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Mid-Morning Open Thread
Waterloo Bridge
Claude Monet
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 25, 2017 09:19 AM (UCap9)
Posted by: Lizzy at July 25, 2017 09:19 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Tami, Public Ineffectual at July 25, 2017 09:19 AM (Enq6K)
Posted by: Lizzy at July 25, 2017 09:21 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: bicentennialguy at July 25, 2017 09:22 AM (vg8iE)
Posted by: joncelli, Ray of Freakin' Sunshine at July 25, 2017 09:22 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: joncelli, Ray of Freakin' Sunshine at July 25, 2017 09:23 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Jack Sock at July 25, 2017 09:23 AM (A3edJ)
This is Claude's impression of a bridge over the Tiberius River in Baghdad. Those yellow things on the bridge are APCs and the rubber boats on the water are Navy Seals doing a covert river crossing.
At least that is my impress of Claude's impression. But then I've been up all night and might be hallucinating.
Posted by: Bejeweled in Candy Crush Land at July 25, 2017 09:23 AM (m9X4Y)
Also a bittersweet 1940 movie with Vivien Leigh and Robert Taylor as star-crossed lovers. A definite three-hanky weeper.
http://tinyurl.com/yd87pt2b
http://tinyurl.com/ya4t68jj
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 25, 2017 09:23 AM (X6fMO)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 25, 2017 09:23 AM (5y11N)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj_9CiNkkn4
Posted by: Lizzy at July 25, 2017 09:21 AM (NOIQH)
That's the bridge where people with ABBA earworms jump off of.
Posted by: josephistan at July 25, 2017 09:24 AM (7HtZB)
Posted by: dantesed at July 25, 2017 09:24 AM (88xKn)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 25, 2017 09:25 AM (mpXpK)
Posted by: IrishEi at July 25, 2017 09:25 AM (HiDrR)
Posted by: Mark Rothko at July 25, 2017 09:26 AM (0mRoj)
Looks like that was painted during a-
"Waterloo Sunset"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_MqfF0WBsU
Posted by: naturalfake at July 25, 2017 09:26 AM (9q7Dl)
I'm sure there's some psychological significance to a desire to look at paintings of bridges. Perhaps the open, even beckoning array of large openings, signifying female genitalia. A desire to return to the womb.
* snorts another line of coke *
Posted by: Sigmond Fraud at July 25, 2017 09:26 AM (EgwCt)
Posted by: Under Fire at July 25, 2017 09:26 AM (mcI77)
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut IN at July 25, 2017 09:27 AM (CPk08)
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at July 25, 2017 09:27 AM (KUaJL)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 25, 2017 09:28 AM (mpXpK)
Posted by: IrishEi at July 25, 2017 09:25 AM (HiDrR)
Just down the road from Elizabeth, the poor saps.
Posted by: joncelli, Ray of Freakin' Sunshine at July 25, 2017 09:28 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: the guy across the street at July 25, 2017 09:28 AM (sf2BM)
Posted by: naturalfake at July 25, 2017 09:29 AM (9q7Dl)
8 I'm in the minority but Monet is my least favorite impressionist.
Posted by: Jack Sock at July 25, 2017 09:23 AM (A3edJ)
No Monet shots for you, then?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 25, 2017 09:29 AM (JSqK4)
Posted by: kraken at July 25, 2017 09:29 AM (zSVEm)
Approaches to the Tappen Zee maybe, but there is no background like that anywhere near the Tappen Zee.
The Goethels is a suspension bridge.
Wait! There is a NEW Goethels bridge? Holy Smokes, I've been away from the North East a long time now.
Time Flies.
Posted by: Bejeweled in Candy Crush Land at July 25, 2017 09:30 AM (m9X4Y)
Posted by: mustbequantum at July 25, 2017 09:30 AM (MIKMs)
I knew we would eventually get to porn puns.
Posted by: Jack Sock at July 25, 2017 09:30 AM (A3edJ)
Posted by: Strobe at July 25, 2017 09:30 AM (gbWkA)
20 No trees. It's not art.
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut IN at July 25, 2017 09:27 AM (CPk0
You Bob Ross graduates are insufferable...
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 25, 2017 09:30 AM (JSqK4)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 25, 2017 09:31 AM (hcyUh)
Posted by: Under Fire at July 25, 2017 09:31 AM (mcI77)
Posted by: A Troll at July 25, 2017 09:32 AM (p+Wdc)
Posted by: Bonecrusher at July 25, 2017 09:32 AM (JNTt1)
I knew we would eventually get to porn puns.
Posted by: Jack Sock at July 25, 2017 09:30 AM (A3edJ)
The competition hereabouts is pretty stiff, that's for sure.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 25, 2017 09:32 AM (JSqK4)
agreed
Posted by: Max Power at July 25, 2017 09:32 AM (QCc6B)
Did they ever fix the holes in the bridge deck on the Geo Washington Bridge?
Posted by: Bejeweled in Candy Crush Land at July 25, 2017 09:33 AM (m9X4Y)
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Brilliant analysis.
Posted by: H.R. Giger at July 25, 2017 09:33 AM (vg8iE)
Posted by: Pete in Texas at July 25, 2017 09:33 AM (2RBkF)
Hola! and good morning. I've been gone since July 15 and away from the blog. Can anyone give me a recap? Thanks in advance.
Posted by: grammie winger - 8 pounds heavier but with a great tan at July 25, 2017 09:33 AM (lwiT4)
Just about every rational explanation to trying to figure it out fails. Islam will obviously swallow the Left whole. How do they intend to profit from it? What's their angle?
My theory is that they intend to promote the Iranian version of Islam until it becomes the dominant form, which is why they're backing the Iranians, Muslim Brotherhood, "moderate Syrian rebels", and Palestine - all of them have significant Iranian connections, and you don't see that level of enthusiasm for Saudi Arabia (which they openly hate), or more rational nations like Egypt or Jordan.
The Iranian form of Islam is an apocalypse cult writ large, which says that if they do certain things (like nuke Israel), the 12th Mahdi will arrive with the latest revelation, and lead them to world conquest.
If they make Iranian Islam the default version, create the apocalypse, and no 12th Mahdi arrives, they will have over a billion people in a crisis of faith that they can preach their own death cult to (IE, the kind that comes with single-payer healthcare, star chambers, and gulags).
The other variant is that they intend to supply their own 12th Mahdi, and supply their own ideology as the "great revelation". Either way, their madness now seems like a calculated gamble to acquire the manpower to force their globalist ambitions home, in the form of 1.5 billion potential recruits.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at July 25, 2017 09:33 AM (X52ZZ)
i don't know if I like Van Gogh. it is hard to separate his art from what i know of his madness. if he had been a success in finance and married some pretty rich baroness, and lived out his days in a country villa, would he still remember him?
of course Salieri died in a nuthouse too and these days people only look for his (actually good) compositions after watching Amadeus.
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at July 25, 2017 09:33 AM (AsrrK)
Posted by: Bejeweled in Candy Crush Land at July 25, 2017 09:30 AM
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Artistic license.
Posted by: IrishEi at July 25, 2017 09:33 AM (HiDrR)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 25, 2017 09:30 AM (JSqK4)
They said the same thing about quantum physicists.
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut IN at July 25, 2017 09:33 AM (CPk08)
Footage shows Jordanian soldier gunning down three US Army Green Berets
http://nypost.com/2017/07/25/jordanian-soldier-guns-down-three-us-army-green-berets/
US State Department to blame Israel?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 25, 2017 09:34 AM (5y11N)
Posted by: kraken at July 25, 2017 09:34 AM (zSVEm)
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Nothing has changed.
The blog is still just the way you remember it.
Posted by: Bejeweled in Candy Crush Land at July 25, 2017 09:35 AM (m9X4Y)
Posted by: IrishEi at July 25, 2017 09:35 AM (HiDrR)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at July 25, 2017 09:35 AM (KP5rU)
Posted by: kraken at July 25, 2017 09:34 AM (zSVEm)
"Hey, is that bridge up for sale?"
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 25, 2017 09:35 AM (hcyUh)
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Uh, let me be clear, uh, I'm uh available.
Posted by: Barry Obama at July 25, 2017 09:35 AM (vg8iE)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 25, 2017 09:35 AM (V2Yro)
the Mo Bros and Syrian rebels are hardcore Sunni, not aligned with Iran as a whole. although Hamas might be becoming an exception to that now they don't have Egypt or ISIS.
the Iranians support Assad.
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at July 25, 2017 09:36 AM (AsrrK)
Posted by: buzzion at July 25, 2017 09:36 AM (cAnNx)
Posted by: grammie winger - 8 pounds heavier but with a great tan at July 25, 2017 09:33 AM (lwiT4)
The painting... stare at the painting... it says a lot.
Posted by: kraken at July 25, 2017 09:36 AM (zSVEm)
The blog is still just the way you remember it.
Posted by: Bejeweled in Candy Crush Land at July 25, 2017 09:35 AM
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Well, there were some banninations...
Posted by: IrishEi at July 25, 2017 09:36 AM (HiDrR)
Posted by: grammie winger - 8 pounds heavier but with a great tan at July 25, 2017 09:33 AM (lwiT4)
Hi grammie! Hope you had a great time!
There's been gloom, despair, agony, deep dark depression, excessive misery, a rather vicious episode between commenters, banning, unbanning, and our usual routine of deep political insight and dick jokes.
Posted by: Insomniac - Not Disappointed, Just Angry at July 25, 2017 09:36 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at July 25, 2017 09:37 AM (AsrrK)
Posted by: kraken at July 25, 2017 09:36 AM (zSVEm)
Take some shrooms first and the painting does a lot more than talk.
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut IN at July 25, 2017 09:37 AM (CPk08)
And with them, America,
Kinda why I think PDT should be organizing a second party.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez, they are gaslighting us 24/7 at July 25, 2017 09:37 AM (Mcvvl)
Posted by: Insomniac - Not Disappointed, Just Angry at July 25, 2017 09:36 AM (0mRoj)
Candidate for new masthead.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 25, 2017 09:38 AM (hcyUh)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at July 25, 2017 09:38 AM (KP5rU)
Posted by: grammie winger - 8 pounds heavier but with a great tan at July 25, 2017 09:33 AM (lwiT4)
A lot of the Horde are hurting and need prayers.
The GOPe continues to plumb new depths in nickelfuckery.
Gorillapundit is your only man.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 25, 2017 09:38 AM (X6fMO)
I have a fear of heights too. A high bridge? Fergettaboutit. I'm a mess.
Posted by: Tami, Public Ineffectual at July 25, 2017 09:38 AM (Enq6K)
Is it a big bridge? Roomy?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 25, 2017 09:38 AM (JSqK4)
Ya, that's what I meant.
Nothing's changed.
Tempers lost, and found.
Personal's affected and disaffected.
It's the internet, man.
Posted by: Bejeweled in Candy Crush Land at July 25, 2017 09:38 AM (m9X4Y)
Posted by: IrishEi at July 25, 2017 09:35 AM (HiDrR)
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Yep. Riviera Maya. I'm going to learn Spanish so I can go back in January and ask the waiter "Can you move my chair a little closer to the beach? And bring me a Bahama Mama while you're at it?"
There's got to be a YouTube video.
Posted by: grammie winger - 8 pounds heavier but with a great tan at July 25, 2017 09:38 AM (lwiT4)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 25, 2017 09:39 AM (mpXpK)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at July 25, 2017 09:39 AM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Insomniac - Not Disappointed, Just Angry at July 25, 2017 09:36 AM (0mRoj)
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don't tease the dicks
Posted by: buzzsaw90 at July 25, 2017 09:40 AM (PNcou)
Posted by: Kris at July 25, 2017 09:40 AM (nwqNw)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 25, 2017 09:40 AM (JSqK4)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 25, 2017 09:40 AM (5y11N)
Pushing away from the gate, buh-bye!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 25, 2017 09:41 AM (JSqK4)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 25, 2017 09:41 AM (mpXpK)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 25, 2017 09:39 AM (mpXpK)
L, Elle
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Oh, shit. And after all that time we spent helping to assure her of her massage choices.
Posted by: Bicentennialguy at July 25, 2017 09:41 AM (vg8iE)
I still don't know what the hell happened to her...
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at July 25, 2017 09:41 AM (AsrrK)
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 25, 2017 09:41 AM (UCap9)
Yes, they are - but what they don't grasp is that the Sunni-Shiite conflict has been going on for at least 1200 years, and is actually getting hotter now than it has been for a very long time.
The most likely effect of emboldening the Iranians will be the final, full kick-off of a modern version of the 30 years war, with the likely result that 30% - 50% of the Islamic population in the middle east will die while that war is waged.
If Iran does get nuclear missiles, the first city hit won't be Jerusalem - it will be Riyadh, and maybe even Mecca.
The Persians have only hated the US for about 70 years now. They've hated the Jews for about 1400 years.
They've hated the Arabs for 3,000 years and counting. That's why "one" version of Islam can never be dominant.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 25, 2017 09:41 AM (V2Yro)
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I'm sorry to hear that.
Well, there were some banninations...
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I'm sorry to hear that too.
Posted by: grammie winger - 8 pounds heavier but with a great tan at July 25, 2017 09:41 AM (lwiT4)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at July 25, 2017 09:42 AM (AsrrK)
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Hilary is in Jail
Obamacare has been repealed
Kagan/Sotomayor/Ginsburg all died in a bizarre lesbian cooking accident
and the blog now has ampersands!
Posted by: buzzsaw90 at July 25, 2017 09:42 AM (PNcou)
Posted by: Bejeweled in Candy Crush Land at July 25, 2017 09:33 AM (m9X4Y)
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I went through there yesterday. It ain't pretty.
Posted by: bluebell at July 25, 2017 09:42 AM (UoSKV)
Interesting thoughts, plausible even. Just the kind of multidimensional chess crapola that Our Betters enjoy so much. Food for thought, thanks.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez, they are gaslighting us 24/7 at July 25, 2017 09:42 AM (Mcvvl)
Posted by: grammie winger - 8 pounds heavier but with a great tan at July 25, 2017 09:42 AM (lwiT4)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at July 25, 2017 09:42 AM (KP5rU)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez, they are gaslighting us 24/7 at July 25, 2017 09:43 AM (Mcvvl)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 25, 2017 09:39 AM (mpXpK)
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testing....
NOT ME
Posted by: buzzsaw90 at July 25, 2017 09:43 AM (PNcou)
Posted by: Bejeweled in Candy Crush Land at July 25, 2017 09:33 AM (m9X4Y)
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I went through there yesterday. It ain't pretty.
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How high of a drop is that?
Posted by: Bicentennialguy at July 25, 2017 09:43 AM (vg8iE)
Posted by: Lester at July 25, 2017 09:43 AM (LfJIn)
What did she do?
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 25, 2017 09:41 AM (mpXpK)
A boatload of cocaine.
Posted by: Monkfish at July 25, 2017 09:43 AM (7ciu+)
Man, I loved that Album. (even if at first I thought it was called "Bridge of Size")
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 25, 2017 09:43 AM (V2Yro)
Obamacare has been repealed
Kagan/Sotomayor/Ginsburg all died in a bizarre lesbian cooking accident
and the blog now has ampersands!
Posted by: buzzsaw90 at July 25, 2017 09:42 AM (PNcou)
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Wonderful! I ought to go away more often!
Posted by: grammie winger - 8 pounds heavier but with a great tan at July 25, 2017 09:43 AM (lwiT4)
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 25, 2017 09:43 AM (UCap9)
Posted by: kraken at July 25, 2017 09:43 AM (zSVEm)
Nude in Sunlight is my favorite Renoir.
The critics at the time said it looked like a corpse that's started to turn.
Critics are useless.
Posted by: Jack Sock at July 25, 2017 09:43 AM (A3edJ)
Posted by: Dr_No at July 25, 2017 09:44 AM (imDUY)
the Mo Bros and Syrian rebels are hardcore Sunni, not aligned with Iran as a whole. although Hamas might be becoming an exception to that now they don't have Egypt or ISIS.
the Iranians support Assad.
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at July 25, 2017 09:36 AM (AsrrK)
I misspoke about the Muslim Brotherhood. Sorry, it's rather late in my day.
The Muslim Brotherhood's use to them is in destabilizing the actually more moderate Islamic nations (such as Egypt), which weakens them with civil war and sectarian squabbling while Iran (their chosen overlord) continues furthering its imperial ambitions.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at July 25, 2017 09:44 AM (X52ZZ)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 25, 2017 09:41 AM (mpXpK)
Said some things to SMFH that were, in my view, vicious and personal.
Posted by: Insomniac - Not Disappointed, Just Angry at July 25, 2017 09:44 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: grammie winger - 8 pounds heavier but with a great tan at July 25, 2017 09:42 AM (lwiT4)
Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh no
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 25, 2017 09:44 AM (5y11N)
Welcome home, grammie! I think we had a sighting or two of you while you were gone, no?
Posted by: bluebell at July 25, 2017 09:44 AM (UoSKV)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 25, 2017 09:44 AM (mpXpK)
Posted by: Édouard Manet at July 25, 2017 09:44 AM (xAvrH)
Posted by: Jack Sock at July 25, 2017 09:43 AM (A3edJ)
Absolutely. Art has rules. Don't need a critic to interpret them.
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut IN at July 25, 2017 09:45 AM (CPk08)
If it's Bridge Week, check out some of the Japanese prints for the Kintai Bridge near Iwakuni.
It's one of my faves.
Posted by: naturalfake at July 25, 2017 09:45 AM (9q7Dl)
maybe 1600. the last years of the Sasanians weren't all great for the Jews of Iraq. Yazdegerd II and Peroz being some standouts for this. (they didn't like Christians either.)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at July 25, 2017 09:45 AM (AsrrK)
Posted by: grammie winger - 8 pounds heavier but with a great tan at July 25, 2017 09:42 AM (lwiT4)
When the drama continues, and you're the only one still around, you're not some innocent victim, and when the cobs tell you on 2 separate threads to drop it, listen.
Posted by: buzzion at July 25, 2017 09:45 AM (cAnNx)
Also kinda fun to see 'em fall!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CWCipKGCZI
Posted by: Lizzy at July 25, 2017 09:45 AM (NOIQH)
77 What did she do?
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 25, 2017 09:41 AM (mpXpK)
Said some things to SMFH that were, in my view, vicious and personal.
Posted by: Insomniac - Not Disappointed, Just Angry at July 25, 2017 09:44 AM (0mRoj)
Ace has issued many warnings on that.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 25, 2017 09:45 AM (mpXpK)
RT really grew on me, I don't remember how I heard about him, but nice mellow bluesy sound.
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 25, 2017 09:45 AM (UCap9)
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Is a hatred of western civ and Christianity and a luv of anal enough to build an alliance on?
Posted by: buzzsaw90 at July 25, 2017 09:45 AM (PNcou)
Posted by: Bicentennialguy at July 25, 2017 09:43 AM (vg8iE)
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Pretty far. I still haven't hit the bottom of the Hudson yet.
Posted by: bluebell at July 25, 2017 09:46 AM (UoSKV)
Posted by: Camille D. at July 25, 2017 09:46 AM (V2Yro)
I never liked the lower level.
Posted by: Bejeweled in Candy Crush Land at July 25, 2017 09:46 AM (m9X4Y)
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Oh, my yes.
Posted by: Barry, Loving Anal at July 25, 2017 09:46 AM (vg8iE)
Obamacare has been repealed
Kagan/Sotomayor/Ginsburg all died in a bizarre lesbian cooking accident
and the blog now has ampersands!
Posted by: buzzsaw90 at July 25, 2017 09:42 AM (PNcou)
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Wonderful! I ought to go away more often!
Posted by: grammie winger - 8 pounds heavier but with a great tan at July 25, 2017 09:43 AM (lwiT4)
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and i ate the brown acid
Posted by: buzzsaw90 at July 25, 2017 09:47 AM (PNcou)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 25, 2017 09:45 AM (mpXpK)
She then attempted to carry the drama over into the next day, and ignored multiple warnings to let it go.
Posted by: Insomniac - Not Disappointed, Just Angry at July 25, 2017 09:47 AM (0mRoj)
I'm not particularly afraid of bridges, even the ones that go way, way up. But the Chesapeake Bay bridge tunnel? I get white knuckles just thinking about it. Only about thirty feet off the water. No shoulder. Cross winds. Opposing trucks as they go by at high speed send car shuddering around.
Now imagine a boat trailer behind the vehicle.
Posted by: Slippery Slope Salesman at July 25, 2017 09:47 AM (EgwCt)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at July 25, 2017 09:35 AM (KP5rU)
I know you're just kidding, so this isn't at you. Your comment brought up a huge pet peeve of mine in the art world--the stupid and ignorant association of anything tall, thin and columnar with the penis. God, it's annoying. I saw it everywhere when I taught art history, from the Egyptian obelisk, the Column of Trajan, to modern skyscrapers. Thank you, Freud. Pfft.
Posted by: Kris at July 25, 2017 09:47 AM (nwqNw)
Posted by: grammie winger - 8 pounds heavier but with a great tan at July 25, 2017 09:42 AM (lwiT4)
When the drama continues, and you're the only one still around, you're not some innocent victim, and when the cobs tell you on 2 separate threads to drop it, listen.
Posted by: buzzion at July 25, 2017 09:45 AM (cAnNx)
Yeah... it all became... relentless.
Posted by: kraken at July 25, 2017 09:47 AM (zSVEm)
Duct tape ?
Posted by: JT at July 25, 2017 09:47 AM (i+qsp)
Hey! Those are the lyrics to an old George Michael tune.
Posted by: Roy at July 25, 2017 09:48 AM (7n4KQ)
It's one of my faves.
Posted by: naturalfake at July 25, 2017 09:45 AM (9q7Dl)
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I'm not sure CBD should be encouraging viewer submissions for Bridge Week. We might get something from NGU's Greatest Hits collection.
Posted by: bluebell at July 25, 2017 09:48 AM (UoSKV)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at July 25, 2017 09:49 AM (AM1GF)
They eliminated the tree rule in 1634.
Posted by: Jack Sock at July 25, 2017 09:49 AM (A3edJ)
Posted by: NCKate at July 25, 2017 09:49 AM (E4p3I)
Duct tape ?
Posted by: JT at July 25, 2017 09:47 AM (i+qsp)
Not in the Budget
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 25, 2017 09:49 AM (5y11N)
Now imagine a boat trailer behind the vehicle.
Posted by: Slippery Slope Salesman at July 25, 2017 09:47 AM (EgwCt)
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it was even worse when it was only one lane each direction. *** shudders ***
Posted by: buzzsaw90 at July 25, 2017 09:49 AM (PNcou)
115 "105 Monet is the root of all evil."
No, the Love of Monet is the root of all evil.
Posted by: Camille D. at July 25, 2017 09:46 AM (V2Yro)
But girls are actually evil.
It's been mathematically proven.
https://tinyurl.com/ouvd3hu
Posted by: buzzion at July 25, 2017 09:49 AM (cAnNx)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez, they are gaslighting us 24/7 at July 25, 2017 09:42 AM (Mcvvl)
Exactly, and moreso than any other explanation for their unholy alliance that I've seen, it has the missing piece - a profit motive that moves them closer to absolute power.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at July 25, 2017 09:49 AM (X52ZZ)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at July 25, 2017 09:49 AM (KP5rU)
6 It's bridge week! How many Monet bridges are there, anyway?
Posted by: joncelli, Ray of Freakin' Sunshine at July 25, 2017 09:22 AM (RD7QR)
No, it's Shark Week this week.
And you'll be hearing from our lawyers.
Posted by: The Discovery Channel at July 25, 2017 09:50 AM (veoSD)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 25, 2017 09:45 AM (mpXpK)
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But she persisted!
Posted by: buzzsaw90 at July 25, 2017 09:50 AM (PNcou)
Posted by: JT at July 25, 2017 09:50 AM (i+qsp)
Posted by: Roy at July 25, 2017 09:50 AM (7n4KQ)
I never liked the lower level.
Posted by: Bejeweled in Candy Crush Land at July 25, 2017 09:46 AM (m9X4Y)
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You could actually take your eyes off the road to look at the skyline? Wow. I hold on like grim death to the steering wheel while keeping my eyes on all the loons around me and trying to avoid being run over by trucks. One tried to take me out yesterday, in fact, but I prevailed.
Posted by: bluebell at July 25, 2017 09:50 AM (UoSKV)
Posted by: bluebell
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"And just look at the overbite on this one!"
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 25, 2017 09:51 AM (sQ1li)
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Yeah, I hate that one too. Just seeing it coming up through the windshield gives me the heebie-jeebies.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at July 25, 2017 09:51 AM (IBcGJ)
And you'll be hearing from our lawyers.
Posted by: The Discovery Channel at July 25, 2017 09:50 AM (veoSD)
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This week on Shark Week! Shark week jumps the Shark!!!
Posted by: buzzsaw90 at July 25, 2017 09:51 AM (PNcou)
Posted by: Jack Sock at July 25, 2017 09:49 AM (A3edJ)
We who are faithful will never submit.
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut IN at July 25, 2017 09:52 AM (CPk08)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at July 25, 2017 09:52 AM (AsrrK)
Posted by: kraken at July 25, 2017 09:52 AM (zSVEm)
Europe has some kool modern bridges but don't ask me to name them.
Posted by: Bejeweled in Candy Crush Land at July 25, 2017 09:52 AM (m9X4Y)
Posted by: grammie winger - 8 pounds heavier but with a great tan at July 25, 2017 09:52 AM (lwiT4)
Posted by: NCKate at July 25, 2017 09:53 AM (E4p3I)
Welcome sulphur dioxide,
Hello carbon monoxide
The air, the air is everywhere
Breathe deep, while you sleep, breathe deep
Posted by: Hair at July 25, 2017 09:53 AM (OdK9v)
Posted by: sinalco at July 25, 2017 09:54 AM (yODqO)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at July 25, 2017 09:54 AM (KP5rU)
Got that t-shirt. A few of them actually.
I don't mind the Chesapeake but I don't like the tunnel in Baltimore harbor. Thing looks like it was built pre-war of southern aggression and it is way too narrow.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 25, 2017 09:54 AM (/tuJf)
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Well, I was in a BIG truck, so ya, I could sight see because the only way to drive in NYC in a big truck is ignore the little people. I'm going where I'm going and all y'all just better stay out of my way.
Posted by: Bejeweled in Candy Crush Land at July 25, 2017 09:55 AM (m9X4Y)
Posted by: kraken
The Causeway in Galveston, Tx when it's under a foot of snow & ice.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 25, 2017 09:55 AM (Bd48Y)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at July 25, 2017 09:56 AM (KP5rU)
The Tampa Bridge is the one I was thinking about that is so freaking tall. Drove over it a couple times. Could do it twice a day forever without an ounce of fear. Magnificent view at top.
But the Chesapeake Bay bridge tunnel? Holy shit that's nasty. The tunnels - I don't think they're even standard 10 foot lane width. They seem to be about six foot wide.
Posted by: Slippery Slope Salesman at July 25, 2017 09:56 AM (EgwCt)
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i think i remember a bridge in Savannah Georgia that seemed ridiculously high from my childhood
Posted by: buzzsaw90 at July 25, 2017 09:57 AM (PNcou)
Trump really needs to purge the State Department which is a hotbed of Obama holdovers.
Weasel Zippers
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 25, 2017 09:58 AM (5y11N)
On a windy, rainy day... awesome.
Posted by: kraken at July 25, 2017 09:58 AM (zSVEm)
up. But the Chesapeake Bay bridge tunnel? I get white knuckles just
thinking about it. Only about thirty feet off the water. No shoulder.
Cross winds. Opposing trucks as they go by at high speed send car
shuddering around.
Now imagine a boat trailer behind the vehicle.
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.There used to be people you could hire to drive your vehicle across that back in the day. Not sure if they still have them there.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at July 25, 2017 09:58 AM (0pcwX)
Posted by: Jack Sock
He's no Rich Little
Posted by: Bruce at July 25, 2017 09:58 AM (8ikIW)
Posted by: Insomniac - Not Disappointed, Just Angry at July 25, 2017 09:59 AM (0mRoj)
First time through that tunnel, I was wider than the traffic lane. That was fun.
Posted by: Bejeweled in Candy Crush Land at July 25, 2017 09:59 AM (m9X4Y)
Jimmy Choo has a new owner.
Michael Kors said on Tuesday it has agreed to purchase the luxury shoemaker for approximately $1.2 billion, adding a coveted global brand to the U.S. retailer's stable as its own handbag and accessories sales suffer.
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at July 25, 2017 09:59 AM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 25, 2017 10:00 AM (OdK9v)
Just about every rational explanation to trying to figure it out fails. Islam will obviously swallow the Left whole. How do they intend to profit from it? What's their angle?
I have not read the other threads this morning. My view is that the left/demonazis, like the iranian muzzies, are of the belief that the current way things are can not continue. In order to form their version of utopia the old/current way must be completely destroyed in order to be remade "correctly." Both understand that half or more of the current population must die. Because of these things, they are natural allies for the short run.
Posted by: Bonecrusher at July 25, 2017 10:00 AM (JNTt1)
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at July 25, 2017 09:58 AM (0pcwX)
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I'm not sure about the CB Bridge Tunnel, which is the VA Beach one, but they do have people that you can hire to drive across the CB Bridge on Route 50 in Maryland. A lot of people have trouble with that one too.
Posted by: bluebell at July 25, 2017 10:00 AM (UoSKV)
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 25, 2017 10:00 AM (UCap9)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/ycqozmcd
hotair most impacted
Posted by: Under Fire at July 25, 2017 10:00 AM (mcI77)
Posted by: Al al-Gore, the third chakra devotee at July 25, 2017 10:01 AM (ylUqT)
The one on the left:
http://tinyurl.com/ycrva8x7
Posted by: Tami, Public Ineffectual at July 25, 2017 10:01 AM (Enq6K)
Posted by: grammie winger - 8 pounds heavier but with a great tan at July 25, 2017 09:52 AM (lwiT4)
Do you mean the Mackinaw Bridge connecting the upper and lower peninsulas of Michigan?
Posted by: jwest at July 25, 2017 10:01 AM (Zs4uk)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 25, 2017 10:01 AM (mpXpK)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 25, 2017 10:00 AM (OdK9v)
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Nope nope nope nope nopity nope nope nope.
Posted by: bluebell at July 25, 2017 10:02 AM (UoSKV)
Tons of fun when you are towing a boat with a t-top. Zero room for error.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 25, 2017 10:02 AM (/tuJf)
It was built in 1952. One of the least safe bridges in the USA. I take the 210 bypass bridge even if it adds 20 minutes to the trip.
Posted by: Jack Sock at July 25, 2017 10:02 AM (A3edJ)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at July 25, 2017 10:02 AM (KP5rU)
Posted by: kraken at July 25, 2017 09:52 AM (zSVEm)
I4 in Central Florida. The words "congested clusterfuck" do not do it justice.
Have to drive all the way through Orlando to get to something on the other side? It's always under construction, and there's only one through-lane, everything else is always diving off in one direction or another to the tourist traps or shopping districts. Which lane is the through lane isn't even consistent from exit to exit, so prepare for lots of lane changes in a tightly packed highway environment full of the world's worst drivers.
How bad? Most of the drivers are probably "medicated" in some way shape or form, legally, by shady "pain management" doctors, with club drugs, pot, or just plain booze. The rest are just assholes who will happily kill you to get where they're going .2 seconds faster. There's also high odds that, in addition to all of the above, they're international tourists who are still following the laws of their native countries rather than American traffic laws.
So, you're finally through Orlando? Watch out for the superfog (the unholy offspring of smoke and fog) that's a frequent occurrence thanks to all of the damned swamp fires, or the possibility that a sinkhole might suddenly swallow a portion of the road.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at July 25, 2017 10:02 AM (X52ZZ)
Posted by: jwest at July 25, 2017 10:01 AM (Zs4uk)
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How do I know? All those Yoopers look alike to me/.
Posted by: grammie winger - 8 pounds heavier but with a great tan at July 25, 2017 10:03 AM (lwiT4)
http://tinyurl.com/ycrva8x7
Posted by: Tami, Public Ineffectual at July 25, 2017 10:01 AM (Enq6K)
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Oh good grief. It looks like the road is folded. Like a slice of raw bacon.
Posted by: bluebell at July 25, 2017 10:03 AM (UoSKV)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 25, 2017 10:03 AM (ctuyM)
"Waterloo Sunset"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_MqfF0WBsU
Posted by: naturalfake at July 25, 2017 09:26 AM (9q7Dl)
One of my favorite Kinks songs:
Terry meets Julie, Waterloo Station
Every Friday night
But I am so lazy, don't want to wander
I stay at home at night
But I don't feel afraid
As long as I gaze on Waterloo sunset
I am in paradise
Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 25, 2017 10:03 AM (493sH)
Posted by: Under Fire at July 25, 2017 10:03 AM (mcI77)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/ycqozmcd
hotair most impacted
Posted by: Under Fire at July 25, 2017 10:00 AM (mcI77)
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Stay Away From the Cans!
Posted by: Navin R Johnson at July 25, 2017 10:04 AM (PNcou)
Posted by: grammie winger - 8 pounds heavier but with a great tan at July 25, 2017 10:03 AM (lwiT4)
Here's a video of the drive crossing the bridge:
https://tinyurl.com/y7kbhufr
Posted by: jwest at July 25, 2017 10:04 AM (Zs4uk)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 25, 2017 10:04 AM (IqV8l)
Posted by: bluebell at July 25, 2017 10:05 AM (UoSKV)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 25, 2017 10:05 AM (Bd48Y)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at July 25, 2017 10:05 AM (KP5rU)
https://tinyurl.com/y7kbhufr
Posted by: jwest at July 25, 2017 10:04 AM (Zs4uk)
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This is why you take the ferry.
Posted by: grammie winger - 8 pounds heavier but with a great tan at July 25, 2017 10:06 AM (lwiT4)
Posted by: jwest at July 25, 2017 10:01 AM (Zs4uk)
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How do I know? All those Yoopers look alike to me/.
Posted by: grammie winger
Sault St Marie International Bridge
Posted by: Bruce at July 25, 2017 10:06 AM (8ikIW)
Posted by: grammie winger - 8 pounds heavier but with a great tan at July 25, 2017 10:07 AM (lwiT4)
Posted by: buzzion at July 25, 2017 09:45 AM (cAnNx)
You all should listen to buzzion - he gets his info straight from the spirit world.
How's babe Ruth these days?
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Find the Dark Linings in the Silver Clouds at the Outrage Outlet! at July 25, 2017 10:07 AM (hLRSq)
Nope nope nope nope nopity nope nope nope.
Posted by: bluebell
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It's five miles of, "Don't look down, don't look down..."
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 25, 2017 10:07 AM (OdK9v)
Posted by: grammie winger - 8 pounds heavier but with a great tan at July 25, 2017 10:08 AM (lwiT4)
Posted by: Les Kinetic at July 25, 2017 10:08 AM (U6f54)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at July 25, 2017 10:09 AM (KP5rU)
Yeah, I've never got the " fun theory" of Florida.. been there quite a bit, never have found it.
Summer... wretchedly hot, full of k-12s and their stressed handlers.
Winter.... bursting at the seam with Sociopathic Snowbirds, all determined to have Fun, Fun, Fun!!!... even if they have to walk over carnage to get it.
Posted by: kraken at July 25, 2017 10:09 AM (zSVEm)
Ohhhhhhhhhhh.
/BR549
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at July 25, 2017 10:09 AM (MINbv)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/ycqozmcd
hotair most impacted
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.I literally just bought a can of those beans 30 minutes ago at Walmart.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at July 25, 2017 10:09 AM (0pcwX)
I don't have pictures of driving across the Golden Gate. Didn't have a camera at the time, and it was after the collapse of the 880 and the local city streets in SF were a bitch.
Posted by: Bejeweled in Candy Crush Land at July 25, 2017 10:09 AM (m9X4Y)
Posted by: Bruce at July 25, 2017 10:10 AM (8ikIW)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 25, 2017 10:07 AM (OdK9v)
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It would be like trying not to look at a train wreck for me.
Of course, I can't even ride a motorcycle. My brother tried to teach me once. I kept falling over sideways (going very slowly). After he stopped laughing, he said he thought I should just hang it up. So I did.
Posted by: bluebell at July 25, 2017 10:10 AM (UoSKV)
Posted by: DaveD at July 25, 2017 10:11 AM (P5fqQ)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 25, 2017 10:11 AM (OdK9v)
Oh good grief. It looks like the road is folded. Like a slice of raw bacon.
Posted by: bluebell at July 25, 2017 10:03 AM (UoSKV)
Right? If I was told I had to take that 'road', I'd just stay right where I was.
T'aint no way, no how.
Posted by: Tami, Public Ineffectual at July 25, 2017 10:12 AM (Enq6K)
Posted by: grammie winger - 8 pounds heavier but with a great tan at July 25, 2017 10:06 AM (lwiT4)
There is no direct ferry route across the Straits of Mackinac. That was a requirement for the state to get the bonding to build the bridge.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Find the Dark Linings in the Silver Clouds at the Outrage Outlet! at July 25, 2017 10:12 AM (hLRSq)
Having been born in Florida and having lived there for almost 90% of my life, my opinion of the state can be summed up in one sentence:
Once a swamp, always a swamp.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at July 25, 2017 10:12 AM (X52ZZ)
Posted by: Normandy Rockwell at July 25, 2017 10:12 AM (XffXq)
http://tinyurl.com/ycrva8x7
Posted by: Tami
Tami, that is not real. The aerial photos are draped over a digital terrain model (which probably exaggerated 3x), and ditorted. Easy to do in Google Earth.
Posted by: Pnut at July 25, 2017 10:13 AM (iynDC)
The Chesapeake Bay bridge tunnel has some sort of rest stop about halfway across. Now the entire bridge/tunnel system is like 20 plus miles long and it's probably a little longer than half an hour to cross. It seems like every-single-solitary car stops at the rest stop.
It's *that* freaking exhausting.
But an incredible view of Chesapeake Bay. But I'd rather be in a boat, on the water than up on that bridge.
Posted by: Slippery Slope Salesman at July 25, 2017 10:13 AM (EgwCt)
Posted by: grammie winger - 8 pounds heavier but with a great tan at July 25, 2017 10:08 AM (lwiT4)
Nah. I'm not from Michigan and I know that you pronounce those weird.
Now when you ask someone how you say Worcester. That is how you know where they are from.
Posted by: buzzion at July 25, 2017 10:13 AM (cAnNx)
Posted by: naturalfake at July 25, 2017 09:45 AM (9q7Dl)
I am not a fan of Japanese art...
It's formulaic. I simply don't see any originality in it.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 25, 2017 10:13 AM (wYseH)
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman
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Chow down! You may have won the Liability Lottery.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 25, 2017 10:13 AM (OdK9v)
The one with the jacka** who left his dog to die?
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at July 25, 2017 10:14 AM (MINbv)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at July 25, 2017 10:14 AM (KP5rU)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/ycm7ufer
Posted by: Barack Obama is a bad, bad man at July 25, 2017 10:14 AM (ylUqT)
Of course, I can't even ride a motorcycle. My brother tried to
teach me once. I kept falling over sideways (going very slowly). After
he stopped laughing, he said he thought I should just hang it up. So I
did.
Posted by: bluebell at July 25, 2017 10:10 AM (UoSKV)
You should try driving a bike across one of those steel grated bridges. I used to have to cross one of those on my bike to get back and forth to work in Alameda, CA
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 25, 2017 10:14 AM (mpXpK)
Mackinac. That was a requirement for the state to get the bonding to
build the bridge.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Find the Dark Linings in the Silver Clouds at the Outrage Outlet! at July 25, 2017 10:12 AM (hLRSq)
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I may go back to drunk-blogging.
Posted by: grammie winger - 8 pounds heavier but with a great tan at July 25, 2017 10:14 AM (lwiT4)
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut IN at July 25, 2017 10:15 AM (CPk08)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 25, 2017 10:13 AM (OdK9v)
I know, right?? After all, a little case of botulism, not too much to endure for a Big Payday!!!
Posted by: kraken at July 25, 2017 10:15 AM (zSVEm)
Now when you ask someone how you say Worcester. That is how you know where they are from.
Posted by: buzzion at July 25, 2017 10:13 AM (cAnNx)
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Pfffft. I can say the Michigan ones, and that one, and I'm not from either place.
Say Peabody.
Posted by: bluebell at July 25, 2017 10:16 AM (UoSKV)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 25, 2017 10:16 AM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 25, 2017 10:16 AM (OdK9v)
It's formulaic. I simply don't see any originality in it.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 25, 2017 10:13 AM (wYseH)
They do portray the black pine prettily.
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at July 25, 2017 10:16 AM (CPk08)
There are quieter parts, away from the touristy sections. Had family who lived in Pass-a-Grill and it was glorious, and more family in Vero Beach (land of golf course-based gated communities) that was also nice.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 25, 2017 10:16 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 25, 2017 10:16 AM (/tuJf)
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In Deluxbury?
Posted by: bluebell at July 25, 2017 10:17 AM (UoSKV)
Posted by: dantesed at July 25, 2017 10:17 AM (88xKn)
Posted by: Corona at July 25, 2017 10:17 AM (PsMRi)
Not scary, but cute - the Wiggly Bridge in York, ME:
http://tinyurl.com/ycbegxzo
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 25, 2017 10:17 AM (X6fMO)
Posted by: NCKate at July 25, 2017 10:18 AM (E4p3I)
'Leicester', in western NC.
'Dahlonega' in GA
Posted by: Mike Hammer
Mexia, Texas
Bexar County, Tx
Posted by: rickb223 at July 25, 2017 10:18 AM (Bd48Y)
Yep. Used to be the older too but they rebuilt it a few years ago and so technically it lost that title.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 25, 2017 10:18 AM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 25, 2017 10:18 AM (OdK9v)
Posted by: Kris at July 25, 2017 10:19 AM (nwqNw)
Posted by: IrishEi at July 25, 2017 10:19 AM (HiDrR)
Posted by: bluebell at July 25, 2017 10:17 AM
Hah! Haven't heard that one in a while. Were you up on the lovely south shore?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 25, 2017 10:19 AM (p+Wdc)
Also nice, Bridge of Flowers in Shelburne Falls, MA:
http://www.bridgeofflowersmass.org/
Posted by: Lizzy at July 25, 2017 10:19 AM (NOIQH)
We crossed that beast on a foggy night. I was waiting for the bow of a off course container ship to come crunching through it in front of us. Terrifying.
Posted by: Under Fire at July 25, 2017 10:19 AM (mcI77)
Posted by: geoffb5 at July 25, 2017 10:20 AM (d3wbb)
Posted by: kraken at July 25, 2017 10:20 AM (zSVEm)
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at July 25, 2017 10:20 AM (MINbv)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 25, 2017 10:18 AM
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Was that the botulism thing?
Posted by: IrishEi at July 25, 2017 10:20 AM (HiDrR)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 25, 2017 10:20 AM (OdK9v)
It's formulaic. I simply don't see any originality in it.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 25, 2017 10:13 AM (wise)
That's a rather wide ranging condemnation of a whole nation's art.
I shall save you from this anti-intellectual stance.
My guess is what you are actually saying is-
"I'm not a fan of Ukiyo-e style wood block prints."
You're welcome!
Posted by: naturalfake at July 25, 2017 10:21 AM (9q7Dl)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 25, 2017 10:16 AM (OdK9v)
Refugio and LaMarque in Texas
Posted by: MAC SOG at July 25, 2017 10:21 AM (QPdNE)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 25, 2017 10:21 AM (OdK9v)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 25, 2017 10:19 AM (p+Wdc)
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I was! Just got home last night. It was a quick trip, only five days. But we fit a lot in.
How are you doing, my friend?
Posted by: bluebell at July 25, 2017 10:21 AM (UoSKV)
Posted by: Marcus T at July 25, 2017 10:21 AM (zJ3L1)
Residency tests:
...
Mexia, Texas
Bexar County, Tx
Posted by: rickb223 at July 25, 2017 10:18 AM (Bd48Y)
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Versailles, IN
Posted by: RioBravo at July 25, 2017 10:21 AM (SsblQ)
Posted by: Lizzy at July 25, 2017 10:16 AM (NOIQH)
Ft. Lauderdale used to be nice, I grew up there. Now it's just a congested third world country with better architecture and plumbing. Every time I fly in to visit my brother, I feel like I should need a passport.
Most of my family relocated to Central Florida as it was becoming that. I have nothing nice to say about Central Florida at all.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at July 25, 2017 10:22 AM (X52ZZ)
Yep. Lived in NYC at the time, too.
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at July 25, 2017 10:22 AM (MINbv)
Ooh, I so want to do that! It's on the North Rim, right?
Posted by: Lizzy at July 25, 2017 10:22 AM (NOIQH)
full control. I am so sick of this garbage. Every time they back off
the response is more violence from all the usual suspects.
Posted by: Marcus T at July 25, 2017 10:21 AM (zJ3L1)
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Amen to that.
Posted by: grammie winger - 8 pounds heavier but with a great tan at July 25, 2017 10:22 AM (lwiT4)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 25, 2017 10:22 AM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 25, 2017 10:21 AM
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I don't think anyone ever heard of botulism before that. Caused quite a panic; now people squirt it in their faces.
Posted by: IrishEi at July 25, 2017 10:23 AM (HiDrR)
Posted by: IrishEi at July 25, 2017 10:19 AM (HiDrR)
There's an app for that. Seriously, there is.
Posted by: Tami, Public Ineffectual at July 25, 2017 10:23 AM (Enq6K)
Posted by: Lizzy at July 25, 2017 10:22 AM (NOIQH)
Just be SURE you like heights...
Posted by: kraken at July 25, 2017 10:23 AM (zSVEm)
Posted by: RioBravo at July 25, 2017 10:21 AM (SsblQ)
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Cairo IL
Vienna, IL
Posted by: grammie winger - 8 pounds heavier but with a great tan at July 25, 2017 10:23 AM (lwiT4)
congested third world country with better architecture and plumbing.
That's a shame!
Posted by: Lizzy at July 25, 2017 10:23 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 25, 2017 10:24 AM (wYseH)
Posted by: Marcus T at July 25, 2017 10:24 AM (zJ3L1)
Posted by: Ian S. at July 25, 2017 10:24 AM (jx78V)
Posted by: kraken at July 25, 2017 10:20 AM (zSVEm)
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I would be standing right there next to her, with my fingernails dug into that sign post.
I can't even look at that photo of the Empire State Building construction workers eating lunch on the beam without feeling ill.
Posted by: bluebell at July 25, 2017 10:24 AM (UoSKV)
Posted by: RioBravo at July 25, 2017 10:21 AM (SsblQ)
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Cairo IL
Vienna, IL
Posted by: grammie winger - 8 pounds heavier but with a great tan at July 25, 2017 10:23 AM (lwiT4)
Cuba, Mexico, and Nevada Missouri.
Posted by: kraken at July 25, 2017 10:24 AM (zSVEm)
Posted by: RioBravo at July 25, 2017 10:21 AM (SsblQ)
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Cairo IL
Vienna, IL
Posted by: grammie winger - 8 pounds heavier but with a great tan at July 25, 2017 10:23 AM (lwiT4)
Russia, OH
Houston, OH
Posted by: buzzion at July 25, 2017 10:25 AM (cAnNx)
I don't particularly*, but I love the grand canyon and roller-coasters, so it seems like it would hit that sweet spot of viewing natural beauty + total thrill.
*I lived in an 18th floor condo for years, so I got used to the queasiness of looking down.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 25, 2017 10:25 AM (NOIQH)
I shall save you from this anti-intellectual stance.
My guess is what you are actually saying is-
"I'm not a fan of Ukiyo-e style wood block prints."
You're welcome!
Posted by: naturalfake at July 25, 2017 10:21 AM (9q7Dl)
I'm rather fond of this one:
https://tinyurl.com/y8qklfpc
(although it is clearly densiflora and not thunbergensis and thus transgresses, nay, even shatters many Western preconceptons )
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at July 25, 2017 10:25 AM (CPk08)
Posted by: Marcus T at July 25, 2017 10:25 AM (zJ3L1)
Do people know when you un-follow them on Twitter?
Posted by: IrishEi at July 25, 2017 10:19 AM (HiDrR)
If they pay attention to their follower list, yes.
Posted by: Hikaru at July 25, 2017 10:26 AM (XMDuf)
Posted by: Insomniac - Not Disappointed, Just Angry at July 25, 2017 10:26 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Ian S. at July 25, 2017 10:24 AM (jx78V)
Of course they would.
It takes a village, and by village they mean almighty soulless bureaucracy, to raise a child.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at July 25, 2017 10:26 AM (X52ZZ)
Posted by: grammie winger - 8 pounds heavier but with a great tan at July 25, 2017 10:23 AM (lwiT4)
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Cairo is tricky. I have had some long-time residents tell me it is Care-O and others that it is Kye-ro, and yet others that it is Kay-ro.
Posted by: RioBravo at July 25, 2017 10:26 AM (SsblQ)
Posted by: Russkilitlover at July 25, 2017 10:26 AM (fYDTd)
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at July 25, 2017 10:26 AM (MINbv)
and they deign to allow parents to raise them unless they do or say
something that offends our globalist overlords.
And they wonder why Americans love their guns?
Posted by: Lizzy at July 25, 2017 10:26 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at July 25, 2017 10:26 AM (CPk08)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
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I would like to hear them introduced by Al Sharpton.
As I have mentioned before, I keep hoping that the name of the President of Turkmenistan will some day pop up on Al's teleprompter:
Gurbanguly Mälikgulyýewiç Berdimuhamedow
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 25, 2017 10:27 AM (OdK9v)
Posted by: grammie winger - 8 pounds heavier but with a great tan at July 25, 2017 10:23 AM (lwiT4)
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Cairo is tricky. I have had some long-time residents tell me it is Care-O and others that it is Kye-ro, and yet others that it is Kay-ro.
Posted by: RioBravo at July 25, 2017 10:26 AM (SsblQ)
It's also pretty much South Detroit.
Posted by: kraken at July 25, 2017 10:27 AM (zSVEm)
over a digital terrain model (which probably exaggerated 3x), and
ditorted. Easy to do in Google Earth.
Posted by: Pnut at July 25, 2017 10:13 AM (iynDC)
Really?....phew. I'd hate to think that existed anywhere.
Posted by: Tami, Public Ineffectual at July 25, 2017 10:27 AM (Enq6K)
Posted by: RioBravo at July 25, 2017 10:26 AM (SsblQ)
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When I used to live down there, it was Kay-ro. Of course, this was the 70's and everyone was high.
Posted by: grammie winger - 8 pounds heavier but with a great tan at July 25, 2017 10:28 AM (lwiT4)
Posted by: kraken"
New River Gorge bridge in West Virginia, 876 feet about the gorge. used to be the longest arch bridge in the world. However it is not the bridge itself that is so fearsome, although it is impressive. It is the people bungee jumping to the rapids below (an activity I always have considered border-line insane.)
Posted by: Ripley at July 25, 2017 10:28 AM (MxEKc)
(*&**&^%&^)
Posted by: the guy across the street at July 25, 2017 10:28 AM (sf2BM)
Posted by: grammie winger - 8 pounds heavier but with a great tan at July 25, 2017 10:23 AM (lwiT4)
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Cairo is tricky. I have had some long-time residents tell me it is Care-O and others that it is Kye-ro, and yet others that it is Kay-ro.
Posted by: RioBravo at July 25, 2017 10:26 AM (SsblQ)
So its like trying to order a gyro at a greek restaurant. No matter which way you try to pronounce it you're gonna be wrong.
Posted by: buzzion at July 25, 2017 10:28 AM (cAnNx)
Posted by: NCKate at July 25, 2017 10:28 AM (E4p3I)
Posted by: Insomniac - Not Disappointed, Just Angry at July 25, 2017 10:26 AM (0mRoj)
Easier just to not visit the whole damn state.
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at July 25, 2017 10:28 AM (CPk08)
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This is what it looks like when "officials" start to sniff that the rule of law is dead. First its just talk about hypotheticals, and a couple of months later they are talking about giving the mob a whiff of grapeshot to get them under control.
C'est la vie . . .
Posted by: simplemind at July 25, 2017 10:28 AM (Wn+5z)
Posted by: Tami, Public Ineffectual at July 25, 2017 10:23 AM
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Thanks, Tami. I'll Bing it.
Posted by: IrishEi at July 25, 2017 10:28 AM (HiDrR)
Palestine,TX
Posted by: Jack Sock at July 25, 2017 10:29 AM (A3edJ)
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Well consider the possibility that the "rino F*&^%s already know that, and have been operating for the uniparty for a long time. In fact they might actually see the end of the RNC as a feature not a bug.
Posted by: simplemind at July 25, 2017 10:30 AM (y/1Lm)
Posted by: Marcus T, Apparently Evil Wall Street Dude at July 25, 2017 10:31 AM (zJ3L1)
Posted by: Tami, Public Ineffectual at July 25, 2017 10:31 AM (Enq6K)
Posted by: NCKate at July 25, 2017 10:31 AM (E4p3I)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 25, 2017 10:32 AM (Bd48Y)
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at July 25, 2017 10:28 AM (CPk0
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the trees aren't very nice there anyway. You want good trees, go northeast coast for deciduous or Rockies or NW for evergreens.
Posted by: bluebell at July 25, 2017 10:32 AM (UoSKV)
Posted by: grammie winger - 8 pounds heavier but with a great tan at July 25, 2017 10:32 AM (lwiT4)
Well bless their hearts.
And no, that's not the current Yankee slugger, either.
For a UK paper they seem obsessed w/TRUMP!!!!!!
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at July 25, 2017 10:32 AM (MINbv)
Posted by: Jack Sock at July 25, 2017 10:33 AM (A3edJ)
And hi grammy, welcome back!
Posted by: @votermom @vm pimping great books usually free or sale at July 25, 2017 10:33 AM (hMwEB)
Huh, that's creative!
Here in CO:
-- Buena Vista = Boona Vista
-- Pueblo = Pee-eh-blow
Posted by: Lizzy at July 25, 2017 10:33 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Roy at July 25, 2017 10:33 AM (7n4KQ)
Posted by: Fords at July 25, 2017 10:33 AM (WmuSq)
Posted by: Tacoma Narrows at July 25, 2017 10:34 AM (7n4KQ)
Just about every rational explanation to trying to figure it out fails. Islam will obviously swallow the Left whole
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Simpler yet.
Our enemies are principles powers and dominions and their orcs, goblins, trolls etc will not kill each other, for the most part, until we are dead and gone.
Posted by: simplemind at July 25, 2017 10:35 AM (j3H78)
I was just naming Foreign name cities.
If you want tricky pronunciations for people not from the area, I'll give you Calcasieu parish.
Posted by: Jack Sock at July 25, 2017 10:35 AM (A3edJ)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 25, 2017 10:35 AM (Bd48Y)
Posted by: naturalfake at July 25, 2017 10:21 AM (9q7Dl)
Your point?
Seriously, there are some fine collections of Japanese art in this area (the Met has an excellent one), and yet I find very little appealing about it. I realize that there is more to it than the block prints, but I find most of it one dimensional.
Besides...Pearl Harbor!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 25, 2017 10:35 AM (wYseH)
Lake Pontchartrain Bridge when a hurricane is coming in and Bogota, TN.
Posted by: Country Singer at July 25, 2017 10:36 AM (yzxic)
Posted by: grammie winger - 8 pounds heavier but with a great tan at July 25, 2017 10:36 AM (lwiT4)
Ahhh.
Cal-cashew?
Posted by: rickb223 at July 25, 2017 10:37 AM (Bd48Y)
Besides...Pearl Harbor!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 25, 2017 10:35 AM (wYseH)
Sort of Egyption or Byzantine then?
Posted by: kraken at July 25, 2017 10:37 AM (zSVEm)
Posted by: simplemind at July 25, 2017 10:35 AM (j3H7
I think the Left has some kind of plan to unify all of the forces of evil under their banner, once we're out of the way.
Think of the long game they've been playing against the USA since the Wilson Administration.
They've got a plan to deal with the aftermath too. It's just the way they think.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at July 25, 2017 10:37 AM (X52ZZ)
http://tinyurl.com/ycrva8x7
Posted by: Tami, Public Ineffectual at July 25, 2017 10:01 AM (Enq6K)
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Oh good grief. It looks like the road is folded. Like a slice of raw bacon.
The one on the left looks like a HotWheelz track.
Posted by: Bonecrusher at July 25, 2017 10:37 AM (JNTt1)
Posted by: RioBravo at July 25, 2017 10:38 AM (SsblQ)
Posted by: Fords at July 25, 2017 10:33 AM (WmuSq)
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you wanna say that to our faces?
Posted by: Jeff Beau and Lloyd at July 25, 2017 10:38 AM (PNcou)
Posted by: NCKate at July 25, 2017 10:31 AM (E4p3I)
Vuhr-sales and My-lun. At least, that's how it's pronounced for Milan, TN.
Posted by: Country Singer at July 25, 2017 10:38 AM (yzxic)
Posted by: Russkilitlover at July 25, 2017 10:39 AM (fYDTd)
Problem is, "the plan" doesn't think that way.
When you make a plan, it helps to have all parties on board.
Somehow, I don't see the muzzies going along with the left.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 25, 2017 10:39 AM (Bd48Y)
about the gorge. used to be the longest arch bridge in the world.
However it is not the bridge itself that is so fearsome, although it is
impressive. It is the people bungee jumping to the rapids below (an
activity I always have considered border-line insane.)
Posted by: Ripley at July 25, 2017 10:28 AM (MxEKc)
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It's
a really interesting historical bridge and there's a nice museum about
the area and the coal industry nearby. Also a somewhat
challenging hike (if you like stairs) or a car ride around it. I think
it's possible to walk the platform just underneath the bridge (with
appropriate safety tethers).
Posted by: Hoplite Housewife at July 25, 2017 10:40 AM (YidHP)
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at July 25, 2017 10:37 AM (X52ZZ)
It's an alliance of evil... and for my part, I always believe there is an underlying spiritual force giving it energy.
But that's just my view.
Posted by: kraken at July 25, 2017 10:40 AM (zSVEm)
Posted by: kraken at July 25, 2017 10:37 AM (zSVEm)
Oooph.
Egyptian art! I remember being dragged through those exhibits as a kid. All I wanted to do was look at the mummies, but NO!
Byzantine has hints of something better just over the horizon, and some of it is certainly appealing.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 25, 2017 10:41 AM (wYseH)
They've got a plan to deal with the aftermath too. It's just the way they think.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at July 25, 2017 10:37 AM (X52ZZ)
I don't think so. I think once we're out of the way, they'll turn on each other, just like they did in the French Revolution. Each 'woke' faction will face off against another in a never-ending bloody 'woker than thou' competition. Winners rule, losers get buried.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at July 25, 2017 10:41 AM (eKbO9)
and they deign to allow parents to raise them unless they do or say
something that offends our globalist overlords.
Has it finally twigged with Our Betters that their Glorious New World of Abortophilic, Tranny-philic, Children-phobic, Energy-phobic, Normal Weather Cycle-Denying, Anti-Science, Anti-Capitalist, Anti-Prosperity is-
unsustainable?
Where are their Tax Cattle(tm) going to come from if they don't have kids?
And if someone else is having the kids and raising them with their horrible values, how can they sustain their State and Control?
Or...
They're just being control-freak dicks obsessed with their own power.
I'm guessing, Option 2. They don't have enough self-reflection and brainpower for Option 1>
Posted by: naturalfake at July 25, 2017 10:41 AM (9q7Dl)
Posted by: Mary Jo Kopechne at July 25, 2017 10:41 AM (4AVeu)
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If they're bitching about Trump, they're NOT talking about the Muslim Invasion of the UK.
/yes, they WILL do the bidding of George Soros without asking any questions. Was there a doubt?
Posted by: shibumi at July 25, 2017 10:41 AM (aT+Bx)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 25, 2017 10:41 AM (iVOAv)
That's only a scary bridge if you are a female or an Oldsmobile.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 25, 2017 10:42 AM (Bd48Y)
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 25, 2017 10:42 AM (UCap9)
You mean Ishmael and Achmed aren't going along with the plan to support Hanz and Franz's retirements n' such?
You're rayciss
/Frau Blucher
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at July 25, 2017 10:42 AM (MINbv)
Obama fired an IG and slandered him in the process when the IG got the goods on one of his African-American friends.
Posted by: Jack Sock at July 25, 2017 10:33 AM (A3edJ)
And the MFM had nothing to say about it.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 25, 2017 10:42 AM (mpXpK)
Posted by: shibumi at July 25, 2017 10:43 AM (aT+Bx)
Posted by: geoffb5 at July 25, 2017 10:43 AM (d3wbb)
http://nypost.com/2017/07/25/jordanian-soldier-guns-down-three-us-army-green-berets/
US State Department to blame Israel?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 25, 2017 09:34 AM (5y11N)
Link says the perp was sentenced to life in prison at hard labor. Jordan has no death penalty? That sure sounds like capital murder to me.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 25, 2017 10:43 AM (XUcIQ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 25, 2017 10:44 AM (iVOAv)
Posted by: Raechel's Haiku at July 25, 2017 10:44 AM (ul9CR)
Yep. Been that way for much of human history. Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire and such...
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at July 25, 2017 10:44 AM (MINbv)
Instead, he will have Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein reassign him to investigate Hillary Clinton's crimes.
Posted by: undocumented illegal SMOD at July 25, 2017 10:44 AM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Country Singer at July 25, 2017 10:45 AM (yzxic)
Posted by: Country Singer
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Riding the Silver Crescent on the Ponchatrain trestle, you can't see the railbed. It's like you're in a train traveling on the water. Six miles, if I recall : http://tinyurl.com/ydy8h84c
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 25, 2017 10:45 AM (OdK9v)
Posted by: Country Singer at July 25, 2017 10:46 AM (yzxic)
Posted by: Lt. Phil Hartman at July 25, 2017 10:46 AM (4AVeu)
Posted by: Marcus T at July 25, 2017 10:21 AM (zJ3L1)
On OAN news this morning,they had a detailed report that said that security experts had recommended alternative , supposedly better security installations instead of metal detectors and so Netanyahu went with their recommendations. The Israeli govt has ok'd several million more dollars to putting in additional security cameras, and a lot of "unseen" security.
The MSM is barely reporting this part of the story.
Posted by: Jen the original at July 25, 2017 10:47 AM (FggK5)
Posted by: @votermom @vm pimping great books usually free or sale at July 25, 2017 10:47 AM (hMwEB)
"I think the Left has some kind of plan to unify all of the forces of evil under their banner, once we're out of the way.
They've got a plan to deal with the aftermath too. It's just the way they think.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at July 25, 2017 10:37 AM (X52ZZ)
I
don't think so. I think once we're out of the way, they'll turn on each
other, just like they did in the French Revolution. Each 'woke' faction
will face off against another in a never-ending bloody 'woker than
thou' competition. Winners rule, losers get buried."
Difference this time is the factions will use nukes not the guillotine.
Posted by: geoffb5 at July 25, 2017 10:47 AM (d3wbb)
You're rayciss
/Frau Blucher
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at July 25, 2017 10:42 AM (MINbv)
You mean no gay weddings? How disappointed I am...Milo talks about the left (and supposedly gay groups are included) and their support of Muslims.
Posted by: Colin at July 25, 2017 10:48 AM (EcgLJ)
--
It came out not too bad.
Posted by: @votermom @vm pimping great books usually free or sale at July 25, 2017 10:48 AM (hMwEB)
"Trimmed the puppy."
Wink wink nudge nudge say no more!
Posted by: Insomniac - Not Disappointed, Just Angry at July 25, 2017 10:48 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 25, 2017 10:48 AM (OdK9v)
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at July 25, 2017 10:50 AM (MINbv)
Thank you for the heads up! I just checked their website, which really isn't much of one.
I don't have any reason to be in Fredericksburg and I don't like to travel very much, but that sounds like it would be a lovely day trip by train.
**ponders**
I'll have to check the Stately Poppins Manor exchequer to see if I can do it.
Thank you again! And I'm happy you recognized some of the names.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 25, 2017 10:50 AM (X6fMO)
The bridge didn't pancake, that was a chunk of I-880 (AKA CA-17) that hadn't been retrofitted for earthquake resistance.
The bridge did have one section where the top deck came apart and swung down to the lower deck, which is bad enough. Also, I thought the eastern span of the bridge, where that happened, had been replaced?
Posted by: biblio's cat at July 25, 2017 10:51 AM (IZPn8)
Posted by: That shadow near the hypocenter at July 25, 2017 10:51 AM (CPk08)
Posted by: Strobe at July 25, 2017 10:53 AM (gbWkA)
Posted by: An Observation at July 25, 2017 10:53 AM (Wf/fS)
Musk has been vocal about his fear of AI in the future. Earlier this month for example, he said that AI will cause massive job disruption and that robots "will be able to do everything better than us." The Tesla CEO has also advocated a policy of universal basic income to protect people from the fallout of AI disruption.
Posted by: undocumented illegal SMOD at July 25, 2017 10:53 AM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Horatius at July 25, 2017 10:53 AM (CPk08)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 25, 2017 10:43 AM (XUcIQ)
Jordan executed 15 people this year, after lifting an 8 year moratorium on the death penalty. Jordan wants to present itself as progressive, but a recent poll showed 81 % of the population approves of the death penalty.
The govt. decided to lift the moratorium in these cases because of the rise in violent crime in Jordan and the concern that retaliatory killings (kind of an Islamic custom) might begin if the govt. didn't execute the worst criminals.
Posted by: Jen the original at July 25, 2017 10:54 AM (FggK5)
Now this is what I call a frightening bridge:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFzu6CNtqec
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at July 25, 2017 10:54 AM (eKbO9)
Each 'woke' faction will face off against another in a never-ending bloody 'woker than thou' competition. Winners rule, losers get buried.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader
The War of the Wokes
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 25, 2017 10:54 AM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 25, 2017 10:00 AM (OdK9v)
And those steel grate decks have "interesting" interactions with certain tire tread patterns, which leads to fun, especially with motorcycles.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 25, 2017 10:54 AM (XUcIQ)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 25, 2017 10:54 AM (IZPn8)
Posted by: Strobe at July 25, 2017 10:54 AM (gbWkA)
How are you doing, my friend?
Posted by: bluebell at July 25, 2017 10:21 AM
Nice. Too bad the last #twoweeks were what they were. Could have had a Boston MoMee!
I'm hanging in there, thanks. Just trying to adjust to the new value of 'normal'. Looking after the RMBS Mom, that kind of thing. Digging out from having missed two weeks of work. Yay, me!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 25, 2017 10:55 AM (p+Wdc)
They won't play together well...
Posted by: kraken at July 25, 2017 10:56 AM (zSVEm)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 25, 2017 10:57 AM (X6fMO)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 25, 2017 10:57 AM (Bd48Y)
hey asshole, the only one threatening Jerusalem is you and your muslim scum
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 25, 2017 10:57 AM (5y11N)
hey asshole, the only one threatening Jerusalem is you and your muslim scum
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 25, 2017 10:57 AM (5y11N)
NATO ha?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 25, 2017 10:57 AM (5y11N)
However, everyone else see them differently, because Wonka and the Oompas were fun to be around.
Posted by: Roy at July 25, 2017 10:58 AM (7n4KQ)
Ok, that's funny.
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at July 25, 2017 10:58 AM (MINbv)
Posted by: Gandalf at July 25, 2017 10:58 AM (CPk08)
Speaking of bridges, a truck overturned this morning on the Bluewater Bridge spanning Sarnia ON to Port Huron MI. So ferry traffic is a bit heavier than usual.
Posted by: NaughtyPine - public menace at July 25, 2017 10:59 AM (G8B7r)
Posted by: kraken at July 25, 2017 10:59 AM (zSVEm)
http://tinyurl.com/ybynkvre
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 25, 2017 10:59 AM (iVOAv)
Posted by: Henry Rush at July 25, 2017 11:00 AM (7HtZB)
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In Romania?
Posted by: RioBravo at July 25, 2017 10:38 AM (SsblQ)
Cajun Romanians would be a lethal combo.
Posted by: Jack Sock at July 25, 2017 11:01 AM (A3edJ)
Posted by: kraken at July 25, 2017 10:59 AM (zSVEm)
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https://www.nps.gov/rabr/index.htm
Posted by: RioBravo at July 25, 2017 11:01 AM (SsblQ)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Yeah. I've had various tread patterns over the years, but they all 'wander' when on steel grating. The sensation is that you have a flat-ish tire, and absolute steering control is lost.
It adds another dimension to crossing such bridges.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 25, 2017 11:02 AM (sQ1li)
month for example, he said that AI will cause massive job disruption and
that robots 'will be able to do everything better than us.'"
Including whoring for government subsidies? No wonder Elon is worried!
Posted by: torquewrench at July 25, 2017 11:03 AM (ujwCG)
Stay off the Tower Bridge. The abutments are where it's at.
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 25, 2017 11:03 AM (UCap9)
Yeah. Wake me when Musk doesn't demand more sweet taxpayer cash...
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at July 25, 2017 11:04 AM (MINbv)
***Wild Stalyns fretwork***
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 25, 2017 11:04 AM (UCap9)
Now this is what I call a frightening bridge:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFzu6CNtqec
Posted by: OregonMuse,
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Me too! Post 204
Posted by: Mike Hammer, poking fun at OM at July 25, 2017 11:04 AM (OdK9v)
Posted by: RioBravo at July 25, 2017 11:01 AM (SsblQ
Thanks. That is beautiful.
Posted by: kraken at July 25, 2017 11:04 AM (zSVEm)
Posted by: Strobe at July 25, 2017 11:06 AM (gbWkA)
Yes. Colossally expensive (though promised to be a bargain), enormously behind schedule, riddled with severe construction defects, and likely to fail again in the next big quake.
This is how "infrastructure spending" works in Commiefornia these days. Remember that when you hear dopey D.C. pols talking about the need to spend more federal money on infrastructure. It goes down the toilet.
Posted by: torquewrench at July 25, 2017 11:06 AM (ujwCG)
***Wild Stalyns fretwork***
You forgot the link!
https://youtu.be/1g9Hs3rnd6s
(sfw)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 25, 2017 11:06 AM (IZPn8)
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at July 25, 2017 11:06 AM (MINbv)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 25, 2017 10:54 AM
My father used to drive on the grate to make it hum. Ironically one of my brothers used to love that, but now he has to call the bridge to have someone drive him across because of vertigo.
Posted by: NaughtyPine - public menace at July 25, 2017 11:06 AM (G8B7r)
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at July 25, 2017 11:04 AM (MINbv)
Typical... they are always way willing to spend other people's stash, themselves? .... not so much.
Posted by: kraken at July 25, 2017 11:06 AM (zSVEm)
"The original Sidney Lanier Bridge was opened June 22, 1956, and was built by Sverdrup & Parcel, the same firm that designed the I-35W Mississippi River bridge which collapsed in 2007. On November 7, 1972 the ship African Neptune struck the bridge, causing parts of the bridge to collapse and causing several cars to fall into the water. Ten deaths were caused by the accident"
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 25, 2017 11:07 AM (sQ1li)
Posted by: Les Kinetic at July 25, 2017 11:07 AM (U6f54)
Well, yeah. But there's always the chance it will fail in a new and even more exciting way.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 25, 2017 11:07 AM (IZPn8)
I love crossing the Big Mac. I'm old enough that I also remember using the ferry when I was a kid for family vacations to the UP.
Posted by: geoffb5 at July 25, 2017 11:07 AM (d3wbb)
Most frightening bridge. I80 connecting San Francisco to Oakland.
Double decker bridge that pancaked in the 1989 Lima Prieta. Since 1989,
I've driven over/under on that bridge and have turned blue holding my
breath until off it.
Posted by: Russkilitlover at July 25, 2017 10:39 AM (fYDTd)
You should try driving across that bridge on a bike. it is really windy.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 25, 2017 11:07 AM (mpXpK)
Well, yeah. But there's always the chance it will fail in a new and even more exciting way.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 25, 2017 11:07 AM (IZPn
So.... California....
Posted by: kraken at July 25, 2017 11:08 AM (zSVEm)
Citing "senility" as the reason even though the IG passed a senility test with ease. The GOP contingent in Clowngress said and did nothing.
By the way, when do we get to demand senility tests for Clowngress themselves? And for the federal courts? Looking at you, Ruth Baader-Meinhof.
Posted by: torquewrench at July 25, 2017 11:08 AM (ujwCG)
Posted by: torquewrench at July 25, 2017 11:08 AM (ujwCG)
Let's have them take a high school civics final first.
Posted by: buzzion at July 25, 2017 11:10 AM (cAnNx)
Palestine,TX
Posted by: Jack Sock at July 25, 2017 10:29 AM (A3edJ)
I've been to Egypt, Texas.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 25, 2017 11:10 AM (XUcIQ)
Posted by: NaughtyPine - public menace at July 25, 2017 11:10 AM (G8B7r)
Posted by: NaughtyPine - public menace at July 25, 2017 11:11 AM (G8B7r)
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at July 25, 2017 11:11 AM (MINbv)
Posted by: kraken at July 25, 2017 11:11 AM (zSVEm)
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at July 25, 2017 09:33 AM (X52ZZ)
Or the Left embraces and protects Islam because it believes the enemy of its enemy is its friend.
In case you're wondering, we--you and me and those who believe as we do--are the enemy in that scenario.
Posted by: troyriser at July 25, 2017 11:12 AM (Fw5cQ)
Posted by: NaughtyPine - public menace at July 25, 2017 11:11 AM (G8B7r)
Odd... grammie sounds better than granny....
Posted by: kraken at July 25, 2017 11:12 AM (zSVEm)
Late in the Dubya Bush years. Remember when the left had conniptions about "Republican budget cuts" leading to a lack of maintenance and then to the bridge falling down?
And how it then turned out the bridge had irremediable long term defects in its initial construction which couldn't have been papered over by any amount of maintenance money?
And how the original construction, with federal money and federal oversight, was back during the Lyndon Johnson presidency?
Yeah, for some reason, the left got awfully quiet about that bridge.
Posted by: torquewrench at July 25, 2017 11:12 AM (ujwCG)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/ybxolwng
Posted by: Barack Obama is a bad, bad man at July 25, 2017 11:13 AM (ylUqT)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 25, 2017 11:13 AM (OdK9v)
Yes. Colossally expensive (though promised to be a bargain), enormously behind schedule, riddled with severe construction defects, and likely to fail again in the next big quake.
The Big Dig
https://youtu.be/BuJErWbzP1Y
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 25, 2017 11:14 AM (IqV8l)
Posted by: kraken at July 25, 2017 11:14 AM (zSVEm)
Posted by: Strobe at July 25, 2017 10:54 AM (gbWkA)
Heh, I forgot about that one. Used to have a fraternity brother from there. We used to intentionally mispronounce it just to needle him.
Us: "Yeah, he's from Pee-air, South Dakota."
Him: "Dammit! It's PEER!"
Posted by: Country Singer at July 25, 2017 11:15 AM (yzxic)
Commiefornia these days. Remember that when you hear dopey D.C. pols
talking about the need to spend more federal money on infrastructure. It
goes down the toilet.
Posted by: torquewrench at July 25, 2017 11:06 AM (ujwCG)
That's why the Highspeed rail will be a sight to behold....Billions spend and not a mile yet with actual rail on it. Lots of new bridges though. I read the news about it weekly, and its still chugging along.
Posted by: Colin at July 25, 2017 11:15 AM (EcgLJ)
Now this is what I call a frightening bridge:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFzu6CNtqec
Posted by: OregonMuse,
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Me too! Post 204
Posted by: Mike Hammer, poking fun at OM at July 25, 2017 11:04 AM
My mother crossed that bridge about an hour before it fell.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 25, 2017 11:16 AM (0tfLf)
When they do, they lose the entire
LBGQTYLSDAQWERTY faction. They either walk, or get thrown off.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 25, 2017 11:16 AM (Bd48Y)
Posted by: kraken at July 25, 2017 11:11 AM (zSVEm)
I don't know about the MO version, but the TN version is two syllables: "Leb-nun".
Posted by: Country Singer at July 25, 2017 11:16 AM (yzxic)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 25, 2017 11:16 AM (OdK9v)
Posted by: Diogenes
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Yikes.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 25, 2017 11:17 AM (OdK9v)
Odd... grammie sounds better than granny....
Posted by: kraken
________________________________
You better take that back you bugged eyed goomer!!!
Posted by: Granny Clampet at July 25, 2017 11:17 AM (FYe3W)
When they do, they lose the entire
LBGQTYLSDAQWERTY faction. They either walk, or get thrown off.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 25, 2017 11:16 AM (Bd48Y)
I keep waiting to see this, but it never seems to happen. Nobody on the left wants to call out Linda Sarsour on her religion's views on homo. They appear to be doing a good job closing their eyes and pretending.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at July 25, 2017 11:19 AM (eKbO9)
Posted by: An Observation at July 25, 2017 11:20 AM (Wf/fS)
Posted by: Diogenes
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Yikes.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 25, 2017 11:17 AM (OdK9v)
Ditto.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at July 25, 2017 11:20 AM (eKbO9)
I was going to make a joke about filthy Scandis but Leif Sverdrup was a solid dude. I denounce myself for my thoughts!!!
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 25, 2017 11:20 AM (UCap9)
Then they better learn to fly.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 25, 2017 11:20 AM (Bd48Y)
Of course not. Who doesn't want one free flying lesson?
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at July 25, 2017 11:21 AM (MINbv)
Posted by: Insomniac - Not Disappointed, Just Angry at July 25, 2017
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On the other hand, my cats were in the Saturday Pet Thread, so there's that to be thankful for: http://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=370778
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 25, 2017 11:22 AM (zpYxD)
I keep waiting to see this, but it never seems to happen. Nobody on the left wants to call out Linda Sarsour on her religion's views on homo. They appear to be doing a good job closing their eyes and pretending.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at July 25, 2017 11:19 AM (eKbO9
Shows me how weak, cowardly, and Beta the Left truly is... for all their bluster and mob courage, they are soft, soft, soft.
Posted by: kraken at July 25, 2017 11:22 AM (zSVEm)
behold....Billions spend and not a mile yet with actual rail on it. Lots
of new bridges though. I read the news about it weekly, and its still
chugging along.
Posted by: Colin at July 25, 2017 11:15 AM (EcgLJ)
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The sad part of this is that high speed rail actually makes sense on that route. But they are not actually building a "normal" high speed rail line. Looking at the current map on their website they have 14 (!!!) stops on the main line plus another on a short spur. (It's a commuter rail line.) They are idiots.
Posted by: RioBravo at July 25, 2017 11:23 AM (SsblQ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 25, 2017 11:24 AM (iVOAv)
Which one?
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at July 25, 2017 11:11 AM (MINbv)
Out west of Wharton. Which has one of those TeePee motels.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 25, 2017 11:25 AM (XUcIQ)
I keep waiting to see this, but it never seems to happen. Nobody on the left wants to call out Linda Sarsour on her religion's views on homo. They appear to be doing a good job closing their eyes and pretending.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader
I can control the monster.
Posted by: Victor Frankenstein at July 25, 2017 11:26 AM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 25, 2017 11:26 AM (UCap9)
Posted by: @votermom @vm pimping great books usually free or sale at July 25, 2017 11:27 AM (hMwEB)
Posted by: Scott-High Plains Deplorable at July 25, 2017 11:28 AM (XQOnA)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 25, 2017 11:28 AM (Bd48Y)
Yep. The other one is close to Chez mouse - North of Houston. Deacon Baldy's food truck place is great!
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at July 25, 2017 11:28 AM (MINbv)
/world-traveler-signpost
Posted by: Pnut at July 25, 2017 11:29 AM (iynDC)
When they do, they lose the entire
LBGQTYLSDAQWERTY faction. They either walk, or get thrown off.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 25, 2017 11:16 AM (Bd48Y)
I keep waiting to see this, but it never seems to happen. Nobody on the left wants to call out Linda Sarsour on her religion's views on homo. They appear to be doing a good job closing their eyes and pretending.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at July 25, 2017 11:19 AM (eKbO9)
And again, even the LGBT etc. want the Muslims to eliminate Christianity for them, and they're too nihilistic to care about what comes next.
Posted by: Hikaru at July 25, 2017 11:33 AM (WDCYi)
Posted by: Big V at July 25, 2017 11:33 AM (qnAGA)
In case you're wondering, we--you and me and those who believe as we do--are the enemy in that scenario.
Posted by: troyriser
There is another option, of course...that a significant core of Leftroid "leadership" may have converted.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at July 25, 2017 11:38 AM (AM1GF)
also remember using the ferry when I was a kid for family vacations to
the UP.
Posted by: geoffb5 at July 25, 2017 11:07 AM (d3wbb)
=================I never knew Michigan had an upper peninsula till about maybe 5 years ago. In my whole life, school, college, work etc., every single effing goddam visual reference of Michigan just showed the wang, not the UP. I assumed that was part of Wisconsin.
Posted by: Corona at July 25, 2017 11:56 AM (PsMRi)
I see the lily pads!
Posted by: Il suffit de dire at July 25, 2017 04:41 PM (4DCSq)
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