Mid-Morning Open Thread

Italian Customs At Simplon
Eugène Pierre Giraud

I think I drove this pass as a kid, and I also have a vague recollection of it being mentioned in a James Bond book.

I'm not sure I like this work. It's amusing to look at, but that's about it. I wish Norman Rockwell had painted this scene...we would have had a better sense of the people.

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 FIRST!

Posted by: Tex Lovera at May 18, 2017 09:22 AM (wtvvX)

2 Turkish embassy?

Posted by: Rick in SK at May 18, 2017 09:23 AM (FZYNt)

3 3rd? Looking for a third today.

Posted by: Grim Reaper at May 18, 2017 09:24 AM (bc2Lc)

4 tl; dr

Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at May 18, 2017 09:24 AM (HTdUD)

5 TSA the early years.

Posted by: Buzzsaw at May 18, 2017 09:24 AM (r5KeJ)

6 Ha. It's the cowboy vs. dinosaur movie village from the new MST3K.

Posted by: Chigger Fleas at May 18, 2017 09:25 AM (fD1ST)

7 The goal is not to spot the snipers, but simply to guess how many there are.

Closest (without going over) get the coveted platinum membership. 2nd place get a Romphim.

Posted by: buzzsaw90 at May 18, 2017 09:25 AM (oGRue)

8 Yes, of course, but do you really need to FEEL each pair of my underwear? Is that actually necessary and OH MY GOD WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THAT LACEY UNDERWEAR!?

Posted by: Attractive English Lady Stuck at Customs at May 18, 2017 09:26 AM (RD7QR)

9 so it's an Italian custom to rifle though you luggage?

Posted by: buzzsaw90 at May 18, 2017 09:26 AM (oGRue)

10 F*cking hipster holding up the line because he insisted on bringing his damned hand-cranked phonograph through customs.

Posted by: Chigger Fleas at May 18, 2017 09:27 AM (fD1ST)

11 Italians have some weird customs.

Posted by: Roland THTG at May 18, 2017 09:27 AM (baYK5)

12 Flash of light in belltower.

Gotcha.

Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 18, 2017 09:27 AM (C52a9)

13 I'm going to go all AASI here - I like the mountains, the buildings, and the trees/plants in this one. The people, I can do without.

They look sort of incongruous.

Posted by: bluebell at May 18, 2017 09:27 AM (sBOL1)

14 Nothing at an Italian Customs checkpoint that a few thousand lira won't solve.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at May 18, 2017 09:27 AM (TnUKj)

15 Brenner Pass it isn't

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 18, 2017 09:27 AM (J+eG2)

16 Italian custom rifle? Yes, please!

Posted by: Chigger Fleas at May 18, 2017 09:27 AM (fD1ST)

17 If only Mussolini where there to make the carriages run on time.

Posted by: buzzsaw90 at May 18, 2017 09:28 AM (oGRue)

18 Cock on the left

Posted by: Rick in SK at May 18, 2017 09:28 AM (FZYNt)

19 Hey, wassamatta you? Get back-a inna da line!

Posted by: Italian Customs at May 18, 2017 09:28 AM (oVJmc)

20 The triple-decker coach is the most fascinating part.

Posted by: Chigger Fleas at May 18, 2017 09:28 AM (fD1ST)

21 Mmm. Chicken.

Posted by: Alex DeLarge Butt at May 18, 2017 09:29 AM (vRcUp)

22 Was seeing my wife off on a Lufthansa flight from Atlanta to Munich. There was a flight to Italy also boarding across the terminal. The German flight was boarding in a very orderly fashion. The Italian boarding seemed to be a riot.

Posted by: BignJames at May 18, 2017 09:29 AM (x9c8r)

23 16 Italian custom rifle? Yes, please!

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i ordered a Man Licker Carcano. Imagine my disappointment when it arrived.

Posted by: Barack Obama at May 18, 2017 09:29 AM (oGRue)

24 That dog's about to fuck that chicken.

Posted by: Dang at May 18, 2017 09:29 AM (8b+oT)

25 That dog is amazed that he can walk!!!

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at May 18, 2017 09:29 AM (Bx9SA)

26 It's no Dinner-Time at Donner Pass.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 18, 2017 09:30 AM (TwwWO)

27 Sniper in the tower with an Italian Carcano 7.35mm Bolt Action Rifle.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at May 18, 2017 09:30 AM (4AVeu)

28 sorry, we're only letting muzzies through.

Posted by: Italian TSA at May 18, 2017 09:31 AM (oGRue)

29 14 Nothing at an Italian Customs checkpoint that a few thousand lira won't solve.
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at May 18, 2017 09:27 AM (TnUKj)

A few thousand? Wasn't that worth about 20 cents?

Posted by: josephistan at May 18, 2017 09:31 AM (7HtZB)

30 That's not mine! I have no idea how that got in there!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 18, 2017 09:31 AM (kTF2Z)

31 So, anyone here ever disassemble a Jeep? I've got to replace the frame on mine. Thinking of doing it myself (with the help of some buddies).

Posted by: Country Singer at May 18, 2017 09:32 AM (uiwCw)

32 An' now, da strip-a search.

Posted by: Italian Customs at May 18, 2017 09:32 AM (oVJmc)

33 Is that a little Vito Corleone (nee Andolini)?

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at May 18, 2017 09:32 AM (4AVeu)

34 I borrowed this luggage from a friend who lives in Canada!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 18, 2017 09:32 AM (kTF2Z)

35 I don't like the artist's palette in this one. The colors don't work for me.

Posted by: josephistan at May 18, 2017 09:32 AM (7HtZB)

36 Did people wear pith helmets in Italy?

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at May 18, 2017 09:33 AM (Bx9SA)

37 A few thousand? Wasn't that worth about 20 cents?

Posted by: josephistan at May 18, 2017 09:31 AM (7HtZB)

The lira...she's a crazy...you know?

Posted by: BignJames at May 18, 2017 09:33 AM (x9c8r)

38 Gypsy kids A,B and D distract with flowers while kid D swipes the wallet.

nice teamwork there

Posted by: buzzsaw90 at May 18, 2017 09:33 AM (oGRue)

39 A few thousand? Wasn't that worth about 20 cents?
Posted by: josephistan

A couple of bucks when I was there.....baksheesh is a lubricant to the system, not a shakedown.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at May 18, 2017 09:33 AM (TnUKj)

40 Check drudge Rogers aisles died

Posted by: Bestie21 at May 18, 2017 09:33 AM (jOekh)

41 Mi dispiace, sono in pausa.

Posted by: Italian Customs at May 18, 2017 09:34 AM (oVJmc)

42 I like the James Bond theme that Chris Cornell did. Fifty-two is awfully young to die. Or so it seems to this 29-year-old.

Posted by: bluebell at May 18, 2017 09:35 AM (sBOL1)

43 The Italian boarding seemed to be a riot.
Posted by: BignJames at May 18, 2017 09:29 AM
~~~~~

You wanna see a riot, go to an Armenian wedding. Buffet line was like a fire sale at a Moroccan bazaar.

Posted by: IrishEi at May 18, 2017 09:35 AM (HiDrR)

44 Country Singer, have you lost your mind?

Posted by: Dave at Buffalo Roam at May 18, 2017 09:35 AM (NbxU0)

45 One dildo, one pair of ben-wa balls, one French tickler. . .

Hey, stop everything. There's a 15% tariff on French imports, signorina.

Posted by: Italian Customs Inspector at May 18, 2017 09:36 AM (4AVeu)

46 As the sidebar says, Roger Ailes has died.

Hideous left is coming out in daylight like robocockroaches and saying things like all the women whose lives were destroyed by him may now find some peace.

Yeah, Gretchen Carlson and Andrea short skirt really had their lives destroyed.

Hannity has already ripped them on twitter for not allowing Ailes family to grieve without horrible crap coming from the left.

Posted by: Jen the original at May 18, 2017 09:36 AM (62eBc)

47 31 So, anyone here ever disassemble a Jeep? I've got to replace the frame on mine. Thinking of doing it myself (with the help of some buddies).

Posted by: Country Singer at May 18, 2017 09:32 AM (uiwCw)

Give it a bit more time and it will happen on its own.

Posted by: Chigger Fleas at May 18, 2017 09:36 AM (fD1ST)

48
Can't help thinking of the customs scene in The Dogs Of War. Chris Walken is in an office with the customs officer, and the officer is busy rifling through his luggage and carefully dividing all the good stuff into two piles.

Including Walken's cash.

"Airport Tax."

*pulls a few more bills and taps Walken's scotch bottle*

"Importation Tax"

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 18, 2017 09:37 AM (XWkhW)

49 Atsa Matta, Atsa Matta hey! Atsa Matta for you,
You eat-a my ravioli and my pasta fazool-a too
I'm-a give you cacciatore and a pizza that's good to chew
Atsa Matta, you no like me, hey! Atsa Matta for you!

All the great music came from Looney Tunes...We need more looney!

Posted by: Strobe at May 18, 2017 09:37 AM (gbWkA)

50
Hideous left is coming out in daylight like robocockroaches and saying things like all the women whose lives were destroyed by him may now find some peace.

But Clinton's accusers are still nuts and whores, I'm sure.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at May 18, 2017 09:37 AM (oVJmc)

51 There were rumors of Ailes thinking about assembling another "conservative" cable channel. Guess that's not to be.

Posted by: IrishEi at May 18, 2017 09:38 AM (HiDrR)

52 Morning greetings from the Slough of Despond.

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 18, 2017 09:38 AM (0mRoj)

53 I was told long ago that my Grandmother's father was an engineer on the Simplon Tunnel, and died during its construction when she was still very young.

My google-fu has been unable to confirm this, alas.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at May 18, 2017 09:38 AM (wtvvX)

54 Non, Thatsa too beeg for da overheed comparamente. Yousa must paola 2500 lira for to have mores baggages stowed.

Posted by: Italian TSA at May 18, 2017 09:38 AM (oGRue)

55 "Nothing at an Italian Customs checkpoint that a few thousand lira won't solve."

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An honorable and long standing tradition that went to hell with the EU open borders.

Posted by: Decaf at May 18, 2017 09:39 AM (oH94U)

56 Say, whatever happened to all of those women Trump modern-usage-of-raped that were discovered just prior to the election?

When will we learn the results of them pressing charges?

They did press charges, right?

Posted by: Chigger Fleas at May 18, 2017 09:39 AM (fD1ST)

57 Country Singer, have you lost your mind?

Posted by: Dave at Buffalo Roam at May 18, 2017 09:35 AM (NbxU0)

That would imply that I had one to lose....

Posted by: Country Singer at May 18, 2017 09:39 AM (uiwCw)

58 Italian customs today:
https://twitter.com/OnlineMagazin/status/
863080669966213121

Posted by: Lizzy at May 18, 2017 09:39 AM (NOIQH)

59 Better to not even read Twitter. I think. The rabid left can do nothing to hurt Roger Alies now and they people who knew him have their own opinions of him.
Hopefully friends and family will receive the comfort and strength they need from the Lord. And hysteric vitriol only makes the people engaging in it look bad.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 18, 2017 09:39 AM (qES5k)

60 49 Atsa Matta, Atsa Matta hey! Atsa Matta for you,
You eat-a my ravioli and my pasta fazool-a too
I'm-a give you cacciatore and a pizza that's good to chew
Atsa Matta, you no like me, hey! Atsa Matta for you!

All the great music came from Looney Tunes...We need more looney!
Posted by: Strobe at May 18, 2017 09:37 AM (gbWkA)

"Whoosa discover America???"

Posted by: Tex Lovera at May 18, 2017 09:40 AM (wtvvX)

61 Early TSA. They're rifling through for all the good stuff they can use or pawn.

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 18, 2017 09:40 AM (0mRoj)

62 Kinda looks like the Democrats desperately looking for proof of collaboration between Trump and the Russians.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at May 18, 2017 09:40 AM (4AVeu)

63 Is this a real Jeep? The kind Klinger (iirc) tried to send home in pieces?

Posted by: t-bird at May 18, 2017 09:40 AM (2z74n)

64 So, anyone here ever disassemble a Jeep? >>>

Here is a quick instructional video on Jeep disassembly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2v=dBtYXFXa5Ig

Posted by: Buzzsaw at May 18, 2017 09:40 AM (r5KeJ)

65 Give it a bit more time and it will happen on its own.

Posted by: Chigger Fleas at May 18, 2017 09:36 AM (fD1ST)

Yeah, it's danerously close to that now, hence the frame replacement. Fortunately, I've found one locally for $1400.

Posted by: Country Singer at May 18, 2017 09:41 AM (uiwCw)

66 Morning greetings from the Slough of Despond.
Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 18, 2017 09:38 AM (0mRoj)
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Take my hand, get out of that slough, and come frolic in the fields! I went to the farmer's market today for the first time this season and found out that Brad and his wife are going to have a baby - isn't that wonderful?

Posted by: bluebell at May 18, 2017 09:41 AM (sBOL1)

67 And I may be the mayor of Simplon
But I know ooone thing
And that's I lu-uh-uv you.

Posted by: XTC at May 18, 2017 09:41 AM (fD1ST)

68 RIP Chris Cornell. The man had an incredible voice.

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 18, 2017 09:41 AM (0mRoj)

69 Say, whatever happened to all of those women Trump modern-usage-of-raped that were discovered just prior to the election?�When will we learn the results of them pressing charges?�They did press charges, right?Posted by: Chigger Fleas

They got a letter from Trump attorneys reminding them of the penalties for perjury. Their lawyer is facing ethics charges.

Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at May 18, 2017 09:42 AM (HTdUD)

70 57. Heh....flips gonna flip, I reckon.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 18, 2017 09:42 AM (TwwWO)

71 Is this a real Jeep? The kind Klinger (iirc) tried to send home in pieces?

Posted by: t-bird at May 18, 2017 09:40 AM (2z74n)

I *wish* it was a Willys. Alas, it's an '01 TJ.

Posted by: Country Singer at May 18, 2017 09:42 AM (uiwCw)

72 >>I like the James Bond theme that Chris Cornell did. Fifty-two is awfully young to die. Or so it seems to this 29-year-old.

Same.
Sounds like it was suicide...

Posted by: Lizzy at May 18, 2017 09:42 AM (NOIQH)

73 Across the pond, an Oxford student who stabbed her boyfriend is getting away with it because the judge thought it would be unfair for someone of her talents to go to jail.

After seeing her pictures, I would voluntarily assume this risk.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-39947017

Posted by: Biggs Darklighter at May 18, 2017 09:42 AM (rX06+)

74 This one's just too busy for me.

I've learned ... after following this thread for a few months ... that composition REALLY matters to me. If the painting is too busy, I'm right out. Doesn't matter how good it is. It's got to be simple, for me at least.

But not as simple as a Rothko. I can get that shit at Lowe's.

Posted by: ScoggDog at May 18, 2017 09:42 AM (+YMDZ)

75 Yeah, it's danerously close to that now, hence the frame replacement. Fortunately, I've found one locally for $1400.

Posted by: Country Singer at May 18, 2017 09:41 AM (uiwCw)

I'm all about some disassembling and reassembling of automobiles when I'm not forced to. This is borderline, but I say go for it. The magic of such things is that you have x-ray vision regarding your vehicle from then on.

Posted by: Chigger Fleas at May 18, 2017 09:42 AM (fD1ST)

76
So, anyone here ever disassemble a Jeep?

I recommend Tannerite.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 18, 2017 09:43 AM (XWkhW)

77

Take my hand, get out of that slough, and come frolic in the fields! I went to the farmer's market today for the first time this season and found out that Brad and his wife are going to have a baby - isn't that wonderful?

Posted by: bluebell at May 18, 2017 09:41 AM (sBOL1)

I thought you totaled Brad.

Seriously though...who's Brad?

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 18, 2017 09:43 AM (0mRoj)

78 Eh Cumpari, ci vo sunari
Chi si sona? Un friscalettu
E comu si sona you friscalettu?
You friscalette, tipiti tipiti tam
E cumpari, ci vo sunari
Chi si sona? You saxofona
E comu si sona you saxofona?
Tu tu tu tu you saxofona
You friscalette, tipiti tipiti tam
E cumpari, ci vo sunari
Chi si sona? You mandolinu
E comu si sona you mandolinu?
A pling a pling, you mandulin
Tu tu tu tu you saxofona
You friscalette, tipiti tipiti tam
E cumpari, ci vo sunari?
Chi si sona? You viulinu
E comu si sona you viulinu?
A zing a zing, you viulin
A pling a pling, you mandulin
Tu tu tu tu you saxofona
You friscalette, tipiti tipiti tam
E cumpari, ci vo sunari?
Chi si sona? A la trumbetta
Ma comu si sona a la trumbetta?
Papapapa a la trumbetta
A zing a zing, you viulin...

***sing until insane***

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at May 18, 2017 09:44 AM (Bx9SA)

79 We's are over dabooked. We's offer 20 lira on primo pasanger for wait to next carrage.

No's takers? Atsa OK. Boys will do a choose.

YO Mario & Luigi, gets picken

Posted by: Italian United Airlines at May 18, 2017 09:44 AM (oGRue)

80
Roger Ailes is dead and the Murdochs are busy killing Fox News.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 18, 2017 09:45 AM (493sH)

81 Psst! They hid the drugs in the horses' rectums.

Posted by: Dominic the Snitch at May 18, 2017 09:45 AM (4AVeu)

82 77

Take my hand, get out of that slough, and come frolic in the fields! I went to the farmer's market today for the first time this season and found out that Brad and his wife are going to have a baby - isn't that wonderful?

Posted by: bluebell at May 18, 2017 09:41 AM (sBOL1)

I thought you totaled Brad.

Seriously though...who's Brad?
Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 18, 2017 09:43 AM (0mRoj)

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Pretty sure it's Brad Pitt.

Those are the circles that bluebell runs in.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 18, 2017 09:45 AM (elLTo)

83 73 Across the pond, an Oxford student who stabbed her boyfriend is getting away with it because the judge thought it would be unfair for someone of her talents to go to jail.

Posted by: Biggs Darklighter at May 18, 2017 09:42 AM (rX06+)

Shorter version: She's an aspiring rapper who is turning her life around. Or something. From the link:

"To prevent this extraordinary, able young lady from following her long-held desire to enter the profession she wishes to, would be a sentence which would be too severe," he said... The judge must take into account determination or demonstration of steps to address addiction"

Posted by: Chigger Fleas at May 18, 2017 09:45 AM (fD1ST)

84 83 73 Across the pond, an Oxford student who stabbed her boyfriend is getting away with it because the judge thought it would be unfair for someone of her talents to go to jail.

Posted by: Biggs Darklighter at May 18, 2017 09:42 AM (rX06+)

Shorter version: She's an aspiring rapper who is turning her life around. Or something. From the link:

"To prevent this extraordinary, able young lady from following her long-held desire to enter the profession she wishes to, would be a sentence which would be too severe," he said... The judge must take into account determination or demonstration of steps to address addiction"
Posted by: Chigger Fleas at May 18, 2017 09:45 AM (fD1ST)

On this side of the pond we call it the pussy pass.

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 18, 2017 09:46 AM (0mRoj)

85 Ban that dog for threatening that chicken. And for having the only pair of eyes starring directly at the artist. Got caught in the run-up to a chicken dinner, and he knows it!

Posted by: goon at May 18, 2017 09:46 AM (EaQ6/)

86 83
"To prevent this extraordinary, able young lady from following her long-held desire to enter the profession she wishes to, would be a sentence which would be too severe," he said... The judge must take into account determination or demonstration of steps to address addiction"
Posted by: Chigger Fleas at May 18, 2017 09:45 AM (fD1ST)

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I'm sure this judge would provide the exact same sentence to a male medical student who stabbed his girlfriend.

I'm sure.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 18, 2017 09:46 AM (elLTo)

87 After seeing her pictures, I would voluntarily assume this risk.

Nah.

"A complete one-off"? Judge is pulling one off.

Posted by: JEM at May 18, 2017 09:46 AM (TppKb)

88 77. Wait a minute! Is this the Brad I'm thinking of? I thought you considered him a plague and a pestilence, and seem to recall certain imprecations to The Old Ones to prevent him, as you put it, 'inflicting his genetics' on the human race.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 18, 2017 09:47 AM (TwwWO)

89 73 Across the pond, an Oxford student who stabbed her boyfriend is getting away with it because the judge thought it would be unfair for someone of her talents to go to jail.

Posted by: Biggs Darklighter at May 18, 2017 09:42 AM (rX06+)

Remember how much uproar there was from that dude from Stanford that got off light after raping an unconscious girl?

I'm sure there'll be the same thing here.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 18, 2017 09:47 AM (KUaJL)

90 31 So, anyone here ever disassemble a Jeep? I've got to replace the frame on mine. Thinking of doing it myself (with the help of some buddies).
Posted by: Country Singer at May 18, 2017 09:32 AM (uiwCw)

I used to have a buddy ...

... well shit, I guess I could stop right there.

Anyway ... we did lift kits and differentials and such all the time. Really damn easy on those things. I have no idea about the dash though.

Posted by: ScoggDog at May 18, 2017 09:47 AM (+YMDZ)

91 As for Simplon Pass - these days the migrants just go through the tunnel.

Posted by: JEM at May 18, 2017 09:47 AM (TppKb)

92 83 73 Across the pond, an Oxford student who stabbed her boyfriend is getting away with it because the judge thought it would be unfair for someone of her talents to go to jail.

Posted by: Biggs Darklighter at May 18, 2017 09:42 AM (rX06+)

Shorter version: She's an aspiring rapper who is turning her life around. Or something. From the link:

"To prevent this extraordinary, able young lady from following her long-held desire to enter the profession she wishes to, would be a sentence which would be too severe," he said... The judge must take into account determination or demonstration of steps to address addiction"
Posted by: Chigger Fleas at May 18, 2017 09:45 AM (fD1ST)

She's cute. That's the entire explanation. I hate being this cynical.

Posted by: joncelli, Present at the Autopsy at May 18, 2017 09:47 AM (RD7QR)

93
83 73 Across the pond, an Oxford student who stabbed her boyfriend is getting away with it because the judge thought it would be unfair for someone of her talents to go to jail.

Posted by: Biggs Darklighter at May 18, 2017 09:42 AM (rX06+)

Shorter version: She's an aspiring rapper who is turning her life around. Or something. From the link:

"To prevent this extraordinary, able young lady from following her long-held desire to enter the profession she wishes to, would be a sentence which would be too severe," he said... The judge must take into account determination or demonstration of steps to address addiction"

Posted by: Chigger Fleas at May 18, 2017 09:45 AM (fD1ST)

She's already admitted to battling drug addiction. I'm thinking that her medical career is pretty much toast right there.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 18, 2017 09:47 AM (XWkhW)

94 I say the people who beared false witness are partially responsible for Ailes death.

Posted by: Jack Sock at May 18, 2017 09:47 AM (UubSE)

95 Seriously though...who's Brad?
Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 18, 2017 09:43 AM (0mRoj)
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He's one of the farmers I buy from. I could you tell you all about all of them. For instance, I knew Jeff's son was military but this morning I found out he is a firearms instructor at Camp LeJeune.

Anyway, hearing about new babies always makes me happy.

Posted by: bluebell at May 18, 2017 09:47 AM (sBOL1)

96
After seeing her pictures, I would voluntarily assume this risk.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-39947017
Posted by: Biggs Darklighter at May 18, 2017 09:42 AM (rX06+)

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so she's 'stabbable'?

Posted by: buzzsaw90 at May 18, 2017 09:47 AM (oGRue)

97 "Whoosa discover America???"

Posted by: Tex Lovera

/starts blasting "Immigrant Song"

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at May 18, 2017 09:48 AM (AM1GF)

98 so she's 'stabbable'?
Posted by: buzzsaw90

#1 or #2?

Posted by: Rick in SK at May 18, 2017 09:48 AM (FZYNt)

99 I'm sure this judge would provide the exact same sentence to a male medical student who stabbed his girlfriend.

I'm sure.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 18, 2017 09:46 AM (elLTo)

#Patriarchy! #ToxicMasculinity #AllMenAreEvil #MyFeminismProfessorSaidSo

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 18, 2017 09:48 AM (KUaJL)

100 I have no complaints about this painting.

Carry on.

Posted by: eleven at May 18, 2017 09:48 AM (qUNWi)

101 Those folks trying to get into Italy don't look like muzzies to me.

More like Gypsies. Or H1Bers.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 18, 2017 09:48 AM (5VlCp)

102 She's already admitted to battling drug addiction. I'm thinking that her medical career is pretty much toast right there.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 18, 2017 09:47 AM (XWkhW)

That's a very good point.

Posted by: Chigger Fleas at May 18, 2017 09:49 AM (fD1ST)

103 Georgia executed this guy at 1:17 a.m. today:

J. W. Ledford killed his 73 y.o. neighbor by cutting him in the neck 25 years ago.

When asked if he had any final words, he turned and looked at the witnesses, smiling broadly and said (quoting from Cool Hand Luke), "What we have here is a failure to communicate. Some men you just can't reach. I am not the failure. You are the failure to communicate. You can kiss my white trash ass," he added, continuing to smile.

Yeesh.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 18, 2017 09:49 AM (PY9jH)

104 Posted by: bluebell at May 18, 2017 09:41 AM (sBOL1)

I thought you totaled Brad.

Seriously though...who's Brad?
Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 18, 2017 09:43 AM (0mRoj)

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

Pretty sure it's Brad Pitt.

Those are the circles that bluebell runs in.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 18, 2017 09:45 AM (elLTo)

I didn't realize we had jet-setters among us.

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 18, 2017 09:49 AM (0mRoj)

105 Stabbing is now legal in Britain I think. Mohammadians were clogging up the courts.

Posted by: Dave at Buffalo Roam at May 18, 2017 09:49 AM (NbxU0)

106 Saw on the tee bee yesterday how well respected Mueller is on both sides. Doesn't matter. They could have appointed Eliot Ness. Moon bats will accept nothing but impeachment.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 18, 2017 09:49 AM (kTF2Z)

107 "To prevent this extraordinary, able young lady from following her
long-held desire to enter the profession she wishes to, would be a
sentence which would be too severe," he said... The judge must take into
account determination or demonstration of steps to address addiction"

But first she will blow him.

Posted by: Dang at May 18, 2017 09:50 AM (8b+oT)

108 . . . and all organized by the Italians.

Posted by: Just the Punchline at May 18, 2017 09:50 AM (JO9+V)

109 99
#Patriarchy! #ToxicMasculinity #AllMenAreEvil #MyFeminismProfessorSaidSo
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 18, 2017 09:48 AM (KUaJL)

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

"It's just rape culture, yo."
-Very smart college student who's started a Tumblr page because Daddy just doesn't get her decision to drop out of Mechanical Engineering and major in Gender Studies

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 18, 2017 09:50 AM (elLTo)

110 I have no idea about the dash though.

Posted by: ScoggDog at May 18, 2017 09:47 AM (+YMDZ)

Fortunately, I don't really have to worry about that part. From what I'm told, the hardest part of the process involves disconnecting the steering linkage, unbolting the tub, and lifting it off in one piece.

Posted by: Country Singer at May 18, 2017 09:51 AM (uiwCw)

111 He's one of the farmers I buy from. I could you tell you all about all of them. For instance, I knew Jeff's son was military but this morning I found out he is a firearms instructor at Camp LeJeune.

Anyway, hearing about new babies always makes me happy.

Posted by: bluebell at May 18, 2017 09:47 AM (sBOL1)

It's good that you're happy. Somebody has to do it.

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 18, 2017 09:51 AM (0mRoj)

112 103 Georgia executed this guy at 1:17 a.m. today:

J. W. Ledford killed his 73 y.o. neighbor by cutting him in the neck 25 years ago.

----

25 years ago.

What's the average time remaining of someone who is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer? I'm a loving, generous, compassionate fellow, so we can give death row inmates twice that amount before they're put down.

Posted by: Chigger Fleas at May 18, 2017 09:51 AM (fD1ST)

113 The German flight was boarding in a very orderly fashion. The Italian boarding seemed to be a riot.
Posted by: BignJames at May 18, 2017 09:29 AM (x9c8r)

Which is why you let the Germans build your cars, but you want to hang out with the Italians. And eat their food.

Posted by: TexasDan at May 18, 2017 09:52 AM (yL25O)

114 So, anyone here ever disassemble a Jeep? I've got to replace the frame
on mine. Thinking of doing it myself (with the help of some buddies).

I saw a video where six guys did it in about 30 seconds.

Posted by: Roland THTG at May 18, 2017 09:52 AM (QM5S2)

115 #73 - she looks bat-shit crazy. Look at her eyes. That's the kind of broad that's wild in bed but she'll definitely have a hidden shiv and will give you the shanking of your life.

Posted by: Strobe at May 18, 2017 09:52 AM (gbWkA)

116 106 Saw on the tee bee yesterday how well respected Mueller is on both sides. Doesn't matter. They could have appointed Eliot Ness. Moon bats will accept nothing but impeachment.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 18, 2017 09:49 AM (kTF2Z)

"Well respected on both sides of the aisle" is code for "brace yourself for him being about to do that thing in your mouth again" right?

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 18, 2017 09:52 AM (KUaJL)

117 Good morning Horde. The caterer that was supposed to get back to me about son's rehearsal dinner has not gotten back to me. Dress shop lady called yesterday and my dress is delayed and may - may - make it in time for the wedding. I can't get rid of Rev. The cleaning lady comes in two hours and I haven't cleaned the house yet.

So I'll sit here with my coffee and enjoy your amusing company.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 18, 2017 09:52 AM (lwiT4)

118 I saw a video where six guys did it in about 30 seconds.
Posted by: Roland THTG

it wasn't good for me

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at May 18, 2017 09:52 AM (FZYNt)

119 I'm pretty sure this is racist. It's called Italian Customs and it shows a chaotic clusterfvck.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and You're Not at May 18, 2017 09:53 AM (Nwg0u)

120 Evidently staying in Detroit makes you want to kill yourself. I'm not that surprised.

Posted by: Puddin Head at May 18, 2017 09:53 AM (vV/gB)

121 You want the Italians to design your cars but the Germans to build them.

Posted by: Strobe at May 18, 2017 09:53 AM (gbWkA)

122 I wanted some "interesting eye-tais" not these peasants.

Posted by: barak h o at May 18, 2017 09:53 AM (d76uN)

123 Oh grammie. Here's some Bailey's for your coffee. I think you need it this morning.

So Rev isn't feeling any better?

Posted by: bluebell at May 18, 2017 09:54 AM (sBOL1)

124 What's the average time remaining of someone who is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer? I'm a loving, generous, compassionate fellow, so we can give death row inmates twice that amount before they're put down.
Posted by: Chigger Fleas at May 18, 2017 09:51 AM (fD1ST)

Not long. I knew someone who got pancreatic cancer and it reduced him to a pain-riddled husk in a matter of months before killing him. He was a good man who didn't deserve to go out like that. Now I'm rambling but it upsets me to this very day.

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 18, 2017 09:54 AM (0mRoj)

125 Are any of those paisanos er, ah, interesting?

Posted by: Barry Obama at May 18, 2017 09:54 AM (JO9+V)

126 Bluebell - he is a little better, thank God. I still can't leave him out of my sight, in case he does another face-plant. I never realized how much I enjoyed him going off to work. He's really cutting into my sloth time.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 18, 2017 09:56 AM (lwiT4)

127 Nice painting but, it's no Breakheart Pass.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 18, 2017 09:57 AM (JO9+V)

128 All right, grammie, let's fix this:

1. Call another caterer. You have 5 or 6 weeks still, right?
2. Take yourself down to Kohls with your Kohls crack and find a backup dress for $7 like you did for your wedding.
3. Rev is still sick - this is what you need to concentrate on.
4. Let the cleaning lady clean the house!
5. Pour another cup of coffee.

Posted by: bluebell at May 18, 2017 09:57 AM (sBOL1)

129 >>>When asked if he had any final words, he turned and looked at the witnesses, smiling broadly and said (quoting from Cool Hand Luke), "What we have here is a failure to communicate. Some men you just can't reach. I am not the failure. You are the failure to communicate. You can kiss my white trash ass," he added, continuing to smile.

Was he pen pals with Denver Allen?

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at May 18, 2017 09:57 AM (Bx9SA)

130 Is it just me or is that Osama Bin Laden in a hat smack dab in the middle?

Posted by: Publius Redux at May 18, 2017 09:57 AM (cSsd5)

131
Not long. I knew someone who got pancreatic cancer and it reduced him to a pain-riddled husk in a matter of months before killing him. He was a good man who didn't deserve to go out like that. Now I'm rambling but it upsets me to this very day.

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 18, 2017 09:54 AM (0mRoj)

Same here. Three months from vibrant but sort of tired all the time to a diagnosis and realizing what was going on to dead.

25 years for death row inmates irritates me to no end.

Posted by: Chigger Fleas at May 18, 2017 09:57 AM (fD1ST)

132 That's the kind of broad that's wild in bed but
she'll definitely have a hidden shiv and will give you the shanking of
your life.

Posted by: Strobe at May 18, 2017 09:52 AM (gbWkA)

Err, how many shankings are normal in an average life?

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at May 18, 2017 09:57 AM (UBzPO)

133 128 All right, grammie, let's fix this:

1. Call another caterer. You have 5 or 6 weeks still, right?
2. Take yourself down to Kohls with your Kohls crack and find a backup dress for $7 like you did for your wedding.
3. Rev is still sick - this is what you need to concentrate on.
4. Let the cleaning lady clean the house!
5. Pour another cup of coffee.

Posted by: bluebell at May 18, 2017 09:57 AM (sBOL1)

I agree but I'd put 3 and 5 at the top of the list in order of priority.

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 18, 2017 09:58 AM (0mRoj)

134 Pooky update: He was denied a med board for the second time on Tuesday. I guess Mental Health covering their rear ends was enough to overrule his commander and the Medical Group commander. His administrative discharge hearing is next Tuesday, and we're still going to fight that since we now have the medical records that say his PT failure should have been waivered. We got a personal letter from a Senator who has been trying to work
things behind the scenes, but Offutt is giving her staff the runaround
too. Pooky is getting out of the Air Force, the question is when and how.

Pookette is having fun with her grandmas and the town festival, so she's well taken care of while we sort out this mess.

Posted by: pookysgirl at May 18, 2017 09:58 AM (ar2KI)

135 Gamine Winger. I've never understood the female compulsion to clean the house BEFORE the cleaning lady comes. My wife has done this too and even after being married for 35 years, I am still baffled. I don't mow the lawn before the landscaper comes. Can you and the other 'ettes please explain this madness?

Posted by: Strobe at May 18, 2017 09:58 AM (gbWkA)

136 Looks as though it's an Italian custom for the stable boy to smuggle the teamster's dry salami whether he wants to or not.

Posted by: Fritz at May 18, 2017 09:59 AM (2Mnv1)

137 Prof Glenn Reynolds begins:

When Dennis Kucinich is the voice of reason ...

I'll finish it for him:

The entire political class in DC is off its rocker, and that means every government employee within Beltway as well.

Didn't Hillary get more than 90% of the vote there? That's a Sadam Hussein-like result.

Posted by: Decaf at May 18, 2017 09:59 AM (oH94U)

138 Reposted from last thread.

228 This whole impeachment fufaraw would be fairly simple to solve-

if both Turtle and Ryan came out and made a joint statement that -

"impeachment is off the table."

You know, like Turtle and Boehner did for Obama in 2014.

The fact that they don't means that they are in cahoots with the Democrats.

"Impeachment is off the table."

Simple statement, a-holes.

You did it for Obama. Now do it for Trump.
Posted by: naturalfake at May 18, 2017 08:21 AM (9q7Dl)

Posted by: Chilling the most at May 18, 2017 09:59 AM (9Ej78)

139 So I'll sit here with my coffee and enjoy your amusing company.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 18, 2017 09:52 AM (lwiT4)

The Cubs have won two in a row and let's get the sweep this afternoon

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 18, 2017 09:59 AM (493sH)

140 Posted by: pookysgirl at May 18, 2017 09:58 AM (ar2KI)

I'm sorry your family's getting treated this way.

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 18, 2017 10:00 AM (0mRoj)

141 I'm surprised the Betty Shelby acquital didn't make the Morning Dump.

Posted by: ScoggDog at May 18, 2017 10:00 AM (+YMDZ)

142 Two or three shankings is about average.

Posted by: eleven at May 18, 2017 10:00 AM (qUNWi)

143 139 So I'll sit here with my coffee and enjoy your amusing company.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 18, 2017 09:52 AM (lwiT4)

The Cubs have won two in a row and let's get the sweep this afternoon
Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 18, 2017 09:59 AM (493sH)

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

The A's are freaking terrible...again.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 18, 2017 10:00 AM (elLTo)

144 124 What's the average time remaining of someone who is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer? I'm a loving, generous, compassionate fellow, so we can give death row inmates twice that amount before they're put down.
Posted by: Chigger Fleas at May 18, 2017 09:51 AM (fD1ST)

Not long. I knew someone who got pancreatic cancer and it reduced him to a pain-riddled husk in a matter of months before killing him. He was a good man who didn't deserve to go out like that. Now I'm rambling but it upsets me to this very day.
Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 18, 2017 09:54 AM (0mRoj)

My stepson's father died of pancreatic cancer when my stepson was 16. From diagnosis to deathbed = 6 months. That was a dark, dark time.

Posted by: joncelli, Present at the Autopsy at May 18, 2017 10:00 AM (RD7QR)

145 I agree but I'd put 3 and 5 at the top of the list in order of priority.
Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 18, 2017 09:58 AM (0mRoj)
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Of course, but I was going in order that grammie mentioned them!

Posted by: bluebell at May 18, 2017 10:00 AM (sBOL1)

146 I saw a video where six guys did it in about 30 seconds.
Posted by: Roland THTG at May 18, 2017 09:52 AM (QM5S2)

Are those the guys that do it in parades?

Those guys are awesome.

Posted by: Deplorable Flyover 98ZJUSMC at May 18, 2017 10:00 AM (G9MZN)

147 Just got done watching Moneyball again.

Just a damn good flick. Even if it is more fiction than fact.

Posted by: eleven at May 18, 2017 10:01 AM (qUNWi)

148 Sounds like a plan, bluebell. I definitely am going to get a back-up dress. I found a couple on Amazon that I can order in a pinch. I can always send them back if and when my real dress comes in.

Caterer assured me yesterday that yes-indeed she would have my food options/cost estimate to me by the end of today. My son says why don't we just have a backyard BBQ at Grandma's house. What are the chances I am going to make food for 40 people the night before the wedding? Right.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 18, 2017 10:01 AM (lwiT4)

149 My stepson's father died of pancreatic cancer when my stepson was 16. From diagnosis to deathbed = 6 months. That was a dark, dark time.
Posted by: joncelli, Present at the Autopsy at May 18, 2017 10:00 AM (RD7QR)

Fuck cancer.

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 18, 2017 10:01 AM (0mRoj)

150 My bosses wife passed away yesterday afternoon. She had been battling a very rare virus for the past several years. I think she just didn't want to fight anymore.

Posted by: deplorable Jewells45 at May 18, 2017 10:01 AM (zRZaJ)

151 When I shanks 'em, they stays shanked, thanks to my trusty ice pick.

Posted by: Sharon Stone at May 18, 2017 10:01 AM (JO9+V)

152 Saw on the tee bee yesterday how well respected Mueller is on both sides. Doesn't matter. They could have appointed Eliot Ness. Moon bats will accept nothing but impeachment.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 18, 2017 09:49 AM (kTF2Z)

Nancy Pelosi, whom our president has rightly diagnosed as being "mentally unstable", is still calling for an "independent commission" This was after complaining last night the Mueller is really not "independent".

There is no longer a statute allowing "independent prosecutors , or independent whatevers to investgate the targets identified by Democrats.

The statute that created independent prosecutors was allowed to expire after the Ken Starr investigation when both sides of the aisle realized what kind of far ranging witch hunts could occur. Not to mention that the statute itself was unconstitutional as it created a fourth branch of government that is not in the constitution since an "independent" prosecutor did not report nor answer nor follow any of the three constitutional branches.

Nancy Pelosi is battling Maxine Waters for the delusional congresswoman award.

Posted by: Jen the original at May 18, 2017 10:01 AM (62eBc)

153 Johnathan Turley said last night that a special counsel was like a spinning torpedo. You never know what it's going to hit. He also said that Russian money is all over D.C. And that some people who are celebrating today may not be so happy in the future. Something tells me they haven't really thought this through.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 18, 2017 10:02 AM (kTF2Z)

154 >>After seeing her pictures, I would voluntarily assume this risk.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-39947017

Maybe it was already covered, but neither the linked story, nor the link to an earlier story describing the murder say much about the man she killed - not his name, no particulars. Only that they met on Tinder and she had a fit after he ran out to pick up her prescription.
I think a murder victim deserves more than that...

Posted by: Lizzy at May 18, 2017 10:02 AM (NOIQH)

155 I've got a suggestion for a future MMOT:

"The Procession of the Trojan Horse into Troy"
By Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

Posted by: Denny Crane! at May 18, 2017 10:02 AM (KQBFo)

156 145 I agree but I'd put 3 and 5 at the top of the list in order of priority.
Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 18, 2017 09:58 AM (0mRoj)
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Of course, but I was going in order that grammie mentioned them!

Posted by: bluebell at May 18, 2017 10:00 AM (sBOL1)

How conveeeeenient!

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 18, 2017 10:02 AM (0mRoj)

157 I'm sorry your family's getting treated this way.
Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 18, 2017 10:00 AM (0mRoj)

Yes, indeed. Thanks for the update. pookysgirl. Sounds very stressful. Will continue too cary that rough places are made smoother for you!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 18, 2017 10:02 AM (qES5k)

158 My bosses wife passed away yesterday afternoon. She had been battling a very rare virus for the past several years. I think she just didn't want to fight anymore.
Posted by: deplorable Jewells45 at May 18, 2017 10:01 AM (zRZaJ)

Jewell, I saw your posts on this on the ONT, I'm sorry to hear this. May her family find peace. And we all take a moment to realize that life is never guaranteed and don't waste it.

Posted by: Jen the original at May 18, 2017 10:03 AM (62eBc)

159 138 - Amen.

Posted by: josephistan at May 18, 2017 10:03 AM (7HtZB)

160 What are the chances I am going to make food for 40 people the night before the wedding? Right.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 18, 2017 10:01 AM (lwiT4)
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Hmm. Do you want the wedding to go forward? That's the question that must be answered first.

Posted by: bluebell at May 18, 2017 10:03 AM (sBOL1)

161 148. Bowl of cornflakes. One flake per guest. Immediate relatives of bride and groom may have the frosted ones because Special Day.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 18, 2017 10:03 AM (TwwWO)

162 The President, despite his flaws and fups is trying to fulfill his promises to the people. The Democrats, who have descended into hell and morphed into a Leftist political party that that has no place in a Republic of our founders, are doing what they have done throughout history -- not only opposing, but trying to destroy the country by its roots. But it is the prissy faux patrician GOPe, who will not fight for the President or their country, who are the real danger. Like the FSA they will always suckle on some teat -- they will always make sure they get theirs. And they are not too picky about where it comes from.

Posted by: gracepc at May 18, 2017 10:03 AM (OU4q6)

163 Anyway, hearing about new babies always makes me happy.

Posted by: bluebell at May 18, 2017 09:47 AM

I hear ya, bluebell. Just spent last weekend out of state for a baptism. Gotta love new babies.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 18, 2017 10:03 AM (p+Wdc)

164 "The Procession of the Trojan Horse into Troy"

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I couldn't sit down for a week.

Posted by: Troy at May 18, 2017 10:04 AM (7HtZB)

165 Hmm. Do you want the wedding to go forward? That's the question that must be answered first.
======================

Oh my yes. He is definitely marrying above his pay grade.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 18, 2017 10:04 AM (lwiT4)

166
Sec. Steve Mnuchin is testifying. His incredibly attractive fiance Louise Linton is there. Don't move the camera from her to the Squaw Lizzy! Oh that's better, now move the camera away from Mnuchin to her

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 18, 2017 10:04 AM (493sH)

167 Posted by: deplorable Jewells45 at May 18, 2017 10:01 AM (zRZaJ)

Saw your posts about this. Will pray for strength and comfort for the family.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 18, 2017 10:04 AM (qES5k)

168 Maybe it was already covered, but neither the linked story, nor the link to an earlier story describing the murder say much about the man she killed - not his name, no particulars. Only that they met on Tinder and she had a fit after he ran out to pick up her prescription.
I think a murder victim deserves more than that...

Posted by: Lizzy at May 18, 2017 10:02 AM (NOIQH)

He's not dead, but the crazy violent bitch should be in prison. She's not because vagina.

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 18, 2017 10:05 AM (0mRoj)

169 "The cleaning lady comes in two hours and I haven't cleaned the house yet. "

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Grammie, you must belong to the same school of thought as my sister. She used to clean before her cleaning lady arrived so she wouldn't think they were pigs. In the end she decided it was less stressful to do it herself.

Posted by: Decaf at May 18, 2017 10:05 AM (oH94U)

170 Grammie, 2 boxes of lime jello and one carrot and one banana, both thinly sliced. Make the jello a little thinner than the directions.

Serves 40.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 18, 2017 10:05 AM (JO9+V)

171
When I shanks 'em, they stays shanked, thanks to my trusty ice pick.

Posted by: Sharon Stone at May 18, 2017 10:01 AM (JO9+V)

Ice pick. Phhhhttt! A woman's weapon.

A MAN uses an ice axe.

Posted by: Zombie Ramon Mercaderr at May 18, 2017 10:05 AM (XWkhW)

172 Bowl of cornflakes. One flake per guest. Immediate relatives of bride and groom may have the frosted ones because Special Day.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan!
No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 18, 2017 10:03 AM (TwwWO)
=========================

That could work.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 18, 2017 10:05 AM (lwiT4)

173 160 What are the chances I am going to make food for 40 people the night before the wedding? Right.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 18, 2017 10:01 AM (lwiT4)

We hosted Thanksgiving once. Someone commented on the lack of variety. And I quote ...

"McDonald's is right down the f***ing street" - ScoggDog, Thanksgiving, 2003

Posted by: ScoggDog at May 18, 2017 10:06 AM (+YMDZ)

174 He's not dead, but the crazy violent bitch should be in prison. She's not because vagina.

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 18, 2017 10:05 AM (0mRoj)
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So? What's your fuckin' point? *hic*

Posted by: Hillary at May 18, 2017 10:06 AM (vg8iE)

175 Oh my yes. He is definitely marrying above his pay grade.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 18, 2017 10:04 AM (lwiT4)
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All righty then. Invest in a box of cornflakes as per Uncle Palp's suggestion. You can't hurt them with that.

Posted by: bluebell at May 18, 2017 10:06 AM (sBOL1)

176 Grammie, 2 boxes of lime jello and one carrot and
one banana, both thinly sliced. Make the jello a little thinner than the
directions.

Serves 40.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 18, 2017 10:05 AM (JO9+V)
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I dunno ..... She's not Lutheran.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 18, 2017 10:06 AM (lwiT4)

177 161 148. Bowl of cornflakes. One flake per guest. Immediate relatives of bride and groom may have the frosted ones because Special Day.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 18, 2017 10:03 AM (TwwWO)

Cheap bastard. Do you have a newsletter?

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 18, 2017 10:06 AM (0mRoj)

178 Colluding is a basic human right.

Posted by: Les Kinetic at May 18, 2017 10:07 AM (U6f54)

179 I don't mow the lawn before the landscaper comes. Can you and the other 'ettes please explain this madness? Posted by: Strobe at May 18, 2017 09:58 AM (gbWkA)
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For heaven's sake, you don't leave toys and miscellany out in the yard when the landscapers are coming and you don't leave toys and miscellany in the way when the housekeeper is going through. I'm sure that y'all are all neat and tidy perfection, but for us normal slobs we have to 'police the area' before the professionals get down to serious work.

Posted by: mustbequantum at May 18, 2017 10:08 AM (MIKMs)

180 I just borrowed ace's time machine. Looks like they are just about to submit articles of impeachment for President Pence. Sad!

Posted by: Max Power at May 18, 2017 10:08 AM (QCc6B)

181 Grammie - I wish you were close by. I'd cook for the crowd - all you'd have to do is pay for the food. I love to cook for crowds. My mother and I once catered a Civil War reenactment picnic for 700 people.

Anyone ever fry chicken for 700 people? Good times.

Posted by: bicentennialguy at May 18, 2017 10:08 AM (vg8iE)

182 147 Just got done watching Moneyball again.

Just a damn good flick. Even if it is more fiction than fact.
Posted by: eleven at May 18, 2017 10:01 AM (qUNWi)

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The section around the streak is damn great.

I love that movie.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 18, 2017 10:08 AM (elLTo)

183 "What's the average time remaining of someone who is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer?"

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A friend survived for two years.

Posted by: Decaf at May 18, 2017 10:08 AM (oH94U)

184 CBS had a story this morning about the evil police killing a 15 year old black kid in Texas. After a few minutes of telling us he was an honor student and everybody in his family telling us what a good kid he was and how now they can't go to church because they'd have to drive by the site and how they can't sleep now, they told us he was just a passenger in a car being driven away from a party. So driving while black.

I have an idea were not being told the whole story.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and You're Not at May 18, 2017 10:08 AM (Nwg0u)

185 The thing is, she'd probably be fine with whatever. She's an absolutely no-drama girl. My son on the other hand has turned into Bridezilla.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 18, 2017 10:08 AM (lwiT4)

186 Err, how many shankings are normal in an average life?
Posted by: Brian in New Orleans

*****

Calling Elvis - a limerick

She had a certain sharpness to her touch
With a keen penetrating gaze, and such
She gave her blade a flick
And cut me to the quick
And calmly said, "Shank ya. Shank ya verr much!"

Posted by: Muldoon at May 18, 2017 10:09 AM (Ppftt)

187 Good morning kiddies.

Posted by: KansasCJ at May 18, 2017 10:09 AM (e96Jd)

188 Anyone ever fry chicken for 700 people? Good times.
Posted by: bicentennialguy at May 18, 2017 10:08 AM (vg8iE)
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Wow. Wow. You are either brave, or nuts.

You're here. Ergo, you are nuts.

Posted by: bluebell at May 18, 2017 10:09 AM (sBOL1)

189 but for us normal slobs we have to 'police the area' before the professionals get down to serious work.
Posted by: mustbequantum at May 18, 2017 10:08 AM (MIKMs)

You beat the area with batons and tell it to stop resisting?

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 18, 2017 10:09 AM (0mRoj)

190 You're here. Ergo, you are nuts.

Posted by: bluebell at May 18, 2017 10:09 AM (sBOL1)

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No doubt certifiable.

Posted by: bicentennialguy at May 18, 2017 10:10 AM (vg8iE)

191 144, 124,
" What's the average time remaining of someone who is diagnosed with
pancreatic cancer? I'm a loving, generous, compassionate fellow, so we
can give death row inmates twice that amount before they're put down.

Posted by: Chigger Fleas at May 18, 2017 09:51 AM (fD1ST)

Not long. I knew someone who got pancreatic cancer and it reduced
him to a pain-riddled husk in a matter of months before killing him. He
was a good man who didn't deserve to go out like that. Now I'm rambling
but it upsets me to this very day.

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 18, 2017 09:54 AM (0mRoj)

My stepson's father died of pancreatic cancer when my stepson was
16. From diagnosis to deathbed = 6 months. That was a dark, dark time."

Same here. My mother was diagnosed in Dec. '84, died May '85

Posted by: geoffb5 at May 18, 2017 10:10 AM (d3wbb)

192 Posted by: grammie winger at May 18, 2017 10:08 AM (lwiT4)

Is the wedding on Saturday, because I'm sure you'll hear from the caterer before them

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 18, 2017 10:10 AM (qES5k)

193 185 The thing is, she'd probably be fine with whatever. She's an absolutely no-drama girl. My son on the other hand has turned into Bridezilla.
Posted by: grammie winger at May 18, 2017 10:08 AM (lwiT4)

Does she have a sister?

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 18, 2017 10:10 AM (0mRoj)

194 Can you and the other 'ettes please explain this madness?
Posted by: Strobe at May 18, 2017 09:58 AM (gbWkA)
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It's because we'd be embarrassed for someone to see our houses dirty or disorganized. Which is why I don't have a cleaning lady, but wish I did. I just know I'd clean the whole house before she came.

Hell, I make my bed in hotel rooms and clean up the room and bath before we leave. Same reason. Don't want anyone thinking we're slobs.

Posted by: IrishEi at May 18, 2017 10:10 AM (HiDrR)

195 Massive food poisoning in Wisconsin. Outbreak traced to a wedding.

Posted by: Headline from the future at May 18, 2017 10:11 AM (kTF2Z)

196 Grammie - I wish you were close by. I'd cook for the crowd - all you'd
have to do is pay for the food. I love to cook for crowds. My mother
and I once catered a Civil War reenactment picnic for 700 people.
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Seriously?? How is that even humanly possible? I can barely almost never cook for two!

Posted by: grammie winger at May 18, 2017 10:11 AM (lwiT4)

197 Same here. My mother was diagnosed in Dec. '84, died May '85
Posted by: geoffb5 at May 18, 2017 10:10 AM (d3wbb)

Sorry man.

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 18, 2017 10:11 AM (0mRoj)

198 Seriously?? How is that even humanly possible? I can barely almost never cook for two!

Posted by: grammie winger at May 18, 2017 10:11 AM (lwiT4)
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I find it's easier to cook a lot rather than a little.

Posted by: bicentennialguy at May 18, 2017 10:11 AM (vg8iE)

199 Rather underwhelmed by Brett Baier's tribute to Ailes. Seemed to be struggling to say something nice.

Posted by: Decaf at May 18, 2017 10:11 AM (oH94U)

200 Thanks for the prayers, y'all. Fenelon, your post is ironic since we had a storm blow through here yesterday and now I have chunks of the street in front of my driveway.

Grammie, I say "Yes to the dress you found on Amazon!" Backups are always a good thing to have.

Posted by: pookysgirl at May 18, 2017 10:12 AM (ar2KI)

201 Does she have a sister?

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 18, 2017 10:10 AM (0mRoj)
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Actually she does, and just as sweet and kind. Still in college though, if that's a problem.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 18, 2017 10:12 AM (lwiT4)

202 201 Does she have a sister?

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 18, 2017 10:10 AM (0mRoj)
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Actually she does, and just as sweet and kind. Still in college though, if that's a problem.
Posted by: grammie winger at May 18, 2017 10:12 AM (lwiT4)

Not for me it's not.

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 18, 2017 10:12 AM (0mRoj)

203 177. Nope. Printing costs.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 18, 2017 10:12 AM (Lzqom)

204 grammie ... believe it or not - I know of a pretty decent catering company in Wisconsin. I used them in Beloit for some work stuff. Really reasonable. You might give 'em a try ...

http://bit.ly/2hoyuMN

Posted by: ScoggDog at May 18, 2017 10:12 AM (+YMDZ)

205 Reminder: The fact that the media, Republicans and Democrats BIRM are still flailing so hard to get Trump is the single best reason to trust him.

Posted by: Mega at May 18, 2017 10:13 AM (nmOpX)

206 203 177. Nope. Printing costs.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 18, 2017 10:12 AM (Lzqom)

Well played.

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 18, 2017 10:13 AM (0mRoj)

207 The entire Internet is a Giant Depression Machine filling your head with sludge from The Swamp.

Go get some sunshine. Doctor's orders.

Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 18, 2017 10:13 AM (C52a9)

208 Grammie, I say "Yes to the dress you found on Amazon!" Backups are always a good thing to have.

Posted by: pookysgirl at May 18, 2017 10:12 AM (ar2KI)
======================

I think so too. I have Prime so it's free both ways if I end up sending it back.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 18, 2017 10:13 AM (lwiT4)

209 Grammie, you must belong to the same school of thought as my sister. She used to clean before her cleaning lady arrived so she wouldn't think they were pigs.

-
My wife suffers from ACNS too.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and You're Not at May 18, 2017 10:14 AM (Nwg0u)

210 The Simplon Tunnel is mentioned in From Russia With Love. I believe Red Grant planned to dump the corpses of Bond and the girl Tatiana off the Orient Express in the tunnel as part of the conspiracy against Bond and the Secret Service.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 18, 2017 10:14 AM (xwbuR)

211 A jury on Wednesday acquitted a white Oklahoma police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black man last year, sparking outrage from the mans family and supporters.

Tulsa Officer Betty Jo Shelby said she shot 40-year-old Terence Crutcher out of fear because he didnt obey commands to lie on the ground and appeared to reach inside his SUV for what she thought was a gun.

He was also high on PCB

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 18, 2017 10:14 AM (KlI/a)

212 209 Grammie, you must belong to the same school of thought as my sister. She used to clean before her cleaning lady arrived so she wouldn't think they were pigs.

-
My wife suffers from ACNS too.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and You're Not at May 18, 2017 10:14 AM (Nwg0u)

Automated Copyright Notice System?

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 18, 2017 10:15 AM (0mRoj)

213 http://bit.ly/2hoyuMN

Posted by: ScoggDog at May 18, 2017 10:12 AM (+YMDZ)
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They're getting married in a barn, so I don't know the bathroom situation, but thanks. I'll keep it in mind.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 18, 2017 10:15 AM (lwiT4)

214 209 Grammie, you must belong to the same school of thought as my sister. She used to clean before her cleaning lady arrived so she wouldn't think they were pigs.

-
My wife suffers from ACNS too.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and You're Not at May 18, 2017 10:14 AM (Nwg0u)

Now you're going to have to define that.

Posted by: joncelli, Present at the Autopsy at May 18, 2017 10:15 AM (RD7QR)

215 19 Hey, wassamatta you?
*
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My old alma mater!

Posted by: Bullwinkle J. Moose at May 18, 2017 10:15 AM (xwbuR)

216 Go get some sunshine. Doctor's orders.
Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 18, 2017 10:13 AM (C52a9)
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+100. I can't even bring myself to look at any of that stuff right now. It's too much. I'm going to clean my desk and then my powder room and then my family room and then do laundry.

Right after I talk to you guys some more.

Posted by: bluebell at May 18, 2017 10:15 AM (sBOL1)

217 "What's the average time remaining of someone who is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer?"

I lost a pal 6 weeks after diagnosis.
Another, two months.
I have another friend (who is younger than I) just announced his diagnosis of same.
That is a horrible disease, no symptoms until too late.
At least you have a little time to get your affairs in order.

Posted by: navybrat at May 18, 2017 10:16 AM (w7KSn)

218 Tulsa Officer Betty Jo Shelby said she shot 40-year-old Terence Crutcher out of fear because he didnt obey commands to lie on the ground and appeared to reach inside his SUV for what she thought was a gun.
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I'm sure it was a textbook. From community college. Where he was getting ready to go.

Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 18, 2017 10:16 AM (C52a9)

219 He was also high on PCB

Ummm...I think you mean CHP. Hello.

Posted by: eleven at May 18, 2017 10:16 AM (qUNWi)

220
Calling Elvis - a limerick

https://youtu.be/VYAHmjaeoTA

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 18, 2017 10:16 AM (IqV8l)

221 I've got a suggestion for a future MMOT:

"The Procession of the Trojan Horse into Troy"

By Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
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Laocoon

(Roman copy of Greek statue)

Posted by: mustbequantum at May 18, 2017 10:17 AM (MIKMs)

222 I was really, really hoping you'd click that link grammie ... glad you did.

Posted by: ScoggDog at May 18, 2017 10:17 AM (+YMDZ)

223 197, Thanks. Been 32 years and I still miss her.

Posted by: geoffb5 at May 18, 2017 10:18 AM (d3wbb)

224 Fenelon, thanks for the link to the 7 tips for Christians on how to stop worrying. Good stuff.

Posted by: bluebell at May 18, 2017 10:18 AM (sBOL1)

225 138This whole impeachment fufaraw would be fairly simple to solve-

if both Turtle and Ryan came out and made a joint statement that -

"impeachment is off the table."

You know, like Turtle and Boehner did for Obama in 2014.

The fact that they don't means that they are in cahoots with the Democrats.

"Impeachment is off the table."

Simple statement, a-holes."

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Ha, ha, ha ... That' a good one.

Posted by: Decaf at May 18, 2017 10:18 AM (oH94U)

226 After 10 months of investigations. . .

FBI Director: No proof of collusion between Trump Campaign and the Russians

Former CIA Director: No proof of collusion between Trump Campaign and the Russians.

Former Director of National Intelligence: No proof of collusion between the Trump Campaign and the Russians.

On Monday, a story comes out that a DNC staffer who was murdered was in contact with Wikileaks and he (not the Russians) provided over 40,000 emails from the DNC.

On Wednesday, a special counsel is named. . .

. . . not for the murder of the DNC staffer. . .

. . . but for the fake Russian Collusion hoax that has produced ZERO EVIDENCE over the last 10 MONTHS!

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at May 18, 2017 10:18 AM (4AVeu)

227
My wife suffers from ACNS too.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and You're Not at May 18, 2017 10:14 AM (Nwg0u)

Automated Copyright Notice System?
Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 18, 2017 10:15 AM (

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Asclerotic Chronic Nautical Syndrome?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 18, 2017 10:18 AM (kTF2Z)

228 I'd give my left nut if Robert Mueller uses the phrase "no reasonable prosecutor" in his report.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 18, 2017 10:19 AM (KUaJL)

229 Go get some sunshine. Doctor's orders.
Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 18, 2017 10:13 AM (C52a9)

Good advice. I've been avoiding the news like the plague.

Posted by: Max Power at May 18, 2017 10:19 AM (QCc6B)

230 Well, I better get some of the debris out of the way so she can wash the floors.

BBL

Posted by: grammie winger at May 18, 2017 10:19 AM (lwiT4)

231 Grammie, you must belong to the same school of thought as my sister. She used to clean before her cleaning lady arrived so she wouldn't think they were pigs.

-
My wife suffers from ACNS too.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and You're Not at May 18, 2017 10:14 AM (Nwg0u)

Automated Copyright Notice System?

-
All Crazy N Shit

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and You're Not at May 18, 2017 10:19 AM (Nwg0u)

232
On Wednesday, a special counsel is named. . .

. . . not for the murder of the DNC staffer. . .

. . . but for the fake Russian Collusion hoax that has produced ZERO EVIDENCE over the last 10 MONTHS!

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at May 18, 2017 10:18 AM (4AVeu)
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And how much is this theatre costing the taxpayers?

They can all go straight to hell.

Posted by: bicentennialguy at May 18, 2017 10:19 AM (vg8iE)

233 When I shanks 'em, they stays shanked, thanks to my trusty ice pick.
Posted by: Sharon Stone�

Just in case anyone here is ever on Jeopardy, and the final question is, 'What former Penthouse model and future XXX actress played Sharon Stones stunt double and ice pick wielding killer in Basic Instinct? '

Better hope I'm not a fellow contestant. Because I know the answer and you don't.

Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at May 18, 2017 10:19 AM (HTdUD)

234 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and You're Not at May 18, 2017 10:19 AM (Nwg0u)

Ah. Never heard that one before.

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 18, 2017 10:20 AM (0mRoj)

235 Snowing here at 5430 feet elevation.

Posted by: Les Kinetic at May 18, 2017 10:20 AM (U6f54)

236 Hey, bluebell, thanks to your BoSox the Brewers are now first in the NL Central!!!

(For the next 5 minutes anyway.)

Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at May 18, 2017 10:20 AM (ZM2xo)

237 Tulsa Officer Betty Jo Shelby said she shot 40-year-old Terence Crutcher out of fear because he didnt obey commands to lie on the ground and appeared to reach inside his SUV for what she thought was a gun.

Dashcam and helicopter video on youtube ... one pretty good link that syncs both.

I don't see any innocents in this one ... except for the other two cops that DIDN'T shoot.

Posted by: ScoggDog at May 18, 2017 10:20 AM (+YMDZ)

238 Posted by: Strobe at May 18, 2017 09:58 AM (gbWkA)

Most cleaning ladies don't "tidy". If your stuff is in the way they just won't clean that area, but you still have to pay as if they did.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 18, 2017 10:20 AM (sEDyY)

239 Auto Cleaning Nervous Syndrome

Posted by: Roland THTG at May 18, 2017 10:21 AM (QM5S2)

240 On Wednesday, a special counsel is named. . .

. . . not for the murder of the DNC staffer. . .

. . . but for the fake Russian Collusion hoax that has produced ZERO EVIDENCE over the last 10 MONTHS!

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at May 18, 2017 10:18 AM (4AVeu)

The left is trying to completely take over the country. They have the MFM, Commiewood, the schools and most of the governments. Trump wasn't supposed to win. This is their revenge and to show who is in charge. They've been at war with us for some time and we've been represented by the eunuch party

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 18, 2017 10:21 AM (493sH)

241 The Italian border town at Simplon has the greatest town-name ever: "Domodossola".

Its Swiss neighbors on the other side of the Tunnel have the most boring: "Brig" and "Visp".

Posted by: furious at May 18, 2017 10:22 AM (7C7xp)

242 Tulsa Officer Betty Jo Shelby said she shot 40-year-old Terence Crutcher out of fear because he didnt obey commands to lie on the ground and appeared to reach inside his SUV for what she thought was a gun.

He was also high on PCB
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 18, 2017 10:14 AM (KlI/a)

I've watched a couple episodes of Intervention on the Vice channel recently. It is a reality show that works to get drug addicts whose family's are desperate for help into rehab by telling them they are being paid to be in a documentary about drug addiction and then cameras follow them around for a week or so. Family members give interviews about the addict, how it is affecting them etc. Intervention is set up and a drug counselor , often an additional medical professional is included and if the intervention works and the addict agrees to treatment, they go right then. They are typically flown to an out of state rehab that specializes in treatment of the person's addiction and their mental/emotional problems that fueled the addiction.

Recent episode followed a young woman who was addicted to heroin and meth who was in a psychosis for days . Until you see someone who is actually psychotic , you can't imagine how unpredictable and dangerous they are.

The family members who contact the show are normally desperate and have exhausted all other avenues. They also are often enablers. I'm always stunned at how many parents keep funding their kids drug habits to try to keep them off the street. Part of the intervention also involves them and they end up seeing counselors themselves.

Posted by: Jen the original at May 18, 2017 10:23 AM (62eBc)

243 235 Snowing here at 5430 feet elevation.
Posted by: Les Kinetic at May 18, 2017 10:20 AM (U6f54)

Good Lord. Where's "here"?

Posted by: joncelli, Present at the Autopsy at May 18, 2017 10:23 AM (RD7QR)

244 Hey, bluebell, thanks to your BoSox the Brewers are now first in the NL Central!!!

(For the next 5 minutes anyway.)
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at May 18, 2017 10:20 AM (ZM2xo)
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You're welcome. They sure made it interesting though, didn't they? 13 innings.

A few weeks ago it was a Red Sox victory over the Orioles that put the Yankees on top. I was very conflicted about that one.

Posted by: bluebell at May 18, 2017 10:25 AM (sBOL1)

245 243 235 Snowing here at 5430 feet elevation.
Posted by: Les Kinetic at May 18, 2017 10:20 AM (U6f54)

Good Lord. Where's "here"?
_____________________________________

The hidden pile of evidence the FBI has against Obama.

Posted by: Someone Who Knows at May 18, 2017 10:26 AM (4AVeu)

246 Prayers for you all that need them, seems to be a tough time right now for a lot of us.

As for the caterer, why don't we all show up, and do it as a MoMeet. Easy Peasy, the HQ can do the cooking.

oh, yea, I remember why not now. Nevermind.

Posted by: IP at May 18, 2017 10:26 AM (UmSfZ)

247 Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 18, 2017 10:14 AM (KlI/a)

Dirty secret is that female LEOs shoot faster than males. They sort of have to since most have absolutely no way to physically control the situation and also don't have the "presence" to control it through force of personality. Dealing with a completely blitzed suspect just makes everything that much more difficult.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 18, 2017 10:26 AM (sEDyY)

248 Posted by: bluebell at May 18, 2017 10:25 AM (sBOL1)

I read the twitter feed of a Cards fan this morning. They sure hate your team.

Apparently there's some - history there....

Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at May 18, 2017 10:28 AM (ZM2xo)

249 Dirty secret is that female LEOs shoot faster than males.

She was sure quicker on the draw than the two male cops standing right next to her.

Posted by: ScoggDog at May 18, 2017 10:28 AM (+YMDZ)

250 Gah venting here.

Just venting. Because I don't have anyone I can talk to. Whenever I express dismay or apprehension to my wife she gets on my case and makes me feel bad for feeling bad. I don't have any friends I hang out with IRL anymore, one of my best sounding board guys moved away, I have been trying to have wings and beer with another friend I haven't hung out with a while and he keeps ditching. That is not helping

I am not fishing for sympathy, just venting to the Horde because I know you guys. Kind of.

First off I recognize all my blessings I have 4 kids that are good kids. I have a good dog, and we are bringing up a good puppy. I have a good wife even if we don't always see eye to eye. I have a job that pays me well.

But here is my deal. I am not dealing well with having turned 29. Yes, like all of us I am 29, but my 29 looks like half a century in big round numbers.

And the job that I have is working for a crazy person. And I have been looking for a new position for the past year and unfortunately it seems I am a buggy whip maker in the field of IT. It seems like nobody wants me. Nobody. Even when I have great interviews. Even when - perhaps especially when - the job looks like they took my resume and made a job description out of it.

I had the best job interview EVER about 6 weeks ago. I got a draft offer about 4 weeks ago. Waiting for the final. Pinged the guy Friday, he said he would get back to me Monday, still nothing.

Guys tie up a lot of their identity and self worth in what they do. This is disheartening. I don't feel like I am worth much of anything.

Don't go trying to figure out who I am IRL (some of you have enough info to do that) and calling the police to get a wellness check. I am not there. But I am depressed, and I just have to vent.

I have faith in God, and that everything works according to God's plan, but I have to wonder, sometimes, maybe this is His plan . We cannot know, unfortunately.

It feels like a Monday.

Posted by: blaster at May 18, 2017 10:29 AM (8IkOE)

251 Apparently there's some - history there....
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at May 18, 2017 10:28 AM (ZM2xo)
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Yeeeeaaaaahhhhhhh.

Posted by: bluebell at May 18, 2017 10:31 AM (sBOL1)

252 It feels like a Monday.
Posted by: blaster at May 18, 2017 10:29 AM (8IkOE)

Sorry to hear that dude. Hang in there. What state do you live in and what's your current job in?

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 18, 2017 10:31 AM (KUaJL)

253 I think the TSA was inspired by this painting.

Posted by: TexasDan at May 18, 2017 10:31 AM (yL25O)

254 ... and kids - stay off the PCBs. Do coke, heroin, ANYTHING but PCB.

That shit will get you higher than a giraffe's ass.

Posted by: ScoggDog at May 18, 2017 10:32 AM (+YMDZ)

255 blaster -- you need to get a cat.

Posted by: eleven at May 18, 2017 10:32 AM (qUNWi)

256 @252 Northern Virginia. Information Technology.

Posted by: blaster at May 18, 2017 10:32 AM (8IkOE)

257 Posted by: ScoggDog at May 18, 2017 10:28 AM (+YMDZ)

Yeah, I realized that had two meanings, but couldn't come up with a better way to phrase it. "Situations with female LEOs are more likely to devolve to shootings" maybe?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 18, 2017 10:32 AM (sEDyY)

258 255 blaster -- you need to get a cat.
Posted by: eleven at May 18, 2017 10:32 AM (qUNWi)

Or even buy a boat and then sell it.

It'll be the two happiest days of your life, or so I'm told.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 18, 2017 10:33 AM (KUaJL)

259 Get a cat STAT.

Posted by: eleven at May 18, 2017 10:33 AM (qUNWi)

260 @255 Last Saturday we got a Border Collie puppy. He is very cute, but a handful. A couple of handfuls, really. His "big brother" is mostly beagle with some fox hound. He is mature and was at first not all that keen on this interloper in his domain. They seem to have made their peace. As long as neither one touches what the other is eating, life is good.

I think they would have a cat for dinner.

Posted by: blaster at May 18, 2017 10:34 AM (8IkOE)

261 Damn.

Chris Cornell (Soundgarden) died.

Posted by: garrett at May 18, 2017 10:34 AM (tFeIi)

262 Blaster, get a cat, a boat, and A BIKE. (A real one, not one of those messenger bag laden things you have to pedal and shit. Those suck)

Posted by: IP at May 18, 2017 10:35 AM (UmSfZ)

263 Roger Ailes looked like the fat guy that owned the car wash in "Car Wash".

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 18, 2017 10:35 AM (5VlCp)

264 @258 - Ha! That sounds like a good idea! Two good days on the calendar is a slump buster!

Posted by: blaster at May 18, 2017 10:35 AM (8IkOE)

265 What was it the Pawn guy said?

"A boat is a hole in the water you throw money into."

Posted by: eleven at May 18, 2017 10:36 AM (qUNWi)

266 I can sympathize, blaster. Especially about the wife making us feel bad for feeling bad. Lately I've been thinking "what the hell am I doing here?". With "here" being my life in general. I know I have it a lot better than a many other people, but I'm still not happy. I've found that venting to the horde is occasionally helpful.

Posted by: Chris M at May 18, 2017 10:36 AM (eAZVt)

267 Okay, blaster. First of all, get off my lawn.

Secondly, don't give up on the job search. Just keep going. At least you have a job, even if it's for a crazy person, so that gives you some leeway. Don't try to figure other people out in this job search. Who knows what goes on behind the scenes.

Thirdly, read this article Fenelon linked earlier: http://preview.tinyurl.com/88o5aj2. You need to find peace in the midst of all you have going on.

Lastly, maybe you and your family can go somewhere nearby for a nice walk in a park this weekend. It does wonders to clear the mind. Getting out of the house is good.

Posted by: bluebell at May 18, 2017 10:36 AM (sBOL1)

268 Posted by: blaster at May 18, 2017 10:29 AM (8IkOE)

I don't have any answers for you other than welcome to the club, and hang in there. Quite a few of us in similar situations here.

Job hunting is like a bottomless black hole of nothingness, even when it seems like the job description was written especially for you. I don't know how to get around it.

I spend 99% of my time by myself and have nobody to hang out with either, so I can relate there too. Been here a lot more lately than usual. So just remember you're in good company.

Posted by: Country Boy at May 18, 2017 10:36 AM (Jcg9Q)

269 Yeah, I realized that had two meanings, but couldn't come up with a better way to phrase it. "Situations with female LEOs are more likely to devolve to shootings" maybe?
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 18, 2017 10:32 AM (sEDyY)

I think you said it well.

I watched that video ... saw a high black dude asking for trouble and a chic cop panic and kill him while two men held their fire.

My two cents ... jury acquited a woman and would have convicted a man.

Posted by: ScoggDog at May 18, 2017 10:37 AM (+YMDZ)

270 Aaaaand wouldn't you know it, I wasn't ready at the market open, and of course missed a good opportunity to make a few bucks. Sheesh.

Posted by: Country Boy at May 18, 2017 10:39 AM (Jcg9Q)

271 Yay global warming! looks like I'll be taking two days off to stew in the house.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at May 18, 2017 10:39 AM (6FqZa)

272 blaster ...

... whatever you do, don't turn to PCB for comfort. Please.

Posted by: ScoggDog at May 18, 2017 10:40 AM (+YMDZ)

273 @bluebell - thanks, I had not seen Fen's link to that article. That's a good one.

It is easy to think "Be not afraid" it is hard to figure out how to get there.

Posted by: blaster at May 18, 2017 10:40 AM (8IkOE)

274 >>I wasn't ready at the market open, and of course missed a good opportunity to make a few bucks.

I know how you can make $50...

Posted by: Barney Frank at May 18, 2017 10:40 AM (tFeIi)

275 Blaster, I know the feeling.

Y'all know where I've been the last few years. Well, now I'm trying to make my way forward and it's as if I'm dragging a mountain. I can't get basic proper cooperation from folks I need to do things so I can do things (the Saga of the Truck Tag). I can't concentrate to study on my certs (and in my field, for all I know it's glutted with H1Bs and it's a doomed effort). I feel like an old dog whose owner passed and I'm just being shuffled around between folks who don't really want them. I have no family of my own. For all I know I will die alone somewhere, unnoted and uncared-for. My life seems to be caretaking for things and people declining and passing from this world. My earnings have been sideways for 17 years, which of course means functionally backwards. Won't even get into health worries.

It's a miracle I wake up in the morning, and that's when I get a good night's sleep.

I get by because I have blessings to count, though it feels that list dwindles a bit more each year.

And still...I persist.

Because it isn't forever. Eventually, I stay true and keep faith, and with God's grace I'll be reunited with those I love in a better realm.

For now, I guess that's enough.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at May 18, 2017 10:41 AM (AM1GF)

276 Another guy here in the same position as Blaster. Didn't match into a residency and I get the sense I won't any time soon. I'm getting the sense that I pissed my 20's away with med school and college and I have zippo to show for it other than functionally worthless degrees, a bad back, lost hair, and half a million in debt. I've basically turned into what I hate and it makes me truly depressed.

Posted by: Jackal at May 18, 2017 10:41 AM (u4N98)

277 >>>blaster -- you need to get a cat.

Worst advice ever.

Solves none of problems mentioned.
Adds prospect of addition of waking up to cat's ass in face to problems mentioned.

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at May 18, 2017 10:41 AM (Bx9SA)

278 Dirty secret is that female LEOs shoot faster than males. They sort of have to since most have absolutely no way to physically control the situation and also don't have the "presence" to control it through force of personality. Dealing with a completely blitzed suspect just makes everything that much more difficult.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 18, 2017 10:26 AM (sEDyY)

249 Dirty secret is that female LEOs shoot faster than males.

She was sure quicker on the draw than the two male cops standing right next to her.
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 18, 2017 10:28 AM (+YMDZ)

Maybe, but bottom line to me...The Cops stop you, all you do is not move and all you say is yes sir or mam.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 18, 2017 10:42 AM (KlI/a)

279 Worst advice ever.

Solves none of problems mentioned.
Adds prospect of addition of waking up to cat's ass in face to problems mentioned.
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at May 18, 2017 10:41 AM (Bx9SA)

Still better than self-medicating with PCB ...

Posted by: ScoggDog at May 18, 2017 10:43 AM (+YMDZ)

280 @BSG - now that actually made me laugh out loud!

Posted by: blaster at May 18, 2017 10:43 AM (8IkOE)

281 Guys tie up a lot of their identity and self worth in what they do. This is disheartening. I don't feel like I am worth much of anything.

Don't go trying to figure out who I am IRL (some of you have enough info to do that) and calling the police to get a wellness check. I am not there. But I am depressed, and I just have to vent.

I have faith in God, and that everything works according to God's plan, but I have to wonder, sometimes, maybe this is His plan . We cannot know, unfortunately.

It feels like a Monday.
Posted by: blaster at May 18, 2017 10:29 AM (8IkOE)

blaster, I hear you. I am so right there.

I'm not going to try to encourage you, because all encouragement sounds like BS when you feel like that, and because I feel pretty much exactly like you do anyway.

So aside from saying I feel you and hang in there, I would say this: the Curse wasn't just for farmers. I think that thorns and thistles and the sweat of your brow looks a lot like you're describing for IT folks and engineers and stock brokers and everybody else.

I also look at Jacob: immediately after he actually wrestles with God, and has all sorts of extraordinary blessings pronounced over him, he leaves, has his encounter with Esau and basically survives but has to take the lean pickings of the land.

And then goes into that not so great land. And digs a well. Which gets stolen by the locals. So he moves. And digs a well. Which gets stolen by the locals. So he moves again, and digs a third well.

By this time I think Jacob could be excused for wondering what in the hell was going on, because God had just blessed him and told him all sorts of wonderful things to come, and I'd be willing to be that Jacob did not expect to continue to have life be that hard after hearing God say those things.

He gets to keep the third well and is finally in a place where he can settle and prosper.

So I'm not sure which well I'm on, personally, but it doesn't seem likely that it's that third one yet. Doesn't mean God's not with us. Just means life and work is really freaking hard.

Posted by: TexasDan at May 18, 2017 10:43 AM (yL25O)

282 "I can sympathize, blaster. Especially about the wife making us feel bad for feeling bad. Lately I've been thinking "what the hell am I doing here?". With "here" being my life in general. I know I have it a lot better than a many other people, but I'm still not happy. I've found that venting to the horde is occasionally helpful."

Did I write this? It looks like I wrote this, but I'm almost certain I didn't. Weird.

Posted by: Jaws at May 18, 2017 10:44 AM (V4FnY)

283 I have faith in God, and that everything works according to God's plan, but I have to wonder, sometimes, maybe this is His plan . We cannot know, unfortunately.

It feels like a Monday.
Posted by: blaster at May 18, 2017 10:29 AM (8IkOE)

There are times when He feels very far away. I have felt that too often. Don't give up on the new job yet, they may just be waiting on HR to finish paperwork.

You may also want to consider some counseling with your wife. If you attend a church, find out if they are doing a marital seminar anytime soon. Or consider going to a secular counselor with her. You need her to support you, and there may be things she needs from you that you don't know to do. Sometimes communicating with your spouse can be really hard, because you feel like you should know each other, and each others' wants and needs, and those can change over time.

And know that the Horde will pray with you and for you. Also, enjoy being 29 again. Think of all you have done over those years, and find the bright spots, and focus on those. You have probably touched more lives than you realize, and have made an impact on a lot of people.

Hugs and best wishes to you

Posted by: moki at May 18, 2017 10:44 AM (V+V48)

284 Scoggdog what do you have against printed circuit boards?

Posted by: blaster at May 18, 2017 10:44 AM (8IkOE)

285 I do like cats.

I just can't eat a whole one.

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at May 18, 2017 10:44 AM (MykB3)

286 Italian Customs At Simplon

I like XTC's song about the mayor of that town.

Posted by: rickl at May 18, 2017 10:44 AM (xjiRE)

287 Worst advice ever.

Solves none of problems mentioned.
Adds prospect of addition of waking up to cat's ass in face to problems mentioned.
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy

Can confirm. The Gracious Hosts' cat likes to camp out right in my doorway. Makes wandering to the bathroom at two in the morning interesting.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at May 18, 2017 10:44 AM (AM1GF)

288 I know how you can make $50...

Posted by: Barney Frank at May 18, 2017 10:40 AM (tFeIi)

Go on....

*yes I'm kidding!!*

Posted by: Country Boy at May 18, 2017 10:45 AM (Jcg9Q)

289 It is easy to think "Be not afraid" it is hard to figure out how to get there.
Posted by: blaster at May 18, 2017 10:40 AM (8IkOE)
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Oh, I know. I'm really good at telling people what to do, as I told a friend recently. How to do it is another story.

Also, obviously I don't know you or your wife, but I wonder if she perhaps just doesn't know what to say to make you feel any better so it comes across as getting on your case. As a wife myself I always want to make my husband feel better when he has a lot of stuff going on. Sometimes, though, I really can't do better than just saying, "I'm so sorry. That stinks." Which, of course, does nothing really. But I guess at least he knows I'm on his side!

Posted by: bluebell at May 18, 2017 10:45 AM (sBOL1)

290 282. PCB will do that to ya....

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 18, 2017 10:45 AM (Lzqom)

291 Blaster, prayers and good wishes.

Posted by: votermom pimping great books at May 18, 2017 10:46 AM (hMwEB)

292 And you can trace all of these troubles back to the moment Trump allowed his team to convince him to fire Flynn.

Firing Flynn gave credence to the idea of impropriety.

The next fuck up was sessions recusal.

I don't trust that rat fuck Priebis and I'm having my sucpicopns of Pence.

Never give in, never surrender.

Posted by: Kreplach at May 18, 2017 10:46 AM (4OkwV)

293 A jury on Wednesday acquitted a white Oklahoma police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black man last year, sparking outrage from the mans family and supporters.

Tulsa Officer Betty Jo Shelby said she shot 40-year-old Terence Crutcher out of fear because he didnt obey commands to lie on the ground and appeared to reach inside his SUV for what she thought was a gun.

He was also high on PCP

Posted by: Nevergiveup
****

There is a horrifying video out there of a cop being murdered because he made the mistake of allowing the suspect to grab something out of his truck.
The something was an M-1 carbine. The officer's screams and eventual murder was captured by the patrol car's cameras and microphone.

Posted by: Sgt. Angel at May 18, 2017 10:46 AM (+aCe4)

294 I do like cats.

I just can't eat a whole one.
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at May 18, 2017 10:44 AM (MykB3)
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I saw a woman wearing a T-shirt that said that. At Costco. She could have been your soulmate, except that she was blonde, not Winona-colored.

Posted by: bluebell at May 18, 2017 10:47 AM (sBOL1)

295 Maybe, but bottom line to me...The Cops stop you, all you do is not move and all you say is yes sir or mam.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 18, 2017 10:42 AM (KlI/a)

That's right ... move a muscle - and you get what you got coming. Right between the eyes.

Posted by: ScoggDog at May 18, 2017 10:47 AM (+YMDZ)

296 Worst advice ever.
Solves none of problems mentioned.
Adds prospect of addition of waking up to cat's ass in face to problems mentioned.
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at May 18, 2017 10:41 AM (Bx9SA)
Still better than self-medicating with PCB ...
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 18, 2017 10:43 AM (+YMDZ)

Yup....just remember life is tough. You have ups and downs. Embrace it, focus on it and grow past it.
When you realize you have only scratched your potential, you know it's time to get your ass moving.
You never get time back so make to most of the time you have. Pray lots too. Like all the time. God don't mind.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 18, 2017 10:47 AM (5VlCp)

297 It gets the cat food from the bin
Or else it gets the ass again.

Posted by: The face-sized cat at May 18, 2017 10:47 AM (VdICR)

298 How the place in the painting looks today:
http://bit.ly/2pWVFj6

Posted by: Rusty Nail at May 18, 2017 10:47 AM (toi7g)

299 282. PCB will do that to ya....

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 18, 2017 10:45 AM (Lzqom)

You say that like it's a bad thing.

Posted by: Country Boy at May 18, 2017 10:48 AM (Jcg9Q)

300 Maybe, but bottom line to me...The Cops stop you, all you do is not move and all you say is yes sir or mam.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 18, 2017 10:42 AM (KlI/a)

That seems to get lost on a lot of people. Hands on the wheel, be courteous and no movement without announcing to the officer. Oh, and don't be an a**hole.
Do this -everybody goes home to their family.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 18, 2017 10:48 AM (jxbfJ)

301 It gets the cat food from the bin
Or else it gets the ass again.

Posted by: The face-sized cat

What?!? You replaced me so easily?!? It's that AtC, isn't it?

Posted by: unemployed Face-Sized Spider at May 18, 2017 10:49 AM (AM1GF)

302 And you can trace all of these troubles back to the moment Trump allowed his team to convince him to fire Flynn.

Firing Flynn gave credence to the idea of impropriety.

The next fuck up was sessions recusal.

I don't trust that rat fuck Priebis and I'm having my sucpicopns of Pence.

Never give in, never surrender.
Posted by: Kreplach at May 18, 2017 10:46 AM (4OkwV)

Flynn was a clusterfuck...It was always known he sucked up to ertogan which is one reason I never liked him.

Session's reclusal was a huge mistake

But I think PDT's biggest mistake was rubbing comey's nose in his dismissal and the way he was dismissed. It's not that I give a rat's ass about that fuck comey, but it was like sticking a pole in a bee's nest

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 18, 2017 10:49 AM (KlI/a)

303 Fun thread becoming political again so it's time for me to go. Hang on tight, my Horde friends.

Posted by: joncelli, Present at the Autopsy at May 18, 2017 10:50 AM (RD7QR)

304 /cats probably wonder why you don't share a meal with them

Posted by: BourbonChicken at May 18, 2017 10:50 AM (VdICR)

305 Alas, I must go to Walmart for burger and bacon.

I've been told to make eye contact with attractive women, but every time I go somewhere lately I just think "blech." I go, I get, I leave. That's my MO.

Back shortly.

Posted by: Country Boy at May 18, 2017 10:50 AM (Jcg9Q)

306 297
It gets the cat food from the bin

Or else it gets the ass again.

Posted by: The face-sized cat at May 18, 2017 10:47 AM (VdICR)

Cat: "Anything coming out of this" <shows ass>. "No? Cause there's nothing going into this!" <turns around>.
Followed by a gentle pat from the front paw. No claws the first time, but then the "bitch slapper" gets more and more intent on moving the human/slave to feed it.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 18, 2017 10:50 AM (jxbfJ)

307 It feels like a Monday.
Posted by: blaster

blaster.... My Family and I have been through some tough times too. I don't know about your situation but I will certainly say a prayer for you,,,

Posted by: It's Me donna at May 18, 2017 10:50 AM (O2RFr)

308 Damn.... I can see I have to teach people here how to do a real Italian accent. So far the attempts have been dismal. lol

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at May 18, 2017 10:50 AM (aMlLZ)

309
Lastly, maybe you and your family can go somewhere nearby for a nice walk in a park this weekend. It does wonders to clear the mind. Getting out of the house is good.
Posted by: bluebell at May 18, 2017 10:36 AM (sBOL1)

there's a really good point to that-sunshine and vitamin D make a difference in mood/serotonin levels. Even if you just sit outside with a cup of coffee in the morning, listening to the birds. That helps.

Today I was outside with the dogs, and have noticed a bumblebee is obsessed with my chocolate lab. For several days, it buzzes all around her, does a dance, and then brings other bees over to see her. They seem to say, "Dammit Carl, that's a dog, not a flower. Stop bring us to see her."

But every day, Carl comes back and buzzes my Boo. I appreciate his dedication, misplaced and erroneous as it is.

Posted by: moki at May 18, 2017 10:51 AM (V+V48)

310 Hey blaster,

Hang tough.

A big part of the job probs is a still weak economy.

It took Reagan two years to get the economy really going.

Assuming the dildoes in the Rep party can get their act together, it will take Trump at least that long.

So, don't despair, feel grateful that you have a job. I know several people who've been looking for almost 4 years.

As Tom Petty sez-

"The waiting is the hardest part.'

But, sometimes that is exactly what you must do.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 18, 2017 10:51 AM (9q7Dl)

311 Re: the getting a cat issue

I think the advice was more you should get some pussy...

Posted by: Rick in SK at May 18, 2017 10:52 AM (FZYNt)

312 Posted by: blaster at May 18, 2017 10:29 AM (8IkOE)

Lots of us in similar boats. I have no job, no dog, no wife, no meatspace friends and no life. It's just a great big soul-killing black hole of suck. So feel free to vent. It can keep you from going completely off the deep end.

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 18, 2017 10:53 AM (0mRoj)

313
Being in information technology at this time in the country's history is unfortunate. We have leaders who conspire to keep wages down by opening the floodgates to short term employees from other countries.

It's frustrating. Being frustrated is depressing. Try to realize that you're not alone and that hopefully Trump will do something about this travesty in the coming year.

I basically had 20 solid years of IT under my belt and just walked away for my own mental health. That may not be the best answer for everyone, especially the younger, but it was for me.

Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at May 18, 2017 10:53 AM (HTdUD)

314 Oh I have three suggestions for people feeling burdened, and they might sound really stupid but they might help.

1. eat meat, lots of it. skip the "healthy veggies"
think about it - have you ever felt morose right after a juicy steak? Heck no. You get the satisfied hunter feeling.

2. if you can squeeze it in at all, start or restart a hobby
give your brain a break

3. Every morning say good morning and every night say good night to God. Maybe talk to Him if you feel like it.

Posted by: votermom pimping great books at May 18, 2017 10:53 AM (hMwEB)

315 But I think PDT's biggest mistake was rubbing comey's nose in his dismissal and the way he was dismissed. It's not that I give a rat's ass about that fuck comey, but it was like sticking a pole in a bee's nest
===

Or

He knew Comey had nothing and was a "showboating" little shit who would run to the press with his nothing and that they would spread his nothing far and wide.

Remember Comey's little private press briefing when he told everyone that he would be around for "a long time"?

Yeah.

Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 18, 2017 10:54 AM (C52a9)

316 @balster, you were the one who just went to Italy ? right ?

Posted by: runner at May 18, 2017 10:54 AM (c6/9Q)

317
He knew Comey had nothing and was a "showboating" little shit who would run to the press with his nothing and that they would spread his nothing far and wide.

Remember Comey's little private press briefing when he told everyone that he would be around for "a long time"?

Yeah.
Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 18, 2017 10:54 AM (C52a9)

yeah so? Humiliating comey in public like that served what purpose?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 18, 2017 10:54 AM (KlI/a)

318 oops blaster !

Posted by: runner at May 18, 2017 10:55 AM (c6/9Q)

319 I am going to play with my trains tonight. Haven't run them around the track in a week or so.

Posted by: blaster at May 18, 2017 10:55 AM (8IkOE)

320 >>>I saw a woman wearing a T-shirt that said that. At Costco. She could have been your soulmate, except that she was blonde, not Winona-colored.

:::packs a lunch, heads over to Costco:::

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at May 18, 2017 10:55 AM (MykB3)

321 that just came out...wrong!

Posted by: runner at May 18, 2017 10:55 AM (c6/9Q)

322 313

Being in information technology at this time in the country's
history is unfortunate. We have leaders who conspire to keep wages down
by opening the floodgates to short term employees from other countries.

It's frustrating. Being frustrated is depressing. Try to realize
that you're not alone and that hopefully Trump will do something about
this travesty in the coming year.

I basically had 20 solid years of IT under my belt and just walked
away for my own mental health. That may not be the best answer for
everyone, especially the younger, but it was for me.

Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at May 18, 2017 10:53 AM (HTdUD)

Being in IT as well, I'm curious. You said you walked away. What was your career change? I keep joking (half seriously) about becoming a bus driver or a truck driver.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 18, 2017 10:55 AM (jxbfJ)

323 Posted by: moki at May 18, 2017 10:51 AM (V+V4

That is hilarious and adorable (as long as there's no stinging involved) Moki. Did you was Boo recently with a floral smelling shampoo or something?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 18, 2017 10:55 AM (sEDyY)

324 282 "I can sympathize, blaster. Especially about the wife making us feel bad for feeling bad. Lately I've been thinking "what the hell am I doing here?". With "here" being my life in general. I know I have it a lot better than a many other people, but I'm still not happy. I've found that venting to the horde is occasionally helpful."

Did I write this? It looks like I wrote this, but I'm almost certain I didn't. Weird.
Posted by: Jaws at May 18, 2017 10:44 AM (V4FnY)

Heh, same here except for the wife part.

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 18, 2017 10:56 AM (0mRoj)

325 I saw a woman wearing a T-shirt that said that. At Costco. She could have been your soulmate, except that she was blonde, not Winona-colored.

:::packs a lunch, heads over to Costco:::
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at May 18, 2017 10:55 AM (MykB3)
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Don't rush. It was last fall.

Posted by: bluebell at May 18, 2017 10:56 AM (sBOL1)

326 What keeps me going is the idea that this - all the troubles and torment we go through, is meant to shape our clay into a higher person. God and life aren't sadistic. The goal, like exercise, is to create a better soul.

It's not the ability to never get knocked down that makes you better, it's the ability to get back up after being knocked down that shapes your resolve.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 18, 2017 10:56 AM (neool)

327 Maybe, but bottom line to me...The Cops stop you, all you do is not move and all you say is yes sir or mam.
Posted by: Nevergiveup
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So, my plan of screaming "You'll never take alive, copper!" while waving a gun, is a bad one?

Posted by: James Cagney at May 18, 2017 10:56 AM (ZO497)

328 yeah so? Humiliating comey in public like that served what purpose?

Posted by: Nevergiveup
===

Comey created his own humiliation. Showboating in an FBI Director should not be tolerated.

Trump was right. Again.

Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 18, 2017 10:57 AM (C52a9)

329 God and life aren't sadistic

Ummm, yeeeahhh, I'm going to have to go ahead and disagree with you on that.

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 18, 2017 10:58 AM (0mRoj)

330 305 Alas, I must go to Walmart for burger and bacon.

I've been told to make eye contact with attractive women, but every time I go somewhere lately I just think "blech." I go, I get, I leave. That's my MO.

Back shortly.
*
*
Expecting to find attractive women at Walmart is your first mistake. (At least that's true around here; maybe not if you live in Hollywood.)

Posted by: Bullwinkle J. Moose at May 18, 2017 10:58 AM (xwbuR)

331 >>>I saw a woman wearing a T-shirt that said that. At Costco. She could have been your soulmate, except that she was blonde, not Winona-colored.

:::packs a lunch, heads over to Costco:::

Ever see Vertigo?

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at May 18, 2017 10:58 AM (MykB3)

332 Comey created his own humiliation. Showboating in an FBI Director should not be tolerated.

Trump was right. Again.

Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 18, 2017 10:57 AM (C52a9)

Yeah? How's that working out for PDT so far?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 18, 2017 10:58 AM (KlI/a)

333 Whatever floats your boat.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 18, 2017 10:58 AM (neool)

334 Look! Its that son of bitch Fabrizio!! The mostro that killed the beautiful Apollonia Vitelli!! May he burn in hell!!

Posted by: dananjcon at May 18, 2017 10:58 AM (WLK0w)

335 Looks like a Chinese fire drill.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 18, 2017 10:59 AM (0deF2)

336 That is hilarious and adorable (as long as there's no stinging involved) Moki. Did you was Boo recently with a floral smelling shampoo or something?
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 18, 2017 10:55 AM (sEDyY)

No stinging, thank goodness. This bee just goes crazy when she is outside, and lands on her, like he is giving little bee kisses. Every day. The behavior of the other bees is fascinating, because you can see the dance he does to indicate pollen, they fly over to the dog, and then fly off, huffy. If a bee can be huffy.

Oatmeal shampoo, so I have no idea. Carl ignores the other two dogs. The Newf is devastated, because he loves bees and wants to be Carl's friend, and Carl could
not care less.

Posted by: moki at May 18, 2017 10:59 AM (V+V48)

337 And NGU -

I think that the purpose served was pretty clear.

Comey got canned, showed his ass and Trump 'splained to the public why he canned him.

Comey could have taken the high road.

He didn't.

Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 18, 2017 10:59 AM (C52a9)

338 >>God and life aren't sadistic

Yeah...about that.

Posted by: garrett at May 18, 2017 10:59 AM (tFeIi)

339 Ever see Vertigo?
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at May 18, 2017 10:58 AM (MykB3)
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Yes. It wasn't Kim Novak either.

Posted by: bluebell at May 18, 2017 10:59 AM (sBOL1)

340 @302

Comeys should have been dumped from jump street but it all goes back to the Flynn firing.

The only crimes that have beeen committed were the spying and leaking and firing Flynn gave an aire of legitimacy to this whole clusterfuck.

Posted by: Kreplach at May 18, 2017 11:00 AM (4OkwV)

341 @runner yes we went to Italy end of April.

Posted by: blaster at May 18, 2017 11:00 AM (8IkOE)

342
Re: the getting a cat issue

I think the advice was more you should get some pussy...
Posted by: Rick in SK

http://www.engrish.com/2017/05/but-only-consensual/

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 18, 2017 11:00 AM (IqV8l)

343 I keep joking (half seriously) about becoming a bus driver or a truck driver.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 18, 2017 10:55 AM (jxbfJ)

Yeah, about that....

Posted by: Makers of self-driving cars everywhere at May 18, 2017 11:00 AM (7HtZB)

344 Comey could have taken the high road.

He didn't.

But my feelings were hurt... See my memos

Posted by: comeys my little pony diary at May 18, 2017 11:00 AM (O2RFr)

345 So, my plan of screaming "You'll never take alive, copper!" while waving a gun, is a bad one?
Posted by: James Cagney at May 18, 2017 10:56 AM (ZO497)

Well that only works when your on "Top of the World"

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 18, 2017 11:00 AM (KlI/a)

346 Expecting to find attractive women at Walmart is your first mistake. (At least that's true around here; maybe not if you live in Hollywood.)

Posted by: Bullwinkle J. Moose at May 18, 2017 10:58 AM (xwbuR)

You have to go on Sat. night.

Posted by: BignJames at May 18, 2017 11:00 AM (x9c8r)

347 Yeah? How's that working out for PDT so far?

Posted by: Nevergiveup
==

Is something bad happening to PDT due to firing Comey?

Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 18, 2017 11:00 AM (C52a9)

348 If you go through life thinking that level of negativity - that life and God are sadistic, you're going to be miserable.

I might be completely wrong - it may be one big sick cosmic joke, but I'd rather live my life thinking the opposite.

Pessimism is a cancer on the soul.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 18, 2017 11:01 AM (neool)

349 Blaster and everyone else.. I don't know your age, because I know everyone her is 29 (a fun fact I was not aware of despite being an ette for over 10 years). anyhoo...I reached the age where "my whole life ISNT ahead of me and sometimes I feel like there is still so much I want to do. Hubby never wants to do anything.. barely leaves the house except a twice weekly run to the store.

In don't blame him.. he's just gotten more like that as he has gotten older and having the stroke only made it worse. Nothing I can do about it. But I feel like the 20 or 25 years I may have left are going to be spent doing... nothing. It depresses the hell out of me.

You all help me more than you know.

Posted by: deplorable Jewells45 at May 18, 2017 11:01 AM (zRZaJ)

350 Just saw this story - Suspect: 'I just snapped' over Hot Pocket fight, shot man 8 times

http://tinyurl.com/lz9f6rv

We were going to have a national discussion about the public health impact that guns have. Maybe we should have a discussion about welfare as a public health issue.

Posted by: mx4 at May 18, 2017 11:01 AM (8wca3)

351 Can one collude when in the nude with a dude?

Posted by: Les Kinetic at May 18, 2017 11:01 AM (U6f54)

352 292 And you can trace all of these troubles back to the moment Trump allowed his team to convince him to fire Flynn.

Firing Flynn gave credence to the idea of impropriety.

The next fuck up was sessions recusal.

I don't trust that rat fuck Priebis and I'm having my sucpicopns of Pence.

Never give in, never surrender.

Posted by: Kreplach at May 18, 2017 10:46 AM (4OkwV)

If you're going to keep posting this every thread, fix your spelling, man. "Sucpicopns"? At least 3 times now?

Posted by: Hikaru at May 18, 2017 11:01 AM (ULi11)

353 Yeah...about that.
Posted by: garrett at May 18, 2017 10:59 AM (tFeIi)
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Oh c'mon, garrett. You're living the dream out there in Montana, aren't you? Hunting, fishing, all that stuff. I'm serious. You moved out there to do what you're doing, right?

Posted by: bluebell at May 18, 2017 11:01 AM (sBOL1)

354 I keep joking (half seriously) about becoming a bus driver or a truck driver.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 18, 2017 10:55 AM (jxbfJ)

Anything 'driver' will be gone in 5-10 years as a profession. It's not that hard to turn an IT background into future automation jobs though. That's what I'm leaning towards. SCADA and industrial control systems are a good place to start - most of that knowledge transfers nicely to installing/supporting our future robot overlords.Automated CNC and milling systems can also be lucrative if you're in an industrial area. Programmers/operators for this systems make good money, same for install/repair but there aren't many places who do it.

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at May 18, 2017 11:01 AM (UBzPO)

355 Posted by: Bullwinkle J. Moose at May 18, 2017 10:58 AM (xwbuR)

Hey now, *I* shop at Walmart and, as an 'Ette, am by definition gorgeous. Well, at the very least I do shop at Walmart.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 18, 2017 11:01 AM (sEDyY)

356 Yeah, I'm with NGU on this. Comey should have been let go in a way that produced the *least* raw meat for the media. Were it I, I would have had a private conversation with him first.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 18, 2017 11:02 AM (ZO497)

357 Is something bad happening to PDT due to firing Comey?
Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 18, 2017 11:00 AM (C52a9)

Yeah everyone should have a special council to stick their noses anywhere they like.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 18, 2017 11:02 AM (KlI/a)

358 We were going to have a national discussion about the public health impact that guns have. Maybe we should have a discussion about welfare as a public health issue.
Posted by: mx4 at May 18, 2017 11:01 AM (8wca3)
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With all due respect, you're missing the entire point. Obviously we need to have a national discussion about Hot Pockets.

Posted by: bluebell at May 18, 2017 11:02 AM (sBOL1)

359 So, anyone here ever disassemble a Jeep? I've got to replace the frame on mine. Thinking of doing it myself (with the help of some buddies).

Posted by: Country Singer at May 18, 2017 09:32 AM (uiwCw)

I replaced the body on my CJ-2A with a new body from the repop shop in the Phillipines.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 18, 2017 11:02 AM (0deF2)

360 How the place in the painting looks today:
http://bit.ly/2pWVFj6

Posted by: Rusty Nail at May 18, 2017 10:47 AM (toi7g)

**
Is that George and Amal Clooney rummaging through the dumpster??

Posted by: dananjcon at May 18, 2017 11:03 AM (WLK0w)

361 Being in IT as well, I'm curious. You said you walked away. What was your career change? I keep joking (half seriously) about becoming a bus driver or a truck driver.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed�

Originally started working for an aerospace subcontractor, wiring exceptionally Intricate components who started hinting about outsourcing to Mexico. So that was a deadend.

Then onto part time teaching of my loves, art and science. Now retired but active. Fortunately I made enough money in the early days of IT to coast at the end.

Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at May 18, 2017 11:03 AM (HTdUD)

362 Posted by: moki at May 18, 2017 10:59 AM (V+V4

Lol, Moki I love the way you describe that. It would make a great kids book if you could get someone to do the illustrations.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 18, 2017 11:05 AM (sEDyY)

363 349 Blaster and everyone else.. I don't know your age, because I know everyone her is 29 (a fun fact I was not aware of despite being an ette for over 10 years). anyhoo...I reached the age where "my whole life ISNT ahead of me and sometimes I feel like there is still so much I want to do. Hubby never wants to do anything.. barely leaves the house except a twice weekly run to the store.

In don't blame him.. he's just gotten more like that as he has gotten older and having the stroke only made it worse. Nothing I can do about it. But I feel like the 20 or 25 years I may have left are going to be spent doing... nothing. It depresses the hell out of me.

You all help me more than you know.
Posted by: deplorable Jewells45 at May 18, 2017 11:01 AM (zRZaJ)

You only yolo once, girl. And you're not doing nothing, you're honoring your oath. Respect. I hope a nice breeze comes in your window soon.

Cheers.

Posted by: mx4 at May 18, 2017 11:05 AM (8wca3)

364 Yeah everyone should have a special council to stick their noses anywhere they like.
==

How was that a result of firing Comey? The special prosecutor wasn't Comey's doing.

Trump took Comey's measure and found him lacking.

Comey showed his true colors to the entire country. Pretty simple.

Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 18, 2017 11:06 AM (C52a9)

365 351 Can one collude when in the nude with a dude?
Posted by: Les Kinetic

only if you are Mrs. Ms. or Miss.

Posted by: Rick in SK at May 18, 2017 11:06 AM (FZYNt)

366 >>You're living the dream out there in Montana, aren't you?

If my life is someone's dream, I feel really bad for them.

Posted by: garrett at May 18, 2017 11:06 AM (tFeIi)

367 355 Posted by: Bullwinkle J. Moose at May 18, 2017 10:58 AM (xwbuR)

Hey now, *I* shop at Walmart and, as an 'Ette, am by definition gorgeous. Well, at the very least I do shop at Walmart.
*
*
Then come down to SE Loozyana. You'll raise the attractiveness level of female Walmart shoppers by 1000%.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 18, 2017 11:06 AM (xwbuR)

368 @runner yes we went to Italy end of April.

Posted by: blaster at May 18, 2017 11:00 AM (8IkOE)

try to recall the whole la dolce vita - Italians are good at it. Next time you'll go for more than a week, come back a new person !

Posted by: runner at May 18, 2017 11:07 AM (c6/9Q)

369 >>>Don't rush. It was last fall.

We need to work on our notification procedures.

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at May 18, 2017 11:07 AM (MykB3)

370 If you're arguing with somebody over a Hot Pocket your life is a failure.

Posted by: eleven at May 18, 2017 11:07 AM (qUNWi)

371 #83

"To prevent this extraordinary, able young lady from following her long-held desire to enter the profession she wishes to, would be a sentence which would be too severe," he said... The judge must take into account determination or demonstration of steps to address addiction"
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Sheesh.

She not only stabbed her latest boyfriend during the attack, she then stabbed HERSELF.

From the link:

"Judge Pringle was told Woodward had become addicted to drugs and had previously been in an abusive relationship with a previous boyfriend."

Good enough for the NHS, I guess.

Posted by: mrp at May 18, 2017 11:07 AM (Pqytn)

372 He gets to keep the third well and is finally in a place where he can settle and prosper.

But the third one stayed up! And that's what you'll get, lad-- the strongest castle in these isles!

Posted by: The King of Swamp Castle at May 18, 2017 11:07 AM (u0s1P)

373 Thanks mx

Posted by: deplorable Jewells45 at May 18, 2017 11:07 AM (zRZaJ)

374 Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 18, 2017 11:01 AM (neool)

I'm certainly not trying to talk you out of it or anything.

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 18, 2017 11:08 AM (0mRoj)

375 >>If you're arguing with somebody over a Hot Pocket your life is a failure.

They only stay warm for so long...and microwaving them a second time doesn't work.

Posted by: garrett at May 18, 2017 11:08 AM (tFeIi)

376 361
Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at May 18, 2017 11:03 AM (HTdUD)

I've been working in IT for 35+ years (actually started programming at 16). I figure I have 15-17 years before retirement. Just don't get that excited about it anymore. I can "coast" where I'm at -pay is good, close to home, stress isn't too bad, being the manager has its ups and downs.

Just not excited about this line of work anymore.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 18, 2017 11:08 AM (jxbfJ)

377 How was that a result of firing Comey? The special prosecutor wasn't Comey's doing.

Trump took Comey's measure and found him lacking.

Comey showed his true colors to the entire country. Pretty simple.
Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 18, 2017 11:06 AM (C52a9)

Fine you think public humiliation is a good tool for a boss to use. Fine with me. I think it is a stupid way NOT won friends and influence people. I also think it's undignified

And comey's obvious attempt to strike back at PDT was the last straw that lead to the special council. It might have been coming anyway, but that fast tracked it.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 18, 2017 11:09 AM (KlI/a)

378 I don't understand.

How should Trump have fired the asshole FBI Director who was such a fkn political shill that he thought that he had the authority to pardon Hillary Clinton despite a mountain of evidence?

Please. Enlighten me.

Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 18, 2017 11:09 AM (C52a9)

379 Man, what is with 90's rockers dropping like flies and 80's rockers living so long? How is every member of Motley Crue still alive??

(To be fair, Mick Mars looks like a lich so he might actually be undead)

Posted by: broseidon, news sleuth and provisional komodo dragon at May 18, 2017 11:09 AM (oZ6kz)

380
Lol, Moki I love the way you describe that. It would make a great kids book if you could get someone to do the illustrations.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 18, 2017 11:05 AM (sEDyY)

Awww, that's sweet!

Any artists here, among the Horde???

Posted by: moki at May 18, 2017 11:09 AM (V+V48)

381 " If you're arguing with somebody over a Hot Pocket your life is a failure."

What if it's an Alabama Hot Pocket?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 18, 2017 11:09 AM (J+eG2)

382 youngest is meeting with the navy recruiter this afternoon.....(i told him not to sign anything and all recruiters are liars) he just finished his jr. year in hs....he's been getting interest letters from colleges for running...but he's been interested in the military since he was in diapers......i'm thinking he'll end up ditching the navy idea and go marines....i'm leaving this in God's hands....or trying to.....

Posted by: phoenixgirl... at May 18, 2017 11:10 AM (0O7c5)

383
And comey's obvious attempt to strike back at PDT was the last straw that lead to the special council.

==

There would have been another "last straw" and the Special Counsel would have happened anyway.

Fuck Comey.

Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 18, 2017 11:10 AM (C52a9)

384 379 Man, what is with 90's rockers dropping like flies and 80's rockers living so long? How is every member of Motley Crue still alive??

(To be fair, Mick Mars looks like a lich so he might actually be undead)
Posted by: broseidon, news sleuth and provisional komodo dragon at May 18, 2017 11:09 AM (oZ6kz)

80s rockers weren't vegan pussies?

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 18, 2017 11:10 AM (0mRoj)

385 If my life is someone's dream, I feel really bad for them.
Posted by: garrett at May 18, 2017 11:06 AM (tFeIi)
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You don't want to be hunting and fishing in Montana? Could you move?

Posted by: bluebell at May 18, 2017 11:10 AM (sBOL1)

386 Any artists here, among the Horde???

Posted by: moki at May 18, 2017 11:09 AM (V+V4

almost locally famous JJ Sefton ?

Posted by: runner at May 18, 2017 11:11 AM (c6/9Q)

387 On the special counsel matter, Session's number 2 guy, a solid Dem, has a lock on his office until Mueller releases his report, which will probably be after the midterm elections.

Sessions should not have recused himself until a Republican deputy AG had been confirmed.

Posted by: mrp at May 18, 2017 11:11 AM (Pqytn)

388 I watched that video ... saw a high black dude asking for trouble and a chic cop panic and kill him while two men held their fire.

My two cents ... jury acquited a woman and would have convicted a man.

Posted by: ScoggDog at May 18, 2017 10:37 AM (+YMDZ)

To prevent this extraordinary, able young lady from following her long-held desire to enter the profession she wishes to, would be a sentence which would be too severe.

I heard that somewhere recently.

Posted by: Chigger Fleas at May 18, 2017 11:11 AM (fD1ST)

389 (To be fair, Mick Mars looks like a lich so he might actually be undead)
Posted by: broseidon, news sleuth and provisional komodo dragon

piker

Posted by: Keith Richards at May 18, 2017 11:11 AM (FZYNt)

390 >>If you're arguing with somebody over a Hot Pocket your life is a failure.

At least you have someone to argue with.

Posted by: garrett at May 18, 2017 11:11 AM (tFeIi)

391 379 Man, what is with 90's rockers dropping like flies and 80's rockers living so long? How is every member of Motley Crue still alive??

(To be fair, Mick Mars looks like a lich so he might actually be undead)
Posted by: broseidon, news sleuth and provisional komodo dragon at May 18, 2017 11:09 AM (oZ6kz)

80s rockers were having fun, while 90s rockers were whiny* & angst-ridden? Having the right attitude makes you live longer.

*Note - I don't consider Soundgarden whiny. They were a great band. I saw them open for G&R - seriously.

Posted by: josephistan at May 18, 2017 11:11 AM (7HtZB)

392 What if it's an Alabama Hot Pocket?

Well that's completely different.

Posted by: eleven at May 18, 2017 11:12 AM (qUNWi)

393 @377

But Comey testified under oath that no from the administration was intererring with the Russia probe.

There's even recorded footage of his testimony.

And furthermore Comey would have committed a crime if someone was attempting to interfere with a federal investigation and he didn't report it.

So once again the only potential crimes were committed by people other than trump or his associates.

Posted by: Kreplach at May 18, 2017 11:12 AM (kEGtD)

394
Comey ignored his duty and betrayed his oath.

He is a traitor and complicit in the Obama-led subversion of law.

Humiliation was too good for him.

Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 18, 2017 11:12 AM (C52a9)

395 Just not excited about this line of work anymore.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed�

I can understand. It was a helluva lot of fun in the beginning. Then it became a runaway roller coaster ride. I hate roller coaster rides.

Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at May 18, 2017 11:12 AM (HTdUD)

396 Alabama Hot Pocket?

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Note to self - do not google terms you see on the AoS.

Posted by: josephistan at May 18, 2017 11:13 AM (7HtZB)

397 Good grief. The wife of one of my husband's clients has been bottle feeding newborn kittens whose mom was picked up by animal control, leaving her poor kittens behind.

At my husband's urging, he just sent me their pictures and asked me if I'd like to take the little boy and girl.

I just emailed back that I have my hands full with an elderly kitty on twice per day meds, and just can't.

Their pictures are beyond precious, though.

Sigh.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 18, 2017 11:13 AM (PY9jH)

398 We need to work on our notification procedures.
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at May 18, 2017 11:07 AM (MykB3)
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I'll do better. If I see her again, wearing that shirt, I'll post from there.

Posted by: bluebell at May 18, 2017 11:13 AM (sBOL1)

399 Blaster....i try to vent to hubby. He pulls me up short, saying, There you go down negative alley! He thinks he's helping, I think he's quashing. I just need to vent for a bit. Being a man (or maybe it's a spouse thing), he needs to solve.

It's maddening because he's the only person to whom I CAN vent.

No solutions butba fist bump for you

Posted by: Russkilitlover at May 18, 2017 11:13 AM (d8QLg)

400 Depeche Mode weren't prophets y'all. they were just a bunch of heroin addicts who could sometimes almost carry a tune

Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at May 18, 2017 11:13 AM (ngT9v)

401 Oh, mention of Montana reminds me -- One of the Fox shows had one of the Idaho senators on a few nights ago. The man actually sounded reasonable, without pandering to DC. I'll try to find it, because it was hopeful.

Posted by: mustbequantum at May 18, 2017 11:13 AM (MIKMs)

402 396 Alabama Hot Pocket?

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Note to self - do not google terms you see on the AoS.
Posted by: josephistan at May 18, 2017 11:13 AM (7HtZB)

Especially not that one.

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 18, 2017 11:13 AM (0mRoj)

403 382 youngest is meeting with the navy recruiter this afternoon.....(i told him not to sign anything and all recruiters are liars) he just finished his jr. year in hs....he's been getting interest letters from colleges for running...but he's been interested in the military since he was in diapers......i'm thinking he'll end up ditching the navy idea and go marines....i'm leaving this in God's hands....or trying to.....

Posted by: phoenixgirl... at May 18, 2017 11:10 AM (0O7c5)
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I signed up for the Navy the summer after my junior year. I was kind of pushed into as I was an aimless youth (and pretty much am still an aimless adult). Best thing that ever happened to me and it was the best time of my life.

Posted by: bicentennialguy at May 18, 2017 11:13 AM (vg8iE)

404 How should Trump have fired the asshole FBI Director who was such a fkn political shill that he thought that he had the authority to pardon Hillary Clinton despite a mountain of evidence?

Please. Enlighten me.
Posted by: Mortimer
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You're focusing on the act, rather than the consequences. Like it or not, the media and political realities have to be considered.

I agree that it was time for Comey to go, but the expedient way to achieve that would be gain at least the *tacit* agreement of everyone that that was for the best. Including Comey.

The Dems, btw, were primed to accept that.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 18, 2017 11:13 AM (ZO497)

405 So what does this special prosecutor mean?

Is it possible he'll clear the administration soon and make all this go away?

Posted by: Curious at May 18, 2017 11:14 AM (aNBj9)

406 My motorcycle runs on stress and worry.
By the time I get home, I'm all chilled out.
And it's just a crap UJM from 1979, so I don't have a second mortgage tied up in it.
That would defeat the purpose.
Get up early on a sunday and head out of town, have some eggs at some nowhere diner in a tiny town somewhere.

You will feel better about life.

Posted by: Roland THTG at May 18, 2017 11:14 AM (QM5S2)

407 Speaking of job choices, does anyone know what is needed to enter the exciting field of crime scene remediation (besides a strong stomach and back)? Son is interested in doing that for a living.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 18, 2017 11:14 AM (sEDyY)

408 I signed up for the Navy the summer after my junior year. I was kind of pushed into as I was an aimless youth (and pretty much am still an aimless adult). Best thing that ever happened to me and it was the best time of my life.
Posted by: bicentennialguy
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Tell me it was for the rum.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 18, 2017 11:15 AM (ZO497)

409 Good grief. The wife of one of my husband's clients has been bottle feeding newborn kittens whose mom was picked up by animal control, leaving her poor kittens behind.

At my husband's urging, he just sent me their pictures and asked me if I'd like to take the little boy and girl.

I just emailed back that I have my hands full with an elderly kitty on twice per day meds, and just can't.

Their pictures are beyond precious, though.

Sigh.

Posted by: Jane D'oh

A half-gallon of Val-u-rite says you have new kittehs by month's end...

Posted by: unemployed Face-Sized Spider at May 18, 2017 11:16 AM (AM1GF)

410 youngest is meeting with the navy recruiter this afternoon.....(i told
him not to sign anything and all recruiters are liars) he just finished
his jr. year in hs....he's been getting interest letters from colleges
for running...but he's been interested in the military since he was in
diapers......i'm thinking he'll end up ditching the navy idea and go
marines....i'm leaving this in God's hands....or trying to.....

Posted by: phoenixgirl... at May 18, 2017 11:10 AM (0O7c5)

Sounds like our son. He refused to even consider college right after high school. My husband went with him to all the recruiters, and when son walked into the Marine Corp(se) recruiting center, son asked, "Tell me why I should be a Marine."

The Marine recruiter got right up in son's face and said, "What in the hell makes you think you can become a Marine?!?"

And the hook was set.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 18, 2017 11:16 AM (PY9jH)

411
God has a plan that's for sure and I have had a huge struggle with that and good spiritual guidance has helped a lot...some here may have seen posts before but I am going through a divorce that I didn't ask for, pleaded for the good of the kids that we try to work things out before she filed (4 kids) and her dismissal of my concerns over mental health and her long term use of anti depressants (16 years) without the guidance of a mental health professional just her GP. Even though my wife filed in December she's still living in the house...not the easiest thing in the world to deal with.

Anyways that's water over the dam at this point.

I'm not entirely sure still at this point what God's plan is for me I can only faithfully act on what I think it is. Right now that is going to be a loving father to my four kids and providing them the most stable home I can when we are finally in two separate homes.

Act in faith Bender and the rewards will come...for me its faith that I will find happiness again in my daily life which I can share with my family and friends that I have sacrificed now for years.

Posted by: H Badger at May 18, 2017 11:16 AM (n/0Nw)

412 Spider-silk sock off.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at May 18, 2017 11:16 AM (AM1GF)

413 Trump State Dept. Breaks from Obama White House: Afghan Taliban Is a Terrorist Organization

About time

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 18, 2017 11:16 AM (KlI/a)

414 407 Speaking of job choices, does anyone know what is needed to enter the exciting field of crime scene remediation (besides a strong stomach and back)? Son is interested in doing that for a living.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 18, 2017 11:14 AM (sEDyY)

Entry level requires 5 years prior experience.

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 18, 2017 11:16 AM (0mRoj)

415 In the navy, you sail the seven seas

Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at May 18, 2017 11:16 AM (ngT9v)

416 My motorcycle runs on stress and worry.
By the time I get home, I'm all chilled out.
And it's just a crap UJM from 1979, so I don't have a second mortgage tied up in it.
That would defeat the purpose.
Get up early on a sunday and head out of town, have some eggs at some nowhere diner in a tiny town somewhere.

You will feel better about life.
Posted by: Roland THTG
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When you're out on the road somewhere, other stuff gets flushed from your mind.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 18, 2017 11:17 AM (ZO497)

417 Posted by: bicentennialguy at May 18, 2017 11:13 AM (vg8iE)

Do you still have your hearing? Seems like every Navy guy I know of has major hearing loss from their time in service.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 18, 2017 11:17 AM (sEDyY)

418 Navy. Definitely.

Posted by: runner at May 18, 2017 11:17 AM (c6/9Q)

419 Iowa State's old Nuke Engineering building torn down for new Student Center.

http://www.inside.iastate.edu/article/2017/05/18/demo

There hasn't hardly been a peep made about the history of this building and the part ISU played in the Atomic Era.

Posted by: IP at May 18, 2017 11:17 AM (UmSfZ)

420 409 Good grief. The wife of one of my husband's clients has been bottle feeding newborn kittens whose mom was picked up by animal control, leaving her poor kittens behind.

At my husband's urging, he just sent me their pictures and asked me if I'd like to take the little boy and girl.

I just emailed back that I have my hands full with an elderly kitty on twice per day meds, and just can't.

Their pictures are beyond precious, though.

Sigh.

Posted by: Jane D'oh

A half-gallon of Val-u-rite says you have new kittehs by month's end...

Posted by: unemployed Face-Sized Spider at May 18, 2017 11:16 AM (AM1GF)
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Awwww!! I took two kitties from a litter that had been abandoned. They are such loving little cats, probably because they had been bottle fed from such an early age.

Posted by: bicentennialguy at May 18, 2017 11:17 AM (vg8iE)

421 249 Dirty secret is that female LEOs shoot faster than males.

She was sure quicker on the draw than the two male cops standing right next to her.
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 18, 2017 10:28 AM (+YMDZ)

Maybe, but bottom line to me...The Cops stop you, all you do is not move and all you say is yes sir or mam.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 18, 2017 10:42 AM (KlI/a)

It's comical in a sad way.

SJWs knew women essentially have the option of dying or shooting in confrontations where men might lean more towards physical coercion, right?

Posted by: Chigger Fleas at May 18, 2017 11:17 AM (fD1ST)

422 "382 youngest is meeting with the navy recruiter this afternoon.....(i told him not to sign anything and all recruiters are liars) he just finished his jr. year in hs...."

Well....not every Recruiter.
Did four years of a three year tour as a Navy Recruiter. Prided myself on honesty and integrity.

Our son just enlisted into Delayed Entry for Navy about two months ago.

If you have questions, reach out to me at the Horde's yahoo group.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 18, 2017 11:17 AM (J+eG2)

423 Posted by: moki at May 18, 2017 11:09 AM (V+V4

Beckoning Chasm is.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 18, 2017 11:17 AM (p5Y9F)

424 In the navy, you sail the seven seas
Posted by: Boulder
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...and what did I see, I saw the sea.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 18, 2017 11:18 AM (ZO497)

425 Do you still have your hearing? Seems like every Navy guy I know of has major hearing loss from their time in service.

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can we buy that..?."what ? can't hear you !"

Posted by: runner at May 18, 2017 11:18 AM (c6/9Q)

426 419 Iowa State's old Nuke Engineering building torn down for new Student Center.

http://www.inside.iastate.edu/article/2017/05/18/demo

There hasn't hardly been a peep made about the history of this building and the part ISU played in the Atomic Era.

Posted by: IP at May 18, 2017 11:17 AM (UmSfZ)
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New "student center" AKA Safe Space.

Posted by: bicentennialguy at May 18, 2017 11:18 AM (vg8iE)

427 We demand women have equal representation in policeman and fireman roles!

Posted by: SJW at May 18, 2017 11:18 AM (fD1ST)

428 The idea that Comey would have gone away quietly if he were just fired the "right" way is laughingly naive.

You think Mr. Press Conference is going to slink away?

Posted by: Max Power at May 18, 2017 11:18 AM (QCc6B)

429 Get up early on a sunday and head out of town, have some eggs at some nowhere diner in a tiny town somewhere.

You will feel better about life.
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I used to do that all the time when I lived in CO. The mountains and foothills were neat to drive in, the roads great to drive on. Now, in La, it's a battle to drive anyplace, and when you're arrived you're still in the same pestilential climate.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 18, 2017 11:18 AM (xwbuR)

430 I never trusted Pence and Rinced Penis. Especially Pence. I have been shouted down for telling people this. Looks like history, human behavior, the lust of power, and his past and present actions have proven me correct.

This is not something I wanted to be right about btw.

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at May 18, 2017 11:19 AM (2qHjF)

431 417 Posted by: bicentennialguy at May 18, 2017 11:13 AM (vg8iE)

Do you still have your hearing? Seems like every Navy guy I know of has major hearing loss from their time in service.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 18, 2017 11:17 AM (sEDyY)
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It's all good. I worked in Legal and handled security clearances. Never saw life aboard a ship.

Posted by: bicentennialguy at May 18, 2017 11:19 AM (vg8iE)

432 "Tell me it was for the rum."

Or the lash.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 18, 2017 11:19 AM (J+eG2)

433
The Marine recruiter got right up in son's face and said, "What in the hell makes you think you can become a Marine?!?"

And the hook was set.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 18, 2017 11:16 AM (PY9jH)

I don't know how to "write" the Marine grunt, so you will just have to imagine it.

And I'm with unemployed face-sized spider: you will probably be bottle feeding kittens by the weekend. Cause they need a good mama. And you are that.

Posted by: moki at May 18, 2017 11:19 AM (V+V48)

434 The idea that Comey would have gone away quietly if he were just fired the "right" way is laughingly naive.

You think Mr. Press Conference is going to slink away?

Posted by: Max Power
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Yeah. I still don't understand this.

Should Trump have sent flowers?

Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 18, 2017 11:19 AM (C52a9)

435 414. This experience - documenting an informal 'internship' in that could be....problematic......

**shifty eyes**

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 18, 2017 11:19 AM (TwwWO)

436 I signed up for the Navy the summer after my junior
year. I was kind of pushed into as I was an aimless youth (and pretty
much am still an aimless adult). Best thing that ever happened to me
and it was the best time of my life.

Posted by: bicentennialguy at May 18, 2017 11:13 AM (vg8iE)
my brother and husband and brother in law all went into the navy after flailing in college for a bit ....brother and husband were nukes.....brother in law was communications....they all hated it and loved it at the same time....all finished college when they got out and are successful in their fields.....my son has always wanted to be a marine....i'm not against either....i'm just a mom who loves her son....

Posted by: phoenixgirl... at May 18, 2017 11:20 AM (0O7c5)

437 On the other hand, as Mike Hammer said above, being out on the road does flush crap things from your mind. Maybe this Sunday . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 18, 2017 11:20 AM (xwbuR)

438 A half-gallon of Val-u-rite says you have new kittehs by month's end...

Posted by: unemployed Face-Sized Spider at May 18, 2017 11:16 AM (AM1GF)

Nope. Not gonna do it. Just went through application process to adopt an absolutely beautiful Maine Coon kitten. Two women brought him to the house for me to meet the baby (and further interrogate me). I was their first choice to adopt him, but after thinking about it over the weekend while we were in NJ/NYC, I chose to focus on sweet old kitty and let her live out her days without being harassed by a kitten/kitties.

She'll be 16 in August. When she's crossed the rainbow bridge, we'll get a "fresh batch" as my husband says. No more than two.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 18, 2017 11:20 AM (PY9jH)

439
Do you still have your hearing? Seems like every Navy guy I know of has major hearing loss from their time in service.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 18, 2017 11:17 AM (sEDyY)

What?

Posted by: Don Q at May 18, 2017 11:20 AM (NgKpN)

440 I'm a stubborn person and because I believe this life is but a grain of sand on the beach that is eternal life, I take all of life's punches as a short , temporary challenge. And I'm not going to let that mother fucker Devil win.

Posted by: Jack Sock at May 18, 2017 11:20 AM (UubSE)

441 When you're out on the road somewhere, other stuff gets flushed from your mind.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 18, 2017 11:17 AM (ZO497)
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Amen.
Now for the love of God would it stop raining already?

Posted by: IP at May 18, 2017 11:21 AM (UmSfZ)

442 Entry level requires 5 years prior experience.
Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 18, 2017 11:16 AM (0mRoj)

That's some hard core gallows humor for those of us unemployed and who know first hand what utter bullshit our ecomony really is.

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at May 18, 2017 11:21 AM (2qHjF)

443 "Do you still have your hearing? Seems like every Navy guy I know of has major hearing loss from their time in service."

Documented by the VA on my retirement.

It's pretty much a given.

(30+ years in steam engineering)

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 18, 2017 11:21 AM (J+eG2)

444 Man, what is with 90's rockers dropping like flies and 80's rockers living so long? How is every member of Motley Crue still alive??

(To be fair, Mick Mars looks like a lich so he might actually be undead)

Posted by: broseidon, news sleuth and provisional komodo dragon at May 18, 2017 11:09 AM (oZ6kz)

80's rockers sit at the right hand of oden.

90's rockers sit on their thumbs.

well that's my truth anyway. lol

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at May 18, 2017 11:21 AM (aMlLZ)

445 Man, what is with 90's rockers dropping like flies and 80's rockers living so long?
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Grunge.

Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 18, 2017 11:22 AM (C52a9)

446 Posted by: H Badger at May 18, 2017 11:16 AM (n/0Nw)

Been there, done that. You're going to go through more emotional pain than you ever thought possible. Get all the support you can. When I was going through mine, about 90% of the people I thought were my friends disappeared, the fuckers. Hold on to the people who are truly on your side - your family, real friends, whatever it takes. Also, try to find a support group in your area. That helped me quite a bit.

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 18, 2017 11:22 AM (0mRoj)

447 Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 18, 2017 11:18 AM (ZO497)

Dad of a high school friend did a Navy tour. "See the world, they told me and I did. They just forgot to mention the world is mostly water." Never thought to ask what ship/s he'd served on.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 18, 2017 11:22 AM (sEDyY)

448 Well....not every Recruiter.

Did four years of a three year tour as a Navy Recruiter. Prided myself on honesty and integrity.

Our son just enlisted into Delayed Entry for Navy about two months ago.

If you have questions, reach out to me at the Horde's yahoo group.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 18, 2017 11:17 AM (J+eG2)

we have a dear family friend who was a navy recruiter....she was an awesome one....and she was honest too....hope i didn't offend....it's like a lawyer joke....

Posted by: phoenixgirl... at May 18, 2017 11:22 AM (0O7c5)

449 Man, what is with 90's rockers dropping like flies and 80's rockers living so long? How is every member of Motley Crue still alive?? >>>>>

It's the hairspray man. It's the secret fountain of youth.

Posted by: Jack Sock at May 18, 2017 11:22 AM (UubSE)

450 "Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 18, 2017 11:19 AM (TwwWO) "

'Oh yeah, I've got years of crime scene experience. It's not on my resume? Well no, but have you ever seen that movie 'Zodiac'?'

Posted by: broseidon, news sleuth and provisional komodo dragon at May 18, 2017 11:22 AM (oZ6kz)

451 435. To say nothing of providing a portfolio of your freelance work.....

Heh...
Would a merit badge in shallow grave construction and maintenance help?

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 18, 2017 11:23 AM (TwwWO)

452 442 Entry level requires 5 years prior experience.
Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 18, 2017 11:16 AM (0mRoj)
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Or they all want 3 years' experience with version 7.0.0.7.05 of whatever software package, even though that version only came out last year.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 18, 2017 11:23 AM (xwbuR)

453 >>>If you're arguing with somebody over a Hot Pocket your life is a failure.

What if it's a mild disagreement over Tostino Pizza Rolls?

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at May 18, 2017 11:23 AM (MykB3)

454 Yeah, no can do Bluebell. Parents are getting too old to think about moving.

Also, only place I'd move to would have to have less people than here. Not a lot of options.

Posted by: garrett at May 18, 2017 11:23 AM (tFeIi)

455 NOTE: I understand full well the upsetting nature of the situation we find ourselves in. But that is no excuse for comments that either threaten or condone violence. Fair warning to censor yourselves or be banned.
Posted by J.J. Sefton at 07:00 AM Comments

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable--a paraphrase of a JFK quote--

Given that the Left in all its guises is dismantling our system of government, our institutions, and even our history (after what, do the victors tear down the historical statues of the past? that's right, a revolution), shouldn't it be at least a little upsetting to those who aren't "down with the struggle"?

Given that the GOP hasn't used the means at its disposal to fight the leftward lunge of the government, can one not see how an average American would think that the political process is almost played out as a solution?

Given that many of the Americans who held their noses to vote for Trump to keep Hillary from the presidency also voted for the GOP members who are currently in DC, isn't it understandable that they'd like to see support for the President, at least against spurious charges? Couldn't the GOP come to terms and agreement with at least some of the President's agenda? After all, they've found common ground with the democrats for the past 10 years, why not Trump?

Given all the above and a myriad of other reasons, isn't it understandable that some people are feeling absolutely powerless within the confines of the political system?
What exactly does that leave? You say there's no excuse for thinking certain thoughts out loud (or in the little gray boxes that count as out loud here) but I say see the JFK paraphrase above.

Sure, there are some who use each and every little crisis to advocate for violence and revolution, and you sure don't want this place to become the go-to place for that. But those people are called Leftists/Anarchists/Communists and they've been successfully DOING that everywhere that counts.

But here? Watch what you say, and by the way, R-E-L-A-X.

I say this as someone who actually is relaxed, and doesn't condone or advocate for senseless violence. I'm not here reading the totality of every thread, and maybe I've missed something, but the admonishments are reminding me of the Trump War Troubles of last summer, but I don't see a corresponding level of angst in the comments.

/off

Posted by: OneEyedJack at May 18, 2017 11:24 AM (z79tQ)

456 Or they all want 3 years' experience with version 7.0.0.7.05 of whatever software package, even though that version only came out last year.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 18, 2017 11:23 AM (xwbuR)

I'm not in the field, but I'm told that's so they can prove there is no one with the qualifications they need so they can hire someone from India for half price or less.

Posted by: Chigger Fleas at May 18, 2017 11:24 AM (fD1ST)

457 "seen that movie Zodiac?"

and if you are a cute 24 year old blonde, they'd not let that stop you from a promising future career

Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at May 18, 2017 11:24 AM (ngT9v)

458 This has all been planned out since Trump was elected by both parties. And by being planned out and executed, I mean they had multiple senerios war gamed out.

Trump needs to eliminate the press from the White House and executive branch. He needs to speak directly to the people via YouTube and have his press secretary and other members of his administration do the same.

He can't win by playing on the field and by the rules of the establishment.

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at May 18, 2017 11:25 AM (2qHjF)

459 "Grunge.

Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 18, 2017 11:22 AM (C52a9) "

I suppose the 80's, polyester, cocaine and girls girls girls is a tad healthier than the 90's, angst, flannel and heroin.

Posted by: broseidon, news sleuth and provisional komodo dragon at May 18, 2017 11:25 AM (oZ6kz)

460 I'm pretty sure Cornell has 3 (or 4?) kids aged 16 and under...

Sadness.

Posted by: garrett at May 18, 2017 11:25 AM (tFeIi)

461 453. Maybe....but you can always make-up over pancakes.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 18, 2017 11:25 AM (TwwWO)

462 326

Alabama-

Yours is a very positive approach, and IMO, for Christians very bIblically based. We are to be transformed into the image of Christ:

http://tinyurl.com/lhrvyzc

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 18, 2017 11:25 AM (qES5k)

463 Went to the Lagos airport with one drunk woman in a fur coat with a dog and parrot. She and my wife were headed home. The dog and parrot didn't have the proper papers and she had overstayed her visa by 6 months. Cost her husband about $900.00. The customs people waved my wife in, she was sober and our parrot had the correct papers, but my buddy told them that the payment included her. Thankfully they agreed.

Posted by: Javems at May 18, 2017 11:25 AM (yOqwj)

464 Couldn't the GOP come to terms and agreement with at least some of the President's agenda? After all, they've found common ground with the democrats for the past 10 years, why not Trump?
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THIS.

So much THIS.

Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 18, 2017 11:26 AM (C52a9)

465 Garrett, I didn't realize your parents were out there as well. That does make it harder.

Well, can you travel? You seem like a guy who has done a lot and seen a lot - maybe it's time for a road trip of some sort?

Posted by: bluebell at May 18, 2017 11:26 AM (sBOL1)

466 Son is doing great in college. He says all the time that if he'd gone straight to college from high school, he would have probably been a complete goof.

He grew up a hell of a lot in the Marines. He's just been elected pres. of his campus vet organization.

Believe me, him being our only child, I died a thousand deaths when he was deployed. Somehow, I kept getting up every single day and staying busy. I allowed myself to cry the day we found out he was going to Afghanistan, and swore I wouldn't cry again. It was pretty tough, but I kept my promise to myself.

It would have been easier if his CiC hadn't been a certain commie, limp-wristed, cowardly douchebag.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 18, 2017 11:26 AM (PY9jH)

467 Chigger, yep. I got caught in that game too once. hired for a week so the company could pretend "gosh darn, no one here worked out". what an insult.

Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at May 18, 2017 11:26 AM (ngT9v)

468 The WaPo is now reporting that President Trump, yes THAT Trump, is in major violation of OSHA regulations in that he does not put the seat down after he micturates.

The source is a unnamed staffer who spends a lot of time in the White House men's room and hands out towels for minimum wage and tips.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 18, 2017 11:26 AM (5VlCp)

469 437 On the other hand, as Mike Hammer said above, being out on the road does flush crap things from your mind. Maybe this Sunday . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 18, 2017 11:20 AM (xwbuR)

The screeching tires as people swerve around you and scream "are you fucking crazy" gets a little distracting.

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 18, 2017 11:26 AM (0mRoj)

470 "we have a dear family friend who was a navy recruiter....she was an awesome one....and she was honest too....hope i didn't offend....it's like a lawyer joke...."

No...no offense taken.

It's pretty much a standing joke around here.

And Little VIA's Recruiters?

Good squared away Sailors, who I have had the pleasure of spending many hours with.

I would serve with any of them in a heartbeat.

But seriously, if you have questions, feel free to reach out.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 18, 2017 11:27 AM (J+eG2)

471 "Feeling powerless in the current political system."

That pretty much says it all. It's beyond my powers to fix. Up to a higher power at this point to fix what appears unfixable.

What to do when votes no longer matter.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 18, 2017 11:27 AM (neool)

472 Posted by: Javems at May 18, 2017 11:25 AM (yOqwj)
________

I read all the words. Twice even.
Still don't get it.

Posted by: IP at May 18, 2017 11:27 AM (UmSfZ)

473 our parrot had the correct papers
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Okay, this cracked me up.

It's the little things.

Posted by: bluebell at May 18, 2017 11:27 AM (sBOL1)

474 What if it's a mild disagreement over Tostino Pizza Rolls?

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Like, I don't want it, you have it.
No! I don't want it! Give it to Mikey.

Posted by: auscolpyr at May 18, 2017 11:28 AM (suO/a)

475

Whoa

Flynn refuses to testify if subpeonaed by Congress

CBS says Comey has several "memos " and is itching to testify

Posted by: ThunderB at May 18, 2017 11:28 AM (tWydE)

476 Posted by: broseidon, news sleuth and provisional komodo dragon at May 18, 2017 11:22 AM (oZ6kz)

Lol, Son actually *likes* to clean stuff (doesn't get it from me unfortunately) and is currently on the Kroger utility (cleaning) crew while finishing home school. Doesn't want to do college course work unless it is truly required to work in the field.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 18, 2017 11:29 AM (sEDyY)

477 Found an abandoned kitten in yard almost two years ago. Bottle fed and all that, he's kind of a dick. But, makes us laugh everyday. Gets into a lot of shenanigans.

Posted by: flyover at May 18, 2017 11:29 AM (Nw5qb)

478 okay on the off chance I have to call in a no show/ global warming day, what should I do instead

Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at May 18, 2017 11:29 AM (ngT9v)

479 Mick Mars has some serious health problems -- way beyond what heavy drug use does. (Ankylosing spondylitis)

Posted by: SFGoth at May 18, 2017 11:29 AM (dZ756)

480 It looks like a scene out of a western. Maybe it's because all the westerns were filmed in Italy.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at May 18, 2017 11:29 AM (vRcUp)

481 I'm pretty sure Cornell has 3 (or 4?) kids aged 16 and under...

Sadness.

Posted by: garrett
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Wiki says he had cleaned up and was doing well. Even remarked on the lack of booze in the reformed "Soundgarden" rehearsals.

Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 18, 2017 11:29 AM (C52a9)

482 Posted by: H Badger at May 18, 2017 11:16 AM (n/0Nw)

Sorry for your troubles. You surely have a lawyer, but I hear these people advertised on the radio a bit. They specialize in support for men going through a divorce, particularly when they men didn't chose that option, and I think they have offices all over the country: Cordell and Cordell:

http://cordellcordell.com

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 18, 2017 11:29 AM (qES5k)

483 379 Man, what is with 90's rockers dropping like flies and 80's rockers living so long? How is every member of Motley Crue still alive??

(To be fair, Mick Mars looks like a lich so he might actually be undead)
Posted by: broseidon, news sleuth and provisional komodo dragon at May 18, 2017 11:09 AM (oZ6kz)

Don't know about the rest of them, but Mick Mars actually has advanced Ankylosing Spondylitis. That's why he doesn't really move around on stage anymore. I wouldn't be suprised if he's the reason Motley Crue called it quits formally. I bet touring is physically painful for him now..

Posted by: Jackal at May 18, 2017 11:30 AM (u4N98)

484
Flynn refuses to testify if subpeonaed by Congress

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Good.

Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 18, 2017 11:30 AM (C52a9)

485 sea people are very wise...looking at infinity will do that

Posted by: runner at May 18, 2017 11:30 AM (c6/9Q)

486 Damn. Loved Chris cornell's music.

Posted by: NCKate at May 18, 2017 11:31 AM (AUHZ3)

487

DOJ pal of Comey says he is trying to take Trump down

Posted by: ThunderB at May 18, 2017 11:31 AM (tWydE)

488 411
God has a plan that's for sure and I have had a huge struggle with that and good spiritual guidance has helped a lot...some here may have seen posts before but I am going through a divorce that I didn't ask for, pleaded for the good of the kids that we try to work things out before she filed (4 kids) and her dismissal of my concerns over mental health and her long term use of anti depressants (16 years) without the guidance of a mental health professional just her GP. Even though my wife filed in December she's still living in the house...not the easiest thing in the world to deal with.

Anyways that's water over the dam at this point.

I'm not entirely sure still at this point what God's plan is for me I can only faithfully act on what I think it is. Right now that is going to be a loving father to my four kids and providing them the most stable home I can when we are finally in two separate homes.

Act in faith Bender and the rewards will come...for me its faith that I will find happiness again in my daily life which I can share with my family and friends that I have sacrificed now for years.

Posted by: H Badger at May 18, 2017 11:16 AM (n/0Nw)

This weekend I heard on the medical show on the radio that women are being given testosterone by their GP for health. As you probably know, the spike in testosterone just before the menopause stage is when the women get crazy.

Truly amazing that monetizing bad health and behaviors is ok because axe wound.

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at May 18, 2017 11:31 AM (2qHjF)

489 462 326

Alabama-

Yours is a very positive approach, and IMO, for Christians very bIblically based. We are to be transformed into the image of Christ:

http://tinyurl.com/lhrvyzc
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 18, 2017 11:25 AM (qES5k)

Corny to some, I imagine, but I know no other way to deal with the negative onslaught of life. I tried wearing my heart on my sleeve as a younger man but could shoulder the pain that caused. Too much hurting out there. I can't settle on pessimism, though I'm as guilty as anyone of falling into that trap on many occasion. The clay theory is he only one that lets me sleep at night.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 18, 2017 11:31 AM (neool)

490 479 Mick Mars has some serious health problems -- way beyond what heavy drug use does. (Ankylosing spondylitis)
Posted by: SFGoth at May 18, 2017 11:29 AM (dZ756)

That's bad shit right there.

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 18, 2017 11:31 AM (0mRoj)

491 >>>Went to the Lagos airport with one drunk woman in a fur coat with a dog and parrot. She and my wife were headed home. The dog and parrot didn't have the proper papers and she had overstayed her visa by 6 months. Cost her husband about $900.00. The customs people waved my wife in, she was sober and our parrot had the correct papers, but my buddy told them that the payment included her. Thankfully they agreed.

Amen!! Prezackly!

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at May 18, 2017 11:31 AM (MykB3)

492 413 Trump State Dept. Breaks from Obama White House: Afghan Taliban Is a Terrorist Organization

About time
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 18, 2017 11:16 AM (KlI/a)

Wait, what?? How is this even a question? What in the hell are we doing there in the first place? I seem to remember in October 2001 that going into Afghanistan to depose the Taliban was the entire point! My Obama was a disaster....but this only goes to show how seriously broken this country's political class is.

Posted by: Alex #11 at May 18, 2017 11:31 AM (ka13S)

493 Anyone ever fry chicken for 700 people? Good times.
Posted by: bicentennialguy

That's either a big chicken, or really tiny people.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at May 18, 2017 11:31 AM (vRcUp)

494 Trump deleted his tweet re: special 'council'
They've finally got him to recant things

Gonna be an early presidency....

Posted by: Bill Wynn at May 18, 2017 11:31 AM (lWCRE)

495 Insomniac,

I'm very fortunate that both my family and her family are right here in town. I know there's more emotional pain to come (the days I don't have the kids) but I've been there done a lot of that (lost 25 pounds have gained 20 back). My anger really has turned into sadness for her because she will not be able to make it on her own and her family isn't going to enable her to the degree they realized they had been for a long time.

She didn't ask for the terrible traumas she's suffered in her life, but then she ran away from dealing with it and still won't now...

I've realized that I had gone into a shell basically protecting and excusing my wife's behavior by letting go of the close friendships I had. I'm lucky enough that as this gets completed that those friends will be there for me...blessed in that fact actually.

Being 43 and divorced with 4 kids (14,11,5,2) isn't where I pictured myself being, but it is what it is.

Posted by: H Badger at May 18, 2017 11:32 AM (n/0Nw)

496 What if it's a mild disagreement over Tostino Pizza Rolls?

As long as no one gets shot.

Posted by: eleven at May 18, 2017 11:32 AM (qUNWi)

497 Feeling powerless in the current political system

We warned you this might happen.

Posted by: The Founding Fathers at May 18, 2017 11:32 AM (vtcmf)

498 Sound familiar?

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

Yellow journalism, or the yellow press, is a type of journalism that presents little or no legitimate well-researched news and instead uses eye-catching headlines to sell more newspapers.[1] Techniques may include exaggerations of news events, scandal-mongering or sensationalism. By extension, the term yellow journalism is used today as a pejorative to decry any journalism that treats news in an unprofessional or unethical fashion.[2]
Joseph Campbell describes yellow press newspapers as having daily
multi-column front-page headlines covering a variety of topics, such as
sports and scandal, using bold layouts (with large illustrations and
perhaps color), heavy reliance on unnamed sources, and unabashed
self-promotion. The term was extensively used to describe certain major New York City newspapers around 1900 as they battled for circulation.[3

Posted by: S at May 18, 2017 11:32 AM (WiPBb)

499 Mick Mars has some serious health problems -- way beyond what heavy drug use does. (Ankylosing spondylitis)

Posted by: SFGoth at May 18, 2017 11:29 AM (dZ756)

He's kind of up there in age. He was the "old man" of the group in the early 80's.

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at May 18, 2017 11:32 AM (aMlLZ)

500 On the other hand, as Mike Hammer said above, being out on the road does flush crap things from your mind. Maybe this Sunday . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

The screeching tires as people swerve around you and scream "are you fucking crazy" gets a little distracting.

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy

Maybe if you'd quit trying to drift in a bulldozer you wouldn't get that...

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at May 18, 2017 11:33 AM (AM1GF)

501 They were afraid Ailes would spill the beans on the orgies with Megan Kelly where she sucked golf balls through straws and played patty cake with her tits.

Posted by: Ghost of Tim Russert at May 18, 2017 11:33 AM (OE5e7)

502

Mensch, whose source seems to be Comey, says Manafort and Flynn were calling the Russians the day Obama announced Russia sanctions last fall

Posted by: ThunderB at May 18, 2017 11:33 AM (tWydE)

503 I'm not in the field, but I'm told that's so they can prove there is no one with the qualifications they need so they can hire someone from India for half price or less.
Posted by: Chigger Fleas�

That's correct. Plus they'll advertise at some incredibly low rate of pay while requiring a laundry list of prerequisites.

Of course no one applies for the job.

So it's off to the races. The races being somewhere in India.

Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at May 18, 2017 11:33 AM (HTdUD)

504 Trump needs to eliminate the press from the White House and executive
branch. He needs to speak directly to the people via YouTube and have
his press secretary and other members of his administration do the same.>>>

Your Channel is in violation of our terms of service under the Hate Speech section. All videos have been deleted and your channel is shut down.

Posted by: Youtube Admin at May 18, 2017 11:34 AM (r5KeJ)

505
CBS says Comey has several "memos " and is itching to testify
==

Chaffetz said yesterday that he had been invited. No response.
Doesn't sound like he's 'itching' to me.

Guess Comey is working on falsifying and exaggerating bullshit diary entries.

I think Trump allowed Comey to believe that he was safe. Then pulled the plug on him.

Now he is scrambling to gin up some bullshit for "payback".

Assholes gotta asshole.

Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 18, 2017 11:34 AM (C52a9)

506 told you so

Posted by: KansasCJ at May 18, 2017 11:34 AM (e96Jd)

507 The clay theory is he only one that lets me sleep at night.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 18, 2017 11:31 AM (neool)

Sometimes ... it's nice to have a very limited set of emotions. Sure - I don't relate to about 99% of the general public very well ... but nice all the same.

Posted by: ScoggDog at May 18, 2017 11:34 AM (+YMDZ)

508 I read all the words. Twice even.
Still don't get it.

Posted by: IP at May 18, 2017 11:27 AM (UmSfZ)

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In Nigeria if you don't have the proper papers, much less a valid visa, when go to leave you need a large amount to money with which to bribe the officials.

Posted by: Javems at May 18, 2017 11:34 AM (yOqwj)

509 Went to the Lagos airport with one drunk woman in a fur coat with a dog and parrot.

Unique.

Posted by: JEM at May 18, 2017 11:34 AM (TppKb)

510 I'm not in the field, but I'm told that's so they
can prove there is no one with the qualifications they need so they can
hire someone from India for half price or less.

Posted by: Chigger Fleas at May 18, 2017 11:24 AM (fD1ST)

Mostly that's done to satisfy job advertising requirements of large companies before the manager can hire one of his drinking buddies. That's what I remember from Northrop Grumman when I was there at least.

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at May 18, 2017 11:34 AM (UBzPO)

511 Do NOT go read the nasty tweets re Ailes' death at Newsbusters. The MFM are in full celebratory mode.

Ailes made people "dumber and angrier" is one of the nicer ones.

Women at Fox News will be wearing their skirts at half staff is another.

Progs are an evil, hateful lot.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 18, 2017 11:35 AM (PY9jH)

512
Couldn't the GOP come to terms and agreement with at least some of the
President's agenda? After all, they've found common ground with the
democrats for the past 10 years, why not Trump?
===

THIS.

So much THIS.
---

Here's the problem: GOP= Professional Politicians
Dems= Professional Politicians
Trump- Businessman

They BOTH have to make sure Trump fails to prove that Professional Politicians their job is Hard and Meaningful, and THEY are the only ones who can RULE the Proles.

Posted by: shibumi at May 18, 2017 11:35 AM (BPeNq)

513
DOJ pal of Comey says he is trying to take Trump down
===

Yep.

Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 18, 2017 11:35 AM (C52a9)

514 494. Heh....you've been wrong about every other prediction/proclamation before this. But it'll be different this time.

Say hi to your mom, and tell her to keep the change.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 18, 2017 11:35 AM (TwwWO)

515 Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 18, 2017 11:31 AM (neon)

Its they consider it corny, it's their problem. :^) It's a repeated theme in Scripture and yes, we can all fall prey to pessimism, but to get up and keep going is, I think the best thing. Certainly we have tie example of the Apostles and the great people of the faith who went before us as examples.

God bless you, brother.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 18, 2017 11:36 AM (qES5k)

516 They were afraid Ailes would spill the beans on the orgies with Megan Kelly where she sucked golf balls through straws and played patty cake with her tits.

Megyn-Katie Couric Oil Wrestling, video at 11

Don't you all spooge at once.

Posted by: JEM at May 18, 2017 11:36 AM (TppKb)

517 Progs are the Devil's foot soldiers.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 18, 2017 11:36 AM (neool)

518 Posted by: KansasCJ at May 18, 2017 11:34 AM (e96Jd)

Whom about what?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 18, 2017 11:36 AM (sEDyY)

519 Women at Fox News will be wearing their skirts at half staff is another.

Progs are an evil, hateful lot.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 18, 2017 11:35 AM (PY9jH)

OK, it's mean, yes, but that is a clever line.

Posted by: Alex #11 at May 18, 2017 11:37 AM (ka13S)

520 CBS says Comey has several "memos " and is itching to testify

Posted by: ThunderB at May 18, 2017 11:28 AM (tWydE)

Didn't Comey testify to Congress like two weeks ago that there's been no interference from the WH?

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at May 18, 2017 11:37 AM (UBzPO)

521 Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 18, 2017 11:35 AM (PY9jH)

I'm sure they're nasty. I have the happiness of choosing not to read it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 18, 2017 11:37 AM (qES5k)

522 Comey is a small and stupid man. He will be..hoist with his own petard.

Posted by: runner at May 18, 2017 11:37 AM (c6/9Q)

523 Went on a 'Tiger Cruise' when my son (USMC) came back from Iraq.
It was seven days from Pearl to Sandy Eggo.
Fuck.That.Shit

I wanted off that damn ship. Didn't get sea sick, just had enough.

Posted by: Roland THTG at May 18, 2017 11:37 AM (QM5S2)

524 "Didn't Comey testify to Congress like two weeks ago that there's been no interference from the WH?"

So...was he lying then, or now?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 18, 2017 11:38 AM (J+eG2)

525 Comey did say that. He is a drama queen

Posted by: ThunderB at May 18, 2017 11:38 AM (tWydE)

526 524
"Didn't Comey testify to Congress like two weeks ago that there's been no interference from the WH?"

So...was he lying then, or now?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 18, 2017 11:38 AM (J+eG2)
always

Posted by: phoenixgirl... at May 18, 2017 11:38 AM (0O7c5)

527 Thanks fenelon.

Have a good lawyer and its a collaborative approach with her and her lawyer. Its civil and cordial I just want to get it done so I can move forward with life.

We'll see if that holds up in these final weeks with financial proposals and the parenting plan.

Posted by: H Badger at May 18, 2017 11:38 AM (n/0Nw)

528 Being 43 and divorced with 4 kids (14,11,5,2) isn't where I pictured myself being, but it is what it is.
Posted by: H Badger at May 18, 2017 11:32 AM (n/0Nw)

Getting the rug pulled out from under you really really sucks.

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 18, 2017 11:38 AM (0mRoj)

529

Its gonna get real crazy now

Posted by: ThunderB at May 18, 2017 11:39 AM (tWydE)

530 Bill Wynn is Ace messing with us

Posted by: runner at May 18, 2017 11:39 AM (c6/9Q)

531 We'll see if that holds up in these final weeks with financial proposals and the parenting plan.

Posted by: H Badger at May 18, 2017 11:38 AM (n/0Nw)
---------------

It sounds like you have the right attitude in this difficult situation. I'm praying for smooth sailing for you.

Posted by: bluebell at May 18, 2017 11:39 AM (sBOL1)

532 524 "Didn't Comey testify to Congress like two weeks ago that there's been no interference from the WH?"

So...was he lying then, or now?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 18, 2017 11:38 AM (J+eG2)
==========

He didn't have his fraudulent diary entries all completed at that time. He furiously scribbled them down last night, so now he's prepared.

Posted by: bicentennialguy at May 18, 2017 11:39 AM (vg8iE)

533 MSLSD's "Joy" Reid:

Ailes "created a fantasy world for white conservative me" and made women "agreeable sex objects."

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 18, 2017 11:40 AM (PY9jH)

534 Didn't Comey testify to Congress like two weeks ago that there's been no interference from the WH?

I'm perfectly fine with the whole special prosecutor thing.

What's been leaked thus far is a complete nothingburger, and Comey's past behavior is just incomprehensibly craven.

I want to see him worked over. But who will?

Posted by: JEM at May 18, 2017 11:40 AM (TppKb)

535 I lived my entire life with the express purpose of never being the 40+ year old divorced guy.

I lost.

Posted by: garrett at May 18, 2017 11:40 AM (tFeIi)

536

DOJ pal of Comey says Trumps attempts at influence didnt change anything, but Comey documented all his meetings with Trump

Posted by: ThunderB at May 18, 2017 11:40 AM (tWydE)

537 Speaking of job choices, does anyone know what is needed to enter the exciting field of crime scene remediation (besides a strong stomach and back)? Son is interested in doing that for a living.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 18, 2017 11:14 AM (sEDyY)

If you're still here, from what I recall from the job posting I read, they don't require a lot of this and that kind of experience.

It emphasized mainly having compassion for people, a strong back (for moving stuff like furniture), being on call 24/7 and the ability to travel. Overnight travel was paid for.

Posted by: Country Boy at May 18, 2017 11:40 AM (Jcg9Q)

538 Mensch says admin dumped all of Comeys laptop data to a flashdrive and gave to the Russians.

also that US Marshalls ready to swarm the GOP itself due to laundering Russian money.

That girl is on fire....

Posted by: Bill Wynn at May 18, 2017 11:40 AM (lWCRE)

539
God bless you, brother.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 18, 2017 11:36 AM (qES5k)

And you, my AoS friend.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 18, 2017 11:40 AM (neool)

540 CBS says Comey has several "memos " and is itching to testify

---

first he's mildly nauseous and now he's itching. Dude better get that checked out.

Posted by: buzzsaw90 at May 18, 2017 11:40 AM (h/uSM)

541 Didn't Comey testify to Congress like two weeks ago that there's been no interference from the WH?

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans

==

The Russians made him say that.

Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 18, 2017 11:40 AM (C52a9)

542 So...was he lying then, or now?

Yes.

Posted by: JEM at May 18, 2017 11:41 AM (TppKb)

543 Maybe it was already covered, but neither the linked story, nor the link to an earlier story describing the murder say much about the man she killed - not his name, no particulars. Only that they met on Tinder and she had a fit after he ran out to pick up her prescription.
I think a murder victim deserves more than that...

Posted by: Lizzy at May 18, 2017 10:02 AM (NOIQH)

According to the BBC link, he didn't die. She stabbed him in the leg. He probably recovered. Might have a limp.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 18, 2017 11:41 AM (0deF2)

544 Posted by: runner at May 18, 2017 11:39 AM (c6/9Q)

Not Ace's standard hash, although it was probably a Wynn sock.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 18, 2017 11:41 AM (sEDyY)

545 Chris Cornell and Roger Ailes?

They must have really pissed off Putin.

Damn those Russians.

Posted by: an indifferent penguin at May 18, 2017 11:41 AM (nHbAq)

546 >>Man, what is with 90's rockers dropping like flies and 80's rockers
living so long? How is every member of Motley Crue still alive??

Heard an interview with 3 members of Duran Duran a few years ago and was amazed to hear how sane and happy they all sounded. Seems some entertainers can segue from the crazy life of an early success into a stable family, interests/hobbies and business ventures while others can't.

The suicides like Cornell are so sad.
- - - - -
Horde, y'all are great support system. Such good advice. Dealing with family issues myself, it's always nice to go to the comments for entertainment, obscure facts and silliness.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 18, 2017 11:41 AM (NOIQH)

547 533 MSLSD's "Joy" Reid:

Ailes "created a fantasy world for white conservative me" and made women "agreeable sex objects."

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 18, 2017 11:40 AM (PY9jH)
==========

Poor deluded bitch. She doesn't know yet she'll be one of the first that is lined up against the wall after the Glorious Revolution.

Shhhhhh.....don't tell her. It'll be a little glimmer of joy for us while we are rotting in the camps.

Posted by: bicentennialguy at May 18, 2017 11:41 AM (vg8iE)

548
I lost.

Posted by: garrett

===

Sorry, man. Really.

Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 18, 2017 11:41 AM (C52a9)

549 DOJ pal of Comey says Trumps attempts at influence didnt change anything, but Comey documented all his meetings with Trump
Swell... so we can expect more "memos"

Posted by: It's Me donna at May 18, 2017 11:41 AM (O2RFr)

550 Yeah widespread don't get me started on the prescribing practices of GP's when an anti-depressant is involved yet no psychiatric overseeing...

Posted by: H Badger at May 18, 2017 11:42 AM (n/0Nw)

551 Being 43 and divorced with 4 kids (14,11,5,2) isn't where I pictured myself being, but it is what it is.
Posted by: H Badger at May 18, 2017 11:32 AM (n/0Nw)

Getting the rug pulled out from under you really really sucks.

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 18, 2017 11:38 AM (0mRoj)

That wasn't my plan either. But I can say I'm 13 years ahead of you, and you'll get through it.

Posted by: Country Boy at May 18, 2017 11:42 AM (Jcg9Q)

552 I lived my entire life with the express purpose of never being the 40+ year old divorced guy.

I lost.

Posted by: garrett at May 18, 2017 11:40 AM (tFeIi)
---------

I'm so sorry, garrett. That stinks out loud. My heart goes out to all you guys who found yourselves in this situation. I can't even imagine it.

Posted by: bluebell at May 18, 2017 11:42 AM (sBOL1)

553 currency note victory sock off !

Posted by: McCool at May 18, 2017 11:42 AM (lWCRE)

554 Bill Wynn is Ace messing with us
Posted by: runner

Not Ace's usual hash. Unless he got lucky and is using his girl friends computer while making pancakes.

Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at May 18, 2017 11:42 AM (HTdUD)

555 Mostly that's done to satisfy job advertising requirements of large companies before the manager can hire one of his drinking buddies. That's what I remember from Northrop Grumman when I was there at least.

---

if they advertise the drinking requirement, they'd get more applicants

Posted by: buzzsaw90 at May 18, 2017 11:42 AM (h/uSM)

556 Mensch, has to be Ace ! it's a "tell"

Posted by: runner at May 18, 2017 11:43 AM (c6/9Q)

557 CBS says Comey has several "memos " and is itching to testify

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So.... tell me Jimmy "Booger Drapes" Comey...... did you perchance have any memos of your conversations with say..... Lorretta Lynch or President Obama that you would like to share with the committee.?

Posted by: fixerupper at May 18, 2017 11:43 AM (8XRCm)

558 Heh - Thanks.

Funny how that shit works out.

Posted by: garrett at May 18, 2017 11:43 AM (tFeIi)

559 Posted by: Country Boy at May 18, 2017 11:40 AM (Jcg9Q)

Thanks. Do you remember at all where you saw the posting?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 18, 2017 11:43 AM (sEDyY)

560 Keep in mind that Trump tweeted about "recordings" between himself and Comey before all this, almost like he knew it was coming. Maybe PDT has the proof and Comey is a phoney.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 18, 2017 11:43 AM (neool)

561 I'm sitting here at work listening to someone talk about how amazing Gloria Steinem looks and how cool she is.

Posted by: bicentennialguy at May 18, 2017 11:43 AM (vg8iE)

562 494
Trump deleted his tweet re: special 'council'

They've finally got him to recant things

Gonna be an early presidency....

----

"early presidency?" What does that mean?

Posted by: S at May 18, 2017 11:43 AM (WiPBb)

563 Not Ace's usual hash. Unless he got lucky and is using his girl friends computer while making pancakes.

Actually I had that hash when I was using free wifi at Shelves R Us.

Posted by: Witchdoktor, AKA VA GOP Sucks, AKA Worthless Imbecile at May 18, 2017 11:44 AM (tVWQB)

564 There I was, walking down the street on a rainy day. A recruiter was standing under the canopy in front of the recruiting office. "Why don't you come in out of the rain?" he said.

I was in out of the rain for the next three years.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, shamelessly purloining dialog at May 18, 2017 11:44 AM (ZO497)

565 "Not Ace's usual hash. Unless he got lucky and is using his girl friends computer while making pancakes."

Ewoks operating a stove usually end badly.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 18, 2017 11:44 AM (J+eG2)

566 Not Ace's usual hash. Unless he got lucky and is using his girl friends computer while making pancakes.

Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at May 18, 2017 11:42 AM (HTdUD)

that's how it's done...

Posted by: runner at May 18, 2017 11:44 AM (c6/9Q)

567 535 I lived my entire life with the express purpose of never being the 40+ year old divorced guy.

I lost.

Posted by: garrett at May 18, 2017 11:40 AM (tFeIi)

Sorry buddy. I'm right there in that boat with you.

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 18, 2017 11:44 AM (0mRoj)

568 My husband's BFF who got totally screwed over by his new wife who left him and cleaned out their bank accounts and ran up his credit cards?

He's begged her to come back and she is.

I told my husband he'd better NEVER again invite them to come for a visit. She's crazy and mean.

My late BFF is spinning in her grave, I'm sure.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 18, 2017 11:44 AM (PY9jH)

569 Jimmy "Booger Drapes" Comey

====

AOSHQ Style Guide Entry - All in favor?

Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 18, 2017 11:44 AM (C52a9)

570 Heard an interview with 3 members of Duran Duran a few years ago and was amazed to hear how sane and happy they all sounded.

The secret is this: every Brit popstar really wants to be Lord Suchandso. They want their stone pile in Kent and want to walk around their manor advising the groundskeepers that the grass is a quarter-of-an-inch too short, leave it longer next time. They want to don their boiled shirt and play the seigneur for every local charity, they want to cheer their kids on in their riding.

Posted by: JEM at May 18, 2017 11:44 AM (TppKb)

571
I was in out of the rain for the next three years.
Posted by: Mike Hammer
----------

That's not a bad thing, by the way.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, shamelessly purloining dialog at May 18, 2017 11:44 AM (ZO497)

572 Posted by: Country Boy at May 18, 2017 11:40 AM (Jcg9Q)

Thanks. Do you remember at all where you saw the posting?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 18, 2017 11:43 AM (sEDyY)

Fort Worth.

Posted by: Country Boy at May 18, 2017 11:45 AM (Jcg9Q)

573 519 Women at Fox News will be wearing their skirts at half staff is another.

Progs are an evil, hateful lot.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 18, 2017 11:35 AM (PY9jH)

OK, it's mean, yes, but that is a clever line.
Posted by: Alex #11 at May 18, 2017 11:37 AM (ka13S)

---

if they did, i'd be at full staff

Posted by: buzzsaw90 at May 18, 2017 11:45 AM (h/uSM)

574 Anyone who has observed world history over the last 4000 years would understand sometimes violence is the only answer.

We tried to be responsible and reasonable and vote our way out of our predicament but sadly much like Rorshach our enemies have said NO!

Posted by: Kreplach at May 18, 2017 11:45 AM (kEGtD)

575 So CBS says Comey has several "memos" of his conversations with Trump? Was he keeping them as insurance against being fires cause it didn't work...

Posted by: It's Me donna at May 18, 2017 11:45 AM (O2RFr)

576 It's going to be an early ejaculation.

Posted by: Bill Spynn at May 18, 2017 11:45 AM (vtcmf)

577 560
Keep in mind that Trump tweeted about "recordings" between himself and
Comey before all this, almost like he knew it was coming. Maybe PDT has
the proof and Comey is a phoney.

------------------

If Comey were not scared shitless, he'd have been all over the crazy media by now.

Posted by: S at May 18, 2017 11:46 AM (WiPBb)

578 Whoa

Flynn refuses to testify if subpeonaed by Congress

CBS says Comey has several "memos " and is itching to testify
Posted by: ThunderB at May 18, 2017 11:28 AM (tWydE)

well at this point, with a special council appointed, I would not testify either without full immunity from everyone. And that he will not get.

Thus THIS Special Council will slow everything down, not speed it up

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 18, 2017 11:46 AM (KlI/a)

579 568 My husband's BFF who got totally screwed over by his new wife who left him and cleaned out their bank accounts and ran up his credit cards?

He's begged her to come back and she is.

I told my husband he'd better NEVER again invite them to come for a visit. She's crazy and mean.

My late BFF is spinning in her grave, I'm sure.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 18, 2017 11:44 AM (PY9jH)

I don't understand that at all. I tried to keep the marriage together but now that it's been over and done with my ex can go DIAF for all I care.

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 18, 2017 11:46 AM (0mRoj)

580

Mensch is an idiot with a source who doesnt understand a quarter of what she is fed

Posted by: ThunderB at May 18, 2017 11:46 AM (tWydE)

581
Jimmy "Booger Drapes" Comey

====
AOSHQ Style Guide Entry - All in favor?

Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 18, 2017 11:44 AM (C52a9)

I approve.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 18, 2017 11:46 AM (PY9jH)

582 It's going to be an early ejaculation.

Megyn or Katie?

Posted by: JEM at May 18, 2017 11:47 AM (TppKb)

583 393
@377

But Comey testified under oath that no from the administration was intererring with the Russia probe.

There's even recorded footage of his testimony.

And furthermore Comey would have committed a crime if someone was
attempting to interfere with a federal investigation and he didn't
report it.

So once again the only potential crimes were committed by people other than trump or his associates
==========

Which is why I keep saying this special counsel is going after one thing--vote fraud in the cities, especially by illegals.

How many times did he talk about vote fraud during the campaign?
Did he not just announce a commission to look into vote fraud?
Did he not just instruct immigration to start comparing voter rolls to resident aliens?

The guy is a builder, you gotta lay the foundation first.
A building doesn't spring into existence fully formed.

And the best part? He's getting the Dems to "pay" for it!!! (by demanding it)

Posted by: RoyalOil at May 18, 2017 11:48 AM (ZQpd0)

584

Comey and Flynn were to testify before Congress

Congressional investigation will go on, regardless of Mueller

Posted by: ThunderB at May 18, 2017 11:48 AM (tWydE)

585 Posted by: Country Boy at May 18, 2017 11:45 AM (Jcg9Q)

Sorry, more meant what sort of publication or website. Hopefully Houston has a big enough population that he could at least get started here.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 18, 2017 11:48 AM (sEDyY)

586 Libtards in the twittersphere are actually developing a roadmap that puts Hillary back in as Presidnet

1 - Trump impeached
2 - Pence resigns cuz GOP RICO charges
3 - Somehow Paul Ryan and McConnell are bypassed
4 - Orin Hatch becomes president then names Hillary as VP
5 - Hatch after taking the oath, resigns and Hillary becomes President

Its rather fantasmic but this is their plan to put the Queen on her rightful throne ...

Posted by: McCool at May 18, 2017 11:48 AM (lWCRE)

587 Sounds like a solid subset Moron meet up that could be had...all the Morons in their 40's that are divorced.

Posted by: H Badger at May 18, 2017 11:49 AM (n/0Nw)

588 >>The secret is this: every Brit popstar really wants to be Lord Suchandso.

Heh, at least that's aiming high. Better than wanting to do the most coke and groupies, or be the biggest gangsta thug, and then flaming out millions in debt.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 18, 2017 11:49 AM (NOIQH)

589 Flynn refuses to testify if subpeonaed by Congress�

Probably a wise move. Postering, I'm sure, because contempt of congress charge, but basically says -- without immunity you'll hear the 5th amendment and nothing else.

Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at May 18, 2017 11:49 AM (HTdUD)

590 I just don't get what Trump is doing.

There should have been thirty corpses on the streets the day of his inauguration, including Comey and Koskinen.

Is he afraid of something? Trying to play the other side's game? It doesn't work.

Should have swung the axe at the beginning.

Posted by: JEM at May 18, 2017 11:49 AM (TppKb)

591 585. Lots of opportunity - Plenty of killing and death there.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 18, 2017 11:49 AM (TwwWO)

592 Are post-it notes I wrote to myself admissible in court?

Posted by: Chigger Fleas at May 18, 2017 11:49 AM (fD1ST)

593 Yeah widespread don't get me started on the
prescribing practices of GP's when an anti-depressant is involved yet no
psychiatric overseeing... Posted by: H Badger at May 18, 2017 11:42 AM (n/0Nw)
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The worst for me was the paraprofessionals in teaching and social work. They could not imagine someone parenting their kids without their 'guidance'. A couple meetings with the ex (crazy as a doodlebug) helped with that dynamic. Deal with reasonable me or coocoo for cocoapuffs. All four of mine graduated HS, two finished college, one almost finished, and one youngest journeyman carpenter the union has seen in many years not related to a member. Do not assume that the paraprofessionals have the same goals as you do --

Posted by: mustbequantum at May 18, 2017 11:50 AM (MIKMs)

594 So.... tell me Jimmy "Booger Drapes" Comey...... did you perchance have any memos of your conversations with say..... Lorretta Lynch or President Obama that you would like to share with the committee.?

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they'll be the ones with hearts doodled all over them

Posted by: buzzsaw90 at May 18, 2017 11:50 AM (h/uSM)

595 >>2 - Pence resigns cuz GOP RICO charges

Wow, the projection in that one is mind-blowing!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 18, 2017 11:50 AM (NOIQH)

596 Megyn or Katie?

Me. Insurrection gets me so hot.

Posted by: Bill Spynn at May 18, 2017 11:50 AM (vtcmf)

597 Flynn refuses to testify if subpeonaed by Congress

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So pretty much exactly like Obama's IRS employees?

Huh. That's interesting.

Posted by: Chigger Fleas at May 18, 2017 11:50 AM (fD1ST)

598 OK, it's mean, yes, but that is a clever line.
Posted by: Alex #11 at May 18, 2017 11:37 AM (ka13S) [/i\

I don't think it's mean at all, it's hysterical.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 18, 2017 11:51 AM (p5Y9F)

599 Doesn't PDT have a history of making people ask for what he already wanted to sell them? Because this whole thing smells like that to me too. Trump finding a way to torpedo the Clinton's, O'bungles and his devil spawn like Holder and Lynch. Mueller has an open directive. And the Dems are nodding like idiots that this is a good thing for them.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 18, 2017 11:51 AM (neool)

600 I posted this here a week ago:

"Trump's end game may be to have Rosenstein appoint a special prosecutor to look into "everything." Key is who gets picked and their mandate. Could be advantages in running a silo-ed investigation away from the compromised DOJ and FBI.

"Schumer and McCain demanded a special prosecutor, they got it. Heh"

This is a long fight folks.

While there's risk with a special counsel, likely outcome is that Trump gets vindicated.

It likely will stall Trump's agenda, but he can use that in the run-up to the 2018 mid-terms.

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 18, 2017 11:51 AM (+7/1f)

601 One thin about Trump is that --if he's to go down--he'll go down swinging.
Remember Nixon being told he could have contested the stolen 1960 election? Or that he could probably have used legal challenges to stave off impeachment awhile longer? Maybe until the eve of the 1976 election?Both times, Nixon nixed those ideas because he didn't want to "tear the country apart."

Trump is not Nixon--good or bad--and since Al Gore in 2000 ( and Hillary '16) losing gracefully doesn't happen anymore.

Posted by: JoeF. at May 18, 2017 11:51 AM (7uYFy)

602 Libtards in the twittersphere are actually developing a roadmap that puts Hillary back in as Presidnet

They're forgetting the 5.56 that flies somewhere between 1 and 3.

I don't think they quite understand the end to their game.

Posted by: JEM at May 18, 2017 11:51 AM (TppKb)

603

Those memos are govt property containing classified info

Where are you sroring those sport

Posted by: ThunderB at May 18, 2017 11:51 AM (tWydE)

604 Sounds like a solid subset Moron meet up that could be had...all the Morons in their 40's that are divorced.

Posted by: H Badger at May 18, 2017 11:49 AM (n/0Nw)

and a bunch of 40+ yo dudes show up ? this may not go the way you are imagining...just saying...one day at camp and all that...

Posted by: runner at May 18, 2017 11:51 AM (c6/9Q)

605 I have never been stuck in an elevator before.

First time for everything I guess.

Seems like a Monday.

Posted by: blaster at May 18, 2017 11:51 AM (i1tGd)

606 FWIW, I understand that Obama's employees were doing it selflessly in order to help America, so I understand why no one in the media would want to draw attention to the similarities.

Posted by: Chigger Fleas at May 18, 2017 11:52 AM (fD1ST)

607 598. It's a good gesture - keeps morale (among other things) up.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 18, 2017 11:52 AM (TwwWO)

608 Libtards in the twittersphere are actually developing a roadmap that puts Hillary back in as Presidnet

If the progressives go down that road it won't be Hillary that gets immaculated.

It will be Obama, and he won't be President. The Job will have a new title.

Posted by: Filleus T. Fantum at May 18, 2017 11:52 AM (ZgPsD)

609 Wow, the projection in that one is mind-blowing!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 18, 2017 11:50 AM (NOIQH)

Yeah, that was a big "Wait, what?". Do they truly believe they are that righteous?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 18, 2017 11:52 AM (sEDyY)

610 OTOH, Blue Oyster Cult still tours with 2 original members. Granted it's really more the Buck Dharma Band these days, but hey, great musicians and great material. They've even said they may be putting a new album out next year. Not bad for two guys who are, like, 69 and 72 (Dharma, Bloom).

Posted by: SFGoth at May 18, 2017 11:53 AM (dZ756)

611 DOJ pal of Comey says Trumps attempts at influence didnt change anything, but Comey documented all his meetings with Trump

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Isn't it conceivable that Comey could "document" all of his meetings and write anything he wants? As in, make sh*t up? Where am I wrong here?

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at May 18, 2017 11:53 AM (mQ0Mc)

612
So pretty much exactly like Obama's IRS employees?

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IRS employees

BATFE employees

State Department employees (assigned to Benghazi)

VA employees

DOJ employees (looking at you Susan Rice)

ICE and Border Patrol employees.

Posted by: fixerupper at May 18, 2017 11:53 AM (8XRCm)

613 I'm not a lawyer, but if there's one thing I learned from the whole Scooter Libby nonsense, I would just say everyone take the 5th and just let them waste their time on a wild goose chase.

Where people get in trouble is when they start talking, even if there's nothing there with the underlying crime they were investigating.

Same with Martha Stewart, didn't she get locked up for not being truthful with investigators?

Posted by: Maritime at May 18, 2017 11:53 AM (Pa8uy)

614 603 Those memos are govt property containing classified info

Where are you sroring those sport

Posted by: ThunderB at May 18, 2017 11:51 AM (tWydE)

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Towel closet except when he has his maid bring one to him. And anyway, he never intended to break the law so it's totes okay.

Posted by: Chigger Fleas at May 18, 2017 11:53 AM (fD1ST)

615 602 Libtards in the twittersphere are actually developing a roadmap that puts Hillary back in as Presidnet

Sure... Once they go thru Pence, Ryan Hatch ,Tillerson......

Posted by: It's Me donna at May 18, 2017 11:53 AM (O2RFr)

616 Anyone who has observed world history over the last 4000 years would understand sometimes violence is the only answer.

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And he'd be one wrinkly fucker

Posted by: 2000 year old man at May 18, 2017 11:53 AM (h/uSM)

617
Sorry, more meant what sort of publication or website. Hopefully Houston has a big enough population that he could at least get started here.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 18, 2017 11:48 AM (sEDyY)

Indeed.com is where I saw it.

Pretty much every job posting in a given area, from scientists to babysitters, gets posted there.

Posted by: Country Boy at May 18, 2017 11:53 AM (Jcg9Q)

618 594, they'll be the ones with hearts doodled all over them

Posted by: buzzsaw90 at May 18, 2017 11:50 AM (h/uSM)
In glitter pen..

Posted by: IC at May 18, 2017 11:54 AM (a0IVu)

619

Putting Hillary on the Throne in that manner is Mensch's machination

Shes crazy

Posted by: ThunderB at May 18, 2017 11:54 AM (tWydE)

620 Isn't it conceivable that Comey could "document" all of his meetings and write anything he wants? As in, make sh*t up? Where am I wrong here?

You're not wrong. Why should we believe a known liar?

Posted by: It's Me donna at May 18, 2017 11:54 AM (O2RFr)

621 602 Libtards in the twittersphere are actually developing a roadmap that puts Hillary back in as Presidnet

Sure... Once they go thru Pence, Ryan Hatch ,Tillerson......
Posted by: It's Me donna at May 18, 2017 11:53 AM (O2RFr)

A Road to Utopia? Or a Road to Nowhere?
Ask Sir Thomas More, or The Talking Heads...

Posted by: JoeF. at May 18, 2017 11:54 AM (7uYFy)

622 I'll bet Comey is furiously writing memos as we speak. Post-dated, of course.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 18, 2017 11:55 AM (PY9jH)

623 Brattleboro demands the Suppreme Court thing make Presdent Obama the Presdent again because Trump lies and is a racist !!!!!

Posted by: Mary Clogginstien from Brattleboro, VT at May 18, 2017 11:55 AM (WmgTn)

624 611. Not likely, given his demonstrated integrity in the face of the illegal and Immoral attempts of Trump to obstruct justice in order to conceal the role of alt-right nazi Russian hackers in his theft of the election.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 18, 2017 11:55 AM (TwwWO)

625 While there's risk with a special counsel, likely outcome is that Trump gets vindicated.

It likely will stall Trump's agenda, but he can use that in the run-up to the 2018 mid-terms.

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 18, 2017 11:51 AM (+7/1f)
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So you think Mueller will release his report before the 2018 midterm elections? I think that's optimistic.

Posted by: mrp at May 18, 2017 11:56 AM (Pqytn)

626
Anyone who has observed world history over the last 4000 years would understand sometimes violence is the only answer.

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And he'd be one wrinkly fucker

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*waves at Vic

Posted by: fixerupper at May 18, 2017 11:56 AM (8XRCm)

627 I have never been stuck in an elevator before.

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Reminds me of an episode of All in the Family where Archie gets stuck in an elevator with a black guy with a foreign accent, a very pregnant Spanish woman going into labor and a paranoid Eileen Brennan.

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at May 18, 2017 11:56 AM (mQ0Mc)

628 I'll bet Comey is furiously writing memos as we speak. Post-dated, of course.

Wouldn't surprise me... And what court would convict someone on the basis of someone elses "memos"?

Posted by: It's Me donna at May 18, 2017 11:56 AM (O2RFr)

629

Comeys buddies allegedly seen going in and out of the Obama residence

Posted by: ThunderB at May 18, 2017 11:56 AM (tWydE)

630 Comey really is a douche. Look how he insinuated himself into the '16 election and it's aftermath. To me, he has ZERO credibility.

Posted by: JoeF. at May 18, 2017 11:56 AM (7uYFy)

631 >>I'm not a lawyer, but if there's one thing I learned from the whole
Scooter Libby nonsense, I would just say everyone take the 5th and just
let them waste their time on a wild goose chase.

Exactly. They want Flynn's head, why should he help them get it? He should demand they release the transcripts...and then have them start explaining why there are transcripts to begin with, who ordered them, who viewed them, how they got to the press, etc.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 18, 2017 11:56 AM (NOIQH)

632 Thanks. That will give him a starting point so that he can tailor his last year of school to the requirements. He's smart but will only learn something if it is going to be of immediate and practical use.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 18, 2017 11:57 AM (sEDyY)

633 Its funny when my parents mentioned to a judge friend of theirs that there was a divorce taking place out of the blue he asked if anti depressants were involved.

He said you'd be amazed how many divorces they had in the county where wives were filing on husbands that didn't want the divorce.

Anti depressants used by the wife were usually involved in there cases.

As an aside it takes two to tango (I don't blame everything on the soon to be ex) and maybe if I'd brought these problems and issues I had a few years ago it could have changed things, but I doubt it...I don't think she's wanted to be married to me for at least 5 years.

The crime of it is that in those 5 years we actively and I thought happily tried to have more kids and now a 2 year old is involved in this mess too.

Posted by: H Badger at May 18, 2017 11:57 AM (n/0Nw)

634 Libtards in the twittersphere are actually developing a roadmap that puts Hillary back in as Presidnet

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Ummmmm .... you cant get to there from here.

Unless, of course, you just suspend that Constitution thingy.

Posted by: fixerupper at May 18, 2017 11:57 AM (8XRCm)

635 Where people get in trouble is when they start talking, even if there's
nothing there with the underlying crime they were investigating.
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Sound advice in all aspects of life.

But, doubly so when dealing with law enforcement.

And the wife.

Posted by: RoyalOil at May 18, 2017 11:58 AM (ZQpd0)

636 581
Jimmy "Booger Drapes" Comey

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AOSHQ Style Guide Entry - All in favor?

Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 18, 2017 11:44 AM (C52a9)

I approve.

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Booger drapes oh
Booger drapes, Booger drapes

Booger drapes
Ain't no doubt we are here to pick'm

Booger drapes
Come on now got to get it dug out

reach with the Booger get high
'cause Booger drapes are always the best in town

Got to keep on picking
Keep on picking
Got to keep on picking
Keep on picking

Posted by: 2000 year old man at May 18, 2017 11:58 AM (h/uSM)

637 Reminds me of an episode of All in the Family where Archie gets stuck in an elevator with a black guy with a foreign accent, a very pregnant Spanish woman going into labor and a paranoid Eileen Brennan.
Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at May 18, 2017 11:56 AM (mQ0Mc)
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When I was pregnant with my first, I worked up until she was born - and I went overdue. I remember getting into the elevator, and some guy got in with me. As the doors were closing, he asked when I was due. I told him last Monday. He couldn't punch those buttons to get out fast enough.

Posted by: bluebell at May 18, 2017 11:58 AM (sBOL1)

638 Comeys notes

He could use his notes, taken at or near the time of the event, to "refresh" his memory while testifying. The notes dont come in, but he can refer to them while testifying

Posted by: ThunderB at May 18, 2017 11:58 AM (tWydE)

639 Mueller was a Bush appointee so isn't that a good thing?

Posted by: Curious at May 18, 2017 11:58 AM (aNBj9)

640 Jimmy "Booger Drapes" Comey

What is that? I must have missed something...

Posted by: It's Me donna at May 18, 2017 11:58 AM (O2RFr)

641 He said you'd be amazed how many divorces they had in the county where wives were filing on husbands that didn't want the divorce.

Women initiate 70-80% of all divorces. I'm not amazed at all.

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 18, 2017 11:58 AM (0mRoj)

642 >> I have never been stuck in an elevator before.

One of the funniest things I have ever seen was 5 DEA Agents getting stuck in a Freight Elevator.

25 minutes of pure comedy.

None smart enough to realize that the gate/door won't stay open unless you hold the button until it clears the locks.

They were real upset that I wouldn't help, too.

Posted by: garrett at May 18, 2017 11:58 AM (tFeIi)

643 A Road to Utopia?>>>

If the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

What is the road to Utopia paved with?

Posted by: Buzzsaw at May 18, 2017 11:59 AM (r5KeJ)

644 so, Comey's coming and goings will not be reviewed by the special prosecutor Muller ? right

Posted by: runner at May 18, 2017 11:59 AM (c6/9Q)

645 639. How's the weather in Philly?

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 18, 2017 11:59 AM (TwwWO)

646 Mueller was a Bush appointee so isn't that a good thing?

hahahahahahah,Jeb,hahahaha

He was also obamas....Obama wanted to keep him on...

Posted by: It's Me donna at May 18, 2017 11:59 AM (O2RFr)

647 A Road to Utopia?>>>

If the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

What is the road to Utopia paved with?

Posted by: Buzzsaw at May 18, 2017 11:59 AM

Skulls. Trust me on this.

Posted by: Pol Pot at May 18, 2017 12:00 PM (p+Wdc)

648 When I was pregnant with my first, I worked up until she was born - and I went overdue. I remember getting into the elevator, and some guy got in with me. As the doors were closing, he asked when I was due. I told him last Monday. He couldn't punch those buttons to get out fast enough.

Posted by: bluebell at May 18, 2017 11:58 AM (sBOL1)

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Meh.......Its just like pulling calves.

"You wait here. Ill be right back with some straw, chains, and Dove dishsoap."

"You just relax now".

Posted by: fixerupper at May 18, 2017 12:00 PM (8XRCm)

649 Where people get in trouble is when they start talking, even if there's
nothing there with the underlying crime they were investigating.

This was the case in Plame-gate
only charge was related to a 'untruth' told in the interviewing process.

Posted by: McCool at May 18, 2017 12:00 PM (lWCRE)

650 I just found out my Temporary Hearing had to be canceled because the main expert and my main advocate of 4 forgot to communicate with my lawyer that he would be out of town. I have no money to pay the 60 dollar an hour to 150 dollars an hour supervision, and both my sons are map nurtished and in the 1% for weight.

Oh and my lawyer was so frustrated I had to spend 90 minutes talking him down from withdrawing.

Oh and I've never committed a crime and and only been diagnosed with anxiety. The court ruled that I have to hand over my medical records even pre divorce decree.

This has been a 3.5 year process.

I'm thinking about moving to work back home with a old friend if he will allow it. There is nothing more I can do or my lawyer or experts can do besides call DFCS or CPS, which would make things 10 times worse my sons health.

Oh and the divorce decree was a soviet show trial where ex lawyer was a sitting candidate for a judge for the now retired judges seat. It was rammed through and rubber stamped without my signature on her last day in office. Oh and her lawyer who appointed Judge stood on has her lawyer because I hired a lawyer to appeal to intimidate him. Spoiler: it worked.

Lots of rope in the future for people working in the 50 billion dollar a year family law business, which is literally terrorism and war profiteering. To think there will not be serious blowback for fucking with and destroying the lives of millions of children and their parents is delusional and symptoms of psychopaths.

Violence against a parent and children is never justified unless it is for defensive purposes, and feelings and sadistic fantasies don't reach the standard of defense.

Vent kinda over. But the family courts are what need the reform to save western civilization. Very Few have the balls to speak this truth.

We are so boned.

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at May 18, 2017 12:00 PM (2qHjF)

651 I told him last Monday. He couldn't punch those buttons to get out fast enough

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Heh. He must've seen that episode of AinF too.

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at May 18, 2017 12:00 PM (mQ0Mc)

652 As an aside it takes two to tango (I don't blame everything on the soon to be ex) and maybe if I'd brought these problems and issues I had a few years ago it could have changed things, but I doubt it...I don't think she's wanted to be married to me for at least 5 years.

The crime of it is that in those 5 years we actively and I thought happily tried to have more kids and now a 2 year old is involved in this mess too.
Posted by: H Badger at May 18, 2017 11:57 AM (n/0Nw)

That's just brutal.

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 18, 2017 12:00 PM (0mRoj)

653 Isn't it conceivable that Comey could "document" all of his meetings and write anything he wants? As in, make sh*t up? Where am I wrong here?

You're not wrong. Why should we believe a known liar?
Posted by: It's Me donna

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Even if the NYT's account is 100% accurate, who cares if Comey's memo states that Trump asked him to move on after firing Flynn?

A President has the power to pardon, and he can certainly give his opinion on how law enforcement should proceed seeing as how the Executive Branch is in charge of enforcing the laws.

Obama's Executive orders basically instructed ICE who they should focus on, yet was Obama impeached?

Obstruction of justice would be if say Trump ordered underlings to go in and erase hard drives and destroy evidence.

Posted by: Maritime at May 18, 2017 12:01 PM (Pa8uy)

654 Exactly. They want Flynn's head, why should he help them get it?

I don't think it's that big an issue.

Sure, if I'm Flynn, I'm spending every cent of that Russian money on lawyers, and I'm not saying one damn word.

But for everyone else...yeah, it's avoiding the Scooter Libby fate. Or for that matter the Bill Clinton fate. Don't contradict yourself under oath.

And that's my only real concern re Trump. If he speaks with Mueller or anyone associated with him he needs to know when to STFU.

Because the Waterses and the Amashes (piss be upon him) will take it as pure gospel justification if Trump says he tied the left shoe before the right one when he's on video doing the opposite.

Posted by: JEM at May 18, 2017 12:02 PM (TppKb)

655

Mueller is tight with Comey

Posted by: ThunderB at May 18, 2017 12:02 PM (tWydE)

656 Wouldn't surprise me if the Trump /Comey discussions were taped. Someone is setting someone up to get caught in a lie. I just don't know which one.

Posted by: Jack Sock at May 18, 2017 12:02 PM (UubSE)

657 What is the road to Utopia paved with?

Posted by: Buzzsaw at May 18, 2017 11:59 AM (r5KeJ)

I was going to say "dead bodies" but see that Pol Pot beat me to it with "skulls". Isn't it amazing how mass murder is the default road to perfection? Almost as if humans weren't really capable of achieving it or something.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 18, 2017 12:03 PM (sEDyY)

658 Putting Hillary on the Throne in that manner is Mensch's machination

Do they want a hot civil war? Because that's how you would get a hot civil war.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at May 18, 2017 12:04 PM (AM1GF)

659 @Widespread Pepe, sorry to hear that. Your advocate will be back, though ? So a reschedule not a cancellation?

Posted by: runner at May 18, 2017 12:05 PM (c6/9Q)

660 Thanks. That will give him a starting point so that he can tailor his last year of school to the requirements. He's smart but will only learn something if it is going to be of immediate and practical use.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 18, 2017 11:57 AM (sEDyY)

Oh wait, I'm sorry, it was simplyhired.com. Although it was probably on indeed as well.

One reason why I almost applied is that there weren't really any "requirements." Can't say it for technicians everywhere, but I don't recall any school requirements at all, nor any prior experience.

Ok, I just found one posted for Dallas:

- 18 or older
- high school diploma or GED required
- must reside local and be able to dispatch within a reasonable time
- on call 24/7
- occasional overnight and/or multi-day travel (accomodations paid for)
- ability to frequently lift 50 lbs.
- Microsoft Office proficiency a plus

No schooling required other than high school.

Posted by: Country Boy at May 18, 2017 12:05 PM (Jcg9Q)

661 So basically the new standard is the wife can break the law by going around calling you crazy and dangerous. You defend yourself with letters and a independent mental health evaluation. Present them in discovery. The judge will rule that constitutes signing away all of those doctors medical notes and records and everything for your abuser to go through and pay an expert to read them to diagnose you with something you don't have.

No crime. No drugs or alcohol abuse. Not violent. Just defending against false allegations. Take Valium. That's it.

Hell of a justice system we have.

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at May 18, 2017 12:06 PM (2qHjF)

662 The President can express his opinion that Comey should move on in light of the Flynn resignation/firing based on the President's opinion that there is nothing left to investigate. He did not order or demand or threaten.

Posted by: Jack Sock at May 18, 2017 12:07 PM (UubSE)

663 Even if the NYT's account is 100% accurate, who cares if Comey's memo states that Trump asked him to move on after firing Flynn?

Here's the part that bugs me: 'I hope you can let this go' absent anything that represents actual pressure hardly represents obstruction of justice.

Can you believe that Clinton never said something of that nature to anyone in his administration? Or Reagan? Or pretty much any President in history? Okay, you had fifty years of J Ed Terror, but still...

Posted by: JEM at May 18, 2017 12:07 PM (TppKb)

664 So...was he lying then, or now?

Yes.
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Outside of Trump and select others, the inmates are running the asylum.

Drama Quen= "Histrionic Personality Disorder"= Incurable Mental Illness.

People with personality disorders are highly functional mentally disturbed people who ruin the lives of those around them.

Posted by: shibumi at May 18, 2017 12:07 PM (BPeNq)

665 Where people get in trouble is when they start talking, even if there's nothing there with the underlying crime they were investigating.

Same with Martha Stewart, didn't she get locked up for not being truthful with investigators?
Posted by: Maritime at May 18, 2017 11:53 AM (Pa8uy)

exactly.

And now with a special council, no one with 1/2 a brain will talk with out full immunity.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 18, 2017 12:07 PM (KlI/a)

666

Looks to me they are pursuing Obstruction against Trump

And can only get Manafort on the Russia thing, and Flynn on the Turkey thing

And then smear Trump with Flynn and Manafort

Think Iran/Contra. Thats the playbook

Posted by: ThunderB at May 18, 2017 12:08 PM (tWydE)

667 Just saw this story - Suspect: 'I just snapped' over Hot Pocket fight, shot man 8 times

http://tinyurl.com/lz9f6rv

We were going to have a national discussion about the public health impact that guns have. Maybe we should have a discussion about welfare as a public health issue.

Posted by: mx4 at May 18, 2017 11:01 AM (8wca3)

In a sane society, the fucker should be getting his neck measured for a noose.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 18, 2017 12:08 PM (0deF2)

668

They cant get Trump on Russia, maybe Manafort at best

Posted by: ThunderB at May 18, 2017 12:09 PM (tWydE)

669 Posted by: Country Boy at May 18, 2017 12:05 PM (Jcg9Q)

He's not 18 yet but could get his GED at any point. Everything else looks like it wouldn't be a problem. Thanks a lot, I'll let him know where to start looking.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 18, 2017 12:09 PM (sEDyY)

670

If it waz taped

Tapes vs Memo

Tape wins in the credibility war

Posted by: ThunderB at May 18, 2017 12:10 PM (tWydE)

671 Man, I don't -want- to die alone, but to hear it these days I may actually be better off at 29+n having flown solo all this time.

What a pathetic excuse for a culture we live in.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at May 18, 2017 12:10 PM (AM1GF)

672 Yeah,

It is insomniac...not really any winners in this one.

I look back and can kick myself now because I fell in love very quickly and excused her life at that point because she was a single Mom raising 2 on her own. Everything would be in turmoil because why wouldn't it right?

She didn't live her life like she did because she was the single Mom of two...she lived it that way because that is who she is.

Love at first sight is great, but knowing what you want versus knowing what you're getting is something I should have taken more time to learn.

Posted by: H Badger at May 18, 2017 12:10 PM (n/0Nw)

673 Widespread Pepe, sorry to hear that. Your advocate will be back, though ? So a reschedule not a cancellation?

Reschedule. But everybody has to not have a conflict. It took 14 months just to get this. Sole custody is conjoined with a alienation and contempt charge still unheard filed in September 2015.

But have no idea when the reschedule will take place.

Oh and since September 2015 it's been an emergency reunifaition and alienation.

She keeps doubling down giving the finger to the judges and everybody and what's amazing is the courts seem to take it.

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at May 18, 2017 12:11 PM (2qHjF)

674 He's not 18 yet but could get his GED at any point. Everything else looks like it wouldn't be a problem. Thanks a lot, I'll let him know where to start looking.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 18, 2017 12:09 PM (sEDyY)

Excellent, best of luck to him.

Posted by: Country Boy at May 18, 2017 12:11 PM (Jcg9Q)

675 Breaking: Speeding Car mows down pedestrians in Times Square NYC

Posted by: McCool at May 18, 2017 12:11 PM (lWCRE)

676 from the morning thread:

27 Would it be considered violence if one were to kick Erick Erickson in the balls?

PHWEEEET!! Assumes facts not in evidence by behavior.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at May 18, 2017 12:12 PM (uBQPh)

677 Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at May 18, 2017 12:10 PM (AM1GF)

Yes, the culture is bad. Then again, you generally do not hear the stories of the people on here who are happy-because there's less to tell and it's probably less interesting.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 18, 2017 12:13 PM (qES5k)

678 The picture reminds me of a Sherlock Holmes type story,
Sherlock Holmes and The Legend of the Silver Serpent or something.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at May 18, 2017 12:13 PM (uBQPh)

679 Looks to me they are pursuing Obstruction against Trump

And can only get Manafort on the Russia thing, and Flynn on the Turkey thing

And then smear Trump with Flynn and Manafort

Think Iran/Contra. Thats the playbook
Posted by: ThunderB

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The thing is, what Manafort and Flynn did was not illegal.

A foreign government can pay for representation in the United States.

Its sleazy, but probably every Congressman has met with lobbyists that have clients with foreign governments

So when these ties came to light, Trump fired both immediately.

There's no crime here, but where people get tripped up is when someone tries to cover something up or leave something out

So nobody should talk.

Posted by: Maritime at May 18, 2017 12:13 PM (Pa8uy)

680 Breaking: Speeding Car mows down pedestrians in Times Square NYC

Obviously we need Speeding Car Control, especially in densely populated urban environments. . an Autonomous Speeding Car would never do such a thing.

Posted by: Filleus T. Fantum at May 18, 2017 12:14 PM (ZgPsD)

681 Posted by: bluebell at May 18, 2017 11:58 AM (sBOL1)

LOL.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 18, 2017 12:14 PM (qES5k)

682 Would it be considered violence if one were to kick Erick Erickson in the balls?
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I'm wondering how much time Allahpundit spends with EE. Formerly relatively reasonable, now TDS all the way.

Posted by: mustbequantum at May 18, 2017 12:14 PM (MIKMs)

683 In a sane society, the fucker should be getting his neck measured for a noose.

Nooses are one-size-fits-all in terms of neck size, it's the rope length and the drop relative to the size and weight of the soon-to-be-departed that needs to be calibrated.

If'n you don't get that right, the head flies off, at the other extreme the guy hangs there singing 'Killed By Death' until someone cuts his guts out.

The Brits used to be big on that, of course, they'd hang someone but not KILL them that way, they'd still be alive when drawn and quartered.

Posted by: JEM at May 18, 2017 12:15 PM (TppKb)

684 NOOD

Posted by: McCool at May 18, 2017 12:15 PM (lWCRE)

685 13 patients in hospital. Times square.

Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at May 18, 2017 12:16 PM (HTdUD)

686 True Fenelon

I think my last happy posting here was when Walker won his recall fight in around 20 mins after the polls closed.

Posted by: H Badger at May 18, 2017 12:16 PM (n/0Nw)

687 Posted by: H Badger at May 18, 2017 11:57 AM (n/0Nw)

My advice to you is demand sole custody of your children and treat it as a war and a zero sum game. First of all, it sounds like your children would be at risk under her custody and as their father you should not leave your children in a risky environment. Second, the first one to fight it like a zero sum a game and a war will usually win. I suggest showing her zero mercy and putting your children first. Her problems are her problems that she needs and is responsible for fixing. It's not yours.

Your kids can't afford for you to accept this behavior from her.

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at May 18, 2017 12:16 PM (2qHjF)

688

I know

But Flynn didnt register as an agent for Turkey until it was discovered. Thats the problem. And if Manafort called the Russians about the sanctions, the day they were levied, promising relief while in the employ of Trump that might be a problem

Posted by: ThunderB at May 18, 2017 12:17 PM (tWydE)

689 She keeps doubling down giving the finger to the judges and everybody and what's amazing is the courts seem to take it.

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at May 18, 2017 12:11 PM (2qHjF)

This has to run its course, and the course is what it is. Your job, in my unsolicited opinion, is to do what you are doing - straight and narrow, hammering at the thing. "The wheels of justice grind slowly, but exceedingly fine"...or something like that. Giving the proverbial finger to the judges is not a winning strategy..

Posted by: runner at May 18, 2017 12:18 PM (c6/9Q)

690 >>>Man, I don't -want- to die alone,

Everyone dies alone in the end.

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at May 18, 2017 12:18 PM (MykB3)

691 Posted by: ThunderB at May 18, 2017 12:02 PM (tWydE)

Thanks. I didn't know that.

Posted by: Curious at May 18, 2017 12:19 PM (aNBj9)

692 I know

But Flynn didnt register as an agent for Turkey until it was discovered. Thats the problem. And if Manafort called the Russians about the sanctions, the day they were levied, promising relief while in the employ of Trump that might be a problem
Posted by: ThunderB

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That's on them regardless and not Trump's fault, but none of this is going to lead these guys going to prison.

It's not a crime to hire somebody that was hiding information from you.

Posted by: Maritime at May 18, 2017 12:20 PM (Pa8uy)

693 Breaking: Speeding Car mows down pedestrians in Times Square NYC
Posted by: McCool at May 18, 2017 12:11 PM (lWCRE)

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Hawaiian guy right?

Aloha Ackbar.

Posted by: fixerupper at May 18, 2017 12:22 PM (8XRCm)

694 Those memos are govt property containing classified info

Where are you sroring those sport

Posted by: ThunderB
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Probably should check Weiner's laptop.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 18, 2017 12:28 PM (ZO497)

695 Putting Hillary on the Throne in that manner is Mensch's machination

Do they want a hot civil war? Because that's how you would get a hot civil war.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at May 18, 2017 12:04 PM (AM1GF)

The Left deals solely in abstractions. I doubt they think things will erupt into real-world violence even while they light the fuse.

Posted by: troyriser at May 18, 2017 12:30 PM (Fw5cQ)

696 Isn't it conceivable that Comey could "document" all
of his meetings and write anything he wants? As in, make sh*t up?
Where am I wrong here?

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at May 18, 2017 11:53 AM (mQ0Mc)

As we speak. 5/18/2017 Dear Diary, Just got back from the Inauguration. The new President took me aside. We are to meet tomorrow in the Oval Office. Topic. Russia.

Posted by: gracepc at May 18, 2017 01:13 PM (OU4q6)

697 I shanks 'em with an ice axe.

Posted by: Zombie Ramon Mercader at May 18, 2017 01:51 PM (614EF)

698 Today Mr. Trump and I had water sports in Lincoln's bedroom. What fun.

Posted by: Comey's Diary at May 18, 2017 01:55 PM (614EF)

699 440 I'm a stubborn person and because I believe this life is but a grain of sand on the beach that is eternal life, I take all of life's punches as a short , temporary challenge. And I'm not going to let that mother fucker Devil win.
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I'm not going to let that mother fucker Devil win.
I'm not going to let that mother fucker Devil win.
I'm not going to let that mother fucker Devil win.
This is very sound advice. A great strategy to persue.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at May 18, 2017 02:00 PM (uBQPh)

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