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The Thursday Night ONT is making America Great Again
Happy Thursday night everyone. I know that many of you look forward to Thursdays, counting on a funny and interesting ONT to get you through your Friday. To all of those people, I have but one thing to say.
That's Gotta Hurt
Many of you are aware of Pepsi's failed social justice virtue signaling ad. Social Justice Wankers have been up in arms (and lets be honest, when are they not up in arms?) about how it trivializes or marginalizes or appropriates something or other, while conservatives have been chortling about how accurately it demonstrates how facile their whole “movement” is. If you haven't seen the ad you can watch it here, but honestly, your time would be better spent washing a cat. Then today Bernice King, youngest daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, tweeted this:
Ouch.
I See What U Did There The Big Bend
Seems there is an architecture firm that is floating the idea of a giant “U” shaped skyscraper. I guess building the tallest building in the world is too hard now, so they are going for the “longest”. Ohh-kay. (picture at link) Related (depth, not height):
Mind blown pic.twitter.com/57vakLljTr
— Mindblowing (@MindBlowing) April 1, 2017
This dude is crazy�� pic.twitter.com/QsAEuOoPlJ
— Daily Humor (@DaiIy_Humor) March 22, 2017
And this is, ultimately, why a society built upon — using the words of Sullivan — “reason” will not persist with maximal liberty in the long run with these types of philosophical social movements at the helm. Reasoning beings require debate and inquiry, which progressive social canons cannot countenance if ultimate redress to social wrongs can be achieved. In essence, progressives fall prey to what they always fall prey to: Confusing the penultimate for the ultimate. On these grounds, a Christian doctrine of religious liberty emerges. By putting absolute judgment within the realm of the ultimate — not the penultimate — Christians can make room for dissenting belief. Not because we think such dissenting belief shares equal merit, but because we believe that judging, ending, and redressing all wrong belief cannot be achieved fully either in present form or in human hands.I often wonder if Leftists ever stop to realize that this society we live in, the Western world that allows them to luxury to dissent in peace, is not the human norm. It's not the norm historically, it's not even the norm globally in the 21st century. They are the product of a very specific set of historical events and values that seem to be a one-in-a-million chance. If they succeed in destroying it, they won't enjoy the regression to the human mean at all. Related:
The Real Lessons of Middlebury College by Dr. Thomas Sowell
The Nuclear Option Today the Senate Republicans deployed the nuclear option over the confirmation of Judge Gorsuch. Let's go live to Chuckie Schumer for the Democrat reaction:
99% of people can't name each of these World War II planes from an image. Can you?
It's a total clickbait site, but the subject is interesting to me so I took the quiz a couple of days ago. I got somewhere in the 40s. I don't think anyone but an aviation historian could get all 50. Maybe Anna Puma. Some of them are unfairly obscure, along the lines of “An obsolete biplane design by the time WWII started, the only ones to see combat belonged to the Yugoslavian Air Force. They were both shot down and their pilots killed” obscure. (answer- Avia BH-33) Still fun.
Related: We used to be a nation of steely-eyed missile men, like Tex Johnson. Born to farmers in Kansas in 1914, he first flew with a barnstormer at age 11. Deciding to be a pilot, he soloed at 15, became a test pilot during WWII, later worked for Boeing and was the first to fly the B-52, worked on Minuteman missiles and the Apollo program. He started his own company, built his own planes and later worked on perfecting ejector seats for pilot safety. Oh, and on August 7, 1955 he did a barrel roll in a Boeing 707 jetliner.
Tex was called before the then-president of Boeing, Bill Allen, for rolling the plane. He was asked what he thought he was doing, and responded, “I was selling airplanes”.Always seen on the flightline in his cowboy hat and boots, Tex Johnson was the inspiration for Maj. T.J. “King” Kong, who rode a nuke to glory in Dr. Strangelove. There are a million reasons why America is a great country, and routinely producing men like Alvin M. “Tex” Johnson is far from the least of them. Johnson died in 1998 and was survived by three children and Delores Johnson, his wife of 63 years.
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Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at April 06, 2017 09:54 PM (6gk0M)
The corporate media have largely given Trump a pass, which they never did for Obama.
Trump's sudden empathy for Syria's 'beautiful little babies' that he banned
The federal agency responsible for the nuclear arsenal is now tweeting out Breitbart articles
Ambassador's tweet accidentally reveals that Trump is violating the Constitution
U.S. To Lose $1.6B As Mexican Vacationers Choose Canada
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Israel postpones vote due to Britney Spears concert
Severe Air Turbulence Could Get 149% Worse Thanks to Climate Change
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Woman falls off California's highest bridge while taking selfie
Man ordered to pay over $30K for negative Yelp review
Posted by: Nathan R. Jessup at April 06, 2017 09:54 PM (TixTl)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at April 06, 2017 09:55 PM (tHwdc)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at April 06, 2017 09:55 PM (tHwdc)
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at April 06, 2017 09:56 PM (vRcUp)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at April 06, 2017 09:56 PM (tHwdc)
I hope you all are well.
I am busy. Too busy for internets. But well, so that's ok I guess.
Damn job and life getting in my way.
Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at April 06, 2017 09:56 PM (+eR2D)
Posted by: DeplorableJewells45 at April 06, 2017 09:58 PM (CNHr1)
Posted by: josephistan at April 06, 2017 09:58 PM (ANIFC)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 09:58 PM (SjImc)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 09:59 PM (SjImc)
Posted by: Original Jake at April 06, 2017 09:59 PM (6f2eJ)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 06, 2017 09:59 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: ALH at April 06, 2017 09:59 PM (Z56vq)
Posted by: Meremortal..redlined yikes at April 06, 2017 10:00 PM (3myMJ)
Posted by: Soothsayerwing Plover at April 06, 2017 10:00 PM (4fzLM)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at April 06, 2017 10:00 PM (LTHVh)
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at April 06, 2017 10:00 PM (vRcUp)
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at April 06, 2017 10:00 PM (PqqkK)
Posted by: DeplorableJewells45 at April 06, 2017 10:01 PM (CNHr1)
Posted by: ALH at April 06, 2017 10:01 PM (Z56vq)
Posted by: Original Jake at April 06, 2017 10:01 PM (6f2eJ)
Right now, it sucks to be DJT.
/we should all probably add him to our prayers.
Posted by: shibumi at April 06, 2017 10:02 PM (NDivk)
Posted by: Big V at April 06, 2017 10:02 PM (ep6C/)
And we mean SOON.
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at April 06, 2017 10:00 PM (PqqkK)
Oh please
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 10:02 PM (SjImc)
Wonder how many thought he'd just stomp his feet and draw another line like Obumfuckweenie always did.
Posted by: Gaylord Farkemall at April 06, 2017 10:02 PM (H5g3t)
And they did not warn Assad.
and no Russians were harmed in this event.
Nor were any Russian aircraft present at the attacked base.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 06, 2017 10:03 PM (J+eG2)
Posted by: Diogenes at April 06, 2017 10:03 PM (NqZ29)
Posted by: Gref at April 06, 2017 10:03 PM (AMIL/)
live in, the Western world that allows them to luxury to dissent in
peace, is not the human norm.
no, of course not, they long for the days when the few dictated to the many. Leftists don't realize that they won't be among the few who rule, although they might end up like Ernst Rohm.
Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at April 06, 2017 10:03 PM (b7fwp)
Posted by: Meremortal..redlined yoiks at April 06, 2017 10:03 PM (3myMJ)
Posted by: PaleRider at April 06, 2017 10:03 PM (eASYU)
Posted by: The Lonebadger at April 06, 2017 10:03 PM (5leUT)
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at April 06, 2017 10:03 PM (PqqkK)
Something said by someone who has never washed a cat.
Posted by: GnuBreed at April 06, 2017 10:03 PM (wTwJ2)
--
Meh.
Not WWIII.
Just more "we'll show the world we are involved in the Middle East" style posturing.
/CNN reports kindergartens, day care centers and milk factories hardest hit!
Posted by: shibumi at April 06, 2017 10:04 PM (NDivk)
And they did not warn Assad.
and no Russians were harmed in this event.
Nor were any Russian aircraft present at the attacked base.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 06, 2017 10:03 PM (J+eG2)
It was a syrian airbase. The Ruskies have their own airbases in Syria only for their use. Idiots they are not.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 10:04 PM (SjImc)
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at April 06, 2017 10:04 PM (PqqkK)
You know what's nice?
The dooshbag liar megan kelly is not on the airwaves.
By the time she's back on tv, her "shine" will have long worn off. She will have no audience.
Posted by: iSoothsayer at April 06, 2017 10:04 PM (4fzLM)
Posted by: ALH at April 06, 2017 10:04 PM (Z56vq)
Posted by: davidt at April 06, 2017 10:04 PM (XoldI)
Posted by: DeplorableJewells45 at April 06, 2017 10:05 PM (CNHr1)
Posted by: Original Jake at April 06, 2017 10:05 PM (6f2eJ)
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at April 06, 2017 10:05 PM (PqqkK)
No aspirin were injured in this attack today.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 06, 2017 10:05 PM (J+eG2)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 10:05 PM (SjImc)
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at April 06, 2017 10:05 PM (PqqkK)
Now that's the spirit
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 10:06 PM (SjImc)
Shep is the voice of snark,defeat and contempt.
His voice simply does not fit the events of this moment.
Posted by: 'Cold Civil War'. That seems apt. at April 06, 2017 10:06 PM (oBuXO)
I sure hope our intel is accurate that Assad did this.
I would rather we had just popped him in his bed one night.
Posted by: Pam at April 06, 2017 10:06 PM (cF0hS)
It's time she shut the fu*k up. History has passed you by bitch and America is moving forward. These are serious times with real adults in charge, and there is no video to blame for fu*king up.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 06, 2017 10:06 PM (NqZ29)
Posted by: Gaylord Farkemall at April 06, 2017 10:06 PM (H5g3t)
Should.NOT.have.followed.that.link.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at April 06, 2017 10:07 PM (tHwdc)
Posted by: Infidel at April 06, 2017 10:07 PM (uKRys)
Posted by: Farmer at April 06, 2017 10:07 PM (o/90i)
I think these two can get along. They made some sort of deal. Come to think of, I heard on the radio driving into town some comment some Russian official said. I can't remember what, but it sounded like, well, in hindsight, that they might have been dealing with us on this Syria shit.
Posted by: publius(not Breitbart publius) at April 06, 2017 10:07 PM (aKqWT)
Posted by: Pam at April 06, 2017 10:06 PM (cF0hS)
Me thinkith he is not sleeping to much tonight and if he is it is in some hole in the ground and that he switches every 2 hours...pleasant dreams DR
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 10:08 PM (SjImc)
Iraq used WMD on the US in the Gulf War, and they were behind the anthrax attacks.
That is why Saddam had to go. Because he knew that using WMD wasn't a death sentence.
Posted by: blaster at April 06, 2017 09:57 PM (HV1LS)
Carried over from the last thread...
My late maternal uncle passed away two years ago; he was in the Army and did three tours in Vietnam (hated the Democrats for what they did) and was in Iraq during the Gulf War. He passed away from complications due to the effects of whatever it was that Saddam used on the US troops. He always said Bush I made a mistake...he should've had Saddam removed then. Oh...and he absolutely no respect for Colin Powell.
Posted by: I Be That Chick at April 06, 2017 10:08 PM (S/qwI)
So are we cleared to discuss you-know-what on this ONT - given the timing - or is it strictly odd topics that come up, plus motorhead tech stuff and romantic challenges?
Posted by: rhomboid at April 06, 2017 10:08 PM (+wjl1)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at April 06, 2017 10:08 PM (LTHVh)
Posted by: I Be That Chick at April 06, 2017 10:08 PM (S/qwI)
Amen
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 10:09 PM (SjImc)
Posted by: I Be That Chick at April 06, 2017 10:08 PM (S/qwI)
Sigh...should read "Oh...and he absolutely had no respect for Colin Powell."
Posted by: I Be That Chick at April 06, 2017 10:09 PM (S/qwI)
Makes things worse when shit hits the fan.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at April 06, 2017 10:09 PM (8iiMU)
Posted by: Original Jake at April 06, 2017 10:10 PM (6f2eJ)
"In Chicxulub the asteroid instantaneously put a hole in the ground more than 20 miles deep - deep enough, astoundingly, to puncture the earth's mantle - and stretching more than 60 miles wide. Over the next few unimaginable seconds, the earth behaved like the surface of a pond after a rock has been thrown in: complex peaks and ripples resonated throughout the Yucatan before being frozen in place as crazy, ready-made mountain ridges that would have loomed over the crater floor as high as the Himalayas."
http://tinyurl.com/ldfvato
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at April 06, 2017 10:10 PM (6FqZa)
Anyway, you have to log in, and create an account to be able to see this, apparently. And I'm not doing that.
I'd noticed this before. I mean, not like I'm looking at some of my favorite little super-slut "educational video" "actresses" or anything like that, and thus discovered this annoyance.
I mean, like a friend told me.
Posted by: publius(not Breitbart publius) at April 06, 2017 10:10 PM (aKqWT)
Posted by: ALH at April 06, 2017 10:10 PM (Z56vq)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 06, 2017 10:10 PM (DMUuz)
*****************************
I heard the Onion is has been a lot more accurate these days.
Posted by: Gaylord Farkemall at April 06, 2017 10:10 PM (H5g3t)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 10:11 PM (SjImc)
Some via process of elimination did I get right. The FW-190 is a bit problematic since that is a Dora with a Jumo 213 engine and not a similar looking Ta-152. Luckily Ta-152 was not one of the other possible answers.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 06, 2017 10:11 PM (euzDN)
Target CEO Brian Cornell never approved the post and found out about it only after it was published, according to The Wall Street Journal.
He later told colleagues that he wouldn't have approved the decision to "flaunt" the policy and that the backlash was "self-inflicted," The Journal reported.
The boycott cost the company millions in lost sales and added expenses. Shopper traffic and same-store sales started sliding for the first time in years after the blog post, and the company was forced to spend $20 million installing single-occupancy bathrooms in all its stores to give critics of the policy more privacy.
They thought it would blow over. It didn't.
http://tinyurl.com/mawqw5g
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 06, 2017 10:11 PM (JZdsf)
that skiing vid was by a chick
alexys gabrielle
Posted by: Original Jake at April 06, 2017 10:05 PM (6f2eJ)
And she's hot!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 06, 2017 10:11 PM (rF0hx)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 06, 2017 10:11 PM (cPsPa)
Posted by: Infidel at April 06, 2017 10:11 PM (uKRys)
--
Strangely enough, I've never worried about Trump and Putin. I think they both want to get along, and they should, since they are both alpha males and have a lot in common.
I'm more worried about (in no particular order): Obama, Soros, the Democrats, Rice, the intelligence community and the GOPe. I think all of those entities have a bigger chance of harming Trump than Putin.
Posted by: shibumi at April 06, 2017 10:12 PM (NDivk)
On par with fucking Chicxulub. Get *over* yourselves.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at April 06, 2017 10:12 PM (6FqZa)
best reason to think that Trump did the wrong thing or Kristof is full of crap.
Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at April 06, 2017 10:12 PM (b7fwp)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 10:12 PM (SjImc)
Rueters: hit the airstrip, aircraft and fuel stations
Have our Lefty friends started stabbing themselves in the eyeballs with icepicks yet?
Posted by: Meremortal..redlined yoiks at April 06, 2017 10:12 PM (3myMJ)
Posted by: Bill Clinton at April 06, 2017 10:12 PM (lcylG)
Target Canada was a huge bust for Target.
It completely collapsed.
You'd think they'd appreciate their customers in the US more.
Posted by: iSoothsayer at April 06, 2017 10:12 PM (4fzLM)
Posted by: JAS at April 06, 2017 10:13 PM (lcylG)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 10:13 PM (SjImc)
"Please don't leave dead hookers in our bathroom."
I once visited a gas station in restroom in downtown LA that was so dank, a hooker corpse could only have improved it.
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 06, 2017 10:13 PM (qazQh)
Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at April 06, 2017 10:13 PM (b7fwp)
Yep the russkis were advised via the "deconfliction" operation we've had with them for some time, specifically to avoid unpleasant occurrences in Syria.
Imagine Israel got a heads-up, too.
50 Tomahawks? That's a pretty robust door-knock on a single airfield. Haven't seen what type they were - mix of big-boomers and runway-disabling versions? In any case, I think we're looking at a Tomahawk shortage anyway - this sort of thing should remind everyone of that. Are there any follow-on programs yet putting out replacements?
But I'm sort of "meh" on the whole thing. Best thing about it may be establishing Trump's seriousness. Fairly harmless way to do that.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 06, 2017 10:14 PM (+wjl1)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 10:14 PM (SjImc)
They say he only insulted you if he liked you... ;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 06, 2017 10:14 PM (qazQh)
Did they really bump Tucker Carlson tonight?
really?
the dude who is killin it
Posted by: Original Jake
Trump killin it tonight.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 06, 2017 10:14 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Infidel at April 06, 2017 10:14 PM (uKRys)
Oh wait, the cooling tower in that .gif actually could hug someone.
Posted by: an indifferent penguin at April 06, 2017 10:14 PM (jlSRZ)
Oops, looks like a whole geological era just started, better go consult with the missus over the weekend's 'honeydew' list
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at April 06, 2017 10:14 PM (6FqZa)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 10:14 PM (SjImc)
I don';t know what that says about me.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at April 06, 2017 10:15 PM (LTHVh)
Posted by: rickl at April 06, 2017 10:15 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken
FLOWBEE ( tm )
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 06, 2017 10:15 PM (GgzGa)
Posted by: rickl at April 06, 2017 10:16 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: JAS at April 06, 2017 10:16 PM (lcylG)
Posted by: Gref at April 06, 2017 10:16 PM (AMIL/)
Posted by: ALH at April 06, 2017 10:16 PM (Z56vq)
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at April 06, 2017 10:16 PM (0mRoj)
Not only is she beautiful (sigh), she was the original hostess of the stand-up comedy show "Laughs" before getting replaced by the funny, but not as good looking, Taylor Tomlinson. Alas, the show also went full SJW after Alexys left.
Also, I've subscribed to her Twitter feed for some time. She turns out to be a devout Catholic.
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 06, 2017 10:16 PM (qazQh)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 06, 2017 10:16 PM (euzDN)
Don Adams is dead?
Posted by: iSoothsayer at April 06, 2017 10:17 PM (4fzLM)
Posted by: rhomboid at April 06, 2017 10:14 PM (+wjl1)
I am glad that we didn't use planes.
The risk, however remote, of a pilot being lost is not worth the message.
I have had a sea change recently. American lives are not worth wasting on muzzie fanatics. Artillery, missiles, and anything low-risk is fine. Maybe some B-52 flights...they are still robust.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 06, 2017 10:17 PM (rF0hx)
Posted by: Original Jake at April 06, 2017 10:17 PM (6f2eJ)
Which is why I should never be Preznit.
Posted by: @votermom @vm at April 06, 2017 10:17 PM (hMwEB)
Posted by: JAS at April 06, 2017 10:17 PM (lcylG)
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at April 06, 2017 10:16 PM (0mRoj)
Kinda makes me sad that I'll never be able to return.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at April 06, 2017 10:17 PM (tHwdc)
Posted by: Aunt Luna at April 06, 2017 10:17 PM (Zd2ZF)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 10:18 PM (SjImc)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 10:05 PM (SjImc)
Hey Nevergiveup. Question...how is the Navy Reserves? How long have you been in? I keep receiving calls to join; I was in for nine years and then got out. I have been out for a long time, but I do miss serving. If I did go back in (as a Reservist), I would go in a different rate. Anyway, would appreciate your thoughts.
Posted by: I Be That Chick at April 06, 2017 10:18 PM (S/qwI)
Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at April 06, 2017 10:18 PM (b7fwp)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 10:19 PM (SjImc)
Stupid is as Stupid Does.
Posted by: ALH at April 06, 2017 10:16 PM (Z56vq)
Speaking of which, Starbucks has ads for 2 supervisors and 4 baristas locally. I have no idea how to do either in such an establishment.
Posted by: Infidel at April 06, 2017 10:19 PM (uKRys)
Rush explained it: the people doing all the ad-buys for these big companies are young stupid leftist women.
That's why, despite the ratings, big companies spend big $$ buying ad-time on msnbc and SNL while the higher-rated Fox News get's it's crappy ad-revenue from adult diaper peddlers and My Pillow.
Posted by: iSoothsayer at April 06, 2017 10:19 PM (4fzLM)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at April 06, 2017 10:19 PM (6FqZa)
a fuck tonne of boom in Syria
BOOM !
Posted by: Original Jake at April 06, 2017 10:01 PM (6f2eJ)<<<
Big badda boom.
Posted by: Leeloo Dallas Multipass at April 06, 2017 10:20 PM (jlSRZ)
you best move on
Posted by: concrete girl at April 06, 2017 10:20 PM (eQSM0)
Claire Robinson.
She looks like she could be Ioan Gruffudd's sister
Posted by: JAS at April 06, 2017 10:20 PM (lcylG)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 06, 2017 10:20 PM (IqV8l)
Hopefully, between this and Trump being able to motivate the Arab states to get off their asses and do the ground work, it will be enough.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 06, 2017 10:21 PM (/tuJf)
But I'm sort of "meh" on the whole thing. Best thing about it may be establishing Trump's seriousness. Fairly harmless way to do that.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 06, 2017 10:14 PM (+wjl1)
It was my understanding that Obama signed the "death certificate" on the Tomahawk program.
Posted by: I Be That Chick at April 06, 2017 10:21 PM (S/qwI)
Posted by: I Be That Chick at April 06, 2017 10:18 PM (S/qwI)
Well I have been in 9 years. But I am an Officer. What was your MOS? I love being in, but I am not the typical Reservist. I am in Uniform over 120 days a year.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 10:21 PM (SjImc)
44 out of 48 on the aircraft. With some of them is was a process of elimination... "I know it's not an X, Y, or Z, so that leaves one option".
Posted by: otho at April 06, 2017 10:21 PM (lmIoG)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at April 06, 2017 10:21 PM (dKiJG)
Posted by: JackStraw at April 06, 2017 10:21 PM (/tuJf)
I would not bet the house on that one
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 10:22 PM (SjImc)
Posted by: publius(not Breitbart publius) at April 06, 2017 10:22 PM (aKqWT)
No leaks.
That is very good news.
Posted by: Meremortal..redlined yoks at April 06, 2017 10:22 PM (3myMJ)
So far I'm the first to say this was a message to North Korea moreso than piddly Assad.
Posted by: iSoothsayer at April 06, 2017 10:23 PM (4fzLM)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 06, 2017 10:23 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 06, 2017 10:23 PM (DMUuz)
It won't work.
Posted by: JAS at April 06, 2017 10:23 PM (lcylG)
I gave you the subject matter AND a NSFW warning, I dunno how much clearer I could have been.
Posted by: Weirddave at April 06, 2017 10:23 PM (QGamW)
And after Prime Minister Snowbama removed the visa restrictions, they're all going to be making phoney refugee claims when they get here.
Posted by: andycanuck at April 06, 2017 10:23 PM (nlbfN)
Got his attention, it did.
Posted by: ALH at April 06, 2017 10:23 PM (Z56vq)
The Consolidated B-32 Dominator was the fallback plan in case the Boeing B-29 Superfortress failed. It fell to the crew of a B-32 to score the last aerial victory of WWII when the Dominators were tasked to performed a reconnaissance mission two days after Hirohito's speech.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 06, 2017 10:24 PM (euzDN)
No leaks.
That is very good news.
Posted by: Meremortal..redlined yoks at April 06, 2017 10:22 PM (3myMJ)
Yes absolutely. They kept tight control on it and also, unlike Fredo, did not dither. Made a decision and acted on it
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 10:24 PM (SjImc)
Something else about this, Trump obviously knew yesterday that the
strike was on for today. Don't know how much more lead time there was,
but...
No leaks.
That is very good news.
--
VERY good point. Didn't think of it.
Posted by: shibumi at April 06, 2017 10:24 PM (NDivk)
Posted by: JAS at April 06, 2017 10:24 PM (lcylG)
Just in case /s
Posted by: Concerned Hrothgar at April 06, 2017 10:24 PM (gwPgz)
Posted by: IrishEi at April 06, 2017 10:25 PM (HiDrR)
Posted by: @votermom @vm at April 06, 2017 10:25 PM (hMwEB)
I am filled with shame. Some of those are really hard though - lousy photographs, and a lot of really obscure ones.
Posted by: Grey Fox at April 06, 2017 10:25 PM (bZ7mE)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 06, 2017 10:26 PM (0mz2+)
No, I wouldn't either. Still, both the Saudis and the UAE are doing some work in Yemen and Jordan is trying and so is Egypt, I wouldn't bet against Trump being able to build on that.
This was a message all across the Middle East and beyond that what the world has seen Trump do domestically he will do in foreign policy, he will act. I wouldn't undersell what this means.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 06, 2017 10:26 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: @votermom @vm at April 06, 2017 10:26 PM (hMwEB)
Posted by: Israel at April 06, 2017 10:27 PM (SjImc)
Posted by: Meremortal..redlined yoks at April 06, 2017 10:27 PM (3myMJ)
Posted by: Weirddave at April 06, 2017 10:27 PM (QGamW)
Posted by: @votermom @vm at April 06, 2017 10:27 PM (hMwEB)
Posted by: Weirddave at April 06, 2017 10:23 PM (QGamW)
Not blaming you, Dave. Just saying that it was all very disturbing. All. Not a normal pairing in the whole thing.
Apparently the world consists of freaks now.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at April 06, 2017 10:28 PM (tHwdc)
Posted by: gp at April 06, 2017 10:28 PM (mk9aG)
Posted by: excelsior 007 at April 06, 2017 10:28 PM (BpvWC)
This was a message all across the Middle East and beyond that what the world has seen Trump do domestically he will do in foreign policy, he will act. I wouldn't undersell what this means.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 06, 2017 10:26 PM (/tuJf)
Oh there is NO doubt that they react much differently to an America and an American President that actually LEADS
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 10:28 PM (SjImc)
But the Colonel did get the message and pulled in his horns. One of the reasons why he lasted so long as despot. He was a dictator but not bat-sh1t insane like Idi Amin.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 06, 2017 10:28 PM (euzDN)
But hey trending sure worked for Target's market cap so.....
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at April 06, 2017 10:28 PM (cOHS7)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 10:21 PM (SjImc)
I was a spook...CTR. The field has changed so much since I was in. I am currently studying to become a registered nurse, so the recruiter suggested I could go in as an Officer. I am a certified EMT, working on becoming certified as a paramedic, so I could come in on the enlisted side as an HM, just to get myself in the door. Anyway, I told the recruiter I would think about it and let him know. I have heard from friends that have and/or getting ready to retire from active duty that the Navy has changed quite a bit into the "kinder and gentler" Navy.
Posted by: I Be That Chick at April 06, 2017 10:29 PM (S/qwI)
I've got Shrieking Tantrum Throwing Titty Babies' first album on the original vinyl.
Or maybe that was Incredible String Band.
hm. Think I'll go up and read the post.
Posted by: mindful webworker - tonightish as it can be at April 06, 2017 10:29 PM (hGZJP)
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at April 06, 2017 10:16 PM (0mRoj)
Kinda makes me sad that I'll never be able to return.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at April 06, 2017 10:17 PM (tHwdc)
Are you of Swedish heritage?
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at April 06, 2017 10:29 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Roland THTG at April 06, 2017 10:29 PM (3hKC8)
Posted by: disappointed at April 06, 2017 10:30 PM (DFy/C)
Got email from the Master Class folks. I am not one of the ten semi-finalists.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 06, 2017 10:30 PM (euzDN)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at April 06, 2017 10:30 PM (axaxF)
Trump Did Not Call Putin Before Launching Missiles At Syria
Jake Tapper:
Pentagon official tells @barbarastarcnn US military informed Russian military before strikes
Sen. Marco Rubio said Thursday if a Russian solider was present at the airfield and killed during the strike, they were complicit by being there.
dailycaller
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 06, 2017 10:30 PM (0mz2+)
Posted by: Maud'dib at April 06, 2017 10:30 PM (XUL61)
To freak, or not to freak. That is freaking question.
Posted by: freaked at April 06, 2017 10:30 PM (BO/km)
Posted by: JAS at April 06, 2017 10:31 PM (lcylG)
Posted by: andycanuck at April 06, 2017 10:31 PM (nlbfN)
Posted by: @votermom @vm at April 06, 2017 10:31 PM (hMwEB)
Posted by: JAS at April 06, 2017 10:32 PM (lcylG)
Posted by: ALH at April 06, 2017 10:32 PM (Z56vq)
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Pfft. I 'lost' a lot more than that while I was Sec. of State. No one cared.
Posted by: Hillary at April 06, 2017 10:32 PM (ZO497)
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at April 06, 2017 10:29 PM (0mRoj)
No, but I was married to a Swede and lived there from '87-'96. Beautiful country. Now ruined forever.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at April 06, 2017 10:32 PM (tHwdc)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 06, 2017 10:32 PM (ODxAs)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at April 06, 2017 10:33 PM (6FqZa)
They'd prefer that you leave the dead hookers by the bank of coffee makers, I'd guess...
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 06, 2017 10:34 PM (v1g1+)
Posted by: kalneva at April 06, 2017 10:34 PM (vhW1R)
And
after Prime Minister Snowbama removed the visa restrictions, they're
all going to be making phoney refugee claims when they get here.
Posted by: andycanuck at April 06, 2017 10:23 PM (nlbfN)<<<
We'll probably save 100 times that when those "vacationers" don't overstay their Visas, and don't go on our welfare system, and don't put their kids in our schools, and don't use our healthcare services, and don't commit other crimes, and don't end up in our jails, and...
Posted by: an indifferent penguin at April 06, 2017 10:34 PM (jlSRZ)
I'll pass, thank you.
Sorry to hear that Anna.
Posted by: Infidel at April 06, 2017 10:34 PM (uKRys)
Posted by: rickl at April 06, 2017 10:34 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at April 06, 2017 10:32 PM (tHwdc)
I've seen pictures, and it is quite scenic. But with the Muslim invasion and official adoption and promotion of perversion, I wouldn't set foot in the place either.
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at April 06, 2017 10:34 PM (0mRoj)
Working on what should be a short story or maybe a novella. So far about 1,200 words in.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 06, 2017 10:34 PM (euzDN)
Posted by: JAS at April 06, 2017 10:34 PM (lcylG)
To freak, or not to freak. That is freaking question.
Posted by: freaked
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Everywhere is freaks and hairies
Dykes and fairies, tell me where is sanity
Tax the rich, feed the poor
Till there are no rich no more
Posted by: Hillary at April 06, 2017 10:35 PM (ZO497)
Posted by: I Be That Chick at April 06, 2017 10:29 PM (S/qwI)
Well things always change. As for you..you have options. Depends on how close you are to being a Nurse? Coming back in as an HM is of course possible but then you'd have to make that tricky change to an Officer after you get your degree. Do able of course but it can be a pain in the ass. Coming back in as a "SpooK" would pose the same issue. Do you speak Ruskie? One of my NC Officers just change his Designator because of his Language skills- Ukrainian, Russian, and Hebrew ( oh English also LOL). If I can be of any help let me know. I am not a recruiter but before I was Director of Training I was Director of Manpower and worked pretty close with the Medical Recruiters
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 10:35 PM (SjImc)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at April 06, 2017 10:21 PM (dKiJG)
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LOL....true....
Posted by: William Eaton at April 06, 2017 10:36 PM (MuTTO)
Posted by: Jim at April 06, 2017 10:36 PM (v5iqM)
But I'm sort of "meh" on the whole thing. Best thing about it may be establishing Trump's seriousness. Fairly harmless way to do that.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 06, 2017 10:14 PM (+wjl1)
It was my understanding that Obama signed the "death certificate" on the Tomahawk program.
Posted by: I Be That Chick at April 06
don't think that happened. was discussed but think nothngi happened.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 06, 2017 10:36 PM (cPsPa)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 06, 2017 10:36 PM (v1g1+)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at April 06, 2017 10:36 PM (6FqZa)
Posted by: andycanuck at April 06, 2017 10:37 PM (nlbfN)
It won't work.
Posted by: JAS
What if they are doing it as a kind of suicidal self-flagellation? That'll work.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at April 06, 2017 10:37 PM (vRcUp)
I had to read that Swedish guide. That actually made me not to want to think about sex. For just a little bit.
As Miley said, not a single normal coupling depicted in the whole damn thing. And none of them looked Swedish at all.
What I found amusing was the mixture of clinical and slang/vulgar terms in the same sentences. That may be because of the language barrier -- English not being their native tongue. Bad choice of words there.
And note they had to get wheelchair sex in there. And gay wheelchair buggery at that. Proper mix of racial and ethnic. And a fat chick. Or "chick". They didn't have the nethers depicted with the fat thing.
ANd lots of chicks with dicks to properly deconstruct all our problematic gender norming.
Posted by: publius(not Breitbart publius) at April 06, 2017 10:37 PM (aKqWT)
Posted by: davidt at April 06, 2017 10:37 PM (XoldI)
Posted by: Meremortal..redlined yoiks at April 06, 2017 10:12 PM (3myMJ)
You give me hope...
that one day...
I can be...
KING!!!
Posted by: OneEyedJack at April 06, 2017 10:37 PM (z79tQ)
I DO like how President Trump does not hesitate to blame obama for all this. Heh.
The Fake News hates it, tho, which I also love.
Posted by: iSoothsayer at April 06, 2017 10:38 PM (4fzLM)
Posted by: Weirddave at April 06, 2017 10:38 PM (QGamW)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at April 06, 2017 10:21 PM (dKiJG)
syria is little short on cash these years. no one is selling them anything. anything they have imported since this started was a gift from russia.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 06, 2017 10:38 PM (cPsPa)
Posted by: I Be That Chick at April 06
don't think that happened. was discussed but think nothngi happened.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 06, 2017 10:36 PM (cPsPa)
Fredo underfunded it and we have server shortfall of Missiles....as we have a server shortage of a lot of things including training
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 10:38 PM (SjImc)
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at April 06, 2017 10:38 PM (PqqkK)
U.S. To Lose $1.6B As Mexican Vacationers Choose Canada.
Take off! To the Great White North!
Take off! It's a beauty way to go.
Take off! To the Great White North!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 06, 2017 10:38 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: @votermom @vm at April 06, 2017 10:38 PM (hMwEB)
That's an abuse of language.
It's not a vacation if you stay there permanently.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at April 06, 2017 10:38 PM (vRcUp)
Dykes and fairies, tell me where is sanity
Tax the rich, feed the poor
Till there are no rich no more
Posted by: Hillary
I want to change my drawers
But I don't know what to do
So I leave it up to Huuuuma
Posted by: freaked at April 06, 2017 10:39 PM (BO/km)
We can't un-fire those missiles if we're wrong, and this was an act of war without a proper Congressional authorization.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April 06, 2017 10:39 PM (X52ZZ)
One of my liberal friends at the gig I did tonight was like "omg Kari come here. Did you hear? Did you hear yet? Did anyone tell you? Trump. Bombed. Syria. Get ready for WORLD WAR THREE"
I just told him straight up: we've been indiscriminately bombing brown people in Libya, Yemen, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, Somalia and probably secretly many other countries without interruption since 2001. We funded ISIS. The chemical attack was almost certainly carried out by a globalist financial cartel to guarantee further conflict. Relax.
Posted by: phone of kari - certified sidebar at April 06, 2017 10:39 PM (NqQd6)
Posted by: andycanuck at April 06, 2017 10:39 PM (nlbfN)
But I thought England was fighting back, a la Brexit.
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 06, 2017 10:39 PM (qazQh)
Posted by: @votermom @vm at April 06, 2017 10:39 PM (hMwEB)
Posted by: JAS at April 06, 2017 10:39 PM (lcylG)
Posted by: gewa76 at April 06, 2017 10:40 PM (B6OKy)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 10:40 PM (SjImc)
Posted by: kalneva at April 06, 2017 10:34 PM (vhW1R)
Yes, that happens to me quite often. I miss my father.
Posted by: CaliGirl at April 06, 2017 10:40 PM (YsN7f)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 06, 2017 10:40 PM (cPsPa)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 10:35 PM (SjImc)
Thanks for your comments. I will make sure to reach out to you when the time comes. I am leaning towards waiting until I get my Nursing degree and then going in as an Officer. Again, thank you.
Posted by: I Be That Chick at April 06, 2017 10:40 PM (S/qwI)
Posted by: otho at April 06, 2017 10:40 PM (lmIoG)
Posted by: Farmer at April 06, 2017 10:40 PM (o/90i)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Doctor of Thinkology at April 06, 2017 10:40 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: Burnt Toast at April 06, 2017 10:40 PM (P/kVC)
I'm willing to be that Barry was thankful that he was a long ways away from whatever pod Lena was swimming with that day.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 06, 2017 10:40 PM (v1g1+)
Walk on by
Your schools that do not teach
Mister America
Walk on by
The minds that won't be reached
Mister America
Try to hide
The emptiness that's you inside
When once you find that the way you lied
And all the corny tricks you tried
Will not forestall the rising tide of
Hungry freaks, Daddy . . .
They won't go
For no more
Great mid-western hardware store
Philosophy that turns away
From those who aren't afraid to say
What's on their minds
(The left-behinds of the Great Society)
Hungry freaks, Daddy . . .
Mister America
Walk on by
Your supermarket dream
Mister America
Walk on by
The liquor store supreme
Mister America
Try to hide
The product of your savage pride
The useful minds that it denied
The day you shrugged and stepped aside
You saw their clothes and then you cried:
THOSE HUNGRY FREAKS, DADDY!
They won't go
For no more
Great mid-western hardware store
Philosophy that turns away
From those who aren't afraid to say
What's on their minds
(The left-behinds of the Great Society)
Posted by: rickl at April 06, 2017 10:40 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at April 06, 2017 10:38 PM (vRcUp)
It is if you get paid not to work.
Posted by: @votermom @vm at April 06, 2017 10:41 PM (hMwEB)
and pushing out Quadaffy was a huge mistake by Samantha Power, Hillary and numb nutz
Posted by: Original Jake at April 06, 2017 10:41 PM (6f2eJ)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at April 06, 2017 10:41 PM (LTHVh)
Posted by: JAS at April 06, 2017 10:34 PM (lcylG)
Right. It was Samuel L. Jackson, amirite?
Posted by: OneEyedJack at April 06, 2017 10:41 PM (z79tQ)
Hillary Clinton will never be
president.
Posted by: Farmer
Yes, but she talks to Nicholas Kristoff ALL THE TIME!
So he's got that going on.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....outlaw in America at April 06, 2017 10:41 PM (S6Pax)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at April 06, 2017 10:41 PM (6FqZa)
But I thought England was fighting back, a la Brexit.
Posted by: qdpsteve
Probably too little too late.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 06, 2017 10:41 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Krakenboner at April 06, 2017 10:41 PM (GLIuP)
Flip Wilson was in "The Matrix". Bet your next paycheck on it.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 06, 2017 10:42 PM (v1g1+)
We can't un-fire those missiles if we're wrong, and this was an act of war without a proper Congressional authorization.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April 06, 2017 10:39 PM (X52ZZ)
You have to trust someone and for now I trust Mattis.
And from what they say, the radar tracks show the planes that launched the attack came from this base.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 10:42 PM (SjImc)
That is a Mustang Mk III because it is in RAF service, hence not a P-51.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 06, 2017 10:42 PM (euzDN)
It is so funny that we thought of the other two (or three) actors.
Posted by: JAS at April 06, 2017 10:42 PM (lcylG)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 06, 2017 10:42 PM (IqV8l)
and pushing out Quadaffy was a huge mistake by Samantha Power, Hillary and numb nutz
Posted by: Original Jake
pushing out moammar was the stupidest thing in the last 150 years.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 06, 2017 10:43 PM (cPsPa)
Posted by: Bill Cosby at April 06, 2017 10:43 PM (PqqkK)
No. I don't have to trust anyone.
But you go right ahead.
Posted by: ScoggDog at April 06, 2017 10:43 PM (fiGNd)
Love the collapsing cooling tower, BTW.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 06, 2017 10:43 PM (v1g1+)
But I thought England was fighting back, a la Brexit.
Posted by: qdpsteve
Probably too little too late.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 06, 2017 10:41 PM (IqV8l)
And Brexit does nothing about their home grown muslims.
Posted by: josephistan at April 06, 2017 10:43 PM (ANIFC)
Posted by: I Be That Chick at April 06, 2017 10:40 PM (S/qwI)
Any time. This new phase of my life has given me a new lease on life. I am loving it. Just ask CBD
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 10:43 PM (SjImc)
Posted by: davidt at April 06, 2017 10:43 PM (XoldI)
Posted by: @votermom @vm at April 06, 2017 10:44 PM (hMwEB)
The boy could dance back then.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at April 06, 2017 10:44 PM (LTHVh)
We can't un-fire those missiles if we're wrong, and this was an act of war without a proper Congressional authorization.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April 06, 2017 10:39 PM (X52ZZ)
Heard a quick blurb that at least 1 of 17 Intel agencies had it all on VHS.
Posted by: Burnt Toast at April 06, 2017 10:44 PM (P/kVC)
Posted by: yankeefifth
Actually, I would say the German General staff getting Lenin smuggled into Russia in 1917 to foment revolution and get Russia out of the Great War was probably the stupidest thing to happen in the last 150 years.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....outlaw in America at April 06, 2017 10:45 PM (S6Pax)
Posted by: OneEyedJack at April 06, 2017 10:41 PM (z79tQ)
---
but voiced by Cleavon Little
Posted by: Bill Cosby at April 06, 2017 10:45 PM (PqqkK)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 06, 2017 10:45 PM (euzDN)
Posted by: davidt
****
No. That was Ru Paul
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at April 06, 2017 10:45 PM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 10:45 PM (SjImc)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at April 06, 2017 10:44 PM
Yep. Mr. Clean loved The Stones.
Posted by: otho at April 06, 2017 10:45 PM (lmIoG)
Is there something you two have to tell us?
Posted by: JackStraw at April 06, 2017 10:45 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: iSoothsayer at April 06, 2017 10:46 PM (4fzLM)
That was not Ving Rhames in "Matrix" shithead.
-
It was Bill Cosby.
I'm pretty sure you're confusing The Matrix with Leonard Part 6. Easy to do; I've done it myself many times. It's the hot dogs.
Posted by: Anachronda at April 06, 2017 10:46 PM (Oi5b2)
Posted by: Sheriff Kirk at April 06, 2017 10:46 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear
* * * * * * *
I typically don't judge a man by the women he finds attractive but you've crossed a line here......wait, I get it you're a cold bear, that makes total sense. Lena Dunham would make a cuddly ball before she's dinner. Thought I was talking to Steve.
Posted by: MSTisdale at April 06, 2017 10:46 PM (g9d8D)
Posted by: @votermom @vm
The no-go zones would make surgical airstrikes fairly easy.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at April 06, 2017 10:46 PM (vRcUp)
We can't un-fire those missiles if we're wrong, and this was an act of war without a proper Congressional authorization.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April
no downside to this strike.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 06, 2017 10:46 PM (cPsPa)
Posted by: JAS at April 06, 2017 10:46 PM (lcylG)
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....outlaw in America at April 06, 2017 10:45 PM (S6Pax)
Hitler's little foray into Russia might be high on that list
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 10:46 PM (SjImc)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 06, 2017 10:46 PM (v1g1+)
The light and space of Vietnam really did a number on his head.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at April 06, 2017 10:46 PM (LTHVh)
Hannity must be reading my comments.
Posted by: iSoothsayer at April 06, 2017 10:46 PM (4fzLM)
It was Bill Cosby.
I'm pretty sure you're confusing The Matrix with Leonard Part 6. Easy to do; I've done it myself many times. It's the hot dogs.
Posted by: Anachronda at Apri
well, the cosby thing makes sense, he did give neo pills.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 06, 2017 10:47 PM (cPsPa)
----
Maybe Tauntaun survival cuddly
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at April 06, 2017 10:47 PM (PqqkK)
Posted by: @votermom @vm
The no-go zones would make surgical airstrikes fairly easy.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at April 06, 2017 10:46 PM (vRcUp)
Malmo should be the primary target.
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at April 06, 2017 10:47 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: I Be That Chick at April 06
don't think that happened. was discussed but think nothngi happened.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 06, 2017 10:36 PM (cPsPa)
Obama and the navy tried to kill the program... Congress kept the funding going, and even increased it last year...
Posted by: Don Q. at April 06, 2017 10:47 PM (NgKpN)
-
The Chicoms, the Norks, the Iranians, the Russkies, and ISIS were all watching.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Doctor of Thinkology at April 06, 2017 10:47 PM (Nwg0u)
41 on the aircraft quiz, many bad guesses on the less common types... I didn't take any of the hints
Posted by: Zettai Ryoickles at April 06, 2017 10:48 PM (kP16F)
Posted by: Original Jake at April 06, 2017 10:48 PM (6f2eJ)
Posted by: chicom president at April 06, 2017 10:48 PM (nlbfN)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at April 06, 2017 10:48 PM (LTHVh)
----
Maybe Tauntaun survival cuddly
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at April 06, 2017 10:47 PM (PqqkK)
And I thought she smelled bad on the outside!
Posted by: josephistan at April 06, 2017 10:48 PM (ANIFC)
With Charlie Sheen. Amirite?
Posted by: Krebs v Carno*****Andy Dick was in there somewhere too.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at April 06, 2017 10:48 PM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April
well, he just parked a fighter on one of his reclaimed scs islands.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 06, 2017 10:49 PM (cPsPa)
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You'd think that after Leonard Part 5 they would've given up.
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at April 06, 2017 10:49 PM (PqqkK)
You have to trust someone and for now I trust Mattis.
And from what they say, the radar tracks show the planes that launched the attack came from this base.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 10:42 PM (SjImc)
Gas could have been a secondary effect.
Posted by: Burnt Toast at April 06, 2017 10:49 PM (P/kVC)
Posted by: OneEyedJack
It was either John Lewis or Shaun King in blackface.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at April 06, 2017 10:49 PM (vRcUp)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Doctor of Thinkology at April 06, 2017 10:47 PM (Nwg0u)
Peruvians are dancing in the streets, shooting pellet guns in the air.
Posted by: davidt at April 06, 2017 10:49 PM (XoldI)
Posted by: Burnt Toast at April 06, 2017 10:49 PM (P/kVC)
Oooh I had some of that last night.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 10:50 PM (SjImc)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at April 06, 2017 10:50 PM (LTHVh)
-
Seemed like a good idea at the time.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Doctor of Thinkology at April 06, 2017 10:50 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: Don Q
yeah, what he said.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 06, 2017 10:50 PM (cPsPa)
Not.
Posted by: JAS at April 06, 2017 10:50 PM (lcylG)
Posted by: chicom president at April 06, 2017 10:50 PM (nlbfN)
Posted by: JAS at April 06, 2017 10:42 PM (lcylG)
It's possible that the commenters here are the smartest, most astute and certainly up to date on pop culture that you will find on the internet. Perhaps they may be pulling your leg and having fun doing it*
*I leave myself out of that well-praised group because I actually am a small m moron.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at April 06, 2017 10:50 PM (z79tQ)
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Seemed like a good idea at the time.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
we're not done here yet.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 06, 2017 10:50 PM (cPsPa)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Doctor of Thinkology
How most REALLY stupid ideas get started.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....outlaw in America at April 06, 2017 10:50 PM (S6Pax)
Too bad. I saw him in something when he was young. Good actor.
Posted by: JAS at April 06, 2017 10:46 PM (lcylG)
Good ole Larry, I mean Laurence Fishburne had the same issue as Danny Glover... they both portrayed wife beaters (Laurence Fishburne in What's Love Got To Do With It and Danny Glover in The Color Purple) and folks thought they were a little too authentic in those roles. Both have made statements about this issue over the years.
Posted by: I Be That Chick at April 06, 2017 10:51 PM (S/qwI)
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....outlaw in America at April 06, 2017 10:50 PM (S6Pax)
here hold my beer while I .......
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 10:51 PM (SjImc)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at April 06, 2017 10:52 PM (6FqZa)
>> There is absolutely nothing sensitive or risque
Oh, not problem, just making an observation, not a complaint to you about it. I think I saw the word "porn" in one of the guy's tweets near the top, and that's probably what set off the filter. Or maybe they have some sort of image filter that thought an elbow was a boob, as I remember a story about.
This is just a recent thing with Twitter too.
Posted by: publius(not Breitbart publius) at April 06, 2017 10:52 PM (aKqWT)
Posted by: Muldoon at April 06, 2017 10:52 PM (fYyCT)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 06, 2017 10:52 PM (cPsPa)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 06, 2017 10:46 PM (cPsPa)
Except that the world will see this as another Bill Clinton Aspirin Factory strike.... enough to look tough... but that's it.
And President Trump just broke US Law, by directly attacking a UN member state, without either a declaration of War, or UN Security Council Resolution.... or even cover by act of Congress (War on Terror act only works if you somehow make Assad an Ally of the Taliban, when he is fighting against ISIS, which is an ally of the Taliban....)
He has just proven that he will continue the exact same type of policies we've had with Obama.... where we don't even follow our own laws.
Posted by: Don Q. at April 06, 2017 10:53 PM (NgKpN)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Doctor of Thinkology
How most REALLY stupid ideas get started.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....outlaw in America at April 06, 2017 10:50 PM (S6Pax)
That and "Hold my beer."
Posted by: josephistan at April 06, 2017 10:53 PM (ANIFC)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 10:21 PM (SjImc)
There has to be a dental joke somewhere
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 06, 2017 10:53 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 10:53 PM (SjImc)
Posted by: The Jackhole at April 06, 2017 10:53 PM (dULJN)
Posted by: JAS at April 06, 2017 10:53 PM (lcylG)
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hold my schnapps
Posted by: German General staff at April 06, 2017 10:53 PM (PqqkK)
What other comic would have gotten away with insulting Frank Sinatra and Johnny Carson!
I believe that he's up in Heaven now insulting God and He is enjoying a great laugh
Posted by: kbdabear at April 06, 2017 10:54 PM (AOrEZ)
Posted by: kalneva
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I recall sitting in a quad at school, and wondering if a building that I was looking at had been there when my father was at the same school. I thought to myself, "I'll have to remember to ask him".
In the next heartbeat, I realized that I couldn't, as he had passed away a year earlier.
Posted by: Hillary at April 06, 2017 10:54 PM (ZO497)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 10:21 PM (SjImc)
There has to be a dental joke somewhere
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 06, 2017 10:53 PM (voOPb)
Has less to do with being a Dental Officer and more to be a paper pusher across a computer screen. And I tend to raise my hand a lot
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 10:54 PM (SjImc)
And tonight, the US military is launching airstrikes in defense of ISIS.
I hereby apologize for everything I ever said in support of the man.
Posted by: Methos, back to Let It Burn, and also, done with Trump at April 06, 2017 10:54 PM (3Liv/)
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April 06, 2017 10:39 PM (X52ZZ)
We seem to have dispensed with the whole concept of even thinking about a Congressional Declaration of War before we begin committing troops, probably because it might bring some discredit upon members of Congress when they start sabotaging the results (like they did for Viet Nam and Iraq)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at April 06, 2017 10:41 PM (6FqZa)
I also wonder about the pictures. I don't think sane people go into an area that just had a chemical or nerve agent attack and start filming and handling casualties without taking significant biohazard precautions. From the discussions I heard, this wasn't the case here, so I think there may be some Blue Helmet shenanigans going on here
Posted by: Hrothgar at April 06, 2017 10:55 PM (gwPgz)
Posted by: Hope Solo at April 06, 2017 10:55 PM (aKqWT)
It's a really amazing 1970s weapons system.
Great for beating up on barely functioning failed states with decrepit militaries.
As with so much else in today's American defense sector, it's an exercise in eating really great tasting, awesomely flavorful seed corn.
Posted by: torquewrench at April 06, 2017 10:55 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: chicom president at April 06, 2017 10:55 PM (nlbfN)
What other comic would have gotten away with insulting Frank Sinatra and Johnny Carson!
I believe that he's up in Heaven now insulting God and He is enjoying a great laugh
Posted by: kbdabear at April 06, 2017 10:54 PM (AOrEZ)
Saint Peter.... ya big hockey puck....
Posted by: Don Rickles, before the Pearly Gates at April 06, 2017 10:56 PM (NgKpN)
Posted by: Anachronda at April 06, 2017 10:56 PM (Oi5b2)
And President Trump just broke US Law, by directly attacking a UN member state, without either a declaration of War, or UN Security Council Resolution.... or even cover by act of Congress (War on Terror act only works if you somehow make Assad an Ally of the Taliban, when he is fighting against ISIS, which is an ally of the Taliban....)
He has just proven that he will continue the exact same type of policies we've had with Obama.... where we don't even follow our own laws.
Posted by: Don Q
your aspirin strike analogy is nonsense.
he has the same authority that obama had to take action in syria.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 06, 2017 10:56 PM (cPsPa)
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once you go Uber Black, you'll never go back.
FYI, you can call/text the driver with location hints which helps us out sometimes. Depends on what kind of location you are leaving from.
Posted by: German General staff at April 06, 2017 10:56 PM (PqqkK)
Posted by: davidt at April 06, 2017 10:57 PM (XoldI)
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....outlaw in America at April 06, 2017 10:45 PM (S6Pax)
In fairness, one has to consider the situation at the time, and not evaluate it in retrospect.
At the time, it was not a stupid thing to do. No one could foresee what would happen. It's like stepping out of your house during a thunderstorm, and getting hit by lightning, versus adjusting the aerial on your roof at the same time.
The latter was foreseeably stupid, whereas the former was, with the information to hand at the time, perfectly reasonable.
I would argue that sending an agitator to a belligerent enemy in time of war was a reasonable thing to do, which in the short term worked as expected, albeit in the long term did not.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 06, 2017 10:57 PM (SRKgf)
Posted by: Nigel Tufner at April 06, 2017 10:57 PM (Oi5b2)
Posted by: Nevergiveup
If it isn't a cartoon word ballow with a serious mess of hanzi translated to 'wtf,' then and only then has the Trumpducken failed.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 06, 2017 10:57 PM (GgzGa)
Posted by: Hobo with a laptop at April 06, 2017 10:58 PM (Dgce0)
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once you go Uber Black, you'll never go back.
FYI, you can call/text the driver with location hints which helps us out sometimes. Depends on what kind of location you are leaving from.
Posted by: German General staff at April 06, 2017 10:56 PM (PqqkK)
Serious question, do yu tip Uber drivers or is that included?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 10:58 PM (SjImc)
/Hillary sock
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 06, 2017 10:58 PM (ZO497)
state, without either a declaration of War, or UN Security Council
Resolution.... or even cover by act of Congress (War on Terror act only
works if you somehow make Assad an Ally of the Taliban, when he is
fighting against ISIS, which is an ally of the Taliban....)
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Exactly.
It didn't even take him three whole months to be completely corrupted by DC.
Posted by: Methos, back to Let It Burn, and also, done with Trump at April 06, 2017 10:59 PM (3Liv/)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UwVNkfCov1k
Posted by: Toni at April 06, 2017 10:59 PM (IOntn)
he has the same authority that obama had to take action in syria.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 06, 2017 10:56 PM (cPsPa)
Yeah.... none.... except the war hawks in the GOP wanted him to hit Syria... there was no opposition with standing to sue over the blatant act of war.
Posted by: Don Q. at April 06, 2017 10:59 PM (NgKpN)
I was wondering how that turned out, sorry it didn't go your way.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 06, 2017 11:00 PM (EZebt)
It didn't even take [Trump] three whole months to be completely corrupted by DC.
I blame fluoridation.
Posted by: Anachronda at April 06, 2017 11:01 PM (Oi5b2)
Just glancing at the NYT account of the Syria festivities linked at D-Rudge.
Reminders of how/why the country is where it is. The article "reports" that the quick action by the US in this case
"sharply contrasted with the methodical scrutiny of the use of force by the Obama administration."
Yep, if I associate anything with the Obama administration - and its band of third-rate Beltway staffers in high national security positions - it's "methodical scrutiny" (which was never pointless dithering leading to bad decisions - put that right out of your mind).
Just to make sure the informed reader understands how pathetic the NYT has become, they go on to assert that Trump
"authorized the strike with no congressional approval for the use of force, an assertion of presidential authority that contrasts sharply with the protracted deliberations over the use of force by his predecessor"
WTF? Libya? Hello? Not needing authorization cuz a "NATO operation" (a comically idiotic rationale, it was)?
A "president" Obama is explainable when what was once a leading and important source of information on national stories has become this much a parody of journalism - and, as important, when they can do this and be taken seriously by so many people.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 06, 2017 11:01 PM (+wjl1)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 10:58 PM (SjImc)
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Gotta tip Uber drivers in cash. The app does not allow it. The Lyft app does on the card you use for the ride.
Posted by: Uber Lyft Driver at April 06, 2017 11:01 PM (SNYxS)
Serious question, do yu tip Uber drivers or is that included?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 10:58 PM (SjImc)
You don't tip an Uber driver. Just make sure to give them a good rating if they gave you good service . You're app will prompt you when they drop you off.
Also, yes for Uber Black, but NO for Uber Pool!
Posted by: RondinellaMamma at April 06, 2017 11:01 PM (oQQwD)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 10:58 PM (SjImc)
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It isn't required. I've got 4 tips in about 150 trips. Normally for above-and-beyond stuff.
Now if someone drives 20 minutes to get you and only hauls your carcass 3 miles, it'd be appreciated on top of the $5 fare (driver get $4)
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at April 06, 2017 11:02 PM (PqqkK)
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Exactly.
It didn't even take him three whole months to be completely corrupted by DC.
Posted by: Methos, back to Let It Burn, and also, done with Trump at April 06, 2017 10:59 PM (3Liv/)
Fuck the UN.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 06, 2017 11:02 PM (SRKgf)
Posted by: Methos, back to Let It Burn, and also, done with Trump at April 06, 2017 11:02 PM (3Liv/)
Posted by: Original Jake at April 06, 2017 11:02 PM (6f2eJ)
Yo Anna, I think you are universally regarded as being "Master Class" here at AoS.
Posted by: Hrothgar at April 06, 2017 11:02 PM (gwPgz)
Civil strife in Russia could get mad ugly.
I hope this works out well, but things like this rarely do. The Tsars were assholes too, and look what ousting them got us
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at April 06, 2017 11:02 PM (6FqZa)
Posted by: The Jackhole at April 06, 2017 11:02 PM (dULJN)
Posted by: RondinellaMamma at April 06, 2017 11:01 PM (oQQwD)
Got it thanks
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 11:03 PM (SjImc)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 11:04 PM (SjImc)
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Exactly.
It didn't even take him three whole months to be completely corrupted by DC.
Posted by: Methos, back to Let It Burn, and also, done with Trump at April 06, 2017 10:59 PM (3Liv/)
Fuck the UN.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 06, 2017 11:02 PM (SRKgf)
I'm all in on Fucking the UN.... but not US Law...
The executive was not supposed to be able to take us to War, on his own...
Posted by: Don Q. at April 06, 2017 11:04 PM (NgKpN)
Posted by: Eric Hoffer's Thumb at April 06, 2017 11:04 PM (e6aCv)
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at April 06, 2017 11:04 PM (PqqkK)
Posted by: Don Q. at April 06, 2017 11:04 PM (NgKpN)
Except we are not at war
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 11:04 PM (SjImc)
Posted by: Laurence Sushi at April 06, 2017 11:05 PM (vRcUp)
Posted by: Original Jake at April 06, 2017 11:05 PM (6f2eJ)
Posted by: Don Q. at April 06, 2017 11:04 PM (NgKpN)
That whole Declaration of War thing was so constraining!
Posted by: Hrothgar at April 06, 2017 11:05 PM (gwPgz)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at April 06, 2017 11:05 PM (6FqZa)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 11:05 PM (SjImc)
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I don't really care about the UN, I just don't see why we're wasting taxpayer assets in order to make the world safer for ISIS.
Posted by: Methos, back to Let It Burn, and also, done with Trump at April 06, 2017 11:05 PM (3Liv/)
War powers
In 1986 an American President saw a ME country was supporting terrorism, cozying up to Russia, and tormenting his people with human rights violations
That President sent missiles into the country to send a message
The president was Reagen, the Dictator was Quadaffi, and those missiles neutered him for 30 years
Posted by: ThunderB at April 06, 2017 11:06 PM (9YJ4j)
he has the same authority that obama had to take action in syria.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 06, 2017 10:56 PM (cPsPa)
Which was none.
Posted by: redbanzai at April 06, 2017 11:06 PM (FTXAT)
Posted by: Anachronda at April 06, 2017 11:06 PM (Oi5b2)
Posted by: Don Q. at April 06, 2017 11:04 PM (NgKpN)
Except we are not at war
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 11:04 PM (SjImc)
Tell that to the 1000 troops we have on the ground in Syria....
Posted by: Don Q. at April 06, 2017 11:06 PM (NgKpN)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at April 06, 2017 11:05 PM (6FqZa)
As someone said above, he called and yelled:
"Vlad DUCK"
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 11:06 PM (SjImc)
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I don't really care about the UN, I just don't see why we're wasting taxpayer assets in order to make the world safer for ISIS.
Posted by: Methos
****
Perhaps this will prolong the conflict between them. Is that not good for us?
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at April 06, 2017 11:06 PM (hVdx9)
Rush explained it: the people doing all the ad-buys for these big companies are young stupid leftist women.
That's why, despite the ratings, big companies spend big $$ buying ad-time on msnbc and SNL while the higher-rated Fox News get's it's crappy ad-revenue from adult diaper peddlers and My Pillow.
Posted by: iSoothsayer at April 06, 2017 10:19 PM (4fzLM)
It's not that they are leftists, it's that they "buy" their preferences.
Happened when I was in radio almost 30 years ago. One of the soft drink giants was having a big summer promotion along with a huge ad buy. There was no one in the market that should have gotten a penny of any of the buy but our station since we had 85% of the demo. The regional ad buyer said that the promotion should be going to us, and to beg us to take it. The local buyer? She decided to go with her favorite station that had about 8% of the demo. They got a $25K ad/promotion buy because the local buyer's favorite radio station was the one that didn't deliver the demo.
Turned out for the best for us. The band that they were partnering with for the promotion ended up losing all of their popularity right as the heavy promotion started, and we stopped playing all of their music. The other station? It was a band that their audience hated, HATED, and they heard ads for them every hour all summer long.
Regional buyer also made sure that we got the lion's share of the money after the summer promotion.
But yeah, I used to run into ad buyers that based all of their cost per unit basis on the ratings but would give the biggest buys to the stations that they liked to listen to.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at April 06, 2017 11:06 PM (1JnAL)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 11:04 PM (SjImc)
My point exactly!
Posted by: Zombie Gavrilo Princip at April 06, 2017 11:07 PM (gwPgz)
Posted by: Don Q. at April 06, 2017 11:06 PM (NgKpN)
They were there before the missile attack
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 11:07 PM (SjImc)
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The exploding tomahawks disagree with you.
Any retaliation Assad or his allies make against us is now completely legitimate.
Posted by: Methos, back to Let It Burn, and also, done with Trump at April 06, 2017 11:07 PM (3Liv/)
But it isnt war yet. Its isnt regime change yet. It isnt nation building yet
Its a message
Posted by: ThunderB at April 06, 2017 11:07 PM (9YJ4j)
She went with one of her good friends, who is a big member and donor. Thinking of my mater went through, which I detailed here last year, that's amazing.
I'm a little worried she might fall or something, but all in all, I think she'll have fun, and her friend is just a young thing, in her 70s, and she can take care of my mother fine.
Posted by: publius(not Breitbart publius) at April 06, 2017 11:08 PM (aKqWT)
Posted by: Methos, back to Let It Burn, and also, done with Trump at April 06, 2017 11:05 PM (3Liv/)
It's not a binary choice
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 11:08 PM (SjImc)
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I don't really care about the UN, I just don't see why we're wasting taxpayer assets in order to make the world safer for ISIS.
Posted by: Methos, back to Let It Burn, and also, done with Trump at April 06, 2017 11:05 PM (3Liv/)
I don't either, but that's a practical matter - whether or not we're wasting taxpayer assets - not a theoretical one.
For my part, I don't give a rat's ass about the UN. We need to deploy our taxpayer assets to greatest effect to advance American taxpayers' interests. Full stop.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 06, 2017 11:09 PM (SRKgf)
In 1986 an American President saw a ME country was supporting
terrorism, cozying up to Russia, and tormenting his people with human
rights violations
That President sent missiles into the country to send a message
The president was Reagen, the Dictator was Quadaffi, and those missiles neutered him for 30 years
Posted by: ThunderB at April 06, 2017 11:06 PM (9YJ4j)
Reagan was responding to a direct attack on American soldiers in Berlin.
Posted by: redbanzai at April 06, 2017 11:09 PM (FTXAT)
Posted by: The Jackhole at April 06, 2017 11:09 PM (dULJN)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at April 06, 2017 11:10 PM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Methos, back to Let It Burn, and also, done with Trump at April 06, 2017 11:07 PM (3Liv/)
So ... you're arguing to vaporizing the whole fucking place?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 06, 2017 11:10 PM (SRKgf)
But it isnt war yet. Its isnt regime change yet. It isnt nation building yet
Its a message
Posted by: ThunderB at April 06, 2017 11:07 PM (9YJ4j)
Except that the last administrations stated policy WAS regime change... and THEY put boots on the ground...
You don't get to take back a Casus Belli because you had an election... which is why the Executive is not supposed to be able to take us to war...
Posted by: Don Q. at April 06, 2017 11:10 PM (NgKpN)
Posted by: Methos, back to Let It Burn, and also, done with Trump at April 06, 2017 11:07 PM (3Liv/)
His Allies?
Let him try to attack our Military. Give a go joe
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 11:10 PM (SjImc)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at April 06, 2017 11:10 PM (6FqZa)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at April 06, 2017 11:10 PM (tHwdc)
cozying up to Russia, and tormenting his people with human rights
violations
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In 2017, Assad is fighting against terrorists supported by the DC uniparty, so nothing in your comparison holds. Hell, Russia is on the morally superior side of this.
Posted by: Methos, back to Let It Burn, and also, done with Trump at April 06, 2017 11:10 PM (3Liv/)
Posted by: ThunderB at April 06, 2017 11:10 PM (9YJ4j)
he has the same authority that obama had to take action in syria.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 06, 2017 10:56 PM (cPsPa)
Yeah.... none.... except the war hawks in the GOP wanted him to hit Syria... there was no opposition with standing to sue over the blatant act of war.
Posted by: Don Q
the question of his authority to go into syria is not clear cut but is debatable, people on both sides of the aisle have made the case for both.
but regarding you aspirin factory analogy, again, the matter of intent is very important. if Trump is sending the signal that this is a one and done then your analogy is correct. however, if he is sending the signal that this is a warning and it gets worse from here then it is different and useful.
besides all the local players respond well to strength and force. Trump may well get a good return on his single strike.
Not that I am especially in favor of any of his actions tonight, but simply condemning it is, well, simple.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 06, 2017 11:11 PM (cPsPa)
Tomahawks: oh of course they are older systems, but perfectly adequate for many situations (in fact, most situations we are likely to face), and thus, assuming they can be produced for less than their follow-ons, part of a sensible mix of ordnance choices. I thought they went out of production long ago, and we were running out of 'em.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 06, 2017 11:11 PM (nIGPZ)
Posted by: musical mountaineer at April 06, 2017 11:11 PM (xkJYQ)
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I saw Don Rickles in a small room in Vegas about 7 years ago. I laughed so hard I thought I might black out.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 06, 2017 11:11 PM (EZebt)
You don't get to take back a Casus Belli because you had an election... which is why the Executive is not supposed to be able to take us to war...
Posted by: Don Q. at April 06, 2017 11:10 PM (NgKpN)
The last admin's policy was all over the board like diarrhea...they were for regime change before they were against it. LOL
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 11:12 PM (SjImc)
Posted by: Troll so hard at April 06, 2017 11:12 PM (DkRXj)
Posted by: Methos, back to Let It Burn, and also, done with Trump at April 06, 2017 11:07 PM (3Liv/)
not likely the lesson he is going to take away from this.
russia said the other day that they are not unconditionally behind assad.
further, it sends a good message to the iranians and those in their sphere that the iranians are no guarantee of safety.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 06, 2017 11:13 PM (cPsPa)
Looks like export sales of Russian air defense crap will take a hit.
Posted by: Jean at April 06, 2017 11:14 PM (CLJ33)
>> or are we retroactively all agreeing he did,
No doubt about it. The big danger would've been accidentally killing or just wounding some Russians there. That would've been a YUGE Incident. Mad Dog was absolutely not going to let that happen.
I'm sure Trump and Putin, and their people consulted. I'll bet they made some sort of deal. Note it didn't really leak, at least publicly.
Posted by: publius(not Breitbart publius) at April 06, 2017 11:14 PM (aKqWT)
I'd say tip them. the poor suckers are actually driving for free; they just haven't done the math.
Posted by: booknlass at April 06, 2017 11:14 PM (8mO0Q)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 06, 2017 11:14 PM (NBHj5)
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Those are the only options, as those are the only players in Syria. Assad will survive or ISIS (or some equivalent islam-based group) will take over.
And any of Assad's assets destroyed tonight are no longer available to kill jihadis.
Posted by: Methos, back to Let It Burn, and also, done with Trump at April 06, 2017 11:14 PM (3Liv/)
Looks like export sales of Russian air defense crap will take a hit.
Posted by: Jean at April 06, 2017 11:14 PM (CLJ33)
Unofficially I heard one went of track an hit in the waters off Tahiti...to send a message..Honest to G-D
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 11:15 PM (SjImc)
Posted by: ThunderB at April 06, 2017 11:15 PM (9YJ4j)
Posted by: rhombo
You got to rotate your stock every so often ...
Posted by: Jean at April 06, 2017 11:15 PM (CLJ33)
At least, I hope that's all it was. We do not need to be involved in Syria.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 06, 2017 11:15 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: ThunderB at April 06, 2017 11:16 PM (9YJ4j)
our taxpayer assets to greatest effect to advance American taxpayers'
interests. Full stop.
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And the American interest in supporting ISIS is what exactly?
How does this make either of us more free?
Posted by: Methos, back to Let It Burn, and also, done with Trump at April 06, 2017 11:16 PM (3Liv/)
cozying up to Russia, and tormenting his people with human rights
violations
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In 2017, Assad is fighting against terrorists
supported by the DC uniparty, so nothing in your comparison holds. Hell,
Russia is on the morally superior side of this.
Posted by: Methos, back to Let It Burn, and also, done with Trump at April 06, 2017 11:10 PM (3Liv/)
Reagan did not bomb Libya for that... he had specific intelligence that Libya planned and executed the 1986 Berlin Discotheque bombing (a place that American servicemen frequented).
Posted by: redbanzai at April 06, 2017 11:16 PM (FTXAT)
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 06, 2017 11:16 PM (V2Yro)
Posted by: andycanuck at April 06, 2017 11:17 PM (nlbfN)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoickles at April 06, 2017 11:17 PM (kP16F)
Posted by: redbanzai at April 06, 2017 11:17 PM (FTXAT)
Looks like export sales of Russian air defense crap will take a hit.
Posted by: Jean at April 06, 2017 11:14 PM (CLJ33)
well, if Trump warned the russians maybe they agreed not to shoot them down. russians do not care whether assad or someone else is in power so long as they get their bases.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 06, 2017 11:17 PM (cPsPa)
And any of Assad's assets destroyed tonight are no longer available to kill jihadis.
Posted by: Methos, back to Let It Burn, and also, done with Trump at April 06, 2017 11:14 PM (3Liv/)
A) This strike will not topple Assad
B) there are plenty of players in what once was Syria
C) Syria is history. Much like Iraq it will break up into tribal warfare.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 11:17 PM (SjImc)
I think it was delayed payback for the Beirut embassy bombing as well.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 06, 2017 11:17 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at April 06, 2017 11:17 PM (hVdx9)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at April 06, 2017 11:17 PM (6FqZa)
Sigh. Looking forward to when she's sane again. It should only be, what, 10 years?
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 06, 2017 11:17 PM (qazQh)
"publically" , and just can't believe the former is actually the correct spelling. It just looks so terribly wrong. And "terribly" looks sort of wrong too.
Posted by: publius(not Breitbart publius) at April 06, 2017 11:17 PM (aKqWT)
Posted by: booknlass
We should have our writers look into that.
Posted by: Huffington Post at April 06, 2017 11:18 PM (axaxF)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at April 06, 2017 11:10 PM (tHwdc)
you know you don't need to read that .....
Posted by: Original Jake at April 06, 2017 11:18 PM (6f2eJ)
Not that I am especially in favor of any of his actions tonight, but simply condemning it is, well, simple.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 06, 2017 11:11 PM (cPsPa)
Not at all.. because some of us have 40 years or so of knowledge of that side of the world.
The world does know our politics. The KNOW that Trump has a lot of opposition here (if they are reading the Press).... they already think Trump is a lame duck, as stated by a number of US news outlets in the last 40 hours.
The Press has created a perception that Trump's hold on power is weak... that we are in turmoil...
And instead of Trump going to get buy in from the opposition FIRST... he acted.... when he is already embroiled in an internal problem (Bill Clinton? Monica Lewinsky... Trump, Russia Gate, which if you read the US Press, is a BIG DEAL).
Follow on will be critical.... but without going to Congress to get authorization... follow on becomes problematic.
Posted by: Don Q. at April 06, 2017 11:18 PM (NgKpN)
Posted by: ThunderB at April 06, 2017 11:16 PM (9YJ4j)
And?
Posted by: redbanzai at April 06
well, pinning iran's ears back is a good start to clearing them out of everything from syria back to iran.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 06, 2017 11:18 PM (cPsPa)
Posted by: ThunderB at April 06, 2017 11:18 PM (9YJ4j)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess
we could discuss tits
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 06, 2017 11:19 PM (cPsPa)
Rose Tyler=worst Doctor Who thing ever.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 06, 2017 11:20 PM (MZcWR)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 06, 2017 11:20 PM (IcT7t)
Posted by: ThunderB at April 06, 2017 11:20 PM (9YJ4j)
And any of Assad's assets destroyed tonight are no longer available to kill jihadis.
Posted by: Methos
The gas attack was on an area non associated with ISIS. They are another Muslim group. I believe with some tacit Turkish support. They have some ethnic Turk ties, IIRC. This is the same area where Turkey shot down the Russian fighters.
Posted by: Jean at April 06, 2017 11:20 PM (CLJ33)
Posted by: RustyG at April 06, 2017 11:20 PM (1Mft0)
Try 30. Is wifey sane?
Don't answer that, for your own sake.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 06, 2017 11:20 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: ThunderB at April 06, 2017 11:20 PM (9YJ4j)
I'm good with that
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 11:20 PM (SjImc)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 06, 2017 11:17 PM (39g3+)
That was not Libya... it was Iran....
Trust me.... the evidence that came out a couple years ago make it clear...
And as someone who was there at the time... its a personal issue with me.
Posted by: Don Q. at April 06, 2017 11:21 PM (NgKpN)
He knows he's only on our radar at all, any longer, because he's an Iranian proxy (really, at bottom, the same reason Syria is important to Israel any longer). Other than that role, Syria has been of little consequence for some time (their massive interference in Iraq, inexcusably allowed to go on without punishment or much interdiction, notwithstanding).
Posted by: rhomboid at April 06, 2017 11:21 PM (nIGPZ)
Whether they all receive the same message or not won't be known.
Frankly, we can only comment on the actions, not the motivations or calculations. They are too numerous and varied for anyone but the inner circle to know, and even they may be guessing.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at April 06, 2017 11:21 PM (z79tQ)
Someone entertain me.
Please.
Posted by: Muldoon
At the Copa, Copacabana... ♩ ♪
Posted by: Barry Manilow at April 06, 2017 11:21 PM (vRcUp)
Obliterate Isis, contain Iran, neuter Assad
Posted by: ThunderB
wait, James Mattis goes by ThunderB at the HQ?
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 06, 2017 11:21 PM (cPsPa)
Posted by: RustyG at April 06, 2017 11:20 PM (1Mft0)
The Normandy Invasion is on for tonight?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 11:21 PM (SjImc)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at April 06, 2017 11:22 PM (6FqZa)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 06, 2017 11:22 PM (IcT7t)
Also depends on what happens with her parents, who as I've mentioned here before are MINO (married in name only). I think she'll be okay if she makes the right friends.
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 06, 2017 11:22 PM (qazQh)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at April 06, 2017 11:22 PM (hVdx9)
"publically" , and just can't believe the former is actually the correct spelling. It just looks so terribly wrong. And "terribly" looks sort of wrong too.
Posted by: publius(not Breitbart publius) at April 06, 2017 11:17 PM (aKqWT)
Not only that, but have you ever looked at your hands? I mean, really looked at them?
Posted by: Zombie Timothy Leary at April 06, 2017 11:22 PM (iMxBJ)
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Those are the only options, as those are the only players in Syria.
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look,
either it's a binary choice
or it is not a binary choice.
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at April 06, 2017 11:22 PM (PqqkK)
Legally, historically, and logically, the president does not require congressional approval for a single or even a short series of limited strikes. He has to be able to react to crises and events as they happen, and congress knew that when they wrote the War Powers Act allowing it.
Where Obama went wrong in places like Libya was maintaining a months-long, years-long "kinetic action" without congressional consultation or approval.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 06, 2017 11:22 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: RustyG at April 06, 2017 11:20 PM (1Mft0)
well, yeah assad called to cancel their dinner date.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 06, 2017 11:22 PM (cPsPa)
attacked the US embassy in Tehran, not to mention the attacks on the
Marines in Beirut. They just had one of those charming "marg bar Amrika"
rallies not long ago. So on that much, I don't worry.
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Awesome.
Then bomb Iran. I could support that. As they are an islamic nation and therefore inherently threatening to us in the same way communists/socialists are.
Assad is not, and hasn't done anything to provoke DC's interest in him.
And, as has been pointed out we just had an election where one of the issues on the winning side was *not* wasting resources on Syria.
Posted by: Methos, back to Let It Burn, and also, done with Trump at April 06, 2017 11:23 PM (3Liv/)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at April 06, 2017 11:24 PM (hVdx9)
That is not how a deal maker thinks. That is not how Trump thinks.
If you don't like the terms of the deal on the table, make the deal bigger.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 06, 2017 11:24 PM (/tuJf)
She was a ho, girl!
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale
protip, best ever karoke song, and I am not very fond of karoke. however, I am able to sing that long like Garrett in the kitchen / like a motherfucker.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 06, 2017 11:24 PM (cPsPa)
Where Obama went wrong in places like Libya was maintaining a months-long, years-long "kinetic action" without congressional consultation or approval.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 06, 2017 11:22 PM (39g3+)
War Powers Act gives him 90 days UNLESS US Troops or Property is under threat.
We are way past 90 days.... hell, even if the clock started when Trump was sworn in, we are now past 90 days with boots on the ground.
Posted by: Don Q. at April 06, 2017 11:24 PM (NgKpN)
Well thanks to Israel taking out his Nuke Plant
And giving Iran an place to plant their flag is also of interest to responsible people in DC
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 11:24 PM (SjImc)
And as someone who was there at the time... its a personal issue with me.
The embassy bombing and Reagan's utter lack of response (except to retreat) made me very mad at the time, and ranks up there with shutting down the space program after one damned accident for his worst moves, to me.
If it was Iran, and I have no doubt it was, then that's even more infuriating.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 06, 2017 11:25 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: ThunderB
The first two, sure. But I miss the good old days when ruthless, secular dictators ruled the Middle East. We had less problems then. Assad is in that tradition.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at April 06, 2017 11:25 PM (vRcUp)
2. who the hell has shep smith cover military events?
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 06, 2017 11:25 PM (cPsPa)
Sigh. Looking forward to when she's sane again. It should only be, what, 10 years?
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 06, 2017 11:17 PM (qazQh)
When I was her age, I was did not act like that. And once I became a teenager, I did not act that way. I had friends who behaved that way, but I certainly did not. My parents didn't play and would not tolerate that kind of behavior.
Posted by: I Be That Chick at April 06, 2017 11:25 PM (S/qwI)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Doctor of Thinkology at April 06, 2017 11:25 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale
fapfapfapfapfap
Posted by: H1b overseas at April 06, 2017 11:25 PM (GgzGa)
She was a ho, girl!
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale
protip, best ever karoke song, and I am not very fond of karoke.
however, I am able to sing that long like Garrett in the kitchen / like a
motherfucker.
Posted by: yankeefifth
****
And you admit that in public? You are a brave man.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at April 06, 2017 11:25 PM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Troll so hard at April 06, 2017 11:12 PM (DkRXj)
Being the last person to get the joke is no reason to go all ROETHLISBERGER! but fo realz.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at April 06, 2017 11:26 PM (z79tQ)
He didn't send those troops in, that's a separate issue. That's on Obama. Should he pull them out? Absolutely. But this was a different event and different act.
I mean, you can't blame the sitting president for what the previous one did years ago.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 06, 2017 11:26 PM (39g3+)
can't wait to see the before and after photos of the remodeling.
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at April 06, 2017 11:26 PM (PqqkK)
Posted by: phoenixgirl... at April 06, 2017 11:26 PM (0O7c5)
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at April 06, 2017 11:25 PM (vRcUp)
Yes, but I deserved this. Have you seen my douchy little mustache?
Posted by: Bashar al-Assad at April 06, 2017 11:27 PM (iMxBJ)
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of course, we're not horsing around anymore
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at April 06, 2017 11:27 PM (PqqkK)
Posted by: Don Q
Trump has not been in 90 days.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 06, 2017 11:27 PM (cPsPa)
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at April 06, 2017 11:25 PM (vRcUp)
He used to be, or more accurately his fathers was, and he has been living on his father's rep and people.
Using WMDs changes that equation. And yet I am not calling for his overthrow yet because of the alternatives. They all suck.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 11:27 PM (SjImc)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 06, 2017 11:28 PM (cPsPa)
I got no problem if Assad stays in power, neutered like Quadaffi
He stepped on his dick when he gassed civilians. Own goal
Posted by: ThunderB at April 06, 2017 11:28 PM (9YJ4j)
specific intelligence that Libya planned and executed the 1986 Berlin
Discotheque bombing (a place that American servicemen frequented).
I think it was delayed payback for the Beirut embassy bombing as well.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 06, 2017 11:17 PM (39g3+)
That too.
Posted by: redbanzai at April 06, 2017 11:29 PM (FTXAT)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale
well, I am periodically forced to karoke and needed something within my range. should you ever find yourself in a similar situation I recommend the song.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 06, 2017 11:29 PM (cPsPa)
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Here's a fiver. Get me a table with a view. And keep the ice water coming.
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at April 06, 2017 11:30 PM (PqqkK)
We're supposed to believe the IS/Hezbollah "rebels" when they claim gas attack? Did you see the response team? Gas masks and water hoses??
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 06, 2017 11:30 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 06, 2017 11:30 PM (qazQh)
Didn't Trump say just yesterday at the joint presser with Abdullah that he was "now responsible for my own red lines", after (nicely) dumping on the departed affirmative action non-entity and his disastrous policies?
Well, this sort of gives decent credibility to Trump's red lines, in a way. Though punishment for use of chemical weapons is a frivolous red line, to me - but I've never accepted the special moral importance of any particular weapon - as opposed to its use and targets - esp. the marginally useful category of chemical weapons.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 06, 2017 11:31 PM (nIGPZ)
AS far as I know there is not a Christian militia
syrain refugees rape the fuck outa western girls and boys
there are almost zero Christians left, they are dead or left
nuke it
Posted by: Original Jake at April 06, 2017 11:31 PM (6f2eJ)
What kind of monster would force someone to perform karaoke? That's so depraved.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 06, 2017 11:31 PM (JZdsf)
Posted by: ThunderB at April 06, 2017 11:31 PM (9YJ4j)
Posted by: Sheriff Kirk at April 06, 2017 11:31 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 06, 2017 11:22 PM (qazQh)
qdpsteve...I just saw this comment, so please disregard my previous statement. If there are issues in the home, that can pose a problem for your niece. Anyway, I apologize for misspeaking and I hope everything works out for your niece.
Posted by: I Be That Chick at April 06, 2017 11:32 PM (S/qwI)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 06, 2017 11:25 PM (39g3+)
Worse, the knew it within days...
A couple of years ago some documents were 'accidentally' unclassified about what was known at the time...
About how the Truck was designed in Iran, built... and driven to Iran...
RR still had his eyes on the Soviet Union... and did not want to pick a fight with Iran at the time... so let it slide...
I'll admit... the betrayal is very very personal to me.
Posted by: Don Q. at April 06, 2017 11:32 PM (NgKpN)
He stepped on his dick when he gassed civilians. Own goal
Posted by: ThunderB at April 06, 2017 11:28 PM (9YJ4j)
Totalitarian regimes kill their citizens in all sorts of fucked up ways everyday?
Would they be any less dead if Syrian soldiers had lined them all up and shot them in the head?
And is it the US's problem to fix every time it happens? If so, Venezuela is a whole hell of a lot closer.
Posted by: redbanzai at April 06, 2017 11:32 PM (FTXAT)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 06, 2017 11:32 PM (cPsPa)
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quickly googling yankeefifth on Youpron.
o god.
o dear lord.
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at April 06, 2017 11:33 PM (PqqkK)
Considering that Islamists are in control of Turkey now, I would put them on the same threat level as Iran. In the last few years their Sultan has basically made threats toward Europe and mused how great it would be to bring back the glory years.
BTW: How long would it take for the Turks to get nukes?
It is a blind spot, like the Arabians, that the west will be paying for in the coming years. And don't tell me how they are NATO allies, and such. They did squat during the last Iraq War.
Posted by: William Eaton at April 06, 2017 11:33 PM (MuTTO)
way. Though punishment for use of chemical weapons is a frivolous red
line, to me - but I've never accepted the special moral importance of
any particular weapon - as opposed to its use and targets - esp. the
marginally useful category of chemical weapons.
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Some people *cough* McCain *cough* just believe the world's a better place when the DC military is bombing someone.
Posted by: Methos, back to Let It Burn, and also, done with Trump at April 06, 2017 11:33 PM (3Liv/)
Posted by: Cicero
don't like to talk about it
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 06, 2017 11:33 PM (cPsPa)
Posted by: Michelle Obama at April 06, 2017 11:34 PM (PqqkK)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/850050602826596352
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/850050719310807042
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/850050909870714880
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/850051082088849408
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/850051383688658954
Posted by: kbdabear at April 06, 2017 11:34 PM (AOrEZ)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 06, 2017 11:35 PM (39g3+)
Hezbollah is at the Air base. They are flying the Syrian planes that dropped the gas allegedly
Syria has been in civil war for 5 years, and was 3rd world before that
Stop applying 1st world standards of practice and gear to their first responders
Posted by: ThunderB at April 06, 2017 11:35 PM (9YJ4j)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 06, 2017 11:19 PM (cPsPa)
Look! The Grail beacon has been lit!
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 06, 2017 11:35 PM (hscyr)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/850051508435644416
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/850051700434112513
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/850051825663434753
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/850051939492614144
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/850052048825528322
Posted by: kbdabear at April 06, 2017 11:35 PM (AOrEZ)
It's a messed up situation but thus far, outside of the usual teenage smirkiness, both kids are great. They're both doing well in school too.
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 06, 2017 11:35 PM (qazQh)
Posted by: Muldoon at April 06, 2017 11:35 PM (fYyCT)
was a state sponsor of terrorism, I said that. Its one of the
reasons Reagan bombed him
Posted by: ThunderB at April 06, 2017 11:31 PM (9YJ4j)
NO... Reagan bombed because those terrorist actions were against American citizens and constituted an act of war against the US. Syria bombing its own citizens (if they even did) DOES NOT constitute and act of war against the US.
Posted by: redbanzai at April 06, 2017 11:35 PM (FTXAT)
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Hezbollah has pilots?
Syria needs Hezbollah pilots?
Posted by: Methos, back to Let It Burn, and also, done with Trump at April 06, 2017 11:37 PM (3Liv/)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy
Bebes!
you are like the platonic ideal.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 06, 2017 11:37 PM (cPsPa)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 06, 2017 11:33 PM (cPsPa)
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maybe you could croon about it
Posted by: buzzsaw90 at April 06, 2017 11:37 PM (PqqkK)
Posted by: ThunderB at April 06, 2017 11:38 PM (9YJ4j)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 06, 2017 11:38 PM (cPsPa)
They'll enjoy the regression because either they'll be in charge or they'll have government drone jobs.
Posted by: kbdabear at April 06, 2017 11:39 PM (AOrEZ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 06, 2017 11:27 PM (cPsPa)
My bad... you are correct... its now day 77...
so, do you think he will pull our 1000 troops out of Syria, or get Congressional Approval, in the next 13 days?
Posted by: Don Q. at April 06, 2017 11:39 PM (NgKpN)
Posted by: ThunderB at April 06, 2017 11:39 PM (9YJ4j)
She was a ho, girl!
I see your pun and raise with utter tastelessness.
Dachau Cabana: https://youtu.be/0EBLdnRECKA (nsfw, mainly for the subject matter)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 06, 2017 11:39 PM (IcT7t)
Posted by: ThunderB at April 06, 2017 11:40 PM (9YJ4j)
I would like to believe so but I'm not confident he will in the next 13 months. It needs to be done.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 06, 2017 11:40 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois at April 06, 2017 11:41 PM (d76uN)
Assad will fall all over himself to prove he didn't do it or if his side did that it wasn't his idea.
Putin knows that the US is serious and, as with Reagan, it is not predictable.
China is seeing North Korea in a new less comfortable light.
Little Kim got a brand new butt pucker.
The Democrats slowly failing "Trump is a Russian puppet" just collapsed.
We deliberately avoided hitting the Sarin storage which says that we've known it was there during the Obama years when we proclaimed that the Obama/Kerry diplomacy had gotten rid of all chemical weapons of Assad. They, Obama/Kerry lied, people died.
Posted by: geoffb5 at April 06, 2017 11:41 PM (d3wbb)
Posted by: phoenixgirl... at April 06, 2017 11:41 PM (0O7c5)
Silly, but then again are are talking about the Fourth Reich here so who knows...
Posted by: William Eaton at April 06, 2017 11:41 PM (MuTTO)
Posted by: ThunderB at April 06, 2017 11:42 PM (9YJ4j)
3 threads below on the genderfluid actress thread, Soothsayer confirmed my memory:
Does Barry Manilow have syphilis in the brain??
Does he not remember he "came out" during California's Prop 8?
Does Barry Manilow forget that he's been "out" for decades?
Posted by: iSoothsayer iPro iLX v1.1.01
I had the same recollection: if you had asked me a week ago if Manilow was gay, I would have said "yes, he came out a while back". These past few days felt like Barry was gaslighting me.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at April 06, 2017 11:42 PM (vRcUp)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at April 06, 2017 11:43 PM (6FqZa)
Posted by: Methos, back to Let It Burn, and also, done with Trump at April 06, 2017 11:37 PM (3Liv/)
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They obviously are in worse shape then we realize.
Posted by: William Eaton at April 06, 2017 11:43 PM (MuTTO)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Doctor of Thinkology at April 06, 2017 11:43 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: buzzsaw90 at April 06, 2017 11:45 PM (PqqkK)
Bebes! you are like the platonic ideal.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 06, 2017 11:37 PM (cPsPa)
Look but no touch?!!!
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 06, 2017 11:45 PM (hscyr)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois
I stopped at around 25 but I was scoring *way* better than I should have (being ignorant of WWII weaponry). And that for a stupid reason.
They left the markings of the nations making the aircraft on the aircraft body, and then they would only list one aircraft from that nation among the choices.
They should have photoshopped that out.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at April 06, 2017 11:45 PM (vRcUp)
You underestimated. Probably mid 20's. ;^)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 06, 2017 11:46 PM (fDdVG)
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Li'l Kim's new rocket fall down go boom a couple of days ago.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Doctor of Thinkology at April 06, 2017 11:46 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: ThunderB at April 06, 2017 11:47 PM (9YJ4j)
Posted by: ThunderB at April 06, 2017 11:47 PM (9YJ4j)
And? How does that make it our business?
Posted by: redbanzai at April 06, 2017 11:47 PM (FTXAT)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 06, 2017 11:48 PM (39g3+)
I did get 50/50 on the firearms quiz, which is likely better than the folks who wrote the quiz would have done. It's pretty obvious they ain't gun people.
Posted by: Cowboyneal at April 06, 2017 11:48 PM (NSG6X)
BTW what happens if Britain and Spain plus EU goes to war over Gibraltar?
The Spanish Armada will sail to England.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 06, 2017 11:48 PM (IqV8l)
I think you're just determined to be critical of Trump. If he'd done nothing you'd be complaining. If he'd done something else you'd complain about that.
Posted by: Trimegistus at April 06, 2017 11:48 PM (QW2y4)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 06, 2017 11:49 PM (IcT7t)
Posted by: ThunderB at April 06, 2017 11:49 PM (9YJ4j)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 06, 2017 11:49 PM (ZO497)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois at April 06, 2017 11:49 PM (d76uN)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoickles at April 06, 2017 11:50 PM (kP16F)
Posted by: William Eaton at April 06, 2017 11:43 PM (MuTTO)
The strongest kid in the neighborhood will routinely have his lunch money taken by a twerp with a baseball bat, if the twerp will swing but the strong one won't.
There's a lot of force projection being done by twerps with bats lately, because there's no deterrent.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at April 06, 2017 11:50 PM (z79tQ)
The Spanish Armada will sail to England.
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But not back to Spain.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Doctor of Thinkology at April 06, 2017 11:50 PM (Nwg0u)
I think the EU finds out whose side we are on, so NATO does nothing and they discover why the UK has built and maintained a military while they did not.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 06, 2017 11:50 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Trimegistus at April 06, 2017 11:51 PM (QW2y4)
Posted by: ThunderB at April 06, 2017 11:51 PM (9YJ4j)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy
yeah that too. what I should have said is that you are the platonic ideal of the perfect boob, you embody everything associated with the ideal. long way to go for a well intentioned compliment.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 06, 2017 11:52 PM (cPsPa)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 06, 2017 11:52 PM (qazQh)
Posted by: Country Singer at April 06, 2017 11:53 PM (GUBah)
Assad now knows that Trump will foul him up big time if he crosses the line. There will be no preening threats or imaginary red lines or American troops on the ground. It will be an unannounced flock of cruise missiles or better.
Thank you, Mr. President for projecting a strong America to the world.
Posted by: gNewt at April 06, 2017 11:54 PM (fagTl)
Particularly, Iranian generals are directing Iranian pilots to attack Syrian civilians to prop up Assad
Posted by: ThunderB at April 06, 2017 11:54 PM (9YJ4j)
Posted by: ThunderB at April 06, 2017 11:55 PM (9YJ4j)
Posted by: Original Jake at April 06, 2017 11:56 PM (6f2eJ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 06, 2017 11:56 PM (fDdVG)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 06, 2017 11:57 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: kalneva at April 06, 2017 11:57 PM (vhW1R)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoickles at April 06, 2017 11:57 PM (kP16F)
She was a ho, girl!
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at April 06, 2017 11:22 PM (hVdx9)<<<
At least yours was a girl.
Posted by: The Kinks at April 06, 2017 11:57 PM (jlSRZ)
It was a crime against humanity, and a deliberate provocation against the administration that had just claimed they were not interested in removing Assad.
Any escalation behind this strike will almost certainly be submitted for congressional approval.
The process argument against this strike would hold more weight if we didn't already have troops in Syria.
Not to mention Yemen, Libya, and the Bin Laden raid inside Pakistan.
Posted by: gewa76 at April 06, 2017 11:57 PM (B6OKy)
Posted by: Jean at April 06, 2017 11:58 PM (CLJ33)
Posted by: ThunderB at April 06, 2017 11:59 PM (9YJ4j)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 06, 2017 11:59 PM (89T5c)
Posted by: yankeefifth
Actually, I would say the German General staff getting Lenin smuggled into Russia in 1917 to foment revolution and get Russia out of the Great War was probably the stupidest thing to happen in the last 150 years.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....outlaw in America at April 06, 2017 10:45 PM (S6Pax)
I'm gonna go with the drivers of Archduke Franz Ferndinands that headed to the hospital to visit people wounded in an assassination attempt not knowing how to get to the hospital and getting lost on the streets of Sarajevo.
If he didn't get assassinated, WWI never happens, Lenin never comes to power, and there is no need for the Treaty of Versailles.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at April 07, 2017 12:01 AM (1JnAL)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoickles at April 07, 2017 12:01 AM (kP16F)
Amazon Fulfillment working 11 hours-all but an hour of which were on
his feet, but he needs to do it because our medical benefits ran out. He
came back home to balloons saying "Thanks" and "I love you" and a
tablecloth and a really nice meal. However, then our son who has what
was formerly known as Aspergers had a melt down. He almost never has
them. He threw things-not at us and yelled-He has been doing really well
in school-but apparently the kids in his group in History shut him out
of the group project and he hated what they did. He does not want to get
credit for what other people did and his feelings were hurt and he was
angry. I got THAT out of him-not because he said it himself but because I
asked him if that was the way he was feeling. I told him to go to speak
to the teacher and that he should go back to the school social worker
who works with kids on the spectrum and talk to her. I also said that he
should speak to the kids, but I doubt he's going to do that. Group
projects are not good for my son. Hopefully next week will be better.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 06, 2017 11:56 PM (fDdVG)
Fen... I am sorry it was a rough day at your house. Any chance your son can just do his own project to hand in? I can understand that he is upset and doesn't want his name and grade resting on something he had nothing to do with.
Posted by: redbanzai at April 07, 2017 12:01 AM (FTXAT)
Posted by: Jean at April 07, 2017 12:01 AM (CLJ33)
Best way to keep my fingers on my hands.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 06, 2017 11:49 PM (IcT7t)
Yeah, pulling back a stump is no fun.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 07, 2017 12:02 AM (hscyr)
You're teaching him to advocate for himself. Things will get better.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 07, 2017 12:02 AM (IcT7t)
Hezbollah are not the "rebels"
Posted by: ThunderB at April 07, 2017 12:02 AM (9YJ4j)
Strumpet. There's a nice word we don't use enough in 'Murican.
The word "crumpet" has a meaning of the same thing in Brit sland, doesn't it?
And then there's "tart". I love those, but can't seem to get it slipped inside my working vocabulary.
Posted by: publius(not Breitbart publius) at April 07, 2017 12:03 AM (aKqWT)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 07, 2017 12:03 AM (IqV8l)
Why 59 Tomahawks?
One for every point on Mitt Romney's fabulous economic plan that was released during the 2012 presidential plan.
Posted by: iSoothsayer at April 07, 2017 12:03 AM (4fzLM)
That's an interesting theory, but Hezbollah is running rebels in Syria, so that would make for a pretty complicated interaction, to say the least.
If he didn't get assassinated, WWI never happens, Lenin never comes to power, and there is no need for the Treaty of Versailles.
WWI was going to happen eventually, sooner or later. That assassination was just the convenient excuse.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 07, 2017 12:04 AM (39g3+)
I don't know if the thought of that scares me, or the thought of you saying, "You've still got another hand. Care to try again?"
Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 07, 2017 12:04 AM (IcT7t)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 06, 2017 11:52 PM (cPsPa)
I thank you, kind sir
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 07, 2017 12:04 AM (hscyr)
The project is due tomorrow. The problem is, being autistic-he is not good at social interaction or expressing his feelings and I'm sure the kids think he's odd (and he is) and just don't want to deal with him. He does group projects in English but for some reason those boys don't have a problem with him-maybe because he writes really well for his age- and they give the bulk of the writing to him which he enjoys..
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 07, 2017 12:05 AM (fDdVG)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 06, 2017 11:52 PM (cPsPa)
I thank you, kind sir
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy
well, the pleasure of extending the compliment to you is all mine.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 07, 2017 12:06 AM (cPsPa)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 07, 2017 12:06 AM (ZO497)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 07, 2017 12:06 AM (fDdVG)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoickles at April 07, 2017 12:06 AM (kP16F)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale
well, I am periodically forced to karoke and needed something within
my range. should you ever find yourself in a similar situation I
recommend the song.
Posted by: yankeefifth
****
I have no range. The closest I come to hitting a note correctly is when I belch.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at April 07, 2017 12:07 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 07, 2017 12:07 AM (39g3+)
Taylor
Hezbollah is not running rebels. They work for Assad
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah_involvement_in_the_Syrian_Civil_War
Posted by: ThunderB at April 07, 2017 12:07 AM (9YJ4j)
One velvet morning when I straight, I'm gonna open up your gate.....how does it go? ... And maybe tell you 'bout Phaedra....
And then Nancy sings, presumably as Phaedra, whomever she be:
Flowers growing on a hill, dragonflies and daffodils
Learn from us, very much,
Look at us, but do not touch.
Phaedra is my name.
Yeah, they obviously were on an acid trip when they wrote that.
Posted by: publius(not Breitbart publius) at April 07, 2017 12:07 AM (aKqWT)
Thanks; Prayers are much appreciated.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 07, 2017 12:07 AM (fDdVG)
He was a faux girl...
Posted by: Alternate Universe Barry Manilow at April 07, 2017 12:08 AM (qazQh)
The project is due tomorrow. The problem is, being autistic-he is
not good at social interaction or expressing his feelings and I'm sure
the kids think he's odd (and he is) and just don't want to deal with
him. He does group projects in English but for some reason those boys
don't have a problem with him-maybe because he writes really well for
his age- and they give the bulk of the writing to him which he enjoys..
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 07, 2017 12:05 AM (fDdVG)
Poor guy... if it is really bothering him though, he may want to ask the teacher for a small extension and do his own project. It sucks to feel like you are at the mercy of other people:-/
Posted by: redbanzai at April 07, 2017 12:08 AM (FTXAT)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoickles at April 07, 2017 12:08 AM (kP16F)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 07, 2017 12:08 AM (cPsPa)
Posted by: Obama the Sooper Genius at April 07, 2017 12:08 AM (hVdx9)
Intel services say differently. Hard to know who to believe, given the people involved. This is one topic that Wikipedia is not a reliable source on, though. Too politically charged.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 07, 2017 12:09 AM (39g3+)
He was a faux girl...
Posted by: Alternate Universe Barry Manilow
****
That's pretty good.
Posted by: Obama the Sooper Genius at April 07, 2017 12:10 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: ThunderB at April 07, 2017 12:10 AM (9YJ4j)
Yes; It does indeed "suck". I will call his school social worker tomorrow.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 07, 2017 12:10 AM (fDdVG)
War powers
In 1986 an American President saw a ME country was supporting terrorism, cozying up to Russia, and tormenting his people with human rights violations
That President sent missiles into the country to send a message
The president was Reagen, the Dictator was Quadaffi, and those missiles neutered him for 30 years
Posted by: ThunderB at April 06, 2017 11:06 PM (9YJ4j)
++++
Yes, all of those things happened, but Reagan's action was not about Gaddafi tormenting his people. The casus belli was the attack by Libya on US servicemen in a Berlin nightclub.
On 5 April 1986, three people were killed and around 230 injured when La Belle discotheque was bombed in West Berlin. The entertainment venue was commonly frequented by United States soldiers, and two of the dead and 79 of the injured were American servicemen.
A bomb placed under a table near the disc jockey's booth exploded at 01:45 CET, instantly killing Nermin Hannay, a Turkish woman, and US Army sergeant Kenneth T. Ford. A second US Army sergeant, James E. Goins, died from his injuries two months later. Some of the victims were left permanently disabled due to the injuries caused by the explosion.
Libya was accused by the US government of sponsoring the bombing, and US President Ronald Reagan ordered retaliatory strikes on Tripoli and Benghazi in Libya ten days later. The strikes reportedly killed 15-30 people, and were condemned by the United Nations General Assembly.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986_Berlin_discotheque_bombing
Reagan could argue that he was responding to an attack on the U.S. military. Trump can't say the same. Trump should go to Congress if he thinks this is a good idea, otherwise he should stay out of it.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 07, 2017 12:10 AM (R+30W)
Posted by: Tilikum
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Pretty sure I've hit a couple of pitch-perfect brown notes in the can. Basso profundo
Posted by: Anon at April 07, 2017 12:11 AM (/ZEVC)
Posted by: frankrizzo at April 07, 2017 12:11 AM (99qky)
Posted by: ThunderB at April 07, 2017 12:11 AM (9YJ4j)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 07, 2017 12:11 AM (qazQh)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at April 07, 2017 12:11 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Trimegistus at April 07, 2017 12:11 AM (QW2y4)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 07, 2017 12:12 AM (cPsPa)
Posted by: ThunderB at April 07, 2017 12:12 AM (9YJ4j)
Taylor,
No. Hezbollah is directly supporting Assad, in uniform with significant support from the Iranians - material, leadership, air support and some ground forces. These forces directly coordinate with the Russians.
Hezbollah is directly engaging ISIS in the areas they have direct control of independent ly of the Assad. Primarily in south western Syria.
The chemical attack, and much of Assad's recent engagement, has been directed at non-ISIS opponents of his regime. In this case a turkoman group.
The Kurds are doing the heavy lifting on ISIS.
Posted by: Jean at April 07, 2017 12:12 AM (CLJ33)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at April 07, 2017 12:12 AM (VdICR)
Posted by: ThunderB at April 07, 2017 12:13 AM (9YJ4j)
BTW what happens if Britain and Spain plus EU goes to war over Gibraltar?
The Spanish Armada will sail to England.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr
An Armada of canoes? When is the last time Spain had a Navy? 1500s?
Posted by: Puddleglum at April 07, 2017 12:13 AM (pY+s4)
That really hurt her feelings and to this day, I want to kick myself for that.
Posted by: publius(not Breitbart publius) at April 07, 2017 12:13 AM (aKqWT)
Sure is different than what they started out as, though.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 07, 2017 12:13 AM (39g3+)
Posted by: Trimegistus at April 07, 2017 12:14 AM (QW2y4)
Posted by: Zettai
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'Numpty'. You Americans do not use 'numpty' as often as you ought.
Posted by: Anon at April 07, 2017 12:14 AM (/ZEVC)
Posted by: yankeefifth
Don't ask, don't tell.
Posted by: Shep at April 07, 2017 12:14 AM (/Nite)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 07, 2017 12:15 AM (fDdVG)
Posted by: Trimegistus
The Supermarine Seafire which was the naval version of the Spitfire did.
Posted by: Aviator at April 07, 2017 12:15 AM (/Nite)
I suspect he was in on the planning, allowed it on his soil, and helped with the logistics, but we'll never find out these days.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 07, 2017 12:17 AM (39g3+)
Posted by: ThunderB at April 07, 2017 12:18 AM (9YJ4j)
>> that's under-utilised as well in the States!
Oh, I love buggery!
The word I mean....
Posted by: publius(not Breitbart publius) at April 07, 2017 12:18 AM (aKqWT)
I suspect he might when 90 days are up.
Posted by: Jean at April 07, 2017 12:18 AM (CLJ33)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 07, 2017 12:18 AM (39g3+)
Posted by: Puddleglum at April 07, 2017 12:13 AM (pY+s4)
I do believe the Spanish Navy has one Frigate capable of firing it's Phalanx CIWS. Unfortunately it's out of bullets.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois at April 07, 2017 12:18 AM (d76uN)
Posted by: Anon at April 07, 2017 12:18 AM (/ZEVC)
David Tenent pretty much made the current Doctor Who. You could justify only watching seasons 2 through 6.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at April 07, 2017 12:19 AM (VdICR)
The more I dig into this it looks like you're right, Iran is for some reason backing Assad, which makes no sense to me. He's hardly their kind of guy.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 07, 2017 12:19 AM (39g3+)
Posted by: Anon at April 07, 2017 12:20 AM (/ZEVC)
Posted by: Trimegistus at April 07, 2017 12:14 AM (QW2y4)
Yes. The Carrier based version was called the Seafire.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois at April 07, 2017 12:20 AM (d76uN)
sorry to hear your family had a hard day, Fenelon. I'll pray for you, too.
Posted by: booknlass at April 07, 2017 12:21 AM (8mO0Q)
Posted by: Trimegistus at April 07, 2017 12:21 AM (QW2y4)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 07, 2017 12:22 AM (89T5c)
There will soon be a beaucoup of brazen buggery afoot in the FOX studios tonight.
Posted by: publius(not Breitbart publius) at April 07, 2017 12:22 AM (aKqWT)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
Syria and Iran have been buddies for decades. Hezbollah has been an Iranian operation.fromthe beginning.
Posted by: Jean at April 07, 2017 12:22 AM (CLJ33)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
they are seeking to dominate iraq and syria so they have access to the persian gulf and med. gives them a border, or access to a border, with israel and the saudis.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 07, 2017 12:23 AM (cPsPa)
Assad is an Alawite. Alawites are Shia. Iran is Shia. Isis is Sunni
In ALL these conflicts, its Shia vs Sunni
Posted by: ThunderB at April 07, 2017 12:23 AM (9YJ4j)
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 07, 2017 12:23 AM (V2Yro)
used to think we were so complete
I can't believe you'd throw it away
Used to feel we had it made
used to feel we could sail away
can you imagine how I feel today
Well it seems a long time ago
you were the lonely one
now it comes to letting go
you are the only one
do you know what you've done
it's so funny how we don't talk anymore
it's so funny why we don't talk anymore
but I ain't losing sleep
and I ain't counting sheep
it's so funny why we don't talk anymore
Oh, we don't talk...
Well, it really doesn't matter to me
I guess your leaving was meant to be
it's down to you now, you want to be free
Well, I hope you know which way to go
you're on your own again
don't come crying to me
when you're the lonely one
remember what you've done
it's so funny how we don't talk anymore
it's so funny why we don't talk anymore
but I ain't losing sleep
and I ain't counting sheep
it's so funny why we don't talk anymore...
oh, we don't talk...
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 07, 2017 12:24 AM (qazQh)
Posted by: Trimegistus at April 07, 2017 12:21 AM (QW2y4)
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_supermarine_seafire.html
Posted by: Tim in Illinois at April 07, 2017 12:24 AM (d76uN)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 07, 2017 12:24 AM (qazQh)
Posted by: ThunderB at April 07, 2017 12:25 AM (9YJ4j)
No. Hezbollah is directly supporting Assad, in uniform with significant support from the Iranians - material, leadership, air support and some ground forces. These forces directly coordinate with the Russians.
Hezbollah is directly engaging ISIS in the areas they have direct control of independent ly of the Assad. Primarily in south western Syria.
The chemical attack, and much of Assad's recent engagement, has been directed at non-ISIS opponents of his regime. In this case a turkoman group.
The Kurds are doing the heavy lifting on ISIS.
Posted by: Jean at April 07, 2017 12:12 AM (CLJ33
Just in case anyone missed it the first time
Posted by: JackStraw at April 07, 2017 12:25 AM (/tuJf)
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naval variant was known as the "Seafire"
Posted by: redc1c4 at April 07, 2017 12:26 AM (eWibR)
Of course, but backing Assad doesn't seem like the play that works best for them. They're all about the Caliphate and the Mahdi. He's pretty agnostic for the region.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 07, 2017 12:27 AM (39g3+)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at April 07, 2017 12:27 AM (axaxF)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 07, 2017 12:27 AM (IqV8l)
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only as an officer.
Posted by: redc1c4 at April 07, 2017 12:28 AM (eWibR)
Posted by: ThunderB
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Hmm, well, I admit that I entertain a latent resentment towards Presbyterians.
Posted by: Methodist at April 07, 2017 12:28 AM (/ZEVC)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 07, 2017 12:28 AM (39g3+)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
who said they are all in with assad? they are in syria on the ground in a big way. they may be there longer than him.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 07, 2017 12:29 AM (cPsPa)
Posted by: ThunderB at April 07, 2017 12:29 AM (9YJ4j)
Posted by: ThunderB at April 07, 2017 12:30 AM (9YJ4j)
Posted by: jackin It in San Diego at April 07, 2017 12:30 AM (U5Xeq)
Nice set
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=g4xhuiqDLS0
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at April 07, 2017 12:30 AM (7dpmG)
I remember the song but I couldn't tell you who sang it.
Posted by: CaliGirl at April 07, 2017 12:31 AM (YsN7f)
Posted by: ThunderB at April 07, 2017 12:31 AM (9YJ4j)
Posted by: ThunderB
exactly. even if the russians give him a plane ride out or some other exit, there are thousands of iranians in country will allies in the gov.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 07, 2017 12:31 AM (cPsPa)
1980...
Also did a duet with Olivia Newton-John...
The 'British Elvis'...
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 07, 2017 12:31 AM (qazQh)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 07, 2017 12:32 AM (qazQh)
https://tinyurl.com/mq8ojln
Posted by: booknlass at April 07, 2017 12:32 AM (8mO0Q)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 07, 2017 12:32 AM (cPsPa)
Posted by: Methodist
HEATHEN!!! {throws Jello Salad}
Posted by: Presbyterian Liberation Front at April 07, 2017 12:33 AM (pY+s4)
Well they are backing and protecting him as he maintains power so it looks an awful lot to me like they are in with him just fine. If they've been running Syria as a "client state" for decades, then they've been okay with him in power.
Assad is about as Shia as Obama was Christian, but I guess he'll do for now, for the clerics in Iran.
I'm really uncomfortable with the long game Iran is running around the world. They want to be a (the) world power with a global Caliphate and they're doing great turning Europe into one, and manipulating US politics as we ignore them.
I think Bush had a good idea with squeezing them between Iraq and Afghanistan, but he didn't count on the feckless US public and treasonous Democratic party.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 07, 2017 12:33 AM (39g3+)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 07, 2017 12:33 AM (IqV8l)
IDF has a special unit for high functioning autistics to work on cyber
---
so Mossad = 4Chan?
OMG!!!!
Posted by: redc1c4 at April 07, 2017 12:34 AM (eWibR)
1980...
Also did a duet with Olivia Newton-John...
The 'British Elvis'...
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 07, 2017 12:31 AM (qazQh)
I still don't know, I'd have to search for who it is.
Posted by: CaliGirl at April 07, 2017 12:34 AM (YsN7f)
Its the HMS Fife. The skipper keeps one depleted uranium core bullet in his pocket.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 07, 2017 12:34 AM (JZdsf)
NO OPIUM SMOKING IN THE ELEVATORS
CARRY OUT YOUR OWN DEAD
Posted by: DynamiteDan at April 07, 2017 12:34 AM (4x98+)
for the Navy. I guess he'll get more of those now that's he's about to
be a senior. Funny, he was in the 8th grade he wanted to be in the Air
Force. I wouldn't have a problem with him joining the military-except
for regular mom type worry about safety as. I think it's an honorable
profession, but there's not going to let someone who has been diagnosed
with high functioning autism in the military, are they?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 07, 2017 12:15 AM (fDdVG)
It probably depends... if he can handle the physical aspects and has gotten through school in regular classes, they might take him. I don't think Aspergers is on the list of conditions that is automatically disqualifying so it would probably be decided on a case by case basis.
Posted by: redbanzai at April 07, 2017 12:34 AM (FTXAT)
Posted by: Barry Manilow at April 07, 2017 12:35 AM (JZdsf)
Well they are backing and protecting him as he maintains power so it looks an awful lot to me like they are in with him just fine. If they've been running Syria as a "client state" for decades, then they've been okay with him in power.
Assad is about as Shia as Obama was Christian, but I guess he'll do for now, for the clerics in Iran.
I'm really uncomfortable with the long game Iran is running around the world. They want to be a (the) world power with a global Caliphate and they're doing great turning Europe into one, and manipulating US politics as we ignore them.
I think Bush had a good idea with squeezing them between Iraq and Afghanistan, but he didn't count on the feckless US public and treasonous Democratic party.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
no they want to be in a position to control syria with or without assad. have to be in it to win it and they are all over the ground in syria with troops and allies.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 07, 2017 12:35 AM (cPsPa)
But I sent you away, oh Andy
And you kissed me and stopped me from shaking
And I need you today, oh Andy...
Posted by: Barry Manilow at April 07, 2017 12:36 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Country Boy at April 07, 2017 12:37 AM (D2vc1)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 07, 2017 12:37 AM (fDdVG)
Posted by: JackStraw at April 07, 2017 12:37 AM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Presbyterian Liberation Front
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My concerns confirmed.
*punches Launch button*
Posted by: Methodist at April 07, 2017 12:37 AM (/ZEVC)
How does it go -- it had a real catchy tune:
You never loved me, pushed and shoved me...
Feeling neglected, used and rejected..
Maybe you picked him, found your next victim...
I saw you laugh when the knife was twisted,
It still hurts, but the pain has shifted...
But I won't cry for the wasted years,
'Cause you ain't worth the salt in my tears...
Posted by: publius(not Breitbart publius) at April 07, 2017 12:38 AM (aKqWT)
But I sent you away, oh Andy
And you kissed me and stopped me from shaking
And I need you today, oh Andy...
Posted by: Barry Manilow at April 07, 2017 12:36 AM (hVdx9)
I like that song either way you sing it
Posted by: CaliGirl at April 07, 2017 12:39 AM (YsN7f)
Posted by: Methodist
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In a few minutes you will be hit by a plate of deviled eggs...which have been unrefrigerated since last Saturday.
Posted by: Methodist at April 07, 2017 12:39 AM (/ZEVC)
But I sent you away, oh Andy
And you kissed me and stopped me from shaking
And I need you today, oh Andy...
Posted by: Barry Manilow at April 07, 2017 12:36 AM (hVdx9)
I like that song either way you sing it
Posted by: CaliGirl
****
My ode to being gay!
Posted by: Barry Manilow at April 07, 2017 12:40 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Trimegistus at April 07, 2017 12:40 AM (QW2y4)
Posted by: Methodist at April 07, 2017 12:28 AM (/ZEVC)
LOL. That's because John Wesley said predestination was a "pernicious doctrine."
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 07, 2017 12:40 AM (fDdVG)
Posted by: CaliGirl at April 07, 2017 12:40 AM (YsN7f)
You stay away from Andy. He's mine, and no one is taking him away from me.
Posted by: Woody at April 07, 2017 12:40 AM (IcT7t)
Well here's my thinking.
If they are basically running Syria, they could put someone else they like better in power if they wanted to. They have not. They are actively defending Assad right now. That suggests that they must like him at least a little.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 07, 2017 12:41 AM (39g3+)
But I sent you away, oh Andy
And you kissed me and stopped me from shaking
And I need you today, oh Andy...
Posted by: Barry Manilow at April 07, 2017 12:36 AM (hVdx9)
I like that song either way you sing it
Posted by: CaliGirl at April
well, the first line has something of a different meaning once you know he is gay. more of a complaint than anything.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 07, 2017 12:41 AM (cPsPa)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 07, 2017 12:41 AM (fDdVG)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 07, 2017 12:42 AM (qazQh)
You stay away from Andy. He's mine, and no one is taking him away from me.
Posted by: Woody
****
There's enough "Randy Andy" for both of us. I'll flip a coin and you call heads or tails.
Posted by: Barry Manilow at April 07, 2017 12:42 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Trimegistus at April 07, 2017 12:40 AM (QW2y4)
Goodnight.
I'm out for the night as well.
Posted by: CaliGirl at April 07, 2017 12:42 AM (YsN7f)
If they are basically running Syria, they could put someone else they like better in power if they wanted to. They have not. They are actively defending Assad right now. That suggests that they must like him at least a little.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
well, the problem is the russian plans for syria may be very different than the iranian plans.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 07, 2017 12:43 AM (cPsPa)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 07, 2017 12:43 AM (39g3+)
Reach for the sky!
Posted by: Woody at April 07, 2017 12:44 AM (IcT7t)
He had two hits ("We Can't Talk Anymore" and "A Little In Love"), a kinda-sorta third one ("Suddenly" with Olivia Newton-John from the Xanadu soundtrack), and then disappeared again without a trace. I know that later on, he also did backup on a gospel track by Van Morrison.
But I've read Cliff is also well-known as an open Christian, and has been for quite some time, which I believe is especially unusual in oh-so-secular England and Europe these days.
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 07, 2017 12:44 AM (qazQh)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
---------------
That's true, but not at the root of my distrust. It's the insistence that they be forgiven their debts.
Posted by: Methodist at April 07, 2017 12:45 AM (/ZEVC)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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Our potlucks are always populated with platters of deviled eggs.
Posted by: Methodist at April 07, 2017 12:47 AM (/ZEVC)
Reach for the sky!
Posted by: Woody
****
What if I want to reach for that guy? Oh, you said the sky.
Silly me.
Posted by: Barry Manilow at April 07, 2017 12:47 AM (hVdx9)
Theological witticisms. Well done. :^)
How do you feel about the Eastern Orthodox who say "Deliver us from the evil one" rather than just "Deliver us from evil"?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 07, 2017 12:48 AM (fDdVG)
Silly me.
This town ain't big enough for the two of us.
Posted by: Woody at April 07, 2017 12:48 AM (IcT7t)
Posted by: Methodist
--------------
In a few minutes you will be hit by a plate of deviled eggs...which have been unrefrigerated since last Saturday.
Posted by: Methodist
{throws copies of Institutes of the Christian Religion}
Posted by: Presbyterian Liberation Front at April 07, 2017 12:48 AM (pY+s4)
Theological witticisms. Well done. :^)
How do you feel about the Eastern Orthodox who say "Deliver us from the evil one" rather than just "Deliver us from evil"?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
*****
That clearly, they cannot count.
Posted by: Barry Manilow at April 07, 2017 12:49 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: redc1c4 at April 07, 2017 12:49 AM (eWibR)
Reminds me of the split in the Roman Catholic Church that was over several things, but the trigger was the Homoousios Clause in the Nicene Creed: was the Holy Spirit sent by the Father, or the Father and the Son?
We Christians find a lot of stuff to fight over, stuff I'm sure that has God facepalming.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 07, 2017 12:49 AM (39g3+)
Silly me.
This town ain't big enough for the two of us.
Posted by: Woody
*****
Ummm, then why don't you leave? You're such a silly goose.
Posted by: Barry Manilow at April 07, 2017 12:50 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Helen Crump at April 07, 2017 12:51 AM (aKqWT)
You folks are quite funny and I'd like to stay to make jokes about theology and church dinners, but I have to be up in four hours.
I think the best thing about church dinners is when people bring things in crock pots. Whatever is in those usually turns about to be very good.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 07, 2017 12:51 AM (fDdVG)
Posted by: redc1c4 at April 07, 2017 12:51 AM (eWibR)
You folks are quite funny and I'd like to stay to make jokes about
theology and church dinners, but I have to be up in four hours.
I think the best thing about church dinners is when people bring
things in crock pots. Whatever is in those usually turns about to be
very good.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
****
What kind of pot? Ohhhh.
I'm not sure why I am hearing things.
Posted by: Barry Manilow at April 07, 2017 12:53 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 07, 2017 12:53 AM (cPsPa)
Would need a name though and I'll leave that to more creative people.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois at April 07, 2017 12:54 AM (d76uN)
Posted by: Woody at April 07, 2017 12:54 AM (IcT7t)
Posted by: yankeefifth
****
I think this thread is fabulous.
Posted by: Barry Manilow at April 07, 2017 12:54 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: gracepc at April 07, 2017 12:55 AM (OU4q6)
Somebody's poisoned the waterhole!
Posted by: Woody
****
I'll help suck out the poison!
Posted by: Barry Manilow at April 07, 2017 12:56 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Woody at April 07, 2017 12:57 AM (IcT7t)
Reminds me of the split in the Roman Catholic Church that was over
several things, but the trigger was the Homoousios Clause in the Nicene
Creed: was the Holy Spirit sent by the Father, or the Father and the
Son?
We Christians find a lot of stuff to fight over, stuff I'm sure that has God facepalming.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 07, 2017 12:49 AM (39g3+)
That's nothing... the Russian Orthodox church had a schism over whether you make the sign of the cross with two fingers held together or three.
Posted by: redbanzai at April 07, 2017 12:58 AM (FTXAT)
He interviewed with the Police Department as a sort of Administrative aide, but I think they will hire a female and one who knows police procedure. Other than that, he's quite qualified for the job. He's just not a 30 year old woman. Thanks for the affirmation. We believe that God does and will take care of us. It's just a bit stressful right now and given my own health issues I cannot work full time.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 07, 2017 12:58 AM (fDdVG)
He had two hits ("We Can't Talk Anymore" and "A Little In Love"), a kinda-sorta third one ("Suddenly" with Olivia Newton-John from the Xanadu soundtrack), and then disappeared again without a trace. I know that later on, he also did backup on a gospel track by Van Morrison.
But I've read Cliff is also well-known as an open Christian, and has been for quite some time, which I believe is especially unusual in oh-so-secular England and Europe these days.
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 07, 2017 12:44 AM
"Wired For Sound" didn't chart in the US?
Posted by: otho at April 07, 2017 12:59 AM (lmIoG)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 07, 2017 12:59 AM (fDdVG)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois
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Well, jelly-stuffed doughnuts have been around for a while - sufganiyot
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 07, 2017 01:02 AM (ZO497)
I remember reading something about this "continuous stew" they used to do back the Middle Ages, Brit Isles, I think, maybe elsewhere.
The taverns/inns would have a huge stew pot over the fire, and they'd just keep adding stuff everyday, vegetables and whatever meat they killed.
Posted by: publius(not Breitbart publius) at April 07, 2017 01:02 AM (aKqWT)
I don't think Cliff Richard ever had a hit album in the US. Just those singles.
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 07, 2017 01:02 AM (qazQh)
This would be jello salad in the hole of a doughnut. Not a jelly stuffed doughnut. So IMHO a new name would be needed.
A Jellnut? A Doughello?
IDK.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois at April 07, 2017 01:05 AM (d76uN)
HA. Reminds me when I was working in the Republic of Georgia. New International hotel (can't remember which one) where Westerners, Mafia, "businessmen" of all nationalities etc. gathered to meet. Big sign: PLEASE CHECK YOUR WEAPONS AT THE FRONT DESK.
Posted by: gracepc at April 07, 2017 01:05 AM (OU4q6)
I don't think Cliff Richard ever had a hit album in the US. Just those singles.
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 07, 2017 01:02 AM
Well... there you go. That's a bit surprising.
Posted by: otho at April 07, 2017 01:07 AM (lmIoG)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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Neutral
Posted by: Methodist at April 07, 2017 01:07 AM (/ZEVC)
**BANG**
"Or, you know, don't. We're not the cops."
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 07, 2017 01:07 AM (qazQh)
Not homoousios ("of one being"). It was filioque ("and from the Son"), and Rome added it because there were still Arians among the various barbarian hordes causing problems, but they didn't go through an ecumenical council first, which made Constantinople all huffy.
Rome: Is it wrong?
Constantinople: Well... no, but... but... you can't just ADD to a CREED like that!!!
And around and around they went until they mutually excommunicated each other.
Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at April 07, 2017 01:08 AM (saTNN)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoickles at April 07, 2017 01:08 AM (kP16F)
Was there an extra charge for in room assassinations?
Posted by: Tim in Illinois at April 07, 2017 01:09 AM (d76uN)
Posted by: gracepc
------------
I have visited biker bars where the customers were expected to hand over their firearms to the bartender while on the premises.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 07, 2017 01:09 AM (ZO497)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at April 07, 2017 01:10 AM (7dpmG)
Perhaps you haven't been keeping up, but he could self identify as a 30 year old woman.
I am in a similar situation as you all, so I do understand a bit. Faith, family and friends
Posted by: gracepc at April 07, 2017 01:11 AM (OU4q6)
Posted by: qdp "Fat Tony" steve at April 07, 2017 01:12 AM (qazQh)
Das Vydania Tovarich!
Posted by: Tim in Illinois at April 07, 2017 01:13 AM (d76uN)
LOL. He might identify as such. Nobody else would. ;^) Yes, faith family and friends are a great blessing and FenSpouse and I pray every day together. I will keep you and yours in prayer too, Grace.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 07, 2017 01:13 AM (fDdVG)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
Are you fucking serious?
Posted by: H1b overseas at April 07, 2017 01:15 AM (GgzGa)
Also lots of magic erasers, or maybe just paint. Somebody appears to have spilled barbecue sauce everywhere.
Posted by: qdp "Fat Tony" steve at April 07, 2017 01:15 AM (qazQh)
their entire government is powered by Jew-hate.
Posted by: redc1c4 at April 07, 2017 01:19 AM (eWibR)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoickles at April 07, 2017 01:20 AM (kP16F)
Get yer alibi ready.
CSI Tbilisi will soon be on the case.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois at April 07, 2017 01:21 AM (d76uN)
Perpetual stew, that's (one of the terms). Indeed, hunter's pot, or hunter's stew as well.
Posted by: publius(not Breitbart publius) at April 07, 2017 01:21 AM (aKqWT)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at April 07, 2017 01:25 AM (7dpmG)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoickles at April 07, 2017 01:26 AM (kP16F)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoickles
Was that a 1%er thing or a weekend ride thing?
Posted by: H1b overseas at April 07, 2017 01:26 AM (GgzGa)
A little laughter. And thank you for remembering me in your prayers.
Posted by: gracepc at April 07, 2017 01:30 AM (OU4q6)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 07, 2017 01:31 AM (IcT7t)
Posted by: gracepc at April 07, 2017 01:35 AM (OU4q6)
Being in other clubs' "territories" as we were, we needed approval to exist by at least one of the larger clubs. That time, I was sent to make peace with the dread Pagan's!
Posted by: Zettai Ryoickles at April 07, 2017 01:36 AM (kP16F)
---
only as an officer.
Posted by: redc1c4 at April 07, 2017 12:28 AM (eWibR)
As a former intel officer, I swear that half of the intel corp is undiagnosed aspies...
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at April 07, 2017 01:37 AM (Tnhbr)
Posted by: Colorado Alex
-----------
A friend of mine was responsible for assignments,
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 07, 2017 01:41 AM (ZO497)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 07, 2017 01:42 AM (qazQh)
We call that soup in my family. Now some refrigerate it overnight. Some of the olders leave it on stove, giving it a good boil in the am.
When I was younger I was charged with cleaning out the fridge. But never without supervision. I would pull something out I was sure should be tossed and they would look at it and shrug "Good for soup" and back into the fridge or into the pot it went. Slovak.
Posted by: gracepc at April 07, 2017 01:42 AM (OU4q6)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 07, 2017 01:47 AM (ZO497)
Early on (93-96ish), but especially 93, the local biznyessmeni (from whichever mafia/gang) would ostentatiously walk around the metal detector - which probably didn't work anyway - at that front entrance.
Perhaps you can confirm this, as it's hard to believe, but true - in that period, your hip Tblisi mafia types literally wore chalk stripe suits, and often tucked a handgun in the front of their belt.
At one point the gang, er, "company" that provided security for the Metechi lost their contract, and for some reason shortly thereafter a curious incident occurred, wherein some gentlement entered the big atrium there on the ground floor and fired AKs at the hotel business offices up on the 2nd floor.
Was a good day when alternative places to stay appeared. "Betsy's Place" was the best of them.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 07, 2017 01:50 AM (cJDvr)
The taverns/inns would have a huge stew pot over the fire, and they'd just keep adding stuff everyday, vegetables and whatever meat they killed.
Posted by: publius(not Breitbart publius) at April 07, 2017 01:02 AM (aKqWT)
My brother worked at Hardee's as his first job (this was over 40 years ago). He told me about how they just kept adding mashed potatoes to the chafing dish or whatever you call it, without ever cleaning it, so conceivably if you were eating at Hardee's you could get bits of mashed potatoes that were years old. Of course I was maybe 8 years old at the time, and he was a surly teenager, so he might have been pulling my leg...
Posted by: Average Guy at April 07, 2017 01:51 AM (LMcFk)
Posted by: gracepc
golupkis: a dish and onomatopoeia.
Posted by: H1b overseas at April 07, 2017 01:54 AM (GgzGa)
War mongers McCain and Graham are busting their buttons.
Deep state 1
Trump 0
Posted by: Kreplach at April 07, 2017 02:01 AM (EMDG1)
I'm not keeping up on it. On purpose. What kind of damage was caused by the Tomahawks? How many of Assad's Planes were destroyed? What were the Syrian Losses here?
Posted by: Tim in Illinois at April 07, 2017 02:06 AM (d76uN)
Pravda.
I had forgotten the name of the Hotel. I remember the suits and the junior wanna bes dressing in shiny track suits, weapons visible, in and out of BMWs.
Georgia was really interesting to me. Had some great food. But bizarre
experiences. Faked eating a goat's eye -- don't you love the
delicacies? You think I would have learned with my first "sea cucumber".
Posted by: gracepc at April 07, 2017 02:06 AM (OU4q6)
Never mind that a helicopter, apparently flown by a non-EUnuch, is actually being filmed in the air as this ultimate bullshit is unfolding.
Fuck you, Charlie.
Posted by: Fuck you, Charlie at April 07, 2017 02:10 AM (wpC7C)
We call them halupkis. Small differences throughout. But some people take it really seriously. Interesting.
Posted by: gracepc at April 07, 2017 02:12 AM (OU4q6)
Damage to Syrian airforce unknown.
Team warmonger had been agitating for a strike on Assad, conveniently footage of "chemical" attack magically appears and voila air strikes on Assad and tension between the US and Russia.
Deep State 1
Trump 0
Posted by: Kreplach at April 07, 2017 02:14 AM (EMDG1)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois at April 07, 2017 02:06 AM (d76uN)
---
my favorite news report so far is that ISIS and AlQ are supposedly praising Trump for doing this...
Posted by: redc1c4 at April 07, 2017 02:17 AM (eWibR)
Posted by: Fuck you, Charlie at April 07, 2017 02:18 AM (wpC7C)
Trump 0///
Trump actually responds to provocation.
Bad actor nations Pee their pants for the first time in 8 years.
Trump 1
Posted by: OXY Moron at April 07, 2017 02:19 AM (hYjJg)
As stated above many times, the Russians were informed that the attack was going to take place and the Russians didn't inform Assad.
That doesn't sound like tension to me.
I'm gonna wait until the damage assessment is out on how much if any, Assad's capabilities have been degraded. Since to my knowledge, absolutely no Command, Control was targeted, just this one airbase, was hit.
Until I have better info I'm gonna call this a bit of kabuki on President Trump's part.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois at April 07, 2017 02:22 AM (d76uN)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 07, 2017 02:25 AM (IcT7t)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
Syria and Iran have been buddies for decades. ...
Posted by: Jean at April 07, 2017 12:22 AM (CLJ33)
It's the pipeline.
money, money, money
money, money, money
money makes the world go 'round
the world go 'round
that clinking, clanking sound
Posted by: gNewt at April 07, 2017 02:28 AM (fagTl)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at April 07, 2017 02:29 AM (VdICR)
Posted by: gracepc at April 07, 2017 02:30 AM (OU4q6)
Deep State 1
Trump 0
Posted by: Kreplach at April 07, 2017 02:14 AM (EMDG1)
ABC News, tonight, said that the United States had lied in the past about Syria not having gas.
NO, ABC, Obama lied. Obama said he negotiated the gas away from Assad to Russia.
They would choke on it before saying Obama.
Posted by: gNewt at April 07, 2017 02:32 AM (fagTl)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoickles at April 07, 2017 02:37 AM (kP16F)
John Kerry, to be more precise. I re3member him pronouncing it, speechifying it and tweeting it so everyone heard.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at April 07, 2017 02:39 AM (6gk0M)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at April 07, 2017 02:45 AM (VdICR)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at April 07, 2017 02:55 AM (VdICR)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoickles at April 07, 2017 02:37 AM (kP16F)
***********************
Are you saying I'm an idolator?
Posted by: gNewt at April 07, 2017 02:58 AM (fagTl)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoickles at April 07, 2017 03:00 AM (kP16F)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoickles at April 07, 2017 03:01 AM (kP16F)
Posted by: gNewt at April 07, 2017 03:05 AM (fagTl)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoickles at April 07, 2017 03:07 AM (kP16F)
Here's Horace Kephart, "The Father of Modern Camping" on "Skilligalee" aka "skilly", or continuous stew, written in 1917:
The best thing in a fixed camp is the stock-pot. A large covered pot or enameled pail is reserved for this and nothing else. Into it go all the clean fag-ends of game - heads, tails, wings, feet, giblets, large bones-also the leftovers of fish, flesh and fowl, of any and all sorts of vegetables, rice, or other cereals, macaroni, stale bread, everything edible except fat.
This pot is always kept hot. Its flavors are forever changing but ever welcome. It is always ready, day or night, for the hungry varlet who missed connections or who wants a bite between meals. No cook who values his peace of mind will fail to have skilly simmering at all hours.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at April 07, 2017 03:14 AM (ul9CR)
welcome. It is always ready, day or night, for the hungry varlet who
missed connections or who wants a bite between meals. No cook who
values his peace of mind will fail to have skilly simmering at all
hours.
---
GAG...
better a ham and turkey loaf MRE or a can of ham and mothers from an old C-rat.
Posted by: redc1c4 at April 07, 2017 03:20 AM (eWibR)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoickles at April 07, 2017 03:21 AM (kP16F)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois at April 07, 2017 03:26 AM (d76uN)
Posted by: gNewt at April 07, 2017 03:26 AM (3r2w8)
better a ham and turkey loaf MRE or a can of ham and mothers from an old C-rat.
Yeah, it sounds disgusting. But I enjoy reading Kephart's stuff. It's a window into an American past that's all but forgotten. Ironically, part of the reason it's forgotten is because of Kephart himself, who pushed unrelentingly and successfully for the massive Federal takeover of public lands.
As I read his stuff, I can't help thinking, "nice of you to enjoy it and tell us all about it before you denied the rest of us a chance to do what you did."
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at April 07, 2017 03:29 AM (ul9CR)
Mogwai, Take Me Somewhere Nice
https://youtu.be/luM6oeCM7Yw
Posted by: BourbonChicken at April 07, 2017 03:29 AM (VdICR)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoickles at April 07, 2017 03:33 AM (kP16F)
https://youtu.be/luM6oeCM7Yw
My favorite Mogwai album. They have lots of great albums, but there's just something about Rock Action that really resonates with me. Maybe it's the use of (some) vocals on that one.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at April 07, 2017 03:35 AM (ul9CR)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoickles at April 07, 2017 03:35 AM (kP16F)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at April 07, 2017 03:37 AM (ul9CR)
Good morning horde
Oh and see this President isn't pussy footing around
Posted by: Skip at April 07, 2017 03:41 AM (Ot7+c)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at April 07, 2017 03:41 AM (VdICR)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoickles at April 07, 2017 03:42 AM (kP16F)
The stupendous single, "Love and Loneliness" had more hooks than a tackle box:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/l46e6bh
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at April 07, 2017 03:56 AM (ul9CR)
Posted by: Garrett Morris at April 07, 2017 04:01 AM (bc2Lc)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at April 07, 2017 04:03 AM (ul9CR)
Posted by: Skip at April 07, 2017 04:05 AM (Ot7+c)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 07, 2017 12:04 AM (39g3+)
All those interconnected 'trip-wire' treaties/land mines. They were just as big a mess as Father's Day in Harlem.
Posted by: RickZ at April 07, 2017 04:52 AM (hkdnQ)
"The genetic aspect could be and was exploited by racists and bigots. "
Not that it was wrong.
Not that it was disproven repeatedly by future research by ___ and ___.
Just that the research could be exploited by meanies who don't understand science.
Posted by: Moron Robbie at April 07, 2017 05:22 AM (fD1ST)
Team warmonger had been agitating for a strike on Assad, conveniently footage of "chemical" attack magically appears and voila air strikes on Assad and tension between the US and Russia.
Deep State 1
Trump 0
Posted by: Kreplach
Come on. Look at as a jobs program.
Posted by: Jean at April 07, 2017 05:26 AM (xvH+/)
"I am looking at doing interesting things -- I don't think that will include ever running for office again," she added.
Don't say never, Hillary, the country need you, now more than ever!! /sarc
Posted by: Colin at April 07, 2017 05:51 AM (RS7vk)
Let's smile and be happy and strike fear in the heart of killjoy leftists everywhere.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 07, 2017 05:54 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 07, 2017 05:56 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Barry Manilow at April 07, 2017 06:15 AM (vRcUp)
Posted by: JTB at April 07, 2017 06:18 AM (V+03K)
Posted by: wing at April 07, 2017 06:22 AM (Ohl7S)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoickles
In my reimagining of Dragnet, Joe Friday will be named Monday Thursday.
Posted by: Quentin Tarantino at April 07, 2017 06:29 AM (vRcUp)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 07, 2017 06:31 AM (J+eG2)
Posted by: Quentin Tarantino at April 07, 2017 06:33 AM (vRcUp)
1. I would have done the same thing that the President did with the missile attack
2. I don't think I ever want to run for political office again
Today may turn out to be a good day after all.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 07, 2017 06:35 AM (J+eG2)
Posted by: Princess Chelsea at April 07, 2017 06:38 AM (bc2Lc)
The baby giraffe has been born.
Not that one. Toledo Zoo.
130 pounds, 5'7", mother and calf both fine.
Not much PR at the Toledo Zoo. Awfully quiet giraffe.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 07, 2017 06:40 AM (H5rtT)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at April 07, 2017 06:41 AM (kP16F)
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at April 07, 2017 06:41 AM (vRcUp)
I have had a sea change recently. American lives are not worth wasting on muzzie fanatics. Artillery, missiles, and anything low-risk is fine. Maybe some B-52 flights...they are still robust.
AFAIC, not one American life is worth getting into Syria. The treasonous Dems and MFM (BIRM) want to push Trump into a middle east Vietnam to destroy him.
He needs to destroy them.
Pretty girl on J.J.'s thread.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 07, 2017 06:46 AM (X6fMO)
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at April 07, 2017 06:49 AM (vRcUp)
And Israel usually has pretty good intel.
And if the argument was that the Joos would lie to Trump to get him to attack, if it comes back as being a false report from them, it would destroy any further relationship between Israel and a currently very pro-Israeli Trump.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 07, 2017 06:56 AM (J+eG2)
Posted by: ThunderB at April 07, 2017 07:00 AM (9YJ4j)
Posted by: KentAllard at April 07, 2017 07:01 AM (TQw9b)
And now comes the always handy "blame the jews"
We have people in Syria. Why do we assume this ibtel isnt from them?
Posted by: ThunderB at April 07, 2017 07:02 AM (9YJ4j)
Flying Pigs must be warming up on the flight line as we speak.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 07, 2017 07:05 AM (J+eG2)
Posted by: fluffy at April 07, 2017 07:06 AM (jw2Xw)
Posted by: ThunderB at April 07, 2017 07:07 AM (9YJ4j)
We have people in Syria. Why do we assume this ibtel isnt from them?"
I hope that wasn't directed at my earlier comment.
If so, I was misunderstood, or I wrote poorly.
My reference to the Israeli's was in the roll of lending credence to our own intel saying that it was an Assad government gas attack.
And that if someone wanted to go down the "Blame the Joos for lying" path, that it would make no sense for them to lie to Trump.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 07, 2017 07:08 AM (J+eG2)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 07, 2017 07:09 AM (J+eG2)
I fully expect a several days long tournament of " blame the jew" from both left and right today
Posted by: ThunderBw at April 07, 2017 07:11 AM (9YJ4j)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at April 06, 2017 10:00 PM (LTHVh)
I don't know, either.
Posted by: m at April 07, 2017 09:47 AM (Gqgs8)
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AnkaPundit: Paul Anka Takes Over the Site for a Weekend (Continues through to Monday's postings)
George Bush Slices Don Rumsfeld Like an F*ckin' Hammer
Democratic Forays into Erotica
New Shows On Gore's DNC/MTV Network
Nicknames for Potatoes, By People Who Really Hate Potatoes
Star Wars Euphemisms for Self-Abuse
Signs You're at an Iraqi "Wedding Party"
Signs Your Clown Has Gone Bad
Signs That You, Geroge Michael, Should Probably Just Give It Up
Signs of Hip-Hop Influence on John Kerry
NYT Headlines Spinning Bush's Jobs Boom
Things People Are More Likely to Say Than "Did You Hear What Al Franken Said Yesterday?"
Signs that Paul Krugman Has Lost His Frickin' Mind
All-Time Best NBA Players, According to Senator Robert Byrd
Other Bad Things About the Jews, According to the Koran
Signs That David Letterman Just Doesn't Care Anymore
Examples of Bob Kerrey's Insufferable Racial Jackassery
Signs Andy Rooney Is Going Senile
Other Judgments Dick Clarke Made About Condi Rice Based on Her Appearance
Collective Names for Groups of People
John Kerry's Other Vietnam Super-Pets
Cool Things About the XM8 Assault Rifle
Media-Approved Facts About the Democrat Spy
Changes to Make Christianity More "Inclusive"
Secret John Kerry Senatorial Accomplishments
John Edwards Campaign Excuses
John Kerry Pick-Up Lines
Changes Liberal Senator George Michell Will Make at Disney
Torments in Dog-Hell
The Ace of Spades HQ Sex-for-Money Skankathon
A D&D Guide to the Democratic Candidates
Margaret Cho: Just Not Funny
More Margaret Cho Abuse
Margaret Cho: Still Not Funny
Iraqi Prisoner Claims He Was Raped... By Woman
Wonkette Announces "Morning Zoo" Format
John Kerry's "Plan" Causes Surrender of Moqtada al-Sadr's Militia
World Muslim Leaders Apologize for Nick Berg's Beheading
Michael Moore Goes on Lunchtime Manhattan Death-Spree
Milestone: Oliver Willis Posts 400th "Fake News Article" Referencing Britney Spears
Liberal Economists Rue a "New Decade of Greed"
Artificial Insouciance: Maureen Dowd's Word Processor Revolts Against Her Numbing Imbecility
Intelligence Officials Eye Blogs for Tips
They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan
Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq
Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town
When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool
What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means
Wonkette's Stand-Up Act
Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour
Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)