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Overnight Open Thread (6 Aug 2016)
Iran
This will be Obama's legacy. Iran is cheating on the nuclear sham, now what?What has been President Obama's reaction to these crucial intelligence reports? Silence. The administration continues to disregard and dodge questions regarding this issue. When asked about the German intelligence report and the Institute for Science and International Security report, a State Department spokesman said, "we have absolutely no indication that Iran has procured any materials in violation of the JCPOA." The more the White House ignores Iran's violations of the nuclear accord, the more Iran will be emboldened to violate international laws and the terms of the nuclear agreement.Olympics Nobody wants to host the Olympic Games anymore. Can you blame them? Heck, I can't even be bothered to watch. I'll just read about it or catch the highlights somewhere. Fear The Bones h/t to one of the morons in the facebook group. I'm so glad I got launch these bad boys back during my shooter tour. Nothing quite seeing a Tomcat "kneel" on the catapult prior to launch.
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Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: AD at August 06, 2016 11:05 PM (PNOM0)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 06, 2016 11:05 PM (jR7Wy)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 06, 2016 11:05 PM (jR7Wy)
Posted by: Michael the TEXIT Hobbit at August 06, 2016 11:05 PM (nvMvs)
Posted by: Insomniac at August 06, 2016 11:07 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at August 06, 2016 11:07 PM (VdICR)
Imagine if they could run the stats for the number of unaccompanied children that are actually 20 or older.
Posted by: buzzion at August 06, 2016 11:09 PM (bMG0w)
Posted by: Hillbillyking at August 06, 2016 11:09 PM (a+Olp)
Posted by: andycanuck at August 06, 2016 11:10 PM (LdMbv)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 06, 2016 11:10 PM (zc3Db)
Posted by: Michael the TEXIT Hobbit at August 06, 2016 11:11 PM (nvMvs)
No correlation to the rape-rape.
Posted by: Burnt Toast at August 06, 2016 11:11 PM (P/kVC)
Is anyone surprised that a university is holding an event called "Integrating Racial Equity and Food Justice into our Personal Lives, our Professional Lives, and Learning Environments"?
More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=12270
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 06, 2016 11:11 PM (vBeA5)
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the #Problematic at August 06, 2016 11:12 PM (UPYhp)
Posted by: cthulhu at August 06, 2016 11:12 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: concrete girl at August 06, 2016 11:12 PM (xUiw9)
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at August 06, 2016 11:12 PM (Eabwd)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at August 06, 2016 11:13 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 06, 2016 11:13 PM (Y9A+8)
Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at August 06, 2016 11:13 PM (jV8Mq)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at August 06, 2016 11:13 PM (kP16F)
Posted by: cthulhu at August 06, 2016 11:12 PM (EzgxV)
Hola, el dios mas viejo
Posted by: Insomniac at August 06, 2016 11:13 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: The Scorpion at August 06, 2016 11:14 PM (OF/aZ)
Don't know how I missed this, but FrontPageMag's founder David Horowitz passed away 2 weeks ago at age 77.
Posted by: Darth Randall at August 06, 2016 11:14 PM (v3DL/)
More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=12270
Posted by: The Political Hat
NO JUSTICE NO PEAS!!!
1, 2, 3, 4
Butter me down so I ca fit through the door!
Posted by: Trigglypuff at August 06, 2016 11:14 PM (UPYhp)
Posted by: willy at August 06, 2016 11:14 PM (Ffw22)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 06, 2016 11:10 PM (zc3Db)
There's some definite jiggle going on with her.
Posted by: buzzion at August 06, 2016 11:14 PM (bMG0w)
Posted by: Hillbillyking at August 06, 2016 11:14 PM (a+Olp)
Well, duh! That IS the agreement.
Posted by: The White House at August 06, 2016 11:15 PM (Z58Xa)
Posted by: willy at August 06, 2016 11:16 PM (Ffw22)
Well, duh! That IS the agreement.
Posted by: The White House at August 06, 2016 11:15 PM (Z58Xa)
And that $400 million infusion they just got will aid in their efforts.
Posted by: Insomniac at August 06, 2016 11:16 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: andycanuck at August 06, 2016 11:16 PM (LdMbv)
Don't know how I missed this, but FrontPageMag's founder David Horowitz passed away 2 weeks ago at age 77.
Posted by: Darth Randall at August 06, 2016 11:14 PM
Wow! I didn't know that either.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at August 06, 2016 11:17 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 06, 2016 11:17 PM (7lvLO)
Yep, I see it now. It's the same color as the wood.
Posted by: Michael the TEXIT Hobbit at August 06, 2016 11:17 PM (nvMvs)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 06, 2016 11:17 PM (uAvJJ)
Don't know how I missed this, but FrontPageMag's founder David Horowitz passed away 2 weeks ago at age 77.
Posted by: Darth Randall at August 06, 2016 11:14 PM (v3DL/)
Holy shit. I had no idea.
Posted by: Insomniac at August 06, 2016 11:18 PM (0mRoj)
Also the math thing isn't showing up for me.
Posted by: eleven at August 06, 2016 11:18 PM (qUNWi)
Yep, I see it now. It's the same color as the wood.
Posted by: Michael the TEXIT Hobbit at August 06, 2016 11:17 PM
Maybe it's a chameleon cat.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at August 06, 2016 11:18 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Farmer at August 06, 2016 11:18 PM (o/90i)
Someone just say ate? I could eat, seriously.
Posted by: Trigglypuff at August 06, 2016 11:18 PM (UPYhp)
https://tinyurl.com/jc4fyo8
Posted by: t-bird at August 06, 2016 11:18 PM (Z58Xa)
Posted by: Michael the TEXIT Hobbit at August 06, 2016 11:17 PM (nvMvs)
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Imagine that kitteh jumping on someone...heh.
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at August 06, 2016 11:19 PM (Eabwd)
Posted by: Willy J. at August 06, 2016 11:19 PM (BZey7)
Posted by: buzzion at August 06, 2016 11:14 PM (bMG0w)
Her nice tit went into the net but they got robbed. China touched the net first. Typical Olympic bullshit. Even video evidence can't save things from the IOC.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 06, 2016 11:19 PM (zc3Db)
Hell, it's almost enough to think that this is a Smaht Militarah Blog or such.
Oh, and the kitteh is inside the perimeter. I repeat. Teh Kitteh is inside the perimeter!
*puts out kitteh treats*
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at August 06, 2016 11:19 PM (v5iqM)
2) I found the F-14, so now I need to dig up my old Tomcat documentaries.
ASF-14! (cries quietly)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 06, 2016 11:20 PM (wB8Tg)
Posted by: eleven at August 06, 2016 11:21 PM (qUNWi)
BTW, that flat-chested Swiss girl is very pretty. Nice team. I hope they win everything.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 06, 2016 11:21 PM (zc3Db)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 06, 2016 11:21 PM (wB8Tg)
Nobody wants to host the Olympic Games anymore...
"perhaps a cooperative bid split between [African] urban centers, such as across Abidjan, Accra, Lagos, and Douala, could succeed where others have failed."
Well, if nothing else, the new permanent location for the games would make the Rio Itch and the occasional double toilet seem quaint -- almost comforting -- by comparison.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 06, 2016 11:21 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: t-bird at August 06, 2016 11:22 PM (Z58Xa)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 06, 2016 11:22 PM (7lvLO)
Nothing about David Horowitz passing away at Wikipedia.
And, how big a nerd was I when I was a kid? This much of a nerd: I was a fan of the *other* David Horowitz, who was a consumer advocate on Los Angeles' NBC channel. He even had a show called "Fight Back!"
Posted by: qdpsteve at August 06, 2016 11:22 PM (q7T0y)
https://tinyurl.com/jc4fyo8
Posted by: t-bird at August 06, 2016 11:18 PM (Z58Xa)
I really only acknowledge one thing as being actually accurate by Goth Fonzie. That one of the reasons is Bob Costas.
Posted by: buzzion at August 06, 2016 11:22 PM (bMG0w)
Posted by: t-bird at August 06, 2016 11:22 PM (Z58Xa)
*snerk*
Posted by: Insomniac at August 06, 2016 11:22 PM (0mRoj)
Best novel adaptation to film......
Accurate/Captured the essence of the novel...conveyed the spirit of the book, etc....
Example... The Green Mile.
Was damn near verbatim from the novel(serial). Course, the length allow it to do so.
Most novel to film adaptations don't have that chance.
So... what are y'alls favorites?
Posted by: Hillbillyking at August 06, 2016 11:23 PM (a+Olp)
Posted by: Anachronda, enjoyingn Schwartzenegger Saturday on El Ray at August 06, 2016 11:23 PM (Oi5b2)
Posted by: Darth Randall at August 06, 2016 11:14 PM (v3DL/)
What a shame. A great loss. I can't believe I didn't hear anything about it, either.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 06, 2016 11:24 PM (zc3Db)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at August 06, 2016 11:24 PM (IqV8l)
- Kanye West's latest meltdown
- Guessing the true gender of most of the Russian Olympic athletes
- Listening to Hillary cackle
- Betting on exactly what date and time Bob Costas will become infected with Zika
Posted by: qdpsteve at August 06, 2016 11:25 PM (q7T0y)
Posted by: andycanuck at August 06, 2016 11:25 PM (LdMbv)
----
F-14 fast mover..
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 06, 2016 11:20 PM (wB8Tg)
Posted by: willy at August 06, 2016 11:25 PM (Ffw22)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at August 06, 2016 11:25 PM (KP5rU)
I don't know about a cat but I found a spotted salamander (or some sort of leopardy reptile).
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 06, 2016 11:26 PM (zc3Db)
Posted by: concrete girl at August 06, 2016 11:26 PM (xUiw9)
https://tinyurl.com/jc4fyo8
Posted by: t-bird at August 06, 2016 11:18 PM (Z58Xa)
Good list. The one big one they miss is the fact it's switched from once every four years to staggering parts of it every two years. It doesn't seem as special as it used to be.
While I guess I should expect something like this coming from Reason:
"The Olympics, designed as a means by which France might avenge its loss in the Franco-Prussian War, is explicitly nationalistic in a world that is moving toward greater individualism."
I also highly disagree with it. If you think nationalism's on the decline, you have a very provincial view of the world.
Posted by: AD at August 06, 2016 11:26 PM (PNOM0)
49 Wow! The Swiss got unrobbed.
BTW, that flat-chested Swiss girl is very pretty. Nice team. I hope they win everything.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 06, 2016 11:21 PM (zc3Db)
Unrobbed but they still lost.
Posted by: buzzion at August 06, 2016 11:27 PM (bMG0w)
Posted by: Insomniac at August 06, 2016 11:28 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: qdpsteve at August 06, 2016 11:28 PM (q7T0y)
"The Olympics, designed as a means by which France might avenge its loss in the Franco-Prussian War, is explicitly nationalistic in a world that is moving toward greater individualism."
Posted by: AD
Da Fuq?
Posted by: Ancient Greeks at August 06, 2016 11:28 PM (UPYhp)
lonesome dove
Posted by: concrete girl at August 06, 2016 11:26 PM (xUiw9)
I would have to say Apocalypse Now - the studio version which is likely the best movie ever (not Coppolla's director's cut which is one of the worst movies, ever)..
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 06, 2016 11:28 PM (zc3Db)
Posted by: qdpsteve at August 06, 2016 11:28 PM (q7T0y)
Posted by: t-bird at August 06, 2016 11:28 PM (yddCj)
Posted by: willy at August 06, 2016 11:28 PM (Ffw22)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at August 06, 2016 11:28 PM (kP16F)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, That Guy at August 06, 2016 11:29 PM (vyqqu)
Posted by: buzzion at August 06, 2016 11:27 PM (bMG0w)
Yeah ... but they're not out of it. They'll be back. Best looking volleyball team I've seen. They deserve to win.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 06, 2016 11:29 PM (zc3Db)
He might not be as popular as he used to be, but he used to be a pretty big fixture on the right. I'm amazed that didn't make bigger news on conservative sites.
Posted by: AD at August 06, 2016 11:29 PM (PNOM0)
Another David Horowitz, a publicist, died July 23rd.
Posted by: Insomniac
Hmmm. Must be as common a name as John Smith.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at August 06, 2016 11:29 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: cfomahm at August 06, 2016 11:30 PM (RfzVr)
Kind of like coconut shrimp, but without the shrimp.
Posted by: qdpsteve at August 06, 2016 11:30 PM (q7T0y)
Posted by: Jean at August 06, 2016 11:30 PM (ngn8T)
JUST KIDDING, animal lovers!
and, Good Evening.
Posted by: mindful webworker - caterwaulingly at August 06, 2016 11:30 PM (5a8XA)
Posted by: qdpsteve at August 06, 2016 11:28 PM (q7T0y)
Produced by Princess Diana's boy-toy.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 06, 2016 11:31 PM (zc3Db)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at August 06, 2016 11:31 PM (kP16F)
lonesome dove"
That's real hard to disagree with but I would throw "True Grit" in there.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 06, 2016 11:31 PM (7lvLO)
Posted by: concrete girl at August 06, 2016 11:31 PM (xUiw9)
Posted by: Jean
We have other ideas.
Posted by: Hassan Rouhani at August 06, 2016 11:31 PM (UPYhp)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 06, 2016 11:32 PM (f3Uae)
Posted by: Hillbillyking at August 06, 2016 11:23 PM (a+Olp)
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I thought "Wonder Boys", with Michael Douglas and Frances McDormand, was an excellent translation of Michael Chabon's novel.
Also, I just saw "The Lair of the White Worm", which apparently was a novel by Bram Stoker, but it was made into a deliciously cheezy flick by Ken Russel. It's the KenRusselest!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 06, 2016 11:32 PM (jR7Wy)
The 2016 version is said to be much more oriented towards the Christian movie market. For that, a lot of critics have supposedly already decided to hate it.
Posted by: qdpsteve at August 06, 2016 11:32 PM (q7T0y)
Posted by: Chi at August 06, 2016 11:33 PM (nDOV2)
Posted by: andycanuck at August 06, 2016 11:33 PM (LdMbv)
Posted by: concrete girl at August 06, 2016 11:31 PM (xUiw9)
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My dad took us to see "Battle of Britain" when we were tykes. I still remember the scene where the pilot is shot across the face by tracers and his goggles fill up with blood. Nice parenting, Dad!
Maybe it was revenge for all those Disney movies he had to sit through.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 06, 2016 11:34 PM (jR7Wy)
Hey everybody.
Nothing about David Horowitz passing away at Wikipedia.
And, how big a nerd was I when I was a kid? This much of a nerd: I was a fan of the *other* David Horowitz, who was a consumer advocate on Los Angeles' NBC channel. He even had a show called "Fight Back!"Posted by: qdpsteve at August 06, 2016 11:22 PM (q7T0y)
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Weird. When I binged David Horowitz, in the sidebar of the Bing pageit had a Wikipedia listing showing "Lived: Jan 10, 1939- July 23, 2016". But whenI click on the Wikipedia page itself, it does not list a death date.
Posted by: Darth Randall at August 06, 2016 11:35 PM (v3DL/)
Posted by: Jean
We have other ideas.
Posted by: Hassan Rouhani
Hence, the need for new and more ...
Posted by: Jean at August 06, 2016 11:36 PM (ngn8T)
Posted by: qdpsteve at August 06, 2016 11:28 PM (q7T0y)
..............
I went to St Andrews Scotland last yr for the Open golf and I was there 3 days before I knew that I had been walking by the beach where that filmed.
Posted by: Molly k. at August 06, 2016 11:36 PM (shN0m)
And it took 25 years for the French to realize this goal in 1896.
I have heard that before. But if you think nationalism is on the decline, you're apparently unaware the continent of Asia exists.
Posted by: AD at August 06, 2016 11:36 PM (PNOM0)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at August 06, 2016 11:28 PM (kP16F)
No, as a born-and-raised Vancouverite. Too many moonbats.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 06, 2016 11:37 PM (f3Uae)
Posted by: Michael the TEXIT Hobbit at August 06, 2016 11:37 PM (nvMvs)
Posted by: Country Boy at August 06, 2016 11:38 PM (heN73)
The weird is just so web sometimes.
Posted by: mindful webworker - hiding in the woodpile at August 06, 2016 11:38 PM (5a8XA)
Posted by: buzzion at August 06, 2016 11:39 PM (bMG0w)
http://www.frontpagemag.com/author/david-horowitz
Posted by: qdpsteve at August 06, 2016 11:39 PM (q7T0y)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at August 06, 2016 11:39 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: qdpsteve at August 06, 2016 11:39 PM (q7T0y)
What I remember the most was the WAAFs in their tight uniforms, especially the blonde main character, in the War Room moving the wooden-block models around the map-table using the long pusher things. Woof! Woof! (It looked like a cool wargame too!)
Posted by: andycanuck at August 06, 2016 11:40 PM (LdMbv)
Posted by: concrete girl at August 06, 2016 11:31 PM (xUiw9)
..............
Count your blessings. I remember getting freaked out everytime I had to ride in a vehicle with my grandpa. It took one accident to learn what a "rolling stop" meant.
Posted by: Molly k. at August 06, 2016 11:40 PM (shN0m)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at August 06, 2016 11:40 PM (kP16F)
yep, i will check it out. thanks r.k.
Posted by: concrete girl at August 06, 2016 11:40 PM (xUiw9)
As there should be. I don't know what they eat down there but, damn, they grow some wagon.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 06, 2016 11:41 PM (7lvLO)
I don't have the FPM David Horowitz' phone number to check if he's still alive.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 06, 2016 11:41 PM (wB8Tg)
Posted by: Darth Randall at August 06, 2016 11:42 PM (v3DL/)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at August 06, 2016 11:42 PM (kP16F)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at August 06, 2016 11:42 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Vasha Nerada at August 06, 2016 11:43 PM (Qvgg/)
It would just go like this:
*Merovign phones DH*
DH (picks up): "Hello?"
Merovign: "Oh, hi David! I was just checking to make sure you weren't dead."
DH: "Oh, but I AM dead!!! Booooooooooooooo!!!!" (hangs up)
:-P
Posted by: qdpsteve at August 06, 2016 11:43 PM (q7T0y)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 06, 2016 11:43 PM (GdFQh)
Well, it apears I was mistaken, I checked out twitter and Horowitz39 is
still posting as of 2 hours ago. So David Horowitz is not dead, thank
goodness.
That's good. We needed a replacement for Abe Vigoda.
Posted by: Anachronda at August 06, 2016 11:44 PM (Oi5b2)
Posted by: Vasha Nerada at August 06, 2016 11:43 PM (Qvgg/)
Why not? Sochi hosted a winter Olympics when it is a summer resort.
The IOC celebrates seasonal diversity.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 06, 2016 11:44 PM (zc3Db)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at August 06, 2016 11:40 PM (kP16F)
The mountains near the city, Hollyburn, Grouse, and Seymour have half-assed snow half the winter, maybe. Too low, too close to the salt water. That's why they did the winter games at Whistler nearly 100 miles north, and inland by at least one range of substantial mountains.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 06, 2016 11:44 PM (f3Uae)
My vet said feral cats of this age cannot be rehabilitated and adopted, so I could either TNR (trap, neuter and return, not really an option since the entire goal was to get them to go away); trap and euthanize, which seemed rather extreme; or trap and relocate, leaving them intact so they would retain their hunting and fighting edge in their new locale.
Shortly after that consultation, someone suggested I bomb the area with coyote urine, the thinking obviously being that if the cats thought a natural predator was around they would leave for safer environs. Believe it or not it worked, at least for now.
I still see them lurking around the yard and near the perimeter, but that's good enough to solve my immediate problems as far as I am concerned. Hopefully they will get hungry, start to hunt in the field, learn to like it, and then grow up, go to college and raise cat families of their own somewhere else, say, a barn a couple of acres away.
We'll see what happens. In the interim I appreciate all the thoughtful advice I received here in the ONT comments.
Posted by: Blacksheep at August 06, 2016 11:45 PM (bS6uW)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 06, 2016 11:46 PM (zc3Db)
This cat knows how not to be seen.
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the #Problematic at August 06, 2016 11:12 PM (UPYhp)
A little mood music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhSCCeM6MQM
Posted by: The Unseen Hat at August 06, 2016 11:46 PM (vBeA5)
Math graphic didn't show up. Turned on javascript, reloaded, still
didn't show up. Went to link page, and there it showed up. Came back to
AoS with javascript off, and it showed up.
The weird is just so web sometimes.
Posted by: mindful webworker - hiding in the woodpile at August 06, 2016 11:38 PM (5a8XA)
I'm not turning javascript on for any random site unless I have some damned good reason for doing so.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 06, 2016 11:46 PM (EzgxV)
*blinks*
Hadn't even thought about that. Rio's so close to the Equator that they really don't have a winter but they are technically "in winter" right now.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 06, 2016 11:46 PM (7lvLO)
Where are people streaming the Olympics without incessant commercial breaks? BBC?
Posted by: iforgot says God bless Snorky at August 06, 2016 11:46 PM (5o5ek)
Posted by: andycanuck at August 06, 2016 11:46 PM (LdMbv)
Plus, even though it is winter, it is still 70-80 and pretty close to the equator. But, the irony is noted.
Posted by: TickledPink at August 06, 2016 11:46 PM (F5hTl)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/761964246288793602
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/761964720899391488
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/761964946993319936
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/761965361952686080
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/761965893555552260
Posted by: kbdabear at August 06, 2016 11:46 PM (GrXXa)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 06, 2016 11:47 PM (zc3Db)
Posted by: Vasha Nerada at August 06, 2016 11:43 PM
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Well, same with Sydney.
The problem isn't so much that it's winter.
It's that all the athletes have to do their stuff upside down.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at August 06, 2016 11:47 PM (T/5A0)
Posted by: A Coyote at August 06, 2016 11:47 PM (f3Uae)
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at August 06, 2016 11:47 PM (MNgU2)
121 Has anyone else noted the incongruity of Rio hosting the summer Olympics while it is winter there?
Posted by: Vasha Nerada at August 06, 2016 11:43 PM (Qvgg/)
Why not? Sochi hosted a winter Olympics when it is a summer resort.
The IOC celebrates seasonal diversity.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 06, 2016 11:44 PM (zc3Db)
You mean they celebrate whoever leaves the biggest wad of cash under the table for them.
Posted by: buzzion at August 06, 2016 11:48 PM (bMG0w)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/761967057911091200
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/761968049964679169
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/761968991405535232
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/761969678826766336
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/761970676244869120
Posted by: kbdabear at August 06, 2016 11:48 PM (GrXXa)
- A dessert topping for guests you don't like
- Rustproofing your anvil
- Infecting Bob Costas
...and much, much more!!!
;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at August 06, 2016 11:48 PM (q7T0y)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/761971848263393285
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/761972691360505856
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/761973276298080256
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/761974034133385217
Posted by: kbdabear at August 06, 2016 11:49 PM (GrXXa)
Posted by: andycanuck at August 06, 2016 11:49 PM (LdMbv)
Posted by: Blacksheep at August 06, 2016 11:50 PM (bS6uW)
Posted by: Molly k. at August 06, 2016 11:50 PM (shN0m)
Posted by: qdpsteve at August 06, 2016 11:51 PM (q7T0y)
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck
Only trouble is, they would need to be held in States that can afford them, like Texas in the summer Alaska in winter, but the sooper-genius Elites would put them in some broke shithole like California or NYC.
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the #Problematic at August 06, 2016 11:51 PM (UPYhp)
Posted by: concrete girl at August 06, 2016 11:51 PM (xUiw9)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 06, 2016 11:51 PM (wB8Tg)
Posted by: qdpsteve at August 06, 2016 11:52 PM (q7T0y)
Is that also the reason they are having so many plumbing problems down there?
Posted by: Willy J. at August 06, 2016 11:52 PM (BZey7)
ChemJ....
Sippin concoction you got there. Just monitor the ratio after the first one. Magically, mixtures seem to skew in favor of quality with each attempt.
Glad to see ya CJ. Cheers.
Posted by: Hillbillyking at August 06, 2016 11:52 PM (a+Olp)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at August 06, 2016 11:53 PM (kP16F)
Posted by: andycanuck at August 06, 2016 11:53 PM (LdMbv)
Blacksheep, you're in luck!! Coyote urine is on sale at Walmart right
now for just $2.99 a bottle! Has a thousand and one uses, including:
- A dessert topping for guests you don't like
- Rustproofing your anvil
- Infecting Bob Costas
...and much, much more!!!
;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at August 06, 2016 11:48 PM (q7T0y)
As if....http://www.walmart.com/ip/ Sun-Joe-Real-Coyote-Urine- Territorial-Repellent/44810038
Posted by: cthulhu at August 06, 2016 11:53 PM (EzgxV)
As with everything else in the world, if you want the Olympics to be successful , you need to have them based in the United States permanently. As much as we suck right now we are still the best there is.
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at August 06, 2016 11:47 PM (MNgU2)
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Meh, I don't want 'em. Give them to Athens.
Posted by: iforgot says God bless Snorky at August 06, 2016 11:53 PM (5o5ek)
Posted by: qdpsteve at August 06, 2016 11:53 PM (q7T0y)
Also, how do they get the coyotes to piss in the bottle?
Posted by: qdpsteve at August 06, 2016 11:54 PM (q7T0y)
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the #Problematic at August 06, 2016 11:54 PM (UPYhp)
Posted by: Blacksheep at August 06, 2016 11:45 PM (bS6uW)
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Hmm. You might be able to pull a catch, neuter, and release that way. Release them back to your yard and then reapply the coyote urine.
Posted by: iforgot says God bless Snorky at August 06, 2016 11:55 PM (5o5ek)
Is there a Wehrmacht-repellent version we can sell to the French?
Posted by: andycanuck at August 06, 2016 11:55 PM (LdMbv)
these cities have 7-8 years from the time their bid is confirmed to make sure their city is ready...financially, safety-wise, facility-wise, and any other way...to host mass numbers of people from all over the world. They usually start their bid 2 years or so before that.
There is absolutely no excuse for dormitories to not be completed till the week of the Games. There is absolutely no excuse for lags in security.
What it will take is for the IOC to have the stones to one of these days, revoke the Games from a city and give it to a ready-city, like LA or Toronto or Sydney. Otherwise, these cities have NO accountability whatsoever.
Posted by: TickledPink at August 06, 2016 11:55 PM (F5hTl)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 06, 2016 11:55 PM (AroJD)
Posted by: Molly k.
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Ask the dog...
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 06, 2016 11:55 PM (yddCj)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 06, 2016 11:56 PM (7lvLO)
cthulhu, once again, truth is stranger than fiction.
Also, how do they get the coyotes to piss in the bottle?
Posted by: qdpsteve at August 06, 2016 11:54 PM (q7T0y)
....and what do they do with "grass-fed" coyotes' urine?
Posted by: cthulhu at August 06, 2016 11:56 PM (EzgxV)
Would still like an honest explanation on the Gingrich thing. Newt had been helping him for months if not years. Was he unhappy about not being picked for vp?
Posted by: Shiggz at August 06, 2016 11:56 PM (G7wcY)
Posted by: qdpsteve at August 06, 2016 11:54 PM (q7T0y)
That's a trade secret.
Posted by: Golden Shower Coyote Ranch and Day Spa at August 06, 2016 11:56 PM (f3Uae)
Posted by: TickledPink at August 06, 2016 11:57 PM (F5hTl)
Is that also the reason they are having so many plumbing problems down there?
Posted by: Willy J. at August 06, 2016 11:52 PM (BZey7)
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Hey, the antipodal life is tough!
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at August 06, 2016 11:58 PM (T/5A0)
They'd just sprinkle it around the Maginot Line and call it a day.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 06, 2016 11:58 PM (7lvLO)
The first thing that I'd like to do ♫
♪ Is to spray every stray
'Til eternity pisses away ♫
♫ Just to turn those coyotes blue
Posted by: zombie jim croce at August 06, 2016 11:58 PM (LdMbv)
Thanks for the ONT, CDR M.
Posted by: GnuBreed at August 06, 2016 11:59 PM (gyKtp)
Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at August 06, 2016 11:59 PM (FtrY1)
cthulhu, once again, truth is stranger than fiction.
Also, how do they get the coyotes to piss in the bottle?
Posted by: qdpsteve at August 06, 2016 11:54 PM (q7T0y)
They get their foot-chopping vets to request unnecessary urinalyses....
Posted by: Federal understanding of medicine at August 07, 2016 12:00 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: buzzion at August 07, 2016 12:00 AM (bMG0w)
Finally! Something to see in the Olympics.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 07, 2016 12:00 AM (0tfLf)
Finally! Something to see in the Olympics.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 07, 2016 12:00 AM (0tfLf)
My taxes pay for that. Could you please keep at least one eye closed?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 07, 2016 12:02 AM (f3Uae)
Posted by: buzzion at August 07, 2016 12:00 AM (bMG0w)
Yeah ... he was adjusting for the southern hemisphere.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 07, 2016 12:03 AM (zc3Db)
The navy dropped some Mormons in Seattle?
Posted by: Diogenes at August 07, 2016 12:03 AM (0tfLf)
Posted by: qdpsteve
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That guy was a straight up freak!
Posted by: Archie Bunker at August 07, 2016 12:03 AM (nDOV2)
Posted by: andycanuck at August 07, 2016 12:03 AM (LdMbv)
Posted by: TickledPink
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The U.S. was supposed to host the Olympics in 1976 for the Bicentennial - Summer or Winter, whichever. I believe they wanted Denver or Lake Placid to host the Winter Games in '76, but neither was going to happen.
By 1980, Lake Placid was ready with dormitories for the athletes. It was a medium-security federal prison 4 miles outside the village. It opened for business soon after the closing ceremonies. (I've been there a few times. Pretty nice place, even as a prison.)
Posted by: FireHorse at August 07, 2016 12:04 AM (YcAfS)
Posted by: buzzion at August 07, 2016 12:04 AM (bMG0w)
Posted by: Darth Randall at August 06, 2016 11:42 PM (v3DL/)
Death doesn't stop people from posting. Buzzion comments from the grave all the time.
Posted by: Michael the TEXIT Hobbit at August 07, 2016 12:04 AM (nvMvs)
Thanxs Alberta. They are Loonies well spent!
Posted by: Diogenes at August 07, 2016 12:04 AM (0tfLf)
Posted by: andycanuck at August 07, 2016 12:03 AM (LdMbv)
Diogenes said earlier he was watching it on CheeBeeChee.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 07, 2016 12:06 AM (f3Uae)
Yeah. I just wish he'd stop it with ringing bells and getting that ectoplasm shit all over the place.
Posted by: andycanuck at August 07, 2016 12:06 AM (LdMbv)
Posted by: buzzion
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Was she a gymnast?
The Czechs & balances are hard to keep track of...
Posted by: Archie Bunker at August 07, 2016 12:07 AM (nDOV2)
Posted by: andycanuck at August 07, 2016 12:07 AM (LdMbv)
It's ponderous, and there aren't really any great solutions. Two other factors in my thinking are that my wife is a major animal lover and is really upset about all this, and oh by the way this group will itself reproduce in the near future. Not good.
Posted by: Blacksheep at August 07, 2016 12:07 AM (bS6uW)
Posted by: qdpsteve
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That guy was a straight up freak!
Posted by: Archie Bunker at August 07, 2016 12:03 AM
Like you weren't!
Posted by: Edith at August 07, 2016 12:08 AM (o/90i)
They need to just go nekkid -- in the spirit of the ancient Olympics, of course.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at August 07, 2016 12:08 AM (DW+jj)
Ignore the bells. Plastic sheeting. Check Home Depot.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 07, 2016 12:08 AM (7lvLO)
Oh if only the Clinton 'Peace Dividend' had not killed the Advanced Strike Fighter Tomcat.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 07, 2016 12:08 AM (fS22B)
I've got a pic of the skeeter that bit Costas, but don't have a place to upload it for y'all to see.
My mail is in my nic.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at August 07, 2016 12:08 AM (v5iqM)
No, but she did bounce. Then again so did the Brazilians.
I'd also point out that the Brazilians pretty clearly had Brazilians.
Posted by: andycanuck at August 07, 2016 12:08 AM (LdMbv)
Yeah. I just wish he'd stop it with ringing bells and getting that ectoplasm shit all over the place.
Posted by: andycanuck at August 07, 2016 12:06 AM (LdMbv)
That wasn't me.
https://youtu.be/enisEolQXnw
Posted by: buzzion at August 07, 2016 12:09 AM (bMG0w)
Would still like an honest explanation on the Gingrich thing. Newt had been helping him for months if not years. Was he unhappy about not being picked for vp?
Posted by: Shiggz at August 06, 2016 11:56 PM (G7wcY)
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I've been sayin' for years, Gingrich is no good. He's a sanctimonious slop who secretly loves to hang out with the bad kids behind the bleachers smoking cigarettes. My favorite job of calling him out was by Thomas Sowell:
>>Back in 1997, when black Republican Congressman J.C. Watts denounced people like Jesse Jackson and then D.C. mayor Marion Barry as "race-hustling poverty pimps," House Speaker Newt Gingrich took it upon himself to apologize to Jesse Jackson.
>>To apologize for what another man said is to treat that man as if he were your child or your servant. Gingrich then added further insult by inviting Jesse Jackson to join him in his box for the Clinton inauguration for his second term as president.
>>Pulling the rug out from under your friends, in order to appease your enemies, may seem like clever politics to some people. But what could possibly have led Republicans to think that pro-Jesse Jackson blacks were ever going to vote for them?
Posted by: iforgot says God bless Snorky at August 07, 2016 12:09 AM (5o5ek)
One of the worst was the recent Hobbit movie trilogy. Although visually stunning, it should have carried the warning: This movie is VERY slightly inspired by the book by JRR Tolkien.
Posted by: JTB at August 07, 2016 12:09 AM (V+03K)
Posted by: Blacksheep at August 07, 2016 12:07 AM (bS6uW)
Trap them, and relocate them to the nearest Democrat-controlled city. City assholes always drop off the unwanted animals in the country, why not return the favor?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 07, 2016 12:10 AM (f3Uae)
USA wins!!!!
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at August 07, 2016 12:10 AM (T/5A0)
Well......chuckles.......apparently yeah. He got himself in some odd situations with sketchy people.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 07, 2016 12:11 AM (7lvLO)
That's why Pixy uses finest-quality hamsters instead of shifty dang squirrels to keep operations going.
Posted by: rodent ratings at August 07, 2016 12:11 AM (MD1dD)
Not only will it repel feral felines....it's medicinal properties are legion. Not to mention its mechanical applications.....
Battlin Gout....A GFCU tincture will remedy that.
Run outta bar oil for you chainsaw... GFCU will do just fine.
I suspect the market for GFCU is gonna take off soon.
Posted by: Hillbillyking at August 07, 2016 12:11 AM (a+Olp)
Posted by: andycanuck
*****
I see you're waxing poetic again.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at August 07, 2016 12:11 AM (wPiJc)
Posted by: andycanuck at August 07, 2016 12:11 AM (LdMbv)
Posted by: G. Soros at August 07, 2016 12:13 AM (q7T0y)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 07, 2016 12:13 AM (fS22B)
Try visiting tinypic.com for a one-time post . Easy peasy.
If that doesn't work, I'm here for about 10 minutes - I'll link it.
Posted by: Archie Bunker at August 07, 2016 12:13 AM (nDOV2)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/c6v6bq
Posted by: andycanuck at August 07, 2016 12:15 AM (LdMbv)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 07, 2016 12:10 AM (f3Uae)
I wish we would do this.
Posted by: Shiggz at August 07, 2016 12:15 AM (G7wcY)
Posted by: buzzion at August 07, 2016 12:15 AM (bMG0w)
Posted by: qdpsteve at August 06, 2016 11:52 PM (q7T0y)
Speaking of John Smith, I watched all 10 episodes of The Man in the High Castle over the past week. I'm not usually much of a television fan but the show has me hooked.
It's seriously good and I can't wait for Season 2.
Posted by: Michael the TEXIT Hobbit at August 07, 2016 12:15 AM (nvMvs)
Posted by: t-bird at August 07, 2016 12:15 AM (ANVXm)
Posted by: andycanuck at August 07, 2016 12:15 AM (LdMbv)
Excellent example.....
Capturin the tension of the cable-car scenes...Clint and Sir Richard did a good job.
Plus 1
Posted by: Hillbillyking at August 07, 2016 12:17 AM (a+Olp)
It's ponderous, and there aren't really any great solutions. Two other
factors in my thinking are that my wife is a major animal lover and is
really upset about all this, and oh by the way this group will itself
reproduce in the near future. Not good.
Posted by: Blacksheep at August 07, 2016 12:07 AM (bS6uW)
Trap them, and relocate them to the nearest Democrat-controlled
city. City assholes always drop off the unwanted animals in the country,
why not return the favor?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 07, 2016 12:10 AM (f3Uae)
^^^This. Release 'em in a nice and/or gated community, or on a golf course, if the operation goes well; if you get bit or scratched, release 'em in Chinatown.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 07, 2016 12:17 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: buzzion at August 07, 2016 12:17 AM (bMG0w)
Posted by: Blacksheep at August 07, 2016 12:18 AM (bS6uW)
Posted by: said no one ever at August 07, 2016 12:18 AM (MD1dD)
this group will itself reproduce in the near future. Not good.
Posted by: Blacksheep at August 07, 2016 12:07 AM (bS6uW)
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That's it right there. I was hoping from your description that if they move off the periphery of your property, they'll still be "next door" and you'll be able to drop them food. But I really don't know what your layout is.
Posted by: iforgot says God bless Snorky at August 07, 2016 12:18 AM (5o5ek)
Well, it was pretty hairy by the end because the Czechs couldn't pull it off.
Posted by: andycanuck at August 07, 2016 12:19 AM (LdMbv)
My, my, my.......
What can I do to take care of this shock???
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 07, 2016 12:19 AM (7lvLO)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at August 07, 2016 12:19 AM (T/cxb)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 07, 2016 12:20 AM (fS22B)
Posted by: TickledPink at August 06, 2016 11:55 PM (F5hTl)
A simple "No Sh!tholes" policy would be simpler. It's not as though it's hard to figure out which places those are.
Posted by: Splunge at August 07, 2016 12:21 AM (iMxBJ)
http://tinypic.com/r/4uckmf/9
Costas. What Zika mosquitoes fear most.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at August 07, 2016 12:21 AM (v5iqM)
Blame Trump; the MSM will be by tomorrow.
Posted by: andycanuck at August 07, 2016 12:22 AM (LdMbv)
I would have to say Apocalypse Now - the studio version which is likely the best movie ever (not Coppolla's director's cut which is one of the worst movies, ever)..
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 06, 2016 11:28 PM (zc3Db)
As a faithful adaptation ...? Or just as a film in general? Because it is very loosely based on Heart of Darkness by Conrad which has nothing to do with Vietnam. I think the similarities are a river journey and a kook named Kurtz.
Posted by: Gem at August 07, 2016 12:22 AM (uaHyk)
What can I do to take care of this shock???
Posted by: Ricardo Kill
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I know, right? I thought immigration charges were a thing of the past.
Posted by: FireHorse at August 07, 2016 12:22 AM (YcAfS)
Posted by: rodent ratings at August 07, 2016 12:11 AM (MD1dD)
Racist.
Posted by: Rocket J. Squirrel at August 07, 2016 12:23 AM (vBeA5)
Posted by: Shiggz at August 07, 2016 12:23 AM (G7wcY)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 07, 2016 12:23 AM (7lvLO)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 06, 2016 11:34 PM (jR7Wy)
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Dad took me to see The Exorcist when I was 8 years old in addition to The French Connection, and The Godfather all at inappropriate ages. But the topper was The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3 when I was 9 and then having to take the subway alone to Granma's the next morning.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 07, 2016 12:23 AM (U99QI)
Posted by: Splunge at August 07, 2016 12:24 AM (iMxBJ)
But I'm still trying to find it in my heart to forgive Jackson for leaving out the Tom Bombadil section. It would have been fun and Goldberry should have been hawt.
Posted by: JTB at August 07, 2016 12:24 AM (V+03K)
Posted by: TickledPink at August 07, 2016 12:24 AM (F5hTl)
4 men from Mexico arrested in Ohio with $400,000 of Heroin
Delivering the drugs that Americans will do.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at August 07, 2016 12:24 AM (IqV8l)
Posted by: zombie marlon brando at August 07, 2016 12:24 AM (LdMbv)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 07, 2016 12:23 AM (7lvLO)
Animated but it is not Disney. Hell its not even DreamWorks.
Posted by: buzzion at August 07, 2016 12:25 AM (bMG0w)
Posted by: Jean at August 07, 2016 12:25 AM (ngn8T)
171 177
LCS- Littoral Combat Ship.
I bet that if the LDS were responsible for building the LCS it would actually work.
Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at August 07, 2016 12:26 AM (FtrY1)
Posted by: buzzion at August 07, 2016 12:15 AM (bMG0w)
My son loves that version. He sings "That's What Bilbo Baggins Hates" while he loads the dishwasher.
Posted by: Gem at August 07, 2016 12:26 AM (uaHyk)
Posted by: buzzion at August 07, 2016 12:27 AM (bMG0w)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at August 07, 2016 12:27 AM (IqV8l)
Posted by: andycanuck at August 07, 2016 12:27 AM (LdMbv)
Anna...
You mentioned "The Final Countdown"....
I'm a fan of that film. Always thought it was entertainin...
Which made me think of a an author that did Alt-History,
John Birmingham. His Axis of Time Trilogy is pretty good.
Takes the same premise, modern U.S. tech transported into WWII, and really explores the effects.
Good read for those that're Military Alt-History fans.
Posted by: Hillbillyking at August 07, 2016 12:28 AM (a+Olp)
Posted by: zombie marlon brando at August 07, 2016 12:24 AM (LdMbv)
The horror... the horror...
Posted by: Gem at August 07, 2016 12:28 AM (uaHyk)
Posted by: Cactus of Liberty at August 07, 2016 12:29 AM (7yzio)
Posted by: Jean-Luc Canard at August 07, 2016 12:29 AM (aWcLl)
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Best:
"The Shawshank Redemption" - a long film based on a Stephen King novella ("Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption"). Some details were changed or left out but the movie was true to the story.
(Dis)honorable mention:
"The Pelican Brief" - based on perhaps the worst book by perhaps our age's best storyteller, John Grisham. The book and the movie sucked by pretty much the exact same amount.
Posted by: FireHorse at August 07, 2016 12:30 AM (YcAfS)
Oh well, I'll stop boring the board with this, I really just wanted to extoll the virtues of bottled coyote urine. My so-called life and all ....
Posted by: Blacksheep at August 07, 2016 12:30 AM (bS6uW)
Posted by: JTB at August 07, 2016 12:24 AM (V+03K)
Interesting. That never really occurred to me; when I saw it was out, I thought "oh, well, it was probably unfilmable." It was the singing part -- Frodo and pals finding to their astonishment that they were singing all their words because it was easier than talking.
But it was a wonderful bridge, in the book, between peril and more peril. Would have been nice. Who would you cast for Goldberry?
Posted by: Splunge at August 07, 2016 12:30 AM (iMxBJ)
Posted by: t-bird at August 07, 2016 12:30 AM (J3phO)
Posted by: Shiggz at August 07, 2016 12:30 AM (G7wcY)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at August 07, 2016 12:27 AM (IqV8l)
Fuck, yeah. Tolkein hated machines.
Posted by: Gem at August 07, 2016 12:30 AM (uaHyk)
I never expected the LOTR movies to be very close to the book. It is too
long and complex to translate to film. I enjoyed the movies for their
own sake and was pleased when anything was retained from the book.
But I'm still trying to find it in my heart to forgive Jackson for
leaving out the Tom Bombadil section. It would have been fun and
Goldberry should have been hawt.
Posted by: JTB at August 07, 2016 12:24 AM (V+03K)
I thought Jackson did a very good job on LOTR -- it's sweep is well-nigh unfilmable and he captured a good deal of the best of it in 3 long-ish films (and, even with extended footage, less than a miniseries)....but Hobbit was so obviously milking-it without respect to the original narrative, it was nearly obscene.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 07, 2016 12:30 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: TickledPink at August 07, 2016 12:31 AM (F5hTl)
Must be there for the equestrian events, I guess.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at August 07, 2016 12:32 AM (T/5A0)
Posted by: t-bird at August 07, 2016 12:33 AM (J3phO)
Must be there for the equestrian events, I guess.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at August 07, 2016 12:32 AM (T/5A0)
Heh. Or he's just looking for more poop to throw on his former brothers in the military. Lots of that available down there.
Posted by: Splunge at August 07, 2016 12:33 AM (iMxBJ)
Posted by: Farmer at August 07, 2016 12:33 AM (o/90i)
Posted by: Blacksheep at August 07, 2016 12:34 AM (bS6uW)
Posted by: Blacksheep at August 07, 2016 12:36 AM (bS6uW)
Posted by: Farmer at August 07, 2016 12:37 AM (o/90i)
I don't know a lot about ARs. Sure don't. I know upper and and lowers are all over the place these days. If you're looking for varmint control, you can get a damned fine Ruger or CZ or Howa........or if you're diggin around in your pockets....a Remington to take care of it.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 07, 2016 12:37 AM (7lvLO)
Posted by: David Fincher at August 07, 2016 12:37 AM (7yzio)
Realized it as soon as I hears the name of John Coffee and that he could heal.....
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at August 07, 2016 12:38 AM (1y/Bc)
Posted by: Blacksheep at August 07, 2016 12:39 AM (bS6uW)
Posted by: Gem at August 07, 2016 12:39 AM (uaHyk)
Jim, that was me. I hope you have searched "rotator cuff" injury/rehab by now. I had printed journals & articles from JAMA & ACE that I wanted to send you, but I can't find them! I will, though.
Anyway, it's drunkthirty & the neighbor is out back cooking steaks on my grill. I hope one of them is for me...
Posted by: Archie Bunker at August 07, 2016 12:39 AM (nDOV2)
The gay Sulu nonsense was minimal thank God.
The preview for the Snowden flick was unintentionally hilarious. I got a distinct vibe from the entire theater that we were all thinking the same thing, "Man, fuck THAT guy!" It was thick in the air. I only wish I had thought of something clever (and clean) to blurt oit and break the silence.
Posted by: reason - TEXIT at August 07, 2016 12:39 AM (nKoz8)
Posted by: Blacksheep at August 07, 2016 12:34 AM (bS6uW)
Agreed. I think he was a character that Tolkien had made up before starting the Ring, one that Tolkien really fancied for some reason, and he just plopped him in there with a faint husk of a back-story to justify his being placed there.
"Bored of the Rings" really had fun with him.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 07, 2016 12:39 AM (f3Uae)
Posted by: Gem at August 07, 2016 12:42 AM (uaHyk)
Posted by: JTB at August 07, 2016 12:42 AM (V+03K)
It is not known how many actual police were in the killing squads or whether this pattern really continues (though there are official reports of a number of killings before the olympics), but at least several hundred young people (often between 10 and 1
were killed extra-judicially in the late 80s and early 90s.
The Calendaria Massacre itself was only 11 kids, but was part of a much larger pattern.
Typically there are reports of "street kids" being killed before major conferences in Rio.
This is why being in a "first world country" is not some intangible benefit people should take for granted. Also why "law and order" is not some conservative joke.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 07, 2016 12:42 AM (wB8Tg)
"Bored of the Rings" really had fun with him.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 07, 2016 12:39 AM (f3Uae)
Wasn't there something about he was a character that he made up for his kids and for some reason he decided to include him?
Posted by: buzzion at August 07, 2016 12:43 AM (bMG0w)
Posted by: rgallegos at August 07, 2016 12:45 AM (59GQk)
256
@255
Incorrect. No nearly about it....it WAS obscene.
Posted by: TickledPink at August 07, 2016 12:31 AM (F5hTl)
The eye-candy of the New Zealand countryside had aesthetic value; some of the sets had an aesthetic value (goblintown, Lonely Mountain); some of the inserted plot even had an aesthetic value (linking continuity from "Oakenshield" to the orc threatening them in the trees; Laketown refugees; the burglary contract)....but other parts were extremely questionable (Jeeves as Mayor of Laketown, cameos from EVERY FUCKING PERSON in LOTR); and there was way too much stuff that was just BAD: dwarves riding goats; the entire golden dragon bit; every cringeworthy scene with Radagast; the Misty Mountain giants....[ulp, sorry, bile rising -- ending list now]....
So, if the definition of "obscene" is "possessing no aesthetic value", I'd say it was not obscene.....but there were a shit-ton of negatives against the positives.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 07, 2016 12:45 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: qdpsteve at August 06, 2016 11:52 PM (q7T0y) fnord (q7T0y)
You know, that one, with the hair?
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 07, 2016 12:45 AM (wB8Tg)
"Bored of the Rings" really had fun with him.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 07, 2016 12:39 AM (f3Uae).
BotR is hilarious. My paperback from the 70s finally kind of disintegrated and I got a new one through Alibris, but the cover isn't as funny - no evil pig riders.
Posted by: Gem at August 07, 2016 12:46 AM (uaHyk)
I see a lot of movies people *trash*, and to me the movie was "fine, not great."
I think people expect all movies to be great now or something.
Planning on seeing Suicide Squad, and I pretty much expect to see a bunch of second-string DC villains blow a lot of shit up. I do not expect much disappointment, and I'm not sure what I should have expected otherwise.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 07, 2016 12:50 AM (wB8Tg)
The Bombadil chapter seemed oddly out of place even in the book (or I
thought so anyway). The movie was already long, I probably would have
left it out too.
Posted by: Blacksheep at August 07, 2016 12:34 AM (bS6uW)
It is a very odd little detour, but important in some thematic ways -- the idea that there are local laws of reality, unconnected with greater schemes, for instance. But, while filmable, it'd take half a movie to "show" how it fit in -- where in a book you can let people mull things over after they've closed the covers.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 07, 2016 12:50 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at August 07, 2016 12:51 AM (VdICR)
Posted by: G. Soros at August 07, 2016 12:51 AM (q7T0y)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith
________
There seems to be an ongoing attempt to consider the BRIC countries as "first world" by granting them the Olympics and FIFA World Cup hosting honors. Of the nine opportunities to host these events from 2008-2018, five have gone to BRICs - Brazil 2, Russia 2, China 1. (India, to its credit, is more interested in building highways than in asking for these headaches.)
Posted by: FireHorse at August 07, 2016 12:53 AM (YcAfS)
I saw only one of the Hobbit movies, but I thought that Smaug was well portrayed and acted.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 07, 2016 12:53 AM (f3Uae)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 07, 2016 12:54 AM (7lvLO)
Sum of all fears....
The castin of Liev Schreiber as John Clark had serious potential. He conveyed the concept of Clark well. His work in Ray Donovan is excellent and proves how well he could have "realized" John Clark.
If some fucktard in Hollywood would've really pushed for Clancy's Without Remorse, (equal to any he wrote, easily), to be adapted.....an cast Schreiber as Clark, it could've been GREAT.
Willem Defoe, whose a magnificent actor, just Was Not John Clark. It's a perfect example of miscastin a role.
Clear and Present Danger could've been done sooooo much better.
Thats a good one for another ONT.... which novel completely got fucked in its movie adaptation.
Posted by: Hillbillyking at August 07, 2016 12:55 AM (a+Olp)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 07, 2016 12:55 AM (f3Uae)
Well, they sure as hell don't seem to take any interest in athletics, so it makes sense.
Posted by: t-bird at August 07, 2016 12:56 AM (mxCgt)
I've got the JPG image saved, but it won't upload to Tinypic, intact as a demotivator.
Damn, and it's germane to the ONT conversation, too. Anyone wants to host the image, I'll gladly send it over.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at August 07, 2016 12:57 AM (v5iqM)
Bombadil... I never did get that. Was he, um, Adam...? Or "Nature"? "Wild Magic"?
Posted by: Gem at August 07, 2016 12:39 AM (uaHyk)
There are some who say he is Iluvatar, the being that caused the world to be sung into existence, slumming it within his creation; there are others who say he is Valar or Maiar. He may be a created being, like the elves, dwarves, men, or hobbits -- but of another class -- and that begs the question of who created him....in that Aule clearly created the dwarves. Arguing against this is that he donned the One Ring and showed no effect. Maiar, such as Gandalf, would have shied away; created beings would have vanished. He argues that those who draw power from a general system face effects from the system. Maybe he's Iluvatar's brother who's a stoner and a bum.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 07, 2016 12:59 AM (EzgxV)
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at August 07, 2016 12:57 AM (v5iqM)
Be a man and do it in ASCII in the comments.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 07, 2016 01:00 AM (zc3Db)
She briefly had a buddy who showed up. Had no clue that Obama was half white. So when I said I was no whiter than BHO he didn't understand. Tried to tell me what my race was and that HE wasn't a racist.
It was actually fun.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 07, 2016 01:03 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 07, 2016 01:00 AM (zc3Db)
The resulting margin blowout, as well as the accompanying bannination, would be of Jupiterian proportions.
Thanks, but I'll pass.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at August 07, 2016 01:04 AM (v5iqM)
*cheers*
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the #Problematic at August 07, 2016 01:04 AM (UPYhp)
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the #Problematic at August 07, 2016 01:06 AM (UPYhp)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 07, 2016 01:06 AM (7lvLO)
The first time I read LOTR the Bombadil scenes came across as fun but discordant. Now I think Tolkien used them as a way to establish Middle Earth as a place of wonder, mystery (Bombadil is never explained in the book), even religious overtones in the sense that there was more to Creation before the advent of man.
I still read my old copy of Bored of the Rings every few years and still LMAO at it.
Posted by: JTB at August 07, 2016 01:07 AM (V+03K)
Has he never seen a killer whale? It's not like you're trying to hide anything.
Posted by: t-bird at August 07, 2016 01:07 AM (mxCgt)
She briefly had a buddy who showed up. Had no clue that Obama was half white. So when I said I was no whiter than BHO he didn't understand. Tried to tell me what my race was and that HE wasn't a racist.
It was actually fun.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 07, 2016 01:03 AM (hVdx9)
I'm still surprised I haven't been 86ed like Stacy McCain was...
Posted by: @ThePoliticalHat (Backup = @PoliticalHatToo) at August 07, 2016 01:07 AM (vBeA5)
I thought the burglary contract was a plot device in the original Hobbit
novel. Bilbo was contracted to steal the Arkenstone from Smaug's lair.
I saw only one of the Hobbit movies, but I thought that Smaug was well portrayed and acted.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 07, 2016 12:53 AM (f3Uae)
Yes, the burglary contract is in The Hobbit. The origami bit wasn't -- and doesn't really fit the original (it should have been on regular-sized paper, in triplicate, each signed by a scribe as being a "true copy", one copy to go with the expedition, one copy to be lodged with Bilbo's heirs, and one copy to be held by Thorin's heirs). But the origami thing was fun and funny and fits in with the way that The Hobbit is told (e.g. the cleanup).
Except for the extended golden dragon bit, Smaug was well-done.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 07, 2016 01:07 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
My agent guaranteed me that role!
Posted by: Brian Dennehy at August 07, 2016 01:11 AM (UPYhp)
Posted by: JTB at August 07, 2016 01:11 AM (V+03K)
Posted by: buzzion at August 07, 2016 01:12 AM (bMG0w)
Posted by: @ThePoliticalHat
****
I guess we aren't high profile enough or T didn't have enough friends to back her up.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 07, 2016 01:12 AM (hVdx9)
261 ... I would have left the Bombadil parts out of the movie since they
don't advance the plot. I think they have their place in the book as I
mentioned above. But they would have been fun to see on film.
Posted by: JTB at August 07, 2016 01:11 AM (V+03K)
It would have been fun to see on film, but then the rest the hour would have to have been devoted to explaining what the hell that was doing there.....
Posted by: cthulhu at August 07, 2016 01:13 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at August 07, 2016 01:14 AM (IqV8l)
I see a lot of movies people *trash*, and to me the movie was "fine, not great."
I think people expect all movies to be great now or something.
Planning on seeing Suicide Squad, and I pretty much expect to see a bunch of second-string DC villains blow a lot of shit up. I do not expect much disappointment, and I'm not sure what I should have expected otherwise.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 07, 2016 12:50 AM (wB8Tg)
I think some of it is that people are expecting more because there have been several movies that are definitely better than they had any right to be. Also that the studios are promising more and when it doesn't deliver, well you do hear about it quickly.
Posted by: buzzion at August 07, 2016 01:15 AM (bMG0w)
Best novel adaptation to film....
The Sum of All Fears!
Posted by: said no one ever at August 07, 2016 12:18 AM (MD1dD)
The one where Clancy snarked on the DVD commentary track "I'm the guy who wrote the novel that the filmmakers ignored when they made this movie."
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 07, 2016 01:15 AM (LuZz8)
Having been years since I've read the Hobbit and LotR, I always seem to think that it was in that part of the book (LotR) that Frodo picked up Sting. I don't remember Bilbo picking up that particular weapon.
Posted by: Old Blue at August 07, 2016 01:16 AM (9iR5/)
The obvious first answer is "Starship Troopers." Yes, I know the producers paid Ginny a bunch of bucks for the rights to the title, and then stuck it on a movie they were making anyway, with only a few changes.
A definite case of don't judge the novel by the "alleged" movie.
Posted by: Fox2! at August 07, 2016 01:17 AM (brIR5)
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the #Problematic at August 07, 2016 01:18 AM (UPYhp)
The Rankin and Bass version of the contract is very simple.
https://youtu.be/CVRw_7KWjs4
Posted by: buzzion at August 07, 2016 01:12 AM (bMG0w)
Rankin and Bass oversimplified; Jackson overcomplicated and mocked. The dwarves are a practical people -- they'd have produced a practical contract.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 07, 2016 01:18 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Old Blue at August 07, 2016 01:19 AM (9iR5/)
Posted by: Old Blue
________
Tom Clancy was a brilliant writer. In "Sum" he had the Vikings and the Chargers in the Super Bowl. I thought to myself, "This is unrealistic. Neither of these teams will ever win the Super Bowl. How's Clancy going to disentangle the story from this fantastical flaw?"
Posted by: FireHorse at August 07, 2016 01:24 AM (tIbKZ)
The Razor's Edge (1946)
Somerset Maugham's novel, the film starring Tyrone Power...
It's so nuanced and layered that multiple viewings are required to appreciate how well the film captured the "essence" of the novel.
Superb film. A classic.
Sidenote.. it lost out to "The Best Years of Our Lives" for Best Picture in 1946. The winner was adapted from a novel(la) as well.
Posted by: Hillbillyking at August 07, 2016 01:24 AM (a+Olp)
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at August 06, 2016 11:12 PM (Eabwd)
Thanks!
Posted by: m at August 07, 2016 01:25 AM (gfJWV)
Posted by: GGE Hades of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at August 07, 2016 01:25 AM (vbvxt)
Posted by: FireHorse
Even in fantasy land we can't catch a break.
Posted by: Buffalo Bills at August 07, 2016 01:26 AM (UPYhp)
Old Blue, Bilbo got Sting as part of troll hoard in The Hobbit. He gave it to Frodo in The Fellowship of the Ring, both the book and the movie. The other Hobbits picked up weapons from the Barrow Downs scene in the book.
Posted by: JTB at August 07, 2016 01:26 AM (V+03K)
Novel to Film adaptation..
The Razor's Edge (1946)
Somerset Maugham's novel, the film starring Tyrone Power...
It's so nuanced and layered that multiple viewings are required to
appreciate how well the film captured the "essence" of the novel.
Superb film. A classic.
Sidenote.. it lost out to "The Best Years of Our Lives" for Best
Picture in 1946. The winner was adapted from a novel(la) as well.
Posted by: Hillbillyking at August 07, 2016 01:24 AM (a+Olp)
Heh. The later Bill Murray remake was BM's first try at a serious starring role. Which the studio fucked up by building the trailer around the only scene with any humor, where Murray imitates a seal for about 2 seconds on film.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 07, 2016 01:27 AM (LuZz8)
Posted by: GGE Hades of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter
Dina Meyer shows her bewbs. Would you like to know more?
Posted by: Alex Trebeck at August 07, 2016 01:29 AM (UPYhp)
Posted by: G. Soros at August 07, 2016 01:30 AM (q7T0y)
--------
Ah. And therein lies my confusion. Like I said, it's been awhile since I've read the books.
Posted by: Old Blue at August 07, 2016 01:30 AM (9iR5/)
Posted by: FireHorse
****
Atomic death. Nicely done.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 07, 2016 01:30 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: FireHorse
Even in fantasy land we can't catch a break.
Posted by: Buffalo Bills
****
You STILL would have found a way to ruin the Super Bowl.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 07, 2016 01:31 AM (hVdx9)
The one where Clancy snarked on the DVD commentary track "I'm the guy who wrote the novel that the filmmakers ignored when they made this movie."
Posted by: IllTemperedCur
It's worth the rental just to listen to Clancy trash the movie right there with the director next to him. The director gets all sorts of snippy and manages to not help himself in any fashion.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 07, 2016 01:34 AM (Y9A+8)
Old Blue, Bilbo got Sting as part of troll hoard in The Hobbit. He gave it to Frodo in The Fellowship of the Ring, both the book and the movie. The other Hobbits picked up weapons from the Barrow Downs scene in the book.
Posted by: JTB at August 07, 2016 01:26 AM (V+03K)
And it was named Sting during the fight with the spiders.
Posted by: buzzion at August 07, 2016 01:35 AM (bMG0w)
Time to turn in. The Book Thread starts in seven hours. Enjoyed the Tolkien chats.
Posted by: JTB at August 07, 2016 01:35 AM (V+03K)
It's been awhile since I read LotR, but when the movie came out, I
pointed out to my wife (whose never read it) that the Tom Bombadil part
was left out.
Having been years since I've read the Hobbit and LotR,
I always seem to think that it was in that part of the book (LotR) that
Frodo picked up Sting. I don't remember Bilbo picking up that
particular weapon.
Posted by: Old Blue at August 07, 2016 01:16 AM (9iR5/)
Sting, an elven blade, was directly gifted from Bilbo to Frodo. It glowed faint blue in the presence of orcs (which were Morgoth's GMO'd elves). In the caverns beneath the Misty Mountains, Sting allowed Bilbo to relax a bit and interact with Gollum, because it showed him there were no orcs around while they chatted. Later conversation showed how dangerous Gollum could be.
The interlude with Bombadil did, however, arm the other hobbits -- including the heavily bespelled blade that offed the Lord of the Nazgul in the third book. Had a nice ironclad prophecy that no man could harm him, got stopped in his tracks by some dame....and, then, https://youtu.be/Tr9xVmCL0bA
Posted by: cthulhu at August 07, 2016 01:35 AM (EzgxV)
Found my typo more appropriate. They are almost always the high end of the range gun pricing wise.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 07, 2016 01:35 AM (hVdx9)
"Forecast is for bad craziness"...
Perfect description for when Endorians Run Wild.
Prophetic.
Posted by: Hillbillyking at August 07, 2016 01:35 AM (a+Olp)
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at August 07, 2016 01:38 AM (v5iqM)
Posted by: buzzion
After the singer or the wrestler?
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the #Problematic at August 07, 2016 01:39 AM (UPYhp)
The Princess Bride.
I remember reading that book when it first came out - I was in Junior High at the time - and I was so thrilled when I saw they were making a movie about it years later.
Another good adaptation: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at August 07, 2016 01:40 AM (Saqzi)
Good lord is it sweet. I have not shot because I'm afraid I will keep it instead of selling it.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 07, 2016 01:41 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 07, 2016 01:43 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the #Problematic at August 07, 2016 01:44 AM (UPYhp)
The Hobbit, OTOH, he got way too carried away. He could have told the story much more concisely, he didn't have to do a three movie set. The scene where Bilbo and the dwarves escaped in the barrels was over the top. That battle scene never happened to my recollection.
Posted by: Old Blue at August 07, 2016 01:44 AM (9iR5/)
The Princess Bride.
I remember reading that book when it first came out - I was in Junior High at the time - and I was so thrilled when I saw they were making a movie about it years later.
Another good adaptation: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at August 07, 2016 01:40 AM (Saqzi)
Andromeda Strain.
Even today, it looks plausible that that could have occurred, and dealt with with technology possible at the time.
Posted by: The Wildfire Hat at August 07, 2016 01:46 AM (vBeA5)
Not sure if I recall exactly, but is the one you've described the 29" bbl. version? If so, that's an oddity, in that the .22 LR begins to lose velocity in barrels much over about 22 inches.
My "Lux" has a 24 in. barrel, so no serious loss, but that 29 in. tube really costs some actual velocity.
But, it perfectly mimics the handling of the 29" barreled service rifles such as the Swedish Mauser.
And frankly? I think right now, CZ quality is about the world standard, short of true custom-made guns.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at August 07, 2016 01:47 AM (v5iqM)
Posted by: Ricardo Kil
Ive got all those, really wanting to do a long range ar build.
Posted by: Jean at August 07, 2016 01:47 AM (ngn8T)
Bombadil.....
There are some who say he is Iluvatar, the being that caused the world to be sung into existence, slumming it within his creation; there are others who say he is Valar or Maiar. He may be a created being, like the elves, dwarves, men, or hobbits -- but of another class -- and that begs the question of who created him....in that Aule clearly created the dwarves. Arguing against this is that he donned the One Ring and showed no effect. Maiar, such as Gandalf, would have shied away; created beings would have vanished. He argues that those who draw power from a general system face effects from the system. Maybe he's Iluvatar's brother who's a stoner and a bum.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 07, 2016 12:59 AM (EzgxV)
So he's God, hanging out with the River's Daughter? Goldberry herself is not a normal creature, right? I guess I always thought Adam and Eve... it seemed like the Inklings often included refs to the First Born/Garden of Eden, Sons of Adam, Daughters of Eve, etc.
And I always thought the Valar were sort of Ur-Elves. I have never read through all the appendices or the Silmarillion, though.
Posted by: Gem at August 07, 2016 01:48 AM (uaHyk)
Posted by: OldRadarTech at August 07, 2016 01:52 AM (0M14Y)
"@57: Best novel adaptation to film"
The Princess Bride.
I remember reading that book when it first came out - I was in
Junior High at the time - and I was so thrilled when I saw they were
making a movie about it years later.
Another good adaptation: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at August 07, 2016 01:40 AM (Saqzi)
Andromeda Strain.
Even today, it looks plausible that that could have occurred, and dealt with with technology possible at the time.
Posted by: The Wildfire Hat at August 07, 2016 01:46 AM (vBeA5)
Andromeda Strain, the movie, was awesome....up until the director decided to use unrealistic "movie lasers" in the core. It totally blows the realism for anyone who has ever dealt with lasers. They should have stuck with GLaDOS saying "deadly neurotoxin".
Posted by: cthulhu at August 07, 2016 01:53 AM (EzgxV)
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at August 07, 2016 01:54 AM (v5iqM)
337
Slow night
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 07, 2016 01:43 AM (hVdx9)
Grab an oar and start paddling.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 07, 2016 01:54 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: buzzion at August 07, 2016 01:55 AM (bMG0w)
1st Gold Medal Winner @ Rio 2016....
WEST BY GOD VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY'S Own....
Virginia Thrasher.
In rifle, but of course it was.
Let's Go!
Plus 1000.
Horde oh Plenty, have a good one. Till the next time.....
Posted by: Hillbillyking at August 07, 2016 01:55 AM (a+Olp)
Yeah, Peter Jackson left out Tom Bombadil.
Fortunately, he left out any mention of a particular side-effect of being a Ring Bearer. Constipation. Shit.
Posted by: Frito Bugger at August 07, 2016 01:55 AM (FlRtG)
I thought Jackson's LotR was actually pretty true to the books.Some
parts left out and others more dramatized, but it really is difficult to
put a book of that scope into a set of three hour movies. I enjoyed it
and was willing to give him a little poetic license.
The Hobbit,
OTOH, he got way too carried away. He could have told the story much
more concisely, he didn't have to do a three movie set. The scene where
Bilbo and the dwarves escaped in the barrels was over the top. That
battle scene never happened to my recollection.
Posted by: Old Blue at August 07, 2016 01:44 AM (9iR5/)
Dwarves escaping in barrels -- in the original. Pictured on the cover of one edition in a painting by Tolkien himself.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 07, 2016 01:55 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Old Jasper at August 07, 2016 01:55 AM (UPYhp)
Posted by: cthulhu at August 07, 2016 01:55 AM (EzgxV)
The escape in barrels happened. A massive white water rapids fight in the barrels with orcs did not.
Posted by: buzzion at August 07, 2016 01:57 AM (bMG0w)
Posted by: Jim at August 07, 2016 01:57 AM (v5iqM)
Not sure if I recall exactly, but is the one you've described the 29" bbl. version? If so, that's an oddity, in that the .22 LR begins to lose velocity in barrels much over about 22 inches.
My "Lux" has a 24 in. barrel, so no serious loss, but that 29 in. tube really costs some actual velocity.
But, it perfectly mimics the handling of the 29" barreled service rifles such as the Swedish Mauser.
And frankly? I think right now, CZ quality is about the world standard, short of true custom-made guns.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim
****
I think the one I have has the 24.8 inch barrel. The Ultra Lux (and a few others) has the barrel you mention.
I have only dry fired it a couple times and that alone left me really impressed. The guy my dad bought it from put a nice Boyd's stock on it. My dad was using it in shooting competitions before his health went south.
I am a bit torn about selling it because I have to agree with you about how good it is.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 07, 2016 01:59 AM (hVdx9)
http://tinypic.com/r/4uckmf/9
Costas. What Zika mosquitoes fear most.
Posted by: Jim at August 07, 2016 12:21 AM (v5iqM)
Good one! Took me a minute.
Posted by: m at August 07, 2016 02:00 AM (gfJWV)
Posted by: OldRadarTech at August 07, 2016 02:01 AM (0M14Y)
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim
****
Stop saying telling me this stuff! I just might keep it.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 07, 2016 02:02 AM (hVdx9)
http://tinyurl.com/gnrver9
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 07, 2016 02:06 AM (hVdx9)
http://tinyurl.com/hqrlxwo
Posted by: PJ at August 07, 2016 02:06 AM (cHuNI)
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Bombadil.....
There are some who say he is Iluvatar, the being that caused the
world to be sung into existence, slumming it within his creation; there
are others who say he is Valar or Maiar. He may be a created being, like
the elves, dwarves, men, or hobbits -- but of another class -- and that
begs the question of who created him....in that Aule clearly created
the dwarves. Arguing against this is that he donned the One Ring and
showed no effect. Maiar, such as Gandalf, would have shied away; created
beings would have vanished. He argues that those who draw power from a
general system face effects from the system. Maybe he's Iluvatar's
brother who's a stoner and a bum.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 07, 2016 12:59 AM (EzgxV)
So he's God, hanging out with the River's Daughter? Goldberry
herself is not a normal creature, right? I guess I always thought Adam
and Eve... it seemed like the Inklings often included refs to the First
Born/Garden of Eden, Sons of Adam, Daughters of Eve, etc.
And I always thought the Valar were sort of Ur-Elves. I have never read through all the appendices or the Silmarillion, though.
Posted by: Gem at August 07, 2016 01:48 AM (uaHyk)
The Silmarillion fills in a lot of the backstory. If you don't want to read the whole thing, there's always https://en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Silmarillion
Essentially, Iluvatar creates the Ainur -- a conclave of spiritual beings -- that sing Arda, the world, into existence. Within the world are created races who are bound to it, which include Dwarves, Elves, Ents, Men, and Hobbits.
Goldberry is likely some sort of created race, being as she's the daughter of willow.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 07, 2016 02:07 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: OldRadarTech at August 07, 2016 02:08 AM (0M14Y)
That looks like the 452 Lux in terms of the front and rear sights, but of course, the Boyd's stock throws of the rest of the I.D.
Oh, and I'm using Remington subsonic ammo. Don't have that Aguila funk to it, atall.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at August 07, 2016 02:12 AM (v5iqM)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at August 07, 2016 02:13 AM (VdICR)
Posted by: cthulhu at August 07, 2016 02:07 AM (EzgxV
Willow gave birth already? We just found out she was pregnant!
Posted by: buzzion at August 07, 2016 02:13 AM (bMG0w)
Posted by: #neverskankles at August 07, 2016 02:14 AM (s6X53)
Posted by: OldRadarTech
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I can't risk it.
I do have a 10/22 that can kill a golf ball all day at 100 yards so...
I have the original stock too.
Tell me fellow gun loving Morons, is $250 a fair price of for a used one that has the original stock AND an aftermarket one?
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 07, 2016 02:14 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: buzzion at August 07, 2016 02:13 AM (bMG0w)
.... buzzion, if you're dad, was the kid born a zombie, or ???
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at August 07, 2016 02:15 AM (v5iqM)
That looks like the 452 Lux in terms of the front and rear sights, but of course, the Boyd's stock throws of the rest of the I.D.
Oh, and I'm using Remington subsonic ammo. Don't have that Aguila funk to it, atall.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim
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I need to check the stock to see what type of wood it is. That would tell me for sure. I have firearms spread over two locations.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 07, 2016 02:18 AM (hVdx9)
Goldberry is likely some sort of created race, being as she's the daughter of willow.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 07, 2016 02:07 AM (EzgxV
Willow gave birth already? We just found out she was pregnant!
Posted by: buzzion at August 07, 2016 02:13 AM (bMG0w)
Dammit, she's the daughter of River -- who is created through song to wed a Time Lord. Definitely not Ainur.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 07, 2016 02:20 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at August 07, 2016 02:21 AM (rJUlF)
Used 10/22 w/ both stocks? $300. More if mint.
Not a penny less.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at August 07, 2016 02:21 AM (v5iqM)
Hi n' bye, Cpt. W. Cheers!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at August 07, 2016 02:22 AM (v5iqM)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUhAXG0_WNU
Posted by: Lord of the Hats at August 07, 2016 02:22 AM (vBeA5)
Used 10/22 w/ both stocks? $300. More if mint.
Not a penny less.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at
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The 10/22 is not for sale.
The CZ 452 may be. I have the original stock for the CZ and it would be included.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 07, 2016 02:23 AM (hVdx9)
Hello, Horde! What's happening? Key words only, because I MIGHT be a little smashed.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at August 07, 2016 02:21 AM (rJUlF)
1) Peter Jackson is the greatest.
2) Peter Jackson is an incredibly complete asshole.
3) Coyote Urine is a real commodity, available at Walmart.
4) Jiggling volleyball chicks and old farts who might be dead.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 07, 2016 02:24 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread
Bilbo Baggins just got a CZ 452 and Hollywood fucks up books. Or something like that.
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the #Problematic at August 07, 2016 02:24 AM (UPYhp)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread
Bilbo Baggins just got a CZ 452 and Hollywood fucks up books. Or something like that.
Posted by: Prince Ludwig
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I'll be damned. I have a CZ 452!
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 07, 2016 02:25 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: buzzion at August 07, 2016 02:25 AM (bMG0w)
Posted by: Prince Ludwig
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If I were Baggins, I would have held out for an Illudium PU-36 Explosive SPACE ModulaTOR.
Hollywood screws up books all the time.
And this Fireball is pretty good...
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at August 07, 2016 02:28 AM (rJUlF)
Posted by: buzzion at August 07, 2016 02:29 AM (bMG0w)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer
Small world! Or Middle Earth...
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the #Problematic at August 07, 2016 02:29 AM (UPYhp)
Bilbo Baggins just got a CZ 452 and Hollywood fucks up books. Or something like that.
Posted by: Prince Ludwig
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If I were Baggins, I would have held out for an Illudium PU-36 Explosive SPACE ModulaTOR.
Hollywood screws up books all the time.
And this Fireball is pretty good...
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at August 07, 2016 02:28 AM (rJUlF)
Fireball tastes exactly like Listerine. I can't believe you're drinking that.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 07, 2016 02:30 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: ibguy at August 07, 2016 02:30 AM (vUcdz)
It was a gift, it's all I have in the apartment, and it's too late here to get anything else.
In other words, I am desperate and stupid.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at August 07, 2016 02:32 AM (rJUlF)
It was a gift, it's all I have in the apartment, and it's too late here to get anything else.
In other words, I am desperate and stupid.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread
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Do you have any vanilla extract?
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 07, 2016 02:35 AM (hVdx9)
I've made the decision that I'm quitting my weekend job at the karaoke bar. Haven't had enough hours lately per week for it to be even worth my time, and I am tired of not really ever having a day off. So I'm celebrating. Sort of.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at August 07, 2016 02:35 AM (rJUlF)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread
And in the same boat I'm in.
*raises shot of Fireball*
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the #Problematic at August 07, 2016 02:35 AM (UPYhp)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at August 07, 2016 02:36 AM (vBRlx)
Nope. It's okay, though. I'm not drinking any more of this. I'll probably pour the rest down the drain.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at August 07, 2016 02:37 AM (rJUlF)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at August 07, 2016 02:37 AM (vBRlx)
cooth,
It was a gift, it's all I have in the apartment, and it's too late here to get anything else.
In other words, I am desperate and stupid.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at August 07, 2016 02:32 AM (rJUlF)
Well, okay -- I can believe you're drinking that under those circumstances. But can't you drown the taste in Lysol or something?
Posted by: cthulhu at August 07, 2016 02:37 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread
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Will you be nice about it or tell them to suck your balls?
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 07, 2016 02:38 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at August 07, 2016 02:38 AM (rJUlF)
Tilikum,
Nope. It's okay, though. I'm not drinking any more of this. I'll probably pour the rest down the drain.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at August 07, 2016 02:37 AM (rJUlF)
ALCOHOL down the DRAIN?!?!?!? *gulps*
Posted by: cthulhu at August 07, 2016 02:39 AM (EzgxV)
I'll be nice about it. That's just my nature.
Another factor in the decision was that I told myself three years ago when I took the job that I didn't want to be doing this when I turned 50. That's about a month away. The cut in hours and the attitude of one of the owners just helped to push me toward keeping that promise.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at August 07, 2016 02:40 AM (rJUlF)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants
I've tried drinking the cooking sherry...
turned out I wasn't as desperate as I thought.
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the #Problematic at August 07, 2016 02:40 AM (UPYhp)
Nope. It's okay, though. I'm not drinking any more of this. I'll probably pour the rest down the drain.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread
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Let's not be hasty...
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 07, 2016 02:41 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: cthulhu at August 07, 2016 02:39 AM (EzgxV)
Or, maybe not...
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at August 07, 2016 02:41 AM (rJUlF)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread
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Prostitution? Black market organ sales? Or is that technically the same?
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 07, 2016 02:42 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 07, 2016 02:42 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 07, 2016 02:42 AM (hVdx9)
***
If there were Ewoks in Oklahoma, I'd see if Ace would be interested in working out a deal where I could...procure them and ship them his way.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at August 07, 2016 02:43 AM (rJUlF)
The question now is...what do I do to replace what was, before my hours got cut, a couple hundred extra dollars a week?
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at August 07, 2016 02:38 AM (rJUlF)
You could take the honorable option -- http://www.imdb.com/title /tt0365485/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_30
Posted by: cthulhu at August 07, 2016 02:44 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: rickl at August 07, 2016 02:45 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at August 07, 2016 02:45 AM (rJUlF)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at August 07, 2016 02:47 AM (rJUlF)
I'll figure something out. A couple of decades ago, I made some good
side money doing portrait sketches. I could start that again, maybe.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at August 07, 2016 02:45 AM (rJUlF)
How are you with chemistry?
Posted by: Walter White at August 07, 2016 02:49 AM (EzgxV)
side money doing portrait sketches. I could start that again, maybe.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread
Have you ever thought about being in films?
Posted by: Jack Horner at August 07, 2016 02:51 AM (UPYhp)
Posted by: Walter White at August 07, 2016 02:49 AM (EzgxV)
***
I got a B+ in high school. Do I get to blow crap up?
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at August 07, 2016 02:51 AM (rJUlF)
You need to go full-on artiste for a gog like that. Clients dig the idea of dealing with a character, I've found.
I wear an old lab coat when I shoot portraits, and am very much the eccentric - I keep my gear in old leather cases, look like a sort of slavic walter white, and make a big fuss and production at every stage. They eat that right up.....
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at August 07, 2016 02:51 AM (vBRlx)
Can you do pets? Because if the libs with money have anything other than themselves, it's pets instead of kids.
Posted by: OldDominionMom at August 07, 2016 02:53 AM (GzDYP)
Posted by: cthulhu at August 07, 2016 01:53 AM (EzgxV)
Also, the medical doctor was a total retard and the scene with the guy explaining that the bell for the message hadn't rung must rank as one of the all-time worst scenes in movie history. But it was a great film, in toto.
Still, the ending didn't really make much sense. The alien form had mutated into a non-threatening strain but that didn't mean that it would stay that way. The real end of the story is that humanity was pretty much done with a probability of something around 98%.
I think I saw the remake though I'm hazy on it. I do have some recollection of thinking it sucked donkey shlong ... but it's just a feeling.
As to The Razor's Edge (that others were discussing) I thought the Bill Murray remake was excellent. It was, of course, a stupid story, but it was done well and was interesting. Murray did a great job and Theresa Russel and Catherine Hicks didn't hurt anything.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 07, 2016 02:53 AM (zc3Db)
I'll figure something out. A couple of decades ago, I made some good
side money doing portrait sketches. I could start that again, maybe.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at August 07, 2016 02:45 AM (rJUlF)
How are you with chemistry?
Posted by: Walter White
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And tighty whitey underwear?
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 07, 2016 02:55 AM (hVdx9)
I've cut a few podcasts out of my weekly routine for being only occasionally political. One science-y podcast briefly mentions climate change regularly. Not as topical, but an example of epistemic certainty.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at August 07, 2016 02:55 AM (VdICR)
Posted by: OldDominionMom at August 07, 2016 02:53 AM (GzDYP)
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I've never done pets, but that's a good idea.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at August 07, 2016 02:56 AM (rJUlF)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at August 07, 2016 02:58 AM (rJUlF)
Can you do pets? Because if the libs with money have anything other than themselves, it's pets instead of kids.
Posted by: OldDominionMom at August 07, 2016 02:53 AM (GzDYP)
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I've never done pets, but that's a good idea.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at August 07, 2016 02:56 AM (rJUlF)
Hmmm...."Captain Whitebread, pet assassin."
Posted by: cthulhu at August 07, 2016 02:58 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread
I recommend gerbils.
Posted by: Richard Gere at August 07, 2016 02:58 AM (UPYhp)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at August 07, 2016 02:56 AM (rJUlF)<<<
Best not to do pets. Just find some random farm animals that way there's no strings attached.
Posted by: that guy who fucked horses at August 07, 2016 02:59 AM (H9MG5)
I'm drinking Dad's Hat with ginger ale. I ran out of soda.
Whiskey and ginger ale are a dangerous combination. There's no reason to stop drinking it, until there is.
Posted by: rickl at August 07, 2016 03:00 AM (sdi6R)
Can you do pets? Because if the libs with money have anything other than themselves, it's pets instead of kids.
Posted by: OldDominionMom at August 07, 2016 02:53 AM (GzDYP)
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I've never done pets, but that's a good idea.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at August 07, 2016 02:56 AM (rJUlF)
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Nothin' doin' -- couch out front should have told ya.
Posted by: The Chicken at August 07, 2016 03:01 AM (EzgxV)
You see the penalty for sheep theft was losing an entire hand. Being a sheep...plucker cost you a finger.
So caught in the act of stealing sheep, what would you claim?
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 07, 2016 03:01 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at August 07, 2016 02:56 AM (rJUlF)
https://www.catgirlcare.org/
Posted by: The 猫耳 Hat at August 07, 2016 03:02 AM (vBeA5)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at August 07, 2016 02:56 AM (rJUlF)
https://www.catgirlcare.org/
Posted by: The Political Hat
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Again with the cat girls.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 07, 2016 03:03 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: OldDominionMom at August 07, 2016 03:05 AM (GzDYP)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 07, 2016 03:05 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at August 07, 2016 03:06 AM (rJUlF)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer
I wish I could remember her name, but an Australian comedienne had a bit that went "We accuse Kiwis of being sheep shaggers, they accuse us of being sheep shaggers. Seems to me the sheep are the sluts."
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the #Problematic at August 07, 2016 03:06 AM (UPYhp)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 07, 2016 03:03 AM (hVdx9)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/pxbwly7
Posted by: The Neko Mimi Hat at August 07, 2016 03:07 AM (vBeA5)
Posted by: OldDominionMom at August 07, 2016 03:09 AM (GzDYP)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at August 07, 2016 03:09 AM (T/cxb)
Posted by: rickl at August 07, 2016 03:09 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer
I wish I could remember her name, but an Australian comedienne had a bit that went "We accuse Kiwis of being sheep shaggers, they accuse us of being sheep shaggers. Seems to me the sheep are the sluts."
Posted by: Prince Ludwig
****
Oh sure, blame the victims.
Take them to the edge of a cliff so they push back beter.
- Billy Connolly
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 07, 2016 03:09 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: OldRadarTech at August 07, 2016 03:09 AM (0M14Y)
Posted by: OldRadarTech at August 07, 2016 03:11 AM (0M14Y)
Posted by: OldDominionMom at August 07, 2016 03:11 AM (GzDYP)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 07, 2016 03:03 AM (hVdx9)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/pxbwly7
Posted by: The Neko Mimi Hat
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Oh, to be single again...
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 07, 2016 03:11 AM (hVdx9)
My recollection from the novel is that the andromeda strain wasn't really adapted to the lower atmosphere and could only live in a narrow range of conditions (which is why it hadn't already invaded the lower atmosphere long before). At the end of the book the mutated form was being blown out over the Pacific ocean and they believed that it would eventually be killed off by the inhospitable conditions for it there.
Posted by: Maetenloch at August 07, 2016 03:12 AM (wqVD1)
Posted by: OldRadarTech
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Wow. Higher than I thought.
Yes, they replaced it with the 455.
Thanks.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 07, 2016 03:12 AM (hVdx9)
- Billy Connolly
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer
My uncle once told me "there are 3 lies a farmer tells:
1. I own this land (they never do, the bank does).
2. I bought this hat (it's always a freebie from a seed or equipment salesman).
3. I was just trying to help this sheep over the fence.
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the #Problematic at August 07, 2016 03:13 AM (UPYhp)
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 07, 2016 03:14 AM (vBeA5)
Posted by: OldDominionMom at August 07, 2016 03:14 AM (GzDYP)
- Billy Connolly
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer
My uncle once told me "there are 3 lies a farmer tells:
1. I own this land (they never do, the bank does).
2. I bought this hat (it's always a freebie from a seed or equipment salesman).
3. I was just trying to help this sheep over the fence.
Posted by: Prince Ludwig
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The sheep was asking for it!
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 07, 2016 03:14 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at August 07, 2016 03:17 AM (T/cxb)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC7HD4ytF3k
Posted by: rickl at August 07, 2016 03:17 AM (sdi6R)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/qj3n4q7
Posted by: The Chicken at August 07, 2016 03:19 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: OldRadarTech at August 07, 2016 03:20 AM (0M14Y)
Posted by: Maetenloch at August 07, 2016 03:12 AM (wqVD1)
I read the book but it was so long ago that I don't remember any of those details. I'll take your word for it. From the movie it was susceptible to Ph changes (that was the thing with the sterno guzzler and the colicky baby, right) but I don't remember them ever really understanding how it worked - just that it fed off of energy and would grow like the blob if the nuke went off.
The other thing I remember now from the movie that was hysterical (about how retarded the medical doctor was) was when they explained the self-destruct system to him and that he had a key to turn it off and he just couldn't grasp the concept. That was hysterical ... though in my experience I can't say that it was unrealistic
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 07, 2016 03:20 AM (zc3Db)
Good home discount as it were.
Posted by: The Chicken at August 07, 2016 03:20 AM (hVdx9)
438
Still, the ending didn't really make much sense. The alien form had
mutated into a non-threatening strain but that didn't mean that it would
stay that way. The real end of the story is that humanity was pretty
much done with a probability of something around 98%.
My
recollection from the novel is that the andromeda strain wasn't really
adapted to the lower atmosphere and could only live in a narrow range of
conditions (which is why it hadn't already invaded the lower atmosphere
long before). At the end of the book the mutated form was being blown
out over the Pacific ocean and they believed that it would eventually be
killed off by the inhospitable conditions for it there.
Posted by: Maetenloch at August 07, 2016 03:12 AM (wqVD1)
Exactly right -- it was harshly constrained to a pH balance found in human bloodstreams or self-created in near vacuum. Even humans that cried incessantly (expressing CO2 and rendering the blood basic) or drank Sterno (rendering the blood acidic) were immune. Virtually any rain would wash it into a body of water where it would be neutralized.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 07, 2016 03:20 AM (EzgxV)
You might have more success with a small webcam rather than hiding in women's showers.
Just sayin'.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at August 07, 2016 03:21 AM (T/cxb)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 07, 2016 03:24 AM (wB8Tg)
...
(walks out again)
Posted by: Merovign
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They call him the streak, boogity boogity...
Posted by: The Chicken at August 07, 2016 03:26 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: OldRadarTech at August 07, 2016 03:26 AM (0M14Y)
Posted by: cthulhu at August 07, 2016 03:30 AM (EzgxV)
Catgirl shot:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4Dw42ODFJ8
Catgirl NSFW chaser:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0o2fRh-lFk
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 07, 2016 03:32 AM (vBeA5)
Posted by: The Chicken at August 07, 2016 03:34 AM (hVdx9)
Catgirl shot:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4Dw42ODFJ8
Catgirl NSFW chaser:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0o2fRh-lFk
Posted by: The Political Hat
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They aren't real catgirls, but I am very ok with that. Thanks for the vid and pleasant dreams.
Posted by: The Chicken at August 07, 2016 03:35 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 07, 2016 03:36 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: eleven at August 07, 2016 03:41 AM (qUNWi)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at August 07, 2016 03:42 AM (VdICR)
Posted by: rickl at August 07, 2016 03:42 AM (sdi6R)
From his def poultry slam.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at August 07, 2016 03:42 AM (VdICR)
What about those of us who self-identify as turkeys?
Posted by: Forwarding the puk-puk-partriarchy at August 07, 2016 03:49 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: eleven
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Hey now, what I do on my private time is none of your business.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 07, 2016 03:50 AM (hVdx9)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6E-Y9eLUOHw
Posted by: rickl at August 07, 2016 03:50 AM (sdi6R)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6E-Y9eLUOHw
Posted by: rick
****
Coffee? Nope. PEDs.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 07, 2016 03:56 AM (hVdx9)
G'night Horde.
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the #Problematic at August 07, 2016 04:04 AM (UPYhp)
Guys, you're well into middle age. He wasn't talking about you.
Posted by: Epobirs at August 07, 2016 04:04 AM (IdCqF)
468 The Red Hot Chili Peppers, with both surviving founding members turning 54 this year, took offense at Clint Eastwood's recent remarks about Millenials.
Guys, you're well into middle age. He wasn't talking about you.
Posted by: Epobirs at August 07, 2016 04:04 AM (IdCqF)
They should just shut up and go sing another shitty song about California.
Posted by: buzzion at August 07, 2016 04:11 AM (bMG0w)
I never really got into their music, but how did that happen?
Posted by: rickl at August 07, 2016 04:14 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: sinalco at August 07, 2016 04:23 AM (yODqO)
By now they should be doing songs about AARP discounts.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at August 07, 2016 04:24 AM (T/cxb)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 07, 2016 04:26 AM (mgbwf)
69 Somalies went to Alaska?
How long did they stay?
Did they know what they were getting when they went there?
Posted by: Dingo B. Luckie at August 07, 2016 04:31 AM (xNGsP)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at August 07, 2016 04:34 AM (VdICR)
Posted by: BourbonChicken
****
Ate at Golden Corral once. Never again. Ick.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 07, 2016 04:42 AM (hVdx9)
Guys, you're well into middle age. He wasn't talking about you.
Posted by: Epobirs
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Anthony loves him CA. Lots of women to sexually assault there and they think it's normal. Right Anthony?
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 07, 2016 04:43 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 07, 2016 04:26 AM (mgbwf)
Well that's a disappointment. I thought it was going to be the start of day 2 already. Its just rerun from last night
Posted by: buzzion at August 07, 2016 04:49 AM (bMG0w)
We have differing concepts of "disappointment".
Also, it's not even 6 AM there.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 07, 2016 04:50 AM (mgbwf)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 07, 2016 04:52 AM (mpXpK)
Posted by: buzzion at August 07, 2016 04:57 AM (bMG0w)
Posted by: DynamiteDan at August 07, 2016 04:59 AM (tTim8)
That sounds plausible.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 07, 2016 04:59 AM (mgbwf)
For the quality of buttocks in the Olympics they are awfully prude about showing asses.
It's like the one great aspect about the stupid thing and they won't show it.
Posted by: eleven at August 07, 2016 05:13 AM (qUNWi)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at August 07, 2016 05:18 AM (T/cxb)
Posted by: Eromero at August 07, 2016 05:43 AM (zLDYs)
Posted by: GGE Hades of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at August 07, 2016 05:45 AM (vbvxt)
Posted by: Eromero at August 07, 2016 05:53 AM (zLDYs)
Posted by: BignJames at August 07, 2016 05:56 AM (x9c8r)
86-90, on the Forrestal, and then again from 2000-2005 with VFA-81 on the Washington and VFA-106 to retirement.VF-84 is, alas, no more. They were disestablished and the Dogs took their name and logo (and the bones, too), they then transitioned to the Super Hornet. The Jolly Roger now flies with VFA-143.
Posted by: GGE Hades of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at August 07, 2016 06:01 AM (vbvxt)
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Posted by: Hanoverfist at August 07, 2016 06:28 AM (iGbUv)
CA - 10,520
TX - 15,169
FL - 48,656
Did someone NOT bother to read his own table?
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