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Wednesday Overnight Open Thread (11/28/18 )

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(You. Me. And The ONT.)


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The Quotes of The Day


Quote I

In the last five years, gender ideology has overtaken every major public institution in our society from mass and social media, to public and private education from pre-school forward, to professional medicine and psychiatry, and increasingly, law. It has essentially become America’s government-sponsored religion. Drs. Michelle Cretella and Felipe E. Vizcarrondo


Quote II

There will be consequences. Twitter’s ban of Kelly prompted Instapundit, Glenn Reynolds, to quit the platform in disgust. I suspect he wasn’t the first. And I know Jesse will not be the last. That’s because Jack Dorsey is allowed to lie, and those who push the Trans agenda are allowed to lie, and if you push back against them with the truth, you eventually find you have no place on Twitter. That’s a line of delineation that in the past put you in the same category as people who were truly abusive rabble rousers. In the near future, it may just mean that you’re one of those infuriating people who still insist there are four lights. Ben Domenech


Quote III

Also, dead trees store carbon for decades. As they decompose, much of their carbon returns to the soil, where it is held for thousands of years. In a large-scale removal, all that carbon is disturbed.” Perhaps Sierra Club environmental sensitivity is well-meant, but such orthodoxy ensures that the summer and autumn air that 40 million residents breathe, along with the lives of thousands living in the mountains, become secondary concerns to beetles and woodpeckers.Victor Davis Hanson


Quote IV

Stop the pain. Stop the violence. Stop the homogenous assessment. See me for my actions not my body. I am an experience. I am intentions. I am an awareness. Not simply flesh.” Rain Dove Dubilewski

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Civil forfeitures have been around for quite some time. In this instance did an Indiana forfeiture go too far? The SCOTUS will decide if it did.

An Indiana man has gone all the way to the Supreme Court to recover his expensive Land Rover after he was convicted of selling heroin to undercover police officers, claiming the seizure of his vehicle was “excessive.”

Tyson Timbs, 37, was sentenced to a year of home detention and five years of probation in 2015 after he pleaded guilty to the charges. But his 2012 Land Rover LR2, which he used to transport the heroin, was also seized, prompting a years-long legal battle to recover it.

On Wednesday, the fate of his vehicle will be the subject of the Supreme Court, where his legal team will urge the court to decide that the U.S. Constitution’s Eighth Amendment prohibiting “excessive fines” also applies to states. Under Indiana law, the maximum fine for Timbs' crime was $10,000, which is well below the value of the vehicle.


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If Hillary 'Nacho Your President' was president, would you get a judge who supports dwarf tossing?

Seven years ago Neomi Rao, President Donald Trump's pick to replace now-Justice Brett Kavanaugh on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, defended the concept of "dwarf tossing"—wherein someone with dwarfism voluntarily allows himself to be thrown, while wearing protective gear, onto a padded surface. While invoking the example was no doubt provocative, Rao's larger point dealt not with the sport itself but with the dignity inherent to making consensual arrangements.


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My, how times have changed. Do you remember when parents were allowed to parent?

Anytime you hear the words "for the safety of our precious children," grab your little ones and run. Someone who thinks he cares more about your kids than you do is about to make you grovel. If he's from the government, run faster.

Chicago mom Kim Brooks learned that lesson a few years back when she was hurrying to get everything ready for a plane trip home from visiting her parents in Virginia. Brooks knew that if her son didn't have a set of headphones, it would be a miserable flight for him (and anyone seated near them, I would guess), so she drove to the store to buy a pair. When the boy said he didn't want to come in with her, she made the kind of split-second decision all parents will have to make a thousand times before their kids leave the nest: "What makes the most sense for my family, right here, right now?" She decided to let him wait in the car, playing on an iPad, with the windows cracked open on a mild day.


My parents were loving parents. In today's society they would probably be serving 15-20 years.


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You can pair wine with foods. But can you pair wine with Metallica? That is doubtful when you can 10 WAYS TO PAIR METALLICA’S BLACKENED WHISKEY WITH EACH OF THEIR ALBUMS

As Mark Twain once said, “Too much of anything is bad, but too much good whiskey is barely enough.” The same can be said of Metallica’s music: while some bands’ catalogs leave you worn out, the thrash titans’ albums only make you want more every time you listen to them.

It’s unsurprising, then, that Metallica’s new Blackened whiskey reflects its sponsors. Crafted by whiskey legend Dave Pickerell (former master distiller for both Makers Mark and Whistle Pig who, sadly, only very recently passed away), and blasted with “black noise” via Metallica’s music while aging in black brandy barrels, Blackened is a delicious American blend that will no doubt have drinkers begging for an encore: It’s rich and spicy, with intoxicating notes of toffee, vanilla, and dried apricot on the nose (and thankfully, nothing like the aroma of a sweaty metal band after a two-hour performance, as we’d feared).

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Depending on your belief sets, the world has been around thousands to millions of years. Human problems? The right solution hasn't been attempted yet.

Let’s face it, our world is full of major human problems. Even very wealthy modern America has its share of these major human problems: poverty, drug addiction, homelessness, unaffordable health care, unaffordable housing, unaffordable education, and you could go on and on.

Now, how to address these problems? You could try this: Take a some of our very brightest thinkers. Send them to some top Ivy League or equivalent schools to get the very best educations. Then turn them loose into the policy arena, full of moral righteousness and energy and a burning passion to fix the world. And what will emerge? Remarkably, in every case you can find, what will emerge will be the exact same thing: a proposal for some new government “program” and spending that supposedly will fix whatever problem the particular guru may focus on at the moment.


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Time for the most recent Craigslist Kicker............Manitowoc Minute style.


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Tonight's deep thought..................

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Mmmmm good is in deep trouble.

At the risk of putting a major damper on your holiday spirit, I'm here with news on the seemingly devastating state of things over at Campbell's Soup. According to the New York Times, not only is the company billions of dollars in debt, but it's also reportedly refusing help from a hedge fund hoping to overtake majority share in Campbell's to turn things around.

Last quarter alone, "earnings were down 50% ... soup sales have been eroding and the company’s chief executive, Denise Morrison, stepped down under pressure in May," the Times explains. Attempts at salvaging things with new acquisitions left the company "billions in debt."


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Amazon confirms it's working on a project to mine patient records and more accurately diagnose diseases.

Amazon confirmed on Tuesday that it's launched a project to mine data from electronic medical records, as the company pushes deeper into the health-care market.

Coinciding with the Amazon Web Services re:Invent conference in Las Vegas this week, the company introduced Amazon Comprehend Medical, which "allows developers to process unstructured medical text and identify information such as patient diagnosis, treatments, dosages, symptoms and signs, and more," according to a blog post.


Amazon with your medical records? That is disconcerting.


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Talk about a hot party. h/t Hank Curmudgeon


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The ONT Musical Interlude


November 28, 1929, Born on this day, Berry Gordy, founder of Motown Records. In 1957 Jackie Wilson recorded 'Reet Petite', a song Gordy had co-written with his sister Gwen and writer-producer Billy Davis. Wilson recorded six more songs co-written by Gordy over the next two years, including 'Lonely Teardrops'. Gordy reinvested the profits from his songwriting success into producing. In 1957, he discovered the Miracles (originally known as the Matadors) and began building a portfolio of successful artists. Over the next decade, he signed such artists as The Supremes, Marvin Gaye, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Stevie Wonder and the Jackson 5. via thisdayinmusic.com


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November 28, 1943, Born on this day, Randy Newman, singer, songwriter, Composer of 'Mama Told Me Not To Come', 'Simon Smith And The Amazing Dancing Bear', 1977 US No.2 single 'Short People.' Film soundtracks including 'Ragtime.' Once hailed as the greatest songwriter alive by Paul McCartney. Since the 1980s, Newman has worked mostly as a film composer, his film scores include Ragtime, Toy Story; A Bug's Life; Toy Story 2; Monsters, Inc.; Cars; Toy Story 3; and Monsters University. via thisdayinmusic.com


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In situations like this the internet is a useful tool. Why we hate the media.

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What happens in Florida, doesn't stay in Florida. Genius Award Winning Couple.
The couple that makes bail together..............


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Medication break through with FDA approval. Tonight's Feel Good Story of The Day.

The FDA has just approved a first-of-its-kind drug that can target and treat over a dozen different kinds of cancers based on a common gene, rather than its location in the body.

Larotrectinib is an oral drug that received accelerated breakthrough status after it displayed remarkable success in treating adult and pediatric cancers that currently have no satisfactory alternative treatments or have progressed following treatment.

This is the second ever FDA-approved drug that treats cancers based on a certain genetic trait, regardless of the patient’s age or cancer type, and it is the first drug to ever treat cancers that contain the specific NTRK gene that is present in several common forms of adult cancer and many forms of rare pediatric cancers.


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Comments

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1 Good evening!

Posted by: ibguy at November 28, 2018 09:59 PM (vUcdz)

2 Howdy!

Posted by: Emmie at November 28, 2018 09:59 PM (4HMW8)

3 ONT!

Posted by: Calm Mentor at November 28, 2018 09:59 PM (ffYR/)

4 hiya

Posted by: ALH at November 28, 2018 09:59 PM (cS3Yq)

5 Such a beautiful picture!

Posted by: flyover at November 28, 2018 10:00 PM (aUHJk)

6 wut

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at November 28, 2018 10:00 PM (ykYG2)

7 Ahoy!

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at November 28, 2018 10:02 PM (NMAzL)

8 good evening

Posted by: wing at November 28, 2018 10:03 PM (JFzNN)

9 Tenſt!

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at November 28, 2018 10:03 PM (CLcKT)

10 Those people who are supposed to be sitting in the chairs were abducted by aliens.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at November 28, 2018 10:03 PM (NMAzL)

11 That first picture makes me think of Switzerland.

Posted by: Ladyl at November 28, 2018 10:03 PM (TdMsT)

12 Thanks for another fun-filled ONT, MisHum!

That last pic: was he a rescue?

Posted by: ibguy at November 28, 2018 10:04 PM (vUcdz)

13 Thanks for the ONT.

Did Campbells get woke?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 28, 2018 10:04 PM (PQMST)

14 Miley! Ibguy!

Posted by: Ladyl at November 28, 2018 10:04 PM (TdMsT)

15 11 LadyL

Hiya, Big Sis!

Posted by: ibguy at November 28, 2018 10:04 PM (vUcdz)

16 I wonder if Campbell's commercials normalizing same-sex parents had anything to do with their current troubles.

Posted by: Emmie at November 28, 2018 10:04 PM (4HMW8)

17 ONT! Another crazy night of rum, ſodomy, and teh la&##383h...

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at November 28, 2018 10:05 PM (CLcKT)

18 Beautiful top picture, MisHum.
And all this content, too! Thank you for providing much food for thought.

Posted by: ALH at November 28, 2018 10:05 PM (cS3Yq)

19 11 That first picture makes me think of Switzerland.
Posted by: Ladyl at November 28, 2018 10:03 PM (TdMsT)

Makes me think I really would like to take a motorcycle on that road down there.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 28, 2018 10:05 PM (PQMST)

20 Randy Newman: the only man more hated than Hitler.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 28, 2018 10:05 PM (pnMCv)

21 15 11 LadyL

Hiya, Big Sis!
Posted by: ibguy at November 28, 2018 10:04 PM (vUcdz)


I hope you are behaving, Li'l bro!

Posted by: Ladyl at November 28, 2018 10:06 PM (TdMsT)

22 aaah
insert mini rant about passive aggressive school admins here
the end

Posted by: @votermom @vm pimping great books usually free or sale at November 28, 2018 10:06 PM (XZ3Gp)

23 I'm glad the fire is still in their marriage, even if they felt they had to go kindle it on a public Florida beach.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at November 28, 2018 10:06 PM (ykYG2)

24 Re: the last picture - I think it's cute when men think they are in charge.

Posted by: ALH at November 28, 2018 10:07 PM (cS3Yq)

25 Hi Ladyl!

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at November 28, 2018 10:07 PM (NMAzL)

26 Rain Dove? Please meet Andrea Long Chu.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 28, 2018 10:07 PM (EZebt)

27 20 Randy Newman: the only man more hated than Hitler.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 28, 2018 10:05 PM (pnMCv)

Really?
I thought it was Neil Young.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 28, 2018 10:08 PM (aA3+G)

28 Love that top picture. How much you wanna make a bet I can throw a football over them mountains? Yeah... coach woulda put me in fourth quarter, we woulda been state champions. No doubt. No doubt in my mind.

Posted by: hogmartin at November 28, 2018 10:08 PM (t+qrx)

29 LadyL! Ibguy!

Good evening!

Rain Dove is seriously mentally ill and if I catch HIM in the ladies room with my granddaughters my two esteemed AoS friends above will be begging you all for bail money.

Don't care about the Campbell Soup Co. I haven't knowingly eaten their slop for 30 or so years. Which is difficult when one is only 29.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 28, 2018 10:08 PM (9rIkM)

30 20 Randy Newman: the only man more hated than Hitler.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 28, 2018 10:05 PM (pnMCv)

I would have said Barry Manilow.

Posted by: ALH at November 28, 2018 10:08 PM (cS3Yq)

31 Really?
I thought it was Neil Young.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian


Neil's close. He's up Newman's ass spelunking for a good lyric.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 28, 2018 10:09 PM (pnMCv)

32 Really?
I thought it was Neil Young.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 28, 2018 10:08 PM (aA3+G)

There is nothing wrong with Neil Young that a gag, six feet of earth and a pine box could not fix.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 28, 2018 10:09 PM (PQMST)

33 26 Rain Dove? Please meet Andrea Long Chu.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 28, 2018 10:07 PM (EZebt)

Cardboard subscription for remembering last night's Quote author

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 28, 2018 10:09 PM (aA3+G)

34 Randy Newman: the only man more hated than Hitler.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 28, 2018 10:05 PM (pnMCv)

Really?
I thought it was Neil Young.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 28, 2018 10:08 PM (aA3+G)


Jimmy Buffett.

Posted by: hogmartin at November 28, 2018 10:09 PM (t+qrx)

35 24 Re: the last picture - I think it's cute when men think they are in charge.
Posted by: ALH at November 28, 2018 10:07 PM (cS3Yq)

Dignity is overrated

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 28, 2018 10:10 PM (aA3+G)

36 MH, what a great ONT. Loved the intro picture. Did you get that from an ED commercial?


Busy day tomorrow.

Have a great night everyone.

But:

Head on a swivel and have a SecDef Mattis plan.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 28, 2018 10:10 PM (hyuyC)

37 Re: the last picture - I think it's cute when men think they are in charge.
Posted by: ALH at November 28, 2018 10:07 PM (cS3Yq)

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It's cute that you think we always want to be in charge. Why do you think we consistently screw up stuff like loading the dishwasher, laundry, etc?

Posted by: Calm Mentor at November 28, 2018 10:10 PM (ffYR/)

38 Jeep is coming out with a new pick-up truck...

https://preview.tinyurl.com/y8jv4kqf

Posted by: davidt at November 28, 2018 10:10 PM (W3V6k)

39 Randy Newman: the only man more hated than Hitler.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 28, 2018 10:05 PM (pnMCv)

Really?
I thought it was Neil Young.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 28, 2018 10:08 PM (aA3+G)

Jimmy Buffett.
Posted by: hogmartin at November 28, 2018 10:09 PM (t+qrx)


I'll just cut to the chase.

I hate everyone.

Posted by: DR.WTF? at November 28, 2018 10:11 PM (T71PA)

40 Feelings

woe, woe , woe...
Feelings

Posted by: mikeyG at November 28, 2018 10:11 PM (LL1Be)

41 I'm watching Touching the Void. It does make me feel good about my decision to drink a beer and forego mountain climbing.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 28, 2018 10:11 PM (H5knJ)

42 Mama Told Me Not to Come really belongs to Three Dog Night.

It's a good song to play as loudly as possible.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 28, 2018 10:12 PM (EZebt)

43 Relevant to My Interests ONT Compliance Pics

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/1067826415133835265

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/1067826511237926912

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/1067826682302787587

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/1067826801672667137

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/1067826897453760515

Posted by: kbdabear at November 28, 2018 10:12 PM (0Ntuf)

44
Was going to make an insightful comment on tonight's deep thought, but it requires too much effort. Fuck it.

Posted by: otho at November 28, 2018 10:13 PM (LkFnL)

45 I can't believe Three Dog Night heard that and realized they could make it sound good (I'm listening to their version now).

Posted by: t-bird at November 28, 2018 10:13 PM (Z1eux)

46 38 Jeep is coming out with a new pick-up truck...

https://preview.tinyurl.com/y8jv4kqf
Posted by: davidt at November 28, 2018 10:10 PM (W3V6k)

Interesting.
I didn't see a price.
But, I suspect they are quite proud of it and the sticker will convey that pride.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 28, 2018 10:13 PM (aA3+G)

47 Very nice version of "Wish You Were Here".

Posted by: rickl at November 28, 2018 10:13 PM (sdi6R)

48 More Relevant to My Interests ONT Compliance Pics

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/1067827004488261633

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/1067827134234677248

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/1067827261217226757

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/1067827385649762305

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/1067827504851779584

Posted by: kbdabear at November 28, 2018 10:13 PM (0Ntuf)

49 Did Campbells get woke?
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 28, 2018 10:04 PM (PQMST)

I know one way Campbells can save some money: stop paying for the halal certification on all their shit.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 28, 2018 10:14 PM (fDU8w)

50 What's with the leash in the last pic? Did he fail to respond to a text?

Posted by: Blanco Basura - It's OK, I'm with the banned at November 28, 2018 10:14 PM (0bu2O)

51 'll just cut to the chase.

I hate everyone.
Posted by: DR.WTF? at November 28, 2018 10:11 PM (T71PA)

That's fair......

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 28, 2018 10:14 PM (aA3+G)

52 20 Randy Newman: the only man more hated than Hitler.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 28, 2018 10:05 PM (pnMCv)

===

Hate him. Absolutely right.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 28, 2018 10:15 PM (EZebt)

53 First picture makes me think of a Cialis ad. The times we live in...

Posted by: Insomniac at November 28, 2018 10:15 PM (NWiLs)

54
My, how times have changed. Do you remember when parents were allowed to parent?

Reports like this infuriate me.

Posted by: Insomniac at November 28, 2018 10:15 PM (NWiLs)

55 I'm here with news on the seemingly devastating state of things over at Campbell's Soup.

Ever since they did the "Luke, I'm your father" advertisement with two Sodomites and a young boy, I decided Campbell Soup was The Enemy.

Too many other brands to choose from.

Posted by: Blue Bird of F'ing Joy at November 28, 2018 10:15 PM (lD3vL)

56 21 LadyL

As I always say: Behaving *badly* is *still* behaving!

Posted by: ibguy at November 28, 2018 10:16 PM (vUcdz)

57 Rain Dove is seriously mentally ill and if I catch HIM in the ladies room with my granddaughters my two esteemed AoS friends above will be begging you all for bail money.

Make him change his name to Mourning Dove?

Posted by: Basement Cat at November 28, 2018 10:16 PM (3C9q2)

58 29

Hey Tonypete!!

Posted by: ibguy at November 28, 2018 10:16 PM (vUcdz)

59 Jeep is coming out with a new pick-up truck...

https://preview.tinyurl.com/y8jv4kqf

Posted by: davidt at November 28, 2018 10:10 PM



Wonder what the range on a full charge is...

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at November 28, 2018 10:16 PM (CLcKT)

60
Cardboard subscription for remembering last night's Quote author
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 28, 2018 10:09 PM (aA3+G)

===

I wish I could forget.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 28, 2018 10:17 PM (EZebt)

61 Pie Jesu Domine, *whack*

dona eis *whack* requiem

*whack*


Dona eis requiem *whack* sempiternam.

Posted by: mikeyG at November 28, 2018 10:17 PM (LL1Be)

62 Wonder what the range on a full charge is...
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at November 28, 2018 10:16 PM (CLcKT)


Thirty-three miles.

Posted by: DR.WTF? at November 28, 2018 10:17 PM (T71PA)

63 The top picture reminds of of something. There was a picture of an austrian village on Bing several months ago. Picturesque, by a lake. I kept thinking how awesome it would be to live there.

Then, a couple of weeks into winter here in Kentucky where we have only had a dusting a couple of times reminds me that living in a place where they probably measure snow by the foot for convenience is probably not for me.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 28, 2018 10:18 PM (PQMST)

64 Don't care about the Campbell Soup Co. I haven't knowingly eaten their slop for 30 or so years. Which is difficult when one is only 29.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 28, 2018 10:08 PM (9rIkM)

But you need Campbell's soup for the cheesy potato casserole for the church potluck! Or don't Catholics have potlucks?

Posted by: Ladyl at November 28, 2018 10:18 PM (TdMsT)

65 Rain Dove is seriously mentally ill
Posted by: Tonypete at November 28, 2018 10:08 PM (9rIkM)


Dude sells a decent line of lawn sprinklers, to be fair.

Posted by: hogmartin at November 28, 2018 10:18 PM (t+qrx)

66 I've been boycotting Campbell's gay soup ever since their homo ad with the gay guys feeding a kid their gay soup and both telling the poor kid each is his father.

Posted by: Insomniac at November 28, 2018 10:18 PM (NWiLs)

67 What's with the leash in the last pic?

An attempt to shoplift the leash?

Posted by: Basement Cat at November 28, 2018 10:19 PM (3C9q2)

68 That top picture makes me wish I could find some place like that to go backpacking...

Posted by: lin-duh at November 28, 2018 10:19 PM (kufk0)

69 That top picture is just beautiful, MisHum. I could sit in one of those chairs and look at those mountains for a long time.

Posted by: bluebell at November 28, 2018 10:19 PM (U5tDi)

70 What's with the leash in the last pic?

An attempt to shoplift the leash?
Posted by: Basement Cat at November 28, 2018 10:19 PM (3C9q2)


It's not a leash, it's a whip... a pussy whip.

Posted by: DR.WTF? at November 28, 2018 10:19 PM (T71PA)

71 Wonder what the range on a full charge is...
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at November 28, 2018 10:16 PM (CLcKT)

Thirty-three miles.
Posted by: DR.WTF? at November 28, 2018 10:17 PM (T71PA)

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This is about the average commute to work in the Atl. area.......one way, and does not account for sitting in traffic.

Posted by: Calm Mentor at November 28, 2018 10:19 PM (ffYR/)

72 Stop the pain. Stop the violence. Stop the homogenous assessment. See me for my actions not my body. I am an experience. I am intentions. I am an awareness. Not simply flesh.Rain Dove Dubilewski


Rain Dove: you are not the sort of "experience" I want in the ladies room.

Posted by: Ladyl at November 28, 2018 10:20 PM (TdMsT)

73 45
I can't believe Three Dog Night heard that and realized they could make it sound good (I'm listening to their version now).

Posted by: t-bird at November 28, 2018 10:13 PM (Z1eux)

Even Newman said that 3 Dog Night, adding the counter melody made the song the hit it was, was the right call.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at November 28, 2018 10:20 PM (UsCnO)

74 69 That top picture is just beautiful, MisHum. I could sit in one of those chairs and look at those mountains for a long time.
Posted by: bluebell at November 28, 2018 10:19 PM (U5tDi)

Sure until you get Rumpitis

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 28, 2018 10:21 PM (aA3+G)

75 Ahhhhhh!

Green lava flow!!!1!

Glowball Worming!

Posted by: tumbleweed at November 28, 2018 10:21 PM (b2VAM)

76 Posted by: hogmartin at November 28, 2018 10:09 PM (t+qrx)

I'll just cut to the chase.

I hate everyone.
Posted by: DR.WTF? at November 28, 2018 10:11 PM (T71PA)

I've been hating everyone and everything, including myself, a lot lately, moreso than usual. I've just had it up to here *stretches arm to maximum length above head* with life, the world, all the bullshit.

Posted by: Insomniac at November 28, 2018 10:21 PM (NWiLs)

77 Gloom, despair, and agony on me
Deep, dark depression, excessive misery
If it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all
Gloom, despair, and agony on me

Posted by: mikeyG at November 28, 2018 10:21 PM (LL1Be)

78 56 21 LadyL

As I always say: Behaving *badly* is *still* behaving!
Posted by: ibguy at November 28, 2018 10:16 PM (vUcdz)

As they say: be good, and if you can't be good, be careful.

Posted by: Ladyl at November 28, 2018 10:22 PM (TdMsT)

79 24 Re: the last picture - I think it's cute when men think they are in charge.
Posted by: ALH at November 28, 2018 10:07 PM (cS3Yq)

Oddly enough, my husband is in charge. All of the time. He knows enough to ask lots of questions, but the final decision is his.

Makes life easier. I don't get to make the final choice, but neither do I have to suffer the consequences. It is really a win-win.

Men are funny when they discover how boneheaded they really are.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 28, 2018 10:22 PM (NXsWM)

80 As they say: be good, and if you can't be good, be careful.
Posted by: Ladyl at November 28, 2018 10:22 PM (TdMsT)

And, if you can't be careful, name it after me.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 28, 2018 10:22 PM (NXsWM)

81 @16

I think it has more to do with their standard soups taste like over salted shit and their low sodium soups taste like flavorless shit.

And they are expensive.


And making your own soup is not really hard.

Posted by: Kreplach at November 28, 2018 10:22 PM (qxq6t)

82 77 Gloom, despair, and agony on me
Deep, dark depression, excessive misery
If it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all
Gloom, despair, and agony on me
Posted by: mikeyG at November 28, 2018 10:21 PM (LL1Be)

Is your phone number BR 549?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 28, 2018 10:23 PM (aA3+G)

83 Even Newman said that 3 Dog Night, adding the counter melody made the song the hit it was, was the right call.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at November 28, 2018 10:20 PM (UsCnO)

I absolutely love watching old Three Dog Night videos. They completely capture the essence of the 1970's.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 28, 2018 10:24 PM (NXsWM)

84 "You said those faggots were 'marketing gold' , Brandon."
"Marketing GOLD!!"

Posted by: Campbell's Soup Inc. Board Meeting at November 28, 2018 10:25 PM (LL1Be)

85 Good lord that Sierra Club argument for not removing dead trees is fake/dumb. Forest fires disturb that carbon, putting it immediately into the atmosphere. If you log the trees and turn them into books and shelves or even junk mail, That carbon is going to be held for decades or decompose slowly in a landfill and be held for 100s of years same as if the tree decomposes in place if there happens to be no fires.

Posted by: paleRider at November 28, 2018 10:25 PM (eASYU)

86 won't miss campbells. at all.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at November 28, 2018 10:25 PM (KP5rU)

87 Men dressing in women clothes and pretending they are females is one thing, a mid-level craziness that has been around for a long time. This insanity involving surgery and actually trying to change ones sex and expecting the rest of world to play along and pretend it is normal is another. It is an Orwellian nightmare, mass delusion of some sort.


In a normal world doctors that promote mutilation and use of hormone to help their patients change their gender would have their medical licenses revoked and banned from ever practicing medicine again. Instead it is people that refuse to play along and pretend it is OK who are going to be marginalized and punished, if the left has their way.

Posted by: Ripley at November 28, 2018 10:26 PM (NbRJx)

88 The top picture reminds of of something. There was a picture of an austrian village on Bing several months ago. Picturesque, by a lake. I kept thinking how awesome it would be to live there.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 28, 2018 10:18 PM (PQMST


They do come up with some good names for villages, the Austrians.

http://tinyurl.com/yackkfnn

Posted by: hogmartin at November 28, 2018 10:27 PM (t+qrx)

89 Yo bad Rain Dove Dubilewski died in a tragic kiln explosion...I just talked to her last week, she was going to make a pot for me!

Posted by: Mr. Buford at November 28, 2018 10:27 PM (ym5eo)

90 The Indians (dot not feather) are getting ready to launch a rocket later tonight. Here is a video explaining the mission:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1OVsJyAN1Y

Posted by: rickl at November 28, 2018 10:27 PM (sdi6R)

91 83
Even Newman said that 3 Dog Night, adding the counter melody made the song the hit it was, was the right call.



Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at November 28, 2018 10:20 PM (UsCnO)



I absolutely love watching old Three Dog Night videos. They completely capture the essence of the 1970's.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 28, 2018 10:24 PM (NXsWM)
What was that old show on late night? Midnight Special? Early-mid 70's.

A lot of bands made appearances.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at November 28, 2018 10:27 PM (UsCnO)

92 [sigh]
It's Rain Dove, again.

Posted by: Flyover at November 28, 2018 10:28 PM (B5K06)

93 Stop the pain. Stop the violence. Stop the homogenous assessment. See me for my actions not my body. I am an experience. I am intentions. I am an awareness. Not simply flesh." Rain Dove Dubilewski

LOL. You're an experience? .... Ha.

That flesh ain't so impressive, either.

The name is funny but I think that Rain Dove McGee would have been better.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at November 28, 2018 10:28 PM (Cp/jq)

94 But you need Campbell's soup for the cheesy potato casserole for the church potluck! Or don't Catholics have potlucks?

Posted by: LadyL
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No, they are not as prevalent. At a Catholic function you get whatever ethnic group offerings the majority of the Parish is composed of.
e.g. - Italian Catholic functions will have chicken, meatballs and pasta of some kind, sausage and peppers. Mountains of cookies.

Romanian Catholic it would be different. Bohunks, Poles, African, Mexican all different still.

In no case would one find a jello dish with carrots, lettuce, or white grapes in it. Yuck.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 28, 2018 10:28 PM (9rIkM)

95 That top picture ain't nothing,

Take a look at this


https://tinyurl.com/y8noj9bt

Posted by: MAGA at November 28, 2018 10:29 PM (/8RAd)

96 So I was all ready to drop a mention of "my friend Ace," but Trebek didn't pick the story I thought he would. And for reasons that will become clear later I couldn't joke on my Final J answer.

That damn Canuck...

Posted by: Broseidon Czar of the Brocean at November 28, 2018 10:29 PM (dQAdn)

97 Thanks Mis Hum for another great night of content. The top picture is gorgeous. I can think of a couple of places like that in the North Cascades. Just no highway.

Posted by: Winston a dreg of society at November 28, 2018 10:29 PM (+TuXx)

98 won't miss campbells. at all.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at November 28, 2018 10:25 PM (KP5rU)

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I make a couple of things that call for their condensed soups as part of the recipe, but if they go away I will figure something out.

Posted by: Calm Mentor at November 28, 2018 10:29 PM (ffYR/)

99 16 I wonder if Campbell's commercials normalizing same-sex parents had anything to do with their current troubles.
Posted by: Emmie]



Go woke, go broke.

Posted by: Puddleglum at November 28, 2018 10:29 PM (HCqAo)

100 In a normal world doctors that promote mutilation and use of hormone to help their patients change their gender would have their medical licenses revoked and banned from ever practicing medicine again. Instead it is people that refuse to play along and pretend it is OK who are going to be marginalized and punished, if the left has their way.
Posted by: Ripley at November 28, 2018 10:26 PM (NbRJx)

https://tinyurl.com/y7n6j6vv

It leads to child abuse of the very worst sort. And is followed by suicide.

People cannot live without the truth.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 28, 2018 10:29 PM (NXsWM)

101 They do come up with some good names for villages, the Austrians.

http://tinyurl.com/yackkfnn
Posted by: hogmartin at November 28, 2018 10:27 PM (t+qrx)

It was Hallstatt that I was thinking of.

Fucking seems nice.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 28, 2018 10:30 PM (PQMST)

102 Gloom, despair, and agony on me
Deep, dark depression, excessive misery
If it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all
Gloom, despair, and agony on me


Somebody has a really bad case of Seasonal Affective Disorder.

Posted by: Basement Cat at November 28, 2018 10:30 PM (3C9q2)

103 Junior Samples: We once knew a girl who was so fat she wore prescription underwear.

Posted by: mikeyG at November 28, 2018 10:30 PM (LL1Be)

104 this dove shit keeps up, maybe i'll check out the latest ufo site. more credibility.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at November 28, 2018 10:30 PM (KP5rU)

105 In no case would one find a jello dish with carrots, lettuce, or white grapes in it. Yuck.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 28, 2018 10:28 PM (9rIkM)

Once again showing that Catholics have poor taste

Posted by: Marty Luther at November 28, 2018 10:30 PM (aA3+G)

106 A can of Campbell's mushroom soup is going for about $1.50 these days.


Condensed milk, flour, some simple seasonings, and some chopped mushroom bits.


They can't make a profit? Really?

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at November 28, 2018 10:30 PM (UsCnO)

107 If dead tress sequester carbon, don't landfills do the same? Isn't it better to turn the trees into paper bags (and the oil into plastic bags) and then bury them where their carbon will be trapped forever?

I want to save the earth. Tomorrow I will ask for extra plastic bags at the supermarket just to throw them in the trash!

Posted by: Gentlemen, This is democracy manifest at November 28, 2018 10:31 PM (LWu6U)

108 Today on the highway an 18 wheeler, painted on the back of the cab, in big letters;
God bless President Trump.

Posted by: Braenyard at November 28, 2018 10:31 PM (HWLn9)

109 98 won't miss campbells. at all.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at November 28, 2018 10:25 PM (KP5rU)

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I make a couple of things that call for their condensed soups as part of the recipe, but if they go away I will figure something out.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at November 28, 2018 10:29 PM (ffYR/)

I do like their golden mushroom soup for cooking.
Most recipes that call for soup can be substituted with other brands

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 28, 2018 10:31 PM (aA3+G)

110 Yeah, Campbell's soup isn't any good. Way too salty.

I read a book by one of the guys who was first to climb Annapurna. It was pretty interesting reading about the organization and teamwork that goes into that kind of serious climb (I have spent much of the last decade-plus doing engineering project management). But then I got to the part at the end, where they were riding the train back down to civilization, and the surgeon with them was constantly cutting bits off their toes and fingers as their flesh mortified due to their all having experienced terrible frostbite, and I was just like...why?

To add insult to that long-ago injury, I don't even remember the name of the guy who wrote the book.

Posted by: Mrs. Peel at November 28, 2018 10:31 PM (rWZ8Y)

111 Why is that the civil forfeiture case that makes it to the SC? That dope pusher was convicted. Confiscating proceeds from his drug dealing is not a fine.

If they arrested him and decided not to prosecute, then he would have a case IMO. That's not the case here.

Posted by: Lancelot Link Secret Agent Chimp at November 28, 2018 10:32 PM (2DOZq)

112 92
[sigh]

It's Rain Dove, again.

Posted by: Flyover at November 28, 2018 10:28 PM (B5K06)

Beto Rain Dove.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at November 28, 2018 10:32 PM (UsCnO)

113 And for reasons that will become clear later I couldn't joke on my Final J answer.

That means he was in it to win it!

Posted by: t-bird at November 28, 2018 10:32 PM (98WNR)

114

Did it again, MH.

I think someone with the knowledge needs to archive the pics at the top.

They'd be nice to revisit from time to time.

Posted by: irongrampa at November 28, 2018 10:33 PM (S/hVx)

115 Ima gonna get all my hate and ragestrokey out of the way while it's still November so i can get into the Christmas spirit:

Fuck every leftist, commie, two bit whore, porn lawyer, CNN fakenews shitfuckers, dumbfuck voters, antifa soyboybunnyfaggots up the ass with a barbed metal baseball bat laced with the latest strains of avian pig flu and flesh eating bacteria till they rot in the fecal filled graves that is Hillary's political career.

Merry Christmas!

Posted by: Froderick Wonkensteen at November 28, 2018 10:33 PM (+dsLj)

116 So I was all ready to drop a mention of "my friend Ace," but Trebek didn't pick the story I thought he would. And for reasons that will become clear later I couldn't joke on my Final J answer.

That damn Canuck...
Posted by: Broseidon Czar of the Brocean at November 28, 2018 10:29 PM (dQAdn)
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Hi broseidon! I know you can't tell us anything but I'm happy to see you. I was thinking of you today and hoping it was going well. I guess I'll find out in a few weeks when you're on my TV.

Posted by: bluebell at November 28, 2018 10:33 PM (U5tDi)

117 somebody will take campbells place in the soup aisle.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at November 28, 2018 10:33 PM (KP5rU)

118 Rain Dove - Mud Hen.


Yeeesh. I had to go looking for its' pic.

Posted by: Cicero Boom chicka boom Kaboom! Kid at November 28, 2018 10:33 PM (1o9xi)

119 Stop the pain. Stop the violence. Stop the homogenous assessment. See me for my actions not my body. I am an experience. I am intentions. I am an awareness. Not simply flesh.Rain Dove Dubilewski


You're a loon.

Posted by: Puddleglum at November 28, 2018 10:33 PM (HCqAo)

120 That top picture made me think of John Denver's big hit - Country Road

Posted by: ALH at November 28, 2018 10:34 PM (cS3Yq)

121 111 Why is that the civil forfeiture case that makes it to the SC? That dope pusher was convicted. Confiscating proceeds from his drug dealing is not a fine.

If they arrested him and decided not to prosecute, then he would have a case IMO. That's not the case here.
Posted by: Lancelot Link Secret Agent Chimp at November 28, 2018 10:32 PM (2DOZq)

Largest fine on the books is $10,000
Car value $40,000

Plus it appears that drug proceeds weren't use to purchase the car, just to deliver the product.

I think most civil forfeitures are legalized theft, and this is one of those.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 28, 2018 10:34 PM (aA3+G)

122 66 I've been boycotting Campbell's gay soup ever since their homo ad with the gay guys feeding a kid their gay soup and both telling the poor kid each is his father.

Posted by: Insomniac at November 28, 2018 10:18 PM (NWiLs)


Srsly. Soup takes like, mere minutes to make without a can.

Posted by: Cicero Boom chicka boom Kaboom! Kid at November 28, 2018 10:34 PM (1o9xi)

123
The name is funny but I think that Rain Dove McGee would have been better.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at November 28, 2018 10:28 PM (Cp/jq)

You will note it didn't call itself "Brain Dove". That would have been a bridge too far.

BTW, let's all try to avoid using the creepazoids' "pronoun of choice" in comments here. Call "Rain Dove" "she", and you are validating, in a small way, its delusion. If you know for a fact that it was born a he, like Jenner and Bradley Manning, use "he" as its pronoun. If not sure, "it" works wonders.

And be sure to do that out in meatspace, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 28, 2018 10:34 PM (fDU8w)

124 Bluebell: It was great knowing I had everyone's support! Friday January 25th is my air date!

Posted by: Broseidon Czar of the Brocean at November 28, 2018 10:34 PM (dQAdn)

125 In no case would one find a jello dish with carrots, lettuce, or white grapes in it. Yuck.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 28, 2018 10:28 PM (9rIkM)


The Cleveland Byzantine Catholics win with varenyky and holubtsi.

Posted by: Ladyl at November 28, 2018 10:35 PM (TdMsT)

126 Fuck every leftist, commie, two bit whore, porn lawyer, CNN fakenews
shitfuckers, dumbfuck voters, antifa soyboybunnyfaggots up the ass with a
barbed metal baseball bat laced with the latest strains of avian pig
flu and flesh eating bacteria till they rot in the fecal filled graves
that is Hillary's political career.
...



and a PAR TRIDGE

IN
A PEAR



TREEEEEEEEEE !

Posted by: mikeyG at November 28, 2018 10:35 PM (LL1Be)

127 Bluebell: It was great knowing I had everyone's support! Friday January 25th is my air date!
Posted by: Broseidon Czar of the Brocean at November 28, 2018 10:34 PM (dQAdn)
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Hooray! Going on my calendar right now

Posted by: bluebell at November 28, 2018 10:35 PM (U5tDi)

128 Gloom, despair, and agony on me
Deep, dark depression, excessive misery
If it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all
Gloom, despair, and agony on me


I have that HeeHaw song as one of my ring tones for a certain family member.

Posted by: Blue Bird of F'ing Joy at November 28, 2018 10:36 PM (lD3vL)

129 @111

Because hard cases make bad law and precedent.


And this being a police power case the SCOTUS has historically sided with cops and their overreaching.


I imagine I will be dissapointed with the reasoning of the verdict whichever side wins.

Posted by: Kreplach at November 28, 2018 10:36 PM (qxq6t)

130 Why is that the civil forfeiture case that makes it to the SC? That dope pusher was convicted. Confiscating proceeds from his drug dealing is not a fine.

If they arrested him and decided not to prosecute, then he would have a case IMO. That's not the case here.
Posted by: Lancelot Link Secret Agent Chimp at November 28, 2018 10:32 PM (2DOZq)

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Since it made it to SCOTUS, my guess is that they couldn't prove that he used funds from drug dealing to purchase the car.

Posted by: Calm Mentor at November 28, 2018 10:36 PM (ffYR/)

131 The Cleveland Byzantine Catholics win with varenyky and holubtsi.
Posted by: Ladyl at November 28, 2018 10:35 PM (TdMsT)


Mom's side of the family is all in Hazleton PA, so theirs is pierogi and golabki. Same-ish.

Posted by: hogmartin at November 28, 2018 10:36 PM (t+qrx)

132 What's that program or app that signals you when the ONT goes up?

Posted by: mindful webworker - windows chrome linux compaq compatible at November 28, 2018 10:37 PM (T+yA/)

133 96 So I was all ready to drop a mention of "my friend Ace," but Trebek didn't pick the story I thought he would. And for reasons that will become clear later I couldn't joke on my Final J answer.

That damn Canuck...
Posted by: Broseidon Czar of the Brocean at November 28, 2018 10:29 PM (dQAdn)


So you couldn't give a shout-out to your sister Mary Cloggenstein?

Posted by: rickl at November 28, 2018 10:37 PM (sdi6R)

134 Hogmartin, love you quoted that movie, gosh!

As for the deep thought, stay lazy AND thirsty, my friends.

Posted by: LizLem at November 28, 2018 10:37 PM (uSS4V)

135 >>If not sure, "it" works wonders.

I may be showing my age here, but I like to refer to those individuals of indeterminate sex as "It's Pat".

Examples:
-Yeah, there's an It's Pat in the choir at my church.
-I saw the It's Pat from work at lunch today.
-Which bathroom is that It's Pat going into?

Posted by: Mrs. Peel at November 28, 2018 10:37 PM (rWZ8Y)

136 Stop the pain. Stop the violence. Stop the homogenous assessment. See me for my actions not my body. I am an experience. I am intentions. I am an awareness. Not simply flesh.

Someone's braincells are deteriorating.

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 28, 2018 10:38 PM (+lVUW)

137 Y'know what one calls soup without the added water?


Food!

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at November 28, 2018 10:38 PM (CLcKT)

138 To add insult to that long-ago injury, I don't even remember the name of the guy who wrote the book.

Maurice Herzog. I read that book years ago too.

Posted by: Basement Cat at November 28, 2018 10:39 PM (3C9q2)

139 somebody will take campbells place in the soup aisle.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at November 28, 2018 10:33 PM (KP5rU)

We have Aylmer soups up here in Canada. Been around for many, many years. And most of the big supermarkets have no-name soups. And the types of soups that get used as recipe ingredients are usually found in no-name.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 28, 2018 10:39 PM (fDU8w)

140 Berry Gordy is some kind of kin to Miss Lillian Carter, and, as such, Jimmy, too.

2nd cousins, maybe?

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 28, 2018 10:39 PM (/E4k7)

141 Men are funny when they discover how boneheaded they really are.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 28, 2018 10:22 PM (NXsWM)

And maybe you'll still think its funny when you find out how many other lady friends you didn't know he had!!

Hahaha.

Why should any man put up with one bitch's git.

Mutual Kidets are one thing. Raising another mans' bastards are another.

So, no I'm not getting married, again.

Sorry you brought it up.

Posted by: tumbleweed at November 28, 2018 10:39 PM (b2VAM)

142 Hogmartin, love you quoted that movie, gosh!
Posted by: LizLem at November 28, 2018 10:37 PM (uSS4V)


Somebody got it! :3

Glad you got to see Diana Krall, bet that was fun. Some stuff from Live in Paris came up on my random list earlier. That one's still my favorite.

Posted by: hogmartin at November 28, 2018 10:39 PM (t+qrx)

143 131 The Cleveland Byzantine Catholics win with varenyky and holubtsi.
Posted by: Ladyl at November 28, 2018 10:35 PM (TdMsT)

Mom's side of the family is all in Hazleton PA, so theirs is pierogi and golabki. Same-ish.
Posted by: hogmartin at November 28, 2018 10:36 PM (t+qrx)


Same difference!

Posted by: Ladyl at November 28, 2018 10:39 PM (TdMsT)

144 the seemingly devastating state of things over at Campbell's Soup.
-------

Haven't bought a can since the 'Two daddies' ad.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 28, 2018 10:40 PM (LJsYz)

145 11 That first picture makes me think of Switzerland.
Posted by: Ladyl at November 28, 2018 10:03 PM (TdMsT)
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Made me think of the Viagra ad--- no, I think it's Cialis.
Whatever. The one with the two tubs out in the middle of nowhere.

I'm not saying that a guy wouldn't deserve a whole lot of credit for the effort of hauling tubs out to a scenic site.
But .... where's the plumbing? How do you get water in the tubs?
I figure there's no water in 'em.

And then I ask what this means. Are we expected automatically to strip just because we see a tub, even an empty tub?
Is this a common reaction to tub sightings?
How come I never see naked people in Lowe's?

Eh. I'll take the sensible guy with the folding chairs.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at November 28, 2018 10:41 PM (Rxduq)

146
We have Aylmer soups up here in Canada. Been around for many, many years. And most of the big supermarkets have no-name soups. And the types of soups that get used as recipe ingredients are usually found in no-name.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 28, 2018 10:39 PM (fDU8w)

Why does the name Aylmer make me think of paint?

Posted by: Ladyl at November 28, 2018 10:41 PM (TdMsT)

147 139: same here. wife uses the no name soups in all her recipes. no difference. campbells calling that swill chicken noodle is a travesty.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at November 28, 2018 10:41 PM (KP5rU)

148

Stupid asshole with the Range rover is a DRUG DEALER.

Anyone who deliberately sells a substance like heroin with no regard to the consequences deserves a round through the forehead.

This guy is bi-pedal feces.

Good thing I weasn't involved, he wouldn't be around to squeak about what happened.

Posted by: irongrampa at November 28, 2018 10:41 PM (S/hVx)

149 Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 28, 2018 10:34 PM (aA3+G

He paid for the drug delivery vehicle with legally earned money he set aside and used the illegally earned money for other expenses ?

Posted by: Lancelot Link Secret Agent Chimp at November 28, 2018 10:42 PM (2DOZq)

150 No Soup Nazi jokes yet?

Posted by: Soup Nazi at November 28, 2018 10:42 PM (W3V6k)

151 Why does the name Aylmer make me think of paint?
Posted by: Ladyl at November 28, 2018 10:41 PM (TdMsT)
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If you lived in the South it would make you think of glue.

Posted by: bluebell at November 28, 2018 10:42 PM (U5tDi)

152 I use Campbell's Golden Mushroom soup in the slow cooker.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 28, 2018 10:42 PM (EZebt)

153
Eh. I'll take the sensible guy with the folding chairs.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at November 28, 2018 10:41 PM (Rxduq)


Ummmm... you may be over-thinking this!

Posted by: Ladyl at November 28, 2018 10:42 PM (TdMsT)

154 I see those stupid Cialis tubs and keep wondering, Why two tubs? You're promoting sex. WTF? Two tubs?

Posted by: Winston a dreg of society at November 28, 2018 10:43 PM (+TuXx)

155 Why does the name Aylmer make me think of paint?
Posted by: Ladyl at November 28, 2018 10:41 PM (TdMsT)

I dunno. Aylmer is a town in Ontario famous for growing tomatoes.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 28, 2018 10:43 PM (fDU8w)

156 Haven't bought a can since the 'Two daddies' ad.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 28, 2018 10:40 PM (LJsYz)

-------------

Get woke, go broke. In this case though, it seems like some very bad and expensive acquisitions, along with the accompanying debt, is what may really do them in.

Posted by: Calm Mentor at November 28, 2018 10:43 PM (ffYR/)

157 151 Why does the name Aylmer make me think of paint?
Posted by: Ladyl at November 28, 2018 10:41 PM (TdMsT)
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If you lived in the South it would make you think of glue.

Posted by: bluebell at November 28, 2018 10:42 PM (U5tDi)


Eylmer's?

Posted by: Ladyl at November 28, 2018 10:43 PM (TdMsT)

158 The ISRO launch webcast is here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uqOADtLUDk

Posted by: rickl at November 28, 2018 10:43 PM (sdi6R)

159 Why two tubs? You're promoting sex. WTF? Two tubs?

Quiet, please. The Paolo is enjoying his snorkeling.

Posted by: Paolo at November 28, 2018 10:44 PM (nIvDu)

160 At least one of those corpses on Mt. Everest was a guy that was being paid big bucks to walk middle-aged dorks (i.e. Postal workers) to the top and and back. I wonder if the families of the dead sued his wife for damages.

Posted by: JAS at November 28, 2018 10:44 PM (3HNOQ)

161 Campbell soups are a staple of my church potlucks. I hate seeing classic brands die, but I can find cream of chicken and mushroom other places.

The booing of deBlahBlah at the nyc tree lighting made my heart grow three sizes.

Posted by: LizLem at November 28, 2018 10:44 PM (uSS4V)

162 I see those stupid Cialis tubs and keep wondering, Why two tubs? You're promoting sex. WTF? Two tubs?
Posted by: Winston a dreg of society at November 28, 2018 10:43 PM (+TuXx)
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And out on the lawn, with no plumbing, as Margarita said.

Makes you wonder what the second-best idea was.

Posted by: bluebell at November 28, 2018 10:44 PM (U5tDi)

163 Six-String Soldiers were good.

Went looking for lyrics.

None covered the latter part of what they sang.

??

Also, hiya howareya goodeven.

Posted by: mindful webworker - one-string one-note harmony at November 28, 2018 10:44 PM (T+yA/)

164 Wow, so much ONT content.
My wife got a good laugh at the Deep Thought, she's a former rock climber.

Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at November 28, 2018 10:45 PM (Rz2Nc)

165 Yeah, sure but the Paolo is in the tub with the women.
Even I remember how that works.

Posted by: Winston a dreg of society at November 28, 2018 10:45 PM (+TuXx)

166 the seemingly devastating state of things over at Campbell's Soup.
-------

Haven't bought a can since the 'Two daddies' ad.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 28, 2018 10:40 PM (LJsYz)

I haven't either, not to mention that their soup is disgusting compared to similarly priced brands, too much soy and other fillers.

Posted by: Surfperch at November 28, 2018 10:45 PM (pkeCj)

167 He paid for the drug delivery vehicle with legally earned money he set aside and used the illegally earned money for other expenses ?

It was in a locked. box.

Posted by: Algore at November 28, 2018 10:45 PM (NAs56)

168 Eylmer's?
Posted by: Ladyl at November 28, 2018 10:43 PM (TdMsT)
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Yayess.

Posted by: bluebell at November 28, 2018 10:45 PM (U5tDi)

169 campbells and gm. both soon to be on the shit pile of history. brought it on themselves.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at November 28, 2018 10:45 PM (KP5rU)

170 Makes you wonder what the second-best idea was.
Posted by: bluebell at November 28, 2018 10:44 PM (U5tDi)


LOL!

Posted by: Ladyl at November 28, 2018 10:46 PM (TdMsT)

171 The Cleveland Byzantine Catholics win with varenyky and holubtsi.
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I could stand some decent pierogies or cabbage rolls. Nice!


Posted by: Tonypete at November 28, 2018 10:46 PM (9rIkM)

172 Trying to stay awake, but can't.

Tomorrow, I go for The Interview for My Life. Prayers appreciated.

-Thanks

G'Night, Ev'ry-Buddy.

*static*

Posted by: Slapweasel, (T) at November 28, 2018 10:46 PM (Ckg4U)

173
85 Good lord that Sierra Club argument for not removing dead trees is fake/dumb.

And shows how friggin' narrow-minded these tools are. Forests cover less than one third of one-fourth of the earf. Retards. The oceans sequesters all of that sweet, sweet CO2.

Posted by: Cicero Boom chicka boom Kaboom! Kid at November 28, 2018 10:46 PM (1o9xi)

174 He paid for the drug delivery vehicle with legally earned money he set aside and used the illegally earned money for other expenses ?

Posted by: Lancelot Link Secret Agent Chimp at November 28, 2018 10:42 PM (2DOZq)

Money is fungible. Which is why it is money. I don't care if the drug dealer bought the Range Rover with money he earned painting an oprhanage for 50% under the going rate. He was able to do that because the money he made peddling dope bought his house, food, and health care.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 28, 2018 10:46 PM (fDU8w)

175 168 Eylmer's?
Posted by: Ladyl at November 28, 2018 10:43 PM (TdMsT)
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Yayess.
Posted by: bluebell at November 28, 2018 10:45 PM (U5tDi)


Ah simply love yore accent! Bless yore heart!

Posted by: Ladyl at November 28, 2018 10:47 PM (TdMsT)

176 Saying my rosary for you, Slap. Good bless.

Posted by: bluebell at November 28, 2018 10:47 PM (U5tDi)

177 How come I never see naked people in Lowe's?

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at November 28, 2018 10:41 PM (Rxduq)


You don't? Count your blessings.

Every. Damn. Trip.

Posted by: hogmartin at November 28, 2018 10:47 PM (t+qrx)

178
I am an experience. I am intentions. I am an awareness.

You're a guy. Period.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 28, 2018 10:47 PM (LsBY9)

179 Campbell's appears to be the first (and certainly not last) company to have gone broke after going 'woke'.

Posted by: Surfperch at November 28, 2018 10:47 PM (pkeCj)

180 Hi, Slapweasel. Good luck.

Posted by: rickl at November 28, 2018 10:47 PM (sdi6R)

181 Second best idea was a blanket in a field of poison ivy.

Posted by: Winston a dreg of society at November 28, 2018 10:48 PM (+TuXx)

182 171 The Cleveland Byzantine Catholics win with varenyky and holubtsi.
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I could stand some decent pierogies or cabbage rolls. Nice!


Posted by: Tonypete at November 28, 2018 10:46 PM (9rIkM)


I'm in the right family for both of those!

Posted by: Ladyl at November 28, 2018 10:48 PM (TdMsT)

183 Haven't bought a can since the 'Two daddies' ad.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 28, 2018 10:40 PM (LJsYz)

I haven't bought any since I learned they were paying for halal certification, and had a brand on the label to prove it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 28, 2018 10:49 PM (fDU8w)

184 Campbell's appears to be the first (and certainly not last) company to have gone broke after going 'woke'.

JCPenney took on Ellen TheDegenerate as a spokesperp. We will see where that goes.

Posted by: Blue Bird of F'ing Joy at November 28, 2018 10:49 PM (lD3vL)

185 Slap: I'm praying hard for you.

Posted by: Ladyl at November 28, 2018 10:49 PM (TdMsT)

186 Good Luck, Slap.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at November 28, 2018 10:49 PM (KP5rU)

187 LadyL, I think I need to come visit you and you need to take me to eat at the homes of your various family members.

Posted by: bluebell at November 28, 2018 10:49 PM (U5tDi)

188 What's that program or app that signals you when the ONT goes up?
Posted by: mindful webworker
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I just watch our Corgi.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 28, 2018 10:50 PM (V+A8w)

189 Hogmartin, she is great! apparently she and Tony have a Christmas duet album coming out. I am a sucker for holiday albums, might have to consider.

Aaaand Diana Ross is singing a John and Yoko style Christmas SJW song for the tree lighting with midi backup songs. Time to turn tv off.

Posted by: LizLem at November 28, 2018 10:50 PM (uSS4V)

190 Aylmer polymer

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 28, 2018 10:50 PM (aKsyK)

191 Tomorrow, I go for The Interview for My Life. Prayers appreciated.

-Thanks

G'Night, Ev'ry-Buddy.

*static*
Posted by: Slapweasel, (T) at November 28, 2018 10:46 PM (Ckg4U)

Good luck, Slap!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 28, 2018 10:50 PM (fDU8w)

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at November 28, 2018 10:50 PM (Rxduq)

193 Tomorrow, I go for The Interview for My Life. Prayers appreciated.

Prayers up, Slap, from the kittehs as well as the human.

Posted by: Basement Cat at November 28, 2018 10:50 PM (3C9q2)

194 A number of you know this story, so I'll be brief.

Many, many weeks ago, a much-loved friend decided to end her life.

Everyone who knew her was shocked. I knew of her medical issues, but I also knew of her determination to "power through this" which I told her I would do what I could to help. I held her hand and told her I would do what I could and she could count on me.

After the happening happened, I commented here, where I whined and mewled and wheened about how I couldn't understand it, etc etc etc. I'm sure most of you will remember about how tediously tedious I was.

At the time, I could not understand the circumstances which would lead one to load a gun, press the gun against one's temple, and pull the trigger. I mean, the circumstances which said, "This is the right thing to do, this is the only solution, this is what you should do, so stop hesitating and act."

Well.

Time solves all mysteries.

After a number of events since then, I really do see circumstances whereby one feels that only a bullet can put things in order. Where one sees nothing but deterioration, descent, diminishing returns, and a certainty that there is no escape, no future, no horizon, no out, and only that gun can make it an escape.

And before anyone says anything, no, I am not going to commit suicide anytime soon.
I just have an understanding of those who do.
Sorry for being a bummer, MisHum. I promised to be less of a bummer, but...things. And stuff. Lots of stuff.


Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 28, 2018 10:51 PM (l9m7l)

195 190 Aylmer polymer
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 28, 2018 10:50 PM (aKsyK)


That's the connection!

Posted by: Ladyl at November 28, 2018 10:51 PM (TdMsT)

196 Good luck Slap. Prayers up.

Posted by: Winston a dreg of society at November 28, 2018 10:51 PM (+TuXx)

197 Anyone know where that first image is from?

Posted by: lin-duh at November 28, 2018 10:51 PM (kufk0)

198 Cream of Chicken can be surprisingly good when you are sick, not just in other things.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 28, 2018 10:51 PM (PQMST)

199 So in the last picture, is he maybe a rescue?

Posted by: morigu at November 28, 2018 10:52 PM (Eu98u)

200 Slapweasel, good luck.

Posted by: hogmartin at November 28, 2018 10:52 PM (t+qrx)

201 Good luck, Slapweasel.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 28, 2018 10:52 PM (l9m7l)

202
Best wishes from me and Her Majesty, Slap.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 28, 2018 10:53 PM (LsBY9)

203 Best of luck, Slap!

Posted by: Surfperch at November 28, 2018 10:53 PM (pkeCj)

204 183 Haven't bought a can since the 'Two daddies' ad.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 28, 2018 10:40 PM (LJsYz)

I haven't bought any since I learned they were paying for halal certification, and had a brand on the label to prove it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 28, 2018 10:49 PM (fDU8w)

The things you learn here

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 28, 2018 10:53 PM (aA3+G)

205 Dear God: in your grace and mercy, please bring Slap the healing, peace of mind, and strength that he needs. Pour every blessing upon this good man. Amen.

Posted by: Ladyl at November 28, 2018 10:54 PM (TdMsT)

206 I really don't understand Campbell's. The are not the first working class brand to go off the rails trying to cater to folks who simply will not buy their product.

But ya pretty much I only use cream of mushroom or cream of celery from them. Way to much salt in all canned soups. Even the tasteless "low salt" kind.

Posted by: Big V at November 28, 2018 10:54 PM (CGfsq)

207 Beckoning, you are not tedious. You are grieving, and everyone here has experienced that at some time or other. The pain must be incredible. Please know that I care about you, and I'm sure I speak for many others when I say WE care about you. You are in my prayers too.

Posted by: bluebell at November 28, 2018 10:54 PM (U5tDi)

208 Beckoning, good luck with your struggles. <3

Posted by: LizLem at November 28, 2018 10:55 PM (uSS4V)

209
Prayers from our house too, Slap.

Posted by: irongrampa at November 28, 2018 10:55 PM (S/hVx)

210 -
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I haven't either, not to mention that their soup is disgusting compared to similarly priced brands, too much soy and other fillers.
Posted by: Surfperch at November 28, 2018 10:45 PM

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As long as we're talking about canned soup, why can't you find canned chili without fillers? I mean, even half of the brands of f'n dog food brag about having no fillers, BUT ALL YOU CHILI-EATIN HUMANS CAN JUST GO FUCK YOURSELVES.

Posted by: irright at November 28, 2018 10:56 PM (RVcmP)

211 Anyone know where that first image is from?
Posted by: lin-duh at November 28, 2018 10:51 PM (kufk0)


Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy.

Posted by: hogmartin at November 28, 2018 10:56 PM (t+qrx)

212 Prayer vigils in NW AR being conducted, Slap!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 28, 2018 10:56 PM (/E4k7)

213 I don't care what you say. The drug dealer was sentenced as if it was a misdemeanor, house arrest. It does not justify the cops confiscating his car. How can you expect cops to enforce the law when you allow them to be thieves?

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 28, 2018 10:56 PM (Lqy/e)

214 Why does Ben Shapiro hate Mt. Everest?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 28, 2018 10:56 PM (YEpQs)

215 Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 28, 2018 10:51 PM (l9m7l)

Beckoning, I understand. I had an old boyfriend, we stayed good friends, kill himself with pills. The cancer and back pain was driving him mad. It broke my heart, but I understand the pain and hopeless one must feel in a terminal situation.

{{{BC}}}

Posted by: Infidel at November 28, 2018 10:56 PM (PF4TZ)

216 Good luck, Slap. Hopefully Dr. Lecter isn't on the interview panel.

Posted by: Insomniac at November 28, 2018 10:56 PM (NWiLs)

217 187 LadyL, I think I need to come visit you and you need to take me to eat at the homes of your various family members.
Posted by: bluebell at November 28, 2018 10:49 PM (U5tDi)



We all welcome you with open arms and fabulous food!

Posted by: Ladyl at November 28, 2018 10:56 PM (TdMsT)

218 205 for Slap

Amen

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 28, 2018 10:57 PM (aA3+G)

219

They must not show the two daddies Campbell's ads on old peoples' TV.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 28, 2018 10:57 PM (aKsyK)

220 *unstatic*

With all humility and gratefulness, Thank You All from the bottom of my heart.

...a little dusty in here. Time for bed.

*static*

Posted by: Slapweasel, (T) at November 28, 2018 10:57 PM (Ckg4U)

221 Beckoning Chasm
All I can say is that you did all you could. She made her choice. Not an easy one. Pain, confusion and the prospect of decline into a bitter end with no way out, seemingly, can make this an honest choice. Talk to us here. Don't go down that path. It's hard to resist as it often seems like the best, easiest choice. The loss to others who care about you, as you care about her leaves damage and destruction in the wake of that choice.
Personal experience, I've been on both sides of this issue and in no way do I want to go back to that. Hang on my friend. The Horde abides.

Posted by: Winston a dreg of society at November 28, 2018 10:58 PM (+TuXx)

222 ...Why is that the civil forfeiture case that makes it to the SC? That dope pusher was convicted. Confiscating proceeds from his drug dealing is not a fine.

If they arrested him and decided not to prosecute, then he would have a case IMO. That's not the case here.
Posted by: Lancelot Link Secret Agent Chimp at November 28, 2018 10:32 PM (2DOZq)

Largest fine on the books is $10,000
Car value $40,000

Plus it appears that drug proceeds weren't use to purchase the car, just to deliver the product.

I think most civil forfeitures are legalized theft, and this is one of those.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 28, 2018 10:34 PM (aA3+G)




Dude should've just filed a claim for Diminished Value.

Do I gotta Hordesplain everything 'round here?


/snrk



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at November 28, 2018 10:58 PM (QzJWU)

223 Hey everybody.

Oh boy. Tonight, and only a week after I started my new job, they had an "employee appreciation night" at a rib place nearby me.

Turns out it's true, people who work in the newspaper biz LOVE to drink...

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 28, 2018 10:59 PM (miE9U)

224 213 I don't care what you say. The drug dealer was sentenced as if it was a misdemeanor, house arrest. It does not justify the cops confiscating his car. How can you expect cops to enforce the law when you allow them to be thieves?
Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 28, 2018 10:56 PM (Lqy/e)

They confiscated his drug delivery vehicle.

Posted by: Lancelot Link Secret Agent Chimp at November 28, 2018 10:59 PM (2DOZq)

225 So, this is what it sounds like when Rain Doves cry?

Posted by: Bilwis, Devourer of Low Glycemic Souls at November 28, 2018 11:00 PM (jp0Bv)

226 Tip: Campbell soup used as flavoring (e.g. green bean casserole, etc) can be replaced with chicken stock, sauteed veggies, bit of flour and half-n-half or sour cream + seasonings. It's not that hard and it tastes much better

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at November 28, 2018 11:00 PM (oAY8z)

227 Thank you all.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 28, 2018 11:00 PM (l9m7l)

228 Prayers up for Slap's interview!

Posted by: Infidel at November 28, 2018 11:00 PM (PF4TZ)

229 Rain Dove?

No. Pain Dove.

Posted by: Pain Dove at November 28, 2018 11:00 PM (YEpQs)

230 I promised to be less of a bummer, but...things. And stuff. Lots of stuff.

No apologies needed, BC. We're here for you whenever you need to vent. I had an uncle who took his life (although he used the running-car-engine-in-closed-garage method rather than a gun) to escape 1) the endgame symptoms of Parkinson's; 2) his wife (and yeah, she would have driven a Roman centurion to fall on his sword too). So I learned then how bad it can get, "where one sees nothing but deterioration, descent, diminishing returns, and a certainty that there is no escape, no future, no horizon, no out."

Please, keep posting here-- lots of us understand where you're coming from.

Posted by: Basement Cat at November 28, 2018 11:01 PM (3C9q2)

231 Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 28, 2018 10:51 PM (l9m7l)

Nobody really gets it until they stare deep into the abyss themselves.

Posted by: Insomniac at November 28, 2018 11:01 PM (NWiLs)

232
Last time
Latest in the Toyota Corolla meets deer sagaAccording to local
insurance agent, the head office will be contacting us soon to offer
replacement cost. Totalled, 13000 $+ estimate fix. Didn't even mention
Diminished Value. 2018 model

Thanks to all who commented Jim and Mis hope no friendship lost

Posted by: Lord Percy's Cracked Chamber Pot at November 28, 2018 11:01 PM (4UVVF)

233 I see Nazis everywhere I go in this USA

Posted by: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Rain Dove at November 28, 2018 11:01 PM (oAY8z)

234 207 Beckoning, you are not tedious. You are grieving, and everyone here has experienced that at some time or other. The pain must be incredible. Please know that I care about you, and I'm sure I speak for many others when I say WE care about you. You are in my prayers too.
Posted by: bluebell at November 28, 2018 10:54 PM (U5tDi)


I second this.

Yes, I can understand where suicide seems like the best option. At the moment I have cancer, but I am nowhere near that point. Ironically, when I was younger and healthier there was a time when I actually considered it, but fortunately it passed.

Posted by: rickl at November 28, 2018 11:02 PM (sdi6R)

235 I thought the sprinklers were Rain Bird?

Posted by: Infidel at November 28, 2018 11:02 PM (PF4TZ)

236 Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by Control.

++++

Let me guess... Wal-mart photo?

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at November 28, 2018 11:02 PM (DEkms)

237 Randy Newman sucks the cankerous balls of a syphilitic donkey.

Posted by: garrett at November 28, 2018 11:03 PM (W32DO)

238 Okay, I'll say it.
Some others have surely thought it.

When you read that the CEO of Campbell's was named Denise Whatever, don't you .....wonder?

Was this Oppressed Person appointed because of her business savvy by a board interested in business? Or was the board more interested in wokeness than the bottom line?

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at November 28, 2018 11:03 PM (Rxduq)

239 228 Prayers up for Slap's interview!
Posted by: Infidel at November 28, 2018 11:00 PM (PF4TZ)

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Slap is interviewing?

What ever happened to getting a job by shivving the guy who's in line for it ahead of you?

Posted by: Pain Dove at November 28, 2018 11:03 PM (YEpQs)

240 ***SNORT***

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 28, 2018 11:03 PM (aA3+G)

241 The ISRO webcast is live.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uqOADtLUDk

Posted by: rickl at November 28, 2018 11:03 PM (sdi6R)

242 Are flying monkeys inherently evil? I would think that once the Wicked Witch of the West had her meltdown, they still had to eat, right? And they still flew. But they weren't doing anything bad without her bidding.

https://preview.tinyurl.com/y8ch7tku

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at November 28, 2018 11:03 PM (NMAzL)

243 I'm still not sure of the purpose of a pot luck dinner. 'Round here Catholics have lawn fetes. That's basically an outdoor carnival with beer tents, gambling and questionably rickety rides operated by definitely shady people. Y'know, like God intended.

Posted by: Bilwis, Devourer of Low Glycemic Souls at November 28, 2018 11:04 PM (jp0Bv)

244 Sorry you brought it up.

Posted by: tumbleweed at November 28, 2018 10:39 PM (b2VAM)

Wow, who pissed in your cornflakes this morning?

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 28, 2018 11:04 PM (NXsWM)

245 226 Tip: Campbell soup used as flavoring (e.g. green bean casserole, etc)


Tip: eat the can. throw casserole out to the possum.

Posted by: Cicero Boom chicka boom Kaboom! Kid at November 28, 2018 11:04 PM (1o9xi)

246 I don't care what you say. The drug dealer was sentenced as if it was a misdemeanor, house arrest. It does not justify the cops confiscating his car. How can you expect cops to enforce the law when you allow them to be thieves?
Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 28, 2018 10:56 PM (Lqy/e)


FWIW, I'm with you on that. If the penalty is house arrest and probation and a fine of one 2012 Land Rover, then put that in the damn sentencing guidelines. This is the kind of thing that gets people four thousand dollars of impound fees on a $1500 car for parking tickets in places like Chicago. It's a damn racket.

Posted by: hogmartin at November 28, 2018 11:04 PM (t+qrx)

247 I am an experience
I am intentions
I am an awareness
I am NOT a megalomaniac

Posted by: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Rain Dove at November 28, 2018 11:04 PM (oAY8z)

248 Prayers up for Slap n' BC's well being, healing and every success.

And for their long and meaningful lives, too.

Y'all ARE meaningful to us 'round here, whether you realize it or not.

Truly, you are. Both of youze guyz.



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at November 28, 2018 11:04 PM (QzJWU)

249 Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at November 28, 2018 11:02 PM (DEkms)

Nice to see you stop by

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 28, 2018 11:04 PM (aA3+G)

250 Prayers for you, {{{Slap}}}.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at November 28, 2018 11:05 PM (NMAzL)

251 RAIN BIRD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sn7jgXco38

Posted by: LOVE AND ROCKETS at November 28, 2018 11:05 PM (W32DO)

252 As long as we're talking about canned soup, why can't you find canned chili without fillers?
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If you call it 'Rusk', then it's okay. Note the ingredients:
https://preview.tinyurl.com/y8egrt7m

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 28, 2018 11:06 PM (gfQAD)

253 those who push the Trans agenda are allowed to lie, and if you push back against them with the truth, you eventually find you have no place on Twitter.

One of the things that will now get you banned from Twitter is "dead naming" - giving the original name of someone who has decided that they are now of the opposite sex and has changed their name.

A prominent economist, Deidre McCloskey, was born Donald McCloskey. Deidre has a problem, however: "she" would like to still get credit for all the academic papers "she" wrote before "she" changed her name.

Therefore, "her" Wikipedia entry mentions that "her" original name was Donald (I assume that you will be banned from Twitter if you tweet out that part of "her" Wikipedia entry.)

But do you get banned from Twitter if you tweet out a reference to one of Donald McCloskey's many published papers, since that is "dead naming" Deidre?

Or is "dead naming" OK if the subject approves?

Posted by: The ARC of History at November 28, 2018 11:06 PM (I2/tG)

254 Rickl, prayers for your complete return to health.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 28, 2018 11:06 PM (l9m7l)

255 Who was it who was missing, Slapweasel or Palpatine? Or maybe someone else?

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 28, 2018 11:06 PM (miE9U)

256 MisHum - Your ONT pic reminds of this video story of hang gliding in Switzerland that has been going around today...
Scenic!

Which, unfortunately, Pixy has decided is somehow dangerous.. so I cannot post the link..
Thanks, Pixy! Even fucking YouTube shortened links are banned now???

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at November 28, 2018 11:06 PM (438dO)

257 https://youtu.be/gCQyKJr6pJA

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at November 28, 2018 11:07 PM (438dO)

258 Ha! Fooled Pixy! Pasted the link in its own post!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at November 28, 2018 11:07 PM (438dO)

259 242 Are flying monkeys inherently evil? I would think that once the Wicked Witch of the West had her meltdown, they still had to eat, right? And they still flew. But they weren't doing anything bad without her bidding.

https://preview.tinyurl.com/y8ch7tku
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at November 28, 2018 11:03 PM (NMAzL)

I just assumed they got jobs at local hotels. They already had the spiffy bell hop outfits.

Posted by: Bilwis, Devourer of Low Glycemic Souls at November 28, 2018 11:07 PM (jp0Bv)

260 Aren't we all raid doves, deep down, if you think about it

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at November 28, 2018 11:08 PM (oAY8z)

261 Publius is making me dinner. This is the life!

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at November 28, 2018 11:08 PM (NMAzL)

262 As long as we're talking about canned soup, why can't you find canned chili without fillers?

"Fillers" must be the code word for carrots.

Posted by: Basement Cat at November 28, 2018 11:08 PM (3C9q2)

263 Prayers for BC and continued prayers for Rickl.

Posted by: Ladyl at November 28, 2018 11:09 PM (TdMsT)

264 Wanted to ask the Horde:

How do people here feel about Mia Love's comments once it was clear she lost her bid for re-election?

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 28, 2018 11:09 PM (miE9U)

265 Uncle Palpatine is still MIA. I hope he's okay. Or, the Ancient Slavonauts returned to pick him up.

Posted by: Winston a dreg of society at November 28, 2018 11:09 PM (+TuXx)

266 Winston, that's too bad. I thought Palpatine was back recently.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 28, 2018 11:09 PM (miE9U)

267 canned chili can be found under the commercial name "jenkem"

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at November 28, 2018 11:09 PM (oAY8z)

268 "Fillers" must be the code word for carrots.
Posted by: Basement Cat at November 28, 2018 11:08 PM (3C9q2)


Grade F meat: mostly circus animals, some filler.

Posted by: hogmartin at November 28, 2018 11:09 PM (t+qrx)

269 Raid doves? Do they make a version to spray on pigeons?

Posted by: irright at November 28, 2018 11:09 PM (RVcmP)

270
261 Publius is making me dinner. This is the life!
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at November 28, 2018 11:08 PM (NMAzL)


Awww! Tell him I said "hi."

Posted by: Ladyl at November 28, 2018 11:10 PM (TdMsT)

271 How do people here feel about Mia Love's comments once it was clear she lost her bid for re-election?
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 28, 2018 11:09 PM (miE9U)

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This is from Quora, right?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 28, 2018 11:10 PM (YEpQs)

272 I just assumed they got jobs at local hotels. They already had the spiffy bell hop outfits.
Posted by: Bilwis, Devourer of Low Glycemic Souls at November 28, 2018 11:07 PM (jp0Bv)

I thought they fled to the Emerald City for asylum, and were impaled on rebar.

Is that rayciss?

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at November 28, 2018 11:10 PM (NMAzL)

273
Aren't we all raid doves, deep down, if you think about it
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at November 28, 2018 11:08 PM (oAY8z)


No

Posted by: DR.WTF? at November 28, 2018 11:10 PM (T71PA)

274 I thought they fled to the Emerald City for asylum, and were impaled on rebar.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at November 28, 2018 11:10 PM (NMAzL)


Holy f'n lol

Posted by: hogmartin at November 28, 2018 11:11 PM (t+qrx)

275 Is he? I haven't seen him in a while and thought he was still in hiding or something. I hope he's back. The Zeks need tending.

Posted by: Winston a dreg of society at November 28, 2018 11:11 PM (+TuXx)

276 Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 28, 2018 11:04 PM (aA3+G)

++++

I still read almost every night. Unfortunately, just don't always have time to get into the comments. But, it's good to be here when I get the chance.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at November 28, 2018 11:11 PM (DEkms)

277 Cicero, NO! Good grief. :-)

There's even a question at Quora I wanted to share here tonight, but I'm NOT doing so, because I don't wanna trigger you all. Geezaloo.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 28, 2018 11:11 PM (miE9U)

278 I'm going to go against the grain here: please don't offer prayers for me.

Every time someone says "I'll pray for you!" I honestly appreciate it, but God takes a different tack.
"Oh, someone's praying for that guy? Time to smack him down good!" (giant arm swings from the sky to strike down) BASH
It happens every time. Every single time.
Thanks anyway.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 28, 2018 11:12 PM (l9m7l)

279 How do people here feel about Mia Love's comments once it was clear she lost her bid for re-election?
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 28, 2018 11:09 PM (miE9U)

---------------

Haven't seen them and don't care about them. She lost because she ran as Tea Party and then voted as a GOPe/CoC cuck immediately. She will not be missed.

Posted by: Calm Mentor at November 28, 2018 11:12 PM (ffYR/)

280 The land in the top photo is lovely but I'm glad I don't have to hike those hills. Still, it would be nice to sit there with a cold drink and something to read in the sunshine.

Posted by: JTB at November 28, 2018 11:12 PM (bmdz3)

281 Good Luck Slap.

You'll do BC. You are talking to people, and that is a good sign.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 28, 2018 11:12 PM (PQMST)

282 Secret to good cabbage rolls:

x2 cans of low sodium V8 juice
x1- 2 cups of good chicken broth
x1 tablespoon of brown sugar
x2 teaspoons of vinegar

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 28, 2018 11:12 PM (pnMCv)

283 Thanks, BeckoningChasm. My best wishes to you as well.

Posted by: rickl at November 28, 2018 11:12 PM (sdi6R)

284 Tomorrow, I go for The Interview for My Life. Prayers appreciated.


Posted by: Slapweasel
...................
Slap - prayers for your achieving that which you are seeking..

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at November 28, 2018 11:12 PM (438dO)

285 I think Rain Dove would more aptly be named "Crazy as F'ck Duck."

Posted by: Ladyl at November 28, 2018 11:13 PM (TdMsT)

286 Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at November 28, 2018 11:11 PM (DEkms)

So is it a job or some hawt babe that keeps you away?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 28, 2018 11:13 PM (aA3+G)

287 Thanks hogmartin. Unfortunate I'm not making it to Italy anytime soon.

Posted by: lin-duh at November 28, 2018 11:14 PM (kufk0)

288 That final pic demonstrates why a man should always be carrying a pocket knife.

At the very least, he should make take him to the beer aisle, so he can work up his courage for a couple of hours.

*Loans Randy Newman a washtub, as he can't carry a tune in a bucket. Maybe a larger receptacle will help*

Posted by: GnuBreed at November 28, 2018 11:14 PM (Z4rgH)

289
Aren't we all raid doves

RAAAAIIIIDDD!!!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 28, 2018 11:14 PM (LsBY9)

290 @282 Mrs Vilviachi supplied the cabbage rolls. And the coffee! Heh heh heh!

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 28, 2018 11:14 PM (l9m7l)

291 260
Aren't we all raid doves, deep down, if you think about it

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at November 28, 2018 11:08 PM (oAY8z)

And we cry.

Posted by: zombie Prince at November 28, 2018 11:16 PM (UsCnO)

292 When is dove season?

Posted by: Ladyl at November 28, 2018 11:16 PM (TdMsT)

293 I work in drug development consulting. A number of the cancer drugs I work on are targeted agents and focus on certain pathways or mutations. Maybe I am misunderstanding the article, but I am too tired and lazy to dig deeper.

Posted by: chique d'afrique at November 28, 2018 11:16 PM (pLNwE)

294 Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 28, 2018 11:13 PM (aA3+G)

++++

Mostly work plus other real life complications. Wish I could say it was a hawt babe keeping me busy. lol

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at November 28, 2018 11:16 PM (DEkms)

295 Is Rain Dove really her given name? That would explain a lot.

Parents don't be cruel to your children.

Posted by: chique d'afrique at November 28, 2018 11:17 PM (pLNwE)

296 Posted by: qdpsteve at November 28, 2018 11:11 PM (miE9UP)

Oh screw these sad-sacks... ask me personally, and I will answer as honestly as I can.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 28, 2018 11:18 PM (/E4k7)

297 279
How do people here feel about Mia Love's comments once it was clear she lost her bid for re-election?

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 28, 2018 11:09 PM (miE9U)



---------------



Haven't seen them and don't care about them. She lost because she
ran as Tea Party and then voted as a GOPe/CoC cuck immediately. She will
not be missed.

Posted by: Calm Mentor at November 28, 2018 11:12 PM (ffYR/)

CM has stated it perfectly. I wish her a good life, away from politics.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at November 28, 2018 11:18 PM (UsCnO)

298 Here's a link to a story that I thought you all would find interesting. This guy was getting arrested at his home in Huntington Beach, by the Newport Beach police department, for threats he made on the phone to someone else.

...And they found all these weapons, although only about a dozen or so are registered to the suspect.

Oh, and: the suspect's occupation is that he's a... professional dove handler for weddings and funerals.

(link to OCRegister.com)

"Man with Nazi, Confederate memorabilia found during arrest in Huntington Beach"

https://tinyurl.com/ycp4pxpw

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 28, 2018 11:18 PM (miE9U)

299 Otoh, that Six String Soldiers cover of Wish You Were Here was teh awesomesauce.

Posted by: GnuBreed at November 28, 2018 11:19 PM (Z4rgH)

300 Hadrian,
I know you're in the Houston area but what part?

Posted by: lin-duh at November 28, 2018 11:19 PM (kufk0)

301 Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at November 28, 2018 11:16 PM (DEkms)

Hope things become uncomplicated

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 28, 2018 11:19 PM (aA3+G)

302 Rain Dove? Not the Lonesome Dove I had in mind.

Posted by: Gus McCrae at November 28, 2018 11:19 PM (1o9xi)

303 293 I work in drug development consulting. A number of the cancer drugs I work on are targeted agents and focus on certain pathways or mutations. Maybe I am misunderstanding the article, but I am too tired and lazy to dig deeper.
Posted by: chique d'afrique at November 28, 2018 11:16 PM (pLNwE)


Thank you for your work, chique!

I figure that the longer medical science can keep me alive, the better the chance for a real breakthrough.

Posted by: rickl at November 28, 2018 11:20 PM (sdi6R)

304 Haven't seen them and don't care about them. She lost because she ran as Tea Party and then voted as a GOPe/CoC cuck immediately. She will not be missed.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at November 28, 2018 11:12 PM (ffYR/)

Amen.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 28, 2018 11:21 PM (/E4k7)

305 Thanks hogmartin. Unfortunate I'm not making it to Italy anytime soon.
Posted by: lin-duh at November 28, 2018 11:14 PM (kufk0)


That's OK. On the field of battle, the Italians are abject cowards, and in the kitchen, they're enthralled with bruised tomatoes and the noodle only. They have good points though.

FWIW I used tineye.com to look up the image; whereas the google image search would probably turn up something like "this looks like mountains? maybe?", tineye.com will let you sort results by size and date and reverse date. I'm not 100% certain about the location, but that seems to be the most likely one.

Posted by: hogmartin at November 28, 2018 11:21 PM (t+qrx)

306 Tammy, thanks. The question I found that I wanted to ask was, in so many words:

"Why does my son think he owns his computer? He bought it but it is in my house. Therefore it is mine, how can I make him understand this?"

...I found this interesting because I CANNOT BELIEVE there are some people/parents with this "if it's in my house it's my property" attitude...

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 28, 2018 11:22 PM (miE9U)

307 Or don't Catholics have potlucks?

Posted by: Ladyl at November 28, 2018 10:18 PM (TdMsT)


Catholics do open bars. Potlucks are for heathen splitters!

Catholicism: The Bingo and Booze Religion.

Posted by: RickZ at November 28, 2018 11:22 PM (Y8PSl)

308 Rain Dove ~ Soiled Dove



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at November 28, 2018 11:22 PM (QzJWU)

309

Is a professional dove handler anything like a possum juggler?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 28, 2018 11:22 PM (aKsyK)

310 Thanks for the responses re Mia Love.
Yeah, she sounds NeverTrump...

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 28, 2018 11:22 PM (miE9U)

311 I have been neglecting Twitter. I need to give it 100 Days of Celebrating Olympic Athlete Bruce Jenner. What's the over/under for how long it takes to get banned?

Posted by: BourbonChicken at November 28, 2018 11:23 PM (rnAwa)

312 Bertram, maybe he shuffled and did tricks with doves like Ricky Jay did with playing cards :-P

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 28, 2018 11:23 PM (miE9U)

313 About 2 minutes to launch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uqOADtLUDk

Posted by: rickl at November 28, 2018 11:23 PM (sdi6R)

314 I think those are Italican chairs in the pic.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 28, 2018 11:23 PM (V+A8w)

315 RickZ, remember the bit The Simpsons did on "Protestant Heaven" versus "Catholic Heaven"?

Oh man, it was funny.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 28, 2018 11:24 PM (miE9U)

316 Is a professional dove handler anything like a possum juggler?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 28, 2018 11:22 PM (aKsyK)


I wonder if they do owls, too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0Tt4IHT2ZI

Posted by: hogmartin at November 28, 2018 11:24 PM (t+qrx)

317 Speaking of bourbon, Double Knob Creek goes well with the ont. Cheers!

Posted by: USNtakim profoundly deplorable. at November 28, 2018 11:24 PM (0OmEj)

318 "I see Nazis everywhere I go in this USA


Posted by: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Rain Dove'

Well, that would explain why dark skinned people never want to come here and in fact are storming the the border to get out.

Posted by: Ripley at November 28, 2018 11:24 PM (NbRJx)

319 One guy at the party I attended tonight at the rib place, ordered Glenlivet.

Hope the circulation stays steady...

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 28, 2018 11:25 PM (miE9U)

320 Is a professional dove handler anything like a possum juggler?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
---------

Badger wrangler

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 28, 2018 11:25 PM (V+A8w)

321 Rickl, I wish you the very best.

I'm not in drug discovery - I analyze clinical trial data to help guide drug development and eventually support filing the drugs (and can sometimes help to skip studies, speeding things up) . I enjoy it immensely, but I also get a sense of fulfillment knowing I am helping people, albeit indirectly.

Pharma/biotech gets lots of grief, some of it probably deserved, but there are lots of people out there working to make people's lives better. Cancer is such a difficult disease, but the good news is that there's lots of work being done in that area.

Posted by: chique d'afrique at November 28, 2018 11:26 PM (pLNwE)

322 94 But you need Campbell's soup for the cheesy potato casserole for the church potluck! Or don't Catholics have potlucks?

Posted by: LadyL
----
No, they are not as prevalent. At a Catholic function you get whatever ethnic group offerings the majority of the Parish is composed of.
e.g. - Italian Catholic functions will have chicken, meatballs and pasta of some kind, sausage and peppers. Mountains of cookies.

Romanian Catholic it would be different. Bohunks, Poles, African, Mexican all different still.

In no case would one find a jello dish with carrots, lettuce, or white grapes in it. Yuck.
Posted by: Tonypete


I went to a parish festival last summer and there was NO beer tent. What the hell?
Good ethnic food though.
Asian and Hispanic immigrants in my parish, so lot's of meat on a stick, also egg rolls and empanadas.

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 28, 2018 11:26 PM (+lVUW)

323 ...I found this interesting because I CANNOT BELIEVE there are some people/parents with this "if it's in my house it's my property" attitude...
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 28, 2018 11:22 PM (miE9U)

I can completely understand this. If he is using his computer in their house, especially if he is underage, they are liable for anything he says, does, or downloads.

Kids should have rules. The parents may not have phrased it to your taste, but this used to be called good parenting.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 28, 2018 11:27 PM (PQMST)

324 298:"Man with Nazi, Confederate memorabilia found during arrest in Huntington Beach"


Sure glad they didn't raid my 10th grade history teachers home. He has an awesome Civil War & WW2 collection.

Posted by: Puddleglum at November 28, 2018 11:27 PM (HCqAo)

325 307 Or don't Catholics have potlucks?

Posted by: Ladyl at November 28, 2018 10:18 PM (TdMsT)

Catholics do open bars. Potlucks are for heathen splitters!

Catholicism: The Bingo and Booze Religion.
Posted by: RickZ at November 28, 2018 11:22 PM (Y8PSl)


My son graduated from a Catholic university. My parents attended one of their football games, and the marching band (my son was a member) was playing drinking songs. I expressed my disbelief to my mom, who said: they're all Catholics-- they drink like fish!

Posted by: Ladyl at November 28, 2018 11:27 PM (TdMsT)

326 Forgot to mention, the story I shared? The suspect threatened someone else, over arguments they were having about, the releasing of doves at an event.

How do people get from "okay, how do we release these doves" to "I'm gonna kill you bitch!!"??? :-P

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 28, 2018 11:28 PM (miE9U)

327
All that drilling and fracking and oil production. That's me, folks. Just so you know.

This economy too -- it's all me, baby!

Posted by: Barky O. at November 28, 2018 11:28 PM (f1Vqw)

328 Posted by: qdpsteve at November 28, 2018 11:22 PM (miE9U)

Eh, depending on the age of the kid, I agree with the parent.

And frankly, if you're too poor to have your own place as a grown ass man, then you wouldn't have been able to buy that computer without benefit of living at home, so I can seethe point even after a certain age.

I'm guessing there's an issue above and beyond the computer, though.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 28, 2018 11:28 PM (/E4k7)

329 I expressed my disbelief to my mom, who said: they're all Catholics-- they drink like fish!
Posted by: Ladyl at November 28, 2018 11:27 PM (TdMsT)


And eat fish like fish too!

Posted by: hogmartin at November 28, 2018 11:28 PM (t+qrx)

330 MH,

Thank you. Read the content and clicked on the videos. So top 500?

Posted by: colfax mingo at November 28, 2018 11:28 PM (tCvhJ)

331 Are flying monkeys inherently evil? I would think that once the Wicked Witch of the West had her meltdown, they still had to eat, right? And they still flew. But they weren't doing anything bad without her bidding.

https://preview.tinyurl.com/y8ch7tku
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at November 28, 2018 11:03 PM (NMAzL)

She missed the fact that in LOTR, the Orcs are portrayed by Tolkien as once having been Men, or Elves perhaps, that have been bent and twisted to Sauron's will. Tolkien was pretty consistent in saying that Sauron had no power to create living beings, but he could pervert and debase them.

Similarly, Gollum was once an innocent being, possibly even himself a Hobbit, but perverted and debased by the Ring, and its association with Sauron.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 28, 2018 11:29 PM (fDU8w)

332
I'm over at Miley's, but posting through my tunnel. So our hashes are different. For now.

Some found that awkward, so with the tunnel, no one has to know.

I also managed to print via Windows through the tunnel to my printer at home. I'm having fun.

Posted by: publius, the Duke of Miley's Ficus at November 28, 2018 11:29 PM (f1Vqw)

333 I can completely understand this. If he is using his computer in their house, especially if he is underage, they are liable for anything he says, does, or downloads.

Kids should have rules. The parents may not have phrased it to your taste, but this used to be called good parenting.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 28, 2018 11:27 PM (PQMST)

Agree. When my nephew lived with me, I used to say, only half jokingly, that I was the Lord and potentate of my address.

Posted by: chique d'afrique at November 28, 2018 11:29 PM (pLNwE)

334
FWIW I used tineye.com to look up the image; whereas the google image search would probably turn up something like "this looks like mountains? maybe?",
----------

Want a chuckle? Use Wolfram's image identification:
https://www.imageidentify.com/

drag/drop the image

Answer: 'Frisbee'


Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 28, 2018 11:30 PM (ZY9MN)

335 Puddleglum, yeah, it seems like this suspect is being defamed in the media for having oddball hobbies.

Okay, so he's weird and he's the suspect in a serious crime. But it looks to me as if Laguna Beach police are trying to publicly shame him for dubious reasons.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 28, 2018 11:30 PM (miE9U)

336 Answer: 'Frisbee'
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 28, 2018 11:30 PM (ZY9MN)


Ha!

"Tell how it did:"

...could be better. Good effort though!

Posted by: hogmartin at November 28, 2018 11:31 PM (t+qrx)

337 re: Civil forfeitures and the drug dealer


Got to be careful what you wish for.

Don't forget how swiftly laws can change.

Today it's drugs, tomorrow maybe hate speach.

Would attitude be the same?

Posted by: dDan at November 28, 2018 11:32 PM (hwYmz)

338 Sure glad they didn't raid my 10th grade history teachers home. He has an awesome Civil War & WW2 collection.


Well, he had that awesome collection. I believe now ex-wife #3 took it in the divorce proceedings.

Posted by: Puddleglum at November 28, 2018 11:32 PM (HCqAo)

339

A professional dove handler makes sure the wind doesn't blow the doves into the flames.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 28, 2018 11:33 PM (aKsyK)

340 Want a chuckle? Use Wolfram's image identification:
https://www.imageidentify.com/
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 28, 2018 11:30 PM (ZY9MN)


Actually, it looks like Google image search did much better than I'd expected. It may have actually gotten the restaurant instead of just the region.

Anyhow, nice chat, guys. Good night. See you all around later.

Posted by: hogmartin at November 28, 2018 11:35 PM (t+qrx)

341 I detest civil asset forfeiture laws. They're a vehicle for legalized theft by the state.

Posted by: Insomniac at November 28, 2018 11:35 PM (NWiLs)

342 Lord, glad they didn't come to our place when we lived in Huntington.

I have Confederate money, buttons off Confederate uniforms, a few scraps of uniforms, all kinds of flags and a whole damned box filled with Dukes of Hazzard souvenirs.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 28, 2018 11:35 PM (/E4k7)

343 ...I found this interesting because I CANNOT BELIEVE there are some people/parents with this "if it's in my house it's my property" attitude...
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 28, 2018 11:22 PM (miE9U)

You do know, that in some jurisdictions, minor children cannot own property?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 28, 2018 11:36 PM (fDU8w)

344 Insomniac, me too.
That IMHO was a great reason to get rid of Sessions. He luvved him civil forfeiture, to the max.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 28, 2018 11:36 PM (miE9U)

345 I expressed my disbelief to my mom, who said: they're all Catholics-- they drink like fish!

Posted by: Ladyl at November 28, 2018 11:27 PM (TdMsT)


See! You already knew! Besides, wasn't/isn't a symbol of Christianity a fish?

When I was an altar boy, I never got to do the good gigs, like weddings. I always got stuck with funerals. One funeral, we were in the limo with the priest going to the cemetery from the church. I'll never forget him lighting up a cigarette while having a couple of fingers of the limo's booze before he did the gravesite thing.

Posted by: RickZ at November 28, 2018 11:36 PM (Y8PSl)

346 Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 28, 2018 11:35 PM (/E4k7)

You are a naughty girl

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 28, 2018 11:37 PM (aA3+G)

347 Ha!

"Tell how it did:"

...could be better. Good effort though!
Posted by: hogmartin
---------

If you click the 'What the heck?' button, it guesses again, producing:

platy?
guppy?
kayak?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 28, 2018 11:37 PM (SjwtK)

348 The secret to great cabbage rolls is to line the bottom of the pot with good kielbasa.

Thick cut bacon will do in a pinch if like me you have moved far from Slavic lands (or at least an Amish farmers market. Those folks can cook!)

Posted by: Big V at November 28, 2018 11:37 PM (CGfsq)

349 you I take comfort that were I ever to have made the decision to allow some woman, especially that woman, lead me around by a leash that were we to encounter my dad while I was on the leash he would beat my ass to the county line then call his friends.

same thing if he found me driving a jag, land rover or bmw.

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 28, 2018 11:38 PM (MTjB1)

350

See! You already knew! Besides, wasn't/isn't a symbol of Christianity a fish?

When I was an altar boy, I never got to do the good gigs, like weddings. I always got stuck with funerals. One funeral, we were in the limo with the priest going to the cemetery from the church. I'll never forget him lighting up a cigarette while having a couple of fingers of the limo's booze before he did the gravesite thing.
Posted by: RickZ at November 28, 2018 11:36 PM (Y8PSl)


Even the priests!!!

Not like the Baptist pastors I knew in my old home town.

Posted by: Ladyl at November 28, 2018 11:38 PM (TdMsT)

351 Is a professional dove handler anything like a possum juggler?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 28, 2018 11:22 PM (aKsyK)

Meh. Get back to me when you can juggle porcupines.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 28, 2018 11:39 PM (fDU8w)

352 Are those official Leutonian cabbage rolls?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 28, 2018 11:39 PM (aKsyK)

353 My point is, I think there's a big difference between parents setting healthy boundaries with their children (regardless of their age or living situation), and parents who declare anything their kids own "theirs."

IMHO parents who do the former are good parents. The latter... hmmm...

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 28, 2018 11:39 PM (miE9U)

354 Legaliezed thieft is legal. That's why it is called legalized thieft. Government against all, every man, woman, child, xer for themselves. Same as it ever was.

Posted by: colfax mingo at November 28, 2018 11:39 PM (tCvhJ)

355 Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 28, 2018 11:37 PM (aA3+G)

Family heirlooms, damn it!

Except for the flags and the Dukes of Hazzard stuff!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 28, 2018 11:40 PM (/E4k7)

356 348 The secret to great cabbage rolls is to line the bottom of the pot with good kielbasa.

--------

Okay, we're wrapping up the thread right here.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 28, 2018 11:40 PM (YEpQs)

357 Posted by: yankeefifth at November 28, 2018 11:38 PM (MTjB1)

Driving a Buick I see

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 28, 2018 11:41 PM (aA3+G)

358 (imagining Tammy in the Daisy Duke shorts)
;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 28, 2018 11:41 PM (miE9U)

359 secret to great cabbage rolls is to line the bottom of the pot with good kielbasa.

Thick cut bacon will do in a pinch if like me you have moved far from Slavic lands (or at least an Amish farmers market. Those folks can cook!)
Posted by: Big V at N



the secret to good cabbage rolls is having the number for dominos.

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 28, 2018 11:41 PM (MTjB1)

360 Driving a Buick I see
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at N



lol. will that be an option for much longer?

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 28, 2018 11:42 PM (MTjB1)

361 PS that's my Grandpa's recipe. And it is in the Cookbook.

Posted by: Big V at November 28, 2018 11:43 PM (CGfsq)

362 imagining Tammy in the Daisy Duke shorts)
;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at N




you are doing it wrong, daisy is wearing MissTammy shorts.

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 28, 2018 11:43 PM (MTjB1)

363 Bless her heart, my late Hungarian MIL made yummy cabbage rolls. I still miss them at the holidays.

Posted by: colfax mingo at November 28, 2018 11:43 PM (tCvhJ)

364 Posted by: yankeefifth at November 28, 2018 11:42 PM (MTjB1)

Stateside could be an issue
China is full of them

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 28, 2018 11:43 PM (aA3+G)

365 y5, I stand corrected :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 28, 2018 11:43 PM (miE9U)

366 so, those two chairs in the pic, would they be at the beginning or the end of the hike?

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 28, 2018 11:43 PM (MTjB1)

367 Stateside could be an issue
China is full of them
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at N




fucking gm

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 28, 2018 11:44 PM (MTjB1)

368 the secret to good cabbage rolls is having the number for dominos.

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 28, 2018 11:41 PM (MTjB1)


H8er! My Mom used to make cabbage rolls. I'd leave the house while they were cooking because of the smell but I sure loved eating them when they were done.

Posted by: RickZ at November 28, 2018 11:44 PM (Y8PSl)

369
so, those two chairs in the pic, would they be at the beginning or the end of the hike?
Posted by: yankeefifth


Looks like the set for one of those Cialis ads.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 28, 2018 11:44 PM (aKsyK)

370 Sure glad they didn't raid my 10th grade history teachers home. He has an awesome Civil War & WW2 collection.
Posted by: Puddleglum at November 28, 2018 11:27 PM (HCqAo)

Yeah, that headline smells. I have a collection of WWII tank models (Tiger, King Tiger, Panther- oh my!) Looked at the right way, this would be Nazi memorabilia.

Crucifix in the bedroom? Crusader memorabilia (guess I should not get that Jerusalem Cross hat I have been wanting.)

Mat paintings of lions my grandfather bought for my grandmother while he was on leave in Japan during the Korean War? Cultural appropriation!

Bah and fie.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 28, 2018 11:45 PM (PQMST)

371 Posted by: yankeefifth at November 28, 2018 11:41 PM (MTjB1)

Just another night living on the edge

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 28, 2018 11:45 PM (aA3+G)

372 so, those two chairs in the pic, would they be at the beginning or the end of the hike?
Posted by: yankeefifth
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Third option: Watching the hikers.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 28, 2018 11:46 PM (sc/gu)

373 so, learned something new. some weird internet alignment has resulted in an alliance between bikini manufacturers and girls that want to model bikinis on youtube.

something called a "bikini haul" where some girl gets lots of bikinis sent to her for free then reviews and models them on her youtube channel.

how did this not happen when I was a teenager?

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 28, 2018 11:47 PM (MTjB1)

374 Just another night living on the edge
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at N




Posted by: yankeefifth at November 28, 2018 11:47 PM (MTjB1)

375 BC- I can Understand how you feel. My brother did the unthinkable a few months ago. None of the family knew what he was going to do, none of us where surprised though he was estranged from all of us to different degrees . He hung himself from a tree with a dog leash.

I'm sad to say I understand his pain and how he got to that place. I've been there myself. Depression and illness can lead to the same dark place.

Posted by: USNtakim profoundly deplorable. at November 28, 2018 11:48 PM (0OmEj)

376 *shrug* To each his own. Domino's food is so bad I learned how to hunt and eat squirrels until I found the wonders of deep fried catfish.

Posted by: Big V at November 28, 2018 11:48 PM (CGfsq)

377 something called a "bikini haul" where some girl gets lots of bikinis sent to her for free then reviews and models them on her youtube channel.

how did this not happen when I was a teenager?
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 28, 2018 11:47 PM (MTjB1)

As much as part of me says we are living in a golden age, part of me also muses we are a pretty damn decadent lot of sobs.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 28, 2018 11:49 PM (PQMST)

378 imagining Tammy in the Daisy Duke shorts)
;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at N

you are doing it wrong, daisy is wearing MissTammy shorts.
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 28, 2018 11:43 PM (MTjB1)


I love you both SO MUCH!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 28, 2018 11:49 PM (/E4k7)

379 Third option: Watching the hikers.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at N



well, I like to think they are calling in artillery.

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 28, 2018 11:50 PM (MTjB1)

380 I'm sad to say I understand his pain and how he got to that place. I've been there myself. Depression and illness can lead to the same dark place.
Posted by: USNtakim profoundly deplorable. at November 28, 2018 11:48 PM (0OmEj

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I am, rather frighteningly, beginning to understand this myself.

Posted by: Calm Mentor at November 28, 2018 11:50 PM (ffYR/)

381 OMG.
Check out this review of a new documentary, titled "Hillbilly."

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/hillbilly-2018

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 28, 2018 11:50 PM (miE9U)

382 As much as part of me says we are living in a golden age, part of me also muses we are a pretty damn decadent lot of sobs.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at N


yeah, best of times worst of times.

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 28, 2018 11:51 PM (MTjB1)

383 Tammy, right back atcha :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 28, 2018 11:51 PM (miE9U)

384 I love you both SO MUCH!
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at N






frankly I am rather greedy, including the word both kind of ruins the whole thing.

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 28, 2018 11:53 PM (MTjB1)

385 Tammy, I found the Mustang I want. Too bad it's winter here now. Would have to store it.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at November 28, 2018 11:53 PM (KP5rU)

386 Ive never gone through with the act obviously, but have been a trigger pull away. I could not do it. I'm in a better place now. I do understand how when pushed hard enough suicide is an option. Stupid but an option.

Posted by: USNtakim profoundly deplorable. at November 28, 2018 11:53 PM (0OmEj)

387 Similarly, Gollum was once an innocent being, possibly even himself a Hobbit, but perverted and debased by the Ring, and its association with Sauron.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 28, 2018 11:29 PM (fDU8w)


I'm not a LOTR geek by any means, but it was my understanding that it was Gollum's obsessive lust after the ring that corrupted him, not the ring itself or Sauron. So Gollum corrupted himself. I'm probably wrong, tho.

Posted by: Average Guy at November 28, 2018 11:54 PM (LMcFk)

388 Tammy, I found the Mustang I want. Too bad it's winter here now. Would have to store it.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at N



wait until 2021, it will have awd.

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 28, 2018 11:54 PM (MTjB1)

389 Thank you qdp!

Where'd you eat at this evening? Is it a new place or an old standard? Only rib place I can think of near about is Tony Romas in Los Al.

Probably isn't even there anymore!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 28, 2018 11:54 PM (/E4k7)

390 >>>>Stop the pain. Stop the violence. Stop the homogenous assessment. See me for my actions not my body. I am an experience. I am intentions. I am an awareness. Not simply flesh

And yet your whole ideology is based on changing your "flesh",your biology.

Posted by: Max Power at November 28, 2018 11:55 PM (QCc6B)

391 366 so, those two chairs in the pic, would they be at the beginning or the end of the hike?
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 28, 2018 11:43 PM (MTjB1)

After tonight's deep thought
Definitely the beginning and end

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 28, 2018 11:55 PM (aA3+G)

392 388: this one would do. for now.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at November 28, 2018 11:55 PM (KP5rU)

393 Posted by: USNtakim profoundly deplorable. at November 28, 2018 11:48 PM (0OmEj)

Damn. That is brutal. I'm sorry, man.

Posted by: Insomniac at November 28, 2018 11:55 PM (NWiLs)

394 Mama Told Me Not to Come really belongs to Three Dog Night.

It's a good song to play as loudly as possible.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 28, 2018 10:12 PM (EZebt)

I always wanted to put that one on in a maternity ward waiting room, just as a joke

Posted by: Vanya at November 28, 2018 11:56 PM (7PLM4)

395 Posted by: chavez the hugo at N

Oh get it anyway!!!!!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 28, 2018 11:56 PM (/E4k7)

396 Tammy, Tony Roma's is barely in SoCal anymore. I think there's one location left in Brea.

The former Tony Roma's in Los Al, is now an independent steakhouse called Madera's. I actually ate there a few months ago, and found it to be pretty good. I want to try some of their New Mexican specialities as well. Here's their menu:

http://www.maderassteakandribs.com/dinner_desert.asp

The place I went to tonight, Naples Rib Company, is an old standard in Belmont Shore in Long Beach on 4th Street. I think it's been there since the 1970s at least. I only got to try appetizers tonight but they weren't bad, so now I want to try the regular menu.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 28, 2018 11:57 PM (miE9U)

397 I'm not a LOTR geek by any means, but it was my understanding that it was Gollum's obsessive lust after the ring that corrupted him, not the ring itself or Sauron. So Gollum corrupted himself. I'm probably wrong, tho.
Posted by: Average Guy at November 28, 2018 11:54 PM (LMcFk)

Well, Tolkien was old school, so it is important to remember it in that context. I always took it to be that Gollum chose to murder his friend and steal the ring. The Ring has no power over that which does not reside already within the soul of those it affects. Tom Bombadil, Faramir, Samwise are all examples whose duty to something greater or humility (or in Bombadil's case lack of desire) gave the ring less handle on their psyches.

It is a magnifying glass. Did it make Gollum worse? Yes. However, he took that first step.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 28, 2018 11:58 PM (PQMST)

398 After tonight's deep thought
Definitely the beginning and end
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at N



lol


you know some smart guy who is addicted to climbing everest should start so goundme campaign to drag all those guys off the mountain. maybe he cold get a discovery channel show like hunting bigfoot or finding treasure on oak island, except he would get to find things.

he could mix in a storage wars element by rifling their pockets and packs for stuff. maybe sell off their gear too.

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 28, 2018 11:58 PM (MTjB1)

399 395; i really want to. and, it's a 6 speed manual. i'd get to drive a real car again. 425 hp v-8 would make it fun. damn. it's a sweet ride.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at November 28, 2018 11:59 PM (KP5rU)

400 Bah and fie.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 28, 2018 11:45 PM (PQMST)

I have Rudolf Hoess' autobiography. Clearly I'm a neo Nazi.

Posted by: Vanya at November 29, 2018 12:00 AM (7PLM4)

401 I'm not a LOTR geek by any means, but it was my understanding that it was Gollum's obsessive lust after the ring that corrupted him, not the ring itself or Sauron. So Gollum corrupted himself. I'm probably wrong, tho.
Posted by: Average Guy at November 28, 2018 11:54 PM (LMcFk)

IIRC, Gollum was in possession of the Ring for a long time, having robbed it from the corpse of a Numenorian (?) hero who was killed upon a battlefield. He did not know its significance at the time he stole it, I don't think.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 29, 2018 12:00 AM (fDU8w)

402 Mama Told Me Not to Come really belongs to Three Dog Night.

It's a good song to play as loudly as possible.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at N



whose mother even has to have that conversation with their kid? who would write a song about it?

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 29, 2018 12:00 AM (MTjB1)

403 Posted by: yankeefifth at November 28, 2018 11:53 PM (MTjB1)

And you a married man!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 29, 2018 12:00 AM (/E4k7)

404 -
Heh. Babylon Bee Headline:

Aides Force Ocasio-Cortez To Watch Entire Run Of 'Schoolhouse Rock!'

Posted by: irright at November 29, 2018 12:00 AM (RVcmP)

405 >>>how did this not happen when I was a teenager?


A. You had dial up
B. You were busy with Sears catalogs and Jergins Lotion

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 29, 2018 12:01 AM (aA3+G)

406 irright, they better provide her with a lot of juiceboxes :-P

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 29, 2018 12:01 AM (miE9U)

407 395; i really want to. and, it's a 6 speed manual. i'd get to drive a real car again. 425 hp v-8 would make it fun. damn. it's a sweet ride.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at N




what year is it and how long do you intend to own it?

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 29, 2018 12:01 AM (MTjB1)

408 So did we ever learn why the POTUS motorcade sped away from the tree-lighting thing in DC tonight? Sounded, interesting, at least.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 29, 2018 12:01 AM (QDnY+)

409 I am an experience. I am intentions. I am an awareness. Not simply flesh. - Rain Dove Dubilewski

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This, from a man who seeks who redefine himself solely by outwardly manipulating his flesh. Feh.

You gave up on your inner development, you find identity through this strange fashion statement?

Fuck you. I'm actually an individual, defined by his experience. Trite people like you have no right to condescending to me with this stupid bullshit.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 29, 2018 12:01 AM (5aX2M)

410 Posted by: chavez the hugo at November 28, 2018 11:59 PM (KP5rU)

You know what you need to do.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 29, 2018 12:02 AM (/E4k7)

411
And you a married man!
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at N



Posted by: yankeefifth at November 29, 2018 12:02 AM (MTjB1)

412 So did we ever learn why the POTUS motorcade sped away from the tree-lighting thing in DC tonight? Sounded, interesting, at least.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 29, 2018 12:01 AM (QDnY+)

Events in California have alerted people to the danger inherent in being close to burning trees?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 29, 2018 12:03 AM (fDU8w)

413 Oh G-d, that last post was a mess. I hate posting from my phone, with the autocucumber.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 29, 2018 12:03 AM (5aX2M)

414 You know what you need to do.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at N




wait until 2021.

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 29, 2018 12:03 AM (MTjB1)

415 Posted by: yankeefifth at November 28, 2018 11:58 PM (MTjB1)

OMG, that would be hysterical.

I can just about imagine the scene when they're yanking on a body to pull it loose and a limb comes off....

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 29, 2018 12:04 AM (/E4k7)

416 Hess had an autobiography? Well, guess that makes sense. He had like 50 years at Spandau to write one.


Speaking of stupid "virtue signaling" companies with trouble, saw that Dick's has some bad numbers too - did not read the story, but headline and tagline tied it to the gun sales change. Don't know the deal.


As satisfying as it would be for some of these idiotic companies to suffer because of their idiocy, sadly it usually turns out to be unrelated.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 29, 2018 12:04 AM (QDnY+)

417 407: 2012. I'll probably keep it until I'm dead. Then, the kids can sell it.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at November 29, 2018 12:05 AM (KP5rU)

418 you know I always thought I could handle the multiple wives thing. since that was not the deal I made with Mrs.YankeeFifth we will never know but thought you should know.

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 29, 2018 12:05 AM (MTjB1)

419 Okay, y'all... I am off to slumberland. Y'all play nice, now.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 29, 2018 12:06 AM (/E4k7)

420 OMG, that would be hysterical.

I can just about imagine the scene when they're yanking on a body to pull it loose and a limb comes off....

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at N




we could co-produce?

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 29, 2018 12:06 AM (MTjB1)

421 Okay, y'all... I am off to slumberland. Y'all play nice, now.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at N




night

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 29, 2018 12:06 AM (MTjB1)

422 Nite, Tammy.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at November 29, 2018 12:07 AM (KP5rU)

423 Goodnight Tammy!

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 29, 2018 12:07 AM (miE9U)

424 Night Tammy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 29, 2018 12:07 AM (PQMST)

425 I'll probably keep it until I'm dead. Then, the kids can sell it.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at N




got it.

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 29, 2018 12:07 AM (MTjB1)

426 Posted by: rhomboid at November 29, 2018

Not Hess. Hoess, the commandant of Aushwitz. He wrote it in a Polish prison while waiting to get his neck stretched.

Posted by: Vanya at November 29, 2018 12:08 AM (7PLM4)

427
Kind of hard to jump in here. So much heaviness of heart tonight. So let me repeat from an earlier thread: this movie, Green Book, is fantastic. Go see it and your heart will be lighter. I took my Grandma and we both loved it. I had no IDEA she could cuss in Italian -- she was laughing and repeating a bunch of the stuff in the movie -- and she told me she could cuss in Yiddish and German, too.

Darn movie was so good I'll watch the Oscars just to watch it sweep everything. The music was great, the cars, the wops, everything.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 29, 2018 12:08 AM (oGNNA)

428

"If Hillary 'Nacho Your President' ...

.. Not Your President ..
.. Not Yo' President ..
.. Nacho President ..


I had to scratch this itch. A. Lot.

Posted by: Pedantic Grammar Bro The Elder at November 29, 2018 12:09 AM (FlRtG)

429 so, here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXKZWEnEEA4

is how I became aware of the bikni haul thing. no more risque than the ont pics.

not sure if I should curse or bow to email.

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 29, 2018 12:09 AM (MTjB1)

430 IIRC, Gollum was in possession of the Ring for a long time, having robbed it from the corpse of a Numenorian (?) hero who was killed upon a battlefield. He did not know its significance at the time he stole it, I don't think.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Isildur cut the Ring off the finger of Sauron after Sauron had slain Elendil ( his father) with the shards of Elendil's sword. Isildur took the ring, even though Elrond at the time urged him to cast it into Mount Doom.

Isildur's party was slain by Orcs when they were riding north from Gondor (Anarion's son would be king of Gondor). Isildur put on the Ring to disappear and dove into the Anduin River. The ring came off and sank to the bottom of the river, and Isildur was slain by Orc arrows.
The Orcs were Elves that were captured and tortured by Morgoth, and Sauron was his leiutenant. They were perverted into the form of Orcs.

Posted by: Bozo Conservative....outlaw in America at November 29, 2018 12:10 AM (S6Pax)

431 Okay, y'all... I am off to slumberland. Y'all play nice, now.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 29, 2018 12:06 AM (/E4k7)

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Night Miss Tammy.

Posted by: G650 Driver at November 29, 2018 12:11 AM (Bd/FQ)

432 G650 Driver at N




thanks for fixing that gulfstream vs pontiac, makes a difference.

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 29, 2018 12:12 AM (MTjB1)

433 Isildur's party was slain by Orcs when they were riding north from Gondor (Anarion's son would be king of Gondor). Isildur put on the Ring to disappear and dove into the Anduin River. The ring came off and sank to the bottom of the river, and Isildur was slain by Orc arrows.
The Orcs were Elves that were captured and tortured by Morgoth, and Sauron was his leiutenant. They were perverted into the form of Orcs.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....outlaw in America at November 29, 2018 12:10 AM (S6Pax)

That sounds right. Was the Ring not also known as "Isuldur's Bane"?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 29, 2018 12:14 AM (fDU8w)

434 did i miss anything?

Posted by: redc1c4 at November 29, 2018 12:14 AM (xPNLF)

435 Even the priests!!!

Not like the Baptist pastors I knew in my old home town.
Posted by: Ladyl at November 28, 2018 11:38 PM (TdMsT)


The first time my then-Lutheran husband went to a funeral with me, and noticed that the basement was full of food and booze, ripe for the taking, he considered converting. Took a couple of years, but even he says it beats coffee and "fellowship", whatever that means.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 29, 2018 12:15 AM (NXsWM)

436 Time for the old folk. Drug dealer upsettled me unduly, it seems.


Goodnite, good people. Be safe and sleep well.

Posted by: irongrampa at November 29, 2018 12:17 AM (S/hVx)

437 Just learned from a friend at FB, the recording/mixing console that was used for the recording of Stairway To Heaven, is up for sale.

I asked, "where's the 'add backmasked satanic lyrics' button?"

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 29, 2018 12:17 AM (miE9U)

438 As satisfying as it would be for some of these idiotic companies to suffer because of their idiocy, sadly it usually turns out to be unrelated.
Posted by: rhomboid


Companies that stupidly virtue signal likely make other, even more seriously poor decisions as well. Take it as the symptom of a deeper dysfunction it is.

Posted by: I'm Brother Cavil, and I recommend The Courage To Be Disliked at November 29, 2018 12:17 AM (lLeln)

439 434 did i miss anything?
Posted by: redc1c4 at November 29, 2018 12:14 AM (xPNLF)

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The Hindenburg crashed.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 29, 2018 12:17 AM (YEpQs)

440 That sounds right. Was the Ring not also known as "Isuldur's Bane"?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 29, 2018 12:14 AM (fDU8w)

Yes.

The ring was actually kind of a stupid idea on Sauron's part. For him, it was a tool to focus and use his own power, but he poured too much of himself into it. By making it, he sowed the seeds of his own destruction.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 29, 2018 12:17 AM (PQMST)

441 Night IGP.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 29, 2018 12:18 AM (PQMST)

442 Not Hess. Hoess, the commandant of Aushwitz. He wrote it in a Polish prison while waiting to get his neck stretched.

Posted by: Vanya at November 29, 2018 12:08 AM (7PLM4)


So, a short story with a happy ending (written later by someone else)?

Posted by: RickZ at November 29, 2018 12:19 AM (Y8PSl)

443 I'm sad to say I understand his pain and how he got to that place. I've been there myself. Depression and illness can lead to the same dark place.
Posted by: USNtakim profoundly deplorable.


And it takes many forms. I finally had to admit to myself, and confront, the fact that I've been effectively committing slow-motion suicide for a very long time, by not taking proper care of myself. After dad passed I finally found myself in a position where nobody I really cared about was there to be impacted, and...well, it went into higher gear. I understand now it culminated in my hospitalization last year...I walked back from the edge then, but didn't really admit where I was until this summer. Therapy has been good for me, if only to help me see and understand what my demons are.

Posted by: I'm Brother Cavil, and I recommend The Courage To Be Disliked at November 29, 2018 12:22 AM (lLeln)

444
416 Hess had an autobiography? Well, guess that makes sense. He had like 50 years at Spandau to write one.

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This Hess had to write pretty fast. The Poles hanged his wretched ass in 1947.

I was honored to stand under the gibbet where Hess met his maker. It's at Auschwitz I just a few hundred yards from the villa where he and his lovely family lived. Right next to the prototype gas chamber where the Nazis tested extermination techniques that were later used on a large scale at Auschwitz-Birkenau, about a mile away.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 29, 2018 12:26 AM (YEpQs)

445 Damn. Killed it dead, I did.

Posted by: I'm Brother Cavil, and I recommend The Courage To Be Disliked at November 29, 2018 12:27 AM (lLeln)

446 Did I miss anything that redc1c4 didn't miss?

Posted by: Muldoon at November 29, 2018 12:27 AM (m45I2)

447 446 Did I miss anything that redc1c4 didn't miss?
Posted by: Muldoon at November 29, 2018 12:27 AM (m45I2)

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Did you hear about the Hindenburg?

Pfffft.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 29, 2018 12:28 AM (YEpQs)

448 Did you hear about the Hindenburg?


******

Was that on Hot Air?

Posted by: Muldoon at November 29, 2018 12:29 AM (m45I2)

449 so drudge has a headline for "maryland hs students accused of raping teammates." not sure why that is even a story, it's maryland.

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 29, 2018 12:29 AM (MTjB1)

450
Did you hear about the Hindenburg?

Is that a sandwich?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 29, 2018 12:30 AM (aKsyK)

451 Muldoon asked what he had missed.

From redC who seldom does miss.

The Hindenburg blew, with a bang not a Hess, and that was the end of the show.



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at November 29, 2018 12:31 AM (QzJWU)

452 Is that a sandwich?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 29, 2018 12:30 AM (aKsyK)

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Oh, the huge pastrami.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 29, 2018 12:31 AM (YEpQs)

453 Did you hear about the Hindenburg?


I heard it bombed a shopping mall with live turkeys in Cincinnati.

Posted by: Puddleglum at November 29, 2018 12:32 AM (HCqAo)

454 sausagefest now?

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 29, 2018 12:33 AM (MTjB1)

455 Sausagefest now?
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 29, 2018 12:33 AM (MTjB1)

Yes, please!

*licks lips*

Posted by: Shep Smith at November 29, 2018 12:34 AM (pkeCj)

456 Hey, Jim Sunk


How've you been?

Posted by: Muldoon at November 29, 2018 12:36 AM (m45I2)

457 sigh, another wonderful thread stalled before 500?

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 29, 2018 12:36 AM (MTjB1)

458 454 sausagefest now?
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 29, 2018 12:33 AM (MTjB1)

Come on, can't we just refer to it as 'time with the guys'?

Shut up Shep.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 29, 2018 12:37 AM (PQMST)

459 Regarding Hoess' autobiography, I found this:

Taken prisoner by the British, he was handed over to the Poles, tried, sentenced to death, and taken back to Auschwitz and there hanged. During the period between his trial and his execution, he was ordered to write his autobiography.

If you're forced to write your autobiography, is it really an autobiography? Or is it more like a self-confession beaten out of you and used at a show trial? Or maybe Samuel Johnson was right:

Depend upon it, sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.

Posted by: RickZ at November 29, 2018 12:37 AM (Y8PSl)

460
If you're forced to write your autobiography, is it really an autobiography? Or is it more like a self-confession beaten out of you and used at a show trial?

What if he had written it as a hagiography?
Would they have punished him further?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 29, 2018 12:39 AM (aKsyK)

461 Heh, read the last of the Campbell soup item as *bullions in debt*.

Posted by: socalcon at November 29, 2018 12:40 AM (2RH4x)

462 someone needs to go find some ettes and drag them in here.



maybe we could get some 90 day fiances to rotate through here?

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 29, 2018 12:41 AM (MTjB1)

463 What if he had written it as a hagiography?
Would they have punished him further?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 29, 2018 12:39 AM (aKsyK)


Hagiography. LOL! Good point.

Punished further? "No soup for you!"

Posted by: RickZ at November 29, 2018 12:43 AM (Y8PSl)

464 Heh, read the last of the Campbell soup item as *bullions in debt*.
Posted by: socalcon at November 29, 2018 12:40 AM (2RH4x)

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 29, 2018 12:44 AM (fDU8w)

465 Looks like I'll leave y'all to it. Have fun, don't trash the place.


Endeavour to persevere.


Go Avs!

Posted by: Muldoon at November 29, 2018 12:44 AM (m45I2)

466 Heh, read the last of the Campbell soup item as *bullions in debt*.
Posted by: socalcon at November 29, 2018 12:40 AM (2RH4x)

Damn. finger fault.

(Carl Sagan voice) "Boullions, and boullions in debts."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 29, 2018 12:45 AM (fDU8w)

467 *eyes y5*

I'm not being dragged anywhere...

Been sleeping on and off all day.

Posted by: SMH at November 29, 2018 12:47 AM (Ae8bS)

468 Night Muldoon.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 29, 2018 12:47 AM (PQMST)

469 *ties ice pack to jaw*

Much better.

Posted by: SMH at November 29, 2018 12:48 AM (Ae8bS)

470 My brother had a Zeppelin 45 of "Immigrant Song/Hey Hey What Can I do"; the leadout groove the blank wax, where the master pressing #s are, also had written into the disc "Do What Thou Wilt Shall Be the Whole of The Law"; this is a reference to Aleister Crowley, a well known nutjob/Satanist some years back. Page bought a large mansion estate once owned by Crowley. I'm a bit ambivalent about this kind of thing. I don't think it is setting a good example, particularly for young people. As far as demons and possession and that sort of thing, while I am a decided believer in science, it just seems like a really bad idea to try and summon up demons or seance and ouji boards and the like. Just sayin'. They believe in that stuff, and it affects them negatively. In my opinion.

Posted by: Common Tater at November 29, 2018 12:48 AM (XUnia)

471 *eyes y5*

I'm not being dragged anywhere...

Been sleeping on and off all day.
Posted by: SMH at N



huh, then what is that beautifully coiffed hair for?

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 29, 2018 12:48 AM (MTjB1)

472 Brother Muldoon,


I slog on here, apace. Shoulder to the yoke, one step in front of the next.

Has it ever been otherwise?

Were it a game of Hide n' Seek, I could call Ollie Ollie Oxen Free, and shed this yoke of oppression.

But, white pribblidge being what it is, I'm kinda stuck here, y'know?

How're YOU doing though now, sir, being all retired and such?

*steps n fetches Muldoon his bourbon n' cigar*

/snrk


Kidding aside. I've known a lot of people in this world. None are MORE deserving of the days of leisure than you.

Salute, amigo.

*clinks glass*


Cheers!


Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at November 29, 2018 12:48 AM (QzJWU)

473 Hey Jim.

Posted by: SMH at November 29, 2018 12:49 AM (Ae8bS)

474 I have bed head with bunny ears atm.

Posted by: SMH at November 29, 2018 12:51 AM (Ae8bS)

475 have bed head with bunny ears atm.

Posted by: SMH at N



sure but you make it look good.



by the way "atm" means something different to the kids these days. don't google.

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 29, 2018 12:52 AM (MTjB1)

476 Kids find the canned soups daunting, what with the soup on the inside. No app to open the thing.

Posted by: Burger Chef at November 29, 2018 12:53 AM (RuIsu)

477 well, campbells has been in trouble for a long time. they have not made the capital investments they should have. lot of their equipment is from the 19 teens.

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 29, 2018 12:54 AM (MTjB1)

478 At the moment.

Just took another dose of co-Tylenol and antibiotics.

Still waiting for the consult with the endodontic.

Posted by: SMH at November 29, 2018 12:55 AM (Ae8bS)

479 SMH!

Hugs to you lass, and a brotherly fistbump to Ex Ex.

Point of order.

I've read a good many of Ex Ex's comments 'round here of late.

You were WISE ma'am, to re connect, there.

He's an unusually smart, wise and discerning gent, and he loves you beyond words.

I think you're the better for having him again in your world.

All the other bothers, take back seat to what y'all are rapidly rebuilding together, and you don't ever lose sight of that, m'kay?

Damn shame y'all arent' living in Texas though. We'd visit more often, that's for damn sure.



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at November 29, 2018 12:55 AM (QzJWU)

480
Posted by: Common Tater at November 29, 2018 12:48 AM

Just don't play it backwards!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 29, 2018 12:56 AM (aKsyK)

481
Yo Reprobates, Lovely Ladies, and the rare yet ongoing Hoard Lovely Reprobate Ladies!

We were talking Tintin the other day, forget where, maybe book thread, anyway this is well done (SFW):

https://tinyurl.com/y9l3k4bn



Posted by: In Vino Veritits at November 29, 2018 12:56 AM (UFLLM)

482 I am tired but can't sleep.

This sucks.

Posted by: mpfs at November 29, 2018 12:56 AM (OLYPk)

483 Well, another frustrating day in the never-ending Ford Follies. Put it back on the hoist, drained the pan, removed the valve body, and disassembled same. Nada. Removed every spring, every valve, every little plug. All is good. No stuck valves, no broken springs. It all looks new, save for a little scoring on the plunger of the main pressure regulator valve. I think that's normal, as those things move a lot, and fast. Very unlikely that it could be the cause of it engaging two gears at once.

Will have a real close look at the shift solenoids tomorrow. If shift solenoid #2 is faulty, that could cause the direct clutch to stay applied when it wasn't supposed to be. Now I did check those solenoids when I first tore into the SOB, but maybe I wasn't looking for the right sort of fault.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 29, 2018 12:58 AM (fDU8w)

484 Ty Jim, he likes you too.

He took off work today to nurse me.

He's asleep now, and Momi is purring in my lap.

Posted by: SMH at November 29, 2018 12:58 AM (Ae8bS)

485 Did you hear about the Hindenburg?

I heard it bombed a shopping mall with live turkeys in Cincinnati.
Posted by: Puddleglum at November 29, 2018 12:32 AM


That WKRP episode is 40 years old. It aired 41 years after the Hindenburg exploded. Next year we will be further in time from that episode's first airing than it was from the event it was spoofing.

Posted by: Chuck C at November 29, 2018 01:00 AM (YTxkQ)

486 I never understood the "backwards" stuff either. A lot of that stuff (not necessarily Zeppelin) is pretty damn bad going forwards. There is a lot of occult stuff and satan worship in government and entertainment types. Really creepy people.

Posted by: Common Tater at November 29, 2018 01:01 AM (XUnia)

487 I am tired but can't sleep.

This sucks.
Posted by: mpfs at November 29, 2018 12:56 AM (OLYPk)

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I hear ya, and agree. This sucks.

Posted by: Calm Mentor at November 29, 2018 01:02 AM (ffYR/)

488 The Orcs were Elves that were captured and tortured by Morgoth, and Sauron was his leiutenant. They were perverted into the form of Orcs.
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That was Tolkien's earliest version of the origin of Orcs, but he became uncomfortable with it later on. It bothered him that thinking beings would be Always Chaotic Evil and incapable of salvation. He was trying to figure a way around that when he died.

Posted by: Captain Obvious at November 29, 2018 01:02 AM (tfbws)

489
You identify as a rutabaga?

Cool. Whatever. Don't care. Works for you is all that matters.

Unfortunately I'm a bit peckish and making soup. So I'm gonna cut you up for it. Rutabagas are lovely in soup.

I'm happy though that as you die in screaming agony you know you are being killed for who you really are!

Feel actualized?

Posted by: Sociopath that crossed your path at November 29, 2018 01:02 AM (UFLLM)

490 That WKRP episode is 40 years old. It aired 41 years after the Hindenburg exploded. Next year we will be further in time from that episode's first airing than it was from the event it was spoofing.
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I remember in '77 when a '57 Chevy (to me) looked positively ancient. I thought it was ancient history, too. Yikes! It was only 20 years removed then.

Posted by: Common Tater at November 29, 2018 01:05 AM (XUnia)

491 AOP.

Just Fed Ex the 'box down to me here.

My guy will have it spinning like new by day's end Friday.

Okay, kidding, etc.

But wish you could do a "watch over his shoulder" as he tears down and rebuilds a trans.

Even YOURS.

It looks like a NASCAR pit stop, and that's in his "relaxed" mode.

The distance though, is a bitch. Were Star Trek a thing, I'd teleport you n' your whole damn problem down here to his workbench.

You'd arrive home, not only with a fully intact drivetrain, but a vastly increased scope of knowledge as to the approach, attack and actual repair of those 'boxes.

And it'd bear scant resemblance to the "MANUALS" checklists of the "how to" thereof.


Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at November 29, 2018 01:06 AM (QzJWU)

492 As far as demons and possession and that sort of thing, while I am a decided believer in science, it just seems like a really bad idea to try and summon up demons or seance and ouji boards and the like. Just sayin'. They believe in that stuff, and it affects them negatively. In my opinion.
Posted by: Common Tater at November 29, 2018 12:48 AM (XUnia)


You do understand that Catholicism believes in science, yes?

Not to open a can of worms, but it is usually best not to mess with powers you do not understand and cannot control. There is a great deal of documented evil in the world and it comes from somewhere.

Also, having made the acquaintance of a certain diocesan exorcist, I have heard and seen things I would rather I had not. I keep holy water and a few well-rehearsed Latin prayers about me at all times.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 29, 2018 01:06 AM (NXsWM)

493 That was Tolkien's earliest version of the origin of Orcs, but he became uncomfortable with it later on. It bothered him that thinking beings would be Always Chaotic Evil and incapable of salvation. He was trying to figure a way around that when he died.
Posted by: Captain Obvious at November 29, 2018 01:02 AM (tfbws)

They surrendered the ability to think for themselves, or had it stolen from them. Like leftists and muslims. They could fight among themselves though, and often did.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 29, 2018 01:06 AM (fDU8w)

494 Clindamycin can cause cdiff...

Oh joy.

Posted by: SMH at November 29, 2018 01:06 AM (Ae8bS)

495 Kids find the canned soups daunting, what with the soup on the inside. No app to open the thing.

Posted by: Burger Chef at November 29, 2018 12:53 AM (RuIsu)


They don't have a pot to piss in, much less a pot for heating up a can of soup.

Posted by: RickZ at November 29, 2018 01:08 AM (Y8PSl)

496 494 Clindamycin can cause cdiff...

Oh joy.
Posted by: SMH at November 29, 2018 01:06 AM (Ae8bS)

I think if you read the whole label, you will discover it also causes explosive diarrhea, speaking in tongues and spontaneous human combustion.

I love how these drugs get prescribed by some bean counter with no thought to the side effects, which quickly become the main effects.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 29, 2018 01:09 AM (NXsWM)

497 Smh

Cdiff is usually found in a hospital setting. If you are not otherwise immunocompromised you should be okay.

Take some probiotics, eat some yogurt and drink a little kombucha.

Posted by: Nurse ratched at November 29, 2018 01:11 AM (PkVlr)

498 Yeah, perspective is a bitch.

I remarked to my best friend the other day that kids now are at the same distance from the 80's that we were from the 50's when Back to the Future came out.

The 50's seemed so far removed then. Now it seems like a whole different era.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 29, 2018 01:12 AM (PQMST)

499 I'm taking probiotics also, so that should help.

Posted by: SMH at November 29, 2018 01:12 AM (Ae8bS)

500 They surrendered the ability to think for themselves, or had it stolen from them. Like leftists and muslims. They could fight among themselves though, and often did.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 29, 2018 01:06 AM (fDU8w)
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Too easy an answer, don't you think? JRRT was a far more profound thinker than you or I, and he was unable to solve the problem in his lifetime.

Posted by: Captain Obvious at November 29, 2018 01:12 AM (tfbws)

501 Nurse,

I'm aware of cdiff, deathly aware.

Posted by: SMH at November 29, 2018 01:13 AM (Ae8bS)

502 "Anal leakage"
A known side effect.
No way I am taking this for any reason.

Posted by: navybrat, sometime commentater at November 29, 2018 01:13 AM (w7KSn)

503 Smh if you need an endo you need antibiotics. I'm not a dentist but my wife has worked in a dental office(office manager) for 20 years. Antibiotics will calm the infection in your tooth. Take em you will feel better.

Posted by: USNtakim profoundly deplorable. at November 29, 2018 01:13 AM (0OmEj)

504 All the up-thread talk of ethnic food forced me, forced I say, to have a small bowl of my Hungarian goulash (made today). With a healthy dollop of sour cream, of course.

Posted by: RickZ at November 29, 2018 01:14 AM (Y8PSl)

505 I'm taking them...just brings back sobering memories.

Posted by: SMH at November 29, 2018 01:14 AM (Ae8bS)

506 Smh.

Me too I was at risk on antibiotics during chemo


Take care you got this

Posted by: Nurse ratched at November 29, 2018 01:15 AM (PkVlr)

507 You'd arrive home, not only with a fully intact drivetrain, but a vastly increased scope of knowledge as to the approach, attack and actual repair of those 'boxes.

And it'd bear scant resemblance to the "MANUALS" checklists of the "how to" thereof.


Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at November 29, 2018 01:06 AM (QzJWU)

Heh. The transmission is, to all intents and purposes, rebuilt, by me. There is just one nagging problem. The direct drive clutch seems to stay applied all the time, and it should only apply in third and fourth gears (direct, and overdrive). I don't think it's physically locked. I put it together with nearly all new parts, and the hub and drum could be turned independently by hand. Somehow it's getting energized by hydraulic pressure when it shouldn't be.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 29, 2018 01:15 AM (fDU8w)

508 Plus, taking opioids, so constipation is a concern also...lol

Posted by: SMH at November 29, 2018 01:16 AM (Ae8bS)

509 The 50's seemed so far removed then. Now it seems like a whole different era.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 29, 2018 01:12 AM (PQMST)


The 50's were a whole different era. There were sane Dems back then.

Posted by: RickZ at November 29, 2018 01:16 AM (Y8PSl)

510 They surrendered the ability to think for themselves, or had it stolen from them. Like leftists and muslims. They could fight among themselves though, and often did.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 29, 2018 01:06 AM (fDU8w)

Well, the idea is that these were Elves or Men, captured by Melkor/Morgoth (big Kahuna evil being- Lucifer) and then twisted by his power into feeble shadows of the creations of Illuvatar (God.) His point being that Evil cannot create, it can only corrupt what is created by God.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 29, 2018 01:16 AM (PQMST)

511 Daughter is a CNA. She is wholly aware of cdiff. Just by the smell.

Posted by: USNtakim profoundly deplorable. at November 29, 2018 01:17 AM (0OmEj)

512 Metallica has more than one album???

The other day I was rummaging thru the $5 CD bin at Walmart and discovered "The Best of Nickelback Volume 1."

Posted by: Jaqen H'ghar at November 29, 2018 01:17 AM (5fSr7)

513 Oh boy!

Taco Bell now has a holiday clothing line!

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 29, 2018 01:17 AM (miE9U)

514 lol qdp

Posted by: SMH at November 29, 2018 01:18 AM (Ae8bS)

515 Amazon with my medical records...

What could possibly go wrong?

Posted by: SMH at November 29, 2018 01:19 AM (Ae8bS)

516 The sexually curious should take some strong courses of anti-BI-otics.

What, whyyoulookitmelikedat?


/hastalanitenitehorde!




Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at November 29, 2018 01:19 AM (QzJWU)

517 Clindamycin can cause cdiff...

Oh joy.
Posted by: SMH at November 29, 2018 01:06 AM (Ae8bS)

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I got that from Clindamycin. Do . Not. Want.

The treatment is unspeakable.

Lost 20 lbs. that was necessary. Lost 30 more that was not. Be well .

Posted by: Calm Mentor at November 29, 2018 01:20 AM (ffYR/)

518 Hey everybody! I just downloaded SMH's medical records from Amazon! Let's take a look... ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 29, 2018 01:20 AM (miE9U)

519 SMH, but seriously, thanks. :-)

And with that, I gotta call it a night. Thanks for the fun chat everyone.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 29, 2018 01:22 AM (miE9U)

520 If VA releases my records to Amazon...

Posted by: SMH at November 29, 2018 01:22 AM (Ae8bS)

521 Thanks CM.

Posted by: SMH at November 29, 2018 01:23 AM (Ae8bS)

522
SMH had this in there? Really?

NTTIAWWT,,,

Posted by: Oh, My... at November 29, 2018 01:23 AM (UFLLM)

523 Not to open a can of worms, but it is usually best not to mess with powers you do not understand and cannot control. There is a great deal of documented evil in the world and it comes from somewhere.
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Well sure. In fact substitute "always" for "usually". And that's just it, I just choose not to associate myself, insofar as possible, with bad stuff. And it ain't easy these days. Whether it's Cambell's soup, or devil worshippers. Maybe I'm getting old. Pagey was a great guitarist back in the day, and wrote/arranged some great tunes. As I get older though I start to look at people's philosophy and those kinds of things start to impact my judgment of whether I want them around, so to speak. In a similar vein I'll never forget some miscreant professional sports celebrity claiming "I'm not a role model".

The hell you're not, every kid on the planet looks up to you, and wants to be just like you. You're a role model whether you like it or not. Our "betters" used to know this. Poor people tried to emulate the well to do, now the celebrities act like bums. Yeesh.


Posted by: Common Tater at November 29, 2018 01:24 AM (XUnia)

524 What if he had written it as a hagiography?
Would they have punished him further?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 29, 2018 12:39 AM (aKsyK)

See, here's the thing. This is why I keep it.

A lot of it is whining and excuse making. Not just the 'I was only following orders' one. He complains about the unreasonable demands being put on him and how few resources he was given; I don't have it with me, but IIRC at one point he says he had to sneak over to another camp site and steal rolls of barbed wire, because he was hopelessly undersupplied.

He was a follower, in every sense. His hero worship of Himmler comes through loud and clear; I don't think he ever even talks about Hitler, at all. He makes noises about how now he sees they were doing the wrong thing, but his noises reek of insincerity. He was a cog, a machine part, a bureaucratic drone taken to its logical conclusion.

And this is the most (to me, anyway) frightening and enraging thing about him. He didn't hate the Jews, not really. He was Implementing Policy. He built and engine that killed one million innocent people and he couldn't even be bothered to dislike them. They were just... Stuff, Things, the objects of Policy that the Reichsfuhrer-SS had ordered to be Implemented.

I'm probably conveying this very badly, but does that make sense? The impersonalization-- if that's even a word-- of an unfeeling, inhuman, totalitarian State breeds these mindsets, where cops refer to people as 'civilians', and the drones who drive Policy see the regular people as so much stuff, to be pushed around and have Policies Implemented on them.

Posted by: Vanya at November 29, 2018 01:27 AM (7PLM4)

525 "Amazon with patient records"? Seems weird to you because you are closely following politics rather than computers.

Amazon are pioneers in the area of "Big Data" processing. They are already using it on their customer data to find ways to make their commerce business more profitable.

In this case they are using their Big Data processing systems to try to get into a new line of business. Patient data is strictly legally controlled (look up HIPPA) so Amazon can't tie patient data to the rest of their data.

Now, if Amazon starts lobbying Congress to get rid of HIPPA and make it legal to unify all the data they have about people, that would be worrying.

Note that Amazon has a really giant fleet of servers running "cloud" software. There are very large customers who use Amazon servers instead of buying their own servers. Amazon originally set up those servers for its own business purposes, but made a smart decision to set up a cloud rental business and that business is making a lot of money for them.

Posted by: mr_jack at November 29, 2018 01:31 AM (sCh/e)

526 I'm probably conveying this very badly, but does that make sense? The impersonalization-- if that's even a word-- of an unfeeling, inhuman, totalitarian State breeds these mindsets, where cops refer to people as 'civilians', and the drones who drive Policy see the regular people as so much stuff, to be pushed around and have Policies Implemented on them.
Posted by: Vanya at November 29, 2018 01:27 AM (7PLM4)
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Have you seen the excellent short movie "Conspiracy"? It's a dramatization of the Wannsee Conference that puts across the points you are making very well.

Posted by: Captain Obvious at November 29, 2018 01:32 AM (tfbws)

527 well, the following orders thing is interesting. we do not have an obligation to assist someone, no duty to rescue someone. so, if there is no duty to rescue someone why should someone following orders be found guilty of something?

not following orders in wartime, especially in germany would likely get you shot. why should some cog be found guilty for something that could get him killed when there is no duty to rescue someone otherwise?

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 29, 2018 01:34 AM (MTjB1)

528 I'm probably conveying this very badly, but does that make sense? The impersonalization-- if that's even a word-- of an unfeeling, inhuman, totalitarian State breeds these mindsets, where cops refer to people as 'civilians', and the drones who drive Policy see the regular people as so much stuff, to be pushed around and have Policies Implemented on them.
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"The Banality of Evil" - we've seen too many bad movies. The bad guys are always easily identifiable. Doesn't work that way in real life. Evil people dress nice, look nice, talk well, can even be charming. This is the problem. They tell people what they want to hear.

At the risk of sounding apologetic, put yourself in the context of the times. The commies, nazies, fascists, authoritarians, et al, they would all throw you in a camp or another for badthink. Talking bad about certain people or government. You had to join the party for all practical purposes. They controlled everything. What do you do?

Or let's say you have a pension, or hope to have one when you retire. How is that so different than what we've seen with certain law enforcement agencies in highly political environments? At the local level it must be Bullshit. Their hands are tied, the mayor or whoever will throw them under the bus at the earliest opportunity if something bad happens. "Just following orders" starts to sound pretty good. People can rationalize anything. I'm not arguing we owe "the Germans" an apology, I'm saying it's way more complicated than is ordinarily envisioned. And the same shit is happening here, and around the world. Don't expect the cops or anybody else to provide help in a crisis is what I'm getting at.

Posted by: Common Tater at November 29, 2018 01:39 AM (XUnia)

529 Well, I am getting real sleepy here. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 29, 2018 01:40 AM (fDU8w)

530 night

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 29, 2018 01:40 AM (MTjB1)

531 Posted by: Vanya at November 29, 2018 01:27 AM (7PLM4)

This is an interesting point, and brings up another question: if many of those involved in the Final solution felt no large amount of personal hatred towards the Jews, does that not make them MORE evil?

To cross the streams here, there is an interesting quote from Thomas Shippey (biographer of JRR Tolkien) in which he is talking about what he sees as Tolkien's vision of evil: (I am paraphrasing from memory here)

"The History of evil in the 20th century is oddly impersonal. It is almost like no one really WANTS to do it. So you have most evil being carried out by bureaucrats."

He was making a point that the ring wraiths are Tolkien's perception of bureaucratic evil. They are empty vessels, merely carrying out the will of another- and that those who do these deeds are wraiths, in that sense (empty, twisted things.)



Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 29, 2018 01:42 AM (PQMST)

532 Night AOP.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 29, 2018 01:42 AM (PQMST)

533 well the bureaucracy makes it impersonal in the sense that the bureaucrat has no animus towards the victim, however, there is the threat of violence against the bureaucrat for not carrying out orders.

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 29, 2018 01:45 AM (MTjB1)

534 Hi Y5!

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at November 29, 2018 01:48 AM (NMAzL)

535 Publius is stuffing my pussy.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at November 29, 2018 01:49 AM (NMAzL)

536 533 well the bureaucracy makes it impersonal in the sense that the bureaucrat has no animus towards the victim, however, there is the threat of violence against the bureaucrat for not carrying out orders.
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 29, 2018 01:45 AM (MTjB1)

Yes, but there is also separation from seeing the effects of their actions on the victim. This lowers the threshold of what they will and will not do. If you never see the people- let alone what your actions are doing to them- it removes even the moral calculus from the equation.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 29, 2018 01:49 AM (PQMST)

537 My pussycat, that is. With kitty treats.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at November 29, 2018 01:50 AM (NMAzL)

538 535 Publius is stuffing my pussy.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at November 29, 2018 01:49 AM (NMAzL)

Aw, yeah.

Posted by: Barry White at November 29, 2018 01:50 AM (PQMST)

539 My pussycat, that is. With kitty treats.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at N




makes more sense, he seemed like more of an ass man.

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 29, 2018 01:51 AM (MTjB1)

540 "The History of evil in the 20th century is oddly impersonal. It is almost like no one really WANTS to do it. So you have most evil being carried out by bureaucrats."
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No, the bureacratic state provides the framework, the infrastructure, the machine, that allows people to act with impunity. Sure it's impersonal,, but they enjoy it. They have permission, even a duty as it were. Decent, peaceable people don't really need too much of laws or government or supervision. Have you ever heard someone confess to you that if it were proven somehow there was no God, they would rape and pillage and steal? I have, and it made no sense to me. Without law enforcement, apparently a fair number of folks will do the same. Thin veneer of civilization.

Biggest mistake in my life over the years was believing most people I met thought like I do. Maybe a "high trust" society was mostly intact at some point in my life, but I doubt it.

Posted by: Common Tater at November 29, 2018 01:52 AM (XUnia)

541 Sigh. I don't think this is actually a parody.

https://preview.tinyurl.com/ycjhed5b

Posted by: rickl at November 29, 2018 01:53 AM (sdi6R)

542 Posted by: Common Tater at November 29, 2018 01:52 AM (XUnia)

This is a good point. I have never understood that either.

Hmmm, I guess the question is then, are bureaucratic systems more predisposed to barbarity, perversely.

I would have to say yes.

It seems to me that the greater number of people actually serves to lower the groups inhibitions and mores. Shared or vacated responsibility.

Add to this a designated hate object and an amoral system which allows people to engage their darker side, and you are off to the races.

One of the arguments/discussions I have had with my best friend over the course of 20 years was whether the Germans were actually singularly evil (we both agree that they were not- look at the Soviets, Chinese, Cambodians, etc, etc) or the system, and the presence of a designated hate object allowed those people who are always with us who have cruel and barbaric natures to the forefront and gave them a place to practice their particular vices with the blessings of the State.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 29, 2018 01:59 AM (PQMST)

543 >>he seemed like more of an ass man.

What's this past tense Kemosabe?

Posted by: publius, the Duke of Miley's Ficus at November 29, 2018 02:02 AM (NMAzL)

544 Have you seen the excellent short movie "Conspiracy"? It's a dramatization of the Wannsee Conference that puts across the points you are making very well.
Posted by: Captain Obvious at November 29, 2018 01:32 AM (tfbws)

I have not. I should look that up.

As far as Just Following Orders and all that... I don't really have an answer. It's very easy for us to sit here and say, well, they should have done this, or that, or this other thing. I'm sure most (or all) of us think they should have and wish that they had.

This is NOT making excuses for the SS or anyone, here. They literally murdered millions of people; you don't get to say "My bad" and walk away from that.

Maybe that's the moral. The crowd develops momentum, but responsibility for what it does falls on each member who participates? The guy up front with the megaphone who's whipping them up bears responsibility, obviously, but so does each person who follows?

But Hoess doesn't get even that excuse. He got a job running concentration camps because he'd been in prison (Nazi logic: We need someone who knows about prisons. Ask for ex-cons!). He spent time in prison because he participated in a political murder for the Nazis back in the 20s. He wasn't being swept along by the tide, he was a believer.

Posted by: Vanya at November 29, 2018 02:03 AM (7PLM4)

545 Sure it's impersonal,, but they enjoy it. They have permission, even a duty as it were. Decent, peaceable people don't really need too much of laws or government or supervision.
Posted by: Common Tater at November 29, 2018 01:52 AM (XUnia)

This is also true. Totalitarians attract the kind of people who want to be totalitarians. Solzhenitsyn made the point in The Gulag Archipelago that camp guards tended to be incredibly vicious, and for a good reason-- Almost any normal Russian with an even slightly intact moral compass wanted nothing to do with being a Gulag guard. So their recruits came from the segment of humanity that liked beating and torturing and shooting people, with predictable results.

Posted by: Vanya at November 29, 2018 02:08 AM (7PLM4)

546 So their recruits came from the segment of humanity that liked beating and torturing and shooting people, with predictable results.
Posted by: Vanya at November 29, 2018 02:08 AM (7PLM4)

Self-selection.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 29, 2018 02:10 AM (PQMST)

547 My pussycat, that is. With kitty treats.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at November 29, 2018 01:50 AM (NMAzL)

I was hoping that you weren't so underwhelmed with a ruddy good seeing-to that you started reading the ONT instead.

Posted by: Vanya at November 29, 2018 02:10 AM (7PLM4)

548 "I'm probably conveying this very badly, but does that make sense?"

Yes.
It has been referred to as "the banality of Evil".

Posted by: navybrat, sometime commentater at November 29, 2018 02:10 AM (w7KSn)

549 *waves to Miley*

Posted by: SMH at November 29, 2018 02:11 AM (Ae8bS)

550 To lighten the discussion, it would be like advertising for breast masseurs for Kate Upton and Christina Hendricks- you are unlikely to get gay men.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 29, 2018 02:12 AM (PQMST)

551 508 Somehow it's getting energized by hydraulic pressure when it shouldn't be.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon


A pinched seal perhaps? I've rebuilt motors, but automatic trannies, I knew, were beyond my skillset without a tutor.

The last tranny I had rebuilt by a very experienced rebuilder didn't work the first time. He told that for some models, you have to refrigerate the core overnight to get it past some seals without pinching the rubber. Increases the clearances.

That was an '87; I'm sure they are a lot more complicated now with chip logic involved.

Posted by: GnuBreed at November 29, 2018 02:12 AM (Z4rgH)

552 I was hoping that you weren't so underwhelmed with a ruddy good seeing-to that you started reading the ONT instead.
Posted by: Vanya at November 29, 2018 02:10 AM (7PLM4)

Well, everyone has a refractory period.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 29, 2018 02:13 AM (PQMST)

553 To lighten the discussion, it would be like advertising for breast masseurs for Kate Upton and Christina Hendricks- you are unlikely to get gay men.
-------
You mean - there are job openings?
*raises hand*

Posted by: Captain Obvious at November 29, 2018 02:16 AM (tfbws)

554 Everyone left the thread before I got to it, again. Why does this always happen to me?

Posted by: Surfperch at November 29, 2018 02:21 AM (pkeCj)

555 Amazon with my medical records...



What could possibly go wrong?

Posted by: SMH at November 29, 2018 01:19 AM (Ae8bS)
---ask the VA.


Posted by: redc1c4 at November 29, 2018 02:21 AM (xPNLF)

556 Everyone left the thread before I got to it, again. Why does this always happen to me?

Posted by: Surfperch



Because you referred to yourself as a teleost fish the other day, when perciform would have been way more descriptive.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at November 29, 2018 02:23 AM (fuK7c)

557 "...camp guards tended to be incredibly vicious, and for a good reason-- Almost any normal Russian with an even slightly intact moral compass wanted nothing to do with being a Gulag guard."

That's obviously false. People would love to be a camp guard and do a good job, treat people with respect and handling problems with justice.

Any number of Christians, at least, would take the job.

But if you were one good guard among many bad ones, the bad ones would kill you, just because you make them look bad.

There are bad guards because their bosses are bad, and so on up the line.

And any number of good people would want to be the bosses, hoping to do a good job.

The fact that some places this happens and some places it doesn't tells me that it's like IQ: there really is a genetic component.

Research has already shown genes have a giant effect on behavior. How can genes as an explanation not be the number one explanation?

Posted by: Can anyone think of a good name at November 29, 2018 02:25 AM (kNkfi)

558 To lighten the discussion, it would be like advertising for breast masseurs for Kate Upton and Christina Hendricks- you are unlikely to get gay men.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 29, 2018 02:12 AM (PQMST)

It is important that each discussion should consider both sides equally. Each argument should be firm, but not made so artificially, so it yields to the reasonable pressure of valid counterarguments.

The arguments should be supported in a framework of logic that accents their good qualities and minimizes the areas where they might be lacking; in this way, we arrive at a conclusion that is both intellectually and aesthetically pleasing.

Posted by: Vanya at November 29, 2018 02:26 AM (7PLM4)

559 You mean - there are job openings?

*raises hand*

Posted by: Captain Obvious at November 29, 2018 02:16 AM (tfbws)

----
send me your CV and salary history.

Posted by: Mark Eden at November 29, 2018 02:26 AM (xPNLF)

560 Evil people dress nice, look nice, talk well, can even be charming. This is the problem. They tell people what they want to hear.


Did you really expect the Devil to show up in a red suit wearing horns on his head? He wears designer suits for the lawyers, and blue jeans for the redneck. He is by turns suave, debonair, a good ol' boy, a romancer, a power broker. Underneath, he temps not just by offers but by surface appearance.

But read the whole memo.

Guy's nothing but trouble. Like, eternal trouble.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 29, 2018 02:28 AM (NXsWM)

561 At least you're no longer smoked perch.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at November 29, 2018 02:28 AM (NMAzL)

562 >> ruddy good seeing-to

Squiring. Her Grace prefers to be squired. Around town.

Posted by: publius, the Duke of Miley's Ficus at November 29, 2018 02:35 AM (NMAzL)

563 Yes, squired. That's what it is.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at November 29, 2018 02:35 AM (NMAzL)

564 Squiring. Her Grace prefers to be squired. Around town.

Posted by: publius, the Duke of Miley's Ficus at November 29, 2018 02:35 AM (NMAzL)

Yes, squired. That's what it is.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at November 29, 2018 02:35 AM (NMAzL)

---
IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT EITHER OF THEM MEANS.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at November 29, 2018 02:48 AM (xPNLF)

565 Wow, Jules had this show on called simply "Watergate". Very interesting, I recall this all going down, but I was only 18 at the time.

What strikes me is how inured to govt/political malfeasance we are today. What Hillary and the DNC did in the 2016 election is MUCH more than what Nixon did in trying cover up a "third rate burglary" in the 72 election.

There is a striking contrast between the honesty of Nixon's underlings in testimony and the lying loyalty of the Dems in the 2016 election, really a shocking contrast.

Also of note at my age now is how young some of these participants were. Quite shocking to me as Howard Baker, Wm Ruckelshaus, John Dean and others are way younger than I am now. Life is weird.

Posted by: Farmer at November 29, 2018 03:08 AM (yJ1e6)

566 At least you're no longer smoked perch.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at November 29, 2018 02:28 AM (NMAzL)

Yes, the rain we've been having here for the last week or so has pretty much put out the Camp Fire. I completely forgot what the mountains look like there was so much smoke for so long.

Posted by: Surfperch at November 29, 2018 03:24 AM (pkeCj)

567 To follow up on my earlier post, for those that don't know, after Nixon fired the Atty Gen and the Asst Atty Gen it was left to Robert Bork to fire Archie Cox. That is the real reason he got Borked when nominated to the Supreme Court.

Posted by: Farmer at November 29, 2018 03:27 AM (yJ1e6)

568 Everyone left the thread before I got to it, again. Why does this always happen to me?

Posted by: Surfperch


Because you referred to yourself as a teleost fish the other day, when perciform would have been way more descriptive.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at November 29, 2018 02:23 AM (fuK7c)

Fine, I'll do you better and refer to myself as an embioticid fish from now on.

Posted by: Surfperch at November 29, 2018 03:28 AM (pkeCj)

569 Goodnight Horde, see you on the Art Thread.

Posted by: Surfperch at November 29, 2018 03:29 AM (pkeCj)

570 G' night perch.

Posted by: Farmer at November 29, 2018 03:37 AM (yJ1e6)

571 > Since it made it to SCOTUS, my guess is that they couldn't prove that he used funds from drug dealing to purchase the car.

In fact it seems clear that he did not. The article says that he got a $72,000 life insurance payout from his father's death and bought the car with some of it.

Unfortunately he spent the rest on drugs, then apparently started selling them to support his habit when the rest of the money ran out.

Now, one could certainly argue that the fine for selling heroin should be higher than it is, but it seems to me that IF the maximum fine is only $10,000 then it's not any kind of justice to take a car that is worth a lot more than that.

Posted by: Ilhan Omar at November 29, 2018 03:53 AM (gmGt4)

572 I hardly ever get to comment on the art thread

Posted by: Skip at November 29, 2018 04:01 AM (6VrXf)

573 Do you ever sleep Skip?

Posted by: Farmer at November 29, 2018 04:13 AM (yJ1e6)

574 Best night in long time, actually over 8 hrs. Woke up 1 minute before alarm at 4am.
Making apple pancakes, I am so going to hate a job that will actually have to drive to.

Posted by: Skip at November 29, 2018 04:19 AM (6VrXf)

575 americanthinker.com twitters jack dorsey lied to congress
https://tinyurl.com/y9cd8zo7

Or every thread at AoSHq asswipe

Posted by: Skip at November 29, 2018 04:36 AM (6VrXf)

576 Pixy is very fickle

Posted by: Skip at November 29, 2018 04:37 AM (6VrXf)

577 G'morning, all.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 29, 2018 04:43 AM (cqNba)

578 265 Uncle Palpatine is still MIA. I hope he's okay. Or, the Ancient Slavonauts returned to pick him up.
Posted by: Winston a dreg of society at November 28, 2018 11:09 PM (+TuXx)

I hope he's lurking and seeing how much we miss him. I don't remember what threads he was mostly on.

Posted by: m at November 29, 2018 04:46 AM (Q7mSB)

579 Was thinking of Uncle Palp this morning, he often was here

Posted by: Skip at November 29, 2018 04:49 AM (6VrXf)

580 579 Was thinking of Uncle Palp this morning, he often was here
Posted by: Skip at November 29, 2018 04:49 AM (6VrXf)

Oh, good. Then this is a spot to say hey to him.

Posted by: m at November 29, 2018 04:50 AM (Q7mSB)

581 I know that we went on and on about Twitter the other day. And the discussion still rages on whether conservatives should leave the Twitter platform.

But then I realized...if we abandon Twitter, we would never get to meet people like Kimberly.

She's white.

She's educated.

She has a deep understanding of what Rights are.

And who should have them.


Meet Kimberly.

https://tinyurl.com/ybmkxkzx

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 29, 2018 04:56 AM (cqNba)

582 It is terrible just dropping out without warning. At least many who do make a comment stating as such.

Posted by: Skip at November 29, 2018 04:57 AM (6VrXf)

583 I get a tantalizing glimpse of twitter then goes blank and message to join that Leftist shit hole. I would get tossed so quick it wouldn't be funny.

Posted by: Skip at November 29, 2018 05:00 AM (6VrXf)

584 There are a few nice young lady conservatives

Posted by: Skip at November 29, 2018 05:01 AM (6VrXf)

585 94 In no case would one find a jello dish with carrots, lettuce, or white grapes in it. Yuck.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 28, 2018 10:28 PM (9rIkM)

Heathen.

Posted by: m at November 29, 2018 05:03 AM (Q7mSB)

586 Skip,

Can you get the majority of it if you go through Twitchy?

That platform has its own issues, but still, if one can get past the self aggrandizing use of words, the base content and cherry picked and quote tweets in response are usually pretty good.


https://tinyurl.com/ycpuy7c4

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 29, 2018 05:06 AM (cqNba)

587 96 So I was all ready to drop a mention of "my friend Ace," but Trebek didn't pick the story I thought he would. And for reasons that will become clear later I couldn't joke on my Final J answer.

That damn Canuck...
Posted by: Broseidon Czar of the Brocean at November 28, 2018 10:29 PM (dQAdn)

Go, bro!

Posted by: m at November 29, 2018 05:06 AM (Q7mSB)

588 And in other weird news, as I go toddling about the internet, without adult supervision.

The internet of things?

It may have some security issues.

Be careful out there in the privacy of your own bedroom.

https://tinyurl.com/ybtdojtu

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 29, 2018 05:17 AM (cqNba)

589 I know if I look up a twitter feed can read it, Chris Stigall the morning talk show host is one I often look up.

Posted by: Skip at November 29, 2018 05:21 AM (6VrXf)

590 Pretty sure that commercial was a from Twitter, maybe because a link to the middle of a account and not looking up a name such as Chris Stigall Twitter.
I am and have for awile had some hidden app allowing commercials to pop in the middle of what I'm doing, quite annoying. But know the second my tablet freezes its coming and hit the back button the second it shows.

Posted by: Skip at November 29, 2018 05:25 AM (6VrXf)

591 Have a good one, I'm gone

Posted by: Skip at November 29, 2018 05:32 AM (6VrXf)

592 Have a good day Skip

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 29, 2018 05:33 AM (cqNba)

593
Good morning, Hordians.

Let's get out there and shame the lunatics by living a good life today.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 29, 2018 05:40 AM (zkWi4)

594
Now streaming the Symphony No. 40 in G minor of Mozart, with George Szell conducting the Cleveland Orchestra.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 29, 2018 05:58 AM (LsBY9)

595 Can anyone tell me on what thread the prayer list is usually found? I can't seem to find it. Thanks.

Posted by: sinalco at November 29, 2018 06:04 AM (yODqO)

596 595 check yesterdays morning rant from GP.

Posted by: Sumdumchief at November 29, 2018 06:06 AM (S7kGr)

597 595 Can anyone tell me on what thread the prayer list is usually found? I can't seem to find it. Thanks.
Posted by: sinalco at November 29, 2018 06:04 AM (yODqO)

Morning Rant
Here's the latest one:
http://ace.mu.nu/archives/378316.php

Posted by: m at November 29, 2018 06:06 AM (Q7mSB)

598 Good morning!

Let's smile and be happy and strike fear in the heart of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 29, 2018 06:07 AM (hyuyC)

599 . . .

Posted by: m at November 29, 2018 06:09 AM (Q7mSB)

600 600

Posted by: m at November 29, 2018 06:10 AM (Q7mSB)

601 Listening to Benedictine Monks Of Santo Domingo De Silos chanting Media Vita In Morte Sumus.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 29, 2018 06:11 AM (hyuyC)

602 ok, I'll try it a THIRD time.......

Hiya

Posted by: JT at November 29, 2018 06:12 AM (Ru3kg)

603 602 ok, I'll try it a THIRD time.......

Hiya
Posted by: JT at November 29, 2018 06:12 AM (Ru3kg)

welcome

Posted by: m at November 29, 2018 06:12 AM (Q7mSB)

604 m

You are the $600 Man today.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 29, 2018 06:12 AM (hyuyC)

605 Top o ta morning to ya JT & VIA & m.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 29, 2018 06:13 AM (hyuyC)

606 As physical attack by students on teachers and staff increase in B'More, it seems to be impossible to find out if any charges are ever filed against the attackers.

https://tinyurl.com/yd3925ah

And another student was stopped with a handgun when a city High School metal detector went off.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 29, 2018 06:13 AM (cqNba)

607 Hi JT.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 29, 2018 06:14 AM (cqNba)

608 Village Idiot's Apprentice

This is close to the end-state of Democratic control. Throw social credit control on top of that, and watch the rage in the inner city build.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 29, 2018 06:15 AM (hyuyC)

609 Listening to Benedictine Monks Of Santo Domingo De Silos chanting Media Vita In Morte Sumus.

Whoa! Are you gonna say Deus vult when it's done?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 29, 2018 06:17 AM (PA/U2)

610 604 m

You are the $600 Man today.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 29, 2018 06:12 AM (hyuyC)

noble six hundred!
https://www.sparknotes.com/poetry/tennyson/section9/

Posted by: m at November 29, 2018 06:20 AM (Q7mSB)

611 CrotchetyOldJarhead

I'm pretty mellow after those chanters, but I imagine an armored Crusader, sword in hand while smiting a Saracen, asking "Can I interest you in Christianity?"

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 29, 2018 06:22 AM (hyuyC)

612 Due to the snow storm we had Sunday night. Many people in the Chicago suburbs are still without power.

One such person was featured on a news report yesterday. She lives in a small ranch in Arlington Heights, Il, and the news is telling about her problems such as ....having to take a day off work for someone to do a house repair, running her gas stove for some heat, and the one that made me say HUH??? food is going bad in her refrigerator.

Um, it's 32 degrees for a high outside. It gets down to 9 degrees at night. Go to the store. Purchase 2 big coolers. Load up your food. Put them in your car to keep critters from getting into it at night.

I'm sure a Gofundme is in the works to buy her more food.

Posted by: Bruce at November 29, 2018 06:23 AM (8ikIW)

613 You know how we say that liberals see us as non-human, and want to see us dead?


Oddly enough, a study seems to show validity in that statement.

And it seems to already be in place when liberals are attending college.

https://tinyurl.com/ybobteyy

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 29, 2018 06:23 AM (cqNba)

614 Good morning hordemates, coffee tastes almost normal for the first time in a few months. I pray for the listed and those defending our liberty.

Posted by: Sumdumchief at November 29, 2018 06:24 AM (S7kGr)

615 Morning all.

The barky aggrandizing tour is continuing.
I put the first barky/Nacho joint appearance about February.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 29, 2018 06:25 AM (R6g1s)

616 Media Vita In Morte Sumus

In the midst of life we are in death
of whom may we seek for succour,
but of thee, O Lord,
who for our sins
art justly displeased?

Yet, O Lord God most holy,
O Lord most mighty,
O holy and most merciful Saviour,
deliver us not into the bitter pains of eternal death.

it was originally a battle hymn, I believe

Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at November 29, 2018 06:28 AM (XZ3Gp)

617 Ooh,its gonna be kinda cool today and getting colder as the week progresses before ending with snow on Sunday. I may get something in my eye and not see being at work after lunch today.

The golf course...it calls to me.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 29, 2018 06:29 AM (PA/U2)

618 >>>barky/Nacho joint appearance

heh
blecchh

Posted by: m at November 29, 2018 06:31 AM (Q7mSB)

619


NOOD



Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 29, 2018 06:32 AM (/9p9e)

620 608 Village Idiot's Apprentice

This is close to the end-state of Democratic control. Throw social credit control on top of that, and watch the rage in the inner city build.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 29, 2018 06:15 AM (hyuyC)

We have much social credit scoring already. I do not even believe in marriage licenses or state control marriage yet I not only have to believe but also CARE about socalled gay marriage. Gay marriage is like sport car makers seller automatic manuals. It is an automatic, not a manual.

Now I must believe a person sex identification is a social construct that can be changed. In the next 5 years you will see a medical study on a new drug for womyn that will be attacked (or lauded) because they accepted chicks with dick.s Scientifically it will be a worthless study but the social value will be paraded through the streets.

As the body of dead people XX chromosomes pile up in the morgues people will look the other way to protect their social score!

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 29, 2018 06:37 AM (JFO2v)

621 I'm sure a Gofundme is in the works to buy her more food.



Posted by: Bruce at November 29, 2018 06:23


My power went out sunday evening around 9 pm. Woke up 5:30 am Monday morning, no power, temp in fridge was 48 deg. Took the milk out and put it outside my back door untill I could get the generator hooked up.I would have put all the food in the garage if I had no Generator.

Posted by: Cicero Skip at November 29, 2018 06:38 AM (FIrEF)

622 Have a great day, everyone.

May every traffic light turn green as you approach.

Head on a swivel and have a SecDef Mattis plan.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 29, 2018 06:39 AM (hyuyC)

623 Well I just got my final bill for renting a car on recent trip to Spain. As usual it was nothing like what I was quoted on the internet, or even told at the rental desk. They failed to mention a 21% VAT, a premium location fee because airport or something of around 70 Euros and exchange rate about 3% above the official rate. All buried in the contract fine print no doubt.


I'm used to this BS from car rental agencies in the US, which I know how to deal with to get the price quoted but this is first time renting overseas. This is a whole new level of screw a customer because you will almost surely never see him again and he is now far away. I may tell my credit card company to not make payment for a month or two just to screw with them.


Posted by: Ripley at November 29, 2018 06:41 AM (MxEKc)

624 Great to have tax payer paid lawyers...

Baltimore sues Trump administration over immigration policy city says keeps residents from seeking benefits

Posted by: Colin at November 29, 2018 07:08 AM (mNO18)

625
How do people here feel about Mia Love's comments once it was clear she lost her bid for re-election?

qdpsteve at November 28, 2018 11:09 PM (miE9U)

Posted by: Mia at November 29, 2018 07:14 AM (iF4iV)

626 Stupid tiny buttons on crapple pads were made by trumpian raaaaaaaaaaaacist!

Posted by: Mia Love at November 29, 2018 07:16 AM (iF4iV)

627 Off stupid Utah skank sock.

Posted by: Mia Love at November 29, 2018 07:17 AM (iF4iV)

628 Sock resisted first attempt at removal. Bottles and rocks were thrown at sock patrol. Tear gas deployed and success, sock off.

Posted by: Smaug at November 29, 2018 07:18 AM (iF4iV)

629 ORANGE CHAIRS BAD.

Posted by: saf at November 29, 2018 09:33 AM (5IHGB)

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