnaire told the interviewer I was an introvert. This (and other things) were spot on about me. At one point, the guy said, "You're the type of person who goes to a party and is more comfortable going off to the side of the room to have a one-on-one conversation with a person, instead of being someone who would lead a group conversation. We're looking for an outgoing person, someone who's comfortable in groups and being the center of attention."

Again, the job was telephone sales - you know, getting on the telephone and having a one-on-one conversation with another person.

I didn't get the job and I'm glad about it. (The interviewer was totally awesome and if you don't believe me you can ask him.)

Anyway, Fenelon, my prayers for your daily bread - and should Spouse's prospective employer be a bad place to work (a quality that often goes unnoticed when one needs a job) then my prayers for deliverance from evil.

Posted by: FireHorse at July 08, 2015 07:18 AM (vAr/o)

661 Breaking: OK gov will keep ten commandments on statehouse grounds despite order from State Supreme Court. So is it starting? Open defiance of the black robes?


People to Supreme Court: Respectfully, go horse*ck.

Posted by: Anti-socialist at July 08, 2015 07:18 AM (+kznc)

662

Here's the Matthews money quote.

Matthews: 'Let's Face It,' Democrats Want Illegal Immigrants For the Votes

http://bit.ly/1Hfgeax

He'll get slammed for admitting the truth.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 08, 2015 07:18 AM (qCMvj)

663 SMFH that sounds nifty to sit through. But Campbell's book of how the hero progresses from untried youth to acquiring a mentor and final resolution, you can see how A New Hope perfectly aligns.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 08, 2015 07:19 AM (0uDnf)

664 >>>>My prediction is the reciprocity aspect of SSM will be used not to make
CCW permits issued in any one state valid in all, as has been suggested
by others, but rather the most restrictive gun control laws in any one
state will be applied to all the rest.
.
.
.
.I can guarantee that will not happen her in Kentucky.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at July 08, 2015 07:20 AM (iONHu)

665 Breaking: How phony; Scankles and the Democrat CA Senators are now condeming SF for their sanctuary city policy.

They were all for sanctuary back when there was a republican president. Now that they are getting bad press because of it, they have flipped sides and are against it. Kinda like Vietnam, Kinda like John Kerry voted for it before he voted against it, kinda like Gulf War, kind like Iraq. . . before you know it, they will be against legal pot, and will love the southern states again.

Posted by: paisleyhautmeister at July 08, 2015 07:21 AM (8/JWs)

666
I think Flynn should run as an independent, just to fuck up Boehner. Whether LaHood or the Democrat wins, the Democrats win.

War.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 08, 2015 07:21 AM (St6BJ)

667 This is big, but it will be swept under the rug



Tom Steyer Listed as Manager of Green Energy Investment Firm

Corporate documents reveal previously unknown ties to renewable energy financiers


one of the biggest Dem donors - I'm not sure who contributes more, him or Soros

freebeacon.com

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 08, 2015 07:21 AM (qCMvj)

668 Jared is eating heavily.

Posted by: HAL 9000 at July 08, 2015 07:23 AM (VcOqI)

669
Ooh. I'm 666th!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 08, 2015 07:23 AM (St6BJ)

670

In case you didn't see this yesterday, I think this is the best campaign ad so far out there that I have seen. Pretty professional, and definitely shooting for the top spot.

It's Scott Walkers

http://therightscoop.com/scott-walker-has-a-new-video-out-and-its-a-doozy/

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 08, 2015 07:24 AM (qCMvj)

671 Anna,

Lucas pretty much hit every archetype along the way...lol.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 08, 2015 07:24 AM (kmtse)

672 But Campbell's book of how the hero progresses from untried youth to acquiring a mentor and final resolution, you can see how "A New Hope" perfectly aligns.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 08, 2015 07:19 AM
________

Indeed. It's too bad Dumbledore had to die, though.

Posted by: FireHorse at July 08, 2015 07:24 AM (vAr/o)

673 J.J. Sefton is 666??????

Posted by: HAL 9000 at July 08, 2015 07:24 AM (VcOqI)

674
Hoping the ghost of Yonatan visits his brother Bibi and gives him a set of "baitz'm" from the great beyond.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 08, 2015 07:25 AM (St6BJ)

675 Crap. Day 7 of a 6 day vacation. Yeah, headed back to work. FML.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 08, 2015 07:25 AM (UOsvH)

676 @606- "You'd have to explain it to people before they would become offended.
Then they would be really pissed."
- Golfman

I would be sure and tell them I got the shirt from E-bay.

Posted by: Case, Mors Semper Tyrannis at July 08, 2015 07:25 AM (1uTkE)

677 Mark Levin opened his show tonight on Hillary Clinton, playing a clip from her interview on CNN where she espouses even more leftist immigration views than Obama did when he was running in 2008.

But he also played a clip from 2003 where Hillary sounded a lot like Donald Trump.


I need to start listening to his entire podcasts again. It's tough sometimes, because it is so stressful to listen to.

http://therightscoop.com/mark-levin-exposes-how-hillary-was-donald-trump-in-2003/

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 08, 2015 07:26 AM (qCMvj)

678 673 J.J. Sefton is 666??????
Posted by: HAL 9000 at July 08, 2015 07:24 AM (VcOqI)


Pleased to meet you. Won't you guess my name?!

Woo-hoo . . .

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 08, 2015 07:26 AM (St6BJ)

679 Here are photos from the F-16 crash site from the Post + Courier. One of the inboard pylons that usually carries a fuel tank. A main gear with tire. Vertical stabilizer with 55th FS markings. What looks like the rear fins of an AIM-120 poking out of the dirt, hope that is a training round.

http://preview.tinyurl.com/oh5uvmw

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 08, 2015 07:26 AM (0uDnf)

680 677 Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 08, 2015 07:26 AM (qCMvj)

Did you see the picture of Hilary from the early 70's wearing striped Landlubbers, but with the CBF in the background?

Maybe Breitbart?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 08, 2015 07:27 AM (St6BJ)

681 Morning all.

hillary is a sick SOB who should have that smile wiped off her lying face

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 08, 2015 07:28 AM (wq4B0)

682
Hey 'ette. He ripped Whore-Hay Ramos to shreds last night.

Pro Tip to our serious candidates: Listen and learn.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 08, 2015 07:28 AM (St6BJ)

683 SMFH, yes he did. Which is why his movies are not really original. Just he found a new angle to peddle his space opera.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 08, 2015 07:29 AM (0uDnf)

684 Did you see the picture of Hilary from the early 70's wearing striped Landlubbers, but with the CBF in the background?

Maybe Breitbart?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 08, 2015 07:27 AM (St6BJ)

I think Weasel Zippers had it

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 08, 2015 07:29 AM (wq4B0)

685 684 I think Weasel Zippers had it
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 08, 2015 07:29 AM (wq4B0)

Oops. You are correct. Those two are where I go most often, after this dump.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 08, 2015 07:30 AM (St6BJ)

686 New tactic for gun grabbing Nazi SJWs. Sue the local cities for allowing gun stores to operate.

Also applies to :
Pot
Cigarettes (NYC loosies, and untaxed packs)
eggs (In california from out of state suppliers)

Fireworks

used beverage containers (bottle and can deposit and fraudulent returns)

Posted by: paisleyhautmeister at July 08, 2015 07:30 AM (8/JWs)

687 VIENNA - A senior Iranian diplomat said on Wednesday Iran has presented "constructive solutions" to resolve disputes in nuclear talks with six major powers, the Students news agency ISNA reported.

"Iran has presented constructive solutions to overcome the remaining differences. We will not show flexibility regarding our red lines," the diplomat, who was not identified, told ISNA.


Fredo/kerry stock up on more KY jelly

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 08, 2015 07:30 AM (wq4B0)

688 Anna,

Yep.

Feel sorry for the maintenance team that was in charge of that bird that crashed. Having the NTSB and military investigators all up in your grill can't be fun.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 08, 2015 07:31 AM (kmtse)

689

Violent 4th of July Wkend for Another Sanctuary City: New Orleans

City coroner starts weekend: "4 homicides in 6 hours"

News of other shootings and crimes poured in across the city throughout the weekend, prompting citizens to shake their heads in disbelief. Speaking to WWLTV, one citizen said of the criminals, "They don't value life, they don't value their life, my life, your life. If you're in my way, pow, get out of my way."

Another citizen, a local black activist, said, "I will say, 30 or 40 years ago, you didn't have this level of violence in the black community, and it's only going to be solved by us."

...

Crouere also states that Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman has a habit of releasing people suspected of immigration violations from prison and warns against the practice. "There is little doubt that many of those the Sheriff releases eventually commit crimes," he said. "It is what happened in San Francisco where such reckless policies cost Kathryn Steinle her life."


truthrevolt.org

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 08, 2015 07:31 AM (qCMvj)

690 Feel sorry for the maintenance team that was in charge of that bird that crashed. Having the NTSB and military investigators all up in your grill can't be fun.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 08, 2015 07:31 AM (kmtse)

Was it mechanical failure or a collision?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 08, 2015 07:32 AM (wq4B0)

691 Posted by: FireHorse at July 08, 2015 07:18 AM (vAr/o)

Thanks very much for your prayers and for your story. Apparently those long tests are becoming more and more common.

FenelonSpouse years ago went to a company party with me. At one point I was looking around and they had disappeared. I found them standing by the car saying, "I just had to get out of there; I didn't know anybody." They've gotten better over the years but that's just who my spouse is. They're fine when they get to know people. I'm actually an introvert. I've just learned to function as an extrovert when I need to.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 08, 2015 07:32 AM (OSs/l)

692 Hey 'ette. He ripped Whore-Hay Ramos to shreds last night.

Pro Tip to our serious candidates: Listen and learn.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 08, 2015 07:28 AM (St6BJ)


Someone needs to get the dirt on Ramos. He is so slimy, you know he has a lot of skeletons in the closet.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 08, 2015 07:33 AM (qCMvj)

693 Dunno yet, Nevergiveup,

Which is why maintenance records are being combed through as we speak, not to mention quizzing the pilot.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 08, 2015 07:33 AM (kmtse)

694 Did you see the picture of Hilary from the early 70's wearing striped Landlubbers, but with the CBF in the background?

Maybe Breitbart?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 08, 2015 07:27 AM (St6BJ)


no, I didn't.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 08, 2015 07:34 AM (qCMvj)

695 CYA is in effect.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 08, 2015 07:34 AM (kmtse)

696 For probably the first time since 1933, an organized Jewish boycott of German products has been called. The reason: Lufthansa's admission that Israel is the only country in the Middle East that cannot benefit from the German airline's special baggage allowance policy.

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is now officially urging travelers not to fly Lufthansa because of its discrimination against Israel and against travelers to Israel.

As Lufthansa's website explains, Economy Class travelers are permitted one free bag or suitcase of up to 23 kilograms (50 pounds). However, a special baggage policy exists for those traveling to "the United States, Canada, Mexico and Afghanistan, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Yemen."

The more generous policy, which allows two suitcases (up to 23 kilograms each) free of charge, conspicuously excludes travelers to and from Israel.

Perhaps this was merely an oversight? The ZOA wrote to Lufthansa this past May, asking for an explanation for the policy: "We hope that Israel's omission was merely an oversight and was not done intentionally. If it was intentional, it would clearly constitute anti-Semitism."

Despite the chance it was given to rectify the mistake and the anti-Semitism it appeared to reflect, Lufthansa jumped away from it. The ZOA reports that Lufthansa, in its response, did not dispute or justify the existence of the policy, though it denies that it is discriminatory.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 08, 2015 07:34 AM (wq4B0)

697

btw, this is just like the demon in San Fran

Crouere also states that Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman has a habit of releasing people suspected of immigration violations from prison and warns against the practice. "There is little doubt that many of those the Sheriff releases eventually commit crimes," he said.

what the hell is wrong with these people?

not until it hits them personally

so disgusting

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 08, 2015 07:36 AM (qCMvj)

698 SMFH if what F-16 Net is reporting that Maj Johnson was doing an instrument approach, which at 3,000ft seems feasible, his attention was in the cockpit and he was not doing a Linda Blair. Which means ATC might not have seen the Cessna and the Cessna pilot was probably VFR and not paying the attention they should have ... so ka-boom.

This is just a WAG but it has happened in the past.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 08, 2015 07:36 AM (0uDnf)

699 Dunno yet, Nevergiveup,

Which is why maintenance records are being combed through as we speak, not to mention quizzing the pilot.
Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 08, 2015 07:33 AM (kmtse)


There was an incident near San Diego years ago when a Marine F-4 collided with a Hughes Airwest Civilian plane a few years ago.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 08, 2015 07:37 AM (wq4B0)

700 Despite the chance it was given to rectify the mistake and the anti-Semitism it appeared to reflect, Lufthansa jumped away from it. The ZOA reports that Lufthansa, in its response, did not dispute or justify the existence of the policy, though it denies that it is discriminatory.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 08, 2015 07:34 AM (wq4B0)


anti-Semitism is never an oversight; they know exactly what they are doing

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 08, 2015 07:37 AM (qCMvj)

701 Did you see the picture of Hilary from the early 70's wearing striped Landlubbers, but with the CBF in the background?



Maybe Breitbart?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 08, 2015 07:27 AM (St6BJ)


It's 'shopped.

Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at July 08, 2015 07:38 AM (yxw0r)

702 Did you see the picture of Hilary from the early 70's wearing striped Landlubbers, but with the CBF in the background?



Maybe Breitbart?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 08, 2015 07:27 AM (St6BJ)

(photoshop)

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at July 08, 2015 07:38 AM (0O7c5)

703 It's 'shopped.
Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at July 08, 2015 07:38 AM (yxw0r)

Maybe but why do you say that?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 08, 2015 07:39 AM (wq4B0)

704 Breaking: OK gov will keep ten commandments on statehouse grounds despite order from State Supreme Court. So is it starting? Open defiance of the black robes?

My answer would be: Thank you for your decision, we will effect the order as soon as the legislature appropriates funds to do so ....

Posted by: Jean at July 08, 2015 07:39 AM (ztOda)

705 Nevergiveup, this is the story of that Marine F-4 striking the airliner. Happened in 1971.

https://youtu.be/x5i6lbp4jNk

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 08, 2015 07:39 AM (0uDnf)

706

I keep seeing this headline.

Eric Holder For Supreme Court Justice?

I feel nauseous just thinking about this possibility. Can you imagine?

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 08, 2015 07:39 AM (qCMvj)

707 694 no, I didn't.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 08, 2015 07:34 AM (qCMvj)

Weasel Zippers.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 08, 2015 07:39 AM (St6BJ)

708 That is true, Anna.

Just stating that maintenance records will be pulled, and I can assure you the family of the deceased will not be pointing the finger at their dearly departed.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 08, 2015 07:39 AM (kmtse)

709 Nevergiveup, this is the story of that Marine F-4 striking the airliner. Happened in 1971.

https://youtu.be/x5i6lbp4jNk
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 08, 2015 07:39 AM (0uDnf)


yes I am kinda familiar with it. As I understand the civilian and military flight controllers were not talking to each other or seeing each other.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 08, 2015 07:40 AM (wq4B0)

710 It's 'shopped.
Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at July 08, 2015 07:38 AM (yxw0r)


I think they are real.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 08, 2015 07:40 AM (qCMvj)

711 706 I feel nauseous just thinking about this possibility. Can you imagine?
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 08, 2015 07:39 AM (qCMvj)

Look what's there now. The fact that Ruth Baader-Meinhoff is there, former council for the ACLU and one who hates the very Constitution she allegedly is supposed to uphold is enough to make one ill. And she's there since like 1993?

At this point . . . etc.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 08, 2015 07:41 AM (St6BJ)

712 Nevergiveup,

I recall watching an episode of that incident on one of the air disaster shows on Youtube.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 08, 2015 07:41 AM (kmtse)

713 Hilary wishes she could fit in those pants again - stripes are so slimming.

Posted by: Jean at July 08, 2015 07:41 AM (ztOda)

714 Dailymail.co.uk

Los Angles (Hollywood)
The woman, Carrie Jean Melvin, 30, was killed on Sunday night when a gunman crept up behind her and shot her in the head as she was strolling with her boyfriend near Sunset Boulevard, police and coroner's officials said.

http://preview.tinyurl.com/oeas7gu

Obama needs stories like this to justify strick new gun control laws.

The knock out game has become random assassination of white people.

Posted by: paisleyhautmeister at July 08, 2015 07:42 AM (8/JWs)

715

I googled

hillary clinton with striped pants

and there are a lot of those images.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 08, 2015 07:42 AM (qCMvj)

716 morning.

Posted by: Weasel at July 08, 2015 07:42 AM (6xtq3)

717 Looks like the commies in Greece have capitulated to the ECB and are now asking for a 3 year loan that will have much harsher terms than they could have gotten even a week ago.

Putting off the inevitable for just a little longer.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 08, 2015 07:42 AM (g1DWB)

718 g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at July 08, 2015 07:42 AM (ZQfW9)

719 Suggestion a deal is being rushed insulting to the team, and to the secretary and to the president, senior US official says.


Yeah well fuck you. Insult this!

You've conceded on EVERY issue are giving the Iranians the Bomb and I am keeping names

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 08, 2015 07:42 AM (wq4B0)

720 I would like to kick Hillary Clinton right in the fac....seat of the pants....suit.

Posted by: HAL 9000 at July 08, 2015 07:43 AM (VcOqI)

721 I know it is SOP SMFH but the way you wrote that the impression was given of a mechanical fault caused it. I just wanted to clarify and corral things before that pony bolted out of the barn.

USAF Accident Investigation Boards are interesting things to behold. Even as the person setting up their computers I had to sign a confidentiality agreement not to ever mention anything I might have overheard.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 08, 2015 07:44 AM (0uDnf)

722 I recall watching an episode of that incident on one of the air disaster shows on Youtube.
Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 08, 2015 07:41 AM (kmtse)

it was also on the History Channel or one of those in it's "Air Disaster" series.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 08, 2015 07:44 AM (wq4B0)

723

Life did the piece


LIFE With Hillary: Portraits of a Wellesley Grad, 1969

http://time.com/3502935/life-with-hillary-portraits-of-a-wellesley-grad-1969/


striped pants root

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 08, 2015 07:44 AM (qCMvj)

724 Breaking: How phony; Scankles and the Democrat CA Senators are now condeming SF for their sanctuary city policy.


http://fxn.ws/1KMYlqR

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 08, 2015 07:14 AM (GpgJl)


They do this because they know that they will never get called out on it by the MFM

Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 08, 2015 07:45 AM (DiZBp)

725 Sitting here nodding off

He'll get slammed for admitting the truth.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 08, 2015 07:18 AM (qCMvj)


Several Democrat Reps have openly admitted it already.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 08, 2015 07:46 AM (GpgJl)

726 661
Breaking: OK gov will keep ten commandments on statehouse grounds
despite order from State Supreme Court. So is it starting? Open defiance
of the black robes?





People to Supreme Court: Respectfully, go horse*ck.

Posted by: Anti-socialist at July 08, 2015 07:18 AM (+kznc)

There is a pretty good way that States could protect their 10 Commandments displays... just put up a pillar with Hammurabi's Code on one side, and a wall with duplicates of the 10 tablets of the laws that the Roman Republic ran on, on the other and title the whole thing "Law through the centuries." Oh look, it's fair and inclusive now, even multicultural.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at July 08, 2015 07:46 AM (J+mig)

727 Good morning, Jared. Or not.

Posted by: HAL 9000 at July 08, 2015 07:46 AM (VcOqI)

728 Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 08, 2015 07:26 AM (qCMvj)

I find that that description also holds true for Michael savage. He is interesting. Sharp. And speaks the truth. But listening to him gets depressing! Lately he has been comparing obama to a pilot who has locked himself in and wants to take us all down with him- while he plans to parachute out at the end!

Posted by: Chilling the most at July 08, 2015 07:49 AM (zW5rQ)

729 My prediction is the reciprocity aspect of SSM will be used not to make CCW permits issued in any one state valid in all, as has been suggested by others, but rather the most restrictive gun control laws in any one state will be applied to all the rest.

Posted by: Agent J at July 08, 2015 07:15 AM (ueOgE)


Should Washington DC's or Maryland's gun laws become federal, the levels of disobedience will increase exponentially.

I won't comply, and I'm nobody. Imagine making 40,000,000 gun owners instant felons. If even 10% (the same percentage of individuals we're told have been radicalized within Islam) of them disobey, there will be massive, MASSIVE trouble.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, Keeper of the Guards at July 08, 2015 07:49 AM (fwARV)

730 Sitting here nodding off

haha, I'll be crashing early today

husband was up all night with worries on his mind, so we were talking at 2am, 3am, 4am

So I got up, already did 2 loads of laundry, rendering down some fatback for pure lard (need to make my daube today, marinated meat overnight, takes about 7 hours today, so had to get a headstart early), cleaned out the dishwasher, cleaned up the kitchen...

I'll have to nap.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 08, 2015 07:50 AM (qCMvj)

731 726 Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at July 08, 2015 07:46 AM (J+mig)


Meh. The 10 commandments in Hebrew, English and Latin is about as multicultural as I want to get.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 08, 2015 07:50 AM (St6BJ)

732 688 Feel sorry for the maintenance team that was in
charge of that bird that crashed. Having the NTSB and military
investigators all up in your grill can't be fun.





Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 08, 2015 07:31 AM (kmtse)

It was a mid-air collision. I don't see how they can blame maintenance for this one. One, or both, of the pilots fked up.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 08, 2015 07:50 AM (GpgJl)

733 The EU now owns Greece like a Baron owned a serf.

The March of Socialism goes on.

Posted by: eman at July 08, 2015 07:50 AM (MQEz6)

734 Posted by: Jean at July 08, 2015 07:39 AM (ztOda)

Good for the Governor

Satanists still planning to put up a cheery little "Beelzebub loves the little children" statue?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 08, 2015 07:51 AM (OSs/l)

735 I saw a few 'tussles' in the years 7th-12th grades (all in one building) and only one bonafide fistfight. I recall one 'tussle' in the first grade. I may or may not have been involved in some of them. OK, it was me in the first grade. I'm a fast learner.

Posted by: Eromero at July 08, 2015 07:52 AM (go5uR)

736 Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 08, 2015 07:42 AM (qCMvj)

It's not the striped pants; it's the Confederate flag prominently displayed behind her. And at the culmination of the civil rights movement, not 45 years afterwards.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 08, 2015 07:52 AM (St6BJ)

737 Meh. The 10 commandments in Hebrew, English and Latin is about as multicultural as I want to get.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 08, 2015 07:50 AM (St6BJ)


they should start posting the, how many are there really?, commandments

all over the place

people would be confused

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 08, 2015 07:52 AM (qCMvj)

738 Oh, the striped pants are real. *shudders* I just meant the CBF has been recently inserted.

Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at July 08, 2015 07:52 AM (yxw0r)

739 It's not the striped pants; it's the Confederate flag prominently displayed behind her. And at the culmination of the civil rights movement, not 45 years afterwards.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 08, 2015 07:52 AM (St6BJ)


yeah, I saw that

the clintons are opportunists and liars
We all know this.

Whatever it takes. The commie way.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 08, 2015 07:53 AM (qCMvj)

740
So I just saw that there was a shooting at or near the UM campus. The BALTIMORE campus, that is.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 08, 2015 07:54 AM (St6BJ)

741 Oh, the striped pants are real. *shudders* I just meant the CBF has been recently inserted.
Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at July 08, 2015 07:52 AM (yxw0r)


I have flannel pj bottoms that look like those.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 08, 2015 07:54 AM (qCMvj)

742 That was Bill's flag, and, at this point, what difference does it make?

Posted by: Huma at July 08, 2015 07:54 AM (VcOqI)

743 >>Satanists still planning to put up a cheery little "Beelzebub loves the little children" statue?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 08, 2015 07:51 AM (OSs/l)

Apparently the Hindus want to put up some statue of a god here now.

You know, a lot of commandments that form the basis of many laws is not the same damn thing as a statue of a god. Annoying.

Posted by: Lea at July 08, 2015 07:55 AM (vmMMi)

744 they should start posting the, how many are there really?, commandments



15 according to Mel Brooks. History of the World, Part 1.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 08, 2015 07:55 AM (UOsvH)

745 Hill, where's the bong? It must be in the room somewhere?

Posted by: Bubba at July 08, 2015 07:55 AM (VcOqI)

746 Oh, the striped pants are real. *shudders* I just meant the CBF has been recently inserted.
Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at July 08, 2015 07:52 AM (yxw0r)

how do you know that?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 08, 2015 07:55 AM (wq4B0)

747
The one thing I will say about fashion from the 70's as opposed to today. No one will ever know whether or not I owned a leisure suit. Tattoos on the other hand are forever.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 08, 2015 07:55 AM (St6BJ)

748 Someone called 7:55.
Shoulda taken the over.

Posted by: paisleyhautmeister at July 08, 2015 07:56 AM (8/JWs)

749 #740 An everyday occurrence. A known urban war zone.

Posted by: Bubba at July 08, 2015 07:56 AM (VcOqI)

750
There are probably 4 or 5 hardcore commandments. The rest are merely suggestions.

That would be how John Roberts views it, anyway.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 08, 2015 07:57 AM (St6BJ)

751 I'm actually an introvert. I've just learned to function as an extrovert when I need to.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 08, 2015 07:32 AM
________

Same here on both counts. I've actually become quite good at it. With Mrs. FireHorse, I jokingly refer to these occurrences as my acting career.

(Do let us know how it goes today!)

Posted by: FireHorse at July 08, 2015 07:57 AM (vAr/o)

752 What do our resident "Jooos" think of that museum in Poland and its horrible video?

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 08, 2015 07:58 AM (GpgJl)

753 Did you see the picture of Hilary from the early 70's wearing striped Landlubbers, but with the CBF in the background?



Maybe Breitbart?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 08, 2015 07:27 AM (St6BJ)


She was trying out for a role on the Mod Squad

Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 08, 2015 07:58 AM (DiZBp)

754 Thx very much, Firehorse. I will let you know.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 08, 2015 07:58 AM (OSs/l)

755 This late morning thread thing is making me angry. I got things to do and this delays my day.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 08, 2015 07:58 AM (St6BJ)

756 how do you know that?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 08, 2015 07:55 AM (wq4B0)


It was from a LIFE spread, see above.

It's real.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 08, 2015 07:58 AM (qCMvj)

757 There are probably 4 or 5 hardcore commandments. The rest are merely suggestions.



That would be how John Roberts views it, anyway.





Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 08, 2015 07:57 AM (St6BJ)


Just like the Constitution.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 08, 2015 07:59 AM (DiZBp)

758 how do you know that?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 08, 2015 07:55 AM (wq4B0)

It's not in the originals.
Scroll down to the second photo: http://freebeacon.com/politics/the-hillary-tapes/

Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at July 08, 2015 07:59 AM (yxw0r)

759 752 What do our resident "Jooos" think of that museum in Poland and its horrible video?
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 08, 2015 07:58 AM (GpgJl)


I saw the headline and did not want to even go near it.

The camps are some of the most sacred ground on this earth. May these "people" who did this get cancer.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 08, 2015 08:00 AM (St6BJ)

760 Good morning, everyone. I apologize for my recent aberrant behavior. I am certain I can recapture my zeal for the mission. However, be aware that I am reading lips and monitoring keystrokes....just to ensure that the mission remain harmonious. Anyone for a good game of chess?

Posted by: Bubba at July 08, 2015 08:00 AM (VcOqI)

761

Oh, I just looked at the AOSHQ desk thing.

Wasn't even close.

69% lahood to Flynn's 27 or so

daaaamn

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 08, 2015 08:02 AM (qCMvj)

762 Well, the whole idea behind my idea for the display is to cut off religious groups who will try to add idols, on the grounds that the 10 Commandments are there and you have to include them to be fair. If it's a law-themed display that reflects the advances that made up the underpinnings of American law, the only things they could submit would be statuary that commemorates and contains historical legal documents. The Satanists wouldn't have anything to go on, since Satanism was not a historically significant movement that controlled territory or produced legal codes.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at July 08, 2015 08:02 AM (J+mig)

763

hehe

Tom Selleck Accused of Public Water Theft (Report)

A Southern California water district alleges that the actor repeatedly filled a commercial water truck with a public hydrant, ignoring cease-and-desists.

drudge

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 08, 2015 08:04 AM (qCMvj)

764

On the new WH Dining makeover by the skanks wife, for $600K

Luxurious: The new chairs are done in a brown, grid-patterned 'horsehair' fabric and trimmed with brass nail heads

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 08, 2015 08:06 AM (qCMvj)

765 Confession: I've never really researched the raid on Entebbe.

Holy. Shit.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, Keeper of the Guards at July 08, 2015 08:07 AM (fwARV)

766 Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 08, 2015 08:04 AM (qCMvj)

California dumps half of its fresh water on the ground for environmental purposes.

Good for you, Tom.

Posted by: eman at July 08, 2015 08:08 AM (MQEz6)

767 Tom Selleck drives his own water truck? Hell, he's seventy years old, man.

Posted by: paisleyhautmeister at July 08, 2015 08:08 AM (8/JWs)

768 Artisnal'ette.

Alas the British are worse off than us, so them sacking DC seem slim to none.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 08, 2015 08:08 AM (0uDnf)

769 What do our resident "Jooos" think of that museum in Poland and its horrible video?
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 08, 2015 07:58 AM (GpgJl)


Par for the course

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 08, 2015 08:09 AM (wq4B0)

770 nood

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 08, 2015 08:09 AM (GpgJl)

771 Washington Nearsider, you really should read up on that raid. Brass beach balls.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 08, 2015 08:10 AM (0uDnf)

772 Don't go to Jurassic garbage!

Posted by: burt at July 08, 2015 02:06 PM (ls8AU)

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Intelligence Officials Eye Blogs for Tips
They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan
Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq
Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town
When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool
What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means
Wonkette's Stand-Up Act
Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour
Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)
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