Mid-Morning Open Thread [CBD]

Sharpshooter
Winslow Homer

Comments

1 You're really making it too easy to find the sniper.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 02, 2016 09:46 AM (9krrF)

2 1 You're really making it too easy to find the sniper.
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It's always the second sniper who will get you.

Posted by: MTF at August 02, 2016 09:49 AM (/m8T6)

3 BTW, love Homer. Thanks for posting this one.

Posted by: MTF at August 02, 2016 09:49 AM (/m8T6)

4 Is that waldo

Posted by: willow at August 02, 2016 09:50 AM (ySLCq)

5 I sense A Theme this week.

Posted by: bluebell at August 02, 2016 09:50 AM (805dc)

6 It's always the second sniper who will get you.

This is the second sniper. First one was yesterday.

It's almost like the art is starting to pander to the Horde's running gags now...

Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 02, 2016 09:50 AM (9krrF)

7 That's a very interesting rifle he's using.

Posted by: MTF at August 02, 2016 09:52 AM (/m8T6)

8 Also, the best way to handle hostile media is to have their families stay as...guests...in comfortable housing controlled by you. With armed security, of course. Because...it would be a shame if anything happened to them. Of course.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 02, 2016 09:52 AM (9krrF)

9 That's a very interesting rifle he's using.

Looks Civil War (ours, first) era.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 02, 2016 09:53 AM (9krrF)

10 >>> It's almost like the art is starting to pander to the Horde's running gags now...

Sweet! Bewbs can't be far behind then!

Posted by: IP at August 02, 2016 09:53 AM (Fol9S)

11 >>> Looks Civil War (ours, first) era.

ISWYDT...

Posted by: IP at August 02, 2016 09:53 AM (Fol9S)

12 Winslow Homer really went out on a limb with this painting.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 02, 2016 09:54 AM (HGtd0)

13 I need to get my glasses. That looks like a Brown Bess flintlock.

Posted by: Dave at Buffalo Roam at August 02, 2016 09:54 AM (TyhKW)

14 Clinton Raised Almost $90 Million in July, Campaign Says

Posted by: Journolist at August 02, 2016 09:54 AM (TwnkX)

15 I see the new fad is for the snipers to not be hidden as well.

Posted by: Draki at August 02, 2016 09:54 AM (p+tpJ)

16
A real sniper would never let his foot show like that.

Posted by: Gastulite at August 02, 2016 09:55 AM (s70PD)

17 Nope. Percussion.

Posted by: Dave at Buffalo Roam at August 02, 2016 09:55 AM (TyhKW)

18 I can't tell from the picture whether the sharpshooter is L or G or B or T.

Posted by: West at August 02, 2016 09:55 AM (1Rgee)

19 [After that, after you listen. ]

I wish I was in his sights.

j/k, need a doughnut.

Posted by: iforgot says God bless Drooper at August 02, 2016 09:55 AM (pC96u)

20 That guy's going to take one shot, and then someone's going to immediately see him because he doesn't have a clue on how to camouflage, and that will be the end of him.

Why doesn't he just stand in front of the tree wearing Carmen Miranda's fruit hat?

Stupid Yankee. No wonder they almost lost The War of Northern Aggression.

Posted by: Sharkman at August 02, 2016 09:55 AM (oXDvk)

21 Battery died on his Predator camo.

Posted by: Dave at Buffalo Roam at August 02, 2016 09:56 AM (TyhKW)

22 I know what the sound track sounds like:
POW!!,*snap*, AHHHHHhhhhhhhhhh shi...thud.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at August 02, 2016 09:56 AM (SeD0w)

23 More reading on this sniper.

Winslow Homer, The Army of the Potomac - A Sharp-Shooter on Picket Duty, published 1862, wood engraving on newsprint

http://bit.ly/2arRpiG

Posted by: IP at August 02, 2016 09:56 AM (Fol9S)

24 That red on the hat doesn't help with concealment.

Posted by: davidt at August 02, 2016 09:57 AM (mkppl)

25 Winslow Homer really went out on a limb with this painting.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 02, 2016 09:54 AM (HGtd0)

Not that far outside his skills, but he is clearly branching out.....

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 02, 2016 09:57 AM (Zu3d9)

26 7: The paining reeks of someone who didn't know jack about guns. It looks like it has a magazine tube a'la a Lebel or a Lever action but the action itself looks like a flintlock or percussion muzzle loader.

Posted by: Jackal at August 02, 2016 09:58 AM (Lyh9/)

27 He's the Branch Manager.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at August 02, 2016 09:58 AM (KCQo0)

28 I'm guessing that's a Sharps, the rifle of choice for Union sharpshooters.

http://tinyurl.com/hfwllds

Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 02, 2016 09:58 AM (9krrF)

29 I will not be willowed.

Libya is one of the most disastrous foreign policy decisions ever. Britain and France are mostly to blame and as usual , the false accusations the Left / Dems makes against the Right is exactly what the Left actually does. Britain and France brought along the willing Obama lapdog to do their dirty work . We had corralled Ghaddafi who was fighting the terrorists for his own purposes but it also served our purposes. The humanitarian excuse to take him out was the most obvious lie I've seen a government do in sometime. Libya was the real War for Oil. That it came back to bite them in the ass would be delicious if it didn't also effect me and other innocent citizens. I hope they choke on their greed and stupidity.

Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at August 02, 2016 09:59 AM (KUBIs)

30 Homer Winslow played a mean banjo in the background.

Posted by: Dave at Buffalo Roam at August 02, 2016 09:59 AM (TyhKW)

31 Or the Whitworth. I really should read the whole damn thing before linking.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 02, 2016 09:59 AM (9krrF)

32 You can run, but you'll only die tired.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 02, 2016 09:59 AM (dRRmR)

33 CBD, Thanks for the Homer painting. I always enjoy his work. It's on the edge of impressionism but provides plenty of detail and the topics are certainly varied.

Hope the sniper makes that shot count. He won't be reloading the musket in that tree.

Posted by: JTB at August 02, 2016 09:59 AM (V+03K)

34 You won't have to worry about your rifles.

The state will take them soon.

Posted by: Hillary at August 02, 2016 10:00 AM (TwnkX)

35 Libya was the BP War.

Posted by: Dave at Buffalo Roam at August 02, 2016 10:01 AM (TyhKW)

36 Alternate title:

Grassy Knoll
Dallas, TX
1963

Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 02, 2016 10:01 AM (kTF2Z)

37 Worst deer stand evah.

Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at August 02, 2016 10:01 AM (KUBIs)

38 28: Maybe, that's a weird stock if so.

Posted by: Jackal at August 02, 2016 10:01 AM (Lyh9/)

39 Is that a scope?

Posted by: davidt at August 02, 2016 10:01 AM (mkppl)

40 Begun the tree pun wars have, I twig.

Posted by: Yoda at August 02, 2016 10:01 AM (dRRmR)

41 The engraving has much better rifle detail.

http://bit.ly/2arS1oI

Posted by: IP at August 02, 2016 10:01 AM (Fol9S)

42 He stinks!!!!
Winslow? A fag!!!!
Jew?
Winsow NO GOOD!!!
He should die!!
Winslow Boner

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at August 02, 2016 10:02 AM (f6C3E)

43 Doesn't look like a Sharps, those were falling block. Actually looks like some sort of carbine, which is a strange choice.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at August 02, 2016 10:02 AM (7ZVPa)

44 Thanks for the Homer painting.

Posted by: JTB at August 02, 2016 09:59 AM (V+03K)

I love Winslow Homer! There is something simple and comfortable in his work that makes it a joy to look at.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 02, 2016 10:02 AM (Zu3d9)

45 7 That's a very interesting rifle he's using.

Yeah, appears to be a pump action flint lock. Pretty rare, I'd wager.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at August 02, 2016 10:02 AM (SeD0w)

46 What's he shooting at?

Posted by: OregonMuse at August 02, 2016 10:03 AM (7foVv)

47 Actually looks like some sort of carbine, which is a strange choice.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at August 02, 2016 10:02 AM (7ZVPa)

Is that a telescopic sight too? That makes it look funny.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 02, 2016 10:03 AM (Zu3d9)

48 I can actually make out properly the tube that passed for a scope on the engraving. Still not clear on the weapon make.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 02, 2016 10:04 AM (9krrF)

49 That's a whitworth muzzle loader.

Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at August 02, 2016 10:04 AM (KUBIs)

50 That's a very interesting rifle he's using.

Yeah, appears to be a pump action flint lock. Pretty rare, I'd wager.

Standard flintlock. Scope on top runs almost the whole rifle.

Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at August 02, 2016 10:04 AM (hgso/)

51 I recall reading somewhere that among some military professionals of the Civil War era the tactics of sniping was considered a barbaric form of warfare, and dishonorable. Interesting thinking, that lining up thousands of soldiers and marching them at close ranks into withering rifle and artillery fire from fortified positions is somehow less barbaric.

Posted by: George V. at August 02, 2016 10:04 AM (LUHWu)

52 >>46
What's he shooting at? Posted by: OregonMuse at August 02, 2016 10:03 AM (7foVv)

The cheery, warm window of a Thomas Kinkade cottage.

Posted by: General Zod at August 02, 2016 10:04 AM (Bdeb0)

53 Okay so now Trump is just trying to look crazy - I mean calling her the devil? Everyone knows the devil is a guy - come on man.

Posted by: Patrick Henry at August 02, 2016 10:05 AM (15q3x)

54 6 It's always the second sniper who will get you.

This is the second sniper. First one was yesterday.

It's almost like the art is starting to pander to the Horde's running gags now...
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 02, 2016 09:50 AM (9krrF)

So we can expect Hyapatia Lee artwork soon?

Posted by: josephistan at August 02, 2016 10:05 AM (7HtZB)

55 What's he shooting at?

The general that claimed no one could hit an elephant at that ra

Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at August 02, 2016 10:05 AM (hgso/)

56 I think that is supposed to be one of Berdan's Sharpshooters from the Civil War, but the Uniform isn't correct for that.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at August 02, 2016 10:06 AM (iONHu)

57 52
>>46

What's he shooting at?
Posted by: OregonMuse at August 02, 2016 10:03 AM (7foVv)
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The cheery, warm window of a Thomas Kinkade cottage.

Posted by: General Zod at August 02, 2016 10:04 AM (Bdeb0
____________________________________________

Well now, that is certainly an uplifting thought..

Posted by: IP at August 02, 2016 10:06 AM (Fol9S)

58 OK, yeah, on further review that weapon makes no sense.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 02, 2016 10:06 AM (9krrF)

59 On this day in 1990, Iraq invaded Kuwait. I was in a classroom in Yorktown, Virginia at the Coast Guard Explosives Handling School when we heard the news.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at August 02, 2016 10:07 AM (KCQo0)

60 Shit, a sniper.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 02, 2016 10:07 AM (9ym/8)

61 Yeah, appears to be a pump action flint lock. Pretty rare, I'd wager.

You can just see the primitive prototype version of the thing that goes up.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 02, 2016 10:07 AM (9krrF)

62 58: Which figures: The link about the artist further upthread notes he was a war correspondent. Which means he probably knew as much about guns as Barbara Boxer.

Posted by: Jackal at August 02, 2016 10:08 AM (Lyh9/)

63 Could be a Sharps..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharps_rifle

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at August 02, 2016 10:08 AM (so+oy)

64 So we can expect Hyapatia Lee artwork soon?

Posted by: josephistan at August 02, 2016 10:05 AM (7HtZB)

Shhhh....

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 02, 2016 10:08 AM (Zu3d9)

65
The red patch on his hat appears to be a corps badge. The Federal armies did not start adopting and wearing them until March 1863, however.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot, Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 02, 2016 10:08 AM (BK3ZS)

66 Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton completed no security briefings or courses on the proper handling of classified materials and how to conduct secure communications while at the Department of State, according to new Obama administration legal filings before the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Posted by: Bernie Sanders' Conscience at August 02, 2016 10:08 AM (e8kgV)

67 Not sure which unit the sharpshooter is in. The 1st U.S. Sharpshooters wore green uniforms, not the typical blue shown here.

Posted by: josephistan at August 02, 2016 10:09 AM (7HtZB)

68 If the Union sniper is in Atlanta, hopefully he's staking out CNN headquarters.

What did Sherman say about news reporters?

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at August 02, 2016 10:09 AM (hqZPQ)

69 Colorado morons take cover! FAB and Bill are swooping in on her broom today for fundraising and bullshit. Aspen & Dever hide the children!

Posted by: Cheri at August 02, 2016 10:09 AM (SvOXF)

70 >>The cheery, warm window of a Thomas Kinkade cottage. Posted by: General Zod at August 02, 2016 10:04 AM (Bdeb0

Well now, that is certainly an uplifting thought..Posted by: IP at August 02, 2016 10:06 AM (Fol9S)

Actually, he's shooting at the kindhearted granny beyond said window. She's just poured hot cocoa for her three grandkids, and they're in front of the cheery, warm hearth, and she's about to read Mrs. Twiggly's Treehouse to them.

It'll be a tricky head-shot. Squeeze, don't jerk.

Posted by: General Zod at August 02, 2016 10:10 AM (Bdeb0)

71 It looks like a Whitworth but it doesn't look like a Rebel sniper. The Whitworth was mostly used by the South.

Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at August 02, 2016 10:10 AM (KUBIs)

72
Whether you can spot him in the tree or not won't matter once he takes his weapon to full automatic.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot, Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 02, 2016 10:10 AM (BK3ZS)

73 Keep in mind the details from the etching and painting are somewhat different. (The etching says specifically "Army of the Potomac" so at least we're within spitting distance on the era.)

Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 02, 2016 10:10 AM (9krrF)

74 "Yeah, appears to be a pump action flint lock. Pretty rare, I'd wager. "

Extremely. Just try to find one on Gunbroker.com.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 02, 2016 10:10 AM (9ym/8)

75 They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance.

Posted by: General John Sedgwick at August 02, 2016 10:10 AM (PjWy4)

76 There were sharpshooters before they were officially designated sharpshooter ya know

Posted by: ThunderB at August 02, 2016 10:10 AM (zOTsN)

77 I see these guys in the trees surrounding my property when the headaches come.

My doctors told me I'm on the Red List.

Posted by: Cactus of Liberty at August 02, 2016 10:11 AM (M/hAK)

78 Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton completed no security briefings or courses on the proper handling of classified materials and how to conduct secure communications while at the Department of State, according to new Obama administration legal filings before the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Yet the guy who is used to high level multi million dollar negotiations is the scary one when it comes to TS material.

Yeah. Right.

Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at August 02, 2016 10:11 AM (hgso/)

79 Reminds me of Bosnia.

Posted by: Hildog at August 02, 2016 10:11 AM (mkppl)

80 59 On this day in 1990, Iraq invaded Kuwait. I was in a classroom in Yorktown, Virginia at the Coast Guard Explosives Handling School when we heard the news.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at August 02, 2016 10:07 AM (KCQo0)

Also, on this day in 1964, the 1st Gulf of Tonkin incident occurred.

Posted by: josephistan at August 02, 2016 10:12 AM (7HtZB)

81 Yeah, appears to be a pump action flint lock.

Great for home defense! Just the sound of racking it will resolve most situations! If that doesn't work, discharge it into the air!

Posted by: Joe Biden at August 02, 2016 10:12 AM (dRRmR)

82
75 They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist...

Fixed

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot, Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 02, 2016 10:12 AM (BK3ZS)

83 Then it's agreed, the artist was full of shite on this one.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 02, 2016 10:13 AM (9krrF)

84 You have just been banned from Twitter for this violent, racist image which threatens minorities, women, and gender-fluid trees.

Posted by: Twatter at August 02, 2016 10:13 AM (3v713)

85 >>>A real sniper would never let his foot show like that.<<<

I don't think it matters much when the big cloud of black powder rolls out of the end of that muzzle.

Posted by: Fritz at August 02, 2016 10:13 AM (2Mnv1)

86 Then it's agreed, the artist was full of shite on this one.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 02, 2016 10:13 AM (9krrF)
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Meh, don't be so hard on the guy, even Hillary forgot some minor details about when she was under fire..

Posted by: IP at August 02, 2016 10:14 AM (Fol9S)

87 It'll be a tricky head-shot. Squeeze, don't jerk.

He'll never get to take it. The kitteh is about to pounce.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 02, 2016 10:14 AM (9krrF)

88 Can't tell if that is a Sharpes or a Springfield. Both were used for longer range shots and were fitted with the brass tube sight shown in the painting. (You can see a set up like this in 'The Outlaw Josie Wales' when he shoots the rope holding the ferry in place.)

If Homer had done a follow-on painting to this one, it would show the marksman sprawled on his back on the ground after the recoil knocked him off those skinny branches.

Posted by: JTB at August 02, 2016 10:14 AM (V+03K)

89 If you look just above the sniper you can see the kitteh, ready to drop on him.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at August 02, 2016 10:14 AM (T/cxb)

90 Venezuela is telling people to leave their jobs and work in the fields for 60 days.

If we had Republican leadership who hated communism (more than they hate conservatives), it would be a great teaching opportunity to point out the evils of communism and paint hrc/dims for what they really are.

Posted by: willy at August 02, 2016 10:14 AM (Ffw22)

91 and she's about to read Mrs. Triggly's Treehouse to them.

Thank you for the shout out, but I'm not married. Yet.

Posted by: Cora Segal at August 02, 2016 10:15 AM (dRRmR)

92 And here we go-

TFG's weak, weenie, sissy-girl foreign policy is starting to bear fruit-

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/08/02/asia-

pacific/chinese-navy-holds-live-fire-drills-in-east-china-

sea/#.V6Cp51ee0qw

(remove extra spaces)

China is trying to bully their way in both the East and South China Sea.

Military Aggression is historically the next step.

We'll see.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 02, 2016 10:16 AM (HGtd0)

93 53 Okay so now Trump is just trying to look crazy - I mean calling her the devil? Everyone knows the devil is a guy - come on man.

Cliff Richard begs to differ!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tuAkdlLhTE

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at August 02, 2016 10:16 AM (WlGX+)

94
So this is more of an artist's impression of what a sniper might look like than it is an actual representation of a real sniper.

Posted by: Gastulite at August 02, 2016 10:16 AM (s70PD)

95 That's my Great-Great-Grandfather 'Deadeye' Williams.

I'll never live down the shame of military service in my family tree.

Posted by: Brian Williams at August 02, 2016 10:17 AM (mkppl)

96 Zod -

Had no idea the FBI CRT was around in those days......

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at August 02, 2016 10:18 AM (GO3Zc)

97 75. A Spotsylvania battlefield guide said that the actual Sedgwick quote was:

"They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist...."

Don't know if that's true but it's a better story.

Posted by: Raspail at August 02, 2016 10:18 AM (vnM1x)

98 Find the sniper week for the visually impaired at the HQ!

Posted by: @votermom at August 02, 2016 10:18 AM (7lVbc)

99 Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton completed no security briefings or courses on the proper handling of classified materials and how to conduct secure communications while at the Department of State, according to new Obama administration legal filings before the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Posted by: Bernie Sanders' Conscience at August 02, 2016 10:08 AM (e8kgV)

I'm sure that goes for the whole damn administration

Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 02, 2016 10:18 AM (493sH)

100 93, well played though I would have gone with Mitch Ryder!

Posted by: Patrick Henry at August 02, 2016 10:18 AM (ixAYA)

101 Okay I've decided it is an Enfield muzzle loader.

Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at August 02, 2016 10:19 AM (KUBIs)

102 Can't wait for Pron Week on the Art Thread. Stormy Daniels day will be AWESOME !!!

Posted by: ScoggDog at August 02, 2016 10:19 AM (RKJF2)

103 So...I find out Mama Cass died of a heart attack. Ham sandwich uneaten and had nothing to do with it. Why am I always the last to know these things.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at August 02, 2016 10:19 AM (WlGX+)

104 It's a muzzle-loader with a very early telescopic sight.

Somebody said Whitworth above. Looks about like it.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 02, 2016 10:19 AM (9ym/8)

105 It's an AR-15.

Posted by: Any Reporter at August 02, 2016 10:20 AM (RKJF2)

106
Looks like he lost his canteen in the painting (it was there in the engraving).

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot, Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 02, 2016 10:21 AM (BK3ZS)

107 105 It's an AR-15.

Posted by: Any Reporter at August 02, 2016 10:20 AM (RKJF2)

You can tell by the black thing that goes up on his head.

Posted by: @votermom at August 02, 2016 10:21 AM (7lVbc)

108 It's an AR-15.

--

Early version, Civil War era, weapon of war.

Posted by: Gastulite at August 02, 2016 10:21 AM (s70PD)

109 Founding Fathers never intended for citizens to have access to such weapons of war.

Posted by: Any Reporter at August 02, 2016 10:22 AM (RKJF2)

110 The great, great, great, great granchildren of that sniper owe me reparations.

Posted by: BLM Genius at August 02, 2016 10:22 AM (k8tEg)

111
Find the sniper week for the visually impaired at the HQ!

Posted by: @votermom at August 02, 2016 10:18 AM (7lVbc)

Yeah! Give Shark Week a run for it's money.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 02, 2016 10:23 AM (Xv6Y5)

112
Sorry, it's a crossbow and his left hand is on the bow itself.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot, Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 02, 2016 10:24 AM (BK3ZS)

113 "I was not a soldier but a camp follower & artist. The above impression [referring to his sketch] struck me as being as near murder as anything I ever could think of in connection with the army & I always had a horror of that branch of the service."

Interesting

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at August 02, 2016 10:24 AM (mEZce)

114

Even earlier versions of AR-15 weapons of war

http://www.comitatus.net/greekswords.html

not intended for civilian use.

Posted by: Gastulite at August 02, 2016 10:24 AM (s70PD)

115 Should not have taken me 105 posts to come up with that sock.

I denounce myself.

Posted by: ScoggDog at August 02, 2016 10:25 AM (RKJF2)

116 The sniper is defending his property from Pokemon-Go catcher.

Posted by: @votermom at August 02, 2016 10:25 AM (7lVbc)

117
116 The sniper is defending his property from Pokemon-Go catcher.

The red item on his cap is the exceedingly rare Chattanooga Pika Choo-Choo pokemon.

He's gonna be really pissed when the hordes of PG players show up and start missing around the base of his tree.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot, Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 02, 2016 10:28 AM (BK3ZS)

118
I recall reading somewhere that among some military professionals of the Civil War era the tactics of sniping was considered a barbaric form of warfare, and dishonorable. Interesting thinking, that lining up thousands of soldiers and marching them at close ranks into withering rifle and artillery fire from fortified positions is somehow less barbaric.

Posted by: George V. at August 02, 2016 10:04 AM (LUHWu)

It was considered barbaric because snipers would target the officers. Think of Mel Gibson in The Patriot. During the parley scene, Cornwallis bitches about his officers being targeted at the beginning of engagements.

Of course, Mel responded that first......

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 02, 2016 10:28 AM (Xv6Y5)

119 103 So...I find out Mama Cass died of a heart attack. Ham sandwich uneaten and had nothing to do with it. Why am I always the last to know these things.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at August 02, 2016 10:19 AM (WlGX+)
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I always love finding these non sequitur gems in the middle of a thread.

Posted by: bluebell at August 02, 2016 10:29 AM (805dc)

120 Isn't it time to have that long overdue national discussion about common sense single shot rifle control ?

Posted by: Any Reporter at August 02, 2016 10:30 AM (RKJF2)

121 Hey y'all, Carol says she's fine, just spending time away from the HQ until fall.

Garden reasons, not political reasons!

She's @maconserv if ya wanna say hi in a Twitter sort of way.

Posted by: Mama AJ at August 02, 2016 10:30 AM (gTQoY)

122 Looks mighty precarious.
Like the recoil may tumble him down from that tree.
Especially a pump action flintlock.

Posted by: navybrat at August 02, 2016 10:30 AM (w7KSn)

123
Y'know, I intended to say "milling", but auto cucumber makes it appear that I meant to say "messing".

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot, Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 02, 2016 10:31 AM (BK3ZS)

124 I find out Mama Cass died of a heart attack

----

Great, I had Chuck Berry singing in my ear about back in the USA, on a loop, non stop,

and now it's momas and popas "I saw her again last night"

But what could I do, I'm lonely too

Posted by: Gastulite at August 02, 2016 10:32 AM (s70PD)

125
Wait a minute... I was promised a seascape.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 02, 2016 10:32 AM (9mTYi)

126
Isn't it time to have that long overdue national discussion about common sense single shot rifle control ?
Posted by: Any Reporter at August 02, 2016 10:30 AM (RKJF2)
___________________________________

And what about calibers? No one ever needs 50 of them, and even 22 surely seems excessive.
One or two, provided they are properly stored, are more than sufficient for hunting purposes.

Posted by: MSNBC Gun Expert at August 02, 2016 10:32 AM (Fol9S)

127 Heh. Pokemon....

At work, we use an IM system for dept to dept comms.

Been giving one of my colleagues grief about her addiction to the game.

Told her, 'you didn't catch a pokemon. What you've done - somehow - is put a mouse in one of those pantyhose egg things. It's not going to hatch or whatever it is they're supposed to do. It'll either die, or break out and bite you, just like the last one. If you keep this up, they'll send you back to the home. None of us want to see that.'

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at August 02, 2016 10:32 AM (GO3Zc)

128 Okay, now you're just trolling us. Next it's going to be pictures of women with dangerously pointy elbows, as in truly pointy.

Posted by: joncelli, In the Third Person at August 02, 2016 10:32 AM (RD7QR)

129
On this day in 1990, Iraq invaded Kuwait. I was in a classroom in Yorktown, Virginia at the Coast Guard Explosives Handling School when we heard the news.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at August 02, 2016 10:07 AM (KCQo0)

I was on leave in Jerusalem. Our trip was cut short by a couple of days and we were recalled back to the base in Egypt.

I also won about $50 in bets, a bunch of guys thought Saddam was bluffing.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 02, 2016 10:33 AM (Xv6Y5)

130 www.civilwarhome.com/sedgwickdeath.htm

Posted by: General John Sedgwick at August 02, 2016 10:34 AM (PjWy4)

131 So where's the cat in this picture?

Pretty well hidden.

Posted by: Bossy Conservative...pondering the future at August 02, 2016 10:34 AM (RFeQD)

132 When he pulls the trigger, would he lose his balance and fall off the branch? He seems rather precariously perched up there.

Posted by: IC at August 02, 2016 10:35 AM (a0IVu)

133 Don't know if anyone mentioned it below, but there's a link on the Feel Good story to a homecoming video that is touching and hilarious.

Indonesian kid returns after 3 years in London and surprises family at a restaurant.

Watch it for the dad, if nothing else

Posted by: Sal at August 02, 2016 10:36 AM (MRX6w)

134 She's @maconserv if ya wanna say hi in a Twitter sort of way.
Posted by: Mama AJ at August 02, 2016 10:30 AM (gTQoY)

Thanks, I just did!

Posted by: @votermom at August 02, 2016 10:36 AM (7lVbc)

135
Also, on this day in 1964, the 1st Gulf of Tonkin incident occurred.

On this day in 216 BC, Vic watched Hannibal kick the Romans' asses at the battle of Cannae.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 02, 2016 10:36 AM (X6fMO)

136 >>131
So where's the cat in this picture? Pretty well hidden. Posted by: Bossy Conservative...pondering the future at August 02, 2016 10:34 AM (RFeQD)

The cat is on granny's lap in the cottage. If the shot works, she'll just kind of slump forward, and the cat will jump down and saunter over to the cheery hearth.

Posted by: General Zod at August 02, 2016 10:36 AM (Bdeb0)

137 I thing that is a whitworth with a scope. It was not a typical rifle, being a hexagonal bore that took a special hexagonal bullet. It was a muzzle-loader.

It may have just been a scoped Sprinfield, though.

Gen. Grant, in his biography, also mentioned that some of the rifle bullets used towards the end of the war had fused explosive charges in them like a fused artillery shell, and he mentioned seeing the grey trails they left behind. He considered them as being cruel as they increased suffering without being more effective.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 02, 2016 10:36 AM (ry34m)

138 "a bunch of guys thought Saddam was bluffing."

Poppy Bush and Jim Baker among them.

"WHAT? He actually invaded? Oh crap! What do we do now?"

Posted by: torquewrench at August 02, 2016 10:36 AM (noWW6)

139 So where's the cat in this picture?

Pretty well hidden.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative...pondering the future at August 02, 2016 10:34 AM (RFeQD)

DAMMIT. I was just going to say I couldn't find the cat.

Also, I do so adore the recursive nature of the Horde.

Posted by: alexthechick -Darth Sugartits at August 02, 2016 10:36 AM (mf5HN)

140 Apple's version of this painting has him aiming a SuperSoaker.

Posted by: IP at August 02, 2016 10:37 AM (Fol9S)

141 My God, it's full of sniper.

Posted by: Mortimer at August 02, 2016 10:38 AM (qtgOZ)

142 Ip -

Yep. Spielberg's reissue has him holding a radio. ....

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at August 02, 2016 10:38 AM (GO3Zc)

143 Just made an appointment to get my hearing checked.

I'm getting tired of asking "what?" when having a conversation in noisy restaurants and other places with a lot of background sound.

Posted by: jwest at August 02, 2016 10:38 AM (Zs4uk)

144 You'll shoot your eye out, kid!

Posted by: josephistan at August 02, 2016 10:38 AM (7HtZB)

145 OT

Prominent AFP Clinton Researcher Found Dead

Prolific author, AMERICAN FREE PRESS writer and seasoned Clinton researcher Victor Thorn was found at the top of a mountain near his home, the apparent victim of a gunshot wound. Family and some close friends contend Thorn took his own life on his birthday, August 1. Thorn would have been 54.

http://americanfreepress.net/prominent-afp-clinton-researcher-found-dead/

Posted by: @votermom at August 02, 2016 10:38 AM (7lVbc)

146 >>140
Apple's version of this painting has him aiming a SuperSoaker. Posted by: IP at August 02, 2016 10:37 AM (Fol9S)

Zappa's version of this painting has him aiming a Telefunken U-47.

Posted by: General Zod at August 02, 2016 10:39 AM (Bdeb0)

147 The cat is on granny's lap in the cottage. If the
shot works, she'll just kind of slump forward, and the cat will jump
down and saunter over to the cheery hearth.

Posted by: General Zod

The cat, getting hungry later that day, starts to gnaw on granny's sweetbreads for sustenance.

Posted by: Bruce at August 02, 2016 10:39 AM (8ikIW)

148 Wall of text warning. General Sedgwick's last words:

Verbatim report made by General McMahon, who was at Sedgwick's side at his untimely death:

I gave the necessary order to move the troops to the right, and as they rose to execute the movement the enemy opened a sprinkling fire, partly from sharp-shooters. As the bullets whistled by, some of the men dodged. The general said laughingly, "What! what! men, dodging this way for single bullets! What will you do when they open fire along the whole line? I am ashamed of you. They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance." A few seconds after, a man who had been separated from his regiment passed directly in front of the general, and at the same moment a sharp-shooter's bullet passed with a long shrill whistle very close, and the soldier, who was then just in front of the general, dodged to the ground. The general touched him gently with his foot, and said, "Why, my man, I am ashamed of you, dodging that way," and repeated the remark, "They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance." The man rose and saluted and said good-naturedly, "General, I dodged a shell once, and if I hadn't, it would have taken my head off. I believe in dodging. "The general laughed and replied, "All right, my man; go to your place."

For a third time the same shrill whistle, closing with a dull, heavy stroke, interrupted our talk; when, as I was about to resume, the general's face turned slowly to me, the blood spurting from his left cheek under the eye in a steady stream. He fell in my direction ; I was so close to him that my effort to support him failed, and I fell with him.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 02, 2016 10:39 AM (9mTYi)

149 i like his ball cap....looks like the san francisco giants......

Posted by: phoenixgirl you must fight for independence EVERYDAY at August 02, 2016 10:40 AM (0O7c5)

150 By the way, a specialized sharpshooter rifle back then was capable of serious accuracy. They weren't like the smooth bore muskets of earlier periods. With carefully worked up loads, faster rate of rifling (the better to stabilize the bullet), those long scopes, and special bullets, they could reliably hit a man's chest at hundreds of yards. Putting the shooter up a tree meant he could hit a target behind the front rank. It may not have been 'honorable' but think of the difference taking out a commanding officer or a canon crew could make in a battle.

Posted by: JTB at August 02, 2016 10:41 AM (V+03K)

151 GOOD MORNING, JWEST. I SAID GOOD MORNING, JWEST.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 02, 2016 10:41 AM (kTF2Z)

152 Just made an appointment to get my hearing checked.

I'm getting tired of asking "what?" when having a conversation in noisy restaurants and other places with a lot of background sound.
Posted by: jwest
----------

Yeah. Well, there will be no good news, unless you consider a hearing aid good news.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 02, 2016 10:42 AM (9mTYi)

153 For a third time the same shrill whistle, closing with a dull, heavy stroke, interrupted our talk; when, as I was about to resume, the general's face turned slowly to me, the blood spurting from his left cheek under the eye in a steady stream.

1st is for distance.
2nd is for height.
3rd is the money shot.

Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at August 02, 2016 10:42 AM (hgso/)

154 145 OT

Prominent AFP Clinton Researcher Found Dead

Prolific author, AMERICAN FREE PRESS writer and seasoned Clinton researcher Victor Thorn was found at the top of a mountain near his home, the apparent victim of a gunshot wound. Family and some close friends contend Thorn took his own life on his birthday, August 1. Thorn would have been 54.

http://americanfreepress.net/prominent-afp-clinton-researcher-found-dead/

Posted by: @votermom at August 02, 2016 10:38 AM (7lVbc)

I try not to give in to conspiracy theories but sometimes the tinfoil just jumps up on your head and forms a hat.

Posted by: joncelli, In the Third Person at August 02, 2016 10:42 AM (RD7QR)

155 >>> Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 02, 2016 10:41 AM (kTF2Z)

We have a winner.. we can all go home now..

Posted by: IP at August 02, 2016 10:42 AM (Fol9S)

156 151 GOOD MORNING, JWEST. I SAID GOOD MORNING, JWEST.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 02, 2016 10:41 AM (kTF2Z)

Yes, I'll have toast with that.

Posted by: jwest at August 02, 2016 10:43 AM (Zs4uk)

157
Hearing check.

I'm having a terrible time with movie dialog. I'm thinking it is because of an old sound system that doesn't have the newest CODEC for audio. I can hear, but can't make out the words.

Damn actors mumbling the lines they can't remember.

Posted by: Gastulite at August 02, 2016 10:45 AM (s70PD)

158 Mijn geliefden Winona,
je ellebogen zijn mooi,
zo rond en niet puntige helemaal niet,
laat me kus je ellebogen-
ze kunnen me niet porren .

Je ogen kan alleen porren me
in mijn hart
als pijlen
Kruisboog van Cupido.

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at August 02, 2016 10:45 AM (f6C3E)

159 Just made an appointment to get my hearing checked.

I'm getting tired of asking "what?" when having a conversation in noisy restaurants and other places with a lot of background sound.
Posted by: jwest
----------

Yeah. Well, there will be no good news, unless you consider a hearing aid good news.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

WHAT?

Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at August 02, 2016 10:46 AM (hgso/)

160 Damn actors mumbling the lines they can't remember.
Posted by: Gastulite at August 02, 2016 10:45 AM (s70PD)

I use closed captions on everything even though I can hear fine.
Diction is a lost art.

Posted by: @votermom at August 02, 2016 10:46 AM (7lVbc)

161 Hearing what others have to say is overrated.

Posted by: cranky old man with hearig aid turned off at August 02, 2016 10:47 AM (mkppl)

162 So the Chinese mole in the FBI, any relation to Wu of the DoE? Another PRC spy from the time of Bill Clinton. Bueller?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 02, 2016 10:47 AM (T+std)

163 jwest is gonna get a bionic ear

Posted by: @votermom at August 02, 2016 10:47 AM (7lVbc)

164 157
Hearing check.

Has anyone done this? I keep thinking I'll get in there and after some cursory check they will turn on the sales pitch like some vacation time share.

Posted by: jwest at August 02, 2016 10:47 AM (Zs4uk)

165 I try not to give in to conspiracy theories but sometimes the tinfoil just jumps up on your head and forms a hat.

Posted by: joncelli, In the Third Person at August 02, 2016 10:42 AM (RD7QR)

Yeah, but looking over Thorn's ouvre, I fear that he was simply overwhelmed by the weight of his own thoughts. RIP.

Posted by: Sal at August 02, 2016 10:47 AM (MRX6w)

166 46 What's he shooting at?
Posted by: OregonMuse at August 02, 2016 10:03 AM (7foVv)

The heart of the Republic.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 02, 2016 10:47 AM (0mRoj)

167

IF background noise is making it difficult for you to hear conversation, a hearing aid will make the background noise louder and make the problem worse.

Posted by: Gastulite at August 02, 2016 10:48 AM (s70PD)

168 >> Just made an appointment to get my hearing checked.

Ace's guy works on ears, too.

Posted by: garrett at August 02, 2016 10:48 AM (TjcfH)

169 Voter Mom, there is now an August 8th deadline for the Calliope workshop in September.

http://talnexus.com/calliope-authors-workshop/

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 02, 2016 10:48 AM (T+std)

170 I try not to give in to conspiracy theories but sometimes the tinfoil just jumps up on your head and forms a hat.
Posted by: joncelli, In the Third Person at August 02, 2016 10:42 AM (RD7QR)

I'll just put this here.

http://bit.ly/2aPqwbo

Posted by: alexthechick -Darth Sugartits at August 02, 2016 10:48 AM (mf5HN)

171 Finally we have photographic evidence of the Bosnian sniper that tried to kill our abuela.

Posted by: ajmojo at August 02, 2016 10:49 AM (1H9ox)

172 >>jwest is gonna get a bionic ear

I think that sound you always hear would get annoying.

Posted by: Mama AJ at August 02, 2016 10:49 AM (gTQoY)

173 So the Chinese mole in the FBI, any relation to Wu of the DoE?

Fuk Wu?

Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at August 02, 2016 10:49 AM (hgso/)

174 Ace's guy works on ears, too.

Posted by: garrett at August 02, 2016 10:48 AM (TjcfH)

Yeah, but I don't have two weeks.

Posted by: jwest at August 02, 2016 10:49 AM (Zs4uk)

175 I try not to go outside while wearing tinfoil, but isn't this the third or fourth person involved in documenting the Clintons to die in the past three weeks or so?

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at August 02, 2016 10:49 AM (7ZVPa)

176 Khadaffy was taken out for one reason only:

He was supposed to be Hillary's first campaign commercial to show her toughness.

Posted by: The Gipper Lives at August 02, 2016 10:50 AM (Ndje9)

177 Jwest-
Spring for somewhere recommended by an ENT doc.

Not your local hearing aid store.

Posted by: Sal at August 02, 2016 10:50 AM (MRX6w)

178 Ace's guy works on ears, too.

---

What, use a dremel tool to clean the wax out of your ear canal?

Posted by: Gastulite at August 02, 2016 10:50 AM (s70PD)

179 Diction is a lost art.
Posted by: @votermom
------------

DICKSON'S COST A LOT?

Posted by: Al Sharpton at August 02, 2016 10:51 AM (9mTYi)

180 We all know Bush lied...So what are we going to do about this ??? We cannot let him get away with lying to the first Black Presdent. We must calls on Presdent Obama to do something about this extremely major problem facing the country before he leaves office. We have called on Senator Sanders to talk to Presdent Obama about this and we will keep all of you informed on this urgent matter. Thank You for your support....

Posted by: Mary Clogginstien from Brattleboro, VT at August 02, 2016 10:51 AM (NuElX)

181 Ace's guy works on ears, too.

Posted by: garrett

Dr. Dremel of the Tijuana Eye & Ear Institute.

Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at August 02, 2016 10:51 AM (hgso/)

182 Another Hillary cover-up.

http://tinyurl.com/zy76amj

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at August 02, 2016 10:51 AM (IqV8l)

183 So tequila dissolves ear wax also?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 02, 2016 10:51 AM (T+std)

184 http://talnexus.com/calliope-authors-workshop/
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 02, 2016 10:48 AM (T+std)

An extension?
Are you applying?

Btw, congrats on Golden Isis being picked for our Goodreads group read in September!

Posted by: @votermom at August 02, 2016 10:52 AM (7lVbc)

185 Ace's guy works on ears, too.

Posted by: garrett

--

I can picture Jwest with a funnel, connected to a length of rubber tubing, connected to his ear.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at August 02, 2016 10:52 AM (7ZVPa)

186 Prolific author, AMERICAN FREE PRESS writer and seasoned Clinton researcher Victor Thorn was found at the top of a mountain near his home, the apparent victim of a gunshot wound.

What a coincidence. I strangled myself and jumped in a bog, for my part

Posted by: bronze age celtic mummy at August 02, 2016 10:52 AM (DPMiu)

187 I'm not really into fashion. Are those pantaloons?

Posted by: ajmojo at August 02, 2016 10:52 AM (1H9ox)

188 I had my hearing loss confirmed a few years back at Sam's of all places, because they came recommended.
Hard consonants in the range of human speaking are for the most part gone. If I look at you when your talking it's so I discern what it is you are really saying. Couple that with tinnitus and I'm screwed. No sales pitch for hearing aids though, just a couple brochures.
The reality of 4K for a hearing aid made me just turn the TV up louder.

Posted by: IP at August 02, 2016 10:52 AM (Fol9S)

189 When the thought control beams hit do they start turning into Jiffy-Pop????

Does that happen Empress?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 02, 2016 10:53 AM (T+std)

190 Stay away from any hearing aids that say "0.7 alpha" .

Posted by: Mama AJ at August 02, 2016 10:53 AM (gTQoY)

191 Cheap alternative to hearing aids - learn to read lips

Posted by: @votermom at August 02, 2016 10:53 AM (7lVbc)

192 What's he shooting at?
Posted by: OregonMuse at August 02, 2016 10:03 AM (7foVv)

The heart of the Republic.
Posted by: Insomniac

I wish.

Posted by: Gen. Sedgewick at August 02, 2016 10:53 AM (9mTYi)

193 Does that happen Empress?
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 02, 2016 10:53 AM (T+std)

*shifty eyes*

I have no idea whatever you could mean.

*shifty eyes*

Posted by: alexthechick -Darth Sugartits at August 02, 2016 10:53 AM (mf5HN)

194 138 "a bunch of guys thought Saddam was bluffing."

Poppy Bush and Jim Baker among them.

"WHAT? He actually invaded? Oh crap! What do we do now?"
Posted by: torquewrench at August 02, 2016 10:36 AM (noWW6)

You act like the response was delayed or a cluster fuck.

Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at August 02, 2016 10:53 AM (KUBIs)

195 IF background noise is making it difficult for you to hear conversation, a hearing aid will make the background noise louder and make the problem worse.
Posted by: Gastulite at August 02, 2016 10:48 AM (s70PD)

Hub's hearing aid is set to pick up voices and filter out background noise. They can calibrate it to your specifications.
It was pretty pricey, though.

Posted by: Sal at August 02, 2016 10:54 AM (MRX6w)

196 173 So the Chinese mole in the FBI, any relation to Wu of the DoE?

Fuk Wu?
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at August 02, 2016 10:49 AM (hgso/)

No, that was Mi No Pee Ki.

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at August 02, 2016 10:54 AM (f6C3E)

197 Stay away from any hearing aids that say "0.7 alpha" .

When they go wrong, voices in your head start saying "Barrel", "barrel", "BARREL" in several different registers and octaves

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at August 02, 2016 10:54 AM (DPMiu)

198 53 Okay so now Trump is just trying to look crazy - I mean calling her the devil? Everyone knows the devil is a guy - come on man.

Posted by: Patrick Henry at August 02, 2016 10:05 AM (15q3x)

Any doubts that I had about him deliberately throwing the election have now evaporated. What a schmuck.

Posted by: Gran at August 02, 2016 10:54 AM (XIXhw)

199 Public Policy Polling has been inserting fictitious third-party candidates into their surveys recently. They did a Trump/Clinton/Giant Meteor poll a few weeks ago. 13% of those surveyed said they preferred having the Earth hit by the giant meteor to voting for either Trump or Clinton.

Now, PPP has run a matchup including Harambe the Dead Gorilla.

The dead gorilla peeled off 5% of voters. Beating out Jill Stein, by the way.

I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm rubbing my hands with anticipation of having PPP include, as candidate choices, Bucket of Dog Vomit, Mange-Infested Hyena, and Gaping, Freely Bleeding Head Wound.

Posted by: torquewrench at August 02, 2016 10:54 AM (noWW6)

200 173 So the Chinese mole in the FBI, any relation to Wu of the DoE?

Fuk Wu?
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at August 02, 2016 10:49 AM (hgso/)

...
Wu-tang clan aint nuthin' to fuck wit.

Posted by: ajmojo at August 02, 2016 10:55 AM (1H9ox)

201 172
>>jwest is gonna get a bionic ear

I think that sound you always hear would get annoying.

Posted by: Mama AJ at August 02, 2016 10:49 AM (gTQoY)

jamie sommers had a bionic ear.....and arm.....

Posted by: phoenixgirl you must fight for independence EVERYDAY at August 02, 2016 10:55 AM (0O7c5)

202
Damn actors mumbling the lines they can't remember.

Scratch your ass and mumble AKA method acting.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at August 02, 2016 10:55 AM (IqV8l)

203 I'm not really into fashion. Are those pantaloons?
Posted by: ajmojo
..........

Actually, I was kind of admiring the putees.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 02, 2016 10:55 AM (9mTYi)

204 Hub's hearing aid is set to pick up voices and filter out background noise. They can calibrate it to your specifications.
It was pretty pricey, though.

Posted by: Sal at August 02, 2016 10:54 AM (MRX6w)

That's what I'm talking about - a little technology to make it right.

Posted by: jwest at August 02, 2016 10:56 AM (Zs4uk)

205 >>Khadaffy was taken out for one reason only:

Obama and his Muslim Botherhood supporters demanded it.

Posted by: garrett at August 02, 2016 10:56 AM (TjcfH)

206 No, that was Mi No Pee Ki.

Ahhh. His supervisor is Sum Ting Wong.

Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at August 02, 2016 10:56 AM (hgso/)

207 Has anyone done this? I keep thinking I'll get in there and after some cursory check they will turn on the sales pitch like some vacation time share.

Posted by: jwest at August 02, 2016 10:47 AM (Zs4uk)

I've had limited range of hearing for a very long time (explosives, jackhammers, generators, etc).

That's what I tell my wife, anyway...

Posted by: Growler at August 02, 2016 10:56 AM (g6yUI)

208 Another hearing aid alternative, specially useful when dealing with millennials - tell them to text you

Posted by: @votermom at August 02, 2016 10:56 AM (7lVbc)

209 I see some positive results from his intermittent fasting program.

Posted by: Kevin C at August 02, 2016 10:57 AM (AAK04)

210 205 >>Khadaffy was taken out for one reason only:

Obama and his Muslim Botherhood supporters demanded it.
Posted by: garrett at August 02, 2016 10:56 AM (TjcfH)

That was just a bonus and the reason Obama went along with Britains and France's War for Oil.

Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at August 02, 2016 10:58 AM (KUBIs)

211 Hearing check.

Has anyone done this? I keep thinking I'll get in there and after some cursory check they will turn on the sales pitch like some vacation time share.

Posted by: jwest at August 02, 2016 10:47 AM (Zs4uk)

True story.

Every hearing test I've ever had, and I've had a few, in the Navy and otherwise, I honestly was never sure I heard a thing. I would just anticipate when the sound would likely occur and then push the button.

Somehow I'd manage to pass without difficulty.

Weird.

Posted by: Sharkman at August 02, 2016 10:58 AM (CS7jF)

212 >>I've had limited range of hearing for a very long time (explosives, jackhammers, generators, etc).

>>That's what I tell my wife, anyway...

Limited, selective, tomato, potahto.

Posted by: Mama AJ at August 02, 2016 10:59 AM (gTQoY)

213 I see the street artist in Australia that painted Hilary Clinton portrait on a building, in a one piece thongkini, with a bunch of money stuffed in it, has painted over it with black paint. Now Clinton is properly covered, (the artist was being threatened with fines by the local city council for offensive "art") with a full muslim burka. Ha Ha.

I like this guy.

Posted by: Jen the original at August 02, 2016 10:59 AM (NNq1n)

214
I see some positive results from his intermittent fasting program.
Posted by: Kevin C at August 02, 2016 10:57 AM (AAK04)
_____________________________________

there are benefits in skipping the ham sammich

Posted by: Mama Cass at August 02, 2016 10:59 AM (Fol9S)

215 Yet another alternative to hearing aids
Use the Daredevil theory of sensory compensation and use a blindfold for a week.

Posted by: @votermom at August 02, 2016 10:59 AM (7lVbc)

216
I see some positive results from his intermittent fasting program.
Posted by: Kevin C at August 02, 2016 10:57 AM (AAK04)
_____________________________________

there are benefits in skipping the ham sammich

Posted by: Mama Cass at August 02, 2016 10:59 AM (Fol9S)

If you're not gonna eat it, do you mind?

Posted by: Zombie Karen Carpenter at August 02, 2016 11:00 AM (Xv6Y5)

217 >>That was just a bonus and the reason Obama went along with Britains and France's War for Oil.

Quadafy was the only thing stopping the Mass Mulim Migration. For decades.

Posted by: garrett at August 02, 2016 11:00 AM (TjcfH)

218 That was just a bonus and the reason Obama went along with Britains and France's War for Oil.
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at August 02, 2016 10:58 AM (KUBIs)

What exactly is a "war for oil"? I know what Mary Cloggenstein would say, but what is it?

Posted by: Jen the original at August 02, 2016 11:00 AM (NNq1n)

219 Lovely painting.

Posted by: Locke Common at August 02, 2016 11:00 AM (1iqqd)

220 175 I try not to go outside while wearing tinfoil, but isn't this the third or fourth person involved in documenting the Clintons to die in the past three weeks or so?

I try to avoid the conspiracy stuff. But as crazy and vindictive as H! is*, imagine what it's going to be like when she has control of the Federal military, security apparatus and bureaucracy. (((Shudders)))
*And that's just the shit we know about...

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at August 02, 2016 11:00 AM (SeD0w)

221
americanfreepress.net/prominent-afp-clinton-researcher-found-dead/
Posted by: @votermom

Yeah. About that paper....

wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Free_Press

wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spotlight

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 02, 2016 11:01 AM (kdS6q)

222 208 Another hearing aid alternative, specially useful when dealing with millennials - tell them to text you

Posted by: @votermom at August 02, 2016 10:56 AM (7lVbc)

That's close to the mark.

I've been telling customers to email lately. Especially if I get a technical question from someone out in the field in the South. Hearing is hard enough, then I've got to try to figure out what they guy is saying through his accent.

The worst one is a Nigerian guy I do business with in Houston. I understand about 1 word in 3.

Posted by: jwest at August 02, 2016 11:01 AM (Zs4uk)

223 I think the Empress is hoping for Jiffy-Pop.

Got a laugh out of a customer yesterday. Sweet older blond woman came looking for pictures to pick up. Digital order. Our photo person was out sick. She politely explained they were for a lawyer's case. I nodded and commented, "lawyers don't understand humans" which elicited a smile. Was able to find the photos and get her on her way so she could avoid the wrath of the lawyer.

Voter Mom, I hope to make this deadline with story submission. We shall see.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 02, 2016 11:01 AM (T+std)

224 First we shut down the tinfoil industry.

Posted by: President-Elect Hillary Clinton at August 02, 2016 11:02 AM (mkppl)

225 (recycled from last night's ONT - from memory - so I was "first")

Happy Kuwait Invasion Day!

Yeah, the tens of thousands of coalition KIAs from the fire trenches and mines was troubling, the collapse of the Saudi monarchy caused by the introduction of US troops into the kingdom led to years of strategic chaos, the toppling of Arab regimes from Rabat to Amman over anger at US attacks on an Arab country were disastrous, and the Soviets got a big boost from their diplomatic triumphs and the impressive showing their weaponry turned in.

But at least we were able to mitigate the South Asia mega-famine resulting from the lost monsoon due to the Kuwaiti oil fires.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 02, 2016 11:02 AM (QDnY+)

226
What exactly is a "war for oil"? I know what Mary Cloggenstein would say, but what is it?

Posted by: Jen the original at August 02, 2016 11:00 AM (NNq1n)

It's a war to secure rights to BUY oil rather than steal it, which is what commie cocksuckers would normally do. If you think that doesn't make sense, well......

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 02, 2016 11:03 AM (Xv6Y5)

227 Oh here's the guy spray painting a niqab on Hillary

https://twitter.com/streetartglobe/status/760115551653855232

his twitter account is @lushsux

Posted by: @votermom at August 02, 2016 11:03 AM (7lVbc)

228 I understand about 1 word in 3.
Posted by: jwest at August 02, 2016 11:01 AM (Zs4uk)
_________________________

Look at it this way, that's close enough to get a lander to Mars.
Not close enough to actually land it there, however..

Posted by: IP at August 02, 2016 11:03 AM (Fol9S)

229 And Voter Mom... my book. Wow.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 02, 2016 11:03 AM (T+std)

230
What exactly is a "war for oil"? I know what Mary Cloggenstein would say, but what is it?

Any war where an "R" is CinC.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 02, 2016 11:05 AM (X6fMO)

231 Some art for the Empress

http://www.ufunk.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Charlotte-Grimm-photography-7.jpg

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 02, 2016 11:06 AM (T+std)

232 Thailand is about to become much less moron friendly http://tinyurl.com/z8x4lvy

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at August 02, 2016 11:07 AM (DPMiu)

233 >>The worst one is a Nigerian guy.... Posted by: jwest at August 02, 2016 11:01 AM (Zs4uk)

Did you understand when he said "inherited 5 million dollars" "trustee," "business proposition," "cannot liquidate the funds myself," "your account number," and "bless you, sir?"

Posted by: General Zod at August 02, 2016 11:07 AM (Bdeb0)

234 Happy Kuwait Invasion Day!

Yeah, the tens of thousands of coalition KIAs from the fire trenches and mines was troubling, the collapse of the Saudi monarchy caused by the introduction of US troops into the kingdom led to years of strategic chaos, the toppling of Arab regimes from Rabat to Amman over anger at US attacks on an Arab country were disastrous, and the Soviets got a big boost from their diplomatic triumphs and the impressive showing their weaponry turned in.

But at least we were able to mitigate the South Asia mega-famine resulting from the lost monsoon due to the Kuwaiti oil fires.

Posted by: rhomboid
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Thanks for the MSM flashback. As I recall, NPR was the worst. The predictions so dire that special snowflakes everywhere were curled into the fetal position, sucking their thumbs and crying.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 02, 2016 11:07 AM (9mTYi)

235 Anna, good luck with the Calliope workshop - I hope you get picked.

You are going with short story? I thought you might submit the start of your sequel in the novel track.

Posted by: @votermom at August 02, 2016 11:08 AM (7lVbc)

236 That was just a bonus and the reason Obama went along with Britains and France's War for Oil.

Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at August 02, 2016 10:58 AM (KUBIs)

These Wars for Oil are hilarious.

The Gulf War of 1991 was supposedly about getting oil, but we never stole any.

2003's Operation Iraqi Freedom was supposed to be about us stealing oil, but we were last on the list for decently priced crude from Iraq.

This Libya thing was another War for Oil, and all we got was a sacked embassy, 4 dead Americans, and a scandal that Hillary will ultimately dodge.

G-d, how I wish, JUST ONCE, that the US would actually ACT the way the left is always accusing us of acting.

I'd love to see us go Full Roman on someone, like those halcyon days of yore when we knew how to fight. I.e., the Pacific War against Japan.

That reminds me, coming up soon will be all the Commie/Lib screeds about how the atomic bombing of Japan was an unneeded, raaacist crime against humanity.

Given Japan's current culture, the real question is, of course, Japan: Nuked Too Much, Or Not Enough?

Posted by: Sharkman at August 02, 2016 11:09 AM (CS7jF)

237
Toxic gas dropped on town where Russian helicopter was shot down

@RudawEnglish

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at August 02, 2016 11:10 AM (iQIUe)

238 I just ordered a Kindle Paperwhite with purple leather cover through the AoSHQ Amazon portal.

Soon I will be well read and able to make all sorts of clever comments here.

Posted by: Kevin C at August 02, 2016 11:10 AM (AAK04)

239 That reminds me, coming up soon will be all the Commie/Lib screeds about how the atomic bombing of Japan was an unneeded, raaacist crime against humanity.

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The easy answer: We would have killed far more Japanese if we had invaded, and lost a million Americans, and besides, Americans are more valuable than Japanese, to America.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at August 02, 2016 11:11 AM (7ZVPa)

240 Sharkman I'd love to see us go Full Roman on someone, like those halcyon days of yore when we knew how to fight.

Bruce Toxic gas dropped on town where Russian helicopter was shot down

Looks like Putin's got yer "Third Rome" right here, bitchez.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at August 02, 2016 11:11 AM (DPMiu)

241 Betcha no one said anything about finding the sniper!!!

Betcha I'm the first!

Betcha!

Posted by: Dirty Randy at August 02, 2016 11:11 AM (jjaLl)

242
Thanks for the MSM flashback. As I recall, NPR was the worst. The predictions so dire that special snowflakes everywhere were curled into the fetal position, sucking their thumbs and crying.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 02, 2016 11:07 AM (9mTYi)

The big thing I remember is the slobbering ball-washing CNN gave to Ron Kovic as he protested the buildup. One memorable shot was Kovic self-righteously screaming "we won't let them get away with it. we won't let them do it!" And a moment later a couple of goofballs walked by in the background among the other protesters and unfurled a sign that said "Fuq Iraq". Yeah, that shit was high-larious.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 02, 2016 11:11 AM (Xv6Y5)

243 G-d, how I wish, JUST ONCE, that the US would actually ACT the way the left is always accusing us of acting.

I'd love to see us go Full Roman on someone, like those halcyon days of yore when we knew how to fight. I.e., the Pacific War against Japan.

We still pussed out. After the war, we gave them their country back, helped them rebuild, etc.

Fuck that. Go full Sherman thru Atlanta on them.

Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at August 02, 2016 11:12 AM (hgso/)

244 Voter Mom, the novel track. Sorting out the writing of a synopsis since can quickly send the first 50 pages of first draft.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 02, 2016 11:12 AM (T+std)

245 Kevin C, a paperwhite? Oooh, I'm a bit jealous.

If you like free / cheap kindle books, I try to blog & tweet about them as I hear of them.

(blog is in nic, twitter is @bookhorde)

Posted by: @votermom at August 02, 2016 11:13 AM (7lVbc)

246 >>> Go full Sherman thru Atlanta on them.

Never gonna happen..

Posted by: IP at August 02, 2016 11:14 AM (Fol9S)

247 Amb. Glaspie told Saddam exactly what every US ambassador had said to every troublesome Arab (and non-Arab Gulf region) despot since the British left the Gulf. There wasn't the slightest bit of misunderstanding.

If Saddam, that savvy geopolitician, had really done his homework, he would have recalled that the bellicose and tough US president Jimmy Carter had laid down a bright red line on powers attempting to gain control over the Gulf's oil resources (the immediate and de facto result of an unopposed annexation of Kuwait).

Heck, he *might* have even figured things out by reaching ball ALL the way to 1987, where the US did a mini-war against Iran based on the actual but still convenient rationale of ....... wait for it ..... an attempt to damage and intimidate Kuwait.

Saddam blundered, miscalculated - obviously. He didn't for one second think he could defeat the US - he assumed we wouldn't show up for the game, or that any level of pain would force us to make a deal (a typically idiotic and reckless miscalculation of his when dealing with matters outside his borders).

But the unserious mess the US would become could be glimpsed in the Democrats, the press, and especially parts of the electorate, even then.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 02, 2016 11:14 AM (QDnY+)

248 >>Given Japan's current culture, the real question is, of course, Japan: Nuked Too Much, Or Not Enough? Posted by: Sharkman at August 02, 2016 11:09 AM (CS7jF)

Elvis impersonators, karaoke, pachinko, and tentacle pr0n. I'm going with Not Enough.

Posted by: General Zod at August 02, 2016 11:14 AM (Bdeb0)

249 Syrian 'gas' casualties are reported by an ostensibly 'neutral' group, of which there are none.

No fatalities in the report I read. Chlorine is suspect, if a gas agent was used.

Chlorine - kinda archaic and largely ineffective.

I smell a scam.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at August 02, 2016 11:14 AM (GO3Zc)

250 As the Chief said in Outlaw Josey Wales, "We became civilized..."

Posted by: IP at August 02, 2016 11:15 AM (Fol9S)

251 Another pretty picture from her web-site. Be warned there are images on this site NSFW.

http://www.espritconfus.com/the-garden-of-dreams/410mebemn2m96rth25rb9ukpvk9qn5

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 02, 2016 11:15 AM (T+std)

252 237
Toxic gas dropped on town where Russian helicopter was shot down

@RudawEnglish
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at August 02, 2016 11:10 AM (iQIUe)

The Russians understand the value of aversion therapy.

Posted by: joncelli, In the Third Person at August 02, 2016 11:16 AM (RD7QR)

253 Take your pick...
Is Ace sleeping in, or out on a bicycle ride?

Posted by: IP at August 02, 2016 11:17 AM (Fol9S)

254 Bill Bratton quitting as head of NYPD

Hmmm

Posted by: ThunderB at August 02, 2016 11:17 AM (zOTsN)

255 That sniper killed Rapey Tuesday.

Posted by: Turd Ferguson at August 02, 2016 11:17 AM (VAsIq)

256
234 Happy Kuwait Invasion Day!
_______________________

Yes, you used to hear the Democrats and MSM use the term "Arab Street" as a collective conscience of all Arab nations, as if they would rise up in unity against the West if shot and killed a single Arab. As if they shared the same sensitivity to the West.

Yeah, not so much. Arab Street was a myth, mostly because Arabs are lazy and need third country nationals to do their work.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at August 02, 2016 11:17 AM (KCQo0)

257 Thailand is about to become much less moron friendly

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at August 02, 2016 11:07 AM (DPMiu)

Ahhhh, memories. Marilynn's A-Go-Go on Beach Road in Pattaya, Westpac, 1991.

The shitty beer . . .

The questionably female dancers . . .

The various live and inanimate objects that were inserted and then pulled back out of particular body parts . . .

The incomprehensibly loud music . . .

And, of course, the very nice camera and sunglasses that some unfortunate squid left under my table while he went to get his knob polished.

I'm glad I was engaged at the time and had old school morals, otherwise, I'd probably still be there.

Posted by: Sharkman at August 02, 2016 11:17 AM (CS7jF)

258 Oil is dirty and more people should use solar power and other types of energy not to continue to pollute the environment. Presdent Obama should plan a trip around the world and fly to all countries to tell them that the US is now not going to using dirty, filthy oil anymore. That way the world will follow our Black Presdent into a cleaner world and clean up the mess that Bush has crested !!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Mary Clogginstien from Brattleboro, VT at August 02, 2016 11:18 AM (NuElX)

259 Thanks Mike, but of course it wasn't just MSM idiocy I was mocking.

Most of the deeply serious fears were common among Beltway dipshits who should have known better.

The same people, or sort of people, who are so clueless that in 2001 they were somberly warning us that attacking AQ would only help AQ's cause.

Not just ignored think tank dweebs. Oh, no. Senior career intel and diplomatic types.

Utterly clueless. Promoted from disaster to disaster. While their idiocy was called out, in real time, by people who had no influence.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 02, 2016 11:18 AM (QDnY+)

260 Posted by: Sharkman at August 02, 2016 11:09 AM (CS7jF)

You understand the difference between false accusations of War for Oil and then the suppression of reporting of that reasoning foran actual military action to secure oil rights. We were fed a line of bullshit about how the overthrow of Kaddafi was because of potential of a humanitarian disaster. It was Britain and France pushing this crap because Kaddafi threaten their oil deals .

Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at August 02, 2016 11:19 AM (KUBIs)

261 Kevin C, a paperwhite? Oooh, I'm a bit jealous.

If you like free / cheap kindle books, I try to blog & tweet about them as I hear of them.

(blog is in nic, twitter is @bookhorde)

Thank you for the invitation. I'm working on a reading list for my 9-year old gifted/perhaps prodigy level daughter.

Posted by: Kevin C at August 02, 2016 11:19 AM (AAK04)

262 Anna, good luck with the Calliope workshop - I hope you get picked.
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So, are you getting up steam?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 02, 2016 11:19 AM (9mTYi)

263 IF background noise is making it difficult for you to hear conversation, a hearing aid will make the background noise louder and make the problem worse.
Posted by: Gastulite at August 02, 2016 10:48 AM (s70PD)

Absolutely NOT true. This was true 20 years ago when my hearing started to fail at age 35. By the time I couldn't function in the working world without them, digital technology allowed for background noise filtering. I also strongly urge jwest to use an audiologist that is affiliated with an Ear Nose and Throat doctor. Much more reliable.

Granted, the digital hearing aids will run around $2000 per ear, but in my case, functioning in the working world would have been severely limited. I like Oticon brand. (No plug for the brand, just 10 years of using them).

Posted by: NoLongerintheBellyoftheBeast at August 02, 2016 11:20 AM (gbQ5Q)

264 Argghhh.. due to an insurance glitch (deadbeat dad) it turns out that the health dept will not accept cash for an immunization that my grandson has had but was not notated correctly. Daughter has ins on them but they are insisting that dad's old stuff is primary. Dad is only one who can get proof of cancellation. School starts next week. Why after him being in school for 5 years is the only time they caught the error? And why can't I pay cash for it?

Posted by: FCF at August 02, 2016 11:21 AM (kejii)

265 159 Just made an appointment to get my hearing checked.

I'm getting tired of asking "what?" when having a conversation in noisy restaurants and other places with a lot of background sound.
Posted by: jwest
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Yeah. Well, there will be no good news, unless you consider a hearing aid good news.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

WHAT?
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at August 02, 2016 10:46 AM (hgso/)

What ain't no country I ever heard of. They speak English in What?

Posted by: Jules Winnfield at August 02, 2016 11:21 AM (7HtZB)

266 Is Ace sleeping in, or out on a bicycle ride?
Posted by: IP
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Fasting. May be too weak to type.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 02, 2016 11:22 AM (9mTYi)

267 FCF, if your grandson has already had the immunization, do not give him another shot for the same thing. Have your daughter do everything in her power to find that record.

Posted by: bluebell at August 02, 2016 11:24 AM (805dc)

268 Fasting or fapping?

Steam? Yes, second boiler is online.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 02, 2016 11:25 AM (T+std)

269 Given Japan's current culture, the real question is, of course, Japan: Nuked Too Much, Or Not Enough? Posted by: Sharkman at August 02, 2016 11:09 AM (CS7jF)

Elvis impersonators, karaoke, pachinko, and tentacle pr0n. I'm going with Not Enough.
...
Dunno about that. Those all sound like the result of too much radiation in the water supply.

Posted by: ajmojo at August 02, 2016 11:25 AM (1H9ox)

270 266 Is Ace sleeping in, or out on a bicycle ride?
Posted by: IP
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Fasting. May be too weak to type.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 02, 2016 11:22 AM (9mTYi)

Somebody in NYC needs to send over some pancakes.

Posted by: joncelli, In the Third Person at August 02, 2016 11:26 AM (RD7QR)

271 bluebell,it was done through the same health dept, pediatrician won't give immunizations

Posted by: FCF at August 02, 2016 11:26 AM (kejii)

272 Ace is awake

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 02, 2016 11:27 AM (T+std)

273 You understand the difference between false accusations of War for Oil and then the suppression of reporting of that reasoning foran actual military action to secure oil rights. We were fed a line of bullshit about how the overthrow of Kaddafi was because of potential of a humanitarian disaster. It was Britain and France pushing this crap because Kaddafi threaten their oil deals .

Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at August 02, 2016 11:19 AM (KUBIs)

Yes, I do understand all of that.

My sarcasm generator was on full blast as I was typing.

Posted by: Sharkman at August 02, 2016 11:29 AM (CS7jF)

274 So... 2232 years ago today, in the course of a single day, 60-80,000 men were killed on a field beneath the town of Cannae. Most were killed by hand weapons; some were trampled or asphyxiation in the crush. Only about 5,000 of the dead were from Hannibal's army -- all the rest were Romans.

Supposedly Hannibal collected a sack full of Senatorial rings. There were so many dead Senators the Roman Senate couldn't convene until they had an emergency election. The Sybilline books were consulted, and the Romans sacrificed two people to appease the gods -- the last formal human sacrifice by the Romans.

Posted by: Robert Crawford at August 02, 2016 11:29 AM (3AxBP)

275 Go full Sherman thru Atlanta on them.
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at August 02, 2016 11:12 AM (hgso/)

Had the Soviets not been around, that is probably what would have happened.

Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at August 02, 2016 11:29 AM (Ee2nz)

276 Glad I'll be on vacation the next couple of weeks. I'm shutting down the information stream. I'll have other things to do.

Posted by: Soona at August 02, 2016 11:30 AM (Fmupd)

277 1st is for distance.
2nd is for height.
3rd is the money shot.

I volunteer as tribute!

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at August 02, 2016 11:31 AM (87y4e)

278 The easy answer: We would have killed far more Japanese if we had invaded, and lost a million Americans, and besides, Americans are more valuable than Japanese, to America.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at August 02, 2016 11:11 AM (7ZVPa)

Absolutely true. But of course the Commie/Libs are completely blind to such things as facts and logic and reason.

So they whine, and the Japanese get on their knees every day and thank their g-ds that we didn't go Full Roman on them, but only Modified Carthaginian.

Posted by: Sharkman at August 02, 2016 11:31 AM (CS7jF)

279 Odds of Hillary winning 2016 WITHOUT massive vote fraud?

1 in 77 billion.

https://tinyurl.com/j79punz

Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at August 02, 2016 11:34 AM (hgso/)

280 Supposedly Hannibal collected a sack full of Senatorial rings. There were so many dead Senators the Roman Senate couldn't convene until they had an emergency election. The Sybilline books were consulted, and the Romans sacrificed two people to appease the gods -- the last formal human sacrifice by the Romans.

Posted by: Robert Crawford at August 02, 2016 11:29 AM (3AxBP)

And yet, still, Rome won the war, and Carthage eventually became a memory.

THAT is staying the course.

Posted by: Sharkman at August 02, 2016 11:38 AM (CS7jF)

281 #65

It is a corps badge. I think it's a diamond, so that would make his unit III Corps, 1st Division.

Posted by: mrp at August 02, 2016 11:51 AM (JBggj)

282 I'm looking for a quote from Hildebeast speech in which she says the citizens will have to alter or change their deeply held beliefs... Anyone know?
Cue the "Is Your Faith DNC approved?" bumper stickers.

Posted by: vivi at August 02, 2016 11:53 AM (11H2y)

283 nood

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 02, 2016 12:11 PM (ZQfW9)

284 Posted by: Sharkman at August 02, 2016 11:29 AM (CS7jF)

Sorry about that. I wasn't sure but should have known better.

Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at August 02, 2016 12:22 PM (KUBIs)

285 Actually, it's not a good idea to climb a tree as a sniper.

Posted by: AshevilleRobert at August 02, 2016 12:36 PM (w+Jhj)

286 Hillary had to dodge that sniper fire.

Posted by: torabora at August 02, 2016 06:48 PM (Gflo6)

287 Sum wun say money shot?

Posted by: Bwarny Fwank at August 02, 2016 06:50 PM (Gflo6)

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