Monday Morning News Dump (7/17/17)

(Week 2 of Sefton's search for Italian food)

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at 07:01 AM

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1 Morning, folks

Posted by: fluffy at July 17, 2017 06:50 AM (jw2Xw)

2 Good Morning Morons.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 17, 2017 06:50 AM (mpXpK)

3 I read these links just like I read JJ's!

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 17, 2017 06:51 AM (RrhD2)

4 I know nothing.

Posted by: Jon Snow at July 17, 2017 06:51 AM (bc2Lc)

5 Maxine Water continues her slide into senility.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 17, 2017 06:51 AM (mpXpK)

6 Howdy

Posted by: blaster at July 17, 2017 06:52 AM (jHrzU)

7 Happy Monday!

Posted by: said nooneever at July 17, 2017 06:52 AM (BO/km)

8 Too bad McShitty isn't in worse shape.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 17, 2017 06:52 AM (mpXpK)

9 I think Maxine Water's wig just phones it in for her.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 17, 2017 06:53 AM (J+eG2)

10 Never trust a brain fart over 70.

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 17, 2017 06:53 AM (RrhD2)

11 "We're having Beefaroni,
Beef and macaroni,
Beefaroni's full of meat,
Beefaroni's really neat,
Beefaroni's fun to eat,

Hooray for Chef Boyardee!"

Posted by: Bruce at July 17, 2017 06:55 AM (8ikIW)

12 Didn't the Dems have to wheel a vote in on a gurney for Obamacare?

Posted by: blaster at July 17, 2017 06:55 AM (jHrzU)

13 So Iran wants Trump to worship Obama's shitty deal. They can kiss my ass.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 17, 2017 06:55 AM (mpXpK)

14 Too bad McShitty isn't in worse shape.

It would not break my heart if that lyin, conniving backstabbing SOB had to retire in order to convalesce.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 17, 2017 06:56 AM (FI864)

15 More Noos. Today is Monday, July 17, 2017. On this day in 1984 the national drinking age in the United States was changed back from 18 to 21 due to pressure from MADD. It had been changed to 18 since you could be drafted at 18. And before that it was set by the individual States as they saw fit.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 17, 2017 06:57 AM (mpXpK)

16 Good morning, grey boxes.

It's a good morning .

Posted by: L, Elle at July 17, 2017 06:57 AM (Rsi2C)

17 MisHum! This is a nice blast from the past.

Posted by: bluebell at July 17, 2017 06:57 AM (sBOL1)

18 Jane Sanders blames sexism for her bank fraud case.

http://tinyurl.com/ya5x6u93

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 17, 2017 06:57 AM (mpXpK)

19 In 1942
Columbus sailed the ocean blue.

Posted by: Anteater Mitchell at July 17, 2017 06:57 AM (BO/km)

20 Eggs. Diced onion and green pepper. Shredded cheddah.

Bacon.

Toast.

Assembly required.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at July 17, 2017 06:57 AM (ul9CR)

21 Today is the 62nd birthday of Disneyland.

http://tinyurl.com/y8bwhwxr

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 17, 2017 06:57 AM (mpXpK)

22 The trial of those people who video taped PP breaking the law in CA gets underway today.

http://tinyurl.com/y83gubrw

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 17, 2017 06:58 AM (mpXpK)

23 HHS secretary says the Senate Repubocare bill will cover more people than Obamacare.

http://tinyurl.com/y9pcbaj9

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 17, 2017 06:58 AM (mpXpK)

24 Woo hoo! Looks like I can finally afford an RV.

Posted by: fluffy at July 17, 2017 06:58 AM (jw2Xw)

25 Man tries to stop shop lifters at Home Depot and gets fired for his trouble.

http://tinyurl.com/y8fxbox5

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 17, 2017 06:58 AM (mpXpK)

26 Toast.
****
You lost me at Toast. Bread is bad

Posted by: L, Elle at July 17, 2017 06:58 AM (Rsi2C)

27 Macron:

Macron told French news outlet Le Journal du Dimanche that Trump listened to him when the two discussed climate change, adding: He understood the reason for my position, notably the link between climate change and terrorism.

That is absolute BS.

http://tinyurl.com/ydxu36gr

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 17, 2017 06:59 AM (mpXpK)

28 How much worse can it get in Venezuela?

Posted by: Grump928(C) at July 17, 2017 06:59 AM (LTHVh)

29 And Rand Paul says McKonehead doesn't have the votes to pass Repubocare.

http://tinyurl.com/ya3uo4ox

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 17, 2017 06:59 AM (mpXpK)

30 12 Didn't the Dems have to wheel a vote in on a gurney for Obamacare?

Like I said yesterday, this perfectly illustrates the difference between the never-take-their-eye-off-the-ball Dems and the feckless GOPe.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at July 17, 2017 06:59 AM (ul9CR)

31 WWI, WWII, I'm sure they all run together for Andrea after a while.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 17, 2017 06:59 AM (oVJmc)

32 Pelousy is becoming more senile every day too.

http://tinyurl.com/ycwhz9mh

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 17, 2017 06:59 AM (mpXpK)

33 Research by scientists shows that the AGW data being pumped out by the government is a pack of lies.

http://tinyurl.com/y7cpw2sl

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 17, 2017 07:00 AM (mpXpK)

34 Why is it the media doesn't cover leftist failures like Venezuela or Detroit? Sure they are leftists, but at an unconscious level. How could you look at the complete destruction of one of the largest and most prosperous countries in South America and decide there's not much of a story there?

Posted by: IanDeal at July 17, 2017 07:00 AM (JhHPx)

35 CO court rules that a drug sniffing dog is not sufficient probable cause for a car search.

http://tinyurl.com/ya3nyt7m

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 17, 2017 07:00 AM (mpXpK)

36 Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at July 17, 2017 06:57 AM (ul9CR)

Very nice! Corned beef hash with taters and eggs. Assembly complete. Now for coffee. Gonna be a beautiful ride into work on the scooter today too.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 17, 2017 07:00 AM (FI864)

37 The news people just are not going to drop this Russian nothingburger.

http://tinyurl.com/yc9424p7

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 17, 2017 07:00 AM (mpXpK)

38 McKonehead is slipping more kick-backs in the Repubocare bill to entice more Republicans to vote for it.

http://tinyurl.com/y8hlo42j

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 17, 2017 07:01 AM (mpXpK)

39 OR mother arrested for pulling her kids behind the car in a little red wagon. Some people are too stupid to breath.

http://tinyurl.com/yaqed7xp

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 17, 2017 07:01 AM (mpXpK)

40 Comey to write a book. No doubt it will be a pack of lies.

http://tinyurl.com/yczvtuof

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 17, 2017 07:01 AM (mpXpK)

41 This week is going to be hell.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 17, 2017 07:01 AM (RZXSp)

42 How much worse can it get in Venezuela?
Posted by: Grump928(C) at July 17, 2017 06:59 AM (LTHVh)
***
Cannibalism. They're eating cats and dogs for nourishment.
People aren't too far behind.

Posted by: L, Elle at July 17, 2017 07:01 AM (Rsi2C)

43 Illegal alien with a stolen SSN accused of molesting an 11 year old girl.

http://tinyurl.com/y8afx9rq

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 17, 2017 07:02 AM (mpXpK)

44 Kamala Harris hob knobs with Dem donors getting ready for her 2020 bid.

http://tinyurl.com/y9c8454l

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 17, 2017 07:02 AM (mpXpK)

45 >>> Didn't the Dems have to wheel a vote in on a gurney for Obamacare?

Wasn't that the Klansman?

Posted by: fluffy at July 17, 2017 07:02 AM (jw2Xw)

46 Sessions is going directly to SCOTUS after that BS Obama HI judge ruling.

http://tinyurl.com/y97hhgbz

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 17, 2017 07:02 AM (mpXpK)

47 This week is going to be hell.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 17, 2017 07:01 AM
*****
I don't think so. It feels like a good week to me.

Posted by: L, Elle at July 17, 2017 07:03 AM (Rsi2C)

48 Sharyl Attkisson is going after the MFM for biased reporting.

http://tinyurl.com/y8od5htv

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 17, 2017 07:03 AM (mpXpK)

49 Looks like Obama's green BS in the military is not going to go away.

http://tinyurl.com/ycl3c276

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 17, 2017 07:03 AM (mpXpK)

50 IBD takes off on the Paris Climate change fraud.

http://tinyurl.com/y9e7ghyv

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 17, 2017 07:03 AM (mpXpK)

51 The Hungarian government has stepped up its fight against George Soros.

http://tinyurl.com/ybqdtc4x

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 17, 2017 07:03 AM (mpXpK)

52 By the way ~ it's pronounced "boy~ARE~dee"

Interesting story about the guy who founded it ~ it allocate about from some Italian chef ( yeah he was a real guy) from Cleveland trying to come up with new ways of making C~Rations.

Now I am Italian and consider Chef Boyardee products to be an abomination. But for guys in combat at the time it must have seemed like dinner at L'Orcio's in New Haven (if you've never been better go!).

Posted by: Publius Redux at July 17, 2017 07:03 AM (UOr6C)

53 Ramirez

http://tinyurl.com/zerexd5

And that's it for today.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 17, 2017 07:04 AM (mpXpK)

54 Mark Kirk had a massive stroke and stayed a Senator. These a-holes don't leave power until the Reaper pushes them out.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 17, 2017 07:04 AM (oVJmc)

55 #36 Very nice! Corned beef hash with taters and eggs

Big fan of the hash too. And roast beef hash. Best of all, sausage hash, though it's hard to find.

Hash is like hot dogs. You just don't want to think too much about what's in it.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at July 17, 2017 07:05 AM (ul9CR)

56 I like Maxine, she provides entertainment during my down times. Why do I think of a sucker (fish) with a hook in its mouth, floppy around....

Posted by: Colin at July 17, 2017 07:06 AM (DbiIl)

57 Hash is like hot dogs. You just don't want to think too much about what's in it.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at July 17, 2017 07:05 AM (ul9CR)
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Hash is just meat, potatoes, and veggies! It's safe.

Posted by: bluebell at July 17, 2017 07:06 AM (sBOL1)

58 "This week is going to be hell.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 17, 2017 07:01 AM
*****
I don't think so. It feels like a good week to me.
Posted by: L, Elle"

I don't want to go to work this morning. There are at least 4 crisis awaiting my attention today and I am tempted to say "oh well it will have to wait until my mental health vacation is over".

Posted by: Anteater Mitchell at July 17, 2017 07:07 AM (BO/km)

59 Now I am Italian and consider Chef Boyardee products to be an abomination.

Even the name is an abomination. No "y" or double "e"'s in the Italish language. Che disgrazia.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at July 17, 2017 07:07 AM (ul9CR)

60
About John McCain:

*crickets*

Posted by: Slippery Slope Salesman at July 17, 2017 07:07 AM (EgwCt)

61 Gah, spits out nasty anteater sock.

Posted by: freaked at July 17, 2017 07:08 AM (BO/km)

62 Maxine Water continues her slide into senility.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 17, 2017 06:51

Maybe she and Pelousy can interpret each other cause they make no sense to me.

On the subject of our senile "betters" I just heard FN say McCain had "eye surgery". Yeah, you had a 2 inch blood clot removed and they cut into your cranium and it's "eye surgery".

Posted by: Farmer at July 17, 2017 07:09 AM (yJ1e6)

63 I don't want to go to work this morning. There are at least 4 crisis awaiting my attention today and I am tempted to say "oh well it will have to wait until my mental health vacation is over".
Posted by: Anteater Mitchell at July 17, 2017 07:07 AM
****
I understand the feeling. Believe me. I do.
Prayer is the only avenue of escape and help.
I'll pray for you today and your work.

Posted by: L, Elle at July 17, 2017 07:09 AM (Rsi2C)

64 Hash is just meat, potatoes, and veggies! It's safe.

Posted by: bluebell at July 17, 2017 07:06 AM (sBOL1)

But the potatoes and meat are scraps. What kind of scraps is the 64,000 question. Stick with a major brand like Mary Kitchen and you'll be OK. Probably.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at July 17, 2017 07:09 AM (ul9CR)

65 59 Now I am Italian and consider Chef Boyardee products to be an abomination.

Even the name is an abomination. No "y" or double "e"'s in the Italish language. Che disgrazia.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at July 17, 2017 07:07 AM (ul9CR)

***

Interestingly enough he did that on purpose so people (normal non eye~tie Americans) would pronounce his name correctly.
But, yeah , Disgrazia!

Posted by: Publius Redux at July 17, 2017 07:09 AM (UOr6C)

66 "Research by scientists shows that the AGW data being pumped out by the government is a pack of lies."

Idiots, the lot of them.

Never release your data. Ever.

Posted by: Mikey "i took one in the noggin with a hockey stick Mann at July 17, 2017 07:09 AM (sf2BM)

67 I don't think there is technically a "national drinking age" even today; what actually happened in '84 was that the federal government announced that it would withhold federal highway funds from any state that didn't raise its drinking age to 21, so all the states immediately scrambled to do so. Withholding federal money has since become a favorite tactic of Uncle Sam in trying to get its way in matters where states have ultimate jurisdiction.

Posted by: Secret Square at July 17, 2017 07:10 AM (9WuX0)

68 Ah, okay, WhatWhatWhat. I didn't realize you were talking about canned hash. I thought you meant homemade stuff.

So yeah. Caveat emptor.

Posted by: bluebell at July 17, 2017 07:11 AM (sBOL1)

69 >>> Even the name is an abomination. No "y" or double "e"'s in the Italish language. Che disgrazia.

According to Wiki, Ettore Boiardi was Anglicized to Hector Boyardee.

Posted by: fluffy at July 17, 2017 07:11 AM (jw2Xw)

70 Sure would be nice to see Sessions drop a on Skankles, Lynch and Comey. Seeing any one of those three, let alone all of them perp walked into the courthouse would be very satisfying.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 17, 2017 07:12 AM (FI864)

71 " Yeah, you had a 2 inch blood clot removed and they cut into your cranium and it's "eye surgery".

Rectum?

Hell..
Damn near killed 'em.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 17, 2017 07:12 AM (J+eG2)

72 Thanks L, Elle. Some days I have to force myself to get up and go deal with the stupids. Mondays are the worst because they have been saving it up all weekend.

Posted by: freaked at July 17, 2017 07:12 AM (BO/km)

73 "Withholding federal money has since become a favorite tactic of Uncle Sam in trying to get its way in matters where states have ultimate jurisdiction."

It's a shame it can't work that way for Sanctuary States, and cities.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 17, 2017 07:14 AM (J+eG2)

74 When I was a kid, my eyes always lit up when my mother opened a can of Chef Boyardee....I didn't care how it was spelled, I just liked all the salt in it...

Posted by: Colin at July 17, 2017 07:14 AM (DbiIl)

75 Btw ~ Romero AND Landau right at the same time? How horrible ~ loved all the zombie stuff and Landau in "Tucker the Man and His Dream" is still one of the greatest performances I have eve seen

Posted by: Publius Redux at July 17, 2017 07:15 AM (UOr6C)

76 Thanks L, Elle. Some days I have to force myself to get up and go deal with the stupids. Mondays are the worst because they have been saving it up all weekend.
Posted by: freaked at July 17, 2017 07:12 AM (BO/km)
****
I understand the position you are in exactly.
It will be okay. Today might surprise you even.
I think today will be a good day for you.

Posted by: L, Elle at July 17, 2017 07:15 AM (Rsi2C)

77 I saddened Lando Carlissian is dead. I once owned a Austin Martin with laundo top. Having a Colt 45 in honor Billy D.

Posted by: Maxine Waters at July 17, 2017 07:15 AM (bc2Lc)

78 67 I don't think there is technically a "national drinking age" even today; what actually happened in '84 was that the federal government announced that it would withhold federal highway funds from any state that didn't raise its drinking age to 21, so all the states immediately scrambled to do so. Withholding federal money has since become a favorite tactic of Uncle Sam in trying to get its way in matters where states have ultimate jurisdiction.
Posted by: Secret Square at July 17, 2017 07:10 AM (9WuX0

Nixon started this crap with the national 55 mph speed instituted in the '70's

Posted by: Killerdog at July 17, 2017 07:16 AM (Khijz)

79 Remember how McCain dropped his campaign against Barky to take care of the financial crisis? I guess we owe him for that.

Posted by: freaked at July 17, 2017 07:16 AM (BO/km)

80 Looks like it is going to rain all day again today.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 17, 2017 07:17 AM (mpXpK)

81 Mark Kirk had a massive stroke and stayed a Senator. These a-holes don't leave power until the Reaper pushes them out.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 17, 2017 07:04

You got that right Mr. P. But at least he didn't run again. These power hungry bastards just amaze me, they stay on forever.

Thanks for the links MisHum and Vic.

Posted by: Farmer at July 17, 2017 07:17 AM (yJ1e6)

82 there's an article over at instapundit worth a look:

"haiti official who exposed the clinton foundation is found dead"

he was a fierce critic of the clinton's and was about to testify before a committee. gun shot to the head. "apparent suicide", smells like murder.

worthy of wider dissemination.

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at July 17, 2017 07:17 AM (WTSFk)

83 On this day in 1984 the national drinking age in the United States was changed back from 18 to 21 due to pressure from MADD. It had been changed to 18 since you could be drafted at 18. And before that it was set by the individual States as they saw fit.
===========================

It must be right there in the Constitution, on the list of powers delegated to the federal government by the people and the states: "The Federal Government shall set the national drinking age".

Posted by: Sarah Kliff at July 17, 2017 07:18 AM (ylUqT)

84 Posted by: Farmer at July 17, 2017 07:17 AM (yJ1e6)

Kirk DID run, he lost to Tammy Duckworth.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 17, 2017 07:18 AM (oVJmc)

85 I did run again. Was defeated by a woman with no legs. It's hard to remember.

Quack!

Posted by: Mark K at July 17, 2017 07:19 AM (sf2BM)

86 'I think today will be a good day for you'

Yea I know "the power of positive thinking" and all that. Carpet diem!

Posted by: freaked at July 17, 2017 07:19 AM (BO/km)

87 I remember Landau in North by Northwest, one of my favorite movies. For you young ones, not the Kurdistan, kaye West kid....

Posted by: Colin at July 17, 2017 07:19 AM (DbiIl)

88 80 Looks like it is going to rain all day again today.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 17, 2017 07:17 AM
****
Rain is good. It's cleansing. Like baptism.
I wish it would rain here.

Thanks for the morning news btw

Posted by: L, Elle at July 17, 2017 07:19 AM (Rsi2C)

89 " there's an article over at instapundit worth a look:

"haiti official who exposed the clinton foundation is found dead"

he was a fierce critic of the clinton's and was about to testify before a committee. gun shot to the head. "apparent suicide", smells like murder.

worthy of wider dissemination."

Sounds like a local story

Posted by: The most trusted name in news at July 17, 2017 07:19 AM (J+eG2)

90 btw, someone last night said in the ont that "crimes and misdemeanors" was her favorite woody allen movie. i think it's his best work and it features a powerful performance by martin landau, his best work as well.

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at July 17, 2017 07:19 AM (WTSFk)

91 ... on that note, remember:

"if it bends it's funny, if it breaks it's not."

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at July 17, 2017 07:20 AM (WTSFk)

92 "worthy of wider dissemination."

No it's not! Case closed! Move along, nothing to see here!.

Posted by: Splitbananaman at July 17, 2017 07:21 AM (sf2BM)

93 Feminist Geography...

Now there's a concept for you.

What's next, vaginal geology?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 17, 2017 07:21 AM (J+eG2)

94 Yea I know "the power of positive thinking" and all that. Carpet diem!
Posted by: freaked at July 17, 2017 07:19 AM (BO/km)
****
No. That Carpe Diem and power of positive thinking is secular BS.

Prayer is not. I'll be praying for you all day today.

Posted by: L, Elle at July 17, 2017 07:21 AM (Rsi2C)

95 Ann Coulter's rant about Delta's mistreatment of her over the weekend prompted me to go look at Delta's twitter feed. It's wall-to-wall lefty crap, mostly focused on weeks and weeks of "Pride" celebrations the airline has been participating in cities around its route map.

Kind of a bizarre twitter account for an airline.

Posted by: Barack Obama is a bad, bad man at July 17, 2017 07:21 AM (ylUqT)

96

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at July 17, 2017 07:23 AM (j/Mlu)

97 Prayer for lessened work stress:

I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHO STRENGTHENS ME.

Philippians 4:13

Heavenly Father!I thank You for the job You have given me! I consider it as a great gift from You.Yet Lord, You know the stress I am undergoing in my job. Sometimes I feel like just quitting due to the heavy pressures and responsibilities pushed upon me. I seem to have lost all my strength and I am struggling to cope up with the world Lord! Your word says that You love the prosperity of Your children. So, please be with me and bless all my efforts so that I can excel in my career. Grant me Your grace, which is sufficient to carry me through the most difficult times at my work-spot. Let me find favour in the eyes of my authorities! I plead for Your divine wisdom and strength to tide over the problem that crop-up in my job. Keep me in perfect peace O Lord so that I may do my work with freedom and bring glory to Your name. I know You will do it because You are the one who relieves me whenever I am in distress. I give You all the glory! In Jesus' name - I pray.Amen.

From Jesus ministries-Prayer Tower online

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2017 07:23 AM (iVOAv)

98 "I have good news and I have bad news"

Good news; Republican won the election last year.

Bad news: Republicans are in control of congress

Posted by: Ripley at July 17, 2017 07:24 AM (MxEKc)

99 Oh, Belachick's T is awesome - and since when are we policing what people wear on freakin' vacation?

The only problem I see is that it's meant to look like a 'Life is Good' shirt, a Boston company IIRC, and they might not find that degree of imitation funny.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 17, 2017 07:25 AM (NOIQH)

100 there's an article over at instapundit worth a look:
"haiti official who exposed the clinton foundation is found dead"
he was a fierce critic of the clinton's and was about to testify before a committee. gun shot to the head. "apparent suicide", smells like murder.
worthy of wider dissemination.
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at July 17, 2017 07:17

Surprise, surprise.

posted by: Gomer Pyle, aka Vince Foster

Posted by: Farmer at July 17, 2017 07:25 AM (yJ1e6)

101 18 Jane Sanders blames sexism for her bank fraud case.
___________________

Well come on. Jon Corzine commits a billion dollar fraud, and nobody in LE even blinks.

I commit a fraud that much less than that, and the FBI investigates me???

Obvious sexism!

Posted by: Jane "Sticky Fingers" Sanders at July 17, 2017 07:26 AM (IBcGJ)

102 Former Pope Benedict describes church in trouble...

“in this last period of his life, he learned to let go and to live out of a deep conviction that the Lord does not abandon His Church, even when the boat has taken on so much water as to be on the verge of capsizing.”

http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2017/07/16/emeritus-
pope-benedict-xvi-church-is-on-the-verge-of-capsizing/

He also uses word 'dictatorship' in a strange fashion which adds to my conspiracy theory he was deposed in a left wing coup.

Posted by: Slippery Slope Salesman at July 17, 2017 07:26 AM (EgwCt)

103 btw, someone last night said in the ont that "crimes and misdemeanors" was her favorite woody allen movie. i think it's his best work and it features a powerful performance by martin landau, his best work as well.
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at July 17, 2017 07:19 AM
****
Hi.
That was me.
The title is so sublime and ironic considering the storyteller. The whole movie is a take on Crime and Punishment.
Allen did another attempt at the story with Jonathan Reis (?) and, I think, Scarlett Johansson. It was weak in comparison to his first try.

Posted by: L, Elle at July 17, 2017 07:26 AM (Rsi2C)

104 Prayer is the best tool for fighting on the job stress, if you're a person of faith. Hera rare some thoughts from a site called "Catholic Spirit" but i don't see why it wouldn't be applicable for any Christian in a stressful work situation:

http://tinyurl.com/ybfckhg4

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2017 07:26 AM (iVOAv)

105 g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at July 17, 2017 07:26 AM (ZQfW9)

106 >>Feminist Geography...

Aaaand that's why National Geographic is unreadable.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 17, 2017 07:27 AM (NOIQH)

107 What am I, chopped liver? Without me there is no crime in Crime & Misdemeanors. Nobody puts Orbach in a corner.

Posted by: Zombie Jerry Orbach at July 17, 2017 07:27 AM (bc2Lc)

108 "Aaaand that's why National Geographic is unreadable."

You may actually be on to something there.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 17, 2017 07:28 AM (J+eG2)

109 44 Kamala Harris hob knobs with Dem donors getting ready for her 2020 bid.
_______________________

Hey, it's a big step up for me!

When I was in California, I had to polish knobs (like Willie Brown's), on my knees, in order to move up the political ranks.

Posted by: Hot Kamale Harris at July 17, 2017 07:28 AM (IBcGJ)

110 >>>"worthy of wider dissemination."

No it's not! Case closed! Move along, nothing to see here!.

I like the way you think!

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 17, 2017 07:28 AM (5EsOa)

111 I swear I remember driving to Vegas with a friend after high school and she was old enough to buy in Wyo. It was like the last week she could legally do it. She was 19 so must have been around 88 or so. We got so drunk that we overslept and didn't get on the road until after noon. I was 18 at the time.

Posted by: Molly k. at July 17, 2017 07:29 AM (X6FyF)

112 He also uses word 'dictatorship' in a strange fashion which adds to my conspiracy theory he was deposed in a left wing coup.
Posted by: Slippery Slope Salesman at July 17, 2017 07:26
***
Yeah, I saw all that. I have been following all of this closely.
Benedict's prescience seems to have finally kicked in. He should never have abdicated. He seems to understand this now.

Posted by: L, Elle at July 17, 2017 07:30 AM (Rsi2C)

113 Kind of embarrassing that Insty is linking to an article with fake quotes, though.

homie getting played

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 17, 2017 07:30 AM (5EsOa)

114 This week is going to be hell.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 17, 2017 07:01 AM (RZXSp)

Oh, do I ever hear that.

I'm sorry for you.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 17, 2017 07:30 AM (X6fMO)

115 103: i, elle:

hi. allen has said he thinks it's his best movie and he's generally very hard on his work. maybe for good reason.

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at July 17, 2017 07:31 AM (WTSFk)

116 111
I swear I remember driving to Vegas with a friend after high school and
she was old enough to buy in Wyo. It was like the last week she could
legally do it. She was 19 so must have been around 88 or so. We got so
drunk that we overslept and didn't get on the road until after noon. I
was 18 at the time.

Posted by: Molly k. at July 17, 2017 07:29 AM (X6FyF)

I turned 21 while I was in NY but what was funny was the drinking age in NY then was 18.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 17, 2017 07:33 AM (mpXpK)

117 Went to a Mennonite grocery store Sat. to buy grocery's. They have the cutest young women working in the store with their long dresses and cute little hats.....Is it wrong for me to note how pretty they are?

Posted by: Colin at July 17, 2017 07:33 AM (DbiIl)

118 "Today is Monday, July 17, 2017. On this day in 1984
the national drinking age in the United States was changed back from 18
to 21 due to pressure from MADD. It had been changed to 18 since you
could be drafted at 18. And before that it was set by the individual
States as they saw fit.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party"

Ohio had a referendum on raising the drinking age because so many we're opposed and it was voted overwhelming to \keep it 18 , something like 70%. However the federal govt was blackmailing states that did not comply by withholding highway funds. State legislators eventually submitted and raised the drinking age as directed by their masters. This happened under Reagan, a huge disappointment. Don't recall where Reagan stood but MADD had the whole country whipped into a frenzy.

Posted by: Ripley at July 17, 2017 07:35 AM (MxEKc)

119 Hash is just meat, potatoes, and veggies! It's safe.

Posted by: bluebell at July 17, 2017 07:06 AM (sBOL1)

Do you know what the best kind of hash is?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 17, 2017 07:35 AM (wYseH)

120 When I was in "A" school in Chicago the drinking age on base was 21. But you could drive up to WI where it was 18. But the Navy would bust you if you came back on base drunk.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 17, 2017 07:35 AM (mpXpK)

121 >>"haiti official who exposed the clinton foundation is found dead"

It's amazing how many of their critics end up dead.
I'm not usually a conspiracy theorist, but dang, how else would one explain how this keeps happening? It was last July when there were 4 deaths that all benefited Hillary as she was closing in on the presidency: Seth Rich, Shawn Lucas, John Ashe, and Victor Thorn. So lucky, these Clintons!!

Posted by: Lizzy at July 17, 2017 07:36 AM (NOIQH)

122 hi. allen has said he thinks it's his best movie and he's generally very hard on his work. maybe for good reason.
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at July 17, 2017 07:31 AM
***
Yes. I agree. His best work.
He is a tortured soul, to put it mildly. His personal turmoil and spiritual battles play themselves out on film. Some of his later work --- complete smut and trash. Mighty Aphrodite comes to mind immediately. But even with that one, his confused message of redemption comes through, muddily.

Posted by: L, Elle at July 17, 2017 07:36 AM (Rsi2C)

123 Posted by: Ripley at July 17, 2017 07:35 AM (MxEKc)

Ohio has a relatively civilized law that allows 18-20-year-olds to drink when accompanied by a parent.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 17, 2017 07:36 AM (wYseH)

124 I don't recall what Reagans personal position was, but it was championed by his Sec of Transportation, Elizabeth Dole.

Posted by: blaster at July 17, 2017 07:37 AM (jHrzU)

125 I lived along the NY and PA border when I was 18 or so...(Binghamton area) I remember all the guys and girls coming across the border to drink...Even now, at the state run casinos (not the private ones) you can gamble at 18.

Posted by: Colin at July 17, 2017 07:37 AM (DbiIl)

126 "Ohio has a relatively civilized law that allows 18-20-year-olds to drink when accompanied by a parent.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo"

Didn't know that. They must have changed that after I left many years ago,

Posted by: Ripley at July 17, 2017 07:38 AM (MxEKc)

127 121: i thought the mob rubbed out roy demeo. apparently, he left a how to manual behind.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at July 17, 2017 07:39 AM (KP5rU)

128
due to pressure from MADD

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party"
__________________________________

Yeah I got fed up with them (MADD) so I joined a counter group, DAMM (drunks against mad mothers)...

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at July 17, 2017 07:40 AM (j/Mlu)

129 >>>Not suitable for consumption.

Different strokes for different folks.

Posted by: Harry S. Truman at July 17, 2017 07:40 AM (/qEW2)

130 Positive thinking is not bs, IMO, in this sense. If you think you have the ability to overcome things and think about positive things, that's good. What the problem is-from my perspective as a person of faith-is "going forth on your own power" only gets you so far-that you sputter out like a car without gas. Both the Old and New Testament assert that God is in control and that God gives power to the weak and strengthens the powerless. For Christians we are given the Holy Spirit at both our baptisms and/ or Confirmation when we affirmed Jesus is Lord of our lives and we can ask for a fresh indwelling of the Holy Spirit whenever we need it-So that we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2017 07:40 AM (iVOAv)

131 Do you know what the best kind of hash is?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 17, 2017 07:35 AM (wYseH)
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I don't. Care to enlighten me?

Posted by: bluebell at July 17, 2017 07:40 AM (sBOL1)

132 "So lucky, these Clintons!!"

Yupp. nuthin but luck and all coincidental or so I've been told.

Posted by: Hot Fudge Sundae Dude at July 17, 2017 07:41 AM (sf2BM)

133 Posted by: Farmer at July 17, 2017 07:17 AM (yJ1e6)
Kirk DID run, he lost to Tammy Duckworth.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 17, 2017 07:18

My bad, I blame my failing middle age memory. Well that and the wine.

Yeah, she's a choice one. Done nothing noatable so far, granted it's early, but I'm suspicious of her.

Let's see...female, Asian, disabled vet...yeah she's a SENATOR for life. *spit*

Posted by: Farmer at July 17, 2017 07:41 AM (yJ1e6)

134 Care to enlighten me?

Posted by: bluebell at July 17, 2017 07:40 AM (sBOL1)

Check your recipe file. It's there.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 17, 2017 07:41 AM (wYseH)

135 Do you know what the best kind of hash is?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 17, 2017 07:35 AM (wYseH)

We, it's not the kind you smoke. All that did for me was cost me money and make me sleepy-many, many years ago

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2017 07:41 AM (iVOAv)

136 ***snicker***

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 17, 2017 07:42 AM (5EsOa)

137 Macron told French news outlet Le Journal du Dimanche that Trump listened to him when the two discussed climate change, adding: He understood the reason for my position, notably the link between climate change and terrorism.

That is absolute BS.

http://tinyurl.com/ydxu36gr

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 17, 2017 06:59 AM (mpXpK)

So there been climate change going on since the 7th Century and that's what's made them homicidal maniacs?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 17, 2017 07:42 AM (auHtY)

138 Morning all

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 17, 2017 07:43 AM (5y11N)

139 Hash is just meat, potatoes, and veggies! It's safe.

Posted by: bluebell at July 17, 2017 07:06 AM (sBOL1)

Do you know what the best kind of hash is?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Corned beef hash cooked in a cast iron skillet.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2017 07:43 AM (G0G8s)

140 Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 17, 2017 07:42 AM (5EsOa)

What are you snickering at?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2017 07:43 AM (iVOAv)

141 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2017 07:40 AM (iVOAv)
***
Yes. You are correct.
My comment was framed in the secular language of "power of positive thinking" that is divorced, purposely, from God and all divinity.

Posted by: L, Elle at July 17, 2017 07:44 AM (Rsi2C)

142 If any cobs are reading the thread, I need to get my home IP unblocked. It is:

24.127.116.220

I tried sending an e-mail last weekend but it got bounced back as undeliverable.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet carries Smear-Proof Cloaks by Ivanka Trump! at July 17, 2017 07:44 AM (hLRSq)

143 You can't drink or smoke unless 21 in California, but you can be a cop at 18 and shoot perps!

Posted by: torabora at July 17, 2017 07:45 AM (m2kLi)

144 142 If any cobs are reading the thread, I need to get my home IP unblocked. It is:

24.127.116.220

I tried sending an e-mail last weekend but it got bounced back as undeliverable.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet carries Smear-Proof Cloaks by Ivanka Trump! at July 17, 2017 07:44 AM (hLRSq)

What was your hash?

Contact me at petmorons at g mail

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 17, 2017 07:46 AM (ZTRlp)

145 Obvious sexism!
Posted by: Jane "Sticky Fingers" Sanders at July 17, 2017 07:26

Thanks for my first laugh out loud of today!

I hope they nail her fraudulent, phoney socialist azz.

Posted by: Farmer at July 17, 2017 07:46 AM (yJ1e6)

146 Posted by: L, Elle at July 17, 2017 07:44 AM (Rsi2C)

Yes, well said. I knew that's what you meant. I was just affirming it. :^)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2017 07:46 AM (iVOAv)

147 Is this the week Jeff Sessions comes out and doesn't see his shadow?

Posted by: Under Fire at July 17, 2017 07:47 AM (mcI77)

148 Check your recipe file. It's there.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 17, 2017 07:41 AM (wYseH)
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Sigh.

Yankees fans are definitely humor-impaired.

Posted by: bluebell at July 17, 2017 07:48 AM (sBOL1)

149 OMG: The new Bill Nye show was nominated for an Emmy, specifically the one that included that weird and embarrassing "My Sex Junk" song and dance routine. WTF?!

Posted by: Lizzy at July 17, 2017 07:48 AM (NOIQH)

150 What was your hash?

Contact me at petmorons at g mail

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 17, 2017 07:46 AM (ZTRlp)

I don't remember. It has been a long time.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet carries Smear-Proof Cloaks by Ivanka Trump! at July 17, 2017 07:48 AM (hLRSq)

151 Posted by: Under Fire at July 17, 2017 07:47 AM (mcI77)

Get to the bottom of this outrage!!. Please go into his office and demand he do his job exactly the way you would like it done and in the time frame you expect!!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2017 07:49 AM (iVOAv)

152 I sent the e-mail too.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet carries Smear-Proof Cloaks by Ivanka Trump! at July 17, 2017 07:49 AM (hLRSq)

153 131 Do you know what the best kind of hash is?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 17, 2017 07:35 AM (wYseH)
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I don't. Care to enlighten me?

Posted by: bluebell at July 17, 2017 07:40 AM (sBOL1)

What is product from Afghanistan for $500 Alex?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 17, 2017 07:50 AM (ZTRlp)

154 @L the Power of Positive Thinking was written by a minister.

Trumps minister in fact.

Posted by: blaster at July 17, 2017 07:50 AM (jHrzU)

155 Anyway, freaked, you got some Hail Marys out of me.
Be strong. You are already. You just need to be reminded
Eat something good for lunch.

Posted by: L, Elle at July 17, 2017 07:51 AM (Rsi2C)

156 Is this the week Jeff Sessions comes out and doesn't see his shadow?

Cruel but funny that.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at July 17, 2017 07:53 AM (LTHVh)

157 Posted by: blaster at July 17, 2017 07:50 AM (jHrzU

Yes, Norman Vincent Peale used Scripture and Biblical stories throughout his work but he was critiqued for what we would think of now as being an early forerunner of Joel Osteen. "How To Win Friends and Influence people" was also written by a Christian-Dale Carnegie-I actually find more refections on faith in Dale Carnegie's books than in Peale although I haven't read NVP in quite some time

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2017 07:53 AM (iVOAv)

158 I don't remember. It has been a long time.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet carries Smear-Proof Cloaks by Ivanka Trump! at July 17, 2017 07:48 AM (hLRSq)

I notice two that you use...

(kAnhF) or (hLRSq)

Posted by: Bob From NSA at July 17, 2017 07:54 AM (EgwCt)

159 I sent the e-mail too.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet carries Smear-Proof Cloaks by Ivanka Trump! at July 17, 2017 07:49 AM (hLRSq)

Go to your Home IP computer. Try and post a comment. If you see your comment and then after refresh it's gone, you'll probably need Pixy to fix it.

If it does post, copy the hash and post it here.

Posted by: AoSHQ Helpful Help Desk Helper at July 17, 2017 07:54 AM (sf2BM)

160 If any cobs are reading the thread, I need to get my home IP unblocked. It is:

24.127.116.220

I tried sending an e-mail last weekend but it got bounced back as undeliverable.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH

Lucky you. Found out my work IP address is higher level than the cobs can get to and my home IP is an IPv6. Pretty much screwed.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2017 07:54 AM (G0G8s)

161 L the Power of Positive Thinking was written by a minister.
Trumps minister in fact.
Posted by: blaster at July 17, 2017 07:50 AM
***
Really?
I can't say that I'm surprised. Trump seems like a secular man searching for truth and light and guidance. It's hard for him to have the level of humility required bc, you know, POTUS.

Posted by: L, Elle at July 17, 2017 07:55 AM (Rsi2C)

162 With your non banned device that is.

Posted by: AoSHQ Helpful Help Desk Helper trying to help at July 17, 2017 07:55 AM (sf2BM)

163 117 Went to a Mennonite grocery store Sat. to buy grocery's. They have the cutest young women working in the store with their long dresses and cute little hats.....Is it wrong for me to note how pretty they are?
Posted by: Colin
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No. How do you think little Amish/Mennonite babies come to be?

Posted by: Tonypete at July 17, 2017 07:55 AM (GlBgT)

164 I don't remember. It has been a long time.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet carries Smear-Proof Cloaks by Ivanka Trump! at July 17, 2017 07:48 AM (hLRSq)

I notice two that you use...

(kAnhF) or (hLRSq)

Posted by: Bob From NSA at July 17, 2017 07:54 AM (EgwCt)

(hLRSq) is this one.

The one from home then might be the (kAnhf).

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet carries Smear-Proof Cloaks by Ivanka Trump! at July 17, 2017 07:55 AM (hLRSq)

165 Here is some news on the Department of Justice/ Also. Sessionsgave the judge in Hawaii until tomorrow to clarify his ruling so he's not sitting on his hands on that:

https://www.justice.gov

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2017 07:56 AM (iVOAv)

166 I use to think 18 was alright to drink because if you are old enough to go to war, you was old enough to drink. But with the pussyfication of the country lately I believe 26 should be the drinking age and the voting age too. Because if the "children" can stay on their parents insurance until they are 26 then the "children" need to wait until they are adults.

Posted by: Case at July 17, 2017 07:57 AM (EnbfO)

167 .Is it wrong for me to note how pretty they are?
Posted by: Colin

Actually, I find that rather sweet.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2017 07:57 AM (iVOAv)

168 Is this the week Jeff Sessions comes out and doesn't see his shadow?

Cruel but funny that.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at July 17, 2017 07:53 AM (LTHVh)
***
Ha! He reminds me of Howdy Doody (?). A wooden puppet. He seems like he is suffering the same fate of Sarah when she was under the control of McVain's campaign

Posted by: L, Elle at July 17, 2017 07:57 AM (Rsi2C)

169 69
According to Wiki, Ettore Boiardi was Anglicized to Hector Boyardee.
Posted by: fluffy at July 17, 2017 07:11 AM (jw2Xw)

I think he deserves a lot of credit for helping to popularize Italian food in the U.S. Before him, you could only get it in cities with an Italian immigrant population. "Chef Boyardee" was the first that most of Middle America heard of it.

Posted by: rickl at July 17, 2017 07:58 AM (sdi6R)

170 Posted by: L, Elle at July 17, 2017 07:55 AM (Rsi2C)

People who are incredibly wealthy often see no need for God. They think it's all due to their skill and savvy. I don't think the Clintons have an particularly meaningful faith life or if it is it's well hidden. King Solomon would be an example on the other side-incredibly talented and wealthy and always thinking about his relationship to god and what God had done.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2017 08:00 AM (iVOAv)

171 166 I use to think 18 was alright to drink because if you are old enough to go to war, you was old enough to drink.

We used to have this nutty, nutty system where each state set its own limit.

Whew. Glad we shit-canned that.

Posted by: ScoggDog at July 17, 2017 08:00 AM (GoNER)

172 Yankees fans are definitely humor-impaired.

Posted by: bluebell at July 17, 2017 07:48 AM (sBOL1)

Or the alternative explanation is that Red Sox fans are a bit...simple...and don't appreciate anything other than the equivalent of clown shoes and pie-in-the-face humor.

[insert "pandamonium" emoticon here____]

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 17, 2017 08:00 AM (wYseH)

173 McVain had a crainiotomy? Does he have Parkinsons?

Posted by: Barack Obama is a bad, bad man at July 17, 2017 08:01 AM (ylUqT)

174 @Fen well nothing wrong with Good News, right?

I think that Peale is coming back in vogue a bit. I know people have beef with Osteen for his message that God wants good things for you, but, well, whatever.

There is now "science" around the positive thinking stuff. Shawn Achor came out of Harvard Divinity and wrote The Happiness Advantage. There is a lot of peer reviewed study around the effects of happiness. We have spent a lot of cycles in the study of unhappiness, not so much on happiness. I pitch that book along with Scott Adams How to Fail at Almost Everything which also encourages positive thinking. Adams is an atheist (non militant kind though) but he is big on reprogramming your brain. He is on Trumps wavelength on lots of things, I have to think that shared belief in positive thinking is part of that.

Posted by: blaster at July 17, 2017 08:02 AM (jHrzU)

175 Look, panda boy, the fact is you didn't get my humor, not the other way around.

*splat!* Hope you like coconut cream pie.

Posted by: bluebell at July 17, 2017 08:02 AM (sBOL1)

176 I must take a nap. Only had 5 hours sleep last night after a long day.

Off to let the dogs out and feed them, then to bed. Got the dog food in their bowls and funny thing, the cat went over and started eating it.

You early morn folks are as much fun as the ONT folks. Be well and have a good week.

Posted by: Farmer at July 17, 2017 08:03 AM (yJ1e6)

177 173 McVain had a crainiotomy? Does he have Parkinsons?

Posted by: Barack Obama is a bad, bad man at July 17, 2017 08:01 AM (ylUqT)

It is not a toomah!

Posted by: Clotty McCainus at July 17, 2017 08:03 AM (mcI77)

178 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2017 08:00 AM (iVOAv)
***
Yes. You are right. I see this behavior and mindset all the time in my line of work.

Re: The Clintons. I am convinced that they literally sold their souls.

Posted by: L, Elle at July 17, 2017 08:04 AM (Rsi2C)

179 McVain had a crainiotomy? Does he have Parkinsons?

Posted by: Barack Obama is a bad, bad man at July 17, 2017 08:01 AM (ylUqT)

A blood clot was removed. What I read it was above his left eye.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet carries Smear-Proof Cloaks by Ivanka Trump! at July 17, 2017 08:04 AM (hLRSq)

180 34 Why is it the media doesn't cover leftist failures like Venezuela or Detroit? Sure they are leftists, but at an unconscious level. How could you look at the complete destruction of one of the largest and most prosperous countries in South America and decide there's not much of a story there?

Posted by: IanDeal at July 17, 2017 07:00 AM (JhHPx)
===

Any stories about those places that include the traditional why-what-when-who stuff would expose the causes of the problems...and those causes are not in accordance with the US MSM's favored "narratives." In other words: Corrupt black and brown and/or socialist politicians? No such things. Corrupt unions and political parties? No such things. Give people handouts and they eventually want more and more handouts? Nah, impossible. And so on...

Posted by: Gref at July 17, 2017 08:05 AM (AMIL/)

181
Re: The Clintons. I am convinced that they literally sold their souls.

Posted by: L, Elle
_____________________________________

Well,, I wasn't using it...

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at July 17, 2017 08:06 AM (j/Mlu)

182 Posted by: blaster at July 17, 2017 08:02 AM (jHrzU)

Positive thinking is a very good thing as opposed to "I'll never amount to anything. I'll never recover from hard things in my life" Because I am Christian I appreciate talented and wealthy people who have some humility and thank God for their many gifts.
I haven't read Prager's book although it sounds great but he is a person of religious faith. However, positive thinking is not the complete"Good news" in the sense that I would use that term. :^)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2017 08:07 AM (iVOAv)

183 Re: The Clintons. I am convinced that they literally sold their souls.

Posted by: L, Elle

Wouldn't surprise me at all.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2017 08:07 AM (iVOAv)

184 The best hash?

That's simple

EZGay

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 17, 2017 08:07 AM (J+eG2)

185 I am convinced that they literally sold their souls.

Just wait until they see the closing charges and commission.

Posted by: Beelzebub at July 17, 2017 08:08 AM (Tyii7)

186 I suggest that all Morons support the national term limits movement - which is trying to limit the number of terms that Congressmen and Senators can serve - in the same way that the President is limited in the number of terms he can serve. This will probably require a convention of the states - as it will require a Constitutional amendment to get it through. Hard to see anyone in Congress voting for it. I think this is the most practical way to get rid of shit heads like Ryan, McConnell, and McCain, and Pelosi before they kill us all.

Posted by: An Observation at July 17, 2017 08:09 AM (U4E66)

187 Hope you like coconut cream pie.

Posted by: bluebell at July 17, 2017 08:02 AM (sBOL1)

Nope.

But I'll take key Lime pie!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 17, 2017 08:09 AM (wYseH)

188 Who broke the blog?

Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2017 08:13 AM (G0G8s)

189 "Who broke the blog?"

t's not actually broke.

More like pining for the fjords.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 17, 2017 08:16 AM (J+eG2)

190 He understood the reason for my position, notably the link between climate change and terrorism.

Has anyone ever spelled out how that works? I guess they say warm weather causes violent crime? I saw that on Mother Jones once.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at July 17, 2017 08:17 AM (/qEW2)

191 165
Here is some news on the Department of Justice/ Also. Sessionsgave the
judge in Hawaii until tomorrow to clarify his ruling so he's not sitting
on his hands on that:

https://www.justice.gov

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2017 07:56 AM (iVOAv)

I had a link this morning that said he was taking it straight to SCOTUS.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 17, 2017 08:18 AM (mpXpK)

192 @190 it is of a piece with poverty causes terrorism. It gets hot and crops die and so people move from Syria to France and boom terrorism.

It is weak thinking.

Posted by: blaster at July 17, 2017 08:19 AM (jHrzU)

193 "I guess they say warm weather causes violent crime? I saw that on Mother Jones once. "

I thought crime caused hot evening temperatures in the cities.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 17, 2017 08:19 AM (J+eG2)

194 Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 17, 2017 08:18 AM (mpXpK)

Good, So I guess that means he's not-unlike the4 claims of some folks-hiding in his den waiting for the sun to come out.

I could not do the job of the Attorney General. I am glad that i do not have to and I think he needs prayer.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2017 08:20 AM (iVOAv)

195 But I'll take key Lime pie!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 17, 2017 08:09 AM (wYseH)
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Like heck you will. I like key lime pie, so I'm keeping that one.

But I'm nice, so I'll give you a choice of which you'd prefer to have thrown at you: banana, or coconut.

If you're really obnoxious, though, you'll get both.

Posted by: bluebell at July 17, 2017 08:21 AM (sBOL1)

196 there's an article over at instapundit worth a look:

"haiti official who exposed the clinton foundation is found dead"

he was a fierce critic of the clinton's and was about to testify before a committee. gun shot to the head. "apparent suicide", smells like murder.

worthy of wider dissemination.

---

Come on, it was just a botched robbery. Another one involving someone going against Hillary and the DNC, but it's a coincidence, I tell you!

Posted by: Fleegle at July 17, 2017 08:21 AM (BMHsU)

197 "Who broke the blog?"

t's not actually broke.
More like pining for the fjords.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 17, 2017 08:16

I'm pining for my bed, off to a hopefully long nap. Dogs fed and put out now we can both sleep as long as we want.

Have a great day you Morons!

Posted by: Farmer at July 17, 2017 08:21 AM (yJ1e6)

198 "I guess they say warm weather causes violent crime? I saw that on Mother Jones once. "

Hot weather & lack of ac makes one irritable.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2017 08:22 AM (G0G8s)

199 Hello, assorted 'rons, 'ettes, lurkers and trolls.

I'm not a football fan, but Belichick has great taste in T-shirts.

It's a "staycation" week for me. Time off from work, but not enough money to go anywhere. That's alright, though. Not dealing with some of my "wonderful" co-workers for a week is reward enough.

Posted by: Captain Whitebread at July 17, 2017 08:22 AM (rJUlF)

200 Posted by: blaster at July 17, 2017 08:19 AM (jHrzU)

Sounds like another rationalization for evil in the hearts of human beings and it doesn't help when the religion of Islam was started by a crazy war lord bent on conquest and who hated Christians and Jews

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2017 08:22 AM (iVOAv)

201 The reason that 90% of enlisted veterans are conservatives is that - having experienced government up close and personal - they understand that government has to be limited and controlled lest it kill everyone.

As Heinlein said: "Government - like fire - is a dangerous servant and a terrible master."

Posted by: An Observation at July 17, 2017 08:22 AM (U4E66)

202
South Korea is willing to put the Norths first intercontinental ballistic missile test aside and work with the isolated regime on easing tensions and resuming reunions of families separated by their war in the 1950s.

Yes because rewarding them for their vile behavior works so well?????

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 17, 2017 08:23 AM (5y11N)

203 Good, So I guess that means he's not-unlike the4 claims of some folks-hiding in his den waiting for the sun to come out.

I could not do the job of the Attorney General. I am glad that i do not have to and I think he needs prayer.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2017 08:20 AM (iVOAv)

Dens are so "lower class". I prefer a nice study.

Posted by: Jeff S from Alabama at July 17, 2017 08:23 AM (GoNER)

204

Posted by: Jeff S from Alabama at July 17, 2017 08:24 AM (GoNER)

205 46
Sessions is going directly to SCOTUS after that BS Obama HI judge ruling.

http://tinyurl.com/y97hhgbz

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 17, 2017 07:02 AM (mpXpK)

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 17, 2017 08:24 AM (mpXpK)

206 If you're really obnoxious, though, you'll get both.

Posted by: bluebell at July 17, 2017 08:21 AM (sBOL1)

Well, I hope you are ambidextrous.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 17, 2017 08:24 AM (wYseH)

207 I could not do the job of the Attorney General. I am glad that i do not have to and I think he needs prayer.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2017 08:20 AM (iVOAv)

With your caviler attitude toward hashish smoking, I would think you'd be disqualified from a top position in law enforcement.

Posted by: Slippery Slope Salesman at July 17, 2017 08:24 AM (EgwCt)

208 Good morning all! 4th grandkid was born yesterday: 11 lbs 1 oz big boy. Parents gave him a normal name. That is all kinds of WINNING because we were all worried that he would get a dog name or some cutesiepie trendy nonsense.

Posted by: mustbequantum at July 17, 2017 08:25 AM (MIKMs)

209 "Hot weather & lack of ac makes one irritable."

I guess one could argue that providing portable A/C units to the financially challenged in inner city Baltimore might have some positive crime and economy impact.

Unfortunately, many of those old row homes have antiquated electrical systems, and would probably catch fire if too many A/C units were plugged into the outlets.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 17, 2017 08:25 AM (J+eG2)

210 Posted by: Jeff S from Alabama at July 17, 2017 08:23 AM (GoNER)

I think all the people who know exactly what Sessions isn't doing and what he should do should form a posse and tell him he's going to be terminated from his job unless he gets his act together-and they should inform Trump too.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2017 08:25 AM (iVOAv)

211 I am convinced that they literally sold their souls.

Unfortunately, Hillary's wasn't of great enough value.

Posted by: Hillary's Presidential Ambitions at July 17, 2017 08:25 AM (pszv/)

212 Mark Kirk had a massive stroke and stayed a Senator. These a-holes don't leave power until the Reaper pushes them out.
=======

I thought for sure they would have Gabby Giffords in there, hole in the head and all, voting on legislation.

The one time I was happy to be proven wrong.

Posted by: bicentennialguy at July 17, 2017 08:25 AM (vg8iE)

213 Posted by: Slippery Slope Salesman at July 17, 2017 08:24 AM (EgwCt)

LOL.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2017 08:26 AM (iVOAv)

214 because rewarding them for their vile behavior works so well?????

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 17, 2017 08:23 AM (5y11N)

You are just assuming that just because it has never worked in the 65 years since the Korean war sort of ended that it won't work now.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 17, 2017 08:26 AM (wYseH)

215 >>Has anyone ever spelled out how that works? I guess they say warm weather causes violent crime? I saw that on Mother Jones once.

Or is it that western countries, particularly USA, are doing the stuff that causes global warming (per AGW theories) which makes people in less developed countries angry?

Yeah, it's BS.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 17, 2017 08:26 AM (NOIQH)

216 186 I suggest that all Morons support the national term limits movement - which is trying to limit the number of terms that Congressmen and Senators can serve - in the same way that the President is limited in the number of terms he can serve. This will probably require a convention of the states - as it will require a Constitutional amendment to get it through. Hard to see anyone in Congress voting for it. I think this is the most practical way to get rid of shit heads like Ryan, McConnell, and McCain, and Pelosi before they kill us all.

Posted by: An Observation at July 17, 2017 08:09 AM (U4E66)

This.

Posted by: Gem at July 17, 2017 08:26 AM (uaHyk)

217 Posted by: Slippery Slope Salesman at July 17, 2017 08:24 AM (EgwCt)

Congratulations on a normal name

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2017 08:27 AM (iVOAv)

218 Posted by: An Observation at July 17, 2017 08:09 AM (U4E66)

I support term limits but it would never pass Congress.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2017 08:28 AM (iVOAv)

219 "I have good news and I have bad news"...
McCain NOT in DC and no vote on the Shitty RepubliCare Act?
Sounds like ALL GOOD news!

Posted by: Matthew at July 17, 2017 08:28 AM (OqJdu)

220 It is interesting that no one has ever testified publicly with evidence proving criminal actions by the Clintons in any of the shady activities they are continually accused of.

Why not? My guess is that the Clintons are excellent judges of character, so to speak: The only people given access to the inner-workings are ones the Clinton's believe are as amoral as themselves, will keep no written records of shady activities, and will keep their mouths shut when the going gets a little tough. As long as they've been paid well or otherwise taken care of (with plum political jobs or women or whatever), that is. That's probably a reason why the Clintons continue to be money-grubbers: They have a big payroll.

Once in a while someone wanders off the reservation, and gee, it's too bad he killed himself, or a couple of thugs killed him at 3 AM a short distance from his home.

Posted by: Gref at July 17, 2017 08:28 AM (AMIL/)

221 210 Posted by: Jeff S from Alabama at July 17, 2017 08:23 AM (GoNER)

I think all the people who know exactly what Sessions isn't doing and what he should do should form a posse and tell him he's going to be terminated from his job unless he gets his act together-and they should inform Trump too.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2017 08:25 AM (iVOAv)

Fine. I recuse myself !!! Better ?

Posted by: Jeff S from Alabama at July 17, 2017 08:28 AM (GoNER)

222 I guess they say warm weather causes violent crime? I saw that on Mother Jones once.

And yet here I am, still not committing crime...

Posted by: t-bird @ 97° at July 17, 2017 08:29 AM (kuiuS)

223 I am going to refrain from commenting negatively on McCain for the time being...I have a hunch his health much worse than anyone is letting on.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 17, 2017 08:30 AM (5y11N)

224 "haiti official who exposed the clinton foundation is found dead"
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Haiti? Never heard of it.

Posted by: Charlie Gibson at July 17, 2017 08:30 AM (vg8iE)

225
186 I suggest that all Morons support the national term limits movement - which is trying to limit the number of terms that Congressmen and Senators can serve - in the same way that the President is limited in the number of terms he can serve. This will probably require a convention of the states - as it will require a Constitutional amendment to get it through. Hard to see anyone in Congress voting for it. I think this is the most practical way to get rid of shit heads like Ryan, McConnell, and McCain, and Pelosi before they kill us all.

Posted by: An Observation at July 17, 2017 08:09 AM (U4E66)

While I'm mostly on board with the term limits idea, it has an associated danger, that it effectively puts more power into the hands of the professional congressional staffers. Gotta take care of that problem at the same time or the benefits of term limits is going to be minimal.

On the other hand, the thought of McCain having to go back to Arizona to sit on the porch mumbling to himself is a pretty picture.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 17, 2017 08:30 AM (iFZVz)

226 "And yet here I am, still not committing crime..."

And I haven't hunted down and shot a human being by myself, either.

Posted by: Urban handgun at July 17, 2017 08:31 AM (J+eG2)

227
The South Koreans really don't have to worry about intercontinental ballistic missiles. That's *our* worry.

Posted by: Slippery Slope Salesman at July 17, 2017 08:31 AM (EgwCt)

228 I had to break away.

Fen and anyone else willing, please pray for my friends. All are dealing with addictions.

Thank you in advance

Posted by: L, Elle at July 17, 2017 08:31 AM (Rsi2C)

229 Good morning all! 4th grandkid was born yesterday: 11 lbs 1 oz big boy. Parents gave him a normal name. That is all kinds of WINNING because we were all worried that he would get a dog name or some cutesiepie trendy nonsense.
Posted by: mustbequantum

Congratulations!

Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2017 08:31 AM (G0G8s)

230 I can even give the first phrase of the term limits amendment: "Due to the well known corrupting influence of positions of power - no person shall serve more than..."

Posted by: An Observation at July 17, 2017 08:32 AM (U4E66)

231 Normally ... I'm never a Vanilla Soft Serve Cone before noon man - but sometimes, you just gotta' let it rip. You know what I mean ?

Posted by: Jeff S from Alabama at July 17, 2017 08:32 AM (GoNER)

232 I support term limits but it would never pass Congress.
========

Term limits are one of the many hopes of an Article V convention.

Posted by: bicentennialguy at July 17, 2017 08:32 AM (vg8iE)

233 >>The only people given access to the inner-workings are ones the
Clinton's believe are as amoral as themselves, will keep no written
records of shady activities, and will keep their mouths shut when the
going gets a little tough.

This is how they do it: they have a loyal team of employees who follow them from one place to the next. Huma Abedin is a perfect example of this: her entire career she's worked for Hillary, though technically her paycheck has come from Senate, campaign, State Dept., etc. This means someone like Huma's career depends on Hillary succeeding. That's a way to get loyalty.

Hillary brought over 70 people with her to State. This was unprecedented; SoS's usually use existing State Dept. staff. This ensured taht everyone close to Hillary was alreasy loyal to, and known by, the Clinton team.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 17, 2017 08:33 AM (NOIQH)

234 Posted by: Jeff S from Alabama at July 17, 2017 08:32 AM (GoNER)
***
Your hash reads Goner. You okay?

Posted by: L, Elle at July 17, 2017 08:33 AM (Rsi2C)

235 So now they made Doctor Who a female .....

Posted by: steevy at July 17, 2017 08:33 AM (rmVvL)

236 My neighbor and a friend are going wild next door with chainsaws. Cutting trees and brush...I think I'll not look out the window until they are done...I'm sure they are experts (not) at cutting big trees.

Posted by: Colin at July 17, 2017 08:34 AM (DbiIl)

237 I see where Chicago was running only a 10% fatality rate on shootings over the weekend.

That's some lame-ass gun control right there.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 17, 2017 08:34 AM (J+eG2)

238 209 "Hot weather & lack of ac makes one irritable."

I guess one could argue that providing portable A/C units to the financially challenged in inner city Baltimore might have some positive crime and economy impact.

Unfortunately, many of those old row homes have antiquated electrical systems, and would probably catch fire if too many A/C units were plugged into the outlets.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 17, 2017 08:25 AM (J+eG2)

Has anyone tried a DIY "air conditioner"? I've seen things online where people have cut holes in the side of a 5 gallon bucket, put a frozen gallon of water inside, then topped it off with a floor fan. I wonder if those work? It costs a lot extra to get AC in my apartment.

Posted by: josephistan at July 17, 2017 08:35 AM (7HtZB)

239 CNN Report: Millions Of American Voters May Have Colluded To Elect Trump

Posted by: undocumented illegal SMOD at July 17, 2017 08:35 AM (e8kgV)

240 see where Chicago was running only a 10% fatality rate on shootings over the weekend.

That's some lame-ass gun control right there.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 17, 2017 08:34 AM (J+eG2)

well ya know when they hold the handgun horizontally and chest high that tends to happen

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 17, 2017 08:35 AM (5y11N)

241 Martin Landau, man of a thousand similar voices,dies at 89

Posted by: undocumented illegal SMOD at July 17, 2017 08:36 AM (e8kgV)

242 Here is some news on the Department of Justice/ Also. Sessionsgave the
judge in Hawaii until tomorrow to clarify his ruling so he's not sitting
on his hands on that:

https://www.justice.gov

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2017 07:56 AM (iVOAv)

I would expect that he is pretty busy with Departmental organization, such as moving people around, getting the USA's and Asst. USA's under better supervision, and so on. After 8 years of Holder/Lynch I can imagine that there is a lot of clean-up to do.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet carries Smear-Proof Cloaks by Ivanka Trump! at July 17, 2017 08:36 AM (hLRSq)

243 The best hash?

That's simple

EZGay
======

I don't always smoke hash, but when I do, it's EZGay.

Posted by: Shep! at July 17, 2017 08:36 AM (vg8iE)

244 "CNN Report: Millions Of American Voters May Have Colluded To Elect Trump"

Saw that.

Of course, it's the Babylon Bee.

Like The Onion.

With prayers.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 17, 2017 08:37 AM (J+eG2)

245 Posted by: undocumented illegal SMOD at July 17, 2017 08:35 AM (e8kgV)

It's from The Babylon Bee, a parody site. But it is funny.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet carries Smear-Proof Cloaks by Ivanka Trump! at July 17, 2017 08:37 AM (hLRSq)

246 Has anyone tried a DIY "air conditioner"? I've seen things online where people have cut holes in the side of a 5 gallon bucket, put a frozen gallon of water inside, then topped it off with a floor fan. I wonder if those work? It costs a lot extra to get AC in my apartment.
Posted by: josephistan

Just be careful. Water and electricity doesn't mix.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2017 08:37 AM (G0G8s)

247 234 Posted by: Jeff S from Alabama at July 17, 2017 08:32 AM (GoNER)
***
Your hash reads Goner. You okay?
Posted by: L, Elle at July 17, 2017 08:33 AM (Rsi2C)

Why thank you young miss. I'll be fine. Just some problems at work. My boss can be demanding and a bit ... well, uneven at times.

Have had to take myself off a few projects lately - to avoid a conflict of interest. I'm sure everything will be fine.

God bless the great state of Alabama.

Posted by: Jeff S from Alabama at July 17, 2017 08:38 AM (GoNER)

248 229 Good morning all! 4th grandkid was born yesterday: 11 lbs 1 oz big boy. Parents gave him a normal name. That is all kinds of WINNING because we were all worried that he would get a dog name or some cutesiepie trendy nonsense.
Posted by: mustbequantum

That's great news! Congrats! 11 lbs... God bless your DIL.

Posted by: Gem at July 17, 2017 08:38 AM (uaHyk)

249 Muslims heeded calls Monday not to enter the Temple Mount and protested outside after Israeli authorities installed metal detectors at entrances to the ultra-sensitive compound following a terrorist
attack at the site that killed two policemen.

The compound was largely empty on Monday apart from tourists and Jewish visitors, with Muslims again praying and protesting outside the site instead of entering through the metal detectors.

LOL
Sounds like a win win to me

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 17, 2017 08:38 AM (5y11N)

250 Congratulations the the Mustbequantums on the birth of grandchild #4!!!
You've got the makings of your very OWN horde happening!

God bless!!!

Posted by: RondinellaMamma at July 17, 2017 08:38 AM (DDWAW)

251 "Just be careful. Water and electricity doesn't mix."

Sure they do.

Watch this...

(Hold my beer)

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 17, 2017 08:38 AM (J+eG2)

252 The big story about Martin Landau is that while on "Mission Impossible" he portrayed dozens of foreign person who all sounded the same.

It didn't matter if they were Russian or Moldovin that all had the same "international accent".

Posted by: undocumented illegal SMOD at July 17, 2017 08:39 AM (e8kgV)

253 Has anyone tried a DIY "air conditioner"? I've seen
things online where people have cut holes in the side of a 5 gallon
bucket, put a frozen gallon of water inside, then topped it off with a
floor fan. I wonder if those work? It costs a lot extra to get AC in my
apartment.

Posted by: josephistan at July 17, 2017 08:35 AM (7HtZB)

I saw something like that in an old BW movie on TV. It was made in the 40's and probably a popular way to stay cool living in a city row house.

Posted by: Colin at July 17, 2017 08:39 AM (DbiIl)

254 >>> I've seen things online where people have cut holes in the side of a 5 gallon bucket, put a frozen gallon of water inside, then topped it off with a floor fan.

That might work better if you used ice.

Posted by: fluffy at July 17, 2017 08:39 AM (jw2Xw)

255 I've seen things online where people have cut holes in the side of a 5 gallon bucket, put a frozen gallon of water inside, then topped it off with a floor fan.

Sounds like a great idea, but make your you have the Air Conditioner on when your constructing it or you'll sweat like a SOB

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 17, 2017 08:40 AM (5y11N)

256 I can understand people getting irritable in the heat but that as an excuse for the murderous things jihadists do is because of global warming is ridiculous.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2017 08:41 AM (iVOAv)

257 Sounds like a win win to me

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 17, 2017 08:38 AM (5y11N)

Hmm, metal detectors at every door in Israel? Worth a second look.

Posted by: Hrothgar at July 17, 2017 08:41 AM (gwPgz)

258 241 Martin Landau, man of a thousand similar voices,dies at 89

Posted by: undocumented illegal SMOD at July 17, 2017 08:36 AM (e8kgV)

He was good in Space:1999

Actually I liked MILF Barbara Bain in that show.

Posted by: Under Fire at July 17, 2017 08:42 AM (mcI77)

259 256 99% of what the Left puts forth is ridiculous...

Posted by: steevy at July 17, 2017 08:42 AM (rmVvL)

260 Re: The Clintons. I am convinced that they literally sold their souls.
Posted by: L, Elle at July 17, 2017 08:04 AM (Rsi2C)

I posted this elsewhere: has anybody calculated the probability of as many people dying under completely sketchy circumstances around those grifter fucks? Because I'm thinking it's way on the right side of the bellcurve where it gets really skinny and is otherwise occupied by wartime combat commanders or major organized crime figures. And of course the MFM dumbasses are in complete omert� mode, treating the dead like the Unpeople of Jesusland as far as mentioning them. Fuck that, they're filthy as hell and I won't STFU about it.

Posted by: Captain Hate at July 17, 2017 08:42 AM (y7DUB)

261 Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet carries Smear-Proof Cloaks by Ivanka Trump! at July 17, 2017 08:36 AM (hLRSq)

Yes,a lot of stuff to clean up.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2017 08:42 AM (iVOAv)

262
History of Air Conditioning:

1830s At the Florida hospital where he works, Dr. John Gorrie builds an ice-making machine that uses compression to make buckets of ice and then blows air over them. He patents the idea in 1851, imagining his invention cooling buildings all over the world. But without any financial backing, his dream melts away.

Posted by: Slippery Slope Salesman at July 17, 2017 08:42 AM (EgwCt)

263 >>>What are you snickering at?

Weak trolling by Tim.

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 17, 2017 08:42 AM (9Qwpy)

264 258 His real life wife.

Posted by: steevy at July 17, 2017 08:43 AM (rmVvL)

265
215 >>Has anyone ever spelled out how that works? I guess they say warm weather causes violent crime? I saw that on Mother Jones once.

Or is it that western countries, particularly USA, are doing the stuff that causes global warming (per AGW theories) which makes people in less developed countries angry?

Yeah, it's BS.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 17, 2017 08:26 AM (NOIQH)

Back in the 90s, Mount Pinatubo erupted and caused an immediate global 1 degree decrease in temperature that lasted about 3-4 years.

Virtually NOTHING happened as a result.

Given that global warming is talking about 1-2 degree increases in temperature over DECADES, yeah it's all bullshit.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 17, 2017 08:43 AM (iFZVz)

266 Posted by: L, Elle

I will pray for your friends. if you want to send me their first names you can send it to fenelon17spoke
at the gmail thingy .com

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2017 08:43 AM (iVOAv)

267 256 I can understand people getting irritable in the heat but that as an excuse for the murderous things jihadists do is because of global warming is ridiculous.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2017 08:41 AM (iVOAv)

I find, on those rare occassions when I'm tempted to do something less than stately ... a nice Arnold Palmer with just a dash of Southern Comfort does the trick. Followed by a ice recusal.

Posted by: Jeff S from Alabama at July 17, 2017 08:44 AM (GoNER)

268 Swamp cooler is good in a dry environment, not so good when it's already humid.

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 17, 2017 08:44 AM (9Qwpy)

269 Muslims heeded calls

Yeah, that's what they're doing. Had nothing to do with the metal detectors.

Posted by: t-bird at July 17, 2017 08:44 AM (pszv/)

270 Elon Musk: regulate AI to combat 'existential threat' before it's too late.

I consider Musk an existential threat.

Posted by: Under Fire at July 17, 2017 08:45 AM (mcI77)

271 I support term limits but it would never pass Congress.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2017 08:28 AM
~~~~~

Congress would have nothing to do with it. If it is done through a Convention of States, the states would be voting on it. And currently, republicans hold the majority of state houses.

Posted by: IrishEi at July 17, 2017 08:45 AM (HiDrR)

272 an excuse for the murderous things jihadists do is because of global warming is ridiculous.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2017 08:41 AM (iVOAv)

Do you expect them to blame Islam?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 17, 2017 08:46 AM (wYseH)

273 History of Air Conditioning:

1830s At the Florida hospital where he works, Dr. John Gorrie builds an ice-making machine that uses compression to make buckets of ice and then blows air over them. He patents the idea in 1851, imagining his invention cooling buildings all over the world. But without any financial backing, his dream melts away.
Posted by: Slippery Slope Salesman

Shit like that burns me up.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2017 08:46 AM (G0G8s)

274 I could picture Marlon Brando with a wig playing Hillary in a Godfather story about the Clinton Crime Family....

Posted by: Colin at July 17, 2017 08:46 AM (DbiIl)

275 Elon Musk: regulate AI to combat 'existential threat' before it's too late.
=======

How about we regulate government handouts to leftist pricks?

Posted by: bicentennialguy at July 17, 2017 08:46 AM (vg8iE)

276
Has anyone tried a DIY "air conditioner"? I've seen things online where people have cut holes in the side of a 5 gallon bucket, put a frozen gallon of water inside, then topped it off with a floor fan. I wonder if those work? It costs a lot extra to get AC in my apartment.
Posted by: josephistan at July 17, 2017 08:35 AM (7HtZB)

We tried this in a cabin one summer using a cheap foam cooler instead of a bucket. I thought it did help.

Posted by: Gem at July 17, 2017 08:46 AM (uaHyk)

277 I love Chef-B's ravioli. I ate a ton of it in high school.
Tossed a can of it in the cart last night.
FWIW.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at July 17, 2017 08:46 AM (ty7RM)

278 ... because we were all worried that he would get a dog name
Posted by: mustbequantum at July 17, 2017 08:25 AM

You say that like it's a bad thing.

Posted by: Puddles at July 17, 2017 08:47 AM (pkNYz)

279 Huma Abedin is a perfect example of this: her entire career she's worked for Hillary, though technically her paycheck has come from Senate, campaign, State Dept., etc. This means someone like Huma's career depends on Hillary succeeding. That's a way to get loyalty.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 17, 2017 08:33 AM (NOIQH)
===

Yeah. Huma and her husband were introduced to each other by Hillary, IIRC. Hill certainly concurred with their becoming partners and eventually marrying. Hill and Bill would never let Huma get involved with someone so virtuous that he may turn her away from Clinton, Inc. And lo and behold, A. Weiner turns out to be a scum-bag! Incredible, no?

Posted by: Gref at July 17, 2017 08:47 AM (AMIL/)

280 256 I can understand people getting irritable in the heat but that as an excuse for the murderous things jihadists do is because of global warming is ridiculous.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2017 08:41 AM (iVOAv)

There was an episode of the old Hitchcock show where a pair of insurance adjusters were trying to predict who was going to be killed based on their actuary tables and weather forecasts.

Posted by: josephistan at July 17, 2017 08:47 AM (7HtZB)

281 Hmm, metal detectors at every door in Israel?

How about a gate that really screws with electronics? "Next! BOOM!"

Posted by: t-bird at July 17, 2017 08:48 AM (OBJWS)

282 Actually, Barbara Bain was Martin Landau's best fake identity.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 17, 2017 08:48 AM (J+eG2)

283 >>>There was an episode of the old Hitchcock show where a pair of insurance adjusters were trying to predict who was going to be killed based on their actuary tables and weather forecasts.

There was a Ray Bradbury short story about that.

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 17, 2017 08:48 AM (9Qwpy)

284 Prayer request-

Some woman I don't know came to our church Flea Market in May. I didn't meet her but she wants to have her house blessed. She is nervous about several deaths there in the past and strange noises. She had a priest come out when she moved in 3 years ago. I told her I was not a priest and she still wants me to come. so I asked my friend the Eastern Orthodox church to give me some holy water and he did. never used that before in blessing and house and never had issues with strange noises. Heck, I live in an old house and I assume it's just old house noises..

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2017 08:49 AM (iVOAv)

285 "I love Chef-B's ravioli. I ate a ton of it in high school.
Tossed a can of it in the cart last night.
FWIW. "

Used to eat a ton of that stuff on deployment down in the main spaces on the mid-watch.

Heat it up on a turbine casing flange.

Good eating right there.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 17, 2017 08:50 AM (J+eG2)

286 277

I loved Chef Boyardee as a kid in the 60's. I bought a can a few years back for a fishing trip, terrible stuff

Posted by: Bruce at July 17, 2017 08:50 AM (8ikIW)

287 229 Good morning all! 4th grandkid was born yesterday: 11 lbs 1 oz big boy. Parents gave him a normal name. That is all kinds of WINNING because we were all worried that he would get a dog name or some cutesiepie trendy nonsense.
Posted by: mustbequantum

That's no boy. That's a moose.

Posted by: Insomniac at July 17, 2017 08:51 AM (0mRoj)

288 284-Sorry- Meant "Eastern Orthodox priest" friend.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2017 08:51 AM (iVOAv)

289 Fenelon, do you mind if I write to you at that gmail address you posted above?

Posted by: bluebell at July 17, 2017 08:51 AM (sBOL1)

290 >>>>>"I love Chef-B's ravioli. I ate a ton of it in high school.

Tossed a can of it in the cart last night.

FWIW. "

Used to eat a ton of that stuff on deployment down in the main spaces on the mid-watch.

Heat it up on a turbine casing flange.

Good eating right there.
.
.
.That stuff was like gold during Reforgers and in the field back in the 1970s. Beat the heck out of C Rations.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at July 17, 2017 08:52 AM (0pcwX)

291 I loved Chef Boyardee as a kid in the 60's. I bought a can a few years back for a fishing trip, terrible stuff

Posted by: Bruce at July 17, 2017 08:50 AM (8ikIW)

I could have told you that fish just don't like Chef Boyardee, but you wouldn't listen...

Posted by: Colin at July 17, 2017 08:52 AM (DbiIl)

292 Has anyone tried a DIY "air conditioner"? I've seen things online where people have cut holes in the side of a 5 gallon bucket, put a frozen gallon of water inside, then topped it off with a floor fan. I wonder if those work? It costs a lot extra to get AC in my apartment.
Posted by: josephistan
~~~~~

My son made one when he was overseas in USAF. He used a cheap styrofoam cooler plus ice and a fan. He said it worked pretty well all things considered. Of course, you have to sit pretty close to it for maximum effect.

Have you considered getting a portable room air conditioner? You just plug it in and it doesn't need to be installed anywhere. Only thing is you need to let the hose vent out a window.

Posted by: IrishEi at July 17, 2017 08:52 AM (HiDrR)

293 Feel free, Bluebell. That would be nice to hear from you, but I can't tell the woman I'm not going to come over because I'm not a priest. :^)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2017 08:53 AM (iVOAv)

294 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2017 08:49 AM (iVOAv)

Ghostbusters!

Posted by: Insomniac at July 17, 2017 08:54 AM (0mRoj)

295 That would be nice to hear from you, but I can't tell the woman I'm not going to come over because I'm not a priest. :^)
==========

I SO wish I could join you, Fenelon!

I love stuff like that.

Posted by: bicentennialguy at July 17, 2017 08:54 AM (vg8iE)

296 Thanks, Fenelon, and don't worry, that's not what I was going to say!!

Posted by: bluebell at July 17, 2017 08:54 AM (sBOL1)

297 Or get Sam and Dean Winchester.

Posted by: Insomniac at July 17, 2017 08:54 AM (0mRoj)

298 Well, I just learned a new term today.

"Sensory Friendly Movie Theater"

You know the "Night" setting on your home theater system.

An entire theater like that.

Don't want to startle the kids watching Transformers by having sudden loud noises.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 17, 2017 08:55 AM (J+eG2)

299 Posted by: Insomniac at July 17, 2017 08:54 AM (0mRoj)

No; I am not going to tell a stay puff marshmallow man to "Get out".

I figure if the Orthodox Priest is willing to give me Holy water he must not think saying the prayers is not blasphemy even if I am Protestant..

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2017 08:56 AM (iVOAv)

300 Has anyone tried a DIY "air conditioner"?

What you're describing is a variation of a "swamp cooler." it relies on the cooling effect of evaporation. It will bring down the air temp, but it will also raise the humidity. In drier climes, they work. If you have a combination of high heat and humidity, the effect is negligible at best.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at July 17, 2017 08:56 AM (ty7RM)

301 meant "Must think saying the prayers is not blasphemy"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2017 08:57 AM (iVOAv)

302 We need to get Fen a Sooper-Soaker.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 17, 2017 08:57 AM (J+eG2)

303 Beat the heck out of C Rations.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at July 17, 2017 08:52 AM

What am I, chopped liver?

Posted by: Ham and Lima Beans at July 17, 2017 08:57 AM (pkNYz)

304
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
_________________________

*Flies buzzing all about*

GET OUT!!!

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at July 17, 2017 08:57 AM (j/Mlu)

305 Have you considered getting a portable room air conditioner? You just plug it in and it doesn't need to be installed anywhere. Only thing is you need to let the hose vent out a window.
Posted by: IrishEi

Have one of those. Got it from Home Depot. Works great.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2017 08:58 AM (G0G8s)

306
Have you considered getting a portable room air conditioner? You just plug it in and it doesn't need to be installed anywhere. Only thing is you need to let the hose vent out a window.

Posted by: IrishEi at July 17, 2017 08:52 AM (HiDrR)

Heh.

I stopped in at Fry's in Arlington a few weeks ago for shop supplies, and the AC was out in the whole building. That particular Fry's is a dump to begin with, but with the AC out, everyone in the store was irritable and douchey.

I got a kick out of how the guys in the computer section dealt with the heat. They had a portable, floor-standing AC unit blasting away......with the exhaust hose venting into the same air, just a couple of steps away. So there was this little 3 foot bubble of cooler air, surrounded by furnace. SMH.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 17, 2017 08:58 AM (iFZVz)

307 Posted by: bicentennialguy at July 17, 2017 08:54 AM (vg8iE)

You like ghostbuster /paranormal research or sprinkling holy water and prayers with clergy people? :^)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2017 08:58 AM (iVOAv)

308 josephistan:

Also, the five gallon bucket thing with holes doesn't sound too effective. Son put a box fan on top of the styrofoam cooler filled with ice, blowing down on the ice. Then cut a hole in the side of the cooler and attached a piece of 4" pvc for the air outlet. Also, later changed from just ice in the cooler to frozen water bottles---made it a lot easier to replenish the ice.

Posted by: IrishEi at July 17, 2017 08:58 AM (HiDrR)

309 I always thought Martin Landau's Peruvia accent was excellent.

Posted by: Captain Whitebread at July 17, 2017 08:59 AM (rJUlF)

310 "What you're describing is a variation of a "swamp cooler." it relies on the cooling effect of evaporation"

I remember reading the OLD Popular Mechanics magazines as a kid.

And there was an article about an automobile swamp cooler that hung on your car window.

The car moving forward forced air through an evaporative mesh, and into the interior of the car.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 17, 2017 08:59 AM (J+eG2)

311 You like ghostbuster /paranormal research or sprinkling holy water and prayers with clergy people? :^)

=======

LOL! Actually, I'd like to go along on the latter in response to the former.

I love paranormal stuff.

Posted by: bicentennialguy at July 17, 2017 08:59 AM (vg8iE)

312
Gotta hope Fen doesn't run afoul of the RC Exorcist Union guys. They'll be marching outside of his church, carrying signs and calling him a scab.

No doubt a haunting experience.

Posted by: Slippery Slope Salesman at July 17, 2017 09:00 AM (EgwCt)

313 test

Posted by: L, Elle at July 17, 2017 09:00 AM (Rsi2C)

314 While in college in NYC and renting a small, very small studio apartment I use to consider sleeping in the refrigerator, but never tried it...

Posted by: Colin at July 17, 2017 09:00 AM (DbiIl)

315 "Weak trolling by Tim."

Trolling?!?!!??

I would never troll you! Never.

and....

It's just a coinkydink that we have the same hash!

Posted by: Hot Fudge Sundae with a Cherry on Top Chap at July 17, 2017 09:00 AM (sf2BM)

316 Anyone else getting a 500 error message when trying to post?

Posted by: L, Elle at July 17, 2017 09:01 AM (Rsi2C)

317 Anyone else getting a 500 error message when trying to post?
======

Oops, sorry. Should be fixed now.

Posted by: Bob at the NSA at July 17, 2017 09:01 AM (vg8iE)

318 >>>Gotta hope Fen doesn't run afoul of the RC Exorcist Union guys. They'll be marching outside of his church, carrying signs and calling him a scab.

Wait, Fen is a dude?

Can we get the boob emojis?

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 17, 2017 09:01 AM (9Qwpy)

319 G'mornin' Horde !

I find it hard to believe that their leftism is "at an unconscious level" ... every word, every minute of every day ?
Sounds to me more like the single ruling principle of their lives.
Which is not inconsistent with
" I am convinced that they literally sold their souls.
Posted by: L, Elle "
Which as time goes on I consider more and more likely.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 17, 2017 09:01 AM (Mcvvl)

320 "Anyone else getting a 500 error message when trying to post?"

No........

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 17, 2017 09:01 AM (J+eG2)

321 So there was this little 3 foot bubble of cooler air, surrounded by furnace. SMH.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 17, 2017 08:58 AM
~~~~~

LOL Selfish bastards!

Posted by: IrishEi at July 17, 2017 09:02 AM (HiDrR)

322 This is not an exorcism per se. It's not for a person. It's just a blessing of the house. I get the feeling her family thinks this is really odd so she just may be a overly sensitive person and just needs the spiritual affirmation of Christians prayers and ritual.,

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2017 09:02 AM (iVOAv)

323 "
Wait, Fen is a dude? "

Gonna surprise the hell out of FenSpouse.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 17, 2017 09:03 AM (J+eG2)

324 Anyone else getting a 500 error message when trying to post?
======

Oops, sorry. Should be fixed now.
Posted by: Bob at the NSA

You rest your elbow on the keyboard again Bob?

Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2017 09:03 AM (G0G8s)

325 If it is a ghost, you'll need to find the remains of the deceased, then salt and burn them. It's the only way to be sure.

Posted by: Insomniac at July 17, 2017 09:04 AM (0mRoj)

326 Anyone else getting a 500 error message when trying to post?

Posted by: L, Elle at July 17, 2017 09:01 AM (Rsi2C)

Pixy doesn't like certain punctuation.
If you convert text here...
https://www.charset.org/html-special-characters
It will then post here.

Posted by: Slippery Slope Salesman at July 17, 2017 09:04 AM (EgwCt)

327 And I am taking prayerful Mr Fenelon with me as I am not going to a strange house I've never been to before that is the house of someone I don't know

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2017 09:04 AM (iVOAv)

328 This is not an exorcism per se. It's not for a person. It's just a blessing of the house. I get the feeling her family thinks this is really odd so she just may be a overly sensitive person and just needs the spiritual affirmation of Christians prayers and ritual.,

Look for Annabelle while you're there.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2017 09:04 AM (G0G8s)

329 Gotta hope Fen doesn't run afoul of the RC Exorcist Union guys. They'll be marching outside of his church, carrying signs and calling him a scab.

LOL.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2017 09:04 AM (iVOAv)

330 (singing) Won't you bring back my bluebell to me?

Posted by: Black Musclecar at July 17, 2017 09:05 AM (pkNYz)

331
You rest your elbow on the keyboard again Bob?

Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2017 09:03 AM (G0G8s)

If elbow is what you want to call it.

Posted by: Bob from NSA at July 17, 2017 09:05 AM (mcI77)

332 Look for Annabelle while you're there.
========

I've seen the real Annabelle and even have pictures with it. Not actually with it, since it's locked in a glass case.

Posted by: bicentennialguy at July 17, 2017 09:06 AM (vg8iE)

333 as a kid.....i wanted to like chef boyardee.....but that stuff was nasty......

Posted by: phoenixgirl... at July 17, 2017 09:06 AM (0O7c5)

334 333 as a kid.....i wanted to like chef boyardee.....but that stuff was nasty......
Posted by: phoenixgirl... at July 17, 2017 09:06 AM (0O7c5)

It always tasted like the can it was in.

Posted by: Insomniac at July 17, 2017 09:06 AM (0mRoj)

335 Just to set the record straight again for those that don't know-I am clergywoman. I am not gay. I have never had surgery to become a woman. My church ordains women-an issue I don't debate because what would be the point? :^) People are free to chose what they believe about the issue andthe debate never changes anyone's mind anyway. Been there done that. Don't anymore. :^)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2017 09:07 AM (iVOAv)

336 Elon Musk: regulate AI to combat 'existential threat' before it's too late.

This guy is nuts. Who would listen to a guy named "Elon" anyway?

Posted by: Skynet at July 17, 2017 09:07 AM (jHrzU)

337 >>I posted this elsewhere: has anybody calculated the probability of as
many people dying under completely sketchy circumstances around those
grifter fucks?

Well, there was this guy, Victir Thorn, who wrote four books on the Clintons, one book devoted to all of the people close to the Clintons who have died. We could ask him. Oh wait, he up and shot himself in the head last summer, because I guess the idea of his favorite writing subject being elected president, thus creating all sorts of book material, gave him the sadz.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 17, 2017 09:07 AM (NOIQH)

338 Hormel is basically dog food for humans.

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 17, 2017 09:07 AM (9Qwpy)

339 Can we get the boob emojis?
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 17, 2017 09:01 AM

Today is Emoji Day, donchaknow?

Posted by: Winona at July 17, 2017 09:07 AM (pkNYz)

340 Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2017 09:04 AM (G0G8s)

Whos Annabelle.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2017 09:07 AM (iVOAv)

341
It always tasted like the can it was in.

Posted by: Insomniac
________________________

The can was the best part...

Posted by: Billy Goats Everywhere at July 17, 2017 09:08 AM (j/Mlu)

342 Hormel is basically dog food for humans.
==============

WOOF!

Posted by: Spam-Gobbling Hawaiians at July 17, 2017 09:08 AM (vg8iE)

343 324 Anyone else getting a 500 error message when trying to post?
======
Oops, sorry. Should be fixed now.
Posted by: Bob at the NSA
======
You rest your elbow on the keyboard again Bob?
Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2017 09:03 AM (G0G8s)

It's so frustrating not to have the power to fix these kinds of things. That's why I took this job in the first place.

Roll Tide !!!

Posted by: Jeff S from Alabama at July 17, 2017 09:08 AM (GoNER)

344 >>>79 Remember how McCain dropped his campaign against Barky to take care of the financial crisis? I guess we owe him for that.
Posted by: freaked at July 17, 2017 07:16 AM (BO/km)

Good point.

Posted by: m at July 17, 2017 09:08 AM (VgThI)

345 " Gotta hope Fen doesn't run afoul of the RC Exorcist Union guys. "

Never make fun of the Unions

http://tinyurl.com/y7793m69

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 17, 2017 09:08 AM (J+eG2)

346 Careful about calling FenelonSpoke a guy, as I remember she killed another poster here for less.

Posted by: An Observation at July 17, 2017 09:09 AM (U4E66)

347 Your mother sews socks that smell!

Posted by: Insomniac at July 17, 2017 09:09 AM (0mRoj)

348
I used to terrorize my kids after 'Poltergeist' first came out and they saw it. We'd go upstairs with a tennis ball and throw it into my daughters closet. Then backstairs to sit in kitchen. A couple minutes later a tennis ball would come out of the kitchen ceiling and bounce to the ground.

Yeah, I had a second tennis ball in my pocket which I would toss at the ceiling when they were both distracted.

Despite my best efforts they're both normal middle class adults now.

Posted by: Slippery Slope Salesman at July 17, 2017 09:10 AM (EgwCt)

349 And Bluebell-If you write to me, give me some time to get back to you. It's not my regular e-mail.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2017 09:10 AM (iVOAv)

350 As Heinlein said: "Government - like fire - is a dangerous servant and a terrible master."

Posted by: An Observation at July 17, 2017 08:22 AM (U4E66)

'Twas Jefferson that said it first but the sentiment is nonetheless true.

Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at July 17, 2017 09:10 AM (RD7QR)

351 "as I remember she killed another poster here for less."

She has skilz.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 17, 2017 09:10 AM (J+eG2)

352 Whos Annabelle.
========

Annabelle is a Raggedy Ann-type doll that was the center of demonic activity.

Ed and Lorraine Warren (I've met Lorraine), famous for their investigation of the Amityville haunting and many others, worked on this case in the early 70s. Two nursing students owned this doll (it was a gift from one of their mothers) and strange things happened to them over a period of several months. It was determined that the doll was a repository for a lower-level demon.

Eventually the Warrens did take the doll and have it displayed in their paranormal museum in Connecticut.

There was a movie made about the doll, but it was pure fiction and hardly resembles the actual story.

Posted by: bicentennialguy at July 17, 2017 09:11 AM (vg8iE)

353 Whos Annabelle.

Bing: Annabelle & Annabelle: Creation

Horro flicks where a doll is possessed by demons.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2017 09:12 AM (G0G8s)

354 SHOCKING NEWS: Mitch McConnell Slips More Kickbacks into Senate Healthcare Bill

Posted by: Under Fire at July 17, 2017 09:12 AM (mcI77)

355 >I posted this elsewhere: has anybody calculated the probability of as many people dying under completely sketchy circumstances
***
Yeah. One of my bestest Yahoo group friends did that very thing.

Unbelievable

Posted by: L, Elle at July 17, 2017 09:12 AM (Rsi2C)

356 "This is not an exorcism per se. It's not for a person. It's just a blessing of the house. I get the feeling her family thinks this is really odd so she just may be a overly sensitive person and just needs the spiritual affirmation of Christians prayers and ritual."

Anyone seen Buzzion?

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet carries Smear-Proof Cloaks by Ivanka Trump! at July 17, 2017 09:13 AM (hLRSq)

357 Hillary makes me think of "Spector" from the James Bond movies, I wonder if she has a white cat that she feeds goldfish...

Posted by: Colin at July 17, 2017 09:13 AM (DbiIl)

358 Plucky small market team from The Bronx with limited payroll crawling its way back into playoff contention over the Big Budget Bullies from Boston.

Posted by: Ignoramus at July 17, 2017 09:13 AM (+7/1f)

359 >>>Well, there was this guy, Victir Thorn, who wrote four books on the Clintons,

Don't leave out his 9-11 conspiracy books or his book claiming the Holocaust was a hoax! Clearly a top-notch researcher!

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 17, 2017 09:13 AM (9Qwpy)

360 "Anyone seen Buzzion?"

His spirit is off on Mondays.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 17, 2017 09:14 AM (J+eG2)

361 The can was the best part...

Posted by: Billy Goats Everywhere at July 17, 2017 09:08 AM (j/Mlu)

Yup!

Posted by: Hope Solo at July 17, 2017 09:14 AM (wYseH)

362 She has skilz.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 17, 2017 09:10 AM (J+eG2)

Skillz for the killz.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet carries Smear-Proof Cloaks by Ivanka Trump! at July 17, 2017 09:15 AM (hLRSq)

363 vpn test

Posted by: Hate Has No Homo at July 17, 2017 09:15 AM (JTMqu)

364 Bradbury short story & Alfred Hitchcock episode was "Shopping for Death"

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 17, 2017 09:16 AM (9Qwpy)

365 We have had several years of a growing economy, with a strong stock market continually hitting new highs, and with (in many places) a frothy real estate market -- yet many states are struggling to find money to pay their bills and balance their budgets.

If so many states are struggling during the good times, imagine how it's going to be when the shit hits the fan and tax revenue plummets?

Posted by: USzuela at July 17, 2017 09:16 AM (qYCgM)

366 Hillary makes me think of "Spector" from the James Bond movies, I wonder if she has a white cat that she feeds goldfish...
Posted by: Colin

Frau Farbissina from Austin Powers.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2017 09:17 AM (G0G8s)

367 "Anyone seen Buzzion?"

His spirit is off on Mondays.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 17, 2017 09:14 AM (J+eG2)
****
Haha. Lol!

Posted by: L, Elle at July 17, 2017 09:17 AM (Rsi2C)

368 Hillary makes me think of "Spector" from the James Bond movies, I wonder if she has a white cat that she feeds goldfish...
Posted by: Colin

Frau Farbissina from Austin Powers.
============

Rosa Klebb

Posted by: bicentennialguy at July 17, 2017 09:17 AM (vg8iE)

369 >>Don't leave out his 9-11 conspiracy books or his book claiming the Holocaust was a hoax! Clearly a top-notch researcher!

Still strange he killed himself not too long after Hillary got the nomination.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 17, 2017 09:18 AM (NOIQH)

370 354 SHOCKING NEWS: Mitch McConnell Slips More Kickbacks into Senate Healthcare Bill

Posted by: Under Fire at July 17, 2017 09:12 AM (mcI77)

I've had the honor and privilege of working with the Honorable Mr. McConnell for quite some time, and found the man's character to be impeccable.

Have any of you good people ever heard of this thing they call an "Organizational Chart" ? My word, a more demonic spawn from the very depths of Hell I've never seen.

God save and keep Nick Saban !!!

Posted by: Jeff S from Alabama at July 17, 2017 09:18 AM (GoNER)

371 And Bluebell-If you write to me, give me some time to get back to you. It's not my regular e-mail.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2017 09:10 AM (iVOAv)
-----------

Thanks, Fenelon. I did write to you, and you'll know immediately it's from me! Take your time.

Posted by: bluebell at July 17, 2017 09:19 AM (sBOL1)

372 It always tasted like the can it was in.

Posted by: Insomniac
________________________

The can was the best part...
Posted by: Billy Goats Everywhere

With the little winding key for opening tac-welded to the top of the can?

Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2017 09:19 AM (G0G8s)

373 nood

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 17, 2017 09:19 AM (mpXpK)

374 Was Gorrie who was talked about at length in the episode of "Connections" that dealt with the invention of the air conditioner to deal with certain illnesses?

I need to rewatch that series. Very enjoyable.

Posted by: Hate Has No Homo at July 17, 2017 09:20 AM (JTMqu)

375 If so many states are struggling during the good times, imagine how it's going to be when the shit hits the fan and tax revenue plummets?
Posted by: USzuela

Tax revenue never plummets when you have the keys to the tax raising machine.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2017 09:20 AM (G0G8s)

376 >>>Still strange he killed himself not too long after Hillary got the nomination.

Is it? I don't know what was going on in his personal life, but most CTists I've met are very unhappy people. Given that he embraced multiple CTs, some offensive enough to result in social isolation (Holocaust denial), I can't say that suicide is all that surprising.

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 17, 2017 09:21 AM (9Qwpy)

377 🖼

Art Thread pic

Posted by: Tim iI at July 17, 2017 09:22 AM (sf2BM)

378 A little mystery-meat music...

https://youtu.be/cdpsfBsN_Dg

Posted by: Captain Whitebread at July 17, 2017 09:22 AM (rJUlF)

379 >>Is it? I don't know what was going on in his personal life,

It's strange that Clinton critics keep dying at very convenient moments.
Just like the recent deaths of Peter W. Smith and Klaus Eberwein.
Disturbing pattern.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 17, 2017 09:26 AM (NOIQH)

380 Here is why AI - of the type that all the people fear - will never exist.

1. Electrical capacitance. An electrical capacitor is formed any time two conductors are separated by an insulator. The capacitance is inversely proportional to the thickness of the insulator. The insulators in neurons ( the cell walls) are so thin that the electrical capacitance of a neuron is enormous for its size. This is why the electrical signals in the nervous system travel so slowly compared to electrical signals in wires; the capacitance has to be charged and discharged to change the state of the neuron. Any transistor trying to be neuron sized will have the same speed limitations neurons have. Rather than running at gigahertz speeds any computer with neuron sized elements won't work any faster than the human brain (around 12 Hz cycle speed).

2. Completely wrong architecture. Computers are great for doing things like math - they truly suck at doing the things like pattern recognition that the human brain excels in doing.

There are other problems but those two are enough to stop the AI fears; the singularity will never happen.

Posted by: An Observation at July 17, 2017 09:27 AM (U4E66)

381 335 Just to set the record straight again for those that don't know-I am clergywoman. I am not gay. I have never had surgery to become a woman. My church ordains women-an issue I don't debate because what would be the point? :^) People are free to chose what they believe about the issue andthe debate never changes anyone's mind anyway. Been there done that. Don't anymore. :^)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2017 09:07 AM (iVOAv)

I kind of liked the old days when you would keep us guessing. :-)

Posted by: Gem at July 17, 2017 09:27 AM (uaHyk)

382 Hank Johnson flipping Guam >> Maxine Waters flapping gums

Posted by: Muldoon, filling in for BEN ROETHLISBURGER at July 17, 2017 09:28 AM (wPiJc)

383 "If so many states are struggling during the good times, imagine how it's going to be when the shit hits the fan and tax revenue plummets?"

It'll be Yuge. That's how the fiscal reckoning begins.

The OCare Reform bill is about pushing the fiscal gap down to the states, to force change. If it stays at the federal level then it's borrow and spend.

Posted by: Ignoramus at July 17, 2017 09:28 AM (+7/1f)

384 /sock

Posted by: Muldoon at July 17, 2017 09:28 AM (wPiJc)

385 >>>It's strange that Clinton critics keep dying at very convenient moments.
Just like the recent deaths of Peter W. Smith and Klaus Eberwein.

You realize that the quote supposedly from Eberwein is actually Dahoud Andre, right?
The disturbing pattern is that CT websites publish clear lies which are pointed out, yet people continue to deny them.

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 17, 2017 09:35 AM (9Qwpy)

386 >>You realize that the quote supposedly from Eberwein is actually Dahoud Andre, right?

What quote - I have no idea what you're talking about.
I'm talking about the pattern of people who are Clinton critics dying.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 17, 2017 09:40 AM (NOIQH)

387 I don't have time to read the comments. But, if Guam wants to leave, fine with me. Doubt they are contributing much to the GDP. I'll be surprised if they follow through.

Posted by: BarcelonaCarmen at July 17, 2017 09:42 AM (RHjCR)

388 The Power of Positive Thinking is from Norman Vincent Peale. It's not secular as Peale was a minister. Trump attended his church.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 17, 2017 09:43 AM (Lqy/e)

389 Went to a Mennonite grocery ... cutest young women working in the store ....Is it wrong for me to note how pretty they are?

Only if you're an equal opportunity pervert and not ignoring the ones with mustaches.

Posted by: DaveA at July 17, 2017 09:44 AM (FhXTo)

390 >>>I'm talking about the pattern of people who are Clinton critics dying.

What is the evidence Eberwein was a critic?
For that matter, what's the evidence Seth Rich was a critic?

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 17, 2017 09:48 AM (9Qwpy)

391
I suggest that all Morons support the national term limits movement

Hasn't SCOTUS already ruled this out?
Isn't it anti-republican?
Won't it just give them less time to steal making them sloppier?

Turnover is good but I'd think we can get better mechanisms.

How about you have to beat your opponent and your prior vote count in every election? If you're not getting better for your constituents GTFO.

Posted by: DaveA at July 17, 2017 09:50 AM (FhXTo)

392 Has anyone tried a DIY "air conditioner"?

Use 2 heat producing electric motors to move heat out of the ice into the air and then back into the ice?

Posted by: DaveA at July 17, 2017 09:56 AM (FhXTo)

393 please pray for my friends. All are dealing with addictions.

Remember friends, "How bad does it have to get"? is not a dare.

Posted by: DaveA at July 17, 2017 09:57 AM (FhXTo)

394 I don't recall a national raising of the drinking age but I do remember when Michigan's went to 21. I was 19 and a half and there was no grandfather clause. This was January 1st, 1979 and I had been drinking legally for a year and a half. They still had to let us in the bar though, so the new law really didn't put a crimper in my drinking habits.

Posted by: Bill R. at July 17, 2017 10:28 AM (IuYIh)

395 I would guess that Maxine is wearing a wireless ear bud. She is being fed the talking points. She lost her signal, and started to subs moose like herself. She didn't have a meltdown, that's SOP for a California mouthpiece.

Posted by: bta at July 17, 2017 08:13 PM (dmTIF)

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