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Sunday Overnight Open Thread (12/17/17)
Quote I
If God exists, he is the reason for all that is. If God exists, then he is life, which means fullness, excitement, and bliss. If God exists, he wants to redeem the world from the evil that destroys. Ulrich L. LehnerQuote II
“Each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who must be civilized before it is too late.” Thomas Sowell
Quote III
“If we take down the safety glass. They're not changing their business model. They're not moving. What they will do is purchase firearms. I think that is a worse situation than what we have today." David Oh, City Councilman, Philadelphia, PA
As I’ve previously noted, the Damond case presents a difficult situation for Minneapolis’ progressive rulers. It’s entirely fair to believe progressive political values rather than the law or concern for the rule of law and equal justice for all will decide the fate of Mohamed Noor. By that measure, the outcome is preordained: Damond’s death will be ruled a tragic accident, and Noor’s actions a reasonable response to her unfortunate actions. After all, it was Damond’s supposed slapping of the police car that would have made any police officer believe he was being ambushed, and he was justified in shooting the first person he saw, even if so doing required him to discharge his weapon, unexpectedly, in the face of another police officer. In short, any startled police officer can reasonably shoot at the first movement he sees in the dark, regardless of safety concerns or objective reality.
It's Christmas you f*cking nitwits. It isn't Winter Celebration.
According a copy of the guidelines obtained by Campus Reform, UMN’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Natural Resource Sciences (CFANS) encouraged its employees “to recognize holidays in ways that are respectful of the diversity of our community,” recommending a series of steps to take.The Left talks so much about democracy and majority rule. My opinion, the majority of the people would appreciate a wrapped gift this time of year instead of a Happy Winter Celebration greeting.
ON THE LEFT, IT IS ALL HYSTERIA, ALL THE TIME I have been observing politics for a long time, and have never seen anything like the present moment. The Democrats have dialed the hysteria meter up to 12, and absolutely everything is a crisis. One type of faux crisis is particularly transparent. It is exemplified by the Left’s current fit over net neutrality, a policy that few understand and, I think, fewer still have much reason to care about. But leftists have figured out their messaging, as reflected in this absurd headline in today’s Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Attraction Doesn’t Necessarily Exploit a Woman Speaking of breasts, you can’t pick up a magazine, turn on a website, or watch television without seeing boobs. They’re everywhere. From selfies to profile pics to advertisements—they’re on full display. Why do you think that is? It’s because a man is drawn to a woman’s feminine beauty, and a woman wants to lure him in with her most sexual traits.
Subway is staring down at a menu of scary problems that’s way more than a foot long. The struggling sandwich chain has seen customer traffic plummet a whopping 25 percent over the past five years amid fierce price competition and a slew of scandals that have battered its image, The Post has learned. In a Nov. 30 memo to franchisees that revealed the stomach-churning drop, Subway’s owners promised $25 million to boost marketing this spring for the company’s 44,000 locations and to bring back a limited-time, $4.99 footlong sandwich promotion.The ONT's observations? Nearly $10 for a sammich with a teeny-weenie bag of chips and a thimble of soda is way too much. It would also help if the Sammich artists weren't tatted up and body pierced to no end with a shitty and/or condescending attitude. Like I said, just some observations.
WASHINGTON — In the $600 billion annual Defense Department budgets, the $22 million spent on the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program was almost impossible to find. Which was how the Pentagon wanted it. For years, the program investigated reports of unidentified flying objects, according to Defense Department officials, interviews with program participants and records obtained by The New York Times. It was run by a military intelligence official, Luis Elizondo, on the fifth floor of the Pentagon’s C Ring, deep within the building’s maze.
The Trump administration is prohibiting officials at the nation's top public health agency from using a list of seven words or phrases – including "fetus" and "transgender" – in any official documents being prepared for next year's budget. Policy analysts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta were told of the list of forbidden words at a meeting Thursday with senior CDC officials who oversee the budget, according to an analyst who took part in the 90-minute briefing. The forbidden words are "vulnerable," "entitlement," "diversity," "transgender," "fetus," "evidence-based" and "science-based." ... "[C]ertain words" in the CDC's budget drafts were being sent back to the agency for correction. Three words that had been flagged in these drafts were "vulnerable," "entitlement" and "diversity."
Once again, F*ck the NFL.
GIANTS FINE CORNERBACK ELI APPLE FOR TWEETING DURING GAME: Apple was inactive for the game and not in uniform. However, tweeting from the sidelines, or in the immediate aftermath of games, is prohibited by the league. “I wasn’t confused. It was just a mistake by me,” Apple said Thursday. Apple hasn’t played in over a month as he’s been inactive for the Giants’ last four games. While the policy against tweeting is a league rule, the Giants fining him takes care of the matter and he won’t be fined by the league as well. Huh. I thought the NFL couldn’t enforce against inappropriate sideline behaviorObviously disrespecting the American flag and 50% of the country is not inappropriate.
A West Virginia man says he was consumed with jealousy over his girlfriend’s occupation as a stripper, so he decided to solve the problem by torching her place of employment. Creio Bishop, 21, was arrested on Wednesday and charged with second-degree arson for allegedly setting fire to JB's Gentleman’s Club at 3330 US 60 in Huntington. According to a statement from the Office of the State Fire Marshal, the blaze ignited just after 3.30am on Wednesday, after which Bishop fled on foot from the scene - but he did not get far.
Esme Hodge, from Bristol, England, was diagnosed with cerebral palsy and spastic diaplegia last year and until recently could only get around with the assistance of a wheelchair. But in September she traveled to the U.S. for an operation to fix her spine and last Sunday she took her very first steps.
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Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Miklos Molnar at December 17, 2017 09:35 PM (zCyNd)
Posted by: logprof at December 17, 2017 09:35 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 17, 2017 09:37 PM (pZlcw)
Esme Hodge, from Bristol, England, was diagnosed with cerebral palsy and spastic diaplegia last year and until recently could only get around with the assistance of a wheelchair.
I'm surprised the NHS let her live this long. Doesn't she have an obligation to die and not use up public money?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 17, 2017 09:39 PM (pZlcw)
I, my brother, and my wife and son (her only great-grandson) got to speak with her yesterday morning.
She lived a long and blessed life, and did not have to die in a hospital.
Another Moron said that when one's last grandparent dies, his childhood somewhat dies as well.
That is very true.
Never pass up a chance to say "I love you."
Posted by: logprof at December 17, 2017 09:40 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: logprof at December 17, 2017 09:41 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 17, 2017 09:41 PM (pZlcw)
Posted by: Aunt Luna at December 17, 2017 09:41 PM (Zd2ZF)
Posted by: garrett at December 17, 2017 09:41 PM (fXuuQ)
You will find out how many of your fellow inmates liked the place. And liked your girlfriend. Real quickly.
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 17, 2017 09:42 PM (nZNJN)
++++
I can tolerate tats and piercings. What I won't tolerate is the bad attitude, not if they want my continued business.
Unfortunately, I am unable to apply the same standard to government employees.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 17, 2017 09:42 PM (FUu/Z)
Posted by: JAS at December 17, 2017 09:43 PM (7JbXq)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 17, 2017 09:43 PM (DMUuz)
Posted by: artistic skill: 0 at December 17, 2017 09:43 PM (fR++8)
Posted by: garrett at December 17, 2017 09:41 PM (fXuuQ)
Lots of shame there.
Don't send it by UPS.
Posted by: Inspector General at December 17, 2017 09:43 PM (zCyNd)
How are all my Fellow Babies tonight? Christmas is one week away, hope Santa brings you something good!
Posted by: ALH at December 17, 2017 09:43 PM (za7hD)
Posted by: 5/8 Mex at December 17, 2017 09:43 PM (A2GKJ)
Unfortunately, I am unable to apply the same standard to government employees.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 17, 2017 09:42 PM (FUu/Z)
They know.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 17, 2017 09:43 PM (xsH39)
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at December 17, 2017 09:45 PM (KdDCu)
Posted by: Miklos from arch support at December 17, 2017 09:45 PM (zCyNd)
Still need to step it up to beat the record Sven set or even my less prolific posting numbers.
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 17, 2017 09:45 PM (nZNJN)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 17, 2017 09:45 PM (pZlcw)
Posted by: Aunt Luna at December 17, 2017 09:45 PM (Zd2ZF)
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Seems it runs hand in hand
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 17, 2017 09:45 PM (3/sUh)
It's a lot to spend for bread. I'll go somewhere else if I want a sandwich.
Posted by: t-bird at December 17, 2017 09:47 PM (QTZZW)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 17, 2017 09:42 PM (FUu/Z)
They know.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 17, 2017 09:43 PM (xsH39)
--Ayup
Posted by: logprof at December 17, 2017 09:47 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 17, 2017 09:47 PM (nZNJN)
I'm a fan of Guilermo del Toro's magical realism. The Shape of Water is one of his best.
There are many good flicks this year, with more to come this Oscar season.
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 17, 2017 09:47 PM (pV/54)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 17, 2017 09:47 PM (pvjTE)
Hell, I get tired of my own shit after five or six names.
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at December 17, 2017 09:48 PM (KdDCu)
Posted by: The Inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at December 17, 2017 09:48 PM (bCF6k)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 17, 2017 09:48 PM (nZNJN)
Posted by: Aunt Luna at December 17, 2017 09:48 PM (Zd2ZF)
Posted by: Catwrangler at December 17, 2017 09:48 PM (tHmVm)
Hey, it's a serious profession and calling. I just learned it this morning!
Posted by: Sammich Technician, Grade One at December 17, 2017 09:49 PM (TYOIW)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 17, 2017 09:48 PM (nZNJN)
Latin is sexist and racist.
Posted by: Unwise Latina at December 17, 2017 09:49 PM (zCyNd)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at December 17, 2017 09:50 PM (e9G8E)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 17, 2017 09:50 PM (3/sUh)
Posted by: tu3031 at December 17, 2017 09:51 PM (O5Q3r)
Posted by: Phoebe Buffay at December 17, 2017 09:52 PM (fR++8)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 17, 2017 09:48 PM (nZNJN)
++++
That would mean the Brits won.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 17, 2017 09:52 PM (FUu/Z)
Posted by: Catwrangler at December 17, 2017 09:48 PM (tHmVm)
--Thank you.
It sucks that her oldest grandson can't make it to her funeral.
Posted by: logprof at December 17, 2017 09:52 PM (GsAUU)
Merry Christmas all you Horde of Humbugs.
(just trying to get into the spirit of the season)
HOHOHO
Posted by: mindful webworker in a Santa hat at December 17, 2017 09:52 PM (NU2/k)
I don't know who Pete Davidson is, but that Hillary tattoo he's so proud of sure was done by a talentless hack.
Posted by: artistic skill: 0 at December 17, 2017 09:43 PM (fR++
The biggest problem with tattoos is that so many of them are just horrifyingly bad, inked by hacks that can't draw for shit. I suspect that this is why those tribals are so popular: pretty much anyone can do them.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 17, 2017 09:52 PM (eXA4G)
Posted by: ALH at December 17, 2017 09:52 PM (za7hD)
Ramifications of Disease on Profits from the Resale of Human Remains.
Gets our bosses' attention every time.
Posted by: Planned Parenthood at December 17, 2017 09:52 PM (QTZZW)
Posted by: artistic skill: 0
Wasn't he the guy who played Dr. Who after Tom Baker left? Isn't he a little old for SNL?
Posted by: Puddleglum at December 17, 2017 09:52 PM (XDXWO)
45 Who's name is on the plaque on the wall behind the door and to the left? Does it say "The Horde"?
Posted by: ALH at December 17, 2017 09:52 PM (za7hD)
Heh. Sure looks like it.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 17, 2017 09:53 PM (eXA4G)
Are you in there little fetus
In nine months will you come greet us?
...
I will buy you some Adidas
When you get bigger you can tweet us.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 17, 2017 09:54 PM (IqV8l)
HOHOHO
Posted by: mindful webworker in a Santa hat at December 17, 2017 09:52 PM (NU2/k)
Shit. Watch out. He has a machine gun.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 17, 2017 09:54 PM (eXA4G)
Band trip to Nashville the weekend before Thanksgiving.
My first time recording in a studio on Friday went pretty well.
Finally got results back on written part of most recent certification exam. 100% on every section.
Granted, it was no calculus final, but still...
And **drum roll** Gary thought so highly of Friday's results he wants to record 6 more tunes and cut a cd.
Posted by: teej at December 17, 2017 09:54 PM (5cCew)
The first time Pookette could reach a plastic knife, she stabbed someone with it. We used to call her Baby Thor because she would smash her sippy cup to the floor and expect us to get another. But now, due to a civilizing influence (Mommy stays home), she is as sweet as can be and when she sits down at a restaurant, she hands her knife off to the nearest adult and says, "Here you go! I'm not s'posed ta have this."
Posted by: pookysgirl at December 17, 2017 09:55 PM (XKZwp)
So sorry for your loss, logprof. May her memory be eternal.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 17, 2017 09:55 PM (jfuOT)
Posted by: ALH at December 17, 2017 09:52 PM (za7hD)
--Whose, not who's.
/grammar nazi
Posted by: logprof at December 17, 2017 09:55 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at December 17, 2017 09:56 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: ALH at December 17, 2017 09:56 PM (za7hD)
Posted by: Hands at December 17, 2017 09:56 PM (EzdLW)
Posted by: ALH at December 17, 2017 09:56 PM (za7hD)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 17, 2017 09:56 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: Ladyl at December 17, 2017 09:57 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: tu3031 at December 17, 2017 09:58 PM (O5Q3r)
Posted by: Ladyl at December 17, 2017 09:58 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: ALH at December 17, 2017 09:58 PM (za7hD)
I have a 99 year old Grandmother who's doing very poorly right now health wise. My Mom and Aunt are taking care of her the best they can. She still alive though and at 99 thats a win.
Posted by: Puddleglum at December 17, 2017 09:58 PM (XDXWO)
heh.
Posted by: Hands at December 17, 2017 09:59 PM (EzdLW)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 17, 2017 09:59 PM (nZNJN)
Posted by: Sandra Flook at December 17, 2017 10:00 PM (tnRJU)
Posted by: pookysgirl at December 17, 2017 09:55 PM (XKZwp)
Bluebell should get a special chuckle out of that.
Posted by: Unwise Miklos at December 17, 2017 10:00 PM (zCyNd)
So sorry for your loss, logprof. May her memory be eternal.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 17, 2017 09:55 PM (jfuOT)
--She raised six children, and so many of them and their own children visited her in her last days, so I'm at least consoled that she was hardly alone.
My brother and I shared a lot of memories of Christmases at her house.
I wish my son had seen her more. The last time he met her he was just 1 year old.
Posted by: logprof at December 17, 2017 10:00 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: Hands at December 17, 2017 10:00 PM (EzdLW)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - It's OK, I'm with the banned at December 17, 2017 10:01 PM (IcT7t)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at December 17, 2017 10:01 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 17, 2017 10:01 PM (zmvwV)
Posted by: donna &&&&&&v posting on her white pjone at December 17, 2017 10:02 PM (USxUD)
my health is slowly recovering but i admit i am moving slow and its damn depressing to be 47 and have a stroke recovery on top of everything else with my injuries. i hate my damn life, my cats and horses are my only consolation. Even Grimm is being difficult because hes been so stressed over my health hes not been looking after himself. AUGH.
meanwhile i had a Very Bad thing happen to my electrical, and we are having to fix it. we started on tues, thought we would be done by Thurs, and its is a shitshow of epic proportions. Flooded conduit with live wires and no less than five junction boxes under the area i use as a little turf pasture... all installed by a crazy person. Its going to be fixed but the poor contractor is still here. I shit you not. but hes a good honest man and saved me from a fire or an electrocution this week. this debacle is spendy.
Posted by: Gushka once had doggo named Rexmo at December 17, 2017 10:02 PM (9G8jN)
Posted by: westminsterdogshow........GNAMM ette at December 17, 2017 10:02 PM (mMeIQ)
Imagine having to explain that all the time in a few years. She's a pop culture figure.
When he gets sunburned, though, he can say it's Liz Warren.
Posted by: t-bird, now regretting that Ross Perot tattoo at December 17, 2017 10:03 PM (TUE05)
Posted by: ALH at December 17, 2017 09:58 PM (za7hD)
--Honestly, I tapped my head to think of when "who's" would actually be used.
Pretty rarely.
Posted by: logprof at December 17, 2017 10:03 PM (GsAUU)
She raised six children
There's a successful life. My mom raised six and didn't murder any of us.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 17, 2017 10:03 PM (fjxxT)
Pretty rarely.
Posted by: logprof at December 17, 2017 10:03 PM (GsAUU)
Well, I don't mean to brag, but I actually used it.
Posted by: ALH at December 17, 2017 10:04 PM (za7hD)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 17, 2017 08:10 PM (eMKNe)
An-ti-ci-payayshun...
Posted by: Miklos Molnar, not from DDR at December 17, 2017 10:04 PM (zCyNd)
Have news for later tonight...
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 17, 2017 09:56 PM (eMKNe)
What what WHAT???
Posted by: Ladyl at December 17, 2017 10:04 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: t-bird at December 17, 2017 10:05 PM (TUE05)
Posted by: Gushka once had doggo named Rexmo at December 17, 2017 10:05 PM (9G8jN)
Pretty rarely.
Posted by: logprof at December 17, 2017 10:03 PM (GsAUU)
Well, I don't mean to brag, but I actually used it.
Posted by: ALH at December 17, 2017 10:04 PM (za7hD)
--Yeah, improperly.
Posted by: logprof at December 17, 2017 10:05 PM (GsAUU)
Great ONT Mis Hum, thanks much. Three more days until Cookbook arrival
Posted by: Winston at December 17, 2017 10:05 PM (XlcO7)
Posted by: ibguy at December 17, 2017 10:05 PM (vUcdz)
Gary's daughter posted it on facebook.
He told me late this morning it had 2000 listens in the first 20 hours.
I have sent both tunes in mp3 format to a few people.
So far I have a like, an impressive and a fantastic as far as replies.
If you want em give me an addy. I'll shoot em to ya.
Really want to get em to grammie.
Posted by: teej at December 17, 2017 10:07 PM (5cCew)
Posted by: ALH at December 17, 2017 10:07 PM (za7hD)
There's a successful life. My mom raised six and didn't murder any of us.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 17, 2017 10:03 PM (fjxxT)
--Which is why she never lacked for visitors the last few years of her life.
Ladies, put children before career. You will probably outlive your husbands, and promotions don't visit you in the nursing home.
Posted by: logprof at December 17, 2017 10:07 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 17, 2017 10:07 PM (IqV8l)
Pretty rarely.
We used it rarely too.
Posted by: Abbott and Costello at December 17, 2017 10:08 PM (fR++8)
Subway: If only they could slice bacon a
Posted by: JQ at December 17, 2017 10:08 PM (yD/Pf)
Stay safe, keep mending you've beat back cr@p before, hope things with your parents improve markedly, and tell Grimm to budget some time for personal maintenance.
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 17, 2017 10:08 PM (nZNJN)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 17, 2017 10:08 PM (oPNmq)
Posted by: Gushka once had doggo named Rexmo at December 17, 2017 10:02 PM (9G8jN)
Hopes that you get through this valley to sunnier uplands.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 17, 2017 10:08 PM (xsH39)
Posted by: ALH at December 17, 2017 10:08 PM (za7hD)
Posted by: Abbott and Costello at December 17, 2017 10:08 PM (fR++
But first, second, and third.
Posted by: Miklos Molnar, not from DDR at December 17, 2017 10:08 PM (zCyNd)
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at December 17, 2017 10:09 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 17, 2017 09:48 PM (nZNJN)
++++
That would mean the Brits won.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 17, 2017 09:52 PM (FUu/Z)
*****
The brits didn't win! That's juſt tradtional American ſpelling...
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at December 17, 2017 10:09 PM (e9G8E)
Knock, knock...
Posted by: t-bird at December 17, 2017 10:05 PM (TUE05)
Who's there?
Posted by: ALH at December 17, 2017 10:07 PM (za7hD)
--LMAO
Must view:
https://youtu.be/je-M675ZTK4
Posted by: logprof at December 17, 2017 10:09 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: logprof at December 17, 2017 09:40 PM (GsAUU)
Condolences from me as well.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 17, 2017 10:09 PM (oPNmq)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 17, 2017 09:47 PM (pvjTE)
/sigh...
Its not banned in the entire CDC... only in budget Documents...
So you use Prenatal Care... or Diseases before Birth... if you want specific funding.
Because calling a Baby a Fetus, dehumanizes it...
Posted by: Don Q. at December 17, 2017 10:09 PM (NgKpN)
Posted by: The last legal Speakeasy at December 17, 2017 10:10 PM (zCyNd)
I've found it's more peaceful not to worry about who comes to a funeral and who doesn't. Funerals are for the living, not the dead, and those who miss out on their one chance to say goodbye like that will always regret that they did. But that's on them, and not on anyone else.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 17, 2017 10:10 PM (V2Yro)
Posted by: westminsterdogshow........GNAMM ette at December 17, 2017 10:10 PM (mMeIQ)
"For I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
Jeremiah 29:11
Posted by: Ladyl at December 17, 2017 10:11 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at December 17, 2017 10:11 PM (e9G8E)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 17, 2017 10:11 PM (WbIyz)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 17, 2017 10:11 PM (IqV8l)
And add my condolences to the list.
Most my mom's mom a long time ago and to this day she is still my all time favorite person I've had in my life.
Always humming a hymm.
Posted by: teej at December 17, 2017 10:11 PM (5cCew)
Posted by: Blacksheep at December 17, 2017 10:11 PM (dkHoZ)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 17, 2017 10:11 PM (nZNJN)
Posted by: Insomniac - Nobody in Particular at December 17, 2017 10:13 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 17, 2017 10:11 PM (IqV8l)
Not the Eastern Front!!
Posted by: The last legal Molnar at December 17, 2017 10:13 PM (zCyNd)
You will probably outlive your husbands,
Q: Why do husbands die before their wives?
A: They want to.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 17, 2017 10:13 PM (fjxxT)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at December 17, 2017 10:14 PM (e9G8E)
Posted by: teej at December 17, 2017 10:14 PM (5cCew)
https://youtu.be/pWOTg3LYFNI
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 17, 2017 10:14 PM (nZNJN)
Posted by: logprof at December 17, 2017 10:15 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: Bear phone at December 17, 2017 10:15 PM (+mfcd)
Posted by: ibguy at December 17, 2017 10:16 PM (vUcdz)
Posted by: Iklosnay Olnarway at December 17, 2017 10:16 PM (zCyNd)
Posted by: Sandra Flook at December 17, 2017 10:00 PM (tnRJU)
--Uh, thanks.
But you ain't gettin' any from me.
Posted by: logprof at December 17, 2017 10:16 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: logprof at December 17, 2017 09:40
So sorry for your loss logprof. Indeed, good advice.
I was born w/ 4 grandparents and 4 grt grandparents. My last grandma died in 2010 when I was 55. Was lucky to have so many for so long.
Makes Chistmas a sad time to a degree, miss all those that have left us.
Hope you and you family can treasure the time you had w/ her and you son will remember her throughout his life.
Posted by: Farmer - 2017 GNAMM Survivor at December 17, 2017 10:16 PM (yJ1e6)
Posted by: 2009Refugee at December 17, 2017 10:16 PM (JyFLk)
Posted by: buzzion at December 17, 2017 10:17 PM (lKs2v)
The real question is why any businesses are left in those areas.
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 17, 2017 10:20 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 17, 2017 10:20 PM (+lVUW)
I'd walk a mile for a camel.
Posted by: Lucky S at December 17, 2017 10:20 PM (nS+hx)
You will probably outlive your husbands,
Q: Why do husbands die before their wives?
A: They want to.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 17, 2017 10:13 PM (fjxxT)
Or "to get away."
Posted by: Insomniac - Nobody in Particular at December 17, 2017 10:20 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 17, 2017 10:20 PM (nZNJN)
Oh, I don't know....
Posted by: ibguy at December 17, 2017 10:16 PM (vUcdz)
97?
Oh-
97 bottles for Miklos on the wall
97 bottles for me..
Posted by: Iklosnay Olnarway at December 17, 2017 10:20 PM (zCyNd)
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 17, 2017 10:21 PM (+lVUW)
Pretty rarely.
Posted by: logprof at December 17, 2017 10:03 PM (GsAUU)
++++
Hey guys, who's going to the sock hop tonight?
Posted by: Archie at December 17, 2017 10:21 PM (pvjTE)
******
We're not done with it yet...
Posted by: Congress at December 17, 2017 10:21 PM (h1jJh)
Posted by: 2009Refugee at December 17, 2017 10:16 PM (JyFLk)
Their pricing became directly proportional to their mediocrity. They used to be all right for a low price, but not any more.
Posted by: Insomniac - Nobody in Particular at December 17, 2017 10:22 PM (NWiLs)
That would be one easy way to spot them, for being too bog stupid to actually think of anything except their jargonistic buzz-words.
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 17, 2017 10:22 PM (nZNJN)
Posted by: Archie at December 17, 2017 10:21 PM (pvjTE)
Not me. But I don't go out anywhere other than out of sheer necessity.
Posted by: Insomniac - Nobody in Particular at December 17, 2017 10:24 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: beavis at December 17, 2017 10:24 PM (qGuLD)
The real question is why any businesses are left in those areas.
Posted by: nerdygirl
I was told the other day it was because Asians own these stores. Apparently those super woke inner city folks who vote for the totally not racist Dems are not too fond of them thar Asian people owning stores in THERE ghetto,,,,,,er,,,,,,neighborhood.
But Trump and his supporters are RACIST, YO!!
Posted by: Puddleglum at December 17, 2017 10:24 PM (XDXWO)
Posted by: logprof at December 17, 2017 09:40 PM (GsAUU)
====
May her memory be a blessing.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 17, 2017 10:24 PM (EZebt)
Posted by: logprof at December 17, 2017 10:24 PM (GsAUU)
Geez. I want to say that I was shocked at the proposed bill in Philadelphia that would remove bullet proof glass in those small stores. Of course, I'm not.
The real question is why any businesses are left in those areas.
Posted by: nerdygirl
Not just proposed. Passed.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 17, 2017 10:24 PM (IqV8l)
For the nightcrawlers, just a quick announcement.
Just in time for holiday gift giving. For that uncle who spends way too much time in the bathroom every morning. For the know-it-all teenager who thinks they know a couple of big words. For the pun aficionado among your friends. For your boss who doesn't need another necktie.
Muldoon's Library of Limericks Vol. ! is now available for purchase in paperback form, Kindle version coming in 2-3 days. Over 250 limericks from the fertile* mind of Seamus Muldoon.
But don't buy it for your lib sister-in-law, rather encourage her to spend her own money on it.
Use Ace's Amazon link:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1981167811/?tag=aoshq-20
*fertile = full of B.S.
Posted by: Muldoon at December 17, 2017 10:24 PM (wPiJc)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 17, 2017 10:25 PM (rnAwa)
Posted by: t-bird at December 17, 2017 10:25 PM (TUE05)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 17, 2017 10:26 PM (BoMuO)
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at December 17, 2017 10:26 PM (vChNs)
Then the inner city areas will truly be food deserts.
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 17, 2017 10:27 PM (nZNJN)
Posted by: Muldoon at December 17, 2017 10:24 PM (wPiJc)
I thought you have at least an M.S.
Posted by: Miklos promoses to use clean socks starting Monday at December 17, 2017 10:27 PM (zCyNd)
proposed bill in Philadelphia that would remove bullet proof glass in
those small stores. Of course, I'm not.
The real question is why any businesses are left in those areas.
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 17, 2017 10:20 PM (+lVUW)
You have to read between the lines in that story. These small stores are apparently called "beer delis", and are licensed as restaurants, even though they sell little or no meals. They sell single cans/bottles of beer, and shots of liquor to go, and supposedly also loose cigarettes to minors. One would think if they really were selling smokes to minors, it would be easy to prove, and shut them down for it, but hysterical counciltwats got to hysteriate, I guess.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 17, 2017 10:28 PM (oPNmq)
Then the inner city areas will truly be food deserts.
Where can a man get his 40s?
Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 17, 2017 10:28 PM (WbIyz)
Then the inner city areas will truly be food deserts.
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 17, 2017 10:27 PM (nZNJN)
They shit their bed, let them lie in it.
Posted by: Insomniac - Nobody in Particular at December 17, 2017 10:28 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at December 17, 2017 10:29 PM (e9G8E)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 17, 2017 10:29 PM (WbIyz)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 17, 2017 10:29 PM (KP5rU)
Who couldn't love Julie Andrews. Perfect four octave soprano, could sing so high only dogs could here.
But how could Christopher Plummer be a Captain in the Austrian navy -- it's landlocked.
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 17, 2017 10:30 PM (pV/54)
Gushka, you are much beloved here.
Posted by: logprof at December 17, 2017 10:15 PM (GsAUU)
Never pass up a chance to say "I love you."
Posted by: logprof at December 17, 2017 09:40
i love you too. (((((((logprof))))))))you guys are all great... but the other night you nailed the reason why i was heartbroken. i could not believe how neatly you put your finger on it.
and you are right never miss a change to tell someone you live them. Tomorrow is not promised.
Posted by: Gushka once had doggo named Rexmo at December 17, 2017 10:30 PM (9G8jN)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 17, 2017 10:30 PM (nZNJN)
The real question is why any businesses are left in those areas.
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 17, 2017 10:20 PM
What is the reasoning behind this?
Posted by: otho at December 17, 2017 10:30 PM (qGuLD)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 17, 2017 10:31 PM (nZNJN)
In line with SEC regulations, we anticipate a profit warning. Conf call Monday.
Posted by: Valu-Rite Brands, (Pennsylvania) Ltd. at December 17, 2017 10:31 PM (zCyNd)
LMAO, I have no idea why Canadians like chicken chips and ketchup chips so much.
Posted by: logprof at December 17, 2017 10:31 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 17, 2017 10:32 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 17, 2017 09:47 PM (pvjTE)
/sigh...
Its not banned in the entire CDC... only in budget Documents...
So you use Prenatal Care... or Diseases before Birth... if you want specific funding.
Because calling a Baby a Fetus, dehumanizes it...
Posted by: Don Q. at December 17, 2017 10:09 PM (NgKpN)
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Well, first I sigh back at you.
Then I ask you, you have heard of the Zika virus, right? I would think that a disease like that, that infects the fetus, and then causes horrendous birth defects might be something that *should* come up in budgetary documents. I sincerely hope the CDC is making efforts to stop the spread, treat the disease, come up with ways to reduce the effects, etc.
And, fuck no, calling an *unborn* baby a fetus does not dehumanize it. It is a medical term for an unborn baby. Aborting a fetus dehumanizes it, so if you must ban words, ban that one.
Coming up with stupid new phrases to replace perfectly good words is the way of the left. If the CDC wants to budget money to treat the effects of Zika on fetuses, there is no reason they should use some retarded different phrase to take the place of the word fetus.
Posted by: Archie at December 17, 2017 10:32 PM (FUu/Z)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 17, 2017 10:32 PM (tr2D7)
Posted by: Puddleglum
Have they considered Hospice? My father was almost 98 when he died. He became weak and the doctor suggested Hospice. He qualified based on his advanced age. They help with caring for her. They'll make a few visits a week, then when it becomes apparent that the end is imminent they will come out. With Hospice's help father stayed at home to the end.
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 17, 2017 10:32 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: SubterraneanJT at December 17, 2017 10:33 PM (ZAWbU)
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 17, 2017 10:30 PM (pV/54)
I think both Switzerland and Austria have Alpine lakes shared with Italy, so they need "naval" forces to do border patrol. The Swiss Navy once captured a submarine being used by smugglers to bring Italian sausages into Switzerland.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 17, 2017 10:34 PM (oPNmq)
and you are right never miss a change to tell someone you live them. Tomorrow is not promised.
Posted by: Gushka once had doggo named Rexmo at December 17, 2017 10:30 PM (9G8jN)
--You are awesome.
What a great collection of 'rons and 'ettes we have here.
I'm in a dark place, but I know there is light.
Posted by: logprof at December 17, 2017 10:35 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 17, 2017 10:35 PM (pvjTE)
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 17, 2017 10:30 PM (pV/54)
The actual guy was a hero submarine commander of the Austro-Hungarian Navy of WWI-when the Hapsburgs had a coastline (Triest, Slovenia, Croatia).
He sank ships! As a freaking Austrian! From a submarine! Oddly, he was also an Italian citizen, which is how the family got out.
Posted by: Miklos von Horthy-Molnar at December 17, 2017 10:36 PM (zCyNd)
Being unsourced maybe another canary trap.
Posted by: Burnt Toast at December 17, 2017 10:36 PM (Eu5eZ)
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 17, 2017 10:30 PM (pV/54)
I think both Switzerland and Austria have Alpine lakes shared with Italy, so they need "naval" forces to do border patrol. The Swiss Navy once captured a submarine being used by smugglers to bring Italian sausages into Switzerland.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 17, 2017 10:34 PM (oPNmq)
--Austria-Hungary had access to the Adriatic littoral.
Posted by: logprof at December 17, 2017 10:37 PM (GsAUU)
Q: Why do husbands die before their wives?
A: They want to.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 17, 2017 10:13 PM (fjxxT)
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go on, take the easy way out
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at December 17, 2017 10:37 PM (vChNs)
Posted by: Ignoramus
The Danube needs protecting?
Posted by: Puddleglum at December 17, 2017 10:37 PM (XDXWO)
Philadelphia that would remove bullet proof glass in those small stores.
Don't worry. As soon as the first store clerk gets blown away, I'm sure the local city councilperson will be holding a press conference in front of the place complaining about the po-lice not fighting crime in the "community".
Posted by: tu3031 at December 17, 2017 10:37 PM (O5Q3r)
Many people involved in this need intervention or therapy; starting with the song writer, then the singer, and finally after the software developers are dealt with the person who put this all together. This is NSFW.
https://youtu.be/WX1iBZ1qozU
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 17, 2017 10:37 PM (nZNJN)
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 17, 2017 10:30 PM (pV/54)
I think both Switzerland and Austria have Alpine lakes shared with Italy, so they need "naval" forces to do border patrol. The Swiss Navy once captured a submarine being used by smugglers to bring Italian sausages into Switzerland.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 17, 2017 10:34 PM (oPNmq)
Pre-WW2, Austria had a Med port down Italy way (Tyrol?). it lost them after the war but the Austro-Hungarian empire did have a navy at one point.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at December 17, 2017 10:38 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 17, 2017 10:34 PM (oPNmq)
I'll bet Paolo has some stories about that one.
Posted by: Miklos von Molnar-Molnar at December 17, 2017 10:38 PM (zCyNd)
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Great concept. They just need to add departments for undershirts and Hot Pockets.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 17, 2017 10:39 PM (zmvwV)
We talking about undocumented migrants?
Posted by: AP at December 17, 2017 10:39 PM (dEefA)
Posted by: otho at December 17, 2017 10:30 PM (qGuLD)
The "reasoning" such as it is, is to use the glass ban as a lever to force these stores out of business, since they are viewed as "preying upon" the "disadvantaged" ghetto birds by selling them single instances of beer, liquor, and tobacco. Undoubtedly at a higher per-unit price than WalMart.
And the city cannot simply go and outright shut them down, because they are legally licensed as "delis", and supposedly have food on offer.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 17, 2017 10:39 PM (oPNmq)
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@ 29.23 years old I still have 2 parents 80-ish and an older sister. So long as they're here I figger it ain't my turn yet.
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at December 17, 2017 10:39 PM (vChNs)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 17, 2017 10:39 PM (IqV8l)
Gushka, sorry to hear about your health issues. Whenever I start to hate the hand I have been dealt, I always try to remember that there are folks in MUCH worse shape than me.
That's not to say that some days I just sit right down and have myself a doozie of a Pity Party, because sometimes that's just what a girl needs....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas at December 17, 2017 10:39 PM (uDcBt)
Posted by: Muldoon at December 17, 2017 10:39 PM (wPiJc)
I've here since 1980. Conversely my wife has been called once.
I don't mind serving but it's not the most convenient time right before Christmas and w/ a lot of work stuff on the agenda.
Posted by: Farmer - 2017 GNAMM Survivor at December 17, 2017 10:40 PM (yJ1e6)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 17, 2017 10:40 PM (nZNJN)
Posted by: Fritz at December 17, 2017 10:41 PM (A1FgP)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 17, 2017 10:29 PM (KP5rU)
I get tired of hearing that, as it's rarely apparent until it's too late.
Posted by: Insomniac - Nobody in Particular at December 17, 2017 10:41 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Muldoon at December 17, 2017 10:39 PM (wPiJc)
Ist kein frage fur sie!!!
Posted by: Swiss Widow Ladies at December 17, 2017 10:41 PM (zCyNd)
Posted by: Muldoon at December 17, 2017 10:42 PM (wPiJc)
Posted by: Puddleglum at December 17, 2017 10:42 PM (XDXWO)
Posted by: Farmer - 2017 GNAMM Survivor at December 17, 2017 10:16 PM (yJ1e6)
--You beat me by a decade.
And I was lucky, because my dad was my grandmom's firstborn, and he was 18 when I was born (I was his firstborn).
Still, I at least had a couple of great-grandparents, but she was my son's onlly.
Posted by: logprof at December 17, 2017 10:43 PM (GsAUU)
Well... sorry... seems like you have a problem with differing opinions...
And Yes, calling it a Fetus is right out of the Planned Parenthood Playbook...
I understand the power of language... because I've seen the left using it for years... and I choose to fight back.
We are in a War with the Left... and if they have a tactic that is working? I certainly won't dismiss it.
Posted by: Don Q. at December 17, 2017 10:43 PM (NgKpN)
Posted by: Muldoon
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Oh my. . . Muldoon, that's punny!
Posted by: Tonypete at December 17, 2017 10:43 PM (tr2D7)
Posted by: pookysgirl at December 17, 2017 10:44 PM (XKZwp)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 17, 2017 10:44 PM (nZNJN)
I'm finally wrapping up on proofing my script. I hope to have it ready to send out to everyone on either Thursday or Friday night, 12/21 or 12/22.
Anyone who's interested in reading it and providing feedback, please let me know. Here's who's on my feedback list already:
- Infidel
- TJM
- Anna Puma
- Shopgirl
- shibumi
- logprof
Also, maybe zombie, but I'm not sure I have her address. I could be wrong but MisHum and Insomniac, I believe you both expressed interest as well. Ace, if you're out there, I'd love to send you a copy too, if you'd like one.
Anyone who'd like to receive a PDF to read of it, please send me an email at QDPSJL at the gmail thingy, and I'll be happy to send it out ASAP. Again, I really look forward to everyone's thoughts, particularly if you think my idea and/or script would be worth spending $15 to see the flick in a theater, or even just worth the time to cue it up on Netflix.
Consider this my Christmas gift to the Horde, and thanks to everyone for waiting so long. :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 17, 2017 10:44 PM (eMKNe)
Thanks. A rational explanation for why the Nazis wanted him.
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 17, 2017 10:44 PM (pV/54)
down and have myself a doozie of a Pity Party, because sometimes that's
just what a girl needs....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas at December 17, 2017 10:39 PM (uDcBt)
considering the circumstances your pity party is LEGIT.
Posted by: Gushka once had doggo named Rexmo at December 17, 2017 10:44 PM (9G8jN)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 17, 2017 10:45 PM (zmvwV)
Posted by: Muldoon at December 17, 2017 10:42 PM (wPiJc)
Your analysis is in agreement with Prof. Dr. Oscar Meyer.
Posted by: Torpedo Capt. Braunschweiger at December 17, 2017 10:45 PM (zCyNd)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 17, 2017 10:46 PM (eMKNe)
Many people involved in this need intervention or therapy; starting with the song writer, then the singer, and finally after the software developers are dealt with the person who put this all together. This is NSFW.
https://youtu.be/WX1iBZ1qozU
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 17, 2017 10:37 PM (nZNJN)
Somebody likes Overwatch a little too much.
Posted by: Insomniac - Nobody in Particular at December 17, 2017 10:46 PM (NWiLs)
A: They want to.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 17, 2017 10:13 PM (fjxxT)
Or "to get away."
Posted by: Insomniac - Nobody in Particular
Classic Alan King bit on wives surviving their husbands. The end is the funniest part.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PypsMk_0QxY
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 17, 2017 10:46 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at December 17, 2017 10:38 PM (xJa6I)
Yeah.... most people don't know that Napoleon got his start fighting Austrians, in Italy... mainly to control the passes through the Mountains, but also to control the Med Ports....
Posted by: Don Q. at December 17, 2017 10:46 PM (NgKpN)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 17, 2017 10:39 PM (IqV8l)
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Run Silent, Run Deli
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at December 17, 2017 10:47 PM (vChNs)
the song writer, then the singer, and finally after the software
developers are dealt with the person who put this all together. This is
NSFW.
Sounds like the end of just about every relationship I've had, set to music.
And somebody spent way too much animating the mammalian protuberances.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - It's OK, I'm with the banned at December 17, 2017 10:47 PM (IcT7t)
Gushka, Hex is rubbing against my phone and purring, so I think he's trying to comfort you.
Posted by: pookysgirl at December 17, 2017 10:44 PM (XKZwp)
draw a spiral on Hex's little head for me, between his ear as tell him Aunt Gushie is sending him a Swirly Hairdo. Never met a cat that didnt like a swirly hairdo. I never met a happy cat that didnt make me smile
Posted by: Gushka once had doggo named Rexmo at December 17, 2017 10:47 PM (9G8jN)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 17, 2017 10:47 PM (nZNJN)
There I learnt of the Battle of Lissa, the last major one between wooden ships.
Yep, The Dual Monarchy had a navy (though I'm too lazy too look up whether the Dual Monarchy existed in 1866):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lissa_(1866)
Posted by: logprof at December 17, 2017 10:47 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 17, 2017 10:48 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 17, 2017 10:29 PM (KP5rU)
I get tired of hearing that, as it's rarely apparent until it's too late.
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and lest we not forget, people change
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at December 17, 2017 10:48 PM (vChNs)
I'd love the opportunity to read it. I'll send you an email.
Posted by: Insomniac - Nobody in Particular at December 17, 2017 10:48 PM (NWiLs)
Similar, nice for me, lived at home (only her 2nd ever home), but she outlived my dad and her youngest. And, of course, all of her friends and acquaintances.
Posted by: t-bird at December 17, 2017 10:48 PM (TYOIW)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 17, 2017 10:44 PM (nZNJN)
The article I read in a magazine, decades ago, showed the "submarine" to be something like a rubber raft, ballasted to neutral buoyancy, and towed behind an ostensibly "innocent" motorboat. So not far off the drug smugglers model.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 17, 2017 10:49 PM (oPNmq)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 17, 2017 10:49 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 17, 2017 10:48 PM (eMKNe)
Congratulations on the completion of your script!
Posted by: Ladyl at December 17, 2017 10:49 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 17, 2017 10:49 PM (eMKNe)
I don't know if I'd call it 'complete,' so much as just 'presentable enough to show other people.' ;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 17, 2017 10:50 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 17, 2017 10:50 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 17, 2017 10:44 PM (eMKNe)
--Can't wait!
Also looking forward to your feedback on my ideas.
The film student I mentioned . . . not only does she not have to worry about a pervnado, but she's guaranteed an A+ from our ideas.
Posted by: logprof at December 17, 2017 10:51 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 17, 2017 10:51 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 17, 2017 10:52 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 17, 2017 10:34 PM (oPNmq)
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And thus Subway is less profitable
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at December 17, 2017 10:52 PM (vChNs)
If I want timely feedback, I better be ready to give as well as get. :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 17, 2017 10:52 PM (eMKNe)
The story of my life.
Posted by: Barney Frank at December 17, 2017 10:52 PM (2cuLk)
Typical small market television studio. Three chairs behind a curved desk. Cameras poised. Lights on. Empty of life.
qdpsteve
(looks around bewildered)
Everyone, I brought the Subway sandwiches.
(silence)
Hello?
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 17, 2017 10:53 PM (nZNJN)
Now it seems Starbucks is trying to hyper-saturate our market. Both the supermarkets I go to regularly are adding locations either inside or right nearby. I think they're headed for a reckoning as well.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 17, 2017 10:53 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: Puddleglum at December 17, 2017 10:53 PM (XDXWO)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 17, 2017 10:54 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 17, 2017 10:55 PM (nZNJN)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 17, 2017 10:52 PM (eMKNe)
--Saw that.
However, I'm eager to release some stuff before the novel.
I also need to put some queries out to the Book Horde, maybe in the Goodreads page.
I have blocks in some areas, but am straight money in others.
Posted by: logprof at December 17, 2017 10:55 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 17, 2017 10:29 PM (KP5rU)
I get tired of hearing that, as it's rarely apparent until it's too late.
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and lest we not forget, people change
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at December 17, 2017 10:48 PM (vChNs)
My observation over many years is that most people have very unrealistic expectations about their marriages and their spouses. People do and should change. True love and respect should overcome those obstacles.
Posted by: Ladyl at December 17, 2017 10:56 PM (TdMsT)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PypsMk_0QxY
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 17, 2017 10:46 PM (+lVUW)
That is hilarious.
Posted by: Insomniac - Nobody in Particular at December 17, 2017 10:56 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: 5/8 Mex at December 17, 2017 10:56 PM (A2GKJ)
Togo's is interesting though. Basically a regional chain that started up in Northern California in about 1970. Supposedly the original owner could only afford a sign out front of his first location that read "To Go," and the name stuck somehow.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 17, 2017 10:57 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 17, 2017 10:55 PM (nZNJN)
Do not order a kamikaze. It's not what you expect.
Posted by: Insomniac - Nobody in Particular at December 17, 2017 10:57 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 17, 2017 10:58 PM (eMKNe)
I think that it is marvelous that your grandmother was around to talk with her great-grandson.
Posted by: Ace's imternet ad company at December 17, 2017 10:58 PM (wYseH)
My dad was awarded the title of Admiral of the Nebraska Navy , back in the 70's.
Posted by: free tibet, with purchase of equal or greater value tibet at December 17, 2017 10:58 PM (CL76w)
Posted by: Insomniac - Nobody in Particular at December 17, 2017 10:57 PM (NWiLs)
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yep, there's no coming back from that one
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at December 17, 2017 10:58 PM (vChNs)
Posted by: rickl at December 17, 2017 10:58 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at December 17, 2017 10:48 PM (vChNs)
Unfortunately, sometimes that means changing into cheating hobags, as happened to a couple of buddies of mine.
Posted by: Insomniac - Nobody in Particular at December 17, 2017 10:59 PM (NWiLs)
Little Black Dresses with plunging necklines, stiletto heels and no panties.
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 17, 2017 10:59 PM (pV/54)
https://youtu.be/pWOTg3LYFNI
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 17, 2017 10:14 PM (nZNJN)
Hey, just got back from seeing TLD. In addition to your observations on zero-G gravity bombs, I'd like to ask just where in the specific f**k was the First Order CAP in the opening scene?
And, during the big bugout in transports, it turns out the bad guys can indeed find a cloaked ship. They just have to know to look for that so they can properly tune their sensors. Not that anybody would have any actual SOPs or anything...
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at December 17, 2017 11:00 PM (di1hb)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 17, 2017 11:00 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - It's OK, I'm with the banned at December 17, 2017 11:00 PM (IcT7t)
Tanya, "so what's a good sandwich shop? Is there a Tojo's around?"
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 17, 2017 11:00 PM (nZNJN)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/942450772456943616
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/942450895991791616
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/942450986852941824
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/942451098983518208
Posted by: kbdabear at December 17, 2017 11:00 PM (eh0Va)
#16 for me. For thirty years, at least, #16 hasn't changed. Always an Italian.
Posted by: t-bird at December 17, 2017 11:00 PM (5AW5H)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 17, 2017 11:01 PM (eMKNe)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/942451206311510017
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/942451315032166405
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/942451413803851776
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/942451525577773057
Posted by: kbdabear at December 17, 2017 11:01 PM (eh0Va)
Posted by: Gushka once had doggo named Rexmo
Word. I learned in a painful way, you only get so many "tomorrows" and "next years".
Take the time now. It's worth it.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, this space for rent! Call 1-800-MORON-AD for details! at December 17, 2017 11:01 PM (lLeln)
Word is that actresses will protest sexual harassment at the Golden Globes by dressing in black.
Little Black Dresses with plunging necklines, stiletto heels and no panties.
Posted by: Ignoramus
Shouldn't they wear those outfits from Handmaid's Tale?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 17, 2017 11:01 PM (IqV8l)
As I said here when I first found about it: "MARGOT ROBBIE IN TIGHTS OMG OMG OMG OMG" ;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 17, 2017 11:02 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at December 17, 2017 10:48 PM (vChNs)
Unfortunately, sometimes that means changing into cheating hobags, as happened to a couple of buddies of mine.
Posted by: Insomniac - Nobody in Particular at December 17, 2017 10:59 PM (NWiLs)
My guess hat behaving like a cheating hobag is not a "change." It is simply someone who has always had the character of such, finally acting on it.
Posted by: Ladyl at December 17, 2017 11:02 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: logprof at December 17, 2017 10:43
My last grt grandparent died when I was 22. I think she was my inspiration for my love of history.
Flossie Belle Keister Kline told me stories she had been told.
One from her grandfather, b. 1834, was that he and his twin brother were walking home from their grandparent's farm when they were scared by a ghost in a gully.
Turned out that was their Grandpa's white faced cow! I think it's so cool I can carry on a story from the 1840's.
Posted by: Farmer - 2017 GNAMM Survivor at December 17, 2017 11:02 PM (yJ1e6)
Nope. Not that nor the Disneyfied version of A Wrinkle in Time. Since they screwed up Doc Ito in Battle Angle Alita probably not that either.
Yeah Iron Mike Golf, Star Warbles the Last Yeti stunk worse than the insides of a Tauntaun.
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 17, 2017 11:04 PM (nZNJN)
I understand the power of language... because I've seen the left using it for years... and I choose to fight back.
We are in a War with the Left... and if they have a tactic that is working? I certainly won't dismiss it.
Posted by: Don Q. at December 17, 2017 10:43 PM (NgKpN)
++++
fetus (n.)
late 14c., "the young while in the womb or egg" (tending to mean vaguely the embryo in the later stage of development), from Latin fetus (often, incorrectly, foetus) "the bearing or hatching of young, a bringing forth, pregnancy, childbearing, offspring," from suffixed form of PIE root *dhe(i)- "to suck."
https://www.etymonline.com/word/fetus
The word fetus is centuries older than Planned Parenthood. Just because they use the word doesn't mean they own it.
You do not change things by giving them a different label. Calling an unborn baby a fetus or an
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 17, 2017 11:04 PM (pvjTE)
here? Its the ONT but also BLT Prime is located inside Trump Hotel in
DC.<<<
Has the AOSHQ ever had a BLT thread? Bacon sammich recipes should never be taken lightly and should be a monthly imperative.
Posted by: Fritz at December 17, 2017 11:04 PM (A1FgP)
My dad was awarded the title of Admiral of the Nebraska Navy , back in the 70's.
Posted by: free tibet, with purchase of equal or greater value tibet at December 17, 2017 10:58 PM (CL76w)
A fleet of Platte River bass boats?
Posted by: Puddleglum at December 17, 2017 11:04 PM (XDXWO)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/942451671342501889
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/942451800749363204
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/942451914242961408
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/942452013119561729
Posted by: kbdabear at December 17, 2017 11:05 PM (eh0Va)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 17, 2017 11:06 PM (FUu/Z)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 17, 2017 11:06 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: 5/8 Mex at December 17, 2017 10:56 PM (A2GKJ)
Togo's is all about the technique-they call it "crossing the T".
Ask for Russian dressing, and they just laugh...
Posted by: Torpedo Capt. Molnar at December 17, 2017 11:06 PM (zCyNd)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 17, 2017 11:07 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 17, 2017 10:30 PM (pV/54)
Brown water navy on the Danube. And they always wanted Triest back.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 17, 2017 11:07 PM (2K6fY)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 17, 2017 11:08 PM (nZNJN)
- Wrap them up
- Cut them in half
- Wrap 'em up again
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 17, 2017 11:08 PM (eMKNe)
Little Black Dresses with plunging necklines, stiletto heels and no panties.
Posted by: Ignoramus
I'll be out back in the ficus patch.
Posted by: Uncle Harvey at December 17, 2017 11:08 PM (2cuLk)
Posted by: logprof at December 17, 2017 11:09 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: rickl at December 17, 2017 11:10 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Puddleglum at December 17, 2017 11:10 PM (XDXWO)
Their only responsibility is to fire off fireworks from boats on the Danube on the big national holiday, August 20.
Posted by: Korvetten Capt. Molnar at December 17, 2017 11:11 PM (zCyNd)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 17, 2017 11:11 PM (rnAwa)
https://youtu.be/UhZ56rcWwRQ
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 17, 2017 11:08 PM (nZNJN)
--It's a crime that the Big Rat has rights to make a movie out of that classic book.
Posted by: logprof at December 17, 2017 11:11 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 17, 2017 11:11 PM (nZNJN)
My dad was awarded the title of Admiral of the Nebraska Navy , back in the 70's.
Posted by: free tibet, with purchase of equal or greater value tibet at December 17, 2017 10:58 PM (CL76w)
A fleet of Platte River bass boats?
either that or a really nice plaque at an awards dinner .
embossed and everything! He was also indicted into something in Alabama where he had to hold a box of Tide and throw a roll of toilet paper , yelling "Roll Tide". Not likely many Auburn fans at that meeting.
Posted by: free tibet, with purchase of equal or greater value tibet at December 17, 2017 11:12 PM (CL76w)
Posted by: 5/8 Mex at December 17, 2017 11:12 PM (A2GKJ)
Take the time now. It's worth it.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, this space for rent! Call 1-800-MORON-AD for details! at December 17, 2017 11:01 PM (lLeln)
i have had three treasured friends i had to learn the hard way with. One died while we were having a fight, went to a horse show and i figured i would go apologize... he was dead before i got there.
My best friend who was slowly dying of breast cancer had a seizure and died driving home from my house. we were mad and didnt hug when she left because i didnt want her to go. I knew she wasnt fit to drive but could not stop her...
and the prodigal. He just drops off and on the radar and last time i didnt get to say it. i know you might think its dumb but fuck man it at at me.
now i am at a point where i just want to get right with everyone i know and feel like each time i see people i love leave my sight i better just be sure, give an extra long hug, and say the fucking words. I LOVE YOU.
hell theres even a list of people i havent spoken to in years i have wanted to do that with. Its dumb. but life became precious when i nearly lost mine again from a dumb lazy mistake this fall.
Posted by: Gushka once had doggo named Rexmo at December 17, 2017 11:13 PM (9G8jN)
Posted by: St. Mikolas at December 17, 2017 11:13 PM (zCyNd)
Posted by: Ladyl at December 17, 2017 11:02 PM (TdMsT)
That's possible, but was an unknown at the time. The idea that it was "their problem" because they "married wrong" is at best offensive, and not in the college campus SJW way.
Posted by: Insomniac - Nobody in Particular at December 17, 2017 11:14 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Puddleglum at December 17, 2017 11:14 PM (XDXWO)
The restaurant that's gotten on my radar in a bad way is McD's, due to how they've totally revamped their whole design. The whole thing just looks like a factory inside and out now; all the individuality each location used to have is gone. I eat at Burger King more than McDonald's now, just because they seem to have a friendlier feel.
Posted by: T at December 17, 2017 11:14 PM (MmeCn)
https://youtu.be/UhZ56rcWwRQ
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 17, 2017 11:08 PM (nZNJN)
Atrocity.
Posted by: Insomniac - Nobody in Particular at December 17, 2017 11:14 PM (NWiLs)
Too bad Muelller isn't on the agenda here in IL. I'd fry that corrupt bastard.
Posted by: Farmer - 2017 GNAMM Survivor at December 17, 2017 11:14 PM (yJ1e6)
Posted by: rickl at December 17, 2017 11:15 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at December 17, 2017 11:15 PM (xJa6I)
If you like the story, respect the story.
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 17, 2017 11:16 PM (nZNJN)
https://youtu.be/UhZ56rcWwRQ
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 17, 2017 11:08 PM (nZNJN)
Atrocity.
Posted by: Insomniac - Nobody in Particular at December 17, 2017 11:14 PM (NWiLs)
Diversity is our skidmark
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at December 17, 2017 11:16 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at December 17, 2017 11:15 PM (xJa6I)
Same here, even if it is as close to a beautiful woman as I'll ever get.
Posted by: Insomniac - Nobody in Particular at December 17, 2017 11:17 PM (NWiLs)
I love you, Gushka.
Posted by: rickl at December 17, 2017 11:15 PM (sdi6R)
I love you too. Strength in struggle, brother.
Posted by: Gushka once had doggo named Rexmo at December 17, 2017 11:17 PM (9G8jN)
Posted by: 5/8 Mex at December 17, 2017 11:17 PM (A2GKJ)
Little Black Dresses with plunging necklines, stiletto heels and no panties.
Posted by: Ignoramus
Is Meryl going to climb up on her pulpit and give another sermon? 'Cause I really give a rat's ass about her opinions.
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 17, 2017 11:18 PM (+lVUW)
If you have jury duty, I guess it's because you didn't try to get out of it.
My go-to play is to loudly and insistently ask "Y'all still got the death penalty?"
Back to the car before the coffee gets cold.
Posted by: Miklos, not a model citizen at December 17, 2017 11:18 PM (zCyNd)
Or stay up all night and reek of alcohol tomorrow. I'm jus' sayin'!
Posted by: t-bird at December 17, 2017 11:18 PM (8cvCt)
What I'd give to see someone throw a tomato at her and for it to splat right smack in the middle of her face.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 17, 2017 11:19 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: 5/8 Mex at December 17, 2017 11:20 PM (A2GKJ)
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gimme 3 of them $1 hamburgers for lunch. much cheaper than the fries.
And when did Wendy's hamburgers become $6 a piece?
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at December 17, 2017 11:22 PM (vChNs)
https://youtu.be/UhZ56rcWwRQ
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 17, 2017 11:08 PM (nZNJN)
I saw that Friday night before watching Star Wars. I have never read the book except for the first couple chapters, but the trailer looked idiotic. Even apart from the whole "GURRLLZZZ of color can do anything!!!!" theme, none of it made any sense.
Posted by: T at December 17, 2017 11:22 PM (MmeCn)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at December 17, 2017 11:22 PM (xJa6I)
Just shoot me an email if you want a copy of the script.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 17, 2017 11:23 PM (eMKNe)
Is Meryl going to climb up on her pulpit and give another sermon? 'Cause I really give a rat's ass about her opinions.
Posted by: nerdygirl
She's going to get up on a pedestal.
So we can look up her dress.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 17, 2017 11:24 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at December 17, 2017 11:15 PM (xJa6I)
Same here, even if it is as close to a beautiful woman as I'll ever get.
Posted by: Insomniac - Nobody in Particular at December 17, 2017 11:17 PM (NWiLs)
it's not the getting close to them that's the problem.
It's the inevitable restraining order and/or ATM runs that will do us in.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at December 17, 2017 11:24 PM (xJa6I)
A lot of these food companies that buy exclusive contracts seem to get into trouble soon after. Not sure of the reason. Spend to much for the contract maybe? I've not seen the numbers.
Last time I went maybe 3 years ago now the Subway had closed and a Starbucks was in it's place but they had a normal cafeteria again.
Posted by: Big V at December 17, 2017 11:24 PM (MVE/7)
Posted by: 5/8 Mex at December 17, 2017 11:20 PM (A2GKJ)
That's what rotten ones are for.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 17, 2017 11:25 PM (oPNmq)
https://youtu.be/UhZ56rcWwRQ
I thought Gerrold's Chtorr series meets Stephen King and a bit of the Blair Witch Project. Was not impressed.
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 17, 2017 11:25 PM (nZNJN)
So we can look up her dress.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 17, 2017 11:24 PM (IqV8l)
---
i'd have been 'up' for that during the Carter Administration
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at December 17, 2017 11:26 PM (vChNs)
That seems to have gone away now. But I remember once walking into the caf at Cerritos College around 1991 and there were a McD's, a Subway and a Taco Bell.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 17, 2017 11:26 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at December 17, 2017 11:24 PM (xJa6I)
I suspect that kdabear works on commission for Gloria Allred.
Posted by: Miklos, not a model litigant at December 17, 2017 11:26 PM (zCyNd)
Just shoot me an email if you want a copy of the script.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 17, 2017 11:23 PM (eMKNe)
Awesome.
Email sent.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at December 17, 2017 11:26 PM (xJa6I)
It's always amusing to read the articles at Arts & Letters Daily and see how quickly they work Trump into items of even the remotest topic. At the point I see the reference to PDT I stop reading: nothing after that will be worthwhile.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 17, 2017 11:27 PM (BqeRI)
It's the inevitable restraining order and/or ATM runs that will do us in.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at December 17, 2017 11:24 PM (xJa6I)
Well, those too. But I'm a recluse with very minimal social skills in that arena, so for me it's quite literal.
Posted by: Insomniac - Nobody in Particular at December 17, 2017 11:27 PM (NWiLs)
They really screwed up their overhead menu. I went in there several months ago. It was hard as hell to figure out what was offered. They seem to have designed it to push the meals rather than individual items. And, yes, the interior was institutional.
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 17, 2017 11:27 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at December 17, 2017 11:24 PM (xJa6I)
I suspect that kdabear works on commission for Gloria Allred.
Posted by: Miklos, not a model litigant at December 17, 2017 11:26 PM (zCyNd)
Ya HAD to go and bring that piece of work up...we had a groove going.
I doubt Gloria could handle the sexiness kbdabear has on hand.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at December 17, 2017 11:27 PM (xJa6I)
A lot of these food companies that buy exclusive contracts seem to get into trouble soon after. Not sure of the reason. Spend to much for the contract maybe? I've not seen the numbers.
Last time I went maybe 3 years ago now the Subway had closed and a Starbucks was in it's place but they had a normal cafeteria again.
Posted by: Big V at December 17, 2017 11:24 PM (MVE/7)
--My son was born in Baylor Hospital in Dallas.
Aside from his birth itself, my fondest memories of those nights were getting Chick-Fil-A chicken biscuits from the cafeteria there.
Posted by: logprof at December 17, 2017 11:28 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at December 17, 2017 11:26 PM (vChNs)
In your mind, boy.
Well in mine anyway.
Posted by: James Earl Carter at December 17, 2017 11:28 PM (zCyNd)
A lot of these food companies that buy exclusive contracts seem to get into trouble soon after.
How many are with guys named Tommy or Paulie?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 17, 2017 11:28 PM (BqeRI)
May God bless your family and hold you close to Him.
Posted by: Abby at December 17, 2017 11:28 PM (uEn5N)
https://youtu.be/UhZ56rcWwRQ
I thought Gerrold's Chtorr series meets Stephen King and a bit of the Blair Witch Project. Was not impressed.
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 17, 2017 11:25 PM (nZNJN)
Hopefully with less pedo crap than Gerrold puts into his work...
But yeah, sad and disheartened by what I've seen from the trailer.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at December 17, 2017 11:29 PM (xJa6I)
Thanks, everyone!
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 17, 2017 11:29 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: nerdygirl
She's going to get up on a pedestal.
So we can look up her dress.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
She's getting up there in age. You probably don't want to do that.
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 17, 2017 11:30 PM (+lVUW)
in there several months ago. It was hard as hell to figure out what was
offered. They seem to have designed it to push the meals rather than
individual items. And, yes, the interior was institutional.
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 17, 2017 11:27 PM (+lVUW)
Not only that, but the overhead menus are video screens, and they keep shifting stuff around, which makes it really hard to price-compare, which is, I expect, the end game.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 17, 2017 11:30 PM (oPNmq)
Posted by: navybrat at December 17, 2017 11:30 PM (w7KSn)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 17, 2017 11:31 PM (eMKNe)
May God bless your family and hold you close to Him.
Posted by: Abby at December 17, 2017 11:28 PM (uEn5N)
--Thank you so much.
I could deal with her loss if it weren't for all the other crap.
Posted by: logprof at December 17, 2017 11:31 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: My Dad at December 17, 2017 11:32 PM (w+Jhj)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 17, 2017 11:32 PM (nZNJN)
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 17, 2017 11:30 PM (+lVUW)
Even the cooties are getting Social Security.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 17, 2017 11:33 PM (oPNmq)
It was damn good, very fair and brutally honest.
If anyone has any suggestions on a good book on the Marshalls or the Carolinas or any other South Pacific campaigns, would love to hear it.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at December 17, 2017 11:33 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 17, 2017 11:33 PM (oPNmq)
They've been on disability for years.
Posted by: Miklos, just Miklos at December 17, 2017 11:34 PM (zCyNd)
Posted by: westminsterdogshow........GNAMM ette at December 17, 2017 11:35 PM (mMeIQ)
I won't be back for any more of those.
Posted by: navybrat at December 17, 2017 11:35 PM (w7KSn)
Posted by: westminsterdogshow........GNAMM ette at December 17, 2017 11:35 PM (mMeIQ)
Isn't that a rather personal question, even for the ONT?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 17, 2017 11:36 PM (oPNmq)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at December 17, 2017 11:33 PM (xJa6I)
Have you read the original, brutally honest, first-hand account? With the Old Breed, by E.B Sledge?
Posted by: Miklos, just Miklos at December 17, 2017 11:36 PM (zCyNd)
Posted by: Bear with Assymetrical Balls at December 17, 2017 11:36 PM (H5knJ)
and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years
yet is their strength labour and sorrow
for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
--Psalm 90:10
Posted by: logprof at December 17, 2017 11:36 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: Downcast at December 17, 2017 11:37 PM (HLZqQ)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at December 17, 2017 11:33 PM (xJa6I)
Have you read the original, brutally honest, first-hand account? With the Old Breed, by E.B Sledge?
Posted by: Miklos, just Miklos at December 17, 2017 11:36 PM (zCyNd)
I have have it, read it and love it!
Those were Marines in those days.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at December 17, 2017 11:37 PM (xJa6I)
Thanks, everyone!
With the crap Hellywood is churning out, I hope you're not surprised.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - It's OK, I'm with the banned at December 17, 2017 11:38 PM (IcT7t)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at December 17, 2017 11:38 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 17, 2017 11:27 PM (+lVUW)
Yeah ... I had the same experience. No actual menu but just different things flashing across tv screens. It seemed that they didn't even list the basic stuff, really.
A guy after me was trying to order something but he didn't really know what to call it (and the retard at the register had no idea) so they both stood there watching the tv screens waiting for something to come up that he wanted. But it was fast - maybe 5 seconds a screen - so they had to go through several rounds before he could find what he wanted and then they could both catch it on the screen. It was insane.
I used to love McDonald's - and I still like the burgers (though the fries have gone seriously downhill) - but what they are doing to their places is just mind-boggling. And I only found out a little while ago that they don't have any more super-sizes. WTFF??
I used to eat at McDonald's a lot but now, only once in a blue moon. I've switched my fast-food meals mostly over to pizza and cheesesteaks - which is not a bad trade, anyway.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at December 17, 2017 11:38 PM (8gDQu)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 17, 2017 11:39 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at December 17, 2017 11:39 PM (vChNs)
Posted by: westminsterdogshow........GNAMM ette at December 17, 2017 11:39 PM (mMeIQ)
Posted by: MAGA at December 17, 2017 11:39 PM (LnOh3)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at December 17, 2017 11:40 PM (w+Jhj)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at December 17, 2017 11:37 PM (xJa6I)
Yes, they were Marines, the key theme of Sledge's experience was how one became a Marine. Nobody's born that way.
Posted by: Miklos, just Miklos at December 17, 2017 11:41 PM (zCyNd)
https://youtu.be/UhZ56rcWwRQ
I thought Gerrold's Chtorr series meets Stephen King and a bit of the Blair Witch Project. Was not impressed.
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 17, 2017 11:25 PM (nZNJN)
Honestly, I thought it looked like every trailer for every action movie in the last ten years, except more colorful and with Oprah. What's my motivation to watch this?
Also (and again I haven't read most of the book), these beings the kids meet are supposed to be super-powerful and all, but whatever they're fighting is something they can't win against, but a 12-year-old girl can? Because why? It just looked retarded.
Posted by: T at December 17, 2017 11:41 PM (MmeCn)
movement he sees in the dark, regardless of safety concerns or objective
reality."
Now combine with the Arizona lesson that anyone failing at the "Simon Says" game may be summarily executed, unlike terrorist insurgents who must be handled with tender care and given lawyers, and we have the beginning of a new age of policing.
Actually I think that AZ and MN are both offshoots of failures in training and the growth of ambush attacks on police which the Obama/Holder/Lynch DOJ set in motion and got BLM to continue with the help of ME terror related organizations doing funding and training of the activists. Doesn't excuse them as not murders of some degree though.
Posted by: geoffb at December 17, 2017 11:42 PM (zOpu5)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at December 17, 2017 11:38 PM (xJa6I)
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my sense is that after Tarawa, we learned some lessons that make the Marshalls go easier. My step-granddad fought with the 7th army division (Attu, Kwajelein and Leyte).
Then the Japanese adapted leading to Pelelieu/Iwo/Okinawa
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at December 17, 2017 11:42 PM (vChNs)
Thanks, everyone!
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 17, 2017 11:29 PM
Well done!
Posted by: otho at December 17, 2017 11:42 PM (qGuLD)
Posted by: Miklos, just Miklos at December 17, 2017 11:36 PM (zCyNd)
"
We've still got my Dads' original hardbound copy he got. If I'm not mistaken it's a special edition that was made for veterans of the battle.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at December 17, 2017 11:43 PM (w+Jhj)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - It's OK, I'm with the banned at December 17, 2017 11:43 PM (IcT7t)
What's even worse than losing your last grandparent is realizing you are the family elder because not only are all your grandparents gone, so is your mother and father, and all your aunts and uncles.
Posted by: Deplorable Lady with a Deplorable Basket of Deplorable Cats at December 17, 2017 11:44 PM (Ba1id)
Posted by: T at December 17, 2017 11:44 PM (MmeCn)
Unrelated to anything is this story from today...I went to the apartments' laundry room to throw a load in the washer and get a Diet Coke. There's a table by the Coke machine that always has some literature from Jehovah's Witnesses. Today, there was a pamphlet titled, "What Is The Key To Happy Family Life?"
Under the title, someone had written:
To Crush Your Enemies
See The Driven Before You
And To Hear The Lamentations Of Their Women.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at December 17, 2017 11:44 PM (rJUlF)
Posted by: Downcast at December 17, 2017 11:45 PM (HLZqQ)
abhorrent, but if I absolutely had to get one, a tattoo of Hillary being
hung from a gallows alongside Obama, Huma, Holder, Jarrett and Lynch
would be what I'd choose.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at December 17, 2017 11:40 PM (w+Jhj)
Hillaroid, in her wildest dreams, never looked that good. It would funny as Hell to get Pete Davidson drunk out of his mind (a short journey, to be sure) and then add a noose to the tattoo.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 17, 2017 11:45 PM (oPNmq)
Then I'm going to hug my dog and tell him I love him.
Night all, be of good courage, drink hot cocoa or cold beer as required.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at December 17, 2017 11:46 PM (xJa6I)
meet are supposed to be super-powerful and all, but whatever they're
fighting is something they can't win against, but a 12-year-old girl
can? Because why? It just looked retarded.
The kids can get into places the super chicks can't. Least, that's how the books had it. The movie will probably have some explanation about midichlorians or something.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - It's OK, I'm with the banned at December 17, 2017 11:46 PM (IcT7t)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 17, 2017 11:47 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: Miklos, also having history degree at December 17, 2017 11:47 PM (zCyNd)
*********
re the MN trigger happy cop -- There was an interview with the local DA this week, in which he complained that he couldn't reach a charging decision yet because he is still waiting on investigative reports from the police.
One might expect a faster pace if it was one of them shot and killed, yes?
***********
re Subway -- Their product sucks, and is overpriced. Especially their bread. My last purchase there was probably over 5 years ago.
*********
So those 7 words are banned from the CDC's budget request. Not from all use there. Now that makes a little more sense. And that, I should note, is NOT the way the ban has been portrayed, even in conservative media.
Next hopefully, we can get rid of 'kinetic military action' and go back to that handy and ancient word 'war'. I hear 'radical islamic terrorism' is making a big comeback too.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 17, 2017 11:47 PM (0ogQG)
Or maybe The West Point Atlas of War - World War II: The Pacific that covers everything from Pearl Harbor to the proposed invasion of Japan.
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 17, 2017 11:47 PM (nZNJN)
Pretty bad
So, is it supposed to be a secret that Martin Sheen played Princess Leia?
Posted by: Gaius Julius Caesar at December 17, 2017 11:47 PM (FTPVM)
Posted by: Deplorable Lady with a Deplorable Basket of Deplorable Cats at December 17, 2017 11:44 PM (Ba1id)
--My dad was only 18 when I was born.
He may yet outlive me.
Posted by: logprof at December 17, 2017 11:48 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: biancaneve at December 17, 2017 11:48 PM (A/iod)
https://youtu.be/UhZ56rcWwRQ
Where is Charles Wallace?
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at December 17, 2017 11:48 PM (rJUlF)
Posted by: T at December 17, 2017 11:49 PM (MmeCn)
Posted by: Bear phone at December 17, 2017 11:51 PM (+mfcd)
Posted by: logprof at December 17, 2017 11:51 PM (GsAUU)
Even when Yoda was beating sense into Luke, they were recycling lines from Empire Strikes Back.
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 17, 2017 11:51 PM (nZNJN)
Posted by: Miklos
--------
As one who has mixed with the Marines, I can vouch for that.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 17, 2017 11:51 PM (w1zJX)
Miklos, Toll's second part, I thought, is The Conquering Tide, which is out, and which covers precisely the subjects Mark asked about.
Posted by: rhomboid at December 17, 2017 11:51 PM (uyrlv)
Posted by: Millenial Miklos at December 17, 2017 11:52 PM (zCyNd)
https://youtu.be/UhZ56rcWwRQ
I thought Gerrold's Chtorr series meets Stephen King and a bit of the Blair Witch Project. Was not impressed.
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 17, 2017 11:25 PM (nZNJN)
And Oprah Winfrey being annoying.
Posted by: buzzion at December 17, 2017 11:52 PM (cAnNx)
They wanted Charlie, but Martin looks younger these days.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - It's OK, I'm with the banned at December 17, 2017 11:53 PM (IcT7t)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 17, 2017 11:51 PM (w1zJX)
Hard to explain to the wife why you always sleep with a pungee stick under the pillow
Posted by: Millenial Miklos, but the last millenium at December 17, 2017 11:54 PM (zCyNd)
Posted by: Miklos, just Miklos
The other night I saw a youtube video of R. Lee Ermey being interviewed about "Full Metal Jacket".
He described how the non-coms had to get enlistees prepared to be shipped to VietNam in the sixties. It's a great interview. The training time was cut and they had to be pretty physical to get the marines ready for combat fast.
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 17, 2017 11:54 PM (+lVUW)
there's recently been speculation if harvy weinstein blackballed mira sorvino. so, i looked up her bio on imdb. she probably was but i can't tell as she's been very busy.
however, i learned she's very smart. like genius level genius. she went to harvard, speaks mandarin and french fluently and her thesis on anti-african racism in china won awards. here's a pertinent quote:
"there's a side of my personality that goes completely against the east coast educated person and wants to be a pin-up girl in garages across america."
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at December 17, 2017 11:54 PM (Pg+x7)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 17, 2017 11:54 PM (nZNJN)
Posted by: Scott S. Dale, Esq. at December 17, 2017 11:55 PM (qYCgM)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlcZnhc5_H8&t=637s
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 17, 2017 11:55 PM (+lVUW)
movement he sees in the dark, regardless of safety concerns or objective
reality."
Now combine with the Arizona lesson that anyone failing at the "Simon Says" game may be summarily executed, unlike terrorist insurgents who must be handled with tender care and given lawyers, and we have the beginning of a new age of policing.
Actually I think that AZ and MN are both offshoots of failures in training and the growth of ambush attacks on police which the Obama/Holder/Lynch DOJ set in motion and got BLM to continue with the help of ME terror related organizations doing funding and training of the activists. Doesn't excuse them as not murders of some degree though.
Posted by: geoffb at December 17, 2017 11:42 PM (zOpu5)
You'd think Kapernic and the douchebag kneelers would be able articulate what their concern is. I thought it was bad cops. If there were only an example or two of actual bad cops getting away with murder that they use as examples....
Posted by: Burnt Toast at December 17, 2017 11:56 PM (Eu5eZ)
Posted by: rhomboid at December 17, 2017 11:51 PM (uyrlv)
You are correct, Sir. I mixed up the part that I have read with the part that came out since. The second volume covers 42-44, which I think is Mark's interest.
Posted by: Millenial Miklos, but the last millenium at December 17, 2017 11:56 PM (zCyNd)
Most of the rest was things I would have done differently but didn't consider horrible decisions on their own terms.
Posted by: T at December 17, 2017 11:58 PM (MmeCn)
Posted by: Gaius Julius Caesar at December 17, 2017 11:58 PM (FTPVM)
--It also needs to be noted that Paul, her daddy, is pretty badass.
Posted by: logprof at December 17, 2017 11:58 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: I Say Tomato, You Say Dark Side at December 17, 2017 11:59 PM (qYCgM)
Posted by: Downcast at December 17, 2017 11:45 PM (HLZqQ)
Either he will get much better soon or he his just milking a couple extra Christmas vacation days and will be back to DC in January.
Posted by: Burnt Toast at December 17, 2017 11:59 PM (Eu5eZ)
Posted by: Gaius Julius Caesar at December 17, 2017 11:59 PM (FTPVM)
Posted by: george lucas at December 18, 2017 12:02 AM (qGuLD)
it's also interesting that she played romy in "romy and michelle's high school reunion". a lot of ditzy dames have been played by smart actresses. there's also lis kudrow (michelle & the friends" character), christina applegate (married with children), judy holiday et al.
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at December 18, 2017 12:02 AM (Pg+x7)
Posted by: Millenial Miklos, but another millenium at December 18, 2017 12:02 AM (zCyNd)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 18, 2017 12:03 AM (IqV8l)
Posted by: stonecutter at December 18, 2017 12:04 AM (Bfr22)
Posted by: george lucas
I'm not a stormtrooper, George. You'll know when I pull the trigger.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - It's OK, I'm with the banned at December 18, 2017 12:04 AM (IcT7t)
Was going to/will mention to Mark that since he liked Frank's "Guadalcanal" (which is subtitled, as I recall, somewhat boldly but probably fairly as "the definitive history of the battle), he should read Frank's "Downfall". One of the best crushing refutations of the "revisionist" crap regarding the war's end that I've seen. You might find that interesting, too.
Posted by: rhomboid at December 18, 2017 12:04 AM (uyrlv)
Which reheats better?
[ ] Star Wars plots
[ ] meatloaf
Posted by: Millenial Miklos, but another millenium at December 18, 2017 12:02 AM (zCyNd)
meatloaf, and its more versatile.
Posted by: Gushka once had doggo named Rexmo at December 18, 2017 12:04 AM (9G8jN)
Posted by: I Say Tomato, You Say Dark Side at December 18, 2017 12:05 AM (qYCgM)
[ ] Frankfurt School neo-Marxian fascism
[ ] Star Wars
Posted by: Millenial Miklos, by the ml. at December 18, 2017 12:06 AM (zCyNd)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 18, 2017 12:06 AM (IqV8l)
Posted by: rhomboid at December 18, 2017 12:06 AM (uyrlv)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at December 18, 2017 12:02 AM (Pg+x7)
--Kelly Bundy FTW!
Posted by: logprof at December 18, 2017 12:06 AM (GsAUU)
Posted by: Gushka once had doggo named Rexmo at December 18, 2017 12:04 AM (9G8jN)
It sings, and it spackles, too!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 18, 2017 12:07 AM (oPNmq)
These are a few of my favorite things.
Posted by: Chuck C at December 18, 2017 12:07 AM (0V2ki)
It sings, and it spackles, too!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 18, 2017 12:07 AM (oPNmq)
it changes your life! Gets rid of your wife! it turns you into an eight year old hindu boy!
Posted by: Gushka once had doggo named Rexmo at December 18, 2017 12:09 AM (9G8jN)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 18, 2017 12:07 AM (oPNmq)
it changes your life! Gets rid of your wife! it turns you into an eight year old hindu boy!
It slices! It dices! It even circumcises!
Posted by: Blanco Basura - It's OK, I'm with the banned at December 18, 2017 12:09 AM (IcT7t)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 18, 2017 12:10 AM (nZNJN)
Well, if any of you remember my little encounter with the Gypsy con-man and are wondering about the latest:
I haven't seen hide nor hair of them, and so hopefully they did get the hell out of Dodge and will never return. I liked to know if the cops did run that tag number and find anything interesting. Probably wouldn't tell us if they did.
Now, in talking to my parents about what exactly happened, I've learned a few things. Lord, I didn't want to make my poor mother think I was mad at her and scolding her, so I took it easy.
The head man, the one I got into the staring contest with was one hell of a smooth operator. Obviously not his first rodeo.
Get this: my mother said she didn't know him, but thought my father did, and vice versa with my father.
He was skilled at appearing to be some nice, long time no see guy, and you were embarrassed you couldn't remember his name.
My mother swears he called her by her full name when she answered the door. And that he knew my father's name.
I don't know. It's possible he cleverly "phished" that info out of them without them realizing it. He knew my name, and he indeed phished that out of my mother.
"Well, Mrs. X, how are the children?", said with such sincerity and friendless. She corrected him that they have only one son. He then acted like, oh yeah, that's right, now his name is......." She told him, and "Yeah, that's right"
Well, this is getting long for one post. I'll continue later.
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at December 18, 2017 12:10 AM (8O3HH)
Posted by: Millenial Miklos, by the metric millenium at December 18, 2017 12:10 AM (zCyNd)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 18, 2017 12:11 AM (eMKNe)
Posted by: RM at December 18, 2017 12:11 AM (eP+dt)
Posted by: Gushka once had doggo named Rexmo at December 18, 2017 12:04 AM (9G8jN)
And ketchup on DVDs just makes a mess.
Posted by: Miklos, from housekeeping at December 18, 2017 12:11 AM (zCyNd)
Which reheats better?
[ ] Star Wars plots
[ ] meatloaf
Posted by: Millenial Miklos, but another millenium at December 18, 2017 12:02 AM (zCyNd)
meatloaf, and its more versatile.
Posted by: Gushka once had doggo named Rexmo at December 18, 2017 12:04 AM (9G8jN)
Well... I'll do ANYTHING for love... by Dashboard Lights... as a Bat out of Hell... Comes Back to me now...
Posted by: MeatLoaf at December 18, 2017 12:11 AM (NgKpN)
I need some travelling Roma Gypsies to resurface my gravel driveway.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 18, 2017 12:12 AM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - It's OK, I'm with the banned at December 18, 2017 12:09 AM (IcT7t)
--It slices!
It dices!
Look at that tomato!
https://youtu.be/HFHqTzeIuKE
Posted by: logprof at December 18, 2017 12:12 AM (GsAUU)
Of course, I pretty much stayed out of the speculation business this time around, so I was not disappointed because my preconceived notions were not met.
I was pretty bitter about RotI because my imagination had run wild between TESB and RotJ. "There is another." " I know. " I call those two sentences the words that launched a thousand stories. I subscribed to the same theory a lot of other people in our little corner of fandom did, and there were a lot of harsh words said afterwards.
But in this case, I was no longer involved and really didn't try to project my expectations into the second movie. As long as Disney lost the damn Ewoks and Jar-Jar Binks, I was happy -- and very pleasantly surprised.
Posted by: Deplorable Lady with a Deplorable Basket of Deplorable Cats at December 18, 2017 12:13 AM (Ba1id)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lissa_(1866)
Posted by: logprof at December 17, 2017 10:47 PM (GsAUU)
It was the Austrian Empire from 1804 through 1867; the Dual Monarchy was formed following the Austrian defeat by Prussia in the Seven Weeks War of 1866 (the Hungarians took advantage of Austrian discomfiture to negotiate themselves co-equal status with the Austrians under the Hapsburgs). Italy was allied with Prussia during that war, and lost both the land battle of Custoza and the naval battle at Lissa, but managed to receive Venice as her share of the spoils due to the magnitude of the Prussian victory over the Austrians at the battle of Sadowa/Koniggratz.
In any case, even after that debacle and loss of territory Austria/Austria-Hungary owned a fair stretch of the eastern Adriatic coastline, from Trieste all the way down to Ragusa (modern day Dubrovnik). The navy was based at Trieste, which was handed over to Italy at the end of WWI.
In addition to a considerable submarine force, the Austrians also had a respectable surface fleet, including four dreadnoughts. The sinking of the Szent Istvan (one of the four) as the result of a torpedo hit was filmed, and was very commonly used as stock footage in historical films (even ones depicting completely different events) for years. Still very easy to find on YouTube...the crew running across the hull as she capsized is interesting to see.
Posted by: HTL at December 18, 2017 12:13 AM (mUWne)
Better strip the flesh off 'em first, to minimize settling.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - It's OK, I'm with the banned at December 18, 2017 12:13 AM (IcT7t)
Posted by: Bear phone at December 18, 2017 12:14 AM (+mfcd)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - It's OK, I'm with the banned at December 18, 2017 12:09 AM (IcT7t)
I hate those new spiralizer/circumcisers all the young mothers think are so fashionable.
Posted by: Miklos, unlicensed Mohel at December 18, 2017 12:14 AM (zCyNd)
Posted by: Gem at December 18, 2017 12:15 AM (XoAz8)
--Yep, that's why I did not dare call it the Dual Monarchy.
Thanks for doing the research for me.
Posted by: logprof at December 18, 2017 12:15 AM (GsAUU)
One day Locutus of Porg will arise and bring unity.
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 18, 2017 12:16 AM (nZNJN)
John's, Jersey Mike's, Potbelly, etc. in the mix now. I'm not surprised
by those numbers.
I like Jimmy John's fast delivery. I can get on with regretting my order that much sooner.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - It's OK, I'm with the banned at December 18, 2017 12:17 AM (IcT7t)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 18, 2017 12:12 AM (IqV8l)
To do work Americans just won't do.
Posted by: The travelling Wilburys at December 18, 2017 12:17 AM (zCyNd)
Posted by: Gem at December 18, 2017 12:18 AM (XoAz8)
fwiw, jacques pepin's recipe for spaghetti bolognese contains carrots. & that's pretty close to chili!
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at December 18, 2017 12:21 AM (Pg+x7)
Jordan Peterson, a fan of Joseph Campbell no doubt, said that good writing is a struggle between the writer and the unconscious. I'm sure he could expound at length about that Wrinkle trailer. You know, save your father from the belly of the beast, especially if he is Chris Pine.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 18, 2017 12:22 AM (rnAwa)
Posted by: westminsterdogshow........GNAMM ette<<<
By the will of God, this is a technique I must try.
Posted by: Fritz at December 18, 2017 12:24 AM (A1FgP)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at December 18, 2017 12:21 AM (Pg+x7)
This is why I kept Jacque Pepin's mummified left testicle dangling from the rear view mirror of my car for 30 years-as a reminder of what not to do.
Posted by: Julia Child at December 18, 2017 12:25 AM (zCyNd)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at December 18, 2017 12:26 AM (Pg+x7)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at December 18, 2017 12:27 AM (Pg+x7)
Posted by: logprof at December 18, 2017 12:15 AM (GsAUU)
No research required; that was just off the top of my head. The history of the Hapsburgs has always been something of a hobby of mine. Forever bankrupt, most of them not particularly bright, annoyingly pretentious and inbred, at war with France, the Turks and the Protestants (one after the other or sometimes all at once) for almost 700 years, and yet hanging on until 1918 when Woodrow Wilson with his Fourteen Points (as Clemenceau once remarked, God Himself had only ten) tossed them onto the ash heap of history. And Central Europe has been soooo much better off since then...
Posted by: HTL at December 18, 2017 12:27 AM (mUWne)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 18, 2017 12:22 AM (rnAwa)
--That is very true.
I have an easy time teasing from my unconscious when it comes to the witty badinage between characters, but the sad or angry stuff . . . it's so hard to put into words.
Posted by: logprof at December 18, 2017 12:27 AM (GsAUU)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0n88tZQc4Q
New to me, but it looks like 1970's Brit TV.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - It's OK, I'm with the banned at December 18, 2017 12:29 AM (IcT7t)
Publius-
To my knowledge, the Gypsy crime situation became such that the US LE authorities set up a center to deal with it. It is based in LA.
Posted by: Miklos is familar with this at December 18, 2017 12:29 AM (zCyNd)
Actually, I know exactly what that means; they don't want MY business. I'm the wrong type. Deplorable, even. Fuck 'em.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 18, 2017 12:31 AM (0ogQG)
Posted by: westminsterdogshow........GNAMM ette at December 18, 2017 12:31 AM (mMeIQ)
So how did the Hapsburgs dominate Central Europe for 700 years?
They married well.
Their bureaucracy was a workable combination of efficient and corrupt.
That's it.
Posted by: Miklos knows that Hungary still has Hapsburg laws on the books at December 18, 2017 12:33 AM (zCyNd)
Posted by: HTL at December 18, 2017 12:27 AM (mUWne)
--To me the Hapsburg Empire is a case study in *NO* to multiethnic empires.
What was a joke was that the Allies called Germany (95% German) an oppressive empire, while looking the other way at Russia, which was barely 50% Russian.
Posted by: logprof at December 18, 2017 12:33 AM (GsAUU)
Vader isn't the star. The crazy universe is the star of the show, and you could have pumped out twenty movies without a Skywalker or even a Jedi. The universe expands, and that means the next Herbert-inspired coked-up lunatic writer who comes along could have total freedom. They blew it. But hey, you did answer the question "Whatever happened to Admiral Akbar thirty years hence?" so you've got that going for you, which is nice.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 18, 2017 12:33 AM (rnAwa)
Posted by: stonecutter at December 18, 2017 12:34 AM (Bfr22)
Posted by: Space Hippie at December 18, 2017 12:35 AM (IqV8l)
Posted by: westminsterdogshow........GNAMM ette<<<
Nothing says Happy Holidays like bacon pron.
Posted by: Fritz at December 18, 2017 12:35 AM (A1FgP)
Posted by: MATT DAMON! at December 18, 2017 12:35 AM (bc2Lc)
Posted by: MATT DAMON! at December 18, 2017 12:35 AM (bc2Lc)
MATT!!! DAMON!!!
Posted by: logprof at December 18, 2017 12:36 AM (GsAUU)
Posted by: Space Hippie at December 18, 2017 12:35 AM (IqV8l)
Humbert Humbert
Posted by: Does the "Lolita Express" board here? at December 18, 2017 12:36 AM (zCyNd)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 18, 2017 12:36 AM (rnAwa)
Now, about knowing their names vs. phishing. I've been thinking about this.
I'll be standard operating procedure is to scout for easy targets. Case out joints,etc. It would be possible to go the tax office/county records, etc, and get information that way about a particular location/house you thought would be a potential pigeon.
They go for the elderly, who are vulnerable as hell to this sort of thing. And I wonder how they do that, how they know where some elderly person or couple live.
I wonder if they somehow phish that out of people in the neighborhood.
Anyway, thinking about, I think my showing up was a joker in the deck he wasn't really planning on. But he did try to recover and go with it. With skill. Impressive con-man skill.
My instinct when I think I've fallen into some sort of dangerous situation or such, is to play dumb. I hate to sound like a braggart, but I am really good at that. Maybe the 80 IQ helps or something.
All my life, well since a teenager, my buddies and I would have fun trying to talk like illiterate rednecks, you know for shits and grins. I'd have fun with all the common mispronunciations and malapropisms. Going through life, you hear new ones which strike you as funny and you adopt into your routine.
Great fun has been had by me and friends doing that shit.
I think my instinct to that is natural, but the skill to do it has been learned.
So, when I drove up and saw those characters fucking with the driveway, and this guy I don't know says "Well, hi [publius], hows it been going?", I immediately went into the redneck dummy mode.
And then I got in the house to ask, "What. The. Fuck. Is. Going. Down?"
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at December 18, 2017 12:37 AM (8O3HH)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 18, 2017 12:36 AM (rnAwa)
One would think that would be a criminal offense in Texas.
Posted by: Miklos, chef de cuisine de Pannonie at December 18, 2017 12:38 AM (zCyNd)
just saw [art of the first star wars movie on tnt and was reminded that in the first movie vader was subservient to the admiral (?) who ran the death star. he seemed to have been promoted in each movie and ranks just below the emperor in the third movie. he goes from a roving enforcer to running the show.
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at December 18, 2017 12:39 AM (Pg+x7)
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at December 18, 2017 12:37 AM (8O3HH)
Sorry, I missed the first part of the story. Was it a roofing scam? This is the most common among the Gypsies.
Posted by: Miklos, who has written about this at December 18, 2017 12:41 AM (zCyNd)
Paki Daleks:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0n88tZQc4Q
New to me, but it looks like 1970's Brit TV.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - It's OK, I'm with the banned at December 18, 2017 12:29 AM (IcT7t)
Spike Milligan was one of the funniest guys ever. When he and Peter Sellers got together to do the Goon Show on Brit radio in the 1950's, it was some of the finest radio comedy, ever, anywhere. Theater of the absurd, over the air. I remember Peter Sellers doing his impression (in a very authentic accent) of a Paki caught in a cement mixer: "Please to be let out! Please to be let out!"
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 18, 2017 12:43 AM (oPNmq)
Posted by: Gem at December 18, 2017 12:18 AM (XoAz
They scream bloody murder and wildly exaggerate to avoid conceding the slightest gain. They're like Muslims who think once they've set foot someplace, it is claimed in the name of Islam. Wish our side would learn from that.
Posted by: Bear phone at December 18, 2017 12:45 AM (+mfcd)
Actual line: " We need to quit fighting what we hate and start saving what we love"
Annnnd I walked out...
Posted by: Gaius Julius Caesar at December 18, 2017 12:45 AM (FTPVM)
>> roofing scam?
Asphalt driveway "re-sealing" scam. It happened Friday. I posted about it on Friday night's ONT.
It escalated. I was, in their house with my pistol hidden, in a staring contest with the head Gypsy, preparing to shoot him. No joke. The deputies were on their way. He got the hell out of there before they got there, and thank God, before I made a move, which I was carefully planning in my mind. A plan on how I was going to shoot and kill him.....
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at December 18, 2017 12:46 AM (8O3HH)
just saw [art of the first star wars movie on tnt and was reminded that in the first movie vader was subservient to the admiral (?) who ran the death star. he seemed to have been promoted in each movie and ranks just below the emperor in the third movie. he goes from a roving enforcer to running the show.
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at December 18, 2017 12:39 AM
Boss Vader sells more action figures than Flunky Vader.
Posted by: george lucas at December 18, 2017 12:46 AM (qGuLD)
Sellers and Milligan were both clinically insane, by anyone's diagnosis, with a particularly bad outcome for Spike Milligan
The two bouncing off each other was inspired.
Posted by: Miklos Molnar at December 18, 2017 12:46 AM (zCyNd)
with the driveway, and this guy I don't know says "Well, hi [publius],
hows it been going?", I immediately went into the redneck dummy mode.
And then I got in the house to ask, "What. The. Fuck. Is. Going. Down?"
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at December 18, 2017 12:37 AM (8O3HH)
There is a lot of information about Irish Travelers on the Internet. Just do a web search on that term. They are not ethnically Roma Gypsies, but they run the same sort of scams.
And yeah, charm is their stock in trade, as it is for all con artists. They make you want to be their friend and to give them money.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 18, 2017 12:49 AM (oPNmq)
Now I remember.
This is one of the reasons Canada stopped visa-free travel for citizens of certain countries.
Or I assume-were these people actual non-Us gypsies, or some domestic variant?
Posted by: Miklos Molnar at December 18, 2017 12:50 AM (zCyNd)
hidden, in a staring contest with the head Gypsy, preparing to shoot
him. No joke. The deputies were on their way. He got the hell out of
there before they got there, and thank God, before I made a move, which I
was carefully planning in my mind. A plan on how I was going to shoot
and kill him.....
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at December 18, 2017 12:46 AM (8O3HH)
Did you ask the deputies if they'd mind very much if you shot the guy dead, if and when he returns?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 18, 2017 12:51 AM (oPNmq)
They looked sort of "ethnic". My guess would've been Greek, southern European look. But there are native born people around here for generations who have that look as well.
Now, my mother said, "You know, he looked like a Gypsy." Me, I'm not familiar with them, but he struck some sort of Gypsy cord with her somehow.
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at December 18, 2017 12:53 AM (8O3HH)
Posted by: Miklos Molnar at December 18, 2017 12:55 AM (zCyNd)
Posted by: lousagirl at December 18, 2017 12:59 AM (PmCoA)
Posted by: lousagirl at December 18, 2017 12:59 AM (PmCoA)
The koi fish are well known Russian operatives, the "fish food" was actually microdots full of top secret data.
Adam Schiff wants to subpoena the fish.
Posted by: Miklos Molnar at December 18, 2017 01:01 AM (zCyNd)
Posted by: lousagirl at December 18, 2017 01:02 AM (PmCoA)
Native. Maybe a little variation from local. Their tag, which number I got through a window with a pair of binoculars, was a Georgia state tag. I'm in Greenville, SC area, southern Greenville County.
I'm sure the operate out of their actual home base (if they have one), so as not to foul their own nest so to speak.
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at December 18, 2017 01:03 AM (8O3HH)
>> you shot the guy dead, if and when he returns?
No, these were young school cops, and I'm not going to suggest anything like that.
Now, old school cops, such as were around her in my youth, you could easily talk with them about such things. "Now, you shouldn't kill him, but if you do, make sure to drag the body in the house...."
They'd say shit like that. But now, it's different.
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at December 18, 2017 01:04 AM (8O3HH)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 18, 2017 12:43 AM (oPNmq)
Please to be caliph of London.
Posted by: Siddiq Khan at December 18, 2017 01:04 AM (+mfcd)
Posted by: morigu at December 18, 2017 01:05 AM (RjtEf)
Posted by: lousagirl at December 18, 2017 01:09 AM (PmCoA)
Posted by: Bear phone at December 18, 2017 01:10 AM (+mfcd)
Posted by: lousagirl at December 18, 2017 01:10 AM (PmCoA)
I am feeling much amusement at this foolish Pakistani's predicament.
Is it permitted to be expressing such?
Posted by: Joe Biden's MiniMart guy at December 18, 2017 01:12 AM (zCyNd)
1) the WAPO can only cite unknown and anonymous high officials at the CDC.
2) they cannot produce any one who was in fact told not to use those words.
3) the CDC has firmly denied it, noting that the concept is beyond stupid.
4) the WAPO is trying to make the story vanish.
5) the usual Leftist suspects are the only ones who got wound up, which does not surprise me.
Posted by: Subotai Bahadur at December 18, 2017 01:12 AM (6y2eD)
PG rated Frank Miller's 300
https://youtu.be/gNqiSkd1M6k
Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 18, 2017 01:14 AM (rnAwa)
Posted by: publius
You should take out a restraining order. Request the police report, it should have the owner of the car.
Posted by: Jean at December 18, 2017 01:15 AM (yM/Yl)
Posted by: Burnt Toast at December 18, 2017 01:15 AM (Eu5eZ)
Posted by: geoffb at December 18, 2017 01:16 AM (zOpu5)
Welcome Subotai Bahadur, if you are the Subotai of the Wretchardians.
Posted by: Miklos Molnar at December 18, 2017 01:16 AM (zCyNd)
I think this is a not so subtle hint that I need to sleep.
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 18, 2017 01:20 AM (nZNJN)
...
Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 18, 2017 01:14 AM (rnAwa)
Robert E. Howard of Conan fame? Ron Howard is a hyper leftard. If anyone deserves a gropergate annihilation, it's him.
Posted by: Bear phone at December 18, 2017 01:23 AM (+mfcd)
I think this is a not so subtle hint that I need to sleep.
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 18, 2017 01:20 AM (nZNJN)
And when your AI enhanced cats decide not to let you in...?
Posted by: Miklos "feline singularity" Molnar at December 18, 2017 01:23 AM (zCyNd)
Posted by: Bear phone at December 18, 2017 01:23 AM (+mfcd)
When Ron Howard played Opie on the Andy Griffith Show, he molested himself.
Posted by: Aunt Bea at December 18, 2017 01:25 AM (zCyNd)
So, off I go to the neighbor to the south, who runs oilfield trucks, and will surely have some gear lube in the shop. Nobody there, so I head back. There's the girl's cellphone on the center console, where she left it, so I go back to the house to give it back to her. She comes walking up the drive, no halter in hand, and no horses. "What happened?" "I got the halter on one of them, and then she spooked, and I had to let go of the halter. I'm going to call Dad."
So I drive on to the next neighbor to the north. No gear lube there, either. Go back home. I know I have to have some, maybe even a full pail of it. Root around the garage, and finally stumble over a pail, right by the door, that I walked past 20 times today. Filled a liter bottle from it, twice, and then a bit more, to fill the rear axle. Lowered the hoist down, lubed the two upper ball joints, done deal, as the Sun was setting. Rig is ready to roll anywhere, now. Rear axle will be watched closely; seems to have a pinion seal leak.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 18, 2017 01:28 AM (oPNmq)
Posted by: Jean at December 18, 2017 01:15 AM (yM/Yl)
And upon whom would the restraining order be served? The perp and his sons are long gone. For him, violence would be counter-productive. Those scammers survive by keeping a low profile. They can move two counties away, and pull the same scam again, but not if they are wanted throughout the state for a crime of violence.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 18, 2017 01:34 AM (oPNmq)
AOP-
I read all these things, and think:
Would I buy a used car from this man?
I think the answer is either absolutely yes or no.
Nothing in the middle.
I do know better than to try to sell a used car to you, though. Except for this one beauty...
Posted by: Honest Miklos Molnar at December 18, 2017 01:38 AM (zCyNd)
Oh and I finally finished Guadacanal by Richard Frank.
It was damn good, very fair and brutally honest.
If anyone has any suggestions on a good book on the Marshalls or the
Carolinas or any other South Pacific campaigns, would love to hear it.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at December 17, 2017 11:33 PM (xJa6I)
===========================
I recommend "Shots Fired In Anger" by Lt. Col. John George. It's both a first person memoir and it includes an extensive review of infantry weaponry used by both the US Army and the Japanese Army. George served at Guadalcanal and in the CBI (he was an officer in "Merrill's Marauders"). Published by the National Rifle Association. Get the 1991 second printing, which has an addendum that covers his service in India and Burma.
Posted by: mrp at December 18, 2017 01:38 AM (Pqytn)
Posted by: Floyd the Barber at December 18, 2017 01:38 AM (bc2Lc)
Mark, if you're still out there, didn't get your email. Please resend. My address is above.
Also, TV Land has been running ads for this cuddle toy called Trumpy Bear. Anyone else seen 'em (or even order one)?
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 18, 2017 01:40 AM (jZHL0)
Posted by: Floyd the Barber at December 18, 2017 01:38 AM (bc2Lc)
We coulda been contenders.
Posted by: Harvey, formerly of the Weinstein Company at December 18, 2017 01:41 AM (zCyNd)
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at December 17, 2017 10:09 PM (e8kgV)
Wow. Still reading this long and damning report on how TFG and Co. aided and abetted Hezbollah and Iran. *the link is in his nic*
And by Politico, no less. Whoa. Prediction -- More Congressional committee hearings, no actions taken.
Definitely newsworthy stuff; so the WaPo and CNN will no doubt fail to mention this article's existence.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 18, 2017 01:48 AM (0ogQG)
It means that the under-bussing has begun.
Posted by: Miklos Molnar, not from DDR at December 18, 2017 01:53 AM (zCyNd)
I Reckon Santa's got page on His List that's dedicated to The Horde.
Santa's Present Sack must use pocket dimensions to store All The Hottubs He's deliverin....The Horde of Awesome is Prolific.....an Y'all Adide.
1st Monday of the Week.....May the next 4 be successful.
Posted by: Hillbillyking at December 18, 2017 01:54 AM (IlqBS)
"When Politico publishes something, ...
...
It means that the under-bussing has begun."
So, In the New Order, journalists will hold the rank of Under-Busser.
Posted by: Yeeeeeaaarrrrggghhhhh at December 18, 2017 02:05 AM (FlRtG)
Posted by: Honest Miklos Molnar at December 18, 2017 01:38 AM (zCyNd)
I am pretty easy to sell a used car to. I don't have unrealistic expectations of what I will be getting. Of course, I won't pay more than it's worth to me, either.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 18, 2017 02:11 AM (oPNmq)
Posted by: 1921 C DRUM at December 18, 2017 02:15 AM (h7sWp)
Christmas pug wuvs you!
http://politicalhat.com/?p=14226
12 Posts of Christmas, 2017 (Day 5)
The late, great Christopher Lee sings "Jingle Hell"
http://politicalhat.com/?p=14229
Posted by: The Political Hat at December 18, 2017 02:21 AM (itfg0)
Posted by: The Political Hat at December 18, 2017 02:21 AM (itfg0)
Posted by: Test at December 18, 2017 02:32 AM (Dp6qK)
Posted by: Gushka once had doggo named Rexmo at December 18, 2017 02:39 AM (9G8jN)
Half the tree bling is missing"
its a miserable night untangling lights
and fucking with her winter wonderland.
Where's the angel did you hide it
no it's gone, last year you fried it
she's busting my balls, accusing us all
of fucking with her winter wonderland
Now she's searching for some plastic snowman
says I'm the reason why it can't be found
she'll ask me if I'm stupid, I'll say shit man
you can do the job and I'll sit down
later on I'll conspire
to torch it all with greek fire
I'll turn it to ash, then fire up my stash
in the ruins of her winter wonderland
Now she yells the reindeer's crooked
yeah no shit, the spotlights cooked it
I'll be out on the lawn, probably till dawn
fucking with her winter wonderland
Holy shit she found that frigging snowman
it never stands its always falling down
maybe next year I'll devise a new plan
and hide it where it never will be found
As it snows it got me thinking
its probably time I started drinking
I'm heading inside to grab a bottle and hide
and forget about her winter wonderland.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Divison at December 18, 2017 02:41 AM (aMlLZ)
This is why limiting oneself to a handful of propitiatory platforms is dangerous when it's in the hands of the enemy.
Alternatives:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/ycbuw6rh
Posted by: The Political Hat at December 18, 2017 02:45 AM (itfg0)
Posted by: redc1c4 at December 18, 2017 02:46 AM (XF6gl)
Posted by: redc1c4 at December 18, 2017 02:47 AM (XF6gl)
Posted by: Miklos Molnar, not from DDR at December 18, 2017 02:48 AM (zCyNd)
One About the GREATEST TEAM to never WIN A TITLE.....
Fours Falls of Buffalo........
Captivatin, Compelling, Enlighten.........Excellent.
Really, Any of The Horde that saw the K-Gun in Action can testify.....
Exceptional Football In Action....A Pleasure.
Most remember Scott Norwood missing the Field Goal......BUT, The HOFer's, Kelly, Smith.....(and ALL The Other Players)......Shouldered the BLAME for NEVER Winning One......
CLASS.........cause IT'S A TEAM Sport........even Decades Later.
Worthwhile.
Posted by: Hillbillyking at December 18, 2017 03:05 AM (IlqBS)
propitiatory/proprietary
hmmm....
Posted by: Miklos Molnar, not from DDR at December 18, 2017 02:48 AM (zCyNd)
I blame auto cucumber.
Posted by: The Political Hat at December 18, 2017 03:08 AM (itfg0)
This is one of the best ONT threads I've ever read. Just spent an hour and a half taking it in. Really good stuff, guys (and 'ettes!).
Condolences, logprof.
Ah lubs mah Horde.
Posted by: Johnny at December 18, 2017 03:23 AM (kUotE)
Posted by: Johnny at December 18, 2017 03:31 AM (kUotE)
Posted by: Johnny at December 18, 2017 03:42 AM (kUotE)
Guess I'll turn out the lights on my way out.
Goodnight, my beloved Horde.
Posted by: Johnny at December 18, 2017 03:46 AM (kUotE)
Posted by: Skip at December 18, 2017 03:46 AM (aC6Sd)
Posted by: Johnny at December 18, 2017 03:47 AM (kUotE)
Posted by: Skip at December 18, 2017 04:12 AM (aC6Sd)
Posted by: Skip at December 18, 2017 04:16 AM (aC6Sd)
Posted by: Skip at December 18, 2017 04:17 AM (aC6Sd)
Posted by: redc1c4 at December 18, 2017 04:18 AM (JvM1C)
Posted by: Bilwis, Devourer of Low Glycemic Souls at December 18, 2017 04:48 AM (tMFgx)
Posted by: Skip
2:12 when I had to take a leak.
Alarm goes off at 4:55 am Central.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 18, 2017 05:17 AM (qbcrG)
Or running off to join ISIS.
Or running over students with his car.
Or...
Posted by: The Gipper Lives at December 18, 2017 05:22 AM (Ndje9)
"Your Honor, my client wouldn't torch it with a ten-foot pole."
Posted by: The Gipper Lives at December 18, 2017 05:38 AM (Ndje9)
Posted by: Eromero at December 18, 2017 05:38 AM (zLDYs)
Even measured against the others in his profession, McVain's selfishness is breathtaking. Self over party and self over country, baby.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at December 18, 2017 05:44 AM (ul9CR)
Posted by: Bete the disillusioned at December 18, 2017 05:49 AM (Ojki1)
Posted by: Bete the disillusioned at December 18, 2017 05:51 AM (Ojki1)
Let's smile and be happy and strike fear in the heart of killjoy leftists everywhere.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 18, 2017 05:51 AM (hyuyC)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 18, 2017 05:52 AM (hyuyC)
Posted by: The Weakly Standered at December 18, 2017 05:54 AM (Ojki1)
Posted by: qdpsteve
Corned beef goes on the plate, w/potato, carrot, cabbage, mustard.
Pastrami is smoked corned beef.
It goes on rye w/mustard.
Love'm both!
Posted by: Steelers at December 18, 2017 05:56 AM (5NdOP)
My condolences for the passing of your Grandmother. Try and hang on to a bit of your youth. It helps.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 18, 2017 06:00 AM (hyuyC)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at December 18, 2017 06:00 AM (mpXpK)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 18, 2017 06:01 AM (hyuyC)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 18, 2017 06:08 AM (h6BP/)
December Global Festivities Are Being Celebrated by Google With a Seasonal Doodle. Google is celebrating this year's December Winter Festivities with a series of Doodles about a pair of penguins' holiday to visit their warmer-weather relatives.
Isn't that special.
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at December 18, 2017 06:08 AM (KdDCu)
December Global Festivities Are Being Celebrated by Google With a Seasonal Doodle. Google is celebrating this year's December Winter Festivities with a series of Doodles about a pair of penguins' holiday to visit their warmer-weather relatives.
Isn't that special.
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at December 18, 2017 06:08 AM (KdDCu)
Let me guess, the penguins are Gay, amirite?
Posted by: R.I.P. Grape-kun at December 18, 2017 06:11 AM (itfg0)
December Global Festivities Are Being Celebrated by Google With a Seasonal Doodle. Google is celebrating this year's December Winter Festivities with a series of Doodles about a pair of penguins' holiday to visit their warmer-weather relatives.
Isn't that special.
Posted by: Skandia Recluse
Christmas = North Pole
Penguins = South Pole
Isn't that special.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 18, 2017 06:11 AM (h6BP/)
Penguins show up in Florida. The lefties go nuts because of Global Warming Climate Change and The Penguins are COnfused OMG!!!!
Posted by: Bruce at December 18, 2017 06:12 AM (8ikIW)
Posted by: Bruce at December 18, 2017 06:13 AM (8ikIW)
They sell single cans/bottles of beer, and shots of liquor to go, and supposedly also loose cigarettes to minors.
Loosie? You got some 'splainin' to do.
Posted by: Ricky Ricardo at December 18, 2017 06:16 AM (ajiE5)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 18, 2017 06:22 AM (hyuyC)
Just un-fucking-believable how many U.S. lives Obama was willing to sacrifice so that his political ambition of empowering the Iranian mullahs could be achieved.
I can't say anything more about what should happen to Obama without getting a visit from the Secret Service, so I'll stop now.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at December 18, 2017 06:30 AM (fqUgw)
Four more days until the hours of daylight begin increasing again! Traditionally however, that's when the cold begins to kick it up a notch. I'm seeing snow in the forecast for the days after Christmas.
Posted by: Acme Explosives at December 18, 2017 06:34 AM (ajiE5)
Posted by: R.I.P. Grape-kun"
How quaint. That is so 2010. They are tranny Muslim penguins.
Posted by: Ripley at December 18, 2017 06:38 AM (MxEKc)
How can this be...With all the islands in the Pacific almost underwater now because of GW...
Posted by: Colin at December 18, 2017 06:40 AM (b2pRp)
How can this be...With all the islands in the Pacific almost underwater now because of GW...
Gay Weddings?
Posted by: CNN at December 18, 2017 06:41 AM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Colin
The islands are made out of plastic shopping bags and water bottles that the evil USA has dumped into the oceans for hundreds of years
Posted by: Bruce at December 18, 2017 06:42 AM (8ikIW)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 18, 2017 06:42 AM (hyuyC)
Posted by: freaked at December 18, 2017 06:50 AM (UdKB7)
Posted by: votermom pimping great books! at December 18, 2017 06:51 AM (hMwEB)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 18, 2017 06:54 AM (h6BP/)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 18, 2017 06:54 AM (h6BP/)
OK...
Posted by: The Shrugging Hat at December 18, 2017 06:56 AM (itfg0)
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at December 18, 2017 06:57 AM (+Dllb)
Posted by: freaked
Tossing of some gays off of the theatre. A musical number
Posted by: Bruce at December 18, 2017 06:58 AM (8ikIW)
As amended, the bill now merely says the city's Department of Licenses and Inspections has until January of 2021 to develop rules for the "USE OR REMOVAL" of the barriers.
The problem they have, is not the bp glass, it's what and how they allow stuff to be sold.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 18, 2017 07:02 AM (h6BP/)
Posted by: Bruce at December 18, 2017 06:58 AM (8ikIW)
intermission will feature 20 sexy goats doing the can-can
that's 80 legs kicking!
Posted by: votermom pimping great books! at December 18, 2017 07:09 AM (hMwEB)
Posted by: Ripley at December 18, 2017 07:11 AM (MxEKc)
Posted by: Bruce at December 18, 2017 07:14 AM (8ikIW)
The very last time I almost did business with them I walked to the front door where I was greeted by a posterboard with a life size cut-out of Michell Obama.
I stared at a a few seconds, told the staff I just lost my appetite and left never to cross their threshold again.
Yeah, about 5 years ago.
Posted by: TSgt Ciz at December 18, 2017 10:03 AM (af5xa)
That sums up exactly why their sales are off ...nothing else but bad service.
Posted by: LarryT at December 18, 2017 11:28 AM (dST9K)
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