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Monday Overnight Open Thread (8/20/18 )

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(America!)


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The Quotes of The Day

Quote I

“You shouldn’t own more than 25,000 acres of land. Therefore if you own more it should be taken without compensation. People who are privileged never give away privilege as a matter of a gift. ANC chairman Gwede Mantashe


Quote II

It's simply untrue that religion provides the only framework for a universal morality. Sam Harris


Quote III

Faith is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted in spite of your changing moods." C.S. Lewis


Quote IV

“Everybody is pointing at somebody. The criminal, the criminal activity, the gang have to be raised, not just ‘what did the police do? Legitimate questions, but not in lieu of another set of questions, not in lieu of asking where is the individual or the gang or the culture who condones rather than condemns?” Mayor Rahm Emanuel (D)

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This Cob doesn't care what the Cucks say about President Donald Trump. He is a pretty classy guy at times. Class is something that Skipper Biff will never have. PDT surprises WWII vet with birthday card.

Perhaps the best part of all of this was that there was no reason for Trump to send the letter beside simply wanting to personally reach out and thank Fabela for his service.

Better yet, Trump hasn’t really talked about this himself. It was just a touching gesture sent directly to Fabela, and if it wasn’t for his daughter filming it, we might’ve never known it happened.


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In tonight's The ONT is always looking out for you segment: Be careful with those contact lenses.

A 59-year-old man was in the shower, wiping his eyes with a towel, when he heard a popping sound and felt pain shoot through his left eye.

His cornea had developed a severe ulcer and ruptured, tearing a hole in his eye.

The ulcer grew from a bacterial infection the man developed after leaving his soft contact lenses in overnight during a two-day hunting trip, according to a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention case report.


Personally, I would rather reach for my specs.


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Debunking the myth of the Scandinavia socialist utopia.

The most obvious issue is that under this measure of socialism, Norway is not the most socialist country in the world, Mexico is. A look at WIR’s country-level data shows that 60 percent of Mexico’s national wealth was state-owned in 2009 (the most recent year available) compared to just half of Norway’s (50.5 percent) that same year. The same WIR data shows the Korean government owns 21,205 percent of the country’s wealth, which would make it 359 times more socialist than Norway, but I digress. (I reached out to two of the economists who worked on this report to clarify this, but they have not responded as of the writing of this article.)

Was Mexico the world’s most socialist country nine years ago? Hardly. In 2009, Mexico’s president was Felipe Calderon of the conservative National Action Party. Far from being a Marxist, at a 2007 address in Davos, Calderon criticized “state control of the economy” and warned of Latin America’s embrace of socialism as “a move toward the past.” Furthermore, his tenure was marked by deregulation and pro-business policies.


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Tornadoes. North Dakota style.


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Americans own less stuff. Is this a problem?

Some social problems are blatantly obvious in daily life, while others are longer-term, more corrosive and perhaps mostly invisible. Lately I’ve been worrying about a problem of the latter kind: the erosion of personal ownership and what that will mean for our loyalties to traditional American concepts of capitalism and private property.

The main culprits for the change are software and the internet. For instance, Amazon’s Kindle and other methods of online reading have revolutionized how Americans consume text. Fifteen years ago, people typically owned the books and magazines they were reading. Much less so now. If you look at the fine print, it turns out that you do not own the books on your Kindle. Amazon.com Inc. does.


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At approximately .24 per round, a lot of this legal bull shitmaneuvering could have been averted.

WASHINGTON
The judge in the death-penalty trial of those accused of carrying out the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks in the U.S. has ruled that prosecutors may not use key FBI interrogations conducted at the Guantánamo detention center soon after years of CIA black site abuse ended.

Under the war court system, confessions must be voluntary. So prosecutors had already pledged not to use what the captives told their CIA interrogators during their years of secret spy agency custody that included torture. Instead, as a substitute, prosecutors had planned to have FBI agents describe what the suspects told them soon after their September 2006 transfers to Guantánamo in supposedly consensual interviews.

But the judge, Army Col. James L. Pohl, excluded the FBI interviews, known as “clean team statements,” from trial in a 36-page ruling.


The ONT Musical Interlude


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August 20, 1948, Born on this day, Robert Plant, singer with Led Zeppelin who had the 1969 US No.4 single Whole Lotta Love. The bands fourth album released in 1971 featuring the rock classic Stairway To Heaven has sold over 37 million copies. Plant had the 1983 solo hit single Big Log. Also a member of The Honeydrippers, (with Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck & Nile Rodgers), who had the 1984 US No.3 single Sea Of Love. Plant scored the Grammy award winning 2007 album Raising Sand with bluegrass star Alison Krauss. via thisdayinmusic.com


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Our sophisticated and classy Food Thread Cob recently addressed squirrel in his Sunday Food Thread. It appears he didn't perform his diligence.

Every fall, hundreds of chefs from all around the country head to Bentonville, Arkansas, to take part in a heated competition. They baste, emulsify, marinate, and flambé. They make everything from bratwurst to lollipops. But they all have something in common: They’re cooking with squirrel.

Over the past decade, Bentonville has become a hotspot for “high South” cuisine, which is characterized by local ingredients combined in unusual ways and tends to come at a relatively high price point. “To keep us somewhat grounded, I wanted to show the public that … we also still have the ability to cook squirrel,” says Joe Wilson, who organized the inaugural World Champion Squirrel Cook-Off in 2012.

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Their goal? Missed it by that much ><. And that is the reason for the Genius Award.

A piece of string, a small hole and a little ingenuity. That's what four men sitting in the Christian County Jail had.

That, and a hankering for drugs, allegedly.

The plan went into action on June 3.

That's when court documents say one of the men was released from jail around lunchtime.


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The criminal justice system does have some heart. Tonight's Feel Good Story of The Day.


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Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at 10:00 PM




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Posted by: ALH at August 20, 2018 09:58 PM (6Zmow)

2 We ARE having fun yet!

Posted by: mindful webworker - for real at August 20, 2018 09:58 PM (WvsMa)

3 ONT!

Posted by: Calm Mentor at August 20, 2018 09:59 PM (I16G8)

4 Paying a blackmailer is bad long-term policy, both personally and nationally. Some foreign policy advice from Rudyard Kipling. Dane-Geld

https://tinyurl.com/DaneGeldRK

Posted by: Zaklog the Great at August 20, 2018 09:59 PM (gamdA)

5 corgies

Posted by: Off the reservation at August 20, 2018 09:59 PM (vWMNq)

6 Tip o' the ol' mindful topper to ALH. I was close, but no ceegar.

Posted by: mindful webworker - for real at August 20, 2018 09:59 PM (WvsMa)

7 Let's go swimming! Love that top pic. Only in America.

Posted by: ALH at August 20, 2018 09:59 PM (6Zmow)

8 I don't see the invisible man in the top pic.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 20, 2018 10:00 PM (9rIkM)

9 ANC chairman Gwede Mantashe

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Gwede's greedy.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 20, 2018 10:00 PM (+y/Ru)

10 Hmm... I'm doing well today.

Posted by: Off the reservation at August 20, 2018 10:00 PM (vWMNq)

11 I like the new format

Posted by: freakd at August 20, 2018 10:00 PM (UdKB7)

12 Did we hit 1000 posts?

Posted by: Blutarski at August 20, 2018 10:01 PM (+Tibp)

13 but not anymore

Posted by: freakd at August 20, 2018 10:01 PM (UdKB7)

14 MH!! Oh thank you, thank you!!! *gives MH a big hug for saving us from the thread below*

Posted by: Jewells45 at August 20, 2018 10:01 PM (dUJdY)

15 (America!)

You're such a wuss, Robin.

Posted by: t-bird at August 20, 2018 10:01 PM (dVAq+)

16 1000

Posted by: DR.WTF? at August 20, 2018 10:01 PM (T71PA)

17 Oh only 16

Posted by: DR.WTF? at August 20, 2018 10:01 PM (T71PA)

18 In honor of the ONT, King Solomon's Mines with Stewart Granger just started!

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 20, 2018 10:02 PM (V2Yro)

19 Happy-ish Monday Evening, all y'all ...

Posted by: Adriane the History Critic ... at August 20, 2018 10:02 PM (AoK0a)

20 Tip o' the ol' mindful topper to ALH. I was close, but no ceegar.
Posted by: mindful webworker - for real at August 20, 2018 09:59 PM (WvsMa)

Thank you, thank you very much.

Posted by: ALH at August 20, 2018 10:02 PM (6Zmow)

21 At some point, you've got enough farmland, amirite?

Posted by: Barack Hussein Obama at August 20, 2018 10:02 PM (dVAq+)

22 Gotta hole lotta love.

Posted by: Roberta Plant at August 20, 2018 10:03 PM (UdKB7)

23 Murder more babies! The economy demands it!

Posted by: Chubble at August 20, 2018 10:03 PM (+Tibp)

24
Well, I had my hour off. Back to work.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 20, 2018 10:03 PM (LsBY9)

25 Ahoy!

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at August 20, 2018 10:03 PM (e9G8E)

26 4 MH!! Oh thank you, thank you!!! *gives MH a big hug for saving us from the thread below*
Posted by: Jewells45 at August 20, 2018 10:01 PM (dUJdY)

Glad I could be of help.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 20, 2018 10:04 PM (3Pma+)

27 where is the individual or the gang or the culture who condones rather than condemns?" Mayor Rahm Emanuel (D)

Yeah, do ya even that little "(D)" after your name?

Posted by: t-bird at August 20, 2018 10:04 PM (dVAq+)

28 I may be back later. Not sure. I think I need a drink.

Posted by: Miley, the High Duchess at August 20, 2018 10:04 PM (txw6d)

29
Okay, I'm in the pool, Horde. Line up. You know what to do!

Posted by: Chelsea Handler at August 20, 2018 10:05 PM (8O3HH)

30 Great ONT, MisHum!

Posted by: Ladyl at August 20, 2018 10:05 PM (v4pQ0)

31 At some point, you've got enough farmland, amirite?

Land is the only thing worth fighting for, worth dying for, because it's the only thing that lasts.

Posted by: Scarlett O'Hara at August 20, 2018 10:05 PM (6Zmow)

32 and maybe we'll do in a squirrel or two
while we're bantering BS at the 'Q

Posted by: boulder t'hobo at August 20, 2018 10:05 PM (N1ZXu)

33 28 I may be back later. Not sure. I think I need a drink.
Posted by: Miley, the High Duchess at August 20, 2018 10:04 PM (txw6d)


Come back!

Posted by: Ladyl at August 20, 2018 10:06 PM (v4pQ0)

34 Murder more babies! The economy demands it!
Posted by: Chubble at August 20, 2018 10:03 PM

What she said.

Posted by: Moloch at August 20, 2018 10:06 PM (2NqXo)

35 31 At some point, you've got enough farmland, amirite?

Land is the only thing worth fighting for, worth dying for, because it's the only thing that lasts.

Posted by: Scarlett O'Hara at August 20, 2018 10:05 PM (6Zmow)

According to the cucks, not a hill to die on or fight for.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 20, 2018 10:06 PM (3Pma+)

36 Hiya

Posted by: JT at August 20, 2018 10:06 PM (ULqoM)

37 Hey everybody.

That was some nice word salad up there from Rahm Emanuel... :-P

Posted by: qdpsteve at August 20, 2018 10:07 PM (km8m2)

38 (from last thread)

Our dear old dog (sure miss him!) nailed several possums that had the misfortune to wander into his territory. One bite and they were dead or paralyzed.

On the front porch one night, dog didn't put a dent in that armadillo's neck, after repeated tries. Might've chipped a tooth.

Posted by: mindful webworker - i miss that pooch at August 20, 2018 10:07 PM (WvsMa)

39 This Gwede Mantashe fellow sounds like my kind of guy.

Posted by: Bernie Sanders, sipping a Martini on the Deck of House #3 at August 20, 2018 10:07 PM (DzFIB)

40 Babe: Baa-ram-ewe! Baa-ram-ewe! To your breed, your fleece, your clan be true! Sheep be true! Baa-ram-ewe!

Posted by: SMOD at August 20, 2018 10:08 PM (e8kgV)

41 I don't know nuthin about birthin no babies.

Posted by: Scarlett O'Hara at August 20, 2018 10:08 PM (6Zmow)

42 oh man those guys with the tornado video are fucking idiots, and I realize that at that age, when I was doing field work, I would have acted just like they did. I was an idiot. now I'm just a moron.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 20, 2018 10:08 PM (V2Yro)

43


Squirrel.
Lollipops.

I can die happy now: I've seen everything.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at August 20, 2018 10:09 PM (HaL55)

44 To summarize from Zaklog the Great, allowing for the decreased attention span of the modern audience:

Once you pay the Geld, you never get rid of the Dane.

Posted by: Fox2! at August 20, 2018 10:09 PM (OdBkr)

45 Aquaman looks a little light in the flippers.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 20, 2018 10:09 PM (uSlc8)

46 Wait - are there two Batmen in the pyramid?

Posted by: Emmie at August 20, 2018 10:09 PM (4HMW8)

47 Squirrel.
Lollipops.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at August 20, 2018 10:09 PM (HaL55)


And rainbows.

Posted by: hogmartin at August 20, 2018 10:10 PM (y87Qq)

48 MH!! Oh thank you, thank you!!! *gives MH a big hug for saving us from the thread below*

Posted by: Jewells45 at August 20, 2018 10:01 PM (dUJdY)


Come on ... the Kaboom Story wasn't THAT bad.

Posted by: ScoggDog at August 20, 2018 10:10 PM (fiGNd)

49 ONT greetings, Horde!


Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at August 20, 2018 10:10 PM (QzJWU)

50 now I'm just a mMoron.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 20, 2018 10:08 PM (V2Yro)


FIFY

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 20, 2018 10:10 PM (3Pma+)

51 46 Wait - are there two Batmen in the pyramid?
Posted by: Emmie at August 20, 2018 10:09 PM (4HMW


One is an imposter. He has no Robin.

Posted by: ALH at August 20, 2018 10:10 PM (6Zmow)

52 Milady and I have officially escaped the People's Republic of Chicago. We were not among the 60 shot (6 fatally) over the weekend.

Our 1yo grandson got to dip in the Lake yesterday. Beaches closed today due to high waves and riptide; three kids died from that over the weekend (not in Chicago, but north and south of).

It's just Fun City, I tells ya.

Plus, as mentioned previously, there's a fly in our hotel room. I shall capture it and cage it and keep it jailed for life, because Pope Franky says the death penalty is bad.

And this is the second hotel on this trip with the AC smelling of mildew.

I just keep my focus on getting back to our kitties. If they'll take us back.

OH, hey! There's a post with content. Guess I'll go see what it has. Be back in 200 comments...

Posted by: mindful webworker - weary traveler at August 20, 2018 10:10 PM (WvsMa)

53 You shouldn't own more than 25,000 acres of land. Therefore if you own more it should be taken without compensation. People who are privileged never give away privilege as a matter of a gift. ANC chairman Gwede Mantashe

I cannot wait for these evil scumbags to fucking die of starvation. They absolutely deserve it.

Posted by: rickl at August 20, 2018 10:10 PM (sdi6R)

54 Good evening y'all!

So the POS who killed his family is saying that the mother strangled the two little girls and he became enraged, then strangled her.

Oh my goodness the air was so bad here today!

Posted by: westminsterdogshow at August 20, 2018 10:10 PM (c1nDO)

55 top pic - How come Aqua Man is always that gayest looking superhero ever? I mean they could invent a superhero named Flaming Queen and Aqua Man would still look gayer.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 20, 2018 10:11 PM (V2Yro)

56 I don't know nuthin about birthin no babies.



Posted by: Scarlett O'Hara
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Ahem

Posted by: Butterfly McQueen at August 20, 2018 10:11 PM (9rIkM)

57 I cannot wait for these evil scumbags to fucking die of starvation. They absolutely deserve it.

Posted by: rickl at August 20, 2018 10:10 PM (sdi6R)


You watch ... the UN will swoop in with aid. The push will be on here big-time to help.

They ain't gonna' let these people die of their own stupidity.

Posted by: ScoggDog at August 20, 2018 10:12 PM (fiGNd)

58 Tough day Miley ?

Posted by: JT at August 20, 2018 10:12 PM (ULqoM)

59 dear Mayor Emanuel: WTF..?

Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at August 20, 2018 10:12 PM (UFyv9)

60 So South Africa has begun taking away the land belonging to white farmers.

No one saw this coming.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 20, 2018 10:12 PM (pUDQf)

61 Land is the only thing worth fighting for, worth dying for, because it's the only thing that lasts.

Posted by: Scarlett O'Hara at August 20, 2018 10:05 PM (6Zmow)


Such a kidder!

Posted by: Sinkholes at August 20, 2018 10:13 PM (8lsuS)

62
*tsk tsk*

Too many capes.

Posted by: Edna Mode at August 20, 2018 10:13 PM (z0jlY)

63 Terrence Stamp is the only Zod.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at August 20, 2018 10:13 PM (rnAwa)

64 Where's that confounded bridge.

Posted by: Robert Plant at August 20, 2018 10:13 PM (uSlc8)

65 53 You shouldn't own more than 25,000 acres of land. Therefore if you own more it should be taken without compensation. People who are privileged never give away privilege as a matter of a gift. ANC chairman Gwede Mantashe

I cannot wait for these evil scumbags to fucking die of starvation. They absolutely deserve it.
Posted by: rickl at August 20, 2018 10:10 PM (sdi6R)

They won't
Look at all the socialist/communist dictators and their groupies, they all had it good.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 20, 2018 10:14 PM (3Pma+)

66 The Cobra. He could hit a little bit.

That's awhile ago. He last played in Pittsburgh in '83.

Posted by: tu3031 at August 20, 2018 10:14 PM (jDF8P)

67 Wondrous gal.

Spandex lass, Superlegs, Aquahooker, and the Crow.

Boy Target, Because I'm Batmaaaan, Superbaby, Fishface, and the Flasher.

What do I win?

Posted by: the mighty mindful webworker at August 20, 2018 10:14 PM (WvsMa)

68 57You watch ... the UN will swoop in with aid. The push will be on here big-time to help.

They ain't gonna' let these people die of their own stupidity.
Posted by: ScoggDog at August 20, 2018 10:12 PM (fiGNd)


We need to get the hell out of the UN yesterday.

Posted by: rickl at August 20, 2018 10:14 PM (sdi6R)

69 If you're happy and you know it, lose the pants.
*clap clap*

Looks like I missed out on a lot of news this week and I just don't care.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Now 17% More Elite at August 20, 2018 10:15 PM (Ckg4U)

70 Thirst!

Posted by: redc1c4 at August 20, 2018 10:15 PM (rMYq5)

71

I read DC Comics a lot when I was a real Boy, but I'm drawing a blank on some superheroes in that pyramid.

Second row, who are the two on the right end? One in green and the other in black and blue?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at August 20, 2018 10:15 PM (HaL55)

72 Notice how quiet the UN has been since Trump took office. Methinks they push some fucked up agenda and Trump yanks that card.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 20, 2018 10:15 PM (pUDQf)

73 69 If you're happy and you know it, lose the pants.
*clap clap*

Looks like I missed out on a lot of news this week and I just don't care.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Now 17% More Elite at August 20, 2018 10:15 PM (Ckg4U)



Slap. My friend.

Posted by: Ladyl at August 20, 2018 10:15 PM (v4pQ0)

74 Night all.. Messed by back up last night so off to bed and pain meds..


Stay safe.

Posted by: Jewells45 at August 20, 2018 10:16 PM (dUJdY)

75 and maybe we'll do in a squirrel or two
while we're bantering BS at the 'Q
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at August 20, 2018 10:05 PM (N1ZXu)

Q, you say?

DARK MYSTERIES OF POWER!!!!!11/11!1

Once that Reptillian Trump gathers the last of the keys to the Seventh Realm and fires up his 4-Dimensional Space Laser on May 8, you won't be laughing so much then, now will you!!!11!1!/1

Unless...you're one of THEM!!!111/\!1!

Posted by: Chris Cuomo at August 20, 2018 10:16 PM (DzFIB)

76 Heh, I have that Pirates Hat. I miss my mother too.

Posted by: Infidel at August 20, 2018 10:16 PM (pcnVL)

77 56 I don't know nuthin about birthin no babies.



Posted by: Scarlett O'Hara
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You're hired.

Posted by: Kermit Gosnell at August 20, 2018 10:16 PM (uSlc8)

78 72 Notice how quiet the UN has been since Trump took office. Methinks they push some fucked up agenda and Trump yanks that card.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 20, 2018 10:15 PM (pUDQf)


Can't happen fast enough for me.

Posted by: rickl at August 20, 2018 10:16 PM (sdi6R)

79 Notice how quiet the UN has been since Trump took office. Methinks they push some fucked up agenda and Trump yanks that card.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 20, 2018 10:15 PM (pUDQf)

Discretion is the better part of valor.

Posted by: ALH at August 20, 2018 10:16 PM (6Zmow)

80 Since I am a true 'ette, I didn't read the content before commenting. And I ain't gonna.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at August 20, 2018 10:17 PM (SRarZ)

81 "Slap. My friend."
-Posted by: Ladyl at August 20, 2018 10:15 PM (v4pQ0)

Hola, amiga!

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Now 17% More Elite at August 20, 2018 10:17 PM (Ckg4U)

82 Good night, Jewell, hope you feel better tomorrow.

Posted by: ALH at August 20, 2018 10:17 PM (6Zmow)

83 Wait - are there two Batmen in the pyramid?
Posted by: Emmie at August 20, 2018 10:09 PM (4HMW


I only see one. Bottom row, second from left.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at August 20, 2018 10:17 PM (/qEW2)

84 I can't figure out what Rahm is saying. Is he trying to raise the gang issue? That article about politicians in bed with the gangs, posted here last week, explained one reason why they have trouble.

Police will never solve it. It's a social, moral, and cultural issue. After BLM no police are gonna risk their lives either. I don't blame them.

Posted by: platypus, gumdrop gorilla channel at August 20, 2018 10:18 PM (8sZIF)

85 1K and a cigarette. Aaaaahhhh.......

Posted by: Muad'dib at August 20, 2018 10:18 PM (NpK5V)

86 You shouldn't own more than 25,000 acres of land. ----


Can we take Ted Turner's Ranch? Seems fair I think.

Posted by: X-ray at August 20, 2018 10:18 PM (6BjFc)

87 finally getting dark. g'nite horde.

Posted by: Infidel at August 20, 2018 10:18 PM (pcnVL)

88 the only Zod.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at August 20, 2018 10:13 PM (rnAwa)


♬ "...my father bought for two zuzim..." ♪

Posted by: hogmartin at August 20, 2018 10:18 PM (y87Qq)

89 G'Night, Jewells!

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Now 17% More Elite at August 20, 2018 10:18 PM (Ckg4U)

90 80 Since I am a true 'ette, I didn't read the content before commenting. And I ain't gonna.
Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at August 20, 2018 10:17 PM (SRarZ)

And myzz lil sis

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 20, 2018 10:18 PM (3Pma+)

91 I think black batman in the second row has boobs.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 20, 2018 10:18 PM (V2Yro)

92 *fistbump* Slapweasel!



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at August 20, 2018 10:18 PM (QzJWU)

93
You watch ... the UN will swoop in with aid. The push will be on here big-time to help.

They ain't gonna' let these people die of their own stupidity.
Posted by: ScoggDog at August 20, 2018 10:12 PM (fiGNd)

Send 'em mustard sardines and braunschweiger.

Posted by: clutch at August 20, 2018 10:18 PM (kiSdp)

94 81 "Slap. My friend."
-Posted by: Ladyl at August 20, 2018 10:15 PM (v4pQ0)

Hola, amiga!
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Now 17% More Elite at August 20, 2018 10:17 PM (Ckg4U)



Hope everything has stabilized with your situation.

Posted by: Ladyl at August 20, 2018 10:18 PM (v4pQ0)

95 One is Bat Woman!

Posted by: platypus, gumdrop gorilla channel at August 20, 2018 10:18 PM (8sZIF)

96 You shouldn't own more than 25,000 acres of land. Therefore if you own more it should be taken without compensation. People who are privileged never give away privilege as a matter of a gift. ANC chairman Gwede Mantashe

I cannot wait for these evil scumbags to fucking die of starvation. They absolutely deserve it.
Posted by: rickl at August 20, 2018 10:10 PM

They will blame the white farmers for deliberately sabotaging their replacements. If they know nothing about farming it's whitey's fault.

Posted by: JuJuBee, just generally being shamey at August 20, 2018 10:19 PM (2NqXo)

97 Moderation is for monks.

Posted by: J. T.iberius Kirk at August 20, 2018 10:19 PM (DMUuz)

98 G'Night, infidel!

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Now 17% More Elite at August 20, 2018 10:19 PM (Ckg4U)

99 Flash, Aquaman, Superman, Batman, Robin, some chick, some other chick, Supergirl, Batgirl, and Wonder Woman.
So who are some chick and some other chick?

Posted by: Some Jackass at August 20, 2018 10:19 PM (sXefu)

100 "Hope everything has stabilized with your situation."
-Posted by: Ladyl at August 20, 2018 10:18 PM (v4pQ0)

As close as it's going to get.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Now 17% More Elite at August 20, 2018 10:19 PM (Ckg4U)

101 The weather in South Africa is gathering clouds with high probability of much needed cleansing deluge and occasional violent storms. Hugs and kisses everyone!

Posted by: Sarah Jeong at August 20, 2018 10:20 PM (NbRJx)

102 This Cob doesn't care what the Cucks say about President Donald Trump. He is a pretty classy guy at times. Class is something that Skipper Biff will never have. PDT surprises WWII vet with birthday card.


Today I was getting into my car after buying groceries and there was a decent but not fancy sedan next to me, and the bagger was putting groceries in it. On the side it had a a simple sticker that said: "WWII: I served". I snuck a peek at the gentleman talking to the bagger and sure enough, he looked at least 95. He hopped in the car, sped out of the parking lot, blew through the stop sign and made a right turn onto the highway.


I'm going to try to find out who he is, because I'm sensing he has STORIES.

Posted by: pookysgirl at August 20, 2018 10:20 PM (XKZwp)

103 Second row, who are the two on the right end? One in green and the other in black and blue? "

Well it looks like the Statue of Liberty is going skiing there. Maybe that's a Ghostbusters II reference.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 20, 2018 10:20 PM (V2Yro)

104 holy fuk shit
For example, some trans and nonbinary-identified people assigned female at birth may enjoy being the receptors of penetrative sex, but experience gender dysphoria when that part of their body is referred to using a word that society and professional communities often associate with femaleness. An alternative thats becoming increasingly popular in trans and queer communities is front hole.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 20, 2018 10:20 PM (JFO2v)

105 Remember when Bill jogged to McDonalds, Michael Shannon seems old enough to remember this.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at August 20, 2018 10:21 PM (PUmDY)

106 Send 'em mustard sardines and braunschweiger.

Posted by: clutch at August 20, 2018 10:18 PM (kiSdp)


Come on, dude. They're just taking Whitey's Land. They ain't shovin' em' in the gas chambers.

Posted by: ScoggDog at August 20, 2018 10:21 PM (fiGNd)

107 And myzz lil sis





Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 20, 2018 10:18 PM (3Pma+)

*snuggles in* how you doing, big bro? Long time no see.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at August 20, 2018 10:21 PM (SRarZ)

108 Let's see, from the top down ...
Wonder Woman
Batgirl - Supergirl - Aquawoman? - ??
Robin - Batman - Superman - Aquaman - Flash

Posted by: Butch at August 20, 2018 10:21 PM (hXu8T)

109 The UN is running heart wrenching commercials constantly asking for money. Not just one time donations, but a monthly pledge.

Posted by: platypus, gumdrop gorilla channel at August 20, 2018 10:22 PM (8sZIF)

110 Posted by: hogmartin at August 20, 2018 10:18 PM

Impressive new tattoo ya got on your cheek, there, Hogmartin. What's that written across your forehead?

Posted by: J. T.iberius Kirk at August 20, 2018 10:22 PM (DMUuz)

111 "It's simply untrue that religion provides the only ~rational~ framework for a universal morality. Sam Harris"

Sam doesn't know the difference between "morality" and "cultural values".

Sort of like not knowing the difference between "Rights" and "Privilege".

The atheist does not have the vocabulary in order to even process the thoughts of the things that transcend The Now.

Posted by: Blue Bird of F'ing Joy at August 20, 2018 10:22 PM (lD3vL)

112 25,000 acres today, 2500 tomorrow, then 25

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 20, 2018 10:22 PM (JFO2v)

113 People who are privileged never give away privilege as a matter of a gift. ANC chairman Gwede Mantashe

LOL. How does the ANC think it got South Africa? And if it weren't for the whites what does he think there would be to even get in South Africa?

Well ... the South Africans were idiots. Everyone knew this was going to happen. There were better alternatives than just giving control to a bunch of people who would eventually slaughter them and run what was left of the country into the ground.

And it would be nice if Westerners who pushed South Africa to kill itself through sanctions and other pressure had to bear some liability for what is going to happen there. But, that's not going to happen. The West won't even pay attention to what happens over there.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 20, 2018 10:23 PM (OYwKq)

114 Let's see, from the top down ...
Wonder Woman
Batgirl - Supergirl - Aquawoman? - Little Miss Right Now
Robin - Batman - Superman - Aquaman - Flash
Posted by: Butch at August 20, 2018 10:21 PM (hXu8T)


Suggested Edit ...

Posted by: ScoggDog at August 20, 2018 10:23 PM (fiGNd)

115 112 25,000 acres today, 2500 tomorrow, then 25
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 20, 2018 10:22 PM (JFO2v)



EXACTLY.

Posted by: Ladyl at August 20, 2018 10:23 PM (v4pQ0)

116 If they know nothing about farming it's whitey's fault.

Posted by: JuJuBee, just generally being shamey at August 20, 2018 10:19 PM (2NqXo)


Shorter version. Lefties apply that liberally at will.

Posted by: RickZ at August 20, 2018 10:23 PM (8lsuS)

117 Nice quote for Hiszoner mayor of chi-town.
by design, Rahm never listens to himself speak. and if he does, he does not hear.

Posted by: TANJ at August 20, 2018 10:23 PM (Wa5hI)

118

Yep, I think you're right about the SoL skiing, TS. Have no idea who the other one could be. Looks like one of the Fantastic Four, but that would be crossing the streams.

Which is bad.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at August 20, 2018 10:23 PM (HaL55)

119 >>>It's simply untrue that religion provides the only framework for a universal morality. Sam Harris

bleah. Atheism by definition undercuts any notion of ethics. If everything is the result of purposeless undirected forces, there are no moral obligations. Your guilt is an evolutionary trick, it doesn't correspond to an objective morality.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at August 20, 2018 10:24 PM (/qEW2)

120 25,000 acres today, 2500 tomorrow, then 25
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 20, 2018 10:22 PM (JFO2v)

Then 2.5 and then 0.25 and finally 0.025.

Posted by: Gwede Matashe at August 20, 2018 10:24 PM (DzFIB)

121 Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 20, 2018 10:18 PM (3Pma+)
*snuggles in* how you doing, big bro? Long time no see.
Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at August 20, 2018 10:21 PM (SRarZ)

Busier than a one armed paper hanger
Busy but doing well.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 20, 2018 10:24 PM (3Pma+)

122 In Danger news (not that anyone cares):

In two weeks from Wednesday, we make settlement on our property up north.

'n other shit.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at August 20, 2018 10:24 PM (SRarZ)

123 They will blame the white farmers for deliberately
sabotaging their replacements. If they know nothing about farming it's
whitey's fault.


Posted by: JuJuBee, just generally being shamey at August 20, 2018 10:19 PM (2NqXo)

What gets me is that Zimbabwe is right next door and tried the same thing with terrible results. Plus, the dirty little secret of South Africa is that the Boers didn't wipe out many natives, the natives did that themselves. And so the Afrikaans, having farmed that land for centuries, have far more of a claim to it than the people "reclaiming" it.

Posted by: pookysgirl at August 20, 2018 10:24 PM (XKZwp)

124 all the DC supers. no Marvel supers. must be other side of lake

Posted by: TANJ at August 20, 2018 10:24 PM (Wa5hI)

125 apropos of nothing, here's the only disco song I ever really liked. And Donna Summers really sells the sex appeal here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm-ISatLDG0

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 20, 2018 10:24 PM (V2Yro)

126 Well it looks like the Statue of Liberty is going skiing there. Maybe that's a Ghostbusters II reference.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 20, 2018 10:20 PM (V2Yro)


Maybe Black Canary, and whoever the hell is in green. Aquagirl?

Posted by: Some Jackass at August 20, 2018 10:25 PM (sXefu)

127 96
They will blame the white farmers for deliberately sabotaging their replacements. If they know nothing about farming it's whitey's fault.
Posted by: JuJuBee, just generally being shamey at August 20, 2018 10:19 PM (2NqXo)


The white farmers should burn the buildings, destroy the machinery, and salt the fields. Go full Wyatt's Torch on the government looters. They have nothing else to lose at this point.

Posted by: rickl at August 20, 2018 10:25 PM (sdi6R)

128 South Africa is a beta test for the American South West. Watch in 10-15 years. These invaders along with the governmnets of our Southern Neighbors labeled that land as Aztlan 20 years ago.

Posted by: TGE #45 at August 20, 2018 10:25 PM (Y2VBD)

129 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Posted by: cs mORON at August 20, 2018 10:25 PM (ICWiF)

130 Duh.

Me last thread:
There's a fly in my hotel room.

Before we can sleep, it must die.


I tell you
I tell you
I tell you it must die


Surfperch replied: That's my late night sign-out music!

And linked to that Doors song.

The big forehead-slap duh part:

Only tonight did I realize that the lyric in Alabama song is "Oh, moon of Alabama." He pronounces it like "Ollabahmah".

And I played the original LP to death.

Milady - another rock fan relic of the 60s like me but aging much better - also says she didn't realize that.

https://youtu.be/DX42_3ZKv8c

Okay, maybe I used to know what it was. I have had to purge the memory core a few times to make room for new stuff.

Posted by: megaduh mindful webworker at August 20, 2018 10:25 PM (WvsMa)

131 The front hole, is that like a collet on a lathe?

Posted by: X-ray at August 20, 2018 10:25 PM (6BjFc)

132 109 The UN is running heart wrenching commercials constantly asking for money. Not just one time donations, but a monthly pledge.
Posted by: platypus, gumdrop gorilla channel at August 20, 2018 10:22 PM (8sZIF)

--------

Go ask the Israelis.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 20, 2018 10:26 PM (uSlc8)

133 South Africa makes a nice example for our retarded lefty populace here.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 20, 2018 10:26 PM (pUDQf)

134 25,000 acres today, 2500 tomorrow, then 25
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 20, 2018 10:22 PM (JFO2v)

Taking a page from our playbook, smart man.

Posted by: Gun Grabbers the World Over at August 20, 2018 10:26 PM (DzFIB)

135 R-E-S-P-I-C-T!

FIND OUT WHAT IT MEANS TO ME!

Posted by: The Rev at August 20, 2018 10:26 PM (+Tibp)

136 Busier than a one armed paper hanger

Busy but doing well.



Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 20, 2018 10:24 PM (3Pma+)


Busy is ok. Doing well makes my heart sing. Glad to hear it.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at August 20, 2018 10:26 PM (SRarZ)

137 53 You shouldn't own more than 25,000 acres of land. Therefore if you own more it should be taken without compensation. People who are privileged never give away privilege as a matter of a gift. ANC chairman Gwede Mantashe

Very Obama-esque.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 20, 2018 10:26 PM (NWiLs)

138 Fate Of Nations features my favorite Robert Plant song..."I Believe." It's about his young son, who passed away in 1977.

Posted by: Mike at August 20, 2018 10:26 PM (c056A)

139 12 25,000 acres today, 2500 tomorrow, then 25
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 20, 2018 10:22 PM (JFO2v)


Exactly. Just arbitrary numbers.

Posted by: platypus, gumdrop gorilla channel at August 20, 2018 10:26 PM (8sZIF)

140 Hey Mayor Rahm! Prince of Peace Google it!!

Posted by: sOME mORON at August 20, 2018 10:26 PM (ICWiF)

141 What gets me is that Zimbabwe is right next door and tried the same thing with terrible results.

In 2000, Zimbabwe produced 2.1 million tons of corn. Thirteen years later, the country produced 800,000 tons. The steep decline in corn production has led to the country importing more and more corn.

Ha ha and we burn it in Suburbans.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 20, 2018 10:26 PM (JFO2v)

142 "25,000 acres today, 2500 tomorrow, then 25

Posted by: rhennigantx"
And the 25 acre private arms, if allowed to exist will produce far more than the 25,000 acre ranches in the hands of the govt cronies.

Posted by: Ripley at August 20, 2018 10:27 PM (NbRJx)

143 Huge fan of Plant's In the Mood. Big Log is one of the best road trip songs ever.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at August 20, 2018 10:27 PM (PUmDY)

144 An alternative thats becoming increasingly popular in trans and queer communities is front hole.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 20, 2018 10:20 PM (JFO2v)



"Guess the Hole" sounds like a new and fun party game.

Posted by: Some Jackass at August 20, 2018 10:27 PM (sXefu)

145 115 112 25,000 acres today, 2500 tomorrow, then 25
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 20, 2018 10:22 PM (JFO2v)


-------

Ever seen a 70s-era Soviet shitcrete apartment block in a Moscow?

We put you on waiting list, Comrade.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 20, 2018 10:27 PM (uSlc8)

146 Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at August 20, 2018 10:24 PM (SRarZ)

Good luck with your land acquisition and move.
Its a challenge
One of the reasons why it has been a zoo here at Casa Mis Hum

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 20, 2018 10:28 PM (3Pma+)

147 Then 2.5 and then 0.25 and finally 0.025.

And then they'll start digging up the dead and dumping the corpses and bones in rivers, 'cause whitey don't deserve no land anywhere.

Then they'll complain that whitey poisoned the rivers.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - It's OK, I'm with the banned at August 20, 2018 10:28 PM (IcT7t)

148
South Africa makes a nice example for our retarded lefty populace here.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 20, 2018 10:26 PM (pUDQf)


I'm a huge fan!

Posted by: RBG at August 20, 2018 10:28 PM (sXefu)

149 Good luck with your land acquisition and move.
Its a challenge
One of the reasons why it has been a zoo here at Casa Mis Hum

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 20, 2018 10:28 PM (3Pma+)


Why ... Thank You.

Stay Blessed.

Posted by: African National Congress at August 20, 2018 10:28 PM (fiGNd)

150 Exactly. Just arbitrary numbers.
Posted by: platypus, gumdrop gorilla channel at August 20, 2018 10:26 PM (8sZIF)

Kind of like oh yeah Taxes!

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 20, 2018 10:28 PM (JFO2v)

151 The UN is running heart wrenching commercials constantly asking for money. Not just one time donations, but a monthly pledge.


Seen them. Not working.

Posted by: tu3031 at August 20, 2018 10:29 PM (jDF8P)

152 There's no reason any person needs 25 choices of deodorant or 25 acres of land.

Posted by: Bernie Sanders at August 20, 2018 10:29 PM (uSlc8)

153 How great would it be if Trump gave the white farmers in SA refugee status and moved them to the front of the line?

Heads would explode.

Posted by: Blutarski at August 20, 2018 10:29 PM (+Tibp)

154 Btw, they tried to apply that rule to the black tribes in South Africa. The prior govt. had given them land. The tribes flipped out. So, they decided it would just apply to the white people. Not racist at all. Right, Sarah Jeong (sp).

Posted by: platypus, gumdrop gorilla channel at August 20, 2018 10:30 PM (8sZIF)

155 The white farmers should burn the buildings, destroy the machinery, and salt the fields.

Better yet, put a snail darter in one of the ponds. That shuts everything down.

Posted by: t-bird at August 20, 2018 10:30 PM (n/eZB)

156

Better yet, put a snail darter in one of the ponds. That shuts everything down.


Candiru.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at August 20, 2018 10:31 PM (HaL55)

157 There's no reason any person needs 25 choices of deodorant or 25 acres of land.

Posted by: Bernie Sanders at August 20, 2018 10:29 PM (uSlc


Or four houses. Three houses is cool though.

Posted by: Bernie at August 20, 2018 10:31 PM (sXefu)

158 95 One is Bat Woman!
Posted by: platypus, gumdrop gorilla channel at August 20, 2018 10:18 PM (8sZIF)

-------

It's a Batman who identifies as a Batgirl.

Posted by: Bernie Sanders at August 20, 2018 10:31 PM (uSlc8)

159 I just keep my focus on getting back to our kitties. If they'll take us back.



mindful webworker - weary traveler at August 20, 2018 10:10 PM




Hopefully your kitties will be delighted to see you again. I was gone for 12 days last month and my two had only their "dad" around. One seemed to not give much of a care when I returned, but the other was so excited he actually jumped up and down and shouted sounds I never heard from him (or any other cat) previously. Warmed my heart.


Posted by: cfo mom at August 20, 2018 10:31 PM (RfzVr)

160 The white farmers should burn the buildings, destroy the machinery, and salt the fields.

Absolutely.

Posted by: ScoggDog at August 20, 2018 10:31 PM (fiGNd)

161 "LOL. How does the ANC think it got South Africa?

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair"

It sure as hell wasn't the ANC military threat and fighting skills. The only people they were good at killing were black "collaborators."

Posted by: Ripley at August 20, 2018 10:32 PM (NbRJx)

162

Damn, that was close. Closing tags FTW!

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at August 20, 2018 10:32 PM (HaL55)

163 153 How great would it be if Trump gave the white farmers in SA refugee status and moved them to the front of the line?

Heads would explode.
Posted by: Blutarski at August 20, 2018 10:29 PM (+Tibp)

Oh man. The popcorn. Trump should do it and then explain that this is what real persecution looks like when claiming asylum.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 20, 2018 10:32 PM (pUDQf)

164 152 There's no reason any person needs 25 choices of deodorant or 25 acres of land.
Posted by: Bernie Sanders at August 20, 2018 10:29 PM (uSlc

I would love to see someone put out a dozen brands of tampons and asked Occasional which is the official tampon!

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 20, 2018 10:32 PM (JFO2v)

165 And I'm sure you're all tired of hearing about my jury duty anxiety, but I have to yet again thank y'all for your thoughts, advice and prayers this morning.

Anxiety in strange, unknown situations has had a diabolic hold on me since my accident in 2008. I had some issues last night and this morning regarding my jury duty and asked for prayers/thoughts this morning.

It really, really helped. My anxiety left me after I entered the justice building. I've been chosen for the jury, but I am calm and not anxious about it.

This has been seriously a condition that has been painful and embarrassing for almost ten years. Today, I proved to myself that I can overcome it, yet again and you all with your comments and thoughts have helped more than you know.

Probably sounds stupid, but means more to me than you know.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at August 20, 2018 10:32 PM (SRarZ)

166 Are those pirates smoking weed?

Posted by: ALH at August 20, 2018 10:32 PM (6Zmow)

167 151 The UN is running heart wrenching commercials constantly asking for money. Not just one time donations, but a monthly pledge.


Seen them. Not working.
Posted by: tu3031 at August 20, 2018 10:29 PM (jDF8P)

Just a coincidence that my team has been cracking down on human, child, and organ trafficking I'm sure

Posted by: TGE #45 at August 20, 2018 10:32 PM (Y2VBD)

168 About 15 years ago I developed an ulcer on my cornea. About 2 months ago I had a scratch on my cornea (do not remember if it was the sane eye). No idea how it happened. I wear glasses and I do not play sports and had no accidents.

Posted by: katya the designated driver at August 20, 2018 10:32 PM (s6M7E)

169 How great would it be if Trump gave the white farmers in SA refugee status and moved them to the front of the line?

Don't count on Trump. His administration just fired Darren Beattie for being a 'racist' on account Beattie had spoken at an event with Brimelow from V-Dare.

Posted by: boulder t'hobo at August 20, 2018 10:33 PM (N1ZXu)

170 The white farmers should burn the buildings, destroy
the machinery, and salt the fields. Go full Wyatt's Torch on the
government looters. They have nothing else to lose at this point.

Posted by: rickl at August 20, 2018 10:25 PM (sdi6R)

Even if they could break the bond to their land, the government won't let them leave. Their passports are being denied, they're being hit with tens of thousands of dollars for fines, etc. Australia is legitimately trying to give them refugee status and grant them asylum, but it's been difficult. All because of the color of their skin, funny that.

Posted by: pookysgirl at August 20, 2018 10:33 PM (XKZwp)

171 I didn't stand up when they were stealing land from farmers. with 25,000 acres because I only had 10.

Posted by: X-ray at August 20, 2018 10:33 PM (6BjFc)

172 This land is my land
That land is your land
This land is my land
That land is your land

And buddy you ain't gonna
take it from me.

This land is my land
That land is your land
This land is my land
That land is your land

And buddy better go back
the hell where he came from.


Posted by: Braenyard at August 20, 2018 10:33 PM (U/b2O)

173 Dave Parker was a great ballplayer.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 20, 2018 10:33 PM (89T5c)

174 It's a Batman who identifies as a Batgirl.
Posted by: Bernie Sanders at August 20, 2018 10:31 PM (uSlc

with a front hole

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 20, 2018 10:33 PM (JFO2v)

175 Exactly. Just arbitrary numbers.
Posted by: platypus, gumdrop gorilla channel at August 20, 2018 10:26 PM (8sZIF)

Kind of like oh yeah Taxes!
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 20, 2018 10:28 PM (JFO2v)

Or Magazine Capacity Limits, or barrel lengths, or...

Posted by: Surfperch at August 20, 2018 10:33 PM (DzFIB)

176 Who was the Pirate pitcher who threw a no-no on acid?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 20, 2018 10:34 PM (pUDQf)

177 I will make a limited defense of Sam Harris, although I suspect he is not as bright as he seems. And he has TDS worse than Ben Shapiro.

Sam Harris described his red-pill moment as this. A woman challenged him on the statement that some cultures are better than others. He asked her, what would you think of a culture that has a tradition of blinding every third baby that is born. She said that it would depend on the context.

I guess his takeaway was that there was a huge glaring deficiency in the culture of the credentialed intellectual left.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at August 20, 2018 10:34 PM (rnAwa)

178 Those animals have been carving Joker smiles in little white kids copying the movie The Dark Knight.

Posted by: TGE #45 at August 20, 2018 10:35 PM (Y2VBD)

179 Who was the Pirate pitcher who threw a no-no on acid?

Doc Ellis

Posted by: tu3031 at August 20, 2018 10:35 PM (jDF8P)

180 "The white farmers should burn the buildings, destroy
the machinery, and salt the fields.



Posted by: rick"
That would only put them in greater danger and make escape more difficult. Besides, they can rest assured the new owners will pretty much do the same or worse within 3 years,

Posted by: Ripley at August 20, 2018 10:35 PM (NbRJx)

181 Doc Ellis

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 20, 2018 10:35 PM (89T5c)

182 This land is my land ...

The End

Posted by: t-bird at August 20, 2018 10:36 PM (f6lTY)

183 Who was the Pirate pitcher who threw a no-no on acid?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 20, 2018 10:34 PM (pUDQf)


Dock Ellis.

Posted by: Some Jackass at August 20, 2018 10:36 PM (sXefu)

184 I thought the deal with TPTB allowing majority rule in SA included never doing what they're doing now! They had to give up their nukes, amongst other things...

If this slides, then what's next? SA still has a nukular power plant...

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at August 20, 2018 10:36 PM (e9G8E)

185 "Who was the Pirate pitcher who threw a no-no on acid?"
-Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 20, 2018 10:34 PM (pUDQf)

Dock Ellis

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Now 17% More Elite at August 20, 2018 10:36 PM (Ckg4U)

186 Good luck with your land acquisition and move.

Its a challenge

One of the reasons why it has been a zoo here at Casa Mis Hum





Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 20, 2018 10:28 PM (3Pma+)


A challenge and yet, a wonderful future. Yes, there is so much work. Yes it is so worth it. I have a piece of land no one has ever lived on. I will put a house on it that no one has ever lived on before. It's going to be an adventure. A wonderful adventure.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at August 20, 2018 10:36 PM (SRarZ)

187 DangerGirl, I'm actually jealous. I've been called 3 times but never picked.

Posted by: Muad'dib at August 20, 2018 10:36 PM (NpK5V)

188 "LOL. How does the ANC think it got South Africa?

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair"

As long as The UN can be stifled. Executive Outcomes needs a rebirth.

Posted by: X-ray at August 20, 2018 10:37 PM (6BjFc)

189 OK in the Cypress Gardens style skiing pyramid I see the Green Lantern in the anchor row should be Creature from the Black Lagoon... much cooler

Posted by: sOME mORON at August 20, 2018 10:37 PM (ICWiF)

190 I see the future of South Africa...and outlook is not good.

Posted by: Magic 8-Ball at August 20, 2018 10:37 PM (8sZIF)

191 Dave Parker was a great ballplayer.

Could've been better, but he liked his cocaine.

Posted by: tu3031 at August 20, 2018 10:37 PM (jDF8P)

192 Dock Ellis

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Now 17% More Elite at August 20, 2018 10:36 PM (Ckg4U)


Wow, the horde's knowledge of LSD rivals my own. That's not a good thing.

Posted by: Some Jackass at August 20, 2018 10:38 PM (sXefu)

193 There was so much blow in the Pirate clubhouse in the 80's it made Pablo Escobar jealous.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 20, 2018 10:38 PM (89T5c)

194 Anyone tell ace that he blew the margins on the front page? The pic for the #MeToo post, the one with mommy and her TV son/lover, is sized a bit too big.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at August 20, 2018 10:38 PM (U3075)

195 That would only put them in greater danger and make escape more difficult. Besides, they can rest assured the new owners will pretty much do the same or worse within 3 years,

Posted by: Ripley at August 20, 2018 10:35 PM (NbRJx)


Too bad they don't have firearms.

I've read this article ... those folks have been doing all the "go through the courts" bullshit. As if that was going to work.

They can either take it and live ... or resist and die. I'd pick resist. That ain't no life.

Posted by: ScoggDog at August 20, 2018 10:38 PM (fiGNd)

196 I have 2 years, 10 months, 14 days, 1 hour, 18 minutes until I retire.

Not that I'm counting.

Posted by: ALH at August 20, 2018 10:39 PM (6Zmow)

197 Surfperch replied: That's my late night sign-out music!

And linked to that Doors song. "

The Negroes in the forest, brightly feathered,
They are saying "Forget the Night,
Live with us in Forests of Azure...."

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 20, 2018 10:39 PM (V2Yro)

198 If you look at the fine print, it turns out that you do not own the books on your Kindle.

I actually don't mind this. I "rent" the book using Kindle Unlimited. If I like it enough, I buy a hardcopy. I'd like to think that in the long run I'm saving money by not buying books that it turns out I didn't like or for which I had no practical use.

Posted by: Bert G at August 20, 2018 10:39 PM (yzxic)

199 The thing about WWII guys that saw shit?

They don't want to talk about it.

Posted by: JAS at August 20, 2018 10:39 PM (3HNOQ)

200 And exactly how many thousands of acres do you own, comrade mentashe, hmmm?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 20, 2018 10:39 PM (EZebt)

201 184 I thought the deal with TPTB allowing majority rule in SA included never doing what they're doing now! They had to give up their nukes, amongst other things...

If this slides, then what's next? SA still has a nukular power plant...
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at August 20, 2018 10:36 PM (e9G8E)

Yeah but with Trump negotiating like hell the CIA needs a new boogie man

Posted by: sOME mORON at August 20, 2018 10:40 PM (ICWiF)

202 OK, about a dozen people have mentioned Dock Ellis. But have any of them linked the box score of that game?

https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1970/B06121SDN1970.htm

Posted by: rickl at August 20, 2018 10:40 PM (sdi6R)

203 Posted by: Tom Servo at August 20, 2018 10:39 PM (V2Yro)

In my defense, I was fucking lit.

Posted by: Zombie Jim Morrison at August 20, 2018 10:41 PM (sXefu)

204 Where'd I put the Fuckitall...

Posted by: Insomniac at August 20, 2018 10:41 PM (NWiLs)

205 And exactly how many thousands of acres do you own, comrade mentashe, hmmm?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 20, 2018 10:39 PM (EZebt)


Call up Turner on the telephone.

Posted by: Braenyard at August 20, 2018 10:41 PM (U/b2O)

206 Since they have Supergirl and Batgirl, the lady in green almost has to be Aquagirl. But the costume is all wrong.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 20, 2018 10:42 PM (2lndx)

207 I have 2 years, 10 months, 14 days, 1 hour, 18 minutes until I retire.


Not that I'm counting.

Posted by: ALH
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Will you be 30 then? At that time will you be eligible for Medicare?

Posted by: Tonypete at August 20, 2018 10:43 PM (9rIkM)

208 ince they have Supergirl and Batgirl, the lady in green almost has to be Aquagirl. But the costume is all wrong.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 20, 2018 10:42 PM (2lndx)


It's Ginger Girl and she'll kick your ass.

Posted by: DR.WTF? at August 20, 2018 10:43 PM (T71PA)

209 Where'd I put the Fuckitall...

Posted by: Insomniac at August 20, 2018 10:41 PM


Have you checked 'the front hole'?

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at August 20, 2018 10:44 PM (e9G8E)

210 On that note, going to bed. I'm exhausted from doing...not a whole lot...today. Have a good night, my computer friends. Thank you all for your virtual love and support.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at August 20, 2018 10:44 PM (SRarZ)

211 "You shouldn't own more than 25,000 acres of land. Therefore if you own more it should be taken without compensation. People who are privileged never give away privilege as a matter of a gift. ANC chairman Gwede Mantashe

People who feel they are unprivileged never feel that they have stolen enough. What an asshole. I love how he lays out an arbitrary limit, as if it were self evident. I really hope the Boers have enough armaments to annihilate these vile subhuman pieces of shit.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at August 20, 2018 10:44 PM (/qEW2)

212 G'Night, DangerGirl!

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Now 17% More Elite at August 20, 2018 10:45 PM (Ckg4U)

213 Will you be 30 then? At that time will you be eligible for Medicare?
Posted by: Tonypete at August 20, 2018 10:43 PM (9rIkM)

Yes.

Posted by: ALH at August 20, 2018 10:45 PM (6Zmow)

214 206 Since they have Supergirl and Batgirl, the lady in green almost has to be Aquagirl. But the costume is all wrong.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 20, 2018 10:42 PM (2lndx)

-------

They had a chick from The Handmaids Tale but her cap kept flying off.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 20, 2018 10:45 PM (uSlc8)

215 ALH do you have one of those "Time Left" countdown clocks on your computer? I did as I neared retirement. People at work used to ask me "What's it now?" and I'd tell them "13 months, 3 weeks, 2 days, 5 hours (and then glancing at my watch) and 32 minutes."

Not that I was happy to be leaving or anything.

Posted by: cfo mom at August 20, 2018 10:45 PM (RfzVr)

216 209 Where'd I put the Fuckitall...

Posted by: Insomniac at August 20, 2018 10:41 PM


Have you checked 'the front hole'?
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at August 20, 2018 10:44 PM (e9G8E)

Hmmm... Nope, not there.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 20, 2018 10:46 PM (NWiLs)

217 Posted by: ALH at August 20, 2018 10:39 PM (6Zmow)

You will have a lot of time to make MOAR coffee and sammiches

Posted by: Fat Jack at August 20, 2018 10:46 PM (3Pma+)

218

"You shouldn't own more than 25,000 acres of land. Therefore if you own more it should be taken without compensation. People who are privileged never give away privilege as a matter of a gift. ANC chairman Gwede Mantashe




He seems unclear on the concept of work. And private property.

And reality in general.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at August 20, 2018 10:47 PM (HaL55)

219 215 ALH do you have one of those "Time Left" countdown clocks on your computer? I did as I neared retirement. People at work used to ask me "What's it now?" and I'd tell them "13 months, 3 weeks, 2 days, 5 hours (and then glancing at my watch) and 32 minutes."

Not that I was happy to be leaving or anything.
Posted by: cfo mom at August 20, 2018 10:45 PM (RfzVr)


I had a countdown clock on my office computer for a year before I left. It sustained me.

Posted by: Ladyl at August 20, 2018 10:47 PM (v4pQ0)

220 I'll never be able to retire. I'll either die working, or in a pond of my own piss in some shithole Medicaid-funded nursing home somewhere.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 20, 2018 10:47 PM (NWiLs)

221 OK, here's what I got from the photo:

Bottom row: Robin, Batman, Superman, Aquaman, Flash
Second row: Batgirl, Supergirl, ?, ?
Third row: Wonder Woman

Posted by: rickl at August 20, 2018 10:48 PM (sdi6R)

222 215 Yes I do have a countdown clock.

I just got a promotion so I'm staying with the job. They gave me a nice office, too.



Posted by: ALH at August 20, 2018 10:48 PM (6Zmow)

223 Other Arms kicks ass as well.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at August 20, 2018 10:48 PM (PUmDY)

224 Dangergirl

That's great! Good to know that you can overcome anxiety.
Only jury duty I ever had was a secret grand jury in Indiana. Run by the state attorney general's office. Six weeks of meetings, lots of documents and we ended up indicting an entire shift of the town police department.

Posted by: Winston at August 20, 2018 10:49 PM (wgCUV)

225 Posted by: Ladyl at August 20, 2018 10:47 PM (v4pQ0)

I love my job and I can see working it until I no longer am physically capable of it. But, being 29 I have a long ways to go

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 20, 2018 10:49 PM (3Pma+)

226 I'll never be able to retire. I'll either die
working, or in a pond of my own piss in some shithole Medicaid-funded
nursing home somewhere.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 20, 2018 10:47 PM (NWiLs)


I want to be found half eaten by my cats.

Posted by: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at August 20, 2018 10:49 PM (sXefu)

227 I still say that's the statue of liberty on the 2nd row.

come on, all of you trying to apply "logic" and rational thought processes to this - you know that's not how this kind of thing works. We're lucky they didn't have Smokey the Bear in there.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 20, 2018 10:49 PM (V2Yro)

228 222 215 Yes I do have a countdown clock.

I just got a promotion so I'm staying with the job. They gave me a nice office, too.



Posted by: ALH at August 20, 2018 10:48 PM (6Zmow)


I was offered a promotion as well. I just didn't care.

Posted by: Ladyl at August 20, 2018 10:50 PM (v4pQ0)

229 South Africa is a beta test for the American South
West. Watch in 10-15 years. These invaders along with the governmnets of
our Southern Neighbors labeled that land as Aztlan 20 years ago.

Posted by: TGE #45 at August 20, 2018 10:25 PM (Y2VBD)


Matt Bracken has a good trilogy that talks about that scenario.

Posted by: Bert G at August 20, 2018 10:50 PM (yzxic)

230 Weird scenes inside the gold mine

Posted by: ro-man at August 20, 2018 10:50 PM (RuIsu)

231 220 I'll never be able to retire. I'll either die working, or in a pond of my own piss in some shithole Medicaid-funded nursing home somewhere.
Posted by: Insomniac at August 20, 2018 10:47 PM (NWiLs)

Well all righty then.

You make your own luck, you know.

Posted by: ALH at August 20, 2018 10:50 PM (6Zmow)

232 I'm going to try to find out who he is, because I'm sensing he has STORIES.
Posted by: pookysgirl at August 20, 2018 10:20 PM (XKZwp)

===

And when you meet him, be sure to hide his car keys, before he kills an innocent pedestrian.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 20, 2018 10:50 PM (EZebt)

233 How many millions need evacuation out of South Africa?

Serious question, this. It's an Eisenhower-level logistical problem to solve, and much like the build up to D-Day, it'll take much planning, preparation and practice to get it done.

But, a seaborne evacuation, against the will of the ANC government, might be the only way out for the white farmers.

The Aussie, Brit and U.S.A. have enough warships and airpower to utterly shut down South African military resistance.

And enough cargo and passenger tonnage to run non-stop circuits for months on end, till the job gets done.

I can't think of another way to get it done, before the genocide begins.



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at August 20, 2018 10:50 PM (QzJWU)

234
apropos of nothing, here's the only disco song I ever really liked. And Donna Summers really sells the sex appeal here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm-ISatLDG0
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 20, 2018 10:24 PM


I like this one:

https://youtu.be/0iFBXjRbVl0

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 20, 2018 10:50 PM (IqV8l)

235 Good evening.

Posted by: Robert at August 20, 2018 10:50 PM (Zogyx)

236 I'm pretty pissed off they are making Bat Woman "queer". Make your own superheros. You are appropriating our heterosexual ones. Double standards...once again.

Posted by: platypus, gg channel at August 20, 2018 10:50 PM (8sZIF)

237 Second row: Batgirl, Supergirl, ?, ?


Posted by: rickl at August 20, 2018 10:48 PM (sdi6R)


I say Aquagirl and Black Canary.

Posted by: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at August 20, 2018 10:50 PM (sXefu)

238 I saw Pond Full of Piss open for System Of A Down at the Coconut Teaszer in '84.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 20, 2018 10:50 PM (uSlc8)

239 The thing about WWII guys that saw shit?

They don't want to talk about it.

Posted by: JAS
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No one does. It irritates the shit out of me when some civilian finds out you're a Vet, and immediately asks "Where were you?" Which is an indirect way of asking "Were you in combat?" The question is seems innocent enough, kinda, but irresponsible.

Just asking the question compels the Vet to recall, however fleetingly, willingly or unwillingly, stuff he might rather not.

Vet to Vet is a somewhat different matter.

Posted by: A Vet at August 20, 2018 10:51 PM (gdP3k)

240 Other Arms kicks ass as well.

You lucky, jammy bastard.

Posted by: Michelle Fields at August 20, 2018 10:51 PM (N1ZXu)

241 Posted by: Ladyl at August 20, 2018 10:47 PM (v4pQ0)

I love my job and I can see working it until I no longer am physically capable of it. But, being 29 I have a long ways to go
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 20, 2018 10:49 PM (3Pma+)


MisHum--you are really still a baby--much too young to be working!

Posted by: Ladyl at August 20, 2018 10:51 PM (v4pQ0)

242 You ain*t no kind of man if you ain*t got land.

Posted by: Delmar ODonnell at August 20, 2018 10:51 PM (nd5mm)

243
I love my job and I can see working it until I no longer am physically capable of it. But, being 29 I have a long ways to go
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 20, 2018 10:49 PM (3Pma+)


I'll send you a postcard from the beach!

Posted by: ALH at August 20, 2018 10:51 PM (6Zmow)

244 Apparently green girl is some watery tartXXX superhero named Mera who I have never heard of. This is from Seaworld in the seventies/eighties.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 20, 2018 10:51 PM (2lndx)

245 I recognize Dave Parker but the guy in the back, not sure who that is. Depends on the year. Grant Jackson, maybe? Now if this years Pirates could just score some damn runs and help there pitchers out, they'd do some damage. They are going to miss the playoffs but not by much.

Posted by: Puddleglum at August 20, 2018 10:51 PM (LUyqH)

246
But, a seaborne evacuation, against the will of the ANC government, might be the only way out for the white farmers.

Why would it be against the will of the ANC? Don't they hate whitey and want him expelled?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 20, 2018 10:51 PM (IqV8l)

247 220 the rich people need tax cuts more then you need social security or medicare. all the social security money pouring in that was used for tax cuts for the rich from reagan's social security "fix" wasn't enough!

Posted by: wammo at August 20, 2018 10:52 PM (rUreu)

248 I say Aquagirl and Black Canary.


Posted by: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at August 20, 2018 10:50 PM (sXefu)


Also, unemployment is low because everyone has two jobs.

Posted by: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at August 20, 2018 10:52 PM (sXefu)

249 104 holy fuk shit
For example, some trans and nonbinary-identified people assigned female at birth may enjoy being the receptors of penetrative sex, but experience gender dysphoria when that part of their body is referred to using a word that society and professional communities often associate with femaleness. An alternative thats becoming increasingly popular in trans and queer communities is front hole.
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 20, 2018 10:20 PM (JFO2v)


Jealousy of trans/queer privilege.

Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at August 20, 2018 10:52 PM (di1hb)

250 The UN is running heart wrenching commercials constantly asking for money. Not just one time donations, but a monthly pledge.

Posted by: platypus, gumdrop gorilla channel at August 20, 2018 10:22 PM (8sZIF)

First class accommodations around the world don't come cheap.

Posted by: Miley, the High Duchess at August 20, 2018 10:53 PM (txw6d)

251 Apparently green girl is some watery tartXXX superhero named Mera who I have never heard of.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDkg3h8PCVU
... the redhead ...

You're welcome.

Posted by: Adriane the Movie Critic ... at August 20, 2018 10:53 PM (AoK0a)

252 Comedian kicks off MTV Awards by taunting President...
'In Your Face, Trump! Suck it!'

The comedian question is Kevin Hart.

Edgy. Did not see that coming.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 20, 2018 10:53 PM (+y/Ru)

253 Saw the replies to my armadillo post on the thread below. Yes, I will shoot it. No, I will not cook it. And it ceased being "cute" when it dug up my roses.

hogmartin, in between circuits of the yard I'm reading "End of an Era". Since I can't put it down it should help keep me awake for the hunt.

Time for another patrol.

Posted by: creeper at August 20, 2018 10:53 PM (LA9ih)

254 cfomom
How did your day go today? I hope hubby is settling down some with the new rules.

Posted by: Winston at August 20, 2018 10:54 PM (wgCUV)

255 246 you had no problem with apartheid now when its pay back time you got a problem?

Posted by: wammo at August 20, 2018 10:54 PM (rUreu)

256 234
apropos of nothing, here's the only disco song I ever really liked. And Donna Summers really sells the sex appeal here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm-ISatLDG0
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 20, 2018 10:24 PM

I like this one:

https://youtu.be/0iFBXjRbVl0
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 20, 2018 10:50 PM (IqV8l)


That should be featured on the Dress Thread.

Posted by: rickl at August 20, 2018 10:54 PM (sdi6R)

257 Oh geeze...Cathy Areu

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 20, 2018 10:55 PM (CDGwz)

258 "front hole"
That's emotionally obscene.

Posted by: Miley, the High Duchess at August 20, 2018 10:55 PM (txw6d)

259 Poison Ivy?

Posted by: JAS at August 20, 2018 10:55 PM (3HNOQ)

260 Comedian kicks off MTV Awards by taunting President...
'In Your Face, Trump! Suck it!'

--------

That's comedy gold.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 20, 2018 10:55 PM (uSlc8)

261 Correct. 23 is Grant Jackson

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 20, 2018 10:55 PM (89T5c)

262 Looks like a work stoppage on safari

Posted by: Archer at August 20, 2018 10:55 PM (nd5mm)

263

Central Indiana business leaders are pushing lawmakers to pass a hate-crime law, joining 45 states that already have one in place. They say without it, Indiana is an unappealing place for workers, especially younger workers who want their employers involved in social and community issues.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 20, 2018 10:55 PM (IqV8l)

264 Our sophisticated and classy Food Thread Cob recently addressed squirrel in his Sunday Food Thread. It appears he didn't perform his diligence.

++++

Plan ahead: you have to source your own squirrel, which can't be purchased in grocery stores,[...]

Isn't that what CBD said? The Brits can buy it in the store, but us Yanks can only get it if we shoot it ourselves. I think it's an FDA thing, but I forgot what their stupid reasoning was.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at August 20, 2018 10:56 PM (U3075)

265 25,000 acres of land sounds like a lot to mow. So you see, the ANC is doing those white people a favor.

Posted by: #neverskankles at August 20, 2018 10:56 PM (k668o)

266 Ya know, that article about not owning the shit you buy...that's what I hate about downloading. You're purchasing a revocable license.

I suppose it was the consequence of rampant piracy. Copyright owners became super paranoid about their copy rights and we all got fucked. In that way the streaming services are the most transparent. You only have access to whatever they have access to. Digital downloads all contain the caveat, "We will take this shit away anytime it pleases us."

I'm still big on physical media. I know I own it and I know it can't be taken away. It's a pain in the ass to move but by gar it's mine.

Posted by: Robert at August 20, 2018 10:56 PM (Zogyx)

267 Apparently green girl is some watery tartXXX
superhero named Mera who I have never heard of. This is from Seaworld in
the seventies/eighties.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 20, 2018 10:51 PM (2lndx)


Ah, the wife of Aquaman. I heard she does butt stuff.

Posted by: Black jack at August 20, 2018 10:56 PM (sXefu)

268 ladyl and alh, you sure now how to treat a cob

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 20, 2018 10:56 PM (3Pma+)

269
First class accommodations around the world don't come cheap.
Posted by: Miley, the High Duchess
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Apartments/condos in NY. For the chirrun...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 20, 2018 10:56 PM (CDGwz)

270 Yep. Front hole. These people are fucking insane.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 20, 2018 10:56 PM (89T5c)

271 247 220 the rich people need tax cuts more then you need social security or medicare. all the social security money pouring in that was used for tax cuts for the rich from reagan's social security "fix" wasn't enough!
Posted by: wammo at August 20, 2018 10:52 PM (rUreu)


Oversimplification of an issue, along with the failure to research it, really reflect dismally on the commenter, does it not?

Posted by: Ladyl at August 20, 2018 10:56 PM (v4pQ0)

272 I like to own stuff. I never have, and never will, lease a car. I want to own the software I use, not subscribe to it. I know it won't always be up to date, but most of the time the older stuff works fine, and pay for the updates when I damn well ready, thank you very much. You want to put your solar panels on my house? Sorry, No.

Posted by: Average Guy at August 20, 2018 10:57 PM (LMcFk)

273 The SA thing could be seen coming for the last 20 years or more. I understand it is dreadful to be forced into the position of having to leave one's home, let alone one's country, but damn, why didn't they get out while they could?

Let folks in certain states take note. Exit taxes, punitive home sale laws, etc. No telling how a court will rule or how long it will take. Get out now while you can!

Posted by: cfo mom at August 20, 2018 10:57 PM (RfzVr)

274 Final rolled-together content comments:



I... didn't think anybody else remembered Wishbone Ash. I wonder what condition those old LPs are in...



Dying mom hugging cop - dusty in here.



"It's simply untrue that religion provides the only framework for a universal morality."

Well, I've always thought...
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Naw, not tonight. Too tired for deep thinky.

Duty done, now I can dive into comments.

Posted by: megaduh mindful webworker at August 20, 2018 10:57 PM (WvsMa)

275 Why would it be against the will of the ANC? Don't they hate whitey and want him expelled?

No they want him dead. Him, her, the baby, and the dog ...

Posted by: Adriane the History Critic ... at August 20, 2018 10:57 PM (AoK0a)

276
268 ladyl and alh, you sure now how to treat a cob


Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 20, 2018 10:56 PM (3Pma+)

Yes we do.

Posted by: Ladyl at August 20, 2018 10:57 PM (v4pQ0)

277 You make your own luck, you know.
Posted by: ALH at August 20, 2018 10:50 PM (6Zmow)

In my experience, that is untrue.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 20, 2018 10:58 PM (NWiLs)

278 Holy Shit Horde....Story time for anyone that uses Hertz Car Rental:

I've posted that I used to drive for Uber. I rented a car from Hertz to do that.

I was kicked off the Uber driver platform in early June, as a change in Uber's insurance carrier made my previously fine driving record no longer acceptable. So, I returned the rental car 6/8, as instructed.

Early July, began receiving calls and texts asking where the car was. I gave them the info about 12 times, as they kept contacting me. Finally, calls and texts stopped 2 weeks ago. I thought all was finally well.

Today, they hit my bank account for over $2k, which is almost my entire account. This was for rental charges for when they had their car sitting in their parking lot and could not find the fucking thing.

Wells Fargo got it squared for me after 45 minutes on the phone with them, but WTAF Hertz?!

Posted by: Calm Mentor at August 20, 2018 10:58 PM (I16G8)

279 I feel sorry for the poor bastard wearing the aquaman costume. Everyone hates aquaman.

Posted by: Archer at August 20, 2018 10:58 PM (nd5mm)

280 I wish I could do a countdown clock. But it all depends on selling the house, and it seems to be a never ending project to get it ready.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 20, 2018 10:58 PM (Lqy/e)

281 (265) I wonder how many lawn jockeys they have. Bird baths with reflecting globe?

Posted by: ro-man at August 20, 2018 10:58 PM (RuIsu)

282 More and more I feel the cynical notion that if you wrongly oppress a group and then feel bad about it ... don't stop oppressing them. Double down. Because if you start to treat them justly they will try to oppress you. They will seek to oppress people who resemble you or are related to you, even if such people never did anything to them.

So continue to oppress the assholes. You lift the boot from their neck, they will oppress innocent people. Leftists want to goad us to think this way, but if they succeed in getting their side to think this way, we must face up to that fact.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at August 20, 2018 10:59 PM (/qEW2)

283 I'm still big on physical media. I know I own it and I know it can't be taken away. It's a pain in the ass to move but by gar it's mine.
Posted by: Robert at August 20, 2018 10:56 PM (Zogyx)


The not owning of software has nothing to do with piracy. Since the beginning of the PC era software has been licensed, not owned. That physical media (software) isn't technically your either.

Posted by: DR.WTF? at August 20, 2018 10:59 PM (T71PA)

284 I had a countdown clock on my office computer for a year before I left. It sustained me.

Posted by: Ladyl
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I can't do the clock - I have about a year or less but I keep telling myself 18 months. I've found the ignorance, immaturity and unprofessionalism (is that a word) to be damn near overwhelming. Every day I want to scream at some knucklehead that doesn't know how to use the urinal properly and beat him soundly. Having a countdown would only make me worse.

Now get off my yard!

Posted by: Tonypete at August 20, 2018 10:59 PM (9rIkM)

285 263

Central Indiana business leaders are pushing lawmakers to pass a hate-crime law, joining 45 states that already have one in place. They say without it, Indiana is an unappealing place for workers, especially younger workers who want their employers involved in social and community issues.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 20, 2018 10:55 PM (IqV8l)

___

I'll still be exempt right?

Posted by: Asian Supremacist NY Times Editor at August 20, 2018 11:00 PM (k668o)

286 And when you meet him, be sure to hide his car keys, before he kills an innocent pedestrian.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 20, 2018 10:50 PM (EZebt)

Hah, his driving wasn't worse than anyone else in this town! (No one stops at the stop signs in the winter because the town is too cheap to plow or salt the roads.) It was just surprising, given his age. And yes, I know war service can be a touchy topic, but that sticker looked rare if not custom-made, so he was advertising his status.

Posted by: pookysgirl at August 20, 2018 11:00 PM (XKZwp)

287 Posted by: wammo at August 20, 2018 10:54 PM (rUreu)

An interesting "take" on something I didn't read

And math is usually not part of the ONT but 2 wrongs don't make a right

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 20, 2018 11:00 PM (3Pma+)

288 Calm Mentor: ouch that Hertz!
Seriously though, glad you got it worked out.

Posted by: qdpsteve at August 20, 2018 11:00 PM (km8m2)

289
Let folks in certain states take note. Exit taxes, punitive home sale laws, etc. No telling how a court will rule or how long it will take. Get out now while you can!
Posted by: cfo mom at August 20, 2018 10:57 PM (RfzVr)

Yup.

Posted by: TGE #45 at August 20, 2018 11:01 PM (Y2VBD)

290
Ah, the wife of Aquaman. I heard she does butt stuff.
Posted by: Black jack


Backhoe

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 20, 2018 11:01 PM (IqV8l)

291 84 I had a countdown clock on my office computer for a year before I left. It sustained me.

Posted by: Ladyl
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I can't do the clock - I have about a year or less but I keep telling myself 18 months. I've found the ignorance, immaturity and unprofessionalism (is that a word) to be damn near overwhelming. Every day I want to scream at some knucklehead that doesn't know how to use the urinal properly and beat him soundly. Having a countdown would only make me worse.

Now get off my yard!
Posted by: Tonypete at August 20, 2018 10:59 PM (9rIkM)


No amount of money in the world is worth that aggravation.

Posted by: Ladyl at August 20, 2018 11:02 PM (v4pQ0)

292 First class accommodations around the world don't come cheap.
Posted by: Miley, the High Duchess
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Apartments/condos in NY. For the chirrun...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 20, 2018 10:56 PM (CDGwz)


The price of hookers is going through the roof.

Posted by: RickZ at August 20, 2018 11:02 PM (8lsuS)

293

Oversimplification of an issue, along with the failure to research it, really reflect dismally on the commenter, does it not?

Quite. This one seems rather pedestrian than most.

I wonder if it has a somewhat prominent brow ridge? I'll wager so.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at August 20, 2018 11:02 PM (HaL55)

294 I'm pretty pissed off they are making Bat Woman "queer".
Posted by: platypus, gg channel at August 20, 2018 10:50 PM (8sZIF)

Batwoman has been queer for over a decade now. Honest! Prior to that the character hadn't been used since before the start of comic's so-called "Bronze Age" in the 70s.

"They" can have Batwoman.

Posted by: Robert at August 20, 2018 11:02 PM (Zogyx)

295 Honestly, I can't understand why anyone would rent from Hertz. Their prices are 50% above competition like Alamo or Thrifty and you get nothing extra for it.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 20, 2018 11:02 PM (uSlc8)

296 258 "front hole"
That's emotionally obscene.

Posted by: Miley, the High Duchess at August 20, 2018 10:55 PM (txw6d)

++++

I'm the one with no soul.
One above and two below.
--Courtney Love

https://youtu.be/SP_1uGTV77c

She allegedly neglected to wear panties for that performance, giving those in the front row something extra for their money.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at August 20, 2018 11:02 PM (U3075)

297 I have a true horrible Southwest story. Screw them.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at August 20, 2018 11:03 PM (PUmDY)

298 ...Why would it be against the will of the ANC? Don't they hate whitey and want him expelled?


Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 20, 2018 10:51 PM (IqV8l)




ANC doesn't want those white farmers "gone". They want them DEAD.

After, that is, they strip them of stocks, bonds, bank accounts, hidden gold, diamonds and any other wealth to be had.

The Mission of the Civilized West, would be to offer rescue and succor to those farmers, whilst they're still upright, ambulatory and retain what possessions and wealth as they're able to carry away with them. Even by the semi-truck load. Ro-Ro Ships can carry a LOT of semi-truck loads.

Biggest thing though, is to prevent the ANC's much longed for genocide of white farmers.

Don't doubt that it's their priority.



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at August 20, 2018 11:03 PM (QzJWU)

299 Surely the SJWs here in the privileged USA will welcome with open arms African refugees fleeing racist persecution, even if they are white.

Posted by: davidt at August 20, 2018 11:03 PM (RPrqw)

300 The Aquaman clan had blowholes. Fun at the reunions.

Posted by: ro-man at August 20, 2018 11:03 PM (RuIsu)

301 251 Apparently green girl is some watery tartXXX superhero named Mera who I have never heard of. "

Watery tarts distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 20, 2018 11:04 PM (V2Yro)

302 Hey Aquaman, bring that blowhole over here.

Posted by: Thor at August 20, 2018 11:04 PM (uSlc8)

303 Central Indiana business leaders are pushing lawmakers to pass a hate-crime law, joining 45 states that already have one in place. They say without it, Indiana is an unappealing place for workers, especially younger workers who want their employers involved in social and community issues.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 20, 2018 10:55 PM (IqV8l)

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Carousel.

Coming to a town near you.

Posted by: SMH at August 20, 2018 11:05 PM (tOHeO)

304 283 I'm still big on physical media. I know I own it and I know it can't be taken away. It's a pain in the ass to move but by gar it's mine.
Posted by: Robert at August 20, 2018 10:56 PM (Zogyx)

The not owning of software has nothing to do with piracy. Since the beginning of the PC era software has been licensed, not owned. That physical media (software) isn't technically your either.
Posted by: DR.WTF? at August 20, 2018 10:59 PM (T71PA)


Yeah, but I'd rather have it paid for and installed on my own computer than have to pay a subscription fee in perpetuity to access software in the "cloud".

Posted by: rickl at August 20, 2018 11:05 PM (sdi6R)

305 295 Honestly, I can't understand why anyone would rent from Hertz. Their prices are 50% above competition like Alamo or Thrifty and you get nothing extra for it.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 20, 2018 11:02 PM (uSlc

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People who rent from Hertz don't pay for the rental. When I rent a car and someone else is paying, Hertz it is. I get extra miles and they do provide fast service. While Budget has 10 people in line and 2 agents, Hertz has 5 people in line and 3 agents. So there is some value in that.

Posted by: #neverskankles at August 20, 2018 11:05 PM (k668o)

306 I don't get this. We live in a seller's market. So why do we have to do all of this stuff to the house that folks in a buyer's market don't do? I had an agent last week tell is we had too much furniture in the living room. We have so little stuff in here that it echoes when the dogs bark.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 20, 2018 11:05 PM (Lqy/e)

307 . They say without it, Indiana is an unappealing place for workers, especially younger workers who want their employers involved in social and community issues.
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Utter BS. You want a job? Here it is. Keep your personal life and viewpoints to yourself.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 20, 2018 11:06 PM (xSo9G)

308 Watery tarts distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 20, 2018 11:04 PM (V2Yro)

Amen!

Posted by: Lancelot at August 20, 2018 11:06 PM (txw6d)

309 Yeah, but I'd rather have it paid for and installed on my own computer than have to pay a subscription fee in perpetuity to access software in the "cloud".
Posted by: rickl at August 20, 2018 11:05 PM (sdi6R)


Yup.

Posted by: DR.WTF? at August 20, 2018 11:07 PM (T71PA)

310 "the rich people need tax cuts more then than you need social security..."

Trolls without grammar skillz.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 20, 2018 11:07 PM (EZebt)

311

This Batwoman wasn't a lesbian:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061191

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 20, 2018 11:07 PM (IqV8l)

312 295 Honestly, I can't understand why anyone would rent from Hertz. Their prices are 50% above competition like Alamo or Thrifty and you get nothing extra for it.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 20, 2018 11:02 PM (uSlc


I just took a Cape Air flight that is 250 percent higher than the same flight a year ago.

Posted by: Ladyl at August 20, 2018 11:07 PM (v4pQ0)

313 Honestly, I can't understand why anyone would rent from Hertz. Their prices are 50% above competition like Alamo or Thrifty and you get nothing extra for it.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 20, 2018 11:02 PM (uSlc

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In my case, it was a Hertz/Uber program. Unlimited miles on cars that they would normally have sold at 25k miles. The one that I turned in had 88k miles. Uber partially sponsored the rental as long as enough rides were taken per week.

Posted by: Calm Mentor at August 20, 2018 11:07 PM (I16G8)

314 People who are privileged never give away privilege as a matter of a gift. ANC chairman Gwede Mantashe

No, no, no. That's not even English. Never listen to Obama when he's speaking freely. What were the actual words on his Teleprompter?

Posted by: t-bird at August 20, 2018 11:08 PM (elfAG)

315 Thanks for asking Winston. He gave me all his credit cards, all the physical bills and all his user names and passwords. He called the one place he gets a regular orders of cigars from and cancelled it. He seems pretty depressed, but that will pass as he sees the debt lessening. I will buy him a few cigars now and then and he can still have his adult beverages.

It is just a shame to be treating a 68 year old man as one would a naughty child.

Posted by: cfo mom at August 20, 2018 11:08 PM (RfzVr)

316 (Courtney Love) allegedly neglected to wear panties for that performance, giving those in the front row something extra for their money.

The first time gonorrhea of the ear was registered in the journals of medical science.

Posted by: Michelle Fields at August 20, 2018 11:08 PM (N1ZXu)

317 /sock

Posted by: boulder t'hobo at August 20, 2018 11:08 PM (N1ZXu)

318 Enjoyed Wishbone Ash.

Enjoyed Led Zep.

Is it wrong that I cut off Plant when he started speaking-singing instead of singing?

If it's rong, I don't want to be wright.

Posted by: megaduh mindful webworker at August 20, 2018 11:09 PM (WvsMa)

319 I meant "cost 250 percent more."

Posted by: Ladyl at August 20, 2018 11:09 PM (v4pQ0)

320 ***Top five REJECTED Corporate-Directed Sarah Jeong Tweets***

5. "I'll never understand the huge debate that's been going on for years about defense spending. Defense, defense, defense. Why don't they just take down defense and let the cows roam free like God intended them to do?"

4. "I can't wait to get home tonight, put on my most snuggly comfy soft pajamas, turn on the TV and enjoy the newest episode of The Michelle Wolf Show on Netflix"

3. "Anybody else going to watch the James Corden Carpool Karaoke special with Paul McCartney tonight? He has so many great songs. I just learned from a friend that he was in a band before Wings"

2. "I still look back so fondly on my college days. More than one English professor told me I was a master debater AND a cunning linquist. What nice things to say!"

1. "The Nacho Fries I enjoyed today at Taco Bell were the most delicious shade of Trump-face orange"

Posted by: qdpsteve at August 20, 2018 11:09 PM (km8m2)

321 some buyers right now can barely afford mtg payments with escrows from what I am seeing more frequently now.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at August 20, 2018 11:09 PM (PUmDY)

322

Trolls without grammar skillz.


I'll say. Why, back in my day, a troll knew what he or she was talking about and could engage in some witty banter occasionally.

These new young ones just don't have the chops the of the older ones. Sad, really. But on the bright side, they're probably more expensive for George Soros, so there's that.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at August 20, 2018 11:09 PM (HaL55)

323
Atheism by definition undercuts any notion of ethics. If everything is the result of purposeless undirected forces, there are no moral obligations. Your guilt is an evolutionary trick, it doesn't correspond to an objective morality.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at August 20, 2018 10:24 PM (/qEW2)


The monstrous characters of the Marquis de Sade's novels were at least honest about this.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 20, 2018 11:10 PM (LsBY9)

324 I blame our media and SA Politicians for what is happening in SA. Our media exported the idea that hating whites was acceptable. SA politicians jumped on that and used it for political expediency.
Whipped the African tribes up into violence. Haven't seen outrage from our MSM about any of it. Not even the killings of white landowners.

There was a movie made about a SA landowning family with Kim Basinger in the lead role...years ago. She was one of the ones who has been killed in the last 2 years. These crimes are not being punished.

Posted by: platypus, gg channel at August 20, 2018 11:11 PM (8sZIF)

325 We're on the lower end of the market here. I have a friend who listed her place at $500,000. She has land though and it's a big house.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 20, 2018 11:11 PM (Lqy/e)

326 Surely the SJWs here in the privileged USA will welcome with open arms African refugees fleeing racist persecution, even if they are white.

Posted by: davidt at August 20, 2018 11:03 PM (RPrqw)


Nope, no way will SJWs want white South Africans here no matter what dangers they are fleeing. Once they are here and become citizens, it ruins the color cachet privilege of 'African-American'.

Posted by: RickZ at August 20, 2018 11:11 PM (8lsuS)

327
However I distinguish between atheists and anti-religious bigots.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 20, 2018 11:12 PM (LsBY9)

328 "Surely the SJWs here in the privileged USA will
welcome with open arms African refugees fleeing racist persecution, even
if they are white.


Posted by: davidt"
At some point the MSM will be forced to cover this story and it will be damned difficult to turn this around and blame the white farmers. The violence, greed and hate of the successors to the sainted Mandela will be impossible to cover up, although they will try.

Posted by: Ripley at August 20, 2018 11:12 PM (NbRJx)

329 I had an agent last week tell is we had too much furniture in the living room. We have so little stuff in here that it echoes when the dogs bark."

The agent is telling you that Goodwill said your furniture would junk up the place.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 20, 2018 11:12 PM (V2Yro)

330 "People who are privileged never give away privilege as a matter of a gift. "
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I am sick and tired of leftists using the word "privilege" when they mean "WEALTH," and "privileged" when they mean "RICH."

The word "privilege" implies an unfair playing field set up by the State. The very word derives from "private/individual" + "law" and denotes special favors/rules granted to one person, giving them advantages not available to others.

And needless to say, not all rich people are or have been privileged.

The irony is that leftists, who yap all the time about "privilege," advocate exactly that as the main form of economy, that the State should decide winners and losers, that the State should grant favors to some and not to all.
A free market will produce many wealthy people but, to the extent that it is truly free, none that are "privileged."

/rant off

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at August 20, 2018 11:12 PM (0jtPF)

331 I don't get this. We live in a seller's market. So why do we have to do all of this stuff to the house that folks in a buyer's market don't do? I had an agent last week tell is we had too much furniture in the living room. We have so little stuff in here that it echoes when the dogs bark.
Posted by: Notsothoreau
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'Staging'. There are even companies that come in and do it. The agents want everything to look like a movie set, or a photo in Architectural Digest.

There was a guy from Miami (of course) who bought a house down the street, for a ridiculous price, did a quickie rehab, and tried to flip it. Didn't work. Boo hoo, asshole.

Anyhow, the agent arranged for one of the staging companies to sweep in and completely 'decorate' the house. Apparently, one can select a 'theme', because the house was done up in Miami. Thin, and tacky.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 20, 2018 11:12 PM (xSo9G)

332 In my neck of the woods, houses in good condition under $300K is still selling in a matter of days. Of course these same houses were under $200K in 2010, so something has to give. Prices don't increase 50% in less than a decade without some fallback.

Posted by: #neverskankles at August 20, 2018 11:13 PM (k668o)

333 295 Honestly, I can't understand why anyone would rent from Hertz. Their prices are 50% above competition like Alamo or Thrifty and you get nothing extra for it.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 20, 2018 11:02 PM (uSlc

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At PDX you drive your Hertz rental from the terminal. For Alamo or Thrifty, you ride the sad bus to some garage a distance from the airport, and then wait on line again for a car.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 20, 2018 11:13 PM (EZebt)

334 Oh and never buy a flip. The quality is shit. Quality of labor, quality of materials, quality of you name it. JUNK.

Posted by: #neverskankles at August 20, 2018 11:14 PM (k668o)

335 I'll say. Why, back in my day, a troll knew what he or she was talking about and could engage in some witty banter occasionally.

These new young ones just don't have the chops the of the older ones. Sad, really. But on the bright side, they're probably more expensive for George Soros, so there's that.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at August 20, 2018 11:09 PM (HaL55)

If you really want, I could recruit some of my Lefty cow-orkers to leave a couple drive-by troll comments and see how they stack up.

/s

Posted by: Surfperch at August 20, 2018 11:14 PM (DzFIB)

336 BackwardsBoy: Second row, who are the two on the right end? One in green and the other in black and blue?

Deja whoo! I think this same question was asked the last time this pic was posted. If not answered already...

Mera, Aquaman's chick, and Screaming Mimi... I mean, Black Canary. Second-stringers. Mera will be in the new Aquashave movie. Canary and variants have been in the Green Arrow tv show. FWIW.

Posted by: merry marvel mindful webworker marching society at August 20, 2018 11:14 PM (WvsMa)

337 We were talking about disco songs earlier. I heard this one on the radio a few years ago:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnNyxy7XPfs

I thought it almost sounded like a Grateful Dead song from the mid-70s, except for the female vocalist.

Posted by: rickl at August 20, 2018 11:15 PM (sdi6R)

338 Courtney Love was the lead singer for Front Hole.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 20, 2018 11:15 PM (89T5c)

339 Surely the SJWs here in the privileged USA will welcome with open arms African refugees fleeing racist persecution,

...soon to become African-Americans. What's not to love?

Posted by: t-bird at August 20, 2018 11:15 PM (f6lTY)

340 Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 20, 2018 11:06 PM (xSo9G)

Amen

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 20, 2018 11:15 PM (3Pma+)

341 Remember the Honeydrippers?

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at August 20, 2018 11:16 PM (PUmDY)

342 if we sell or house, the first people in the door will be the land rapers...

excuse me, "developers". it's an oversize lot for the immediate area, which means they can build a McMansion.

of course, that would mean cutting down all the trees, bulldozing the house and garage, and likely the pool too, but if we sell, we're either leaving #Failifornia, or we're dead/in a nursing home for good.

either way, currently it'll go for 7 figures, and the first one might not even be a "1".

at least until #Failifornia collapses into anarchy.

Posted by: redc1c4 at August 20, 2018 11:16 PM (rMYq5)

343 The irony is that leftists, who yap all the time about "privilege," advocate exactly that as the main form of economy, that the State should decide winners and losers, that the State should grant favors to some and not to all.


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Yeah. What could possibly go wrong?

Leftards are so fucking naive that it's hard to believe.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 20, 2018 11:16 PM (uSlc8)

344 We have dogs, of course it's junky furniture. That's why it's not on the market. It's not ready. It's never going to look like some fancy place. It's a place where people raised a family. The soil is clay and shaded so it's tough to get grass to grow. And since we still live here, we refuse to paint all the walls white. We're trying to make sure everything gets painted and cleaned, then we get our stuff out and put it on the market.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 20, 2018 11:17 PM (Lqy/e)

345 at least until #Failifornia collapses into anarchy.
Posted by: redc1c4 at August 20, 2018 11:16 PM (rMYq5)

Lord, hasten the day. But let our Cali morons escape first. Amen.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 20, 2018 11:17 PM (NWiLs)

346 Leftists understand themselves not at all. Understanding other types of people is too much to ask.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at August 20, 2018 11:17 PM (rnAwa)

347
Leftards are so fucking naive that it's hard to believe.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 20, 2018 11:16 PM (uSlc


"Naive" is not the description I would use.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 20, 2018 11:18 PM (OYwKq)

348 "And since we still live here, we refuse to paint all the walls white. "

Doesn't have to be white. Just neutral colors. You just don't want purples and greens and oranges anywhere. But a nice beige, light browns, etc is fine for selling. White actually makes it look pretty dull and boring.

Posted by: #neverskankles at August 20, 2018 11:18 PM (k668o)

349 Oh and never buy a flip. The quality is shit.

My place just got flipped. I can see from the pictures everything that they didn't do. They sure were fast, but I guess the idea is to dazzle customers with paint and paint fumes.

Posted by: t-bird at August 20, 2018 11:19 PM (TQyCa)

350


Many thanx, MindWebWorkr. Any new characters DC added after the late '60's aren't on my radar. I like to think I enjoyed the Golden Age of comics.

And being the nerd I was growing up, I really liked the comic book versions of the literary classics. Bet those aren't around any more either.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at August 20, 2018 11:19 PM (HaL55)

351 Oh and never buy a flip. The quality is shit. Quality of labor, quality of materials, quality of you name it. JUNK.
Posted by: #neverskankles
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I've watched 2-3 times in the neighborhood. It's always bullshit. To my satisfaction, two flippers, after broker fees/refurb costs took a loss. I call them Flip-Flops.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 20, 2018 11:20 PM (xSo9G)

352
Doesn't have to be white. Just neutral colors. You just don't want purples and greens and oranges anywhere. But a nice beige, light browns, etc is fine for selling. White actually makes it look pretty dull and boring.

Posted by: #neverskankles at August 20, 2018 11:18 PM (k668o)


Striped wallpaper set at a 5 degree angle.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 20, 2018 11:20 PM (LsBY9)

353 Courtney Love was the lead singer for Front Hole.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 20, 2018 11:15 PM (89T5c)


To be honest, I liked Hole's music a lot more than Nirvana. Sure, Nirvana had one or two songs that were good but Hole had a lot of good music.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 20, 2018 11:20 PM (OYwKq)

354 Injun Lizzie Warren wants the state to assign directors to all businesses over a certain minimum size threshold.

Nope, no opportunity for graft or patronage there.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 20, 2018 11:20 PM (uSlc8)

355 It is just a shame to be treating a 68 year old man as one would a naughty child.


Posted by: cfo mom at August 20, 2018 11:08 PM (RfzVr)

I sympathize. At least I have the ability to say, "Your therapists and doctors have said you need to...."

The biggest problem I have is the lack of empathy. He still has no friggin clue about the hell I went through to keep him alive, out of jail and from being permanently institutionalized. Unfortunately, it means one day that realization will come, and it won't be pretty.

Posted by: pookysgirl at August 20, 2018 11:20 PM (XKZwp)

356 Black Canary

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 20, 2018 11:20 PM (1jWCo)

357 You go Dangergirl. Keep us informed on the court case you are involved with when and if you can and rest assured prayers for you will keep coming!

Posted by: Alf767 at August 20, 2018 11:20 PM (l9B5i)

358 Ours will probably list for $280,000. They had s fire in 2006 so the house was rebuilt to the new code. I think it was $70,000 in the early 70s, when new. I used to have to explain to my relatives that $110,00 was the bottom of the housing market here in the 90s, when I bought my first place. It's just ridiculous. But the house here is paid off.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 20, 2018 11:21 PM (Lqy/e)

359 349 Oh and never buy a flip. The quality is shit.

My place just got flipped. I can see from the pictures everything that they didn't do. They sure were fast, but I guess the idea is to dazzle customers with paint and paint fumes.
Posted by: t-bird at August 20, 2018 11:19 PM (TQyCa)

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I went to an open house 2 weekends ago. A mid 70s home in a really nice 'hood. Yuuuge yard, mature trees, the works. It was a flip. I tried opening a bathroom door, could barely budge. There was about 1.5 inches between the floor and wall trim. They forgot to put a plate over a couple of outlets. And I'm thinking if they did this piss poor job on the basics, I can only imagine what the plumbing and electric must be like.

But I'm sure some imbeciles from California will walk in and think wow it looks so great, just like on HGTV!!! Here's a suitcase full of money for it.

Posted by: #neverskankles at August 20, 2018 11:22 PM (k668o)

360 >>>If it's rong, I don't want to be wright.

It's the ONT
It's all good

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 20, 2018 11:23 PM (3Pma+)

361 Oh and never buy a flip. The quality is shit. Quality of labor, quality of materials, quality of you name it. JUNK.

Posted by: #neverskankles


Most/many houses that go on the market are spruced up with quickie cosmetic work. Not just flips.

You have to carefully inspect any house you're buying.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 20, 2018 11:24 PM (OYwKq)

362

OK Hordelings, it's Bedtime for Bonzo.


Y'all try to behave.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at August 20, 2018 11:24 PM (HaL55)

363 Our house looks lived in...because people live here. You want changes? Fine you do the changes.

I went through this on the last house. "We want this done, that done.."

Me:"No. As is".

Them: "Okay, then our offer is $X."

Me: "No. The price is as advertised".

Them: "Ok"

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 20, 2018 11:24 PM (xSo9G)

364 337 We were talking about disco songs earlier. I heard this one on the radio a few years ago:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnNyxy7XPfs

I thought it almost sounded like a Grateful Dead song from the mid-70s, except for the female vocalist.

Posted by: rickl at August 20, 2018 11:15 PM (sdi6R)

++++

Tarantino used that song in Jackie Brown. It is a 70's song.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Life_%28The_Crusaders_album%29

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at August 20, 2018 11:24 PM (U3075)

365 Surely the SJWs here in the privileged USA will welcome with open arms African refugees fleeing racist persecution,



We are only supposed to allow in people who hate America, Christians, Capitalism and want to be freeloaders. Also, no white people. Shithole countries with unskilled people preferable. Also, people coming here illegally and breaking the law are allowed to cut in line before all others.

Posted by: platypus, gg channel at August 20, 2018 11:24 PM (8sZIF)

366 Live Thtough This is a very great album.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at August 20, 2018 11:25 PM (PUmDY)

367 pookysgirl - thank you. I need to work on my empathy. Right now I have none, but after I get over this initial shock and anger hopefully I will manage it.

I hope he gets some empathy for what he has done to me also, instead of just acting like a Sad Sack.

Posted by: cfo mom at August 20, 2018 11:26 PM (RfzVr)

368
Most/many houses that go on the market are spruced up with quickie cosmetic work. Not just flips.

You have to carefully inspect any house you're buying.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 20, 2018 11:24 PM (OYwKq)

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Yeah buy there's a big difference between painting a few rooms and maybe putting in a new backsplash vs gutting a house. And of course an inspection is needed. One of the things that blew my mind was reading about people in Seattle waiving inspections with their offers in order to "win" the bidding war. And I put win in scare quotes since in the long run those people will do nothing but lose, lose lose a lot of money.

Posted by: #neverskankles at August 20, 2018 11:27 PM (k668o)

369 I've never been a fan of Robert Plant but I do have "All The King's Horses" on my active playlist.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 20, 2018 11:27 PM (OYwKq)

370 Doesn't have to be white. Just neutral colors. You just don't want purples and greens and oranges anywhere. But a nice beige, light browns, etc is fine for selling. White actually makes it look pretty dull and boring. "

My favorite combo for every rental I've redone is Sherwin Williams "Biscuit" for the walls (a very light and creamy beige) and "Creamy" for the baseboards and trim (an off-white) That looks appealing and goes with almost anything.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 20, 2018 11:27 PM (V2Yro)

371 Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 20, 2018 11:24 PM (xSo9G)

Sounds familiar

Plus agents do this, do that. Then drop your commission a point or two

Oh no cant do that

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 20, 2018 11:27 PM (3Pma+)

372 It's sort of a sad story about my friend's place. That was to be their retirement place, sort of a mini farm. Her husband left the service but never really was able to hold down a job after that. He was an alcoholic. She almost lost the place when she lost her job but was able to refi. Her husband had a heart attack about two years ago and died. Her son lived there for awhile but he's moved out. She really needs to sell but it won't be quick.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 20, 2018 11:27 PM (Lqy/e)

373 I have been enjoying for some time the Twitter analyses of one Thomas Wictor. Today he threw out a sentence about this beloved place.

Aces of Spades, where the commenters talk about nothing but masturbation.

It is a long way from being his best analysis, but it is not entirely without insight.

Posted by: Splunge at August 20, 2018 11:28 PM (Vb4BV)

374 YES! The fly has been eliminated. It's safe to hit the sack.

Wait... is that a cockroach? /jk.. I hope

Posted by: mighty hunter mindful webworker at August 20, 2018 11:28 PM (WvsMa)

375 I'm amazed at how, even in here in Texas, it is getting to be quite common to rip out everything except the outside four walls and the roof, and to rebuild a completely new house inside the shell of a the old one. One of those is going on around the corner from me.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 20, 2018 11:29 PM (V2Yro)

376 My favorite combo for every rental I've redone is Sherwin Williams "Biscuit" for the walls (a very light and creamy beige) and "Creamy" for the baseboards and trim (an off-white) That looks appealing and goes with almost anything.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 20, 2018 11:27 PM (V2Yro)

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Heh. I do basically the same color combo with my rentals. My wife picked it out on the first one we did and have kept with the general look ever since. Great minds and all that!!

Posted by: #neverskankles at August 20, 2018 11:30 PM (k668o)

377 Aces of Spades, where the commenters talk about nothing but masturbation.

Highly inaccurate. I once saw someone here talk about guns for two, maybe three posts in a row.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - It's OK, I'm with the banned at August 20, 2018 11:30 PM (IcT7t)

378 I have been enjoying for some time the Twitter analyses of one Thomas Wictor. Today he threw out a sentence about this beloved place.

Aces of Spades, where the commenters talk about nothing but masturbation.

It is a long way from being his best analysis, but it is not entirely without insight.

Posted by: Splunge at August 20, 2018 11:28 PM (Vb4BV)


It's probably a good thing that he wasn't coming around here when ace was running posts about that. I try to repress the memories but it was something of a running commentary about abstaining and his progress in that endeavor. Those were some dark days ... I was so glad when he switched to intermittent fasting.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 20, 2018 11:30 PM (OYwKq)

379

Comedian and liberal activist Chelsea Handler came to the defense of disgraced former Sen. Al Franken on Sunday, arguing that groping does not constitute sexual assault.

In defending Mr. Franken against numerous allegations of sexual misconduct, Ms. Handler admitted during an interview with Buzzfeed News that she's grabbed people's genitals "many times" in photographs before and didn't think that should be considered sexual assault.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 20, 2018 11:31 PM (IqV8l)

380 if we sell or house, the first people in the door will be the land rapers...

excuse me, "developers". it's an oversize lot for the immediate area, which means they can build a McMansion.

of course, that would mean cutting down all the trees, bulldozing the house and garage, and likely the pool too, but if we sell, we're either leaving #Failifornia, or we're dead/in a nursing home for good.

either way, currently it'll go for 7 figures, and the first one might not even be a "1".

at least until #Failifornia collapses into anarchy.
Posted by: redc1c4 at August 20, 2018 11:16 PM (rMYq5)

That reminds me:

For years there was a Farmer who owned nearly 300 acres of prime real estate in the middle of San Jose (where even run-down homes cost an average of $1M). Over the last 40 years of his life he turned down innumerable offers of what I can only assume were mind-boggling sums, clinging to the land (and years of backed taxes) to his death in 2014. With no surviving heirs, he donated the land (all 300 acres of it) to the County on the condition that it not be developed. After a 2 year long legal battle, his land, just as he had left it, is now a county 'park' (even though it's just the farmhouse and some dusty fields) thumbing it's nose at the endless urban sprawl surrounding it.

Posted by: Surfperch at August 20, 2018 11:31 PM (DzFIB)

381 375 I'm amazed at how, even in here in Texas, it is getting to be quite common to rip out everything except the outside four walls and the roof, and to rebuild a completely new house inside the shell of a the old one. One of those is going on around the corner from me.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 20, 2018 11:29 PM (V2Yro)


Our neighbors have been doing this. For the last two years. Yes, it is noisy. The jackhammers were the worst. One wants to ask "where does all the money come from?" But of course that is not a thing one can ask. They are respectable people, so it's not crack or anything.

Posted by: Splunge at August 20, 2018 11:31 PM (Vb4BV)

382 Highly inaccurate. I once saw someone here talk about guns for two, maybe three posts in a row.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - It's OK, I'm with the banned at August 20, 2018 11:30 PM (IcT7t)

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There was nearly an entire thread this morning about older women raping boys. And masturbation.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 20, 2018 11:31 PM (uSlc8)

383 You have to carefully inspect any house you're buying.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 20, 2018 11:24 PM (OYwKq)


I've found house inspections as a requirement for a mortgage to be a scam. You have to hire an inspector on your dime, get him to sign off on the house, but if there are major problems overlooked by the inspector like wiring/plumbing/structure/etc., one has no legal recourse against the inspector.

You're right that YOU have to inspect the house. But how many know how to inspect a house? Many people can't even maintain one.

Posted by: RickZ at August 20, 2018 11:31 PM (8lsuS)

384 "Be careful with those contact lenses."

I had the same thing happen to my right eye about 7 years ago. The only thing more painful I've ever experienced was shingles. You know those cactus plants that have really tiny needles ? It felt like one of those decided to take up house in my eye. Only vicodin helped the pain. The ulcer was pretty directly over my pupil. So I will have blurred vision in my right eye the rest of my life, Not enough tissue left for laser. At least I still have my left eye, I guess.

Posted by: Noah Bawdy at August 20, 2018 11:32 PM (lDs6t)

385 Injun Lizzie Warren wants the state to assign directors to all businesses over a certain minimum size threshold.



So, a move toward empowering the state and crippling capitalism. Everything she is proposing shows either a profound lack of economic and capitalistic knowledge, or is a covert way to bring about socialism. I figure this is her putting together her Presidential platform...rallying the people. I also see the fingerprints of people smarter than her coming up with these ideas.

Posted by: platypus, gg channel at August 20, 2018 11:32 PM (8sZIF)

386 One thing also about flips is they tend to be the most modern stuff. And I always say to myself, this stuff will be the avocado green appliances 10 years from now. Some of these ultra modern kitchens from a couple of years ago are already starting to look dated since the hot new thing now is all white kitchens.

Keep it classic and it will never go out of style.

Posted by: #neverskankles at August 20, 2018 11:32 PM (k668o)

387 374 YES! The fly has been eliminated. It's safe to hit the sack.

Wait... is that a cockroach? /jk.. I hope"

I was just spraying poison around the house today, because the other morning I woke up when it was just starting to get light, and I looked up at the ceiling and I saw this dark spot that was never there before, and I was still so sleepy that I just thought "that's odd" and then the dark spot started moving around and got right over my head and I thought "oh that's not right" and then my wife woke up to me jumping on the bed and whacking the ceiling with the sole of one of my shoes. At least I got it.
Oh, and this is East Texas. We don't get those little roaches here, oh no.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 20, 2018 11:32 PM (V2Yro)

388 I know I've bitched and mounded about my San Antonio move slash misadventure but there are a few things I will miss about the place.

Very few.

I've mentioned the Santikos movie chain, but any Texas 'Rons will know about the H-E-B grocery chain. H-E-B also runs a sort of upscale David Brook's approved white people only chain called Central Market and goddamn it is ssoooooo good! Lots of really good bread, cheese, beer and wine but the deli section is wonderful. A lot of good eatin' to be found there. A few weeks ago I got these stuffed poblanos that were delish and today got a few little odds and ends that I'm really looking forward to. Nearly walked out with half the cheese section but I managed to successfully restrain myself.

Posted by: Robert at August 20, 2018 11:33 PM (Zogyx)

389 If I was going to sell my house--which I have no intention of doing--I would have to have a lot of work done to make it marketable.

I like it just the way it is.

My house. I think I'll keep it.

Posted by: rickl at August 20, 2018 11:34 PM (sdi6R)

390 I've found house inspections as a requirement for a mortgage to be a scam.
Posted by: RickZ at August 20, 2018 11:31 PM (8lsuS)

Are you talking about inspections or appraisals? I've bought more houses I can remember and I've never had to have an inspection for a mortgage. I always do them for myself, but a lender has never forced me to do one.

Appraisals on the other hand, those are always required and cost a fuck ton of money each time, that is paid by the buyer.

Posted by: #neverskankles at August 20, 2018 11:34 PM (k668o)

391 You're right that YOU have to inspect the house. But how many know how to inspect a house? Many people can't even maintain one.

Posted by: RickZ at August 20, 2018 11:31 PM (8lsuS)


You have to know someone you trust who knows how to inspect things. I wasn't referring to the standard inpections but to a real going over by someone with knowledge. It's worth the cost, considering how big of an investment it is going to be.

Of course, there are a whole bunch of things that normal people can check that would help reveal potential problems (but that almost none do). I doubt many people even try running the water in all the taps before they buy.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 20, 2018 11:35 PM (OYwKq)

392 Posted by: Surfperch at August 20, 2018 11:31 PM (DzFIB)


Gotta respect the old coot. Well, I do.

Posted by: platypus, gg channel at August 20, 2018 11:35 PM (8sZIF)

393 The Crusaders were awesome.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at August 20, 2018 11:36 PM (PUmDY)

394 378 It's probably a good thing that he wasn't coming around here when ace was running posts about that. I try to repress the memories but it was something of a running commentary about abstaining and his progress in that endeavor. Those were some dark days ... I was so glad when he switched to intermittent fasting.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 20, 2018 11:30 PM (OYwKq)


Oh, yes. I remember that era. My eyes skimmed a few paragraphs, for sure. Gainzz and fasts are so much better, especially since the visual part of the imagination is not engaged so much.

Posted by: Splunge at August 20, 2018 11:36 PM (Vb4BV)

395 I also see the fingerprints of people smarter than her coming up with these ideas.
Posted by: platypus, gg channel at August 20, 2018 11:32 PM (8sZIF)


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Actually, she is pretty smart. For an Indian.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 20, 2018 11:36 PM (uSlc8)

396
Good night Hordians. Long day today, long day tomorrow.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 20, 2018 11:36 PM (LsBY9)

397 @71 --

(Hey, I just finished reading the improv thread)

Woman in green with yellow tiara is Mera, Aquaman's squeeze and Atlantean royal. When written by Geoff Johns, she's tough.

Woman in black at far right of second row is Black Canary. HTH expert with sonic scream.

Now let's see who answered this already.

Posted by: Weak Geek at August 20, 2018 11:37 PM (EPGbR)

398 I personally rebuilt this house after Hurricane Ike, a 2008 storm. Took me 'bout fifteen months to get it all done, but it all got done.

Highest quality materials, and I'll put my craftsmanship up against the BEST of any professional in any trade that I applied in my repairs.

Whoever might eventually buy this house, will be getting a strong, solid and *very* well finished gem.

Later work I've just finished off, as many of you know, was an all-new front stairs, their railings and new front porch railings.

Damn near furniture-grade work, vs. the "lumberyard grade" wood of the originals, with all the millwork scars, saw marks, hammer dents, etc.

The originals were also built with non-galvanized nails, which rusted over the years since Ike, into naught but powdered oxides.

My new ones have 100% stainless screws, no nails and much router work and sanding to effect a sculpted, finished appearance, as evidenced by a clean, shiny sheen of the new paint, uninterrupted by scars, splinters, sloppy caulking or other flaws of laziness.

The only sub-contractors I'd ever trust to DO work on my house, are ones I'd never be able to afford, because they, like me, do SUPERB work, and charge like hell for it.



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at August 20, 2018 11:37 PM (QzJWU)

399 Posted by: Splunge at August 20, 2018 11:28 PM (Vb4BV)

I think he is blind from chokin the chicken too much

No masturbation matters in 400 posts

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 20, 2018 11:37 PM (3Pma+)

400 My inspector is a dude that has been in the construction industry for 30 years. He knows what's what and knows how to spot problems. I pay him $350-500 per inspection, depending on the size of the house. He spends 2-3 hours going over everything then gives me a full report. Generally he will find small stuff, which is fine, no house is perfect. But what I'm really paying him is to tell me if I will will have to spend $25K at some point on major repairs or not. And that's easily worth $500.

Posted by: #neverskankles at August 20, 2018 11:38 PM (k668o)

401 386
Keep it classic and it will never go out of style.
Posted by: #neverskankles at August 20, 2018 11:32 PM (k668o)


I mentioned the other night that people pay good money for retro 50's decor.

I have the real thing. Formica countertops with the multicolored boomerang squiggles. I wouldn't dream of replacing them.

Posted by: rickl at August 20, 2018 11:38 PM (sdi6R)

402 385 Injun Lizzie Warren wants the state to assign directors to all businesses over a certain minimum size threshold.



So, a move toward empowering the state and crippling capitalism. Everything she is proposing shows either a profound lack of economic and capitalistic knowledge, or is a covert way to bring about socialism. I figure this is her putting together her Presidential platform...rallying the people. I also see the fingerprints of people smarter than her coming up with these ideas.
Posted by: platypus, gg channel at August 20, 2018 11:32 PM (8sZIF)


that idea is the very basis of Fascism... not just Socialism, but Fascism.

Because the Companies will, as they have been... will buy the elections of those they favor... so those they favor will be in control of their corporate fates.

Just like the Public Sector Unions did.

Posted by: Don Q. at August 20, 2018 11:39 PM (NgKpN)

403 You told your mama I'd get you home
But you didn't say that I got no car

https://youtu.be/632H5C-hNts

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at August 20, 2018 11:39 PM (U3075)

404 Posted by: Jim at August 20, 2018 11:37 PM (QzJWU)

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What you describe is not a flip. You built it to live in. I'm fine with buying a house that was rebuilt or renovated by someone who then lived in it for several years and then sold. What I mean by stay away from flips is the buy it in May, sell in July after "renovating" it.

Posted by: #neverskankles at August 20, 2018 11:40 PM (k668o)

405 Actually, she is pretty smart.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 20, 2018 11:36 PM (



Dammit. That's not good.

Posted by: platypus, gg channel at August 20, 2018 11:40 PM (8sZIF)

406 Are you talking about inspections or appraisals?

Posted by: #neverskankles at August 20, 2018 11:34 PM (k668o)


Inspections. VA mortgages require inspections, for example. Also, many banks require inspections before a mortgage is approved.

Posted by: RickZ at August 20, 2018 11:41 PM (8lsuS)

407

On Monday morning, Esteemed Wise Man Of Science Neil DeGrasse Tyson gave his blessing to President Trump's idea of a "Space Force," but immediately followed with a call for an entity right out of the pages of George Orwell's "1984": a "Truth Force."

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 20, 2018 11:41 PM (IqV8l)

408 Inspections. VA mortgages require inspections, for example. Also, many banks require inspections before a mortgage is approved.
Posted by: RickZ at August 20, 2018 11:41 PM (8lsuS)

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Hmmm. Weird, I've never heard of that. Maybe it's a regional thing? Also never used VA so have no idea how those work either.

Learn new shit every day.

Posted by: #neverskankles at August 20, 2018 11:42 PM (k668o)

409 cfo mom #159: ...One seemed to not give much of a care when I returned, but the other was so excited he actually jumped up and down and shouted sounds I never heard from him (or any other cat) previously. Warmed my heart.

That is so cute. I just hope our 3 won't scar us too badly.

Been following your financial dilemma. Sorry for you, but admiring your work to resolve it.

Could you come straighten out our mess next?

Posted by: mindful webworker - dollars to doughnuts at August 20, 2018 11:42 PM (WvsMa)

410 I look for houses where they haven't redone the kitchens. I just hate that look.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 20, 2018 11:42 PM (Lqy/e)

411 399 I think he is blind from chokin the chicken too much

No masturbation matters in 400 posts
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 20, 2018 11:37 PM (3Pma+)


A spirited defense! Good. Your hypothesis is unlikely, but the core is solid. I imagine he stopped in one night and observed. For most things, that would do -- things are usually what they are, consistently, and you can observe them, get their measure, and know them well enough. This place, no. The variation among threads, and the unexplorable depth of many of the commenters here, is amazing.

Posted by: Splunge at August 20, 2018 11:42 PM (Vb4BV)

412 Mostly government backed loans require inspections, fha, va

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at August 20, 2018 11:43 PM (PUmDY)

413 Question at Quora:

"What can Sears do to stage a turnaround?"

OMG. IMHO they would have to stop being a major retailer and go big-league DIY.

By the time I was done with them they'd basically be a much smaller, slightly more upscale Home Depot, and that's about it.

Posted by: qdpsteve at August 20, 2018 11:43 PM (km8m2)

414 Wishbone Ash -- Now, iffen I was alive back in the fall of 1973, I coulda seen them guys play at The Warehouse in New Orleans.

But that would make me older than 29...

Posted by: GnuBreed at August 20, 2018 11:43 PM (0ogQG)

415 412 Mostly government backed loans require inspections, fha, va
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at August 20, 2018 11:43 PM (PUmDY)

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Yeah I can see FHA, since so much of what is bought with FHA is garbage.

Posted by: #neverskankles at August 20, 2018 11:44 PM (k668o)

416 On Monday morning, Esteemed Wise Man Of Science Neil DeGrasse Tyson gave his blessing to President Trump's idea of a "Space Force," but immediately followed with a call for an entity right out of the pages of George Orwell's "1984": a "Truth Force."

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That planetarium gift shop must damn near run itself.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 20, 2018 11:44 PM (uSlc8)

417 This hotel connection is a bit slow.

Relatively.

Seems t'me we may have stayed here long, long ago, and logged in (to CompuServe) via acoustic modem.

Yes, we carted the dang thing around with us.

Posted by: mindful webworker - on a Tandy 100 laptop at August 20, 2018 11:45 PM (WvsMa)

418 Hmmm. Weird, I've never heard of that. Maybe it's a regional thing? Also never used VA so have no idea how those work either.

Learn new shit every day.
Posted by: #neverskankles at August 20, 2018 11:42 PM (k668o)

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In GA, inspections and appraisals are separate issues. Appraisals vary wildly, while inspections tell one the real story.

Posted by: Calm Mentor at August 20, 2018 11:45 PM (I16G8)

419 By the time I was done with them they'd basically be a much smaller, slightly more upscale Home Depot, and that's about it.
Posted by: qdpsteve at August 20, 2018 11:43 PM (km8m2)

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Bring it, Roebuck.

Posted by: Restoration Hardware at August 20, 2018 11:45 PM (uSlc8)

420 Sears could have been Amazon. They had everything in place already with the catalog, just needed to move it online.

One of the greatest missed business opportunities of all time.

Posted by: #neverskankles at August 20, 2018 11:45 PM (k668o)

421 I need to work on my empathy. Right now I have none,
but after I get over this initial shock and anger hopefully I will
manage it.

I hope he gets some empathy for what he has done to me also, instead of just acting like a Sad Sack.


Posted by: cfo mom at August 20, 2018 11:26 PM (RfzVr)

"Being in shock" can go on for far longer than people realize. Sometimes you have to give people time but if they use it as an excuse, it becomes necessary to have a not-very-fun conversation with them.

Posted by: pookysgirl at August 20, 2018 11:46 PM (XKZwp)

422 Immediately after the crash, the government killed a lot of purchase because they would require repairs to be made from the inspections. The foreclosing lenders said gth.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at August 20, 2018 11:47 PM (PUmDY)

423 Appraisals make sense for a lender. If you eldn $500K you want to make sure the underlying asset is worth $500K. But an inspection? So you find out the roof might need to be replaced in a few years. Do you not lend the money? I don't get the point of it from a lender's standpoint. Unless the bank is afraid the borrower will walk if it needs a new roof?

Posted by: #neverskankles at August 20, 2018 11:48 PM (k668o)

424 Posted by: Splunge at August 20, 2018 11:42 PM (Vb4BV)


In 2 years of hosting The ONT I have come to learn 1 truth about it and the commenters

I have no clue what will be discussed

The topics posted and what are brought up by the commenters reminds me of herding cats.

I have the best gig in the entire World Wide Web

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 20, 2018 11:49 PM (3Pma+)

425 Posted by: Robert at August 20, 2018 11:33 PM (Zogyx)

Oh Robert, I absolutely loved the Central Market in Fort Worth when I lived there, still visit when I go through. They had live bands on Friday and Saturday nights, and once a month they had a cooking class you could sign up for, which was damned interesting since they could usually get one of the top chefs from a local restaurant to host it. And I don't know how widely it's recognized, but FW has a better restaurant scene than even Dallas does, in my opinion.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 20, 2018 11:50 PM (V2Yro)

426 Gov.t backed loans have little to no down payments.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at August 20, 2018 11:50 PM (PUmDY)

427 16 On Monday morning, Esteemed Wise Man Of Science Neil DeGrasse Tyson gave his blessing to President Trump's idea of a "Space Force," but immediately followed with a call for an entity right out of the pages of George Orwell's "1984": a "Truth Force."



*facepalm*
Whose truth? Germany wanted a Ministry of Truth. If millenials learned anything from Harry Potter, they should be against these things.

Mattis had a better name for the Space Force though. Can't remember it. Space Force seems a little cartoonish to me. JMO.

Anyway, Armed services and military is soooo different than a govt/scientific propaganda organization. What a twatwaffle. Another power grab. More social engineering. Ick.

Posted by: platypus, gg channel at August 20, 2018 11:50 PM (8sZIF)

428 What you describe is not a flip. You built it to live in. I'm fine with buying a house that was rebuilt or renovated by someone who then lived in it for several years and then sold. What I mean by stay away from flips is the buy it in May, sell in July after "renovating" it.
Posted by: #neverskankles




yep

Posted by: ? at August 20, 2018 11:50 PM (MTjB1)

429 426 Gov.t backed loans have little to no down payments.
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at August 20, 2018 11:50 PM (PUmDY)

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Down payments are racist!!!

Posted by: #neverskankles at August 20, 2018 11:50 PM (k668o)

430

Evening Ladies and Germs!

How's life in the clean world.

Posted by: In Vino Veritits at August 20, 2018 11:51 PM (AyGZp)

431 420 Sears could have been Amazon. They had everything in place already with the catalog, just needed to move it online.

One of the greatest missed business opportunities of all time.

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Eddie Lampert might have been a genius stock picker but in retail he wasn't qualified to run a 7-11.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 20, 2018 11:52 PM (uSlc8)

432 Wishbone Ash...Say Goodbye.

Posted by: Burger Chef at August 20, 2018 11:52 PM (RuIsu)

433

Three people have been injured in a shooting outside a tube station tonight amid lawless London's daily bloodbath.

Several police and emergency vehicles rushed to the scene on Kingsbury Road, Brent at around 9:45pm.

Reports of several people being gunned down flooded social media and images showed a heavy police and ambulance response.

A later statement from Scotland Yard said cops were not treating the shooting as terror related.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 20, 2018 11:53 PM (IqV8l)

434 Bush authorized the down payment assistance programs. I had some buyers gettin most if not all of their earnest money back at closing. Insane.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at August 20, 2018 11:53 PM (PUmDY)

435 Could you come straighten out our mess next?

Posted by: mindful webworker - dollars to doughnuts at August 20, 2018 11:42 PM




Ha! Ok, you're next on the list.

Posted by: cfo mom at August 20, 2018 11:54 PM (RfzVr)

436 I think he is blind from chokin the chicken too much



No masturbation matters in 400 posts

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 20, 2018 11:37 PM (3Pma+)


R.S. McCain may have let slip that a certain Ewok found a female of his species.

Posted by: pookysgirl at August 20, 2018 11:55 PM (XKZwp)

437 The live version of Whole Lotta Love is missing the overlay of the whining deeowww guitar work in the studio version -- So many bands can (and could) not reproduce their studio sound on the stage.

I have always given extra points to bands that could, like ZZ Top.

Posted by: GnuBreed at August 20, 2018 11:55 PM (0ogQG)

438 By the time Lampert got there the damage was already done. Sears fucked up by not doing the Amazon thing in the late 90s, early 2000s. By Lampert's time it was way too late.

Posted by: #neverskankles at August 20, 2018 11:55 PM (k668o)

439 I've found house inspections as a requirement for a mortgage to be a scam. You have to hire an inspector on your dime, get him to sign off on the house, but if there are major problems overlooked by the inspector like wiring/plumbing/structure/etc., one has no legal recourse against the inspector.
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An inspection report on our house is going to look like the merger agreement between two mega-companies.

The thing is, there's nothing really 'wrong' with it that wasn't 'wrong' when it was constructed. It's a miracle that three generations managed to survive.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 20, 2018 11:55 PM (CDGwz)

440 Evening Ladies and Germs!

How's life in the clean world.
Posted by: In Vino Veritits at August 20, 2018 11:51 PM (AyGZp)

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Them schnitzengrubens will wipe you out!

Posted by: Sheriff Bart at August 20, 2018 11:55 PM (uSlc8)

441 Jim, sounds like you built a new boat - ashore

Posted by: Jean at August 20, 2018 11:56 PM (/pu5B)

442 What London needs is hammer control. Who needs a hammer anyway? Not in modern times. Hammers should be regulated and licensed.

Only licensed, credentialed professionals should be allowed to carry hammers.

https://preview.tinyurl.com/y737p7qw

If it saves just one life ...

Posted by: Brad Chadlee Jr. at August 20, 2018 11:57 PM (I9Sw7)

443 We put our house up for sale in April. It sold in two weeks. At the closing, the woman was telling us what she had planned for the house. The husband asked if that bothered us, like it wss our child. I told them I didn't care what they did to the place. I hated the house and couldn't wait to be rid of it.

Posted by: abby at August 20, 2018 11:57 PM (I2MJX)

444 434 Bush authorized the down payment assistance programs. I had some buyers gettin most if not all of their earnest money back at closing. Insane.
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at August 20, 2018 11:53 PM (PUmDY)

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And you say these people foreclosed a year or two later? Shocking!!!

Posted by: #neverskankles at August 20, 2018 11:57 PM (k668o)

445 By the time Lampert got there the damage was already done. Sears fucked up by not doing the Amazon thing in the late 90s, early 2000s.
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I can think of no retailer better positioned to capitalize on the internet than Sears. Seariously dropped ball, as it were.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 20, 2018 11:57 PM (CDGwz)

446 Lampert made the decision not to spend money to freshen the stores or improve the product mix. That's why they look like dark, dated holes full of cheap ugly clothes today.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 20, 2018 11:57 PM (uSlc8)

447 Mis Hum, herding cats is easy. (See the video I sent to you at petmorons two weeks ago.) Moron herding, well I suppose that is much trickier.

Posted by: cfo mom at August 20, 2018 11:57 PM (RfzVr)

448 Inspectors only refund the cost of the inspection if there is a problem. Nice gig.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at August 20, 2018 11:58 PM (PUmDY)

449 420 Sears could have been Amazon. They had everything in place already with the catalog, just needed to move it online.

One of the greatest missed business opportunities of all time."


And if they wanted to go in a different direction, they could have been Walmart. They had the stores, they had the coverage, they had the brand loyalty. Now it's too late, they're finished. Our local Sears hasn't announced a closing date yet, but the Mall owner already went to the city zoning board and got a permit allowing for the demolition of the store, and the building of a couple restaurants in its place.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 20, 2018 11:58 PM (V2Yro)

450 SCIENCE! ONT Compliance Pics

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/1031598822726807552

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/1031598909548847106

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/1031598992889716736

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/1031599089144745984

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/1031599175069323266

Posted by: kbdabear at August 20, 2018 11:58 PM (0Ntuf)

451 I hated the house and couldn't wait to be rid of it.
Posted by: abby at August 20, 2018 11:57 PM (I2MJX)

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That's cold, man.

Posted by: Abby's Old House at August 20, 2018 11:59 PM (uSlc8)

452 443 We put our house up for sale in April. It sold in two weeks. At the closing, the woman was telling us what she had planned for the house. The husband asked if that bothered us, like it wss our child. I told them I didn't care what they did to the place. I hated the house and couldn't wait to be rid of it.
Posted by: abby at August 20, 2018 11:57 PM (I2MJX)

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Heh, yep. I never get people who do that with houses, or even with cars. It's like we want to sell to someone who will love our house/car as much as we did. Pffft. Once the check clears, burn the thing to the ground for all I care.

Posted by: #neverskankles at August 20, 2018 11:59 PM (k668o)

453 Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 20, 2018 11:55 PM (CDGwz)

The offer on our house didn't have an inspection request. I was shocked. We are still set for our closing next month

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 20, 2018 11:59 PM (3Pma+)

454 I mentioned this in the last thread. The European Space Agency's Aeolus satellite is designed to use lasers to measure winds throughout the Earth's atmosphere:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HB-qMdMtqY

It was supposed to launch Tuesday afternoon, but ironically it has been postponed for 24 hours due to high winds.

Posted by: rickl at August 20, 2018 11:59 PM (sdi6R)

455 More SCIENCE! ONT Compliance Pics

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/1031599253758590979

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/1031599337334288384

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/1031599423233638400

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/1031599512014479361

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/1031599601038618624

Posted by: kbdabear at August 21, 2018 12:00 AM (0Ntuf)

456 I don't get the point of it from a lender's standpoint. Unless the bank is afraid the borrower will walk if it needs a new roof?

Posted by: #neverskankles at August 20, 2018 11:48 PM (k668o)


The bank owns the house, you just get to rent it for 15 to 30 years. The bank wants to make sure you are buying a sound $500,000 property with its money that is actually worth $500,000 should the bank be forced to repossess and sell it.

Posted by: RickZ at August 21, 2018 12:00 AM (8lsuS)

457 8 I have been enjoying for some time the Twitter analyses of one Thomas Wictor. Today he threw out a sentence about this beloved place.

Aces of Spades, where the commenters talk about nothing but masturbation.

It is a long way from being his best analysis, but it is not entirely without insight.

Posted by: Splunge at August 20, 2018 11:28 PM (Vb4BV)

It's probably a good thing that he wasn't coming around here when ace was running posts about that. I try to repress the memories but it was something of a running commentary about abstaining and his progress in that endeavor. Those were some dark days ... I was so glad when he switched to intermittent fasting.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 20, 2018 11:30 PM (OYwKq)


Noooooo. He didn't...did he? I can't even...

Posted by: platypus, gg channel at August 21, 2018 12:01 AM (8sZIF)

458
I mentioned this in the last thread. The European Space Agency's Aeolus satellite is designed to use lasers to measure winds throughout the Earth's atmosphere

Yeah, that's what they say the lasers are for!

Space Force Assemble!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 21, 2018 12:01 AM (IqV8l)

459 Posted by: cfo mom at August 20, 2018 11:57 PM (RfzVr)


I know you submitted something for the pet thread. I'm squeaking by until mid-September
Then I will be back full time to the blog

Moron herding is a challenge

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 21, 2018 12:02 AM (3Pma+)

460 Just posted this at Quora:

http://qr.ae/TUNNUv

Posted by: qdpsteve at August 21, 2018 12:03 AM (km8m2)

461 355 It is just a shame to be treating a 68 year old man as one would a naughty child.


Posted by: cfo mom at August 20, 2018 11:08 PM (RfzVr)

Sadly, had I taken this approach with my now ex-wife, instead of treating her like a responsible adult, I could have mitigated a lot of damage.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 21, 2018 12:03 AM (NWiLs)

462 Sears used to be prey on seniors for home repairs. Their old practices are one of the reasons there is a right to rescind a refinance.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at August 21, 2018 12:03 AM (PUmDY)

463 The bank owns the house, you just get to rent it for 15 to 30 years. The bank wants to make sure you are buying a sound $500,000 property with its money that is actually worth $500,000 should the bank be forced to repossess and sell it.
Posted by: RickZ at August 21, 2018 12:00 AM (8lsuS)

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What banks should do is require 20% down, then they don't have to worry about any of that. House need a new roof, not the bank's problem, they already have $100K and if you walk, they keep that $100K and sell the house to someone for $450K knowing it needs a new roof.

Posted by: #neverskankles at August 21, 2018 12:04 AM (k668o)

464 I confess I'm one of those people who always loves the houses I live in, I put too much of myself into them to not do that. I also would never own a newer house, the 3 houses I've owned and lived in (don't count rental periods) were built in 1912, 1940, and current house, 1937. And this about as new a house as I ever want to live in.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 21, 2018 12:04 AM (V2Yro)

465 RickZ: I'm a home inspector in CA, and inspections are not required to get a mortgage here (however some lenders do require them in certain situations, such REOs). I'm sure the rules and customs vary from state to state.

Posted by: Average Guy at August 21, 2018 12:05 AM (LMcFk)

466 The Space Force needs its own theme song.

It has to be awesome.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at August 21, 2018 12:05 AM (UsCnO)

467 MH, no repair requests ar all? Newer house?

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at August 21, 2018 12:05 AM (PUmDY)

468 446 Lampert made the decision not to spend money to freshen the stores or improve the product mix. That's why they look like dark, dated holes full of cheap ugly clothes today.

With 'staff' of welfare queen refugees who hate YOU, hate WORK and pretty much hate anything that doesn't involve 6" finger nails, weaves and rows, and people whose name doesn't end in -yonda, -quisha or -onge...

Posted by: In Vino Veritits at August 21, 2018 12:06 AM (AyGZp)

469 Average Guy,

How are you feeling?

Posted by: four seasons at August 21, 2018 12:06 AM (fxdyE)

470
The bank owns the house, you just get to rent it
for 15 to 30 years. The bank wants to make sure you are buying a sound
$500,000 property with its money that is actually worth $500,000 should
the bank be forced to repossess and sell it.

Posted by: RickZ at August 21, 2018 12:00 AM (8lsuS)
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Hey! Don't forget about us!

Posted by: rising property taxes at August 21, 2018 12:06 AM (UsCnO)

471 ...Jim, sounds like you built a new boat - ashore

Posted by: Jean at August 20, 2018 11:56 PM (/pu5B)



Close, Jean... very close.

I built a lifeboat.

A newer New Dawn will await me when I retire and sell this and the Orlando property.

Then I'll be back on the water, at long last.



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at August 21, 2018 12:07 AM (QzJWU)

472 @realDonaldTrump
Just watched former Intelligence Official Phillip Mudd become totally unglued and weird while debating wonderful @PARISDENNARD over Brennan's Security Clearance. Dennard destroyed him but Mudd is in no mental condition to have such a Clearance. Should be REVOKED?

My erection just got 10 feet taller.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at August 21, 2018 12:07 AM (rnAwa)

473 Hey! Don't forget about us!
Posted by: rising property taxes at August 21, 2018 12:06 AM (UsCnO)

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Prop 13 is the only good thing that ever happened in California politics.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 21, 2018 12:07 AM (uSlc8)

474 My favorite Wishbone Ash song is 'Mother of Pearl', from their New England album (1976).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht0RXxmzico

This live version is outstanding. The video is complete with rock star 'costumes' from the mid '70s. (Starts at 44:38.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHJQqrtRjXg

Posted by: RickZ at August 21, 2018 12:08 AM (8lsuS)

475 466 The Space Force needs its own theme song.

It has to be awesome.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at August 21, 2018 12:05 AM (UsCnO)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60-etRy0dg8

Posted by: SMH at August 21, 2018 12:08 AM (tOHeO)

476 the 3 houses I've owned and lived in (don't count rental periods) were built in 1912, 1940, and current house, 1937. And this about as new a house as I ever want to live in.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 21, 2018 12:04 AM (V2Yro)

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Amen. I love older houses as well. They have character and our neighbor's house doesn't look exactly like yours. The idea of living in a cookie cutter subdivision doesn't appeal to me whatsoever. I own rentals in said cookie cutter sub-divisions buy I'd never live in one.

The downside to the older homes is the extra costs to maintain. And the risk that your neighbors don't keep up with that maintenance and you end up with an eyesore next door.

Posted by: #neverskankles at August 21, 2018 12:08 AM (k668o)

477

So tell me Schatze, is twue what they say about your people being... gifted?

Posted by: In Vino Veritits at August 21, 2018 12:08 AM (AyGZp)

478 Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at August 21, 2018 12:05 AM (PUmDY)

Older home, well taken care of and some recent updating, kitchen cabs, flooring, entire home interior repainted.

I was shocked and still can't believe it. And no, no requests for work to be performed

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 21, 2018 12:09 AM (3Pma+)

479 With 'staff' of welfare queen refugees who hate YOU, hate WORK and pretty much hate anything that doesn't involve 6" finger nails, weaves and rows, and people whose name doesn't end in -yonda, -quisha or -onge...
Posted by: In Vino Veritits at August 21, 2018 12:06 AM (AyGZp)

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So like the DMV.

Posted by: #neverskankles at August 21, 2018 12:09 AM (k668o)

480 Cicero, is that the law/reg that requires prop taxes to be grandfathered at your purchase price?

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at August 21, 2018 12:10 AM (PUmDY)

481 Americans own less stuff. Is this a problem?

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Considering the number of hoarding shows, nope.

Posted by: SMH at August 21, 2018 12:11 AM (tOHeO)

482 Inspectors only refund the cost of the inspection if there is a problem. Nice gig.

If that.

I'm pretty sure they're in cahoots with other related businesses as well.

I was "forced" to pay for a radon measurement to sell a house, once, because I had never done one while living there.

A four-level split with a walkout. So it did not have a basement.

Obviously, there was no radon.

Posted by: mikeski at August 21, 2018 12:11 AM (P1f+c)

483 MH, your buyer's agent sucks. Great for you.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at August 21, 2018 12:12 AM (PUmDY)

484 480 Cicero, is that the law/reg that requires prop taxes to be grandfathered at your purchase price?
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at August 21, 2018 12:10 AM (PUmD

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Yep. 23 years ago I paid $289k for a house that is now valued at over a million on Zillow. The property taxes are just a bit higher than they were the first year.

The lunatic Dem Legislature hates this, as you can imagine, and is constantly coming up with proposals to undermine it.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 21, 2018 12:13 AM (uSlc8)

485 Friends of ours bought a house, put in months of work renovating it, then sold it for a profit to a buyer

-- who promptly bulldozed it. Going to use the site for another McMansion. Fool.

Posted by: Weak Geek at August 21, 2018 12:13 AM (EPGbR)

486 Laundry is done. I have tomorrow off, but I'm just too tired to hang... Later, Gators!

*static*

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Now 17% More Elite at August 21, 2018 12:13 AM (Ckg4U)

487 Considering the number of hoarding shows, nope.
Posted by: SMH at August 21, 2018 12:11 AM (tOHeO)


They are still making those? I didn't know that.

Posted by: platypus, gg channel at August 21, 2018 12:14 AM (8sZIF)

488 Average Guy,

How are you feeling?

Posted by: four seasons at August 21, 2018 12:06 AM (fxdyE)

Thanks for asking. Not too bad. Took one Tylenol/Codeine, probably didn't need it. Keeping ice on the groin. Just kind of worn out from the general anesthesia. And my throat's killing me. Getting spoiled by Average Wife which is nice (no, not in that way). Still a bit of a bulge on the left side, which worries me a bit, but I'm sure doc did everything right and it will go away in a few days. Procedure was done minimally invasively via robot.

Posted by: Average Guy at August 21, 2018 12:14 AM (LMcFk)

489 Laters, Slap.

Posted by: SMH at August 21, 2018 12:14 AM (tOHeO)

490 Insomniac - If I may, please feel free to tell me to myob, but do you lay in bed or muse in your chair all kinds of scenarios that may/could, didn't/could've happened? I am cursed with a brain that runs all conceivable possibilities (usually negative) and I find it a huge fight to keep from dwelling on them. And I often wonder if other people do this or if I am just a weirdo and most folks do not war game out everything in their life.

Posted by: cfo mom at August 21, 2018 12:14 AM (RfzVr)

491 I have no idea if this would work. If you shut off the internet link (airplane mode) on a Kindle, can Amazon screw with the contents on that specific device?

Posted by: JTB at August 21, 2018 12:14 AM (V+03K)

492 Heh, yep. I never get people who do that with
houses, or even with cars. It's like we want to sell to someone who will
love our house/car as much as we did. Pffft. Once the check clears,
burn the thing to the ground for all I care.

Posted by: #neverskankles at August 20, 2018 11:59 PM (k668o)


Pooky's sister's family was living with his parents while their house was being remodeled this spring. Kiddo #2 (age 7) had run into the house to grab something while his mom was in the car and heard a noise. He found an older woman wandering around. She had moved out a decade ago and was upset about what was being done to "her house." Poor kid was a bit freaked out, got his mom, and my SIL very politely made sure the woman left. They were planning on redoing security anyway, and now the house has sturdy locks on the doors.

Posted by: pookysgirl at August 21, 2018 12:14 AM (XKZwp)

493 Nite Slapweasel.

Posted by: platypus, gg channel at August 21, 2018 12:14 AM (8sZIF)

494 Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at August 21, 2018 12:12 AM (PUmDY)

No argument here.
Full offer to boot

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 21, 2018 12:14 AM (3Pma+)

495 So like the DMV.

Sears is training wheels for the DMV.

When they sold Craftsman to Japan and Ace Hardware, they died, and the rotting stinking corpse lays on the beach like a whale full of plastic refuse, being flayed by the casually cruel and sodomized by German tourists...

Posted by: In Vino Veritits at August 21, 2018 12:14 AM (AyGZp)

496 The offer on our house didn't have an inspection request. I was shocked. We are still set for our closing next month
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian
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Glad to hear it.

Fairly sad story down the block from us. An older couple bought a house as their final living place. Added some French doors off the back, with a nice small deck.

They were there less than a year, when she was diagnosed with stomach cancer. She never even came home from the hospital.

He immediately arranged for an apartment at an assisted living facility, and put the house up for sale. He received the asking price, which was ~$30K more than he paid. Sold in 12 days.

I find the place hard and cold, but artsy types find that appealing, it seems.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 21, 2018 12:15 AM (CDGwz)

497 https://youtu.be/5IsSpAOD6K8

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at August 21, 2018 12:15 AM (YEriz)

498 Ah shoot I'll just post it. Here's my answer at Quora:

What can Sears do to make a turnaround?

I honestly don't know. I tend to agree with the other answer that Sears' remaining lifespan is, best case scenario, very short at this point.

If I was made CEO/corporate dictator and could do anything to turn it around, the entire culture and focus of Sears would change.

By the time I was done, Sears would no longer be an anchor store at all. I'd shrink it down to a serious DIY, home improvement and appliance store. Think Restoration Hardware, a much smaller/slightly more upscale version of Home Depot, or sort of a mini-Lowe's. It would never again sell clothes, jewelry, shoes, electronics, or lots of other household merchandise and services.

It’s been sad to watch Sears decline these past dozen or so years. I have family for whom Kenmore, Craftsman, Toughskins and other brands were not just labels; they were certifications of quality, and by now they've all been sold off or mothballed forever. Most of those loved ones are now passed away, and Sears following them to the Great Mall In The Sky will only reinforce how much I miss them.

PS. At least at one site it's behind a paywall, but look for the online article Sears Transformed America, It Deserves To Die With Dignity, that was published a few years ago. It's an overview and frankly a great eulogy for Sears, explaining the incredible contributions it made to America and its self___, throughout much of the 20th century.

Posted by: qdpsteve at August 21, 2018 12:15 AM (km8m2)

499 When they sold Craftsman to Japan and Ace Hardware, they died, and the rotting stinking corpse lays on the beach like a whale full of plastic refuse, being flayed by the casually cruel and sodomized by German tourists...
Posted by: In Vino Veritits at August 21, 2018 12:14 AM (AyGZp)

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That's poetry, man.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 21, 2018 12:15 AM (uSlc8)

500 Nite Slap.

Posted by: Calm Mentor at August 21, 2018 12:16 AM (I16G8)

501 Sears could have been Amazon. They had everything in place already with the catalog, just needed to move it online.

One of the greatest missed business opportunities of all time.
Posted by: #neverskankles


They were the first department store to sell online.

Except it was when dial-up and BBSs were a thing. They created Prodigy in 1984 which had their catalog online. They shut down the catalog in 93 and sold Prodigy in 96.

A case of too early.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 21, 2018 12:16 AM (1jWCo)

502 self___ should read, self___.

Posted by: qdpsteve at August 21, 2018 12:16 AM (km8m2)

503 490 Insomniac - If I may, please feel free to tell me to myob, but do you lay in bed or muse in your chair all kinds of scenarios that may/could, didn't/could've happened? I am cursed with a brain that runs all conceivable possibilities (usually negative) and I find it a huge fight to keep from dwelling on them. And I often wonder if other people do this or if I am just a weirdo and most folks do not war game out everything in their life.
Posted by: cfo mom at August 21, 2018 12:14 AM (RfzVr)

I don't mind. Yes, I do. I wargame and reverse wargame just about everything pretty much all the damn time.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 21, 2018 12:16 AM (NWiLs)

504 Cicero, my dad told me about that and I didn't belive him.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at August 21, 2018 12:17 AM (PUmDY)

505 LOL.

self- i m a g e

Posted by: qdpsteve at August 21, 2018 12:17 AM (km8m2)

506 So many bands can (and could) not reproduce their studio sound on the stage.

I have always given extra points to bands that could, like ZZ Top.

Posted by: GnuBreed at August 20, 2018 11:55 PM (0ogQG)


One of things I respected about Yes. Listening to some of their songs, you'd think 'no way could they do that live' but they did. Every member of the band were masters of their respective instruments.

Posted by: RickZ at August 21, 2018 12:19 AM (8lsuS)

507 505 LOL.

self- i m a g e
Posted by: qdpsteve at August 21, 2018 12:17 AM (km8m2)

I have no idea why that gets censored.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 21, 2018 12:19 AM (NWiLs)

508 Average Guy,

May you feel better everyday!

Posted by: four seasons at August 21, 2018 12:19 AM (fxdyE)

509
-- who promptly bulldozed it. Going to use the site for another McMansion. Fool.
Posted by: Weak Geek
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Ah. Pearls Before Swine comic:

https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2018/05/25

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 21, 2018 12:19 AM (CDGwz)

510 506 So many bands can (and could) not reproduce their studio sound on the stage.

I have always given extra points to bands that could, like ZZ Top.

Posted by: GnuBreed at August 20, 2018 11:55 PM (0ogQG)

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If a band doesn't have authenticity, it has nothing.

Posted by: Milli Vanilli at August 21, 2018 12:20 AM (uSlc8)

511 Insom, me neither. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at August 21, 2018 12:20 AM (km8m2)

512 I bought a new washing machine today. After doing a respectable amount of looking things up (I knew a couple of blowhards who called internet look-ups "research," and I won't call it that), off we went to see what was out there.
I looked only at front-loaders, since I've never had anything else and am sold on the concept from the olden time. Wanted one made in Ohio if possible, had been hepped what brands to avoid, established that all standard sizes were one hunk bigger than the "high capacity" we'd bought in the 90's. The usual stuff.
And at the store, wife happened to mention that our laundry room is set up in such a way that the door hinge has to be on the right-hand side. That was the end of the shopping, because only one brand was "convertible." That struck me as just damned odd. Apparently not an issue for most folks.
Saleslady at our appliance store is fairly nice looking and I'll guess 20 years my junior. Wife calls her my prostitute because every time I see her it costs $1000.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at August 21, 2018 12:21 AM (8ZmvG)

513 Check out the elo Wembley or bust concert on Showtime.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at August 21, 2018 12:21 AM (PUmDY)

514 The housing bubble will be worse than in 2008. Bubbles, bubbles, and moat bubbles everywhere. A controlled collapse and restart is the only way out of this mess. And helicopter rides. And throwing people in camps and/or physical removal.

Posted by: TGE #45 at August 21, 2018 12:22 AM (Y2VBD)

515 Or Steely Dan shows

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at August 21, 2018 12:24 AM (PUmDY)

516 437 The live version of Whole Lotta Love is missing the overlay of the whining deeowww guitar work in the studio version -- So many bands can (and could) not reproduce their studio sound on the stage.

I have always given extra points to bands that could, like ZZ Top.
Posted by: GnuBreed at August 20, 2018 11:55 PM (0ogQG)


Not to mention that dude from the Police Academy movies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HHMA1Dpo5M

Posted by: Splunge at August 21, 2018 12:24 AM (Vb4BV)

517 Wife calls her my prostitute because every time I see her it costs $1000.

Cheap Whores!

I'll bet she doesn't even tie you up, go 30-Love with your nuts and a tennis racket, piss in your mouth and peg you and your dachshund for that money...

Posted by: Various Swamp PolWhores at August 21, 2018 12:25 AM (AyGZp)

518 wait we censor i-m-a-g-e , along with i-m-g ?

Censoring the 3-letter abbreviation is to prevent people from filling the comment thread with animated gifs with the i-m-g bbcode tag. Dunno what censoring the whole word would accomplish.

test:
1) image
B) ___

Posted by: mikeski at August 21, 2018 12:25 AM (P1f+c)

519 mikeski, let me try again:

self___

Posted by: qdpsteve at August 21, 2018 12:26 AM (km8m2)

520 nope, it blanks out the - i m a g e portion.

Posted by: qdpsteve at August 21, 2018 12:26 AM (km8m2)

521 507 505 LOL.

self- i m a g e
Posted by: qdpsteve at August 21, 2018 12:17 AM (km8m2)

I have no idea why that gets censored.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 21, 2018 12:19 AM (NWiLs)



Because it's a part of HTML coding to insert pictures into a comment. So probably when this place or another one that pixy manages started up people were sticking pictures into the comments and it was chewing through the bandwidth so there are a lot of instances where those letters together have been coded into the site to replace them with the ____. For instance if you were to put up a twitter comment from Jim Geraghty and it had his twitter handle it would put the ___ in there because it puts I M and G all in a row with no break between them.

Posted by: buzzion at August 21, 2018 12:27 AM (cAnNx)

522 The offer on our house didn't have an inspection request. I was shocked. We are still set for our closing next month
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian

Don't know how it is in your locale, but here in the Bay Area only fools don't get their houses inspected prior to listing. And I'm not just saying that because I'm an inspector. When every house is $1.5M and up (way up), people are too happy to sue. Even if you can claim ignorance about some undisclosed defect and you can convince a judge in your favor, you've created a whole mess of trouble which you could have avoided for a few hundred bucks. I've found some stuff when inspecting for buyers, that made the sellers wish they hadn't been so stingy.

Not calling you[/] a fool of course; just talking about CA, where fools abound.

Posted by: Average Guy at August 21, 2018 12:27 AM (LMcFk)

523 520 nope, it blanks out the - i m a g e portion.
Posted by: qdpsteve at August 21, 2018 12:26 AM (km8m2)

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At the HQ that's known as the B l a z e r Effect.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 21, 2018 12:27 AM (uSlc8)

524
The housing bubble will be worse than in 2008.

When will it be? Who will get the blame?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 21, 2018 12:28 AM (IqV8l)

525 The downside to the older homes is the extra
costs to maintain. And the risk that your neighbors don't keep up with
that maintenance and you end up with an eyesore next door.

Posted by: #neverskankles at August 21, 2018 12:08 AM (k668o)

Y'all know about our "new homeowner month from hell." Still paying off the plumbing bill from it, but it's fixed and the rain has mostly stopped. And we're in a cool spell, so the A/C doesn't need to run as much. Pookette now plays under Pooky's desk, saying she's going to "fix the air con-nishing."

Posted by: pookysgirl at August 21, 2018 12:28 AM (XKZwp)

526 Cicero, hmm, I learn new stuff here every day.

Posted by: qdpsteve at August 21, 2018 12:28 AM (km8m2)

527 It blanks it out for selfimage.

But does it blank out just the word image?

Posted by: buzzion at August 21, 2018 12:28 AM (cAnNx)

528 oh, the dash is needed, too?

iii) ___

Posted by: mikeski at August 21, 2018 12:28 AM (P1f+c)

529 Well Insomniac, I know I have mentioned before that I have a kinship with you in our upbringing. Tough stuff. Now I get you even more. Blessings my friend. Sometimes it just is helpful to know you are not alone and you are not really "different".

Posted by: cfo mom at August 21, 2018 12:28 AM (RfzVr)

530 ...yup, "image" is ok. putting a dash right before it gets the pixycensor.

Posted by: mikeski at August 21, 2018 12:29 AM (P1f+c)

531 buzzion, hmm:

selfimage

Posted by: qdpsteve at August 21, 2018 12:29 AM (km8m2)

532 So apparently the HTML looks for that dash.

Posted by: qdpsteve at August 21, 2018 12:29 AM (km8m2)

533 Nope, no way will SJWs want white South Africans here no matter what dangers they are fleeing. Once they are here and become citizens, it ruins the color cachet privilege of 'African-American'.

Didn't Terreeezzzaaa claim she was African-American?

Posted by: Fox2! at August 21, 2018 12:29 AM (brIR5)

534

1) image
2) ___
3) IMG

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 21, 2018 12:30 AM (IqV8l)

535 blessings my friend. Sometimes it just is helpful to know you are not alone and you are not really "different".
Posted by: cfo mom at August 21, 2018 12:28 AM

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Well, actually he is kind of different.

I keed, insom

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 21, 2018 12:30 AM (uSlc8)

536 Strangest thing.

Comments would scroll up the screen, but instead of scrolling off, they would stop at the top, and other comments would start piling up on top, until the top part of the screen was nearly solid black and the rest looked like font soup.

Then I opened my eyes and saw that the browser had scrolled to the bottom of the thread and I'd been half-asleep. Or more than half.

So, I'm thinking....

Good night.

Posted by: mindful webworker - seems like a dream now it was so long ago at August 21, 2018 12:31 AM (WvsMa)

537
I don't mind. Yes, I do. I wargame and reverse wargame just about everything pretty much all the damn time."

I have a brother who holds on to things, and we've talked some about this. Perhaps certain people are just locked into certain mental pathways, and so it may be pointless and even a bit insulting to try and discuss other ways of doing things. But just to reference the discussions my brother and I have had - wargaming out the future is incredibly useful and necessary, if you don't do that you charge in blind and are prone to great mistakes. Reviewing the past is necessary, once, to realize if there are lessons you should learn, things you should remember next time.

But only once. Do a good and honest job of reviewing your actions, of determining what lessons you should have learned - but then drop it. If you have looked at it once, seriously, then there is never any reason for you to let that story play in your head again. What's done is done and you can never change it, so drop it. Think no more of it, those thoughts will not help you.

My brother and I both have good powers of memory, but I think one of the main reasons I would say that I have ended up being a generally happier person than he is, is that I have an almost subconscious ability to edit out any of the unhappy memories of my life, retaining only the good ones. He can bring up stuff that happened to both of us 30 years ago that he's still mad about, that still lives in his mind, and I will say "wow I have not thought about that in 30 years". The ability to remember things is one of our most valuable mental skills, but the ability to forget might be even more useful.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 21, 2018 12:33 AM (V2Yro)

538 Cicero, my dad said it applied to commercial'investment property as well. Is that correct?

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at August 21, 2018 12:33 AM (PUmDY)

539 Stairway to Heaven is THE most overrated song in the multiverse.

I even think I remember that Led Zeppelin agrees.


It's also musically one of the worst song.

Posted by: jakee308 at August 21, 2018 12:35 AM (nwORd)

540 Insomniac and cfo mom, one way I deal with the nightly brain replays is newspaper comic book treasuries. They're funny, I know the content so I can turn my brain off, no backlighting, and I can put it down any time. (The Pearls Before Swine treasury commentaries alone make it worth it.)

Posted by: pookysgirl at August 21, 2018 12:35 AM (XKZwp)

541 I'll bet she doesn't even tie you up, go 30-Love with your nuts and a
tennis racket, piss in your mouth and peg you and your dachshund for
that money...


You would be right.

I'm just going to go back over this once because a very prominent poster here called me incomprehensible not long ago, and then called me "tater chip." I am pretty sure he was desperate and suicidal at that time, though.
You did get it, that this was an appliance sales person, and every time I see her I buy an appliance for about a thousand dollars, and therefore it is like seeing an expensive call girl, because that costs a thousand dollars?
And I bought an appliance, and that cost $1000?
You got that, right, and still had to throw in the "racket"? OK.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at August 21, 2018 12:35 AM (8ZmvG)

542 The ability to remember things is one of our most valuable mental skills, but the ability to forget might be even more useful.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 21, 2018 12:33 AM (V2Yro)


Yes sir. I have to work mightily at it.

Posted by: cfo mom at August 21, 2018 12:35 AM (RfzVr)

543

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - A Confederate statue in the heart of North Carolina's flagship university was toppled Monday night during a rally by hundreds of protesters who decried the memorial known as "Silent Sam" as a symbol of racist heritage.

The crowd gathered across the street from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill plaza for a series of speakers at 7 p.m. before heading over to the quadrangle. Then, about two hours into the protest, a group surrounded the statue and pulled it down, according to television footage. Once it was on the ground, demonstrators kicked it and cheered.

A half-hour after it was pulled down, a crowd of dozens remained standing around the empty pedestal. The crowd chanted "Tar Heels!" and "Whose Campus? Our Campus!" Cars honked as they passed nearby on the college town's main drag.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 21, 2018 12:36 AM (IqV8l)

544 529 Well Insomniac, I know I have mentioned before that I have a kinship with you in our upbringing. Tough stuff. Now I get you even more. Blessings my friend. Sometimes it just is helpful to know you are not alone and you are not really "different".
Posted by: cfo mom at August 21, 2018 12:28 AM (RfzVr)

Thank you, and you as well.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 21, 2018 12:37 AM (NWiLs)

545
539 Stairway to Heaven is THE most overrated song in the multiverse.

I even think I remember that Led Zeppelin agrees.


It's also musically one of the worst song.


Posted by: jakee308 at August 21, 2018 12:35 AM (nwORd


Shush you racist.

Posted by: buzzion at August 21, 2018 12:37 AM (cAnNx)

546 Bertram Cabot - Thus UNC finally falls entirely to the Leftists. I must have walked past Silent Sam a couple of hundred times. It was quite peaceful there, shady, with large oak trees.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 21, 2018 12:40 AM (xSo9G)

547 What banks should do is require 20% down, then they don't have to worry about any of that. House need a new roof, not the bank's problem, they already have $100K and if you walk, they keep that $100K and sell the house to someone for $450K knowing it needs a new roof.

Posted by: #neverskankles at August 21, 2018 12:04 AM (k668o)


Even 20% down doesn't leave the lender much room (not even counting possible drops in the real estate value). Between the costs of not collecting the mortgage for a while, the court costs of foreclosing, the damage that will probably be done to the property once foreclosure seems inevitable, cost of maintenance to the property if it sits around after that ... that 20% could get eaten up in no time.

But none of this matters too much anymore, since most mortgage originators don't hold the paper but just sell it off to Fannie or Freddie for repackaging, anyway. They only need to do what Fannie and Freedie require since they have basically been turned into disinterested mortgage brokers by Fedzilla.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 21, 2018 12:41 AM (OYwKq)

548 Posted by: Tom Servo at August 21, 2018 12:33 AM (V2Yro)

I can't forget anything. Even when I think I've forgotten something it comes roaring back so I get to relive that shitty moment or series of events again. And again. And again. It fucking sucks.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 21, 2018 12:41 AM (NWiLs)

549 516 Not to mention that dude from the Police Academy movies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HHMA1Dpo5M

Posted by: Splunge


That *is* pretty awesome.

Posted by: GnuBreed at August 21, 2018 12:42 AM (0ogQG)

550 You would be right.

I'm just going to go back over this once because a very prominent poster here called me incomprehensible not long ago, and then called me "tater chip." I am pretty sure he was desperate and suicidal at that time, though.
You did get it, that this was an appliance sales person, and every time I see her I buy an appliance for about a thousand dollars, and therefore it is like seeing an expensive call girl, because that costs a thousand dollars?
And I bought an appliance, and that cost $1000?
You got that, right, and still had to throw in the "racket"? OK.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at August 21, 2018 12:35 AM (8ZmvG)

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Wow. Do you even proof your posts?

OCD is not a good look for you.

Posted by: Calm Mentor at August 21, 2018 12:43 AM (I16G8)

551 539 Stairway to Heaven is THE most overrated song in the multiverse.

I even think I remember that Led Zeppelin agrees. "

One thing I do remember from back in the day, that our definition of when someone was totally, officially stoned out of his gourd was when Stairway to Heaven would play, and at the end someone would pop up and say "Oh My GOD I finally get it! I know now what they were saying oh WOW that is so Deep!!!"

yep someone pops up with that line, they've gone bye-bye.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 21, 2018 12:43 AM (V2Yro)

552 Silent Sam was not a tribute to Confederate leaders.
It was a statue of a private soldier, a monument to the war dead. That's all.

A few expulsions and program cancellations would not be out of order.

Do these young triumphalists imagine there is no need for "race relations"?

Posted by: Stringer Davis at August 21, 2018 12:44 AM (8ZmvG)

553 Cicero, my dad said it applied to commercial'investment property as well. Is that correct?
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at August 21, 2018 12:33 AM (PUmDY)

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I think it's just lived-in residential property. What drove the Prop 13 campaign was the fact that homeowners would spend decades paying off their home so they could have a place that they could afford to live comfortably in retirement. Then rising property taxes made their own house so unaffordable that they were forced to sell it at a time when they were trying to make it on a fixed income.

It was greedy, abusive government driving people out of their own homes and it needed to stop.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 21, 2018 12:44 AM (uSlc8)

554 mikeski, let me try again:

self___

Posted by: qdpsteve at August 21, 2018 12:26 AM (km8m2)


self-image

self-img

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 21, 2018 12:45 AM (OYwKq)

555 Insomniac..... I'll wager that my memory of MY stooped past is at least as good as yours.

And I've got pasts that .... well, we're not gonna discuss that, here. At least I've never been arrested, or convicted, yes?

But run for office? Oh, hell no.

My life is rife with life's errors. I live above them DESPITE them.

Barely.



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at August 21, 2018 12:45 AM (QzJWU)

556 I'm just going to go back over this once because a very prominent poster
here called me incomprehensible not long ago, and then called me "tater
chip." I am pretty sure he was desperate and suicidal at that time,
though.



Posted by: Stringer Davis at August 21, 2018 12:35 AM (8ZmvG)


I would be tempted to ask, "What kind of tater chip?"

Posted by: pookysgirl at August 21, 2018 12:45 AM (XKZwp)

557 I can't forget anything. Even when I think I've forgotten something it comes roaring back so I get to relive that shitty moment or series of events again. And again. And again. It fucking sucks."

That's what it sounded like , and I'm sorry to hear it. That's a real curse.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 21, 2018 12:46 AM (V2Yro)

558
I would be tempted to ask, "What kind of tater chip?"
Posted by: pookysgirl at August 21, 2018 12:45 AM (XKZwp)

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Actually that might have been a compliment.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 21, 2018 12:47 AM (uSlc8)

559 554 mikeski, let me try again:

self___

Posted by: qdpsteve at August 21, 2018 12:26 AM (km8m2)

self___

self-___

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 21, 2018 12:45 AM (OYwKq)



Pixy is quite fickle, and the type of browser can also affect if the safeguards kick in. It's why some people are able to break the margins bigly.

Posted by: buzzion at August 21, 2018 12:47 AM (cAnNx)

560 I remember all the really awful stuff. Minor bad things, I have zero recall. Hubby says my memory is selective. I guess he's right and sometimes I wish I could be rid of truly bad memories, but they do serve to warn one away from danger. Just wish they wouldn't come to mind for no apparent reason.

Posted by: cfo mom at August 21, 2018 12:47 AM (RfzVr)

561 I have idiot agent clients who don't realize the government's role in underwriting all the crap loans. House report on it was utter nonsense.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at August 21, 2018 12:48 AM (PUmDY)

562 See I copied your comment exactly and your uncensored words got censored in my comment.

Posted by: buzzion at August 21, 2018 12:48 AM (cAnNx)

563 In England you would be a tater crisp. Is that less offensive?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 21, 2018 12:49 AM (uSlc8)

564 Yes, a curse.

Posted by: cfo mom at August 21, 2018 12:49 AM (RfzVr)

565 And I've got pasts that .... well, we're not gonna discuss that, here. At least I've never been arrested, or convicted, yes?



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at August 21, 2018 12:45 AM (QzJWU)


Remember John WInger's line when he's at the recruiting station in Stripes?

"Have you ever been convicted of a felony?"

"Convicted? ... Uh ... No."

The other recruitment question and answer in Stripes was to be sadly prophetic:

"Are you homosexual?"

"No, but we're willing to learn. Is there someplace special the army would send us?"

Ahhh ... what used to be well-understood to just be a joke ...

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 21, 2018 12:49 AM (OYwKq)

566 > Only tonight did I realize that the lyric in Alabama song is "Oh, moon of Alabama." He pronounces it like "Ollabahmah".

He was probably trying to copy the original. It's a song written by the Germans Bertolt Brecht (lyrics) and Kurt Weill (music). Think of the way Schwarzenegger says "Kollifohnia".



Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI at August 21, 2018 12:49 AM (Ib/RG)

567 I got the "message" first crack out of the box. but the lyrics suck (it's got some weird timings in a few places that remind me of the awkward lyrics to our National Anthem but that's excusable because Key was adapting lyrics to a drinking song. What's Led's excuse?), the music sucks and then all the losers in the world claimed this song as some sort of anthem.

Ack!

Posted by: jakee308 at August 21, 2018 12:50 AM (nwORd)

568 See I copied your comment exactly and your uncensored words got censored in my comment.

Posted by: buzzion at August 21, 2018 12:48 AM (cAnNx)


That's because you didn't copy my comment "exactly". You just copied how it looked. There's a difference.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 21, 2018 12:51 AM (OYwKq)

569 Calm Mentor, I did not spell anything wrong. Those are short, complete sentences. This person just unloaded a wad of invective for no discernible reason other that that he did not get the joke. Are you in a club or something?
I understand you've been going through some really tough times, or something, but you are not cute. I have been here for decades and I will not be sniped at by the likes of you. You may not do this.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at August 21, 2018 12:53 AM (8ZmvG)

570 Actually that might have been a compliment.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 21, 2018 12:47 AM (uSlc

If it involved some kind of Ranch flavoring, then I would consider it one.

Posted by: pookysgirl at August 21, 2018 12:53 AM (XKZwp)

571 See I copied your comment exactly and your uncensored words got censored in my comment.
Posted by: buzzion


TPOP had put in html codes for some of the letters. I'm not sure I can do that here, since my browser lets me use ampersands as ampersands.

&-#-9-7-; (without the dashes) should appear as a lowercase "a". But won't work as an "a" in html/bbcode.

testing:
a

Posted by: mikeski at August 21, 2018 12:53 AM (P1f+c)

572 543---Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 21, 2018 12:36 AM (IqV8l)
----------------------------------
The little Red Guards.

But they couldn't do these things if our ruling class didn't condone it --- or had a backbone.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at August 21, 2018 12:54 AM (0jtPF)

573 Actually that might have been a compliment.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 21, 2018 12:47 AM (uSlc

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As the person he was referencing, it was meant that way. As in "let er rip, tater chip!"

Posted by: Calm Mentor at August 21, 2018 12:54 AM (I16G8)

574 119 >>>It's simply untrue that religion provides the only framework for a universal morality. Sam Harris

bleah. Atheism by definition undercuts any notion of ethics. If everything is the result of purposeless undirected forces, there are no moral obligations. Your guilt is an evolutionary trick, it doesn't correspond to an objective morality.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at August 20, 2018 10:24 PM (/qEW2)

Yep. I'm not a believer myself, but I'd rather live in a town full of Christians than a town full of atheists.

Posted by: Ace's liver at August 21, 2018 12:56 AM (h2Bdk)

575 You may not do this. "

I already forgot what you guys are sniping about. See how easy that is?

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 21, 2018 12:56 AM (V2Yro)

576 You can copy and past the emojis and symbols from the thread into the text box, but they won't post.

🐔 🐔 🐔 🐔 🐔

Posted by: BourbonChicken at August 21, 2018 12:57 AM (rnAwa)

577 Dangergirl you are not alone. I had serious extreme anxiety when I was even calling about jury duty. It is probably very common. Im glad you are fighting it.

Posted by: Sum dum guy at August 21, 2018 12:57 AM (df8rK)

578 Great, now I'm wishing we still had those bacon-ranch kettle chips.....

Posted by: pookysgirl at August 21, 2018 12:57 AM (XKZwp)

579
Yep. I'm not a believer myself, but I'd rather live in a town full of Christians than a town full of atheists.

Posted by: Ace's liver at August 21, 2018 12:56 AM (h2Bdk)



You'll hear about God less in the town full of Christians.

Posted by: buzzion at August 21, 2018 12:57 AM (cAnNx)

580 Every chip needs a dip.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 21, 2018 12:57 AM (IqV8l)

581 "Stairway" is NOT the greatest rock song.

But it's very popularity proves it to be at least, a very good, memorable, long lived and much loved rock song.

Diss it as you will, but the charts will not be denied.

It resides in the Parthenon of the Greats, no matter the flaws or faults as derised by the critics.

This, while knowing that there are dozens and dozens of BETTER tracks which never charted as well. I get that. I admit that.

But "Stairway", while overplayed to DEATH....

Just does not SUCK, the way it's go with the herd critics, demand.



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

p.s. hasta la nite nite horde!

Posted by: Jim at August 21, 2018 12:59 AM (QzJWU)

582 Posted by: BourbonChicken at August 21, 2018 12:57 AM (rnAwa)


I see 5 Chicken silhouettes. On my phone the actual emojis show up.

Posted by: buzzion at August 21, 2018 12:59 AM (cAnNx)

583 So long as you're not those vile Canadian ketchup-flavored chips, you're probably fine, tater chip.

Posted by: bear with assymetrical balls at August 21, 2018 12:59 AM (H5knJ)

584 In GA, they grant seniors with limited incomes school property property tax exemptions, which are the bulk of the property taxes.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at August 21, 2018 12:59 AM (PUmDY)

585 Hasta Lumbago!!!

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 21, 2018 01:00 AM (V2Yro)

586 Happy Birthday To You is overplayed.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 21, 2018 01:00 AM (IqV8l)

587 We need to found a nation just for atheists. When it descends into ennui it will serve as a lesson and a warning.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at August 21, 2018 01:00 AM (rnAwa)

588 Yep. I'm not a believer myself, but I'd rather live in a town full of Christians than a town full of atheists.

Posted by: Ace's liver at August 21, 2018 12:56 AM (h2Bdk)

Minneapolis may be starting to have a bad reputation, but that's because the Lutherans were far too eager to show "love" to the Somali refugees.

Are there even active churches in San Fransisco?

Posted by: pookysgirl at August 21, 2018 01:01 AM (XKZwp)

589 Heh. My back-fence neighbor got the armadillo. She's a crack shot with a .22.

Posted by: creeper at August 21, 2018 01:01 AM (LA9ih)

590

�� �� �� ��

I see four chickens

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 21, 2018 01:01 AM (IqV8l)

591 I understand you've been going through some really tough times, or something, but you are not cute. I have been here for decades and I will not be sniped at by the likes of you. You may not do this.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at August 21, 2018 12:53 AM (8ZmvG)

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I am good now, but thanks for your concern.

You are usually on the scroll right by list, as you make it easy with your gibberish to start a post.

I thank you for that.

Posted by: Calm Mentor at August 21, 2018 01:01 AM (I16G8)

592 555 Insomniac..... I'll wager that my memory of MY stooped past is at least as good as yours.

And I've got pasts that .... well, we're not gonna discuss that, here. At least I've never been arrested, or convicted, yes?

But run for office? Oh, hell no.

My life is rife with life's errors. I live above them DESPITE them.

Barely.



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at August 21, 2018 12:45 AM (QzJWU)

It's everything. Things I did, things I didn't do, things that were done to me.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 21, 2018 01:02 AM (NWiLs)

593 Methodist and Episcopal

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at August 21, 2018 01:04 AM (PUmDY)

594 *scrolls up...looks at budding hostilities...says "Good night."

Posted by: creeper at August 21, 2018 01:04 AM (LA9ih)

595
But they couldn't do these things if our ruling class didn't condone it --- or had a backbone.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille
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In this case, condone:
"... university officials had signaled their misgivings about the statue's continued presence on their campus, they had argued that state law forbade them from moving the monument without a panel's approval."

The NYT also called the mob 'protestors'.

Note also "...their campus..."

I want to know who 'they' are, and why they think it is 'their' campus.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 21, 2018 01:05 AM (xSo9G)

596 535 blessings my friend. Sometimes it just is helpful to know you are not alone and you are not really "different".
Posted by: cfo mom at August 21, 2018 12:28 AM

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Well, actually he is kind of different.

I keed, insom
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 21, 2018 12:30 AM (uSlc

It's OK. I know I'm broken.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 21, 2018 01:05 AM (NWiLs)

597 Heh. My back-fence neighbor got the armadillo. She's a crack shot with a .22.
Posted by: creeper
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Hmmmm-mmm. Nothing like fried fresh armadillo and eggs for breakfast.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 21, 2018 01:07 AM (xSo9G)

598
I see four chickens

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 21, 2018 01:01 AM (IqV8l)



Should have socked Jean-Luc Picard.

Posted by: buzzion at August 21, 2018 01:08 AM (cAnNx)

599 It's everything. Things I did, things I didn't do, things that were done to me.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 21, 2018 01:02 AM (NWiLs)

Thanks to the brain hypoxia and resulting PTSD (as well at the 21 pills per day), Pooky forgets some basic things (I have an appointment today) but remembers bizarre things (every stat for Astarielle, the Everqueen).
So hang on to those memories, and try to sift out the good ones. Cuz you don't know what you got til it's gone.

Posted by: pookysgirl at August 21, 2018 01:10 AM (XKZwp)

600 Logic turned the VMAs stage into a protest against Trump's immigration policy on Monday, including dozens of families wearing 'We Are All Human Beings' shirts in his performance. The rapper first showed the children on stage in front of a 'US Border Patrol' screen before it lifted up to reveal their parents, simulating emotional reunions.



Wtf?! A bunch of Illegal people on stage being glorified and applauded in a PR stunt. How is this even possible they could all be there on stage? This makes me ill. Rewarding lawbreakers.

Ya know what MTV audience & artists, why don't you take these people into your homes and pay for them. Pay for everything. I'm sick of it.

(Disclaimer: I don't know if they were the actual immigrants or other illegal immigrants already in the country. I want the wall. I want scorched earth with liberals. Pretty sick of this crap.)

Posted by: platypus, gg channel at August 21, 2018 01:10 AM (8sZIF)

601 When South Africa collapses the Chinese will be happy to help them out.

For a small fee.

The ANC will find them less to their taste than the Boers.

Posted by: Vlad the Impaler, whittling away like mad at August 21, 2018 01:12 AM (WeprY)

602 All I see is a buncha pussies being aired out in the wind.

Beautiful.

Bigly.

(except for the homos)

Posted by: The POTUS at August 21, 2018 01:12 AM (W9xoM)

603 577 Dangergirl you are not alone. I had serious extreme anxiety when I was even calling about jury duty. It is probably very common. Im glad you are fighting it.
Posted by: Sum dum guy at August 21, 2018 12:57 AM (df8rK)


Toasts homies with Klonopin tablet

Posted by: Ace's liver at August 21, 2018 01:13 AM (h2Bdk)

604 588 Yep. I'm not a believer myself, but I'd rather live in a town full of Christians than a town full of atheists.

Posted by: Ace's liver at August 21, 2018 12:56 AM (h2Bdk)

Minneapolis may be starting to have a bad reputation, but that's because the Lutherans were far too eager to show "love" to the Somali refugees.

Are there even active churches in San Fransisco?
Posted by: pookysgirl at August 21, 2018 01:01 AM (XKZwp)


Sure. Gay weddings don't happen spontaneously.

Posted by: Ace's liver at August 21, 2018 01:14 AM (h2Bdk)

605 washing machine today. After doing a respectable amount of looking things up (I knew a couple of blowhards who called internet look-ups "research," and I won't call it that), off we went to see what was out there.
I looked only at front-loaders, since I've never had anything else and am sold on the concept from the olden time. Wanted one made in Ohio if possible, had been hepped what brands to avoid, established that all standard sizes were one hunk bigger than the "high capacity" we'd bought in the 90's. The usual stuff.
And at the store, wife happened to mention that our laundry room is set up in such a way that the door hinge has to be on the right-hand side. That was the end of the shopping, because only one brand was "convertible." That struck me as just damned odd. Apparently not an issue for most folks.
Saleslady at our appliance store is fairly nice looking and I'll guess 20 years my junior. Wife calls her my prostitute because every time I see her it costs $1000.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at August




you should take it back and get a top loader, no one wants front loaders anymore.

Posted by: ? at August 21, 2018 01:18 AM (MTjB1)

606 here is a song from my other band, Handle with Care. Wow.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at August 21, 2018 01:20 AM (PUmDY)

607 Are there even active churches in San Fransisco?
Posted by: pookysgirl at August 21, 2018 01:01 AM (XKZwp)

Sure. Gay weddings don't happen spontaneously.
Posted by: Ace's liver
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See:

When the Wicked Seize a City
by Chuck McIlhenny (Author), Donna McIlhenny (Author), Frank York (Author)

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 21, 2018 01:20 AM (CDGwz)

608 Okay, back from dinner.

I see some of you sprung for the Premium ONT Membership and can post anything you want... ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at August 21, 2018 01:21 AM (km8m2)

609 Looks like the RSA is becom___ the RSZ: the Republic of South Zimbabwe.

(One year since the total solar eclipse. Damn that was fun.)

Posted by: CatchThirtyThr33 at August 21, 2018 01:21 AM (clV37)

610 you should take it back and get a top loader, no one wants front loaders anymore.
Posted by: ? at August 21, 2018 01:18 AM (MTjB1)


Can you still buy top loaders? I figured by now the EPA would have driven them off the market.

I got a front loader the last time around. Between that and the fact they took phosphates out of laundry soap I could get 'em cleaner just leaving them out in the rain.

Posted by: Ace's liver at August 21, 2018 01:22 AM (h2Bdk)

611 becoming

Posted by: qdpsteve at August 21, 2018 01:22 AM (km8m2)

612 Night all. Be well.

Posted by: Calm Mentor at August 21, 2018 01:22 AM (I16G8)

613 you still buy top loaders? I figured by now the EPA would have driven them off the market.

I got a front loader the last time around. Between that and the fact they took phosphates out of laundry soap I could get 'em cleaner just leaving them out in the rain.
Posted by: Ace's liver at August




lol, you can still buy top loaders, they are the hot new thing, since people got tired of front loaders. make sure you get one the is not high efficiency.

Posted by: ? at August 21, 2018 01:24 AM (MTjB1)

614 Top hole loaders beat front hole loaders.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at August 21, 2018 01:25 AM (rnAwa)

615 the fact they took phosphates out of laundry soap I could get 'em cleaner just leaving them out in the rain.

Posted by: Ace's liver at August 21, 2018 01:22 AM (h2Bdk)


Probably the reason why Oxy-Clean in detergents is now a thing.

Posted by: RickZ at August 21, 2018 01:29 AM (8lsuS)

616 And at the store, wife happened to mention that our laundry room is set up in such a way that the door hinge has to be on the right-hand side. That was the end of the shopping, because only one brand was "convertible." That struck me as just damned odd. Apparently not an issue for most folks.
Posted by: Stringer Davis


That makes sense, actually.

I don't think I've ever seen the plumbing for a side-by-side washer/dryer set up to put the washer on the right side. It's always on the left. (Well, almost always, if your house is different.)

So if they're both front-loading, you'd want the doors be hinged on the left on the washer and the right on the dryer, to make moving stuff between them easy.

I've always had top-loading washers, so I never thought about this until just now.

Refrigerators are almost always ambidextrous, because there's no "typical setup" in a kitchen the way there is in a laundry room. They also only have to be airtight, not water-tight. :-)

Posted by: mikeski at August 21, 2018 01:30 AM (P1f+c)

617 They also only have to be airtight, not water-tight. :-)
Posted by: mikeski
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*bangs loudly on door*

HEY! We could use a little air in here!

Posted by: The Grapes at August 21, 2018 01:33 AM (xSo9G)

618 The ability to remember things is one of our most valuable mental skills, but the ability to forget might be even more useful.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 21, 2018 12:33 AM (V2Yro)

It'sIt's all about forgiveness, not forgetfulness.

I have friends, now more like aquaintences, like that.

More so after November 8, 2016.

Unfortunately.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at August 21, 2018 01:36 AM (+JS0o)

619 Injun Lizzie Warren wants the state to assign directors to all businesses over a certain minimum size threshold.

========
There's a name for that. I wonder what it is?

"Hey Benito, Adolf do you know?

Posted by: Vlad the Impaler, whittling away like mad at August 21, 2018 01:37 AM (WeprY)

620 *bangs loudly on door*

HEY! We could use a little air in here!

Posted by: The Grapes at August 21, 2018 01:33 AM (xSo9G)


The Grapes of Wrath. Wrote a novel about them.

Posted by: John Steinbeck at August 21, 2018 01:38 AM (8lsuS)

621 It'sIt's all about forgiveness, not forgetfulness.

I have friends, now more like aquaintences, like that.

More so after November 8, 2016.

Unfortunately.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at August 21, 2018 01:36 AM (+JS0o)


November 8, 2016 or The Great Culling. The election was an eye-opener in many ways.

Posted by: RickZ at August 21, 2018 01:41 AM (8lsuS)

622 The number of friends I had was unaffected by the election. Can't have less than zero friends (meatspace friends).

Posted by: Insomniac at August 21, 2018 01:44 AM (NWiLs)

623 oh man those guys with the tornado video are fucking idiots, and I realize that at that age, when I was doing field work, I would have acted just like they did. I was an idiot. now I'm just a moron.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 20, 2018 10:08 PM (V2Yro)

They were probably safer in the vehicle than they would have been in one of the trailers, so there's that. Looks like the tornado was not a very strong one.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 21, 2018 01:45 AM (LI7AQ)

624 A washing machine with many different push button settings my mom had one of those classic SUNBEAM MIX MASTER mostly used it the make cakes and frostings

Posted by: Spurwing Plover at August 21, 2018 01:46 AM (FLiOE)

625 Anyway, I'm out. I'll go to bed feeling terrible about life and wake up the same way. Something to really look forward to. Can't wait.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 21, 2018 01:46 AM (NWiLs)

626 We need to found a nation just for atheists. When it descends into ennui it will serve as a lesson and a warning.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at August 21, 2018 01:00 AM (rnAwa)

Been there, done that.

Posted by: Every Communist, Socialist or Fascist Regime ever at August 21, 2018 01:47 AM (DzFIB)

627 Ah, the age of push buttons. It was a magical time.

Edsel steering wheel:
http://tinyurl.com/yclgz6ld

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 21, 2018 01:50 AM (CDGwz)

628 An alternative thats becoming increasingly popular in trans and queer communities is front hole.
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 20, 2018 10:20 PM (JFO2v)

So would a prostitute that prefers to take it up the poop chute be referred to as a "Back ho"?

And apologies in advance to the late Moron, Backhoe, who was a righteous gentleman.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 21, 2018 01:52 AM (LI7AQ)

629 Wild West Hero is a very good elo song

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at August 21, 2018 01:52 AM (PUmDY)

630 627 Ah, the age of push buttons. It was a magical time.

Edsel steering wheel:
http://tinyurl.com/yclgz6ld
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 21, 2018 01:50 AM (CDGwz)


I kind of like it.

Posted by: Ace's liver at August 21, 2018 01:55 AM (h2Bdk)

631 Then, there is Westward Ho! Which is a British novel. I have a copy, of course.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 21, 2018 01:55 AM (xSo9G)

632 631 Then, there is Westward Ho! Which is a British novel. I have a copy, of course.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 21, 2018 01:55 AM (xSo9G)


To be fair, once she raised her prices she's been marketing herself as "Westward Escort, Ltd".

Posted by: Ace's liver at August 21, 2018 01:57 AM (h2Bdk)

633 The crowd chanted "Tar Heels!" and "Whose Campus?
Our Campus!"

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 21, 2018 12:36 AM (IqV8l)

So they tear down the statue of a North Carolina Confederate soldier and then proudly chant about being Tarheels.
What a bunch of historically illiterate dumbasses.

Posted by: Bert G at August 21, 2018 01:57 AM (yzxic)

634 Ah, the age of push buttons. It was a magical time.

Edsel steering wheel:
http://tinyurl.com/yclgz6ld

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 21, 2018 01:50 AM (CDGwz)


The Edsel pushbuttons were friggin genius compared to the retarded wheel flippers I have for "manual" shifting. They're right in the place where your fingers tend to go and can be tripped accidentally very easily while turning. Not to mention the fact that they go to opposite sides when you're turning and, if you happen to be manually shifting, you might easily forget which one is on which side at that precise moment (because downshifting in a turn is not an uncommon thing). I just can't figure out why they didn't just put the manual shift buttons on the shifter where they, obviously, belong. Drives me nuts! Not that I do much "manual" shifting ... but sometimes the automatic transmission is too sluggish and picks the wrong gear to be in ...

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 21, 2018 01:58 AM (OYwKq)

635 I kind of like it.
Posted by: Ace's liver
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How about a dash-mounted lever? Corvair:
http://tinyurl.com/yc5f8dpt

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 21, 2018 01:58 AM (CDGwz)

636 635 I kind of like it.
Posted by: Ace's liver
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How about a dash-mounted lever? Corvair:
http://tinyurl.com/yc5f8dpt
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 21, 2018 01:58 AM (CDGwz)


Nah. Have to put down my beer.

Posted by: Ace's liver at August 21, 2018 01:59 AM (h2Bdk)

637 Drives me nuts! Not that I do much "manual" shifting ... but sometimes the automatic transmission is too sluggish and picks the wrong gear to be in ...
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair
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Paddle shifters are for people who don't know how to drive a manual transmission. Just my opinion.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 21, 2018 02:01 AM (CDGwz)

638 What a bunch of historically illiterate dumbasses.
Posted by: Bert G
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I doubt they teach history at UNC anymore. Well, except for Howard Zinn.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 21, 2018 02:04 AM (CDGwz)

639 637 Drives me nuts! Not that I do much "manual" shifting ... but sometimes the automatic transmission is too sluggish and picks the wrong gear to be in ...
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair
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Paddle shifters are for people who don't know how to drive a manual transmission. Just my opinion.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 21, 2018 02:01 AM (CDGwz)


People who like manual transmissions (c'est moi) are SOL these days. I recently had to buy a new car, and from what I can see unless you're buying a high-end sports car you pretty much have to have a new manual shipped from Yokohama. Not a single one on any lot I went to.

Posted by: Ace's liver at August 21, 2018 02:06 AM (h2Bdk)

640 Paddle shifters are for people who don't know how to drive a manual transmission. Just my opinion.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 21, 2018 02:01 AM (CDGwz)


I don't mind the automatics offering the ability to manually pick the gears but it's the logistics of the stupid paddles that drive me crazy.

Yes, personally, I prefer a manual transmission ... but with most cars you can't even get that, anymore.

One thing that really gets me about the automatic transmission is that when I'm coasting down a hill I can feel the transmission fighting the car. You would think that as advanced as these things are supposed to be they would be able to have the transmission go into neutral on its own. I mean, my car will friggin turn itself off at every stop sign (if I let it, which I don't) but it can't figure out how to coast. Wastes tons of gas. I miss the days of my manual transmission and just coasting out of gear as I'm going down a hill or approaching a stoplight.

The other thing that gets me is that I think the super-dooper advanced mpg gauge in the car is off. It makes pretend it's really precise but when I fill the tank the number of gallons used versus miles doesn't seem to line up with the car's mpg claims. That kind of bugs me, too.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 21, 2018 02:06 AM (OYwKq)

641 Okay, I really liked this...no autotune, no stage, no back up band, no studio...just 2 guys and a guitar. Old and new generation. Some of you won't, but it's late, so hoping they won't be here telling me it is terrible! I like it!

"Ed Sheeran and Don McLean...as they perform Vincent duet backstage"

https://tinyurl.com/yd6snlsk

Posted by: platypus, gg channel at August 21, 2018 02:12 AM (8sZIF)

642 At PDX you drive your Hertz rental from the terminal. For Alamo or Thrifty, you ride the sad bus to some garage a distance from the airport, and then wait on line again for a car.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 20, 2018 11:13 PM (EZebt)

Flying into PHX Sky Harbor, you board a (free) shuttle bus that takes you a mile or two to the rent-a-car barn, you pick up your car, and drive onto the freeway, avoiding most of the traffic from the terminal. What you lose in time at one stage, you gain back in the next.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 21, 2018 02:15 AM (LI7AQ)

643 One thing that really gets me about the automatic transmission is that when I'm coasting down a hill I can feel the transmission fighting the car.

From what I understand modern automatics actually stop feeding fuel into the cylinders when you go downhill to save fuel. Your momentum is turning the crankshaft so the computer doesn't have to use the starter when you get to the bottom.

Posted by: Ace's liver at August 21, 2018 02:15 AM (h2Bdk)

644 There's gonna be a heartache tonight...

Posted by: qdpsteve at August 21, 2018 02:17 AM (km8m2)

645 I learned to drive manual transmissions by driving old 8N tractors and my brother's Jeep.

Posted by: X-ray at August 21, 2018 02:19 AM (6BjFc)

646 638 What a bunch of historically illiterate dumbasses.
Posted by: Bert G
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I doubt they teach history at UNC anymore. Well, except for Howard Zinn.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 21, 2018 02:04 AM (CDGwz)

They aren't teaching building to code either

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 21, 2018 02:21 AM (3Pma+)

647 644 There's gonna be a heartache tonight...
Posted by: qdpsteve at August 21, 2018 02:17 AM (km8m2)


I know.

Posted by: Ace's liver at August 21, 2018 02:21 AM (h2Bdk)

648 84 I can't figure out what Rahm is saying. Is he trying to raise the gang issue? That article about politicians in bed with the gangs, posted here last week, explained one reason why they have trouble.

Police will never solve it. It's a social, moral, and cultural issue. After BLM no police are gonna risk their lives either. I don't blame them.
Posted by: platypus, gumdrop gorilla channel at August 20, 2018 10:18 PM

I heard on the radio this morning that the Chicago Police Chief admitted the truth: the police CANNOT be everywhere, all the time. Of course, I was listening to all this in Texas, where I had a Glock close by, because I've long since known this shocking revelation. And I mused to myself, "gee, oh, I don't know, let the good guys conceal carry, as the one effective way to counter a bad guy with a gun is with a good guy with a gun?" Of course such heresy (for IL) would be answered with a deafening barrage of howling and shrieking.

Posted by: CatchThirtyThr33 at August 21, 2018 02:24 AM (clV37)

649 One of those annoying slideshows, about presidential IQs: It has almost everybody (even Republicans!) at gifted or genius levels. It just isn't possible. Anybody really think Bill Clinton has an IQ of 149, or Jimmy Carter at 153? And if John Quincy Adams was the smartest ever at 165, why was he such a sorry president?

Posted by: oldtimer at August 21, 2018 02:24 AM (zt1Y6)

650 For manual shifter; get a pickup.

Posted by: jakee308 at August 21, 2018 02:25 AM (nwORd)

651 From what I understand modern automatics actually stop feeding fuel into the cylinders when you go downhill to save fuel.

That must be what makes it feel like such a battle to keep the car moving. I doubt it saves any gas since I have to give it gas going downhill (!) just to keep the speed.

Your momentum is turning the crankshaft so the computer doesn't have to use the starter when you get to the bottom.

Posted by: Ace's liver at August 21, 2018 02:15 AM (h2Bdk)


Great ... The transmission should just be in neutral with the engine idling. I'll bet anything that no gas is being saved by the way they're doing it. But it certainly does make the driving experience feel awful.

And I don't even know what sort of bullshit they do to get those mpg numbers they advertise. I have a newer Escape and it claims something like 23 in the city and 28 on the highway. I live in a pretty open suburban area (roads with 45 mph speed limits) and I'm only getting about 21 or 22 mpg around here - and I drive with a very light foot. And that was the mileage I was getting even when I drove the car in regular "D" and allowed the piece of shit to turn itself off and on whenever I stopped (which really annoyed me). Usually I drive in "S" mode, now, so that I don't have to manually turn off the start-stop bullshit every time.

I can't imagine how shitty my mileage would be in the city.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 21, 2018 02:26 AM (OYwKq)

652 @648

When the immoral feral animals continue to reproduce like rats, immorality spreads like cancer.

All the cops in the world isn't going to solve this

Posted by: Fat Jack at August 21, 2018 02:30 AM (3Pma+)

653 A little cough syrup to help me sleep:
https://bit.ly/19PxkfU
Good night.
If the formatting on this post blows, it's Pixy's fault. Kept bitching about my strings until I had to take out all the spaces to get it to work.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - It's OK, I'm with the banned at August 21, 2018 02:32 AM (IcT7t)

654 Posted by: CatchThirtyThr33 at August 21, 2018 02:24 AM (clV37)


Iirc, for decades the thing in Chicago was "don't snitch". The gangs have been building there for decades. You've got whole generations that only know that. Grandfather, father, son, new baby. I don't know if that not snitching is still a thing. Anyway, I also have heard or read over the years that a lot of these guys never really stay in jail.

I figure if Obama didn't help his hometown as Prez, than Trump should stay out of it. It will do nothing but backfire on him. Iirc, they had 100,000 gang members...and that was a decade ago. Can't imagine the numbers now.

Posted by: platypus, gg channel at August 21, 2018 02:33 AM (8sZIF)

655 Morning hordelings can't sleep. Rls has got me good tonight. Damitall.

Posted by: Usntakim profoundly deplorable at August 21, 2018 02:40 AM (0OmEj)

656 Off, authoritarian sock!

Posted by: Surfperch at August 21, 2018 02:43 AM (DzFIB)

657 Well, I am caught up with comments. Now it's time to go to bed. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 21, 2018 02:47 AM (LI7AQ)

658 How about a dash-mounted lever? Corvair:
http://tinyurl.com/yc5f8dpt

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 21, 2018 01:58 AM (CDGwz)


How about the Corvair dash-mounted push buttons? My friend's Mom had one of those when I was a kid. I thought it strange even then.

https://preview.tinyurl.com/ycasq48j

Posted by: RickZ at August 21, 2018 02:48 AM (8lsuS)

659 How is Chicago Barky's "hometown"?

Posted by: Cominskey Park at August 21, 2018 02:52 AM (z0jlY)

660 One thing that really gets me about the automatic transmission is that when I'm coasting down a hill I can feel the transmission fighting the car.
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I've mentioned that my dad's DKW had a knob-selectable free-wheel clutch. When selected, a dog clutch allowed the car to coast free of the transmission.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 21, 2018 02:53 AM (CDGwz)

661 I doubt they teach history at UNC anymore. Well, except for Howard Zinn.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 21, 2018 02:04 AM (CDGwz)

Or Eric Foner, who is just as bad if not worse.

Posted by: CatchThirtyThr33 at August 21, 2018 02:54 AM (clV37)

662 They aren't teaching building to code either
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian
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But those dorms are Elegant , in the Bauhaus sense.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 21, 2018 02:54 AM (xSo9G)

663 Out.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 21, 2018 02:56 AM (xSo9G)

664 How is Chicago Barky's "hometown"?

Posted by: Cominskey Park at August 21, 2018 02:52 AM (z0jlY)


Well, who's going to visit his presidential 'library' in Hawaii?

Posted by: RickZ at August 21, 2018 02:57 AM (8lsuS)

665 Love me some Zep, great stuff as always Mis Hum and all

Posted by: Lava Land at August 21, 2018 02:57 AM (FJrl0)

666 DCLXVI

Posted by: CatchThirtyThr33 at August 21, 2018 03:09 AM (clV37)

667 I take issue with the statement that we used torture at GITMO. We used water-boarding. Water-boarding is not torture contrary to what the communists and other liberals say.


That being said, I would not care if we did use real torture on terrorists who had killed innocent civilians, but only after they have had a trial.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 21, 2018 03:38 AM (mpXpK)

668 Good morning horde

Posted by: Skip at August 21, 2018 04:15 AM (lxZ71)

669 Robert Plant being 70 is depressing

Posted by: Skip at August 21, 2018 04:28 AM (lxZ71)

670 As a one off trying maple syrup in my oatmeal, made bacon as well.

Posted by: Skip at August 21, 2018 04:42 AM (lxZ71)

671 And it's much sweeter than I'm use to.

Posted by: Skip at August 21, 2018 04:48 AM (lxZ71)

672 Skip, you won't be disappointed. All I ever add is about a teaspoon or so to the salted cooking water. If you have a cinnamon stick, toss that in at the beginning, too.

Posted by: RickZ at August 21, 2018 04:50 AM (8lsuS)

673 Yeah, I just put a pinch of salt in too.
Lost internet connection on my tablet, all browsers. So restarted and seems fine. It does this occasionally no idea why.

Posted by: Skip at August 21, 2018 05:08 AM (lxZ71)

674 Good morning, Horde. Through security and standing by for our flight back to Wild, Wonderful Wyoming. I don't see how you east coasters live in this stuff...

Posted by: Hawkpilot at August 21, 2018 05:22 AM (PG0JX)

675 Where do you live in WY, Hawkpilot? I might swing through Cody this fall on the way home from my hunting trip.

Posted by: clutch at August 21, 2018 05:28 AM (kiSdp)

676 Only been to Laramie 1 day, drove from Denver area. That was 40 years ago.

Posted by: Skip at August 21, 2018 05:30 AM (lxZ71)

677 We live in Cheyenne, but I'm going to be elk hunting up near Greybull this fall

Posted by: Hawkpilot at August 21, 2018 05:31 AM (PG0JX)

678 Shouldn't that human pyramid be reversed with everyone on top of Superman's shoulder?

Posted by: Skip at August 21, 2018 05:32 AM (lxZ71)

679 If you're gonna spend one day in Wyoming, Laramie isn't necessarily the place to be.

Posted by: Hawkpilot at August 21, 2018 05:32 AM (PG0JX)

680 I feel like Superman would be driven under the water because he is still standing on 2 square feet of skis, and he would have 1500 pounds on his shoulders, but I'm sure the DC writers would come up with some bullshit... something something krypton...

Posted by: Hawkpilot at August 21, 2018 05:37 AM (PG0JX)

681 Hawkpilot, I will be coming back from Hun and Sharptail hunting. Are there many of those in WY?

Posted by: clutch at August 21, 2018 05:37 AM (kiSdp)

682 Uhhh, my grandpa hunted Huns, but that's frowned upon in the US...

Posted by: Hawkpilot at August 21, 2018 05:38 AM (PG0JX)

683 I have worn contacts for probably 12 years or so and never had them in my eyes over night unless I was up all night. No exploding eyeballs for this cat. Dang!

Posted by: Eromero at August 21, 2018 05:39 AM (zLDYs)

684 We have some bird hunting, turkey across the State, some pheasant along the eastern prairie. Haven't heard of much grouse.

Posted by: Hawkpilot at August 21, 2018 05:41 AM (PG0JX)

685 Huns as in Partridge, not Krauts.

Posted by: clutch at August 21, 2018 05:41 AM (kiSdp)

686 The last couple of days I am getting ads from here that pop-up and the tell me I must call a number because my computer has a virus and they need me to pay them now or my computer will be removed from the server permanently. I have to give them credit they resist the pop-up blockers really well.

Posted by: Rhinocrates at August 21, 2018 05:43 AM (HgdUd)

687 Oh! That's very different. You can kill them, you don't even need a reason.

Posted by: Hawkpilot at August 21, 2018 05:43 AM (PG0JX)

688 Oh, I've been getting phone calls from Abu from the IRS, requesting his traditional tax payment via target gift card.

Posted by: Hawkpilot at August 21, 2018 05:45 AM (PG0JX)

689 Doors secured, you guys enjoy the EMT.

Posted by: Hawkpilot at August 21, 2018 05:47 AM (PG0JX)

690 #LESS MISHUM #Please #muchless

Posted by: MSTisdale at August 21, 2018 05:54 AM (RoSgI)

691 Tiempo para el trabjo mis amigos.

Posted by: Eromero at August 21, 2018 05:54 AM (zLDYs)

692 Good morning!

Let's smile and be happy and strike fear in the heart of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 21, 2018 05:57 AM (hyuyC)

693 ThePrimordialOrderedPair

My Honda gets 2 MPG below what the car's internal calculation say it is should be. So the MPG is consistently off, and only in one direction. Hmmm.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 21, 2018 06:12 AM (hyuyC)

694 This is just a few blocks from my house. But if you read the poorly written article in the Gannett paper, it sound serious. But when reading down on paragraph 2, the items aren't what the headline says.
Police: Grenades, knives found in dumpster at Greece apartment complex

The knives are just that, and the gernades aren't real ones, just fake ones.

Posted by: Colin at August 21, 2018 06:14 AM (tGAlU)

695 G'morning, all.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 21, 2018 06:16 AM (wldC6)

696 Top of the morning to ya, Village Idiot's Apprentice.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 21, 2018 06:18 AM (hyuyC)

697 G'morning, Salty.


Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 21, 2018 06:19 AM (wldC6)

698 Morning, Horde

Posted by: fluffy; child of a lesser fascism at August 21, 2018 06:20 AM (cHbmY)

699 So last night on the open thread, the term 'Front Hole" was brought up as being the approved replacement term for Vagina.


Being a Moron, I wasn't gonna fall for it.


I Should have.

https://wp.me/p9hAYV-2mX

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 21, 2018 06:21 AM (wldC6)

700 What's the talk on your town network?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 21, 2018 06:21 AM (hyuyC)

701 >>> Oh, I've been getting phone calls from Abu from the IRS, requesting his traditional tax payment via target gift card.

Tell him you will drop it off at the local office.

Posted by: fluffy; child of a lesser fascism at August 21, 2018 06:23 AM (cHbmY)

702 fluffy; child of a lesser fascism

So you're of German extraction, not having Leftist parents. Got it.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 21, 2018 06:24 AM (hyuyC)

703 "What's the talk on your town network?"

Somebody mentioned about people parking facing the wrong way on streets as being illegal.

The idiots went off about how that's bullshit, and people should be able to park however they want.


But it's OK, as the assholes are self identifying, and I sense a real resentment of the "I can do whatever I want crowd" growing.


Large row home communities mean lots of people living in close proximity to each other.

That only works when we accept common rules to allow people to live that close to each other.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 21, 2018 06:25 AM (wldC6)

704 693
ThePrimordialOrderedPair



My Honda gets 2 MPG below what the car's internal calculation say it
is should be. So the MPG is consistently off, and only in one
direction. Hmmm.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 21, 2018 06:12 AM (hyuyC)

If your speedometer is off by a small amount then the MPG calculation will be off. Test the speedometer the next time you are on a freeway with mile markers. Set your speed at exactly 60 mph and it should take exactly 60 seconds between mile posts.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 21, 2018 06:25 AM (mpXpK)

705 A lot of young ones in Chicago get front holes, is that why the change to front holes...

Posted by: Colin at August 21, 2018 06:25 AM (tGAlU)

706 Hawkpilot, IF, repeat, IF, a group of plucky guys went around the country, using thermite on buildings holding the boiler rooms and call centers, would a jury convict them?

The FCC is useless. I wonder who those guys paid off.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 21, 2018 06:27 AM (hyuyC)

707 Vic We Have No Party

Thanks, Vic. I can do that.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 21, 2018 06:28 AM (hyuyC)

708 Morning.
Well, the inch or so of rain we were promised turned into about one tenth of an inch. So today I man the hoses and sprinklers. Wheeeeee!

Posted by: Bruce at August 21, 2018 06:30 AM (8ikIW)

709 Parking facing the wrong direction of a street is prohibited in some cities and States. Mostly those overwhelmed blue. However, it is seldom enforced unless their coffers are getting low.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 21, 2018 06:30 AM (mpXpK)

710 >>> So you're of German extraction, not having Leftist parents. Got it.

Our fellow Moron (K?)kraken referred to the left as Children of a Lesser Fascism. I thought it was brilliant,so I stole it and have been wearing it since.

Posted by: fluffy; child of a lesser fascism at August 21, 2018 06:31 AM (cHbmY)

711 Village Idiot's Apprentice

It a shame block parties and blanket parties are gone.

I see a lot of outsourcing of neighbor-to-neighbor to government these days. Like Code Enforcement people.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 21, 2018 06:31 AM (hyuyC)

712 Bruce

We had 3, count em, 3 inches of rain over the weekend. Huzzah! The plants drank it all up. And the cracks in the ground are sealed. for now.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 21, 2018 06:33 AM (hyuyC)

713 CHAPEL HILL, N.C. A Confederate statue in the heart of North Carolina's flagship university was toppled Monday night during a rally by hundreds of protesters who decried the memorial known as "Silent Sam" as a symbol of racist heritage.

Ah, social justice?

Posted by: Colin at August 21, 2018 06:34 AM (tGAlU)

714 fluffy; child of a lesser fascism

Thanks for the explanation. It is a good descriptor, as long as the Left does not get unbridled power.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 21, 2018 06:35 AM (hyuyC)

715 'Sup Salty ... how goes the annual return of your immune system exercise.

Our little bundle of joy brought something back from his first week of high school that just about killed us all.

Posted by: ScoggDog at August 21, 2018 06:38 AM (fiGNd)

716 ScoggDog

I'm fighting a cold, and winning 2 out of three falls.

It is something to see how maturation is occurring in some of the students. I try and nudge it along.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 21, 2018 06:40 AM (hyuyC)

717 Well Morons I finally got my lawn mower back yesterday afternoon. I will be taking an AOS break later this morning to mow the weeds finally. Watch it rain.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 21, 2018 06:40 AM (mpXpK)

718 We had 3, count em, 3 inches of rain over the weekend. Huzzah! The plants drank it all up. And the cracks in the ground are sealed. for now.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

When I watched the weather radar yesterday, all the storms that were coming would just kinda separate as they got near and go to either side of us. This has happened often this year.
Maybe Moses moved into town.

Posted by: Bruce at August 21, 2018 06:41 AM (8ikIW)

719 ScoggDog

I blame Obama for 1) opening America up to third world germs, and 2) Obama-care, which reduced American life-expectancy. His fault. His.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 21, 2018 06:42 AM (hyuyC)

720 "It a shame block parties and blanket parties are gone.

I see a lot of outsourcing of neighbor-to-neighbor to government these days. Like Code Enforcement people."

Actually, many of us do indeed try to convert face-to-face on these types of issues.

But we have anew generation of folk who are both ignorant and non-inquisitive to rules, laws and such.

Like the woman claiming that "Pedestrians always have the right-of-way".

I can give the little snowflake at least three instances right off the top of my head where the pedestrian does not have the right of way.
But, teach your kid to just walk out in traffic, and one day bad things are gonna happen.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 21, 2018 06:43 AM (wldC6)

721 Damn, I missed another awards show on TV, how could that happen. I wonder how large an viewing audience a show like that gets.

Posted by: Colin at August 21, 2018 06:44 AM (tGAlU)

722 Bruce

I see that often. Then there are the times a slanting squall line passes over the same spot of hours. The town south got 6 inches in 5 hours last year due to that.

If every-time you want to mow your grass and it rains, maybe you should hire out to a farming consortium.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 21, 2018 06:45 AM (hyuyC)

723 ScoggDog

I blame Obama for 1) opening America up to third world germs, and 2) Obama-care, which reduced American life-expectancy. His fault. His.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 21, 2018 06:42 AM (hyuyC)


Maybe ... you see it every day at work ... I'll take your word for it.

This last one really kicked my ass. Usually takes me a couple days, tops, to sleep-fever-sweat just about anything out. Was fatigued for a solid week. Just really felt like me yesterday.

How bad ? I didn't drink a single beer.

Posted by: ScoggDog at August 21, 2018 06:45 AM (fiGNd)

724 Time to make my work preps. Have a great day, everyone. May you and yours be blessed in abundance.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 21, 2018 06:46 AM (hyuyC)

725 Like the woman claiming that "Pedestrians always have the right-of-way".

I can give the little snowflake at least three instances right off the top of my head where the pedestrian does not have the right of way.
But, teach your kid to just walk out in traffic, and one day bad things are gonna happen.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

Around here they went to that stop for pedestrians in crosswalk, which became stop for me as I wander out in front of you in the crosswalk, to I can wander anywhere I want even when I ride a bike so watch out for me and be ready to stop 'cause I ain't got no rules baby.

Posted by: Bruce at August 21, 2018 06:46 AM (8ikIW)

726 But, teach your kid to just walk out in traffic, and one day bad things are gonna happen.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 21, 2018 06:43 AM (wldC6)


Who are you or I to stop nature from taking it's course ?

Posted by: ScoggDog at August 21, 2018 06:47 AM (fiGNd)

727 If every-time you want to mow your grass and it rains, maybe you should hire out to a farming consortium.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

Not me. Right now I'm begging for rain.
Or at least a front to come thru and clear out the air.

Posted by: Bruce at August 21, 2018 06:48 AM (8ikIW)

728 George Soros and David Brock coordinated to bring on censorship to social media, according to a Media Matters-authored memo that WND somehow says they have. Nazis gotta nazi.

https://preview.tinyurl.com/ycmgtmeo

Posted by: Huck Follywood, sitting quietly in the corner at August 21, 2018 06:48 AM (LtG+N)

729 233 Jim Sunk New Dawn,

If we go to that much trouble, why not kill all the commies instead?

Posted by: Delayna's deplorable tar and feather warehouse, call ahead to guarantee your order! at August 21, 2018 06:49 AM (KNFU5)

730 "Around here they went to that stop for pedestrians in crosswalk, which became stop for me as I wander out in front of you in the crosswalk, to I can wander anywhere I want even when I ride a bike so watch out for me and be ready to stop 'cause I ain't got no rules baby."

Big difference between "Pedestrian at crosswalk" and "Pedestrian IN crosswalk".

Including the part in Maryland law that states that a pedestrian may not step into a crosswalk in a manner which forces a vehicle to suddenly stop.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 21, 2018 06:51 AM (wldC6)

731 Time to make my work preps. Have a great day, everyone. May you and yours be blessed in abundance.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 21, 2018 06:46 AM (hyuyC)

Likewise to all and to you as well.
I may have a range report from the BRCC sampler this evening. I suspect it just tastes like good coffee though.

Posted by: hogmartin at August 21, 2018 06:52 AM (y87Qq)

732 "Who are you or I to stop nature from taking it's course ?"


I just hate to see the ignorance of the parents be visited on the children.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 21, 2018 06:52 AM (wldC6)

733 722 If every-time you want to mow your grass and it rains, maybe you should hire out to a farming consortium.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 21, 2018 06:45 AM (hyuyC)

Normally at this time of the year we are in a drought, but since my lawn mover has been OOS for several months it has been raining quite regularly.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 21, 2018 06:53 AM (mpXpK)

734 George Soros and David Brock coordinated to bring on censorship to social media

Hillary Clinton's 'first 100 days' battle plan was delayed about a year. She would have stomped all over our first and second amendment rights, then repealed the fourth amendment (search and seizure) to anyone who dared raise a voice in protest.

Both Soros and H Clinton belong in jail.

Posted by: Forgot My Nic at August 21, 2018 06:53 AM (LOgQ4)

735 I just hate to see the ignorance of the parents be visited on the children.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 21, 2018 06:52 AM (wldC6)


I get it ... I guess ... maybe.

Nah - those little assholes are just going to grow up and be the big assholes that piss my kids off.

I say let 'em play in traffic. Street hockey on the interstate. No firecracker too big and no match too small.

Posted by: ScoggDog at August 21, 2018 06:54 AM (fiGNd)

736 Two Scoops is tweeting...

Even James Clapper has admonished John Brennan for having gone totally off the rails. Maybe Clapper is being nice to me so he doesn't lose his Security Clearance for lying to Congress!

Posted by: Bruce at August 21, 2018 06:56 AM (8ikIW)

737 Good morning folks. Thats all Ive got. Unless you want some not so friendly opinion about pie faced, soft handed, pin headed, pseudo intellectuals. In which case Im on call and ready for fires...

Posted by: Sumdumchief at August 21, 2018 06:57 AM (OQbfB)

738 Two Scoops is tweeting...

I look forward to dropping another ballot for The Golden Scalpweasel in 2020 ... for no other reason than to just to piss off all the right people.

It's the Margarita DeVille Method - What Makes Liberals Cry. A vote for spite.

Posted by: ScoggDog at August 21, 2018 06:59 AM (fiGNd)

739 " but since my lawn mover has been OOS for several months it has been raining quite regularly. "

C'mon. You think that you are so significant in the world that the weather cares about the fact that your lawnmower is not working?

LOL.

I used to tell my brother "The Chargers can lose whether or not you are watching them. You are not that significant."

Posted by: JAS at August 21, 2018 07:00 AM (3HNOQ)

740 It's the Margarita DeVille Method - What Makes Liberals Cry. A vote for spite.
Posted by: ScoggDog

Someone mentioned yesterday that Trump! is the Rodney Dangerfield character in Caddyshack and DC is the country club.

Posted by: Bruce at August 21, 2018 07:00 AM (8ikIW)

741 but since my lawn mover has been OOS for several months it has been raining quite regularly. "

C'mon. You think that you are so significant in the world that the weather cares about the fact that your lawnmower is not working?

LOL.

I used to tell my brother "The Chargers can lose whether or not you are watching them. You are not that significant."
Posted by: JAS

Crap. Thanks a lot, I had just gone out and broken my lawnmower too.

Posted by: Bruce at August 21, 2018 07:02 AM (8ikIW)

742 Al Cerzvic

Posted by: JAS at August 21, 2018 07:02 AM (3HNOQ)

743 Al Cerzvic
Posted by: JAS

Thanks, I didn't want to trust my spelling after only one cuppa

Posted by: Bruce at August 21, 2018 07:03 AM (8ikIW)

744 Czervik

Posted by: JAS at August 21, 2018 07:04 AM (3HNOQ)

745 I guessed. and was wrong. went to imdb to get it right.

Posted by: JAS at August 21, 2018 07:04 AM (3HNOQ)

746 Czervik
Posted by: JAS

Wait, is this multiple choice?

Posted by: Bruce at August 21, 2018 07:05 AM (8ikIW)

747 739
" but since my lawn mover has been OOS for several months it has been raining quite regularly. "



C'mon. You think that you are so significant in the world that the
weather cares about the fact that your lawnmower is not working?



LOL.



I used to tell my brother "The Chargers can lose whether or not you are watching them. You are not that significant."

Posted by: JAS at August 21, 2018 07:00 AM (3HNOQ)-

My great grandmother used to say our family was cursed because long ago one of our ancestors spit in a witches eye.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 21, 2018 07:05 AM (mpXpK)

748 If I lie to Congress, I go to jail.

When the elite lie to Congress, PDT jokes about taking away their Security Clearance.

Hopefully, Clapper loses his soon.

Posted by: JAS at August 21, 2018 07:06 AM (3HNOQ)

749 Hopefully, Clapper loses his soon.


I'm sure he will lose it right after his sentencing hearing, before they cart him off to supermax

Posted by: Huck Follywood, sitting quietly in the corner at August 21, 2018 07:10 AM (LtG+N)

750 BTW I thought the problem was the dash switch for engaging the blade. They replaced a host of shit associated with the deck and blade. My repair bill was $300.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 21, 2018 07:11 AM (mpXpK)

751 I see some pollsters are back to polling "adults" instead of Registered Voters to get the results they want in the Generic Congressional polls.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at August 21, 2018 07:11 AM (JUOKG)

752 Looks like the Front Hole article server has crashed.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 21, 2018 07:13 AM (wldC6)

753 I see the sun trying to peek through the morning clouds here. Time for a cuppa.

Posted by: Corona at August 21, 2018 07:15 AM (MceDl)

754 BTW I thought the problem was the dash switch for
engaging the blade. They replaced a host of shit associated with the
deck and blade. My repair bill was $300.





Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 21, 2018 07:11 AM

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And that right there is the reason I bought a new riding mower when the transmission went out on my old one.


I bought the cheapest bottom of the line Troy built at Lowes 6 years ago for $800 and the transmission/clutch went out last month. People started talking about $400-500 to get it fixed and I said it wasn't worth that much and went and bought a Husquavarna.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at August 21, 2018 07:15 AM (JUOKG)

755 I see some pollsters are back to polling "adults" instead of Registered Voters to get the results they want in the Generic Congressional polls.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman

Thats so they know the boxes of ballots per trunk ratio to ensure the correct outcome.

Posted by: Sumdumchief at August 21, 2018 07:15 AM (OQbfB)

756 751
I see some pollsters are back to polling "adults" instead of Registered
Voters to get the results they want in the Generic Congressional polls.


Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at August 21, 2018 07:11 AM (JUOKG)

I no longer credit any polls at all. They are all BS.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 21, 2018 07:15 AM (mpXpK)

757 752 Looks like the Front Hole article server has crashed.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 21, 2018 07:13 AM (wldC6)

Not to be an expert on anatomy but would not that be the middle hole?

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 21, 2018 07:16 AM (JFO2v)

758 "Not to be an expert on anatomy but would not that be the middle hole?"

Not my circus.
Not my clowns article

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 21, 2018 07:18 AM (wldC6)

759 A hole, is a hole, is a hole.

Richard Burton 'Where Eagles Dare"

Posted by: Bruce at August 21, 2018 07:19 AM (8ikIW)

760 F-yeah

Posted by: Jim H at August 21, 2018 07:20 AM (SUd6i)

761 Check out these names and see if you can identify anything these people have in common:

'18 year old DaKwaun Tyre Faulks was released from jail the day before he was taken to a hospital, where he died from a gunshot wound to the back Sunday night.

On Monday afternoon, 18-year-old Dawan Jasentay Daniels Jr. and 17-year-old Zontravion Keontae Hernandez were each charged with murder.'

Posted by: Roberta Plant at August 21, 2018 07:20 AM (UdKB7)

762 I no longer credit any polls at all. They are all BS.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 21, 2018 07:15 AM (mpXpK)

The last polls I looked at was something like 45% Progs 35% Repub and 20% Independent thinking Progs. And look at the registered vs. likely voters.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 21, 2018 07:20 AM (JFO2v)

763 Just got the warning about the main page consuming excessive memory again.

And this is with AdBlockPlus and Ghostery running.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 21, 2018 07:20 AM (wldC6)

764 "Check out these names and see if you can identify anything these people have in common: "

Poor decision making skills?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 21, 2018 07:21 AM (wldC6)

765 oops off hole lotta love sock

Posted by: freaked at August 21, 2018 07:22 AM (UdKB7)

766 754 I bought the cheapest bottom of the line Troy built
at Lowes 6 years ago for $800 and the transmission/clutch went out last
month. People started talking about $400-500 to get it fixed and I said
it wasn't worth that much and went and bought a Husquavarna.


Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at August 21, 2018 07:15 AM (JUOKG)

$800 ?????? I don't think I have ever seen a riding lawn mower for that cheap. The first one I bought cost me $6,000 (Snapper), The last two I bought were Cub Cadets which cost about $1800.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 21, 2018 07:22 AM (mpXpK)

767
The polls are both weighted incorrectly and people increasingly lie to the pollsters.

Posted by: Forgot My Nic at August 21, 2018 07:22 AM (LOgQ4)

768 More than 41,000 people have been infected in the first six months of 2018, leading to 37 deaths.

Last year there were 23,927 cases and the year before 5,273. Experts blame this surge in infections on a drop in the number of people being vaccinated.

Wow who would have thot importing 3rd disease ridden people with no vaccines would turn out bad?

800% increase in measles!

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 21, 2018 07:24 AM (JFO2v)

769 $800 ?????? I don't think I have ever seen a riding lawn mower for that cheap. The first one I bought cost me $6,000 (Snapper), The last two I bought were Cub Cadets which cost about $1800.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 21, 2018 07:22 AM


I bought a Troy last year for $900 bucks. 18 horsepower. It's great. Even have a plow for it.

Posted by: Forgot My Nic at August 21, 2018 07:24 AM (LOgQ4)

770 So we are dumbing down anatomy? What can't science do?

Posted by: rammajamma at August 21, 2018 07:24 AM (xceTB)

771 I think the cheapest Cub Cadet riding mower you can buy cost about $1200. Mine has a 50" deck so it cost more. But it doesn't take me forever to mow my 1.5 acres of weeds.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 21, 2018 07:24 AM (mpXpK)

772 'Poor decision making skills?'

Right! And you know what leads to that? THREE NAMES!

Posted by: freaked at August 21, 2018 07:25 AM (UdKB7)

773 maybe you got front hole memory leak?

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 21, 2018 07:25 AM (JFO2v)

774 $800 ?????? I don't think I have ever seen a riding
lawn mower for that cheap. The first one I bought cost me $6,000
(Snapper), The last two I bought were Cub Cadets which cost about $1800.






Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 21, 2018 07:22 AM

---

Bought it when we first moved to Kentucky 6 years ago. The lowest base model Troy built on sale with the Military Discount tacked on, came out to $800.


It's on sale for $1,099 right now at lowes.com with free delivery.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at August 21, 2018 07:26 AM (JUOKG)

775 770 So we are dumbing down anatomy? What can't science do?
Posted by: rammajamma at August 21, 2018 07:24 AM (xceTB)

So AMA and FDA needs more drug studies on XX bodies but is worried what to do about trans.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 21, 2018 07:27 AM (JFO2v)

776 I'm sorry ya'll but front hole just really doesn't capture the feminine mystique. What a stupid time to be alive.

Posted by: rammajamma at August 21, 2018 07:29 AM (xceTB)

777 Wishbone Ash. Havent heard them in forever. Ill have to plug them into Pandora

Posted by: Kentucky kid at August 21, 2018 07:30 AM (t3zwD)

778
I usually buy the bottom of the line tractor for a grand or less, get five years out of it, then sell it for peanuts. Figure I can afford $200 a year, before the repair costs and the aggravation of not having a dependable mower for weeks, starts getting out of hand.

Posted by: Forgot My Nic at August 21, 2018 07:31 AM (LOgQ4)

779 774 Bought it when we first moved to Kentucky 6 years
ago. The lowest base model Troy built on sale with the Military Discount
tacked on, came out to $800.


It's on sale for $1,099 right now at lowes.com with free delivery.


Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at August 21, 2018 07:26 AM (JUOKG)

I just checked the store ad for the Lowes here. The cheapest Troy-Built riding mower is $1200. It has a 12.5 HP Briggs and Stratton engine which from what I have heard has become highly unreliable. Mine has a Kholer engine which I have never had a problem with. . . so far.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 21, 2018 07:32 AM (mpXpK)

780 https://tinyurl.com/yb3b9puz


Lowes Troy-bilt lawn mower: $1,099.

And don't forget. Six years ago we were "enjoying" the Obama Recovery Summer VI.

Posted by: JAS at August 21, 2018 07:35 AM (3HNOQ)

781 I usually buy the bottom of the line tractor for a
grand or less, get five years out of it, then sell it for peanuts.
Figure I can afford $200 a year, before the repair costs and the
aggravation of not having a dependable mower for weeks, starts getting
out of hand.


Posted by: Forgot My Nic at August 21, 2018 07:31 AM

---

I was told I was lucky to get 6 years out of mine. I can't even get anyone to come and pick it up for free. I am going to call the scrap guy and see if he will take it off my hands.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at August 21, 2018 07:35 AM (JUOKG)

782 BTW, a 48" John Deer was $2000.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 21, 2018 07:35 AM (mpXpK)

783 nood

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 21, 2018 07:35 AM (mpXpK)

784 Counting down the days until I have to fly to Chicago for a wedding downtown. Have no interest in going as its both of theirs second or third marriage. They are going all out with a formal affair, but I refuse to dress up, probably will get lots of frowns from her family, as I am the only one there from our side of the family. Another cousin just got married last week by a justice of the peace in SC. Must more practical and cheap way to do it.!

Posted by: Colin at August 21, 2018 07:40 AM (tGAlU)

785 The Book World Is Getting Way Too Politicized. Here's What To Do About That


Since most publishers are liberal and most authors are liberal women most books published tilt to the left when they tilt at all. It really can not be avoided unless you simply quit reading. One of my favorite authors is S.M. Stirling but he is a card carrying liberal union fanatic. You just have to ignore that side of his stuff.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 21, 2018 07:47 AM (mpXpK)

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