Overnight Open Thread (11-4-2015)

Crazy old people are our entire source of polling information.

-- P. J. O'Rourke

The next time some academics tell you how important "diversity" is, ask how many Republicans there are in their sociology department.

-- Thomas Sowell

Quote of the Day III

It's clear that in his final days in office, the president is making it a priority to give leniency to criminals.
He announced other hug-a-thug policies Monday at his "criminal justice reform" speech in Newark, N.J., where Democratic Sen. Cory Booker joined him on the stage. He's pushing bills not only to permanently prohibit the government and its contractors from asking job applicants about criminal histories in questionnaires but also to further slash sentences for crack dealers. They include:

. Removing criminal background checks on Section 8 housing.

. Giving Pell grants to incarcerated inmates.

. Granting SBA loans to parolees.
. Capping all in-state and interstate prison phone rates for inmates and their contacts on the outside.

[I'm actually okay with the last item since insanely priced prison phone services do take advantage of literally captive customers]

Headline of the Day: German Church Removes Symbols of Christianity to Make Migrants 'Comfortable'

Quote of the Day IV

"There is a self-hatred in the West that can be considered only as something pathological. The West attempts in a praiseworthy manner to open itself completely to the comprehension of external values, but it no longer loves itself; it now only sees what is despicable and destructive in its own history, while it is no longer able to perceive what is great and pure there."

-- Pope Benedict XVI

Quote of the Day V

Initially, there was plenty of resistance. As one food bank director told Canice Prendergast, an economist advising Feeding America, "I am a socialist. That's why I run a food bank. I don't believe in markets. I'm not saying I won't listen, but I am against this." But the Chicago economists managed to design a market that worked even for participants who did not believe in it. Within half a year of the auction system being introduced, 97 percent of food banks won at least one load, and the amount of food allocated from Feeding America's headquarters rose by over 35 percent, to the delight of volunteers and donors.

-- From a story on how a free market system using a currency called 'shares' is used to efficiently and fairly distribute donated food to food banks across the country

Quote of the Day VI

Every time I get to feeling sorry about taxi drivers and their Uber-disrupted industry, I take a ride in a Sydney taxi.
This instantly cures me of any sadness and instead makes me think that Uber drivers are not only justified in destroying the taxi business, but that Uber drivers should also be allowed to throw taxi drivers out of their houses and sell their children into slavery. A back-to-back comparison this weekend was especially illuminating.

City to Lane Cove, via taxi. Car: a grindy old Ford Falcon. Driver: a man who spoke no language known to humankind, and who immediately became lost. No functioning GPS was available. The driver appeared unfamiliar with the concept of "north".

Lane Cove to city, via Uber. Car: a smooth Chrysler 300C. Driver: a well-spoken young man who happily cranked up the radio when a favourite song came on. Directions were not an issue.
-- Tim Blair

Gavin McInnes on How Adolescent Babysitters Now Rule Our Society

Long ago, Bill Hicks stood back and asked, 'When did we start listening to prepubescent white girls?' If only he could see us today. Where feminist bloggers with blue hair are invited to the United Nations to discuss mean comments on the Internet and video games.

And for the first time since the Salem Witch trials have the power once again to destroy you.

VW's Emissions Scandal Spreads to Gas-Powered Cars

I suspect that eventually it will come out that every car company is cheating in some way on emissions tests.

Brown University Student Makes Out With a Girl at a Party, Has His Life Destroyed

This might be the most egregious miscarriage of campus kangaroo court justice I have seen to date. Despite exonerating texts from the girl, Facebook photos, and witness accounts the university expelled him from campus in a mockery of due process. It's so bad that he's now suing both the university and the girl - and has a decent chance of winning.

Gizmodo: OMFG Ted Cruz Is Totally Unsafe Carrying This Deadly Shotgun!!!!

Can spot all the gun-safety violations in this photo of Ted Cruz carrying a shotgun after a pheasant hunt? [Answer below]

But then just because Gizmodo found a list of gun safety rules on the web doesn't mean that they can actually understand them. Bob Owens points out that by Jeff Cooper's own description of the four basic rules of gun safety Cruz is perfectly in compliance. And Gizmodo is literally too dumb to know what they don't know.

Why is SteynOnline.com Blacklisted on United's In-Flight WiFi?

Some readers have asked whether I ever heard back from United. Yes. Two days later, they sent a Tweet claiming my site was blocked only because of "excessive bandwidth" - due to my cat video, presumably, which hadn't yet been posted. In any case, that doesn't explain why anyone attempting to access SteynOnline is automatically redirected to a United Airways page marked in the URL bar as "unitedwifi.com/global/errors/site-blacklist" with a warning about "inappropriate" content. Most people in the blacklist business aren't upfront enough to label it a "blacklist", but United does and very publicly.
They asked us to DM them, so we did, and three days later they have yet to reply.
I should add that I'm very touched by the United Airways pilots who've written to me to say how personally embarrassed they are by their company's hostility to free speech. One United captain came to a speech I gave and waited very patiently afterwards to apologize for his airline's behavior.

Note that United also blocks FoxNews stories.

23 Year Old Intersectional Feminist is 'So F-king Exhausted' With the World's Bullshit

this is what sexism does - it makes it impossible to win if you're a girl, or a woman, it makes your entire existance an uphill battle. and truth be told, i am getting so f-king tired. i am 23, a quarter of my life behind me, and i am already tired of educating men twice my age about what is right and appropriate. i am tired of the stares that say i am over-reacting, the replies to calm down, the polite smiles that are meant to knock me down a few pegs. i am tired of explaining to men that sexism is not this one incident, it is my entire life, my every single day. i am 23 and i am so f-king exhausted.

I'm afraid it's gonna be a long hard lonely life for you, baby.

The Cycle Is Now Complete: Amazon To Open Up Brick-and-Mortar Bookstores

Theory: Jar Jar Binks was a trained Force user, knowing Sith collaborator, and will play a central role in The Force Awakens

As we all know, one of Lucas' big deals with the prequels was that they were intended to "rhyme" and mirror the original trilogy in terms of general narrative themes. So there should have been a seemingly innocent creature found on the side of the road that later reveals itself as a major player. We do have a creature that this seems to describe precisely... Jar Jar... but of course he never develops into a "master" anything.
Here's what I think happened: I think that Jar Jar was initially intended to be the prequel (and Dark Side) equivalent of Yoda. Just as Yoda has his "big reveal" when we learn that his tottering, geriatric goofball persona is just a mask, Jar Jar was intended to have a big reveal in Episode II or III where we learn that he's not really a naive dope, but rather a master puppeteer Sith in league with (or perhaps in charge of) Palpatine.
However, GL chickened out. The fan reaction to Jar Jar was so vitriolic that this aspect of the trilogy was abandoned. Just too risky... if Jar Jar is truly that off-putting, it's potentially ruinous to the Star Wars legacy to imply that he's the ultimate bad guy of the entire saga. So pretend he was just a failed attempt at comic relief instead.

Is Every Story of Razor Blades/Needles in Halloween Candy a Hoax?

Yes. As far as I know there's never been an authenticated case of a stranger putting one in any candy handed out.

Japanese 'Men's Delusion Curry' Comes with Simulated Girlfriend DVD

Rocket News 24 reports that the newly-released Men's Delusion Curry-Orange Flavor comes with a DVD of the lovely model Mao Harada. You can call her Haradan. She'll gladly chat with you over curry during the story, which has 3 chapters:

1. The Younger Girlfriend
2. The Older Girl Who Lives Next Door and is Sort of Risqu�
3. Haradan Made a Home-Cooked Meal

News You Can Use: How To Transport a Million Dollars in Cash

And yes there are legit non-criminal reasons for doing so. So be sure to Google and memorize these before you start your trip.

The Group knows your sins but doesn't care.

Tonight's post brought to you by the Sagrada Familia:

Notice: Posted by surprise motherfuckers. Now hand over yer wallets so the ewok can keep his premium cable channels.

Posted by: Maetenloch at 11:28 PM

Comments

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1 Aloha!

Posted by: cthulhu at November 04, 2015 11:29 PM (EzgxV)

2 Only idiots like you type "first", Watson!

Posted by: sherlock holmes at November 04, 2015 11:30 PM (HbSdt)

3 Drunken reprobates inbound.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 04, 2015 11:30 PM (rSTkb)

4 QotD III - yep

and so. . . we wait until the next president.

Posted by: Hayfield Volkovski at November 04, 2015 11:30 PM (Ol6rY)

5 Glory Be!
The ONT!

Posted by: Adriane the Literary Critic ... at November 04, 2015 11:31 PM (jnAIZ)

6 The next time some academics tell you how important "diversity" is, ask how many Republicans there are in their sociology department.

-- Thomas Sowell

That is wonderful.

Posted by: Sambo at November 04, 2015 11:32 PM (0Txm0)

7 Sagrada Familia is overrated. It doesn't even have an interior, and they don't serve alcohol.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 04, 2015 11:33 PM (RU5ki)

8 I miss Benedict XVI and John Paul II and I'm not even Catholic.

Posted by: Insomniac at November 04, 2015 11:34 PM (kpqmD)

9 what up boosh

Posted by: the real ch3 at November 04, 2015 11:34 PM (qnecY)

10 *hic*

Posted by: John Boehner at November 04, 2015 11:34 PM (RU5ki)

11 content!

Posted by: bill-o at November 04, 2015 11:34 PM (AWwDY)

12 Wootbwootbont time tonread

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, Model Citizen at November 04, 2015 11:34 PM (Omh3b)

13 If anyone wants me I'll be in the corner.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at November 04, 2015 11:35 PM (YJmuy)

14 Whoa, there! It might take me the entire Overnight just to read the ONT!

Posted by: t-bird at November 04, 2015 11:36 PM (J3phO)

15 I woulda notified morons on the previous thread, but didn't want to bring the scabby-assed trolls along with.
Talk about people who aren't worth minimum wage, the trolls we've been getting lately should be paying Soros, nor the other way round.
whatta freakin world.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 04, 2015 11:36 PM (S0bOl)

16 "OMFG Ted Cruz Is Totally Unsafe Carrying This Deadly Shotgun"

Worse yet. It's not a shotgun.

As we can all clearly see, it's a radically lengthened derringer.

Posted by: torquewrench at November 04, 2015 11:36 PM (noWW6)

17 If anyone wants me I'll be in the corner.

Eating Christmas pie until the spider slides down beside ya?

Posted by: Adriane the Literary Critic ... at November 04, 2015 11:37 PM (jnAIZ)

18 Hey, where all da white wimmen at?

Posted by: Sheriff Bart at November 04, 2015 11:37 PM (RU5ki)

19 Jar Jar flapping his arms wildly while walking down the street.

Posted by: wooga at November 04, 2015 11:37 PM (5DrNI)

20
You want a Japanese Girl Friend
You'll settle for
You have a cat.

Posted by: Hayfield Volkovski at November 04, 2015 11:39 PM (Ol6rY)

21 @19
That probably means something really deep in Tamarian.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 04, 2015 11:39 PM (S0bOl)

22 Eating Christmas pie until the spider slides down beside ya?

Nope. Just finishing off the Halloween candy.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at November 04, 2015 11:41 PM (YJmuy)

23 *Sigh* I miss Pope Benedict so much.

Good night, horde.

Posted by: Donna&&&&V. (brandisher of ampersands) at November 04, 2015 11:41 PM (P8951)

24 At age 23, learn to cook, enjoy time with a man and see what happens. You might enjoy romance, kissing and Heaven forbid intercourse

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, Model Citizen at November 04, 2015 11:41 PM (7uC+4)

25 Stoned in Europe

The Europeans should prepare themselves to get stoned. Not stoned on marijuana, but literally stoned by Sharia loving ~~refugees~~ militant invaders.

Posted by: The Political Hat at November 04, 2015 11:42 PM (vBeA5)

26 Nite Donna

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, Model Citizen at November 04, 2015 11:42 PM (+oRxW)

27 It might rain.

Posted by: France's Top Weatherman at November 04, 2015 11:42 PM (RU5ki)

28 The Sagrada Familia is a propitiatory temple, and is only built by offerings of visitors, not by the state or the church at large.

It is also a really, really cool building. Haven't been there in almost 15 years though.

Posted by: logprof at November 04, 2015 11:43 PM (vsbNu)

29 Whew! ONT. It was getting very concerning in the last thread.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 04, 2015 11:43 PM (0yhH4)

30 Nobody puts Blanco Basura in the corner.

Posted by: Bossy Conservative....lost in America at November 04, 2015 11:43 PM (+1T7c)

31 G'night, Horde.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 04, 2015 11:43 PM (S0bOl)

32 The only role that Abrams had planned for Jar Jar in The Force Awakens was to stick his bones in the desert planet as an Easter egg to fans.

Posted by: buzzion at November 04, 2015 11:43 PM (zt+N6)

33 "It's clear that in his final days in office, the president is making it a priority to give leniency to criminals."

Final days? Prince Chooming is going to be wielding supreme executive power, unconstrained by anything resembling an opposition party, for comfortably more than a year from now.

If you think this is bad, wait till you see what happens in his last six weeks in office. It'll be jawdropping.

Posted by: torquewrench at November 04, 2015 11:44 PM (noWW6)

34 Jar Jar flapping his arms wildly while walking down the street.

Posted by: wooga

SHOOT! SHOOT TO KILL!

Posted by: Bossy Conservative....lost in America at November 04, 2015 11:44 PM (+1T7c)

35 Nobody puts Blanco Basura in the corner.

Can I at least finish this Crunch bar?

Posted by: Blanco Basura at November 04, 2015 11:44 PM (YJmuy)

36 I am liking Cruz more and more. Like him with a shotgun.

Y'all try to behave.

Good grief, this Willow Curve commercials annoys me. Bring back the bathtub couple on Cialis!

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, aging supermodel Redneck Queen at November 04, 2015 11:44 PM (eXl9F)

37 That "Heaven forbid intercourse" sounds pretty stimulating.

Posted by: Bossy Conservative....lost in America at November 04, 2015 11:45 PM (+1T7c)

38 18 Hey, where all da white wimmen at?
Posted by: Sheriff Bart at November 04, 2015 11:37 PM (RU5ki)

Off making false rape accusations.

Posted by: Insomniac at November 04, 2015 11:45 PM (kpqmD)

39 As we can all clearly see, it's a radically lengthened derringer.

Looks to me like the damned thing can shoot around corners. Dastardly!

Posted by: t-bird at November 04, 2015 11:46 PM (oFSUK)

40 Crazy old people are our entire source of polling information.

Nah, we ask around the office, too...

Posted by: The MFM at November 04, 2015 11:46 PM (oFSUK)

41

UCMerced stabbed

Still not named

Posted by: ThunderB at November 04, 2015 11:46 PM (zOTsN)

42 "am tired of explaining to men that sexism is not this one incident, it
is my entire life, my every single day. i am 23 and i am so f-king
exhausted."

We'll always be there for you.

Posted by: 47 cats at November 04, 2015 11:47 PM (5zyvn)

43 It's a good thing my pants are made of Cuben Fiber, my zipper holds back a coiled monster.

Posted by: Brian Williams, Playboy and Suave Macho Role Model at November 04, 2015 11:48 PM (FWubD)

44 When I heard the story of the needle in the candy I thought "wow, it finally happened for real." Ha. Hoax again.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at November 04, 2015 11:48 PM (FkBIv)

45 That thing Cruz has over his shoulder is a special bong from South Vietnam called 'shotgun'. It really increases the efficacy of pot. All stoners know this.

Posted by: Hayfield Volkovski at November 04, 2015 11:48 PM (Ol6rY)

46 My God it's full of content!

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at November 04, 2015 11:49 PM (4ErVI)

47 Theory: Jar Jar Binks was a trained Force user, knowing Sith collaborator, and will play a central role in The Force Awakens

Robot Chicken already called it:

https://youtu.be/5qAKXK_aLeA?t=1m25s

Posted by: The Political Hat at November 04, 2015 11:49 PM (vBeA5)

48 16 "OMFG Ted Cruz Is Totally Unsafe Carrying This Deadly Shotgun"

Worse yet. It's not a shotgun.

As we can all clearly see, it's a radically lengthened derringer.

Posted by: torquewrench at November 04, 2015 11:36 PM (noWW6)

I brought down the Bat-Plane with one of those babies. Got it via "gun-show loophole."

Posted by: The Joker (Nickelson) at November 04, 2015 11:49 PM (wZ2hu)

49 Wow Maet Loy's of reading. I suspect there will a pas/fail quizz at the end of the night

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 04, 2015 11:49 PM (7uC+4)

50 Crazy old people are our entire source of polling information.

No shit.

Posted by: Frank Luntz at November 04, 2015 11:49 PM (vsbNu)

51 Polling made up of lonely people that have no one to talk to, or else they don't have caller ID.

Yup, this would favor deranged Democrats. Perfectly describes my Mother-in-law.

Posted by: Bossy Conservative....lost in America at November 04, 2015 11:50 PM (+1T7c)

52 As I said in the last thread, I opened a box of whoopass tonight.

http://www.bobdylan.com/us/thecuttingedge_completetracklisting

I'm on Disc 2, and this is fucking awesome. These are three of the greatest rock albums in history, recorded over a 14 month period, and you get to hear each day in the studio as it happened. The false starts and flubs, as well as the tracks that ended up being released. Some of the songs evolved and gradually came together over a period of time, with the final versions being quite different from the early attempts.

Posted by: rickl at November 04, 2015 11:50 PM (sdi6R)

53 Gah iPad

US Merced stabber still not named

Posted by: ThunderB at November 04, 2015 11:50 PM (zOTsN)

54 "When I heard the story of the needle in the candy I thought "wow, it finally happened for real." Ha. Hoax again. "

Just like campus hate crimes.

Posted by: Apostate at November 04, 2015 11:51 PM (zaVwL)

55 Posted by: ChristyBlinky, aging supermodel Redneck Queen at November 04, 2015 11:44 PM (eXl9F)

Agreed I really like Cruz. I think there are problems with him regarding his Senate career, but he's probably still the most conservative candidate in the race. I have always said he's not electable though because he does look a bit goofy. Of course I'd be happy to be proved wrong. Worst case scenario you put him on SCOTUS with a death threat that if he votes for amnesty he's finished.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at November 04, 2015 11:51 PM (4ErVI)

56 Ted Cruz was unavailable to make the hit, so they had to hire Dick Cheney to shoot the pesky lawyer.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at November 04, 2015 11:53 PM (McRlu)

57 ahhhh, the 23 year old is fed up with the world.

Fortunately, she's aging past my own personal 'Best by" date for single women.

Posted by: Stateless Infidel at November 04, 2015 11:53 PM (AC0lD)

58 Evening Horde.

Posted by: CSMBigBird at November 04, 2015 11:54 PM (xInes)

59 I'm exhausted from all the concern in the last thread.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 04, 2015 11:54 PM (FsuaD)

60 brought down the Bat-Plane with one of those babies. Got it via "gun-show loophole."
Posted by: The Joker (Nickelson)

Could have used a batzooka.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at November 04, 2015 11:54 PM (FkBIv)

61 Can I at least finish this Crunch bar?

Posted by: Blanco Basura at November 04, 2015 11:44 PM (YJmuy)

Papa Basura's rules #1: No one gets crunch bars.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at November 04, 2015 11:54 PM (4ErVI)

62 "I have always said he's not electable though because he does look a bit goofy."

Is this really where we are as a people? A brilliant, principled guy is ineligible for high office because he isn't pretty enough? I'm cynical, but not that much.

For instance, how, then, was he elected to the Senate? And how did god-awful monstrosities like Henry Waxman get into Congress and stay there for decades?

Also, have you SEEN Hillary Clinton?

Posted by: Apostate at November 04, 2015 11:55 PM (zaVwL)

63 Heh.
Mom called and told me "I'm bringing you my leftover Halloween candy."
It was a zip lock full of the two worst candy bars know to childkind. Butterfingers and Nestl� Crunch.
The only thing worse would've been Almond Joys...

Posted by: Chi at November 04, 2015 11:55 PM (EclzG)

64 Just like campus hate crimes.
Posted by: Apostate

And off-campus ones too.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at November 04, 2015 11:56 PM (FkBIv)

65 Isaac Asimov introduced a homely clown as a mind manipulator in the Foundation Series.

The Mule was never known by the people he ruled. He would pass among them manipulating their minds and finding out all their secrets by being an innocuous and sad clown.

In fact he almost succeeds in finding out where the Foundation lies by befriending the couple from the Foundation who honeymooned on Trantor (the now defunct Galactic Empire Capital Planet equv. Coruscant.)

Little did either of them know that the true Masters were located on . . Well maybe I should let you find our for yourselves.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at November 04, 2015 11:56 PM (Xo1Rt)

66 Papa Basura's rules #1: No one gets crunch bars.

I will not accept Krackel as a substitute.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at November 04, 2015 11:57 PM (YJmuy)

67 Chi quit your bitching. Excellent candies. My mom can only offer zombie candy corn. No thanks

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, Model Citizen at November 04, 2015 11:58 PM (ZZgPW)

68 All chocolate is good.
Some is just gooder than others.

Posted by: Hayfield Volkovski at November 04, 2015 11:58 PM (Ol6rY)

69 One million dollars in stacked one hundred dollar bills is approximately three feet tall. A billion dollars would be higher than the Empire State Building. I'll take two stories please.

Posted by: Max Rockatansky at November 04, 2015 11:59 PM (Xh7t/)

70 If VW fucked with their gas car emissions, they are toast. Bankruptcy will be their only route out. They claimed that the reason they did it on their passenger diesels is because of the insane EPA regs, which I could totes believe. Ah well. Too bad for the stockholders.

re Uber -- It just breaks my heart to think of all those poor medallion holders in NYC, that were once worth around a cool million a pop because monopoly duh, are taking it in the shorts.

No need for them to read up on how to transport a million in cash legally now.

Posted by: GnuBreed at November 04, 2015 11:59 PM (gyKtp)

71 Mark Steyn's cat video is rather odd.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 05, 2015 12:00 AM (FsuaD)

72 The "hunger in America" thing is bullshit. There's not a single person hungry in America, apart from supermodels. We have an obesity problem, and the poorest (i.e., stupidest) people are the fattest. Ghettos are full of 300 lb. "food insecure" moms.

One outfit in my city got into bed with the local retarded politicians to help "fight hunger." I went on the outfit's website, and found their "success stories," complete with photos of the unfortunates. Shit, they were ALL overweight, by a lot. Every photo showed someone with 3+_2 chins. I pointed out to the webmaster that their "unfortunates" could all double as Jenny Craig "before" photos. His response? To delete all of the photos. I'm not making this up.

So as much as liberals love to think there is a big problem with hunger in America, I strongly suspect it's bullshit. Census figures indicate that ca. 95+% of American households own a color TV, for example. If you're going hungry, you're for damned sure not going to buy a color TV, and if you have one, you're going to hock it tout suite.

So I refuse to give a penny to "fight hunger" until and unless those doing so provide me with incontrovertible proof that there really ARE people going hungry in America.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 05, 2015 12:00 AM (oKE6c)

73 One million dollars in stacked one hundred dollar bills is approximately three feet tall. A billion dollars would be higher than the Empire State Building. I'll take two stories please.
Posted by: Max Rockatansky at November 04, 2015 11:59 PM (Xh7t/)

*****

Hell, let me get back to 6' of C Notes and only my daughter would ever physically see me again.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at November 05, 2015 12:02 AM (3XSkD)

74 Mom called and told me "I'm bringing you my leftover Halloween candy."
It was a zip lock full of the two worst candy bars know to childkind. Butterfingers and Nestle Crunch.
The only thing worse would've been Almond Joys...
Posted by: Chi at November 04, 2015 11:55 PM (EclzG)

But they're perfect for launching by slingshot into a public pool, per "Caddyshack."

Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 05, 2015 12:02 AM (oKE6c)

75 Hey, that bag to carry $1 million in cash may come in handy to go grocery shopping considering debasing the currency is the only way the US is going to pay off that $90 to $200 Trillion (depending on whose numbers you trust) in unfunded liabilities.

Those $1000 Social Security checks are pretty manageable when a plain cup of coffee is $100.

Posted by: Stateless Infidel at November 05, 2015 12:03 AM (AC0lD)

76 52 As I said in the last thread, I opened a box of whoopass tonight.

http://www.bobdylan.com/us/thecuttingedge_completetracklisting

I'm on Disc 2, and this is fucking awesome. These are three of the greatest rock albums in history, recorded over a 14 month period, and you get to hear each day in the studio as it happened. The false starts and flubs, as well as the tracks that ended up being released. Some of the songs evolved and gradually came together over a period of time, with the final versions being quite different from the early attempts.
Posted by: rickl at November 04, 2015 11:50 PM (sdi6R)

That's ok Rickl. You keep enjoying. Eventually you will need to shower, eat consume liquids. But until that day have fun a ith Americas greatest Rock star

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, Model Citizen at November 05, 2015 12:03 AM (s0Kry)

77 The Germans removed those Christian symbols to appease the muzzies because Christianity isn't that important to them.

If the muzzies demand that the socialist elites ban something near and dear to THEIR hearts, such as wine or gay privileges, then you'll see serious pushback.

Posted by: kbdabear at November 05, 2015 12:03 AM (GrXXa)

78 It was a zip lock full of the two worst candy bars know to childkind. Butterfingers and Nestle Crunch.

The only thing worse would've been Almond Joys...

Here we go...

Posted by: Sixkiller at November 05, 2015 12:03 AM (bfpzm)

79 Well, I'm hungry.
I'm always hungry, I have to be hungry. If I ate until I wasn't hungry any more I'd weigh at least 800 pounds, and would probably still be hungry.

and I'm about twenty pounds overweight.

Posted by: Hayfield Volkovski at November 05, 2015 12:03 AM (Ol6rY)

80 Why Liberals Identify with Criminals

Piece written by some retard named Tim Trinko. Seems to think that prohibition only affects liberals.

Prohibition brings normally law abiding citizens into close proximity to criminals. It is no surprise that this eats away at the respect that many citizens would otherwise have for the law.

Duh!

I think a better explanation of the liberal mindset towards more serious crime is the r/K selection theory up in the sidebar. There are 2 links; one to a Bill Whittle video and the other to a blogpost by a guy who calls himself anonymous conservative. Both are very interesting.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at November 05, 2015 12:03 AM (IN7k+)

81 had a well control incident last night and tonight we get to run our contingency casing string.

Gonna be a fun night in the doghouse keeping the tally.

Weeeeeeee

Posted by: the real ch3 at November 05, 2015 12:04 AM (qnecY)

82 to the 23 yo that's just fcuking tired?

Try getting up in the morning when you're 68 honey.

My knees hurt, my back hurts, I'm fat and ugly and sweat so guess what? I smell bad a lot because it's difficult to shower and I don't have a bathtub. My eyes are getting worse (nearsightedness) the likelihood that I'll soon loose some cognitive ability is about 50/50, I live along, I can't even have a cat because I'm afraid that I'd die and it would starve because no one would know and come take it away. I have no children, have no family (left alive), any friends I had are either dead or moved away, my kidneys are failing and I can't get a boner anymore (just these ghost ones where it FEELS like I have one but it's still soft. TMI?)

My prospects, or more correctly prognosis, is not good as my life expectancy is measured in months on most charts.

If I make it through the next two years that gets a little better.

And to top that all off I have to read about some whiny little beyotch who's never gone hungry a day in her life, or had to sweat to earn barely enough money to do so, who has a myriad number of choices and lives in the one of the freest countries in the world (for a while yet) and who can walk most places without fear moaning about how tough her short little life has been.

Grow up, make yourself useful to someone or something. Stand up and try to face the facts; You don't know shit.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at November 05, 2015 12:05 AM (Xo1Rt)

83 Grow up, make yourself useful to someone or something. Stand up and try to face the facts; You don't know shit.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at November 05, 2015 12:05 AM (Xo1Rt)

*****

*Golf clap*

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at November 05, 2015 12:07 AM (3XSkD)

84 I think, maaaybe, I saw Star Wars in the theater when it first came out. I seem to remember this long, long angling-away scroll, real big on the screen, and thinking, what a terrible way to start a movie.

I may have caught the next two on videotape.

There are two topics I can always confidently skip in posts and comments. Star Wars and Lena Dunham.

Hey, man, those Crunches and Butterfingers cause cancer. I'll take those dangerous things off your hands. And give them to children! Mwah ha haaa.

That's all I've got. Late for me. Good night, Gracies!

Posted by: mindful webworker - on a Galaxy nearby at November 05, 2015 12:07 AM (l/Pix)

85 I love Uber destroying the medallion empire too. That's one of my favorite stories of the year....also because there have been SO FEW good stories.

Taxis in South Korea were fantastic. About $2 for a short ride to start. Clean. The cabbies put up with me despite I knew no Korean. In over a year, I only had one take me around a long way, but then again, I spoke no Korean.

Posted by: Stateless Infidel at November 05, 2015 12:07 AM (AC0lD)

86 But they're perfect for launching by slingshot into a public pool, per "Caddyshack."
Posted by: Jay Guevara
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I do believe that was a Baby Ruth, Jay. I would have eaten it if I found it floating, too.

And MisHum, yeah - i'M lucky. Mom is pushing 78. I still see her 4 or 5 times per week, even if only for a few minutes.
BTW, I may be the only person in the country that enjoys a handful of candy corn once a year. Nostalgia?

Posted by: Chi at November 05, 2015 12:08 AM (EclzG)

87 Grow up, make yourself useful to someone or something. Stand up and try to face the facts; You don't know shit.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at November 05, 2015 12:05 AM (Xo1Rt)

*leaves computer*
*refills glass with tequila*

Posted by: Sixkiller at November 05, 2015 12:08 AM (bfpzm)

88 Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at November 04, 2015 11:56 PM (Xo1Rt)

Don't get me wrong I like Cruz with a few exceptions such as the H1-B1 thing.

I'm just looking at it as a person who isn't paying attention.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at November 05, 2015 12:08 AM (4ErVI)

89 had a well control incident last night and tonight we get to run our contingency casing string.

Gonna be a fun night in the doghouse keeping the tally.

Weeeeeeee

Posted by: the real ch3 at November 05, 2015 12:04 AM (qnecY)

Stay safe up there!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 05, 2015 12:09 AM (0yhH4)

90 Am I the only Moron who has visited the Sagrada Familia?

Posted by: logprof at November 05, 2015 12:09 AM (vsbNu)

91 Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 05, 2015 12:00 AM (oKE6c)

The only people who are possibly 'going hungry' are children of irresponsible parents. It's definitely not because food or means to get food is not available. If you give away free stuff to people who expect free stuff, they will never get off their ass to become responsible productive citizens.

Posted by: Max Rockatansky at November 05, 2015 12:10 AM (Xh7t/)

92 86 But they're perfect for launching by slingshot into a public pool, per "Caddyshack."
Posted by: Jay Guevara
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I do believe that was a Baby Ruth, Jay. I would have eaten it if I found it floating, too.

It was, but what's the difference? Don't be a h8ter.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 05, 2015 12:10 AM (oKE6c)

93 United Airlines blacklisting of Steynonline is one good reason not to fly them. Other good reasons are their poor record of delays and other "fuck the customer" policies.

Posted by: kbdabear at November 05, 2015 12:10 AM (GrXXa)

94 It was a zip lock full of the two worst candy bars know to childkind. Butterfingers and Nestle Crunch.

LOVE THOSE! Love any chocolate bars.
Ahh....first world problems. One day we'll fondly look back...

Posted by: Stateless Infidel at November 05, 2015 12:11 AM (AC0lD)

95 93
United Airlines blacklisting of Steynonline is one good reason not to
fly them. Other good reasons are their poor record of delays and other
"fuck the customer" policies.

Posted by: kbdabear at November 05, 2015 12:10 AM (GrXXa)

No love for United, but IMHO American is far, far worse.

Posted by: Sixkiller at November 05, 2015 12:11 AM (bfpzm)

96 A-fucking-men Hayfield!!

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, Model Citizen at November 05, 2015 12:12 AM (QvClr)

97 I love Uber destroying the medallion empire too. That's one of my favorite stories of the year....also because there have been SO FEW good stories.

Taxis in South Korea were fantastic. About $2 for a short ride to start. Clean. The cabbies put up with me despite I knew no Korean. In over a year, I only had one take me around a long way, but then again, I spoke no Korean.
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at November 05, 2015 12:07 AM (AC0lD)

*******

Here in GA, they are making Uber/Lyft drivers conform to Taxi standards, meaning they have the same licensing, Insurance and pick up area standards. Consequently, their rates have gone up. Whatcha think about this "competition" now?

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at November 05, 2015 12:12 AM (3XSkD)

98 The only people who are possibly 'going hungry' are
children of irresponsible parents. It's definitely not because food or
means to get food is not available. If you give away free stuff to
people who expect free stuff, they will never get off their ass to
become responsible productive citizens.

Posted by: Max Rockatansky at November 05, 2015 12:10 AM (Xh7t/)
I once confronted a liberal on this issue. "When, exactly, is the last time you saw someone who looked malnourished (excepting supermodels)?"
He gave me the Spanish fly argument: somewhere else, not here, some chick have bonked herself to death on a gearshift because of Spanish fly. Also, people were going hungry in the same town. Which is ... elsewhere. Somewhere you've never been.

"Really? Where is that? Can you give me a zip code?"
Crickets.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 05, 2015 12:13 AM (oKE6c)

99 90 Am I the only Moron who has visited the Sagrada Familia?
Posted by: logprof
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Obviously not, sir.
Meat even took a pic for proof!

Posted by: Chi at November 05, 2015 12:14 AM (EclzG)

100 Misanthropic Humanitarian

aw hell, it wasn't me, I didn't do it

what'd I do now?

Posted by: Hayfield Volkovski at November 05, 2015 12:14 AM (Ol6rY)

101 Chi I'm envious of you. Enjoy your visits, but lighten up on the candy.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, Model Citizen at November 05, 2015 12:14 AM (qhUQl)

102 "Grow up, make yourself useful to someone or something. Stand up and try to face the facts; You don't know shit."

This is the absolutely predictable consequence of "Self Esteem" policies enacted in the 90s. All these Millennials think they're brilliant, gifted, wonderful, beautiful, and with the answers to everything. Worse, they are extraordinarily self-centered and think that their pet peeves or personal issues are crises, and it's magnified by their constant access to megaphones to scream about them (i.e. social media), and esp. with other neurotic failed abortions who validate their insanity.

I'm among the oldest of these people (early 30s) in an undergraduate program, so I'm often exposed. Most aren't this bad, but almost all of them are somewhat broken; mentally weak and arrogant [anecdotes deleted, because long]. And I hold them in special contempt because they're only a bit younger than me, but SO much more pathetic.

I credit the wars. I was 18 on 9/11. Something like half the boys in my High School class joined the military, including me. We conquered Iraq and defeated al Qaeda. That'll grow you up. Not many things put the world in perspective like the first time a friend you shared a tent with is killed by an IED.

But the whining pussies after us? *shakes head*

Posted by: Apostate at November 05, 2015 12:15 AM (zaVwL)

103 Silly car companies, consumers have been cheating emissions tests for years. It doesn't take a long drive on a California highway to see that. Please leave it to the pros.

Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at November 05, 2015 12:15 AM (4n+tf)

104 Taxis in South Korea were fantastic. About $2 for a short ride to start. Clean. The cabbies put up with me despite I knew no Korean. In over a year, I only had one take me around a long way, but then again, I spoke no Korean.
Posted by: Stateless Infidel

Many RoK taxis will run weird Japanese porn for you on their in car TVs, and happily discuss the moral rot of the Japs while playing it.

Posted by: Jean at November 05, 2015 12:15 AM (ztOda)

105 Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at November 05, 2015 12:05 AM (Xo1Rt)

That sucks but not as bad as what's been going on with me......

Posted by: Guy who has to one up everyone at November 05, 2015 12:16 AM (Xh7t/)

106 and other "fuck the customer" policies.

Hmm, are you allowed to pick which flight attendant will administer this policy?

Posted by: typical literal-minded Moron at November 05, 2015 12:16 AM (8bZvl)

107 104 Taxis in South Korea were fantastic. About $2 for a short ride to start. Clean. The cabbies put up with me despite I knew no Korean. In over a year, I only had one take me around a long way, but then again, I spoke no Korean.
Posted by: Stateless Infidel

Many RoK taxis will run weird Japanese porn for you on their in car TVs, and happily discuss the moral rot of the Japs while playing it.

Posted by: Jean at November 05, 2015 12:15 AM (ztOda)

When you say "weird", what sorts of things might be involved? [asking for a friend.....]

Posted by: cthulhu at November 05, 2015 12:17 AM (EzgxV)

108 99 90 Am I the only Moron who has visited the Sagrada Familia?
Posted by: logprof

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I bought ice cream off a truck in the park across the street. Does that count?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 05, 2015 12:17 AM (RU5ki)

109 I was 18 on 9/11.

Dear god, are you on my lawn.

Posted by: Jean at November 05, 2015 12:18 AM (ztOda)

110 cthulhu, it would make an old one lose a few sanity points.

Posted by: Jean at November 05, 2015 12:19 AM (ztOda)

111 I bought ice cream off a truck in the park across the street. Does that count?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 05, 2015 12:17 AM (RU5ki)

--If you did not go inside, you missed a masterpiece.

Posted by: logprof at November 05, 2015 12:19 AM (vsbNu)

112 "Many RoK taxis will run weird Japanese porn for you on their in car TVs, and happily discuss the moral rot of the Japs while playing it."

That... actually kinda makes sense. 'Here's my evidence, now listen to my argument.'

I approve.

Posted by: Apostate at November 05, 2015 12:19 AM (zaVwL)

113 I am only a fringe Star Wars fan. I watch the movies, but only once or twice. I don't quote any of them other than the occasional "I am your father" (because I have children) or "these are not the droids you are looking for". But I followed the link about Jar-Jar being a Sith master. I read the whole thing. I am convinced.

Posted by: Sambo at November 05, 2015 12:20 AM (0Txm0)

114 This might be the most egregious miscarriage of campus kangaroo court justice I have seen to date. Despite exonerating texts from the girl, Facebook photos, and witness accounts the university expelled him from campus in a mockery of due process. It's so bad that he's now suing both the university and the girl - and has a decent chance of winning.

Suing the universities doesn't seem to be curtailing their fascist policies, especially the Ivy's with their billion dollar endowments. Any legal costs and damages are chump change to them.

Suing the actual SJW special snowflake making the accusations might actually put some real fear into them since the cost of legal representation alone could put a serious dent into their ability to pay their college tuition.

Posted by: kbdabear at November 05, 2015 12:21 AM (GrXXa)

115 Also, Las Ramblas has a lot of street performers and shit and the beach has some topless chicks, so, WIN.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 05, 2015 12:22 AM (RU5ki)

116 As a severe conservative Christian who voted for both Bushes I feel it is important that we stick to the truth at all times. Milky Way is the worst candy bar. Sure, the little bit of caramel is almost nice, but it has no nuts or cookie. They are sickeningly sweet with no interesting flavor or texture.
The ultimate snackage is a Snickers washed down with a Dr. Pepper.

Posted by: Concerned Truth Clinger at November 05, 2015 12:23 AM (3JSC3)

117 109 I was 18 on 9/11.

Dear god, are you on my lawn.
Posted by: Jean at November 05, 2015 12:18 AM (ztOda)

I was 17!

Posted by: the real ch3 at November 05, 2015 12:24 AM (qnecY)

118 Am I the only Moron who has visited the Sagrada Familia?

I'd kind of like to see it but it looks like a pile of mud in all the pictures I've seen. Like to hope its a lot more impressive in person as many things are.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 05, 2015 12:24 AM (39g3+)

119 Google "trillion dollars visualized". Behold the images:
One hundred $100 bills = $10K and is a little bundle, wrapped up with a little piece of paper tape saying $10K

One million dollars is one hundred of these little bundles. It makes a nice little pile that would come up about ankle height and would fit in plastic grocery bag. It weighs almost exactly 10kg (~22lbs), so you'd probably want a little stronger bag.

$100M is one hundred of those little piles, which would make a pallet sized stack coming up between your waist and your chest and weighs 1 metric ton.

$1B is ten of those pallets, 10 metric tons

$1T is one thousand of those pallets, 10 metric kilotons of money.

If you spent $1M per day since the year 1AD, you'd have spent $700B and still have $300B left over.

US total public debt is $18.5T roughly.

Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at November 05, 2015 12:24 AM (dvuhZ)

120 The ultimate snackage is a Snickers washed down with a Dr. Pepper.
Posted by: Concerned Truth Clinger at November 05, 2015 12:23 AM (3JSC3)

Uhh. Dude. Waxy chocolate donuts and a DP. Snickers? Pfffft.

Posted by: Sambo at November 05, 2015 12:25 AM (0Txm0)

121 Many RoK taxis will run weird Japanese porn for you on their in car TVs,
and happily discuss the moral rot of the Japs while playing it.

Posted by: Jean at November 05, 2015 12:15 AM (ztOda)

Something for me to check out when I get back and learn Korean.

The Korean kids had no great love of Japan which was refreshing after Canada's multi-cultural bullshit.

Oh, and great news. Our new Prime Minister and his Cabinet were all sworn in today. Half are women because affirmative action and dickless is important. On the plus side, many are inexperienced AND Trudeau's not going to keep a tight leash on them, meaning they can say all kinds of stupid things publicly and they will.

The road to rot.....
Good night all....

And Apostate...great post...thanks.

Posted by: Stateless Infidel at November 05, 2015 12:26 AM (AC0lD)

122 I was 18 on 9/11...1970

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at November 05, 2015 12:26 AM (FkBIv)

123 116 As a severe conservative Christian who voted for both Bushes I feel it is important that we stick to the truth at all times. Milky Way is the worst candy bar. Sure, the little bit of caramel is almost nice, but it has no nuts or cookie. They are sickeningly sweet with no interesting flavor or texture.
The ultimate snackage is a Snickers washed down with a Dr. Pepper.

Posted by: Concerned Truth Clinger at November 05, 2015 12:23 AM (3JSC3)

I had to kick in some candy for the handouts, and all the assortments at our local grocery store had Almond Joys in 'em.....so I drove to another store. I won't make the fiancee hand out Almond Joys -- next thing you know, our house would get egged, there'd be graffiti on our fences, trash in the streets, and inebriates in the gutters [not me, I have a house key].

Posted by: cthulhu at November 05, 2015 12:27 AM (EzgxV)

124
Suing the universities doesn't seem to be curtailing their fascist policies, especially the Ivy's with their billion dollar endowments.

That's because the lawyers never go for enough. They need to approach this as they would big businesses, and point out to juries how rich these places really are and how badly they have to be hurt to even notice a penalty. You wouldn't sue Citibank for $500,000, they'd look under the couch cushions for that much. You don't sue universities for a couple hundred grand either.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 05, 2015 12:28 AM (39g3+)

125 Dear lord that brown university story is awful. Sounds like the guy only hit a double, yet he's somehow accused of stealing home. I'm glad I'm not in college anymore. You could completely strike out and still be thrown out of school.

Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at November 05, 2015 12:28 AM (4n+tf)

126 I'd kind of like to see it but it looks like a pile of mud in all the pictures I've seen. Like to hope its a lot more impressive in person as many things are.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 05, 2015 12:24 AM (39g3+)

--It's not the overall structure but the individual works and the close-ups. Gaud� had a fantastic imagination.

Posted by: logprof at November 05, 2015 12:29 AM (vsbNu)

127
Safe for work
and little children

http://preview.tinyurl.com/ntjqejn

Posted by: Hayfield Volkovski at November 05, 2015 12:29 AM (Ol6rY)

128

Stay safe up there!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 05, 2015 12:09 AM (0yhH4)

Yeah turns out we are a quarter of a mile from an SWD well that the Railroad Commission says was P&A'ed in the 80s but is quite clearly active. Turned the hole over from 10ppg (1.2SG) brine to 8.8ppg (1.06SG) mud and took a 20bbl flow of produced water that had a distinct H2S odor when it was circulated to surface. Thankfully it was a windy night and we didn't trip any alarms. Turned the hole back over to the brine and went to our contingency string.

It was a total shit show last night

Posted by: the real ch3 at November 05, 2015 12:30 AM (qnecY)

129 well, chi, (hello ONTers) I used to like your, uh, comments,
Now that you "came out" about your taste in candy, I may not enjoy your comments so much.

Have a very nice evening, sir, and remember:
hate the hater, not the hater's hater.
Or what they post about candy.

Posted by: JohnnyBoy at November 05, 2015 12:30 AM (KG0mU)

130 Mike and Rich from Red Letter Media make predictions about Star Wars: The Force Awakens. You'll need to put aside about 50 minutes to watch this.

http://tinyurl.com/nwt6vma

Posted by: Thrawn at November 05, 2015 12:30 AM (wZ2hu)

131 oh geez cthulhu,

Not you too!

Posted by: JohnnyBoy at November 05, 2015 12:31 AM (KG0mU)

132 At least they recognized it as a shotgun this time around.

In '08 the moonbatosphere went nutzoid about the way Palin was handling a "rifle" when she was doing the same thing in a Newsweak cover photo.

Posted by: Dave (in MA) at November 05, 2015 12:31 AM (ymbWD)

133 You wouldn't sue Citibank for $500,000, they'd look under the couch cushions for that much. You don't sue universities for a couple hundred grand either.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 05, 2015 12:28 AM (39g3+)

******

Sure you do. If you want to win a wave off nuisance case, just do a bunch of these. Easy peezy.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at November 05, 2015 12:31 AM (3XSkD)

134 The Germans removed those Christian symbols to appease the muzzies because Christianity isn't that important to them.

For Germanic/Nordic Europe, Christianity isn't a matter of faith, its tradition and the state church. In Denmark for example the literally pay a tax to keep the churches open and running. They go to church for various events through the year, but they have no real faith or belief, its just what you do because you always have and its the culture.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 05, 2015 12:32 AM (39g3+)

135 "You wouldn't sue Citibank for $500,000, they'd look under the couch cushions for that much. You don't sue universities for a couple hundred grand either."

Except that punitive damages are tricky and often difficult to obtain. They usually require knowing malfeasance and these administrator assholes at universities can point to federal policy and pretend they were only trying to do what the Dept. of Ed. told them.

Posted by: Apostate at November 05, 2015 12:32 AM (zaVwL)

136 I read the Sunny Bunch article on the economists designing a food bank market approach which has apparently totes worked well.

But then I also know that ace has repeatedly insisted that Sunny is always wrong about everything.

It's quite a conundrum.

Posted by: GnuBreed at November 05, 2015 12:33 AM (gyKtp)

137 Hey everybody.

Found this today, thought people here would like. Although it makes me feel a bit old (I'm a 1966 model myself.)

"Chevrolet's resto-modded 1967 Nova argues there's a replacement for displacement"

http://tinyurl.com/plhs7vo

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 12:34 AM (ntObR)

138 Yeah turns out we are a quarter of a mile from an SWD well that the Railroad Commission says was P&A'ed in the 80s but is quite clearly active. Turned the hole over from 10ppg (1.2SG) brine to 8.8ppg (1.06SG) mud and took a 20bbl flow of produced water that had a distinct H2S odor when it was circulated to surface. Thankfully it was a windy night and we didn't trip any alarms. Turned the hole back over to the brine and went to our contingency string.

It was a total shit show last night

Posted by: the real ch3 at November 05, 2015 12:30 AM (qnecY)

I get what you are saying. Do you have zinc carbonate on hand to treat for H2S? I have been on wells where that stuff was added to the mud to passivate any sulfide ion present. Big, brown-paper sacks, that were labeled "Zinc Carbonate, product of China".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 05, 2015 12:35 AM (0yhH4)

139 >>>But the whining pussies after us? *shakes head*

*fistbump*

Also, how did you get access to my biography? We're too damn young to be doing the "kids these days" bit, but fuck em if they can't take a joke. Or a punch.

Posted by: DC in River City at November 05, 2015 12:36 AM (e+1S5)

140 Dear lord that brown university story is awful.

The pattern is pretty obvious: spurned girl with hurt feelings gets together with friends and remembers her womyn's studies classes, screams rape to make that mean boy pay for not paying her proper respect. University instantly assumes the girl is 100% totally right and crushes boy like bug. Boy staggers around confused and afraid because he's been totally blindsided by a tyrannical organization with absolute power over his life.

Even if the university sees this is a problem, they're so afraid of stirring up the bee's nest by saying the girl has to go through proper channels they just ignore rights, justice, logic, and facts. For them, its a choice between a month of protests, riots, national TV, broken windows, chanted slogans, shut down campus, and national figures making speeches in the commons or ruining one boy's life.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 05, 2015 12:36 AM (39g3+)

141 124
Suing the universities doesn't seem to be curtailing their fascist policies, especially the Ivy's with their billion dollar endowments.

That's because the lawyers never go for enough. They need to approach this as they would big businesses, and point out to juries how rich these places really are and how badly they have to be hurt to even notice a penalty. You wouldn't sue Citibank for $500,000, they'd look under the couch cushions for that much. You don't sue universities for a couple hundred grand either.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 05, 2015 12:28 AM (39g3+)

Exactly right. You want change? Harvard has a $36.4B endowment -- losing half of it in one case would certainly get their attention. They say their target support for the University is 5% per year. To my mind, that should put $2B on the table as a minimum.

Posted by: cthulhu at November 05, 2015 12:36 AM (EzgxV)

142 116 >> The ultimate snackage is a Snickers washed down with a Dr. Pepper.

This is total rot. I know from personal experience that the ultimate snack is chocolate coated peanuts washed down with a Mountain Dew.

Posted by: GnuBreed at November 05, 2015 12:36 AM (gyKtp)

143 Except that punitive damages are tricky and often difficult to obtain.

The hard part would be getting a jury to view a college the same way they do a corporation: faceless, heartless, cruel, destructive, and ripping you off. That would have to be the approach. Make the jury suspect, dislike, and begrudge the college.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 05, 2015 12:37 AM (39g3+)

144 I have always said he's not electable though because he does look a bit goofy."

Ted Cruz was sent down from central casting to play Uncle Fester.

He still my guy, but that's what he looks like.

Posted by: Weirddave at November 05, 2015 12:38 AM (N8hFs)

145 142 116 >> The ultimate snackage is a Snickers washed down with a Dr. Pepper.

This is total rot. I know from personal experience that the ultimate snack is chocolate coated peanuts washed down with a Mountain Dew.
Posted by: GnuBreed at November 05, 2015 12:36 AM (gyKtp)

--Washing sweet down with sweet? Bleecch. Wash down something half salty like a Pay Day or Butterfinger with a sweet soda.

Posted by: logprof at November 05, 2015 12:38 AM (vsbNu)

146 I once had a temp job working for California's DOGGR Department (Dept of Oil and Gas).

Besides that I was shocked how many oil wells there used to be in California, I learned about the dangers of H2S. Basically if you live within a mile of an oil well, you're in danger.

I also got to see a lot of old, old, OLD correspondence sent to the state from long-gone oil companies. Oftentimes their address would be something like "500 Continental Building, Los Angeles." No phone, no zip, no street, no anything else.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 12:38 AM (ntObR)

147 Perhaps it is too early to go OT, but anyway, from WZ
Pentagon Farmed Out Coding Of Software To The Russians?
http://tinyurl.com/pandvro
So the Chinese got info on all government personnel, and the Russians have been writing code for DOD communications for years. Is there anything in the US government the commies don't have? Obama is right, he has the most transparent administration ever. No wonder Putin has been so bold.

Posted by: Rage Is Getting Boring at November 05, 2015 12:38 AM (3JSC3)

148 oh, right qdpsteve, that engine probably sounds like a sewing machine.
Give me the "5.3 liter" (fuckin commies) v8 anyday.

ha ha just a friendly flame.

yoosta have a 67 camaro with that

Posted by: JohnnyBoy at November 05, 2015 12:39 AM (KG0mU)

149 Found this today, thought people here would like. Although it makes me feel a bit old (I'm a 1966 model myself.)

"Chevrolet's resto-modded 1967 Nova argues there's a replacement for displacement"

http://tinyurl.com/plhs7vo

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 12:34 AM (ntObR)

It's not a coupe; it's a hardtop. Which is a distinction that buyers paid a big buck for back in the day. And the wheels are ugly.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 05, 2015 12:40 AM (0yhH4)

150 Quote 4 by B16 is depressing. I'm the exact opposite of that quote.I'm like, Bach, Vermeer, Led Zeppelin and all other cultures are shit and I completely ignore them, except that I eat sushi and have a Hello Kitty dolly. Bite me, openminded assholes. Having certain tastes is not a sin. No one is condemning third world nations for being parochial.

Posted by: Bruce Boehner at November 05, 2015 12:40 AM (bCJcu)

151 @121 The Korean kids had no great love of Japan which was refreshing after Canada's multi-cultural bullshit.
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All of the citizens of all of the Asian countries hate each other. To a lot of round-eyed barbarians, Japanese, Koreans, and Chinese all look alike. But each of those groups know how to tell each other apart with a single glance. And woe betide the round-eyed barbarian that confuses one with the other. The same goes for all of the other Asian ethnic groups.

Japanese war crimes during World War 2, and the refusal of Japan to acknowledge said crimes, has simply provided even more ammunition to those who want to encourage the hate.

This is a problem at the moment because China needs a good slapping, and the only way to do that is for the Asian nations to ally with each other. And Japan's going to need to play a prominent role in whatever happens.

Posted by: junior at November 05, 2015 12:41 AM (PVi+Q)

152 Ultimate snack is Fritos washed down with Mountain Dew. It has to be plain, old Fritos--not any of the newer varieties with ghastly flavors, and it has to be Mountain Dew with real sugar if possible.

Posted by: JoeF. at November 05, 2015 12:41 AM (8HGb7)

153 152 Ultimate snack is Fritos washed down with Mountain Dew. It has to be plain, old Fritos--not any of the newer varieties with ghastly flavors, and it has to be Mountain Dew with real sugar if possible.
Posted by: JoeF. at November 05, 2015 12:41 AM (8HGb7)

--That's more like it. I myself remember when just Bar-B-Q Fritos were as hot as Flamin' Hot are today.

Now get off my lawn!!!

Posted by: logprof at November 05, 2015 12:43 AM (vsbNu)

154 143 Except that punitive damages are tricky and often difficult to obtain.

The hard part would be getting a jury to view a college the same way they do a corporation: faceless, heartless, cruel, destructive, and ripping you off. That would have to be the approach. Make the jury suspect, dislike, and begrudge the college.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 05, 2015 12:37 AM (39g3+)

I'm already there.

Posted by: cthulhu at November 05, 2015 12:43 AM (EzgxV)

155
Ted Cruz was sent down from central casting to play Uncle Fester.

Yeah he does have a Festery vibe, especially if he was bald. A beard would solve that but its too late now. And maybe he doesn't grow whiskers very well.

Its been ages since we had a bearded presidential candidate and its trendy right now.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 05, 2015 12:43 AM (39g3+)

156 Emergency supplies of old Almond Joy minibars gratefully accepted ...

Posted by: Adriane the Ethnic Food Critic ... at November 05, 2015 12:43 AM (jnAIZ)

157 Now get off my lawn!!!
Posted by: logprof at November 05, 2015 12:43 AM (vsbNu)

******

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at November 05, 2015 12:44 AM (3XSkD)

158 "Obama is right, he has the most transparent administration ever. No wonder Putin has been so bold."

He is more flexible now, after his last election.

Posted by: Apostate at November 05, 2015 12:44 AM (zaVwL)

159 >>>The pattern is pretty obvious: spurned girl with hurt feelings gets together with friends and remembers her womyn's studies classes, screams rape to make that mean boy pay for not paying her proper respect. University instantly assumes the girl is 100% totally right and crushes boy like bug. Boy staggers around confused and afraid because he's been totally blindsided by a tyrannical organization with absolute power over his life.

So true. I had a minor league version of this happen to me. I've told the story before, but basically the accuser wasn't a total soulless bitch, so she backed down when I said I wasn't dealing with the college kangaroo court, I wanted to file charges with Davidson County.

I got very, very lucky.

Document everything. Always.

Posted by: DC in River City at November 05, 2015 12:44 AM (e+1S5)

160 That's because the lawyers never go for enough. They need to approach this as they would big businesses, and point out to juries how rich these places really are and how badly they have to be hurt to even notice a penalty. You wouldn't sue Citibank for $500,000, they'd look under the couch cushions for that much. You don't sue universities for a couple hundred grand either.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 05, 2015 12:28 AM (39g3+)

Class Action lawsuit

Posted by: The Political Hat at November 05, 2015 12:44 AM (vBeA5)

161 Dear lord that brown university story is awful.

This ought to be fun to follow:
http://tinyurl.com/pmsujgd

Kid's asking for 7.5 Million. And the 'damage to future earnings' isn't so far-fetched when you consider the ju-co he transferred to won the national championship.

Posted by: Vertov at November 05, 2015 12:45 AM (PTGoe)

162 Rickl, did you get the 6-disc version of "The Cutting Edge?", or did you spring for the whole 18-disc box set that weighs 50 pounds?
I can't wait til mine arrives.

Cue the "Dylan sounds like a wounded cow with his leg caught in a barbed-wire fence" comments.....

Posted by: JoeF. at November 05, 2015 12:46 AM (8HGb7)

163 g'night morons, and keep those candles burning.
If the CO2 detector goes off, yank it out of the dang ceiling.

Posted by: JohnnyBoy at November 05, 2015 12:46 AM (KG0mU)

164 142 116 >> The ultimate snackage is a Snickers washed down with a Dr. Pepper.

This is total rot. I know from personal experience that the ultimate snack is chocolate coated peanuts washed down with a Mountain Dew.
Posted by: GnuBreed

Kids, a can of CVS dark chocolate covered cashews and box of their cab.

Posted by: Jean at November 05, 2015 12:46 AM (ztOda)

165 155
Ted Cruz was sent down from central casting to play Uncle Fester.

Yeah he does have a Festery vibe, especially if he was bald. A beard would solve that but its too late now. And maybe he doesn't grow whiskers very well.

Its been ages since we had a bearded presidential candidate and its trendy right now.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 05, 2015 12:43 AM (39g3+)

*sigh* Yes, it is not a stretch to expect that he could stick a light bulb in his mouth and it would light....

Posted by: cthulhu at November 05, 2015 12:47 AM (EzgxV)

166 For Germanic/Nordic Europe, Christianity isn't a matter of faith, its tradition and the state church. In Denmark for example the literally pay a tax to keep the churches open and running. They go to church for various events through the year, but they have no real faith or belief, its just what you do because you always have and its the culture.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 05, 2015 12:32 AM (39g3+)

The Dutch "church" for examples, is full of athiests who are "preists"

For Germanic/Nordic Europe, Christianity isn't a matter of faith, its tradition and the state church. In Denmark for example the literally pay a tax to keep the churches open and running. They go to church for various events through the year, but they have no real faith or belief, its just what you do because you always have and its the culture.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 05, 2015 12:32 AM (39g3+)

Posted by: The Political Hat at November 05, 2015 12:47 AM (vBeA5)

167 I don't know if you could change the ivy league at this point. State schools would see a quicker shift. Those endowments are ripe for the picking. Many have little budget wiggle room and the alumni would be worried about losing their investment.

Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at November 05, 2015 12:47 AM (4n+tf)

168 If the Co2 detector on your ceiling goes off, your in a deep puddle of hurt.

Posted by: Jean at November 05, 2015 12:47 AM (ztOda)

169 Joe F., LOL.

I most likely won't ever go that far, but *am* planning to get the Dylan Albums Box sometime in 2016.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 12:47 AM (ntObR)

170 Its been ages since we had a bearded presidential candidate and its trendy right now.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 05, 2015 12:43 AM (39g3+)

Why, hello there!

Posted by: Zmbie Benjamin Harrison at November 05, 2015 12:48 AM (vBeA5)

171 Speaking of Europe, I learned something very valuable today. Apparently Europe is a Utopia, and us ignorant and "violent" Americans are just too stupid to realize it.

Posted by: Thrawn at November 05, 2015 12:48 AM (wZ2hu)

172 I would also like to get the Beatles U.S. Albums box and the Billy Joel Albums box.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 12:48 AM (ntObR)

173 If the Co2 detector on your ceiling goes off, your in a deep puddle of hurt.

Posted by: Jean at November 05, 2015 12:47 AM (ztOda)

*BURP*

Posted by: The Fern in your Living Room at November 05, 2015 12:49 AM (vBeA5)

174 Many have little budget wiggle room and the alumni would be worried about losing their investment.
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at November 05, 2015 12:47 AM (4n+tf)

******

So, win all the way around?

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at November 05, 2015 12:49 AM (3XSkD)

175 My mom scraped to send me to Spain during high school. Our tour started on the southern coast and ended in Madrid. We saw beauty, we saw ugliness, had delicious food, got to sit and admire things that inspired Escher, fell in love with olives. My favorite memory is of a handful of us from all over the U.S.A. sitting on the floor in a hotel suite with Barcelona students listening to English and American rock. They knew every word. With their limited English and our poor Spanish, we stayed up all night finding commonalities that made everyone smile or laugh out loud.

Posted by: OldDominionMom at November 05, 2015 12:49 AM (GzDYP)

176 The University of Dayton screwed over one of their basketball players this year because of a sexual assault allegation. Some girl cried "rape" or whatever, the police investigated found no evidence. But too bad, you're not allowed to enroll in classes for the semester

Posted by: buzzion at November 05, 2015 12:49 AM (zt+N6)

177 The only people who are possibly 'going hungry' are children of irresponsible parents. It's definitely not because food or means to get food is not available. If you give away free stuff to people who expect free stuff, they will never get off their ass to become responsible productive citizens.

Studies (that are-I'm shocked I tell you-surprisingly hard to find) have shown that for almost everybody, all welfare does it free up discretionary income. In other words, someone has the money for food, but they get food stamps, so they spend that money on tattoos. They wouldn't starve w/o welfare.

Posted by: Weirddave at November 05, 2015 12:49 AM (N8hFs)

178 152 Ultimate snack is Fritos washed down with Mountain Dew. It has to be plain, old Fritos--not any of the newer varieties with ghastly flavors, and it has to be Mountain Dew with real sugar if possible.
Posted by: JoeF. at November 05, 2015 12:41 AM (8HGb7)

Fritos dipped in peanut butter. You need the Fritos Scoops; the regular ones aren't strong enough.

Posted by: rickl at November 05, 2015 12:49 AM (sdi6R)

179 168 If the Co2 detector on your ceiling goes off, your in a deep puddle of hurt.

Posted by: Jean at November 05, 2015 12:47 AM (ztOda)

I think you'd be beyond hurt.

Posted by: cthulhu at November 05, 2015 12:50 AM (EzgxV)

180 Besides that I was shocked how many oil wells there used to be in California, I learned about the dangers of H2S. Basically if you live within a mile of an oil well, you're in danger.

I also got to see a lot of old, old, OLD correspondence sent to the state from long-gone oil companies. Oftentimes their address would be something like "500 Continental Building, Los Angeles." No phone, no zip, no street, no anything else.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 12:38 AM (ntObR)

Not all oil and gas wells are sour (meaning they contain H2S). Here in Alberta at least, the sour formations are only those older than Cretaceous. And it is routine here, or used to be, at any rate, to produce (profitably) gas that is 35% Sour from deep Mississipian wells in the foothills. Sour gas goes to a gas plant that strips out the sulfur, which is a valuable industrial commodity in its own right.

Some oil is sour, too, and stinks of H2S, but it is typically only a hazard to unwary workers on the lease. The sour gas cannot break out of the oil fast enough to form a plume large enough to pose a risk to people a quarter mile away. There are oil and gas wells within a quarter mile of my home, and I am completely sanguine about it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 05, 2015 12:50 AM (0yhH4)

181 @167 I don't know if you could change the ivy league at this point. State schools would see a quicker shift. Those endowments are ripe for the picking. Many have little budget wiggle room and the alumni would be worried about losing their investment.
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Possibly pull a page from the SJW playbook, and start publicly confronting the alumni? Or something similar. Hit the elements of the university that aren't hired by the university (alumni donation checks are one, though it's not the only one), and you'll probably cause some changes.

Posted by: junior at November 05, 2015 12:50 AM (PVi+Q)

182 Kids, a can of CVS dark chocolate covered cashews and box of their cab.
Posted by: Jean
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Ok...
I will admit to eating an entire bag of Reese's PB Cups while downing a large bottle of Merlot. That's good snacking, right there.

And my latest binge has been the homemade spiced, candied pecans with a White Russian. Sue me.

Posted by: Chi at November 05, 2015 12:50 AM (EclzG)

183 "Ultimate snack is..."

Sorry, can't hear you all over my bag full o' Poppycock with Pecans. ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 12:50 AM (ntObR)

184 151 All of the citizens of all of the Asian countries hate each other. To a lot of round-eyed barbarians, Japanese, Koreans, and Chinese all look alike. But each of those groups know how to tell each other apart with a single glance. And woe betide the round-eyed barbarian that confuses one with the other. The same goes for all of the other Asian ethnic groups.
Posted by: junior at November 05, 2015 12:41 AM

To overcome their tribalism and apartheid attitudes we must open their markets to Coke. Then we must purge them of Jews.

Posted by: Jimmy Carter, Nobel Peace Prize Winner at November 05, 2015 12:51 AM (3JSC3)

185 AOP, thanks for setting me straight on that.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 12:52 AM (ntObR)

186 @184 To overcome their tribalism and apartheid attitudes we must open their markets to Coke. Then we must purge them of Jews.
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Opium and its derivatives are the more popular drug of choice in those parts. Or so I've heard.

And there aren't a whole lot of Jews living over there, Jimmy...

Posted by: junior at November 05, 2015 12:52 AM (PVi+Q)

187 162 Rickl, did you get the 6-disc version of "The Cutting Edge?", or did you spring for the whole 18-disc box set that weighs 50 pounds?
I can't wait til mine arrives.

Cue the "Dylan sounds like a wounded cow with his leg caught in a barbed-wire fence" comments.....
Posted by: JoeF. at November 05, 2015 12:46 AM (8HGb7)

Nah, it only weighs 16 pounds, and I got it today.

Curiously enough, one of the songs is entitled, "Sitting On A Barbed-Wire Fence".

Posted by: rickl at November 05, 2015 12:53 AM (sdi6R)

188 buzzion

The story I referenced was about only one of three players screwed by Oregon last year. He's suing for $7.5M. Not only did the DA refuse to press charges, the girl admitting spending the night with one of the kids.

Posted by: Vertov at November 05, 2015 12:54 AM (PTGoe)

189 junior, all my recent trips to the far east Ive run into Israelis -- Taiwan, RoK, Japan, Singapore, etc.

Posted by: Jean at November 05, 2015 12:55 AM (ztOda)

190 Speaking of snacks... I *did,* I think, invent a new tasty dip today when I threw the below items together earlier today. Let me know what you all think:

Cream cheese
Sour cream
Tabasco
Worcestershire sauce
Thyme
Black pepper
Crushed garlic
Aleppo pepper

I thought it tasted good with some potato chips.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 12:55 AM (ntObR)

191 I just polished off my jar of raspberry wasabi mustard with pretzels. My last child gifted me with a love of dipping potato chips in blue cheese dressing.

Posted by: OldDominionMom at November 05, 2015 12:56 AM (GzDYP)

192 I think in the end it's really going to have to be some kid deciding to go scorched earth on a college to change things. I think a lot of times kids and parents who are accused like this get scared and just want a return to the status quo. They settle just to have little Billy back in school and move on. It's going to take someone who's willing to ruin some lives to make change.

Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at November 05, 2015 12:57 AM (4n+tf)

193 Mmmm, blue cheese dressing...

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 12:58 AM (ntObR)

194 Cream cheese
Sour cream
Tabasco
Worcestershire sauce
Thyme
Black pepper
Crushed garlic
Aleppo pepper

I thought it tasted good with some potato chips.

Posted by: qdpsteve

You actually had all that lying around your kitchen? Do you live in a steak house?

Posted by: Vertov at November 05, 2015 12:58 AM (PTGoe)

195 @192 I think in the end it's really going to have to be some kid deciding to go scorched earth on a college to change things. I think a lot of times kids and parents who are accused like this get scared and just want a return to the status quo. They settle just to have little Billy back in school and move on. It's going to take someone who's willing to ruin some lives to make change.
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That's probably not going to happen until some guy commits suicide over a false accusation. With the right parents, that could easily trigger a "scorched Earth" approach. Short of that, I don't see anyone going that far.

Posted by: junior at November 05, 2015 12:59 AM (PVi+Q)

196 Vertov, LOL.

If I did I'd weigh 700 pounds and be eating Bloomin' Onions every morning for breakfast.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 12:59 AM (ntObR)

197 Black Sheep just started on cable.
I miss Chris Farley.

Posted by: Chi at November 05, 2015 12:59 AM (EclzG)

198 "junior, all my recent trips to the far east Ive run into Israelis -- Taiwan, RoK, Japan, Singapore, etc."

In my limited experience, east Asians have a sort of awe regarding Jews. They see a small, oppressed, routinely massacred minority which somehow continually rises to prominence and success in science, engineering, and business. There was a trend a few years ago in Korea to make kids study the Talmud as a way to sharpen their logical reasoning.

Refreshing.

Posted by: Apostate at November 05, 2015 01:00 AM (zaVwL)

199 Which one of you morons in Tenn. won Power Ball tonight? A mere 142 million smackaroos!

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at November 05, 2015 01:00 AM (iQIUe)

200 195 @192 I think in the end it's really going to have to be some kid deciding to go scorched earth on a college to change things. I think a lot of times kids and parents who are accused like this get scared and just want a return to the status quo. They settle just to have little Billy back in school and move on. It's going to take someone who's willing to ruin some lives to make change.
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That's probably not going to happen until some guy commits suicide over a false accusation. With the right parents, that could easily trigger a "scorched Earth" approach. Short of that, I don't see anyone going that far.

Posted by: junior at November 05, 2015 12:59 AM (PVi+Q)

Of course, that's all too plausible a scenario. I sure as hell wouldn't bet against it happening in the next two years.

Posted by: cthulhu at November 05, 2015 01:00 AM (EzgxV)

201 Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 12:55

That sounds like the beginning of buffallo wing dip so, yum!

Posted by: OldDominionMom at November 05, 2015 01:01 AM (GzDYP)

202 I wonder if the want to see a drop in male enrollment?

Posted by: Jean at November 05, 2015 01:01 AM (ztOda)

203 OldDominion, thanks.

Ironically I tried making some buffalo wing dip a week ago and it came out horrible. I went ahead and made buffalo wings themselves and they came out great.

My deep fryer is turning out to have been a good investment.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 01:02 AM (ntObR)

204 You actually had all that lying around your kitchen?

Your kitchen doesn't have that stuff? Real men cook!

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 05, 2015 01:02 AM (39g3+)

205 In fact I just ordered some aleppo pepper from The Spice House (thanks for the tip AOSers, don't want to give any more money to the stalinists at Penzeys).

Only problem is, turns out it's imported from... Syria. Great to hear my snacking habits are supporting ISIS. Sigh.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 01:03 AM (ntObR)

206 Christopher, you tell 'em :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 01:04 AM (ntObR)

207 I thought it tasted good with some potato chips.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 12:55 AM (ntObR)

******

Uummmm...no, IMO.

In the KISS camp, 2 large blocks Velveeta. Add one 16 oz. Sour creme. Add one pound of spicy Italian sausage and one of Hamburger. Add one 16 oz. Jar of Pace picante (spiced to your taste). In a 6 Quart slow cooker, nuc for 10 minutes and let the cooker do the rest. Serve with a ton of Tostitos scoops.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at November 05, 2015 01:04 AM (3XSkD)

208 My deep fryer is turning out to have been a good investment.
Posted by: qdpsteve
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You don't have to brag! You could make us some jalape�o poppers.
Stuffed with bacon & cream cheese.
Mix up some raspberry jam and a little bourbon for the dipping sauce - yum.

Posted by: Chi at November 05, 2015 01:05 AM (EclzG)

209 202 I wonder if the want to see a drop in male enrollment?
Posted by: Jean at November 05, 2015 01:01 AM (ztOda)

I think that's already happening. Women are a solid majority in colleges now.

Which means that in the not too distant future, these SJWs will be ruling us out here in the real world. They will be in all levels of government, and their "feels" will trump the Constitution and all known legal precedent.

Posted by: rickl at November 05, 2015 01:05 AM (sdi6R)

210 Chi, will keep that in mind for the Long Beach Moron Meetup, thanks. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 01:05 AM (ntObR)

211 MWNP, that sounds good too, thanks. :-)

I have recently discovered the joy of chorizo...

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 01:06 AM (ntObR)

212 Only problem is, turns out it's imported from... Syria. Great to hear my snacking habits are supporting ISIS. Sigh.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 01:03 AM (ntObR)

Seeing as Aleppo is a city in Syria, I would expect Aleppo pepper to come from there.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 05, 2015 01:07 AM (0yhH4)

213 204 You actually had all that lying around your kitchen?

Your kitchen doesn't have that stuff? Real men cook!

I have to admit - nobody in my family could cook. Even the wimmenz. I can still remember when my mom and grandma discovered KFC take-out. It was the second coming.

Posted by: Vertov at November 05, 2015 01:08 AM (PTGoe)

214 2-3 Avocados, 1 can of Rotel Hot Habenero Tomatos (drained), 1 can of small white beans (rinsed and drained), some lime juice, some salt. Blend. Mix in some sour cream if too hot.

Posted by: Jean at November 05, 2015 01:08 AM (ztOda)

215 192 I think in the end it's really going to have to be some kid deciding to go scorched earth on a college to change things. I think a lot of times kids and parents who are accused like this get scared and just want a return to the status quo. They settle just to have little Billy back in school and move on. It's going to take someone who's willing to ruin some lives to make change.

Or we elect a conservative aware of the problem, and he appoints someone to run the Dept of Ed who issues the following statement on the first day:

"Because of the epidemic of sexual predators on college campuses, the Dept of Ed now requires all schools, when they become aware of an accusation of rape or sexual assault, to immediately turn the case over to the local police who will prosecute it. This tragedy is too important for untrained school administrators to handle, our young women deserve the full protection of the law".

And just like that due process for boys comes back under the guise of perpetrating the hoax.

Political ju-jitsu, it's not that hard, I often marvel that Republicans are so bad at it.

Posted by: Weirddave at November 05, 2015 01:08 AM (N8hFs)

216 "these SJWs will be ruling us out here in the real world."

Nah. Even if they do get power, they'll recklessly enact all their more retarded, unhinged policies born from their fevered imaginations as undergrads, and they'll fuck up everything and be thrown out post-haste. Just like the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.

"Yay, Mubarak is gone!"
"Wait, you want to do what? Ok..."
"Uh, guys? The economy is crashing and you're oppressing Muslims."
"Counter-coup time. Bring back the military."

It took, like, less than two years.

Posted by: Apostate at November 05, 2015 01:08 AM (zaVwL)

217 Jean, mmm, that sounds good too, thanks. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 01:09 AM (ntObR)

218 207 Velveeta Italian sausage
MWNP

The cheese would taste like licorice. That is a good thing? On the other hand Italian sausage on pizza is addictive.

Posted by: I Like Fennel, Sometimes at November 05, 2015 01:09 AM (3JSC3)

219 Qdpsteve, I looked at a $12+ pack of wings today and a $4+ pack of thighs. I saw a show where they grilled the wings till crispy then tossed them in sauce so I'm going to try that with the thighs. As long as hot sauce and blue cheese is involved, I think it will work!

Posted by: OldDominionMom at November 05, 2015 01:09 AM (GzDYP)

220 This is a great song, recorded on 1/15/65:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYgRwefr-JU

Those are among his best lyrics. The greatest songs are timeless, and many of those verses are perfectly applicable to our era 50 years later.

Posted by: rickl at November 05, 2015 01:10 AM (sdi6R)

221 I also recently discovered chimichurri thanks to you all. Thanks!! Tasty stuff. Been adding it to my guac.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 01:10 AM (ntObR)

222 OldDominion, hot sauce and blue cheese are magic together. :-)

Good luck with it. And just as an FYI, I've found the best chicken wings for frying by far in my area (SoCal) come from Sprouts. Meaty and tasty.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 01:11 AM (ntObR)

223 221 I also recently discovered chimichurri thanks to you all. Thanks!! Tasty stuff. Been adding it to my guac.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 01:10 AM (ntObR)

i've got a buddy from BJJ that is argentinian that makes a killer homemade chimichurri. he says it's a family secret and won't give me the recipe. I've targeted him for extra choking

Posted by: the real ch3 at November 05, 2015 01:12 AM (qnecY)

224 Just curious. Do I need to get consent to read the comments In the ONT? If I get consent and tomorrow comes, are any of you 'rons going to try to say you didn't give it to me?

Posted by: Hank at November 05, 2015 01:13 AM (V9g65)

225 The cheese would taste like licorice. That is a good thing? On the other hand Italian sausage on pizza is addictive.
Posted by: I Like Fennel, Sometimes at November 05, 2015 01:09 AM (3JSC3)

****

Not sure where you are getting that, but the end result of this combo is Cheesy goodness.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at November 05, 2015 01:13 AM (3XSkD)

226 I like Fennel, my mom's all-time fave pizza place since the 1950s is a place in Belmont Shore called Domenico's.

They make the pizza exactly like they did in the 1950s. Thin crust, they bake the cheese into the dough *before* adding the sauce, and they use finely crumbled italian sausage that entirely covers the pie. No icky sausage lumps like you find from Pizza Hut and places of their ilk.

They also do pepperoni ground up on your pizza, rather than sliced (unless you specifically request sliced). I'm sure more than one person has ordered a pepperoni pizza there in the past and been shocked to find it served with the crumbling.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 01:14 AM (ntObR)

227 I will look for Sprouts, thanks!

Posted by: OldDominionMom at November 05, 2015 01:15 AM (GzDYP)

228 G'night everyone.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at November 05, 2015 01:16 AM (YJmuy)

229 ODM, you are welcome.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 01:17 AM (ntObR)

230 Haradan LOL

Posted by: Brought to you by the ad council at November 05, 2015 01:17 AM (s6/4z)

231 I so hungry now.

Posted by: OldDominionMom at November 05, 2015 01:17 AM (GzDYP)

232 215 192 I think in the end it's really going to have to be some kid deciding to go scorched earth on a college to change things. I think a lot of times kids and parents who are accused like this get scared and just want a return to the status quo. They settle just to have little Billy back in school and move on. It's going to take someone who's willing to ruin some lives to make change.

Or we elect a conservative aware of the problem, and he appoints someone to run the Dept of Ed who issues the following statement on the first day:

"Because of the epidemic of sexual predators on college campuses, the Dept of Ed now requires all schools, when they become aware of an accusation of rape or sexual assault, to immediately turn the case over to the local police who will prosecute it. This tragedy is too important for untrained school administrators to handle, our young women deserve the full protection of the law".

And just like that due process for boys comes back under the guise of perpetrating the hoax.

Political ju-jitsu, it's not that hard, I often marvel that Republicans are so bad at it.

Posted by: Weirddave at November 05, 2015 01:08 AM (N8hFs)

No, we need someone who will appoint someone to run the Department of Education who will pull the fire alarm and lock the entire useless Department out of the building, terminate their employment, post everything on their government-owned computers to the cloud, and auction off all their assets.

Posted by: cthulhu at November 05, 2015 01:18 AM (EzgxV)

233 @224 Just curious. Do I need to get consent to read the comments In the ONT? If I get consent and tomorrow comes, are any of you 'rons going to try to say you didn't give it to me?
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Not only do you need to obtain consent, but you need to obtain consent again after reading every comment.

Posted by: junior at November 05, 2015 01:19 AM (PVi+Q)

234 cthulhu, you forgot 'burn down the building and collect the insurance money.' ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 01:20 AM (ntObR)

235 We just got a deep fryer as well. Its a pretty cheap model (only one setting of heat) but it does a good job. I'm getting used to times, breadings, etc but the results are uniformly quality.

The toughest thing to work out was how to get burritos to not unpack when fried into chimichangas.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 05, 2015 01:20 AM (39g3+)

236 junior, don't forget to tell 'em that consent comes free with every $50 premium AOS subscription membership card.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 01:21 AM (ntObR)

237 Those crazy Japanese, building Nausicaa's powered glider Moew.

https://youtu.be/op2ZfjjM1h4

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 05, 2015 01:21 AM (FPXui)

238 @232 No, we need someone who will appoint someone to run the Department of Education who will pull the fire alarm and lock the entire useless Department out of the building, terminate their employment, post everything on their government-owned computers to the cloud, and auction off all their assets.
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This.

Instituting a policy change is only good until a new administration arrives that opposes the previous administration's views. Also, government functionaries can be very good at circumventing laws. California banned college admissions via racial preferences, but that hasn't stopped the various California public university admissions offices from coming up with ways around that rule.

Posted by: junior at November 05, 2015 01:21 AM (PVi+Q)

239 224 Just curious. Do I need to get consent to read the comments In the ONT? If I get consent and tomorrow comes, are any of you 'rons going to try to say you didn't give it to me?

Posted by: Hank at November 05, 2015 01:13 AM (V9g65)

You need consent to read each comment. But if I ever feel bad that you read one of mine, I can retroactively de-consent that comment. Right now, you can read this one.

Posted by: cthulhu at November 05, 2015 01:21 AM (EzgxV)

240 I grew fennel this summer, but didn't look into when to harvest the bulb before it was too late so I harvested some seeds. They are tasty, tho!

Posted by: OldDominionMom at November 05, 2015 01:21 AM (GzDYP)

241 evening all

Posted by: thathalfrican at November 05, 2015 01:22 AM (R5HRU)

242 Christopher, sounds good. My deep fryer, the Presto ProFry, has an adjustable temp knob but everything I've ever seen says to fry at either 350 or 375 degrees, so can understand heat adjustment may not be that necessary.

Do what I did, keep practicing with the thing. I got much better at it, so will you.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 01:22 AM (ntObR)

243 Not only do you need to obtain consent, but you need to obtain consent again after reading every comment.
Posted by: junior at November 05, 2015 01:19 AM (PVi+Q)

******

Damn. Real tough crowd.

I'll let my Platinum membership speak for itself.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at November 05, 2015 01:24 AM (3XSkD)

244 234 cthulhu, you forgot 'burn down the building and collect the insurance money.' ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 01:20 AM (ntObR)

That's 'cause the buildings would be among the assets auctioned off. The government can't collect insurance money from burning down "DC Trump Tower III".

Posted by: cthulhu at November 05, 2015 01:25 AM (EzgxV)

245 What do you make with the leftover batter while the oil is still hot? We made fried pickles and they were actually good.

Posted by: OldDominionMom at November 05, 2015 01:26 AM (GzDYP)

246 No, we need someone who will appoint someone to run the Department of Education who will pull the fire alarm and lock the entire useless Department out of the building, terminate their employment, post everything on their government-owned computers to the cloud, and auction off all their assets.

This is just stupid.

Yes, I agree, 80% of the federal govt should be shuddered, but just doing so is impossible.

So you co-opt for your own ends, and as the levers of government start to work against the Progs, THEN you shut them down. Hell, you might even get the Progs to demand that you do.

Posted by: Weirddave at November 05, 2015 01:26 AM (N8hFs)

247 The real pain with a deep fryer is filtering and changing the oil. The last batch got too dark and flavored so I dumped it into kitty litter, but its not easy to dispose of.

Its best to have a couple settings for deep frying so you can make really good french fries for example. They are best when cooked twice, once at low and cooled then once hot to toast the outside.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 05, 2015 01:27 AM (39g3+)

248 240 I grew fennel this summer, but didn't look into when to harvest the bulb before it was too late so I harvested some seeds. They are tasty, tho!

Posted by: OldDominionMom at November 05, 2015 01:21 AM (GzDYP)

The ferny leafage is the best part. Fun fact -- you have be be very careful growing Dill and Fennel too close to each other, or you end up with Fill and Dennel seedlings all over the place.

Posted by: cthulhu at November 05, 2015 01:28 AM (EzgxV)

249 Chris, didn't know that about fries. Thanks for the tip.

And agreed, dealing with the used oil is a pain. I usually have to wait 12 hours for my fryer to cool so I can empty the oil into another container.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 01:28 AM (ntObR)

250 Almost everything tastes better deep fried, although someone came up with a cool microwave system that gets the same effect by coating food with oil and cooking it.

We have even deep fried hot dogs (not bad) and fish sticks (much better than baked). I did some green tomatoes, and those turned out great. The egg rolls were amazing, but I think it was the cilantro and lemon grass that did the trick there.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 05, 2015 01:29 AM (39g3+)

251 242 Christopher, sounds good. My deep fryer, the Presto ProFry, has an adjustable temp knob but everything I've ever seen says to fry at either 350 or 375 degrees, so can understand heat adjustment may not be that necessary.

Do what I did, keep practicing with the thing. I got much better at it, so will you.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 01:22 AM (ntObR)

It helps to have some sort of industrial thermometer to calibrate it with.

Posted by: cthulhu at November 05, 2015 01:29 AM (EzgxV)

252 Hey, halfrican.
Long time no see. How's things?

Posted by: Chi at November 05, 2015 01:29 AM (EclzG)

253 Chris, mmm. :-)

I want to try coating and frying my own chicken nuggets from boneless breasts sometime soon. That's my next deep fryer challenge.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 01:30 AM (ntObR)

254 Dennel and Fill? You know my cousins?

Posted by: OldDominionMom at November 05, 2015 01:31 AM (GzDYP)

255 Eh, I'm ok Chi. Work is testing my patience.

How about you?

Posted by: thathalfrican at November 05, 2015 01:32 AM (R5HRU)

256 #124

The thing that mention of Almond Joy always makes me think of is the dedication plaque on the bridge of the USS Prometheus has the motto, 'Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't.'

Posted by: Epobirs at November 05, 2015 01:32 AM (IdCqF)

257 Sooo...

The Japanese lesbian molestation battle show introduced a reverse trap and psychic male rape Golems...

Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at November 05, 2015 01:32 AM (vBeA5)

258 #248

But it's all worth it for the eventual Fennel Cakes.

What?

Posted by: Epobirs at November 05, 2015 01:33 AM (IdCqF)

259 We want to take the colleges back? We have to do it just like the vile leftist cultural destroyers took it over. They were relentless, in your face, and rude, crude, and lewd. They screamed and made such asses of themselves, they broke the established order down, just slowly giving them what they wanted just to shut them up. They went in and just shit all over everything, sometimes literally, to get what they wanted.

And they were hated, but they didn't give a shit. Despised, loathed with passion, but they kept it up until they won.

Want to take it back, you've got to be as big a bunch of assholes as they were, against them.

Society fears the left. Cross the SJWs and they come down on you Don Corleone style, ruining and destroying anyone who crosses them. We need to make society fear us more.

As Josey Wales said, you've got to get plumb mad dog mean.

Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at November 05, 2015 01:35 AM (dvuhZ)

260 Re dill and fennel...

surprised someone hasn't already tried to cross-breed garlic and onions together. Bet in some parts of the country at least, garnion would be a big hit.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 01:35 AM (ntObR)

261 @246 So you co-opt for your own ends, and as the levers of government start to work against the Progs, THEN you shut them down. Hell, you might even get the Progs to demand that you do.
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Won't work. Over half the employees in each of those agencies are prog true believers. That's why they became Federal employees in the first place. The IRS scandal is an example of this. Horrible, blatantly unlawful things were taking place, but no one did anything about it because everyone working on it agreed with it. Part of the problem for Republican administrations has always been that the agencies actively work against the stated goals of the administration, instead of helping to support those goals.

Posted by: junior at November 05, 2015 01:35 AM (PVi+Q)

262 #246

I think you meant shuttered.

It won't work. Leftist rank abound with people who actually enjoy working in soul crushing bureaucracy. It's why Gramscian tactics work for them and not us.

Posted by: Epobirs at November 05, 2015 01:36 AM (IdCqF)

263 255 Eh, I'm ok Chi. Work is testing my patience.

How about you?
Posted by: thathalfrican
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SSDD.
Getting older and falling apart. Good to see you around. She made you an honest man yet?

Posted by: Chi at November 05, 2015 01:36 AM (EclzG)

264 publius, absolutely agreed that the right needs to stop worrying about decorum.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 01:36 AM (ntObR)

265 Posted by: Chi at November 05, 2015 01:36 AM (EclzG)

That makes two of us. I'm slowly starting to work out again, Yoga and a good strength training program.

Nope, but that's gonna change is the next two-three weeks.

Posted by: thathalfrican at November 05, 2015 01:37 AM (R5HRU)

266 And agreed, dealing with the used oil is a pain. I usually have to wait 12 hours for my fryer to cool so I can empty the oil into another container.

It's not hard to dispose of. Toss it in the trash if you don't much care (the container will likely rupture in the truck and the oil will soak into everything else and be incinerated or buried) or you could do what I do - take it up the street behind the local restaurant and drain it into their oil recycling tank. Easy peasy.

Posted by: Weirddave at November 05, 2015 01:39 AM (N8hFs)

267 Weirddave, hmmm... :-)

What I've actually been doing is keeping the used oil in containers in the backyard, then just dropping it off at EDCO (the central office of my area's waste disposal contractors).

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 01:40 AM (ntObR)

268 246 No, we need someone who will appoint someone to run the Department of Education who will pull the fire alarm and lock the entire useless Department out of the building, terminate their employment, post everything on their government-owned computers to the cloud, and auction off all their assets.

This is just stupid.

Yes, I agree, 80% of the federal govt should be shuddered, but just doing so is impossible.

So you co-opt for your own ends, and as the levers of government start to work against the Progs, THEN you shut them down. Hell, you might even get the Progs to demand that you do.

Posted by: Weirddave at November 05, 2015 01:26 AM (N8hFs)

It was stupid before some dumbass had the ATF hand out guns to drug cartels and had ICE hand out blankets and canteens to captured illegal aliens, then let them go into the general US population. So much of what we thought would be impossible have been done over the last seven years. The precedent has been set. Just do it.

If you dumped every catty politicized email from every useless functionary in the Department of Education online while you physically tore down the infrastructure, how are they going to rebuild from that? Every power-hungry paedophile in that Gramscian cesspit exposed to the world....how could they be reinstated? Pull the fire alarm, lock 'em out. Burn it down. Repeat.

Posted by: cthulhu at November 05, 2015 01:41 AM (EzgxV)

269 In my high school biology class, I sat next to a guy whose name I can no longer remember. One day in October he mentioned that he once got an apple with a razor blade in it. He was a bit of a joker and I assumed this was a joke... then he stuck his tongue out at me. His tongue was very much scarred and I have never seen the like before or since.

I instantly believed him, seeing his scarred tongue. If there is another explanation for the scars I saw, I don't know what it is.

So... I dunno, maybe the razor blade thing has happened?

Snopes says "True" and has examples of needles in Halloween food.

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/mayhem/needles.asp

Posted by: mr_jack at November 05, 2015 01:41 AM (M59SC)

270 Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at November 05, 2015 01:35 AM (dvuhZ)

That, and use Alisnky's ridicule principle that he so shamelessly stole from Mark Twain. Laugh at them. They go to great lengths to present themselves as being serious business. Pointing at their absurdities and making a joke about it destroys their credibility more effectively than a thousand factual arguments.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at November 05, 2015 01:41 AM (J+mig)

271 qdpsteve get some panko breading, its a little expensive but the results are amazing.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 05, 2015 01:41 AM (39g3+)

272 Yeah, I bought a deep fryer a little under a year ago. I love it, and you do get better with practice, practice, practice. And you make boo-boos.

I got in my head I was going to make country fried steak a few weeks ago, remembering how damn good that used to be with the "sawmill" gravy. I mixed up onion and pepper in beef and made up a good batter.

I formed the patties and deep dried them. They were great. Only problem, that one deep frying of the ground beef ruined the oil in that one go. It pulled out the fat from the meat, and also some damned stringy pieces of whatever (proteins, I assume, or who knows what).

It was a nasty mess. But damn the patties were delicious. To country fry steak, it seems you need to it the old way, in a pan with one-time used oil.

If anyone knows how to preserver a deep fryer full of oil with that, I'd appreciate it.

Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at November 05, 2015 01:42 AM (dvuhZ)

273 It won't work. Leftist rank abound with people who actually enjoy working in soul crushing bureaucracy. It's why Gramscian tactics work for them and not us.

Posted by: Epobirs at November 05, 2015 01:36 AM (IdCqF)

Society is evolutionary. If destructive elements are too strong, the society dies off. If the constructive elements are strong enough, the society thrives.

The Left are "Intellegent Design" supporters at their core. Any such "constructed" society has as much of a chance of surviving as a maggot created from pure elemental starting materials.

The sad thing is that our society is, or was, a race freak example where society developes with positive elements that were conducive towards liberty and virtue, as well as tolerance hetherto unknown in the world. Sadly, that tolerance was used to destroy that balance of liberty and virtue.

We either find out own "Terminus", or we are erased from history.

Posted by: Hari's hat at November 05, 2015 01:44 AM (vBeA5)

274 A couple of days ago I had to explain to somebody that the Department of Education had only been created within their own lifetime or shortly before. (I couldn't ascertain the exact age of the person but they were definitely under 40.) He didn't believe me. He couldn't image how the schools could possibly have operated with central federal guidance.

This same person was convinced that his generation was far more intelligent than previous generations because he didn't know any old people who were power users on any major computer OS. After all, he didn't know of any 80 year old with a CS degree. I had to explain that the first CS program was started in 1962 and was INVENTED by those 80 year olds who had their degrees in Math or Engineering. He couldn't wrap his head around the idea that if he had a time machine and brought the 20 year old version of his grandmother forward to today, she'd only need a few weeks to acclimate enough to being a Facebook addict.

Posted by: Epobirs at November 05, 2015 01:45 AM (IdCqF)

275 Cato, exactly.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 01:45 AM (ntObR)

276 Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 01:45 AM (ntObR)

It's why Reagan was so effective. He didn't take the Left seriously. He mocked them and belittled them at every turn. He revealed the stupidity of their ideas for the whole world to see.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at November 05, 2015 01:47 AM (J+mig)

277 259 We want to take the colleges back? We have to do it just like the vile leftist cultural destroyers took it over. They were relentless, in your face, and rude, crude, and lewd. They screamed and made such asses of themselves, they broke the established order down, just slowly giving them what they wanted just to shut them up. They went in and just shit all over everything, sometimes literally, to get what they wanted.

And they were hated, but they didn't give a shit. Despised, loathed with passion, but they kept it up until they won.

Want to take it back, you've got to be as big a bunch of assholes as they were, against them.

Society fears the left. Cross the SJWs and they come down on you Don Corleone style, ruining and destroying anyone who crosses them. We need to make society fear us more.

As Josey Wales said, you've got to get plumb mad dog mean.

Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at November 05, 2015 01:35 AM (dvuhZ)

What the fuck do we need colleges for? Why should we want to "take them back"? Why should learning something specific involve mandatory butthurt training, SJW indoctrination, anti-Western propaganda, and a scoop of Marxism? Why not totally cut them off and use certifications instead?

Let the Universities chase relevance, rather than chase control and ownership of Universities.

Posted by: cthulhu at November 05, 2015 01:49 AM (EzgxV)

278 Chris, will do, thanks! :-)

publius, sounds like you're on your way. Sorry I don't know about preserving oil though. Re country-fried steak, I've just been egg-washing thin-cut ribeyes, dipping them in flour with salt, pepper and cayenne mixed in, repeating those last two, sprinkling lots of excess flour mix on the steaks once they're in the plate, and letting 'em rip in the fryer.

Yeah, the oil gets foggy, but at least in my experience it stays the same temp and will still cook your meat.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 01:49 AM (ntObR)

279 @274 This same person was convinced that his generation was far more intelligent than previous generations because he didn't know any old people who were power users on any major computer OS.
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Should have asked him if he knew how to use an abacus.

Posted by: junior at November 05, 2015 01:50 AM (PVi+Q)

280 260 Re dill and fennel...

surprised someone hasn't already tried to cross-breed garlic and onions together. Bet in some parts of the country at least, garnion would be a big hit.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 01:35 AM (ntObR)

Onions, garlic, chives, scallions, and the like are all members of the lily family -- and there are onion-y scallion varieties, garlic-y scallion varieties, varieties of white onions that are like green onions, varieties of chives that are like green onions, varieties of chives that are garlic-y, and the like.

It's just that those aren't the varieties in your local supermarket.

Posted by: cthulhu at November 05, 2015 01:51 AM (EzgxV)

281 @277 What the fuck do we need colleges for? Why should we want to "take them back"? Why should learning something specific involve mandatory butthurt training, SJW indoctrination, anti-Western propaganda, and a scoop of Marxism? Why not totally cut them off and use certifications instead?
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Because having people who recognize the brilliance of Shakespeare is kind of important. That's the purpose of the GE segment of a degree. Unfortunately, it's been perverted beyond belief, but when things are running properly it serves a purpose.

Posted by: junior at November 05, 2015 01:52 AM (PVi+Q)

282 When I was a kid the stuff handed out on Halloween was far more varied and included a lot of homemade stuff, which was often regarded with suspicion. Not for fear of poison or dangerous objects but for being far down on the treat scale compared to homes giving out stuff that was a known quantity and quality. (There was always the one kid with odd taste who liked candy corn or circus peanuts or other Kaboom-ish candies, to whom everybody would trade those items to obtain the more desirable stuff he'd collected.)

Sometimes I'd suspect a unintentionally collusive conspiracy between kids and packaged candy makers to render home made or non-packaged items in the category that could make the residents of the home dispensing them pariahs.

Posted by: Epobirs at November 05, 2015 01:54 AM (IdCqF)

283 Country fried s5eak?
Cast iron skillet & Crisco seems to work well for us old folk.

Maybe one day I'll check out this "deep fryer" you kids speak of. Then I guess I'll have to find out what "Facebook" is...

Posted by: Chi at November 05, 2015 01:54 AM (EclzG)

284 Chi, check your USENET boards, they'll help ya.
;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 01:56 AM (ntObR)

285 One thing I just realized, probably one major reason Halloween candy is rarely tampered with... is it's too easy to trace the candy back to whomever tampered it. Kids rarely trick or treat in anything more than a very small area.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 01:56 AM (ntObR)

286 277: What were they before the leftists took over? Such institutions of science, math, and hell, the arts are a valuable thing. It's where the Einsteins are developed.

It's not for everyone, and this idea that everyone should go to college is part of what ruins. They should be only for a small few who are suited for that.

And the gubmint should be completely out of it. They should be entirely private institutions, of which their is no sense of entitlement or right attached. If you can cut the admission criteria, set by that private institution and pay the money, you're in. Otherwise, nope. With no government assistance whatsoever.

Government "help" is anathema to true academic freedom, as it was before the progs co-opted it

Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at November 05, 2015 01:57 AM (dvuhZ)

287 Family members and neighbors that call themselves repubs and work federal gov. jobs are embarrassed, but defensive about the details of their jobs. They love to bitch about their bosses, coworkers and processes, but will be just as protective of their sweet gig as any prog. They should be shamed.

Posted by: OldDominionMom at November 05, 2015 01:58 AM (GzDYP)

288
"Pour encourager les autres"

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at November 05, 2015 01:59 AM (7Iwef)

289 #286

Dept. of Education was a SJW stronghold from the moment of its creation. It was created for that very purpose during an era where bad ideas were destroying education. It cannot be turned around because it is inherently a bad agency. It can only be destroyed and the ground salted.

Posted by: Epobirs at November 05, 2015 02:02 AM (IdCqF)

290 274 A couple of days ago I had to explain to somebody that the Department of Education had only been created within their own lifetime or shortly before. (I couldn't ascertain the exact age of the person but they were definitely under 40.) He didn't believe me. He couldn't image how the schools could possibly have operated with central federal guidance.

This same person was convinced that his generation was far more intelligent than previous generations because he didn't know any old people who were power users on any major computer OS. After all, he didn't know of any 80 year old with a CS degree. I had to explain that the first CS program was started in 1962 and was INVENTED by those 80 year olds who had their degrees in Math or Engineering. He couldn't wrap his head around the idea that if he had a time machine and brought the 20 year old version of his grandmother forward to today, she'd only need a few weeks to acclimate enough to being a Facebook addict.

Posted by: Epobirs at November 05, 2015 01:45 AM (IdCqF)

Exactly. I don't have to respect the Department of Education because I REMEMBER WHEN IT WAS STARTED (1980). It was a stupid, unconstitutional idea then -- and it's a stupid, wasteful, propagandist, unconstitutional idea now. There are 4,400 assholes employed there today, and their annual budget is $68B. There is no metric I can even begin to imagine that would not improve in the United States if these 4,400 individuals were teleported into deep space and their budget reassigned to stockpiling toilet paper.

A graph of SAT scores against Federal expenditures since the Department was created will instantly dispel any rumor that the billions of dollars flushed into this hot mess have ever done any good to anyone.

Posted by: cthulhu at November 05, 2015 02:03 AM (EzgxV)

291 Government "help" is anathema to true academic freedom, as it was before the progs co-opted it

Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at November 05, 2015 01:57 AM (dvuhZ)

The irony is that private institutions have a far greater freedom to go bats**t insane than publice ones (which share constraints on government that private colleges don't).

Many public colleges were set up with endowments that should have allowed them to function in perpetuity without either tuition or taxes. There is a reason that the University of California system started to charge "fees" rather than "tuition" (which was banned). But then back then they could cope because they didn't function under a "Bachlor's degree for everyone" mentality.

Posted by: The Edukashunal Hat at November 05, 2015 02:05 AM (vBeA5)

292 A graph of SAT scores against Federal expenditures since the Department was created will instantly dispel any rumor that the billions of dollars flushed into this hot mess have ever done any good to anyone.

Posted by: cthulhu at November 05, 2015 02:03 AM (EzgxV)

The SATs have been remade so many times that comparison is impossible. It used to be that you could use your SAT score to get into MENSA (at a score that would scream FAIL today).

Posted by: The Edukashunal Hat at November 05, 2015 02:06 AM (vBeA5)

293 The 10 scariest words in the English language are...

Posted by: Ronaldus Maximus at November 05, 2015 02:08 AM (EclzG)

294 someplace i've got a turkey fryer burner and such, but i haven't used it in years. i remember that you can filter used oil refrigerate it in between uses, if you're not using it every day.

i did score an "Autodoner" a few weeks ago, so i'm all set to make shwarma or al pastor, as soon as i have a place to install it.

autodoner.com/Autodoner/Products/ Autodoner/3PG.aspx

Posted by: redc1c4 at November 05, 2015 02:08 AM (4ge8N)

295 surprised someone hasn't already tried to cross-breed garlic and onions together. Bet in some parts of the country at least, garnion would be a big hit.
Posted by: qdpsteve

I already do that -- sorta.

First stop: Oakland Chinatown, 4:55pm.

The vegetable markets -- which are already the cheapest places to buy produce possibly anywhere in California -- are starting to close down, and a lot of them put out big bags of bruised and wilted and past-their-date vegetables for usually 99 cents a bag -- for, like, 3 pounds of whatever. Just ridiculous crazy-cheap.

Pretty often you can find a big 99 cent bag of garlic that's unsellable because the cloves are starting to sprout, they've been in the store so long.

So I buy it, get maybe 30 heads of "ruined" garlic. With, maybe, 8 cloves per head, that's 240 garlic garlic starters for my garden -- for less than a buck!

Step two: Go home, and the next day spend half an hour breaking apart the cloves and turning over some random dirt in the backyard and pressing all 240 cloves about an inch-and-half down -- just willy-nilly, randomly, not in uprtght rows or anything.

Step three: Forget about your no-cost garlic garden and DO NOTHING and just let nature take its course for a few months.

Step four: Just when you've completely forgotten about Plan Garlic -- voila! Out-of-control garlic chives start sprouting all over the garden. Zillions of them.

Now, if you were a farmer, you'd ignore the sprouts and let them grow, flower and die, and THEN you'd harvest the bulbs.

But you're not a farmer: you're a clever food consultant who wants to use garlic chives in place of onions in recipes.

So you harvest the chives in great bunches, whenever they are needed, and chop 'em up like scallions or green onions, and substitute them in any recipe calling for onions.

Delicious? You've never tasted delicious til you've had garnions!

Posted by: zombie at November 05, 2015 02:09 AM (jBuUi)

296 #290

Buy $68B of toilet paper printed with the works of Hayek, Friedman, Sowell, and others, translated to Spanish, smuggle it into Venezuela and sell it on the black market. Make a profit on undermining the regime.

Posted by: Epobirs at November 05, 2015 02:10 AM (IdCqF)

297 281 @277 What the fuck do we need colleges for? Why should we want to "take them back"? Why should learning something specific involve mandatory butthurt training, SJW indoctrination, anti-Western propaganda, and a scoop of Marxism? Why not totally cut them off and use certifications instead?
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Because having people who recognize the brilliance of Shakespeare is kind of important. That's the purpose of the GE segment of a degree. Unfortunately, it's been perverted beyond belief, but when things are running properly it serves a purpose.

Posted by: junior at November 05, 2015 01:52 AM (PVi+Q)

Here's a thought -- since graduating with a Grievance Studies major has nothing to do with appreciating Shakespeare, why not have an "English Civilization" certification and let the marketplace decide how much value that has? Specifically, let's see how that weighs in vs. a "Hispanic Civilization" certification -- you can get one of each, or either, or none....and it doesn't matter how you were born, Juan Gutierrez can get a certificate for English Civilization and John Smith can get a certificate for Hispanic Civilization.

Posted by: cthulhu at November 05, 2015 02:10 AM (EzgxV)

298 The 10 scariest words in the English language are...

Posted by: Ronaldus Maximus at November 05, 2015 02:08 AM (EclzG)

I'm Lena Dunham and I'll be babysitting your daughter tonight.

Posted by: The Horrific Hat at November 05, 2015 02:11 AM (vBeA5)

299 Best meal I ever cooked in a long life of cooking fairly well:

Green beans, pearl onions and red pepper sauteed in butter, garlic . . .

Mashed yams w/Brown sugar smothered in melted butter . . .

Halibut steaks baked half way then finished baking with a butter and garlic sauteed Portobello mushroom cap on top (the shroom juices soak through the fish dying the last 15 minutes of cooking), finally garnished with a little homemade chimichurri sauce I learned to make from the former owner of The Grill From Ipanema in Seattle (stupid name - brilliant food). Best piece of meat I have ever tasted was that Halibut and I Do Not EVER Like Halibut.

The guy who taught me to make the chimichurri sauce converted his detached garage into a man cave with: 1. Picture of the current Pope on wall; 2. Huge television showing South American soccer on infinite loop; 3. Huge wooden table that seated ten; 4. An 8 foot wide, two-level, wood-fueled grill (and proper range hood), just like in his old restaurant. The meal he cooked for me and about 8 friends was the best meal I have ever been served in my life. I am drooling typing this.

Will be heading to The Grill From Ipanema this weekend. It is now run by one of the best bartenders in the world, and the food is still epic.

Posted by: Sharkman at November 05, 2015 02:11 AM (JojTR)

300 283: Fuck Facebook, Buttbook, whatever the hell they call it, but do spring for a deep fryer. You can get an el-cheapo cheap enough to see what it's like, and then if you like it, can get the fancier models.

I just grab a bakin' tater, cut it up by hand into strips, and make damn good French fries. But me and my low glycemic load thing, that has to be a special treat once in a blue moon or so.

My God, I love shrimp, and it makes the best damn shrimp. And as mentioned above, the fishdicks are the gayist a gay fish could want.

I'm already half-way about to spring for a fancy one with a built oil filtration thing. A little container goes underneat, and you flip a valve to drain through a filter.

Cleaning it out is a bitch, but it's worth it, once you taste some of its output.

Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at November 05, 2015 02:11 AM (dvuhZ)

301 #296: minor nit... Obola want's to emulate Venezuela, not undermine it.

Posted by: redc1c4 at November 05, 2015 02:12 AM (4ge8N)

302 zombie, you're like a genius or sumtin'... ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 02:12 AM (ntObR)

303 surprised someone hasn't already tried to cross-breed garlic and onions together. Bet in some parts of the country at least, garnion would be a big hit.

Posted by: qdpsteve

Ever heard of a shallot?

Posted by: Not the nekkid lady at November 05, 2015 02:13 AM (vBeA5)

304 what is "I'm from the federal government and I'm here to help" Ronaldus?

Posted by: thathalfrican at November 05, 2015 02:13 AM (R5HRU)

305 I've heard of shallots, but didn't know they were a product of crossbreeding.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 02:14 AM (ntObR)

306 Anybody know anything about using beef tallow in a deep fryer? I mean, it's solid at room temperature, so I'm wondering what you do. Just dump clumps of it in, and try to carefully heat it (I'd be afraid an exposed element might make a hot spot or something) until it assumes the shape of the tank?

Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at November 05, 2015 02:14 AM (dvuhZ)

307 #292

The dumbing down of the SAT was another thing that came up in that conversation about the Dept. of Ed. My opponent was convince that the now elder generation was much dumber because the SAT scores averaged so much lower. He didn't understand that a high school diploma had stiffer requirements in 1960 than many four year degrees today.

Posted by: Epobirs at November 05, 2015 02:14 AM (IdCqF)

308 292 A graph of SAT scores against Federal expenditures since the Department was created will instantly dispel any rumor that the billions of dollars flushed into this hot mess have ever done any good to anyone.

Posted by: cthulhu at November 05, 2015 02:03 AM (EzgxV)

The SATs have been remade so many times that comparison is impossible. It used to be that you could use your SAT score to get into MENSA (at a score that would scream FAIL today).

Posted by: The Edukashunal Hat at November 05, 2015 02:06 AM (vBeA5)

OK, I'll make it easy -- you can graph *any* educational outcome (excluding things like number of transgendered showering areas) against Federal dollars spent and find the Department of Education has been a complete waste of money.

Posted by: cthulhu at November 05, 2015 02:15 AM (EzgxV)

309 Shit, zombie, is there anything you AREN'T expert at?

Garnions.

That's gold.

Posted by: Sharkman at November 05, 2015 02:15 AM (JojTR)

310 publius, wow, you know your deep fryers. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 02:15 AM (ntObR)

311 Ok, Hat. You grossed me out with that "scary."

Zombie, yep - "garlic chives" were a thing for a while, and I think they were just garlic shoots chopped up like chives would be - Good stuff.

Posted by: Ronaldus Maximus at November 05, 2015 02:17 AM (EclzG)

312 #301

Well, obviously it wouldn't happen under the current administration. I imagine Obama is occasionally jealous of Carter for being first with so many bad ideas. It's like opening the pickle jar but knowing Jimmah loosened it for you.

Posted by: Epobirs at November 05, 2015 02:17 AM (IdCqF)

313 on the upside, the dept of edumacation has driven up the cost of a college education...

Posted by: redc1c4 at November 05, 2015 02:17 AM (4ge8N)

314 Crazy old people are our entire source of polling information.
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This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: Crazy old lady flapping her arms at November 05, 2015 02:18 AM (9mTYi)

315 I've heard of shallots, but didn't know they were a product of crossbreeding.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 02:14 AM (ntObR)

Not sure of the genetic background, but they are functionally a cross between garlic and onion.

They are also one of the best pairings with bacon.

I make Spinach Bacon salad by heating bacon (diced) over low heat with chopped shallots (which had been soaking in blasamic viniger). Turn up the heat when most of the fat is rendered and remove the bacon/shallots. Toss briefly raw spinach in the bacon fact and remove. Serve the spinach and bacon/shallot mixture with a dressing made of the bacon fat, the vinigear, and an alcohol of your choice (the alcohol helps solubilization).

Posted by: The Hat of Shallot at November 05, 2015 02:18 AM (vBeA5)

316 publius, I know my ProFry's instructions say it would rather not deal with solids. But I'd assume it would be easy enough to liquefy beef tallow in a good ol' saucepan, then fill your fryer with the liquid.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 02:18 AM (ntObR)

317 Shoot. Forgot to take off the Dutch sock.

Posted by: Chi at November 05, 2015 02:18 AM (EclzG)

318 OK, I'll make it easy -- you can graph *any* educational outcome (excluding things like number of transgendered showering areas) against Federal dollars spent and find the Department of Education has been a complete waste of money.

Posted by: cthulhu at November 05, 2015 02:15 AM (EzgxV)

Hate to break it to you, but if you include things like number of transgendered showring areas, the graphs just get that much worse...

Posted by: The Cisnormative Hat at November 05, 2015 02:20 AM (vBeA5)

319 305 I've heard of shallots, but didn't know they were a product of crossbreeding.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 02:14 AM (ntObR)

That's what I was trying to tell you -- there's no reason to be thinking "crossbreeding", because there's 10,000 varieties already. You just need to look at varieties beyond the five in your store.

Posted by: cthulhu at November 05, 2015 02:20 AM (EzgxV)

320 Hat, mmmm...

Seriously, if the Horde were to publish a cookbook at Amazon, I bet y'all could make some coin.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 02:20 AM (ntObR)

321 for any of you foodies that Facebook, there is a group called "Facebook Cooks"... several members are moron/ettes, and many others would fit into said categories.

lots of good recipes, some mildly ribald humor and no politics allowed, if any of you are interested.

Posted by: redc1c4 at November 05, 2015 02:22 AM (4ge8N)

322 cthulhu, I admit I've never been that attentive in the fruits-and-veggies section. I've always been more of a junk food junkie. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 02:22 AM (ntObR)

323 Hat, mmmm...

Seriously, if the Horde were to publish a cookbook at Amazon, I bet y'all could make some coin.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 02:20 AM (ntObR)

The food threads probably have enough recipies from both Cob and commentors to fill multiple cook books.

Is anyone keeping track of them?

Posted by: The Culinary Hat at November 05, 2015 02:22 AM (vBeA5)

324 Don't have a million bucks but have been hankering for something to keep the circular coupons from getting wet.

Posted by: Man from Wazzustan at November 05, 2015 02:23 AM (uPxUo)

325 "Is anyone keeping track of them?"

besides Pixy, you mean?

Posted by: redc1c4 at November 05, 2015 02:24 AM (4ge8N)

326 I've heard of shallots, but didn't know they were a product of crossbreeding.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 02:14 AM (ntObR)

That's what I was trying to tell you -- there's no reason to be thinking "crossbreeding", because there's 10,000 varieties already. You just need to look at varieties beyond the five in your store.

Posted by: cthulhu at November 05, 2015 02:20 AM (EzgxV)

I live in a desert and have access to shallots in the major grocery stores, as well as a plethora of farmers markets (lots of agricultural areas in Nevada).

Posted by: The Culinary Hat at November 05, 2015 02:25 AM (vBeA5)

327 309 Shit, zombie, is there anything you AREN'T expert at?

Posted by: Sharkman

Things I don't know jack-doodle about:

1. Guns.
2. How to fix cars.
3. Calculus.
4. The appeal of raves and techno dance clubs.
5. Database software.
6. How to reassure someone having a panic attack.
7. Video games.
8. How guys can go to prostitutes without becoming overwhelmed with sadness.

Posted by: zombie at November 05, 2015 02:26 AM (jBuUi)

328 316: Beef tallow is supposed to make some divine tasting french fries, and I'd like to try with with some other stuff. Now that the saturated fat is bad lie has been properly debunked, I'm actually thinking that's the best.

At any rate, I suspect the potential problem with solids is the heating element *and the temperature sensors* need to be uniformly immersed, and any air gaps with solids could be a problem.

So melting it in the pan and pouring it in would solve the initial solid problem, but I wonder if the stuff shrinks enough as it solidifies and cools that little air gaps might develop where you couldn't see 'em.

I'll need to try to get the scoop on that.

But I'm dying for some beef tallow french fries.

Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at November 05, 2015 02:27 AM (dvuhZ)

329 I live in a desert and have access to shallots in the major grocery stores, as well as a plethora of farmers markets (lots of agricultural areas in Nevada).

Posted by: The Culinary Hat at November 05, 2015 02:25 AM (vBeA5)

My parents live in California, and they always mention how inexpensive meat and produce is in Nevada...

It's almost as if a socialist government can drive up the price of food in one of the most agriculturally rich and diverse states in the union!

Posted by: The Unsocialized Hat at November 05, 2015 02:27 AM (vBeA5)

330 he food threads probably have enough recipies from both Cob and commentors to fill multiple cook books.

Is anyone keeping track of them?
Posted by: The Culinary Hat
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That's actually a really good idea.
Kinda like Y-not has an archived of the gardening threads...

Posted by: Chi at November 05, 2015 02:28 AM (EclzG)

331 But I'm dying for some beef tallow french fries.

Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at November 05, 2015 02:27 AM (dvuhZ)

If you ever get the chance, try it with fries cooked in duck fat...

Posted by: The Avian Hat at November 05, 2015 02:28 AM (vBeA5)

332 "If you ever get the chance, try it with fries cooked in duck fat..."

meah, they aren't all they're quacked up to me...

Posted by: redc1c4 at November 05, 2015 02:31 AM (4ge8N)

333 "... to be..."

stupid fingers

Posted by: redc1c4 at November 05, 2015 02:31 AM (4ge8N)

334 .....and, here's the thing. The entire Cabinet-level Department of Education -- totally useless as it is with its $68B budget -- employs only 4,400 people. You could hit the fire alarm, lock everyone out, blow it away, put everything in their IT on the cloud in less than 10 petabytes, auction off all their shit on ebay overnight, and not even cause a burp.

By the way, the EPA is another Cabinet-level agency that is younger than I am (1973)....

Posted by: cthulhu at November 05, 2015 02:32 AM (EzgxV)

335 Damnit, now I am starving.

Posted by: Sharkman at November 05, 2015 02:32 AM (JojTR)

336 If you ever get the chance, try it with fries cooked in duck fat...
Posted by: The Avian Hat

Oh yeah baby! I had that once, in France, back before I went vegetarian. MMMMMmmmmm!!!!!

There's a classic old French cooking theory book which famously divides all of France into three basic culinary regions ("Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres...")

The Land of Butter
The Land of Olive Oil
and (can you guess the last one?)
The Land of Goose Fat

The absolute best French Food, he claimed, came from the traditional goose fat regions.

Posted by: zombie at November 05, 2015 02:34 AM (jBuUi)

337 I think Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas still fries their fries in beef tallow.

Still, long way to go for fries if you're not in NV.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 02:34 AM (ntObR)

338 Hat, you've been to Heart Attack Grill in NV right? Seeing as you live in Vegas...

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 02:35 AM (ntObR)

339 327 309 Shit, zombie, is there anything you AREN'T expert at?

Posted by: Sharkman

Things I don't know jack-doodle about:

1. Guns.
2. How to fix cars.
3. Calculus.
4. The appeal of raves and techno dance clubs.
5. Database software.
6. How to reassure someone having a panic attack.
7. Video games.
8. How guys can go to prostitutes without becoming overwhelmed with sadness.

Posted by: zombie at November 05, 2015 02:26 AM (jBuUi)

I finally got around to taking a basic gun safety/familiarization course recently. I thought the instructor did a very good job and would highly recommend him. If you had the desire to also take the same course (it's in the South Bay), I would be honored to "sponsor" your attendance. I wouldn't have to know your name, I wouldn't have to meet you, we'd have to figure some plausible security thing so that the instructor knew you were "sponsored", but it would be an honor and a pleasure.

Posted by: cthulhu at November 05, 2015 02:38 AM (EzgxV)

340 I'll remember that in case I ever run across some duck fat.

That reminds of something from way back when I was just a little kid. Duck is really greasy isn't it? My mother, and either one of my aunts or one of her friends tried a big roast duck for some big family meal, and IIRC, they decided never to do that again as it was the greasiest mess they ever messed with.

That's what I *think* I remember.

Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at November 05, 2015 02:39 AM (dvuhZ)

341 Chocolate covered Macadamian nuts.

Bust a gut and bust your budget.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at November 05, 2015 02:40 AM (Xo1Rt)

342 Hat, you've been to Heart Attack Grill in NV right? Seeing as you live in Vegas...

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 02:35 AM (ntObR)

They were in Arizona for most of their existance. The Heart Attack Grill is in Downtown Vegas away from the Strip, which is an area I only go to for the occasional Metal concert. (I also avoid the Strip and the areas close to it, abet for different reasons).

Interestingly enough, Vegas is the only place with both a White Castle and an In n' Out. I think the only major chain that isn't here is Whataburger.

Posted by: Luck be a Hat tonight! at November 05, 2015 02:40 AM (vBeA5)

343 Remembered it: The Food of France, by Waverley Root, 1958. All-time classic.

Posted by: zombie at November 05, 2015 02:40 AM (jBuUi)

344 342 Hat, you've been to Heart Attack Grill in NV right? Seeing as you live in Vegas...

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 02:35 AM (ntObR)

They were in Arizona for most of their existance. The Heart Attack Grill is in Downtown Vegas away from the Strip, which is an area I only go to for the occasional Metal concert. (I also avoid the Strip and the areas close to it, abet for different reasons).

Interestingly enough, Vegas is the only place with both a White Castle and an In n' Out. I think the only major chain that isn't here is Whataburger.

Posted by: Luck be a Hat tonight! at November 05, 2015 02:40 AM (vBeA5)

Do they have a Five Guys?

Posted by: cthulhu at November 05, 2015 02:41 AM (EzgxV)

345 zombie, meant to get back to you. Re your list:

1., I also know very little about guns
2., I only know the very basic basics
3., Same as you
4., Same as you
5., I know how to use FileMakerPro and MS Access but that's about it
6., As I understand it you don't, you wait for the attack to subside and then reassure the person
7., Also same here but I know and like PacMan, Qbert and Gran Turismo
8., Also kinda/sorta the same but I've had a slightly different perspective since learning more about the Mens Rights Movement.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 02:42 AM (ntObR)

346 we'd have to figure some plausible security thing so that the instructor knew you were "sponsored", but it would be an honor and a pleasure.
Posted by: cthulhu

That's very kind of you, sir! I'll add this invitation to my "maybe" file (which only ever seems to get bigger and never gets resolved).

Posted by: zombie at November 05, 2015 02:43 AM (jBuUi)

347 I've got to do some Gun Courses. Soon as I pay off the firearms I bought.

I'm on a fixed income and some might think I spent foolishly but I think the rifle and the pistol I got were very good deals for the money and I sensed that the time was finally NOW.

I've had firearms before so I'm safe. Just not any advanced stuff and of course since I got my carry license there's some stuff I need to catch up on legally besides the shooting part.

Thing is for some reason I'm about 30 miles in any direction to a public range that has classes. So it's gonna get expensive.

I figure that things are going to get even more interesting when Obama starts bringing in those "refugees" from Europe and also the invaders from the south.

There's going to be some sort of confrontation and even if not eventually there's going to be violence.

We've already seen it in Europe.

I don't know if I'm happy or sad that I lived long enough to take part in the revolution part II.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at November 05, 2015 02:46 AM (Xo1Rt)

348 1. Guns.

Come to Vegas. Plenty of opportunities to shoot full-auto.

2. How to fix cars.

Can't really help with newer cars...

3. Calculus.

I was doing calculus decades ago... *sigh*

4. The appeal of raves and techno dance clubs.

Considering that I don't do E, I don't grok that either.

5. Database software.

Not an expert, but I can extract what I need from voting records...

6. How to reassure someone having a panic attack.

Alcohol.

7. Video games.

Does playing the singing Japanese crack bunny game count as expertiese?

8. How guys can go to prostitutes without becoming overwhelmed with sadness.

Posted by: zombie at November 05, 2015 02:26 AM (jBuUi)

In rural Nevada, it's a legal and done professionally. Less dishonrable than someone who goes into $1000,000 for a "Crintical Gender Studies" degree...

Posted by: The Answering Hat at November 05, 2015 02:47 AM (vBeA5)

349 8. How guys can go to prostitutes without becoming overwhelmed with sadness.

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Someone very close to me used to visit prostitutes because he was overwhelmed with sadness that he couldn't pick up a "regular" woman if his life depended on it. He was like, "you bust a nut, you hand over (x-amount), you go on your merry way. No nagging, no no commitment....bliss".

:shrugs:

Posted by: Tyrone Shoelaces at November 05, 2015 02:48 AM (EARfr)

350 Do they have a Five Guys?

Posted by: cthulhu at November 05, 2015 02:41 AM (EzgxV)

Yes. Many, in fact.

Posted by: The Answering Hat at November 05, 2015 02:49 AM (vBeA5)

351 That's very kind of you, sir! I'll add this invitation to my "maybe" file (which only ever seems to get bigger and never gets resolved).
Posted by: zombie
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I'll vouch for cthulhu's coolness, and the fact that it's safe to invite him into your home.
But have a small ankle-biting dog around, just for shits & giggles.

Posted by: Chi at November 05, 2015 02:49 AM (EclzG)

352 the disease thing always put me off hookers.

Of course you could get something from a "nice" girl too.

But this was before Aids and all the sex stuff in schools.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at November 05, 2015 02:49 AM (Xo1Rt)

353 I think the only major chain that isn't here is Whataburger.
Posted by: Luck be a Hat tonight!

There are no Nando's in Vegas!

It's one of biggest chains in the world, but only a handful of outlets in the US, mostly around DC.

I know this because I just opened a sample bottle of Nandos's Peri Peri Sauce, the "Extra Extra Hot" variety.

Yowwwwww! African Bird's Eye Chili is even hotter that Scotch Bonnets, but so very very flavorful. I can see why the chain is so popular (they serve Mozambique-style chicken, with peri-peri sauce). They're the McDonald's of the former British Empire's forgotten corners.

Posted by: zombie at November 05, 2015 02:51 AM (jBuUi)

354 Someone very close to me used to visit prostitutes because he was overwhelmed with sadness that he couldn't pick up a "regular" woman if his life depended on it. He was like, "you bust a nut, you hand over (x-amount), you go on your merry way. No nagging, no no commitment....bliss".

:shrugs:
Posted by: Tyrone Shoelaces at November 05, 2015 02:48 AM (EARfr)

Which is more immoral?

Lying to yourself and a woman that you are interested in her, with no intention of any interaction once nature's urges have been satisfied?

Or paying a professional for use of her physical services openly and honestly?

Posted by: The Questioning Hat at November 05, 2015 02:51 AM (vBeA5)

355 Per the Mens Rights Movement (MRM), they actually actively discourage men today from getting married and recommend prostitutes over relationships with women.

The big arguments are that a competent prostitute will (a) never have your kids which she can then use against you emotionally and financially, (b) fulfill your sexual needs without demanding her emotional voids be filled in return, and (c) never marry you which is also considered a legal minefield for men today, among other reasons.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 02:52 AM (ntObR)

356 346 we'd have to figure some plausible security thing so that the instructor knew you were "sponsored", but it would be an honor and a pleasure.
Posted by: cthulhu

That's very kind of you, sir! I'll add this invitation to my "maybe" file (which only ever seems to get bigger and never gets resolved).

Posted by: zombie at November 05, 2015 02:43 AM (jBuUi)

It has substantially increased my appreciation of threads like http://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=359925 -- with the thing in back that goes up and fires bayonets.

And, remember -- it would be most unusual for them to have more than one 6'8" heavyset black dude showing up for a class, so it should be reasonably simple to establish a passphrase.

Posted by: cthulhu at November 05, 2015 02:52 AM (EzgxV)

357 IIRC, y'all have a couple of Tommy's in Vegas as well...

had a cheeseburger, xtra chili, cheese, onions and pickles for a late lunch today.

sheer bliss.

Posted by: redc1c4 at November 05, 2015 02:53 AM (4ge8N)

358

zombie:

If, for some reason, you are unable to accept Mr. C.'s invitation, but still want to get some hand-gun training, there are courses at San Leandro Rifle & Pistol range. Take 880 south to San Leandro, exit on Davis (west, towards the water), go almost to the end of the street.

Posted by: Arbalest at November 05, 2015 02:54 AM (FlRtG)

359 There are no Nando's in Vegas!

Posted by: zombie at November 05, 2015 02:51 AM (jBuUi)

WTF is "Nando's"? Nevere heard of them before.

But if you want a Korean-fusion hot-dog place to go to in Vegas...

Posted by: The doggie Hat at November 05, 2015 02:54 AM (vBeA5)

360 Hat and others, those are the $64,000 questions for guys like me who would like eventually to have a real *relationship* with a woman.

The MSM basically tells men that women have been so conditioned by Feminism to believe their needs are so superior and paramount to anyone and everyone else's, that in effect it's *not worth it* to really know any woman anymore, and that if you can find a woman who really wants to *know and fulfill YOU as a man,* you've effectively found the equivalent of a winning Powerball ticket.

Not saying I agree, this is just what I've seen at avoiceformen.com and other sites representing the MSM.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 02:55 AM (ntObR)

361 MSM? Meant to write, MRM.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 02:56 AM (ntObR)

362 speaking of weapon's training, i'm signed up for a hunter safety course this Caturday, as Resident Evil signed us up for a charity pheasant hunt next weekend...

all these years of shooting, and i've never had a hunting license.

of course, there isn't much game to hunt in Lost Angels...

Posted by: redc1c4 at November 05, 2015 02:58 AM (4ge8N)

363 351 That's very kind of you, sir! I'll add this invitation to my "maybe" file (which only ever seems to get bigger and never gets resolved).
Posted by: zombie
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I'll vouch for cthulhu's coolness, and the fact that it's safe to invite him into your home.
But have a small ankle-biting dog around, just for shits & giggles.

Posted by: Chi at November 05, 2015 02:49 AM (EclzG)

It was fun teasing Tucker, and his reaction to a cartoon sneak was just hilarious, but next time I'll have him wishing he was leaving with me.....I'll have to see if I can lure him into the car.....

Posted by: cthulhu at November 05, 2015 02:58 AM (EzgxV)

364 Here's the kind of stuff the MRM distributes about traditional marriage these days.

http://data.whicdn.com/images/84421700/large.png

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 02:58 AM (ntObR)

365 #364: that looks like something put out by the "He-man Woman Haters Club"...

Posted by: redc1c4 at November 05, 2015 03:01 AM (4ge8N)

366 WTF is "Nando's"? Never heard of them before.

Posted by: The doggie Hat

http://www.nandos.com/nandos-worldwide

Afro-Portuguese food (i.e. mostly Mozambique style).

Massively popular around the globe -- as well known as KFC or McDonalds.

Over 1,000 outlets worldwide, in

Australia
Canada
Malaysia
Singapore
South Africa
UK
USA
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Botswana
Fiji
India
Ireland
Mauritius
Namibia
New Zealand
Oman
Pakistan
Qatar
Swaziland
UAE
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Posted by: zombie at November 05, 2015 03:02 AM (jBuUi)

367 Kurt Russell is fricking aweeome in "Miracle." That is all.

Posted by: Chi at November 05, 2015 03:03 AM (EclzG)

368 Here's the kind of stuff the MRM distributes about traditional marriage these days.

http://data.whicdn.com/images/84421700/large.png

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 02:58 AM (ntObR)

This is why mail-order brides are so popular...

Posted by: Five Dollah! at November 05, 2015 03:03 AM (vBeA5)

369 Hat, my mail-order bride was accidentally crushed during sorting.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 03:05 AM (ntObR)

370 In all seriousness.....I used to think any random handgun was less safe than a table saw. I now think a table saw is substantially more dangerous. I know how to handle a handgun, I know how to render it safe, I know how to use it safely. I know how to evaluate someone handling a handgun for safety. I've put a couple of hundred rounds downrange and I'm starting to know what things work better than others.

Posted by: cthulhu at November 05, 2015 03:07 AM (EzgxV)

371 In all seriousness.....I used to think any random handgun was less safe than a table saw. I now think a table saw is substantially more dangerous. I know how to handle a handgun, I know how to render it safe, I know how to use it safely. I know how to evaluate someone handling a handgun for safety. I've put a couple of hundred rounds downrange and I'm starting to know what things work better than others.

Posted by: cthulhu at November 05, 2015 03:07 AM (EzgxV)

If you're ever down in Vegas, I'll treat you to a full day at a gun range (ammo availability conditional, of course).

Posted by: The Magnum Hat at November 05, 2015 03:09 AM (vBeA5)

372 but next time I'll have him wishing he was leaving with me.....I'll have to see if I can lure him into the car.....
Posted by: cthulhu at
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No luring needed. All you have to do is say the word "ride" and he'll call shotgun. Loves a car ride, and yes, does the obligatory head-out-window maneuver for effect.

Posted by: Chi at November 05, 2015 03:10 AM (EclzG)

373 Good for you, cooth.

Next: Headspace and timing on a .50

Posted by: SMFH at November 05, 2015 03:13 AM (OnMYf)

374 Hello chi.

Posted by: SMFH at November 05, 2015 03:13 AM (OnMYf)

375 Well everybody, gotta call it a night.

Thanks for the great chat.

Now I gotta fry something tomorrow... :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 05, 2015 03:14 AM (ntObR)

376 Niters qdpsteve.

Posted by: SMFH at November 05, 2015 03:16 AM (OnMYf)

377
The UK has gone nuts over chicken. In fact, they had a documentary series called The Chicken Shop.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at November 05, 2015 03:18 AM (iQIUe)

378 373 Good for you, cooth.

Next: Headspace and timing on a .50

Posted by: SMFH at November 05, 2015 03:13 AM (OnMYf)

Howdy, howdy!!!! How are things?

Posted by: cthulhu at November 05, 2015 03:19 AM (EzgxV)

379 I dont think there is any way Obama can grant clemency and release to Leonard Peltier. Or, I use to believe that. He still has to depend on law enforcement for his own and his family's safety and it would be unwise for him to fluff a guy who murdered two FBI agents.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at November 05, 2015 03:21 AM (iQIUe)

380 Fine cooth.

Just finished my very first script. Now awaiting the feedback from my instructor as far as my 2nd revision is concerned.

Now watching this movie called Pathfinder. Pretty good thus far.

Posted by: SMFH at November 05, 2015 03:22 AM (OnMYf)

381 The UK has gone nuts over chicken. In fact, they had a documentary series called The Chicken Shop.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at November 05, 2015 03:18 AM (iQIUe)

The Labour party's "shadow minister" for agriculture is a radical vegan moobat...

http://preview.tinyurl.com/p2uyvck

Posted by: The Independence Hat at November 05, 2015 03:23 AM (vBeA5)

382 372 but next time I'll have him wishing he was leaving with me.....I'll have to see if I can lure him into the car.....
Posted by: cthulhu at
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No luring needed. All you have to do is say the word "ride" and he'll call shotgun. Loves a car ride, and yes, does the obligatory head-out-window maneuver for effect.

Posted by: Chi at November 05, 2015 03:10 AM (EclzG)

You have to remember how strung-out I was during my last visit. It's not like I could be calming or affable, so I had to give things over to stress or play against it ironically.....and, BTW, dogs know things. Next time I visit, though, it'll be "charm school".

Tucker's a great dog, BTW -- he was watching me like a hawk when you were out of the room and he wasn't going to let me get away with anything.

Posted by: cthulhu at November 05, 2015 03:27 AM (EzgxV)

383 380 Fine cooth.

Just finished my very first script. Now awaiting the feedback from my instructor as far as my 2nd revision is concerned.

Now watching this movie called Pathfinder. Pretty good thus far.

Posted by: SMFH at November 05, 2015 03:22 AM (OnMYf)

Whoo-hoo!!! What's the script about?

Are you still among the Legion of the Banned?

Cicada tile about 8" from my left elbow -- I'll send you a picture to show how pretty it is -- still looking for a strategy to send it.

Posted by: cthulhu at November 05, 2015 03:31 AM (EzgxV)

384 It's about na kanaka Hawai'i.

Yes, my home IP is still banned.

I look forward to the picture, hopefully you find the means to send it.

Posted by: SMFH at November 05, 2015 03:34 AM (OnMYf)

385
The brit political system with this shadow gov is misleading in that they represent a true minority of the UK.Yet they get all this press and they act like thugs. A couple of weeks ago, there was some sort of young Tory conference where the people attending were physically attacked and spat on.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at November 05, 2015 03:35 AM (iQIUe)

386
So, Tarentino is doubling down on stupid. His films are nothing but violent scenarios strung together. They are an embarrassment.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at November 05, 2015 03:38 AM (iQIUe)

387 384 It's about na kanaka Hawai'i.

Yes, my home IP is still banned.

I look forward to the picture, hopefully you find the means to send it.

Posted by: SMFH at November 05, 2015 03:34 AM (OnMYf)

I got into Translations of Doom by searching on the Hawaiian -- can you provide a more pithy phrase in English?

Please come play with us when your schedule permits -- including getting unbanned.

You got it!!!!! I didn't know that would work. I bought it because it was beautiful, I've enjoyed it for a while, but your gorgeous grandbaby made me realize that it wasn't meant to be mine. Please tell me where to ship it (probably by text or phone and not now). IMHO, the cloudy blue rectangle totally makes it.

Posted by: cthulhu at November 05, 2015 03:48 AM (EzgxV)

388 Reuters: Russia sent missile systems to Syria to prevent possible hijackings . (???)

Posted by: Baldy at November 05, 2015 03:50 AM (sEXjW)

389 I think the whole point of leftism, that is to boil it down, is the lefty wants something so everyone should have or do the same.
Why can't I have something different and your feelings don't count.
Good morning horde

Posted by: Skip at November 05, 2015 03:59 AM (JWMFs)

390 It's about the ancient Hawaiian people.

I will send shipping info after my move, cooth.

Posted by: Raider Nation at November 05, 2015 04:02 AM (OnMYf)

391 389 It's about the ancient Hawaiian people.

I will send you shipping information once I move.

Posted by: SMFH at November 05, 2015 03:52 AM (zyIlW)

Yeah, I got that it involved the pride of Hawaiians, but got shunted-off into "Na Kanaka Maoli" and "Na Kanaka holo lio" and other weirdnesses.

I bought the plaque before your little one was conceived, on a whim. It's pretty enough that I've had it in our dining-room bay window, where it's made me happy looking at it. I was on tenterhooks when your grandbaby was set to arrive -- but with the first information you shared, I knew what had to happen. The tile belongs to your family; I've just kept track of it for a time.

Posted by: cthulhu at November 05, 2015 04:03 AM (EzgxV)

392 Off Autumn Wind sock.

Posted by: SMFH at November 05, 2015 04:03 AM (OnMYf)

393 Wasn't sure you got my response...wanted to confirm that my IP was still banned.

Posted by: SMFH at November 05, 2015 04:05 AM (OnMYf)

394 SMFH, I know you're busy. But visit as often as you can. You are beloved.

Posted by: cthulhu at November 05, 2015 04:06 AM (EzgxV)

395 393 Wasn't sure you got my response...wanted to confirm that my IP was still banned.

Posted by: SMFH at November 05, 2015 04:05 AM (OnMYf)

Yeah, looks like it got your original 389. But Morons find ways to keep in touch.

Posted by: cthulhu at November 05, 2015 04:07 AM (EzgxV)

396 I'm glad you think so, cooth.

Goodnight.

Posted by: SMFH at November 05, 2015 04:08 AM (OnMYf)

397 Night all.

Here is "Chlorine & Wine" from the anticipated Purple Album by Baroness:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhS0j3WxfWY

Posted by: The Political Hat at November 05, 2015 04:10 AM (vBeA5)

398 Unfortunately, the "crisis du jour" thing is going to continue throughout the month. Sometime within the next two weeks or so, I'll need to configure my patio into "winter" and set up the pop-up greenhouses.

Posted by: cthulhu at November 05, 2015 04:19 AM (EzgxV)

399 In case anyone cares, Barnes+Noble has signed themselves up to do 650 "micro-mini-Maker-Faires" over next weekend. As someone who has been to the actual full-sized Maker Faires since they started, I have my doubts......but, still, wish them well. I went in and talked to the store manager -- there are a number of scheduled events at the local store regarding 3D printing -- I asked, "you do realize that 3D printing typically takes 12-24 hours, right?" He said that he was awaiting guidance from corporate. This was about 36 hours ago.

Posted by: cthulhu at November 05, 2015 04:29 AM (EzgxV)

400 Good morning fine folks. Just a couple more days and I'll be done with living in a flooded out tent. All of the comments about duck,beef,other fat fried food has me drooling with thoughts of all the good food I'm gonna eat to make up for the last few weeks of shitty living and eating. But, like some many best laid plans, I�'ll probably get home, pickup a few grams of different jamones and other cold cuts and cheese, fresh bread and sandwiches for a few days while lounging around and watching tv. Doesn�t hurt to daydream though, amirite?

Posted by: fastfreefall at November 05, 2015 04:37 AM (KvVk3)

401 400 Good morning fine folks. Just a couple more days and I'll be done with living in a flooded out tent. All of the comments about duck,beef,other fat fried food has me drooling with thoughts of all the good food I'm gonna eat to make up for the last few weeks of shitty living and eating. But, like some many best laid plans, I'll probably get home, pickup a few grams of different jamones and other cold cuts and cheese, fresh bread and sandwiches for a few days while lounging around and watching tv. Doesn't hurt to daydream though, amirite?

Posted by: fastfreefall at November 05, 2015 04:37 AM (KvVk3)

I'll bite -- where the hell are you?

Posted by: cthulhu at November 05, 2015 04:40 AM (EzgxV)

402 in the hinter-lands of a mil base in Spain.

Posted by: fastfreefall at November 05, 2015 04:42 AM (KvVk3)

403 402 in the hinter-lands of a mil base in Spain.

Posted by: fastfreefall at November 05, 2015 04:42 AM (KvVk3)

Let's see.....that means you're defending against Portugal, France, or Andorra -- right?

Posted by: cthulhu at November 05, 2015 04:44 AM (EzgxV)

404 LOL!
we're finishing up big NATO exercise with lots of folks from all over.

Posted by: fastfreefall at November 05, 2015 04:45 AM (KvVk3)

405 My favorite Andorra story -- the legislature meets in a room on the second floor of a building....whose first floor is a barn. In summer.

After a couple of hours of debate, things start to smell downright agricultural.....

Posted by: cthulhu at November 05, 2015 04:47 AM (EzgxV)

406 a highlight of this shindig was standing there with my international peers as US Apaches, Chinooks,Blackhawks, Ospreys flew over constantlytaking care of business capped off yesterday with 7 C17s unloading a bunch of sooper-dooper paratroopers from the 82nd. No words were needed as all watched with admiration.

Posted by: fastfreefall at November 05, 2015 04:50 AM (KvVk3)

407 Would that the various levels of governments in US adopt similar building setups. Imagine all the dough taxpayers would save.

Posted by: fastfreefall at November 05, 2015 04:53 AM (KvVk3)

408 Literally the week before the VW story broke there was a formula one race, and the commentators were talking that VW wanted to buy or align with a already established team. That was the last and only time I heard any talk of that.

Posted by: Skip at November 05, 2015 04:53 AM (JWMFs)

409 404 LOL!
we're finishing up big NATO exercise with lots of folks from all over.

Posted by: fastfreefall at November 05, 2015 04:45 AM (KvVk3)

Want to make sure you know we're joshin'.......even though Frau Merkel seems to think the Schengen boundary is in Bremen.....

Posted by: cthulhu at November 05, 2015 04:53 AM (EzgxV)

410 407 Would that the various levels of governments in US adopt similar building setups. Imagine all the dough taxpayers would save.

Posted by: fastfreefall at November 05, 2015 04:53 AM (KvVk3)

The rest of us have to infer the bullshit....the Andorrans get to smell it.

Posted by: cthulhu at November 05, 2015 04:56 AM (EzgxV)

411 404 LOL!
we're finishing up big NATO exercise with lots of folks from all over.

Posted by: fastfreefall at November 05, 2015 04:45 AM (KvVk3)

Thank you for everything you do.

Posted by: cthulhu at November 05, 2015 05:09 AM (EzgxV)

412 GM roonz and roonettez!

Posted by: GGE Hades of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 05, 2015 05:23 AM (UQGss)

413 412 GM roonz and roonettez!

Posted by: GGE Hades of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 05, 2015 05:23 AM (UQGss)

Good morning!!! How go the wars at the light factory?

Posted by: cthulhu at November 05, 2015 05:25 AM (EzgxV)

414 #90, Logprof--I have visited it. I love Barcelona!

Posted by: AnnaS at November 05, 2015 05:30 AM (P+I7L)

415 406

Thanks for your service!

I presume those C-17s unloaded the 82nd at about 1000 AGL?

Posted by: Jimmy Doolittle at November 05, 2015 05:35 AM (N3IfF)

416 Good morning!!! How go the wars at the light factory?

Posted by: cthulhu at November 05, 2015 05:25 AM (EzgxV)

Looking brighter...

Posted by: GGE Hades of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 05, 2015 05:41 AM (UQGss)

417 #90

Logprof,

We visited Barcelona and Sangria Familia in 2003. Barcelona was great, and Gaudi's architecture around town was incredible.

Posted by: Jimmy Doolittle at November 05, 2015 05:41 AM (N3IfF)

418 Oops, Sagrada

Posted by: Jimmy Doolittle at November 05, 2015 05:42 AM (N3IfF)

419 Holy crap!

I went to the store yesterday to stock up for the new month. It is frightening what is going on!

Everything is smaller and more expensive.

Why is my love life public knowledge?!1

Posted by: somejoe at November 05, 2015 06:02 AM (vlgjM)

420 G'morning, all.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 05, 2015 06:12 AM (ptqRm)

421 Speaking of blocking sites, a favorite SJW tactic is to report non-SJW sites to antivirus and firewall software companies as "malware sources". If they get a few complaints, they add the non SJW sites to their block lists, so anyone using their software is screened out of non-SJW sites. Furthermore, a lot of companies use them as a basis for their own network blocks. We saw a lot of this with the Sad Puppies campaign, and it's a PITA to get your site removed from them.

Posted by: SDN at November 05, 2015 06:13 AM (Y+SJ+)

422 Well, I see that Baltimore's #287 has shuffled off his mortal coil.

Getting harder and harder to pull the stats out of the news.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 05, 2015 06:20 AM (ptqRm)

423 Le NOOD

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 05, 2015 06:20 AM (ptqRm)

424 #327

I'd investigate #8 but it would be too far out of my price range for the class of prostitute I'd feel safe cavorting with, not to mention the skill level to compensate for mine while not make it painfully obvious.

Perhaps if I win the lottery. Hookers and blow, FTW!

Posted by: Epobirs at November 05, 2015 06:31 AM (IdCqF)

425 #370

A plainly unloaded gun scares me a lot less than a table saw with no power. You can still trip and do yourself some serious harm with the latter.

Posted by: Epobirs at November 05, 2015 06:35 AM (IdCqF)

426 [I'm actually okay with the last item since insanely priced prison phone services do take advantage of literally captive customers]

Why am I not surprised The Horde is aware of this.

Posted by: Buckeye Abroad at November 05, 2015 07:02 AM (mI7oi)

427 You could use the DoE like a hammer. The requirement to involve real law enforcement, no kangeroo courts, easy. Treat them like Federal contractors and other entities with regards to accepting Federal money and unions, the sweet tears that will cause. Needs test student loan moneys - not on the kids' situation but on the needs of the country -- money for STEM, none for SJWs. No active ROTC -- no federal money. No respect for the 2nd Amendment - Gun Free Zone = Federal cash free zone.

Bring the pain. Then shutter it.

Posted by: Jean at November 05, 2015 08:35 AM (ztOda)

428 Ive gotten stiches trying to change saw blades

Posted by: Jean at November 05, 2015 08:36 AM (ztOda)

429 Damn willowed

Posted by: Jean at November 05, 2015 08:37 AM (ztOda)

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