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Overnight Open Thread (26 Mar 2016)
Ship Names
Yes, it's one of those stories again. Should we name a carrier the USS Barack Obama? My short answer? No. In fact, I'd like to do away with naming any ship after a politician. And why Obama? His foreign policy is in shambles. We're losing wars we either had won or should be winning and frankly, if you have Marines scrounging through museums for F-18 spare parts, you kinda don't deserve a ship named after you. Earf Day Now they want you to not drive your car on Earf Day. Guess I'll have to leave my car running all day long in addition to having every light on. How To Make Your Own Mini Rocket
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 gigawatt Sanity Prod at March 26, 2016 08:54 PM (+eR2D)
Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 gigawatt Sanity Prod at March 26, 2016 08:54 PM (+eR2D)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 26, 2016 08:55 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 26, 2016 08:56 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: JQ Flyover at March 26, 2016 08:57 PM (044Fx)
Posted by: AltonJackson at March 26, 2016 08:57 PM (KCxzN)
A handy-dandy table of oppression given out by a school assembly claims that "Kyriarchs" can never be oppressed because they are defined as not being targeted by such things as racism or sexism. Even if they are targeted, they are not "targeted" by definition.
More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=11180
Posted by: The Political Hat at March 26, 2016 08:57 PM (vBeA5)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 26, 2016 08:58 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2016 08:58 PM (fizMZ)
Posted by: cthulhu at March 26, 2016 08:58 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: looking for clicks ace at March 26, 2016 08:58 PM (AG7GB)
Hmmmmmmmmmm
Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2016 09:00 PM (fizMZ)
I worked with a guy who did just that. Drunk by 9 am every day
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 26, 2016 09:00 PM (45oDG)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 26, 2016 09:00 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 26, 2016 09:00 PM (FkBIv)
Good night horde
Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2016 09:01 PM (fizMZ)
Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 gigawatt Sanity Prod at March 26, 2016 09:02 PM (+eR2D)
Is it going to look very gay and never attack our enemies?
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 26, 2016 09:03 PM (45oDG)
Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2016 09:04 PM (fizMZ)
Posted by: no good deed at March 26, 2016 09:04 PM (GgxVX)
I guess all the firsts! wore you out early.
Sleep like a baby.
What does that mean anyway? I thought babies kept their parents up all night.
Posted by: L, Elle at March 26, 2016 09:05 PM (2x3L+)
Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 gigawatt Sanity Prod at March 26, 2016 09:05 PM (+eR2D)
Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 gigawatt Sanity Prod at March 26, 2016 09:02 PM (+eR2D)
Reading is overrated
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 26, 2016 09:05 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at March 26, 2016 09:05 PM (rlfds)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 26, 2016 09:05 PM (FkBIv)
Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 gigawatt Sanity Prod at March 26, 2016 09:06 PM (+eR2D)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 26, 2016 09:06 PM (GEICT)
Name an aircraft carrier after Barack Obama and then use it to launch devastating air strikes all over the Middle East, menace China back to a 3- mile perimeter of its shore, accidentally ram San Francisco a couple of times, and do whatever damage it can to Russia. Keep yelling "Hail the war machine, bringer of death, object of victory, wielder of American military might, threat to Islamic tyrants and Chinese commies, BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA!"
And maybe steal some Dixie Chicks tune and substitute some lyrics about BARACK OBAMA the mighty avenger of the American cause.
After that, mass-market some sort of deep-fried bacon-wrapped chocolate eclair with butter sauce and call it the Michelle Obama. Make it a staple in school lunch programs.
Posted by: iforgot at March 26, 2016 09:06 PM (5o5ek)
Posted by: Insomniac - Pale Horse/Death 2016 at March 26, 2016 09:07 PM (0mRoj)
@cbellantoni
Breaking: Lawmakers have struck a deal on raising California's minimum wage to $15
Posted by: Thrawn at March 26, 2016 09:07 PM (s87AC)
Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2016 09:07 PM (fizMZ)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 26, 2016 09:06 PM (GEICT)
Chairman of the Board?
Posted by: Thrawn at March 26, 2016 09:07 PM (s87AC)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 26, 2016 09:07 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 26, 2016 09:08 PM (pUDQf)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 26, 2016 09:06 PM (GEICT)
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Is this a guessing game?
Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 gigawatt Sanity Prod at March 26, 2016 09:09 PM (+eR2D)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 26, 2016 09:09 PM (6FqZa)
Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 gigawatt Sanity Prod at March 26, 2016 09:09 PM (+eR2D)
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Gettin' meta this early in the thread?
Posted by: iforgot at March 26, 2016 09:10 PM (5o5ek)
Posted by: First-Rate Political Hack at March 26, 2016 09:10 PM (pQgsb)
Posted by: JQ Flyover at March 26, 2016 09:10 PM (044Fx)
Here's the banana pudding recipe that got willowed:
http://www.serenabakessimplyfromscratch.com/2014/06/banana-pudding-cheesecake-sundaysupper.html
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at March 26, 2016 09:10 PM (rlfds)
Posted by: Puddleglum at March 26, 2016 09:11 PM (NGd+i)
Just be sure to let the paint dry before you scuttle it.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 26, 2016 09:11 PM (A/3fN)
Posted by: whatmeworry? at March 26, 2016 09:11 PM (dZGNV)
So... Does her have a sanity prod what vibrates?
Posted by: First-Rate Political Hack at March 26, 2016 09:11 PM (pQgsb)
Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at March 26, 2016 09:11 PM (LTDSy)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMaIhAP7aeo
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 26, 2016 09:12 PM (6FqZa)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 26, 2016 09:07 PM (voOPb)
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Is this a guessing game?
Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 gigawatt Sanity Prod at March 26, 2016 09:09 PM (+eR2D)
Avalanche Sharks
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 26, 2016 09:12 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: derit at March 26, 2016 09:12 PM (OC+TJ)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at March 26, 2016 09:12 PM (k53nK)
Posted by: Emmie at March 26, 2016 09:12 PM (rRHdN)
Made a pizza and cracked a few.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 26, 2016 09:12 PM (pUDQf)
That sucking sound you hear is the sound of more jobs leaving Cali to better parts, maybe Texas.
Heard on the radio that California had a 6% growth rate last year which was one of the highest rates in the USA.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 26, 2016 09:13 PM (FkBIv)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 26, 2016 09:12 PM (GEICT)
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Hahaha...I saw that while browsing Hulu last night.
Almost watched it.
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at March 26, 2016 09:13 PM (rlfds)
Wow.
That would be most ironic. Of course with the all diversity ship's crew. Well maybe the snipes were selected on merit.
I hope those dietary supplements don't show on a urinalysis screening. You are taking some good stuff there.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 26, 2016 09:14 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: mpfs,Well there are squirrels in the attic again... This time it's personal at March 26, 2016 09:14 PM (OF+ge)
This is the cheesecake that cracked on you though? It isn't baked, so it's a bit strange that it cracked?
Or am I too deep in my manhattans to comprehend English? It's probably me...
Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 gigawatt Sanity Prod at March 26, 2016 09:14 PM (+eR2D)
Almost watched it.
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at March 26, 2016 09:13 PM (rlfds)
Fucking. Awful. No shortage of hot chicks.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 26, 2016 09:14 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Puddleglum at March 26, 2016 09:15 PM (NGd+i)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 26, 2016 09:12 PM (GEICT)
Say what?
Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 gigawatt Sanity Prod at March 26, 2016 09:15 PM (+eR2D)
Another great job by CDRM.
I'm in a really sour mood, so I'll just lurk for a while & try to change that. Or wait 'til tomorrow...
Posted by: Chi at March 26, 2016 09:15 PM (idmwx)
Posted by: shadowofashade at March 26, 2016 09:15 PM (owQDO)
Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at March 26, 2016 09:11 PM (LTDSy)
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Who for SecDef? Allen West? Tom Cotton?
Posted by: iforgot at March 26, 2016 09:15 PM (5o5ek)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 26, 2016 09:16 PM (voOPb)
Pizza, bourbon, wine, cheesecake, pineapple upside down cake, pizza....what is there to be mad about?
Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 gigawatt Sanity Prod at March 26, 2016 09:17 PM (+eR2D)
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Govt workers?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 26, 2016 09:17 PM (voOPb)
It runs out the eye sockets. Best to disembowl and reuse the stomach as a booze skin.
Not that I know anything about that.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 26, 2016 09:17 PM (pUDQf)
Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 gigawatt Sanity Prod at March 26, 2016 09:18 PM (+eR2D)
Try lip syncing to Cher's Turn Back Time. Fishnet optional.
Instant mood cure.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 26, 2016 09:19 PM (pUDQf)
I heard that the director didn't either, because the screenwriter was on strike.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 26, 2016 09:20 PM (6FqZa)
Anyway, here is a list of US CVN's.
http://tinyurl.com/of6cp
Posted by: Old Blue at March 26, 2016 09:20 PM (9iR5/)
Starting again, with new glass.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 26, 2016 09:20 PM (EzgxV)
It was about solace and how quantum physics affects that.
Duh.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 26, 2016 09:21 PM (pUDQf)
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at March 26, 2016 09:21 PM (rlfds)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 26, 2016 09:21 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: iforgot at March 26, 2016 09:15 PM (5o5ek)
Fire about half the generals/admirals and don't replace them. A lot of this is less about money than top heavy administration, mismanagement, graft, and boondoogles.
Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at March 26, 2016 09:21 PM (LTDSy)
Undersecretary Ted Nugent?
Undersecretary Ralph Peters?
Undersecretary John Lehman?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 26, 2016 09:21 PM (u82oZ)
Of course with the all diversity ship's crew. Well maybe the snipes were selected on merit.
I hope those dietary supplements don't show on a urinalysis screening. You are taking some good stuff there.
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Oh, I forgot to say, the whole crew will be MALE. Women will be banned from long-term deployments at sea. If it turns out they can fly jets and choppers as well as men then okay, they can land on the Barack Hussein Obama.
Posted by: iforgot at March 26, 2016 09:21 PM (5o5ek)
I didn't mind. Daniel Craig was my eye candy. Woof.
Posted by: mpfs,Well there are squirrels in the attic again... This time it's personal at March 26, 2016 09:22 PM (OF+ge)
mummified ant stuck to the bottom of the glass, generating foam.
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Well, it died happy . . . or confused.
Posted by: iforgot at March 26, 2016 09:22 PM (5o5ek)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 26, 2016 09:13 PM (FkBIv)
Illegal aliens who are paid less than minimum wage under the table can do wonder for profit margins...
Posted by: The Economic Hat at March 26, 2016 09:23 PM (vBeA5)
Ralph Peters is needed to either oversee all 16 Intelligence Agencies, or the two or so DoD ones.
And I'm glad surgery went well for you.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 26, 2016 09:23 PM (u82oZ)
I have a meatball sub & jalapeno poppers (delivery) sitting in front of me - life ain't so bad.
Oh, and bourbon, of course. I don't get out of bed unless I know that there is bourbon in the house!
Posted by: Chi at March 26, 2016 09:23 PM (idmwx)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at March 26, 2016 09:24 PM (c4yY7)
Posted by: Josephistan at March 26, 2016 09:24 PM (7qAYi)
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Now it all makes sense
Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 gigawatt Sanity Prod at March 26, 2016 09:24 PM (+eR2D)
Posted by: Old Blue at March 26, 2016 09:24 PM (9iR5/)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 26, 2016 09:13 PM (FkBIv)
Illegal aliens who are paid less than minimum wage under the table can do wonder for profit margins...
Posted by: The Economic Hat at March 26, 2016 09:23 PM (vBeA5)
There is a metric fuckton of money being poured into different ways to spy on people. California is the center of the panopticon.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 26, 2016 09:25 PM (EzgxV)
Speaking of Antarctica, it's been declared the world's first LBGT friendly continent! Hooray diversity!
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Still rather white, though.
Posted by: iforgot at March 26, 2016 09:25 PM (5o5ek)
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at March 26, 2016 09:21 PM (rlfds)
It looks great, I am bookmarking it for sure.
If you like a baked style, NY type cheesecake, google a recipe for Junior's. It is awesome and perfect. I substitute a graham cracker crust for the sponge cake and it turns out great.
Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 gigawatt Sanity Prod at March 26, 2016 09:26 PM (+eR2D)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 26, 2016 09:26 PM (voOPb)
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What kind of perverts are we dealing with here?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at March 26, 2016 09:26 PM (Nwg0u)
Well alright then.
Unfortunately, our military is small enough today to get by on only males in combat capable units. Even with the large numbers of American youths unable to pass a recruiting screen. IMHO.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 26, 2016 09:26 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at March 26, 2016 09:26 PM (0O7c5)
In fact, I'd like to do away with naming any ship after a politician.
Although I hate that shit, I can live with it. As long as the fucktards in Congress wait until AFTER they're dead before naming anything after a politician.
In fact, that wouldn't be a bad idea for anything gov't. Schools, roads, parks etc. No naming them after someone who's still alive.
I'll say this much, the USS JugEars is likely to end up being the most badassed carrier ever to sail the seven seas. Call it the "A Boy Named Sue" Effect.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 26, 2016 09:27 PM (o98Jz)
I found this after I tried a baked version, which kinda sucked.
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at March 26, 2016 09:21 PM (rlfds)
It looks great, I am bookmarking it for sure.
If
you like a baked style, NY type cheesecake, google a recipe for
Junior's. It is awesome and perfect. I substitute a graham cracker crust
for the sponge cake and it turns out great.
Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 gigawatt Sanity Prod at March 26, 2016 09:26 PM (+eR2D)
my friend sends me juniors cheesecake for christmas....omG
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at March 26, 2016 09:27 PM (0O7c5)
Posted by: Josephistan at March 26, 2016 09:24 PM (7qAYi)
That's 'cause if you rule out snuggling with half the population, you wake up as corpsicles.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 26, 2016 09:27 PM (EzgxV)
I heard that the director didn't either, because the screenwriter was on strike.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 26, 2016 09:20 PM (6FqZa)
QoS has the strangest drink taken from a beer bottle in the history of cinema.
Posted by: First-Rate Political Hack at March 26, 2016 09:28 PM (pQgsb)
Posted by: Josephistan at March 26, 2016 09:28 PM (7qAYi)
Oh, and bourbon, of course. I don't get out of bed unless I know that there is bourbon in the house!
Posted by: Chi at March 26, 2016 09:23 PM (idmwx)
ooooooo....good jalapeno poppers are outstanding.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 26, 2016 09:28 PM (GEICT)
*looks at third makers manhattan* Bourbon makes everything better.
Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 gigawatt Sanity Prod at March 26, 2016 09:28 PM (+eR2D)
Unfortunately, our military is small enough today to get by on only
males in combat capable units. Even with the large numbers of American
youths unable to pass a recruiting screen. IMHO.
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Yabbut . . . women on MEUs and carriers and such?
Posted by: iforgot at March 26, 2016 09:28 PM (5o5ek)
Posted by: logprof at March 26, 2016 09:28 PM (82Fs0)
Posted by: PaleRider at March 26, 2016 09:29 PM (3kUGE)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 26, 2016 09:29 PM (FkBIv)
Posted by: Josephistan at March 26, 2016 09:30 PM (7qAYi)
Back to back 3 pointers!
Posted by: mpfs,Well there are squirrels in the attic again... This time it's personal at March 26, 2016 09:30 PM (OF+ge)
Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 gigawatt Sanity Prod at March 26, 2016 09:30 PM (+eR2D)
Lehman did great things for the 1980s Navy, but he will forever carry a reek of guilt by association for his having been a foreign policy adviser to the failed Mitt Romney campaign.
He was also on the 9/11 Commission, and should have resigned his post the instant it was made clear that Jamie Gorelick, who was an obvious potential subject of Commission investigations, was also going to be seated as a member. That turned the whole effort into a farce. The Beltway insiders triumphed yet again.
Posted by: torquewrench at March 26, 2016 09:30 PM (noWW6)
Not so sure about that. Do we need a CVN with a rep like the USS Cowpens (CG 63)? Even today, there is such a thing as an unlucky ship.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 26, 2016 09:31 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Chi at March 26, 2016 09:31 PM (idmwx)
Posted by: Pete Seria at March 26, 2016 09:31 PM (dQopk)
Posted by: First-Rate Political Hack at March 26, 2016 09:31 PM (pQgsb)
My guess is that the prosperous sections of every city will have the following intersection, Martin Luther King Blvd & Barack Huessin Obama Avenue
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 26, 2016 09:31 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 26, 2016 09:32 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: mpfs,Well there are squirrels in the attic again... This time it's personal at March 26, 2016 09:32 PM (OF+ge)
Posted by: Lizzy at March 26, 2016 09:32 PM (NOIQH)
I saw Avalanche Sharks open for Great White back in '94.
They kind of sucked, but GW really burned up the stage.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 26, 2016 09:33 PM (o98Jz)
Next time someone thaws me out, I'll show you what the T stands for.
Posted by: The Thing at March 26, 2016 09:33 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: Lizzy at March 26, 2016 09:32 PM (NOIQH)
They should make it a permanent prototype - so it's always in beta.
Posted by: First-Rate Political Hack at March 26, 2016 09:34 PM (pQgsb)
They kind of sucked, but GW really burned up the stage.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 26, 2016 09:33 PM (o98Jz)
Oh booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.
Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 gigawatt Sanity Prod at March 26, 2016 09:34 PM (+eR2D)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 26, 2016 09:35 PM (pUDQf)
friendly continent! Hooray diversity! https://tinyurl.com/hx7ecde
Thanks, at least it's too cold to take your clothes off in public there.
Posted by: Infidel at March 26, 2016 09:35 PM (+kSxm)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 26, 2016 09:35 PM (ucDmr)
Another great job by CDRM.
I'm in a really sour mood, so I'll just lurk for a while & try to change that. Or wait 'til tomorrow...
Posted by: Chi at March 26, 2016 09:15 PM (idmwx)
Whatsamatta?
Posted by: Insomniac - Pale Horse/Death 2016 at March 26, 2016 09:35 PM (0mRoj)
So, when it's done, I'll take it out with my oven mitt, which... is...
...damit.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 26, 2016 09:35 PM (wB8Tg)
The Obama class SWOB - Ship Waste Off-Loading Barge . Environmental, useful for fudge de-packing, and appropriate.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 26, 2016 09:37 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at March 26, 2016 09:37 PM (c4yY7)
My guess is that the prosperous sections of every city will have the following intersection, Martin Luther King Blvd & Barack Huessin Obama Avenue
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 26, 2016 09:31 PM (voOPb)
You'll be amazed at the vibrant night life at 3am on Cesar Chavez Boulevard.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 26, 2016 09:37 PM (o98Jz)
...
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 26, 2016 09:35 PM (wB8Tg)
(cough)
Posted by: First-Rate Political Hack at March 26, 2016 09:37 PM (pQgsb)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 26, 2016 09:37 PM (pUDQf)
...damit.
Merovign, can you at least find some towels? Fold over several times and substitute for mitt.
Posted by: JQ Flyover at March 26, 2016 09:37 PM (044Fx)
The only thing that pisses off my cat worse than rubber bands are twist ties.
And does anybody else have a cat that likes to decorate their turds with tinsel at Christmas time?
Posted by: Ed Anger at March 26, 2016 09:38 PM (RcpcZ)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 26, 2016 09:38 PM (wB8Tg)
...damit.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 26, 2016 09:35 PM (wB8Tg)
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Use a tripled up kitchen towel?
The 3rd manhattan was probably a mistake. Goodnight 'rons.
Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 gigawatt Sanity Prod at March 26, 2016 09:38 PM (+eR2D)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at March 26, 2016 09:37 PM (c4yY7)
No, apparently it's so awful he appears competent.
Posted by: First-Rate Political Hack at March 26, 2016 09:38 PM (pQgsb)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 26, 2016 09:35 PM (wB8Tg)
-------Not laughing at you, but yeah, laughing at you.
Posted by: Old Blue at March 26, 2016 09:38 PM (9iR5/)
Posted by: mpfs,Well there are squirrels in the attic again... This time it's personal at March 26, 2016 09:38 PM (OF+ge)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 26, 2016 09:29 PM (FkBIv)
Shit. The Army has more boats than the Navy.
Posted by: CDR M at March 26, 2016 09:38 PM (McoS+)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at March 26, 2016 09:37 PM (c4yY7)
I assume that's rhetorical...
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 26, 2016 09:39 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: mpfs,Well there are squirrels in the attic again... This time it's personal at March 26, 2016 09:39 PM (OF+ge)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 26, 2016 09:39 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: Kasich the Barbarian, Son of Mailman at March 26, 2016 09:39 PM (L7t0A)
Merovign, can you at least find some towels? Fold over several times and substitute for mitt.
Posted by: JQ Flyover at March 26, 2016 09:37 PM (044Fx)
Hmmmm, maybe we should have done that back in 2012.....
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 26, 2016 09:39 PM (o98Jz)
Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie! at March 26, 2016 09:39 PM (rwI+c)
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at March 26, 2016 09:39 PM (rlfds)
Posted by: Farmer at March 26, 2016 09:40 PM (o/90i)
Posted by: JQ Flyover at March 26, 2016 09:37 PM (044Fx)
Yeah it's not that hard, just annoying.
I hate moving. I hate packing and unpacking. That is all.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 26, 2016 09:37 PM (pUDQf)
Twice in a month.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 26, 2016 09:40 PM (wB8Tg)
Posted by: last august?! at March 26, 2016 09:40 PM (AG7GB)
Posted by: JQ Flyover at March 26, 2016 09:40 PM (044Fx)
My guess is that the prosperous sections of every city will have the following intersection, Martin Luther King Blvd & Barack Huessin Obama Avenue
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 26, 2016 09:31 PM (voOPb)
which one will have the highest murder rate.
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at March 26, 2016 09:41 PM (c4yY7)
Posted by: USS Obama at March 26, 2016 09:41 PM (H9MG5)
Posted by: y'our wife....... at March 26, 2016 09:41 PM (AG7GB)
Oh oh Mero went to the chemjeff school of cooking
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 26, 2016 09:39 PM (voOPb)
---------I laughed so hard I snorted. You owe me a new monitor! And keyboard. The beer just went everywhere! Amazing how beer can really clear out your sinuses.
Posted by: Old Blue at March 26, 2016 09:41 PM (9iR5/)
Posted by: y'our wife....... at March 26, 2016 09:41 PM (AG7GB)
I like the song. Jack White is part of the blues-rock renaissance.
https://youtu.be/RUHD0cdQmko
Ranked:
4) QoS
3) Spectre
2) Skyfall
1) Casino Royale.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at March 26, 2016 09:41 PM (VdICR)
Fuuuuuuuuck that noise.
I moved in Dec of 2014. Moved again Dec 2015.
My ass is planted unless I lose my livelihood.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 26, 2016 09:41 PM (pUDQf)
Posted by: Josephistan at March 26, 2016 09:24 PM (7qAYi)
I don't know about that. The penguins are flat out refusing to bake any gay cakes.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 26, 2016 09:42 PM (45oDG)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 26, 2016 09:42 PM (FkBIv)
I'm pretty sure that being a poofter isn't against the law in Australia, despite what Monty Python said.
But hey, let's all set sail to Buggery Bay
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 26, 2016 09:42 PM (6FqZa)
Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at March 26, 2016 09:21 PM (LTDSy)
For example, having a multi-year competition to find a new service firearm, not like they haven't been made in all shapes and flavors for more than a century!
Posted by: Hrothgar at March 26, 2016 09:42 PM (wYnyS)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 26, 2016 09:38 PM (wB8Tg)<<<
To be honest, it should be a really little dinghy.
Posted by: Reggie L. at March 26, 2016 09:42 PM (H9MG5)
Posted by: no good deed at March 26, 2016 09:43 PM (GgxVX)
Posted by: alan parsonsons at March 26, 2016 09:43 PM (AG7GB)
Posted by: MathMom at March 26, 2016 09:43 PM (L4G9B)
Did you unpack the good towels yet?
Posted by: BourbonChicken at March 26, 2016 09:43 PM (VdICR)
Posted by: Emory University Snowflake at March 26, 2016 09:43 PM (Dwehj)
Posted by: ms pink at March 26, 2016 09:44 PM (AG7GB)
That whole fiasco is truly stupid.
Posted by: no good deed at March 26, 2016 09:44 PM (GgxVX)
Boy was I disappointed.
Posted by: First-Rate Political Hack at March 26, 2016 09:44 PM (pQgsb)
Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 gigawatt Sanity Prod at March 26, 2016 09:18 PM (+eR2D)
After the first 10 minutes it was awful
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 26, 2016 09:44 PM (45oDG)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 26, 2016 09:44 PM (pUDQf)
Ranked:
4) QoS
3) Spectre
2) Skyfall
1) Casino Royale.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at March 26, 2016 09:41 PM (VdICR)
Believe it or not, I actually rate Quantum of Suck higher than Spectre. Not by much, mind you.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 26, 2016 09:44 PM (o98Jz)
Eh, I saw it from JFK, twice. Once going to the UK and one more time coming back. I'm not a city cat anyway.
Posted by: Puddleglum at March 26, 2016 09:45 PM (NGd+i)
Lay one end over the door so you don't burn your arm, then use the other to lift the pan.
It's not like you need your pants on the ONT.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 26, 2016 09:45 PM (wB8Tg)
Im sorry to hear that your daughter is high maintenance
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 26, 2016 09:45 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at March 26, 2016 09:45 PM (c4yY7)
Posted by: sound track at March 26, 2016 09:45 PM (AG7GB)
Posted by: Reggie L. at March 26, 2016 09:45 PM (H9MG5)
Question: Where in the city of Oakland does one go for drugs, underage hookers and stolen items?
Posted by: navybrat at March 26, 2016 09:45 PM (8QGte)
It should only have loud speaker for broadcasting stern words and soaring, nonsensical rhetoric at our enemies --- wait, do we have any enemies now that he's made Iran and Cuba our bestest allies?
Posted by: Lizzy at March 26, 2016 09:46 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 26, 2016 09:31 PM (voOPb)
Barry has a very active hershey highway
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 26, 2016 09:47 PM (45oDG)
Oh, she isn't. She's a smartass. I was kind of proud. LOL
Posted by: no good deed at March 26, 2016 09:47 PM (GgxVX)
Think it was C. Northcote Parkinson (of Parkinson's Law fame) that noted that the post WW II British Admiralty had more serving admirals than they had on active duty when they were actually fighting WWII!
Posted by: Hrothgar at March 26, 2016 09:47 PM (wYnyS)
The USS Barack Obama should have no guns or any other scary weapons.
It should only have loud speaker for broadcasting stern words and soaring, nonsensical rhetoric at our enemies --- wait, do we have any enemies now that he's made Iran and Cuba our bestest allies?
Posted by: Lizzy at March 26, 2016 09:46 PM (NOIQH)
Yeah, but it'll have the most AWESOME auditory sensors ever installed in a warship.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 26, 2016 09:47 PM (o98Jz)
And at least 51% of Americans will believe that.
Maintenance costs are low, and shore leaves liberal. #winning
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 26, 2016 09:48 PM (gyKtp)
Posted by: no good deed at March 26, 2016 09:43 PM (GgxVX)
Just make sure the right one gets the puppy.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 26, 2016 09:48 PM (wB8Tg)
It should only have loud speaker for broadcasting stern words and soaring, nonsensical rhetoric at our enemies --- wait, do we have any enemies now that he's made Iran and Cuba our bestest allies?
Posted by: Lizzy at March 26, 2016 09:46 PM (NOIQH)
And lots of teleprompters
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 26, 2016 09:48 PM (45oDG)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at March 26, 2016 09:48 PM (VdICR)
Am also informed that VKontakte (vk) is an alternative to ZuckerBook, but since 2014 it's been PutinBook. I'm on the fence as to which is least evil.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 26, 2016 09:48 PM (6FqZa)
Posted by: Picky at March 26, 2016 09:48 PM (ilSwI)
Posted by: mpfs,Well there are squirrels in the attic again... This time it's personal at March 26, 2016 09:48 PM (OF+ge)
The USS Obama will have yuge port and starboard electronic billboards for the rapid display of powerful hashtags!
Posted by: Hrothgar at March 26, 2016 09:49 PM (wYnyS)
Posted by: zmdavid at March 26, 2016 09:49 PM (xqRaG)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at March 26, 2016 09:49 PM (Nwg0u)
my wife.......
Posted by: y'our wife......."
My life's...
in jeopardy...
murdered in cold blood that's what I'm gonna be.
I ain't been home since Friday night and now my wife,
is come'n after me.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at March 26, 2016 09:50 PM (9ltS8)
Boy was I disappointed.
Posted by: First-Rate Political Hack at March 26, 2016 09:44 PM (pQgsb)
The first 10 minutes of Quantum picked up nicely from Casino Royale then went downhill fast and the other Craig Bond movies were bad too. Spectre was a gigantic waste of time
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 26, 2016 09:50 PM (45oDG)
4) QoS
3) Spectre
2) Skyfall
1) Casino Royale.
I haven't seen Spectre yet but I kind of agree with your order. Casino Royale I thought was outstanding. Eva Green in ridiculously hot!
Posted by: Puddleglum at March 26, 2016 09:50 PM (NGd+i)
I think maybe if a ship is named after Obama, it should be an Iranian ship.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 26, 2016 09:50 PM (wB8Tg)
An oiler/tender.
Posted by: Ralph at March 26, 2016 09:50 PM (UubSE)
Heh.
Also, not a warship, a kineticmilitaryactionship. That travels backwards as it leads from behind. Just muscular enough to not be mocked.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 26, 2016 09:50 PM (NOIQH)
*stomps into ont*
*flips table*
I might or might not be just a bit buzzed from good red wine and good ganja or maybe both
Posted by: DC in River City at March 26, 2016 09:51 PM (e+1S5)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at March 26, 2016 09:51 PM (0O7c5)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 26, 2016 09:53 PM (6FqZa)
Posted by: Skookumchuk at March 26, 2016 09:53 PM (/WPPJ)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 26, 2016 09:53 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: Miley's Tongue dba Ylva of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy at March 26, 2016 09:53 PM (bIGOo)
A little sad Craig seems to be no longer interested, and I hope they don't reboot *again*.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 26, 2016 09:53 PM (wB8Tg)
>>>There must some new but insignificant small craft without
any armament that could be named the USS Barak the Weak
American<<<
An oiler/tender.
Posted by: Ralph"
Nah. More like a target barge.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at March 26, 2016 09:53 PM (9ltS8)
Posted by: Sharkman at March 26, 2016 09:54 PM (QWtgr)
So, when it's done, I'll take it out with my oven mitt, which... is...
...damit.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 26, 2016 09:35 PM (wB8Tg)
You're on the ONT. Take your pants off and use them as an oven mitt.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 26, 2016 09:54 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 26, 2016 09:54 PM (u82oZ)
DuckDuckGo is working just fine for me!
Posted by: Hrothgar at March 26, 2016 09:54 PM (wYnyS)
I'm just waiting for people to get properly drunk before I flee for my life.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 26, 2016 09:54 PM (wB8Tg)
Posted by: Reggie L. at March 26, 2016 09:45 PM (H9MG5)
Golf clap. Well done
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 26, 2016 09:54 PM (pUDQf)
Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston at March 26, 2016 09:55 PM (r6ujM)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at March 26, 2016 09:55 PM (c4yY7)
So there!
Posted by: Miley's Tongue dba Ylva of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy at March 26, 2016 09:55 PM (bIGOo)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at March 26, 2016 09:56 PM (c4yY7)
Posted by: cthulhu at March 26, 2016 09:54 PM (EzgxV)
See 174 - way ahead of you.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 26, 2016 09:56 PM (wB8Tg)
Posted by: mpfs,Well there are squirrels in the attic again... This time it's personal at March 26, 2016 09:56 PM (OF+ge)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 26, 2016 09:56 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian
-----------------
Typac Shakur Avenue.
Check it out on youtube, because I'm making it happen!
Posted by: Chrisk Rock at March 26, 2016 09:56 PM (idmwx)
Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston at March 26, 2016 09:55 PM (r6ujM)
The new Bond movies have been very physically brutal. Even accounting for tricks and stuntmen, I imagine he had a lot of bruises and a few fractures and stitches.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 26, 2016 09:57 PM (wB8Tg)
Posted by: Puddleglum at March 26, 2016 09:57 PM (NGd+i)
Posted by: Bernie 2016 at March 26, 2016 09:57 PM (gwG9s)
----
Mero my guess is some tranny or ghey will be cashed. Afterall Hollywood is more interested in diversity than positive outcomes
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 26, 2016 09:58 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 26, 2016 09:58 PM (gyKtp)
I am embarrassed to say that I've never had a Manhattan.
Posted by: Chi at March 26, 2016 09:31 PM (idmwx)
-------------------------
I don't think I've ever had one, but it's on my bucket list. I once ordered a Cosmopolitan, just so I could feel cosmopolitan. It was the worst gustatory experience of my drinking life, and I say this as one who has imbibed soju and alcoholic forms of turtle's blood and pureed snake.
Come to think of it, I might as well get this Manhattan out of the way as soon as possible. This Thursday I will let you know how it goes.
Posted by: iforgot at March 26, 2016 09:58 PM (5o5ek)
Posted by: logprof at March 26, 2016 09:58 PM (82Fs0)
Posted by: Huma at March 26, 2016 09:58 PM (bIGOo)
Posted by: mpfs,Well there are squirrels in the attic again... This time it's personal at March 26, 2016 09:59 PM (OF+ge)
Posted by: Puddleglum, still on the UVA bandwagon at March 26, 2016 09:59 PM (NGd+i)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 26, 2016 09:59 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: Chi at March 26, 2016 09:15 PM (idmwx)
This is the day that the Lord hath made, Chi and you are among friends
Hang out and woosaw out the tension.
Posted by: redbanzai at March 26, 2016 09:59 PM (NPofj)
Lay one end over the door so you don't burn your arm, then use the other to lift the pan.
It's not like you need your pants on the ONT.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 26, 2016 09:45 PM (wB8Tg) 174 Imma use pants to get food out of the oven every time now.
Lay one end over the door so you don't burn your arm, then use the other to lift the pan.
It's not like you need your pants on the ONT.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 26, 2016 09:45 PM (wB8Tg) 174 Imma use pants to get food out of the oven every time now.
Lay one end over the door so you don't burn your arm, then use the other to lift the pan.
It's not like you need your pants on the ONT.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 26, 2016 09:45 PM (wB8Tg)
Hah! Great minds end up passed out in the same gutter! @210
Posted by: cthulhu at March 26, 2016 10:00 PM (EzgxV)
Maybe try someone younger who can stick with it. I'd like to see a younger version of Bond with some backstory on his time in the Majesty's forces.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 26, 2016 10:00 PM (pUDQf)
DuckDuckGo is working just fine for me!
Posted by: Hrothgar at March 26, 2016 09:54 PM (wYnyS)
Second vote for duckduckgo.
Posted by: redbanzai at March 26, 2016 10:01 PM (NPofj)
Posted by: L, Elle at March 26, 2016 10:01 PM (2x3L+)
*flips table*
I might or might not be just a bit buzzed from good red wine and good ganja or maybe both
Posted by: DC in River City at March 26, 2016 09:51 PM (e+1S5)
Aw crap. Who let him in here? Isn't there an age limit?
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 26, 2016 10:01 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 26, 2016 09:58 PM (voOPb)
Craig is gay, and Bond isn't really Hollywood, it's British.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 26, 2016 10:02 PM (wB8Tg)
Posted by: logprof at March 26, 2016 10:02 PM (82Fs0)
Lay one end over the door so you don't burn your arm, then use the other to lift the pan.
Posted by: Amy Schumer at March 26, 2016 10:03 PM (rwI+c)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at March 26, 2016 10:03 PM (VdICR)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 26, 2016 10:03 PM (wB8Tg)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at March 26, 2016 10:03 PM (1ijHg)
younger version of Bond with some backstory on his time in the Majesty's
forces. >>
Another fucking reboot. Yeah, that's the ticket. Literally. Le sigh.
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 26, 2016 10:04 PM (gyKtp)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 26, 2016 09:58 PM (voOPb)
Craig is gay, and Bond isn't really Hollywood, it's British.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 26, 2016 10:02 PM (wB8Tg
Well, I'm still afraid Bond will become PC
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 26, 2016 10:04 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 26, 2016 10:05 PM (pUDQf)
Hah! Great minds end up passed out in the same gutter! @210
Posted by: cthulhu at March 26, 2016 10:00 PM (EzgxV)
Sheesh. Maybe even three times....
Posted by: cthulhu at March 26, 2016 10:05 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: YatYas at March 26, 2016 10:06 PM (5v4w4)
Doc just recently told her to stop that.
I told the doc that I have a better chance of becoming a ballerina than that happening.
Posted by: navybrat at March 26, 2016 10:06 PM (8QGte)
Posted by: YatYas at March 26, 2016 10:06 PM (5v4w4)
I was thinking a garbage barge.
Posted by: Insomniac - Pale Horse/Death 2016 at March 26, 2016 10:06 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 26, 2016 10:04 PM (voOPb)
They were under a ton of pressure to do that this time, even threatened wit funding or cooperaton problems, and they managed.
Fingers crossed!
We need a Felix Leiter movie.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 26, 2016 10:07 PM (wB8Tg)
Well, I'm still afraid Bond will become PC
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian
If that happens I'm out. I'm a lifelong Bond fan no way would I watch that shit. I know the morons are down on Craig but to this'ette he is purrrrfect.
Posted by: mpfs,Well there are squirrels in the attic again... This time it's personal at March 26, 2016 10:07 PM (OF+ge)
Craig is gay, and Bond isn't really Hollywood, it's British.
He's been involved with a lot of women.
WIki lists two wives, two partners.
Posted by: Kasich the Barbarian, Son of Mailman at March 26, 2016 10:08 PM (L7t0A)
I've been using Duck Duck Go for years for most searches, though you have to use google if you want to read paywalled wsj articles.
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 26, 2016 09:58 PM (gyKtp)
Thnk you, Gnu.
Bing used to take you past the paywalled wsj articles and then it didn't. Now I know.
Posted by: Ed Anger at March 26, 2016 10:08 PM (RcpcZ)
Posted by: Infidel at March 26, 2016 10:08 PM (+kSxm)
What do you want? They reboot every time they change Bonds. The only think that changed with Craig is they started taking it seriously instead of the overly cheesy theme that ran from Moore through Brosnan.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 26, 2016 10:09 PM (pUDQf)
Lucky bastard
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 26, 2016 10:05 PM (pUDQf)
Apparently he came out but it may have been BS - he is apparently a huge prankster.
It was treated as "straight" news at the time and I don't follow gossip.
People still say he's bi but he *is* married so none of my business.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 26, 2016 10:11 PM (wB8Tg)
Jesus. At 94 she should do whatever the hell makes her happy. Doctors are idiots.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 26, 2016 10:11 PM (pUDQf)
Posted by: PaleRider at March 26, 2016 10:12 PM (3kUGE)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 26, 2016 10:12 PM (wB8Tg)
-
According to rumor, Jesus has been 86'd from the new Ben Hur.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at March 26, 2016 10:12 PM (Nwg0u)
I used to lap this stuff up myself, but nowadays I just don't think we *need* another book on how Christianity is doing it wrong. There are other religions out there that, in my humble opinion, need the attentions of secular scholarship more.
(By other religions I mean Islam, and by attentions I mean a good hard reaming. Sorry for the spoiler.)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 26, 2016 10:12 PM (6FqZa)
Posted by: Ed Anger at March 26, 2016 10:13 PM (RcpcZ)
Might I suggest immediate execution for any author who submits an article containing the words "asymmetrical warfighting" or "littoral", iforgot?
Posted by: Sharkman at March 26, 2016 10:13 PM (QWtgr)
I make her a cocktail we play Chinese checkers (she kicks my ass kind of a lot).
It is the highlight of her whole day. Mine too.
Posted by: navybrat at March 26, 2016 10:13 PM (8QGte)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 26, 2016 10:14 PM (voOPb)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/713770630391443457
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/713770787640057856
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/713770962882322432
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/713771119753478144
Posted by: kbdabear at March 26, 2016 10:14 PM (FWcaE)
Yeah, don't let some snot nosed Doctor screw that up. Thems memories.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 26, 2016 10:14 PM (pUDQf)
Posted by: Infidel at March 26, 2016 10:15 PM (+kSxm)
According to rumor, Jesus has been 86'd from the new Ben Hur.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at March 26, 2016 10:12 PM (Nwg0u)
So the fact that the Wallace's book was called "Ben Hur: A Tale Of The Christ" doesn't matter?
Of course. That makes total sense.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 26, 2016 10:15 PM (o98Jz)
Fingers crossed!
We need a Felix Leiter movie.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 26, 2016 10:07 PM (wB8Tg)
They messed up Top Gear, they under pressure from the BBC to be more PC and stop making fun of electric cars, that's what pushed Jeremy Clarkson over the edge.
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at March 26, 2016 10:15 PM (c4yY7)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 26, 2016 10:16 PM (wB8Tg)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/713771254331924482
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/713771402650894337
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/713771553037684738
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/713771709459992576
Posted by: kbdabear at March 26, 2016 10:16 PM (FWcaE)
Apparently if Craig is gay, he's really bad at it.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith
Perhaps he is bilingual.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 26, 2016 10:17 PM (FkBIv)
Tell the doctor to lighten up. She's 94 , let her be.
Posted by: mpfs,Well there are squirrels in the attic again... This time it's personal at March 26, 2016 10:17 PM (OF+ge)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 26, 2016 10:17 PM (ucDmr)
Well, he's just doing his job. Blood tests came back with some elevated numbers.
For the first time ever, for her. We should all be so lucky.
Posted by: navybrat at March 26, 2016 10:19 PM (8QGte)
Posted by: logprof at March 26, 2016 10:19 PM (82Fs0)
- Hunter S Thompson.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 26, 2016 10:19 PM (pUDQf)
Posted by: AlaBAMA
Yeah, but they keep his age essentially the same (30s-40s); they have to change Bonds every so often to keep that myth part going.
Going to young Bond would be a reboot, or a prequel -- I'm thinking of another thunderturd set of prequels...
and shuddering.
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 26, 2016 10:20 PM (gyKtp)
Posted by: logprof at March 26, 2016 10:02 PM (82Fs0)
I recall seeing a show maybe 10 years ago about an atheist investigative journalist who set out to disprove various miracles, like crying statues of Mary & Eucharistic blood miracles. After all his research & examination, he converted to Catholicism. He saw too much to not believe. It was Spanish-language but English subtitles. Ring a bell with anyone?
Posted by: Josephistan at March 26, 2016 10:20 PM (7qAYi)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 26, 2016 10:20 PM (ucDmr)
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/351/6280/1384.full
A.k.a., the first great European war. Everyone came for hundreds of miles around to whoop ass by the river Tollense. Is it related to the Sea Peoples?
Be interesting to find out *why* they fought.
Either way, the 1250ish BC era was one "interesting" time.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 26, 2016 10:20 PM (6FqZa)
Posted by: Alana at March 26, 2016 10:23 PM (6KznF)
Figures. Brave Hollywood!! So so brave!
Posted by: Puddleglum, still on the UVA bandwagon at March 26, 2016 10:23 PM (NGd+i)
Posted by: Skookumchuk at March 26, 2016 10:24 PM (/WPPJ)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 26, 2016 10:24 PM (ucDmr)
"Present!"
But eating dinner and watching some video. You'll wait for me, right?
Posted by: mindful webworker - 20 Years on the Web at March 26, 2016 10:24 PM (5a8XA)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at March 26, 2016 10:12 PM (Nwg0u)
When I started to watch the Ridley Scott version of Moses and saw they used BCE ( Before Common Era) I stopped watching and knew it would be shit.
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at March 26, 2016 10:26 PM (c4yY7)
Yeah, but I'm not sold on the late thirties early forties Bond getting his first of two kills needed for double 0 status. They should start with a early thirties version back story on his time in the navy. Then his recruiting into MI6.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 26, 2016 10:26 PM (pUDQf)
Yes, just last night I listened to an interesting podcast about that discovery.
John Batchelor show.
That is a very good podcast, btw.
Lots of interviews with authors of non fiction. Historical stuff, all kinds.
Posted by: navybrat at March 26, 2016 10:26 PM (8QGte)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 26, 2016 10:26 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 26, 2016 10:28 PM (ucDmr)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at March 26, 2016 10:26 PM (c4yY7)
--Yet Ridley Scott produced Killing Jesus, which is pretty straightforward with the Gospels.
Posted by: logprof at March 26, 2016 10:29 PM (82Fs0)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 26, 2016 10:29 PM (pUDQf)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at March 26, 2016 10:30 PM (c4yY7)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 26, 2016 10:30 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: cm9000 at March 26, 2016 10:30 PM (2TUVm)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 26, 2016 10:30 PM (pUDQf)
Posted by: Sharkman at March 26, 2016 10:13 PM (QWtgr)
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Execution isn't good enough. They'll be sentenced to a job like waiter in a very busy steakhouse, where the wage is sub-minimum and the only way they can survive is by being competent and providing good service. They will also have to serve Michelle Obamas.
Posted by: iforgot at March 26, 2016 10:30 PM (5o5ek)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 26, 2016 10:31 PM (ucDmr)
Posted by: rickl at March 26, 2016 10:31 PM (sdi6R)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/guon33a
*longs nostalgically for simpler days*
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 26, 2016 10:32 PM (9mTYi)
Posted by: Merovign
I hope you're not joking. He's a complex character that's only been cartooned in the movies. For one thing, handicapped! You'd think the ADA types would be screaming for this. Plus, Texan. Really. You can look it up.
And, of course, he drove...a Studillac. To Saratoga.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 26, 2016 10:33 PM (xq1UY)
Posted by: the vikings, arabs, avars and huns at March 26, 2016 10:34 PM (6FqZa)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 26, 2016 10:34 PM (ucDmr)
Oh, man... I remember playing Mom's old 78rpm of this! The record itself was either red or yellow. (can't quite remember that much.)
My lawn, you know the drill. Lol.
Posted by: JQ Flyover at March 26, 2016 10:36 PM (044Fx)
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According to the article, there was a bridge there. A good guess is that somebody didn't want somebody else using their bridge.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at March 26, 2016 10:36 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at March 26, 2016 09:45 PM (c4yY7)
Depends on the who needs it to "break even".
If the actors or directors need a "break even" point to start getting a cut, then $800M sounds about right.
For the producers/studio to break even, they need to movie to do about twice what it's budget is, which in the case of Batman v Superman would be about $500M.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at March 26, 2016 10:37 PM (1JnAL)
The Night Chicago died. Dad had that on 78. And a bunch of Kenny Rogers.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 26, 2016 10:38 PM (pUDQf)
Posted by: Infidel at March 26, 2016 10:38 PM (+kSxm)
They can make numbers turn out however they want.
Been doing it for decades.
Decades.
Posted by: navybrat at March 26, 2016 10:38 PM (8QGte)
Believe it or not, SNL just trashed the Hildebeast and Bill. Must be Bernie fans.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 26, 2016 10:34 PM (ucDmr)
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The Goldman Sachs speeches? The dynasty? The cronyism? The warmongering? NAFTA? The Defense of Marriage Act? Yeah, them's Bernie routines.
Posted by: iforgot at March 26, 2016 10:40 PM (5o5ek)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 26, 2016 10:40 PM (pUDQf)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 26, 2016 10:41 PM (pUDQf)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 26, 2016 10:42 PM (6FqZa)
And if you are Vic's age, you'll know what 'rotogravure' refers to.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/hntplyp
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 26, 2016 10:42 PM (9mTYi)
He has started the final stages of Alzheimers and no longer even recognizes his guitar, nor has the strength to pick it up.
Took a swing at his wife Kim.
The heart breaks.
Such a great and handsome musician, session man, star.
Now brought low.
Posted by: navybrat at March 26, 2016 10:43 PM (8QGte)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 26, 2016 10:43 PM (9mTYi)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 26, 2016 10:43 PM (ucDmr)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 26, 2016 10:44 PM (9ym/8)
Posted by: Sheriff Bart at March 26, 2016 10:44 PM (sl+zA)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill
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Did he have to fly in?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 26, 2016 10:45 PM (9mTYi)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 26, 2016 10:46 PM (9ym/8)
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That's a long time to be hanging out in the shallows. Your feet must be wrinkled.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 26, 2016 10:46 PM (sl+zA)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 26, 2016 10:42 PM (6FqZa)
And they'll be just as all-in for Hillary.
Posted by: cm9000 at March 26, 2016 10:47 PM (2TUVm)
Talking on phone with someone about the 3200 year old bridge slaughter, the ancient bronze trade, and the Hyborean Age.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 26, 2016 10:47 PM (wB8Tg)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 26, 2016 10:47 PM (voOPb)
Apparently if Craig is gay, he's really bad at it.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith
Perhaps he is bilingual.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 26, 2016 10:17 PM (FkBIv)
He might be transginger.
Posted by: Eric Cartman at March 26, 2016 10:47 PM (1JnAL)
He has started the final stages of Alzheimers and no longer even recognizes his guitar, nor has the strength to pick it up.
Took a swing at his wife Kim.
The heart breaks.
Such a great and handsome musician, session man, star.
Now brought low.
Posted by: navybrat
I just burned up a little of my wi-fi reserve listening to Galveston, on of my favorites. Thanks for the mention.
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at March 26, 2016 10:47 PM (ZHnL2)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 26, 2016 10:48 PM (9ym/8)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKeqXyY-9xA
Prayers up for Glen Campbell.
Posted by: JQ Flyover at March 26, 2016 10:48 PM (044Fx)
Posted by: Infidel at March 26, 2016 10:49 PM (+kSxm)
Webb and Campbell, a match made in heaven.
Posted by: navybrat at March 26, 2016 10:49 PM (8QGte)
I had Fritz Kreisler's "Poor Butterfly" on shellac.
My best friend dropped it on its edge in the driveway. The blacktop driveway.
I've never really trusted him since.
It's been 45 years.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 26, 2016 10:49 PM (xq1UY)
No. But he stay'd a while and talked about EVERYTHING under the Sun.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 26, 2016 10:48 PM (9ym/
Who's he votin' for?
Posted by: cthulhu at March 26, 2016 10:50 PM (EzgxV)
If I invest in a $40 truck he can give me all the work I want.
Oh yeah finacee. Shit.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 26, 2016 10:51 PM (9ym/8)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 26, 2016 10:52 PM (9ym/8)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 26, 2016 10:53 PM (pUDQf)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 26, 2016 10:54 PM (ucDmr)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 26, 2016 10:48 PM (9ym/
What'd he want? Lemme guess, he wanted to rent a bulldozer to clear some brush or road and wanted to split the cost with you?
Posted by: Arson Wells at March 26, 2016 10:54 PM (/E+t2)
That spot is within an easy walk of the origin point of my father's father's family, and of my mother's father's family. There, on the Baltic littoral, half my ancestors "literally" ate the other half.
And on Mother's other side, you have your Iroquois and your Hurons. Brock Yates once wrote "When the Iroquouis met the Hurons, there were no Hurons left to tell the tale." He said that in their language, "Mohawk" meant "man eater."
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 26, 2016 10:56 PM (xq1UY)
I've never been quite right after singing along with Frankie Avalon.
Beauty School Dropout...
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 26, 2016 10:57 PM (pUDQf)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 26, 2016 10:57 PM (9mTYi)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKeqXyY-9xA
Prayers up for Glen Campbell.
Posted by: JQ Flyover at March 26, 2016 10:48 PM (044Fx)
I was 10 years old when it came out. It was one of the earliest hit songs I remember.
Godspeed, Glen.
Posted by: rickl at March 26, 2016 10:57 PM (sdi6R)
Well, I guess that means burning tires on my own lawn all day. For Canada.
Posted by: t-bird at March 26, 2016 10:58 PM (mxCgt)
No. This is a self-made man who works out DFW. Gravel hauling biz. Dude blows more money on BS than I make in a week.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 26, 2016 10:58 PM (9ym/8)
Posted by: free tibet, with purchase of equal or greater value tibet at March 26, 2016 10:58 PM (lAXNl)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at March 26, 2016 10:59 PM (c4yY7)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at March 26, 2016 10:59 PM (dBmVV)
And then some asshole with a longbow shot him in the left ear.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 26, 2016 10:59 PM (6FqZa)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 26, 2016 11:00 PM (ucDmr)
Posted by: JQ Flyover at March 26, 2016 11:01 PM (044Fx)
Posted by: o b whan..... at March 26, 2016 11:02 PM (AG7GB)
Posted by: cm9000 at March 26, 2016 11:02 PM (2TUVm)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 26, 2016 11:02 PM (pUDQf)
Posted by: JQ Flyover at March 26, 2016 11:02 PM (044Fx)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill
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One of the wealthier guys I've known was a paving contractor.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 26, 2016 11:02 PM (9mTYi)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 26, 2016 11:03 PM (9ym/8)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 26, 2016 11:03 PM (ucDmr)
Maybe they were 45? I always misremember the RpM war.
Posted by: AlaBAMA
The songs you were talking about had to be 45s.
78s were really old stuff or kiddie records from the 50s.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 26, 2016 11:03 PM (FkBIv)
Posted by: Josephistan at March 26, 2016 09:24 PM (7qAYi)
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I guess that means they have the whole bathroom situation squared away. What a relief we don't have that preying on our minds!
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 26, 2016 11:03 PM (R+30W)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 26, 2016 11:03 PM (6FqZa)
Posted by: o b whan..... at March 26, 2016 11:03 PM (AG7GB)
78s were really old stuff or kiddie records from the 50s.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 26, 2016 11:03 PM (FkBIv)
Yeah, these are 70s songs. So I guess 45 or 33.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 26, 2016 11:05 PM (pUDQf)
Posted by: JQ Flyover at March 26, 2016 11:05 PM (044Fx)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at March 26, 2016 11:06 PM (dBmVV)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 26, 2016 10:43 PM (ucDmr)
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omg that sounds hilarious. Ima look for it.
Posted by: iforgot at March 26, 2016 11:06 PM (5o5ek)
♪ Chances are... ♫
Posted by: andycanuck at March 26, 2016 11:06 PM (ioqGj)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 26, 2016 11:07 PM (ucDmr)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETkzK9pXMio
...written by John Hartford, and look him up on YouTube. You'll be gone for hours.
Posted by: rickl at March 26, 2016 11:07 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: cm9000 at March 26, 2016 11:07 PM (2TUVm)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 26, 2016 11:08 PM (pUDQf)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 26, 2016 11:09 PM (ucDmr)
Posted by: Ralph at March 26, 2016 11:09 PM (UOJYi)
Posted by: JQ Flyover at March 26, 2016 11:09 PM (044Fx)
Posted by: free tibet, with purchase of equal or greater value tibet at March 26, 2016 11:10 PM (lAXNl)
Posted by: Weirddave at March 26, 2016 11:11 PM (CTvSA)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 26, 2016 11:12 PM (ucDmr)
Posted by: That Guy at March 26, 2016 11:12 PM (J3UIw)
Posted by: Ralph at March 26, 2016 11:12 PM (UOJYi)
Posted by: 16 2/3 RPM Record at March 26, 2016 11:13 PM (9mTYi)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 26, 2016 11:13 PM (pUDQf)
If you look at where that growth was, though, it might as well not exist if you aren't a Silicon Valley or Hollywood elite type. A lot of short term jobs that used to get me through rough times have completely dried up as big companies are holding back on replacing or upgrading equipment. Unless I've been singled out for rejection by all the contractors I've worked for previously (which I admit isn't outside the realm of possibility) there is a lot less work in sectors that used to be reliable because the equipment was on a three year replacement cycle.
Posted by: Epobirs at March 26, 2016 11:13 PM (IdCqF)
*sobbing, runs from the room*
Posted by: 16 2/3 RPM Record at March 26, 2016 11:13 PM
That's right, mr. Lo-Fi! Keep on runnin'!
Posted by: JQ Flyover at March 26, 2016 11:14 PM (044Fx)
Posted by: Ralph at March 26, 2016 11:14 PM (UOJYi)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 26, 2016 11:15 PM (ucDmr)
Posted by: Weirddave at March 26, 2016 11:11 PM (CTvSA)
It's still sad.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 26, 2016 11:15 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: cm9000 at March 26, 2016 11:16 PM (2TUVm)
It should only have loud speaker for broadcasting stern words and soaring, nonsensical rhetoric at our enemies --- wait, do we have any enemies now that he's made Iran and Cuba our bestest allies?
Posted by: Lizzy at March 26, 2016 09:46 PM (NOIQH)
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England, Israel. Oh, and the big one... Republicans.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 26, 2016 11:16 PM (R+30W)
Yeah, you're probably right. He's definitely a No Show Jones knock off.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 26, 2016 11:17 PM (pUDQf)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 26, 2016 11:17 PM (hlMPp)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 26, 2016 11:17 PM (9mTYi)
Our family has a long record of military service dating back to the Revolutionary War.
We encompass all the branches, and our service runs the gamut from one and done to a career.
I talk with a lot of AD and prospective volunteers about service, and am pretty familiar with what they face currently.
I tell them that things WILL change in time and counsel those currently serving to stay the course. We'll need competent people for the future, lest we wind up in the same sorry mess.
Still,it nauseates me to see the continual betrayal.
But I DO remain so terribly proud of them.
Posted by: irongrampa at March 26, 2016 11:18 PM (P/8aq)
"People who score high in authoritarianism, when they feel threatened, look for strong leaders who promise to take whatever action necessary to protect them from outsiders and prevent the changes they fear."
That perfectly describes every college kid curled up in a ball and whimpering for a safe space when a conservative idea manages to penetrate their progressive force field. I can't stand Trump, but I am just so tired of all these 'scary authoritarians in the Republican party' stories. How can these political scientists not see the authoritarian streak among the Democrats? Grrr!
Rant over.
Posted by: biancaneve at March 26, 2016 11:19 PM (e98eb)
Posted by: rickl at March 26, 2016 11:19 PM (sdi6R)
1-900-DIRTY-AGES ???
Posted by: andycanuck at March 26, 2016 11:19 PM (ioqGj)
"I meant to say it should be hauled away... as garbage!"
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 26, 2016 11:20 PM (6FqZa)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 26, 2016 11:20 PM (pUDQf)
Because those political scientists are Democrats?
Posted by: Puddleglum, still on the UVA bandwagon at March 26, 2016 11:21 PM (NGd+i)
It's not a matter of "don't have". We take whatever words exist that express things we care to say succinctly. If we cared about any of those things then we would just adopt those words. But, as things stand it's more than sufficient to just describe those feelings and relationships rather than have some nifty one-word shortcut that would only get used rarely.
BTW, I'm surprised that Schaudenfreude didn't make the list. English has almost adopted that one.
Posted by: ThePrimoridalOrderedPair at March 26, 2016 11:22 PM (zc3Db)
Whew, that's a relief. ...I was worried for a while.
Posted by: Ralph at March 26, 2016 11:22 PM (UOJYi)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 26, 2016 11:20 PM (6FqZa)
That had me racking my brains for a couple of minutes. Then I remembered where I'd heard that. Good one.
Posted by: Splunge at March 26, 2016 11:23 PM (iMxBJ)
45s were introduced by RCA in late 1948. Columbia had a 33.3 RPM single format derived from the LP format introduced around the same time but it didn't catch on. So the format was available but it was a matter of the right cultural factors to come together to make singles a big thing.
Posted by: Epobirs at March 26, 2016 11:23 PM (IdCqF)
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 26, 2016 09:58 PM (gyKtp)
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WSJ blocked that. Doesn't work anymore.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 26, 2016 11:23 PM (R+30W)
Posted by: biancaneve at March 26, 2016 11:24 PM (e98eb)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 26, 2016 11:26 PM (YJmuy)
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It could be fun. Like opening a super-swinging bar and calling it "The Mecca Room."
Posted by: iforgot at March 26, 2016 11:26 PM (5o5ek)
Whew, that's a relief. ...I was worried for a while.
Posted by: Ralph at March 26, 2016 11:22 PM (UOJYi)
You all realize that there is probably already Yaoi pr0nz of that out there...
Posted by: The Non-yaoi Hat at March 26, 2016 11:26 PM (vBeA5)
Eyelids drooping . . . alarm set for 6:00 a.m. . . .
Posted by: iforgot at March 26, 2016 11:29 PM (5o5ek)
But I think you are going to be disappointed.
America....is not America anymore.
It's just not.
Plain and simple.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 26, 2016 11:29 PM (hlMPp)
Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at March 26, 2016 11:30 PM (ocw+t)
Posted by: JQ Flyover at March 26, 2016 11:30 PM (044Fx)
Posted by: thathalfrican - be water my friend at March 26, 2016 11:30 PM (R5HRU)
But I think you are going to be disappointed.
America....is not America anymore.
It's just not.
Plain and simple.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 26, 2016 11:29 PM (hlMPp)
I'm not surprised that America has changed. I just surprised it's changed so much in 30 years. Ask me if this would be America in 1985 and I'd have laughed.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 26, 2016 11:32 PM (pUDQf)
Posted by: t-bird at March 26, 2016 11:32 PM (ZxmMG)
Posted by: rickl at March 26, 2016 11:33 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: donna at March 26, 2016 11:34 PM (O2RFr)
Posted by: Ralph at March 26, 2016 11:34 PM (UOJYi)
Posted by: Cap Zapp Brannigan at March 26, 2016 11:35 PM (NGd+i)
Rename a muni course near an airport in Hawaii after him. Very fitting.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 26, 2016 11:35 PM (pUDQf)
Posted by: Ed Anger at March 26, 2016 11:35 PM (RcpcZ)
Solar engines provide a slow top speed perfectly suited to "leading from behind"
Lack of guns ensures that the vessel will not "do stupid shit."
Amenities include a putting green, a "Choom room" with ventilation that can be turned off, and a soundproof "Mother-in-law" suite.
Posted by: Splunge at March 26, 2016 11:36 PM (iMxBJ)
It'll always moor stern-to the dock.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at March 26, 2016 11:36 PM (McRlu)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 26, 2016 11:20 PM (pUDQf)
The "chat lines" are still around, they just take credit cards these days since most everyone uses cellphones for those types of things.
Plus, phone companies got tired of dealing with angry customers complaining about the charges showing up on their phone bills and getting the phone company to remove the charges.
Posted by: Ashley Judds Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at March 26, 2016 11:38 PM (1JnAL)
Of course it isn't, RWC--not on the surface, anyway.
But the bedrock is still there solid as ever.
By bedrock I mean the precepts that adhering to allowed us to flourish and become the most exceptional country and people on the planet.
That trinity has got to be cleansed of the filth laid on it by the progressive left.
I am utterly convinced it can be done. You realize, I'm sure, that it CAN be done, that since we're Americans, we are denied the option of failure.
Posted by: irongrampa at March 26, 2016 11:38 PM (P/8aq)
Hahaha Jim! Good one.
G'night all. Happy Easter!
Halleluia! He is risen.
Posted by: JQ Flyover at March 26, 2016 11:38 PM (044Fx)
Maybe a miniature golf course...
Posted by: donna at March 26, 2016 11:39 PM (O2RFr)
Posted by: Puddleglum at March 26, 2016 11:39 PM (NGd+i)
Posted by: Ralph at March 26, 2016 11:39 PM (UOJYi)
Happy Easter
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 26, 2016 11:40 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: donna at March 26, 2016 11:41 PM (O2RFr)
Solar engines provide a slow top speed perfectly suited to "leading from behind"
Lack of guns ensures that the vessel will not "do stupid shit."
Amenities include a putting green, a "Choom room" with ventilation that can be turned off, and a soundproof "Mother-in-law" suite.
Posted by: Splunge at March 26, 2016 11:36 PM (iMxBJ)
Glory holes in every head.
Posted by: Ashley Judds Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at March 26, 2016 11:42 PM (1JnAL)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 26, 2016 11:42 PM (pUDQf)
The only time a ship should be named for a politician is when it is about to sunk for coral to grow on. Might as well start the tradition with BO and give him another historic first.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 26, 2016 11:42 PM (YJmuy)
*Spoiler in URL*
http://usvigop.org/1297-2/
Posted by: The Purging Hat at March 26, 2016 11:44 PM (vBeA5)
I will be its first Captain!!
Posted by: Cap Zapp Brannigan
I nominate that Italian cruise ship captain.
Posted by: t-bird at March 26, 2016 11:44 PM (9mTYi)
Re-badge it, too, to be par 100.
Posted by: t-bird at March 26, 2016 11:46 PM (ZxmMG)
Is he alright.
Posted by: CaliGirl at March 26, 2016 11:48 PM (egOGm)
*Spoiler in URL*
http://usvigop.org/1297-2/
Posted by: The Purging Hat at March 26, 2016 11:44 PM (vBeA5)
Fuck it, why not.
Next time any leftist accuses the GOP/Conservatives of manufacturing some elaborate conspiracy, remind them of the 2016 nomination where the GOP/conservatives fucked up a wet dream.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper formerly MrCaniac at March 26, 2016 11:49 PM (1JnAL)
The character in the books was in his late thirties at the youngest. Remember, he got started as an intelligence agent during WWII and the first book was in 1953, making him at least thirty. By the time of the first movies it was kind of assume that any action hero served in WWII, even Reed Richards and Ben Grimm in the fantastic Four comics, largely because it loomed so large in the lives of the creators of these sorts of characters back then. Later conflicts were more difficult to use due to lesser scale and duration, as well as controversy over the reasons for those events.
I think the Punisher, Frank Castle was one of the first enduring characters always assumed to be a Vietnam veteran but that source of combat experience is getting far distant now for characters today unless they have special means of staying young, like Nick Fury. While a lot of characters were retconned to be born well after WWII, it was so much apart of Nick Fury's back story it had to be retained but unlike Steve Rogers they couldn't say he was frozen for decades. So they came up with a secret drug that greatly extended his life but for some reason could not be reproduced. Fury's WWII team, who mostly became SHIELD agents, were revealed to actually be long dead and replaced with LMDs.
What was I talking about again? Oh yeah, James Bond's age. Anyway, he cannot be below a certain age or he isn't believable as somebody with his skills and sophistication. Fleming wrote him as somebody who'd already experienced and dealt more mayhem than most people would ever encounter in a lifetime of strife.
Posted by: Epobirs at March 26, 2016 11:49 PM (IdCqF)
Posted by: ThePrimoridalOrderedPair at March 26, 2016 11:50 PM (zc3Db)
Is he alright.
Posted by: CaliGirl at March 26, 2016 11:48 PM (egOGm)
His latest blog post: http://preview.tinyurl.com/go4ccy8
Posted by: The Blogging Hat at March 26, 2016 11:52 PM (vBeA5)
However, there is one type of naval vessel on the Naval Register that would be appropriate:
In naval terminology, the prefix "Y" indicates a Yard craft used to service other vessels. I offer the concept of naming a "YGR" after Buraq Hussein.
A "YGR" is a "Sludge Removal Lighter". I leave to the Morons the contemplation of what kind of "sludge" might have to be removed from a ship.
Posted by: Subotai Bahadur at March 26, 2016 11:52 PM (b1ymB)
Posted by: ThePrimoridalOrderedPair
That or the fact that only a slim percentage of the English vocabulary is actually in use.
There are estimates that English contains between 800,000 and 1,000,000 words. The idea that the authors of that article are familiar with 50% is slight to nil.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 26, 2016 11:54 PM (A/3fN)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svI0X19AFfQ
Posted by: rickl at March 26, 2016 11:55 PM (sdi6R)
The show is set in 1979, when that whole thing about finding yourself was newer. Maybe the effect is amplified by seeing it as history.
Not that the show has anything against women or strong women. Some of the main characters - the crime boss's wife who takes over, and the troopers wife - are both well written and are portrayed as formidable people. But the feminists... so silly.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 26, 2016 11:55 PM (R+30W)
I think he's actually casting a daze spell on the viewers.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 26, 2016 11:56 PM (A/3fN)
Although with the yes-men Perfumed Princes in the Pentagon and the stompy foot tantrums of the Special Snowflakes, I expect to see that before year's end.
Posted by: kbdabear at March 26, 2016 11:58 PM (Fb2d7)
So basically if any of those words are needed, we absorb them.
Most of them we just use more than one word, like after-dinner conversation or drunken planning.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 27, 2016 12:01 AM (wB8Tg)
Here's what Milady and I were watching instead of my reading all your lovely comments tonight:
Documentary | Jesus and the Shroud of Turin
Daniel Bilodeau / YouTube 51:50
https://youtu.be/XTtDhvk_aw4
I've read about the Shroud for over 40 years, but learned a lot from this, including about biology (flowers & pollen on the Shroud), chemistry (limestone from the tomb), its history, and why the 1980s carbon dating "refutation" was invalid.
It's always tough to watch or read about analysis of the image on the Shroud. Uncontrollable dusty-eyed-ness for those of us who love Jesus.
♥
Here's an article about the Shroud & facecloth:
Two Old Cloths
Binky, steynian
http://bit.ly/1Rw4Pvp
...If these two relics are original and authentic, they reveal to us a snapshot of two related moments from Good Friday, Jerusalem, most likely on Friday, April 3, A.D. 33. They show us the image of a body which has been tortured, crucified and killed, but a body which did not decay, and which somehow vanished from the burial cloths leaving a very unusual image on the Shroud, by means yet unknown and undiscovered.,,,
♥
Here's what the Urantia Book "revelation" has to say about the method of dissolution of Jesus' body, which - regardless of what anyone thinks about the "authenticity" of the Urantia Book - is an utterly consistent explanation for the "inexplicable" method of the Shroud image (by angelic request, the "near-instantaneous dissolution" of Jesus' mortal remains):
http://bit.ly/1Rw4Pvp
♥
Capriciously, here's Jerusalem Report, a mindful cartoon webwork from 2013, imagining reporting on miraculous events one week in Jerusalem, in a kind of steampunk 1st Century, based very loosely on the UB.
♥
Finally, a thought to consider.
There were maybe one and a half million Jewish pilgrims from all over the Roman Empire and Mesopotamia, in Jerusalem that week, many of whom would return home with tales of the one who was crucified but rose again.
Pretty good politics, that timing.
♥
tl;dr: Love one another.
Posted by: mindful webworker - 20 Years on the Web at March 27, 2016 12:01 AM (5a8XA)
Is he alright.
Posted by: CaliGirl at March 26, 2016 11:48 PM (egOGm)
I have not heard from nor seen him around. He had said he would be off the blog for 48 hours last night.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 27, 2016 12:04 AM (EzgxV)
Jean Smart also played the second president's wife in 24.
She was also in one of those 70s sitcoms.
Jean Smart a beautiful woman.
Posted by: Ralph at March 27, 2016 12:04 AM (UOJYi)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 26, 2016 11:23 PM (R+30W)
Just selected a paywalled article at wsj at random and did the google trick --
Works just fine still.
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 27, 2016 12:06 AM (gyKtp)
Posted by: Berkard Halimunt at March 27, 2016 12:07 AM (KMR+y)
Posted by: Ralph at March 27, 2016 12:08 AM (UOJYi)
Madison to Seattle to go to a Bernie rally. Nephew is a good kid studying engineering but has been completely brainwashed by liberalism and is a hard core Bernie supporter. Very dismaying. And the expense of doing that! I think they may be using frequent flyer miles they have from all the travel they do. But America sucks so bad we need Bernie to reform it. And I know many other Bernie cultists like this who's lives would define White Privlige, if I beliveded in that concept.
I'm half hoping Bernie gets the nomination, wins the general and gets everything he wants just to hear the howling from these fools.
Posted by: Ripley at March 27, 2016 12:09 AM (0vsws)
Posted by: Ralph
Err, what?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 27, 2016 12:11 AM (A/3fN)
Posted by: Ralph
Err, what?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 27, 2016 12:11 AM (A/3fN)
He'd be Semitic, not Caucasian.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 27, 2016 12:11 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 26, 2016 11:23 PM (R+30W)
Just selected a paywalled article at wsj at random and did the google trick --
Works just fine still.
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 27, 2016 12:06 AM (gyKtp)
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Can you post the link for one that works? It stopped working for me something like a month ago. I googled around and other people are saying it quit working too. If you go to the front page of WSJ, you can tell the paywalled articles by the little key next to them. The ones without the key you can just read.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 27, 2016 12:12 AM (R+30W)
Click on a wsj article with the barred dot symbol by it, which signifies a paywalled article. Copy that full link and paste into google search. Then click on the first search result to pop up.
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 27, 2016 12:13 AM (gyKtp)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/how-trade-made-america-great-1458943320
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 27, 2016 12:15 AM (gyKtp)
A million words and growing. For comparison with a more typical language, I think I remember that German had 250,000. If you know 10,000 words you're extremely fluent.
Posted by: t-bird at March 27, 2016 12:17 AM (w35Hj)
464 the paywalled article I just opened is
http://www.wsj.com/articles/how-trade-made-america-great-1458943320
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 27, 2016 12:15 AM (gyKtp)
Just tried -- it worked.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 27, 2016 12:18 AM (EzgxV)
Jean Smart also played the second president's wife in 24.
She was also in one of those 70s sitcoms.
Jean Smart a beautiful woman.
Posted by: Ralph at March 27, 2016 12:04 AM (UOJYi)
++++
I think her big sitcom was Designing Women in the mid '80s. She wasn't beautiful in Fargo, but then she was portraying the leader of a gang of murderous thugs, plus she is now in her 60's, so no surprise.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 27, 2016 12:18 AM (R+30W)
Posted by: Chingachgook at March 27, 2016 12:18 AM (Z58Xa)
Posted by: Jesus at March 27, 2016 12:18 AM (mEs7I)
Go figure. My monitor doesn't resolve that well I guess, but now that you've mentioned it, yeah it's a key symbol.
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 27, 2016 12:19 AM (gyKtp)
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Agreed.
Posted by: Chingachgook
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I got your back kemosabe.
Posted by: Natty Bumppo at March 27, 2016 12:21 AM (Z58Xa)
A million words and growing. For comparison with a more typical language, I think I remember that German had 250,000. If you know 10,000 words you're extremely fluent.
Posted by: t-bird at March 27, 2016 12:17 AM (w35Hj)
German also allows you to synthesize words on-the-fly and have them accepted more than English ("firetruck"). OTOH, English has a certain elan about "borrowing" words and phrases from other languages -- it's nearly de rigueur. You might as well sit down with a plate of pasta and glass of vino and just enjoy it al fresco.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 27, 2016 12:23 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: cthulhu
Yeah, still not getting the reason for the discussion of proggy racial theory. Who brought this up? And why?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 27, 2016 12:23 AM (A/3fN)
Posted by: ThunderB at March 27, 2016 12:24 AM (OeQ/D)
464 the paywalled article I just opened is
http://www.wsj.com/articles/how-trade-made-america-great-1458943320
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 27, 2016 12:15 AM (gyKtp)
Just tried -- it worked.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 27, 2016 12:18 AM (EzgxV)
++++
I just tried it - no go for me. I also reran my search about the trick not working anymore. Top result:
http://tinyurl.com/jcvq2rx
I wish I knew what the difference is - why it quit working for some but not others. I used it for years without a problem.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 27, 2016 12:24 AM (R+30W)
Posted by: cthulhu at March 27, 2016 12:11 AM (EzgxV)<<<
Right, Mell Brooks. The image on the Shroud of Turin looks more like an Englishman or not semitic.
Posted by: Ralph at March 27, 2016 12:25 AM (UOJYi)
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Agreed.
Posted by: Chingachgook
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I got your back kemosabe.
Posted by: Natty Bumppo at March 27, 2016 12:21 AM (Z58Xa)
Are you guys whinging about the Clannad version? I never saw the flick, and the tune is worthwhile without the association -- but I never understood the link between an Irish folk band and Mohicans.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 27, 2016 12:25 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 27, 2016 12:25 AM (Z58Xa)
Posted by: ThunderB
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Reeling, but still
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 27, 2016 12:27 AM (Z58Xa)
Handel's - Worthy is the Lamb
https://youtu.be/sL-VVVqcS5A
Darlene Zschech - Worthy is the Lamb
Posted by: Puddleglum at March 27, 2016 12:27 AM (NGd+i)
Posted by: Puddleglum at March 27, 2016 12:28 AM (NGd+i)
I think you'd have to go pretty far back to find a thirty year stretch that wouldn't be bewildering to anyone making the leap forward. Once you get to the mid-19th Century the pace of technological innovations creates a lot to absorb. Imagine going instantly from a world with no (non-animal powered) rail travel to one in which the continent is criss-crossed with rail roads. In twenty years the UK went from the opening of the first intercity line to having over 7,000 miles of track. The growth rate in the US was comparable over a vastly.
The tech innovations just come faster and faster after, driving culture.
Posted by: Epobirs at March 27, 2016 12:29 AM (IdCqF)
Posted by: ThunderB at March 27, 2016 12:29 AM (flUys)
Posted by: Ralph at March 27, 2016 12:29 AM (UOJYi)
Bond has to be continuously retconned to preserve the essence of the character. It feels like something important was already lost. He was a throwback to a genteel age despite being a brute. They should just make movies set forever in 1962. In Spectre, it seemed like his parents AND god-parents were killed in accidents, and I don't like it. Better that Blofeld was telling lies the whole time, e.g. Dark Knight.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at March 27, 2016 12:31 AM (VdICR)
Brigitte Helm between takes on Metropolis.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/gs3dtb9
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 27, 2016 12:32 AM (2s5VM)
Posted by: cthulhu
Yeah, still not getting the reason for the discussion of proggy racial theory. Who brought this up? And why?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 27, 2016 12:23 AM (A/3fN)
Asked and answered @476. Goes to the validity of The Shroud.
And it's always annoyed me that Progs get to wall-off race from ALL discourse unless it's under their terms. Example -- "I envy blacks their improved genetic resistance to sunburn." Say that at Emory University and you just KNOW you'd be branded a racist.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 27, 2016 12:33 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: ThunderB at March 27, 2016 12:24 AM (OeQ/D)
Some of us are concerned about Beckoning Chasm. He was talking about chest pains last night and making excuses for not dealing with them.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 27, 2016 12:34 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: weft cut-loop
Indeed, the estimable Bigby only this morning posted a venereal list (in the original sense of the word) of terms of dismemberment. I recognized, perhaps, four.
Hammer, did you see the tale of woe related on Fans of Best of The Web? A fellow reported that as he walked into his local store, a person threw a package of frozen fish sticks and began berating him. After another assault, he was forced to pop the bloke squarely in the lip. Turned out the guy was outraged at the political candidate choice conveyed by his T-shirt. "Trump shirt." And then he showed a photo of his shirt. On the front, in florid script only We Few recognize, it said,
"Triumph."
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 27, 2016 12:35 AM (xq1UY)
Posted by: ThunderB at March 27, 2016 12:36 AM (OeQ/D)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at March 27, 2016 12:38 AM (VdICR)
Posted by: ThunderB at March 27, 2016 12:36 AM (OeQ/D)
I don't know of anyone. That's more of a daywalker thing. We had a drive-by ridiculed by bth @365.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 27, 2016 12:40 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Stringer Davis
"venereal list"
'vener' refers to sexual love in the original sense, so whaaaaa?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 27, 2016 12:40 AM (A/3fN)
Posted by: ThunderB at March 27, 2016 12:29 AM (flUys)
For how long. Have a long standing offer to buy any 'ron or 'ette a drink if they are visiting Vegas.
Posted by: The Vegas Hat at March 27, 2016 12:41 AM (vBeA5)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at March 27, 2016 12:38 AM (VdICR)
As is the I, evidently.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 27, 2016 12:41 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: ThunderB at March 27, 2016 12:43 AM (OeQ/D)
Posted by: ThunderB at March 27, 2016 12:44 AM (flUys)
"In cutting up all manner of small Birds, it is proper to say, Thigh
them; as thigh that Woodcock, thigh that Pidgeon; but as to others say,
Mince that Plover, Wing that Quail, and wing that Partridge, Allay that
Pheasant, Untach that Curlew, Unjoint that Bittern, Disfigure that
Peacock, Display that Crane, Dismember that Hern, Unbrace that Mallard,
Frust that Chicken, Spoil that Hen, Sauce that Capon, Lift that Swan,
Rear that Goose, Tire that Egg. As to the flesh of Beasts, Unlace that
Coney, Break that Deer, and Leach that Brawn. For Fish; Chine that
Salmon, String that Lamprey, Splat that Pike, Sauce that Plaice, and
Sauce that Tench, Splay that Bream, Side that Haddock, Tusk that Barbel,
Culpon that Trout; Transon that Eel, Tranch that Sturgeon, Tame that
Crab, Barb that Lobster."
Hannah Woolley, The Gentlewomans Companion (1673)
Now that right there is a language.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 27, 2016 12:44 AM (xq1UY)
Posted by: ThunderB at March 27, 2016 12:43 AM (OeQ/D)
'Till next time.
Posted by: The Vegas Hat at March 27, 2016 12:48 AM (vBeA5)
Yeah it's a mystery. Maybe they they use a cookie and count the number you have opened via google? I use the trick very seldom.
Kinda like WaPo and their 6 articles a month. Supposedly if you set your browser to Private you can get around the limit. I dunno, there ain't more than 6 WaPo articles a month I want to read.
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 27, 2016 12:48 AM (gyKtp)
Posted by: ThePrimoridalOrderedPair at March 27, 2016 12:48 AM (zc3Db)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 27, 2016 12:25 AM (Z58Xa)
I've got a couple of links I'm saving for the book thread tomorrow.
Posted by: rickl at March 27, 2016 12:51 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: The Chicken at March 27, 2016 12:51 AM (U0YOh)
Have a blessed Easter, good people, and remember as always, we are Americans so the head is held HIGH-- most especially now.
Stay safe.
Posted by: irongrampa at March 27, 2016 12:51 AM (P/8aq)
Tomorrow I'm going to try to get a Frust! on a morning thread.
And then I may Display my Crane.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 27, 2016 12:52 AM (xq1UY)
Posted by: rickl at March 27, 2016 12:53 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: keena at March 27, 2016 12:54 AM (RiTnx)
Yeah it's a mystery. Maybe they they use a cookie and count the number you have opened via google? I use the trick very seldom.
Kinda like WaPo and their 6 articles a month. Supposedly if you set your browser to Private you can get around the limit. I dunno, there ain't more than 6 WaPo articles a month I want to read.
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 27, 2016 12:48 AM (gyKtp)
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The WaPo one does work if I just go private. It will last for about 5 articles or so before it throws up the subscription page. But then, I just open a new private window and the count resets. Not that I need to read WaPo cover to cover or anything, but I do like Volokh's blog, and that's at the Post now.
I played around some more with the wsj thing and although I couldn't get it working with Pale Moon, I found that if I located the article in PM, then opened google with chrome and did the search and click there, it would work. You might be right about it being a cookie or counting thing since I usually only use chrome for 1 particular site.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 27, 2016 12:56 AM (R+30W)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at March 27, 2016 12:57 AM (VdICR)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at March 27, 2016 01:02 AM (VdICR)
Posted by: Ralph at March 27, 2016 01:06 AM (UOJYi)
Posted by: BourbonChicken
Hence the recent remake of The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Which ultimately failed for being 900 years long, instead of a tight 90 minute blam-blam, thank you ma'am.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 27, 2016 01:10 AM (A/3fN)
Posted by: Infidel at March 27, 2016 01:16 AM (+kSxm)
Which is a real problem for writers. Desert Storm was so brief and had so little actual infantry ground combat that it's hard to imagine it as producing a killing machine like Castle. Later Iraq and/or Afghanistan are a bit better in that regard but it's still a problem for making a believable character with that kind of experience.
The DC comic Hitman had a subplot that got into this a bit, where Tommy Monaghan's Desert Storm experience is revealed as long periods of boredom interrupted by utter screwups that would have gotten him and his buddy prosecuted if they came to light. This was a Garth Ennis story, so the hot and cold running cynicism was in ample supply but it did raise some valid issues in how you create a contemporary character with lots of real combat experience unless it was acquired in conflicts that aren't discussed very openly. Sort of like Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner and his ilk.
Posted by: Epobirs at March 27, 2016 01:19 AM (IdCqF)
I always seem to get home right after irongrampa logs off. I like that dude.
Puddleglum: Jesus has Risen!!
"He is risen indeed!" (Actually more appropriate response tomorrow, but whatever.)
English words: I've been reading Washington Irving's Sketch Book (slowly) and keeping a notepad nearby to jot down words that are archaic, or (more often) unusual usage or forms. Dozens of words so far. The language was rich but becoming impoverished.
Posted by: mindful webworker - 20 Years on the Web at March 27, 2016 01:25 AM (7imgO)
What always fascinated me about that picture was the blow dryer. Remembering the transition in my childhood from over the head dryers used solely by women to blow dryers becoming ubiquitous for men and women, I would have guessed that the hand held style of dryer entered the market much recently to my lifetime. But the wiki says they first appeared in 1920.
Posted by: Epobirs at March 27, 2016 01:27 AM (IdCqF)
Posted by: Epobirs at March 27, 2016 01:28 AM (IdCqF)
And I find the course of the blog lately sort of amusing. It now encompasses even some of the cobs. This too shall pass. But not all the performance-under-pressure data will necessarily be discarded or forgotten - for good or ill.
Posted by: rhomboid at March 27, 2016 01:36 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: mindful webworker - 20 Years on the Web at March 27, 2016 01:38 AM (7imgO)
Posted by: Epobirs at March 27, 2016 01:47 AM (IdCqF)
Which ultimately failed for being 900 years long, instead of a tight 90 minute blam-blam, thank you ma'am.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 27, 2016 01:10 AM (A/3fN)
My favorite line from NCIS: "What did Ducky look like when he was younger?"
"Ilia Kuryakin."
Posted by: tcn in AK at March 27, 2016 01:48 AM (+YMhA)
Posted by: ThePrimoridalOrderedPair at March 27, 2016 12:48 AM (zc3Db)
Well, just look at what happened to the chicken.
Posted by: tcn in AK at March 27, 2016 01:49 AM (+YMhA)
mummified ant stuck to the bottom of the glass, generating foam.
Heh.
Humor levels seem to fall off sharply as I approach #200...
Posted by: mindful webworker - 20 Years on the Web at March 27, 2016 01:50 AM (7imgO)
Posted by: rhomboid at March 27, 2016 01:36 AM (QDnY+)
It was about the post of the guy who started throwing frozen fish sticks at a guy wearing a Tr(i)ump(h) t-shirt from:
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 27, 2016 12:35 AM (xq1UY)
It sounds like it could have been ace ...
Posted by: ThePrimoridalOrderedPair at March 27, 2016 01:50 AM (zc3Db)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 27, 2016 01:50 AM (R+30W)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/jzeqxze
Posted by: Epobirs at March 27, 2016 01:47 AM (IdCqF)
The minimum wage is zero -- has been from when the concept of "wage" was first advanced, will be when the sun goes nova. http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-03-26 /visualizing-why-manufacturing -jobs-arent-coming-back
Posted by: cthulhu at March 27, 2016 01:54 AM (EzgxV)
So will there be any jobs at all remaining for teenagers in CA and anywhere else stupid enough to raise min. wage? And how many other part-time jobs will become unsustainable (note: this is the proper use of the word)?
Thought I saw that already, well before full impact, Seattle was showing a noticeable drop in certain kinds of employment, while neighboring counties were seeing the opposite.
Sorry for even pretending to act as though there were any sense, rule of law, or sense of fairness left in America - it's just habit that makes me react. Inertial thing. Fading with time. Soon probably to be completely gone.
Posted by: rhomboid at March 27, 2016 01:58 AM (QDnY+)
The minimum wage is zero -- has been from when the concept of "wage" was first advanced, will be when the sun goes nova.
Posted by: cthulhu
The electorate of CA is not familiar with advances in human reasoning.
Sigh. ...
Hey, Dreher, the most beautiful state is the stupidest. Go columnize that one, asshole.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 27, 2016 01:59 AM (A/3fN)
Mike Hammer #305 Since you probably haven't heard it this year, Gene Autry singing 'Here Comes Peter Cottontail'
http://preview.tinyurl.com/guon33a
Makes plowing through the upthread comments totally worth it
Posted by: mindful webworker - 20 Years on the Web at March 27, 2016 02:00 AM (7imgO)
Tomorrow there will be little plastic eggs everywhere. Lose one of the real ones for a year or two and you'll understand why that choice was made.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 27, 2016 02:04 AM (YJmuy)
mummified ant stuck to the bottom of the glass, generating foam.
Heh.
Humor levels seem to fall off sharply as I approach #200...
Posted by: mindful webworker - 20 Years on the Web at March 27, 2016 01:50 AM (7___O)
There's actually a backstory to this. The usual division of labor in the Cthulhu household has me loading the dishwasher and the fiancee unloading it. Came a time when she was having a crunch at work, and hadn't unloaded for a couple of days.....and ants had found their way through the condensation weep holes of the kitchen window into the dishes in the kitchen sink. So I unloaded the dishwasher and loaded it with dishes that had enough ants to star in an Indiana Jones movie. I figured they'd all get parboiled and go down the drain.
Well, no. This one got baked onto the bottom of a beer glass. Obviously, I can't tell whether he was dried on before being washed, or squirted up there during the process of washing.....but he was on there when the dishwasher went into its drying cycle, and stuck fast. I tend to check the glasses I pull from the cabinet for a haze across the bottom, which sends them to rewash after brushing.....but I didn't check every edge for attached ant mummies.
It's probably a statistical thing -- there were most likely 1,000+ ants in the "invasion load". Even if 99-44/100% of them went down the drain, that's still five of them that ended up elsewhere.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 27, 2016 02:07 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Epobirs at March 27, 2016 02:10 AM (IdCqF)
Posted by: Infidel at March 27, 2016 02:10 AM (+kSxm)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 27, 2016 02:14 AM (A/3fN)
Washed my face & flushed my eyes, but I think that's my cue to close the eyes for the night.
Good night, y'all.
Posted by: mindful webworker - 20 Years on the Web at March 27, 2016 02:14 AM (7imgO)
So will there be any jobs at all remaining for teenagers in CA and anywhere else stupid enough to raise min. wage? And how many other part-time jobs will become unsustainable (note: this is the proper use of the word)?
Thought I saw that already, well before full impact, Seattle was showing a noticeable drop in certain kinds of employment, while neighboring counties were seeing the opposite.
Sorry for even pretending to act as though there were any sense, rule of law, or sense of fairness left in America - it's just habit that makes me react. Inertial thing. Fading with time. Soon probably to be completely gone.
Posted by: rhomboid at March 27, 2016 01:58 AM (QDnY+)
I'd thrown it out there a few ONT's back, but one of our authors should pen a dystopia where the only remaining entry-level jobs left are off-the-books sexworkers. Only after a couple of years of that can someone get a job pushing a broom....
Posted by: cthulhu at March 27, 2016 02:17 AM (EzgxV)
532 A good source of healthful formic acid.
Posted by: Epobirs at March 27, 2016 02:10 AM (IdCqF)
Indeed.
*Zot* *Zot* *Zot*
[j/k -- I went to UCSB, not UCI]
Posted by: cthulhu at March 27, 2016 02:21 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: cthulhu
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That's just extra protein.
Posted by: Naked & Afraid at March 27, 2016 02:29 AM (idmwx)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at March 27, 2016 02:35 AM (VdICR)
'Morning, Horde.
Posted by: creeper at March 27, 2016 02:42 AM (CL5j3)
'Morning, Horde.
Posted by: creeper at March 27, 2016 02:42 AM (CL5j3)
Bah, humbug.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thiTa8wfZsc
Posted by: cthulhu at March 27, 2016 02:50 AM (EzgxV)
I feel like tv and radio people have the same problem, having to provide hours of content every week. They have people who vet everything, and distill it into digestible bits. The brain doesn't get a workout when the bullshit detector only goes between 0% and 100%. I feel like Ben Shapiro being duped by that woman requires an explanation.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at March 27, 2016 02:51 AM (VdICR)
Are you talking about Fields?
Good Morning everyone.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Evil Social Conservative at March 27, 2016 02:58 AM (WVsWD)
Massive unemployment was a subplot in the recent Nick Cole indie novel 'CTRL-ALT-REVOLT.' One of the main characters, born with severe disabilities, is desperate for any kind of real work solely for purposes of maintaining her self-worth. The government provides a basic survival stipend, which only means one can scrape by in misery.
Posted by: Epobirs at March 27, 2016 03:24 AM (IdCqF)
Posted by: creeper at March 27, 2016 03:25 AM (CL5j3)
I don't think Shapiro was duped at all. The Trump lackey was being a jerk but the story was so badly reported that the video was interpreted as nothing happening at all, and her own employer was so conflicted about the matter they badly dropped the ball.
An exodus from Breitbart has been building for a while, just waiting for a trigger. The trigger can just as easily be a tempest in a teapot if enough of the players lose their heads and escalate matters.
This general madness has added greatly to my anxiety of late. I know everyone is hugely frustrated by the state of government but how can anyone who knows anything of Trump's history believe he is going to make anything better? Is this a secret LIB bid with Trump as the accelerant? I realize one cannot run on LIB openly but is there a secret handshake I can use to get the real story?
Posted by: Epobirs at March 27, 2016 03:31 AM (IdCqF)
187
The USS Barack Obama should have no guns or any other scary weapons.
It should only have loud speaker for broadcasting stern words and
soaring, nonsensical rhetoric at our enemies --- wait, do we have any
enemies now that he's made Iran and Cuba our bestest allies?
Posted by: Lizzy at March 26, 2016 09:46 PM (NOIQH)
And lots of telepromptersPosted by: TheQuietMan at March 26, 2016 09:48 PM (45oDG)
Powered by #hashtags and emojis
Posted by: As If I Cared (Now With Caps!) at March 27, 2016 03:37 AM (BK3ZS)
Posted by: creeper at March 27, 2016 03:25 AM (CL5j3)
What it flings is up to the operator. *BOOM*, *THUD*, and *BOING* are available with standard loads.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 27, 2016 03:39 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Epobirs at March 27, 2016 03:31 AM (IdCqF)
I went to college with Ben. I personally signed him up with the BRs. I'm inclined to believe him unless absolute proof states the contrary.
Posted by: The BR Hat at March 27, 2016 03:40 AM (vBeA5)
Posted by: tranny talk at March 27, 2016 03:45 AM (A53Ii)
re: the ant in the bottom of your beer glass, I'm sure it was clean as a whistle. A little protein is good for you.
Posted by: creeper at March 27, 2016 03:47 AM (CL5j3)
I've abandoned all talk of politics. Last I heard the number of "friends" had jumped to 8. I guess ya gotta keep busy somehow.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Evil Social Conservative at March 27, 2016 03:49 AM (WVsWD)
I need to figure out how to build a fusion reactor and some of those all-electric microwave drives that shouldn't work but keep passing tests...
Because I don't want to live on this planet anymore.
The state of the world's really harshing my mellow here. The whole planet's being turned into a prison and I just want out before the barred door slams shut forever.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 27, 2016 04:16 AM (HalrA)
Same here. I thought we had a great field going into this season, and this fucking gong show of a party has done everything wrong at every turn and blown it all to hell. All the Trump/Cruz feud has done is mortally wound both, and our trust for each other. Now we're going to have Hillary, immigrant invasions, and the inevitable collapse of Western civilization.
I hope God has mercy, because the rest of the world won't.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 27, 2016 04:19 AM (HalrA)
70
I'm not sure when the tradition of naming carriers after politicians
began, although I think the first named carrier was the USS Forrestal.
Before that, I believe that they were named after famous American
battles, ie: Lexington, Saratoga, Yorktown, Bunker Hill (actually a jeep
carrier, I don't think it was a fleet carrier). But then you had the
Hornet, Wasp, Franklin (named after FDR), Intrepid, and Enterprise.
Anyway, here is a list of US CVN's.
http://tinyurl.com/of6cp
Posted by: Old Blue at March 26, 2016 09:20 PM (9iR5/)
USS Randolph (CV/CVA/CVS-15) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy. The second US Navy ship to bear the name, she was named for Peyton Randolph, president of the First Continental Congress.
Posted by: As If I Cared (Now With Caps!) at March 27, 2016 04:24 AM (BK3ZS)
Like Rubes would have just sat on it?
Just think of it as good practice and Soul cleansing.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Evil Social Conservative at March 27, 2016 04:26 AM (WVsWD)
Yeah right.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Evil Social Conservative at March 27, 2016 04:30 AM (WVsWD)
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 27, 2016 04:30 AM (HalrA)
It's kind of hard to argue against pre ordination. What is the attraction to this fatalism that is so prevalent among a certain portion of the Horde?
Plenty of time to work out all the kinks here.
Trump/Cruz 2016.
Cruz/? 2020
I believe teh Donald would only want to serve one term. He is, afterall, nearing 70. Go out on top kind of thing.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Evil Social Conservative at March 27, 2016 04:43 AM (WVsWD)
Bern won all 3 Democrat primaries today...
What if both conventions go to a contested convention?
It'll pretty much destroy the credibility of the two-party system!
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 27, 2016 04:55 AM (HalrA)
Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2016 04:56 AM (fizMZ)
DDG-1000 USS ZUMWALT
DDG-1001 USS MICHAEL MONSOOR
DDG-1002 USS LYNDON B. JOHNSON
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Zumwalt
LBJ????????????? MR. "Silver Star"
http://tinyurl.com/ocvbtf2
Yahoo! Answers - http://tinyurl.com/zeljw5x
Q - When will the Navy commission a garbage scow named the USS Obama?
A - On most ships, the head is called the obama.
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