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Mid-Morning Open Thread
The Japanese Toilette
Marie-Francois-Firmin Girard
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Muldoon at March 22, 2017 09:37 AM (wPiJc)
Posted by: josephistan at March 22, 2017 09:37 AM (7HtZB)
Posted by: Muldoon at March 22, 2017 09:37 AM (wPiJc)
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Only if you ask in limerick form.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 22, 2017 09:38 AM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: josephistan at March 22, 2017 09:38 AM (7HtZB)
Posted by: DanMan at March 22, 2017 09:38 AM (XTiHL)
Posted by: Reverse Polish Notation at March 22, 2017 09:38 AM (qfDb3)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 22, 2017 09:38 AM (XWkhW)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llamabutcher at March 22, 2017 09:38 AM (8PUK1)
Posted by: josephistan at March 22, 2017 09:38 AM (7HtZB)
Posted by: Muldoon at March 22, 2017 09:37 AM (wPiJc)
It does leave a trail of destruction.
(And I note for the record that the voluptuous nude chick doesn't look particularly Japanese, but I'm not actually complaining.)
Posted by: joncelli, Gobsmacked Rage Monkey and Crossbowman at March 22, 2017 09:38 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Muldoon at March 22, 2017 09:37 AM (wPiJc)
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She looks fit.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 22, 2017 09:39 AM (mC1ZI)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 22, 2017 09:39 AM (SjImc)
Posted by: grammie winger at March 22, 2017 09:40 AM (lwiT4)
Posted by: @votermom @vm pimping great books usually free or sale at March 22, 2017 09:40 AM (Om16U)
Posted by: BignJames at March 22, 2017 09:40 AM (x9c8r)
Posted by: phoenixgirl..spring training at March 22, 2017 09:40 AM (0O7c5)
(And I note for the record that the voluptuous nude chick doesn't look particularly Japanese, but I'm not actually complaining.)
Posted by: joncelli, Gobsmacked Rage Monkey and Crossbowman at March 22, 2017 09:38 AM
Perhaps she's turning Japanese?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 22, 2017 09:40 AM (p+Wdc)
Posted by: Under Fire at March 22, 2017 09:41 AM (UOJLJ)
Posted by: grammie winger at March 22, 2017 09:41 AM (lwiT4)
Posted by: phoenixgirl..spring training at March 22, 2017 09:41 AM (0O7c5)
Missionary.
Job. Not position.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 22, 2017 09:41 AM (Uohrc)
Posted by: @votermom @vm pimping great books usually free or sale at March 22, 2017 09:41 AM (Om16U)
Posted by: josephistan at March 22, 2017 09:42 AM (7HtZB)
Posted by: Jean at March 22, 2017 09:42 AM (zZb/S)
Posted by: phoenixgirl..spring training at March 22, 2017 09:40 AM (0O7c5)
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"Oh, my god...I don't know what to do with myself right now. I'm crying at the theft of culture. Japan was destroyed by stuff like this."
-Very smart college student who's struggling with their core classes but acing that gender studies course
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 22, 2017 09:42 AM (mC1ZI)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 22, 2017 09:42 AM (JZdsf)
Posted by: Kris at March 22, 2017 09:42 AM (nwqNw)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 22, 2017 09:42 AM (Uohrc)
Posted by: @votermom @vm pimping great books usually free or sale at March 22, 2017 09:43 AM (Om16U)
Posted by: grammie winger at March 22, 2017 09:43 AM (lwiT4)
Posted by: Kevin C at March 22, 2017 09:43 AM (9khZC)
Posted by: @votermom @vm pimping great books usually free or sale at March 22, 2017 09:43 AM (Om16U)
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you are joking. please tell me you are joking.
Posted by: runner at March 22, 2017 09:44 AM (c6/9Q)
Posted by: grammie winger at March 22, 2017 09:44 AM (lwiT4)
Posted by: Muldoon at March 22, 2017 09:37 AM (wPiJc)
Who are you and what have you done with Muldoon?
Posted by: Jack Sock at March 22, 2017 09:44 AM (fgzLM)
Posted by: Kevin C at March 22, 2017 09:43 AM (9khZC)
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I'm not gonna say aliens, but...Aliens.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 22, 2017 09:44 AM (mC1ZI)
I wonder what's on the tray - snacks or makeup?
If it was China, I'd say, opium.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 22, 2017 09:44 AM (Uohrc)
Posted by: runner at March 22, 2017 09:44 AM (c6/9Q)
your computer is controlled by the NSA
Posted by: @votermom @vm pimping great books usually free or sale at March 22, 2017 09:45 AM (Om16U)
Sad news on one of my recurring favorite sites. I've been fond for a few years of Cornell's bird cams, particularly the established nest of a pair of red-tailed hawks, Ezra (the male) and Big Red (the female). Unfortunately it appears Ezra sustained an injury to his wing so bad flight would never again have been possible, and was euthanized as a result. Critters they may be, but you get attached after a while...
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at March 22, 2017 09:46 AM (9krrF)
Posted by: Drudge at March 22, 2017 09:46 AM (Mxs5H)
Posted by: Muldoon at March 22, 2017 09:37 AM (wPiJc)
Can we have a slug-fest on our own physical attributes?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 22, 2017 09:46 AM (X6fMO)
Posted by: Kevin C
Theory? Shitty browser. Reboot.
(Opened fine for me)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 22, 2017 09:46 AM (Uohrc)
Posted by: Publius Redux at March 22, 2017 09:46 AM (Fb9aZ)
I do like nekkid women, by the way.
One of my favorite old pictures is a class photo of some academy's painting class where all the young male students are wearing top hats and dress suits, with the naked female model in the middle
Posted by: Kindltot at March 22, 2017 09:46 AM (0hI48)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llamabutcher at March 22, 2017 09:46 AM (8PUK1)
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 22, 2017 09:46 AM (H5rtT)
oh! oh my!
* hands over eyes *
Pardon me, ladies, didn't mean to intrude on your privacy!
* backs out of room *
Think I'd better go back and read the morning report now...
* spreads fingers and peeks on the way out *
Posted by: mindful webworker - gentleman at March 22, 2017 09:47 AM (AoLFQ)
Posted by: Rick in SK at March 22, 2017 09:47 AM (FZYNt)
Artists at the time weren't concerned with cultural accuracy. It was about the "exotic". As long as it looked foreign to European eyes or "oriental", nobody cared about mixing styles.
Posted by: Kris at March 22, 2017 09:47 AM (nwqNw)
Posted by: phoenixgirl..spring training at March 22, 2017 09:47 AM (0O7c5)
Posted by: Under Fire at March 22, 2017 09:47 AM (UOJLJ)
You know in Japan they have those awful boxlike "pillows" - geishas practice sleeping on them with just their neck resting and not moving at all throughout the night.
Posted by: @votermom @vm pimping great books usually free or sale at March 22, 2017 09:48 AM (Om16U)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at March 22, 2017 09:48 AM (9krrF)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 22, 2017 09:48 AM (JZdsf)
The state of South Carolina does not consider my son to have a disability in terms of his speech!
The state did think so when he had first turned 2, and he's been seeing a speech therapist weekly since. However, the program for 2 years olds is different than the one for 3 year olds, and the newer program has been visiting him on and off for the last few months.
So, huzzah! I don't have to justify taking a state benefit while hating such programs! Also, my son isn't disabled!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 22, 2017 09:48 AM (mC1ZI)
Posted by: phoenixgirl..spring training at March 22, 2017 09:47 AM (0O7c5)
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I'm getting a manicure/gel polish next week. I'm thinking.....
Posted by: grammie winger at March 22, 2017 09:48 AM (lwiT4)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llamabutcher at March 22, 2017 09:46 AM (8PUK1)
you recall which brand ?
Posted by: runner at March 22, 2017 09:48 AM (c6/9Q)
Posted by: BignJames at March 22, 2017 09:48 AM (x9c8r)
Posted by: Muldoon at March 22, 2017 09:37 AM (wPiJc)
Can we have a slug-fest on our own physical attributes?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 22, 2017 09:46 AM (X6fMO)
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Isn't that what the GAINZ thread is for?
(I'm about 4.5% away from my body fat goal...so yay)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 22, 2017 09:49 AM (mC1ZI)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 22, 2017 09:49 AM (JZdsf)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at March 22, 2017 09:49 AM (ul9CR)
Posted by: @votermom @vm pimping great books usually free or sale at March 22, 2017 09:50 AM (Om16U)
Posted by: Muldoon at March 22, 2017 09:37 AM (wPiJc)
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Yes please keep your cracks to yourselves.
Posted by: Mortimer, FINISH HER! at March 22, 2017 09:50 AM (7pDxn)
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 22, 2017 09:51 AM (H5rtT)
Posted by: kallisto at March 22, 2017 09:51 AM (nNdYv)
Posted by: Furious George at March 22, 2017 09:52 AM (j+dfT)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Woot! Excellent news! Sometimes kids just get off to a slow start but make it up later; unfortunately these programs are industrialized, bureaucratic one-size-fits-all drek that often don't even get broad strokes right, so I'm glad it's turning out well.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at March 22, 2017 09:52 AM (9krrF)
Posted by: Imperial Japanese soldier, in the Jungle watching you dogface at March 22, 2017 09:52 AM (gbWkA)
the modern art we see. It doesn't seem particularly difficult to
produce, and maybe we just want to see some effort in our artists!
Amen!
During a visit to Mass MOCA saw an installation that consisted of woven plastic (reusable) shopping bags that had been filled with soil and topped with meadow growth. Yes - someone dug up a meadow and moved it into the museum, one shopping bag at a time. This was "art." Why? No idea.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 22, 2017 09:52 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Kevin C at March 22, 2017 09:52 AM (9khZC)
Posted by: Under Fire at March 22, 2017 09:52 AM (UOJLJ)
Posted by: Mortimer, FINISH HER! at March 22, 2017 09:53 AM (7pDxn)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at March 22, 2017 09:53 AM (ul9CR)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at March 22, 2017 09:52 AM (9krrF)
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There were real concerns.
My wife had serious speaking issues as a child, and I found out a few months ago that my dad had a speech therapist as a kid, too.
He would have probably developed fairly well on his own, but still.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 22, 2017 09:53 AM (mC1ZI)
I'm sad about that. Were they 100% certain Ezra would remain flightless? And even so, why kill him? There are sanctuaries/hospitals who take in injured birds.
Posted by: kallisto at March 22, 2017 09:53 AM (nNdYv)
There is no tree in the picture, so how can we be sure this is art?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 22, 2017 09:49 AM (JZdsf)
Ahh, but there is a tree, in the picture, that is in the picture. I believe that was painted by Bob Ross when he was but a young bosuns mate on his first WestPac deployment. They got a three day liberty in Yokosuka so he painted a few room dividers in exchange for the Japanese Soapy Soapy special.
Posted by: The Mouse that Roared at March 22, 2017 09:53 AM (7N6ox)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 22, 2017 09:53 AM (rF0hx)
Posted by: Chupacabra at March 22, 2017 09:53 AM (0WoNT)
Posted by: grammie winger at March 22, 2017 09:40 AM (lwiT4)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY8jaGs7xJ0
Posted by: hogmartin at March 22, 2017 09:53 AM (8nWyX)
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at March 22, 2017 09:53 AM (4AVeu)
Oh...and nice elbows.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 22, 2017 09:54 AM (0tfLf)
Posted by: Quentin Tarantino at March 22, 2017 09:54 AM (vRcUp)
Posted by: Strobe at March 22, 2017 09:54 AM (gbWkA)
Posted by: @votermom @vm pimping great books usually free or sale at March 22, 2017 09:54 AM (Om16U)
Posted by: Muldoon at March 22, 2017 09:37 AM (wPiJc)
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Yes please keep your cracks to yourselves.
Posted by: Mortimer, FINISH HER! at March 22, 2017 09:50 AM (7pDxn)
and dont be boob !
Posted by: runner at March 22, 2017 09:54 AM (c6/9Q)
and he's been seeing a speech therapist weekly since. However, the
program for 2 years olds is different than the one for 3 year olds, and
the newer program has been visiting him on and off for the last few
months.
So, huzzah! I don't have to justify taking a state benefit while hating such programs! Also, my son isn't disabled!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 22, 2017 09:48 AM (mC1ZI)
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It's unusual for the state to get involved in a child's speech and language at the age of 2, in absence of other physical disabilites (cleft palate, cerebral palsy, etc). How did your son come to the attention of a speech and language pathologist? (if you care to say, that is). Generally children are not evaluated till the age of 3. It's very difficult to evaluate the speech development of a 2 year old who is otherwise meeting all other developmental milestones.
In any case, I'm happy for you and your son. But I wouldn't look on speech and language delay or difficulties as a disability. Many times it's a matter of maturation, or simple mechanical function that can be corrected with guidance.
All that to say - I'm glad your son is doing well!
Posted by: grammie winger at March 22, 2017 09:54 AM (lwiT4)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at March 22, 2017 09:54 AM (ul9CR)
Posted by: Jack Sock at March 22, 2017 09:54 AM (fgzLM)
Posted by: Muldoon at March 22, 2017 09:55 AM (wPiJc)
Posted by: Dick Morris at March 22, 2017 09:55 AM (UOJLJ)
Sure there is. It's the thing stuck in the flowers.
And that "bird" sitting on the tree, not a bird.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 22, 2017 09:55 AM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Deplorable Redneck Bitter Clinger at March 22, 2017 09:55 AM (jAZR9)
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at March 22, 2017 09:55 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at March 22, 2017 09:56 AM (9krrF)
Posted by: MathMom at March 22, 2017 09:56 AM (mSbwX)
Posted by: Dang at March 22, 2017 09:56 AM (8b+oT)
Posted by: @votermom @vm pimping great books usually free or sale at March 22, 2017 09:56 AM (Om16U)
bureaucratic one-size-fits-all drek that often don't even get broad
strokes right, so I'm glad it's turning out well.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at March 22, 2017 09:52 AM (9krrF)
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Ahem.
Posted by: grammie winger at March 22, 2017 09:56 AM (lwiT4)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 22, 2017 09:56 AM (rF0hx)
I cannot open The Drudge Report. Theories. I need them.
Posted by: Kevin C at March 22, 2017 09:43 AM (9khZC)
try this --> http://tinyurl.com/1ii
Posted by: runner at March 22, 2017 09:56 AM (c6/9Q)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 22, 2017 09:56 AM (JZdsf)
Hi gang. Phone interview is in an hour, so for those of you who don't
want me to die and burn in hell, all prayers, good vibes, burning of
incense and sacrifices of chickens are most welcome. I'll give y'all a
report later on. Thanks!
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at March 22, 2017 09:55 AM (0mRoj)
Good luck Insomniac! Fingers, toes and other stuff all crossed.
Posted by: Tami at March 22, 2017 09:56 AM (Enq6K)
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at March 22, 2017 09:55 AM (0mRoj)
Good luck Insomniac. Prayers up.
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at March 22, 2017 09:56 AM (KUaJL)
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at March 22, 2017 09:57 AM (4AVeu)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
would have mentioned it but was busy in my bunk
Posted by: Rick in SK at March 22, 2017 09:57 AM (FZYNt)
They just go right in the middle of the floor on a towel, then serve tea.
Kinky.
Posted by: The Disney Toileteers at March 22, 2017 09:57 AM (ca373)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at March 22, 2017 09:57 AM (ul9CR)
Posted by: kallisto
According to their info post, yes. I couldn't tell you about their decision making, but I wonder if it would have been fair to his mate; I'm not an expert on such things so I couldn't say.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at March 22, 2017 09:57 AM (9krrF)
Posted by: Lizzy at March 22, 2017 09:57 AM (NOIQH)
of you who don't want me to die and burn in hell, all prayers, good
vibes, burning of incense and sacrifices of chickens are most welcome.
I'll give y'all a report later on. Thanks!
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at March 22, 2017 09:55 AM (0mRoj)
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Die an burn in hell? Well, if you put it that way .... Guess I'll have to pray. All good things your way. Insomniac.
Posted by: grammie winger at March 22, 2017 09:58 AM (lwiT4)
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at March 22, 2017 09:55 AM (0mRoj)
Ganbatte, Insomniac-san.
Posted by: hogmartin at March 22, 2017 09:58 AM (8nWyX)
I think I'm turning Japanese.
I really think so.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot
nothing like a masturbation tune
Posted by: Rick in SK at March 22, 2017 09:58 AM (FZYNt)
Posted by: Diogenes at March 22, 2017 09:58 AM (0tfLf)
consisted of woven plastic (reusable) shopping bags that had been
filled with soil and topped with meadow growth. Yes - someone dug up a
meadow and moved it into the museum, one shopping bag at a time. This
was "art." Why? No idea.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 22, 2017 09:52 AM (NOIQH)
You know, they give those things away free as a form of virtue signalling.
You think they are big enough to put soil in and grow a "garden in a bag" on an apartment balcony?
Posted by: Kindltot at March 22, 2017 09:58 AM (0hI48)
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor
Many prayers being sent up!
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at March 22, 2017 09:58 AM (9krrF)
The state of South Carolina does not consider my son to have a disability in terms of his speech!
The state did think so when he had first turned 2, and he's been seeing a speech therapist weekly since. However, the program for 2 years olds is different than the one for 3 year olds, and the newer program has been visiting him on and off for the last few months.
So, huzzah! I don't have to justify taking a state benefit while hating such programs! Also, my son isn't disabled!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 22, 2017 09:48 AM (mC1ZI)
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Congrats man. I am a firm believer letting kids develop at their own pace in their own way.
I knew a kid with a terrible speech impediment . Teachers all wanted him to go into remedial classes. His parents fought it. Grew up to finish top of his class in law school and is a very wealthy real estate attorney now.
The educational "system" deals with individuals with about the same level of success as every other government institution.
Posted by: Mortimer, FINISH HER! at March 22, 2017 09:58 AM (7pDxn)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at March 22, 2017 09:52 AM (9krrF)
=================
There were real concerns.
My wife had serious speaking issues as a child, and I found out a few months ago that my dad had a speech therapist as a kid, too.
He would have probably developed fairly well on his own, but still.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 22, 2017 09:53 AM (mC1ZI)
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I was in speech therapy as a toddler. I ended up not speaking a word until age three but when I did it was in complete sentences. I preferred to think I just had nothing to say.
Btw, I thought I remembered reading one time that Einstein did not speak until he was four. It's been theorized that he had what we call ADHD.
Posted by: Independent George at March 22, 2017 09:58 AM (BDZWU)
Thank God for small miracles. A painting of Japanese women and not one of them is Yoko
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 22, 2017 09:59 AM (493sH)
Posted by: Chinese Laundry Lady at March 22, 2017 09:59 AM (4AVeu)
Posted by: Kevin C at March 22, 2017 09:59 AM (JMH3U)
Posted by: Independent George
probably from playing too many video games
Posted by: Rick in SK at March 22, 2017 09:59 AM (FZYNt)
Posted by: @votermom @vm pimping great books usually free or sale at March 22, 2017 09:59 AM (Om16U)
She's a One.
Better ?
Posted by: ScoggDog at March 22, 2017 09:59 AM (/BTP8)
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at March 22, 2017 09:55 AM (0mRoj)
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Wear pants!
Posted by: Mortimer, FINISH HER! at March 22, 2017 09:59 AM (7pDxn)
It's unusual for the state to get involved in a child's speech and language at the age of 2, in absence of other physical disabilites (cleft palate, cerebral palsy, etc). How did your son come to the attention of a speech and language pathologist? (if you care to say, that is). Generally children are not evaluated till the age of 3. It's very difficult to evaluate the speech development of a 2 year old who is otherwise meeting all other developmental milestones.
In any case, I'm happy for you and your son. But I wouldn't look on speech and language delay or difficulties as a disability. Many times it's a matter of maturation, or simple mechanical function that can be corrected with guidance.
All that to say - I'm glad your son is doing well!
Posted by: grammie winger at March 22, 2017 09:54 AM (lwiT4)
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My wife is the one who started the process and it was because of her history with speech problems. I don't really know how she got it started but I'm fairly certain it was her finding the program and scheduling an evaluation.
There are videos of her as a kid and she did have serious problems with speech until she was 4 or 5.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 22, 2017 10:00 AM (K4SFo)
Nude young woman, stroking a box shaped instrument, with an apparently cylindrical object of certain dimensions. Plus note the color of said object.
This painting is obviously a graphic representation of the technological rape of the Japanese culture by the evil white male patriarchy.
Posted by: Multi-Culti PhD candidate minoring in Gender studies at March 22, 2017 10:00 AM (+tRIN)
Posted by: Rick in SK at March 22, 2017 10:00 AM (FZYNt)
Posted by: grammie winger
Apologies to anyone in the Horde who works those programs. The last former Fed employee I personally knew that I respected I buried on New Year's Eve; it may color my perceptions a touch.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at March 22, 2017 10:00 AM (9krrF)
As denizens of the Eternal City go, she's really just average.
The first time I was in Rome and old enough to notice these things - I was floored at the spectacular gorgeousness of the men and women. Being the crossroads of the world had a salutary effect on Roman DNA/
Posted by: kallisto at March 22, 2017 10:01 AM (nNdYv)
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at March 22, 2017 09:55 AM (0mRoj
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Good luck, man.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at March 22, 2017 10:01 AM (K4SFo)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 22, 2017 09:48 AM (mC1ZI)
*******
I'm glad your son is doing well.
Let me say this though. It may just be my deep-seated cynicism, but when I see this type of thing, where the 2-year-old program sees him as needing services and the 3-year-old program doesn't, I automatically wonder if there are different funding levels for the two programs. "Problems" that are funded, tend to be diagnosed. Unfunded "problems" not so much.
Posted by: Muldoon at March 22, 2017 10:01 AM (wPiJc)
Posted by: Under Fire at March 22, 2017 10:01 AM (UOJLJ)
Posted by: @votermom @vm pimping great books usually free or sale at March 22, 2017 10:01 AM (Om16U)
Did you know that yesterday's 1% sell off in the markets after record setting gains is the Trump Slump? CNBC has probably been waiting to use that since the election. Yes a 1% decline after all of those gains is a slump and it's all Trump's fault. When the market tanked under Prezzy Choom it was always because of something overseas and never due to domestic economic conditions.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 22, 2017 10:02 AM (493sH)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 22, 2017 09:56 AM
I'd fix linguini with her.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 22, 2017 10:02 AM (0tfLf)
Rockefeller's death at 101. It's not what you think. They had a
picture of him standing next to one of his Rothko's. You guys would
have laughed too.
Posted by: Jack Sock
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I watched a documentary years ago about the Rockefeller grandson faking his kidnapping so grandad would give up a big ransom. The kid's friends got greedy when grandad wouldn't pay up and so they sold the grandson (they were all on drugs) to actual kidnappers who cut the kid's ear off. Ear gets lost in the mail because of postal strike, rots. Grandson eventually gets away or something and then nukes his brain with drugs. Grandad dies. Grandad's coffin doesn't fit, smashes grandad's nose. Unintentionally effing hilarious.
Posted by: Dang at March 22, 2017 10:02 AM (8b+oT)
Posted by: Under Fire
If she opens a profile on chaturbate, she could balance the budget
Posted by: Rick in SK at March 22, 2017 10:02 AM (FZYNt)
Congrats man. I am a firm believer letting kids develop at their own pace in their own way.
I knew a kid with a terrible speech impediment . Teachers all wanted him to go into remedial classes. His parents fought it. Grew up to finish top of his class in law school and is a very wealthy real estate attorney now.
The educational "system" deals with individuals with about the same level of success as every other government institution.
Posted by: Mortimer, FINISH HER! at March 22, 2017 09:58 AM (7pDxn)
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I actually resisted got a while but Dolley wanted it.
One of the reasons I didn't have concerns was because he's obviously very smart.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at March 22, 2017 10:03 AM (K4SFo)
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at March 22, 2017 09:55 AM (0mRoj)
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I'm all over this like white on rice. Good luck!
Posted by: bluebell at March 22, 2017 10:03 AM (sBOL1)
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 22, 2017 09:46 AM (H5rtT)
Who was no Toyohiro.
Posted by: joncelli, Gobsmacked Rage Monkey and Crossbowman at March 22, 2017 10:03 AM (RD7QR)
Did you catch that positive vibe ?
Posted by: ScoggDog at March 22, 2017 10:03 AM (/BTP8)
Payless Shoes is filing bankruptcy and Sears is on deathwatch. Wanna bet it's all Trump's fault
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 22, 2017 10:04 AM (493sH)
All children in a program have to be re-evaluated annually to see if services are still necessary. There are very few if any programs that involve placing a child in a special ed classroom. One scenario might be severe autism (non-verbal).
Posted by: grammie winger at March 22, 2017 10:04 AM (lwiT4)
something overseas and never due to domestic economic conditions.
I seem to recall Obama's ongoing employment numbers being attributed to things like: winter snow, summer heat, end of temporary holiday employment, a hurricane, etc.
Acts of God, and of course --- the other God, not Obama. Never his fault, nosirree!
Posted by: Lizzy at March 22, 2017 10:05 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Jack Sock at March 22, 2017 10:05 AM (fgzLM)
Prayers offered.
Make sure you lock the door so we all can't come dancing in.
And Fen won't have to drag us out and close the door...
Posted by: Mama AJ, nice person, not a witch at March 22, 2017 10:06 AM (gTQoY)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 22, 2017 09:59 AM
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Looks to me that not one of them is even Japanese.
Posted by: IrishEi at March 22, 2017 10:06 AM (HiDrR)
And Fen won't have to drag us out and close the door...
Posted by: Mama AJ, nice person, not a witch at March 22, 2017 10:06 AM (gTQoY)
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Im gonna scoot in on my walker.
Posted by: bluebell at March 22, 2017 10:06 AM (sBOL1)
Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at March 22, 2017 10:07 AM (ZFUt7)
Posted by: Jack Sock at March 22, 2017 10:05 AM
Very true. I always chalked it up to the kids being around so many adults all the time. And many of those adults would speak in a frank and open manner with the child.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 22, 2017 10:07 AM (0tfLf)
Posted by: grammie winger
That's interesting. Is that a national standard of some sort, or state, or how does that work? I'm going to confess ignorance combined with suspicion of governmental competence here, so feel free to enlighten the heck outta me...
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at March 22, 2017 10:08 AM (9krrF)
But it's a very pretty picture, and one I had never seen. Thanks, CBD.
Posted by: bluebell at March 22, 2017 10:08 AM (sBOL1)
You've got all my best wishes and hopes, Insomniac. Stay frosty!
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 22, 2017 10:08 AM (X6fMO)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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That's great! I didn't talk for quite a while and then had a lisp and stuttered. Probably because dad kept yelling, "say it!" and "duhdaduhdaduhda." Funny guy, right? The speech therapy I got at school (second and third grades, I think) was great. Fixed both problems. Glad you son is doing well!
Posted by: Dang at March 22, 2017 10:08 AM (8b+oT)
Posted by: Hillary at March 22, 2017 10:09 AM (gTQoY)
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 22, 2017 09:46 AM (H5rtT)
Who was no Toyohiro.
Posted by: joncelli, Gobsmacked Rage Monkey and Crossbowman at March 22, 2017 10:03 AM (RD7QR)
*yawn*
Posted by: Hokusai at March 22, 2017 10:09 AM (8nWyX)
Payless Shoes is filing bankruptcy and Sears is on deathwatch
________________________________
Sears, another corporation that couldn't figure out that the internet is the future of retail.
Ironically, Sears started out as a catalog company and were the original Amazon. The catalog functioned as the internet.
Brick and mortar stores are dead.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at March 22, 2017 10:09 AM (4AVeu)
I'm a member of the Cornell site, haven't really looked at it in a while. When the old man and I used to be avid birders I used to keep track of some of the birdhouses he'd put up.
One year we watched a red tail hawk build a nest in the woods behind his house. Fascinating. The next year a Great Horned Owl claimed the nest.
I so love the avian kingdom.
Posted by: kallisto at March 22, 2017 10:09 AM (nNdYv)
And Fen won't have to drag us out and close the door...
Posted by: Mama AJ, nice person, not a witch at March 22, 2017 10:06 AM (gTQoY)
The mother parental snap while on the phone....you knew you were in for it at the end of the call.
Posted by: A deplorable dude in MI at March 22, 2017 10:09 AM (5Uq5D)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at March 22, 2017 10:09 AM (WTSFk)
Posted by: @votermom @vm pimping great books usually free or sale at March 22, 2017 10:09 AM (Om16U)
-Very smart college student who's struggling with their core classes but acing that gender studies course
Japan was destroyed by B-29's. And hubris.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Spring Sale! Get Your Vernal Vituperations at the Outrage Outlet! at March 22, 2017 10:10 AM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 22, 2017 09:46 AM (H5rtT)
Who was no Toyohiro.
Posted by: joncelli, Gobsmacked Rage Monkey and Crossbowman at March 22, 2017 10:03 AM (RD7QR)
*yawn*
Posted by: Hokusai
******
Wax on, wax off
Posted by: Miyagi at March 22, 2017 10:10 AM (wPiJc)
In the "rules" of Western academic art, foreign settings were fine, but populating them with non-European people degraded art.
Posted by: Kris at March 22, 2017 10:10 AM (nwqNw)
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Spring Sale! Get Your Vernal Vituperations at the Outrage Outlet!
I think Dec 7, 1941 was the start of it
Posted by: Rick in SK at March 22, 2017 10:12 AM (FZYNt)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Sometimes the brain works faster than the speech skills. Sort of like hitting a baseball. Swing too soon or too late, nothing. It takes practice.
Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at March 22, 2017 10:12 AM (ZFUt7)
some sort, or state, or how does that work? I'm going to confess
ignorance combined with suspicion of governmental competence here, so
feel free to enlighten the heck outta me...
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at March 22, 2017 10:08 AM (9krrF)
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I believe it's a Federal law. It was enacted in the early 70's when I was working on my Master's, but I can't remember the name of the law. It mandated that children age 3 and up were to be provided special services via school systems up until the age of 18. It might be 21 now, I can't remember. I know my brother received services until he was 21, but he had multiple handicaps. Not sure if that made a difference.
Posted by: grammie winger at March 22, 2017 10:12 AM (lwiT4)
If I went to the barber and took off all my clothes while they worked on my hair, there'd be a problem.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at March 22, 2017 10:12 AM (4AVeu)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 22, 2017 10:12 AM (B+qrE)
Posted by: bluebell at March 22, 2017 10:12 AM (sBOL1)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 22, 2017 10:13 AM (Uohrc)
Posted by: Muldoon at March 22, 2017 10:13 AM (wPiJc)
Posted by: Under Fire at March 22, 2017 10:13 AM (UOJLJ)
Posted by: Jack Sock at March 22, 2017 10:13 AM (fgzLM)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 22, 2017 10:13 AM (B+qrE)
Japan was destroyed by B-29's. And hubris.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Spring Sale! Get Your Vernal Vituperations at the Outrage Outlet! at March 22, 2017 10:10 AM (hLRSq)
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Finally...jeez. That took forever.
I would have also accepted the names of the two bombs.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 22, 2017 10:13 AM (mC1ZI)
Now he talks my ear off. Still some issues with brain working faster than mouth, so his stories can be hard to follow, etc. Siblings aren't always patient with that, which doesn't help.
Don't know if I should be doing anything other than listening a lot and getting him to read out loud more.
Posted by: Mama AJ, nice person, not a witch at March 22, 2017 10:14 AM (gTQoY)
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 22, 2017 10:14 AM (H5rtT)
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Spring Sale! Get Your Vernal Vituperations at the Outrage Outlet! at March 22, 2017 10:10 AM
But mostly B-29s.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 22, 2017 10:14 AM (0tfLf)
If I went to the barber and took off all my clothes while they worked on my hair, there'd be a problem.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at March 22, 2017 10:12 AM (4AVeu)
There are places to get your hair cut where it works the other way around.
Posted by: josephistan at March 22, 2017 10:14 AM (7HtZB)
Posted by: Kris at March 22, 2017 10:10 AM (nwqNw)
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Kris, that's really interesting. Thank you.
Posted by: bluebell at March 22, 2017 10:14 AM (sBOL1)
If I went to the barber and took off all my clothes while they worked on my hair, there'd be a problem.
Same with Miley Cyrus. When she licks a hammer, it's art.
When I do it, Home Depot tells me to put my clothes back on & GTFO.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 22, 2017 10:14 AM (Uohrc)
Can I interest you in a housecoat made from chair upholstery ?
Posted by: Michelle from Chicago at March 22, 2017 10:15 AM (/BTP8)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 22, 2017 10:13 AM (mC1ZI)
"Ishtar" & "Heaven's Gate."
Posted by: josephistan at March 22, 2017 10:15 AM (7HtZB)
Posted by: Colin at March 22, 2017 10:15 AM (DLV/d)
Now he talks my ear off. Still some issues with brain working faster than mouth, so his stories can be hard to follow, etc. Siblings aren't always patient with that, which doesn't help.
Don't know if I should be doing anything other than listening a lot and getting him to read out loud more.
Posted by: Mama AJ, nice person, not a witch at March 22, 2017 10:14 AM (gTQoY)
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Yeah...now my son won't leave me alone to read about Abraham Lincoln in peace.
Jeez.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 22, 2017 10:15 AM (mC1ZI)
When I do it, Home Depot tells me to put my clothes back on & GTFO.
Posted by: rickb223
And that's why we aren't allowed in Burger King anymore
Posted by: Just the punchline guy at March 22, 2017 10:15 AM (FZYNt)
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Spring Sale! Get Your Vernal Vituperations at the Outrage Outlet!
Eh. Godzila vs. Huburis wasn't one of the better films.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at March 22, 2017 10:16 AM (9krrF)
Sniper is pounding one out in the bushes.
Posted by: josephistan
That'll be 100 dollars please
Signed
State of Texas
Posted by: Bruce at March 22, 2017 10:16 AM (8ikIW)
When I do it, Home Depot tells me to put my clothes back on GTFO.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 22, 2017 10:14 AM (Uohrc)
Try Menards....they're much more accepting. Also 11% off everything!
Posted by: Tami at March 22, 2017 10:16 AM (Enq6K)
Posted by: U.S. Submarine Fleet at March 22, 2017 10:16 AM (B+qrE)
Posted by: Michelle from Chicago at March 22, 2017 10:15 AM (/BTP
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Nope. All yours.
Posted by: bluebell at March 22, 2017 10:16 AM (sBOL1)
Posted by: Michelle from Chicago at March 22, 2017 10:15 AM (/BTP
I'm actually looking for more of a 1970s motel drapery look, I don't suppose you have a closet full of that?
Posted by: hogmartin at March 22, 2017 10:16 AM (8nWyX)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 22, 2017 10:13 AM (mC1ZI)
"Ishtar" & "Heaven's Gate."
Posted by: josephistan at March 22, 2017 10:15 AM
Perfect!
Posted by: Diogenes at March 22, 2017 10:17 AM (0tfLf)
Posted by: Helen Reddy at March 22, 2017 10:17 AM (X6fMO)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 22, 2017 10:13 AM (mC1ZI)
"Ishtar" & "Heaven's Gate."
Posted by: josephistan at March 22, 2017 10:15 AM (7HtZB)
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I see what you did there.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 22, 2017 10:17 AM (mC1ZI)
Nouhime: Wife of a Samurai
it's a 2-part tv movie, nice sets & period costumes, adheres to a history pretty well, about Oda Nobunaga from the pov of his wife (although here they give the couple a romance, historically it' believed to be a loveless match)
Posted by: @votermom @vm pimping great books usually free or sale at March 22, 2017 10:17 AM (Om16U)
I would have also accepted the names of the two bombs.
What was "The Postman" & Waterworld"?
Posted by: rickb223 at March 22, 2017 10:17 AM (Uohrc)
Posted by: grammie winger at March 22, 2017 10:17 AM (lwiT4)
Posted by: Jack Sock at March 22, 2017 10:18 AM (fgzLM)
Posted by: hogmartin
not in your size
Posted by: Rick in SK at March 22, 2017 10:18 AM (FZYNt)
Can I interest you in a housecoat made from chair upholstery ?
Posted by: Michelle from Chicago at March 22, 2017 10:15 AM (/BTP
My brother (rest his sole) sent my mother a beautiful kimono while he was stationed in Japan...I have it now stored away..must get it out to make sure its still okay..its in my cedar chest.
Posted by: Colin at March 22, 2017 10:18 AM (DLV/d)
But mostly B-29s.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 22, 2017 10:14 AM (0tfLf)
Ahem.
(Gurgle)
Posted by: U.S. Submarine Fleet at March 22, 2017 10:16 AM (B+qrE)
If only, somebody had gone out, taken a bunch of heavily defended islands, and built and defended some airfields so those B-29's had an airfield to fly from and to.
Posted by: United States Marine Corps at March 22, 2017 10:18 AM (7N6ox)
Posted by: Diogenes at March 22, 2017 10:14 AM (0tfLf)
Ahem.
(Gurgle)
Posted by: U.S. Submarine Fleet at March 22, 2017 10:16 AM
Good point. My 'ol man was on subs throughout the war. If he were here today he'd point out the error in my thinking.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 22, 2017 10:18 AM (0tfLf)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 22, 2017 10:17 AM (Uohrc)
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Factoid:
Waterworld actually made its money back.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 22, 2017 10:19 AM (mC1ZI)
Maybe he's Japanese.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 22, 2017 10:19 AM (/tuJf)
BANZAIIIIIIIIII!
Posted by: rickb223 at March 22, 2017 10:19 AM (Uohrc)
I'll bet it's gorgeous.
Posted by: bluebell at March 22, 2017 10:19 AM (sBOL1)
I would have also accepted the names of the two bombs.
What was "The Postman" & Waterworld"?
Posted by: rickb223 at March 22, 2017 10:17 AM (Uohrc)
I'll take The Conqueror and Darling Lili for 500, Alex.
Posted by: Helen Reddy at March 22, 2017 10:19 AM (X6fMO)
Girard's other works can convey a bustling town scene, the quiet of a farmstead, or a figure awaiting something. But whether crowded or simple, he provides plenty of detail to catch the viewers eye and entertain them. And he uses colors that compliment each scene. I found most of his paintings very interesting and effective at least, usually more.
Girard didn't do stirring, historic scenes but pleasant, often rural paintings. Maybe he was the Kinkade of his day.
Posted by: JTB at March 22, 2017 10:19 AM (V+03K)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 22, 2017 10:12 AM (B+qrE)
Who's going to stop them?
Posted by: joncelli, Gobsmacked Rage Monkey and Crossbowman at March 22, 2017 10:20 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Kris at March 22, 2017 10:10 AM
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Racists!
/s
Posted by: IrishEi at March 22, 2017 10:20 AM (HiDrR)
Posted by: Arch and Heel Fanciers, Inc. at March 22, 2017 10:20 AM (HQ28E)
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I loathe those commercials - there's also one when the girl gets her period for the first time. If I were a single father of a daughter, I would find a woman in my life to have this talk with my daughter.
Posted by: bicentennialguy at March 22, 2017 10:20 AM (vg8iE)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 22, 2017 10:20 AM (X6fMO)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
you can thank Jeanne Tripplehorn's boobs for that
Posted by: Rick in SK at March 22, 2017 10:20 AM (FZYNt)
I have a vintage '76 Holiday Inn full-length strapless model that I think you'll like. Really accenctuates the arms and shoulders. That style is making a huge comeback on Kashyyyk.
Posted by: Michelle from Chicago at March 22, 2017 10:20 AM (/BTP8)
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 22, 2017 10:20 AM (H5rtT)
it. Make sure you wrap it in acid-free tissue paper to store it. You
don't want cedar oil getting on it.
I'll bet it's gorgeous.
Posted by: bluebell at March 22, 2017 10:19 AM (sBOL1)
Thanks for the advice, I haven't checked on it for quite sometime.
Posted by: Colin at March 22, 2017 10:21 AM (DLV/d)
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Sears Says There's 'Substantial Doubt' It Will Stay In Business
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WOW!!
Posted by: EVLINC! at March 22, 2017 10:21 AM (y3aQB)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 22, 2017 10:19 AM (/tuJf)
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Do they stock them in blue-eyed blonde? Then, could be.
Posted by: grammie winger at March 22, 2017 10:21 AM (lwiT4)
You're making him read THAT out loud at age 3??
I think your expectations might be part of the problem!!1!
/sarc
Posted by: Mama AJ, nice person, not a witch at March 22, 2017 10:21 AM (gTQoY)
Posted by: Muldoon at March 22, 2017 10:21 AM (wPiJc)
Good luck Insomniac - hope all goes well with the phone interview -just phone, no Skyping?
Then you can stay in your pyjamas ....
Posted by: Aussie at March 22, 2017 10:22 AM (N/OEj)
Posted by: Helen Reddy at March 22, 2017 10:19 AM (X6fMO)
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"What am I, chopped liver?"
-The Lone Ranger
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 22, 2017 10:22 AM (mC1ZI)
Posted by: Your friendly neighborhood NSA at March 22, 2017 10:22 AM (+2TMo)
Lifetime warranty on Craftsman is rapidly approaching end of life.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 22, 2017 10:22 AM (Uohrc)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 22, 2017 10:12 AM (B+qrE)
Who's going to stop them?
Posted by: joncelli, Gobsmacked Rage Monkey and Crossbowman at March 22, 2017 10:20 AM
What those dumb-asses don't realize that pretty soon all their commerce will be interstate as the exodus of jobs and companies from California continues. And it is dramatic...over 1.5 million jobs, depending on who you read.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 22, 2017 10:23 AM (0tfLf)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
It's actually a decent movie, if you can get past the God-awful parts.
Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at March 22, 2017 10:23 AM (ZFUt7)
You're making him read THAT out loud at age 3??
I think your expectations might be part of the problem!!1!
/sarc
Posted by: Mama AJ, nice person, not a witch at March 22, 2017 10:21 AM (gTQoY)
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Factoid:
First thing I ever read to him was a selection from the Martin Van Buren biography I was reading at the time.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 22, 2017 10:23 AM (mC1ZI)
Posted by: hogmartin at March 22, 2017 10:23 AM (8nWyX)
Posted by: Your friendly neighborhood NSA at March 22, 2017 10:22 AM (+2TMo)
Is that you Bob??
Posted by: Colin at March 22, 2017 10:23 AM (DLV/d)
Saw this coming in the 80s.
Stodgy, inert, and bloated is no way to go through life.
Posted by: U.S. Submarine Fleet at March 22, 2017 10:23 AM (B+qrE)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 22, 2017 10:24 AM (B+qrE)
Posted by: U.S. Submarine Fleet at March 22, 2017 10:23 AM (B+qrE)
Tell it to BuOrd and their magical Mk14 torpedo.
Posted by: hogmartin at March 22, 2017 10:24 AM (8nWyX)
Craftsman Tools was sold to Stanley earlier this year.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 22, 2017 10:24 AM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 22, 2017 10:24 AM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Kevin C at March 22, 2017 10:24 AM (9khZC)
Lifetime warranty on Craftsman is rapidly approaching end of life.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 22, 2017 10:22 AM (Uohrc)
They sold Craftsman to Stanley-Black and Decker earlier this year.
Posted by: Tami at March 22, 2017 10:24 AM (Enq6K)
It's actually a decent movie, if you can get past the God-awful parts.
Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at March 22, 2017 10:23 AM (ZFUt7)
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True.
I wanted something hilariously bad. Instead I got something mediocre.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 22, 2017 10:24 AM (mC1ZI)
it's a 2-part tv movie, nice sets & period costumes ...
Ooh !!! I must hear more !!!
Posted by: Miki Agrawal at March 22, 2017 10:24 AM (/BTP8)
Posted by: deplorable Jewells45 at March 22, 2017 10:25 AM (zRZaJ)
Posted by: Colin at March 22, 2017 10:25 AM (DLV/d)
Actually, I think the label applies here. It does seem Japan got more respect than other non-European cultures though, because they had the "good sense" to Modernize (ie. Westernize) which gained them much respect in Europe.
Posted by: Kris at March 22, 2017 10:26 AM (nwqNw)
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Family of murdered DNC staffer raising money to investigate unsolved crime
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Here's a hint Go to DNC & Clinton Mafia
Posted by: EVLINC! at March 22, 2017 10:26 AM (y3aQB)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 22, 2017 10:13 AM (B+qrE)
Gesundheit
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 22, 2017 10:26 AM (493sH)
Posted by: joncelli, Gobsmacked Rage Monkey and Crossbowman at March 22, 2017 10:26 AM (RD7QR)
-The Lone Ranger
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 22, 2017 10:22 AM (mC1ZI)
It's funny how, beyond the Weissmuller Tarzans and the Clayton Moore Lone Ranger, neither franchise, so far as I know, has ever been rebooted successfully.
Which is an excuse for an NSFW shot of the Bo Derek Tarzan, the Ape Man:
http://tinyurl.com/mr5sag3
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 22, 2017 10:26 AM (X6fMO)
Posted by: dantesed at March 22, 2017 10:27 AM (88xKn)
Posted by: LizLem at March 22, 2017 10:27 AM (+2TMo)
And I'm well on the way to becoming a crazy cat lady
Little tiny all grey furry kitty, about 10 weeks if that, , found by a friend wandering in the carpark of a hardware store..and she already has 3 kitties, 2 birds, 2 dogs, a snake and some lizards so no room at her house
Aussie Bloke is not impressed ..
Posted by: Aussie at March 22, 2017 10:27 AM (N/OEj)
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Sears Says There's 'Substantial Doubt' It Will Stay In Business
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WOW!!
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I just bought a mattress and box spring at Sears. Never did get the box spring as the one they brought wouldn't fit up the stairs, so they said they would order a split one. Then got a call that they don't sell this item. Went round and round - one saying it was ordered and would be delivered, another saying they don't even sell this item.
Finally got to the point of "just refund my damn money." Of course, they couldn't just refund the card - they had to send a physical check. It was a nightmare. So, yeah, they did it to themselves.
Posted by: bicentennialguy at March 22, 2017 10:27 AM (vg8iE)
Little to no redeeming qualities.
Posted by: Under Fire at March 22, 2017 09:47 AM (UOJLJ)
Birds are just rats with wings.
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at March 22, 2017 10:29 AM (QUzxR)
Posted by: JTB at March 22, 2017 10:29 AM (V+03K)
Probably true with lots of Sears products.
Posted by: Colin at March 22, 2017 10:30 AM (DLV/d)
Which is an excuse for an NSFW shot of the Bo Derek Tarzan, the Ape Man:
http://tinyurl.com/mr5sag3
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 22, 2017 10:26 AM (X6fMO)
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This suddenly reminds me of a movie thread topic I was going to do:
Why Modern Action Movies that would have cost $20-30 million in the 80s now cost $150-200 million today.
I got the idea after watching the openings to both Spectre and Terminator: Genisys.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 22, 2017 10:30 AM (mC1ZI)
here's a link to the page on Viki
http://preview.tinyurl.com/lt3l7ff
You can just watch it directly on your computer, or get the app (which I think will require you make an account)
It's free, you just wave to sit thru commercials
Posted by: @votermom @vm pimping great books usually free or sale at March 22, 2017 10:30 AM (Om16U)
We really liked the hand puppets!
Posted by: Bob from the NSA at March 22, 2017 10:30 AM (gTQoY)
Posted by: Max Power at March 22, 2017 10:30 AM (QCc6B)
Posted by: grammie winger at March 22, 2017 10:30 AM (lwiT4)
We really liked the hand puppets!
Posted by: Bob from the NSA at March 22, 2017 10:30 AM (gTQoY)
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Oh, my. Thank you so much. That means a lot...
Wait a minute. Get out of here, NSA! Shoo!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 22, 2017 10:31 AM (mC1ZI)
Posted by: Rick in SK at March 22, 2017 10:31 AM (FZYNt)
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at March 22, 2017 10:31 AM (KUaJL)
Posted by: Colonel Sanders at March 22, 2017 10:32 AM (ArGlz)
I was very happy that there was a Sears Hardware store near my house, until that closed up about six months ago. I would go there instead of Home Depot because it was easier to find things, plus I have a strong preference for Craftsman tools.
For a long time, Sears was the only real major store in my area and I relied on them for a lot. It's sad.
Posted by: VA GOP Sucks at March 22, 2017 10:33 AM (eytER)
Onboard parsing process read that as "About Abraham Lincoln in Peace,"
and I thought shay-hut son, that there would be a short damn book.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 22, 2017 10:33 AM (H5rtT)
There were like 3 salespeople in the electronics area, and me. The whole store seemed to be nothing but employees, no customers.
Ended up buying it at Best Buy.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at March 22, 2017 10:33 AM (ul9CR)
Anyway it was delivered and installed by a three man team. Only one spoke English (barely) and I swear he was the same asshat who emptied his magazine at my HUMVV in Mogadishu. The fire started 10 minutes into the first dryer run.
They fixed everything...and that was the last time I ever bought anything from Sears.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 22, 2017 10:33 AM (0tfLf)
Posted by: Rick in SK at March 22, 2017 10:33 AM (FZYNt)
Posted by: grammie winger at March 22, 2017 10:30 AM (lwiT4)
The Sears around here seems to be doing enough business that it could sustain itself if the parent company imploded. I've bought a vacuum cleaner, lawnmower, snowblower, washing machine, and a bunch of other stuff from them, and I always have to wait in line at the cashier.
K-mart, on the other hand... I don't think I've seen one in 10 years. I'm sure they exist, but they've got to be a howling wasteland.
Posted by: hogmartin at March 22, 2017 10:33 AM (8nWyX)
I can't remember the last time I was in Sears.
Posted by: dantesed
I can. I always bought paint there.
Anyway, there was this guy I knew, who always seemed to be working at stores that went out of business. He was working the paint counter and I knew my local Sears was done. Sure enough. Two months later - closed.
I just don't think the millennial generation is going to buy tools, paint walls, ever do anything on their own.
Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at March 22, 2017 10:33 AM (ZFUt7)
Posted by: Tami at March 22, 2017 10:33 AM (Enq6K)
Which is an excuse for an NSFW shot of the Bo Derek Tarzan, the Ape Man:
http://tinyurl.com/mr5sag3
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 22, 2017 10:26 AM (X6fMO)
Not exactly a reboot but Tarzan continued on into the 60s with the Mike Henry movies and Ron Ely TV show. Except for a few movies it hasn't done much since then
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 22, 2017 10:34 AM (493sH)
and I thought shay-hut son, that there would be a short damn book.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 22, 2017 10:33 AM (H5rtT)
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The Prairie Years was 2 volumes and about a thousand pages.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 22, 2017 10:34 AM (mC1ZI)
I was very happy that there was a Sears Hardware store near my house, until that closed up about six months ago.
That's about the same time the one near me closed.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 22, 2017 10:34 AM (IqV8l)
Posted by: grammie winger at March 22, 2017 10:35 AM (lwiT4)
Posted by: @votermom @vm pimping great books usually free or sale at March 22, 2017 10:35 AM (Om16U)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 22, 2017 10:13 AM (mC1ZI)
Fat Man and Little Boy?
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at March 22, 2017 10:35 AM (QUzxR)
It's funny how kids are born with all kinds of different attributes - once you have kids, you realize how much of the equation are things that the parents have nothing to do with, other than an ability to hopefully guide them to a good use.
We have a grandson who's now 5, very talkative, when he was 3 and still speaking gibberish we would see him sometimes head towards our back porch, face the yard, and then launch into these long orations with his hands outspread like he was Mark Antony speaking at Caesar's funeral. Of course there were no intelligible words, but his cadence and earnestness was impressive. Then, after a couple minutes of this, he would be satisfied and he would turn and come back inside. I thought "damn, that kids gonna be a politician some day."
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 22, 2017 10:36 AM (V2Yro)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 22, 2017 10:13 AM (mC1ZI)
Fat Man and Little Boy?
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at March 22, 2017 10:35 AM (QUzxR)
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That's it!
Second place, though, OM.
Steak knives.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 22, 2017 10:36 AM (mC1ZI)
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 22, 2017 10:36 AM (H5rtT)
Posted by: Egon Spengler at March 22, 2017 10:36 AM (HQ28E)
Hi there from Down Under - looking for an Aussie animal eating human horror story - none found!
Posted by: Aussie at March 22, 2017 10:37 AM (N/OEj)
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 22, 2017 10:36 AM (V2Yro)
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You're Ted Cruz's father, aren't you?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 22, 2017 10:37 AM (mC1ZI)
Live and learn.
Posted by: simplemind at March 22, 2017 10:37 AM (xVRrG)
Posted by: Colin at March 22, 2017 10:37 AM (DLV/d)
That's hilarious.
Although you should've recorded it and checked if it was a real language
*cue Twilight Zone music*
Posted by: @votermom @vm pimping great books usually free or sale at March 22, 2017 10:37 AM (Om16U)
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 22, 2017 10:36 AM (H5rtT)
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A couple. Black Hawk War and Mexican American War.
Most of the two volumes are about his education and lawyerin' around Illinois.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 22, 2017 10:38 AM (mC1ZI)
281 279 I would have also accepted the names of the two bombs.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 22, 2017 10:13 AM (mC1ZI)
Fat Man and Little Boy?
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at March 22, 2017 10:35 AM (QUzxR)
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That's it!
Second place, though, OM.
Steak knives.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 22, 2017 10:36 AM
Dropped by the Enola Gay and BoxCar.
What did I win??? What did I win???
Posted by: Diogenes at March 22, 2017 10:38 AM (0tfLf)
Posted by: JTB at March 22, 2017 10:29 AM (V+03K)
Darling Lili is actually a nice movie, but it went massively over budget, which is why I mentioned it as a "bomb." A lot of blame is attached to Blake Edwards, but a share of the blame ought to go to 20th Century-Fox, too.
One example: the aerial dogfight scenes were originally going to be filmed in Hollywood, but the studio insisted on Edwards and crew going to Ireland. Why? Because they still had biplanes stashed over there from 1966s The Blue Max and wanted to use them.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 22, 2017 10:38 AM (X6fMO)
I have some old Sears catalogs. They go back to the days when they shipped with perforated pages.
Posted by: VA GOP Sucks at March 22, 2017 10:39 AM (eytER)
What did I win??? What did I win???
Posted by: Diogenes at March 22, 2017 10:38 AM (0tfLf)
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Third place.
A copy of our board game. It's Life. We're giving you a used copy of Life. Probably missing half the pieces, too.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 22, 2017 10:39 AM (mC1ZI)
Posted by: @votermom @vm pimping great books usually free or sale at March 22, 2017 10:35 AM (Om16U)
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I hope not. Kindergarten Grandson has to get all his clothes through Land's End. Charter School school uniforms. Navy Blue slacks and Hunter Green knit shirts. Or else he can wear a white shirt with navy tie. But they all come through Land's End. They embroider them with the school emblem too.
Posted by: grammie winger at March 22, 2017 10:39 AM (lwiT4)
No, but seriously, I'll look closer later, when I'm not on the work pooter.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 22, 2017 10:39 AM (TOk1P)
Posted by: Under Fire at March 22, 2017 10:40 AM (UOJLJ)
Posted by: Muldoon
****
So I'm not allowed to say I'd hit it?
Posted by: Tilikum KAW at March 22, 2017 10:40 AM (0x/TW)
Anyway, 2 1/2 yo grandson was referred by pediatrician from a checklist. Very, very, very expensive (daughter has good insurance, but not covered). Anyway, her thought process was that if she didn't do what the pediatrician said, she would be 'neglectful' somehow. Kid seems fine to me, understands most words, just refuses to talk. He walks around with his board books and points out letters and says letters, but he is very independent. My suggestion was that he not start kindergarden until later (very close to state cutoff) if it continues, which is what most parents of boys do in our area.
Posted by: mustbequantum at March 22, 2017 10:41 AM (MIKMs)
If I went to the barber and took off all my clothes while they worked on my hair, there'd be a problem.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at March 22, 2017 10:12 AM (4AVeu)
There are places to get your hair cut where it works the other way around.
*
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Go on . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 22, 2017 10:41 AM (HQ28E)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks. Now worse than Hitler! at March 22, 2017 10:41 AM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: E Depluribus Unum
Could be the reason for the explosion of Sherwin-Williams company stores here in the DFW Metroplex.
Seriously. WTF? You mean to tell me that there is enough business OUTSIDE of Home Depot & Lowes to support those stores? I pass two on my drive in to work just on surface streets, not freeways.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 22, 2017 10:41 AM (Uohrc)
Posted by: Under Fire at March 22, 2017 10:41 AM (UOJLJ)
Posted by: A deplorable dude in MI at March 22, 2017 10:41 AM (5Uq5D)
Posted by: Silvio Berlusconi at March 22, 2017 10:42 AM (1pWEQ)
I just don't think the millennial generation is going to buy tools, paint walls, ever do anything on their own.
Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at March 22, 2017 10:33 AM (ZFUt7)
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I'm learning to do a lot of it on my own now that I own a house.
I've put up a fence. Felt very manly doing it, too.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 22, 2017 10:42 AM (mC1ZI)
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Go on . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
home of the hairy nipple
Posted by: Rick in SK at March 22, 2017 10:43 AM (FZYNt)
For the outhouse crew.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 22, 2017 10:43 AM (Uohrc)
Posted by: Abby at March 22, 2017 10:44 AM (HBU7W)
Dick Powell, director of one of the great submarine movies, died of his exposure to The Conqueror.
Full-circling the drain, here.
Dick Powell singing a song you've all heard Daffy Duck sing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAm-bzk63OI
He also did "We're In The Money," another WB cartoon leitmotif.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 22, 2017 10:44 AM (H5rtT)
Gawd I hope I don't have to get married...The single guys always seem to win.
And besides, I barely know her.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 22, 2017 10:45 AM (0tfLf)
Posted by: Under Fire at March 22, 2017 10:45 AM (UOJLJ)
Posted by: Under Fire at March 22, 2017 10:45 AM (UOJLJ)
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"Probably someone who doesn't like the ACA."
-Michael Bloomberg
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 22, 2017 10:45 AM (mC1ZI)
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IF not blanks, surely they have hit something by now.
Posted by: Undocumented at March 22, 2017 10:46 AM (SsblQ)
Posted by: Under Fire
Blaming PDT in 3....2....1....
Posted by: MSM at March 22, 2017 10:46 AM (FZYNt)
Posted by: A deplorable dude in MI at March 22, 2017 10:46 AM (5Uq5D)
Posted by: Under Fire at March 22, 2017 10:45 AM (UOJLJ)
Unpossible. Britain has strict gun laws.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 22, 2017 10:47 AM (PY9jH)
Posted by: Under Fire at March 22, 2017 10:45 AM (UOJLJ)
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Gun free country. Fake News.
Posted by: Mortimer, FINISH HER! at March 22, 2017 10:47 AM (ArGlz)
Won't any victims be happy that NHS is there!
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at March 22, 2017 10:48 AM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Charlie Gibson at March 22, 2017 10:48 AM (vg8iE)
Bought all his tires there.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 22, 2017 10:48 AM (0tfLf)
Posted by: Mortimer, FINISH HER! at March 22, 2017 10:48 AM (ArGlz)
Posted by: JTB at March 22, 2017 10:48 AM (V+03K)
Report I saw says bad guy had a machete, and was shot, perhaps by police.
Posted by: Mama AJ, nice person, not a witch at March 22, 2017 10:48 AM (gTQoY)
Posted by: A deplorable dude in MI at March 22, 2017 10:48 AM (5Uq5D)
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Both hilarious and very very sad:
Latinos are reporting fewer sexual assaults amid a climate of fear in immigrant communities, LAPD says
The Latino community would rather let sexual predators go free than risk their ability to stay in the country.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 22, 2017 10:48 AM (mC1ZI)
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at March 22, 2017 10:29 AM (QUzxR)
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No! Not true! I love birds. It always makes my day when I see bluebirds here, and we've had house wrens nest in our hanging baskets - my son and I got to watch them fledge. I love most birds.
My kids and I used to be bluebird monitors for a local county park. I tell them that checked off their lefty eco nut box on their college applications.
Posted by: bluebell at March 22, 2017 10:49 AM (sBOL1)
Ok I've heard of the Mandela effect thing and stuff but I would swear on a stack of Bibles that he died YEARS ago.
I'm actually sort of freaking out right now wondering if something is wrong with my brain.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 22, 2017 10:49 AM (4ErVI)
Drove up to Tulsa last Thursday. Passed a Western Auto in Nowhere, Oklahoma.
Didn't know they were still in business.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 22, 2017 10:50 AM (Uohrc)
Posted by: Mama AJ, nice person, not a witch at March 22, 2017 10:50 AM (gTQoY)
Posted by: Mama AJ, nice person, not a witch
You misspelled 'scimitar'.
Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at March 22, 2017 10:51 AM (ZFUt7)
Posted by: Mama AJ, nice person, not a witch at March 22, 2017 10:50 AM (gTQoY)
Damn Presbyterians, no doubt.
Posted by: joncelli, Gobsmacked Rage Monkey and Crossbowman at March 22, 2017 10:51 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 22, 2017 10:13 AM (mC1ZI)
The two bombs were the cherry on a very large sundae of destruction.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Spring Sale! Get Your Vernal Vituperations at the Outrage Outlet! at March 22, 2017 10:52 AM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 22, 2017 10:52 AM (H5rtT)
Posted by: Brian Ross at March 22, 2017 10:52 AM (j+dfT)
Report I saw says bad guy had a machete, and was shot, perhaps by police.
Also seeing that a car ran over several people on Westminster Bridge.
seems like a group of unrelated events, I'm sure no mooselimbs or moehammit's were involved.
Posted by: Rick in SK at March 22, 2017 10:52 AM (FZYNt)
Posted by: Colin at March 22, 2017 10:37 AM (DLV/d)
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Probably in Muldoon's "libary" that we saw in the book thread a few weeks back.
Posted by: bluebell at March 22, 2017 10:52 AM (sBOL1)
I have no idea if it's all true or not.
And I will refrain from speculating as to what group did it.
Even tho' we all know it was a lawyer...
Posted by: Mama AJ, nice person, not a witch at March 22, 2017 10:53 AM (gTQoY)
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 22, 2017 10:52 AM (H5rtT)
======================
"Nope. Should be good down there."
-Guy Fawkes
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 22, 2017 10:53 AM (mC1ZI)
Posted by: Under Fire at March 22, 2017 10:41 AM (UOJLJ)
Yes, it spun off from Sears a couple of years ago
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 22, 2017 10:53 AM (493sH)
Didn't know they were still in business.
Posted by: rickb223
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What about OTASCO?
Posted by: Furious George at March 22, 2017 10:53 AM (j+dfT)
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 22, 2017 10:53 AM (H5rtT)
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 22, 2017 10:44 AM (H5rtT)
From the wonderful movie Gold Diggers of 1933. Here's Ginger Rogers, singing it in Pig Latin:
http://tinyurl.com/kxv6fjk
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 22, 2017 10:54 AM (X6fMO)
I have no idea if it's all true or not.
And I will refrain from speculating as to what group did it.
Even tho' we all know it was a lawyer...
Posted by: Mama AJ, nice person, not a witch at March 22, 2017 10:53 AM (gTQoY)
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I'm putting my money on Amish.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 22, 2017 10:54 AM (mC1ZI)
local county park. I tell them that checked off their lefty eco nut box
on their college applications.
Posted by: bluebell at March 22, 2017 10:49 AM (sBOL1)
I've got blue birds nesting in a box in the back yard now. A pair nested three times there last summer. Sadly, Hurricane Matthew caused the last of their eggs to crack. *sigh*
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 22, 2017 10:54 AM (PY9jH)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 22, 2017 10:54 AM (Uohrc)
Posted by: Golem14 at March 22, 2017 10:54 AM (TuG4U)
Bought all his tires there.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 22, 2017 10:48 AM (0tfLf)
I got my first bicycle there. It was in a mall in Grand Rapids MI that was kind of on its way to trash-mallitude even then. It closed a few years after I left and it probably looks like something out of Fallout now.
http://gr-retro.blogspot.com/2011/03/
north-kent-mall.html
Posted by: hogmartin at March 22, 2017 10:55 AM (8nWyX)
Sounds like the Presbyterians are up to no good again.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 22, 2017 10:55 AM (PY9jH)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 22, 2017 10:49 AM (4ErVI)
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our records show that your brain died in 2011. Please adjust your reality accordingly.
Posted by: Obamacare at March 22, 2017 10:55 AM (h/uSM)
Posted by: bluebell at March 22, 2017 10:55 AM (sBOL1)
What did I win??? What did I win???
Posted by: Diogenes at March 22, 2017 10:38 AM (0tfLf)
A nit-picking correction! It's "Bocks Car", not "Boxcar." Named after Captain Frederick Bock.
Posted by: josephistan at March 22, 2017 10:55 AM (7HtZB)
Posted by: bluebell at March 22, 2017 10:52 AM
Right next to the stack of old National Geographics...some with dog-eared pages.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 22, 2017 10:56 AM (0tfLf)
?? Never saw that.
Posted by: rickb223
_________
Alas. You must be a young'n. Now get off my lawn.
Posted by: Furious George at March 22, 2017 10:56 AM (j+dfT)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 22, 2017 10:57 AM (Uohrc)
Posted by: Furious George at March 22, 2017 10:53 AM (j+dfT)
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it's the worlds greatest Irish Hot Sauce
Posted by: Obamacare at March 22, 2017 10:57 AM (h/uSM)
Posted by: bluebell at March 22, 2017 10:55 AM (sBOL1)
I love them, too. Our community has a blue bird program that was started years ago. Nesting boxes were placed on all the golf courses. I have my own facing an open area on the course behind our house.
I put out suet and seeds that contain peanut pieces, and the blue birds love them.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 22, 2017 10:57 AM (PY9jH)
Live and learn.
Posted by: simplemind at March 22, 2017 10:37 AM
Japan's a strange place, simplemind san.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 22, 2017 10:57 AM (p+Wdc)
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 22, 2017 10:53 AM (H5rtT)
No, it's not that guy. It's Barris. I remember because I loved the show as a kid.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 22, 2017 10:58 AM (4ErVI)
Damn Presbyterians, no doubt.
Posted by: joncelli, Gobsmacked Rage Monkey and Crossbowman at March 22, 2017 10:51 AM (RD7QR)
Well thank goodness us Lutherans aren't to blame this time.
Posted by: moki at March 22, 2017 10:58 AM (wuzmq)
I wonder if that's when their catalogs changed. They have had lots of rich people in fancy estates for a while now.
Posted by: Mama AJ, nice person, not a witch at March 22, 2017 10:58 AM (gTQoY)
Posted by: It's Me donna at March 22, 2017 10:58 AM (O2RFr)
Posted by: JTB at March 22, 2017 10:58 AM (V+03K)
Posted by: bluebell at March 22, 2017 10:55 AM (sBOL1)
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Well hello there!
Posted by: Blueballs at March 22, 2017 10:59 AM (h/uSM)
Posted by: MAGA at March 22, 2017 10:59 AM (A4HOq)
Posted by: MAGA
It's Algore's fault
Posted by: Rick in SK at March 22, 2017 10:59 AM (FZYNt)
Posted by: Colin at March 22, 2017 10:37 AM (DLV/d)
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I have a collection of TV Guides. Do you think those would be worth anything?
Posted by: Frank Costanza at March 22, 2017 10:59 AM (BDZWU)
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Sears, another corporation that couldn't figure out that the internet is the future of retail.
Ironically, Sears started out as a catalog company and were the original Amazon. The catalog functioned as the internet.
Brick and mortar stores are dead.
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I've an addition to that theory: One-price stores also killed brick and mortar. (E.g., Sears.)
If the price as listed is the best price I'll pay, why should I go to your store now?
The only competition is price now.
I'm reading "You Can Negotiate Anything." In 1980ish, the author gets a great deal on a 21 inch TV and VCR combo.
Price? Equal to nearly $5k today.
Comparatively, there are really no big-ticket items outside of autos these days. So, lack of margins has also probably killed the brick and mortar as well.
I guess it's also like with the airlines: Everybody says they want all these features and comforts but no one will pay for them.
So, all we're willing to do is pay the lowest advertised price with no haggle.
And we wonder why everything on the shelf (or website) is crap?
Posted by: RoyalOil at March 22, 2017 10:59 AM (ZQpd0)
I don't miss the Texas heat, but I surely miss the bluebonnets in spring.
Posted by: moki at March 22, 2017 10:59 AM (wuzmq)
Gee, London. You might want to re-think allowing practitioners of the Religion of Pieces to take over your town.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 22, 2017 10:59 AM (PY9jH)
Posted by: shibumi at March 22, 2017 11:00 AM (FkAXz)
Posted by: mustbequantum at March 22, 2017 11:00 AM (MIKMs)
Posted by: josephistan at March 22, 2017 10:55 AM
Good point. As soon as I hit send I knew I had screwed it up. But I really wanted to win third place.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 22, 2017 11:01 AM (0tfLf)
Posted by: joncelli, Gobsmacked Rage Monkey and Crossbowman at March 22, 2017 11:01 AM (RD7QR)
There were a lot of pretty-good guitars for sale every damn place in the 60's.
International Harvester dealers had a full line of home appliances, too. I'd sure like to find an IH guitar. It would go so well with an IH M-1 rifle.
I finally had to swear off their tractors, though. Left leg couldn't take it.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 22, 2017 11:01 AM (H5rtT)
Posted by: bluebell at March 22, 2017 11:01 AM (sBOL1)
yard now. A pair nested three times there last summer. Sadly, Hurricane
Matthew caused the last of their eggs to crack. *sigh*
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 22, 2017 10:54 AM
I have a small flock of turkeys that like to roost in the trees on the side of my driveway from time to time. They're cool to look at, but you don't want to park on that side of the driveway some days. Just sayin'.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 22, 2017 11:01 AM (p+Wdc)
Chuck Barris died?
Ok I've heard of the Mandela effect thing and stuff but I would swear on a stack of Bibles that he died YEARS ago.
Yeah, I distinctly remember the Chuck Barris sign language guy.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 22, 2017 11:01 AM (IqV8l)
Was watching with sound off, some guys in chat said Miss Linsey was quoting La Pelousy in xer opening remarks.
Xe has to make sure the donks know he's still down with the program, at every turn.
Posted by: kallisto at March 22, 2017 11:01 AM (nNdYv)
Posted by: auscolpyr at March 22, 2017 11:02 AM (suO/a)
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at March 22, 2017 11:03 AM (97XyN)
clothing. Only things that fit my Clydesdale-type kids.
Posted by: mustbequantum at March 22, 2017 11:00 AM (MIKMs)
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Wisconsin clothing businesses specialize in sturdy.
Posted by: grammie winger at March 22, 2017 11:03 AM (lwiT4)
in the trees on the side of my driveway from time to time. They're cool
to look at, but you don't want to park on that side of the driveway some
days. Just sayin'.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 22, 2017 11:01 AM (p+Wdc)
The nesting blue birds sometimes attack their reflections in the glass on the deck. Drives the cat crazy. The late, great Spanky cat would get so excited she'd "chatter."
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 22, 2017 11:03 AM (PY9jH)
Posted by: The Gipper Lives at March 22, 2017 11:04 AM (Ndje9)
Posted by: mustbequantum at March 22, 2017 11:00 AM (MIKMs)
*single tear rolls down cheek*
Posted by: Andrew Mendoza at March 22, 2017 11:04 AM (8nWyX)
Posted by: auscolpyr at March 22, 2017 11:02 AM (suO/a)
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I love wildflowers, especially the ephemerals, but all of them in general. I like that they bloom in untidy and messy patches. Makes me feel right at home.
Posted by: bluebell at March 22, 2017 11:04 AM (sBOL1)
Posted by: bluebell at March 22, 2017 10:55 AM
Well, I have had this damned woodpecker show up about a week ago and he sits on my blue gutter every morning. Sounds like a friggin' jackhammer on metal.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 22, 2017 11:04 AM (0tfLf)
Reminds me that I saw a commercial last evening in which a guy was teaching his teenaged daughter how to shave her legs. ??
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Didn't see the ad, but I know the first rule.
"Daughter, don't use MY razor!"
Posted by: mrp at March 22, 2017 11:04 AM (Pqytn)
There were a lot of pretty-good guitars for sale every damn place in the 60's.
I had an early 70's Kay. They were pretty good.
Posted by: Deplorable Flyover 98ZJUSMC at March 22, 2017 11:04 AM (qoAfa)
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Dang I miss that part of Texas most...
Morning horde. (and moar coffee please)
Posted by: IP at March 22, 2017 11:05 AM (hUtue)
Alright, will all the Lutherans raise your hands so we know if all are here and accounted for.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 22, 2017 11:05 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: MAGA at March 22, 2017 11:05 AM (A4HOq)
Posted by: Colin at March 22, 2017 11:05 AM (DLV/d)
https://static.pjmedia.com/instapundit/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/STAIRS-600x405.png
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 22, 2017 11:06 AM (B+qrE)
You should have turned the sound up. He was quoting her unhinged comments against Gorsuch and asked the Dem Senators on the Judiciary Committee why they haven't condemned her comments instead of only focusing on comments made by Trump or his supporters regarding Gorsuch.
He was actually very good in his defense of Gorsuch and hitting Democrats for their politicization of this process.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 22, 2017 11:06 AM (/tuJf)
Outdoors, for some reason, that "chatter" freezes the birds so the cat can catch them.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 22, 2017 11:06 AM (Uohrc)
Dick Powell, director of one of the great submarine movies, died of his exposure to The Conqueror.
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Also one of the best portrayers of private eye Philip Marlowe, in Murder, My Sweet.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 22, 2017 11:06 AM (HQ28E)
Much butthurt in the comments from the bottom 10 state residents.
Along the line of "all these social features based on subjective measurements are better here" and "but our GNPs are biggerz!!"
Yeah. Sure.
Posted by: RoyalOil at March 22, 2017 11:06 AM (ZQpd0)
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IP, I owe you an apology for yesterday. Sorry for being a jerk to you. And being a jerk in general.
Posted by: grammie winger at March 22, 2017 11:07 AM (lwiT4)
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Yeah, trying to buy plus-size was ridiculous -- the poor kids were swimming in all the extra fabric. All they needed was a little more space in the armholes and a little more length in the torso -- for tall and healthy kids.
Posted by: mustbequantum at March 22, 2017 11:07 AM (MIKMs)
That's because they are laundering Trump's Russian money, silly.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 22, 2017 11:07 AM (B+qrE)
We may never know his motive.
Posted by: gewa76 at March 22, 2017 11:07 AM (B6OKy)
But you know, the whoopee cushion is a Canadian invention.
Which explains most of Leslie Nielsen.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 22, 2017 11:07 AM (H5rtT)
Then, on Watch What Happens Live, my jaw dropped when the two guests turned out to be one of the Wives and.........
Megyn McCain.
Gawd, she's an annoying idiot. Said her dad "loves" Abba and listens to them all the time.
I. Just. Can't.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 22, 2017 11:07 AM (PY9jH)
The important message from current ads is: Dads are relevant again - as long as they are depicted caring for their awesome daughter(s).
It's a nice break from the years of dads being depicted as the idiot man-child who is outsmarted by his wife and/or kids, but would it kill advertisers to throw in a few images of dads with sons?!?
Posted by: Lizzy at March 22, 2017 11:08 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: eleven at March 22, 2017 11:08 AM (qUNWi)
Posted by: @votermom @vm pimping great books usually free or sale at March 22, 2017 09:48 AM (Om16U
Can't be worse than sleeping with those awful brush rollers my mother tortured me with on the nights before we got our class picture taken.
'ettes of a certain age remember...
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at March 22, 2017 11:08 AM (ZM2xo)
What did I win??? What did I win???
Posted by: Diogenes
Point of order! The second bomber was named "Bock's Car" or "Bockscar", depending who you go with.
http://military.wikia.com/wiki/Bockscar
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at March 22, 2017 11:08 AM (9krrF)
Posted by: Lizzy at March 22, 2017 11:05 AM (NOIQH)
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Lifts hands high into the air, then sits on them because "We don't do that here."
Posted by: grammie winger at March 22, 2017 11:08 AM (lwiT4)
Duluth Trading. If we weren't on a budget I'd buy everything but suits from them.
Posted by: joncelli, Gobsmacked Rage Monkey and Crossbowman at March 22, 2017 11:08 AM (RD7QR)
NYT piece highlighting her difficulties as the Anti-Establishment politician. She's just a proxy for their Trump jihad.
Silly NYT editors, Italians routinely trash their politicians and go through them like we go through rounds of ammo at the range.
Don't get your little snowflake-y hopes up that she represents some kind of omen about POTUS 45.
Posted by: kallisto at March 22, 2017 11:08 AM (nNdYv)
We may never know his motive.
It's Onslow. He finally snapped.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 22, 2017 11:08 AM (B+qrE)
Posted by: Chuck Barren at March 22, 2017 11:09 AM (ZM2xo)
Carl Sandburg never played Philip Marlowe!
Now, Sam Spade, maybe. Fellow travelling, and all.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 22, 2017 11:09 AM (H5rtT)
Posted by: Chuck Norris at March 22, 2017 11:09 AM (FZYNt)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 22, 2017 11:10 AM (SjImc)
It's only with the true benefit of hindsight that I realize just how much Greg Brady hair I had in my senior portrait.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 22, 2017 11:10 AM (B+qrE)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 22, 2017 11:06 AM (Uohrc)
I've always heard that it was an 'anticipatory' action, like "I really really want to bite your neck, but there's glass in the way". I'm not a cat psychologist nor a cat though; I guess we'll have to wait for Anna Puma to chime in on the subject.
Posted by: hogmartin at March 22, 2017 11:10 AM (8nWyX)
Posted by: Jack Sock at March 22, 2017 09:44 AM (fgzLM)
He's just riffing on my request for people not to say "Lets kill on thee lawyers" when one of the lawyers who posts on here is having an interview at this moment. I believe that my PLEASE was all in quotes.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 22, 2017 11:11 AM (fDdVG)
Posted by: Ghost Pirate LeChuck at March 22, 2017 11:11 AM (u9OP6)
Posted by: The Mayor of London at March 22, 2017 11:11 AM (FqgrG)
local crime story...
Posted by: Blanche duBois....it means at March 22, 2017 11:11 AM (ihtYN)
Posted by: RoyalOil at March 22, 2017 10:59 AM (ZQpd0)
Yeah. Euro-weenies and all that BUT I agree with their clothing philosophy: own less but much better quality. I have raised my children to buy better, do laundry more often, and own less.
Posted by: Lydia, Seller of Purple at March 22, 2017 11:11 AM (RHjCR)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 22, 2017 11:11 AM (fDdVG)
Posted by: josephistan at March 22, 2017 11:11 AM (7HtZB)
12 people or more reportedly injured at shooting outside British Parliament on Wedensday; Alleged assailant reported to have been shot by the police.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 22, 2017 11:11 AM (SjImc)
Heh. This Episcopalian also had nothing to do with the terrorism over in the UK. It's almost like there's a trend, or perhaps a 'profile' we could put together to explain these ever-increasing occurrences....Nah!
Posted by: Lizzy at March 22, 2017 11:12 AM (NOIQH)
Oh good for xer.
Get back to me when xe calls out the MUH RUSSIANS scam for the witch hunt that it is.
Posted by: kallisto at March 22, 2017 11:12 AM (nNdYv)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 22, 2017 11:13 AM (SjImc)
Live and learn.
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They're inscrutable.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks. Now worse than Hitler! at March 22, 2017 11:13 AM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: joncelli, Gobsmacked Rage Monkey and Crossbowman at March 22, 2017 11:08 AM (RD7QR)
Yep. Good stuff. Built like iron. Want a Shirt-Jac they sell, but I just can't justify the cost, with three or four Carhartts in the closet.
Posted by: Deplorable Flyover 98ZJUSMC at March 22, 2017 11:13 AM (qoAfa)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 22, 2017 11:08 AM
Funny...I'd have expected Richard to lose it first.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 22, 2017 11:13 AM (p+Wdc)
Posted by: Ripley at March 22, 2017 11:13 AM (1BQGO)
Posted by: eleven at March 22, 2017 11:13 AM (qUNWi)
local crime story...
Posted by: Blanche duBois....it means at March 22, 2017 11:11 AM (ihtYN)
And we DON'T mean Koreans.
Posted by: Brit "Asian" Who's Actually Pakistani at March 22, 2017 11:13 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Strobe at March 22, 2017 11:14 AM (gbWkA)
Posted by: dantesed at March 22, 2017 11:14 AM (88xKn)
9th Circuit Judge about to release ruling
I'm sure the ACLU and SPLC will chalk this up the the spike in hate crimes worldwide since Trump's election any minute now....
Posted by: Lizzy at March 22, 2017 11:14 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Under Fire at March 22, 2017 10:41 AM (UOJLJ)
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Yes, it spun off from Sears a couple of years ago
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 22, 2017 10:53 AM
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The Sears by me still has Lands End stuff - Men's and Ladies, plus shoes, etc.
Posted by: IrishEi at March 22, 2017 11:14 AM (HiDrR)
Sky News says "Asian guy" ran over people on Westminster Bridge, then got plinked by police
Posted by: Blanche duBois....it means at March 22, 2017 11:11 AM
Translating from the Britspeak, he was probably a Paki.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 22, 2017 11:14 AM (p+Wdc)
Assailant shot, at least a dozen injured in incident at UK parliament
12 people or more reportedly injured at shooting outside British
Parliament on Wedensday; Alleged assailant reported to have been shot by
the police.
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Sounds similar to the incident that occurred in and around Canada's Parliament building. The Islamist assailant was shot by Parliament's sergeant-at-arms.
Posted by: mrp at March 22, 2017 11:14 AM (Pqytn)
That means Middle Eastern.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 22, 2017 11:14 AM (B+qrE)
Posted by: Under Fire at March 22, 2017 11:14 AM (UOJLJ)
Not my job to monitor him.
He's usually a turd but in this instance he was pretty effective in pointing out the hypocrisy of the left.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 22, 2017 11:14 AM (/tuJf)
Brits still think that having police openly carry weapons is "provocative"
virgin-seeker is apparently on his way to Allah
Posted by: Blanche duBois....it means "White Wood" at March 22, 2017 11:15 AM (ihtYN)
Posted by: grammie winger at March 22, 2017 11:15 AM (lwiT4)
A case of used motor oil could be CEO of Amazon. Or Wastebook. Or Google.gov.
Posted by: Mortimer, FINISH HER! at March 22, 2017 11:15 AM (ArGlz)
Asian is usually their code work for Indian or Pakistani
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 22, 2017 11:16 AM (fDdVG)
Posted by: grammie winger at March 22, 2017 11:07 AM (lwiT4)
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awwww..Thanks Grammie. You weren't a jerk, you were as upset as I was. It's a rough topic for all of us, and we will all react to it differently, all for our own reasons.It what makes the HQ so great.
I'll admit, I called my daughter at college, and put the Symphony channel on for my drive home just to clear my head.
Posted by: IP at March 22, 2017 11:16 AM (hUtue)
Posted by: Columbo at March 22, 2017 11:16 AM (qUNWi)
Asia, very big continent. Not really a descriptor of people, is it?
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 22, 2017 11:16 AM (H5rtT)
It was maybe Lady Gillette? Dude was teaching by shaving his own legs. One wonders what he would have done if some other fem hygiene product was involved.
Implication was that Mom was no longer in the family for whatever reason and Dad was stepping up bravely.
I've got three teen girls, but if I was ever unfortunate enough not to have Mrs. R. around to handle such things, I'd probably tell them to go look it up on YooToob.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llamabutcher at March 22, 2017 11:16 AM (8PUK1)
Posted by: Chupacabra at March 22, 2017 11:17 AM (0WoNT)
Asians are terrible drivers but shooting them seems a bit extreme.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 22, 2017 11:18 AM (JZdsf)
Seeing my dad dressed like that would have freaked me out when I was young.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 22, 2017 11:18 AM (PY9jH)
Posted by: me hate you long time at March 22, 2017 11:18 AM (qUNWi)
Posted by: grammie winger at March 22, 2017 11:18 AM (lwiT4)
Posted by: Jackal at March 22, 2017 11:19 AM (umvWu)
Posted by: MAGA at March 22, 2017 11:19 AM (A4HOq)
Posted by: bluebell at March 22, 2017 11:01 AM (sBOL1)
I lived in Texas for three years and never saw a bluebell except in books.
Where does a person have to go to see them?
Posted by: Emmie at March 22, 2017 11:19 AM (xVuS6)
Posted by: Zombie Chuck Connors at March 22, 2017 11:19 AM (ArGlz)
Posted by: Mathers at March 22, 2017 11:19 AM (3myMJ)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at March 22, 2017 11:20 AM (oVJmc)
I don't recall anybody teaching me to shave my legs. It seemed pretty straightforward: put shaving cream on legs, shave up.
Face shaving looks trickier since there are so many angles men have to navigate.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at March 22, 2017 11:20 AM (s7vJs)
Mom's probably in a locked freezer in the garage.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 22, 2017 11:20 AM (JZdsf)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 22, 2017 11:18 AM (PY9jH)
Heh ..... yeah, that was never, ever going to happen.
Posted by: Deplorable Flyover 98ZJUSMC at March 22, 2017 11:20 AM (qoAfa)
"So Dad, do you cut it with a tamp Ax?"
"Summer's Eve? What a douche!"
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 22, 2017 11:20 AM (H5rtT)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 22, 2017 11:20 AM (SjImc)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at March 22, 2017 11:21 AM (WTSFk)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 22, 2017 11:21 AM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 22, 2017 11:21 AM (PY9jH)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 22, 2017 11:21 AM (IqV8l)
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Why are girls being put into the 'fairy princess' category? I wouldn't buy the pink and purple crap 20 years ago because it got dirty and nasty. Don't normal daughters play outside?
Posted by: mustbequantum at March 22, 2017 11:22 AM (MIKMs)
I'm presented a choice this time around, and I can go with a MacBook Pro (either 13" or 15") or a couple of Dell Windows 10 machines. Yay.
I'm leaning toward the Mac, but mainly because I hate Windows 10. Anyone use a Mac for work? My major concern is that docking stations for Macbooks seem a little inelegant, but I've grown used to my external monitors.
Posted by: VA GOP Sucks at March 22, 2017 11:22 AM (tVWQB)
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at March 22, 2017 11:20 AM (s7vJs)
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Same deal, you just kinda figure it out. I gave #1 son a few tips, a new blade, a box of those little round band-aids and said "have a go at it kid".
Posted by: IP at March 22, 2017 11:22 AM (hUtue)
'Zactly!
Posted by: sinalco at March 22, 2017 11:22 AM (yODqO)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 22, 2017 11:22 AM (fDdVG)
Posted by: Khazir Khan at March 22, 2017 11:23 AM (j+dfT)
Now Chuck Barris?
Posted by: eleven
Fuck off
Posted by: Chuck Norris
Get the F away from me!
Posted by: Chuck E. Cheese
Posted by: rickb223 at March 22, 2017 11:23 AM (Uohrc)
That is the British code word
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I was going to point that out as well.
So sad that we will never, EVER know the motive.
/Trump tweets "islamic terrorism" in 3...2...1..
Posted by: shibumi at March 22, 2017 11:23 AM (FkAXz)
Today he might dress up like a fairy princess because sons.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 22, 2017 11:23 AM (JZdsf)
Yeah, well, it's our betters tell men/dads it's OK to express their feminine side for the sake of their daughter's well-being...or something. I think it's weird, too. Dads parent differently - they rough-house, they tease, but feminism doesn't allow for that to be acknowledged, I guess, so they show dads acting like moms.
I think it's great that they've pulled back on bashing dads, just seems like only daughters exist on Madison Ave. nowadays.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 22, 2017 11:23 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: MAGA at March 22, 2017 11:23 AM (A4HOq)
Posted by: Got commentin to do at March 22, 2017 11:23 AM (qUNWi)
We were taking photos of Big Ben and we saw all the people running towards us, and then there was an Asian guy in about his 40s carrying a knife about seven or eight inches long.
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"Asian guy"
Japs!!!!
Posted by: @votermom @vm at March 22, 2017 11:23 AM (Om16U)
(Oklahoma Tire And Supply Company)
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 22, 2017 11:24 AM (V2Yro)
Why are girls being put into the 'fairy
princess' category? I wouldn't buy the pink and purple crap 20 years ago
because it got dirty and nasty. Don't normal daughters play outside?
Posted by: mustbequantum at March 22, 2017 11:22 AM (MIKMs)
I wasn't into dolls (except for my Barbie and Ken having a soap opera with my sister's Allen and Midge). I was always outside running around, or riding horseback. I guess I was a tomboy.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 22, 2017 11:24 AM (PY9jH)
Posted by: Lizzy at March 22, 2017 11:05 AM (NOIQH)
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does that mean we can't shoot um?
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at March 22, 2017 11:24 AM (h/uSM)
That's not a knife.
Posted by: Crocodile Dundee at March 22, 2017 11:25 AM (JZdsf)
Posted by: Mathers at March 22, 2017 11:25 AM (3myMJ)
category? I wouldn't buy the pink and purple crap 20 years ago because
it got dirty and nasty. Don't normal daughters play outside?
Posted by: mustbequantum at March 22, 2017 11:22 AM (MIKMs)
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My granddaughter, age 7, puts on her tiara and her tutu, then goes out by the backyard pond and catches frogs. Best of both worlds. And if she had it her way, the only colors she would ever wear would be pink and purple. She also likes to ride the John Deere. Go figure.
Posted by: grammie winger at March 22, 2017 11:25 AM (lwiT4)
Since this is the art thread...Peter Falk became quite good at figure studies.
Posted by: kallisto at March 22, 2017 11:25 AM (nNdYv)
Posted by: MAGA at March 22, 2017 11:25 AM (A4HOq)
Posted by: IP at March 22, 2017 11:25 AM (hUtue)
Carl Sandburg never played Philip Marlowe!
Now, Sam Spade, maybe. Fellow travelling, and all.
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Sandburg would have made a good Philip Marlowe . . . if the film portrayed the ace detective at the retirement home. (I have never seen a pic of Sandburg where he didn't look old.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 22, 2017 11:25 AM (HQ28E)
Posted by: VA GOP Sucks at March 22, 2017 11:22 AM (tVWQB)
The question becomes what you are using it for in the business.
Mixed environments are a pain in the ass for your IT folks, as people have problems sharing resources...
And make sure whatever software you prefer to use, works on that platform.
Posted by: Don Q. at March 22, 2017 11:25 AM (NgKpN)
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 22, 2017 11:25 AM (V2Yro)
Posted by: Nigel West Dickens at March 22, 2017 11:25 AM (FqgrG)
Now Chuck Barris?
Posted by: eleven
Fuck off
Posted by: Chuck Norris
Get the F away from me!
Posted by: Chuck E. Cheese
It happens to everybody, sooner or later.
Posted by: Chuck Jones at March 22, 2017 11:26 AM (X6fMO)
Posted by: RoyalOil at March 22, 2017 11:26 AM (ZQpd0)
Posted by: me hate you long time at March 22, 2017 11:18 AM (qUNWi)
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latter day kamikazes
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at March 22, 2017 11:26 AM (h/uSM)
Posted by: Mortimer
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Hey...! I'm smart , like really smart.
Posted by: Mark Zuckerberg at March 22, 2017 11:26 AM (ZO497)
I'm presented a choice this time around, and I can go with a MacBook Pro (either 13" or 15") or a couple of Dell Windows 10 machines. Yay.
I'm leaning toward the Mac, but mainly because I hate Windows 10. Anyone use a Mac for work? My major concern is that docking stations for Macbooks seem a little inelegant, but I've grown used to my external monitors.
Posted by: VA GOP Sucks at March 22, 2017 11:22 AM (tVWQB)
It depends, as usual. I love Macs and hate Windows but if you have to use Windows-native applications you're better off with a Windows machine. However, if applications aren't an issue your Mac can use an external monitor with the right connectors (not cheap -- make your employer pay for this).
Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at March 22, 2017 11:26 AM (RD7QR)
Just to be clear: no jello spotted?
Posted by: Lizzy at March 22, 2017 11:26 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Chuck Jones at March 22, 2017 11:26 AM (X6fMO)
______________________________
th-th-th-that's all folks!
Posted by: IP at March 22, 2017 11:26 AM (hUtue)
I don't know if it's intentional or just lazy reporting but there has always seemed to be an attempt to make people think Islam is strictly a Middle East thing when the fact is that Asia has significantly more Muslims than any other region.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 22, 2017 11:27 AM (/tuJf)
Btw, Europe isn't even a real continent to begin with.
Posted by: Independent George at March 22, 2017 11:27 AM (BDZWU)
Posted by: JTB at March 22, 2017 11:27 AM (V+03K)
I'm presented a choice this time around, and I can go with a MacBook Pro (either 13" or 15") or a couple of Dell Windows 10 machines. Yay.
I'm leaning toward the Mac, but mainly because I hate Windows 10. Anyone use a Mac for work? My major concern is that docking stations for Macbooks seem a little inelegant, but I've grown used to my external monitors.
Posted by: VA GOP Sucks at March 22, 2017 11:22 AM (tVWQB)
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I don't like Macs, but...
The level of quality that companies tend to ask for in work PCs tend to be fairly low.
You can get a great laptop from Dell, but you need to spend a couple thousand dollars to get it.
Macs, though, are designed to be high class machines no matter which model you get.
I'd go with the Mac.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 22, 2017 11:27 AM (mC1ZI)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 22, 2017 11:24 AM (PY9jH)
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Until one day while you were climbing a tree with the guys, you caught one of them staring at your chest.......
Posted by: Sheryl Crow at March 22, 2017 11:27 AM (Fmupd)
Posted by: Lizzy at March 22, 2017 11:26 AM (NOIQH)
No report so far.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 22, 2017 11:27 AM (PY9jH)
Today he might dress up like a fairy princess because sons.
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sometimes the daughter's other Dad really like it. A Lot.
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at March 22, 2017 11:27 AM (h/uSM)
It's odd he's leaving out the US in his tirades. Makes me think he believes European fingerprints on the attempted coup. My Uber driver from Istanbul is certain it was a legit attempt that turned into a bay of pigs operation. It went off like some half-baked scheme Merkel's gang might cook up.
At the rate this is going, they'll be offering free hair transplant surgery in Istanbul soon. Holding out.
Posted by: charley horse at March 22, 2017 11:28 AM (+kahX)
Posted by: Independent George at March 22, 2017 11:27 AM (BDZWU)
Oh shit. Where will it end?
Posted by: Pluto, A Planet and a Damn Good One at March 22, 2017 11:28 AM (JZdsf)
Where does a person have to go to see them?
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Central Texas and Hill Country. I just took it for granted that is was everywhere in TX due to Lady Bird's obsession.
Posted by: auscolpyr at March 22, 2017 11:28 AM (suO/a)
Posted by: Strobe at March 22, 2017 11:28 AM (gbWkA)
Posted by: Chuck Barkley at March 22, 2017 11:28 AM (2Mnv1)
Posted by: Soona at March 22, 2017 11:28 AM (Fmupd)
Today he might dress up like a fairy princess because sons.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 22, 2017 11:23 AM (JZdsf)
I loathe that commercial. Dad says he must tolerate having his fingernails painted daily and wear a tiara because he is raising four daughters alone. While they show him baking a cake or something.
Right.
Posted by: Jen at March 22, 2017 11:28 AM (9z842)
Now Chuck Barris?
Posted by: eleven
Fuck off
Posted by: Chuck Norris
Get the F away from me!
Posted by: Chuck E. Cheese
It happens to everybody, sooner or later.
Posted by: Chuck Jones
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Not my mother, apparently.
Posted by: Chuck Mountbatten-Windsor at March 22, 2017 11:29 AM (ZO497)
Posted by: ovulating Jello at March 22, 2017 11:29 AM (h/uSM)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 22, 2017 11:29 AM (PY9jH)
Posted by: Strobe at March 22, 2017 11:28 AM (gbWkA)
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If I ever have a daughter, I'll refuse to do it.
I'll put on my suit instead.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 22, 2017 11:29 AM (mC1ZI)
Posted by: josephistan at March 22, 2017 11:29 AM (7HtZB)
Not surprisingly, Western Auto was yet another company murdered when Sears purchased and then horribly mismanaged them.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 22, 2017 11:29 AM (V2Yro)
They are in every highway median in the Houston/Dallas/Austin triangle.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 22, 2017 11:29 AM (B+qrE)
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at March 22, 2017 11:29 AM (XjSCU)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 22, 2017 11:30 AM (fDdVG)
(Oklahoma Tire And Supply Company)
Posted by: Tom Servo
I moved to N Texas in '79 and don't remember them.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 22, 2017 11:30 AM (Uohrc)
Now Chuck Barris?
Posted by: eleven
Fuck off
Posted by: Chuck Norris
Get the F away from me!
Posted by: Chuck E. Cheese
It happens to everybody, sooner or later.
Posted by: Chuck Jones
That's it! I'm swearing off football!
Posted by: Chuck Brown ... at March 22, 2017 11:30 AM (AoK0a)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 22, 2017 11:27 AM (mC1ZI)
I hate Apple the Company, but I love my MAC and my iPhone. Unfortunetaly due to work - Navy- I have to use my Dell Windows 10 Laptop the most. Sigh
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 22, 2017 11:30 AM (SjImc)
Posted by: Mr. Miyagi at March 22, 2017 11:30 AM (wGP5o)
" maybe we just want to see some effort in our artists!" ... what are you, some kind of Nazi?! Effort?! You mean that instead of shit-paint slapped onto a canvas, you want something that required some skill and, ah-hem cough, cough, effort?! That's definitely fascist talk these days.
Posted by: goon at March 22, 2017 11:30 AM (EaQ6/)
They were condemned to a lifetime of public housing and two bags of groceries a week.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 22, 2017 11:30 AM (JZdsf)
Posted by: Under Fire at March 22, 2017 11:30 AM (UOJLJ)
They are in every highway median in the Houston/Dallas/Austin triangle.
Posted by: Circa
Circa, those are bluebonnets.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 22, 2017 11:31 AM (Uohrc)
Posted by: Riz Ahmed at March 22, 2017 11:31 AM (B6OKy)
Our media to get their panties in a twist over his tweets in 3...2...1...
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 22, 2017 11:31 AM (PY9jH)
Posted by: Chupacabra at March 22, 2017 11:31 AM (0WoNT)
Posted by: JTB at March 22, 2017 11:27 AM (V+03K)
Central Texas and Hill Country. I just took it for granted that is was everywhere in TX due to Lady Bird's obsession.
Posted by: auscolpyr at March 22, 2017 11:28 AM (suO/a)
Sounds lovely! Are they fragrant as well?
Also, aren't they a variety of lupine? We have lupines in Colorado.
Posted by: Emmie at March 22, 2017 11:31 AM (xVuS6)
Posted by: steevy at March 22, 2017 11:31 AM (r/0kC)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 22, 2017 11:30 AM (SjImc)
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Their cheapest laptops are about $1100 for a reason. They don't make cheap shit in order to protect their brand.
Before building my own desktop, I've bought nothing but Dells, and they were all great. I also paid a minimum of $2000 for each of them, desktop or laptop. Never had problems.
So, I never understood Dell's poor reputation from a personal perspective.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 22, 2017 11:32 AM (mC1ZI)
Same here. Hated dresses, hated pink and purple, was much happier hiking, climbing trees, whatever. Glad my mom didn't convince me this was expressing that I identified as a boy.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 22, 2017 11:32 AM (NOIQH)
Where are they? Bluebell ice cream gets made where the bluebells grow, that's what makes the cows so happy.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 22, 2017 11:32 AM (V2Yro)
Posted by: Strobe at March 22, 2017 11:32 AM (gbWkA)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 22, 2017 11:31 AM (Uohrc)
Ah, yes. I've been thinking bluebonnets while calling them bluebells. My mistake.
Posted by: Emmie at March 22, 2017 11:33 AM (xVuS6)
Posted by: Pluto, A Planet and a Damn Good One at March 22, 2017 11:28 AM (JZdsf)
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Never apparently.
Posted by: The Catskills and the Poconos at March 22, 2017 11:33 AM (BDZWU)
Posted by: steevy at March 22, 2017 11:33 AM (r/0kC)
A modern parent would have started you on testosterone therapy and you''d have an Adams apple by now.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 22, 2017 11:33 AM (JZdsf)
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at March 22, 2017 11:34 AM (XjSCU)
Posted by: mrp at March 22, 2017 11:34 AM (Pqytn)
Posted by: CNN at March 22, 2017 11:34 AM (UOJLJ)
Posted by: grammie winger at March 22, 2017 11:25 AM (lwiT4)
Yep. I was amusing by watching my niece wear a purple boa and a glittery purple purse with a shoulder strap while running around playing tag.
Some girls are pure tomboys. Others are pure girly girl. But most, I think, like to mix it up.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at March 22, 2017 11:34 AM (s7vJs)
Another vote for the Mac, but what do you use it for? If it's Windows-only apps, they probably wouldn't be offering the Mac, but it helps to know what you're going to do with it.
Posted by: hogmartin at March 22, 2017 11:34 AM (8nWyX)
Posted by: Strobe
Promote that guy
Posted by: Chuck Norris at March 22, 2017 11:35 AM (FZYNt)
Was he briefed it was an Asian or was it just so guy upset that his son did badly at O levels?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 22, 2017 11:35 AM (fDdVG)
Posted by: Mortimer, FINISH HER! at March 22, 2017 11:35 AM (ArGlz)
But Pakistan is part of whatever it is.
So the Brits used to say "South Asian" for all that. It really helped. Or, not.
The one I really miss is "Near East."
It moved around quite a bit. Might, could, again.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 22, 2017 11:36 AM (H5rtT)
"I moved to N Texas in '79 and don't remember them.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 22, 2017 11:30 AM (Uohrc)"
To be fair, how much of the '70's do you remember?
I know for me, there's at least 14 minutes where the tapes just got erased. Maybe more.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 22, 2017 11:36 AM (V2Yro)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 22, 2017 11:32 AM (mC1ZI)
As far as Window's Computers is concerned I agree. I never had any real problems with a Dell. It's WINDOWS I hate. However there is no doubt that Apple Computers are made much much better than any windows computers including Dell. One glaring difference that bugs me is the function of the touch pad on Windows Computers, including Dell, compared to my MAC.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 22, 2017 11:36 AM (SjImc)
Posted by: @votermom @vm at March 22, 2017 11:36 AM (Om16U)
However... London now has a Muslim mayor.
Will be interesting to see how that fits into the mix.
/calls warning of "retribution against muslims" in 3...2..1...
Posted by: shibumi at March 22, 2017 11:37 AM (FkAXz)
Umm, uh, I usually found out about these things, uh, when I read about it in the, uh, newspaper.
Posted by: Ex-Prez'nit ShitMidas at March 22, 2017 11:37 AM (JZdsf)
The horde demands nothing less than perfection.
Posted by: eleven at March 22, 2017 11:37 AM (qUNWi)
Posted by: Strobe at March 22, 2017 11:37 AM (gbWkA)
Posted by: Independent George at March 22, 2017 11:37 AM (BDZWU)
But Pakistan is part of whatever it is.
So the Brits used to say "South Asian" for all that. It really helped. Or, not.
The one I really miss is "Near East."
It moved around quite a bit. Might, could, again.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 22, 2017 11:36 AM (H5rtT)
The Russians say "Near Abroad" (Caucasus and everything south that they have historically contended with) and "Far Abroad" (all else).
Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at March 22, 2017 11:37 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Circa
Circa, those are bluebonnets.
Posted by: rickb223
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And those medians are better as a consequence, because, everything's better with bluebonnets on it.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 22, 2017 11:38 AM (ZO497)
I know for me, there's at least 14 minutes where the tapes just got erased. Maybe more.
*snort.
Most after '76 is a blur.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 22, 2017 11:38 AM (Uohrc)
Was he briefed it was an Asian or was it just so guy upset that his son did badly at O levels?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 22, 2017 11:35 AM (fDdVG)
Was he briefed in Asian?
I bet Trump can't even speak Asian. So uncultured.
Posted by: hogmartin at March 22, 2017 11:38 AM (8nWyX)
Posted by: JoeF. at March 22, 2017 11:38 AM (7uYFy)
Posted by: It's Me donna at March 22, 2017 11:38 AM (O2RFr)
Posted by: eleven at March 22, 2017 11:37 AM (qUNWi)
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From everyone else.
Posted by: Mortimer, FINISH HER! at March 22, 2017 11:38 AM (ArGlz)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at March 22, 2017 11:38 AM (XtAzU)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 22, 2017 11:38 AM (SjImc)
ace did an epic rant about his dealings with Dell technical support a while ago. Pretty funny stuff.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 22, 2017 11:39 AM (/tuJf)
Has Trump been blamed yet for the attack at Parliament? It will only be a matter of time before the MFM blames him for the climate of hate or said it was joint operation with the Russians
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 22, 2017 11:39 AM (493sH)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
It's not nice to fool Mother Nature!
Posted by: rickb223 at March 22, 2017 11:39 AM (Uohrc)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 22, 2017 11:39 AM (ZO497)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 22, 2017 11:39 AM (fDdVG)
Posted by: Mathers at March 22, 2017 11:39 AM (3myMJ)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at March 22, 2017 11:39 AM (ul9CR)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 22, 2017 11:39 AM (fDdVG)
Posted by: eleven at March 22, 2017 11:37 AM (qUNWi)
Get used to disappointment.
Posted by: Emmie at March 22, 2017 11:39 AM (xVuS6)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 22, 2017 11:38 AM (SjImc)
Sure lefties, run with that. Don't notice that your countrymen think differently.
Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at March 22, 2017 11:40 AM (RD7QR)
It is possible but only for those with a talent for invention.
First, get a laptop...
Posted by: Achmad, Muslim Inventor of the Clock at March 22, 2017 11:40 AM (JZdsf)
Posted by: Independent George at March 22, 2017 11:37 AM (BDZWU)
Broadly speaking, there's probably some way, but as far as buying a case and mobo and CPU and all the rest, no, it's not anything I've ever heard of.
Posted by: hogmartin at March 22, 2017 11:40 AM (8nWyX)
He's 12.
Sheesh.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat?
that's nothing, let me know when he "builds" a clock
Posted by: B.Obama at March 22, 2017 11:40 AM (FZYNt)
Posted by: IP at March 22, 2017 11:40 AM (hUtue)
Perfection is in the eye of the beholder...Or something...
Posted by: It's Me donna at March 22, 2017 11:40 AM (O2RFr)
Posted by: Mathers at March 22, 2017 11:40 AM (3myMJ)
"Sky News reporting Trump has been briefed. "
I used to hate that phrase when Obama was president. It seemed to imply, "Relax folks, I got this.'
Posted by: JoeF. at March 22, 2017 11:40 AM (7uYFy)
But Pakistan is part of whatever it is.
So the Brits used to say "South Asian" for all that. It really helped. Or, not.
The one I really miss is "Near East."
It moved around quite a bit. Might, could, again.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 22, 2017 11:36 AM (H5rtT)
The Russians say "Near Abroad" (Caucasus and everything south that they have historically contended with) and "Far Abroad" (all else).
Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist
Pink Floyd says "Us and Them". Well, mostly they sing it, but still ...
Posted by: Adriane the Music Critic ... at March 22, 2017 11:40 AM (AoK0a)
He's 12.
Sheesh.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat?
I just built my own AR.
Well, I just swapped out uppers. But still.....
Posted by: rickb223 at March 22, 2017 11:41 AM (Uohrc)
Posted by: It's Me donna at March 22, 2017 11:41 AM (O2RFr)
Posted by: Eric Cantor-Relevant Again Thanks To FBN at March 22, 2017 11:42 AM (UOJLJ)
That reminds me of the only funny New Yorker cartoon I've ever seen: a couple is standing in front of their vacation home, reading a note that says, "If you know what's good for you, you'll get those Adirondack chairs the hell out of the Poconos."
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 22, 2017 11:42 AM (X6fMO)
Posted by: steevy at March 22, 2017 11:42 AM (r/0kC)
That was back when Oman was still a "quarantine port."
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 22, 2017 11:43 AM (H5rtT)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 22, 2017 11:43 AM (Uohrc)
Who only recently bragged about distributing some yuge number of Korans.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 22, 2017 11:43 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 22, 2017 11:43 AM (ZO497)
Posted by: Strobe at March 22, 2017 11:43 AM (gbWkA)
Posted by: Independent George at March 22, 2017 11:37 AM (BDZWU)
Not from scratch. You could always rebuild an existing shell (Monitor/Keyboard case), I suppose.
Posted by: Deplorable Flyover 98ZJUSMC at March 22, 2017 11:43 AM (qoAfa)
Born that way? Posted by: @votermom @vm at March 22, 2017 11:36 AM (Om16U)
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LOL. Pink and purple are problematic for Irish/Scandi fluorescent skin and ruddy hair/green eyes. Do you dress the kid in something they lurve, or something that allows them to look human and healthy?
Posted by: mustbequantum at March 22, 2017 11:43 AM (MIKMs)
568 To be fair, how much of the '70's do you remember?
I know for me, there's at least 14 minutes where the tapes just got erased. Maybe more.
*snort.
Most after '76 is a blur.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 22, 2017 11:38 AM (Uohrc)
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I remember I got married a couple of times in the 70's. That's about it.
Posted by: Soona at March 22, 2017 11:44 AM (Fmupd)
Posted by: bluebell at March 22, 2017 11:44 AM (sBOL1)
Posted by: JTB at March 22, 2017 11:44 AM (V+03K)
Posted by: mrp at March 22, 2017 11:45 AM (Pqytn)
I hope someone in Congress grows a spine, and brings impeachment proceedings against these maniac Obama judges, who seem hell bent on allowing these terrorists into the country to kill us.
Posted by: Iblis at March 22, 2017 11:45 AM (9221z)
Posted by: Independent George at March 22, 2017 11:37 AM (BDZWU)
Yes, but you'll be doing some soldering.
Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at March 22, 2017 11:45 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 22, 2017 11:45 AM (/tuJf)
"Sky News reporting Trump has been briefed. "
I used to hate that phrase when Obama was president. It seemed to imply, "Relax folks, I got this.'
Posted by: JoeF. at March 22, 2017 11:40 AM (7uYFy)
TFG was usually golfing, eating his waffle, or vacationing. Yeah, I never felt a sense of security when the Muzzy-loving idiot was "briefed."
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 22, 2017 11:45 AM (PY9jH)
Posted by: VA GOP Sucks at March 22, 2017 11:45 AM (PFy0L)
ace did an epic rant about his dealings with Dell technical support a while ago. Pretty funny stuff.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 22, 2017 11:39 AM (/tuJf)
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Missed that.
Of course, I never had to deal with them because I bought GOOD Dell computers.
That's the key.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 22, 2017 11:46 AM (mC1ZI)
Jinx the Cat says they are plentiful in Waterford, too.
Posted by: bluebell at March 22, 2017 11:46 AM (sBOL1)
Posted by: It's Me donna at March 22, 2017 11:46 AM (O2RFr)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 22, 2017 11:18 AM (PY9jH)
If my dad had dressed up like that, my mom would have called the police and told them her husband had gone insane.
So many annoying commercials. The one that really is getting on my nerves is the Untucked Shirt Guy. That, apparently, was a national crisis that he solved.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at March 22, 2017 11:46 AM (s7vJs)
Pakistani Asian to be specific.
Oh. Well that's ok then.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 22, 2017 11:46 AM (Uohrc)
Posted by: Cheri at March 22, 2017 11:47 AM (oiNtH)
Posted by: Eromero at March 22, 2017 11:47 AM (zLDYs)
Posted by: VA GOP Sucks at March 22, 2017 11:45 AM (PFy0L)
Then go with a Mac. They're just plain better.
Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at March 22, 2017 11:47 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 22, 2017 11:45 AM (PY9jH)
Of course, Obama was briefed every time Reggie sat on his face.....
Posted by: JoeF. at March 22, 2017 11:48 AM (7uYFy)
Posted by: It's Me donna at March 22, 2017 11:46 AM (O2RFr)
[Shrugs] So did both of the Podestas. In DC that's just business.
Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at March 22, 2017 11:48 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Mathers at March 22, 2017 11:40 AM (3myMJ)
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The thing about wildflowers on highway medians is that once the flowers are gone, they're nothing but weeds afterwards.
Posted by: Soona at March 22, 2017 11:48 AM (Fmupd)
Then go with a Mac. They're just plain better.
Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at March 22, 2017 11:47 AM (RD7QR)
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I think I'd take a PC over a Mac at similar price points, but we're talking about business computers. The PCs generally suck.
Mac is the best choice, most likely.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 22, 2017 11:48 AM (mC1ZI)
And Dell's vary a bit, mass mfg being what it is. I've had good luck with Sony, Apple and the new Surface Book (not the Surface but the laptop version of it).
I've got a USB DVD drive for them and haven't really needed it. Technology changes...
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at March 22, 2017 11:48 AM (zsHGH)
WTF is wrong with them?
An armed society is a polite society.
Parting thought: How long before UK Politicians say the only way to stop this sort of thing is to bring MORE muslims to the UK and to be more tolerant of their beliefs, including things like sharia, FGM and terrorism?
Posted by: shibumi at March 22, 2017 11:48 AM (FkAXz)
Phone interview is done. It was with one of their HR people. We went through some of the standard questions, then background and stuff on my resume. I did have to explain why I went from one place to another recently, and they asked a couple of questions designed around interpersonal interactions. I think it went OK, but who the hell knows with these things. They should get back to me in about a week to let me know if I get to proceed to round two.
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at March 22, 2017 11:48 AM (0mRoj)
The thing about wildflowers on highway medians is that once the flowers are gone, they're nothing but weeds afterwards.
Posted by: Soona at March 22, 2017 11:48 AM (Fmupd)
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Truly, this is the story of Obama.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 22, 2017 11:48 AM (mC1ZI)
Posted by: mustbequantum at March 22, 2017 11:43 AM (MIKMs)
Let them wear the colors they love. They're not dressing for success or to get a date.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at March 22, 2017 11:48 AM (s7vJs)
:::moves ever so slightly away from TJM:::
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at March 22, 2017 11:48 AM (XjSCU)
Posted by: Mortimer, FINISH HER! at March 22, 2017 11:49 AM (ArGlz)
[Shrugs] So did both of the Podestas. In DC that's just business.
Except they don't have R after their names...
Posted by: It's Me donna at March 22, 2017 11:49 AM (O2RFr)
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at March 22, 2017 11:49 AM (0mRoj)
Phone interview is done. It was with one of their HR people. We went through some of the standard questions, then background and stuff on my resume. I did have to explain why I went from one place to another recently, and they asked a couple of questions designed around interpersonal interactions. I think it went OK, but who the hell knows with these things. They should get back to me in about a week to let me know if I get to proceed to round two.
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at March 22, 2017 11:48 AM (0mRoj)
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Good luck on that one. Did the HR person sound like a 12 year old girl?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 22, 2017 11:49 AM (mC1ZI)
ace did an epic rant about his dealings with Dell technical support a while ago. Pretty funny stuff.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 22, 2017 11:39 AM (/tuJf)
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Worked there seven years, trained my offshore replacement and got let go about 12 years ago. At least Round Rock doesn't solely depend on its existence anymore after Dell threatened many times to move.
Posted by: auscolpyr at March 22, 2017 11:50 AM (suO/a)
Posted by: Insomniac
Good luck!
Posted by: rickb223 at March 22, 2017 11:50 AM (Uohrc)
Posted by: Independent George at March 22, 2017 11:50 AM (BDZWU)
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at March 22, 2017 11:48 AM (XjSCU)
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You were on the other side of the room already. How could you get further away?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 22, 2017 11:50 AM (mC1ZI)
Posted by: hogmartin at March 22, 2017 11:50 AM (8nWyX)
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I loathe those commercials - there's also one when the girl gets her period for the first time. If I were a single father of a daughter, I would find a woman in my life to have this talk with my daughter.
Posted by: bicentennialguy at March 22, 2017 10:20 AM (vg8iE)
Politically correct crap that a single Dad can totes replace Mom. (Besides, doesn't this girl have friends?) Having been a teenage girl and friends with other teenage girls, and knowing teenage girl relatives now, I can assure everyone that NOTHING would creep out or embarrass a teenage girl more than having Dad in the bathroom with her, in any capacity.
Posted by: JuJuBee at March 22, 2017 11:51 AM (dargh)
>>WTF is wrong with them?
>>An armed society is a polite society.
The really hypocritical thing about this is that the police guarding Parliament are heavily armed but the normal London police are not. Must protect the politicians but ordinary people not so much.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 22, 2017 11:51 AM (/tuJf)
May I ask a teeny favor? Could you dump those last two words in your nic? They make me so sad every time I see them, plus they are untrue.
Please? *big eyes*
Posted by: bluebell at March 22, 2017 11:51 AM (sBOL1)
Heh. Not a bad guess. Sounded like a youngish lady though. I don't think many men work in HR these days.
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at March 22, 2017 11:51 AM (0mRoj)
Raising hand as one of those not wishing that to happen to you. Thanks for letting us know. I was praying and will continue to pray for you-even if you are a lawyer. ;^)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 22, 2017 11:51 AM (fDdVG)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 22, 2017 11:08 AM
Funny...I'd have expected Richard to lose it first.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 22, 2017 11:13 AM (p+Wdc)
Ha! Richard was a saint!
(Reference is to Brit show "Keeping Up Appearances.")
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at March 22, 2017 11:51 AM (s7vJs)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks. Now worse than Hitler! at March 22, 2017 11:51 AM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: Independent George at March 22, 2017 11:50 AM (BDZWU)
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"Well, if it's in a movie, then it must be true!"
-Fair Game, Valerie Plame movie
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 22, 2017 11:51 AM (mC1ZI)
London's Mayor dialing now...
Posted by: Mathers at March 22, 2017 11:51 AM (3myMJ)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 22, 2017 11:38 AM (SjImc)
That and a big jug of Cutty Sark.
Posted by: josephistan at March 22, 2017 11:51 AM (7HtZB)
Trump backer did business with Russia+ Russia hacked the election= Impeach Trump
Posted by: JoeF. at March 22, 2017 11:52 AM (7uYFy)
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Pictures are forever.
Posted by: mustbequantum at March 22, 2017 11:52 AM (MIKMs)
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at March 22, 2017 11:48 AM (0mRoj)
Keep Hope Alive!
Seriously, though, my friend, good luck. We're all praying for you.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 22, 2017 11:52 AM (X6fMO)
Posted by: Independent George at March 22, 2017 11:37 AM (BDZWU)
There are a few smaller companies that make semi-bespoke gaming laptops. Build quality isn't really there for some unless you shell out 2k+, but Sager puts out serious horsepower...and serious heat.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at March 22, 2017 11:52 AM (zsHGH)
Posted by: EVLINC! at March 22, 2017 11:52 AM (y3aQB)
Please? *big eyes*
Posted by: bluebell at March 22, 2017 11:51 AM (sBOL1)
I'll consider it once I believe I have sufficient evidence to the contrary.
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at March 22, 2017 11:52 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: willow at March 22, 2017 11:52 AM (R7cwD)
I thought about baseball.
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at March 22, 2017 11:52 AM (XjSCU)
Heh. Not a bad guess. Sounded like a youngish lady though. I don't think many men work in HR these days.
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at March 22, 2017 11:51 AM (0mRoj)
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Yeah, I think the entire HR department in my company is women except for the guy in charge.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 22, 2017 11:52 AM (mC1ZI)
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Glad it went well Insomniac!
As for going to hell, well, here's the thing. There's balance in the universe, and for every horrible rotten libtard lawyer, I believe there is a good honest conservative lawyer. So at least in my world view, you're safe.
Posted by: shibumi at March 22, 2017 11:52 AM (FkAXz)
Is that You Maxine?
Posted by: It's Me donna at March 22, 2017 11:52 AM (O2RFr)
The computer was a Dell PC with a Pentium processor and it rebooted without a problem.
Posted by: mrp at March 22, 2017 11:52 AM (Pqytn)
Posted by: runner at March 22, 2017 11:53 AM (c6/9Q)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 22, 2017 11:49 AM (mC1ZI)
Yes, do tell.
Posted by: Roman Polanski at March 22, 2017 11:53 AM (7HtZB)
Heh. I actually have a 17" Alienware that I love to death, well, until I screwed up and "upgraded" it to Windows 10. Now what was a screaming fast machine just seems a bit...off. Can't put my finger on it.
My current work laptop is a Dell something or other, and it's been pretty solid but as a business computer I think it was designed to the lowest common denominator. It works but isn't outstanding at any one particular thing. The best thing about it is it's running Windows 7.
Posted by: VA GOP Sucks at March 22, 2017 11:53 AM (PFy0L)
Posted by: steevy at March 22, 2017 11:53 AM (r/0kC)
Posted by: Definitely not citizen khan at March 22, 2017 11:53 AM (FnKot)
By the way in 2005-2009. Not exactly recent history
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 22, 2017 11:53 AM (SjImc)
>>WTF is wrong with them?
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Well, they fought their wars with roses.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks. Now worse than Hitler! at March 22, 2017 11:53 AM (Nwg0u)
http://tinyurl.com/m7vg3u2
I almost commented about this, yesterday. If it were me, it would be impossible not to.
Insty comment:
"Franken used to be a comedian but now he's just someone people laugh at."
LOLOL!!!
Posted by: Deplorable Flyover 98ZJUSMC at March 22, 2017 11:53 AM (qoAfa)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 22, 2017 11:51 AM (fDdVG)
Lawyers especially need prayer, considering the rate of substance abuse and suicide we have.
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at March 22, 2017 11:53 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at March 22, 2017 11:52 AM (0mRoj)
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My opinion isn't good enough? Because I'm a smart cookie.
Posted by: bluebell at March 22, 2017 11:53 AM (sBOL1)
Posted by: Insomniac
I'll keep on praying for you!
BTW, thanks to those who prayed for my BIL yesterday. The procedure went well. They used a metal clip to close the hole in his stomach, so he's rather - uncomfortable. But alive.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at March 22, 2017 11:54 AM (s7vJs)
I remember when my son was teenager and would build his own computers. We'd go to computer show together and buy all the parts - without wife.
Then come home, throw the case on the counter and say in earshot of wife (sons name) bought this computer for $40.00. Then I'd open empty case, and say, 'Damn, son. You got ripped off.'
Wife would get upset with me for not watching over him. We'd just laugh and walk away, with the bags of power supply, motherboard, memory chips, etc.
Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at March 22, 2017 11:54 AM (ZFUt7)
also night shade, tomatos and carrots currently
I'm all mixed up
Posted by: willow at March 22, 2017 11:54 AM (R7cwD)
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at March 22, 2017 11:52 AM (0mRoj)
Perhaps you could go with "Feel like Eeyore" Sin valor sounds like a self fulfilling prophecy. I would suggest-"he persisted" which is a good thing except it reminds one of the feminist dopes.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 22, 2017 11:54 AM (fDdVG)
Posted by: VA GOP Sucks at March 22, 2017 11:53 AM (PFy0L)
The Computers in my Office all upgraded from 7 to 10 WITHOUT my permission. i fucked hate Windows and Microsoft and that fuck Gates.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 22, 2017 11:54 AM (SjImc)
Fingers crossed, Insomniac! Good luck!
Posted by: VA GOP Sucks at March 22, 2017 11:55 AM (PFy0L)
Posted by: willow at March 22, 2017 11:55 AM (R7cwD)
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at March 22, 2017 11:52 AM (0mRoj)
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My opinion isn't good enough? Because I'm a smart cookie.
Posted by: bluebell at March 22, 2017 11:53 AM (sBOL1)
Trust, but verify.
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at March 22, 2017 11:55 AM (0mRoj)
Yeah, I think the entire HR department in my company is women except for the guy in charge. Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 22, 2017 11:52 AM (mC1ZI)
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One of my daughters is rising up the HR ladder and we have had serious discussions about it being worse than the old typing pool for women.
Posted by: mustbequantum at March 22, 2017 11:56 AM (MIKMs)
of you who don't want me to die and burn in hell, all prayers, good
vibes, burning of incense and sacrifices of chickens are most welcome.
I'll give y'all a report later on. Thanks!
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at March 22, 2017 09:55 AM
Will you accept the thought for the deed?
Posted by: The Chicken at March 22, 2017 11:56 AM (DMUuz)
speaking as one whose doing it herself.
fist bump.
Posted by: willow at March 22, 2017 11:57 AM (R7cwD)
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at March 22, 2017 11:55 AM (0mRoj)
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Dang. All right, I'll shut up.
Posted by: bluebell at March 22, 2017 11:57 AM (sBOL1)
Posted by: Reggie! at March 22, 2017 11:58 AM (vg8iE)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 22, 2017 11:58 AM (/tuJf)
you're one of the best here.
Posted by: concrete girl at March 22, 2017 11:58 AM (hyCJn)
Posted by: willow at March 22, 2017 11:58 AM (R7cwD)
Meanwhile, I'm sure it's me, but my recollection of the "tea party" grassroots revolt (easily one of the biggest true grassroots events in our history) that included (but wasn't only about) O-care does not contain any memories of stormy townhalls where people were demanding Medicaid reform, or tax credits for seniors.
Probably just me.
Posted by: rhomboid at March 22, 2017 12:00 PM (QDnY+)
Posted by: willow at March 22, 2017 12:00 PM (R7cwD)
Posted by: bluebell at March 22, 2017 12:01 PM (sBOL1)
Posted by: willow at March 22, 2017 12:02 PM (R7cwD)
Posted by: willow at March 22, 2017 12:03 PM (R7cwD)
Posted by: bluebell at March 22, 2017 12:04 PM (sBOL1)
Posted by: nevershutsup. thieving chica at March 22, 2017 12:04 PM (R7cwD)
Ooh ... that's when the scores can REALLY change.
Posted by: ScoggDog at March 22, 2017 12:04 PM (/BTP8)
Posted by: nevershutsup. thieving chica at March 22, 2017 12:04 PM (R7cwD)
[ ] Challenged/reversed
[X] Intact
(Note: getting one more "vote" on the Supreme Soviet Presidium, er, the Supreme "Court", will not fix or even affect the problem, other than temporarily)
Posted by: rhomboid at March 22, 2017 12:05 PM (QDnY+)
Posted by: nevershutsup. thieving chica at March 22, 2017 12:06 PM (R7cwD)
Posted by: bluebell at March 22, 2017 12:07 PM (sBOL1)
I agree with Bluebell. You are not without value, definitely not without courage, and not without capability. The Enemy really attacks guys on those issues but you do not have to nurture those lying suggestions that are meant for your ruin.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 22, 2017 12:09 PM (sEDyY)
Posted by: southdakotaboy at March 22, 2017 12:15 PM (JaJ3u)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 22, 2017 11:22 AM (fDdVG)
"Asian" long predates PC-ness. Simply means a person from the Asian regions of the former Empire.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 22, 2017 12:21 PM (WDdjT)
Just a reminder to our beloved deep state, Russians are not the ones running around shooting and running over us in repeated Jihadist attacks.
Yes I am "jumping the gun", but you have to admit it is a good bet...if I was a gambling man. It also does not change my original statement above...Progressives love Islam.
Posted by: William Eaton at March 22, 2017 12:31 PM (MuTTO)
Posted by: saf at March 22, 2017 01:28 PM (+zN6H)
Posted by: It's Chelsea! at March 22, 2017 01:39 PM (CPk08)
Posted by: PersonFromPorlock at March 22, 2017 03:16 PM (84MDv)
Compared to other art, in museums and cathedrals, the current era seems like a clown show, full of carnies and charlatans. FWIW, from an educated man of science and not the arts.
Posted by: Joe Mack at March 22, 2017 07:27 PM (L7t0A)
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