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Overnight Open Thread (4-11-2016)
In the first three months after Maine's [SNAP] work policy went into effect, its caseload of able-bodied adults without dependents plummeted by 80 percent, falling from 13,332 recipients in Dec. 2014 to 2,678 in March 2015.
Shapiro's talk, video of which is here, was on what happens when "diversity" ideology and leftist censoriousness stifle free speech and intellectual pluralism. An irony that may have escaped the protesting students, who were busy feeling pleased with themselves while threatening violence if the talk didn't stop and drawing swastikas on the face of a Jewish visitor.
[Jerry] Brown, traveling to the state's largest media market to sign the landmark bill, remained hesitant about the economic effect of raising the minimum wage, saying, "Economically, minimum wages may not make sense."
..."Morally and socially and politically, they (minimum wages) make every sense because it binds the community together and makes sure that parents can take care of their kids in a much more satisfactory way," Brown said.
I've noticed before that our distant ancestors, even the ones often thought to be brutish and boorish, seemed very intent on creating things of beauty even on utilitarian objects.
-- NeoNeocon reflecting on the Vikings.
385 All the talk about bathrooms misses their point.
Every knee must be made to bend.
It's not about the knee.
It's not about the bending.
It's always about the making.Church Ladies off their meds.
Posted by: Vlad the Impaler, whittling away like mad at April 11, 2016 03:30 AM (3Mimg)
Milo Yiannopoulos Explains Everything in Four Minutes
The Scottish Government is Going to Spy on All Scottish Children and Their Families
For their protection of course.
The handwritten note on an official form read: "Mr Smith feels it is impossible to stop his youngest son from sucking his thumb as he needs it for comfort. Did not appear to take advice on board fully."The words, written by the two-year-old thumbsucker's Named Person, sent a shiver down the spine of Andrew Smith [not his real name], a father-of-two young boys and a respected academic at one of Scotland's leading universities.
...The surviving extracts appeared to indicate that the minutiae of his family life had been recorded in painstaking detail for almost two years, under a Named Person scheme which has been introduced in his part of the country ahead of its final roll-out across all of Scotland in August. A separate note made by the Named Person charged with keeping an eye on the academic's two little boys was concerned with nappy rash.
You Will Be Made to Applaud: Caitlyn Jenner Is Officially a Beauty Spokesmodel
The Kentucky Derby Is Now Racist Apparently
Neil Cavuto survived a case of advanced Hodgkin's lymphoma and then was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis which causes him to go blind occasionally along with other effects.
I've heard MS described as a mercurial menace in that it can rob senses and muscles indiscriminately, anytime and anywhere. It's a disease that doesn't much care about what you're doing when one, or several, of its infamous exacerbations hits. All I know is it hits hard, and to this day, I never seem quite ready when it does. Over the years, it has literally taken the legs right out from under me. There are times when I can't walk, other times when I am walking as if I'm dragging an anchor, as I'm trying to "be" an anchor.Its vagaries are as weird as their fallout is fast. Mid-shows, I've been blinded, literally, as my vision is all but blacked out. Adjusting to that alone took years. I'm now at the point I no longer use a TelePrompTer at all, not because I'm smooth, but because I have no choice. I've taken to memorizing scripts and bullet points, even guests' points of views and myriad of segment facts, so I'm ready for anything, any time. These weren't choices I wanted to make; these were choices I "had" to make. It's all about compensating - and recovering. I've gotten pretty good at this, or at least faster reacting to this - adjusting for muscles that might suddenly fail me or a brain that might short-circuit on me. It's always the same drill - work with what works in my body, and don't panic over what's not.
Don't get the idea I'm some unique talent; it's more like a desperate gambler trying not to have others see my very weak hand. MS is about playing on with the cards you're dealt - and just dealing.
Movies That Roger Ebert Really, Really Hated
"Magoo drives a red Studebaker convertible in 'Mr. Magoo,' a fact I report because I love Studebakers and his was the only thing I liked in the film. 'Mr. Magoo' is transcendently bad. It soars above ordinary badness as the eagle outreaches the fly."
"Spice World is obviously intended as a ripoff of 'A Hard Day's Night' which gave The Beatles to the movies...the huge difference, of course, is that the Beatles were talented--while, let's face it, the Spice Girls could be duplicated by any five women under the age of 30 standing in line at Dunkin' Donuts."
"It's not bad in any usual way. It's bad in a new way all its own. There is something extraterrestrial about it, as if it's based on the sense of humor of an alien race with a completely different relationship to the physical universe. The movie [Clifford] is so odd, it's most worth seeing just because we'll never see anything like it again. I hope."
"John Waters' Pink Flamingos has been restored for its 25th anniversary revival, and with any luck at all that means I won't have to see it again for another 25 years. If I haven't retired by then, I will. ... Note: I am not giving a star rating to Pink Flamingos because stars simply seem not to apply. It should be considered not as a film but as a fact, or perhaps as an object."
Related: Any of Ace's posts on altruistic punishment.
Do you get this visual joke?
In a scene straight from Hollywood, or a New Yorker cartoon, a US Navy plane spotted the word "help" spelled out in palm fronds on a beach on a deserted island in the remote Pacific.The three men, missing for three days after a wave overtook the skiff they were traveling in, were found waving their orange life jackets on the tiny Micronesian island of Fanadik, several hundred miles north of Papua New Guinea, officials said Saturday.
The men's families reported them missing Tuesday after they failed to show up at the Micronesian island of Weno, where they were traveling from their home island, Pulap.
"Fortunately for them, they were all wearing life jackets and were able to swim to the deserted island," US Coast Guard spokeswoman Melissa McKenzie said.
The US Navy does a lot of unsung search and rescue work like this for smaller nations that lack the resources to do it themselves.
A Peek Inside Classic Electronic Calculators
Functional works of mechanical art.
25 Weird and Wacky British Sports
The Yahoo AoSHQ group - it's got electrolytes and shit.
And my twitter thang.
Tonight's post brought to you by a dose of truth for the parents:
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Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 11, 2016 11:08 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: Blano at April 11, 2016 11:08 PM (heN73)
Posted by: Blano at April 11, 2016 11:09 PM (heN73)
Posted by: Blano at April 11, 2016 11:09 PM (heN73)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 11, 2016 11:09 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: Farmer at April 11, 2016 11:10 PM (o/90i)
Posted by: JEM at April 11, 2016 11:10 PM (o+SC1)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 11, 2016 11:10 PM (EzgxV)
Ever seen a torn down Nissan Skyline GT-R transmission?
Or try this one:
http://goo.gl/sJfEXR
Yes, Audi S4 V8. Count the chains. 140K or so safe life, then pull the engine to replace 'cause they're all on the back of the block.
Posted by: JEM at April 11, 2016 11:12 PM (o+SC1)
Posted by: Spawn of Mayhem at April 11, 2016 11:13 PM (C+vbB)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 11, 2016 11:14 PM (YJmuy)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 11, 2016 11:15 PM (EzgxV)
..."Morally and socially and politically, they (minimum wages) make every sense because it binds the community together and makes sure that parents can take care of their kids in a much more satisfactory way," Brown said.
I know BS when I see it.
...it binds the community together and makes sure that parents can take care of their kids...
Crock O'shit.
Posted by: Farmer at April 11, 2016 11:15 PM (o/90i)
Posted by: homer simpson at April 11, 2016 11:15 PM (3MK6t)
Posted by: tmitsss at April 11, 2016 11:15 PM (sUvQQ)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 11, 2016 11:16 PM (FumDw)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 11, 2016 11:17 PM (FkBIv)
Posted by: tmitsss at April 11, 2016 11:15 PM
If he'd been white, he'd have been allowed to ride a horse.
Posted by: huerfano at April 11, 2016 11:17 PM (NSb9d)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 11, 2016 11:18 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 11, 2016 11:18 PM (FumDw)
An article over at reason.com claimed that science is a good substitute for God. This, of course, ignores the very basic fact that science and faith are not the same thing. If you have faith in technology or "science" than you do not grok science.
More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=11465
Posted by: The Political Hat at April 11, 2016 11:19 PM (vBeA5)
Posted by: Splunge at April 11, 2016 11:19 PM (iMxBJ)
Every knee must be made to bend.
It's not about the knee.
It's not about the bending.
It's always about the making.
Church Ladies off their meds. Posted by: Vlad the Impaler, whittling away like mad at April 11, 2016 03:30 AM (3M___)
Picture a fulminant homeowner's association with police and courts.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at April 11, 2016 11:19 PM (oKE6c)
Just had to finally block a friend at FB who just about an hour ago posted the most ridonkulous, hysterical, screeching jeremiad against MO and NC over their bathroom laws. Glad I did because otherwise I would have gone apeshit on her ass, and she's been making it clear for the last year or so she doesn't really want conservative, Christian or Republican friends anyway (although she swears she does).
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 11, 2016 11:19 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: Darth Randall at April 11, 2016 11:19 PM (6n332)
http://www.ufunk.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Ozfan22-haistyles-60s-12.jpg
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 11, 2016 11:19 PM (4xRh9)
Spice World is a great movie. Very clever and funny. I certainly didn't expect it but it is a quality movie. Roger Ebert, of course, is just a fat little turd who made money off of the proud display of his uncannily bad taste. Didn't he write some total piece of shit screenplay, which should have put an immediate end to his career musing about the screenplays of people with far more talent than he could have ever hoped to have.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 11, 2016 11:19 PM (zc3Db)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 11, 2016 11:19 PM (FumDw)
Posted by: tmitsss at April 11, 2016 11:15 PM
Damn, that's impressive. Presumably he was running against a white horse.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at April 11, 2016 11:20 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Ziggy at the Complaints Desk at April 11, 2016 11:20 PM (3MK6t)
Posted by: NCKate at April 11, 2016 11:20 PM (B7rRP)
Posted by: Darth Randall at April 11, 2016 11:19 PM (6n332)
There were in fact doughnuts.
*brushes powdered sugar off shirt*
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 11, 2016 11:20 PM (GEICT)
I discovered that my local casino, Hawaiian Gardens Casino, finally got its new structure built. It looks great, feels great and is about 5000% cleaner than their old building, which was literally made out of what looked like giant quonset huts.
Gonna keep saving money, but it's gonna be a little tougher now...
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 11, 2016 11:21 PM (ntObR)
Planted in the front yard at the street was a big sign announcing that the owners of that house had not paid their HOA dues.
It's all about the power tiny insignificant people think they wield.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 11, 2016 11:21 PM (4xRh9)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 11, 2016 11:22 PM (YJmuy)
Posted by: Splunge at April 11, 2016 11:22 PM (iMxBJ)
It's been too long!
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk
How's life been? Time for a shot?
Posted by: Farmer at April 11, 2016 11:22 PM (o/90i)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 11, 2016 11:22 PM (YJmuy)
So mean. So very Horde.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 11, 2016 11:23 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Blano at April 11, 2016 11:23 PM (heN73)
I didn't have the patience to click through all 25 ... but I have to assume that they included that stupid race when the Brits all chase some huge cheese roll down a steep hill - falling and tumbling out of control most of the way down - and something like 12% of the idiot participants suffer broken bones and collapsed lungs from having 200 pounds of cheese roll over them.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 11, 2016 11:23 PM (zc3Db)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 11, 2016 11:23 PM (voOPb)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Beyond_the_Valley_of_the_Dolls
Even Ebert kinda/sorta acknowledged it was a very acquired taste, not for everybody, not the greatest flick in the universe.
Roger could and did have good taste often. It's just that his politics got in the way of his judgment too often, especially near the end of his career.
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 11, 2016 11:23 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 11, 2016 11:24 PM (EzgxV)
Fucking Bullshit Shitty Food Monday is more like it.
Posted by: eman at April 11, 2016 11:24 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: Farmer at April 11, 2016 11:22 PM (o/90i)
Busy! No shots tonight. Already took meds and mixing would prob be a poor choice.
But we will get one in, Farmer.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 11, 2016 11:24 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 11, 2016 11:24 PM (ntObR)
Planted in the front yard at the street was a big sign announcing that the owners of that house had not paid their HOA dues.
It's all about the power tiny insignificant people think they wield.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 11, 2016 11:21 PM (4xRh9)
HOAs bring out the most malignant impulses in those obsessed with control, e.g., liberals. They in microcosm demonstrate the wisdom of the Founding Fathers (white males though they may have been), that concentrations of power (however insignificant, as in the case of HOAs) ineluctably attract the very people who should be kept far away from any power whatsoever.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at April 11, 2016 11:24 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 11, 2016 11:24 PM (4xRh9)
Posted by: otho at April 11, 2016 11:25 PM (EWg9n)
Posted by: ThunderB at April 11, 2016 11:25 PM (zOTsN)
There were in fact doughnuts.
*brushes powdered sugar off shirt*
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 11, 2016 11:20 PM (GEICT)
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After all the times I have pimped Alex's and your podcast.... I'm hurt.
Posted by: Darth Randall at April 11, 2016 11:25 PM (6n332)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 11, 2016 11:23 PM (voOPb)
I, accidentally, managed to avoid much human interaction today...so I don't think I pissed off or on anyone.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 11, 2016 11:25 PM (GEICT)
That's NOT what HB2 did. First of all, the Charlotte ordinance which touched this off would have COMPELLED all entities which have shower rooms, changing rooms, etc. to make them unisex. Second of all, HB2 only forbids local governments from COMPELLING entities to do so.
ANYONE who wishes to make their facilities unisex is perfectly free to do so. All of the butt-hurt posturing over HB2 is complete bullshit.
Oh, yeah... one other thing... that Charlotte ordinance compelling the sharing of showers, bath rooms, etc.? It was formulated and championed by one 'Chad Severance'. I use quotes because he has used different names. But to the point, Severance is a CONVICTED child molester. Imagine that.
[From a commenter yesterday. Sorry, I didn't have the wit to copy his name.]
Posted by: andycanuck at April 11, 2016 11:26 PM (3MK6t)
Posted by: otho at April 11, 2016 11:26 PM (EWg9n)
Planted in the front yard at the street was a big sign announcing that the owners of that house had not paid their HOA dues.
If it were flammable, I would set it alight.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 11, 2016 11:26 PM (FkBIv)
It's worse than just keeping track of children and families. These "named persons" a basically a third, and more powerful, parent and can overrule parent on anything and everything.
In Scotland, your children belong to the state.
They are simply being more honest about it.
My earlier thoughts on this:
The Third Parent
http://tinyurl.com/gp6s7cv
Posted by: The Political Hat at April 11, 2016 11:26 PM (vBeA5)
I'd forgotten how refreshing that drink is, and how quickly it can sneak up on ya, too.
I'll moderate my intake too, because I've not forgotten what a Gin hangover feels like, and it wasn't fun a decade ago, either.
And my compliments to the ONT chef!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at April 11, 2016 11:26 PM (McRlu)
Is it great? Not really... some are better than others. But the good news is, top 40 radio seems to be out of the "gangsta rap all day, all of the time" format. Some of it approaches what I would call real music.
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 11, 2016 11:26 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: Darth Randall at April 11, 2016 11:25 PM (6n332)
I'll bring you two dozen next time. Jelly-filled?
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 11, 2016 11:26 PM (GEICT)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Beyond_the_Valley_of_the_Dolls
Even Ebert kinda/sorta acknowledged it was a very acquired taste, not for everybody, not the greatest flick in the universe.
LOL. "Acquired taste" ... more like a retarded POS. Frankly, if he had had even the slightest smidgeon of integrity he never would have shown his face in public after that - certainly not as a movie critic. But, then ... I can't blame him. People should have ignored him and sent him back to the street.
Roger could and did have good taste often. It's just that his politics got in the way of his judgment too often, especially near the end of his career.
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 11, 2016 11:23 PM (ntObR)
I never liked him. I also disliked that sissy Siskel.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 11, 2016 11:27 PM (zc3Db)
I didn't have the patience to click through all 25 ... but I have to assume that they included that stupid race when the Brits all chase some huge cheese roll down a steep hill - falling and tumbling out of control most of the way down - and something like 12% of the idiot participants suffer broken bones and collapsed lungs from having 200 pounds of cheese roll over them.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 11, 2016 11:23 PM (zc3Db)
Cheese racing was included....twice.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 11, 2016 11:27 PM (EzgxV)
Unfortunately it's too late for this particular one, she's already blocked and gone.
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 11, 2016 11:27 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 11, 2016 11:27 PM (FumDw)
Posted by: Duncanthrax the Bellicose at April 11, 2016 11:27 PM (sOhww)
If it were flammable, I would set it alight.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 11, 2016 11:26 PM (FkBIv)
Not me. I'd send my message with Roundup. On his lawn. In big letters.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at April 11, 2016 11:28 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: homer simpson at April 11, 2016 11:28 PM (3MK6t)
It turns out that you can't craft a law to allow a few males into a female bathroom or locker room without letting in all manner of criminals in. Not to mention the increase of prostitution if women are allowed in men's rooms. Shall we then write a law to establish Federal Gender Review Boards and issue National Bathroom Passes?
"Get Government out of the Bedroom!"? If only. Now they're into the bathroom and the showers, too. They're even all up in the Little Sisters of the Poor's business; "Stay out of My Novaries!'.
"We Can't Even Control the Climate in the Girls' Sauna, But We'll Control the World's Weather!"
Posted by: The Gipper Lives at April 11, 2016 11:28 PM (Ndje9)
Posted by: Piercello at April 11, 2016 11:28 PM (RXfvh)
Posted by: L, Elle at April 11, 2016 11:29 PM (2x3L+)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 11, 2016 11:29 PM (voOPb)
If he had spent his whole career defending it and whining that it never won best picture, yeah, he would have been officially mentally ill IMHO. But in fact Ebert even barely ever acknowledged the film at all. It was something people had to ask him about to get him to talk about it.
If you go back, you can find numerous moron classics that Ebert loved. Trust me.
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 11, 2016 11:29 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: Thrawn at April 11, 2016 11:30 PM (s87AC)
others. But the good news is, top 40 radio seems to be out of the
"gangsta rap all day, all of the time" format. Some of it approaches
what I would call real music.
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 11, 2016 11:26 PM (ntObR)
A friend of mine likes to rail against how all the music today is shit, not like back when we had full heads of hair.
I point out that the music THEN was shit too, for the most part, but we've (mercifully) forgotten about the shit, which also never gets played anymore.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at April 11, 2016 11:30 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Anthony Weiners Ghostly Schlong at April 11, 2016 11:30 PM (N1ljp)
It would only be there until I got home. You put a sign in my yard, you've just gifted it to me. You want it back? Talk to the landshark.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 11, 2016 11:30 PM (YJmuy)
Posted by: andycanuck at April 11, 2016 11:30 PM (3MK6t)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 11, 2016 11:27 PM (EzgxV)
Twice? What do they have, a league, now?
I remember seeing footage of the cheese wheel suicide races on TV years ago. It was so dumb and pointless that one would imagine only the Japanese would have thought of it.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 11, 2016 11:31 PM (zc3Db)
Posted by: L, Elle at April 11, 2016 11:31 PM (2x3L+)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 11, 2016 11:31 PM (hlMPp)
Big mistake. The damn teenager who took my order was, I don't know. Mopey, he had no personality. He had no idea how to actually talk to people. Couldn't get anything right. And I waited. The whole bunch seemed to be running around back there, but doing nothing.
I went to fill up the drink cup. They had these damned fancy soda machines. Not a regular fountain, but some damned whiz-bang thing with a touch screen. It had a zillion choices, but none of them seemed to work. I finally got something to actually piss out some liquid, tasted sort of like Coke with some silly flavor in it.
Then, I went to get ketchup. Every damn dispenser was empty. Told the idiot kids back there. Yeah, they know. Threw me some little packets.
These kids have no idea how to talk to people, how to be friendly or personable.
I remember my father whacking me upside the head a few times when I started acting mopey as a teenager. The adults didn't put up with that shit. That display this afternoon was what happens when you let that run amok.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at April 11, 2016 11:31 PM (DW+jj)
That's pretty devious. I could never *cough* condone such action *cough.*
*Cough*
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 11, 2016 11:31 PM (FumDw)
Check out "Uptown Funk" sometime, fairly new song (came out about two years ago). Will people still be playing it 50 years from now? I don't know, probably doubtful, but it *is* a fun piece of work.
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 11, 2016 11:32 PM (ntObR)
So I think that ship is sinking.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 11, 2016 11:32 PM (4xRh9)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 11, 2016 11:24
Be well. I'm thinking your Granddad is doing OK now?
Posted by: Farmer at April 11, 2016 11:32 PM (o/90i)
Posted by: Piercello at April 11, 2016 11:32 PM (RXfvh)
Posted by: otho at April 11, 2016 11:25 PM (EWg9n)
Pop music today is objectively bad.
There is good music, it's just that you don't hear it on the radio anymore.
Posted by: The Musical Hat at April 11, 2016 11:33 PM (vBeA5)
I personally love "Pump Up The Volume" by M/A/R/R/S. There was real talent there, too bad that (according to legend) the members of the band couldn't stand each other, thus why they were only together for about 20 minutes.
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 11, 2016 11:34 PM (ntObR)
He referenced in the thread right below this one.
Some dude named Seaverance?
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 11, 2016 11:34 PM (FumDw)
Posted by: andycanuck at April 11, 2016 11:34 PM (3MK6t)
If he'd been white, he'd have been allowed to ride a horse.
Posted by: huerfano at April 11
Im triggered and need some safe space after that comment. WHERE IS MY DAMNED STRESS CARD!!
Posted by: Spawn of Mayhem at April 11, 2016 11:34 PM (C+vbB)
Posted by: Farmer at April 11, 2016 11:32 PM (o/90i)
As comfortable as he can be right now. Got more doc visits coming up and then we'll have a better idea of where we are and what needs to be done.
But thank you very much for asking after him.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 11, 2016 11:34 PM (GEICT)
Did I mention I hate doing them? What a colossal waste of time, stress, and energy.
Posted by: Piercello at April 11, 2016 11:34 PM (RXfvh)
Sometimes movies are really bad, but sometimes something you dislike is not so much bad but not your taste.
The older Ebert got, the more narrow his taste sometimes got. And of course, movie critics would sometimes "power watch" 3 or 4 movies in a day, because the major critics were invited to closed premiers or some such drivel.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....tortured American at April 11, 2016 11:34 PM (+1T7c)
Posted by: Josephistan at April 11, 2016 11:34 PM (7qAYi)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 11, 2016 11:35 PM (wB8Tg)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at April 11, 2016 11:28 PM (oKE6c)
To be clear, I meant the lawn of whoever put the sign out, i.e., the perp, not the victim.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at April 11, 2016 11:35 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 11, 2016 11:27 PM (EzgxV)
Twice? What do they have, a league, now?
I remember seeing footage of the cheese wheel suicide races on TV years ago. It was so dumb and pointless that one would imagine only the Japanese would have thought of it.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 11, 2016 11:31 PM (zc3Db)
Once down some hill where people get broken bones regularly, the other time on city streets on the flat.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 11, 2016 11:35 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 11, 2016 11:26 PM (GEICT)
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Mmmm... jelly.
You're a mensch.
Horde, do yourselves a favor and listen to BCochran and Alex the chick's blog at marginallyhonoribalchairman. It can be both profound and profane at times. Always worth a listen.
Posted by: Darth Randall at April 11, 2016 11:35 PM (6n332)
The entirety of M.C. Hammer could be on classing R-n-B.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 11, 2016 11:35 PM (FumDw)
Posted by: Shaveswithaoccamsrazor at April 11, 2016 11:35 PM (6I0RI)
I know he never pushed for it to become available on video.
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 11, 2016 11:36 PM (ntObR)
Beyond_the_Valley_of_the_Dolls
Even Ebert kinda/sorta acknowledged it was a very acquired taste, not for everybody, not the greatest flick in the universe.
Roger could and did have good taste often. It's just that his politics got in the way of his judgment too often, especially near the end of his career.
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 11, 2016 11:23 PM (ntObR)
If you've never seen Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, you should check it some time. I caught it on cable one night in the early nineties and was mesmerized by its weirdness and absolute shameless trashiness. It literally has everything in it. And then you have the surprise ending with its what-the-holy-fuck moment.
Ebert at least had a sense of humor about it and used to joke that it was clear that the studio system was falling apart when they let a twenty-something kid with absolutely no experience like him write a movie screenplay.
Posted by: Maetenloch at April 11, 2016 11:36 PM (pAlYe)
Check out "Uptown Funk" sometime, fairly new song (came out about two years ago). Will people still be playing it 50 years from now? I don't know, probably doubtful, but it *is* a fun piece of work.
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 11, 2016 11:32 PM (ntObR)
Which is what they said about the Beatles fifty years ago. Not that I'm saying Bruno Mars is equal to the Beatles...just that predicting what music will stand the test of time is often a crapshoot.
Oh, and hello, Horde.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread On The All-Night Request Line at April 11, 2016 11:36 PM (rJUlF)
Posted by: Splunge at April 11, 2016 11:37 PM (iMxBJ)
Last night at Wally World I had to endure a guy who's pea-sized brain is encased in neutronium try to tell me that yes an iPhone4 has a SIM card. Why was he sure even after we failed to find such evidence on his iPhone4? Because of YouTube videos.
*thud*
SMOD!
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 11, 2016 11:37 PM (4xRh9)
Posted by: Darth Randall at April 11, 2016 11:35 PM (6n332)
Too kind. Thank you.
I will say, we recorded a new episode tonight. It's going to be a bit different than normal, but we had a lot of fun recording and I hope everyone enjoys it.
It'll be up at 930 tomorrow morning.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 11, 2016 11:37 PM (GEICT)
And Captain Whitebread, also yup. I love when people dismiss all the new "boy bands." Well yes, some of them have more hairspray than talent, but when the Beatles first showed up they were dismissed as the same thing.
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 11, 2016 11:37 PM (ntObR)
by: Ricardo Kill at April 11, 2016 11:31 PM (FumDw)
That's how I roll.
But if you want to cheap shot me anonymously, be prepared to be cheap-shotted anonymously in return. Fire with fire, and all that.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at April 11, 2016 11:38 PM (oKE6c)
All the Russ Meyer stuff was watchable as "what the Hell am I watching here" kind of stuff.
Plus T and A.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 11, 2016 11:38 PM (FumDw)
Btw, did you say the safe from earlier about the Panama Papers? You're gonna be rich one day selling cellos to Russians!!! Woo hoo!!
Posted by: L, Elle at April 11, 2016 11:38 PM (2x3L+)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 11, 2016 11:38 PM (ntObR)
Make them catch you. Fuck them all. Guess that's becoming my motto.
Posted by: Blano at April 11, 2016 11:38 PM (heN73)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 11, 2016 11:32 PM (ntObR)
Along those lines, Chubby Checker got a 50 year career out of one song.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 11, 2016 11:38 PM (zc3Db)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 11, 2016 11:39 PM (voOPb)
It's been too long!
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 11, 2016 11:18 PM (GEICT)
If you're talking about another episode of Alexthechick's podcast... then yes, it has.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at April 11, 2016 11:39 PM (fC9RO)
In the liner notes to "Rubber Soul", they say that this is what the kids in AD 2000 will be listening to, which was a pretty remarkable thing to say when pop music was (and mostly is) meant to be ephemeral.
Posted by: Josephistan at April 11, 2016 11:39 PM (7qAYi)
You done w/ the fiancée's taxes yet?
I was working on ours today, TurboTax sucks big time. Any recommendations for next year?
T
Posted by: Farmer at April 11, 2016 11:39 PM (o/90i)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 11, 2016 11:34 PM (ntObR)
The Scenario was basically my senior year theme song.
Loved Tribe.
RIP Phife Dawg
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 11, 2016 11:40 PM (hlMPp)
* did you see the Ace post from earlier about the Panama Papers? *
Posted by: L, Elle at April 11, 2016 11:40 PM (2x3L+)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 11, 2016 11:40 PM (FumDw)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 11, 2016 11:41 PM (4xRh9)
Posted by: Splunge at April 11, 2016 11:41 PM (iMxBJ)
I learned all this today from a radio industry blog article. I was amazed.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread On The All-Night Request Line at April 11, 2016 11:41 PM (rJUlF)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at April 11, 2016 11:39 PM (fC9RO)
*stares*
Yes, WE recorded a new episode tonight. Goes up in the morning.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 11, 2016 11:41 PM (GEICT)
In a nutshell, a lot of workers simply aren't worth, $10 per hour, much less $15.
How do I know? I went to Walmart the other day. Interestingly, the idiot employee was some kind of supervisor. She came up and interrupted myself and an employee in the middle of a transaction.
The supervisor said to me, "She'll get back to you after I discuss this with her. " She then proceeded to talk to the employee who had been waiting on me about some non-emergency stuff about some check out register, not the one we were using.
Yup, I the customer was expected to wait because her time and convenience were more important than mine. Of course I glared at her until she was finished chatting. She knew I was pissed and really didn't care.
I don't feel that giving people completely unrealistic views of their value in the workplace does much to bind the community.
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 11, 2016 11:42 PM (SXU3d)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill
Wait. You mean there was something else going on in Russ Meyer's movies besides T and A?
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....tortured American at April 11, 2016 11:42 PM (+1T7c)
About the way it shapes up.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 11, 2016 11:42 PM (FumDw)
It's worse than just keeping track of children
and families. These "named persons" a basically a third, and more
powerful, parent and can overrule parent on anything and everything.
In Scotland, your children belong to the state.
They are simply being more honest about it.
My earlier thoughts on this:
The Third Parent
http://tinyurl.com/gp6s7cv
Posted by: The Political Hat at April 11, 2016 11:26 PM (vBeA5)
Part of the reason that the left loves to push polyamory/polygamy/whathaveyou, I believe, is that once you've expanded the definition of "family" to the point where it is useless, and declared that children can have any number of "parents" of tenuous relationship to the child, then it becomes a lot easier to make the state a "co-parent".
Posted by: Colorado Alex at April 11, 2016 11:42 PM (fC9RO)
At any rate, back in the early 50's, they had some customer complaining of a rattle in his Caddy. They checked out the suspension, everything, and couldn't find anything. But it was evident when driving it.
So my uncle finally ordered them to take the damn thing apart and put it back together again, if need be. Well, they found it. There was little 6 oz Coke bottle put between the front fender and the wheel skirt.
There was a note inside. It read, "I hope you had fun finding this rattle, you rich son of a bitch!"
That was some good union labor back in the '50s.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at April 11, 2016 11:42 PM (DW+jj)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 11, 2016 11:42 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 11, 2016 11:43 PM (4xRh9)
Posted by: Piercello at April 11, 2016 11:43 PM (RXfvh)
Last night at Wally World I had to endure a guy who's pea-sized brain is encased in neutronium try to tell me that yes an iPhone4 has a SIM card. Why was he sure even after we failed to find such evidence on his iPhone4? Because of YouTube videos.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 11, 2016 11:37 PM (4xRh9)
Different day, same nightmare.
Don't you just love YouTube Experts? The risk of my general contempt for Modern Medicine is that every homeopath and chemtrail-sniffer thinks I must be their best buddy.
Oy. If I think a MD doesn't teach you enough about systematic interactions in the human body, am I going to be interested in somebody who got their MD from George Noory University?
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 11, 2016 11:43 PM (wB8Tg)
Southern Man don't need him around, anyhow.
Posted by: Josephistan at April 11, 2016 11:43 PM (7qAYi)
>> Look for a tiny hole. Stick a straightened paper clip in there, and you're in business.
This a euphemism?
Posted by: speedster1 at April 11, 2016 11:44 PM (vUcdz)
When you are able to do your job, so they can't feel good about laughing at the new guy flailing--and they show it.
When they automatically say you are wrong, simply because you can't be admitted to be right.
When they get upset that you thought of something they didn't.
When the contractor's response to the government guy telling him that government guy did not graduate from college two weeks ago--"well, now that you have established your authority."
When those without wings think they know more than those who have them.
When they demand to call you any name they want, like they are the senior leaders of the ready room.
When the first comment made when you showed up was "oh, he's now the shortest guy here."
When they spend ten minutes talking about their fantasy baseball teams without one of them mentioning they are all at least two and half games back of the guy leading, because its all about not giving up that control and admitting they aren't going to be the alpha male, but *that* guy is.
No wonder Napoleon waged war for a decade.
Posted by: "Sigmund Freud" at April 11, 2016 11:44 PM (J3UIw)
Posted by: Splunge at April 11, 2016 11:44 PM (iMxBJ)
I think there was some cars and violence. But the T and A always out-shined it.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 11, 2016 11:44 PM (FumDw)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 11, 2016 11:45 PM (9mTYi)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at April 11, 2016 11:42 PM (fC9RO)
The kibbutzim used to implement this theory - all children moved into a group house at a very, very early age to be raised by the kibbutz. It only took about two generations for even the radical leftist kibbutzim to get rid of this policy, en masse. Even the die hard leftist kibbutznics were disgusted with the idea, which is no mean feat, there.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 11, 2016 11:45 PM (zc3Db)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 11, 2016 11:41 PM (4xRh9)
Wisdom.
I posted *one* joke in a political thread today, and I *still* smell burned popcorn.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 11, 2016 11:45 PM (wB8Tg)
Cow-orker at Wally World complains about being broke, having no car, eating Ramen noodles, but does have a $700 smartphone.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 11, 2016 11:45 PM (4xRh9)
Adams and Springsteen have essentially told their fans that virtue signalling is more important than sticking to their obligations and entertaining the audience.
Some of that audience, stupidly enough, will agree with them.
Fine enough. I never would pay to see Springsteen anyway. Now I'll add Adams to that list.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread On The All-Night Request Line at April 11, 2016 11:46 PM (rJUlF)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 11, 2016 11:47 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Josephistan at April 11, 2016 11:47 PM (7qAYi)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at April 11, 2016 11:47 PM (fC9RO)
I'm sure Mississippi is devastated.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 11, 2016 11:47 PM (FumDw)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill
T and A always goes best with cars and violence.....and a Coke.
Well, a Coke and a smile.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....tortured American at April 11, 2016 11:47 PM (+1T7c)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 11, 2016 11:47 PM (GEICT)
Summer of '69.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at April 11, 2016 11:48 PM (fC9RO)
Ironically it was in one of my longest-lasting jobs, but I used to have to work with the IT guy from hell. He came complete with a smart mouth and a mullet right out of the 1970s.
The guy loved to say "no you're wrong" to everything. It didn't matter that you knew what you were talking about. He just loved to tell everyone they were wrong and he was right. It was like a psychosis.
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 11, 2016 11:48 PM (ntObR)
Nope. Instead it appears that they'll be casting Tessa Thompson as a completely new character to serve as the designated love interest.
Posted by: junior at April 11, 2016 11:48 PM (fgd5X)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 11, 2016 11:48 PM (FumDw)
Posted by: Piercello
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I knew something funny was going on when I first spied a carbon fiber cello.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 11, 2016 11:48 PM (9mTYi)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 11, 2016 11:47 PM (GEICT)
If only. Reagan would still be President, Van Halen would still be together and my Member's Only jacket would still be in style.
Posted by: Josephistan at April 11, 2016 11:48 PM (7qAYi)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 11, 2016 11:47 PM (GEICT)
Hipster douchebag (with a trust fund) in the neighborhood has a ponytail. I was chatting with him, and said "Yeah, the 80s were great, weren't they?"
I don't think he took the point.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at April 11, 2016 11:48 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 11, 2016 11:49 PM (4xRh9)
WTF? It's 1984 again? No one told me????
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk
I hope not, I wouldnt exist
Posted by: Spawn of Mayhem at April 11, 2016 11:49 PM (C+vbB)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 11, 2016 11:49 PM (voOPb)
It should be really easy to see. It never seems to be as flush as the 5. I guess maybe it wasn't an iPhone 4?
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 11, 2016 11:49 PM (wB8Tg)
smaller nations that lack the resources to do it themselves.
Very true. Back in the 90s we did a "turn and burn" at flank speed for thirteen hours, until we got within helo range of Isla del Coco (the supposed setting for Jurassic Park). A Costa Rican fisherman had fallen off the stern of his boat and got badly chewed up by the propeller. We got within range, launched the helo, flight crew and corpsman picked him up and brought him back to the ship, and we turned and burned for another fifteen hours in the other direction until we could launch the bird again and get him to a hospital on the mainland. The guy lived through all that.
Posted by: Country Singer at April 11, 2016 11:50 PM (F6NHk)
He sold enough records by 1983 that he *never* has to do *anything* again.
Plus, I've read he's not only an acute businessperson as well as a very talented musician, but actually an under-the-radar supporter of numerous conservative causes.
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 11, 2016 11:50 PM (ntObR)
Nope. Instead it appears that they'll be casting Tessa Thompson as a completely new character to serve as the designated love interest.
Posted by: junior at April 11, 2016 11:48 PM (fgd5X)
They wanted Laegertha but I beat Thor's ass and kept her for myself.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 11, 2016 11:50 PM (hlMPp)
They appeared behind the banner "AGs for Clean Energy", a political slogan, not a legal slogan. And they appeared with Algore, a private citizen, not a law enforcement official.
And a private citizen with a multi-million dollar business selling carbon credits, a business that would profit greatly from The Silencing.
Posted by: The Gipper Lives at April 11, 2016 11:50 PM (Ndje9)
Posted by: Piercello at April 11, 2016 11:43 PM
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Glad you saw it. You were referenced in the comments by someone other than me. I love the cello. I have one in my bedroom as a decoration. I can't play, but I think it is the most beautiful of all the instruments tied with any kind of guitar. I just like looking at it.
Posted by: L, Elle at April 11, 2016 11:51 PM (2x3L+)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 11, 2016 11:47 PM (FumDw)
reminds me of a King of The Hill episode when an art show gets shut down for violating Texas's Anti-Beef law. The gallery owner shrieks "You'll never host another avant-gard art festival in this state again!" The sheriff replies "We'll get by."
Posted by: Josephistan at April 11, 2016 11:51 PM (7qAYi)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 11, 2016 11:45 PM (4xRh9)
I know someone like that, but at least their excuse is the phone was a gift.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 11, 2016 11:51 PM (wB8Tg)
"In other music news, Bryan Adams (yes, he's still around) has canceled
his Mississippi show to protest their Religious Liberty law. "
I'm sure Mississippi is devastated.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 11, 2016 11:47 PM (FumDw)
Somewhere in the Mississippi Delta there's a shitty casino with an empty 50 seat room.
Posted by: Country Singer at April 11, 2016 11:52 PM (F6NHk)
Only the leftists are allowed an opinion. Once you have that firmly understood then she will be your friend.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at April 11, 2016 11:52 PM (kBIIG)
Posted by: Splunge at April 11, 2016 11:37 PM (iMxBJ)
Two of my favorite fast food places are In N Out and Chick-fil-A. In N Out is fanatic about competence; at Chick-fil-A, the emphasis is on "nice". I find it very interesting to note the similarities in policies/procedures that are driven by such disparate goals.....and, note well, you'll not find slack-jawed moody teens slumping about either operation.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 11, 2016 11:53 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 11, 2016 11:53 PM (ntObR)
Good thing no one was using it at the time.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 11, 2016 11:53 PM (YJmuy)
When I drove home on I-20 saw one guy had hydro-planed off the road, down the embankment, and stop in a drainage ditch about 100ft off the road. Luckily others had stopped and it seemed no one was hurt. Plus plenty of trees down in the roads.
So we got devastated and by the time most realize what Bryan Adams did, they'll go 'so?'
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 11, 2016 11:53 PM (4xRh9)
Well, he got one. My uncle told the accounting to girl to add 15% to every damn item on the bill, then take 10% off the total at the end, and mark it "ministerial discount".
He paid a little bit more than everyone else would of course. That was the charge for being an asshole demanding special treatment.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at April 11, 2016 11:53 PM (DW+jj)
Oh, I'm not knocking Steve Miller. But his band wasn't invited to the R&RHOF induction unless they ponied up $10,000 a ticket. The R&RHOF only gave Steve Miller two tickets, and he was not happy that his band got shafted like that.
Posted by: Josephistan at April 11, 2016 11:53 PM (7qAYi)
Posted by: Piercello at April 11, 2016 11:43 PM
Damn straight!
I like to kick the shit out of a violinist every so often for inspiration.
Posted by: Yo, Yo Ma Ma! at April 11, 2016 11:53 PM (zc3Db)
Whatever, man. Keep waving that dick at the ladies' room.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 11, 2016 11:53 PM (wB8Tg)
I see him mentioned here a lot, but just never cared. Should I adjust my give-a-shitometer?
Posted by: Garfield at April 11, 2016 11:54 PM (zq+h+)
And the '60s, and the '70s, and into the '80s.
The last real chance to break the UAW's bullshit hold on things was 1972, and in the end IIRC the Nixon administration pushed GM to cave.
Even Reagan knuckled under to the UAW.
Posted by: JEM at April 11, 2016 11:54 PM (o+SC1)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill
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Actually, it's pretty 'short'.
Cute ponies, running their little hearts out:
http://tinyurl.com/hprcc9f
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 11, 2016 11:54 PM (9mTYi)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 11, 2016 11:55 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: Chi at April 11, 2016 11:55 PM (zq+h+)
Here's how to judge this. Stand Caitlyn up next to a real spokesmodel, both of them without make up. Then we'll decide who is gorgeous.
I don't really care what transgenders do until they start making demands on what I am allowed to think. That's where I draw the line. I refuse to accept that men of any type should be allowed to share shower rooms and bathrooms with females, including children. I refuse to view Caitlyn as beautiful or heroic. Other than that, I don't care what he/she does. None of my business,
And I have a right to view Caitlyn as a shallow, narcissistic attention sponge just like everyone else in that f**ked up family.
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 11, 2016 11:55 PM (SXU3d)
Go very early 1980 and grab Bon Scott. Sneak just into 1990 and get SVR. John Bonham. Marvin Gaye.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 11, 2016 11:56 PM (GEICT)
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In response to a friend's post on Facebook, I wrote a brief, clearly labeled secular and cynical bit of reasoning as to why guys might not be interested in getting married these days. Someone else apparently took offense at what I'd posted, and replied with a four paragraph essay. The first bit of it was a clearly implied, "How dare you say that only men are affected by these things!?"
Posted by: junior at April 11, 2016 11:56 PM (fgd5X)
Wouldn't mind having one for crazy outside gigs, actually. My good one goes insane in high heat and humidity.
Posted by: Piercello at April 11, 2016 11:56 PM (RXfvh)
Southern Man don't need him around, anyhow.
Posted by: Josephistan at April 11, 2016 11:43 PM (7qAYi)
Hmmm...the good folks at Twitchy have compiled a list of countries that Bryan Adams has played in which have bone-fide "anti LGBT" laws.
http://tinyurl.com/h59k9je
Such "tolerant" places like Egypt and the UAE.
Posted by: Thrawn at April 11, 2016 11:57 PM (s87AC)
And did I mention he came in about 30 minutes later trying to steal even more of my time because he said he lost the electronic key-fob to his Mercedes in my area. So myself, an assistant manager, and a stocker spent another ten minutes looking everywhere when he said 'uh well let me go look around the car.'
After that I never saw the idiot again. So I really don't care about the SIM card. I was not hired to handle Wireless.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 11, 2016 11:57 PM (4xRh9)
CS, were you on a LPA/LPD?
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 11, 2016 11:57 PM (FumDw)
Posted by: Josephistan at April 11, 2016 11:57 PM (7qAYi)
And the '60s, and the '70s, and into the '80s.
The last real chance to break the UAW's bullshit hold on things was 1972, and in the end IIRC the Nixon administration pushed GM to cave.
Even Reagan knuckled under to the UAW.
Posted by: JEM at April 11, 2016 11:54 PM (o+SC1)
The reason, in a nutshell, why unions generally need to be broken. All elements of the economy need to compete on adding economic value, rather than on exercising political/ financial/ criminal muscle. Which pretty much lets out ALL unions.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at April 11, 2016 11:57 PM (oKE6c)
>> emphasis is on "nice". I find it very interesting to note the
>> similarities in policies/procedures that are driven by such
>> disparate goals
In N Out runs a tight ship, but their food is not my favorite, it's a very simple burger and very simple fries. That can be a good thing if it's what you want, but I'd prefer the Five Guys treatment.
I have yet to go to a Chick-Fil-A, I would love to but they always seem to be in places that I'm at on Sundays.
Posted by: JEM at April 11, 2016 11:58 PM (o+SC1)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, hither and yon at April 11, 2016 11:58 PM (D0J8L)
Cow-orker at Wally World complains about being broke, having no car, eating Ramen noodles, but does have a $700 smartphone.
Posted by: Anna Puma
I wonder how much per month the phone bill is?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 11, 2016 11:58 PM (FkBIv)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 11, 2016 11:57 PM (FumDw)
FFG. The helo was an SH-2G.
Posted by: Country Singer at April 11, 2016 11:59 PM (F6NHk)
I'll go ahead and assume Fleetwood Mac, Phil Collins and Steely Dan are next. Guess who else I just bought albums from? ;-P
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 11, 2016 11:59 PM (ntObR)
I see him mentioned here a lot, but just never cared. Should I adjust my give-a-shitometer?
Posted by: Garfield at April 11, 2016 11:54 PM (zq+h+)
He writes at Breitbart. One of the very few over there I would read. He's openly and unabashedly Pro Trump. To an obnoxious level. But that's not really about Trump. That's just how Milo is.
He can be incredibly hilarious and insightful. He can also be irritating and a douche.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 11, 2016 11:59 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: L, Elle at April 11, 2016 11:59 PM (2x3L+)
Posted by: Piercello at April 11, 2016 11:59 PM (RXfvh)
I see him mentioned here a lot, but just never cared. Should I adjust my give-a-shitometer?
Posted by: Garfield at April 11, 2016 11:54 PM (zq+h+)
Yes. He doesn't bow down to the pussy ass SJW's.
Also pretty entertaining.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 11, 2016 11:59 PM (hlMPp)
I haven' made up my mind but I could be a Walter or a Carl or something along those lines
Posted by: jake at April 11, 2016 11:59 PM (92+OH)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 12, 2016 12:00 AM (voOPb)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 12, 2016 12:00 AM (hlMPp)
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I don't know if I've ever eaten at my local In'N'Out (it's on a tiny bit of property with insanely long lines of cars), but I've stopped by the local Chick-Fil-A from time to time. The employees have generally left a good impression.
I've also stop by the local McDonalds every now and again, and the kids they've got working there seem enthusiastic about their jobs. Probably the influence of the franchise owner.
Of course, with the incoming $15/hr minimum wage, there probably won't be any kids working at either restaurant a few years from now...
Posted by: junior at April 12, 2016 12:00 AM (fgd5X)
Never lose sight of this. Hillary Clinton looks upon the Russian Revolution and thinks, Not only did they get to impose their will upon the (sneer) people, but they got to have some hot revenge at the same time and she has to change her pantsuit. This is what the future looks like if we cannot overcome what are, in essence, pretty trivial differences.
Never let her become president. Trump people, Cruz people...we must join to prevent the 3rd Clinton presidency.
PS: I was really drunk but I got all the formatting! Ha ha, fist thrust or whatever!
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 12, 2016 12:00 AM (AroJD)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 12, 2016 12:00 AM (FumDw)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 12, 2016 12:00 AM (hlMPp)
"The Frightening Fag" or something like that.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 12, 2016 12:01 AM (GEICT)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 12, 2016 12:01 AM (hlMPp)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at April 11, 2016 11:57 PM (oKE6c)
I don't care too much about unions. It's the "closed shop" (and variations on that un-Constitutional idea) that need to be totally done away with. Also, the idea that unions are allowed to run amok and commit any sort of violence they like without suffering any consequences is the other huge problem.
If people want to ban together into a negotiating group with their employer, then I couldn't really give two shits, but if they all get chucked out then that's life, and if they try and stop anyone else from working at those jobs then they need to be thrown in jail.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 12, 2016 12:01 AM (zc3Db)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 12, 2016 12:01 AM (FumDw)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 12, 2016 12:02 AM (voOPb)
You done w/ the fiancee's taxes yet?
I was working on ours today, TurboTax sucks big time. Any recommendations for next year?
T
Posted by: Farmer at April 11, 2016 11:39 PM (o/90i)
Not yet, but she found the magic pieces of paper I needed.
I switched to H+R Block, for a variety of reasons. I'm not all that happy with either one.....and I suspect they're both gradually becoming more allied with the government than with the people who buy their product. They're both getting a little insistent about including questions that don't really lead anywhere, except to nag taxpayers.
I seriously hope Obamacare crashes and burns before we have to prepare 2016 returns, 'cause the reporting requirements / unintended consequences are going asymptotic.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 12, 2016 12:02 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 12, 2016 12:01 AM (GEICT)
Close.
I had to look it up.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 12, 2016 12:02 AM (hlMPp)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 12, 2016 12:02 AM (GEICT)
Posted by: Chi at April 12, 2016 12:02 AM (zq+h+)
Posted by: L, Elle at April 12, 2016 12:02 AM (2x3L+)
I'm actually not horribly anti-union. Some unions have leaders who know how to speak the language of business, and understand how business works. Those are the ones that usually do well by their members *and* avoid needless confrontational bullshit like strikes and violence.
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 12, 2016 12:03 AM (ntObR)
I had to look it up.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 12, 2016 12:02 AM (hlMPp)
Excellent Google-fu
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 12, 2016 12:03 AM (GEICT)
Despite my misgivings of him calling a certain political candidate "Daddy" (I have the same misgivings about certain Germans calling Merkel "Mutti" or "Mother" - politicians should never be given family titles), Milo has provided a great source of amusement with his encounters with femi-Nazis and entitled college-SJWs. Hell, Milo intentionally named his college tour "The Dangerous Faggot" Tour and stated that his intention was to "trigger" certain special college snowflakes.
It worked too,
. Posted by: Thrawn at April 12, 2016 12:03 AM (s87AC)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 11, 2016 11:59 PM (ntObR)
Why do you still buy music? I haven't bought an album or song in almost twenty years. It's all still a major rip-off. Songs should cost no more than 2 cents apiece. Until it gets to that reasonable point I ain't buying shit.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 12, 2016 12:03 AM (zc3Db)
The last real chance to break the UAW's bullshit hold on things was 1972, and in the end IIRC the Nixon administration pushed GM to cave.
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Actually, we had a shot at it in 2008 when the economy went bad, and two of the Big Three nearly went under. For a bit there it actually looked like the UAW was going to be willing to come to the bargaining table in order to keep Chrysler and GM afloat. But then the government made it clear that the UAW had nothing to lose by being intransigent, and that was the end of that.
Posted by: junior at April 12, 2016 12:03 AM (fgd5X)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 11, 2016 11:34 PM
If it helps, tell him you have friends on the net that are praying for him. Maybe actually very distant cousins from Londonderry. Best wishes to you all dealing w/ this situation.
Posted by: Farmer at April 12, 2016 12:03 AM (o/90i)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 12, 2016 12:04 AM (ntObR)
is awesome, I get their chicken strips for a post work out.
They only come in 3 count or 4 count.
A 6 count would be perfect.
Sometimes I get a 3 and a 4 count which is almost a pound of chicken.
I really like their spicy 'buffalo' sause.
Posted by: jake at April 12, 2016 12:04 AM (92+OH)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 12, 2016 12:01 AM (FumDw)
I put "CG, Mayport, Charleston, or Norfolk." on my dream sheet and got a NRF FFG out of 32nd Street.
Posted by: Country Singer at April 12, 2016 12:04 AM (F6NHk)
I really need to scoot. Thunderstorms and rain still ongoing. My house power just flickered causing the DSL modem and printer to reset. But the desktop kept running.
Night all.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2016 12:05 AM (FK/Zt)
Excellent Google-fu
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 12, 2016 12:03 AM (GEICT)
A bit.
But holy hell did I butcher the hell out of the last name. Just started making up stuff.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 12, 2016 12:05 AM (hlMPp)
"Phil Collins comes out of retirement... Solely to announce he won't play in NC or MO"
SIGH. All that's left is for Glenn Frey to announce he's coming back from the dead just so he can boycott those states.
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 12, 2016 12:05 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: David, infamous sockpuppet at April 12, 2016 12:06 AM (1TUV/)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at April 12, 2016 12:06 AM (DW+jj)
Someone made a good point that the comic layout is a bit cluttered and confusing.
I think an improvement is to have a single image, with a closed box on the left and an open box on the right. Conveys destroyed expectations of tasty Krispy Kremes.
Posted by: ReactionaryMonster Bravely supporting kittens at April 12, 2016 12:06 AM (1D4Ef)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 12, 2016 12:05 AM (hlMPp)
That's why I call him "Milo With The Hair".
Everyone knows exactly who you're talking about.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 12, 2016 12:07 AM (GEICT)
Neil and Buzz landing on the Moon.
Bryan Adams? Meh.
I don't see Becker and Fagan (Steely Dan) bending their knee to anyone. They are stubborn iconoclasts.
But I've been wrong before. At least once.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....tortured American at April 12, 2016 12:07 AM (+1T7c)
They're supposed to also have really good food, especially Asian cuisine (which of course makes snese because a large part of Hawaiian Gardens Casino and its neighborhood is Asian) there. Check out their Yelp reviews on that.
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 12, 2016 12:07 AM (ntObR)
Cadillac of fast-food.
Made one trip to In-an-Out and found I didn't need to ever go there again. Whataburger and Dairy Queen make a better burger. And they aren't all pretentious and shit.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 12, 2016 12:08 AM (FumDw)
Posted by: jake at April 12, 2016 12:09 AM (92+OH)
If it was one third of the length, it would be hailed as a masterpiece.
One half the length, it would be a highly recommended work.
At its present length, it collapses under its preciousness and repetitiveness. Well written and with a good point, but smothered by far too much of itself.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 12, 2016 12:09 AM (AroJD)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 12, 2016 12:09 AM (ntObR)
*pssst.....horde....so who is going to the electronics section tomorrow to inquire what cleaning product is best for upholstery.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 12, 2016 12:09 AM (hlMPp)
Did I mention I hate doing them? What a colossal waste of time, stress, and energy.
Posted by: Piercello at April 11, 2016 11:34 PM
Yep, I did all the deductions and for the first time in several yrs the standard deductions was better.
FU the IRS.
Posted by: Farmer at April 12, 2016 12:09 AM (o/90i)
Nope. Mandatory public school curriculum has to be kept to the barest basics.
They taught sex and driving in the government schools. Look how that turned out.
Art's way too important to be entrusted to disgruntled unionists. Music, too.
Why would you want religion, or poetry, or philosophy, taught in a prison?
Don't join their death cult. Culture and sex belong out in the street, with people.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 12, 2016 12:10 AM (xq1UY)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at April 12, 2016 12:10 AM (VdICR)
$15,000 minimum for a camera, without any lenses. Good grief.
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 12, 2016 12:10 AM (ntObR)
Becker & Fagan on tour this summer. Milwaukee is the nearest city 5 hrs one way. Love to see them but don't think so
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 12, 2016 12:11 AM (voOPb)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 12, 2016 12:12 AM (GEICT)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 12, 2016 12:07 AM (GEICT)
Are there any other Milos that come to mind? If someone just said Milo I would assume they meant him.
But Milo With The Hair is a great description.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 12, 2016 12:12 AM (hlMPp)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 12, 2016 12:12 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 12, 2016 12:12 AM (hlMPp)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 12, 2016 12:13 AM (hlMPp)
But, it's not very hard to duplicate the thing at home. Cheap, too.
Posted by: Chi at April 12, 2016 12:13 AM (zq+h+)
Some sleep might be nice.
Posted by: Piercello at April 12, 2016 12:13 AM (RXfvh)
Posted by: MAx at April 12, 2016 12:13 AM (LAliD)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 12, 2016 12:13 AM (hlMPp)
Posted by: publius
Chik-Fil-A
There's one near my work, and I sometimes go there to get a sandwich (carry out). The place is ALWAYS packed.
It's always pretty clean (even when it's crowded).
The people at the counter (young old, black, white) always knock themselves out to be polite.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....tortured American at April 12, 2016 12:14 AM (+1T7c)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at April 12, 2016 12:14 AM (DW+jj)
It was awful. The worst of all the Star Wars movies except maybe Attack Of The Clones.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at April 12, 2016 12:14 AM (6FqZa)
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Can't make tee-time when you're sitting on the bench, though.
Posted by: junior at April 12, 2016 12:15 AM (fgd5X)
Not to sound like moo moo, but I had to write them bastards a check this year. So I agree with you Farmer
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 12, 2016 12:15 AM (voOPb)
That was some good union labor back in the '50s.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at April 11, 2016 11:42 PM (DW+jj)
Stupid move on the UAW worker's part. In Michigan, GM employees often bought Cadillacs. Between their employee discount and, in the past, their incredibly high pay for non-skilled work, they could afford great cars. My dad's neighbor is a retired GM employee. The guy always buys great cars or trucks.
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 12, 2016 12:16 AM (SXU3d)
*never seen Catch-22
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 12, 2016 12:13 AM (hlMPp)
The book is better...as usual.
Posted by: BignJames at April 12, 2016 12:16 AM (HtUkt)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian
My wife and I went to see them at an outdoor amphitheater in 1995.
And then, it started to pour down raining. We left at intermission. What a drag.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....tortured American at April 12, 2016 12:16 AM (+1T7c)
btw, what is wrong with B. Clinton.
He looks like he has AIDS
Posted by: jake at April 12, 2016 12:16 AM (92+OH)
Heller packed a ridiculous amount of detail, backstory, everything in that book, from everything I've heard.
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 12, 2016 12:17 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 12, 2016 12:17 AM (FumDw)
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....tortured American at April 12, 2016 12:17 AM (+1T7c)
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Junior that's why they have law clerks.,
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 12, 2016 12:17 AM (voOPb)
If you have, would you say it's better or worse than the film?
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 12, 2016 12:18 AM (ntObR)
The villains were blowing shit up and killing villagers for no real reason except eeevil. The Emo Jedi, Kylo Ren or Ben or whoever the hell he was, looked like that douche from "Grandma's Boy" except without the charisma.
I'm really, really sorry I didn't steal the movie. To quote from a much better one - I want my two dollars! (Back from Redbox!)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at April 12, 2016 12:18 AM (6FqZa)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/719583422105182208
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/719583574043795456
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/719583720064331776
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/719583884548120576
Posted by: kbdabear at April 12, 2016 12:19 AM (8TP/J)
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You should. It's not a particularly long book to read, and well worth the time invested.
Posted by: junior at April 12, 2016 12:20 AM (fgd5X)
Posted by: Vlad the Impaler, whittling away like mad at April 12, 2016 12:20 AM (3Mimg)
Didn't know they were touring again...
I can die a happy man. I've seen Steely Dan LIVE.
Posted by: Chi at April 12, 2016 12:20 AM (zq+h+)
I would have too. Given him the special recognition he deserved for that little stunt. Now, they would know who was on the line at the time the car was put together, he said. But could they find the individual who did it?
IIRC, he never heard back about it. I would have tried to burn the dude. Maybe he had talked to his buddies. Tell them we had fingerprints and were going to track them down, or some stuff to try to scare 'em.
Of course, it was union, and I'm sure there wasn't much they could do.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at April 12, 2016 12:21 AM (DW+jj)
I see him mentioned here a lot, but just never cared. Should I adjust my give-a-shitometer?
Posted by: Garfield at April 11, 2016 11:54 PM (zq+h+)
Actually, Milo's pretty entertaining. He's a homosexual political activist that realized that -- were it not for classical liberalism (i.e. "Conservatism"), he'd have none of the freedoms he enjoys -- the Statist control-freaks on the left would eventually make him the Kulak of the week and crack down. So, reasonably intelligent and perceptive.
Then he sat down and studied.....and, now, he is prepared to eviscerate nearly any stupid thesis advanced by the left -- from global warming to class warfare to #BLM to critical theory. He's good -- and the looks on the leftists' faces when a slightly swishy gay man (think about 110% of Anderson Cooper) applies the cluebat is priceless. I'd buy him a beer if we met.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 12, 2016 12:21 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at April 12, 2016 12:21 AM (VdICR)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/719584021743865856
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/719584185166536704
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/719584333405753344
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/719587033463812097
Posted by: kbdabear at April 12, 2016 12:21 AM (8TP/J)
If you have, would you say it's better or worse than the film?
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 12, 2016 12:18 AM (ntObR)
I have and, even though I have a problem with it politically, the film was better.
Posted by: AD at April 12, 2016 12:21 AM (kZKhl)
Posted by: Farmer at April 12, 2016 12:21 AM (o/90i)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 12, 2016 12:22 AM (hlMPp)
http://phys.org/news/2016-04-neanderthals-infected-diseases-africa-humans.html
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at April 12, 2016 12:22 AM (6FqZa)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 12, 2016 12:22 AM (hlMPp)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 12, 2016 12:23 AM (FumDw)
Posted by: thathalfrican - be water my friend at April 12, 2016 12:24 AM (R5HRU)
Saw them at Alpine Valley in 96. I believe that was the last time I was to that venue
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 12, 2016 12:24 AM (voOPb)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread On The All-Night Request Line at April 11, 2016 11:46 PM (rJUlF)
Ironically, the musicians are tone deaf. Umm, Bryan and Brucie, I suspect that a lot of the people who are behind these bills don't give a rat's ass about attending your concerts and watching you shake your aging butts. Most of the people you are punishing are liberals who think like you do.
Dumbasses.
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 12, 2016 12:24 AM (SXU3d)
Posted by: cthulhu
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You're not exactly what I would call "discerning."
Hell, you bought ME bourbon & lunch!
Posted by: Chi at April 12, 2016 12:25 AM (zq+h+)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 12, 2016 12:21 AM (EzgxV)
In the long run roofies are cheaper.
It's the hair isn't it?
. Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 12, 2016 12:25 AM (hlMPp)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 12, 2016 12:26 AM (voOPb)
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A debate team made up of Milo and Mark Steyn would probably be one of the most awesome things ever.
Posted by: junior at April 12, 2016 12:27 AM (fgd5X)
My neighbor has MS, and it has been heartbreaking to watch her deterioration the last 12 years. Very nice and pretty woman, and now she is nearly always bed ridden. Her husband (former Marine) works at home for an architectural firm and takes care of her all the time, and only takes off to play golf from time to time (his Dad is over there too) and do sporting events with his two teen age sons (one of them is a heckuva baseball player).
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....tortured American at April 12, 2016 12:27 AM (+1T7c)
Love Steyn. Personally Prager and Milo would be megaton devastation.
Posted by: thathalfrican - be water my friend at April 12, 2016 12:28 AM (R5HRU)
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 12, 2016 12:28 AM (JO9+V)
>> emphasis is on "nice". I find it very interesting to note the
>> similarities in policies/procedures that are driven by such
>> disparate goals
In N Out runs a tight ship, but their food is not my favorite, it's a very simple burger and very simple fries. That can be a good thing if it's what you want, but I'd prefer the Five Guys treatment.
I have yet to go to a Chick-Fil-A, I would love to but they always seem to be in places that I'm at on Sundays.
Posted by: JEM at April 11, 2016 11:58 PM (o+SC1)
They both have very simple menus. At In N Out, your fries were a potato a few minutes ago -- stand to the side and you'll see one guy whompin' spuds through a human-powered fry-cutting ram. They worked closely with one bakery near their HQ to get the buns just right, and fly them to the restaurants daily. Simple does not mean low quality.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 12, 2016 12:29 AM (EzgxV)
I guess getting a copy of The Short-Timers at Amazon is out of the question. The lowest price i could find for a paperback copy was $140.
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 12, 2016 12:29 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 12, 2016 12:29 AM (voOPb)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 11, 2016 11:45 PM (4xRh9)
I know someone like that, but at least their excuse is the phone was a gift.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 11, 2016 11:51 PM (wB8Tg)
Someone tried using that excuse on People's Court. The judge asked how they could afford, as I recall, a Coach purse when the woman couldn't repay a loan. The woman claimed it was a gift. The judge told her she should sell it and repay the loan.
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 12, 2016 12:30 AM (SXU3d)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 12, 2016 12:29 AM (ntObR)
The entire thing is available online for free. That's how I found it.
Posted by: AD at April 12, 2016 12:31 AM (kZKhl)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 12, 2016 12:31 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 12, 2016 12:15 AM
We will survive. F' these bastards.
Posted by: Farmer at April 12, 2016 12:31 AM (o/90i)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 12, 2016 12:31 AM (ntObR)
I agree whole heartedly. When you read the ravings of an anthropologist about the past, it teaches you nothing about the past and a great deal about that anthropologist. Many of our suppositions about the state of humanity before written history is based on the flimsiest theorizing, with absolutely nothing but editorial control to substantiate it. The rest of the grant-receiving professoriate is learning.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 12, 2016 12:32 AM (xq1UY)
It is "Whoa, Milo...". And then we've got "Jack, get back.." and "Please, Louise...".
And then we've got "Oooo-wee, Marie". Now that is just stupid. Oooo-wee, Muh-ree, shake it, shake for me. Damn, that is just stupid. I would not have let that stand.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at April 12, 2016 12:32 AM (DW+jj)
Posted by: JEM at April 12, 2016 12:32 AM (o+SC1)
Alpine Valley, in the middle of the night
Six strings down, on that Heaven-bound flight.
He's got a pick, a strap, a guitar on his back,
Ain't gonna cut the angels no slack,
Heaven done called another blues stringer back home...
Posted by: Chi at April 12, 2016 12:33 AM (zq+h+)
Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 12, 2016 12:33 AM (xq1UY)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 12, 2016 12:33 AM (FumDw)
Posted by: Lauren at April 12, 2016 12:35 AM (av10d)
>> their HQ to get the buns just right, and fly them to the
>> restaurants daily. Simple does not mean low quality.
I understand that. In-N-Out is definitely not low-quality. They're definitely the class of the drive-thru field around the Peninsula.
But the extent of the exotica you can do to your burger is grilled onions. If I have time to park and walk I'll do Five Guys.
Posted by: JEM at April 12, 2016 12:35 AM (o+SC1)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 12, 2016 12:35 AM (FumDw)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at April 12, 2016 12:36 AM (VdICR)
It was a damn display screen. Some Don Draper had come up with the idea of putting LED or whatever giant display screens on the side of box truck bodies and charging for advertising.
I imagine that's a thing in the big cities, but it's the first time I've seen it. And it made me mad of course. It looks like that would be distracting. If they're gonna ban all this other shit, looks like they'd bad flashing displays on the side of vehicles. Of course, they've had flashing billboards for some time.
But that flashing, changing display on the back and side of the truck was just annoying.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at April 12, 2016 12:37 AM (DW+jj)
Cary Elwes vs William Zabka
Crossbows vs Longbows
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 12, 2016 12:38 AM (hlMPp)
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Haven't seen it in Los Angeles.
Yet.
Can't imagine that most companies would be anxious to have displays like that on the sides of their trucks, either. It'd cost more to maintain the truck, and you'd run the risk of someone getting distracted and getting into an accident with your truck, which would delay the arrival of the goods being carried.
Posted by: junior at April 12, 2016 12:39 AM (fgd5X)
Many of those electro-mechanical calculators are familiar to me, though that list is heavy on foreign brands not marketed here.
I used to work on some of them. Fridens, Remington 99's and Olivetti Divisummas.
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at April 12, 2016 12:39 AM (TnUKj)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 12, 2016 12:40 AM (FumDw)
Posted by: cthulhu
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You're not exactly what I would call "discerning."
Hell, you bought ME bourbon & lunch!
Posted by: Chi at April 12, 2016 12:25 AM (zq+h+)
You never know just where you might be when you suddenly find yourself having to dispose of a body....
Posted by: cthulhu at April 12, 2016 12:40 AM (EzgxV)
What us the MS religious liberty law?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 12, 2016 12:41 AM (w4NZ8)
Posted by: jake at April 12, 2016 12:42 AM (92+OH)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 12, 2016 12:21 AM (EzgxV)
In the long run roofies are cheaper.
It's the hair isn't it?
.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 12, 2016 12:25 AM (hlMPp)
In the long run, we're all dead but dreaming....
Posted by: John Maynard Cthulheynes at April 12, 2016 12:42 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 12, 2016 12:43 AM (voOPb)
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A debate team made up of Milo and Mark Steyn would probably be one of the most awesome things ever.
Posted by: junior at April 12, 2016 12:27 AM (fgd5X)
Or maybe the combined "Dangerous Faggot / Canada is America's Toque" tour....
No, wait -- they need to do a MST3K thing for the Democratic debates.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 12, 2016 12:45 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 12, 2016 12:46 AM (FumDw)
Posted by: Jinx
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I poked around inside of one of the last of the Monroe's. The thing was a mechanical wonder. I was astounded that they managed to engineer so much stuff, and actually have it function.
Also, everything was so compacted that it weighed a LOT. The density of steel components was probably around 80%. There wasn't much free space inside that case.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 12, 2016 12:46 AM (9mTYi)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 12, 2016 12:24 AM (voOPb)
The Alpine Valley in west Michigan?
Posted by: Blano at April 12, 2016 12:46 AM (uiVGU)
Be well
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 12, 2016 12:48 AM (voOPb)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 12, 2016 12:48 AM (9mTYi)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 12, 2016 12:43 AM
Nite Jim and the rest of you reprobates.
T
Posted by: Farmer at April 12, 2016 12:48 AM (o/90i)
Or was it three thumbtacks?
Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at April 12, 2016 12:48 AM (HOB9K)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 12, 2016 12:49 AM (voOPb)
and it still in working order. That thing is amazing. You can learn the
basics of simple machine arithmetic by that thing, and it's the same
thing CPUs do, just much, much faster and in binary, rather than base
10.
Hell, based on learning how that thing worked, I wrote
some routines, in assembler, just for fun doing base 10 (BCD like)
operations, just mimicking what that Monroe was doing. IIRC, the Intel
x86 instruction set had BCD opcodes built right in, but I did by hand
just for fun.
It multiplies by repeated addition. 10 x 3. 10 goes in the main display, and the 3 is a counter that adds 10 three times.
Now, division. Repeated subraction. You subtract until you "go
negative", rolling over to all 999s (think of 10s complement), then
shift and subtract again, with a counter counting how many times you
subtract until you roll over.
If it's "even", finite
decimals, you hit zero, and just walk over to the end and stop. If not,
you get as many decimals as you want.
Now, to do that
correctly, you had to shift decimals in your head to make the most
efficient use. For example, divide 143,535 by 3. You could do that, and
it would take for ever subtracting 3 from that. you had to think, and
shift it over and subtract the 3 from the first 14, and keep track of
the decimals.
And yes, if you divided by zero, it would
just subtract zero from something forever. There was a "Divide Stop"
function for such a hangup.
Now, that taught me more about the ins and outs of machine arthimetic, and "complement"/rolling over tricks that anything.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at April 12, 2016 12:49 AM (DW+jj)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 12, 2016 12:46 AM (FumDw)
Might just be a piss break.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 12, 2016 12:49 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at April 12, 2016 12:52 AM (DW+jj)
I was never able to figure out Monroes, we just didn't have that many in the system.
Vint Hill Farms Station, an old Army installation of some sort, was a veritable museum of antique office equipment. I was fortunate to cut my teeth there, before the whole industry went tits up a few years later.
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at April 12, 2016 12:52 AM (TnUKj)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 12, 2016 12:54 AM (hlMPp)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 12, 2016 12:55 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 12, 2016 12:49 AM
Could be. But when you're 60 it might be a nap that lasts till the morn, whether you intend it or or not.
Posted by: Farmer at April 12, 2016 01:00 AM (o/90i)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at April 12, 2016 01:00 AM (TnUKj)
Posted by: Blano at April 12, 2016 01:00 AM (sdPF/)
Posted by: publius
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Ah. But see, today programmers use high level languages that require no thought or understanding. I recall the first time that I produced a "Hello World" program in C. File size? 54K. I was stunned.
As an aside, yesterday I rigged a thermal switch to the flue of our water heater, being curious about ON/OFF times and duration.
It took about 15 minutes, the $0.99 thermal switch, and a 1983 Tandy Model 100 computer. The switch tied between ground and the /Busy pin of the printer port, 3 lines of BASIC. Up and running in not much more time than it takes for my PC to be fully booted up.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 12, 2016 01:01 AM (9mTYi)
It's 1950. You're a bank. You need to do a loan calculation, figuring out a amortization schedule. Or you're doing something engineering or sciencey where you need exponents and power operations and all that.
You have your four function Monroe (or similiar) mechanical machine. It can add, and subtract. And it can mulitiply and divide by doing the former repeatedly, automatically.
You need to do A(1 + r)^t type of calculation. Or invert it and solve for t or r or something. You can write the formulae down.
But can you do it on your four function mechanical beast? Why, yes, yes you can.
But it takes a little thought. That's the challenge I presented myself with that machine. And I did it. And again, I learned more about how you do shit like that, how you make a simple machine do complex shit by breaking it down into elementary operations.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at April 12, 2016 01:02 AM (DW+jj)
Ahnold gets on the police radio and perfectly mimics the cop's voice ... but for the rest of the movie he speaks broken, Austrian English. WTFFF?? There are tons of problems with this movie but that really takes the cake. One small scene that is totally unnecessary and does nothing but make the writer, director and everyone involved with the movie look like a bunch of idiots.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 12, 2016 01:04 AM (zc3Db)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at April 12, 2016 01:09 AM (TnUKj)
It was a damn display screen. Some Don Draper had come up with the idea of putting LED or whatever giant display screens on the side of box truck bodies and charging for advertising.
I imagine that's a thing in the big cities, but it's the first time I've seen it. And it made me mad of course. It looks like that would be distracting. If they're gonna ban all this other shit, looks like they'd bad flashing displays on the side of vehicles. Of course, they've had flashing billboards for some time.
But that flashing, changing display on the back and side of the truck was just annoying.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at April 12, 2016 12:37 AM (DW+jj)
LOL. People are going ape shit over people using cell phones while they're driving (which is no different than people fiddling with the radio, which has been a thing since time immemorial) but they have billboards that are, basically, TV screens and all sorts of other advertising distractions that are targeted at no one but drivers. And, as we saw on an earlier ONT, there are incredible street signs, now, that you have take you so long to read that you can't possibly watch the road and finish reading them before you're past them. But those evil cell phones are causing all the crashes ...
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 12, 2016 01:09 AM (zc3Db)
Not only mechanical calculators.
I used to know a guy who would bid on the assets of busted Valley tech firms. Buy up everything inside the four walls at pennies on the pound.
Some of these were zombie companies that had been surviving for decades on the strength of one last government/military service or data processing contract which had originally been let in 1958 and that no one at the customer ever thought to cancel.
So there were amazing clusters of obsolete technology hiding in these backwater tilt-up industrial parks, revealed when the money finally ran dry.
One place had, when it went bust in the late Nineties, a back room with secretarial desks with original IBM Selectric typewriters. I picked one up. Holy cannoli. Eighty pounds, I would guess. A lot of cheap pressboard Ikea desks these days couldn't hold one up.
Posted by: torquewrench at April 12, 2016 01:09 AM (noWW6)
I came up with a concept of a base-10 floating point register. And the Monroe gave me that. It was all just the interpretation. You had do do the exponents and mantissae separately, by writing them down, but you could do it.
Now, to do powers and exponents, what do you need? Think logarithms. You make powers into multiplication. Do you need a table of logarithms? Well, you could use that, but all you really need is a little use of your four functions, and some constants.
It takes a while, but you can do it. It's what our CPUs do at lightning speed all the time.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at April 12, 2016 01:10 AM (DW+jj)
I have a radar/laser detector in the car, and some of these modern animated billboard displays are so insanely bright that they'll false the laser alarm.
Posted by: torquewrench at April 12, 2016 01:11 AM (noWW6)
Around here, and this was true, some damn hottie's legs actually caused several accidents. It was bank that had full glass windows and was close to the road, a merge lane into a main drag of a street in town. A secretary was sitting there, with her long legs nicely on display.
Gawking at those gams caused quite a few accidents. Solution, move her away and block that.
Now, today, something like that would cause a femiNazi social justice outrage. They couldn't actually admit that's was what was happening as they did back then when I was a kid. They'd have to tiptoe around it.
If someone actually told the truth, they would be crucified and have a federal case made of it.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at April 12, 2016 01:15 AM (DW+jj)
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My first 'Printer' was a Selectric with an interface board.
Early on, guys were making solenoid boards that mounted over the keyboard of Selectrics, and drove the keys directly from homebrew interface boards.
Good days, good days.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 12, 2016 01:16 AM (9mTYi)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at April 12, 2016 12:37 AM (DW+jj)
So I guess I can put you down as a No on the new advertising drones, then?
(as I contemplate turning off AdBlock for Wired, which does have some really interesting articles from time to time; they demand it or no more free reads, the bastids)
Posted by: GnuBreed at April 12, 2016 01:19 AM (gyKtp)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 12, 2016 01:20 AM (9mTYi)
I travel an interstate nearly every day.....when drivers speed up/slow down or drift in and out of their lane, when I'm eventually able to pass, I notice prolly about 90% of them are using a phone. Just an observation.
Posted by: BignJames at April 12, 2016 01:20 AM (HtUkt)
It was a tour de force, delivered completely off the cuff and without notes, but impeccably organized and presented... and no one recorded the damn thing.
Posted by: torquewrench at April 12, 2016 01:20 AM (noWW6)
Posted by: BignJames at April 12, 2016 01:24 AM (HtUkt)
Posted by: Adriane the Critic of Monday ... at April 12, 2016 01:24 AM (AoK0a)
Posted by: First-Rate Political Hack at April 12, 2016 01:25 AM (aqHHa)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 12, 2016 01:26 AM (9mTYi)
It was a damn display screen. Some Don Draper had come up with the idea of putting LED or whatever giant display screens on the side of box truck bodies and charging for advertising.
A new life awaits you in the off-world colonies!
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at April 12, 2016 01:26 AM (39g3+)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 12, 2016 01:01 AM (9mTYi)
I think raspberrys are going to fill all kinds of little tasks like these in the future. I though about turning mine into a smart thermostat, or a rear camera / mp3 player for my car.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at April 12, 2016 01:27 AM (VdICR)
Oh, and that cancelled Bryan Adams concert was scheduled to be held at the Biloxi MS Coast Coliseum. I drove by there today and saw no evidence that anyone was giving a shit, either.
Posted by: GnuBreed at April 12, 2016 01:27 AM (gyKtp)
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No doubt, but my aged Model 100 has taken care of many, many mundane tasks. A great machine with useful interfaces, instant-on, display, 24+ hours of operation on 4 AA's, built-in BASIC.
I can generate a sine table in less time than it takes the PC to boot up.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 12, 2016 01:31 AM (9mTYi)
Night folks.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 12, 2016 01:31 AM (9mTYi)
I repeat, Magoo drives a red Studebaker convertible.
That is all.
Posted by: mindful webworker is over the limit at April 12, 2016 01:36 AM (RdIBt)
Posted by: Adriane the History Critic ... at April 12, 2016 01:37 AM (AoK0a)
Back when Linda Evans was still smokin' hawt...
Posted by: Chi at April 12, 2016 01:39 AM (zq+h+)
Posted by: publius
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Ah. But see, today programmers use high level languages that require no thought or understanding. I recall the first time that I produced a "Hello World" program in C. File size? 54K. I was stunned.
As an aside, yesterday I rigged a thermal switch to the flue of our water heater, being curious about ON/OFF times and duration.
It took about 15 minutes, the $0.99 thermal switch, and a 1983 Tandy Model 100 computer. The switch tied between ground and the /Busy pin of the printer port, 3 lines of BASIC. Up and running in not much more time than it takes for my PC to be fully booted up.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 12, 2016 01:01 AM (9mTYi)
Start playing with Raspberry Pi. $35 computer, larger than a credit card, smaller than a 3x5 index card. Uses regular USB mice and keyboards, outputs to any HDMI device (including televisions). Can run a full GUI or command line.....and has a 40-pin header for doing just that sort of thing. Can't program in BASIC, 'cause the current interpreted kludge language is Python....and you don't have that thrill that 33-year-old technology might not survive another boot.
And your skills will now be up-to-date and in-demand....
Posted by: cthulhu at April 12, 2016 01:49 AM (EzgxV)
So they did do that, but at the chip, custom level.
I got into floating point back then. I knew that the MS high level compilers had floating point routines, and they used the simple integer operations to do it. How they do that, wondered?
Well, that old Monroe was the inspiration that sparked me to figure out how they did do that fancy stuff. That was what I was describing above, that was the motivation for doing that.
If you remember, those compilers had several floating point options. One, at run time, would use the coprocessor if one was detected, otherwise call the lib routines to do it. How they do that?
One option just inserted direct calls. The compiler would insert calls to the floating point operation routines. The others however, would do a little trick that I figured out by inspecting compiler code.
They would put the coprocessor opcodes right in the stream they generated. I think they all had a common prefix. Now, they put a software interrupt right before each opcode. If no coprocessor was detected at run time, the each time it would "trap", or interrupt before each float opcode. A handler, built in the library, would then read the instruction stack for the opcode and jump to the library routine for that op.
If a coprocessor was detected, then it would overwrite that with noops. Or it might just still interrupt and immediately return to the float opcode, I can't remember (that would be some unneccesary shit, there, but I seem to remember something like that).
Or you could force an option to put the float opcode in directly, with no tricks, if you knew you had a copressor (and the runtime would check at startup and fail if not, IIRC).
So, based on that Monroe as a teacher, I wrote my own damn high variable precision floating point routines in assembler, using my little concept of the base-10 floating point register(s), which were implemented in software.
I'm sure that wheel had been done, and done many times, and far more efficiently and slick, but I did it for the fun of it.
I didn't know too much economics back then. The trick is do complicated shit like that that people actually want done and are willing to pay big money for it, not just do shit for your own edification.
Slow learner, I was.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at April 12, 2016 01:52 AM (DW+jj)
Not only mechanical calculators.
I used to know a guy who would bid on the assets of busted Valley tech firms. Buy up everything inside the four walls at pennies on the pound.
Some of these were zombie companies that had been surviving for decades on the strength of one last government/military service or data processing contract which had originally been let in 1958 and that no one at the customer ever thought to cancel.
So there were amazing clusters of obsolete technology hiding in these backwater tilt-up industrial parks, revealed when the money finally ran dry.
One place had, when it went bust in the late Nineties, a back room with secretarial desks with original IBM Selectric typewriters. I picked one up. Holy cannoli. Eighty pounds, I would guess. A lot of cheap pressboard Ikea desks these days couldn't hold one up.
Posted by: torquewrench at April 12, 2016 01:09 AM (noWW6)
We looked at one of those liquidation deals one time, and literally EVERYTHING was silkscreened with the company name and logo. It was ridiculous. The projector in the conference room, the wall, the screen (down in the corner), the whiteboard (down in the corner), the pen-plotter in Engineering....
We were just shaking our heads.....affirmation, much?
Posted by: cthulhu at April 12, 2016 01:54 AM (EzgxV)
Cth:
In observance of Information Day (4/11), I bring this piece of information to your attention:
I was wrong.
Ro Khana is running again. I received one of his campaign flyers in the mail today.
Shit.
Posted by: Arbalest at April 12, 2016 02:03 AM (FlRtG)
I've also stop by the local McDonalds every now and again, and the kids they've got working there seem enthusiastic about their jobs. Probably the influence of the franchise owner.
Posted by: junior at April 12, 2016 12:00 AM (fgd5X)
That's it right there. A good owner will hire good managers, who will hire good employees. And vice versa.
For years I stopped at a McDonald's on my way to work to get breakfast. I really do like their breakfast food. Then the franchise apparently changed ownership, and service at the drive-through window really went downhill. Frequently when I pulled up, the first thing I heard was, "I'll be with you in a minute". Then I would sit there for more than a minute.
Finally I decided to try a Chick-fil-A that was actually out of my way. The service was better, and there is a greater variety of food. Some days I get sausage and some days chicken. And I found to my surprise that even though the distance traveled is a little more, It doesn't take that much longer because there is a stretch of road where I can get up to speed.
There are tradeoffs, though. I like McDonald's Sausage McMuffin better than Chick-fil-A's equivalent, and their bagels are definitely better.
Posted by: rickl at April 12, 2016 02:03 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: rickl at April 12, 2016 02:03 AM (sdi6R)
I used to love McD's for breakfast. Sausage McMuffins are great (but their breakfast burritos were the best). Still, I think that Dunkin sausage, egg and cheese on a bafel blows McD's away. But McDonald's has the absolute BEST hash browns, bar none. The best! I can eat 10 of them at once with no problem.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 12, 2016 02:16 AM (zc3Db)
Cth:
In observance of Information Day (4/11), I bring this piece of information to your attention:
I was wrong.
Ro Khana is running again. I received one of his campaign flyers in the mail today.
Shit.
Posted by: Arbalest at April 12, 2016 02:03 AM (FlRtG)
The fiancee got one, too. Wouldn't it be fun if they rig the vote so that it's Honda or Khanna again....and Honda beats Khanna with half the vote of 2014 (which was half the vote of 2012)? They have got to be shitting bricks as to what the results would be if they weren't running lefty against lefter.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 12, 2016 02:17 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: rickl at April 12, 2016 02:20 AM (sdi6R)
All right, time to fess up. Who failed to bury him at a crossroads at midnight with a stake through his heart?
Posted by: torquewrench at April 12, 2016 02:21 AM (noWW6)
Posted by: rickl at April 12, 2016 02:20 AM (sdi6R)
Not a fan of hash browns (unless they smothered and covered). Prefer cottage cheese, yogert, or a nice freshly sliced tomato as a side.
Posted by: A Side of Hat at April 12, 2016 02:28 AM (vBeA5)
Posted by: rickl at April 12, 2016 02:20 AM (sdi6R)
Sorry to hear that. I've never gotten into any of that stuff. I eat whatever I want. As long as I do my little daily exercise I have no problems.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 12, 2016 02:29 AM (zc3Db)
A lot of hand-held camera work is annoying. Some the photography is wonderful. I recommend skipping the entire middle portion.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at April 12, 2016 02:33 AM (VdICR)
All right, time to fess up. Who failed to bury him at a crossroads at midnight with a stake through his heart?
Posted by: torquewrench at April 12, 2016 02:21 AM (noWW6) 372 "Ro Khana is running again."
All right, time to fess up. Who failed to bury him at a crossroads at midnight with a stake through his heart?
Posted by: torquewrench at April 12, 2016 02:21 AM (noWW6)
I saw an SdB thing from about a week ago that was chilling, but reinforced things I'd been fretting over for years. SdB talked about a few technologies, but I'll just talk about one -- assassin drones.
The FAA's efforts to regulate commercial drone use is completely retarded. If you want to lift a chainsaw or automatic weapon, commercial toy drones really aren't adequate -- and if you decide to build your own, once you bake-in all the freeware and cheap electronics, there's nothing that says you need to register or can't scale. So you'll hassle toymakers and do diddly-squat to limit stuff that might be dangerous.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 12, 2016 02:35 AM (EzgxV)
Last week I went to IHOP and chicken & waffles for the first time. They don't exactly go together, but I enjoyed it. The IHOP was clean and well-decorated. The same as how McDonalds has upscaled.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at April 12, 2016 02:40 AM (VdICR)
When she decides to make almond butter at midnight, well, by golly, guess I can't complain... too much... about washing the complicated and dangerous pieces of the Cuisinart... Did not injure myself or break anything despite my state.
Sweeter dreams, y'all.
God loves you in particular.
Posted by: mindful webworker - zzzzz zz at April 12, 2016 02:47 AM (RdIBt)
No sure it would survive, fresh baked, until morning.
carbs & chocolate.
Oy!
Posted by: Adriane the History of Eating Carbs Critic ... at April 12, 2016 02:52 AM (AoK0a)
Posted by: CrustyB at April 12, 2016 03:00 AM (Hnglq)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at April 12, 2016 03:02 AM (VdICR)
Yeah Verily!
But I wish you the best of luck. I've got some pieces for Ardurino & I don't have a spare table to put them on from all the other projects going on.
: -)
Posted by: Adriane the History of Eating Carbs Critic ... at April 12, 2016 03:10 AM (AoK0a)
Posted by: The Political Hat at April 12, 2016 03:15 AM (vBeA5)
...yup. It's dead. Leave it for the morning crew to dump in the barrel.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at April 12, 2016 03:39 AM (OQ9R7)
Pesh. Just spent four hours copying files to it, too.
Most of my stuff is still in boxes.
Every Time I Think I'm Done....
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 12, 2016 03:48 AM (wB8Tg)
Posted by: Hank Johnson at April 12, 2016 04:08 AM (iAo8J)
Good morning horde
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2016 04:10 AM (9VEpl)
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2016 04:17 AM (9VEpl)
Read the whole thing but Page 13 is where they start talking about minimum wage.
It should always be remembered that minimum wage was not created for the benefit of the poor but rather to exclude the undesirable elements (typically ethnic groups such as blacks or Asians) from employment by forcing employers to act as tools of racism. A kind of economic Jim Crow.
Posted by: Epobirs at April 12, 2016 04:38 AM (IdCqF)
Posted by: Lauren at April 12, 2016 04:38 AM (av10d)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at April 12, 2016 04:55 AM (/ciMI)
Posted by: John Mayer at April 12, 2016 04:58 AM (/ciMI)
Posted by: Territorial Pissings at April 12, 2016 04:59 AM (/ciMI)
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at April 12, 2016 05:00 AM (/ciMI)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Meow..... at April 12, 2016 05:13 AM (WVsWD)
Posted by: fluffy at April 12, 2016 05:40 AM (2hcmo)
Better go MOPP level 4. Replace Mask filters when done.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Meow..... at April 12, 2016 05:42 AM (WVsWD)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Meow..... at April 12, 2016 05:44 AM (WVsWD)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 12, 2016 06:21 AM (ptqRm)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 12, 2016 06:21 AM (ptqRm)
Posted by: fluffy at April 12, 2016 06:24 AM (2hcmo)
She always keeps it in a box on the floor, in the basement.
And, now it's gone.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 12, 2016 06:26 AM (ptqRm)
Is it any wonder europe is going to hell.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Meow..... at April 12, 2016 06:28 AM (WVsWD)
If you have, would you say it's better or worse than the film?
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 12, 2016 12:18 AM (ntObR)
The series is, or was some years ago, available as a free download. Three total, IIRC.
Ummmm....... meh. The book(s) flesh some things, as books generally do, but Hasford was a disturbed individual. They're short books.
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Staring at the Lake in the rain at April 12, 2016 06:36 AM (rbPBV)
Always hated the motherfucker and avoided his shit music, if possible. Glad I was justified in doing so.
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Staring at the Lake in the rain at April 12, 2016 06:41 AM (rbPBV)
Is it any wonder europe is going to hell.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Meow..... at April 12, 2016 06:28 AM (WVsWD)
Sacre-bleu! To whom shall we surrender to, now? *packs white flags away*
Posted by: The French Army at April 12, 2016 06:42 AM (knDqF)
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Posted by: ISIS at April 12, 2016 06:43 AM (ptqRm)
O, Allah, strengthen the hand & sharpen the swords of our ancestors in defeating the children of Charles Martel. Ameen!
Posted by: Umayyad Caliphate at April 12, 2016 06:53 AM (knDqF)
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