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Overnight Open Thread (7-3-2016) - Pre-4th Edition
We can be overwhelmed by the present. At the time I thought Bill Clinton was an extraordinarily bad man, but Barack Obama has helped me understand how good we had it with Bill Clinton. Not to say that Clinton isn't the most repugnant, but we now have a larger context within which to judge him. Perhaps Hillary Clinton will lend a similar context to our judgment of Obama. Ah, the uses of history.
-- PowerLine's Scott Johnson in Why Not The Worst
They went to Arnold [Schwarzenegger]. They went to Sly, who turned it down. They went to Richard Gere-turned it down. They went to James Caan-turned it down. They went to Burt Reynolds, and all of these people rejected it because, remember, this is 1987. You had all these Rambo movies. We've had Commando, Predator, and in the wake of all of these, the hero, they said, was like a pussy. The reaction? "This guy's no hero." Right? In desperation, they went to Bruce Willis.
-- from Die Hard: An Oral History
Soon.
An in depth investigation by the Marine Corps has concluded that for over 70 years it had wrongly identified one of the men in the iconic photo of the flag being raised over Iwo Jima. The investigation determined that Navy Corpsman John Bradley was not one of the flag-raisers in the photograph and in fact the actual flag-raiser was PFC Harold Schultz.
Neither man seems to have sought any fame or reward from their role in the photo:
As for John Bradley, he also had no taste for celebrity and was long traumatized by what he witnessed on Iwo. But he also understood the military, and when directed to take part in the bond drive, the young Corpsman obeyed his orders. Yet, he also moved to quickly distance himself from the fame accorded to the flag-raisers. After leaving the Navy, Bradley became a successful funeral director in his home state of Wisconsin, fathered a large family and became a pillar of the community.While acknowledging his service in World War II--and participation in the flag-raising -- Bradley refused to provide any details. As recounted in Flags of Our Fathers, John Bradley struggled with the demons of war, weeping in his sleep for many years, and rejecting all media requests for interviews. Even members of his family knew only the barest details of time in battle. After Bradley's death in 1994, his widow and children found a Navy Cross in a shoebox in his closet. John Bradley received the Navy's second highest award for valor on Iwo (for braving withering enemy fire to treat wounded Marines) and never told anyone about it, even his wife of 50 years.
Likewise, Harold Schultz did his best to bury the past and move on. Wounded in battle, he returned to the U.S. to recuperate and was discharged from the Marine Corps in the fall of 1945. He spent the rest of his career working for the Post Office in southern California, living a quiet and humble existence. Schultz didn't marry until he was 60 and only mentioned the flag-raising once, over the supper table with his wife and step-daughter in 1992. When his daughter exclaimed "My gosh, Harold, you're a hero," he said "No, I was a Marine." It was the last time he mentioned the event, although a copy of the Rosenthal photo was among his belongings when Schultz died in 1995.
The Kremlin Admits Snowden is a Russian Agent
The real question is whether he was already working for them when he was stealing classified files or if that was an after-thought.
Hannah Cohen has an inoperable brain tumor and for 17 years has been regularly visiting St. Jude's Children's Hospital in Memphis for regular treatments. But apparently this time she did not comply with a TSA employee's orders fast enough so she got roughed up, arrested, and put in jail. We're all safer now for their quick action.
"They wanted to do further scanning, she was reluctant, she didn't understand what they were about to do," said her mother Shirley Cohen.Cohen told us she tried to tell TSA agents her daughter is partially deaf, blind in one eye, paralyzed, and easily confused, but said she was kept at a distance by police.
"She's trying to get away from them but in the next instant, one of them had her down on the ground and hit her head on the floor. There was blood everywhere," said Cohen.
Hannah was arrested, booked and on the night she should have been celebrating the end of her treatment, she was locked up in Jail East.
More here.
MD Governor: State House Saved by 'Ben Franklin' Lightning Rod
It somehow feels fitting for 4th of July weekend that the oldest State House in the nation was hit by lightning but saved by a 208-year-old original Ben Franklin lightning rod.
The rod atop the State House was constructed and grounded to Franklin's exact specifications and the use of it was, in some respects, a political statement, expressing support for Franklin's theories on the protection of public buildings from lightning and the rejection of opposing theories supported by King George III. At the time, the pointed lightning rod atop such an important new public building was a powerful symbol of the independence and ingenuity of our young nation.
Ben Franklin was a modern renaissance man and the US was blessed to have a man like him at the founding.
Microsoft Prepares One Final, Full-Screen Get Windows 10 Nag
Weekly Commenter Standings
Top 10 commenters:
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10 [294 comments] 'Skip'
Top 10 sockpuppeteers:
1 [75 names] 'Secretary of State Lurch Kerry' [10.53 unique names/day]
2 [48 names] 'The Political Hat'
3 [40 names] 'andycanuck'
4 [36 names] 'That guy who always says...'
5 [33 names] 'Cicero (@cicero)'
6 [32 names] 'TeamRawDog'
7 [31 names] 'Bertram Cabot Jr.'
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9 [24 names] 'f'd'
10 [23 names] 'josephistan'
The group. Banned on 12 universities.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at July 03, 2016 10:35 PM (6gk0M)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at July 03, 2016 10:36 PM (6gk0M)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 03, 2016 10:36 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: AD at July 03, 2016 10:39 PM (XHWYb)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill.....TEXIT at July 03, 2016 10:39 PM (9ym/8)
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Posted by: Blano at July 03, 2016 10:42 PM (heN73)
Posted by: Ghost of hallelujah at July 03, 2016 10:43 PM (ljGrj)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 03, 2016 10:44 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: The Political Hat at July 03, 2016 10:45 PM (vBeA5)
"Ricardo - You're killing me here. The only reason someone can't come is lack of effort. "
Never know. Dad with his medical state. Family with work schedules. May be fine. May have to haul ass out at 3AM to take care of things. I'd love to commit, but....
:[
Posted by: Ricardo Kill.....TEXIT at July 03, 2016 10:47 PM (9ym/8)
Posted by: eleven at July 03, 2016 10:47 PM (qUNWi)
Posted by: eleven at July 03, 2016 10:47 PM (qUNWi)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at July 03, 2016 10:49 PM (1ijHg)
Posted by: Jamali Breckmister at July 03, 2016 10:49 PM (zySRA)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at July 03, 2016 10:51 PM (1ijHg)
Posted by: eleven at July 03, 2016 10:51 PM (qUNWi)
It's OK, except it occasionally shuts itself off.
Spontaneously.
What fun!
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at July 03, 2016 10:52 PM (1ijHg)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at July 03, 2016 10:53 PM (1ijHg)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at July 03, 2016 10:54 PM (1ijHg)
Posted by: eleven at July 03, 2016 10:54 PM (qUNWi)
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at July 03, 2016 10:54 PM (MNgU2)
PS, what's the difference between Episcopal and Anglican? I thought they were interchangeable names for Americans who follow "Church of England".
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 03, 2016 10:54 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at July 03, 2016 10:54 PM (1ijHg)
Posted by: rickl at July 03, 2016 10:54 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 03, 2016 10:54 PM (OQqKV)
Posted by: f'd at July 03, 2016 10:55 PM (BO/km)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at July 03, 2016 10:56 PM (1ijHg)
I'm in the market for a new computer. What is so bad about Windows 10?
Posted by: Jamali Breckmister at July 03, 2016 10:49 PM (zySRA)
First, it's license terms amount to "bend over a desk". Second, it's spyware and reports back to Microsoft about anything you do with it. Third, it actually admits that Win 8 was a terrible, terrible mistake -- but doesn't advance beyond what Win 7 did. Fourth, its default browser sucks worse than IE, if you can believe that.....
Win 7 was an advancement of the art over XP. Everything since has been horrible. If you want to run anything by Microsoft in the future, I would strongly advise that it be kept on a virtual machine.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 03, 2016 10:57 PM (EzgxV)
Via Hot Air Headlines section:
Freddie Gray Prosecutor Marilyn Mosby Slammed With Complaint Seeking Her Disbarment
(link to Law News)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/glq63cv
"A law professor at George Washington University School of Law has filed the disciplinary complaint with the Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland against Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby."
I can hardly wait to hear her defense.
My one wish is to run the popcorn, beverages and snacks concession at the Commission's building.
Posted by: Arbalest at July 03, 2016 10:57 PM (FlRtG)
I have an old friend in Cameron. I would love to see him. Too bad the old "ball and chain" keeps me at home.
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at July 03, 2016 10:58 PM (1ijHg)
... wait. Instead, a Mormon elder and an A.M.E. pastor go into a bar. I don't know what happened next but I'll bet it was funny.
Posted by: FireHorse at July 03, 2016 10:58 PM (zyusq)
Posted by: Darth Randall at July 03, 2016 10:58 PM (6n332)
That's ludicrous!
Posted by: a phrenologist at July 03, 2016 10:58 PM (A/+my)
Posted by: Zettai ryoiki at July 03, 2016 10:58 PM (kP16F)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at July 03, 2016 10:59 PM (1ijHg)
Posted by: ALH at July 03, 2016 11:00 PM (Z56vq)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 03, 2016 11:00 PM (OQqKV)
341 Thank you for this post, NDH.
I've been thinking about this for a long time. The cities are going to burn this summer and we are going to be looking at a complete breakdown of our society and civilization because of the depredations of the Obama Administration and the insanity of this election.
I'm preparing Sharkman's 2016 Apocalyptic Election Survival Plan. Any member of The Horde who wants a copy in the next couple weeks when I'm finished with it, please just email me at Peterjvaughn1963 -at- gmail.com and I'll send it along.
My roommate has been flying a Global 6000 passenger executive jet for the last 10 years and has access to almost unlimited cheap jet fuel. I'm scouting property up in the San Juan Island in Washington that possibly could be crowd-funded for purchase. And I'm a member of the board or stock-holder in 3 different companies that have technology that would provide I'm limited energy, medicinal purity water, and modular home building materials.
I'm willing to commit to rescuing any member of The Horde and The Horde members' family when the Shit hits the fan and bringing them to the San Juan "compound". Just have your Go bags ready, be willing to stand watch and walk perimeter defense, and participate in the new Democratic process when the time comes.
I'm not a survivalist or a lunatic, but I do see something happening to our country that might be reversible. Survival is our job.
Posted by: Sharkman at July 03, 2016 10:45 PM (TXntV)
Posted by: Sharkman at July 03, 2016 11:00 PM (TXntV)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at July 03, 2016 11:00 PM (kP16F)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at July 03, 2016 11:00 PM (1ijHg)
**rides up and down the street on a pink, girl's bike, shouting about the victory**
Posted by: Secretary of State Lurch Kerry at July 03, 2016 11:00 PM (H9MG5)
I am really ashamed of the state of so-called law enforcement in this country. Those who are "good" cops really need to step up to curb this sh*t down to nil. Used to be, not too far back, that front-line agency staff had a way of dealing with bad apples. But, alas, it seems criminals, even those with badges, get more due process than those they deprive of it.
Posted by: Shinjinrui at July 03, 2016 11:02 PM (4SznG)
Posted by: B. Bunny at July 03, 2016 11:02 PM (GDWxo)
Posted by: Lizzy at July 03, 2016 11:03 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: andycanuck at July 03, 2016 11:04 PM (A/+my)
Posted by: Lizzy at July 03, 2016 11:05 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 03, 2016 10:54 PM (OQqKV)
Sure why not?
I can see this turning into something really great.
Posted by: Blano at July 03, 2016 11:06 PM (heN73)
Help me, I'm lost. How did I end up on the ONT?
Posted by: Ben Had at July 03, 2016 11:00 PM (OQqKV)
You were trying to rescue a Todos Santos executive with a subway excavation machine?
Posted by: cthulhu at July 03, 2016 11:06 PM (EzgxV)
The Christians in this country do not obey the law out of fear of the government. We obey the law out of love for our God and our fellow creatures. The federal govt. may collapse. But society consists of rings. The inner ring: family. Next, neighbors. Next: church, school, friends. Next city, then State. I am not worried.
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at July 03, 2016 11:06 PM (1ijHg)
enforcement in this country. Those who are "good" cops really need to
step up to curb this sh*t down to nil. Used to be, not too far back,
that front-line agency staff had a way of dealing with bad apples. But,
alas, it seems criminals, even those with badges, get more due process
than those they deprive of it.
Posted by: Shinjinrui at July 03, 2016 11:02 PM (4SznG)<<<
Guess we shouldn't mention what we did to her dog.
Posted by: militarized thug cops that the TSA called to her house at July 03, 2016 11:07 PM (H9MG5)
Posted by: ALH at July 03, 2016 11:07 PM (Z56vq)
I am really ashamed of the state of so-called law enforcement in this country. Those who are "good" cops really need to step up to curb this sh*t down to nil. Used to be, not too far back, that front-line agency staff had a way of dealing with bad apples. But, alas, it seems criminals, even those with badges, get more due process than those they deprive of it.
Posted by: Shinjinrui at July 03, 2016 11:02 PM (4SznG)
Karl Denninger wrote a post a long time ago saying that cops can only do their jobs because the majority of law-abiding citizens support them and have their backs.
When they lose the support of law-abiding citizens, they will quickly discover that they are outnumbered and outgunned by criminals and gangs.
Posted by: rickl at July 03, 2016 11:07 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Infidel at July 03, 2016 11:08 PM (ml68g)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at July 03, 2016 11:09 PM (1ijHg)
Posted by: rickl at July 03, 2016 10:54 PM (sdi6R)
Even people who call themselves Christians are bitterly divided over this election and the state of things.
Two recent conversations with people who call themselves Christians have confirmed to me there's no hope. To them cops are more dangerous than Hillary, abortion, Muslim terrorism, etc.
Posted by: Blano at July 03, 2016 11:09 PM (heN73)
Posted by: Burnt Toast at July 03, 2016 11:10 PM (P/kVC)
I am surprised to see the United Methodist Church show a 54% majority of Republicans. The conservative Methodists I know, most of whom have already switched to independent Wesleyan churches, give me the impression that the UMC has gone moonbat with the gaysies, social justice crap, and BDS.
I'm sure patterns vary from region to region and parish to parish though.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at July 03, 2016 11:10 PM (T/5A0)
Posted by: Infidel at July 03, 2016 11:10 PM (ml68g)
Oops. I didn't say, because I'm Catholic. The thing is, most Catholics that I know profess to :
be against abortion
not be in favor of gay marriage
believe people should work for what they want
believe in gun rights
believe in government fiscal responsibility
believe in personal responsibility
For some reason, many of them still vote for democrats. I don't get it.
How can anyone with a moral code support HER.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 03, 2016 11:10 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: Sharkman at July 03, 2016 11:00 PM (TXntV)
****
Should that time come, I am in. I can provide a few shekels too.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at July 03, 2016 11:11 PM (YLidQ)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at July 03, 2016 11:12 PM (DW+jj)
*Yes, we've got a BLM group here now despite no history of slavery; the vast majority of blacks being first or second generation immigrants; black-on-black crime here kills more blacks than anyone else including the cops; crime and poverty here don't come close to black slums in Democrat cities in the U.S.; and the "issue" that supposedly moved them was the cops carding everyone but mainly blacks (for some strange reason!) and not cops shooting blacks; and since carding was ended by our politicians and first black police chief, crime is up including a (relatively) huge wave of stabbings.
Posted by: andycanuck at July 03, 2016 11:13 PM (A/+my)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 03, 2016 11:13 PM (T/cxb)
I can hardly wait to hear her defense.
Posted by: Arbalest at July 03, 2016 10:57 PM (FlRtG)
YOU'RE ALL RAYCISSSS!
Posted by: M MOSBY at July 03, 2016 11:13 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at July 03, 2016 11:09 PM (1ijHg)
I should clarify, Jimbo, that I believe that most cops are really good men and women, and have the best interest of their communities at heart. However, some thing needs to be done about corruption within the ranks and over-politicizing by L.E. management. Else like rickl wrote above: "When they lose the support of law-abiding citizens, they will quickly discover that they are outnumbered and outgunned by criminals and gangs."
Posted by: Shinjinrui at July 03, 2016 11:14 PM (4SznG)
Greetings from the Adirondacks. Super weather lately plus the place is going nuts with fireworks this year. Every little town has been blowing off ordnance with a vengeance.
A few of us even have the honor to march in parades tomorrow.
I still like getting the A's on and walking a bit.
Posted by: irongrampa at July 03, 2016 11:15 PM (X35Yt)
Posted by: IC at July 03, 2016 11:15 PM (KTFfX)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 03, 2016 11:15 PM (OQqKV)
Posted by: Shinjinrui at July 03, 2016 11:15 PM (4SznG)
66 M MOSBY
"YOU'RE ALL RAYCISSSS!"
How could you possibly read what I typed? It was in cursive ...
Posted by: Arbalest at July 03, 2016 11:16 PM (FlRtG)
Posted by: ALH at July 03, 2016 11:00 PM (Z56vq)
When the announcement that TSA was being started and mobs of TSA agents were being hire, IIRC during Bush administration, I remember thinking, "How are they going to hire that many qualified people so quickly?"
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 03, 2016 11:16 PM (+lVUW)
until the organizers agreed to sign a list of demands!
LOL!
After the LGBT groups harassing and suing the Boston St Patrick's Day parade organizers for years and years in order to crash *their* parade.
Priceless.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 03, 2016 11:16 PM (NOIQH)
desk". Second, it's spyware and reports back to Microsoft about anything
you do with it. Third, it actually admits that Win 8 was a terrible,
terrible mistake -- but doesn't advance beyond what Win 7 did. Fourth,
its default browser sucks worse than IE, if you can believe that.....
Win
7 was an advancement of the art over XP. Everything since has been
horrible. If you want to run anything by Microsoft in the future, I
would strongly advise that it be kept on a virtual machine.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 03, 2016 10:57 PM
Is it safe to get win7 yet? Will the win10 free "upgrade" not be a threat after this month? Got a new pc, but it looks like there's a problem with directX... video drivers... or whatnot on the XP os. Want to stick with XP, but I'm being pushed down like a fat girl.
Posted by: otho at July 03, 2016 11:17 PM (EWg9n)
Here's to ya, Ben. A lot of them weren't sure where his loyalties lay. He told Addams something about realizing he was an American all along. His son was a dedicated royalist, and they never spoke again, with Ben saying he ought to be hung.
Tonight's episode was about George Washington. He was the sine qua non of the United States. The fact that the city that bears his name has become such a den of vipers and thieves is a sacrilege to his name. Better it burn to the ground with the earth salted than the scum that now inhabit it continue to defile his name.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at July 03, 2016 11:17 PM (DW+jj)
if we're going to do preparedness threads why not make em Open Threads?
but do it like Drills.
BOOM Dirty Bomb goes off in Manhattan
(insert current weather patterns)
SITREP on official responses
then, What do you do? GO
etc
Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at July 03, 2016 11:17 PM (Cq0oW)
Sounds like business as usual in Detroit.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 03, 2016 11:18 PM (+lVUW)
I hope tomorrow is dryer. Because if they don't get to set off their fireworks tomorrow, they will wait until they can and do it then.
Here in the South, July 4th and New Years Eve and celebrated by the expenditure of money on private fireworks. No opinion is offered. I am free. They are free.
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at July 03, 2016 11:19 PM (1ijHg)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at July 03, 2016 11:20 PM (kP16F)
Passengers won't let them get used as missiles ever again.
The dirtbags can't do another 911.
It's bullshit work.
Meanwhile a Jihadi can blow up a hundred people in the check-in area.
Just shut the TSA down.
Posted by: eman at July 03, 2016 11:20 PM (MQEz6)
Deep displacement trawler type hull would be ideal for supply haulage. Single or twin screw, matters not.
With a sturdy pier and a suitable dock mounted crane, all manner of things can be wrangled ashore.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at July 03, 2016 11:20 PM (v5iqM)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at July 03, 2016 11:21 PM (1ijHg)
I'll be interested in seeing how the MFM reports this. I'm betting they will underplay it but we'll see.
Posted by: andycanuck at July 03, 2016 11:22 PM (A/+my)
This city burns every summer. Mother nature makes sure of it. Some dumb asses want to riot when it's 110 out? Go for it dummies, we'll laugh as you die of dehydration from running around out there.
And if they wait until fall, we'll emulate the roof Koreans.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 03, 2016 11:22 PM (T/cxb)
Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at July 03, 2016 11:22 PM (Cq0oW)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 03, 2016 11:15 PM (OQqKV)
I'm going to beat you to it with nuclear weapons.
Here's my hot investment tip - look into Nevada beachfront property.
Posted by: Lex Luthor at July 03, 2016 11:23 PM (wQWv4)
Posted by: Blano at July 03, 2016 11:23 PM (heN73)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at July 03, 2016 11:17 PM (DW+jj)
I don't know if it's apocryphal or not, but supposedly King George III was astonished when he heard that Washington had voluntarily stepped down from the Presidency.
Posted by: rickl at July 03, 2016 11:24 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Lizzy at July 03, 2016 11:24 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at July 03, 2016 11:24 PM (kP16F)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 03, 2016 11:25 PM (GdFQh)
Posted by: eman at July 03, 2016 11:26 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: sunny at July 03, 2016 11:26 PM (XBatu)
Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at July 03, 2016 11:27 PM (Cq0oW)
Washington could have been King George I of America, if he desired. They would have gladly crowned him and bowed before him. He turned it down, and went home.
In history, with revolutions, a Washington is a rare bird. You usually get a Castro or the like. Power corrupts. It did not corrupt Washington.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at July 03, 2016 11:27 PM (DW+jj)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at July 03, 2016 11:19 PM (1ijHg)
****
Here in Atl suburbs NW, I got rolled up on by a "concerned" neighbor last year because the fireworks I was setting off were "bothering babies, dogs and young children", on July 6th, as opposed to the 4th, due to rainout.
Since we got legal fireworks, we also got laws protecting their use. I was lighting off at 9:00, and was good until 10:00 p.m.
I lit off the finales as the douchebag got back to the end of the driveway after I ordered him off of my property.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at July 03, 2016 11:27 PM (YLidQ)
Personally, I would like 100% of the Bishop's Annual Appeal to go straight to Catholic hospitals.
Everything else? The state is doing.
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at July 03, 2016 11:28 PM (1ijHg)
I don't get it.
How can anyone with a moral code support HER.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 03, 2016 11:10 PM (+lVUW)
------------------
Republicans have a reputation for being mean.
It's one reason why I think Republicans (or conservatives) should "come out" to their associates. People get to know you, they know you're generous and pleasant, reasonable, smart, so they assume you're liberal. Let them know you're on the other side so they can get their assumptions overturned.
Posted by: iforgot at July 03, 2016 11:28 PM (5o5ek)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at July 03, 2016 11:28 PM (kP16F)
Posted by: eman at July 03, 2016 11:29 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 03, 2016 11:29 PM (OQqKV)
Since we got legal fireworks, we also got laws protecting their use. I was lighting off at 9:00, and was good until 10:00 p.m.
I lit off the finales as the douchebag got back to the end of the driveway after I ordered him off of my property.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at July 03, 2016 11:27 PM (YLidQ)
Dare I guess East Cobb?
Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 03, 2016 11:30 PM (GdFQh)
You are a Prince among men.
On New Years Eve, I usually hear them all the way up to it with a cresendo at midnight.
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at July 03, 2016 11:30 PM (1ijHg)
The TSA is a lawless band of bullies.
Posted by: ALH
S. 1447 (107th): Aviation and Transportation Security Act
Senate 100-0, House 410-9, Dubya signed
You're welcome.
Posted by: Your GOP
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 03, 2016 11:30 PM (kdS6q)
I don't get it.
How can anyone with a moral code support HER.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 03, 2016 11:10 PM (+lVUW)
------------------
Republicans have a reputation for being mean.
It's one reason why I think Republicans (or conservatives) should "come out" to their associates. People get to know you, they know you're generous and pleasant, reasonable, smart, so they assume you're liberal. Let them know you're on the other side so they can get their assumptions overturned.
Posted by: iforgot at July 03, 2016 11:28 PM (5o5ek)
Doing that makes some of them despise you.
Many people vote Democrat due to peer pressure. I see them signal threats and warnings about sraying from the herd.
Posted by: eman at July 03, 2016 11:31 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 03, 2016 11:30 PM (GdFQh)
******
Extreme NW Cobb, but point taken about the lumps of coal soon to turn to diamonds in East Cobb.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at July 03, 2016 11:31 PM (YLidQ)
How can anyone with a moral code support HER
===
"at that level, they are all scum without exception. she is at least being confronted with a come to jesus moment"
"at that level, every president is a figurehead fulfilling a predetermined political program. you are not selecting a person but a set of lever pullers. i prefer her set of oligarchs to yours"
or some such variation
Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at July 03, 2016 11:34 PM (Cq0oW)
You are a Prince among men.
On New Years Eve, I usually hear them all the way up to it with a cresendo at midnight.
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at July 03, 2016 11:30 PM (1ijHg)
****
I was lighting off at 9:30, I had until 10:00 by law. Mind you this was not on the Holiday date. That day we have until 1:00 a.m.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at July 03, 2016 11:34 PM (YLidQ)
S. 1447 (107th): Aviation and Transportation Security Act
Senate 100-0, House 410-9, Dubya signed
You're welcome.
Posted by: Your GOP
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 03, 2016 11:30 PM (kdS6q)
The Patriot Act was another bill that had to be passed right fucking now because OMG Crisis!
Never trust any bill that has a cute acronym or is named after a crime victim. It's guaranteed to chip away at your liberty.
Posted by: rickl at July 03, 2016 11:35 PM (sdi6R)
If I die in a car crash, it's either my fault or some idiot. Nobody's effing computer will be to blame.
Maybe that faggot in England, the PhD in Philosophy, needs a car that will drive itself.
Maybe he needs a dick that will fuck itself.
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at July 03, 2016 11:35 PM (1ijHg)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at July 03, 2016 11:24 PM (kP16F)
Windows 8 is a fine operating system...
...for a phone or a tablet. For an actual computer with a mouse and keyboard it was one of the dumbest ideas on the planet. I do know of at least one person that had a Windows 8 phone and they loved it. They had a Windows 8 PC and they hated it.
Posted by: buzzion at July 03, 2016 11:37 PM (bMG0w)
Toe-popper NYPD bomb squad has determined to be an 'experiment' (sidebar). Expect more field practice.
Posted by: Burnt Toast at July 03, 2016 11:10 PM (P/kVC)
An "experiment"? Could it be, maybe "Improvised"? It might be an "Improvised Explosive Device", perhaps?????
And, where have we ever seen those before.....?
Posted by: cthulhu at July 03, 2016 11:37 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at July 03, 2016 11:37 PM (DW+jj)
The Patriot Act was another bill that had to be passed right fucking now because OMG Crisis!
Posted by: rickl
You're just gonna love our GOP gun control bill next week.
Posted by: Paul "Gym Mat" Ryan
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 03, 2016 11:37 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Grad School Fool at July 03, 2016 11:38 PM (swEzU)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 03, 2016 11:29 PM (OQqKV)
Wait for the Iranians to do it.
Posted by: Lex Luthor at July 03, 2016 11:38 PM (wQWv4)
Posted by: buzzion at July 03, 2016 11:37 PM (bMG0w)
*****
One OS across three platforms. Doesn't work? Who'd a thunk it?
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at July 03, 2016 11:38 PM (YLidQ)
It's an auspicious sign. The lightning symbolizes the destruction and chaos of the Obama administration. The lightning rod symbolizes the wisdom of the Founding Fathers, whose foresight in authoring the Constitution would forever prevent wicked tyrants from... aw who am I kidding? #WASTF
Posted by: Yuimetal at July 03, 2016 11:38 PM (/mnCx)
Besides, my wife doesn't want to go to bed before midnight. So it doesn't bother me.
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at July 03, 2016 11:38 PM (1ijHg)
Posted by: Cheri at July 03, 2016 11:40 PM (TmVQX)
http://www.gocomics.com/bloomcounty/1984/10/28
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 03, 2016 11:40 PM (6FqZa)
Posted by: f'd at July 03, 2016 11:41 PM (BO/km)
Posted by: buzzion at July 03, 2016 11:41 PM (bMG0w)
66 "A law professor at George Washington University School of Law has filed the disciplinary complaint with the Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland against Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby."
--------------------------
What a sucker Mosby is. That poseur Deray McKesson got disgraced for making BlackLivesMatter money disappear, got 2.5% of the vote in the Democratic primary for Baltimore mayor, and now..... he's got a 6-figure salary with the Baltimore City Public School System.
Mosby's a klutz who doesn't know how to surf the wave that carried her into the headlines. She'll probably scream sexism when she wipes out.
Posted by: iforgot at July 03, 2016 11:41 PM (5o5ek)
cthulhu- OK, actually I was using a seismic boring drill to see if the San Andreas fault was going to send CA into the ocean.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 03, 2016 11:15 PM (OQqKV)
Be my guest just as soon as I'm East of the Mississippi.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 03, 2016 11:41 PM (EzgxV)
be against abortion
not be in favor of gay marriage
believe people should work for what they want
believe in gun rights
believe in government fiscal responsibility
believe in personal responsibility
For some reason, many of them still vote for democrats. I don't get it.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 03, 2016 11:10 PM (+lVUW)
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I doubt that many Catholics that REALLY hold those views vote Dem.
In any case, the label "Catholic" in this country is much more of an ethnic-heritage signifier than a religious/moral one, IMO. Note than the political breakdowns of "Catholics" and of "all adults" are almost exactly the same.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at July 03, 2016 11:41 PM (T/5A0)
Flake is a lock to side with the Dems, McCain is a likely.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 03, 2016 11:42 PM (T/cxb)
Or you are reading into the event (how did they know that the lightning rod worked?) what you want.
I read the story. It was vague. When lightning strikes, did the old Ben Franklin rod keep a record of it?
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at July 03, 2016 11:42 PM (1ijHg)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at July 03, 2016 11:42 PM (kP16F)
Posted by: bebesboobsdestroy at July 03, 2016 11:44 PM (hscyr)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 03, 2016 11:42 PM (T/cxb)
I'm still waffling on McCain. Any other year it would be a guarantee and he would call everyone that wanted it racist. But its an election year for him so "build the danged fence"
Posted by: buzzion at July 03, 2016 11:44 PM (bMG0w)
121 TSA needs to be routed into oblivion. My God how awful.
Posted by: Cheri at July 03, 2016 11:40 PM (TmVQX)
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Rick Perry, Trump's Secretary of Shutting Things Down, will probably be stopped cold by McRyan when he tries to redo it along the Israeli model, which is all profiley and doesn't use enough money.
Posted by: iforgot at July 03, 2016 11:45 PM (5o5ek)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at July 03, 2016 11:45 PM (1ijHg)
Posted by: rickl at July 03, 2016 11:45 PM (sdi6R)
First, it's license terms amount to "bend over a
desk". Second, it's spyware and reports back to Microsoft about anything
you do with it. Third, it actually admits that Win 8 was a terrible,
terrible mistake -- but doesn't advance beyond what Win 7 did. Fourth,
its default browser sucks worse than IE, if you can believe that.....
Win
7 was an advancement of the art over XP. Everything since has been
horrible. If you want to run anything by Microsoft in the future, I
would strongly advise that it be kept on a virtual machine.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 03, 2016 10:57 PM
Is
it safe to get win7 yet? Will the win10 free "upgrade" not be a threat
after this month? Got a new pc, but it looks like there's a problem with
directX... video drivers... or whatnot on the XP os. Want to stick with
XP, but I'm being pushed down like a fat girl.
Posted by: otho at July 03, 2016 11:17 PM (EWg9n)
You can get Win7 so long as you load and run "gwx control panel" [ http://ultimateoutsider.com/downloads/ ] BEFORE you connect your machine to the internet. Once gwx control panel is resident on your machine (and configured properly, which is easy), you can then connect your machine and download windows upgrades without one sending your machine into the Win10 junkyard.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 03, 2016 11:46 PM (EzgxV)
The TSA is a lawless band of bullies.
Posted by: ALH
Without a doubt. On top of that what idiots decided to arrest her, put her in jail? For what? Any TSA bullies arrested and put in jail?
Posted by: gracepc at July 03, 2016 11:46 PM (OU4q6)
I've got a Win 8 phone and it's ok. Win 8 or 10 on a desktop though is awful. I really hate MS for shoving that crap and being so sneaky about it.
Posted by: f'd
Your phone may be up-gradable to Win 10 Mobile. Run the upgrade advisor to find out.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 03, 2016 11:46 PM (kdS6q)
I don't blame him either. Home was Mt. Vernon and its beautiful. Worth seeing if any of you are in the DC area. I live about 15 minutes away from there.
Posted by: Puddleglum at July 03, 2016 11:47 PM (eujXY)
control panel" [ http://ultimateoutsider.com/downloads/ ] BEFORE you
connect your machine to the internet. Once gwx control panel is resident
on your machine (and configured properly, which is easy), you can then
connect your machine and download windows upgrades without one sending
your machine into the Win10 junkyard.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 03, 2016 11:46 PM
Excellent. Thanks!
Posted by: otho at July 03, 2016 11:47 PM (EWg9n)
Kelli Ward is the only reason for McCain not to side with the Dems. If he survives the primary, he'll be back to his old mavericky ways. Reaching across the aisle to give a reach-around to his buddies who are busy screwing US citizens in the ass.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 03, 2016 11:47 PM (T/cxb)
PHOTO: Ballistic missile reportedly intercepted over Khamis Mushayt, Saudi Arabia - @FaisalbinFarhan
Posted by: Thrawn at July 03, 2016 11:49 PM (wQWv4)
I've got the XP emulator added to my Win8.1 so it's fine for the desktop.
I think it's the program by IvoSoft called Classic Shell--looks like it from a Bing search.
My IT guy installed it (if that is the program) a long time ago so I can't recall all the details.
Posted by: andycanuck at July 03, 2016 11:49 PM (A/+my)
Flake is a lock to side with the Dems, McCain is a likely.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 03, 2016 11:42 PM
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So McCain has the nomination locked up?
I thought he had a serious primary challenger.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at July 03, 2016 11:49 PM (T/5A0)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at July 03, 2016 11:50 PM (1ijHg)
Have you started growing a big bushy Viking beard yet?
Posted by: buzzion at July 03, 2016 11:50 PM (bMG0w)
firework or an IED; it was to see the response plan in operation. Stay
the hell out of NY tomorrow.
Posted by: Grad School Fool"
I agree. When the hell is this holy month over, anyways?
We make Christmas cookies and candy during our holy months; these savages hack people to death. Moral relativism? I don't think so.
Posted by: PJ at July 03, 2016 11:50 PM (cHuNI)
====
also just down the block from Eli Wiesels funeral procession
Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at July 03, 2016 11:50 PM (Cq0oW)
Hopefully this means Iran and Saudi Arabia are going to destroy each other soon.
Will it be like the Iran/Iraq war?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 03, 2016 11:50 PM (IqV8l)
I use Apple at home.
Microsoft is only for work and my company owns all the equipment.
Posted by: eman at July 03, 2016 11:26 PM (MQEz6)
Apple has been very, very good for a very, very long time. When they fail, it is going to be epic -- and, like any monoculture, it is inevitable that they will fail.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 03, 2016 11:51 PM (EzgxV)
Rick Perry, Trump's Secretary of Shutting Things Down, will probably be stopped cold by McRyan when he tries to redo it along the Israeli model, which is all profiley and doesn't use enough money.
Posted by: iforgot at July 03, 2016 11:45 PM (5o5ek)
We can't do Israeli-style screening in the U.S. because it requires hiring high-IQ screeners. That would run afoul of affirmative action hiring practices.
But remember, diversity is our strength.
Posted by: rickl at July 03, 2016 11:51 PM (sdi6R)
Doing that makes some of them despise you.
------------------------
It's why you have to wait until they know you. Ex-liberal acquaintance of mine met my family, assumed we were all right-thinking liberals because of the adopted foreign kids, the open doors, the open minds, etc., and then suddenly her world made no sense when she found out how we voted.
Of course, she was actually willing to think about things -- i.e., what's wrong with my ideas if this is reality?
Posted by: iforgot at July 03, 2016 11:51 PM (5o5ek)
Happy 4th of July people!
Posted by: GGE Hades of the Traveling Horde, Pennsylvania at July 03, 2016 11:51 PM (iZ/y/)
I thought he had a serious primary challenger.
No, and he does have a serious challenger. But if he thinks he can get away wiith it...
That's enough politics on the ONT. I know better. Sorry everyone.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 03, 2016 11:51 PM (T/cxb)
There are a variety of high tech lightning protection devices that claim to improve on the Franklin rod but actually are no better and in some cases worse. Of course lots of government types buy into them because "science" and they have do idea how lightning rods work.
Posted by: f'd at July 03, 2016 11:52 PM (BO/km)
I had the GWX Control Panel and a script for a command prompt that purports to remove any Windows updates with telemetry functions loaded on a Micro SD card... I popped that in my new tablet and loaded them when I booted up the first time before going online!
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at July 03, 2016 11:52 PM (kP16F)
I took the Window 10 Mobile upgrade on my phone... What a disappointment!
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at July 03, 2016 11:28 PM (kP16F)
....and no way back....
Posted by: cthulhu at July 03, 2016 11:52 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at July 03, 2016 11:53 PM (78yA/)
That fart ISIS set off in Baghdad, to be smelled around the world...
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 03, 2016 11:53 PM (6FqZa)
We can't do Israeli-style screening in the U.S. because it requires hiring high-IQ screeners. That would run afoul of affirmative action hiring practices.
------------------
I was thinking about that, too....
Two SCOTUS appointments coming up....
Posted by: iforgot at July 03, 2016 11:53 PM (5o5ek)
Or you are reading into the event (how did they know that the lightning rod worked?) what you want.
I read the story. It was vague. When lightning strikes, did the old Ben Franklin rod keep a record of it?
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo
Oh no, I don't put any real belief in omens and portents and the like. I just think if it happened, wouldn't it be cool that the Founders' ingenuity that was still able to save a building after all those years was also able to keep this government creaking along all these years, despite the best efforts of corrupt, evil schlubs like Ayers, Alinsky, Obama et al to destroy it. Not a bad run.
Posted by: Yuimetal at July 03, 2016 11:53 PM (/mnCx)
We can't do Israeli-style screening in the U.S. because it requires hiring high-IQ screeners. That would run afoul of affirmative action hiring practices.
Posted by: rickl
Huh?
Posted by: The Average TSA Screener - Letting a Kid Run Into the Gorilla Enclosure
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 03, 2016 11:55 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: buzzion at July 03, 2016 11:50 PM (bMG0w)
Hehe. I don't know which would be more impossible to pull off - the bushy Viking beard (I can't stand long hair at all) or the physique.
I also honestly don't know how I feel about God of War: The Last of Us aka Kratos Tries to Parent yet. The series had to go in another direction to get a new audience, but how they'll balance commanding the kid around with the action...we'll see.
Posted by: Thrawn at July 03, 2016 11:55 PM (wQWv4)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at July 03, 2016 11:53 PM (78yA/)
Right, I had forgotten about Yemen.
Posted by: Thrawn at July 03, 2016 11:56 PM (wQWv4)
Posted by: Octiparan at July 03, 2016 11:57 PM (D1TF/)
I took the Window 10 Mobile upgrade on my phone... What a disappointment!
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki
Found it an improvment. Controls and settings are easier to access.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 03, 2016 11:58 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Cheri at July 03, 2016 11:59 PM (TmVQX)
Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at July 03, 2016 11:59 PM (Cq0oW)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 03, 2016 11:59 PM (9mTYi)
Freaking Yemen, without mastering plumbing, has ballistic missiles......
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at July 04, 2016 12:00 AM (78yA/)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/749656150946091008
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/749656301764915200
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/749656607550631936
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/749656793974861824
Posted by: kbdabear at July 04, 2016 12:01 AM (GrXXa)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at July 04, 2016 12:01 AM (kP16F)
My beagle is scared of fireworks. Too bad. When did these special snowflakes decide that their neighbors aren't allowed to do anything that bugs them?
I was going to suggest that your neighbor move out to the country, but people like this move to rural areas, then gripe because of the smell of livestock or the noise from tractors at 7 in the morning.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 04, 2016 12:01 AM (+lVUW)
That's enough politics on the ONT. I know better. Sorry everyone.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 03, 2016 11:51 PM (T/cxb)
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Actually, I think despising McCain is more like religion than politics. At least it is for me.
Posted by: iforgot at July 04, 2016 12:01 AM (5o5ek)
Posted by: Thrawn at July 03, 2016 11:55 PM (wQWv4)
I like that they are trying to do something different with the series, but worry that they will not be able to integrate the fatherhood aspects well. Done well, it could be great. Done poorly...
You know it is funny, the further I get from playing Last of Us, the less I like the story. Witcher 3 was awesome, and seems to be holding steady in my regard. Both had parenting as their primary story elements, but they could not have been more different in execution.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 04, 2016 12:01 AM (3ZoRf)
Posted by: derit at July 04, 2016 12:01 AM (ewfUZ)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/749657038632792064
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/749658083249442816
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/749658721169453056
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/749658969832951808
Posted by: kbdabear at July 04, 2016 12:02 AM (GrXXa)
You could shield it with wires or some sort of cage but that would be impractical.
Posted by: f'd at July 04, 2016 12:02 AM (BO/km)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 04, 2016 12:02 AM (9mTYi)
Posted by: Jen the original at July 04, 2016 12:03 AM (8hbJK)
Posted by: Thrawn at July 03, 2016 11:55 PM (wQWv4)
Well if you do have to rely on the kid hopefully he's more like these guys,
https://youtu.be/MNqgSCQ75jI
Than these guys,
https://youtu.be/7zRyPpjXwco
Posted by: buzzion at July 04, 2016 12:03 AM (bMG0w)
Its job is to prevent it.
That's what you meant, right?
/Airplane
Posted by: andycanuck at July 04, 2016 12:03 AM (A/+my)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/749659179401351169
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/749659477075300353
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/749659675713429506
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/749659830034456577
Posted by: kbdabear at July 04, 2016 12:03 AM (GrXXa)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at July 04, 2016 12:03 AM (kP16F)
Posted by: f'd at July 04, 2016 12:02 AM (BO/km)
And essentially you would be doing the same thing with a cage that you are doing with a rod, just much more cumbersomely(word?)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 04, 2016 12:04 AM (3ZoRf)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 03, 2016 11:59 PM (9mTYi)
Huh? I always thought the purpose of lightning rods was to soak up a lightning strike and prevent damage to buildings.
How are they supposed to prevent lightning strikes?
Posted by: rickl at July 04, 2016 12:04 AM (sdi6R)
http://tinyurl.com/htpa3q5
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 04, 2016 12:04 AM (6FqZa)
So Snowden gets to live in Russia for the rest of his life and hope they don't give him a job on a reptile farm.
Posted by: iforgot at July 04, 2016 12:05 AM (5o5ek)
Posted by: derit at July 04, 2016 12:06 AM (ewfUZ)
Well no because the building would be isolated and there would be no chance of flashover from the down conductors. The charge would never get close enough damage the building.
Posted by: f'd at July 04, 2016 12:06 AM (BO/km)
I'd have to get to know the man to despise him at a religious level.
I'd rather not.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 04, 2016 12:06 AM (T/cxb)
Posted by: andycanuck at July 04, 2016 12:06 AM (A/+my)
Tonight we went to the church where Mrs Hades entire family grew up
attending and her Uncle Mark, who is an Orthodox priest, performed a
small ceremony for us and her brother and sister in law, themselves
newlyweds, with her parents and some of her cousins in attendance. It
was everything she wanted, so it has been a very special evening.
Happy 4th of July people!
Posted by: GGE Hades of the Traveling Horde, Pennsylvania at July 03, 2016 11:51 PM (iZ/y/)
That sounds lovely, GGE. May you both have *all* the blessings.....including cthulhu's.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 04, 2016 12:07 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Huck at July 04, 2016 12:07 AM (BG6sQ)
Posted by: Cheri at July 04, 2016 12:07 AM (TmVQX)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at July 04, 2016 12:08 AM (kP16F)
Posted by: f'd at July 04, 2016 12:06 AM (BO/km)
Granted, a faraday cage is more effective than a lightning rod, but I am not sure the look would catch on.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 04, 2016 12:08 AM (3ZoRf)
****
Only because she promised them a lynching and then failed to follow thru.
Posted by: Tilikum Armored Killer Assault Whale at July 04, 2016 12:08 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: eman at July 04, 2016 12:08 AM (MQEz6)
BFG 9000. Nothing looks like it, nothing kills like it.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 04, 2016 12:10 AM (T/cxb)
Posted by: andycanuck at July 04, 2016 12:10 AM (A/+my)
180 So the dems have dropped the requirement that illegals learn English to be granted amnesty from their platform
Posted by: Jen the original at July 04, 2016 12:03 AM (8hbJK)
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They never meant it to begin with.
One of those (We Swear It's Not) Amnesty bills touted by Republicans had an English proficiency provision in it -- something like "be enrolled in a program," which meant nothing but lots of $50 fees to community colleges that would collect the tuition and never take attendance.
Posted by: iforgot at July 04, 2016 12:10 AM (5o5ek)
@136, cooth:
I had the GWX Control Panel and a script for a
command prompt that purports to remove any Windows updates with
telemetry functions loaded on a Micro SD card... I popped that in my new
tablet and loaded them when I booted up the first time before going
online!
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at July 03, 2016 11:52 PM (kP16F)
....and that's the way it's done. Your next issue is to find a new OS before yours does EOL, but you should have some years.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 04, 2016 12:11 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: rickl
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I belong to the school which believes that de-ionizing the local air is the critical function of lightening rods.
Obviously, should a strike occur, the rod/conductor path is highly preferable to, oh, your house wiring, but I still go with the de-ionization theory.
I'm not sure anyone agrees on that.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 04, 2016 12:12 AM (w/iDp)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 04, 2016 12:12 AM (6FqZa)
BTH, from what I've read Roald Dahl was quite anti-semitic... as well as very cynical about writing children's literature, i.e. he saw it as a great way to make quick bucks for not much work.
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2016 12:14 AM (q7T0y)
That's why lots of good ole Franklin rods are the best solution. They give the lightning an easy path to discharge so it doesn't have to pass thru something less conductive. It will go thru stone, brick, wood, whatever to get to ground if it has to.
Posted by: f'd at July 04, 2016 12:14 AM (BO/km)
So the dems have dropped the requirement that illegals learn English to be granted amnesty from their platform
Posted by: Jen
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They never meant it to begin with.
But we'll make them learn English, pay back taxes and go to the back of the line. We swear!
Posted by: GOPe at July 04, 2016 12:14 AM (IqV8l)
Call it a Gehry and make it rain
Posted by: derit at July 04, 2016 12:15 AM (ewfUZ)
Posted by: f'd at July 04, 2016 12:14 AM (BO/km)
Oh, I am not arguing with how it works, just that a cage is impractical.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 04, 2016 12:15 AM (3ZoRf)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 04, 2016 12:16 AM (w/iDp)
But we'll make them learn English, pay back taxes and go to the back of the line. We swear!
Posted by: GOPe at July 04, 2016 12:14 AM (IqV8l)
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Okay, here's my vote.
Posted by: we have met the enemy, and it is...... at July 04, 2016 12:16 AM (5o5ek)
Posted by: Cheri at July 03, 2016 11:59 PM (TmVQX)
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That's what my son, who's a regular VA volunteer, will be doing tomorrow!
My daughter and I made two gorgeous sheet cakes for him to take.
Okay, that's not quite accurate. I made 2 plain ol' sheet cakes and a bunch of icing and then my artsy-fartsy daughter turned them into gorgeous works of patriotic art.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at July 04, 2016 12:16 AM (T/5A0)
Posted by: andycanuck at July 04, 2016 12:17 AM (A/+my)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 04, 2016 12:17 AM (IqV8l)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 04, 2016 12:17 AM (6FqZa)
I've seen lightning follow a straight wire, but refuse to make a sharp turn in that wire, just arcing off at the elbow. It's the high frequency nature that does crap like that.
I lightning protection system must be able to take the hit, and provide a low impedance path to earth to prevent damage. This something of an art still.
Typical cloud to ground strokes are "negative". That is, negative charge is being transferred to earth, which is separated by still no completely understood processes in a thundercloud.
It's peak is about 30kA, with a rise time of about 1 - 10 us (microseconds). That is a step function, and is the extremely high frequency region.
A stroke is actually several pulses of current, maybe 40 ms between. There can be a few or tens of such pulses.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at July 04, 2016 12:18 AM (DW+jj)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 04, 2016 12:19 AM (w/iDp)
203
156
@136, cooth:
I had the GWX Control Panel and a script for a
command prompt that purports to remove any Windows updates with
telemetry functions loaded on a Micro SD card... I popped that in my new
tablet and loaded them when I booted up the first time before going
online!
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at July 03, 2016 11:52 PM (kP16F)
....and that's the way it's done. Your next issue is to find a new OS before yours does EOL, but you should have some years.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 04, 2016 12:11 AM (EzgxV)
I should further note that all OS's face EOL problems. Of course, with Linux, they're mainly addressed by: "sudo apt-get update"; "sudo apt-get upgrade"; "sudo apt-get dist-upgrade"......and then you're good for a few more years....
Posted by: cthulhu at July 04, 2016 12:19 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 04, 2016 12:19 AM (V/vW+)
These are the bravest, most humble people I ever knew. They are and always be my heros.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 04, 2016 12:20 AM (89T5c)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 04, 2016 12:21 AM (w/iDp)
Posted by: derit at July 04, 2016 12:21 AM (ewfUZ)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at July 04, 2016 12:21 AM (kP16F)
Posted by: The TSA at July 04, 2016 12:21 AM (Tyii7)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 04, 2016 12:21 AM (IqV8l)
From Wikipedia:
In 1983 Dahl reviewed Tony Clifton's God Cried, a picture book about the siege of West Beirut by the Israeli army during the 1982 Lebanon War.[69] Dahl's review stated that the book would make readers "violently anti-Israeli", writing, "I am not anti-Semitic. I am anti-Israel." [70] Dahl told a reporter in 1983, "There's a trait in the Jewish character that does provoke animosity ... I mean there is always a reason why anti-anything crops up anywhere; even a stinker like Hitler didn't just pick on them for no reason."[70] Dahl maintained friendships with a number of Jews, including philosopher Sir Isaiah Berlin, who said, "I thought he might say anything. Could have been pro-Arab or pro-Jew. There was no consistent line. He was a man who followed whims, which meant he would blow up in one direction, so to speak."[70] Amelia Foster, director of the Roald Dahl Museum in Great Missenden, states, "This is again an example of how Dahl refused to take anything seriously, even himself. He was very angry at the Israelis. He had a childish reaction to what was going on in Israel. Dahl wanted to provoke, as he always provoked at dinner. His publisher was a Jew, his agent was a Jew, and thought nothing but good things from them. He asked me to be its managing director, and I'm Jewish."[71]
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2016 12:22 AM (q7T0y)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 04, 2016 12:23 AM (V/vW+)
I love asking the trivia question: what was the name of the actor who played HAL (or, provided his voice)?
You'd think he'd be a household name, but he's not.
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2016 12:23 AM (q7T0y)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 04, 2016 12:24 AM (IqV8l)
This gives the ground a net negative charge relative to the whole cloud. That separation must be equalized as well. When this happens, we have the more rare "positive stroke" events, coming out of the top of the cloud. These are generally an order of magnitude stronger than regular cloud to ground, and these make one hell of a boom. Current is typically 300kA, ten times typical negative cloud to ground, and the path is miles and miles, coming from the top of the cloud, going sideways for a long way, then turning down to ground.
They've documented an arc length of over 10 miles with these. Now, lightning protection system don't do so hot against these if they happen to have take one.
A jetliner years ago got knocked out and it turned it out, best they can figure it, that it got in the path of one of these monster positive strokes.
A plane can easily stand the regular strikes. Not so much these.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at July 04, 2016 12:24 AM (DW+jj)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 04, 2016 12:21 AM (IqV8l)
Remote autokill function in OS update in 3...2...
Posted by: The Hat-OS at July 04, 2016 12:25 AM (vBeA5)
Posted by: derit at July 04, 2016 12:25 AM (ewfUZ)
I've seen that too. That's why no 90 degree bends on down conductors and arrestor wiring. I've seen some crazy shit lightning can do to buildings and equipment. Almost burnt my house down once.
Posted by: f'd at July 04, 2016 12:25 AM (BO/km)
Posted by: Cheri at July 03, 2016 11:59 PM (TmVQX)
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My God, tell those people Thank-you for me!
Posted by: we have met the enemy, and it is...... at July 04, 2016 12:25 AM (5o5ek)
Posted by: we have met the enemy, and it is...... at July 04, 2016 12:26 AM (5o5ek)
It was tried in 2010: Year We Make Contact.
SAL, "Dr. Chandra will I dream?"
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 04, 2016 12:26 AM (V/vW+)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 04, 2016 12:26 AM (w/iDp)
Kubrick should have demanded the original negative of that Peter Hyams sequel be burned, it's so horrible.
Oh, and I also read today: Michael Cimino, who just passed away, had *really* wanted to make a big-screen adaptation of, believe it or not, Ayn Rand's "The Fountainhead." Cimino even *spoke approvingly of the character Howard Roark*, when he came out of seclusion to do a Q&A at a film festival a few years ago.
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2016 12:27 AM (q7T0y)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2016 12:22 AM (q7T0y)
It never ceases to amaze me the pretzels people will twist themselves into in order to justify things in their own heads.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 04, 2016 12:29 AM (3ZoRf)
Kubrick should have demanded the original negative of that Peter Hyams sequel be burned, it's so horrible.
The over the top cold war crap turned me off.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 04, 2016 12:29 AM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Eye-Tie at July 04, 2016 12:29 AM (dQN2K)
They should have just admitted it: "Yeah Dahl's a jew-hating asshole, but he's made me a ton of money so I choose to look the other way."
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2016 12:30 AM (q7T0y)
Yes 1949 w/ Cooper.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at July 04, 2016 12:30 AM (T/5A0)
HAL should have had a female voice.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 04, 2016 12:24 AM (IqV8l)
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Ooh, yeah, and it should have been called EVE.
We could do this all night.
Posted by: we have met the enemy, and it is...... at July 04, 2016 12:30 AM (5o5ek)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 04, 2016 12:30 AM (V/vW+)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 04, 2016 12:31 AM (IqV8l)
Seems to work the dissipation angle a bit more efficiently, and when struck, ultra-high-speed video seems to show that the spherical topped rod transmits more of the bolt, with fewer spider-webbed bolts fingering off in different directions.
This isn't my area of expertise by any means, just passing along some Popular Mechanics/Science stuff from years past.
But, I'm a bit more knowledgeable about grounding a sailboat mast and hull.
Short version, your boats systems are screwed, often as not.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at July 04, 2016 12:31 AM (v5iqM)
I've also read Clarke chose to live in a micro-republic like Sri Lanka... so he could have his way with a lot of the young boys there, if you get my drift. (He came out as gay very late in his life.)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2016 12:32 AM (q7T0y)
As the charged cloud passes overhead, it induces a charge in the ground beneath it. Lightning rods, with their sharp points, can serve as a locus for a corona discharge to bleed off the excess ground charge. And if a lightning rod is hit by lightning, the grounding cable should guide the current to ground, and even if it is vaporized, the resulting plasma channel should keep the lightning current from destroying the building. Should, at least in theory.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2016 12:32 AM (GSdpU)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 04, 2016 12:29 AM (3ZoRf)
The same could be said of Dahl. Any sentence where you start with "I am not x-ist, but..." usually needs to be thought better of, because you are already in the hole readying the shovel, and you just don't know it yet.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 04, 2016 12:33 AM (3ZoRf)
http://www.classicshorts.com/stories/tlrm.html
Posted by: Yuimetal at July 04, 2016 12:33 AM (/mnCx)
Kubrick should have demanded the original negative of that Peter Hyams sequel be burned, it's so horrible.
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One doesn't know where to begin on that abomination.
It could easily be live-blogged by Ace, it's that bad.
Posted by: we have met the enemy, and it is...... at July 04, 2016 12:33 AM (5o5ek)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 04, 2016 12:33 AM (6FqZa)
OMG. I personally think that was Stanley's all-time worst decision of his career. He could have at least demanded Peter learn the first lesson of great filmmaking: SHOW, DON'T TELL.
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2016 12:33 AM (q7T0y)
Posted by: derit at July 04, 2016 12:33 AM (ewfUZ)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 04, 2016 12:34 AM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 04, 2016 12:34 AM (V/vW+)
The actual voltage for most such lightning you can say, "about a MV" or two or so.
In air, a megavolt is all you're going to get practically. Well, it's true what matters is the field, the *gradient* in potential, with most wires of any practical size, when you get to a MV, the local field will get so high that ionization will start (aided by cosmic rays and other random ionization events), little "fingers", or leaders in the language, and she'll arc over. That's what lightning is, naturally arcing over due to ionization of the air due to the electric field build up.
Another thing they recently discovered, and couldn't hardly believe. Thunderclouds, even small ones, generate gamma ray flashes. To do that, they have to accelerate electrons to relativistic speeds. And they do somehow.
There are a few proposed mechanisms, and I don't know if they've figured which one, or if it's a combination of several or all that do it. But they do.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at July 04, 2016 12:34 AM (DW+jj)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 04, 2016 12:24 AM (IqV8l)
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Ooh, yeah, and it should have been called EVE.
We could do this all night.
Posted by: we have met the enemy, and it is...... at July 04, 2016 12:30 AM (5o5ek)
I remember reading an alternate history story where Ronald Reagan doesn't run for Calif. Gov., and is cast as the voice of HAL in 2001. He kept on going off script and said "there you go again, Dave" rather than "I'm affraid I can't do that, Dave"...
Posted by: The Alternate Hat at July 04, 2016 12:35 AM (vBeA5)
Holy god, no one told me I was walking around with that sock on?
Posted by: iforgot at July 04, 2016 12:35 AM (5o5ek)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2016 12:36 AM (q7T0y)
BFG 9000. Nothing looks like it, nothing kills like it.
Posted by: Blanco Basura
****
Reminds me of that scne in the b movie Split Second
We need big f*cking guns!
Posted by: Tilikum Armored Killer Assault Whale at July 04, 2016 12:36 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 04, 2016 12:36 AM (V/vW+)
If you went around inquiring of any decent Parisian brothel at the time, you could probably have found out.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 04, 2016 12:36 AM (6FqZa)
Just because an OS reaches its so called end of life doesn't mean it won't work anymore.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 04, 2016 12:21 AM (IqV8l)
No, it just means that properly-documented security updates to newer versions will advertise its vulnerabilities.
It's that easy -- take Ubuntu. If you know someone running 15.04, "Vivid Vervet", support ended on February 4th. If you run 15.10 "Wily Werewolf", every security update you got after 2/4/16 gives you a well-documented potential attack against your buddy.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 04, 2016 12:36 AM (EzgxV)
SK even joked at one point, "maybe HAL should sound like Jackie Mason." Nice to hear Stan had a sense of humor.
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2016 12:37 AM (q7T0y)
I remember reading an alternate history story where Ronald Reagan doesn't run for Calif. Gov., and is cast as the voice of HAL in 2001. He kept on going off script and said "there you go again, Dave" rather than "I'm affraid I can't do that, Dave"...
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lol
"HAL, tear down this force field."
Posted by: iforgot at July 04, 2016 12:37 AM (5o5ek)
Posted by: Lizzy at July 03, 2016 11:05 PM (NOIQH)
According to the TSA spokeshole your niece's parents should call ahead of time to let them know your niece is autistic so please could the fat retarded TSA goons try to be understanding and not beat her to a pulp and throw her in jail.
Posted by: kbdabear at July 04, 2016 12:38 AM (28hrt)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2016 12:38 AM (q7T0y)
Back in 1999, the doorknobs in the state legislature passed an assault weapons ban. One of the things that was use to define what an assault weapon is is whether or not the weapon has a clip that is removable by hand (without using a tool). If you could just push a button to pop out a removable magazine, you had a scary assault weapon on your hands. Someone came up with a design where the button was recessed so you couldn't just push it with your finger, but you could push it with a bullet. The bullet served as a tool, so therefore the weapon achieved non-scary non-assault status.
Well, this past Friday, just in time for our celebration of our country's independence and our individual liberty, Governor Moonbeam signed a new law banning the bullet button guns.
Fortunately, someone has already came up with a workaround. Since the law doesn't take effect until 1/1/17, everyone should have a chance to get the new fix into all the retail channels before then.
http://tinyurl.com/zrc7hx2
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 04, 2016 12:38 AM (R+30W)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 04, 2016 12:38 AM (6FqZa)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 04, 2016 12:40 AM (V/vW+)
There are a variety of high tech lightning protection devices that claim to improve on the Franklin rod but actually are no better and in some cases worse. Of course lots of government types buy into them because "science" and they have do idea how lightning rods work.
Posted by: f'd at July 03, 2016 11:52 PM (BO/km)
There are various schools of thought on lightning rods designs as well as debate whether they're even beneficial in the first place. There seems to be some evidence that they are in terms on damage mitigation. But what the optimal design is seems to be still up in the air. The fact that Franklin's design at the MD statehouse has taken lightning hits over years with little damage to the building suggests that his design at least does not suck.
Posted by: Maetenloch at July 04, 2016 12:40 AM (wqVD1)
Posted by: derit at July 04, 2016 12:40 AM (ewfUZ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 04, 2016 12:36 AM (V/vW+)
And this may bring out the pitchforks and the torches, but I have never really enjoyed the film. The scenes are extraordinarily impressive. The effects are great. As a visual spectacle, it is fantastic.
As a movie with a story: I think it kind of fails to meet the bar of enjoyable entertainment.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 04, 2016 12:41 AM (3ZoRf)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 04, 2016 12:41 AM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 04, 2016 12:41 AM (V/vW+)
A point will increase the local field and get local ionization and corona started when a charge starts building up. There is some theorizing that it will dissipate fast enough to prevent a ground streamer for forming and thus reduce the possibility of a strike.
Whether this works or not, well, one should not rely on it. As was said, a rod must able to take a hit and divert the energy to ground.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at July 04, 2016 12:41 AM (DW+jj)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at July 04, 2016 12:42 AM (kP16F)
When Kubrick bought the rights to a novel and turned it into a movie, he more or less officially stopped giving a shit what the author's original intention, motivation, ideas, etc etc, were. It became HIS story and he was going to do with it whatever HE felt was necessary.
I've noticed there never seem to be any stories of Stephen King visiting the set for "The Shining." It wouldn't surprise me, especially given how much King has badmouthed the 1980 flick, that he did in fact visit... and got thrown out by Stan for bitching too much, "this isn't my novel!!" :-P
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2016 12:43 AM (q7T0y)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2016 12:43 AM (q7T0y)
And in that case, that is a really good thing. See the TV version of the Shining.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 04, 2016 12:44 AM (3ZoRf)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 04, 2016 12:44 AM (V/vW+)
Posted by: derit at July 04, 2016 12:44 AM (ewfUZ)
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Our flagpole is topped with a brass toilet tank float.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 04, 2016 12:44 AM (J3phO)
And this may bring out the pitchforks and the torches, but I have never really enjoyed the film.
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I tried to enjoy it because I knew I was supposed to. I had no idea what the hell it was about, so I read the book and then read more Arthur Clarke. So it wasn't a total waste.
Posted by: iforgot at July 04, 2016 12:45 AM (5o5ek)
When he was asked why he didn't shoot King's conclusion as the novel indicated, Kubrick would always respond "it isn't filmable."
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2016 12:45 AM (q7T0y)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2016 12:45 AM (q7T0y)
"The Drawing of the Three" even refers to some cinematography in "The Shining", when the camera is racing along the floor on wheels.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 04, 2016 12:47 AM (6FqZa)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 04, 2016 12:36 AM (V/vW+)
And this may bring out the pitchforks and the torches, but I have never really enjoyed the film. The scenes are extraordinarily impressive. The effects are great. As a visual spectacle, it is fantastic.
As a movie with a story: I think it kind of fails to meet the bar of enjoyable entertainment.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 04, 2016 12:41 AM (3ZoRf)
++++
John Wayne agreed with you. He walked out on the screening he was attending.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 04, 2016 12:48 AM (R+30W)
I did get to see Rebecca DeMornay in a nightie, so, that wasn't a total waste.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 04, 2016 12:48 AM (6FqZa)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 04, 2016 12:48 AM (V/vW+)
Posted by: Hillbillyking at July 04, 2016 12:48 AM (ayGCF)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2016 12:45 AM (q7T0y)
And see the Shining is a good horror movie. It is tense. It is filmed well and spookily. The music is well done. The ending is... different (the bear suit guy.) Still, worlds better than the tv mini-series which was supposed to be truer to King's 'vision'.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 04, 2016 12:48 AM (3ZoRf)
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Agreed. Pointlessly tedious and obtuse.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 04, 2016 12:49 AM (J3phO)
There's a mechanism called "dark lightning", a "silent discharge" of the field of a thundercloud, and that event is the main gamma source, IIRC.
It's still all in the open, though.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at July 04, 2016 12:50 AM (DW+jj)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 04, 2016 12:48 AM (R+30W)
I love that guy.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 04, 2016 12:50 AM (3ZoRf)
Dedication to ones profession, I reckon.
Met a guy once who swears he got hit twice in less than a minute. The scars from the discharge kinda validate his story.
Happy INDEPENDENCE Day Horde oh' Plenty. 240 years later, still the BEST Country on Earth
Posted by: Hillbillyking at July 04, 2016 12:50 AM (ayGCF)
So when watching 2001, how many skip the apes in Africa and go straight to the Pan-Am shuttle?
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 04, 2016 12:41 AM (V/vW+)
And miss the only major role for a tapir in a motion picture?!?!?
Posted by: cthulhu at July 04, 2016 12:51 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 04, 2016 12:52 AM (J3phO)
Our flagpole is topped with a brass toilet tank float.
Posted by: Mike Hammer
Those have been used on antennas as well.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 04, 2016 12:52 AM (IqV8l)
Hey what about the tapir in "Apocalypto". What's he? Chopped liver?
Oh wait...
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 04, 2016 12:53 AM (6FqZa)
Bowman is sent on a mission to explore with Poole but not told everything. HAL knows everything but can't tell Bowman and Poole. So HAL becomes the obstacle/nemesis that the Hero Bowman must overcome. And in the end, the hero is changed by his adventure.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 04, 2016 12:53 AM (V/vW+)
Anna, also yup. Also I'd bet money Kubrick would have at least tried to make a kick-ass 9/11 film.
Aetius, yup, yup yup. :-) SK, while making films, would often ask himself: "okay, it's real, but is it interesting?"
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2016 12:53 AM (q7T0y)
A couple years back at the NRA annual convention, some of us failed to bootleg enough tickets to a high end cigar and booze reception. So we end up jammed up in a room at the Hyatt at one in the morning, smoking and drinking. And on one of the cable channels, Die Hard is just coming on.
One of the guys in there was Mike Papac. Mike owns Cinema Weaponry in Hollywood. Cinema Weaponry was made out of the old Stembridge Gun Rentals when Stembridge retired. Papac had been the set armorer on Die Hard when they made the movie, Stembridge had rented the guns, and he had hilarious commentary as it is running through.
Interesting trivia. Same Beretta 92 was carried by Mel Gibson in Lethal Weapon and by Bruce Willis in Die Hard. Stembridge only had so many of the things as they went in and out. Mike still has the rental slips. Think the pistol is still on loan at the NRA National Firearms Museum though.
Posted by: Colonel Kurtz at July 04, 2016 12:53 AM (kapIh)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 04, 2016 12:54 AM (J3phO)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 04, 2016 12:41 AM (3ZoRf)
Just like the book. Arthur Clarke showed what a crock the book was with his 2010 piece of shit. The visuals of the movie saved the whole thing. Otherwise, 2001 was just another crappy sci-fi story that had no real point and no ending.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 04, 2016 12:54 AM (mBYZv)
Dave's not here.
Mike, LOL. Sounds like the Seinfeld version of 2001. :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2016 12:54 AM (q7T0y)
And miss the only major role for a tapir in a motion picture?!?!?
Hey what about the tapir in "Apocalypto". What's he? Chopped liver?
Oh wait...
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 04, 2016 12:53 AM (6FqZa)
I never saw "Apocalypto" -- seriously, a tapir got some airtime in that flick?
Posted by: cthulhu at July 04, 2016 12:55 AM (EzgxV)
If you went around inquiring of any decent Parisian brothel at the time, you could probably have found out.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 04, 2016 12:36 AM (6FqZa)
Check with the older whores though. Franklin was a fan of the mature ladies.
Posted by: buzzion at July 04, 2016 12:55 AM (bMG0w)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 04, 2016 12:55 AM (V/vW+)
several years ago in the process of doing business i met a young woman who had not seen "die hard". i was dumbfounded. stunned. how could you not have seen "die hard". and it struck me as somehow being a bit un-American. so i told her in no uncertain terms to that night rent it. and she said she would.
she was as stunned that there was any expectoration that she see it. never crossed her mind. then it struck me - she lives in a parallel universe. women and men live side by side but in separate worlds, at times synchronous, at times with common ground, but with entirely different sources and expectations.
let the mirth begin. i can take it. but it was a good reminder.
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at July 04, 2016 12:56 AM (WTSFk)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 04, 2016 12:55 AM (EzgxV)
His balls did.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 04, 2016 12:56 AM (mBYZv)
Yeah, it's different, it's 'arty,' and if people want to say SK indulged himself too much? I won't argue, the guy *was* probably rather full of himself by that time.
Both Lolita and Dr. Strangelove were hits *and* critically acclaimed, so it wouldn't surprise me if Stanley's head had become a bit inflated.
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2016 12:56 AM (q7T0y)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 04, 2016 12:53 AM (V/vW+)
And you just summed up a story in four sentences that took him over 2 hours to relate in film.
THAT is a fun thing:
Summarize favorite movies in as few words as possible.
Guess the movie:
They killed his dog. He kills them.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 04, 2016 12:57 AM (3ZoRf)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at July 04, 2016 12:57 AM (kP16F)
Isn't that one of the signs of the apocalypse?
Posted by: Tilikum Armored Killer Assault Whale at July 04, 2016 12:57 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Yo! at July 04, 2016 12:57 AM (9aYM8)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 04, 2016 12:24 AM (IqV8l)
I read a theory once that Kubrick was gay. One of the pieces of "evidence" for this was that HAL sounded like an angry, jilted gay lover.
Posted by: Yuimetal at July 04, 2016 12:57 AM (/mnCx)
Early to be on, quick to "rise", makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise (they had to clean that up, but that's what I actually meant!)
Posted by: Ben "Lightning" Franklin at July 04, 2016 12:58 AM (DW+jj)
Sheldon would be *so* perfectionistic, even Stanley's ghost would have to come to him in a dream and yell "just get the damn shot!! Let it go!!!" ;-)
(From the beginning of his career, SK had the rep as being completely OCD about every scene, doing take after take after take after take after take.)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2016 12:58 AM (q7T0y)
Yeah, it's different, it's 'arty,' and if people want to say SK indulged himself too much? I won't argue, the guy *was* probably rather full of himself by that time.
Both Lolita and Dr. Strangelove were hits *and* critically acclaimed, so it wouldn't surprise me if Stanley's head had become a bit inflated.
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2016 12:56 AM (q7T0y)
He did set the standard for special effects in movies. Which lasted all the way up until Star Wars.
Posted by: Maetenloch at July 04, 2016 12:58 AM (wqVD1)
They killed his dog. He kills them.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 04, 2016 12:57 AM (3ZoRf)
John Wick.
Meh.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 04, 2016 12:58 AM (mBYZv)
Its story covers a greater span of time than any movie ever made.
Prove me wrong.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 04, 2016 12:58 AM (sl+zA)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at July 04, 2016 12:59 AM (WTSFk)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2016 12:59 AM (q7T0y)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr.
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No doubt. As it happens, the 'flagpole' is actually a 20' Decibel Products antenna mast, salvaged from the local metal yard. Looks/works great, with a marine block mounted at the top.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 04, 2016 12:59 AM (J3phO)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2016 01:00 AM (q7T0y)
There's antimatter all around you all the time. Not much of it, and not too long lived, but it's there.
Posted by: Ben at July 04, 2016 01:00 AM (DW+jj)
Posted by: Maetenloch
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Even today, the special effects, sets, instruments are very impressive.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 04, 2016 01:01 AM (J3phO)
Take that away, and I agree. Meh.
Posted by: AD at July 04, 2016 01:02 AM (0qeHl)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at July 04, 2016 01:02 AM (DW+jj)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 04, 2016 01:02 AM (EzgxV)
History Of The World Part 1 got it beat, slightly, because the Jews In Space have laser cannon.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 04, 2016 01:02 AM (6FqZa)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at July 04, 2016 12:59 AM (WTSFk)
The runways in the Fast and Furious movies put Die Hard to shame.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 04, 2016 01:02 AM (3ZoRf)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 04, 2016 01:03 AM (V/vW+)
Posted by: HAL at July 04, 2016 01:03 AM (J3phO)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 04, 2016 01:04 AM (IqV8l)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2016 01:04 AM (q7T0y)
Posted by: Hillbillyking at July 04, 2016 01:04 AM (ayGCF)
They killed his dog. He kills them.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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There was another movie with such a theme. A hit man successfully does a job for someone. Two dirty cops are to pick him up and get him out of the city.
The gangster who "owns" the cops tells them to kill the hit man (when he should not have). The hit man gets away. Later at his hotel they try to kill him again, and fail again. However, they kill his beloved dog.
He then goes on a rampage of revenge.
Posted by: Tilikum Armored Killer Assault Whale at July 04, 2016 01:04 AM (hVdx9)
From what I know of Kubrick, if he was gay, gay has a very different definition than I thought it did.
Posted by: AD at July 04, 2016 01:04 AM (0qeHl)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2016 12:59 AM (q7T0y)
That is more:
World blows up.
Women want boy for making babies.
Boy and Dog engage in cannibalism.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 04, 2016 01:05 AM (3ZoRf)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 04, 2016 01:05 AM (IqV8l)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2016 01:06 AM (q7T0y)
Prove me wrong.
By Asimov's whiskers, nearly had it.
"...New Line Cinema had spent $1.5 million developing a film version of the Foundation Trilogy."
Posted by: derit at July 04, 2016 01:06 AM (ewfUZ)
They killed his dog. He kills them.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 04, 2016 12:57 AM (3ZoRf)
Riddick ?
Posted by: Adriane the Movie Critic ... at July 04, 2016 01:06 AM (AoK0a)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2016 01:07 AM (q7T0y)
Isn't that one of the signs of the apocalypse?
Posted by: Tilikum Armored Killer Assault Whale at July 04, 2016 12:57 AM (hVdx9)
They already cancelled the Rush Hour TV series and that's a "fresher" franchise. I think part of why Limitless did well is because they aren't really adapting the movie into a show on that. They just put the show in the world the movie created. Lethal Weapon and Rush Hour, they are taking the film and characters and putting them into the show. And you are constantly left with "that's not Mel Gibson, that's not Jackie Chan" going through your head.
Posted by: buzzion at July 04, 2016 01:07 AM (bMG0w)
Its story covers a greater span of time than any movie ever made.
Prove me wrong.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 04, 2016 12:58 AM
Creature From The Black Lagoon.
Posted by: otho at July 04, 2016 01:07 AM (EWg9n)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 04, 2016 01:07 AM (V/vW+)
Posted by: Hillbillyking at July 04, 2016 01:08 AM (ayGCF)
Explain to who?
Posted by: George Lucas at July 04, 2016 01:08 AM (sl+zA)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at July 04, 2016 01:02 AM (DW+jj)
Certain punctuations in the name spot will clear anything out behind them after one use. Quotation marks are one of those.
Posted by: buzzion at July 04, 2016 01:09 AM (bMG0w)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 04, 2016 01:09 AM (V/vW+)
Fun fact about 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Its story covers a greater span of time than any movie ever made.
Prove me wrong.
Intro to The Big Bang Theory covers 14 billion years.
Posted by: Arbalest at July 04, 2016 01:10 AM (FlRtG)
Hang on... "Sound of Thunder". Think about it
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 04, 2016 01:10 AM (6FqZa)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 04, 2016 01:05 AM (IqV8l)
++++
Western varmint goes eco-weenie.
Silent Running.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 04, 2016 01:10 AM (R+30W)
Yep, you guys are really influencing my film collection. Thanks. :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2016 01:11 AM (q7T0y)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 04, 2016 01:11 AM (V/vW+)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2016 01:11 AM (q7T0y)
Posted by: Tilikum Armored Killer Assault Whale at July 04, 2016 01:04 AM (hVdx9)
Hmmm, Leon (or the Professional?) Wait, did he have a plant, not a dog?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 04, 2016 01:11 AM (3ZoRf)
I actually just ordered Silent Running and the Getaway from Amazon.
Yep, you guys are really influencing my film collection. Thanks. :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2016 01:11 AM
Good choices!
Posted by: otho at July 04, 2016 01:12 AM (EWg9n)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 04, 2016 01:12 AM (V/vW+)
Posted by: buzzion
****
The only thing I thought was, "that's not worth my time."
Posted by: Tilikum Armored Killer Assault Whale at July 04, 2016 01:12 AM (hVdx9)
Speaking of charge dissipation the Juno probe is gonna hit Jupiter tomorrow and try to gather as much data as it can before it gets destroyed by Jupiter's magnetic field.
So much pressure that it has a massive anount of metallic hydrogen which makes a field like a sonovabitch. Which will fry all the electronics on the probe hopefully later than sooner.
One of my student's fathers is the project manager @ JPL
Posted by: MAx at July 04, 2016 01:12 AM (0uuiT)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2016 01:12 AM (q7T0y)
HAL's watchful red eye is a symbol of sinister AI from the past. It's getting dated, I think. I propose Microsoft's 'Tay' as HAL's replacement...
http://preview.tinyurl.com/gurubf2
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at July 04, 2016 01:13 AM (kP16F)
By the way, does anyone else remember the 'experimental' pop artist of the 1980s, Laurie Anderson?
I know she did some really interesting stuff with special audio effects and her synthesizer, making herself sound like a man and other stuff.
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2016 01:14 AM (q7T0y)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 04, 2016 01:15 AM (6FqZa)
Yep, you guys are really influencing my film collection. Thanks. :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2016 01:11 AM (q7T0y)
++++
The Getaway with McQueen or Alec Baldwin? I hope you went with the Steve McQueen one. Classic!
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 04, 2016 01:15 AM (R+30W)
Find myself more and more interested in Peckinpah, who I think could be called Kubrick (or John Ford) with a hopeless drinking/drug problem.
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2016 01:16 AM (q7T0y)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 04, 2016 01:16 AM (6FqZa)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 04, 2016 01:07 AM (V/vW+)
There's no known method of "nuclear propulsion" other than tossing nuclear bombs out the back and blowing them up behind the craft. No need for colling vanes with that, though a really tough posterior helps.
I'm not sure what Clarke and Kubrick could have been talking about. I don't think either of them had any idea what the actual story of the movie was supposed to be. Clarke refused to write a full story and Kubrick was happy to film the partial tale.
In the end, if you look at 2001 you realize that there was no point to any of it. The silly stuff at the end is just a big brain fart from Clarke because he had no idea how to answer any of the questions he raised in the story. Not a one. So he just took the whole story on an acid trip for the last 10 minutes.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 04, 2016 01:16 AM (ZKlDy)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 04, 2016 01:16 AM (V/vW+)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 04, 2016 01:15 AM (6FqZa)
One of the only things I liked about Iron Man 3 was Ben Kingsley. It tickles me that the role probably matches most actors.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 04, 2016 01:16 AM (3ZoRf)
Posted by: Tilikum Armored Killer Assault Whale at July 04, 2016 01:04 AM (hVdx9)
Hmmm, Leon (or the Professional?) Wait, did he have a plant, not a dog?
Posted by: Aetius451AD
****
What is annoying me is that I cannot remember the name of the movie or the main character.
The gangster guy who told the dirty cops to kill the hit man was black, and considered himself a renaissance man. "He was on a renaissance trip."
The dog was old and decrepit, but he LOVED the dog.
Posted by: Tilikum Armored Killer Assault Whale at July 04, 2016 01:17 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2016 01:17 AM (q7T0y)
With a Joan Baez soundtrack... just imagine if Yoko Ono had contributed a song or two...
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 04, 2016 01:11 AM
That would have been awesome and fitting. If I ever get the influence, I'd see to it that the horrid Baez tracks are stripped from SR. I'd replace them with some classic Yoko experimental stuff, but, I wouldn't want to go full Lucas.
Posted by: otho at July 04, 2016 01:18 AM (EWg9n)
Speaking of charge dissipation the Juno probe is gonna hit Jupiter
tomorrow and try to gather as much data as it can before it gets
destroyed by Jupiter's magnetic field.
So much pressure that it has a
massive anount of metallic hydrogen which makes a field like a
sonovabitch. Which will fry all the electronics on the probe hopefully
later than sooner.
One of my student's fathers is the project manager @ JPL
Posted by: MAx at July 04, 2016 01:12 AM (0uuiT)
I heard a piece on NPR about Juno. They armored the shit out of her....we'll see how well that works.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 04, 2016 01:18 AM (EzgxV)
"Ted"/"Neo" gets even.
The action scenes are superbly well done.
Effective/Offensive CQB handgun.
Posted by: Hillbillyking at July 04, 2016 01:18 AM (ayGCF)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at July 04, 2016 01:18 AM (kP16F)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 04, 2016 01:19 AM (V/vW+)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2016 01:19 AM (q7T0y)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at July 04, 2016 01:21 AM (kP16F)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 04, 2016 01:22 AM (V/vW+)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2016 01:23 AM (q7T0y)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 04, 2016 01:19 AM (V/vW+)
I don't doubt you. I'm just saying that no one really knows how to use nuclear power to propel a spaceship. Containing nuclear explosions is sorta dicey (which is why you have to toss the nuke bombs out the back and let them explode) so if one is to propose such a fantastical thing in a movie (a fiction one, granted) then why would they feel constrained by old fashioned cooling fins? It's a funny idea, really ... and I have no doubt that they actually spent time very seriously going over these cooling fins and why "they have to be there".
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 04, 2016 01:24 AM (ZKlDy)
By the way, does anyone else remember the 'experimental' pop artist of the 1980s, Laurie Anderson?
I know she did some really interesting stuff with special audio effects and her synthesizer, making herself sound like a man and other stuff.
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2016 01:14 AM (q7T0y)
She had a couple of good albums back in the 80s.
I was surprised to learn that she was married to Lou Reed at the time of his death.
Posted by: rickl at July 04, 2016 01:24 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 04, 2016 01:24 AM (V/vW+)
And Clarke was just one more fucking pedo in the sci fi pantheon. Roster's full of them.
Posted by: Colonel Kurtz at July 04, 2016 01:25 AM (kapIh)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2016 01:26 AM (q7T0y)
Posted by: derit at July 04, 2016 01:26 AM (ewfUZ)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2016 01:27 AM (q7T0y)
Yakoff Smirnov, "Easy as cake."
Floyd and Kurnow on baseball - something about the Astrodome and the dogs have been broiling since July or something.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 04, 2016 01:28 AM (V/vW+)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2016 01:27 AM (q7T0y)
He is kind of a giant man-baby now- with 4 million dollars.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 04, 2016 01:28 AM (3ZoRf)
Posted by: otho at July 04, 2016 01:30 AM (EWg9n)
Posted by: thathalfrican - keeping people on their toes like they hate sittin' at July 04, 2016 01:31 AM (R5HRU)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2016 01:31 AM (q7T0y)
Posted by: otho at July 04, 2016 01:31 AM (EWg9n)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2016 01:32 AM (q7T0y)
Posted by: derit at July 04, 2016 01:32 AM (ewfUZ)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2016 01:31 AM (q7T0y)
I ref the $4 million simply because he seems to be squirming. I think HE considers it his 30 pieces of silver. Considering how liberal George is, I expect it twists in his gut.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 04, 2016 01:33 AM (3ZoRf)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2016 01:27 AM (q7T0y)
Trivia tidbit; In the Lucas directed American Graffiti, the license plate on Paul LeMat's Deuce Coupe was THX 1138
Posted by: kbdabear at July 04, 2016 01:33 AM (KXm98)
I've tried to watch 2010, can't get past the first 15 minutes.
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2016 01:32 AM
Best parts are the Jupiter slingshot and the spacewalk to the Discovery sequences. Those are pretty good. The rest of the film suffers from really quite unimaginative scene construction and shots.
Posted by: otho at July 04, 2016 01:34 AM (EWg9n)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2016 01:34 AM (q7T0y)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 04, 2016 01:35 AM (V/vW+)
Having seen that miscarriage from a mutated skunk that was "The Force Awakens", I'm actually sympathetic to Lucas now. 4 billion is a high price for a soul, even Lucas's, but he's got to realise it wasn't worth it.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 04, 2016 01:36 AM (6FqZa)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 04, 2016 01:35 AM (V/vW+)
Interstellar was damned interesting. There are a lot of visuals in that that I really liked (the black hole, the wave on the planet.) I think the stuff back home (what exactly was Casey Afflecks problem?) and the ending (the need to 2001ize it) kind of taint it for me.
The robots? *sigh* I can understand they wante to do something different, but for goodness sake, come up with something more practical looking!
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 04, 2016 01:38 AM (3ZoRf)
Posted by: Anna Puma
****
Interstellar insisted upon itself.
Posted by: Tilikum Armored Killer Assault Whale at July 04, 2016 01:38 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 04, 2016 01:04 AM (IqV8l)
The technology was plausible, and it isn't dated like so many other movies because it still looks like something they could have had.
Posted by: The Andromeda Hat at July 04, 2016 01:38 AM (vBeA5)
He then, in vacuum hits the close and repressurize button.
I remember reading how they wanted to get that close to right. In vacuum, you'd have only about 10 - 15 seconds of consciousness. You don't blow up (unless you tried to hold your breath, which you couldn't do), at least very soon.
They wanted to make that close to accurate, and that's what they came up with up. The odds of a man being exposed to vacuum and pulling that off, I don't know.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at July 04, 2016 01:38 AM (DW+jj)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 04, 2016 01:39 AM (V/vW+)
Having seen that miscarriage from a mutated skunk that was "The Force Awakens", I'm actually sympathetic to Lucas now. 4 billion is a high price for a soul, even Lucas's, but he's got to realise it wasn't worth it.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 04, 2016 01:36 AM (6FqZa)
You are right. Billion with a b.
Lucas deserves absolutely no sympathy after the trailer fire of a toy selling gambit that was the prequels.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 04, 2016 01:40 AM (3ZoRf)
eta kuur des may ...
not sure which word.
{Simon Tam, Serenity}
Posted by: Adriane the Movie Critic ... at July 04, 2016 01:40 AM (AoK0a)
It'll drive the porn industry out of California.
The Progressive Left: Doing what the religious right never could.
Posted by: The Political Hat at July 04, 2016 01:41 AM (vBeA5)
Top 3 takeaways of what he likes to do:
- Mark up policy proposals
- Smoke Cuban cigars
- Slide and dance around on the wooden floor to Bob Seger's "Old Time Rock And Roll" clad only in a pair of Michelle's polka dot panties
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2016 01:41 AM (q7T0y)
Having seen that miscarriage from a mutated skunk that was "The Force Awakens", I'm actually sympathetic to Lucas now. 4 billion is a high price for a soul, even Lucas's, but he's got to realise it wasn't worth it.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 04, 2016 01:36 AM (6FqZa)
Better than any of the prequels.
Lucas is a bitter old trans-pelican that still thinks stepping in poop is high grade comedy.
Posted by: buzzion at July 04, 2016 01:41 AM (bMG0w)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 04, 2016 01:39 AM (V/vW+)
I heard 4 sequels somewhere (here?) Misheard, or hyperbole?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 04, 2016 01:41 AM (3ZoRf)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 04, 2016 01:41 AM (6FqZa)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at July 04, 2016 01:43 AM (DW+jj)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 04, 2016 01:39 AM (V/vW+)
Cameron is producing, and they are moving ahead with a different director.
Shutter Island's Laeta Kalogridis has penned a script for the project.
Robert Rodriguez (El Mariachi, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Sin City, Spy Kids) is in negotiations to direct the film.
Rosa Salazar (Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, The Divergent Series: Insurgent, Man Seeking Woman) has been cast in the lead role
http://preview.tinyurl.com/hx4ptcc
Posted by: The Cybord Hat at July 04, 2016 01:44 AM (vBeA5)
Posted by: Adriane the Movie Critic ... at July 04, 2016 01:45 AM (AoK0a)
And Cameron claimed to have given plenty of thought to the flora and fauna of Avatar. So we see everything in the fauna department is hexapedal... except the one intelligent race which is basically blue elongated human with a tail.
Then I remember they claimed in the trailer how scientifically accurate Robinson Caruso on Mars was...
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 04, 2016 01:46 AM (V/vW+)
Rosa Salazar (Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, The Divergent Series: Insurgent, Man Seeking Woman) has been cast in the lead role
http://preview.tinyurl.com/hx4ptcc
Posted by: The Cybord Hat at July 04, 2016 01:44 AM (vBeA5)
Robert Rodriguez huh? Well, that could be interesting. Cannot see it as anything more than Pocahontas in Space, but you never know.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 04, 2016 01:47 AM (3ZoRf)
Which they stick in everything I'm told. I don't know. I never cared to watch it.
Posted by: buzzion at July 04, 2016 01:47 AM (bMG0w)
Yep, you guys are really influencing my film collection. Thanks. :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve
I know a really really annoying guy whose specialty is literally "the history of the environmentalist movement" with an emphasis on "media representations." So one day recently I asked him how important did he think Silent Running was to changing people's attitudes.
His answer?
He had never heard of it.
I was actually quite shocked.
I explained the film to him in detail, and...his response?
He denied that such a film could exist since he would have heard of it, and accused me of just pulling his leg with an unfunny prank.
Young people today are two things:
1. Uneducated in the extreme; and
2. Assholes.
Posted by: zombie at July 04, 2016 01:49 AM (jBuUi)
Posted by: Yuimetal at July 04, 2016 01:50 AM (/mnCx)
"So, what did you think of Silent Running?"
"Cool song by Mike and the Mechanics!!"
:-P
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2016 01:51 AM (q7T0y)
Cameron really has no room to kvetch about originality and such when he used the plot from Duck Dodgers in the 24-1/2 Century for his interpretation of The Smurfs, without credit.
Posted by: Arbalest at July 04, 2016 01:51 AM (FlRtG)
I hope Rosa is up to the task of playing Gally. River Tam's actress would have been a natural.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 04, 2016 01:51 AM (V/vW+)
Posted by: Anna Puma
That gives me a really great idea for a short story:
"An Italian opera singer washes up on a desert island...."
Posted by: zombie at July 04, 2016 01:51 AM (jBuUi)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 04, 2016 01:51 AM (V/vW+)
Summer Glau needs to do another series that gets cancelled so she can become even hotter.
Posted by: buzzion at July 04, 2016 01:52 AM (bMG0w)
Posted by: derit at July 04, 2016 01:53 AM (ewfUZ)
Nuclear power and nuclear explosions are very different things. Designs for nuclear propulsion have been around since the 60s. Not just concepts but serious proposals. They never got built thanks to the usual gang of hand wringers.
Posted by: Epobirs at July 04, 2016 01:53 AM (IdCqF)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 04, 2016 01:54 AM (V/vW+)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 04, 2016 01:46 AM (V/vW+)
Did he Science the shit out of anything?
Posted by: Matt Damon at July 04, 2016 01:54 AM (bMG0w)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 04, 2016 01:51 AM (V/vW+)
Ah, you all are talking about a movie other than Avatar sequels. More Summer Glau is always a good thing. Or would have been.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 04, 2016 01:54 AM (3ZoRf)
Posted by: Anna Puma
No, just to the husband of a friend of mine. I've ranted about him here so many times in the past that by now I just spare everyone the details. He's like the emperor of hypocritical smug misinformed
Posted by: zombie at July 04, 2016 01:56 AM (jBuUi)
Anyway, time to scoot and bang on the keyboard some. Because of work today, about 700 words short of where I need to be to start Day 4.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 04, 2016 01:56 AM (V/vW+)
1. Uneducated in the extreme; and
2. Assholes.
Posted by: zombie
****
I work with a number of them. Two major traits I have noticed:
1) Extremely high and unearned self esteem
2) Not terribly bright
Yes there are exceptions, but they are called exceptions for a reason.
Posted by: Tilikum Armored Killer Assault Whale at July 04, 2016 01:56 AM (hVdx9)
Okay, gonna call it a night everyone, and of course I hope everyone's ID4 weekend continues unabated and that *no one here* has to actually work tomorrow. Have a great Independence Day, and thanks yet again for the great chat!!
And of course, will be happy to share my reviews of The Getaway and Silent Running once they arrive and I can watch them. :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2016 01:57 AM (q7T0y)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at July 04, 2016 01:43 AM (DW+jj)
Not explicity, but it does say that Cal-OSHA can that "any other reasonable STI prevention engineering controls and work practice controls as required by regulations adopted by the Board through the Administrative Rulemaking process".
Full text of the initiative is here:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/hek4k9v
Of note, it looks like Cal-OSHA already has the power to do all of this, but just isn't bein explicitly forced to enforce it yet:
"In fact, state occupational health regulations already call on all employers to prevent their workers from being exposed to blood, semen and saliva in the course of their job - and regulators have interpreted that to mean that porn actors must use condoms. But the rules are routinely ignored, and the state doesn't have the staff to inspect film sets, which, by the very nature of the business, are often in under-the-radar locations such as homes."
http://preview.tinyurl.com/zfzklk3
Posted by: Hat-chika-wa-wa at July 04, 2016 01:57 AM (vBeA5)
Look up the original Project Orion, or, for an evil use of the tech, Project Pluto.....
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at July 04, 2016 01:58 AM (+d92h)
Posted by: Yuimetal at July 04, 2016 01:58 AM (/mnCx)
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3. Not well educated.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 04, 2016 01:58 AM (RrDm2)
is literally "the history of the environmentalist movement" with an
emphasis on "media representations." So one day recently I asked him how
important did he think Silent Running was to changing people's attitudes.
His answer?
He had never heard of it.
I was actually quite shocked.
I explained the film to him in detail, and...his response?
He denied that such a film could exist since he would have heard of it, and accused me of just pulling his leg with an unfunny prank.
Young people today are two things:
1. Uneducated in the extreme; and
2. Assholes.
Posted by: zombie at July 04, 2016 01:49 AM
I have known more than a few enviro activist types over the years and discovered that SR is not universally loved among those that have seen it. Their complaint is that Dern/Lowell is portrayed as a bit of a nutjob and an asshole (he is)... and that the movie does not make any attempt to explain the background nor point any fingers. They're right. You are given a brief setup, no why's or wherefores, just the situation Lowell finds himself in. All you get is that the program is too expensive and nobody cares.
Posted by: otho at July 04, 2016 01:59 AM (EWg9n)
Posted by: derit at July 04, 2016 01:59 AM (ewfUZ)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 04, 2016 02:00 AM (RrDm2)
Zombie:
"He's like the emperor of hypocritical smug misinformed
So you know Paul Erlich? My condolences ...
Posted by: Arbalest at July 04, 2016 02:00 AM (FlRtG)
1) Extremely high and unearned self esteem
2) Not terribly bright
Yes there are exceptions, but they are called exceptions for a reason.
Posted by: Tilikum Armored Killer Assault Whale at July 04, 2016 01:56 AM (hVdx9)
I think point 2 is explained better as none of them have ever been taught how to find things out for themselves or problem solve.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 04, 2016 02:00 AM (3ZoRf)
More specifically, he directly ripped off 'Call Me Joe' by Poul Anderson. Cameron could easily have thrown a couple million at Anderson's widow Karen just from the change under his couch cushions. But Cameron is an egomaniac who can never acknowledge his sources unless forced to in a court of law, as demonstrated by Harlan Ellison.
I thought Cameron was a jerk before 'Avatar' but his behavior towards Poul Anderson and his estate really made him scum in my eyes. Cameron plainly grew up reading Anderson's work and considering Anderson never really made a decent living from his work, it would have been an especially meaningful gesture for him to throw some cash at Karen.
Posted by: Epobirs at July 04, 2016 02:01 AM (IdCqF)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 04, 2016 01:46 AM (V/vW+)
Reminds me of a manga series called "A Centaur's Life" wherein six-legged amphibians (and thus reptiles, mammals, &c) won the evolutionary race while four-legged critters didn't. They used this as a partial explanation of how humans ened up evolving so many different body forms. Not scientific, of course, but interesting none-the-less
Posted by: The Hexapodal Hat at July 04, 2016 02:02 AM (vBeA5)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 04, 2016 02:02 AM (V/vW+)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 04, 2016 01:41 AM (6FqZa)
Well, Kip Thorne was one of the producers (IIRC). That's ten times the reason they had no excuse for a lot of the silly things they did in that movie. A gravitational field that is strong enough to slow local time significantly but humans can still jump around?? And that moronic part at the end ... WTF was that all about?
It SHOULD have been a great movie ... but it wasn't even close.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 04, 2016 02:02 AM (ZKlDy)
Posted by: Yuimetal
That would be absolutely EPIC!
Posted by: zombie at July 04, 2016 02:02 AM (jBuUi)
Posted by: Rbastid at July 04, 2016 02:03 AM (XwTyM)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at July 04, 2016 01:58 AM (+d92h)
Both of these are really cool ideas though.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 04, 2016 02:03 AM (3ZoRf)
1) Extremely high and unearned self esteem
2) Not terribly bright
Yes there are exceptions, but they are called exceptions for a reason.
Posted by: Tilikum Armored Killer Assault Whale at July 04, 2016 01:56 AM (hVdx9)
I think point 2 is explained better as none of them have ever been taught how to find things out for themselves or problem solve.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
****
And I have found that even when you do teach them, they don't do it. They don't want to. They want everything spoon fed to them.
I am currently in an environment where if you don't do that for them, YOU are the one at fault.
It gets old answering the same exact questions over and over.
Posted by: Tilikum Armored Killer Assault Whale at July 04, 2016 02:04 AM (hVdx9)
Snowden had no choice but to "pay for protection" once he made his choice to go public. I like to think he did what he thought was right. Expose the scope and scale of the survailence state to the masses.
Sadly, (for the most part) the masses simply don't give a fuck that they're being monitored without consent. Thats the reality.
At least in his Purgatory he can get laid and get drunk.
Other "Whistleblowers" aren't nearly so fortunate.
If there was an effective mechanism to check the G's buracracy run amok, Snowdens wouldn't happen. But thats fantasy land thinkin.
Between the lightnin, HAL, an ol' Ed, I'm callin it quits.
Watch your fingers when playin with explosives today Horde oh' Plenty.
Happy INDEPENDENCE DAY!!!
Posted by: Hillbillyking at July 04, 2016 02:08 AM (ayGCF)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at July 04, 2016 01:58 AM (+d92h)
Go read my comment. That was the exact propulsion system I was talking about.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 04, 2016 02:08 AM (ZKlDy)
Posted by: Tilikum Armored Killer Assault Whale at July 04, 2016 02:04 AM (hVdx9)
At my last job, we sometimes had an extraordinary amount of free time, so I tried to teach the game 20 questions to some of my younger co-workers. First, they had not heard of it (?!?!) Second, they constantly wanted to ask one question, and then proceed to guessing. I kept having to explain to them to narrow it down, work it out...
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 04, 2016 02:08 AM (3ZoRf)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at July 04, 2016 02:10 AM (+d92h)
Project Orion, I mean. Project Pluto just used a nuclear reactor for heat and heated air ... something that has no use in space propulsion.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 04, 2016 02:10 AM (ZKlDy)
Posted by: Tilikum Armored Killer Assault Whale at July 04, 2016 02:04 AM (hVdx9)
At my last job, we sometimes had an extraordinary amount of free time, so I tried to teach the game 20 questions to some of my younger co-workers. First, they had not heard of it (?!?!) Second, they constantly wanted to ask one question, and then proceed to guessing. I kept having to explain to them to narrow it down, work it out...
Posted by: Aetius451AD
****
People have become so used to not having to think, they have lost a very basic skill.
I am hardly what one would call a rocket scientist, but compared to too many of my co-workers I might as well be.
On the one hand my job makes me feel much smarter than I actually am, but on the other depresses me terribly.
Posted by: Tilikum Armored Killer Assault Whale at July 04, 2016 02:12 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 04, 2016 02:12 AM (3ZoRf)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 04, 2016 02:02 AM (V/vW+)
Argh!
A "werewolf" is by definition a male, because the "were-" means male person.
It's like talking about a male "mermaid"...
A female "werewolf" would be a "wifwolf".
Posted by: The Linguistic Hat at July 04, 2016 02:12 AM (vBeA5)
There was a howler right at the beginning, where Charles Martin Smith spots the comet and determines its intercept course threatening Earth in a way that was simply impossible because he had nowhere near enough data to determine almost anything. (Later, the comet is also detected by amateur astronomer Elijah Wood, in a blatant rip-off of 'Lucifer's Hammer.')
The ship sent to divert the comet is supposed to be an Orion Drive system, but has the exact opposite configuration such a ship should have. Instead it looked much like the ship from '2001:ASO.'
http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/content.asp?Bnum=977
Then, in a suicidal last ditch effort, the ship succeeds in blowing the larger comet fragment to small bits. One problem: this is done so close tot he planet that the bulk of those fragment would rain down on the planet and do nearly as much damage to the biosphere. Everybody dies, even if they survived the mega-tsunami from the other fragment.
Posted by: Epobirs at July 04, 2016 02:14 AM (IdCqF)
Nuclear propulsion for space flight ...
I had always assumed this would be a nuclear reactor powering a matrix (e.g. 10x10) of particle accelerators (linear or cyclotron, whichever gives a cooler model) blasting out protons from hydrogen atoms for propulsion. This gives the neat bluish-white glow seen in almost all movies.
Throw in a few electron guns to keep the overall ship charge neutral.
Posted by: Arbalest at July 04, 2016 02:15 AM (FlRtG)
Posted by: zombie
The guy who, when you were collecting vintage travel guides being discarded by a library, snuck them out of your bag because he deemed them politically incorrect? Surprised you haven't hauled off and socked him by now.
Posted by: Yuimetal at July 04, 2016 02:16 AM (/mnCx)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
****
It's funny and sad. The youngsters tend to be number 1 in self esteem and number 1000+ in actual ability.
The Chinese? Number one in ability and number 1000 in self esteem.
Posted by: Tilikum Armored Killer Assault Whale at July 04, 2016 02:17 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Epobirs at July 04, 2016 02:14 AM (IdCqF)
I persoannly love Armageddon, where they cut the asteroid perfectly in half- like the earth is a sword with a watermelon thrown at it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 04, 2016 02:19 AM (3ZoRf)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 04, 2016 02:21 AM (3ZoRf)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 04, 2016 02:19 AM (3ZoRf)
I liked the part in Armageddon where they put the lives of the crew sent to destroy the meteor above the lives of everyone on Earth. As if anyone with a brain would have set that operation to plant a bomb to be remotely detonated ... yeah ...
And Bruce Willis sure took his sweet time finally triggering it. The fact is that the meteor had crossed the line before he blew it. But, luckily it all worked out, anyway. Bruce needed those last seconds of life to ... do something ... other than insure the continued existence of Earth.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 04, 2016 02:24 AM (ZKlDy)
Posted by: The Linguistic Hat
NTTAWWT ...
We want you to be happy, Hat ...
Posted by: Adriane the Movie Critic ... at July 04, 2016 02:25 AM (AoK0a)
Posted by: The Linguistic Hat
NTTAWWT ...
We want you to be happy, Hat ...
Posted by: Adriane the Movie Critic
****
All I can think of as far as having a were wife is that I would be coughing up some serious hairballs.
Posted by: Tilikum Armored Killer Assault Whale at July 04, 2016 02:26 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 04, 2016 02:26 AM (3ZoRf)
Posted by: HAL Banner at July 04, 2016 02:26 AM (0v57o)
Posted by: HALAL 9000 at July 04, 2016 02:27 AM (VxHD9)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 04, 2016 02:27 AM (ZKlDy)
Watching 2001, it would have been funnier if Dave Bowman had beaten up HAL with a baseball bat, a la Office Space.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at July 04, 2016 02:29 AM (VxHD9)
Consider a massive sphere with a hollowed out core. It's made of some ultra-dense unobtanium. Clock rates inside that hollowed center would be slow relative to an outside observer. Those inside would be floating free, no field whatsoever.
And really, there's no such thing as a gravitational field as we think of it. The "field", such as can be an invariant, is actually the gradient in the field itself, the "tide", as it's called. That tide is the manifestation of spacetime curvature. The 'g' field we think of is just coordinate choice, of course, the ground here sort of imposes that choice on us naturally, but an arbitrary choice it is. The weakness of the earth's little gravitational field is shown by the insignificant tide one would feel in free fall. Barely even there.
In the case of some huge monster giga-solar mass black hole, the tide at the event horizon can be negligible, you wouldn't feel a thing as you crossed the point of no return. Now, for a stellar mass black hole, the tide nearby is, well, nothing would hold together.
That said, the nonsense Hollywood does with black holes and such is just ridiculous.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at July 04, 2016 02:31 AM (DW+jj)
Of course, modern day heroism is a little bit differently defined.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie, Nomad at July 04, 2016 02:32 AM (VxHD9)
Posted by: Tilikum Armored Killer Assault Whale at July 04, 2016 02:26 AM (hVdx9)
A "were wife" would be a "man wife", just so that you know...
Posted by: The Linguistic Hat at July 04, 2016 02:32 AM (vBeA5)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 04, 2016 02:35 AM (3ZoRf)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at July 04, 2016 02:31 AM (DW+jj)
A little mood music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vk2u9YLRZX8
Posted by: Dr. Hans Reinhardt at July 04, 2016 02:35 AM (vBeA5)
Posted by: Yuimetal/i]
Yep. That guy.
This time he did something even more infuriating: After an evening of him+wife visiting my house, he rooted through my kitchen garbage can when I wasn't looking and extracted all the "recyclables," which he then transported back to his home via his carbon-burning vehicle so he could place them in his recycling bin, because I was just too unenlightened to recycle properly.
How many layers of stupidity and rudeness and assholism in this one act?
Every time I interact with him, he does something more mind-bogglingly outrageous than the time before.
Posted by: zombie at July 04, 2016 02:36 AM (jBuUi)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie, Nomad at July 04, 2016 02:36 AM (VxHD9)
Posted by: zombie at July 04, 2016 02:37 AM (jBuUi)
Posted by: zombie at July 04, 2016 02:36 AM (jBuUi)
Just slip some L.S.D. into his drink...
Posted by: Psychedelicat at July 04, 2016 02:38 AM (vBeA5)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/zf6av3x
Posted by: Zombie Vince Foster at July 04, 2016 02:45 AM (vBeA5)
* leans into mic hidden in lamp base *
But of course that would be wrong.
Posted by: zombie Richard Nixon at July 04, 2016 02:46 AM (0v57o)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/zf6av3x
Posted by: Zombie Vince Foster
****
I would swear the same dark angel that protected Hitler protects her and for much the same reason.
Posted by: Tilikum Armored Killer Assault Whale at July 04, 2016 02:47 AM (hVdx9)
EU Pres reveals consultations with ETs
https://youtu.be/x9pby3pyxuE
Posted by: N.M. Roswell at July 04, 2016 02:50 AM (0v57o)
EU Pres reveals consultations with ETs
https://youtu.be/x9pby3pyxuE
Posted by: N.M. Roswell
****
So, did they pick the big gun or just give them a glass of water?
Posted by: Tilikum Armored Killer Assault Whale at July 04, 2016 02:51 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Tilikum Armored Killer Assault Whale at July 04, 2016 03:02 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Tilikum Armored Killer Assault Whale at July 04, 2016 03:06 AM (hVdx9)
I thought they used it up smuggling out the whales ...
Posted by: Adriane the Movie Critic ... at July 04, 2016 03:06 AM (AoK0a)
Posted by: Tilikum Armored Killer Assault Whale at July 04, 2016 03:12 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Tilikum Armored Killer Assault Whale at July 04, 2016 03:22 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Adriane the Movie Critic ... at July 04, 2016 03:23 AM (AoK0a)
Posted by: Tilikum Armored Killer Assault Whale at July 04, 2016 03:27 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Adriane the Movie Critic ... at July 04, 2016 03:30 AM (AoK0a)
Posted by: Tilikum Armored Killer Assault Whale at July 04, 2016 03:31 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Adriane the Movie Critic
****
Never saw Bull Durham either. Field of dreams was ok. A bit schmaltzy.
Posted by: Tilikum Armored Killer Assault Whale at July 04, 2016 03:33 AM (hVdx9)
Here is "Momma Look Sharp" from the musical/movie 1776:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgEenf-TIMI
Posted by: The Political Hat at July 04, 2016 03:34 AM (vBeA5)
Posted by: goon at July 04, 2016 03:34 AM (WCaSy)
Posted by: Adriane the Movie Critic ... at July 04, 2016 03:36 AM (AoK0a)
Posted by: Adriane the Movie Critic ... at July 04, 2016 03:37 AM (AoK0a)
Posted by: goon at July 04, 2016 03:42 AM (WCaSy)
Posted by: goon at July 04, 2016 03:48 AM (WCaSy)
Posted by: Tilikum Armored Killer Assault Whale at July 04, 2016 03:48 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: goon at July 04, 2016 03:55 AM (WCaSy)
Posted by: goon at July 04, 2016 03:58 AM (WCaSy)
Posted by: Tilikum Armored Killer Assault Whale at July 04, 2016 03:59 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: goon
****
We'll see a reduction in oral sex is my prediction.
Posted by: Tilikum Armored Killer Assault Whale at July 04, 2016 04:01 AM (hVdx9)
Richard Gere? Burt Reynolds? WTF!? Really?
Posted by: Tilikum Armored Killer Assault Whale at July 04, 2016 04:03 AM (hVdx9)
I hate garlic with a white hot passion.
Seriously, fuck you if you poison other peoples food with that rotten shit.
Fuck my life.
Posted by: eleven at July 04, 2016 04:05 AM (qUNWi)
"2015 Edinburgh Tattoo"
youtu.be/kJTuRfAo2eU
UK, US, and PRC military-themed stuff
Skip to 6:14 for the USAF precision rifle.
Skip to 21:52 for the Citadel's band.
"Trooping the Colour 2016"
Two weeks ago there was a birfday thing for the Queen of the UK.
youtu.be/Vb9hrWbb2NI
The BBC sucks in all shapes in forms but they do some things quite well. This link is almost 3hours long, so skipping is required.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 04, 2016 04:05 AM (p2X2f)
I hate garlic with a white hot passion.
Seriously, fuck you if you poison other peoples food with that rotten shit.
Fuck my life.
Posted by: eleven
****
I suspected you were a vampire. Now I know for sure. May the hunters claim you.
Posted by: Tilikum Armored Killer Assault Whale at July 04, 2016 04:07 AM (hVdx9)
It was about WWII bomb defusing technicians and was quite good. Here is a google search on it.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/j8pzf7n
Posted by: Tilikum Armored Killer Assault Whale at July 04, 2016 04:09 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: eleven at July 04, 2016 04:11 AM (qUNWi)
Death has a purpose.
Posted by: eleven
****
Yes, but it can also be tremendously wasteful.
Posted by: Tilikum Armored Killer Assault Whale at July 04, 2016 04:15 AM (hVdx9)
http://gilroygarlicfestival.com/
Posted by: goon at July 04, 2016 04:15 AM (WCaSy)
The rich would live & the poor would die.
So God in His Wisdom made it so,
That in the end, we all must go...
Posted by: Adriane the Movie Critic ... at July 04, 2016 04:16 AM (AoK0a)
It makes me want to vomit. What the fuck do you people see in that shit?
Posted by: eleven at July 04, 2016 04:16 AM (qUNWi)
It makes me want to vomit. What the fuck do you people see in that shit?
Posted by: eleven
****
To some of us it is quite good. Plus anything that repels vampires can't be all bad.
Posted by: Tilikum Armored Killer Assault Whale at July 04, 2016 04:19 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: goon at July 04, 2016 04:20 AM (WCaSy)
Posted by: eleven
See? Nothing.
It's called flavor unless you have an eye on your tongue.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 04, 2016 04:20 AM (p2X2f)
Posted by: Tilikum Armored Killer Assault Whale at July 04, 2016 04:23 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: eleven at July 04, 2016 04:24 AM (qUNWi)
I know who the douche was ManWithNoParty and it wasn't your neighbors
Posted by: whatmeworry? at July 04, 2016 04:25 AM (dZGNV)
Eye On Your Tongue. That would be a good one! I would guess that a really nice steak with an oyster on it could get things going, or maybe a breakfast dish of some type. ...
Posted by: goon at July 04, 2016 04:25 AM (WCaSy)
Posted by: Tilikum Armored Killer Assault Whale at July 04, 2016 04:26 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 04, 2016 04:26 AM (p2X2f)
Posted by: eleven at July 04, 2016 04:28 AM (qUNWi)
Posted by: Adriane the Movie Critic ... at July 04, 2016 04:28 AM (AoK0a)
It means we get to ignore what you say.
Posted by: Tilikum Armored Killer Assault Whale at July 04, 2016 04:29 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: goon at July 04, 2016 04:31 AM (WCaSy)
Posted by: Yuimetal at July 04, 2016 01:58 AM (/mnCx)
That would be good.
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Staring at the Lake in the rain at July 04, 2016 04:32 AM (0R9wG)
Waterworld was awful mostly because of Dennis Hopper.
Posted by: eleven at July 04, 2016 04:32 AM (qUNWi)
Posted by: eleven at July 04, 2016 04:35 AM (qUNWi)
Posted by: Farmer at July 04, 2016 04:35 AM (o/90i)
Posted by: Tilikum Armored Killer Assault Whale at July 04, 2016 04:35 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Tilikum Armored Killer Assault Whale at July 04, 2016 04:35 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Tilikum Armored Killer Assault Whale at July 04, 2016 04:37 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: eleven at July 04, 2016 04:37 AM (qUNWi)
Posted by: eleven at July 04, 2016 04:39 AM (qUNWi)
I know who the douche was ManWithNoParty and it wasn't your neighbors
Posted by: whatmeworry? at July 04, 2016 04:25 AM (dZGNV
******
Uummm....no, Douchebag.Not sure why you have some problem with me, but in this,case the ultimate Douche was the neighbor. If you have a,problem with me, please Nut up and address it like a,man.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 04, 2016 04:42 AM (46KbT)
Posted by: Huma W. at July 04, 2016 04:53 AM (WVsWD)
Shakespeare knew how versatile the word "fuck" would become. He also spoke of "garlic" several times. Something like, "fucking garlic", occurs several times in his works.
Posted by: goon at July 04, 2016 04:54 AM (WCaSy)
Happy Fappingpenance Day, Fappers!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at July 04, 2016 04:54 AM (jR7Wy)
Posted by: Huma W. at July 04, 2016 04:57 AM (WVsWD)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at July 04, 2016 04:57 AM (WVsWD)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at July 04, 2016 05:02 AM (WVsWD)
It's the same shitty company either way.
We might as well all be in the same well.
Posted by: eleven at July 04, 2016 05:05 AM (qUNWi)
Posted by: eleven at July 04, 2016 05:07 AM (qUNWi)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at July 04, 2016 05:10 AM (WVsWD)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at July 04, 2016 05:18 AM (WVsWD)
Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2016 05:50 AM (Yo9Lf)
Good Morning Morons. Today is Monday, July 04, 2016. On this day in 1776 the Declaration of Independence was formally adopted by the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 04, 2016 05:59 AM (mpXpK)
http://tinyurl.com/zzddcy8
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 04, 2016 06:00 AM (mpXpK)
http://tinyurl.com/jjz9v7c
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 04, 2016 06:00 AM (mpXpK)
http://tinyurl.com/jxojotw
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 04, 2016 06:00 AM (mpXpK)
http://tinyurl.com/gp26emu
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 04, 2016 06:01 AM (mpXpK)
http://tinyurl.com/z73wnwx
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 04, 2016 06:01 AM (mpXpK)
Burns and Allen has been limited to Saturday and Sunday only.
I used to enjoy watching it throughout the week, but apparently no more.
I hate change.
Happy Independence Day everyone.
Happy Birthday USA!
Posted by: Al Bundy at July 04, 2016 06:01 AM (pZcAI)
President Obama's domestic policies have done little to move this country forward and his foreign policy is a disaster. Sometimes when he speaks off-the-cuff without a teleprompter, he sounds downright awkward. And when he's off duty and wears those ridiculous mom-style jeans, it's embarrassing to admit he's the commander-in-chief of the world's largest military.
I would have been much more critical.
http://tinyurl.com/hjvut3z
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 04, 2016 06:01 AM (mpXpK)
http://tinyurl.com/hfctcp5
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 04, 2016 06:02 AM (mpXpK)
http://tinyurl.com/gq6on9b
That's it for today folks.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 04, 2016 06:02 AM (mpXpK)
Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2016 06:04 AM (Yo9Lf)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 04, 2016 06:05 AM (mpXpK)
you ever have dogs or children or work?
Whenever clueless dicks like you let off fireworks legal or not, you terrorize animals, wake up kids and people who have to work early.
Ever year we prepare for the one day a year it's allowed/tolerated.
The rest of the time I'm going to be in your face about it. That man enough for you?
Posted by: whatmeworry? at July 04, 2016 06:05 AM (dZGNV)
Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2016 06:04 AM (Yo9Lf)
Yupp. A happy ending for all.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at July 04, 2016 06:11 AM (WVsWD)
Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2016 06:12 AM (Yo9Lf)
Posted by: RobM1981 at July 04, 2016 06:35 AM (VVBN7)
Posted by: whatmeworry? at July 04, 2016 06:05 AM (dZGNV)
******
My, my, you should take this up with your lawmakers. Pre 10 O'clock around here, you can GFY with your complaint.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 04, 2016 06:58 AM (46KbT)
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Examples of Bob Kerrey's Insufferable Racial Jackassery
Signs Andy Rooney Is Going Senile
Other Judgments Dick Clarke Made About Condi Rice Based on Her Appearance
Collective Names for Groups of People
John Kerry's Other Vietnam Super-Pets
Cool Things About the XM8 Assault Rifle
Media-Approved Facts About the Democrat Spy
Changes to Make Christianity More "Inclusive"
Secret John Kerry Senatorial Accomplishments
John Edwards Campaign Excuses
John Kerry Pick-Up Lines
Changes Liberal Senator George Michell Will Make at Disney
Torments in Dog-Hell
The Ace of Spades HQ Sex-for-Money Skankathon
A D&D Guide to the Democratic Candidates
Margaret Cho: Just Not Funny
More Margaret Cho Abuse
Margaret Cho: Still Not Funny
Iraqi Prisoner Claims He Was Raped... By Woman
Wonkette Announces "Morning Zoo" Format
John Kerry's "Plan" Causes Surrender of Moqtada al-Sadr's Militia
World Muslim Leaders Apologize for Nick Berg's Beheading
Michael Moore Goes on Lunchtime Manhattan Death-Spree
Milestone: Oliver Willis Posts 400th "Fake News Article" Referencing Britney Spears
Liberal Economists Rue a "New Decade of Greed"
Artificial Insouciance: Maureen Dowd's Word Processor Revolts Against Her Numbing Imbecility
Intelligence Officials Eye Blogs for Tips
They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan
Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq
Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town
When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool
What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means
Wonkette's Stand-Up Act
Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour
Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)