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Overnight Open Thread (5-30-2016)
So I'm back...and pretty wiped out. This was a long three weeks - 1.5 weeks of work, 1 week of vacation, and 1 week of family business/hard physical labor. In the process I visited Tokyo, Yokohama, Nikko, Hakone, Kyoto, Osaka, Hiroshima, and Shikoku. I'll fill you in on the details over the next few days.
Here's the onsen where I spent most mornings and evenings during the vacation phase of my trip. It was awesome.
As we all know, high school girls can defeat any enemy that doesn't have tentacles. But against kaiju they need a bit of help.
Ragnastrike Angels! Earth is invaded from space and nothing seems able to defeat the giant aliens, known as Fiarem. So as an emergency measure a group of high school girls are recruited as a special defense force. When given technomagic treatment they become 38 meters tall and can fight the Fiarem on even terms.
WeaponsMan on Happy Memorial Day
The dead are only as dead or forgotten as we allow them to be.
As readers of this blog certainly know, Memorial Day is not on occasion to celebrate those many of us who survive. At least, not in the USA. We've got a day for that, in the bitter month of November, for good and historical reasons. That's the day for those who returned upright and animate. This day is to honor the ennobled among us, the ones that did not. And so many of us vets are thinking about absent friends, today; it may not be an occasion for happiness.We are about to argue the opposite.
Nobody died so that you can mope around bewailing his fate. Let us consider an alternative way to think about him, about them. Let us, rather, take comfort and find joy in the fact that they lived, however briefly; let us remember them not as they died in a flash of HE, that unforgettable sound of a rifle-bullet impact, or an unstoppable running-down on the operating table; but rather, as they live: full of life and life's joys, or even more honestly, life's passions.
Surely you can call up that friend, or relative, or friend's relative, in your mind. This was a person with a distinctive smile, a laugh, and a gait that you could spot in a throng at a hundred yards. Bring that picture into your mind, that man (or, perhaps, woman) in color and in three dimensions.
Now, take that fallen hero - for the foundation of our little world stands on the shoulders of these, and that makes them heroes if nothing else does - along with you. To the cookout, to the ball game, to the beach, to the water park.
Expect others to look at you funny, as you're attentive to the old friend's envy of your home or kids - or his mockery of your current state of physical fitness.
Don't be surprised if he takes the last hot dog or the last beer - or if he leaves it for you. Either way, that's just the kind of guy he was, wasn't he?
We have been bringing our dead friends to holiday festivities for some years now. We haven't told anybody, because we enjoy, most of the time, just passing as regular, sane, non-vet Americans. But now it's time to let the secret out of the bag.
...Anyway, when some smiling, secure, comfortable citizen looks at you and says, "Happy Memorial Day," look right in his or her eye, shake hands if it's suitable, and say, "Happy Memorial Day" right back. Say it like you mean it, because you're saying it for two.
And if you're sensitive to it, if you're really tuned-in, that pressure on your shoulder is a squeeze from a dead hand, telling you it's OK.
Happy Memorial Day.
Did the Cincinnati Zoo Really Have to Shoot That Gorilla?
Sadly yes. Once the gorilla had the boy and wouldn't let him go there were really no good options. Note that the gorilla dragged the boy around and was quite rough with him before the video showing him 'cuddling' the boy was taken.
IRS Employee Explains Why Conservative Groups Were Targeted
To protect their phony baloney IRS jobs.
Desperation Watch: Newspaper Industry Files Federal Suit Against Ad-blocking Industry
Armed White House Intruder Stopped By Transgender Bathroom Policy, Bullets
I was indeed stopped in my tracks, temporarily bereft of the ability to even.
So, I'm supposed to be taking my 1911-buying advice from underemployed Eighties hair metal singers now? Also, if Dee Snyder's so into 1911s, how come we can only get country friggin' music at our annual NRA soirees?
Japanese Court Rules Artist's 'Vagina' Kayak is Legal, Sharing Its 3D Data is Not
Amazon Customer Service is Becoming More Like Comcast
Bad Pooja, bad.
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The group. Banned on 12 universities.
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Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: cthulhu at May 30, 2016 11:14 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: speedster1 at May 30, 2016 11:14 PM (vUcdz)
Posted by: cthulhu at May 30, 2016 11:14 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 30, 2016 11:15 PM (voOPb)
Chick-Fil-A's in Gardendale and Fultondale Alabama did something touching to commemorate the MIA's and of course offer discounts to veterans on Memorial Day
http://tinyurl.com/zyqt5os
Yet there are idiot mayors and idiot colleges who fight to keep Chick-Fil-A and their delicious fare out of their domains
Posted by: kbdabear at May 30, 2016 11:17 PM (fnmIE)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 30, 2016 11:18 PM (fOgSR)
Posted by: GnuBreed at May 30, 2016 11:19 PM (gyKtp)
Must fight wholesome closed minded businesses and capitalists
Posted by: SJW who eat kale
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 30, 2016 11:19 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: Insomniac at May 30, 2016 11:20 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Sven10077 at May 30, 2016 11:20 PM (g8Hfr)
NEXT!
Welcome back, Maet. And thank God you made it. You wouldn't believe what a mess your substitutes did while you were gone. We even had Yoko!
(KIDDING, OKAY? KIDDING!)
How long before the Japanese influence will wear off the ONT's, do you think?
Posted by: mindful webworker - nuclear capable at May 30, 2016 11:20 PM (5a8XA)
Snoop Dog had an interesting, if profane, take on the new "Roots" and "Twelve Years A Slave" -- something along the line of why keep release ving the past, what about the successes African-Americans have achieved post slavery?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 30, 2016 11:20 PM (fOgSR)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 30, 2016 11:22 PM (bpTue)
Posted by: L, Elle at May 30, 2016 11:22 PM (6IPEM)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at May 30, 2016 11:22 PM (0O7c5)
http://1.usa.gov/1XKGUvP
Posted by: tmitsss at May 30, 2016 11:23 PM (sUvQQ)
They know we have no shortage of Japanese High School girls.
Posted by: eman at May 30, 2016 11:23 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: L, Elle at May 30, 2016 11:24 PM (6IPEM)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 30, 2016 11:24 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: eman at May 30, 2016 11:25 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 30, 2016 11:25 PM (fOgSR)
Uh...I was uh home more this week....
I'll do my best to let someone else have the honor, or if my post count is to be believed two and a half someones.
Posted by: sven10077 at May 30, 2016 11:25 PM (g8Hfr)
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at May 30, 2016 11:26 PM (MNgU2)
Amazon recognized the theft, and basically all they did was disable my password and basically told me "yeh, you got ripped off, not our fault, you're out $60". Didn't even tell me if the fucker who ripped me off had its email address blocked after acknowledging the fraud.
Just about every large company will restore what was taken through fraud, but not Amazon. So if you have a gift card balance don't let it sit there.
Posted by: kbdabear at May 30, 2016 11:27 PM (fnmIE)
Posted by: eman at May 30, 2016 11:28 PM (MQEz6)
And thanks, not only for a great ONT, but that last F-100 pic, gives me chills.
I remember as a kid, when F-100s were still front-line equipment, along with their other Century Series fighters.
And now we look back on F-100s, F-102s as wicked pilot killing anachronisms of nearly steampunk vintage.
We're barely past 100 years of flight, and it's truly hard to grasp how very far we've come.
If we can get rid of enough commies and FSA'ers in Congress, we can continue on, too.
But that's an iffy thing, these day.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at May 30, 2016 11:28 PM (v5iqM)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 30, 2016 11:28 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 30, 2016 11:30 PM (EZebt)
Posted by: Josephistan at May 30, 2016 11:30 PM (7qAYi)
I lost track and didn't realize I was essentially posting 2.5 comments to most folks one.
I need to at a minimum if I post limit myself to two browser windows.
Not to sound cocky but "winning # 1" doesn't take a lot of effort from me, posting coherent posts that lift a conversation up is a harder hill to climb.
Posted by: sven10077 at May 30, 2016 11:30 PM (g8Hfr)
Posted by: sven10077 at May 30, 2016 11:31 PM (g8Hfr)
Where? Most places don't open until 11am.
OK, late breakfast...
Posted by: navybrat at May 30, 2016 11:32 PM (w7KSn)
Daily Caller is the worst with this as far as the blogs go, and Daily Breeze is pretty bad too. Huffpo has tons of bandwidth hogging ads and clickbait, and they use clickbait headlines too.
The MSM sites are just as bad, particularly CNN, WaPo, and Yahoo
Posted by: kbdabear at May 30, 2016 11:32 PM (fnmIE)
New Moron bumper sticker:
* Comment frequently for Sven! *
Posted by: mindful webworker - count me in at May 30, 2016 11:33 PM (5a8XA)
I suspect these news sites are in for a shock.
They take away my adblocker, I take away my perusal.
Cutting the cord made me a happier person, can't help but wonder if I'd not be happier being as dumb as LIVs.
Posted by: sven10077 at May 30, 2016 11:34 PM (g8Hfr)
Posted by: NCKate at May 30, 2016 11:35 PM (IZFV4)
Just about every large company will restore what was taken through fraud, but not Amazon. So if you have a gift card balance don't let it sit there.
Posted by: kbdabear
I bought a $100 Target gift card at a Target in Indiana and mailed it to my nephew in Florida. When he tried to use it they said it had already been used by someone in Colorado. None of us has ever been to Colorado. Target says "tough luck."
That's why I'm boycotting Target.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 30, 2016 11:35 PM (k4M/B)
Because PBS cannot live on stale British bread alone
Posted by: derit at May 30, 2016 11:35 PM (OC+TJ)
Posted by: Blano at May 30, 2016 11:35 PM (heN73)
Posted by: ThunderB at May 30, 2016 11:36 PM (zOTsN)
Snoop Dog had an interesting, if profane, take on the new "Roots" and "Twelve Years A Slave" -- something along the line of why keep release ving the past, what about the successes African-Americans have achieved post slavery?
The Racial Grievance Industry can't make money off success, Snoop!
Posted by: Puddleglum at May 30, 2016 11:36 PM (20X6f)
https://youtu.be/m78RpfCj3S0
h/t Bare Naked Islam
Posted by: mindful webworker - press 0 for Orwellian at May 30, 2016 11:36 PM (5a8XA)
He then like a drama queen demands to speak to a representative about getting more than a full refund. When he doesn't get the mythical manager he cancels his prime account as if he is expecting them to come crawl back to him. So the rep is freaked out, which is bad, but who knows what the tone of this has been like?
Now we all have crap days, but Amazon never ever fixed crap like this beyond returning your money yesterday. The whole sales contract was posted on the site for him to read on the sales page when he bought it. It seemed like an amazing deal he should have checked the not so fineprint.
Posted by: RoyLC at May 30, 2016 11:37 PM (wdHQo)
...bring it on Oakland!!!
You will be the next in a long line of sports entities we will lose to.
...We're Cleveland!!!
*punches self in face*
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 30, 2016 11:38 PM (OQ9R7)
Snoop Dog had an interesting, if profane, take on the new "Roots" and "Twelve Years A Slave" -- something along the line of why keep release ving the past, what about the successes African-Americans have achieved post slavery?
It is a sad state of affairs when Snoop Dog becomes the voice of reason!
Posted by: Josephistan at May 30, 2016 11:38 PM (7qAYi)
Posted by: Corona at May 30, 2016 11:38 PM (ragzU)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/737340075013484546
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/737340222472589313
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/737340382544027653
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/737340533715144704
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/737340797385900032
Posted by: kbdabear at May 30, 2016 11:39 PM (fnmIE)
Posted by: Thrawn at May 30, 2016 11:40 PM (wQWv4)
Something to good to be true turned out not so good? Huh, never would've guessed
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 30, 2016 11:40 PM (voOPb)
He is 25.
I love the mules blaming Bush here.
Assume for the sake of argument the kid joined at 17.
That would mean he was in OSUT only during the reign of Chimpy in all likelihood.
Anyway PTSD is not why this guy went koo-koo for ko-ko puffs in all likelihood, he probably should have been on floor 7 of Martin Army Community Hospital b/c of underlying conditions.
He's been out of active service a bit IIRC so the guy averaged at worst a tour every two years, and that is assuming they were 12 month rotations not 6.
Just a tragedy, but hey "wait lists are a lot like Disney" right DC politicians?
I'm wondering how he was falling through the cracks in his reserve billet.
Posted by: sven10077 at May 30, 2016 11:40 PM (g8Hfr)
I've struggled with how to how to greet people on Memorial Day without saying "Happy Memorial Day", which just seemed wrong.
Posted by: rickl at May 30, 2016 11:40 PM (sdi6R)
f*ck you, Lyndon B Johnson; f*ck you and your stupid war
Posted by: Ho Lee Fuk at May 30, 2016 11:41 PM (/542q)
*Hey Marvel, here's a bit of advice for you - never make the villain (Red Skull) right.
Posted by: Thrawn at May 30, 2016 11:41 PM (wQWv4)
Felicitous tidings on this day of remembrance.
Posted by: sven10077 at May 30, 2016 11:41 PM (g8Hfr)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/737340976373596161
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/737341128689766400
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/737341282683658240
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/737341439378632704
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/737341578004602880
Posted by: kbdabear at May 30, 2016 11:42 PM (fnmIE)
Evidently Capitan Mexopolis is Hydra too if their southern border is an indication.
Posted by: sven10077 at May 30, 2016 11:42 PM (g8Hfr)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 30, 2016 11:42 PM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: The Midnight Chalkening at May 30, 2016 11:43 PM (hbjKv)
He was a producer on the series since Quantuum, and had input heavily and in a positive way.
Tom Hiddleston is currently the favorite replacement.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at May 30, 2016 11:43 PM (VdICR)
Posted by: kbdabear at May 30, 2016 11:45 PM (fnmIE)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 30, 2016 11:45 PM (1xUj/)
Mazes and Monsters (1982)
Sven J Olafson theater presents Tom Hanks in a TV dramatization of the sad saga of Dayton Ohio native James Dallas Egbert III a young computer science prodigy who went Koo-Koo for Koko Puffs....
Posted by: sven10077 at May 30, 2016 11:45 PM (g8Hfr)
-Posted by: rickl at May 30, 2016 11:40 PM (sdi6R)
I simply answer with: "Long Live our Fallen Heroes".
...Imagine that it is also your birthday.
After you pass "Idiot Thirty", it is odd, indeed.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 30, 2016 11:45 PM (OQ9R7)
He was a producer on the series since Quantuum, and had input heavily and in a positive way.
Tom Hiddleston is currently the favorite replacement.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at May 30, 2016 11:43 PM (VdICR)
You mean it won't be Laverne Cox? Twitter's gonna be pissed!
Posted by: Josephistan at May 30, 2016 11:46 PM (7qAYi)
I am now nostalgic for that era when societal breakdown was in the drunken imaginations of proto-soccer moms...
I'm pretty sure shit is more off the hook now, and it does not involve polyhedron dice.
Posted by: sven10077 at May 30, 2016 11:47 PM (g8Hfr)
And Good Times is evocative, not just of the old Monkees' sound, but of the music of their heyday, before everything had to be cynical, depressing, and complicated. Some songs sound like they needed Davy Jones's voice. Thought I detected some little bits of tribute to other bands.
Some song titles:
I Was There (And I'm Told I Had A Good Time)
Birth Of An Accidental Hipster
Terrifying
I sure need better speakers.
Posted by: mindful webworker - Good Times at May 30, 2016 11:47 PM (5a8XA)
If they're looking for sympathy, it's in the dictionary
Posted by: kbdabear at May 30, 2016 11:48 PM (fnmIE)
I am now nostalgic for that era when societal breakdown was in the drunken imaginations of proto-soccer moms...
I'm pretty sure shit is more off the hook now, and it does not involve polyhedron dice."
-Posted by: sven10077 at May 30, 2016 11:47 PM (g8Hfr)
I have almost no idea what you are talking about.
*rolls 3d6*
...now I do.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 30, 2016 11:49 PM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: sven10077 at May 30, 2016 11:42 PM (g8Hfr)
The only way to stop Hydra now is by the introduction of a new superhero.
Captain...UN! No, no, no! Captain....EU!
Posted by: Thrawn at May 30, 2016 11:49 PM (wQWv4)
Posted by: derit at May 30, 2016 11:50 PM (OC+TJ)
Posted by: Puddleglum at May 30, 2016 11:50 PM (20X6f)
Amazon recognized the theft, and basically all they did was disable my password and basically told me "yeh, you got ripped off, not our fault, you're out $60". Didn't even tell me if the fucker who ripped me off had its email address blocked after acknowledging the fraud.
Just about every large company will restore what was taken through fraud, but not Amazon. So if you have a gift card balance don't let it sit there.
Posted by: kbdabear at May 30, 2016 11:27 PM (fnmIE)
Amazon will give up everything they know about you with three pieces of information: your name, your email, and your home address. That was Ira's initial point of attack.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 30, 2016 11:51 PM (EzgxV)
Super Sabres! That's what those are. I was thinking that they were the funniest looking F-5s I'd ever seen.
Yes, I suck at aircraft identification.
Posted by: Rusty Nail at May 30, 2016 11:51 PM (S2VsH)
-Posted by: Puddleglum at May 30, 2016 11:50 PM (20X6f)
At least he wins.
/Trumpvoter
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 30, 2016 11:51 PM (OQ9R7)
I hate it when I go to a site like CNN in order to *read* about a news story, but I can't read it since it will take 5 minutes to load a video of a person reading me the story that I would rather read anyway.
Ridiculous.
Posted by: navybrat at May 30, 2016 11:51 PM (w7KSn)
Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura Highway at May 30, 2016 11:52 PM (dULJN)
Or. Did. He?
But, we'll know for sure in the ONTs to come.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at May 30, 2016 11:52 PM (v5iqM)
Posted by: Jen the original at May 30, 2016 11:52 PM (Se0hj)
Posted by: mindful webworker - Good Times at May 30, 2016 11:47 PM (5a8XA)
A few weeks ago was the 50th anniversary of the release of The Beach Boys Pet Sounds album. It's everything the critics praise it as and more. My only complaint is that every weepy emo band looked to Pet Sounds for inspiration
Brian and his band are doing a 50th anniversary tour performing the entire album in playlist order. He'll be in my town in September and I plan to go. Might be the last chance to see Brian Wilson the way that music artists are dying this year.
Posted by: kbdabear at May 30, 2016 11:53 PM (fnmIE)
-Posted by: Jen the original at May 30, 2016 11:52 PM (Se0hj)
I would have because I didn't know how fast they could get away, let alone the exponential potential of Four of Them.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 30, 2016 11:54 PM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Barb the Evil Genius at May 30, 2016 11:54 PM (FQKBL)
...until they had kids.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 30, 2016 11:56 PM (OQ9R7)
Even if you manage to find a story of your liking, the thing jumps around on the screen with ever new banner, which is about every 2 seconds.
Web "skins" scroll up and down asking you to take a survey about the thing that you can't even read because of all of the distractions.
Posted by: navybrat at May 30, 2016 11:56 PM (w7KSn)
Posted by: Puddleglum at May 30, 2016 11:50 PM (20X6f)
----
Now you stop that about Charles. I have had a crush on him forever.
Posted by: L, Elle at May 30, 2016 11:58 PM (6IPEM)
Posted by: Socratease at May 30, 2016 11:59 PM (2GbWn)
When you cannot see a webpage?
...it almost always isn't worth your privacy to see.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 30, 2016 11:59 PM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 12:03 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: L, Elle at May 31, 2016 12:03 AM (6IPEM)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 31, 2016 12:03 AM (voOPb)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 12:03 AM (OQ9R7)
I do want a kayak.
Posted by: eman at May 30, 2016 11:28 PM (MQEz6)
Not me. I want a Vagiyak. How cool would that be...to be the little man in the boat.
Posted by: Sixkiller at May 31, 2016 12:03 AM (pcyHg)
School girls - all hail the Kami of Fan-Service
Grow to 38ft aka 10 meters, well hello Zentradi
Of course am afraid to ask if these super-sized waifu start to loose their costumes and powers while in the middle of combat.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 31, 2016 12:04 AM (wrP6b)
Posted by: admiral marcus at May 31, 2016 12:04 AM (nS3Ic)
How cool would that be...to be the little man in the boat.
Posted by: Sixkiller at May 31, 2016 12:03 AM (pcyHg)
Yeah, and then NO ONE could find you.....
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 31, 2016 12:04 AM (LuZz8)
-Posted by: L, Elle at May 31, 2016 12:03 AM (6IPEM)
I wasn't talking about you.
You're simply horrible.
*poke*
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 12:04 AM (OQ9R7)
I can't believe the folks that are saying they want Idris Elba or Gillian Anderson as Bond, because they're tired of Bond being a white male. Maybe we should just throw gender and color out the window for all casting. Or maybe someone should write a good spy story and cast Elba or Anderson in it, if they want those actors to be seen on screen.
Although I suspect some of you might find a female Bond, getting it on with a Bond girl, kinda hawt.
Posted by: Barb the Evil Genius at May 31, 2016 12:05 AM (FQKBL)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 12:05 AM (OQ9R7)
-Posted by: Barb the Evil Genius at May 31, 2016 12:05 AM (FQKBL)
Cleveland is the Mogadishu of Sports.
My apologies for waiting for that next RPG.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 12:06 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: admiral marcus at May 31, 2016 12:07 AM (nS3Ic)
The secret service hauled them off.
I know some people who are there, and they say that the audience is almost completely white.
In Oakland CA.
Yeah, read that last bit again. LOL
Posted by: navybrat at May 31, 2016 12:08 AM (w7KSn)
The new Roots makeover should've had non-blacks in all the African roles. And the slaveholders all played by Thai trannies. Because, Diversity!
Posted by: mindful webworker - Diversity Perversity University at May 31, 2016 12:09 AM (5a8XA)
Posted by: Barb the Evil Genius at May 31, 2016 12:09 AM (FQKBL)
Posted by: goon at May 31, 2016 12:10 AM (WCaSy)
And he doubles down. Seriously, wtf is wrong with you?
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 31, 2016 12:10 AM (bpTue)
Posted by: Barb the Evil Genius at May 31, 2016 12:05 AM (FQKBL)
Mmmmm...Emily Blunt as Jane Bond. Yum.
Posted by: Sixkiller at May 31, 2016 12:10 AM (pcyHg)
Having the depth of All-Stars like Love and Irving is, indeed, a quality reach-around.
In all my experience, however, we lose in the end.
/Every Cleveland Movie Ever.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 12:10 AM (OQ9R7)
A figure kit - http://www.e2046.com/product/25173
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 31, 2016 12:11 AM (wrP6b)
Is it even legal to put that much stupid in one room? There oughta be a law!
Posted by: Chi at May 31, 2016 12:11 AM (OPUoa)
-Posted by: Barb the Evil Genius at May 31, 2016 12:09 AM (FQKBL)
How very kind of you, but I'll leave the "rafters" to retired numbers.
...thank you very much.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 12:12 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Barb the Evil Genius at May 31, 2016 12:12 AM (FQKBL)
You're simply horrible.
*poke*
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 12:04
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I know. I know. I should stop trying to follow your lead by emulating you and just be a better person.
* pokes back *
Posted by: L, Elle at May 31, 2016 12:12 AM (6IPEM)
* pokes back *"
-Posted by: L, Elle at May 31, 2016 12:12 AM (6IPEM)
*HAH!*
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 12:13 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Barb the Evil Genius at May 31, 2016 12:15 AM (FQKBL)
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Back with the animal hate, huh? Didn't get yourself off enough on it this weekend? Seriously, put down the bottle and take a break from the blog.
Posted by: L, Elle at May 31, 2016 12:15 AM (6IPEM)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 12:15 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: admiral marcus at May 31, 2016 12:16 AM (nS3Ic)
In Oakland CA.
Yeah, read that last bit again. LOL
Like the Golden State fan base if tonight's game is any indication. :-)
Posted by: Puddleglum at May 31, 2016 12:16 AM (20X6f)
This is just "they killed Kenny" over and over again.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 31, 2016 12:16 AM (ry34m)
Posted by: derit at May 31, 2016 12:16 AM (OC+TJ)
Posted by: rickl at May 31, 2016 12:17 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 12:18 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: L, Elle at May 31, 2016 12:18 AM (6IPEM)
But, no -- they want adaptive advertising....so if you price-check something for a friend, you get six months of ads for that thing -- even though you already have one. If you visit a risque website, you get six months of ads for penile enlargement products. You wonder how to navigate to an address in Las Vegas, you get six months of shilling for casinos.
In between pumping you for stuff you casually mentioned, the advertising companies are also relentlessly attempting to thicken their dossier on you. Google has more information on the average American than the Stasi ever had on East Germans. And they're attempting to use it to encourage all sorts of bad behaviours -- everything from drinking sugary sodas to overconsumption of alcohol; promoting gambling and loose morals; and -- possibly worst of all -- advocating for Democratic politicians.
And when you challenge the newspapers whose websites are loaded with this crap, they squeal "it wasn't us -- it's Adwords!!!"
Posted by: cthulhu at May 31, 2016 12:19 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Ti at May 31, 2016 12:19 AM (v9gSJ)
Posted by: derit at May 31, 2
Really? Anxiety makes you beat your meat like it owes you money at the thought of torturing animals to death? You misspelled sociopath.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 31, 2016 12:19 AM (bpTue)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 12:19 AM (OQ9R7)
You people are better than this.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 12:03 AM (OQ9R7)
We're writing extended thinkpieces in celebration of Maet's triumphant return.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 31, 2016 12:20 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Puddleglum at May 31, 2016 12:20 AM (20X6f)
Posted by: L, Elle at May 31, 2016 12:20 AM (6IPEM)
Posted by: Puddleglum at May 31, 2016 12:20 AM (20X6f)
Only problem: she's not British.
Posted by: Sixkiller at May 31, 2016 12:21 AM (pcyHg)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 12:21 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy
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I do my best to just ignore that stuff, but it was difficult this weekend.
And, I hope you didn't bother to go back & see a certain (different) dickhead respond to you on the ONT.
Posted by: Chi at May 31, 2016 12:21 AM (OPUoa)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 12:18 AM (OQ9R7
Go look at Saturday's pet thread. I think he was done by comment 125. Once you read that, you'll understand why Elle and I are upset.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 31, 2016 12:22 AM (bpTue)
Posted by: L, Elle at May 31, 2016 12:22 AM (6IPEM)
Posted by: kbdabear at May 30, 2016 11:48 PM (fnmIE)
Between "shit" and "syphilis", in fact. I checked.
BTW, I can't see how it could be so cold in pic #2 in the second set.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 31, 2016 12:24 AM (UsLZp)
56-3100 was assigned to the 416th Tactical Fighter Squadron, the Silver Knights. The 416th TFS was stationed at Tan Son Nhut from November 1965 to April 1967.
F-100D 56-3100 was shot down on 3 October 1966 over South Vietnam.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 31, 2016 12:24 AM (wrP6b)
<<<
I'm on metered usage so puter lives in blocker city. NOW, they've got something new, it was a the top of the page about the rail gun, and it just starts running. I thought it was a gif that snuck through but it's not a gif. !*%$^.
There's another that's sometimes linked here, huff po or daily beast that loads up that same crap and it's ALWAYS below the fold. In other words your 3/4 through (scrolling wise) the article before you find out your meter is running like a scalded dog.
Posted by: Patina Awry Newt at May 31, 2016 12:24 AM (yqOhE)
Posted by: Chi at May 31, 2016 12:21 AM (
No, so why don't you fill me in now? And let me just comment first that anyone that has to point out that they have a wang, usually needs the super sized magnifying glass Cartman had to use to sight in on bin laden's.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 31, 2016 12:25 AM (bpTue)
Posted by: admiral marcus at May 31, 2016 12:25 AM (nS3Ic)
Posted by: L, Elle at May 31, 2016 12:25 AM (6IPEM)
I've missed the past three Pet Threads, so I qualify as an "Absentee Father", I guess.
'Derit'... whatever you did to piss these fine ladies off?
You should probably Knock it Off.
...so there's that.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 12:26 AM (OQ9R7)
long before she was on true detective, she was in white collar, which
bridget regan was subsequently in as well, daddario I'm referring to,
Posted by: admiral marcus at May 31, 2016 12:25 AM (nS3Ic)
mmmmmmmmAlexandriaDaddarioandBridgetReganmmmmmmm
Posted by: Colorado Alex at May 31, 2016 12:26 AM (fC9RO)
Posted by: Sixkiller
She wouldn't need an accent. She wouldn't be Jane Bond. She'd be Jane Bonds (Emily Blunt?) "love" interest. A Bond girl not a Bond.
Posted by: Puddleglum at May 31, 2016 12:27 AM (20X6f)
Omiyage wa?
Posted by: Socratease at May 30, 2016 11:59 PM (2GbWn)
Mochiron. Hence the 4 suitcases.
Posted by: Maetenloch at May 31, 2016 12:27 AM (wqVD1)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 31, 2016 12:27 AM (bpTue)
...you probably did something really, really screwed-up.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 12:29 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Emmie at May 31, 2016 12:29 AM (xVuS6)
Nyah.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 31, 2016 12:29 AM (wrP6b)
Posted by: MAx at May 31, 2016 12:30 AM (0uuiT)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 12:30 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Puddleglum at May 31, 2016 12:30 AM (20X6f)
Hahaha.
Posted by: L, Elle at May 31, 2016 12:31 AM (6IPEM)
Bond. She'd be Jane Bonds (Emily Blunt?) "love" interest. A Bond girl
not a Bond.
Posted by: Puddleglum at May 31, 2016 12:27 AM (20X6f)
So Emily and Alexandra on the big screen getting it on, eh? I could make myself watch that.
Posted by: Sixkiller at May 31, 2016 12:31 AM (pcyHg)
Bullseye, bebes.
It was his standard reply - basically, "fuck you, you fucking fuck!"
I've seen it three times in the last few days from him. Honestly, I don't understand how he hasn't been escorted to the door. Even if only for a one day time out.
Posted by: Chi at May 31, 2016 12:31 AM (OPUoa)
Posted by: admiral marcus at May 31, 2016 12:31 AM (nS3Ic)
On Wednesdays we wear PINK."
-Posted by: MAx at May 31, 2016 12:30 AM (0uuiT)
C'mere. I want to tell you something about the blog. It'll be hilarious!
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 12:31 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 12:32 AM (OQ9R7)
Tonight, at least.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 12:18 AM (OQ9R7)
122 Fantasizing about and actually torturing and killing animals is a sign of pathology. Just sayin.
Posted by: L, Elle at May 31, 2016 12:18 AM (6IPEM)
Some of you, you got to get your sarcasm detectors into the shop for recalibration.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 31, 2016 12:32 AM (UsLZp)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 31, 2016 12:32 AM (bpTue)
Blonde. Jane Blonde.
Then script and produce the whole thing like a Peter Sellers Pink Panther movie.
Watching the SJW's heads esplode would be the only reason I'd go to see it in a theater!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at May 31, 2016 12:33 AM (v5iqM)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 31, 2016 12:33 AM (wrP6b)
Posted by: Bill Kristol at May 31, 2016 12:33 AM (k4M/B)
On Wednesdays we wear PINK
Posted by: MAx at May 31, 2016 12:30 AM
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Who are you referring to specifically in this comment?
Posted by: L, Elle at May 31, 2016 12:33 AM (6IPEM)
Posted by: Hank at May 31, 2016 12:34 AM (2YVzk)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 31, 2016 12:34 AM (bpTue)
Posted by: Sixkiller at May 31, 2016 12:34 AM (pcyHg)
Posted by: admiral marcus at May 31, 2016 12:34 AM (nS3Ic)
Posted by: Sixkiller at May 31, 2016 12:36 AM (pcyHg)
-Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 31, 2016 12:32 AM (UsLZp)
For a guy who could do a "tune-up" on anything from 1990 backwards, you could probably re-calibrate your meters, as well!
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 12:36 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 12:32
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Somebody is about to get a noogie.
Posted by: L, Elle at May 31, 2016 12:37 AM (6IPEM)
Posted by: admiral marcus at May 31, 2016 12:37 AM (nS3Ic)
-Posted by: L, Elle at May 31, 2016 12:33 AM (6IPEM)
He took a poke at me because we're "cordial".
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 12:37 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Sixkiller at May 31, 2016 12:34 AM (pcyHg)
The shit already hit the fan -- the splatter has yet to arrive.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 31, 2016 12:37 AM (EzgxV)
-Posted by: L, Elle at May 31, 2016 12:37 AM (6IPEM)
Please don't, darlin'!
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 12:38 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Bill Kristol
Does it involved using a knife to cut your own chest open and removing your own heart? If so, then get on it!! (h/t The Preacher)
I watched The Preacher on AMC the other night. It was alright. Little odd. I'll give it a few episodes.
Posted by: Puddleglum at May 31, 2016 12:39 AM (20X6f)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 12:39 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 31, 2016 12:34 AM (bpTue)
Bebe, I didn't see the pet thread. I was just reading derit's "sharpshooter" comment on it's own merits, and it certainly could be taken as an expression of disgust that zoo would keep a "sharpshooter" on staff.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 31, 2016 12:39 AM (UsLZp)
-Posted by: L, Elle at May 31, 2016 12:37 AM (6IPEM)
Please don't, darlin'!
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 12:38 AM (OQ9R7)
If we worked together we could probably give him a Melvin.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 31, 2016 12:39 AM (bpTue)
Posted by: go get your fucking sash at May 31, 2016 12:39 AM (ItAdQ)
Posted by: Sixkiller at May 31, 2016 12:36 AM
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Yes, he did. Instead he ran away when he got the least bit of blowback and then brings it back here when he sees an opportunity for it.
Posted by: L, Elle at May 31, 2016 12:39 AM (6IPEM)
Posted by: L, Elle at May 30, 2016 11:58 PM (6IPEM)
You have a crush on that fat f**k? : )
He makes me look like Mr. Universe. Call me cupcake.
Posted by: Blano at May 31, 2016 12:40 AM (lbcdD)
Posted by: Sixkiller at May 31, 2016 12:40 AM (pcyHg)
-Posted by: Puddleglum at May 31, 2016 12:39 AM (20X6f)
Agreed. Odd, indeed.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 12:40 AM (OQ9R7)
-Posted by: L, Elle at May 31, 2016 12:37 AM (6IPEM)
Please don't, darlin'!
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 12:38 AM (OQ9R7)
Best watch out -- "darlin'" is probably right behind "luvvies" -- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ news/2016/05/21/tom-conti-claims -calling-actors-luvvies- is-as-bad-as-using-the-n/
Posted by: cthulhu at May 31, 2016 12:40 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 12:41 AM (OQ9R7)
Was Giggles' shite at Hiroshima no-sold or did the Japanese love it?
Posted by: sven10077 at May 30, 2016 11:31 PM (g8Hfr)
I think most Japanese viewed having an American president visit Hiroshima positively. But I don't think his words were particularly meaningful except to those on the left. There's a lot boilerplate pieties associated with Hiroshima in Japan and Obama's speech was just more of the same.
I'll write more about Hiroshima later and why I think the Nagasaki museum is better than the Hiroshima bombing museum.
Posted by: Maetenloch at May 31, 2016 12:42 AM (wqVD1)
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Geez, Slap, are these comments all directed at you? I thought you were one of the popular kids.
Posted by: L, Elle at May 31, 2016 12:42 AM (6IPEM)
Hahaha.
Posted by: L, Elle
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Obligatory :
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4o3m1FwhusY
Posted by: Chi at May 31, 2016 12:43 AM (OPUoa)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 31, 2016 12:43 AM (k4M/B)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 31, 2016 12:43 AM (UsLZp)
Posted by: admiral marcus at May 31, 2016 12:44 AM (nS3Ic)
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Geez, Slap, are these comments all directed at you? I thought you were one of the popular kids.
Posted by: L, Elle at May 31, 2016 12:42 AM (6IPEM)
No Elle, that was directed at super mysoginist for popping off at slap.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 31, 2016 12:44 AM (bpTue)
Posted by: Blano at May 31, 2016 12:40 AM (lbcdD)
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Hi cupcake.
He was actually slender in his early days. He is very charming though and even if he has gotten, umm, prosperous, still very cute.
Posted by: L, Elle at May 31, 2016 12:44 AM (6IPEM)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 31, 2016 12:45 AM (53tWS)
Was Giggles' shite at Hiroshima no-sold or did the Japanese love it?
Posted by: sven10077 at May 30, 2016 11:31 PM (g8Hfr)
I think most Japanese viewed having an American president visit Hiroshima positively. But I don't think his words were particularly meaningful except to those on the left. There's a lot boilerplate pieties associated with Hiroshima in Japan and Obama's speech was just more of the same.
I'll write more about Hiroshima later and why I think the Nagasaki museum is better than the Hiroshima bombing museum.
Posted by: Maetenloch at May 31, 2016 12:42 AM (wqVD1)
Sounds like great content. Political Hat and I recently visited the National Atomic Testing Museum together.....it'll be interesting to see how much overlap there might be....
Posted by: cthulhu at May 31, 2016 12:45 AM (EzgxV)
Your #186.
I'm seriously going to look forward to your review of the Hiroshima vs. Nagasaki museums.
Along with a large percentage of this here Horde, yeah, I'm that kind of history buff.
Go Ace Movie Review in length, if you wish. That's just more good reading for us, here. And you can be assured, it IS appreciated.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at May 31, 2016 12:45 AM (v5iqM)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 31, 2016 12:47 AM (bpTue)
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Geez, Slap, are these comments all directed at you? I thought you were one of the popular kids.
Posted by: L, Elle at May 31, 2016 12:42 AM (6IPEM)
No Elle, that was directed at super mysoginist for popping off at slap.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 31, 2016 12:44 AM (bpTue)
I didn't see the hash previously in this thread. Is this a daywalker?
Posted by: cthulhu at May 31, 2016 12:47 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: L, Elle at May 31, 2016 12:47 AM (6IPEM)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 31, 2016 12:48 AM (UsLZp)
I use it when our 'Ettes are particularly sweet, belligerent or effusive.
In any case, they deserve it because they are beautiful women who could use a man who types what he means and means what he types.
So I say what I mean and mean what I say.
...darlin'.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 12:48 AM (OQ9R7)
James Bond has developed this problem. And to confuse and subvert the audience on the meta-level with a soft reboot seems to be the right choice.
Bond might be retconned as a GWOT vet, and I would be ok with it.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at May 31, 2016 12:49 AM (VdICR)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 31, 2016 12:24 AM (UsLZp)
She's wet, must be that cold water. Motorboating tends to create some warmth though
Posted by: kbdabear at May 31, 2016 12:49 AM (z72pD)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 31, 2016 12:50 AM (bpTue)
Okay, that has to be some sort of record or an amazing error.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 31, 2016 12:45 AM (53tWS)
You new around here? At one point, IIRC, Sven managed three digits of posts per hour for a 168 hour period.... He's a legend and a posting maniac, but mainly a legend.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 31, 2016 12:50 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 12:50 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 31, 2016 12:51 AM (bpTue)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 31, 2016 12:51 AM (bpTue)
How does it feel to be 29 yet again?
Posted by: cthulhu at May 31, 2016 12:52 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: cthulhu
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Or, he's 100 monkeys in a room with 100 typewriters, maybe?
Posted by: Chi at May 31, 2016 12:52 AM (OPUoa)
I thought a "Melvin" was simply someone with soft fabrics that had worked their way up the crack.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 12:52 AM (OQ9R7)
/davidallencoe
On the subject, in that I've been with a heavily accented Belfast lass for the past 10 years, the shorter version of "lovie" is a common expression around here.
"Get me tea, would ya, love?"
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at May 31, 2016 12:53 AM (v5iqM)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 12:53 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: L, Elle at May 31, 2016 12:53 AM (6IPEM)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 31, 2016 12:53 AM (bpTue)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at May 31, 2016 12:49 AM (VdICR)
Interesting. Bond, at least as portrayed in the books, is a period piece, now. He was a WWII vet (or was working for MI6 in some capacity during that era), so, if he were a real person, and alive today, he would be in his eighties, at least.
I think one way to look at it is that "James Bond" is not a person, but a job description. Kind of like Canada's hangman used to be called, "Mr. Ellis".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 31, 2016 12:53 AM (S+A/T)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 12:54 AM (OQ9R7)
Been around the curb a time or two. Guess I missed that.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 31, 2016 12:55 AM (53tWS)
Posted by: cthulhu
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Or, he's 100 monkeys in a room with 100 typewriters, maybe?
Posted by: Chi at May 31, 2016 12:52 AM (OPUoa)
Er.....maybe 10,000 monkeys in a room with 10,000 typewriters.....
Posted by: cthulhu at May 31, 2016 12:56 AM (EzgxV)
...you'll never see the apostrophes, however.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 12:56 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 31, 2016 12:57 AM (53tWS)
I think of him as one person, like Batman who has had many incarnations. Most of all I want them to refuse to settle the issue.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at May 31, 2016 12:57 AM (VdICR)
Posted by: Ralph Wiggum at May 31, 2016 12:57 AM (k4M/B)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 12:54 AM (OQ9R7)
Drinking a Pilsener, here. A tad better than lawnmower beer.
http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/433/5285/
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 31, 2016 12:58 AM (S+A/T)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 31, 2016 12:58 AM (53tWS)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 12:58 AM (OQ9R7)
Bebe's, I want you to know that I held back on the pet thread purposely so that he wouldn't hijack the the whole thread with his bile. I do appreciate you and Jane and Duke Lowell and Chi and anyone else I'm forgetting shaking him up and getting him off the thread so it didnt blow up and ruin it for everyone. I do owe you a thank you for that.
Posted by: L, Elle at May 31, 2016 12:59 AM (6IPEM)
-Posted by: Ralph Wiggum at May 31, 2016 12:57 AM (k4M/B)
*HAH!*
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 12:59 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: cthulhu at May 31, 2016 12:59 AM (EzgxV)
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at May 31, 2016 01:00 AM (v5iqM)
Yeah, I know. Isn't really the "Infinite Monkey Theorem?"
Slap,
You're younger than I thought. I just hit 49 last week.
Happy Birthday, brother.
*raises glass*
Posted by: Chi at May 31, 2016 01:00 AM (OPUoa)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 01:00 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 31, 2016 01:01 AM (bpTue)
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
-Posted by: Jim at May 31, 2016 01:00 AM (v5iqM)
We plebes were just testing the waters, amigo!
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 01:01 AM (OQ9R7)
I'm younger than someone thought!
DID YOU HEAR THAT?!?
I'm going to loiter on your lawn for awhile. Probably because I'm mowing or edging it.
-NOT a euphemism.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 01:03 AM (OQ9R7)
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at May 31, 2016 01:00 AM (v5iqM)
Some of us have get up at 0 dark thirty. Which is why I'm going to day good night.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 31, 2016 01:03 AM (bpTue)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 31, 2016 01:03 AM (53tWS)
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You type great bc you're a pedant and a proud one. You meticulously correct any typos you make bc you're a giant nerd. You do, however, make up for that OCD tendency by having a great voice. I like your voice.
Posted by: L, Elle at May 31, 2016 01:04 AM (6IPEM)
I'm CDO, which is really the same thing, but in proper alphabetical order.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at May 31, 2016 01:05 AM (v5iqM)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 31, 2016 01:06 AM (53tWS)
I don't have a "veranda".
...nor do I know what it is.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 01:07 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 31, 2016 01:06 AM (53tWS)
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I could say something extremely dirty, but I won't.
Man, you totally set yourself up for it too, RK!
Posted by: L, Elle at May 31, 2016 01:08 AM (6IPEM)
indulge in relaxation.
Alas I made a Holiday
Weekend miscalculation.
Last night I polished off the bottle,
didn't even think
the liquor store'd be closed on Monday.
Now I've naught to drink.
But that's all right, I'll do without.
I've had a tiring day.
And soon will bid you all adieu
when I go hit the hay.
Posted by: mindful webworker - a slight miscalculation at May 31, 2016 01:08 AM (NsI03)
Posted by: Jim at May 31, 2016 01:09 AM (v5iqM)
...nor do I know what it is.
Posted by: Slapweasel
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Heh.
Try calling your back patio a "lanai" some day. Dazed looks...
Posted by: Chi at May 31, 2016 01:10 AM (OPUoa)
Man, you to"tally set yourself up for it too, RK!"
Give me your best shot.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 31, 2016 01:10 AM (53tWS)
Posted by: L, Elle at May 31, 2016 01:10 AM (6IPEM)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 12:54 AM (OQ9R7)
Drinking a Pilsener, here. A tad better than lawnmower beer.
http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/433/5285/
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 31, 2016 12:58 AM (S+A/T)
Coming out of college, Molson was my steady tipple....Molson Export when I could get it, Golden when I couldn't, Canadian when I had to. But I never had that.
Then, again, my first pilsner was Pilsner Urquell.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 31, 2016 01:12 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: RKae at May 31, 2016 01:12 AM (kLw2y)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 31, 2016 01:06 AM (53tWS)
Speaking of flamethrowers, can I offer a public service announcement? Car seats, upholstery, carpet, floor mats, and such; they will be burn like rocket fuel is they get ignited. Vinyl, synthetic fabric, urethane foam, fiber stuffing: all highly combustible, and the smoke/gases therefrom are very toxic. If your car catches fire, get out, and get your ass upwind.
This is prompted by the fact that I was "rendering" some old car seats in the burn barrel, and was struck by just how fast the soft stuff was consumed. less than 5 minutes, start to finish.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 31, 2016 01:13 AM (S+A/T)
Any rancor, discord, misbehavior, or sniping you see tonight, that's just the horde's way of welcoming you back. See how much you're loved?!?
Posted by: mindful webworker - Jimmy hit me first! at May 31, 2016 01:13 AM (NsI03)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 31, 2016 01:10 AM (53tWS)
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I can't when you insist on calling me a Lady!!!
I hope you had a great weekend despite whatever happened at Home Depot. Dad's okay or at least better?
Posted by: L, Elle at May 31, 2016 01:14 AM (6IPEM)
-Posted by: L, Elle at May 31, 2016 01:04 AM (6IPEM)
Everyone likes my voice. Don't start feeling special.
/Douchebag
...I have liked the phrase, "Don't Start Feeling Special.", ever since the early Nineties. When I get "on my horse" and start a minor rant...?
...some people think I am talking specifically about them.
I am not.
"Don't Start Feeling Special. I Do This To Everyone". --became A Thing.
Call it a "catch-phrase", if you will. But you won't. Because you've never heard it.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 01:14 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Lee comma Mann at May 31, 2016 01:16 AM (NnnZy)
I don't have a "veranda".
...nor do I know what it is.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 01:07 AM (OQ9R7)
I looked it up. A "veranda" is a roofed, open-air gallery or porch. Contrary to my expectations that the word had been stolen from Spaniards or Latins, it was stolen from the Hindi.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 31, 2016 01:16 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Gmac- All politics in this country now is just dress rehearsal for civil war. at May 31, 2016 01:16 AM (4pjhs)
-Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 31, 2016 01:03 AM (53tWS)
*HAH!*
Ripleeeeeeeeeeee!!!!
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 01:16 AM (OQ9R7)
...nor do I know what it is.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 01:07 AM (OQ9R7)
I thought a veranda was a porch that extended all (or most) of the way around the house, or else, a very large porch.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 31, 2016 01:16 AM (S+A/T)
Posted by: L, Elle at May 31, 2016 01:17 AM (6IPEM)
If you'll harken back to the days of yore, you can recall that the S.S. United States was specifically built so as to avoid combustibles wherever possible aboard ship.
Copious use of stainless steel, and the avoidance of wood paneling, fabric or wall papers, etc.
Given all that, how might the manufacturers produce an affordable car, with a minimum of excess flammable content?
There will always be some such, but the question is, how to minimize it, and do so in a way that still results in an affordable car?
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at May 31, 2016 01:17 AM (v5iqM)
Might've done a better job than the mom who let the baby slip away.
(Sorry, that's mean. Anyone who's ever had to control a batch of kids out in public has my sympathies. But, still...)
Posted by: mindful webworker - counting noses at May 31, 2016 01:18 AM (NsI03)
Posted by: Lee comma Mann at May 31, 2016 01:16 AM (NnnZy)
Whatever happened to Hannah Minx? Wasn't she going to do a film or something?
Posted by: cthulhu at May 31, 2016 01:18 AM (EzgxV)
-Posted by: cthulhu at May 31, 2016 01:16 AM (EzgxV)
They should give it back.
...Right after enjoying a beer on My Fucking Veranda!
/gameshow host
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 01:18 AM (OQ9R7)
I hope you had a great weekend despite whatever happened at Home Depot. Dad's okay or at least better? "
Now you got be all nice and stuff. You are a Lady. Got HD sorta straightened out. I'm just trying to give them some money and they want to make it a fcuking mission. Dad okay.
You remember too much
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 31, 2016 01:19 AM (53tWS)
-Posted by: L, Elle at May 31, 2016 01:17 AM (6IPEM)
*throws arms in air*
YES!!!
NO More After-Midnight Calls!
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 01:20 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 31, 2016 01:03 AM (bpTue)
Up here, we do not have o dark thirty in the summer. It never gets dark.
I mentioned to one of my coworkers that I got sunburned at a baseball game one night. He pointed out that one doesn't really hear that particular description in the Lower 48.
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 31, 2016 01:20 AM (+YMhA)
...nor do I know what it is.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 01:07 AM (OQ9R7)
I thought a veranda was a porch that extended all (or most) of the way around the house, or else, a very large porch.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 31, 2016 01:16 AM (S+A/T)
It's definitive characteristic is a roof. And no sides -- it's TWO definitive characteristics are a roof and no sides and the possible existence of a railing. Errrrr. Amongst its definitive characteristics are a roof and no sides, a possible railing and a fanatical devotion to the Pope!
Posted by: cthulhu at May 31, 2016 01:21 AM (EzgxV)
Others, are but pretenders.
With that, I'm horizontilaizing.
Hasta la nite nite, Horde!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at May 31, 2016 01:21 AM (v5iqM)
Used to have a friend who would call anyone, male or female, "honey."
I used to have weird friends. When I had friends.
Posted by: mindful webworker - drove me crazy at May 31, 2016 01:22 AM (NsI03)
Anyone else got a question for a Cleveland idiot?
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 01:22 AM (OQ9R7)
I hope you had a great weekend despite whatever happened at Home Depot. Dad's okay or at least better?
Posted by: L, Elle
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IIRC, not only was he dealing with HD, but also BoA.
They are the absolute worst. I cherish the day I parted ways with those evil assholes.
Posted by: Chi at May 31, 2016 01:23 AM (dSMFJ)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 31, 2016 01:19 AM (53tWS)
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Don't start feeling special, RK. I do this to everyone.
I just came up with that line. It's pretty good, isn't it?
Posted by: L, Elle at May 31, 2016 01:23 AM (6IPEM)
There will always be some such, but the question is, how to minimize it, and do so in a way that still results in an affordable car?
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at May 31, 2016 01:17 AM (v5iqM)
Good question. They aren't doing asbestos they can, are they? (/Muldoon)
Leather will burn, but it takes a pretty hot fire to get it started, and it doesn't emit copious amounts of combustible gases like petro-based synthetics do. Wool is also somewhat fire-resistant. Or you could do the upholstery in Nomex, I guess, or treated cotton.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 31, 2016 01:23 AM (S+A/T)
What ya'll been talking about? And, I could think of worse people to talk to.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 31, 2016 01:23 AM (53tWS)
Posted by: Donald Trump Who's Jealous of His Airtime at May 31, 2016 01:23 AM (Kucy5)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 31, 2016 01:03 AM (bpTue)
Up here, we do not have o dark thirty in the summer. It never gets dark.
I mentioned to one of my coworkers that I got sunburned at a baseball game one night. He pointed out that one doesn't really hear that particular description in the Lower 48.
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 31, 2016 01:20 AM (+YMhA)
The fiancee and I did a visit to Saint Petersburg, Russia, some years back. It is a very peculiar sensation to look at the sun and think, "hmmm, it's about 4:30" and see 10:00 on a chronometer.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 31, 2016 01:24 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: richard mcenroe at May 31, 2016 01:24 AM (Kucy5)
Courtesy of Doug McIntyre at FB, I found this for everyone.
http://tinyurl.com/h4ovftb
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 31, 2016 01:25 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 31, 2016 01:26 AM (53tWS)
Posted by: cthulhu at May 31, 2016 01:24 AM (EzgxV)
Sunset not until after 9:30 PM here, right now.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 31, 2016 01:27 AM (S+A/T)
Her: "I'm not my Mother, nor am I that old."
I opened the door and said, "Here, you go, cunt."
...contrast isn't great, but it makes one helluvan impression.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 01:27 AM (OQ9R7)
-Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 31, 2016 01:26 AM (53tWS)
Dude "gets it".
NOT a euphemism.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 01:29 AM (OQ9R7)
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The best.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 31, 2016 01:26 AM (53tWS)
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Thank you, RK. I think Slapweasel would agree. I should have gotten him a voice coach for his bday present this weekend but I was busy coming up with that line.
Posted by: L, Elle at May 31, 2016 01:29 AM (6IPEM)
I hope you had a great weekend despite whatever happened at Home Depot. Dad's okay or at least better?
Posted by: L, Elle
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IIRC, not only was he dealing with HD, but also BoA.
They are the absolute worst. I cherish the day I parted ways with those evil assholes.
Posted by: Chi at May 31, 2016 01:23 AM (dSMFJ)
One thing that the University of Casual Sun-Bathing was always proud of....we torched the local branch of BofA. http://dailynexus.com/2010-02-25/ forty-years-ago-a-mob-of-students -stormed-the-bank-of-america-building/
The sixties ended, but BofA being assholes continued-on. While later students repudiated the idiocy of the hippies, torching the BofA became an increasing source of pride to all.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 31, 2016 01:30 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 31, 2016 01:30 AM (53tWS)
The number of passed-out locals you'd pass, face-down on the sidewalk or gutter, was not small.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 31, 2016 01:31 AM (QDnY+)
A rather remarkable vision, don't you think?
I'm out. Be victorious, troops.
--♥--
Posted by: mindful webworker - like a light at May 31, 2016 01:33 AM (NsI03)
-Posted by: L, Elle at May 31, 2016 01:29 AM (6IPEM)
Your time would be better served by other measures, of which, a few we have spoken.
I feel like an old couple, now.
I'll just make chicken pot pie while you call your friends.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 01:33 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 31, 2016 01:30 AM (53tWS)
South, well about midway between southern boundary and the midpoint. Alberta extends from Lat 49 to Lat 60. I am at about Lat 52.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 31, 2016 01:34 AM (S+A/T)
Posted by: cthulhu at May 31, 2016 01:24 AM (EzgxV)
Sunset not until after 9:30 PM here, right now.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 31, 2016 01:27 AM (S+A/T)
We bugged-out of St. Pete a week-or-two before the official start of the "White Nights" after a stay of ten days.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 31, 2016 01:35 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 01:37 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 01:38 AM (OQ9R7)
Own it like a boss. Nobody in the crowd can tell you you're wrong.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 31, 2016 01:38 AM (53tWS)
Posted by: cthulhu at May 31, 2016 01:35 AM (EzgxV)
I have been in the North country in high summer, when it never gets dark at night, even if the Sun is below the horizon. Takes some getting used to, for someone not used to it. Full dark here now, so it feels like night, at least.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 31, 2016 01:38 AM (S+A/T)
I'll go make the chicken pot pie, not you.
Btw, I have made progress in exactly the ways you suggested to me even if it doesn't show here and I still wind up sounding like an idiot.
Posted by: L, Elle at May 31, 2016 01:39 AM (6IPEM)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 01:39 AM (OQ9R7)
The number of passed-out locals you'd pass, face-down on the sidewalk or gutter, was not small.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 31, 2016 01:31 AM (QDnY+)
Our visit was an amazing, wonderful experience. We did it during possibly the best window of US/Russian relations in the last 100 years.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 31, 2016 01:39 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 31, 2016 01:40 AM (S+A/T)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 01:37 AM (OQ9R7)
I can sometimes be the first post on an ONT....but you are frequently the best post on an ONT.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 31, 2016 01:41 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 31, 2016 01:41 AM (53tWS)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 01:42 AM (OQ9R7)
Goodnight you guys. Sleep well. Sweet dreams.
Posted by: L, Elle at May 31, 2016 01:42 AM (6IPEM)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 01:42 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 01:43 AM (OQ9R7)
I thought my mother was doing better Sunday, better than she'd been since this whole thing started, but she took a turn for the worse today. That happened once before, before we got her to the hospital. I thought she was doing better and then BAM! she's just in a terrible state the next day.
So I'm going to quit saying it out loud.
When we got up there to visit her, for our one hour per weekday, the nurse let us in, had a bad look on her face, so I knew something was very wrong. She said my mother was a in a full-blown psychotic state, hearing voices and hallucinating.
She resisted them talking her blood pressure and other vitals plus an EKG, but they got it. Then they tried to get her to eat breakfast, and she refused. The nurse tried to spoon feed her, and my mother just spat it out. They finally got her to drink almost all of an 8 oz. Ensure bottle.
She let us go back the room where my mother was, something that was against the rules. No visitors are supposed to be in the patients' rooms.
My father and I went in and took opposite sides of her bed. She had this terribly pained looking expression on her face. She recognized us, and then grabbed our hands with both of hers, one on each side She squeezed our hands tightly and held on, as if for dear life.
Her breathing was rapid and loud, as though she was in a panic. Actually, I guess she was, as I shudder to think what nightmare was playing out in her tortured mind.
So there we stayed for the whole allowed hour, her tightly holding our hands. That was pretty rough, and I felt so damn impotent, I'm useless, can't do anything to help her.
I carried one of my cousins and her husband up there to see my mother Sunday. She hadn't seen my mother since she descended into this awful state. I warned her it was going to be rough and to prepare herself.
She emailed me this morning telling me she made it back out the car, and then cried all the way home.
My mother is all my paternal side cousins' favorite aunt. They won't tell each other that, well their cousins, since they don't want to insult their mothers, but they've all told me that before. And now that cousin of mine yesterday just couldn't bear seeing her favorite aunt in that state.
The nurse said she thinks this is just a meds issue, some of the stuff having a paradoxical reaction, which they can do. She had a call in to the psychiatrist on call (it's Memorial Day, of course, and they're not all there), and he was going to try to evaluate and change the meds.
Well, sorry to bum everyone out, but that's the situation and it helps for me to write all this down, and in several places.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at May 31, 2016 01:43 AM (DW+jj)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 01:44 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 31, 2016 01:49 AM (ntObR)
-Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at May 31, 2016 01:43 AM (DW+jj)
How do her tits look? (Taking a cue from you, in poor taste, from over three weeks ago).
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 01:50 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 01:51 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 01:51 AM (OQ9R7)
Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow.
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted,
They fell with their faces to the foe.
They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
- Lawrence Binyon (1869-1943)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 31, 2016 01:52 AM (9mTYi)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 01:53 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 31, 2016 01:54 AM (9mTYi)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 01:57 AM (OQ9R7)
Publius, you have nothing to apologize for. I continue to pray for you and yours.
Think I'll make a nightcap and lurk. See what's on TV.
Oh look, a goofy Richard Pryor movie. Perfect to end the day.
Posted by: Chi at May 31, 2016 01:58 AM (N8FxX)
Posted by: Blano at May 31, 2016 02:01 AM (lbcdD)
I thought my mother was doing better Sunday, better than she'd been since this whole thing started, but she took a turn for the worse today. That happened once before, before we got her to the hospital. I thought she was doing better and then BAM! she's just in a terrible state the next day.
So I'm going to quit saying it out loud.
When we got up there to visit her, for our one hour per weekday, the nurse let us in, had a bad look on her face, so I knew something was very wrong. She said my mother was a in a full-blown psychotic state, hearing voices and hallucinating.
She resisted them talking her blood pressure and other vitals plus an EKG, but they got it. Then they tried to get her to eat breakfast, and she refused. The nurse tried to spoon feed her, and my mother just spat it out. They finally got her to drink almost all of an 8 oz. Ensure bottle.
She let us go back the room where my mother was, something that was against the rules. No visitors are supposed to be in the patients' rooms.
My father and I went in and took opposite sides of her bed. She had this terribly pained looking expression on her face. She recognized us, and then grabbed our hands with both of hers, one on each side She squeezed our hands tightly and held on, as if for dear life.
Her breathing was rapid and loud, as though she was in a panic. Actually, I guess she was, as I shudder to think what nightmare was playing out in her tortured mind.
So there we stayed for the whole allowed hour, her tightly holding our hands. That was pretty rough, and I felt so damn impotent, I'm useless, can't do anything to help her.
I carried one of my cousins and her husband up there to see my mother Sunday. She hadn't seen my mother since she descended into this awful state. I warned her it was going to be rough and to prepare herself.
She emailed me this morning telling me she made it back out the car, and then cried all the way home.
My mother is all my paternal side cousins' favorite aunt. They won't tell each other that, well their cousins, since they don't want to insult their mothers, but they've all told me that before. And now that cousin of mine yesterday just couldn't bear seeing her favorite aunt in that state.
The nurse said she thinks this is just a meds issue, some of the stuff having a paradoxical reaction, which they can do. She had a call in to the psychiatrist on call (it's Memorial Day, of course, and they're not all there), and he was going to try to evaluate and change the meds.
Well, sorry to bum everyone out, but that's the situation and it helps for me to write all this down, and in several places.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at May 31, 2016 01:43 AM (DW+jj)
Publius.....never regret coming here and speaking. You've got a fine voice and a fine manner and you've been thoughtful and have contributed. You belong here, and deserve our fullest support.
It sounds to me that, within the bounds of what is allowed at the hospital, both you and your dad provided valuable support to your mom. She grasped your hands firmly -- whatever whirlpool of panic was engulfing her at the time, she knew your hands and didn't let go. While impotent to completely solve her problem, you shouldn't think you made no positive difference.
The coming week will require you and your dad to put forth more effort and be ever more tricksy at negotiating hospital bureaucracy -- and I have very specific advice for addressing the challenges to come: "be easy on yourselves". If you needlessly flagellate yourself for what has gone before, you'll be less ready for what is yet to happen. So far as this guy can see, you done good so far. Sleep well, get rested, get out there tomorrow and knock it out of the park.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 31, 2016 02:02 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Reaganite Republican at May 31, 2016 02:04 AM (cVI3s)
I ask of Our Lord to assuage your fears and make that beautiful woman whole. I ask that you find peace and salvation within your fears.
Might the Mighty Hand of God find His way to your corner, so as to allow His beauty upon you.
Find not the ugliness of incongruency, but the beauty of Salvation within your ranks. Allow its blessing to find you. And find you well.
Might you find peace as chaos surrounds you, Good Sir. Might you keep your head as those around you lose theirs.
I ask God to find serenity within your soul. I ask Him to find you at peace as you question his very existence.
I ask for the beauty of commonplace touchstones that the both of you find in common.
In Jesus' Name, I Pray...
*amen*
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 02:10 AM (OQ9R7)
Anyway, thanks for the prayers and all that.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at May 31, 2016 02:14 AM (DW+jj)
I know that around the holidays they have a few call centers up around NYC, but outside of that they seem to be outsourced at least 50% of the time.
I did, for the first time, have a really bad time with DirecTV, where the girl on the other end of the phone obviously was more into her cell phone and watching 90210 episodes than helping. She continuously tried to charge me for the free remotes. Thankfully I called back and got a nice lady from Brooklyn who helped me, gave me a 12 month credit, and had a laugh when she read that the original customer service employee was actually stupid enough to write in her call report all the things she had gotten wrong.
Posted by: Rbastid at May 31, 2016 02:17 AM (XwTyM)
Anyway, thanks for the prayers and all that.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at May 31, 2016 02:14 AM (DW+jj)
Remember that the Horde is like a raucous pub crowd -- elbows in the ribs and snide remarks one moment....but heartfelt support and deepest sympathy the next. Being on the internet, on Ace's, with nics and socks, and not being able to read body language, makes it a bit more confusing. That the regulars are a fine bunch of folks that you can assume the best from is a help.
Really, be easy with yourself. You did good. Sleep well, so you can do as well with tomorrow's efforts.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 31, 2016 02:21 AM (EzgxV)
Anyway, thanks for the prayers and all that.
-Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at May 31, 2016 02:14 AM (DW+jj)
No. That was "My Bad". You asked me if my prayers precluded your jokes.
They did not.
I "returned the favor" in a tasteless fashion.
I'd imagined my idiocy precluded my prayers.
It had not.
I have been on my knees in prayer no fewer than three times this evening/morning. None of which having to do with sports.
I have asked for your peace amongst chaos.
Please accept my meager apology for asinine "humor" at your expense. It was my attempt at being "silly".
I humbly apologize.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 02:26 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 02:27 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at May 31, 2016 02:28 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at May 31, 2016 02:34 AM (DW+jj)
If she doesn't get any better in this particular hospital, I'm thinking about trying to take her somewhere else. Get second and third opinions and all that.
If it were me, I'd take her off damn drug they have her on that we could get away with, starting in reverse order they were added to her schedule.
She takes one for blood pressure and thyroid hormone/whatever that I think are required, do her harm to stop. She's on a damned statin, and IIRC, reducing endogenous cholesterol production can affect nerves, don't know about the brain. Well, just quickly googled -- depression and anxiety are claimed to be caused by statins.
But she's been on it for years. The newest one was Eliquis, the anticoagulant. I don't know if she really needs it now, it's been nearly 2 months since her surgery. WIth my hip, I think it was 6 weeks I was on the blood thinner.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at May 31, 2016 02:45 AM (DW+jj)
If she doesn't get any better in this particular hospital, I'm thinking about trying to take her somewhere else. Get second and third opinions and all that.
If it were me, I'd take her off damn drug they have her on that we could get away with, starting in reverse order they were added to her schedule.
She takes one for blood pressure and thyroid hormone/whatever that I think are required, do her harm to stop. She's on a damned statin, and IIRC, reducing endogenous cholesterol production can affect nerves, don't know about the brain. Well, just quickly googled -- depression and anxiety are claimed to be caused by statins.
But she's been on it for years. The newest one was Eliquis, the anticoagulant. I don't know if she really needs it now, it's been nearly 2 months since her surgery. WIth my hip, I think it was 6 weeks I was on the blood thinner.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at May 31, 2016 02:45 AM (DW+jj)
Regarding statins -- I read somewhere once where they're not prescribed in the EU without a CoQ10 supplement. That said, people are on statins for years or decades and they're generally well-tolerated. Don't second-guess a decade of care over something that went haywire last year.
And, really -- get some rest. Fresh eyes will see more in the morning, where bleary eyes will just see more of the same.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 31, 2016 02:55 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: The Political Hat at May 31, 2016 03:13 AM (Z8xbi)
Because I knew he was in an ICU, I had my choice of two hospitals. He was in the first one. I got in and started wheedling access and information. Shortly after official visiting hours began, the ICU got a call that my grandmother wouldn't be promptly there when they opened.....because she was in the ER three floors downstairs. If I've ever had a moment when the clouds parted, a ray of light streamed down from the heavens, and angels sang -- that was it....if I'd have waited even for the next flight, it wouldn't have been timely to help her.
It was an exhausting, depressing, stressful, eventful few days -- but I was there when needed and did needful things.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 31, 2016 03:21 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Puddleglum at May 31, 2016 03:23 AM (20X6f)
Posted by: Adriane the Sarcastic Critic ... at May 31, 2016 03:39 AM (AoK0a)
Posted by: Adriane the Sarcastic Critic ... at May 31, 2016 03:39 AM (AoK0a)
It should be "Japanese Court Rules 'Artist's' Vagina Kayak is Legal, Sharing Its 3D Data is Not".
Posted by: Aarradin at May 31, 2016 04:21 AM (+7Wfv)
Activity considered to be racketeering may include bribery, counterfeiting, money laundering, embezzlement, illegal gambling, kidnapping, murder, drug trafficking, slavery, and a host of other nefarious business practices.
James Comey and The FBI will present a recommendation to Loretta Lynch, Attorney General of the Department of Justice, that includes a cogent argument that the Clinton Foundation is an ongoing criminal enterprise engaged in money laundering and soliciting bribes in exchange for political, policy and legislative favors to individuals, corporations and even governments both foreign and domestic.
Posted by: unlawful voter at May 31, 2016 04:23 AM (e8kgV)
Posted by: chemjeff at May 31, 2016 04:25 AM (uAvJJ)
Posted by: creeper at May 31, 2016 04:56 AM (k1COF)
Ask me how I know.
Posted by: creeper at May 31, 2016 05:00 AM (k1COF)
Good morning horde
Posted by: Skip at May 31, 2016 05:18 AM (3wHFl)
Posted by: blaster at May 31, 2016 05:28 AM (2Ocf1)
Ya think?
Posted by: Adriane the Sarcastic Critic
Yes.
Posted by: Puddleglum doesn't understand sarcasm at May 31, 2016 05:32 AM (20X6f)
That's one of the better fvck-ups we've seen in a while. Got almost the entire page.
Posted by: creeper at May 31, 2016 05:35 AM (k1COF)
Posted by: creeper at May 31, 2016 05:36 AM (k1COF)
Wow if Instapundit had a barrel it would be feasting today.
Posted by: blaster at May 31, 2016 05:28 AM (2Ocf1)
Yeah, it's bad. Like someone put Hillary in charge for day.
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at May 31, 2016 05:38 AM (7VPW0)
Posted by: fluffy at May 31, 2016 05:50 AM (2hcmo)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 31, 2016 05:55 AM (vvmPQ)
http://fxn.ws/1sYf3NN
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 31, 2016 05:55 AM (vvmPQ)
http://fxn.ws/1U9AaT1
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 31, 2016 05:55 AM (vvmPQ)
http://fxn.ws/1TOvDev
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 31, 2016 05:56 AM (vvmPQ)
http://fxn.ws/1UeKAk2
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 31, 2016 05:56 AM (vvmPQ)
http://fxn.ws/1sI9eDy
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 31, 2016 05:56 AM (vvmPQ)
http://fxn.ws/27ZYhh9
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 31, 2016 05:56 AM (vvmPQ)
http://bit.ly/25tVTNn
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 31, 2016 05:57 AM (vvmPQ)
http://bit.ly/1sYgnjJ
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 31, 2016 05:57 AM (vvmPQ)
http://bit.ly/1sp2JFI
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 31, 2016 05:57 AM (vvmPQ)
http://dailysign.al/1OZRnwz
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 31, 2016 05:57 AM (vvmPQ)
That's it for today folks, still slim pickings on news. I will not be here for VNN tomorrow and possibly a few days after. I am going down to Charleston today and do not know when I will actually be getting back. And on top of all that it looks like the weather here and in Charleston will be crap for the next several days as well, as that tropical storm appears to be squatting off the coast of SC.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 31, 2016 05:58 AM (vvmPQ)
Posted by: creeper at May 31, 2016 05:59 AM (k1COF)
Posted by: creeper at May 31, 2016 06:02 AM (k1COF)
UPS once mis-delivered a 150.00 package. Of course, *their* records showed that they had left it on my front stoop, so the snotty UPS customer service witch washed their hands of any responsibility. And all but called me a liar.
I next called Amazon C/S and the very helpful young woman listened to my story and told me they would have a replacement package at my front door by the next afternoon. I knew this meant air shipment, which is expensive. Would've been different if this was Amazon's fault, but it was not. I told her this wasn't that urgent and 2 days ground would be fine, but she insisted.
I called Amazon at 6:00 pm and I had a complete replacement shipment at my front door at 10:30 the next morning, which is pretty amazing. Then I received a follow-up call from Amazon to be sure I had received it OK. Extra amazing.
As a postscript to this story, about 3months later I came home to find a battered, tattered UPS package on my stoop. It was the original, lost package. Don't know if whoever mistakenly received it had finally brought it by, or what.
I called Amazon and told them the whole story again and offered to return the duplicate shipment, since they had been so great about the whole thing and all, but the very nice representative told me to keep it.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at May 31, 2016 06:03 AM (WlGX+)
Thanks for the news, Vic. Take care on the drive to Charleston. You will be missed.
Posted by: creeper at May 31, 2016 05:59 AM (k1COF)
We will be taking wifey's car so she will probably drive down there. I suppose I will have to drive back don't know yet. Wifey's car is a Toyota though, and the interior controls are nothing like the standard American car. That will be an aggravation.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 31, 2016 06:03 AM (vvmPQ)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 31, 2016 06:05 AM (vvmPQ)
361
I have never had a problem with an Amazon order.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 31, 2016 06:05 AM (vvmPQ)
Amazon has always been good to me.
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at May 31, 2016 06:10 AM (7VPW0)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 31, 2016 06:14 AM (HPSmN)
http://bit.ly/25tVTNn
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 31, 2016 05:57 AM (vvmPQ)
Arf, arf, arf, arf, arf! (It's all the fault of Rethuglikkkans like Trump!)
Posted by: Shrillary! The talking Jackass Seal at May 31, 2016 06:16 AM (hbjKv)
If I were a gamblin' woman I'd bet Pooja has already been sacked by Amazon. There's always one bad apple in a barrel but Amazon seems to do a good job of weeding them out.
HOWEVER...
Amazon's pricing and shipping structures are becoming increasingly difficult to fathom. If they don't get a handle on that it's going to cause them trouble.
Posted by: creeper at May 31, 2016 06:17 AM (k1COF)
http://bit.ly/25tVTNn
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 31, 2016 05:57 AM (vvmPQ)
We have to act now to stop declining sea levels!
Posted by: The Warmanistas at May 31, 2016 06:18 AM (7VPW0)
Has anyone heard the report about the military being ordered to deplete
all the resources that they have warehoused? The point being that a
future President wouldn't be able to go to war, due to personnel cuts
and supply shortages.
Posted by: Ben Had at May 31, 2016 06:14 AM (HPSmN)
I have seen nothing on it in the news but that doesn't mean anything
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 31, 2016 06:19 AM (vvmPQ)
Agree with you there.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at May 31, 2016 06:20 AM (WlGX+)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 31, 2016 06:14 AM (HPSmN)
I saw this "movie" in the late 70's during the peanut years. The F'n bastards are using all of the supplies to prevent having to buy replacement parts. They need that money to give to the FSA. By the time Reagan came in we had squadrons that counldnt fly, naval groups that couldnt go to sea, the Army couldnt do anything but paper drills.
I loathe democratics.
Posted by: Taiwan_Joe at May 31, 2016 06:21 AM (sy8f2)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 31, 2016 06:22 AM (vvmPQ)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 31, 2016 06:22 AM (HPSmN)
Looking at our for the day I see a "Hazardous Weather Outlook". Click on that and get a four-para discussion of the weather. Final conclusion: "It might rain but the computer models don't agree, so we're just throwing our hands up."
Posted by: creeper at May 31, 2016 06:24 AM (k1COF)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois at May 31, 2016 06:27 AM (WVsWD)
When you get local weather it is most likely being provided by either a corporate weather service or something like TWC or Weather Undergrund (which has been bought out by TWC).
My old utility used a corporate weather service under a contract for short term and long term predictions.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 31, 2016 06:32 AM (vvmPQ)
Posted by: Dory at May 31, 2016 06:32 AM (0Ph0e)
Posted by: Zombie Harambe at May 31, 2016 06:33 AM (gwG9s)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 31, 2016 06:35 AM (u82oZ)
Reading the outlooks and discussions on our local NWS page I get the distinct impression that the weathermen and discouraged, disillusioned and just going through the motions.
Posted by: creeper at May 31, 2016 06:36 AM (k1COF)
Posted by: creeper at May 31, 2016 06:37 AM (k1COF)
She's a terrible candidate, and maybe the worst ever, in a normal year.
Posted by: MTF, Amity and Enmity at May 31, 2016 06:43 AM (/m8T6)
Grr..."weathermen ARE discouraged..."
Posted by: creeper at May 31, 2016 06:37 AM (k1COF)
Local TV stations used to hire their own meteorologists but since they have converted to talking heads and hawt babes for weather they now most likely use corporate weather services too.
But I sure did like Maria Molina's big weather stuff when I still got satellite, both of them.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 31, 2016 06:44 AM (vvmPQ)
Posted by: @votermom at May 31, 2016 06:46 AM (7lVbc)
Posted by: creeper at May 31, 2016 06:49 AM (k1COF)
Posted by: KWDreaming at May 31, 2016 06:51 AM (vvQF4)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois at May 31, 2016 06:51 AM (WVsWD)
Did billy kristol make the "big" announcement yet? I'm too lazy to look but I could use a good laugh this morning.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois at May 31, 2016 06:51 AM (WVsWD)
No, I suspect he is just trolling for attention. His contract with Fox must be up for negotiation.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 31, 2016 06:52 AM (vvmPQ)
Posted by: @votermom at May 31, 2016 06:53 AM (7lVbc)
Posted by: creeper at May 31, 2016 06:53 AM (k1COF)
Posted by: KWDreaming at May 31, 2016 06:51 AM (vvQF4)
He'd be a "suave Bond", more like Brosnan and Dalton.
Posted by: @votermom at May 31, 2016 06:55 AM (7lVbc)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 31, 2016 06:55 AM (HPSmN)
Posted by: @votermom at May 31, 2016 06:57 AM (7lVbc)
I hope not. I hope he does find someone. Someone who will flame out big time and take a few hundred million $$$ from the CoC and rino contributors with him.
Waste that dough.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois at May 31, 2016 06:57 AM (WVsWD)
will flame out big time and take a few hundred million $$$ from the CoC
and rino contributors with him.
Waste that dough.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois at May 31, 2016 06:57 AM (WVsWD)
The worst part is that people might take such a candidate seriously. Splitting the Republican vote is not a path to anything but a Hillary Presidency... and that's exactly what some of the DC crowd want. Losing everything they got elected for is no big deal, as long as the press is nice to them, they get invited to all of the parties, and they have their cushy jobs.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at May 31, 2016 07:00 AM (J+mig)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 31, 2016 07:01 AM (HPSmN)
Enlighten me please. How does a third party candidate get on the ballot at this late date?
Posted by: Ben Had at May 31, 2016 07:01 AM (HPSmN)
Favor trading. A bunch of judges will be asked to give exemptions on Monday and be out buying a new boat on Friday.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at May 31, 2016 07:03 AM (J+mig)
I don't think it's going to be a problem this time around.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois Thused TrumpBot at May 31, 2016 07:04 AM (WVsWD)
Posted by: MTF, Amity and Enmity at May 31, 2016 07:08 AM (/m8T6)
So I guess the Army wants laser weapons for helicopters.
http://tinyurl.com/juvf7ja
Posted by: MTF, Amity and Enmity at May 31, 2016 07:08 AM (/m8T6)
Wouldn't you? Less moving parts, no reliance on ammunition resupply, etc. Directed energy weapons have a lot of advantages if we ever get them out of the lab and field-ready.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at May 31, 2016 07:11 AM (J+mig)
Agree with you there.
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My issue is price, pure and simple. We love Amazon (and its customer service) but lately their prices (for Prime anyway) are just not competitive. It's cheaper to buy locally, which is a switch.
Posted by: MTF, Amity and Enmity at May 31, 2016 07:11 AM (/m8T6)
Amazon (and its customer service) but lately their prices (for Prime
anyway) are just not competitive. It's cheaper to buy locally, which is
a switch.
Posted by: MTF, Amity and Enmity at May 31, 2016 07:11 AM (/m8T6)
As with Wal-Mart over the past decade or two, once you reach a certain point of big, you no longer have to be good.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at May 31, 2016 07:13 AM (J+mig)
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at May 31, 2016 07:14 AM (7VPW0)
Posted by: MTF, Amity and Enmity at May 31, 2016 07:14 AM (/m8T6)
Posted by: The Warmanistas at May 31, 2016 06:18 AM (7VPW0)
We must eliminate 80 percent of the population, ASAP, otherwise NYC will become a desert by 2021!
Posted by: Bill Ayets and the Weathernen at May 31, 2016 07:16 AM (hbjKv)
Posted by: MTF, Amity and Enmity at May 31, 2016 07:14 AM (/m8T6)
They'd either have to bring batteries or use capacitors charged by the helicopter's power system. In the latter case, I'd expect significant recharge times between firings.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at May 31, 2016 07:16 AM (J+mig)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 31, 2016 07:20 AM (ptqRm)
Bill Kristol, and his various pals, are just being assholes. We refused
to play the game by their rules, and now they're intentionally trying to
screw things up to teach us peasants a lesson.
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at May 31, 2016 07:14 AM (7VPW0)
I wasn't even a Trumper after he started walking back the Wall. I'm not particularly enthused about voting for him, but I'm still going to vote for him to stop Hillary. Stopping Hillary is essential to the survival of this nation in any recognizable form. If we get her,
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at May 31, 2016 07:20 AM (J+mig)
With free two day shipping, it is becoming more, "how far away is the store that has it, do I need it this minute, and is the price difference that much?"
Posted by: rickb223 at May 31, 2016 07:21 AM (DUqif)
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at May 31, 2016 07:21 AM (J+mig)
Posted by: AltonJackson at May 31, 2016 07:24 AM (ZQfW9)
Directed energy weapons have a lot of advantages if we ever get them out of the lab and field-ready.-Cato
Wonder how much Hillary will sell that tech to China and Russia for?
Posted by: Case, Mors Semper Tyrannis at May 31, 2016 07:27 AM (Z4hTv)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 31, 2016 07:28 AM (ptqRm)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at May 31, 2016 07:30 AM (1ijHg)
Posted by: Case, Mors Semper Tyrannis at May 31, 2016 07:27 AM (Z4hTv)
After the Russian and Chinese checks to her 'charity' clear, they'll link directed energy weapons to global warming, and U.S. forces will be banned from using them.
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at May 31, 2016 07:31 AM (7VPW0)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois Thused TrumpBot at May 31, 2016 07:35 AM (WVsWD)
Posted by: MTF, Amity and Enmity at May 31, 2016 07:36 AM (/m8T6)
Enlighten me please. How does a third party candidate get on the ballot at this late date?
Posted by: Ben Had
"Independent", not "Third Party".
Varies. Texas is of course already past the ballot date. California requires 180k signatures, while other states require as little as a few hundred.
It's estimated it would require a million or so signatures to run a 50 state campaign, allowing for bad sigs, along with a number of lawsuits at this late date to open the ballot in some states.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at May 31, 2016 07:37 AM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Grump928(C) always a hundred comments late at May 31, 2016 07:38 AM (rwI+c)
It's estimated it would require a million or so
signatures to run a 50 state campaign, allowing for bad sigs, along with
a number of lawsuits at this late date to open the ballot in some
states.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at May 31, 2016 07:37 AM (kdS6q)
It'd be a fluster cluck of epic proportions, and would guarantee a Hillary victory....and I'm not certain that isn't Kristol's intent.
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at May 31, 2016 07:40 AM (7VPW0)
It has arrived, NOOD like
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 31, 2016 07:41 AM (ptqRm)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 31, 2016 07:41 AM (vvmPQ)
She's a terrible candidate, and maybe the worst ever, in a normal year.
____________________
It's really astonishing when you think about it. Hillary Clinton has been corrupt and dishonest and sneaky since she was Hillary Rodham, low-level Capitol Hill staffer. Fresh out of Yale Law, she wrote a memo suggesting that Richard Nixon should be deprived of his basic due process rights. Even the sleazy politician she worked for was shocked by Hillary's lack of ethics.
Then, as political spouse to Bill Clinton in Arkansas, Hillary leveraged her connection to Bill to get clients for the Rose Law Firm, where she worked in partnership with Web Hubbell and Vince Foster, both apparently as crooked as Hillary (or at least, both willing to aid and abet Hillary's criminality). Hubbell and Foster helped Hillary steal the Rose Law Firm billing records that proved Hillary's active participation in the crimes committed by the law firm's S&L clients. Hubbell eventually ended up going to prison (for other crimes), and Foster apparently knew (or feared) that he was headed for the same fate, and chose to eat a bullet instead. The real scandal of Foster's death was not that he was murdered, but that he committed suicide because he feared his participation in his and Hubbell's and Hillary's many crimes would cause him to end up in prison (like Hubbell).
And yet this chronically corrupt woman not only skated through all her criminal activity at the Rose Law Firm, and then at the Clinton White House, but she went on to repeat the same type of illegal activity (and the blatantly illegal destruction of the evidence of her crimes) as SOS. (Have you seen that the woman Hillary put in charge of her computer security at State had no actual computer science credentials, and her degrees were all from phony-baloney diploma mills? How do you think this woman was able to pass a government background check?)
It boggles the mind that Hillary Clinton, with her decades-long record of corruption, is now the leading contender for president.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at May 31, 2016 07:54 AM (BNs9e)
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