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Overnight Open Thread (4-26-2016)
Quote of the Day I - Leftism in a Nutshell Edition
"We obviously have to do a whole lot more to avoid what they call the 'school to prison pipeline' and replace it with a 'cradle to college pipeline' and that really starts early, and it starts early with working with families, working with kids, building up community resources. I'm very supportive of the mayor's proposal to tax soda to get universal preschool for kids. I mean I don't, you know, we need universal preschool, and if that's a way to do it, that's how we should do it."
-- Hillary Clinton at a campaign event in Philadelphia
Quote of the Day II - Euphemism Edition
I'm not sure, but I suspect that once upon a time "juvenile delinquent" was a liberal euphemism for "young criminal." As often happens, however, eventually even the euphemism is thought to be too harsh, and so a better one has to be found. And so one has: This Obama-administration press release yesterday talked a lot about "justice-involved youth."
-- Roger Clegg
Some of my nurses were great - concerned about my comfort and stress - but other hospital workers were indifferent. When the customer doesn't pay, customer service rarely matters.
-- John Stossel on his treatment for lung cancer
Despite what we hear from labor unions and the "Fight for $15" crowd, employees compete not against employers for higher wages, but against other employees. And it's also the case that employers compete against other employers for the best employees. It's like that in every market: buyers (employers) always compete against other buyers (employers), and sellers (employees) always compete against other sellers (employees).
Economist Walter E. Williams has used the following example to illustrate the competition described above between unskilled and skilled workers by looking at the market for different qualities of beef (see examples here, here, and here). Suppose that hamburger sells for $4 per pound and sirloin steak sells for $8 per pound. Hamburger is a much lower quality variety of beef compared to sirloin steak, but can attract a significant number of buyers who choose hamburger over the higher quality option for the 50% savings in price. Likewise, many employers may choose lower quality, unskilled workers over higher skilled employees for the significant savings in labor costs.
But now suppose the government imposes a "$8 per pound minimum beef price law." In that case, most shoppers who buy beef will then purchase more sirloin steak and less hamburger because the lower quality meat has lost it main weapon to successfully compete against higher quality sirloin steak - a significantly lower price that compensates for the lower quality. Result? Hamburger sales will suffer due to the "minimum beef price law" and sirloin steak sales will increase. Just like in the labor market, a $15 an hour minimum wage will remove the most effective weapon that unskilled workers currently have to compete against skilled workers - the ability to work for a lower wage. Result? Employment opportunities for unskilled and limited-experience workers will contract, while employment opportunities for skilled workers will increase.
What Actually Happens When You Raise the Minimum Wage
Yet Another Thing to Worry About: The Earth's Magnetosphere Collapsed in Space on Saturday For Two Hours
This has gotten a lot of play on certain rather excitable and paranoid websites but it seems to be legit. No magnetosphere would be a Very Bad Thing and even a magnetic pole flip would be a whole lot of pain and trouble.
This magnetic field, so important to life on Earth, has weakened by 15 per cent over the last 200 years. And this, scientists think, could be a sign that the Earth's poles are about to flip.Experts believe we're currently overdue a flip, but they're unsure when this could occur.
If a switch happens, we would be exposed to solar winds capable of punching holes into the ozone layer.
The impact could be devastating for mankind, knocking out power grids, radically changing Earth's climate and driving up rates of cancer.
4-year-old Girl Bullied, Isolated to Gun-Shame her Father
Danish Home Guard to Protect Denmark's Borders
The slow death of Schengen.
The Danish Home Guard will assist police in carrying out random checks at Denmark's border with Germany, measures that were initially put in place as a temporary response to Swedish border controls but have since been extended five times.
A Right That Can Be Taxed is a Right That Can Be Denied
Which is why the Mariana Islands wants to subject all new handgun sales to a $1,000 tax.
Mitsubishi: We've Been Cheating On Fuel Tests For 25 years
Further confirmation of my theory that all car companies have been cheating on the tests because there's no way to meet the government-mandated efficiency targets without making the cars so underperforming that few consumers would want to buy them.
Why Movie Trailers Now Begin With Five-Second Ads For Themselves
But where previous metahype promoted key dates in a marketing campaign -- like official trailer releases and fan celebrations -- the burgeoning trend of teasers within trailers exist purely to retain the viewer's attention in that exact moment. The teaser within the trailer speaks to a moment in which we have so many distractions and choices that marketers must sell us on giving a trailer three minutes of our time. This practice isn't limited to movie trailers, though. Next time you're on Facebook, pay attention to how the popular videos in your newsfeed are edited. Is the most interesting image the first thing you see? And does that trick get you to stop scrolling and watch?
College Runner Stages Incredible, Last-Gasp Comeback In 4x400 Relay
The girl in red is so far behind on the last leg that you don't even see her until near the end.
Apparently the reason the girls are so slow is that this race was at the end of the day and they had already run several events before it. The girl in red, Phil Healy, explained her win this way:
It was crazy because we didn't expect to win and I only decided to run 20 minutes before the event. I had ran (sic) in the 100 and 200 metres and one of the girls just asked would I fill in on the last leg and I said 'throw me in and I'll see what I can do'.
Sperm Donors in Sweden Rush to Help Single Women
Because they're altruistic like that.
The Yahoo group is for non-justice-involved morons only.
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Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 26, 2016 11:09 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: Willy J. at April 26, 2016 11:09 PM (zLLv8)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 26, 2016 11:10 PM (voOPb)
Leftist dictators like Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela like to bandy about how they are democratically elected and that therefor anything they do must be legitimate, and any opposition is illegitimate... until the people turn against them.
More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=11564
Posted by: The Political Hat at April 26, 2016 11:11 PM (vBeA5)
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 26, 2016 11:13 PM (KCxzN)
Posted by: BignJames at April 26, 2016 11:13 PM (j7iSn)
My brother called to tell me he has been diagnosed with 4th stage lung cancer. Prayers appreciated.
Posted by: Northernlurker at April 26, 2016 11:13 PM (4rzL1)
Posted by: Blano at April 26, 2016 11:13 PM (heN73)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 26, 2016 11:14 PM (r9m+B)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 26, 2016 11:15 PM (vyXAs)
Posted by: thathalfrican - failure is not an option at April 26, 2016 11:15 PM (R5HRU)
Posted by: thathalfrican - failure is not an option at April 26, 2016 11:15 PM (R5HRU)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 26, 2016 11:16 PM (vyXAs)
Posted by: Josephistan at April 26, 2016 11:16 PM (7qAYi)
-- Hillary Clinton at a campaign event in Philadelphia
Pander it ain't just a river full of bears in China
Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 26, 2016 11:16 PM (45oDG)
And they want universal preschool. What they want is cradle (if you're not aborted) to the grave control. They want to control what you eat, what you drink, what you think, what you smoke, what you drive, a minimum wage, mandated purchase of health insurance. The fvcking shit goes on & on
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 26, 2016 11:17 PM (voOPb)
http://tinyurl.com/jahzneo
I guess she has the intestinal fortitude to stand up to someone other than Republicans after all.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 26, 2016 11:17 PM (R+30W)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 26, 2016 11:18 PM (vyXAs)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 26, 2016 11:14 PM
I've been to Las Cruces. You lie.
However, my niece is graduating from NMSU next month with a BS in Chemical Engineering.
Posted by: huerfano at April 26, 2016 11:18 PM (NSb9d)
Posted by: Northernlurker at April 26, 2016 11:13 PM (4rzL1)
Thoughts & Prayers
Posted by: The Political Hat at April 26, 2016 11:18 PM (vBeA5)
The "Kahunas" water park still stands, even though the slides have long since been removed.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 26, 2016 11:18 PM (r9m+B)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 26, 2016 11:18 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 26, 2016 11:19 PM (k4M/B)
So, just another Tuesday night.
With bonus severe thunderstorms bearing down on the palatial abode.
Posted by: filbert at April 26, 2016 11:19 PM (s5o+q)
A friend of mine posted on facebook that he used one of these things and was excited about it. I commented something like, yeah no shit, when it costs $15/hr to employ a high school dropout, the kiosk option become much more attractive.
And he replied back "never thought of it like that". And I'm thinking HOW THE FUCK DID YOU NEVER THINK OF IT LIKE THAT???!!???
The lack of basic economic understanding by Americans is unreal.
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at April 26, 2016 11:20 PM (0LHZx)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 26, 2016 11:20 PM (vyXAs)
That sucks. Fuck cancer. Prayers & best wishes.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 26, 2016 11:20 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 26, 2016 11:20 PM (k4M/B)
Or I'm sarcastic. But this place isn't known at all for having sarcastic posters.
However, my niece is graduating from NMSU next month with a BS in Chemical Engineering.
Congrats to her. Smart girl, she'll probably do well in the world.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 26, 2016 11:21 PM (r9m+B)
Posted by: t-bird at April 26, 2016 11:21 PM (OLNwX)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 26, 2016 11:22 PM (vyXAs)
Fucking magnetic fields... how do they work?!
Posted by: experts who SCIENCE! at April 26, 2016 11:22 PM (H9MG5)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 26, 2016 11:20 PM (k4M/B)
Shortly after the umbilical cord is cut.
Posted by: Josephistan at April 26, 2016 11:22 PM (7qAYi)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 26, 2016 11:22 PM (k4M/B)
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The lack of basic everything. Schools only worry about self esteem, participation trophies and the like. History? No. Economics? No. So on & so forth
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 26, 2016 11:23 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: Kindltot at April 26, 2016 11:23 PM (g2Jbb)
Posted by: Josephistan at April 26, 2016 11:23 PM (7qAYi)
Posted by: t-bird at April 26, 2016 11:23 PM (OLNwX)
Posted by: andycanuck at April 26, 2016 11:24 PM (jVvcc)
Posted by: Blano at April 26, 2016 11:24 PM (heN73)
Posted by: Puddleglum at April 26, 2016 11:25 PM (atbPo)
Oh lord, those Irish (?) commentators at the track event.
" . . . from the depths of hell!"
Too good!
Posted by: iforgot at April 26, 2016 11:25 PM (5o5ek)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 26, 2016 11:25 PM (vyXAs)
I don't get it.
Posted by: Commenter McCommentface at April 26, 2016 11:25 PM (H9MG5)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 26, 2016 11:22 PM (k4M/B)
I'm waiting for my WASP privilege to be blamed before the tax is imposed
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 26, 2016 11:26 PM (voOPb)
Terrorism: "man-caused disaster".
Fort Hood jihadi terror attack: "workplace violence".
Posted by: torquewrench at April 26, 2016 11:26 PM (noWW6)
Kinda loud, but so far, all up around the Red River.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 26, 2016 11:26 PM (vyXAs)
Thanks for that link.
Looking through the Top 10, surprised no one nominated SaraLee.
After all, nobody doesn't like....
Posted by: speedster1 at April 26, 2016 11:27 PM (vUcdz)
Posted by: Alana at April 26, 2016 11:27 PM (N5O9+)
Posted by: RENCH at April 26, 2016 11:27 PM (/LQQX)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 26, 2016 11:27 PM (k4M/B)
I'm not a sports fan and I had to google Drew Brees. It turns out he's a football player.
Is there anything else I need to know about him to get the joke?
Posted by: iforgot at April 26, 2016 11:27 PM (5o5ek)
Posted by: Jim at April 26, 2016 11:27 PM (McRlu)
It's not a bad town. Would be an OK place to retire.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 26, 2016 11:28 PM (r9m+B)
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at April 26, 2016 11:28 PM (0LHZx)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 26, 2016 11:29 PM (vyXAs)
Posted by: andycanuck at April 26, 2016 11:29 PM (jVvcc)
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at April 26, 2016 11:29 PM (0LHZx)
Who would have thought Austinites would have a sense of humor? I thought one of the recommended names was Robert E. Lee.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at April 26, 2016 11:30 PM (iQIUe)
It's all those electric cars, you see.
Posted by: Splunge at April 26, 2016 11:31 PM (iMxBJ)
Posted by: Northernlurker at April 26, 2016 11:32 PM (4rzL1)
Not horrible. I'd retire outside of town.
Doesn't really matter whichever town.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 26, 2016 11:32 PM (vyXAs)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 26, 2016 11:33 PM (oFSUK)
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They cry now about fuel tax with ththe economical cars. They cry tobacco taxes are down and they will cry that the soda tax collections will go down.
Black market Mt. Dew & a black Markets Marlboros
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 26, 2016 11:33 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: Northernlurker at April 26, 2016 11:32 PM (4rzL1)
You got it.
Posted by: Josephistan at April 26, 2016 11:33 PM (7qAYi)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 26, 2016 11:34 PM (vyXAs)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 26, 2016 11:34 PM (voOPb)
What are you doing so late at night?
I want to know.
And when I want to know, you can bet I'll find out.
Somebody's got to take control.
Posted by: Lt. Joe Kenda at April 26, 2016 11:34 PM (T/5A0)
Who would have thought Austinites would have a sense of humor? I thought one of the recommended names was Robert E. Lee.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at April 26, 2016 11:30 PM (iQIUe)
It was. That came in second behind []. I can't post it, but the full list is here:
http://tinyurl.com/zut68ao
Posted by: AD at April 26, 2016 11:34 PM (QuixQ)
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Oklahoma?
Do I need to go back and read the comments?
Posted by: Mike McHammerface at April 26, 2016 11:34 PM (oFSUK)
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 26, 2016 11:34 PM (KCxzN)
Posted by: speedster1 at April 26, 2016 11:35 PM (vUcdz)
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at April 26, 2016 11:29 PM (0LHZx)
.................. As usual Moo Moo, you are a voice of reason on this blog. And hopefully Chemjeff will forever be regulated to the confines of the washroom of the faculty lounge!
Posted by: Tyler Mason at April 26, 2016 11:35 PM (DQ7cg)
Thank you. Now off to bed to rest up!
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 26, 2016 11:35 PM (SEXy3)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at April 26, 2016 11:35 PM (iQIUe)
My brother called to tell me he has been diagnosed with 4th stage lung cancer. Prayers appreciated.
Posted by: Northernlurker at April 26, 2016 11:13 PM (4rzL1)
That's a kick in the teeth, to be sure....but what else did they say? I've often found that the real info is in the elses.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 26, 2016 11:35 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 26, 2016 11:35 PM (k4M/B)
Posted by: Vlad the Impaler, whittling away like mad at April 26, 2016 11:35 PM (3Mimg)
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at April 26, 2016 11:36 PM (0LHZx)
I'm an aging track guy, in fact a 4x440 guy. I need to know the times.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 26, 2016 11:36 PM (1xUj/)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 26, 2016 11:36 PM (r9m+B)
There was the old joke about how various press organs would report the impending end of the world.
The _New York Times_ version: WORLD TO END TOMORROW: WOMEN, CHILDREN, MINORITIES HARDEST HIT.
Posted by: torquewrench at April 26, 2016 11:36 PM (noWW6)
Crush that shit, brah
Posted by: RENCH at April 26, 2016 11:37 PM (/LQQX)
A friend of mine posted on facebook that he used one of these things and was excited about it. I commented something like, yeah no shit, when it costs $15/hr to employ a high school dropout, the kiosk option become much more attractive.
And he replied back "never thought of it like that". And I'm thinking HOW THE FUCK DID YOU NEVER THINK OF IT LIKE THAT???!!???
The lack of basic economic understanding by Americans is unreal.
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at April 26, 2016 11:20 PM (0LHZx)
People are accustomed to being fundamentally unserious about everything.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 26, 2016 11:37 PM (EzgxV)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/725017742512930816
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/725018051008188416
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/725018247179976704
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/725018494371291137
Posted by: kbdabear at April 26, 2016 11:37 PM (VxSJB)
Posted by: filbert at April 26, 2016 11:37 PM (s5o+q)
Well, yeah I did. Saying cool off and calm down. That a born out no-no these days?
I'll take note.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 26, 2016 11:38 PM (vyXAs)
Posted by: Pastorius at April 26, 2016 11:38 PM (gMAUH)
My brother called to tell me he has been diagnosed with 4th stage lung cancer. Prayers appreciated.
***
May God be with your brother and all those who love him. Prayers are on the way.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 26, 2016 11:38 PM (SEXy3)
Posted by: filbert at April 26, 2016 11:37 PM (s5o+q)
How is that relevant?
Posted by: Splunge at April 26, 2016 11:38 PM (iMxBJ)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 26, 2016 11:35 PM (k4M/B)<<<
Crikey... our toilets will finally go the right way, and yours won't!
Posted by: Australians at April 26, 2016 11:38 PM (H9MG5)
Posted by: Hanoverfist at April 26, 2016 11:38 PM (oifcv)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 26, 2016 11:38 PM (1xUj/)
Posted by: Pastorius at April 26, 2016 11:39 PM (gMAUH)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/725018692090744832
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/725018936555753474
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/725019139996307456
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/725019363472977924
Posted by: kbdabear at April 26, 2016 11:39 PM (VxSJB)
And when those revenues ultimately decline (see: tobacco tax, you ignorant whore), who's gonna close the new gap?
Rhetorical question of course.
Posted by: Burn the Witch at April 26, 2016 11:39 PM (Wckf4)
Posted by: tbodie at April 26, 2016 11:39 PM (ZjHNW)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 26, 2016 11:39 PM (vyXAs)
Posted by: filbert
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Yup. Any advantage washes out fairy quickly.
Baby-sitting service.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 26, 2016 11:39 PM (oFSUK)
You got me there. It's all about the feelz after all.
Posted by: filbert at April 26, 2016 11:40 PM (s5o+q)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 26, 2016 11:27 PM (k4M/B)
If your some poor schmoe using a compass while all the white-privileged folks use GPS.....
Posted by: cthulhu at April 26, 2016 11:40 PM (EzgxV)
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Wall Street bankers!
Posted by: Bernie at April 26, 2016 11:41 PM (oFSUK)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/725019555509211138
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/725019762602967040
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/725020010998054912
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/725020179655200768
Posted by: kbdabear at April 26, 2016 11:41 PM (VxSJB)
I thought there were studies floating about that indicated that Head Start/Pre-K was basically a waste of money.
Posted by: filbert
The studies I heard about said that by the third grade there was no difference between students who had participated in Head Start and those who had not.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 26, 2016 11:41 PM (k4M/B)
Posted by: Albert King at April 26, 2016 11:42 PM (AfOTL)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 26, 2016 11:42 PM (vyXAs)
Posted by: filbert at April 26, 2016 11:37 PM (s5o+q)
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Like that will stop Democrats from expanding the prorgrams?
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at April 26, 2016 11:42 PM (0LHZx)
Posted by: Chi at April 26, 2016 11:42 PM (AfOTL)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 26, 2016 11:42 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: RENCH at April 26, 2016 11:42 PM (/LQQX)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 26, 2016 11:43 PM (vyXAs)
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo
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It just means that we aren't spending enough!
Posted by: Bernie at April 26, 2016 11:43 PM (oFSUK)
However, if universal pre-school becomes a reality, nothing will change. Parents who give a shit, will still send their kids to private schools, while the riff raff will get free baby sitting services.
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at April 26, 2016 11:44 PM (0LHZx)
Results don't matter with the left. If they did there wouldn't be 3-4 generations of welfare recipients
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 26, 2016 11:44 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: Puddleglum at April 26, 2016 11:44 PM (atbPo)
Thought of you today.
As I was setting a can of WD40 down at checkout, I caught a glimpse of the back of the can. What was printed in almost the largest letters (and highlighted to stand out)?
"NOT FOR SALE IN CALIFORNIA "
What the actual F***?
Y'all can't even buy WD40 out there???
Posted by: Chi at April 26, 2016 11:46 PM (AfOTL)
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at April 26, 2016 11:46 PM (0LHZx)
Posted by: Puddleglum at April 26, 2016 11:47 PM (atbPo)
Y'all can't even buy WD40 out there???
Posted by: Chi at April 26, 2016 11:46 PM (AfOTL)
*****
Well, it is fish oil, and we can't be harming the little fishies.
Posted by: Tim in GA at April 26, 2016 11:47 PM (YLidQ)
School name for Austin school. Special snowflake school of Derp.
Respect for the open carry dad who wants to protect his daughter.
Posted by: Darth Randall at April 26, 2016 11:47 PM (KZZ1v)
I still prefer SMOD for the top of the ticket, but EMC makes a great Vice Disaster candidate.
Posted by: tbodie at April 26, 2016 11:48 PM (ZjHNW)
Y'all can't even buy WD40 out there???
Posted by: Chi at April 26, 2016 11:46 PM (AfOTL)
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You can. It has to be a "CA Compliant" version of it though. So the "regular' cans can't be sold in CA, hence the label.
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at April 26, 2016 11:48 PM (0LHZx)
Posted by: Puddleglum at April 26, 2016 11:48 PM (atbPo)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 26, 2016 11:43 PM (vyXAs)
++++
Maybe, but not necessarily. It sometimes takes him a little bit to get around to it. That one at 94 is still there and I think that one is a goner. Yours might still make it though.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 26, 2016 11:49 PM (R+30W)
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at April 26, 2016 11:50 PM (0LHZx)
Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at April 26, 2016 11:50 PM (FtrY1)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 26, 2016 11:50 PM (k4M/B)
The Horde should be able to kick it up a notch.
Posted by: Burn the Witch at April 26, 2016 11:50 PM (Wckf4)
Thought of you today.
As I was setting a can of WD40 down at checkout, I caught a glimpse of the back of the can. What was printed in almost the largest letters (and highlighted to stand out)?
"NOT FOR SALE IN CALIFORNIA "
What the actual F***?
Y'all can't even buy WD40 out there???
Posted by: Chi at April 26, 2016 11:46 PM (AfOTL)
We can get WD40 (IIRC, it was invented here), but it's probably formulated differently here than there. And, yes, it's more expensive and of shittier quality. And, yes, it's another reason I want to head on out of here at milady's earliest convenience.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 26, 2016 11:51 PM (EzgxV)
Oh shit ... the old "hole in the ozone layer" crap again. What are they going to take away, now, my stick antiperspirant?
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 26, 2016 11:51 PM (zc3Db)
I still prefer SMOD for the top of the ticket, but EMC makes a great Vice Disaster candidate
The end of the world will not be televised after all.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at April 26, 2016 11:51 PM (KRwzj)
That is all. Carry on with the plan of the day.
Posted by: DC in River City, Team Mattis at April 26, 2016 11:51 PM (e+1S5)
Puddleglum, you think you got problems. I was listening to this today, which I believe is one of the all-time most ridiculed songs of the 1970s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IATz8ZVTALo
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 26, 2016 11:51 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 26, 2016 11:50 PM (k4M/B)
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Something to do with the way the aerosol spray works. Some enviro-bullshit that makes someone a lot of money in building the "compliance".
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at April 26, 2016 11:52 PM (0LHZx)
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*contemplates bootleg opportunity*
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 26, 2016 11:52 PM (oFSUK)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 26, 2016 11:52 PM (voOPb)
Hold on. Fish are in contact with water pretty much continuously. If you don't oil them they're gonna rust away pretty quickly.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 26, 2016 11:52 PM (r9m+B)
And study after study shows that by age seven or so, it's impossible to distinguish the academic performance of kids who attended pre-K from the control group of those kids who did not do so.
Funny thing, though. The self-proclaimed "party of science" aren't too inclined to pay attention to that particular line of scientific research.
The one meritorious policy-based argument I have heard in favor of pre-K came from a young teacher who had taught in what are discreetly referred to as "urban" classrooms. She doesn't think that pre-K has any lasting academic or cognitive benefit, and that's not her argument. What she said is that in a lot of cases, the residences of the feral underclass aren't safe places for small kids, and sticking them in pre-K removes them from a risk of abuse, injury, and death. That is, a social-work case for the policy, rather than an academic-attainment case for it.
I argued that what this says is that we need policies to discourage the feral underclass from having children in the first place. This is pretty far outside the Overton Window for a public school teacher, as you might expect. She was shocked. At least someone said it.
Posted by: torquewrench at April 26, 2016 11:53 PM (noWW6)
I think that the Robert E Lee suggestion is the best one followed closely by bleeding heart liberal elementary, or something along that line.
We are in the mist of a special election about background checks and Uber/Lyft. The stoopid is strong here. Because being sent ur drivers picture, being able to follow it with real time gps, and having a record of all the details is WAY more dangerous than hopping into a cab with a stranger and having no record of you being there. I will never take a cab again if uber or Lyft is available.
Posted by: lindafell de spair at April 26, 2016 11:53 PM (xVgrA)
I have WD 40? Is it a special California blend?
Posted by: CaliGirl at April 26, 2016 11:53 PM (egOGm)
That's a kick in the teeth, to be sure....but what else did they say? I've often found that the real info is in the elses.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 26, 2016 11:35 PM (EzgxV)
No indications about treatment--His voice sounded rough. Apart from supernatural intervention it doesn't sound good.
Posted by: Northernlurker at April 26, 2016 11:53 PM (4rzL1)
It's the same with cars. CA has its own emission standards so every cal sold in CA has to be a "CA Compliant" car. The Camry sold in Arizona can't be sold in CA, etc.
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at April 26, 2016 11:50 PM (0LHZx)
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Don't forget gasoline. Special californicated formulation if I'm not mistaken.
Posted by: iforgot at April 26, 2016 11:54 PM (5o5ek)
Posted by: Puddleglum at April 26, 2016 11:55 PM (atbPo)
Posted by: RENCH at April 26, 2016 11:55 PM (/LQQX)
Posted by: CaliGirl
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It better be.
Posted by: Bob, at NSA at April 26, 2016 11:55 PM (oFSUK)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr.
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a Rainbow Bright butt plug attached to it?
Seriously, it's not cfcs.
The can I bought (on the opposite coast) says CO2 is the propellant.
Posted by: Chi at April 26, 2016 11:55 PM (AfOTL)
Bob Barkers PSA for spaying & neutering come to mind
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 26, 2016 11:56 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at April 26, 2016 11:50 PM (0LHZx)
++++
That's just the tip of the iceberg. They have their own requirements for battery chargers, FFS.
http://tinyurl.com/jq7budj
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 26, 2016 11:56 PM (R+30W)
Well guess what. EVERY FUCKING THING in the world can cause cancer or be harmful to pregnant women. So now pretty much every building has one of those plaques. It hasn't made anyone any safer of course, but it costs millions and millions of dollars to buy and install the plaques.
And once again follow the money...who benefited? The people making the plaques of course. Who were probably also the ones pushing for this ballot measure.
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at April 26, 2016 11:56 PM (0LHZx)
Y'all can't even buy WD40 out there???
Posted by: Chi at April 26, 2016 11:46 PM (AfOTL)
*****
Well, it is fish oil, and we can't be harming the little fishies.
Posted by: Tim in GA at April 26, 2016 11:47 PM (YLidQ)
I suspect that it's actually the VOC's. A couple of years back, I had my car painted. The shop where I had it done was on their 3rd spray-paint system in 5 years. Buy new mixers, change the ducting, buy new scrubbers, change nozzles, change exhaust requirements, new safety equipment.....three times in five years, and no guarantee the schmucks in Sacramento won't change it again next month.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 26, 2016 11:56 PM (EzgxV)
If memory serves, the stuff is a very light machine oil in a Stoddard solvent carrier, and dollars to donuts the Stoddard solvent trips the VOC limits imposed by the Commiefornia Air Resources Board.
CARB are a real piece of work, by the way. A "science" organization where their "scientists" get caught passing off bogus doctorates from known diploma mills -- and get to keep their cushy public sector jobs!
Posted by: torquewrench at April 26, 2016 11:56 PM (noWW6)
No indications about treatment--His voice sounded rough. Apart from supernatural intervention it doesn't sound good.
Posted by: Northernlurker at April 26, 2016 11:53 PM (4rzL1)
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I hope he fights like hell and wins.
Posted by: iforgot at April 26, 2016 11:57 PM (5o5ek)
The stuff I spray for spiders here is stronger than what the professional exterminators use. You just have to have the proper license.
I sense a black market boom.
Posted by: CaliGirl at April 26, 2016 11:57 PM (egOGm)
Posted by: Adriane the Album Cover Critic ... at April 26, 2016 11:58 PM (AoK0a)
Posted by: CaliGirl at April 26, 2016 11:53 PM (egOGm)
If it's sticky, then yes.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 26, 2016 11:58 PM (zc3Db)
Posted by: RENCH at April 26, 2016 11:58 PM (/LQQX)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 26, 2016 11:59 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: RENCH at April 26, 2016 11:58 PM (/LQQX)
Good to see you put that Canadian wheat to good use. Enriched flour I take it?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 27, 2016 12:00 AM (voOPb)
We use it as a dessert topping.
When I was a kid we used it as a floor wax.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 27, 2016 12:00 AM (r9m+B)
Not only that, but the blending imposed by Sackamanura bureaucrats varies by region and by season.
Driving out I-10 across the state line, you'll see pump prices drop immediately by a significant delta as soon as you're out of CA.
Posted by: torquewrench at April 27, 2016 12:01 AM (noWW6)
CARB sucks. They pay for a portion of new tractors if you smash an old one. It's all about knowing how to do the paper work. And being able to crush a perfectly good tractor.
Posted by: CaliGirl at April 27, 2016 12:01 AM (egOGm)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 27, 2016 12:02 AM (ntObR)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8aEVY9lONk
I learned that he was playing at the Philadelphia Academy of Music in the mid-80s. I was a Deadhead at the time, but I put on a suit and tie and took my parents to that concert. It was very enjoyable.
Posted by: rickl at April 27, 2016 12:03 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: RENCH at April 27, 2016 12:03 AM (/LQQX)
[] [] ... with a melon?
Posted by: Story Time at April 27, 2016 12:04 AM (CUk0C)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 27, 2016 12:05 AM (r9m+B)
Wrong again, as is par for the course for Moo Moo.
Arizona and a bunch of other states adopted Cali's emissions standards a few years back.
The EPA mandated Cali's standards nationwide as of this year.
Posted by: situation normal at April 27, 2016 12:05 AM (8Dviy)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at April 27, 2016 12:05 AM (ucDmr)
Go see him ASAP. And prayers for a swift and complete recovery.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 27, 2016 12:06 AM (EZebt)
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain...circling the drain... at April 27, 2016 12:06 AM (rlfds)
Posted by: Married To One Of Those Nurses at April 27, 2016 12:06 AM (jnRfN)
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at April 27, 2016 12:06 AM (MNgU2)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 27, 2016 12:07 AM (hlMPp)
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at April 27, 2016 12:06 AM (MNgU2)
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And then you woke up.
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain...circling the drain... at April 27, 2016 12:07 AM (rlfds)
You wouldn't believe how many burritos I have to heat up in my microwave every single day.
Posted by: Michael Moore at April 27, 2016 12:08 AM (ntObR)
That's a kick in the teeth, to be sure....but what else did they say? I've often found that the real info is in the elses.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 26, 2016 11:35 PM (EzgxV)
No indications about treatment--His voice sounded rough. Apart from supernatural intervention it doesn't sound good.
Posted by: Northernlurker at April 26, 2016 11:53 PM (4rzL1)
Dear Lord -- please provide Northernlurker's brother the supernatural intervention he needs to continue with his family, or find the most merciful and ennobling way Your Will may be done. Cancer is frequently cruel and demeaning -- I pray that You might find another path for him.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 27, 2016 12:08 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: blaster at April 27, 2016 12:08 AM (2Ocf1)
Frost warnings here tonight
Possible snow tomorrow
Fuck you
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Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 27, 2016 12:08 AM (voOPb)
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain...circling the drain... at April 27, 2016 12:09 AM (rlfds)
That is all. Carry on with the plan of the day.
Posted by: DC in River City, Team Mattis at April 26, 2016 11:51 PM (e+1S5)
***
Sorry man. They used to be more fun. Hopefully thay will be again.
Posted by: Tim in GA at April 27, 2016 12:09 AM (YLidQ)
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain...circling the drain... at April 27, 2016 12:10 AM (rlfds)
Prayers for your brother and family. I'm so sorry. Cancer sucks.
Posted by: CaliGirl at April 27, 2016 12:10 AM (egOGm)
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain...circling the drain... at April 27, 2016 12:10 AM (rlfds)
It was the clip of her telling some black people on the radio, she carries hot sauce in her purse. One of the hosts responded, "you're going to get accused of pandering."
Hillary's actual response: "Is it working??"
It's official, this election is sprung whole from the mind of Mel Brooks.
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 27, 2016 12:11 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: torquewrench at April 26, 2016 11:56 PM (noWW6)
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And don't forget the pron.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 27, 2016 12:12 AM (EZebt)
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain...circling the drain... at April 27, 2016 12:12 AM (rlfds)
Conventional therapies just don't have especially good outcomes with lungs, not when it's gone that far already. Have to try for the Hail Mary pass and hope you're picking the right experimental group.
Posted by: torquewrench at April 27, 2016 12:12 AM (noWW6)
The people making the plaques of course. Who were probably also the
ones pushing for this ballot measure.
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at April 26, 2016 11:56 PM (0LHZx)
That's how Lefties work. If they make a law, it's to benefit their friends, family, or donors who produce whatever essential widget is now required by law. Or they create more government jobs, so that the government unions will rake in even more money from dues and plow it back into political campaigns to keep them in office.
It's corruption all the way down.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April 27, 2016 12:13 AM (HalrA)
Be well
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 27, 2016 12:14 AM (voOPb)
Posted by: tbodie at April 27, 2016 12:14 AM (ZjHNW)
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April 27, 2016 12:14 AM (HalrA)
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain...circling the drain... at April 27, 2016 12:10 AM (rlfds)
Howdy, howdy!!!
Being a dumb bunny from California, what does that mean? Do you turn off all your appliances, watch TV until you fall asleep with it on, board up the windows, chat with your friends in the box until the internet quits, or sleep on a cot in the storm cellar?
Posted by: cthulhu at April 27, 2016 12:15 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: tbodie at April 27, 2016 12:14 AM (ZjHNW)
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I-35 corridor.
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain...circling the drain... at April 27, 2016 12:15 AM (rlfds)
When her campaign provided info on the hot sauce it turned out to be a Whole Foods Sriracha in a ONE POUND container.
Seems legit.
Posted by: pat at April 27, 2016 12:15 AM (4MSOz)
Posted by: Weak Geek at April 27, 2016 12:15 AM (Xhgb7)
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at April 27, 2016 12:16 AM (gVpIT)
Posted by: RENCH at April 27, 2016 12:17 AM (/LQQX)
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain...circling the drain... at April 27, 2016 12:17 AM (rlfds)
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at April 27, 2016 12:17 AM (gVpIT)
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain...circling the drain... at April 27, 2016 12:17 AM (rlfds)
Shouldn't that be the cradle to college to bartender/waitstaff pipeline?
Because that's how it's working in the Obamanomic "recovery".
http://tinyurl.com/j3n3n7f
Posted by: torquewrench at April 27, 2016 12:17 AM (noWW6)
Posted by: blaster at April 27, 2016 12:18 AM (2Ocf1)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 27, 2016 12:15 AM (EzgxV)
First thing you do is go outside to get a great view of the oncoming light show. Then when the rains hit you have to decide if it's worth gwttig drenched and stay outside or head inside and wait it out.
The stormy part of the front has just about all passed over me now. Still a good light show off to the east.
Posted by: tbodie at April 27, 2016 12:19 AM (ZjHNW)
Posted by: Tim in GA at April 27, 2016 12:19 AM (YLidQ)
Posted by: pat at April 27, 2016 12:20 AM (4MSOz)
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain...circling the drain... at April 27, 2016 12:20 AM (rlfds)
"cradle to college pipeline"
Shouldn't that be the cradle to college to bartender/waitstaff pipeline?
Because that's how it's working in the Obamanomic "recovery".
http://tinyurl.com/j3n3n7f
Posted by: torquewrench at April 27, 2016 12:17 AM (noWW6)
The more people go to college, the more worthless a college education becomes. If everyone has one, it's no longer a leg up on the competition, it's a standard. Degree inflation helps nobody, and the debasing of standards that has made it possible for more and more people to graduate from college has further undermined the value of a degree.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April 27, 2016 12:22 AM (HalrA)
And if you'll permit me some woe is me whining. I just had a humdinger of a flare with this damnable rheumatoid arthritis. It was all the running around with the folks this past month.
Last night, I got the chills and worse, ran up a 101.1F fever. I was pretty sure it was the RA flaring, and not some other bug or something. It was. This morning, I couldn't get out of bed. Every damn joint in my body, including my jaw joints were inflammed and sore. Any weight on any of them, and well, if screaming would've done any good, I would have.
Now, I had to take a piss twice, just had to, nothing to do but do it, and I thought I was going to die. My feet, well, they were red all over -- every little joint down there was throwing a fit. Weight on the heels felt like, well, I can't describe it. But boy did it hurt. Until you have something like this, you wouldn't believe joints could hurt this badly.
It seems to be subsiding now, and I can move and walk around, but it still hurts.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at April 27, 2016 12:22 AM (DW+jj)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 27, 2016 12:22 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain...circling the drain... at April 27, 2016 12:23 AM (rlfds)
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain...circling the drain... at April 27, 2016 12:20 AM (rlfds)
*****
Where are y'all going if Hillary wins?
Posted by: Tim in GA at April 27, 2016 12:23 AM (YLidQ)
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at April 27, 2016 12:24 AM (gVpIT)
Just now finally added "Ho Hey" by the Lumineers to my iTunes collection. Nice there's still a few bands who know what melody is...
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 27, 2016 12:24 AM (ntObR)
But history will soon end with this much.
I thought history ended in 1989
http://www.wesjones.com/eoh.htm
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 27, 2016 12:24 AM (k4M/B)
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain...circling the drain... at April 27, 2016 12:17 AM (rlfds)
Aren't houseplants, by definition, already in? If they're not, are you expecting it to freeze? I fully expect my long-anticipated relocation to be like learning to walk again after an accident -- all my trained reflexes would be wrong.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 27, 2016 12:25 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: situation normal at April 27, 2016 12:05 AM (8Dviy)
We REALLY need to shitcan the EPA. Yesterday. It's kind of the domestic analogue of the UN.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at April 27, 2016 12:25 AM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at April 27, 2016 12:25 AM (KRwzj)
My youngest will stay in southern IL, I imagine.
Meanwhile, I won't stop doing what I'm doing, regardless of who occupies the WH.
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain...circling the drain... at April 27, 2016 12:26 AM (rlfds)
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at April 27, 2016 12:17 AM (gVpIT)
Your son's striking good looks and lady-killing charisma?
Posted by: cthulhu at April 27, 2016 12:26 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Tim in GA at April 27, 2016 12:23 AM (YLidQ)
If Hillary wins, we need to Horde-fund a space program so we can move to Mars. That might be far enough.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April 27, 2016 12:27 AM (HalrA)
And if you'll permit me some woe is me whining. I just had a humdinger of a flare with this damnable rheumatoid arthritis. It was all the running around with the folks this past month.
Last night, I got the chills and worse, ran up a 101.1F fever. I was pretty sure it was the RA flaring, and not some other bug or something. It was. This morning, I couldn't get out of bed. Every damn joint in my body, including my jaw joints were inflammed and sore. Any weight on any of them, and well, if screaming would've done any good, I would have.
Now, I had to take a piss twice, just had to, nothing to do but do it, and I thought I was going to die. My feet, well, they were red all over -- every little joint down there was throwing a fit. Weight on the heels felt like, well, I can't describe it. But boy did it hurt. Until you have something like this, you wouldn't believe joints could hurt this badly.
It seems to be subsiding now, and I can move and walk around, but it still hurts.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at April 27, 2016 12:22 AM (DW+jj) 211 Yeah, Dana Perino is one handsome woman. But, the hair has to be just right, somehow. I've noticed this. I don't know enough about this stuff to even know what needs to be done and not done, but getting her hair right is the sine qua non.
And if you'll permit me some woe is me whining. I just had a humdinger of a flare with this damnable rheumatoid arthritis. It was all the running around with the folks this past month.
Last night, I got the chills and worse, ran up a 101.1F fever. I was pretty sure it was the RA flaring, and not some other bug or something. It was. This morning, I couldn't get out of bed. Every damn joint in my body, including my jaw joints were inflammed and sore. Any weight on any of them, and well, if screaming would've done any good, I would have.
Now, I had to take a piss twice, just had to, nothing to do but do it, and I thought I was going to die. My feet, well, they were red all over -- every little joint down there was throwing a fit. Weight on the heels felt like, well, I can't describe it. But boy did it hurt. Until you have something like this, you wouldn't believe joints could hurt this badly.
It seems to be subsiding now, and I can move and walk around, but it still hurts.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at April 27, 2016 12:22 AM (DW+jj)
Damn, that sounds nasty.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 27, 2016 12:28 AM (EzgxV)
college education becomes. If everyone has one, it's no longer a leg up
on the competition, it's a standard. Degree inflation helps nobody, and
the debasing of standards that has made it possible for more and more
people to graduate from college has further undermined the value of a
degree.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April 27, 2016 12:22 AM (HalrA)
Realistically, most people have no business in college. None. Evidence? They could perfectly well do the job(s) they end up in with what they knew in high school. Put another way, their college degree is effectively useless, and obtaining it was a waste of time and money.
The liberals love to maintain the fiction that everyone should go to college. For my part, I like to maintain the fiction that everyone should go to the NFL and/or MLB.
Newsflash for leftists: there's no way to make everyone above average.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at April 27, 2016 12:29 AM (oKE6c)
Frost warnings here tonight
Possible snow tomorrow
Fuck you
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Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 27, 2016 12:08 AM (voOPb)
Pours you an Irish Coffee.
Makes myself a virgin slushee of some sort.
*getting ready to open the pool
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 27, 2016 12:29 AM (hlMPp)
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at April 27, 2016 12:29 AM (gVpIT)
To the bathroom so I may properly express my disgust, and then flush.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 27, 2016 12:29 AM (r9m+B)
http://articles.latimes.com/2013/nov/25/sports/la-sp-sn-oakland-raiders-fan-saves-life-20131125
Contrary to popular media belief, quite a number of the Raider Nation are currently serving or are serving, especially if they have ever been stationed on the West Coast, Hawaii, etc...
We're not all gangbangers and slinging dope.
Then again, how would you know?
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain...circling the drain... at April 27, 2016 12:29 AM (rlfds)
The one and only downside to being an American is that there exist no better countries to flee to.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at April 27, 2016 12:30 AM (KRwzj)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at April 27, 2016 12:22 AM (DW+jj)
Fever with nasty body aches and joint pain? That sounds like it might be Dengue. One of those lovely tropical diseases flowing across our Southern border, and spread by mosquitoes. You might want to see a doctor, if you already haven't.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April 27, 2016 12:30 AM (HalrA)
The can I bought (on the opposite coast) says CO2 is the propellant.
Posted by: Chi at April 26, 2016 11:55 PM (AfOTL)
I suspect it is the VOC - volatile organic compounds. There are various rules in various places about them. They do something nasty, and probably hurt something that is irreplaceable. Or maybe they just sound like something that does.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 27, 2016 12:31 AM (g2Jbb)
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April 27, 2016 12:27 AM (HalrA)
Better idea: Floating cloud cities in the atmosphere of Venus. Most Earth-like environment outside of Earth.
Posted by: The Cytherian Hat at April 27, 2016 12:31 AM (vBeA5)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBbyRmtFrcg
Melancholy Mood
All Or Nothing At All
Come Rain or Come Shine
That Old Black Magic
Posted by: rickl at April 27, 2016 12:32 AM (sdi6R)
I've posted this before but it's important. The part about minimum wage starts on Page 13. It was proposed quite openly to use as a weapon against 'undesirables' in an attempt to deny them employment. It ties in directly with the above hamburger/sirloin analogy.
Posted by: Epobirs at April 27, 2016 12:32 AM (IdCqF)
Posted by: tbodie at April 27, 2016 12:32 AM (ZjHNW)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at April 27, 2016 12:30 AM (KRwzj)
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Sucks, doesn't it?
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain...circling the drain... at April 27, 2016 12:32 AM (rlfds)
Status quo down the line.
I'm staying here 'cause America gives a lot of free stuff.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 27, 2016 12:33 AM (hlMPp)
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at April 27, 2016 12:33 AM (gVpIT)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 27, 2016 12:33 AM (k4M/B)
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at April 27, 2016 12:17 AM (gVpIT)
++++
What are you complaining about? Mine looks like a motor oil wannabe.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 27, 2016 12:34 AM (R+30W)
Posted by: Tim in GA at April 27, 2016 12:34 AM (YLidQ)
Status quo down the line.
I'm staying here 'cause America gives a lot of free stuff.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 27, 2016 12:33 AM (hlMPp)
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They paid me to blow shit up.
Yeah, I'm sticking around.
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain...circling the drain... at April 27, 2016 12:34 AM (rlfds)
I don't question that at all. I was only a Reservist whos unit never got deployed, but I'd be thankful for the meager hand to hand, bayonet, and automatic weapons training I received before attending a Raiders game.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at April 27, 2016 12:34 AM (KRwzj)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 27, 2016 12:36 AM (vb33c)
Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids
In fact it's cold as hell
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr
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*snort*
Posted by: Chi at April 27, 2016 12:36 AM (AfOTL)
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at April 27, 2016 12:36 AM (gVpIT)
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain...circling the drain... at April 27, 2016 12:37 AM (rlfds)
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at April 27, 2016 12:36 AM (gVpIT)
*****
Really? Please cite it? I am intrigued.
Posted by: Tim in GA at April 27, 2016 12:38 AM (YLidQ)
Posted by: RENCH at April 27, 2016 12:38 AM (/LQQX)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 27, 2016 12:38 AM (vb33c)
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at April 27, 2016 12:39 AM (gVpIT)
Guess Houston Texan fans are tougher than you. When Al Davis died, the tailgate parties were off the chain.
*sighs*
Must be an East Coast phobia.
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain...circling the drain... at April 27, 2016 12:40 AM (rlfds)
Posted by: Jean at April 27, 2016 12:41 AM (cXiMR)
The price of both goes up.
The result is less beef is sold.
Or, fewer jobs are created.
Posted by: eman at April 27, 2016 12:41 AM (MQEz6)
But an increase of electromagnetic radiation from the big glowing ball of fire in the sky couldn't possibly impact the climate as much as a Ford F150. Deniers.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at April 27, 2016 12:41 AM (KRwzj)
Damn...
Damn.
Damn.
Damn.
http://tinyurl.com/j66d377
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain...circling the drain... at April 27, 2016 12:37 AM (rlfds)
The only people who care are those who will make a mint off of building a new stadium, most of whom are connected to the mob lawyer's wife (AKA Mayor Goodman)
Posted by: The Vegas Hat at April 27, 2016 12:44 AM (vBeA5)
, great-niece of Lorraine Hansberry (Raisin in the Sun); her dad a good 'ol boy from south Georgia), so no, she's not illegal. Also, both parents veterans.Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain...circling the drain... at April 27, 2016 12:44 AM (rlfds)
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain...circling the drain... at April 27, 2016 12:44 AM (rlfds)
Posted by: Jean at April 27, 2016 12:45 AM (cXiMR)
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at April 27, 2016 12:45 AM (gVpIT)
But is all seems consistent with what I have, and know I have, rheumatoid arthritis, and a humdinger of a flare up brought on by stress and lack of sleep (with this stuff, you need a lot of sleep, and your circadian rhythm gets all weird).
The fever is gone today. RA is an autoimmune disease, and your immune system going crazy, thinking there's an infection to fight (which is your own damn tissue), and running a fever during a flare is what it does.
I've got an emergency stash of prednisone and some other crap for these events, which I did take. I hate prednisone, but it will do the trick when inflammation is running amok.
I also took more opiods in one dose than I've ever done before. I was worried, but it was so bad. Hell, I don't think even that much seemed to phase me. Well, it smoothed out the peaks, but the baseline was still there.
So, everything was consistent with a bad RA flareup, and not something else. So far.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at April 27, 2016 12:45 AM (DW+jj)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 27, 2016 12:34 AM (R+30W)
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Could be worse, could be made of suck.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 27, 2016 12:46 AM (9mTYi)
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at April 27, 2016 12:45 AM (gVpIT)
****
So, no references. That was all you had to say. Got it.
Posted by: Tim in GA at April 27, 2016 12:46 AM (YLidQ)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 27, 2016 12:46 AM (9mTYi)
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Heh. How 'bout dat. My nic changed:
Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 26, 2016 11:33 PM (oFSUK)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 27, 2016 12:47 AM (9mTYi)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 27, 2016 12:47 AM (k4M/B)
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain...circling the drain... at April 27, 2016 12:47 AM (rlfds)
Guess Houston Texan fans are tougher than you. When Al Davis died, the tailgate parties were off the chain.
They had reason to celebrate. It was the first time that someone who attended that many games ended up dying of natural causes :p
Posted by: Hollowpoint at April 27, 2016 12:49 AM (KRwzj)
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain...circling the drain... at April 27, 2016 12:49 AM (rlfds)
By way of exculpation, No. 2 Son said this tonight:
"Clinton's eyes say, "I have seen horrors. I have seen death. I have seen betrayal, cowardice and greed. I have done terrible things. When I sleep, I dream about a black hole swallowing the universe. The only thing that gets me to pull the gun out of my mouth each night is the idea of being president, and I will slit the throat of any man, woman, child or animal that tries to keep me out of the Oval Office.""
Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 27, 2016 12:51 AM (1xUj/)
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at April 27, 2016 12:53 AM (gVpIT)
I am not known for tip-toeing into contentious debates.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at April 27, 2016 12:53 AM (KRwzj)
Mom, sis and SiL are voting Hillary!
Dad, oldest daughter and I aren't voting.
Baby bro ain't telling.
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain...circling the drain... at April 27, 2016 12:54 AM (rlfds)
Posted by: Chitown-Jerry at April 27, 2016 12:56 AM (UpGcq)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 27, 2016 12:56 AM (hlMPp)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 27, 2016 12:57 AM (hlMPp)
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain...circling the drain... at April 27, 2016 12:58 AM (rlfds)
IOW, Spring in NE Oklahoma. Just got home and let the cats out. They and the dog pretty much just came back in.
Good evening, late-nighters. Hope you're safe and dry.
Posted by: mindful webworker singing Stormy Weather at April 27, 2016 12:59 AM (RD2Zx)
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at April 27, 2016 12:59 AM (gVpIT)
Damn. That's fucking beautiful.
Posted by: Captain Quint at April 27, 2016 12:59 AM (vhmHt)
Posted by: Darrell at April 27, 2016 12:59 AM (cbx5T)
They will get madder and nastier with each other with this that any political topic. There was a forum I used to hang out with, science and space stuff. Politics were banned from discussion completely because of the nastiness, which management didn't want. But there at the last, they were thinking of just banning the rocket/booster subforum as well.
You wouldn't believe how nasty people could get it. I made the mistake of posting some little opinion on this when something was in the news, and I got attacked as though I'd, well, insulted his mother.
I didn't take it personally, nor emotionally at all. And because of it, I could just look at it objectively, and I was just amazed at how worked over this topic people could get.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at April 27, 2016 01:00 AM (DW+jj)
He's not really a leftist; socially liberal maybe but just not terribly political. He just likes his anti-Big Money In Politics thing... and I can't fault him for that at all. It is a problem, though the one that may not have a palatable, fair and constitutional solution.
Both he and his wife absolutely loathe Hillary.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at April 27, 2016 01:00 AM (KRwzj)
Posted by: Jasper from Human Resources at April 27, 2016 01:01 AM (vhmHt)
4 years ago they said the polls showing a socialist beating a wealthy Republican candidate were wrong. How's that first Romney term working out?
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at April 27, 2016 01:01 AM (gVpIT)
277 Awww RWC.
That's cute.
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain...circling the drain... at April 27, 2016 12:58 AM (rlfds)
*pulls out a .45
Notices you have a M2 at the ready.
*runs
There's a backstory that I get too into my head about,
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 27, 2016 01:02 AM (hlMPp)
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain...circling the drain... at April 27, 2016 01:03 AM (rlfds)
Yeah, we all had to find out what Nate Silver's ass tasted like that night.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at April 27, 2016 01:04 AM (KRwzj)
Terrible Sibilance on the vocals. I listed/sold my copy after about two minutes on the table.
Posted by: garrett at April 27, 2016 01:04 AM (vhmHt)
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at April 27, 2016 12:53 AM (gVpIT)
*****
References that back up your claim. You made it, you support it.
Posted by: Tim in GA at April 27, 2016 01:04 AM (YLidQ)
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at April 27, 2016 01:05 AM (gVpIT)
*smiles*
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain...circling the drain... at April 27, 2016 01:03 AM (rlfds)
Dammit!
So even if you don' intend to to hit me SMFH....ill get hit
Fudge balls.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 27, 2016 01:06 AM (hlMPp)
Posted by: Darrell at April 27, 2016 01:06 AM (cbx5T)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 27, 2016 01:06 AM (hlMPp)
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain...circling the drain... at April 27, 2016 01:09 AM (rlfds)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 27, 2016 12:46 AM (9mTYi)
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Heh. How 'bout dat. My nic changed:
Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 26, 2016 11:33 PM (oFSUK)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 27, 2016 12:47 AM (9mTYi)
++++
Do you post from more than one computer or device? Hashes are based on your machine / connection, not your nick / sock.
But, yeah, you win the hash suckiness award.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 27, 2016 01:10 AM (R+30W)
Sorry RWC.
No shitty RoE here
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain...circling the drain... at April 27, 2016 01:09 AM (rlfds)
I was just hoping.
*and depending on the response I a
May throw in a couple extra to put them danger close.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 27, 2016 01:10 AM (hlMPp)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 27, 2016 01:11 AM (hlMPp)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at April 27, 2016 01:11 AM (KRwzj)
Posted by: Darrell at April 27, 2016 01:12 AM (cbx5T)
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at April 27, 2016 01:13 AM (gVpIT)
http://articles.latimes.com/2013/nov/25/sports/la-sp-sn-oakland-raiders-fan-saves-life-20131125
Contrary to popular media belief, quite a number of the Raider Nation are currently serving or are serving, especially if they have ever been stationed on the West Coast, Hawaii, etc...
We're not all gangbangers and slinging dope.
Then again, how would you know?
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain...circling the drain... at April 27, 2016 12:29 AM (rlfds)
You left yourself open to the question of whether that would be "serving our nation" or "serving time"....
Posted by: cthulhu at April 27, 2016 01:14 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain...circling the drain... at April 27, 2016 01:15 AM (rlfds)
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at April 27, 2016 01:17 AM (gVpIT)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 27, 2016 01:17 AM (OcD4G)
Disturbed me at first glance, thinking there was something to the $8 hamburger!
Magnetosphere collapse was disturbing.
Gun-shaming schoolgirl is disturbing.
Interesting how disturbing-ness can occur at such radically different levels.
Posted by: mindful webworker, disturbed-ed at April 27, 2016 01:17 AM (RD2Zx)
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at April 27, 2016 01:18 AM (gVpIT)
By way of exculpation, No. 2 Son said this tonight:
"Clinton's eyes say, "I have seen horrors. I have seen death. I have seen betrayal, cowardice and greed. I have done terrible things. When I sleep, I dream about a black hole swallowing the universe. The only thing that gets me to pull the gun out of my mouth each night is the idea of being president, and I will slit the throat of any man, woman, child or animal that tries to keep me out of the Oval Office.""
Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 27, 2016 12:51 AM (1xUj/)
How nice. Your son's a poet.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 27, 2016 01:18 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at April 27, 2016 01:13 AM (gVpIT)0
****
Yeah, you are getting kinda out there now. Please be well.
Posted by: Tim in GA at April 27, 2016 01:20 AM (YLidQ)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 27, 2016 12:56 AM (hlMPp)
And here I had thought the Horde had talked some sense into you....
Posted by: cthulhu at April 27, 2016 01:20 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 27, 2016 01:21 AM (r9m+B)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 27, 2016 12:56 AM (hlMPp)
And here I had thought the Horde had talked some sense into you....
Posted by: cthulhu at April 27, 2016 01:20 AM (EzgxV)
Such is the lure of flesh...Slaanesh approves.
Posted by: Thrawn at April 27, 2016 01:22 AM (h6D4A)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 27, 2016 01:23 AM (hlMPp)
Here is a nice video of Benny Goodman and his band at the famous Carnegie Hall concert in 1938:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8aEVY9lONk
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The cheap seats were 85 cents. The best seats were $2.75. Damn. I was born in the wrong generation.
Posted by: Old Blue at April 27, 2016 01:24 AM (9iR5/)
311 275 Just threw off a text to office crush...'cause dumb.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 27, 2016 12:56 AM (hlMPp)
And here I had thought the Horde had talked some sense into you....
Posted by: cthulhu at April 27, 2016 01:20 AM (EzgxV)
Y'all did. But have to clear something up.
In other words.......dumb.
Talking to a brick wall.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 27, 2016 01:25 AM (hlMPp)
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain...circling the drain... at April 27, 2016 01:25 AM (rlfds)
Posted by: mindful webworker, feeling testy at April 27, 2016 01:26 AM (RD2Zx)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA
We've all been there...'cause normal.
Posted by: AmeriDan at April 27, 2016 01:26 AM (+CKpi)
316
311 275 Just threw off a text to office crush...'cause dumb.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 27, 2016 12:56 AM (hlMPp)
And here I had thought the Horde had talked some sense into you....
Posted by: cthulhu at April 27, 2016 01:20 AM (EzgxV)
Y'all did. But have to clear something up.
In other words.......dumb.
Talking to a brick wall.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 27, 2016 01:25 AM (hlMPp)
Hoping for the best, fully expecting the worst.....'cause, Moron. Could you maybe start parachute jumping off of buildings as a safer recreational activity?
Posted by: cthulhu at April 27, 2016 01:27 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA
We've all been there...'cause normal.
Posted by: AmeriDan at April 27, 2016 01:26 AM (+CKpi)
(Jump to top of page)
Name: *
Thank you sir. I'll deal with the consequences later
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 27, 2016 01:29 AM (hlMPp)
Posted by: Old Blue at April 27, 2016 01:29 AM (9iR5/)
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain...circling the drain... at April 27, 2016 01:25 AM (rlfds)
'Niters, SMFH. Sweet dreams.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 27, 2016 01:29 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Darrell at April 27, 2016 01:31 AM (cbx5T)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 27, 2016 01:27 AM (EzgxV
Thanks for the positive thoughts!
Actually, expecting a good response. *not penthouse forum good but we're cool good.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 27, 2016 01:31 AM (hlMPp)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 27, 2016 01:32 AM (hlMPp)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 27, 2016 01:34 AM (oFSUK)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 27, 2016 01:27 AM (EzgxV
Thanks for the positive thoughts!
Actually, expecting a good response. *not penthouse forum good but we're cool good.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 27, 2016 01:31 AM (hlMPp)
You're a Moron. Thoughtful people are worried for you.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 27, 2016 01:34 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Darrell
Is this a quote or ?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 27, 2016 01:34 AM (OcD4G)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot8QfWmxsp8
I remember watching the Glenn Miller Story movie. The band was playing this song in England to an outdoor audience when the air raid sirens went off. Everybody ducked when the V1 motors cut out. The band kept playing and at a break in the song the V1 exploded close, but the band kept playing. The crowd went freaking wild!
Posted by: Old Blue at April 27, 2016 01:36 AM (9iR5/)
You're a Moron. Thoughtful people are worried for you.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 27, 2016 01:34 AM (EzgxV)
I know cooth. And I appreciate it. My message to her was so so so innocent. Basically seeing if she is ok. *hasnt been in in two weeks.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 27, 2016 01:38 AM (hlMPp)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 27, 2016 01:31 AM (hlMPp)
You're a Moron. Thoughtful people are worried for you.
___________
i dont know the backstory... but as a Moron I say give it to her long and hard.
Posted by: BunkerinTheBurbs at April 27, 2016 01:39 AM (7TOkf)
Posted by: mindful webworker
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Disturbance to the Right of them
Disturbance to the Left of them
Into the Valley of Disturbance rode the horde
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 27, 2016 01:40 AM (oFSUK)
Posted by: ReactionaryMonster Bravely supporting kittens at April 27, 2016 01:43 AM (1D4Ef)
Have a blessed Wednesday.
Party time this weekend...two of my nephews are making First Communion
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 27, 2016 01:44 AM (hlMPp)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 27, 2016 01:45 AM (R+30W)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/gubnen8
Posted by: The Hugo Hat at April 27, 2016 01:47 AM (vBeA5)
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Well, that and the 47% who reflexively vote Dem.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 27, 2016 01:48 AM (oFSUK)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 27, 2016 01:49 AM (EzgxV)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=953PkxFNiko
Posted by: Hollowpoint at April 27, 2016 01:54 AM (KRwzj)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA
Not that you asked my advice...but... that's the key. Wait for the response. You've already sent it. Your better judgement said not to send it, but the angst ridden painful nuts in a vice feeling of having a crush drove you to it.
Now just sit back and suffer that wonderful feeling of crush anxiety until your phone alerts you. That terrifying, breathless, yet exhilarating, feel of calling up the text.
Swear you'll back off even though we've both just made a tiny step forward.
Then repeat the above steps. I get that you're leary of the office connection, as you should be. Walk on eggshells at all times. But unless you or her are a subordinate to one or the other, or office policy strictly forbids inter-office romance. You know, I know, everybody who has read your updates on this knows...
You'll keep going until she signals to back off.
So enjoy the pain!
Posted by: AmeriDan at April 27, 2016 01:54 AM (+CKpi)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 27, 2016 01:59 AM (R+30W)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 27, 2016 01:59 AM (R+30W)
Thanks, Maet!!!
*Basks in the knowledge of being in a protected space.*
Posted by: cthulhu at April 27, 2016 02:01 AM (EzgxV)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/gubnen8
Posted by: The Hugo Hat at April 27, 2016 01:47 AM (vBeA5)
Hugo Nomination Highlights:
My Little Pony "Cutie Map" (satirizing equality through conformity)
SJWs Always Lie
Safe Space as Rape Room (documenting pedophile culture with SciFi authors and parts of fandom)
and ...
Space Raptor Butt Invasion
It's going to be interesting *every* year. #RabidPuppiesMakingHugosGreatAgain
https://tinyurl.com/h5wj9gr
Posted by: ReactionaryMonster Bravely supporting kittens at April 27, 2016 02:02 AM (1D4Ef)
Posted by: Maetenloch at April 27, 2016 02:02 AM (wqVD1)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 27, 2016 01:59 AM (R+30W)
There's a primary thread downstairs.
Posted by: ReactionaryMonster Bravely supporting kittens at April 27, 2016 02:03 AM (1D4Ef)
Change that "we've" to "you've" so things don't get ackward.
Posted by: AmeriDan at April 27, 2016 02:03 AM (+CKpi)
As far as what's going on here in CA related to WD-40, it all has to do with an idiotic VOC limitation foisted upon us clandestinely a while back. They reformulated Simple Green so that it no longer works and smells awful, for one thing. They took the lemon scent out of Joy dishwashing detergent. And there are all sorts of cleaners we simply can no longer get. One-Party Rule.
Posted by: Otis Criblecoblis at April 27, 2016 02:03 AM (0MKRD)
Did get to end the day with some nice Glenn Miller music, though. Thanks, Ol Blue.
Good night, and remember: If you can hear the thunder, that bolt didn't getcha.
♥
Times the word "eternal" appears
in the Old Testament: 2
in the New Testament: 45
The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms
Posted by: mindful webworker finally fades at April 27, 2016 02:03 AM (RD2Zx)
The running video was neat. Faceplant victory was well earned.
Posted by: ReactionaryMonster Bravely supporting kittens
Announcers ran out of coherent words too.
The face plant was epic but I bet she's going to regret it in the morning.
Posted by: Gmac-Just observing the oncoming times at April 27, 2016 02:04 AM (4pjhs)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 27, 2016 02:06 AM (R+30W)
Posted by: Maetenloch at April 27, 2016 02:02 AM (wqVD1)
Thanks, Maet!!!
*Basks in the knowledge of being in a protected space.*
You are cherished by so many people....and it's a good thing you're oblivious to it, or you'd be insufferable.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 27, 2016 02:07 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: ReactionaryMonster Bravely supporting kittens at April 27, 2016 02:08 AM (1D4Ef)
[No primary stuff]
Posted by: ReactionaryMonster Bravely supporting kittens at April 27, 2016 02:08 AM (1D4Ef)
Got a progress report on Brave?
Posted by: cthulhu at April 27, 2016 02:10 AM (EzgxV)
[No primary stuff]
Posted by: ReactionaryMonster Bravely
You know, I'm beginning to wonder if that's even his/her real name.
Posted by: AmeriDan at April 27, 2016 02:11 AM (+CKpi)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 27, 2016 02:13 AM (w4NZ8)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 27, 2016 02:15 AM (w4NZ8)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 27, 2016 02:10 AM (EzgxV)
Hrm, it's up to 0.9 on the dev build now.
It can't comment on blogspot sites. Can't play flash games on Kongregate, and reading PDF files is a pain since that's not integrated with PDF readers (have to download>open file instead of just reading it in browser). Some video sites don't play well with it, though YouTube works.
Outside of that, it handles most of my browsing. Webmail, facebook, etc.
I use it for commenting here because it doesn't freeze up from the ads/scripts. That's a main driver. No need for a NoScript addon just to have basic browsing functionality in a freaking web browser.
Posted by: ReactionaryMonster Bravely supporting kittens at April 27, 2016 02:16 AM (1D4Ef)
[No primary stuff]
Posted by: ReactionaryMonster Bravely supporting kittens at April 27, 2016 02:08 AM (1D4Ef)
#PrimaryStuffLivesMatter
Posted by: The Primary Hat at April 27, 2016 02:16 AM (vBeA5)
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at April 27, 2016 02:17 AM (KRwzj)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
I'll admit to lurking through those threads in a morbidly way you would look at a car wreck.
Posted by: AmeriDan at April 27, 2016 02:20 AM (+CKpi)
[No primary stuff]
Posted by: ReactionaryMonster Bravely supporting kittens at April 27, 2016 02:08 AM (1D4Ef)
++++
I commented about [some guy's] statement about Hillary's electability in the general. Since [that guy] didn't mention the primary or even any other R's, I didn't think it was primary stuff.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 27, 2016 02:20 AM (R+30W)
Posted by: SGT York at April 27, 2016 02:22 AM (ITvKk)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 27, 2016 02:24 AM (w4NZ8)
In the end, our individual votes aren't going to change the outcome, and this community matters more than our disagreements.
Posted by: ReactionaryMonster Bravely supporting kittens at April 27, 2016 02:24 AM (1D4Ef)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 27, 2016 02:24 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 27, 2016 02:26 AM (w4NZ8)
Posted by: AmeriDan at April 27, 2016 02:27 AM (+CKpi)
So... it's got a ways to go.
Posted by: ReactionaryMonster Bravely supporting kittens at April 27, 2016 02:29 AM (1D4Ef)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 27, 2016 02:24 AM (EzgxV)
Heh. My comment was "we should have a bridge thread where we can bid four no pmurt".
Posted by: cthulhu at April 27, 2016 02:30 AM (EzgxV)
If you enjoy SJW tears, go search #HugoAwards on twitter. The horror they are experiencing in Safe Space violations is exquisite for the schadenfreude connoisseurs.
Posted by: ReactionaryMonster Bravely supporting kittens at April 27, 2016 02:31 AM (1D4Ef)
(just a test)
Couldn't the script or zapper or whateverthef**k it's called be easily defeated by a simple replacement code?
You Know Who becomes Zoltor, That Other Guy becomes Nebelwerfer, and so on. Sort of like "AF" meant Midway Island in Japanese radio communications.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 27, 2016 02:32 AM (QDnY+)
So... it's got a ways to go.
Posted by: ReactionaryMonster Bravely supporting kittens at April 27, 2016 02:29 AM (1D4Ef)
*watching, with interest*
Posted by: cthulhu at April 27, 2016 02:33 AM (EzgxV)
Do Not Taunt Happy Fun Maet.
Off to bed for real.
Posted by: ReactionaryMonster Bravely supporting kittens at April 27, 2016 02:35 AM (1D4Ef)
Too tired to do more than show the flag, though. And the weather is about to turn decisively nasty, so I'll be shutting down for a while anyway.
Working all evening is a good way to skip most of the political fireworks, it turns out. Now it is Mother Nature's turn...
Night, all.
Posted by: Piercello at April 27, 2016 02:36 AM (RXfvh)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at April 27, 2016 02:38 AM (VdICR)
Oh wait, nevermind.
Posted by: AmeriDan
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[ No S.A. Spurs Stuff ]
:'(
Posted by: AmeriDan at April 27, 2016 02:39 AM (+CKpi)
Sure but code words aren't nearly as provocative and may be simply beyond the abilities of some of the horde.
But it would be kind of amusing to watch people going at it tooth and nail over the merits of Clown Hair vs. Zodiac Killer....
Posted by: Maetenloch at April 27, 2016 02:41 AM (wqVD1)
Based on the premise that the battery isn't
dead, just suffering from low self-esteem.
Posted by: JT at April 27, 2016 02:44 AM (W+jR8)
Posted by: Maetenloch
I'm all in for Clown Hair, but if I have to hold my nose and vote for Zodiac Killer, so be it.
Posted by: AmeriDan at April 27, 2016 02:47 AM (+CKpi)
Based on the premise that the battery isn't
dead, just suffering from low self-esteem.
Posted by: JT at April 27, 2016 02:44 AM (W+jR
++++
Heh. Actually, it's related to the energy efficiency of the charger. You mustn't waste the electricity you are paying for. Here's one of the banned ones:
http://tinyurl.com/j7pv2w9
It's a great little charger and I own an earlier version of it. I lost the manual and when I went browsing for it I found out about the California restrictions. The thing has been working perfectly for me for decades.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 27, 2016 02:54 AM (R+30W)
Posted by: rhomboid at April 27, 2016 02:32 AM (QDnY+)
Crap, they're on to us!
Posted by: Admiral Yamamoto at April 27, 2016 02:55 AM (vBeA5)
Posted by: tbodie at April 27, 2016 12:14 AM (ZjHNW)
See? Told ya so.
Posted by: Leo DiCapreo, Scientist at April 27, 2016 03:20 AM (g9ws5)
It was 10th grade gym, and near the end of the semester the teacher made the whole class run a three-mile endurance race against each other. I was, to be honest, in what was called the "retard" group of especially unathletic students, but that didn't matter: the whole class en masse, best and worst, had to do the race. As this was an awful poor school with overcrowded classes, we had 60 students in this one gym class, too.
Well, when the race started, all the showoffs ran out to the front and vied to be in the lead, and then there was a mass of regular students huffing along, and at the tail end were the retards, the fatties and the druggie losers. I was in that group.
But I had one advantage over everyone: forward thinking. Three miles??? I though to myself. Holy shit, that's brutal. Got to pace myself, take it real real slow if I even want to last that long. So I said to myself not to worry about speed at all, just go at the slowest jog, keep comfortable and plan for the long haul.
For the first half of the race, I was either in last place or practically last. First to drop out were the fatties -- couldn't take it. Then the potheads and smokers ran out of lung power -- sat down on the grass and just quit. After that, I was still in last, place, but now last place out of only 40 runners, as 20 had already dropped out.
The final mile and a half were brutal. Most of the sprinters completely ran out of juice and collapsed on the track, panting. Then there were only 20 runners left. And I was still in last.
The final half mile, the survivors were all on their last legs, just dragging and gasping and often slowing to a walk. I was the only one with any kind of "kick" left. So with two laps to go (for me -- I had been lapped by the leaders, and they only had one lap to go) I FINALLY turned on the afterburners and doubled my pace.
By then only about 15 kids were left running (staggering more accurately), and although I was still going ludicrously slow, it was still twice as fast as they were going, and in the final quarter lap I finally caught the main group and passed them all at the finish line.
I was probably the slowest winning three-mile time in history, but it was the one instance I ever actually won a foot race.
Posted by: zombie at April 27, 2016 04:00 AM (jBuUi)
Posted by: Jennifer at April 27, 2016 04:16 AM (nD1Qk)
Need coffee
Good morning horde
Posted by: Skip at April 27, 2016 04:18 AM (8BJMp)
I'm Jewish, I should be really really offended. But I'll go out on a limb and say it *might* have been meant ironically.
Posted by: FOAF at April 27, 2016 04:18 AM (p0JMG)
Reminds me of when I was in school. Some genius had the bright idea to have a two mile track race on a day that was in the upper 90s, just after a thunderstorm. It was hot, muggy, and if the humidity was any higher, we'd have been swimming.
And here I was, about 30 pounds overweight, and pretty much the butt of every joke in the class. The sprinters all tired out and, being coastal Florida where sweating does not work like it's supposed to, became soggy messes in about a quarter of a lap and slowed to a crawl. Most of the jocks kept up a decent jog and slogged through it, and then there was me, getting lapped constantly.
Alternating between a jog and a brisk walk, I still kept passing the self-anointed cool kids, who couldn't be bothered to care enough to put out any kind of effort. About ten minutes before the end of the class, suffering from severe heat exhaustion, I staggered across the line for the last time and stumbled to the water fountain, and then the showers.
I later heard that the coach lit into the "cool kids" for making fun of me, since I'd put 100% into it and they didn't even bother to try and never finished the run. I may not have won, but I didn't lose, and that was rare enough.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April 27, 2016 04:28 AM (J+mig)
Or running to Bermuda in a human size hamster bubble ...
Posted by: Adriane the What Were You Thinking Critic ... at April 27, 2016 04:39 AM (AoK0a)
Posted by: zombie at April 27, 2016 04:00 AM (jBuUi)
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April 27, 2016 04:28 AM (J+mig)
Two great stories! Great way to start a day and get motivated.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Incoming!!! More Incoming!! at April 27, 2016 04:48 AM (WVsWD)
Democrats total for Senate 1, 462,522
Toomey 1,317,880
It all may not matter whom I vote for. 20 years ago my County was very red, now it's very blue.
Posted by: Skip at April 27, 2016 04:50 AM (8BJMp)
Posted by: Maetenloch at April 27, 2016 02:02 AM (wqVD1)
I luv ya like a brother Maet, but your first QOTD is primary stuff.
Morning, all. Vic is gonna get pissed when he tries to post VNN linkypoos in an hour or so.
Ah well. I'm mostly just a lurker these days anyhow.
Posted by: GnuBreed at April 27, 2016 04:59 AM (gyKtp)
I don't think there is any ban on smacking on donktards. That usually doesn't lead to Moron on Moron violence, unlike the T vs C wars that happen on every election related thread.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Incoming!!! More Incoming!! at April 27, 2016 05:15 AM (WVsWD)
Posted by: Epobirs at April 27, 2016 05:16 AM (IdCqF)
I would vote Schoolie McSchoolface just because I could.
Posted by: Skip at April 27, 2016 05:18 AM (8BJMp)
Posted by: Skip at April 27, 2016 05:23 AM (8BJMp)
I smile when the unwashed start babbling about "fair" wages and "fair share of" taxes. The really are shocked when they are out of a job a few months later.
Posted by: Buckeye Abroad at April 27, 2016 05:23 AM (E8UjU)
390 I recall the first time I was in New Orleans, for a Worldcon, and the humidity outside was 100%. Doesn't that mean we're under water, I asked?
Posted by: Epobirs at April 27, 2016 05:16 AM (IdCqF)
Heh. Yeah, I'm on the MS Gulf, so our weather forecast for the months of June July and August is 95 degrees, 95% humidity, a chance of rain in the afternoon, and possible severe thunderstorms or hurricanes.
TPTB here have announced a new marathon to be held along our 26.1 miles of white sand beaches. I suggested they hold it in July to weed out the weaklings. Even better, make them run in the sand.
The survivors get medals.
Posted by: GnuBreed at April 27, 2016 05:29 AM (gyKtp)
Posted by: zombie
Tortoise, is that you?
Posted by: AmeriDan at April 27, 2016 05:35 AM (+CKpi)
And yet there are famous economists who reject what they learned in macro and micro economics in favor of a political interpretation of facts.
Paul Krugman comes to mind.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 27, 2016 05:45 AM (Zu3d9)
They should've went to a 'good' college like me! F*¢k 'em! Lazy basterds, they obviously have to be. Else they wouldn't be demanding more money, which would mean less money for me.
Posted by: Vodka at April 27, 2016 06:06 AM (xKQ1K)
I don't think Paul believes a word coming out of his own whore mouth. He knows it's pre-packaged BS for media consumption and propaganda fodder for those who bought him.
Posted by: Buckeye Abroad at April 27, 2016 06:10 AM (E8UjU)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 27, 2016 06:12 AM (ptqRm)
Posted by: huh? at April 27, 2016 06:12 AM (CRXed)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 27, 2016 06:15 AM (vvmPQ)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 27, 2016 06:15 AM (vvmPQ)
http://tinyurl.com/h7wthnw
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 27, 2016 06:16 AM (vvmPQ)
http://tinyurl.com/j3gv2ou
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 27, 2016 06:16 AM (vvmPQ)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 27, 2016 06:16 AM (vvmPQ)
http://tinyurl.com/h7p7b3n
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 27, 2016 06:17 AM (vvmPQ)
Posted by: huh? at April 27, 2016 06:17 AM (CRXed)
http://tinyurl.com/gqdmjsy
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 27, 2016 06:17 AM (vvmPQ)
http://tinyurl.com/jpo6tuo
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 27, 2016 06:17 AM (vvmPQ)
http://tinyurl.com/jdagfz2
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 27, 2016 06:17 AM (vvmPQ)
http://tinyurl.com/gv992su
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 27, 2016 06:18 AM (vvmPQ)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 27, 2016 06:18 AM (vvmPQ)
She was right, of course. The real minimum wage is always zero. If it becomes too uneconomic to do something, people simply stop doing it. There doesn't have to be a McDonalds in every city. There doesn't even have to be a McDonalds anywhere.
Businesses don't have a magic, infinite pool of money that just enables them to double everyone's wages at the drop of a hat. That means that the wage increase gets built into the cost of the product. If the product gets more expensive than the market will bear, the business goes under.
Of course, every business is affected, and everyone whose wages were above the old minimum but were passed up by the new minimum demands a raise to put them about where they were before with respect to the new one...
So the cost of every good and service in the economy goes up, wiping out the gains within a space of weeks. Businesses will not operate at a loss (for long), and you cannot alter reality with the stroke of a legislative pen.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April 27, 2016 06:18 AM (J+mig)
http://tinyurl.com/z87nsds
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 27, 2016 06:19 AM (vvmPQ)
http://tinyurl.com/jsr3ony
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 27, 2016 06:19 AM (vvmPQ)
http://tinyurl.com/hm56hus
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 27, 2016 06:19 AM (vvmPQ)
http://tinyurl.com/z8xbv8h
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 27, 2016 06:19 AM (vvmPQ)
http://tinyurl.com/zlsnujz
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 27, 2016 06:20 AM (vvmPQ)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 27, 2016 06:20 AM (vvmPQ)
We knew this was coming. But impeachment and defunding are off the table.
http://tinyurl.com/hwpwl5p
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 27, 2016 06:20 AM (vvmPQ)
If these guys were half as good as they think, they'd be running RedFlag. I notice they aren't. It's not that what they are saying is wrong per se, it's just the arrogance in which they say it.
Posted by: Five O'clock Charlie at April 27, 2016 06:20 AM (J3UIw)
http://tinyurl.com/hj5yytl
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 27, 2016 06:20 AM (vvmPQ)
http://tinyurl.com/j53m9gj
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 27, 2016 06:21 AM (vvmPQ)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 27, 2016 06:21 AM (vvmPQ)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 27, 2016 06:24 AM (ptqRm)
406 This is the F-35 that Obama said made the F-22 unnecessary.
What's that hatch behind the cockpit? For the golf clubs?
Posted by: Spun and Murky at April 27, 2016 06:24 AM (exNvx)
Is anybody stupid enough to believe her? As I have said many times, her
lies are so stupid nobody believes them.
http://tinyurl.com/hm56hus
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 27, 2016 06:19 AM (vvmPQ)
That would be the same fine folks who voted Obismal into the White House. Twice. And still believe Obamascare is the greatest thing ever.
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at April 27, 2016 06:27 AM (NdZgm)
Posted by: Darth Randall at April 27, 2016 06:29 AM (KZZ1v)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 27, 2016 06:30 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April 27, 2016 06:30 AM (J+mig)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at April 27, 2016 06:30 AM (1ijHg)
Lift fan doors for the VTOL component
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 27, 2016 06:34 AM (ptqRm)
Didn't the British minister involved say Boaty McBoatface will not be picked, despite winning an overwhelming victory in the pool?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 27, 2016 06:37 AM (u82oZ)
Short take off, vertical landing.
Large fan right behind the pilot, aiming its discharge downward
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 27, 2016 06:37 AM (ptqRm)
"What's that hatch behind the cockpit? For the golf clubs? "
Lift fan doors for the VTOL component
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 27, 2016 06:34 AM (ptqRm)
Of course they're for the golf clubs. I know more about foreign policy than my foreign policy advisors, and I'm a better pilot than the whole US Naval Air Force put together. It'll be needed for when I have to defend all 57 states from the forces of Capitalism.
Posted by: B.H. Obama at April 27, 2016 06:38 AM (J+mig)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 27, 2016 06:38 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: @votermom at April 27, 2016 06:38 AM (nbrY/)
Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 27, 2016 06:39 AM (u82oZ)
Personally I believe that a government mandated minimum wage is unconstitutional and in 1905 SCOTUS said a similar law in NY was unconstitutional (Lochner). They also held that the minimum wage itself was unconsitutional in Adkins v. Children's Hospital (1923).
However after FDR humiliated the court they reversed themselves with West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish (1937) and ruled minimum wages were just fine and dandy. That can be said to be the end of capitalism in the US.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 27, 2016 06:40 AM (vvmPQ)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at April 27, 2016 06:40 AM (1ijHg)
Zombie Gilbert K. Chesterton
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 27, 2016 06:42 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 27, 2016 06:43 AM (ptqRm)
Posted by: MTF at April 27, 2016 06:43 AM (TcePY)
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at April 27, 2016 06:44 AM (gVpIT)
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April 27, 2016 06:44 AM (J+mig)
Posted by: Dickie McDickface at April 27, 2016 06:47 AM (eHpnh)
Wrong.
That's where the R2 unit is placed.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 27, 2016 06:47 AM (Zu3d9)
Posted by: George LeS at April 27, 2016 06:48 AM (iqTN2)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 27, 2016 06:49 AM (ptqRm)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 27, 2016 06:47 AM (Zu3d9)
For when you absolutely need a robot so foul-mouthed, they bleep everything he says.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April 27, 2016 06:49 AM (J+mig)
There is no #BLM voting block.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 27, 2016 06:51 AM (ptqRm)
And he was followed by Harry Truman who was modeled exactly like FDR who appointed 4 more justices. So it is no wonder that the Supreme Court from the 50s out has been dominated by liberals who believe in a rubber Constitution that they can bend to their will.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 27, 2016 06:51 AM (vvmPQ)
The Oregon cake bakers are fighting back. Good on them .
http://tinyurl.com/hemxmqo
Posted by: Mortimer at April 27, 2016 06:52 AM (Bbsg+)
434 Not VTOL
Short take off, vertical landing.
Large fan right behind the pilot, aiming its discharge downward
Thanks. I really didn't know. Just that the hinges were on the wrong side to be some kind of big ass speed break.
Posted by: Spun and Murky at April 27, 2016 06:54 AM (exNvx)
While the RNCe is thumbing its nose at voters Democrat voters are now sitting at home.
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.And that is a 20% drop in voter turnout with an actual race. The Dems are going to turnoff the younger voters this time by "stealing" the nomination from Bernie and those numbers will go even lower in the General. hillary is not going to win.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at April 27, 2016 06:56 AM (iONHu)
actual race. The Dems are going to turnoff the younger voters this time
by "stealing" the nomination from Bernie and those numbers will go even
lower in the General. hillary is not going to win.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at April 27, 2016 06:56 AM (iONHu)
Both parties are in a race to see which one can piss off their voters the most.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 27, 2016 06:58 AM (vvmPQ)
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.I would have to answer that question yes.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at April 27, 2016 06:59 AM (iONHu)
Posted by: Cest la vie at April 27, 2016 07:00 AM (C9pBZ)
Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 27, 2016 06:39 AM (u82oZ)
I love your customary greeting, Salty!
Posted by: Emmie at April 27, 2016 07:03 AM (rRHdN)
Just making sure the dead are registered Democrat.
Posted by: RickZ at April 27, 2016 07:03 AM (gt6Nv)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 27, 2016 07:05 AM (u82oZ)
Redefining the job being done as being worth a larger number of dollars just devalues the dollars it's incremented in. Cost of living rises. Any artificial gains get eaten up with higher costs.
Posted by: Milton Friedman's Jockstrap at April 27, 2016 07:05 AM (cJDvr)
Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes.
I'm sure Vic remembers toddling down to the voting booth for Wendell Willkie, but for you young'uns, he was the 1940 GOP candidate for president (even though he was, for all intents and purposes, a RINO's RINO). But in 1936, he was president of the Commonwealth and Southern Corporation, an electric utility holding company. And in that year, he happened to attend a convention in Atlanta.
During the convention, an attendee cornered Willkie and asked, "Remember meeting my wife the last time you were here? Well, she's written a novel and a publisher has accepted it. If it sells enough to make five thousand dollars, we're going to buy a new house."
"Good for her!" enthused Willkie, well remembering the conventioneer's charming spouse. "You know, I've never done anything like this before, but I'm going to write a letter over my signature to every stockholder in the company and urge them to buy a copy of her book."
And this wasn't just convention bluster. Willkie was as good as his word, and for years thereafter, whenever he happened to run into the conventioneer and his lovely wife, laughingly demanded a cut of the royalties for getting the book off to such a rousing start.
The name of the book? Gone with the Wind.
Hope you all have a lovely day.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 27, 2016 07:08 AM (X6fMO)
http://tinyurl.com/hjxxjgm
Posted by: MTF at April 27, 2016 07:08 AM (TcePY)
Why has Venezuela not erupted in anti-government violence?
Two day work week because no electricity, food, toilet paper, medicine, and no hope. It's coming here if trends continue and with the wrong leadership.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 27, 2016 07:09 AM (u82oZ)
as good as his word, and for years thereafter, whenever he happened to
run into the conventioneer and his lovely wife, laughingly demanded a
cut of the royalties for getting the book off to such a rousing start.
The name of the book? Gone with the Wind.
Hope you all have a lovely day.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 27, 2016 07:08 AM (X6fMO)
Yeah too bad the "lovely wife" was ran over by a drunk cab driver who only served 11 months in jail for manslaughter
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 27, 2016 07:12 AM (vvmPQ)
Posted by: Love Hertz at April 27, 2016 07:13 AM (no0Da)
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April 27, 2016 06:18 AM (J+mig)
When I'm talking to an LIV I like to use their language so I tell them paying people more than what they produce is "unsustainable."
Posted by: Emmie at April 27, 2016 07:14 AM (rRHdN)
"Why has Venezuela not erupted in anti-government violence?"
From my Venezuela contacts, it is because Chavez got the military and police on his side before going full Castro. They confiscate what they find and themselves are involved in violent crimes and assassinations. The had a lot of kidnappings in the past -- worst one I knew of were 3 young brothers shot to death when the ransom wasn't paid.
Posted by: Buckeye Abroad at April 27, 2016 07:14 AM (E8UjU)
Anyone have ideas?
Posted by: Cest la vie (formerly the mouse) at April 27, 2016 07:15 AM (C9pBZ)
The why no riot in Venezuela question is a good one...
Anyone have ideas?
Posted by: Cest la vie (formerly the mouse) at April 27, 2016 07:15 AM (C9pBZ)
Hard to protest and riot when you are dead.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 27, 2016 07:16 AM (vvmPQ)
No, she announced after the
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 27, 2016 07:16 AM (ptqRm)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party
Because it won't work on a democrat. The Dems in the Senate proved that almost 20 years ago.
Posted by: Blue Hen at April 27, 2016 07:17 AM (6rX0K)
Ask them "why just $15-- let's make it $100." "How Long do you think a Company can operate at a loss?"
Let them talk it out and record it. It makes for laughs later.
Posted by: Buckeye Abroad at April 27, 2016 07:17 AM (E8UjU)
Posted by: Emmie at April 27, 2016 07:18 AM (rRHdN)
Don't discount the effect of a generation's worth of indoctrination and propaganda.
That's why I chuckle at the "can't happen here" folks...
Posted by: Cest la vie (formerly the mouse) at April 27, 2016 07:18 AM (C9pBZ)
Posted by: Blue Hen at April 27, 2016 07:17 AM (6rX0K)
Lets not forget they had help from a few Scottish Law RINOs too.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 27, 2016 07:18 AM (vvmPQ)
Anyone have ideas?
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I'll guess it has a lot to do with only the wrong side of the fight being armed.
Posted by: MTF at April 27, 2016 07:19 AM (TcePY)
Posted by: Emmie at April 27, 2016 07:19 AM (rRHdN)
Did not know that. Thanks.
Posted by: Cest la vie (formerly the mouse) at April 27, 2016 07:19 AM (C9pBZ)
In 2012, Venezuela banned private gun ownership.
When only one side has guns...
See also, Iran and the Green Revolution.
Posted by: GnuBreed at April 27, 2016 07:19 AM (gyKtp)
--
True dat. I give the advantage to Cankles, since you've gotta always factor in fraud. Huge scale, coordinated fraud. Plus voting felons in VA.
Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at April 27, 2016 07:21 AM (+FSld)
In 2012, Venezuela banned private gun ownership.
When only one side has guns...
See also, Iran and the Green Revolution.
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.And China Tienanmen Square.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at April 27, 2016 07:21 AM (iONHu)
Posted by: Scrotey McScroteface at April 27, 2016 07:22 AM (eHpnh)
Posted by: Cest la vie (formerly the mouse) at April 27, 2016 07:24 AM (C9pBZ)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 27, 2016 06:40 AM (vvmPQ)
Wasn't this about the same time as Wickard v. Filburn? (sp?)
Court said an Ohio farmer couldn't grow wheat for his own family on his own land because it had an effect on the price of wheat since he wasn't buying it, therefore "interstate commerce." Used as an excuse to turn "regulate interstate commerce" (i.e. make regular) in the constitution on its head and the feds have been regulatin' the crap out of everything since.
Something like that. It's early.
Posted by: Love Hertz at April 27, 2016 07:25 AM (no0Da)
Posted by: Cest la vie (formerly the mouse) at April 27, 2016 07:26 AM (C9pBZ)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 27, 2016 07:28 AM (X6fMO)
Posted by: Love Hertz at April 27, 2016 07:29 AM (no0Da)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 27, 2016 07:30 AM (ptqRm)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 27, 2016 07:09 AM (u82oZ)
But everything is free and fair with socialism comrades
Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 27, 2016 07:31 AM (45oDG)
Posted by: Buckeye Abroad at April 27, 2016 07:32 AM (E8UjU)
Posted by: Love Hertz at April 27, 2016 07:33 AM (no0Da)
Posted by: Cest la vie (formerly the mouse) at April 27, 2016 07:33 AM (C9pBZ)
The GOP should advance a bill that will invert the treaty clause like they did for the Iran deal.
Why?
At this point I just really get my jollies at the sophistry on display because I don't expect anything productive to come from this collection of fucktarded assholes.
Posted by: Kreplach at April 27, 2016 07:34 AM (3MZBD)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 27, 2016 07:34 AM (ptqRm)
Posted by: RWC - Team TTBTFW at April 27, 2016 07:35 AM (hEfqK)
Indeed. The mid century saw the return of progressivism with a vengeance, and we're just riding the downward curve
Posted by: Cest la vie (formerly the mouse) at April 27, 2016 07:35 AM (C9pBZ)
Ask them "why just $15-- let's make it $100."
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I asked that question to the socialist daughter of a wealthy friend and she replied that the left was "compromising" with the scumbag right far too often and this was a prime example.
In other words, the left considers that they've won the argument, the minimum wage is a social good, and now we are just bickering over price (a la Churchill's famous retort).
Posted by: MTF at April 27, 2016 07:35 AM (TcePY)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 27, 2016 07:34 AM (ptqRm)
498 Indeed. The mid century saw the return of progressivism with a vengeance, and we're just riding the downward curve
Posted by: Cest la vie (formerly the mouse) at April 27, 2016 07:35 AM (C9pBZ)
From Bauhaus to ArfArfArf! Haus.
Posted by: Love Hertz at April 27, 2016 07:39 AM (no0Da)
Posted by: MTF at April 27, 2016 07:39 AM (TcePY)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 27, 2016 07:34 AM (ptqRm)
Don't forget the full unemployment (if you ignore the millions unemployed) and the $15 an hour minimum wage which is sure to create a workers' paradise
Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 27, 2016 07:41 AM (45oDG)
Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie! with purchase of equal or greater value commenter at April 27, 2016 07:47 AM (rwI+c)
"..socialist daughter of a wealthy friend ..."
Ah. One of them. Tell her to get over her entitlement guilt and quit practing her defunct religion-- it's killing those she supposedly wants to help.
Posted by: Buckeye Abroad at April 27, 2016 07:47 AM (E8UjU)
Posted by: Case, Mors Semper Tyrannis at April 27, 2016 07:47 AM (I0sxh)
Posted by: Love Hertz at April 27, 2016 07:25 AM (no0Da)
That was 1942 after FDR had begun really packing the court.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 27, 2016 07:51 AM (vvmPQ)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 27, 2016 07:51 AM (vvmPQ)
Posted by: Testy Stoic Trumpublican at April 27, 2016 11:55 AM (AhiRu)
http://www.snopes.com/nasa-reports-magnetosphere-collapse/
Note that having a magnetopause while not having a magnetosphere (as per the claims of the news article) doesn't make a whole hell of a lot of sense.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetopause
so that basically means that the writer of the article cited doesn't have a clue.
So I'll side with snopes and call bullshit.
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George Bush Slices Don Rumsfeld Like an F*ckin' Hammer
Democratic Forays into Erotica
New Shows On Gore's DNC/MTV Network
Nicknames for Potatoes, By People Who Really Hate Potatoes
Star Wars Euphemisms for Self-Abuse
Signs You're at an Iraqi "Wedding Party"
Signs Your Clown Has Gone Bad
Signs That You, Geroge Michael, Should Probably Just Give It Up
Signs of Hip-Hop Influence on John Kerry
NYT Headlines Spinning Bush's Jobs Boom
Things People Are More Likely to Say Than "Did You Hear What Al Franken Said Yesterday?"
Signs that Paul Krugman Has Lost His Frickin' Mind
All-Time Best NBA Players, According to Senator Robert Byrd
Other Bad Things About the Jews, According to the Koran
Signs That David Letterman Just Doesn't Care Anymore
Examples of Bob Kerrey's Insufferable Racial Jackassery
Signs Andy Rooney Is Going Senile
Other Judgments Dick Clarke Made About Condi Rice Based on Her Appearance
Collective Names for Groups of People
John Kerry's Other Vietnam Super-Pets
Cool Things About the XM8 Assault Rifle
Media-Approved Facts About the Democrat Spy
Changes to Make Christianity More "Inclusive"
Secret John Kerry Senatorial Accomplishments
John Edwards Campaign Excuses
John Kerry Pick-Up Lines
Changes Liberal Senator George Michell Will Make at Disney
Torments in Dog-Hell
The Ace of Spades HQ Sex-for-Money Skankathon
A D&D Guide to the Democratic Candidates
Margaret Cho: Just Not Funny
More Margaret Cho Abuse
Margaret Cho: Still Not Funny
Iraqi Prisoner Claims He Was Raped... By Woman
Wonkette Announces "Morning Zoo" Format
John Kerry's "Plan" Causes Surrender of Moqtada al-Sadr's Militia
World Muslim Leaders Apologize for Nick Berg's Beheading
Michael Moore Goes on Lunchtime Manhattan Death-Spree
Milestone: Oliver Willis Posts 400th "Fake News Article" Referencing Britney Spears
Liberal Economists Rue a "New Decade of Greed"
Artificial Insouciance: Maureen Dowd's Word Processor Revolts Against Her Numbing Imbecility
Intelligence Officials Eye Blogs for Tips
They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan
Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq
Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town
When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool
What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means
Wonkette's Stand-Up Act
Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour
Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)