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Overnight Open Thread (1-18-2016)
So if I've got this right: The Supreme Court is the totally unsupreme low-level trial court. The Supreme Court Appellate Division is the intermediary court between the non-supreme Supreme Court and the really supreme Court of Appeals. The Court of Appeals is the supreme court to which you appeal decisions from the non-supreme Supreme Court and the mildly supreme Supreme Court Appellate Division.I'm reminded of the old joke:
"I'd like to have this suit cleaned."
"Certainly, sir. That'll be a week on Thursday."
"But it says 24-Hour Dry-Cleaners."
"That's just the name of the shop, sir."
In New York the Supreme Court is just the name of the shop.
-- Mark Steyn, who is confused and bemused by the confusing and illogical modern American judicial system
Follow-up Question: What in the Hell Was a Pregnant American Woman Doing Hiking Around Afghanistan?!
Finally: AoSHQ Cobs Make It Into the Urban Dictionary
Also this weekend I happened to encounter the term 'angry pirate' along with 'reverse angry pirate' in the UD. And no, your life won't be improved in any way by knowing what these are.
California Colleges to Make Proving Innocence a Punishable Offense
In the future all college students will be porn stars or rapists, possibly both.
Of course the new policy is coming out of California, which led the way in inserting campus bureaucrats into the bedroom with its "affirmative consent" policies. These policies mandate how students must engage in sexual activity - not as a passionate act but as a contractual question-and-answer session. The only way to prove one followed such a policy is to videotape the encounter, but now, California colleges are making such recordings a violation of school policy.
...In a Q&A with the University of California's daily newspaper, the Daily Bruin, Title IX officer Kathleen Salvaty said students could be expelled for recording sexual encounters without consent.
Good Question: Why is George Stephanopoulos Even Allowed to Cover the Clinton Campaign?
Answer here: Because they're all Democratic operatives with bylines
Was Cruz's "New York Values" Statement Actually a "Smear"?
Time magazine and pretty much every NYC-based journalist say yes but Patterico points out via Alex Griswold that the Andrew Cuomo, the Governor of New York, himself made it clear that conservatives are unwelcome in the state and that their values are very different than that of New Yorkers:
Are they these extreme conservatives who are right-to-life, pro-assault-weapon, anti-gay? Is that who they are? Because if that's who they are and if they are the extreme conservatives, they have no place in the state of New York, because that's not who New Yorkers are.
More or less exactly thirty years ago, I saw Alan Rickman in the role that made his name - as the Vicomte de Valmont in Christopher Hampton's Les Liaisons Dangereuses at the Royal Shakespeare Company's Barbican Pit. Theatre critics are overly fond of the phrase "a commanding performance", but I've rarely seen anything as commanding as Rickman on stage that night: he was a very palpable flesh-and-blood embodiment of the title. From about 20 minutes after his entrance, you could feel all around you that approximately 90 per cent of the female audience and 30 per cent of the male were just longing to be taken by him. I made the mistake of inviting a young lady along, and at supper afterwards she did her best not to make it too obvious that she found me wanting by comparison.
CBS: It is France's fault Muslims rape and kill in France
This combination of poverty and the desire for acceptance is a classic recipe for gang recruitment. We've seen it in Los Angeles. We've seen it in Chicago. Now, we are seeing it in France. Societal conditions breed a population of young men, disenchanted with the establishment and desperately seeking a community of protection and inclusion; then in comes a "brotherhood" of one form or another, purporting to provide exactly those things. It is as 18-year-old Julien Villain, a French-Moroccan resident of Saint Denis explains, "If you look at the situation of people, you understand the path."
Those who have no religion are bound to be forever mystified by the motives of those who are religiously driven. And here I'll quote Bernard Lewis from 1976 again:
To the modern Western mind, it is not conceivable that men would fight and die in such numbers over mere differences of religion; there have to be some other "genuine" reasons underneath the religious veil..This is reflected in the present inability, political, journalistic, and scholarly alike, to recognize the importance of the factor of religion in the current affairs of the Muslim world and in the consequent recourse to the language of left-wing and right-wing, progressive and conservative, and the rest of the Western terminology...
Rumors are that Saudi King Salman, 80, will abdicate in favor of his 30 year old son, Prince Mohammed bin Salman, breaking the traditional Saudi order of succession.
If true, this would be a revolution: the Saudi succession has gone from one septuagenarian to the next in a ritualized pattern for decades. Putting a young and vigorous 30-year-old in the top spot would change the way the country works and, potentially, would make the new king one of the most powerful people in the world.
U.S. officials are clearly hoping this doesn't happen. The defense minister has been associated with the recent line of Saudi policy that has been shaking up the region, and it is predicated on a belief that, with the U.S. no longer a reliable ally, the Saudis have to take their destiny in their own hands.
Fraud Detected In Science Research That Suggested GMO Crops Were Harmful
Naked Woman Goes on Rampage at Georgia Waffle House
Yes there are pics - no you do not want to see them.
News You Can Use: How You Can Actually Win Money While Partying At Vegas Strip Clubs
I'm a bit old school in that I like to enjoy my vices individually on their own but I have no problem with this since as I recall from my wayward youth there's a decent amount of down-time in strip clubs between acts.
For a brief, shimmering moment, Jimmy T. was living a certain kind of Sin City dream: hanging out with beautiful strippers, drinking beer and winning $4,000 in cash.
Jimmy, a bartender who asked us not to reveal his last name, recently pulled off this triumphant trifecta at a strip club called OG's on a bleak stretch of Las Vegas Boulevard. Formerly known as Olympic Gardens, OG's is one of just four jiggle joints in Vegas where you can risk money on lap dances and video poker in the same room - or even at the same time.
The Yahoo AoSHQ group - it's got electrolytes and shit.
And my twitter thang.
Tonight's post brought to you by true vice stories:
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Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 18, 2016 11:07 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: IC at January 18, 2016 11:10 PM (+3RH+)
Posted by: Northernlurker, muzungo at January 18, 2016 11:10 PM (2b2NY)
Not Prince Bass?
Posted by: Cosmo Kramer at January 18, 2016 11:10 PM (dbDB8)
Posted by: IC at January 18, 2016 11:10 PM (+3RH+)
Posted by: Iasonas at January 18, 2016 11:11 PM (9JlQ8)
I know! I know!
Because most news outlets are little more than the public relations arm of the Democratic Party.
They're no longer pretending.
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 18, 2016 11:11 PM (+lVUW)
+173 News Dump
+1514 Open (Art) thread
+677 Another open thread (Ace)
+314 (so far) Open thread (Ace)
= 3016 comments on open threads so far today.
Just for the record. And now... the ONT!
Good evening, OverNighters!
Posted by: mindful webworker - but, who's counting? at January 18, 2016 11:11 PM (hgso/)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 18, 2016 11:11 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 18, 2016 11:11 PM (TaFgq)
Posted by: Lizzy at January 18, 2016 11:11 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 18, 2016 11:12 PM (voOPb)
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So progressive women are all whores. Got it.
Posted by: Methos at January 18, 2016 11:13 PM (ZbV+0)
Planned Parenthood fancies themselves as being for "women's health" when they aren't busy implementing Margaret Sanger's genocidal madness. Funny how these "women" are Girl Scouts, and "women's health" means people hiding the fact that they HIV.
More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=10944
Posted by: The Political Hat at January 18, 2016 11:13 PM (vBeA5)
Posted by: In Exile at January 18, 2016 11:13 PM (Z7AXG)
A better question is why is anyone still watching the MSM?
Posted by: Iasonas at January 18, 2016 11:13 PM (9JlQ8)
Yes there are pics - no you do not want to see them.
Ah, reverse psychology clickbait.
Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commenter of equal or greater value at January 18, 2016 11:13 PM (rwI+c)
Posted by: Burnt Toast at January 18, 2016 11:14 PM (T78UI)
they these extreme conservatives who are right-to-life,
pro-assault-weapon, anti-gay? Is that who they are? Because if that's
who they are and if they are the extreme conservatives, they have no
place in the state of New York, because that's not who New Yorkers are.
DING DING DING!
This! is what Cruz so clumsily was trying to say.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 18, 2016 11:14 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 18, 2016 11:14 PM (TaFgq)
Americalastchance.blogspot.com
Posted by: Meh... at January 18, 2016 11:14 PM (nq+Wy)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 18, 2016 11:14 PM (ucDmr)
Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commenter of equal or greater value at January 18, 2016 11:15 PM (rwI+c)
Finally... as of Feb/2012
FTR, SCoaMF is also in there, but no accrediation to AOS. (Who did come up with that one? IIRC, steevy used to be its daily extoller.)
Posted by: mindful webworker - SMOD/Yellowstone Caldera 2016 at January 18, 2016 11:15 PM (hgso/)
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So progressive women are all whores. Got it.
Posted by: Methos at January 18, 2016 11:13 PM (ZbV+0)
They're insane, spoiled children with no accountability.
Posted by: Insomniac - Pale Horse/Death 2016 at January 18, 2016 11:15 PM (kpqmD)
The farthest "north" I ever lived was up east of Amarillo. Seemed like more snow in one winter than we see here in 10.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 18, 2016 10:51 PM (TaFgq)
I will admit there was a few years I enjoyed living in snow. That was when ol' Blano was an early 20's single guy living in Aspen, Colorado in the early 80's.
Last year I was there we got almost 300 inches of snow. Skiing was a blast. More snow than I've ever seen in my life, not to mention the stuff on the ground IYKWIM.
Posted by: Blano at January 18, 2016 11:15 PM (C3E0x)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 18, 2016 11:16 PM (TaFgq)
But, quit treating us like little kids
>>>Also this weekend I happened to encounter the term 'angry pirate' along with 'reverse angry pirate' in the UD. And no, your life won't be improved in any way by knowing what these are.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 18, 2016 11:16 PM (voOPb)
Dr Freud. Calling Dr Freud. To the white courtesy phone, please.
Posted by: andycanuck at January 18, 2016 11:17 PM (DLIIY)
Dude. Party.
You better have snagged some tail.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 18, 2016 11:17 PM (TaFgq)
Posted by: Josephistan at January 18, 2016 11:17 PM (7qAYi)
All science is reviewed by peers and there is a consensus.
It's true.. it's true.. you can google it.
Posted by: Williams Fitzlender at January 18, 2016 11:18 PM (JXcPZ)
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She thought she was in Florida.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,etc. at January 18, 2016 11:18 PM (RrDm2)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 18, 2016 11:18 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commenter of equal or greater value at January 18, 2016 11:18 PM (rwI+c)
Apparently his politics were what you'd expect from a Brit (I know there are exceptions of course), but either he generally didn't make a big deal out of the fact or I'm *really* out of touch with pop culture news (not impossible).
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at January 18, 2016 11:18 PM (GDulk)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,etc. at January 18, 2016 11:18 PM (RrDm2)
*coughFebruary 07, 2012*
Was Cruz's "New York Values" Statement Actually a "Smear"?
In '99 Trump's own pie-hole said New York values are different than Iowa's.
Prince Mohammed bin Salman, breaking the traditional Saudi order of succession.
If true, this would be a revolution:
If the Prince cuts off enough heads there won't be.
Fraud Detected In Science Research That Suggested GMO Crops Were Harmful
Unexpectedly.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 18, 2016 11:18 PM (W0RfD)
I'll bet money that the liberal dolt from CBS, who came up with that justification for violence against innocent people, lives in a safe, well to do, mostly white neighborhood, and probably sends his kids to a private school.
Well, if he didn't have his kids aborted.
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 18, 2016 11:19 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: zombie MLK at January 18, 2016 11:19 PM (IRyNk)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 18, 2016 11:19 PM (TaFgq)
Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commenter of equal or greater value at January 18, 2016 11:19 PM (rwI+c)
I thought it was Alan Rickman who co-authored a play about that anti-Israeli, anti-American nun who got run over by construction equipment--I cannot remember her name, but she became known as "Saint Pancake." There's a famous picture of her looking evil while burning a flag, while several "innocent moslem children" stand around her.
Does anyone know what I'm talking about? Despite downing several beers, I think I'm kind of coherent on this.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 18, 2016 11:19 PM (B8JRQ)
Posted by: andycanuck at January 18, 2016 11:20 PM (DLIIY)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 18, 2016 11:20 PM (W0RfD)
Posted by: mindful webworker - Welcome to All the Young Dudes at January 18, 2016 11:20 PM (hgso/)
Posted by: Northernlurker, muzungo at January 18, 2016 11:21 PM (2b2NY)
Posted by: Williams Fitzlender at January 18, 2016 11:21 PM (JXcPZ)
I thought it was Alan Rickman who co-authored a play about that anti-Israeli, anti-American nun who got run over by construction equipment--I cannot remember her name, but she became known as "Saint Pancake." There's a famous picture of her looking evil while burning a flag, while several "innocent moslem children" stand around her.
Does anyone know what I'm talking about? Despite downing several beers, I think I'm kind of coherent on this.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 18, 2016 11:19 PM (B8JRQ)
Rachel "St. Pancake" Corrie. She wasn't a nun just a stupid liberal who won the Darwin Award by standing in front of a moving D9.
Posted by: Insomniac - Pale Horse/Death 2016 at January 18, 2016 11:21 PM (kpqmD)
Posted by: Josephistan at January 18, 2016 11:21 PM (7qAYi)
Yeah, I'm pretty sure that a woman who shovels waffles into her piehole doesn't have the body of a lithe model.
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 18, 2016 11:22 PM (+lVUW)
'Convict Hillary: IT'S HER TURN!'
Posted by: Harry Palmer, Federal Bumgravy Inspector at January 18, 2016 11:22 PM (l7qAk)
Posted by: andycanuck at January 18, 2016 11:22 PM (DLIIY)
The problem for the Saudis is that there aren't enough of them for their wealth and power.
Posted by: Grump928
Oooh, the Saudis are going to try to be tough guys? I can't wait.
Think of it as evolution in action.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative...now older and senile at January 18, 2016 11:22 PM (+1T7c)
Posted by: Josephistan at January 18, 2016 11:22 PM (7qAYi)
I mean, all their lives are on the line now. Drug kingpins don't play.
Please, people. And no more rumored names.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 18, 2016 11:22 PM (FsuaD)
Rachel Corrie, and she wasn't a nun just a leftist brat.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at January 18, 2016 11:23 PM (GDulk)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 18, 2016 11:17 PM (TaFgq)
Only one, sadly. My track record back then was no better than it is now.
On the bright side though, I did spend an afternoon skiing with the original Daisy Duke, Katherine Bach. So there's that.
Posted by: Blano at January 18, 2016 11:23 PM (C3E0x)
NSFW
"The 120 Days of Equestria"
http://bit.ly/1T0na5B
"Emily H The Viking Princess"
http://bit.ly/1PncO9S
Alvin and the Chipmunks learn of the evils of Dave Seville.
http://bit.ly/1PncOH1
Posted by: The Hat is Nigh at January 18, 2016 11:23 PM (vBeA5)
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So progressive women are all whores. Got it.
Posted by: Methos at January 18, 2016 11:13 PM (ZbV+0)
Think of it as dirty talk as foreplay. Just stick to the script and you'll be OK.
Posted by: Burnt Toast at January 18, 2016 11:23 PM (T78UI)
Did anyone here know there was actually a *sequel* to "A Christmas Story"??? It was called "My Summer Story" and came out in 1994. Anyway, it's supposedly coming to blu-ray this year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Summer_Story
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 18, 2016 11:23 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: SMOD H2B at January 18, 2016 11:23 PM (3b9U4)
Ugh!
Kids are being brainwashed, big time. Reminded me of the Disney actress who announced on twitter she's "queer" but has only ever been attracted to boys. So...she's just affirmatively announcing (at age 14) that she's not ruling out anything because, um, because "coming out" is all the rage in social media and she wanted to join the fun?!
I was pleased to see a lot of the comments were either: "gawd, this is tiresome, keep it to yourself!" or, "hey isn't a 14 year old child (legally) discussing her sexuality on twitter inappropriate and creepy?"
http://preview.tinyurl.com/j5tfbbr
Posted by: Lizzy at January 18, 2016 11:23 PM (NOIQH)
Les Liaisons Dangereuses - Alan Rickman - 1987 Tony Awards
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJoW1kCEmXE
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 18, 2016 11:24 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: eman at January 18, 2016 11:24 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: Lizzy at January 18, 2016 11:25 PM (NOIQH)
Unless she was wearing cutoffs, I don't think that counts.
Posted by: andycanuck at January 18, 2016 11:25 PM (DLIIY)
Posted by: mindful webworker - Welcome to All the Young Dudes at January 18, 2016 11:20 PM (hgso/)
Damn, somebody said earlier that 66/67 age range was really coming into play. Prophetic.
Posted by: Blano at January 18, 2016 11:25 PM (C3E0x)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 18, 2016 11:25 PM (TaFgq)
Unless she was wearing cutoffs, I don't think that counts.
Posted by: andycanuck at January 18, 2016 11:25 PM (DLIIY)
She was wearing a ski suit that showed off every curve. No complaints here.
Posted by: Blano at January 18, 2016 11:26 PM (C3E0x)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 18, 2016 11:26 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: Northernlurker
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Are you talking about this?
"New mosquito-borne virus Zika spreading in Caribbean"
http://tinyurl.com/hqzvjhl
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,etc. at January 18, 2016 11:26 PM (RrDm2)
I remember you saying that. Pretty good afternoon even if no snu-snu.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 18, 2016 11:26 PM (TaFgq)
approximately 90 per cent of the female audience and 30 per cent of the male were just longing to be taken by him.
For England, only 30% is considered a pretty butch crowd.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 18, 2016 11:26 PM (kdS6q)
More crapfuckitude: The Daily Ruin is at the University of California, Los Angeles.
That's the name of the university. There are 10 campuses in the system of the University of California.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 18, 2016 11:27 PM (W0RfD)
Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commenter of equal or greater value at January 18, 2016 11:27 PM (rwI+c)
Posted by: andycanuck at January 18, 2016 11:27 PM (DLIIY)
Posted by: Josephistan at January 18, 2016 11:28 PM (7qAYi)
I have consulted with alex on this and she is quite proud, but not in the way where she gives her boobs all of the credit.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, let all the children boogie at January 18, 2016 11:28 PM (1xUj/)
This! is what Cruz so clumsily was trying to say.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 18, 2016 11:14 PM (FsuaD)
To be fair, Cruz should have made as direct a quote as he could, properly attribute it to Cuomo, and then state, "That New York values, at least as they were during the election, put Coumo in office. Sometimes people get what they deserve cough-Obama-caugh. Hope we all learn."
Posted by: Burnt Toast at January 18, 2016 11:28 PM (T78UI)
Yellowstone Caldera was a Columbian drug lord on 'Miami Vice' I think...
Posted by: Harry Palmer, Federal Bumgravy Inspector at January 18, 2016 11:28 PM (l7qAk)
Posted by: Mrs Butterworth at January 18, 2016 11:29 PM (DLIIY)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 18, 2016 11:29 PM (B8JRQ)
Posted by: Insomniac - Pale Horse/Death 2016 at January 18, 2016 11:21 PM (kpqmD)
St. Pancake, LMAO.
Posted by: Blano at January 18, 2016 11:29 PM (C3E0x)
Posted by: Bossy Conservative...now older and senile at January 18, 2016 11:29 PM (+1T7c)
Posted by: Buffalbob at January 18, 2016 11:29 PM (8nL8o)
Posted by: mindful webworker - and now, to the comments... at January 18, 2016 11:29 PM (hgso/)
Posted by: Caterpillar D9 at January 18, 2016 11:29 PM (7qAYi)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 18, 2016 11:30 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: eman at January 18, 2016 11:30 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 18, 2016 11:30 PM (BK3ZS)
Posted by: Mrs Butterworth
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So many memes, so little time...
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,etc. at January 18, 2016 11:30 PM (RrDm2)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 18, 2016 11:31 PM (ucDmr)
Posted by: All Teh Meh at January 18, 2016 11:31 PM (wEq+O)
I remember you saying that. Pretty good afternoon even if no snu-snu.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 18, 2016 11:26 PM (TaFgq)
Yeah she hunted us down in front of all our coworkers, so had some bragging rights for a while.
Posted by: Blano at January 18, 2016 11:31 PM (C3E0x)
Well, you've probaby farked us for tomorrow night.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 18, 2016 11:31 PM (TaFgq)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at January 18, 2016 11:31 PM (hlMPp)
84 Rachel "St. Pancake" Corrie. She wasn't a nun just a stupid liberal who won the Darwin Award by standing in front of a moving D9.
Posted by: Insomniac - Pale Horse/Death 2016 at January 18, 2016 11:21 PM (kpqmD)
St. Pancake, LMAO.
Posted by: Blano at January 18, 2016 11:29 PM (C3E0x)
A Memorial Pancake Breakfast is held each year. (An old HQ meme.)
Posted by: eman at January 18, 2016 11:32 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: Adriane the Movie Critic ... at January 18, 2016 11:33 PM (AoK0a)
And then spending what I suppose are millions on advertising to bring bidness to NY.
Not winning.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 18, 2016 11:33 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Hillary at January 18, 2016 11:33 PM (l7qAk)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at January 18, 2016 11:33 PM (hlMPp)
Posted by: eman
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Yeah, that's coming up on March 16th. Interested horders should sign up.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,etc. at January 18, 2016 11:34 PM (RrDm2)
More crapfuckitude: The Daily Ruin is at the University of California, Los Angeles.
That's the name of the university. There are 10 campuses in the system of the University of California.
Posted by: weft cut-loop
WashEx article by Ashe "Baby Gurl" Schow.
A free newspaper, and you get what you pay for.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 18, 2016 11:34 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: andycanuck at January 18, 2016 11:34 PM (DLIIY)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 18, 2016 11:34 PM (TaFgq)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at January 18, 2016 11:35 PM (hlMPp)
103 A Memorial Pancake Breakfast is held each year. (An old HQ meme.)
Posted by: eman
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Yeah, that's coming up on March 16th. Interested horders should sign up.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,etc. at January 18, 2016 11:34 PM (RrDm2)
There is a calendar notice, right?
Posted by: eman at January 18, 2016 11:35 PM (MQEz6)
She can't snatch the pebble from my hand but almost ...
Posted by: Screeching Meteor of You'll Wish You Were Dead ... at January 18, 2016 11:35 PM (AoK0a)
Posted by: RWC
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They are liars.
Posted by: Hillary at January 18, 2016 11:35 PM (RrDm2)
66 Yes, Rickman did that "My Name is Rachel Cory" play (or named something close to that). Lalalalalalalala I can't process that level of Lefty crazy!!
Posted by: Lizzy at January 18, 2016 11:25 PM (NOIQH)
They served flapjacks during the intermission, I'm told.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 18, 2016 11:36 PM (BK3ZS)
Yeah, her whole shtick is that she's slutty, with a show called "Inside Amy Schumer," yet she goes off on a kid film reviewer joking on that theme on twitter w/a pic of them meeting.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 18, 2016 11:36 PM (NOIQH)
Then war. It seems.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 18, 2016 11:36 PM (TaFgq)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 18, 2016 11:36 PM (voOPb)
And Kelly file has on the real men from Benghazi.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at January 18, 2016 11:35 PM (hlMPp)
And a couple of actors. Saw them on earlier.
Say what you will about Fox, but they're the only ones giving the heroes their due and embarrassing the hell out of the Hildebeast camp.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 18, 2016 11:36 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: eman
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If enough people do not sign up, the event will fall flat.
Posted by: Hillary at January 18, 2016 11:36 PM (RrDm2)
Not winning.
I don't think he cares ... it's not his money.
Posted by: Adriane the Policy Critic ... at January 18, 2016 11:36 PM (AoK0a)
Umm.
Maybe you shouldn't play a slut in your movies.
Find a safe space you twat.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at January 18, 2016 11:37 PM (hlMPp)
Posted by: Jane D'oh
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The Left/Liberal/Progressives will never hear anything.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,etc. at January 18, 2016 11:37 PM (RrDm2)
Posted by: Caterpillar D9
You lying infidel! I was your first!
Posted by: a pali terrorist's family's house at January 18, 2016 11:38 PM (DLIIY)
Posted by: zombie MLK at January 18, 2016 11:19 PM
Well dream on, this one is exempt because of firstest stuff and all.
So much for MLK's dream. I think he would be truly disgusted by Obama's race mongering and division. Likewise for Jesse Jackson, his crook son and Al Sharpton.
MLK was a Rep. in his day. I think he'd be proud of Ben Carson, Allen West and others like them.
Posted by: Farmer at January 18, 2016 11:38 PM (o/90i)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 18, 2016 11:38 PM (voOPb)
Just started it on DVR. Tonto choking up.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at January 18, 2016 11:39 PM (hlMPp)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 18, 2016 11:39 PM (sl+zA)
Posted by: andycanuck at January 18, 2016 11:40 PM (DLIIY)
Hugh Hewitt Retweeted
Dan Gabriel @danpgabriel 21m
BREAKING: Senior Romney strategist calls #Iowa for @tedcruz
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 18, 2016 11:40 PM (W0RfD)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 18, 2016 11:41 PM (ucDmr)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 18, 2016 11:41 PM (TaFgq)
Posted by: Lena Dunham at January 18, 2016 11:41 PM (7qAYi)
I, MATT DAMON!!!, would never want to have my, MATT DAMON'S, life ruined by the release of such info.
MATT DAMON!!!
Posted by: MATT DAMON!!! at January 18, 2016 11:41 PM (H9MG5)
Posted by: Stuff Confucius Probably Would Have Said If He Had Thought Of It, vol. 3 at January 18, 2016 11:41 PM (sl+zA)
Posted by: andycanuck at January 18, 2016 11:40 PM (DLIIY)
*golf clap*
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at January 18, 2016 11:42 PM (hlMPp)
"the only reason people don't like Obama is his skin color."
I thought Harris Faulkner would launch herself at his throat.
I wonder what Fox pays Porno Stache for his intellectual observations?
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 18, 2016 11:42 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: zombie rachel corrie at January 18, 2016 11:42 PM (DLIIY)
Oh come on. Do we have to be that awful?
He wasn't a saint but he was important and the core of what he said still matters today.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, let all the children boogie at January 18, 2016 11:42 PM (1xUj/)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 18, 2016 11:38 PM (voOPb)
I can help you with that.
Posted by: Rosie O'Donnell at January 18, 2016 11:42 PM (C3E0x)
Which means Rubio won it in a slam.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 18, 2016 11:42 PM (TaFgq)
Relative says,"They were in the wrong place at the wrong time" No f*cking shit Sherlock
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 18, 2016 11:43 PM (voOPb)
Then war. It seems.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 18, 2016 11:36 PM
Well then F*ck him and I'll spend my vacation money elsewhere. He's an idiot just like his father.
Posted by: Farmer at January 18, 2016 11:43 PM (o/90i)
Grump928(C): *raises hand* I know.
Teacher: Yes, Grump, tell the class.
Posted by: mindful webworker - or STFD and STFU at January 18, 2016 11:43 PM (hgso/)
There are even more in the Cal State system. And even more than that combined in their JC system.
I may or may not have gotten some of my tax dollars back...
Posted by: t-bird at January 18, 2016 11:43 PM (+c55T)
Posted by: Blano at January 18, 2016 11:44 PM (C3E0x)
Posted by: Duncanthrax the Bellicose at January 18, 2016 11:44 PM (sOhww)
Posted by: Josephistan at January 18, 2016 11:44 PM (7qAYi)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 18, 2016 11:44 PM (TaFgq)
Posted by: andycanuck at January 18, 2016 11:40 PM (DLIIY)<<<
Yes. I'd prefer if you'd tread lightly.
Posted by: zombie Rachel Corrie at January 18, 2016 11:44 PM (H9MG5)
Not so fast. Where are you going to find a Jack Shack outside of Times Square?
Posted by: t-bird at January 18, 2016 11:45 PM (+c55T)
Bander what core matters today? BLM? Sharpton, et al?
Agreed that we shouldn't judge on color of skin.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 18, 2016 11:45 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 18, 2016 11:45 PM (sl+zA)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 18, 2016 11:45 PM (ucDmr)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 18, 2016 11:41 PM (ucDmr)
Your point?
Posted by: Blano at January 18, 2016 11:45 PM (C3E0x)
Predicting there will be some real good street fights there shortly.
Especially since the police and local governments are working really hard to tamp down crime info.
I mean men protecting their wives and kids are kinda the basics of tribes/government.
Posted by: jake at January 18, 2016 11:46 PM (HLUeE)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 18, 2016 11:46 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: Blano at January 18, 2016 11:44 PM (C3E0x)
Works both ways doesn't it?
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at January 18, 2016 11:46 PM (hlMPp)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 18, 2016 11:46 PM (TaFgq)
Posted by: Williams Fitzlender at January 18, 2016 11:46 PM (JXcPZ)
Well, Bowie and Rickman were both 69. And that dude what's his name from some group I never heard of that everyone was talking about last week had just turned 70. so, say, 65-70.
So, if I can just make it past the next 7 years, I'll be okay, right?
♫ "When I get older, losing my mind,
too few years from now..." ♫
Posted by: mindful webworker - or STFD and STFU at January 18, 2016 11:47 PM (hgso/)
Not so fast. Where are you going to find a Jack Shack outside of Times Square?
Just use Radio Shack. No one else will be in there.
Posted by: Josephistan at January 18, 2016 11:47 PM (7qAYi)
Posted by: rosie o'donut at January 18, 2016 11:47 PM (DLIIY)
Well then F*ck him and I'll spend my vacation money elsewhere.
Not so fast. Where are you going to find a Jack Shack outside of Times Square?
Posted by: t-bird at January 18, 2016 11:45 PM (+c55T)
dammit *wipes monitor*
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 18, 2016 11:47 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Duncanthrax the Bellicose
Get back in Great Birnam Wood, Duncan.
Posted by: maccy at January 18, 2016 11:47 PM (W0RfD)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at January 18, 2016 11:47 PM (hlMPp)
134 I'm really flattered at all the attention I'm getting on the ONT tonight, guys. You're the best.
Anything to help a poor woman knocked flat on her back...
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 18, 2016 11:47 PM (BK3ZS)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 18, 2016 11:47 PM (TaFgq)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 18, 2016 11:41 PM (ucDmr)
Generally speaking getting hosed, bitten, beaten, and jailed was not the path to either.
Posted by: Maetenloch at January 18, 2016 11:47 PM (pAlYe)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 18, 2016 11:48 PM (ucDmr)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 18, 2016 11:46 PM (voOPb)
Blueberry syrup fixes everything.
Posted by: Blano at January 18, 2016 11:48 PM (C3E0x)
Agreed that we shouldn't judge on color of skin.
I don't know how old you are, MH, but racism is a thing and it used to be overt. I remember the dogs and the fire hoses and the schoolhouse doors.
Yes, the grievance mongers of today are shameful. That does not detract from the fact that MLK forced us to become a better people.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, let all the children boogie at January 18, 2016 11:48 PM (1xUj/)
Okay, maybe her sacrifice was kind of in vain.
Sucker.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 18, 2016 11:49 PM (sl+zA)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 18, 2016 11:49 PM (FsuaD)
Agreed that we shouldn't judge on color of skin.
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CORE? Is CORE still around?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,etc. at January 18, 2016 11:49 PM (RrDm2)
They have those mobile ones now. Step in, zip up, do yo' thing.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 18, 2016 11:49 PM (TaFgq)
Posted by: D9 Cat at January 18, 2016 11:50 PM (5zyvn)
Posted by: Maetenloch at January 18, 2016 11:47 PM (pAlYe)
When you're being beaten with nightsticks upside the head for only wanting to say, vote or have a decent job or life, if he got a little something on the side, well I'd say he earned it.
Posted by: Blano at January 18, 2016 11:50 PM (C3E0x)
Posted by: andycanuck at January 18, 2016 11:50 PM (DLIIY)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 18, 2016 11:51 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 18, 2016 11:48 PM (ucDmr)
Was just kidding you.
Posted by: Blano at January 18, 2016 11:51 PM (C3E0x)
That was Rachel Carson, and "Silent Spring" was more Science! that has largely been proven wrong.
Posted by: Josephistan at January 18, 2016 11:52 PM (7qAYi)
Posted by: D9 Cat "
See like somebody already did that. It was pretty okay at the time, but, now. Way overdone.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 18, 2016 11:52 PM (TaFgq)
Is there a sign up list for those car pool lust parties?
If this Audi's rockin', don't come knockin'...
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 18, 2016 11:52 PM (BK3ZS)
A couple of years ago some nitwits tried to hike the Khyber Pass. I suspect that these people are lefty idiots who think that because they put a maple leaf patch on their backpack and spout the right politically correct nonsense, that they'll be safe in the nastier parts of the world.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at January 18, 2016 11:52 PM (fC9RO)
I mean men protecting their wives and kids are kinda the basics of tribes/government.
Posted by: jake
So Neil Marshall is a prophet?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 18, 2016 11:52 PM (W0RfD)
Posted by: cthulhu at January 18, 2016 11:52 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: jake at January 18, 2016 11:52 PM (HLUeE)
I heard she did some kind of performance involving a ketchup packet and a foot?
Am I off on this one?
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at January 18, 2016 11:53 PM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 18, 2016 11:49 PM (TaFgq)
Wouldn't a towel or a do-rag or whatever be more convenient to carry?
Posted by: Burnt Toast at January 18, 2016 11:53 PM (T78UI)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 18, 2016 11:46 PM (TaFgq)
Rosie O'Donnell.
Maybe it wasn't so bad after all.
Posted by: Blano at January 18, 2016 11:53 PM (C3E0x)
Posted by: Josephistan at January 18, 2016 11:54 PM (7qAYi)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/689150603436650497
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/689150758143553536
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/689150971696525312
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/689151375532527617
Posted by: kbdabear at January 18, 2016 11:54 PM (okX23)
I don't like skeeters or ticks therefore I love deet infused products
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 18, 2016 11:54 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: Burnt Toast at January 18, 2016 11:53 PM (T78UI)
Come on peeps. Kleenex. Buck .79 a box. Lasts you for weeks. Days in my case, but whatever.
Posted by: Blano at January 18, 2016 11:54 PM (C3E0x)
Posted by: jake at January 18, 2016 11:54 PM (HLUeE)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 18, 2016 11:55 PM (TaFgq)
Posted by: Jane D'oh
Rachel Carson, Piss on her name.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 18, 2016 11:55 PM (W0RfD)
That was Rachel Carson, and "Silent Spring" was more Science! that has largely been proven wrong.
Posted by: Josephistan at January 18, 2016 11:52 PM (7qAYi)<<<
Thanks to her, millions of humans have died, but many of our young fragile eggs will produce the next generation which will live long enough to be killed by flying into windmills used for green energy.
Thank you, environmentalists!
Posted by: birds everywhere at January 18, 2016 11:56 PM (H9MG5)
Go to Frisco. No Jack Shack needed. Or allowed. Public sexual activity is now required by law.
Plus you can pee on the street lamps and crap in the trash cans.
What a city!
Posted by: Harry Palmer at January 18, 2016 11:56 PM (l7qAk)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/689152109711855616
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/689153231524605953
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/689153652481769472
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/689153765467930624
Posted by: kbdabear at January 18, 2016 11:56 PM (okX23)
He doesn't know about the three seashells!
Posted by: Josephistan at January 18, 2016 11:56 PM (7qAYi)
Posted by: Blano at January 18, 2016 11:54 PM (C3E0x)
Ever tried the Kleene with 'lotion' in it?
Posted by: Burnt Toast at January 18, 2016 11:56 PM (T78UI)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 18, 2016 11:26 PM (voOPb)
Jane Fonda, too, I'm sure.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 18, 2016 11:56 PM (Z8fuk)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 18, 2016 11:56 PM (TaFgq)
I'm so sick and tired of libs/progs who really believe the world is full of unicorns and rainbows.
Arghhh.
Stop going to dangerous places and expecting others to come save your sorry irresponsible asses.
And that goes for extreme sport enthusiasts, etc.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 18, 2016 11:56 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 18, 2016 11:56 PM (4ErVI)
Posted by: kbdabear at January 18, 2016 11:57 PM (okX23)
Audi?
Well somebody's doing well.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 18, 2016 11:55 PM (TaFgq)
Probably a moo moo
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 18, 2016 11:57 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: jake at January 18, 2016 11:52 PM (HLUeE)<<<
Now you tell me.
Posted by: Ross (from Friends) at January 18, 2016 11:57 PM (H9MG5)
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One time when I was on a trip my car got stopped in a rural area by Nepalese insurgents. I thought, what the fuck are Nepaleses insurgents doing in Dayton?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 18, 2016 11:58 PM (sl+zA)
there's a potential for a civil war if the "right" heir doesn't get his
birthright.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 18, 2016 11:56 PM (4ErVI)
The purge should come before the abdication, smoother transition.
Posted by: Burnt Toast at January 18, 2016 11:58 PM (T78UI)
Plus you can pee on the street lamps and crap in the trash cans.
What a city!
Posted by: Harry Palmer at January 18, 2016 11:56 PM (l7qAk)
Damn, I'm moving to the wrong side of town.
Posted by: Blano at January 18, 2016 11:58 PM (C3E0x)
I suspect that these people are lefty idiots who think that because they put a maple leaf patch on their backpack and spout the right politically correct nonsense, that they'll be safe in the nastier parts of the world.
If they're not wearing a toque and jonesing for some Tim Bits, their cover is blown.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 18, 2016 11:58 PM (BK3ZS)
Posted by: eman at January 18, 2016 11:58 PM (MQEz6)
Geraldo was on Outnumbered last week, and announced he was going to piss off everyone on the couch because...
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I was sure that Andrea Tantaros was going to jump up off the couch and give him an atomic wedgie.
Posted by: Old Blue at January 18, 2016 11:58 PM (9iR5/)
She said 'we have no moslems' in my town which was a total cop out.
2016 or 2017 may be the end of multi-cultural-ism in Western Europe.
I saw where Germany is sold out of pepper spray
Posted by: jake at January 18, 2016 11:58 PM (HLUeE)
Do you have Real Chili in your neck of the woods? Another greasy spoon chain, very cheap and popular with college kids. They used to sell bumper stickers: Real Chili- It's not just for breakfast any more."
Now there's an ONT topic: favorite greasy spoon restaurants.
Posted by: Donna &&&&V. (Brandishing ampersands) at January 18, 2016 11:59 PM (P8951)
Posted by: Jane D'oh
Lonely Planet books were the bibles of travel pre-internet.
Please do read/download as much as you can from the link in nic.
The forums were know to have the most up-to-date information as well.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 18, 2016 11:59 PM (W0RfD)
Posted by: Burnt Toast at January 18, 2016 11:56 PM (T78UI)
Trick question?
Posted by: Blano at January 18, 2016 11:59 PM (C3E0x)
Okay.
Got it.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at January 19, 2016 12:00 AM (KQTmr)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 19, 2016 12:00 AM (TaFgq)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 19, 2016 12:00 AM (ucDmr)
Posted by: NCKate at January 19, 2016 12:01 AM (QASdY)
Posted by: andycanuck
SMOD is immigrating all the way from Cygnus X-1 to do the job Yellowstone Caldera won't do.
Posted by: Puddleglum at January 19, 2016 12:01 AM (NGd+i)
I'll take what do a pussy cocksucker and a soulless cunt say for 500 Alex.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at January 19, 2016 12:01 AM (hlMPp)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 19, 2016 12:01 AM (TaFgq)
Am I supposed to know what that is? Is it maybe part of the Platinum AoSHQ Lifestyle (TM) initiation?
Posted by: stace at January 19, 2016 12:01 AM (CoX6k)
Aaaaand, on that sour-smelling note, I pack up the 'puter and head for the ol' ranchero...
Probably Good Night, Gracies!
Posted by: mindful webworker - tha's sexis'! at January 19, 2016 12:01 AM (hgso/)
Posted by: MAx at January 19, 2016 12:01 AM (LAliD)
Apparently, the PDF of that NYPD report that the ACLU got a judge to order removed. It's still there for now.
http://goo.gl/D4kYpk
Time to throw it up into the torrents, archive it here there and everywhere...
Posted by: JEM at January 19, 2016 12:02 AM (o+SC1)
A greasy spoon topic would be interesting.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 19, 2016 12:02 AM (voOPb)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 19, 2016 12:03 AM (sl+zA)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 19, 2016 12:00 AM (ucDmr)
Yeah I know. I truly believe MLK would be shaking his head at some of the shit going on in 2015/16.
I despise the BLM with every fiber of my being. I really hope one of them sits on my car someday. Castle doctrine, you know.
Posted by: Blano at January 19, 2016 12:03 AM (C3E0x)
Wife insisted we watch it because her mother was reading it ..a number of yrs ago when she was in labor.
Posted by: Farmer at January 19, 2016 12:03 AM (o/90i)
we are. Fuckin demmys claimed him years ago to further their agenda.
Makes me wanna puke.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 19, 2016 12:00 AM (ucDmr)
You heard the "Reparations Don't Go Far Enough" speech?
Posted by: Burnt Toast at January 19, 2016 12:04 AM (T78UI)
Whore and Piece, that was a a hell of a good 'un. Well worth $15.95...
Posted by: Harry Palmer at January 19, 2016 12:05 AM (l7qAk)
Posted by: buzzion at January 19, 2016 12:05 AM (zt+N6)
https://tinyurl.com/h2yrc9h
Posted by: CozMark at January 19, 2016 12:05 AM (CbGSW)
Posted by: andycanuck at January 19, 2016 12:05 AM (DLIIY)
Alberta Oil Peon (AOP), an ONT regular, is a Moron among Morons.
Based on no more than an off-hand ONT reference to cigars and my very high status as a commenter - but mostly on that off-hand reference - he brought some cigars back from Nicaragua and is sending them to me.
Just wanted to give public thanks.
Most likely they will be consumed at a great outdoor shooting range, as was God's intention.
Speaking of which, sort of disturbing that we had something like 23,427 comments in 3 open threads today, and none of them morphed into gun threads. Gotta be some kinda record.
Posted by: rhomboid at January 19, 2016 12:05 AM (QDnY+)
And that goes for extreme sport enthusiasts, etc.
I saw a video clip today of a snowmobiler wearing a GoPro camera that was recording what looked like a attempt to ride it up to the top of an extremely steep path on a mountainside. Just short of the top, he flipped / rolled it and the second half of the clip was his sorry ass tumbling back down the path with the equally tumbling snowmobile in close pursuit.
Suffice it to say I was rooting for the snowmobile to catch up to him and crush his idiotic ass. It did not...
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 19, 2016 12:05 AM (BK3ZS)
Just finished watching War Peace on HC. Interesting show, never
read the book like you more literate Morons that hang on the Sun. book
thread.
Wife insisted we watch it because her mother was reading it ..a number of yrs ago when she was in labor.
Posted by: Farmer at January 19, 2016 12:03 AM (o/90i)
Husband has been listening to the audio book in his evil SUV everday. Says it's like a soap opera.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 19, 2016 12:05 AM (FsuaD)
Have fun, stace. Head on over and tell me if the service at "The Riata" has gotten any better.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 19, 2016 12:05 AM (TaFgq)
Well, ok, then. Can we just shoot the ones that are criminals?
Posted by: Williams Fitzlender at January 19, 2016 12:06 AM (JXcPZ)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 18, 2016 11:56 PM (4ErVI)
Let 'em have at it, and watch their oil output plummet! (Rubs hands in anticipation.)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 19, 2016 12:06 AM (Z8fuk)
Posted by: Donna
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A slam dunk. I have lunch there 3-4 days a week:
http://tinyurl.com/zwbcsgw
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,etc. at January 19, 2016 12:06 AM (n22zQ)
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In my yoot I worked the 10pm to 6 am shift at a Sambos Restaurant in pre-gentrification Santa Ana, CA as a waiter. Got to see humanity at its finest.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 19, 2016 12:07 AM (sl+zA)
Thing is, if the vehicle that ran her over had treads, wouldn't "St. Waffle" be more accurate?
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 19, 2016 12:07 AM (+lVUW)
Would that the various candidates stiff them also. No interviews, no Sunday shows, no calls returned, nothing.
Starve 'em.
Posted by: the littl shyning man at January 19, 2016 12:08 AM (U6f54)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 19, 2016 12:08 AM (voOPb)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 18, 2016 11:22 PM (FsuaD)
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Too late. Cat's out of the bag. Let's at least give them the credit they deserve for their part a brilliant operation. I know I wouldn't have guts to betray a drug lord. Kudos.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 19, 2016 12:08 AM (/f6Nd)
http://tinyurl.com/zwbcsgw
Posted by: Mike Hammer
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BTW, the woman working the grill there, in the picture, started when she was 17 years old. She's now 67.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,etc. at January 19, 2016 12:09 AM (n22zQ)
Posted by: Arson Wells at January 19, 2016 12:09 AM (UnJ7w)
Posted by: andycanuck at January 19, 2016 12:09 AM (DLIIY)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 19, 2016 12:09 AM (ucDmr)
Posted by: t-bird at January 18, 2016 11:45 PM
Umm...maybe any residence that a male lives in could be called a Jack Shack?
Posted by: Farmer at January 19, 2016 12:09 AM (o/90i)
I think rhomboid was calling you an asshole.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 19, 2016 12:10 AM (TaFgq)
Posted by: jake at January 19, 2016 12:10 AM (HLUeE)
Posted by: RWC
Wait a minute. Are you saying that WE aren't "real men"?
Posted by: Actors Who Play Soldiers at January 19, 2016 12:10 AM (+lVUW)
Cicero, Santa Ana's been gentrified? Did I miss something? Maybe parts of it (would be normal)?
Farmer, spent years on russki and read some fiction in the original, but never the big guns (War and Peace, Crime and Punishment). I doubt I have the discipline to do it now, though I am brushing up on oral comprehension via Rossiya 24 news on the web.
AOP, gracias! Cigar logistics info in your inbox.
Posted by: rhomboid at January 19, 2016 12:11 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: nerdygirl
St. Track Grease might be even more accurate.
Posted by: Aviator at January 19, 2016 12:11 AM (c7vUv)
Posted by: Actors Who Play Soldiers
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That you, Tom Cruise, isn't it?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,etc. at January 19, 2016 12:12 AM (n22zQ)
The backstroke ?
Posted by: Adriane the Policy Critic ... at January 19, 2016 12:12 AM (AoK0a)
Posted by: Williams Fitzlender at January 19, 2016 12:13 AM (JXcPZ)
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Actually, it's still pre-gentrification. But, any day now...
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 19, 2016 12:13 AM (sl+zA)
A local place called Kellers, burger and beer joint, one of their locations is still the type where you park out in the lot and the waitress comes to you, lots of big trucks and motorcycles, get their steak sammich, some rings and the cold brew of your choice and it's heaven.
Posted by: All Teh Meh at January 19, 2016 12:13 AM (wEq+O)
Posted by: Donna
I used to live near a busy LA street that had sandwich shack just a few yards off the main thoroughfare.
Owned by a Korean couple. Fresh stuff for a decent price.
Breakfast sandwich. The problem was he didn't know how to cook bacon; it was always a half cooked, stringy blob on the sandwich.
I never knew how to correct that and just ate the whole blob at one go.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 19, 2016 12:13 AM (W0RfD)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 19, 2016 12:14 AM (TaFgq)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 19, 2016 12:14 AM (voOPb)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at January 19, 2016 12:14 AM (hVdx9)
Ricardo you are quite the mischievous sort, aren't you?
Well I'm half-way through Triumph of the Will on UTube, so I should go finish it. The Schickelgruber guy needs to not sound so angry in every speech. It'll just end in global war and the destruction of his cause and country. Standardtenfuhrer out front shoulda' told him.
Posted by: rhomboid at January 19, 2016 12:15 AM (QDnY+)
http://tinyurl.com/pcnptbt
Anyone of these precious snowflakes could be my husband's nieces and nephews.
Enjoy!
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 19, 2016 12:15 AM (FsuaD)
out today but, MLK is the only person who has a holiday named for him....
St. Patrick's Day, Columbus Day, maybe another one in there.
If you are in Hawaii, Kamehameha Day.
Posted by: Burnt Toast at January 19, 2016 12:15 AM (T78UI)
Ahh Sambo's. Now that was a diner! I'll never forget the 'toon strip panels above the counter with Little Black Sambo and the Tiger. Straight out 1940' Disney.
Posted by: Harry Palmer at January 19, 2016 12:15 AM (l7qAk)
Plus you can pee on the street lamps and crap in the trash cans.
What a city!
Posted by: Harry Palmer at January 18, 2016 11:56 PM (l7qAk)
Was there a story about Frisco that I missed? That seems like a rather well to do town.
Posted by: Blano at January 19, 2016 12:15 AM (C3E0x)
Posted by: Blano at January 18, 2016 11:54 PM (C3E0x)
Ever tried the Kleene with 'lotion' in it?
Posted by: Burnt Toast at January 18, 2016 11:56 PM
The ONT, come here for Maet's content after a day of Ace's vacation posts...
you get 'baiting tips.
You all make me smile, TY.
Posted by: Farmer at January 19, 2016 12:16 AM (o/90i)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 19, 2016 12:16 AM (Z8fuk)
out today but, MLK is the only person who has a holiday named for him....
St. Patrick's Day, Columbus Day, maybe another one in there.
Only American was the comment, they went on to point out FDR has his own amendment
Posted by: Methos at January 19, 2016 12:16 AM (ZbV+0)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 19, 2016 12:09 AM (ucDmr)
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???
Posted by: Chrissy Columbus at January 19, 2016 12:16 AM (NUqwG)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 19, 2016 12:16 AM (Z8fuk)
Geeze, I just noticed my new hash. I should sell it to Andycanuck!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 19, 2016 12:17 AM (Z8fuk)
Just having fun. Why can't you can't you that do anymore. Don't mean nothing. Have fun back.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 19, 2016 12:17 AM (TaFgq)
Posted by: Arson Wells at January 19, 2016 12:18 AM (UnJ7w)
Posted by: Donna &&&&V. (Brandishing ampersands) at January 19, 2016 12:18 AM (P8951)
I just can't. I have to look at my cousins on FB. The fucking stupid is so thick you can cut it with a knife.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 19, 2016 12:19 AM (89T5c)
In that sense, why, yes, Georgie Staphylococcus does INDEED "cover" the Democrats.
Posted by: Beverly at January 19, 2016 12:19 AM (oRXMO)
OK, holidays named after people.
How about countries? Leaving out the upstairs-video-booth-for-review case of USA ("Amerigo" Vespucci), which countries in the world are named for people? Believe there are two. (family names in the country's name, not country's name in the title of traditional rulers .... gotta narrow this down)
Posted by: rhomboid at January 19, 2016 12:19 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 19, 2016 12:19 AM (voOPb)
Do you live there? Is your name "Jack?"
Posted by: Ricardo Kill, SO at January 19, 2016 12:20 AM (TaFgq)
Okay, Horde. I gift you Shit Pretentious Hipsters Say:
I just can't. I have to look at my cousins on FB. The fucking stupid is so thick you can cut it with a knife.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 19, 2016 12:19 AM (89T5c)
You'll love it! And then you can send it to them saying, "Hey, isn't this funny? It would be so weird knowing people like this!"
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 19, 2016 12:21 AM (FsuaD)
There was a burger joint in Berkeley one block from the campus called Kip's that served the greasiest burgers I have ever encountered. Downing a double would put an end to constipation. Masochists who took in their triple would be indisposed for a week. Went their a lot in grad school.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 19, 2016 12:21 AM (BK3ZS)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 19, 2016 12:21 AM (ucDmr)
I just can't. I have to look at my cousins on FB. The fucking stupid is so thick you can cut it with a knife.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
Tease.
*nutpunch*
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 19, 2016 12:21 AM (W0RfD)
Posted by: Tim Cook at January 19, 2016 12:22 AM (sl+zA)
And that goes for extreme sport enthusiasts, etc.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 18, 2016 11:56 PM (FsuaD)
I note that just about all of the folks recently swapped were DUAL CITIZENS...
Even the ones we had in jail here...
That is no coincidence...
Posted by: BB Wolf at January 19, 2016 12:22 AM (f7rv6)
The local humans will pose an infinitely greater risk to your safety than will the local mosquitoes.
Posted by: torquewrench at January 19, 2016 12:23 AM (noWW6)
Posted by: Donna &&&&V. (Brandishing ampersands) at January 19, 2016 12:23 AM (P8951)
Do you live there? Is your name "Jack?"
Posted by: Ricardo Kill, SO at January 19, 2016 12:20 AM (TaFgq)
***
Still talkin' about the New York Whack Shacks, are we?
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at January 19, 2016 12:23 AM (lutOX)
Posted by: Old Blue at January 19, 2016 12:23 AM (9iR5/)
How about countries?
---
El Salvador Del Mundo
San Marino
Saudi Arabia
Posted by: RioBravo at January 19, 2016 12:23 AM (NUqwG)
Posted by: Methos at January 19, 2016 12:24 AM (ZbV+0)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 19, 2016 12:24 AM (89T5c)
Posted by: Henry V at January 19, 2016 12:24 AM (sl+zA)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 19, 2016 12:25 AM (BK3ZS)
Posted by: Old Blue at January 19, 2016 12:25 AM (9iR5/)
You are right, Ricardo. No harm, I should've been more jocular in my comment.
For Russian literature/culture afficionados, Woody Allen's Love and Death is pretty amusing. Back in his better days of heavy-handed satire. But there are many cracks and scenes that nicely play off Russian high culture and its idiosyncracies. And other things ("Uncle Yuri, do Russian Jews have tails?" "No, Dimitri, that's German Jews - Russian Jews have horns - here, I have some sketches .....").
Posted by: rhomboid at January 19, 2016 12:25 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: Jane D'oh
Rachael Carson.
All of Africa is a malaria zone. FYI.
Posted by: Puddleglum at January 19, 2016 12:25 AM (NGd+i)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill, SO at January 19, 2016 12:25 AM (TaFgq)
The guy is a complete dope. He was the one who came up with the plan to have the Saudi military go in and get rid of the troublesome Houthis in Yemen. Instead the Saudi forces got mauled.
Posted by: torquewrench at January 19, 2016 12:26 AM (noWW6)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 19, 2016 12:26 AM (BK3ZS)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,etc. at January 19, 2016 12:26 AM (oFSUK)
Posted by: RioBravo at January 19, 2016 12:27 AM (NUqwG)
Posted by: Donna &&&&V. (Brandishing ampersands) at January 19, 2016 12:27 AM (P8951)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at January 19, 2016 12:27 AM (hlMPp)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 19, 2016 12:27 AM (voOPb)
Posted by: Brother Theodore at January 19, 2016 12:27 AM (Nf1Uv)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 19, 2016 12:28 AM (voOPb)
You are right, Ricardo. No harm, I should've been more jocular in my comment.
For Russian literature/culture afficionados, Woody Allen's Love and Death is pretty amusing. Back in his better days of heavy-handed satire. But there are many cracks and scenes that nicely play off Russian high culture and its idiosyncracies. And other things ("Uncle Yuri, do Russian Jews have tails?" "No, Dimitri, that's German Jews - Russian Jews have horns - here, I have some sketches .....").
Posted by: rhomboid at January 19, 2016 12:25 AM (QDnY+)
***
Yes, it's quite funny, that bit. Hell, all of it.
And for aficionados of dark humor, there's not much to top Soviet Russian stuff.... bleak.....gallows humor seems like knock-knock jokes by comparison.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at January 19, 2016 12:29 AM (lutOX)
Drunkorexic women who skip meals to drink more: 'Alarming' trend sees one in 20 regularly avoid food so they can 'make up' lost calories with booze
Posted by: jake at January 19, 2016 12:30 AM (HLUeE)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 19, 2016 12:30 AM (voOPb)
Horde, well done. So well done that are two cases outside my original thinking but definitely within the broader meaning.
Countries named after people (living, actual people, at the time of the founding of said countries): Saudi Arabia and Lichtenstein (royal family's names, in both cases).
Bolivia and Colombia were obviously named "for" people, but not in the same way (i.e., the al-Saud created and still runs Saudi A.).
El Salvador (buzzer) - no, don't think being named for religious figures counts, at least if we're limiting things to modern historical figures. San Marino - dunno. Don't think so. But the upstairs review team is open to new video replays from different angles.
Posted by: rhomboid at January 19, 2016 12:30 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 19, 2016 12:31 AM (89T5c)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at January 19, 2016 12:31 AM (hlMPp)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at January 19, 2016 12:31 AM (lutOX)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot
Only half the island. Why not discuss the other half?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 19, 2016 12:31 AM (W0RfD)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 19, 2016 12:31 AM (FsuaD)
280 I read "War and Peace, when I was in my 20s and when I was done I wanted a f'ing medal. The thing that drives me crazy about Russian novels: Russian names. You have but his mom calls him Sasha and his wife, Olga Nicolova and there there are 40 other characters with names just as long that you have to keep track of.
Posted by: Donna &&&&V. (Brandishing ampersands) at January 19, 2016 12:18 AM (P8951)
There's got to be a market for an editable version of Rusiian novels wherein you can rename the characters. When you first encounter an interminably long name you click on it and substitute your own. To wit: "Count Alexei Ivanovich Smeramalamadingdongsky" "Count Douchenozzle". Double click to provide a diminutive "Douchie".
Book reports would be a scream.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 19, 2016 12:32 AM (BK3ZS)
Posted by: Farmer at January 19, 2016 12:03 AM (o/90i)
Husband has been listening to the audio book in his evil SUV everday. Says it's like a soap opera.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 19, 2016 12:05 AM
Indeed it is.
But a good bit of historical reference in some respects.
Posted by: Farmer at January 19, 2016 12:32 AM (o/90i)
The local humans will pose an infinitely greater risk to your safety than will the local mosquitoes.
Posted by: torquewrench at January 19, 2016 12:23 AM (noWW6)
I'm assuming you're white, so was going to mention that I read somewhere sometime on the HQ whites don't go anywhere unless they're armed to the teeth, and they have to check their weapons when going into national parks, or something like that.
So malaria might not be the problem.
Posted by: Blano at January 19, 2016 12:33 AM (C3E0x)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 19, 2016 12:33 AM (BK3ZS)
Posted by: Jeopardy Question at January 19, 2016 12:36 AM (oFSUK)
Posted by: RioBravo at January 19, 2016 12:36 AM (NUqwG)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 19, 2016 12:36 AM (voOPb)
Also, when did it became fair game to record and publish people who have psychotic breakdowns? This happens frequently - someone is mentally ill, often naked, and video is uploaded to the internet for shits and giggles.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at January 19, 2016 12:37 AM (iQIUe)
Hmm, was not thinking of all these saints as the basis for country names. Guess I should have carved out different categories. Saudi and Lichtenstein were named for the actual families that in fact still run these places.
Too much very good argie malbec and distraction to reformulate it now.
Maybe "Countries bearing the names of their founders and current rulers"
Uncle Palpatine, you're right about Soviet humor. Reminds me sadly of my late Russian language tutor from the 90s, Misha. Jewish, hilarious, one of those immigrants to the US who was more American than 90% of Americans, in mindset and enthusiasm. He did well in the USSR (rose to second spot at a major film institute). His jokes, and real stories, were classic. I wish I had written them down. Pretty sure he would be appalled and baffled by much of America today, and surely by our "very" foreign policy (such as there is one).
Posted by: rhomboid at January 19, 2016 12:38 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: Jeopardy Question
Motto: Dios, Patria, Libertad (God, Fatherland, Liberty)
Posted by: Jeopardy Question at January 19, 2016 12:38 AM (oFSUK)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at January 19, 2016 12:39 AM (lutOX)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 19, 2016 12:07 AM
That must have been illuminating.
I worked a lot of nights at a college bar, good times.
Once we ended up at a Sambo's very drunk after work. For some reason I was pretending I was blind. Convinced the waitress, all was going on well until my boss from the bar came in.
Somehow I weaseled my way out of it, just wish I remembered how! Those were the days!
Posted by: Farmer at January 19, 2016 12:40 AM (o/90i)
I am so sick of all the Bernie Sanders coverage in the news.
Posted by: Weirddave at January 19, 2016 12:40 AM (N8hFs)
Posted by: Schrodinger's Goldblum at January 19, 2016 12:41 AM (VdICR)
Posted by: RioBravo at January 19, 2016 12:36 AM (NUqwG)
You might get some argument that Israel was founded with the birth of Isaac (so Jacob wasn't around yet).
Posted by: Methos at January 19, 2016 12:41 AM (ZbV+0)
Posted by: The Hat is Nigh at January 19, 2016 12:41 AM (vBeA5)
Posted by: Jeopardy Question at January 19, 2016 12:42 AM (oFSUK)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 19, 2016 12:42 AM (BK3ZS)
>>>"The Sexual Perverts Who Became American Traitors For The Reds"
I am so sick of all the Bernie Sanders coverage in the news.
Posted by: Weirddave at January 19, 2016 12:40 AM (N8hFs)<<<
Errah... yeah, Bernie Sanders, let's just go with that.
Posted by: zombie Ted Kennedy at January 19, 2016 12:43 AM (H9MG5)
Interesting about the Dominican Republic flag. Shouldn't they put a baseball diamond on it at this point?
The Saudi flag? Besides the swords and palm tree, that's a kick-ass hummus recipe written there. Or so I've been told.
Weirddave! Have you hugged your M1 lately, or, more importantly, shot it?
Posted by: rhomboid at January 19, 2016 12:43 AM (QDnY+)
Not so fast there, Son...
Posted by: J. H. Christ at January 19, 2016 12:43 AM (oQQwD)
Israel? Hmm, hadn't considered that one.
Philippines - ding ding ding, or close. Also hadn't thought of that.
Well I unleashed a monster that has swamped my inadequate initial framework, but that's OK.
Really need to get more wine and finish up Riefenstahl's flick, though.
Posted by: rhomboid at January 19, 2016 12:45 AM (QDnY+)
Hmm, was not thinking of all these saints as the basis for country names. Guess I should have carved out different categories. Saudi and Lichtenstein were named for the actual families that in fact still run these places.
Too much very good argie malbec and distraction to reformulate it now.
Maybe "Countries bearing the names of their founders and current rulers"
Uncle Palpatine, you're right about Soviet humor. Reminds me sadly of my late Russian language tutor from the 90s, Misha. Jewish, hilarious, one of those immigrants to the US who was more American than 90% of Americans, in mindset and enthusiasm. He did well in the USSR (rose to second spot at a major film institute). His jokes, and real stories, were classic. I wish I had written them down. Pretty sure he would be appalled and baffled by much of America today, and surely by our "very" foreign policy (such as there is one).
Posted by: rhomboid at January 19, 2016 12:38 AM (QDnY+)
***
I lived in Brookline and Brighton, MA, in the early to mid 90's. Very heavy Russian Jewish presence. Met some genuinely fascinating people.
My old landlord, Anatoli Davidovitch - Red Army vet, GPW, Order of Lenin. Did five years in gulag.
Asked him what he did.
"I cut down trees."
No, what did you do to get there?
"I took a train and then walked a long, long way."
Fine. What crime landed you there?
"The bolshevik revolution."
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at January 19, 2016 12:45 AM (lutOX)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at January 19, 2016 12:46 AM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: cthulhu at January 19, 2016 12:46 AM (EzgxV)
Worked that shift at a Perkins as the cook. Me & 1 waitress. I was so stoned by the time 6am rolled around.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 19, 2016 12:46 AM (voOPb)
Never knew this before: pixy blanks out any text placed between the 'less than' symbol and the 'greater than' symbol.
Sambos was a frequented often by us after the bars closed in MI. Great times.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 19, 2016 12:47 AM (BK3ZS)
Posted by: Jeopardy Question at January 19, 2016 12:48 AM (oFSUK)
Well, you shouldn't be typing incomplete equations on the blog at this time of night ...
Posted by: Adriane the Math Critic ... at January 19, 2016 12:48 AM (AoK0a)
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 19, 2016 12:49 AM (+lVUW)
Posted by: RioBravo at January 19, 2016 12:49 AM (NUqwG)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 19, 2016 12:49 AM (voOPb)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at January 19, 2016 12:46 AM (Nwg0u)
'Nite John Big Bootie
'Nite John Ya-Ya
'Nite John Small Berries
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 19, 2016 12:49 AM (BK3ZS)
I know a street ...
Posted by: Peter Gabriel ... at January 19, 2016 12:49 AM (AoK0a)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at January 19, 2016 12:49 AM (Nwg0u)
Minx 0.7 alpha does try to ensure that there is no math on this blog.
Posted by: in accordance with prophecy at January 19, 2016 12:50 AM (dbDB8)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 19, 2016 12:50 AM (voOPb)
Uncle Palpatine, that's a great story.
Wow, a survivor of both German hospitality AND Stalin's reward for same (the gulag). Amazing. I think he's one of a small lot of winners.
Similarly, an ex-gf's father (German) had survived Soviet imprisonment at the end of the war (he was swept up and sent to the eastern front just in time for the surrender). He died in his 50s, had had TB, etc. He too had done well just to come back to Germany alive.
Posted by: rhomboid at January 19, 2016 12:51 AM (QDnY+)
One old vet said he'd have died to protect any comrade, even Stalin, from the fascists, but, given the chance, he'd have killed him himself.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at January 19, 2016 12:52 AM (lutOX)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 19, 2016 12:52 AM (BK3ZS)
'Nite John Ya-Ya
'Nite John Small Berries
Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM)
That's perfect, Tommy ...
Posted by: Pretty Penny ... at January 19, 2016 12:53 AM (AoK0a)
RioBravo, you are really overfulfilling your quota, as they used to say in the USSR. A stakhanovite worker your are.
Marshall Islands. Never thought of it. Were they? You know, named after THAT guy? Wonder if "Oppenheimer" or "Groves" were considered, or "Teller". Might have been appropriate, considering, well, you know.
Posted by: rhomboid at January 19, 2016 12:53 AM (QDnY+)
Because it is - Court of Appeals is where policy is made. And I know, and I know, that this is on tape, and I should never say that. Because we don't 'make law,' I know. ... [tee hee].
Posted by: THE Empathetic, Wise Latina at January 19, 2016 12:54 AM (zc3Db)
Posted by: Flapjackmaka at January 19, 2016 12:54 AM (f4FYu)
Posted by: Oliver Queen ... at January 19, 2016 12:55 AM (AoK0a)
Posted by: An Observation at January 19, 2016 12:56 AM (Hz9na)
tru fact.
Posted by: Oliver Queen
Those Polynesian girls know why I named them the Sandwich Islands.
Posted by: Captain Cook at January 19, 2016 12:57 AM (Pwh6H)
Posted by: King Admiral Emperor Barky, Sooper-Geneeyus at January 19, 2016 12:58 AM (zc3Db)
Uncle Palpatine,having toured the Stalin museum and birthplace, and sat in his WWII special train command car, in Georgia, I can tell you one can find some pretty unnerving attitudes towards history's #2 murderer.
Local boy made good, as it were. Or, made it big, at least.
OK, off to refill the wine glass and finish watching Triumph of the Will. Finished a Goebbels bio (diary-based) yesterday, thinking of pivoting back to the Pacific (the Toll series) next.
Posted by: rhomboid at January 19, 2016 12:58 AM (QDnY+)
Please, people. And no more rumored names.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 18, 2016 11:22 PM (FsuaD)
Jane, the point is that the lefty progs do play "snap the wet towel tag" all the time with murderers like Chavez, Kim Jong Un, All the Cuban ruling class, dictators, the freakin' FARC, various terrorists and so on because of their "authenticity" and the need to support some cause.
The cause is decapitated victims, houses burned to the ground, families imprisoned, shakedowns, bought elections, assassinations, burned out farmers, refugees --- and that doesn't even touch the simple murders, rapes, robberies and beatings.
Sean Penn wants to play with the sharks. He is BFF with Hugo Chavez and sat so grim and sad at his funeral.
He wants to be the center of attention and have raffish friends who have that whiff of violence and untold riches about them?
He can also be shot in the middle of the afternoon walking to the beach in Maracaibo because some tough with political connections decides to kill the fifth man he saw wearing shoes.
He can have his teeth beaten in a riot in Caracas.
He can watch his kids die of repeated heroin ODs
He can wonder where his brother disappeared to, forever, and not know if it was the corrupt government, the bought paramilitaries, or the drug gangs.
He can be arrested for having the wrong political views, or for having the wrong house
He can be told he has to work as a dishwasher because he can't speak in public any more, and have his apartment torn apart looking for "evidence" once a month.
If you sleep with dogs you wake up with fleas. Penn should hide in Carmel where he has security that the average Mexican can't even dream of, and be glad he escaped.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 19, 2016 12:59 AM (q2o38)
Ha! None of them were waitresses, I bet ...
Posted by: St. Teddy of Taxachusetts ... at January 19, 2016 12:59 AM (AoK0a)
'Nite John Ya-Ya
'Nite John Small Berries
Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM)
That's perfect, Tommy ...
Posted by: Pretty Penny ... at January 19, 2016 12:53 AM (AoK0a)[/
Laugh-a while you can, monkey-boys.
Posted by: Lord J. Whorfin at January 19, 2016 12:59 AM (wqVD1)
Laugh-a while you can, monkey-boys.
Posted by: Lord J. Whorfin at January 19, 2016 12:59 AM (wqVD1)
***
Dr. Malavaqua, why you wearin' a sock?
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at January 19, 2016 01:02 AM (lutOX)
Local station re-runs Levin after the live run on another station. So, coming home tonight, heard a few minutes. He had one of the Benghazi guys on in the last half-hour or thereabouts. I'll download it and listen to the whole interview tomorrow.
Good night, Gracies. Fer surely.
Posted by: mindful webworker - but not really at January 19, 2016 01:02 AM (hgso/)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 19, 2016 01:02 AM (BK3ZS)
zh link
China building floating nuclear power plant. Yes I know we have those and land planes on them, but given the ChiComs construction standards, you gotta wonder how this will end.
Posted by: Methos at January 19, 2016 01:02 AM (ZbV+0)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at January 19, 2016 01:03 AM (lutOX)
Seriously, cartel members - do not look towards George Soros for this.
Sorry George... I tried.
Posted by: An Observation at January 19, 2016 01:03 AM (Hz9na)
Posted by: Blano at January 19, 2016 01:03 AM (C3E0x)
Posted by: Methos
Fucking gleat.
Posted by: Tokyo commuters at January 19, 2016 01:03 AM (Pwh6H)
Posted by: cthulhu at January 19, 2016 12:46 AM
I heard of his death here and informed the wife. She was surprised, news hits here earlier in the comments than a lot of other places.
She loves you guys, but I think she thinks you're all a little weird.
Don't take offense, she thinks I'm a little weird.
Posted by: Farmer at January 19, 2016 01:05 AM (o/90i)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 19, 2016 01:05 AM (voOPb)
Don't take offense, she thinks I'm a little weird.
Posted by: Farmer
We're also thrill-seekers.
Posted by: weird thrill-seeker on goofballs at January 19, 2016 01:07 AM (Pwh6H)
Posted by: An Observation at January 19, 2016 01:09 AM (Hz9na)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/689152109711855616
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/689153231524605953
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/689153652481769472
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/689153765467930624
Posted by: kbdabear at January 18, 2016 11:56 PM (okX23)
I fucking love science.
Posted by: rickl at January 19, 2016 01:11 AM (sdi6R)
"So have you seen 13 Hours yet?"
Posted by: An Observation
"Would you like a blindfold?"
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the #Problematic at January 19, 2016 01:11 AM (Pwh6H)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at January 19, 2016 01:14 AM (IXCJi)
there's a potential for a civil war if the "right" heir doesn't get his
birthright.
posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 18, 2016 11:56 PM (4ErVI)
The purge should come before the abdication, smoother transition.
Posted by: Burnt Toast at January 18, 2016 11:58 PM (T78UI)
A quick discussion on the Ottoman royal succession plan:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIG3VXUDzEU
Posted by: Kindltot at January 19, 2016 01:14 AM (q2o38)
Posted by: GGE of the Working Horde, NC Chapter at January 19, 2016 01:15 AM (30qi/)
Posted by: Sirrocco Jones ... at January 19, 2016 01:16 AM (AoK0a)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at January 19, 2016 01:16 AM (IXCJi)
Posted by: Adriane the Musical Audience Critic ... at January 19, 2016 01:17 AM (AoK0a)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 19, 2016 01:05 AM
Be well MisHum. I'm dragging the last dog upstairs. Bailey gets her last stitches out tomorrow, looks like the leg is going to be good, we hope.
Posted by: Farmer at January 19, 2016 01:18 AM (o/90i)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at January 19, 2016 01:20 AM (IXCJi)
BTW - without a new anticoagulant called Xarelto, approved a couple months before my blood clot-induced heat attack, I would be dead now (it was approved in Canada and Europe five years earlier.)
Posted by: bergerbilder at January 19, 2016 01:21 AM (IeXP9)
Posted by: Adriane the Movie Critic ... at January 19, 2016 01:21 AM (AoK0a)
Posted by: Rhett Butler, played by Weird Al at January 19, 2016 01:22 AM (IXCJi)
Didn't shoot the M1 last time out, took the Enfield for a ride. I liked it. Got Little's .22 zeroed for the new scope, so that was nice. Played with the .45 Baretta Storm carbine which had been sadly neglected. Typical range day.
Posted by: Weirddave at January 19, 2016 01:23 AM (za+mW)
Posted by: OldDominionMom at January 19, 2016 01:23 AM (GzDYP)
Kinky, government minister-of sex style, as overseen by pantsuit Hillary, who will inspect all tapes as her schedule permits, personally deciding who shall be executed and who needs to be brought in for interrogation (mostly girls).
Posted by: Alec Rawls at January 19, 2016 01:24 AM (5z7RS)
There is no truth to the rumor that George Soros financed the Sean Penn
interview with El Chapo, or that he suggested it in the first place.
Seriously, cartel members - do not look towards George Soros for this.
Sorry George... I tried.
Posted by: An Observation at January 19, 2016 01:03 AM (Hz9na)
I understand that Penn was initially putting up some resistance, but when Valerie Jarrett and Jon Corzine weighed in.....
Posted by: cthulhu at January 19, 2016 01:26 AM (EzgxV)
Who cares if Trump isn't a life long conservative? As long as he does those few things, our side will come out way ahead.
Posted by: Duncan MacLeod, The Highlander at January 19, 2016 01:27 AM (COpZ4)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo: hey, *I* didn't marry him at January 19, 2016 01:28 AM (IXCJi)
for religious figures counts, at least if we're limiting things to
modern historical figures. San Marino - dunno. Don't think so. But the
upstairs review team is open to new video replays from different angles.
Posted by: rhomboid at January 19, 2016 12:30 AM (QDnY+)
Rhodesia?
Posted by: Kindltot at January 19, 2016 01:29 AM (q2o38)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at January 19, 2016 01:30 AM (IXCJi)
Look up some pictures of ol' Ibn Saud, the first king of the place after he unified it. That is one shifty looking SOB, looking just like some Arab villain out of central casting.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at January 19, 2016 01:32 AM (dvuhZ)
It's good to be the King.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at January 19, 2016 01:32 AM (IXCJi)
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the #Problematic at January 19, 2016 01:32 AM (Pwh6H)
By the time I reached bottom, I hadva heart attack, stroke (that ruined
my salivary glands and sense of taste), pneumonia, pleural effusion
(water buildup between the lungs and ribs), internal bleeding from
anticoagulants, blood clots in my lungs from not enough anticoagulants,
tooth decay from the loss of saliva ,and the resultant malnutrition, and
congestive heart failure from a very weak heart after the heart attack.
One by one, I have overcome all, except my heart damage which will
never come back. I am now getting my teeth replaced. This will take
another few months, and so far I have lost another 20 lbs. Once I get my
teeth fixed, I think I may have it kicked.
BTW - without a new anticoagulant called Xarelto, approved a couple
months before my blood clot-induced heat attack, I would be dead now (it
was approved in Canada and Europe five years earlier.)
Posted by: bergerbilder at January 19, 2016 01:21 AM (IeXP9)
But you avoided the running shits.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 19, 2016 01:33 AM (EzgxV)
Redick: "it was a very weird game".
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at January 19, 2016 01:34 AM (IXCJi)
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the #Problematic at January 19, 2016 01:35 AM (Pwh6H)
The way Saudi is at the moment, you'd get to be king for a day. Before ISIS shows up with machetes and boners.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at January 19, 2016 01:37 AM (IXCJi)
Just wondering if the victim is the same person I went to high school with. (Offbeat lez with constant bad luck. Not a bad person.)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at January 19, 2016 01:38 AM (GdFQh)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo
Nah, I'd telecommute like that African king that's a mechanic in Germany.
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the #Problematic at January 19, 2016 01:38 AM (Pwh6H)
That's the House of Saud. Or in the Hejaz. Or somewhere.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at January 19, 2016 01:39 AM (dvuhZ)
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the #Problematic at January 19, 2016 01:43 AM (Pwh6H)
I'd be a good king of Saudi Arabia. The hot women, which I'd personally inspect to rule on hot or not, would go around naked. Well, all the good parts would be out maybe with some dressing in the spirit of some harem girl costume.
They'd be all around the palace. I'd turn Mecca into a giant Vegas, whorehouses and casinos up one side and down the other. And all my minsters would wear fezes. With propellers on top.
The rules of succession would be determined by an orgy-off of some sort. Whoever banged the most babes in the shortest amount of time or something would be the Crown Prince. And anyone could challenge that at any time just by saying the word, and we'll have another orgy at the palace.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at January 19, 2016 01:50 AM (dvuhZ)
Gingy is OK. We're dealing with Big who was just diagnosed bipolar. It's a roller coaster right now.
Didn't shoot the M1 last time out, took the Enfield for a ride. I
liked it. Got Little's .22 zeroed for the new scope, so that was nice.
Played with the .45 Baretta Storm carbine which had been sadly
neglected. Typical range day.
Posted by: Weirddave at January 19, 2016 01:23 AM (za+mW)
My sympathies to him, and to you and Gingy, and to Little, and to the greater circles. Just remember that being diagnosed bipolar beats the everloving crap out of being undiagnosed bipolar.
Bipolar, by itself, is relatively easy to treat -- as opposed to bipolar with schizophrenia, which can make your current roller coaster look like a speed-bump. And remember that there is a significant correlation between bipolar and creativity -- if he can somewhat control and harness his mood swings, he may attain greatness beyond the bounds of normalcy.
My best to all, but especially to Big. He probably thinks he just got branded with a scarlet letter -- but, really, he just got a stake in the ground to measure from....and a whole bunch of tools to do things with.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 19, 2016 01:51 AM (EzgxV)
And don't get me started on the man-dresses.
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the #Problematic at January 19, 2016 01:51 AM (Pwh6H)
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the #Problematic at January 19, 2016 01:57 AM (Pwh6H)
Posted by: goon at January 19, 2016 01:58 AM (gy5kE)
Posted by: goon at January 19, 2016 01:58 AM (gy5kE)
You're telling me!
Posted by: Bugs Bunny quickly thumping vein... at January 19, 2016 02:01 AM (vBeA5)
Posted by: goon at January 19, 2016 02:03 AM (gy5kE)
And the rules of succession would be determined by an arm wrestling competition, like in Over The Top.
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the #Problematic at January 19, 2016 01:57 AM (Pwh6H)
Every other Republican debate should be a melee. First round, flails; second round, swords; third round, bows; fourth round, any weapon invented by John Moses Browning. Then Iowa.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 19, 2016 02:06 AM (EzgxV)
Alas, the British have become a silly people. But The Donald will be welcome in Saudi Arabia when I'm king. He can bring Bibi and we can all go golfing.
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the #Problematic at January 19, 2016 02:07 AM (Pwh6H)
Posted by: cthulhu
Round 1 would definitely favor Christie. He's got about a 100 pound advantage.
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the #Problematic at January 19, 2016 02:09 AM (Pwh6H)
Posted by: goon at January 19, 2016 02:11 AM (gy5kE)
Every other Republican debate should be a melee. First round, flails;
second round, swords; third round, bows; fourth round, any weapon
invented by John Moses Browning. Then Iowa.
Posted by: cthulhu
Round 1 would definitely favor Christie. He's got about a 100 pound advantage.
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the #Problematic at January 19, 2016 02:09 AM (Pwh6H)
Flails would include nunchuks. I don't think Chistie's poundage would do him much good there.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 19, 2016 02:13 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: cthulhu
True. If Cruz is as fast on his feet with weapons as he is in a debate, gotta give it to him.
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the #Problematic at January 19, 2016 02:16 AM (Pwh6H)
First round, flails; second round, swords; third round, bows; fourth
round, any weapon invented by John Moses Browning. Then Iowa.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 19, 2016 02:06 AM (EzgxV)<<<
class battleships?
Posted by: ... just to be sure at January 19, 2016 02:16 AM (H9MG5)
Posted by: goon at January 19, 2016 02:18 AM (gy5kE)
Posted by: cthulhu at January 19, 2016 02:06 AM (EzgxV)
class battleships?
I would have liked to have seen ... Montana ...
-class battleships.
Posted by: Vasili "one-ping" Borodin at January 19, 2016 02:22 AM (dbDB8)
Posted by: cthulhu at January 19, 2016 02:23 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Piercello at January 19, 2016 02:27 AM (RXfvh)
>>>Every other Republican debate should be a melee.
First round, flails; second round, swords; third round, bows; fourth
round, any weapon invented by John Moses Browning. Then Iowa.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 19, 2016 02:06 AM (EzgxV)<<<
class battleships?
Posted by: ... just to be sure at January 19, 2016 02:16 AM (H9MG5)
Involving battleships in this contest would tend to favor coastal states -- and they're already over-emphasized.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 19, 2016 02:28 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: goon at January 19, 2016 02:33 AM (gy5kE)
Here's the situation:
I recently attended a big convention. Every year it's held in a huge convention center and there are literally thousands of booths and tens of thousands of attendees going booth to booth looking at new releases, hearing sales shpiels, etc. This is normal -- many of you have probably been to similar conventions.
At this convention in particular, there is a lot of "schwag" as it's called -- freebie giveaways by the companies hosting each booth. In addition, there is even more literature that everyone collects -- every booth has brochures and sales lists and samples etc. that they're handing out. And this particular convention also allows customers to buy products (usually limited to one per person) at each booth as well. And remember, there are thousands of booths. So it quickly can add up.
This convention has been around for a long time, and about ten or fifteen years ago things were starting to get out of hand as attendees were bringing massive backpacks and wheeled luggage and huge gym bags to collect all the mountains of schwag and literature, and the aisles were getting really clogged with people wheeling and carrying around literally tons of stuff.
So ten or fifteen years ago they instituted a new system whereby attendees weren't allowed to bring in their own bags (aside from small purses), but instead each person upon entry was handed one empty official convention bag to hold their schwag. If your bag got full, theoretically you could exit the convention, go unload it in your car, and then come back and refill it again -- and in fact some people did do this -- but the new system generally limited each customer to one bag full of schwag per day.
Now at first, this wasn't so bad, because the official convention bags which everyone got were fairly large, made of heavy-duty plastic, and could handle a pretty substantial amount of schwag, People got used to them.
And then this year happened.
And everything suddenly went to hell.
I (and apparently just about everyone else) was shocked upon first entry to get this year's "convention bag," only to discover that it not only was smaller than in previous years, but most disastrously was some kind of jive-ass "green bag" made of "natural corn" which is "compostable" and is "carbon neutral" and "good for the environment," etc.
Why is this so bad? Because the goddamn new bags were total pieces of shit. First of all, they were extremely easy to accidentally puncture, as the "natural corn byproduct" has almost no resilience or strength. If you put a single brochure in the bag, the corner of the paper could (and often did) poke a hole in the side, which would in fairly rapid order start to widen and tear and before long your bag had a big hole in it. Secondly, the handles tore right off with the slightest weight in the bag. Thirdly, the bags seemed to be extremely heat sensitive (part of their fabulous "compostable" aspect), such that if you put them down on a warm electronic device or near a hot light or whatever, the bag would kind of "melt" -- more like shrivel and evaporate.
Just the worst, crappiest bags you can imagine. I saw many many attendees struggling with them and complaining amongst themselves. By my off-the-cuff estimates based on personal observations, at least 90% of attendees were visibly unhappy with the new bags.
But whenever I spoke to anyone who was part of the company putting on the convention, they all seemed to be completely oblivious to this unhappiness, and when queried would say how great the fabulous new "green" bags were.
OK, so that's the situation. What I want to know -- what I need to know -- is this:
What was the real actual reason for the decision to use the bags at this year's show?
Options:
a. The convention organizers are themselves leftist "progressives," and sincerely think that "green" is automatically morally superior, user experience be damned; or
b. The convention organizers themselves aren't "progressives," but they mistakenly assumed that most of the attendees are progressives, and as such are all masochistic and would applaud the new "green" bags even to their own discomfort; or
c. The convention organizers are totally disconnected from the "user experience," and some left-wing mid-level buyer staged a silent coup and ordered "green" bags that pissed everyone off, but the bosses in charge are unaware of what happened; or
d. The convention organizers purposely ordered horrible bags as a way to prevent attendees from taking too much schwag, but in so doing only infuriated all the attendees; or
e. Something I can't think of.
Help! What is the reason? Why were these bags used at the convention this year? It's driving me nuts.
Posted by: zombie at January 19, 2016 02:39 AM (jBuUi)
Posted by: Piercello at January 19, 2016 02:43 AM (RXfvh)
Posted by: Piercello
Yes, it's in California. So I'll mark you down as a vote for "a", with "c" as your second choice.
Posted by: zombie at January 19, 2016 02:46 AM (jBuUi)
Posted by: Piercello at January 19, 2016 02:47 AM (RXfvh)
zombie, I'd lean toward "c," but that is without assuming the convention
is actually happening in California, which (if it were) might also
boost "a."
Posted by: Piercello at January 19, 2016 02:43 AM (RXfvh)
You also have to know the basis for the convention -- if it's nanomachining, you get one answer; if it's diversity-training, you get another.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 19, 2016 02:48 AM (EzgxV)
b. The convention organizers themselves aren't "progressives," but they mistakenly assumed that most of the attendees are progressives, and as such are all masochistic and would applaud the new "green" bags even to their own discomfort; or
c. The convention organizers are totally disconnected from the "user experience," and some left-wing mid-level buyer staged a silent coup and ordered "green" bags that pissed everyone off, but the bosses in charge are unaware of what happened; or
d. The convention organizers purposely ordered horrible bags as a way to prevent attendees from taking too much schwag, but in so doing only infuriated all the attendees; or
e. Something I can't think of.
Help! What is the reason? Why were these bags used at the convention this year? It's driving me nuts.
Posted by: zombie at January 19, 2016 02:39 AM (jBuUi)
Combo of "a" through "c" is likely. Hard to imagine an intention to deny schwag from convention goers short of total idiocy.
Posted by: The Con Hat at January 19, 2016 02:53 AM (vBeA5)
Posted by: cthulhu
That's true. I can't reveal the exact theme of the convention, for security reasons, but I can say this:
The convention is in no way political -- nothing about its topic is connected to or biased toward any political viewpoint.
Basically, it's just a general interest convention on a general interest topic, not limited to ay particular demographic group. Imagine, for example, conventions about consumer electronic devices, or food, or health & fitness, or a job fair, or whatever. Really, really mainstream.
Posted by: zombie at January 19, 2016 02:56 AM (jBuUi)
Posted by: The Con Hat
Ah but you see, in the past they already did limit bag size for the very purpose to denying schwag to attendees, because people were just harvesting vast piles of it. That was the reason for the "bag system" in the first place -- to limit schwag-hording.
So it's not unreasonable to surmise that maybe they think the previous big-bags were just too generous, and tried to limit their size even further, for some inscrutable reason.
Posted by: zombie at January 19, 2016 03:00 AM (jBuUi)
I think you'll see more and more of this. I work for a large multi-national and the leadership has drank the AGW kool-aid. Every endeavor, top to bottom, now has to consider the "green angle".
Posted by: BignJames at January 19, 2016 03:00 AM (j7iSn)
Posted by: buzzion at January 19, 2016 03:01 AM (zt+N6)
Posted by: BignJames
I suspect you are right in this case as well. On the Web site for the convention there are little self-congratuletory references to "sustainability" or other such bullshit, which leads me to think that the organizers have drunk the Kool-Aid as well, meaning that the reason is "a."
But in such doing they will kill the whole enterprise. If this keeps up, everyone will stay away because without a decent bag it isn't worth the effort, and the convention will start to die.
Will the Kool-Aid drinking honchos ever understand how they killed their own convention?
Posted by: zombie at January 19, 2016 03:05 AM (jBuUi)
Posted by: Piercello at January 19, 2016 03:06 AM (RXfvh)
Posted by: zombie at January 19, 2016 03:00 AM (jBuUi)
It's one thing to stop people from bringing in wheeled carts because they cause conjestion, and to force people to use fall-abart bags to get any schwag.
My ultimate suggestion: Wear a large coat with lots of pockets and stuff those with the Schwag. Not only do you get around the crappy bag imposition, but you don't have to carry anything in your hands.
Posted by: The Pocketed Hat at January 19, 2016 03:06 AM (vBeA5)
Rumor has it that Consuela Vanderbilt, iirc and imn, used to replace the cucumber slices in the tea sandwiches with little slivers of green soap, because no one who was invited to lunch would dare to complain ...
Posted by: Adriane the Elite Critic ... at January 19, 2016 03:08 AM (AoK0a)
Posted by: buzzion
Very good theory, and one that I considered, but I actually did research and discovered that while plastic bags are indeed "banned" in California (and in this locality), the ban only applies to certain situations, and is not universal. Generally, the ban only applies to large retail markets, but not to corner stores, and conventions and similar gatherings are specifically exempted. So, plastic bags in this setting are not illegal.
Second of all, the "green" bags are actually MORE expensive than the plastic bags (I researched the general price range.) So they didn't save money by buying the new kind.
Posted by: zombie at January 19, 2016 03:11 AM (jBuUi)
Posted by: All Teh Meh at January 19, 2016 03:13 AM (wEq+O)
Posted by: goon at January 19, 2016 03:14 AM (gy5kE)
Posted by: The Pocketed Hat
Well yes, you are correct, there are "solutions" for the creative attendee. My strategy (one employed by many other attendees as well) is to bring in the one allowed small "purse" (or "murse" as the case may be), which only looks small to the guards inspecting you as you enter, but which then secretly expand to much more capacious dimensions once you're on the convention floor. Very, very clever.
But my question was not how to defeat the new system, but rather a sociological conundrum of what motivated the organizers to shoot themselves in the foot in the first place?
Posted by: zombie at January 19, 2016 03:18 AM (jBuUi)
Posted by: All Teh Meh at January 19, 2016 03:13 AM (wEq+O)
Really? At most professional conventions I've gone too, I've received a hugh bad that doen't even come close to being filled... heck, I've gotten high quality bags even though when there no schwag to get!
I've usually ditched those because I hate carrying things all over the place.
How anyone could lug a purse around is beyong me.
Posted by: The Schwag Hat at January 19, 2016 03:19 AM (vBeA5)
Posted by: zombie at January 19, 2016 03:18 AM (jBuUi)
You have guards policing the size of purses?
Frankly it sounds like the organizers don't want you destracted from whatever program they are putting on and are willing to piss off people and even drive some away if only it increases the attendence of their program.
Ultimate solution, if it an organization that can be taken over, then taking it over in the name of competency would be legit, regardless of political ideology or lack thereof.
AX totally screwed the pooch in '07, and a lot of their leadership got purged in the aftermath.
Posted by: The Schwag Hat at January 19, 2016 03:23 AM (vBeA5)
It's as if there weren't perfectly good words for these things before ... but some illiterate didn't know them so we get these words that sound as if a 4th grader made them up.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at January 19, 2016 03:25 AM (zc3Db)
Energy Saving Girl who had maintenance turn off the A/C in the server room got fired after Saving the Planet ...
Posted by: Adriane the Technology Critic ... at January 19, 2016 03:27 AM (AoK0a)
My best to all, but especially to Big. He probably thinks he just got branded with a scarlet letter -- but, really, he just got a stake in the ground to measure from....and a whole bunch of tools to do things with.
Well, here's hoping. Right now our life is endless abuse from Big. He drives Gingy to tears, and then I tag team in to take the abuse. I can stand it more than she can, but frankly the only thing that keeps me from telling him to "shut the fuck up and go ahead and do it you pussy ass cunt" when he goes on and on about wishing he was dead is a) what it would do to Gingy and b) the fact that he's my son and I love him(damnit).
He knows just which buttons to push too, and he gleefully bangs on them again and again.
Frankly, the only reason I haven't snapped is my pride. I'm better than he wants me to be, and I'll be damned if I'm going to let that snot nosed shithole get the better of me. I am THE FATHER and he's not remotely capable of abridging that. No matter how hard he tries.
Not while I still draw breath.
Damnit.
Posted by: Weirddave at January 19, 2016 03:28 AM (N8hFs)
Posted by: The Teaching Hat at January 19, 2016 03:33 AM (vBeA5)
That's just a matter of necessity. If they demanded that teachers demonstrate any sort of competency in their subjects then the whole public K-12 system would collapse from lack of teachers.
Education departments are the worst departments at every university cursed with them. And that's saying quite a mouthful, seeing the other joke departments around that are competing for the bottom of the barrel. Education grads have the lowest GRE scores of anyone. They even score lower on the math sections than the friggin Literature and Sociology grads!
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at January 19, 2016 03:38 AM (zc3Db)
Posted by: L,Elle at January 19, 2016 03:38 AM (2x3L+)
If we're boycotting all things British, I'm in except for Shepherd's Pie. Can't give that up. In fact, it's my favorite time of year to make one. Great winter comfort food.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at January 19, 2016 03:44 AM (HMt16)
Use German Shepherds ?
Posted by: Adriane the Bad Idea Critic ... at January 19, 2016 03:46 AM (AoK0a)
When was the English or any other language first used?
40,000 BC?
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old and Unimproved. at January 19, 2016 03:46 AM (WVsWD)
Well I don't go to many so I probably just need to get out more, either that or I run in some cheap ass circles, one is as likely as the other. The most swag I ever got was when I worked at a supplier for veteranerian clinics, tons and tons of swag, at least if you consider things like bowls, flea shampoo and dog food swag.
Posted by: All Teh Meh at January 19, 2016 03:49 AM (wEq+O)
Posted by: rokshox at January 19, 2016 03:49 AM (Ap82b)
treat -- as opposed to bipolar with schizophrenia, which can make
your current roller coaster look like a speed-bump. And remember that
there is a significant correlation between bipolar and creativity -- if
he can somewhat control and harness his mood swings, he may attain
greatness beyond the bounds of normalcy.
My best to all, but especially to Big. He probably thinks he just
got branded with a scarlet letter -- but, really, he just got a stake in
the ground to measure from....and a whole bunch of tools to do things
with.
Well, here's hoping. Right now our life is endless abuse from Big.
He drives Gingy to tears, and then I tag team in to take the abuse. I
can stand it more than she can, but frankly the only thing that keeps me
from telling him to "shut the fuck up and go ahead and do it you pussy
ass cunt" when he goes on and on about wishing he was dead is a) what it
would do to Gingy and b) the fact that he's my son and I love
him(damnit).
He knows just which buttons to push too, and he gleefully bangs on them again and again.
Frankly, the only reason I haven't snapped is my pride. I'm better
than he wants me to be, and I'll be damned if I'm going to let that snot
nosed shithole get the better of me. I am THE FATHER and he's not
remotely capable of abridging that. No matter how hard he tries.
Not while I still draw breath.
Damnit.
Posted by: Weirddave at January 19, 2016 03:28 AM (N8hFs)
Oooh, ouch. My previous post was for everyone a couple of weeks from now, when folks can reflect on the storm. It seems today you are in the midst of it -- may God, your will, Moron support, and ethanol sustain you through this time of trial.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 19, 2016 03:51 AM (EzgxV)
Sure ... but there's still a difference in utterances. There are utterances that babies make and there are utterances that adults create.
"Swag" and "bling" are words that a crying infant would come up with.
When was the English or any other language first used?
40,000 BC?
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old and Unimproved. at January 19, 2016 03:46 AM (WVsWD)
I guess it depends on when you consider grunts and snorts became eligible to be considered "words".
But, interestingly, most of the first words were probably not really "made up" in that they were just mimicking the sounds that the labeled things made - at least to start.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at January 19, 2016 03:51 AM (zc3Db)
Prayers for Health & Healing for you and your Family ...
The struggle to get my stepson to some level of maturity & sanity was ... brutal. But ultimately, successful.
Posted by: Adriane the Bad Idea Critic ... at January 19, 2016 03:52 AM (AoK0a)
I wonder why George Stuffy doesn't get a disclaimer subtitle on his interview. Trump did call him on it Sunday though.
Good morning horde
Posted by: Skip at January 19, 2016 03:53 AM (hk3Fb)
Anyone seen Slapweasel or Chi tonight?
Posted by: L,Elle at January 19, 2016 03:38 AM (2x3L+)
I have backchannels to both, if necessary. Last time I checked, they're both fine.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 19, 2016 03:55 AM (EzgxV)
And I said "made up" because words already existed for those uses, as I wrote in the original comment.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at January 19, 2016 03:55 AM (zc3Db)
Posted by: Weirddave at January 19, 2016 03:59 AM (N8hFs)
Try reading Shakespeare the way he wrote it. Not only have the pronunciations changed but some words have changed completely.
Any language is only as fluid as is those who use it. They change. This can not be helped. "Swag" is no less of a word than "loot" because it is relatively new.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old and Unimproved. at January 19, 2016 04:01 AM (WVsWD)
"OK, OK. I will finally admit what everyone already knows: I used an obviously phony-baloney Tweet to smear Donald Trump as an Obama voter. I admit that the Tweet was fake, but it was accurate."
The Dan Rather defense.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at January 19, 2016 04:01 AM (HMt16)
demonstrate any sort of competency in their subjects then the whole
public K-12 system would collapse from lack of teachers.
Once upon a time I would have agreed with you, but since Mrs Hades came along I've gotten a chance to see how the sausage is made, so to speak.
Long story short, there are some truly awful teachers out there who are in large part protected by the teachers unions (no union in NC), and there are more and more of them every day for a simple reason that will be explained directly, but the majority of them are still good and talented people who are thwarted not only by their administration who are quick to jump on the "newest" and "bestest. thing. EVAR!" to come along (see Common Core) but also by the raw materials they have to work with ("What do you mean momma's precious can't read? Not even trying? Well, it MUST BE YOUR FAULT!!!") and the lack of support from the aforementioned administration.
You have second graders who won't do the work and will tell the teachers "I don't give a fuck what you do" (actual quote) because the parents won't discipline their children and the school system is not allowed to (we got swats in school, which was vastly preferred to having them call our parents). Combine this with the law that says all children must be in school and you have a recipe for failure.
How do you fix it? I don't know, but the root of the problem is the lack of discipline, and that must start in the home...but of course the incentive for that has been removed by a "well meaning" government that has replaced fathers with welfare checks and dumbed down the entire system to cater to the least common denominator...and left the teachers holding the bag. No wonder the good ones are leaving in droves, and to fill the gap you lower the standards so that any idiot can get a teachers certificate...and a lot of them do.
Once upon a time I considered taking part in the "troops to teachers" program (where I would have gotten a teaching certificate and been a middle or high school shop teacher with the agreement I would get my BA in education within 5 years), but once I studied the issue I realized that I would have wanted to choke one of Mamas Angels out within a short amount of time.
Side note...we had a RIO in my first squadron who had his degree in education. He went to fly the backseat of Tomcats because at his first teaching job he realized he had made a huge mistake in his choice of professions. Just before he went to OCS he told one of the parents to put her kid on a diet so she would look good dancing on the pole, cause if she kept going the way she was going that was going to be about the best career choice open for her.
Posted by: GGE of the Working Horde, NC Chapter at January 19, 2016 04:03 AM (30qi/)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at January 19, 2016 04:08 AM (HMt16)
I'm not arguing that.
"Swag" is no less of a word than "loot" because it is relatively new.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old and Unimproved. at January 19, 2016 04:01 AM (WVsWD)
"Bling" and "swag" are retarded.
Languages can be dragged down to the lowest common denominator (instead of having the lowest common denominator lifted up to the language). Languages can be destroyed by speakers with minimal vocabularies and little feel for the grammar.
Just being fluid says nothing about whether a language is advancing or receding. It is how the language is changing that is important. If you think that moving towards ghetto talk and pigeon-English is a positive change then that's where we'll have to disagree. Sure, it will be very convenient when the language is reduced to 1000 words and 3 simple tenses ...
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at January 19, 2016 04:08 AM (zc3Db)
Don't you think?
"We should be putting the fear of God in these terrorists that if you mess with a American citizen we will get you and we will win"
Ah, you voted in the wrong government for that you know
Posted by: Skip at January 19, 2016 04:10 AM (hk3Fb)
40,000 BC?
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old and Unimproved. at January 19, 2016 03:46 AM (WVsWD)
Proto-Indo-European wasn't even a language at that point.
On a side note, people reciting ancient dead languages like Proto-Indo-European, Hittite, &c.:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENiNRZ7Hldk
Actually pretty interesting if you just listen and try to guess which language sounds "normal"... chances are it'll be Proto-Indo-European or one of the Indo-European languages
Posted by: The Linguistic Hat at January 19, 2016 04:13 AM (vBeA5)
It doesn't matter where I think any language is moving. What you describe as "ghetto talk" has already been accepted by many as normal language.
How do you propose to stop this "ghettoizing" any language?
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old and Unimproved. at January 19, 2016 04:19 AM (WVsWD)
Weirddave at January 19, 2016 03:28 AM (N8hFs)
Prayers for Health Healing for you and your Family ...
The struggle to get my stepson to some level of maturity sanity was ... brutal. But ultimately, successful.
Posted by: Adriane the Bad Idea Critic ... at January 19, 2016 03:52 AM (AoK0a)
Bless you, Adriane. Please continue to advise, counsel, and assist Weirddave. I will, as well.....but we don't have kids. I'm doing it from the perspective of one of the three people on my mother's side of eight who have not endured semi-involuntary mental care.
In other words, my aunt and uncle have done supervised drug rehab or been institutionalized; and my cousins who I grew up with have been in a variety of programs....and I have a great deal of sympathy for those on both sides of the rift.
But, in the end, I am cthulhu -- and embody chaos, and put a nice spin on it. Your message is better than mine.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 19, 2016 04:22 AM (EzgxV)
How do you propose to stop this "ghettoizing" any language?
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old and Unimproved. at January 19, 2016 04:19 AM (WVsWD)
Spricaþ Ænglisc oþþe áfær
Posted by: Se Léodweardprætt Hæt at January 19, 2016 04:23 AM (vBeA5)
So?
How do you propose to stop this "ghettoizing" any language?
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old and Unimproved. at January 19, 2016 04:19 AM (WVsWD)
I don't. I just tend not to use it, myself, other than for laughs. I call it what it is, which you seem seriously reluctant to do, for some reason.
I guess you could say, in the modern vernacular, I'm "all wee wee'd up" about it.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at January 19, 2016 04:24 AM (zc3Db)
Posted by: Baldy at January 19, 2016 04:25 AM (1SCTq)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old and Unimproved. at January 19, 2016 04:25 AM (WVsWD)
Just finished watching the first episode of "Kono subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!"
A shut-in high schooler sacrifices a life for a girl who, it turns out, wasn't in danger and he died of shock (even his parents laughed at it).
Even the "goddess" he's assigned to for choosing belittles him.
His only choice in the afterlife that involves his keeping his memories is to go into a D&D and choose one skill of weapon. He chooses that belittling goddess... and is approved.
At the D&D style guild he has above average intellegence, low luck, and agerage everything else... the "goddess" who is forced to be the "skill or weapon" that must accompany him is expert in everything but luck and intellegence, which are indicated as being low.
Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at January 19, 2016 04:28 AM (vBeA5)
Or else what?
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old and Unimproved. at January 19, 2016 04:25 AM (WVsWD)
oþþe ácwilaþ
Posted by: Ælfrēd se Grēata at January 19, 2016 04:29 AM (vBeA5)
I would say that is a perfectly non cromulent explanation that embiggened none of us. Hide your bling in shame and turn in your swag.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old and Unimproved. at January 19, 2016 04:31 AM (WVsWD)
Unfortunately, art has the luxury of being able to be totally meaningless and inconsequential ... language, not so much.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at January 19, 2016 04:32 AM (zc3Db)
I don't recognize this word or even the root.
Maybe prounounced "ack wiel lass"?
Possibly "boredom"
IDK
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old and Unimproved. at January 19, 2016 04:43 AM (WVsWD)
I would say that is a perfectly non cromulent explanation that embiggened none of us. Hide your bling in shame and turn in your swag.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old and Unimproved. at January 19, 2016 04:31 AM (WVsWD)
A little mood music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6oXW_YiV6g
Posted by: The spoken hat at January 19, 2016 04:44 AM (vBeA5)
Maybe prounounced "ack wiel lass"?
Possibly "boredom"
IDK
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old and Unimproved. at January 19, 2016 04:43 AM (WVsWD)
Much more negative Old English term...
Posted by: The Old Hat at January 19, 2016 04:45 AM (vBeA5)
LOL.
I think the OED should mine that video for new words. Once they accepted "meh" as a word there's no limit to what utterances they would "certify".
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at January 19, 2016 04:48 AM (zc3Db)
Probiere mal weiter. Bitte!
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old and Unimproved. at January 19, 2016 04:50 AM (WVsWD)
German would drive you insane.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old and Unimproved. at January 19, 2016 04:53 AM (WVsWD)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old and Unimproved. at January 19, 2016 04:54 AM (WVsWD)
I'm not really a language purist. I just have my sense of aesthetics and utility. I hate to see beautiful, intricate systems destroyed by the slobbering mob.
I studied German one summer (I had to take German for one of my doctoral language exams - idiotic, anachronistic, silly little tests but we had to take them) and I couldn't make heads or tails of it. I know that English is Germanic ... but ... it was pretty messed up.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at January 19, 2016 04:59 AM (zc3Db)
I am sure we can go back to around 1600-1675 and find the same kinds of thought about where the English language was heading then.
Have you already forgotten that the common English language was for peasants only? The Nobility and and Royalty did not speak it. In public at least.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old and Unimproved. at January 19, 2016 05:03 AM (WVsWD)
Posted by: Ælfrǣd þæs Duguþes at January 19, 2016 05:05 AM (vBeA5)
Here is "To Forget" performed live by Kylisa:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MrkRTzqE4I
Posted by: The Political Hat at January 19, 2016 05:45 AM (vBeA5)
Killing all business and replacing it with State owned dog crap is the goal of leftism. The answer is A. It is intentional. The fact that it is incrementally done identifies it as Progressives rather than Communists doing it. The Communists would have had armed thugs executing transgressors and their immediate families; the Progressives will get there - just give them time.
Posted by: An Observation at January 19, 2016 07:36 AM (Hz9na)
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