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Tuesday Overnight Open Thread (5/9/17)
The French have voted to postpone their rendezvous with destiny. But kicking the croissant down the road means another half-decade of demographic transformation that lengthens the odds against ever winning the numbers to halt it. Mark Steyn
Quote II
The marriage discussions [were clouded by Obama’s] torment over this central issue of life. . .race and identity. [The] resolution of his black identity was directly linked to his decision to pursue a political career.Sheila Miyoshi Jager.
Quote III
It is gonna get worse because of the stupidity that we're hearing coming out of people who say, "We need to build bridges, not walls." Wrong! You can't build a bridge to terror. You need to build a wall between you and terror. Michael Savage
If you took a math class at some point in the US, there is likely a bulky $100 calculator gathering dust somewhere in your closet.All good things come to an end.
That would be the Texas Instruments 84—or the TI 84-Plus, or the TI-89, or any of the other even more expensive variants—a shoe-sized graphing calculator released in 2004 that managed to worm its way into nearly every American math class above a simple arithmetic level. Public- and private-school students alike are usually required to buy the calculator themselves; its ubiquitous presence and instantly recognizable appearance have become the subject of memes all around the web.
Banned
Steven Seagal has been banned from Ukraine for five years, the Guardian reported Saturday. Seagal, 65, known for movies such as “Under Siege” and “Hard to Kill,” has been deemed a threat by the Ukranian security service, the agency said in a letter to the Web site Apostrophe. The service’s press secretary later confirmed the ban. The agency did not specify the reasons for the ban, but Seagal is a friend to Russia President Vladimir Putin.Does this mean better movies in the near future from Steven?
KU (Kansas University) will be a better place later this summer.
Jacob Dorman isn't going quietly.Don't let the door hit you on your ass on the way out. Here's hoping Karma never swings your way Teach.
After 10 years (and earning tenure) in the history department at the University of Kansas, he's leaving in large part because of a state law that, as of this summer, will allow guns on campus. That includes academic buildings. When faculty groups oppose campus carry laws, as they did in Kansas, supporters of the legislation frequently voice the view that no one will leave as a result of such laws. Dorman's resignation is evidence that some will leave.
Dorman is leaving for a comparable job (also with tenure) in another state, one without campus carry. The Lawrence Journal-World published his resignation letter Friday.
Violence is acceptable if you're a professor.
“They should be lined up and shot,” Professor John Griffin posted to his Facebook, according to a screenshot of the post obtained by Campus Reform, even clarifying that he wasn’t being hyperbolic, saying “that’s not hyperbole; blood is on their hands.”
Constitutionally protected rights exercised by students? Bad. Unconstitutionally unprotected speech by Professor? Good. Got it.
American travel to Cuba initially was high when relations opened up. However, travel is down. The ONT wonders why?
Indeed, the initial excitement about the formerly closed off country gave way to moral dilemmas over food shortages and other problems caused by tourism, as well as disappointment over limited working internet, lower hotel standards, and lack of running water there. The Allianz study found lack of travel infrastructure was a major cause of anxiety about traveling to Cuba for 13% of Americans.Sounds like an expensive camping trip. Plus, you're less likely to end up in American jail than you are a Cuban jail.
Research shows a natural cooling cycle that occurs every 230 years began in 2014 and will send temperatures plummeting even further by 2019. Scientists are also expecting a “huge reduction” in solar activity for 33 years between 2020 and 2053 that will cause thermometers to crash.
May 9, 1914, Born on this day Hank Snow who scored more than 70 singles on the Billboard country charts from 1950 until 1980. Snow died on December 20, 1999. via thisdayinmusic.com
A Two-For Tuesday night.
Furthermore, in view of the challenges involved in garnering enough votes for the “Obama-Lite” alternative that barely passed the House, Republicans appear to be running out of options. If the “gradualist” strategy is so problematic, why not move to single payer? In Japan, healthcare spending makes up only 10% of GDP even though it has the world’s highest percentage of people 65 or older. In the U.S. it is an appalling 17% (Fig. 1). Japan also has the world’s lowest infant mortality, while in America this healthcare indicator exceeds that of all other developed nations with a comparable GDP (Fig. 2). If lack of access to healthcare is responsible for this shocking statistic, why not “get with the program” and shift these costs to taxpayers as they do in nearly all other affluent nations?The ONT's guess? A cobble up approach by the Senate. Passed along to Trump for his signature. The first time the Left has the chance, it will be Single Payer.
A remarkable young man, Rick Ankiel. "A story of redemption and baseball.
In the fall of 2004, Major League Baseball player Rick Ankiel had every reason to give up. The one-time pitching phenom for the St. Louis Cardinals possessed a legitimate list of “excuses” that would exempt him from criticism should he have decided to walk away from the game he loved.
An interesting look at occupations in the US. Incomes by profession over the years.
Here, you hold my beer and I'll hold your Genius Award.
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Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Memo from Kekistan at May 09, 2017 09:44 PM (6gk0M)
Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at May 09, 2017 09:44 PM (/o9Qk)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at May 09, 2017 09:45 PM (6gk0M)
Posted by: Rgallegos at May 09, 2017 09:45 PM (59GQk)
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Posted by: Just wondering at May 09, 2017 09:47 PM (WBYpW)
Posted by: Country Boy at May 09, 2017 09:48 PM (gG97F)
Posted by: Quilters Irish Death at May 09, 2017 09:49 PM (g6OJ4)
Posted by: eleven at May 09, 2017 09:49 PM (qUNWi)
Posted by: thathalfrican - back at it at May 09, 2017 09:49 PM (eccpd)
First!
Posted by: Soothsayer -- That's class! at May 09, 2017 09:49 PM (cPF+x)
Posted by: Keith Olbermann at May 09, 2017 09:49 PM (qeUgm)
Posted by: thathalfrican - back at it at May 09, 2017 09:49 PM (eccpd)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at May 09, 2017 09:50 PM (m0wXC)
Posted by: Diogenes at May 09, 2017 09:50 PM (dvH9o)
Posted by: ALH at May 09, 2017 09:51 PM (duqQO)
Posted by: eleven at May 09, 2017 09:51 PM (qUNWi)
Posted by: redc1c4 at May 09, 2017 09:51 PM (8WVNP)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at May 09, 2017 09:51 PM (m0wXC)
Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at May 09, 2017 09:52 PM (/o9Qk)
He eventually got to be friends with ol' Hank, but he could not stand Faron Young.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 09, 2017 09:52 PM (JlbSs)
Posted by: Quilters Irish Death at May 09, 2017 09:52 PM (g6OJ4)
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 09, 2017 09:52 PM (fiGNd)
Posted by: fluffy at May 09, 2017 09:52 PM (jw2Xw)
supposedly, he thought it was a prank at first.
couldn't happen to a moar deserving partisan hack and all around scumbag.
Posted by: redc1c4 at May 09, 2017 09:53 PM (8WVNP)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at May 09, 2017 09:53 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: rickl at May 09, 2017 09:53 PM (sdi6R)
She's a one year old hound mix rescue and as cute as pie. I can't wait to meet her at Christmas.
Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at May 09, 2017 09:53 PM (/o9Qk)
Posted by: zombie harambe at May 09, 2017 09:54 PM (nlbfN)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at May 09, 2017 09:54 PM (6gk0M)
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at May 09, 2017 09:55 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at May 09, 2017 09:55 PM (6gk0M)
Posted by: eleven at May 09, 2017 09:55 PM (qUNWi)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at May 09, 2017 09:55 PM (KP5rU)
Japan is not up to their necks in lawyers.
Posted by: fluffy at May 09, 2017 09:55 PM (jw2Xw)
Posted by: Jasper Perino at May 09, 2017 09:55 PM (4ErVI)
Posted by: Culture Club at May 09, 2017 09:56 PM (XoldI)
Posted by: Diogenes at May 09, 2017 09:56 PM (dvH9o)
Posted by: bluebell at May 09, 2017 09:56 PM (xLDLx)
Posted by: fluffy at May 09, 2017 09:55 PM (jw2Xw)
AND, they're all Japanese!
Posted by: Hrothgar at May 09, 2017 09:56 PM (gwPgz)
The Fake News and Democrats know that The People will see Comey's firing the act of a Man With Nothing To Hide.
Because you don't humiliate a man like Comey if he has "the goods" on you.
Think about it: Comey is now free to reveal everything he knows.
Well, Jim, we're waiting...
Posted by: Soothsayer -- That's class! at May 09, 2017 09:56 PM (cPF+x)
Posted by: bluebell at May 09, 2017 09:56 PM (xLDLx)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at May 09, 2017 09:57 PM (e9G8E)
Posted by: josephistan at May 09, 2017 09:57 PM (ANIFC)
Posted by: Oedipus Rex at May 09, 2017 09:57 PM (vRcUp)
California is not far behind. The legalization of Communism in Sacramento should let us catch up!
Posted by: t-bird at May 09, 2017 09:57 PM (/cksx)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 09, 2017 09:58 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 09, 2017 09:58 PM (rF0hx)
1. Take a broomstick. Remove the broom. Keep the stick.
2. Next, find a plain, white sheet.
3. Unfold the sheet and attach it to the stick. You can use staples or thumbtacks. (Caution: both have sharp, pointy ends, so be careful not to hurt yourself!)
4. Wave the flag at invading armies and hot-air balloons.
Posted by: ALH at May 09, 2017 09:58 PM (duqQO)
Japan is not up to their necks in lawyers.
Posted by: fluffy at May 09, 2017 09:55 PM (jw2Xw)
I watched a video earlier today taken in a Walmart where something happened with security or something and it was a long string of goons just running out of the store carrying big screen televisions. It went on for some time.
I mention this because it highlights that this country is chock full of scam artists, criminals, and malcontents. They'll drain any single payer system dry in no time at all and want more.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at May 09, 2017 09:58 PM (4ErVI)
If you want to see how completely and utterly unhinged some people have become, just go to the David Frum 'It's a coup.' tweet and try to read through all of the replies. Not surprising, but still scary and sad. I wanted to compile the cray cray of the cray but my heart just isn't in it...
Posted by: Nathan R. Jessup at May 09, 2017 09:58 PM (6sBpp)
Posted by: josephistan at May 09, 2017 09:58 PM (ANIFC)
Posted by: tu3031 at May 09, 2017 09:58 PM (qJhUV)
Posted by: Jim at May 09, 2017 09:59 PM (v5iqM)
Posted by: nothing left to lose at May 09, 2017 09:59 PM (QEgj7)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 09, 2017 09:58 PM (rF0hx)
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How did the Yankees do today? I haven't had a chance to check.
Posted by: bluebell at May 09, 2017 09:59 PM (xLDLx)
Posted by: Pete Seria at May 09, 2017 09:59 PM (lJW6d)
Posted by: Jack Sock at May 09, 2017 09:59 PM (IDPbH)
Posted by: rickl at May 09, 2017 09:59 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: MAGA at May 09, 2017 09:59 PM (LQ1Q3)
Posted by: Eromero at May 09, 2017 09:59 PM (zLDYs)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2017 09:59 PM (F+8qB)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at May 09, 2017 09:55 PM (KP5rU)
They had two girl dogs from 92 to 2007. Their deaths were really, really hard on them. More on my mom. She finally decided she was ready to love a dog again and they're all in. I hope they find many years of wonderful joy with their new pup(s).
Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at May 09, 2017 10:00 PM (/o9Qk)
Posted by: joncelli, Deplorable Yet Fuzzy at May 09, 2017 10:00 PM (1FhAQ)
I mention this because it highlights that this country is chock full of scam artists, criminals, and malcontents. They'll drain any single payer system dry in no time at all and want more.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at May 09, 2017 09:58 PM (4ErVI)
That may have been the incident in Mexico a couple days ago, but your point is still valid.
Posted by: Country Boy at May 09, 2017 10:00 PM (gG97F)
Posted by: MAGA at May 09, 2017 10:00 PM (LQ1Q3)
Posted by: Tonypete at May 09, 2017 10:00 PM (tr2D7)
How's everybody in the gray boxes tonight?
Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Stable Boy of Hurlingbone Manor at May 09, 2017 10:00 PM (tGpcF)
I give you Putin's Miniskirt Army:
https://youtu.be/W7cOmm2dsPs
Clip is from last year. Can't find this year's. Sadz.....
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 09, 2017 10:01 PM (TwwWO)
Posted by: Pete Seria at May 09, 2017 10:01 PM (lJW6d)
No, this isn't some hipster version of a David Bowie album... it is the openly declared madness of the Portland AntiFa/Black Bloc rioters.
http://politicalhat.com/?p=13388
Posted by: The Political Hat at May 09, 2017 10:01 PM (vBeA5)
Posted by: MAGA
You got a footnote for that? Handy stat if true.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 09, 2017 10:01 PM (dvH9o)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at May 09, 2017 09:55 PM (6gk0M)
Oh jeez--#1 was your sock?
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at May 09, 2017 10:01 PM (TdMsT)
Rotherham is best known as being the English city where child sex trafficking was allowed to go on lest anyone who would dare to intervene be called a "racist". However, this is going on in many more cities. Now, two more cities can be added to the list: Huddersfield and Oxford.
http://politicalhat.com/?p=13352
Posted by: The Political Hat at May 09, 2017 10:01 PM (vBeA5)
Please note two very important things about Comey's termination that you haven't already:
1) We were shown today that the Trump admin can indeed move swiftly. Very impressive action, today.
2) Even more important, we were shown today that the Trump admin can move swiftly and quietly, which tells us they do indeed have the wherewithal to avoid those damn leaks.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- That's class! at May 09, 2017 10:02 PM (cPF+x)
Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at May 09, 2017 10:02 PM (/o9Qk)
Posted by: bluebell at May 09, 2017 09:59 PM (xLDLx)
As well as the Red Sox.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 09, 2017 10:02 PM (rF0hx)
"Well, somebody will be denormalized -- and possibly quarantined as illegitimate -- by this approach. . . "
https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/264439/
Posted by: The Political Hat at May 09, 2017 10:02 PM (vBeA5)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 09, 2017 10:02 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 09, 2017 10:03 PM (+lVUW)
How's everybody in the gray boxes tonight?
Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Stable Boy of Hurlingbone Manor at May 09, 2017 10:00 PM (tGpcF)
Oh it's a fine, fine evening, Sir. Comey is in possession of his pink slip and the left is rage stroking.
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at May 09, 2017 10:03 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Diogenes at May 09, 2017 10:03 PM (dvH9o)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 09, 2017 10:03 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at May 09, 2017 10:04 PM (KP5rU)
I got something even better
https://tinyurl.com/m4dvuay
The charts are mine from CDC data.
Posted by: MAGA at May 09, 2017 10:04 PM (LQ1Q3)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 09, 2017 10:02 PM (rF0hx)
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Oh, so they're still playing?
Posted by: bluebell at May 09, 2017 10:04 PM (xLDLx)
Posted by: Jack Sock at May 09, 2017 10:04 PM (IDPbH)
It's a beerhall putsch!
It's both! The aggression of a Napoleon combined with the swift moves of a Hitler. Two great dictators in one fantastic package!
Posted by: andycanuck at May 09, 2017 10:04 PM (nlbfN)
Oh jeez--#1 was your sock?
Posted by: Ladylibertarian
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Gotta hand it to Slap - the boy is good.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 09, 2017 10:04 PM (tr2D7)
Posted by: Rachel Corrie at May 09, 2017 10:05 PM (qUNWi)
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at May 09, 2017 10:05 PM (TdMsT)
The duck tape, USB drives, electrician's tape, and stuff from the hardware store were well-received by the Cubans.
My sister and hubby went because she wanted to do a tour riding in the old cars, since our family has had a 1955 Oldsmobile since about 1961. She said the older people still think of Fidel as a god, but the younger people want the chance to have a business and make some money (Bro-in-law said they are describing Capitalism, they just don't know they are).
In all, I'm glad they are back on US soil, and I hope they didn't get a slow-moving infection in that toe.
Posted by: MathMom at May 09, 2017 10:05 PM (mSbwX)
Please note two very important things about Comey's termination that you haven't already:
1) We were shown today that the Trump admin can indeed move swiftly. Very impressive action, today.
2) Even more important, we were shown today that the Trump admin can move swiftly and quietly, which tells us they do indeed have the wherewithal to avoid those damn leaks.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- That's class! at May 09, 2017 10:02 PM (cPF+x)
Yep. Some people have been complaining that AG Sessions has been missing in action, but I think he's working quietly, building up his cases.
Posted by: rickl at May 09, 2017 10:05 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at May 09, 2017 10:03 PM (TdMsT)
Indeed! I mentioned on an earlier post seeing the CNN round table on Wolf "I Lost On Jeopardy" Blitzer's show in full pearl-clutching, sackcloth-rending, weeping-and-gnashing-of-teeth mode. I just chuckled.
I had a pretty crappy day, but that just made it so much better.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Stable Boy of Hurlingbone Manor at May 09, 2017 10:06 PM (tGpcF)
If you took a math class at some point in the US, there is likely a bulky $100 calculator gathering dust somewhere in your closet.
That would be the Texas Instruments 84--or the TI 84-Plus, or the TI-89, or any of the other even more expensive variants--a shoe-sized graphing calculator released in 2004 that managed to worm its way into nearly every American math class above a simple arithmetic level. Public- and private-school students alike are usually required to buy the calculator themselves; its ubiquitous presence and instantly recognizable appearance have become the subject of memes all around the web.
All good things come to an end.
I was never allowed to use any calculator in any math class I ever took.
I'm better off for it.
Posted by: The Calculating Hat at May 09, 2017 10:06 PM (vBeA5)
Oh jeez--#1 was your sock?
Posted by: Ladylibertarian
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Gotta hand it to Slap - the boy is good.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 09, 2017 10:04 PM (tr2D7)
An Ohio boy. Ya gotta be proud!
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at May 09, 2017 10:06 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Diogenes at May 09, 2017 10:06 PM (dvH9o)
Posted by: Vendette at May 09, 2017 10:06 PM (TpTCd)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at May 09, 2017 10:07 PM (6gk0M)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 09, 2017 10:02 PM (IqV8l)
Depends on if you are a peasant or a "royal"!
Posted by: Hrothgar at May 09, 2017 10:07 PM (gwPgz)
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at May 09, 2017 10:03 PM (TdMsT)
Indeed! I mentioned on an earlier post seeing the CNN round table on Wolf "I Lost On Jeopardy" Blitzer's show in full pearl-clutching, sackcloth-rending, weeping-and-gnashing-of-teeth mode. I just chuckled.
I had a pretty crappy day, but that just made it so much better.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Stable Boy of Hurlingbone Manor at May 09, 2017 10:06 PM (tGpcF)
Anymore, I feel my day is just not complete unless I've seen the left suffer.
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at May 09, 2017 10:08 PM (TdMsT)
Now they are gone.
Sadz.
Posted by: Diogenes
When I was a kid my mom made home-made doughnuts. The yeast kind that are deep fried, like you get at a bakery. After all the work of making them they were all gone in less than 5 minutes.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 09, 2017 10:08 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: PaleRider at May 09, 2017 10:08 PM (eASYU)
Good times.
Posted by: Lance McCormick, with a temp-hash at May 09, 2017 10:08 PM (Gygjg)
Posted by: An American Commoner at May 09, 2017 10:08 PM (pxwEr)
My name is Toneypete
I'm the king of the ONT beat
Posted by: Vendette at May 09, 2017 10:08 PM (TpTCd)
Posted by: Vendette at May 09, 2017 10:09 PM (TpTCd)
Posted by: MathMom at May 09, 2017 10:09 PM (mSbwX)
-Posted by: Ladylibertarian at May 09, 2017 10:01 PM (TdMsT)
Yup.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at May 09, 2017 10:07 PM (6gk0M)
You bad, naughty boy.
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at May 09, 2017 10:09 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Jack Sock at May 09, 2017 10:09 PM (IDPbH)
Thanxs.
Good charts!
Posted by: Diogenes at May 09, 2017 10:06 PM (dvH9o)
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No problem, spread them far and wide. Note that is all CDC data there.
Posted by: MAGA at May 09, 2017 10:09 PM (LQ1Q3)
103 39 I made snickerdoodles last night.
Now they are gone.
Sadz.
Posted by: Diogenes
When I was a kid my mom made home-made doughnuts. The yeast kind that are deep fried, like you get at a bakery. After all the work of making them they were all gone in less than 5 minutes.
Posted by: nerdygirl
Oh Yeah!!! My folks did the same thing.
Good stuff! I never learned how to make them though.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 09, 2017 10:10 PM (dvH9o)
Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at May 09, 2017 10:10 PM (b7fwp)
Posted by: An American Commoner at May 09, 2017 10:10 PM (pxwEr)
Good times.
Posted by: Lance McCormick, with a temp-hash at May 09, 2017 10:08 PM (Gygjg)
You can make a time machine out of a Commodore 64 and a light plane
http://www.rifftrax.com/mst3k-time-chasers
Posted by: josephistan at May 09, 2017 10:10 PM (ANIFC)
Good times.
Posted by: Lance McCormick, with a temp-hash at May 09, 2017 10:08 PM (Gygjg)
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ME TOO!
Loved making games in the TI Basic.
Posted by: MAGA at May 09, 2017 10:11 PM (LQ1Q3)
This will never happen here, but it should!
https://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=231949
Posted by: Hrothgar at May 09, 2017 10:11 PM (gwPgz)
Posted by: Hank at May 09, 2017 10:11 PM (YT5Rb)
That's, like, the best hash I've ever had. Figures.
I'd like for HSAs and high deductible insurance to become the standard
so more people would ask "what does this cost" before undergoing some
medical treatment or other.
True, but there may have to be *some* controls on certain life-saving emergency operations. Not to get too personal, but when your appendix ruptures, you don't have tons of time to calmly weigh the pros and cons.
But in cases of, "We could do X, or use pill B, or pills Z and R, or this machine, or..." abso-fraggin'-lutely.
Posted by: Lance McCormick, with a temp-hash at May 09, 2017 10:11 PM (Gygjg)
Posted by: Vendette at May 09, 2017 10:11 PM (TpTCd)
Posted by: Diogenes at May 09, 2017 10:12 PM (dvH9o)
Posted by: Bacon Jeff at May 09, 2017 10:12 PM (3JQ/p)
I have no idea why I thought of that.
Posted by: Kreplach at May 09, 2017 10:12 PM (3TnQR)
my CO licence says I'm female (because potheads here) for the past four years and nobody cares
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at May 09, 2017 10:13 PM (Dqci2)
Posted by: Vendette at May 09, 2017 10:13 PM (TpTCd)
Posted by: Hank at May 09, 2017 10:13 PM (YT5Rb)
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at May 09, 2017 10:13 PM (TdMsT)
Mark Steyn was going on about this on the Limbaugh show the other (guest hosting) and said that if the Republicans really wanted to screw the Democrats for years to come, that they should pass a "just good enough, crumby" Single payer plan, and kind of follow the Japanese model (not what he said, but what he meant).
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....unfrozen caveman moron at May 09, 2017 10:13 PM (S6Pax)
I never did that, but I did type up the Mr. Bojangles dancing guy from one of the programming books. Once.
Then it was lost because I didn't have a disk drive and I didn't know how to save onto the tapes, because I was a kid.
Posted by: Lance McCormick, with a temp-hash at May 09, 2017 10:13 PM (Gygjg)
Posted by: Bacon Jeff at May 09, 2017 10:12 PM (3JQ/p)
RPN > =
Posted by: The Reverse Polish Hat at May 09, 2017 10:13 PM (vBeA5)
Posted by: ibguy at May 09, 2017 10:14 PM (vUcdz)
So the good news is that she's doing much better cognitively, and is getting out & about more (lots of friends who want to take her out).
The sucky news is mostly something I had known, but was choosing to ignore in light of that progress: there is no cure for this, no surgery to make it go away. She' on Avastin, and that's it.
BIL tells me:
She is not eligible for clinical trials, her performance status is too poor.. All treatment for glioblastoma is palliative.
So we're buying some time, and hoping that she enjoys what time she has left.
Which is not to say that we've given up hope, but it *is* time for me to be realistic.
Please pray that the time she has left is filled with joy.
Posted by: ibguy at May 09, 2017 10:14 PM (vUcdz)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 09, 2017 10:14 PM (udajc)
I bought the book "Shattered". I'm not very far yet, but as little as I've read it is clear that the two authors are liberals who wanted Hillary to win. Within the first several pages they've had to admit that the biggest problem with the campaign was the candidate. She kept blaming her campaign people for the fact that THEY couldn't come up with a message, voice, or tone for HER campaign.
It's kind of predictable. She blames everyone but herself. But it's fun seeing these liberal reporters who liked her and thought she'd be great candidate try to explain her f**k ups.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 09, 2017 10:15 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at May 09, 2017 10:15 PM (e9G8E)
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....unfrozen caveman moron at May 09, 2017 10:16 PM (S6Pax)
Posted by: Diogenes at May 09, 2017 10:12 PM (dvH9o)
Try the hard ass sheriff from Milwaukee.
Small town sheriff, but looks like the type to go after biggest mo-fo given the chance.
Posted by: Burnt Toast at May 09, 2017 10:16 PM (P/kVC)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at May 09, 2017 10:16 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at May 09, 2017 10:13 PM (TdMsT)
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Very possible, as they have been working on flushing out leakers since day one.
Evening all.
Posted by: Uber Lyft Driver at May 09, 2017 10:16 PM (Hj4t4)
Posted by: Planned Obsolescence at May 09, 2017 10:16 PM (R+30W)
Prayers up for you, your family and your sister!
Posted by: Hrothgar at May 09, 2017 10:17 PM (gwPgz)
Posted by: Vendette at May 09, 2017 10:17 PM (TpTCd)
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....unfrozen caveman moron at May 09, 2017 10:16 PM (S6Pax)
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Why, thank you, Bossy. Someone will have to let CBD know. He thinks they're still playing.
Posted by: bluebell at May 09, 2017 10:18 PM (xLDLx)
About goddamn time.
Now, when's Koskinalien's turn?!
Posted by: an indifferent penguin at May 09, 2017 10:18 PM (nHbAq)
Posted by: Vendette at May 09, 2017 10:18 PM (TpTCd)
1. Take a broomstick. Remove the broom. Keep the stick.
2. Next, find a plain, white sheet.
3. Unfold the sheet and attach it to the stick. You can use staples or thumbtacks. (Caution: both have sharp, pointy ends, so be careful not to hurt yourself!)
4. Wave the flag at invading armies and hot-air balloons.
Posted by: ALH
You left off the Muslim crescent.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 09, 2017 10:18 PM (+lVUW)
Good evening, friend!
Posted by: Ladylibertarian
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Howdy partner! Haven't see Hookers and blow join us yet. Lean on that boy please. He'd be a fine addition to this august group coupled with your humor and sass.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 09, 2017 10:18 PM (tr2D7)
now you are dummer 2
Posted by: buzzsaw90 at May 09, 2017 10:18 PM (vChNs)
Posted by: Ladylibertarian
They're all leaking. Joe DiGenova was on Tucker for a few minutes tonight, and was just hilarious.
He thought Comey should disappear for a while to let his reputation heal, but that he would probably run to the Democrats, and be part of the Trump denunciation.
Funny that, after the Democrats blamed him for Hillary losing.
As he concluded, if the Democrats didn't have double standards, they'd have no standards at all.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....unfrozen caveman moron at May 09, 2017 10:19 PM (S6Pax)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki
pshaw. I have my hp12c.
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 09, 2017 10:19 PM (cPsPa)
Watters is a talented guy. He needs his own nightly show.
Guilfoyle had a baby with a (D)ipshit (D)egenerate and then divorced him and was awarded a shitload of silicon or alimony but then got (R)eligion or something...
Perino is clueless as her dog and represents everything wrong about the Bush administration.
Juan Williams makes houseplants look like Albert Einstein.
Gutfeld is a talented, funny late night talk show guy. With a late night talk show.
Together they form : a muddy incoherent mess.
" Teh Phive" sucks rancid donkey balls.
Put Martha on after Tucker. At least we can look at her legs and tits.
Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 09, 2017 10:19 PM (Uxokn)
ALL the Euro mortality rates suck like that.
Some of them don't include things like, ya know, cancer or heart attacks, some don't include car accidents or electrocutions or drownings or anything accidental, some of them literally only count dying of old age, with no other complications at all
The infant mortality rates don't include a baby that dies within 72 hours of being born, or some such time frame.. it's considered either a miscarriage or a stillbirth, I can't remember now.
It's insane.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 09, 2017 10:19 PM (JlbSs)
Posted by: Diogenes at May 09, 2017 10:12 PM (dvH9o)
Oooo...I hadn't thought about him...that wouldlight every burning skull in dhimmicratland and especially congress!
I like the way you think!
Posted by: An American Commoner at May 09, 2017 10:20 PM (pxwEr)
COMEYTOSE!!!
Whaaaaaaa hahahahahahahahah!
Coup coup ka choup, lefty bitchez!
Posted by: Twin Cities Daydrunk, still a Tigers fan at May 09, 2017 10:20 PM (1aMQH)
Posted by: ibguy at May 09, 2017 10:14 PM (vUcdz)
Thoughts & Prayers
Posted by: The Political Hat at May 09, 2017 10:21 PM (vBeA5)
Prayers have been ongoing , and will remain so.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 09, 2017 10:21 PM (JlbSs)
He eventually got to be friends with ol' Hank, but he could not stand Faron Young.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 09, 2017 09:52 PM (JlbSs)
Too funny. I used to hang out with Faron's son Trey. He was obnoxious and a drunk, but I suppose I was too at that particular point in my life. Trey sounded exactly like Faron when he was singing and even wore Faron's stage costumes when he was doing gigs. Last I heard he was doing a year in jail for another DUI.
Posted by: Country Singer at May 09, 2017 10:21 PM (GUBah)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at May 09, 2017 10:21 PM (Dqci2)
nearly as good as that stripper named Cinnamon was %*(* years ago.
Posted by: buzzsaw90 at May 09, 2017 10:21 PM (vChNs)
You look at a smart phone harshly, and the screen shatters.
Posted by: Kristophr at May 09, 2017 10:22 PM (Vkf+s)
Posted by: Tonypete at May 09, 2017 10:22 PM (tr2D7)
https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/264439/
Posted by: The Political Hat
How old is Ruth Bader Ginsberg? LOL.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 09, 2017 10:22 PM (+lVUW)
nearly as good as that stripper named Cinnamon was %*(* years ago.
Posted by: buzzsaw90
pretty sure the science of taste says you are wrong.
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 09, 2017 10:22 PM (cPsPa)
My fil is in rehab and on Avstain also. Not looking good at this point.....
I'm glad your sister is able to enjoy things for now.
Glioblastoma fucking sucks!!!
Posted by: lindameh at May 09, 2017 10:23 PM (kufk0)
Posted by: Hikaru at May 09, 2017 10:23 PM (Vevy5)
You look at a smart phone harshly, and the screen shatters.
Posted by: Kristophr at May 09, 2017 10:22 PM (Vkf+s)
^^^THIS
Posted by: Vendette at May 09, 2017 10:23 PM (TpTCd)
Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 09, 2017 10:23 PM (0mRoj)
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I really hope that whatever she likes the very best is what she gets the most.
I have followed all of your "baby sister" updates. I really want her to be happy.
Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 09, 2017 10:23 PM (Uxokn)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at May 09, 2017 10:23 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 09, 2017 10:19 PM (Uxokn)
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what exactly are wrong with my science-y enhanced tits?
Posted by: Kim G at May 09, 2017 10:24 PM (vChNs)
Posted by: CaliGirl at May 09, 2017 10:24 PM (Ri/rl)
Hah, small world! I remember Daddy saying Faron was arrogant as all get out, but am not sure what caused the actual fighting. Daddy being the way he was, I'm gonna say a woman was involved.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 09, 2017 10:25 PM (JlbSs)
manager Willie Randolph when he was in California on a road trip rather
than in NY on a homestand.
I have no idea why I thought of that.
Posted by: Kreplach at May 09, 2017 10:12 PM (3TnQR)<<<
Probably be more like that time Mets' manager Bobby Valentine got run out of a game -- Comey will try a come back wearing glasses, a fake nose, and a mustache, and weasel his way into some cushy gig.
Go away. Just. Go. Far. Away.
Posted by: an indifferent penguin at May 09, 2017 10:25 PM (nHbAq)
It's insane.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 09, 2017 10:19 PM (JlbSs)
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We have our own biases here too. For instance, if you smoke and die of almost anything not trauma related, just general health, it is almost certain to be classed as a smoking related death.
Posted by: Uber Lyft Driver at May 09, 2017 10:25 PM (Hj4t4)
pretty sure the science of taste says you are wrong.
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 09, 2017 10:22 PM (cPsPa)
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a yankee know bupkiss of taste. my poptarts even go well with my cheap wodka.
Posted by: buzzsaw90 at May 09, 2017 10:25 PM (vChNs)
https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/264439/
Posted by: The Political Hat
How old is Ruth Bader Ginsberg? LOL.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 09, 2017 10:22 PM (+lVUW)
Is there nobody willing to martyr themselves by going on television and proclaiming how fucking stupid and EVIL (emphasis on the EVIL) these people are?
Posted by: Hikaru at May 09, 2017 10:25 PM (Vevy5)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 09, 2017 10:25 PM (cPsPa)
Posted by: rickl at May 09, 2017 10:25 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Kristophr at May 09, 2017 10:22 PM (Vkf+s)
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Yeah, but a couple of leaky batteries could eat them inside out. Ask me how I know.
Posted by: Planned Obsolescence at May 09, 2017 10:26 PM (R+30W)
Apparently all the good ones either emigrated centuries ago or got killed in the big wars.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 09, 2017 10:26 PM (JlbSs)
Posted by: Kristophr at May 09, 2017 10:22 PM (Vkf+s)
^^^THIS
Posted by: Vendette at May 09, 2017 10:23 PM (TpTCd)
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I just want to be loved. That's why I give you tiny pron!
Posted by: your sticky Iphone at May 09, 2017 10:26 PM (vChNs)
Posted by: buzzsaw90 at May 09
have always been disappointed with anything other than frosted blueberry and strawberry pop tarts.
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 09, 2017 10:26 PM (cPsPa)
We never know what God has in store. We just need to put our faith in Him, and keep going. As St. Augustine said, work as if everything depended on you, and pray as if everything depended on God.
I'm still praying for her, and I know I'm not the only one.
Posted by: bluebell at May 09, 2017 10:27 PM (sBOL1)
Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 09, 2017 10:23 PM (0mRoj)
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can someone lend him a hand? I would, but i'm a lefty
Posted by: buzzsaw90 at May 09, 2017 10:27 PM (vChNs)
As he concluded, if the Democrats didn't have double standards, they'd have no standards at all.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....unfrozen caveman moron at May 09, 2017 10:19 PM (S6Pax)
The leftist media will be spinning in tight little circles about Comey for some time.
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at May 09, 2017 10:27 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 09, 2017 10:27 PM (cPsPa)
Posted by: MathMom
There's a Michael Moore joke in there somewhere.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 09, 2017 10:28 PM (+lVUW)
You look at a smart phone harshly, and the screen shatters.
Posted by: Kristophr at May 09, 2017 10:22 PM (Vkf+s)
^^^THIS
Posted by: Vendette
Carried a TI-55 in my ruck when I was a young Ranger. Used it for demolition calculations. Most rugged non-ruggedized piece of kit.
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at May 09, 2017 10:28 PM (di1hb)
Posted by: An American Commoner at May 09, 2017 10:29 PM (pxwEr)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at May 09, 2017 10:29 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 09, 2017 10:29 PM (cPsPa)
It's insane.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 09, 2017 10:19 PM (JlbSs)
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We have our own biases here too. For instance, if you smoke and die of almost anything not trauma related, just general health, it is almost certain to be classed as a smoking related death.
Posted by: Uber Lyft Driver at May 09, 2017 10:25 PM (Hj4t4)
A drunk that passes out on a street and dies after being run over will be classed as a "alcohol-motor vehicle related death".
Posted by: Burnt Toast at May 09, 2017 10:30 PM (P/kVC)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 09, 2017 10:26 PM (cPsPa)
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frosted blueberry are #2 for me. You may re-enter my good graces, but not too close.
pop quiz - toasted, or not? DYSWIDT?
Posted by: buzzsaw90 at May 09, 2017 10:30 PM (vChNs)
Somewhere I still have a Canon four function calculator my old man bought for $150 wholesale in 1971. I believe it was once of the very first pocket calculators.
Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at May 09, 2017 10:30 PM (b7fwp)
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 09, 2017 10:30 PM (NXsWM)
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at May 09, 2017 10:31 PM (17QyB)
Posted by: ibguy at May 09, 2017 10:14 PM (vUcdz)
Ibguy: fervent prayers for your precious sister and all her family. I feel honored to pray for her.
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at May 09, 2017 10:31 PM (TdMsT)
Well, in all fairness, there is a possibility that it was a complication thereof. But at least the death is counted in the stats, whereas it wouldn't be in most Euro countries. Both may be bad, but not counting it at all is far worse.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 09, 2017 10:31 PM (JlbSs)
Posted by: buzzsaw90 at May 09
toasted is always better. similar to having sbux warm your pastry for you is better too.
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 09, 2017 10:31 PM (cPsPa)
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a Michael Moore joke can never be 'in' something else. Not even with a Time Lord.
Posted by: buzzsaw90 at May 09, 2017 10:31 PM (vChNs)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 09, 2017 10:31 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: ibguy
Aw, ibguy. Hugs. And will do.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 09, 2017 10:31 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: Burnt Toast at May 09, 2017 10:32 PM (P/kVC)
Posted by: Burnt Toast at May 09, 2017 10:30 PM (P/kVC)
I am likely to go out of my way to be classified in some outrageous manner when it comes time. I hope they name that entire situation after me, honestly.
My friend wants to die owing the IRS about $2M. She has no kids or family, so why not? The trick is to owe it and string it along long enough to enjoy it, I think.
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 09, 2017 10:32 PM (NXsWM)
Still, that excuse they gave for the high prices is absolute shit.
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at May 09, 2017 10:32 PM (17QyB)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 09, 2017 10:32 PM (hscyr)
I ask ya.
Posted by: eleven at May 09, 2017 09:49 PM
Then who will taunt ze silly English?
Posted by: The Castle Guards at May 09, 2017 10:33 PM (1pZw2)
She is edging on to ridiculous makeup, full stop. Seriously getting near drag queen status.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 09, 2017 10:33 PM (JlbSs)
No chance to make a dime in the markets today, sadly. Tomorrow is another day.
Now back to my ao bai pics.
Posted by: Country Boy at May 09, 2017 10:33 PM (D2vc1)
Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at May 09, 2017 10:33 PM (b7fwp)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at May 09, 2017 10:33 PM (KP5rU)
arrogant as all get out, but am not sure what caused the actual
fighting. Daddy being the way he was, I'm gonna say a woman was
involved.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 09, 2017 10:25 PM (JlbSs)
From what everyone who knew Faron told me, Trey is exactly like him and your description matches, lol. I remember Trey did a show as a part of CMA Music Fest one year while wearing a hat (or a shirt, I forget which) that read "CMA stands for 'Country, My Ass'".
Here's some of Trey doing karaoke: https://youtu.be/LQ1ao0e0lvw
Posted by: Country Singer at May 09, 2017 10:34 PM (GUBah)
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you pass the test. you Might be human after all.
Posted by: buzzsaw90 at May 09, 2017 10:34 PM (vChNs)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 09, 2017 10:31 PM (cPsPa)
They do it to disguise the staleness.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 09, 2017 10:35 PM (JlbSs)
Posted by: Pogonip at May 09, 2017 10:35 PM (qmOf1)
To my fellow, beloved Hordelings, thank you all in advance for your prayers and well-wishes for my sister and our family.
Posted by: ibguy at May 09, 2017 10:35 PM (vUcdz)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 09, 2017 10:35 PM (rF0hx)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian
well it gets even funnier. maserati girl and I have a friend in common and he has a maserati too. he is always bragging about his maserati and manages to slip something about his maserati into almost every conversation. funny thing is he as the bargain basement maserati and she has the big daddy maserati which cost twice as much as his with 50% more horse power. you hear is dick shrivel whenever they are together.
she has no idea how to drive the thing.
really tempted to ask him why he did not just buy a cayman.
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 09, 2017 10:36 PM (cPsPa)
Posted by: goon at May 09, 2017 10:36 PM (EaQ6/)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 09, 2017 10:33 PM (JlbSs)
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Agreed. She is looking plastic doll like on TV. Pretty sure the sandblasted down version would disappoint most here.
Posted by: Uber Lyft Driver at May 09, 2017 10:36 PM (Hj4t4)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 09, 2017 10:36 PM (JlbSs)
Posted by: eleven at May 09, 2017 10:36 PM (qUNWi)
Thank you for the kind offer.
Pretty sure I have your email addy at the MoMe account, will send you her Caring Bridge link. Her friends read these and the well wishes to her.
Posted by: ibguy at May 09, 2017 10:36 PM (vUcdz)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor
heh. yeah.
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 09, 2017 10:37 PM (cPsPa)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 09, 2017 10:35 PM (rF0hx)
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Get a slide rule, Pops.
Posted by: bluebell at May 09, 2017 10:37 PM (sBOL1)
It's insane.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor
That's what the pro abortion movement leads to. That's why I've always been anti-abortion. Abortion is a lack of respect for human life.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 09, 2017 10:37 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at May 09, 2017 10:13 PM (Dqci2)
Hey, however you identify is ok with us.
;-)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 09, 2017 10:37 PM (1pZw2)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at May 09, 2017 10:37 PM (IcT7t)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 09, 2017 10:29 PM (cPsPa)
I got my new tahoe today. It's a V-8 with 4wd. I forget the size engine. It's black with tan interior
Posted by: CaliGirl at May 09, 2017 10:38 PM (Ri/rl)
Posted by: lindameh at May 09, 2017 10:39 PM (kufk0)
She's the one I'd most like to look like, but she needs to back off the makeup and quit coloring her hair so darkly. (Now, her hair may be suffering under the lights, and it just looks like she dyes it)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 09, 2017 10:39 PM (JlbSs)
Posted by: Eromero at May 09, 2017 10:39 PM (zLDYs)
just a little thing but I hate cheapo.
Posted by: eleven at May 09, 2017 10:39 PM (qUNWi)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 09, 2017 10:39 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: Vendette at May 09, 2017 10:39 PM (TpTCd)
Japan is not up to their necks in lawyers.
Posted by: fluffy at May 09, 2017 09:55 PM (jw2Xw)
I watched a video earlier today taken in a Walmart where something happened with security or something and it was a long string of goons just running out of the store carrying big screen televisions. It went on for some time.
I mention this because it highlights that this country is chock full of scam artists, criminals, and malcontents. They'll drain any single payer system dry in no time at all and want more.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at May 09, 2017 09:58 PM (4ErVI)
Remember everyone, Obamacare meant that people would no longer use the emergency room as their doctor's office thus taking people out of them and causing the price of insurance to fall.
If you have been to the ER in the last couple of years you know that is a load of BS. ER visits have risen 30% in the last three years, and are expected to keep rising.
One of the hospitals here in town is building an ER only hospital several miles from their main hospital. They said that only 25% of ER patients actually get admitted to the hospital.
So remember when people talk about "healthcare", what they are really talking about is going to the ER when they have a case of hemorrhoids.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at May 09, 2017 10:40 PM (1JnAL)
Seconded! And your FIL has also been in my prayers.
Would you be comfortable disclosing his (first) name?
Understand if not.
Posted by: ibguy at May 09, 2017 10:40 PM (vUcdz)
Agree totally, altho euro abortion laws are extremely strict and it's illegal in Ireland completely.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 09, 2017 10:40 PM (JlbSs)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at May 09, 2017 10:41 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: lindameh at May 09, 2017 10:39 PM (kufk0)
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Bad enough thinking about a guy, huddling in his poncho down there in the tank of a porta potty hopin' to get a peak. But a gal... Just ain't right.
Posted by: Planned Obsolescence at May 09, 2017 10:42 PM (R+30W)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 09, 2017 10:42 PM (R+30W)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at May 09, 2017 10:43 PM (Dqci2)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at May 09, 2017 10:43 PM (IcT7t)
Posted by: eleven at May 09, 2017 10:43 PM (qUNWi)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 09, 2017 10:43 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 09, 2017 10:44 PM (IqV8l)
He goes by Richard, thank you.
Posted by: lindameh at May 09, 2017 10:44 PM (kufk0)
Posted by: goon at May 09, 2017 10:44 PM (EaQ6/)
Posted by: ibguy
Aw, ibguy. Hugs. And will do.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 09, 2017 10:31 PM (+lVUW)
Yes, this.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 09, 2017 10:44 PM (hscyr)
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now I want a good old TI-55.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ Vtg-1977-Texas-Instruments-TI-55-Advanced-Professional-Scientific-Calculator-HH-/ 172668079087?hash=item2833d1cbef:g:~CsAAOSwBt5ZEmug
Posted by: buzzsaw90 at May 09, 2017 10:45 PM (vChNs)
Posted by: lindameh at May 09, 2017 10:39 PM (kufk0)
I did too. Mind blown.
Posted by: CaliGirl at May 09, 2017 10:45 PM (Ri/rl)
Why does Cinnamon have a tattoo of a percentage symbol and two asterisks on her ass???
Posted by: andycanuck at May 09, 2017 10:46 PM (nlbfN)
If he had no income for 3 months, they would be out in the street and in Bankruptcy court. It is total insanity.
Posted by: Uber Lyft Driver at May 09, 2017 10:46 PM (Hj4t4)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 09, 2017 10:46 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 09, 2017 10:43 PM (voOPb)
My Maserati goes 185Please don't mention itBecause it is a bribe
Posted by: Vendette at May 09, 2017 10:46 PM (TpTCd)
Posted by: bluebell at May 09, 2017 09:59 PM
Eventually da truth comes out. You do care about the Yankees. Good on ya, lass! Mebbe now the Cobs will grant your entreaties for the Tom Selleck / Yoko pictorial extravaganza.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 09, 2017 10:47 PM (1pZw2)
Posted by: ibguy at May 09, 2017 10:47 PM (vUcdz)
Posted by: Vendette at May 09, 2017 10:47 PM (TpTCd)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 09, 2017 10:48 PM (JlbSs)
pshaw. I have my hp12c.
HP-15C that I use almost every day, here. Only on its second set of batteries. Bought it in college back about '84.
Also have an HP-48G that I use when I need to do hex stuff. 'Cause I lost my HP-16C years ago. *sniff* *sniff*
Posted by: Anachronda at May 09, 2017 10:48 PM (Oi5b2)
If he had no income for 3 months, they would be out in the street and in Bankruptcy court. It is total insanity.
Posted by: Uber Lyft Driver at May 09, 2017 10:46 PM (Hj4t4)
That's stupid. The only people I know that drive cars like that pay cash, or they lease and get a new car every 18 months. They may have problems but money isn't one of them.
That's really dumb.
Posted by: CaliGirl at May 09, 2017 10:48 PM (Ri/rl)
Posted by: lindameh at May 09, 2017 10:48 PM (kufk0)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at May 09, 2017 10:48 PM (3YxFh)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 09, 2017 10:49 PM (JlbSs)
Posted by: Vendette at May 09, 2017 10:39 PM
Yeaaahhhh. Be real careful with that...
Posted by: Joe Walsh at May 09, 2017 10:49 PM (hscyr)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 09, 2017 10:48 PM (JlbSs)
My mind was blown.
Posted by: CaliGirl at May 09, 2017 10:51 PM (Ri/rl)
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the good news is she has a # sign on her mish
Posted by: buzzsaw90 at May 09, 2017 10:51 PM (vChNs)
Cryin' Chuck Schumer stated recently, "I do not have confidence in him (James Comey) any longer." Then acts so indignant.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2017 10:52 PM (fDdVG)
Posted by: Dancing Queen at May 09, 2017 10:52 PM (+51lA)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at May 09, 2017 10:52 PM (e9G8E)
Posted by: Tickled Pink at May 09, 2017 10:52 PM (smD62)
And the Horde didn't jump on this?
Makes me wonder what's going on.
No word if the Judge's name is Ballbreaker.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 09, 2017 10:53 PM (wrO39)
I picked a bad week to quit sniffing glue!!!
Posted by: Lloyd Bridges at May 09, 2017 10:53 PM (V2Yro)
Posted by: Soothsayer -- That's class! at May 09, 2017 10:54 PM (cPF+x)
Posted by: Soothsayer -- That's class! at May 09, 2017 10:54 PM (cPF+x)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 09, 2017 10:55 PM (JlbSs)
Posted by: josephistan at May 09, 2017 10:55 PM (ANIFC)
Posted by: Con Reeder at May 09, 2017 10:55 PM (ASHAy)
Posted by: mark1971 at May 09, 2017 10:55 PM (xPl2J)
Posted by: eleven at May 09, 2017 10:55 PM (qUNWi)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at May 09, 2017 10:40 PM
Steam roller ...
Talkin' 'bout your hemorroids, mama
Posted by: Mothers of Invention at May 09, 2017 10:56 PM (1pZw2)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor
Yeah, IIRC most European countries don't allow any abortion after 20 weeks.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 09, 2017 10:57 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at May 09, 2017 10:57 PM (KP5rU)
Cryin' Chuck Schumer stated recently, "I do not have confidence in him (James Comey) any longer." Then acts so indignant.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2017 10:52 PM (fDdVG)
Just for shits and giggles, Trump's next tweet should state that, "Certain former government employees passports are being suspended buy State Dept"
Posted by: Burnt Toast at May 09, 2017 10:57 PM (P/kVC)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 09, 2017 10:35 PM (rF0hx)
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Get a slide rule, Pops.
Posted by: bluebell
Dad gave me a pocket circular slide rule when I was in Jr High and said "go figure it out". I did and in 10th grade, he gave me a nicer slip-stick. By then I understood how they worked pretty good. Christmas 11th grade he gave me a TI-52. High School would not let me use it on tests, but slide rules were allowed, but only I and two other guys knew had one and how to use them. This was 1975.
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at May 09, 2017 10:58 PM (di1hb)
Thor's father died of it, as well. Long ago, I never met him, but I hate seeing the word, too.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 09, 2017 10:58 PM (JlbSs)
Incidentally, BTH once told me it should've happened to me, if anyone. I laughed; it was a good zinger. I'm not exactly Ron Swanson, although I do endorse his nutritional advice.
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at May 09, 2017 10:59 PM (3YxFh)
And the Horde didn't jump on this?
Makes me wonder what's going on.
No word if the Judge's name is Ballbreaker.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 09, 2017 10:53 PM (wrO39)
++++
Not has to show. Is requesting to show. He is accused of killing a woman by strangulation. He claims she was giving him a BJ and choked to death on it. He wants to show the jury his dick to prove: hey, it coulda happened that way.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 09, 2017 10:59 PM (R+30W)
Posted by: lindameh at May 09, 2017 10:39 PM (kufk0)
What's the poster's name that came to the MoMee from Colorado Springs? I only remember her real name.
Posted by: Country Boy at May 09, 2017 11:00 PM (D2vc1)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at May 09, 2017 11:00 PM (e9G8E)
Posted by: Jen the original at May 09, 2017 11:00 PM (bJ+bK)
Strictly for serious health issues of the mother and two physicians have to sign off on it.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 09, 2017 11:01 PM (JlbSs)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 09, 2017 11:01 PM (voOPb)
I forget. She said she was just a lurker so I'm not sure if she actually had one....
Posted by: lindameh at May 09, 2017 11:01 PM (kufk0)
And the Horde didn't jump on this?
Makes me wonder what's going on.
No word if the Judge's name is Ballbreaker.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 09, 2017 10:53 PM (wrO39)
++++
Not has to show. Is requesting to show. He is accused of killing a woman by strangulation. He claims she was giving him a BJ and choked to death on it. He wants to show the jury his dick to prove: hey, it coulda happened that way.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 09, 2017 10:59 PM (R+30W)
*******
So....if the dick don't fit, you must acquit?
Posted by: Diogenes at May 09, 2017 11:01 PM (wrO39)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at May 09, 2017 11:02 PM (e9G8E)
And the Horde didn't jump on this?
Makes me wonder what's going on.
No word if the Judge's name is Ballbreaker.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 09, 2017 10:53 PM (wrO39)
A real life "Welcome Home Brother Charles"?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073735/
Posted by: josephistan at May 09, 2017 11:02 PM (ANIFC)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 09, 2017 11:02 PM (JlbSs)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at May 09, 2017 11:02 PM (e9G8E)
Posted by: an indifferent penguin at May 09, 2017 11:03 PM (nHbAq)
Posted by: lindameh at May 09, 2017 11:03 PM (kufk0)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2017 10:52 PM (fDdVG)
Beautiful.
Ya know, I wonder how many times it turned out over the years Trump had to bite his tongue around some of these politicians, especially the New York ones. Methinks a lot. Perhaps he was just playing along a bit after all.
Posted by: Country Boy at May 09, 2017 11:04 PM (D2vc1)
I know Little Jimmie Dickens whooped somebody's ass, I'm thinking it was Webb Pierce. It's impressive cuz Dickens was damn near a midget.
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at May 09, 2017 11:04 PM (oAY8z)
"TI graphing calculators? I pre-dated them a bit. My first calc was a
National Semi RPN job that returned 4.9999999 as the square root of 25.
The HP-41C was all the rage when I was in college."
My first was also a national Semiconductor RPN model 4615. It was programmable to a certain extent. Not as extensive or extensible as the HPs.
Posted by: geoffb5 at May 09, 2017 11:04 PM (d3wbb)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 09, 2017 11:01 PM (JlbSs)
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Exactly. Our Loony Left loves European HealthCare until this is brought up.
Posted by: Uber Lyft Driver at May 09, 2017 11:04 PM (Hj4t4)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at May 09, 2017 11:05 PM (e9G8E)
Posted by: Vendette at May 09, 2017 11:05 PM (TpTCd)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at May 09, 2017 11:06 PM (3YxFh)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/861983903694848000
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/861984108746067968
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/861984286483894273
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/861984400300544000
Posted by: kbdabear at May 09, 2017 11:06 PM (AOrEZ)
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at May 09, 2017 10:58 PM (di1hb)
I love slide rules, and have a pocket circular slide rule to this day. If you can't use a slide rule, you're computationally illiterate, IMO, because to use one you have to be able to rough out a calculation mentally to make sure you're using the right scale.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 09, 2017 11:06 PM (SRKgf)
Posted by: Sam Cooke at May 09, 2017 11:07 PM (ANIFC)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/861984605922111488
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/861984722762813442
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/861984881944997888
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/861984985963790337
Posted by: kbdabear at May 09, 2017 11:07 PM (AOrEZ)
I have been looking for your update as you mentioned something the other day. Prayers for Joyce, and you all, continue. I wish her much joy and peace. It is good to hear that she is getting out with friends and she is cognitively functional. All pluses. Very tough stuff, but we are here for you. And if there is anything that we can do let us know. Read that she is on Caring Bridge. That has brought so much to so many people. God's grace and blessings for Joyce and all of you who love her.
Posted by: gracepc at May 09, 2017 11:07 PM (OU4q6)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 09, 2017 11:02 PM (JlbSs)
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Yes. My understanding is that genetic testing can catch it within 30-45 days.
Posted by: Uber Lyft Driver at May 09, 2017 11:07 PM (Hj4t4)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/861985170920009729
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/861985290260492288
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/861985409240313856
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/861985505658929152
Posted by: kbdabear at May 09, 2017 11:08 PM (AOrEZ)
Posted by: gNewt at May 09, 2017 11:08 PM (YT5Rb)
Posted by: Sam Cooke at May 09, 2017 11:07 PM (ANIFC)
It's to help you take the trash with you on your way out.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 09, 2017 11:09 PM (SRKgf)
So sorry to hear about Joyce. I've been looking for an uldate from you, I'm so glad that she is well enough to get out. Glios brain tumors are horrific.
I've been looking into alternatives in case my sister Lisa has a recurrance. You may want to do a search for "the greece test" - an innovative cancer test that isolates your specific cancer cells and tests treatments against them, and also the cancer tudor site. The greece test and a clinic that does high dose vitamin c and other treatments in Atlanta has kept a friend's friend with a grade four glio going for five years now.
There is always hope, and treatments to aid in maintaining good quality of life for as long as possible. Prayers for you and yours. Hang in there!
Posted by: Just wondering at May 09, 2017 11:09 PM (WBYpW)
Excellent move Mr. President. Bye Bye Comey.
Posted by: gracepc at May 09, 2017 11:09 PM (OU4q6)
Posted by: keena at May 09, 2017 11:09 PM (RiTnx)
They will rave about their "free" healthcare in the same breath they talk about how quickly they get care at the private hospitals they pay for with the private insurance they all carry if they have any money at all.
And I hate to be the cold-hearted bitch who goes there, but I notice Michael Buble and his foreign born wife are having their precious sweet baby's cancer treated here, in the good ol US of A, with out hideous health care and all...not at a Canadian or some shit hole Argentinian hospital. (I have no idea if the hospitals are shit holes there or not)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 09, 2017 11:10 PM (JlbSs)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 09, 2017 10:59 PM (R+30W)
If he does, and gets acquitted, that's some serious bragging rights.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 09, 2017 11:10 PM (SRKgf)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 09, 2017 11:11 PM (JlbSs)
Posted by: Rush at May 09, 2017 11:12 PM (YT5Rb)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at May 09, 2017 10:52 PM (e9G8E)
GIMME GIMME GIMME!!!!!
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 09, 2017 11:12 PM (hscyr)
Posted by: Soothsayer -- That's class! at May 09, 2017 10:54 PM (cPF+x)/i]
Ahem.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 09, 2017 11:12 PM (SRKgf)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 09, 2017 11:13 PM (SRKgf)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 09, 2017 10:59 PM (R+30W)
If he does, and gets acquitted, that's some serious bragging rights.
-
Of course, he'll have to register his dick as a deadly weapon.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and You're Not at May 09, 2017 11:14 PM (Nwg0u)
My first
was also a national Semiconductor RPN model 4615. It was programmable
to a certain extent. Not as extensive or extensible as the HPs.
Nonsense. http://tinyurl.com/ldkdus2
Posted by: Anachronda at May 09, 2017 11:14 PM (Oi5b2)
Ditto!
I don't even completely know how to feel about the Comey thing, because I lost track of all of it during the campaign; in fact I realize now that I have seen his picture that I have been mistaking him for Clapper.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 09, 2017 11:14 PM (JlbSs)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at May 09, 2017 11:15 PM (e9G8E)
If the sun doesn't get a bad case of measles, we gonna freeze our asses off. Time to buy natural gas delivery for 2032.
Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at May 09, 2017 11:16 PM (e1mEI)
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170315-the-invention-of-heterosexuality
Posted by: The Political Hat at May 09, 2017 11:16 PM (vBeA5)
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To be relevant, he'll have to show it to the jury when it's angry.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and You're Not at May 09, 2017 11:16 PM (Nwg0u)
at least she doesn't have a grocer's apostrophe.
Posted by: Anachronda at May 09, 2017 11:16 PM (Oi5b2)
https://youtu.be/3cFd9eLqaTU
Rewatching it now. Pretty good movie. I watched it years ago. I'm surprised the whole thing is on youtube.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 09, 2017 11:17 PM (R+30W)
Posted by: Origional Jake at May 09, 2017 11:18 PM (9lQaj)
Posted by: Origional Jake at May 09, 2017 11:18 PM (9lQaj)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 09, 2017 11:18 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at May 09, 2017 11:19 PM (e9G8E)
I've got a pair of Pigalle 120s and they are strictly for waving around in bed. Shit hurts too much to walk in!
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 09, 2017 11:19 PM (JlbSs)
now I want a good old TI-55.
My first calculator was a RadioShack branded TI-57. Loved that thing to death. Literally. In the middle of an accounting test.
Posted by: Anachronda at May 09, 2017 11:19 PM (Oi5b2)
American travel to Cuba initially was high when relations opened up. However, travel is down. The ONT wonders why?
__
Well, they still have the cheap underage hookers so...that's a plus.
Posted by: The Americans still going to Cuba at May 09, 2017 11:19 PM (aZq03)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReIs-HeMnVs
Search him he is a great comedian also.
Posted by: Minnesotan at May 09, 2017 11:19 PM (Fz5yy)
A couple months ago when I was mainlining politics 16 hours a day, one of my daily stops was Hot Air, but I haven't been there in many, many months. Someone here said the nevertrumpers were the most livid about Comey so I decided to stop by and check out the scene. Great Googly Moogly. What an unrecognizable dumpster fire they have become. They write:
Here we go... Trump fired Comey to undercut the Russia investigation.
Then proceed to promote tweets by the following people:
Ron Wyden
David Axelrod
Evan McMullin
Chuck Schumer (!!!)
Bill DeBlasio
Adam Schiff
JFC, what the hell happened to them??? R.I.P. Hot Air
Posted by: Nathan R. Jessup at May 09, 2017 11:20 PM (6sBpp)
Posted by: Soothsayer -- That's class! at May 09, 2017 10:54 PM (cPF+x)/i]
Ahem.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 09, 2017 11:12 PM (SRKgf)
*raises hand*
Posted by: The Scientific Hat at May 09, 2017 11:20 PM (vBeA5)
That said, there are raspberry pi type devices that run under $10 that could be hooked up to 20-30 worth of electronics to do everything that a TI-85 can do, but better and more cheaply. Something will eventually come of this. But probably not for 10+ years. Teachers tend to be very conservative about how they teach. And really, only about that, and only in the sense that they hate change with the kind of burning passion that would usually involve a large dose of penicillin to cure.
Posted by: DaveM at May 09, 2017 11:20 PM (FNtbC)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 09, 2017 11:10 PM (JlbSs)
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From what I understand of Canada's health care, they are great with basic to mid range care, but once you get into cutting edge expensive care, you hit the Admin. wall.
I've always liked Buble for the panty removing effect his music has had.
If he is a Dbag who touts Socialized Hcare while going around it, I am done with him.
Posted by: Uber Lyft Driver at May 09, 2017 11:20 PM (Hj4t4)
An old friend called me out of the blue and told me she has been using accupuncture for her depression, and actually improved to the point that she was able to get off her depression meds completely two years ago after some 30 years of pretty serious problems. She says she is the happiest and healthiest she has ever been. She goes for accupuncture treatments about twice a month and highly recommends it, and also essential theraputic grade oils. Please consider these treatments if you are having trouble shaking depression. I hope this can help someone. Blessings to the Horde.
Posted by: Just wondering at May 09, 2017 11:21 PM (WBYpW)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 09, 2017 11:19 PM (
Pics pics!!!
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 09, 2017 11:22 PM (hscyr)
Posted by: DaveM at May 09, 2017 11:22 PM (FNtbC)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 09, 2017 11:19 PM (JlbSs)
Go on.
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at May 09, 2017 11:23 PM (e9G8E)
Posted by: Vendette
well, hers does, his not quite.
really want to point out to him that if their cars were having sex hers would be behind his. however, that would be mean so I won't, unless I am really drunk.
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 09, 2017 11:23 PM (cPsPa)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 09, 2017 11:06 PM
When I am king of the planet, everyone will use slide rules in school for two years. NOT because I want them exposed to old technology, but to learn and appreciate significant digits and the precision of the data they're using.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 09, 2017 11:23 PM (DMUuz)
Posted by: josephistan at May 09, 2017 11:23 PM (ANIFC)
TI-30. To this day I know pi to seven digits because it would come up so often in trig class.
Posted by: t-bird at May 09, 2017 11:23 PM (9Q5BJ)
..............
This is the ONT(in that deep announcer voice)
Posted by: Origional Jake at May 09, 2017 11:24 PM (9lQaj)
Posted by: josephistan at May 09, 2017 11:24 PM (ANIFC)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor
have heard tale of those Pigalle 120s.
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 09, 2017 11:24 PM (cPsPa)
Ron Wyden
David Axelrod
Evan McMullin
Chuck Schumer (!!!)
Bill DeBlasio
Adam Schiff
--------
5 assholes & 1 dumb fucking asshole
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 09, 2017 11:24 PM (voOPb)
so, friend of mine bought a maserati several days ago. when I went over
to see her new car I asked her, what engine did you get? she said "I
don't know." pretty much all she knows about the car is the color.
Had this conversation several years ago:
Me: That your Maserati?
Friend: Yep.
Me: I hear they have a reputation of being hangar queens.
Friend: I'm a mechanical engineer. I like 'em like that.
Posted by: Anachronda at May 09, 2017 11:25 PM (Oi5b2)
..............
This is the ONT(in that deep announcer voice)
Posted by: Origional Jake
no, this is the way the ont is supposed to be.
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 09, 2017 11:25 PM (cPsPa)
And I need four digits all the time, so a slide rule would be inconvenient.
Posted by: t-bird at May 09, 2017 11:26 PM (29QcC)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 09, 2017 11:23 PM (DMUuz)
My man.
Also, though, the necessity of roughing out a calculation to make sure you didn't use the C scale when you should've used the CI scale, or vice versa.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 09, 2017 11:26 PM (SRKgf)
Posted by: Origional Jake at May 09, 2017 11:26 PM (eBGid)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at May 09, 2017 11:27 PM (e9G8E)
Posted by: t-bird at May 09, 2017 11:26 PM (29QcC)/i]
My reaction? If you need four significant digits all the time, what you're doing isn't all that significant.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 09, 2017 11:27 PM (SRKgf)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 09, 2017 11:28 PM (SRKgf)
I'm a machinist.
Posted by: t-bird at May 09, 2017 11:28 PM (29QcC)
I honestly don't know if he ever said a word about our health care system before the baby got sick, sorry that I made it sound that way! It's just that most furriners do make snotty remarks about it, but carry their sick asses right over here when they need serious help.
He seems like a lovely person, although his music isn't my style.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 09, 2017 11:28 PM (JlbSs)
Posted by: The Americans still going to Cuba at May 09, 2017 11:19 PM (aZq03)
Had an uncle who did that for years back in the 90's for exactly that. Go to Cuba couple times a year despite the ban on Americans.
Even had an apartment. He'd call his landlady a couple weeks before he got there, and it would be all ready for him and his young'uns.
He lives in Thailand now.
Posted by: Country Boy at May 09, 2017 11:28 PM (D2vc1)
Me: That your Maserati?
Friend: Yep.
Me: I hear they have a reputation of being hangar queens.
Friend: I'm a mechanical engineer. I like 'em like that.
Posted by: Anachronda at May
heh.
his is always getting towed in on the back or a wrecker. his back up car is a jag. may have mentioned it before.
seems like maseratis are not so much for driving as they are for parking in the garage and waving you Pigalle 120s around in.
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 09, 2017 11:28 PM (cPsPa)
I may never stop laughing.
Winning status: Still
Tired status: Not even a little bit
Posted by: Dancing Queen at May 09, 2017 11:29 PM (+51lA)
Posted by: Eromero at May 09, 2017 11:30 PM (zLDYs)
https://youtu.be/OAfkyvyACXU
A little shiver. Probably the last time he used leitmotifs so heavily and so well.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at May 09, 2017 11:32 PM (VdICR)
..............
no, this is the way the ont is supposed to be.
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 09, 2017 11:25 PM (cPsPa)
Ahhh, the good old days. Now get off my lawn or I'll try to stomp you with my secret store $10 5" platform pumps, and then I'll fall & break my ankle cause I wobble in the fuckers & it'll be all your fault.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 09, 2017 11:33 PM (hscyr)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at May 09, 2017 11:34 PM (WTSFk)
Posted by: Mary Clogginstien from Brattleboro, VT at May 09, 2017 11:35 PM (WmgTn)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 09, 2017 11:28 PM (cPsPa)
Bwaahhh, super reliable backup there.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 09, 2017 11:36 PM (hscyr)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy
that is a good way to wind up getting a thorough spanking with a broken ankle.
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 09, 2017 11:37 PM (cPsPa)
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington, DC
May 10, 2017
Dear Mx. Comey,
FBI HR has scheduled your exit interview in Room 1853 on May 18, 2017 at 10:30 AM. This interview will help us in our ongoing program to improve employment conditions in the FBI and reduce occurrences of involuntary separation.
Sincerely,
Eleanor Morris-Stanley III
Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at May 09, 2017 11:37 PM (e1mEI)
Posted by: Aetius451AD's work phone at May 09, 2017 11:37 PM (SfJSp)
Not
too handy to carry around like the little aluminum slide rule with
magnifier my dad gave me when I was a teen. Electronic calculators
however were a miracle device when they arrived. And now they are
disposable since everyone's phone has a calc app.
Posted by: geoffb5 at May 09, 2017 11:38 PM (d3wbb)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 09, 2017 11:37 PM (cPsPa)
Now why did that make me think of vegas? Update, mr planner man.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 09, 2017 11:39 PM (hscyr)
Posted by: Aetius451AD's work phone at May 09, 2017 11:39 PM (SfJSp)
Now, if you young whippersnappers would kindly get off of my lawn....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at May 09, 2017 11:40 PM (Ss6r7)
Posted by: josephistan at May 09, 2017 11:40 PM (ANIFC)
I lent it to a friend, who over a couple of weeks programmed a Mars landing simulation. You started in a semi-random elliptical orbit, had to circularize it, and then pilot it down to a non-crash landing.
He gave it to me, and through pretty much total luck, landed perfectly. I handed it back with a blasé look, he was flabbergasted; I didn't fess up. I still feel a little bad.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 09, 2017 11:41 PM (DMUuz)
Posted by: stonecutter at May 09, 2017 11:42 PM (Np4VM)
Posted by: josephistan at May 09, 2017 11:40 PM (ANIFC)
To at least 2 digits. Very few rounding errors.
Posted by: Aetius451AD's work phone at May 09, 2017 11:42 PM (SfJSp)
Even had an apartment. He'd call his landlady a couple weeks before he got there, and it would be all ready for him and his young'uns.
He lives in Thailand now.
So he switched over to boys then?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 09, 2017 11:42 PM (JZdsf)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2017 11:42 PM (+QhzW)
And in case you didn't think Soros has about a billion sockpuppets spinning, brigading and ruining Reddit, here is the front page right now:
#1 Grand jury subpoenas issued in FBI's Russia investigation
#2 CNN exclusive: Grand jury subpoenas issued in FBI's Russia investigation
R.I.P. Reddit
Posted by: Nathan R. Jessup at May 09, 2017 11:42 PM (6sBpp)
Posted by: Origional Jake at May 09, 2017 11:42 PM (eBGid)
Posted by: Aetius451AD's work phone at May 09, 2017 11:37 PM
You don't have to leaf, unless you're the defendant in the trial.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 09, 2017 11:43 PM (DMUuz)
Posted by: Thailand at May 09, 2017 11:43 PM (k8DTS)
Posted by: Uber Lyft Driver at May 09, 2017 11:44 PM (Hj4t4)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and You're Not at May 09, 2017 11:44 PM (Nwg0u)
You look at a smart phone harshly, and the screen shatters.
Posted by: Kristophr at May 09, 2017 10:22 PM (Vkf+s)
HP used to run ads in Scuentific American featuring first person stories about guys losing their calculators on construction and mining sites, coming back to dig their calculators out of a big Cat dump truck's tire track, hitting "On" and having it work. I think there was even one where the owner reconnected the parts a calculator had broken into, and it worked.
Posted by: Fox2! at May 09, 2017 11:44 PM (1aY8K)
387 I used a TI-30 through 4 years of engineering classes. And punch cards for computer programming exercises.
Now, if you young whippersnappers would kindly get off of my lawn....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at May 09, 2017 11:40 PM (Ss6r7)
Obligatory mention of paper tape punched full of holes. Boo-boo typing entry did not involve a new card but a new tape.
I tilled my moss ridden lawn so stomp to your hearts content.
Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at May 09, 2017 11:45 PM (e1mEI)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at May 09, 2017 11:45 PM (6gk0M)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 09, 2017 11:45 PM (JZdsf)
Posted by: t-bird at May 09, 2017 11:45 PM (HwVbl)
Posted by: redc1c4 at May 09, 2017 11:45 PM (8WVNP)
Posted by: Aetius451AD's work phone at May 09, 2017 11:45 PM (SfJSp)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and You're Not at May 09, 2017 11:45 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at May 09, 2017 11:45 PM (6gk0M)
Posted by: josephistan at May 09, 2017 11:46 PM (ANIFC)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at May 09, 2017 11:46 PM (6gk0M)
Posted by: L, Elle at May 09, 2017 11:46 PM (Rsi2C)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 09, 2017 11:46 PM (JZdsf)
Posted by: t-bird at May 09, 2017 11:46 PM (HwVbl)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at May 09, 2017 11:46 PM (6gk0M)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at May 09, 2017 11:48 PM (6gk0M)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at May 09, 2017 11:48 PM (e9G8E)
that an episode of Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives was filmed there.
Somehow a part of me thinks that there are fans of the show who visited
as a result and were very disappointed.
Posted by: Vendette at May 09, 2017 10:06 PM (TpTCd)
I am a fan of the show...I eat vicariously through it and Guy seems like an OK guy except for this Cuba thing...but there's no way I'd think that that Cuba would be a good place for vacation because, well, history. The more you know.....
Posted by: NC Ref at May 09, 2017 11:49 PM (SpeiC)
Comrade Comey refused to leave, so Trump packed his desk for him. One skull on the metaphorical spike to go alongside Yates. The decimation needs to continue.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 09, 2017 11:50 PM (Mz29H)
How does Pablo Escobar's private island sound then?
Posted by: Ja Rule at May 09, 2017 11:50 PM (JZdsf)
Posted by: cm9000 at May 09, 2017 11:50 PM (C06tc)
Posted by: Anyone born after 2020 at May 09, 2017 11:50 PM (ZO497)
Posted by: CMU VET at May 09, 2017 11:50 PM (C+wjz)
If you're still here, drop me a line at swohmome @ mail.com
(Delete spaces) for her CB link.
Posted by: ibguy at May 09, 2017 11:51 PM (vUcdz)
Tell AtC I saw the first tarantula of the season today. One of my dogs (the curious Chihuahua) was very interested, until it literally kicked her in the nose with its left rear leg. I figured AtC might appreciate it's 'attitude'.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 09, 2017 11:51 PM (DMUuz)
If Trump would have set Comey on fire, that would have been careless.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 09, 2017 11:52 PM (JZdsf)
Be sure not to lick the walls.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 09, 2017 11:53 PM (JZdsf)
But very entertaining to see who would run to put Comey out.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 09, 2017 11:54 PM (Mz29H)
*****
You can look for your close tag while you're in the Barrel, Mr. Thrax. Seeya tomorrow!
Posted by: L, Elle at May 09, 2017 11:54 PM (Rsi2C)
He probably would have done fine in in any decent administration. Another victim of the Clintons, however vicariously.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 09, 2017 11:54 PM (ZO497)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 09, 2017 11:52 PM (
Not if he brought marshmallows.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 09, 2017 11:54 PM (hscyr)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 09, 2017 11:56 PM (Mz29H)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at May 09, 2017 11:57 PM (e9G8E)
https://twitter.com/TheAnonnMessage/status
/862155831000870912
Posted by: Thrawn at May 09, 2017 11:59 PM (E/ibL)
Posted by: Uber Lyft Driver. / at May 09, 2017 11:59 PM (Hj4t4)
Posted by: Anna Puma
--------------
I'm absorbing it by osmosis. Soon, I will be able to cite specific details about, oh, the Bristol Hercules engines.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 09, 2017 11:59 PM (ZO497)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero)
And they weren't even interesting!!!
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....unfrozen caveman moron at May 09, 2017 11:59 PM (S6Pax)
Posted by: cm9000 at May 10, 2017 12:02 AM (C06tc)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 10, 2017 12:02 AM (ZO497)
Anyway, with your newly acquired osmotic memories can you identify what plane that guy in the top picture is whittling?*
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 10, 2017 12:03 AM (Bh/UK)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
I've primarily used HP with RPN for about 35 years. Every operation always uses fewer keystrokes than algebraic calculators.
I think the algebraic (TI, etc) are the unnatural ones. And they are generally more cheaply made than HP calculators.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....unfrozen caveman moron at May 10, 2017 12:04 AM (S6Pax)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at May 10, 2017 12:04 AM (e9G8E)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at May 10, 2017 12:05 AM (KP5rU)
*covah
Posted by: Anna
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I'm clueless. Light bomber with at least two guns in the nose, possibly four.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 10, 2017 12:08 AM (ZO497)
Posted by: Jean at May 10, 2017 12:09 AM (LnUJw)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess Hurlingbone (T) at May 10, 2017 12:09 AM (tHwdc)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 10, 2017 12:11 AM (Bh/UK)
Posted by: Jean at May 10, 2017 12:09 AM (LnUJw)
There's no "is" in RPN.
That's why it feels so fucked up.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at May 10, 2017 12:12 AM (zc3Db)
Finance final is complete. It was... meh. I'm done with the sequence, which is all that matters. My last final is next Monday, so I actually get tomorrow off to do crap that needs doing.
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at May 10, 2017 12:12 AM (Tnhbr)
Posted by: cm9000 at May 10, 2017 12:02 AM (C06tc)
Bubba. "But It's Good Government When We Do It--It's a Coup When You Do It!"
Posted by: The Gipper Lives at May 10, 2017 12:14 AM (Ndje9)
I think the algebraic (TI, etc) are the unnatural ones. And they are generally more cheaply made than HP calculators.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative
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Promoters of the unnatural always say that.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 10, 2017 12:14 AM (ZO497)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at May 10, 2017 12:15 AM (6gk0M)
--
Monday was a bad day for me. I kind of screwed up a bit at work, and five other people did not catch a typo that was a problem. I'm still beating myself up about that.
However... today I am using skills taught to me by a former boss to make one of their competitors look good. So... life is better.
/unless my boss, who is traveling today has canned me and just didn't tell me yet.
Posted by: shibumi at May 10, 2017 12:16 AM (8zWAk)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at May 10, 2017 12:16 AM (e9G8E)
https://youtu.be/gCcx85zbxz4
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 10, 2017 12:20 AM (Bh/UK)
I left a nice review for you on Amazon. Hope it helps.
Posted by: JTB at May 10, 2017 12:21 AM (V+03K)
Do I have to 'splain evaryting?
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at May 10, 2017 12:22 AM (v5iqM)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 10, 2017 12:23 AM (Bh/UK)
So... what are you bastards talking about tonight?
*waves*
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at May 10, 2017 12:15 AM (6gk0M)
Talking about Life being Beautiful!
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess Hurlingbone (T) at May 10, 2017 12:24 AM (tHwdc)
http://astore.amazon.com/aoshq-20/detail/B071NQQMPK
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 10, 2017 12:24 AM (Bh/UK)
Jim
-------------
I thought my 'I'm clueless' answer was more elegant.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 10, 2017 12:25 AM (ZO497)
-Posted by: Miley, the Duchess Hurlingbone (T) at May 10, 2017 12:24 AM (tHwdc)
It makes its own gravy at times, doesn't it?
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at May 10, 2017 12:26 AM (6gk0M)
Doh!
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 10, 2017 12:23 AM (Bh/UK)
...saves this comment to the Eternal Archives.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at May 10, 2017 12:26 AM (v5iqM)
But Trump is the Nixonian one. Right.
Posted by: The Gipper Lives at May 10, 2017 12:26 AM (Ndje9)
former boss to make one of their competitors look good. So... life is
better.
/unless my boss, who is traveling today has canned me and just didn't tell me yet.
Posted by: shibumi at May 10, 2017 12:16 AM (8zWAk)
We won't think about being canned today, Shibumi - Life is beautiful!
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess Hurlingbone (T) at May 10, 2017 12:26 AM (tHwdc)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at May 10, 2017 12:26 AM (e9G8E)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 10, 2017 12:26 AM (TwwWO)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 10, 2017 12:27 AM (Bh/UK)
Posted by: Yoda at May 10, 2017 12:28 AM (IqV8l)
Posted by: redc1c4 at May 10, 2017 12:28 AM (8WVNP)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy
we are assembling the planning committee. I will send you an update. we are giving people until week end to get in and on the committee.
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 10, 2017 12:28 AM (cPsPa)
Posted by: Stringer Davis at May 10, 2017 12:29 AM (H5rtT)
Marching in miniskirts.
https://youtu.be/W7cOmm2dsPs
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 10, 2017 12:29 AM (TwwWO)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 10, 2017 12:29 AM (cPsPa)
--
I think that he's simply traveling today, and didn't get back to me.
This was--I hope-- a minor thing, and it included a bit of a screw up on his end too.
On the positive side, Trump canned Comey. Not as a good as Hillary in Prison Orange, but we're getting there.
Posted by: shibumi at May 10, 2017 12:29 AM (8zWAk)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 10, 2017 12:29 AM (cPsPa)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki
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Okay, there's a certain logic there that's difficult to argue against.
At least we're all agreed that it's one of ours, and we can hold the AA fire.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 10, 2017 12:29 AM (ZO497)
And re RPN. It is simplicity itself to write a routine to parse a RPN input string. Ie write a command such as
"calc" that does something like
"calc 1 2 3 * + "
which returns 1 + 2*3 . You just do a stack, pushing operands on it, and popping them off when you encounter an operator character.
Much harder is parsing normal notation. I did it. Well I did something that seemed to work. I'm sure there were bugs in it that would've been exposed with enough input that went down some more complex path than I'd ever tested.
Posted by: publius(not Breitbart publius) at May 10, 2017 12:29 AM (8O3HH)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess Hurlingbone (T) at May 10, 2017 12:24 AM (tHwdc)
I think somebody got laid.
You have a job? I thought you were unemployed. Sorry if I missed that part.
Posted by: Country Boy at May 10, 2017 12:29 AM (Jcg9Q)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 10, 2017 12:30 AM (cPsPa)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at May 10, 2017 12:30 AM (6gk0M)
-Posted by: Miley, the Duchess Hurlingbone (T) at May 10, 2017 12:24 AM (tHwdc)
It makes its own gravy at times, doesn't it?
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at May 10, 2017 12:26 AM (6gk0M)
Amen, and to the gravy that comes by itself!
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess Hurlingbone (T) at May 10, 2017 12:31 AM (tHwdc)
I saw her--I believe it was a cow--just in time to take slight evasive action. If she had been standing another two feet over I might just be ex-Northern Lurker.
That was interesting. I wonder if my dash cam captured. it.
Posted by: Northernlurker, Phillips screwdriver of the gods at May 10, 2017 12:31 AM (nBr1j)
I know you're a citizen of Peruvia, and probably identify as an ethnic Kekistani, but if memory serves, you've got some pinoy in your background, no?
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 10, 2017 12:32 AM (TwwWO)
Posted by: geoffb5 at May 10, 2017 12:33 AM (d3wbb)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 10, 2017 12:33 AM (Bh/UK)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 10, 2017 12:33 AM (TwwWO)
Talking about Life being Beautiful!
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess Hurlingbone (T) at May 10, 2017 12:24 AM (tHwdc)
I think somebody got laid.
You have a job? I thought you were unemployed. Sorry if I missed that part.
Posted by: Country Boy at May 10, 2017 12:29 AM (Jcg9Q)
LOL! I wish!!
Yes, just began a new contract, should be good until September at least.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess Hurlingbone (T) at May 10, 2017 12:33 AM (tHwdc)
Is that what the kids are calling it these days?
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 10, 2017 12:34 AM (hscyr)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 10, 2017 12:11 AM (Bh/UK)
You're slipping. I thought you'd be able to name the subvariant.
Posted by: rickl at May 10, 2017 12:35 AM (sdi6R)
-Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 10, 2017 12:34 AM (hscyr)
*HAH!*
No... that's what Letterman used to say about New York when it rained.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at May 10, 2017 12:35 AM (6gk0M)
*smirks*
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 10, 2017 12:33 AM (TwwWO)
Aha, it wasn't just me!
Night Y5
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 10, 2017 12:36 AM (hscyr)
I saw her--I believe it was a cow--just in time to take slight evasive action. If she had been standing another two feet over I might just be ex-Northern Lurker.
That was interesting. I wonder if my dash cam captured. it.
Posted by: Northernlurker, Phillips screwdriver of the gods at May 10, 2017 12:31 AM (nBr1j)
Nothing like the mind clearing effect of that sudden adrenaline dump to help you focus. I did a similar thing last night with a guy wearing black or dark blue pants and a dark green jacket with the hood up on a dark and rainy night. Was he walking on the shoulder? what fun would that be? He's two feet into the lane, and though I was going slow enough to see him in time, he must have heard me swearing as I drove by. SOB scared the crap outta me.
Posted by: Bilwis, Devourer of Gluten Free Souls at May 10, 2017 12:37 AM (a3sfz)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at May 10, 2017 12:38 AM (6gk0M)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 10, 2017 12:38 AM (Bh/UK)
Nothing like the mind clearing effect of that sudden adrenaline dump to help you focus. I did a similar thing last night with a guy wearing black or dark blue pants and a dark green jacket with the hood up on a dark and rainy night. Was he walking on the shoulder? what fun would that be? He's two feet into the lane, and though I was going slow enough to see him in time, he must have heard me swearing as I drove by. SOB scared the crap outta me.
Posted by: Bilwis, Devourer of Gluten Free Souls at May 10, 2017 12:37 AM (a3sfz)
Certainly woke me up--better than caffeine.
Posted by: Northernlurker, Phillips screwdriver of the gods at May 10, 2017 12:38 AM (nBr1j)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 10, 2017 12:39 AM (TwwWO)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at May 10, 2017 12:39 AM (6gk0M)
Miley, it's great to read your happy words. this morning I was very down, but nature is beautiful, and the sun was out. I went to work, then saw Comey was fired. I'm heartened that the right things CAN happen;
and it's my mom's birthday!
Posted by: booknlass at May 10, 2017 12:39 AM (8mO0Q)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 10, 2017 12:39 AM (hscyr)
Got some writing to do. Tanya has gotten a dreaded letter from the IRS.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 10, 2017 12:40 AM (Bh/UK)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 10, 2017 12:33 AM (Bh/UK)
No, not Lena, not homely enough. Not Bullwinkle either because no antlers.
Posted by: Northernlurker, Phillips screwdriver of the gods at May 10, 2017 12:40 AM (nBr1j)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at May 10, 2017 12:41 AM (6gk0M)
Old TI-82s will get students through the occasional need for actual graph functions.
The prevalence of the graphing calculators when I was in school was usually more about kids cheating by saving test answers and giving them to students in later classes.
Posted by: Sjg at May 10, 2017 12:41 AM (gDSJf)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at May 10, 2017 12:41 AM (6gk0M)
Weapon will be the Caja China.
Ammo will be a 50 lb. pig.
Commence, FIRE!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at May 10, 2017 12:41 AM (v5iqM)
I know you're a citizen of Peruvia, and probably identify as an ethnic Kekistani, but if memory serves, you've got some pinoy in your background, no?
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 10, 2017 12:32 AM (TwwWO)
Peruvia, da, Kekistani, si, but pinoy? Hmmm not sure what that entails, but if it gets me some arm candy in an ao bai, then yeah I'm all over that too. : )
Posted by: Country Boy at May 10, 2017 12:41 AM (Jcg9Q)
Tanya has gotten a dreaded letter from the IRS.
That's one of your cats? I thought felines were tax exempt.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- That's class! at May 10, 2017 12:42 AM (cPF+x)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at May 10, 2017 12:42 AM (6FqZa)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 10, 2017 12:42 AM (TwwWO)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess Hurlingbone (T) at May 10, 2017 12:33 AM (tHwdc)
Excellent! Congratulations!
Posted by: Country Boy at May 10, 2017 12:42 AM (Jcg9Q)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan!
No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 10, 2017 12:33 AM (TwwWO)
Whatchoo smirkin' at, Willis?
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess Hurlingbone (T) at May 10, 2017 12:43 AM (tHwdc)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at May 10, 2017 12:43 AM (e9G8E)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 10, 2017 12:39 AM (TwwWO)
Oh saw this.....not sure what a pinoy dude is.
Off to google?
Posted by: Country Boy at May 10, 2017 12:44 AM (Jcg9Q)
Posted by: Northernlurker, Phillips screwdriver of the gods at May 10, 2017 12:44 AM (nBr1j)
Posted by: Noam Sayen at May 10, 2017 12:45 AM (611Lm)
But, yeah, with Gulnura, you'd wanna fake being pinoy once you saw her.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 10, 2017 12:45 AM (TwwWO)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 10, 2017 12:39 AM (TwwWO)
Ha, google is my friend.
Not sure I could fake a pinoy dude. I'm 6'2" and 250. Ish. And pasty white.
Posted by: Country Boy at May 10, 2017 12:46 AM (Jcg9Q)
Oh saw this.....not sure what a pinoy dude is.
Off to google?
--
Yeah, be careful with that.
It means Filipino. I think.
Posted by: shibumi at May 10, 2017 12:46 AM (8zWAk)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 10, 2017 12:46 AM (TwwWO)
Posted by: Jim at May 10, 2017 12:47 AM (v5iqM)
Is that what the kids are calling it these days?
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 10, 2017 12:34 AM (hscyr)
It's a code for 29 year old Morons: "Gravy - it's what's for dinner!"
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess Hurlingbone (T) at May 10, 2017 12:47 AM (tHwdc)
-Posted by: Northernlurker, Phillips screwdriver of the gods at May 10, 2017 12:44 AM (nBr1j)
I've got 12 oz. of Great Lakes Christmas Ale or a can of Busch.
...best I could do on short notice.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at May 10, 2017 12:47 AM (6gk0M)
-Posted by: Northernlurker, Phillips screwdriver of the gods at May 10, 2017 12:44 AM (nBr1j)
I've got 12 oz. of Great Lakes Christmas Ale or a can of Busch.
...best I could do on short notice.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at May 10, 2017 12:47 AM (6gk0M)
I'll take it.
Posted by: Northernlurker, Phillips screwdriver of the gods at May 10, 2017 12:47 AM (nBr1j)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 10, 2017 12:48 AM (TwwWO)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at May 10, 2017 12:48 AM (e9G8E)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at May 10, 2017 12:48 AM (6gk0M)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 10, 2017 12:48 AM (ZO497)
Posted by: redc1c4 at May 10, 2017 12:49 AM (8WVNP)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 10, 2017 12:49 AM (TwwWO)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 10, 2017 12:48 AM (TwwWO)
Yeah, I don't think I could fake pinoy. Would maybe make her laugh if anything if I tried.
Was thinking though, if there's Asians, Kazach types AND 'ettes there, if that doesn't motivate me to get my ass in shape, nothing will.
Posted by: Country Boy at May 10, 2017 12:51 AM (Jcg9Q)
Posted by: Noam Sayen
------------
He can't be too surprised, but doing it while he was out of town seems a bit harsh.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 10, 2017 12:51 AM (ZO497)
* * * * *
That's from the sidebar link. I imagine the voice as Dave Chappelle with added emphasis on "Gloooooooorrrriousssss!!" for added impact. It's funnier that way.
Posted by: MSTisdale at May 10, 2017 12:52 AM (g9d8D)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 10, 2017 12:49 AM (TwwWO)
Laughing....every time I try to get a tan, I burn myself to the point of almost having to see a doctor. Every time I go to Gulf Shores, Alabama I burn myself to a crisp.
Posted by: Country Boy at May 10, 2017 12:52 AM (Jcg9Q)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at May 10, 2017 12:53 AM (e9G8E)
And, 'ettes - angel has a crap-ton of male cousins. Stay away from her brothers in law, however - her sisters can and will cut a bitch, as they say.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 10, 2017 12:53 AM (TwwWO)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 10, 2017 12:51 AM (ZO497)
I read that the letter was delivered to his office, and they didn't know he was gone. Don't know why they wouldn't know where he was, but whatever.
The timing though couldn't be better if Trump tried. While speaking to agents with TV's in the background saying he's out? That's not harsh imho, that's glorious.
Comey had 3-4 hours on a plane to let it sink in too. Fantastic.
Posted by: Country Boy at May 10, 2017 12:54 AM (Jcg9Q)
Posted by: Country Boy
-----------
Good lad. Those Porsches don't pay for themselves.
Posted by: American Academy of Dermatology at May 10, 2017 12:55 AM (ZO497)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
* * * * *
Nah, not harsh. I assume it went something like this: http://tinyurl.com/z8527l8
Someone should go thru the Trump firings and overdub The Office scenes as they did the Hitler memes.
Posted by: MSTisdale at May 10, 2017 12:55 AM (g9d8D)
-Posted by: Country Boy at May 10, 2017 12:52 AM (Jcg9Q)
I could have helped you with that a few years ago.
Even "pasty" people can achieve a color-base for a vacation.
/end Tanning Salon sales Pitch.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at May 10, 2017 12:55 AM (6gk0M)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 10, 2017 12:56 AM (TwwWO)
Posted by: American Academy of Dermatology at May 10, 2017 12:56 AM (ZO497)
I'd come in a poor 57th in swordplay.
Martial arts? I've got about four good first moves, then I'm toast.
Handgun at typically experienced range? Yeah, I can do that. All the way out to 100 yards, iron sights.
Rifle out to 600 yards? Aced.
And I can build and I can cook.
Can't sword dance worth a damn though. I'd cut myself off at the ankle, but for all the stainless screws in my left one, of course.
I'm not sure that The Col. would approve?
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at May 10, 2017 12:57 AM (v5iqM)
He can't be too surprised, but doing it while he was out of town seems a bit harsh.
---
Two months ago he said he's be here for six and a half more years.
At that point he sounded pretty confident.
/btw, Wikileaks has offered him a job, but I'm betting on "The Obama Foundation" for his future.
Posted by: shibumi at May 10, 2017 12:58 AM (8zWAk)
morning I was very down, but nature is beautiful, and the sun was out. I
went to work, then saw Comey was fired. I'm heartened that the right
things CAN happen;
and it's my mom's birthday!
Posted by: booknlass at May 10, 2017 12:39 AM (8mO0Q)
Comey's firing is a rainbow that will hold me for a long while - God's mercy or Trump's - whatever it takes.
Glad you're feeling better, booknlass!
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess Hurlingbone (T) at May 10, 2017 12:59 AM (tHwdc)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 10, 2017 12:59 AM (TwwWO)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess Hurlingbone (T) at May 10, 2017 01:00 AM (tHwdc)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 10, 2017 12:51 AM (ZO497)
I read that the letter was delivered to his office, and they didn't know he was gone. Don't know why they wouldn't know where he was, but whatever.
The timing though couldn't be better if Trump tried. While speaking to agents with TV's in the background saying he's out? That's not harsh imho, that's glorious.
Comey had 3-4 hours on a plane to let it sink in too. Fantastic.
Posted by: Country Boy
Even better. Canned before he could speak at a diversity recruiting event.
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at May 10, 2017 01:00 AM (di1hb)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 10, 2017 01:01 AM (TwwWO)
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at May 10, 2017 01:00 AM (di1hb)
Ha yeah read that. They were probably thrilled: one less white boy with a job!!
Posted by: Country Boy at May 10, 2017 01:02 AM (Jcg9Q)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 10, 2017 01:03 AM (TwwWO)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at May 10, 2017 01:04 AM (6gk0M)
Posted by: Northernlurker, Phillips screwdriver of the gods at May 10, 2017 01:05 AM (nBr1j)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 10, 2017 01:05 AM (TwwWO)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at May 10, 2017 01:06 AM (6gk0M)
Posted by: redc1c4 at May 10, 2017 01:07 AM (8WVNP)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 10, 2017 12:59 AM (TwwWO)
Sir, long before concerning myself with a "wedding invitation", I will hope to find, from you, an invitation to make the relatively brief ride Northward, in order to meet you, shoot with you and the Clan, cook, eat and drink to our bonds of familyhood.
Given a week's notice, I'll bring with me some of the best of the fare of Casa Layabout Sailor.
And if you know that obscure reference, you've been around the 'net, especially the gunosphere, a very, very long time.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at May 10, 2017 01:07 AM (v5iqM)
Posted by: Northernlurker, Phillips screwdriver of the gods at May 10, 2017 01:07 AM (nBr1j)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 10, 2017 01:07 AM (TwwWO)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at May 10, 2017 01:08 AM (6gk0M)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 10, 2017 01:09 AM (TwwWO)
Na zhizn!
**downs slivo**
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan!
No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 10, 2017 01:03 AM (TwwWO)
Skaal!
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess Hurlingbone (T) at May 10, 2017 01:09 AM (tHwdc)
Posted by: Country Boy at May 10, 2017 01:10 AM (Jcg9Q)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at May 10, 2017 01:11 AM (6gk0M)
https://youtu.be/LbiIu_EzuWk
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 10, 2017 01:12 AM (TwwWO)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at May 10, 2017 01:13 AM (6gk0M)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 10, 2017 01:09 AM (TwwWO)
I will, sir. And the sooner, the better.
For now though, I'm striking the flag and sounding Taps.
Hasta la nite nite, horde!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at May 10, 2017 01:13 AM (v5iqM)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at May 10, 2017 01:14 AM (6gk0M)
Red Letter Media does the Blade Runner trailer
https://youtu.be/QZOLKwSsFik
Posted by: BourbonChicken at May 10, 2017 01:17 AM (VdICR)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 10, 2017 01:17 AM (TwwWO)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at May 10, 2017 01:19 AM (6gk0M)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 10, 2017 01:21 AM (TwwWO)
As long as they fly in the face of "anti-racist" Racists?
All Lives Matter.
Shadilay!, my dudes!
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at May 10, 2017 01:23 AM (6gk0M)
Ding dong, Comey's fired and Life is Beautiful!
<raises glass>
Cheers, slainte, skaal - to the Horde and one victory to celebrate!
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess Hurlingbone (T) at May 10, 2017 01:25 AM (tHwdc)
...It Moved.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at May 10, 2017 01:26 AM (6gk0M)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 10, 2017 01:28 AM (TwwWO)
*AAHHHAHAHAHAHAAA!!!*
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at May 10, 2017 01:29 AM (6gk0M)
...It Moved.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at May 10, 2017 01:26 AM (6gk0M)
Yes. Well, you know, in theory. If I had one it would have.
I think I'll pour another drink. I have no business being up this late, but, you know.
Life is so fucking Beautiful.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess Hurlingbone (T) at May 10, 2017 01:30 AM (tHwdc)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 10, 2017 01:30 AM (R+30W)
Posted by: sinalco at May 10, 2017 01:31 AM (yODqO)
-Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 10, 2017 01:28 AM (TwwWO)
As compared to the rest of the World...? Perhaps.
1961 would like to disagree with you, however.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at May 10, 2017 01:31 AM (6gk0M)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 10, 2017 01:31 AM (TwwWO)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at May 10, 2017 01:33 AM (6gk0M)
Part of being an American - and therefore, a true Kekistani, as well - has always been a sort of polite but firm refusal to go along with idiocy in any form. Hell, lawbreaking is a fine American tradition, after all.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 10, 2017 01:35 AM (TwwWO)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 10, 2017 01:38 AM (TwwWO)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2017 01:39 AM (0deF2)
I would know. I got shit-hammered for it... lol.
I did my time and I learned from it.
Being a part of the new Counter-Culture is exquisite. It flies in the face of the Politically Correct and it feels like Liberty.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at May 10, 2017 01:41 AM (6gk0M)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at May 10, 2017 01:42 AM (6gk0M)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at May 10, 2017 01:43 AM (6gk0M)
head under water.
https://youtu.be/tF1628qACPM
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 10, 2017 01:30 AM (R+30W)
I love Subline!
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess Hurlingbone (T) at May 10, 2017 01:43 AM (tHwdc)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at May 10, 2017 01:44 AM (6gk0M)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at May 10, 2017 01:41 AM (6gk0M)
Amen, brother!
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess Hurlingbone (T) at May 10, 2017 01:45 AM (tHwdc)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess Hurlingbone (T) at May 10, 2017 01:45 AM (tHwdc)
I'm better off for it.
Posted by: The Calculating Hat at May 09, 2017 10:06 PM (vBeA5)
Agree 100%. One should learn how to do all math by pen and paper, mostly to show that one has gained understanding of what's going on.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2017 01:46 AM (0deF2)
...best I could do on short notice.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at May 10, 2017 12:47 AM (6gk0M)
Stay out the Busches!!!!
Posted by: Jesse Jackson at May 10, 2017 01:47 AM (SpeiC)
Posted by: An American Commoner at May 09, 2017 10:10 PM (pxwEr)
Joe Arpaio is tanned, ready, and rested.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2017 01:48 AM (0deF2)
Posted by: Soothsayer -- That's class! at May 10, 2017 01:51 AM (cPF+x)
**adds tendy to Kek shrine, beseeches Pepe to intervene for all teh horde. Resumes ogling angel selfies.**
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 10, 2017 01:53 AM (TwwWO)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 10, 2017 01:53 AM (R+30W)
Firing Comey is a coup? Ha.
The real coup was aiding and abetting MOSSAD to take out JFK thus creating the Deep State.
Fun Fact: this is when the term "Conspiracy Theorist" was deployed to paint anyone who didn't buy the official story as a nut job...
Posted by: Nathan R. Jessup at May 10, 2017 01:55 AM (6sBpp)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at May 10, 2017 01:55 AM (6gk0M)
"If you took a math class at some point in the US, there is likely a bulky $100 calculator gathering dust somewhere in your closet.
That would be the Texas Instruments 84—or the TI 84-Plus, or the TI-89, or any of the other even more expensive variants—a shoe-sized graphing calculator released in 2004 that managed to worm its way into nearly every American math class above a simple arithmetic level. Public- and private-school students alike are usually required to buy the calculator themselves; its ubiquitous presence and instantly recognizable appearance have become the subject of memes all around the web."
W?
T?
F???
At my school, "calculator" was a synonym for "cheating," and anyone who brought a calculator to campus received detention; multiple infractions would get you expelled. If you were found to have a calculator in math class,, you were given an "F" and "CHEATER" was branded on your permanent record.
I thought this was the standard attitude toward calculators in schools, until sometime very recently when all kids were given every kind of electronic device to be used "educationally" and ("coincidentally") the quality of education went down the toilet.
Am I alone in this experience? Weren't calculators banned at your schools too? And if not, what year was the transition-point from "calculators are illegal" to "calculators are mandatory"?
Posted by: zombie at May 10, 2017 01:56 AM (DQ4Fv)
Just about to pull the trigger (yukyukyuk) on some Black Rifle coffee.
Normally, I'm all about strong/dark/French Roast-y-type brew.
Anyone left in the ONT, willing to recommend it?
Posted by: Shopgirl at May 10, 2017 01:56 AM (yFRdn)
I'm better off for it.
Posted by: The Calculating Hat
Thank you! I'm not insane!
Posted by: zombie at May 10, 2017 01:57 AM (DQ4Fv)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 09, 2017 10:36 PM (cPsPa)
Nice thing about a cayman, is when it dies, you can make luggage out of the hide.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2017 01:58 AM (0deF2)
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf
Yes! Not insane!
Posted by: zombie at May 10, 2017 02:00 AM (DQ4Fv)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at May 10, 2017 02:03 AM (IcT7t)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 10, 2017 02:05 AM (TwwWO)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
EXACTLY! To 4 decimal points, at least.
Posted by: zombie at May 10, 2017 02:07 AM (DQ4Fv)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 10, 2017 02:08 AM (R+30W)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 10, 2017 02:08 AM (TwwWO)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 10, 2017 02:10 AM (TwwWO)
I was stunned to hear that it was "required" in classrooms -- I'm old enough to remember when NOT bringing one, was the requirement. Alas.
Posted by: Shopgirl at May 10, 2017 02:10 AM (yFRdn)
I was stunned to hear that it was "required" in classrooms -- I'm old enough to remember when NOT bringing one, was the requirement. Alas.
Posted by: Shopgirl
Yes!! See comment #601.
Posted by: zombie at May 10, 2017 02:14 AM (DQ4Fv)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 10, 2017 12:51 AM (ZO497)
I wonder if they changed the locks on his office?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2017 02:23 AM (0deF2)
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf
Yes! Not insane!
Posted by: zombie at May 10, 2017 02:00 AM (DQ4Fv)
Daddy taught me how to use a slide rule in 1971. Just Because.
Wonder what became of that.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess Hurlingbone (T) at May 10, 2017 02:23 AM (tHwdc)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2017 02:29 AM (0deF2)
Posted by: Shopgirl at May 10, 2017 02:30 AM (yFRdn)
Posted by: Shopgirl at May 10, 2017 02:30 AM (yFRdn)
Yeah, Daddy was an engineer, too - when he heard "new math" in the 60s, he snorted "no such thing."
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess Hurlingbone (T) at May 10, 2017 02:46 AM (tHwdc)
http://tinyurl.com/kdfaufo
Posted by: gracepc at May 10, 2017 02:57 AM (OU4q6)
It's possible Comey was given the opportunity to resign and refused.
Posted by: gracepc at May 10, 2017 03:00 AM (OU4q6)
Yeah, Daddy was an engineer, too - when he heard "new math" in the 60s, he snorted "no such thing."
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess Hurlingbone (T) at May 10, 2017 02:46 AM
I saw that! Nice to know there's a club of us.
Sure have been missing him this week.
Posted by: Shopgirl at May 10, 2017 03:13 AM (yFRdn)
Posted by: Bill in Chappaqua at May 10, 2017 03:14 AM (qeUgm)
Posted by: Ja Rule at May 10, 2017 03:17 AM (vRcUp)
Posted by: zombie at May 10, 2017 01:56 AM (DQ4Fv)
Didn't use a calculator for tests in math, chemistry, or physics. Had to write everything out long form for the most part as well.
Only time a calculator or computer was allowed was in upper division labs where a crapload of number crunching was involved, and even then we had to demonstrate we understood the equations.
Posted by: The Longform Hat at May 10, 2017 03:25 AM (vBeA5)
THIS: http://tinyurl.com/lmutvk6
Not THAT: http://tinyurl.com/kduozh5
Posted by: MSTisdale at May 10, 2017 03:36 AM (g9d8D)
Good morning horde
Posted by: Skip at May 10, 2017 03:39 AM (Ot7+c)
False. What about the bridge between Gaza and the West Bank?
Posted by: Matt Yglesias at May 10, 2017 04:00 AM (vRcUp)
Posted by: Steven Seagull at May 10, 2017 04:12 AM (vRcUp)
Posted by: Steven Seagull at May 10, 2017 04:23 AM (vRcUp)
LAST CALL!
Posted by: Skip at May 10, 2017 04:49 AM (Ot7+c)
Posted by: Skip at May 10, 2017 04:54 AM (Ot7+c)
Posted by: Skip at May 10, 2017 04:57 AM (Ot7+c)
A lot of countries do not call them infants if they are over a few hours old. So they do not get counted.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 10, 2017 05:01 AM (mpXpK)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois at May 10, 2017 05:15 AM (d76uN)
Interesting times.
Posted by: Kreplach at May 10, 2017 05:33 AM (3TnQR)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois at May 10, 2017 05:49 AM (d76uN)
Posted by: wing at May 10, 2017 05:52 AM (Ohl7S)
-Chuck Schumer
Posted by: Hikaru at May 10, 2017 05:52 AM (Vevy5)
Posted by: blaster at May 10, 2017 05:57 AM (HV1LS)
The question answers itself, no?
Posted by: blaster at May 10, 2017 06:01 AM (HV1LS)
Posted by: Kreplach at May 10, 2017 06:03 AM (3TnQR)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 10, 2017 06:09 AM (J+eG2)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 10, 2017 06:09 AM (J+eG2)
Never once mention the firing.
And walk away without taking any questions.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 10, 2017 06:10 AM (J+eG2)
Let's smile and be happy and strike fear in the heart of killjoy leftists everywhere.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 10, 2017 06:17 AM (u82oZ)
Today, the MAIM (Mainstream Agit-Prop and Indoctrination Media) is detached from reality, and actively hates reality, the Republic, and it's citizens.
What to do? What to do?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 10, 2017 06:20 AM (u82oZ)
Today, the MAIM (Mainstream Agit-Prop and Indoctrination Media) is detached from reality, and actively hates reality, the Republic, and it's citizens.
What to do? What to do?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 10, 2017 06:20 AM (u82oZ)
Declare Soros and Prince Al-Waleed to be enemies of the state.
Posted by: Hikaru at May 10, 2017 06:26 AM (Vevy5)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 10, 2017 06:29 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Shopgirl at May 10, 2017 02:10 AM (yFRdn)
When Child 3 of 3 started third grade, a calculator was on the school supply list as a "must have" item. This was circa 1996.
I shook my head back then, but it's only gotten worse.
Posted by: antisocialist at May 10, 2017 06:30 AM (aMDDI)
I shook my head back then, but it's only gotten worse."
Yup.
So now you have students that can attempt to enter 3+3= into a calculator, and when the given answer is less than either of the two numbers, just calmly write the answer down and move on.
Because the calculator is never wrong.
And the students haven't mastered the basic concept of adding two whole numbers will give you an answer larger than either of the two numbers.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 10, 2017 06:38 AM (J+eG2)
Posted by: zombie at May 10, 2017 01:56 AM (DQ4Fv)
Daughter's in high school ... not allowed to use a graphing calculator. I graduated High School in '90 - nobody had one.
Graduated college in '95 ... some people were buying the memory calculators to store equations - but they were more trouble than they were worth. I used a TI-30 ... and still do. Costs around $10 now.
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 10, 2017 06:44 AM (fiGNd)
We all sure spent a lot of money to get less in return.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 10, 2017 06:45 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Bill Nye at May 10, 2017 06:46 AM (vRcUp)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 10, 2017 06:47 AM (fDdVG)
Posted by: rickb223 at May 10, 2017 06:48 AM (o+pgY)
Posted by: French Jeton at May 10, 2017 06:52 AM (WMvHw)
Love their Caffeinated as F*** variety. Working on my second large box of kcups.
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Posted by: Hillary Clinton at May 10, 2017 06:56 AM (vRcUp)
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