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Overnight Open Thread (2-17-2016)
Why Twitter Sucks: Shadowbanning and Censored Timelines
Rumours that Twitter has begun 'shadowbanning' politically inconvenient users have been confirmed by a source inside the company, who spoke exclusively to Breitbart Tech. His claim was corroborated by a senior editor at a major publisher.According to the source, Twitter maintains a 'whitelist' of favoured Twitter accounts and a 'blacklist' of unfavoured accounts. Accounts on the whitelist are prioritised in search results, even if they're not the most popular among users. Meanwhile, accounts on the blacklist have their posts hidden from both search results and other users' timelines.
Our source was backed up by a senior editor at a major digital publisher, who told Breitbart that Twitter told him it deliberately whitelists and blacklists users. He added that he was afraid of the site's power, noting that his tweets could disappear from users' timelines if he got on the wrong side of the company.
Shadowbanning, sometimes known as "Stealth Banning" or "Hell Banning," is commonly used by online community managers to block content posted by spammers. Instead of banning a user directly (which would alert the spammer to their status, prompting them to create a new account), their content is merely hidden from public view.
For site owners, the ideal shadowban is when a user never realizes he's been shadowbanned.
However, Twitter isn't merely targeting spammers. For weeks, users have been reporting that tweets from populist conservatives, members of the alternative right, cultural libertarians, and other anti-PC dissidents have disappeared from their timelines.
And investors seem to have soured on Twitter as well.
Why So Many Millennials Are Socialists
Or at least favorably inclined towards socialism. At lot of it is that they're not familiar with the conditions of truly socialist countries like the old USSR and East Bloc countries - instead they imagine socialism to be something like how the Scandinavian countries are (note that the Scandinavian countries today are far less socialist now than they ever were - and they weren't that socialist - which is the main reason they're doing well economically).
And then you have the fact that the Everyone Gets a Trophy mindset is really only a hop, skip, and jump from the classic Marxist idea of "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs". And because wanting something is pretty much the same thing as needing it these days. Come on bro - share the wealth.
Shorter Washington Post: OMG Jeb Bush Is Involved With Nazis!!!!!!
So, so much stupid. Here's the starting point: Jeb Bush received a custom FNX-45 handgun while campaigning at the FN factory in SC yesterday. See if you have trace out the convoluted WaPo logic from this single fact.
Soon You'll Be Able to Fly Direct From the US to Cuba
Effect on hijacking destinations: unclear.
CDR Salamander on the Flower Corvette Class and 'The Cruel Sea'
In 1939 with war imminent the Royal Navy was desperate to get more ships and came up with the cheap and ugly but effective Flower Corvette class of ships which ultimately helped win the Battle of the Atlantic:
They were a stop-gap measure to take the strain of convoy protection until large numbers of larger vessels - destroyers and frigates - could be produced. Their simple design using parts common to merchant shipping meant they could be constructed in small commercial shipyards all over the United Kingdom and eastern Canada where larger ships like destroyers could not be built. Additionally, the use of commercial machinery meant that the largely reserve and volunteer crews that manned them were familiar with their operation....Service on corvettes was cold, wet, monotonous and uncomfortable. The ships were nicknamed "the pekingese of the ocean". They had a reputation of being very bad at rolling in heavy seas, with 80-degree rolls (that is, 40 degrees each side of the normal upright position) (check out the pics here) being fairly common - according to Nicholas Monsarrat they "would roll on wet grass" - however, they were very seaworthy ships, and no seaman was ever lost overboard from a Flower during WW2.
Flower corvettes provided the main escort duties during the critical Battle of the Atlantic, and so were in the thick of the fight. Their primary aim was to ensure that merchantmen survived the crossing rather than sink U-boats, and so if a convoy encountered a U-boat a typical action would involve the corvette forcing the submarine to dive (thus limiting its speed and manoeverability) and keeping it underwater (and pre-occupied with avoiding depth charge attack) long enough for the convey to pass unmolested. This tactic was stretched to the limits when the U-boats made a 'wolf-pack' attack, intended to swamp the convoy's defences, and the Flower's low top speed made effective pursuit of a surfaced U-boat impossible.
For a semi-fictional account of what it was like serving on a flower corvette during WWII I highly recommend 'The Cruel Sea' by Nicholas Monsarrat, possibly one of the best books on WWII naval warfare ever written. It's been about 15 years since I last read it but I still vividly remember some of the scenes and characters including a sub-plot that ends up being a gut-punch to the reader.
The Norwegian military has experienced a significant budget drawdown in 2016. According to the article, several sections of the Norwegian armed forces are understaffed or not staffed at all. Given Norway's close proximity to Russia, one can only speculate how the Norwegian government believes it can secure the defense of the country against growing tensions in the East.
The Norwegian military uses the P80, their variant of the Glock 17. It was adopted in 1982.
Why The SAT Will Always Be 'Unfair'
The push to change the SAT because of fairness concerns struck us as silly, and these new complaints strike us as silly as well. Of course the SAT favors, and has always favored, wealthy who went to good schools, and of course it penalizes students who went to bad schools, or whose parents are undereducated, or who don't speak English well. We have the terms "privileged" and "disadvantaged" for a reason: Some people are born into more fortunate circumstances than others. Tinkering with the SAT won't change this fundamental fact of life.
Remember that the SAT was invented in part to give students from unfamiliar-to-the-admissions-staff high schools equal footing with those from well known prep schools.
An interesting read in spite of the occasional snarky tone. One point the author misses in his focus on encryption is that often the ability to communicate with others quickly and easily over short distances is so useful that it swamps any disadvantage from opponents being able to listen in. And the sub-$30 Baofeng radios are nearly ideal for this application. I've got a couple UV-5Rs and they're amazingly robust and functional (the stock antennas are shit though) and cheap enough to keep one and a spare in every car.
PETA Cancels 'Greased Pig on Ice' Protest After Learning No Pigs Involved
9 Vicious Killers And The Women Who Love Them
Well unavailable bad-boys are totally dreamy. This is known.
And some of the more edumacated schmarty-pants morons.
The Group knows your sins but doesn't care.
Tonight's post brought to you by a life of mediocre professional bowling:
Notice: Posted by implicit permission of AceCorp LLC. Stall #3 was not cleaned properly last night. There will be consequences. Happy fun consequences.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Country Singer at February 17, 2016 11:12 PM (GUBah)
Posted by: cthulhu at February 17, 2016 11:14 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 17, 2016 11:14 PM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: eleven at February 17, 2016 11:15 PM (qUNWi)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 17, 2016 11:15 PM (sTJ4W)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 17, 2016 11:16 PM (FkBIv)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 17, 2016 11:16 PM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 17, 2016 11:16 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 17, 2016 11:16 PM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 17, 2016 11:17 PM (GEICT)
If I only read this before the SATs/quitting college.
Posted by: Willy J. at February 17, 2016 11:17 PM (r6bSH)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 17, 2016 11:17 PM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 17, 2016 11:17 PM (sTJ4W)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 17, 2016 11:17 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: chemjeff - PuppyMonkeyBaby '16 at February 17, 2016 11:18 PM (uZNvH)
Posted by: Blano at February 17, 2016 11:18 PM (heN73)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 17, 2016 11:16 PM (FkBIv)
My dad and I were just talking about this the other day. He was stunned and dismayed that the Soviets and the difference between socialism/communism and capitalism are no longer explicitly taught.
I really ruined his day when I explained that they weren't taught when I was in high school. And I graduated almost 20 years ago.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 17, 2016 11:19 PM (GEICT)
Previously we have seen how "Intersectional Feminism" leads to the "Feminist" position that protecting rapists is more "Feminist" (in a intersectional way) and thus more important than protecting women from Rape. In that article, the image that was originally used was photoshopped to change "refugees" to "rapists" and has since been updated with the original photo. The argument still stood, but perhaps the photoshopped picture was more honest than previously thought.
More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=11097
Posted by: The Political Hat at February 17, 2016 11:19 PM (vBeA5)
Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 17, 2016 11:19 PM (kKHcp)
Posted by: L'Affair de facto at February 17, 2016 11:20 PM (QeI1K)
The movie version isn't bad but soooo much stuff is left out.
"Bangers, please!"
Posted by: Comrade Arthur at February 17, 2016 11:20 PM (h53OH)
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the #Problematic at February 17, 2016 11:21 PM (zmW4B)
I don't know much about modern FN handguns. That good?
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 17, 2016 11:21 PM (6gfDv)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 17, 2016 11:21 PM (39g3+)
http://uboat.net/allies/warships/class/42.html
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 17, 2016 11:22 PM (flLTe)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 17, 2016 11:22 PM (YEV97)
So you're saying that we have become the people our parents warned us about.
Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie! at February 17, 2016 11:22 PM (rwI+c)
They never experienced the dichotomy between the U.S.A. and the Soviet Union. The word means nothing to them.
The Socialist Union teachers and the Communist Professors have created an alternate reality within their cloistered bubble.
Let's not forget the Parents' absentee role in this 'Dystopian', (sp), nightmare either.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 17, 2016 11:22 PM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at February 17, 2016 11:22 PM (Nwg0u)
Brent Cochran and I have had hashtags eliminated from the search function before.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 17, 2016 11:23 PM (8PbKi)
A lot of the more expensive episodes are in Toronto and Vancouver I think.
Posted by: no good deed at February 17, 2016 11:23 PM (GgxVX)
Been watching Property Brothers on Netflix. Its kind of a fun show
but... holy CRAP those houses are expensive; where the heck are they?>>>
Pretty sure they deal in Canada on those shows.
Posted by: Willy J. at February 17, 2016 11:23 PM (r6bSH)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 17, 2016 11:22 PM (OQ9R7)
Forget it/them? They're the main culprit.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 17, 2016 11:23 PM (GEICT)
Public Education is daycare for working class parents.
Posted by: L'Affair de facto at February 17, 2016 11:24 PM (QeI1K)
So the question is, is their stock tanking because of their leftist policies, or are they implementing leftist policies because the money people are demanding it? Although they have always been tilted leftward, the timing suggests that their new policies may be a response to investor demands. Their value is declining so they have to appease their financial overlords.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at February 17, 2016 11:24 PM (R+30W)
Forget about Venezuela: they even ignore countries like Greece or Portugal that are among the most socialist countries in Europe. It's all about Scandinavia even though nordic countries are far less socialist than a couple of decades ago - they just want to bring over the worst those countries have to offer while ignoring the good things (very deregulated school systems or labor market, for example).
Posted by: Abali at February 17, 2016 11:24 PM (89I+i)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 17, 2016 11:23 PM (8PbKi)
Heh. Heheheheheheheh.
#KeithOlbermannDailyJournal
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 17, 2016 11:24 PM (GEICT)
-Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 17, 2016 11:23 PM (GEICT)
Indeed, Sir.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 17, 2016 11:24 PM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Last at February 17, 2016 11:24 PM (8HiDF)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at February 17, 2016 11:24 PM (TnUKj)
Actually, a lot of the reason was to shame Ivy League schools into admitting more Jews, who had been previously denigrated as "not well-rounded, insufficiently social, too narrowly focused on academics", etc.
Worked, too.
Now, of course, the SAT is still around, but the Ivy League schools no longer have any shame rejecting Asians with high SAT scores, using exactly the same excuses they used to keep out Jews.
Posted by: Fleeing Allahpundit at February 17, 2016 11:25 PM (xnAyb)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 17, 2016 11:19 PM (GEICT)
Yikes, old.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 17, 2016 11:25 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Geoffrey at February 17, 2016 11:26 PM (LoRcb)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 17, 2016 11:25 PM (AkOaV)
Eh. I'm 34. Not that old.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 17, 2016 11:26 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk
Exactly. All those years of "If the kid who busted his ass to be the best at something gets a trophy, then my little lardass who sat on the bench eating boogers the whole time damn well better get a trophy too" mindset is coming home to roost.
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the #Problematic at February 17, 2016 11:26 PM (zmW4B)
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 17, 2016 11:26 PM (egOGm)
Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie! at February 17, 2016 11:26 PM (rwI+c)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 17, 2016 11:26 PM (YEV97)
Exactly, all that budget they would have spent on defending themselves, they spent on making their people dependent and have less freedom.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 17, 2016 11:26 PM (39g3+)
-Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 17, 2016 11:25 PM (AkOaV)
You be good there, Kid. I can still block and tackle.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 17, 2016 11:27 PM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at February 17, 2016 11:27 PM (TnUKj)
I'm just going to assume that's an impeachable offense.
Posted by: t-bird at February 17, 2016 11:27 PM (mxCgt)
I blame us. We let this happen. The long march through the institutions and all that.
It all worked.
Every bit of it.
For the love of pete, we have a full on commie in the White House.
Posted by: navybrat at February 17, 2016 11:27 PM (8QGte)
Looks like an awesome ONT, ill read it tomorrow
Posted by: Dave in Fla at February 17, 2016 11:27 PM (kBIIG)
As a straight man, I'll let slip a little secret: there's nothing so seductive as the "sly eyes and slow smile." That one's universal, and is something no daughter of Eve need ever be taught.
Firmware, I think they call that particular sort of programming. And firm is quite the proper term to apply to it.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at February 17, 2016 11:27 PM (/33sy)
That will kill it dead, as leftism needs someone to hate, some "other" to hold themselves up against.
Or maybe they'll eventually turn on each other, because they need someone to hate, ...
Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 17, 2016 11:27 PM (kKHcp)
Posted by: Lauren at February 17, 2016 11:27 PM (3DIzJ)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 17, 2016 11:28 PM (OQ9R7)
Yeah, Twitter and Facebook are old people territory. 35+
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 17, 2016 11:28 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 17, 2016 11:19 PM (GEICT)
Yikes, old.>>>
Shit I've been at the same job after school (including college) for 30 years. I must be dead.
Posted by: Willy J. at February 17, 2016 11:28 PM (r6bSH)
Yeah, Twitter and Facebook are old people territory. 35+
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 17, 2016 11:28 PM (39g3+)
Along with email and wearing watches.
Posted by: Maetenloch at February 17, 2016 11:29 PM (pAlYe)
*snort* You're all puppies.
Posted by: Grump928(C)
Really. I graduated from High School in 1969.
Back when the USSR really was a bad example.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 17, 2016 11:29 PM (FkBIv)
You're a slick-one, aren't you?
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 17, 2016 11:29 PM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Adriane the Educational Critic ... at February 17, 2016 11:29 PM (AoK0a)
Does my "Fcuk You" or " Go to Hell" button work anymore?
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 17, 2016 11:29 PM (YEV97)
Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie! at February 17, 2016 11:29 PM (rwI+c)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 17, 2016 11:21 PM (39g3+)
Old episodes were in Ontario I believe. They've moved to the states since then I believe. My girls love those damn property shows
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 17, 2016 11:29 PM (voOPb)
As army ants are to a wounded wildebeest
Posted by: Splunge at February 17, 2016 11:29 PM (LnFC3)
It was too freaking easy. Grade inflation like I never could have dreamed of.
Anyway, I quit. And I am not known for being a quitter.
Posted by: CozMark at February 17, 2016 11:30 PM (CbGSW)
The movie version isn't bad but soooo much stuff is left out.
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Another good somewhat similar movie is 1942's In Which We Serve.
Posted by: The Great White Snark at February 17, 2016 11:30 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: Northernlurker at February 17, 2016 11:30 PM (4rzL1)
-Posted by: Maetenloch at February 17, 2016 11:29 PM (pAlYe)
*HAH!*
I love my watches!
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 17, 2016 11:30 PM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Maetenloch at February 17, 2016 11:29 PM (pAlYe)
Oh, not true. Watches are making a big comeback, although ironically, and only as fashion.
My two nephews are into watches big time.
With huge cases, like 46mm big.
like wearing a kitchen clock on your wrist.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 17, 2016 11:31 PM (kKHcp)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at February 17, 2016 11:31 PM (pUDQf)
Which is dumb, because a watch is one of the few jewelry choices a man has, especially in an office or formal setting. I personally don't like a wristwatch but a pocketwatch is a great statement.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 17, 2016 11:31 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: L'Affair de facto at February 17, 2016 11:32 PM (QeI1K)
Fucking a warm bucket of water gets boring. So quitting is the wrong word.
Posted by: Willy J. at February 17, 2016 11:32 PM (r6bSH)
Posted by: Maetenloch at February 17, 2016 11:29 PM (pAlYe)
Oh, not true. Watches are making a big comeback, although ironically, and only as fashion.
My two nephews are into watches big time.
With huge cases, like 46mm big.
like wearing a kitchen clock on your wrist.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 17, 2016 11:31 PM (kKHcp)
Apple and Droid Watches.
Posted by: buzzion at February 17, 2016 11:32 PM (zt+N6)
With huge cases, like 46mm big.
like wearing a kitchen clock on your wrist.
Posted by: OneEyedJack
I got some they could borrow.
Posted by: Flava Flav at February 17, 2016 11:32 PM (zmW4B)
Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie! at February
But he does have a shiny Peace Prize!
Posted by: AlaBAMA at February 17, 2016 11:32 PM (pUDQf)
Posted by: Sheriff Achmed Mohammed at February 17, 2016 11:32 PM (sl+zA)
I've heard that your trip went well and that is really, really cool!
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 17, 2016 11:32 PM (OQ9R7)
My two nephews are into watches big time.
With huge cases, like 46mm big.
like wearing a kitchen clock on your wrist.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 17, 2016 11:31 PM (kKHcp)
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
I worked with a guy who looked like he had a travel alarm clock on his wrist.
Posted by: CozMark at February 17, 2016 11:33 PM (CbGSW)
But he f*cked a sheep at a holiday inn express
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 17, 2016 11:33 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: L'Affair de facto at February 17, 2016 11:20 PM (QeI1K)
Here's a little light reading that also pertains to the subject: http://tinyurl.com/zkqj7bg
Posted by: Country Singer at February 17, 2016 11:33 PM (GUBah)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 17, 2016 11:19 PM (GEICT)
Yikes, old.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 17, 2016 11:25 PM (AkOaV)
You call THAT old????
Posted by: Blano at February 17, 2016 11:33 PM (heN73)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 17, 2016 11:33 PM (tlZ6D)
You're a slick-one, aren't you?
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 17, 2016 11:29 PM (OQ9R7)
***
Seduction is a dance, and it's an effort for both parties to keep time with the music.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at February 17, 2016 11:33 PM (/33sy)
Compensating for a small penis, obviously.
Posted by: L'Affair de facto at February 17, 2016 11:33 PM (QeI1K)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at February 17, 2016 11:33 PM (YJmuy)
Posted by: ThunderB at February 17, 2016 11:34 PM (zOTsN)
Well Canadian dollars makes a bit more sense, but geeze still really expensive. Little cruddy houses for $650 grand.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 17, 2016 11:34 PM (39g3+)
Oooh, glossy.
It used to be de riguer that if you grew a beard big enough to hide a family of possums in it, you should by damned look like they actually lived in there.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 17, 2016 11:34 PM (q2o38)
And some of the more edumacated schmarty-pants morons.
I thought Chompsky's schtick was that you can't know if a joke is funny or not because language is wholly self-contained, and everyone should worship the nearest New Man of the Left.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 17, 2016 11:34 PM (AA6QE)
I've heard that your trip went well and that is really, really cool!
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 17, 2016 11:32 PM (OQ9R7)
The trip was awesome.
Posted by: Northernlurker at February 17, 2016 11:34 PM (4rzL1)
Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 17, 2016 11:34 PM (kKHcp)
-Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at February 17, 2016 11:33 PM (/33sy)
Yeah. You're a Slick One.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 17, 2016 11:34 PM (OQ9R7)
Hotcakes.
I'm telling you.
Posted by: eleven at February 17, 2016 11:35 PM (qUNWi)
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He did get African-American Scholar of Relative Distinction.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 17, 2016 11:35 PM (sl+zA)
Posted by: Splunge at February 17, 2016 11:35 PM (LnFC3)
Fucking a warm bucket of water gets boring. So quitting is the wrong word.
Posted by: Willy J. at February 17, 2016 11:32 PM (r6bSH)
+++++++++++++++++++++++++
What would you call it? I feel bad that I started something and didn't get to my goal so I'm a quitter.
Posted by: CozMark at February 17, 2016 11:35 PM (CbGSW)
Which is dumb, because a watch is one of the few jewelry choices a man has, especially in an office or formal setting. I personally don't like a wristwatch but a pocketwatch is a great statement.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 17, 2016 11:31 PM (39g3+)
***
you're a man of nice taste, and fine judgment.
Informally, I wear a seiko 5 on my wrist.
Out and about, a lovely old silver-cased Elgin on a byzantine chain. Chain was my grandfather's - took me ages to find the watch to match it.
(He took the chain off a German in the war....)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at February 17, 2016 11:36 PM (/33sy)
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at February 17, 2016 11:36 PM (LWu6U)
I worked there long enough that it became habit, and at this point, it's just a thing I do, even though I could just as easily fish out my smartphone to check the time.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at February 17, 2016 11:36 PM (HalrA)
Posted by: Willy J. at February 17, 2016 11:36 PM (r6bSH)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at February 17, 2016 11:36 PM (pUDQf)
Location, location.
Where I live a $200k house will run close to a million in Milwaukee or Madison burbs
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 17, 2016 11:37 PM (voOPb)
nice gun though.
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2016 11:37 PM (vb33c)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 17, 2016 11:37 PM (8PbKi)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 17, 2016 11:26 PM (GEICT)
Decrepit. It's all downhill from here. Next thing you know you'll be drinking old people pussy swill like cotton candy flavored vodka.
Ducks & runs like hell...
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at February 17, 2016 11:37 PM (Vm8WO)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 17, 2016 11:37 PM (T/5A0)
That was my summer job after high school and in college.
Posted by: no good deed at February 17, 2016 11:37 PM (GgxVX)
-Posted by: Northernlurker at February 17, 2016 11:34 PM (4rzL1)
Might Christ's name be found by those whose Love is asked and answered!
Spread the Joy, amigo!
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 17, 2016 11:38 PM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at February 17, 2016 11:37 PM (Vm8WO)
Nah, that's just that bitch, DC.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 17, 2016 11:38 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 17, 2016 11:38 PM (sl+zA)
For a long time I wore it as jewelry, but I recently had it fixed so it's actually functional now.
Posted by: Lauren at February 17, 2016 11:38 PM (iweze)
That's awesome, and now I need a better watch to keep up with this crowd...
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at February 17, 2016 11:38 PM (HalrA)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse
I never take mine off unless I'm taking a shower.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 17, 2016 11:38 PM (FkBIv)
It's utility is being wide and open and responsive to what people would like.
The biggest drawback of any of these services, is that they are all owned Leftists who are lapping up data left and right.
There really needs to be non-propiatory alternatives, more aking to e-mail.
Posted by: The Political Hat (@ThePoliticalHat) at February 17, 2016 11:38 PM (vBeA5)
of their leftist policies, or are they implementing leftist policies
because the money people are demanding it? Although they have always
been tilted leftward, the timing suggests that their new policies may be
a response to investor demands. Their value is declining so they have
to appease their financial overlords.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at February 17, 2016 11:24 PM (R+30W)
Why would investors demand that Twitter alienate a wide swath of potential and actual users.
Posted by: redbanzai at February 17, 2016 11:39 PM (NPofj)
Posted by: eleven at February 17, 2016 11:39 PM (qUNWi)
Uncle Palpatine
Nice, and truly old school. Window on back so you can watch the movement do its thing if you're ever that bored.
How does yours keep time, accuracy-wise?
Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 17, 2016 11:39 PM (kKHcp)
I worked there long enough that it became habit, and at this point, it's just a thing I do, even though I could just as easily fish out my smartphone to check the time.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at February 17, 2016 11:36 PM (HalrA)
Today you probably wouldn't be able to wear a watch while doing that job due to food safety issues. At least you shouldn't be able to.
Posted by: buzzion at February 17, 2016 11:39 PM (zt+N6)
Posted by: Del Griffith at February 17, 2016 11:39 PM (zmW4B)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 17, 2016 11:26 PM (GEICT)
Well, compared to Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders I guess not.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 17, 2016 11:39 PM (AkOaV)
Fun Fact: More g'damned bears in Pennsylvania than you'd probably expect:
Pennsylvania hunters harvested a total of 3,748 bears in 2015, the third-highest tally in state history, the Pennsylvania Game Commission reported today. And a whopping 68 of those bears topped the 500-pound mark.
AmmoLand.com
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 17, 2016 11:39 PM (kdS6q)
The second thing is to take off my watch.
I'm just glad to be rid of them.
Posted by: Northernlurker at February 17, 2016 11:40 PM (4rzL1)
During one of the many times of unemployment in my miserable loser life, I went for a job interview, not wearing a watch. One of the trick questions the interviewer asked me was 'what time is it?'
I pointed to the clock behind him and told him what it said.
Then I said, "I'm unemployed. I really don't care what time it is." I worked there two years.
Posted by: L'Affair de facto at February 17, 2016 11:40 PM (QeI1K)
Not gonna argue if quit is the right word. But was the time and money spent throwing good for bad at which point quitting makes sense?
Posted by: Willy J. at February 17, 2016 11:40 PM (r6bSH)
Posted by: Skookumchuk at February 17, 2016 11:40 PM (/WPPJ)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 17, 2016 11:34 PM (AA6QE)
One of Chomsky's ideas was that humans have an innate universal grammar built into their brains. The fact that human languages have quite varying grammars was therefore due to this universal grammar structure being distorted by local conditions/traditions i.e. they weren't doing it 'right'.
Posted by: Maetenloch at February 17, 2016 11:40 PM (pAlYe)
Taking the back off of them is like looking at little mechanical lives.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 17, 2016 11:40 PM (q2o38)
****
After a leaky seal caused water to enter the casing and I had to pay to completely rebuild the inner workings, no more showers.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 17, 2016 11:41 PM (8PbKi)
Posted by: CozMark at February 17, 2016 11:41 PM (CbGSW)
Posted by: Northernlurker at February 17, 2016 11:41 PM (4rzL1)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 17, 2016 11:41 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Ben Roethlisburger at February 17, 2016 11:41 PM (H9MG5)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 17, 2016 11:41 PM (B8JRQ)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 17, 2016 11:42 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at February 17, 2016 11:22 PM (Nwg0u)
-----
"Oct" and "Dec" refer to base 8 and base 10.
In base eight, 31 means three 8s and one 1 = 25 in base ten.
Posted by: Emmie at February 17, 2016 11:42 PM (ezXrF)
-Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 17, 2016 11:37 PM (8PbKi)
Me, too. I've gone through one, (cheap), watch on average every year due to labor and labor and some shit.
I've got Other Watches for important occasions, but I like to have them with me.
It is "A Thing".
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 17, 2016 11:42 PM (OQ9R7)
That's awesome, and now I need a better watch to keep up with this crowd...
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at February 17, 2016 11:38 PM (HalrA)
**
Estate sales and junk shops are your best bet.
Mine was non-functioning when I bought it - spent about 2 notes to get it running again.
Funny thing - I know a fellow from Dallas who does "watch-repair" for Rolex and his shop handles a few other luxury brands, as well.
How do they "repair" these watches, you ask?
Wipe away any images of them with loupes and microscopes fitting in new parts, etc.
They drop in a new movement, every single time, then polish the case and call it a day.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at February 17, 2016 11:42 PM (/33sy)
I'm just glad to be rid of them.
Posted by: Northernlurker
Sounds like the scene in Easy Rider when the guy throws his watch away to symbolize freedom from something or other.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 17, 2016 11:43 PM (FkBIv)
Yes please, and thank you for the offer.
Posted by: L'Affair de facto at February 17, 2016 11:43 PM (QeI1K)
He's right, but he hasn't thought through the consequences of that truth. Why do all humans share a basic if corrupted language? The answer to that is very uncomfortable to his ideology and worldview.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 17, 2016 11:43 PM (39g3+)
Better than left handed. A cheap watch where you don't spill your drink when you check the time.
Posted by: Willy J. at February 17, 2016 11:44 PM (r6bSH)
I'm just glad to be rid of them.
Posted by: Northernlurker
Sounds like the scene in Easy Rider when the guy throws his watch away to symbolize freedom from something or other.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 17, 2016 11:43 PM (FkBIv)
Yeah, that's the ticket. FREEDOM!
Posted by: Northernlurker at February 17, 2016 11:44 PM (4rzL1)
Posted by: Kindltot at February 17, 2016 11:44 PM (q2o38)
Uncle Palpatine
Nice, and truly old school. Window on back so you can watch the movement do its thing if you're ever that bored.
How does yours keep time, accuracy-wise?
Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 17, 2016 11:39 PM (kKHcp)
***
For what it is - a mass-produced automatic - it's good enough for my purposes. A few minutes here and there don't matter much; it's about accurate enough for most normal purposes.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at February 17, 2016 11:44 PM (/33sy)
Beer commercial, buzzing blackberry. Hand reaches for the beer, picks up phone. throws phone into the ocean.
Picks up beer.
Posted by: L'Affair de facto at February 17, 2016 11:45 PM (QeI1K)
Then I read Sal's FBF when he mentioned the little Flowers and I knew I had to get with it. Good Oh! It's a good read and riveting.
Posted by: Yip at February 17, 2016 11:45 PM (e7T6D)
Posted by: CozMark at February 17, 2016 11:41 PM (CbGSW)
I'm pretty sure that wearing pants during the ONT is a barrel level offense...
Posted by: The Overnight Hat at February 17, 2016 11:45 PM (vBeA5)
Posted by: Geoffrey at February 17, 2016 11:45 PM (LoRcb)
Posted by: Northernlurker at February 17, 2016 11:45 PM (4rzL1)
Enjoy your waitress. Tip your veal.
Posted by: Inspector Cussword at February 17, 2016 11:46 PM (zp13i)
Ha
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 17, 2016 11:42 PM (voOPb)
yikes.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 17, 2016 11:46 PM (AkOaV)
Better than left handed. A cheap watch where you don't spill your drink when you check the time.
Posted by: Willy J. at February 17, 2016 11:44 PM (r6bSH)
-----------
That's the tough part. I have the stained shirts to prove it.
Posted by: Joe Biden at February 17, 2016 11:46 PM (sl+zA)
Posted by: chemjeff - PuppyMonkeyBaby '16 at February 17, 2016 11:46 PM (uZNvH)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 17, 2016 11:46 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 17, 2016 11:46 PM (AkOaV)
Ryan Reynolds crashes the Eddie the Eagle Junket. In other words, Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman together.
https://youtu.be/OqLVvj6Ks20
Posted by: buzzion at February 17, 2016 11:46 PM (zt+N6)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 17, 2016 11:46 PM (39g3+)
before I go -- pocketwatch?! What is this? 1851?
Or do you mean a cellphone?
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 17, 2016 11:47 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Skookumchuk at February 17, 2016 11:40 PM (/WPPJ)
Yes . . . But you have to put up with the stem being on the wrong side or the numbers being upside down.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 17, 2016 11:47 PM (q2o38)
Posted by: chemjeff - PuppyMonkeyBaby '16 at February 17, 2016 11:47 PM (uZNvH)
My Sunday go to meeting watch is some ancient Bulova that belonged to a great-uncle, and was given to me in the will by his wife, my great-aunt, upon her death. She kept it after his death and put in there it was to go to me.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at February 17, 2016 11:48 PM (dvuhZ)
-Posted by: The Overnight Hat at February 17, 2016 11:45 PM (vBeA5)
I Agree...
And "X" gets the square!
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 17, 2016 11:48 PM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie! at February 17, 2016 11:48 PM (rwI+c)
Posted by: Napoleon, Emperor of the French at February 17, 2016 11:48 PM (J3UIw)
Posted by: Skookumchuk at February 17, 2016 11:40 PM (/WPPJ)
Well I certainly-diddily-do.
Posted by: Ned Flanders at February 17, 2016 11:48 PM (zt+N6)
Posted by: chemjeff - PuppyMonkeyBaby '16 at February 17, 2016 11:47 PM (uZNvH)
I went to the gym as well--saw an old guy with yoga pants, which put me off my supper.
Posted by: Northernlurker at February 17, 2016 11:49 PM (4rzL1)
Ryan Reynolds crashes the Eddie the Eagle Junket. In other words, Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman together.
That is a really funny interview, although I learned absolutely nothing about Eddie the Eagle.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 17, 2016 11:49 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 17, 2016 11:49 PM (OQ9R7)
Ryan Reynolds crashes the Eddie the Eagle Junket. In other words, Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman together.
That is a really funny interview, although I learned absolutely nothing about Eddie the Eagle.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 17, 2016 11:49 PM (39g3+)
Hence the "Crashed" portion of the title.
Posted by: buzzion at February 17, 2016 11:50 PM (zt+N6)
No mechanical movements.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 17, 2016 11:50 PM (FkBIv)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 17, 2016 11:46 PM (39g3+)
Well, everyone's idea of good and cheap vary widely with watches.
I have a Vitorinox pocket watch with a leather fob I won in a bar playing a video game. True story.
So, twenty years go by and this thing is in mint condition, I see them on Ebay for 150.
I thought it was a glorified toy, but it keeps good time.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 17, 2016 11:50 PM (kKHcp)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 17, 2016 11:50 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: Northernlurker at February 17, 2016 11:51 PM (4rzL1)
Posted by: Maetenloch at February 17, 2016 11:51 PM (pAlYe)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 17, 2016 11:51 PM (hlMPp)
No mechanical movements.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 17, 2016 11:50 PM (FkBIv)
***
And these are all valid - it's a variation of the old Glock vs. Browning Hi-Power or 1911 or what-have-you.
They're qualitatively different means of accomplishing the same ends.....
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at February 17, 2016 11:51 PM (/33sy)
Well played sir, well played.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 17, 2016 11:52 PM (n22zQ)
Posted by: Maetenloch at February 17, 2016 11:51 PM (pAlYe)
This is all your fault.
*hand out*
Hand over the ONT keys mister. You're in time out.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 17, 2016 11:52 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Maetenloch at February 17, 2016 11:51 PM
It's the Horde, man. Anything you say can be used against you!
Posted by: L'Affair de facto at February 17, 2016 11:52 PM (QeI1K)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 17, 2016 11:53 PM (39g3+)
They can't grasp it entirely. MAD wasn't just a way to prevent war. It was a public evaluation of the worthlessness of being Not Free (soviet).
Posted by: Inspector Cussword at February 17, 2016 11:53 PM (zp13i)
Posted by: Northernlurker at February 17, 2016 11:53 PM (4rzL1)
Posted by: Splunge at February 17, 2016 11:53 PM (LnFC3)
It also had a sweet-ass stopwatch.
*beep*
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 17, 2016 11:53 PM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Maetenloch at February 17, 2016 11:51 PM (pAlYe)
yep. Just a toss-away line that meant nothing to you.
Funny what catches people's interest.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 17, 2016 11:53 PM (kKHcp)
Posted by: MySpace at February 17, 2016 11:53 PM (6n332)
When advertisers make life difficult that REALLY makes me want to spend money on their shit.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 17, 2016 11:53 PM (hlMPp)
Posted by: Maetenloch at February 17, 2016 11:51 PM (pAlYe)
Duh. They're something that is "shiny." You should have known better.
Posted by: buzzion at February 17, 2016 11:54 PM (zt+N6)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 17, 2016 11:54 PM (FkBIv)
Posted by: Splunge at February 17, 2016 11:53 PM (LnFC3)
***
That you, Abe?
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at February 17, 2016 11:54 PM (/33sy)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 17, 2016 11:54 PM (n22zQ)
Posted by: free tibet, with purchase of equal or lesser value tibet at February 17, 2016 11:54 PM (lAXNl)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 17, 2016 11:55 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Blazing saldes guys copying Treasure of the Sierra Madre guys at February 17, 2016 11:55 PM (r6bSH)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 17, 2016 11:54 PM (FkBIv)
That depends. Is the time on the website currently accurate?
Posted by: buzzion at February 17, 2016 11:55 PM (zt+N6)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 17, 2016 11:55 PM (n22zQ)
Posted by: Splunge
Try a rutabaga. Sometimes they are coated in wax.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 17, 2016 11:55 PM (FkBIv)
Posted by: Northernlurker at February 17, 2016 11:53 PM (4rzL1)
Salad fork and plastic cup aficionado myself.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 17, 2016 11:56 PM (hlMPp)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at February 17, 2016 11:56 PM (dvuhZ)
Posted by: redbanzai at February 17, 2016 11:39 PM (NPofj)
++++
Well, someone in the driver's seat is deciding to do precisely that. I suppose for the same reason that Current TV was not willing to sell to Glenn Beck but somehow found Al Jazeera to be a suitable buyer.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at February 17, 2016 11:56 PM (R+30W)
My Montblanc leaks, and the ink oxidizes over time rendering signatures on old documents invisible.
Posted by: L'Affair de facto at February 17, 2016 11:56 PM (QeI1K)
Posted by: Emmie at February 17, 2016 11:56 PM (ezXrF)
-Posted by: Northernlurker at February 17, 2016 11:53 PM (4rzL1)
I've been slumming with the "Precise" Rolling Ball for the past five years. I can do better.
Here's my actual damage...
I won't use any pencil other than a #2.
I'm an artist, not a whore.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 17, 2016 11:56 PM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Maetenloch at February 17, 2016 11:51 PM (pAlYe)
Well, my, my, my
Posted by: Lt. Joe Kenda, Homicide Hunter
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 17, 2016 11:56 PM (voOPb)
"Yesterday" and "Hey Jude" by the Beatles. I have no clue where they even got it. It went off in the middle of a class while we were taking a test, and I have no idea why. I came to hate that watch, then a stoner stole it from me along with my rubic's cube.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 17, 2016 11:57 PM (39g3+)
"One hand for the ship and one hand for yourself" was the adage going back to the sailing days.
Pretty much any small escort/pursuit class of ship will roll like a dog because they're long and narrow in beam which makes for a fast and agile ship but any sort of sea will send them all over the place.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at February 17, 2016 11:57 PM (Xo1Rt)
And I was walking down the street one day
A pretty lady looked at me and said her diamond watch had
stopped cold dead
And I said
Does anybody really know what time it is
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 17, 2016 11:57 PM (FkBIv)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at February 17, 2016 11:56 PM (dvuhZ)
***
And so we come full-circle:
Punchline only:
"No, Officer," Heisenberg says, "I don't. But I know exactly where I was."
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at February 17, 2016 11:57 PM (/33sy)
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2016 11:57 PM (vb33c)
Posted by: L'Affair de facto
SHIT!!!!
Posted by: Hill-dog 22 at February 17, 2016 11:58 PM (AA6QE)
Twitter will have to take my boob pics from my cold dead hands
Posted by: kbdabear at February 17, 2016 11:58 PM (H6NUd)
Yes please, and thank you for the offer.
Posted by: L'Affair de facto at February 17, 2016 11:43 PM (QeI1K)<<<
See, me offering to explain the smart jokes that are hard to understand was funny 'cause I always explain the dumb jokes that are easy for people to understand.
**sulks** I don't get those smart jokes at all. **goes off to find underage coed**
Posted by: Ben Roethlisburger at February 17, 2016 11:58 PM (H9MG5)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at February 17, 2016 11:58 PM (YJmuy)
Posted by: Northernlurker at February 17, 2016 11:53 PM (4rzL1)
That would be like casting pearls before swine for me.
My handwriting, what little I do, isn't up to it.
Besides, If anything is to piss off a left hander, having a pen slowly recoil its tip will do it.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 17, 2016 11:58 PM (kKHcp)
A good pen is a beautiful thing. I love those gel pens but they smear really bad. My all time favorite pen was a fancy fountain pen my dad had. It had a lever you pulled up to draw ink into the reservoir and had a beautiful line. I have no idea what happened to that pen, but I wrote a couple of stories with it as a kid.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 17, 2016 11:58 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Emmie at February 17, 2016 11:56 PM (ezXrF)
Nah he explained it in the last podcast. Its a timesuck, and he was trying to justify it by posting there draws people to the website. But really what draws people to the website is putting up stuff on the website.
Posted by: buzzion at February 17, 2016 11:59 PM (zt+N6)
http://womblewatch.com/
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 17, 2016 11:59 PM (n22zQ)
They used to last forever.
Now they croak every couple of years.
Eh. I just toss 'em and get a new one.
I like those lighted dials.
(HAS to be analog. Digital watches are creepy.)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 17, 2016 11:59 PM (T/5A0)
This is one of the best stories I've read here at the HQ.
Posted by: Lauren at February 17, 2016 11:59 PM (LJEFX)
...'Sup, B.C.? I won't ask about "life", because I know that you're Livin' The Dream!
Should I take the A.L. teams post this season?
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 17, 2016 11:59 PM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: BignJames at February 17, 2016 11:59 PM (HtUkt)
Posted by: Willy J. at February 17, 2016 11:59 PM (r6bSH)
Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 17, 2016 11:58 PM (kKHcp)
I KNOW!!!!! GAAAAHHHHHHH!!!
And like it matters what type of pen it is while you're dragging your hand through the ink
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 18, 2016 12:00 AM (GEICT)
Posted by: Northernlurker at February 17, 2016 11:53 PM (4rzL1)
That would be like casting pearls before swine for me.
My handwriting, what little I do, isn't up to it.
Besides, If anything is to piss off a left hander, having a pen slowly recoil its tip will do it.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 17, 2016 11:58 PM (kKHcp)
Actually I find my dreadful handwriting improves with a good pen.
Posted by: Northernlurker at February 18, 2016 12:00 AM (4rzL1)
Posted by: Emmie at February 18, 2016 12:00 AM (ezXrF)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at February 18, 2016 12:00 AM (Vm8WO)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 18, 2016 12:00 AM (voOPb)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/700107112941252609
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/700167251706699776
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/700107518429757440
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/700107764731875328
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/700108057590788098
Posted by: kbdabear at February 18, 2016 12:01 AM (H6NUd)
Posted by: zombie Einstein at February 18, 2016 12:01 AM (H9MG5)
Ah geez, the SAT. When I was in my junior and senior years of high school, the teachers and admin absolutely fetishized the damn thing.
Their attitude was basically "Start studying for the SAT NOW!!!!!1!!! If you pass it, you'll have the life of your dreams. If you don't pass it, you'll live your whole life in abject poverty and die a horrific painful death by time you're 30."
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2016 12:01 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 12:01 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Willy J. at February 17, 2016 11:59 PM (r6bSH)
At first glance I thought you said wenches. I've never met anyone with a wench collection.
Posted by: Northernlurker at February 18, 2016 12:01 AM (4rzL1)
Posted by: BignJames
-----------------
Wait until they find out about Porsche.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 18, 2016 12:01 AM (n22zQ)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA
Then you must be an owner of ...
The Sporkup~!
Yes!~ The Sporkup.
It's poky. It's sippy. It's pooppy!
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 18, 2016 12:02 AM (AA6QE)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 17, 2016 11:59 PM (OQ9R7)
I'm doing it different this time. Trying to hit the offseason of every single team was just way too much info crammed into a post. No team got full due and it was still way too long.
I'm working on a post that simply looks at the highlight transactions that occurred across the Bigs.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 18, 2016 12:02 AM (GEICT)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 18, 2016 12:02 AM (ucDmr)
Posted by: Willy J. at February 17, 2016 11:59 PM (r6bSH)
Metric or English?
Posted by: buzzion at February 18, 2016 12:02 AM (zt+N6)
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 18, 2016 12:02 AM (egOGm)
I'd switch happily once I win the lottery.
Posted by: Willy J. at February 18, 2016 12:03 AM (r6bSH)
Posted by: Bill Clinton at February 18, 2016 12:03 AM (LnFC3)
Am I only being notified of this due to my recent transcript request? We shall never know.
Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at February 18, 2016 12:03 AM (jV8Mq)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 18, 2016 12:03 AM (FkBIv)
Posted by: Emmie at February 18, 2016 12:03 AM (ezXrF)
-Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 18, 2016 12:00 AM (GEICT)
I watched my buddy do that all throughout Jr. High and High School. Dude had good handwriting, but filthy hands!
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 12:03 AM (OQ9R7)
I know, soda's bad for me still... gotta continue avoiding it to get closer to a true paleo diet. But at least it's made with actual sugar.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2016 12:03 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: eleven at February 18, 2016 12:03 AM (qUNWi)
Posted by: Willy J. at February 18, 2016 12:03 AM (r6bSH)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 12:03 AM (OQ9R7)
Annoying as all hell.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 18, 2016 12:04 AM (GEICT)
At first glance I thought you said wenches. I've never met anyone with a wench collection.
Posted by: Northernlurker at February 18, 2016 12:01 AM (
Then you haven't been reading palpatine's posts.
Bye
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at February 18, 2016 12:04 AM (Vm8WO)
Just kidding he's 18.
Posted by: Garym at February 18, 2016 12:04 AM (BasZO)
In compensation, God gave me a huge dingus. So there's that.
Posted by: Inspector Cussword at February 18, 2016 12:04 AM (zp13i)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 18, 2016 12:04 AM (n22zQ)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at February 18, 2016 12:04 AM (Xo1Rt)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 18, 2016 12:00 AM (GEICT)
hehe
another unlucky SOB, I see.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 18, 2016 12:04 AM (kKHcp)
Well, to be fair, my husband's entire professional life was based on getting a high SAT score.
I sort of hate him though. He didn't prep at all even a little bit. He stayed up the night before the test watching a Farscape marathon.
He was so delirious when he took it that he was imagining RYgel giving him answers to the test.
And the MFer still scored in the 98th %tile or something.
Posted by: Lauren at February 18, 2016 12:04 AM (LJEFX)
Saul. The middle portion was a bit slow, but the last few episodes were really good.
SPOILER ALERT (if you care)
The part where Jimmy finds out that his brother, who he's been dutifully taking care of for over a year,
has been stabbing him in the back from the outset was rough, and very well acted.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2016 12:04 AM (kpqmD)
These people are from a different planet.
Posted by: eleven at February 18, 2016 12:05 AM (qUNWi)
OK, I don't get #12 of the 20 jokes for smart people.
Posted by: The Great White Snark at February 17, 2016 11:22 PM (Nwg0u)
Oct 31 = 31 in octal is 25 in decimal
Posted by: Ian Galt at February 18, 2016 12:05 AM (8iiMU)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2016 12:05 AM (ntObR)
-Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 18, 2016 12:02 AM (GEICT)
If you need anything... Please let me know. I'd be happy to help.
Until then, I'll look forward to your posts, Amigo!
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 12:05 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at February 18, 2016 12:05 AM (dvuhZ)
Posted by: Willy J.
Vintage or recent?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 18, 2016 12:06 AM (AA6QE)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2016 12:06 AM (ntObR)
I agree, you can take the full month and do a post on like a pair of teams each time or something. A baseball post each week would be really welcome to me at least. I am so looking forward this year. We're all gonna need a distraction. And what's better than a nice summery, pastoral ballgame?
I've gotta get to see a volcanoes minor league game this year, too.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 18, 2016 12:06 AM (39g3+)
Until then, I'll look forward to your posts, Amigo!
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 12:05 AM (OQ9R7)
Def will do! I appreciate it!
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 18, 2016 12:07 AM (GEICT)
Snap On, Matco, Mac Tools, Cornwell?
Or Harbor Freight?
Posted by: L'Affair de facto at February 18, 2016 12:07 AM (QeI1K)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 18, 2016 12:07 AM (ucDmr)
-Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 18, 2016 12:07 AM (GEICT)
You are quite welcome, Sir!
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 12:08 AM (OQ9R7)
These people are from a different planet.
Posted by: eleven
The rest of the world is a different planet.
Hell, half of this country is a different planet.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 18, 2016 12:08 AM (FkBIv)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 18, 2016 12:08 AM (hlMPp)
At first glance I thought you said wenches. I've never met anyone with a wench collection.
Posted by: Northernlurker at February 18, 2016 12:01 AM (
Then you haven't been reading palpatine's posts.
Bye
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at February 18, 2016 12:04 AM (Vm8WO)
***
I'll have the Horde know that the young ladies of my acquaintance are all perfectly charming and altogether modest, not to so demure, and most are brilliant artists and thinkers and writers with wonderful futures ahead of them, and lovely rumps behind....
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at February 18, 2016 12:08 AM (/33sy)
Mostly the collectibles are vintage. But I do have a collection beyond need of recent. Well need as defined by my ex wife of tools in general.
Posted by: Willy J. at February 18, 2016 12:08 AM (r6bSH)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 18, 2016 12:10 AM (GEICT)
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Metric, English, Whitworth?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 18, 2016 12:10 AM (n22zQ)
Fer me it's UniBall or nuthin'.
I did have a Waterman fountain pen once, but ruined it by rinsing it out with the wrong temperature of water.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2016 12:10 AM (ntObR)
qdpsteve - going good? So you're shooting for paleo?
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 18, 2016 12:10 AM (hlMPp)
So, now these millenials think they need to bring it back. Well, back on our knees with the beads I guess. Who'd a thunk it?
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 18, 2016 12:10 AM (+YMhA)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2016 12:10 AM (ntObR)<<<
Same here.
Posted by: Lance Armstrong at February 18, 2016 12:11 AM (H9MG5)
Posted by: Willy J. at February 18, 2016 12:11 AM (r6bSH)
If it were up to me, I'd do one division per week, starting on the Twenty-Seventh of this month.
There are WAY too many Free-Agents out there right now to be thorough, but I might start that post this Saturday.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 12:11 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2016 12:10 AM (ntObR)
Same here.
Posted by: Lance Armstrong at February 18, 2016 12:11 AM (H9MG5)
That joke I got.
Posted by: Northernlurker at February 18, 2016 12:11 AM (4rzL1)
Figure I can do okay if I just try to bring down the carbs a significant amount more than I ever have in the past. Call me crazy.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2016 12:11 AM (ntObR)
The reputation they had was expensive as hell, but high quality.
They used to do calendars. Hot babes. There's one I remember, four or five babes lined up in thongs showing asses that were just divine.
I figure the SJWs have scared companies from doing that now. War on Womyn and all that crap.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at February 18, 2016 12:12 AM (dvuhZ)
Posted by: Ian Galt
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Related to the joke, 'There are only 10 kinds of people...'
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 18, 2016 12:12 AM (n22zQ)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 12:12 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2016 12:12 AM (ntObR)
So, now these millenials think they need to bring it back. Well, back on our knees with the beads I guess. Who'd a thunk it?
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 18, 2016 12:10 AM (+YMhA)
Unfortunately as I've said, This Pope needs to give up Communism for Lent.
Posted by: buzzion at February 18, 2016 12:13 AM (zt+N6)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 18, 2016 12:13 AM (FkBIv)
OK, so what do you like?
My favorite is the Mont Blanc rollerball, of which I've had several but I don't have one now.
I'm also really partial to real pens which you dip in ink. The problem as a left-hander is that they're all designed to be drawn across the page right-handed, and not pushed.
So I have a glass pen with a spiral tip - a gift from my old Italian girlfriend - which is forgiving to the sinister handed.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 18, 2016 12:13 AM (1xUj/)
So, now these millenials think they need to bring it back. Well, back on our knees with the beads I guess. Who'd a thunk it?
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 18, 2016 12:10 AM (+YMhA)
I don't think millenials generally understand what it is they're supporting. They want a welfare state, not necessarily socialism/communism in the sense of the government owning the means of production. However, the centrally-planned economy that such a welfare state would require has its own deleterious effects.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2016 12:13 AM (kpqmD)
Great scene in "Zodiac" where the SanFran PD is killing themselves
trying to get clues... and then it turns out there was a freakin' line
of Zodiac watches in the late 1960s, where even their logo was copied by
the killer.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2016 12:05 AM
Great movie, that one.
Posted by: otho at February 18, 2016 12:13 AM (EWg9n)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2016 12:14 AM (ntObR)
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Ridgid calendars.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 18, 2016 12:14 AM (n22zQ)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2016 12:14 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: Ian Galt
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Related to the joke, 'There are only 10 kinds of people...'
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 18, 2016 12:12 AM (n22zQ)
I grok binary but not octal or hexidecimal.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2016 12:14 AM (kpqmD)
The future Empress refers to it as "the arsenal of mediocrity," and cites the "quality" of its "tools" as proof that the Chinese will never run the world.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at February 18, 2016 12:14 AM (/33sy)
-Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 18, 2016 12:07 AM (ucDmr)
Get back in the game!
(I don't even know myself, anymore. I've arranged a meet-up on the 20th. Knowing me? I may not show.)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 12:14 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 18, 2016 12:14 AM (39g3+)
Didn't do squat for me in my life.
In fact, my vocabulary and style of speech probably made me a target and being smart ain't all it's cracked up to be when you're stuck having to live with those of lesser intellect.
They think if you speak correctly and are intelligent that somehow you're putting on airs and are looking down on them. (sometimes true)
It's difficult to make the transition from middle class to lower class.
I would've had a more enjoyable life I think if I'd been born a bit dumber
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at February 18, 2016 12:15 AM (Xo1Rt)
I have some Whitworth stuff from my Grandpa who came on a boat from England and worked for Ford.
Posted by: Willy J. at February 18, 2016 12:15 AM (r6bSH)
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Ridgid calendars.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 18, 2016 12:14 AM (n22zQ)
That's not the only thing that was rigid.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2016 12:15 AM (kpqmD)
Howdy, gang of Morons.
Wait, I'll be right back. Gotta go home.
Posted by: mindful webworker - said that? at February 18, 2016 12:15 AM (ACs58)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 18, 2016 12:14 AM (n22zQ)
Pipe tools
Posted by: BignJames at February 18, 2016 12:15 AM (HtUkt)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2016 12:16 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: Willy J.
Cool. Thx, for response.
Hey, mebbe you would know; I'm looking into a knife sharpening kit.
But the internets are split amongst: systems, stones, and natural stones off an arkansan backwoods still.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 18, 2016 12:16 AM (AA6QE)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 18, 2016 12:07 AM
Hi. My name is Garym. You can call me Garym. I'm a HotAirfugee.
Or you can just call me Dick.
Posted by: Garym at February 18, 2016 12:16 AM (BasZO)
These kinds of things are funny (the core requirement of jokes.) However, the title runs into one of my pet peeves. There is a difference between Knowledge and being Smart/Intelligent. Understanding the jokes just requires knowledge of the particulars involved. It does not take reasoning to then figure out how they are funny.
The other reason it bothers me is the signalling aspect of it. The poster says "Number 5 took me a minute." Which is supposed to signal to all readers how smart s/he is because she got all of the other ones, and if so, well the title itself says that only intellectuals will get it!
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2016 12:16 AM (iHjB5)
Posted by: Willy J. at February 18, 2016 12:11 AM (r6bSH)
I have a set of mega wrenches, from 1 1/2 to 2 inches from Harbor Freight. I bought them because I didn't want to spend big from Snap-On just to beat them with a BFH.
I figured I'd use them for that, and when they broke, they broke, and I'd pony up.
I still have em. They do have a tendency to bend a little, but that's better than having them snap.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 18, 2016 12:16 AM (kKHcp)
OK, I don't get #12 of the 20 jokes for smart people.
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I didn't try because I had a feeling most of them wouldn't strike me as funny
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 18, 2016 12:16 AM (voOPb)
Word. I was a smart, poor kid in a private school. Holy shit was it awful.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2016 12:17 AM (kpqmD)
Posted by: chemjeff - PuppyMonkeyBaby '16 at February 18, 2016 12:17 AM (uZNvH)
Posted by: L'Affair de facto at February 18, 2016 12:17 AM (QeI1K)
Posted by: Farmer at February 18, 2016 12:17 AM (o/90i)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 18, 2016 12:17 AM (ucDmr)
Q: What does a dyslexic bilingual Mexican optometrist help people do?
A: Yes.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2016 12:18 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: Lena Dunham, Rosie O'Doughnut, Roseanne at February 18, 2016 12:18 AM (H9MG5)
Q: What does a dyslexic bilingual Mexican optometrist help people do?
A: Yes.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2016 12:18 AM (ntObR)
Good God. You should be deported for that joke.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2016 12:19 AM (kpqmD)
Posted by: navybrat at February 18, 2016 12:19 AM (8QGte)
Posted by: L'Affair de facto at February 18, 2016 12:17 AM (QeI1K)
Was it a counterpart to New yankee workshop? Had a guy with curly hair?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2016 12:19 AM (iHjB5)
Partially because of tax write off and the truck will show up in an hour to replace a broken tool (never have seen one break) or to deliver the new one you need to finish a job. which is way important if you own a repair business.
Posted by: Willy J. at February 18, 2016 12:20 AM (r6bSH)
Posted by: L'Affair de facto at February 18, 2016 12:20 AM (QeI1K)
Maybe Roy Underhill..."The Woodwright's Shop?
Posted by: BignJames at February 18, 2016 12:20 AM (HtUkt)
Word. I was a smart, poor kid in a private school. Holy shit was it awful.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2016 12:17 AM (kpqmD)
***
See, I dunno about that.
One of the most intelligent men I ever met lives in a trailer with no electricity and barely finished high school. By most measures, he'd be considered a bit unintelligent, or at least uneducated.
But the man used to work in a steel mill, and learned from the color of the slag what impurities were in each batch of scrap they smelted.
He worked in an electronics factory, and could tear down and rebuild damned near every robot on his line, without any training.
A hundred years ago, he'd have been an engineer; but because he was born when he was, and was more interested in understanding how things were made and why they were made that way, he's written off.
Comes the Burning Times, men like him might prove the backbone and brains of my Bartertown empire.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at February 18, 2016 12:20 AM (/33sy)
the wife let me keep one. I kept Barbie Benton.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 18, 2016 12:20 AM (kKHcp)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2016 12:14 AM
It's the only time he fit the role he was doing. Zodiac is a strange movie that really has no right to work, but it does. Good cast, very well told. Fincher.... 'nuff said. Ridley Scott lost the plot a looooong time ago, but Fincher still delivers in style.
Posted by: otho at February 18, 2016 12:21 AM (EWg9n)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2016 12:11 AM (ntObR)
Every bit helps.
Pizza, yeah. Downfall.
Went to Pittsburgh last weekend and brought back 8 pizzas.
Family had dinner one night and my aunt made salad, halushki and stuffed pork chops.
I opted for 5 pieces of pizza.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 18, 2016 12:21 AM (hlMPp)
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The Woodwright's Shop?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 18, 2016 12:21 AM (n22zQ)
Posted by: L'Affair de facto at February 18, 2016 12:17 AM
New Yankee workshop
Posted by: Garym at February 18, 2016 12:22 AM (BasZO)
I am on the soundtrack.
Posted by: navybrat at February 18, 2016 12:22 AM (8QGte)
Posted by: eleven at February 18, 2016 12:22 AM (qUNWi)
-Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at February 18, 2016 12:15 AM (Xo1Rt)
Grab a microphone at your local watering hole what hosts shit with microphones.
You'll figure-out in Real Time that you're much smarter than the average bear.
Here's your opening phrase: "What the Hell is wrong with..."
Make the audience a part of it. There is always the guy you can say "You know?" -to and the guy you can say "You wouldn't know" -to.
I'm an idiot and I can earn a couple-a-hundred bucks per weekend.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 12:22 AM (OQ9R7)
Liberals wanted the SAT to help blacks get into college since using only grades was racist. But blacks don't get good SAT scores, so now we need to go back to only using grades.
Liberals are just bat shit fucking crazy. About every thing.
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at February 18, 2016 12:22 AM (O1R3L)
I think a lot of very smart men fall into that category.
Posted by: Lauren at February 18, 2016 12:22 AM (8SiRT)
Posted by: Hillary! 2016 Barking For You at February 18, 2016 12:22 AM (sl+zA)
193 Does anybody really know what time it is?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 17, 2016 11:54 PM (FkBIv)
That depends. Is the time on the website currently accurate?
Posted by: buzzion at February 17, 2016 11:55 PM (zt+N6)
It is Standard Time of Peruvia, or the STP time zone.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 18, 2016 12:22 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: eleven at February 18, 2016 12:23 AM (qUNWi)
-Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at February 18, 2016 12:20 AM (/33sy)
You ain't just whistlin' Dixie.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 12:23 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: eleven at February 18, 2016 12:22 AM (qUNWi)
***
Apocalypse Now and Blue Velvet?
I admire your boldness, but question your judgment.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at February 18, 2016 12:24 AM (/33sy)
Posted by: otho at February 18, 2016 12:24 AM (EWg9n)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at February 18, 2016 12:20 AM (/33sy)
Exactly. People are too fascinated with credential-ism vs practicality and understanding how things work rather than trying to get the world to fit their idea of how it should work (see global warming, fascination with socialism, etc.)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2016 12:24 AM (iHjB5)
Posted by: eleven at February 18, 2016 12:22 AM
Yeah, but he played evil/funny to perfection.
Posted by: Garym at February 18, 2016 12:25 AM (BasZO)
I think a lot of very smart men fall into that category.
Posted by: Lauren at February 18, 2016 12:22 AM (8SiRT)
That sounds a lot like my grandfather. Very smart man, probably could have been some kind of mechanical engineer. However he grew up dirt friggin' poor and did not have those kinds of opportunities.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2016 12:25 AM (kpqmD)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 18, 2016 12:25 AM (39g3+)
Posted by: Garym at February 18, 2016 12:22 AM (BasZO)<<<
That's my old asshole assistant, who's supposed to assist ME!, Norm Abram. And he used every new, top notch power tool under the sun.
Posted by: Bob Vila, relegated to PSAs on the radio at February 18, 2016 12:25 AM (H9MG5)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2016 12:25 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 18, 2016 12:25 AM (hlMPp)
Posted by: eleven at February 18, 2016 12:25 AM (qUNWi)
Upright bass.
Posted by: navybrat at February 18, 2016 12:26 AM (8QGte)
Or you can just call me Dick.
Posted by: Garym at February 18, 2016 12:16 AM
Hi Garym,
Can we all say hi to Garym and welcome him into the group?
Now Garym what just led to this addiction to AOSHQ?
Posted by: Farmer at February 18, 2016 12:26 AM (o/90i)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2016 12:25 AM (ntObR)
I did. God help me, I did.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2016 12:26 AM (kpqmD)
It's like people who made bad movies always wanted to cast Dennis fing Hopper.
Posted by: eleven at February 18, 2016 12:23 AM (qUNWi)
He was ok in "Cool Hand Luke"....don't think he had any lines.
Posted by: BignJames at February 18, 2016 12:26 AM (HtUkt)
Posted by: eleven at February 18, 2016 12:22 AM
Apocalypse Now, Cool Hand Luke, River's Edge, Blue Velvet, True Romance... and many more?
Posted by: otho at February 18, 2016 12:26 AM (EWg9n)
And, do they put out a calendar?
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at February 18, 2016 12:26 AM (dvuhZ)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2016 12:27 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at February 18, 2016 12:27 AM (O1R3L)
Posted by: eleven at February 18, 2016 12:25 AM (qUNWi)
David Lynch movie.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2016 12:27 AM (kpqmD)
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at February 18, 2016 12:22 AM (O1R3L)
No, they are stupid/crazy. They keep trying to go for their desired result and thinking they can get to where they want to go without considering what works and what doesn't.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2016 12:27 AM (iHjB5)
You'll figure-out in Real Time that you're much smarter than the average bear.
Here's your opening phrase: "What the Hell is wrong with..."
Make the audience a part of it. There is always the guy you can say "You know?" -to and the guy you can say "You wouldn't know" -to.
I'm an idiot and I can earn a couple-a-hundred bucks per weekend.
Posted by: Slapweasel,
Why not interview a handful of the best in a booth at their leisure?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 18, 2016 12:27 AM (AA6QE)
Posted by: Bob Vila, relegated to PSAs on the radio at February 18, 2016 12:25 AM
Hi. I'm Bob Veeeeeela .........
Posted by: Garym at February 18, 2016 12:27 AM (BasZO)
Waterworld!!
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 18, 2016 12:25 AM
Totally worth it just for Hopper.
Posted by: otho at February 18, 2016 12:27 AM (EWg9n)
I admit (a) it's horribly dated, and (b) the ending, besides being a complete downer, is quite jarring the first time you see it.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2016 12:28 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: eleven at February 18, 2016 12:28 AM (qUNWi)
But the internets are split amongst: systems, stones, and natural stones off an arkansan backwoods still.>>>
The systems IMO tend to be hokum. If you are willing to spend the time to learn/practice. 3 different grade oil or wet stones are all you need. Only 2 if you aren't trying to save really beat up knives. All it is is sanding in the end there are systems to keep angle and systems that are fast. But if you practice on cheap knives you will get the feel for your stones and angles. It's an art of sorts though.
Posted by: Willy J. at February 18, 2016 12:28 AM (r6bSH)
Posted by: eleven at February 18, 2016 12:25 AM (qUNWi)
David Lynch movie.
Isabella Rosselini naked.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 18, 2016 12:28 AM (1xUj/)
I think a lot of very smart men fall into that category.
Posted by: Lauren at February 18, 2016 12:22 AM (8SiRT)
That sounds a lot like my grandfather. Very smart man, probably could have been some kind of mechanical engineer. However he grew up dirt friggin' poor and did not have those kinds of opportunities.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2016 12:25 AM (kpqmD)
***
My friend the autodidact. When he turned sixty, I gave him a carton of Marlboros, a fifth of old granddad, and a hardbacked copy of Hasluck's "Metalworking."
The bastard called me around about two months later to show me the MOTHERFUCKING LATHE he'd built out of junk parts to turn a new cylinder for a lawnmower he was going to use to power a generator to charge the batteries so he could watch TV. Said "that book had some good ideas, yes it did, but I didn't have the tools to build a proper lathe...."
Guy's a one-man Industrial Revolution; God bless those like him.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at February 18, 2016 12:29 AM (/33sy)
Make up a quiz for prizes. Ask for a dollar to play and they get a free drink if they answer correctly.
You'd be surprised on what is no longer "common knowledge".
Add a category called "Opinion".
Ask...
-"What is your favorite body-part?"
A: Your right hand.
"Who was the greatest NBA player of all-time?"
A: Wilt Chamberlain
"Why can't your Mother rest?"
A: Because you touch yourself at night.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 12:29 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: eleven at February 18, 2016 12:25 AM (qUNWi)
David Lynch movie.
Isabella Rosselini naked.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 18, 2016 12:28 AM (1xUj/)
True. But also hysterical. Not as titillating as it might sound at first.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2016 12:30 AM (kpqmD)
Posted by: Bob Vila
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Yeah. He was annoying as hell. He would always say, "Now here we have this fine old example of a newel post. Now, I can't make one of these by hand, because I have no skills, but using my CNC carving machine I can make a decent copy."
Posted by: Stevie Thomas at February 18, 2016 12:30 AM (ANVXm)
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at February 18, 2016 12:31 AM (O1R3L)
-Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 18, 2016 12:27 AM (AA6QE)
Not only have I done that, but I had to convince three women to "Bare as They Dare" and sign a waiver.
King Me.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 12:31 AM (OQ9R7)
And like it matters what type of pen it is while you're dragging your hand through the ink
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 18, 2016 12:00 AM (GEICT)
hehe
another unlucky SOB, I see.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 18, 2016 12:04 AM (kKHcp)
There's something sinister about it....
Posted by: cthulhu at February 18, 2016 12:31 AM (EzgxV)
The bartender says ' no disrespect but that's the last drink I thought you would order'
The cro magnon replied 'what do you think I am, a Neanderthal? '
Posted by: Max Rockatansky at February 18, 2016 12:32 AM (MNgU2)
Posted by: navybrat at February 18, 2016 12:32 AM (8QGte)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2016 12:27 AM
Agreed. He's had a great run since 92 and just keeps delivering stylish movies. Not just artsy for artsy sake, good stories, well told, also. Picks good vehicles, like Kubrick. Haven't seen Dragon Tattoo, and I didn't like Benjamin Button, too mawkish... but every other one is top notch. Just the one miss for me, out of that stretch of flicks is pretty good batting.
Posted by: otho at February 18, 2016 12:32 AM (EWg9n)
Posted by: Bob Vila
-------------------
Yeah. He was annoying as hell. He would always say, "Now here we have this fine old example of a newel post. Now, I can't make one of these by hand, because I have no skills, but using my CNC carving machine I can make a decent copy."
Posted by: Stevie Thomas at February 18, 2016 12:30 AM (ANVXm)
***
There was a show called "Furniture to Go" that was hysterical. You didn't watch it for the how-to's so much as for the wide-cracking and the insulting impressions of Bob Villa......
"now, we're gonna brush on some polyurethane, 'cause's its' real shiny......"
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at February 18, 2016 12:33 AM (/33sy)
I know. That was snark.
I'd wanted to see Isabella Rosselini naked for so long, and then there she was and it wasn't at all sexy.
*sighs*
Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 18, 2016 12:33 AM (1xUj/)
Posted by: L'Affair de facto at February 18, 2016 12:33 AM (QeI1K)
Posted by: Farmer at February 18, 2016 12:26 AM
I've been a lurker for years. Just like the late, great Andrew Breitbart, I have enjoyed the 'rons and 'ettes ridiculous line of comments. No 2 comment threads are the same.
Posted by: Garym at February 18, 2016 12:34 AM (BasZO)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at February 18, 2016 12:15 AM (Xo1Rt)
Withing the last year there was a story published in a magazine about a very intelligent man who had some oxygen blockage to his brain.
While being very intelligent, he had few friends, felt socially maladroit, didn't have much love life, etc. But over a period of a year and change, while his brain starved, he found his technically challenging job more and more difficult, but also found his social life improving immensely.
It was fascinating, supposedly true, and you're right. Your life would be more enjoyable if only...
I'll try to find it.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 18, 2016 12:35 AM (kKHcp)
You're a horrible person. I simultaneously chide and deride your sickening nature.
If I ever see you, I'm going to fight you.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 12:35 AM (OQ9R7)
T
Posted by: Farmer at February 18, 2016 12:35 AM (o/90i)
I failed shop class.
Failed mechanical drawing also.
Posted by: L'Affair de facto at February 18, 2016 12:33 AM (QeI1K)
***
So - you're in management, then?
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at February 18, 2016 12:35 AM (/33sy)
Posted by: Willy J. at February 18, 2016 12:36 AM (r6bSH)
Posted by: Max Rockatansky at February 18, 2016 12:36 AM (MNgU2)
Posted by: navybrat at February 18, 2016 12:32 AM (8QGte)
I don't want their fucking music. Or clothing.
Just be employed you young punks for my SS
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 18, 2016 12:36 AM (voOPb)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 12:36 AM (OQ9R7)
I trust everyone here is aware of the primary source of the non-Swedes taking up residence there.
Posted by: Epobirs at February 18, 2016 12:37 AM (IdCqF)
Posted by: navybrat at February 18, 2016 12:32 AM (8QGte)
I don't want their fucking music. Or clothing.
Just be employed you young punks for my SS
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 18, 2016 12:36 AM (voOPb)
***
I've said it here before, I'll say it again:
"Aspiring artists driving each other around for Uber is no basis for an economy."
This is where we are.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at February 18, 2016 12:38 AM (/33sy)
Posted by: Willy J.
----------------------------
Hated it. Just never developed a feel for it. A good friend has a Masters in Industrial Design. He will whip out a pencil, and produce a 'quick sketch' that I regard as suitable for framing. Pisses me off.
Posted by: Stevie Thomas at February 18, 2016 12:38 AM (ANVXm)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2016 12:38 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: eleven at February 18, 2016 12:39 AM (qUNWi)
Yay!!!
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 18, 2016 12:39 AM (hlMPp)
..."they did so much fucking that they changed the bloodline forever. Blonde hair and light skin became curly hair and dark skin."
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 12:39 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 18, 2016 12:39 AM (voOPb)
-Posted by: eleven at February 18, 2016 12:39 AM (qUNWi)
-You.
-Yard.
----->
-Now!
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 12:40 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: BignJames at February 18, 2016 12:40 AM (HtUkt)
Your answer will decide your fate here forever.
Posted by: eleven at February 18, 2016 12:28 AM
Loved the man and his overacting on eeeeevil characters, but his movies were not necessarily good. I thought he was great in Hoosiers.
Posted by: Garym at February 18, 2016 12:41 AM (BasZO)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 12:41 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 18, 2016 12:41 AM (1xUj/)
Posted by: eleven at February 18, 2016 12:42 AM (qUNWi)
I admit (a) it's horribly dated, and (b) the ending, besides being a
complete downer, is quite jarring the first time you see it.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2016 12:28 AM
You should check out Mad Dog Morgan. Weird Hopper movie from the 70's.
Posted by: otho at February 18, 2016 12:42 AM (EWg9n)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 12:42 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 18, 2016 12:42 AM (FkBIv)
you have chosen.....wisely.
Posted by: eleven at February 18, 2016 12:42 AM (qUNWi)
But in Latin, Hopper starts with an "I"
Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2016 12:43 AM (kpqmD)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 12:43 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2016 12:43 AM (ntObR)
I got all the jokes! Does that mean I'm schmart?
Started reading Sam Walton's autobiography Made In America, today. Must be either pretty good or pretty easy reading. I'm almost half way through. Interesting to read about how he started though.
Posted by: Sugar Plum Fairy #176-671 at February 18, 2016 12:43 AM (hnCis)
Posted by: Max Rockatansky at February 18, 2016 12:43 AM (MNgU2)
In my drafting class (using mechanical pencils and gum erasers) The Orthographic projection is the part a lot of people had trouble with. Different now that the computer will do all the other views for them.
Posted by: Willy J. at February 18, 2016 12:43 AM (r6bSH)
I shouldn't say this but screw it. My mid kid sweetheart of a young lady. Sent to private school brought up in a conservative home leans lefty libertarian prog. Employed in do gooder jobs 2 of them. She will be shocked when I kick her off health plan later this year and has to pay the premium. She can thank her president
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 18, 2016 12:43 AM (voOPb)
--
I can't visualize anything until after I have seen it once.
Mechanically, I can't understand what I'm seeing until after someone explains it to me; shows me how to do it.
But I can take the interior of a car apart to install communications gear. And put the interior back together again. (One very nice lady was somewhat worried after I dismantled the interior of her brand new Lincoln.)
And if there is a raw (sharp) cutting edge of sheet metal *anywhere* on the car, I can find it! And wore the bandaids to prove it.
And I've written a book by imagining a movie and writing down what I 'see' and 'hear'.
Posted by: L'Affair de facto at February 18, 2016 12:44 AM (QeI1K)
Posted by: Haikus for Hillary! at February 18, 2016 12:44 AM (GdgAM)
Loved Hopper in Apocalypse Now - his character is just perfect.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kqFwVuQ-Hg
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at February 18, 2016 12:44 AM (/33sy)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 12:44 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at February 18, 2016 12:45 AM (/33sy)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 18, 2016 12:02 AM (ucDmr)
I know!!
Posted by: Maetenloch at February 18, 2016 12:45 AM (wqVD1)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at February 18, 2016 12:45 AM (iQIUe)
nearly everyone was Swedish and culturally disinclined to abuse the
system."
See also: Japan. Similar dynamic.
Unlike the Swedes, the Japanese haven't been so foolish as to admit huge numbers of outsiders who will never honor nor adopt their highly particularized culture. However, the Japanese have been so foolish as to fail to replace themselves.
Posted by: torquewrench at February 18, 2016 12:45 AM (noWW6)
King Me.
Posted by: Slapweasel,
Would their "state of mind" hold up in court?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 18, 2016 12:45 AM (AA6QE)
Posted by: eleven at February 18, 2016 12:22 AM (qUNWi)
***
Apocalypse Now and Blue Velvet?
I admire your boldness, but question your judgment.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at February 18, 2016 12:24 AM (/33sy)
There are two kinds of people in this country: People who liked True Romance and people who should be deported and never spoken of again.
Posted by: AD at February 18, 2016 12:46 AM (QWY55)
Samuel Alito -- yes, that Samuel Alito, who was also on the 3rd Circuit at the time. Judge Barry testified in support of Alito during his confirmation hearing for SCOTUS. So, is Alito a "radical pro-abortion extremist" too?
The 2000 abortion case in question turned on an issue of the way the law was written -- not really on abortion.
Also, Judge Trump Barry was appointed to the court by Reagan, and appointed to the 3rd Circuit by Clinton.
The description of her as a "liberal" is a Cruz lie -- flat out -- that Ace repeated.
I'm only saying this because Ace wants to report the truth.
Posted by: Dancing Queen at February 18, 2016 12:46 AM (aNrvT)
I don't know about watches, but the ONT could sure use a good, new calendar.
This one is running 10 days fast...
Posted by: Spun and Murky at February 18, 2016 12:46 AM (sqaXk)
-Posted by: Maetenloch at February 18, 2016 12:45 AM (wqVD1)
You should. Both baseball threads I've written have gone to shreds within the first fifty posts... lol.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 12:47 AM (OQ9R7)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/h8ekooa
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at February 18, 2016 12:47 AM (0OG8D)
Never had the patience for installing electrical stuff in cars. So it is why we end up specializing.
Posted by: Willy J. at February 18, 2016 12:48 AM (r6bSH)
-Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 18, 2016 12:45 AM (AA6QE)
Not if I had anything to do with it.
...so there's that.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 12:48 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Max Rockatansky at February 18, 2016 12:43 AM
Boo Radley in To Kill A Mockingbird.
Posted by: Garym at February 18, 2016 12:48 AM (BasZO)
Heh!!
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 18, 2016 12:49 AM (NGd+i)
Posted by: eleven
Midnight Express
Music by Danny Elfman. Game, set, match.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 18, 2016 12:49 AM (AA6QE)
The music in Midnight Express is by Giorgio Moroder. He even had an instrumental hit from it, titled "Chase."
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2016 12:50 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: eleven at February 18, 2016 12:50 AM (qUNWi)
I would've had a more enjoyable life I think if I'd been born a bit dumber
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at February 18, 2016 12:15 AM (Xo1Rt)
Withing the last year there was a story published in a magazine
about a very intelligent man who had some oxygen blockage to his brain.
While being very intelligent, he had few friends, felt socially
maladroit, didn't have much love life, etc. But over a period of a year
and change, while his brain starved, he found his technically
challenging job more and more difficult, but also found his social life
improving immensely.
It was fascinating, supposedly true, and you're right. Your life would be more enjoyable if only...
I'll try to find it.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 18, 2016 12:35 AM (kKHcp)
Sounds like "Flowers for Algernon."
Posted by: cthulhu at February 18, 2016 12:51 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 12:51 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: eleven at February 18, 2016 12:51 AM (qUNWi)
I don't know about watches, but the ONT could sure use a good, new calendar.
This one is running 10 days fast...
Posted by: Spun and Murky at February 18, 2016 12:46 AM (sqaXk)
Sorry. Was using ace's time machine and got confused. Turns out that next week was rather normal and boring. Which is the way I like it.
Posted by: Maetenloch at February 18, 2016 12:51 AM (wqVD1)
Turns out he's in 6 of the AFI's "100 Years 100 Movies" list of great flicks, more than any other living actor.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2016 12:51 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: Max Rockatansky at February 18, 2016 12:43 AM
Boo Radley in To Kill A Mockingbird.
Posted by: Garym at February 18, 2016 12:48 AM (BasZO)
Remember him in Slingblade?
Posted by: Max Rockatansky at February 18, 2016 12:51 AM (MNgU2)
Posted by: torquewrench at February 18, 2016 12:45 AM (noWW6)
I wonder how much of this is because the Japanese seem to have stripped a lot out of their own culture. I went on a trip for work to Japan last year. I went with a Japanese guy and he took me sight seeing. In one of their museums (the old imperial palace in Osaka) they had completely stripped the interior. I found it decidedly odd. The "museum" was really just the shell of the building.
I think by stripping the martial virtues and history from their culture, they have found something that is bad to do with a society. The desire and encouragement of young men to both protect their society and to glorify what it means to be a man, well it has a tendency to turn out men who are not interested in doing what men do.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2016 12:52 AM (iHjB5)
Posted by: Brian Dennehy at February 18, 2016 12:52 AM (r6bSH)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2016 12:38 AM (ntObR)
That wasn't familiar to me so I wiki'd it. Seems like the sort of story, but in reverse.
No, this was on some magazine's website, and it was recent, and told as a true story.
The moral of the story, told by the now recovered nerd, is that he now understood how those less intelligent view the world, and that their lack of understanding made them say fuckit and have a good time.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 18, 2016 12:52 AM (kKHcp)
There was a guy who did a PBS show, I think, about Colonial style
woodworking using the old tools and techniques. I only saw him once, and
can't think of a key word search that works, but the precision work he
was doing was amazing.
Roy Underhill and The Woodwright's Shop, maybe?
I like it because he doesn't come across as any more intelligent or coordinated than me, but he manages to do awesome stuff. Makes me feel like I could do it, too, if I decided to expend the enthusiasm.
Posted by: Anachronda at February 18, 2016 12:52 AM (o78gS)
Posted by: Max Rockatansky at February 18, 2016 12:43 AM (MNgU2)
***
No, Pigman proved the Caine-Hackman Theory years ago.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at February 18, 2016 12:53 AM (/33sy)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2016 12:53 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at February 18, 2016 12:53 AM (dvuhZ)
-Posted by: eleven at February 18, 2016 12:50 AM (qUNWi)
And he will always be eclipsed by One Brian Dennehy.
-He played The Mountain in "Brokeback Mountain".
-He was every beaker in "Breaking Bad".
-He played The Ransom in "The Big Lebowski".
I dare you to name another talent as large and talented.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 12:54 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: eleven at February 18, 2016 12:55 AM (qUNWi)
I mean, its called "Twitter", for fuck sakes
Posted by: Ololiuqui at February 18, 2016 12:55 AM (s6/4z)
Posted by: buzzion at February 18, 2016 12:55 AM (zt+N6)
Posted by: chemjeff - PuppyMonkeyBaby '16 at February 18, 2016 12:56 AM (uZNvH)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2016 12:56 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: Max Rockatansky at February 18, 2016 12:56 AM (MNgU2)
But you have the top notch Ace Dental Plan
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 18, 2016 12:56 AM (voOPb)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2016 12:57 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: eleven at February 18, 2016 12:55 AM (qUNWi)
Heh
Posted by: Max Rockatansky at February 18, 2016 12:57 AM (MNgU2)
-Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 18, 2016 12:56 AM (voOPb)
They're going to shave his molars, aren't they?
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 12:58 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: buzzion at February 18, 2016 12:55 AM (zt+N6)
And give him the Mr. Paul Revere treatment.
Posted by: Maetenloch at February 18, 2016 12:58 AM (wqVD1)
qdpsteve: Easy Rider? ... (b) the ending, besides being a complete downer, is quite jarring the first time you see it.
Saw it original run in theater. Jarring, yes indeed.
Never had a desire to see it again, because that alone.
Posted by: mindful webworker - ez wider? at February 18, 2016 12:58 AM (SqM8E)
Posted by: Max Rockatansky at February 18, 2016 12:51 AM
I only watched that movie once and I can;t remember him in it.
All I remember is "I like me some french fried taters ....mmmmah."
Posted by: Garym at February 18, 2016 12:58 AM (BasZO)
But you have the top notch Ace Dental Plan
Oooo, unlimited PolyGrip!!!!
You get name brand dental adhesive? I have to put up with Val-U-Grip.
Posted by: Anachronda at February 18, 2016 12:59 AM (o78gS)
Posted by: otho at February 18, 2016 01:00 AM (EWg9n)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius)
A bunch of actors from that era seemed to appear in just about every show of every genre.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 18, 2016 01:00 AM (FkBIv)
Posted by: chemjeff - PuppyMonkeyBaby '16 at February 18, 2016 01:00 AM (uZNvH)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2016 01:01 AM (ntObR)
I saw earlier today why there is an increase in the interest to do exorcisms.
"Exorcist claims 'beautiful women' are more likely to be possessed by evil demons"
http://preview.tinyurl.com/j86zozo
Posted by: Willy J. at February 18, 2016 01:01 AM (r6bSH)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at February 18, 2016 01:01 AM (iQIUe)
-Posted by: Maetenloch at February 18, 2016 12:58 AM (wqVD1)
No. NO!!! NOT THAT!
NOT the "Paul Revere Treatment", Butch!
I'll speak on his behalf!
Just...
...never give him the "Happy Birthday"!
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 01:02 AM (OQ9R7)
The tricky part, of course, if finding the channel if you're even lucky enough to have it.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2016 01:02 AM (ntObR)
But you have the top notch Ace Dental Plan
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 18, 2016 12:56 AM (voOPb)
Eh that's something of a myth - but don't tell Dave in Texas this. The Ace Dental Plan is pretty much just a dental technician in NYC who does dental stuff on the sly.
Posted by: Maetenloch at February 18, 2016 01:03 AM (wqVD1)
Posted by: Max Rockatansky at February 18, 2016 12:51 AM
I only watched that movie once and I can;t remember him in it.
All I remember is "I like me some french fried taters ....mmmmah."
Posted by: Garym at February 18, 2016 12:58 AM (BasZO)
He was Billy Bob Thornton's father (I think). He was in one scene where Thornton confronts him about aborting his brother ("You shouldn't 'a done that. He was just a boy"--that one).
Posted by: AD at February 18, 2016 01:03 AM (QWY55)
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at February 18, 2016 01:04 AM (O1R3L)
Posted by: otho at February 18, 2016 01:04 AM (EWg9n)
-Posted by: Maetenloch at February 18, 2016 01:03 AM (wqVD1)
*Doesn't write anything*
...whut?
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 01:05 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Maetenloch at February 18, 2016 01:03 AM (wqVD1)
Is his name Christian Szell?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2016 01:05 AM (iHjB5)
Posted by: Willy J. at February 18, 2016 01:05 AM (r6bSH)
The dude's name is Arse Biscuites. He's a French army general. Arse Biscuites! How do you not appreciate that?
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at February 18, 2016 01:06 AM (0OG8D)
Does he keep asking "is it safe?"
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 18, 2016 01:06 AM (FkBIv)
The music in Midnight Express is by Giorgio Moroder. He even had an instrumental hit from it, titled "Chase."
Posted by: qdpsteve
Hopper is in Midnight Express?
Posted by: eleven
Natch,
Midnight Run
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 18, 2016 01:06 AM (AA6QE)
The book _Dogs and Demons_ relates many similar stories.
Posted by: torquewrench at February 18, 2016 01:07 AM (noWW6)
-Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at February 18, 2016 01:04 AM (O1R3L)
Agreed.
But you'll never notice Brian Dennehy. He plays vending machines and tundra, most often.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 01:07 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Garym at February 18, 2016 01:08 AM (BasZO)
Posted by: Willy J. at February 18, 2016 01:05 AM (r6bSH)
Duvall was in the episode where he saw live person in a doll house at a museum, was committed, released , went back to museum and ended up as a figure in the doll house.
Posted by: Max Rockatansky at February 18, 2016 01:08 AM (MNgU2)
-Posted by: torquewrench at February 18, 2016 01:07 AM (noWW6)
Keep "relating" to the Japanese and I'll lose all respect for you, torque-san.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 01:09 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at February 18, 2016 01:09 AM (0OG8D)
Posted by: L'Affair de facto at February 18, 2016 01:09 AM (QeI1K)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 01:09 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Max Rockatansky
That. seems. familiar.
Posted by: The Shat at February 18, 2016 01:09 AM (AA6QE)
Posted by: Thrawn at February 18, 2016 01:10 AM (s87AC)
Ace Dental Plan is pretty much just a dental technician in NYC who does
dental stuff on the sly.
>>>
Something Dave in Texas has never said during a visit.
"Don't come at me with your big boobs."
Posted by: NYC Dental Assistant on the sly at February 18, 2016 01:11 AM (r6bSH)
Posted by: eleven at February 18, 2016 01:11 AM (qUNWi)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at February 18, 2016 01:12 AM (0OG8D)
Posted by: otho at February 18, 2016 01:12 AM (EWg9n)
Posted by: L, Elle at February 18, 2016 01:12 AM (2x3L+)
-Posted by: Thrawn at February 18, 2016 01:10 AM (s87AC)
You are a bug. Not a glitch, nor feature. I will find you and spray for the likes of you.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 01:12 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: eleven at February 18, 2016 01:13 AM (qUNWi)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2016 01:14 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: eleven at February 18, 2016 01:14 AM (qUNWi)
He was in everything. Lt. Drum in the last year or so of Perry Mason. You'll see in just about every damn show of that era. If the "Hardest working man in show business" should apply to anyone, it would be him.
I read something about him recently. Some young buck saw him at some restaurant or something, and said "did you use to be in some old TV show?" He said, "Yeah, I've been in a few a time or two".
His IMDB list must be scroll on and on.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at February 18, 2016 01:14 AM (dvuhZ)
426
I don't know about watches, but the ONT could sure use a good, new calendar.
This one is running 10 days fast...
Posted by: Spun and Murky at February 18, 2016 12:46 AM (sqaXk)
Sorry.
Was using ace's time machine and got confused. Turns out that next week
was rather normal and boring. Which is the way I like it.
Posted by: Maetenloch
Do the hamsters release my IP and I can post among the living again?
Posted by: Gmac - Waiting on Colombus #two weeks at February 18, 2016 01:15 AM (4pjhs)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 18, 2016 01:15 AM (FkBIv)
They actually had as a dish, something called "Methi Chicken." Uh, oookay. :-P
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2016 01:15 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2016 01:16 AM (ntObR)
-Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at February 18, 2016 01:14 AM (dvuhZ)
-For the record.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 01:16 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: otho at February 18, 2016 01:17 AM (EWg9n)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 18, 2016 01:17 AM (VdICR)
Posted by: eleven at February 18, 2016 01:17 AM (qUNWi)
OMG. Don't read the comments if you value your sanity.
Apparently, driving on public roads means that you are a beneficiary of socialism, or something like that.
And then there's this gem:
We also enjoy the benefits. Like, our international dominance of high-tech markets, and our ability to win wars with our superior military technology, both of which depend on robust government funding of non-immediately-profitable, curiosity-driven, basic science. Without government-funded basic science we would be a low-tech, Third-World country. We would be living like Mexicans.
Posted by: rickl at February 18, 2016 01:17 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: buzzion at February 18, 2016 01:18 AM (zt+N6)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 01:19 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: eleven
He may have been. But his male pattern believability makes that small and, heh, fun.
Posted by: The Shat at February 18, 2016 01:19 AM (AA6QE)
I started reading that years ago. Always meant to get back to it. I remember him saying that Big City reporters were surprised at his simple life, expecting to see "hoochie coochie girls down by the swimming pool."
Another good businessman book I did read (I think) long ago was Ray Croc's talking about starting (rather, taking over and expanding) McD's. Said something like, we don't sell burgers. We own the land under the restaurants. (Also the grain farms, cattle ranches...).
How both of them must spin in their graves to see their businesses today!
Posted by: mindful webworker - biz niz maan at February 18, 2016 01:19 AM (SqM8E)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at February 18, 2016 01:20 AM (0OG8D)
It took 6 years for her to be nice to me."
-Posted by: eleven at February 18, 2016 01:17 AM (qUNWi)
Shut up, Donnie.
*dial tone*
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 01:21 AM (OQ9R7)
Yeah, that'll go over well...
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2016 01:21 AM (ntObR)
Too bad they missed that with full socialism, we'll be living in envy of the Mexicans.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at February 18, 2016 01:21 AM (YJmuy)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 01:12 AM (OQ9R7)
*said in the voice of that dude from Taken*
Good luck.
Posted by: Thrawn at February 18, 2016 01:21 AM (s87AC)
Posted by: rickl at February 18, 2016 01:17 AM (sdi6R)
______
So Venezuela should be over taking us in world dominance any day now, I guess?
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at February 18, 2016 01:21 AM (O1R3L)
It took 6 years for her to be nice to me.
Posted by: eleven at February 18, 2016 01:17 AM (qUNWi)
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Blame the Slapweasel for that. He always makes a point to say goodnight to anyone who says they're going to bed. I thought, that's so nice. I should do that too! Turns out, totally thankless job and pretty much has no up side.
And, when, eleven, have I not been nice to you? I've always liked you
Posted by: L, Elle at February 18, 2016 01:22 AM (2x3L+)
Posted by: rickl
We are truly doomed.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 18, 2016 01:22 AM (FkBIv)
Wait we suck in the standings for education. How did we kick their asses for so long.
Posted by: Willy J. at February 18, 2016 01:23 AM (r6bSH)
Posted by: OldDominionMom at February 18, 2016 01:23 AM (GzDYP)
We also enjoy the benefits. Like, our international dominance of high-tech markets, and our ability to win wars with our superior military technology, both of which depend on robust government funding of non-immediately-profitable, curiosity-driven, basic science. Without government-funded basic science we would be a low-tech, Third-World country. We would be living like Mexicans.
Posted by: rickl at February 18, 2016 01:17 AM (sdi6R)
Wow, whomever this person who posted the comment was... that takes a special synergy between stupidity and ignorance.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2016 01:23 AM (iHjB5)
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at February 18, 2016 01:23 AM (O1R3L)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at February 18, 2016 01:23 AM (YJmuy)
Seriously, though... Arse Biscuites.
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at February 18, 2016 01:23 AM (0OG8D)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 18, 2016 12:03 AM (FkBIv)
I would totally wear one of those, even if it was a prop that didn't actually work.
Posted by: rickl at February 18, 2016 01:24 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: speedster1 at February 18, 2016 01:24 AM (vUcdz)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 17, 2016 11:54 PM (FkBIv)
Whenever you are, then it is.
Posted by: Buckaroo Banzai...possibly at February 18, 2016 01:24 AM (Ojki1)
Posted by: L, Elle at February 18, 2016 01:24 AM (2x3L+)
Posted by: eleven at February 18, 2016 01:25 AM (qUNWi)
Posted by: otho at February 18, 2016 01:25 AM (EWg9n)
Bill Murray always plays the same character and it always works. How is that?
Posted by: mindful webworker - playing myself at February 18, 2016 01:25 AM (SqM8E)
Good luck.
-Posted by: Thrawn at February 18, 2016 01:21 AM (s87AC)
*HAH!*
Okay... I'm totally out, now.
Thanks Prothonotary!
OUT!
*Star-Spangled Banner*
*Test Pattern*
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 01:25 AM (OQ9R7)
Saw a photo of an old guy putting his groceries in his car and no one cd figure out who it was. Turned out to be Richard Anderson. But the part was that he looked happy. Had a big old smile on his face.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at February 18, 2016 01:25 AM (iQIUe)
Posted by: L, Elle at February 18, 2016 01:25 AM (2x3L+)
That is their go to tactic.
Posted by: navybrat at February 18, 2016 01:25 AM (8QGte)
We also enjoy the benefits. Like, our international dominance of high-tech markets, and our ability to win wars with our superior military technology, both of which depend on robust government funding of non-immediately-profitable, curiosity-driven, basic science. Without government-funded basic science we would be a low-tech, Third-World country. We would be living like Mexicans.
Posted by: rickl at February 18, 2016 01:17 AM (sdi6R)
Wow, whomever this person who posted the comment was... that takes a special synergy between stupidity and ignorance.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2016 01:23 AM (iHjB5)
Which is why 50%+ of what the government spends its (our) money on is "basic science", right?
But then again, roads (built by private companies and also things that have been in existence since about the Roman Empire and even before) are also signs of "socialism". Freakin' idiots.
Posted by: Thrawn at February 18, 2016 01:27 AM (s87AC)
That was when I realized, damn that guy was in everything.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at February 18, 2016 01:27 AM (dvuhZ)
So Venezuela should be over taking us in world dominance any day now, I guess?
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at February 18, 2016 01:21 AM (O1R3L)
I'd rather not think about where this is heading.
Posted by: rickl at February 18, 2016 01:27 AM (sdi6R)
"Ain't much of a crime whacking a surly bartender..."
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 18, 2016 01:28 AM (n22zQ)
That is their go to tactic.
Posted by: navybrat at February 18, 2016 01:25 AM (8QGte)
Do not forget that people who militantly want the government to do as little as possible and have the smallest effect on people's lives are.... Fascists!
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2016 01:28 AM (iHjB5)
What is the point of this anyway?
Posted by: L, Elle at February 18, 2016 01:29 AM (2x3L+)
Posted by: rickl
---------------
One of two places, possibly both... a toilet with no toilet paper and/or a grocery with no groceries.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 18, 2016 01:31 AM (n22zQ)
qdpsteve: ...McD's is going to start offering... table service....
With what, robots?
And I'm sure McD's patrons will be big tippers.
Cloth napkins, candles on the table, pinkys out, munching greaseburger and fries. "Such veddy nice se'vice, at this fine establishment!"
Posted by: mindful webworker - I kin spel at February 18, 2016 01:31 AM (SqM8E)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at February 18, 2016 01:31 AM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at February 18, 2016 01:32 AM (iQIUe)
Posted by: eleven at February 18, 2016 01:32 AM (qUNWi)
Posted by: Mega at February 18, 2016 01:32 AM (JwLCI)
You understand the confusion that this might create as others think that you've signed-off instead of me?
I never expect a response after I wish someone a Good Night because I am confident that they've already gone.
*falls down stairs*
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 01:33 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at February 18, 2016 01:33 AM (iQIUe)
"Donald Trump KKK"
but not:
"Robert Byrd KKK"
Check it out. Super creepy.
Posted by: Mega at February 18, 2016 01:33 AM (JwLCI)
Posted by: eleven at February 18, 2016 01:34 AM (qUNWi)
Yep! It was a contest at who can chew the scenery up the most. It really was a very good film. I actually have it on DVD.
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 18, 2016 01:34 AM (NGd+i)
Posted by: mindful webworker - I kin spel at February 18, 2016 01:31 AM (SqM8E)
So a company (and even a segment of industry) predicated on the idea that you could get passable food quickly without all of the traditional amenities offered by restaurant, but at a lower price, then tries to offer the same food with the amenities of a full restaurant.
Yeah, McDonald's is toast.
I miss the Angus Burgers.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2016 01:34 AM (iHjB5)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 01:34 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: ThunderB at February 18, 2016 01:35 AM (zOTsN)
seem to be playing themselves, or, at least, the same character.
Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't because you're sitting there
thinking about the actor not the character.
Bill Murray always plays the same character and it always works. How is that?
Posted by: mindful webworker - playing myself at February 18, 2016 01:25 AM
Sometimes, that's what you want from a character. A presence, a familiarity, that certain something that lifts a character. Carrey I've never cared for... except for Dumb and Dumber, which was awesome. Murray and Cage I like, yes, Cage. I can't help but like his scenery chewing MO. Hopper, however, is a much more capable thespian than he gets credit for.
Posted by: otho at February 18, 2016 01:35 AM (EWg9n)
Little known fact: They are both actually played by Brian Dennehy.
The more you know....
Posted by: speedster1 at February 18, 2016 01:35 AM (vUcdz)
And good night, everyone!
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at February 18, 2016 01:36 AM (0OG8D)
History how does it fucking work.
Posted by: LIV Clown Posse at February 18, 2016 01:36 AM (r6bSH)
Posted by: eleven at February 18, 2016 01:34 AM (qUNWi)
No, he's only outside looking in.
Posted by: The Moody Whites at February 18, 2016 01:36 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: eleven at February 18, 2016 01:36 AM (qUNWi)
Posted by: ThunderB at February 18, 2016 01:36 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: eleven at February 18, 2016 01:37 AM (qUNWi)
Oh. I guess I'm not smart.
Goon dight, leddies and germs. I'm off to the bedd.
"In God, man lives, moves, and has his being; there is nothing which man can give to God except this choosing to abide by the Father's will...."
Posted by: mindful webworker - it's all funny at February 18, 2016 01:38 AM (SqM8E)
-Posted by: eleven at February 18, 2016 01:36 AM (qUNWi)
*HAH!*
*switches guards from fibulas*
Right-On!
*fades*
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 01:38 AM (OQ9R7)
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Yeah, mebbee. I might now. So, everyone else is politely leaving the blog by saying Goodnight but when I do that, I expect someone to say goodnight back.
This does not make me feel good about myself.
Posted by: L, Elle at February 18, 2016 01:39 AM (2x3L+)
1.) It got cool, and cool always has a snowball effect.
2.) They were never told not to be socialists. That's what fathers are for. Mom will tell you, "Yes, you deserve the world on a silver platter, my sweet little darling," while dad will tell you, "Hell, no! Get off the sofa and work for what you want!"
...And fathers are now an antiquated concept. Dad's in an apartment on the other side of town, and mom's current boyfriend can't exactly lay down the law.
Yay, progress!
Posted by: RKae at February 18, 2016 01:40 AM (lF8sf)
Posted by: chemjeff - PuppyMonkeyBaby '16 at February 18, 2016 01:40 AM (uZNvH)
Posted by: Epobirs at February 18, 2016 01:40 AM (IdCqF)
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Hey, wait!
Goodnight, PW and Sweet Dreams
Posted by: L, Elle at February 18, 2016 01:41 AM (2x3L+)
Cloth napkins, candles on the table, pinkys out, munching greaseburger
and fries. "Such veddy nice se'vice, at this fine establishment!"
Posted by: mindful webworker - I kin spel at February 18, 2016 01:31 AM (SqM8E)
So a company (and even a segment of industry) predicated on the idea
that you could get passable food quickly without all of the traditional
amenities offered by restaurant, but at a lower price, then tries to
offer the same food with the amenities of a full restaurant.
Yeah, McDonald's is toast.
I miss the Angus Burgers.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2016 01:34 AM (iHjB5)
What gets me is that the local one still has Angus Burger commercials playing on their drive-through interaction screen. They're not on the menu and you can't get them -- but when you drive up to the speaker, they're prominently on-screen.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 18, 2016 01:41 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 18, 2016 01:42 AM (n22zQ)
Posted by: eleven
Apocalypse Now and Hoosiers are terrible? Uh, Ok. Granted, his roll in AN was small but memorable. Hoosiers was fantastic. Or are you being all contrarian and shit?
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 18, 2016 01:42 AM (NGd+i)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2016 01:42 AM (ntObR)
is this a real thing?
wasn't there an ONT something-or-other story about McDonald's in China, or Hong Kong, or Taiwan, or somewhere, serving food buffet-style? that seems more likely than table service
Posted by: chemjeff - PuppyMonkeyBaby '16 at February 18, 2016 01:42 AM (uZNvH)
I wish someone with some serious blog juice would cover this:
Google helpfully autocompletes: "Donald Trump KKK"
Google whitewashes: "Robert Byrd KKK" (autocomplete goes blank)
Scary sick commie censoring lib prog f*cks.
Posted by: Mega at February 18, 2016 01:43 AM (JwLCI)
If you bid adieu whilst I am still conscious I will say goodnight to you.
Posted by: eleven at February 18, 2016 01:43 AM (qUNWi)
You can stop that immediately.
And goodnight, Hammer and Hammers Cat.
Posted by: L, Elle at February 18, 2016 01:43 AM (2x3L+)
Posted by: eleven
That scene he did with Christopher Walken in True Romance was better than any George Clooney movie.
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 18, 2016 01:43 AM (NGd+i)
actually, government funding of basic science research is one of the few things that I think government probably ought to do>>>
With a real goal yes. Killing enemies and the Moon worked in the past. Whats the new goal?
Posted by: Willy J. at February 18, 2016 01:44 AM (r6bSH)
May Dennis smile upon thee.
Posted by: buzzion at February 18, 2016 01:44 AM (zt+N6)
Rick Schroeder left "NYPD Blue" because Milch was a drug addict and didn't have his scripts done on time... or at all. Milch was on the set telling the actors what to say and they were writing it down on post-it notes. Schroeder couldn't stand the unprofessional atmosphere.
I'm glad Milch has no money. I hope he dies in a homeless shelter and someone steals the shoes off his body.
Posted by: RKae at February 18, 2016 01:45 AM (lF8sf)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 18, 2016 01:45 AM (voOPb)
Posted by: Willy J. at February 18, 2016 01:44 AM (r6bSH)
there isn't one single "new goal", that is how public science funding has changed over the years
Posted by: chemjeff - PuppyMonkeyBaby '16 at February 18, 2016 01:45 AM (uZNvH)
Posted by: mindful webworker - seriously at February 18, 2016 01:45 AM (SqM8E)
Posted by: chemjeff - PuppyMonkeyBaby '16 at February 18, 2016 01:46 AM (uZNvH)
Posted by: otho at February 18, 2016 01:46 AM (EWg9n)
Posted by: eleven
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I think this is true. That cult classic with the guy and his ear getting cut off to keep his wife a sex slave for Dennis Hopper. That was total shit. What kind of horrible movie was that???
Posted by: L, Elle at February 18, 2016 01:46 AM (2x3L+)
Posted by: Epobirs at February 18, 2016 01:40 AM (IdCqF)
Pete Rose?
Posted by: BignJames at February 18, 2016 01:47 AM (HtUkt)
is this a real thing?
wasn't there an ONT something-or-other story about McDonald's in China, or Hong Kong, or Taiwan, or somewhere, serving food buffet-style? that seems more likely than table service
CJ we have a sif down fast food diner her in Wi it has franchises in Midwest called Culvers.mthey offer dinners along with sandwiches, frozen custard, nice place, food is good, service is better
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 18, 2016 01:47 AM (voOPb)
Which is why it morphed into global warming. Which takes us backwards in science.
Posted by: Willy J. at February 18, 2016 01:47 AM (r6bSH)
Posted by: Mega
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I stopped using Google anything a long time ago.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 18, 2016 01:47 AM (n22zQ)
Posted by: L, Elle at February 18, 2016 01:48 AM (2x3L+)
-Posted by: L, Elle at February 18, 2016 01:39 AM (2x3L+)
It had never been about "me". I never expected anything. I simply tried to make others understand that I appreciated their humor, wit, knowledge and companionship when they bid us adieu.
I haven't felt entirely good bout myself since 1987. Join the party... lol.
Love you. God bless...
I've really got to go, ma'am!
flubel gagur husterstead angola mutis.
*falls over keyboard*
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 01:48 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 18, 2016 01:49 AM (voOPb)
Not as crazy as it sounds at first hearing. Carls Jr. had had table delivery for decades and has grown nicely in that time.
The use of portable terminals would let an order taker do everything they'd do at the register. They roam around instead of being stationary. I wouldn't be surprised if the service was limited to those paying by credit or debit, so the order taker is relieved of handling any money out on the floor.
A pizza joint near me takes orders on an iPad and scans credit cards via a Square plug-in device, with the option of emailing the receipt. That is a single location hole in the wall, not a massive company that can afford major investments in software and custom hardware development.
Posted by: Epobirs at February 18, 2016 01:50 AM (IdCqF)
Posted by: L, Elle at February 18, 2016 01:50 AM (2x3L+)
Slapweasel that's to damn long
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 18, 2016 01:51 AM (voOPb)
guy and his ear getting cut off to keep his wife a sex slave for Dennis
Hopper. That was total shit. What kind of horrible movie was that???
Posted by: L, Elle at February 18, 2016 01:46 AM
It's hard to defend. It's Lynch. It's weird. An acquired taste. I like it.
Posted by: otho at February 18, 2016 01:51 AM (EWg9n)
Posted by: L, Elle at February 18, 2016 01:51 AM (2x3L+)
The answer is of course, D: "Take the A-train uptown."
(Anyone remember that Garrett Morris skit? Anyone...? Anyone...? Damn. Tough room.)
Posted by: RKae at February 18, 2016 01:51 AM (lF8sf)
Posted by: chemjeff
Unforts, they can't be separated.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 18, 2016 01:52 AM (AA6QE)
Heh!! Blue Velvet. A David Lynch flick.
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 18, 2016 01:52 AM (NGd+i)
Posted by: Willy J. at February 18, 2016 01:53 AM (r6bSH)
More shit.
Posted by: L, Elle at February 18, 2016 01:53 AM (2x3L+)
Posted by: eleven
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I think this is true. That cult classic with the guy and his ear getting cut off to keep his wife a sex slave for Dennis Hopper. That was total shit. What kind of horrible movie was that???
Posted by: L, Elle
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I saw "Blue Velvet" on a double bill with "Eraserhead." It was an evening that damaged me.
Posted by: RKae at February 18, 2016 01:53 AM (lF8sf)
actually, government funding of basic science research is one of the few
things that I think government probably ought to do, certain global
warming myths notwithstanding
Posted by: chemjeff - PuppyMonkeyBaby '16 at February 18, 2016 01:40 AM (uZNvH)
Checks Article I, Section 8 -- "lay and collect taxes", "pay the debts and provide for the common defence", "borrow money", "regulate foreign commerce", "set rules for naturalization and bankruptcies", "coin money, set standard weights and measures, prosecute counterfeiting", "establish post roads and post offices", protect IP, have a military and fight piracy, and run the District of Columbia.
I don't see basic research in there. And I don't think it belongs -- because when you let a political institution fund research, you inevitably get politicized research.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 18, 2016 01:54 AM (EzgxV)
WTF were you thinking? Good think you didn't slit your wrists.
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 18, 2016 01:55 AM (NGd+i)
Dennis Hopper does not have much of a legacy.
Posted by: L, Elle at February 18, 2016 01:56 AM (2x3L+)
>>> Every movie with Dennis Hopper is terrible.
Posted by: eleven
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I think this is true. That cult classic with the guy and his ear
getting cut off to keep his wife a sex slave for Dennis Hopper. That
was total shit. What kind of horrible movie was that???
Posted by: L, Elle at February 18, 2016 01:46 AM (2x3L+)
Blue Velvet.
It's complicated.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 18, 2016 01:57 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Willy J. at February 18, 2016 01:57 AM (r6bSH)
Posted by: otho
Lynch's "Elephant Man" was one of the best damned movies I've ever seen in my life.
Then I read "The True History Of The Elephant Man" and realized there's about ten seconds of reality in the whole film. The rest is made up out of thin air.
Still an awesome flick, though, just for the mood and the imagery.
Posted by: RKae at February 18, 2016 01:58 AM (lF8sf)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 18, 2016 01:58 AM (voOPb)
Dennis Hopper does not have much of a legacy.
Oh c'mon! That movie had a happy ending. What more do you want?
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 18, 2016 01:59 AM (NGd+i)
Posted by: Puddleglum
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I had never seen either one. I had no idea. I was like a five-year-old who gets in a stranger's car: too innocent and no one around to stop me.
(That, of course, is a metaphor. I was 20 when I saw the Lynch movies. The guy who took me into his car when I was 5, didn't take me to the movies... we made movies. But that's another story.)
Posted by: RKae at February 18, 2016 02:01 AM (lF8sf)
Posted by: Willy J. at February 18, 2016 01:57 AM (r6bSH)
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Are you sticking around expecting us t o say Goodnight to you back or what?
Posted by: L, Elle at February 18, 2016 02:01 AM (2x3L+)
Were you drinking with the guys or witha chick?,
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 18, 2016 02:01 AM (voOPb)
Posted by: navybrat at February 18, 2016 02:03 AM (8QGte)
President Cruz's nationwide TV address post-Rapture: "Oookay, it looks like Jesus didn't see fit to take the rest of us with his Kingdom. But not to worry..." :-P
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2016 02:03 AM (ntObR)
Were you drinking with the guys or witha chick?,
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian
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Hangin' with 2 very witty and artsy buddies. None of us drank.
Posted by: RKae at February 18, 2016 02:03 AM (lF8sf)
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A high-school geometry teacher, an engineer, and a Professor of Set Theory are walking along a country road and come upon a farmer looking at some cows in a field and scratching his head in frustration. They ask him what's the matter, and he says,
"I want to built a corral for my cows, but fence-making materials are expensive, so I'm trying to figure out the best way to enclose the most amount of cows with the least amount of fence."
All three cried out in unison, "I know the best way!"
So the farmer said, "Whoever can show me how to build the shortest fence around all the cows can sleep with my beautiful daughter tonight!"
The geometry teacher went first. He drew a perfect circle around the entire herd, while saying, "It's a mathematical fact that the circle is the shape which encloses the greatest area with the shortest line. Top that!"
The engineer went next: He tied one end of a long rope to the horn of the nearest cow, and then simply walked around the herd, tightening the rope around the outermost cow at each point, saying, "This is much more efficient, as there is no wasted space; build your fence along the length of the rope, and you'll find it is shorter than the circular fence. Top that!"
Finally it was the set theorist's turn. He didn't even take a step, remaining perfectly still where he was in the road, and instead drew a tiny little line in the dirt around his feet, indicating where the fence should be. He then announced, "I define myself as being outside the fence."
Posted by: zombie at February 18, 2016 02:03 AM (jBuUi)
do you think the *only* publicly funded scientific research is global warming research, and nothing else?
I would say that it probably ought to be done by state governments instead, or multi-state consortia, rather than run by the feds, of course
and yes, government-funded anything gets politicized. and yes, science is run by fallible human beings not infallible angels. I totally get that. but the main way that government funding of science gets politicized is in the topics they choose to fund, and less about trying to dictate particular results.
Posted by: chemjeff - PuppyMonkeyBaby '16 at February 18, 2016 02:06 AM (uZNvH)
do you want government funding of ALL science to end? including state governments? including state-run universities?
Posted by: chemjeff - PuppyMonkeyBaby '16 at February 18, 2016 02:08 AM (uZNvH)
Them smart folks tell some real knee slappers.
Posted by: BignJames at February 18, 2016 02:09 AM (HtUkt)
I would have to say yes. The problem is the science is not being decided by scientists, but by bureaucrats. The bureaucracy is what always gets you.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2016 02:09 AM (iHjB5)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at February 18, 2016 02:11 AM (iQIUe)
Posted by: chemjeff - PuppyMonkeyBaby '16 at February 18, 2016 01:40 AM (uZNvH)
See President Eisenhower's farewell speech on January 17, 1961.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWiIYW_fBfY
It's most famous for his warning of the influence of the "military-industrial complex", which starts around 6:07.
Immediately afterwards, he warned about the capture of scientific research by government funding and its dependence on such. That starts at 9:04.
This has directly led to the global warming hysteria of the present.
All in all, it's a remarkable speech. It's only 15 minutes long, and he spoke to the American people as intelligent adults. I have a hard time imagining any modern political figure giving such a speech. Or a modern audience understanding it.
Posted by: rickl at February 18, 2016 02:13 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: navybrat at February 18, 2016 02:13 AM (8QGte)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2016 02:14 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 18, 2016 02:15 AM (voOPb)
All that shit about Title 9 and all that, govt. ordering academic institutions to do a little dance when they say is a direct result of taking govt. money. The ability of govt to demand the universities throw out due process in kangaroo courts because "rape culture" is a result of the Academy being govt's little bitch.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at February 18, 2016 02:17 AM (dvuhZ)
Posted by: Tim in GA at February 18, 2016 02:17 AM (1eYr7)
What a fucking pathetic pussy he is."
-Posted by: WTF happened at February 18, 2016 02:17 AM (ZU6N/)
What brings you to this incorrect conclusion?
Go to bed.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 02:21 AM (OQ9R7)
Your search - ZU6N/ site:acecomments.mu.nu - did not match any documents.
Posted by: buzzion at February 18, 2016 02:22 AM (zt+N6)
Blue Velvet.
It's complicated.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 18, 2016 01:57 AM (EzgxV)
Isabella Rossellini was scrumptious.
Posted by: rickl at February 18, 2016 02:22 AM (sdi6R)
629 Well Jeff, if they could put an end to Strawman blog posting, I may
support it a little bit. Did anyone on this thread make this suggestion?
Posted by: Tim in GA at February 18, 2016 02:17 AM (1eYr7)
oh give me a break.
From #612:
I don't see basic research in there. And I don't think it belongs --
because when you let a political institution fund research, you
inevitably get politicized research.
From #619:The biggest fraud, both scientific and economic, of all time is being
committed as government-funded "science" is being perverted to political
ends, because, well, that's what's going to happen with such a stupid
fucking scheme
so right there are two arguments that at least directly imply that government should not be funding any science research at all, not just refusing to fund global warming research. so please, take your 'strawman argument' crap and shove it
Posted by: chemjeff - PuppyMonkeyBaby '16 at February 18, 2016 02:23 AM (uZNvH)
Posted by: Zakn at February 18, 2016 02:24 AM (d2pTe)
Or did I imagine that because I was completely hammered when I watched it.
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 18, 2016 02:24 AM (NGd+i)
do you want government funding of ALL science to end? including state governments? including state-run universities?
Posted by: chemjeff - PuppyMonkeyBaby '16
631 629
I would have to say yes. The problem is the science is not being decided by scientists, but by bureaucrats. The bureaucracy is what always gets you.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
The problem is that communists, masquerading as "progressives," have intentionally politicized science, so that we can no longer trust that the money is being spent wisely or usefully.
No one can deny that in the past, government-funded science was incredibly effective and useful. Three obvious examples that changed the history of the world are:
Manhattan Project -- nuclear weapons and nuclear power
NASA - satellites, exploring other worlds, GPS, etc.
DARPAnet -- the Internet
...among many many other examples of how government funding of huge projects can revolutionize our lives.
But you will note that those three examples, as well as most of the other good examples, were all done for military purposes. The consumer/lifestyle/civilian benefits were merely accidental side-effects.
But nowadays what counts as science has become totally absurd: our "research dollars" are spent studying why fat lesbians binge-eat Ben & Jerry's Cherry Garcia when they feel depressed about body image -- or how we can eliminate the "achievement gap" by intentionally destroying the self-esteem of the best students -- etc. etc. (Those are real examples. Many others are even more insane.) "Science" as conducted by progressives is never constructive; it only ever exists in the spectrum between "purposeless" and "corrosive."
In a perfect sane world, where Eisenhower is president and patriotism is a virtue, then yes, I would want government to "fund science."
But in this real world, where a communist traitor is president and patriotism is a crime, I want prevent the government from spending my tax dollars on their diabolical schemes meant to undermine civilization.
Posted by: zombie at February 18, 2016 02:25 AM (jBuUi)
Posted by: navybrat at February 18, 2016 02:25 AM (8QGte)
You are just pissed because you are all "Conservative" and stuff, posts are getting close to home regarding funding that effects your income.
Posted by: Tim in GA at February 18, 2016 02:27 AM (1eYr7)
Then I read "The True History Of The Elephant Man" and realized
there's about ten seconds of reality in the whole film. The rest is made
up out of thin air.
Still an awesome flick, though, just for the mood and the imagery.
Posted by: RKae at February 18, 2016 01:58 AM
Yeah, almost total fiction. But, an incredible movie. Arguably Lynch's best accomplishment as a director.
Posted by: otho at February 18, 2016 02:28 AM (EWg9n)
So, no direct call for defunding complety. Remember, that was the standard you used in asking the question.
No one said it directly, and so that is why I asked for the quick poll, because those arguments *directly implied* it. Do you disagree that an argument that says "public funding leads to politicized results" is at least a strong implication that such public funding should cease? give me a break.
You are just pissed because you are all "Conservative" and stuff, posts
are getting close to home regarding funding that effects your income.
I am a conservative, I have never been an anarchist or a strict-L Libertarian. I'm not aware of any thought of mainstream conservatism, as opposed to libertarianism, that says government shouldn't be funding any scientific research whatsoever. I think that is short-sighted, frankly.
Posted by: chemjeff - PuppyMonkeyBaby '16 at February 18, 2016 02:30 AM (uZNvH)
Posted by: otho at February 18, 2016 02:30 AM (EWg9n)
If the States' Federal Representatives were at the leisure of Governors?
...yes, within those borders.
At the present level? No Fucking Way.
-Please read The Federalist Papers.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 02:30 AM (OQ9R7)
Or did I imagine that because I was completely hammered when I watched it.
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 18, 2016 02:24 AM (NGd+i)
Come to think of it, I was probably hammered when I watched it, so I might have imagined it too.
Posted by: rickl at February 18, 2016 02:30 AM (sdi6R)
If you have a method to de-politicize the sort
of publically-backed scientific fraud that IS having a direct,
permanent, immensely-deleterious effect on the entire global economy,
with a politically-immune method of directing scientific research worthy
of public funding, go ahead and posit it.
Posted by: I'll be over here on the edge of my seat at February 18, 2016 02:24 AM (VRnRD)
There is no method to de-politicize publicly-funded things, I never claimed there was one.
Do you wish to get rid of publicly-funded scientific research?
Posted by: chemjeff - PuppyMonkeyBaby '16 at February 18, 2016 02:33 AM (uZNvH)
-Posted by: WTF happened at February 18, 2016 02:32 AM (ZU6N/)
Pretty brave in the small hours, aren't you?
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 02:33 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: chemjeff - PuppyMonkeyBaby '16 at February 18, 2016 02:34 AM (uZNvH)
Posted by: Tim in GA at February 18, 2016 02:34 AM (2z4UX)
Were someone to answer for the standards set by our gracious host, you might have a leg to stand-on, No?
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 02:36 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2016 02:36 AM (iHjB5)
Posted by: angela urkel at February 18, 2016 02:36 AM (QV9Vt)
Posted by: chemjeff - PuppyMonkeyBaby '16 at February 18, 2016 02:38 AM (uZNvH)
If the Tenth Amendment were still a viable and strong form of our Constitution? -Yes.
Since Senators are voted-in, instead of appointed by Governors?
-No.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 02:38 AM (OQ9R7)
I love that a significant portion of humanity is employed full time in improving our understanding of the universe and ways we can improve our lives. But I'm also a hardline small government guy. I am thoroughly convinced that the biggest impediment to human access to s orbit and beyond has been the existence of NASA.
Now, government sponsored engineering is a different story. DARPA is very cost effective in that it supports a function mandated by the Constitution and most of its investment have eventual civilian applications that benefit all of humanity. If space development had remained a military project rather than becoming a Civil War Reparations ploy for Johnson, we'd probably have a belt of serious space stations with personnel in the hundreds or even thousands. ("Admiral Heinlein doesn't let the Soviets have space stations.") Instead we have another form of government Failure Theater.
There are enough billionaires out there to support the wacky stuff. There is no shortage of capital to support research that might lead to something marketable. The negative cost of overgrown government is far greater.
Posted by: Epobirs at February 18, 2016 02:39 AM (IdCqF)
LOL. I don't think I've been in a bar at 2:00 a.m. Do some of the barflies left start insulting the bar owner?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 18, 2016 02:39 AM (w4NZ8)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 02:36 AM (OQ9R7)
****
To whom are you speaking?
Posted by: Tim in GA at February 18, 2016 02:40 AM (2z4UX)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 02:40 AM (OQ9R7)
Including the fat nut job at the end of the bar raging at the owner of the bar, who had left hours before.
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 18, 2016 02:40 AM (NGd+i)
Including the fat nut job at the end of the bar raging at the owner of the bar, who had left hours before.
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 18, 2016 02:40 AM (NGd+i)
And he's never been to the bar before tonight.
Posted by: buzzion at February 18, 2016 02:41 AM (zt+N6)
-Posted by: Tim in GA at February 18, 2016 02:40 AM (2z4UX)
Chemjeff, Ma'am.
*tips cap*
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 02:41 AM (OQ9R7)
I was talking about people chest thumping and jumping straight to throwing down for no observable reason.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2016 02:41 AM (iHjB5)
It shows, in the most devastating (and hilarious) way that "science" and "political considerations" can be diametrically opposed.
The film was meant as a quick goofy little comedy, but it ended up being an extremely deep investigation into socio-economics, and really permanently changed my way of thinking (for the better).
A must see!
Posted by: zombie at February 18, 2016 02:42 AM (jBuUi)
"Snorkers! good-oh!"
Really gave you the feeling of being on convoy duty in the North Atlantic (brrrrrr....)
Posted by: Beverly at February 18, 2016 02:43 AM (qU7BY)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 18, 2016 02:43 AM (w4NZ8)
That's a great film. Alec Guinness was always one of my favorites anyway.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 18, 2016 02:44 AM (w4NZ8)
LOL. I don't think I've been in a bar at 2:00 a.m. Do some of the barflies left start insulting the bar owner?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 18, 2016 02:39 AM (w4NZ
There are bars that are really miniature clubs, with a bunch of hot chicks, loud music, and people under 30.
Then there are bars where people come to get drunk, where there's never any clear lighting and none of the furniture is newer than the second Reagan administration.
Ace of Spades is the latter.
Posted by: AD at February 18, 2016 02:46 AM (g8Mzr)
And by the way, I don't get a single dime of money from any federal government research grant. I have in the past, but not currently.
Posted by: chemjeff - PuppyMonkeyBaby '16 at February 18, 2016 02:46 AM (uZNvH)
Posted by: chemjeff
----
This is why I stay the fuck away from libertarians.
They say the word "government" the same way feminists say "patriarchy."
Posted by: RKae at February 18, 2016 02:47 AM (lF8sf)
the immensity of the potential negative effects of politicized
scientific research, AS EVIDENCED RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY, everyone
else is "bonkers".
Posted by: but it's Science! at February 18, 2016 02:43 AM (VRnRD)
That is a fucking lie and you know it, you fucking liar. I have said time and time again that I acknowledge that public funding of things leads to politicized things, and science is no exception. Why are you outright lying about what I write? But the solution is not to throw the baby out with the bathwater.
Posted by: chemjeff - PuppyMonkeyBaby '16 at February 18, 2016 02:48 AM (uZNvH)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 18, 2016 02:48 AM (w4NZ8)
People & pets also had gains on cancer treatments, I've donatedto both schools. We've lost cancer dog victims over the year don't thin private would be P doing a bang up job
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 18, 2016 02:49 AM (voOPb)
Ace of Spades is the latter.
Posted by: AD
----
Woody: "How's life treating you, Mr. Peterson?"
Norm: "Like he caught me in bed with his wife."
Posted by: RKae at February 18, 2016 02:49 AM (lF8sf)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 02:50 AM (OQ9R7)
and okay quick poll of people here.
do you want government funding of ALL science to end? including state governments? including state-run universities?
Posted by: chemjeff - PuppyMonkeyBaby '16 at February 18, 2016 02:08 AM (uZNvH)
The Feds should be advancing science by saying, "we want F-47 planes with these characteristics -- Boeing, Northrup, or someone else figure out how to respond to the RFP." State governments have far fewer restrictions on what they do -- but can't cause as much damage because they can only bankrupt one state. Universities can do anything they can con the Regents into funding -- but 2-5% of Universities should go bankrupt every year as a graphic illustration of what unbridled academia inevitably leads to.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 18, 2016 02:50 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 18, 2016 01:45 AM (voOPb)
Based on your spelling and grammar after you made this post it seems to be working quite well.
Posted by: buzzion at February 18, 2016 02:50 AM (zt+N6)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian
---
And by that you mean you're not dancing naked on the hood of your neighbor's car?
Posted by: RKae at February 18, 2016 02:51 AM (lF8sf)
Posted by: L, Elle at February 18, 2016 02:51 AM (2x3L+)
This is why I stay the fuck away from libertarians.
They say the word "government" the same way feminists say "patriarchy."
Posted by: RKae at February 18, 2016 02:47 AM (lF8sf)
And I don't even mind the libertarians so much.
What I do mind is when the libertarians refuse to acknowledge that there is a difference between libertarianism and conservatism.
I have never seen any conservative argue seriously that there should be NO public funding of scientific research whatsoever. They've all said that it shouldn't be grandiose or wasteful or expressly partisan, and the honest ones acknowledge that there are downsides, but still, that the benefits outweigh the costs.
Now I have seen libertarians argue that all the time. But libertarianism is not conservatism.
Posted by: chemjeff - PuppyMonkeyBaby '16 at February 18, 2016 02:52 AM (uZNvH)
They say the word "government" the same way feminists say "patriarchy.""
-Posted by: RKae at February 18, 2016 02:47 AM (lF8sf)
We Jesus-Loving libertarians who are Tenth-Amendment, Free-Market advocates will not mourn your absence.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 02:53 AM (OQ9R7)
(That had a lot to do with the Wright Brothers' penchant for suing anybody who tried to build airplanes.)
NACA's purpose was to do basic research in aerodynamics and make their data available to private industry, in order to improve the airplanes built by American companies. NACA did not build their own airplanes or operate their own airline. It was a small and unobtrusive government agency.
After the Soviet Union launched the world's first satellites, NACA was converted into the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or NASA, in 1958. It was tasked first to put a man into orbit, and later to land men on the Moon. Private industry was employed, but it was entirely in service to a government goal.
Note that NACA was an "advisory committee", while NASA was an "administration". Big difference.
There are a lot of space enthusiasts today who think that NASA should be seriously downsized and returned to its roots, developing technology and improving rockets and spacecraft to be built and operated by the private sector.
Posted by: rickl at February 18, 2016 02:54 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 02:54 AM (OQ9R7)
Hello; I go to sleep at 10:00 and wake up at 2:00. It's aggravating and sometimes the meatonin doesn't work. Tonight is one of those nights.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 18, 2016 02:54 AM (w4NZ8)
To be fair, he is pointing out that some good things have come from government sponsored science, which is true.
However, the points you make Chemjeff, while very good ones, are also where the problems begin.
Government is made up of people, and they are always the problem. Government funding of anything is use of power. Monetary power, but still power. Unfortunately, it is very hard to circumscribe that power once it has been given to someone- especially unelected, faceless bureaucrats. It is in the nature of bureaucracy to be faceless. Without knowing who they are, they cannot be held accountable. Look at Lois Lerner. Even though we know what she did and have her pretty much dead to rights, we cannot do much about it. Hillary! is also a good example.
So, yes, my response to be able to keep people from abusing the system is to take away the power of the system. Unfortunately, that is the only way this could work, in my opinion.
When research is privately funded, it has both a specific goal, as well as a fiduciary need to not get too far into the weeds or to not produce results. They will spend less time on those avenues which do not produce results or take up too many resources. Government based research will just keep on going, demanding more resources or to get the results not just that the bureaucrats want, but IN the way that they want them.
So yeah, in this case, I say throw the baby out with th bathwater, as you put it. The only way to make sure that the power is not abused, is to not give it to them in the first place.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2016 02:55 AM (iHjB5)
Posted by: L, Elle at February 18, 2016 02:56 AM (2x3L+)
Posted by: chemjeff - PuppyMonkeyBaby '16 at February 18, 2016 02:38 AM (uZNvH)
****
Please accept a healthy cup of STFD and STFU as my response. If you stopped asking absolute questions and then trying to equivocate your answers into a more moderate tone, you may get somewhere.
Time after time, this is what you do, and you seem to expect a different result each instance. This is the definition of....what, again?
Of, and just to be clear, blow me, supposed "Conservative" with a Gov paycheck.
Posted by: Tim in GA at February 18, 2016 02:57 AM (6ffyN)
Posted by: chemjeff - PuppyMonkeyBaby '16 at February 18, 2016 02:57 AM (uZNvH)
Posted by: zombie at February 18, 2016 02:58 AM (jBuUi)
Posted by: L, Elle at February 18, 2016 02:58 AM (2x3L+)
-Posted by: rickl at February 18, 2016 02:54 AM (sdi6R)
Include me amongst the Private-Sector Space Enthusiasts who believe that the Nineteen-Trillion is enough of a debt to knock it off.
The Unfunded Liabilities, added to the insanity, are enough to Knock Anyone Off.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 02:59 AM (OQ9R7)
Right, because you steadfastly refuse to acknowledge
the immensity of the potential negative effects of politicized
scientific research, AS EVIDENCED RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY, everyone
else is "bonkers".
Posted by: but it's Science! at February 18, 2016 02:43 AM (VRnRD)
That
is a fucking lie and you know it, you fucking liar. I have said time
and time again that I acknowledge that public funding of things leads to
politicized things, and science is no exception. Why are you outright
lying about what I write? But the solution is not to throw the baby out
with the bathwater.
Posted by: chemjeff - PuppyMonkeyBaby '16 at February 18, 2016 02:48 AM (uZNvH)
And chemjeff -- should we ever meet IRL I'll buy you a beer and be proud to call you friend.....but the Founding Fathers restricted the Federal government within very strict limits because governments fail -- and if they are allowed unrestricted access into society, the failure is not contained.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 18, 2016 02:59 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 03:00 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2016 03:01 AM (iHjB5)
Posted by: Tim in GA at February 18, 2016 02:57 AM (6ffyN)
YOU interpreted my *question* - not accusation, question - as a strawman when it wasn't, you fucking lying cunt. I am sick and tired of the crap that people like you dish around here.
Posted by: chemjeff - PuppyMonkeyBaby '16 at February 18, 2016 03:01 AM (uZNvH)
Posted by: L, Elle at February 18, 2016 03:02 AM (jqZ8a)
I'm sorry to hear that; It doesn't give me psychotic dreams but sometimes vivid ones. I usually sleep better when I limit my caffeine and exercise during the day-but not too late, neither of which I did today.
The spouse could sleep through a train going through the room so I have to leave so not to wake spouse up.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 18, 2016 03:02 AM (w4NZ8)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 03:02 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: L, Elle
You too, eh? I stopped with Melatonin because of freaky dreams. Its like over the counter Peyote. Bad tripping man!! I take ZZZZZQuil. Its NyQuil minus the medicine. Works most of the time. Not lately.
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 18, 2016 03:03 AM (NGd+i)
-No.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 03:02 AM (OQ9R7)
Well said and made me think of "The Burbs." Lol.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2016 03:03 AM (iHjB5)
That is a complete lie, you lying cunt, I never said that the climate change hysteria was "no big deal", what I said was, public funding generally of science was a good idea DESPITE the problems associated with climate change nonsense.
Posted by: chemjeff - PuppyMonkeyBaby '16 at February 18, 2016 03:04 AM (uZNvH)
Can you please tell me the name again of the movie you like so much about the cloister? i I would like to see if I can order it through interlibrary loan.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 18, 2016 03:04 AM (w4NZ8)
Posted by: buzzion at February 18, 2016 03:04 AM (zt+N6)
I couldn't stay asleep. It has been really bad in recent weeks.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 02:54 AM (OQ9R7)
Sorry to hear, Slap. I'm just the opposite -- I could probably sleep 20 hours a day in blissful ignorance if I didn't know in my gut what nightmares were working their evil whether or not I was awake and fighting against them.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 18, 2016 03:04 AM (EzgxV)
do you want government funding of ALL science to end? including state governments? including state-run universities?
Posted by: chemjeff - PuppyMonkeyBaby '16
*****
YOU interpreted my *question* - not accusation, question - as a strawman when it wasn't, you fucking lying cunt. I am sick and tired of the crap that people like you dish around here.
Posted by: chemjeff - PuppyMonkeyBaby '16 at February 18, 2016 03:01 AM (uZNvH)
******
Was the above exact quote ffromyou somehow an interpretation? I'll sit right here and wait for this one.
Posted by: Tim in GA at February 18, 2016 03:04 AM (6ffyN)
Never argue with Tim. His only directive is to involve you in an a nebulous vortex.
Argue with me, instead!
I'm jealous of Tim's button-pressing... lol.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 03:05 AM (OQ9R7)
Helios, the university's new solar-panel lab.
All departments at all universities want more money, but these guys landed ONE BILLION DOLLARS in federal money to build a huge state-of-the-art laboratory building devoted basically to studying solar panels. They got this money because their particular little research area of interest -- solar energy -- was suddenly trendy under a new Obama administration trying find a way to kill off the fossil fuel industry.
So while most other departments went hungry for dollars, the solar panel dudes got the legendary pot of gold handed to them, simply because they were politically favored.
I mean, sure, I'm not gonna argue that finding more efficient solar panels is bad in theory, but that same research could have easily been carried out by private industry, since there is a massive financial benefit for anyone who can figure out how to make panels more efficient than everyone else's panels.
It's the favoritism, faddishness and political agenda underlying how government science funding is handed out that bothers me.
Posted by: zombie at February 18, 2016 03:06 AM (jBuUi)
a beer and be proud to call you friend.....but the Founding Fathers
restricted the Federal government within very strict limits because
governments fail -- and if they are allowed unrestricted access into
society, the failure is not contained.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 18, 2016 02:59 AM (EzgxV)
see I would actually be happier with a system of state-funded scientific funding initiatives, or multi-state consortia for bigger projects. I think we would get a wider diversity of projects funded because they would not all be at the whim of just a few bureaucrats in DC, and so overall more and better science as a result. That gets around the federal constitution question. But there would still be problems with politicization of the public funding of scientific research - which I fully acknowledge - but I don't think these concerns, as valid as they are, offset the much larger benefits that come from such funding
Posted by: chemjeff - PuppyMonkeyBaby '16 at February 18, 2016 03:07 AM (uZNvH)
Posted by: Tim in GA at February 18, 2016 03:07 AM (6ffyN)
Posted by: L, Elle at February 18, 2016 03:07 AM (jqZ8a)
Posted by: chemjeff - PuppyMonkeyBaby '16 at February 18, 2016 03:08 AM (uZNvH)
I'll be fine. This has happened before and it will happen again.
I didn't want to grab beers, but I'm now a bit inebriated. Perhaps more-so.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 03:09 AM (OQ9R7)
When it threatens your livelihood, via a lack of funding, you jump off of the "Conservative" bus like it tasered your ass.
Posted by: Tim in GA at February 18, 2016 03:07 AM (6ffyN)
oh look who's the one engaging in logical fallacies, I believe this one is called "ad hominem"? I already said I don't get any money from research grants, but EVEN IF I DID, it doesn't invalidate my argument. guess what, I am passionate about science, which is why I chose it as my avocation. unlike you, who evidently chose being an asshole as a career choice
Posted by: chemjeff - PuppyMonkeyBaby '16 at February 18, 2016 03:10 AM (uZNvH)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 03:05 AM (OQ9R7)
****
Hey, come on now. At least I am using verifiable, fact based button pushing.
It goes off the rails when the facts don't match the story.....
Posted by: Tim in GA at February 18, 2016 03:10 AM (6ffyN)
Posted by: buzzion at February 18, 2016 03:04 AM (zt+N6)
pick my nose?
Posted by: BignJames at February 18, 2016 03:10 AM (HtUkt)
See, Chemjeff? It is always politicized.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 03:11 AM (OQ9R7)
Into Great Silence
Posted by: L, Elle at February 18, 2016 03:12 AM (jqZ8a)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 03:11 AM (OQ9R7)
I know it is. I'm not arguing that it won't ever be, or can ever be anything else.
Posted by: chemjeff - PuppyMonkeyBaby '16 at February 18, 2016 03:12 AM (uZNvH)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 03:12 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: chemjeff - PuppyMonkeyBaby '16 at February 18, 2016 03:12 AM (uZNvH)
On this very thread, you hand-waved that "climate change" research and all its ACTUAL EFFECTS were no big deal,
That
is a complete lie, you lying cunt, I never said that the climate change
hysteria was "no big deal", what I said was, public funding generally
of science was a good idea DESPITE the problems associated with climate
change nonsense.
Posted by: chemjeff - PuppyMonkeyBaby '16 at February 18, 2016 03:04 AM (uZNvH)
Chemjeff -- climate change hysteria is emblematic of Federalized research. Another great example is all the Federally-sponsored nutrition bullshit of the last 70 years, which is the root cause and driver of much of the obesity and type-II diabetes explosion of the last few decades -- if that had been limited to a few states, it would have been obvious that substituting carbs for fats and emphasizing grain consumption was entirely unsuited for human health.
A republican Federal government limited to enumerated powers is a boon to the prosperity of free men -- and we have all the documents and institutions for such. Unfortunately, we're not currently using them.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 18, 2016 03:14 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 18, 2016 03:14 AM (w4NZ8)
Posted by: rickl at February 18, 2016 03:15 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: L, Elle at February 18, 2016 03:15 AM (jqZ8a)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 18, 2016 03:16 AM (w4NZ8)
A couple of these, some accessories, a QRP CW rig, simple wire antennas or Ham Sticks, and a small car battery and you are good for weeks of emergency communications.
Posted by: JTB at February 18, 2016 03:16 AM (FvdPb)
Were we in a state of the union where States were responsible for their own funds?
...and not giving to the Federal Goliath to wash, rinse and distribute?
I'd be "all-go".
Since we don't live in that Real, Constitutional state of Federalism?
No Soup for ANYONE.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 03:17 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: chemjeff - PuppyMonkeyBaby '16 at February 18, 2016 03:10 AM (uZNvH)
******
I believe I was responding to a post in which your first sentence was "Fuck you Tim"? Am I wrong?
Secondly, if you wanna try and postulate that your job is not supported bt Federal money, then I have a Planned Parenthood division of budget lines to sell you.
The fact that you can call my post ad hominem while putting up the above quoted post has blown out the Fetzer valve in my irony meter.
Posted by: Tim in GA at February 18, 2016 03:17 AM (6ffyN)
No; I have times where I'm devilish, but I'm not the antiChrist nor am I anti Christ. ;^)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 18, 2016 03:17 AM (w4NZ8)
-Posted by: oh the Science! at February 18, 2016 03:15 AM (VRnRD)
Go to bed. Seriously. I've been there and it ain't good.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 03:20 AM (OQ9R7)
I'm jealous, Cooth!
I'll be fine. This has happened before and it will happen again.
I didn't want to grab beers, but I'm now a bit inebriated. Perhaps more-so.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 03:09 AM (OQ9R7)
Don't be. I can sleep and sleep and sleep and sleep....but every time I wake up, it's "Gah! What evil has been done while I wasn't on guard???"
Posted by: cthulhu at February 18, 2016 03:21 AM (EzgxV)
research at all by formulating it that way, are you, you mewling fuck.
So where did I say climate change hysteria was "no big deal", you lying fuckwit? Where? Oh wait, you can't quote it so you just make shit up, which is what you always do. Go back to Taki and post some more alt-right racist trash while you are at it.
And FOR THE RECORD: Yes I DO think that climate change *hysteria* is a problem, it's a rather big problem, BUT the public funding of "climate science" research is only one component of why the hysteria is a problem. Wanting to end public funding of all science because of the problems associated with climate change hysteria is like wanting to nuke an entire country because of an Ebola outbreak. Yeah Ebola is bad but nuking the country to kill the Ebola is overkill and does way more harm than good.
Posted by: chemjeff - PuppyMonkeyBaby '16 at February 18, 2016 03:22 AM (uZNvH)
I was watching an old movie tonight-"The Ghost and Mrs. Muir. There's no
mention of his watching her fap-but he does watch the lovely Mrs.
Muir"- undress-not that you see her doing that. Anyway, it's a lovely
movie and Rex harrison is great; It's one of those films I've seen many
times.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 18, 2016 03:14 AM (w4NZ
IIRC, it became a TV series.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 18, 2016 03:23 AM (EzgxV)
That's funny. Well, I think I'll go back to sleep-maybe- or go read because I'm going to get up and make breakfast for my family in about two hours. FenelonSpouse doesn't like to eat too much in the morning, but the lanky teen track and field runner is eating us our of house and home. ;^) That's a phrase from Shakespeare "eating us out of house and home" He contributed al lot to the English language.
Take care, dear
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 18, 2016 03:24 AM (w4NZ8)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 18, 2016 03:25 AM (w4NZ8)
*looks under skin*
You're good to go!
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 03:12 AM (OQ9R7)
*****
Posted by: Tim in GA at February 18, 2016 03:26 AM (6ffyN)
Posted by: Tim in GA at February 18, 2016 03:17 AM (6ffyN)
oh look, now you're adding goalpost-moving to the list of fallacies.
I said I don't get money from research grants. Yes my job is partly supported by federal money, like that of every single professor in the country, both public and private by the way. Still doesn't invalidate my argument because it's still an ad-hominem fallacy.
Maybe you could add some more fallacies to the list, there's a bunch of obscure ones you could shoot for
Posted by: chemjeff - PuppyMonkeyBaby '16 at February 18, 2016 03:26 AM (uZNvH)
Posted by: L, Elle at February 18, 2016 03:26 AM (jqZ8a)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 03:27 AM (OQ9R7)
No one has ever called me dear before. That felt weird.
Posted by: L, Elle at February 18, 2016 03:26 AM (jqZ8a)
Be glad Fenelon didn't kill you with a typo of 'dear' like what happened to grammie winger.
Posted by: buzzion at February 18, 2016 03:28 AM (zt+N6)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 18, 2016 12:28 AM (1xUj/)
I've seen Isabella Rosselini a couple of times recently - once in the first season of "The Blacklist", and again recently in some movie a chick dragged me to about Jennifer Lawrence selling mops on the Home Shopping Network. She has not aged well at all.
Oh, and since The Fappening, I can't see Jennifer Lawrence in anything without mentally picturing her naked.
Posted by: VidOmnia at February 18, 2016 03:30 AM (mJ++K)
I'm not sure how you died btw. Did Fenelon get to you too?
Posted by: L, Elle at February 18, 2016 03:30 AM (jqZ8a)
Basically, instead of merely trying to find better ways to have photons knock electrons free, as in a standard solar cell, they're trying to look into an esoteric alternative solar-power technology: trying to create "artificial photosynthesis," manually replicating in a lab what happens in the leaf of a plant. Instead of freeing electrons, they're trying to make chemical fuels directly out of sunlight.
One might reasonably argue that this line of inquiry, while intriguing, is actually pretty fringey and not very likely to produce anything revolutionary or even useful or economically competitive for an extremely long time, if it's ever successful at all. So yeah, if you have an interest in this esoteric way to possibly utilize solar energy, feel free to pursue it -- on your own dime. OK, maybe we'll kick a few dollars your way if you show some progress.
But $1 Billion in your lap? Just BOOM here's more money than all the other research projects in all the science departments at the university combined, simply because you can say that if it ever came to pass, your technology might help "combat global warming," oh and by the way one of the guys on our board is a science advisor to the White House?
If I was in any other department at Cal, steam would be coming out of my ears.
Well, actually, most of them have learned to play the "politically correct science" game, so they get their lesser handouts by pleasing their political masters too.
Everyone contorts themselves and their research to match what they know will get the most funding.
Free money corrupts.
Posted by: zombie at February 18, 2016 03:31 AM (jBuUi)
*HAH!*
I watch you and your pair of "specialized pliers" work.
You know that I know that you know that I know. ...lol.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 03:32 AM (OQ9R7)
I said I don't get money from research grants. Yes my job is partly supported by federal money, like that of every single professor in the country, both public and private by the way. Still doesn't invalidate my argument because it's still an ad-hominem fallacy.
Maybe you could add some more fallacies to the list, there's a bunch of obscure ones you could shoot for
Posted by: chemjeff - PuppyMonkeyBaby '16 at February 18, 2016 03:26 AM (uZNvH)
*****
Of course you get money from research grants. You work at a University, right?
Should I add fallacies like where no one here, ever, said all public funding of Science should be defunded, at Universities and State schools?
Is that the kind of fallacy you are referring to?
Posted by: Tim in GA at February 18, 2016 03:32 AM (6ffyN)
Posted by: chemjeff - PuppyMonkeyBaby '16 at February 18, 2016 03:32 AM (uZNvH)
you have no idea how universities work. fuck off
Posted by: chemjeff - PuppyMonkeyBaby '16 at February 18, 2016 03:32 AM (uZNvH)
Now if I only knew what to expect with the Nats this year. There have been a lot of changes.
Posted by: JTB at February 18, 2016 03:33 AM (FvdPb)
I'm not sure how you died btw. Did Fenelon get to you too?
Posted by: L, Elle at February 18, 2016 03:30 AM (jqZ8a)
Yes. I was being helpful with explaining comment placement and how it wasn't Thomas Sowell that was disgraced, but Bill Cosby to them, and it spiraled from there.
Posted by: buzzion at February 18, 2016 03:33 AM (zt+N6)
-Posted by: buzzion at February 18, 2016 03:28 AM (zt+N6)
Was anyone allowed a Saving Throw vs. Death?!?
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 03:34 AM (OQ9R7)
I watch you and your pair of "specialized pliers" work.
You know that I know that you know that I know. ...lol.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 03:32 AM (OQ9R7)
******
Just wait, after the last post. Wait for it......wait
.....for......it.....
Posted by: Tim in GA at February 18, 2016 03:34 AM (6ffyN)
Posted by: buzzion at February 18, 2016 03:34 AM (zt+N6)
Cochran and I will try to take your mind off of politics. The Nats are in an excellent position this season, as they were the last.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 03:36 AM (OQ9R7)
Really, grammie hasn't even achieved your level of fame yet by getting mentioned as a dead person on Maets ONT
Posted by: L, Elle at February 18, 2016 03:37 AM (2x3L+)
Posted by: chemjeff - PuppyMonkeyBaby '16 at February 18, 2016 03:32 AM (uZNvH)
****
You have no real idea how you even get fcuking paid. I am not gonna worry too much about the rest of your "Conservatism" while sucking at the Public teat, whether you acknowledge it or not.
Posted by: Tim in GA at February 18, 2016 03:37 AM (6ffyN)
Posted by: buzzion at February 18, 2016 03:37 AM (zt+N6)
I watch you specialize in PLIERS night-after-night.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 03:38 AM (OQ9R7)
Yeah, you're not playing down the actual effects of "climate change"
research at all by formulating it that way, are you, you mewling fuck.
So
where did I say climate change hysteria was "no big deal", you lying
fuckwit? Where? Oh wait, you can't quote it so you just make shit up,
which is what you always do. Go back to Taki and post some more
alt-right racist trash while you are at it.
And FOR THE RECORD:
Yes I DO think that climate change *hysteria* is a problem, it's a
rather big problem, BUT the public funding of "climate science" research
is only one component of why the hysteria is a problem. Wanting to end
public funding of all science because of the problems associated with
climate change hysteria is like wanting to nuke an entire country
because of an Ebola outbreak. Yeah Ebola is bad but nuking the country
to kill the Ebola is overkill and does way more harm than good.
Posted by: chemjeff - PuppyMonkeyBaby '16 at February 18, 2016 03:22 AM (uZNvH)
Funny you should mention Ebola. I think the CDC did us a profound disservice when they tried to mandate lax nation-wide quarantine standards during the Ebola outbreak -- resulting, if anyone forgot, in actual Ebola transmission within the US. I absolutely believe that the New Jersey Ebola nurse that Christie tried to quarantine should have been shot and her body submerged in a tank of bleach instead of released -- and the New York talking-head doctor exposed to Ebola should, at a minimum, should have lost her license to practice for unnecessarily exposing the public to risk [though I should also note that a Palo Alto doctor who was potentially exposed acted like a true mensch, moved his wife and dog to safety, and barricaded himself in his home for a suitable quarantine period.]
The Founding Fathers wisely allowed the states to find out what worked or didn't, while allowing free travel from one to another. Nationalizing solutions to problems before the solution is tried, effective, and reliable is unwise.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 18, 2016 03:38 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: JTB at February 18, 2016 03:39 AM (FvdPb)
I watch you and your pair of "specialized pliers" work.
You know that I know that you know that I know. ...lol.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 03:32 AM (OQ9R7)
******
Just wait, after the last post. Wait for it......wait
.....for......it.....
Posted by: Tim in GA at February 18, 2016 03:34 AM (6ffyN)
******
Aannnddd... There it was!
Posted by: Tim in GA at February 18, 2016 03:40 AM (6ffyN)
Posted by: VidOmnia at February 18, 2016 03:30 AM (mJ++K)
I always thought that Isabella Rosselini was a poor man's version of her mother.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at February 18, 2016 03:40 AM (zc3Db)
Posted by: zombie
De rigueur "ain't no such thing" as free money.
And "that's where there money is,' seems more applicable.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 18, 2016 03:41 AM (AA6QE)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 03:41 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 03:38 AM (OQ9R7)
*****
Oh, come on now. I am here rarely since New Years resolutions and all. Maybe one or two nights a week. New plan, New Year.
Posted by: Tim in GA at February 18, 2016 03:42 AM (6ffyN)
Posted by: OldDominionMom at February 18, 2016 03:45 AM (GzDYP)
And "that's where there money is,' seems more applicable."
-Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 18, 2016 03:41 AM (AA6QE)
And ^This Fuckin' Guy^.
Someday, I'm going to meet-up with this sonofabitch and we'll compare bachelor recipes and shit.
I'm swearing way too much, per my beers.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 03:45 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: L, Elle at February 18, 2016 03:47 AM (2x3L+)
Posted by: Tim in GA at February 18, 2016 03:49 AM (6ffyN)
Posted by: OldDominionMom at February 18, 2016 03:49 AM (GzDYP)
-Posted by: Tim in GA at February 18, 2016 03:42 AM (6ffyN)
I've
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 03:49 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 03:50 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 03:49 AM (OQ9R7)
*****
*fist bump*
That is all.
Posted by: Tim in GA at February 18, 2016 03:51 AM (6ffyN)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 03:51 AM (OQ9R7)
I'm swearing way too much, per my beers.
Posted by: Slapweasel,
Right after you complete your close up in qdsteve's movie. (*this could have been easier on catalina, just sayin' )
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 18, 2016 03:51 AM (AA6QE)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 03:51 AM (OQ9R7)
Listening to Lit, song is My Own Worst Enemy.
Check it out. Love the video
Posted by: L, Elle at February 18, 2016 03:54 AM (2x3L+)
-Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 18, 2016 03:51 AM (AA6QE)
*HAH!*
I'll volunteer for the audio. I'm a coward with standards.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 03:54 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 03:51 AM (OQ9R7)
*****
Posted by: Tim in GA at February 18, 2016 03:56 AM (6ffyN)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 18, 2016 03:59 AM (AA6QE)
Too many assholes and and not enough feedings make Banhammer cranky.
Posted by: oh the Science! at February 18, 2016 03:15 AM (VRnRD)
Banned.
So Of, and just to be clear, blow me, supposed "Conservative" with a Gov paycheck.
Posted by: Tim in GA at February 18, 2016 02:57 AM (6ffyN)
3 day timeout plus probation.
Posted by: Maetenloch at February 18, 2016 04:02 AM (wqVD1)
Posted by: Tim in GA at February 18, 2016 04:03 AM (6ffyN)
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 18, 2016 04:03 AM (NGd+i)
Posted by: Tim in GA at February 18, 2016 04:04 AM (6ffyN)
Posted by: eleven at February 18, 2016 04:05 AM (qUNWi)
I'm welcome to Mr. Georgia?
You're not related to The Walking Dead?
Mr. Sunglasses?
I'm having a tough time relating to you, Cap'n Wrong-Hyphen.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 04:06 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: L, Elle at February 18, 2016 04:08 AM (2x3L+)
Good morning horde
Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2016 04:09 AM (vdTgb)
I have the utmost sympathy for Ms. Pham and Ms. Vinson, and my contempt for Tom Frieden and what he stands for is so profound that I would burn the institution to ashes and salt the ground on which it stood.
And let me be clear about the source for this contempt. Tom Frieden promulgated ineffective safety standards, and forced jurisdictions that considered more effective safety standards to loosen them, because "Federal", to the point where a potentially deadly disease was contracted by healthcare workers who followed his protocols and recommendations. It is only a matter of sheer luck that it didn't get loose into the general public.
I would, BTW, be in favor of emphasizing a distinction under the law for disease outbreaks -- if you are overly cautious, you should be subject to money damages for wasted efforts; if you are undercautious, you should go to jail for lengthy terms for each and every death, impairment, or illness.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 18, 2016 04:10 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Arbalest at February 18, 2016 04:10 AM (FlRtG)
-Posted by: L, Elle at February 18, 2016 04:08 AM (2x3L+)
No shit, right?
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 04:13 AM (OQ9R7)
I want to go to sleep, dammit!!!
Posted by: L, Elle at February 18, 2016 04:14 AM (2x3L+)
A little info you guys might not know ... some time this afternoon my hash changed and my posts started disappearing. It happened out of nowhere and I couldn't figure out what was going on. My IP hadn't changed but my hash here changed and that hash was, evidently, banned at some point. It took me a little whiel to figure out what the story was and I think this might help some people who have been unintentionally "banned" and can't post.
I use the Opera browser and I had had the "turbo" switched on. It had never done anything before so it wasn't a problem, but the turbo switch is used for people on cell phones to send their pages through an Opera proxy site to compress the pages and save them some bandwidth. For some reason, all of a sudden my pages started going through one of these proxies (there aren't all that many of them) and, because of that and because someone earlier had probably been posting nasty messages from Opera on a phone, that proxy server made the banned list, here. Once I turned off the turbo for opera my pages are not going through the proxy and things are back to normal.
I thought you might want to know this so that if any IP is banned that is called "mini-opera" then it is a standard proxy IP used by any opera browser and banning that IP can affect lots of others unintentionally. Also, this might be the cause of the mystery bannings that some people have reported from certain machines.
This was all news to me and I thought I'd let you know in case you guys weren't aware of this. Since a good number of people seem to post from phones, here, it might be an issue (or become one).
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at February 18, 2016 04:21 AM (zc3Db)
In the "Well of course he is. He's a dick" Department; Obama is going to
visit Cuba. At least thats what CNN is saying. Just saw a quick blurb
about it.
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 18, 2016 04:03 AM (NGd+i)
He's bringing me back some Cohibas.
Posted by: BignJames at February 18, 2016 04:21 AM (HtUkt)
He added shit onto the end of my posts until I added it myself for the thirteenth time.
That was The Nice Maet.
I had never been a nuisance, nor have I been since.
Don't screw with Maet. He's a talented, knowledgeable asshole with a Ban-Hammer.
-Call Me!
&%$#@$%
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 04:24 AM (OQ9R7)
Ha!
I work nights. Well I'm at work at night, anyway.
Between C2C AM and the ONT, the shifts fly by.
Thanks George and Maet!
Posted by: Spun and Murky at February 18, 2016 04:25 AM (sqaXk)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 04:27 AM (OQ9R7)
Me too. Work keeps getting in the way of ONT perusing. Its annoying.
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 18, 2016 04:28 AM (NGd+i)
Posted by: Arbalest at February 18, 2016 04:10 AM (FlRtG)
****.
794 & 796 look like a textbook example of "Taunting Happy Fun Ball".
Posted by: Arbalest at February 18, 2016 04:10 AM (FlRtG)
****
I can not speak to both posts, but mine was a simple acknowledgement.
Posted by: Tim in GA at February 18, 2016 04:31 AM (cygkw)
"Its" is the possessive.
"It's" is the contraction for "it is".
You want to call me a pedant? Get in line.
Twelve items or fewer.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 04:32 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 04:32 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 04:33 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2016 04:40 AM (vdTgb)
Alongside the links? We've got it pretty damn good.
-War Minx 0.7 Alpha.
*static*
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at February 18, 2016 04:40 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Spun and Murky at February 18, 2016 04:46 AM (sqaXk)
How about flowers? My evergreen clematis is going nuckin' futz about now. I've never seen it do this in February.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 18, 2016 04:46 AM (EzgxV)
How about flowers?
Daffodils are blooming at my place, though not all that unusual for Feb. here.
Posted by: Spun and Murky at February 18, 2016 04:55 AM (sqaXk)
Posted by: cthulhu at February 18, 2016 04:46 AM (EzgxV)
It's the CO2
Posted by: BignJames at February 18, 2016 05:04 AM (HtUkt)
How about flowers?
Daffodils are blooming at my place, though not all that unusual for Feb. here.
Posted by: Spun and Murky at February 18, 2016 04:55 AM (sqaXk)
Daffodils are one of those plants that have shaped our garden....despite not having any right now. We grow 90% of our stuff in pots, and rotate the pots in and out according to the season. Right now, we don't have any daffodil pots because their blooming season isn't worth the costs of long-term storage.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 18, 2016 05:05 AM (EzgxV)
How about flowers? My evergreen clematis is going nuckin' futz about now. I've never seen it do this in February.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 18, 2016 04:46 AM (EzgxV)
It's the CO2
Posted by: BignJames at February 18, 2016 05:04 AM (HtUkt)
El Nino.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 18, 2016 05:06 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Spun and Murky at February 18, 2016 05:14 AM (sqaXk)
811 It's the CO2
813 El Nino.
I wouldn't touch AGW with a ten foot pole about now...
Posted by: Spun and Murky at February 18, 2016 05:14 AM (sqaXk)
Sunspots.
Posted by: Galileo at February 18, 2016 05:18 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Noory at February 18, 2016 05:26 AM (sqaXk)
Posted by: eleven at February 18, 2016 05:33 AM (qUNWi)
Posted by: BignJames at February 18, 2016 05:35 AM (HtUkt)
Did Trump enrage anyone else last night? Is Cruz still lying about everything?
I am convinced that Sir edmund shillary will pass to the great beyond on live tv.
I think that covers everything that interests me right now.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Yada, yada, yada.... at February 18, 2016 05:41 AM (WVsWD)
I heard it mentioned somewhere that her barking sounded more like a seal than a dog.
Posted by: BignJames at February 18, 2016 05:46 AM (HtUkt)
Posted by: fluffy at February 18, 2016 05:51 AM (AfsKp)
'Mz. klintoon, what do you think about the situation in Syria?
"arf arf arf arf!
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Yada, yada, yada.... at February 18, 2016 05:51 AM (WVsWD)
I think the were filtering the tweets visible in that hashtag. It would say like 150 new tweets but I would load them and would read a couple new ones but withing a few tweets, the time stamps would read 19m or something and be things I already read.
Anyone else have that problem?
Posted by: Wodun at February 18, 2016 06:09 AM (DD0s8)
Posted by: Bill and his seal at February 18, 2016 06:09 AM (CqLnu)
As part of the plan to move to the Charleston area in about six months, Mrs VIA has decided that it is time for me to install chair rail around the perimeter of the dining room this week.
As of today, I still have ten fingers.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 18, 2016 06:19 AM (ptqRm)
Hey, we'll be neighbors.
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It's reliable (solar power and all), but resetting for DST is a hot hasty bitch.
You pretty much have to do it at night.
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