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[A] VA dentistry chief was asked if being a veteran helps someone get a dentist job in the agency. His response was "not really. And thank God," The Daily Caller News Foundation recently discovered in a court filing.
Note that the only job at the VA that is reserved exclusively for veterans is janitor.
Quote of the Day II - Educational Experts Edition
While the traits listed [being rigorous and punctual, speaking grammatical English] may simply be regarded as positive traits for success in the modern world, Dr Heather Hackman described them as traits chosen and emphasised to favour whites to the detriment of non-white groups, who are forced to assimilate 'white' traits such as good discipline and goal orientation or else be left behind. Hackman's solution, then, is to train teachers to move away from all these aspects of 'white privilege' in education. She routinely touted the benefits of collective assessments (measuring student learning at the class level instead of determining whether each student knows the material), as well as eliminating all school grades entirely.
By luck, my childhood bedroom faced the sun. I grew up on Aldus Street in the Bronx, where my family lived on the top floor of a five-story walk-up in an apartment way in the back. Each morning from my bed, I'd see a beam of sunlight with motes dancing through it pass through the window. I felt good right away. The morning sun is cheering, no matter what mood you're in....When you reach my age, you don't yearn for friends who are no longer here. I've always been very much to myself, and when [my late wife] Sarah was still with me, that's all the company I really needed. I do have the same excitement each morning when I see the sun. That sense of enjoying being alive is still very real. When you reach 100, you're glad you're alive. Very glad.
-- Herman Wouk on being 100 years old
Learning Nothing
U.S. Home Prices Now Have Exceeded Their 2005 Peak
Obama Wants Banks To Give Mortgages To People With Poor Credit Scores
DePaul University Bans Chalk for Student Safety
Because some student could see something upsetting written in chalk.
DePaul University will no longer allow students to chalk political messages on the sidewalks of its campus because of the "offensive, hurtful, and divisive" nature of pro-Trump chalking found on campus last week."While these chalk messages are part of national agendas in a heated political battle, they appeared on campus at a time of significant racial tension in our country and on college campuses. DePaul is no exception," Depaul's vice president for student affairs Eugene Zdziarski wrote in a campus-wide email obtained by Campus Reform.
Campus Reform reached out to DePaul to ask why university officials chose to respond to this particular chalking instance despite claims that chalking "regularly" occurs on campus. No response was received in time for publication.
Why Do Democrats Hate Their Own Presidents?
AMC CEO Considers Plan to Allow Millennials to Text During Movies
When you tell a 22-year-old to turn off the phone, don't ruin the movie, they hear please cut off your left arm above the elbow. You can't tell a 22-year-old to turn off their cellphone. That's not how they live their life.
But the public pushback has been so intense that AMC now says they have no intention of allowing texting in theaters.
Oops: Alleged Brussels Terrorist Was Star Of Documentary About Successful Integration Of Immigrants
Andrew Klavan: Why Corporations Oppose Religious Liberty
Caitlyn Jenner Status: Still Got a Wang
And still an annoying narcissist.
Marine Corps Air Wing Being Starved to Death
Up to 70% of Marine jets and helicopters are down for maintenance which means that pilots aren't getting much practice time.
Marine jet pilots are down to 4 hours a month, less than Chinese or Russian peers and down from 25-30 hours in the air BM, which seems like a suitable acronym for Before Mabus....The latest Beltway Brainstorm is just to keep flying 1980s- and 90s-vintage F/A-18s, already committed to fly 2,000 hours beyond their design life of 6,000 hours, to 10,000 hours or more.
And the Marines' helicopters? Apart from a baker's dozen tiltrotor squadrons, which finally allowed the retirement of the last LBJ-era CH-46s last year, they operate patched and bandaged 1970s versions of Vietnam War types.
A [Very] Brief History of the AR-15
The AR-15 was developed in the mid-50s and the fact that it's now entering its 7th decade of use shows how much Eugene Stoner got right in its design.
Remembering Neerja Bhanot and the Brave Crew of Pan Am Flight 73
A reminder that we've in this war for a long time. And also that Pakistan has been up to its usual tricks for a long time as well.
- The Pakistani authorities released the leader of the hijackers, Zaid Hassan Abd Latif Safarini, in September 2001, but he was quickly recaptured by the US.
- Safarini is 12 years into his 160-year sentence in a US prison. The other hijackers were released from their Pakistani jail in 2008, against the wishes of India and the US
The Story Behind C-3PO's Red Arm is a Mini-Tragedy About Droids and Sacrifice
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: iforgot at April 17, 2016 11:05 PM (5o5ek)
Posted by: iforgot at April 17, 2016 11:06 PM (5o5ek)
Posted by: iforgot at April 17, 2016 11:06 PM (5o5ek)
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Posted by: Alana at April 17, 2016 11:07 PM (N5O9+)
Posted by: iforgot at April 17, 2016 11:07 PM (5o5ek)
Posted by: Mr. Mxyzptlk at April 17, 2016 11:07 PM (kHJ3a)
Posted by: iforgot at April 17, 2016 11:08 PM (5o5ek)
Posted by: Carol at April 17, 2016 11:08 PM (sj3Ax)
Posted by: The Political Hat at April 17, 2016 11:10 PM (vBeA5)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 17, 2016 11:11 PM (voOPb)
I just asked question on 4 o'clock old Food Thread.
I'm going to try to copy & paste it.
Posted by: Carol at April 17, 2016 11:08 PM (sj3Ax)
****
Hi. You are funny as hell. That is all.
Posted by: Tim in GA at April 17, 2016 11:12 PM (YLidQ)
Posted by: Sheriff Bart at April 17, 2016 11:13 PM (J3UIw)
Posted by: NCKate at April 17, 2016 11:13 PM (UWHSi)
Because that has never caused any problems ever, let alone ones that Obama should be especially aware of.
Posted by: Splunge at April 17, 2016 11:14 PM (iMxBJ)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 17, 2016 11:15 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: Citizens of Rock Ridge at April 17, 2016 11:16 PM (1JnAL)
Andrew Breitbart was his SiL.
I remember seeing Andrew speaking on February 9, 2012 & he announced he had video with college age The JEF w/what Andrew called "silver haired ponytails" Dorn & Ayers & was going to release March 1.
We know Andrew died March 1 @ 12:19 am PST.
Does anyone remember BB website releasing video? I don't & never go there for "news."
Good Night!
Posted by: Carol at April 17, 2016 11:16 PM (sj3Ax)
RANDOLPH SCOTT!!!!!
Posted by: IllTemperedCur, singing in the chorus at April 17, 2016 11:16 PM (o98Jz)
Posted by: Citizens of Rock Ridge at April 17, 2016 11:16 PM (vBeA5)
Posted by: Infidel at April 17, 2016 11:17 PM (hvjFt)
Step 2, compel the banks to carry the mortgage(s).
Step 3, oh wait, I've already seen this movie.
Posted by: navybrat at April 17, 2016 11:18 PM (8QGte)
RANDOLPH SCOTT!!!!!
Posted by: IllTemperedCur, singing in the chorus at April 17, 2016 11:16 PM (o98Jz)
20 Randolph Scott
Randolph Scott!
Posted by: Citizens of Rock Ridge at April 17, 2016 11:16 PM (vBeA5)
Ladies and gentlemen, the "residents" of the fake Rock Ridge.
Posted by: Citizens of Rock Ridge at April 17, 2016 11:18 PM (1JnAL)
Posted by: Blano at April 17, 2016 11:19 PM (heN73)
Obama Wants Banks To Give Mortgages To People With Poor Credit Scores
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Cool! I'll go max out my credit cards and skip the payments, stiff my landlord for a coupla months rent, empty my bank account in Vegas, and . . . call my realtor, of course.
Posted by: iforgot at April 17, 2016 11:19 PM (5o5ek)
Posted by: zombie Eugene Stoner at April 17, 2016 11:19 PM (H9MG5)
Anyway, the C-S 100, the best attempt at that, going back to somewhere around the late 1800s show house prices were sort of constant and at certain level, bouncing around, until the 20s, when it dropped. That was when power tools and modern power stuff came into wide use and made things like building houses a lot less work. Prices dropped.
Then came the Depression and the bottom fell out. Then after WWII, demand picked up hard and, IIRC, got back close to the late 1800s level.
You would say this is higher demand driving the real price of something back up, even though supply had greatly improved.
And there, at that rough constant level, she bounced around. We had housing bubbles since. But they were absolutely nothing, nothing compared to the one of the late 90s and early 2000s that busted big time back in '07 and started the Crash (well, it was one of the the first things that broke due to the credit bubble).
C-S 100 "real prices" doubled during that bubble, something unseen before. Any fool looking at that should've uttered the Fred Thompson line about this business getting out of control
It was utter folly. But the wizards of smart have pushed the prices back up again, saving us all. Yeah, right.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at April 17, 2016 11:19 PM (DW+jj)
Posted by: Carol at April 17, 2016 11:20 PM (sj3Ax)
Posted by: Splunge at April 17, 2016 11:20 PM (iMxBJ)
Posted by: Infidel at April 17, 2016 11:20 PM (hvjFt)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at April 17, 2016 11:21 PM (Nwg0u)
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Mortgages with interest only payments can only lead to disaster
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 17, 2016 11:21 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: Bill R. at April 17, 2016 11:21 PM (jKUeC)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 17, 2016 11:22 PM (EzgxV)
It's Solo Basura's birthday. So hey, bro, happy birthday. Even if he doesn't read here.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 17, 2016 11:22 PM (YJmuy)
Posted by: Carol at April 17, 2016 11:22 PM (sj3Ax)
Posted by: jake at April 17, 2016 11:22 PM (gM6fL)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 17, 2016 11:23 PM (k4M/B)
Rented for a few years.
He is retired at 53 now
Posted by: jake at April 17, 2016 11:24 PM (gM6fL)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 17, 2016 11:24 PM (k4M/B)
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Fuck off Kaisch
Religious freedom is the first damn freedom the founders noted in the Bill of rights - because without it, none of the rest matters, not for that matter will any other freedom last without it.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 17, 2016 11:24 PM (pibXr)
I know it's from InfoWars, but it is Andrew.
Posted by: Carol at April 17, 2016 11:22 PM (sj3Ax)
I miss that man.
Posted by: The Political Hat at April 17, 2016 11:25 PM (vBeA5)
Mebe I should pay atttention because in 2006 I thought he was crazy
Posted by: jake at April 17, 2016 11:26 PM (gM6fL)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 17, 2016 11:26 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 17, 2016 11:26 PM (u82oZ)
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If you promise the LIVs free shit, they will vote for you. So why wouldn't you promise the LIVs free shit? I can't remember a politician paying a price for Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac - nor will the current crop...
Posted by: 18-1 at April 17, 2016 11:26 PM (pibXr)
At some point, you hit the greatest fool. There are no fools left to buy. At that's when the music stops. Of course, many other things can stop the music before then, but that's the logical conclusion.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at April 17, 2016 11:26 PM (DW+jj)
"Because that has never caused any problems ever, let alone ones that Obama should be especially aware of."
The current Secretary of Commerce, Penny Pritzker, is a scion of an old Chicago finance family (rumored repeatedly to be connected to Chicago families of another sort).
The Pritzkers controlled Superior Bank, which is historically notable for having pioneered the entire concept of subprime mortgages.
Obama himself, back during his Chicago "community organizer" phase, was a prime mover in a high-profile lawsuit to force big lenders to issue subprime loans to black customers with lousy credit ratings.
In which connection, Obama came into contact with Pritzker, who then became a cornerstone financial backer of his political machine.
Not a single word of this is ever talked about by the "objective, neutral, nonpartisan" news media, despite their professed distaste for manipulative and speculative high finance.
Posted by: torquewrench at April 17, 2016 11:27 PM (noWW6)
And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at April 17, 2016 11:28 PM (Nwg0u)
The Fed has almost always had inflation build into the system.
and Ta Da, there is a
Posted by: jake at April 17, 2016 11:29 PM (gM6fL)
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I gave up on the State Media long ago - but the fact that the nominal opposition party never tried to shut down Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac to point out they caused the mortgage meltdown tells you something about how much they actually oppose the Democrats.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 17, 2016 11:29 PM (pibXr)
And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
Is that Def Leppard?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 17, 2016 11:29 PM (k4M/B)
Posted by: [] at April 17, 2016 11:30 PM (jVvcc)
No problem. As you were.
Posted by: navybrat at April 17, 2016 11:30 PM (8QGte)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 17, 2016 11:30 PM (UsLZp)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 17, 2016 11:31 PM (k4M/B)
Posted by: [] at April 17, 2016 11:32 PM (jVvcc)
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at April 17, 2016 11:33 PM (0LHZx)
I do too. Did BB ever release video? If website did I know we would've heard about it.
I'm getting up early.
Posted by: Carol at April 17, 2016 11:33 PM (sj3Ax)
Step 2, compel the banks to carry the mortgage(s).
Step 3, oh wait, I've already seen this movie.
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Apocalypse II: The Upfvckening
This time it's personal.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at April 17, 2016 11:33 PM (Nwg0u)
I fear he may be correct.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 17, 2016 11:34 PM (YJmuy)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at April 17, 2016 11:34 PM (Nwg0u)
The CS-100 tells you that. The 'Merican economy wants the real price of a constant unit of housing to be about the same. IOW, a given standard of shelter is about the same amount of real ummph, you know work and sweat. When you drive it away from that norm, it's a cause or a symptom of something going wrong with that 'Merican system.
In real terms, it ain't going up. And when you add the maintenance and upkeep and all that, it's a net drain. Which makes perfect sense, of course. You should think of housing as like an appliance. Something of utility that is going to wear out and have to be fixed.
It ain't no investment.
All the claims otherwise are really based on nominal dollar prices and all that shit.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at April 17, 2016 11:34 PM (DW+jj)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at April 17, 2016 11:35 PM (c4yY7)
Americans are teh stoopid when it comes to money.
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at April 17, 2016 11:35 PM (0LHZx)
Posted by: thathalfrican - be water my friend at April 17, 2016 11:36 PM (R5HRU)
I'm only a few minutes into FTWD and it sucks. Why the hell are they chit chatting?
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at April 17, 2016 11:36 PM (iQIUe)
anyone how good Turkey's military is?
When compared to Putin's?
??
Posted by: jake at April 17, 2016 11:37 PM (gM6fL)
Posted by: mindful webworker - as seen on TV at April 17, 2016 11:37 PM (5a8XA)
With mortgage rates around half of what they were in 2005 that's pretty pathetic. Home prices, with sub 4% mortgages, should be almost twice what they were in 2005. That just shows how truly bad the real estate market is.
Just wait until the Fed loses its grip on interest rates and they return to "normal". Whoa, Nelly!
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 17, 2016 11:37 PM (zc3Db)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 17, 2016 11:37 PM (voOPb)
We'll see who gets hired.
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at April 17, 2016 11:38 PM (0LHZx)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at April 17, 2016 11:38 PM (iQIUe)
Americans are teh stoopid when it comes to money.
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at April 17, 2016 11:35 PM (0LHZx)
Gasoline is a consumable. Buy a gallon, use it drive 20 miles down the road, and it's gone. Houses are a durable good, even if they do require maintenance. If you already own a home, a rising market increases your net worth.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 17, 2016 11:38 PM (UsLZp)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 17, 2016 11:37 PM (voOPb)
When you're ending your day with John Abercrombies "Timeless" you gotta know when to call it quits my dude.
Such an awesome instrumental.
Posted by: thathalfrican - be water my friend at April 17, 2016 11:39 PM (R5HRU)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at April 17, 2016 11:40 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 17, 2016 11:37 PM (zc3Db)
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It doesn't work in a linerar way. In 2005, someone making $14K a year could get a $700K mortgage. That's no longer the case.
http://www.zillow.com/advice-thread/Strawberry-Picker's-14K-salary-nets-him-720K-House/10665/
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at April 17, 2016 11:41 PM (0LHZx)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 17, 2016 11:41 PM (AroJD)
In fact, on paper, I want them to be worth as *little* as possible, really.
Why? Because I have no earthly intention of ever selling 'em. I mean, my family was here for a long time, and I intend to stay and pass it on (better get working on that, actually, when I think about it).
And, the lower it's worth, the less damn taxes I have to pay.
Some people just can't get their minds wrapped around that. I mean, I explain it, but it's just "but, but, but...."
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at April 17, 2016 11:41 PM (DW+jj)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 17, 2016 11:42 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 17, 2016 11:38 PM (UsLZp)
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So if every house cost $100M, we'd all be better off, right?
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at April 17, 2016 11:42 PM (0LHZx)
I already told y'all that our house was struck by lightning. Damaged appliances/internet but otherwise ok.
Well my poor in laws were even more shocked. They live on a private lake. A couple openly had sex on the shore opposite their yard.
My Pentecostal inlaws.
Posted by: Lauren at April 17, 2016 11:42 PM (fIP7E)
Anyone besides me think that they were gay?
It's not like they had to split the costs like Oscar and Felix.
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at April 17, 2016 11:43 PM (1ijHg)
If you haven't do me and yourself a favor and listen to it. It takes a bit for it to really come in hardcore but once it does......pure ear sex.
Even Bill Clinton would be satisfied.
Posted by: thathalfrican - be water my friend at April 17, 2016 11:43 PM (R5HRU)
Some people just can't get their minds wrapped around that. I mean, I explain it, but it's just "but, but, but...."
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at April 17, 2016 11:41 PM (DW+jj)
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People also can't understand that in order for you to sell the house, someone else has to be able to buy it. Wait what????
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at April 17, 2016 11:44 PM (0LHZx)
--------beckoning that might be a feel good story of the day
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 17, 2016 11:44 PM (voOPb)
guns? You know the black guy has to have a lot of guns. He's an upper
class prepper.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at April 17, 2016 11:38 PM (iQIUe)<<<
Pfft. Why protect the boat? We're years into the zombie apocalypse, and still haven't learned to up-armor our vehicles yet.
Posted by: Rick Grimes at April 17, 2016 11:45 PM (H9MG5)
"And the Marines' helicopters? Apart from a baker's dozen tiltrotor
squadrons, which finally allowed the retirement of the last LBJ-era
CH-46s last year, they operate patched and bandaged 1970s versions of
Vietnam War types."
Well, no, not necessarily. Some of those ostensibly "patched and bandaged 1970s versions of Vietnam War types" are actually nice new-build metal.
Talking specifically here about the UH-1Y, the Marines' version of the iconic Vietnam era Huey utility helicopter, and the AH-1Z, their version of the equally iconic Vietnam era Cobra attack helicopter. (Both of them sharing a lot of parts-level and design-level DNA.)
The USMC found that they needed to replace the original Hueys and Cobras. They figured this out during the post-Cold War drawdown years under Bill Clinton.
The defense primes pitched a "remanufacturing" scheme. Old airframes would go in, be stripped to the basic bare fuselage, cleaned up, and rebuilt with all new engines, avionics, and moving parts. Ready for another full lifetime of service. Zero-timed, as they say. At a low, low price tag.
Great idea in theory. Not so much so in practice. It turned out that, as anyone with a lick of common sense would have warned, that the majority of these frames, having been to sea repeatedly and having been beaten up over decades of aggressive flying by Marine aircrew, turned out not to be plausibly remanufacturable. Structurally unsafe.
So entirely fresh fuselages were fabricated. Making the UH-1Y and AH-1Z essentially brand new aircraft. And they're pretty good, capable aircraft, too.
The problem is that the Marines ended up ridiculously overpaying on the deal, thanks to the "unanticipated" problems in remanufacturing, and the resulting cost overruns. They paid nearly as much money for those Cobras as they would have paid to get a marinized version of the Apache. New-build Cobra? Good bird. New-build Apache? Even better bird.
And, buying marinized Apaches would let the Marines have interoperated for depot servicing with the Army's Apache fleet. Cost savings. Similarly, the leathernecks could have bought marinized Blackhawk utility choppers (already in Navy service) instead of updated Hueys. Major procurement error.
Posted by: torquewrench at April 17, 2016 11:45 PM (noWW6)
My Pentecostal inlaws.
Posted by: Lauren at April 17, 2016 11:42 PM (fIP7E)
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Pics or didin't happen.
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at April 17, 2016 11:46 PM (0LHZx)
All those kids will be competing with my kids who will have been taught the "white way".
We'll see who gets hired.
If the HR department is staffed with SJWs...
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 17, 2016 11:46 PM (k4M/B)
I'm familiar with the piece, it's lovely
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 17, 2016 11:47 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 17, 2016 11:46 PM (k4M/B)
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HR departments are there to shuffle paperwork. Nobody important is ever hired by HR.
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at April 17, 2016 11:47 PM (0LHZx)
I do too. Did BB ever release video? If website did I know we would've heard about it.
I'm getting up early.
Posted by: Carol at April 17, 2016 11:33 PM (sj3Ax)
Memory Holed.
It also makes me question what other changes to what Breitbart was planning for Breitbart.com were made. Remember, the current incarnation didn't come out until after Breitbart's death.
Posted by: The Political Hat at April 17, 2016 11:48 PM (vBeA5)
But as I and my father before me have had to make clear to a few real estate types from time to time, if you want this land, you're going to have to kill me.
If you manage to get it, and we don't have it anymore, then our lives are worth nothing, and we won't give a shit anymore.
So I guess you could say it's worth a hell of a lot. :-)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at April 17, 2016 11:48 PM (DW+jj)
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at April 17, 2016 11:42 PM (0LHZx)
If you owned it before the price went up, yeah. Not "everyone" cheers a rising market, but it's generally conceded to be a good thing for those who own equity in their home.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 17, 2016 11:49 PM (UsLZp)
....
in broad day light?
pics?
asking for Cho Cho Biden
Posted by: jake at April 17, 2016 11:49 PM (gM6fL)
You sir, are a man of great musical taste.
Posted by: thathalfrican - be water my friend at April 17, 2016 11:49 PM (R5HRU)
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at April 17, 2016 11:42 PM (0LHZx)
If you owned it before the price went up, yeah. Not "everyone" cheers a rising market, but it's generally conceded to be a good thing for those who own equity in their home.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 17, 2016 11:49 PM (UsLZp)
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In the short term, yeah it's good. Long term, not so much. The short answer is when your house is "worth" $100M, nobody can afford to buy your house, making it worth nothing. But short term, all bubbles can be very lucrative.
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at April 17, 2016 11:50 PM (0LHZx)
Posted by: biancaneve at April 17, 2016 11:50 PM (e98eb)
When there is no 20% downpayment required then, yes, it works in a pretty linear way. Most of the cost of owning the house is in the interest payment for a fully mortgaged place. When interest rates are cut in half then the carrying cost of a home is cut in half, basically.
In 2005, someone making $14K a year could get a $700K mortgage. That's no longer the case.
http://www.zillow.com/advice-thread/Strawberry-Picker's-14K-salary-nets-him-720K-House/10665/
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at April 17, 2016 11:41 PM (0LHZx)
That's not typical, obviously. And the housing market wasn't being driven by strawberry pickers owning $700,000 houses. Most of the market moved on how much house a normal person could actually carry.
The fact is that real estate has always been intimately tied to interest rates and with the removal of the standard 20% downpayment that's even more true. Given that, the prices in this market with sub 4% mortgages are a joke (and a pathetic joke being as low as they are in this circumstance) and they are going to totally collapse the minute mortgage rates start to move back to normal.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 17, 2016 11:51 PM (zc3Db)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at April 17, 2016 11:51 PM (1ijHg)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/721737842632826880
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/721738039039565824
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Posted by: kbdabear at April 17, 2016 11:52 PM (v2/Ss)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 17, 2016 11:52 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: Lauren at April 17, 2016 11:53 PM (fIP7E)
Its not the attack copters....
I can remember in 1983 flying in Lebanon on a CH-46 that had patches on it from taking ground fire in Viet Nam...
It was an eye opener for a young Sailor...
We had CH-53s.... but not enough.....
That I retired before those 46s did... with the defense budget we have....
The DOD is interested in 'Super Weapons'... in spending lots of money on crap, not what we need to actually fight and win a War...
Posted by: Kinghts who say icky icky ing pang took! at April 17, 2016 11:53 PM (qf6WZ)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at April 17, 2016 11:53 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Lauren at April 17, 2016 11:53 PM (fIP7E)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 17, 2016 11:51 PM (zc3Db)
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Well no it was typical. Remember liars loans? NINJA loans? Basically if you had a pulse, you could get a $500K loan, no questions asked. Today that is not even close to being the case.
I remember when I applied to my first mortgage just as the bubble was getting underway. I wanted $300K. The lender said I could easily get $600K, why would I only want $300K. I politely told him to fuck off I don't need $600K, the house I want is $300K and it's more than enough house. But I'm sure 95/100 people would have taken the $600K.
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at April 17, 2016 11:54 PM (0LHZx)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at April 17, 2016 11:51 PM (1ijHg)
In Pennsylvania they just reassessed the properties at full value when they went down. Before they had always been assessed at about 1/3 value for taxes but now they have been kicked up to 100% of value. So the property tax rates stay the same, real estate values go down but people still owe more in property taxes.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 17, 2016 11:54 PM (zc3Db)
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Posted by: kbdabear at April 17, 2016 11:54 PM (v2/Ss)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 17, 2016 11:54 PM (k4M/B)
Multi-part combined comment!!! (If I divvied them up, I'd be risking getting into the commenter standings list again!)
☞ Being punctual is a White thing, versus what Hillary was talking about, CPT, right? Also, shoes tight versus loose, and, uhhhh, that other thing.
☞ I wake up facing the sun every morning, too. It really does help me crawl out of bed and face the day.
☞ Besides everything else, for today's college yutes, chalk is a choking hazard!
☞ Why Do Democrats Hate Their Own Presidents? Without clicking through, I'm going to guess, because they hate everything and everyone, especially themselves.
☞ Caitlyn Jenner Status - So, is this the new "Abe Vigoda is
☞ THE MOST Important Story of The Day Ah, yesss, speaking of boobs!
☞ Wait, what? I'm #7 on the sockpuppets list? I think you might've missed a few. Uh... I mean, no way! I'm calling for a recount.
☟ We now return you to your regularly scheduled chatter...
Posted by: mindful webworker - artificially intelligible at April 17, 2016 11:55 PM (5a8XA)
The Fed has almost always had inflation build into the system.
and Ta Da, there is a Canital gains inflation tax...
Posted by: jake at April 17, 2016 11:29 PM (gM6fL)
If you are single, you can exclude up to $250K in capital gains on the sale of your home, $500K if married and filing jointly.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at April 17, 2016 11:55 PM (1JnAL)
What
a weird "example". A house can only be "worth" $100M if people are
buying similar houses for $100M, so obviously in the "reality" of your
example, people are able to afford houses at $100M.
Posted by: try again at April 17, 2016 11:55 PM (8f5BY)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 17, 2016 11:49 PM (UsLZp)
I could not pay the Property Tax on a 1 Million Dollar home...
The State would end up owning it...
Posted by: Don Quixote at April 17, 2016 11:55 PM (qf6WZ)
The function of HR is not to determine who gets hired.
The function of HR is to determine who does not get hired.
HR is guaranteed to take an... _expansive_ view of this role.
Posted by: torquewrench at April 17, 2016 11:55 PM (noWW6)
Now, if it were Tom Arnold and Roseanne Barr going at it, then it's time to call the EPA or something.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at April 17, 2016 11:55 PM (DW+jj)
Posted by: Insomniac at April 17, 2016 11:56 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at April 17, 2016 11:56 PM (1ijHg)
Posted by: Lauren at April 17, 2016 11:56 PM (fIP7E)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/721761683438313472
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/721761924350738432
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/721762139841515520
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Posted by: kbdabear at April 17, 2016 11:56 PM (v2/Ss)
Posted by: Infidel at April 17, 2016 11:20 PM (hvjFt)
We're watching it, you hockey puck!
Posted by: Don Rickles at April 17, 2016 11:57 PM (dPpmC)
USDA loans are 0 down.
Posted by: Lauren
A meat loan?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 17, 2016 11:54 PM (k4M/B)
Inspected for hoof and mouth.
Posted by: Insomniac at April 17, 2016 11:57 PM (0mRoj)
Yeah Obama is trying his best to force lenders to lend to Shaniqua and LaTrell who have a 520 FICO. But that aside, lenders haven't gone back to the days of insanity circa 2004.
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at April 17, 2016 11:58 PM (0LHZx)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at April 17, 2016 11:55 PM (1JnAL)
Are you talking about the BarkyCare transaction tax or the regular capital gains taxes?
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 17, 2016 11:58 PM (zc3Db)
You make a good liar loan to somebody who know can't afford it. He defaults or can't make it. As long as prices are going up, all you have to do is "sell" it to some other sucker with another liar loan and you're good.
All the fees and interest payments keep rolling in and that principle, tied to the bubblicious rising nominal price, keeps rolling over. Again, until the music stops.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at April 17, 2016 11:58 PM (DW+jj)
Posted by: jake at April 17, 2016 11:59 PM (gM6fL)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at April 18, 2016 12:00 AM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: Lauren at April 18, 2016 12:00 AM (fIP7E)
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April 18, 2016 12:00 AM (HalrA)
Posted by: Lauren at April 18, 2016 12:00 AM (fIP7E)
It's an event at Scottish Highland festivals. Like caber tossing.
Posted by: Insomniac at April 18, 2016 12:01 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at April 18, 2016 12:02 AM (iQIUe)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 18, 2016 12:02 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April 18, 2016 12:00 AM (HalrA)
Everything that caused the crash of 2008 is still in place.
NOTHING changed.... except a bunch of bank consolidation making them way too big to fail.
Posted by: Don Quixote at April 18, 2016 12:02 AM (qf6WZ)
That's not new, its been ongoing from Obama's first year. Banks that were being cautious for loans to any minorities (the ones that count, i.e. not Asians) were being leaned on by the government in 2009.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at April 18, 2016 12:03 AM (39g3+)
Posted by: Farmer at April 18, 2016 12:03 AM (o/90i)
You've heard of Stefonknee, right?
Posted by: Lauren at April 18, 2016 12:03 AM (fIP7E)
The count and amount for Chi-raq this weekend is 33 wounded and 3 dead.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at April 18, 2016 12:04 AM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at April 18, 2016 12:00 AM (Nwg0u)
It's that white privilege that has me still jobless, I guess. Funemployment is white privilege!
Posted by: Insomniac at April 18, 2016 12:04 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Lauren at April 18, 2016 12:00 AM (fIP7E)<<<
I tried, but it just landed on it's side.
Posted by: NFL referee at April 18, 2016 12:05 AM (H9MG5)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at April 18, 2016 12:02 AM (iQIUe)
Bakc when we all used the proper descriptions there was no confusion:
Transvestites just dress like women but keep their hardware and love performing awful parodies of Broadway shows.
Transexuals have had their dicks chopped off.
It was all pretty clear to know where one stood in the world of the damaged male brain.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 18, 2016 12:05 AM (zc3Db)
You've heard of Stefonknee, right?
Posted by: Lauren at April 18, 2016 12:03 AM (fIP7E)
You just had to remind us. *shudder*
Posted by: Insomniac at April 18, 2016 12:05 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at April 18, 2016 12:05 AM (39g3+)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at April 18, 2016 12:07 AM (Nwg0u)
Now, note a bit of the math here. What's the present value of some loan, some chunk of money you're going to lend. It goes inverse to the interest rate. The higher the rate, the lower the present. Or for a given chunk of money borrowed now, the higher the total you have to pay back.
So, the present value goes to zero as the interest rate goes to infinity. However, a little feedback kicks in.
And that is the default rate, the chance some borrower will default itself depends and increases with interest rate.
So, that makes the equation blow up at some *finite* interest rate. IOW, the actual present value goes to zero at some finite interest rate.
So, when lending, it the risk pushes the interest rate close to that point, that's when you back away, and don't give a loan. And that rate is not that high, really.
But that means "poor people" can't get shit they want, uh, need and all that bleeding heart happy horseshit......
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at April 18, 2016 12:07 AM (DW+jj)
Americans are teh stoopid when it comes to money.
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo
And how 'bout the boom in BIG EDUCATION profits?
Posted by: AmeriDan at April 18, 2016 12:07 AM (Vt+sv)
Posted by: James T Kirk at April 18, 2016 12:07 AM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April 18, 2016 12:08 AM (HalrA)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at April 18, 2016 12:07 AM (Nwg0u)<<<
Damn. They beat me to it.
Posted by: Secretariat of State Lurch Kerry at April 18, 2016 12:09 AM (H9MG5)
To be fair, not very many people own gasoline to sell and can gain from higher prices in that. But a lot of people own homes and can benefit from those prices going up.
Mind you, they went up too much, too fast. But people see dollar signs and flatline their reasoning skills.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at April 18, 2016 12:09 AM (39g3+)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at April 18, 2016 12:09 AM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: James T Kirk at April 18, 2016 12:10 AM (e8kgV)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at April 18, 2016 12:07 AM (DW+jj)
Actually, back when lenders demanded real collateral or 20% down on houses there wasn't that much of a risk of the lender losing his shirt on a default. There was a good cushion to save the lender and a good amount of real money at risk for the borrower to want to stay up to date on the loan. All that disappeared with the 90% and 100% mortgages (and even over 100%, as had happened) where the lender came under serious risk and the borrower was motivated to default.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 18, 2016 12:11 AM (zc3Db)
http://www.gq.com/story/donald-trump-contested-convention
Posted by: Hollowpoint at April 18, 2016 12:12 AM (KRwzj)
Posted by: Weirddave at April 18, 2016 12:14 AM (N8hFs)
He said you can quickly divide them into two types. Those who really "think they are women" and those who are just perverts who get off on thinking of themselves as women. These latter may not even be gay in the slightest.
They just get off on dressing and "being" a woman, even want to screw women as women themselves.
Then you can add a third thing. And that's the "shemale" fetish/kink, you know, "chicks with dicks". That drives the market in a big way, actually.
Take Thailand, hell the ladyboys are their specialty. Western perverts with money. For some damn reason, Thai boys make good girls, and so they can't make a lot of money relative to the average income of some typical poor peasant by doing that shit.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at April 18, 2016 12:14 AM (DW+jj)
It's subprime auto loans.
Which have been huge and getting huger ever since the feds bailed out Government Motors. The D.C.-appointed "car czar" put the pedal to the metal on moving as much inventory as possible off of the dealer lots, with ultra-cheap financing to sketchy buyers, and that effort never let up.
Even a very mild downtick in average household incomes, and a huge percentage of those things are going to go non-performing.
Posted by: torquewrench at April 18, 2016 12:15 AM (noWW6)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at April 18, 2016 12:15 AM (c4yY7)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at April 18, 2016 12:16 AM (39g3+)
Posted by: Dave Bowman at April 18, 2016 12:17 AM (k4M/B)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at April 18, 2016 12:17 AM (DW+jj)
We lucked out with our house sale. Mortgage was retired and the sale price--which reflected all the improvements I did--paid for our new home.
Consequently we are free and clear in this house.
The place is just the right size and the kids will have no problem selling it, if they desire.
Posted by: irongrampa at April 18, 2016 12:18 AM (P/8aq)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at April 18, 2016 12:20 AM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at April 18, 2016 12:07 AM (Nwg0u)
Damn. They beat me to it.
Posted by: Secretariat of State Lurch Kerry
Heh.
Posted by: AmeriDan at April 18, 2016 12:20 AM (Vt+sv)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at April 18, 2016 12:17 AM (DW+jj)
It should kill the banking system, too, in short order. That's why the lefties are talking about getting rid of cash and forcing everyone into the banks. Without a half-decent interest rate on deposits there are very few good reasons for anyone to let the banks have their money. And now the banks (and the feral government) have turned demand deposits into CDs, basically, through their rules and limits on withdrawals. It's all spiraling right down.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 18, 2016 12:22 AM (zc3Db)
Posted by: Hank at April 18, 2016 12:24 AM (/JXLu)
Yesterday I decided that enough was enough, and it was time to go back and finish it. While I'd encountered some disturbing stuff during my earlier time playing, the content had been manageable. Unsettling, sure. But manageable.
Apparently I stopped just before the writers threw pretty much anything and everything resembling good taste constraints out the window. Things went very disgusting very fast when I started playing again. There isn't enough brain bleach to scrub free the things I saw.
Posted by: junior at April 18, 2016 12:24 AM (fgd5X)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at April 17, 2016 11:55 PM (1JnAL)
Are you talking about the BarkyCare transaction tax or the regular capital gains taxes?
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 17, 2016 11:58 PM (zc3Db)
Capital gains.
The BarkyCare transaction tax only applies to those with an AGI of $200K, $250K if married. You would get hit with the BarkyCare 3.9% tax rate if your AGI is over either of those numbers and the Cap Gains from the sale of your Primary home was the $250K/$500K single/married exclusions.
The BarkyCare tax is mostly on income producing or 2nd homes.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at April 18, 2016 12:25 AM (1JnAL)
And a lot of big fat fees and commissions stay with the bank too.
It's when the buyers of the MBE's like the pension fund of Dusseldorf get hosed because too many day laborers in North Vegas skip out on the payments that shit gets real, because then the re-insurers like AIG find the red ink has flooded them up to the 5th floor and all hell breaks loose.
If the Fed goes nuts creating dollars out of thin air to reliquidate the banks and the forex crowd calls bullshit on the dollar, then the Davos Boys will be boarding planes to those remote hideout communities they've seen the brochures for.
Posted by: kbdabear at April 18, 2016 12:26 AM (Z4yQs)
Great game, at least for fans of the show. They remained very loyal to the source material, which at times gets more than a little raunchy.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at April 18, 2016 12:29 AM (KRwzj)
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John Hopkins Medical Center published a piece a few years ago in the WSJ that basically said (paraphrasing), "Getting a sex change does not solve the issues experienced by the vast majority of people who want them, and most people who have the operation commit suicide before a decade has passed. If instead the desire is treated as a mental disorder, the desire for a sex change usually goes away within a year."
The WSJ republished the column around the same time that Bruce Jenner was in the news.
Posted by: junior at April 18, 2016 12:29 AM (fgd5X)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at April 18, 2016 12:15 AM (c4yY7)
Simple, the banks had too many properties in foreclosure and didn't want to have a lot more of them in foreclosure.
Plus, the banks would rather someone live there using the physical plant of the house instead of it sitting vacant for several years. Yes, there is the risk of the tenant stripping everything out of the house, but that risk is also there if the place is vacant. Also, the bank doesn't want to send someone out every week to mow the lawn, shovel the sidewalk, check to make sure that the pipes didn't burst and flood the house.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at April 18, 2016 12:32 AM (1JnAL)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 17, 2016 11:22 PM (EzgxV)
Settle down there, squid-boy.
You have plenty of time to put us to sleep.
Posted by: un-Kim Jong-un at April 18, 2016 12:01 AM (W9r5R)
I've got a fan.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 18, 2016 12:33 AM (EzgxV)
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Yeah, it is a great game. Don't get me wrong. But raunchy doesn't even begin to describe some of the stuff in the game. Clever. Funny. But oh so VERY wrong.
/shudder
Posted by: junior at April 18, 2016 12:35 AM (fgd5X)
- Honore de Balzac
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at April 18, 2016 12:37 AM (Nwg0u)
Take a bunch of mortgages and bundle them up in some piece of "instrument". Then chop that up and mix those pieces up and make some other instrument. And so on. And get yourself a super AAAAAAA++++++ credit rating on based on some fancy risk math (that turned out to be bullshit, and the mathematicians told them so -- this ain't they way to use this stuff, and it's not going to hold good 100% of the time. IOW, the "tail risk" was, well, an unknown unknown).
Now, when you do that, who actually "owns the mortgage". Who actually holds claim to if the borrower defaults? That was the trouble they got themselves into.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at April 18, 2016 12:37 AM (DW+jj)
Posted by: Sheriff Bart at April 18, 2016 12:37 AM (sl+zA)
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John Hopkins Medical Center published a piece a few years ago in the WSJ that basically said (paraphrasing), "Getting a sex change does not solve the issues experienced by the vast majority of people who want them, and most people who have the operation commit suicide before a decade has passed. If instead the desire is treated as a mental disorder, the desire for a sex change usually goes away within a year."
The WSJ republished the column around the same time that Bruce Jenner was in the news.
Posted by: junior at April 18, 2016 12:29 AM (fgd5X)
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UCLA also did some big study which pretty much documented how most regretted the decision and that here was a very high rate of suicide. But again, we're not allowed to talk about it.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at April 18, 2016 12:40 AM (iQIUe)
Transgender is a fallacy, there is only male/female in our species.
It's sickening that so much is made of gender confused individuals, rather than extending help to them to sort out their emotional/mental issues.
And I don't want to get started on the abusive parents who foment gender confusion in 6 yearolds.
Posted by: irongrampa at April 18, 2016 12:40 AM (P/8aq)
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Posted by: junior at April 18, 2016 12:41 AM (fgd5X)
Apparently I stopped just before the writers threw pretty much anything and everything resembling good taste constraints out the window. Things went very disgusting very fast when I started playing again. There isn't enough brain bleach to scrub free the things I saw.
I say this as someone who's a diehard fan of the show: It was South Park--what'd you expect?
Posted by: AD at April 18, 2016 12:41 AM (YIVls)
Elizabeth: You like pain? Try wearing a corset!
Posted by: pookysgirl at April 18, 2016 12:41 AM (K27gs)
Giving hormones to a child is bullshit.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at April 18, 2016 12:42 AM (iQIUe)
One way you can tell that they are nuts is that they think they look attractive when they look ugly and ridiculous. You're a guy in a dress. Everyone can tell. Big feet, big hands, clumsy. You are not sexy.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at April 18, 2016 12:43 AM (iQIUe)
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Except that one of the trends these days is to claim that anyone who doesn't find Lena Dunham hot is "objectifying women".
Posted by: junior at April 18, 2016 12:46 AM (fgd5X)
DePaul, a catholic university, employed that joo hating asshole, Norman Finklestein for years. He was denied tenure only after Dershowitz went batshite crazy over it.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at April 18, 2016 12:46 AM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Austin Powers at April 18, 2016 12:47 AM (j/tOh)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang!
Coming soon to public/private restroom facilities everywhere!
Posted by: AmeriDan at April 18, 2016 12:48 AM (Vt+sv)
Posted by: chemjeff at April 18, 2016 12:50 AM (uZNvH)
I say this as someone who's a diehard fan of the show: It was South Park--what'd you expect?
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The episodes vary wildly in how over the top gross and disgusting they are. For instance, iirc the worst thing this season was the "boogers and cum" sequence, and nothing else came close to it.
The game lulls you into a false sense of brain safety, and then throws a bunch of stuff at you in a hurry - ending with the rectal expedition.
Posted by: junior at April 18, 2016 12:50 AM (fgd5X)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 18, 2016 12:52 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: junior at April 18, 2016 12:50 AM (fgd5X)
Lemiwinks?
Posted by: AD at April 18, 2016 12:53 AM (YIVls)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at April 18, 2016 12:54 AM (VdICR)
Now, something on the Y chromosome kicks in at some stage in the womb and it does two things. It turns off the "female" and turns on the "male" "building process".
Things can go wrong at several levels with that and you get an ambiguous mess. The male didn't get turned on right or the female didn't get turned off or both.
These, I have sympathy with. They are not that many, relatively speaking. Now, the trouble is the brain can actually be male or female, but the genitals don't reflect it and you won't know until the child matures.
In the old days, they actually believed gender was a cultural thing. Whether you were boy or girl mentally depending only on how you were raised.
WIth the intersex, it was easier to surgically make a girl than a boy, so the fools would do that. There was one famous case with a botched circumcision -- the basically accidentally cut off a baby boy's penis. No problem just make him a girl and raise him as such.
It was a horrible disaster, and some damn psychologist actually fudged that case trying to cover up the disaster it was.
Now, they know, although the feminists still don't want to believe it, that there is male and female brains, and boy, are they different.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at April 18, 2016 12:55 AM (DW+jj)
Posted by: junior
Hasn't been as prevalent lately, but remember how we had to stare and squee in awe of our first lady's beauty, class, fashion, sexiness, etc?
Posted by: AmeriDan at April 18, 2016 12:55 AM (Vt+sv)
Remember, y'all, we are Americans, so the head is held HIGH--most especially during these times.
Celebrate OUR country and the precepts it was founded on.
Goodnite, good people. Stay safe.
Posted by: irongrampa at April 18, 2016 12:56 AM (P/8aq)
Good news: Cruz has a sizable lead.
Bad news: In street artists imitating and making fun of him.
Good news: His sketch with Jimmy Fallon.
Bad news: He was found to be drinking actual alcohol during same.
Good news: He appeared with the Rockettes!
Bad news: Dancing in a line. And he kept the costume.
;-P
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 18, 2016 12:56 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: chemjeff at April 18, 2016 12:50 AM (uZNvH)
Actually good. Less S/N. How's life as an iconoclast?
Posted by: un-Kim Jong-un at April 18, 2016 12:54 AM (W9r5R)
Just as a side note, I would not advise clicking any links from this commenter.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 18, 2016 12:57 AM (EzgxV)
Bad news: Dancing in a line. And he kept the costume.
To be fair, you have any idea how hard it is to get a Rockette costume in his size?
Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 18, 2016 12:58 AM (YJmuy)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 18, 2016 12:59 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: junior at April 18, 2016 12:50 AM (fgd5X)
The AoSHQ, where the comments section goes from talking about mortgages, capital tax rates, commodities, social issues of the day to rectal expeditions.
That is why I have the platinum membership package.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at April 18, 2016 01:01 AM (1JnAL)
- Sex
- Bewbs
- Pron
- Makeover advice
- Recipes
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 18, 2016 01:04 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: Blanco Basura
I heard he once shot a Rockette in his pajamas... So there is some same size scale.
Posted by: AmeriDan at April 18, 2016 01:04 AM (Vt+sv)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 18, 2016 01:04 AM (AEIVR)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at April 18, 2016 12:55 AM
Don't even think you can ever get a feminist to agree with you that their brains are different.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at April 18, 2016 01:04 AM (1JnAL)
You do realize some of us are putting checks in the mail tomorrow?
I will begin to celebrate sometime after the California FTB check clears, more or less as a Pamplona casualty would upon release from the hospital.
Or the morgue.
Posted by: JEM at April 18, 2016 01:05 AM (o+SC1)
So if subprime car loans blow up, will there be a glut of repo trucks and I can get one cheap? Sounds good to me.
Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at April 18, 2016 01:05 AM (FtrY1)
Posted by: pookysgirl at April 18, 2016 01:06 AM (K27gs)
https://youtu.be/caJtGXMdxGM
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 18, 2016 01:06 AM (AEIVR)
Posted by: Hillary! 2016 Barking For Us at April 18, 2016 01:06 AM (sl+zA)
>> from this commenter.
Roundup Ivy & Brush, enema bottle, some assembly required.
Posted by: JEM at April 18, 2016 01:07 AM (o+SC1)
- Sex
- Bewbs
- Pron
- Makeover advice
- Recipes
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 18, 2016 01:04 AM (ntObR)
And, you can sockpuppet with the powerful Minx 0.7 software.
All kidding aside about the commenting software, if Ace didn't have it, they the sockpuppeting would end, and that is 64% of the charm of this site.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at April 18, 2016 01:07 AM (1JnAL)
Posted by: junior at April 18, 2016 12:50 AM (fgd5X)
Lemiwinks?
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The snuke.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6CaxeZw-8c
NSFW
Posted by: junior at April 18, 2016 01:07 AM (fgd5X)
>> repo trucks and I can get one cheap? Sounds good to me.
Would it be racist of me to suggest putting in repo stations along the southern border?
I'll put in my order now for a gently-used late-model E63 wagon in any color but black.
Posted by: JEM at April 18, 2016 01:09 AM (o+SC1)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at April 18, 2016 01:07 AM (1JnAL)
That's 86% in metric.
Posted by: Lincoln Chaffee at April 18, 2016 01:09 AM (sl+zA)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 18, 2016 01:09 AM (ntObR)
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Nah. They'll do another "cash for clunkers" promotion - only this time, it'll be for newer cars.
Posted by: junior at April 18, 2016 01:09 AM (fgd5X)
The one show that I liked from last year's Xfinity freebie Watchathon week is on a channel that's not on this year's Xfinity freebie Watchathon week.
Posted by: F U Comcastrated at April 18, 2016 01:10 AM (H9MG5)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 18, 2016 01:11 AM (AEIVR)
So if subprime car loans blow up, will there be a glut of repo trucks and I can get one cheap? Sounds good to me.
Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at April 18, 2016 01:05 AM (FtrY1)
So it would have the opposite effect of "Cash For Clunkers"?
That piece of shit legislation killed the used car market for years.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at April 18, 2016 01:11 AM (1JnAL)
Unfortunately, Amazon no longer sells polonium-210 suppositories.
Posted by: JEM at April 18, 2016 01:12 AM (o+SC1)
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Pretty cheap, actually. But you'll need to bring your own broom and dustpan with you to carry it off the lot.
Posted by: junior at April 18, 2016 01:12 AM (fgd5X)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 18, 2016 01:11 AM (AEIVR)
I got mine with a scrambler.
Posted by: Tony Montana at April 18, 2016 01:13 AM (1JnAL)
Posted by: qdpsteve after SMOD hits at April 18, 2016 01:13 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: chemjeff at April 18, 2016 01:13 AM (uAvJJ)
>> broom and dustpan with you to carry it off the lot.
Pipe bomb, Takata airbag, what's the difference?
Posted by: JEM at April 18, 2016 01:14 AM (o+SC1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6CaxeZw-8c
NSFW
Posted by: junior at April 18, 2016 01:07 AM (fgd5X)
Oh that is f'king awesome. I haven't even watched it yet, but I'm confident you just made my day.
Posted by: AD at April 18, 2016 01:14 AM (YIVls)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 18, 2016 01:14 AM (AEIVR)
if you need a blowed-up truck, come see us
if you need a blowed-up truck
but yer credit's down on luck
if you need a blowed-up truck
come see us
Posted by: Your Local Official Cash For Clunkers II Gubmint-Sponsored Dealer at April 18, 2016 01:17 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: AD at April 18, 2016 01:17 AM (YIVls)
Apparently Nissan is having a "buy-one-get-9-free" sale...
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 18, 2016 01:19 AM (ntObR)
>> from this commenter.
Roundup Ivy & Brush, enema bottle, some assembly required.
Posted by: JEM at April 18, 2016 01:07 AM (o+SC1)
???
Posted by: cthulhu at April 18, 2016 01:21 AM (EzgxV)
Silly piece of music. Good for accompanying an old silent comedy, or maybe a Bugs Bunny cartoon. One of those things that you keep thinking is about to end, but then it goes one more time 'round.
I don't think it was meant to be so amusing in that way.
Looks like there's a couple of versions on YouTube. If you want to torture yourself. Try the Yehudi Menuhin. Tip your waitress.
Posted by: mindful webworker - it was daffy at April 18, 2016 01:22 AM (0t+fn)
Posted by: AmeriDan
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And, the shower room at your little girls summer camp!
Posted by: The Charlotte Ordinance at April 18, 2016 01:22 AM (RrDm2)
It was some "woman". She had children. Seemed normal, but all the children were sterile, and sort of intersex screwed up. So they tested her genetically. She was something else. Most of her cells were XY, but her ovaries were "XO", just an X.
There was something I can't remember, but they used to think that most individuals like that couldn't reproduce, so this was a shocker. He genetics messed up her children, but yet she "acted like a woman", able to get pregnant and have children.
I can just imagine how that would go. Telling someone, "Hey, you're a mess genetically. You are a real anomaly. We've never seen anything like you before, and we just can't believe it. You really shouldn't even exist, much less be able to reproduce. And BTW, we'd like to come in so we can poke, probe, and analyze the hell out of you and see what makes you tick. I mean, really, you shouldn't exist according to known biology."
I don't think they were able to get all the data they wanted because of that. They wanted to check out her whole live family tree, but couldn't get permission or something.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at April 18, 2016 01:24 AM (DW+jj)
Posted by: chemjeff
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Sorry. Bug in the snoop/store/forward software.
Posted by: Bob, at NSA at April 18, 2016 01:24 AM (RrDm2)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 18, 2016 01:26 AM (EzgxV)
Life... uh... finds a way.
Posted by: Dr. Ian Malcolm at April 18, 2016 01:29 AM (H9MG5)
It was some "woman". She had children. Seemed normal, but all the children were sterile, and sort of intersex screwed up. So they tested her genetically. She was something else. Most of her cells were XY, but her ovaries were "XO", just an X.
There was something I can't remember, but they used to think that most individuals like that couldn't reproduce, so this was a shocker. He genetics messed up her children, but yet she "acted like a woman", able to get pregnant and have children.
I can just imagine how that would go. Telling someone, "Hey, you're a mess genetically. You are a real anomaly. We've never seen anything like you before, and we just can't believe it. You really shouldn't even exist, much less be able to reproduce. And BTW, we'd like to come in so we can poke, probe, and analyze the hell out of you and see what makes you tick. I mean, really, you shouldn't exist according to known biology."
I don't think they were able to get all the data they wanted because of that. They wanted to check out her whole live family tree, but couldn't get permission or something.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at April 18, 2016 01:24 AM (DW+jj)
There was another case where a woman had a DNA test with a cheek swab and found she wasn't the mother of the children she'd given birth to.....turns out, she was a chimera with an unborn fraternal twin, merged in the womb, and the ovaries she was carrying were the twin's.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 18, 2016 01:29 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 18, 2016 01:30 AM (ntObR)
with a cheek swab and found she wasn't the mother of the children she'd
given birth to.....turns out, she was a chimera with an unborn fraternal
twin, merged in the womb, and the ovaries she was carrying were the
twin's.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 18, 2016 01:29 AM (EzgxV)<<<
Really blew my mind that day.
Posted by: Maury Povich at April 18, 2016 01:31 AM (H9MG5)
Posted by: sinalco at April 18, 2016 01:32 AM (yODqO)
Posted by: chemjeff at April 18, 2016 01:35 AM (uAvJJ)
Posted by: junior at April 18, 2016 01:07 AM (fgd5X)
oh my dear lord
Posted by: chemjeff at April 18, 2016 01:35 AM (uAvJJ)
You looked?!?!?!?
Posted by: cthulhu at April 18, 2016 01:39 AM (EzgxV)
Here you have an XY embryo/fetus. But something goes wrong and nothing responds to androgens, you know testosterone and the other male hormones. The Y chromosome does its thing, but only so far. It turns the precursor tissue lumps into testes, but there is no response to the androgens that are produced. And no feedback back to those testes.
A uterus does not form, the Y and testes get that turned off. But the external genitals are completely female. It makes a vulva and a short vagina, which doesn't connect to anything. The testes do not descend -- there's nothing to descend into.
Unless you test, the baby will appear to be a girl, and the brain pretty much is a girl brain, androgens do nothing. You want even know, until puberty. There are no ovaries and no estrogens being made.
This girl will not develop stinky sweat glands at all. She will never stink. They'll usually be long legged and willowly. And hairless, save for their head. IOW, model material!
There was a CAIS woman who wrote a piece about her story. Her parents and doctors all lied to her. They figured it out at puberty, but didn't tell her. They had to remove the undescended testicles because they will usually become cancerous (same thing happens to trannies who suppress their own testicles and take estrogens), and put her on estrogens to complete the female puberty process.
And they lied to her the whole time. They told her something was wrong with her ovaries, a complete lie, so she couldn't have children. She didn't learn the truth until she was in her 20s or so, and she was completely devastated. Went just about nuts.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at April 18, 2016 01:41 AM (DW+jj)
Posted by: chemjeff at April 18, 2016 01:45 AM (uAvJJ)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 18, 2016 01:47 AM (EzgxV)
"Don't ask why Kenny wanted to be a chick, it just seems to be the way he's rolling right now"
Posted by: JEM at April 18, 2016 01:48 AM (o+SC1)
Here you have an XY embryo/fetus. But something goes wrong and nothing responds to androgens, you know testosterone and the other male hormones. The Y chromosome does its thing, but only so far. It turns the precursor tissue lumps into testes, but there is no response to the androgens that are produced. And no feedback back to those testes.
A uterus does not form, the Y and testes get that turned off. But the external genitals are completely female. It makes a vulva and a short vagina, which doesn't connect to anything. The testes do not descend -- there's nothing to descend into.
Unless you test, the baby will appear to be a girl, and the brain pretty much is a girl brain, androgens do nothing. You want even know, until puberty. There are no ovaries and no estrogens being made.
This girl will not develop stinky sweat glands at all. She will never stink. They'll usually be long legged and willowly. And hairless, save for their head. IOW, model material!
There was a CAIS woman who wrote a piece about her story. Her parents and doctors all lied to her. They figured it out at puberty, but didn't tell her. They had to remove the undescended testicles because they will usually become cancerous (same thing happens to trannies who suppress their own testicles and take estrogens), and put her on estrogens to complete the female puberty process.
And they lied to her the whole time. They told her something was wrong with her ovaries, a complete lie, so she couldn't have children. She didn't learn the truth until she was in her 20s or so, and she was completely devastated. Went just about nuts.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at April 18, 2016 01:41 AM (DW+jj)
That's very sad. Did she eventually recover her mental equilibrium, perhaps as part of documenting and testifying what had happened to her?
Posted by: cthulhu at April 18, 2016 01:52 AM (EzgxV)
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I'd apologize for posting that, but...
I'm not at all sorry.
And you were warned.
Posted by: junior at April 18, 2016 01:53 AM (fgd5X)
Got to check out now. Pillow calling me. (In muffled tones.)
Stay positive. I'm positive you can do it.
♥
How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
Posted by: mindful webworker - XOP at April 18, 2016 01:55 AM (0t+fn)
251 @244 oh my dear lord
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I'd apologize for posting that, but...
I'm not at all sorry.
And you were warned.
Posted by: junior at April 18, 2016 01:53 AM (fgd5X)
I certainly was warned.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 18, 2016 01:55 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: chemjeff at April 18, 2016 01:56 AM (uAvJJ)
I just finished soldering a replacement power cord segment into my laptop charger. It hasn't exploded yet.
So far.
Posted by: Piercello at April 18, 2016 02:02 AM (RXfvh)
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Which is about what I expected when I posted it. Parker and Stone apparently did the writing on the game. And most of what they wrote for it isn't likely to strike morons as offensive. Disturbing as all get out, yes (as the link shows). But nothing that would make anyone here lose it because they were offended.
The snuke sequence ends with an "abortion" being performed, which is a callback to an earlier sequence at an abortion clinic. Again, not likely to be offensive to anyone here (though some libs might be offended), but very, very disturbing.
Posted by: junior at April 18, 2016 02:05 AM (fgd5X)
She just learned all that all of the sudden, and the fact that she had been lied to (her mother just couldn't handle the truth more than anything) probably did more harm than the fact itself. She said she thought she was just a fucked up mess, some boy who had gone wrong and no man would ever want anything to do with her if he knew the truth.
So she was messed up for a few years. And she found a man who fell in love with her and didn't give a rat's ass and they adopted children. I think she even forgave her mother.
I tell you, if I were a doctor in that situation, I'd try to do something. I mean, the individual most know the truth, and it would be great if the parents would be the ones to tell and do right about it.
I don't know what I'd do, but I would not go along with a lie like that.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at April 18, 2016 02:06 AM (DW+jj)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 18, 2016 02:07 AM (YJmuy)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at April 18, 2016 01:41 AM (DW+jj)
That's very sad. Did she eventually recover her mental equilibrium, perhaps as part of documenting and testifying what had happened to her?
Posted by: cthulhu at April 18, 2016 01:52 AM (EzgxV)
There are people who have actual medical situations like this. Yes, they are biologically abnormal, but being outside the norm biologically doesn't carry any moral weight.
Intead of glorifying nuballs like Jenner and be made to bend to Political Correctness, we should be accepting of people who just want to fit in.
Posted by: The Political Hat at April 18, 2016 02:19 AM (vBeA5)
Posted by: chemjeff at April 18, 2016 02:32 AM (uAvJJ)
She just learned all that all of the sudden, and the fact that she had been lied to (her mother just couldn't handle the truth more than anything) probably did more harm than the fact itself. She said she thought she was just a fucked up mess, some boy who had gone wrong and no man would ever want anything to do with her if he knew the truth.
So she was messed up for a few years. And she found a man who fell in love with her and didn't give a rat's ass and they adopted children. I think she even forgave her mother.
I tell you, if I were a doctor in that situation, I'd try to do something. I mean, the individual most know the truth, and it would be great if the parents would be the ones to tell and do right about it.
I don't know what I'd do, but I would not go along with a lie like that.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at April 18, 2016 02:06 AM (DW+jj)
In the end, then, it turns out to be an uplifting story -- though it takes some very dark turns to get there. To get lie after lie after lie after transparent fabrication throughout puberty would be horrific, no matter what the cause.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 18, 2016 02:40 AM (EzgxV)
He said you can quickly divide them into two types. Those who really "think they are women" and those who are just perverts who get off on thinking of themselves as women. These latter may not even be gay in the slightest.
...
Posted by: publius
That would be Ray Blanchard. There are HTs, homosexual transsexuals. They feel guilt over their desires and want to attract a heterosexual male to "prove" that they are really women. They transition early and tend to be more convincing.
Then you have ATs, autogynephilic transsexuals. These are heterosexual men who are aroused by the thought of being women. They typically transition later in life and are unconvincing.
Bonus question: which type is Bruce Jenner?
Posted by: angela urkel at April 18, 2016 02:53 AM (EuAgP)
Posted by: angela urkel at April 18, 2016 02:56 AM (EuAgP)
To let you know how fantastic this was -- ER collets don't come in sizes, the come in ranges of sizes. This set goes up to 1/2" by about 1/32". I already own a set of Morse Taper 2 collets in SAE sizes from 1/8" to 1/2", so why would this be useful?
Because it can spin odd sizes (including metric) without flopping around. Let's say I had a 6mm tool that I scavenged from someplace -- that's .236 inches, or just less than a quarter inch. It wouldn't fit in my 1/4" collet; it wouldn't fit in my 3/8" collet, but it'd fit snug in my ER20 3/16"-4/16" collet and run straight and true. So, as a practical matter (and not just avaricious zeal) it is a kewl useful thing.....but then we get into pricing: 25-piece set, with straight and MT2 holders, $25......list price for a single ER20 collet.....$18.
This is going to come in handy again and again and again for years, and I got a screaming deal on it. Very happy camper.
Reminds me of the time that I got just about every Cuisinart food processor disc in a box at a garage sale for $25.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 18, 2016 03:10 AM (EzgxV)
And, I know it's rhetorical, but we can be pretty certain Brucie is an autogynephile.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at April 18, 2016 03:11 AM (DW+jj)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/hy5jryn
Posted by: goon at April 18, 2016 03:30 AM (WCaSy)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/hy5jryn
Posted by: goon at April 18, 2016 03:30 AM (WCaSy)
Sooo, we get to blame Apple for something?
Posted by: The Quickening Hat at April 18, 2016 03:32 AM (vBeA5)
Posted by: The Political Hat at April 18, 2016 04:07 AM (vBeA5)
Posted by: Skip at April 18, 2016 04:20 AM (Dpy/y)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 18, 2016 05:42 AM (ptqRm)
That's just stupid.
How come they always need to deliver a droid that is carrying a hologram message? Why can't they just make a damned copy of the message? Why can't they just TRANSMIT the file?
Posted by: RKae at April 18, 2016 05:44 AM (zmqRN)
Posted by: Eromero at April 18, 2016 05:44 AM (zLDYs)
On vacation now in Florida. There are signs for gun shows, gun meets, pawn shops with guns all over the place. I glad the friend is not with us. She'd probably crap herself.
Posted by: Bruce at April 18, 2016 05:47 AM (bQYjW)
Posted by: fluffy at April 18, 2016 05:50 AM (2hcmo)
That's just stupid.
** shrug **
It was a gig.
Posted by: Gwen DeMarco at April 18, 2016 06:03 AM (2hcmo)
People with irrational fears of mechanical objects scare me.
Is she afraid of blenders too?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 18, 2016 06:07 AM (Zu3d9)
Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at April 18, 2016 06:09 AM (X+nFp)
Is she afraid of blenders too?
I think she's more afraid of the people that go to gun shows. Because you know, they love to get all sorts of drunk first, go to the show, buy a automatic 3000 shot clip shooty thing, then walk out the door of the show and start shooting.
YeeHawww!!
Posted by: Bruce at April 18, 2016 06:19 AM (bQYjW)
Posted by: Bruce at April 18, 2016 06:22 AM (bQYjW)
Posted by: Bruce at April 18, 2016 06:19 AM (bQYjW
She's afraid of Tuesday in the South? That's weird.
Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at April 18, 2016 06:23 AM (X+nFp)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 18, 2016 06:24 AM (ptqRm)
She doesn't have to. MsNbc-Lgblt tv shows tell her everything she needs to know. GooooOOOOO Shillary!!!
Posted by: Bruce at April 18, 2016 06:26 AM (bQYjW)
Posted by: @votermom at April 18, 2016 06:26 AM (nbrY/)
Posted by: fluffy at April 18, 2016 06:39 AM (2hcmo)
Top 10 commenters:
1 [436 comments] 'Ricardo Kill' [61.22 posts/day]
2 [430 comments] '@votermom'
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HOLY CRAP
*backs away slowly*
Posted by: @votermom at April 18, 2016 06:44 AM (nbrY/)
Posted by: ThunderB at April 18, 2016 06:44 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 18, 2016 06:46 AM (Zu3d9)
Posted by: Dr. Heather Hackman at April 18, 2016 06:46 AM (eHpnh)
Posted by: ThunderB
Still have the plans for an ark?
Posted by: Bruce at April 18, 2016 06:47 AM (bQYjW)
Posted by: no good deed at April 18, 2016 06:48 AM (GgxVX)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 18, 2016 06:46 AM (Zu3d9)
Maybe Diebold did the comment counts this week.
*shifty eyes*
Posted by: @votermom at April 18, 2016 06:48 AM (nbrY/)
I hope it stays that way. Y'all definitely have had enough rain for a while.
Posted by: no good deed at April 18, 2016 06:50 AM (GgxVX)
Stay dry and safe Houston.
Don't be so gabby Votermom.
Now I just need one reason not to go back to sleep.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Boom....KaBOOM!! at April 18, 2016 06:50 AM (WVsWD)
the same as ripping a 20 week old fetus from the womb and cut it up for body
parts. He is the science guy so SHUT UP we are reminded.
Posted by: Ripley at April 18, 2016 06:51 AM (1BQGO)
Posted by: no good deed at April 18, 2016 06:51 AM (GgxVX)
Posted by: Ripley at April 18, 2016 06:54 AM (1BQGO)
Posted by: George Orwell at April 18, 2016 06:54 AM (eHpnh)
Posted by: Wesley Mouche at April 18, 2016 06:55 AM (eHpnh)
Posted by: ThunderB at April 18, 2016 06:55 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Boom....KaBOOM!! at April 18, 2016 06:56 AM (WVsWD)
Posted by: ThunderB at April 18, 2016 06:57 AM (zOTsN)
Yes. Well, except for you. You will be the new unsuccessful.
Nature hates a vacuum.
But loves a feather duster
Posted by: Bruce at April 18, 2016 06:57 AM (bQYjW)
Posted by: DOCTOR Heather Hackman, Motherfucker! at April 18, 2016 06:57 AM (eHpnh)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 18, 2016 06:58 AM (9ym/8)
We got ours yesterday. 3"+. Water everywhere.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 18, 2016 06:59 AM (9ym/8)
Posted by: @votermom at April 18, 2016 06:59 AM (nbrY/)
Posted by: no good deed at April 18, 2016 07:02 AM (GgxVX)
Posted by: Ripley at April 18, 2016 07:04 AM (1BQGO)
Maybe in a bit.
After more coffee..
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 18, 2016 07:05 AM (ptqRm)
Posted by: ThunderB at April 18, 2016 07:06 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: no good deed
Good for you!
Posted by: Bruce at April 18, 2016 07:07 AM (bQYjW)
Say what you wish about B'More...
There is a distinct pattern to the poverty industry here.
Black person at intersection, attempting to sell you something that you may find useful, bottle of water, snack power bar, etc. Each sale nets a slight profit, but it adds up. They have my respect.
White person with cardboard sign saying the they have nothing, and asking for free money, in exchange for.....well, nothing.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 18, 2016 07:08 AM (ptqRm)
Posted by: Ripley at April 18, 2016 07:10 AM (1BQGO)
That's amazing. Congrats.
Day 1:
I had an egg and coffee for breakfast.
Posted by: @votermom at April 18, 2016 07:10 AM (nbrY/)
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 18, 2016 07:16 AM (JO9+V)
Good Morning Morons. Today is Monday, April 18, 2016, Tax Day. On this day in 1988 the United States launched Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II. This action followed a US ship striking a mine when the Iranians secretly mined the Persian Gulf. We had a President with sack then and not a momser,
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 18, 2016 07:18 AM (vvmPQ)
http://tinyurl.com/zzszg2p
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 18, 2016 07:18 AM (vvmPQ)
Because their own character doesn't matter.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Jumping to conclusions at April 18, 2016 07:18 AM (WVsWD)
http://tinyurl.com/hqgtl5b
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 18, 2016 07:18 AM (vvmPQ)
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Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 18, 2016 07:19 AM (vvmPQ)
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Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 18, 2016 07:19 AM (vvmPQ)
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Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 18, 2016 07:19 AM (vvmPQ)
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Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 18, 2016 07:19 AM (vvmPQ)
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Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 18, 2016 07:20 AM (vvmPQ)
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Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 18, 2016 07:20 AM (vvmPQ)
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Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 18, 2016 07:21 AM (vvmPQ)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 18, 2016 07:21 AM (vvmPQ)
Posted by: FCF at April 18, 2016 07:25 AM (kejii)
Posted by: Bruce at April 18, 2016 07:26 AM (bQYjW)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Always disappointed. at April 18, 2016 07:27 AM (WVsWD)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 18, 2016 07:27 AM (vvmPQ)
Sooner or later we will get a all day open thread. Just you wait and see.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Always disappointed. at April 18, 2016 07:29 AM (WVsWD)
Posted by: FCF at April 18, 2016 07:29 AM (kejii)
https://youtu.be/nO23B5C_Mcw
How it feels in Houston right about now.
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 18, 2016 07:30 AM (JO9+V)
everywhere that the body naturally passing fertilized eggs is
the same as ripping a 20 week old fetus from the womb and cut it up for body
parts. He is the science guy so SHUT UP we are reminded.
Says the Buffoonish Children's Television Show Host with a B.S. in Engineering.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at April 18, 2016 07:31 AM (iONHu)
Posted by: Telephone poles everywhere at April 18, 2016 07:33 AM (BO/km)
Milo Yiannopoulos has a piece that absolutely devastates Bill Nye. It's worth a read.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 18, 2016 07:35 AM (Zu3d9)
Why is California such a cesspool of racism and xenophobia?
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 18, 2016 07:38 AM (659DL)
Pond Scum is now a leading contender for the Nobel in Economics.
Good morning, "Dr." Krugman.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 18, 2016 07:40 AM (659DL)
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 18, 2016 07:41 AM (JO9+V)
Area alerts indicate my neighborhood is surrounded by flooded roads, no
way out. I'm sure the IRS will be understanding why I can't get to the
Post Office to mail in my household's tax forms.
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 18, 2016 07:41 AM (JO9+V)
Tell them you celebrate emancipation day from tax slavery on the 18th.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 18, 2016 07:42 AM (vvmPQ)
"And so-called moderate (RINO) Republicans in the Senate are not listening either."
The Constitution is off the table.
Posted by: Bitch McConnell with a Dick In His Mouth at April 18, 2016 07:43 AM (eHpnh)
Posted by: Drc at April 18, 2016 07:43 AM (QuZ50)
http://tinyurl.com/zzaetfd
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 18, 2016 07:44 AM (vvmPQ)
by flooded roads, no way out. I'm sure the IRS will be understanding why
I can't get to the Post Office to mail in my household's tax forms.
Posted by: Count de Monet
Tell them you lost a few guns in the flood too.
Posted by: Bruce at April 18, 2016 07:44 AM (bQYjW)
It raining from here to where my mom is near San Antonio.
Good morning all y'all.
I scared the heck out of myself just now.
The sound of the rain against the vent over the stove is distinctive. I was half awake because the thunder's going. And all of a sudden the rain on the metal vent sound got much louder.
Given all the hail damage to neighborhood roofs, I thought the roof had given way and the rain was DIRECTLY ON TOP OF THE MICROWAVE.
I'd forgot to set up the coffee maker last night and it was trying to start with no water.
Coffee maker is now going NOT THAT I NEED CAFFEINE NOW.
Hold up your cup if you want some...
Posted by: Mama AJ at April 18, 2016 07:45 AM (nXeSu)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 18, 2016 07:42 AM (vvmPQ)
Hehehe. And my hard drive crashed.
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 18, 2016 07:47 AM (JO9+V)
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 18, 2016 07:48 AM (ZQfW9)
That's the one....and he eviscerates Tyson as well.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 18, 2016 07:48 AM (Zu3d9)
Paul "Totally CON-servativ" Ryan has betrayed conservstives everywhere by not having a budget after he promised that the house would go back to regular order.
With this latest betrayal it will mark a decade since the last time a budget was vomitted forth from the house.
Paul Ryan needs to get the opportunity to spend the maximum amount of time with his family.
Support Paul Nehlen in his primary bid to oust the fraude and charlatan that is Paul Ryan.
Posted by: Kreplach at April 18, 2016 07:48 AM (auq2s)
Brazil.
Think about that one for a minute, folks.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 18, 2016 07:48 AM (659DL)
That really happened to me a couple years ago on Friday,
April 12th.
See, a bit before that I'd prayed for help with procrastination...
Posted by: Mama AJ at April 18, 2016 07:49 AM (nXeSu)
I'm planning to go out in rose garden. But need to fill myself with allergy meds first. It's 7:54 & no EMT?
Posted by: Carol at April 18, 2016 07:51 AM (sj3Ax)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 18, 2016 07:42 AM (vvmPQ)
Hehehe. And my hard drive crashed.
Posted by: Count de Monet
Dog ate your homework.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 18, 2016 07:52 AM (b/6cr)
Posted by: Mama AJ at April 18, 2016 07:52 AM (nXeSu)
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 18, 2016 07:52 AM (JO9+V)
We've been post constitutional since the Civil War.
We've been living in the figment of a federal constitutional republic for a very long time.
Posted by: Kreplach at April 18, 2016 07:52 AM (auq2s)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 18, 2016 07:42 AM (vvmPQ)
Hehehe. And my hard drive crashed.
Posted by: Count de Monet
Dog ate your homework.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 18, 2016 07:52 AM (b/6cr)
Two words: Chinese. Hackers.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 18, 2016 07:53 AM (659DL)
Had two flood watches and a warning Friday evening and it hadn't started raining yet.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 18, 2016 07:54 AM (b/6cr)
Day-um. I thought high teens was impressive. Stay safe.
Posted by: Mama AJ at April 18, 2016 07:56 AM (nXeSu)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 18, 2016 07:56 AM (V/InG)
We've been living in the figment of a federal constitutional republic for a very long time.
Thank Lincoln.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 18, 2016 07:57 AM (b/6cr)
Posted by: rickb223 at April 18, 2016 07:57 AM (b/6cr)
Posted by: @votermom at April 18, 2016 07:58 AM (nbrY/)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 18, 2016 07:59 AM (vvmPQ)
colonists.
I think we're only state that remembers it as a Holiday. It's also Boston Marathon Day & Boston is a mess.
It's only 48 degrees here now.
Posted by: Carol at April 18, 2016 08:00 AM (sj3Ax)
Posted by: IRS Commissar #33214 at April 18, 2016 08:01 AM (fVOPU)
Could get messy.
Don't need to go out, ain't going out.
Posted by: Mama AJ at April 18, 2016 08:01 AM (nXeSu)
Hamas attack tunnel discovered in Israel
Less than 2 years after Operation Protective Edge, the IDF, using advanced technology, discovered the tunnel in the Eshkol regional council area; it was meant for an attack by Hamas's elite 'nokhba' unit.
But the self hating JINO Bernie blames the JOOOOS and most democrats cheer him. But yeah let's destroy the Republican Party or stay home with your marbles and let a dem waltz into the White House
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 18, 2016 08:02 AM (V/InG)
Posted by: Ripley at April 18, 2016 08:03 AM (1BQGO)
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at April 18, 2016 09:28 AM (TPimP)
adjusted pre-bubble trends for better perspective:
http://www.jparsons.net/housingbubble/
Posted by: batter at April 18, 2016 11:00 AM (SO7Xq)
Posted by: Heresolong at April 18, 2016 12:23 PM (ntIeo)
My wife & I bought our first house in 1976.
40K, had 20K in savings because we banked all my overtime , and her check every week when we got married in 73. Sold it in '86 for 70K. Paid 87K for the next one that's worth 250K now.
Yeah, tell me owning a home is a poor investment
Posted by: Cicero Skip at April 18, 2016 01:25 PM (29DpC)
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