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The Official Army Headquarters Base of the Ace of Spades HQ Has Been Selected

After long minutes of contemplation, the III Corps Headquarters located in Fort Hood, Texas, has been chosen as the Official Army Headquarters of the Ace of Spades HQ blog.

The evidence justifying the selection of this base is unassailable and none dare stand before it:


Searching on III Corps, I also found reference to some program to rehabilitate low-level offenders (drunk drivers, etc.) in the Army into more law-abiding soldiers located at the base. That only recommends it more.

For those who can't view Twitter, 1, congrats, it's a timesuck that reduces life expectancy, and 2, here are the pictures.

Below is Frank Frazetta's immortal pulp masterpiece "Death Dealer," painted, they say, in 1973. This picture represents for men of a certain age (nearly 29) all that is good and desirous in life.

deathdealerfrazetta1973.jpg

This is a statue of the III Corps' base mascot, which they call "Phantom Warrior."

phantomwarriorIIIcorps.jpg

That mascot is so badass he tells Batman "Suck my dick" and Batman says "Maximum eye contact, or no eye contact? Sir?"


Posted by: Ace at 02:40 PM




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1 Charge!

Posted by: Flyboy at February 09, 2017 02:41 PM (R3Jti)

2 Is that Scott Walker?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 09, 2017 02:42 PM (vur0q)

3 Huh. When did Tucker Carlson have time to pose for the statue?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 09, 2017 02:42 PM (PY9jH)

4 Heh.

Much better than the scary blue horse at DIA.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 09, 2017 02:43 PM (NOIQH)

5 Before it becomes official, doesn't it have to come to a floor vote with the commenters?

Because I've got a letter here I'd like to read about this particular army base.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at February 09, 2017 02:43 PM (KUaJL)

6 ATC?

Posted by: irright at February 09, 2017 02:43 PM (pMGkg)

7 That's a Beach Boys album cover.


Landlocked, I think.

Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2017 02:43 PM (WQ9DL)

8 Prepared for squirrels.

Posted by: irright at February 09, 2017 02:43 PM (pMGkg)

9 Nice High Horse.

Posted by: Barackhenaten I at February 09, 2017 02:43 PM (WQ9DL)

10 Texas FTW!

Posted by: rickb223 at February 09, 2017 02:44 PM (2w7OO)

11 At the beginning, there can be only First!

Posted by: The Barreller at February 09, 2017 02:44 PM (DMUuz)

12 ATC?


No, that's just her footman whom she sends to deal with less urgent matters.

Posted by: Bandersnatch, gentleman cad at February 09, 2017 02:44 PM (mgbwf)

13 Excellent Choice. As a contractor, I enjoy my visits to III corps. They have another one inside the communications building as well.

Posted by: DKMY at February 09, 2017 02:44 PM (MoqlF)

14 He's flirtin' with disaster.

Posted by: Mark1971 at February 09, 2017 02:44 PM (gdnq1)

15 Let the Branch wars begin.

Posted by: Golfman at February 09, 2017 02:44 PM (LfcxD)

16 nice, sound steed

Posted by: concrete girl at February 09, 2017 02:44 PM (aGAV0)

17 I have that statue in a 28mm figure

Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2017 02:45 PM (Frvrc)

18 No, that's just her footman whom she sends to deal with less urgent matters.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, gentleman cad at February 09, 2017 02:44 PM (mgbwf)

Spiders?

Posted by: Golfman at February 09, 2017 02:45 PM (LfcxD)

19 Definitely disappointed that none of my army buds every told me about that. Tired of hearing about the damn boll weevil at Ft. Rucker.

Posted by: Draki at February 09, 2017 02:45 PM (fQGa/)

20 The Empresses Cavalry ride battle ostriches and carry shock-lances.

Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2017 02:46 PM (WQ9DL)

21 Triple Threat!

Posted by: CSMBigBird at February 09, 2017 02:46 PM (jsWA8)

22 That's the Klingon Empire symbol on that shield!

Cultural appropriation in spades!!!!!!!

Posted by: Spec. 4 Snowflake at February 09, 2017 02:46 PM (DMUuz)

23 So you want to headquarter at a location named for a racist confederate general. Of course you do . s/

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 09, 2017 02:47 PM (Z9mio)

24 That's hardcore.

Bet that wasn't installed under the reign of Capt McPussypants.

Posted by: Jollyroger at February 09, 2017 02:47 PM (t06LC)

25 Maxine Waters on MSNBC calling for Trump's impeachment. Because of Putin and other high crimes and misdemeanors

Posted by: Ignoramus at February 09, 2017 02:47 PM (bQxkN)

26 He might want to be careful with those big ass spurs. I've seen many a cowboy do an unsecheduled dismount via application of such devices, LOl

Posted by: Jen at February 09, 2017 02:48 PM (cWhln)

27 I just realized:

"Headquarters Base of the Ace of Spades [Headquarters]"

Heh.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 09, 2017 02:48 PM (vur0q)

28 I would ask if Ace is a Molly Hatchet fan, but sadly, I know from the sidebar that's not the way he rolls.

Currently Listening to "Comeback Kid" By Sleigh Bells

I love this blog, but he has the worst taste in music of anyone, ever.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at February 09, 2017 02:48 PM (R+30W)

29 Que Millet Hatchet.

Posted by: flirtin with disater at February 09, 2017 02:48 PM (3TOkq)

30 @12 No, that's just her footman whom she sends to deal with less urgent matters.
---------------------

I thought that was the servant that she'd tasked with managing the Ravage for her when she had other matters to deal with?

Posted by: junior at February 09, 2017 02:48 PM (nsZ+m)

31 >>Maxine Waters on MSNBC calling for Trump's impeachment. Because of Putin and other high crimes and misdemeanors


This is gonna be a weekly thing for her, isn't it?

Posted by: Lizzy at February 09, 2017 02:48 PM (NOIQH)

32 I understand the horse's head is bowing in respect to approaching SecDef Mattis...

Posted by: GuyfromNH at February 09, 2017 02:49 PM (5zfq1)

33 Maxine Waters on MSNBC calling for Trump's impeachment. Because of Putin and other high crimes and misdemeanors
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 09, 2017 02:47 PM (bQxkN)

Maybe Paul Ryan needs to have a coffee klatch with Pelosi about Maxine Waters.

Posted by: Jen at February 09, 2017 02:49 PM (cWhln)

34

Damn, who is that? Molly Hatchet?

Posted by: Kudzu King at February 09, 2017 02:49 PM (HSmrB)

35 >>I love this blog, but he has the worst taste in music of anyone, ever.


This is about Ace's love of Hall and Oates, isn't it?

Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2017 02:50 PM (WQ9DL)

36 The late Danny Joe Brown live from the Rock and Roll Heaven Band:

HELLLLLLLLLLLLL YEAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 09, 2017 02:50 PM (B+qrE)

37
I don't know, do we have pictures of the shelves?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 09, 2017 02:50 PM (ODxAs)

38 Honestly I don't think even the people living in Maxine Water's district listen to her.

Posted by: IC at February 09, 2017 02:50 PM (a0IVu)

39 Molly Hatchet damned auto cucumber!

Posted by: flirtin with disater at February 09, 2017 02:50 PM (3TOkq)

40 33
Maybe Paul Ryan needs to have a coffee klatch with Pelosi about Maxine Waters.
Posted by: Jen at February 09, 2017 02:49 PM (cWhln)

====================

Maybe he can find a way to elevate Waters in such a way that SHE becomes the Democratic frontrunner for president in 2020.

I can dream, can't I?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 09, 2017 02:50 PM (vur0q)

41
Is that a gelding?
The walnuts look a little shriveled.

Posted by: Richard the Tight at February 09, 2017 02:50 PM (GlP/K)

42 He might want to be careful with those big ass
spurs. I've seen many a cowboy do an unsecheduled dismount via
application of such devices, LOl
Posted by: Jen at February 09, 2017 02:48 PM


They do, however, provide concentric GAINZZ motivation when squatting.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 09, 2017 02:50 PM (DMUuz)

43 Hmm... and in Texas?

/points South....

Border... is that way Sir....

Posted by: Don Q. at February 09, 2017 02:50 PM (qf6WZ)

44 I love this blog, but he has the worst taste in music of anyone, ever.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous


You obviously don't remember Gabe.

Posted by: E Pluribus Juan at February 09, 2017 02:50 PM (ZFUt7)

45 He might want to be careful with those big ass spurs. I've seen many a cowboy do an unsecheduled dismount via application of such devices, LOl



I MEANT to do that!

Posted by: rickb223 at February 09, 2017 02:51 PM (2w7OO)

46 @33 Maybe Paul Ryan needs to have a coffee klatch with Pelosi about Maxine Waters.
------------------

I don't think Pelosi's in much shape to talk about anything right now. First you'll have to convince her that Bush is no longer in the White House.

Posted by: junior at February 09, 2017 02:51 PM (nsZ+m)

47 And for those of you not getting the the Molly Hatchet references, you are hereby docked one week of platinum membership for insufficient moron knowledge of stuff and such.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 09, 2017 02:51 PM (B+qrE)

48 >>> "Headquarters Base of the Ace of Spades [Headquarters]"

All of your Ace of Base are belong to us!!!

Posted by: LizLem, dangerously crossing the memes at February 09, 2017 02:52 PM (hvf9s)

49 Heard rebroadcast of Levine's show from other night and he was playing her ramblings. What a nut case.

Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2017 02:52 PM (Frvrc)

50 Maybe he can find a way to elevate Waters in such a way that SHE becomes the Democratic frontrunner for president in 2020.

I can dream, can't I?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison




Head of the DNC.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 09, 2017 02:52 PM (2w7OO)

51 >>> I would ask if Ace is a Molly Hatchet fan

i've got Flirtin with Disaster on a few of my playlists.

Posted by: Cornelius at February 09, 2017 02:52 PM (8rNrN)

52 46 I don't think Pelosi's in much shape to talk about anything right now. First you'll have to convince her that Bush is no longer in the White House.
Posted by: junior at February 09, 2017 02:51 PM (nsZ+m)

=====================

"You'll never convince me to work with Ronald Reagan's former vice president!"
-Nancy Pelosi

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 09, 2017 02:52 PM (vur0q)

53 32 I understand the horse's head is bowing in respect to approaching SecDef Mattis...
Posted by: GuyfromNH at February 09, 2017 02:49 PM (5zfq1)


One does not dare make eye contact with SecDef Mattis unless ordered to.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at February 09, 2017 02:52 PM (1JnAL)

54 --
Maxine Waters on MSNBC calling for Trump's impeachment. Because of Putin and other high crimes and misdemeanors


This is gonna be a weekly thing for her, isn't it?
--------------

Tell you what, Maxine, I will resign the presidency if you can, unaided, spell "impeachment" and "misdemeanors".

Posted by: PDJT at February 09, 2017 02:52 PM (pMGkg)

55 Totally Frazetta's death dealer. I have some of his books since I was a kid. The dude is off the charts. The design on the shield is different, but other than that its pretty nuts on.

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at February 09, 2017 02:53 PM (aMlLZ)

56 Is this the Chess Thread?

Posted by: Roy at February 09, 2017 02:53 PM (VndSC)

57 I love this blog, but he has the worst taste in music of anyone, ever.

People who know me would challenge you on that.

Posted by: Lance McCormick at February 09, 2017 02:53 PM (u0s1P)

58 I saw Flogging Molly open for Molly Hatchet at the Cow Palace in 2004.

Posted by: Bandersnatch, gentleman cad at February 09, 2017 02:53 PM (mgbwf)

59 *facepalm*

work blocked twitter.

What am I being prevented from viewing?

Posted by: kallisto at February 09, 2017 02:53 PM (nNdYv)

60 Just a side note. Molly Hatchet is from Florida. Is that the most famous group from Florida?

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 09, 2017 02:53 PM (Z9mio)

61 And for those of you not getting the the Molly Hatchet references





Not getting it. Who do I have to blow off to get off this planet?

Posted by: Richard the Tight at February 09, 2017 02:53 PM (GlP/K)

62 Give me a few moments and I can get that statue to come to life to defend the base.

Posted by: Dr Strange at February 09, 2017 02:53 PM (39g3+)

63 He might want to be careful with those big ass
spurs. I've seen many a cowboy do an unsecheduled dismount via
application of such devices, LOl
Posted by: Jen at February 09, 2017 02:48 PM



This is where I point out that when Bander made me go Outside, it ended up with me being bitten by a horse.

Posted by: alexthechick - all your caps are belong to me at February 09, 2017 02:53 PM (mf5HN)

64 If the HQAoSHQ is at Hood, does that mean that SMFH is Chief of Staff? Or the G1, G2, G3, or G4?

Posted by: Country Singer at February 09, 2017 02:53 PM (uiwCw)

65 *spits upon my hands*
*hoists the black flag*

Posted by: Insomniac at February 09, 2017 02:54 PM (0mRoj)

66 I don't get it...

Posted by: Chris M at February 09, 2017 02:54 PM (eAZVt)

67 I'd say that statue is one of the top five or six best things in life. Also, I'd like to have that axe to deal with the squirrels.

Posted by: joncelli, Deplorable Yet Fuzzy at February 09, 2017 02:54 PM (1FhAQ)

68 Maxine Waters on MSNBC calling for Trump's impeachment. Because of Putin and other high crimes and misdemeanors

I give you the gum underneath the Chair of the 2018 GOP re-election committee.

Posted by: Blue Hen at February 09, 2017 02:54 PM (326rv)

69 53 32 I understand the horse's head is bowing in respect to approaching SecDef Mattis...
Posted by: GuyfromNH at February 09, 2017 02:49 PM (5zfq1)


One does not dare make eye contact with SecDef Mattis unless ordered to.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at February 09, 2017 02:52 PM (1JnAL)


And if there is ever a meeting of Netenyahu, Chuck Norris, and Mattis????

Jihadis worldwide will just melt, like in the climax of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'...

Posted by: Don Q. at February 09, 2017 02:54 PM (qf6WZ)

70 >>Just a side note. Molly Hatchet is from Florida. Is that the most famous group from Florida?


Probably Petty and the Heartbreakers, no?

I think they are from Florida...or, another sister-humping state nearby.

Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2017 02:54 PM (WQ9DL)

71 Not getting it. Who do I have to blow off to get off this planet?
----------------

Apparently Ft. Hood has a statue of Gov. Walker.

Posted by: junior at February 09, 2017 02:55 PM (nsZ+m)

72 Killeen is going to need moar hookers.

Posted by: CSMBigBird at February 09, 2017 02:55 PM (jsWA8)

73 Speaking of Ft. Hood, when is Maj. Hassan going to get his just reward?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 09, 2017 02:55 PM (PY9jH)

74 I'd say that statue is one of the top five or six best things in life. Also, I'd like to have that axe to deal with the squirrels.
Posted by: joncelli, Deplorable Yet Fuzzy at February 09, 2017 02:54 PM (1FhAQ)



*pats seat next to me*

Come, come sit by me. Lemon bar? *offers*

Posted by: alexthechick - all your caps are belong to me at February 09, 2017 02:55 PM (mf5HN)

75 Just a side note. Molly Hatchet is from Florida. Is that the most famous group from Florida?

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 09, 2017 02:53 PM (Z9mio)



I believe the most famous group from Florida would be Lynyrd Skynyrd.

Posted by: Country Singer at February 09, 2017 02:55 PM (uiwCw)

76 Not getting it. Who do I have to blow off to get off this planet?
----------------

Apparently Ft. Hood has a statue of Gov. Walker.
---------------

...

Grabbed the wrong post for quote.

Posted by: junior at February 09, 2017 02:55 PM (nsZ+m)

77 Because I've got a letter here I'd like to read about this particular army base.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at February 09, 2017 02:43 PM (KUaJL)


kind of OT -

I had an idea after reading the HRC book-writing thread about each of us being assigned to write a chapter in her book, and then someone (a cob?) compiles the chapters and we all get to enjoy the fruits of our awesome and outlandish creativity.

Posted by: kallisto at February 09, 2017 02:55 PM (nNdYv)

78 Sarah Jessica Parker stars in 'Whore Horse'.

Posted by: flirtin with disater at February 09, 2017 02:55 PM (3TOkq)

79
Who were those 2 dudes from that band that Ace used to rickroll us with? one black, one white, got a kick out that.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 09, 2017 02:56 PM (ODxAs)

80 33 Maxine Waters on MSNBC calling for Trump's impeachment. Because of Putin and other high crimes and misdemeanors
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 09, 2017 02:47 PM (bQxkN)

Maybe Paul Ryan needs to have a coffee klatch with Pelosi about Maxine Waters.
Posted by: Jen at February 09, 2017 02:49 PM (cWhln)

PELOSI: [weeping quietly] Paul, I don't...

RYAN: Nancy, it's a perfectly humane way to deal with a rabid animal.

Posted by: joncelli, Deplorable Yet Fuzzy at February 09, 2017 02:56 PM (1FhAQ)

81 6 ATC?
Posted by: irright
--------------

Well, it IS Ft Hood - smart money says SMFH.

Posted by: Chi at February 09, 2017 02:56 PM (g7Suk)

82 Listen to this and tell everyone how bad Molly Hatchet is again

https://youtu.be/Sq6mFereCCc

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2017 02:56 PM (39g3+)

83 >>>What am I being prevented from viewing?


hang on, i'll see if i can dowload the pics and then upload them here directly

Posted by: Cornelius at February 09, 2017 02:56 PM (8rNrN)

84 Is that the most famous group from Florida?

Ahem.

Posted by: Lynyrd Skynyrd at February 09, 2017 02:56 PM (B+qrE)

85 Who were those 2 dudes from that band that Ace used to rickroll us with? one black, one white, got a kick out that.




Milli Vanilli?

Posted by: rickb223 at February 09, 2017 02:56 PM (2w7OO)

86 kallisto, search for "Ft. Hood Phantom Warrior statue."

Posted by: bluebell at February 09, 2017 02:56 PM (sBOL1)

87 --
Speaking of Ft. Hood, when is Maj. Hassan going to get his just reward?


Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 09, 2017 02:55 PM
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We're far too civilized to give him his just reward. Worst we'd ever do is execute him.

Posted by: irright at February 09, 2017 02:57 PM (pMGkg)

88 The London Boys were from Tallahasee.

Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2017 02:57 PM (WQ9DL)

89 Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2017 02:54 PM (WQ9DL)

You're right of course. I did not know that.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 09, 2017 02:57 PM (Z9mio)

90 She would be the G6, Commo

Posted by: CSMBigBird at February 09, 2017 02:57 PM (jsWA8)

91 59 *facepalm*

work blocked twitter.

What am I being prevented from viewing?

Posted by: kallisto at February 09, 2017 02:53 PM (nNdYv)

++++

Someone tweeted this pic:
http://tinyurl.com/jpekr59

That is inspired by this pic:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molly_Hatchet_%28album%29

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at February 09, 2017 02:57 PM (R+30W)

92 I don't think Skynyrd is near as famous as Tom Petty and the heartbreakers.

Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2017 02:57 PM (WQ9DL)

93 Apparently Ft. Hood has a statue of Gov. Walker.
Posted by: junior at February 09, 2017 02:55 PM

You saying this statue isn't of Gen Mattis?

Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2017 02:57 PM (Frvrc)

94 60 Just a side note. Molly Hatchet is from Florida. Is that the most famous group from Florida?
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth
---------------

Allman Brothers, without a doubt.

Posted by: Chi at February 09, 2017 02:57 PM (g7Suk)

95 74 I'd say that statue is one of the top five or six best things in life. Also, I'd like to have that axe to deal with the squirrels.
Posted by: joncelli, Deplorable Yet Fuzzy at February 09, 2017 02:54 PM (1FhAQ)


*pats seat next to me*

Come, come sit by me. Lemon bar? *offers*
Posted by: alexthechick - all your caps are belong to me at February 09, 2017 02:55 PM (mf5HN)

Why thank you, My Queen. [Noms] Can I interest you in some trebuchets?

Posted by: joncelli, Deplorable Yet Fuzzy at February 09, 2017 02:58 PM (1FhAQ)

96 I saw Molly Hatchet in 1994 at a small club. At this point Danny Joe Brown was the only original left in the band. He was hammered. I remember once between songs he yelled back to the bar for somebody to send some Jim Beam up to the stage. During an extended guitar solo he walked to the back of the stage and started leaning his whole body against a stack of amps with his back to the audience. I didn't think he would make it through the show, but he did.

Posted by: Mark1971 at February 09, 2017 02:58 PM (gdnq1)

97 So, to make this clear for us non-Twitter idiots:

At Ft. Hood, there is actually a physical bronze statue of Frank Frazetta's famous 1973 painting "Death Dealer," and that this statue is regarded as some kind of unofficial "mascot" for something called "Phantom Warriors"???

True?

Further explanation? I'm still a bit confused as to the facts and why they are significant.

Posted by: zombie at February 09, 2017 02:58 PM (jBuUi)

98 Personally I think this music goes best with that statue.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeUBJ2Ha-FM

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at February 09, 2017 02:58 PM (aMlLZ)

99 Impressive sculpture! Just needs some flanking support sculptures of attack raptors, Endor ponies, and corgis wielding crossbows and longbows to be complete.

Posted by: LizLem, dangerously crossing the memes at February 09, 2017 02:59 PM (hvf9s)

100 Lynard Skynard too? You can imagine why I thought they were from Alabama though right?

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 09, 2017 02:59 PM (Z9mio)

101 I am pretty sure I saw that as a cover of Savage Sword of Conan.

Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at February 09, 2017 02:59 PM (CPk08)

102 She would be the G6, Commo

Posted by: CSMBigBird at February 09, 2017 02:57 PM (jsWA



Oddly, there's a G6 SGM in our office at this moment. I'll decline to state which one, though.

Posted by: Country Singer at February 09, 2017 02:59 PM (uiwCw)

103 III Corps pikers.
We here in the Northwest and who are vets of I Corps (America's Corps) shall continue to hold back the scourge of socialist, progressive Seattle leftist dogma.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 09, 2017 02:59 PM (0tfLf)

104 you roll the spurs on your mount, never jab.

jabbing is for the enemy.

Posted by: concrete girl at February 09, 2017 02:59 PM (aGAV0)

105 I don't think Skynyrd is near as famous as Tom Petty and the heartbreakers.

Petty has nothing that is in the same airplay galaxy or is a cultural touchstone like Freebird or Sweet Home Alabama.

Posted by: Lynyrd Skynyrd at February 09, 2017 02:59 PM (B+qrE)

106 Why thank you, My Queen. [Noms] Can I interest you in some trebuchets?
Posted by: joncelli, Deplorable Yet Fuzzy at February 09, 2017 02:58 PM (1FhAQ)


*taps chin*

Let me think, do I want some trebuchets?

*taps chin*

This is a difficult decision . . . .

Posted by: alexthechick - all your caps are belong to me at February 09, 2017 02:59 PM (mf5HN)

107 94 60 Just a side note. Molly Hatchet is from Florida. Is that the most famous group from Florida?
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth
---------------

Allman Brothers, without a doubt.
Posted by: Chi


Jim Morrison of the Doors is from Florida. But the band itself was formed in LA, so it doesn't count.

Posted by: zombie at February 09, 2017 02:59 PM (jBuUi)

108 ...Frank Frazetta's "Death Dealer" ; lived here in the Poconos-'til his "deal" was done...

Posted by: pahound at February 09, 2017 03:00 PM (L7Nrp)

109 Book rec:

The Mandibles: A Family, 2029-2047

Posted by: Harun at February 09, 2017 03:00 PM (UBBWX)

110 I don't think Skynyrd is near as famous as Tom Petty and the heartbreakers.

NObody ever yelled "play some Petty!" at a concert.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2017 03:00 PM (39g3+)

111 Lynard Skynard too? You can imagine why I thought they were from Alabama though right?

Common mistake.

Posted by: Lynyrd Skynyrd at February 09, 2017 03:00 PM (B+qrE)

112 The Death Dealer was also in Frazetta's rotoscoped animated film Fire and Ice (due for a remake soon, I believe).

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2017 03:00 PM (39g3+)

113 Petty wrote "American Girl", but they just deported her out of Phoenix today.

Posted by: Roy at February 09, 2017 03:00 PM (VndSC)

114 Kreator!

I'd be playing a less pointy guitar in the tight quarters of a concrete hallway like that, though.

Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2017 03:00 PM (WQ9DL)

115 off cool breeze sock

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 09, 2017 03:00 PM (B+qrE)

116 >>I don't think Skynyrd is near as famous as Tom Petty and the heartbreakers.

Plane crashes mid-career tend to dampen things.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 09, 2017 03:00 PM (/tuJf)

117 Frazetta's Conan book- and comic- covers are schwinnnng worthy too. the guy liked the female form. nttiatwwt

Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at February 09, 2017 03:00 PM (RX8O8)

118
Is that statue of Jenghis Khan riding John Kerry?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 09, 2017 03:01 PM (493sH)

119 We lost the core of Skynyrd too soon

Posted by: Ignoramus at February 09, 2017 03:01 PM (bQxkN)

120 The Outlaws and Blackfoot are also from Florida. It's like Southern Rock central.

Posted by: Mark1971 at February 09, 2017 03:01 PM (gdnq1)

121 We were stationed for 3.5 years in TX, and I will happily go back there.

Posted by: pookysgirl at February 09, 2017 03:01 PM (ar2KI)

122 Whoa! Easy on the spurs, dude - I'm already onboard.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at February 09, 2017 03:01 PM (tHwdc)

123
That's right, the london boys. lol.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 09, 2017 03:01 PM (ODxAs)

124 Posted by: Jen at February 09, 2017 02:49 PM (cWhln)

Can they hold the hearings in Korea where Putin is Invading ?

Posted by: EVLINC! at February 09, 2017 03:01 PM (y3aQB)

125 >>Petty has nothing that is in the same airplay galaxy or is a cultural touchstone like Freebird or Sweet Home Alabama.



I'd take a trip over to Billboard and check your Math on that.

Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2017 03:01 PM (WQ9DL)

126 Allman Brothers started in Jacksonville FL

Posted by: Ignoramus at February 09, 2017 03:02 PM (bQxkN)

127 Outlaws and Blackfoot are the core of my driving song mix tapes. Southern Rock was the best America had to offer right in the middle of Disco with a big flip off to the coke spoon and a boot up the ass of John Travolta.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2017 03:02 PM (39g3+)

128 @93 You saying this statue isn't of Gen Mattis?
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Not enough skulls of his enemies.

Posted by: junior at February 09, 2017 03:02 PM (nsZ+m)

129 Howdy Horde! Out of the loop today. We still winning?

Posted by: Ladylibertarian at February 09, 2017 03:02 PM (nQ10o)

130 Petty has nothing that is in the same airplay galaxy or is a cultural touchstone like Freebird or Sweet Home Alabama.
Posted by: Lynyrd Skynyrd


Ummmm -- "American Girl" is in the same league as "Sweet Home Alabama" as far as being a cultural touchstone and for having a memorable guitar riff. Maybe on a scale of 1-10 "Sweet Home Alabama" counts as a 9.3 and "American Girl" maybe a 9.1. Not quite, but close.

Posted by: zombie at February 09, 2017 03:02 PM (jBuUi)

131 Impressive sculpture! Just needs some flanking support sculptures of attack raptors, Endor ponies, and corgis wielding crossbows and longbows to be complete.
Posted by: LizLem, dangerously crossing the memes at February 09, 2017 02:59 PM (hvf9s)



When I hit the PowerBall on Sunday, this will become reality.

Posted by: alexthechick - all your caps are belong to me at February 09, 2017 03:02 PM (mf5HN)

132 The Outlaws and Blackfoot are also from Florida. It's like Southern Rock central.

.38 Special, too.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 09, 2017 03:02 PM (B+qrE)

133 Hey look, it's the last boss from Golden Axe.

Posted by: broseidon on even newer magic glowy rectangle at February 09, 2017 03:03 PM (SWcg7)

134 Those spurs aren't for the horse. Those are for when you are using the conquered enemy leaders as footrests, and don't wish your feet to slide off.

Posted by: irright at February 09, 2017 03:03 PM (pMGkg)

135 Who wrote "Refugee"- stay the hell out"?

Posted by: Roy at February 09, 2017 03:03 PM (VndSC)

136 >>> >>Petty has nothing that is in the same airplay galaxy or is a cultural touchstone like Freebird or Sweet Home Alabama.


Free Falling isn't?

Posted by: LizLem, dangerously crossing the memes at February 09, 2017 03:03 PM (hvf9s)

137 updated with pics directly posted to site.

Posted by: ace at February 09, 2017 03:03 PM (8rNrN)

138 >>Posted by: zombie at February 09, 2017 03:02 PM (jBuUi)


It sucks, but I would bet 'Free Fallin' outsold anything Skynyrd ever did by 5-10x.

Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2017 03:03 PM (WQ9DL)

139 @103 We here in the Northwest and who are vets of I Corps (America's Corps) shall continue to hold back the scourge of socialist, progressive Seattle leftist dogma.
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You're losing to the infiltrators from California.

Posted by: junior at February 09, 2017 03:03 PM (nsZ+m)

140 What song is it you wanna hear?

Posted by: JackStraw at February 09, 2017 03:04 PM (/tuJf)

141 John Petrucci of Dream Theaterjust came out as Trump supporter

Posted by: EVLINC! at February 09, 2017 03:04 PM (y3aQB)

142 NObody ever yelled "play some Petty!" at a concert.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2017 03:00 PM (39g3+)



But I do know of a guy that yelled "FREEBIRD!" at a concert.

A Celine Dion concert in Vegas.

His wife was less than thrilled with that being the highlight of their anniversary trip.

Posted by: Country Singer at February 09, 2017 03:05 PM (uiwCw)

143 >>What song is it you wanna hear?



ST. STEPHEN!

Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2017 03:05 PM (WQ9DL)

144 Ace - when they exile you from Newyorkistan, come on down and I'll set you up with the best BBQ in central Texas.

Posted by: Sirius the Canine Pundit at February 09, 2017 03:05 PM (LBO1U)

145 >>> This is a statue of the III Corps' base mascot, which they call "Phantom Warrior."

BLATANT PLAGIARISM!!!

Posted by: Amy Schumer at February 09, 2017 03:05 PM (hvf9s)

146 Syrup is from Florida!
:::sings "Foxy Pussy":::

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at February 09, 2017 03:06 PM (DFcT7)

147 bluebell, Cornelius, Anon Y. -

thanks for the pic info

Posted by: kallisto at February 09, 2017 03:06 PM (nNdYv)

148 Maxine Waters on MSNBC calling for Trump's impeachment. Because of Putin and other high crimes and misdemeanors

Posted by: Ignoramus


Maxine Waters needs to adopt the strategy of House republicans, who voted successfully over 40 times to repeal ObamaCare.

Eventually their amazing perseverance resulted in them having voted successfully over 40 times to repeal ObamaCare.

Posted by: E Pluribus Juan at February 09, 2017 03:06 PM (ZFUt7)

149 >>>At Ft. Hood, there is actually a physical bronze statue of Frank Frazetta's famous 1973 painting "Death Dealer," and that this statue is regarded as some kind of unofficial "mascot" for something called "Phantom Warriors"???

True?

Further explanation? I'm still a bit confused as to the facts and why they are significant.

...

BECAUSE YOU SHALL FALL IN TWAIN BENEATH MY AXE, WRETCH!!!!

Posted by: The Death Dealer at February 09, 2017 03:06 PM (8rNrN)

150 Kreator!

I'd be playing a less pointy guitar in the tight quarters of a concrete hallway like that, though.

Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2017 03:00 PM (WQ9DL)


Dude tell me about it. When I'm at the desk here the king V's are banned, I have to use a les paul.

The day my brother got his first Rhoads V he calls me up a few hours later and says dude what up with these things, I fucked up everything in the house. lol

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at February 09, 2017 03:06 PM (aMlLZ)

151 >>NObody ever yelled "play some Petty!" at a concert.


I got tossed from a Belinda Carlisle Concert for yelling for 'Circles in the Sand' for most of the set.

...probably because she opened with it.

Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2017 03:06 PM (WQ9DL)

152
Its ok to like both Petty and Skynard. After all we're not Lefties telling all what about whom and why because of where and when.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 09, 2017 03:06 PM (ODxAs)

153 9 out of 10 Tom Pettys agree that you don't have to live like a refugee.

Posted by: broseidon on even newer magic glowy rectangle at February 09, 2017 03:07 PM (SWcg7)

154 That axe don't look all that practical.

Posted by: Bigby's Typing Hands at February 09, 2017 03:07 PM (6r5wF)

155 --
You saying this statue isn't of Gen Mattis?

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Not enough skulls of his enemies.



Posted by: junior at February 09, 2017 03:02 PM
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That is what he looks like when he goes out to get the paper in the morning.

Posted by: irright at February 09, 2017 03:07 PM (pMGkg)

156 I don't think Skynyrd is near as famous as Tom Petty and the heartbreakers.
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2017 02:57 PM (WQ9DL)


Dude. Just wow.

Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at February 09, 2017 03:07 PM (X+nFp)

157 Most popular?

Sadly a quick Bingle search tells me N'sync & Backstreet Boys were both forms in Orlando, Fl.
Bo Diddly was a Floridian.

My vote still goes to Gregg, Duane, Dicky & crew.

Posted by: Chi at February 09, 2017 03:07 PM (g7Suk)

158 I suspect Ace walks around New York incognito, once he is recognized he will not be able to buy a hot dog from a street vendor

Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2017 03:07 PM (Frvrc)

159 We lost the heart of the Allman Brothers too soon too. They were my first rock concert, touring right after the death of Duane.

Posted by: Western Slope Mope at February 09, 2017 03:07 PM (WrMht)

160 Nope, I'm wrong. That Frazetta wasn't a cover.

Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at February 09, 2017 03:07 PM (CPk08)

161 Whipping Post!

Got started because a Fillmore East fan yelled it out after Duane said "Here's a song from our first album. Berry starts it off"

Posted by: Ignoramus at February 09, 2017 03:07 PM (bQxkN)

162 Plane crashes mid-career tend to dampen things.


Here's an amazing thing I learned about that. There was one survivor of the plane crash. (Probably the drummer, I'm not looking it up).

He was on the Howard Stern show and told the story. Plane crashes, he's alive but all messed up and in the middle of nowhere. Hikes through three miles of woods and swamps and comes upon a farm.

The farmer shot him.

Posted by: Bandersnatch, gentleman cad at February 09, 2017 03:08 PM (mgbwf)

163 It goes without saying that the HQ should be in Texas, duh, but the statue seals the deal.

Posted by: stace--so much winning at February 09, 2017 03:08 PM (ozZau)

164 158 I suspect Ace walks around New York incognito, once he is recognized he will not be able to buy a hot dog from a street vendor
Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2017 03:07 PM (Frvrc)

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He's a true international celebrity.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 09, 2017 03:08 PM (vur0q)

165 >>What song is it you wanna hear?


ST. STEPHEN!
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2017 03:05 PM (WQ9DL)
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Thread Winner!


Posted by: redc1c4 at February 09, 2017 03:08 PM (emd4w)

166 >>Dude. Just wow.


Go check the numbers. It's not a value judgement. It's math.

Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2017 03:08 PM (WQ9DL)

167 "Maxine Waters on MSNBC calling for Trump's impeachment. "

Ah, which congress does she think she is in?

Posted by: navybrat at February 09, 2017 03:08 PM (w7KSn)

168 >>>154 That axe don't look all that practical.

THE SOW WHO FARROWED YOU LOOKS PRACTICAL, PICTISH PIG!!!!

Posted by: The Death Dealer at February 09, 2017 03:08 PM (8rNrN)

169 >>> When I hit the PowerBall on Sunday, this will become reality. Posted by: alexthechick - all your caps are belong to me at February 09, 2017 03:02 PM (mf5HN)


Make it so, lottery gods! Seeing you benevolently dole out spoils to the Horde, Oprah style, would be epic.

"You get a raptor! And you get a raptor! And you get a raptor!"

Posted by: LizLem, dangerously crossing the memes at February 09, 2017 03:08 PM (hvf9s)

170 Sorry to make you all extremely depressed, but I'm pretty sure the bestselling artist of all time from Florida is the modern-day rapper who goes by the name "Flo Rida". Although no one here has likely ever heard a single song of his, he sells hundreds of millions of downloads.

Posted by: zombie at February 09, 2017 03:09 PM (jBuUi)

171 Jake Tapper made a Lynyrd Skynyrd documentary many years ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFIkQjDtwOw

Posted by: Mark1971 at February 09, 2017 03:09 PM (gdnq1)

172 163 It goes without saying that the HQ should be in Texas, duh, but the statue seals the deal.
Posted by: stace--so much winning at February 09, 2017 03:08 PM (ozZau)

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Is there any competition between what kind of crazy the Horde is? Texas crazy vs. South Carolina crazy?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 09, 2017 03:09 PM (vur0q)

173 I'm surprised there isn't a statue of this outside Planned Parenthood, but I guess that would be a bit too much truth in advertising.

Posted by: broseidon on even newer magic glowy rectangle at February 09, 2017 03:09 PM (SWcg7)

174 The statue is impressive. Really great 3D rendition based on 2D media.

Posted by: kallisto at February 09, 2017 03:10 PM (nNdYv)

175 Let me think, do I want some trebuchets?

Unless winders are included the counter-attack will steal The StepStool.

Posted by: DaveA at February 09, 2017 03:10 PM (8J/Te)

176 now some other base will have to put up a Vallejo.

Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at February 09, 2017 03:10 PM (RX8O8)

177 Tom Petty has his own Sirus XM station.

Sadly, Skynyrd does not. Although I think had they not lost Ronnie Van Zant in that crash they might have been much bigger than Petty. They really only had 4 years of peak band.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 09, 2017 03:10 PM (/tuJf)

178 >>>Jake Tapper made a Lynyrd Skynyrd documentary many years ago.

JAKE TAPPER MADE A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT MY PENDULOUS BALLS!

IT WAS CALLED "THINGS IN MY MOUTH: A STUDY IN VEINEY LEATHER"!!!!

Posted by: The Death Dealer at February 09, 2017 03:10 PM (8rNrN)

179 Saw the Allman Bros in the sweet spot of my pot smokin days.

Posted by: eleven at February 09, 2017 03:11 PM (qUNWi)

180
Is there any competition between what kind of crazy the Horde is? Texas crazy vs. South Carolina crazy?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 09, 2017 03:09 PM (vur0q)


Don't forget Georgia.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 09, 2017 03:11 PM (PY9jH)

181 >> I'm pretty sure the bestselling artist of all time from Florida is the modern-day rapper who goes by the name "Flo Rida".


We're talking about Music, though.

Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2017 03:11 PM (WQ9DL)

182 now some other base will have to put up a Vallejo.



San Diego will put up a pendejo.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 09, 2017 03:11 PM (2w7OO)

183 That axe don't look all that practical.


Cutting blade in front for the first blow. Now the axe head is behind you and your backhand has a good decapitating blade.

Posted by: Bandersnatch, gentleman cad at February 09, 2017 03:11 PM (mgbwf)

184 Had no idea those Boy Bands were from Fla, though.

That changes things.

Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2017 03:11 PM (WQ9DL)

185 That dipshit Pitbull sells a fuckton of music, too.

Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2017 03:12 PM (WQ9DL)

186 Where's his longbow? hmmm, I've just realized that in all the medieval war movies, the archers are usually portrayed as skinny not-so-warrior types.

If HuffPo is in the market for a mascot, I've got a suggestion for them:

Since the late 1980s, the student body of MS Delta State U. has embraced a mascot that depicts a piece of okra (an African fruit) wearing boxing gloves and brandishing a fierce expression, The "Fighting Okra".

Posted by: GnuBreed at February 09, 2017 03:12 PM (xpfRn)

187 Is there any competition between what kind of crazy the Horde is? Texas crazy vs. South Carolina crazy?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison



Florida Crazy.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 09, 2017 03:12 PM (2w7OO)

188 180 Don't forget Georgia.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 09, 2017 03:11 PM (PY9jH)

===================

"You feeling burned?"
-General Sherman

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 09, 2017 03:12 PM (vur0q)

189 Here's an amazing thing I learned about that. There was one survivor of the plane crash. (Probably the drummer, I'm not looking it up).

He was on the Howard Stern show and told the story. Plane crashes, he's alive but all messed up and in the middle of nowhere. Hikes through three miles of woods and swamps and comes upon a farm.

The farmer shot him.

Posted by: Bandersnatch, gentleman cad


We liked the introduction to the characters, good flow through the mid section, but the ending needs work. He discovered the only farmer on the planet without a daughter?

*rejected*

Posted by: Penthouse Letters at February 09, 2017 03:13 PM (ZFUt7)

190 Ft Hood is referred to as "The Great Place" for two reasons:

1. some moron with more rank than brains convinced a bunch of other morons with more rank that brains that it was a "great idea'. (the Good Idea fairy @ w*rk)"

2. Troops, especially enlisted troops tend to be sarcastic bastards, as speaking your mind can get your ass in a crack.

like most Army bases, it's a real "garden spot" as well...

Posted by: redc1c4 at February 09, 2017 03:13 PM (emd4w)

191 Love the official designation of AOSHQ Army Headquarters.

Thanks, Ace!

Posted by: Ladylibertarian at February 09, 2017 03:14 PM (nQ10o)

192 Isn't that the Dungeon Masters Guide?

Posted by: SFGoth at February 09, 2017 03:14 PM (dZ756)

193 Frank Frazetta's "Death Dealer" - love that work! I wish I had a framed poster of it at home right now.

Posted by: flukeboy at February 09, 2017 03:14 PM (EtEhm)

194 Huh, this is shocking. Schumer is saying Trump should pull his Labor nominee. Didn't see that one coming.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 09, 2017 03:14 PM (/tuJf)

195 Go check the numbers. It's not a value judgement. It's math.
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2017 03:08 PM (WQ9DL)

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We don't do math here. Didn't you read the memo?

Posted by: Old Nam Vet at February 09, 2017 03:15 PM (bKxiT)

196 According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flo_Rida_discography, Flo Rida has had ELEVEN top-ten singles (and not just top-ten on the rap charts, but top ten on the overall pop charts), including THREE #1 singles, which ascended into the "8x platinum" stratosphere. Skynyrd or Petty can't touch that.

Posted by: zombie at February 09, 2017 03:15 PM (jBuUi)

197 178 >>>Jake Tapper made a Lynyrd Skynyrd documentary many years ago.

JAKE TAPPER MADE A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT MY PENDULOUS BALLS!

IT WAS CALLED "THINGS IN MY MOUTH: A STUDY IN VEINEY LEATHER"!!!!
Posted by: The Death Dealer at February 09, 2017 03:10 PM (8rNrN)

My laughter scared the dogs. That's a mark of approval.

Posted by: joncelli, Deplorable Yet Fuzzy at February 09, 2017 03:15 PM (1FhAQ)

198 >>>Cutting blade in front for the first blow. Now the axe head is behind you and your backhand has a good decapitating blade.

IT'S CALLED A MULLET AXE, YOU UNLETTERED CUR! BUSINESS UP FRONT, PARTY IN THE BACK!!!

Posted by: The Death Dealer at February 09, 2017 03:15 PM (8rNrN)

199 Leftist don't care about celebrity, if you are not a Leftists your not worth the air your breathing.

Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2017 03:15 PM (Frvrc)

200 Ft Hood is referred to as "The Great Place" for two reasons:




Did a 24 hr paintball scenario game in Copperas Cove one July. 113 in the shade.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 09, 2017 03:15 PM (2w7OO)

201 Since the late 1980s, the student body of MS Delta State U. has embraced a mascot that depicts a piece of okra (an African fruit) wearing boxing gloves and brandishing a fierce expression, The "Fighting Okra".


Posted by: GnuBreed at February 09, 2017 03:12 PM (xpfRn)



Hey now, don't be laying that evil on Delta State. They have an excellent atheltic department...comparatively speaking, in terms of W/L and championships, the best collegiate teams in Mississippi.


Also, okra is a vegetable, intended to be fried or pickled. And do not look up the phrase "running through the okra patch".

Posted by: Country Singer at February 09, 2017 03:15 PM (uiwCw)

202 The Allmans were more than a rock band, although they helped jump start Southern Rock, as they worked in a purer blues and jazz.

When they were young, Duane was sick and Gregg came by with a medicine bottle. By the time Gregg came back Duane had taught himself how to play slide guitar.

Hearing Wilson Pickett's cover of Hey Jude over in England, Eric Clapton went on a mission to find the guy who did the outro guitar lead. He expected to find an old black guy.

Recorded at Muscle Shoals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y8Q2PATVyI

Posted by: Ignoramus at February 09, 2017 03:15 PM (bQxkN)

203 Well, no, its a heavy bearded axe on a short haft. It'd be clumsy IRL no matter how bad ass the wielder. A lot of fantasy art suffers from that, although this one isn't the worst I've seen

Posted by: Bigby's Typing Hands at February 09, 2017 03:15 PM (6r5wF)

204 But I do know of a guy that yelled "FREEBIRD!" at a concert.

A Celine Dion concert in Vegas.

His wife was less than thrilled with that being the highlight of their anniversary trip.
Posted by: Country Singer
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I've told this before:
I was in a friend's wedding once. Beautiful day, outdoor ceremony at a lovely church in Charlotte.
Across this huge expanse of lawn, a cellist & classical guitarist were setting up near the "altar" while the other guys in penguin suits and I were nipping fine bourbon out of our flasks.

From about 200 ft away, I yelled "FREEBIRD!" ,much to others' chagrin.
Then, the duo broke out into an amazing version that nobody in attendance will ever forget.
It was quite nice, but still funny as hell.

Posted by: Chi at February 09, 2017 03:15 PM (g7Suk)

205 118
Is that statue of Jenghis Khan riding John Kerry?




Mr. Ed declined to wear the gear.

Posted by: Ladylibertarian at February 09, 2017 03:16 PM (nQ10o)

206 The band has sold 28 million albums in the US since 1991 when Nielsen SoundScan started tracking sales, not including album sales for the band's first 17 years.


Lynyrd Skynyrd

Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at February 09, 2017 03:16 PM (X+nFp)

207 194 Huh, this is shocking. Schumer is saying Trump should pull his Labor nominee. Didn't see that one coming.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 09, 2017 03:14 PM (/tuJf)

==================

"We failed to stop the racist and the billionaire woman who wants all children to have terrible educations. I'm sure we'll manage to defeat the former CEO who loved sexy women in commercials!"
-Chuck Schumer, master strategist

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 09, 2017 03:16 PM (vur0q)

208 Ft. Hood is the Hotel California of army bases. Once there, you can never leave (as in getting to another permanent duty station- or at least in my MOS 33T)

Posted by: auscolpyr at February 09, 2017 03:16 PM (suO/a)

209 Fvuck this ungrateful Gorsuchh guy. Put Cruz up there and send this guy packing.

Posted by: Under Fire at February 09, 2017 03:16 PM (X+rUO)

210 Russia out of Korea!

Posted by: Maxine Waters at February 09, 2017 03:16 PM (HgMAr)

211 Just received a news alert on Windows. Kellyanne Conway has been "counseled" for touting Ivanka's fashion line.

The MFM will be on this like a dingo with a baby.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 09, 2017 03:16 PM (PY9jH)

212 206 The band has sold 28 million albums in the US since 1991 when Nielsen SoundScan started tracking sales, not including album sales for the band's first 17 years.


Lynyrd Skynyrd
Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at February 09, 2017 03:16 PM (X+nFp)

====================

"How is that possible? I don't know a single person who bought one of their albums."
-Pauline Kael

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 09, 2017 03:17 PM (vur0q)

213
Verizon is FUBAR. One minute they tell me I have 500mb of reserve data, the literal next minute, they send me a message saying I'm out of data and my wireless has reverted to 1200 baud dialup.


Looks like I'm off the wire for a week.
I need to break this internet addiction anyway.

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at February 09, 2017 03:17 PM (HxIFt)

214 That statue is probably one of 3 or 4 things from the 1970s that is still bad ass.

Not much from that era aged well at all.


Posted by: Dang at February 09, 2017 03:17 PM (8b+oT)

215 OT: might have missed it in earlier threads, but I absolutely love Teh Donald trashing McCain and esp. Blumenthal, personally and directly, and esp. like the trash talk about Blumenthal's despicable mendacity.


That Blumenthal can show his face, much less have high public office, after his vile and low-grade dishonesty was so spectacularly revealed, speaks to the degradation of Dem voters and the civic culture.


Hope the prez keeps it up - actually, hope he intensifies it quite a bit. McCain (who is dumber and more psycho than you imagine) can definitely be pushed to the point where he melts down and lashes out. Not that there's any standard any more, so such behavior won't open most closed eyes, but at this point there's value in merely the public torment of despicable dumb***ts like McCain.

Posted by: rhomboid at February 09, 2017 03:17 PM (QDnY+)

216 "Dungeon Masters Guide"

the original artist is associated with at least one subject of Appendix N.

Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at February 09, 2017 03:18 PM (RX8O8)

217 Why I left the left

I can relate to this. A video from Prager University:

http://tinyurl.com/gv2pk5k

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 09, 2017 03:18 PM (fDdVG)

218 "Maxine Waters on MSNBC calling for Trump's impeachment. "

Ah, which congress does she think she is in?

Posted by: navybrat
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That would be the All American Quarter Horse Congress. Held on Oct 5th thru 29th this year

Posted by: Tonypete at February 09, 2017 03:18 PM (akHM/)

219 178 >>>Jake Tapper made a Lynyrd Skynyrd documentary many years ago.

JAKE TAPPER MADE A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT MY PENDULOUS BALLS!

IT WAS CALLED "THINGS IN MY MOUTH: A STUDY IN VEINEY LEATHER"!!!!
Posted by: The Death Dealer at February 09, 2017 03:10 PM (8rNrN)

==========================

Thanks for that.....I just baptized my new monitor with Miller.

Posted by: Old Nam Vet at February 09, 2017 03:18 PM (bKxiT)

220 162 Plane crashes mid-career tend to dampen things.


Here's an amazing thing I learned about that. There was one survivor of the plane crash. (Probably the drummer, I'm not looking it up).

He was on the Howard Stern show and told the story. Plane crashes, he's alive but all messed up and in the middle of nowhere. Hikes through three miles of woods and swamps and comes upon a farm.

The farmer shot him.

Posted by: Bandersnatch, gentleman cad at February 09, 2017 03:08 PM (mgbwf)

++++

You made me curious, so I looked it up. There were 20 survivors, including drummer Artimus Pyle and keyboardist Billy Powell. They did get confronted by armed occupants of a farmhouse, but nobody was shot.

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
1977_Convair_CV-300_crash

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at February 09, 2017 03:18 PM (R+30W)

221 I think ace poses as a Death Dealer statue as performance art in Times Square.

Posted by: blaster at February 09, 2017 03:19 PM (tewYv)

222 Speaking as a longtime denizen of the 101st Airborne and Fort Campbell, Hood sucks. Yeah, they have an awesome museum and that cool statue, but you still have to be in Killeen, Texas, which is a dusty shithole.

Posted by: Colonel Kurtz at February 09, 2017 03:19 PM (/0fQX)

223 *triggered

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 09, 2017 03:19 PM (2x9LM)

224 Schumer is saying Trump should pull his Labor nominee.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 09, 2017 03:14 PM (/tuJf)
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Trump could perhaps hire Corey Lewandowski to do that.

Posted by: RioBravo at February 09, 2017 03:19 PM (SsblQ)

225 Hey look, it's the last boss from Golden Axe.

Naw, man, not me. I think I just wet myself. Hey, Shinobi! I need to borrow something!

Posted by: Death Adder at February 09, 2017 03:19 PM (u0s1P)

226 Wow. My first Squadron in the AF had Jiminy Cricket as a mascot. He was on our patch. :-)

But back when I was in there were still quite a few unit patches left over from the WWII era, when Disney designed many of these for the war effort. Not sure if there are any left now.

Wish we'd had something like THAT instead.


Posted by: Agent Cooper at February 09, 2017 03:19 PM (1zARK)

227 We are taking Blumenthal's word on this Gorsuch comment, wouldn't trust him any more than Pelosi's.

Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2017 03:20 PM (Frvrc)

228 I looked on the web, apparently there was a yuge courtroom drama about *which* Frazetta had the rights to that very artwork, in 2010. looks like the statue got to stay though. which is good

Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at February 09, 2017 03:20 PM (RX8O8)

229 "Recorded at Muscle Shoals"

By the house band The Swampers which included Duane Allman for a time. The same Swampers refenced in Skynrd's Sweet Home Alabama. It all connects

Posted by: Ignoramus at February 09, 2017 03:20 PM (bQxkN)

230 That dipshit Pitbull sells a fuckton of music, too.
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2017 03:12 PM (WQ9DL)

I am a lady who may or may not be more than 29 years old, who never goes to concerts, and I have actually seen Pitbull in concert, at the rodeo.

We go to the rodeo every year, but we usually skip the concert at the end. When we got the tickets we didn't even know or care who this dude was. We still had some energy, or were drunk enough to stay this time, and his performance was actually kind of fun.
Did we buy any of his music though? Of course not.

Posted by: stace--so much winning at February 09, 2017 03:20 PM (ozZau)

231 O/T Senator Warren can't be all bad. Maybe I read her wrong. She was told to sit down and shut up and she did. She sat down and shut up just like she was told. Then later she had a whiny little bitch session (all her sessions are whiny little bitch sessions by definition) but that doesn't change the fact that she did indeed do as she was told in the Senate, which is kinda where it counts.

You go girl! Go over there and sit down and shut up I mean. Thanks.

She should change her Native American name to "Sits when Told", or "Projecting Racist".

Posted by: Dirks Strewn at February 09, 2017 03:20 PM (kfcYC)

232 Fvuck this ungrateful Gorsuchh guy.
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I think it's the nom doing psychops to disarm the libs.

Posted by: Dang at February 09, 2017 03:20 PM (8b+oT)

233 >>>Well, no, its a heavy bearded axe on a short haft. It'd be clumsy IRL no matter how bad ass the wielder. A lot of fantasy art suffers from that, although this one isn't the worst I've seen

I WILL BATHE IN YOUR BLOOD BEFORE THE CHILDREN OF BABYLON!!!

Posted by: The Death Dealer at February 09, 2017 03:20 PM (8rNrN)

234 Make it so, lottery gods! Seeing you benevolently dole out spoils to the Horde, Oprah style, would be epic.

"You get a raptor! And you get a raptor! And you get a raptor!"
Posted by: LizLem, dangerously crossing the memes at February 09, 2017 03:08 PM (hvf9s)



I would be most benevolentish in my doling out, 'tis true.

Posted by: alexthechick - all your caps are belong to me at February 09, 2017 03:21 PM (mf5HN)

235 180
Is there any competition between what kind of crazy the Horde is? Texas crazy vs. South Carolina crazy?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 09, 2017 03:09 PM (vur0q)

Don't forget Georgia.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 09, 2017 03:11 PM (PY9jH)


Southern crazy.

Posted by: Ladylibertarian at February 09, 2017 03:21 PM (nQ10o)

236
Just wanted to throw out some love for Stevie Ray Vaughn since we're talkin southern rock.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 09, 2017 03:21 PM (ODxAs)

237 I really like Tom Petty's music (and attitude toward the music industry) and think he's a genius level talent songwriter and musician. Not a great singer, but he gets by.

But Lynyrd Skynyrd is a national icon that is internationaly known and understood. Go to Mongolia and people will know what Free Bird is and have heard of Lynyrd Skynyrd. Tom Petty has sold more albums (because he's been active longer and had more albums put out) but isn't the cultural icon that Skynyrd is. And I can't even explain why.

https://youtu.be/4z3gkq_gWL4
https://youtu.be/1mxQCGjKxC0

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2017 03:21 PM (39g3+)

238 but you still have to be in Killeen, Texas, which is a dusty shithole.

Posted by: Colonel Kurtz at February 09, 2017 03:19 PM (/0fQX)
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There is much less dust in Clarksville.

Posted by: RioBravo at February 09, 2017 03:21 PM (SsblQ)

239 @216 the original artist is associated with at least one subject of Appendix N.
----------------

The curvy succubus?

Posted by: junior at February 09, 2017 03:21 PM (nsZ+m)

240
Not much from that era aged well at all.



Vertical striped bell bottoms have done pretty well.

Posted by: eleven at February 09, 2017 03:21 PM (qUNWi)

241 I want videos of the Carl's Jr. ads run in the committee room during Puzder's hearing.


In keeping with the dignity and decorum of the world's greatest deliberative body.

Posted by: rhomboid at February 09, 2017 03:21 PM (QDnY+)

242 >>> And do not look up the phrase "running through the okra patch".

Noted

Posted by: fluffy at February 09, 2017 03:22 PM (jw2Xw)

243 Go check the numbers. It's not a value judgement. It's math.

Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2017 03:08 PM (WQ9DL)

Sorry, but you have already admitted to going to a Belinda Carlisle concert.

Everything you say from now on is suspect.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 09, 2017 03:22 PM (rF0hx)

244 232 Fvuck this ungrateful Gorsuchh guy.
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I think it's the nom doing psychops to disarm the libs.
Posted by: Dang at February 09, 2017 03:20 PM (8b+oT)


Agree. Completely.

Posted by: Ladylibertarian at February 09, 2017 03:22 PM (nQ10o)

245 236
Just wanted to throw out some love for Stevie Ray Vaughn since we're talkin southern rock.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 09, 2017 03:21 PM (ODxAs)


much respect to SRV - what a loss

Posted by: kallisto at February 09, 2017 03:22 PM (nNdYv)

246 You go girl! Go over there and sit down and shut up I mean. Thanks.

She should change her Native American name to "Sits when Told", or "Projecting Racist".

Posted by: Dirks Strewn at February 09, 2017 03:20 PM (kfcYC)




She tweetum she will makeum pay all senators who voted for Sessions and put racist in that office

Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 09, 2017 03:22 PM (493sH)

247 Marshal Tucker band was really good too. Another great southern rock band. He's not southern rock but Bob Seger fits in the genre.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2017 03:22 PM (39g3+)

248
So we can shop at the PX?

Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at February 09, 2017 03:23 PM (lKyWE)

249 You made me curious, so I looked it up.


Cheater.

They did get confronted by armed occupants of a farmhouse, but nobody was shot.

I remember him saying he got shot. I shall not look it up because I like my story better.

Posted by: Bandersnatch, gentleman cad at February 09, 2017 03:23 PM (mgbwf)

250 The second concert I ever saw was Molly Hatchet down at the War Memorial. The first was Heart.

Posted by: Eskimo at February 09, 2017 03:23 PM (ucTcT)

251 >>>222 Speaking as a longtime denizen of the 101st Airborne and Fort Campbell, Hood sucks. Yeah, they have an awesome museum and that cool statue, but you still have to be in Killeen, Texas, which is a dusty shithole.

KILLEEN IS THE GREATEST PLACE ON THIS EARTH!!! IT'S NAMED "KILLEEN" FOR STARTERS! AND IT'S HOT, DUSTY, AND BAKED CRISP IN HELL'S OWN OVEN! THE HOT RED WINDS DRIVE MEN WILD WITH ECSTASIES OF MURDER!

QUEER!

Posted by: The Death Dealer at February 09, 2017 03:23 PM (8rNrN)

252 George Strait is one the biggest all time album sellers that no one knows about. Last time I saw him in concert it was with a 75,000 sold out crowd.

Posted by: stace--so much winning at February 09, 2017 03:23 PM (ozZau)

253 236
Just wanted to throw out some love for Stevie Ray Vaughn since we're talkin southern rock.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
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SRV is NOT southern rock!

Regardless, as Denis Leary said, Stevie Ray Vaughan is dead, and we can't get Jon Bon Jovi on a fucking helicopter!

Posted by: Chi at February 09, 2017 03:23 PM (g7Suk)

254 Not much from that era aged well at all.





Vertical striped bell bottoms have done pretty well.

Posted by: eleven-----I still crochet my own underwear. Fax me your size and your three favorite colors.

Posted by: Dang at February 09, 2017 03:24 PM (8b+oT)

255 237 I really like Tom Petty's music (and attitude toward the music industry) and think he's a genius level talent songwriter and musician. Not a great singer, but he gets by.

not a big rock fan; however two faves are Petty's "American Girl" and his duet w/Stevie Nicks - "Stop Dragging My Heart Around"

Posted by: kallisto at February 09, 2017 03:24 PM (nNdYv)

256 -I still crochet my own underwear. Fax me your size and your three favorite colors.


Posted by: Dang at February 09, 2017 03:24 PM (8b+oT)


Please tell me you don't do pussy hats.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 09, 2017 03:24 PM (PY9jH)

257 " I don't think Skynyrd is near as famous as Tom Petty and the heartbreakers. "
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All I know is that my kids (late teens to late 20's) and just about all of their friends have heard of LS and can name at least one of their songs, usually 2 or 3. But almost none have even heard of Petty.

Of course, most of said friends are from deplorable places. Not all, but most.
And I suspect they would recognize some of Petty's hits when they heard them but wouldn't make the connection to a name.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 09, 2017 03:25 PM (Nox3c)

258 Not much from that era aged well at all.

I'm from that era! And... well, yes, I guess I can't really... sigh.

Posted by: Geronimo Stilton at February 09, 2017 03:25 PM (OVUYQ)

259 I would say the only song maybe more famous than Freebird is Stairway to Heaven

Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2017 03:25 PM (Frvrc)

260 Frazetta confirmed for awesome.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at February 09, 2017 03:25 PM (LNl8j)

261 The Labor pick will be entertaining, because he'll have to defend his Carl Jr Hardee's ads with the likes of Kate Upton and Blurred Lines Brunette salaciously eating hamburgers and hot dogs.

Let's go to the videotape

Posted by: Ignoramus at February 09, 2017 03:25 PM (bQxkN)

262 244 232 Fvuck this ungrateful Gorsuchh guy.
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I think it's the nom doing psychops to disarm the libs.
Posted by: Dang at February 09, 2017 03:20 PM (8b+oT)


Agree. Completely.
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at February 09, 2017 03:22 PM (nQ10o)

Well... it IS disheartening when the President has to call out the Judiciary...

Especially when he is correct to do so... when the Judiciary IS overstepping its Constitutional Powers and limitations.

Posted by: Don Q. at February 09, 2017 03:25 PM (qf6WZ)

263 George Strait is one the biggest all time album sellers that no one knows about.

True country fans know him. He's a legend, along with guys like Waylan Jennings.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2017 03:25 PM (39g3+)

264 Garrett, you must be a bit younger. Tom Petty is a fine musician and songwriter (and deep down, a Byrd at heart), but Lynyrd Skynyrd took what the Allman Brothers started (in Florida and much of the South, up to and including Cincinnati - but their home base was Macon GA), wrote some politically-charged lyrics, and released an anthem called "Sweet Home Alabama" that has likely been played more times than everything Petty did, combined. When my band won the Battle of the Bands at a local high school in '75, I played lead and sang when we did "Alabama" and "Free Bird", among others. Glory days, baby.

I still have .38 Special, Skynyrd, Outlaws, and a bunch of Allman Brothers on regular rotation on the iPod. Oh, and two or three Tom Petty tunes, too.

Posted by: Cowboyneal at February 09, 2017 03:25 PM (NSG6X)

265 Tom Petty is high as a tick on flea dust.

Posted by: Stevie Nicks at February 09, 2017 03:25 PM (HgMAr)

266 Is there any competition between what kind of crazy the Horde is? Texas crazy vs. South Carolina crazy?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 09, 2017 03:09 PM (vur0q)

Don't forget Georgia.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 09, 2017 03:11 PM (PY9jH)


Southern crazy.
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at February 09, 2017 03:21 PM (nQ10o)



I thought it was obvious that the Horde is the Florida Man of the internets.

Posted by: alexthechick - all your caps are belong to me at February 09, 2017 03:26 PM (mf5HN)

267 Probably too obvious and called-for to happen, but whatever Gorsuch says at his hearings, some GOP committee member should lecture him and the Dems and TV audience about WHY criticism of the courts is rising, and nasty. Because of their lawlessness and lack of integrity. Might also explain how the const. system is currently broken primarily because courts have usurped legislative prerogatives, and refuse to work from the plain language of either the constitution or statute, when it suits them.

Posted by: rhomboid at February 09, 2017 03:26 PM (QDnY+)

268 I liked Tom Petty better when he was with the Traveling Willburys.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 09, 2017 03:27 PM (bpfzP)

269 I shall not look it up because I like my story better.

Posted by: Bandersnatch, gentleman cad at February 09, 2017 03:23 PM (mgbwf)

++++

heh.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at February 09, 2017 03:27 PM (R+30W)

270 Posted by: kallisto at February 09, 2017 03:24 PM (nNdYv)

Listen to the Goo Goo Dolls cover of it....

Excellent. I think better than the original.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 09, 2017 03:27 PM (rF0hx)

271 Skynyrd should be the official band of AOSHQ

https://youtu.be/rr3yR4XiQMk

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2017 03:27 PM (39g3+)

272 I would say the only song maybe more famous than Freebird is Stairway to Heaven




There's a Bathroom on the Right.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 09, 2017 03:27 PM (2w7OO)

273 but you still have to be in Killeen, Texas, which is a dusty shithole.
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except for when it's a muddy humid shit hole... Hood is humid as fuck in the summer, and the rainstorms are ridiculous .

i had to put my brain bucket on, just to go from one building to another, the shit was coming down so hard...

fuck that noise

Posted by: redc1c4 at February 09, 2017 03:27 PM (emd4w)

274 There's a facebook page called "Why I'm Not Re-enlisting". The joke is that you would say that about every petty little thing that pisses you off. But not wrong, the accumulation of dumb shit wears you down. That's an accurate description of Fort Hood for a high number of people.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 09, 2017 03:27 PM (VdICR)

275
I guess we can call SRV blues rock if you want to quibble, but there is definitely southern inspiration.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 09, 2017 03:27 PM (ODxAs)

276 249 You made me curious, so I looked it up.


Cheater.

They did get confronted by armed occupants of a farmhouse, but nobody was shot.

I remember him saying he got shot. I shall not look it up because I like my story better.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, gentleman cad at February 09, 2017 03:23 PM (mgbwf)

Damn! Didn't know Bander worked for the MSM!

Posted by: Don Q. at February 09, 2017 03:27 PM (qf6WZ)

277 233 >>>Well, no, its a heavy bearded axe on a short haft. It'd be clumsy IRL no matter how bad ass the wielder. A lot of fantasy art suffers from that, although this one isn't the worst I've seen

I WILL BATHE IN YOUR BLOOD BEFORE THE CHILDREN OF BABYLON!!!
Posted by: The Death Dealer

The heavy unbalanced weight and long surface make it a good headsmans axe, not a battle axe. The object is to lift the weight and mostly just guide it to the exposed neck. The heavy weight and long cutting surface makes it more likely to get it done on one chop. A scimitar is a good multi-purpose blade and is the choice of most modern day decapitators.

The axe in the illuastration is very good as it would dissuade any but the most determined to engage, but the red eyes and helmet would accomplish the same thing even if he was carrying a wooden spoon.

Posted by: Dirks Strewn at February 09, 2017 03:27 PM (kfcYC)

278 Saw a headline on Bing: McCain endures Trump's wrath.

McCain not only made his bed, he shit in it first. The shit he is enduring, I hope, is just the calm before the 'what the fuck was his hand in creating and arming Al Qaeda and ISIS,' investigation.

Posted by: Mr Macca Bean (Aware and I WILL NOT COMPLY!) at February 09, 2017 03:28 PM (Gh3fw)

279 239 @216 the original artist is associated with at least one subject of Appendix N.
----------------

The curvy succubus?
Posted by: junior at February 09, 2017 03:21 PM (nsZ+m)

I remember her well.

Posted by: josephistan at February 09, 2017 03:28 PM (7HtZB)

280 Love Petty. One of first concerts I ever went to. "Don't Come Around Here No More" and "Breakdown" are so great....and "Even the Losers" and "You Got Lucky"....he has put out more good pop songs than you think, been aThere is always future happiness. Swim to it. round since the late 70s..

Posted by: Goldilocks at February 09, 2017 03:28 PM (pOgVG)

281 George Strait is one the biggest all time album sellers that no one knows about.



True country fans know him. He's a legend, along with guys like Waylan Jennings.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2017 03:25 PM (39g3+)
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Love George Strait. I think he has about 3000 songs on YouTube. Solid. I've never seen him live. Wish I could.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 09, 2017 03:28 PM (bpfzP)

282 There was one survivor of the plane crash.

Not true.

Guitarist Steve Gaines, his sister and backup singer Cassie Gaines, and lead singer Ronnie Van Zant died in the crash.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 09, 2017 03:29 PM (B+qrE)

283 This is where I point out that when Bander made me go Outside, it ended up with me being bitten by a horse.


Posted by: alexthechick - all your caps are belong to me at February 09, 2017 02:53 PM (mf5HN)


I punched a horse that tried to bite me. We both settled into a mutual low-level state of hostility until I returned it to the stables where, safely away, I predicted it had a great future in the canine catering industry.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet Can Help You Get Your Garden of Curses In Shape This Spring! at February 09, 2017 03:29 PM (hLRSq)

284 I'm thinking that if you put big glasses on the back of that horse it would look a lot like Schumer.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 09, 2017 03:29 PM (0tfLf)

285 Smart Military Blog Chooses Smart Military Base...Bien sûr !

#That'sWhyYouGotFrazetta!



Posted by: The Gipper Lives at February 09, 2017 03:29 PM (Ndje9)

286 Skynyrd should be the official band of AOSHQ

https://youtu.be/rr3yR4XiQMk

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2017 03:27 PM (39g3+)



Without looking, I'm guessing the song is "That Smell".

Posted by: Country Singer at February 09, 2017 03:29 PM (uiwCw)

287
I'm gonna guess one of the zillion Beatles songs is probably the most famous.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 09, 2017 03:29 PM (ODxAs)

288 >>>except for when it's a muddy humid shit hole... Hood is humid as fuck in the summer, and the rainstorms are ridiculous .

NICE MURDER WEATHER, GELDING!!!

Posted by: The Death Dealer at February 09, 2017 03:30 PM (8rNrN)

289 I liked Tom Petty better when he was with the Traveling Willburys.

---

Well, he wasn't the worst singer in that group.

Posted by: auscolpyr at February 09, 2017 03:30 PM (suO/a)

290 Al Kooper is the Zelig of rock -- he pops up everywhere.

He plays organ on Dylan's Rolling Stone even though he'd never played a keyboard before ....

Should have gotten a writing credit on The Stones You Can't Always

Kooper managed and produced Skynrrd and put them on the map

Posted by: Ignoramus at February 09, 2017 03:30 PM (bQxkN)

291 Excellent. I think better than the original.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 09, 2017 03:27 PM (rF0hx)


That was pretty good. Not often that covers do justice to the original.

Posted by: kallisto at February 09, 2017 03:30 PM (nNdYv)

292 Skynyrd should be the official band of AOSHQ

https://youtu.be/rr3yR4XiQMk

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2017 03:27 PM (39g3+)

Without looking, I'm guessing the song is "That Smell".

Posted by: Country Singer at February 09, 2017 03:29 PM (uiwCw)



Annndd...I was wrong. But good song, CRT.

Posted by: Country Singer at February 09, 2017 03:31 PM (uiwCw)

293 Trump signed an EO *cough Soros cough* relating to prosecuting international criminals *cough Soros cough*?

So much winning, if true.

Posted by: E Pluribus Juan at February 09, 2017 03:31 PM (ZFUt7)

294 So ace is going to pretend he doesn't have a version of this as a hand-painted D&D mini?

Posted by: broseidon being a capitalist pigdog (yknow, working) at February 09, 2017 03:31 PM (oZ6kz)

295 Skynyrd should be the official band of AOSHQ



https://youtu.be/rr3yR4XiQMk

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2017 03:27 PM (39g3+)
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I think I've told my Skynyrd story before so I'll just sketch it out. Concert started at midnight. In the middle of a cornfield. Anyone riding a Harley got in free.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 09, 2017 03:31 PM (bpfzP)

296
I guess we can call SRV blues rock if you want to quibble, but there is definitely southern inspiration.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 09, 2017 03:27 PM (ODxAs)


Otherwise known as Texas blues

Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at February 09, 2017 03:31 PM (lKyWE)

297 I still crochet my own underwear. Fax me your size and your three favorite colors.


Posted by: Dang at February 09, 2017 03:24 PM (8b+oT)

Please tell me you don't do pussy hats.



Posted by: Jane D'oh
****

Hats? Well, they could be worn that way but really they aren't meant to be used as hats IYKWIM.

Posted by: Tilikum KAW at February 09, 2017 03:31 PM (0x/TW)

298 What's with all this "warrior" sh*t?
How do you expect us to promote a welcoming and inclusive environment talking like that?

Posted by: HR Dept aboard the USS Gabby Giffords at February 09, 2017 03:31 PM (QtQaN)

299
Flirtin with Disaster ya'all.
You damn sure know what I mean.

Posted by: fixerupper at February 09, 2017 03:32 PM (8XRCm)

300 Gimme Three Steps is my favorite Skynyrd song. Played it at my wedding. Bit of a risk there as we were on a boat.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 09, 2017 03:32 PM (bpfzP)

301 Someone mentioned a 'dusty shithole' and Hope Solo hasn't shown up yet? You guys are slacking!

Posted by: broseidon being a capitalist pigdog (yknow, working) at February 09, 2017 03:33 PM (oZ6kz)

302 I like Tom Petty but his voice gets on me. Too much of a whine in it. But there are a heck of a lot of his songs that I enjoy singing along to.

Never got into Skynrd. I know some of their hits, like them but I can't recall ever listening to a full album of theirs.

I really dig Bob Seeger, though.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at February 09, 2017 03:33 PM (LNl8j)

303 263 George Strait is one the biggest all time album sellers that no one knows about.

True country fans know him. He's a legend, along with guys like Waylan Jennings.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

Yep. Wife, FIL and I saw George at T-Mobile Arena Las Vegas in December around the National Finals Rodeo and he was terrific. Kasey Musgraves opened the show and earned a lot of new fans. Saw Merle Haggard two years earlier at the Golden Nugget. I'm a classic rock guy but the real country artists made me take notice.

Posted by: Dirks Strewn at February 09, 2017 03:34 PM (kfcYC)

304
Ive always had an affinity for the Outlaws.

Love "There Goes Another Love Song".

Posted by: fixerupper at February 09, 2017 03:35 PM (8XRCm)

305 Ignore my screwed up comment @ 280. WTF ipad keyboard auto paste? Ugh

Posted by: Goldilocks at February 09, 2017 03:35 PM (pOgVG)

306 skynyrd has always been one of my desert isle bands.

zeppelin too

Posted by: concrete girl at February 09, 2017 03:35 PM (aGAV0)

307 >>Never got into Skynrd. I know some of their hits, like them but I can't recall ever listening to a full album of theirs.

-blinks-

Posted by: JackStraw at February 09, 2017 03:35 PM (/tuJf)

308 I made a crochet trebuchet. Turned out pretty cool.

It is drawn by a team of three hedgehogs and flings, alas, the skull of poor Yorick and octopi armed with pearl handled arrows.

Posted by: Lily (formerly from HotAir now from AoSHQ) assassin in the night at February 09, 2017 03:35 PM (omuSs)

309 What's with all this "warrior" sh*t?
How do you expect us to promote a welcoming and inclusive environment talking like that?

Posted by: HR Dept aboard the USS Gabby Giffords at February 09, 2017 03:31 PM (QtQaN)
............

Really. We didn't join up to fight, IYKWIM.

Posted by: 1st Trannie Brigade at February 09, 2017 03:35 PM (HgMAr)

310 Don't forget BoSyphilis, he's from Bama

Posted by: CSMBigBird at February 09, 2017 03:35 PM (jsWA8)

311 Skynyrd should be the official band of AOSHQ



https://youtu.be/rr3yR4XiQMk

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2017 03:27 PM (39g3+)
==================

I think I've told my Skynyrd story before so I'll just sketch it out. Concert started at midnight. In the middle of a cornfield. Anyone riding a Harley got in free.
Posted by: grammie winger at February 09, 2017 03:31 PM (bpfzP)


I would have gone with Red, White, and Blue for AOSHQ:

We don't have no plastic L.A. Frynds,
Ain't on the edge of no popular trend.
Ain't never seen the inside of that magazine GQ.
We don't care if you 're a lawyer, or a Texas oil man,
Or some waitress busting ass in some liquor stand.
If you got Soul
We hang out with people just like you


Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 09, 2017 03:36 PM (B+qrE)

312 O Empress, the question is never "do I want trebuchets", but rather, "how many?"

And for the record, I have a large silver coin with The Deathdealer's likeness, which grants me one beheading/disemboweling of the shitheel of my choice when presented to Him or one of his appointed agents (hint hint)

Posted by: All Hail Eris at February 09, 2017 03:36 PM (my0dy)

313 131 Impressive sculpture! Just needs some flanking support sculptures of attack raptors, Endor ponies, and corgis wielding crossbows and longbows to be complete.
Posted by: LizLem, dangerously crossing the memes at February 09, 2017 02:59 PM (hvf9s)

*
*
"Corgis wielding crossbows and longbows"?

How are they going to load the bow with those short little paws and legs?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at February 09, 2017 03:36 PM (UkGKj)

314 Having the day from h*ll. Bullet please!

Posted by: Tilikum KAW at February 09, 2017 03:36 PM (uhftQ)

315 Here's an amazing thing I learned about that. There
was one survivor of the plane crash. (Probably the drummer, I'm not
looking it up).



He was on the Howard Stern show and told the story. Plane crashes,
he's alive but all messed up and in the middle of nowhere. Hikes
through three miles of woods and swamps and comes upon a farm.



The farmer shot him.

Posted by: Bandersnatch, gentleman cad at February 09, 2017 03:08 PM (mgbwf)

Only 3 members of Lynyrd Skynyrd were killed. Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines and his sister, backup singer Cassie Gaines, lost their lives along with an assistant manager and the flight crew. The rest of the band survived.

Posted by: The Mouse that Roared at February 09, 2017 03:37 PM (7N6ox)

316 Skynrd is good. I like 'em.
But so is Commander Cody.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9QpDvhshOQ

Posted by: Diogenes at February 09, 2017 03:37 PM (0tfLf)

317 I defy anyone to play Hollywood Nights by Bob Seger while driving and not exceed 80 mph.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 09, 2017 03:37 PM (B+qrE)

318
The Official Army Headquarters Base of the Ace of Spades HQ Has Been Selected
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Hmm. I'm gonna need a space to garage to the Ontos.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 09, 2017 03:37 PM (NBHj5)

319
Call Me the Breeze is my favorite Skynyrd song

Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at February 09, 2017 03:38 PM (lKyWE)

320 The scotsman episode

http://www.adultswim.com/videos/streams/samurai-jack

Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 09, 2017 03:39 PM (VdICR)

321 247 Marshal Tucker band was really good too. Another great southern rock band. He's not southern rock but Bob Seger fits in the genre.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

Saw them in Las Vegas a few years ago. Fukkers didn't play "Heard it In a Love Song". WTF. They've got like 3 hits. The guy who sang it on the record died, but still. Pretty good show tho.

Posted by: Dirks Strewn at February 09, 2017 03:39 PM (kfcYC)

322 I defy anyone to play Hollywood Nights by Bob Seger while driving and not exceed 80 mph.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here)



And I have the tickets to prove it.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 09, 2017 03:39 PM (0tfLf)

323 Never got into Skynrd. I know some of their hits, like them but I can't recall ever listening to a full album of theirs.

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Im not really sure sure we could ever be friends.

Posted by: fixerupper at February 09, 2017 03:40 PM (8XRCm)

324

I love this blog, but he has the worst taste in music of anyone, ever.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous

You obviously don't remember Gabe.

Posted by: E Pluribus Juan at February 09, 2017 02:50 PM (ZFUt7)








*snort*

That's EXACTLY what I was thinking. That guy used to link the wimpiest trendy pop garbage that you Were Obligated To Like This Band If You Wanted To Call Yourself Cultured And Cool

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 09, 2017 03:40 PM (XWkhW)

325 NICE MURDER WEATHER, GELDING!!!
Posted by: The Death Dealer at February 09, 2017 03:30 PM (8rNrN)
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fine tough guy... take your sorry ass big talking self down to wash rack, and don't come back until they are all clean, inspected and back in the motor pool.

we'll bring you some MRE's later.

god damn FNG's think they know everything.

Posted by: redc1c4 at February 09, 2017 03:40 PM (emd4w)

326 Seger is driving music, riding music. Harley Davidson put out some really great mix CDs with killer road music on them. Lots of southern rock.

This is the anthem of the rider though:

https://youtu.be/PmrkY-EZy74

I know people say stuff like Born to be Wild, but that song seems to give the soul of the man on his bike riding in the open country, out in the wind.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2017 03:40 PM (39g3+)

327 Saw them in Las Vegas a few years ago. Fukkers didn't play "Heard it In a Love Song".
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Aww. that's my favorite song of theirs.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 09, 2017 03:40 PM (bpfzP)

328
I defy anyone to play Hollywood Nights by Bob Seger while driving and not exceed 80 mph. Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here)

Or Get Out Of Denver

Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at February 09, 2017 03:41 PM (lKyWE)

329 ''Skynyrd should be the official band of AOSHQ''


Nothing says ace of spades like Motorhead.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcf7DnHi54g

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at February 09, 2017 03:41 PM (aMlLZ)

330 Posted by: Dirks Strewn at February 09, 2017 03:39 PM (kfcYC)

Heard it in a love song

Ten feet long.


At least that's how my ears processed it when I first heard the song.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 09, 2017 03:41 PM (Z9mio)

331 That's EXACTLY what I was thinking. That guy used to link the wimpiest trendy pop garbage that you Were Obligated To Like This Band If You Wanted To Call Yourself Cultured And Cool

Gabe wouldn't intentionally troll us, now would he?

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 09, 2017 03:41 PM (B+qrE)

332 The farmer shot him.

Posted by: Bandersnatch, gentleman cad at February 09, 2017 03:08 PM (mgbwf)

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**types**

**deletes**

Posted by: The Beatles at February 09, 2017 03:42 PM (8XRCm)

333 Let the Branch wars begin.
Posted by: Golfman
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Right. Because Airmen wearing bermuda shorts and knee socks, and, Nav's wearing 'boondockers' are both in the running.

Posted by: Regular Army at February 09, 2017 03:42 PM (ZO497)

334 326---I'd pick Roll Me Away myself....but I like your choice too.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 09, 2017 03:42 PM (Nox3c)

335 Posted by: grammie winger at February 09, 2017 03:32 PM (bpfzP)

So... a song about a guy who gets caught with another man's woman was your wedding song?

wut

Posted by: kallisto at February 09, 2017 03:42 PM (nNdYv)

336
George Strait is one the biggest all time album sellers that no one knows about.

MORE THAN ELVIS OR THE BEATLES!!

Posted by: Late night record commercial at February 09, 2017 03:43 PM (IqV8l)

337 >>> Just received a news alert on Windows. Kellyanne Conway has been "counseled" for touting Ivanka's fashion line. The MFM will be on this like a dingo with a baby. Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 09, 2017 03:16 PM (PY9jH)


I thought there was a special Hell for women that did not support other women? Or did that freeze over November 2016?

Neither Kellyanne or Ivanka can do anything right according to the left. I am sure they are both utterly, irrevocably devastated.

Posted by: LizLem, dangerously crossing the memes at February 09, 2017 03:43 PM (hvf9s)

338 Not a big Stones fan but Satisfaction is my speeding song.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 09, 2017 03:43 PM (Z9mio)

339 Looks like a Mercedes Benz symbol on his shield. He has two sweet rides!

Posted by: Marmo, so tired of lefty fascists at February 09, 2017 03:43 PM (xujbM)

340 So... a song about a guy who gets caught with another man's woman was your wedding song?

wut
Posted by: kallisto at February 09, 2017 03:42 PM (nNdYv)

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Maybe grammie *was* Linda Lue.

Posted by: The Beatles at February 09, 2017 03:44 PM (8XRCm)

341 ugg sock

Posted by: fixerupper at February 09, 2017 03:44 PM (8XRCm)

342 I'd pick Roll Me Away

That's probably a better pick, I agree. But either one just hits me right in the soul and I've never even sat on a motorcycle in my life. I think if I were healthy that's probably all I'd do. Ride and ride and ride, then write a while, and ride more.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2017 03:44 PM (39g3+)

343 Too bad this is no joke a perfectly accurate description of how the personnel around that sculpture are spending their time:
https://tinyurl.com/nqxw4ra

Posted by: One Imperial Grunt at February 09, 2017 03:44 PM (wx6iv)

344 Yesterday was gorgeous and 68F - today, blizzard.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at February 09, 2017 03:45 PM (tHwdc)

345 Bob Seger's live cover of CCR's Fortunate Son will not only get you tickets, it'll you thrown in jail.

Posted by: Old Nam Vet at February 09, 2017 03:45 PM (bKxiT)

346 "Corgis wielding crossbows and longbows"?

How are they going to load the bow with those short little paws and legs?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at February 09, 2017 03:36 PM (UkGKj)


Cooperation. Adorable and deadly cooperation.

Posted by: The Political Hat at February 09, 2017 03:45 PM (OzJeO)

347 Hysteria and the collective Munchausen Fyndrome of the Anti Trump left:

From Frontpage Magazine:

http://tinyurl.com/jfv5872

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 09, 2017 03:45 PM (fDdVG)

348 I like the Frazetta painting, but I must take a certain amount of issue with Ace's statement that it represents "all that is good and desirous in life."

There are no babes in chain mail bikinis in the painting. Definitely a flaw.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at February 09, 2017 03:45 PM (UkGKj)

349 I've stood by that statue many times, carrying my battalion banner and singing the Phantom Warrior Song lustily.

True story.

Posted by: Barrmaggedon at February 09, 2017 03:45 PM (24th/)

350 So... a song about a guy who gets caught with another man's woman was your wedding song?



wut

Posted by: kallisto at February 09, 2017 03:42 PM (nNdYv)
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Judge not lest ye be judged

Posted by: grammie winger at February 09, 2017 03:45 PM (bpfzP)

351 Was this drawing on the cover of Dragon magazine? It looks familiar.

Posted by: Brick at February 09, 2017 03:45 PM (mO0MT)

352 322 I defy anyone to play Hollywood Nights by Bob Seger while driving and not exceed 80 mph.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here)


And I have the tickets to prove it.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 09, 2017 03:39 PM (0tfLf)

and add to the get a ticket list???

I can't drive 55...

Radar Love...

and one I found the day I bought my Camaro in 2013... Heavy Chevy by Jetboy...

Posted by: Don Q. at February 09, 2017 03:45 PM (qf6WZ)

353 Since we are a smart military blog and often talk about things like guns and doodaditude. This would be an appropriate song for the AOSHQ. Listening won't do, must watch the video too.

I don't envy many, but these guys are the badasses.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3zo-co8BPg

Posted by: The Mouse that Roared at February 09, 2017 03:45 PM (7N6ox)

354
we should probably play some Doors and Hendrix at the new hq too.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 09, 2017 03:46 PM (ODxAs)

355 92 I don't think Skynyrd is near as famous as Tom Petty and the heartbreakers.
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2017 02:57 PM (WQ9DL)


We're talking the whole country famous, not just Massachusetts.

Posted by: TexasDan at February 09, 2017 03:46 PM (yL25O)

356 329; Motorhead it is.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 09, 2017 03:46 PM (KP5rU)

357 I had a TDY to Ft. Hood once. Statue or no statue, that place sucks.

Posted by: Soona at February 09, 2017 03:47 PM (Fmupd)

358 Ride and ride and ride, then write a while, and ride more.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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There lies insanity.

Posted by: Robert Pirsig at February 09, 2017 03:47 PM (ZO497)

359 I don't think Skynyrd is near as famous as Tom Petty and the heartbreakers.
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2017 02:57 PM (WQ9DL)

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Now there's YANKEES on my lawn.

Posted by: fixerupper at February 09, 2017 03:47 PM (8XRCm)

360 Article on Luther Strange at LegalInsurrection

Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2017 03:47 PM (Frvrc)

361 The guitar in Mainstreet has always been a favorite. Nothing fancy just really well executed.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 09, 2017 03:47 PM (/tuJf)

362 My daughter has ballet in Killeen near Ft Hood. It's adorable when all the daddies in uniform come to pick up their little ballerinas.

Posted by: Lauren at February 09, 2017 03:47 PM (XsasG)

363 "Hmm. I'm gonna need a space to garage to the Ontos."

Having gone to various lefty street demonstrations over the years, I've always been amused by the "Look, military tanks!" murmur of alarm running through the crowd, when they see something like a surplus MRAP in police livery.

You have to wonder what the reaction would be if an Ontos came clattering up and trained All. Those. Barrels. upon the crowd.

Posted by: torquewrench at February 09, 2017 03:47 PM (noWW6)

364 favorite Seager song?

"Heavy Music" when he was with The Last Heard


Posted by: redc1c4 at February 09, 2017 03:47 PM (emd4w)

365 Was this drawing on the cover of Dragon magazine? It looks familiar.

Frazetta painting, was used on a Conan cover and for a Lynyrd Skynyrd album, plus the movie Fire and Ice, and lots of other places.

I've stood by that statue many times, carrying my battalion banner and singing the Phantom Warrior Song lustily.

Salute, and thank you for your service.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2017 03:47 PM (39g3+)

366 Hey, come get a ticket in our 409.

Posted by: Jan and Dean (not gay) at February 09, 2017 03:47 PM (89T5c)

367 The only song I ever got a ticket speeding to is Alan Jackson's Chattahoochee.
It was in Michigan.
The speeding ticket, I mean. Not the Chattahoochee.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 09, 2017 03:48 PM (Nox3c)

368 348 I like the Frazetta painting, but I must take a certain amount of issue with Ace's statement that it represents "all that is good and desirous in life."

There are no babes in chain mail bikinis in the painting. Definitely a flaw.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at February 09, 2017 03:45 PM (UkGKj)


It's because all the chainmail bikinis flew off because of the awesomeness. And they had to crop the picture for public consumption.

Posted by: TexasDan at February 09, 2017 03:48 PM (yL25O)

369 Gabe wouldn't intentionally troll us, now would he?

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here)


It got so outrageous at the end that some other blog (Other McCain, iirc) had a thread that just pointed to the comments here.

Posted by: E Pluribus Juan at February 09, 2017 03:48 PM (ZFUt7)

370 337 I thought there was a special Hell for women that did not support other women? Or did that freeze over November 2016?

Neither Kellyanne or Ivanka can do anything right according to the left. I am sure they are both utterly, irrevocably devastated.
Posted by: LizLem, dangerously crossing the memes at February 09, 2017 03:43 PM (hvf9s)

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It was Madeline Albright who said that, right?

I should splice together a video of women criticizing Betsy DeVos and Albright's comments.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 09, 2017 03:48 PM (vur0q)

371 No doubt Ii've heard Lynyrd Skynyrd songs, and if someone played one I'd say, "That Sounds familiar" or "Yes, I know that song" but I couldn't name a Skynard song.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 09, 2017 03:48 PM (fDdVG)

372
We should collect the aoshq favorite songs and have a compilation album sold by K-Tel.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 09, 2017 03:49 PM (ODxAs)

373 UNEXPECTEDLY:

@LeonardFiles 27m

Sister in law of San Bernardino terrorist pleads guilty to marriage fraud. Tatiana Farook could face up to 5 yrs prison. @kfiam640

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 09, 2017 03:49 PM (4YGWz)

374 Judge not lest ye be judged
Posted by: grammie winger at February 09, 2017 03:45 PM (bpfzP)


I have a pretty good track record, all things considered...only ended up spending 4 hours in jail during my misspent youth. I believe this is due to the unfortunate fact that you and I were never running buddies.

*lifts a bottle of random Belgian brew your way*

Posted by: kallisto at February 09, 2017 03:49 PM (nNdYv)

375 I've stood by that statue many times, carrying my battalion banner and singing the Phantom Warrior Song lustily.

True story.
Posted by: Barrmaggedon
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*renders a sharp salute*

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 09, 2017 03:49 PM (ZO497)

376 The only song I ever got a ticket speeding to is Alan Jackson's Chattahoochee.


Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 09, 2017 03:48 PM (Nox3c)
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That's a great song.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 09, 2017 03:50 PM (bpfzP)

377 kallisto, my cousin played " bizarre love triangle" at her wedding. New Order's tragic tribute to Ian Curtis. I heard that and thought , uhhh...

Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at February 09, 2017 03:50 PM (RX8O8)

378 >>No doubt Ii've heard Lynyrd Skynyrd songs, and if someone played one I'd say, "That Sounds familiar" or "Yes, I know that song" but I couldn't name a Skynard song.

-blinks-



-blinks again-

Posted by: JackStraw at February 09, 2017 03:50 PM (/tuJf)

379 What is best in life?

Whiskey and sex.

And watching your kids move out and be successful.

Posted by: JAS at February 09, 2017 03:50 PM (Rx8Bs)

380 346 "Corgis wielding crossbows and longbows"?

How are they going to load the bow with those short little paws and legs?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at February 09, 2017 03:36 PM (UkGKj)


You are sailing very near the dangerous, eel infested waters controlled by AtC.

Posted by: TexasDan at February 09, 2017 03:50 PM (yL25O)

381 Fen - Uh, Freebird and Sweet Home Alabama? I would imagine you've heard one of those two at some point.

Posted by: broseidon being a capitalist pigdog (yknow, working) at February 09, 2017 03:51 PM (oZ6kz)

382 Too bad this is no joke a perfectly accurate description of how the personnel around that sculpture are spending their time:
https://tinyurl.com/nqxw4ra

Posted by: One Imperial Grunt at February 09, 2017 03:44 PM (wx6iv)



I used to work on the same floor as the post Chaplain's office (at Benning). One day I was walking by and on their upcoming events white board was written "Don't Beat Your Wife Training" with a date, time, and location.

Posted by: Country Singer at February 09, 2017 03:51 PM (uiwCw)

383 You are sailing very near the dangerous, eel infested waters controlled by AtC.
Posted by: TexasDan at February 09, 2017 03:50 PM (yL25O)

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This is true. But its not too deep.

Posted by: fixerupper at February 09, 2017 03:51 PM (8XRCm)

384 I saw one hit wonder Golden Earring play Radar Love when they opened for The Who at the Garden in 1974.

Opening act for all the earlier dates that tour was Skynnrd, which benefited greatly from the exposure

Posted by: Ignoramus at February 09, 2017 03:51 PM (bQxkN)

385 I saw .38 Special when I lived in NYC. Their opening act was Henry Lee Summer. Any one else remember him?

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 09, 2017 03:51 PM (Z9mio)

386 >>> It was Madeline Albright who said that, right?

I should splice together a video of women criticizing Betsy DeVos and Albright's comments.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 09, 2017 03:48 PM (vur0q)


Yep! And do eeet.

Posted by: LizLem, dangerously crossing the memes at February 09, 2017 03:51 PM (hvf9s)

387 371 No doubt Ii've heard Lynyrd Skynyrd songs, and if someone played one I'd say, "That Sounds familiar" or "Yes, I know that song" but I couldn't name a Skynard song.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 09, 2017 03:48 PM (fDdVG)


Not to worry. They all have names already.

Posted by: TexasDan at February 09, 2017 03:51 PM (yL25O)

388 *lifts a bottle of random Belgian brew your way*

Posted by: kallisto at February 09, 2017 03:49 PM (nNdYv)
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Thank you kallisto. I'd share my bottle of gin with you if I could. No I wouldn't. Still - thanks for the salute!

Posted by: grammie winger at February 09, 2017 03:51 PM (bpfzP)

389 Someone has already mentioned Molly Hatchet....yes?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 09, 2017 03:51 PM (J+eG2)

390 381
Fen - Uh, Freebird and Sweet Home Alabama? I would imagine you've heard one of those two at some point.

Posted by: broseidon being a capitalist pigdog (yknow, working) at February 09, 2017 03:51 PM (oZ6kz)
Simple man?

Posted by: The Mouse that Roared at February 09, 2017 03:51 PM (7N6ox)

391 The Death Dealer is so badass and self sufficient he needs no women, but they throw themselves at him constantly anyway.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2017 03:52 PM (39g3+)

392 Henry Lee Summer. Any one else remember him?
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 09, 2017 03:51 PM (Z9mio)

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"Wish I Had A Girl Like That."

Posted by: fixerupper at February 09, 2017 03:52 PM (8XRCm)

393 Ignoramus - One hit wonder?? Twilight Zone, dude!

(Also Vanilla Queen, which okay it wasn't a hit but it's a damn good song and Radar Love is good enough that it really should count for at least two hits....)

Posted by: broseidon being a capitalist pigdog (yknow, working) at February 09, 2017 03:52 PM (oZ6kz)

394 I know a pastor who had someone who wanted to play Joel's "She always a woman to me" during their wedding service. The pastor did not say "Are you freaking insane? They were more diplomatic

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 09, 2017 03:52 PM (fDdVG)

395 365 Was this drawing on the cover of Dragon magazine? It looks familiar.

Frazetta painting, was used on a Conan cover and for a Lynyrd Skynyrd album, plus the movie Fire and Ice, and lots of other places.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2017 03:47 PM (39g3+)

++++

I think you meant Molly Hatchet instead of Leonard Skynard.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molly_Hatchet_%28album%29

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at February 09, 2017 03:52 PM (R+30W)

396 375 I've stood by that statue many times, carrying my battalion banner and singing the Phantom Warrior Song lustily.

True story.
Posted by: Barrmaggedon
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*renders a sharp salute*
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 09, 2017 03:49 PM (ZO497)

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Hooah.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at February 09, 2017 03:52 PM (CRotO)

397 386
Yep! And do eeet.
Posted by: LizLem, dangerously crossing the memes at February 09, 2017 03:51 PM (hvf9s)

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I'd have to break out my desktop and think through some structure stuff including a piece of music to possibly hang the rhythm of the editing around...

Maybe...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 09, 2017 03:53 PM (vur0q)

398 Tom Petty IMO has quite a lot of great songs. I remember looking for details some years ago. Great band, and they're all still alive! -- looking at you Randy Rhodes.

Also, it is amazing how many great songs from the Yardbirds era people forget with the one and only Jeff Beck. 'course he's done more and more interesting things since. Next to Jimi, Jeff has guitar-fu like no other. Again, MOHO, YMMV

It goes on and on, too. SRV, Eric Johnson, Malsteen (sp), Vai, Satch....
Ummm, Keith Richards also, for different reasons.

For cohesive band-sense --- Yes, ELO.
Okay, still basking in 'win' for the Pats, so there's that. Heh!

Posted by: micky at February 09, 2017 03:53 PM (o5vMc)

399 Henry Lee Summer? Yeah. Happy rock/pop stuff.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 09, 2017 03:53 PM (B+qrE)

400 377 kallisto, my cousin played " bizarre love triangle" at her wedding. New Order's tragic tribute to Ian Curtis. I heard that and thought , uhhh...
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at February 09, 2017 03:50 PM (RX8O


Always loved that song! Never considered it First Dance as a Couple material, though - lol.

Shoot, I'm going to have to get married just to top your cousin's and grammie winger's wedding songs.

Posted by: kallisto at February 09, 2017 03:53 PM (nNdYv)

401 We should collect the aoshq favorite songs and have a compilation album sold by K-Tel.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk



All played by some band you've never heard of.

F U K-Tel!

Posted by: rickb223 at February 09, 2017 03:53 PM (2w7OO)

402 Crom looks upon this sculpture and is not immediately displeased.

Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at February 09, 2017 03:53 PM (RX8O8)

403 You have to wonder what the reaction would be if an Ontos came clattering up and trained All. Those. Barrels. upon the crowd.
Posted by: torquewrench at February 09, 2017 03:47 PM (noWW6)

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think of the survivor's reactions if they were loaded with fletchette rounds, and you fired all 6 barrels at once...

there might not be another riot for years: at the first sign, they'd scatter like leaves.


Posted by: redc1c4 at February 09, 2017 03:53 PM (emd4w)

404
I saw one hit wonder Golden Earring play Radar Love when they opened for The Who at the Garden in 1974.


In fairness two hit wonder.Twilight Zone was a big hit.

Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at February 09, 2017 03:53 PM (lKyWE)

405 Thanks ace, for the shout out to our Phantom Warrior.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at February 09, 2017 03:54 PM (CRotO)

406 My fav is Blackfoot's 'Train, Train.'

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at February 09, 2017 03:54 PM (bc2Lc)

407 I know a pastor who had someone who wanted to play
Joel's "She always a woman to me" during their wedding service. The
pastor did not say "Are you freaking insane? They were more diplomatic

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 09, 2017 03:52 PM (fDdVG)
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Oh - that's a nice song. Very pretty,

Posted by: grammie winger at February 09, 2017 03:54 PM (bpfzP)

408 osted by: The Mouse that Roared at February 09, 2017 03:51 PM (7N6ox)

"Sweet home Alabama," yes, not "Free bird", but I d I did not follow the group and I often don't know the songs groups have done. I know songs by Tom Petty, though.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 09, 2017 03:54 PM (fDdVG)

409 I'll say one thing about Tom Petty... his videos made MTV great again. Then they destroyed it... again and again and again.

Posted by: E Pluribus Juan at February 09, 2017 03:54 PM (ZFUt7)

410 402 Crom looks upon this sculpture and is not immediately displeased.
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at February 09, 2017 03:53 PM (RX8O

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He only smote a dozen puny creatures.

The survivors were thankful for his generosity.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 09, 2017 03:54 PM (vur0q)

411 My fav is Blackfoot's 'Train, Train.'
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at February 09, 2017 03:54 PM (bc2Lc)

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ISWYDT

Posted by: fixerupper at February 09, 2017 03:54 PM (8XRCm)

412
I could listen to BB King all day. and have.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 09, 2017 03:55 PM (ODxAs)

413 Posted by: fixerupper at February 09, 2017 03:52 PM (8XRCm)

Yep. I liked the entire album or I think st the time, cassettee.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 09, 2017 03:55 PM (Z9mio)

414 I saw one hit wonder Golden Earring play Radar Love when they opened for The Who at the Garden in 1974.

Posted by: Ignoramus at February 09, 2017 03:51 PM (bQxkN)

I saw Golden Earring get electrocuted on Grand Tour the other night.

Posted by: Beartooth at February 09, 2017 03:55 PM (qIhPN)

415 362 My daughter has ballet in Killeen near Ft Hood. It's adorable when all the daddies in uniform come to pick up their little ballerinas.
Posted by: Lauren at February 09, 2017 03:47 PM (XsasG)

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Heh.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at February 09, 2017 03:56 PM (CRotO)

416 Yep. I liked the entire album or I think st the time, cassettee.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 09, 2017 03:55 PM (Z9mio)

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1987 If I remember correctly. A summer hit during a very hot summer.

Posted by: fixerupper at February 09, 2017 03:56 PM (8XRCm)

417 I think you meant Molly Hatchet instead of Leonard Skynard.

Sorry, yeah, had Skynyrd on the brain.

I know a pastor who had someone who wanted to play
Joel's "She always a woman to me" during their wedding service


Pretty song but apparently the guy didn't listen very closely to the lyrics. Not always complimentary.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2017 03:56 PM (39g3+)

418 Someone has already mentioned Molly Hatchet....yes?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice




That's what started this.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 09, 2017 03:56 PM (2w7OO)

419 "Simple man?


Posted by: The Mouse that Roared at February 09, 2017 03:51 PM (7N6ox) "

Wow, I don't think anyone has mentioned Simple Man yet, and I think that's actually my favorite song of theirs. Shinedown did a very admirable cover as well.

Posted by: broseidon being a capitalist pigdog (yknow, working) at February 09, 2017 03:56 PM (oZ6kz)

420 Is there any competition between what kind of crazy the Horde is? Texas crazy vs. South Carolina crazy?



Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 09, 2017 03:09 PM (vur0q)



Don't forget Georgia.



Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 09, 2017 03:11 PM (PY9jH)





Crazy is celebrated in the South. Heck, without my crazy relatives, how could I entertain my guests on the front porch while I'm in the kitchen fetching mint juleps and sweet tea?

Posted by: Prudie, one-named and unashamed in Georgia at February 09, 2017 03:57 PM (al6UK)

421 I miss cassettes. The way they would go all wonky and you had to rewind them with a pencil.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 09, 2017 03:57 PM (bpfzP)

422 Back when I was tending bar I worked a wedding reception where the band played "You've Lost That Loving Feeling"!

Posted by: Farmer at February 09, 2017 03:57 PM (4bBUU)

423 Shinedown did a very admirable cover as well.
Posted by: broseidon being a capitalist pigdog (yknow, working) at February 09, 2017 03:56 PM (oZ6kz)

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Thats the state of my state of my head.

Posted by: fixerupper at February 09, 2017 03:57 PM (8XRCm)

424 /looks at the statue...

Hey, where did you get a statue of Great Great Great Grandpa?

Posted by: Chuck Norris at February 09, 2017 03:57 PM (qf6WZ)

425 390 381
Fen - Uh, Freebird and Sweet Home Alabama? I would imagine you've heard one of those two at some point.

Posted by: broseidon being a capitalist pigdog (yknow, working) at February 09, 2017 03:51 PM (oZ6kz)
Simple man?
Posted by: The Mouse that Roared at February 09, 2017 03:51 PM (7N6ox)

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Tuesday's Gone was a good song.

Posted by: Old Nam Vet at February 09, 2017 03:57 PM (bKxiT)

426 No, Grammie--"She's Always a Woman to me" does not belong at a Christians wedding service. The words are not at all complimentary:

http://tinyurl.com/jy548oq


I have no control over what people want at their reception. The wedding I do if I am officiating and it's in a church I serve. :^)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 09, 2017 03:58 PM (fDdVG)

427 I miss cassettes. The way they would go all wonky and you had to rewind them with a pencil.




I miss 8-Track tapes.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 09, 2017 03:58 PM (2w7OO)

428 Are there any one-hit wonders that you actually like?

I submit David Essex, "Rock On".

Posted by: Bandersnatch, gentleman cad at February 09, 2017 03:58 PM (mgbwf)

429 Didn't Patton command Third Army?

Posted by: Locke Common at February 09, 2017 03:58 PM (8eNo4)

430 Is there any competition between what kind of crazy the Horde is? Texas crazy vs. South Carolina crazy?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 09, 2017 03:09 PM (vur0q)

Don't forget Georgia.



Roll Tide, posers.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 09, 2017 03:58 PM (B+qrE)

431
Holy Crap. They actually take that statue* with them when they deploy!

*a smaller version
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Filehantom_Warrior_Fort_Hood_TX.jpg

Posted by: ArthurK at February 09, 2017 03:59 PM (h53OH)

432 Annie Allman plays guitar on Friday nights at a local Italian place near me.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 09, 2017 03:59 PM (PY9jH)

433 >>> I'll say one thing about Tom Petty... his videos made MTV great again. Then they destroyed it... again and again and again.
Posted by: E Pluribus Juan at February 09, 2017 03:54 PM (ZFUt7)

Fully agree. Exhibit A:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aowSGxim_O8

Posted by: LizLem, dangerously crossing the memes at February 09, 2017 03:59 PM (hvf9s)

434 Posted by: Farmer at February 09, 2017 03:57 PM (4bBUU)

Oh, dear. :^(

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 09, 2017 03:59 PM (fDdVG)

435 Pretty song but apparently the guy didn't listen very closely to the lyrics. Not always complimentary.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2017 03:56 PM (39g3+)
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Lyrics aren't the point. The point is, does it have a good beat and is it easy to dance to? If so, it gets at least an 89.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 09, 2017 03:59 PM (bpfzP)

436 Vanilla Queen was held back by the sinister anti-Prog Rock conspiracy.

(Also it's hard for 9+ minute songs to chart...)

Posted by: broseidon being a capitalist pigdog (yknow, working) at February 09, 2017 03:59 PM (oZ6kz)

437 412

I could listen to BB King all day. and have.


Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 09, 2017 03:55 PM (ODxAs)

BB King and Eric Clapton 'Riding with the king'

Posted by: IC at February 09, 2017 03:59 PM (a0IVu)

438 It got so outrageous at the end that some other blog (Other McCain, iirc) had a thread that just pointed to the comments here.
Posted by: E Pluribus Juan at February 09, 2017 03:48 PM (ZFUt7)

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remember how butt hurt he got because we wouldn't like soccer at all, let alone love it as he did?

i still have all the comments from the "reasons why soccer sucks" thread as a Word document

unfortunately, to make the document a reasonable size, i didn't save the poster's data, but it was created June 17th, 2010, so the thread in question was likely a day or two earlier, for those of you with better luck searching for things here than i do

Posted by: redc1c4 at February 09, 2017 03:59 PM (emd4w)

439 Holy Crap. They actually take that statue* with them when they deploy!

*a smaller version
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Filehantom_Warrior_Fort_Hood_TX.jpg
Posted by: ArthurK at February 09, 2017 03:59 PM (h53OH)



The Canucks take along a Tim Horton's.

Posted by: alexthechick - all your caps are belong to me at February 09, 2017 03:59 PM (mf5HN)

440 430 Is there any competition between what kind of crazy the Horde is? Texas crazy vs. South Carolina crazy?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 09, 2017 03:09 PM (vur0q)

Don't forget Georgia.


Roll Tide, posers.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 09, 2017 03:58 PM (B+qrE)

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Let's be fair:

Only one of us actually started a Civil War.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 09, 2017 04:00 PM (vur0q)

441 Are there any one-hit wonders that you actually like?

Looking Glass, Brandy (You're A Fine Girl).

This is the winner.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 09, 2017 04:00 PM (B+qrE)

442 4th ID OIF Memorial:

This statue is part of the memorial at Ft Hood and was made from two giant bronze statues of Saddam Hussein, captured in Iraq by the the 4th Infantry Division, were melted down by an Iraqi artist to make a memorial to their fallen comrades. The cost of the memorial was paid for by donations from Ivy Soldiers, 4ID Association members and businesses and citizens from Central Texas and beyond.

http://www.4thinfantry.org/content/4th-infantry-division-monuments

Posted by: SMFH at it all at February 09, 2017 04:00 PM (CRotO)

443 I still have my 8 track tape of Aerosmith's Toys in the Attic. Got to be worth at least the price of a cup of coffee.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 09, 2017 04:01 PM (Z9mio)

444 Bob Seeger's 'Fire Inside' is a very accurate description of my life.

His 'Night Moves' is how I wish my life actually was/had been.

But there's a whole host of his songs that I love.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at February 09, 2017 04:01 PM (LNl8j)

445 Looking Glass, Brandy (You're A Fine Girl).


Oh yes, that's quite good.

Posted by: Bandersnatch, gentleman cad at February 09, 2017 04:01 PM (mgbwf)

446 And let's not leave out David Allen Coe

Posted by: CSMBigBird at February 09, 2017 04:02 PM (jsWA8)

447 I miss cassettes. The way they would go all wonky and you had to rewind them with a pencil.

Posted by: grammie winger


Then you used them to load a program onto a computer. By the sheer power of sound. Not too much sound, or too little sound, but by just the right amount of sound volume.

Does this hat make me look old?

Posted by: E Pluribus Juan at February 09, 2017 04:02 PM (ZFUt7)

448 Looking Glass, Brandy (You're A Fine Girl).

This is the winner.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 09, 2017 04:00 PM (B+qrE)

______

Wild Cherry

Play that Funky Music.









White Boy.

Posted by: fixerupper at February 09, 2017 04:02 PM (8XRCm)

449 So you want to headquarter at a location named for a racist confederate general. Of course you do . s/

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth

Oh, no! Sebastian didn't close the sarcasm tag properly so now there are nothing but sarcastic comments at the blog!
Way to go, Einstein!!! /s

Whew. That's better.
Is everyone okay?

Posted by: andycanuck at February 09, 2017 04:02 PM (nlbfN)

450 Nothing I love more than being able to say "my tax dollars at work" without being ironic or cynical.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 09, 2017 04:02 PM (lfM7I)

451 "Dancing in the Moonlight" by King Harvest. Cheesy faux Van Morrison but it works

Posted by: Ignoramus at February 09, 2017 04:02 PM (bQxkN)

452 One hit wonders? "Play that Funky Music White Boy" by Wild Cherry. Unless he had another hit that I'm not remembering. That was an awesome song.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 09, 2017 04:02 PM (bpfzP)

453 And let's not leave out David Allen Coe




"Well I was drunk......"

Posted by: rickb223 at February 09, 2017 04:03 PM (2w7OO)

454 449 Whew. That's better.
Is everyone okay?
Posted by: andycanuck at February 09, 2017 04:02 PM (nlbfN)

==================

I'm a little shook up, but I should be okay.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 09, 2017 04:03 PM (vur0q)

455 OT from the sidebar: Australia having power shortages because it thinks you can run a power grid on unicorn farts and fairy dust. This is what prog asshats want for the US.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 09, 2017 04:03 PM (0mRoj)

456 Who can forget Don Johnson's hit "Heartbeat" or the masterpiece "Respect Yourself" by Bruce Willis!

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2017 04:03 PM (39g3+)

457 Sigh.

Obit in today's paper re a young Marine who died stateside.

"He was based at 'Ft. Lejuene, SC.'"

The families write the obits for their loved ones. Too bad the family of this young Marine screwed up.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 09, 2017 04:03 PM (PY9jH)

458 White Boy.

Posted by: fixerupper at February 09, 2017 04:02 PM (8XRCm)
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Hey no fair you stole my thought

Posted by: grammie winger at February 09, 2017 04:03 PM (bpfzP)

459 Death Dealer's favorite song:

Let the Bodies Hit the Floor

Posted by: SMFH at it all at February 09, 2017 04:04 PM (CRotO)

460 My one hit Wonder favorite is Modern English's I melt with you.

Pop punk is my favorite genre.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 09, 2017 04:04 PM (Z9mio)

461 You obviously don't remember Gabe.
Posted by: E Pluribus Juan at February 09, 2017 02:50 PM (ZFUt7)

Exactly what I thought.

Posted by: Golfman at February 09, 2017 04:04 PM (LfcxD)

462 Never got into Skynrd. I know some of their hits, like them but I can't recall ever listening to a full album of theirs.

----

Im not really sure sure we could ever be friends.
Posted by: fixerupper at February 09, 2017 03:40 PM (8XRCm

Recently became a fan of Jessie Dayton from his song, "Daddy Was a Badass" Great lyrics and an earworm tune. Southern rock style.

His other songs are also funny, clever, and borderline naughty.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeJpA5oJQcc

Posted by: Jen at February 09, 2017 04:04 PM (cWhln)

463 No mentions of Uncle Creepy or Cousin Eerie

Posted by: born01930 at February 09, 2017 04:05 PM (zgNkZ)

464 442
4th ID OIF Memorial:



This statue is part of the memorial at Ft Hood and was made from two
giant bronze statues of Saddam Hussein, captured in Iraq by the the 4th
Infantry Division, were melted down by an Iraqi artist to make a
memorial to their fallen comrades. The cost of the memorial was paid for
by donations from Ivy Soldiers, 4ID Association members and businesses
and citizens from Central Texas and beyond.



http://www.4thinfantry.org/content/4th-infantry-division-monuments

Posted by: SMFH at it all at February 09, 2017 04:00 PM (CRotO)

4th ID was there, but they didn't pull Saddam from the spider hole. My commander in Mindanao was the Squadron Commander whose team brought him out. He had also been the platoon commander for Shugart and Gordon in Mogadishu.

Posted by: The Mouse that Roared at February 09, 2017 04:05 PM (7N6ox)

465 456
Who can forget Don Johnson's hit "Heartbeat" or the masterpiece "Respect Yourself" by Bruce Willis!

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2017 04:03 PM (39g3+)

I actually like those songs! *runs away*

Posted by: IC at February 09, 2017 04:05 PM (a0IVu)

466 453; in the rain.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 09, 2017 04:05 PM (KP5rU)

467 Hey no fair you stole my thought

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Posted by: fixerupper at February 09, 2017 04:05 PM (8XRCm)

468 I know a pastor who had someone who wanted to play Joel's "She always a woman to me" during their wedding service. The pastor did not say "Are you freaking insane?


I will CUT you and LAUGH.

*cackle*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at February 09, 2017 04:05 PM (3hIZX)

469 Nood

Posted by: rickb223 at February 09, 2017 04:05 PM (2w7OO)

470 "456 Who can forget Don Johnson's hit "Heartbeat" or the masterpiece "Respect Yourself" by Bruce Willis!"

Troll...

Posted by: Western Slope Mope at February 09, 2017 04:05 PM (WrMht)

471 To be fair my music wheelhouse is the 90's and I think every other radio charting song was a one hit wonder. Not nearly as many 90's bands with staying power.

Posted by: broseidon being a capitalist pigdog (yknow, working) at February 09, 2017 04:05 PM (oZ6kz)

472 What, no mention of David Soul's seminal "Don't Give Up on Us"?

Posted by: broseidon being a capitalist pigdog (yknow, working) at February 09, 2017 04:06 PM (oZ6kz)

473 4th ID was there, but they didn't pull Saddam from the spider hole. My commander in Mindanao was the Squadron Commander whose team brought him out. He had also been the platoon commander for Shugart and Gordon in Mogadishu.
Posted by: The Mouse that Roared at February 09, 2017 04:05 PM (7N6ox)

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Elements of 1-22, 3-66, and 10th Cav would beg to differ.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at February 09, 2017 04:06 PM (CRotO)

474 One hit wonders? Whew, way too many. I grew up in the 80's and half the hits there seemed to come from folks that only peaked once.

Come on, Eileen
Turning Japanese
Too Shy
Melt with You

I could go on.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at February 09, 2017 04:07 PM (LNl8j)

475 I actually like those songs! *runs away*
Posted by: IC at February 09, 2017 04:05 PM (a0IVu)

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Hey come back here and take "Walkin on Sunshine" by Katrina and the Waves with you.

Posted by: fixerupper at February 09, 2017 04:07 PM (8XRCm)

476 And of course 4th ID was there...it was their AO.

Duh.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at February 09, 2017 04:08 PM (CRotO)

477 Enough of me traveling down memory lane...gotta work.

Laters y'all.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at February 09, 2017 04:09 PM (CRotO)

478 Re: Bander's question, there are a lot of one-hit wonders that I prefer another song by - an "almost-hit" or a hit that was a success in another country than the US.
Gary Numan: Are Friends Electric (more than Cars)
Chumbawamba: Amnesia (more than Tubthumping
Devo: Beautiful World (more than Whip It)
etc. etc.

One one-hit wonder that definitely stands on its own: Ram Jam's Black Betty.

Posted by: Sporkatus at February 09, 2017 04:09 PM (eXSOZ)

479 Blue Swede: "Hooked On A Feeling" is a pretty significant one-hit wonder.....

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 09, 2017 04:10 PM (rF0hx)

480 I actually like Bruce Willis' Bruno album. His version of 'Under the Boardwalk' is fine. But then, I like Hudson Hawk, too. So I might be a bit off.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at February 09, 2017 04:11 PM (LNl8j)

481 Love Frazetta, that's one of my favourites. There is a documentary on him that discusses how when he had a stroke and had trouble drawing with his dominant hand, he trained himself to do it with his left hand, with amazing results.

Wish I could remember the name of it.

And Ace... "All that is good and desirous in life". No nekkid women? =P

Posted by: atomicplaygirl (Gab: atomicplaygirl) at February 09, 2017 04:13 PM (Gim9y)

482 One one-hit wonder that definitely stands on its own: Ram Jam's Black Betty.
Posted by: Sporkatus at February 09, 2017 04:09 PM (eXSOZ)

I'm embarrassed to say I only became a fan of that hit because of the Archer cartoon.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at February 09, 2017 04:13 PM (LNl8j)

483 Elements of 1-22, 3-66, and 10th Cav would beg to differ.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at February 09, 2017 04:06 PM (CRotO)

1st SFOD-D was the element that got him. The Commander would later serve as Commander Joint Special Operations Task Force Philippines where I would work for him as his Intelligence Chief. He had two briefs put together, a lot of the Saddam photos including the actual photo that was given to Time magazine, and another picture of him and the two operators who pulled Saddam out giving President Bush Saddam's 9 mm pistol. 4th ID was there, but it was the Tier 1 guys who actually got him...and the famous line "President Bush sends his regards".

Posted by: The Mouse that Roared at February 09, 2017 04:13 PM (7N6ox)

484 imagine that guy in HR mandated class!!!

Posted by: jihadi at February 09, 2017 04:19 PM (I64i9)

485 60 Well, Molly Hatchett and MS-13...

Posted by: richard mcenroe at February 09, 2017 04:19 PM (4ihv2)

486 I saw Mink DeVille once as "warm-up" band to either to
Elvis Costello or Tom Petty and I enjoy their music much more
than any of the bands mentioned here -except for Allman
Bros. and (sometimes) Marshall Tucker Band. And whoever
they were opening act for? -DeVille blew them away. And I
bought some of their albums. I bought some Petty back in
those days but would never listen to them again -album rock radio burned me out on his music and his voice just gets
annoying after a while.

Posted by: Glenn John at February 09, 2017 04:28 PM (LilNs)

487 As a III Corps alumnus, I endorse this.

Posted by: Pete at February 09, 2017 04:31 PM (IBzF6)

488 You have to wonder what the reaction would be if an Ontos came clattering up and trained All. Those. Barrels. upon the crowd.
Posted by: torquewrench at February 09, 2017 03:47 PM (noWW6)

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think of the survivor's reactions if they were loaded with fletchette rounds, and you fired all 6 barrels at once...

there might not be another riot for years: at the first sign, they'd scatter like leaves.

Posted by: redc1c4 at February 09, 2017 03:53 PM (emd4w)


I read an Osprey book about the Ontos recently and discovered that the Marines made pretty extensive use of the vehicle in Vietnam. The Marines used them as anti-personnel assault guns rather than in the anti-tank role for which the Ontos had been designed.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at February 09, 2017 04:35 PM (5Yee7)

489 @488 Buddy of mine at work years ago was closely attached to an ONTOS, and they figured heavily in his war stories. Only trouble with them was, according to him, that you had to get out to reload. Some days, that could be a bitch.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 09, 2017 04:38 PM (H5rtT)

490 380 346 "Corgis wielding crossbows and longbows"?

How are they going to load the bow with those short little paws and legs?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at February 09, 2017 03:36 PM (UkGKj)

You are sailing very near the dangerous, eel infested waters controlled by AtC.

*
*
Oh, I'm all for weaponry as deployed by Corgis. My imagination, good as it usually is, falters when trying to picture the mechanics of it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at February 09, 2017 04:49 PM (UkGKj)

491 Dead thread, but I am just catching up on the day at AOSHQ. I spent four years at Hood. Don't make that your HQ, to many pogues. Fort Bragg is a much better choice. Lots of meat eaters. You can never go wrong with paratroopers by your side.

Posted by: Assassin6 at February 09, 2017 08:19 PM (GBYzV)

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