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EMT 3/26/16 [krakatoa]
So that was a week at the HQ, eh? Meltdowns, gratuitous insults, nut-punches, titty-twisters & general unpleasantness for everyone involved.
As Robert Brault* wisely said: If you can’t forgive and forget, pick one.
*No, I don't know him either. But the intertubes is full of wisdom.**
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Good morning horde
Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2016 05:03 AM (fizMZ)
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You know what you will get from Hildabeast., if you don't want that pick the other.
Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2016 05:06 AM (fizMZ)
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Spring fever! Go out and play.
Posted by: Lester at March 26, 2016 05:12 AM (2UPXV)
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Doesn't look like it's going to quiet down any time soon, OB.
Posted by: creeper at March 26, 2016 05:12 AM (CL5j3)
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Hildabeast's server guy was a political appointee in the IT department that doesn't get appointees. Pagliano's supervisor was Patrick Kenney
Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2016 05:12 AM (fizMZ)
Posted by: creeper at March 26, 2016 05:13 AM (CL5j3)
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Hildabeast's server guy was a political appointe...
Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2016 05:12 AM
So, this is the guy that flipped? Is he in witness protection yet living in a trailer in Shreveport? That is where they used to send the ones from Houston they were trying to hide.
Hildabeast's server guy was a political appointe...
Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2016 05:12 AM
So, this is the guy that flipped? Is he in witness protection yet living in a trailer in Shreveport? That is where they used to send the ones from Houston they were trying to hide.
Posted by: Lester at March 26, 2016 05:16 AM (2UPXV)
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I think I'm now with Ace. This latests stunt about Cruz has driven me over the edge. And I'm actually disgusted by myself when I consider who I'm aligning myself with. *sigh*
Posted by: Bayou City's iPad at March 26, 2016 05:19 AM (FPgcp)
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Idunno, Bayou City. It's beginning to look like the roots of this thing are in the Rubio campaign.
Posted by: creeper at March 26, 2016 05:22 AM (CL5j3)
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It is Holy Saturday.
Our Lord harrowed Hell this day.
Then He rose the next.
God bless the Horde.
Our Lord harrowed Hell this day.
Then He rose the next.
God bless the Horde.
Posted by: Sharkman at March 26, 2016 05:22 AM (QWtgr)
Posted by: Berkard Halimunt at March 26, 2016 05:22 AM (d7vRd)
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Just refreshing.
We died and I'll be fanned if I'm gonna pay $too for a new fancy fone. No refresh button on this one And tapping the number of the last comment seems to only work once.
We died and I'll be fanned if I'm gonna pay $too for a new fancy fone. No refresh button on this one And tapping the number of the last comment seems to only work once.
Posted by: teej at March 26, 2016 05:28 AM (Jvty4)
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We = S2.
Posted by: teej at March 26, 2016 05:29 AM (Jvty4)
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I don't know how you phone people do it. I can barely get something up with this honkin' desktop.
Posted by: creeper at March 26, 2016 05:29 AM (CL5j3)
Posted by: teej at March 26, 2016 05:31 AM (Jvty4)
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It ain't easy creeper.
Got a lot harder when all the posts went tiny print some months back. Old eyes and all.
Got a lot harder when all the posts went tiny print some months back. Old eyes and all.
Posted by: teej at March 26, 2016 05:33 AM (Jvty4)
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My former Kindle and this year Samsung tablet is the key to my HQ success. My complaint is my pore typing skills on a small keyboard with the machine changing whatever I write to whatever it wants.
Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2016 05:35 AM (fizMZ)
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J R
Posted by: teej at March 26, 2016 05:38 AM (Jvty4)
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My son gave me a ten-inch Samsung tablet a year ago. I can barely type anything on it. Now he wants me to switch to a 7" tablet. Hell, I can hardly see the tablet, much less the keys.
Posted by: creeper at March 26, 2016 05:39 AM (CL5j3)
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Why you not turn off autocollect?
Posted by: Hop Sing at March 26, 2016 05:40 AM (Dttnn)
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Time to make the donuts.
Posted by: Flaming Clown Boners at March 26, 2016 05:41 AM (JO9+V)
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I've got an iPad mini, and if you play with the font size it's much easier to use than my phone.
Posted by: antisocialist at March 26, 2016 05:41 AM (9n14Y)
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The Birchers were righteously purged from the Republican party and conservative movement.
It's time to take names and do the same with the Trumpkins, who fall into three categories:
1. Those on the take, be it ratings (Hannity, Limbaugh, Ingraham), bribery (Carson), or other personal gain.
2. Morally deficient, resentful people with psychopathic tendencies who'd intentionally harm the country as revenge for perceived slights.
3. The shallow, poorly informed Idiocracy crowd too heavily influenced by entertainment value, platitudes and the media.
Let them languish somewhere else. Stormfront, Infowars, TruTV... wherever. Not one of them deserve to have their opinion taken seriously ever again.
It's time to take names and do the same with the Trumpkins, who fall into three categories:
1. Those on the take, be it ratings (Hannity, Limbaugh, Ingraham), bribery (Carson), or other personal gain.
2. Morally deficient, resentful people with psychopathic tendencies who'd intentionally harm the country as revenge for perceived slights.
3. The shallow, poorly informed Idiocracy crowd too heavily influenced by entertainment value, platitudes and the media.
Let them languish somewhere else. Stormfront, Infowars, TruTV... wherever. Not one of them deserve to have their opinion taken seriously ever again.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at March 26, 2016 05:42 AM (KRwzj)
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I had the unfortunate duty to help my mother get a new phone last Saturday. 73 years old and wanted a smartphone. From a flipphone. Not ideal. But I have to say she is doing fine with it. Going over the basics with her for about a half hour and glory of all glories my two nieces, 15 and 12, show up to save the day, week, my sanity, you name it. Told them if they helped her learn it I would take them to the movies some time when they wanted. I have only been called once this week to run over there and turn her Bluetooth on as it was off somehow. They done good. Saved my ass because I was dreading the calls I would get.
Posted by: jsg at March 26, 2016 05:48 AM (eNNj8)
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HQ success?
Wouldn't know what that is.
The place was pretty good when I first came around 8 years ago. Ace was an east coast, establishment guy but at times seemed to be coming around little by little.
I've given up on that now. Pretty much the blog version of the tea vote on committee and no when it comes to the floor vote.
"See, I voted no on the bill."
Wouldn't know what that is.
The place was pretty good when I first came around 8 years ago. Ace was an east coast, establishment guy but at times seemed to be coming around little by little.
I've given up on that now. Pretty much the blog version of the tea vote on committee and no when it comes to the floor vote.
"See, I voted no on the bill."
Posted by: teej at March 26, 2016 05:49 AM (Jvty4)
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23 The Birchers were righteously purged from the Republican party and conservative movement.
It's time to take names and do the same with the Trumpkins, who fall into three categories:
1. Those on the take, be it ratings (Hannity, Limbaugh, Ingraham), bribery (Carson), or other personal gain.
2. Morally deficient, resentful people with psychopathic tendencies who'd intentionally harm the country as revenge for perceived slights.
3. The shallow, poorly informed Idiocracy crowd too heavily influenced by entertainment value, platitudes and the media.
Let them languish somewhere else. Stormfront, Infowars, TruTV... wherever. Not one of them deserve to have their opinion taken seriously ever again.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at March 26, 2016 05:42 AM (KRwzj)
sooo......
You're apparently totes ok with rampant illegal, undocumented immigrants sucking the life out of this country.
Totes fine with almost $19 trillion in debt, and unsustainable deficit.
Elected officials lying, cheating, and stealing to get elected and screw over, openly, the people who elected them.
And a political party that wants to use its base to get elected, but would rather have a new, "better" class of voters for them to abuse later...
Ummm, ok. No. Absolutely not.
I may be angry, but I'm motivated to vote not by my anger,
But my desire to facilitate change. Drastic, unmitigated change of the highest order.
Your insults are simply unbecoming.
It's time to take names and do the same with the Trumpkins, who fall into three categories:
1. Those on the take, be it ratings (Hannity, Limbaugh, Ingraham), bribery (Carson), or other personal gain.
2. Morally deficient, resentful people with psychopathic tendencies who'd intentionally harm the country as revenge for perceived slights.
3. The shallow, poorly informed Idiocracy crowd too heavily influenced by entertainment value, platitudes and the media.
Let them languish somewhere else. Stormfront, Infowars, TruTV... wherever. Not one of them deserve to have their opinion taken seriously ever again.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at March 26, 2016 05:42 AM (KRwzj)
sooo......
You're apparently totes ok with rampant illegal, undocumented immigrants sucking the life out of this country.
Totes fine with almost $19 trillion in debt, and unsustainable deficit.
Elected officials lying, cheating, and stealing to get elected and screw over, openly, the people who elected them.
And a political party that wants to use its base to get elected, but would rather have a new, "better" class of voters for them to abuse later...
Ummm, ok. No. Absolutely not.
I may be angry, but I'm motivated to vote not by my anger,
But my desire to facilitate change. Drastic, unmitigated change of the highest order.
Your insults are simply unbecoming.
Posted by: Bitter Jamie Farr at March 26, 2016 05:50 AM (qYDgA)
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More nut punches than Jackass 3D,,,,,,
Posted by: Dogbert at March 26, 2016 05:50 AM (fz1Nv)
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Of all the horrors of a horrifying week of horrors, the most horrific was the suggestion of voting for Hillary Clinton.
It would be less horrifying to discuss whether babies taste better if you boil them live like lobsters of if you assfuck them to death before frying them up with butter and garlic.
It would be less horrifying to discuss whether babies taste better if you boil them live like lobsters of if you assfuck them to death before frying them up with butter and garlic.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 26, 2016 05:53 AM (QHgTq)
Posted by: Nikkolai at March 26, 2016 05:54 AM (aEfC9)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at March 26, 2016 05:54 AM (Qsyxq)
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Can't we all just get along?
Posted by: Rodney King, beating a Korean shopkeeper's head in with a tire iron at March 26, 2016 05:54 AM (QWtgr)
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I'm still pulling the R lever. Nobody or nothing on the D column can change that.
Posted by: CSMBigBird at March 26, 2016 05:54 AM (xInes)
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yes turned into tea?
I give up.
Besides, the idiocy has shown up.
Rightously purged?
Yeah, those guys were so totally wrong about communists (in todays vernacular, new world order globalists) being all up in our govt.
Later.
I give up.
Besides, the idiocy has shown up.
Rightously purged?
Yeah, those guys were so totally wrong about communists (in todays vernacular, new world order globalists) being all up in our govt.
Later.
Posted by: teej at March 26, 2016 05:54 AM (Jvty4)
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Hollowpoint
I expect you are furiously composing a response that feel is witty and cutting.
It isn't.
Frankly, you sound like a petulant teenager going through puberty instead of a mature poster in this smart military blog.
The decisiveness you seek to inspire is lost on most of the good people here, who are for free speech and thought.
You clearly do not feel we have a right to those freedoms, only you?
Again, ummmm. No.
You can argue with yourself, I think, cause I'm out too.
I expect you are furiously composing a response that feel is witty and cutting.
It isn't.
Frankly, you sound like a petulant teenager going through puberty instead of a mature poster in this smart military blog.
The decisiveness you seek to inspire is lost on most of the good people here, who are for free speech and thought.
You clearly do not feel we have a right to those freedoms, only you?
Again, ummmm. No.
You can argue with yourself, I think, cause I'm out too.
Posted by: Bitter Jamie Farr at March 26, 2016 06:00 AM (qYDgA)
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Morning, all.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 26, 2016 06:00 AM (9ym/8)
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jsg, that story reminds me of the time my 6 year old niece showed my Dad how to use a mouse for the first time.
Photo Gold
Photo Gold
Posted by: Sharkman at March 26, 2016 06:02 AM (QWtgr)
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DAY 1,236
227 to go (300 to Inauguration Day )
Muzzies, Marxists, Maoists, Mau-Maus, MFM's, Moochelle, Mao-suits, McCain's, McConnell's, Mario's, Mahdi megatons, machiavellian Mississippi mudslingers, McAuliffe's, Maduro's, MIRV's, Mexifornians, McKesson's, Mizzou malefactors, mewling mattress-myth manufacturers, marriage maimers, menacing Mozillan 'mo's, Myrmidons, Mugwumps, Monrovian microbes, mutants, malcontents, malthusians, maniacs, malignant medical mandates, martial law, miscreants, microaggressors, minions, maladjusted masochistic multiculturalists, momzers, mamalukes, mooks, mopes, mariuoli, meeskeits, maricons, marauders, malodorous militants, menstruating mons veneri, malfunctioning Moron microsites and miscellaneous meshugas notwithstanding.
DAY 1,236
227 to go (300 to Inauguration Day )
Muzzies, Marxists, Maoists, Mau-Maus, MFM's, Moochelle, Mao-suits, McCain's, McConnell's, Mario's, Mahdi megatons, machiavellian Mississippi mudslingers, McAuliffe's, Maduro's, MIRV's, Mexifornians, McKesson's, Mizzou malefactors, mewling mattress-myth manufacturers, marriage maimers, menacing Mozillan 'mo's, Myrmidons, Mugwumps, Monrovian microbes, mutants, malcontents, malthusians, maniacs, malignant medical mandates, martial law, miscreants, microaggressors, minions, maladjusted masochistic multiculturalists, momzers, mamalukes, mooks, mopes, mariuoli, meeskeits, maricons, marauders, malodorous militants, menstruating mons veneri, malfunctioning Moron microsites and miscellaneous meshugas notwithstanding.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 26, 2016 06:04 AM (p4UlV)
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I feel like a million.
A million pieces of shit. Sick as a dog. Off to bed. See you later, if I live.
I feel like a million.
A million pieces of shit. Sick as a dog. Off to bed. See you later, if I live.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 26, 2016 06:05 AM (p4UlV)
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Take care JJ, take in lots of fluids
Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2016 06:07 AM (fizMZ)
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Creeper, I realize that the roots of the nasty rumors came from Rube's fanboys, but still, Trumps minions are repeating them. And I remember very well who, between the Trump and Cruz campaigns went into the gutter first.
Posted by: Bayou City's iPad at March 26, 2016 06:07 AM (FPgcp)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 26, 2016 06:08 AM (9ym/8)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 26, 2016 06:08 AM (u82oZ)
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Amano, head of IAEA, says the jihadi probably have the knowledge and ability to produce a dirty bomb already.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 26, 2016 06:09 AM (hGM88)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 26, 2016 06:13 AM (u82oZ)
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Photo Gold
Posted by: Sharkman at March 26, 2016 06:02 AM (QWtgr)
Heh. I do have a picture of them, one neice with mom looking at the phone while the other neice is texting from the other side of the kitchen island. Sent it to my sister telling her she raised them right. Texted me back warning me they'll game my ass if I'm not careful and just buy them passes ha.
Posted by: Sharkman at March 26, 2016 06:02 AM (QWtgr)
Heh. I do have a picture of them, one neice with mom looking at the phone while the other neice is texting from the other side of the kitchen island. Sent it to my sister telling her she raised them right. Texted me back warning me they'll game my ass if I'm not careful and just buy them passes ha.
Posted by: jsg at March 26, 2016 06:15 AM (eNNj8)
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Puts a chill on what one might wish to say. For fear it will "trigger" someone's negative/violent reaction when there was no intent to.
I always felt we could discuss anything here without too much sturm and drang.
I guess I was wrong.
Now I pretty much keep quiet.
I always felt we could discuss anything here without too much sturm and drang.
I guess I was wrong.
Now I pretty much keep quiet.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 26, 2016 06:18 AM (Xo1Rt)
Posted by: Flaming Clown Boners at March 26, 2016 06:18 AM (JO9+V)
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Hang in there JJ only 300 days until brand spanking new fresh hell.
Posted by: freaked at March 26, 2016 06:22 AM (BO/km)
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JJ, my stepfather was a doctor. His prescription for you would be "a double shot of Scotch and go to bed."
Posted by: creeper at March 26, 2016 06:22 AM (CL5j3)
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I've got to go languish elsewhere today. See yall tonight on the pet thread. Maybe my pups will be on there...
Posted by: freaked at March 26, 2016 06:25 AM (BO/km)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 26, 2016 06:26 AM (gUoN4)
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At Bloomberg a commentary by Jean-Michel Paul on the sad state of Belgium, 1 page and is worth reading.
Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2016 06:30 AM (fizMZ)
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'Morning, sock_rat_eez. Tread lightly.
Posted by: creeper at March 26, 2016 06:30 AM (CL5j3)
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Posted by: Hollowpoint at March 26, 2016 05:42 AM (KRwzj)
Dim appears to have hit the milk-plus a little early.
Dim appears to have hit the milk-plus a little early.
Posted by: jwest at March 26, 2016 06:31 AM (Zs4uk)
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creeper would that be single malt or blend? Asking just in case.
Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2016 06:31 AM (fizMZ)
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"Now I pretty much keep quiet."
B.C., I stay out of a lotta threads but when I do come in I just try to have fun and turn on the "Ignore" function.
B.C., I stay out of a lotta threads but when I do come in I just try to have fun and turn on the "Ignore" function.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 26, 2016 06:32 AM (9ym/8)
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G'mornin' Horde!
Not planning to stay very long this morning as I have an "A" meeting to get ready for that I really need this morning. Just claiming my seat, and whatnot.
I'll only drop-in to say for myself
1) The Birchers, though they could be a very difficult bunch at times, were largely right about Commies, the path of history, etc.
2) I'm not supporting The Witch, but I'm not voting for the hairpiece either. They're both NY liberals, no "choice" at all, only I fear Trump might actually be - and I can hardly believe I'm going to type this - worse than the Witch. May not be rational, but there it is
3) ace was perfectly correct yesterday when he said (paraphrasing) that we need to stop fighting over something that's already gone and not coming back and start to fight about what's next. I've been in that camp since Oct 2012 when it became obvious that Mittens was mailing-in the campaign he had won with the first debate and The JEF was going to be reelected. The USA as we know or remember it was done, gone, finished, never coming back.
Cripes, I need a shower. Later Horde. Have fun storming the castle.
Not planning to stay very long this morning as I have an "A" meeting to get ready for that I really need this morning. Just claiming my seat, and whatnot.
I'll only drop-in to say for myself
1) The Birchers, though they could be a very difficult bunch at times, were largely right about Commies, the path of history, etc.
2) I'm not supporting The Witch, but I'm not voting for the hairpiece either. They're both NY liberals, no "choice" at all, only I fear Trump might actually be - and I can hardly believe I'm going to type this - worse than the Witch. May not be rational, but there it is
3) ace was perfectly correct yesterday when he said (paraphrasing) that we need to stop fighting over something that's already gone and not coming back and start to fight about what's next. I've been in that camp since Oct 2012 when it became obvious that Mittens was mailing-in the campaign he had won with the first debate and The JEF was going to be reelected. The USA as we know or remember it was done, gone, finished, never coming back.
Cripes, I need a shower. Later Horde. Have fun storming the castle.
Posted by: DocJ at March 26, 2016 06:33 AM (5Nr9V)
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You know what I want to know is how is Amazon going to prevent their drone deliveries from being hijacked?
Seems to me to be a trivial exercise in tracking a drone and seizing the drone and package when it hovers for delivery.
I'm surely missing something because they couldn't possibly be that stupid they haven't thought of how to prevent that.
But how could it be less expensive?
Seems to me to be a trivial exercise in tracking a drone and seizing the drone and package when it hovers for delivery.
I'm surely missing something because they couldn't possibly be that stupid they haven't thought of how to prevent that.
But how could it be less expensive?
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 26, 2016 06:33 AM (Xo1Rt)
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Oh and JJ - feel better. Spring colds are pretty awful especially if you have seasonal allergies. Been there, puked that.
Posted by: DocJ at March 26, 2016 06:34 AM (5Nr9V)
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"A double shot of Scotch and go to bed" is a perfect prescription for common maladies such as days ending in "y"....
Double it during election years; don't stop this year until your BAC reads "Boris Yeltsin"....
Double it during election years; don't stop this year until your BAC reads "Boris Yeltsin"....
Posted by: Jenk at March 26, 2016 06:34 AM (OtryE)
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Ricardo Kill
Yeah, it used to be fun to come here and dive into a stream of consciousness riff.
Felt like I was part of something bigger and better than just me.
Now? Not so much.
Not pointing any fingers either. It's just a tone and attitude I find chilling.
Yeah, it used to be fun to come here and dive into a stream of consciousness riff.
Felt like I was part of something bigger and better than just me.
Now? Not so much.
Not pointing any fingers either. It's just a tone and attitude I find chilling.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 26, 2016 06:35 AM (Xo1Rt)
Posted by: Golfman at March 26, 2016 06:36 AM (SqQ3W)
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I suspect Drone delivery will go just as any military operation would, planing then execute and find the planing didn't survive the first 5 minutes.
Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2016 06:37 AM (fizMZ)
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Actually, commenting has helped deburr some of my rough edges.
I used to be a lot quicker on the draw at some suspected slight.
I learned patience in my last job and here I was learning to think before I spoke.
And tried to be careful exactly how I said what I said.
Now those boundaries are not so clear.
*sigh* Everything changes. Nothing stays the same.
I used to be a lot quicker on the draw at some suspected slight.
I learned patience in my last job and here I was learning to think before I spoke.
And tried to be careful exactly how I said what I said.
Now those boundaries are not so clear.
*sigh* Everything changes. Nothing stays the same.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 26, 2016 06:38 AM (Xo1Rt)
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> So now many of the horde are actively backing Hillary?
Well, a bunch seem to be backing one of her big supporters... Who's also guaranteed to hand her the general election.
Well, a bunch seem to be backing one of her big supporters... Who's also guaranteed to hand her the general election.
Posted by: someone at March 26, 2016 06:40 AM (04yCz)
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"And tried to be careful exactly how I said what I said.
Now those boundaries are not so clear."
I work under the presumption that everyone here is a big boy/girl and can make up there own mind. Don't need me or anyone else campaigning or chastising or accusing or insulting them.
Things have a way or working themselves out.
Now those boundaries are not so clear."
I work under the presumption that everyone here is a big boy/girl and can make up there own mind. Don't need me or anyone else campaigning or chastising or accusing or insulting them.
Things have a way or working themselves out.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 26, 2016 06:43 AM (9ym/8)
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Chilling is exactly the word.
"Everything changes. Nothing stays the same."
But there was once a blessed time when once in a while there could be a change for the better. Not sure when that changed .....
"Everything changes. Nothing stays the same."
But there was once a blessed time when once in a while there could be a change for the better. Not sure when that changed .....
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 26, 2016 06:43 AM (gUoN4)
Posted by: The Wolf Who Cried Boy at March 26, 2016 06:47 AM (Ndje9)
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Good morning everyone. JJ, hope you feel better soon. Did you ever find the cause of your tummy trouble a week or so ago?
I'm happy this morning because my daughter and her friend arrived safely in Spain this morning. Now I only have 8 more days of pins and needles until they get home. They were supposed to go to Belgium for a few days (they have a college friend in grad school in Antwerp) but that's out now. Thank God for iMessage and FaceTime so I can keep track of them.
I'm happy this morning because my daughter and her friend arrived safely in Spain this morning. Now I only have 8 more days of pins and needles until they get home. They were supposed to go to Belgium for a few days (they have a college friend in grad school in Antwerp) but that's out now. Thank God for iMessage and FaceTime so I can keep track of them.
Posted by: bluebell at March 26, 2016 06:47 AM (2WwbN)
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It's fun watching him do that with those stubby little fingeroidal thingies (ducks)....
Posted by: Jenk at March 26, 2016 06:48 AM (OtryE)
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Meltdowns, gratuitous insults, nut-punches, titty-twisters & general unpleasantness for everyone involved.
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You forgot raucous wedgies.
J.J., if you're still around, I hope you get to feeling better soon. And that your tummy troubles from a couple weeks ago have cleared up.
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You forgot raucous wedgies.
J.J., if you're still around, I hope you get to feeling better soon. And that your tummy troubles from a couple weeks ago have cleared up.
Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at March 26, 2016 06:51 AM (pVkEV)
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"I'm happy this morning because my daughter and her friend arrived safely in Spain this morning."
Thoughts for them. Love to see the place myself before it's completely a "no-go" area.
Good on them.
Thoughts for them. Love to see the place myself before it's completely a "no-go" area.
Good on them.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 26, 2016 06:52 AM (9ym/8)
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NR history or Teddy Roosevelt and Taft Republican primary in 1912, the parallels are striking.
Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2016 06:52 AM (fizMZ)
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I have a very successful half sister that's making the rest of us look bad. She's 28 and just got hired by Baylor Univ. as an Onocology Pharmacologist. Actually, she's been interviewing all over the country and got 6 offers. She is not your typical milennial who got a degree in feminist thumb-sucking and can't figure out why they can't get hired.
Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at March 26, 2016 06:55 AM (pVkEV)
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Thanks, RK. She's 22 and it's her first time abroad. Another girl was supposed to go with them but after the bombing in Brussels her parents (and she) freaked out and pulled out. When we took them to the airport yesterday I gave them both copies of a St. Joseph prayer that is supposed to protect them from a violent or unexpected death, among other things, and told them to keep that on their persons at all times. She also follows Drudge and Fox News on Twitter (did I raise her right?!) so I know she'll stay informed. Me, I'll just be praying them through each day back here at home :-).
Posted by: bluebell at March 26, 2016 06:57 AM (2WwbN)
Posted by: Kasich the Barbarian, Son of Mailman at March 26, 2016 06:58 AM (iynDC)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 26, 2016 06:59 AM (9ym/8)
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Not a troll, but disturbed...and disturbing.
Posted by: Nikkolai at March 26, 2016 06:59 AM (aEfC9)
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Wow, Lady, good for your sister! I've got a niece who is a freshman at Baylor - nice environment there. There are a lot of great millennial out there - I've got five of them and the two who are out of college are hard workers and have great jobs. The other three are coming along nicely as well. There is hope.
Posted by: bluebell at March 26, 2016 07:00 AM (2WwbN)
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RK, ha! A Northern Virginian! Virginia bluebells, not Texas bluebonnets.
Posted by: bluebell at March 26, 2016 07:01 AM (2WwbN)
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"Dim appears to have hit the milk-plus a little early.
Posted by: jwest at March 26, 2016 06:31 AM (Zs4uk)"
Is that the stuff with the synthemesc or with the knives to sharpen you up?
Posted by: jwest at March 26, 2016 06:31 AM (Zs4uk)"
Is that the stuff with the synthemesc or with the knives to sharpen you up?
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 26, 2016 07:01 AM (QHgTq)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 26, 2016 07:02 AM (9ym/8)
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RK, it is not an insult to be mistaken for a Texican, I assure you.
Posted by: bluebell at March 26, 2016 07:04 AM (2WwbN)
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There are a TON of Northern Virginians here.
Posted by: Weasel at March 26, 2016 07:04 AM (GjigR)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 26, 2016 07:06 AM (u82oZ)
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Mini submarine carrying 5.5 tons of cocaine worth $200 million was intercepted by Texas officials after traveling from the 'Eastern Pacific Ocean'
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I wonder how much the sub cost? There have been a couple of 20 ton seizures, too. Might be business as usual or they have really ramped up the importing business.
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I wonder how much the sub cost? There have been a couple of 20 ton seizures, too. Might be business as usual or they have really ramped up the importing business.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at March 26, 2016 07:06 AM (iQIUe)
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Weasel, I know - and it does my heart good to see that. We have a bad rap being from the PRNV but I see more and more Don't Tread on Me license plates every day around here.
Posted by: bluebell at March 26, 2016 07:07 AM (2WwbN)
Posted by: rickl at March 26, 2016 07:08 AM (sdi6R)
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NaCly Dog, we're in Reston!!! It's not so bad here, really. Hope you are well in Kansas - been to the Wizard of Oz museum? We loved it!
Posted by: bluebell at March 26, 2016 07:08 AM (2WwbN)
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"I left Reston for a better place in Kansas."
I visited Reston once when I worked for a certain telecom company that took over another certain telecom company. Was really surprised flying in at the looming mountains in the West. Pretty.
I visited Reston once when I worked for a certain telecom company that took over another certain telecom company. Was really surprised flying in at the looming mountains in the West. Pretty.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 26, 2016 07:09 AM (9ym/8)
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Texas and Eastern Pacific Ocean!
Did the Panamanian authorities let the sub through the Panama Canal?
Did the Panamanian authorities let the sub through the Panama Canal?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 26, 2016 07:10 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 26, 2016 07:10 AM (9ym/8)
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Northern Virginia really is a beautiful place. I grew up here (not many can say that!). All the trees are in full flower right now and it's gorgeous outside. Two of my daughters have gone to school in those mountains.
Posted by: bluebell at March 26, 2016 07:11 AM (2WwbN)
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There was a time, back in the day, when Hefner could have fetched a nice price for Playboy.
Now, what with the Internet, he probably cannot give it away.
Now, what with the Internet, he probably cannot give it away.
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at March 26, 2016 07:13 AM (1ijHg)
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bluebell
The Oz Museum is in the next town over to the East.
I spent 20 years in Reston. I have lots of stories, like my time with the Greater Reston Republican Club.
Did 10 years as a Cluster President, and had two of my friends on the RA Board .
I still hate the Design Review Board with a murderous passion.
The Oz Museum is in the next town over to the East.
I spent 20 years in Reston. I have lots of stories, like my time with the Greater Reston Republican Club.
Did 10 years as a Cluster President, and had two of my friends on the RA Board .
I still hate the Design Review Board with a murderous passion.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 26, 2016 07:14 AM (u82oZ)
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"88
*peers in*
Is it safe?
Posted by: rickl at March 26, 2016 07:08 AM (sdi6R)"
Except for the Dremel Tool dentistry.
*peers in*
Is it safe?
Posted by: rickl at March 26, 2016 07:08 AM (sdi6R)"
Except for the Dremel Tool dentistry.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 26, 2016 07:14 AM (QHgTq)
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Gary Johnson?
Posted by: Second look at third party at March 26, 2016 07:14 AM (ECupr)
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Great news, bluebell! Sounds like you have top notch offspring. I know there are millennials out there who have made it through the education system and are not totally screwed up basket cases. It's comforting, even if I still wish academia to burn to the ground as it now exists.
Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at March 26, 2016 07:14 AM (pVkEV)
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Ah, the Harrowing of Hell. That's right, feel the hate. Let it flow thru you.
And you too can join forces with the Establishment.
And you too can join forces with the Establishment.
Posted by: Fritz at March 26, 2016 07:14 AM (UzPAd)
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I'm currently a NoVA hostage. They are only holding us for one more year...I hope. 
Trying to talk my hubby into going to the Tidal Basin to see the cherry blossoms today.
Trying to talk my hubby into going to the Tidal Basin to see the cherry blossoms today. Posted by: no good deed at March 26, 2016 07:15 AM (GgxVX)
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bluebell
Going to River Bend Park at this time of the year is one of my favorite things. I have pictures of the VA bluebells surrounding me.
Going to River Bend Park at this time of the year is one of my favorite things. I have pictures of the VA bluebells surrounding me.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 26, 2016 07:16 AM (u82oZ)
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Minisub from Pacific to Texas? IT CAME THRU THE PANAMA CANAL!??
Well it's either that or a portage by the Voya-Jooo. "Around the Horn" cocaine?
I'm going to start calling the Admin's terror-naming conventions "Summer Breeze."
Because it's always Jim "ISIL and DASH" Crofts.
Well it's either that or a portage by the Voya-Jooo. "Around the Horn" cocaine?
I'm going to start calling the Admin's terror-naming conventions "Summer Breeze."
Because it's always Jim "ISIL and DASH" Crofts.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 26, 2016 07:17 AM (xq1UY)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 26, 2016 07:17 AM (9ym/8)
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Primary ain't over, so it ain't a binary choice yet. Lotta folks getting worked up over an outcome that ain't been decided just yet.
It ain't DJT v HRC yet. He ain't cleared the bar and after the past few days he may never get there.
Still time for TC v the Shrew.
It ain't DJT v HRC yet. He ain't cleared the bar and after the past few days he may never get there.
Still time for TC v the Shrew.
Posted by: flashoverride at March 26, 2016 07:17 AM (Pw6wN)
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NaCly Dog, ah yes, the beloved RA DRB. We were under their thumb for our first house in Reston. We were smart enough to make sure we were out of the RA for our second house. My husband was conned into being a board member for our first HOA.
We probably have friends in common. Perhaps I've seen you outside our polling place handing out sample Repub ballots. Once I marched up to Ken Plum and told him off for supporting abortion. His eyes glazed over and he said thank you for expressing your opinion. Jerk.
We probably have friends in common. Perhaps I've seen you outside our polling place handing out sample Repub ballots. Once I marched up to Ken Plum and told him off for supporting abortion. His eyes glazed over and he said thank you for expressing your opinion. Jerk.
Posted by: bluebell at March 26, 2016 07:18 AM (2WwbN)
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Last year the BLM assholes attempted to disrupt a black church service on Easter. It did not go off as planned. The church elders got word and took all their buses and vans and created a blockade around the church. The men went and confronted the assholes outside and told them they were not coming inside. The BLMs were pissed off and defeated.
Who in their right mind thinks its okay to disrupt Easter services?
Who in their right mind thinks its okay to disrupt Easter services?
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at March 26, 2016 07:19 AM (iQIUe)
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"91
Texas and Eastern Pacific Ocean!
Did the Panamanian authorities let the sub through the Panama Canal?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 26, 2016 07:10 AM (u82oZ)"
Either that or the Lone Star Imperial Panzer Legions have completed their campaign of conquest and reached the Pacific Ocean.
Texas and Eastern Pacific Ocean!
Did the Panamanian authorities let the sub through the Panama Canal?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 26, 2016 07:10 AM (u82oZ)"
Either that or the Lone Star Imperial Panzer Legions have completed their campaign of conquest and reached the Pacific Ocean.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 26, 2016 07:19 AM (QHgTq)
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River Bend is beautiful, we go there often, and always to see the bluebells in bloom. Second most prolific bluebell place behind Cub Run. They are usually at peak bloom in mid-April. Balm for the soul after wrestling with our taxes.
Posted by: bluebell at March 26, 2016 07:21 AM (2WwbN)
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Let them languish somewhere else. Stormfront, Infowars, TruTV... wherever. Not one of them deserve to have their opinion taken seriously ever again.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at March 26, 2016 05:42 AM (KRwzj)
Hillary is that you?......Say hi to Hummer to for me.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at March 26, 2016 05:42 AM (KRwzj)
Hillary is that you?......Say hi to Hummer to for me.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 26, 2016 07:21 AM (ej1L0)
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Semi-submersible cargo barges were all the rage on the Great Lakes, hunnert-n-some years ago. They didn't wallow so much in swells. Trains of them were chained together abaft a tug, through built-in hawser ports on their bow that looked like a porcine snout. Hence the epithet "Pig-boat" for all submarines.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 26, 2016 07:22 AM (xq1UY)
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no good deed, you should have gone at 5:30 am! Go now if you're planning to go today; it will be really crowded. But the cherry blossoms are so very beautiful. Haven't fought my way down to see them for a few years, but have lots of pictures from years past.
Posted by: bluebell at March 26, 2016 07:22 AM (2WwbN)
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A mini sub could be wheeled into a tractor trailer in a minute or two.
Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2016 07:24 AM (fizMZ)
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Stringer, I had forgotten that. Thank you.
Posted by: Jean at March 26, 2016 07:25 AM (NfOMi)
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I hope NGU is around; he was killing me yesterday with all those jokes. I needed to laugh, as we all do these days.
Posted by: bluebell at March 26, 2016 07:25 AM (2WwbN)
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My kiddos are on Spring Break next week. So, we may head up during the week, bluebell. I sense no enthusiasm for the idea today. LOL It's on my bucket list though.
Posted by: no good deed at March 26, 2016 07:25 AM (GgxVX)
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bluebell
We may indeed have friends and acquaintances in common. I lived in not so fashionable South Reston and later in the Uplands of North Reston.
I left a number of acquaintances behind in 2009 when I expressed my well-considered and loud opinion of pbho.
I go to the Restonian blog to keep up with what is happening in my old home town.
We may indeed have friends and acquaintances in common. I lived in not so fashionable South Reston and later in the Uplands of North Reston.
I left a number of acquaintances behind in 2009 when I expressed my well-considered and loud opinion of pbho.
I go to the Restonian blog to keep up with what is happening in my old home town.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 26, 2016 07:25 AM (u82oZ)
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"103
"Except for the Dremel Tool dentistry."
NGU's around...?
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 26, 2016 07:17 AM (9ym/
"
Actually a reference to the movie "Marathon Man" where the phrase "Is it safe?" takes on a particular significance.
"Except for the Dremel Tool dentistry."
NGU's around...?
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 26, 2016 07:17 AM (9ym/
"Actually a reference to the movie "Marathon Man" where the phrase "Is it safe?" takes on a particular significance.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 26, 2016 07:26 AM (QHgTq)
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Why do I suspect they sat on the news of the mini sub seizure so as to not make Obama's baseball game with the FARC terrorists uncomfortable?
Posted by: Jean at March 26, 2016 07:26 AM (NfOMi)
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"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)
Hannah Woolley, The Gentlewomans Companion (1673)
Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at March 26, 2016 07:29 AM (Cq0oW)
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107 Obnoxious A-Hole
Having Texas (less Austin) run Mexico as a colony would be a win-win for both groups of people. Discuss.
Having Texas (less Austin) run Mexico as a colony would be a win-win for both groups of people. Discuss.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 26, 2016 07:29 AM (u82oZ)
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It would be less horrifying to discuss whether babies taste better if you boil them live like lobsters of if you assfuck them to death before frying them up with butter and garlic.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 26, 2016 05:53 AM (QHgTq)
Ahem....when boiled the street term is "Ghetto Lobster".
ISIS probably has the second one coming soon sans the garlic and butter but add cuscus.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 26, 2016 05:53 AM (QHgTq)
Ahem....when boiled the street term is "Ghetto Lobster".
ISIS probably has the second one coming soon sans the garlic and butter but add cuscus.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 26, 2016 07:29 AM (ej1L0)
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Reston is like peaking thru the gate from east to West Berlin in the early 1960s, I live in Falls Church.
Posted by: Jean at March 26, 2016 07:30 AM (NfOMi)
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Skip, you are spoiling all the fun. We were just about to map the underground canal between the Brazos and the Colorado. Probably for the best: L.A. would then want "all" Texas' water.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 26, 2016 07:30 AM (xq1UY)
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Na Cly Dog, know all those places well and been to the baseball field and pool at Uplands countless times when my kids were younger. Love Restonian, he always makes me laugh. Some of his commenters are hilarious even if they are mostly libs.
Posted by: bluebell at March 26, 2016 07:30 AM (2WwbN)
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I'm not even sure what all of this refers to.
Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at March 26, 2016 07:30 AM (Cq0oW)
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Bigby, we will never be at a loss for sexual euphemisms again. Well played.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 26, 2016 07:31 AM (xq1UY)
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Jean - howdy, neighbor!
Posted by: bluebell at March 26, 2016 07:32 AM (2WwbN)
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Bluebell, have you been to one of the meets?
Posted by: Jean at March 26, 2016 07:33 AM (NfOMi)
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I think Hefner is hurting for cash. He lost his mind, too. He wants to sell the mansion for 200 mil (no way) while continuing to live on a couple of floors (really no way).
I think Hefner is hurting for cash. He lost his mind, too. He wants to sell the mansion for 200 mil (no way) while continuing to live on a couple of floors (really no way).
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at March 26, 2016 07:34 AM (iQIUe)
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Not one of them deserve to have their opinion taken seriously ever again.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at March 26, 2016 05:42 AM (KRwzj)
Look in the mirror, nitwit. Even when you are right, which you occasionally are, you as such an insufferable jerk, nobody around here cares what you have to say.
Go say it somewhere else.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at March 26, 2016 05:42 AM (KRwzj)
Look in the mirror, nitwit. Even when you are right, which you occasionally are, you as such an insufferable jerk, nobody around here cares what you have to say.
Go say it somewhere else.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 26, 2016 07:34 AM (Dj0WE)
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129
I think Hefner is hurting for cash. He lost his mind, too. He wants to sell the mansion for 200 mil (no way) while continuing to live on a couple of floors (really no way).
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at March 26, 2016 07:34 AM (iQIUe)
Reverse mortgage!
I think Hefner is hurting for cash. He lost his mind, too. He wants to sell the mansion for 200 mil (no way) while continuing to live on a couple of floors (really no way).
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at March 26, 2016 07:34 AM (iQIUe)
Reverse mortgage!
Posted by: @votermom at March 26, 2016 07:35 AM (nbrY/)
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we've got the kid watching the Rankin-Bass classic Easter Bunny is Coming to Town. But I have stuff to do.
Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at March 26, 2016 07:35 AM (Cq0oW)
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Jean, I have not. You?
Posted by: bluebell at March 26, 2016 07:36 AM (2WwbN)
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"I think Hefner is hurting for cash. He lost his mind, too. He wants to sell the mansion for 200 mil (no way)"
I thought he did sell it with an agreement that he could live in it until he died?
I'm sure hurting. Mag has gone downhill and the internet has killed his business model.
I thought he did sell it with an agreement that he could live in it until he died?
I'm sure hurting. Mag has gone downhill and the internet has killed his business model.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 26, 2016 07:36 AM (9ym/8)
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Having Texas (less Austin) run Mexico as a colony would be a win-win for both groups of people. Discuss.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
You've been talking to some Texicans, haven't you. 4 out of 5 "Hispanics" in these-year-ports are descended from Texian families. They think immigrants from Mexico City are awful snobs who thpeak Cathtilian.
IIRC this was the Confederate plan all along, starting about 1846.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
You've been talking to some Texicans, haven't you. 4 out of 5 "Hispanics" in these-year-ports are descended from Texian families. They think immigrants from Mexico City are awful snobs who thpeak Cathtilian.
IIRC this was the Confederate plan all along, starting about 1846.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 26, 2016 07:36 AM (xq1UY)
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I've fallen and I can't get up!
Posted by: Hugh Hefner at March 26, 2016 07:36 AM (Dttnn)
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Bernie Sanders is coming to this liberal university town tomorrow for a rally in an arena that seats 10,000. Last night, Chelsea Clinton drew about 100 to a field office down the road.
Jeung Bok Holmquist, 19, who is studying film at the University of Wisconsin.
She left still planning to vote for the Vermont senator in the state's April 5 primary. "He's a socialist. I'm into that," said Holmquist.
Of course you are snowflake. This election is for the taking because there is little enthusiasm for Hillary. But the Republicans need get their heads out of their asses fast.
Jeung Bok Holmquist, 19, who is studying film at the University of Wisconsin.
She left still planning to vote for the Vermont senator in the state's April 5 primary. "He's a socialist. I'm into that," said Holmquist.
Of course you are snowflake. This election is for the taking because there is little enthusiasm for Hillary. But the Republicans need get their heads out of their asses fast.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 26, 2016 07:37 AM (45oDG)
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Yard work today.
Posted by: Soona at March 26, 2016 07:37 AM (Fmupd)
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Is Twitter down?
Posted by: creeper at March 26, 2016 07:37 AM (CL5j3)
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105 bluebell
Ah yes, the toxic Reston politicians. Plum is crystallized stupid and Leftist.
Even though Bob Dix (R ) was a horrible person, he did great things and was fun to work with.
His successor Hudgins, not so much. My interactions with her have been uniformly negative. She has an ego / ability mismatch.
Ah yes, the toxic Reston politicians. Plum is crystallized stupid and Leftist.
Even though Bob Dix (R ) was a horrible person, he did great things and was fun to work with.
His successor Hudgins, not so much. My interactions with her have been uniformly negative. She has an ego / ability mismatch.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 26, 2016 07:37 AM (u82oZ)
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Can't we all just get along?
Posted by: vivi at March 26, 2016 07:37 AM (11H2y)
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There was a time, back in the day, when Hefner could have fetched a nice price for Playboy.
Now, what with the Internet, he probably cannot give it away.
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at March 26, 2016 07:13 AM (1ijHg)
I assume the logo is marketable for merchandising purposes. The magazine?
What's a magazine?
Now, what with the Internet, he probably cannot give it away.
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at March 26, 2016 07:13 AM (1ijHg)
I assume the logo is marketable for merchandising purposes. The magazine?
What's a magazine?
Posted by: BurtTC at March 26, 2016 07:38 AM (Dj0WE)
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at March 26, 2016 07:38 AM (Dttnn)
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No good deed - take your kids downtown really early. Like 5:30, when the subway opens. Take a picnic breakfast (muffins or something) and a blanket and sit on the grass under the cherry trees for a while. You will be surprised at how many people will be there at that time, but still less crowded than later in the day. The early morning light shows off the trees to their best advantage. Your kids will have fond memories of seeing them.
Posted by: bluebell at March 26, 2016 07:38 AM (2WwbN)
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"110
Semi-submersible cargo barges were all the rage on the Great Lakes,
hunnert-n-some years ago. They didn't wallow so much in swells. Trains
of them were chained together abaft a tug, through built-in hawser ports
on their bow that looked like a porcine snout. Hence the epithet
"Pig-boat" for all submarines.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 26, 2016 07:22 AM (xq1UY)"
I had never heard of these semi-submersible barges before. Do you have any links about them?
I had always thought that the term "pig boat" came from the bouquet of diesel, unwashed men and underwater toilets that did not function all that well which was confined in a closed steel tube and which permeated everything inside. The people living in it soon stopped noticing but when they first opened a hatch, other sailors on shore or on sub tenders would remark on the similarity to the odor down wind from a pig farm.
Semi-submersible cargo barges were all the rage on the Great Lakes,
hunnert-n-some years ago. They didn't wallow so much in swells. Trains
of them were chained together abaft a tug, through built-in hawser ports
on their bow that looked like a porcine snout. Hence the epithet
"Pig-boat" for all submarines.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 26, 2016 07:22 AM (xq1UY)"
I had never heard of these semi-submersible barges before. Do you have any links about them?
I had always thought that the term "pig boat" came from the bouquet of diesel, unwashed men and underwater toilets that did not function all that well which was confined in a closed steel tube and which permeated everything inside. The people living in it soon stopped noticing but when they first opened a hatch, other sailors on shore or on sub tenders would remark on the similarity to the odor down wind from a pig farm.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 26, 2016 07:39 AM (QHgTq)
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There are a TON of Northern Virginians here.
Posted by: Weasel at March 26, 2016 07:04 AM (GjigR)
Too true, sadly I still am counted in that number.
But I must caution you, according to "The AoS Style Manual, Revised Edition, April 2016", you need to specify if that is an Imperial or a metric F**k Ton!
Posted by: Weasel at March 26, 2016 07:04 AM (GjigR)
Too true, sadly I still am counted in that number.
But I must caution you, according to "The AoS Style Manual, Revised Edition, April 2016", you need to specify if that is an Imperial or a metric F**k Ton!
Posted by: Hrothgar at March 26, 2016 07:39 AM (wYnyS)
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Second to last episode of TWD this Sunday. Not a spoiler bc it is done in each season finale but expect a huge cliffhanger that you are expected to wait six months to resolve. That shit gets old.
Second to last episode of TWD this Sunday. Not a spoiler bc it is done in each season finale but expect a huge cliffhanger that you are expected to wait six months to resolve. That shit gets old.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at March 26, 2016 07:39 AM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 26, 2016 07:39 AM (9ym/8)
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I'm jonesing for a conspiracy theory. Anyone heard one lately?
Posted by: FireHorse at March 26, 2016 07:40 AM (kQ5yx)
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I would guess that there's never been quite such a dichotomy amongst the morons. Sure there's been disagreements about particulars but usually we're all on the same page or at least reading from the same book.
Now we seem to be in different libraries in different countries.
I don't mind disagreement so much. What I take to heart is being called some sort of evil demon because of who I appear to be supporting. I never saw that here before.
I've seen it at liberal sites amongst liberals and between liberals and conservatives.
Just not here before.
People have become too personally invested in their choice. And seem to think that they and only they have the correct take on it.
That's zealot country there. And zealots are a problem no matter where you find them.
My way or the highway is okay. But when it's my way or your dead or worthless scum, that's a bit too much for me.
Now we seem to be in different libraries in different countries.
I don't mind disagreement so much. What I take to heart is being called some sort of evil demon because of who I appear to be supporting. I never saw that here before.
I've seen it at liberal sites amongst liberals and between liberals and conservatives.
Just not here before.
People have become too personally invested in their choice. And seem to think that they and only they have the correct take on it.
That's zealot country there. And zealots are a problem no matter where you find them.
My way or the highway is okay. But when it's my way or your dead or worthless scum, that's a bit too much for me.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 26, 2016 07:40 AM (Xo1Rt)
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"But the Republicans need get their heads out of their asses fast."
That's not going to happen.
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at March 26, 2016 07:38 AM (Dttnn)
Yep! To do that, they'd have to be aware of where their heads are!
That's not going to happen.
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at March 26, 2016 07:38 AM (Dttnn)
Yep! To do that, they'd have to be aware of where their heads are!
Posted by: Hrothgar at March 26, 2016 07:40 AM (wYnyS)
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Hildabeast's server guy was a political appointe...
Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2016 05:12 AM
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All appts are political.
Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2016 05:12 AM
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All appts are political.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at March 26, 2016 07:40 AM (iQIUe)
153
" That shit gets old."
I still watch, mostly. But, the repetition really starts to wear on you after a while.
I still watch, mostly. But, the repetition really starts to wear on you after a while.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 26, 2016 07:41 AM (9ym/8)
154
Ah, ignore me. Bad link. Twitter's fine.
Posted by: creeper at March 26, 2016 07:41 AM (CL5j3)
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And if who I think would do the best, isn't on the ballot, I'm writing my choice in.
I won't actively vote for a Democrat (like such as William Krystol) and maybe my vote might mean she'll win but I'm not voting for a party anymore.
I'm going to vote for who I want in the job.
I won't actively vote for a Democrat (like such as William Krystol) and maybe my vote might mean she'll win but I'm not voting for a party anymore.
I'm going to vote for who I want in the job.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 26, 2016 07:41 AM (Xo1Rt)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 26, 2016 07:42 AM (9ym/8)
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His successor Hudgins, not so much. My interactions with her have been uniformly negative. She has an ego / ability mismatch.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 26, 2016 07:37 AM (u82oZ)
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Totally agree.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 26, 2016 07:37 AM (u82oZ)
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Totally agree.
Posted by: bluebell at March 26, 2016 07:43 AM (2WwbN)
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I still watch, mostly. But, the repetition really starts to wear on you after a while.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 26, 2016 07:41 AM (9ym/
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Walls of words.
I still watch, mostly. But, the repetition really starts to wear on you after a while.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 26, 2016 07:41 AM (9ym/
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Walls of words.
Posted by: Soona at March 26, 2016 07:43 AM (Fmupd)
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BitterClinger, that's what the write-in box is for. Right now there's a 50/50 chance I'll use it.
Posted by: creeper at March 26, 2016 07:43 AM (CL5j3)
160
Long ago a TV series would have 35-40 episodes in a season. I do hate TWD's split season schedule.
Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2016 07:43 AM (fizMZ)
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Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 26, 2016 07:40 AM (Xo1Rt)
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I agree but expect it to get much worse here. The tone is set from above and he is fine with that BS.
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I agree but expect it to get much worse here. The tone is set from above and he is fine with that BS.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at March 26, 2016 07:43 AM (iQIUe)
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135 Stringer Davis
I have a lot of colorful Texas relatives.
We have solutions to most problems, it's just self-serving stupidity at the top that precludes better living. Cue up an apropos Heinlein quote here.
I have a lot of colorful Texas relatives.
We have solutions to most problems, it's just self-serving stupidity at the top that precludes better living. Cue up an apropos Heinlein quote here.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 26, 2016 07:43 AM (u82oZ)
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I had a quick look at the Playboy business case. They do in fact make more from licensing the logo than from the entire publishing venture. When the family took it private about 5 years ago it cost them roughly $100 mil. A sale at the asking price would be wizardry. Maybe ComChin would pay that?
Some years ago, wife had to write a marketing case-study with proposals for a biz class. She pulled HefWorld out of the hat, and predicted that the bunny-ears would be worth more than the centerfold. I remember having to help decoupage that wabbit head onto a die-cast Nascar model. Things. Have changed.
Some years ago, wife had to write a marketing case-study with proposals for a biz class. She pulled HefWorld out of the hat, and predicted that the bunny-ears would be worth more than the centerfold. I remember having to help decoupage that wabbit head onto a die-cast Nascar model. Things. Have changed.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 26, 2016 07:44 AM (xq1UY)
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Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at March 26, 2016 07:43 AM (iQIUe)
ace keeps waving the red flag and then being shocked when the bull charges.
ace keeps waving the red flag and then being shocked when the bull charges.
Posted by: creeper at March 26, 2016 07:45 AM (CL5j3)
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"I won't actively vote for a Democrat (like such as William Krystol) and maybe my vote might mean she'll win but I'm not voting for a party anymore."
I'm in a similar place. I'll vote for Cruz if he's the nominee. Otherwise, fuck'em.
I'm in a similar place. I'll vote for Cruz if he's the nominee. Otherwise, fuck'em.
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at March 26, 2016 07:45 AM (Dttnn)
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My way or the highway is okay. But when it's my way or your dead or worthless scum, that's a bit too much for me.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 26, 2016 07:40 AM (Xo1Rt)
I think that many people are really scared because of where the country is due to the unholy cabal of Obama, the corporatists, the progressives, the worthless RINO scum establishment, and the media, As a result they're grabbing on to the gunwales of any lifeboat they see as offering perhaps the only chance to save themselves and the country. Makes them a bit desperate, and so...
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 26, 2016 07:40 AM (Xo1Rt)
I think that many people are really scared because of where the country is due to the unholy cabal of Obama, the corporatists, the progressives, the worthless RINO scum establishment, and the media, As a result they're grabbing on to the gunwales of any lifeboat they see as offering perhaps the only chance to save themselves and the country. Makes them a bit desperate, and so...
Posted by: Hrothgar at March 26, 2016 07:46 AM (wYnyS)
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My way or the highway is okay. But when it's my way or your dead or worthless scum, that's a bit too much for me.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 26, 2016 07:40 AM
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It still defies logic that you all don't support the same candidate that I support and that you don't cheer for the Denver Broncos and call yourselves "FireHorse" and break into your Easter baskets a day early and eat a dozen tiny Snickers for breakfast.
My working explanation (so far) is that you're not all me. In fact, I'm beginning to thing that none of you is me.
But that doesn't make any sense.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 26, 2016 07:40 AM
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It still defies logic that you all don't support the same candidate that I support and that you don't cheer for the Denver Broncos and call yourselves "FireHorse" and break into your Easter baskets a day early and eat a dozen tiny Snickers for breakfast.
My working explanation (so far) is that you're not all me. In fact, I'm beginning to thing that none of you is me.
But that doesn't make any sense.
Posted by: FireHorse at March 26, 2016 07:46 AM (kQ5yx)
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The election process is being destroyed before our very eyes. After it's gone, we have no more voice in DC.
Posted by: Soona at March 26, 2016 07:46 AM (Fmupd)
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Who in their right mind thinks its okay to disrupt Easter services?
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Leftists, of course. When you have no sense of propriety, and even if you did, you don't care because...agenda. Well, there ya go. They never have had any compunction when it comes to mayhem at others' expense. It's their MO.
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Leftists, of course. When you have no sense of propriety, and even if you did, you don't care because...agenda. Well, there ya go. They never have had any compunction when it comes to mayhem at others' expense. It's their MO.
Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at March 26, 2016 07:46 AM (pVkEV)
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I've written a couple over times about delegate voting. It seems you have to find out which delegate is supporting whom, mostly as a possible 2nd ballot. A Attica I saw yesterday pointed out Louisiana Ted might get more delegates than Trump although out voted by 3.something % just for this reason.
Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2016 07:47 AM (fizMZ)
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157 bluebell
It was wonderful chatting with you, bluebell. Chores await.
Prayers for your daughter's trip ascending.
May she marvel at the many great places, landscapes, and good people that yet remain in Europe, and have stories for a lifetime - in a good way.
It was wonderful chatting with you, bluebell. Chores await.
Prayers for your daughter's trip ascending.
May she marvel at the many great places, landscapes, and good people that yet remain in Europe, and have stories for a lifetime - in a good way.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 26, 2016 07:47 AM (u82oZ)
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"What's a magazine?
Posted by: BurtTC at March 26, 2016 07:38 AM (Dj0WE)"
It's the thing where the bullets go. Some people call it a clip.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 26, 2016 07:38 AM (Dj0WE)"
It's the thing where the bullets go. Some people call it a clip.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 26, 2016 07:48 AM (QHgTq)
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"I had a quick look at the Playboy business case."
I remember reading/hearing that Playboy magazine......just the magazine with subscribers and ads......was worth about $23 million in today's money. Nothing to do with Mansion, logo, etc.
I remember reading/hearing that Playboy magazine......just the magazine with subscribers and ads......was worth about $23 million in today's money. Nothing to do with Mansion, logo, etc.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 26, 2016 07:49 AM (9ym/8)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 26, 2016 07:49 AM (Xo1Rt)
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No. No. The bullets go in the bad guy.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 26, 2016 07:50 AM (Xo1Rt)
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Disrupting Easter services?
Leftists would be actually filling their religious obligations in their eyes.
Leftists would be actually filling their religious obligations in their eyes.
Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2016 07:50 AM (fizMZ)
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JFK was a space alien.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 26, 2016 07:42 AM
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How else would he have known that the moon landing could be pulled off within 10 years? He himself had the know-how!
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 26, 2016 07:42 AM
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How else would he have known that the moon landing could be pulled off within 10 years? He himself had the know-how!
Posted by: FireHorse at March 26, 2016 07:50 AM (kQ5yx)
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Let them languish somewhere else. Stormfront, Infowars, TruTV... wherever. Not one of them deserve to have their opinion taken seriously ever again.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at March 26, 2016 05:42 AM (KRwzj)
So you'd make the Republican Party a permanent minority party, eh? Good plan.
See, this is why I keep saying that most of the vitriol and name-calling that I see is coming from the anti-Trump people, not the pro-Trump people. Boom, stirring shit, right out of the box, unprovoked.
Ace must be reading different comments than I am if he thinks it's the other way around.
Let them languish somewhere else. Stormfront, Infowars, TruTV... wherever. Not one of them deserve to have their opinion taken seriously ever again.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at March 26, 2016 05:42 AM (KRwzj)
So you'd make the Republican Party a permanent minority party, eh? Good plan.
See, this is why I keep saying that most of the vitriol and name-calling that I see is coming from the anti-Trump people, not the pro-Trump people. Boom, stirring shit, right out of the box, unprovoked.
Ace must be reading different comments than I am if he thinks it's the other way around.
Posted by: rickl at March 26, 2016 07:51 AM (sdi6R)
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ace keeps waving the red flag and then being shocked when the bull charges.
Posted by: creeper at March 26, 2016 07:45 AM (CL5j3)
He's said multiple times this past week he is going to vote for Hillory. Which is proof enough that he's not operating at full capacity.
Frankly, I try to stay out of his path these days. It just seems pointless.
Posted by: creeper at March 26, 2016 07:45 AM (CL5j3)
He's said multiple times this past week he is going to vote for Hillory. Which is proof enough that he's not operating at full capacity.
Frankly, I try to stay out of his path these days. It just seems pointless.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 26, 2016 07:51 AM (Dj0WE)
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Laser sites are the bees knees.
Soooo cool. Too bad they don't work well in direct sunlight.
Finally found one for my 9mm that can still fit in the holster.
I feel like an Alliance Rebel now.
pew pew pew
Soooo cool. Too bad they don't work well in direct sunlight.
Finally found one for my 9mm that can still fit in the holster.
I feel like an Alliance Rebel now.
pew pew pew
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 26, 2016 07:52 AM (Xo1Rt)
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RK, ha! A Northern Virginian! Virginia bluebells, not Texas bluebonnets."
Trust me, they're called Blue Bells in Texas.
(Former Fairfaxian here)
Trust me, they're called Blue Bells in Texas.
(Former Fairfaxian here)
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at March 26, 2016 07:54 AM (C9pBZ)
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Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 26, 2016 07:22 AM (xq1UY)
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Fist bump for using the word "abaft", one of my favorites.
That and "baggywrinkle".
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Fist bump for using the word "abaft", one of my favorites.
That and "baggywrinkle".
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at March 26, 2016 07:54 AM (jR7Wy)
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May she marvel at the many great places, landscapes, and good people that yet remain in Europe, and have stories for a lifetime - in a good way.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 26, 2016 07:47 AM (u82oZ)
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Thanks, Salty! (Got tired of correcting my autocorrect.) It's been nice chatting with my fellow NV'ians, both former and present. Got to go make some Easter bread now. Blessed Easter to all!
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 26, 2016 07:47 AM (u82oZ)
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Thanks, Salty! (Got tired of correcting my autocorrect.) It's been nice chatting with my fellow NV'ians, both former and present. Got to go make some Easter bread now. Blessed Easter to all!
Posted by: bluebell at March 26, 2016 07:55 AM (2WwbN)
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"He's said multiple times this past week he is going to vote for Hillory."
He said he'd changed his mind about that.
Anyone who isn't feeling anger, frustration, and fear just isn't paying attention.
He said he'd changed his mind about that.
Anyone who isn't feeling anger, frustration, and fear just isn't paying attention.
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at March 26, 2016 07:55 AM (Dttnn)
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@145 Here's one. "Whaleback":
http://tinyurl.com/hnmgf5b
Hard as it may be to believe, the shape came first, the smell thing later.
http://tinyurl.com/hnmgf5b
Hard as it may be to believe, the shape came first, the smell thing later.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 26, 2016 07:55 AM (xq1UY)
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166 I think people are scared because there is no "good choice ". There's only varying degrees of bad ones. They see the nation as spinning out of control, and the only thing the powers that be concern themselves with is who's skroinking who and whose wife looks most like a swimsuit model. It's infuriating.
Posted by: antisocialist at March 26, 2016 07:56 AM (9n14Y)
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Anon, really? I didn't know that. My aunt, who lives in Texas, gave me a ceramic bell with a picture of blue flowers on it that says "Texas bluebonnets."
Posted by: bluebell at March 26, 2016 07:57 AM (2WwbN)
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Officer at a nuke plant in Brussells found dead and his security pass stolen. His pass has been revoked along with 7 others that work in the facility.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 26, 2016 07:57 AM (hGM88)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 26, 2016 07:58 AM (9ym/8)
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antisocialist- that seems to sum me up
Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2016 07:58 AM (fizMZ)
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The minute Obama was elected I said the country was on the road to civil war. I haven't changed my mind about that. Frankly, I'm surprised it's taken this long to get started.
Posted by: rickl at March 26, 2016 07:58 AM (sdi6R)
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I'm jonesing for a conspiracy theory. Anyone heard one lately?
Posted by: FireHorse at March 26, 2016 07:40 AM (kQ5yx)"
Here is my current favorite conspiracy theory:
Everybody knows that communist/socialist countries can never keep their people supplied with toilet paper. I don't know why this is but it seems to be a hard and fast rule as reliable as gravity.
A coworker of mine who grew up in a communist country said that toilet paper was never available in stores so people used newspaper.
Newspapers have seen the writing on the wall and they realize that people get their information from the internet and only old people read newspapers any more. As the old people die off, there will be no more market for newspapers.
That is why newspapers are all endorsing socialists and communists. When there is no more toilet paper, people will buy newspapers again.
I'm jonesing for a conspiracy theory. Anyone heard one lately?
Posted by: FireHorse at March 26, 2016 07:40 AM (kQ5yx)"
Here is my current favorite conspiracy theory:
Everybody knows that communist/socialist countries can never keep their people supplied with toilet paper. I don't know why this is but it seems to be a hard and fast rule as reliable as gravity.
A coworker of mine who grew up in a communist country said that toilet paper was never available in stores so people used newspaper.
Newspapers have seen the writing on the wall and they realize that people get their information from the internet and only old people read newspapers any more. As the old people die off, there will be no more market for newspapers.
That is why newspapers are all endorsing socialists and communists. When there is no more toilet paper, people will buy newspapers again.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 26, 2016 08:00 AM (QHgTq)
Posted by: ThunderB at March 26, 2016 08:00 AM (7+ALM)
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Not to nit pick (hah, of course I'm nit picking)
But abaft means aft of the beam. or on the stern quarter.
I would think you meant aft as most tugs will either push or pull a barge.
Sometimes you tie up alongside but not abaft as it makes it hard even for a harbor tug to steer.
(harbor tugs have swiveling screws or thrusters so as to be able to spin within their own length.)
having worked a harbor tug both on the Missippi and in New York harbor, I think I can speak with authority.
Although I had not heard that they had submersible barges on the Lakes. (and I also worked ore boats on Lake Michigan to Lake Superior run)
Or that that's why subs were called pig boats.
I too thought it was the smell.
Today's subs do not compare with the old diesel boats size wise.
If you have the opportunity to tour one do so. It will open your eyes to the bravery of those men who crewed them.
But abaft means aft of the beam. or on the stern quarter.
I would think you meant aft as most tugs will either push or pull a barge.
Sometimes you tie up alongside but not abaft as it makes it hard even for a harbor tug to steer.
(harbor tugs have swiveling screws or thrusters so as to be able to spin within their own length.)
having worked a harbor tug both on the Missippi and in New York harbor, I think I can speak with authority.
Although I had not heard that they had submersible barges on the Lakes. (and I also worked ore boats on Lake Michigan to Lake Superior run)
Or that that's why subs were called pig boats.
I too thought it was the smell.
Today's subs do not compare with the old diesel boats size wise.
If you have the opportunity to tour one do so. It will open your eyes to the bravery of those men who crewed them.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 26, 2016 08:00 AM (Xo1Rt)
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at March 26, 2016 08:00 AM (C9pBZ)
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"Officer at a nuke plant in Brussells found dead and his security pass stolen. "
Other terrorists the Belgium PD haven't found out yet.
Other terrorists the Belgium PD haven't found out yet.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 26, 2016 08:01 AM (9ym/8)
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192 Bwaahaahaa...now that made me laugh!
Posted by: antisocialist at March 26, 2016 08:02 AM (9n14Y)
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ThunderB, it's on Daily Mail.
Anon, I will ask my Texas aunt about ice cream! No idea what that means!
Anon, I will ask my Texas aunt about ice cream! No idea what that means!
Posted by: bluebell at March 26, 2016 08:02 AM (2WwbN)
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Terror suspect holding woman hostage was shot in the leg in Belgium,
How do the characters on TWD do head shots so easily ?
How do the characters on TWD do head shots so easily ?
Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2016 08:02 AM (fizMZ)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 26, 2016 08:02 AM (9ym/8)
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When there is no more toilet paper, people will buy newspapers again.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 26, 2016 08:00 AM
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That's a beaut, OAH! I summarily subscribe to it.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 26, 2016 08:00 AM
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That's a beaut, OAH! I summarily subscribe to it.
Posted by: FireHorse at March 26, 2016 08:03 AM (kQ5yx)
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All right, now you Texans need to explain about ice cream. Is it something to do with bluebells?
Posted by: bluebell at March 26, 2016 08:04 AM (2WwbN)
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Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 26, 2016 08:00 AM (QHgTq)
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So maybe Sears/Robuck will be printing catalogs again.
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So maybe Sears/Robuck will be printing catalogs again.
Posted by: Soona at March 26, 2016 08:04 AM (Fmupd)
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Anon, you aren't by chance referring to Blue Bell Ice Cream?
Mmmmmmmmm
Mmmmmmmmm
Posted by: antisocialist at March 26, 2016 08:04 AM (9n14Y)
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>>All right, now you Texans need to explain about ice cream. Is it something to do with bluebells?
Posted by: bluebell
Bluebell is a brand of (good) ice cream.
Posted by: bluebell
Bluebell is a brand of (good) ice cream.
Posted by: Aviator at March 26, 2016 08:05 AM (c7vUv)
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What is it?
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 26, 2016 07:58 AM (9ym/
Got it through Amazon. It's a copy of the crimson trace micro series. They're very small and narrow so they can still be holstered if there's a bit of room. Most I'd seen or tried were a bit too bit.
I just looked and they're not available right now. (darn I knew I should've bought two)
Very sturdy and adjustable to fit many different pistols with a rail.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 26, 2016 07:58 AM (9ym/
Got it through Amazon. It's a copy of the crimson trace micro series. They're very small and narrow so they can still be holstered if there's a bit of room. Most I'd seen or tried were a bit too bit.
I just looked and they're not available right now. (darn I knew I should've bought two)
Very sturdy and adjustable to fit many different pistols with a rail.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 26, 2016 08:05 AM (Xo1Rt)
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The best Texas ice cream is Blue Bell
Posted by: ThunderB at March 26, 2016 08:05 AM (7+ALM)
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192
That is why newspapers are all endorsing socialists and communists. When there is no more toilet paper, people will buy newspapers again.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 26, 2016 08:00 AM (QHgTq)
It all becomes clear now...
That is why newspapers are all endorsing socialists and communists. When there is no more toilet paper, people will buy newspapers again.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 26, 2016 08:00 AM (QHgTq)
It all becomes clear now...
Posted by: rickl at March 26, 2016 08:05 AM (sdi6R)
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Bluebell is a brand of (good) ice cream.
Posted by: Aviator at March 26, 2016 08:05 AM (c7vUv)
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Ah. Thank you. Then indeed I picked a good nic, because ice cream (chocolate, specifically) is my favorite food. And a beautiful flower. Win-win.
Posted by: Aviator at March 26, 2016 08:05 AM (c7vUv)
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Ah. Thank you. Then indeed I picked a good nic, because ice cream (chocolate, specifically) is my favorite food. And a beautiful flower. Win-win.
Posted by: bluebell at March 26, 2016 08:06 AM (2WwbN)
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ThunderB- Breitbart.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 26, 2016 08:06 AM (hGM88)
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He's said multiple times this past week he is going to vote for Hillory.
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I will never understand this approach. What will the R establishment do when faced with all these "protest" votes for the other side?
[ ] Hey, we need to really work to bring back our base and get back to our conservative principles because they're obviously mad at us.
[ X ] Wow, America wants us to move even further left!
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I will never understand this approach. What will the R establishment do when faced with all these "protest" votes for the other side?
[ ] Hey, we need to really work to bring back our base and get back to our conservative principles because they're obviously mad at us.
[ X ] Wow, America wants us to move even further left!
Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at March 26, 2016 08:07 AM (pVkEV)
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My next documentary series is about zombies. I'm told they are totes popular. Got my finger on the pulse of America! Peace.
Posted by: Ken Burns at March 26, 2016 08:07 AM (gwG9s)
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I mean that bluebells are a beautiful flower, not ice cream is a beautiful flower. Need more coffee. And to go make that Easter bread!
Posted by: bluebell at March 26, 2016 08:07 AM (2WwbN)
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"now you Texans need to explain about ice cream. Is it something to do with bluebells? "
Yes, Blue Bell ice cream. Regional ice cream brand that rules the market.
Yes, Blue Bell ice cream. Regional ice cream brand that rules the market.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 26, 2016 08:07 AM (9ym/8)
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"He's said multiple times this past week he is going
to vote for Hillory. Which is proof enough that he's not operating at
full capacity.
Frankly, I try to stay out of his path these days. It just seems pointless.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 26, 2016 07:51 AM (Dj0WE)"
Ace did not say that he would vote for Hillary Clinton. He said that he would vote for Hillary Clinton before he would vote for Donald Trump. It is a hyperbolic way of saying that he will never vote for Donald Trump, not that he has suddenly developed a strange new respect for Hillary Clinton.
It is like saying "I would cut off my dick before I would fuck Lena Dunham". That does not indicate a desire to cut off one's own dick, just an extreme aversion to Lena Dunham.
to vote for Hillory. Which is proof enough that he's not operating at
full capacity.
Frankly, I try to stay out of his path these days. It just seems pointless.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 26, 2016 07:51 AM (Dj0WE)"
Ace did not say that he would vote for Hillary Clinton. He said that he would vote for Hillary Clinton before he would vote for Donald Trump. It is a hyperbolic way of saying that he will never vote for Donald Trump, not that he has suddenly developed a strange new respect for Hillary Clinton.
It is like saying "I would cut off my dick before I would fuck Lena Dunham". That does not indicate a desire to cut off one's own dick, just an extreme aversion to Lena Dunham.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 26, 2016 08:09 AM (QHgTq)
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Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 26, 2016 08:00 AM (QHgTq)
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Genius! Is Mother Jones still in print? I can see them using soy inks and soft, post-recycle newsprint so as to be non-chafing to wrinkled old leftist asses.
My mom still jokes about using the Sears catalog. I guess that would be a beautiful gestalt of reading material and "green" repurposing.
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Genius! Is Mother Jones still in print? I can see them using soy inks and soft, post-recycle newsprint so as to be non-chafing to wrinkled old leftist asses.
My mom still jokes about using the Sears catalog. I guess that would be a beautiful gestalt of reading material and "green" repurposing.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at March 26, 2016 08:09 AM (jR7Wy)
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3 D's elections today, they really try to screw voters don't they?
Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2016 08:09 AM (fizMZ)
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This country started on the road to civil war in the 1860's.
Just because armed hostilities doesn't mean the war was over.
Lincoln forced the states to remain in the union thus turning a Federation of States into a nation of Districts with a central authority.
And the change in the way Senators was elected finished the job.
Just watch the European Union dissolve and you can see our future unless someone comes along and removes the choke hold DC has on the rest of the States.
People just won't put up with that crap anymore.
Just because armed hostilities doesn't mean the war was over.
Lincoln forced the states to remain in the union thus turning a Federation of States into a nation of Districts with a central authority.
And the change in the way Senators was elected finished the job.
Just watch the European Union dissolve and you can see our future unless someone comes along and removes the choke hold DC has on the rest of the States.
People just won't put up with that crap anymore.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 26, 2016 08:09 AM (Xo1Rt)
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How do the characters on TWD do head shots so easily ?
The same way Michonne isn't overpowered in a wrestling match with the Governor, it's about soft heads--the viewers, not the zombies
The same way Michonne isn't overpowered in a wrestling match with the Governor, it's about soft heads--the viewers, not the zombies
Posted by: derit at March 26, 2016 08:10 AM (OC+TJ)
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*No, I don't know him either. But the intertubes is full of wisdom.**
** But mostly pr0n.
And cat videos. You forgot Cat videos.
** But mostly pr0n.
And cat videos. You forgot Cat videos.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 26, 2016 08:11 AM (XQHkt)
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If TWD actually made things more life like it would make it harder for the living to survive.
Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2016 08:12 AM (fizMZ)
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My mom still jokes about using the Sears catalog. I guess that would be a beautiful gestalt of reading material and "green" repurposing.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at March 26, 2016 08:09 AM (jR7Wy)
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Not to mention the ladies underwear section, which was always the last to go.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at March 26, 2016 08:09 AM (jR7Wy)
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Not to mention the ladies underwear section, which was always the last to go.
Posted by: Soona at March 26, 2016 08:13 AM (Fmupd)
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"Got it through Amazon. It's a copy of the crimson trace micro series. "
I'm assuming a little auto of some sort.
I'm assuming a little auto of some sort.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 26, 2016 08:13 AM (9ym/8)
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I'll vote Cruz if I have that opportunity, but I really believe it's too late for voting to make a difference.
We're headed for full-blown left-totalitarianism. It won't be long in coming.
We're headed for full-blown left-totalitarianism. It won't be long in coming.
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at March 26, 2016 08:14 AM (Dttnn)
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Interesting article about Belgium being a failed state on CNN. It mentions Marc Dutroux, a serial child killer who escaped detection for years due to general incompetence and, perhaps more ominously but never proven conclusively, the involvement of pedophiles highly placed in the government. I mentioned Dutroux the day the attacks took place, but I also mentioned The Brabant Killers, a shadowy and mysterious group who terrorized the country in the 1980s by staging numerous and extremely violent robberies of a specific supermarket chain in the country. I say robberies, but robbery really wasn't the motive as they took very little money and often ditched it after the crime. Instead they seemed more intent on committing murder as they killed employees and customers, including children. The attacks even stopped for a year or two and then began again before finally stopping for good. No one was ever caught, although they had suspects and plenty of theories. Some thought they were right wing or left wing terrorists attempting to use the attacks as a means to weaken the government. Operation Gladio was tossed around too (Gladio being a NATO operation to have groups of heavily armed and trained people ready to act as a guerilla force in case of a Soviet invasion of Western Europe). Another theory says they were members of the national police force, which would account for how they so easily escaped capture.
Dutroux and The Brabant Gang make for some seriously interesting reading. But one thing you take away is that Belgium has been a shit show for a long, long time. The Muslims are just the icing on a shitty cake.
Dutroux and The Brabant Gang make for some seriously interesting reading. But one thing you take away is that Belgium has been a shit show for a long, long time. The Muslims are just the icing on a shitty cake.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 26, 2016 08:16 AM (4ErVI)
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Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 26, 2016 08:09 AM (Xo1Rt)
The little, and ongoing, dustup in Brussels is a big selling point for the Brits to remain under the thumb of the EU's administrator/bureaucrats. Once they bail, the continent will be a really interesting place.
The little, and ongoing, dustup in Brussels is a big selling point for the Brits to remain under the thumb of the EU's administrator/bureaucrats. Once they bail, the continent will be a really interesting place.
Posted by: Hrothgar at March 26, 2016 08:16 AM (wYnyS)
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Bottom rail on top now!
Posted by: Reggie at March 26, 2016 08:17 AM (gwG9s)
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Before Tara's girlfriend died, who was the last one to go? Mayor McNobody Deanna. And before that, Carl's cornea gets scratched by a dead on 9mm slug. TWD has lost its nerve.
Posted by: derit at March 26, 2016 08:17 AM (OC+TJ)
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I haven't been to the range yet with the sight.
I'm going to practice what they call point shooting.
They say that that's how most people wind up using their weapon in an emergency. People don't have time or presence of mind to do the two handed grip and some say that the two handed grip can be restrictive in an active combat situation.
That's why I got the sight because although pointing can be fairly accurate, it still gives you no feedback. But a sight will.
Point shooting is where you aim the weapon like you point your finger. In fact one of the exercises is to put your finger alongside the slide above the trigger and leave it there and point at things to get used to doing that instead of aiming using the sights. (please unload the weapon first)
I'm going to practice what they call point shooting.
They say that that's how most people wind up using their weapon in an emergency. People don't have time or presence of mind to do the two handed grip and some say that the two handed grip can be restrictive in an active combat situation.
That's why I got the sight because although pointing can be fairly accurate, it still gives you no feedback. But a sight will.
Point shooting is where you aim the weapon like you point your finger. In fact one of the exercises is to put your finger alongside the slide above the trigger and leave it there and point at things to get used to doing that instead of aiming using the sights. (please unload the weapon first)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 26, 2016 08:17 AM (Xo1Rt)
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Today's subs do not compare with the old diesel boats size wise.
With emphasis on the "old." There have been damn big diesel subs.
I wouldn't expect you to have seen a Great Lakes pigboat in your career. They have been obsolete for over a century (insert lake freighter joke right here). Apparently there is a self-powered one, SS Meteor, in Superior.
I have toured several WWII boats. We "just" had one in drydock here.
With emphasis on the "old." There have been damn big diesel subs.
I wouldn't expect you to have seen a Great Lakes pigboat in your career. They have been obsolete for over a century (insert lake freighter joke right here). Apparently there is a self-powered one, SS Meteor, in Superior.
I have toured several WWII boats. We "just" had one in drydock here.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 26, 2016 08:18 AM (xq1UY)
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Yes, Blue Bell ice cream."
Winna winna chicken dinner.
Planning on a short trip out to Brenham next weekend (would've been today, but they're closed for GF/Easter).
FWIW, the "big bloom" is W of Houston now... very cool to see acres of bluebells in the sunlight.
Winna winna chicken dinner.
Planning on a short trip out to Brenham next weekend (would've been today, but they're closed for GF/Easter).
FWIW, the "big bloom" is W of Houston now... very cool to see acres of bluebells in the sunlight.
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at March 26, 2016 08:19 AM (C9pBZ)
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228 Derik, be patient. They're setting up for a massacre.
Posted by: antisocialist at March 26, 2016 08:19 AM (9n14Y)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 26, 2016 08:19 AM (9ym/8)
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I'm inclined to believe the leftist apocalypse is coming as well. This is the only country in the history of mankind to try limited government. Being the only that means a outlier. Mankind by one way or another is drawn to big goverment, it takes everyone to fight that tendency and we're getting down to 50% so it's a loosing battle I fear.
Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2016 08:19 AM (fizMZ)
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Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 26, 2016 08:13 AM (9ym/
My pistol?
No it's Canik TP9SA. It's a copy of the Walther p99.
It's a full size frame. 4.5" barrel 7.5" overall. I've got large hands and can't grip those pocket pistols.
My pistol?
No it's Canik TP9SA. It's a copy of the Walther p99.
It's a full size frame. 4.5" barrel 7.5" overall. I've got large hands and can't grip those pocket pistols.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 26, 2016 08:20 AM (Xo1Rt)
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Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 26, 2016 08:20 AM
Beretta P2000, chambered in .40... Cant go wrong
Beretta P2000, chambered in .40... Cant go wrong
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 26, 2016 08:22 AM (ShplO)
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Posted by: BurtTC at March 26, 2016 07:51 AM (Dj0WE)"
Ace
did not say that he would vote for Hillary Clinton. He said that he
would vote for Hillary Clinton before he would vote for Donald Trump. It
is a hyperbolic way of saying that he will never vote for Donald Trump,
not that he has suddenly developed a strange new respect for Hillary
Clinton.
It is like saying "I would cut off my dick before I
would fuck Lena Dunham". That does not indicate a desire to cut off
one's own dick, just an extreme aversion to Lena Dunham.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 26, 2016 08:09 AM (QHgTq)
I know what he said. His dichotomy is no more rational than yours. There are other choices.
His statement is exactly what it is. A statement unworthy of a response. Which is why I said I stay out of his way these days.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 26, 2016 07:51 AM (Dj0WE)"
Ace
did not say that he would vote for Hillary Clinton. He said that he
would vote for Hillary Clinton before he would vote for Donald Trump. It
is a hyperbolic way of saying that he will never vote for Donald Trump,
not that he has suddenly developed a strange new respect for Hillary
Clinton.
It is like saying "I would cut off my dick before I
would fuck Lena Dunham". That does not indicate a desire to cut off
one's own dick, just an extreme aversion to Lena Dunham.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 26, 2016 08:09 AM (QHgTq)
I know what he said. His dichotomy is no more rational than yours. There are other choices.
His statement is exactly what it is. A statement unworthy of a response. Which is why I said I stay out of his way these days.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 26, 2016 08:23 AM (TOk1P)
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I've never had to shoot anyone but from all information is interpret I've no faith in 9mm, anything bigger has to be better.
Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2016 08:24 AM (fizMZ)
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"How do the characters on TWD do head shots so easily ?
Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2016 08:02 AM (fizMZ)"
The zombies are kind of slow and they don't move their heads around and duck like a live person. Also, the survivors get lots of practice.
My question is why Rick continues to carry a .357 revolver. A .22 seems adequate for a head shot on the zombies and they seldom encounter only six of them. A semiauto .22 with as large a magazine capacity as possible and with a silencer would seem like the way to go. Maybe that Kel-Tec .22 magnum pistol with the 30 round magazine.
Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2016 08:02 AM (fizMZ)"
The zombies are kind of slow and they don't move their heads around and duck like a live person. Also, the survivors get lots of practice.
My question is why Rick continues to carry a .357 revolver. A .22 seems adequate for a head shot on the zombies and they seldom encounter only six of them. A semiauto .22 with as large a magazine capacity as possible and with a silencer would seem like the way to go. Maybe that Kel-Tec .22 magnum pistol with the 30 round magazine.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 26, 2016 08:24 AM (QHgTq)
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It's a full size frame. 4.5" barrel 7.5" overall. I've got large hands and can't grip those pocket pistols.
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Big hands, you say? Well, now...
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Big hands, you say? Well, now...
Posted by: Melania -CALL ME at March 26, 2016 08:24 AM (9n14Y)
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#TrumpLovesPecker
Posted by: trending at March 26, 2016 08:24 AM (VQ7bK)
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We're headed for full-blown left-totalitarianism."
Sort of - I imagine a future Gibbons will point to FDR as arguably the first "American Emperor", and add that the imperial state drew it's rulemaking from Obama's two terms.
It will be a "neo fascist" state, one that some will (stupidly) call right wing, but will likely be along the lines of the Roman experience.
It'll last for a couple of hundred years or so, but we've already passed by Franklin's Republic. We haven't kept it.
Sort of - I imagine a future Gibbons will point to FDR as arguably the first "American Emperor", and add that the imperial state drew it's rulemaking from Obama's two terms.
It will be a "neo fascist" state, one that some will (stupidly) call right wing, but will likely be along the lines of the Roman experience.
It'll last for a couple of hundred years or so, but we've already passed by Franklin's Republic. We haven't kept it.
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at March 26, 2016 08:25 AM (C9pBZ)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 26, 2016 08:25 AM (9ym/8)
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I went for the 9mm due to ammo cost and availability. I figure that if I'm a good enough shot and can get off more than 1 shot in the brisket, that will take care of the threat.
Read a lot about the "caliber wars" and the consensus to me seemed that for the money the 9mm would put more metal on target in less time and was more accurate for the average shooter.
I plan on getting a .45 to match the .45 carbine I already have.
Just in case.
Read a lot about the "caliber wars" and the consensus to me seemed that for the money the 9mm would put more metal on target in less time and was more accurate for the average shooter.
I plan on getting a .45 to match the .45 carbine I already have.
Just in case.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 26, 2016 08:26 AM (Xo1Rt)
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I've never had to shoot anyone but from all information is interpret I've no faith in 9mm, anything bigger has to be better.
Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2016 08:24 AM (fizMZ)
Ahem!
Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2016 08:24 AM (fizMZ)
Ahem!
Posted by: John Moses Browning at March 26, 2016 08:26 AM (wYnyS)
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Will any Moron ride to the rescue?
http://www.ufunk.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/selection-du-weekend-185-55.jpg
http://www.ufunk.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/selection-du-weekend-185-55.jpg
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 26, 2016 08:26 AM (2s5VM)
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"My question is why Rick continues to carry a .357 revolver. "
I think he carries it for the people they encounter, not the walkers.
I think he carries it for the people they encounter, not the walkers.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 26, 2016 08:27 AM (9ym/8)
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creeper would that be single malt or blend? Asking just in case.
Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2016 06:31 AM (fizMZ)
2 shots of anything 80 proof that is fairly neutral + Most of a quart of warm water + 2 teaspoons of lemon. Sugar if you need it.
Repeat as needed. Stay warm.
creeper would that be single malt or blend? Asking just in case.
Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2016 06:31 AM (fizMZ)
2 shots of anything 80 proof that is fairly neutral + Most of a quart of warm water + 2 teaspoons of lemon. Sugar if you need it.
Repeat as needed. Stay warm.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 26, 2016 08:27 AM (XQHkt)
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239 "How do the characters on TWD do head shots so easily ?
Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2016 08:02 AM (fizMZ)"
The zombies are kind of slow and they don't move their heads around and duck like a live person. Also, the survivors get lots of practice.
My question is why Rick continues to carry a .357 revolver. A .22 seems adequate for a head shot on the zombies and they seldom encounter only six of them. A semiauto .22 with as large a magazine capacity as possible and with a silencer would seem like the way to go. Maybe that Kel-Tec .22 magnum pistol with the 30 round magazine.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 26, 2016 08:24 AM (QHgTq)
He carries it because MORE POWER, BABY!!!
Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2016 08:02 AM (fizMZ)"
The zombies are kind of slow and they don't move their heads around and duck like a live person. Also, the survivors get lots of practice.
My question is why Rick continues to carry a .357 revolver. A .22 seems adequate for a head shot on the zombies and they seldom encounter only six of them. A semiauto .22 with as large a magazine capacity as possible and with a silencer would seem like the way to go. Maybe that Kel-Tec .22 magnum pistol with the 30 round magazine.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 26, 2016 08:24 AM (QHgTq)
He carries it because MORE POWER, BABY!!!
Posted by: antisocialist at March 26, 2016 08:27 AM (9n14Y)
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Always learning on this smart(ish) military blog! StringerDavis, thanks for enlightening me about "pig boats". Here is an interesting tidbit, entitled "Futuristic Whaleback Ships Once Plied the Great lakes":
http://rslive.bslcore.com/article.php?aid=4031&cid=5
http://rslive.bslcore.com/article.php?aid=4031&cid=5
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at March 26, 2016 08:28 AM (jR7Wy)
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"Ace must be reading different comments than I am if he thinks it's the other way around." rickl
I agree, and (politely) said this probably a month ago, as the trend here went to #NeverTrump. My mention was followed up by a few regulars saying, (without mentioning me), how the Trumpkins are the divisive ones.
I agree with your post yesterday, that Cruz in time convinced me he is conniving and deceitful. I can't trust him any more than the GOPe does.
The "establishment" are globalists, and while Cruz would probably move toward controlling illegals, he still seems globalist on trade. The billionaires we complain about, all want their "Free Trade" riches to keep pouring in. Trump is the only anti-globalism candidate. He has been consistent on that since the late 80's at least, where he noted in testimony to a House committee how policy pushed money into the stock market (globalist investments for all) instead of building our domestic resources (mostly housing at that time).
I agree, and (politely) said this probably a month ago, as the trend here went to #NeverTrump. My mention was followed up by a few regulars saying, (without mentioning me), how the Trumpkins are the divisive ones.
I agree with your post yesterday, that Cruz in time convinced me he is conniving and deceitful. I can't trust him any more than the GOPe does.
The "establishment" are globalists, and while Cruz would probably move toward controlling illegals, he still seems globalist on trade. The billionaires we complain about, all want their "Free Trade" riches to keep pouring in. Trump is the only anti-globalism candidate. He has been consistent on that since the late 80's at least, where he noted in testimony to a House committee how policy pushed money into the stock market (globalist investments for all) instead of building our domestic resources (mostly housing at that time).
Posted by: Illiniwek at March 26, 2016 08:28 AM (N8i7l)
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Before Tara's girlfriend died, who was the last one
to go? Mayor McNobody Deanna. And before that, Carl's cornea gets
scratched by a dead on 9mm slug. TWD has lost its nerve.
Posted by: derit at March 26, 2016 08:17 AM (OC+TJ)
I don't think you're going to like what's coming. They haven't gone soft. They're merely trying to keep readers of the comics guessing, not to what is coming, but how.
Last week's death was a substitute. That arrow was supposed to be for another character (not Darryl, he's not in the comic). I think when you meet Negan you're going to not be saying anything about soft... well, not the story, at least.
to go? Mayor McNobody Deanna. And before that, Carl's cornea gets
scratched by a dead on 9mm slug. TWD has lost its nerve.
Posted by: derit at March 26, 2016 08:17 AM (OC+TJ)
I don't think you're going to like what's coming. They haven't gone soft. They're merely trying to keep readers of the comics guessing, not to what is coming, but how.
Last week's death was a substitute. That arrow was supposed to be for another character (not Darryl, he's not in the comic). I think when you meet Negan you're going to not be saying anything about soft... well, not the story, at least.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 26, 2016 08:29 AM (TOk1P)
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Point shooting is where you aim the weapon like you point your finger. In fact one of the exercises is to put your finger alongside the slide above the trigger and leave it there and point at things to get used to doing that instead of aiming using the sights. (please unload the weapon first)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 26, 2016 08:17 AM (Xo1Rt)
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In Army basic training during Vietnam they had a two day class of "quick-kill" which used similar techniques. It was amazing how accurate one could become with it.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 26, 2016 08:17 AM (Xo1Rt)
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In Army basic training during Vietnam they had a two day class of "quick-kill" which used similar techniques. It was amazing how accurate one could become with it.
Posted by: Soona at March 26, 2016 08:29 AM (Fmupd)
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If the idiots in The Walking Dead ever encountered a Left 4 Dead zombie, the show would last one episode.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 26, 2016 08:29 AM (2s5VM)
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Posted by: Anna Puma at March 26, 2016 08:26 AM (2s5VM)
I think that a gallon of baby oil would do the trick!
I think that a gallon of baby oil would do the trick!
Posted by: Hrothgar at March 26, 2016 08:29 AM (wYnyS)
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Ace
did not say that he would vote for Hillary Clinton. He said that he
would vote for Hillary Clinton before he would vote for Donald Trump.
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Not quite. He said that if he votes at all, it will be for Hillary (if Trump is the GOP candidate).
did not say that he would vote for Hillary Clinton. He said that he
would vote for Hillary Clinton before he would vote for Donald Trump.
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Not quite. He said that if he votes at all, it will be for Hillary (if Trump is the GOP candidate).
Posted by: iforgot at March 26, 2016 08:29 AM (5o5ek)
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"that Cruz in time convinced me he is conniving and deceitful. I can't trust him any more than the GOPe does."
Your concern warms us
Your concern warms us
Posted by: Concerned Conservative at March 26, 2016 08:30 AM (VQ7bK)
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My way or the highway is okay. But when it's my way or your dead or worthless scum, that's a bit too much for me.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 26, 2016 07:40 AM (Xo1Rt)
The thing to keep in mind is that, from what I've been seeing, it is not the Moron Horde that is doing this. Fact is, I've been on this site pretty much daily for years, and recognize the players (JJ Sefton, nevergiveup, Carol, AtC, Chicque, etc, etc.). Don't post much myself as I usually end up getting willowed anyway (gotten kinda slow in my old age).
But the point is, it is not the Horde that has been generating all the hate and discontent around here of late. It is the trolls. And we have seen them, the ones making things so unpleasant that Ace even shut down comments for a time this week, something that I've NEVER seen happen in all my years on this site. Who they are and where they came from I do not know. But they are easy to spot, by their previously unknown names. Some of them are obviously Trumpsters and the like. Others are, I suspect, lefties sent in to muddy the waters on this and other conservative sites (keep in mind that the tactics we have seen here of late are also the well worn tricks of the Dem/socialist crowd, and have been for decades; I've seen it, dating back to the old Fidonet/Usenet days). Always remember, when it comes to pure unadulterated hate, no one can hold a candle to your average Democrat/socialist type.
My only suggestion, for whatever it is worth, is that ace and the cobs engage in a bit more free use of the Banhammer on these miscreants. When things start getting really out of control, as they have around here of late, it is really the only solution.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 26, 2016 07:40 AM (Xo1Rt)
The thing to keep in mind is that, from what I've been seeing, it is not the Moron Horde that is doing this. Fact is, I've been on this site pretty much daily for years, and recognize the players (JJ Sefton, nevergiveup, Carol, AtC, Chicque, etc, etc.). Don't post much myself as I usually end up getting willowed anyway (gotten kinda slow in my old age).
But the point is, it is not the Horde that has been generating all the hate and discontent around here of late. It is the trolls. And we have seen them, the ones making things so unpleasant that Ace even shut down comments for a time this week, something that I've NEVER seen happen in all my years on this site. Who they are and where they came from I do not know. But they are easy to spot, by their previously unknown names. Some of them are obviously Trumpsters and the like. Others are, I suspect, lefties sent in to muddy the waters on this and other conservative sites (keep in mind that the tactics we have seen here of late are also the well worn tricks of the Dem/socialist crowd, and have been for decades; I've seen it, dating back to the old Fidonet/Usenet days). Always remember, when it comes to pure unadulterated hate, no one can hold a candle to your average Democrat/socialist type.
My only suggestion, for whatever it is worth, is that ace and the cobs engage in a bit more free use of the Banhammer on these miscreants. When things start getting really out of control, as they have around here of late, it is really the only solution.
Posted by: The Oort Cloud - Source of all SMODs at March 26, 2016 08:30 AM (2Bjv9)
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I thought he did sell it with an agreement that he could live in it until he died?
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 26, 2016 07:36 AM (9ym/
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Nope. And no way is anyone going to buy it at that price or with him as a life tenant.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 26, 2016 07:36 AM (9ym/
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Nope. And no way is anyone going to buy it at that price or with him as a life tenant.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at March 26, 2016 08:31 AM (iQIUe)
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the Canik is imported by Century arms. It's made for the Turkish police.
It cost about $200 less than the walther. Although I have seen a walther p99 going for 299.
It also has some extras that don't come with other of similar size and caliber.
I like the feel and fit. Easy take down and cleaning. Two different back straps, two magazines each holding 17 rnds.
Nice trigger action very clean and short take up. Single action with a decocker. has two chamber loaded flags and a cocked flag at the rear of the slide.
Comes with sherpa type holster and two carriers one belt and one slide on. Loader and cleaning brushes with case.
It cost about $200 less than the walther. Although I have seen a walther p99 going for 299.
It also has some extras that don't come with other of similar size and caliber.
I like the feel and fit. Easy take down and cleaning. Two different back straps, two magazines each holding 17 rnds.
Nice trigger action very clean and short take up. Single action with a decocker. has two chamber loaded flags and a cocked flag at the rear of the slide.
Comes with sherpa type holster and two carriers one belt and one slide on. Loader and cleaning brushes with case.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 26, 2016 08:31 AM (Xo1Rt)
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One thing that is clear this year is there are still many , many folks who cannot face reality.
They want another dumbass election where a dumbass Republican goes up against a dumbass Democrat and one of the dumbasses wins and does dumbass stuff for four years and then dumbass shit starts all over again.
That shit is gone.
They want another dumbass election where a dumbass Republican goes up against a dumbass Democrat and one of the dumbasses wins and does dumbass stuff for four years and then dumbass shit starts all over again.
That shit is gone.
Posted by: eman at March 26, 2016 08:31 AM (MQEz6)
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My question is why Rick continues to carry a .357 revolver. A .22 seems adequate for a head shot on the zombies"
Exactly. Jr. Mouse wondered why no subsonic .22 - even quieter.
Exactly. Jr. Mouse wondered why no subsonic .22 - even quieter.
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at March 26, 2016 08:32 AM (C9pBZ)
263
The best part of last week's TWD was thinking how now they'll treat Tara's mourning like Maggy did Beth's disappearance. What Tara? Who?!
Posted by: derit at March 26, 2016 08:32 AM (OC+TJ)
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Lincoln forced the states to remain in the union thus turning a Federation of States into a nation of Districts with a central authority. ... Just watch the European Union dissolve and you can see our future unless someone comes along and removes the choke hold DC has on the rest of the States.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 26, 2016 08:09 AM
________
The Masons still recognize each U.S. state as an independent entity.
They built this country. They'll build it again if they have to.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 26, 2016 08:09 AM
________
The Masons still recognize each U.S. state as an independent entity.
They built this country. They'll build it again if they have to.
Posted by: FireHorse at March 26, 2016 08:33 AM (kQ5yx)
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I assume in TWD small calibers are for the dead, larger for the living.
Rick is much more concerned for the living threats
Rick is much more concerned for the living threats
Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2016 08:33 AM (fizMZ)
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"My question is why Rick continues to carry a .357 revolver. "
Because he's the sheriff. TWD can be seen as a kind of Western, with Rick as the Sheriff, complete with hat, tin star & six-shooter.
Because he's the sheriff. TWD can be seen as a kind of Western, with Rick as the Sheriff, complete with hat, tin star & six-shooter.
Posted by: Josephistan at March 26, 2016 08:34 AM (7qAYi)
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Good morning all.
I saw Baggywrinkles Abaft open for Motley Crue in '93 aboard the Queen Elizabeth 2
I saw Baggywrinkles Abaft open for Motley Crue in '93 aboard the Queen Elizabeth 2
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 26, 2016 08:34 AM (NeFrd)
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We're headed for full-blown left-totalitarianism. It won't be long in coming.
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at March 26, 2016 08:14 AM (Dttnn)
------------------------------Are you going to sit here, or are you going to march?
The other side barges right into university president's offices and camps in the middle of major American and European cities and shouts on camera, "We're here to kill you if you insult us." What are *we* gonna do?
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at March 26, 2016 08:14 AM (Dttnn)
------------------------------Are you going to sit here, or are you going to march?
The other side barges right into university president's offices and camps in the middle of major American and European cities and shouts on camera, "We're here to kill you if you insult us." What are *we* gonna do?
Posted by: iforgot at March 26, 2016 08:34 AM (5o5ek)
Posted by: The Jooos and their Silver Jooo dimes at March 26, 2016 08:35 AM (VQ7bK)
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the .357 although limited in capacity has put down more attackers than most other calibers with one shot.
This from that guy that was a cop and now works in a coroners office doing autopsies.
he said that he's seen folks deaded from all sorts of calibers but that the .357 seems to be a guaranteed one shot killer.
But it has a lot of other drawbacks so I was never interested.
Never shot one. (though I might see if I can rent one next time I'm at the range.)
Seems to me to have too much kickback.
This from that guy that was a cop and now works in a coroners office doing autopsies.
he said that he's seen folks deaded from all sorts of calibers but that the .357 seems to be a guaranteed one shot killer.
But it has a lot of other drawbacks so I was never interested.
Never shot one. (though I might see if I can rent one next time I'm at the range.)
Seems to me to have too much kickback.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 26, 2016 08:35 AM (Xo1Rt)
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Oak Hill or unincorporated Herndon here.
Since we are cooling off Hollowpoint fuck you but hold the pineapple, barbed wire, etc.
Since we are cooling off Hollowpoint fuck you but hold the pineapple, barbed wire, etc.
Posted by: blaster at March 26, 2016 08:35 AM (2Ocf1)
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To those considering voting for Hillary:
-I guess insider trading to the tune of $100,000 made in a week (back in the 80s, no less) is not as bad as a businessman using bankruptcy laws in his favor.
-I guess violating email protocol and having your own private server then lying about every aspect of it while exposing the national security to potential high risk is not as bad as some uncivil tweets.
-I guess allowing four Americans to die in a terror attack then blaming it on a video to the point of jailing the video maker is not as bad as saying we should put the kibosh on Muslims coming to the U. S. until we figure out what's going on.
I could go on all day. I just wish people who Trump offends would do an honest comparison of his offenses vs. Hillary's.
-I guess insider trading to the tune of $100,000 made in a week (back in the 80s, no less) is not as bad as a businessman using bankruptcy laws in his favor.
-I guess violating email protocol and having your own private server then lying about every aspect of it while exposing the national security to potential high risk is not as bad as some uncivil tweets.
-I guess allowing four Americans to die in a terror attack then blaming it on a video to the point of jailing the video maker is not as bad as saying we should put the kibosh on Muslims coming to the U. S. until we figure out what's going on.
I could go on all day. I just wish people who Trump offends would do an honest comparison of his offenses vs. Hillary's.
Posted by: Melfard at March 26, 2016 08:36 AM (eXTZt)
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263 At my house, it was my husband going on about "An arrow through the eye and bitch is STILL talkin'!"
Posted by: antisocialist at March 26, 2016 08:36 AM (9n14Y)
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"My question is why Rick continues to carry a .357 revolver. "
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Because he's the sheriff. TWD can be seen as a kind of Western, with
Rick as the Sheriff, complete with hat, tin star six-shooter.
Posted by: Josephistan at March 26, 2016 08:34 AM (7qAYi)
Yup, and if it must be said, this is a tv show, not a documentary.
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Because he's the sheriff. TWD can be seen as a kind of Western, with
Rick as the Sheriff, complete with hat, tin star six-shooter.
Posted by: Josephistan at March 26, 2016 08:34 AM (7qAYi)
Yup, and if it must be said, this is a tv show, not a documentary.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 26, 2016 08:36 AM (TOk1P)
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at March 26, 2016 08:37 AM (Dttnn)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 26, 2016 08:37 AM (DUoqb)
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Dutroux and The Brabant Gang make for some seriously interesting reading. But one thing you take away is that Belgium has been a shit show for a long, long time. The Muslims are just the icing on a shitty cake.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 26, 2016 08:16 AM (4ErVI)
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Yet we always have to hear how superior they are. I like to bring up Dutroux since there was no reason for that guy to have ever been released or even breathing air now.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 26, 2016 08:16 AM (4ErVI)
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Yet we always have to hear how superior they are. I like to bring up Dutroux since there was no reason for that guy to have ever been released or even breathing air now.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at March 26, 2016 08:38 AM (iQIUe)
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Oak Hill or unincorporated Herndon here. "
Hey - lived off Fox Mill Rd. for many years... nice area, really.
Hey - lived off Fox Mill Rd. for many years... nice area, really.
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at March 26, 2016 08:38 AM (C9pBZ)
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One thing that is clear this year is there are still many , many folks who cannot face reality.
They want another dumbass election where a dumbass Republican goes
up against a dumbass Democrat and one of the dumbasses wins and does
dumbass stuff for four years and then dumbass shit starts all over
again.
That shit is gone.
Posted by: eman at March 26, 2016 08:31 AM (MQEz6)
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There are several cataclysms to come in this election season, which now trips prettily through its young and gentle phase.
One thing that is clear this year is there are still many , many folks who cannot face reality.
They want another dumbass election where a dumbass Republican goes
up against a dumbass Democrat and one of the dumbasses wins and does
dumbass stuff for four years and then dumbass shit starts all over
again.
That shit is gone.
Posted by: eman at March 26, 2016 08:31 AM (MQEz6)
---------------------------
There are several cataclysms to come in this election season, which now trips prettily through its young and gentle phase.
Posted by: iforgot at March 26, 2016 08:39 AM (5o5ek)
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263 At my house, it was my husband going on about "An arrow through the eye and bitch is STILL talkin'!"
Posted by: antisocialist at March 26, 2016 08:36 AM (9n14Y)
Heh, that's not fair. In the comic the character shot with an arrow was male (I won't say who), and he kept talking.
Posted by: antisocialist at March 26, 2016 08:36 AM (9n14Y)
Heh, that's not fair. In the comic the character shot with an arrow was male (I won't say who), and he kept talking.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 26, 2016 08:39 AM (TOk1P)
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I've never had to shoot anyone but from all information is interpret I've no faith in 9mm, anything bigger has to be better.
Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2016 08:24 AM (fizMZ)"
Data collected from real world shootings seem to indicate that 9mm and .45 FMJ work about equally well at stopping people. The surprising data is that .34 ACP is not that much worse. Most people who are killed by pistol shot to any place except the central nervous system bleed to death. This takes a while. Crazy people, people on drugs and some very pissed off people continue to do bad things after they are shot and before they bleed out.
Hollow point ammunition tends to produce better results. The process of causing the bullet to expand transfers a lot more energy to the bullet and it disrupts a lot more tissue, causing a lot of traumatizing damage to organs and causing a lot more bleeding. The .357 revolver cartridge and .357 SIG auto cartridge are about the most effective pistol cartridges. They both use hollow point bullets traveling at more than high velocity. Both use bullets that are 9mm in diameter. Both are only slightly less effective than a 5.57 rifle round at the same distance.
I've never had to shoot anyone but from all information is interpret I've no faith in 9mm, anything bigger has to be better.
Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2016 08:24 AM (fizMZ)"
Data collected from real world shootings seem to indicate that 9mm and .45 FMJ work about equally well at stopping people. The surprising data is that .34 ACP is not that much worse. Most people who are killed by pistol shot to any place except the central nervous system bleed to death. This takes a while. Crazy people, people on drugs and some very pissed off people continue to do bad things after they are shot and before they bleed out.
Hollow point ammunition tends to produce better results. The process of causing the bullet to expand transfers a lot more energy to the bullet and it disrupts a lot more tissue, causing a lot of traumatizing damage to organs and causing a lot more bleeding. The .357 revolver cartridge and .357 SIG auto cartridge are about the most effective pistol cartridges. They both use hollow point bullets traveling at more than high velocity. Both use bullets that are 9mm in diameter. Both are only slightly less effective than a 5.57 rifle round at the same distance.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 26, 2016 08:39 AM (QHgTq)
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If Negan were to swing Lucille, decapitating Carol, whose head flies into Maggie's pregnant belly, miscarriaging her baby, causing Glenn to vomit himself to death, tripping up Enid, who flails wildly with her knife hand, stabbing Carl's good eye...
maybe this season won't have been for naught
maybe this season won't have been for naught
Posted by: derit at March 26, 2016 08:39 AM (OC+TJ)
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Yup, and if it must be said, this is a tv show, not a documentary.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 26, 2016 08:36 AM (TOk1P)
Exactly. "Night of The Living Dead" was a documentary.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 26, 2016 08:36 AM (TOk1P)
Exactly. "Night of The Living Dead" was a documentary.
Posted by: Josephistan at March 26, 2016 08:40 AM (7qAYi)
Posted by: bluebell at March 26, 2016 08:40 AM (2WwbN)
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Bd News, The wife of the LT Colonel in Belgium was one of the dead.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 26, 2016 08:40 AM (DUoqb)
286
There are several cataclysms to come in this election season, which now trips prettily through its young and gentle phase.
Posted by: iforgot at March 26, 2016 08:39 AM (5o5ek)
We've yet to see real riots (although we've gotten close), and so far no assassination attempts. I'm betting even money we'll get one or both.
Posted by: iforgot at March 26, 2016 08:39 AM (5o5ek)
We've yet to see real riots (although we've gotten close), and so far no assassination attempts. I'm betting even money we'll get one or both.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 26, 2016 08:40 AM (TOk1P)
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I won't let anymore illegals in the US. The ones already here are good at building casino's and hotels, don't ask me how I know this.
Posted by: Teh Donald's Small Hands at March 26, 2016 08:40 AM (VQ7bK)
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None of the new characters are that interesting. Killing off the regulars is a bad choice.
Save glenn!!!!
Save glenn!!!!
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at March 26, 2016 08:40 AM (iQIUe)
289
Hello 'Rons and 'Ettes.
Someone posted Ronald Reagan's 1983 Easter radio address on FB.
I repost it herewith: https://youtu.be/TEtevsyhmxI
Someone posted Ronald Reagan's 1983 Easter radio address on FB.
I repost it herewith: https://youtu.be/TEtevsyhmxI
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 26, 2016 08:40 AM (1xUj/)
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If Negan were to swing Lucille, decapitating Carol,
whose head flies into Maggie's pregnant belly, miscarriaging her baby,
causing Glenn to vomit himself to death, tripping up Enid, who flails
wildly with her knife hand, stabbing Carl's good eye...
maybe this season won't have been for naught
Posted by: derit at March 26, 2016 08:39 AM (OC+TJ)
So you DID read the comic!!!
whose head flies into Maggie's pregnant belly, miscarriaging her baby,
causing Glenn to vomit himself to death, tripping up Enid, who flails
wildly with her knife hand, stabbing Carl's good eye...
maybe this season won't have been for naught
Posted by: derit at March 26, 2016 08:39 AM (OC+TJ)
So you DID read the comic!!!
Posted by: BurtTC at March 26, 2016 08:41 AM (TOk1P)
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Why would you allow a weenie doctor to leave the compound? She was too valuable to lose and she wasnt needed. You take all the drugs you find. You dont need her to pick and choose.
Why would you allow a weenie doctor to leave the compound? She was too valuable to lose and she wasnt needed. You take all the drugs you find. You dont need her to pick and choose.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at March 26, 2016 08:42 AM (iQIUe)
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Thought experiment about the election.
Let's say you are the owner of the family heirloom silverware, stuff George Washington ate with.
Now look at all the candidates. Which would you trust to guard that silverware.
Hillary and Bernie will steal it. Hillary to keep and Bernie will give each poor bum on the grates a fork or a spoon while feeling good about his theft.
By not voting, people are giving Hillary and Bernie the chance to steal the silverware.
By retreating to yon estates in high dungeon vowing to never vote for Candidate X also gives Hillary and Bernie a shot at the silverware.
Let's say you are the owner of the family heirloom silverware, stuff George Washington ate with.
Now look at all the candidates. Which would you trust to guard that silverware.
Hillary and Bernie will steal it. Hillary to keep and Bernie will give each poor bum on the grates a fork or a spoon while feeling good about his theft.
By not voting, people are giving Hillary and Bernie the chance to steal the silverware.
By retreating to yon estates in high dungeon vowing to never vote for Candidate X also gives Hillary and Bernie a shot at the silverware.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 26, 2016 08:42 AM (2s5VM)
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I can picture the future replaying the Warsaw ghetto uprising in WWII, Leftists take over, confiscate weapons, slowly start locking up then disappearing people who are enemy's of the people. Then when mass interment comes a uprising starts, the leftists retaliate with crushing brutality, body's publicly dispayed.
Movie or book first?
Movie or book first?
Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2016 08:42 AM (fizMZ)
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28 It would be less horrifying to discuss whether babies taste better if you boil them live like lobsters of if you assfuck them to death before frying them up with butter and garlic.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 26, 2016 05:53 AM (QHgTq)
Pbbt. The latter, obviously. Then again, I'm not a picky eater.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 26, 2016 05:53 AM (QHgTq)
Pbbt. The latter, obviously. Then again, I'm not a picky eater.
Posted by: Oderus Urungus at March 26, 2016 08:43 AM (jV8Mq)
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Morning all
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 26, 2016 08:37 AM (DUoqb)"
Hey, NGU. Folks were asking about you. Do you remember the movie "Marathon Man"?
Morning all
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 26, 2016 08:37 AM (DUoqb)"
Hey, NGU. Folks were asking about you. Do you remember the movie "Marathon Man"?
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 26, 2016 08:43 AM (QHgTq)
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Yup, and if it must be said, this is a tv show, not a documentary.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 26, 2016 08:36 AM (TOk1P)
Exactly. "Night of The Living Dead" was a documentary.
Posted by: Josephistan at March 26, 2016 08:40 AM (7qAYi)
Which is why I am so disappointed they turned World War Z into an "ooh, mystery, and Brad Pitt has the sadz" melodrama.
The book is an after action report. And don't even get me started on parkour fast zombies.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 26, 2016 08:36 AM (TOk1P)
Exactly. "Night of The Living Dead" was a documentary.
Posted by: Josephistan at March 26, 2016 08:40 AM (7qAYi)
Which is why I am so disappointed they turned World War Z into an "ooh, mystery, and Brad Pitt has the sadz" melodrama.
The book is an after action report. And don't even get me started on parkour fast zombies.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 26, 2016 08:43 AM (TOk1P)
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To those considering voting for Hillary:
-I guess insider trading to the tune of $100,000 made in a week
(back in the 80s, no less) is not as bad as a businessman using
bankruptcy laws in his favor.
-I guess violating email protocol and having your own private server
then lying about every aspect of it while exposing the national
security to potential high risk is not as bad as some uncivil tweets.
-I guess allowing four Americans to die in a terror attack then
blaming it on a video to the point of jailing the video maker is not as
bad as saying we should put the kibosh on Muslims coming to the U. S.
until we figure out what's going on.
I could go on all day. I just wish people who Trump offends would do an honest comparison of his offenses vs. Hillary's.
Posted by: Melfard at March 26, 2016 08:36 AM (eXTZt)
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I'll say it again: they're all mentally ill. The delusions, the meanness, the avarice, the lies, are all on such a scale that you or I would be considered the Crazy Person in the office and either isolated or let go.
So pick your patient -- the one with the florid manifestations of nastiness and pride, or the one who goes on homicidal sprees.
To those considering voting for Hillary:
-I guess insider trading to the tune of $100,000 made in a week
(back in the 80s, no less) is not as bad as a businessman using
bankruptcy laws in his favor.
-I guess violating email protocol and having your own private server
then lying about every aspect of it while exposing the national
security to potential high risk is not as bad as some uncivil tweets.
-I guess allowing four Americans to die in a terror attack then
blaming it on a video to the point of jailing the video maker is not as
bad as saying we should put the kibosh on Muslims coming to the U. S.
until we figure out what's going on.
I could go on all day. I just wish people who Trump offends would do an honest comparison of his offenses vs. Hillary's.
Posted by: Melfard at March 26, 2016 08:36 AM (eXTZt)
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I'll say it again: they're all mentally ill. The delusions, the meanness, the avarice, the lies, are all on such a scale that you or I would be considered the Crazy Person in the office and either isolated or let go.
So pick your patient -- the one with the florid manifestations of nastiness and pride, or the one who goes on homicidal sprees.
Posted by: iforgot at March 26, 2016 08:43 AM (5o5ek)
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Did you read about that poor Brit tourist in SF who was stabbed repeatedly in the head and died? At least he wasnt shot so the weenies cant complain.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at March 26, 2016 08:44 AM (iQIUe)
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We've yet to see real riots (although we've gotten close), and so far no assassination attempts. I'm betting even money we'll get one or both.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 26, 2016 08:40 AM (TOk1P)
If Trump does get elected, I think he'll be the target of serious attempts. Everyone on the Left hates him. Many on the Right hate him. And he made a lot of big promises to a lot of angry people to get elected.
Of course, my old history teacher said that it was popular leaders who people tried to kill. The ones everyone hated were left alone.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 26, 2016 08:40 AM (TOk1P)
If Trump does get elected, I think he'll be the target of serious attempts. Everyone on the Left hates him. Many on the Right hate him. And he made a lot of big promises to a lot of angry people to get elected.
Of course, my old history teacher said that it was popular leaders who people tried to kill. The ones everyone hated were left alone.
Posted by: Josephistan at March 26, 2016 08:44 AM (7qAYi)
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Posted by: iforgot at March 26, 2016 08:43 AM (5o5ek)
Your concern is noted. BTW do you miss TepidAir?
Your concern is noted. BTW do you miss TepidAir?
Posted by: Concerned Conservative at March 26, 2016 08:45 AM (VQ7bK)
301
I feel so philosophical this morning, but alas must go. See you all on the Designated Nasty Thread sometime later.
I feel so philosophical this morning, but alas must go. See you all on the Designated Nasty Thread sometime later.
Posted by: iforgot at March 26, 2016 08:45 AM (5o5ek)
302
We've yet to see real riots (although we've gotten close), and so far no assassination attempts. I'm betting even money we'll get one or both.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 26, 2016 08:40 AM
________
I found the "George Wallace" trend on Twitter a few months ago to be quite unsettling.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 26, 2016 08:40 AM
________
I found the "George Wallace" trend on Twitter a few months ago to be quite unsettling.
Posted by: FireHorse at March 26, 2016 08:45 AM (kQ5yx)
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285 Bd News, The wife of the LT Colonel in Belgium was one of the dead.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 26, 2016 08:40 AM (DUoqb)
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Fredo will attend a soccer match and do the foxtrot as a gesture of mourning.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 26, 2016 08:40 AM (DUoqb)
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Fredo will attend a soccer match and do the foxtrot as a gesture of mourning.
Posted by: Soona at March 26, 2016 08:45 AM (Fmupd)
304
That is sad to hear NGU.
The world is circling the drain and the chattering classes are dancing away in the mirrored halls of Versailles.
The world is circling the drain and the chattering classes are dancing away in the mirrored halls of Versailles.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 26, 2016 08:46 AM (2s5VM)
305
I did not log ago see a video I think on Bearing Arms shot placement is the key. The video divided the human body into kill switch and timer switch. The kill area is head and spine, organs are timer area. The timer area is where the person will go down but has a unknown time to still function.
Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2016 08:46 AM (fizMZ)
306
Can we have another joke thread? The last one was hilarious.
Posted by: North by Northeast of Eden at March 26, 2016 08:47 AM (O7hFp)
307
Lived the first 30 years of my life on Hunter Mill Rd. Family sold the corner of Vale and Hunter Mill back in the '30s for $35/acre.
Northwestern Loudoun County, now.
Northwestern Loudoun County, now.
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at March 26, 2016 08:47 AM (ZHnL2)
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Hey, NGU. Folks were asking about you. Do you remember the movie "Marathon Man"?
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 26, 2016 08:43 AM (QHgTq)
Yup
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 26, 2016 08:43 AM (QHgTq)
Yup
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 26, 2016 08:47 AM (DUoqb)
309
Can we have another joke thread? The last one was hilarious.
Posted by: North by Northeast of Eden at March 26, 2016 08:47 AM
________
Chickens??!
Posted by: North by Northeast of Eden at March 26, 2016 08:47 AM
________
Chickens??!
Posted by: FireHorse at March 26, 2016 08:49 AM (kQ5yx)
310
Can we have another joke thread? The last one was hilarious.
Posted by: North by Northeast of Eden at March 26, 2016 08:47 AM (O7hFp)
Sure...
Why did the golfer wear two pairs of pants?
BECAUSE DON TRUMP IS A NAZI RAYCISS H8TR WHO H8TSSS!
Posted by: North by Northeast of Eden at March 26, 2016 08:47 AM (O7hFp)
Sure...
Why did the golfer wear two pairs of pants?
BECAUSE DON TRUMP IS A NAZI RAYCISS H8TR WHO H8TSSS!
Posted by: BurtTC at March 26, 2016 08:49 AM (TOk1P)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 26, 2016 08:49 AM (2s5VM)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 26, 2016 08:51 AM (9ym/8)
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why we no can have ampersands and cobs do?
i demand an end to cob privilege... we're surrounded by it!
i demand an end to cob privilege... we're surrounded by it!
Posted by: redc1c4 at March 26, 2016 08:51 AM (NMZnO)
314
Along my same lines the Fear TWD started all wrong. I would have ran a time line from the few outbreaks to major outbreaks, government thinking it has a solution but of course doesn't, to overreaction by said governments, to small groups like the Governor's and the Alexandrians.
Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2016 08:51 AM (fizMZ)
315
How many Gopes does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
That's what all the illegal mexicans are for, dummy.
That's what all the illegal mexicans are for, dummy.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 26, 2016 08:52 AM (TOk1P)
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the .357 although limited in capacity has put down more attackers than most other calibers with one shot.
This from that guy that was a cop and now works in a coroners office doing autopsies.
he said that he's seen folks deaded from all sorts of calibers but that the .357 seems to be a guaranteed one shot killer.
But it has a lot of other drawbacks so I was never interested.
Never shot one. (though I might see if I can rent one next time I'm at the range.)
Seems to me to have too much kickback.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 26, 2016 08:35 AM (Xo1Rt)"
I think that it is a combination of the recoil and the barrel being so far above the line of the arm in the revolver design but the wrist twisting recoil of a .357 is something that I find to be particularly unpleasant in a way that a .45 revolver is not.
.44 Magnum and all those even more insane calibers are not really part of a realistic discussion for normal human beings as a carry weapon.
the .357 although limited in capacity has put down more attackers than most other calibers with one shot.
This from that guy that was a cop and now works in a coroners office doing autopsies.
he said that he's seen folks deaded from all sorts of calibers but that the .357 seems to be a guaranteed one shot killer.
But it has a lot of other drawbacks so I was never interested.
Never shot one. (though I might see if I can rent one next time I'm at the range.)
Seems to me to have too much kickback.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 26, 2016 08:35 AM (Xo1Rt)"
I think that it is a combination of the recoil and the barrel being so far above the line of the arm in the revolver design but the wrist twisting recoil of a .357 is something that I find to be particularly unpleasant in a way that a .45 revolver is not.
.44 Magnum and all those even more insane calibers are not really part of a realistic discussion for normal human beings as a carry weapon.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 26, 2016 08:52 AM (QHgTq)
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Fox Mill baseball fields, I know them well"
You mean the ones near the elem. school? Very nice.
Littlest 'mouse nailed a coach's car windshield at the old fields up in Herndon.
We LOL'd.
You mean the ones near the elem. school? Very nice.
Littlest 'mouse nailed a coach's car windshield at the old fields up in Herndon.
We LOL'd.
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at March 26, 2016 08:52 AM (C9pBZ)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 26, 2016 08:52 AM (9ym/8)
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Posted by: Jinx the Cat at March 26, 2016 08:47 AM (ZHnL2)
I had a secretary that said when she was a kid, they'd go out into the country and take riding lessons at a stable at a place called Tyson's corner!
I had a secretary that said when she was a kid, they'd go out into the country and take riding lessons at a stable at a place called Tyson's corner!
Posted by: Hrothgar at March 26, 2016 08:52 AM (wYnyS)
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Belgium is on high alert after a security officer for a nuclear plant was found dead with his work pass stolen.
The concerning development, which occurred on Thursday but was only reported today by Derniere Heure, comes after concerns the Brussels bombers had been plotting to create a radioactive dirty bomb that would scatter nuclear material in a crowded public place.
The security officer was reportedly shot dead as he walked his dog in the city of Charleroi. Authorities quickly cancelled his pass.
While the motive for the murder remains unknown, police are looking into the theory he was killed to steal his pass and gain access to a nuclear facility.
Lovely
The concerning development, which occurred on Thursday but was only reported today by Derniere Heure, comes after concerns the Brussels bombers had been plotting to create a radioactive dirty bomb that would scatter nuclear material in a crowded public place.
The security officer was reportedly shot dead as he walked his dog in the city of Charleroi. Authorities quickly cancelled his pass.
While the motive for the murder remains unknown, police are looking into the theory he was killed to steal his pass and gain access to a nuclear facility.
Lovely
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 26, 2016 08:52 AM (DUoqb)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 26, 2016 08:53 AM (9ym/8)
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Northwestern Loudoun County, now."
Still own some land on the Charles Town side of the border...
Still own some land on the Charles Town side of the border...
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at March 26, 2016 08:53 AM (C9pBZ)
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Hey, NGU. Folks were asking about you. Do you remember the movie "Marathon Man"?
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 26, 2016 08:43 AM (QHgTq)
Yup
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 26, 2016 08:47 AM (DUoqb)"
Then you will get the response to the question "Is it safe?"
Hey, NGU. Folks were asking about you. Do you remember the movie "Marathon Man"?
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 26, 2016 08:43 AM (QHgTq)
Yup
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 26, 2016 08:47 AM (DUoqb)"
Then you will get the response to the question "Is it safe?"
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 26, 2016 08:54 AM (QHgTq)
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Jinx, wow! Know the area well. My parents live nearby.
Anon - yep, those fields. And we all learned to park well away from those window-smashing foul balls.
Anon - yep, those fields. And we all learned to park well away from those window-smashing foul balls.
Posted by: bluebell at March 26, 2016 08:54 AM (2WwbN)
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Why did the golfer wear two pairs of pants?
BECAUSE DON TRUMP IS A NAZI RAYCISS H8TR WHO H8TSSS!
Posted by: BurtTC at March 26, 2016 08:49 AM (TOk1P)
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What do you call an elephant in a tree?
TED CRUZ. BECAUSE HE'S GOING TO SHIT ON EVERONE ONCE HE GETS INTO OFFICE.
Why did the golfer wear two pairs of pants?
BECAUSE DON TRUMP IS A NAZI RAYCISS H8TR WHO H8TSSS!
Posted by: BurtTC at March 26, 2016 08:49 AM (TOk1P)
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What do you call an elephant in a tree?
TED CRUZ. BECAUSE HE'S GOING TO SHIT ON EVERONE ONCE HE GETS INTO OFFICE.
Posted by: Soona at March 26, 2016 08:55 AM (Fmupd)
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"BECAUSE DON TRUMP IS A NAZI RAYCISS H8TR WHO H8TSSS!"
A classic.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 26, 2016 08:52 AM (9ym/
We used to tell it when I was a kid, trick or treating on Halloween.
A classic.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 26, 2016 08:52 AM (9ym/
We used to tell it when I was a kid, trick or treating on Halloween.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 26, 2016 08:55 AM (TOk1P)
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Posted by: DaveA at March 26, 2016 08:55 AM (DL2i+)
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I had a secretary that said when she was a kid, they'd go out into the country and take riding lessons at a stable at a place called Tyson's corner!"
Mrs Mouse once gave me a framed pic of Tyson's Corner (General Store) circa my birthyear.
Yeah, it was a pair of dusty roads and not much else.
Mrs Mouse once gave me a framed pic of Tyson's Corner (General Store) circa my birthyear.
Yeah, it was a pair of dusty roads and not much else.
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at March 26, 2016 08:56 AM (C9pBZ)
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Q: How many Polish people does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A: One, but he's taking jobs away from 5 Frenchmen.
A: One, but he's taking jobs away from 5 Frenchmen.
Posted by: FireHorse at March 26, 2016 08:56 AM (kQ5yx)
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Obama: Islamic State Is Threat To the Entire Civilized World, Future Belongs To Those Who Build
????
But Israel is always slammed for building? Go figure?
????
But Israel is always slammed for building? Go figure?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 26, 2016 08:56 AM (DUoqb)
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A brief note on what wasn't in "The Paranoid Style in American Politics."
When I was coming up, the Birchers were past being reviled; they were universally mocked, and I put the "universal" part down to WmFBuckley. Eastern "moderate conservatives" felt an urgent need to dissass from their entire cause. And the Birchers, many will recall, did not respond graciously.
Thing was, there was a lot of paranoia on the part of the expellers. If you don't count the general, baked-in paranoia about capitalism being a conspiracy, there were still several great waves of "populist" anti-right furor -- hard to recognize in the aw-shucks prairie fire or 1920's pacifism, but, there all along. Came to a peak with the suppression of the American Liberty League, a more-or-less bipartisan anti-New Deal coalition of pro-business interests that was set up and ambushed in several ways, like when Smedley Butler testified that they planned a military coup with the American Legion as the muscle. If you don't know about what happened, you should look them up. It was the Left doing the heavy paranoid lifting, all along. "Reactionaries" were just Reacting.
"Expelling" the Trump faction is about as smart as GOPe expelling the Tea Party. You'll feel great for a while, but where are you pushing those people? Do you want them as your enemies?
Now, banning individual Trumpists, here, is another story altogether. Lord knows individual Birchers could be a PITA. Lording it over one whole (new) wing of your movement is shallow, and empty, triumphalism.
When I was coming up, the Birchers were past being reviled; they were universally mocked, and I put the "universal" part down to WmFBuckley. Eastern "moderate conservatives" felt an urgent need to dissass from their entire cause. And the Birchers, many will recall, did not respond graciously.
Thing was, there was a lot of paranoia on the part of the expellers. If you don't count the general, baked-in paranoia about capitalism being a conspiracy, there were still several great waves of "populist" anti-right furor -- hard to recognize in the aw-shucks prairie fire or 1920's pacifism, but, there all along. Came to a peak with the suppression of the American Liberty League, a more-or-less bipartisan anti-New Deal coalition of pro-business interests that was set up and ambushed in several ways, like when Smedley Butler testified that they planned a military coup with the American Legion as the muscle. If you don't know about what happened, you should look them up. It was the Left doing the heavy paranoid lifting, all along. "Reactionaries" were just Reacting.
"Expelling" the Trump faction is about as smart as GOPe expelling the Tea Party. You'll feel great for a while, but where are you pushing those people? Do you want them as your enemies?
Now, banning individual Trumpists, here, is another story altogether. Lord knows individual Birchers could be a PITA. Lording it over one whole (new) wing of your movement is shallow, and empty, triumphalism.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 26, 2016 08:56 AM (xq1UY)
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I learn that with chrome you can right click any streaming video and it will download it.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at March 26, 2016 08:56 AM (iQIUe)
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Posted by: redc1c4 at March 26, 2016 08:51 AM (NMZnO)
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Here, have some of mine. I've got plenty to spare.
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Here, have some of mine. I've got plenty to spare.
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Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 26, 2016 08:57 AM (NeFrd)
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Then you will get the response to the question "Is it safe?"
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 26, 2016 08:54 AM (QHgTq)
I should put the sign up at my front desk
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 26, 2016 08:54 AM (QHgTq)
I should put the sign up at my front desk
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 26, 2016 08:57 AM (DUoqb)
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A lot of the people voting for Trump are either looking to stick it to both parties or are just plain desperate. The desperate see the country slipping away and like a drowning person are going to grab anything that provides them hope for surviving. It's gone beyond logic at this point. And they aren't going to grab any of the GOP flotsam because it has dragged them down to the depths too many times.
Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at March 26, 2016 08:57 AM (LTDSy)
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314 Fear the Walking Dead started so sloooooowly...it was kinda hard to get into. I'm looking forward to seeing it again, but not as much as I do when it's TWD season.
Posted by: antisocialist at March 26, 2016 08:58 AM (9n14Y)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 26, 2016 08:59 AM (NeFrd)
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at March 26, 2016 08:59 AM (C9pBZ)
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I would only vote for the candidate I wanted to win. If you really can't stand the Republican nominee (whoever it turns out to be), there are options like voting third party or writing in your cat's name. Staying home is also a legitimate choice if you can't tolerate any of the candidates.
But the only way I could see voting for Hillary is if you truly believe that Trump would be a worse President than her. In that case, go for it. But I can't wrap my mind around that way of thinking.
But the only way I could see voting for Hillary is if you truly believe that Trump would be a worse President than her. In that case, go for it. But I can't wrap my mind around that way of thinking.
Posted by: rickl at March 26, 2016 08:59 AM (sdi6R)
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Here, have some of mine. I've got plenty to spare.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 26, 2016 08:57 AM (NeFrd)
Us mere mortals gather them up, try to use them... and they disappear. Like tears. In the rain.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 26, 2016 08:57 AM (NeFrd)
Us mere mortals gather them up, try to use them... and they disappear. Like tears. In the rain.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 26, 2016 09:00 AM (TOk1P)
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Which is why I am so disappointed they turned World War Z into an "ooh, mystery, and Brad Pitt has the sadz" melodrama.
The book is an after action report. And don't even get me started on parkour fast zombies.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 26, 2016 08:43 AM (TOk1P)
Now if was titled anything else, it would have been a reasonably okay monster movie, even with the cloying emo shit. Not a great horror film, but worth a single viewing.
But it could have been so much more. Stupid bastards took all of the creepy and exciting scenes from the book and tossed them away for no good reason. Ultimately, the only thing they kept from the book was the title and the Israeli "10th man" doctrine. Everything else was dumped.
Fucking idiots.
Which is why I am so disappointed they turned World War Z into an "ooh, mystery, and Brad Pitt has the sadz" melodrama.
The book is an after action report. And don't even get me started on parkour fast zombies.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 26, 2016 08:43 AM (TOk1P)
Now if was titled anything else, it would have been a reasonably okay monster movie, even with the cloying emo shit. Not a great horror film, but worth a single viewing.
But it could have been so much more. Stupid bastards took all of the creepy and exciting scenes from the book and tossed them away for no good reason. Ultimately, the only thing they kept from the book was the title and the Israeli "10th man" doctrine. Everything else was dumped.
Fucking idiots.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 26, 2016 09:01 AM (o98Jz)
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I saw a presentation on computer security and Advanced Persistent Threat with that scene with all the zombies piling up outside the big wall around Israel as an illustration.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 26, 2016 09:01 AM (QHgTq)
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Fear TWD cribbed the daughter character straight out of Humans, just call her Lisa Simpson and be done with it. We get it, the young intuit what's good and we old fogies cannot die soon enough for Rey to save Han Solo
Posted by: derit at March 26, 2016 09:02 AM (OC+TJ)
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I've been watching a lot of movies:
http://putlocker.plus/
Most dont hold up to the test of time, unfortunately. Many I liked back then but watching now they sort of suck.
http://putlocker.plus/
Most dont hold up to the test of time, unfortunately. Many I liked back then but watching now they sort of suck.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at March 26, 2016 09:02 AM (iQIUe)
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Heard Tom Joiner on the Jazz/blues station I sometimes listen to, mention the Tavis Smiley Op-Ed advising Black People to not automaticly vote for the Hindabeast, but to consider Trump. ?!?!?!?!
Might be worth posting on it's own thread...comedy might ensue?!?!?!
Might be worth posting on it's own thread...comedy might ensue?!?!?!
Posted by: Paladin at March 26, 2016 09:02 AM (E1aoU)
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320 Belgium is on high alert after a security officer for a nuclear plant was found dead with his work pass stolen
Good Lord. Life is turning into an episode of 24 or Strike Back, only without competent intelligence agencies or badass MFers taking out the bad guys.
Good Lord. Life is turning into an episode of 24 or Strike Back, only without competent intelligence agencies or badass MFers taking out the bad guys.
Posted by: Insomniac at March 26, 2016 09:02 AM (A6ryA)
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No way I'm "staying home " on Election Day. Too many local and state elections that directly affect me, damn if I'm going to sit back and take pot luck because I'm pissed at the GOPe. Now, writing my dog's name in...I could do that if I had to. But I'll be there.
Posted by: antisocialist at March 26, 2016 09:03 AM (9n14Y)
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"I should put the sign up at my front desk
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 26, 2016 08:57 AM (DUoqb)"
Right next to the Dremel Tool.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 26, 2016 08:57 AM (DUoqb)"
Right next to the Dremel Tool.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 26, 2016 09:03 AM (QHgTq)
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I'm pulling the level for anyone on the Ballot with an "R" after his or her name. Any other vote is helping put a "D" in the White House and anything else is just a juicy rationalization
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 26, 2016 09:05 AM (DUoqb)
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"Your concern warms us" concerned conservative
Who is the "us" you are elected to represent?
"Robert Brault* wisely said: If you can't forgive and forget, pick one."
Many
here have long term connections and don't appear eager to walk away just because they are not on the DumpTrump team. But Trump
support has been relegated to a mental disease here by many, and
agitprop against Trump comes in heavy doses. Perhaps some remediation is in needed if "the center" is to hold, instead of just forgive or forget. Or maybe the desire is to make this a
Cruzer only site, and "Trumpkins" must accept their dhimmi role submissively
or leave? Well, some still speak up politely, but there are also some beheadings. (yes, that is mostly sarcasm)
anyway, I'm still pushing the freetradedoesntwork.com guy who persuaded Derbyshire. He clarifies why America First is essential in trade as well as borders.
Who is the "us" you are elected to represent?
"Robert Brault* wisely said: If you can't forgive and forget, pick one."
Many
here have long term connections and don't appear eager to walk away just because they are not on the DumpTrump team. But Trump
support has been relegated to a mental disease here by many, and
agitprop against Trump comes in heavy doses. Perhaps some remediation is in needed if "the center" is to hold, instead of just forgive or forget. Or maybe the desire is to make this a
Cruzer only site, and "Trumpkins" must accept their dhimmi role submissively
or leave? Well, some still speak up politely, but there are also some beheadings. (yes, that is mostly sarcasm)
anyway, I'm still pushing the freetradedoesntwork.com guy who persuaded Derbyshire. He clarifies why America First is essential in trade as well as borders.
Posted by: Illiniwek at March 26, 2016 09:05 AM (N8i7l)
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World War Z had the stupidest ending in cinematic history.
Posted by: antisocialist at March 26, 2016 09:05 AM (9n14Y)
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I wish they wd bring back 24. The last one, which shd have been called 12, was very good. Liked how Kief dispatched some of those terrorists.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at March 26, 2016 09:06 AM (iQIUe)
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Most dont hold up to the test of time, unfortunately. Many I liked back then but watching now they sort of suck.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at March 26, 2016 09:02 AM (iQIUe
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Watched Blade Runner again on Netflix last night. Still a very good movie. Sean Young was hot in it
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at March 26, 2016 09:02 AM (iQIUe
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Watched Blade Runner again on Netflix last night. Still a very good movie. Sean Young was hot in it
Posted by: Soona at March 26, 2016 09:06 AM (Fmupd)
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Posted by: BurtTC at March 26, 2016 08:43 AM (TOk1P)
Now if was titled anything else, it would have been a reasonably
okay monster movie, even with the cloying emo shit. Not a great horror
film, but worth a single viewing.
But it could have been so much more. Stupid bastards took all of the
creepy and exciting scenes from the book and tossed them away for no
good reason. Ultimately, the only thing they kept from the book was the
title and the Israeli "10th man" doctrine. Everything else was dumped.
Fucking idiots.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 26, 2016 09:01 AM (o98Jz)
Maybe someone could explain why they took the Israeli situation, and turned it into a failure, when in the book it was a success. Not just that the Israelis kept the zombie horde at bay, but also took in refugees of all colors and stripes, thus effectively ending the Middle East crisis!
Best part of the book: the set piece battles, with rotating lines of shooters. In this age, you could have filmed that scene. CGI zombies, and extended lines, with protected flanks, and the mass of bodies piling up... It could have been epic.
Now if was titled anything else, it would have been a reasonably
okay monster movie, even with the cloying emo shit. Not a great horror
film, but worth a single viewing.
But it could have been so much more. Stupid bastards took all of the
creepy and exciting scenes from the book and tossed them away for no
good reason. Ultimately, the only thing they kept from the book was the
title and the Israeli "10th man" doctrine. Everything else was dumped.
Fucking idiots.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 26, 2016 09:01 AM (o98Jz)
Maybe someone could explain why they took the Israeli situation, and turned it into a failure, when in the book it was a success. Not just that the Israelis kept the zombie horde at bay, but also took in refugees of all colors and stripes, thus effectively ending the Middle East crisis!
Best part of the book: the set piece battles, with rotating lines of shooters. In this age, you could have filmed that scene. CGI zombies, and extended lines, with protected flanks, and the mass of bodies piling up... It could have been epic.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 26, 2016 09:06 AM (TOk1P)
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Been a Texan all my life and never heard the bluebonnet called anything but a bluebonnet. I always thought the Bluebell name came from the signature cow that provided the milk, and of course, she always wore a bell around the neck.
Interesting conversation and just wanted to toss in my two cents.
Interesting conversation and just wanted to toss in my two cents.
Posted by: jazzuscounty at March 26, 2016 09:06 AM (7S8Q3)
356
Did Charlie Sheen save World War Z?!
Posted by: derit at March 26, 2016 09:07 AM (OC+TJ)
357
Sean Young as Rachel was 'smoking' hot.
"Are you trying to see if I am a lesbian or a Replicant..."
"Are you trying to see if I am a lesbian or a Replicant..."
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 26, 2016 09:07 AM (2s5VM)
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Us mere mortals gather them up, try to use them... and they disappear. Like tears. In the rain.
****
&- A Poem in Prose- by Seamus Muldoon
Ah the lovely ampersand. Beloved by all but understood by oh so few. Squiggling across the literary landscape simultaneously uniting and dividing the binary denizens of the universe.
Many do not know that the word 'ampersand' is actually derived from the Sanskrit word for "tears in the sand", as you so aptly referenced, and the shape of the ampersand itself is reminiscent of the tracks of a drop of water drifting down the windowpane of our souls in a psychic windstorm.
****
&- A Poem in Prose- by Seamus Muldoon
Ah the lovely ampersand. Beloved by all but understood by oh so few. Squiggling across the literary landscape simultaneously uniting and dividing the binary denizens of the universe.
Many do not know that the word 'ampersand' is actually derived from the Sanskrit word for "tears in the sand", as you so aptly referenced, and the shape of the ampersand itself is reminiscent of the tracks of a drop of water drifting down the windowpane of our souls in a psychic windstorm.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 26, 2016 09:07 AM (NeFrd)
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What do you call an elephant in a tree?
Posted by: Soona at March 26, 2016 08:55 AM (Fmupd)
A fat Cat..... Dig it, man.
Posted by: Soona at March 26, 2016 08:55 AM (Fmupd)
A fat Cat..... Dig it, man.
Posted by: Sal Paradise at March 26, 2016 09:08 AM (aRUb8)
360
I'm pulling the level for anyone on the Ballot with an "R" after his or her name. Any other vote is helping put a "D" in the White House and anything else is just a juicy rationalization
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 26, 2016 09:05 AM (DUoqb)
Sadly, true.
As I've commented before, a year ago we were all so positive about 2016. So many choices and some appeared to be great.
Now, we are here.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 26, 2016 09:05 AM (DUoqb)
Sadly, true.
As I've commented before, a year ago we were all so positive about 2016. So many choices and some appeared to be great.
Now, we are here.
Posted by: Golfman - Xenophobe Extrodinaire at March 26, 2016 09:09 AM (jIgQw)
361
I'm pulling the level for anyone on the Ballot with an "R" after his or her name. Any other vote is helping put a "D" in the White House and anything else is just a juicy rationalization
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 26, 2016 09:05 AM (DUoqb)
Yup NGU me too.....they could run zombie Ted Bundy against the Hilldabeast and I would vote for ZTB.....
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 26, 2016 09:05 AM (DUoqb)
Yup NGU me too.....they could run zombie Ted Bundy against the Hilldabeast and I would vote for ZTB.....
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 26, 2016 09:10 AM (ej1L0)
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I never read World War Z,scanned through it at the bookstore and saw the zombies were Bush's fault because he "purged" the intel community after 9/11 when their reports didn't reflect what he wanted.Yeah,I wish.
Posted by: steevy at March 26, 2016 09:10 AM (B48dK)
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336 314 Fear the Walking Dead started so sloooooowly...it was kinda hard to get into. I'm looking forward to seeing it again, but not as much as I do when it's TWD season.
Posted by: antisocialist at March 26, 2016 08:58 AM (9n14Y)
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I think the creators got the message. If they dont ramp it up, they might as well cancel it. I've noticed the yacht they intend to escape on has gotten smaller. They filmed down in Baja so I wonder if the story goes there or if it was just a shooting location. Mexican zombies wd be cool.
Posted by: antisocialist at March 26, 2016 08:58 AM (9n14Y)
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I think the creators got the message. If they dont ramp it up, they might as well cancel it. I've noticed the yacht they intend to escape on has gotten smaller. They filmed down in Baja so I wonder if the story goes there or if it was just a shooting location. Mexican zombies wd be cool.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at March 26, 2016 09:10 AM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 26, 2016 09:11 AM (QHgTq)
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- A Poem in Prose- by Seamus Muldoon
Ah the lovely ampersand. Beloved by all but understood by oh so
few. Squiggling across the literary landscape simultaneously uniting
and dividing the binary denizens of the universe.
Many do not know that the word 'ampersand' is actually derived from
the Sanskrit word for "tears in the sand", as you so aptly referenced,
and the shape of the ampersand itself is reminiscent of the tracks of a
drop of water drifting down the windowpane of our souls in a psychic
windstorm.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 26, 2016 09:07 AM (NeFrd)
That's beautiful, man. I'm lighting a lighter and holding it up. I would be striking a bongo, but I don't have a bongo. And I can't type with one hand on a lighter and the other striking a bongo.
Ah the lovely ampersand. Beloved by all but understood by oh so
few. Squiggling across the literary landscape simultaneously uniting
and dividing the binary denizens of the universe.
Many do not know that the word 'ampersand' is actually derived from
the Sanskrit word for "tears in the sand", as you so aptly referenced,
and the shape of the ampersand itself is reminiscent of the tracks of a
drop of water drifting down the windowpane of our souls in a psychic
windstorm.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 26, 2016 09:07 AM (NeFrd)
That's beautiful, man. I'm lighting a lighter and holding it up. I would be striking a bongo, but I don't have a bongo. And I can't type with one hand on a lighter and the other striking a bongo.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 26, 2016 09:11 AM (TOk1P)
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It is like saying "I would cut off my dick before I would fuck Lena Dunham". That does not indicate a desire to cut off one's own dick, just an extreme aversion to Lena Dunham.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 26, 2016 08:09 AM (QHgTq)
Why can't it indicate both?
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 26, 2016 08:09 AM (QHgTq)
Why can't it indicate both?
Posted by: Caitlyn You-Know-Who at March 26, 2016 09:11 AM (wKcQA)
367
Good Lord. Life is turning into an episode of 24 or Strike Back, only without competent intelligence agencies or badass MFers taking out the bad guys.
Posted by: Insomniac at March 26, 2016 09:02 AM (A6ryA)
And without the gratuitous boobs of Strike Back.
Posted by: Insomniac at March 26, 2016 09:02 AM (A6ryA)
And without the gratuitous boobs of Strike Back.
Posted by: Josephistan at March 26, 2016 09:12 AM (7qAYi)
368
>>Good Lord. Life is turning into an episode of 24 or Strike Back, only
without competent intelligence agencies or badass MFers taking out the
bad guys.
....or *HOT* badass MFers taking out the
bad guys.
FIFY
without competent intelligence agencies or badass MFers taking out the
bad guys.
....or *HOT* badass MFers taking out the
bad guys.
FIFY
Posted by: Muslim Brotherhood-connected Huma Abedin at March 26, 2016 09:12 AM (NOIQH)
369
There really shd be more zombies wandering around. They are a renewable resource. You cant stab them all. People die and wont stop dying even in a safe space so there will always be walkers.
There really shd be more zombies wandering around. They are a renewable resource. You cant stab them all. People die and wont stop dying even in a safe space so there will always be walkers.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at March 26, 2016 09:12 AM (iQIUe)
370
While the motive for the murder remains unknown, police are looking into the theory he was killed to steal his pass and gain access to a nuclear facility.
Lovely
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 26, 2016 08:52 AM (DUoqb)
Now they say he was killed in his bathroom and they did not take his pass, so there.
Lovely
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 26, 2016 08:52 AM (DUoqb)
Now they say he was killed in his bathroom and they did not take his pass, so there.
Posted by: Velvet Ambition at March 26, 2016 09:13 AM (QPdNE)
371
There was nothing in there about a man from Nantucket.
****
I'm planning on working that into the second stanza.
****
I'm planning on working that into the second stanza.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 26, 2016 09:13 AM (NeFrd)
372
367 Good Lord. Life is turning into an episode of 24 or Strike Back, only without competent intelligence agencies or badass MFers taking out the bad guys.
Posted by: Insomniac at March 26, 2016 09:02 AM (A6ryA)
And without the gratuitous boobs of Strike Back.
Posted by: Josephistan at March 26, 2016 09:12 AM (7qAYi)
Sadly, this is true.
Posted by: Insomniac at March 26, 2016 09:02 AM (A6ryA)
And without the gratuitous boobs of Strike Back.
Posted by: Josephistan at March 26, 2016 09:12 AM (7qAYi)
Sadly, this is true.
Posted by: Insomniac at March 26, 2016 09:13 AM (A6ryA)
373
Sadly, true.
As I've commented before, a year ago we were all so positive about 2016. So many choices and some appeared to be great.
Now, we are here.
Posted by: Golfman - Xenophobe Extrodinaire at March 26, 2016 09:09 AM (jIgQw)
Really? A year ago I thought Jeb! was a shoo-in. We're ahead of the game, from what I thought last year, as far as I'm concerned.
As I've commented before, a year ago we were all so positive about 2016. So many choices and some appeared to be great.
Now, we are here.
Posted by: Golfman - Xenophobe Extrodinaire at March 26, 2016 09:09 AM (jIgQw)
Really? A year ago I thought Jeb! was a shoo-in. We're ahead of the game, from what I thought last year, as far as I'm concerned.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 26, 2016 09:13 AM (TOk1P)
374
I need to do yard work.
Posted by: Soona at March 26, 2016 09:13 AM (Fmupd)
Posted by: Lizzy at March 26, 2016 09:13 AM (NOIQH)
376
Not only was Fear TWD slow, slow, slow, I just didn't care about the characters. They get eaten by ghouls? Who cares? I cared about Rick right away in TWD.
Posted by: Josephistan at March 26, 2016 09:14 AM (7qAYi)
377
You can see SS Meteor from Wisconsin 35.
Also
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Bong#/ media/File:Bong_Heritage_Center_(1).JPG
After lots of boring miles of NW Wis Dick Bong is a welcome giggle.
Also
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Bong#/ media/File:Bong_Heritage_Center_(1).JPG
After lots of boring miles of NW Wis Dick Bong is a welcome giggle.
Posted by: DaveA at March 26, 2016 09:14 AM (DL2i+)
378
368 >>Good Lord. Life is turning into an episode of 24 or Strike Back, only
without competent intelligence agencies or badass MFers taking out the
bad guys.
....or *HOT* badass MFers taking out the
bad guys.
FIFY
Posted by: Muslim Brotherhood-connected Huma Abedin at March 26, 2016 09:12 AM (NOIQH)
Unless you're talking about Rhona Mitra, I don't swing that way.
without competent intelligence agencies or badass MFers taking out the
bad guys.
....or *HOT* badass MFers taking out the
bad guys.
FIFY
Posted by: Muslim Brotherhood-connected Huma Abedin at March 26, 2016 09:12 AM (NOIQH)
Unless you're talking about Rhona Mitra, I don't swing that way.
Posted by: Insomniac at March 26, 2016 09:14 AM (A6ryA)
379
351
World War Z had the stupidest ending in cinematic history.
Posted by: antisocialist at March 26, 2016 09:05 AM (9n14Y)
Sean Connery was great in that one. Dolph Lungren was so-so. The story did show the effects of crony capitalism and the struggle of blacks and gays. I liked the way they implied the killing of mayor Mosconi and Harvey Milk. I noticed a lot of solar panels in the background too.
World War Z had the stupidest ending in cinematic history.
Posted by: antisocialist at March 26, 2016 09:05 AM (9n14Y)
Sean Connery was great in that one. Dolph Lungren was so-so. The story did show the effects of crony capitalism and the struggle of blacks and gays. I liked the way they implied the killing of mayor Mosconi and Harvey Milk. I noticed a lot of solar panels in the background too.
Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at March 26, 2016 09:14 AM (aRUb8)
380
Oh, AoSHQ!
Why can you not see that I adore you?
Why do you avoid and scorn me?
If you cast me off and leave me
How should I live another day?
Oh, AoSHQ!
Why can you not see that I adore you?
Why do you avoid and scorn me?
If you cast me off and leave me
How should I live another day?
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at March 26, 2016 09:15 AM (iQIUe)
381
Fear the Walking Dead started so sloooooowly...it was kinda hard to get into. I'm looking forward to seeing it again, but not as much as I do when it's TWD season.
Posted by: antisocialist at March 26, 2016 08:58 AM (9n14Y)
Ugh.
I hate hate FTWD.
It's like the SJW Walking Dead - Extra Whiny Version.
Just awful. Not one good character among them.
I gave up after 5 or so episodes.
Though I hear on the premier, that the zombies turn out to be refugees from purgatory and that all they want are good jobs...
...and brains.
Lots of brains.
But, zombies are mostly peaceful. And good citizens.
And it's not our values to deny them brains.
Aaaaanywho, that show needs a Red Wedding episode where they wipe out the whole cast and get a new crew of non-whiners.
Posted by: antisocialist at March 26, 2016 08:58 AM (9n14Y)
Ugh.
I hate hate FTWD.
It's like the SJW Walking Dead - Extra Whiny Version.
Just awful. Not one good character among them.
I gave up after 5 or so episodes.
Though I hear on the premier, that the zombies turn out to be refugees from purgatory and that all they want are good jobs...
...and brains.
Lots of brains.
But, zombies are mostly peaceful. And good citizens.
And it's not our values to deny them brains.
Aaaaanywho, that show needs a Red Wedding episode where they wipe out the whole cast and get a new crew of non-whiners.
Posted by: naturalfake at March 26, 2016 09:15 AM (2rmvw)
382
Lovely
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 26, 2016 08:52 AM (DUoqb)
Now they say he was killed in his bathroom and they did not take his pass, so there.
Posted by: Velvet Ambition at March 26, 2016 09:13 AM (QPdNE)
Next they'll say he's not dead at all, merely went to a cafe to have a coffee and a smoke, because he woke up with a tickle in his throat.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 26, 2016 08:52 AM (DUoqb)
Now they say he was killed in his bathroom and they did not take his pass, so there.
Posted by: Velvet Ambition at March 26, 2016 09:13 AM (QPdNE)
Next they'll say he's not dead at all, merely went to a cafe to have a coffee and a smoke, because he woke up with a tickle in his throat.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 26, 2016 09:15 AM (TOk1P)
383
362 steevy, the book is really good. It really is an after action report, and it moves really fast. I read it after I saw the movie, loved it.
Posted by: antisocialist at March 26, 2016 09:15 AM (9n14Y)
384
Mexican zombies wd be cool.
Siesta cracks are racist! But know a Meso-zed by the leaf blower that didn't roar.
Siesta cracks are racist! But know a Meso-zed by the leaf blower that didn't roar.
Posted by: derit at March 26, 2016 09:15 AM (OC+TJ)
385
>>Yup NGU me too.....they could run zombie Ted Bundy against the Hilldabeast and I would vote for ZTB.....
Any hot mess GOP is better than eeevil Hillary.
We've already seen how much she effectively could sell out our country and amass billions as SoS, I don't even want to think what would happen if she were POTUS. Factor in that she'll ill and vulnerable to manipulation...?
*shivers*
Any hot mess GOP is better than eeevil Hillary.
We've already seen how much she effectively could sell out our country and amass billions as SoS, I don't even want to think what would happen if she were POTUS. Factor in that she'll ill and vulnerable to manipulation...?
*shivers*
Posted by: Lizzy at March 26, 2016 09:16 AM (NOIQH)
386
"Really? A year ago I thought Jeb! was a shoo-in.
We're ahead of the game, from what I thought last year, as far as I'm
concerned.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 26, 2016 09:13 AM (TOk1P)"
A year ago I thought it would be Jindal, Walker or Perry.
This is why I do not bet on horses or the stock market.
We're ahead of the game, from what I thought last year, as far as I'm
concerned.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 26, 2016 09:13 AM (TOk1P)"
A year ago I thought it would be Jindal, Walker or Perry.
This is why I do not bet on horses or the stock market.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 26, 2016 09:16 AM (QHgTq)
387
Good morning. I slept late and I'm still tired.
Months ago I disconnected Hulu when I realized that I had been being billed for it for a year without my knowing about it. I signed up for one of those trial weeks and forgot to turn it off. I had never used it.
Yesterday I decided to actually give it a try again (I had tried it when it first came out and didn't like it) Hoo boy!
I have loaded up my queue with old cop/PI dramas: Simon and Simon, Hunter, Crime Story, Miami Vice, Fall Guy and more.
I watched the pilots for Simon and Simon and Miami Vice last night. It's storming outside, so its a great weekend for watching oldies.
Months ago I disconnected Hulu when I realized that I had been being billed for it for a year without my knowing about it. I signed up for one of those trial weeks and forgot to turn it off. I had never used it.
Yesterday I decided to actually give it a try again (I had tried it when it first came out and didn't like it) Hoo boy!
I have loaded up my queue with old cop/PI dramas: Simon and Simon, Hunter, Crime Story, Miami Vice, Fall Guy and more.
I watched the pilots for Simon and Simon and Miami Vice last night. It's storming outside, so its a great weekend for watching oldies.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 26, 2016 09:16 AM (SEXy3)
388
Trump told us the truth: America is being raped.
I think some of the anti-Trump sentiment comes from his speaking the truth.
Folks just do not want to face it. They cling to old favorites like the Cruz model or the Rubio model or whatever they prefer, anything but the truth.
I think some of the anti-Trump sentiment comes from his speaking the truth.
Folks just do not want to face it. They cling to old favorites like the Cruz model or the Rubio model or whatever they prefer, anything but the truth.
Posted by: eman at March 26, 2016 09:17 AM (MQEz6)
389
Worried about terrorism?You are more likely to slip and fall in the bathtub.
Barack
Barack
Posted by: steevy at March 26, 2016 09:17 AM (B48dK)
390
The junkie kid in fear the walking dead is the son of the actor in GOT who hooked up with the red headed witch.
The junkie kid in fear the walking dead is the son of the actor in GOT who hooked up with the red headed witch.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at March 26, 2016 09:17 AM (iQIUe)
391
So this Belgium security guard anyway related to the Argentine special prosecutor who mysteriously shot himself in the bathroom?
And was Ms. Scarlet in the library?
And was Ms. Scarlet in the library?
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 26, 2016 09:18 AM (2s5VM)
392
I can picture the future replaying the Warsaw ghetto
uprising in WWII, Leftists take over, confiscate weapons, slowly start
locking up then disappearing people who are enemy's of the people. Then
when mass interment comes a uprising starts, the leftists retaliate with
crushing brutality, body's publicly dispayed.
Movie or book first?
Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2016 08:42 AM (fizMZ)
Kratman wrote that book, but I am waiting for the television series of Ringo's Last Centurion first
uprising in WWII, Leftists take over, confiscate weapons, slowly start
locking up then disappearing people who are enemy's of the people. Then
when mass interment comes a uprising starts, the leftists retaliate with
crushing brutality, body's publicly dispayed.
Movie or book first?
Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2016 08:42 AM (fizMZ)
Kratman wrote that book, but I am waiting for the television series of Ringo's Last Centurion first
Posted by: Kindltot at March 26, 2016 09:18 AM (XQHkt)
393
"Now they say he was killed in his bathroom and they did not take his pass, so there.'
That makes no sense.
That makes no sense.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 26, 2016 09:18 AM (9ym/8)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 26, 2016 09:18 AM (1xUj/)
395
Really? A year ago I thought Jeb! was a shoo-in. We're ahead of the game, from what I thought last year, as far as I'm concerned.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 26, 2016 09:13 AM (TOk1P)
As far as Jeb goes, yes.
But I fear the noise is turning people away. Wives? "Hand" size? Jeez.
Meanwhile, Hillary rumbles along.
Regardless, our primary has passed. I'm with NGU at 349.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 26, 2016 09:13 AM (TOk1P)
As far as Jeb goes, yes.
But I fear the noise is turning people away. Wives? "Hand" size? Jeez.
Meanwhile, Hillary rumbles along.
Regardless, our primary has passed. I'm with NGU at 349.
Posted by: Golfman - Xenophobe Extrodinaire at March 26, 2016 09:18 AM (jIgQw)
396
Yes, Fear TWD is awful.
>>Unless you're talking about Rhona Mitra, I don't swing that way.
'Ettes need hot, too, and show fit the bill marvelously.
>>Unless you're talking about Rhona Mitra, I don't swing that way.
'Ettes need hot, too, and show fit the bill marvelously.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 26, 2016 09:18 AM (NOIQH)
397
Not only was Fear TWD slow, slow, slow, I just
didn't care about the characters. They get eaten by ghouls? Who cares? I
cared about Rick right away in TWD.
Posted by: Josephistan at March 26, 2016 09:14 AM (7qAYi)
I almost think they did that on purpose. Everyone is flawed, no one is innocent, and EVERYONE is expendable.
My personal choice: let's get rid of the drug addict Johnny Depp lookalike son first.
didn't care about the characters. They get eaten by ghouls? Who cares? I
cared about Rick right away in TWD.
Posted by: Josephistan at March 26, 2016 09:14 AM (7qAYi)
I almost think they did that on purpose. Everyone is flawed, no one is innocent, and EVERYONE is expendable.
My personal choice: let's get rid of the drug addict Johnny Depp lookalike son first.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 26, 2016 09:18 AM (TOk1P)
398
393 The bathroom is a very dangerous place.More dangerous than terrorists.
Barack
Barack
Posted by: steevy at March 26, 2016 09:19 AM (B48dK)
399
"A year ago I thought it would be Jindal, Walker or Perry."
I so knew Walker was going to waltz in and walk away with the nomination.
I so knew Walker was going to waltz in and walk away with the nomination.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 26, 2016 09:20 AM (9ym/8)
400
And the older zombies should be waaaay more squishy and decomposed than they are. I mean there shouldn't be much more than a rotting puddle left of some of them.
As for FTWD...they're West Coast Zombies. Of course they're gonna be a little SJW-ish.
As for FTWD...they're West Coast Zombies. Of course they're gonna be a little SJW-ish.
Posted by: antisocialist at March 26, 2016 09:20 AM (9n14Y)
401
Is anyone watching Vinyl?
I binge watched the first six episodes and have mixed feelings.
***
I don't think I've even heard of it.
I binge watched the first six episodes and have mixed feelings.
***
I don't think I've even heard of it.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 26, 2016 09:20 AM (SEXy3)
402
"Came to a peak with the suppression of the American Liberty League, a
more-or-less bipartisan anti-New Deal coalition of pro-business
interests that was set up and ambushed in several ways, like when
Smedley Butler testified that they planned a military coup with the
American Legion as the muscle. If you don't know about what happened,
you should look them up." stringer davis
Thanks for that history stringer. I'm still having to go back and study all those gaps in my understanding of how we got to this point. My feeling so far is the power brokers of communism have long infiltrated, but power corrupts on many fronts. Birchers ALL had to be purged (and I have not yet studied their core ideas vs Buckley), just as guys like Buchanan and Derbyshire had to be purged form NR.
To me, the Trumpkin purges are similar, but we are throwing out the anti-globalism with the dirty Trump bath water. or something like that. Open borders and/or continued globalism (diversity like what is devouring the EU) will destroy US, and that is not paranoia but evidenced in our balance sheets.
more-or-less bipartisan anti-New Deal coalition of pro-business
interests that was set up and ambushed in several ways, like when
Smedley Butler testified that they planned a military coup with the
American Legion as the muscle. If you don't know about what happened,
you should look them up." stringer davis
Thanks for that history stringer. I'm still having to go back and study all those gaps in my understanding of how we got to this point. My feeling so far is the power brokers of communism have long infiltrated, but power corrupts on many fronts. Birchers ALL had to be purged (and I have not yet studied their core ideas vs Buckley), just as guys like Buchanan and Derbyshire had to be purged form NR.
To me, the Trumpkin purges are similar, but we are throwing out the anti-globalism with the dirty Trump bath water. or something like that. Open borders and/or continued globalism (diversity like what is devouring the EU) will destroy US, and that is not paranoia but evidenced in our balance sheets.
Posted by: Illiniwek at March 26, 2016 09:21 AM (N8i7l)
403
I binge watched the first six episodes and have mixed feelings.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 26, 2016 09:18 AM (1xUj/)
-------------------
I haven't watched a single episode and I have mixed feelings.
I binge watched the first six episodes and have mixed feelings.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 26, 2016 09:18 AM (1xUj/)
-------------------
I haven't watched a single episode and I have mixed feelings.
Posted by: Soona at March 26, 2016 09:22 AM (Fmupd)
404
>>My personal choice: let's get rid of the drug addict Johnny Depp lookalike son first.
Or the school counselor who disarmed the one person (a nerdy student) who had a clue that something bad was about to happen?
Or the school counselor who disarmed the one person (a nerdy student) who had a clue that something bad was about to happen?
Posted by: Lizzy at March 26, 2016 09:22 AM (NOIQH)
405
Maybe the Birchers were right about water fluoridation.
Posted by: steevy at March 26, 2016 09:22 AM (B48dK)
406
As I've commented before, a year ago we were all so positive about 2016. So many choices and some appeared to be great.
So many of the promising choices didn't get any traction. Some stuck their feet in their mouths, many didn't get funding or notice in the crowded field. Some filed to see the anti-establishment sentiment and cozied up like they thought they were supposed to.
Back then the establishment was pursuing it's strategy to divide the anti-Jeb movement. When the more conservative candidates began to drop out first, the biggest mouth, saying the forbidden things, began to pick up the flood of support and has never looked back.
Perhaps by offering so many anti-Jeb options, the GOP let the anti-establishment mood build to an unbeatable level. Now they're reduced to plotting to install a token candidate through parliamentary maneuvers.
So many of the promising choices didn't get any traction. Some stuck their feet in their mouths, many didn't get funding or notice in the crowded field. Some filed to see the anti-establishment sentiment and cozied up like they thought they were supposed to.
Back then the establishment was pursuing it's strategy to divide the anti-Jeb movement. When the more conservative candidates began to drop out first, the biggest mouth, saying the forbidden things, began to pick up the flood of support and has never looked back.
Perhaps by offering so many anti-Jeb options, the GOP let the anti-establishment mood build to an unbeatable level. Now they're reduced to plotting to install a token candidate through parliamentary maneuvers.
Posted by: Kasich the Barbarian, Son of Mailman at March 26, 2016 09:23 AM (iLoHX)
407
I think some of the anti-Trump sentiment comes from his speaking the truth.
****
I didn't need Trump to tell me about being overrun. Anyone in a border state has known this for a long, long time.
Still not a fan, one point in his favor, too many points not in his favor.
****
I didn't need Trump to tell me about being overrun. Anyone in a border state has known this for a long, long time.
Still not a fan, one point in his favor, too many points not in his favor.
Posted by: jazzuscounty at March 26, 2016 09:23 AM (7S8Q3)
408
Mexican zombies wd be cool.
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Siesta cracks are racist! But know a Meso-zed by the leaf blower that didn't roar.
Posted by: derit at March 26, 2016 09:15 AM (OC+TJ)
Reminds me of the awesome Buffy TVS episode when they excavated an old native American site, and Willow went all kollege sophomore on them, and ragged about wiping out the native culture. Meanwhile, the dead zombie ghost native culture doods were killing everybody.
Fun stuff.
----------------------------
Siesta cracks are racist! But know a Meso-zed by the leaf blower that didn't roar.
Posted by: derit at March 26, 2016 09:15 AM (OC+TJ)
Reminds me of the awesome Buffy TVS episode when they excavated an old native American site, and Willow went all kollege sophomore on them, and ragged about wiping out the native culture. Meanwhile, the dead zombie ghost native culture doods were killing everybody.
Fun stuff.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 26, 2016 09:23 AM (TOk1P)
409
I watched the pilots for Simon and Simon and Miami Vice last night. It's storming outside, so its a great weekend for watching oldies.
Oh, I loved Miami Vice back in the day. I still watch when there's a re-run on.
But I have a yuge problem with the pilot. They're listening to an undercover recording of some drug dealers and one of the cops says they're Haitians.
Tubbs, being so super cool, says "no, Jamaicans". And the other cop says who can tell the difference?
The Haitian accent is based on French, the Jamaican accent is based on British. And we're supposed to buy that Tubbs is so cool because he knows the difference.
Still, at the time it was the coolest white man on television paired with the coolest black man on television.
I may have freeze-framed the opening credits 1,000 times to see if a nipple slips out of the carnivale girl's bikini, right after the jai alai shot.
Oh, I loved Miami Vice back in the day. I still watch when there's a re-run on.
But I have a yuge problem with the pilot. They're listening to an undercover recording of some drug dealers and one of the cops says they're Haitians.
Tubbs, being so super cool, says "no, Jamaicans". And the other cop says who can tell the difference?
The Haitian accent is based on French, the Jamaican accent is based on British. And we're supposed to buy that Tubbs is so cool because he knows the difference.
Still, at the time it was the coolest white man on television paired with the coolest black man on television.
I may have freeze-framed the opening credits 1,000 times to see if a nipple slips out of the carnivale girl's bikini, right after the jai alai shot.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 26, 2016 09:23 AM (1xUj/)
410
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 26, 2016 09:07 AM (NeFrd)
I see the joke thread has unofficially started!
I see the joke thread has unofficially started!
Posted by: Hrothgar at March 26, 2016 09:23 AM (wYnyS)
411
I so knew Walker was going to waltz in and walk away with the nomination.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 26, 2016 09:20 AM (9ym/
He still may.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 26, 2016 09:20 AM (9ym/
He still may.
Posted by: Josephistan at March 26, 2016 09:24 AM (7qAYi)
412
I think I'm now with Ace. This latests stunt about Cruz has driven me over the edge. And I'm actually disgusted by myself when I consider who I'm aligning myself with. *sigh*
Posted by: Bayou City's iPad at March 26, 2016 05:19 AM (FPgcp)
Ask yourself: Who benefits from a mud-slinging match between Cruz and Trump in the primary? Not Cruz; not Trump. It's the GOPe, and whichever stooge they plan to use to steal the primary. And the Donks, too, if they can be distinguished from GOPe these days.
Posted by: Bayou City's iPad at March 26, 2016 05:19 AM (FPgcp)
Ask yourself: Who benefits from a mud-slinging match between Cruz and Trump in the primary? Not Cruz; not Trump. It's the GOPe, and whichever stooge they plan to use to steal the primary. And the Donks, too, if they can be distinguished from GOPe these days.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 26, 2016 09:24 AM (/i7Ua)
413
If it doesn't matter if we choose Communism or Capitalism, then why do I always choose Communism?
Posted by: Pres. Barky Obarky at March 26, 2016 09:24 AM (Ndje9)
414
If you need a zombie fix, can always watch the anime High School of the Dead.
https://youtu.be/x6mBPA6EPSY
https://youtu.be/x6mBPA6EPSY
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 26, 2016 09:25 AM (2s5VM)
415
Some muslim belgium asshole on CNN is saying it's only because his yoots don't have jobs that they turn radical? LMAO
So I guess only muslims are unemployed?
So I guess only muslims are unemployed?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 26, 2016 09:25 AM (DUoqb)
416
"A year ago I thought it would be Jindal, Walker or Perry."
I so knew Walker was going to waltz in and walk away with the nomination.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 26, 2016 09:20 AM (9ym/
________
A year ago, we were all reading Y-not's excellent research and I was considering Cruz, Paul, and Jindal. Looked seriously at Carson because kidlet liked him, but too 'east coast establishment' for me (just like DT). The one thing I knew was that as much as we all enjoyed Walker's throne of skulls was that he would never make it. Paul Ryan and Reince Priebus are from WI.
I so knew Walker was going to waltz in and walk away with the nomination.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 26, 2016 09:20 AM (9ym/
________
A year ago, we were all reading Y-not's excellent research and I was considering Cruz, Paul, and Jindal. Looked seriously at Carson because kidlet liked him, but too 'east coast establishment' for me (just like DT). The one thing I knew was that as much as we all enjoyed Walker's throne of skulls was that he would never make it. Paul Ryan and Reince Priebus are from WI.
Posted by: mustbequantum at March 26, 2016 09:25 AM (MIKMs)
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Or the school counselor who disarmed the one person (a nerdy student) who had a clue that something bad was about to happen?
Posted by: Lizzy at March 26, 2016 09:22 AM (NOIQH)
Oh, I think we're stuck with her for the duration. She's LA's answer to Rick.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 26, 2016 09:22 AM (NOIQH)
Oh, I think we're stuck with her for the duration. She's LA's answer to Rick.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 26, 2016 09:25 AM (TOk1P)
418
What immediately ruined Fear TWD was they that had not one, but *three* teen characters who do nothing but stupid stuff (druggie) or disobey their parents which puts them all in grave danger every single time. I wanted the teens killed first because plot always driven by stupid kids is annoying.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 26, 2016 09:25 AM (NOIQH)
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404 I vote for giving the junkie kid a bath and a haircut for starters. He's creepier than the zombies.
Posted by: antisocialist at March 26, 2016 09:25 AM (9n14Y)
420
388
Trump told us the truth: America is being raped.
I think some of the anti-Trump sentiment comes from his speaking the truth.
Folks just do not want to face it. They cling to old favorites like
the Cruz model or the Rubio model or whatever they prefer, anything but
the truth.
Posted by: eman at March 26, 2016 09:17 AM (MQEz6)
What he didn't tell us, is that he will be the best rapist when takes over...the BEST. He's been rapin' and pillaging for decades, for decades..he knows the "Art" of the rape. When he's done rapin' America we'll all be crack whores for the scraps. If you let him have sex with YOUR daughter, he'll get you a free condo on Pervert Island. But he'll help us all with Universal Healthcare and it'll be free...really free. The government will pay for it!Thats the Truth!!
Trump told us the truth: America is being raped.
I think some of the anti-Trump sentiment comes from his speaking the truth.
Folks just do not want to face it. They cling to old favorites like
the Cruz model or the Rubio model or whatever they prefer, anything but
the truth.
Posted by: eman at March 26, 2016 09:17 AM (MQEz6)
What he didn't tell us, is that he will be the best rapist when takes over...the BEST. He's been rapin' and pillaging for decades, for decades..he knows the "Art" of the rape. When he's done rapin' America we'll all be crack whores for the scraps. If you let him have sex with YOUR daughter, he'll get you a free condo on Pervert Island. But he'll help us all with Universal Healthcare and it'll be free...really free. The government will pay for it!Thats the Truth!!
Posted by: Mimzey at March 26, 2016 09:26 AM (aRUb8)
421
The guy at the little store scanned my lottery ticket and confirmed that I had won $400. But, he said, they didn't have that kind of money to spare, I'd have to redeem it elsewhere.
I grabbed some candy on the way out the door. It came to $6.01. I had a five, ones, and a ten. The lady behind me in line handed up a penny so I didn't have to break the ten.
As I was walking out the door, I woke up. I didn't have a $400 dollar winning ticket and I didn't have any candy.
Howdy, y'all.
I grabbed some candy on the way out the door. It came to $6.01. I had a five, ones, and a ten. The lady behind me in line handed up a penny so I didn't have to break the ten.
As I was walking out the door, I woke up. I didn't have a $400 dollar winning ticket and I didn't have any candy.
Howdy, y'all.
Posted by: mindful webworker - 20 Years on the Web at March 26, 2016 09:26 AM (7imgO)
422
55
creeper would that be single malt or blend? Asking just in case.
Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2016 06:31 AM (fizMZ)
Yes.
creeper would that be single malt or blend? Asking just in case.
Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2016 06:31 AM (fizMZ)
Yes.
Posted by: creeper at March 26, 2016 09:26 AM (CL5j3)
423
Is anyone watching Vinyl?
I binge watched the first six episodes and have mixed feelings.
***
I don't think I've even heard of it.
It's an HBO thing about the music industry in 1973. It's produced by Jagger and Scorcese. Jagger's kid is a proto-punk rocker.
There's drugs and mayhem and murder. There's a lot of reverence for my kind of music, like Iggy and the Stooges and the New York Dolls.
I can't tell whether I would like it if it weren't hitting all of my buttons.
I binge watched the first six episodes and have mixed feelings.
***
I don't think I've even heard of it.
It's an HBO thing about the music industry in 1973. It's produced by Jagger and Scorcese. Jagger's kid is a proto-punk rocker.
There's drugs and mayhem and murder. There's a lot of reverence for my kind of music, like Iggy and the Stooges and the New York Dolls.
I can't tell whether I would like it if it weren't hitting all of my buttons.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 26, 2016 09:26 AM (1xUj/)
424
What kind of turnout boost on the R side might there be if Cleveland is rocked by violent demonstrations, and they then continue on for many of the campaign events from Cleveland to November?
Posted by: the littl shyning man at March 26, 2016 09:27 AM (U6f54)
425
Some muslim belgium asshole on CNN is saying it's only because his yoots don't have jobs that they turn radical? LMAO
So I guess only muslims are unemployed?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 26, 2016 09:25 AM (DUoqb)
Yeah. Bin Laden was a highly educated engineer. Dopes.
So I guess only muslims are unemployed?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 26, 2016 09:25 AM (DUoqb)
Yeah. Bin Laden was a highly educated engineer. Dopes.
Posted by: Golfman - Xenophobe Extrodinaire at March 26, 2016 09:27 AM (jIgQw)
426
415 Some muslim belgium asshole on CNN is saying it's only because his yoots don't have jobs that they turn radical? LMAO
So I guess only muslims are unemployed?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 26, 2016 09:25 AM (DUoqb)
Just like climate change only turns muslims into terrorists.
So I guess only muslims are unemployed?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 26, 2016 09:25 AM (DUoqb)
Just like climate change only turns muslims into terrorists.
Posted by: Josephistan at March 26, 2016 09:27 AM (7qAYi)
427
And who cares if one is unemployed in Europe? Living off the dole is a proud tradition & viable option.
Posted by: Josephistan at March 26, 2016 09:28 AM (7qAYi)
428
I've been in that camp since Oct 2012 when it became obvious that Mittens was mailing-in the campaign he had won with the first debate and The JEF was going to be reelected. The USA as we know or remember it was done, gone, finished, never coming back.
Posted by: DocJ at March 26, 2016 06:33 AM (5Nr9V)
I, too, thought that Romney was going to win in October, 2012. Then outside events happened that the Obama team was able to turn around and make them look good. I still think that Romney would have won if the elections had been held two weeks earlier. Not that I was a Romney fan, but he is a far better man than Obama.
The same thing happened in 2008 with McCain. The financial meltdown happened at a convenient time and the press was able to spin it for Obama.
I hate to be a Debbie Downer, but if the Republicans survive intact, I expect something to happen next September/October that can be spun to make the Democrat look good.
Posted by: DocJ at March 26, 2016 06:33 AM (5Nr9V)
I, too, thought that Romney was going to win in October, 2012. Then outside events happened that the Obama team was able to turn around and make them look good. I still think that Romney would have won if the elections had been held two weeks earlier. Not that I was a Romney fan, but he is a far better man than Obama.
The same thing happened in 2008 with McCain. The financial meltdown happened at a convenient time and the press was able to spin it for Obama.
I hate to be a Debbie Downer, but if the Republicans survive intact, I expect something to happen next September/October that can be spun to make the Democrat look good.
Posted by: Michael the Hobbit at March 26, 2016 09:28 AM (dPpmC)
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347 No way I'm "staying home " on Election Day. Too many local and state elections that directly affect me, damn if I'm going to sit back and take pot luck because I'm pissed at the GOPe. Now, writing my dog's name in...I could do that if I had to. But I'll be there.
Posted by: antisocialist at March 26, 2016 09:03 AM (9n14Y)
That's a good point that I forgot in my earlier comment. Leaving the Presidential spot blank and voting for downticket races is another option.
I would never stay home either. But since voting is not mandatory, it's still a choice. I wish more LIVs would exercise it. It's not a choice I would make, but it's *a* choice.
Posted by: antisocialist at March 26, 2016 09:03 AM (9n14Y)
That's a good point that I forgot in my earlier comment. Leaving the Presidential spot blank and voting for downticket races is another option.
I would never stay home either. But since voting is not mandatory, it's still a choice. I wish more LIVs would exercise it. It's not a choice I would make, but it's *a* choice.
Posted by: rickl at March 26, 2016 09:28 AM (sdi6R)
430
I may have freeze-framed the opening credits 1,000 times to see if a nipple slips out of the carnivale girl's bikini, right after the jai alai shot.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 26, 2016 09:23
I'll be right back, I have to look for something on youtube
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 26, 2016 09:23
I'll be right back, I have to look for something on youtube
Posted by: Cicero Skip at March 26, 2016 09:29 AM (FIrEF)
431
"388
Trump told us the truth: America is being raped.
I think some of the anti-Trump sentiment comes from his speaking the truth.
Folks just do not want to face it. They cling to old favorites like
the Cruz model or the Rubio model or whatever they prefer, anything but
the truth.
Posted by: eman at March 26, 2016 09:17 AM (MQEz6)"
There are a number of reasons for anti-Trump sentiment. For the old guard establishment it is fear of losing power. Even electoral loss is preferable for them to losing control of even a losing party.
For the ordinary person on the street, though, their problem is not that Trump speaks the truth. Their problem with Trump is that he is a loathsome human being with some worrying indications that he might be mentally unbalanced.
Now, for me, that is not enough to keep me from voting for Trump to keep Hillary Clinton out of the White House. Hillary Clinton hates America and she hates me as a church going, white, heterosexual man. Hillary Clinton will make the country a far worse place for my children to live in. Her term as Secretary of State is a preview of the world wide chaos she would cause if she were President.
However, some people can't get past Trump's many and obvious flaws.
Trump told us the truth: America is being raped.
I think some of the anti-Trump sentiment comes from his speaking the truth.
Folks just do not want to face it. They cling to old favorites like
the Cruz model or the Rubio model or whatever they prefer, anything but
the truth.
Posted by: eman at March 26, 2016 09:17 AM (MQEz6)"
There are a number of reasons for anti-Trump sentiment. For the old guard establishment it is fear of losing power. Even electoral loss is preferable for them to losing control of even a losing party.
For the ordinary person on the street, though, their problem is not that Trump speaks the truth. Their problem with Trump is that he is a loathsome human being with some worrying indications that he might be mentally unbalanced.
Now, for me, that is not enough to keep me from voting for Trump to keep Hillary Clinton out of the White House. Hillary Clinton hates America and she hates me as a church going, white, heterosexual man. Hillary Clinton will make the country a far worse place for my children to live in. Her term as Secretary of State is a preview of the world wide chaos she would cause if she were President.
However, some people can't get past Trump's many and obvious flaws.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 26, 2016 09:29 AM (QHgTq)
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Still, at the time it was the coolest white man on television paired with the coolest black man on television.
I may have freeze-framed the opening credits 1,000 times to see if a nipple slips out of the carnivale girl's bikini, right after the jai alai shot.
***
Heh. They definitely had hot women on the show and a good number of attractive men as well.
I'm not sure I appreciated how iconic the show was at the time, but now... wow. And t wasn't just the music and the vibrant colors and the clothes, but I remember that in Miami Vice, even the good guys would regularly be killed. Most shows didn't do that, so it added a little extra drama.
Still, just the pastels alone were really something at a time when cop dramas were typically dark and grimy.
I may have freeze-framed the opening credits 1,000 times to see if a nipple slips out of the carnivale girl's bikini, right after the jai alai shot.
***
Heh. They definitely had hot women on the show and a good number of attractive men as well.
I'm not sure I appreciated how iconic the show was at the time, but now... wow. And t wasn't just the music and the vibrant colors and the clothes, but I remember that in Miami Vice, even the good guys would regularly be killed. Most shows didn't do that, so it added a little extra drama.
Still, just the pastels alone were really something at a time when cop dramas were typically dark and grimy.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 26, 2016 09:29 AM (SEXy3)
433
Some muslim belgium asshole on CNN is saying it's only because his yoots don't have jobs that they turn radical?
Quick, somebody print me EBT transaction records for suspicious purchases of Bibles!
Quick, somebody print me EBT transaction records for suspicious purchases of Bibles!
Posted by: derit at March 26, 2016 09:29 AM (OC+TJ)
434
At first I did not like FTWD, but now I do like it.
The characters that are weak and stupid and slow to adapt are all around us.
The Dad who whines about guns, for example. The thing I look for is do they finally open their eyes.
The show exploits the fact that the zombies can't destroy the world without the help of stupid and evil people, of which there is no shortage.
The characters that are weak and stupid and slow to adapt are all around us.
The Dad who whines about guns, for example. The thing I look for is do they finally open their eyes.
The show exploits the fact that the zombies can't destroy the world without the help of stupid and evil people, of which there is no shortage.
Posted by: eman at March 26, 2016 09:29 AM (MQEz6)
435
Cadbury Drops The Word Easter From Their Easter Candy
Weasel Zippers
No War on Christianity here ha?
Weasel Zippers
No War on Christianity here ha?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 26, 2016 09:30 AM (DUoqb)
436
"Just like climate change only turns muslims into terrorists.
Posted by: Josephistan at March 26, 2016 09:27 AM (7qAYi) "
Don't know where I saw this but
"CAIR concerned about anti-muz backlash after tomorrow's beheading of another Christian!"
Posted by: Josephistan at March 26, 2016 09:27 AM (7qAYi) "
Don't know where I saw this but
"CAIR concerned about anti-muz backlash after tomorrow's beheading of another Christian!"
Posted by: Hrothgar at March 26, 2016 09:30 AM (wYnyS)
437
Some muslim belgium asshole on CNN is saying it's only because his yoots don't have jobs that they turn radical?
The San Bernardino idiot had hisself a gummint job.
The San Bernardino idiot had hisself a gummint job.
Posted by: Kasich the Barbarian, Son of Mailman at March 26, 2016 09:31 AM (iLoHX)
438
Okay. I'm going to stand up now and think about doing yard work.
Posted by: Soona at March 26, 2016 09:31 AM (Fmupd)
439
It's an HBO thing about the music industry in 1973. It's produced by Jagger and Scorcese. Jagger's kid is a proto-punk rocker.
There's drugs and mayhem and murder. There's a lot of reverence for my kind of music, like Iggy and the Stooges and the New York Dolls.
I can't tell whether I would like it if it weren't hitting all of my buttons.
***
I don't have HBO, but it will eventually pop up on Hulu or Netflix and 'll check it out there. Sounds interesting.
There's drugs and mayhem and murder. There's a lot of reverence for my kind of music, like Iggy and the Stooges and the New York Dolls.
I can't tell whether I would like it if it weren't hitting all of my buttons.
***
I don't have HBO, but it will eventually pop up on Hulu or Netflix and 'll check it out there. Sounds interesting.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 26, 2016 09:31 AM (SEXy3)
440
World War Z had the stupidest ending in cinematic history.
Posted by: antisocialist at March 26, 2016 09:05 AM (9n14Y)
I saw it as an appologia for fascism.
The base philosophy behind fascism is that the anarcho-socialists who where doing all the violence in the late 19th and early 20th century had a real grievance against the "evils of evil capitalism and its satanic mills" and so it was conceived to provide a middle path that gave the anarchists the guarantee of success and safety and buy-in they claimed to want, and the industrialists freedom from the riots and violence through there concessions.
So the "lets make ourselves slightly sick so we can be left alone and the zombies can go back to being torpid masses" made me angry.
Granted, I think a lot of things are metaphors for fascism.
Posted by: antisocialist at March 26, 2016 09:05 AM (9n14Y)
I saw it as an appologia for fascism.
The base philosophy behind fascism is that the anarcho-socialists who where doing all the violence in the late 19th and early 20th century had a real grievance against the "evils of evil capitalism and its satanic mills" and so it was conceived to provide a middle path that gave the anarchists the guarantee of success and safety and buy-in they claimed to want, and the industrialists freedom from the riots and violence through there concessions.
So the "lets make ourselves slightly sick so we can be left alone and the zombies can go back to being torpid masses" made me angry.
Granted, I think a lot of things are metaphors for fascism.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 26, 2016 09:32 AM (XQHkt)
441
Have you noticed that many of the stories reported on TV news, both local and national, are the result of either security cam videos or cellphone videos, and it's all just "Omigod! Did you see that?" stuff?
Nothing but sensationalism. Am I affected by someone's teen daughter driving mom's Mercedes off the fourth deck of the Nordstrom's parking lot and dropping to the street?
Am I bothered by a kid in a wheelchair being dumped inside a school bus when it takes a fast turn?
The breathless tone of the news readers is as annoying as the stories.
Nothing but sensationalism. Am I affected by someone's teen daughter driving mom's Mercedes off the fourth deck of the Nordstrom's parking lot and dropping to the street?
Am I bothered by a kid in a wheelchair being dumped inside a school bus when it takes a fast turn?
The breathless tone of the news readers is as annoying as the stories.
Posted by: the littl shyning man at March 26, 2016 09:32 AM (U6f54)
442
Some muslim belgium asshole on CNN is saying it's only because his yoots don't have jobs that they turn radical?
The San Bernardino idiot had hisself a gummint job.
***
Bin Laden was a freaking millionaire. It's all horseshit.
The San Bernardino idiot had hisself a gummint job.
***
Bin Laden was a freaking millionaire. It's all horseshit.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 26, 2016 09:32 AM (SEXy3)
443
Cadbury is British right,so they best get in good with their soon to be muslim overlords.
Posted by: steevy at March 26, 2016 09:32 AM (B48dK)
444
So will Cadbury have a goat with rabbit ears next?
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 26, 2016 09:33 AM (2s5VM)
Posted by: Insomniac at March 26, 2016 09:33 AM (A6ryA)
Posted by: eman at March 26, 2016 09:34 AM (MQEz6)
447
Cadbury is British right,so they best get in good with their soon to be muslim overlords.
***
I'm guessing they'd like to expand to selling them year round, but I could be wrong.
***
I'm guessing they'd like to expand to selling them year round, but I could be wrong.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 26, 2016 09:34 AM (SEXy3)
448
"Oh, I think we're stuck with her for the duration. She's LA's answer to Rick.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 26, 2016 09:25 AM (TOk1P)"
Yet another indication of why Georgia is better than California.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 26, 2016 09:25 AM (TOk1P)"
Yet another indication of why Georgia is better than California.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 26, 2016 09:34 AM (QHgTq)
449
"Folks just do not want to face it. They cling to old favorites like the
Cruz model or the Rubio model or whatever they prefer, anything but the
truth." eman
yeah, that makes a lot of sense. "We" rightly fear taking down the Leviathon we have floated on our quagmire of debt, but a planned restructuring under bankruptcy protection is better than waiting for collapase.
Cruz model or the Rubio model or whatever they prefer, anything but the
truth." eman
yeah, that makes a lot of sense. "We" rightly fear taking down the Leviathon we have floated on our quagmire of debt, but a planned restructuring under bankruptcy protection is better than waiting for collapase.
Posted by: Illiniwek at March 26, 2016 09:35 AM (N8i7l)
450
It strikes me,the muslims are already the overlords of Europe.Despite being the minority.They exercise the hecklers veto with violence and all of Europe caves.
Posted by: steevy at March 26, 2016 09:35 AM (B48dK)
451
412 I think I'm now with Ace. This latests stunt about Cruz has driven me over the edge. And I'm actually disgusted by myself when I consider who I'm aligning myself with. *sigh*
Posted by: Bayou City's iPad at March 26, 2016 05:19 AM (FPgcp)
Ask yourself: Who benefits from a mud-slinging match between Cruz and Trump in the primary? Not Cruz; not Trump. It's the GOPe, and whichever stooge they plan to use to steal the primary. And the Donks, too, if they can be distinguished from GOPe these days.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 26, 2016 09:24 AM (/i7Ua)
There was a commenter here last night who made the same point. Supposedly these allegations originated with people associated with the Rubio campaign in February.
The allegations will hurt Cruz directly, and if Trump can be blamed for them, that will hurt him. Meanwhile, I notice that Kasich is polling higher, which could lead to a brokered convention.
How conveeenient for the GOPe.
Posted by: Bayou City's iPad at March 26, 2016 05:19 AM (FPgcp)
Ask yourself: Who benefits from a mud-slinging match between Cruz and Trump in the primary? Not Cruz; not Trump. It's the GOPe, and whichever stooge they plan to use to steal the primary. And the Donks, too, if they can be distinguished from GOPe these days.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 26, 2016 09:24 AM (/i7Ua)
There was a commenter here last night who made the same point. Supposedly these allegations originated with people associated with the Rubio campaign in February.
The allegations will hurt Cruz directly, and if Trump can be blamed for them, that will hurt him. Meanwhile, I notice that Kasich is polling higher, which could lead to a brokered convention.
How conveeenient for the GOPe.
Posted by: rickl at March 26, 2016 09:36 AM (sdi6R)
452
Bin Laden was a freaking millionaire. It's all horseshit.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 26, 2016 09:32 AM (SEXy3)
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And he lived in a luxurious home.
Oh, and that's quite a hash you have there.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 26, 2016 09:32 AM (SEXy3)
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And he lived in a luxurious home.
Oh, and that's quite a hash you have there.
Posted by: Soona at March 26, 2016 09:36 AM (Fmupd)
453
Driving along I-70 yesterday a truck pulling a long utility trailer passed me. On the back it said "Show Pigs".
I like to think that it contained a porcine revue troupe of pampered yet talented singing and dancing porkers, replete with top hats and sequins.
But I'm not sure.
I like to think that it contained a porcine revue troupe of pampered yet talented singing and dancing porkers, replete with top hats and sequins.
But I'm not sure.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 26, 2016 09:36 AM (NeFrd)
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The Dad who whines about guns, for example. The thing I look for is do they finally open their eyes.
He'll be the MacGuyver of the Post Apocalypse. Fists, boogie boards, long decks, boda bags--you name it, he'll dispatch a zed with it.
He'll be the MacGuyver of the Post Apocalypse. Fists, boogie boards, long decks, boda bags--you name it, he'll dispatch a zed with it.
Posted by: derit at March 26, 2016 09:37 AM (OC+TJ)
455
I wonder how many voters Cruz loses over the eligibility issue. No, I don't want to re-fight it here. I just wonder how many people, like me, approve of Ted Cruz but do not believe he is eligible. That HAS to be hurting him.
Posted by: creeper at March 26, 2016 09:37 AM (CL5j3)
456
To understand the current political situation in the country and apparently here at AoS, you have to understand what a neoconservative is (and no I'm not talking about Jews, because Rubio is a neocon) and where neoconservative thought originated (Troysky). Remember Christopher Hitchens supported the Iraq invasion.
Once you fully understand the difference between neoconservative and paleoconservative...you will get it. Here's a hint: neoconservatism seeks the destruction of paleoconservatism...and they are winning.
Once you fully understand the difference between neoconservative and paleoconservative...you will get it. Here's a hint: neoconservatism seeks the destruction of paleoconservatism...and they are winning.
Posted by: TommyTee at March 26, 2016 09:37 AM (w3AHs)
457
Just noticed NDH's hash.We are going to need pictures.
Posted by: steevy at March 26, 2016 09:37 AM (B48dK)
458
"437
Some muslim belgium asshole on CNN is saying it's only because his yoots don't have jobs that they turn radical?
The San Bernardino idiot had hisself a gummint job.
Posted by: Kasich the Barbarian, Son of Mailman at March 26, 2016 09:31 AM (iLoHX)"
And that should be the response every single time one of these shit for brains makes that stupid argument.
Some muslim belgium asshole on CNN is saying it's only because his yoots don't have jobs that they turn radical?
The San Bernardino idiot had hisself a gummint job.
Posted by: Kasich the Barbarian, Son of Mailman at March 26, 2016 09:31 AM (iLoHX)"
And that should be the response every single time one of these shit for brains makes that stupid argument.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 26, 2016 09:37 AM (QHgTq)
Posted by: Kasich the Barbarian, Son of Mailman at March 26, 2016 09:38 AM (iLoHX)
460
Trotsky...
Posted by: TommyTee at March 26, 2016 09:38 AM (w3AHs)
461
Driving home yesterday on the interstate, there were 3 overpasses in a row with huge FEEL THE BERN signs and several people on each overpass waving signs, flags, etc. Part of me felt angry that there is this much enthuthiasm for a communist candidate. The other half felt good that Hillary will have to spend a lot of money fighting him off that she won't be spending against Trump.
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at March 26, 2016 09:38 AM (0LHZx)
462
438 Okay. I'm going to stand up now and think about doing yard work.
Posted by: Soona at March 26, 2016 09:31 AM (Fmupd)
I'm going to think about standing up.
Nah.
Posted by: Soona at March 26, 2016 09:31 AM (Fmupd)
I'm going to think about standing up.
Nah.
Posted by: rickl at March 26, 2016 09:38 AM (sdi6R)
463
Posted by: Kasich the Barbarian, Son of Mailman
Just wait until the National Enquirer reports on what your "Mailman" dad did to us and stuck into us.
Just wait until the National Enquirer reports on what your "Mailman" dad did to us and stuck into us.
Posted by: One of Five Raped Mailboxes at March 26, 2016 09:38 AM (aRUb8)
464
Some muslim belgium asshole on CNN is saying it's only because his yoots don't have jobs that they turn radical?
Posted by: Kasich the Barbarian, Son of Mailman at March 26, 2016 09:31 AM (iLoHX)"
_____
He has a point. After all, during the Great Depression, terrorism was rampant in the US, Canada and Britain.
Oh...
Posted by: Kasich the Barbarian, Son of Mailman at March 26, 2016 09:31 AM (iLoHX)"
_____
He has a point. After all, during the Great Depression, terrorism was rampant in the US, Canada and Britain.
Oh...
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at March 26, 2016 09:39 AM (0LHZx)
465
Morning horde.
Prepping the battlespace today.
Hopefully cutting them off at the knees and breaking their will and determination to thrive.
*otherwise known as spreading Groundclear to stop weed growth
Prepping the battlespace today.
Hopefully cutting them off at the knees and breaking their will and determination to thrive.
*otherwise known as spreading Groundclear to stop weed growth
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 26, 2016 09:40 AM (hlMPp)
466
I just wonder how many people, like me, approve of Ted Cruz but do not believe he is eligible. That HAS to be hurting him.
Posted by: creeper at March 26, 2016 09:37 AM (CL5j3)
Joke..right?? Lets try to re energize that old meme. If that doesn't work, try and bring up something about teddy bears and blankets.
Posted by: creeper at March 26, 2016 09:37 AM (CL5j3)
Joke..right?? Lets try to re energize that old meme. If that doesn't work, try and bring up something about teddy bears and blankets.
Posted by: One of Five Raped Mailboxes at March 26, 2016 09:41 AM (aRUb8)
467
Muzzies always have a grievance, it's always someone's fault, but it's all bull. The cause is there religion there's no way shape or form around it.
Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2016 09:42 AM (fizMZ)
468
Posted by: One of Five Raped Mailboxes at March 26, 2016 09:41 AM (aRUb
Thats just what I was going to say! Beat me to it Mailbox...beat me to it.
Thats just what I was going to say! Beat me to it Mailbox...beat me to it.
Posted by: Mimzey at March 26, 2016 09:42 AM (aRUb8)
469
Eh.
My thoughts on the last week are (yeah, I'm a moron) pretty simple.
Most conservatives, and hence most GOP voters, arrived at our political philosophy through thought and logic.
Most probably started out as a libtard of some flavor, and noticed the world didn't actually work the way our betters were telling us,
and by expanding our thinking arrived at conservatism.
So-
Yelling and screaming about how Trump is a nazi or fascist or racist or insane-
simply doesn't comport with the reality of the head of a successful multi-million dollar business.
Nor does all the silly preacher, anti-christian talk about Cruz.
It's all completely unconvincing unless you're willing to let yourself be drawn into some emotional connection to a frikkin' politician.
As for me- the way I game it out, is this:
If we go to the convention with no majority winner, we get the GOPe pick.
No ifs, ands or buts.
Please, check out previous Brokered Conventions. And check your own memories of rule changes at the 2012 convention-
they were all done by voice vote with Boehner calling the outcomes as "the ayes have it" even when the ayes were clearly out voted.
I want Cruz, but if he can't do it.
Then, I want Trump and believe he needs to be supported in the primaries.
I believe Ace and others have completely lost sight of how important it is that the GOPe lose this time around-
they will never ever ever have to take the conservative movement seriously again if they don't lose this time.
As Milton Friedman said (more or less)- It's not about electing the right people so much as it is-
providing the disincentives for politicians to be complete assholes to their voters.
That's how I game it out.
YMMV.
My thoughts on the last week are (yeah, I'm a moron) pretty simple.
Most conservatives, and hence most GOP voters, arrived at our political philosophy through thought and logic.
Most probably started out as a libtard of some flavor, and noticed the world didn't actually work the way our betters were telling us,
and by expanding our thinking arrived at conservatism.
So-
Yelling and screaming about how Trump is a nazi or fascist or racist or insane-
simply doesn't comport with the reality of the head of a successful multi-million dollar business.
Nor does all the silly preacher, anti-christian talk about Cruz.
It's all completely unconvincing unless you're willing to let yourself be drawn into some emotional connection to a frikkin' politician.
As for me- the way I game it out, is this:
If we go to the convention with no majority winner, we get the GOPe pick.
No ifs, ands or buts.
Please, check out previous Brokered Conventions. And check your own memories of rule changes at the 2012 convention-
they were all done by voice vote with Boehner calling the outcomes as "the ayes have it" even when the ayes were clearly out voted.
I want Cruz, but if he can't do it.
Then, I want Trump and believe he needs to be supported in the primaries.
I believe Ace and others have completely lost sight of how important it is that the GOPe lose this time around-
they will never ever ever have to take the conservative movement seriously again if they don't lose this time.
As Milton Friedman said (more or less)- It's not about electing the right people so much as it is-
providing the disincentives for politicians to be complete assholes to their voters.
That's how I game it out.
YMMV.
Posted by: naturalfake at March 26, 2016 09:43 AM (2rmvw)
470
Muzzies always have a grievance, it's always someone's fault, but it's all bull.
Claim victimhood. Islam shares much with Leftism.
Claim victimhood. Islam shares much with Leftism.
Posted by: Kasich the Barbarian, Son of Mailman at March 26, 2016 09:43 AM (iLoHX)
471
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at March 26, 2016 09:38 AM (0LHZx)
She doesn't have to spend anything fighting off Bern. She already has it locked. And even when the Feel The Bern folks actually feel the burn of being screwed over they will still vote D. For the party, all for the party.
She doesn't have to spend anything fighting off Bern. She already has it locked. And even when the Feel The Bern folks actually feel the burn of being screwed over they will still vote D. For the party, all for the party.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 26, 2016 09:44 AM (hlMPp)
472
Posted by: Mimzey at March 26, 2016 09:26 AM (aRUb
You have to laugh at this stuff.
Posted by: eman at March 26, 2016 09:34 AM (MQEz6)
Or, you know, look at the name of the poster, and skip over it without bothering to read it.
You have to laugh at this stuff.
Posted by: eman at March 26, 2016 09:34 AM (MQEz6)
Or, you know, look at the name of the poster, and skip over it without bothering to read it.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 26, 2016 09:44 AM (TOk1P)
473
@466 (take your sock off)
No, it was an honest question. Why would you think it was a joke? There are actually those of us who feel that way. We like the guy and regret that he's not eligible. Is that funny?
No, it was an honest question. Why would you think it was a joke? There are actually those of us who feel that way. We like the guy and regret that he's not eligible. Is that funny?
Posted by: creeper at March 26, 2016 09:44 AM (CL5j3)
474
Joke..right?? Lets try to re energize that old meme. If that doesn't work, try and bring up something about teddy bears and blankets.
----------------------
Ted Cruz gave teddy bears and smallpox blankets to Messican chillren
Joke..right?? Lets try to re energize that old meme. If that doesn't work, try and bring up something about teddy bears and blankets.
----------------------
Ted Cruz gave teddy bears and smallpox blankets to Messican chillren
Posted by: Soona at March 26, 2016 09:45 AM (Fmupd)
475
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 26, 2016 09:32 AM (SEXy3)
Oh, and that's quite a hash you have there.
Oh, Hello!
Oh, and that's quite a hash you have there.
Oh, Hello!
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 26, 2016 09:45 AM (1xUj/)
476
Has anybody here watched "The Americans "? I'm downloading it now, sounds kinda good but...
Posted by: antisocialist at March 26, 2016 09:45 AM (9n14Y)
477
That's how I game it out.
YMMV.
Posted by: naturalfake at March 26, 2016 09:43 AM (2rmvw)
We want Cruz.
We'll settle for Trump.
We'll get Ryan or some other hand picked by the GOPe schmuck
YMMV.
Posted by: naturalfake at March 26, 2016 09:43 AM (2rmvw)
We want Cruz.
We'll settle for Trump.
We'll get Ryan or some other hand picked by the GOPe schmuck
Posted by: Mimzey at March 26, 2016 09:46 AM (aRUb8)
478
If Muzztards are setting off bombs due to a lack of jobs, why are not other folks doing that, too?
What are unemployed Christian Belgians doing?
Also, how the fuck is it okay to blow up people with bombs because you can't get a job? When did that become cool?
That CNN item is a good example of using a stupid and evil idea to stun the working brain into a temporary state of paralysis. It is a mental hit and run.
What are unemployed Christian Belgians doing?
Also, how the fuck is it okay to blow up people with bombs because you can't get a job? When did that become cool?
That CNN item is a good example of using a stupid and evil idea to stun the working brain into a temporary state of paralysis. It is a mental hit and run.
Posted by: eman at March 26, 2016 09:46 AM (MQEz6)
479
I, too, thought that Romney was going to win in October, 2012. Then outside events happened that the Obama team was able to turn around and make them look good. I still think that Romney would have won if the elections had been held two weeks earlier. Not that I was a Romney fan, but he is a far better man than Obama.
The same thing happened in 2008 with McCain. The financial meltdown happened at a convenient time and the press was able to spin it for Obama.
I hate to be a Debbie Downer, but if the Republicans survive intact, I expect something to happen next September/October that can be spun to make the Democrat look good.
Posted by: Michael the Hobbit at March 26, 2016 09:28 AM (dPpmC)
______
Events happen all the time. The problem is Republicans don't react to the events well. Remember McCain's response to the stock market crash? He suspended his campaign for 3 days. And Romney just plain stopped giving a shit a month out. He had that great first debate, then for some inexplicable reason, just backed down and allowed Obama to hit him over the head for the next 3 weeks, without returning any punches.
The same thing happened in 2008 with McCain. The financial meltdown happened at a convenient time and the press was able to spin it for Obama.
I hate to be a Debbie Downer, but if the Republicans survive intact, I expect something to happen next September/October that can be spun to make the Democrat look good.
Posted by: Michael the Hobbit at March 26, 2016 09:28 AM (dPpmC)
______
Events happen all the time. The problem is Republicans don't react to the events well. Remember McCain's response to the stock market crash? He suspended his campaign for 3 days. And Romney just plain stopped giving a shit a month out. He had that great first debate, then for some inexplicable reason, just backed down and allowed Obama to hit him over the head for the next 3 weeks, without returning any punches.
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at March 26, 2016 09:46 AM (0LHZx)
Posted by: creeper at March 26, 2016 09:46 AM (CL5j3)
481
NOOD.
Posted by: Y-not (@moxiemom) at March 26, 2016 09:46 AM (t5zYU)
482
Ted Cruz gave teddy bears and smallpox blankets to Messican chillren
Trump saved the money for bears and blankets and just sent the smallpox.
C.O.D.
Ted Cruz gave teddy bears and smallpox blankets to Messican chillren
Trump saved the money for bears and blankets and just sent the smallpox.
C.O.D.
Posted by: Kasich the Barbarian, Son of Mailman at March 26, 2016 09:47 AM (iLoHX)
483
muslims are fighting Christians in Iraq, secularists in Europe, Buddhists in Thailand, Hindus in India, Jews in Israel, animists in Africa, and other muslims across the middle east. So either all the rest of the worlds faiths & philosophies have decided to gang up on muslims, or maybe muslims just can't get along with everyone else?
Posted by: Josephistan at March 26, 2016 09:47 AM (7qAYi)
484
Read the first 100 comments, and I'm starting to think there's no Vic News this morning. When I saw there was an EMT, I had hoped there would be Vic News.
After the [editing] several of his items got yesterday in the ONT, he said he had to re-think his approach again. Hope that didn't mean quitting, again.
After the [editing] several of his items got yesterday in the ONT, he said he had to re-think his approach again. Hope that didn't mean quitting, again.
Posted by: mindful webworker - 20 Years on the Web at March 26, 2016 09:47 AM (7imgO)
485
She doesn't have to spend anything fighting off Bern. She already has it locked. And even when the Feel The Bern folks actually feel the burn of being screwed over they will still vote D. For the party, all for the party.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 26, 2016 09:44 AM (hlMPp)
___
I agree that libs will all follow the party like and vote "D" in the fall. But Hillary will have to spend time/money against Bernie.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 26, 2016 09:44 AM (hlMPp)
___
I agree that libs will all follow the party like and vote "D" in the fall. But Hillary will have to spend time/money against Bernie.
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at March 26, 2016 09:48 AM (0LHZx)
486
YMMV.
Posted by: naturalfake at March 26, 2016 09:43 AM (2rmvw)
Yeah, that's not bad. I'm fairly pessimistic though. I think Gope has been doing this too long to let amateurs (and yes, the Don is an amateur) take it away from them.
I think they'll at some point recognize he's going to be nominated, and they'll continue to sabotage him, or they'll recognize he WON'T be nominated, and they'll offer up a sacrificial lamb to lose gracefully, with dignity.
Then start plotting 2020.
Posted by: naturalfake at March 26, 2016 09:43 AM (2rmvw)
Yeah, that's not bad. I'm fairly pessimistic though. I think Gope has been doing this too long to let amateurs (and yes, the Don is an amateur) take it away from them.
I think they'll at some point recognize he's going to be nominated, and they'll continue to sabotage him, or they'll recognize he WON'T be nominated, and they'll offer up a sacrificial lamb to lose gracefully, with dignity.
Then start plotting 2020.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 26, 2016 09:48 AM (TOk1P)
487
Posted by: antisocialist at March 26, 2016 09:45 AM (9n14Y
Downloading the first season?
I love the show. DVRing the 4th season so I can binge watch instead of waiting for it each week.
Keri Russel and Annet Mahendru are yummy too
Downloading the first season?
I love the show. DVRing the 4th season so I can binge watch instead of waiting for it each week.
Keri Russel and Annet Mahendru are yummy too
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 26, 2016 09:49 AM (hlMPp)
488
Has anybody here watched "The Americans "? I'm downloading it now, sounds kinda good but...
Posted by: antisocialist at March 26, 2016 09:45 AM (9n14Y)
Yes, it's great. They keep telling us critics talk about it being the best show on television, and this one time, the critics might be right.
Posted by: antisocialist at March 26, 2016 09:45 AM (9n14Y)
Yes, it's great. They keep telling us critics talk about it being the best show on television, and this one time, the critics might be right.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 26, 2016 09:50 AM (TOk1P)
489
>>> (take your sock off)
Another woman with a foot fetish.
My wife always tells me that: "Not until you take your socks off."
Another woman with a foot fetish.
My wife always tells me that: "Not until you take your socks off."
Posted by: fluffy at March 26, 2016 09:51 AM (2hcmo)
Posted by: eman at March 26, 2016 09:51 AM (MQEz6)
491
"She doesn't have to spend anything fighting off
Bern. She already has it locked. And even when the Feel The Bern folks
actually feel the burn of being screwed over they will still vote D.
For the party, all for the party.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 26, 2016 09:44 AM (hlMPp)"
Everything for the Party. Nothing against the Party. Nothing outside the Party.
Bern. She already has it locked. And even when the Feel The Bern folks
actually feel the burn of being screwed over they will still vote D.
For the party, all for the party.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 26, 2016 09:44 AM (hlMPp)"
Everything for the Party. Nothing against the Party. Nothing outside the Party.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 26, 2016 09:51 AM (QHgTq)
492
I agree that libs will all follow the party like and vote "D" in the fall. But Hillary will have to spend time/money against Bernie.
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at March 26, 2016 09:48 AM (0LHZx)
Perhaps so. And not regarding your comment but it got me thinking....I don't think I've seen one ad from either dem candidates here.
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at March 26, 2016 09:48 AM (0LHZx)
Perhaps so. And not regarding your comment but it got me thinking....I don't think I've seen one ad from either dem candidates here.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 26, 2016 09:51 AM (hlMPp)
493
469
Then, I want Trump and believe he needs to be supported in the primaries.
Posted by: naturalfake at March 26, 2016 09:43 AM (2rmvw)
As things stand now, I intend to vote for Trump in the PA primary on April 26.
This will be a novel experience. I can't remember the last time my primary vote mattered. This year it might turn out to be crucial to avoid a brokered convention.
In 2008 I voted for Ron Paul in the primary. Not because I was a big Paul supporter, but because the only candidates left were McCain, Huckabee, and Paul, and McCain had it almost locked up. That was a no-brainer.
Then, I want Trump and believe he needs to be supported in the primaries.
Posted by: naturalfake at March 26, 2016 09:43 AM (2rmvw)
As things stand now, I intend to vote for Trump in the PA primary on April 26.
This will be a novel experience. I can't remember the last time my primary vote mattered. This year it might turn out to be crucial to avoid a brokered convention.
In 2008 I voted for Ron Paul in the primary. Not because I was a big Paul supporter, but because the only candidates left were McCain, Huckabee, and Paul, and McCain had it almost locked up. That was a no-brainer.
Posted by: rickl at March 26, 2016 09:52 AM (sdi6R)
494
Everything for the Party. Nothing against the Party. Nothing outside the Party.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 26, 2016 09:51 AM (QHgTq)
Thanks. Couldn't think of the full phrasing....still only a half cup of coffee in
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 26, 2016 09:51 AM (QHgTq)
Thanks. Couldn't think of the full phrasing....still only a half cup of coffee in
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 26, 2016 09:52 AM (hlMPp)
495
"483
muslims are fighting Christians in Iraq, secularists in Europe,
Buddhists in Thailand, Hindus in India, Jews in Israel, animists in
Africa, and other muslims across the middle east. So either all the rest
of the worlds faiths philosophies have decided to gang up on
muslims, or maybe muslims just can't get along with everyone else?
Posted by: Josephistan at March 26, 2016 09:47 AM (7qAYi)"
No. It is definitely everybody else picking on the Muslims. It is so unjust that they are so mistreated.
muslims are fighting Christians in Iraq, secularists in Europe,
Buddhists in Thailand, Hindus in India, Jews in Israel, animists in
Africa, and other muslims across the middle east. So either all the rest
of the worlds faiths philosophies have decided to gang up on
muslims, or maybe muslims just can't get along with everyone else?
Posted by: Josephistan at March 26, 2016 09:47 AM (7qAYi)"
No. It is definitely everybody else picking on the Muslims. It is so unjust that they are so mistreated.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 26, 2016 09:54 AM (QHgTq)
496
I just saw weak-ass screenwriting.
Posted by: Insomniac at March 26, 2016 09:33 AM (A6ryA)
Well, as conceived, fascism was weak-ass politics
Posted by: Insomniac at March 26, 2016 09:33 AM (A6ryA)
Well, as conceived, fascism was weak-ass politics
Posted by: Kindltot at March 26, 2016 09:55 AM (XQHkt)
497
476
Has anybody here watched "The Americans "? I'm downloading it now, sounds kinda good but...
Posted by: antisocialist at March 26, 2016 09:45 AM (9n14Y)
I've been watching the Americans for years.
Has anybody here watched "The Americans "? I'm downloading it now, sounds kinda good but...
Posted by: antisocialist at March 26, 2016 09:45 AM (9n14Y)
I've been watching the Americans for years.
Posted by: Big Brother at March 26, 2016 09:55 AM (aRUb8)
498
RK, it is not an insult to be mistaken for a Texican, I assure you.
Posted by: bluebell at March 26, 2016 07:04 AM (2WwbN)
The Horde has honorary Texican status, even that Yankee, Ace.
After Ace's post a few months back on how much he hates hugging, I would love for him to spend a few months in Texas and especially to spend some time with Hispanic families. His fur would fall out from all the hugging that we do in these parts. No one in Texas has ever died from a lack of hugs.
I didn't read ahead, but I'm sure that Ricardo and others told you that Bluebell is a beloved brand of ice cream in Texas.
Posted by: bluebell at March 26, 2016 07:04 AM (2WwbN)
The Horde has honorary Texican status, even that Yankee, Ace.
After Ace's post a few months back on how much he hates hugging, I would love for him to spend a few months in Texas and especially to spend some time with Hispanic families. His fur would fall out from all the hugging that we do in these parts. No one in Texas has ever died from a lack of hugs.
I didn't read ahead, but I'm sure that Ricardo and others told you that Bluebell is a beloved brand of ice cream in Texas.
Posted by: Michael the Hobbit at March 26, 2016 09:57 AM (dPpmC)
499
490 Romney took a dive.
Posted by: eman at March 26, 2016 09:51 AM (MQEz6)
So did McCain. "My friendsh, you have nothing to fear from an Obama presidency." Have you ever heard a candidate say anything like that?
Then there was the time he suspended his campaign to vote for the massively unpopular bailout. But he looked so statesmanlike when he did it!
I remember reading an article at PJM that theorized that his pick of a VP running mate that nobody had heard of was also designed to fail, but backfired in a "Producers" like manner. It's an amusing thought.
Posted by: eman at March 26, 2016 09:51 AM (MQEz6)
So did McCain. "My friendsh, you have nothing to fear from an Obama presidency." Have you ever heard a candidate say anything like that?
Then there was the time he suspended his campaign to vote for the massively unpopular bailout. But he looked so statesmanlike when he did it!
I remember reading an article at PJM that theorized that his pick of a VP running mate that nobody had heard of was also designed to fail, but backfired in a "Producers" like manner. It's an amusing thought.
Posted by: rickl at March 26, 2016 09:59 AM (sdi6R)
500
446
Posted by: Mimzey at March 26, 2016 09:26 AM (aRUb
You have to laugh at this stuff.
Posted by: eman at March 26, 2016 09:34 AM (MQEz6)
Thats the point numbnutz.Truth presented with humor is a hoot.
Posted by: Mimzey at March 26, 2016 09:26 AM (aRUb
You have to laugh at this stuff.
Posted by: eman at March 26, 2016 09:34 AM (MQEz6)
Thats the point numbnutz.Truth presented with humor is a hoot.
Posted by: Big Brother at March 26, 2016 10:00 AM (aRUb8)
501
Reminds me of the awesome Buffy TVS episode when they excavated an old native American site, and Willow went all kollege sophomore on them, and ragged about wiping out the native culture. Meanwhile, the dead zombie ghost native culture doods were killing everybody.
Fun stuff.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 26, 2016 09:23 AM (TOk1P)
============
And Spike told them to get over it -- it's kill or be killed.
Reminds me of the awesome Buffy TVS episode when they excavated an old native American site, and Willow went all kollege sophomore on them, and ragged about wiping out the native culture. Meanwhile, the dead zombie ghost native culture doods were killing everybody.
Fun stuff.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 26, 2016 09:23 AM (TOk1P)
============
And Spike told them to get over it -- it's kill or be killed.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at March 26, 2016 10:03 AM (iQIUe)
502
No, it was an honest question. Why would you think
it was a joke? There are actually those of us who feel that way. We like
the guy and regret that he's not eligible. Is that funny?
Posted by: creeper at March 26, 2016 09:44 AM (CL5j3)
I didn't take it AS a joke, I was hoping it WAS a joke. The other option was to interpret your ..umm..concern.. as someone trying to diss Cruz by bringing up a dead negative meme about him. I find it hard to believe that someone who is actually a Cruz supporter would be "forced" to not support him based on idiotic bullshit. It doesn't pass the smell test for me. maybe I'm mistaken.
it was a joke? There are actually those of us who feel that way. We like
the guy and regret that he's not eligible. Is that funny?
Posted by: creeper at March 26, 2016 09:44 AM (CL5j3)
I didn't take it AS a joke, I was hoping it WAS a joke. The other option was to interpret your ..umm..concern.. as someone trying to diss Cruz by bringing up a dead negative meme about him. I find it hard to believe that someone who is actually a Cruz supporter would be "forced" to not support him based on idiotic bullshit. It doesn't pass the smell test for me. maybe I'm mistaken.
Posted by: Mimzey at March 26, 2016 10:08 AM (aRUb8)
503
Or, you know, look at the name of the poster, and skip over it without bothering to read it.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 26, 2016 09:44 AM (TOk1P)
Good plan! I hope you practice what you preach!
Posted by: BurtTC at March 26, 2016 09:44 AM (TOk1P)
Good plan! I hope you practice what you preach!
Posted by: Mimzey at March 26, 2016 10:11 AM (aRUb8)
504
You have to laugh at this stuff.
Posted by: eman at March 26, 2016 09:34 AM (MQEz6)
That poster never existed here, at least by that nic, until the advent of Trump as a candidate. Troll, IMHO.
Posted by: eman at March 26, 2016 09:34 AM (MQEz6)
That poster never existed here, at least by that nic, until the advent of Trump as a candidate. Troll, IMHO.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 26, 2016 10:19 AM (/i7Ua)
505
That poster never existed here, at least by that nic, until the advent of Trump as a candidate. Troll, IMHO.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 26, 2016 10:19 AM (/i7Ua)
You may be a bit conspiratorial mined. It may originate with some early childhood sense of betrayal. Call my office .
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 26, 2016 10:19 AM (/i7Ua)
You may be a bit conspiratorial mined. It may originate with some early childhood sense of betrayal. Call my office .
Posted by: Siggy Freud at March 26, 2016 10:27 AM (aRUb8)
506
Can't we all just get along?
Posted by: Rodney King at March 26, 2016 10:28 AM (aRUb8)
507
" I just wonder how many people, like me, approve of Ted Cruz but do not believe he is eligible. "
There is no reason that he is not eligible. He's on the ballots and is a sitting U S Senator. Your concern is noted, and not appreciated.
There is no reason that he is not eligible. He's on the ballots and is a sitting U S Senator. Your concern is noted, and not appreciated.
Posted by: Concerned Conservative at March 26, 2016 10:43 AM (VQ7bK)
508
"We like the guy and regret that he's not eligible. Is that funny?"
You are 1. a Trumpkin 2. A super Mario fan or 3. A Democrat.
You are 1. a Trumpkin 2. A super Mario fan or 3. A Democrat.
Posted by: Concerned Conservative at March 26, 2016 10:45 AM (VQ7bK)
509
I like the Americans except for the fact too many people see them as heros while they murder innocent people right and left and that it is another show with a 90 lb woman who can beat up two burly fed agents at the same time. It has some great actors. I especially like the ruskie actors and Agent Gad.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at March 26, 2016 10:55 AM (iQIUe)
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Don't forget, for many of us morons, pr0n IS wisdom.
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