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Thread before the Gardening Thread: Night Life [KT]
According to Hilduin, Denis collected his head and carried it as far as the fontaine Saint-Denis (on modern impasse Girandon), then descended the north slope of the hill, where he died. Hilduin wrote that a church had been built "in the place formerly called Mont de Mars, and then, by a happy change, 'Mont des Martyrs'A lot of drama and gypsum mining occurred on the hill before this:
This hill outside the city was settled because, during the nineteenth century, the emperor Napoleon III had given much of the prime land inside the city to his wealthy friends, who were charged with the task of developing it. The original inhabitants were forced to move to Paris's outskirts where they quickly established their own "town" sans the rules and regulations of the city. That's part of the reason why Montmartre quickly became a popular drinking area, and by the late eighteenth century, along with the liquor came a number of entertainment establishments that were less than reputable, like Moulin Rouge and Le Chat Noir (The Black Cat).After the defeat of Napoleon III, Montmartre became the center of the short-lived Paris Commune. But It's almost New Years Eve. Let's discuss music and dancing. Montmartre is, of course, the home of the famous French Can-can, originally danced by both sexes.
The music we know as "the Can-can" is actually "The Infernal Gallop" from Offenbach's "Orpheus in the Underworld":
The operetta is an irreverent parody and scathing satire on Gluck and his Orfeo ed Euridice and culminates in the risque Galop infernal ("Infernal Galop") that shocked some in the audience at the premiere. Other targets of satire, as would become typical in Offenbach's burlesques, are the stilted performances of classical drama at the Comedie-Francaise and the scandals in society and politics of the Second French Empire.Bringing Offenbach's spirit closer to today, here's what some guy in Poland did with the piece: Offenbach also wrote some music that wasn't satirical. Europeans have a different sense of humor. This is what some of them do during an evening out. Is this sexist? Are you going out for some fabulous nightlife on New Years Eve? Or are you staying home with a few drinks and snacks? There are some fine recipes herein. See the sidebar.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Skip at December 30, 2017 11:10 AM (aC6Sd)
Posted by: Blutarksi-esque 0.0 at December 30, 2017 11:11 AM (+Tibp)
Posted by: Jr at December 30, 2017 11:11 AM (vP09u)
Posted by: KT at December 30, 2017 11:11 AM (BVQ+1)
Posted by: Yeah at December 30, 2017 11:13 AM (X1vTA)
Just the No Fun League.
Kollidge football is awesome. Which is a good thing because there are lots of bowl games on between now and Monday night when My Beloved Crimson Tide plays the Clemson Tiggers again.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 30, 2017 11:15 AM (tRaq7)
She said
Posted by: Insomniac - Bah humbug! at December 30, 2017 11:15 AM (ywNoU)
It dawned on me as I looked around that as old as I was, I was younger than most in attendance . I thought, either most Springsteen fans are like my Mom's Guy Lombardo fans or the oil bust hurt my city worse than I thought.
Posted by: Blutarksi-esque 0.0 at December 30, 2017 11:15 AM (+Tibp)
Posted by: Yeah at December 30, 2017 11:13 AM (X1vTA)
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Football? Everyone knows there are only two seasons: Baseball and Not Baseball.
Posted by: Blake at December 30, 2017 11:16 AM (WEBkv)
Posted by: Soona at December 30, 2017 11:16 AM (ZijL5)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 30, 2017 11:15 AM (tRaq7)
I wish you continued disappointment.
Posted by: BignJames at December 30, 2017 11:17 AM (0+nbW)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 30, 2017 11:17 AM (qJtVm)
Are there any people still in Asia? Looks like most of them are on tour buses around the world, all with cameras.
Posted by: George at December 30, 2017 11:17 AM (Hgs3k)
Posted by: The Guy Who's A Little Slow On The Uptake at December 30, 2017 11:17 AM (c8EhQ)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 30, 2017 11:17 AM (KP5rU)
Just think. We could have immediately determined if the dossier was used to get the FISA warrant by simply asking the judge who issued it. But no, it is necessary to take the most illogical and difficult path to the answer. How the government continues to function is beyond me.
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at December 30, 2017 11:17 AM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Muldoon at December 30, 2017 11:19 AM (wPiJc)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 30, 2017 11:19 AM (KP5rU)
People listening to 70's music today would be like people in the 60's listening to music from the 20's.
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at December 30, 2017 11:19 AM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 30, 2017 11:20 AM (c8EhQ)
Posted by: The Guy Who's A Little Slow On The Uptake
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Gingham is all the rage this year.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 30, 2017 11:20 AM (nBBdT)
Posted by: Roc Ingersol
Yes! Right!?
Posted by: Blutarksi-esque 0.0 at December 30, 2017 11:20 AM (+Tibp)
Just think. We could have immediately determined if the dossier was used to get the FISA warrant by simply asking the judge who issued it. But no, it is necessary to take the most illogical and difficult path to the answer. How the government continues to function is beyond me.
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at December 30, 2017 11:17 AM (2DOZq)
Yup... there are court records, even for a FISA court...
I think they are afraid the Public outrage over what the Court did, would kill the FISA court system, which is in the process of having Congress renew it.
Posted by: Don Q. at December 30, 2017 11:20 AM (NgKpN)
Posted by: Colin at December 30, 2017 11:21 AM (ht+dt)
Posted by: Knuckle Dragging Deplorable at December 30, 2017 11:21 AM (3/sUh)
Posted by: RI Red - Expert on everything expert at December 30, 2017 11:21 AM (yknOn)
Posted by: Muldoon at December 30, 2017 11:21 AM (wPiJc)
Posted by: George
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They are obnoxious.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 30, 2017 11:21 AM (nBBdT)
Posted by: chavez the hugo
Please, Lord Football, let us face Alabama in the final
Posted by: Sooner Fan at December 30, 2017 11:21 AM (+Tibp)
Posted by: Soona at December 30, 2017 11:21 AM (ZijL5)
Posted by: jsg at December 30, 2017 11:22 AM (gSwpy)
Posted by: jsg at December 30, 2017 11:22 AM (gSwpy)
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What time are the Feats of Strength?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 30, 2017 11:23 AM (c8EhQ)
Posted by: Monk at December 30, 2017 11:23 AM (g4lFK)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at December 30, 2017 11:23 AM (Pg+x7)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at December 30, 2017 11:24 AM (Pg+x7)
They have kiosks now that you can redeem your gift cards for cash . I don't know what percentage they take. Probably something criminal like the coin counting machines. I think they are up to 12% or so.
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at December 30, 2017 11:24 AM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Bilwis, Devourer of Low Glycemic Souls at December 30, 2017 11:24 AM (tMFgx)
I'll be staying in this weekend. It's cold outside (dangerously! according to hyperventilating news media) and it's a lot safer to drink at home. Plus, college bowl games.
Haven't seen much today about Iranian protests. Is it because they've cooled off, or because media don't want to cover?
Posted by: April at December 30, 2017 11:24 AM (e8PP1)
Posted by: Roc Ingersol
I'm old now and went to Woodstock. I lived nearby to Bethel and went not knowing what was really happening. Many who were there are probably gone now.
Posted by: Colin at December 30, 2017 11:24 AM (ht+dt)
Posted by: logprof at December 30, 2017 11:25 AM (nQrwG)
Posted by: Blutarksi-esque 0.0 at December 30, 2017 11:25 AM (+Tibp)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 30, 2017 11:25 AM (IqV8l)
Bloody global warming. It's -17 with the wind chill. How are we ever going to survive in all of this heat?
Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 30, 2017 11:26 AM (SiINZ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 30, 2017 11:26 AM (8+Ozj)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCHOI39nJPM
Posted by: not the mama at December 30, 2017 11:26 AM (mx7rN)
Posted by: Skip at December 30, 2017 11:26 AM (aC6Sd)
Also, hilariously, Saint Denis is the patron saint of headaches.
Posted by: T at December 30, 2017 11:26 AM (MmeCn)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 30, 2017 11:26 AM (FiGoY)
PIQUENIQUE - a limerick
The cookbook's praises? ...We sing 'em!
Can't find 'em on-line? ...Just Bing 'em!
You surely will find
That the cover's designed
With that fabric, what's it called? ...It's gingham!
Posted by: Muldoon at December 30, 2017 11:27 AM (wPiJc)
Heh , Sullivan county was part of my territory when I worked in the Hudson Valley. Of course that was 20 years after Woodstock.
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at December 30, 2017 11:27 AM (2DOZq)
This can't be The Ace of Spades
Way toooooooooooo much culture
Posted by: Knuckle Dragging Deplorable at December 30, 2017 11:21 AM (3/sUh)
Leave the gun, take the cannoli. It's early.
Posted by: George at December 30, 2017 11:27 AM (Hgs3k)
Posted by: Bilwis, Devourer of Low Glycemic Souls at December 30, 2017 11:24 AM (tMFgx)
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It cleans out the pipes.
Here's a steampunky version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dlGDNoliH0
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 30, 2017 11:27 AM (qJtVm)
People listening to 70's music today would be like people in the 60's listening to music from the 20's.
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at December 30, 2017 11:19 AM (2DOZq)
I knew I was getting older when I heard songs I played in the metal clubs being used to sell cars. Damn..
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Divison at December 30, 2017 11:27 AM (aMlLZ)
cards for cash . I don't know what percentage they take. Probably
something criminal like the coin counting machines. I think they are up
to 12% or so.
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at December 30, 2017 11:24 AM (2DOZq)
Two years ago I got free coffee for a year from Panera. Not sure what I did. Anyway if I buy their breakfast sandwiches, I can burn through the dollars pretty quick at DD.
Posted by: Colin at December 30, 2017 11:27 AM (ht+dt)
I'm sure, that is an impeachable offense...
/facepalm...
Living in their heads... 24/7
Posted by: Don Q. at December 30, 2017 11:27 AM (NgKpN)
Ben Stein on Fox News financial show calling for higher taxes on gasoline, electricity and marijuana.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 30, 2017 10:38 AM (IqV8l)
Is it the approach of dementia or wasn't Ben Stein kind of conservative once?
Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at December 30, 2017 11:27 AM (2FqvZ)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 30, 2017 11:23 AM (c8EhQ)
Oh it's nothing like Festivus. I'm blessed in that I have a family that doesn't take themselves too seriously and can give as good as they get.
Posted by: jsg at December 30, 2017 11:27 AM (gSwpy)
Posted by: Blutarksi-esque 0.0 at December 30, 2017 11:27 AM (+Tibp)
"I killed more people tonight than I have fingers on my hand. I shot them in cold blood and enjoyed every minute of it. I pumped slugs in the nastiest bunch of bastards you ever saw and here I am calmer than I’ve ever been, and happy too. They were Communists, Lee. They were red sons of bitches who should have died long ago…"
Posted by: Mickey Spillane at December 30, 2017 11:28 AM (y3sT9)
And that's the challenge, to drain the swamp of the bad actors while not completely cratering the government and restoring people's faith in the government.
Tearing something down with abandon is easy. Doing it in a strategic way while at the same time rebuilding it is not. Kind of like rebuilding a plane while it is flying.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 30, 2017 11:28 AM (/tuJf)
I was there with some dear friends and it's a good memory.
Posted by: stace at December 30, 2017 11:28 AM (6HFDU)
Posted by: Blutarksi-esque 0.0 at December 30, 2017 11:27 AM (+Tibp)
Pretty good movie though.
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at December 30, 2017 11:29 AM (2DOZq)
Posted by: George at December 30, 2017 11:29 AM (Hgs3k)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Divison at December 30, 2017 11:27 AM (aMlLZ)
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They're using Kajagoogoo to sell Subarus?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 30, 2017 11:30 AM (qJtVm)
It interesting and weirdly amusing as to how many Saints are connected as patrons to the ways they died.
France could use a few Saints praying for a revival of the Christian faith.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 30, 2017 11:30 AM (8+Ozj)
Posted by: George
As a Moron told me once, if you don't start drinking in the morning, you can't drink all day.
Posted by: Blutarksi-esque 0.0 at December 30, 2017 11:30 AM (+Tibp)
Nixonian conservative.
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at December 30, 2017 11:30 AM (2DOZq)
Remember the illegal cigarette peddler in NYC who was subdued by police in a supposed choke hold and later died of a heart attack? Eric Garner. But the police were blamed.
His idiot daughter, Erica, became an "activist" in blm after that and even campaigned for Bernie Sanders.
She's dead. Had a, get this, bad heart.
Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at December 30, 2017 11:32 AM (H0qMa)
Moulin Rouge is also the namesake of a very historic hotel and casino in Las Vegas that has a very interesting history. It was a hotel for blacks only and all the black entertainers that came to town back in the 1950's and 60's staid there.
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at December 30, 2017 11:32 AM (lKyWE)
Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at December 30, 2017 11:32 AM (H0qMa)
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CNN will trivialize the monumental and hystericize the inconsequential.
P.S. I just invented the word "hystericize".
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, The Persistence! at December 30, 2017 11:33 AM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: Blutarksi-esque 0.0 at December 30, 2017 11:27 AM (+Tibp)
Pretty good movie though.
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at December 30, 2017 11:29 AM (2DOZq)
I went to college with the guy who wrote the book, he was in some of my English writing classes. I guess that paid off for him.
Posted by: josephistan at December 30, 2017 11:33 AM (ANIFC)
Haven't seen much today about Iranian protests. Is it because they've cooled off, or because media don't want to cover?
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Dunno, but thunderB has been tweeting about it like a maniac if you want to check her twitter feed. She has a lot of stuff from a variety of sources.
Posted by: stace at December 30, 2017 11:33 AM (6HFDU)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 30, 2017 11:30 AM (qJtVm)
I said metal clubs, not drag clubs. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Divison at December 30, 2017 11:33 AM (aMlLZ)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 30, 2017 11:34 AM (FiGoY)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 30, 2017 11:34 AM (IqV8l)
Totally charming for the windup soprano. You know, I was thinking of PDQ Bach for some reason. What fun!
Posted by: mustbequantum at December 30, 2017 11:34 AM (MIKMs)
Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at December 30, 2017 11:35 AM (H0qMa)
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That darned Kelo decision again.
Posted by: Giorgio A. Tsoukalos at December 30, 2017 11:35 AM (/qEW2)
Hey Soothsayer,
I'd like to apologize for last night.
Posted by: Grey Fox at December 30, 2017 11:35 AM (bZ7mE)
That darned Kelo decision again.
Posted by: Giorgio A. Tsoukalos
In for a penny, in for 2.2 pounds.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 30, 2017 11:36 AM (IqV8l)
The goddamn selfiesticks and the ignorance of the que for starters.
Posted by: Gaius Julius Caesar at December 30, 2017 11:37 AM (FY/Oe)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 30, 2017 11:37 AM (FiGoY)
Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at December 30, 2017 11:37 AM (H0qMa)
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Dunno, but thunderB has been tweeting about it like a maniac if you want to check her twitter feed. She has a lot of stuff from a variety of sources.
Posted by: stace
If I was on Twitter, I would tweet: CNNs view of the Iranian street is blocked by a white van.
Posted by: Jean at December 30, 2017 11:38 AM (yM/Yl)
https://twitter.com/SohrabAhmari
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 30, 2017 11:38 AM (8+Ozj)
Posted by: Colin at December 30, 2017 11:38 AM (ht+dt)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCHOI39nJPM
Posted by: not the mama at December 30, 2017 11:26 AM (mx7rN)
Just watched the first half of that video--couldn't do any more. Wow.
That is just infuriating. The "swatter" doesn't even care that someone died because of what he did. He talks from beginning to end like his actions were no big deal.
With any luck, he'll be someone's girlfriend in prison very soon.
Posted by: T at December 30, 2017 11:39 AM (MmeCn)
It's already been done. Repeatedly and with many white truck photoshops.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 30, 2017 11:40 AM (/tuJf)
The goddamn selfiesticks and the ignorance of the que for starters.
Posted by: Gaius Julius Caesar at December 30, 2017 11:37 AM (FY/Oe)
The wife had to go to Switzerland on business. I asked how the sights were. She said she thought she got off the train in japan. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Divison at December 30, 2017 11:40 AM (aMlLZ)
It's already been done. Repeatedly and with many white truck photoshops.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 30, 2017 11:40 AM (/tuJf)
Another own goal for CNN. Lovely.
Posted by: rickl at December 30, 2017 11:43 AM (sdi6R)
Heh. Can't fault them because I didn't know that until after I moved to the Hudson Valley ( I lived in Red Hook in Dutchess County) .
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at December 30, 2017 11:43 AM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Colin at December 30, 2017 11:44 AM (ht+dt)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at December 30, 2017 11:44 AM (89T5c)
That Shah return part may be something of a challenge.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, The Persistence! at December 30, 2017 11:45 AM (+y/Ru)
The Iranian govm't won't fall until they begin to lose the Big War that is about to start. But who knows what kind of dictatorship will rise from that one. Bet on the military.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 30, 2017 11:45 AM (V2Yro)
End of rant.
Posted by: keena at December 30, 2017 11:45 AM (RiTnx)
One thing I remember are the cannonball scars on the church (St. Denis ?) which are from the breaking-up of the Paris Commune.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez, they are gaslighting us 24/365 at December 30, 2017 11:46 AM (oVWx5)
Posted by: Blutarksi-esque 0.0 at December 30, 2017 11:47 AM (+Tibp)
Posted by: Jean at December 30, 2017 11:47 AM (yM/Yl)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 30, 2017 11:47 AM (V2Yro)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at December 30, 2017 11:47 AM (89T5c)
Did it seem he got his inspiration from his own mental instability?
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at December 30, 2017 11:47 AM (2DOZq)
until after I moved to the Hudson Valley ( I lived in Red Hook in
Dutchess County) .
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at December 30, 2017 11:43 AM (2DOZq)
I'm sure Woodstock, NY gets plenty of visitors looking for the concert site. I grew up in that part of the Catskills (called the Borscht Belt, or Jewish Alps, at that time)...
Posted by: Colin at December 30, 2017 11:48 AM (ht+dt)
Posted by: CaliGirl at December 30, 2017 11:48 AM (Ri/rl)
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There's a similar apocryphal story about Paul. Makes Re-Animator seem unoriginal in hindsight.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 30, 2017 11:49 AM (/qEW2)
https://tinyurl.com/y8sy3xr4
Are some people waking up?
Posted by: keena at December 30, 2017 11:49 AM (RiTnx)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 30, 2017 11:50 AM (tRaq7)
Just to keep things weird, I guess.
Later, these were put into "cut" time, and the composer who put them in 2/1 time was taken out back.
Posted by: navybrat at December 30, 2017 11:50 AM (w7KSn)
The goddamn selfiesticks and the ignorance of the que for starters.
Posted by: Gaius Julius Caesar at December 30, 2017 11:37 AM (FY/Oe)
They take cuts and stand way too close.
Posted by: CaliGirl at December 30, 2017 11:50 AM (Ri/rl)
Posted by: Jean at December 30, 2017 11:51 AM (yM/Yl)
No More Free Money to Pakistan: President Trump Cuts Off $255 Million in Military Aid to Pakistan
Posted by: MISH McConnell at December 30, 2017 11:52 AM (y3aQB)
Posted by: MISH McConnell
Schwingggggg!
Posted by: Blutarksi-esque 0.0 at December 30, 2017 11:52 AM (+Tibp)
Holy hell the LA times published this today?!
https://tinyurl.com/y8sy3xr4
Are some people waking up?
Posted by: keena at December 30, 2017 11:49 AM (RiTnx)
Its not April Fools day is it....I can't believe the LA Times printed that. The end of the world would come before the Chicago Tribune or NYT, etc ever printed it.
Posted by: Colin at December 30, 2017 11:52 AM (ht+dt)
They take cuts and stand way too close.
Posted by: CaliGirl at December 30, 2017 11:50 AM (Ri/rl)
And they smoke like fiends.
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at December 30, 2017 11:52 AM (lKyWE)
The problem is cops operate with high authority and low personal accountability while citizens who hold CCW permits operate with low authority and high personal accountability. Who do you think will be more judicious before pulling the trigger?
Posted by: Butch at December 30, 2017 11:52 AM (hXu8T)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 30, 2017 11:54 AM (qJtVm)
Is that the Main LA paper.? I don't think so Maybe it's an like the "Washington Times" vs. WAPO because the article is by someone from "The Federalist". I don't know if most people in Los Angeles will ever get a clue.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 30, 2017 11:54 AM (8+Ozj)
Posted by: keena at December 30, 2017 11:55 AM (RiTnx)
Posted by: keena at December 30, 2017 11:56 AM (RiTnx)
Posted by: freaked at December 30, 2017 11:56 AM (UdKB7)
Posted by: Blutarksi-esque 0.0 at December 30, 2017 11:30 AM (+Tibp)
Beer, more than a breakfast drink.
Posted by: George at December 30, 2017 11:56 AM (Hgs3k)
And then the corporation never even used the stolen property. But the Constitution still has their crayon scribbling on it.
I blame the Kennedy Brothers, Ted and Anthony.
Posted by: The Gipper Lives at December 30, 2017 11:56 AM (Ndje9)
Posted by: Gaius Julius Caesar at December 30, 2017 11:56 AM (FY/Oe)
If I was on Twitter, I would tweet: CNNs view of the Iranian street is blocked by a white van.
Posted by: Jean at December 30, 2017 11:38 AM (yM/Yl)
Heh.
Probably it's been mentioned here already but another thing I saw on twitter last night was that, no joke, CNN was finally able to determine by license plate that the truck they saw parked elsewhere (sheriff's office?) was the same one that had been used to block their view of the golf course. No I'm not shitting you, this is what at least one of their reporters was on about last night.
Posted by: stace at December 30, 2017 11:57 AM (6HFDU)
Posted by: Insomniac - Bah humbug! at December 30, 2017 11:58 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: jsg at December 30, 2017 11:58 AM (gSwpy)
pressured to. LOL! It's actually even more annoying than an NYC or
Chicago accent. And before anyone bitches, I grew up w an NYC accent but
tamed it.
Posted by: keena at December 30, 2017 11:55 AM (RiTnx)
I can pickup the NYC area accent in a instant. Where I grew up, no accent at all. (as far as I can tell)
Posted by: Colin at December 30, 2017 11:58 AM (ht+dt)
Holy shit. That has to be a fake LA Times website. Wonder if Drudge will link it and if not why?
Posted by: George at December 30, 2017 11:59 AM (Hgs3k)
That was truly in the LA Times!! Amazing right?
But as an Op-Ed, not by one of their fake journalists.
Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at December 30, 2017 12:00 PM (H0qMa)
Holy hell the LA times published this today?!
Are some people waking up?
Posted by: keena at December 30, 2017 11:49 AM (RiTnx)
Nah it's like their New Years resolution. They swear they're going to be honest in 2018 and decide to get an early start to prove it.By Jan 7th they'll be back to their old L.A. Times.
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at December 30, 2017 12:00 PM (lKyWE)
an old friend (friends again on Facebook) took me to the New Orleans opera with her parents once ... some Wagner opera with incredible scenery. The whole "culture" thing didn't really take for me, but I marvel at the power of those voices.
Shakespeare I guess was also part political commentary which related to the "deplorables" of the day. Malicious and Powerful pushing around the Productive class is a universal theme apparently.
Posted by: illiniwek at December 30, 2017 12:00 PM (otAqJ)
Posted by: keena at December 30, 2017 12:01 PM (RiTnx)
Posted by: bluebell at December 30, 2017 12:01 PM (sTBcq)
We don't know the whole story of what happened yet, but I agree that it looks like bad policy/procedure/training. I think there are multiple parties at fault here (the asshole who requested the swatting, the asshole who gave the false address to the swatter knowing that address would be swatted, the psychopath who swatted the address - all those guys need to see hard time).
Posted by: not the mama at December 30, 2017 12:01 PM (mx7rN)
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Grew up in IL, which appears to be the 'broadcast' ideal. Dees, dem an' dose of Chicago were ruthlessly suppressed by parents and grandparents. 'Da Bears' were tolerated as a joke.
Speak clearly and slowly. Immigrants love me because I also don't talk loudly.
Posted by: mustbequantum at December 30, 2017 12:02 PM (MIKMs)
Posted by: This Report is Interrupted to Bring You Breaking White Truck Coverage! at December 30, 2017 12:03 PM (Ndje9)
Funny things you learn from your mom.
Posted by: JAS at December 30, 2017 12:04 PM (7JbXq)
Of course you have friends-or people wouldn't be talking to you here or by e-mail,- and you have mentioned real friends outside this box.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 30, 2017 12:04 PM (8+Ozj)
Posted by: Jake from State Farm at December 30, 2017 12:04 PM (2RVA8)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, The Persistence! at December 30, 2017 12:05 PM (+y/Ru)
I'm no opera expert, but I think she sang it better. I may be biased.
Posted by: pep at December 30, 2017 12:05 PM (LAe3v)
so they doxxed a white van ... antifa will go burn it soon. Can't have these deplorable racist vans just roaming around freely. heh
Posted by: illiniwek at December 30, 2017 12:05 PM (otAqJ)
Holy hell the LA times published this today?!
Web-only, maybe? They're the ones hiding the Khalidi tapes, aren't they? Either way, yes, shocking this article appeared in any form, but now they can absolve themselves of all bias for 2017.
Posted by: t-bird at December 30, 2017 12:06 PM (clYld)
Posted by: bluebell at December 30, 2017 12:06 PM (sTBcq)
https://tinyurl.com/y8sy3xr4
Are some people waking up?
Posted by: keena at December 30, 2017 11:49 AM (RiTnx)
Actual journalism at the LA Times? I may faint.
Posted by: Insomniac - Bah humbug! at December 30, 2017 12:06 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: keena at December 30, 2017 11:55 AM (RiTnx)
I'm not sure I would be able to differentiate between regional accents. I know a Boston accent.
I don't think California has an accent. Only when 8 girls are all trying to talk at once. More valley girl type accent.
"Who does that?"
Posted by: CaliGirl at December 30, 2017 12:07 PM (Ri/rl)
Posted by: t-bird at December 30, 2017 12:07 PM (clYld)
Iranians Chant For End To Islamic Government, For Shah To Return
That Shah return part may be something of a challenge.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, The Persistence!
Is there a spare one in a well some place?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 30, 2017 12:08 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: bluebell at December 30, 2017 12:01 PM (sTBcq)
That cracked me up. How about flock of seagulls?
Posted by: CaliGirl at December 30, 2017 12:08 PM (Ri/rl)
Posted by: LA Times at December 30, 2017 12:08 PM (gSwpy)
I don't mean to discount the people here at all. I have good friends here. But in terms of going out and doing stuff with people friends or otherwise hanging out in meatspace friends, I have none. That's not an exaggeration.
Posted by: Insomniac - Bah humbug! at December 30, 2017 12:08 PM (NWiLs)
The public may be clamoring for faster response to reports of mayhem in schools, movie theaters etc, but only a few idiots really want the police to bust down doors and come in with guns blazing to break up a family fight, even a deadly one. SWAT deployment into a home w/o a burglar alarm or other indication of a break-in should require on-site fact gathering before they go into action mode.
Posted by: PaleRider, simply irredeemable at December 30, 2017 12:09 PM (84F5k)
I always thought of Berserker as more of a Spandau Ballet kind of guy. Am I wrong?
Posted by: bluebell at December 30, 2017 12:01 PM (sTBcq)
Berserker? Probably more of a Flamenwerfer contra dance type, though admittedly Spandaus can be useful in fixed positions.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 30, 2017 12:09 PM (2K6fY)
The Shah's son lives in exile somewhere so they're talking about that family..
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 30, 2017 12:10 PM (8+Ozj)
I'm just heroic that way.
Posted by: The Gipper Lives at December 30, 2017 12:10 PM (Ndje9)
Wow, pep, your daughter must be an amazing singer. Does she perform in operas now?
Posted by: bluebell
She is, but she figured out pretty quickly that the showbiz life was not for her. She works in data analytics software now. Clearly a very narrow person.
Posted by: pep at December 30, 2017 12:10 PM (LAe3v)
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Bah. Maxine Waters has lived without a brain for 70 years.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, The Persistence! at December 30, 2017 12:10 PM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: bluebell
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If you mean the last performance at the Spandau prison in 1951 then yes, I think that is right up Berserker's alley.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 30, 2017 12:10 PM (tr2D7)
Posted by: CaliGirl at December 30, 2017 12:08 PM (Ri/rl)
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Maybe, but just the hair.
Posted by: bluebell at December 30, 2017 12:10 PM (sTBcq)
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Nobody is an opera expert.
Kids home so catching up with their peers. Little kid in the neighborhood who could resonate across a darned field when she was singing is almost done with her performance training. Little person, huuuuuge voice.
Posted by: mustbequantum at December 30, 2017 12:10 PM (MIKMs)
http://bit.ly/2lhPwO8
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, The Persistence! at December 30, 2017 12:05 PM (+y/Ru)
Doesn't show us much. It's pretty far away.
Posted by: Insomniac - Bah humbug! at December 30, 2017 12:11 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: bluebell at December 30, 2017 12:01 PM (sTBcq)
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True.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 30, 2017 12:11 PM (qJtVm)
That is something you should think about changing, IS. :^) As I have noted before there are probably a number of morons of HQ morns who live in your area .
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 30, 2017 12:11 PM (8+Ozj)
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 30, 2017 12:12 PM (/qEW2)
Posted by: Puddin Head at December 30, 2017 12:12 PM (vV/gB)
There were a lot of readily hateable people in that film. That moment when Leia floats back into the ship was hysterical, I was looking for a broom.
And they continue to make the head bad guy ever more ridiculous.
Posted by: JEM at December 30, 2017 12:12 PM (0XvG0)
There's a place in France
Where the ladies don't wear pants?
Posted by: 12 year old freaked at December 30, 2017 12:12 PM (UdKB7)
Posted by: Les Kinetic at December 30, 2017 12:12 PM (eSvEh)
Posted by: JAS at December 30, 2017 12:13 PM (7JbXq)
Posted by: t-bird at December 30, 2017 12:13 PM (clYld)
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So far away it's hard to see him as an immediate threat to the cops.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, The Persistence! at December 30, 2017 12:14 PM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 30, 2017 12:14 PM (hyuyC)
Posted by: 12 year old freaked at December 30, 2017 12:15 PM (UdKB7)
Posted by: PaleRider, simply irredeemable at December 30, 2017 12:15 PM (84F5k)
Posted by: JAS at December 30, 2017 12:15 PM (7JbXq)
Posted by: t-bird at December 30, 2017 12:13 PM (clYld)
I've been thinking about 2018 too. Remember feeling like you were hanging onto a ledge and the fall could come at any time ? Mayhaps the shoe is on the other foot next year !
Posted by: jsg at December 30, 2017 12:16 PM (xwvEL)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, The Persistence! at December 30, 2017 12:14 PM (+y/Ru)
I had a similar thought.
Posted by: Insomniac - Bah humbug! at December 30, 2017 12:16 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 30, 2017 12:17 PM (hyuyC)
That *is* your warm front. Pray that I do not change it further.
Posted by: Darth Bastardi at December 30, 2017 12:17 PM (clYld)
Really, Horde, I expected that from the get-go. Slackers.
Posted by: mustbequantum at December 30, 2017 12:17 PM (MIKMs)
Posted by: josephistan at December 30, 2017 12:17 PM (ANIFC)
And they continue to make the head bad guy ever more ridiculous.
Posted by: JEM
I will probably see the movie sometime in the future on a airline flight. That's how I saw The Force Awakens (pretty bad) and Rogue One (which was better).
I can't get excited about this childish nonsense. It's just a vast marketing effort by Disney. More money in Bob Iger's pocket, who is a man that is an affront to all of us in his politics and beliefs.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....lost in America at December 30, 2017 12:17 PM (S6Pax)
This is Serious=> Fired FBI Director Comey's Criminal Actions Could Put Him in Prison
Posted by: MISH McConnell at December 30, 2017 12:17 PM (y3aQB)
Posted by: Puddin Head at December 30, 2017 12:18 PM (vV/gB)
Posted by: 12 year old freaked at December 30, 2017 12:18 PM (UdKB7)
Posted by: United Nations Cultural Appropriations Committee at December 30, 2017 12:18 PM (Po6Jc)
Susie: But I fooled them today. I didn't wear any.
Posted by: JAS at December 30, 2017 12:19 PM (7JbXq)
Reza Pahlavi is only Crown Prince, the heir apparent to an empty throne, because he has to be crowned in the Iranian Parliament.
Only then could he be the Shah of Iran.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 30, 2017 12:19 PM (hyuyC)
Posted by: 12 year old freaked at December 30, 2017 12:19 PM (UdKB7)
Posted by: CaliGirl at December 30, 2017 11:48 AM (Ri/rl)
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It smells of beef and cheese.
Posted by: Will Ferrell at December 30, 2017 12:19 PM (/qEW2)
Posted by: Cheribebe at December 30, 2017 12:20 PM (DAdSz)
Posted by: CaliGirl at December 30, 2017 11:48 AM (Ri/rl)
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A lazy ill tempered goose.
Posted by: Puddin Head at December 30, 2017 12:20 PM (vV/gB)
2 And I was just getting started on Springsteen.
Sigh.
Posted by: Blutarksi-esque 0.0 at December 30, 2017 11:11 AM (+Tibp)
Waterboarding or rubber truncheon?
Because there's a lot to be said for both techniques.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 30, 2017 12:20 PM (eXA4G)
This is Serious=> Fired FBI Director Comey's Criminal Actions Could Put Him in Prison
Posted by: MISH McConnell at December 30, 2017 12:17 PM (y3aQB)
Oh dear. A Hoft story using Cernovich as a source. Two of the least-credible people in the right-blogosphere. Doesn't necessarily mean he's wrong, but still.
Posted by: Insomniac - Bah humbug! at December 30, 2017 12:20 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: MISH McConnell at December 30, 2017 12:17 PM (y3aQB)
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Haha! Good one!
Posted by: Barack Obama is a bad, bad man at December 30, 2017 12:20 PM (Po6Jc)
Posted by: MISH McConnell at December 30, 2017 12:17 PM (y3aQB)
*Rolls eyes*
Posted by: Lois Lerner at December 30, 2017 12:21 PM (xwvEL)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 30, 2017 12:22 PM (KP5rU)
Just reporting it, Don't shoot the messenger
Posted by: MISH McConnell at December 30, 2017 12:22 PM (y3aQB)
Posted by: Les Kinetic at December 30, 2017 12:22 PM (eSvEh)
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at December 30, 2017 12:23 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: MISH McConnell
Shoot the Sheriff! Shoot the Sheriff!
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....lost in America at December 30, 2017 12:23 PM (S6Pax)
Trump is fighting pedophiles and he likes Jews-that infuriates some people.
- Roseanne Barr (@therealroseanne) December 28, 2017
https://usat.ly/2zQrLkI
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, The Persistence! at December 30, 2017 12:24 PM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 30, 2017 12:24 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Insomniac - Bah humbug! at December 30, 2017 11:58 AM (NWiLs)
You also don't live within 200 miles of Mr. Bassman and me, or we'd be showing up on your doorstep with champagne.
Posted by: Emmie -- please, no public display of insanity at December 30, 2017 12:25 PM (/A+Cl)
#twoweeks
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy - Fa La La La La La La FA LA LA LA LA LA LA at December 30, 2017 12:25 PM (ZiMuX)
Posted by: josephistan at December 30, 2017 12:27 PM (ANIFC)
Snow revoval wasn't too bad, light only 1-3 inches.
Posted by: Skip at December 30, 2017 12:27 PM (aC6Sd)
Posted by: Les Kinetic
My experience with Chicago and Philly "accents" is some angry black woman in a uniform yelling at somebody.
Miniature TSA woman in Philly yelling at some kid who needed to get through security, O'Hare Security PD at me for trying to go through the wrong door. Angry people.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....lost in America at December 30, 2017 12:27 PM (S6Pax)
Posted by: Mickey Spillane at December 30, 2017 11:28 AM (y3sT9)
Posted by: American High Arc Seminar College famous quotes at December 30, 2017 12:27 PM (Cz+xD)
Posted by: Emmie -- please, no public display of insanity at December 30, 2017 12:25 PM (/A+Cl)
I'm sure that would be a good time!
Posted by: Insomniac - Bah humbug! at December 30, 2017 12:27 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: The Gipper Lives at December 30, 2017 12:28 PM (Ndje9)
Posted by: PaleRider, simply irredeemable at December 30, 2017 12:28 PM (84F5k)
President Trump's love for all things gold apparently doesn't extend to the Golden State.
Trump is about to become the first president since Dwight D. Eisenhower 64 years ago to skip a visit to California during his first calendar year in office. And he doesn't appear to have any plans to take Air Force One to the country's most populous and economically powerful state before he marks his first full year in office Jan. 20.
Posted by: Colin at December 30, 2017 12:28 PM (ht+dt)
Posted by: J. Sessions at December 30, 2017 12:29 PM (r9UYA)
Just reporting it, Don't shoot the messenger
Posted by: MISH McConnell at December 30, 2017 12:22 PM (y3aQB)
Well, OK. But just this once.
*drops mag*
*ejects chambered round*
Posted by: Insomniac - Bah humbug! at December 30, 2017 12:29 PM (NWiLs)
It only took the Iranians this long to figure out "Hey, we traded in a king ... for a Supreme Leader. Maybe that wasn't too bright after all".
"In 6 months, we'll be stealing Erno's nose" - Woody Allen, Sleeper
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 30, 2017 12:29 PM (/qEW2)
Posted by: kallisto at December 30, 2017 12:30 PM (O98j8)
Here's a right groovy retro-60s style video sure to put a smile on the po-faced and tap the toes of the, um, non-toe-tappers.
https://tinyurl.com/y9cv2arc
("Boston Spaceships" is one of the gazillion side projects of Guided by Voices main-man Robert Pollard, writer of earworm hooks extroardinaire.)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at December 30, 2017 12:30 PM (ul9CR)
It only took the Iranians this long to figure out "Hey, we traded in a king ... for a Supreme Leader. Maybe that wasn't too bright after all".
"In 6 months, we'll be stealing Erno's nose" - Woody Allen, Sleeper
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 30, 2017 12:29 PM (/qEW2)
Lets send in Jimmy Carter. He'll know what to do!
Posted by: Insomniac - Bah humbug! at December 30, 2017 12:30 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Insomniac - Bah humbug! at December 30, 2017 12:27 PM (NWiLs)
Yeah. Standing on the front porch in the cold, wondering why it sounds like someone is home but no one is answering the door.
Posted by: Emmie -- please, no public display of insanity at December 30, 2017 12:30 PM (/A+Cl)
Posted by: Skip at December 30, 2017 12:31 PM (aC6Sd)
Posted by: Emmie -- please, no public display of insanity at December 30, 2017 12:30 PM (/A+Cl)
Heh.
Posted by: Insomniac - Bah humbug! at December 30, 2017 12:32 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 30, 2017 12:32 PM (qJtVm)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 30, 2017 12:32 PM (qJtVm)
I'd like to. I'm still trying to get back on my feet.
Posted by: Insomniac - Bah humbug! at December 30, 2017 12:33 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: kallisto
The Muslims have been there for years. The numbers are growing. Northern African French colonies were part of Metropolitan France. They are all over the place in terms of behavior and temperment. A lot of them are very nice, a lot of them are really A-H*les.
There is a very nice young woman that works for our company that came out of the banelieus in France (Muslims residential suburbs of Paris). She is smart and very nice and very pretty.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....lost in America at December 30, 2017 12:33 PM (S6Pax)
Posted by: kallisto at December 30, 2017 12:33 PM (O98j8)
President Trump's love for all things gold apparently doesn't extend to the Golden State.
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Liberals are fond of their euphemisms. They are the Iron Pyrite State.
Trump should send them some sackcloth so they can repent. Luckily, he won't need to supply on ashes - that's one thing they have a surplus of.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 30, 2017 12:34 PM (/qEW2)
A) Fuck those guys in particular.
B) They shit their own nest. They have nobody to blame but themselves.
Posted by: Insomniac - Bah humbug! at December 30, 2017 12:36 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at December 30, 2017 12:36 PM (ty7RM)
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at December 30, 2017 12:36 PM (ty7RM)
I've heard good things about Prague from folks who've been there.
Posted by: Insomniac - Bah humbug! at December 30, 2017 12:38 PM (NWiLs)
Iceland is like another world. Go and enjoy.
Posted by: pep at December 30, 2017 12:39 PM (LAe3v)
A) Fuck those guys in particular.
B) They shit their own nest. They have nobody to blame but themselves.
Posted by: Insomniac - Bah humbug! at December 30, 2017 12:36 PM (NWiLs)
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As a californian, I should be offended by that statement, but, yeah, pretty much.
Posted by: Blake at December 30, 2017 12:39 PM (WEBkv)
Posted by: SteveOReno at December 30, 2017 12:39 PM (2sCft)
Posted by: Blake at December 30, 2017 12:39 PM (WEBkv)
Heh. Not you personally but obviously you know what I mean.
Posted by: Insomniac - Bah humbug! at December 30, 2017 12:40 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Colin at December 30, 2017 12:40 PM (ht+dt)
Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at December 30, 2017 11:27 AM (2FqvZ)
Ain't no fool like a smart fool.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 30, 2017 12:40 PM (d6iST)
https://tinyurl.com/y85q96c5
Posted by: jsg at December 30, 2017 12:41 PM (xwvEL)
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at December 30, 2017 12:41 PM (ty7RM)
Amazon driver met me with package halfway up driveway. White panel truck - I don't think it had snow tires. Of all the non-snow worthy vehicles, it's probably number one - even with snow tires. Asked him if he got caught up in the School Kill Expressway nonsense. He said he's been risking life and limb all day.
But I got my package!
Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at December 30, 2017 12:41 PM (2FqvZ)
Posted by: kallisto at December 30, 2017 12:41 PM (O98j8)
I would move there but it's too stinkin' hot.
Posted by: navybrat at December 30, 2017 12:42 PM (w7KSn)
Bulgaria - that's where it's at.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Booking Agent, Aero Pinochet at December 30, 2017 12:42 PM (fA1SL)
I would move there but it's too stinkin' hot.
Posted by: navybrat at December 30, 2017 12:42 PM (w7KSn)
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Not yet, but it's working on it.
Posted by: Blake at December 30, 2017 12:43 PM (WEBkv)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Booking Agent, Aero Pinochet at December 30, 2017 12:42 PM (fA1SL)
A destination a little up the road from the habitations and the towns we know?
Posted by: Insomniac - Bah humbug! at December 30, 2017 12:43 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: rickl at December 30, 2017 12:43 PM (sdi6R)
Trump is about to become the first president since Dwight D. Eisenhower 64 years ago to skip a visit to California during his first calendar year in office. And he doesn't appear to have any plans to take Air Force One to the country's most populous and economically powerful state before he marks his first full year in office Jan. 20.
Posted by: Colin at December 30, 2017 12:28 PM (ht+dt)
Thus depriving #Fakenews of their righteous duty to fill the days news cycle with images of angry California liberals protesting his presence in their bastion of progressivism.
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at December 30, 2017 12:44 PM (lKyWE)
Amazon driver met me with package halfway up driveway. White panel truck - I don't think it had snow tires.
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Tell us more
Posted by: This is CNN at December 30, 2017 12:44 PM (ANIFC)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Booking Agent, Aero Pinochet at December 30, 2017 12:44 PM (fA1SL)
* fills pillowcase with doorknobs, swings same at Insomniac *
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Booking Agent, Aero Pinochet at December 30, 2017 12:44 PM (fA1SL)
Take it easy. You'll need it later to get that earworm out of your head.
Posted by: Insomniac - Bah humbug! at December 30, 2017 12:45 PM (NWiLs)
Holy hell the LA times published this today?!
https://tinyurl.com/y8sy3xr4
Are some people waking up?
Posted by: keena at December 30, 2017 11:49 AM (RiTnx)
Its not April Fools day is it....I can't believe the LA Times printed that. The end of the world would come before the Chicago Tribune or NYT, etc ever printed it.
Posted by: Colin at December 30, 2017 11:52 AM (ht+dt)
Temper your amazement with the fact that:
a. It's a guest Op-Ed
b. It was written by a co-founder of The Federalist.
Is it in the print edition?
Anyways, it's a "fair and balanced" sort of fig leaf.
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at December 30, 2017 12:45 PM (di1hb)
Posted by: garrett at December 30, 2017 12:46 PM (dmj8Z)
Gardening thread up.
Posted by: HH at December 30, 2017 12:46 PM (mIJBI)
Posted by: navybrat wishes the horde a fantastic 2018! at December 30, 2017 12:47 PM (w7KSn)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, The Persistence! at December 30, 2017 11:45 AM (+y/Ru)
There is a young descendant of the late Shah, who has expressed interest, I think. Put a new Shah on the Peacock Throne, as an American client? Better than what they have now, by a long shot.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 30, 2017 12:47 PM (d6iST)
We'll go to gay Paree
And drink the wine like waterrr . . .
*all my acquired knowledge of the can-can and French niteclub culture I received from Looney Toons*
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 30, 2017 12:47 PM (QLvwG)
Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at December 30, 2017 12:47 PM (H0qMa)
Trump is about to become the first president since Dwight D. Eisenhower 64 years ago to skip a visit to California during his first calendar year in office. And he doesn't appear to have any plans to take Air Force One to the country's most populous and economically powerful state before he marks his first full year in office Jan. 20.
Posted by: Colin at December 30, 2017 12:28 PM (ht+dt)
Thus depriving #Fakenews of their righteous duty to fill the days news cycle with images of angry California liberals protesting his presence in their bastion of progressivism.
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at December 30, 2017 12:44 PM (lKyWE)
He should plan a trip for a 9 AM speech somewhere.
Then cancel, after LA traffic gets snarled worse than usual.
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at December 30, 2017 12:47 PM (di1hb)
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at December 30, 2017 12:48 PM (ty7RM)
Speaking of CA, they are enforcing a law at making ammo inaccessible.
Seriously, this shit must be unconstitutional. Why does it not get
challenged? 2A: "...shall not be infringed." It can't be any more clear.
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin
It's cute that you think they care about the Constitution.
Posted by: pep at December 30, 2017 12:49 PM (LAe3v)
Offenbach was not the only guy who wrote musical satires. In the Gardening Thread is Saint-Saens' parody of The Infernal Gallop. I used to play it on the piano.
Saint-Saens did not allow publication of some of the Carnival of the Animals until he died, in order to prevent offense to other composers. He did release The Swan.
Posted by: KT at December 30, 2017 12:49 PM (BVQ+1)
Posted by: KT at December 30, 2017 12:50 PM (BVQ+1)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 30, 2017 12:47 PM (d6iST)
Yeah, a Trump supporting Son of Shah. Somebody to turn that country around and make it great again. Let the mullahs escape to France.
Next Jimmy Carter can lather, rinse, repeat.
Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at December 30, 2017 12:50 PM (2FqvZ)
Posted by: kallisto at December 30, 2017 12:51 PM (O98j8)
Posted by: PaleRider, simply irredeemable at December 30, 2017 12:09 PM (84F5k)
That's just it. The fake call was actually one of the few situations you should activate SWAT for (if real, of course). But too many departments tend to use SWAT for all sorts of shit from minor drug busts to person of interest track downs.
It's interesting if you watch First 48 (IMO it's must watch reality TV). Typically, at some point a strong suspect in the murder is identified. Sometime that person hears about it and turns himself in. Others the PD has to track down that person.
I've seen everything from 2 detectives with vests and pistols knocking on doors (as it was done for a hundred years) to a group of detectives and cops to the SWAT team. A few years back on one of the episodes the SWAT team had a discharge while breaching the house and killed a young girl asleep on the living room house.
I'm all for the cop going home at the end of a shift but the overuse of SWAT IMO tends to increase the chance that an innocent or unarmed offender gets wasted instead. Too little training, too much adrenaline and tactics more like military combat CQB with fingers on triggers ready to kill.
Posted by: Keith at December 30, 2017 12:51 PM (USf3s)
I would move there but it's too stinkin' hot.
Posted by: navybrat at December 30, 2017 12:42 PM (w7KSn)
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Not yet, but it's working on it.
Posted by: Blake at December 30, 2017 12:43 PM (WEBkv)
If you move here, you better speak Spanish....
Posted by: Don Q. at December 30, 2017 12:51 PM (NgKpN)
Like I said, we are the New Confederacy.
Posted by: navybrat wishes the horde a fantastic 2018! at December 30, 2017 12:51 PM (w7KSn)
MIGA?
Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at December 30, 2017 12:51 PM (H0qMa)
Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at December 30, 2017 12:52 PM (H0qMa)
Posted by: navybrat wishes the horde a fantastic 2018! at December 30, 2017 12:52 PM (w7KSn)
/rolleyes
Posted by: junior at December 30, 2017 12:53 PM (EVENj)
Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at December 30, 2017 12:51 PM (H0qMa)
Works for me. Stop playing with nukes, consorting with the Norks, exporting soldiers, work on infrastructure, increase exports.
Probably other good ideas.
Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at December 30, 2017 12:54 PM (2FqvZ)
...tends to increase the chance that an innocent or AN unarmed offender gets wasted...
Posted by: Keith at December 30, 2017 12:54 PM (USf3s)
Posted by: Fritz at December 30, 2017 12:54 PM (A1FgP)
Speaking of CA, they are enforcing a law at making ammo inaccessible.
Seriously, this shit must be unconstitutional. Why does it not get
challenged? 2A: "...shall not be infringed." It can't be any more clear.
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin
It's cute that you think they care about the Constitution.
Posted by: pep at December 30, 2017 12:49 PM (LAe3v)
There are 225 non FFL places that sell ammo here... they were supposed to get special licenses before Jan 1.... it ain't happening as the 'regulations' have not been approved.
They are telling shop owners to close their doors until they get their licenses...
Local Sheriffs are PISSED...
Oh... and the State told the press that all the licenses WERE approved... and when called out on it, said... oh... we made a mistake...
Posted by: Don Q. at December 30, 2017 12:54 PM (NgKpN)
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 30, 2017 12:55 PM (/qEW2)
other indication of a break-in should require on-site fact gathering
before they go into action mode.
Posted by: PaleRider, simply irredeemable at December 30, 2017 12:09 PM (84F5k)
The very fact that somebody came to the door when they knocked or demanded entry should have clued in the cops that maybe it was not an active-shooter scenario.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 30, 2017 12:55 PM (d6iST)
Seriously, this shit must be unconstitutional. Why does it not get
challenged? 2A: "...shall not be infringed." It can't be any more clear.
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin
It's cute that you think they care about the Constitution.
Posted by: pep at December 30, 2017 12:49 PM (LAe3v)
The 2a is the ultimate doomsday weapon, and a canary in the coal mine. When its attacked it usually signals that its past time to be activated.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Divison at December 30, 2017 12:56 PM (aMlLZ)
ammo inaccessible. Seriously, this shit must be unconstitutional. Why
does it not get challenged? 2A: "...shall not be infringed." It can't be
any more clear.
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at December 30, 2017 12:48 PM (ty7RM)
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Does the California Constitution have and protection of the right to bear arms?
Posted by: Barack Obama is a bad, bad man at December 30, 2017 12:56 PM (Po6Jc)
Just saw in an article over at Powerline that CNN has finally gotten around to talking what's going on in Iran right now. I'm happy to report that CNN is now providing full coverage of the pro-government rallies and demonstrations. ]/i]
Do they have any Papier-mâché Trump heads?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 30, 2017 12:56 PM (IqV8l)
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Pft...
The 2nd Amendment only talks about firearms! It doesn't say anything about ammunition!
(given the reasoning behind the recent 4th Circuit decision that the USSC decided to ignore, the above argument would probably work just fine...)
Posted by: junior at December 30, 2017 12:56 PM (EVENj)
I'd bet Lincoln never visited Atlanta either.
Posted by: navybrat wishes the horde a fantastic 2018! at December 30, 2017 12:47 PM (w7KSn)
Sherman did
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at December 30, 2017 12:56 PM (lKyWE)
Posted by: kallisto at December 30, 2017 12:57 PM (O98j8)
Posted by: pep at December 30, 2017 12:10 PM (LAe3v)
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Me, too. I have degrees in music performance but it takes a special kind of personality to thrive in that environment. So now I'm a librarian.
Unfortunately I think you have to get pretty far into it before you realize that it's not for you.
Posted by: shinypie at December 30, 2017 12:57 PM (WSNP+)
A Librarian!?
With, like glasses and stuff?
I think this is one of those instances where we may need pictures.
Posted by: garrett at December 30, 2017 12:59 PM (dmj8Z)
Posted by: Fritz at December 30, 2017 01:01 PM (A1FgP)
U vas sigaretti? - do you have cigarettes?
This is traditionally used as an opening and invitation to combat. Best bet is to throw a punch first
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Booking Agent, Aero Pinochet at December 30, 2017 01:02 PM (fA1SL)
Toulouse -Lautrec depicted scenes from the Moulin Rouge. And it was the subject of a 1950s movie starring Leslie Caron, I think.
Posted by: kallisto at December 30, 2017 12:57 PM (O98j
He sure loved him some French hookers
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at December 30, 2017 01:02 PM (lKyWE)
Posted by: keena at December 30, 2017 11:55 AM (RiTnx)
I lived there for a few years (actually in north Delaware, which is linguistically just a suburb of Philadelphia), and also came to hate that accent. So much so that, even though I do pretty good regional dialect impressions, I cannot do Philly except for single words...cannot form it into coherent sentences.
Your description is right on. If you say "wooder" instead of "water", you are very close to saying it like you are from Philly. Also, they have a peculiar way of saying the letter "l", like they are swallowing/choking on it. Thus one of the tells for a real Philly accent is the way they say the word "Philadelphia".
On a related side note, although I am originally from SoCal, when on business trips I would occasionally get asked if I was from upstate New York (i.e. around Schenectady). My mother was, and I must have picked it up from her (and her mother, who lived with us), but to this day I have no idea what defines that accent, except that it doesn't sound anything like NYC. Perhaps you, with your NYC background, have an idea how you could recognize someone from upstate?
Posted by: HTL at December 30, 2017 01:03 PM (HJhN4)
With, like glasses and stuff?
I think this is one of those instances where we may need pictures.
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Exactly. Glasses, buns, Dewey Decimals, you name it.
Posted by: shinypie at December 30, 2017 01:04 PM (WSNP+)
Posted by: Skip at December 30, 2017 01:06 PM (aC6Sd)
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at December 30, 2017 12:48 PM (ty7RM)
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CA new gun laws have had a chilling effect on our gun club, too.
In my conversations with a couple of club officers, the club seems to have decided to put rifle CQB matches on hold, because they don't want to have to deal with people who may show up with illegal, in CA, firearms.
I believe the chilling effect started when we had local cops shooting with us, investigating one of our members, a nationally ranked shooter, who eventually went to jail for a few months on gun charges.
The gun charge was BS and it's not like there wasn't something else the cops could have done with their time. Oddly enough, though, the cops thought it was perfectly safe to shoot with a bunch of people carrying guns. Imagine that.
Anyway, after finding out our local cops would come after our club or a club member, I guess it was decided to put a hold on certain matches.
Posted by: Blake at December 30, 2017 01:07 PM (WEBkv)
Posted by: Sir Mix-a-Lot at December 30, 2017 01:07 PM (dmj8Z)
Let's call in SWAT just to be sure.
Posted by: Fritz at December 30, 2017 01:01 PM (A1FgP)
That house has a water connection. Which means they have water. Which means they could have a hydroponic garden. Which means they could be growing weed. RAID IT!!!
Posted by: Insomniac - Bah humbug! at December 30, 2017 01:07 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Prof Harold Hill at December 30, 2017 01:07 PM (QLvwG)
Posted by: kallisto at December 30, 2017 01:08 PM (O98j8)
Posted by: mustbequantum at December 30, 2017 01:08 PM (MIKMs)
Posted by: garrett at December 30, 2017 01:10 PM (dmj8Z)
Posted by: Fritz at December 30, 2017 01:11 PM (A1FgP)
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 30, 2017 12:55 PM (/qEW2)
On the contrary, I bet California liberals would dearly love for Trump to visit, so they could get up on their hind legs and howl, thereby proving their virtue.
The cruelest thing Trump can do is what he is doing: ignoring them. And sticking it to the state with the tax bill.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 30, 2017 01:11 PM (WmqYl)
Posted by: shinypie at December 30, 2017 01:14 PM (WSNP+)
That's nice of him. I wouldn't trust that mincing ponce as far as I could throw him. FOAD Lindsey.
Posted by: Under Fire at December 30, 2017 01:14 PM (r9UYA)
Bulgaria - that's where it's at.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Booking Agent, Aero Pinochet at December 30, 2017 12:42 PM (fA1SL)
Prague is an interesting city to visit, if only to see what Vienna used to look like before the massive teardown and rebuild at the end of the 19th century turned it into a central European version of Disneyland's French Quarter (i.e. much cleaner and safer than the original).
And Bulgaria is a great place to visit...if you want to see what Scott Adams' "Elbonia" looks like in real life.
Posted by: HTL at December 30, 2017 01:16 PM (HJhN4)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Booking Agent, Aero Pinochet at December 30, 2017 01:18 PM (fA1SL)
http://minx.cc:1080/?post=282200
And then we get to the actual Iranian protests in June.
Obama speaks up several days later in a weak statement. http://minx.cc:1080/?post=288565
State department calls the violent government reaction to the protests "debate" http://minx.cc:1080/?post=288654
McCain criticizing Obama weak response on Iran. http://minx.cc:1080/?post=288671
Obama finally giving support to protesters. Again a bit mealy-mouthed. http://minx.cc:1080/?post=288775
Obama administration zeroes out spending on supporting democracy in Iran. Yup he sure is big on them not being an Islamist state. http://ace.mu.nu/archives/288768.php#288768
June 22 and Obama stills has an invite to Iranian diplomats to attend Independence Day celebrations of Hot Dogs and Fireworks. http://minx.cc:1080/?post=288872
June 24 and the invite is rescinded. Not because Obama's team realized how bad it looks, but because no Iranians invited RSVPed. http://minx.cc:1080/?post=288963
Obama/Merkel Press Conference and Merkel has stronger statement against Iran than Obama. http://minx.cc:1080/?post=289038
Posted by: buzzion at December 30, 2017 01:19 PM (cAnNx)
Put down at Travis, followed by half a dozen C-17s full of US Marshals. Head for Sacramento and put Brown and the state legislature under arrest for harboring.
Posted by: JEM at December 30, 2017 01:19 PM (0XvG0)
We get somewhat frequent questions at a range where I am an RO about the "CA legal" stuff. Club policy is that we don't enforce laws - we enforce club rules. And no instances of any law enforcement doing the truly s***y dick-move of actually going after anyone for gear. That's one sick, off the rails PD you've got there.
One suggestion: ban law enforcement from matches. This has been discussed at the place I shoot matches (different place than the other club). Smaller place. And former law enforcement are among those leading the discussion.
As to new ammo law - still waiting for the lawsuits to drop. Impossible to believe the usual suspects won't have multiple lines of attack. Though I'm thinking the best one would be the one based on principle, and the 2A, not inter-state commerce: burdening a right. Sentient beings already marvel at the lawlessness of the US, the rot of the judiciary and the hollowing out of the constitution in so many respects.
But piling burden upon indefensible harassing burden on firearm owners, none of them related to public safety - while such things as voting do not even require ID documents - is as good a monument to America's degradation as any.
Posted by: Farshimmelt Alte-Kocker, AKA rhomboid at December 30, 2017 01:20 PM (iynDC)
Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at December 30, 2017 12:51 PM (H0qMa)
Works for me. Stop playing with nukes, consorting with the Norks, exporting soldiers, work on infrastructure, increase exports.
Probably other good ideas.
Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at December 30, 2017 12:54 PM (2FqvZ)
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Interesting if an Iranian revolution were successful and they became an ally instead of one of the "Death to America" gang. It could be symbiotic.
One area where we might get some help from them would be in the area of refugees. We could incentivize them to rehome our Syrian and Somali refugees, and perhaps some of Europe's as well. If their economy were booming and they had an Islamic culture awaiting for them, it would be a welcome development for all, except for Democrat politicians who would be losing votes and who would be losing an Identity Politics/white guilt bludgeon to force Americans to stop expressing or promoting their native religious beliefs and culture.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 30, 2017 01:20 PM (/qEW2)
PDT's motorcade had to drive on the interstate and go thru the hotel's back fence. The Donald probably swore off Cali that day.
Posted by: Exit 9-Shore Points at December 30, 2017 01:20 PM (XUoI+)
Posted by: Jeff SezZzions at December 30, 2017 01:22 PM (Tyii7)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, The Persistence! at December 30, 2017 11:45 AM (+y/Ru
The Disney Imagineers are rested and ready.
Posted by: Max Power at December 30, 2017 01:22 PM (q177U)
Posted by: The Folsom Street Pervs at December 30, 2017 01:24 PM (Tyii7)
Bulgaria. Among the jobs I regret turning down in the past was a sweet one in Sofia. Though it must be admitted that much of that regret is based on what is seen as the missed, massive opportunities for, um, social recreation.
Still hope to get there some day, maybe for the rose festival in June. Though I'll only be admiring the flowers that grow in the ground, no longer being solo.
Posted by: Farshimmelt Alte-Kocker, AKA rhomboid at December 30, 2017 01:25 PM (iynDC)
Posted by: Ever at December 30, 2017 01:28 PM (wQ1Qo)
-What I'd like to hear him say.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 30, 2017 01:28 PM (gC2IV)
Don't look to Iran to play in solving refugee or other problems, though. Multi-ethnic state with its own centrifugal issues, no history of mass immigration, not a place most any Arab would consider.
Posted by: Farshimmelt Alte-Kocker, AKA rhomboid at December 30, 2017 01:28 PM (iynDC)
Not so fun fact: Springsteen (born 1947) is the same age today (6
that Guy Lombardo (born 1902) was in 1970 and Lawrence Welk (born 1903) was in 1971, the year his show went from network to syndication. Meanwhile, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Paul McCartney (all born 1943) are the same age that Lombardo was in 1976, when he did his final NYE show (he died in 1977). Posted by: Secret Square at December 30, 2017 01:28 PM (9WuX0)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 30, 2017 01:30 PM (T28di)
*opens beer*
Posted by: rickl at December 30, 2017 01:31 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Bruce Stringbean at December 30, 2017 01:32 PM (Tyii7)
Posted by: Bob Dylan at December 30, 2017 01:33 PM (gC2IV)
All these mega-scandals (4 and counting), with tantalizing hints that, at last, things will break wide open with IG reports and documentary evidence etc. - up against the corruption of the law enforcement establishment, the uselessness of the political branches, the indifference/ignorance/dumbing-down of the citizenry - it's almost like a physics question.
What happens when the unstoppable force of multiple mega-scandals that are well documented and undeniable meets the immovable object of institutional integrity collapse, Beltway degradation, and popular disengagement?
Posted by: Farshimmelt Alte-Kocker, AKA rhomboid at December 30, 2017 01:34 PM (iynDC)
Posted by: Bruce Stringbean at December 30, 2017 01:34 PM (Tyii7)
The goddamn selfiesticks and the ignorance of the que for starters.
Posted by: Gaius Julius Caesar at December 30, 2017 11:37 AM (FY/Oe)
I rode a bus more than a few times in Korea. Even though everyone had tickets with a seat number, they still rushed the door to get on the bus. I realize there are 75 million people in a country the size of Indiana but never understood that one.
Posted by: Bill R. at December 30, 2017 01:35 PM (IuYIh)
Hooray for magic phones.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 30, 2017 01:35 PM (T28di)
But piling burden upon indefensible harassing burden on firearm owners, none of them related to public safety - while such things as voting do not even require ID documents - is as good a monument to America's degradation as any.
Posted by: Farshimmelt Alte-Kocker, AKA rhomboid at December 30, 2017 01:20 PM (iynDC)
It's pretty breathtaking.
Posted by: rickl at December 30, 2017 01:36 PM (sdi6R)
This is traditionally used as an opening and invitation to combat. Best bet is to throw a punch first.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Booking Agent, Aero Pinochet at December 30, 2017 01:02 PM
So you throw a punch, and then say "U vas sigaretti?"?
I guess that's more formal than saying "U mthr wars army shoes?" or "U vas deferens?".
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 30, 2017 01:37 PM (DMUuz)
Posted by: Bruce Stringbean at December 30, 2017 01:37 PM (Tyii7)
Posted by: Farshimmelt Alte-Kocker, AKA rhomboid at December 30, 2017 01:20 PM (iynDC)
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Trust me, we understand we're not cops and we have no control over what people bring to matches.
However, the process is the punishment any more.
DA's are looking to make a name for themselves and are interested in padding their resume so they can move on and up. So, DA's just don't care how much it costs to investigate and prosecute, because they know, in the end, they have deeper pockets then most people.
My point being the Bill of Rights and the presumption of innocence are pretty much gone any more. Our club has every reason to believe they could very well become part of a "kitchen sink" investigation and we know we cannot afford to have the cops and DA on our backs.
As of right now, we have every reason to believe the cops would gladly come after us if we had a bunch of people show up at a match with "illegal" guns. And, since CQB matches are advertised, it wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if the cops would shoot the match, hoping to catch a few people with firearms they shouldn't have and then our club getting hit with "Aiding and Abetting." (we have good reason to believe this could happen)
Posted by: Blake at December 30, 2017 01:39 PM (WEBkv)
Posted by: Bruce Stringbean at December 30, 2017 01:40 PM (Tyii7)
Yay!
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 30, 2017 01:40 PM (T28di)
1 - IRS
2 - Clinton crime wave @ State - Espionage Act, Federal Records Act, various anti-bribery/conflict of interest laws, and associated obstruction of justice
3 - Uranium-1
4 - FBI/DOJ "investigation" of Clinton crime wave and Uranium-1
5 - Hezbollah investigation quashed for Iran deal purposes
6 - FISA/surveillance/"dossier" re Trump campaign/transition team
Seems 2, 3, and 4 overlap so much they merge into one giant rambling complicated scandal. And even 6 might be incorporated in that blob.
Posted by: Farshimmelt Alte-Kocker, AKA rhomboid at December 30, 2017 01:40 PM (iynDC)
June 24 and the invite is rescinded. Not because Obama's team realized how bad it looks, but because no Iranians invited RSVPed. http://minx.cc:1080/?post=288963
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The Iranians objected that the hotdogs contained pork products, and finally gave up entirely after Obama tried to correct the matter by ordering Hebrew National instead.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 30, 2017 01:41 PM (/qEW2)
CQB matches? Shoot houses? Movement and shooting from cover?
We have some movement and use of cover, but it's all pretty tame - 180-degree rule, finger out of trigger guard during movement, etc.
Posted by: Farshimmelt Alte-Kocker, AKA rhomboid at December 30, 2017 01:44 PM (iynDC)
Russian court upholds ban on Navalny running against Putin...
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, The Persistence! at December 30, 2017 01:44 PM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: Farshimmelt Alte-Kocker, AKA rhomboid at December 30, 2017 01:45 PM (iynDC)
How could the country still be in terrible straits? Well, funding war all over the middle east (Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and Gaza) takes a lot of money.
Posted by: Barack Obama is a bad, bad man at December 30, 2017 01:45 PM (Po6Jc)
June 24 and the invite is rescinded. Not because Obama's team realized how bad it looks, but because no Iranians invited RSVPed. http://minx.cc:1080/?post=288963
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The Iranians objected that the hotdogs contained pork products
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Mind like a marshmallow trap.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, The Persistence! at December 30, 2017 01:48 PM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: andycanuck at December 30, 2017 01:49 PM (QCX64)
Or, are they so defensive over the terrible Obama deal that they can't support these brave people?
Do the Democrats prefer an Islamic theocratic despot to a popular democracy?
#MakeThemSay!
Posted by: Barack Obama is a bad, bad man at December 30, 2017 01:50 PM (Po6Jc)
Whoops, I was off by a couple of years; Springsteen has hit the big 7-0 which makes him the equivalent of 1972 Guy Lombardo.
Posted by: Secret Square at December 30, 2017 01:51 PM (9WuX0)
Posted by: Barack Obama is a bad, bad man at December 30, 2017 01:45 PM (Po6Jc)
Plus, who knows how much they're paying Phat Boi for missile and fissile research and cooperative programs. A dead - and I do mean dead - dead-end street for Iran.
Anything Trump could do to embolden the resistance in that country I'd look upon favorably. Very favorably.
They're not all crazy fundamentalist nut-cases.
Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at December 30, 2017 01:51 PM (2FqvZ)
Posted by: Ever at December 30, 2017 01:52 PM (wQ1Qo)
Now, it propagandizes on behalf of the Iranian terror government.
https://preview.tinyurl.com/ybgtlklh
Posted by: Barack Obama is a bad, bad man at December 30, 2017 01:54 PM (Po6Jc)
Probably a smart move.
Here's a story of a local gun shop that the owners were arrested and no charges filed. I don't know these people so I can't vouch for them. Welcome to California.
https://preview.tinyurl.com/yanvp536
Posted by: CaliGirl at December 30, 2017 01:55 PM (Ri/rl)
Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at December 30, 2017 01:51 PM (2FqvZ)
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Absolutely right. I know several Iranians living in the US and they are fantastic people. How Iranian women, especially, tolerate the restrictive rules they must abide by I can never understand.
Posted by: Barack Obama is a bad, bad man at December 30, 2017 01:57 PM (Po6Jc)
Russian court upholds ban on Navalny running against Putin...
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, The Persistence! at December 30, 2017 01:44 PM (+y/Ru)
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But their judges do the bidding of their President.
Our judges do the bidding of an ideology that seeks to destroy us. If it's a choice between one or the other, I'd prefer the former. Of course it would be nice to have judges that would just follow their job description, but that doesn't seem like it's in the cards.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 30, 2017 01:59 PM (/qEW2)
Wait, what? Trump supports the protesters?
It is beyond stupid to support the overthrow of the Iranian government! This rebellion must be opposed!
Posted by: Bill Kristol at December 30, 2017 02:01 PM (gC2IV)
Collusion or no collusion, @realDonaldTrump should be impeached for sheer stupidity.
5:51 PM - Dec 29, 2017
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Careful what you wish for, Babs. If they start hanging stupid people, well . . .
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, The Persistence! at December 30, 2017 02:04 PM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at December 30, 2017 02:05 PM (2DOZq)
From WZ
You never know what to believe.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, The Persistence! at December 30, 2017 02:07 PM (+y/Ru)
Appointing a special counsel was ridiculous, and outside the governing statute (no underlying crime was in evidence or suspected). His memo recommending firing Comey was so-so, the conclusion was correct, but the argumentation as pathetic as it veered into all sorts of testimonial "support" from many discredited sources.
And neither you nor I have any idea exactly what's going on inside DOJ. But we may soon know.
Posted by: Farshimmelt Alte-Kocker, AKA rhomboid at December 30, 2017 02:09 PM (iynDC)
The Bigger Question is this:
How Did obama's Rod Rosenstein Already Gain Complete Control Over His Boss Director Wray?
Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at December 30, 2017 02:13 PM (H0qMa)
What's Stopping Wray From Blowing The Lid Off This Thing?
Is Wray a Swamp Shit?
My Magic Soothsayer 8-Ball Says: Appears To Be True
Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at December 30, 2017 02:14 PM (H0qMa)
Posted by: Grump928(C) internet shut-in at December 30, 2017 02:17 PM (WbIyz)
Protesters Reportedly Being Shot In Streets In Iran, Ripping Down Khameni Posters
The face of a fundamentalist Islamic country.
Like matter and anti-matter I hope there's one more particle of matter in the equation.
Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at December 30, 2017 02:17 PM (2FqvZ)
They're not all crazy fundamentalist nut-cases.
Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at December 30, 2017 01:51 PM (2FqvZ)
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Yeah. A large percentage of their population is young and secular leaning. And I can understand the reluctance to rebel (not sure if I'd be brave enough to do it in their place, to be honest). I really don't have any great hopes that this will work, but who knows?
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 30, 2017 02:18 PM (/qEW2)
CQB: Close Quarter Combat
Shoot on the move, from cover, prone at steel targets out to 400 yards, etc.
Lots of fun.
Nice change from Steel Challenge and IDPA.
Posted by: Blake at December 30, 2017 02:19 PM (WEBkv)
Collusion or no collusion, @realDonaldTrump should be impeached for sheer stupidity.
She's the one who wants to prevent people from walking the beach in front of her estate, right?
Despite laws that say the public has every right to walk the beach in front of her estate. So, of course she'd be in favor, once again, of breaking the law. Because she's still butthurt from a year ago.
What is she? Like 99 years old now?
Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at December 30, 2017 02:22 PM (2FqvZ)
Steel targets @400 yds is not really CQB, of course. Typically CQB would be very short range, as the name implies. The action handgun matches I do involve movement, cover, paper and steel, depending on the month.
There are action rifle matches with movement/cover, steel out to 200 yds. I used to use my Mosin-Nagant, but the only other bolt-action guy switched to an SKS, so I switched to M1.
Both the Mosin and Garand have a tendency to cause trouble - cut the chains the steels hang on - but the contrast with most shooters, who use ARs, is fun. Can be difficult to determine if the AR shots are hits at all, whereas the Mosin/Garand hits - if they don't take down the target entirely - cause a dust cloud and a swinging steel.
Posted by: Farshimmelt Alte-Kocker, AKA rhomboid at December 30, 2017 02:25 PM (iynDC)
Posted by: Grump928(C) internet shut-in at December 30, 2017 02:25 PM (WbIyz)
Posted by: Farshimmelt Alte-Kocker, AKA rhomboid at December 30, 2017 01:44 PM (iynDC)
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We can ban CA law enforcement all we want but, in the end, they'll still send someone.
As for CA compliant, that's been discussed but, we don't want to be in the position of setting ourselves up to act as cops because if someone cheats, and they will, we're still screwed.
CA is a difficult place to be a gun owner, to be honest.
CA is using lawfare against gun owners and the DA's and cops are more than happy to play along.
My wife and I are gone first chance we get. We've both had enough.
Posted by: Blake at December 30, 2017 02:26 PM (WEBkv)
Only added comment on current top item: "oppressive regimes cannot endure forever".
Nice.
(but what does Jonah Goldberg think?)
Posted by: Farshimmelt Alte-Kocker, AKA rhomboid at December 30, 2017 02:29 PM (iynDC)
Collusion or no collusion, @realDonaldTrump should be impeached for sheer stupidity.
Quoth the high school graduate about someone with a postgraduate degree from Wharton, and a fantastically successful career in a high-stakes cutthroat business.
What a dope.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 30, 2017 02:31 PM (WmqYl)
Posted by: Farshimmelt Alte-Kocker, AKA rhomboid at December 30, 2017 02:25 PM (iynDC)
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Sorry about that, misunderstood what you were asking.
I shot my Gunsite Scout one match. Certainly punished the ears of the guy running the timer.
We usually have 1 long range setup. Like you, I shoot the M1 and it's a hoot to flatten a steel popper at 30 yards. Yes, it's quite evident when the 06 round hits a target.
We do a fair amount of walking fire, down "hallways" over barriers, etc. Lots of targets 25 yards and under.
Posted by: Blake at December 30, 2017 02:33 PM (WEBkv)
Spoiler: It was a resounding failure. Cossacks, being Cossacks, soon resorted to rapine and slaughter, they pissed off the local tribes and the Europeans, and their colony was shelled by the French. Ashinov was exiled to the Volga River region.
Still...perhaps Uncle Palp should give it another go?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 30, 2017 02:47 PM (qJtVm)
Posted by: Ever at December 30, 2017 02:56 PM (wQ1Qo)
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George Bush Slices Don Rumsfeld Like an F*ckin' Hammer
Democratic Forays into Erotica
New Shows On Gore's DNC/MTV Network
Nicknames for Potatoes, By People Who Really Hate Potatoes
Star Wars Euphemisms for Self-Abuse
Signs You're at an Iraqi "Wedding Party"
Signs Your Clown Has Gone Bad
Signs That You, Geroge Michael, Should Probably Just Give It Up
Signs of Hip-Hop Influence on John Kerry
NYT Headlines Spinning Bush's Jobs Boom
Things People Are More Likely to Say Than "Did You Hear What Al Franken Said Yesterday?"
Signs that Paul Krugman Has Lost His Frickin' Mind
All-Time Best NBA Players, According to Senator Robert Byrd
Other Bad Things About the Jews, According to the Koran
Signs That David Letterman Just Doesn't Care Anymore
Examples of Bob Kerrey's Insufferable Racial Jackassery
Signs Andy Rooney Is Going Senile
Other Judgments Dick Clarke Made About Condi Rice Based on Her Appearance
Collective Names for Groups of People
John Kerry's Other Vietnam Super-Pets
Cool Things About the XM8 Assault Rifle
Media-Approved Facts About the Democrat Spy
Changes to Make Christianity More "Inclusive"
Secret John Kerry Senatorial Accomplishments
John Edwards Campaign Excuses
John Kerry Pick-Up Lines
Changes Liberal Senator George Michell Will Make at Disney
Torments in Dog-Hell
The Ace of Spades HQ Sex-for-Money Skankathon
A D&D Guide to the Democratic Candidates
Margaret Cho: Just Not Funny
More Margaret Cho Abuse
Margaret Cho: Still Not Funny
Iraqi Prisoner Claims He Was Raped... By Woman
Wonkette Announces "Morning Zoo" Format
John Kerry's "Plan" Causes Surrender of Moqtada al-Sadr's Militia
World Muslim Leaders Apologize for Nick Berg's Beheading
Michael Moore Goes on Lunchtime Manhattan Death-Spree
Milestone: Oliver Willis Posts 400th "Fake News Article" Referencing Britney Spears
Liberal Economists Rue a "New Decade of Greed"
Artificial Insouciance: Maureen Dowd's Word Processor Revolts Against Her Numbing Imbecility
Intelligence Officials Eye Blogs for Tips
They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan
Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq
Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town
When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool
What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means
Wonkette's Stand-Up Act
Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour
Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)