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Overnight Open Thread 5/10/16 (Wonderful Edition) [Misanthropic Humanitarian]

Sometimes things go from wonderful to horrible in the blink of an eye. For example you could be driving an Oldsmobile, on a bridge and you pull a Ted Kennedy. Don't fret or panic. You can get yourself out of this mess without a neck brace.


You've worked hard all year and saved up your money for a wonderful vacation. So, you're minding your own business, playing tourist in some Third World shit-hole (or Oakland) and the natives think you're loaded (financially, not alcoholically). You find yourself kidnapped. They throw you in the trunk of a car. What would you do if you were thrown into the trunk of a car? Good question.


Maybe if you had paid better attention to your surroundings or honed up on your self defense skills. You wouldn't be stuck in that trunk.


It's wonderful to be handy. Sometimes it's better to be handy than skilled in self defense. If you are a MacGyver type you could build a Taser for self-protection.


So you survive your Chappaquiddick moment or your Taken experience. You realize that earth is a weird and wonderful place. This is your chance to test what you really know about life on this planet. No, there is no math involved.

What are some of the wonderful things in your life, cars, boats, firearms, pets, hobbies, kids? Yes, kids can be wonderful other than at tax time.


Looking for a wonderful way to save money? Have you considered becoming a DIYer. Just be careful or you won't be saving money.

We all thought it was a wonderful thing that Mao was launching. According to someone who wasn't interned or killed by that wonderful communist socialist Mao. This douche weasel has few regrets about his involvement. He should ask the 2,000 people killed during the autumn of 1966 in Beijing alone.


After 8 wonderful years PJ TV is shutting the doors. Bill Whittle's Afterburner Finale.


Speaking of wonderful, I hope that Maet is having a wonderful time in the Land of the Rising Sun. Here's hoping he comes back and shares a little culture with us, eh?

Good night Morons, considering the alternative, it really is a wonderful life.


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Comments

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1 Skip must not be first

Posted by: L, Elle at May 10, 2016 10:25 PM (+bodw)

2 Or 2nd

Posted by: DC in River City, Team Mattis at May 10, 2016 10:25 PM (e+1S5)

3 Mole on Labia, bitches!

Posted by: Hillary at May 10, 2016 10:25 PM (7cqHD)

4 Begun, The Bathroom Wars Have

North Carolina has declared that men's restrooms are for men, and women's restrooms are for women. This would have elicited nothing more than a "well obviously" from people in the past. But we are experiencing "interesting times", where "men" and "women" are defined not by objective biological reality, but by the "feelz" of a scant few who wish to force their "identities" on others... regardless of the cost. Needless to say, the outrage that real men are supposed to use the men's room and not the ladies' room has been palpable and hypocritical.

More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=11676

Posted by: The Political Hat at May 10, 2016 10:28 PM (vBeA5)

5 >>Mole on Labia, bitches!
Posted by: Hillary

You mean the Muslim Brotherhood mole, Huma?

Posted by: Aviator at May 10, 2016 10:29 PM (c7vUv)

6 Evenin' everyone.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at May 10, 2016 10:29 PM (T/cxb)

7 Anybody know how Louis Armstrong got the Satchmo moniker?

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at May 10, 2016 10:29 PM (NeFrd)

8 19?


??

Posted by: Jake at May 10, 2016 10:29 PM (merZO)

9 Will you please fire up the banhammer for the jesus troll?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 10, 2016 10:29 PM (1ZOkK)

10 Hey.

In the theme of wonderfulness, funemployment soon over.

Start date is Monday.

Posted by: blaster at May 10, 2016 10:30 PM (2Ocf1)

11 Hi all!

Posted by: AshevilleRobert at May 10, 2016 10:30 PM (9ltS8)

12 Congrats blaster! Break a leg.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at May 10, 2016 10:31 PM (NeFrd)

13 Ha!
Hi5 DC.

Posted by: L, Elle at May 10, 2016 10:31 PM (+bodw)

14 I would think not getting stuffed into the trunk of a car would be quite high on life's goals list.

but I guess I'm old school

Posted by: Jake at May 10, 2016 10:31 PM (merZO)

15 Congrats blaster

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 10, 2016 10:31 PM (voOPb)

16 So, MA mall shooting. Lutherans? Presbyterians?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 10, 2016 10:32 PM (1ZOkK)

17 In the theme of wonderfulness, funemployment soon over.

Start date is Monday.


Great news! Running 'shine?

Posted by: Blanco Basura at May 10, 2016 10:32 PM (T/cxb)

18 Read the sidebar article about the kid finding an ancient Mayan city. Just saw the updates where journolists did follow up questions of skeptical experts.

What a novel idea. Fact check a 15 yo on scientific research. He shoulda claimed the research proved global warming .
Posted by: tbodie at May 10, 2016 10:27 PM (NsI03)

The best willowing i have gotten.

Posted by: tbodie at May 10, 2016 10:32 PM (NsI03)

19 Hola.....

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 10, 2016 10:32 PM (P9AMr)

20 the stabby allah akbar perp is not named either

Posted by: Jake at May 10, 2016 10:33 PM (merZO)

21 Girls On Boats ONT Compliance Pics

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/730093524360794112

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/730093638970187776

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/730093848551145472

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/730094035159941120

Posted by: kbdabear at May 10, 2016 10:33 PM (BAmn3)

22 You find yourself kidnapped. They throw you in the trunk of a car. What would you do...

There was a time when I could say "Don't shoot! I know secrets!" in five languages.
The things we used to do.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 10, 2016 10:33 PM (08Znv)

23 Did blaster get the job he wanted?
If so, great news. Very happy for you!
Confirms the power of prayer.

Posted by: L, Elle at May 10, 2016 10:34 PM (+bodw)

24 "ONT up, jackasses. "

From previous thread:

I do not mind being called a jackass. But will someone alert a MoFo sooner? Jeezus.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 10, 2016 10:34 PM (P9AMr)

25 More Girls On Boats ONT Compliance Pics

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/730094407840567296

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/730095061694853120

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/730095184034336769

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/730095346194485248

Posted by: kbdabear at May 10, 2016 10:35 PM (BAmn3)

26 It's rumored the stabby mall guy in MA *may* be a Protected Person of a certain "religion."

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 10, 2016 10:35 PM (1ZOkK)

27 Posted by: The Political Hat at May 10, 2016 10:28 PM (vBeA5)


Local guy Larry O'Connor said a fascinating and unasked question for Loretta Lynch would have been

"How does DoJ assess the sexual identity of federal prison inmates? Surely, there must be a set of clear written guidelines for trans-males that want to go to the women's prison to serve their hard time."

Posted by: Hrothgar at May 10, 2016 10:35 PM (wYnyS)

28 MH, you taskmaster.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 10, 2016 10:35 PM (P9AMr)

29 26 It's rumored the stabby mall guy in MA *may* be a Protected Person of a certain "religion."
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 10, 2016 10:35 PM (1ZOkK)

Allahu K-Bar

Posted by: Insomniac - Pale Horse/Death 2016 at May 10, 2016 10:35 PM (0mRoj)

30 Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 10, 2016 10:34 PM (P9AMr)

Pay for play baby

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 10, 2016 10:35 PM (voOPb)

31 20

in Germany...


oops

Posted by: Jake at May 10, 2016 10:36 PM (merZO)

32 Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 10, 2016 10:32 PM (1ZOkK)

Daily Mail (I can't even begin to express how much I hate having to get real news from foreign papers) has pic of a black(ish) guy with a short beard that they claim was the killer (two victims have now died). Weasel Zippers is updating as they get info.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 10, 2016 10:36 PM (GDulk)

33 It's rumored the stabby mall guy in MA *may* be a Protected Person of a certain "religion."

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 10, 2016 10:35 PM (1ZOkK)


The "boy" does look a bit like a protected species!

http://tinyurl.com/h22hsq7

Posted by: Hrothgar at May 10, 2016 10:37 PM (wYnyS)

34 "It's rumored the stabby mall guy in MA *may* be a Protected Person of a certain "religion."


*Throbs.

Always controlled.

*But throbs.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 10, 2016 10:37 PM (P9AMr)

35
Daily Mail (I can't even begin to express how
much I hate having to get real news from foreign papers) has pic of a
black(ish) guy with a short beard that they claim was the killer (two
victims have now died). Weasel Zippers is updating as they get info.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 10, 2016 10:36 PM (GDulk)


Jeebus.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 10, 2016 10:37 PM (1ZOkK)

36 >>>Local guy Larry O'Connor said a fascinating and unasked question for Loretta Lynch would have been

Good Lawyers never ask questions they don't know answers for

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 10, 2016 10:37 PM (voOPb)

37 Let's make it even more wonderful.

http://youtu.be/IH0_XfxnXWI

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 10, 2016 10:38 PM (R+30W)

38 Sixteen black West Point cadets who posed with raised fists for a pre-graduation picture that sparked debates on race and proper behavior in uniform won't be punished for the gesture, the U.S. Military Academy said Tuesday.




What a surprise. I'm sure the bitches will make excellent members of the military

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 10, 2016 10:38 PM (45oDG)

39 "Pay for play baby"

Okay, what are they charging these days?

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 10, 2016 10:38 PM (P9AMr)

40 If you vacation in a location where the locals name their offspring after the prevailing Diety, is Jesus or Muhammad going to serve you or rob/ kill you? America has many fine tourist attractions where said immigrants can give you the 3rd world experience.

Posted by: Aaaa tours intl. at May 10, 2016 10:39 PM (6Ll1u)

41 Thank you for the excellent ONT, MisHum. I didn't know about PJTV shutting down. Sad about that.

Posted by: L, Elle at May 10, 2016 10:39 PM (+bodw)

42 Firmly top 50.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at May 10, 2016 10:39 PM (YLidQ)

43 39
Sixteen black West Point cadets who posed with raised fists for a
pre-graduation picture that sparked debates on race and proper behavior
in uniform won't be punished for the gesture, the U.S. Military Academy
said Tuesday.



Of course not. And God help the poor enlisteds who have to serve under these angry, entitled bitches.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 10, 2016 10:39 PM (1ZOkK)

44 Ricardo, did you have any weather problems tonight? We got a fairly brief but heavy downpour and just small amount of barely pea-sized hail.

Posted by: Michael the Hobbit at May 10, 2016 10:39 PM (dPpmC)

45 Good Lawyers never ask questions they don't know answers for

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 10, 2016 10:37 PM (voOPb)

I screwed up the phrasing, his intent was that it would have been great if a pseudo-reporter had asked such a question!

Posted by: Hrothgar at May 10, 2016 10:40 PM (wYnyS)

46 >>It's rumored the stabby mall guy in MA *may* be a Protected Person of a certain "religion."

Posted by: Jane D'oh

Zoroastrian then.

Posted by: Aviator at May 10, 2016 10:40 PM (c7vUv)

47 DIY?

Some things I can DIY the shit out of. Other things, I am retarded.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 10, 2016 10:41 PM (P9AMr)

48 Hey I heard there was an ONT tonight. Glad the rumors were true.

Posted by: chemjeff - Libertarian drinking beer at May 10, 2016 10:41 PM (v6tlA)

49 Anybody know how Louis Armstrong got the Satchmo moniker?
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon


Yeah. He once went to a diner in South Hampton - the stirring story about his grandfather's old ram. He was encouraged by his friends who have already heard the story, finally finds Blaine, an old silver miner, who sets out to tell Twain and his friends the tale. Blaine starts out with the ram.

Then Mogambo came. The drummers began to drum. The musicians began to play. And the people sang songs. Mogambo made a bow to the chief and said to the people, 'Now look at me! Look at me! Look at me!' With these words Mogambo began to eat soup. And he ate. And he ate. And he ate. And he ate. And he ate.

The bartender looks at the guy and figures to himself that he can't possibly be stupid enough to pull the same trick twice, so he gives him the benefit of the doubt, pours a round of drinks for the house, has a drink himself and hands the drunk a bill for $67.00.

So all the way to the movies she was a bit speechless and it was awkward at best. I mean it is hard enough to meet someone new but to think you would be meeting one type of person and it doesn't end up that way can be a bit shocking. But of course, it did not matter much once the movie started. But then we went to a big dance bar and my friend very quickly got smashed. So I ended up spending the entire time at the bar keeping her out of trouble and mostly spending time with her in the bathroom. I spent no time at all with my date and barely talked to him at all. So when they dropped us off I figured that was it for both couples.

And the guy's, like, "Have you ever seen anyone about this?"

And the bartender's, like, "Oh, yeah, I started seeing a therapist four years ago. But she says we've barely scratched the surface."

So, at around this point, the twelve-inch pianist finishes up his sonata. And he walks over to the bar and climbs onto one of the stools. And he's, like, "Listen, I couldn't help but overhear the end of your conversation. I never told anyone this before, but my dad and I didn't speak the last ten years of his life."

Posted by: 90lbs Princess Deusmachinah at May 10, 2016 10:41 PM (OcD4G)

50 Daily Mail (I can't even begin to express how much I hate having to get real news from foreign papers) has pic of a black(ish) guy with a short beard that they claim was the killer (two victims have now died). Weasel Zippers is updating as they get info.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 10, 2016 10:36 PM (GDulk)


Never ceases to amaze me how Daily Mail has better reporting on US news than every US outlet.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at May 10, 2016 10:41 PM (HalrA)

51 Zoroastrian then.

Posted by: Aviator


*****


Wait a second. There's actually a religion that worships 19th century Spanish-American swashbuckling sword fighters?

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at May 10, 2016 10:42 PM (NeFrd)

52 "Ricardo, did you have any weather problems tonight? We got a fairly brief but heavy downpour and just small amount of barely pea-sized hail."

I had nothing. Was worried but it split and didn't hardly get a dribble. DG got some serious wind and hail.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 10, 2016 10:42 PM (P9AMr)

53 Woot, Woot, Woot!

MH, your closing line reminded of lyrics from a song by a gospel singer, Billy Sprague, who was raised in my part of Texas...

"Life can be bright, like a Van Gogh
And we all have Rembrandt days with darker tones
But taken all together, it's a wonderful life"

Posted by: Captain Whitebread On The All-Night Request Line at May 10, 2016 10:42 PM (rJUlF)

54 Good Lawyers never ask questions they don't know answers for

Great Lawyers do when it doesn't matter what answer is given

Posted by: tmitsss at May 10, 2016 10:42 PM (sUvQQ)

55 Posted by: 90lbs Princess Deusmachinah at May 10, 2016 10:41 PM (OcD4G)

My dear, I think it's probably time to stop drinking for the evening!

Posted by: Hrothgar at May 10, 2016 10:42 PM (wYnyS)

56 It's rumored the stabby mall guy in MA *may* be a Protected Person of a certain "religion."

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 10, 2016 10:35 PM (1ZOkK)



I'm sure they'll never figure out the motive

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 10, 2016 10:43 PM (45oDG)

57 How you, Michael?

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 10, 2016 10:43 PM (P9AMr)

58 RK just make an offer

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 10, 2016 10:43 PM (voOPb)

59 Didn't they just find an unknown film of Louie?

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 10, 2016 10:44 PM (6Ll1u)

60 It's rumored the stabby mall guy in MA *may* be a Protected Person of a certain "religion."
----
Named "Harun"?

Posted by: andycanuck at May 10, 2016 10:44 PM (Ntwfo)

61
Sixteen black West Point cadets who posed with raised fists for a
pre-graduation picture that sparked debates on race and proper behavior
in uniform won't be punished for the gesture, the U.S. Military Academy
said Tuesday.


Why not? I'm sure it would be perfectly acceptable for some white cadets to pose in Klan robes.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 10, 2016 10:44 PM (k4M/B)

62 Posted by: 90lbs Princess Deusmachinah at May 10, 2016 10:41 PM (OcD4G)

*****

I'm glad I asked?

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at May 10, 2016 10:44 PM (NeFrd)

63 On our son's first convoy in really heavy rain, his vehicle got stuck in major mud in Helmand Province.

His freshly minted female LT. was bumfuzzled, and told them to "wait" while she and the rest of the convoy returned to Camp Leatherneck.

Son said he and the rest of his crew waited over three hours...alone...to get hauled out.

At one point, he told the crew, "If my mom knew about this, she'd be on the first plane over here, kicking ass and pulling the weave out of the LT's head."

Heh.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 10, 2016 10:44 PM (1ZOkK)

64 Never ceases to amaze me how Daily Mail has better reporting on US news than every US outlet.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at May 10, 2016 10:41 PM (HalrA)


Wonder if they reported on Rotherham back in the day year decade?

Posted by: Hrothgar at May 10, 2016 10:44 PM (wYnyS)

65 Just read the rest of comments.

Congrats on getting the job, blaster!

Posted by: Captain Whitebread On The All-Night Request Line at May 10, 2016 10:45 PM (rJUlF)

66 According to one source, "Satchmo" was a contraction of "Satchelmouth", one of many nicknames Armstrong was called as a youth for the size of his mouth. Louis liked the contraction and promoted it.

Posted by: Socratease at May 10, 2016 10:45 PM (FqHs5)

67 54 I love Jesus and HE loves me.
Posted by: I love Jesus at May 10, 2016 10:42

---

Newsflash.

He thinks you're an asshole too.

Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at May 10, 2016 10:45 PM (rlfds)

68 >>I'm sure they'll never figure out the motive

We've got a call in to our colleagues in Germany for their assistance.

Posted by: Massachusetts Police at May 10, 2016 10:45 PM (c7vUv)

69 I'm sure they'll never figure out the motive
Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 10, 2016 10:43 PM (45oDG)

"We're pretty sure he's a right-wing nut job."
--- The MFM

Posted by: Captain Whitebread On The All-Night Request Line at May 10, 2016 10:46 PM (rJUlF)

70 Daily Mail (I can't even begin to express how much I hate having to get real news from foreign papers) has pic of a black(ish) guy with a short beard that they claim was the killer (two victims have now died). Weasel Zippers is updating as they get info.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 10, 2016 10:36 PM (GDulk)


Never ceases to amaze me how Daily Mail has better reporting on US news than every US outlet.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at May 10, 2016 10:41 PM (HalrA)

It always amazes me how totalitarian regimes thoughout history controlled the people by controlling the information.

So glad that can never happen here.

Posted by: tbodie at May 10, 2016 10:46 PM (NsI03)

71 An internal inquiry found the cadets didn't plan to make a political statement, West Point's superintendent, Lt. Gen. Robert Caslen Jr., said in a letter to the student body.

But, he said, they showed "a lapse of awareness in how symbols and gestures can be misinterpreted and cause division," and they will receive instruction to address "their intent versus the impact of the photo."




You just keep making excuses for them asshole. Where in hell is George Patton when you need him?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 10, 2016 10:46 PM (45oDG)

72 I think ILJ is confusing love with an ass banging from a sweaty Mexican.

Posted by: Cy.Borg.Robot.Drifter at May 10, 2016 10:47 PM (BO/km)

73 "RK just make an offer"

Ummmm.......


$40. And I ain't budging anywhere but up.

Wait, what are we agreeing to?

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 10, 2016 10:47 PM (P9AMr)

74 Doesnt say what happened to the commie's two brothers, how he tricked some western woman into marrying him and what happened to her.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at May 10, 2016 10:47 PM (iQIUe)

75 I can't believe I read that whole comment at 51.

Not once, but twice.
Because I figured it would make sense the second time.




Nah!
That's how you troll.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at May 10, 2016 10:47 PM (kKHcp)

76 I'm sure they'll never figure out the motive

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 10, 2016 10:43 PM (45oDG)


Sometimes sh!t just happens for no reason!

Posted by: DoJ SpokesPerson Of Color at May 10, 2016 10:47 PM (wYnyS)

77 Well, someone shot Mr. Stabby. Shep was beside himself that it might have been a non-police officer. Someone carrying, perhaps. I really, truly hope it was a CC citizen.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 10, 2016 10:48 PM (1ZOkK)

78 Posted by: Hrothgar at May 10, 2016 10:44 PM (wYnyS)

I'm guessing they didn't. I'd feel a *little* better if they were able to get *their* news from US sources, but I doubt they can.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 10, 2016 10:48 PM (GDulk)

79 "He thinks you're an asshole too."

Damn, SMFH.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 10, 2016 10:48 PM (P9AMr)

80 Doing fine, Ricardo. And you?

Mrs. Hobbit and I went to see the new Captain America movie today. We liked it a lot but YMMV.

Sorry to hear about DG. I hope she didn't suffer any major damage.

Posted by: Michael the Hobbit at May 10, 2016 10:49 PM (dPpmC)

81 Anybody watch the history of jazz on pbs? Louie figured large in that, along with swing music that was the white man's jazz.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 10, 2016 10:49 PM (6Ll1u)

82 "His freshly minted female LT. was bumfuzzled"

Traditionally, it was the discreet intervention of experienced senior NCOs who kept the green junior officers from getting everyone killed. Everyone recognized this arrangement and honored it.

Now, though, should a noncom dare to transgress the authority of a protected-class junior officer, it's goodbye career, instantly.

Posted by: torquewrench at May 10, 2016 10:49 PM (noWW6)

83 Satchmo = "Satchel Mouth." Because of his big chops.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at May 10, 2016 10:50 PM (tIja6)

84 I'd feel a *little* better if they were able to get *their* news from US sources, but I doubt they can.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 10, 2016 10:48 PM (GDulk)


No one gets news from US sources, you get propaganda!

Posted by: Hrothgar at May 10, 2016 10:50 PM (wYnyS)

85 "Sorry to hear about DG. I hope she didn't suffer any major damage."

Seemed to indicate they got serious wind and some good hail but no damage so far.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 10, 2016 10:51 PM (P9AMr)

86 Posted by: Hrothgar at May 10, 2016 10:50 PM (wYnyS)

That's what I suspect. Lately they haven't even been trying very hard to pretend otherwise. It sucks.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 10, 2016 10:52 PM (GDulk)

87 Hey everybody.

Hey MH, don't quit there with the "what would you do?" scenarios. IMHO people should also know what to do when (*not* if, WHEN):

- You fall into a quicksand pit full of concrete

- You get drunk and have sex with what you thought was a beautiful woman, only to find she's Hillary Clinton

- You accidentally see the first five minutes of any episode of "Girls"

- You're sucked through the broken-out window of an airplane in mid-flight


THINK, people!!!!!

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 10, 2016 10:52 PM (ntObR)

88 79 I can't believe I read that whole comment at 51.
Not once, but twice.
Because I figured it would make sense the second time.


The opening paragraph was the tip-off. Twain and the old ram. It's from Roughing It, in which Twain's friends work him up to a pitch of excitement to hear Jim Blaine's story of the old ram, and an adventure he once had. But one had to wait until Blaine was at just the right level of drunkenness.

It was all a troll. Twain was finally present when Blaine was just drunk enough, and it turned out that he would mention the ram, and then wander off onto random topics until he passed out.

http://preview.tinyurl.com/h39unrm

Posted by: Splunge at May 10, 2016 10:52 PM (iMxBJ)

89
Now, though, should a noncom dare to transgress
the authority of a protected-class junior officer, it's goodbye career,
instantly.


Posted by: torquewrench at May 10, 2016 10:49 PM (noWW6)


Yeah, she was giving improper directions on the range one day, and a non-com buddy of our son's gently tried to correct her. She was furious.

Son, also an NCO, went to her and managed to calm her tits down.


What a fucking mess the military has become. Thanks, Barry, you bastard.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 10, 2016 10:52 PM (1ZOkK)

90 Posted by: torquewrench at May 10, 2016 10:49 PM (noWW6)

"This bar on my collar says I am infinitely smarter than you are!" translates to "Oh sh!t!"

Posted by: Hrothgar at May 10, 2016 10:52 PM (wYnyS)

91 Now, though, should a noncom dare to transgress the
authority of a protected-class junior officer, it's goodbye career,
instantly.


Posted by: torquewrench at May 10, 2016 10:49 PM (noWW6)


Who would have the temerity to challenge Lt. Dunning or Lt. Kruger? Never mind Lt. Shabazz.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at May 10, 2016 10:52 PM (oKE6c)

92 Thank goodness that nickname, "Squatchmo," never stuck to me.

Posted by: Michelle O at May 10, 2016 10:52 PM (8aOqE)

93 She should have named that kayak "Actual Size."

Posted by: Splunge at May 10, 2016 10:53 PM (iMxBJ)

94 Okay, "I Love Jesus" is getting a little outta bounds.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 10, 2016 10:53 PM (P9AMr)

95 I'm sure his comrades regret not ripping that British commie prick to shreds when they had the chance during the Cultural Revolution.

Posted by: tu3031 at May 10, 2016 10:54 PM (qJhUV)

96 7 Anybody know how Louis Armstrong got the Satchmo moniker?
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon
------------
Did anyone answer this? I actually have an answer that 8 learned in Nawlins.

Posted by: Chi at May 10, 2016 10:54 PM (qFpa2)

97 That's what I suspect. Lately they haven't even been trying very hard to pretend otherwise. It sucks.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 10, 2016 10:52 PM (GDulk)


It's gotten so bad, I don't trust the media to get the date right on the morning edition!

Posted by: Hrothgar at May 10, 2016 10:54 PM (wYnyS)

98 I thought the mall stabber had been killed. If so, the guy in the stretcher does not look dead or even critically injured. So, I dont think it is him.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at May 10, 2016 10:54 PM (iQIUe)

99 Would have been nice if just one of the 16 West Point cadets had stood up and said ' maybe doing the black power salute might not be the smartest thing to do'

Now the spin is that the salute is not what they meant even though everyone knows what that salute means.

I would also be satisfied if just one cadet would step forward to say it was a stupid misjudgment and should never been done. But of course just the opposite is happening. They are letting their surrogates defend their actions or dismiss it as no big deal.

Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at May 10, 2016 10:54 PM (MNgU2)

100 This jesus troll has been around before.

Banhammer, please.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 10, 2016 10:54 PM (1ZOkK)

101 97
Okay, "I Love Jesus" is getting a little outta bounds.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 10, 2016 10:53 PM (P9AMr)

Apparently Maet took the banhammer with him...

Posted by: Sixkiller at May 10, 2016 10:55 PM (pcyHg)

102 I Love Jesus,

Knock it off, now.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 10, 2016 10:55 PM (voOPb)

103 89 Hey everybody.

Hey MH, don't quit there with the "what would you do?" scenarios. IMHO people should also know what to do when (*not* if, WHEN):

- You fall into a quicksand pit full of concrete

- You get drunk and have sex with what you thought was a beautiful woman, only to find she's Hillary Clinton

- You accidentally see the first five minutes of any episode of "Girls"

- You're sucked through the broken-out window of an airplane in mid-flight


THINK, people!!!!!
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 10, 2016 10:52 PM (ntObR)

---

Letsee,

Nil.

Nil.

Nil.

Nil.

Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at May 10, 2016 10:55 PM (rlfds)

104 "Sometimes things go from wonderful to horrible in the blink of an eye. "

That happens during Brewers games all the time.

(Although not tonight - they filleted the Fish 10-2. It helped that the Marlins played very sloppy defense.)

Posted by: Donna&&&&V (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege ) at May 10, 2016 10:56 PM (P8951)

105 102 Would have been nice if just one of the 16 West Point cadets had stood up and said ' maybe doing the black power salute might not be the smartest thing to do'
Now the spin is that the salute is not what they meant even though everyone knows what that salute means.
I would also be satisfied if just one cadet would step forward to say it was a stupid misjudgment and should never been done. But of course just the opposite is happening. They are letting their surrogates defend their actions or dismiss it as no big deal.
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at May 10, 2016 10:54 PM (MNgU2)



Now who would expect judgment from a future officer? Especially an "officer of color?"

Posted by: Jay Guevara at May 10, 2016 10:56 PM (oKE6c)

106 you know they have an honor code at West Point, or at least they used to

Posted by: Jake at May 10, 2016 10:57 PM (merZO)

107 Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at May 10, 2016 10:54 PM (MNgU2)

Sorry comrade, in the enlightened US military a POC officer can do no wrong!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at May 10, 2016 10:57 PM (wYnyS)

108 I thought the mall stabber had been killed.

He was. Off duty cop shot him.

Posted by: tu3031 at May 10, 2016 10:57 PM (qJhUV)

109 >>you know they have an honor code at West Point, or at least they used to
Posted by: Jake

New and improved affirmative action honor code.

Posted by: Aviator at May 10, 2016 10:58 PM (c7vUv)

110 We have a friend whose son is a Sr. at West Point. Biggest pussy of a kid ever.

Summer our son got out, we're at a 4th of July cookout, and the stupid kid says to our combat weary son, "West Point is a bitch. You have no idea how tough it is."

Our Marine son looked at him and said, "Well, I guess it sucks to be you."

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 10, 2016 10:58 PM (1ZOkK)

111 http://preview.tinyurl.com/h39unrm
Posted by: Splunge at May 10, 2016 10:52 PM (iMxBJ)

Thank you. I didn't get the reference, and clearly need to read more.

But I can stand by my call.
That is how you troll.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at May 10, 2016 10:59 PM (kKHcp)

112 you know they have an honor code at West Point, or at least they used to

Posted by: Jake at May 10, 2016 10:57 PM (merZO)


I think that our Military Academies have embraced the more modern concept of multi-cultural "honor"!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at May 10, 2016 11:00 PM (wYnyS)

113 110- He was. Off duty cop shot him.
Imagine that, a good guy with a gun ended it. Suck it progressives!

Posted by: Retire John McCain at May 10, 2016 11:00 PM (RQ2WA)

114 Oh look, the 89 yr old Mark Harmon still has a show on, and the 58 yr old Abby in her punk rocker boots will help solve the case.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 10, 2016 11:00 PM (6Ll1u)

115 you know they have an honor code at West Point, or at least they used to

I think they're honor suggestions now.

Posted by: tu3031 at May 10, 2016 11:02 PM (qJhUV)

116 I miss the banhammer.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 10, 2016 11:02 PM (1ZOkK)

117 I wonder if West Point has gender neutral bathrooms and showers now.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 10, 2016 11:02 PM (1ZOkK)

118 Six, you swoop in from time to time. How's tricks?

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 10, 2016 11:03 PM (P9AMr)

119 Off duty cop shot him.


Sic semper Muslimus.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at May 10, 2016 11:03 PM (oKE6c)

120 Satchel Mouth!


Wow.


I guess 'Suitcase Yap' was already taken.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at May 10, 2016 11:03 PM (NeFrd)

121 TAUNTON, Massachusetts-- An assailant was shot after stabbing multiple people Tuesday night at the Galleria mall in Taunton, Massachusetts, and a residence in the town, said David Procopio, spokesman for the Massachusetts State Police.


Was the knife registered ?
Was the knife semi-automatic?

Posted by: James T Kirk at May 10, 2016 11:03 PM (e8kgV)

122 Today I had the pleasure of not voting for Nancy Pelosi.

Now no one can say that I didn't do my part.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 10, 2016 11:04 PM (EZebt)

123 On a positive note, for the nonce, I thought I heard that The Citadel has told a female muz applicant that no hijabs here! Loretta will on this macro-aggression, once the foot-baths have been installed in all NC bathrooms!

Posted by: Hrothgar at May 10, 2016 11:04 PM (wYnyS)

124 This is what I imagine our widdle troll looking like:

The Cancer Alien.

http://tinyurl.com/jzchk6y

*JFC - I posted about this yesterday, and I still cannot get this out of my mind. *

Posted by: Thrawn at May 10, 2016 11:04 PM (wQWv4)

125 When I'm in the mall I always wonder how many other shoppers are carrying .

Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at May 10, 2016 11:04 PM (MNgU2)

126 Our Marine son looked at him and said, "Well, I guess it sucks to be you."


Posted by: Jane D'oh

The son of one of my former employees graduated in the bicentennial class at West Point. He was an African American guy. I would have been proud of him if he was my son. GW Bush handed him his diploma, and told him "I couldn't do what you did".

Great guy and a natural leader of men. Really. Did not have an attitude at all. He loved the Army, and felt honored to be at West Point, which is what he wanted since he was a kid.
After two tours in Iraq, he kinda wanted out, because he lost some men, some very good men who were his very close friends (several of them were white guys, top NCO's under him), and it was almost too much to bear.
He stayed in, but I don't know where he is now. I don't think he would have thought much of that raised fist shit.

Posted by: Bossy Conservative...pondering the future at May 10, 2016 11:04 PM (+1T7c)

127 Posted by: James T Kirk at May 10, 2016 11:03 PM (e8kgV)

The knife did have a thing that goes up!

Posted by: Hrothgar at May 10, 2016 11:05 PM (wYnyS)

128
Was the knife registered ?
Was the knife semi-automatic?
Posted by: James T Kirk


Might have been one of those Swiss Army jobs.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 10, 2016 11:05 PM (k4M/B)

129 who goes to malls any more?


anyone ever heard of Amazon dot com?

or even ordering from the manufacture's online store?

Posted by: Jake at May 10, 2016 11:05 PM (merZO)

130 Was the knife registered ?
Was the knife semi-automatic?
Posted by: James T Kirk at May 10, 2016 11:03 PM (e8kgV)

I know it's snark, but you're gonna give someone ideas.

Once was a time every man had a knife of some sort on them.
Now it gives some folks the vapors to see a blade come out of a pocket.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at May 10, 2016 11:06 PM (kKHcp)

131 RIP Afterburner

Bill Whittle is the FUCKING MAN! See you soon, bro.

Posted by: Fritz at May 10, 2016 11:06 PM (f40FU)

132 BREAKING: Stabbing suspect identified as 28-year-old Arthur Derosa of Taunton.

Posted by: Thrawn at May 10, 2016 11:06 PM (wQWv4)

133 Wow! Penguins just had like 5 point blank shots in a 10 second span and couldn't put the biscuit in the basket. Defenseman jumped in behind Holtby to stop one of the shots right at the goal line. What a flurry.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at May 10, 2016 11:07 PM (NeFrd)

134 Chron (some entertainment rag) has an online article titled 'why so many gay men are hot for Hillary'. I really have no words ..

Posted by: IC at May 10, 2016 11:07 PM (zK6nG)

135 Trump is at 61% in Nebraska. Cruz got 19% and Kasich 12%.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at May 10, 2016 11:07 PM (4ErVI)

136 Posted by: Jake at May 10, 2016 11:05 PM (merZO)

I get what I want when I want it. And if I decide I don't want it after all I just put it back on the shelf.

Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at May 10, 2016 11:08 PM (MNgU2)

137 Blaster!!!! What great news about your job! Congratulations. That's so awesome

Posted by: bluebell at May 10, 2016 11:08 PM (2WwbN)

138 Now it gives some folks the vapors to see a blade come out of a pocket.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at May 10, 2016 11:06 PM (kKHcp)


Just happened to me as I used a knife to remove a price tag so it could be more easily scanned! Clerk was like "Whoa dude!"

Posted by: Hrothgar at May 10, 2016 11:09 PM (wYnyS)

139 Speaking of cancer aliens, I pulled out a section of the WSJ this morning, only to see a huge, full color picture of a prostate cancer cell in the process of dividing into two prostate cancer cells.

Do they not understand that people are reading this over their first cup of coffee? Normally I might have not gotten to this until I was fully awake, but I race through the editorial page lately because, well, you can imagine.

Posted by: Splunge at May 10, 2016 11:09 PM (iMxBJ)

140 STABBING SUSPECT IS A TAUNTAUN?

Posted by: Al Sharpton at May 10, 2016 11:09 PM (rlfds)

141 The Louis Armstrong video. Back when people had talents. Actor. Musician. And they went out and did that. No politics. Just entertained.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 10, 2016 11:10 PM (P9AMr)

142 I saw the story about the cadets and just stayed way away from it on FB. No win on the comments. You can't possibly know what they felt or meant, nothing bad should happen to them. That would be what was said, and sure enough, it is what was said.

People get busted at WP all the time, fair and unfair, and there really isn't anything you can do as a cadet that screws your military career without it ending your cadet career.

All cadets have sucky experiences.

Taking a picture of you and your pals - done a lot. The rest? I dunno. If they were holding models of the General Lee they probably would have been busted - even if in front of Lee Barracks.

What are you gonna do?

Posted by: blaster at May 10, 2016 11:10 PM (2Ocf1)

143 131 RIP Afterburner

Bill Whittle is the FUCKING MAN! See you soon, bro.
Posted by: Fritz at May 10, 2016 11:06 PM (f40FU)

I've been a fan of Bill's since his "Eject! Eject! Eject" blogging days. I watched his Virtual Presidency series and wished it wasn't virtual.

I have to scrounge up my spare change so I can get a membership at his site.

Posted by: Captain Whitebread On The All-Night Request Line at May 10, 2016 11:10 PM (rJUlF)

144 More in the theme of wonderfulness, I want to tell you that my daughter just graduated college Summa Cum Laude!

Posted by: Alana at May 10, 2016 11:11 PM (N5O9+)

145 @137 Thanks bluebell. It wasn't the one that I thought was coming, but that is always how it works.

Posted by: blaster at May 10, 2016 11:11 PM (2Ocf1)

146 "Trump is at 61% in Nebraska. Cruz got 19% and Kasich 12%."


Sounds like a stopper. The base is mad as Hell and it's trying to do something about it.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 10, 2016 11:12 PM (P9AMr)

147 The Louis Armstrong video. Back when people had talents. Actor. Musician. And they went out and did that. No politics. Just entertained.

Actually I've read that very late in his career, Armstrong let his moods get the better of him and said some really bitter things about how racist America was.

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 10, 2016 11:12 PM (ntObR)

148 Evening everybody.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at May 10, 2016 11:12 PM (fC9RO)

149 Posted by: Alana at May 10, 2016 11:11 PM (N5O9+)

That is wonderful! Congrats

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 10, 2016 11:13 PM (voOPb)

150 Just happened to me as I used a knife to remove a price tag so it could be more easily scanned! Clerk was like "Whoa dude!"
Posted by: Hrothgar at May 10, 2016 11:09 PM (wYnyS)

That wasn't followed by "nice knife?"

I'm going to say something that might offend the 'ettes, but boys who are scared of knives or dogs are without a male role model.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at May 10, 2016 11:13 PM (kKHcp)

151 Louis Armstrong's recording of "It's A Wonderful World" is iconic to say the least, but I do believe this little lady done stole it away from him:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuhDMJoQMAU

I spent a little too much time listening to her over the weekend, and felt kind of melancholy all day Monday. But it was a good melancholy, if that makes any sense.

Posted by: rickl at May 10, 2016 11:13 PM (sdi6R)

152 Evening horde.

Thanks for the ONT MH.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 10, 2016 11:14 PM (hlMPp)

153 Congrats Alana!

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 10, 2016 11:14 PM (hlMPp)

154 " Armstrong let his moods get the better of him and said some really bitter things about how racist America was."

Never heard but that's shame. America grabbed on to him.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 10, 2016 11:15 PM (P9AMr)

155 Quoth the Raven, "Fuckin' A."

Posted by: Edgar Allen Poe at May 10, 2016 11:16 PM (eHpnh)

156 Correct me if I'm wrong, but hockey is just soccer on ice, right? That's why nobody watches it. Who got, an hour and a f- ing half and little to no score for the win Bob? Nobody, that's who. Now, the kielbasa deep throat contest would beat hockey any day, any how, any where. Just put it on and prove me wrong.

Posted by: Bobby halls sweater at May 10, 2016 11:17 PM (6Ll1u)

157 peace out

Posted by: Jake at May 10, 2016 11:17 PM (merZO)

158 Looks like the regular crowd is filtering in. I'll hand off the baton. Thanks for the entertainment, y'all. Later.

Endeavor to persevere!

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at May 10, 2016 11:17 PM (NeFrd)

159 Anybody know how Louis Armstrong got the Satchmo moniker?

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at May 10, 2016 10:29 PM (NeFrd)


It was a shortening of "Satchel Mouth".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2016 11:17 PM (GQ0V+)

160 The Penguins knock out the Caps, in OT. Series over, 4-2 Pittsburgh.

Heh!

Posted by: Puddleglum at May 10, 2016 11:18 PM (G8SOH)

161 "Thanks for the ONT MH."


You were drinking and looking at porn again, weren't you?

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 10, 2016 11:18 PM (P9AMr)

162 It's Jonathan Chait, so consider the source, but I found this article to be interesting. Chait also talks a bit about the "illiberalism on the left" we're all so familiar with.

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/05/
heres-obamas-best-argument-against-the-left.html

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 10, 2016 11:18 PM (ntObR)

163 Pens win!

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 10, 2016 11:19 PM (89T5c)

164 Did Alana win the lottery?

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 10, 2016 11:19 PM (P9AMr)

165 150 Just happened to me as I used a knife to remove a price tag so it could be more easily scanned! Clerk was like "Whoa dude!"
Posted by: Hrothgar at May 10, 2016 11:09 PM (wYnyS)

I cut the barcode out of a 50-lb bag of dog food at the scan-it-yourself thing at Walmart. Female clerk walks over and says, "Now that was cool!"

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at May 10, 2016 11:19 PM (eHpnh)

166 Ricardo, yup.

Armstrong may have actually had some legit racism gripes, given he was popular in the 1930s and 1940s, well before the civil rights movement; I wouldn't doubt he had to deal with some *real* racism during his career. But I do hope he wasn't actually as angry at America as some of his late-career interviews suggest.

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 10, 2016 11:20 PM (ntObR)

167 "Quoth the Raven, "Fuckin' A.""

Man. E.A. POe was a bigger poet than I know it.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 10, 2016 11:21 PM (P9AMr)

168 Good on your daughter Alana. Hopefully there wasn't much hate speech at the commencement!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 10, 2016 11:21 PM (EZebt)

169
Never met anyone more dangerous than a butterbar with a map.

Or dumber.

Posted by: irongrampa at May 10, 2016 11:21 PM (X35Yt)

170 *wanders back in*

What did I miss? Or do I want to know?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 10, 2016 11:21 PM (Gz2AJ)

171 I would think not getting stuffed into the trunk of a car would be quite high on life's goals list.

but I guess I'm old school

Posted by: Jake at May 10, 2016 10:31 PM (merZO)


One countermeasure not mentioned in that article, but useful in a myriad of ways: carry a small, bright flashlight. Small enough that you can conceal it on your person well enough to slip it past a cursory frisking.


Tiny LED flashlights are cheap like borscht nowadays. Buy a mittfull of them, and conceal one in various garments, shoes, purses, etc.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2016 11:21 PM (GQ0V+)

172 Hodor

Posted by: eman at May 10, 2016 11:22 PM (MQEz6)

173 Great ONT.

Ima miss PJTV and Whittles Afterburners.

Posted by: thathalfrican - be water my friend at May 10, 2016 11:22 PM (R5HRU)

174 Great news, Blaster!

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at May 10, 2016 11:22 PM (T/5A0)

175 " Ricardo, yup. "

Yo!


I think the Heck out of Louis Armstrong.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 10, 2016 11:22 PM (P9AMr)

176 >>>I cut the barcode out of a 50-lb bag of dog food at the scan-it-yourself thing at Walmart. Female clerk walks over and says, "Now that was cool!"

So how was the sex? You did bang her, right?

Posted by: DC in River City, Team Mattis at May 10, 2016 11:23 PM (e+1S5)

177 Posted by: kbdabear at May 10, 2016 10:33 PM (BAmn3)


motorboating, surely?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2016 11:23 PM (GQ0V+)

178 So how was the sex? You did bang her, right?

I would have, but I had this hungry dog, you know?

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at May 10, 2016 11:24 PM (eHpnh)

179 From Wikipedia, on Armstrong (the "Race" section):

"Armstrong was largely accepted into white society, both on stage and off, a privilege reserved for very few African-American public figures, and usually those of either exceptional talent or fair skin tone.[citation needed] As his fame grew, so did his access to the finer things in life usually denied to African-Americans, even famous ones.[citation needed] His renown was such that he dined in reputable restaurants and stayed in hotels usually exclusively for whites.[48][not in citation given] It was a power and privilege that he enjoyed, although he was very careful not to flaunt it with fellow performers of color, and privately, he shared what access that he could with friends and fellow musicians.

That still did not prevent members of the African-American community, particularly in the late 1950s to the early 1970s, from calling him an Uncle Tom, a black-on-black racial epithet for someone who kowtowed to white society at the expense of their own racial identity. Billie Holiday countered, however, "Of course Pops toms, but he toms from the heart."[49] He was criticized for accepting the title of "King of The Zulus" for Mardi Gras in 1949. In the New Orleans African-American community it is an honored role as the head of leading black Carnival Krewe, but bewildering or offensive to outsiders with their traditional costume of grass-skirts and blackface makeup satirizing southern white attitudes.

Some musicians criticized Armstrong for playing in front of segregated audiences, and for not taking a strong enough stand in the American Civil Rights Movement.[50] The few exceptions made it more effective when he did speak out. Armstrong's criticism of President Eisenhower, calling him "two-faced" and "gutless" because of his inaction during the conflict over school desegregation in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957 made national news. As a protest, Armstrong canceled a planned tour of the Soviet Union on behalf of the State Department saying "The way they're treating my people in the South, the government can go to hell" and that he could not represent his government abroad when it was in conflict with its own people.[51]

The FBI kept a file on Armstrong for his outspokenness about integration.[52]"

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 10, 2016 11:24 PM (ntObR)

180 Did Alana win the lottery?

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 10, 2016 11:19 PM (P9AMr)

That depends on what her daughter pursues

*totally innocent comment you ruffians

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 10, 2016 11:24 PM (hlMPp)

181 Ugh, hate to see some of those anti-choke techniques being taught. Especially to women. They just don't work against a real attacker who's, get this, actually trying to kill you, or do serious bodily harm.


Nuts, Eyes, Throat. Whichever you can get to, and with however much violence, speed, and force you can apply. Twist, pull, kick, punch, claw, gouge, whatever.


Lesson over.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at May 10, 2016 11:24 PM (Wckf4)

182 176 >>>I cut the barcode out of a 50-lb bag of dog food at the scan-it-yourself thing at Walmart. Female clerk walks over and says, "Now that was cool!"

So how was the sex? You did bang her, right?
Posted by: DC in River City, Team Mattis at May 10, 2016 11:23 PM (e+1S5)

He said Walmart clerk
Dude

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 10, 2016 11:24 PM (voOPb)

183 156 Correct me if I'm wrong, but hockey is just soccer on ice, right? That's why nobody watches it. Who got, an hour and a f- ing half and little to no score for the win Bob? Posted by: Bobby halls sweater at May 10, 2016 11:17 PM (6Ll1u)

The real drama is trying to figure out the offside rules. It's the hockey version of the pitcher's duel.

Posted by: Splunge at May 10, 2016 11:24 PM (iMxBJ)

184 I would like to Horde source somthing. Not sure my computer tech skills are up to it so it may not work.

I came across this (photos if the links work) in my fathers garage. Not sure what the hell it is. My guess is it is to put a bend into a machined item.

My Grandfather was a Machinist back in the 30s through the 60s at Ford.
Anyway lets see if the photo links work.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/hlecpvb
http://preview.tinyurl.com/zgwunnl

Posted by: Willy J. at May 10, 2016 11:25 PM (lJCq0)

185 There wasn't any, because the University is so big that they had two ceremonies: Separate ones for groups of departments where they got to walk across the stage with their name called, and a single one the next day where the graduates only stood up with their whole department and the rest of it was speeches. So daughter elected to go to the one where she got to walk across the stage, and no speeches were given.

Yes, Ricardo, with this daughter, I definitely won the lottery!

Posted by: Alana at May 10, 2016 11:25 PM (N5O9+)

186 Again, watch the history of jazz series on pbs. All the big ones are there. Pbs.org

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 10, 2016 11:26 PM (6Ll1u)

187 I'm not trying to be a smart-ass here but is the Decision Desk not going to cover the remaining 'races' just to show if Trump does reach the 1,237+ before the convention?

Posted by: andycanuck at May 10, 2016 11:26 PM (Ntwfo)

188 161 "Thanks for the ONT MH."


You were drinking and looking at porn again, weren't you?
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 10, 2016 11:18 PM (P9AMr)

It's ****day isn't it?


*but I don't get it? Did I admit to that

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 10, 2016 11:26 PM (hlMPp)

189 "So how was the sex? You did bang her, right?

I would have, but I had this hungry dog, you know?"



You might come across with that one again?

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 10, 2016 11:29 PM (P9AMr)

190 "Trump is at 61% in Nebraska. Cruz got 19% and Kasich 12%."

Sounds like a stopper. The base is mad as Hell and it's trying to do something about it.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 10, 2016 11:12 PM (P9AMr)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H3rdfI28s0

Posted by: The Political Hat at May 10, 2016 11:29 PM (vBeA5)

191 You did bang her, right?
Nah. He just cut her bar-code out.

You have to understand how we knifists think.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at May 10, 2016 11:29 PM (tIja6)

192 Sixteen black West Point cadets who posed with raised fists for a
pre-graduation picture that sparked debates on race and proper behavior
in uniform won't be punished for the gesture, the U.S. Military Academy
said Tuesday.


Of course not. And God help the poor enlisteds who have to serve under these angry, entitled bitches.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 10, 2016 10:39 PM


That was my thought exactly. And not just the enlisted, but also the commanders who are going to be accused of racism at every decision.

Posted by: Raymond Stegatorian at May 10, 2016 11:29 PM (6ggxT)

193 OT. Apologies.

Tonight on PBS, Independent Lens: The fight against gun violence. Followed by something called "A Special Town Hall Presentation: Faith and Guns."

Will be re-aired Thursday MORNING from 2-4 a.m., Arizona time (West Coast this time of year), if you wish to record.


Just noticed this, so haven't seen either, but assume the coordination has begun, or continues.... Well, you get it.

BBL.

Posted by: Love Hertz at May 10, 2016 11:29 PM (no0Da)

194 From 2009:

Arthur Darosa, 21, 29 Myrtle St., was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon (a computer chair), malicious damage to a motor vehicle, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.

Sounds like a cute who may have killed 2 family members before crashing into mall. Nice car, tho. Shame he had to ruin it.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at May 10, 2016 11:31 PM (iQIUe)

195 Posted by: Willy J. at May 10, 2016 11:25 PM (lJCq0)


I couldn't get 'em to work. That might be for the best, since they could be Lemon Party links.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at May 10, 2016 11:32 PM (Wckf4)

196 "It's ****day isn't it?

*but I don't get it? Did I admit to that "


No, not at all. It ends in "Y"and there's a place to dabble.

For some. I ain't said shit.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 10, 2016 11:32 PM (P9AMr)

197 192 Sixteen black West Point cadets who posed with raised fists for a
pre-graduation picture that sparked debates on race and proper behavior
in uniform won't be punished for the gesture, the U.S. Military Academy
said Tuesday.


Of course not. And God help the poor enlisteds who have to serve under these angry, entitled bitches.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 10, 2016 10:39 PM

That was my thought exactly. And not just the enlisted, but also the commanders who are going to be accused of racism at every decision.



Sure glad I'm out of the military. This won't end well.

Posted by: Puddleglum at May 10, 2016 11:32 PM (G8SOH)

198 184 I would like to Horde source somthing. Not sure my computer tech skills are up to it so it may not work.

I came across this (photos if the links work) in my fathers garage. Not sure what the hell it is. My guess is it is to put a bend into a machined item.

My Grandfather was a Machinist back in the 30s through the 60s at Ford.
Anyway lets see if the photo links work.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/hlecpvb
http://preview.tinyurl.com/zgwunnl

Posted by: Willy J. at May 10, 2016 11:25 PM (lJCq0)

++++

Both those links end up at a Yahoo login page. I don't have a Yahoo account, so I don't know what happens after that.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 10, 2016 11:32 PM (R+30W)

199 Can't listen to that Armstrong joint. It was my great grandmothers favorite song. Still tear up when it's played.

Posted by: thathalfrican - be water my friend at May 10, 2016 11:32 PM (R5HRU)

200 No more Afterburner? One of my favorite online features, one of the few videos I actually would watch. Everything conservatives start up they give up on far too easily.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 10, 2016 11:32 PM (39g3+)

201 Wow, 61% in Nebraska? Now that surprised me. Fun fact: The Nebraska legislature is Unicameral. Who's progressive now?

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 10, 2016 11:33 PM (6Ll1u)

202 Yeah OK. I'd just as soon not hear The Bill Moyers Network take on jazz.
Every single word they say is commie agitprop, including "and" and "the."

I'm sure the audio and production values are just fine, though. It's the budget.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at May 10, 2016 11:33 PM (tIja6)

203 CNN has a promo running about a program they produced about the gun debate .yes the coordination has begun

Posted by: Jen the original at May 10, 2016 11:34 PM (Vdv73)

204 Taunton Police affirm two stabbings on the home on Myricks Road. A neighbor described the individuals who stay on the home as a "good household."

Witnesses informed 7News that the suspect, recognized as 28 yr previous Arthur Derosa, crashed his automotive outdoors the home. Officers stated Derosa then stabbed two ladies, a mom and daughter, inside. The eighty yr previous mom, recognized by sources as Patricia Slavin, was pronounced lifeless and her daughter was taken to the hospital with critical accidents.

Officers stated Derosa then stole a automotive and drove it to the Silver Metropolis Galleria Mall.

Witnesses reported seeing the automotive driving erratically by way of the mall's parking zone. Police stated Derosa crashed the stolen automotive into the doorway of the Macy's on the mall, then went inside and assaulted "a number of" individuals on the division retailer.

http://goo.gl/LdvNuV

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at May 10, 2016 11:36 PM (iQIUe)

205 200 No more Afterburner? One of my favorite online features, one of the few videos I actually would watch. Everything conservatives start up they give up on far too easily.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 10, 2016 11:32 PM (39g3+)

They'll continue at Bill Whittle's website, though maybe not with the same title.

Posted by: Captain Whitebread On The All-Night Request Line at May 10, 2016 11:36 PM (rJUlF)

206 Sixteen black West Point cadets who posed with raised fists for a pre-graduation picture that sparked debates on race and proper behavior in uniform won't be punished for the gesture, the U.S. Military Academy said Tuesday.

How on earth does defying tradition and procedure at West Point get ignored??

By having a hateful leftist wanna be halfrican American commander in chief, of course.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 10, 2016 11:36 PM (39g3+)

207 Correct me if I'm wrong, but hockey is just soccer on ice, right?

Hockey is lacrosse on ice.

Posted by: t-bird at May 10, 2016 11:36 PM (oFSUK)

208 I couldn't get 'em to work. That might be for the best, since they could be Lemon Party links.>>>

Thanks for trying. I put them in preview so you had some idea where I was sending you.

I'll go back to flickr and see if I can figure out how to link.

Posted by: Willy J. at May 10, 2016 11:36 PM (lJCq0)

209 Everytime these gun debates happen on PBS/CNN/wherever, the same thing happens. Gun sales increase. Funny that.

Posted by: Puddleglum at May 10, 2016 11:36 PM (G8SOH)

210 "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H3rdfI28s0"



Well, he're we're at. It's gotten there. For real, yo.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 10, 2016 11:37 PM (P9AMr)

211 ...and I guess to be almost literal, huckey is box lacrosse on ice.

Posted by: t-bird at May 10, 2016 11:37 PM (oFSUK)

212 Actually I've read that very late in his career, Armstrong let his moods get the better of him and said some really bitter things about how racist America was.

Back when he was entertaining, it was pretty bad for blacks in a lot of places. Even a huge name like him.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 10, 2016 11:37 PM (39g3+)

213
CNN has a promo running about a program they produced about the gun debate
------------------------

I hope it's hosted by Christianne Amanpour. She's extra objective.

Posted by: iforgot at May 10, 2016 11:37 PM (5o5ek)

214 203 CNN has a promo running about a program they produced about the gun debate .yes the coordination has begun

Posted by: Jen the original at May 10, 2016 11:34 PM (Vdv73)

There is no debate. They like to frame it that way so they can take another slice of the cake.

But no. What's the debate?

*rhetorical

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 10, 2016 11:38 PM (hlMPp)

215 They'll continue at Bill Whittle's website, though maybe not with the same title.

Well that's good at least. Pajamas Media is kind of disappointing to me.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 10, 2016 11:38 PM (39g3+)

216 When I go to Willy J's links they're to Flickr photo sharing (that you don't have to be a member to look at) but they're both 404.

Posted by: andycanuck at May 10, 2016 11:38 PM (Ntwfo)

217 I hope it's hosted by Christianne Amanpour. She's extra objective.


Posted by: iforgot


Well, maybe extra objectionable.



And the portions, they're so small, too!

Posted by: Bossy Conservative...pondering the future at May 10, 2016 11:39 PM (+1T7c)

218 That song always brings to mind a weekend at the lake with my family. My dad's cousin was up early, singing softly to this song on the radio, cooking eggs and bacon on the grill. The song ended, he looked around at all the kids sleeping around the cold campfire, the sun rise over the lake, and he said "it really is a wonderful world."

<3

Posted by: mullingthingsover at May 10, 2016 11:40 PM (L6jDH)

219 CNN has a promo running about a program they produced about the gun debate .yes the coordination has begun
-----------------------------------------------------

The "gun debate"? Did they come down in favor or against 9mm?

And lets not completely ignore Joey Choo Choo, who thinks outside the box, and recommends 12 gauge. Worth thinking about.

Posted by: MTF at May 10, 2016 11:40 PM (/m8T6)

220 Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at May 10, 2016 11:36 PM (iQIUe)

Was that article Google-translated from another language?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 10, 2016 11:40 PM (GDulk)

221 209 Everytime these gun debates happen on PBS/CNN/wherever, the same thing happens. Gun sales increase. Funny that.
Posted by: Puddleglum at May 10, 2016 11:36 PM (G8SOH)

Those networks along with Oama sure are great guns salesmen

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 10, 2016 11:41 PM (voOPb)

222 Life truly is beautiful, and if you don't see that every day, it's on you.

Posted by: Miley's Tongue at May 10, 2016 11:41 PM (knRe2)

223
Tonight on PBS, Independent Lens: The fight against gun violence. Followed by something called "A Special Town Hall Presentation: Faith and Guns."

------------------------------

Alternate title: "Bitter Clingers"

Posted by: iforgot at May 10, 2016 11:41 PM (5o5ek)

224 You and I both know we can't pay shit yo them.


"Well that's good at least. Pajamas Media is kind of disappointing to me.
"

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 10, 2016 11:42 PM (P9AMr)

225 Life is nasty, brutish, and short. If you don't see that... you're blessed. Hang on to it and enjoy it while you can.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 10, 2016 11:42 PM (39g3+)

226 And lets not completely ignore Joey Choo Choo, who thinks outside the box, and recommends 12 gauge. Worth thinking about.
Posted by: MTF


More bang for the buck! Joey Choo Choo is right again. And that's genuine Washington DC gibberish, too.

Posted by: Bossy Conservative...pondering the future at May 10, 2016 11:42 PM (+1T7c)

227 Re. Flickr, Willy J., if you go to the page that displays the photo there's an icon in photo's bottom right that's like an arrow --> pointing right; click on it and it'll give you a popup window giving you a "Share" link to cut and paste into the comment box. Don't paste it into Ace's URL to hotlink it or it'll probably refuse to post.

Posted by: andycanuck at May 10, 2016 11:43 PM (Ntwfo)

228 Posted by: qdpsteve at May 10, 2016 11:24 PM (ntObR)

Blacks of Armstrong's generation had legit grievances. I don't blame them for their anger. That was 60 years ago. The anger of BLM is entirely different.

Posted by: Donna&&&&V (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege ) at May 10, 2016 11:44 PM (P8951)

229 #225, exactly - you see what you decide you'll see. My life has been full of both joy and terrible loss, and it will swing towards joy again. It's what God intended for all of us.

Posted by: Miley's Tongue at May 10, 2016 11:44 PM (knRe2)

230 Donna, exactly.

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 10, 2016 11:45 PM (ntObR)

231 very late in his career, Armstrong let his moods get the better of him

Hot tip: before Harry Potter, "Muggles" meant something else...

Posted by: Stringer Davis at May 10, 2016 11:45 PM (tIja6)

232 226 And lets not completely ignore Joey Choo Choo, who thinks outside the box, and recommends 12 gauge. Worth thinking about.
Posted by: MTF

You need to be able to shoot right through that door!

Posted by: Donna&&&&V (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege ) at May 10, 2016 11:45 PM (P8951)

233 "Life is nasty, brutish, and short. If you don't see that... you're blessed. Hang on to it and enjoy it while you can



Man you're a negative bastard.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 10, 2016 11:46 PM (P9AMr)

234 Violence in football must be curtailed, how many years have they debated outlawing fights in hockey? I went to watch a hockey game, but.... In the future we will have roller ball. And many planets. And the same old hot dogs will still be going around.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 10, 2016 11:47 PM (6Ll1u)

235 Sorry to hear that PJTV is shutting down but it doesn't really surprise me. A lot of PJ Media is trying to be fair and even handed but like most stuff on the 'net, it ends up preaching to the choir. Let's face it, no Bernie or Hitlery voter ever goes there and they will willfully ignore anything they see or hear if they do.

Posted by: Commissar M at May 10, 2016 11:48 PM (vcIHi)

236 228: Blacks of Armstrong's generation had legit grievances


This.

The anger of BLM is cynical politics. BLM are just useful idiots.

Posted by: Puddleglum at May 10, 2016 11:48 PM (G8SOH)

237 http://preview.tinyurl.com/jep9olj

http://preview.tinyurl.com/hkcb4q9

Can anyone see these photos.

I promise it's not a lemon party.

Posted by: Willy J. at May 10, 2016 11:49 PM (lJCq0)

238 Puddleglum, yup.

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 10, 2016 11:49 PM (ntObR)

239 Life is nasty, brutish, and short. If you don't see that... you're blessed. Hang on to it and enjoy it while you can.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor


Well, if'n you're going to rape me, might as well get it all in at once.

Posted by: Hobbes, Thom. Not a hobbit at May 10, 2016 11:49 PM (OcD4G)

240 What if I just started shatting out rainbows and bullshit to everyone? Wouldn't you be pissed?

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 10, 2016 11:49 PM (P9AMr)

241 I pray that the MSM and Hill make the 2A a primary point in this election.

That is one of my issues and I'm sure it's a lot of Dems as well.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 10, 2016 11:50 PM (hlMPp)

242 Oh and everybody, in reference to last night, I went to I Luv Sushi for lunch today and got the In-N-Out (crab salad topped with shrimp) roll to go. It came with soy sauce, wasabi and pickled ginger slices.

Not bad!! I will be back, it was tasty. And I can't believe it wasn't better for me than hot dogs or pizza.

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 10, 2016 11:51 PM (ntObR)

243 You need to be able to shoot right through that door!
All you need is a .22 legally or not!

Posted by: zombie carl rowan at May 10, 2016 11:51 PM (Ntwfo)

244 Hasta...

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 10, 2016 11:51 PM (P9AMr)

245 Can anyone see these photos.


Nope. Email protected.

You're making me paranoid.

use one of the image sharing services like flickr and make them public.


Posted by: Raymond Stegatorian at May 10, 2016 11:52 PM (6ggxT)

246 #237 Yes, but not sure why the preview - tinyurl doesn't usually do that. I was redirected.

Posted by: Miley's Tongue at May 10, 2016 11:52 PM (knRe2)

247 237 http://preview.tinyurl.com/jep9olj

http://preview.tinyurl.com/hkcb4q9

Can anyone see these photos.

I promise it's not a lemon party.

Posted by: Willy J. at May 10, 2016 11:49 PM (lJCq0)

++++

Links work, but I have absolutely no idea what that piece of equipment is.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 10, 2016 11:52 PM (R+30W)

248 The anger of BLM is cynical politics. BLM are just useful idiots.

Posted by: Puddleglum at May 10, 2016 11:48 PM (G8SOH)

The pics have been scrubbed 'cause I can't find them anywhere but my favorites were Deray McKesson in a suit jacket with 5 whiteys striking goofy ass poses in school.

#FightThePower

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 10, 2016 11:52 PM (hlMPp)

249 Night RK

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 10, 2016 11:53 PM (hlMPp)

250 Meant to add that Bill Whittle is one of my favorite essayist of the Right. Reading Eject, Eject, Eject got me through some tough times when I still had hope but it was taking hits.

Posted by: Commissar M at May 10, 2016 11:53 PM (vcIHi)

251 I was going to say something here, but then I realized that it would rob a lot of folks from forum stuff and make them unhappy. So I'll not do that. Happy Vessels are the best vessels.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 10, 2016 11:53 PM (AroJD)

252 Howdy, folks. Thanks, MH - howz come you don't do this good a job on the morning dump? (hahahahaha just ribbing you - don' taze me, bro!)

Such a wonderful world... other than the horrifying parts.

Tonight's beautiful world pictures from BlazingCatFur (which I always view, thinking, I'd like to live on that planet!)
http://bit.ly/1ZDnzeP

OTOH, here's Ann Barnhardt's "final" video, nearly three hours' worth, on "Diabolical Narcissism." I've only watched the first 1/2-hour, but haven't got a quibble with her yet... well, except where she says, "I was reading a piece that a woman had wrote...."

The hard part is watching this, reflecting on how much of my own life has been ruined either by the Diabolical Narcissism of others, or, most horrifyingly, my own. Not that I didn't already know it... but, always cringeworthy.

Sample the first 10 minutes, at least. Or 20. Or 30... (not now, of course; right now you've got to do ONT).

https://youtu.be/X4dtcwv5dPM

Posted by: mindful webworker - not first... but next! at May 10, 2016 11:54 PM (5a8XA)

253 Links work, but I have absolutely no idea what that piece of equipment is.>>>

That is my problem. It took some time to build but what the fuck does it do. Top is just flat so no clues there.

Posted by: Willy J. at May 10, 2016 11:55 PM (lJCq0)

254 I watched the gun debate show last night on pbs socal. We are in a different time zone you know. Watch it with no prejudice, sober. A different point of view is needed in an honest discussion right? We all seek truth.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 10, 2016 11:55 PM (6Ll1u)

255 #237 Yes, they're visible, Willy J.

And that's pretty easy... that's a piece of laminated chipboard; I'm guessing for a bookcase shelf.

Posted by: andycanuck at May 10, 2016 11:55 PM (Ntwfo)

256 >>>Tiny LED flashlights are cheap like borscht nowadays. Buy a mittfull of
them, and conceal one in various garments, shoes, purses, etc.<<<

When inserting the battery place a small piece of plastic (Sarah Ann wrap) between the spring and the battery. This will keep the battery fresh a lot longer. Note: remove plastic before use.

Posted by: Patina Awry Newt at May 10, 2016 11:55 PM (zNeyg)

257 Tinfoilbaby, but was the show biased?

Sometimes PBS surprises me. Charlie Rose for instance, in my experience, at least *tries* to understand the conservative POV. But I admit I don't see his show that often.

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 10, 2016 11:57 PM (ntObR)

258 Posted by: mindful webworker - not first... but next! at May 10, 2016 11:54 PM (5a8XA)

Thanks for the chuckle

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 10, 2016 11:57 PM (voOPb)

259 253 Links work, but I have absolutely no idea what that piece of equipment is.>>>

That is my problem. It took some time to build but what the fuck does it do. Top is just flat so no clues there.

Posted by: Willy J. at May 10, 2016 11:55 PM (lJCq0)

++++

Cute baby though.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 10, 2016 11:57 PM (R+30W)

260 Are there any markings on it at all?

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 10, 2016 11:59 PM (R+30W)

261 The mystery device that is, not the baby.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 10, 2016 11:59 PM (R+30W)

262 Only kidding.

I don't know either.

Posted by: andycanuck at May 11, 2016 12:00 AM (Ntwfo)

263 I pray that the MSM and Hill make the 2A a primary point in this election.

Seems like a loser for them, especially when the inevitable Muslim terrorist attack happens some time before the election.

I mean, does anyone really expect that not to happen?

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 11, 2016 12:00 AM (39g3+)

264 Here's a pic of my lunch today from I Luv Sushi. :-)

http://tinyurl.com/z8szmmf

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 11, 2016 12:00 AM (ntObR)

265 Cute baby though.


Posted by: Anon Y. Mous>>>

So it links to the whole page the I gather.

Yeah the baby is 5 now still cute but slightly more trouble.

Posted by: Willy J. at May 11, 2016 12:02 AM (lJCq0)

266 Thank you guys for the podcasts. Only podcast I look forward to and laugh my ass off every time! Been lurking 10yrs.

Posted by: Andrew at May 11, 2016 12:02 AM (3fG4M)

267 So the gun debate show was a debate? Not a propaganda piece?

The way this crap is being presented scares the hell out of me. This government, the leftist controlled government wants to rule. For them, it is not about country, duty, or honor. It is not about making America strong. It is about commanding obedience from the serfs and I don't want to be ruled by tyrants.

Law and order is one thing when the majority choose to make something legal, or illegal. And once that happens, the minority are required, as an act of citizenship and civic duty, to obey the law. We don't have that any longer. Now we have a small group of activists who want to dictate the law to everyone else, and intend to use violence to enforce that law.

I don't want to live like that; at war with my neighbors, or at war with my government.

Posted by: Raymond Stegatorian at May 11, 2016 12:03 AM (6ggxT)

268 No, thank god. Charlie Rose did not get near this show. Independent lens has been accused in the past of being partial. But this one did show both sides. A little heavy on victims, and a little light on a cop facing an AK or not knowing what is there. But worth watching.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 11, 2016 12:04 AM (6Ll1u)

269 Links work, but I have absolutely no idea what that piece of equipment is.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 10, 2016 11:52 PM (R+30W)


Likewise. Looks like some sort of clamp or other tooling meant to be used with a machine tool.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 11, 2016 12:04 AM (GQ0V+)

270 well I am going to bed, long day of traveling and then beer on top of that.
good night all
be well
and congrats again blaster
guess that means you're buying the first round at the next meetup

Posted by: chemjeff - Libertarian drinking beer at May 11, 2016 12:04 AM (v6tlA)

271 'Night guys and dolls.

Have a blessed Wednesday.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 11, 2016 12:05 AM (hlMPp)

272 265 Cute baby though.


Posted by: Anon Y. Mous>>>

So it links to the whole page the I gather.

Yeah the baby is 5 now still cute but slightly more trouble.

Posted by: Willy J. at May 11, 2016 12:02 AM (lJCq0)

++++

Your 2 links do go to the 2 pictures of the device, but there are little icon pictures at the bottom that can be clicked on. So, there's the baby, 2 pics of a house or cabin covered with snow and in the middle of a construction project, and then what I think is a solar eclipse.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 11, 2016 12:05 AM (R+30W)

273 I posted something this morning:

Erik Honecker's widow has died in Chile.

"Former first lady of East Germany, nicknamed the Purple Witch, dies in Chile"

The
Honeckers took refuge at the Chilean embassy in Moscow after the fall
of the communist regime to escape trial on charges of human rights
violations and ordering the killing of fugitives fleeing to the West.


http://preview.tinyurl.com/j8ltq3p

I mentioned it to a friend who came from Germany and he said, "oh, yes Margot. They say that Erik came back from a meeting at the UN and she asked him what it was like in the West. He told her it was just like East Germany, for US Dollars you could buy anything."

He also mentioned that you could be put in prison at one time for telling that joke.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 11, 2016 12:05 AM (ry34m)

274 Are there any markings on it at all?>>>

None I'm guessing it was a one off my grandfather made. But I could not picture what use it could be so I asked on the hope that it made sense to someone.

Posted by: Willy J. at May 11, 2016 12:06 AM (lJCq0)

275 That is my problem. It took some time to build but what the fuck does it do. Top is just flat so no clues there.

Posted by: Willy J. at May 10, 2016 11:55 PM (lJCq0)


There are several forums on the 'net that cater to amateur and professional machinists. Use a search engine to find a forum you like, and post the images there with your question.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 11, 2016 12:07 AM (GQ0V+)

276 Show first, then town hall. 2 hrs at least

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 11, 2016 12:07 AM (6Ll1u)

277 Yeah, that Taser thing only works if you're not using a Lucas coil.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 11, 2016 12:08 AM (ANVXm)

278 "Happy Vessels are the best vessels."

Well, my mellow is already definitively harshed for the day, if not for the week, so I figure I can handle some more in that line. What's on your mind, Chasm?

Posted by: torquewrench at May 11, 2016 12:08 AM (noWW6)

279 118
Six, you swoop in from time to time. How's tricks?

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 10, 2016 11:03 PM (P9AMr)

Hey RK -
Pretty good. We've been getting hammered the past couple of hours with rainfall -- and it's headed your way -- so we just finished the 'night time potty break' with the pooches. Which means lots of dog bodies to wipe off, feet to clean, etc., to get them ready for bed. I love the rain...but I hate the rain just for cleaning up after dogs...and we have ten dogs.

Posted by: Sixkiller at May 11, 2016 12:08 AM (pcyHg)

280 Anyway lets see if the photo links work.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/hlecpvb
http://preview.tinyurl.com/zgwunnl

Posted by: Willy J
-------------

Appears to require a Yahoo account.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 11, 2016 12:12 AM (ANVXm)

281 Likewise. Looks like some sort of clamp or other tooling meant to be used with a machine tool.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon>>>

That makes sense it is a T slot clamp that raises the part being machined above the table.

So not much use to me other than metal art my Grandfather made which is cool still to me.

Posted by: Willy J. at May 11, 2016 12:13 AM (lJCq0)

282 Louis Armstrong did, in fact, have some legitimate beefs as regards racism. He was popular long before the civil rights movement. That he became one of America's most beloved musicians/artists is a testament to his perseverance.
I have a good friend whose father played with Mr. Armstrong, one Tyree Glenn. He played trombone and vibraphone. A big man. Can't miss him in any photo, he is even larger than Louis.
The friend and I will be at the Giants game tomorrow!

Posted by: navybrat at May 11, 2016 12:14 AM (8QGte)

283 277 Yeah, that Taser thing only works if you're not using a Lucas coil.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 11, 2016 12:08 AM (ANVXm)

You build one Mike?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 11, 2016 12:16 AM (voOPb)

284 Well, my ongoing project to gut out a defunct Vogue motorhome and convert the hulk into a storage shed, achieved a milestone today. Got the propane-fueled Chrysler 440 and the Torqueflite out of it, without damage to anything. And no strings forgotten!


Had a jack under the oil pan, and another under the rear of the transmission pan. Used a chain and a Suburban to drag the vehicle back while the engine stayed put. First move was a little over a foot, and the rear jack was up against the back side of the front axle. Moved the jack around to the front side of the axle, and did another pull; this one about six feet. The engine immediately fell off the jack, and landed on its side, but no harm done, as it landed on soft grass. I got it righted without too much trouble.


Went on to extract the dash board, and all instruments and wiring. Got to say, not impressed with the build quality. And Vogue was supposed to be a high-end motorhome.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 11, 2016 12:19 AM (GQ0V+)

285 Willy J., you might never find out what your Grandfather used it for, but you now have the coolest bookend ever!

Posted by: OldDominionMom at May 11, 2016 12:20 AM (GzDYP)

286 Got the propane-fueled Chrysler 440 and the Torqueflite out of it, without damage to anything. And no strings forgotten!
>>>

If it runs that is a mud truckers dream motor.

Posted by: Willy J. at May 11, 2016 12:21 AM (lJCq0)

287 Willy J.

Could it be some sort of gauge for adjusting machinery - depth, clearance or something like that?

I recall something about a discipline of science somewhat like archeology that addresses things that aren't really all that old: old machinery, maps, abandoned industrial sites, etc., but I can't seem to find anything about it now.

I think there was a case where an old (Civil War Era?) naval gun was recovered from the sea still loaded with an explosive shell... They were able to safely remove the shell when research showed the fuse had a left-handed thread -- had they attempted to disarm the device without this knowledge, it might have ended badly!

Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at May 11, 2016 12:22 AM (kP16F)

288 That makes sense it is a T slot clamp that raises the part being machined above the table.

So not much use to me other than metal art my Grandfather made which is cool still to me.

Posted by: Willy J. at May 11, 2016 12:13 AM (lJCq0)


Then it might be what's known as a jig, meaning in this context a fixture or clamp used to aid in the manufacture of a specific part.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 11, 2016 12:23 AM (GQ0V+)

289 Yeah, that Taser thing only works if you're not using a Lucas coil.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 11, 2016 12:08 AM (ANVXm)

You build one Mike?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian
--------------

When I was a kid, we rigged an automotive coil to trigger homemade black powder 'experiments'. Just 11 years old. Today, people would panic, bomb squads would be scrambled, arrests would be made.

One of my very favorite 'toys' was a Model-T coil. Oh, how my poor sister suffered from the various places and things that I wired up. Doorknobs, chairs, sofa, etc.

I also discovered that I could micro-perf my dad's cigarettes using the arc. He would try to light up, and be unable to draw.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 11, 2016 12:24 AM (ANVXm)

290 If it runs that is a mud truckers dream motor.

Posted by: Willy J. at May 11, 2016 12:21 AM (lJCq0)


It runs so smooth and quiet, that it amazed me. I did motivate the old beast around the yard, mouse turds and all, last fall, and the transmission seems to shift OK. And I started it again last week, and drove it about 40 yards to where I resumed disassembling it. (Got most of the appliances and interior out of it last fall.)

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 11, 2016 12:26 AM (GQ0V+)

291 AOP - Is the carb a dedicated LPG carb?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 11, 2016 12:27 AM (ANVXm)

292 It runs so smooth and quiet, that it amazed me. I did motivate the old beast around the yard, mouse turds and all, last fall, and the transmission seems to shift OK. And I started it again last week, and drove it about 40 yards to where I resumed disassembling it.
---------------

*recalls video of old ships being driven on shore for the wreckers.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 11, 2016 12:29 AM (ANVXm)

293 Not Lucas coils but in Tech school we had a condenser charger. We would load a small engine condenser and toss it to any new kids in the class. Funny as hell but only works once. One of them probably invented the Taser.

Posted by: Willy J. at May 11, 2016 12:30 AM (lJCq0)

294 Goodnight all, thanks for the fun chat tonight. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 11, 2016 12:32 AM (ntObR)

295 I need advice. My $1500 96 Honda Accord has a blown head gasket, and the mechanic is quoting me $2000 to fix it and the possibly cracked head.

Is fixing it a poor choice or just a very poor choice?

I have a thing about trying to make stuff last, and the Honda has been a decent car.
And even better it has few electronic pieces in it.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 11, 2016 12:36 AM (ry34m)

296 LPG motors are sought out by the 4 wheeler mud truck guys because sharp inclines and such that screw up float bowl liquid gas carbs. And they are better for toys that you run infrequently. Just putting this out there in case anyone wonders why I said the Mud Truckers would want that motor set up that way.

Posted by: Willy J. at May 11, 2016 12:37 AM (lJCq0)

297 AOP - Is the carb a dedicated LPG carb?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 11, 2016 12:27 AM (ANVXm)


Yes. It's got an Impco conversion on it. All the right stuff, at least externally. I don't know if the engine had internal modifications. To get the most out of propane, you have to raise the compression to about 10:1 or so, add hardened exhaust valve seats, and change the timing curve in the distributor.


I should do a compression test on it. It should show 150 psi or better if the required head work was done, 120 or less if not.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 11, 2016 12:37 AM (GQ0V+)

298 Kindltot - Is that estimate from a dealer, or an independent?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 11, 2016 12:38 AM (ANVXm)

299 10:1 or so, add hardened exhaust valve seats, and change the timing curve in the distributor.


I should do a compression test on it. It should show 150 psi or better if the required head work was done, 120 or less if not.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
-------------

Well, if so, and it may well be, that engine is just a carb and cam away from being a hottie.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 11, 2016 12:40 AM (ANVXm)

300 Estimate is from an independent, the guy who has been my mechanic for about 10 years. I trust his honesty.


Posted by: Kindltot at May 11, 2016 12:41 AM (ry34m)

301 Estimate is from an independent, the guy who has been my mechanic for about 10 years. I trust his honesty.


Posted by: Kindltot
-----------------

I think emotional attachment probably plays a part here. How many miles on the car?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 11, 2016 12:42 AM (ANVXm)

302 The problem is that I buy beaters on purpose. This one is primer and trim damage and the door has been forced so many times the window doesn't run up without help.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 11, 2016 12:44 AM (ry34m)

303
I need advice. My $1500 96 Honda Accord has a blown head gasket, and the
mechanic is quoting me $2000 to fix it and the possibly cracked head. >>>

I had a newish junkyard motor put in my Alero for less than $3k. So the question of fixing your motor comes down to how well it's been treated. Putting new head gaskets in a motor that has been treated well may be worth it (always a gamble though) but spending a little more for a low mileage junk yard motor may be better once you are at the $2k mark (still a gamble).

Posted by: Willy J. at May 11, 2016 12:44 AM (lJCq0)

304 I need advice. My $1500 96 Honda Accord has a blown head gasket, and the mechanic is quoting me $2000 to fix it and the possibly cracked head.

Is fixing it a poor choice or just a very poor choice?

I have a thing about trying to make stuff last, and the Honda has been a decent car.
And even better it has few electronic pieces in it.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 11, 2016 12:36 AM (ry34m)


If the repair exceeds the value of the car, it's too much. Do you have any Pick-and-Pull yards near you? A used engine from such a place should not run more than a few hundred dollars. Will your present mechanic work with you if you got that route, or try do some of the work yourself?


If the engine has been leaking coolant into the engine oil for any length of time, be advised the engine bearings are likely to be ruined. If not, a used head, new head gasket, new timing chain, and new water pump should perk it up. You could probably find the complete procedure for doing it on Youtube.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 11, 2016 12:45 AM (GQ0V+)

305 LPG motors are sought out by the 4 wheeler mud truck guys because sharp inclines and such that screw up float bowl liquid gas carbs. And they are better for toys that you run infrequently. Just putting this out there in case anyone wonders why I said the Mud Truckers would want that motor set up that way.

Posted by: Willy J. at May 11, 2016 12:37 AM (lJCq0)


Interesting. Thanks for the explanation. I wonder if there is a rear-sump oil pan available for that engine?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 11, 2016 12:47 AM (49Lge)

306 It is also a 4th hand car - I think someone's kid learned to drive in traffic with it. I think I am working towards selling it by the pound and buying a car without the damage.

I have no idea what the odometer says.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 11, 2016 12:49 AM (ry34m)

307 Anyways, thank you all.
I'm off to mutter finances to myself. I had advice to get a decent car since I am supposedly past the primered up beater stage.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 11, 2016 12:52 AM (ry34m)

308 #49

But how does the nymphomaniac ventriloquist figure into it?

Posted by: Epobirs at May 11, 2016 12:53 AM (IdCqF)

309 Interesting. Thanks for the explanation. I wonder if there is a rear-sump oil pan available for that engine?>>>

The Mudder guys don't care about oil as long as the blown motor is at the top of the hill.

Posted by: Willy J. at May 11, 2016 12:54 AM (lJCq0)

310 Hello, Horde.

Since tonight seems to be advice night on the ONT, does anybody have a preferred method/course for learning to speak Hindi?

Because I might be interested.

Posted by: Piercello at May 11, 2016 12:59 AM (RXfvh)

311 It is also a 4th hand car - I think someone's kid learned to drive in traffic with it. I think I am working towards selling it by the pound and buying a car without the damage.

I have no idea what the odometer says.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 11, 2016 12:49 AM (ry34m)


If the car is a beater in all respects, maybe you should pronounce it dead, and buy a nicer example of the same model, and keep a few parts off the old one (or the entire car, if storage space permits) to help maintain the new one. Say the old car has a good windshield, that's worth a couple hundred bucks if the one in the new car gets smashed by a rock.


My '96 Suburban got totalled in a wreck in March. Drove it home, but the frame is buckled, and repair exceeds the value of the vehicle. And the miles on the engine/tranny were getting up there. So I will put the leather interior and gadgets into my '97 Plain-Jane suburban. And keep the hulk for parts. But I have room...

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 11, 2016 12:59 AM (49Lge)

312 The Mudder guys don't care about oil as long as the blown motor is at the top of the hill.
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I'm assuming that the cam is an RV cam, low end torque. Perhaps that is suitable too, though I suspect those guys run near WOT with mud a-flying, and care more about high hp.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 11, 2016 01:00 AM (ANVXm)

313 The Mudder guys don't care about oil as long as the blown motor is at the top of the hill.

Posted by: Willy J. at May 11, 2016 12:54 AM (lJCq0)


Well, I have a potential use for it, but the front sump might get in the way.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 11, 2016 01:00 AM (49Lge)

314 But I have room...
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
---------------

You can park it in your new shed. ;-)

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 11, 2016 01:01 AM (ANVXm)

315 Off to scoop cat litter. I lead a really exotic life.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 11, 2016 01:03 AM (ANVXm)

316 HOME! Where DUI checkpoints don't matterr. And the cats and the June bugs cavort.

Mike Hammer: ...rigged an automotive coil to trigger homemade black powder 'experiments'.... rigged a Model-T coil... wired up. Doorknobs, chairs, sofa, etc.... micro-perf my dad's cigarettes using the arc...

I so pity the modern kid.

Posted by: mindful webworker - phit to be tyed at May 11, 2016 01:04 AM (gJBE5)

317 Thanks all for taking the time to give me opinions on my pictures. And the conversation after. Good night.

Posted by: Willy J. at May 11, 2016 01:04 AM (lJCq0)

318
195 Kindltot

My 96 Honda Civic lots its head gasket at about 185,00 miles. My mechanic recommended that I sell it, as they felt that it had about 1 year left.

My options were:
1. Sell it, and buy ...
a. New - $20,000, maybe more
b. Used - Cash for Clunkers removed all the cheap yet functional vehicles, leaving either cars that were not much less expensive than new, or stuff with all sorts of unknowns.

2. Put in a "new" engine; just the engine ... Swapping an Acura would require some rewiring, so it had to be a Civic ... about $4500, probably more.

3. Replace the gasket: about $1600. I also had a lot of other stuff done, since the head was off. This way I only paid for parts. Total cost, about $3200.

I chose #3, and I had very good results. The car just hit 226,000 miles, and seem likely to make it to 250,000, maybe 275,000 with no problem.

The car is 20 years old, and the headliner is starting to come off, but I'm between $1500 and $18,500 ahead. Eventually I will have to get a new vehicle, but "eventually" isn't this weekend, or next, or ...

Posted by: Arbalest at May 11, 2016 01:06 AM (FlRtG)

319 Piercello: ...does anybody have a preferred method/course for learning to speak Hindi?...

Is there a better method for learning any language than to have a girlfriend (or boyfriend for you gals) who speaks the language? (Otherwise, you'll never get the real idioms... and insults.)

Posted by: mindful webworker - barely speaks anglish at May 11, 2016 01:09 AM (gJBE5)

320 >>Is there a better method for learning any language
>>than to have a girlfriend (or boyfriend for you gals)
>>who speaks the language?

No, but being married gets in the way of that approach.

"Hon, going to...uh...my Mandarin class now."

Posted by: JEM at May 11, 2016 01:16 AM (o+SC1)

321 I didn't shoot the thread.

But I did tease the deputy.

Posted by: mindful webworker - lately at May 11, 2016 01:16 AM (gJBE5)

322 There have to be an enormous number of still viable mid-Nineties Accord motors out there.

The Honda tuner community are as a group pretty competent on engine swaps and do them all the time. I'd go find some local Honda enthusiasts at a get-together and ask them about this.

They probably have zero interest in a low performance, mass market Accord motor for their own purposes. So you're not competing with them for a rare commodity.

They also probably could do a swap of a junkyard mill for a few hundred bucks in beer money. Some of these guys can put a motor in a car that was never designed to accept it, and finish it off in an extended weekend.

Posted by: torquewrench at May 11, 2016 01:19 AM (noWW6)

323 rickl #151: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuhDMJoQMAU

That was pretty nice. Thanks.

Posted by: mindful webworker - apparently at May 11, 2016 01:20 AM (gJBE5)

324 Mindful,

Well, actually, ongoing developments in that direction may or may not be the reason I am asking.

Posted by: Piercello at May 11, 2016 01:20 AM (RXfvh)

325 Piercello #324: ...ongoing developments in that direction may or may not be the reason I am asking.

Ah, well, then, just start google the basics. Beer. Bathroom. Kama Sutra....

O_o

Posted by: mindful webworker - unseriously at May 11, 2016 01:25 AM (gJBE5)

326 Well, I determined that rear-sump oil pans are indeed available for the 440. Very interesting. I will do a compression test tomorrow. So easy to do...

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 11, 2016 01:26 AM (i/8iE)

327 it doesn't mater what language you talk to your girlfriend in:

you're still never going to understand what she actually wants.

Posted by: redc1c4 at May 11, 2016 01:26 AM (MA9r2)

328 Say, lookit the time! Mama allus said, nothing good happens after Midnight. Guess I'll clock out.

Stay strong, Morons.



There is actual life pulsating throughout the mechanism of the vast creation of the vibrant cosmos.

Posted by: mindful webworker - finally at May 11, 2016 01:30 AM (gJBE5)

329 Rockford was a player, dammit.
He's macking on a young Sharon Gless, and telling his GF "she's an old fishin' buddy"

Posted by: Chi at May 11, 2016 01:40 AM (qFpa2)

330 I'll just leave this here:

https://weaponsgradewaifus.com/

Posted by: The Shima-Hat at May 11, 2016 01:46 AM (vBeA5)

331 So old Bernie says He's not ruling out being Hillary's VP... Way to go Bernie

Posted by: donna at May 11, 2016 01:48 AM (O2RFr)

332
295 A 96 Accord does NOT have a "few" electronic parts.
Blown head gasket is a hypothesis.
Ditch that zero and buy a Mustang of similar vintage.
Craigslist will show you it's not worth rebuilding

Posted by: MAx at May 11, 2016 01:50 AM (LAliD)

333 Buying used 20 year old motors is a mistake unless they are proven primo which few of them are. Buy Grandma's car whatever it is and play the odds

Posted by: MAx at May 11, 2016 01:54 AM (LAliD)

334 "Buying used 20 year old motors is a mistake unless they are proven primo which few of them are."

Pull the valve cover. Cam lobes clean and unscored? No old-oil gunk?

Run compression and leakdown tests by turning the crank. A-OK?

Cooling passages have no rust or residue?

I'd happily bet on a $300 motor which passed those examinations. And pay someone else another few hundred to yank and swap.

Posted by: torquewrench at May 11, 2016 02:16 AM (noWW6)

335 Today this older guy comes in where I volunteer, with a younger friend, to show him the place.


Nice guy, quiet, easy-going. Wearing a USMC camo hat. In his 80s, thin, fit, 100%.


So the boss (retired maj. general) mentions that "Bob" is a MOH recipient.


This guy: http://tinyurl.com/gqyzmks


Funny. The calm demeanor came through, instantly, even in introductory pleasantries and joking.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 11, 2016 02:30 AM (QDnY+)

336 I need advice. My $1500 96 Honda Accord has a blown head gasket, and the mechanic is quoting me $2000 to fix it and the possibly cracked head.

Break out the tools and do it yourself. Replacing a head gasket or swapping in a junkyard motor (with the help of a rented engine hoist) isn't beyond the realm of a backyard mechanic.

If that is for some reason not an option- get rid of it. It's a 20 year old car that is likely to have more, expensive problems soon.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at May 11, 2016 02:31 AM (KRwzj)

337 Night all.

Here is "The Eternal Well" by The Well:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxR87p_9cVc

Posted by: The Political Hat at May 11, 2016 03:51 AM (vBeA5)

338 Hello and good night! Books are wonderful!

Posted by: sinalco at May 11, 2016 03:54 AM (yODqO)

339 L,Elle it's mostly only the weekend where there is a slight shot of me on getting a first on a ONT, I get up to damn early.
Good morning horde

Posted by: Skip at May 11, 2016 04:05 AM (3wHFl)

340
Queen Elizabeth II has been overheard on video describing Chinese officials as 'very rude to the ambassador' in a conversation with a senior police officer at a Buckingham Palace event celebrating her birthday.

The comments, which became public Wednesday, were unusual because the 90 year old monarch has been careful to steer clear of politics during her long reign.

The incident, recorded by the palace's official cameraman, captured police Commander Lucy D'Orsi telling the queen that arranging the state visit by Chinese President Xi in October had been a 'testing time.'

Elizabeth responded: "They were very rude to the ambassador."

It was the second embarrassment from Tuesday's event, where Prime Minister David Cameron was overheard describing Nigeria and Afghanistan as 'possibly the two most corrupt countries in the world.'

http://goo.gl/GvAxks

==============
It's China, Nigeria, and Afghanistan who should be embarrassed.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at May 11, 2016 04:09 AM (iQIUe)

341 How true how things can go from sweet to shit like *that*!

Case in point: last night. I was cruising along with the front page (I'm a layout editor for a crappy small-town rag -- long story), and I had it all done except for one wire story.

And InDesign crashed. And wiped out all my work.

So I rebooted, and got everything completed. Tried to save the page ...

And InDesign crashed. And wiped out all my work.

I notified the editor that the pages would be late coming to him. He comes back to the newsroom and gives me hell for not having more pages done, ignoring the fact that those crashes cost me about two hours.

I don't want to think about the rest of the shift.

Please, God, get me out of there!

Posted by: Weak Geek at May 11, 2016 04:11 AM (n5sLw)

342 The doldrums.

Posted by: Love Hertz at May 11, 2016 04:18 AM (no0Da)

343 The doldrums.

Posted by: Love Hertz at May 11, 2016 04:18 AM (no0Da)[/]

Bob Dole doesn't play drums.

Posted by: Bob Dole at May 11, 2016 04:21 AM (vBeA5)

344 Doldrums are what they keep the picked pineapples in

Posted by: Skip at May 11, 2016 04:25 AM (3wHFl)

345 So, posted earlier the info about the PBS gun thingy but wasn't able to watch more than a couple of minutes of the "town hall" discussion.

My take is that the big push to convert clingers over to the dark side will be to play on the emotional aspects of scripture-based love of neighbor against the violence "inherent in guns." Logic be damned, of course.

Even viewing for just a few minutes I could easily see the moderator gently guiding the discussion in a particular direction.

Posted by: Love Hertz at May 11, 2016 04:30 AM (no0Da)

346 The dizinformation will come from all sides, seemingly at random.

I visited East Berlin as a student in 1977.

They drove the tour coaches around in circles to make the nice part of the city appear larger than it was.

Same thing.


.

Posted by: Love Hertz at May 11, 2016 04:41 AM (no0Da)

347 Nutjob alert!

Harvard professor: Start treating Christian conservatives like Nazis

http://goo.gl/YRBE0Y

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at May 11, 2016 04:45 AM (iQIUe)

348 Trump/Chik-Fil-A Cows 2016!

#HappyBDayIsrael

Gaza, Gaza, ya Arab, Jaish-Sharon sa'yaud!

Democrats Delenda Est

Venezuela, Germany, California......is there nothing that leftist ideology touches that DOESN'T turn to shit?

Posted by: The Midnight Chalkening at May 11, 2016 04:53 AM (XqXVp)

349 >>>And the miles on the engine/tranny were getting up there.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 11, 2016 12:59 AM (49Lge)

YOU BASTARD! YOU TOLD THE WORLD MY SECRET, WHICH YOU SWORE NOT TO!!

And yet, I feel strangely......liberated.......

BRB, gonna put on my pretty apron now.......

Posted by: Gender-confused Automobile at May 11, 2016 05:00 AM (XqXVp)

350 Posted by: The Midnight Chalkening at May 11, 2016 04:53 AM (XqXVp)

You are almost 5 hours late. The next time you come in smelling like booze will be the last time.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois No. Not the guy with no party. The other Tim at May 11, 2016 05:01 AM (WVsWD)

351 re: gas station robber in side bar......I'm kinda thinking that's about the last thing he expected.

Posted by: BignJames at May 11, 2016 05:13 AM (HtUkt)

352 Zo, then I sezzz, *hic* "Occifer, could youuuu hold my bottle whilez I pull up my pants?"......and thatzzz why I'm late.....not because of my *hic* drin- *hic* drinkin' ......that Cop wanted me to HOLD MY OWN BOTTLE! Asshole cop..... Zzzzzzzzz

Posted by: The Midnight Chalkening at May 11, 2016 05:26 AM (XqXVp)

353 Good Morning Morons. Today is Wednesday, May 11, 2016. On this day in 1310 in France, fifty-four members of the Knights Templar were burned at the stake as heretics. Their actual crime was being wealthy while the King of France was bankrupt and had borrowed large sums of money from them. They had accrued much wealth through establishing the first banking system in medieval times. The King even got the corrupt Pope at the time to agree to the charges.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 11, 2016 05:55 AM (vvmPQ)

354 The primary race is over but WVA is won by Krazy Kommie Bernie and Trump takes it on the Republican side.


http://fxn.ws/1T5fVGp

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 11, 2016 05:56 AM (vvmPQ)

355 As expected, those black female cadets at West Point who staged that BLM protest will receive no punishment.


http://fxn.ws/1T3ZIom

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 11, 2016 05:56 AM (vvmPQ)

356 McKinny, TX just approved a bond issue and a plan to build a $63M High School Football stadium. This is insane but evidently the voters are insane over HS football and government crony corruption. Of course the town government used that old saw about this spurring economic development which has been debunked over and over again for even pro venues. I note that this "approval" occurred during a non-normal voting season for general elections so it was a "special election". So I suspect the same shenanigans there that happened here to float a tax increase.


http://fxn.ws/1WoXHWJ

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 11, 2016 05:56 AM (vvmPQ)

357 Syrian Christians face genocide from ISIS savages.


http://fxn.ws/1ZD7ZQB

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 11, 2016 05:56 AM (vvmPQ)

358 The corrupt DOJ will not ask for the death penalty in the trial of the Benghazi ringleader. Why does that not surprise me.


http://fxn.ws/21UFn7b

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 11, 2016 05:57 AM (vvmPQ)

359
That Wyoming man who had a major fight with the corrupt EPA who was threatening him with millions in fines over a stock pond he built himself has finally got the EPA off his back (for now). He did agree to plant some trees and build a fence so the SOBs could save a little face. The truth of the matter is that if it went to court the EPA was certain to have lost because the Supreme Court has beat them down twice over this kind of shit. If we had an opposition Party the clean water act would be revised to reign in this lawless agency. Hell, if I was in charge this lawless agency would be disbanded.


http://fxn.ws/1XkFKHv

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 11, 2016 05:57 AM (vvmPQ)

360 Recall that link I put in a few weeks ago about the DC metro safety problems. Well now the feds are making noises that if they don't take action they can shut the entire system down.


http://fxn.ws/24MVYPt

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 11, 2016 05:57 AM (vvmPQ)

361 World's oldest living cat is a Siamese in TX.


http://fxn.ws/1sclGvE

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 11, 2016 05:57 AM (vvmPQ)

362 Those fake refugees that the shithead 'n chief is bringing in are bringing in more diseases with them. We have now a measles outbreak in Memphis originating with them.


The first reported case of a person with measles in the recent Memphis outbreak, which now numbers seven confirmed cases, was at a local mosque on April 15, according to the Shelby County Health Department.



Measles had effectively been eradicated in the US before Obama was ushered into office and started a flood of people from third world shitholes.


http://bit.ly/1T53WZc

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 11, 2016 05:57 AM (vvmPQ)

363 This is how bad it is now thanks to the choom.


Over 120 languages spoken in Nashville schools; Spanish, Arabic rank highest after English


And that ain't cheap for local school districts.


http://bit.ly/1TzIzyP

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 11, 2016 05:58 AM (vvmPQ)

364 Panama's plan to dump a shit-ton of Cuban migrants on Mexico so they can travel to the US has been halted by Mexico. Mexico says oh no, dump them on the US border. Thanks to a decades old obsolete law which neither Party has any intention of repealing, these turds become instant "legal;" as soon as their feet hit US soil.


http://bit.ly/1XkHqRs

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 11, 2016 05:58 AM (vvmPQ)

365 The FBI has confirmed it will grill Scankles.


http://bit.ly/1VSNrFu

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 11, 2016 05:58 AM (vvmPQ)

366 Another article on Obama's lawfare against NC.


http://bit.ly/24K6rrt

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 11, 2016 05:58 AM (vvmPQ)

367 Good News of the Day. Discerning Domino's manager notes a break in normal ordering habits of a repeat customer and dispatched a worker to check on him. Worker finds him on the floor after a stroke and calls ambulance.


http://bit.ly/1qd6AnK

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 11, 2016 05:59 AM (vvmPQ)

368 Congratulations NYC voters; DeCommio to spend $2.5B on a streetcar for cronies.


http://bit.ly/1T8pglX

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 11, 2016 05:59 AM (vvmPQ)

369 Obama: High crime by blacks is caused by racist "system". Just like all race bating agitators every problem in the black community is caused by racism. You would think that people would get tired of hearing that shit. But even if they are, the FSA will still vote for people like him because they still want their free shit above all else. The solution to this problem is to require voting to be a privilege earned by paying taxes.


http://bit.ly/24Mfprq

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 11, 2016 05:59 AM (vvmPQ)

370 Now even the students at UNC are suing Obama over his illegal bathroom orders.


http://dailysign.al/1TaoFx5

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 11, 2016 05:59 AM (vvmPQ)

371 Ramirez - Finally an update.


http://bit.ly/1qd89lF

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 11, 2016 06:00 AM (vvmPQ)

372 G'mornin all.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 11, 2016 06:00 AM (ptqRm)

373 That's it for today folks. I will be bailing out early today folks. I have yet another Dr's appointment at 0800 today.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 11, 2016 06:00 AM (vvmPQ)

374 Thanks Vic.

Be safe.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 11, 2016 06:02 AM (ptqRm)

375 303


I need advice. My $1500 96 Honda Accord has a blown head gasket, and the

mechanic is quoting me $2000 to fix it and the possibly cracked head. >>>

I
had a newish junkyard motor put in my Alero for less than $3k. So the
question of fixing your motor comes down to how well it's been treated.
Putting new head gaskets in a motor that has been treated well may be
worth it (always a gamble though) but spending a little more for a low
mileage junk yard motor may be better once you are at the $2k mark
(still a gamble).


Posted by: Willy J. at May 11, 2016 12:44 AM (lJCq0)

I had a place change out the engine in my daughter's car rather than do an almost just as expensive rebuild. During the change out they found that the transmission was also on it last legs and recommended replacing it as well. By the time it was all done it winded up being more than what I could bought another one in much better shape with fewer miles.

Get another similar car.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 11, 2016 06:04 AM (vvmPQ)

376 Can you imagine being the junior Soldiers who get one of those female Cadets after graduation?


Nothing worse then a junior Officer with a hard-on for The Man spending every moment punishing junior troops for being the wrong race or sex.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 11, 2016 06:04 AM (ptqRm)

377 376
Can you imagine being the junior Soldiers who get one of those female Cadets after graduation?





Nothing worse then a junior Officer with a hard-on for The Man
spending every moment punishing junior troops for being the wrong race
or sex.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 11, 2016 06:04 AM (ptqRm)

In the past any such political demonstration in uniform by a cadet would have resulted in immediate expelling from the academy. But then again, in those times the academy had no females and it was more concerned with creating good cadets than it was pushing PC crap.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 11, 2016 06:11 AM (vvmPQ)

378 "In the past any such political demonstration in uniform by a cadet would have resulted in immediate expelling from the academy. "

In the past, a Ladies Room was expected to be a Penis Free Zone as well.


Ah, simpler times.


Our Military Leaders had moral backbone.
And
Our Women didn't have penises.


Isn't the enlightenment wonderful?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 11, 2016 06:14 AM (ptqRm)

379 Judging by the major news reporters, (Not VNN) nothing happened yesterday.

Except that a guy with a stereotypically islamic style of beard went on a knifing spree.
And Hillary got her ass handed to her in two State Primaries.


Other then that......almost nothing in the news.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 11, 2016 06:17 AM (ptqRm)

380 I read somewhere that a bunch of plants are facing extinction. I think what these "scientists" meant was that funding was drying up.

That's not news?

What do I know?

Posted by: Tim in Illinois No. Not the guy with no party. The other Tim at May 11, 2016 06:23 AM (WVsWD)

381 G'mornin' Horde !

Thanks, Vic, and good luck at the docs !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 11, 2016 06:24 AM (gUoN4)

382 381
G'mornin' Horde !



Thanks, Vic, and good luck at the docs !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 11, 2016 06:24 AM (gUoN4)

Routine tests for heart stuff since I haven't had any of those for a while. Gets old after a while.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 11, 2016 06:31 AM (vvmPQ)

383 Like I said, nothing going on in the world.

Well, except this little car bombing

http://tinyurl.com/z7p7ruh

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 11, 2016 06:31 AM (ptqRm)

384
Vic just likes to get naked and put on one of those gowns with the slit in the back...

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at May 11, 2016 06:33 AM (iQIUe)

385 Good news is that in the repub primary I only trail Happy Gilmore by 2,063 votes. Hopefully I'll make that up in California.

In other news Bernie looks like he picked up two more of those donk-eee Super Delegates. His total is now 41.

7 more will double what he started with.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois No. Not the guy with no party. The other Tim at May 11, 2016 06:34 AM (WVsWD)

386 384


Vic just likes to get naked and put on one of those gowns with the slit in the back...

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at May 11, 2016 06:33 AM (iQIUe)

They only do that when you go to the hospital. Won't have to do that this time. I will have to take off shirt so they can put EKG stuff on after they first take the leads out of the refrigerator.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 11, 2016 06:37 AM (vvmPQ)

387 See, this is why I like Gwyneth Paltro.

Deep down, she's just a hard working mother with simple tastes.

http://tinyurl.com/z63oof9

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 11, 2016 06:39 AM (ptqRm)

388 We all thought it was a wonderful thing that Mao was launching. According to someone who wasn't interned or killed by that wonderful communist socialist Mao. This douche weasel has few regrets about his involvement. He should ask the 2,000 people killed during the autumn of 1966 in Beijing alone.


Even with both his Commie parents in a ChiCom prison (because every idiot Commie thinks their own back will never be against the wall) this punk was a proud member of the Red Guard, hoisting his Little Red Book for the cameras. Some people are too stupid to waste our oxygen.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at May 11, 2016 06:39 AM (HMt16)

389 It looks like you have two types in the cadet picture. The racist black power types proudly giving the salute. Then you have a few go along types who are barely giving the salute thinking "This isn't such a good idea." Neither are fit to be officers.

Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at May 11, 2016 06:42 AM (n2GmV)

390 >>>>
Those fake refugees that the shithead 'n chief is bringing in are
bringing in more diseases with them. We have now a measles outbreak in
Memphis originating with them.


The first reported case of a
person with measles in the recent Memphis outbreak, which now numbers
seven confirmed cases, was at a local mosque on April 15, according to
the Shelby County Health Department.



Measles had
effectively been eradicated in the US before Obama was ushered into
office and started a flood of people from third world shitholes.
.
.
.
.There are going to be many, many more because some $hithead parents refuse to vaccinate their kids over the pseudo science mercury in the vaccine B$. Too bad it can't be the idiot parents that get the disease instead of the innocent kids, maybe that would smarten them up.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at May 11, 2016 06:42 AM (iONHu)

391 355 As expected, those black female cadets at West Point who staged that BLM protest will receive no punishment.


That "BLM protest" is just the ole Black Nationalists Salute. Black Panthers ring a bell? They were using a salute that was blatantly anti-American.

The future looks bright. Probably from a nuclear blast.

Posted by: Puddleglum at May 11, 2016 06:43 AM (G8SOH)

392 Turns out that whole "Canadian boy scientist discovers previously unknown Mayan city" story that made the 'net rounds yesterday is probably bullshit.

The "Mayan pyramid" is, in all probability, an old cornfield.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at May 11, 2016 06:45 AM (HMt16)

393 "There are going to be many, many more because some $hithead parents refuse to vaccinate their kids over the pseudo science mercury in the vaccine "

I guess the real depth of the problem will be evident when Anti-Vaxers with small children open their homes and day cares up to individuals from these disease ridden locations.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 11, 2016 06:45 AM (ptqRm)

394 West Point is all about diversity at any cost. Kid has one friend there who got sent home for a semester for failing his classes and for honor code infractions. Yet somehow he's graduating on time with his class

Posted by: NCKate at May 11, 2016 06:45 AM (4bHkw)

395 Honor Code violations used to get you kicked out too.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 11, 2016 06:47 AM (vvmPQ)

396 Puddle gum. You still around?

Posted by: Golfman at May 11, 2016 06:48 AM (48QDY)

397 Off to the showers

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 11, 2016 06:50 AM (vvmPQ)

398 Still here Golfman

Posted by: Puddleglum at May 11, 2016 06:50 AM (G8SOH)

399 If you're serious about your golf trip to the Pinehurst area, email me. I can give you the ins and outs.

Golfman6062 at the g thing.

Posted by: Golfman at May 11, 2016 06:51 AM (48QDY)

400 Is the cadet in question...... how to ask this...... not melanin deficient?

Posted by: Vlad the Impaler, whittling away like mad at May 11, 2016 06:51 AM (3Mimg)

401 399: email sent

Posted by: Puddleglum at May 11, 2016 06:55 AM (G8SOH)

402 Prog/lib acquaintance is bitching on FB about the increase in crime in his beloved Portland. This is above and beyond the annoying petty crime of the unemployed hipster youth. More like home break-ins and car theft. Similar to what has occurred in my neighborhood the last few years as the Mexican occupation has progressed. Coincidentally,from looking at the demographics it is clear the invasion has gotten started in Portland a few years ago and is picking up steam. Can't wait until all the NPR-level white hippies there get to experience first hand the full benefits of diversity and multiculturalism.

Posted by: Ripley at May 11, 2016 06:56 AM (1BQGO)

403 I don't know if creeper if up yet, but she (?) might like this little video of an adorable kitten that got a little wheelchair that helps it scoot along:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/hjab2bt

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 11, 2016 06:57 AM (w4NZ8)

404 West Point is all about diversity at any cost. Kid has one friend there who got sent home for a semester for failing his classes and for honor code infractions. Yet somehow he's graduating on time with his class
Posted by: NCKate at May 11, 2016 06:45 AM (4bHkw)

There's nothing to worry about. Our soon to be second or third tier military (think India/Brazil) will be totes diverse and able to take on anyone like Luxembourg.

The country is Balkanizing. We aren't coming back from this. Any military failures will be attributed to not being diverse enough. The establishment will double down on stupid.

Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at May 11, 2016 06:57 AM (n2GmV)

405 AA male. Low SAT scores. No AP classes in high school. And problems with following rules then too.

Posted by: NCKate at May 11, 2016 07:03 AM (4bHkw)

406 As far as it is possible live at peace with everyone,
but sometimes you can't:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/jt68udq

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 11, 2016 07:05 AM (w4NZ8)

407 Man digs well for wife after she is denied water-whole town benefits:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/z3yld65

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 11, 2016 07:09 AM (w4NZ8)

408 "AA male. Low SAT scores. No AP classes in high school. And problems with following rules then too."

Setting aside the skin color, and judging simply by prior performance and moral self discipline, just about every precursor and indicator of failure were there for the looking.

Odd that they would have missed them.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 11, 2016 07:09 AM (ptqRm)

409 Oh look...
Le NOOD

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 11, 2016 07:22 AM (ptqRm)

410 Prog/lib acquaintance is bitching on FB about the increase in crime in his beloved Portland.

--

But is he making any connection? Any bells going off? The prog/lib descriptor leads me to believe it's a resounding no.

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at May 11, 2016 07:25 AM (+FSld)

411 "But is he making any connection? Any bells going off? "

Influx of employed Skandi Icebacks?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 11, 2016 07:27 AM (ptqRm)

412 I'm in Japan this week too. Rode the train with two sumo wrestlers coming back from their tournament, and haven't had too many moments where I bite into something and say "I thought that was..."

Posted by: Otto Zilch at May 11, 2016 11:01 AM (Jg501)

413 Be well all. We are recovering from the vacation. I'm off to work tomorrow and off to bed now.

It's funny the pets really are clinging to us since we've been home.

T

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