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Overnight Open Thread (7-13-2016)
I estimate about a dozen unarmed black men are killed by police each year, but only a small portion of them were not resisting arrest. How many were completely innocent is difficult to determine, but let's say half. That means the threat of killer cops ranks up there with spider bites. The number of cops killed is over eight times higher.
-- Gavin McInnes
The cop who shot Philando Castile was a Latino named Jeronimo Yanez. But for our "racial justice" crowd, it's always 1963 - but a 1963 in which Bull Connor is a Republican instead of the Democratic National Committeeman he actually was.
-- Glenn Reynolds
Quote of the Day III - What Passes For Journalism These Days
Naturally, bootlickers across the globe are unquestioningly celebrating the slain officers as heroes, innocents, and protectors. But what if one of those dead cops was a white supremacist - is he still a hero? And I don't mean a white supremacist in the sense that all cops are enforcers of a classist white supremacist order, which they are.
-- Huffington Post writer Jesse Benn attempting to smear one of the dead Dallas police officers
Quote of the Day IV - Down Under Edition
They're a common sight at race tracks all over the world. Rich old guys in Ferraris who want to discover what their expensive Italian toys are capable of on a closed circuit.They quickly discover that howling into corners at speeds beyond 200km/h is a little more challenging than second-gear posing around Double Bay.
For one thing, the hot younger wife isn't in the passenger seat wearing $400 Prada sunglasses and surrounded by bags of designer shopping. Instead she's trackside in a designer parka watching her husband get overtaken by kids in cheap but rapidly driven hostabacks.
Even with their silver hair concealed by brand-new crash helmets, these wealthy older types are easy to detect. In slow corners they're always too fast. In fast corners, way too slow. They miss apexes and braking points. They cannot judge the moment at which grip turns to slide.
That's why there is another common sight at racetracks all over the world. Rich old guys standing next to their wrecked Ferraris, wondering how much it will cost to repair all that panel damage.
Our Prime Minister is a lot like some of those cashed-up weekend track warriors. Malcolm Turnbull looked great when he was tooling around Sydney's eastern suburbs late last year behind the Liberal Party's wheel, waving to all of his fans at Fairfax and the ABC.
Even many senior Labor figures privately conceded that there was no way the great Mal could be beaten.
They forgot the last time Turnbull was at the Liberal Party's controls, as opposition leader from September 2008 until December 2009. Initially, Turnbull enjoyed substantial goodwill from voters.
Less than one year later, however, Turnbull had slammed the Liberal machine into a fence. It took Tony Abbott four long years and two election campaigns to straighten the frame and get things tracking square.
At which point Turnbull again took over.
-- Tim Blair
Anonymous and #BlackLivesMatter Declare Friday July 15th a 'Day of Rage'
With riots peaceful protests planned in dozens of cities.
The rest of us declare Friday July 15th to be Concealed Carry Day. As well as StayTheHellAwayFromThere Day.
Everything involving Hillary Clinton has a foul and treacherous stench that threatens to suffocate any remaining decency in the halls of government. It almost seems as if her sole mission in this life is to force the masses to be reminded of the brutal, unyielding truth that amassed power in the hands of the few will ultimately cost us our freedom.
Good times.
The Guardian Frets Over Cake in the Workplace
And you know what the Left always calls for when it doesn't approve of something.
Thomas Sowell: The Farce of Gun Control
That is not an esoteric question, nor one for which no empirical evidence is available. Think about it. We have 50 states, each with its own gun control laws, and many of those laws have gotten either tighter or looser over the years. There must be tons of data that could indicate whether murder rates went up or down when either of these things happened.But have you ever heard any gun control advocate cite any such data? Tragically, gun control has become one of those fact-free issues that spawn outbursts of emotional rhetoric and mutual recriminations about the National Rifle Association or the Second Amendment.
If restrictions on gun ownership do reduce murders, we can repeal the Second Amendment, as other Constitutional Amendments have been repealed. Laws exist to protect people. People do not exist to perpetuate laws.
The Odd Couple: Warthogs & Growlers in the South China Sea
On Wednesday, a temporary detachment of four US Navy EA-18G Growlers deployed to the Philippines. According to Pacific Command, the aircraft will engage in bilateral training with Philippine Air Force pilots and "will support routine operations that enhance regional maritime domain awareness and assure access to the air and maritime domains in accordance with international law."This deployment follows on the heels of a recent US Air Force detachment of five A-10 Warthogs. These temporary air contingents were established in the wake of the Philippine Supreme Court's final approval of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) and the identification of five bases to which US forces would newly gain access.
...Taken together, the Warthog and Growler deployments in the Philippines send an important message to China: Your Spratly possessions are vulnerable. We can blind you at will. Should you declare an Air Defense Identification zone, we can make it impossible for you to enforce it.
And it's damning.
According to the Navy report, the crews of the two patrol boats had no idea where they were. That admission is stunning in the GPS era, but let's assume for a second (as some intel analysts have suggested) that Iran was jamming that navigation system at the time. Whatever happened to old-fashioned navigation, using the sun, stars, charts and a sextant. The junior officer in charge of the boats is an Annapolis grad; at last report, midshipmen were required to take courses in navigation and master the operation of small craft before graduation (emphasis ours). Perhaps the Naval Academy ought to ask for their diploma back.Likewise, many service members (current and former) are scratching their heads over the crew's willingness to cooperate with their Iranian captors. That raises serious questions about the level and frequency of Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) training provided to riverine crews. Most naval personnel who go into harm's way (aviators, SEALs, special warfare small craft operators and EOD teams) receive specialized training in those critical skills. Based on the video released by Iran--and the Navy report--the patrol craft crews captured in January either didn't receive that training, or forgot everything they learned at SERE school. One Navy contact suggested that riverine crews are only required to complete an on-line SERE course, despite the fact they operate in hostile waters and may be subject to capture by the enemy. If that report is accurate, it is a damning indictment of Navy leadership and its training system.
And senior commanders--above the task force and squadron level--should also be criticized for their reaction to the incident. Back in January, reports suggested the Navy commanders somehow "lost track" of the two patrol craft; indeed, the just-released report suggests that a control element assigned to keep tabs on the transit failed to perform its mission, and had no idea the boats were drifting into hostile waters.
You also had an enlisted man refuse a direct order to evade the Iranian boats and an officer order his crew not to defend the boat against the enemy:
Heavily outgunned and outnumbered by members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Navy commander - whose name was redacted from the report - told investigators he calculated that Tehran's desire to keep the nuclear deal with the U.S. alive would also protect the 10 American sailors if they surrendered."I didn't want to start a war with Iran. . I didn't want to start a war that would get people killed," the commander said.
"I guess this was a gamble on my part. . I made the gamble that they were not going to kill us. I made the gamble they were not going to parade us around like prisoners of war because they want this nuke deal to go through."
Mr. Obama, the unidentified commander said, would not want me to start a war over a mistake, over a misunderstanding."
And CDR Salamander chimes in:
I highly encourage everyone to read this. There is a lot to rage about from a leadership, seamanship, training, maintenance, and crew planning perspectives, but I'm not going to do that. I don't need to - and here is when things get positive.I don't need to because the report does so for me. This is a good report. Open and clear eyed, and at my first reading in line with how things should be done. It is the only way we learn from these things, and it says a lot about the best parts of our service culture that we have this out in the open for all.
Read it. Learn from it. Be glad you serve in a navy that would publish this.
War Pr0n: Iraqi Helicopters Decimate ISIS Fighters Fleeing From the Recent Battle of Fallujah
And the Oscar for best improvised camouflage goes to....that guy.
Rule 34 Watch: Don't Even Want To Know
In China Lottery Winners Collect Their Winnings in Costume To Stay Anonymous
This Christmas Give the Gift of Love: Kidney Transplant Gift Vouchers
The Group knows your sins but doesn't care.
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Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 13, 2016 11:24 PM (T/cxb)
Posted by: FPM at July 13, 2016 11:24 PM (H9MG5)
Posted by: FPM at July 13, 2016 11:24 PM (H9MG5)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 13, 2016 11:25 PM (T/cxb)
Posted by: Darth Randall at July 13, 2016 11:25 PM (6n332)
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I saw that list earlier.
I think I'd stay away from all those places anyway.
Posted by: Methos, AoSHQ commenter since 2006, now apparently nonvoting democrat at July 13, 2016 11:26 PM (3Liv/)
Posted by: Hanoverfist at July 13, 2016 11:26 PM (Niu5G)
Posted by: Reggie1971 at July 13, 2016 11:26 PM (2ltNi)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at July 13, 2016 11:26 PM (6gk0M)
Posted by: omaniphil at July 13, 2016 11:26 PM (eOoiP)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at July 13, 2016 11:27 PM (6gk0M)
ONT!
Posted by: iforgot at July 13, 2016 11:27 PM (5o5ek)
Posted by: thathalfrican - keeping people on their toes like they hate sittin' at July 13, 2016 11:27 PM (R5HRU)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 13, 2016 11:28 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Larry Summers at July 13, 2016 11:28 PM (AwJKv)
Heh. One of the downsides of bastardizing the language. If all Whites are labeled supremacists, what word to use when you want to talk about the actual supremacists?
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 13, 2016 11:28 PM (R+30W)
Posted by: Bossy Conservative...pondering the future at July 13, 2016 11:28 PM (Cz05v)
I refuse to allow Facebook on my machines, good sir!
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at July 13, 2016 11:29 PM (6gk0M)
Oh, to follow from the last thread, Temple Grandin's books about animal behavior are quite interesting, especially for us pet parents.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at July 13, 2016 11:29 PM (VxHD9)
Posted by: phoenixgirl you must fight for independence EVERYDAY at July 13, 2016 11:29 PM (0O7c5)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 13, 2016 11:29 PM (3ZoRf)
Posted by: Thrawn at July 13, 2016 11:29 PM (wQWv4)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 13, 2016 11:25 PM (T/cxb)<<<
Possssssssssssssssssssstist!
Posted by: FPM at July 13, 2016 11:30 PM (H9MG5)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 13, 2016 11:30 PM (6FqZa)
Name your:
3 favorite movies directed by women
3 favorite paintings (or sculptures or public art, I suppose) done by women
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at July 13, 2016 11:30 PM (kumBu)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 13, 2016 11:31 PM (T/cxb)
Posted by: @votermom at July 13, 2016 11:31 PM (7lVbc)
Posted by: thathalfrican - keeping people on their toes like they hate sittin' at July 13, 2016 11:31 PM (R5HRU)
Posted by: Insomniac at July 13, 2016 11:31 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at July 13, 2016 11:32 PM (6gk0M)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 13, 2016 11:32 PM (R+30W)
*rubs hands gleefully*
Posted by: @votermom at July 13, 2016 11:32 PM (7lVbc)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at July 13, 2016 11:33 PM (6gk0M)
Posted by: Dr Knuckles at July 13, 2016 11:33 PM (08Znv)
Posted by: andycanuck at July 13, 2016 11:33 PM (BalrW)
Huffington Post writer Jesse Benn attempting to smear one of the dead Dallas police officers
"I'm the 2012 winner of the Society of Professional Journalists Region Nine Mark of Excellence award for general column writing at a large university."
www.huffingtonpost.com/jesse-benn
"Five time winner of the Buckeye Newshawk Award..."
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 13, 2016 11:34 PM (kdS6q)
Maybe cause some static and get in a fight. Yes they've got me that disgusted, it's as I told some people; I'd be willing to stand with BLM if they marched every WEEKEND in Chitown but they don't and won't because they don't REALLY care about Black Lives. Just whatever is gonna cause the most firestorms because yanno, standing up to REAL overwhelmingly verifiable wrong is just well passe.
Posted by: thathalfrican - keeping people on their toes like they hate sittin' at July 13, 2016 11:34 PM (R5HRU)
I think my next computer is *definitely* going to be a Mac. Since I finally firmly told my system "no I am NOT going to upgrade to Windows 10," my PC has been acting wiggier than Al Sharpton on PCP.
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 13, 2016 11:34 PM (q7T0y)
Very interesting ont, but depressing. Stories on Breitbart, very depressing.
Political news, depressing.
This country is lost. It is not the country I once knew.
Posted by: Aerger Blandermont at July 13, 2016 11:34 PM (Jw9xt)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 13, 2016 11:34 PM (voOPb)
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Heh
Posted by: John Derbyshire at July 13, 2016 11:34 PM (9mTYi)
Does anyone in the useless POS media or government care?
Posted by: Kreplach at July 13, 2016 11:35 PM (Z/FKv)
3 favorite movies directed by women
1. Zero Dark Thirty
2. I saw something by Ida Lupino I enjoyed, can't remember the title.
3. The Matrix
Posted by: josephistan at July 13, 2016 11:35 PM (7qAYi)
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If I may be helpful, perhaps July 22 to 31 would be best.
Going on strike during the convention, when everyone involved has already arrived, isn't really going to inconvenience any of the conventioneers.
Posted by: Methos, AoSHQ commenter since 2006, now apparently nonvoting democrat at July 13, 2016 11:35 PM (3Liv/)
Posted by: Insomniac at July 13, 2016 11:35 PM (0mRoj)
https://www.linuxmint.com/
Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 13, 2016 11:35 PM (T/cxb)
Posted by: tmitsss at July 13, 2016 11:35 PM (tGfPA)
Posted by: omaniphil at July 13, 2016 11:35 PM (eOoiP)
Hey everybody.
I think my next computer is *definitely* going to be a Mac. Since I
finally firmly told my system "no I am NOT going to upgrade to Windows
10," my PC has been acting wiggier than Al Sharpton on PCP.
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 13, 2016 11:34 PM (q7T0y)
it's easier to get a glock than a book or computer so good luck!
Posted by: phoenixgirl you must fight for independence EVERYDAY at July 13, 2016 11:36 PM (0O7c5)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at July 13, 2016 11:36 PM (rJUlF)
Posted by: josephistan at July 13, 2016 11:35 PM (7qAYi) "
Haha, touche sir. The Matrix indeed counts now, I suppose.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at July 13, 2016 11:36 PM (kumBu)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at July 13, 2016 11:36 PM (VxHD9)
The Austin Police are on alert tonight because of threats to kill Austin cops. The force is at 100%, working 6 10-hour shifts instead of the usual 4.
Posted by: iforgot at July 13, 2016 11:36 PM (5o5ek)
How can I possibly want Hillary? I mean, she represents, on the face of it, everything I came into politics to oppose: not just a general desire to raise taxes and nationalise things, but an all-round purse-lipped political correctness.
Posted by: Kathleen Syphilis at July 13, 2016 11:37 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: otho at July 13, 2016 11:37 PM (EWg9n)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 13, 2016 11:31 PM (T/cxb)<<<
We know you're a Kaboom fan.
... just don't ask how we know.
Posted by: the creepy Kaboom clown at July 13, 2016 11:37 PM (H9MG5)
I was actually shocked by some of the comments, including stuff like "what do you mean by what you say about PoC (people of color) always being oppressed? Are you saying white cis het Christian males can't be oppressed?" I'm not kidding, there were at least a few self-identified lefties talking that way.
There was also a lot of internal bickering of what makes the left really the left, and whose tactics are best, who's insulting who, who's marginalizing who, who's oppressing who, etc etc etc etc etc. Even inside the left, it turns out they love to call each other bigots and worse. It was actually heartening, to see they're so fractured they can barely get out of bed in the morning, forget anything more substantial.
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 13, 2016 11:37 PM (q7T0y)
3 favorite movies directed by women..."
-Convoy
-When Sally Blew Harry
-The Eternal Spotless Mind of Things and Stuff, but Mainly Things.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at July 13, 2016 11:37 PM (6gk0M)
Posted by: tmitsss at July 13, 2016 11:35 PM (tGfPA)
Decimated has two distinct meanings in modern English.
Posted by: Maetenloch at July 13, 2016 11:38 PM (pAlYe)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at July 13, 2016 11:38 PM (VxHD9)
finally firmly told my system "no I am NOT going to upgrade to Windows
10," my PC has been acting wiggier than Al Sharpton on PCP.
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 13, 2016 11:34 PM (q7T0y)
As one of the resident IT geeks: Friends don't let friends purchase Macs. Step back from the ledge, take a deep breath. It'll be alright. If you want to learn a new OS, learn Linux.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at July 13, 2016 11:38 PM (J+mig)
Posted by: John R. McStain at July 13, 2016 11:38 PM (vhW1R)
... just don't ask how we know.
So you're the one that read my LinkedIn profile.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 13, 2016 11:38 PM (T/cxb)
-Posted by: omaniphil at July 13, 2016 11:35 PM (eOoiP)
That, I know!
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at July 13, 2016 11:38 PM (6gk0M)
"the crew's willingness to cooperate with their Iranian captors. That raises serious questions about the level and frequency of Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) training"
Sorry, xe have more important things to do.
Posted by: The US Navy's Admiral in Charge of LGBQTI Sensitivity Training
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 13, 2016 11:39 PM (kdS6q)
crickets
Fine, be that way. I apologize for nothing.
Posted by: Puddleglum at July 13, 2016 11:39 PM (PwvGV)
Posted by: Maetenloch at July 13, 2016 11:38 PM (pAlYe)
One of them is wrong.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at July 13, 2016 11:39 PM (J+mig)
Hey, one of the Horde's all-time favorites, Fast Times At Ridgemont High, was directed by a woman: Amy Heckerling.
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 13, 2016 11:39 PM (q7T0y)
Posted by: Barack Hussein Obama, High Priest of Moloch at July 13, 2016 11:39 PM (iU9Qe)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 13, 2016 11:40 PM (3ZoRf)
Posted by: Larry Summers at July 13, 2016 11:28 PM (
None.
But 2 brought Maet sammiches upon demand
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 13, 2016 11:40 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at July 13, 2016 11:39 PM (J+mig)
Well English speakers and the dictionary seem to disagree with you.
Posted by: Maetenloch at July 13, 2016 11:40 PM (pAlYe)
Posted by: JarvisW at July 13, 2016 11:40 PM (R1ejq)
makes the left really the left, and whose tactics are best, who's
insulting who, who's marginalizing who, who's oppressing who, etc etc
etc etc etc. Even inside the left, it turns out they love to call each
other bigots and worse. It was actually heartening, to see they're so
fractured they can barely get out of bed in the morning, forget anything
more substantial.
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 13, 2016 11:37 PM (q7T0y)
So what we really need to do is identify some fracture points and hit them with all we got, so they'll be in the same mess we're in?
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at July 13, 2016 11:40 PM (J+mig)
Posted by: cm9000 at July 13, 2016 11:40 PM (2TUVm)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 13, 2016 11:40 PM (6FqZa)
Posted by: Darth Randall at July 13, 2016 11:41 PM (6n332)
Posted by: JarvisW at July 13, 2016 11:41 PM (R1ejq)
The self-obvious truth that women, and not men, get pregnant is merely an observation of human beings as being a dimorphic species. This reality, however, seems to upset some "butch" lesbians who take on a more masculine role in a lesbian relationship. Such is the study of an article in the Journal of Lesbian Studies entitled "The Gender of Pregnancy: Masculine Lesbians Talk about Reproduction".
More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=12087
Posted by: The Political Hat at July 13, 2016 11:41 PM (vBeA5)
If I am going to remain conneted to the internet, then I need a new computer.
I am seriously considering not buying a new or newer computer. I want to see what happens in Cleveland, and Philadelphia, and maybe stick around to see who is going to be the next president, maybe.
Posted by: Aerger Blandermont at July 13, 2016 11:41 PM (Jw9xt)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 13, 2016 11:38 PM (T/cxb)<<<
Sure, let's go with that.
Posted by: the creepy Kaboom clown at July 13, 2016 11:41 PM (H9MG5)
It's always good to see and hear that for all the huge Stalinist bravado the left likes to huff and puff about, they're actually more fragile than Lena Dunham during bikini season. :-P
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 13, 2016 11:41 PM (q7T0y)
Posted by: otho at July 13, 2016 11:42 PM (EWg9n)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at July 13, 2016 11:42 PM (1JnAL)
Royal Troon? Does Princess Kate wear one of those weird glowing suits & ride a motorcycle?
Posted by: josephistan at July 13, 2016 11:42 PM (7qAYi)
Posted by: Kalneva at July 13, 2016 11:42 PM (vhW1R)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 13, 2016 11:42 PM (iQIUe)
Please be careful. Many of those folks are nuts.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2016 11:43 PM (bpZlE)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 13, 2016 11:43 PM (IqV8l)
But unlike them, I bet he can change a sparkplug.
Posted by: JarvisW at July 13, 2016 11:43 PM (R1ejq)
Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at July 13, 2016 11:43 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 13, 2016 11:43 PM (3ZoRf)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at July 13, 2016 11:36 PM (VxHD9) "
Well, Triumph of the Will *is* pretty famous.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at July 13, 2016 11:43 PM (kumBu)
You buy locally. Cool. You didn't "source" it, you bought it.
At the risk of being denounced and castigated by The Horde, I also don't refer to free dogs as "rescue dogs".
Unless you pulled that bitch out of a crumbling building, you didn't "rescue" it.
...you went and got a free dog.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at July 13, 2016 11:44 PM (6gk0M)
Posted by: tmitsss at July 13, 2016 11:35 PM (tGfPA)
Decimated has two distinct meanings in modern English.
Posted by: Maetenloch at July 13, 2016 11:38 PM (pAlYe)
Yes I know but sometime decimated isn't strong enough and get off my lawn.
Posted by: tmitsss at July 13, 2016 11:44 PM (tGfPA)
pregnant is merely an observation of human beings as being a dimorphic
species. This reality, however, seems to upset some "butch" lesbians
who take on a more masculine role in a lesbian relationship. Such is
the study of an article in the Journal of Lesbian Studies entitled "The
Gender of Pregnancy: Masculine Lesbians Talk about Reproduction".
More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=12087
Posted by: The Political Hat at July 13, 2016 11:41 PM (vBeA5)<<<
Life... uh... finds a way.
Nah, I'm just shittin' with ya. Them... uh... bitches be crazy.
Posted by: Dr. Ian Malcolm at July 13, 2016 11:44 PM (H9MG5)
In all seriousness I'm biased toward the Mac though. It was the first PC format I became well-versed with, and I used them almost exclusively from 1988 to roughly 2002.
*Then* a former big boss of mine, who died a month later, actually went and bought me a Dell for home use (he wanted me to learn SQL so I could help automate his website). I never learned SQL and got myself terminated two years later, but kept the machine. I admit I've been a demure PC guy ever since, but what I really wish is that dual-platform machines were still available (like they were for a short time before Steve Jobs returned to Apple).
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 13, 2016 11:44 PM (q7T0y)
https://www.facebook.com/events/1823950824492963/
Posted by: omaniphil at July 13, 2016 11:45 PM (eOoiP)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 13, 2016 11:45 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Kalneva at July 13, 2016 11:42 PM (vhW1R) "
He became bogus cuz he didn't get some cool rules of his own.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at July 13, 2016 11:45 PM (kumBu)
But what if one of those dead cops was a white supremacist - is he
still a hero? And I don't mean a white supremacist in the sense that all
cops are enforcers of a classist white supremacist order, which they
are.
Heh. One of the downsides of bastardizing the language.
If all Whites are labeled supremacists, what word to use when you want
to talk about the actual supremacists?
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 13, 2016 11:28 PM (R+30W)
Supposedly, the Manhattan project used the codeword "copper" to refer to plutonium.....which, of course, made it difficult to requisition copper pipe, which was (and is) commonly used for plumbing. So that was renamed "honest-to-God copper".
Posted by: cthulhu at July 13, 2016 11:45 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2016 11:43 PM (bpZlE)
I know but I've had it. We've been killing ourselves for years and why? Because Democrats/Big Government made us hate ourselves, and who does BLM align with? The left, the ultimate big government folks who shockingly IMO don't like us non-white folks.
Posted by: thathalfrican - keeping people on their toes like they hate sittin' at July 13, 2016 11:45 PM (R5HRU)
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That fucker from Huffpo couldn't get hired at WKRP
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 13, 2016 11:45 PM (voOPb)
computer. I want to see what happens in Cleveland, and Philadelphia,
and maybe stick around to see who is going to be the next president,
maybe.
Posted by: Aerger Blandermont at July 13, 2016 11:41 PM (Jw9xt)
That reminds me, I'd probably better apply for a passport while you can still get 'em...
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at July 13, 2016 11:46 PM (J+mig)
So, its Day of Rage vs. Day of Concealed Carry?
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 13, 2016 11:46 PM (iQIUe)
Did that, checked the well, then parked the truck back in front of the shop and left the charger on it for a slow charge over a few hours. Just went out to turn it off and close everything up. The compressors were on, which was odd.
They turned off, and I head some hissing. Big hissing. The tank on one has sprung a leak underneath. Long story, but these compressors are old, and this one was from a neighbor. Only thing original on any of the two are the tanks.
The tank had already sprung a leak a few years ago and I welded it (I don't recommend this). Now, it's sprung a new little hole just a few inches beyond the welding.
He let that tank get rusty and water-y, and that's the problem. It's still good, just little holes get started from the old corrosion (and new condensation).
Now, my MIG, the ESAB, is the only thing I trust myself to weld a pressure thing with, and it needs fixing because my dear old Dad ran into with a tractor and broke off the main connector for the "hose".
So I've got to fix a welder to fix and air compressor, and fix a well some time in between. Well will take priority.
For the want of a nail, the shoe was lost. For want of a shoe, the horse was lost, and for want of a horse, the war was eventually lost.
I need to just quit. I need to find some hot babe, very wealthy too of course, who can keep me up. And has a bunch of hot, younger friends.
Anybody know where you can find that?
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at July 13, 2016 11:46 PM (DW+jj)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 13, 2016 11:47 PM (q7T0y)
Posted by: Adriane the Chronologically Challenged Critic ... at July 13, 2016 11:47 PM (AoK0a)
The Purdue student when summoned to the admin hrg shd have told the administrators to go fuck themselves.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 13, 2016 11:42 PM (iQIUe)
---------------------------
You wanted a dialog.
You settled for a monologue.
You'll get a FUCK YOU.
Posted by: iforgot at July 13, 2016 11:48 PM (5o5ek)
I still say Derb got a raw deal.
Posted by: Insomniac at July 13, 2016 11:35 PM (0mRoj)
++++
He was, but on the up side, I keep discovering new sites as he moves around. Taki, vdare, unz...
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 13, 2016 11:48 PM (R+30W)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at July 13, 2016 11:46 PM (DW+jj)
To quote Mike Hammer: "Make sure you have the right beaver."
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 13, 2016 11:49 PM (3ZoRf)
Leni Riefenstahl?
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at July 13, 2016 11:36 PM (VxHD9)
Olympia Part II
Posted by: Fox2! at July 13, 2016 11:49 PM (yu7zJ)
I think I understand your point of view and if was just a matter of talking to people it would be a good idea. However, if there were violence a number of people would be quite upset if you were hurt.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2016 11:49 PM (bpZlE)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 13, 2016 11:49 PM (T/cxb)
lol sorry, just reminded me of that, and I've been there before singin it to myself
Posted by: JarvisW at July 13, 2016 11:49 PM (R1ejq)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2016 11:50 PM (bpZlE)
I think my next computer is *definitely* going to be a Mac. Since I
finally firmly told my system "no I am NOT going to upgrade to Windows
10," my PC has been acting wiggier than Al Sharpton on PCP.
https://www.linuxmint.com/
Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 13, 2016 11:35 PM (T/cxb)
Seconded. It feels less different from Win7 than Win8 did.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 13, 2016 11:50 PM (EzgxV)
Obama's Syria Plan Teams Up American and Russian Forces
http://tinyurl.com/hbl5vdh
Did Obama or Kerry hire back Wesley Clark when nobody was looking?
Posted by: Thrawn at July 13, 2016 11:50 PM (wQWv4)
-----
Cop, not African-American
So he's the worst of the worst
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 13, 2016 11:50 PM (voOPb)
I'll calm down by the morning but right now? I'm incensed. So sick and tired of the left telling black folk how to feel, like we're some big monolithic staggering compilation of everyone who has black in them.
We're better than this.
Posted by: thathalfrican - keeping people on their toes like they hate sittin' at July 13, 2016 11:51 PM (R5HRU)
-Posted by: Maetenloch at July 13, 2016 11:40 PM (pAlYe)
There have been more allowances for colloquialisms lately and I simply disagree.
"Twelve items or less" is incorrect. We had this "fight" in the Seventies and lost.
The correct phraseology is "twelve items or fewer."
This is America, however. You are allowed your colloquialisms, Good Sir.
-As a tin-foil-hat side-note? I think Merriam and Webster colluded to put U and I closer together in the dictionary.
That was a joke. I am not gay.
...not that there's anything wrong with that.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at July 13, 2016 11:51 PM (6gk0M)
50th?
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at July 13, 2016 11:36 PM (rJUlF)
Gotten any interesting mail lately?
Posted by: cthulhu at July 13, 2016 11:51 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Darth Randall at July 13, 2016 11:52 PM (6n332)
Posted by: josephistan
I hope so.
Posted by: Puddleglum at July 13, 2016 11:52 PM (PwvGV)
Turns out his thoughts (though thankfully not the FOAD part) have been expanded into a book, written by J.D. Vance. It goes into detail about how supposedly, the problems in Appalachia closely resemble the ones in urban black barrios.
Anyway, I'm thinking of purchasing this and trying to read it.
"Hillbilly America: Do White Lives Matter?"
(And the book in question by J.D. Vance is titled, "Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir Of A Family And A Culture In Crisis.")
http://tinyurl.com/z4zduo8
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 13, 2016 11:52 PM (q7T0y)
Posted by: thathalfrican - keeping people on their toes like they hate sittin' at July 13, 2016 11:52 PM (R5HRU)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2016 11:52 PM (bpZlE)
Posted by: Jake at July 13, 2016 11:53 PM (ID9dH)
Posted by: Maetenloch
------------
I admonished a writer for the local Gannett rag for writing "Ten percent of the population has been decimated...".
I wrote her, "So, 1% destroyed, right?"
Never got a reply.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 13, 2016 11:53 PM (9mTYi)
Decimated has two distinct meanings in modern English.
Posted by: Maetenloch at July 13, 2016 11:38 PM (pAlYe)
One of them is wrong.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at July 13, 2016 11:39 PM (J+mig)
You are thinking "polyamorous" aren't you
Posted by: Kindtot at July 13, 2016 11:53 PM (ry34m)
Posted by: Peruvian Tourism Board at July 13, 2016 11:53 PM (yegdF)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 13, 2016 11:54 PM (q7T0y)
Like I said before, its kind of a dry well.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at July 13, 2016 11:54 PM (kumBu)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 13, 2016 11:54 PM (9mTYi)
47 That convoy was devastated not decimated. It's a beautiful thing to watch.
Posted by: tmitsss at July 13, 2016 11:35 PM (tGfPA)
Decimated has two distinct meanings in modern English.
Posted by: Maetenloch at July 13, 2016 11:38 PM (pAlYe)
Then, again, the audience here is more likely to be classically-minded.....
Posted by: cthulhu at July 13, 2016 11:54 PM (EzgxV)
Hey fellow co-worker. It's a piece of cake. If you don't care for it, shut your whore mouth, turn around and walk away
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 13, 2016 11:54 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: Kalneva at July 13, 2016 11:54 PM (vhW1R)
And you can always run Windows on a Mac if you need to run those apps you can only get on Windows.
Posted by: Kreplach at July 13, 2016 11:54 PM (Z/FKv)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 13, 2016 11:55 PM (9mTYi)
I heard some young babes yacking about something at a table a while back, and I realized I had no idea what the hell they were talking about. And now, I don't care to try to fake it.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at July 13, 2016 11:55 PM (DW+jj)
- Jumpin' Jack Flash
- A League Of Their Own
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 13, 2016 11:55 PM (q7T0y)
Posted by: Kindtot at July 13, 2016 11:53 PM
It'd certainly be Bigamy to date two women at the same time!
Posted by: Groucho Marx at July 13, 2016 11:55 PM (R1ejq)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 13, 2016 11:50 PM (EzgxV)
My next desktop is almost definitely going to be a Linux box. Laptop's just going to keep rejecting the Win10 upgrade until they leave me alone. It's getting long in the tooth, and I'll be replacing it with something new soon enough.
Both Apple and Microsoft are going the totalitarian route these days (Apple always has been), so Linux is basically the last option for anyone that doesn't want to share all of their information with some tech firm that's on the other side of the fence.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at July 13, 2016 11:55 PM (J+mig)
Because it seems to fit with with the comments of people like Thomas Sowell and other AA conservatives who say Democrats have done nothing for the African American community. and that the policies have harmed them.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2016 11:55 PM (bpZlE)
I think my next computer is *definitely* going to be a Mac. Since I
finally firmly told my system "no I am NOT going to upgrade to Windows
10," my PC has been acting wiggier than Al Sharpton on PCP.
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 13, 2016 11:34 PM (q7T0y)
As
one of the resident IT geeks: Friends don't let friends purchase Macs.
Step back from the ledge, take a deep breath. It'll be alright. If you
want to learn a new OS, learn Linux.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at July 13, 2016 11:38 PM (J+mig)
When the wall around Apple's walled-garden falls, it is going to be unimaginably gruesome.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 13, 2016 11:55 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 13, 2016 11:55 PM (q7T0y)
Like I said before, its kind of a dry well.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at July 13, 2016 11:54 PM (kumBu)
I have trouble describing "Lost in Translation" as my favorite anything (aside from Scarlett Johansen's rear), let alone favorite movie.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 13, 2016 11:56 PM (3ZoRf)
Posted by: Thrawn at July 13, 2016 11:56 PM (wQWv4)
-Posted by: Maetenloch at July 13, 2016 11:40 PM (pAlYe)
There have been more allowances for colloquialisms lately and I simply disagree.
"Twelve items or less" is incorrect. We had this "fight" in the Seventies and lost.
The correct phraseology is "twelve items or fewer."
This is America, however. You are allowed your colloquialisms, Good Sir.
-As a tin-foil-hat side-note? I think Merriam and Webster colluded to put U and I closer together in the dictionary.
That was a joke. I am not gay.
...not that there's anything wrong with that.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at July 13, 2016 11:51 PM (6gk0M)
++++
I will never give up on the literal meaning of the word "literal". It can NOT be used interchangeably with "figuratively"!
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 13, 2016 11:56 PM (R+30W)
-------
You can do porn anywhere qdp
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 13, 2016 11:56 PM (voOPb)
-Posted by: Kalneva at July 13, 2016 11:54 PM (vhW1R)
That is merely a suggestion, not a rule.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at July 13, 2016 11:57 PM (6gk0M)
Posted by: thathalfrican - keeping people on their toes like they hate sittin' at July 13, 2016 11:57 PM (R5HRU)
BTW, it has a tiny bit that was actually shot in my hometown of Lakewood (the very short T1000 scene).
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 13, 2016 11:57 PM (q7T0y)
we would have to increase our hobo procurement but who does not enjoy the hobo hunt?
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 13, 2016 11:57 PM (AoSQU)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 13, 2016 11:56 PM (3ZoRf) "
I thought Virgin Suicides was alright. Clearly the work of an amateur, but it had its charms.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at July 13, 2016 11:57 PM (kumBu)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 13, 2016 11:58 PM (q7T0y)
Or day of articulation.
I can think of a lot of days I would prioritize.
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at July 13, 2016 11:58 PM (LWu6U)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2016 11:50 PM (bpZlE)
==========
I read the book - written by a woman, the one who didnt become a nun. She ended up in NYC and became a big advertising executive.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 13, 2016 11:58 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: IC at July 13, 2016 11:59 PM (KTFfX)
is the raciss or provocative or what ever to state the following
sure there is white privilege, but that is because white western culture is a superior culture to all the rest.
granted the sjw's will flip out but what about normal people?
did I just turn guns, Germs, and Steel upside down?
???
Posted by: Jake at July 13, 2016 11:59 PM (ID9dH)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 13, 2016 11:56 PM (R+30W)
not interchangeable with "virtual" either.
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 13, 2016 11:59 PM (AoSQU)
You can now get a Mac Mini in configurations going from $500 all the way up to the stratosphere...
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 13, 2016 11:59 PM (q7T0y)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 13, 2016 11:51 PM (EzgxV)
Yes. Yes, I have indeed.
How are things in R'yleh?
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at July 13, 2016 11:59 PM (rJUlF)
Posted by: josephistan at July 14, 2016 12:00 AM (7qAYi)
Looks like a decent amount of female directors with one hit (Real Genius, Wayne's World), but not many Spielbergs, people who just churn out box office gold every year.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at July 14, 2016 12:00 AM (kumBu)
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at July 13, 2016 11:57 PM (kumBu)
The thing about Lost in Translation is it seemed like a writer and director who were in love with themselves. Their goal was to amuse themselves, not the audience. That goes beyond amateurish to me.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 14, 2016 12:00 AM (3ZoRf)
There's still little things. She's sort of forgetful. She'll forget about her eye drops and meds, but that seems to be getting better. I think it's still the aftereffects of that damned shock-doc special they did to her.
She's also got a little Depends problem, and would shoot me if she knew I was talking. It's sort of urgency incontinence from how she describes it. It just hits her to pee hard, and she can't stop it.
She's got an appointment with one of the damned docs next week, and maybe they'll do something. Or maybe not.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at July 14, 2016 12:00 AM (DW+jj)
Pixy seems to do okay with his steam-powered calculation engine, after all. Right?
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at July 14, 2016 12:00 AM (v5iqM)
I looked a bit like Wayne and he looked A LOT like Garth at the time. (We actually won 2nd place at a costume contest for just showing up!)
She sat between us and was looking at us both more than the movie!
Posted by: JarvisW at July 14, 2016 12:00 AM (R1ejq)
That's interesting. I knew there was a book-obviously- but i had never read it. I like the fact that in the 60's you were still allowed to say something positive about the RCC, Also, all the performances were great and Rosalind Russel was one of my favorite actresses.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2016 12:01 AM (bpZlE)
I'm in my 40's, almost 44 and I don't understand the young graduates we
hire at the engineering consulting firm I work at. They speak of finding
themselves and finding the optimal working environment for their
soul..I mean these are engineers for heavens sake.
Posted by: IC at July 13, 2016 11:59 PM (KTFfX)
Oy. My advice, fire them! I'm down with the concept of work/life balance. We work to live, not the other way around. But seriously, what do these people expect? It's a job. You do it for money. If you're looking for something that's good for your soul, pick a religion and become a priest.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at July 14, 2016 12:01 AM (J+mig)
I don't pick books based on the gender of the author. I pick books based on whether I think they will be entertaining or interesting or just "a good read."
I think that people who are concerned with the gender of the author are intellectually shallow and silly.
P. S. I'm currently reading Agatha Christie. That family must be worth boatloads of money. Same for the family of P.G. Wodehouse.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 14, 2016 12:01 AM (+lVUW)
Katherine Bigelow (who interestingly enough, is ex-Mrs. James Cameron) seems in the eyes of many, to be becoming the first kinda-sorta female Spielberg. She's got The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty already under her belt.
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 14, 2016 12:01 AM (q7T0y)
I looked a bit like Wayne and he looked A LOT like Garth at the time. (We actually won 2nd place at a costume contest for just showing up!)
She sat between us and was looking at us both more than the movie!
Posted by: JarvisW at July 14, 2016 12:00 AM (R1ejq)
yeah, that is not a date, that is a bad date.
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 14, 2016 12:02 AM (AoSQU)
-Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 13, 2016 11:56 PM (R+30W)
You and Weird Al Yankovic would get along, very well...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gv0H-vPoDc
Word Crimes
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at July 14, 2016 12:02 AM (6gk0M)
Posted by: Deety at July 14, 2016 12:02 AM (xPWMR)
Anybody know where you can find that?
Come visit, my good friend! Bring American dollars!
Posted by: Peruvian Tourism Board at July 13, 2016 11:53 PM (yegdF)
You get eaten last!!!
Posted by: R'lyeh Tourism Board at July 14, 2016 12:02 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 14, 2016 12:03 AM (voOPb)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2016 12:03 AM (bpZlE)
Well they f'ing did. Ugh this just makes my head explode.
Posted by: Lauren at July 14, 2016 12:03 AM (IHj/L)
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 14, 2016 12:03 AM (AoSQU)
Posted by: Northernlurker at July 14, 2016 12:03 AM (s7hQ/)
Posted by: Jake at July 14, 2016 12:04 AM (ID9dH)
I hope they have vacation time saved so they can get out of work and not lose a day's pay.
**dies laughing**
Posted by: a zombie Moron at July 14, 2016 12:04 AM (H9MG5)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 14, 2016 12:04 AM (q7T0y)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 13, 2016 11:31 PM (T/cxb)
You and William Keith Kellogg.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 14, 2016 12:04 AM (+lVUW)
"I'm the 2012 winner of the Society of Professional Journalists Region Nine Mark of Excellence award for general column writing at a large university."
www.huffingtonpost.com/jesse-benn
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 13, 2016 11:34 PM (kdS6q)
Do you think he would let me touch the hem of his garment? Such prestige!
Posted by: Splunge at July 14, 2016 12:04 AM (iMxBJ)
Well they f'ing did. Ugh this just makes my head explode.
Posted by: Lauren at July 14, 2016 12:03 AM (IHj/L)
he is worrying about things above his pay grade.
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 14, 2016 12:04 AM (AoSQU)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 13, 2016 11:28 PM (R+30W)
Megasupremacists ... ultrasupremacists ... super-supremacists ...
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 14, 2016 12:05 AM (zc3Db)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at July 14, 2016 12:05 AM (DW+jj)
I'm in my 40's, almost 44 and I don't understand the young graduates we
hire at the engineering consulting firm I work at. They speak of finding
themselves and finding the optimal working environment for their
soul..I mean these are engineers for heavens sake.
Posted by: IC at July 13, 2016 11:59 PM (KTFfX)
Interesting. I thought engineers and gingers didn't have souls.
Posted by: Northernlurker at July 14, 2016 12:05 AM (s7hQ/)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 13, 2016 11:56 PM (R+30W)<<<
I was literally just thinking about this. Seriously. I'm not joking.
Posted by: Joke Biden at July 14, 2016 12:06 AM (H9MG5)
I think there was one family who already did this, *to Obama.* Forget who they were though...
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 14, 2016 12:06 AM (q7T0y)
I'm wondering, could family tell a president he's not welcome at a funeral? Just curious.
Posted by: Northernlurker at July 14, 2016 12:03 AM (s7hQ/)
I would. If the JEF wanted to show up at any funerals for anyone I knew, the response letter would begin and end with "Eat a dick."
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at July 14, 2016 12:06 AM (J+mig)
Posted by: Northernlurker at July 14, 2016 12:05 AM (s7hQ/)
........
no dude that is accountants
Posted by: Jake at July 14, 2016 12:06 AM (ID9dH)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 14, 2016 12:07 AM (iQIUe)
-Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at July 14, 2016 12:05 AM (DW+jj)
Harry Reid Kellogg
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at July 14, 2016 12:07 AM (6gk0M)
I've been contemplating a bit on the immense and sudden popularity of Pokemon Go. In spite of the bobbles, like the current Drudge report of someone driving into a tree, the person lured to a robbery etc., it is getting people outside and moving. And that is a good thing.
But why the popularity? Obvious stuff is the familiarity of the characters, the large anime-like fandom in general, and the fact that most people can't go 10 minutes without consulting their smartphones these days. To my large annoyance.
But then there is this -- Picture your cat, engaging in mock hunts. Yeah, their food bowl is full and right over there, but the instinct to hunt prey hasn't been lost yet.
And it's mostly bloodless. Thus, Pokeman Go.
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 14, 2016 12:07 AM (gyKtp)
Posted by: Kalneva at July 14, 2016 12:07 AM (vhW1R)
Posted by: Northernlurker at July 14, 2016 12:05 AM (s7hQ/)
........
no dude that is accountants
Posted by: Jake at July 14, 2016 12:06 AM (ID9dH)
no, no, they do not have personalities
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 14, 2016 12:07 AM (AoSQU)
http://tinyurl.com/h3k72ek
Lucia & her husband are both filmmakers and two of the finest people on the planet...and they are Morons of the highest standing.
Posted by: RondinellaMamma at July 14, 2016 12:07 AM (oQQwD)
Gotten any interesting mail lately?
Posted by: cthulhu at July 13, 2016 11:51 PM (EzgxV)
Yes. Yes, I have indeed.
How are things in R'yleh?
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at July 13, 2016 11:59 PM (rJUlF)
Doin' ok. Shuckin' and jivin'. Visitors going insane....how 'bout with you? Did you get your electric bill paid?
Posted by: R'lyeh Tourism Board at July 14, 2016 12:07 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 14, 2016 12:07 AM (iQIUe)
There is no such thing. Literally.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 14, 2016 12:07 AM (zc3Db)
Thanks for the update. It sounds like it was difficult road. Glad she's doing better and hope they can take care of some other things. Areyou the main/only caregiver?. That is often very stressful
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2016 12:07 AM (bpZlE)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 14, 2016 12:08 AM (EzgxV)
The Guardian frets over cake in the workplace
And you know what the Left always calls for when it doesn't approve of something.
================
Cake control
Posted by: Miley's Tongue Depressor at July 14, 2016 12:08 AM (4p3Tz)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 14, 2016 12:08 AM (q7T0y)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at July 14, 2016 12:07 AM (6gk0M)
literally where the term "feedback loop" originated when they had someone connect the tubing incorrectly.
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 14, 2016 12:09 AM (AoSQU)
In Detroit, it's taking place about five blocks from Comerica Park. There is a Tigers game that night at that time.
Will this be problematic?
And how many other baseball games are happening near these protests?
Posted by: shibumi who lives in a nation without laws at July 14, 2016 12:09 AM (tvyXw)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 14, 2016 12:09 AM (T/cxb)
So...now I'm sure PETA will be there any second.
Posted by: Lauren at July 14, 2016 12:09 AM (IHj/L)
Good for you. You could suggest to them that since they're so bothered by the quality of police work, they could go to police academies and become cops themselves. You know, instead of a lot of empty slogans and rioting, actually do something about the problem.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 14, 2016 12:10 AM (+lVUW)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 14, 2016 12:07 AM (zc3Db)
Underworld was not... horrible. Entertaining at least. A bad movie, but a fun one.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 14, 2016 12:10 AM (3ZoRf)
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 14, 2016 12:07 AM (gyKtp)
I've been expecting some sort of breakout overlaying-on-reality app ever since I read Charles Stross' Halting State. It's just darned compelling, to overlay something else over the reality you see every day. Pokemon Go is only the first.
Posted by: Splunge at July 14, 2016 12:10 AM (iMxBJ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2016 12:10 AM (bpZlE)
Wait, that doesn't seem right somehow."
-Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 14, 2016 12:09 AM (T/cxb)
Think about that the next time you buy Frosted Flakes.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at July 14, 2016 12:11 AM (6gk0M)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 14, 2016 12:01 AM (q7T0y) "
She's definitely the biggest ticket female director today. And hey, since Cameron lost his talent sometime in the 90's, she's actually better than him.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at July 14, 2016 12:11 AM (kumBu)
I was looking at shovels in the nursery. A worker came up to ask me if he could be of assistance.
I said "yes, which of these do you think would render another person unconscious in the shortest period of time??"
:-P
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 14, 2016 12:11 AM (q7T0y)
since they're so bothered by the quality of police work, they could go
to police academies and become cops themselves. You know, instead of a
lot of empty slogans and rioting, actually do something about the
problem.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 14, 2016 12:10 AM (+lVUW)
They're anarchists. They don't want to be the police, they want a world with no police.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at July 14, 2016 12:12 AM (J+mig)
Thanks, I addressed this with FenelonSpoke - but it's time to start protesting in fucking Chicago.
But your idea is good as well, but we all fucking know the majority of them have never had that thought cross their minds.
Posted by: thathalfrican - keeping people on their toes like they hate sittin' at July 14, 2016 12:12 AM (R5HRU)
Posted by: Splunge at July 14, 2016 12:12 AM (iMxBJ)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 14, 2016 12:12 AM (T/cxb)
In one of the previous threads I tried to post a link to a WSJ article that explained the Pokemon Go thing, but pixey ate it.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/zyarohz
There are some risks involved. And if you have a data limit, you will have to raise it.
And some privacy issues.
Posted by: Aerger Blandermont at July 14, 2016 12:13 AM (Jw9xt)
I was looking at shovels in the nursery. A worker came up to ask me if he could be of assistance.
I said "yes, which of these do you think would render another person unconscious in the shortest period of time??"
:-P
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 14, 2016 12:11 AM (q7T0y)
A baseball bat might be more wieldy. Less multipurpose, though.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 14, 2016 12:13 AM (3ZoRf)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 14, 2016 12:13 AM (oFSUK)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 14, 2016 12:10 AM (3ZoRf)
Yes. A very guilty pleasure. But that wasn't really a vampire movie. It was just a Kate Beckinsale movie.
How they turned that little girl into an "action hero" is something really beyond me. One movie .. okay, just for shits and giggles, because we all know how incredibly stupid it is, but to have her play some hard ass over and over ... it's just offensive.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 14, 2016 12:13 AM (zc3Db)
A lot of people don't know that Tony the Tiger started off as Barry the Buttplug. :-P
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 14, 2016 12:14 AM (q7T0y)
They're anarchists. They don't want to be the police, they want a world with no police.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at July 14, 2016 12:12 AM (J+mig)
No, they just think they want a world with no police.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 14, 2016 12:14 AM (3ZoRf)
...By "silly", I mean eight beers into a twelve-pack and I'm making things up for my own enjoyment.
Oh No...
I'm a Democrat!
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at July 14, 2016 12:14 AM (6gk0M)
He was also against masturbation. Big time. In his mind, this was a worse plague on humanity that all the disease and war. He recommend circumcising young boys without anesthetic if they were chronic masturbaters. That pain and soreness for weeks later would get them off it, he advised.
And if that didn't work, he developed some procedure, with stitches applied in some painful manner to prevent erections.
For the girls, apply phenol to the clitoris, and other irritants to the vulva. If that didn't work, you guessed it, clitorectomy. Just like the Muzzies.
He was vegetarian, and he and his brother got in some long running feud over the rights to the cereal.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at July 14, 2016 12:14 AM (DW+jj)
Posted by: la scoville at July 14, 2016 12:14 AM (0adl+)
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 14, 2016 12:01 AM (+lVUW) "
Christie sold more books than anyone but Shakespeare and The Bible. So I'd assume the Christie estate is beyond loaded. Same with Barbara Cartland, who no one has heard of in the US but was a national treasure in the UK and one of the most prolific writers ever.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at July 14, 2016 12:14 AM (kumBu)
Interesting. I thought engineers and gingers didn't have souls.
Posted by: Northernlurker at July 14, 2016 12:05 AM (s7hQ/)
........
no dude that is accountants
Posted by: Jake at July 14, 2016 12:06 AM (ID9dH)
no, no, they do not have personalities
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 14, 2016 12:07 AM (AoSQU)
It is a total falsehood to say that accountants have no personalities. Indeed, many of them are constantly joking around....although you need a firm understanding of GAAP to "get" the jokes....
Posted by: cthulhu at July 14, 2016 12:14 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 14, 2016 12:14 AM (q7T0y)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2016 11:50 PM
---------------------------
I did not know Ida Lupino directed that!
It is one of my favorites as well, although sometimes it makes me cry. Not out of sadness, but out of a certain wistfulness.
My little sister is a Benedictine nun --- and has always been quite a character.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at July 14, 2016 12:14 AM (T/5A0)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 14, 2016 12:07 AM (iQIUe)
There is no such thing. Literally.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 14, 2016 12:07 AM (zc3Db)<<<
Speaking of horrible vampire movies... was just listening to Dana Loesch's show, and she said that mediocre looking mannequin, Kristen Stewart, is being considered as the next James Bond (because they so badly want to fuck thing up and make him a her).
Can you imagine the disaster of that chick as Bond. I can. It would literally spell the end of the world.
Posted by: shaken, not Stewart at July 14, 2016 12:14 AM (H9MG5)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 14, 2016 12:13 AM (oFSUK)
Once. Really smart guy. Definitely "on the spectrum."
Posted by: Splunge at July 14, 2016 12:15 AM (iMxBJ)
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at July 14, 2016 12:00 AM (v5iqM)
----
I thought Pixy used a hamster-powered abacus. We're more advanced than I thought around here.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at July 14, 2016 12:15 AM (rJUlF)
Looks like... *shakes magic 8-Ball*
PROBABLY NOT
It's ALL ABOUT the Preezy.
Fuck, YOUR dead ones!
Mourn, AFTER we push through an agenda item!
And then, who gives a shit!!!
CELEBRATE!!!
Posted by: Deety at July 14, 2016 12:15 AM (xPWMR)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 14, 2016 12:13 AM (zc3Db)
Yeah. I really liked her in the film and watched a whole lot of very bad movies as a result.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 14, 2016 12:15 AM (3ZoRf)
I wrote my dear liberal friend who was planning to do into Philadelphia that day and whose son lives in Detroit. She did not give me grief about BLM. She was glad I wrote so not every white liberal who voted for Obama is one board with BLM.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2016 12:15 AM (bpZlE)
All of these protests are happenig in Donk cities ostensibly in the main urban centers under Donk and progressive control.
If your a cop it's going to suck balls having to contend with these racist fascists but it seems to me it's going to be one large own goal in these Donk cities.
Posted by: Kreplach at July 14, 2016 12:16 AM (Z/FKv)
Posted by: R'lyeh Tourism Board at July 14, 2016 12:07 AM (EzgxV)
---
Yes, I did. No lights out for me. I put the surplus into my emergency fund, which has been sitting in the single digits for a bit.
Thanks again, everyone.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at July 14, 2016 12:16 AM (rJUlF)
WTF, are there no gunners anymore?
Posted by: Jake at July 14, 2016 12:17 AM (ID9dH)
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If you don't mind all the relatives getting audited, sure.
Of course for a public ceremony like this week, perhaps, everyone could call in sick an hour beforehand...
Posted by: Methos, AoSHQ commenter since 2006, now apparently nonvoting democrat at July 14, 2016 12:17 AM (3Liv/)
"If only we had been allowed to bring onboard our AR-15!!" :-P
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 14, 2016 12:17 AM (q7T0y)
-Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at July 14, 2016 12:14 AM (DW+jj)
At least they didn't play soccer.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at July 14, 2016 12:17 AM (6gk0M)
I'm wondering how low we have sunk, that that is a legitimate question.
Posted by: Deety at July 14, 2016 12:17 AM (xPWMR)
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at July 14, 2016 12:12 AM (J+mig)
No, they just think they want a world with no police.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 14, 2016 12:14 AM
I'm thinking they want to be the police, under their rules, gangland rules, Brave New World rules.
Posted by: Aerger Blandermont at July 14, 2016 12:18 AM (Jw9xt)
Posted by: phoenixgirl you must fight for independence EVERYDAY at July 13, 2016 11:36 PM (0O7c5)
Apparently President Prissy Pants has never gone to a garage sale. They usually have a lot more used books than Glocks. But maybe that's just Michigan.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 14, 2016 12:18 AM (+lVUW)
Can you imagine the disaster of that chick as Bond. I can. It would literally spell the end of the world.
Posted by: shaken, not Stewart at July 14, 2016 12:14 AM (H9MG5)
The only part Kristen Stewart should play in a James Bond movie is as the board 007 uses to defeat either the mid-tier baddie or the Big Bad.
She wouldn't even cut it as a throw-away Bond girl.
Posted by: Thrawn at July 14, 2016 12:18 AM (wQWv4)
Posted by: Kreplach at July 14, 2016 12:16 AM (Z/FKv)
I fear more for the cops and innocent bystanders than anything relating to property damage.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 14, 2016 12:18 AM (3ZoRf)
no dude that is accountants
Posted by: Jake
---------------
Souless?
You ever met an actuary?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 14, 2016 12:13 AM (oFSUK)
My weekly shootin' buddy over the last six months had actually been training to be an actuary when Apple roped him in to a contract position involving data-mining. (There's an NDA, and it started out as a security tool but morphed into an enhancer for customer experiences on its way to being a floor wax and dessert topping.....)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 14, 2016 12:19 AM (EzgxV)
I really admire the Benedictine nuns.
The parts where Hayley Mills gets a new view of the life of faith and new respect for Mother Superior are very touching. My husband says whenever we watch it -and it's one of those films we've watched often-"You know that's really a great film. It has humor; It had pathos; it has some deep themes."
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2016 12:19 AM (bpZlE)
I got a buddy that's an actual anarchist. They have to call themselves anarcho-capitalists or something like that. I tell him just to have the real anarchists go out and beat the socialist "anarchists" until they stop appropriating the term.
Posted by: Grad School Fool at July 14, 2016 12:19 AM (swEzU)
"If only we had been allowed to bring onboard our AR-15!!" :-P
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 14, 2016 12:17 AM (q7T0y)
well, that would be a violation of the geneva convention, the salt and start treaties.
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 14, 2016 12:19 AM (AoSQU)
Katherine Bigelow (who interestingly enough, is ex-Mrs. James Cameron) seems in the eyes of many, to be becoming the first kinda-sorta female Spielberg. She's got The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty already under her belt.
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 14, 2016 12:01 AM (q7T0y)
She's supposed to be working on a movie about the Bowe Bergdahl fiasco.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at July 14, 2016 12:19 AM (1JnAL)
Posted by: Thrawn at July 14, 2016 12:19 AM (wQWv4)
Megasupremacists ... ultrasupremacists ... super-supremacists ...
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair
Pizzas?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 14, 2016 12:20 AM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Splunge at July 14, 2016 12:10 AM (iMxBJ) "
Yup. I like doing escape the room games. Imagine one of those, multi-tiered, but with an augmented reality overlay of a Zelda dungeon. Nerds will flock to it.
Or an outdoor arena, a scrapyard, with an AR overlay of some FPS cliche. WW2 or zombies or w/e, and you frag them with a laser tag-esque gun or something. This AR stuff is going to ge big ticket for a while.
But that's the hardcore experiences. There will be a lot more casual ones like Pokemon Go. Attach the right IP to it, and you've got another goldmine.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at July 14, 2016 12:20 AM (kumBu)
Posted by: Lauren at July 14, 2016 12:20 AM (IHj/L)
sex
having children
fapping
drinking
who the fuq would sign up for that?
how would you sell that?
Posted by: Jake at July 14, 2016 12:20 AM (ID9dH)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 14, 2016 12:20 AM (3ZoRf)
http://tinyurl.com/nn2vcsj
IMDb
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 14, 2016 12:20 AM (R+30W)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 14, 2016 12:10 AM (3ZoRf)<<<
Underworld was awesome, for what it is. Kate Beckinsale running around skintight leather, as vampires and werewolves battle each other.
Blade (the first one) was was really good... until the weak ass temple of the blood god finale. That was such a hack ending, it seemed like they whipped up in 5 minutes.
Posted by: shaken, not Stewart at July 14, 2016 12:20 AM (H9MG5)
Just got back from a mad whirl around Capital City with my friends, and yes, I have a delicious buzz on.
Everybody, and I mean everybody, was playing Pokemon Go. In the city, in the subway, and on Main Street in my twee little historic town. Almost midnight and the pavement was packed with nerds chasing imaginary critters. A very different crowd from the jocks horking up Heavy Seas into the gutters.
I almost hit a Poke-Moron who walked right into the intersection. Didn't even realize how close he came to game over, man, game over.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at July 14, 2016 12:20 AM (jR7Wy)
-Posted by: nerdygirl at July 14, 2016 12:18 AM (+lVUW)
What a hive of scum and villainy, that state up North.
Posted by: Woody Hayes at July 14, 2016 12:20 AM (6gk0M)
Posted by: Dr Knuckles at July 14, 2016 12:21 AM (08Znv)
Have read it's... oh who am I kidding, it's a train wreck.
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 14, 2016 12:21 AM (q7T0y)
Posted by: Jake at July 14, 2016 12:21 AM (ID9dH)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 13, 2016 11:55 PM (EzgxV)
Is this a virtual wall breach or a literal one?
The latter is going to come from a few errant nukes in the wake of the 9-Dash-Line War.
Posted by: Thrawn at July 14, 2016 12:21 AM (wQWv4)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 14, 2016 12:21 AM (3ZoRf)
"I'm wondering, could family tell a president he's not welcome at a funeral?"
"You know Secret Service, that we would be honored to have the President at X's funeral. However... I do have a few relatives from down south who are what's you call loose cannons. I don't think they would make a scene, but you know how old people are, and I would hate to have our President in a situation where someone confronted him and it reflected him in a negative light."
Posted by: shibumi who lives in a nation without laws at July 14, 2016 12:21 AM (tvyXw)
With a little practice your aim will get better.
Gotta squish 'em all!
Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 14, 2016 12:22 AM (T/cxb)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2016 12:22 AM (bpZlE)
"No worries, we'll just shoot 'em!!"
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 14, 2016 12:22 AM (q7T0y)
*rimshot*
Yeah, we're pretty funny like that.
Though I'm sure if you applied some Clintonian "humor", you could make a worthy punchline.
Posted by: Kalneva at July 14, 2016 12:22 AM (vhW1R)
I hear ya. My whole office has caught the bug. It's all anyone's been talking about for the past 2 days when I come in to work.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at July 14, 2016 12:23 AM (J+mig)
Posted by: Grimaldi at July 14, 2016 12:23 AM (TVEB6)
If BLM is going to act up in Atlanta around 7:00pm, well, I need to have an excuse to go home early Friday. *Way* early.
Posted by: Thrawn at July 14, 2016 12:19 AM (wQWv4)
You're no longer in LA?
Posted by: cthulhu at July 14, 2016 12:23 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Splunge at July 14, 2016 12:10 AM (iMxBJ)
Haven't read that one, but both William Gibson and Neal Stephenson have used overlay-on-reality in story lines too. And before Go, there was geospatial poker runs.
So, overlay plus hunt.
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 14, 2016 12:23 AM (gyKtp)
Posted by: shaken, not Stewart at July 14, 2016 12:20 AM (H9MG5)
That was mostly due to Stephen Dorff playing the role of Frost. Has that guy *ever* had a good performance?
And IIRC, the original ending to Blade was Frost turning into a 2-story blood tornado, which Blade defeats by throwing his EDTA aka Blue Kool-Aid syringes into it.
So *it* could have been worse.
Posted by: Thrawn at July 14, 2016 12:24 AM (wQWv4)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 14, 2016 12:07 AM (zc3Db)
----
Sir, have you never seen Blackula?!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at July 14, 2016 12:24 AM (jR7Wy)
He crap about diet, you know corn flakes and "bland diet" was because he believed that reduced sexual desire.
He ran this Kellogg Sanitarium, where the main attraction was mass enemas. He invented some damned enema machine capable of filling the colon with water fast. And yogurt. Eat half the dose, put the other half up your ass.
He had a whole cult of lunatics at this "ranch", all getting mass yogurt enemas.
That C.S. Lewis quote about those who torment us for our good? That was Kellogg, and the progressives.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at July 14, 2016 12:24 AM (DW+jj)
In Detroit, it's taking place about five blocks from Comerica Park. There is a Tigers game that night at that time.
Will this be problematic?
And how many other baseball games are happening near these protests?
Posted by: shibumi who lives in a nation without laws at July 14, 2016 12:09 AM (tvyXw)
Please oh please let it be free bat night at the park.
Posted by: Hanoverfist at July 14, 2016 12:24 AM (Niu5G)
Hillary tries to tell a joke on the trail...
"Hey what's the difference between the chicken who crossed the road, and the vast right-wing conspiracy?? The chicken's actually going somewhere!! Haw haw!!!"
:-P
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 14, 2016 12:24 AM (q7T0y)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 14, 2016 12:20 AM (3ZoRf)"EON produces them all, right? That's why "Never Say Never Again" isn't official.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at July 14, 2016 12:24 AM (kumBu)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2016 12:22 AM (bpZlE)
From what I understand, it is essentially a GPS game played on the phone that also uses your camera. You go to a spot that has one of the critters. You can see it with the camera on the phone. You capture it, and then do whatever it is Pokemon is about.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 14, 2016 12:24 AM (3ZoRf)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at July 14, 2016 12:25 AM (rJUlF)
how 'bout with you? Did you get your electric bill paid?
Posted by: R'lyeh Tourism Board at July 14, 2016 12:07 AM (EzgxV)
---
Yes, I did. No lights out for me. I put the surplus into my
emergency fund, which has been sitting in the single digits for a bit.
Thanks again, everyone.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at July 14, 2016 12:16 AM (rJUlF)
Good to hear.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 14, 2016 12:25 AM (EzgxV)
///
If they didn't drop the coffins and cover them with dirt. You can still have a real funeral for the family after the press and Barky leave. probably what happened but I don't know. Still would suck to have to show up and be pissed on prior to doing it right.
Posted by: Willy J. at July 14, 2016 12:25 AM (mRvs9)
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at July 14, 2016 12:25 AM (kumBu)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 14, 2016 12:14 AM (q7T0y)
It's not a Swiss Army knife.
Posted by: Kindtot at July 14, 2016 12:25 AM (ry34m)
...you went and got a free dog.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at July 13, 2016 11:44 PM (6gk0M)
Free? Whats about this "free" thing you speak of?
First pound puppy was 9 years old and full of lumps.
We gave her 2 good years and 1500.00 in medical expenses before saying goodbye. Plus 90 bucks to adopt her.
Second pound puppy was 3 years old, labelled vicious, and had bad teeth and seizures for 7 years before he succumbed. Oh and 150 to the pound for adoption.
Third pound puppy actually was a puppy, is adorable as hell even at 6 years now, and was only 300 to adopt. We consider him our reward.
So, where's the free in that?
Otherwise I agree. Everyone has a "rescue" dog, it's just another virtue signalling device.
Oh, I almost forgot the cat, our only real rescue...He came staggering out of the corn, falling over every 10 feet, and climbed my leg to begin purring at me.
Emaciated yet friendly, we couldn't just leave him there.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at July 14, 2016 12:25 AM (kKHcp)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at July 14, 2016 12:25 AM (jR7Wy)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 14, 2016 12:23 AM (EzgxV)
Nope, moved to GA about 2.5 months ago. Area's nice.
Posted by: Thrawn at July 14, 2016 12:25 AM (wQWv4)
You know, I have Friday afternoon off, and Des Moines has a rally listed
(although I'm sure it will be tiny and mostly white). I drove by the
capital with my kids so we could point and laugh at the occupy
protestors several years ago, so I might do it again this year. I'll
bring a camera and sufficient arms to stay safe.
---
A Black Lives Matter protest with mostly whites?
"Look kids, those are liberals. That's what happens when you do too many illegal drugs, and drink too much alcohol. You believe stupid things, do really stupid things, and spend your whole life being supported by the government."
Posted by: shibumi who lives in a nation without laws at July 14, 2016 12:25 AM (tvyXw)
A lot of people don't know that Tony the Tiger started off as Barry the Buttplug. :-P
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 14, 2016 12:14 AM (q7T0y)
++++
This too is the story of Obama.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 14, 2016 12:25 AM (R+30W)
No; I don't know that. the only nun movies I know beside TTWA are "The Nun's Story". "In This House of Brede (Well, that was a made for TV movie with Diana Rigg; It was good. The book is better) and "Black Narcissus" where Deborah Kerr as a nun goes crazy
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2016 12:25 AM (bpZlE)
Posted by: Hanoverfist at July 14, 2016 12:24 AM (Niu5G)
That would be an interesting trick for the park owners to play.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 14, 2016 12:26 AM (3ZoRf)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at July 14, 2016 12:24 AM (jR7Wy)
is that the one with the scientist who gets unstuck and shifts into different peoples bodies to keep the timeline straight.
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 14, 2016 12:26 AM (AoSQU)
What was wrong with me? Didn't I know that times had TOTALLY changed? Jethro Tull's dead! It's over!
...And Tull went for another 40 years, while The Clash did what? One album?
What a joke.
Posted by: RKae at July 14, 2016 12:26 AM (CDMqz)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 14, 2016 12:26 AM (q7T0y)
Posted by: thathalfrican - keeping people on their toes like they hate sittin' at July 14, 2016 12:26 AM (R5HRU)
turning into a 2-story blood tornado, which Blade defeats by throwing
his EDTA aka Blue Kool-Aid syringes into it.
So *it* could have been worse.
Posted by: Thrawn at July 14, 2016 12:24 AM (wQWv4)<<<
**shudders at the thought**
Posted by: shaken, not Stewart at July 14, 2016 12:27 AM (H9MG5)
-Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at July 14, 2016 12:24 AM (DW+jj)
Think about that with your next box of Corn Flakes.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at July 14, 2016 12:27 AM (6gk0M)
I know more about Pokemon than a man my age should. Blame my kids.
Anyway, after the Pokemon are captured, you "train" them -- make them tougher and stronger -- and then compete against the Pokemon owned by other players.
Essentially, it's digital cockfighting.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at July 14, 2016 12:27 AM (rJUlF)
"We're an anarcho-syndicalist collective".
-- Dennis from Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 14, 2016 12:27 AM (1xUj/)
That was Quantum Leap, (I believe)
Posted by: Aerger Blandermont at July 14, 2016 12:27 AM (Jw9xt)
"Night Mother," with Sissy Spacek and Anne Bancroft. Ugh, ugh, ugh...
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 14, 2016 12:27 AM (q7T0y)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at July 14, 2016 12:27 AM (6gk0M)
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 14, 2016 12:27 AM (AoSQU)
here is an accountant joke
manager: what do you mean we can't capitalize paint?
accountant: you can't
manager: it is $205,000
accountant: I don't see any life extension or work capacity increase
manager: it is $205,000
accountant: ok, we'll give it an 11 month life
manager: thanks
Posted by: Jake at July 14, 2016 12:27 AM (ID9dH)
You ever met an actuary?
---
Ouch.
/Passed the first couple of actuarial exams with flying colors but not getting anywhere.
Posted by: Methos, AoSHQ commenter since 2006, now apparently nonvoting democrat at July 14, 2016 12:27 AM (3Liv/)
Posted by: shaken, not Stewart at July 14, 2016 12:14 AM (H9MG5)
++++
Now you're just taunting me.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 14, 2016 12:28 AM (R+30W)
Posted by: Northernlurker at July 14, 2016 12:03 AM (s7hQ/)
I'm sure at an individual funeral, but this was a "Memorial Service", and there was no way in hell that a Democrat mayor was going to allow a family member to stop him from getting his photo op with Obama.
Oh yeah, and the left's big complaint about the memorial service? Bush's suit. I guess it wasn't dark enough for a funeral.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at July 14, 2016 12:28 AM (1JnAL)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at July 14, 2016 12:28 AM (dBmVV)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/753300810822397952
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/753300982230941696
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/753301161885642752
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/753301400575053824
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/753301638085869568
Posted by: kbdabear at July 14, 2016 12:28 AM (O+Zox)
Yes. Sorry; I did see that as well. There was also a follow up to TTWA called "Where Angels Go Trouble Follows" but it wasn't nearly as good as the first one and Hayley Mills wasn't in it.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2016 12:28 AM (bpZlE)
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 14, 2016 12:28 AM (AoSQU)
Essentially, it's digital cockfighting.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at July 14, 2016 12:27 AM (rJUlF)
Except I think more vicious.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 14, 2016 12:28 AM (3ZoRf)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/753301882316034048
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/753302112268718080
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/753302321921044480
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/753302492763475969
Posted by: kbdabear at July 14, 2016 12:29 AM (O+Zox)
Posted by: RioBravo at July 14, 2016 12:29 AM (NUqwG)
Thanks for the info. I knew Pokemon was the little Japanese ? character but nothing else.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2016 12:30 AM (bpZlE)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2016 12:19 AM
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So true --- and the acting is superb.
Hayley Mills nailed that role.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at July 14, 2016 12:30 AM (T/5A0)
Posted by: Aerger Blandermont at July 14, 2016 12:27 AM (Jw9xt)
oh right bakkula not blackula, my bad
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 14, 2016 12:30 AM (AoSQU)
But then I guess half a loaf is better than nun, right? Amirite???
[/rimshot]
*ducks tomatoes*
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 14, 2016 12:30 AM (q7T0y)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at July 14, 2016 12:28 AM (dBmVV)
I was impressed with The Piano. Because I like Holly Hunter as an actress, but in this movie I just wanted her character to be put out of her misery as soon as possible so that I could leave the theater and go home. That's artistry. I guess.
Posted by: Splunge at July 14, 2016 12:30 AM (iMxBJ)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 14, 2016 12:07 AM (iQIUe)
There is no such thing. Literally.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 14, 2016 12:07 AM (zc3Db)
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Of course there is. The vampires were like a criminal gang.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 14, 2016 12:30 AM (iQIUe)
"Come and see the violence inherent in the system. Help! Help! I'm being repressed"
Posted by: Grad School Fool at July 14, 2016 12:30 AM (swEzU)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at July 14, 2016 12:27 AM (rJUlF) "
It's a very deep strategy game for the .0001% who play competitively, and a better version of Candy Crush for all the casuals.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at July 14, 2016 12:30 AM (kumBu)
Posted by: RioBravo at July 14, 2016 12:29 AM (NUqwG)
yeah, the iranians would have borded the boats and said "hey there is nothing here but puddles of water"
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 14, 2016 12:31 AM (AoSQU)
day of rage in detroit? what are they going to do clear vacant lots and raze abandoned buildings?
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Detroit has a history of hating whitey.
My guess is day of rage is going to involve randomly screaming about hating whitey, harassing any stupid white liberals who show up and making vague threats against the whites in the suburbs.
Because that's how they roll in the D.
/also, things might be burned in the touristy/ white areas. They like to burn things there too.
Posted by: shibumi who lives in a nation without laws at July 14, 2016 12:31 AM (tvyXw)
Anybody who thinks BLM/Occupoopers are anarchists should really pick up a dictionary
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at July 14, 2016 12:32 AM (dBmVV)
The Road To Wellville staring Matthew Broderick was about that place.
I dont remember much except "This is some weird shit!".
Posted by: JarvisW at July 14, 2016 12:32 AM (R1ejq)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 14, 2016 12:28 AM (3ZoRf) "
Nah, things don't die. They just 'faint.'
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at July 14, 2016 12:32 AM (kumBu)
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at July 14, 2016 12:30 AM (kumBu)
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Imma just gonna sit over here and enjoy my Tetris app.
#OffMyLawn
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at July 14, 2016 12:32 AM (rJUlF)
You're no longer in LA?
Posted by: cthulhu at July 14, 2016 12:23 AM (EzgxV)
Nope, moved to GA about 2.5 months ago. Area's nice.
Posted by: Thrawn at July 14, 2016 12:25 AM (wQWv4)
Lotta GA is nice. Quick hint that's 90% accurate.....it's where MARTA doesn't go.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 14, 2016 12:32 AM (EzgxV)
T.C. Boyle, "The Road to Wellville" is about this.
Read the book. Do not watch the movie.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 14, 2016 12:32 AM (1xUj/)
Now driving, I don't want her doing that yet, and she hasn't suggested it.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at July 14, 2016 12:32 AM (DW+jj)
The latter is going to come from a few errant nukes in the wake of the 9-Dash-Line War.
Are you going to Scarborough Shoal?
Posted by: Simon Garfunky at July 14, 2016 12:32 AM (IqV8l)
It was an eye-opener to the elitist idiocy when they won "Best Heavy Metal Album" at the Grammies.
I still hold it against them, unfortunately.
YOU DO NOT PLAY THE FUCKING FLUTE IN HEAVY METAL!
-This has been a Public Service Announcement by Your Friendly Neighborhood Slapweasel.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at July 14, 2016 12:32 AM (6gk0M)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at July 14, 2016 12:32 AM (jR7Wy)
My guess is day of rage is going to involve randomly screaming about hating whitey, harassing any stupid white liberals who show up and making vague threats against the whites in the suburbs.
Because that's how they roll in the D.
/also, things might be burned in the touristy/ white areas. They like to burn things there too.
Posted by: shibumi who lives in a nation without laws at July 14, 2016 12:31 AM (tvyXw)
light er up!
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 14, 2016 12:33 AM (AoSQU)
Posted by: qdp "Pac-Man Fever" steve at July 14, 2016 12:33 AM (q7T0y)
Posted by: nerdygirl
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We have locally, a Citizens Police Academy, which accepts a limited number of people twice a year to sit through what are essentially seminars with LEO's from each division of the local PD. Lasts six weeks.
By the time it is over, everyone has a good sense of what is going on, from dispatch down to the evidence room and forensics. They have talked to SWAT people, detectives, patrolmen, been introduced to all of the tools, from Tasers to squad cars, to robots.
The cappers are a trip to the range, firing a few rounds of .40's from a service Sig, and then a couple of hours doing a ride-along.
When I attended, we had a bonafide SJW, who stated in the first class that she was there to observe the role of the police in 'Social Justice'. I mean, sandals, long dirndle skirt. Emblematic of the species.
Anyhow, somewhere in there, about the third class, she stopped asking stupid, leading questions. I think she figured out that these people were pretty exceptional in having to deal the dregs and nut-cases of society every day.
I was surprised when she went along to the range. She gritted her teeth, closed her eyes, and managed to squeeze off a round, though a cop caught her as she staggered back a bit.
I wish I could have been there for her ride-along.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 14, 2016 12:34 AM (oFSUK)
Posted by: shibumi who lives in a nation without laws at July 14, 2016 12:34 AM (tvyXw)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah
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The best description I ever heard for the Occupy clowns was "Anarchists for big government."
They want no rules when it comes to sex and drugs... and then a government that pays their way for everything.
In other words, they don't just want the government to be their parents, they want the government to be lousy parents.
Posted by: RKae at July 14, 2016 12:34 AM (CDMqz)
Posted by: eleven at July 14, 2016 12:35 AM (qUNWi)
Too bad that Michael Myers crazied himself out of the biz.
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 14, 2016 12:35 AM (q7T0y)
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In their defense, it's not like they ASKED to be nominated for a heavy metal Grammy.
They were more shocked than anyone.
Posted by: RKae at July 14, 2016 12:36 AM (CDMqz)
Where does one put the emphasis on the syllable?
sin-DICK-uh-list?
sin-duh-CAL-ist?
sin-duh-cal-IST?
actually, I don't care all that much
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at July 14, 2016 12:36 AM (dBmVV)
Confession: I bought Buckner And Garcia's "Pac-Man Fever" ALBUM in high school. Ten songs about video games.
It was as horrendous as you'd expect.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at July 14, 2016 12:36 AM (rJUlF)
Posted by: JarvisW at July 14, 2016 12:36 AM (R1ejq)
******
HA! Just like I am sure they have all the required permits and completed the necessary paperwork. I think most people have to do this. Also, I really like it when the peaceful protesters get the bright idea to block freeways, bridges, roads -- It's not worth getting shot over I guess.
Posted by: gracepc at July 14, 2016 12:36 AM (OU4q6)
#OffMyLawn
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at July 14, 2016 12:32 AM (rJUlF) "
Tetris isn't *that* much older than Pokemon. And it's sort of similar. Millions of people (myself included) are casual Tetris players because it's a sample but addictive game. But some people are Tetris masters who can play blindfolded and all that jazz.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at July 14, 2016 12:36 AM (kumBu)
Posted by: Willy J. at July 14, 2016 12:36 AM (mRvs9)
But he claimed to be so agin' sex and fapping, but he had this weird obsession with sticking thing up his ass and everyone else's.
He wrote a book against sex, supposedly writing a bunch of it while on his own damned honeymoon.
Fapping was the root of all evil, and caused all sorts of maladies, according to him. Some poor soul would come in with some problem, and he'd soon diagnose him as a chronic masturbator, stitch up his dick, and start the yogurt enemas.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at July 14, 2016 12:37 AM (DW+jj)
I know. It is irrational, but I still hate them.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at July 14, 2016 12:37 AM (6gk0M)
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You're working too hard on that, and adding a syllable.
It's SYN-duh-clist.
Posted by: RKae at July 14, 2016 12:37 AM (CDMqz)
Posted by: kalneva at July 14, 2016 12:38 AM (vhW1R)
Posted by: Zombie Coleman Young at July 14, 2016 12:38 AM (IqV8l)
Oh, I don't deserve the whole evening dedicated to me, but I appreciate the thought,
Posted by: Weirddave at July 14, 2016 12:38 AM (YIHHg)
Kids love them, and adults love them because they loved them as kids.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at July 14, 2016 12:39 AM (kumBu)
I don't think it's ever been re-released on CD either.
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 14, 2016 12:39 AM (q7T0y)
"YOU DO NOT PLAY THE FUCKING FLUTE IN HEAVY METAL!"
... not even while wearing plaid, or a leisure suit (of finest rayon) ... or a plaid leisure suit?
... asking for an acquaintance ...
Posted by: Guy Karate, Member, The League of Ugly Shirted Gentlemen at July 14, 2016 12:39 AM (FlRtG)
Where do I sign-up?
Posted by: Harry Reid at July 14, 2016 12:39 AM (6gk0M)
Dear Lord, forgive me, but I HATE Jethro Tull.
It was an eye-opener to the elitist idiocy when they won "Best Heavy Metal Album" at the Grammies.
I still hold it against them, unfortunately.
YOU DO NOT PLAY THE FUCKING FLUTE IN HEAVY METAL!
-This has been a Public Service Announcement by Your Friendly Neighborhood Slapweasel.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at July 14, 2016 12:32 AM (6gk0M)
How do you feel about the Kingston Trio? Because you won't "get" Jethro Tull without the Kingston Trio (and, maybe, the Christy Minstrels).
Posted by: cthulhu at July 14, 2016 12:39 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at July 14, 2016 12:28 AM (dBmVV)
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I did get a bit of that vibe from The Piano. I didn't get it from Top of the Lake. There are some feminist types in a kind of encampment in the show, but they play a minor role and are portrayed as a bit goofy. Holly Hunter, interestingly enough, plays the leader of that encampment.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 14, 2016 12:39 AM (R+30W)
Most of my mom's side of the family used to live there. Used to.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at July 14, 2016 12:40 AM (rJUlF)
They want no rules when it comes to sex and drugs... and then a government that pays their way for everything.
In other words, they don't just want the government to be their parents, they want the government to be lousy parents.
Posted by: RKae at July 14, 2016 12:34 AM (CDMqz)
I saw a great photo/meme during the Occupy deal that had a picture of the Occupiers with an arrow pointing to them that said "Protesting for Bigger Government"
Then it had a picture of a political riot, with the police in full riot gear - tear gas, clubs, etc - with an arrow pointing to the police that said "Bigger Government"
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at July 14, 2016 12:40 AM (dBmVV)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 14, 2016 12:20 AM (3ZoRf)
Barbara Broccoli, daughter of "Cubby" who did all the movies up until the Daniel Craig "reboot"
IIRC, they now own the rights to "Never Say Never Again". EON got the rights back when MGM purchased them from Sony who had purchased them from the producer.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at July 14, 2016 12:41 AM (1JnAL)
Posted by: Jake at July 14, 2016 12:41 AM (ID9dH)
Posted by: RKae at July 14, 2016 12:41 AM (CDMqz)
Posted by: RKae at July 14, 2016 12:42 AM (CDMqz)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2016 12:42 AM (bpZlE)
-Posted by: cthulhu at July 14, 2016 12:39 AM (EzgxV)
Why do I want Jethro Tull again? If I ever see them, I'm going to fight them.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at July 14, 2016 12:42 AM (6gk0M)
Posted by: buzzion at July 14, 2016 12:42 AM (bMG0w)
Posted by: Grad School Fool at July 14, 2016 12:42 AM (swEzU)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at July 14, 2016 12:42 AM (6gk0M)
Posted by: that guy who reads things the way he wishes they were at July 14, 2016 12:43 AM (yegdF)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at July 14, 2016 12:43 AM (dBmVV)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2016 12:43 AM (bpZlE)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at July 14, 2016 12:41 AM (1JnAL) "
So "Never Say Never Again" is in the official Bond canon now?
BTW, as far as the new guy/girl being the worst Bond, that's a tough hill to climb. George Lazenby is still the ur-bungler in the Bond role.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at July 14, 2016 12:43 AM (kumBu)
- Casino Royale (the 1967 Bond spoof; even when it came out, critics said they couldn't tell what it was actually about)
- Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls (Roger Ebert's counterculture freak-out; was actually released in 1970 with an X rating)
- Caligula (even Gore Vidal thought it was too much)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 14, 2016 12:44 AM (q7T0y)
Posted by: cthulhu
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Actually, to get Tull, you need The Strawbs and Gentle Giant.
Posted by: RKae at July 14, 2016 12:41 AM (CDMqz)
I can see that, too....and, as you mention upthread, Fairport Convention.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 14, 2016 12:44 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: RKae at July 14, 2016 12:45 AM (CDMqz)
go figure
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at July 14, 2016 12:45 AM (dBmVV)
I know that Lynch had to take literally five years to shoot it, he kept running out of money.
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 14, 2016 12:45 AM (q7T0y)
Posted by: RKae at July 14, 2016 12:34 AM (CDMqz)
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They want to be perpetual teenagers, with all of the pleasures (real or supposed) of adulthood and none of the costs and responsibilities.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at July 14, 2016 12:46 AM (T/5A0)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at July 14, 2016 12:46 AM (6gk0M)
I was a Steeleye Span guy, but I've come to appreciate Fairport Convention in the last few years.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 14, 2016 12:46 AM (1xUj/)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread
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I knew a family that fled Flint in the early 70's.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 14, 2016 12:46 AM (oFSUK)
Posted by: ThunderB at July 14, 2016 12:46 AM (K/5mV)
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And, yet, to me, ELP is what all music should attain to be. Perfect band. Keyboards, bass, drums... and just a smidge of guitar here and there.
Posted by: RKae at July 14, 2016 12:46 AM (CDMqz)
Posted by: JarvisW at July 14, 2016 12:47 AM (R1ejq)
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Hmmm
Pokemon Go + BLM Day of Rage + popcorn = ???
Posted by: Methos, AoSHQ commenter since 2006, now apparently nonvoting democrat at July 14, 2016 12:47 AM (3Liv/)
What are you talking about?
Posted by: The Entire 1980s at July 14, 2016 12:47 AM (1xUj/)
I was born in Flint but my grandma lived in Dearborn. We left Flint and Grandma was out of Dearborn thankfully before it turned. Growing up near Detroit makes what it has become even sadder.
Posted by: Willy J. at July 14, 2016 12:47 AM (mRvs9)
Loved Steeleye Span. Still have some of their records.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2016 12:47 AM (bpZlE)
He was riding in the area for the first time. He also had exchanged bikes with another rider in the group he was with. I suspect when he came off the hairpin and saw that straightaway, he held back in order to test acceleration. What he didn't realize was their planned route had them turning left half way down the straightaway.
Maybe he wasn't watching the speedometer instead of the road, but whatever the cause, he lost situational awareness. Coming up at over 90 mph on his group, which had stopped to wait for two oncoming cars to clear, he slammed on the brakes. That caused him to skid out of control. He sailed off the bike and under the wheels of an oncoming pickup truck. Ironically the truck driver was in the process of veering right into an alfalfa field in an attempt to avoid a collision.
Posted by: NC Mountainl Girl at July 14, 2016 12:47 AM (6VEtY)
It was an eye-opener to the elitist idiocy when they won "Best Heavy Metal Album" at the Grammies.
I still hold it against them, unfortunately.
YOU DO NOT PLAY THE FUCKING FLUTE IN HEAVY METAL!
-This has been a Public Service Announcement by Your Friendly Neighborhood Slapweasel.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at July 14, 2016 12:32 AM (6gk0M)
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Oh my. Invoking the Lord and with our public service tax dollars. All to slur the good name of our finest flute-playing heavy metal band.
There is a remedy.
http://tinyurl.com/j2z4q86
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 14, 2016 12:48 AM (R+30W)
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at July 14, 2016 12:48 AM (kumBu)
Posted by: Bandersnatch
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I love them both. And, oddly enough, I don't give a rip about the early Fairport years. The much-worshiped Richard Thompson does NOTHING for me.
I love it when they re-do those old songs now with the new band. "By Popular Request" is an absolutely perfect album.
Posted by: RKae at July 14, 2016 12:48 AM (CDMqz)
anybody ever see that one? New Wave/Punkish film about heroin where a punk/new wave girl has sex with her own image or something
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at July 14, 2016 12:49 AM (dBmVV)
Posted by: RKae at July 14, 2016 12:50 AM (CDMqz)
I do know that the more I read about Harmony Korine, the more I refuse to see anything he's ever made.
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 14, 2016 12:50 AM (q7T0y)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at July 14, 2016 12:32 AM (jR7Wy)
It is over-blown, over-pompous, over-emo, but it does include pit-fighting with muppets and soft toys.
So its got that going for it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktvTqknDobU
Posted by: Kindtot at July 14, 2016 12:50 AM (ry34m)
Posted by: torabora at July 14, 2016 12:51 AM (UfT2E)
"How do you feel about the Kingston Trio? Because you won't "get"
Jethro Tull without the Kingston Trio (and, maybe, the Christy
Minstrels)."
-Posted by: cthulhu at July 14, 2016 12:39 AM (EzgxV)
Why do I want Jethro Tull again? If I ever see them, I'm going to fight them.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at July 14, 2016 12:42 AM (6gk0M)
The point is that Jethro Tull was gently mocking a bunch of bands that had been popular some few years previous....maintaining a "folk"-type sound with more contemporary lyrics and staging -- and technical expertise. If you looked at them without understanding the conventions they mocked, it would be completely understandable that you'd just reject them outright.
The historical Jethro Tull, BTW, was the inventor of the seed-drill.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 14, 2016 12:51 AM (EzgxV)
1. Stand Up
2. Benefit
3. Songs From The Wood
4. Thick As A Brick
5. Aqualung
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at July 14, 2016 12:51 AM (dBmVV)
No. ...just "no". I'm stubborn and entrenched because ignorance.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at July 14, 2016 12:51 AM (6gk0M)
Cop accused of trading favors for sex invokes 'Hillary defense'...
Heh. Soon, instead of invoking the 5th it'll be I invoke the Hillary. She's such a giver.
Next up -- Vagina massage latest craze...
$330...
At last, I've found my new profession.
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 14, 2016 12:51 AM (gyKtp)
Posted by: torabora at July 14, 2016 12:52 AM (UfT2E)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 14, 2016 12:52 AM (q7T0y)
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Deals Gap? Highway 129, by any chance? It is generally rife with squids doing stupid stuff. And, people who have come from the midwest where they have no turns or abrupt elevation changes, switchbacks.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 14, 2016 12:52 AM (oFSUK)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at July 14, 2016 12:53 AM (6gk0M)
Posted by: ThunderB at July 14, 2016 12:53 AM (K/5mV)
anybody ever see that one? New Wave/Punkish film about heroin where a punk/new wave girl has sex with her own image or something
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at July 14, 2016 12:49 AM (dBmVV)
I saw that! I don't even have words for it. I got dragged to go see it in high school, I think. Early 80s or something.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 14, 2016 12:53 AM (zc3Db)
permits and completed the necessary paperwork. I think most people have
to do this. Also, I really like it when the peaceful protesters get the
bright idea to block freeways, bridges, roads -- It's not worth getting
shot over I guess.
Posted by: gracepc at July 14, 2016 12:36 AM (OU4q6)<<<
Yeah, they need to be taught a big time lesson about fucking with roads, bridges and freeways.
Like earlier this year when some assholes decided to chain themselves to barrels filled with concrete to foul up traffic entering Boston.
If I were the police, I would have had those douchebags moved just barely into the breakdown lane, sat a little further down the road, and laughed when they pissed themselves as the big rigs went flying by mere feet from their precious little faces.
Posted by: a zombie Moron at July 14, 2016 12:54 AM (H9MG5)
http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/The_Game_%28episode%29
Posted by: Zombie Coleman Young at July 14, 2016 12:54 AM (IqV8l)
On top of which, it was rated G.
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 14, 2016 12:54 AM (q7T0y)
The Trip (2 Kevin Bacons from that one)
The Swimmer (guy would dive in and come out in another pool)
Eraserhead
One I really liked, Videodrome
Posted by: JarvisW at July 14, 2016 12:55 AM (R1ejq)
BTW, as far as the new guy/girl being the worst Bond, that's a tough hill to climb. George Lazenby is still the ur-bungler in the Bond role.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at July 14, 2016 12:43 AM (kumBu)
Who knows.
I have noticed that they still don't include it in any Bond DVD/BluRay sets.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at July 14, 2016 12:55 AM (1JnAL)
anybody ever see that one? New Wave/Punkish film about heroin where a punk/new wave girl has sex with her own image or something
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at July 14, 2016 12:49 AM (dBmVV)
I saw that! I don't even have words for it. I got dragged to go see it in high school, I think. Early 80s or something.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 14, 2016 12:53 AM (zc3Db)
not a good movie, and about the least "boner-ish" sex scene I've ever seen
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at July 14, 2016 12:55 AM (dBmVV)
Most of my mom's side of the family used to live there. Used to.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at July 14, 2016 12:40 AM
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One of my kids went to school in Michigan. I heard a lot of stories like yours from parents.
It's all so sad. It didn't have to be.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at July 14, 2016 12:56 AM (T/5A0)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 14, 2016 12:50 AM (q7T0y) "
He's a weirdo. Dogme 95 was supposed to be all about the purity of the cinematic arts - natural lighting, incidental music, etc. Instead, he's just odd for the sake of being odd.
A lot of this got kicked off by new wave and aeteur theory. People think having your nose up your ass automatically makes you an aeteur. Kubrick was an aeteur. Shit like Korine's movies and Bjork's husband's abysmal Cremaster Cycle are just people trying to 'out-avant garde' their contemporaries.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at July 14, 2016 12:56 AM (kumBu)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 14, 2016 12:56 AM (iQIUe)
I've read it has a dreamlike structure/plot to it.
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 14, 2016 12:57 AM (q7T0y)
Jack Nicholson was also Producer of it.
Pretty much killed The Monkees lol
Posted by: JarvisW at July 14, 2016 12:58 AM (R1ejq)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 14, 2016 12:58 AM (q7T0y)
I've read it has a dreamlike structure/plot to it.
Posted by: qdpsteve
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I have a *sealed* copy, on VHS.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 14, 2016 12:58 AM (oFSUK)
this is the first I've heard!
Lol. Its pretty unwatchable.. Even with supplements!
Posted by: JarvisW at July 14, 2016 12:59 AM (R1ejq)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
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I should mention that I saw it in the theater, when it it was issued.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 14, 2016 12:59 AM (oFSUK)
Posted by: ThunderB at July 14, 2016 12:59 AM (K/5mV)
>>>HA! Just like I am sure they have all the required
permits and completed the necessary paperwork. I think most people have
to do this. Also, I really like it when the peaceful protesters get the
bright idea to block freeways, bridges, roads -- It's not worth getting
shot over I guess.
Posted by: gracepc at July 14, 2016 12:36 AM (OU4q6)<<<
Yeah, they need to be taught a big time lesson about fucking with roads, bridges and freeways.
Like
earlier this year when some assholes decided to chain themselves to
barrels filled with concrete to foul up traffic entering Boston.
If
I were the police, I would have had those douchebags moved just barely
into the breakdown lane, sat a little further down the road, and laughed
when they pissed themselves as the big rigs went flying by mere feet
from their precious little faces.
Posted by: a zombie Moron at July 14, 2016 12:54 AM (H9MG5)
As far as I'm concerned, when someone goes "full retard", they can have their barrels loaded onto a flatbed railcar (whether or not it breaks their arms in the process) and shipped to Tulsa. Whether they find food, water, bathrooms, sunblock, medical attention, media, sympathy, or whatever, ain't Boston's problems once the train is outside the city limits.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 14, 2016 12:59 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 14, 2016 01:00 AM (gyKtp)
Gawd.
Posted by: Dr Knuckles at July 14, 2016 01:00 AM (08Znv)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 14, 2016 01:00 AM (1xUj/)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at July 14, 2016 12:55 AM (1JnAL) "
According to wiki, rights or not, it's still a black sheep, alongside the first Casino Royale movie. So Moore retains his title as the most prolific Bond.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at July 14, 2016 01:00 AM (kumBu)
Posted by: ThunderB at July 14, 2016 12:59 AM (K/5mV)
Are you sure? That sounds like Lords of Dogtown.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 14, 2016 01:01 AM (zc3Db)
Posted by: L, Elle at July 14, 2016 01:01 AM (6IPEM)
Ironically though, from what I've read it has a sensible moral. Burt's character is someone who thinks he can abandon his responsibilities and just 'swim' through life. Then he gets home *to* his life, and it's a trainwreck.
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 14, 2016 01:01 AM (q7T0y)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 14, 2016 01:02 AM (NrBka)
Posted by: JarvisW at July 14, 2016 01:02 AM (R1ejq)
Posted by: Hillbillking at July 14, 2016 01:02 AM (Ny2ul)
Posted by: ThunderB at July 14, 2016 01:02 AM (K/5mV)
But supposedly, the further he swims, the more people start calling him out for his fantasy and asking him why he doesn't take care of his responsibilities like a man should.
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 14, 2016 01:03 AM (q7T0y)
Posted by: JarvisW at July 14, 2016 01:03 AM (R1ejq)
Gawd.
Posted by: Dr Knuckles at July 14, 2016 01:00 AM (08Znv
What award did they give Bruce Jenner this year?
Posted by: buzzion at July 14, 2016 01:04 AM (bMG0w)
*spits*
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at July 14, 2016 12:53 AM (6gk0M)
++++
if you start your raving and your misbehaving -- you'll be sorry.
https://youtu.be/gNayAdfuWU0
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 14, 2016 01:04 AM (R+30W)
There was one here in SC I remember years ago made some "worst crashes" TV show (on FOX, I believe). Some idiot decided he was gonna run the Beaufort Ts, and they gave chase. One got on the megaphone thing up there on the popcorn popper rack, and blasted, "You gone die, boy, if you keep this up! Stop this right now!" He didn't, and he died.
This particular Beaufort T. in the barber shop told of one motorcyclist. He got mad and flipped off some driver, then dug off. Ol' Beaufort was watching, and took out after him. Beaufort caught up to him, and the guy tried some maneuver and lost it, sliding his ass way down the side of the road. He lived, and ol' Beaufort laughed as he said the guy, in pain, was yelling "You killed me, motherfucker!"
That's the kind of Stupid that's out there.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at July 14, 2016 01:05 AM (DW+jj)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at July 14, 2016 12:32 AM (jR7Wy)
It is over-blown, over-pompous, over-emo, but it does include pit-fighting with muppets and soft toys.
So its got that going for it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktvTqknDobU
Posted by: Kindtot at July 14, 2016 12:50 AM (ry34m)
If yout going to put muppets in a music video, go all the way have a muppet apocalypse:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xr9_e4ySRYA
Posted by: The Metal Apocalyptic Hat at July 14, 2016 01:05 AM (vBeA5)
Posted by: buzzion at July 14, 2016 01:04 AM (bMG0w)
They've been featuring that demented freak on every one of their ads. They are insane.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 14, 2016 01:05 AM (zc3Db)
Posted by: ThunderB at July 14, 2016 01:06 AM (K/5mV)
Posted by: JarvisW at July 14, 2016 01:06 AM (R1ejq)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 14, 2016 01:07 AM (zc3Db)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 14, 2016 12:59 AM (EzgxV)
Hey, what's up with the Tulsa hate?
Ship 'em to Yuma, no, make that Death Valley and give them a bottle of Voss Artesian.
Posted by: gNewt ...don't lkie Ryan?...-better call Paul- at July 14, 2016 01:07 AM (8JE5H)
I saw Jetbro Tull at a rock musical festival and really great show, but I
got upset when Ian Anderson started playing the flute. It really seemed
inappropriate and weird.
Posted by: L, Elle at July 14, 2016 01:01 AM (6IPEM)
Could be worse -- Roxy Music has rock oboe.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 14, 2016 01:07 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at July 14, 2016 01:07 AM (kumBu)
Posted by: JarvisW at July 14, 2016 01:08 AM (R1ejq)
Posted by: ThunderB at July 14, 2016 01:08 AM (K/5mV)
I know a lot of people think this 1967 piece from Diane Arbus:
http://www.photoeye.com/auctions/___/3141/Large_H1000xW950.jpg
...inspired the "two twin girls in the hallway" scene in The Shining.
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 14, 2016 01:09 AM (q7T0y)
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at July 14, 2016 01:09 AM (kumBu)
I'ma check out before my fingers do something that I have to apologize for.
...ending a sentence in a preposition.
-G'Night, Ev'ry-Buddy!
*static*
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at July 14, 2016 01:09 AM (6gk0M)
retard", they can have their barrels loaded onto a flatbed railcar
(whether or not it breaks their arms in the process) and shipped to
Tulsa. Whether they find food, water, bathrooms, sunblock, medical
attention, media, sympathy, or whatever, ain't Boston's problems once
the train is outside the city limits.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 14, 2016 12:59 AM (EzgxV)<<<
That would work too. I ain't fussy.
Posted by: a zombie Moron at July 14, 2016 01:10 AM (H9MG5)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 14, 2016 01:07 AM (EzgxV)
That oboe is awesome. Absolutely.
And I don't know what anyone has against Jethro Tull's flute. It fits the music nicely and also has a great sound.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 14, 2016 01:10 AM (zc3Db)
You better be careful what you mean by "art", and narrower in down a bit. I could throw some female "art" out there that is likely not what you had in mind.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at July 14, 2016 01:10 AM (DW+jj)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 14, 2016 01:10 AM (R+30W)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 14, 2016 01:10 AM (/wm8n)
I know a lot of people think this 1967 piece from Diane Arbus:
http://tinyurl.com/hw5eonx
...inspired the "two twin girls in the hallway" scene in The Shining.
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 14, 2016 01:10 AM (q7T0y)
As far as I'm concerned, when someone goes "full retard", they can
have their barrels loaded onto a flatbed railcar (whether or not it
breaks their arms in the process) and shipped to Tulsa. Whether they
find food, water, bathrooms, sunblock, medical attention, media,
sympathy, or whatever, ain't Boston's problems once the train is outside
the city limits.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 14, 2016 12:59 AM (EzgxV)
Hey, what's up with the Tulsa hate?
Ship 'em to Yuma, no, make that Death Valley and give them a bottle of Voss Artesian.
Posted by: gNewt ...don't lkie Ryan?...-better call Paul- at July 14, 2016 01:07 AM (8JE5H)
No Tulsa hate, just figure the straightforward, intelligent people there would know better than to get involved with their shit once they'd arrived.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 14, 2016 01:11 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: ThunderB at July 14, 2016 01:12 AM (K/5mV)
Either works for me. First time one of them gets hurt though Lynchmob will declare it a hate crime and Feds will come in, the "victim's" family will make a lot of money, and now apparently a few policemen might lose their lives as well.
Posted by: gracepc at July 14, 2016 01:12 AM (OU4q6)
Posted by: gNewt ...don't lkie Ryan?...-better call Paul- at July 14, 2016 01:12 AM (8JE5H)
Probably not many Frida Kahlo or Georgie O'Keefee fans at the Horde?
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at July 14, 2016 01:13 AM (kumBu)
Posted by: ThunderB at July 14, 2016 01:08 AM (K/5mV)
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For just 1 cent!
Posted by: Columbia House Record Club at July 14, 2016 01:14 AM (/wm8n)
A lot bigger pool to draw from.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at July 14, 2016 01:07 AM (kumBu)
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A lot bigger pool than art pieces from cats, I suppose, but nowhere near the pool of female writers.
I like Mary Cassatt and Georgia O'Keeffe, but offhand I can't think of a single female painter who rises above a B level.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at July 14, 2016 01:14 AM (T/5A0)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 14, 2016 01:15 AM (q7T0y)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 14, 2016 01:15 AM (NrBka)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at July 14, 2016 01:16 AM (DW+jj)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at July 14, 2016 01:14 AM (T/5A0)
When I was a kid I used to always hear about Grandma Moses. I never saw any of her stuff but the name was always being batted around.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 14, 2016 01:16 AM (zc3Db)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at July 14, 2016 01:10 AM (DW+jj) "
Heh, perhaps some art you used to have to go to a special room to rent?
I'd say paintings, sketches, etchings, woodcuts, lithographs, sculpture, photography, even public works - any of the main visual arts.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at July 14, 2016 01:16 AM (kumBu)
Posted by: L, Elle at July 14, 2016 01:16 AM (6IPEM)
Bond should only travel to places that are luxurious or exotic, and the characters to match. It's terrible that they thought to use this goofy comedy relief twice.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 14, 2016 01:16 AM (VdICR)
They need to get involved with the Federal Penal System.
Posted by: gNewt ...don't lkie Ryan?...-better call Paul- at July 14, 2016 01:12 AM (8JE5H)
In the original scheme, there were very few Federal crimes -- thus, the Federal Penal System stands as a monument to how far we've diverged from the original plan.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 14, 2016 01:17 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 14, 2016 01:18 AM (R+30W)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 14, 2016 01:18 AM (zc3Db)
Posted by: ThunderB at July 14, 2016 01:18 AM (K/5mV)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 14, 2016 01:18 AM (VdICR)
JW Pepper first appeared in the Bond flick Live And Let Die, which came out in 1973. The character also appeared in the next one, 1974's The Man With The Golden Gun.
Smokey And The Bandit came out in 1977.
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 14, 2016 01:18 AM (q7T0y)
But opinions being what they are, it would be hard for the Horde to agree on which painters are "A" painters.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at July 14, 2016 01:19 AM (kumBu)
She was Steiglitz's wife/girlfriend (looking things up is cheating).
Bi at least.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 14, 2016 01:19 AM (1xUj/)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 14, 2016 01:07 AM
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Rock oboe, huh? That sounds really bad.
I do like violins infused in rock music. That actually works.
Posted by: L, Elle at July 14, 2016 01:19 AM (6IPEM)
Posted by: JarvisW
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It pales in comparison to Brian Dennehy's portrayal of the Boeing.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 14, 2016 01:20 AM (J3phO)
Posted by: JarvisW at July 14, 2016 01:20 AM (R1ejq)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 14, 2016 01:20 AM (q7T0y)
When the bugs finally get to us we go indoors and he fires up his local TV stations and we watch reruns of Hogans Heroes, Black Sheep Squadron and Johnny Carson until he starts nodding off, but that's okay we will get to do it again tomorrow.
I don't need to borrow Ace's time machine, I'm reliving the 70's as we did the same things way back then. What a man this man is that I am so fortunate to call him my Dad and to still be able to spend this great time with him.
40 years later Johnny, Ed and Sargent Shultz still make him laugh, and he still hates Colonel Lard for giving Boyington such a hard time.
That's my Dad.
Posted by: Alf767 at July 14, 2016 01:20 AM (qGI+A)
Posted by: ThunderB at July 14, 2016 01:21 AM (K/5mV)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 14, 2016 01:10 AM (zc3Db)
1989 Grammy Awards.
Posted by: The Metal Hat at July 14, 2016 01:21 AM (vBeA5)
Posted by: ThunderB at July 14, 2016 01:18 AM (K/5mV)
Yeah, I just took a look at her stuff. Meh, at best. I liked it better when I hadn't seen her stuff.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 14, 2016 01:21 AM (zc3Db)
can think of off the top of my head that I like is Mary Cassatt. I
hate most Goergia O'Keefe and Frida Kahlo. Can't think of anyone else
Posted by: L, Elle at July 14, 2016 01:16 AM (6IPEM)"Check out Berthe Morisot, you might like her. And she's a good trivia answer too, since she 'founded' impressionism.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at July 14, 2016 01:21 AM (kumBu)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 14, 2016 01:21 AM (VdICR)
Posted by: qdpsteve
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When they were making really lame Firebirds, with weak Olds engines.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 14, 2016 01:21 AM (J3phO)
An excellent movie, too.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 14, 2016 01:18
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Movie is really good. I second this.
Posted by: L, Elle at July 14, 2016 01:22 AM (6IPEM)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 14, 2016 01:22 AM (q7T0y)
Posted by: ThunderB at July 14, 2016 01:22 AM (K/5mV)
"Casino Royale" (1967), the Woody Allen movie, is now owned by EON. However, the rights to the book "Casino Royale" by Fleming finally got purchased by EON in the mid-2000s. That allowed them to make the Craig "Casino" (2006).
Everything that Fleming wrote on his own is now owned by EON. One thing that wasn't written by him alone: "Thunderball," which was co-written by Kevin McClory. McClory tried to make a bunch of movies based on "Thunderball" but only one ever got released: "Never Say Never Again" (1983). EON does not own that movie.
Barbara Broccoli took over the Bonds movies officially with "Goldeneye" (1995). In reality, her dad was on the cusp of death during the shooting of "License to Kill" (1989). Therefore, the true old-school Bonds really go from "Dr. No" (1962) to "The Living Daylights" (1987). Everything after that was a little bit different.
Posted by: lurking lurker who lurks at July 14, 2016 01:22 AM (I1NVD)
What was the last really great muscle car?
I assume it was either a '71 or '72...
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 14, 2016 01:23 AM (q7T0y)
And I don't know what anyone has against Jethro Tull's flute. It fits the music nicely and also has a great sound.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 14, 2016 01:10 AM (zc3Db)
1989 Grammy Awards.
Posted by: The Metal Hat at July 14, 2016 01:21 AM (vBeA5)
Yeah, but that's a strike against the Grammies more than it's a strike against Tull.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 14, 2016 01:23 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 14, 2016 01:23 AM (NrBka)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 14, 2016 01:24 AM (J3phO)
When they brought in the teen kid, I was like, "What? This kid is a lil punk and I wanna see the MEN flying!"
And I was like 9-10, and knew they were trying hard for me to like him, but I just couldn't.
Posted by: JarvisW at July 14, 2016 01:24 AM (R1ejq)
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at July 14, 2016
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Will do. Thanks for the suggestion. I like most impressionists. I'll probably like her too.
Posted by: L, Elle at July 14, 2016 01:24 AM (6IPEM)
Posted by: JarvisW at July 14, 2016 01:25 AM (R1ejq)
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at July 14, 2016 01:26 AM (kumBu)
Burt Reynold's father was once the police chief of Jupiter, Florida, and "sumbitch" was one of his favorite terms. "Buford T. Justice" was, according to Reynold's father, the name of a real Florida Highway Patrolman years ago.
Reynolds said the first time he met Jackie, he did an impression of a typical "Buford T.", saying "Look you sumbitch, what the fuck do you think you're doin?". And that's how they hit on Jackie to be Buford T. "Sumbitch" reminded Burt of his father, and just tickled him. Thus Buford T. Justice was born.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at July 14, 2016 01:26 AM (DW+jj)
I assume it was either a '71 or '72..."
I wasn't alive but I'll take a stab at a Camaro or Challenger. Mustang was really starting to bulk up at the general time.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 14, 2016 01:26 AM (NrBka)
Posted by: qdpsteve
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Almost any of the mid-size chassis with big blocks. My favorite, though larger, was the Pontiac 2+2, 421 HO. It was huge, but quick.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 14, 2016 01:27 AM (J3phO)
That's true, but Bond did start chasing trends in the 70s, and JW was based partially on "In the Heat of the Night." "Diamonds are Forever" looked at Vegas during the Elvis/Tom Jones years; "Live and Let Die" was blaxploitation; "Golden Gun" was kung fu; "Spy Who Loved Me" literally had a guy named Jaws and had him beat a shark in a marine battle; and "Moonraker" got thrown in to capitalize on "Star Wars" (nerd alert: At the end of the early Bond movies, they'd say, "James Bond will return in" and mention the next movie. In "Spy," the next movie was "For Your Eyes Only," not "Moonraker").
Posted by: lurking lurker who lurks at July 14, 2016 01:27 AM (I1NVD)
A breakdown of the set list is interesting. They played two 9-song sets and a 2-song encore, for a total of 20 songs. Two were from the 60s, and one each from the 70s, 80s, and 90s. A whopping 15 songs were from albums he recorded in 2006 or later, including 8 covers of old standards from his two most recent albums, such as "Full Moon and Empty Arms", "Autumn Leaves", and "All or Nothing at All". The standards were very well received, and the band gave them a sort of slinky sound, with the drummer using brushes.
Mavis Staples opened, but unfortunately I missed half of her set due to traffic and taking two wrong turns along the way. (I have NO sense of direction, even with printed directions.) The part I saw was great. Her band killed it.
One nice thing about Dylan shows is that it attracts people of all ages. There were wizened old geezers from the 60s, people like me who discovered him in the 70s, all the way down to teenagers and families with children. I saw plenty of attractive young women there.
Posted by: rickl at July 14, 2016 01:27 AM (sdi6R)
Never ran right, but it was a cool lookin car.
Called it "Land Shark" because of its louvered quarter windows.
Posted by: JarvisW at July 14, 2016 01:28 AM (R1ejq)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 14, 2016 01:29 AM (q7T0y)
Posted by: Rbastid at July 14, 2016 01:29 AM (XwTyM)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at July 14, 2016 01:31 AM (DW+jj)
Posted by: rickl at July 14, 2016 01:32 AM (sdi6R)
Alf, understand 1000%. I spend a lot of time these days with my dad who's descending into dementia. A lot of the man I knew as my "dad" is already gone. We didn't notice it and it happened so seemingly fast that when we did realize it it was almost too late.
If I can get him on a track and talk to him long enough he can still recall some stories and facts from years back. He can't tell me what he just had for supper but he can tell me a story about my mom that I never heard before.
And, you're right. You can do it all again tomorrow.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 14, 2016 01:32 AM (NrBka)
Posted by: rickl at July 14, 2016 01:27 AM (sdi6R) "
Saw Dylan and Paul Simon doing a dual concert at MSG back in either 1999 or 2000 (one on first, one on second, then both together as the capper). Bob can definitely still put on a show, and it was great to see them split verses when they did the joint part of the act.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at July 14, 2016 01:33 AM (kumBu)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 14, 2016 01:34 AM (EzgxV)
I've heard this story. Don't believe it for a minute, but I've heard it.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 14, 2016 01:35 AM (NrBka)
So. In my town a police officer died yesterday. I knew him. He was a marine for 25 years and then became a motorcycle cop. He's on patrol. Cashier at local target tells him a gang was using box cutters to remove electronic anti theft tags from merchandise
He finds the car. He approached the car, car takes off. He gives chase. They go through my neighborhood, a residential area. Cop turns a corner on the narrow streets, crashes and dies. Cop was wearing a camera. They have a photo of the guy. They put the photo of the guy on tv.
Today the guy turns himself in. Accompanied by Quanell X, leader of the Houston chapter of the New Black Panther Party. The one the Dallas shooter belonged to.
Cop leaves behind 3 kids and a wife. His twin girls are only 11
Posted by: ThunderB at July 14, 2016 01:36 AM (K/5mV)
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at July 14, 2016 01:38 AM (kumBu)
I'm really happy with the master bedroom paint job I did a few years ago ...
Posted by: Adriane is Easily Confused ... at July 14, 2016 01:38 AM (AoK0a)
Vaginas, right?
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 14, 2016 01:39 AM (R+30W)
Posted by: L, Elle at July 14, 2016 01:40 AM (6IPEM)
Sorry to hear, TB. It's just not a good time for the Blue.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 14, 2016 01:41 AM (NrBka)
It would be a good comedy sketch. Get a good Nixon impersonator with a Jackie Gleason one, and do a send up of this crap.
Both of them could cuss like sailors, and just imagine Tricky Dick and Buford T, or maybe Ralph Kramden looking at dead alien bodies and making color commentary.
"Them's some *ugly* sumbitches, aint' they, Dick? Now, just what wuz them fuckers doin?"
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at July 14, 2016 01:42 AM (DW+jj)
Cop leaves behind 3 kids and a wife. His twin girls are only 11"
What a dreadful story.
May God bless him, his service, his memory.
Posted by: navybrat at July 14, 2016 01:44 AM (w7KSn)
Deals Gap? Highway 129, by any chance? It is generally rife with
squids doing stupid stuff. And, people who have come from the midwest
where they have no turns or abrupt elevation changes, switchbacks.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 14, 2016 12:52 AM (oFSUK)No. Betsy's Gap and Bluff Mountain on Highway 209 on the other side of the national park. NC 209 runs from Lake Junaluska to Hot Springs. It;s being promoted as Ride the Rattler, a less congested alternative to 129's Tail of the Dragon.
The bikers often meet in Maggie Valley and take US 19 to NC 209. About 8 miles north of the junction of 209 with I-40 there is a country store/cafe/gas station that is behind the promotion. The 30 miles from there into Hot Springs is considered challenging.
After reaching Hot Springs, some riders loop over on US 25/70 to Marshall, then south on a county road back over to NC 63 and finally back to the junction with NC 209 at the Trust crossroad. NC 63 over Doggett Gap has even sharper switchbacks and is steeper in places than NC 209.
They make me nervous. I worry about rounding a blind curve to find one of them in the wrong lane while making an illegal pass.
Posted by: NC Mountainl Girl at July 14, 2016 01:45 AM (6VEtY)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 14, 2016 01:35 AM (NrBka)
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Just as long as you don't tell me the Nixon / Elvis story isn't true.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 14, 2016 01:45 AM (R+30W)
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at July 14, 2016 01:47 AM (kumBu)
Not a bad idea. Any time I can hear Jackie Gleason exclaim "Sum Bitches" is a good time.
Reminds me of home.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 14, 2016 01:49 AM (NrBka)
Posted by: NC Mountainl Girl at July 14, 2016 01:45 AM (6VEtY)
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Yeah, some might feel safe if they are in the car in a car vs motorcycle accident, but having a motorcycle come through your windshield at 50 mph can be a life altering experience.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 14, 2016 01:50 AM (R+30W)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2xBaX5awlc
Posted by: rickl at July 14, 2016 01:50 AM (sdi6R)
May his family & friends find Strength and be Comforted ...
Posted by: Adriane the All Cultures are Equal Critic ... at July 14, 2016 01:50 AM (AoK0a)
Well, there's pics of that, so, I can't call BS on it.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 14, 2016 01:51 AM (NrBka)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 14, 2016 01:51 AM (VdICR)
Posted by: Alf767 at July 14, 2016 01:53 AM (qGI+A)
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at July 14, 2016 01:54 AM (HalrA)
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at July 14, 2016 01:21 AM (kumBu)
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Morisot's work was good but the notion that she founded Impressionism is feminist crap.
Mary Cassatt, IMO, was better overall and far more original. She had an eye for composition that was truly fresh and striking.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at July 14, 2016 01:55 AM (T/5A0)
Today he said he "dismissed" the Dallas shooter from NBPP as long as 2 1/2 years ago because of his extreme rhetoric, which Mr X never reported to police
Of course no one is alive to contradict Mr X
Posted by: ThunderB at July 14, 2016 01:56 AM (K/5mV)
The march to federalize these United States is relentless.
Posted by: gNewt ...don't lkie Ryan?...-better call Paul- at July 14, 2016 01:56 AM (8JE5H)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at July 14, 2016 01:57 AM (DW+jj)
Posted by: JarvisW at July 14, 2016 01:58 AM (R1ejq)
Michael Keaton plays Kroc.
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 14, 2016 01:59 AM (q7T0y)
Posted by: JarvisW at July 14, 2016 01:58 AM (R1ejq)
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Yyyyyes!
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at July 14, 2016 01:59 AM (T/5A0)
Posted by: gNewt ...don't lkie Ryan?...-better call Paul- at July 14, 2016 02:00 AM (8JE5H)
Mary Cassatt, IMO, was better overall and far more original. She had an eye for composition that was truly fresh and striking.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at July 14, 2016 01:55 AM (T/5A0)
Mary Cassatt was awesome. She could easily hold her own with the boys.
Posted by: rickl at July 14, 2016 02:00 AM (sdi6R)
Mary Cassatt, IMO, was better overall and far more original. She had an eye for composition that was truly fresh and striking.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at July 14, 2016 01:55 AM (T/5A0) "
From what I've read, her claim is just as valid as anyone else's. Not that she ever promoted herself that way, IIRC.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at July 14, 2016 02:01 AM (kumBu)
It was something like that. And "Duck son, or you gone be missin' a head" as they crashed under a tractor trailer, ripping the top of the patrol car. After that, Junior had to hold Buford's hat on his head, with his own promptly blowing off.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at July 14, 2016 02:01 AM (DW+jj)
The march to federalize these United States is relentless.
Posted by: gNewt ...don't lkie Ryan?...-better call Paul- at July 14, 2016 01:56 AM (8JE5H)
++++
It must be his severe constitutionalism talking
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 14, 2016 02:01 AM (R+30W)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 14, 2016 02:01 AM (NrBka)
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at July 14, 2016 02:02 AM (kumBu)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 14, 2016 02:07 AM (NrBka)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 14, 2016 02:07 AM (NrBka)
The British Open started.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 14, 2016 02:10 AM (zc3Db)
I was gonna expound on the corrosive nature of the modern "racism" narrative illustrated by the first 3 QoD... Or how 9....NINE planes can (in conjunction w/other 7th Fleet assets, obviously) project power and demonstrate military realitiy to other nations.....
But any measure of sober, cogent thought has departed ....I'm blamin the Blue Flame High Test.
Thank God I'm qualified Expert on this rockin chair.
Posted by: Hillbillyking at July 14, 2016 02:13 AM (Ny2ul)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 14, 2016 02:13 AM (NrBka)
Let's make something universally a crime, never in history not prosecuted when there's any sort of case, a federal matter. Just to be sure.
That public figures can constantly do such pathetic and despicable pandering leaves nothing but contempt for ..... their constituents, who put them there.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 14, 2016 02:13 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill
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Cool! Let's get this party started!
Posted by: Bill Cosby at July 14, 2016 02:14 AM (A6nCG)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 14, 2016 02:15 AM (NrBka)
Bill, I'm gonna get you a car. You were never here. You go home and shut up.
Capiche?
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 14, 2016 02:17 AM (NrBka)
I am well-pleased by the truck. Seems to run fine; it's very clean under the hood and around the chassis, and has obviously had careful maintenance.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2016 02:18 AM (GSdpU)
Marine fighter pilot who flew Wildcats and Corsairs in the Pacific. Replacement who went out to existing squadrons, and didn't see big front-line action. Just bombing and strafing bypassed Jap-held islands in the central Pacific.
But he was on Okinawa in August when the surrender was announced - said he was watching a movie, suddenly the projector stopped, screen went dark, and loudspeaker announced war was over. The fleet started opening up with "happy fire" (rare in American history), and everybody dove for slit trenches and other cover. (older friend of mine was on Oki at this time and had a similar story)
Posted by: rhomboid at July 14, 2016 02:19 AM (QDnY+)
Amazing stuff.. Was convicted on something no one before has, and of course was because of making a film about TFG.
Now he's doin one on Hillary.
Posted by: JarvisW at July 14, 2016 02:21 AM (R1ejq)
Let's make something universally a crime, never in history not prosecuted when there's any sort of case, a federal matter. Just to be sure.
That public figures can constantly do such pathetic and despicable pandering leaves nothing but contempt for ..... their constituents, who put them there.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 14, 2016 02:13 AM (QDnY+)
++++
Cruz is not who he presents himself to be. That's a role; a facade.
Five years ago, as Ted Cruz plotted his path to the U.S. Senate, the anti-establishment crusader sought a private audience with and the backing of one of the faces of the modern GOP establishment: George W. Bush.
http://tinyurl.com/jhllc7k
(Politico)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 14, 2016 02:22 AM (R+30W)
At this point one might argue it's merely cruelty to inform people (more people, anyway) of how degraded the country is. So many who find Hildabeast unthinkable as prez still have only a small idea of how bad things are.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 14, 2016 02:23 AM (QDnY+)
We're not talking about an '88 model Chevy diesel are we?
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 14, 2016 02:24 AM (NrBka)
Posted by: rickl at July 14, 2016 02:26 AM (sdi6R)
I think I'll bring it home. It's ugly as homemade soup, buts runs like a raped ape. Under the hood is cleaner than my kitchen.
If Earl Scheibs still did $99 paint jobs, I could make a couple grand.
Posted by: Chi at July 14, 2016 02:28 AM (A6nCG)
Tell that man "Thank You" from me. I can't ever repay him back.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 14, 2016 02:29 AM (NrBka)
Dubya's record is too complex to discuss intelligently in a comment section, as AOSHQ commenters prove almost daily .....
Posted by: rhomboid at July 14, 2016 02:31 AM (QDnY+)
I'm reminded of the line from Yellowbeard, when informed he is the father of a teenage son:
"I 'aven't got fruit in my loins. I've got lice and damned proud of them!"
Posted by: Epobirs at July 14, 2016 02:33 AM (IdCqF)
The march to federalize these United States is relentless.
Posted by: gNewt ...don't lkie Ryan?...-better call Paul- at July 14, 2016 01:56 AM (8JE5H)
there is a move to do the same at the state level in Wi, by a GOP sumpinorother. I disapprove.
Actually, I HATE that certain people are "extra" protected by laws. It is antithetical to the notion of equality before the law.
On top of which, over the years every single grievance group has its niche in the law.
Adding LEO and other first responders would make it official.
Harming white non-LEO would bring the least punishment for any aggressor.
So not only do I hate the concept of the hate crime, I see where it's been used to diminish some peoples lives by their exclusion.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at July 14, 2016 02:33 AM (kKHcp)
Posted by: rhomboid at July 14, 2016 02:36 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: Adriane the Airplane Critic ... at July 14, 2016 02:37 AM (AoK0a)
Kinda crazy but writing the ending right now. Got the opening pretty well done. And some good ideas on the middle along with the clues. Just got to sew it all together now.
Used 2001 as the background noise while writing. I have to wonder when some Soviet Justice Wanker will get a case of the vapours, become traumatized, and demand that Discovery 1 no longer look like a spermatozoa about to 'rape' Jupiter.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 14, 2016 02:39 AM (uDZYv)
Looks like... *shakes magic 8-Ball*
PROBABLY NOT
It's ALL ABOUT the Preezy.
Fuck, YOUR dead ones!
Mourn, AFTER we push through an agenda item!
And then, who gives a shit!!!
CELEBRATE!!!
Posted by: Deety at July 14, 2016 12:15 AM (xPWMR)
The cool thing to do would be to tell TFG, "Sure, please come to the funeral." Then quietly hold the private funeral a day early, bury the deceased, and TFG shows up to an empty church.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2016 02:42 AM (GSdpU)
There is no constitutional or sensible concept of a "hate crime" - period. Obviously.
And ditto to your comment about 1 fucking billion separate specific laws and protections growing like a coral reef of repugnant distinctions between *equal* citizens.
Just shook my head when I saw (incl. some here) yapping about a police organization begging for "hate crime" designation for the Dallas massacre.
On a more reasonable - and sickening - note ...... apparently some nat'l police organization requested the White House to illuminate the mansion in blue light as a sign of support for police in the wake of Dallas. No response. Rainbow for 5 people re-defining marriage outside their writ and with an absurd rationale, fucking purple for an OD'd musician, but for massacred police? Nothing.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 14, 2016 02:42 AM (QDnY+)
Its the hick version of a throne. Custom made an hand crafted.
I own mine like a King.
Best wishes Ric.
I'm powerin down the modern, an gonna appreciate the breeze.
Posted by: Hillbillyking at July 14, 2016 02:43 AM (Ny2ul)
BTW who could get away with this now?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stsnlTZG84Y
Posted by: OneEyedJack at July 14, 2016 02:43 AM (kKHcp)
Thank you, rombo. He deserved it.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 14, 2016 02:43 AM (NrBka)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 14, 2016 02:46 AM (NrBka)
And they played Yoko One songs until their neighbors shunned them ... works for me.
Posted by: Adriane the Music Critic ... at July 14, 2016 02:46 AM (AoK0a)
*fistbump*
But, how the hell does this stuff pass judicial scrutiny?
phffffftt. Nevermind, it's all Calvinball now.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at July 14, 2016 02:46 AM (kKHcp)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 14, 2016 02:47 AM (NrBka)
Posted by: rhomboid at July 14, 2016 02:42 AM (QDnY+)
That too. TFG shows what he values not just in what he does, but in what he doesn't do.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at July 14, 2016 02:48 AM (kKHcp)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 14, 2016 02:48 AM (uDZYv)
Actually, I HATE that certain people are "extra" protected by laws. It is antithetical to the notion of equality before the law.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at July 14, 2016 02:33 AM (kKHcp)
Some animals are more equal than others.
Posted by: rickl at July 14, 2016 02:49 AM (sdi6R)
Mmmm, yup, that seems to be the desired outcome, all right.
Those twenty-five million people Bill Ayers said needed to be killed for communism to successfully take over America aren't going to kill themselves, after all.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 14, 2016 02:51 AM (3X3ZR)
Hmmm. I seem to recall that meant something, I read about it in a history book.
Hell, I even remember helping add language to legislation, checking it with legislative counsel to make sure it passed muster with established meanings, would do what was intended.
Now? Darkly humorous to imagine what the lawyers in Senate/House leg counsel's offices must do now when weighing the language of bills and amendments.
Gee - does "state" mean, you know, the states and not the feds, as it has in all of US history, especially in bills setting up structures of incentive and financial contribution? Or does it mean ..... well, whatever one "justice" thinks it means, after Burwell?
Posted by: rhomboid at July 14, 2016 02:51 AM (QDnY+)
Ace's Time Machine would take care of that ...
Posted by: Adriane the Temporal Critic ... at July 14, 2016 02:52 AM (AoK0a)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 14, 2016 02:52 AM (NrBka)
But you your trademark provocation was lacking!!
(well, cuz not really relevant in this context)
Posted by: rhomboid at July 14, 2016 02:53 AM (QDnY+)
Define bedtime when one has to work night shift to 11pm. Nyah.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 14, 2016 02:56 AM (uDZYv)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 14, 2016 02:56 AM (NrBka)
Eons ago you asked me a question. Still no direct answer, but an easy indirect one .....
http://tinyurl.com/h6ozcpd
Posted by: rhomboid at July 14, 2016 02:57 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: rhomboid at July 14, 2016 02:58 AM (QDnY+)
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Well said.
As far as killing cops and judges goes, there is a long tradition of inflicting more severe penalties. The idea is that these murders are not just an attack on an individual but on the whole system of law and order. Thus many states make them a capital offense.
But your point about all of these special victims and classes of victims destroying the whole concept of equality under the law turns me against ANY new laws of that kind.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at July 14, 2016 03:00 AM (T/5A0)
Posted by: ThunderB at July 14, 2016 12:53 AM (K/5mV)
Sounds like a muzzie being provocative.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2016 03:00 AM (GSdpU)
Little pieces of sheet metal above the exhaust on either side to act as flame dampers. The wing mounted 20mm canons also had flash hiders on them. All in an attempt to protect the pilot's night vision.
The -5NL was a specially winterized version of the -5N designed to handle the brutal Korean winters.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 14, 2016 03:01 AM (uDZYv)
sted by: rhomboid at July 14, 2016 02:51 AM (QDnY+)
Since you've been that close to Hell's flames, you're probably much more learned and sophisticated than I, who takes a simpletons view of our founders' intent.
Seems to me they'd be pretty dismayed by what a couple of centuries of incremental changes have wrought.
You seem to have survived with your soul intact.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at July 14, 2016 03:01 AM (kKHcp)
The WWII vet was unaware that - probably close to the time he was flying out or Roi-Namur - Charles Lindbergh was flying with a Navy Corsair squadron, experimenting with delivering bombs from that aircraft (not designed for that role).
Posted by: rhomboid at July 14, 2016 03:03 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: OldDominionMom at July 14, 2016 03:04 AM (GzDYP)
Posted by: rickl at July 14, 2016 03:06 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 14, 2016 03:06 AM (uDZYv)
Posted by: rhomboid at July 14, 2016 02:42 AM (QDnY+)
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Which is why the WH should not ever, ever, ever be used as a bulletin board. I despise Obama for breaking that tradition. Now everyone can be pissed off because of what is or is not displayed. More divisiveness!!!
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at July 14, 2016 03:06 AM (T/5A0)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 14, 2016 03:07 AM (NrBka)
And with Margarita, I echo the abhorrence for the whole coral reef of incremental law that singles out subsets of a citizenry that is equal before the law for special protection/punishment.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 14, 2016 03:08 AM (QDnY+)
I remember with dismay how long my daughter would sit and play the original GameBoy Pokemons.
We'd take it away and tell her to go outside and play and she'd say everyone is sitting on their jungle-gyms playing Pokemon!
Well, now she's walking all over the place, so at least she's getting out and about.
If someone makes a buck off of it, that's the free market system at work.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at July 14, 2016 03:10 AM (kKHcp)
Posted by: Adriane the Irony Critic ... at July 14, 2016 03:10 AM (AoK0a)
Again - a KEY point: the WH should NEVER be used as it has been by these unfit, disgraceful, disastrous idiots now soiling it in the way they have. Gotta say, in the cascade of things now beyond counting that have enraged and alienated me from what this country was, the seemingly picayune matter of illuminating the WH to signal approval of some event actually figures in the top 10.
It's so ... revealing, and characteristic of those who cheapen and abuse one of mankind's great legacies (yes ... "mankind's").
Posted by: rhomboid at July 14, 2016 03:12 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: Adriane the History Critic ... at July 14, 2016 03:12 AM (AoK0a)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/jhn4fu7
Here is Lindbergh and McGuire in front of what looks like a P-38J
http://preview.tinyurl.com/hpg48dx
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 14, 2016 03:12 AM (uDZYv)
The info about Lindbergh and Corsairs comes from Barrett Tillman's book on the F-4U.
My old WWII Marine aviation friend (ordnance man) said some pilot threatened to court-martial his crew after a mission where he couldn't release his bombs and had to land with them (dangerous). Friend says they had no field manual direction on how to tighten the bolts so they were just winging it (no pun intended).
Posted by: rhomboid at July 14, 2016 03:15 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 14, 2016 03:15 AM (NrBka)
It's exceedingly painful how awful she is, it hurts my feelings.
Posted by: SMOD's GOT A BETTER WAY at July 14, 2016 03:18 AM (Sp1NT)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 14, 2016 02:24 AM (NrBka)
No, the pickup is a 305 small-block with EFI. But I trailered it home behind my '88 Diesel Suburban. Which runs great, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2016 03:18 AM (GSdpU)
Irony?
Didn't our esteemed and highly respected FBI director just give a press conference wherein he laid out the crimes committed by a person and then said he couldn't deem "evil" intent, so.....no charges!?
How do they square that circle when it comes to adding "hate crime" qualifiers to individual actions?
The whole notion of which is deeming intent.
I suspect we've reached the point where the answer is the Communist phrase
Who...Whom.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at July 14, 2016 03:18 AM (kKHcp)
Posted by: OneEyedJack at July 14, 2016 03:10 AM (kKHcp)
I totally agree. Just look for some to scream about it, because they don't understand how anything actually works.
Posted by: OldDominionMom at July 14, 2016 03:18 AM (GzDYP)
Posted by: OneEyedJack at July 14, 2016 03:21 AM (kKHcp)
The founders would not only be (obviously) disturbed by what disgusts us today, but would be especially appalled that an amazing instrument conceived as above all the empowerment of the individual would be hijacked by a system flim-flamming the citizenry with complication.
You are not "unsophisticated". You are a citizen, the highest rank there is supposed to be under our unique system, and your straight take on simple concepts IS supposed to be the basis for everything.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 14, 2016 03:21 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: rhomboid at July 14, 2016 03:12 AM (QDnY+)
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Yep.
Those rainbow lights spoke volumes.
Volumes.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at July 14, 2016 03:21 AM (T/5A0)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 14, 2016 03:24 AM (uDZYv)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2016 03:24 AM (GSdpU)
http://tinyurl.com/gwyhr33
(Defenseone.com)
They think they can git-r-dun quickly; less than 20 years? lol
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 14, 2016 03:27 AM (gyKtp)
As I recall, Lucky Lindy's little escapade ended when the squadron skipper - correctly - registered his concern with his superiors that the most famous person in the world was flying combat missions against a non-Geneva compliant enemy. Apparently the Navy quickly recognized his point and ended the gig.
Still - pretty incredibly cool. Civilian consultant and most famous pilot ever bombing bypassed islands in the central Pacific. Would love to see comments from the young Navy pilots who flew in that squadron.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 14, 2016 03:27 AM (QDnY+)
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But the Seattle City Council forbids that word.
It implies belonging and therefore excludes others.
It historically implies rights and duties.
Bad word.
We are just "residents."
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at July 14, 2016 03:28 AM (T/5A0)
Have not read much about Lindbergh but assume his participation as a civilian consultant - in the Pacific theater, ahemm - must have had something to do with his wanting to counter any negative feelings from the America First stuff.
And now really off to a few pages of the interesting Zimm book on Pearl Harbor, and dreamland.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 14, 2016 03:32 AM (QDnY+)
I have one of the grandkids here but I am so worried.
Posted by: FCF at July 14, 2016 03:33 AM (kejii)
Posted by: FCF at July 14, 2016 03:36 AM (kejii)
http://nyti.ms/29x9Ire
Posted by: The Political Hat at July 14, 2016 03:38 AM (vBeA5)
Posted by: FCF at July 14, 2016 03:45 AM (kejii)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 14, 2016 03:55 AM (EzgxV)
Here is "Surfing with the alien" by Joe Satriani:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoERl34Ld00
Posted by: The Political Hat at July 14, 2016 03:56 AM (vBeA5)
Posted by: Adriane the History Critic ... at July 14, 2016 04:01 AM (AoK0a)
Ceiling drywall from the first leak is another story.
Posted by: Adriane the History Critic ... at July 14, 2016 04:03 AM (AoK0a)
Always with Me, Always With You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI57QHL6ge0
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 14, 2016 04:09 AM (gyKtp)
One of the things I'm looking to do in our home away from CA is have a separate AC zone for sleeping areas.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 14, 2016 04:16 AM (EzgxV)
Many heads have been lost over that goal.
Good morning horde
Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2016 04:27 AM (Yo9Lf)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at July 14, 2016 04:37 AM (WVsWD)
Posted by: FCF at July 14, 2016 04:39 AM (kejii)
Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2016 04:42 AM (Yo9Lf)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at July 14, 2016 04:43 AM (WVsWD)
The number 1 problem with communism is that eventually someone(s) always end up more equal than others.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at July 14, 2016 04:44 AM (WVsWD)
Just ask him.
http://www.eureferendum.com/
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at July 14, 2016 04:52 AM (WVsWD)
Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2016 04:53 AM (Yo9Lf)
Was adding to your post. Not contradicting.
Beg pardon.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at July 14, 2016 04:55 AM (WVsWD)
"The number 1 stated goal of communism is equality"
The number 1 problem with communism is that eventually someone(s) always end up more equal than others.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at July 14, 2016 04:44 AM (WVsWD)
The number 1 problem with communism is that there are people whose very nature warps them to prosperity (diligent workers, savers, stable) and those whose nature bends them to failure (layabouts, addicts, compulsives), and communism attempts to ensure that they end up economically equal.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 14, 2016 04:59 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2016 05:09 AM (Yo9Lf)
Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2016 05:13 AM (Yo9Lf)
Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2016 05:15 AM (Yo9Lf)
Anyway...if people were perfect no government at all would be necessary.
Posted by: eleven at July 14, 2016 05:16 AM (qUNWi)
Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2016 05:15 AM (Yo9Lf)
Been raining here two out of every three days for about the last two weeks. Getting depressing. Want to change places?
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at July 14, 2016 05:17 AM (WVsWD)
Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2016 05:23 AM (Yo9Lf)
Stay safe horde.
For Liberty, Equality and Fraternity
But most of all Liberty!
Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2016 05:25 AM (Yo9Lf)
I feel for those that need rain and are not getting it.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at July 14, 2016 05:26 AM (WVsWD)
Posted by: SMOD's GOT A BETTER WAY at July 14, 2016 05:29 AM (Sp1NT)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 14, 2016 05:30 AM (8u7mu)
Tim in Illinois, I seriously feel your pain, though my good weather guy is saying a hot spell this month, that would be a change and I might get the deck dry enough to refinish it.
Posted by: FCF at July 14, 2016 05:31 AM (kejii)
Posted by: Hanoverfist at July 14, 2016 05:33 AM (Niu5G)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at July 14, 2016 05:35 AM (WVsWD)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 14, 2016 05:37 AM (8u7mu)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at July 14, 2016 05:35 AM (WVsWD)
Kinda 10PM curfew
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 14, 2016 05:41 AM (8u7mu)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 14, 2016 05:43 AM (8u7mu)
Taylor Swift and ex are having a go at each other.
For one million Quatloos, name the story with the most hits.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at July 14, 2016 05:46 AM (WVsWD)
Posted by: Hanoverfist at July 14, 2016 05:50 AM (Niu5G)
I'm amazed by that Navy report.
Posted by: Hanoverfist at July 14, 2016 05:50 AM (Niu5G)
I'm not. Its the Obama Navy.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 14, 2016 05:55 AM (mpXpK)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at July 14, 2016 05:56 AM (WVsWD)
Posted by: t-bird at July 14, 2016 05:57 AM (RrDm2)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 14, 2016 06:00 AM (mpXpK)
Almost a week after the Dallas sniper attacks, it's still unclear how the gunman obtained an honorable discharge from the military even though Army officials sent him home from Afghanistan with a recommendation that he be thrown out of the armed forces.
An attorney appointed by the military to represent Micah Johnson in a sexual harassment case speculated last week that Johnson's behavioral record could be more serious. The attorney says he's now under strict orders not to discuss the matter with reporters.
It should be obvious why he did not get at least a BCD. He was let off because he was black in the Obama Army which is why his military lawyer has been ordered to STFU.
http://tinyurl.com/gmaeqn4
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 14, 2016 06:00 AM (mpXpK)
http://tinyurl.com/gmaeqn4
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 14, 2016 06:01 AM (mpXpK)
http://tinyurl.com/z6chd5c
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 14, 2016 06:01 AM (mpXpK)
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Posted by: Jiminy Cricket - let your conscience be your guide at July 14, 2016 06:02 AM (ZnIt3)
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Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 14, 2016 06:02 AM (mpXpK)
The ultra-conservative House Freedom Caucus filed a resolution Wednesday night to impeach IRS Commissioner John Koskinen.
Why is there NEVER an "ultra liberal" Democrat or a "far left Democrat"? And why do Democrats still call Faux News conservative? They may not be MSDNC but they are still leftists.
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Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 14, 2016 06:02 AM (mpXpK)
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Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 14, 2016 06:03 AM (mpXpK)
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Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 14, 2016 06:04 AM (mpXpK)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois
I'll take some of that rain. Here in N. Ill we are dry and the weather reports keep teasing me with rain predictions that "dry up"
I hate watering the flowers and shrubs the wifey insists on putting in. Clear cut it, pave it, paint it green.
Posted by: Bruce at July 14, 2016 06:04 AM (8ikIW)
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Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 14, 2016 06:04 AM (mpXpK)
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Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 14, 2016 06:07 AM (mpXpK)
Posted by: Jiminy Cricket
That's okay. There out of paper for wrapping (rapping) the gifts anyway.
Posted by: Bruce at July 14, 2016 06:07 AM (8ikIW)
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Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 14, 2016 06:07 AM (mpXpK)
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Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 14, 2016 06:07 AM (mpXpK)
House conservatives give 5 bills they want to see passed before the November elections. I suspect that these bills have little chance of making it through the Senate, much less by Obama.
http://tinyurl.com/j6q5g56
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 14, 2016 06:08 AM (mpXpK)
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Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 14, 2016 06:08 AM (mpXpK)
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Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 14, 2016 06:08 AM (mpXpK)
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Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 14, 2016 06:08 AM (mpXpK)
IBD details corrupt Congressional Black Caucus members. But all of that is racist right?
http://tinyurl.com/jlrqzhj
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 14, 2016 06:08 AM (mpXpK)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 14, 2016 06:09 AM (mpXpK)
Posted by: t-bird at July 14, 2016 06:10 AM (oFSUK)
I do believe Mr. Moo Moo stated the other day my exact feelings about the #never*****.
Before he got banned.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at July 14, 2016 06:11 AM (WVsWD)
Not that there was much good news in there but it was a really comprehensive newscast, Vic.
Am I the only one Pixy locked out for a while?
Oh, and good morning, horde.
Posted by: creeper at July 14, 2016 06:12 AM (FiNj9)
Maybe Malcolm Gladwell will do a ponderous, obvious podcast about it.
BTW, Ace, we love you and miss the podcast.
Posted by: freedom2014despitebarack at July 14, 2016 06:13 AM (cJDvr)
A truly multicultural moment.
Posted by: Jiminy Cricket - let your conscience be your guide at July 14, 2016 06:14 AM (ZnIt3)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at July 14, 2016 06:18 AM (WVsWD)
Posted by: creeper at July 14, 2016 06:20 AM (FiNj9)
Posted by: freedom2014despitebarack at July 14, 2016 06:21 AM (cJDvr)
He's a strange one; one day infuriatingly stupid, next day lucid.
Posted by: Jiminy Cricket - let your conscience be your guide at July 14, 2016 06:21 AM (ZnIt3)
Sorry, no extra motivation here. I need to keep it for myself. Guests arriving this evening.
Come clean my house, please.
Posted by: creeper at July 14, 2016 06:21 AM (FiNj9)
Posted by: creeper at July 14, 2016 06:23 AM (FiNj9)
And if vetting can not be assured then tough titty said the kitty and the milk tastes shitty.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 14, 2016 06:25 AM (mpXpK)
Careful what you post, he may be on to us.
Posted by: Ripley at July 14, 2016 06:26 AM (1BQGO)
Got a question for you morons. Is anyone else here a member of USAA and,
if so, are you seeing a liberal drift in that organization?
Posted by: creeper at July 14, 2016 06:23 AM (FiNj9)
What is the USAA?
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 14, 2016 06:26 AM (mpXpK)
Yes,
and yes.
Several friends have also stated the same opinion.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 14, 2016 06:27 AM (ptqRm)
Well, right there's the problem. Your spark isn't happening in the same place as your fuel'n'air. Easy enough to fix.
Posted by: ByzantineGeneral at July 14, 2016 06:29 AM (71bXH)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at July 14, 2016 06:33 AM (WVsWD)
Posted by: creeper at July 14, 2016 06:35 AM (FiNj9)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 14, 2016 06:35 AM (ptqRm)
Posted by: creeper at July 14, 2016 06:35 AM (FiNj9)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at July 14, 2016 06:36 AM (WVsWD)
Posted by: t-bird at July 14, 2016 06:36 AM (OLNwX)
Posted by: creeper at July 14, 2016 06:36 AM (FiNj9)
Vic, USAA is an insurance company for military veterans. Fantastic rates
and they've always been very good at service. They've stayed out of
politics for the most part but recently Michelle Obama was on the cover
of the magazine and I'm seeing frequent references to social problems.
Makes me nervous.
Posted by: creeper at July 14, 2016 06:35 AM (FiNj9)
Most insurance companies love them some Obama.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 14, 2016 06:37 AM (mpXpK)
We still use them for our insurance needs, but the next home mortgage is not going to be with them.
If any of our needs can be met through Navy Federal Credit Union, that's the preferred route.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 14, 2016 06:38 AM (ptqRm)
Posted by: t-bird at July 14, 2016 06:40 AM (OLNwX)
AARP has become a wing of the Democrat Party.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 14, 2016 06:41 AM (mpXpK)
Like you, VIA, I'll keep them for insurance. Can't do better anywhere. But I'm wondering about investing with them now.
No confidence.
Posted by: creeper at July 14, 2016 06:42 AM (FiNj9)
Posted by: creeper at July 14, 2016 06:44 AM (FiNj9)
The first one sounded exactly like Sid Blumenthal trolling AoS. When I called him on that fact he disappeared for about a week, then reincarnated with a slightly different nic and a different 'tude.
Posted by: Jiminy Cricket - let your conscience be your guide at July 14, 2016 06:46 AM (ZnIt3)
While I personally have never done it, I wonder icon could check to see if their investments have shifted away from Israel, firearms and other such products, and have gone to renewable energy and more SJW approved investments.
Could be an indicator
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 14, 2016 06:48 AM (ptqRm)
Vic, I've got a medicare supplement with USAA that has NO deductibles,
NO out-of-pocket and NO co-pays. Haven't paid a penny in medical
expenses for two years.
Posted by: creeper at July 14, 2016 06:44 AM (FiNj9)
I have no medical deductibles but I do have a $350 drug deductible. But it is beginning to look like because my drugs are standard heart stuff medicare pays almost all of their costs and I may not reach the deductible this year. At the end of the year I will reevaluate whether I need that coverage or not.
And for you Morons/'ettes out there who are still youngsters and you are on company insurance, be advised that most companies drop all of your medical coverage when you reach 65. And some like my old company no longer even give medical coverage to retirees.
And since Medicare does not cover dental or vision expenses neither does my United Healthcare supplement.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 14, 2016 06:52 AM (mpXpK)
The evidence was suppressed because the DEA used a Stingray to intercept his cell signal without a warrant. No inventing of anything, just a good, old-fashioned violation of the 4th Amendment.
Posted by: Insomniac at July 14, 2016 06:53 AM (0mRoj)
Stingray to intercept his cell signal without a warrant. No inventing of
anything, just a good, old-fashioned violation of the 4th Amendment.
Posted by: Insomniac at July 14, 2016 06:53 AM (0mRoj)
I disagree whole-heartedly. A cell phone has no "privacy" guarantee and to say something that uses the airwaves is private is a ludicrous ruling.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 14, 2016 06:58 AM (mpXpK)
and they've always been very good at service. They've stayed out of
politics for the most part but recently Michelle Obama was on the cover
of the magazine and I'm seeing frequent references to social problems.
Makes me nervous.
.
.
.
.I really haven't noticed anything and I will be sticking with them for Insurance as long as their rates beat everyone else. If they start dicking around then I will go looking around.
I did notice that they quit letting family members of Veterans join. Not sure when that change took place though.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at July 14, 2016 06:59 AM (iONHu)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 14, 2016 06:59 AM (mpXpK)
Stingray to intercept his cell signal without a warrant. No inventing of
anything, just a good, old-fashioned violation of the 4th Amendment.
Posted by: Insomniac at July 14, 2016 06:53 AM (0mRoj)
I disagree whole-heartedly. A cell phone has no "privacy" guarantee and to say something that uses the airwaves is private is a ludicrous ruling.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 14, 2016 06:58 AM (mpXpK)
My use of a phone is protected under the 4th Amendment, which is why warrants are required for wiretaps. You and I obviously have very different comfort levels with a police surveillance state.
Posted by: Insomniac at July 14, 2016 07:01 AM (0mRoj)
You *have* to pay for Medicare, correct? No option, if I understood correctly. So, what is monthly cost?
Posted by: Jiminy Cricket - let your conscience be your guide at July 14, 2016 07:02 AM (ZnIt3)
Amendment, which is why warrants are required for wiretaps. You and I
obviously have very different comfort levels with a police surveillance
state.
Posted by: Insomniac at July 14, 2016 07:01 AM (0mRoj)
There is a huge difference between a wired phone and a phone that uses broadcast airwaves. To me a broadcast signal is the same as a trashcan placed out next to the road. The courts have long ruled that such a trash can has no "right to privacy". Those broadcast cell phones are out in the "public". If you do not want someone monitoring them then do not use a cell phone.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 14, 2016 07:05 AM (mpXpK)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 14, 2016 07:05 AM (mpXpK)
Aren't some cell phones no equipped with encrption ability? What if you are speaking in code? Would who ever is listening have the "right" to your code book?
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at July 14, 2016 07:07 AM (WVsWD)
Amendment, which is why warrants are required for wiretaps. You and I
obviously have very different comfort levels with a police surveillance
state.
Posted by: Insomniac at July 14, 2016 07:01 AM (0mRoj)
There is a huge difference between a wired phone and a phone that uses broadcast airwaves. To me a broadcast signal is the same as a trashcan placed out next to the road. The courts have long ruled that such a trash can has no "right to privacy". Those broadcast cell phones are out in the "public". If you do not want someone monitoring them then do not use a cell phone.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 14, 2016 07:05 AM (mpXpK)
Well, the law does not bear out your idiosyncratic view of the right to be free from warrantless search and seizure of your communications. I like you Vic but your comfort with a surveillance state and razor-blade-narrow view of certain Constotutional rights really concerns me.
Posted by: Insomniac at July 14, 2016 07:08 AM (0mRoj)
USAA has been fantastic to deal with all the years we've done business together. I was not aware they pictured Empress Michelle on their magazine though.
Posted by: MTF at July 14, 2016 07:08 AM (/m8T6)
This will-I expect-be the strategy when he becomes the nominee-to ignore him as much as possible while giving flattering attention to Hillary so that people don't get engaged by him. . I am reminded of the old saying, "All publicity is good publicity"
And yes, i will vote for Trump.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2016 07:14 AM (bpZlE)
He's an amoral self-centered jackass with no guiding principle outside of his wallet, so yeah, he does tend to diverge from the crowd here at times.
Posted by: Grey Fox at July 14, 2016 07:19 AM (bZ7mE)
Judge says you need a warrant for that. I can't argue with that. What's it take, an hours work?
Posted by: Jiminy Cricket - let your conscience be your guide at July 14, 2016 07:20 AM (ZnIt3)
You mean like on NCIS, where they can sit at the desk, and in seconds tell the location of a particular cell phone?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 14, 2016 07:22 AM (ptqRm)
Posted by: Jiminy Cricket - let your conscience be your guide at July 14, 2016 07:02 AM (ZnIt3)
Yes unless you are an illegal or a member in good standing of the Free Shit Army. But you do not have to sign up for medicare. But they punish the hell out of you if you don't sign up within a certain time frame of reaching 65 and then later sign up.
Right now they are deducting $159/month from my SS check for medicare. Took a while to get into the SS web site because I had written down an incorrect user name and they had cancelled my password because they require it to be changed every 6 months. (Don't have a stub since it is done via direct deposit.)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 14, 2016 07:22 AM (mpXpK)
ability? What if you are speaking in code? Would who ever is listening
have the "right" to your code book?
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at July 14, 2016 07:07 AM (WVsWD)
All cell phones are now encrypted and use "frequency hopping" to limit the ability to monitor them. But IIANM the cops are given the codes.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 14, 2016 07:24 AM (mpXpK)
view of the right to be free from warrantless search and seizure of your
communications. I like you Vic but your comfort with a surveillance
state and razor-blade-narrow view of certain Constotutional rights
really concerns me.
Posted by: Insomniac at July 14, 2016 07:08 AM (0mRoj)
Yes, I believe in the Constitution as it is written in plain language. If you ant cell phone communications to be protected then get an amendment.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 14, 2016 07:26 AM (mpXpK)
Posted by: MTF at July 14, 2016 07:28 AM (/m8T6)
view of the right to be free from warrantless search and seizure of your
communications. I like you Vic but your comfort with a surveillance
state and razor-blade-narrow view of certain Constotutional rights
really concerns me.
Posted by: Insomniac at July 14, 2016 07:08 AM (0mRoj)
Yes, I believe in the Constitution as it is written in plain language. If you ant cell phone communications to be protected then get an amendment.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 14, 2016 07:26 AM (mpXpK)
You understand that you're using the same line of reasoning that anti-gunners use to say the 2d amendment applies only to firearms technology extant at the time, don't you? This restrictive view applied to other constitutional rights, such as the first, would allow the government to control and prohibit beforehand any communication using anything other than printing press or quill and ink. The constitution enshrines our personal rights and not just limited to the technology of the time. The convenience of armed agents of the state should not override the 4th Amendment.
Posted by: Insomniac at July 14, 2016 07:32 AM (0mRoj)
Feinstein is probably a stick in the mud conservative only by modern day Democrat/Socialist standards, but is this really how far the Conservative Party has fallen?
http://tinyurl.com/zrvbk35
Posted by: MTF at July 14, 2016 07:35 AM (/m8T6)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at July 14, 2016 07:37 AM (WVsWD)
I gotta problem with that. One that can be easily fixed with judicial review, aka search warrant.
Posted by: Jiminy Cricket - let your conscience be your guide at July 14, 2016 07:39 AM (ZnIt3)
The terms "Uncle Tom" and "Aunt Jemima" get used too much and have become clichés but they truly fit BLM members. The college-aged middle class black kids who comprise the backbone of BLM are the Step 'n Fetchits of elderly white left-wingers. Many are gay and use the group to try to avoid their own self-loathing and the widespread hatred of homosexuals in the black community.
The real deal is the New Black Panther Party, which has sized up BLM as useful idiots. While both are domestic terrorist organizations, the NBPP is the IRA and BLM is the Orange Order. Given the Panthers' history, BLM members should buy life insurance when some of its members are identified as police informers. The Panthers also have a rich history of raping "out" lesbianism, so that's not far down the road, either.
It won't end well and BLM-inspired violence at Cleveland will be the push over the victory line for Trump.
Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at July 14, 2016 07:39 AM (ZBDH0)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 14, 2016 07:43 AM (ptqRm)
anti-gunners use to say the 2d amendment applies only to firearms
technology extant at the time, don't you?
Posted by: Insomniac at July 14, 2016 07:32 AM (0mRoj)
Absolutely not. The second amentment says "arms" which means in plain language ANY arms including canons if I wanted one and could buy it. The "well regulated militia" part is an explanatory clause that says why there is a 2nd amendment and has no bearing on the "shall not be infringed" part.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 14, 2016 07:43 AM (mpXpK)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 14, 2016 07:44 AM (mpXpK)
http://tinyurl.com/zh5h76d
Posted by: MTF at July 14, 2016 07:45 AM (/m8T6)
That is interesting. And understandable. Hillary's stench of Incompetency and 'unintentional' lawbreaking has now overridden the necessity of lying to pollsters about intentions to vote for Trump.
It could be a groundswell of epic proportions by the time Trump gets the official nod and picks a running mate. With the DNC convention a couple weeks after the RNC, it could spell a monumental headache for the democrats.
Posted by: Jiminy Cricket - let your conscience be your guide at July 14, 2016 07:49 AM (ZnIt3)
anti-gunners use to say the 2d amendment applies only to firearms
technology extant at the time, don't you?
Posted by: Insomniac at July 14, 2016 07:32 AM (0mRoj)
Absolutely not. The second amentment says "arms" which means in plain language ANY arms including canons if I wanted one and could buy it. The "well regulated militia" part is an explanatory clause that says why there is a 2nd amendment and has no bearing on the "shall not be infringed" part.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 14, 2016 07:43 AM (mpXpK)
Now that's some lawyerly ledgerdemain right there. You are using the same line of reasoning. Denying it doesn't make it any less true. Your argument depends on varying the rights to be secure in person, houses and effects, and freedom from unreasonable warrantless search and seizure based on advances in technology. Rights aren't frozen in time, and aren't supposed to be malleable based on the convenience of law enforcement. Your reading cedes a lot of personal rights and freedoms to the government, and I find that distressing from someone who identifies as a conservative.
Posted by: Insomniac at July 14, 2016 07:50 AM (0mRoj)
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