Weird News Dump

Good morning Horde. The Meme above is to be printed off and hung by your work station, cube, desk, bench, etc. Definitely not meant for you in this open thread.

Let's take a look at a few stories that didn't their fair share of attention here this past week at the AoSHQ.

***

You wanna hang around for awhile?

Well, this will only work once.

He only had one job.

An unusual first date.

Christmas spririt can't fight City Hall.

Lookie here, a victory over City Hall.

Hey, that's not a Christmas tree.

Could bacon be in trouble?

Thinking about a roommate? Think again.

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A typical Saturday morning, drink your drink of choice. Don't run with sharp objects, play well with others and be nice to the 'ettes.

Have a great weekend!!!

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at 08:31 AM

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1 Fresh!

Posted by: Calm Mentor at December 08, 2018 08:29 AM (ffYR/)

2 Roomy

Posted by: Skip at December 08, 2018 08:31 AM (/rm4P)

3 Time out. I wasn't done with the last thread.

Posted by: Downcast at December 08, 2018 08:31 AM (VWE5i)

4 Mornin' Horde!

Posted by: Brother Cavil at December 08, 2018 08:31 AM (lLeln)

5 Good Morning Again, Ya'll

Posted by: LMD Outer Banker at December 08, 2018 08:31 AM (YuQLm)

6 WTFO??

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 08, 2018 08:32 AM (JFO2v)

7 Hey!

'Sup??

Posted by: Muldoon at December 08, 2018 08:33 AM (m45I2)

8
something's burning in Paris

tinyurl.com/ycz4m9o2

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 08, 2018 08:33 AM (KCxzN)

9 Coffee is done, time for work as soon as I get motivated.
Have to change water pump pressure tank.

Posted by: Skip at December 08, 2018 08:34 AM (/rm4P)

10 The world is full of very strange people.

Posted by: Jewells45 at December 08, 2018 08:34 AM (dUJdY)

11 ou wanna hang around for awhile?

*****

Hung like A (Man Called) Horse!

Posted by: Muldoon at December 08, 2018 08:35 AM (m45I2)

12

Greetings fappers and fappees.

Am on second cup of cofveve. Driving B'Gal over to left coast today for GD's kollidge gradiation party.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 08, 2018 08:36 AM (HaL55)

13 I main question I have about the Amazon story is "Why is Amazon hiring bears to load packages in New Jersey?"

Posted by: Downcast at December 08, 2018 08:36 AM (VWE5i)

14 Jes' sayin'!

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 08, 2018 08:36 AM (f3oO4)

15 That Christmas light display.....wow! There's a guy in our area that has a similar display located where you turn off the main road into the neighborhood. I'd bet it will trigger a seizure in some folks. It's pretty cool.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 08, 2018 08:37 AM (PA/U2)

16 He only had one job.

******

Ah, a cat nap burglar!

Posted by: Muldoon at December 08, 2018 08:39 AM (m45I2)

17 3 Time out. I wasn't done with the last thread.
Posted by: Downcast at December 08, 2018 08:31 AM (VWE5i)

You can do both!
'murica.

Posted by: m at December 08, 2018 08:39 AM (1cK+7)

18 On the bacon link...

Frankenswine. Great name for a band.

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at December 08, 2018 08:40 AM (JoUsr)

19 France-

Revolution without guns=a bunch of people standing around

Posted by: weirdflunky at December 08, 2018 08:40 AM (ZghNV)

20 18 Frankenswine. Great name for a band.
Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at December 08, 2018 08:40 AM (JoUsr)

Maybe even that band featured in the ONT!

Posted by: m at December 08, 2018 08:41 AM (1cK+7)

21

Protests seem to be centered around the Arc de T'rump.

Posted by: Embedded in my Pre-Frontal Cortex and Colonized by Patriarchy at December 08, 2018 08:42 AM (e7O7B)

22 You may laugh, but the stuff works. There hasn't been a bear seen at that NJ Amazon distribution center all week.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 08, 2018 08:43 AM (m45I2)

23 Yesterday evening after comment nood everyone vanished like there was a free smorgasbord.

Posted by: Skip at December 08, 2018 08:43 AM (/rm4P)

24 Maybe even that band featured in the ONT!

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The Crackstreet Boys? I almost said that!

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at December 08, 2018 08:44 AM (JoUsr)

25

Maybe even that band featured in the ONT!

Most of those band names were hilarious.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 08, 2018 08:44 AM (HaL55)

26
21

Protests seem to be centered around the Arc de T'rump.
Posted by: Embedded in my Pre-Frontal Cortex and Colonized by Patriarchy at December 08, 2018 08:42 AM (e7O7B)

They're protesting Trump in France?

Posted by: Ladyl at December 08, 2018 08:44 AM (TdMsT)

27 Christmas spirit can't fight City Hall.

I posted on this a few days ago. just one more reason to not live in NJ

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at December 08, 2018 08:44 AM (mpXpK)

28 worth 5 minutes

https://tinyurl.com/y9tn64wk

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 08, 2018 08:46 AM (JFO2v)

29 They're protesting Trump in France?
Posted by: Ladyl at December 08, 2018 08:44 AM (TdMsT)

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They are actually calling for their own Trump.

Posted by: Calm Mentor at December 08, 2018 08:46 AM (ffYR/)

30 The Crackstreet Boys? I almost said that!

Oh, good one.

Posted by: t-bird at December 08, 2018 08:46 AM (nIvDu)

31 Re snowball fights.

Every winter the middle school principal would beg us to stop attacking the traffic passing nearby.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 08, 2018 08:48 AM (EZebt)

32
they're singin' that song from Casablanca now

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 08, 2018 08:48 AM (KCxzN)

33 13 I main question I have about the Amazon story is "Why is Amazon hiring bears to load packages in New Jersey?"
____________________

They work cheap, you can pay them off the books, you don't have to pay for lots of benefits, and they reliably vote Dim!

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at December 08, 2018 08:49 AM (fqUgw)

34 Thinking about a roommate? Think again. = story about Amazon bear spray.

Posted by: m at December 08, 2018 08:49 AM (1cK+7)

35 Shame the first French revolution tore down the Bastille straight away, they could use that now.

Posted by: Skip at December 08, 2018 08:49 AM (/rm4P)

36 Every winter the middle school principal would beg us to stop attacking the traffic passing nearby.

Did he ever wish he hadn't drawn attention to himself?

Posted by: t-bird at December 08, 2018 08:49 AM (nIvDu)

37 Frankenswine. Great name for a band.
Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at December 08, 2018 08:40 AM (JoUsr)

It is kosher?
Was at a restaurant on Wed The had 100% All Beef Kosher Dog Wrapped in Bacon!

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 08, 2018 08:49 AM (JFO2v)

38 They are actually calling for their own Trump.
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They were doing that the other day in the U.K.

Is this becoming a thing?

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at December 08, 2018 08:50 AM (fqUgw)

39 Morning!

Man! Those pig pics would put you off pork for a while!

And super lean muscular bacon??? yeah, I don't think so!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at December 08, 2018 08:50 AM (438dO)

40
They're not just standing around, they're pushing the cops around, forcing them to use stun grenades and tear gas. They're destroying Paris as a vacation destination. Forcing the government to bring out troops and additional police.

They'll force the socialist government out of power if this continues.

Posted by: Embedded in my Pre-Frontal Cortex and Colonized by Patriarchy at December 08, 2018 08:51 AM (e7O7B)

41 32
they're singin' that song from Casablanca now
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 08, 2018 08:48 AM (KCxzN)

a kiss is just a kiss but a BJ is forever!

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 08, 2018 08:51 AM (JFO2v)

42 they're singin' that song from Casablanca now
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 08, 2018 08:48 AM (KCxzN)

I like the lyrics in that one.

"Do you hear in the countryside the roar of those savage soldiers?
They come right into our arms to cut the throats of our sons, our comrades.
To arms, citizens! Form your battalions,
Let us march, let us march!
Let their impure blood water our fields."

Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2018 08:52 AM (t+qrx)

43 Not many firearms in France does save the country from getting a middleman to fetch the artillery and firing a whiff of grapeshot.

Posted by: Skip at December 08, 2018 08:52 AM (/rm4P)

44 https://tinyurl.com/y8vop2p8

Posted by: Total Control Racist at December 08, 2018 08:52 AM (z2W2E)

45 "The children of Severance want the opportunity to have a snowball fight like the rest of the world," Best told the board

******

No word yet from the children in the Amazon jungle.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 08, 2018 08:52 AM (m45I2)

46 Morning, y'all.

Wadda week. I'm beat.

*scrounges off for coffeve*

Posted by: Anon a mouse at December 08, 2018 08:52 AM (6qErC)

47
they're singin' that song from Casablanca now
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 08, 2018 08:48 AM

a kiss is just a kiss but a BJ is forever!

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 08, 2018 08:51 AM

no, silly, the other song

the one what pissed off all the germans

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 08, 2018 08:52 AM (KCxzN)

48
In the words of Joe Biden: This is a big fvcking deal.

Socialists in this country better pay heed.

Posted by: Embedded in my Pre-Frontal Cortex and Colonized by Patriarchy at December 08, 2018 08:53 AM (e7O7B)

49
things are getting slightly kinetic in paris

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 08, 2018 08:53 AM (KCxzN)

50 They were doing that the other day in the U.K.

Is this becoming a thing?
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at December 08, 2018 08:50 AM (fqUgw)

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Seems like it. PDT twatted about it this morning.

Twitter.com/realdonaldtrump

Posted by: Calm Mentor at December 08, 2018 08:53 AM (ffYR/)

51 23 Yesterday evening after comment nood everyone vanished like there was a free smorgasbord.
Posted by: Skip at December 08, 2018 08:43 AM (/rm4P)

From which thread?

Posted by: m at December 08, 2018 08:54 AM (1cK+7)

52 They are actually calling for their own Trump.
______________

They were doing that the other day in the U.K.

Is this becoming a thing?

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Can't have that! Nosiree. No wonder the gov't heavies are bringing out the tear gas.

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at December 08, 2018 08:55 AM (JoUsr)

53 Just stumbled across this, a day late perhaps but worth a look!

https://twitter.com/JennsLenz/status/1071219270653276160

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 08, 2018 08:55 AM (f3oO4)

54 24 The Crackstreet Boys? I almost said that!
Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at December 08, 2018 08:44 AM (JoUsr)

I think that woulda been a contendah.

Posted by: m at December 08, 2018 08:55 AM (1cK+7)

55 Did he ever wish he hadn't drawn attention to himself?
Posted by: t-bird at December 08, 2018 08:49 AM (nIvDu)

===

He was about 6'6"

So he really didnt have a choice. But Im sure his car got hit. We knew not mercy.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 08, 2018 08:55 AM (EZebt)

56 Awaiting "Snowmagettian" CLT expects nine inches. City will freak out for a day, will rain Tuesday and all wash away.
NINE inches in the South? There will be no bread of milk for weeks, ha ha

Posted by: Kemp at December 08, 2018 08:56 AM (9eppb)

57 Protests and tear gas

Meanwhile, fashion store commercial still playing on the outdoor video screen. Oh yeah, revolution is imminent.

Posted by: weirdflunky at December 08, 2018 08:56 AM (ZghNV)

58 Snowballs? Meh!

Now dirt clods. There's something you could chuck and get a resounding clunk on the receiving end.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 08, 2018 08:56 AM (m45I2)

59 Socialists in this country better pay heed.
Posted by: Embedded in my Pre-Frontal Cortex and Colonized by Patriarchy at December 08, 2018 08:53 AM (e7O7B)

The new words from the Progressives for the next two year will be moral and immoral.

Moral will be applied to all things that involve confiscating funds from working citizen class to give to lazy ass class.

Immoral will be applied to all things that involving working citizens trying to help themselves, family, and friends, forsaking giving their money to Big Govt.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 08, 2018 08:56 AM (JFO2v)

60 So my niece is supposed to do her Spring semester in Paris. I wonder if she'll still get to do so?

Posted by: Diogenes at December 08, 2018 08:57 AM (0tfLf)

61 Could bacon be in trouble?

The best thing about pork is the fat. PETA seems to agree because, believe it or not, they are outraged! I'm not sure by what, but it's not like they need a reason.

Posted by: t-bird at December 08, 2018 08:57 AM (Y9zp1)

62 Snowballs with ice

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 08, 2018 08:57 AM (aA3+G)

63 Posted by: TrivialPursuer at December 08, 2018 08:49 AM (fqUgw)

Just need to be real careful when you ask for their voter ID!

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 08, 2018 08:57 AM (f3oO4)

64 things are getting slightly kinetic in paris

*******

Wouldn't that be 'kinetique'?

Posted by: Muldoon at December 08, 2018 08:57 AM (m45I2)

65
Got some fires started now.

Posted by: Embedded in my Pre-Frontal Cortex and Colonized by Patriarchy at December 08, 2018 08:58 AM (e7O7B)

66 The difference between coffee and your opinion is I asked for coffee.

And I also hate running out of coffee.

Posted by: Bruce at December 08, 2018 08:59 AM (8ikIW)

67 So my niece is supposed to do her Spring semester in Paris. I wonder if she'll still get to do so?
Posted by: Diogenes at December 08, 2018 08:57 AM (0tfLf)

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Probably. This kind of thing is run of the mill for them.

Posted by: Calm Mentor at December 08, 2018 08:59 AM (ffYR/)

68
the one what pissed off all the germans

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 08, 2018 08:52 AM (KCxzN)

That would be the French National Anthem.
http://tinyurl.com/mlqgkt2

Posted by: Kemp at December 08, 2018 08:59 AM (9eppb)

69 Some of those protesters soccer kicking the tear gas canisters back toward the police have pretty good form. Possible. professional futbol contracts are on the line.

Audition tape of sorts.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 08, 2018 09:00 AM (m45I2)

70

The new words from the Progressives for the next two year will be moral and immoral.

B'Gal's family has two kollidge gradiates, one in pre-med and the other in environmental science. I sure hope the conversation stays away from politics because I'll just piss both of them off. I won't be able to keep my mouth shut. The EV D-G gets pissed when you mention Trump already anyway.
I need to practice in a mirror, gently: "Umm, that's not true."

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 08, 2018 09:00 AM (HaL55)

71 Paris is going to have its own Kent State moment...with a young woman in the background smiling and taking a selfie during the carnage.

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at December 08, 2018 09:00 AM (JoUsr)

72 Funny No 1 and No 2 on Amazon

Becoming The Wonky Donkey

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 08, 2018 09:00 AM (JFO2v)

73 Lancers!!! To arms!!!!

Oh...wait...
Never mind. Wrong country.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 08, 2018 09:00 AM (0tfLf)

74 Hah. Love that saying. Another one I like is 'opinions are like arseholes, everyone has one'..

Posted by: IC at December 08, 2018 09:01 AM (4lu7W)

75 28 worth 5 minutes

https://tinyurl.com/y9tn64wk
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 08, 2018 08:46 AM (JFO2v)

It is.
It's Jonathan Haidt, talking about what's wrong with college campuses today and how to fix it.

Posted by: m at December 08, 2018 09:01 AM (1cK+7)

76 'Another one I like is 'opinions are like arseholes, everyone has one'..'

You could say the same thing of morals.

Posted by: freaked at December 08, 2018 09:03 AM (UdKB7)

77 Watching the Sun's live feed.
Are those cops, or just bikers?

Posted by: Paladin at December 08, 2018 09:04 AM (pCSlt)

78 Jeez the replacement Merkle picked out looks like she really really enjoys black leather.

Posted by: freaked at December 08, 2018 09:05 AM (UdKB7)

79 I see that the National Geo channel has a show on Wednesday "Paris to Pittsburgh"
Something Something ..."to develop a broader awareness of their own responses to the climate accords"

Should be a hoot considering what's going on in Paris now

Posted by: Bruce at December 08, 2018 09:05 AM (8ikIW)

80
Paris is Burning! - une limerique

A yellow jacketed man named Lambeau
Who was able to fight like Rambeau
Was heard to remarque
As he set off a sparque
Bienvenue a Paree! En flambeau!

Posted by: Muldoon at December 08, 2018 09:06 AM (m45I2)

81 Alright, which one of you Morons put up those dick lights?

Posted by: Ian S. at December 08, 2018 09:07 AM (53at6)

82 Katie Hopkins, Compare and contrast, France vs Italy.

https://tinyurl.com/ycqovwl9

Posted by: JackStraw at December 08, 2018 09:07 AM (/tuJf)

83 With a name like Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer she sounds like one of those monsters that comes around at Christmas and devours bad little children.

Posted by: freaked at December 08, 2018 09:07 AM (UdKB7)

84 heh

Weirdwife caught a glimpse of the Frenchies Gone Wild video on my computer and asked if it was one of those flash mobs where people start dancing.

Posted by: weirdflunky at December 08, 2018 09:08 AM (ZghNV)

85 With a name like Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer she sounds like one of those monsters that comes around at Christmas and devours bad little children.
Posted by: freaked

Or a side affect of one of those medicines advertised that you didn't know you needed.

Posted by: Bruce at December 08, 2018 09:08 AM (8ikIW)

86 77 Watching the Sun's live feed.
Are those cops, or just bikers?
Posted by: Paladin at December 08, 2018 09:04 AM (pCSlt)

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

Looks like a war zone.

Posted by: m at December 08, 2018 09:09 AM (1cK+7)

87 'lright, which one of you Morons put up those dick lights?'

Pffft that's nothing. You should see it when I paint my schadenboner like a candy cane and festoon it with lights and ornaments.

Posted by: freaked at December 08, 2018 09:10 AM (UdKB7)

88 Watching the Sun's live feed.
Are those cops, or just bikers?
Posted by: Paladin at December 08, 2018 09:04 AM (pCSlt)

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

Looks like a war zone.
Posted by: m

Any of the protestors wearing Pussy Hats?

Posted by: Bruce at December 08, 2018 09:10 AM (8ikIW)

89 Muldoon!
Out of the park!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 08, 2018 09:11 AM (0tfLf)

90 Pffft that's nothing. You should see it when I paint my schadenboner like a candy cane and festoon it with lights and ornaments.
Posted by: freaked at December 08, 2018 09:10 AM (UdKB7)

just dont bend it in the shape of a J

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 08, 2018 09:12 AM (JFO2v)

91 The EU as a whole is swiftly heading for an incomprehensible nightmare which you can see the outlines of clearly now. The Bureaucracy is not going away quietly.

Posted by: Total Control Racist at December 08, 2018 09:12 AM (z2W2E)

92

It's Jonathan Haidt, talking about what's wrong with college campuses today and how to fix it.

That's a good video. A lot of our societal problems are caused by outside agents intent upon turning us into sniveling whiners instead of confident, intelligent adults.

That's also a condemnation of our current feminized society where the first thing a child is taught to do is run to Mommy (or the State) at the slightest provocation. Which they've also been taught to be overly sensitive to.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 08, 2018 09:12 AM (HaL55)

93 With a name like Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

She and Merkel are CDU? Surprising, but I guess the same thing has happened to our GOP.

Posted by: t-bird at December 08, 2018 09:12 AM (CE5C/)

94
Looks like the Sun's live feed is from behind the police line as the police push the protesters down the street.

Protesters look to be pretty thin on the street.

Why aren't the journalists in with the protesters? That's where the drama and the Pulitizer's are.

Posted by: Schuyler Saxon at December 08, 2018 09:12 AM (hrcfq)

95 ted cruz has grown a beard! and slate is all gaga over the hunky senator's new look!

(vis instapundit - and it does look good.)

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at December 08, 2018 09:13 AM (Pg+x7)

96 Jeez the replacement Merkle picked out looks like she really really enjoys black leather.

Posted by: freaked at December 08, 2018 09:05 AM (UdKB7)

Looks like a Subaru owner

Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 08, 2018 09:13 AM (SiINZ)

97 I'm a contrarian and can come across as a jerk but I must say Ace and his co-hosts do a great job. Thanks -

Posted by: Muns at December 08, 2018 09:13 AM (fO+6C)

98 [i[Looks like a war zone.
The feed I'm seeing is just a lot of standing around. More people with camera's than Yellow Vests.

Posted by: Paladin at December 08, 2018 09:14 AM (pCSlt)

99 81 Alright, which one of you Morons put up those dick lights?
Posted by: Ian S. at December 08, 2018 09:07 AM (53at6)

I was thinking the people who put up the bazillion lights in NJ probably are AoSHq morons.

Posted by: m at December 08, 2018 09:14 AM (1cK+7)

100 'Looks like a Subaru owner'

With a riding crop.

Posted by: freaked at December 08, 2018 09:14 AM (UdKB7)

101
Another fire started. CarBBQ.

Posted by: Embedded in my Pre-Frontal Cortex and Colonized by Patriarchy at December 08, 2018 09:14 AM (e7O7B)

102 The EU as a whole is swiftly heading for an incomprehensible nightmare which you can see the outlines of clearly now. The Bureaucracy is not going away quietly.

--

Hey, just like us on both counts!

As for Cruz's beard, I do have to say I like it. He actually looked, dare I say, handsome.

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at December 08, 2018 09:15 AM (JoUsr)

103 "ted cruz has grown a beard! "

All right! Now we are gonna see some serious agonizer action!

Posted by: freaked at December 08, 2018 09:15 AM (UdKB7)

104
them chrome firefighters helmets are totes boss

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 08, 2018 09:16 AM (KCxzN)

105 94
Looks like the Sun's live feed is from behind the police line as the police push the protesters down the street.

Protesters look to be pretty thin on the street.

Why aren't the journalists in with the protesters? That's where the drama and the Pulitizer's are.

Posted by: Schuyler Saxon at December 08, 2018 09:12 AM (hrcfq)

Well, The Sun in theory has the photographer sending us this feed.

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

Posted by: m at December 08, 2018 09:16 AM (1cK+7)

106 RE: Paris... Pppffftt. When the rooftop Koreans come out, you'll know things are getting sporty.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 08, 2018 09:16 AM (PA/U2)

107
Voulez vous coucher avec moi ce soir?

Posted by: LaBelle at December 08, 2018 09:16 AM (e7O7B)

108 You'd have to be an idiot to leave your car on the street when you know how much the French love to burn cars.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 08, 2018 09:17 AM (/tuJf)

109 "them chrome firefighters helmets are totes boss"

I was thinking the same thing. I bet they spend a lot of time polishing them.

Posted by: freaked at December 08, 2018 09:17 AM (UdKB7)

110 I still don't know how Muldoon does it.

If he isn't writting commercial jingles he missed his calling.

Posted by: Skip at December 08, 2018 09:17 AM (/rm4P)

111 Are those cops, or just bikers?
Posted by: Paladin at December 08, 2018 09:04 AM (pCSlt)

I don't know now. I thought protesters at first, with the street shoes and blue jeans. But they also have ASPs and one of them had one of those little submachine guns Euro cops carry.

Do French firefighters get demerits if they don't keep those helmets super-shiny? Is "polishing the French firefighter helmet" a euphemism for something else?

Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2018 09:18 AM (t+qrx)

112 Ok now we have a burning Peugeot.\?

Posted by: Paladin at December 08, 2018 09:18 AM (pCSlt)

113 A helluva hood latch

Posted by: weirdflunky at December 08, 2018 09:18 AM (ZghNV)

114 Well, The Sun in theory has the photographer sending us this feed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEcYzBGfKBA
Posted by: m

It looks like the fire department is trying to put that smoldering car out of it's misery

Posted by: Bruce at December 08, 2018 09:19 AM (8ikIW)

115 You'd have to be an idiot to leave your car on the street when you know how much the French love to burn cars.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 08, 2018 09:17 AM (/tuJf)

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Kinda like Philadelphia after a major sports championship win.

Posted by: Calm Mentor at December 08, 2018 09:19 AM (ffYR/)

116 98 Looks like a war zone.

The feed I'm seeing is just a lot of standing around. More people with camera's than Yellow Vests.
Posted by: Paladin at December 08, 2018 09:14 AM (pCSlt)

Fairly empty streets. Occasional cracks--like, from guns; I don't know. Car-b-cues. Smoke. Scary. Cops, now, popping the hood on a car, with a hammer and crowbar.

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

Posted by: m at December 08, 2018 09:19 AM (1cK+7)

117 'You'd have to be an idiot to leave your car on the street when you know how much the French love to burn cars.'

I already proved that when I bought it.

Posted by: guy with a Peugeot at December 08, 2018 09:19 AM (UdKB7)

118 Would wonder if there are a lot of Vietnamese in France more than Korean

Posted by: Skip at December 08, 2018 09:19 AM (/rm4P)

119 I've seen better soccer riots than this

Posted by: josephistan at December 08, 2018 09:19 AM (Izzlo)

120 You'd have to be an idiot to leave your car on the street when you know how much the French love to burn cars.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 08, 2018 09:17 AM

Just gonna type that. The firemen weren't sticking their hands anywhere near the hood release.

Posted by: Embedded in my Pre-Frontal Cortex and Colonized by Patriarchy at December 08, 2018 09:19 AM (e7O7B)

121 Out of the park!!!
Posted by: Diogenes

*****

Merci!

Posted by: Muldoon at December 08, 2018 09:19 AM (m45I2)

122 They are opening that hood with typical French efficiency.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 08, 2018 09:20 AM (/tuJf)

123 tear gas fired now

Posted by: josephistan at December 08, 2018 09:20 AM (Izzlo)

124 To be sure, I have never been in a war zone, so I shouldn't make that comparison.

Posted by: m at December 08, 2018 09:21 AM (1cK+7)

125 I think monsieur Muldoon's contribution this morning @80 should go into the limerick HOF.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 08, 2018 09:21 AM (0tfLf)

126 123 tear gas fired now
Posted by: josephistan at December 08, 2018 09:20 AM (Izzlo)

That's probably what I wrongly took to be gunshots.

Posted by: m at December 08, 2018 09:22 AM (1cK+7)

127 Oh look a parade!

Posted by: Paladin at December 08, 2018 09:22 AM (pCSlt)

128 122 They are opening that hood with typical French efficiency.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 08, 2018 09:20 AM (/tuJf)

Hood latch optional

Posted by: Peugeot at December 08, 2018 09:22 AM (U2JQS)

129 What time I spent watching the live feed made me think there were a bunch of Pantifas walking around doing this, instead of the original yellow vests. Skinny, young looking and carrying their "you never know when you're gonna have to jam" backpacks.

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at December 08, 2018 09:23 AM (JoUsr)

130 To be sure, I have never been in a war zone, so I shouldn't make that comparison.
Posted by: m

I have!! I had to run serpentine, while crawling on my stomach, and no bollards for support all the way from the plane to the airport bar!!!

...Hillary...

Posted by: Bruce at December 08, 2018 09:23 AM (8ikIW)

131 The "never read the comments" advice about youtube videos applies doubly to the comments on a livestream except they're coming at you like a firehose of bad opinions.

Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2018 09:24 AM (t+qrx)

132 Jacque, have you tried ze latch de hood?

Pierre, why would I do zat when I have shiny crowbar?

Posted by: JackStraw at December 08, 2018 09:24 AM (/tuJf)

133 I kind of expected the Religion of Peace to have taken advantage of the situation.

Posted by: Paladin at December 08, 2018 09:24 AM (pCSlt)

134 Decembre Huit en fuego?

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 08, 2018 09:24 AM (rRM1E)

135 127 Oh look a parade!
Posted by: Paladin at December 08, 2018 09:22 AM (pCSlt)

It is looking like that, now, like an orderly demonstration.

Posted by: m at December 08, 2018 09:24 AM (1cK+7)

136 Yup, Muldoon is 10/10 on Paris est Fumer.

Posted by: Smaug at December 08, 2018 09:24 AM (iF4iV)

137 To be sure, I have never been in a war zone, so I shouldn't make that comparison.
Posted by: m at December 08, 2018 09:21 AM (1cK+7)

******

If you don't call south Philly one, then my last war zone was Mogadishu. The yellow jackets have their work cut out for them to get to that level.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 08, 2018 09:24 AM (0tfLf)

138 And Santa Claus protesting

Posted by: weirdflunky at December 08, 2018 09:25 AM (ZghNV)

139 131 The "never read the comments" advice about youtube videos applies doubly to the comments on a livestream except they're coming at you like a firehose of bad opinions.
Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2018 09:24 AM (t+qrx)

I resized the window to hide them.

Posted by: m at December 08, 2018 09:25 AM (1cK+7)

140 Oh Noes!!! A frenchman is SMOKING A CIGARETTE RIGHT OUT ON THE STREET!!!

Posted by: Bruce at December 08, 2018 09:25 AM (8ikIW)

141
You wonder how many of those journalists are undercover cops? How do the police know who the journalists are?

Posted by: Schuyler Saxon at December 08, 2018 09:26 AM (hrcfq)

142

They are opening that hood with typical French efficiency.

That hood latch is kicking their ass.

Hood latch - 1
Two Frog firemen - 0

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 08, 2018 09:26 AM (HaL55)

143
"White Nationalists!"

Hillary Clinton

Posted by: Embedded in my Pre-Frontal Cortex and Colonized by Patriarchy at December 08, 2018 09:26 AM (e7O7B)

144 If you don't call south Philly one, then my last war zone was Mogadishu. The yellow jackets have their work cut out for them to get to that level.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 08, 2018 09:24 AM (0tfLf)

I honestly do apologize for having used that comparison.

Posted by: m at December 08, 2018 09:26 AM (1cK+7)

145 There we go ... a police retreat.

Posted by: Paladin at December 08, 2018 09:26 AM (pCSlt)

146 140 Oh Noes!!! A frenchman is SMOKING A CIGARETTE RIGHT OUT ON THE STREET!!!
Posted by: Bruce at December 08, 2018 09:25 AM (8ikIW)

C'est un Galoises.

Posted by: m at December 08, 2018 09:27 AM (1cK+7)

147 Take it that the side comments are the Sun's twitter feed ,

Trump for world leader!

Posted by: Skip at December 08, 2018 09:27 AM (/rm4P)

148 White flags and dropped batons?

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 08, 2018 09:27 AM (rRM1E)

149 The "never read the comments" advice about youtube videos applies doubly to the comments on a livestream except they're coming at you like a firehose of bad opinions.

--

This.

It's a steady torrent of idiocy, and just another nail in the coffin for those of us who think humanity still has a chance.

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at December 08, 2018 09:27 AM (JoUsr)

150 That hood latch is kicking their ass.

Hood latch - 1
Two Frog firemen - 0
Posted by: BackwardsBoy

I'm not sure about those Frenchy cars. I saw it for 2 seconds and thought, break the drivers window, reach in and pull the latch. Raise the hood.

But I don't have a shiny fire helmet.

Posted by: Bruce at December 08, 2018 09:27 AM (8ikIW)

151
aaaaand the prius gets flipped

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 08, 2018 09:27 AM (KCxzN)

152 Stupid idiots turning over someone's car. Losers.

Posted by: m at December 08, 2018 09:28 AM (1cK+7)

153 Car flipped over, but if they're not going to make a barricade, that kills the romance

Posted by: josephistan at December 08, 2018 09:28 AM (Izzlo)

154 Half way flipped a car...good enough.

Posted by: Paladin at December 08, 2018 09:28 AM (pCSlt)

155 Oh Noes!!! A frenchman is SMOKING A CIGARETTE RIGHT OUT ON THE STREET!!!
Posted by: Bruce at December 08, 2018 09:25 AM (8ikIW)

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

I had a layover in Paris once. I went outside to smoke one. I got yelled at by a frog flight attendant who waved me back inside to smoke.

Posted by: Calm Mentor at December 08, 2018 09:29 AM (ffYR/)

156 150 That hood latch is kicking their ass.

Hood latch - 1
Two Frog firemen - 0
Posted by: BackwardsBoy

I'm not sure about those Frenchy cars. I saw it for 2 seconds and thought, break the drivers window, reach in and pull the latch. Raise the hood.

But I don't have a shiny fire helmet.
Posted by: Bruce at December 08, 2018 09:27 AM (8ikIW)

'murican.

Posted by: m at December 08, 2018 09:29 AM (1cK+7)

157 I honestly do apologize for having used that comparison.
Posted by: m at December 08, 2018 09:26 AM (1cK+7)

******

Don't fret. It's early yet.
This is just the warmup act. The pros will be out as soon as they finish lunch.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 08, 2018 09:29 AM (0tfLf)

158 Ok now we have a burning Peugeot.\?

-

It's like hearing that a 45 year old man died. It's going happen anyway, but this is a little early and that's what makes it news.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Thoughts and prayers, RBG at December 08, 2018 09:29 AM (eV8R2)

159 Not a Prius, no self respecting Parisian would drive one of those pieces of American trash. Probably a Peugot, French trash.

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 08, 2018 09:29 AM (rRM1E)

160 Oh Oh. A frenchy mobile has had a 0 KPH rollover

Posted by: Bruce at December 08, 2018 09:29 AM (8ikIW)

161 running on empty...

Posted by: Paladin at December 08, 2018 09:30 AM (pCSlt)

162
The Frankenswine article begins with the all-time greatest sentence in the English language-

"The Cambodian-based breeder is flogging the semen"

Close down the language. Its work is done.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 08, 2018 09:30 AM (CRRq9)

163 153 Car flipped over, but if they're not going to make a barricade, that kills the romance
Posted by: josephistan at December 08, 2018 09:28 AM (Izzlo)

Yeah, it was senseless, purposeless, stupid and destructive.

Posted by: m at December 08, 2018 09:30 AM (1cK+7)

164 Yahoo comment sections make me weep for mankind. YouTube looks like a Mensa convention in comparison.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Thoughts and prayers, RBG at December 08, 2018 09:30 AM (eV8R2)

165 Was it wise of the Yellow Jackets to plan ahead & let the government know when & where they would be having an insurrection?

Posted by: josephistan at December 08, 2018 09:30 AM (Izzlo)

166 They have tear gas? I thought all of the worlds supply was used on the Border Wars last week

Posted by: Bruce at December 08, 2018 09:30 AM (8ikIW)

167 This is the most desultory ennuipalooza of an urban protest ever. They didn't flip that guy's car, it just rolled over and went to sleep from sheer disinterest and boredom.

Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2018 09:31 AM (t+qrx)

168 These cops probably have no firearms, oui?

Posted by: m at December 08, 2018 09:31 AM (1cK+7)

169 If it really was le geaux time in France, instead of cars some of those buildings would be burning.

Posted by: weirdflunky at December 08, 2018 09:31 AM (ZghNV)

170 But they also have ASPs and one of them had one of those little submachine guns Euro cops carry.

++++

BAC. Bureau of Anti Criminalite . Like narcs or vice but brutal fucks.

Posted by: Total Control Racist at December 08, 2018 09:31 AM (z2W2E)

171
Perhaps the Venezuelans should be taking notes.

Posted by: Embedded in my Pre-Frontal Cortex and Colonized by Patriarchy at December 08, 2018 09:31 AM (e7O7B)

172 This is the most desultory ennuipalooza of an urban protest ever. They didn't flip that guy's car, it just rolled over and went to sleep from sheer disinterest and boredom.
Posted by: hogmartin

Eh, iss good enuff Jacque

Posted by: Bruce at December 08, 2018 09:32 AM (8ikIW)

173 Everyone else in France goes on strikes, why not the rioters?

Posted by: Diogenes at December 08, 2018 09:32 AM (0tfLf)

174 Is

#OuiOui-edUp

A Twitter thing yet?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Thoughts and prayers, RBG at December 08, 2018 09:32 AM (eV8R2)

175 Sloppy formation by police. Should be solid rank and file.

Posted by: Skip at December 08, 2018 09:32 AM (/rm4P)

176 Was it wise of the Yellow Jackets to plan ahead & let the government know when & where they would be having an insurrection?

Posted by: josephistan at December 08, 2018 09:30 AM (Izzlo)

Well...they had to get the complimentary Riot Cheese Platters Set Up.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 08, 2018 09:32 AM (CRRq9)

177

Close down the language. Its work is done.

"My hovercraft is full of eels."

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 08, 2018 09:32 AM (HaL55)

178 167 ennuipalooza
Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2018 09:31 AM (t+qrx)

heh

Posted by: m at December 08, 2018 09:33 AM (1cK+7)

179 Is that group of cops taking a selfie?

Posted by: Paladin at December 08, 2018 09:33 AM (pCSlt)

180 Sloppy formation by police. Should be solid rank and file.
Posted by: Skip

They are trying to convert the old formations into metric

Posted by: Bruce at December 08, 2018 09:33 AM (8ikIW)

181
imagine the fun you could have with that crowd with a couple dozen M-80s, a wrist rocket slingshot, & a zippo lighter

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 08, 2018 09:33 AM (KCxzN)

182 These cops probably have no firearms, oui?
Posted by: m at December 08, 2018 09:31 AM (1cK+7)

I saw one with (I think) a Beretta M12 SMG or whatever the French license version is.

It was during that clip where all the people were standing in the street looking around.

Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2018 09:34 AM (t+qrx)

183 174 Is

#OuiOui-edUp

A Twitter thing yet?
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Thoughts and prayers, RBG at December 08, 2018 09:32 AM (eV8R2)

Horde is doing some good funnies.

Posted by: m at December 08, 2018 09:34 AM (1cK+7)

184 I wonder how many of the 7k watching right now are the horde

Posted by: weirdflunky at December 08, 2018 09:34 AM (ZghNV)

185 Are we sure the police aren't trying to do a quarterback sneak?

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 08, 2018 09:34 AM (rRM1E)

186
Perhaps some Iranians are taking notes, too.

Posted by: Embedded in my Pre-Frontal Cortex and Colonized by Patriarchy at December 08, 2018 09:35 AM (e7O7B)

187

I can visualize Henri, Ennui Kitteh sitting in a window and watching the "riot" down below with his usual bemused detachment.

"Pitiable humans...le sigh."

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 08, 2018 09:35 AM (HaL55)

188 Are we sure the police aren't trying to do a quarterback sneak?
Posted by: Anna Puma

If it succeeds, the riot will be delayed while the video goes to the replay booth

Posted by: Bruce at December 08, 2018 09:35 AM (8ikIW)

189 ennuipalooza

********

Nice!
Can I borrow that? If not, I'm going to steal it.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 08, 2018 09:36 AM (m45I2)

190 Is that guy doing the "I will taunt you again" thing?

Posted by: Paladin at December 08, 2018 09:36 AM (pCSlt)

191 Gendarmes vs Yellow Jackets.
Someone throw a football out into the street and let's get this party started!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 08, 2018 09:36 AM (0tfLf)

192 185 Are we sure the police aren't trying to do a quarterback sneak?
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 08, 2018 09:34 AM (rRM1E)

The Paris Special

Posted by: josephistan at December 08, 2018 09:37 AM (Izzlo)

193
This is not the 'Paris Accord' they expected.

Posted by: Embedded in my Pre-Frontal Cortex and Colonized by Patriarchy at December 08, 2018 09:37 AM (e7O7B)

194

OK Hordelings, I gotta get B'Gal up and moving.

Y'all try to behave.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 08, 2018 09:37 AM (HaL55)

195 In the Dutch city of Rotterdam, a few hundred protesters in the high-visibility vests that have become a symbol of the movement walked peacefully across the downtown Erasmus Bridge singing a song about the Netherlands and handing flowers to passers-by.

Sisters Beb and Ieneke Lambermont, aged 76 and 67 respectively, were among them.

"Our children are hard-working people but they have to pay taxes everywhere. You can't get housing anymore. It is not going well in Dutch society," Ieneke said. "The social welfare net we grew up with is gone," she said.

"The government is not there for the people. It is there to protect its own interests," she said.

And the no shit Sherlock award goes to...

Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 08, 2018 09:38 AM (SiINZ)

196 This is like watching a riot in super duper slow mo.

Posted by: Calm Mentor at December 08, 2018 09:38 AM (ffYR/)

197 Are we sure the police aren't trying to do a quarterback sneak?
Posted by: Anna Puma

If it succeeds, the riot will be delayed while the video goes to the replay booth
Posted by: Bruce at December 08, 2018 09:35 AM (8ikIW

*******

If they're using PAC-12 refs, then the call goes to the highest bidder.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 08, 2018 09:38 AM (0tfLf)

198 The Paris Special
Posted by: josephistan

Is that the finishing move to the French Mistake?

Posted by: Bruce at December 08, 2018 09:38 AM (8ikIW)

199 'New NASA lander captures 1st sounds of Martian wind'

There was supposed to be an Earth shattering kaboom!

Posted by: Marvin at December 08, 2018 09:38 AM (UdKB7)

200 I can visualize Henri, Ennui Kitteh sitting in a window and watching the "riot" down below with his usual bemused detachment.

"Pitiable humans...le sigh."
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 08, 2018 09:35 AM (HaL55)

Yes, this. Like those people who were watching from the balconies earlier.

*sigh*
"...je m'en fiche."
*closes curtain*

Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2018 09:38 AM (t+qrx)

201 >>In the Dutch city of Rotterdam, a few hundred protesters in the high-visibility vests that have become a symbol of the movement walked peacefully across the downtown Erasmus Bridge singing a song about the Netherlands and handing flowers to passers-by.

Good. Let the hate flow through you.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 08, 2018 09:39 AM (/tuJf)

202 Okay, that was a weird shot, the Christmas stuff hung across the street where it appears the French cops expect the rioters to appear.

A festive riot for the holidays?

Posted by: Blake - tis the season for grinching at December 08, 2018 09:39 AM (WEBkv)

203 On the plus side, hotels in Paris should be cheap next year. I got over a $1,000 in airline gift cards, maybe I'll take a vacation there

Posted by: josephistan at December 08, 2018 09:39 AM (Izzlo)

204 Can I borrow that? If not, I'm going to steal it.
Posted by: Muldoon at December 08, 2018 09:36 AM (m45I2)

All yours. I don't even care enough.

*waves hand with vague disinterest*

Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2018 09:39 AM (t+qrx)

205 'singing a song about the Netherlands'

Sweet Home Amsterdam?

Posted by: Marvin at December 08, 2018 09:40 AM (UdKB7)

206 Now they've done it!

Somebody knocked over a trash can.

Posted by: weirdflunky at December 08, 2018 09:40 AM (ZghNV)

207 On the plus side, hotels in Paris should be cheap next year. I got over a $1,000 in airline gift cards, maybe I'll take a vacation there
Posted by: josephistan

You can also pick up a used car with a little fire and hood damage cheap

Posted by: Bruce at December 08, 2018 09:40 AM (8ikIW)

208 Look at the civil unrest ... people j-walking all over the place.

Posted by: Paladin at December 08, 2018 09:40 AM (pCSlt)

209 This is a weak protest, police van drives straight through protesters and nothing thrown at it.

Posted by: Skip at December 08, 2018 09:40 AM (/rm4P)

210 The last scene in Animal House was a better riot than this.

Posted by: josephistan at December 08, 2018 09:41 AM (Izzlo)

211 Now they've done it!

Somebody knocked over a trash can.
Posted by: weirdflunky

Now shits gonna get real...

Posted by: Bruce at December 08, 2018 09:41 AM (8ikIW)

212 95 ted cruz has grown a beard! and slate is all gaga over the hunky senator's new look!

(vis instapundit - and it does look good.)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at December 08, 2018 09:13 AM (Pg+x7)

Did he get gangsta tats too?

Posted by: Insomniac at December 08, 2018 09:41 AM (ywNoU)

213 Good grief, the comments by the live stream seem to be at least 5% anti-Semtic.

Wow.

Posted by: Blake - tis the season for grinching at December 08, 2018 09:41 AM (WEBkv)

214 205 'singing a song about the Netherlands'

Sweet Home Amsterdam?
Posted by: Marvin at December 08, 2018 09:40 AM (UdKB7)

Long live the Horde

Posted by: josephistan at December 08, 2018 09:41 AM (Izzlo)

215 Now they've done it!

Somebody knocked over a trash can.
Posted by: weirdflunky at December 08, 2018 09:40 AM (ZghNV)

*******

Mon Dieu!!!

It's time to flush the bombers and get the subs into their launch modes. Take us to DEFCON 3.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 08, 2018 09:42 AM (0tfLf)

216 From some of the areas, it looks like people in the yellow jackets just doing their normal stuff. As a show of solidarity? I don't know.

Posted by: Bruce at December 08, 2018 09:42 AM (8ikIW)

217 A festive riot?

Quick! We need lyrics for Twelve Days of Rioting.

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 08, 2018 09:43 AM (rRM1E)

218
This is a quintessential French competition playing out here-

The Bore-Off

Two teams in heated competition to see which can give off the greatest sense of Existential Boredom.

At this high level of Competitive Ennui, cigarettes, berets, and sighs are forbidden.

The Police may be headed for an Umpire Disqualification as they've allowed a bit of schadenfreude to creep into their expressions, which is strictly forbidden!

What a thrilling match! The finest Gallic competition this humble observer has ever had to privilege to watch.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 08, 2018 09:43 AM (CRRq9)

219 Today I learned that those silly electric skateboard scooter things are in France, too.

Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2018 09:43 AM (t+qrx)

220
It's 3:45 in Paris now. Sunset in another hour. I expect this should be winding down.

Posted by: Embedded in my Pre-Frontal Cortex and Colonized by Patriarchy at December 08, 2018 09:44 AM (e7O7B)

221 At this high level of Competitive Ennui, cigarettes, berets, and sighs are forbidden.

The Police may be headed for an Umpire Disqualification as they've allowed a bit of schadenfreude to creep into their expressions, which is strictly forbidden!

What a thrilling match! The finest Gallic competition this humble observer has ever had to privilege to watch.
Posted by: naturalfake at December 08, 2018 09:43 AM (CRRq9)
---------------

LOL!

Posted by: Blake - tis the season for grinching at December 08, 2018 09:44 AM (WEBkv)

222 'Quick! We need lyrics for Twelve Days of Rioting.'

First day can be a screaming yellow jacket.

Posted by: freaked at December 08, 2018 09:44 AM (UdKB7)

223 Or winding up, depending upon who now leaves the bars.

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 08, 2018 09:44 AM (rRM1E)

224 Pro tip

Never wear red pants to a riot.

Also, never wear red pants unless you're S. Claus.

Posted by: weirdflunky at December 08, 2018 09:44 AM (ZghNV)

225 218
This is a quintessential French competition playing out here-

The Bore-Off

Two teams in heated competition to see which can give off the greatest sense of Existential Boredom.

At this high level of Competitive Ennui, cigarettes, berets, and sighs are forbidden.

The Police may be headed for an Umpire Disqualification as they've allowed a bit of schadenfreude to creep into their expressions, which is strictly forbidden!

What a thrilling match! The finest Gallic competition this humble observer has ever had to privilege to watch.
Posted by: naturalfake at December 08, 2018 09:43 AM (CRRq9)

A Yellow Jacket takes a laconic drag from his cigarette, glances to his right, takes another drag, glances again, glances, glances, GLANCES!

Posted by: josephistan at December 08, 2018 09:44 AM (Izzlo)

226
Mandated Break Time - a limerique

A riot at the end of the week
Full of drama, it's not for the meek
But it's France, so don't forget
To bring some wine, and a baguette
And at four PM we'll have a pique-a-nique!

Posted by: Muldoon at December 08, 2018 09:44 AM (m45I2)

227 L'ennui, c'est moi!

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 08, 2018 09:45 AM (f3oO4)

228 Saw the guy walking taking a selfie video.

AT THE RIOT MOM, having a wonderful time. Be home late bu-by.

Posted by: Paladin at December 08, 2018 09:45 AM (pCSlt)

229
Another carBBQ. How come the cars never explode like in Hollywood?

Posted by: Embedded in my Pre-Frontal Cortex and Colonized by Patriarchy at December 08, 2018 09:45 AM (e7O7B)

230 Ooops another scene of a car on fire.

Or the Hindenburg...Again

Posted by: Bruce at December 08, 2018 09:45 AM (8ikIW)

231 CAR-B-Q

Posted by: josephistan at December 08, 2018 09:45 AM (Izzlo)

232 Carbecue sighting!

Posted by: Blake - tis the season for grinching at December 08, 2018 09:45 AM (WEBkv)

233 WOW this is the most exciting it's been all morning.

I think that guy was skipping.

Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2018 09:45 AM (t+qrx)

234
The Revolution Will Be Televised,

and, oh, so-o-o-o-o-o boring.

Posted by: Zombie Gil Scott-Heron at December 08, 2018 09:46 AM (CRRq9)

235 Ze Yellowjacket Hunchback of Notre Dame wandering by

Posted by: Bruce at December 08, 2018 09:46 AM (8ikIW)

236 Quick! We need lyrics for Twelve Days of Rioting.
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 08, 2018 09:43 AM (rRM1E)

On the first day of riots, my true love threw at me
A Coke bottle full of cat pee

On the second day of riots, my true love threw at me
Two Renault hubcaps and a Coke bottle full of cat pee

Posted by: Vanya at December 08, 2018 09:46 AM (7PLM4)

237 When they start a car on fire, they don't mess around

Posted by: Bruce at December 08, 2018 09:47 AM (8ikIW)

238 Are we taking bets as to whether the adjacent car will now catch fire?

Posted by: josephistan at December 08, 2018 09:47 AM (Izzlo)

239 And a photographer ambles into the scene casually taking a picture of the carbecue.

Seen one carbecue, seen them all.

Posted by: Blake - tis the season for grinching at December 08, 2018 09:47 AM (WEBkv)

240 Three French Bins

Posted by: freaked at December 08, 2018 09:48 AM (UdKB7)

241
the airbag igniters just cooked off

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 08, 2018 09:48 AM (KCxzN)

242 $5 says that ECU has a "CAR ON FIRE" code right now.

Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2018 09:48 AM (t+qrx)

243 How soon until car in front goes up as collateral damage?

Posted by: Skip at December 08, 2018 09:48 AM (/rm4P)

244 On the third day of riots, my true love threw at me
Three CS grenades, two Renault hubcaps and a Coke bottle full of cat pee

Posted by: Vanya at December 08, 2018 09:48 AM (7PLM4)

245 Holy cow. A car skeleton

Posted by: Bruce at December 08, 2018 09:48 AM (8ikIW)

246 And yes, the car parked in front is now on fire

Posted by: josephistan at December 08, 2018 09:48 AM (Izzlo)

247 Four Galled Gauls

Posted by: freaked at December 08, 2018 09:48 AM (UdKB7)

248 243 Now

Posted by: Skip at December 08, 2018 09:49 AM (/rm4P)

249 the airbag igniters just cooked off
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 08, 2018 09:48 AM (KCxzN)

Thanks, I was wondering what that could have been. I didn't know they did that.

Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2018 09:49 AM (t+qrx)

250 Another carBBQ. How come the cars never explode like in Hollywood?

Bio-Diesel

Posted by: t-bird at December 08, 2018 09:49 AM (NpvYf)

251 On the fourth day of riots, my true love threw at me
Four police helmets, three CS grenades, two Renault hubcaps and a Coke bottle full of cat pee

Posted by: Vanya at December 08, 2018 09:49 AM (7PLM4)

252 Any sense on how today's riot compares to the ones from earlier this month?

Posted by: josephistan at December 08, 2018 09:50 AM (Izzlo)

253 And yes, the car parked in front is now on fire
Posted by: josephistan

It's lights are still flashing. It can be saved?
Does anyone know CPR?

Posted by: Bruce at December 08, 2018 09:50 AM (8ikIW)

254 Vanya going full bore for the lyrics.

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 08, 2018 09:50 AM (rRM1E)

255 ♫ ♪

Fiiiive Gen-en-darmes!

Posted by: Muldoon at December 08, 2018 09:50 AM (m45I2)

256 The tragic car fire ...with a tank full of gas.

Posted by: Paladin at December 08, 2018 09:50 AM (pCSlt)

257 Any sense on how today's riot compares to the ones from earlier this month?
Posted by: josephistan at December 08, 2018 09:50 AM (Izzlo)

It has lost its joie de vivre.

Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2018 09:51 AM (t+qrx)

258 Looks like everyone in France is wearing Darth Vader helmet today

Posted by: Bruce at December 08, 2018 09:51 AM (8ikIW)

259 First day can be a screaming yellow jacket.

Posted by: freaked at December 08, 2018 09:44 AM (UdKB7)

Gilet-jaune, s'il vous plaît!

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 08, 2018 09:51 AM (f3oO4)

260 Hogmartin, I can imagine a little flashing red light on the dash that reads 'l'auto en fume!'

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 08, 2018 09:51 AM (rRM1E)

261 to be fair, these are French cars. They could have spontaneously combusted.

Posted by: josephistan at December 08, 2018 09:51 AM (Izzlo)

262 The tragic car fire ...with a tank full of gas.

Posted by: Paladin at December 08, 2018 09:50 AM (pCSlt)

AT $7.00/gal!

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 08, 2018 09:52 AM (f3oO4)

263 262 The tragic car fire ...with a tank full of gas.

Posted by: Paladin at December 08, 2018 09:50 AM (pCSlt)

AT $7.00/gal!
Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 08, 2018 09:52 AM (f3oO4)

Think of the carbon footprint! Mon Dieu!

Posted by: josephistan at December 08, 2018 09:53 AM (Izzlo)

264 Actually, I like Four Galled Gauls

On the fifth day of riots, my true love threw at me
FIVE
RIOT
SHIELDS!

Four galled Gauls, three CS grenades, two Renault hubcaps and a Coke bottle full of cat pee

Posted by: Vanya at December 08, 2018 09:53 AM (7PLM4)

265 Another carBBQ. How come the cars never explode like in Hollywood?

Bio-Diesel

Posted by: t-bird at December 08, 2018 09:49 AM

That's right, they're bigger on diesel over there.

Posted by: Embedded in my Pre-Frontal Cortex and Colonized by Patriarchy at December 08, 2018 09:53 AM (e7O7B)

266 Need to replace three. Grenades doesn't scan properly.

Posted by: Vanya at December 08, 2018 09:54 AM (7PLM4)

267 Okay. The fireman have showed up. Time to put out the fire, and pry open the hood

Posted by: Bruce at December 08, 2018 09:54 AM (8ikIW)

268 Nobody's even trying to loot the Food King?

Posted by: josephistan at December 08, 2018 09:54 AM (Izzlo)

269 Any body bring marshmallows?

Posted by: Paladin at December 08, 2018 09:54 AM (pCSlt)

270
Breitbart
cops fight yellow vests at EU HQ in Brussels
https://preview.tinyurl.com/ybnlvhkw

Posted by: Schuyler Saxon at December 08, 2018 09:55 AM (hrcfq)

271 "Honey, what shall we do this morning?"

"I don't know, do you have any ideas?"

"Well, we're sort of in a rut and I think we need to get out for a bit."

"Okay, where to?"

"I know, there's this cute little shop that sells delicious rolls where we can watch the riot."

"Great idea! Yes, let's wander down, grab a baguette and take in a riot. We've not done that in years!"

Posted by: Blake - tis the season for grinching at December 08, 2018 09:55 AM (WEBkv)

272 Any body bring marshmallows?

*********

marchémalleaus

Posted by: Muldoon at December 08, 2018 09:55 AM (m45I2)

273 I guess they had to put it out because it could spread to other cars or structures and out of some vestigial sense of duty.

But if that's your car, you know it's always going to smell funny after that.

Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2018 09:56 AM (t+qrx)

274 This is all fascinating but I have plumbing work to do.

Posted by: Skip at December 08, 2018 09:56 AM (/rm4P)

275 Quick help me push this lemon of a car near the fire...I have insurance.

Posted by: Paladin at December 08, 2018 09:56 AM (pCSlt)

276 266 Need to replace three. Grenades doesn't scan properly.
Posted by: Vanya at December 08, 2018 09:54 AM (7PLM4)
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Canisters?

Posted by: Blake - tis the season for grinching at December 08, 2018 09:56 AM (WEBkv)

277 On the sixth day of riots, my true love threw at me
Six packs of Gaulois
FIVE! RIOT! SHIELDS!

Four galled Gauls, three French bricks, two Renault hubcaps and a Coke bottle full of cat pee

Posted by: Vanya at December 08, 2018 09:57 AM (7PLM4)

278 Is John Prine one of the boomer codgers about whom Vic says "they don't make music like that any more"? If so thank God for small favors; the music has as much integrity as an infomercial. Strum strum strum gab gab gab; repeat ad nauseum.

Posted by: Captain Hate at December 08, 2018 09:58 AM (y7DUB)

279 Cops: "Okay, the yellow jackets are moving down the street away from us. Let's follow at a safe distance."

"Hey, I said safe distance!"

Posted by: Blake - tis the season for grinching at December 08, 2018 09:58 AM (WEBkv)

280 Grenades doesn't scan properly.

Posted by: Vanya at December 08, 2018 09:54 AM (7PLM4)

Trois gre-nades!

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 08, 2018 09:58 AM (f3oO4)

281 I bet those Euro 'no stopping' signs are hell on drivers who are red-blue colorblind.

Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2018 09:58 AM (t+qrx)

282 Breitbart London

Protesters march on Presidential Palace
stopped by police

https://preview.tinyurl.com/ybdunod9

Posted by: Schuyler Saxon at December 08, 2018 09:59 AM (hrcfq)

283 And a couple out shopping just strolls past the riot police

Posted by: josephistan at December 08, 2018 09:59 AM (Izzlo)

284
Also, never wear red pants unless you're S. Claus

+++

Or an Hispanic male

Posted by: Total Control Racist at December 08, 2018 09:59 AM (z2W2E)

285 Dammit, should have gone with 'three French maids'

Posted by: Vanya at December 08, 2018 09:59 AM (7PLM4)

286 Off to shoot IDPA.

Never, in my wildest dream, did I think a riot would be available real time.

Posted by: Blake - tis the season for grinching at December 08, 2018 09:59 AM (WEBkv)

287 286 Off to shoot IDPA.

Never, in my wildest dream, did I think a riot would be available real time.

Posted by: Blake - tis the season for grinching at December 08, 2018 09:59 AM (WEBkv)

I recall reading yesterday that there were viewing sections set up

Posted by: josephistan at December 08, 2018 10:00 AM (Izzlo)

288
have fun, Blake

get your hits

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 08, 2018 10:00 AM (KCxzN)

289 ...John Prine one of the boomer codgers about whom Vic says "they don't make music like that any more"? If so thank God for small favors...

*********

Do you know what blood looks like in a black and white video? Shadows.

SHADOWS!!!

Posted by: Muldoon at December 08, 2018 10:00 AM (m45I2)

290 Seven cars a-burning

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 08, 2018 10:01 AM (f3oO4)

291 Well, here's a sad, but in other ways encouraging, story about someone in the media... an Indiana news anchor shares with viewers why she's carrying her unborn anacephalic baby to term, knowing that the baby will die during or after birth. The baby already has a name: Emma Noel.

https://aleteia.org/2018/12/03/this-tv-anchor-is-going-to-carry-her-anencephalic-baby-to-term/

Posted by: Secret Square at December 08, 2018 10:01 AM (9WuX0)

292 274; skip i have some tv signal amps and connections to check. much more more important than a bunch of frenchy french fries burning cars and tipping over trash cans. paris looks like a shithole. kind of like seattle. zero fucks given. they voted for this shit, let them get it, good and hard. they will never get it.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 08, 2018 10:01 AM (KP5rU)

293 the Grauniad published another hit piece on Tommy Robinson. He's being funded by Americans like Richard Pipes and David Horowitz, which proves that he's not being persecuted by the British government or something.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at December 08, 2018 10:01 AM (ykYG2)

294 Posted by: Vanya at December 08, 2018 09:59 AM (7PLM4)

Perfect!

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 08, 2018 10:02 AM (f3oO4)

295 Tagging a building in French just doesn't have the cachet that our gangsta vandals have. I see what I did there.

Posted by: weirdflunky at December 08, 2018 10:02 AM (ZghNV)

296 More weird news

An Alaska couple was jolted out of bed at 1:30 a.m.
when their doorbell rang only to learn that a moose had bumped it with its rear end. Kyle Stultz and Allie Johnstone opened their door and saw no one outside their Anchorage home. But surveillance video revealed the offending moose caboose.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 08, 2018 10:03 AM (AllCR)

297 Moose out front shoulda farted ya.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at December 08, 2018 10:04 AM (ykYG2)

298 Should be some good deals on Le Liste du Craig for slightly crispy cars.

Posted by: t-bird at December 08, 2018 10:04 AM (QrTqV)

299
Tagging a building in French just doesn't have the cachet that our gangsta vandals have. I see what I did there.

Posted by: weirdflunky at December 08, 2018 10:02 AM

try doing it in latin

youtube.com/watch?v=IIAdHEwiAy8

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 08, 2018 10:04 AM (KCxzN)

300 A lass with a couple of evil black assault rifles that should a million bullets a second but alas lacks anything that goes up.

https://preview.tinyurl.com/y9m89e3q

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 08, 2018 10:04 AM (rRM1E)

301 skip i have some tv signal amps and connections to check. much more more important than a bunch of frenchy french fries burning cars and tipping over trash cans. paris looks like a shithole. kind of like seattle. zero fucks given. they voted for this shit, let them get it, good and hard. they will never get it.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 08, 2018 10:01 AM (KP5rU)

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

They are protesting for lower taxes and increased Social benefits. Math is indeed hard.

Posted by: Calm Mentor at December 08, 2018 10:04 AM (ffYR/)

302 Cops: "Okay, the yellow jackets are moving down the street away from us. Let's follow at a safe distance."

"Hey, I said safe distance!"
Posted by: Blake
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It's been my personal experience that the gendarmes don't chance spoiling the creases in their trousers.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 08, 2018 10:05 AM (4bd7D)

303 I have been decidedly avoiding the news all week. If I have this correctly, it is my understanding the french are protesting George Bush's funeral... or the fact that George Papajohnspizza is getting out of jail after only 12 days.

Did I miss something else?

Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2018 10:05 AM (cY3LT)

304 Tagging a building in French just doesn't have the cachet that our gangsta vandals have. I see what I did there.
Posted by: weirdflunky at December 08, 2018 10:02 AM (ZghNV)

They don't want the Academie Francais (or however the hell you spell it) coming by and making them correct the grammar

Posted by: Vanya at December 08, 2018 10:05 AM (7PLM4)

305 From what I gather, the heaviest unrest was earlier today, and in a different part of Paris than what we're seeing on The Sun's feed

Posted by: josephistan at December 08, 2018 10:06 AM (Izzlo)

306 On the seventh day of riots. my true sent to me

Seven cars a-burning
Six packs of Gaulois
FIVE! RIOT! SHIELDS!
Four galled Gauls,
Three French maids,
Two Renault hubcaps
And a Coke bottle full of cat pee

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 08, 2018 10:06 AM (f3oO4)

307 Infestation of bees? Rioters broke into a Constructionworkers-R-Us store and stole their vests? A host of John Belushi impersonators?

What??

Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2018 10:07 AM (cY3LT)

308 Re the bear repellent link - Once again the bears were thwarted in an overnight raid on my garbage can.

Heh, heh.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 08, 2018 10:07 AM (fZcn6)

309 I have been decidedly avoiding the news all week. If I have this correctly, it is my understanding the french are protesting George Bush's funeral... or the fact that George Papajohnspizza is getting out of jail after only 12 days.

Did I miss something else?
Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2018 10:05 AM (cY3LT)

I thought they were rioting against global warming because it caused Macron.

Posted by: Vanya at December 08, 2018 10:08 AM (7PLM4)

310 So yeah, I'm sorry, but I have about as much interest in the french riots as I do the Casey Anthony might have killed her baby story.

I get it. The nooz outlets love the story, and it's fun to watch, but good gracious, I can't seem to find a dandelion's worth of f**ks to give.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2018 10:09 AM (cY3LT)

311 sacré bleu!

Posted by: Francois the Flic at December 08, 2018 10:09 AM (fZcn6)

312 I'm having trouble filling numbers eight on up. 'Reporters' and 'ministers' are both too long.

Posted by: Vanya at December 08, 2018 10:09 AM (7PLM4)

313 309: i thought macron caused globull warming? or, was it his momma wife?

Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 08, 2018 10:09 AM (KP5rU)

314 Well hell. I think I burned the hot dogs.

Posted by: weirdflunky at December 08, 2018 10:10 AM (ZghNV)

315 Morning all. Is Drudge morphing into Little Green Footballs?

Posted by: AnnaS at December 08, 2018 10:10 AM (l4l/z)

316 Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2018 10:05 AM (cY3LT)

I thought they were rioting against global warming because it caused Macron.
Posted by: Vanya at December 08, 2018 10:08 AM (7PLM4)

I'm guessing Macron's name has been used in a seemingly endless supply of Yankee Doodle Dandy parodies?

Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2018 10:10 AM (cY3LT)

317
Macron and Merkel are funding the 'riots' to graphically demonstrate the need for an EU army. /s

Posted by: mustbequantum at December 08, 2018 10:10 AM (MIKMs)

318 Maybe if we allowed tagging here, but only in grammatically correct Latin, we could restore civilization.

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 08, 2018 10:10 AM (f3oO4)

319 My French sucks but I was watching some of the reports from Paris. I would say the people largely view Macron and his party as a tyranny of a majority. There is a desire, and indeed a will, as shown by the tax, to steamroll people who don't agree with them. This is where that behavior ends- in mass protest. The Blue States here should pay attention. So should places like the UK if they go against the people on Brexit.

By the way, it also seems a lot of North Africans are corrupting the real meaning of the protests and simply rioting. I can't tell how widespread that is. But this entire thing is creeping into anarchy.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 08, 2018 10:11 AM (ELo06)

320 I get it. The nooz outlets love the story, and it's fun to watch, but good gracious, I can't seem to find a dandelion's worth of f**ks to give.
Posted by: BurtTC
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Widespread concern by the hipsters that the availability of French press coffee makers might be affected.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 08, 2018 10:11 AM (fZcn6)

321

Eight Arcs triumphing

Posted by: Muldoon at December 08, 2018 10:11 AM (m45I2)

322 don't these rioting fucks know what paris accords mean? should be basking in the glow of their progressive dreaming. dumbass phucksticks.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 08, 2018 10:11 AM (KP5rU)

323 Good:
''And a Coke bottle full of cat pee"'

Better:
And a Cristal bottle full of cat pee

Posted by: Tuna at December 08, 2018 10:12 AM (jm1YL)

324 I get it. The nooz outlets love the story, and it's fun to watch, but good gracious, I can't seem to find a dandelion's worth of f**ks to give.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2018 10:09 AM (cY3LT)

I hope you realize that a detached feeling of uncaring fatalism is exactly the correct emotion for a French riot.

Posted by: Vanya at December 08, 2018 10:12 AM (7PLM4)

325 think I burned the hot dogs

+++

That's the wurst

Posted by: Total Control Racist at December 08, 2018 10:12 AM (z2W2E)

326 I'll repeat this in the course of the day. The Kindle Daily Deals has many of JRR Tolkien's books on sale for $2.99 each. Besides LOTR and The Hobbit, they also offer collected Letters of JRR Tolkien,
Letters From Father Christmas (a delight), and most of the other books associated with Middle Earth. I have all of these in hardback but at this price I will have ereader backups. It's cheap convenience for a Tolkien fanatic.

I can go months without anything of interest on the Kindle Daily Deals but today is a treasure trove.

Just FYI.

Posted by: JTB at December 08, 2018 10:12 AM (bmdz3)

327 The French riot squad doesn't have any kind of uniform? I see guys in jeans, work boots, hoodies

Posted by: josephistan at December 08, 2018 10:12 AM (Izzlo)

328 Re the bear repellent link - Once again the bears were thwarted in an overnight raid on my garbage can.

Heh, heh.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 08, 2018 10:07 AM (fZcn6)

I had a work colleague, once upon a time, who was in an on again/off again relationship with some guy. When she was leaving the job, moving on, I gave her some bear repellent as a parting gift. True story.

Last I heard from her she let me know she had not yet had to use it.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2018 10:13 AM (cY3LT)

329 I care; I have a good friend that lives outside of Paris.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 08, 2018 10:13 AM (AllCR)

330 By the way, it also seems a lot of North Africans are corrupting the real meaning of the protests and simply rioting. I can't tell how widespread that is. But this entire thing is creeping into anarchy.
Posted by: Marcus T
-----------

Algerians still pissed at DeGaulle. That
, incidentally is not not much of an exaggeration.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 08, 2018 10:13 AM (HTHlp)

331 326 I'll repeat this in the course of the day. The Kindle Daily Deals has many of JRR Tolkien's books on sale for $2.99 each. Besides LOTR and The Hobbit, they also offer collected Letters of JRR Tolkien,
Letters From Father Christmas (a delight), and most of the other books associated with Middle Earth. I have all of these in hardback but at this price I will have ereader backups. It's cheap convenience for a Tolkien fanatic.

I can go months without anything of interest on the Kindle Daily Deals but today is a treasure trove.

Just FYI.
Posted by: JTB at December 08, 2018 10:12 AM (bmdz3)

Are you aware that the Morgan Library in New York will be hosting a Tolkien exhibition starting next month? Original manuscripts, paintings by Tolkien, the largest such exhibit ever to come to America.

Posted by: josephistan at December 08, 2018 10:14 AM (Izzlo)

332 Eight flics a-strolling

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 08, 2018 10:14 AM (f3oO4)

333 312 I'm having trouble filling numbers eight on up. 'Reporters' and 'ministers' are both too long.
Posted by: Vanya at December 08, 2018 10:09 AM (7PLM4)

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8 Yankees mocking?

now truly going to leave..

Posted by: Blake - tis the season for grinching at December 08, 2018 10:14 AM (WEBkv)

334 i thought macron caused globull warming? or, was it his momma wife?
Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 08, 2018 10:09 AM (KP5rU)

I thought it was the CIA, which GHWB used to be head of, hence the protests. Or was the CIA AIDS?

I'M SO CONFUSED

Posted by: Vanya at December 08, 2018 10:14 AM (7PLM4)

335 The French riot squad doesn't have any kind of uniform? I see guys in jeans, work boots, hoodies

+++

Again they are not riot cops but bureau of Anti Criminalite they're a fixture in France, kind of like secret police version of the broken windows approach to law enforcement

Posted by: Total Control Racist at December 08, 2018 10:15 AM (z2W2E)

336 A bunch of bikes gave their lives for this protest.

sad

Posted by: weirdflunky at December 08, 2018 10:15 AM (ZghNV)

337 A Vespa barricade? Oh good grief, that just says it all.

Posted by: josephistan at December 08, 2018 10:15 AM (Izzlo)

338 I get it. The nooz outlets love the story, and it's fun to watch, but good gracious, I can't seem to find a dandelion's worth of f**ks to give.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2018 10:09 AM (cY3LT)

I hope you realize that a detached feeling of uncaring fatalism is exactly the correct emotion for a French riot.
Posted by: Vanya at December 08, 2018 10:12 AM (7PLM4)

Wee! And as is my wont, I will offer to all, the suggestion that, when the subject of ennui comes up, when speaking of the french, as it will, be sure to pronounce it "Enn You Eee."

Just to piss them off more.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2018 10:16 AM (cY3LT)

339 I hope you realize that a detached feeling of uncaring fatalism is exactly the correct emotion for a French riot.
Posted by: Vanya
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A cachet of, oh, je ne sais quois...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 08, 2018 10:16 AM (HTHlp)

340 334: i thought cia was crack cocaine? shit now i'm cornfused. pretty sure it's all on trump, anyway. or, nixon.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 08, 2018 10:16 AM (KP5rU)

341 310 So yeah, I'm sorry, but I have about as much interest in the french riots as I do the Casey Anthony might have killed her baby story.

Is this a new baby, or the old baby?

Posted by: Gem at December 08, 2018 10:18 AM (XoAz8)

342 A soupçon of 'Who cares?'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 08, 2018 10:18 AM (KoKdw)

343 I care; I have a good friend that lives outside of Paris.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 08, 2018 10:13 AM (AllCR)

I live outside of Paris.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2018 10:18 AM (cY3LT)

344 If the riot cops had run up to the half-assed scooterpile on the side of the street and just all tripped over them I would probably wet myself laughing.

Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2018 10:18 AM (t+qrx)

345 I live outside of Paris.
Posted by: BurtTC
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Could be worse. I live outside of Chicago.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 08, 2018 10:19 AM (KoKdw)

346 Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 08, 2018 10:16 AM (KP5rU)

According to local Iraqis in 2003-04, the Iran-Iraq War was GHWB and the CIA's fault.

Posted by: Vanya at December 08, 2018 10:19 AM (7PLM4)

347
Dude got shot it looks like.

Posted by: Embedded in my Pre-Frontal Cortex and Colonized by Patriarchy at December 08, 2018 10:19 AM (e7O7B)

348 Should we be taking notes on rioting techniques? Other than the occasional burning car, seems kind of tame.

Posted by: Weasel at December 08, 2018 10:19 AM (MVjcR)

349 Is Paris burning!?

Posted by: Zombie Adolph at December 08, 2018 10:20 AM (KoKdw)

350 341 310 So yeah, I'm sorry, but I have about as much interest in the french riots as I do the Casey Anthony might have killed her baby story.
--------------------------------------
Is this a new baby, or the old baby?
Posted by: Gem at December 08, 2018 10:18 AM (XoAz

The old one, that's just my go-to example. I could have just as easily used Ace's favorite, the cute American girl who probably didn't brutally murder her Italian boyfriend, even though the Italian "justice" system sure tried to frame her for it story.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2018 10:20 AM (cY3LT)

351
Maybe cut by glass, not shot.

Posted by: Embedded in my Pre-Frontal Cortex and Colonized by Patriarchy at December 08, 2018 10:20 AM (e7O7B)

352 Liberte. Egalite. Fraternite. Fusil Mitrailleure

Posted by: Marcus T at December 08, 2018 10:20 AM (ELo06)

353 Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2018 10:18 AM (cY3LT)

You don't have to care. She lives about an hour or less outside of Paris.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 08, 2018 10:20 AM (AllCR)

354 https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigade_anti-criminalit�

Posted by: Total Control Racist at December 08, 2018 10:20 AM (z2W2E)

355 I turned off the live feed. Somebody got shot?

Posted by: Weasel at December 08, 2018 10:20 AM (MVjcR)

356 Nine no-go banlieues

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 08, 2018 10:21 AM (f3oO4)

357 I live outside of Paris.
Posted by: BurtTC
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Could be worse. I live outside of Chicago.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 08, 2018 10:19 AM (KoKdw)

So do I!

How is that a bad thing?

Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2018 10:21 AM (cY3LT)

358 OK, I got some whiskey in my coffee. Did I miss much?

Posted by: Paladin at December 08, 2018 10:21 AM (pCSlt)

359 Should we be taking notes on rioting techniques? Other than the occasional burning car, seems kind of tame.
Posted by: Weasel
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If they were Prii, I could settle for that.

Posted by: Zombie Adolph at December 08, 2018 10:22 AM (KoKdw)

360 Should we be taking notes on rioting techniques? Other than the occasional burning car, seems kind of tame.
Posted by: Weasel at December 08, 2018 10:19 AM (MVjcR)

I don't know if anyone's even setting the cars on fire. It looks like they're just catching on fire trying to get into the spirit of the thing, but you can tell their heart's not really in it.

Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2018 10:22 AM (t+qrx)

361 346: we've got a shitload of history to rewrite. wait until the frenchy's find out about the latest affront to lena dunham. all hell will break loose.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 08, 2018 10:22 AM (KP5rU)

362 In the USA the difference between an Auto Lease and marriage is you can get out of a marriage.

Man would I have loved to burn a few lease cars in my past.

Posted by: Clark Westfield at December 08, 2018 10:22 AM (t/iod)

363 From Insty and others:

https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/315195/#respond

Outside of Paris, a 37yo 'student' stabs instructor to death for 'insulting' Momo.

And the world wonders why so many EU members are totally fed up with this nonsense.

Posted by: mustbequantum at December 08, 2018 10:22 AM (MIKMs)

364 Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at December 08, 2018 10:04 AM (ykYG2)

Journalists on the whole are a waste of time, but I thought "offending moose caboose" was pretty clever.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 08, 2018 10:22 AM (AllCR)

365 ''Should we be taking notes on rioting techniques? Other than the occasional burning car, seems kind of tame.''

Nah. The most dangerous weapons they have are flaming sauce pans. We, on the other hand, have actual bang, bang sticks.

Posted by: Tuna at December 08, 2018 10:22 AM (jm1YL)

366 Alors! Man the Vespa-cades!!

Posted by: Muldoon at December 08, 2018 10:22 AM (m45I2)

367 So knocking over motorcycles is easier than flipping cars.

Posted by: Paladin at December 08, 2018 10:22 AM (pCSlt)

368 How is that a bad thing?
Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2018 10:21 AM (cY3LT)

He could be living *inside* Chicago.

Posted by: Vanya at December 08, 2018 10:22 AM (7PLM4)

369 OK, I got some whiskey in my coffee. Did I miss much?
Posted by: Paladin at December 08, 2018 10:21 AM (pCSlt)

Dunno. Do you see any on the counter?

Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2018 10:23 AM (t+qrx)

370 I have a friend who lives by Rue Washington and the Champs Elysees. He's claiming it's a front row seat to revolution. Lol

Posted by: Marcus T at December 08, 2018 10:23 AM (ELo06)

371 359 Should we be taking notes on rioting techniques? Other than the occasional burning car, seems kind of tame.
Posted by: Weasel
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If they were Prii, I could settle for that.
Posted by: Zombie Adolph at December 08, 2018 10:22 AM (KoKdw)
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The loud bangs could be their environmentally conscious batteries exploding.

Posted by: Weasel at December 08, 2018 10:23 AM (MVjcR)

372 Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2018 10:18 AM (cY3LT)

You don't have to care. She lives about an hour or less outside of Paris.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 08, 2018 10:20 AM (AllCR)

You're talking about a person. You care about a person.

I'm talking about people. I don't care about people.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2018 10:23 AM (cY3LT)

373 /Literally Hitler sock

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 08, 2018 10:23 AM (KoKdw)

374 How is that a bad thing?
Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2018 10:21 AM (cY3LT)

He could be living *inside* Chicago.
Posted by: Vanya at December 08, 2018 10:22 AM (7PLM4)

...is my point.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2018 10:24 AM (cY3LT)

375 Seven stale baguettes

Posted by: Tuna at December 08, 2018 10:24 AM (jm1YL)

376 Tucker Carlson pussed out and caved to the mob.

Posted by: Balrog of Morgoth at December 08, 2018 10:24 AM (FTPVM)

377 What? Are the rioters on strike now?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at December 08, 2018 10:24 AM (+y/Ru)

378 On the ninth day of riots. my true sent to me

Nine No-Go Banlieues
Eight flics a-strolling
Seven cars a-burning
Six packs of Gaulois
FIVE! RIOT! SHIELDS!
Four galled Gauls,
Three French maids,
Two Renault hubcaps
And a Coke bottle full of cat pee

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 08, 2018 10:24 AM (f3oO4)

379 Careful boys! A Vespa can give you a second-degree muffler burn if you're not careful.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 08, 2018 10:24 AM (m45I2)

380 Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2018 10:22 AM (t+qrx)

Sigh. C'est useless.

[short circuits own ignition system and burns]

Posted by: Renault Ennui at December 08, 2018 10:24 AM (7PLM4)

381 Tucker Carlson pussed out and caved to the mob.

He's in Paris?

Posted by: BignJames at December 08, 2018 10:25 AM (cxHbL)

382 Sort of serious question -
Aren't these yellow vest dudes the truck drivers? How is this affecting the movement of goods around Europe?

Posted by: Weasel at December 08, 2018 10:25 AM (MVjcR)

383 Journalists on the whole are a waste of time, but I thought "offending moose caboose" was pretty clever.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 08, 2018 10:22 AM (AllCR)

Do you remember seeing Offending Moose Caboose in concert? As an opening act for a headliner, maybe, at a venue with a cutesy name?

Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2018 10:26 AM (t+qrx)

384 Tucker Carlson pussed out and caved to the mob.

Posted by: Balrog of Morgoth at December 08, 2018 10:24 AM (FTPVM)

Nice TV gig you have here, be a real shame if anything happened to it!
Do we understand each other, my friend?

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 08, 2018 10:26 AM (f3oO4)

385 Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 08, 2018 10:24 AM (f3oO4)

Coming along nicely, there.

Posted by: Vanya at December 08, 2018 10:26 AM (7PLM4)

386 Oh sorry...Vespa's not motorcycles.

Posted by: Paladin at December 08, 2018 10:26 AM (pCSlt)

387 This reminds me. I need to restock 9mm. Maybe 1.000 rounds, 124 grain HP. Any sales?

Posted by: Marcus T at December 08, 2018 10:27 AM (ELo06)

388 I have a friend who lives by Rue Washington and the Champs Elysees. He's claiming it's a front row seat to revolution. Lol
Posted by: Marcus T at December 08, 2018 10:23 AM (ELo06)

There's a lovely story, which was related during Ken Burns' Civil War documentary, probably by Shelby Foote, about the ladies and dandies from northern Virginia coming out to see the first battle at Mananas. With their blankets and pickanick baskets, wine and cheeses, they watched from a hill...

Until the battle took a turn, and started coming their way.

Scattered baskets and wine and ladies in corsets... I think if I had to choose one single moment to go back in time to, once I get the keys to Ace's time machine, that's where and when I would go.

To watch that scene.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2018 10:27 AM (cY3LT)

389
387 This reminds me. I need to restock 9mm. Maybe 1.000 rounds, 124 grain HP. Any sales?
Posted by: Marcus T at December 08, 2018 10:27 AM (ELo06)
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Check Georgia Arms.

Posted by: Weasel at December 08, 2018 10:27 AM (MVjcR)

390 Sort of serious question -
Aren't these yellow vest dudes the truck drivers? How is this affecting the movement of goods around Europe?
Posted by: Weasel at December 08, 2018 10:25 AM (MVjcR)

Sideline non-answer - the hiviz reflective vest is part of the required kit for a registered car in France, probably along with jumper cables and road flares and stuff like that. So wearing one just means "I have a car; I am a driver". It's not strictly a truck driver thing.

Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2018 10:27 AM (t+qrx)

391 The most dangerous weapons they have are flaming sauce pans. We, on the other hand, have actual bang, bang sticks.
Posted by: Tuna
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Poêlon flambé

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 08, 2018 10:27 AM (HTHlp)

392 Posted by: Weasel at December 08, 2018 10:25 AM (MVjcR)

I believe that the yellow vests are a Frog automobile "safety" equipment requirement , like the USCG requirement for life preservers in boats here.

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 08, 2018 10:28 AM (f3oO4)

393 331 .. "Are you aware that the Morgan Library in New York will be hosting a Tolkien exhibition starting next month? Original manuscripts, paintings by Tolkien, the largest such exhibit ever to come to America.
Posted by: josephistan at December 08, 2018 10:14 AM (Izzlo)"

Thanks for the reminder. But I took a solemn vow not to go to NYC ever again. (The same applies to Boston, Chicago, Baltimore, and DC.) Yeah, I hate big cities. I hope that there will be a video of the exhibit at some point.

I have some books about Tolkien's art work. The man could have made a living as an illustrator.

Posted by: JTB at December 08, 2018 10:29 AM (bmdz3)

394 Scattered baskets and wine and ladies in corsets... I think if I had to
choose one single moment to go back in time to, once I get the keys to
Ace's time machine, that's where and when I would go.

=====

Ball at eve of Waterloo.

Posted by: mustbequantum at December 08, 2018 10:29 AM (MIKMs)

395 See there is vacillation ...using the crosswalks during a riot.

Posted by: Paladin at December 08, 2018 10:29 AM (pCSlt)

396
There's a lovely story, which was related during Ken Burns' Civil War documentary, probably by Shelby Foote, about the ladies and dandies from northern Virginia coming out to see the first battle at Mananas. With their blankets and pickanick baskets, wine and cheeses, they watched from a hill...

Until the battle took a turn, and started coming their way.

Scattered baskets and wine and ladies in corsets... I think if I had to choose one single moment to go back in time to, once I get the keys to Ace's time machine, that's where and when I would go.

To watch that scene.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2018 10:27 AM (cY3LT)
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I grew up east of Bull Run a couple of miles, right along the retreat route. I used to fish in a pond and would find all sorts of relics along the banks.

Posted by: Weasel at December 08, 2018 10:29 AM (MVjcR)

397 Coming along nicely, there.

Posted by: Vanya at December 08, 2018 10:26 AM (7PLM4)

I'm stuck at ten.

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 08, 2018 10:30 AM (f3oO4)

398 the hiviz reflective vest is part of the required kit for a registered car in France,
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Here it would mean, roadworkers lounging by the side of the highway.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 08, 2018 10:30 AM (HTHlp)

399 That jersey christmas light display is in a pretty off the beaten path area. Dead end streets and woods. Its a really quiet neighborhood.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 08, 2018 10:31 AM (9Om/r)

400 You know who make terrible protesters in Paris?

Soccer players. If someone brushes into them, they drop to the ground holding their ankle writhing in agony.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at December 08, 2018 10:31 AM (ZxU8C)

401
Getting pretty dark there now.

Posted by: Embedded in my Pre-Frontal Cortex and Colonized by Patriarchy at December 08, 2018 10:31 AM (e7O7B)

402
Ball at eve of Waterloo.

Posted by: mustbequantum at December 08, 2018 10:29 AM (MIKMs)

Eat, drink and be merry, etcetera...

Posted by: Vanya at December 08, 2018 10:31 AM (PiXc2)

403 oh no that bacon link!

Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at December 08, 2018 10:31 AM (XZ3Gp)

404 Scattered baskets and wine and ladies in corsets... I think if I had to
choose one single moment to go back in time to, once I get the keys to
Ace's time machine, that's where and when I would go.

=====

Ball at eve of Waterloo.

Posted by: mustbequantum at December 08, 2018 10:29 AM (MIKMs)

Hmmm, Waterloo... a worthwhile consideration.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2018 10:31 AM (cY3LT)

405 Hmm

On the tenth day of riots. my true love sent to me

Ten Macrons prancing
Nine No-Go Banlieues
Eight flics a-strolling
Seven cars a-burning
Six packs of Gaulois
FIVE! RIOT! SHIELDS!
Four galled Gauls,
Three French maids,
Two Renault hubcaps
And a Coke bottle full of cat pee

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 08, 2018 10:31 AM (f3oO4)

406 392 Posted by: Weasel at December 08, 2018 10:25 AM (MVjcR)

I believe that the yellow vests are a Frog automobile "safety" equipment requirement , like the USCG requirement for life preservers in boats here.
Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 08, 2018 10:28 AM (f3oO4)
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Maybe I'm confused then (*gasp!*) but I thought it was the truckers protesting a fuel tax.

Posted by: Weasel at December 08, 2018 10:32 AM (MVjcR)

407 Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2018 10:26 AM (t+qrx)

I didn't attend the concert, but I understand "Offending moose caboose" was the opening band for "Obnoxious Deer Rear".

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 08, 2018 10:33 AM (AllCR)

408 Little Green Drudgereport?
Charles Drudge?
Matt Johnson?
Two faggots on a bicycle seat post?

Posted by: Balrog of Morgoth at December 08, 2018 10:33 AM (FTPVM)

409 On the eleventh day of riots. my true love sent to me

Eleven snipers sniping
Ten Macrons prancing
Nine No-Go Banlieues
Eight flics a-strolling
Seven cars a-burning
Six packs of Gaulois
FIVE! RIOT! SHIELDS!
Four galled Gauls,
Three French maids,
Two Renault hubcaps
And a Coke bottle full of cat pee

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 08, 2018 10:33 AM (f3oO4)

410 Alors! Man the Vespa-cades!!

Heck's Angels

Posted by: t-bird at December 08, 2018 10:33 AM (lK7fO)

411 The middle class protesting the carbon tax, across the board.

Posted by: Paladin at December 08, 2018 10:33 AM (pCSlt)

412 I can't help but think that anyone driving a French car would be prudent to be prepared for a breakdown. Apparently, it's also national policy.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 08, 2018 10:34 AM (Ou6XS)

413 Here it would mean, roadworkers lounging by the side of the highway.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 08, 2018 10:30 AM (HTHlp)

Wear a reflective vest over an oxford shirt, khakis, and work boots, carry a clipboard and an ID badge on a lanyard, and there is nowhere you can't go. Nobody can stop you.

Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2018 10:34 AM (t+qrx)

414 the tenth day of riots. my true love sent to me

+++

It's not French if you don't have merde in there somewhere

Posted by: Total Control Racist at December 08, 2018 10:34 AM (z2W2E)

415 Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2018 10:27 AM (cY3LT)
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I grew up east of Bull Run a couple of miles, right along the retreat route. I used to fish in a pond and would find all sorts of relics along the banks.
Posted by: Weasel at December 08, 2018 10:29 AM (MVjcR)

Interesting. My understanding is the people of Chattanooga, where all sorts of housing now stands, they are always digging up stuff from where the lines were drawn.

I must say, the idea of a battle in/near an actual city or town, fascinates me. Tupelo, MS has almost no markers anywhere for the vicious battle that took place there, but maps will show you where this and that happened. And it's all so... ordinary. Just a town. People milling about, like nothing ever happened there.

But it did.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2018 10:34 AM (cY3LT)

416 ''Little Green Drudgereport?
Charles Drudge?
Matt Johnson?
Two faggots on a bicycle seat post? ''

LOL

Posted by: Tuna at December 08, 2018 10:35 AM (jm1YL)

417 something's burning in Paris

tinyurl.com/ycz4m9o2
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 08, 2018 08:33 AM (KCxzN)

all other elements aside, the Sun feed is like the most pointless wet afternoon walking tour of Paris.

With occasional tear gassing

Posted by: Kindltot at December 08, 2018 10:35 AM (mUa7G)

418 Tucker Carlson pussed out and caved to the mob.
Posted by: Balrog of Morgoth at December 08, 2018 10:24 AM (FTPVM)

The transcript read like a hostage video. I'd have said "wiggle your bow tie if you're doing this against your will" except he doesn't wear them anymore.

Posted by: Captain Hate at December 08, 2018 10:35 AM (y7DUB)

419 Maybe I'm confused then (*gasp!*) but I thought it was the truckers protesting a fuel tax.

Posted by: Weasel at December 08, 2018 10:32 AM (MVjcR)

I think that is part of the action but the deplorable outlander country residents are also a bit upset at paying their fair share of ~$7/gal to fight le COdeux!

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 08, 2018 10:36 AM (f3oO4)

420 408: two faggots on an upside down barstool. in a liplock.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 08, 2018 10:36 AM (KP5rU)

421 Wear a reflective vest over an oxford shirt, khakis, and work boots, carry a clipboard and an ID badge on a lanyard, and there is nowhere you can't go. Nobody can stop you.
Posted by: hogmartin
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Ah, the uniform of the industrial engineer. You left out stopwatch, however. Attached to the clipboard.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 08, 2018 10:36 AM (Ou6XS)

422 Posted by: Captain Hate at December 08, 2018 10:35 AM (y7DUB)

Was he blinking in Morse code?

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 08, 2018 10:36 AM (f3oO4)

423 The most dangerous weapons they have are flaming sauce pans. We, on the other hand, have

fear, surprise, and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope.

Posted by: t-bird at December 08, 2018 10:37 AM (nIvDu)

424 Ah, the uniform of the industrial engineer. You left out stopwatch, however. Attached to the clipboard.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 08, 2018 10:36 AM (Ou6XS)

And pocket protector...

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 08, 2018 10:37 AM (f3oO4)

425 Honking you Vespa's horns. These are the "Beaters"? driving the yellow vests to the Trap!

Cue admiral fishface.

Posted by: Paladin at December 08, 2018 10:37 AM (pCSlt)

426 Two Renault hubcaps
=====

I like the scan of 'two bureaucrats' better plus the multiplication factor. Enough cat pee for all.

Posted by: mustbequantum at December 08, 2018 10:37 AM (MIKMs)

427
I grew up east of Bull Run a couple of miles, right along the retreat route. I used to fish in a pond and would find all sorts of relics along the banks.
Posted by: Weasel at December 08, 2018 10:29 AM (MVjcR)

Interesting. My understanding is the people of Chattanooga, where all sorts of housing now stands, they are always digging up stuff from where the lines were drawn.

I must say, the idea of a battle in/near an actual city or town, fascinates me. Tupelo, MS has almost no markers anywhere for the vicious battle that took place there, but maps will show you where this and that happened. And it's all so... ordinary. Just a town. People milling about, like nothing ever happened there.

But it did.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2018 10:34 AM (cY3LT)
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In another section of the same area, maybe a mile away, we're the remnants of earthwork trenches from when there was some sort of fortification there. It's all developed now.

Posted by: Weasel at December 08, 2018 10:38 AM (MVjcR)

428 Had a friend in the Corps, who was the family black sheep. He was from a pretty wealthy family, Dad having a couple of Chrysler dealerships. His hardest punishment, even dealing with Parris Island in the good ol' days, was giving up his Barracuda for a Simca. Shame.

Posted by: bill in arkansas at December 08, 2018 10:38 AM (xzqr4)

429 421; hammer, the lanyard is the clincher. all the best and brightest have lanyards. this is a known, known.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 08, 2018 10:38 AM (KP5rU)

430
Interesting. My understanding is the people of Chattanooga, where all sorts of housing now stands, they are always digging up stuff from where the lines were drawn.
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Anytime a fermer plows a field around Kennesaw Georgia, the relic hunters are there. Immediately after the first rain is even better.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 08, 2018 10:39 AM (Ou6XS)

431 'fermer'?

'farmer'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 08, 2018 10:39 AM (Ou6XS)

432 "Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2018 10:27 AM (cY3LT)"

Read the compilation of first hand accounts that Burns created that scene from. People initially thought it would be a quick skirmish and that would be the end of the "war". They realized after that what real war was all about.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 08, 2018 10:39 AM (ELo06)

433 Wear a reflective vest over an oxford shirt, khakis, and work boots, carry a clipboard and an ID badge on a lanyard

Don't forget the spotless hardhat.

Posted by: t-bird at December 08, 2018 10:39 AM (98WNR)

434 I must say, the idea of a battle in/near an actual city or town, fascinates me. Tupelo, MS has almost no markers anywhere for the vicious battle that took place there, but maps will show you where this and that happened. And it's all so... ordinary. Just a town. People milling about, like nothing ever happened there.

But it did.
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I was in England, in Newbury where two battles occurred during the ECW. As far as I could tell, the place where I stayed was in the middle of the second battle. As you say, ordinary.

Posted by: Captain Obvious at December 08, 2018 10:39 AM (tfbws)

435 Aaaha the surrender monkeys.

Posted by: Paladin at December 08, 2018 10:40 AM (pCSlt)

436 Ah, the uniform of the industrial engineer. You left out stopwatch, however. Attached to the clipboard.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 08, 2018 10:36 AM (Ou6XS)

And pocket protector...
Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 08, 2018 10:37 AM (f3oO4)

There are variations, depending on where you're going. 2-way Motorola in a belt holster, telescoping inspection mirror, cable tracer, and so on.

Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2018 10:41 AM (t+qrx)

437 People initially thought it would be a quick skirmish and that would be the end of the "war"

+++

Yeah well it'll work out that way this time

Posted by: Total Control Racist at December 08, 2018 10:41 AM (z2W2E)

438 hammer, the lanyard is the clincher. all the best and brightest have lanyards. this is a known, known.
Posted by: chavez the hugo
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Well, it is certainly the key ingredient. All else are just, uh, accoutrements.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 08, 2018 10:42 AM (2kj6M)

439 All these memories, lost. Like tears in the rain

Posted by: Batty Roy at December 08, 2018 10:42 AM (FTPVM)

440 I have a friend who lives by Rue Washington and the Champs Elysees. He's claiming it's a front row seat to revolution. Lol

Drama much? When they drag some Macron official into the street and hang him; then it'll be serious. Until then, it's just show and talk. I hope that it remains show and talk.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 08, 2018 10:42 AM (PA/U2)

441 Don't forget the spotless hardhat.
Posted by: t-bird at December 08, 2018 10:39 AM (98WNR)

Oops, yeah. And the clear safety glasses.

Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2018 10:42 AM (t+qrx)

442 The yellow gauze helmet waving ... the new Surrender flag?

Posted by: Paladin at December 08, 2018 10:43 AM (pCSlt)

443 My organic tree farm is at the top of a very steep bluff overlooking the James River in Appomattox, VA. I have to think it was of military significance, as the top of the hill has a commanding view of the countryside and river for miles. I plan to poke around with a metal detector sometime this winter.

Posted by: Weasel at December 08, 2018 10:43 AM (MVjcR)

444 Always mocked Paris as flaming. Didn't think they'd go literal on me.

Posted by: Insomniac at December 08, 2018 10:43 AM (ywNoU)

445 What did Tucker Carlson do?

Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at December 08, 2018 10:44 AM (XZ3Gp)

446 Had an old salt in the Corps tell me that if you walk around with a clipboard holding the plan of the day and the chow hall menu, you will be left alone.

Posted by: bill in arkansas at December 08, 2018 10:44 AM (xzqr4)

447 339 I hope you realize that a detached feeling of uncaring fatalism is exactly the correct emotion for a French riot.
Posted by: Vanya
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A cachet of, oh, je ne sais quois...
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 08, 2018 10:16 AM (HTHlp)

Ennui, even.

Posted by: Emmie at December 08, 2018 10:44 AM (4HMW8)

448 So Tucker Carlson is a frenchman?
Sneaky bastards!

Posted by: Balrog of Morgoth at December 08, 2018 10:44 AM (FTPVM)

449 I must say, the idea of a battle in/near an actual city or town, fascinates me. Tupelo, MS has almost no markers anywhere for the vicious battle that took place there, but maps will show you where this and that happened. And it's all so... ordinary. Just a town. People milling about, like nothing ever happened there.

But it did.
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I was in England, in Newbury where two battles occurred during the ECW. As far as I could tell, the place where I stayed was in the middle of the second battle. As you say, ordinary.
Posted by: Captain Obvious at December 08, 2018 10:39 AM (tfbws)

There's always talk about this or that battle site, where big stuff happened at different points in human history, they'll refer to it as "hallowed ground." As it should be.

But if there's another use for it, or if it's a lesser battle... yeah, not so hallowed. Subdivisions and 7-11s gotta be built.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2018 10:45 AM (cY3LT)

450 when i was made shift manager, my manager handed me a clipboard. i threw it in the first dumpster we walked past. it was an auspicious start to my managerial career.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 08, 2018 10:45 AM (KP5rU)

451 No one torched those damm rental bikes?

Posted by: Paladin at December 08, 2018 10:45 AM (pCSlt)

452 Doesn't this reminiscent to people complaining before the French Revolution:

At the Palace they spend 300,000 euros on carpeting, 10,000 a month for the hairdresser.

Only thing. it's the Presidential Place, not the palace for Louis and Marie Antionette.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 08, 2018 10:45 AM (AllCR)

453 Ok buddy you are in a "Time Out"

Posted by: Paladin at December 08, 2018 10:45 AM (pCSlt)

454 *lights Gaulois off a burning Renault*

Posted by: Insomniac at December 08, 2018 10:46 AM (ywNoU)

455 On the twelveth day of riots. my true love sent to me

Twelve Marshal Pétains
Eleven snipers sniping
Ten Macrons prancing
Nine No-Go Banlieues
Eight flics a-strolling
Seven cars a-burning
Six packs of Gaulois
FIVE! RIOT! SHIELDS!
Four galled Gauls,
Three French maids,
Two Bureaucrats
And a Coke bottle full of cat pee

My work here is done!

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 08, 2018 10:46 AM (f3oO4)

456 "Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 08, 2018 10:42 AM (PA/U2)"

Don't think for a moment they're not worried about that. The major officials who are being targeted have estranged protection. But they shouldn't get too comfortable. Some of the police unions have said they support the protests. France has a history of people in positions of police or guards for the elite yielding to the people.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 08, 2018 10:46 AM (ELo06)

457 Wouldn't that be 'kinetique'?
Posted by: Muldoon at December 08, 2018 08:57 AM

* swoon *

What a sexy accent! Definitely a man who knows his way to your heart!

Posted by: Monique from French Lick at December 08, 2018 10:46 AM (D4za2)

458 I was thinking Seminary Ridge would be a good spot for a Holiday Inn Express.

Posted by: Balrog of Morgoth at December 08, 2018 10:47 AM (FTPVM)

459 We give the French a lot of crap. But that's always been our relationship with the French people. They were their at the beginning of our nation. Vive le Lafayette. Remember Yorktown.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 08, 2018 10:48 AM (ELo06)

460 I bet the 'jackets are going to try for a play-action here.

Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2018 10:48 AM (t+qrx)

461 I'm all in for the 3 French Maids
Just sayin'

Posted by: Balrog of Morgoth at December 08, 2018 10:49 AM (FTPVM)

462 My organic tree farm is at the top of a very steep bluff overlooking the James River in Appomattox, VA. I have to think it was of military significance, as the top of the hill has a commanding view of the countryside and river for miles. I plan to poke around with a metal detector sometime this winter.
Posted by: Weasel at December 08, 2018 10:43 AM (MVjcR)

I'm gonna leave aside my "aren't ALL tree farms organic" question, and just say, you probably know as well as anyone, around that area, there wasn't a whole lot of time for a lot of planning. Early or late in the war.

So yeah, some scouts probably made their way up there, but what they saw or who they were, no one is going to remember. Which is kinda cool too.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2018 10:49 AM (cY3LT)

463 398 the hiviz reflective vest is part of the required kit for a registered car in France,
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Here it would mean, roadworkers lounging by the side of the highway.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 08, 2018 10:30 AM (HTHlp)

Sounds like French drivers spend as much time standing by the roadside as the road workers do.

Posted by: rickl at December 08, 2018 10:49 AM (sdi6R)

464
Slept badly. Up at 5:00. Went to 7:30 Mass. Cold and raining here in Brazoria County. Still feeling depressed. Sitting at the local greasy spoon, hoping that a big platter of corned beef hash and eggs will cheer me up.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 08, 2018 10:50 AM (IVce4)

465 Posted by: Weasel at December 08, 2018 10:43 AM (MVjcR)

Anecdotal, but I have heard that there have been more than one case of lead poisoning in people living on the outskirts of Manassas Battlefield that drank their well water.

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 08, 2018 10:50 AM (f3oO4)

466 Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2018 10:49 AM (cY3LT)
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Well, yes, but I'd still like to dig up an ammo cart full of gold coins!

Posted by: Weasel at December 08, 2018 10:50 AM (MVjcR)

467 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 08, 2018 10:50 AM (IVce4)

Hope you remembered coffee!

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 08, 2018 10:51 AM (f3oO4)

468 I was thinking Seminary Ridge would be a good spot for a Holiday Inn Express.
Posted by: Balrog of Morgoth at December 08, 2018 10:47 AM

"Have you ever been to a Holiday Inn?"

Posted by: Frank Zappa at December 08, 2018 10:52 AM (D4za2)

469 357 I live outside of Paris.
Posted by: BurtTC
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Could be worse. I live outside of Chicago.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 08, 2018 10:19 AM (KoKdw)

So do I!

How is that a bad thing?
Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2018 10:21 AM (cY3LT)

How 'bout that exit tax? All the rich liberal people I know who haven't fled yet are consulting with their tax accountants to get out of Dodge ASAP. Or, well, to make their FL homes their legal residences and base their LLCs in Delaware.

And we'll be the middle-class chumbalones left paying for it all. Until we won't.

Vive le gilet jaune!

Posted by: Gem at December 08, 2018 10:52 AM (XoAz8)

470 My organic tree farm is at the top of a very steep bluff overlooking the James River in Appomattox, VA. I have to think it was of military significance, as the top of the hill has a commanding view of the countryside and river for miles. I plan to poke around with a metal detector sometime this winter.
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Drewry's (or Drury's, the spellings vary) Bluff is where the major fortification protecting Richmond was located. The US Navy never did manage to get past it. That's the area you want to check out.

Posted by: Captain Obvious at December 08, 2018 10:53 AM (tfbws)

471 *sigh*

Protesters today. Can't tell the difference between a peace symbol and a Mercedes logo.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 08, 2018 10:53 AM (mUa7G)

472 Kenny c'est la mort? Les bastards!

Posted by: Insomniac at December 08, 2018 10:53 AM (ywNoU)

473 We give the French a lot of crap. But that's always been our relationship with the French people. They were their at the beginning of our nation. Vive le Lafayette. Remember Yorktown.
Posted by: Marcus T at December 08, 2018 10:48 AM (ELo06)

I remember DeGaulle getting his panties in a wad, every time he thought he wasn't getting enough credit during the war, and then spending his entire post war political career sticking it to the Americans.

I remember the french not giving permission to use french air space during the lead up to the Gulf War. And continuing to sell and send weapons to Saddam up to and during that same lead up.

So yeah, f)(k the french, sideways. With a smoldering engine block.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2018 10:53 AM (cY3LT)

474 One report said that people are coming in from the country to protest the high taxes which the elite don't care about, I was surprised that the MSM reported that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 08, 2018 10:53 AM (AllCR)

475 Sounds like French drivers spend as much time standing by the roadside as the road workers do.

Posted by: rickl at December 08, 2018 10:49 AM (sdi6R)

The EU specified that that French Highway Crews were to be issued shovels with rope handles so they couldn't sleep while leaning on the shovels!

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 08, 2018 10:54 AM (f3oO4)

476 All we are saying
Is give Benz a chance

Posted by: Total Control Racist at December 08, 2018 10:55 AM (z2W2E)

477 In this situation, which side is the one that smells of elderberries?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 08, 2018 10:56 AM (D4za2)

478 France has a history of people in positions of police or guards for the elite yielding to the people.
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Just remember, Chaka Zulu was assassinated by his own bodyguards.

Posted by: Captain Obvious at December 08, 2018 10:56 AM (tfbws)

479
Drewry's (or Drury's, the spellings vary) Bluff is where the major fortification protecting Richmond was located. The US Navy never did manage to get past it. That's the area you want to check out.
Posted by: Captain Obvious at December 08, 2018 10:53 AM (tfbws)
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That name sounds familiar.

Posted by: Weasel at December 08, 2018 10:56 AM (MVjcR)

480 vive le lafayette. that shit is over. makes about as much sense as saying i remember when a.j. foyt fit in an inydycar. not relevant anymore.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 08, 2018 10:57 AM (KP5rU)

481 I remember DeGaulle getting his panties in a wad,
every time he thought he wasn't getting enough credit during the war,
and then spending his entire post war political career sticking it to
the Americans.

I remember the french not giving permission to use french air space
during the lead up to the Gulf War. And continuing to sell and send
weapons to Saddam up to and during that same lead up.

So yeah, f)(k the french, sideways. With a smoldering engine block.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2018 10:53 AM (cY3LT)

Yup, this.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 08, 2018 10:57 AM (9Om/r)

482 My truck is made of metal. Do French cars all come with a fire-starter?

Posted by: t-bird at December 08, 2018 10:59 AM (Ydn2k)

483 Ooooooooo, the Christmas lights came on!

Posted by: flyover at December 08, 2018 10:59 AM (aUHJk)

484 Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2018 10:49 AM (cY3LT)
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Well, yes, but I'd still like to dig up an ammo cart full of gold coins!
Posted by: Weasel at December 08, 2018 10:50 AM (MVjcR)

Careful now, you might also dig up the bones of the lost troop from J.E.B. Stuart's command, who are said to be cursed, and the zombified remains still seek those same gold coins.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2018 10:59 AM (cY3LT)

485

Careful now, you might also dig up the bones of the lost troop from J.E.B. Stuart's command, who are said to be cursed, and the zombified remains still seek those same gold coins.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2018 10:59 AM (cY3LT)
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Great. Ghosts. Just what I need.

Posted by: Weasel at December 08, 2018 11:00 AM (MVjcR)

486 OK, if I don't turn off this riveting feed, I'll never work up the motivation to get moving and I need to take a shower and get a haircut and all that.

Have a great day, everyone. Or don't. It doesn't matter either way. What's the point of anything?

*crushes out Gauloise*

Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2018 11:00 AM (t+qrx)

487 214 205 'singing a song about the Netherlands'

Sweet Home Amsterdam?
Posted by: Marvin at December 08, 2018 09:40 AM (UdKB7)

'Finger me good' by The Dikes.

Posted by: Cicero Boom chicka boom Kaboom! Kid at December 08, 2018 11:00 AM (1o9xi)

488 Say what you will about DeGaulle (and he was an enormous pain in the patookus), he literally got out of France with the clothes on his back. Hopped on to Churchill's plane as it was taxiing for takeoff. Dude had a big brassy pair.

Posted by: Captain Obvious at December 08, 2018 11:00 AM (tfbws)

489 What is the story on Tucker Carlson?

Posted by: Emmie at December 08, 2018 11:01 AM (4HMW8)

490 How long until halftime?

Posted by: French Spectators at December 08, 2018 11:02 AM (Ydn2k)

491 Have a good day, hogmartin.

Posted by: Weasel at December 08, 2018 11:02 AM (MVjcR)

492 Say what you will about DeGaulle (and he was an enormous pain in the patookus), he literally got out of France with the clothes on his back. Hopped on to Churchill's plane as it was taxiing for takeoff. Dude had a big brassy pair.
Posted by: Captain Obvious at December 08, 2018 11:00 AM (tfbws)

Early war period DeGaulle was a sort of Custer type character. All brass balls, some small amount of brains, nearly limitless sense of his own greatness.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2018 11:04 AM (cY3LT)

493 Have any of our (D)s talked about this? Which side are they supporting?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Thoughts and prayers, RBG at December 08, 2018 11:06 AM (eV8R2)

494 Early war period DeGaulle was a sort of Custer type character. All brass balls, some small amount of brains, nearly limitless sense of his own greatness.
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Fair to say. Except that George, during the Civil War, actually accomplished stuff.

Posted by: Captain Obvious at December 08, 2018 11:06 AM (tfbws)

495 In this situation, which side is the one that smells of elderberries?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 08, 2018 10:56 AM (D4za2)

The one that's married to the hamster, obviously.

Posted by: Vanya at December 08, 2018 11:07 AM (PiXc2)

496 Early war period DeGaulle was a sort of Custer type
character. All brass balls, some small amount of brains, nearly
limitless sense of his own greatness.

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Fair to say. Except that George, during the Civil War, actually accomplished stuff.

Posted by: Captain Obvious at December 08, 2018 11:06 AM

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Custer was a bonafide hero during the Civil War. Unfortunately he let those two Medals of Honor go to his head after the War.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at December 08, 2018 11:08 AM (JUOKG)

497 Custer was a bonafide hero during the Civil War. Unfortunately he let those two Medals of Honor go to his head after the War.
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Word.

Posted by: Captain Obvious at December 08, 2018 11:09 AM (tfbws)

498 Baby It's Cold Outside SJW cringe, from YouTuber 'Leftist Cuck' : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjdZL0FwkOY
Good stuff, get your cringing pants on.

Posted by: Baby, It's Cold Outside at December 08, 2018 11:11 AM (a0H8G)

499
France has a history of people in positions of police or guards for the elite yielding to the people.
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Just remember, Chaka Zulu was assassinated by his own bodyguards.
Posted by: Captain Obvious at December 08, 2018 10:56 AM (tfbws)

And Indira Gandhi. And a crapload of Roman Emperors.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 08, 2018 11:12 AM (eXA4G)

500 Cringing pants sounds like something featured in the Book Thread.

Posted by: rickl at December 08, 2018 11:13 AM (sdi6R)

501
they need one of those water balloon launchers to throw the tear gas canisters back

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 08, 2018 11:14 AM (KCxzN)

502 Anwar Sadat was killed by the Presidential Guard.

Posted by: blaster at December 08, 2018 11:15 AM (ZfRYq)

503 How come no one is comparing Macron to Saddam for conducting chemical warfare on his own people?

Posted by: blaster at December 08, 2018 11:18 AM (ZfRYq)

504 Traditionally, up to the Paris Commune, the defection of the French National Guard was the key to any struggle between the government and the people, and usually heralded the unplanned change in government.

Nowadays, I suspect it is the Police that will decide that things have gone too far, but I don't know how much political clout they have, outside of the political heads.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 08, 2018 11:18 AM (mUa7G)

505 There's always talk about this or that battle site, where big stuff happened at different points in human history, they'll refer to it as "hallowed ground." As it should be.

But if there's another use for it, or if it's a lesser battle... yeah, not so hallowed. Subdivisions and 7-11s gotta be built.

Given the endless capacity of the human race for solving problems through violence, I dare say that most places that have been inhabited for millennia have been the site of some battle or another. It just that we don't remember it anymore....

On a related note, I've always thought it would be kind of neat if there was some sort of fantasy movie in which they call up from the past the greatest warrior to have ever lived, and instead of Ghengis Khan or Alexander the Great the result is some guy wielding a flint-tipped spear and a club whom no one has ever heard of - it turns out he did more with less resources than anyone else, but since he lived in the neolithic era his name was forgotten thousands of years before writing was invented.

Posted by: Grey Fox at December 08, 2018 11:18 AM (bZ7mE)

506 And Indira Gandhi. And a crapload of Roman Emperors.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 08, 2018 11:12 AM (eXA4G)
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Memo to all would-be tyrants: you'll only last as long as it takes for those closest you to figure our that no one is safe.

Posted by: Captain Obvious at December 08, 2018 11:19 AM (tfbws)

507
Early war period DeGaulle was a sort of Custer type character. All brass balls, some small amount of brains, nearly limitless sense of his own greatness.
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Fair to say. Except that George, during the Civil War, actually accomplished stuff.
Posted by: Captain Obvious at December 08, 2018 11:06 AM (tfbws)

In the interwar period, DeGaulle was one of the pioneering theorists on armored doctrine, on par with JFC Fuller, and Guderian.

Of course, virtually none of his innovative thought on the armored spearhead in war was used by the Frogs at the beginning of WWII. I have a sneaking suspicion that a big part of that was that the Frog high command was annoyed by his arrogance and ignored his theories. Oops.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 08, 2018 11:20 AM (eXA4G)

508 Is "Carlson" Tucker's maiden name?

Posted by: Burger Chef at December 08, 2018 11:20 AM (RuIsu)

509 they need one of those water balloon launchers to throw the tear gas canisters back
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 08, 2018 11:14 AM (KCxzN)

Funnelator is good for tossing tear gas cannisters and bricks back. Also good for soda cans filled with sand.

Posted by: Burnt Toast at December 08, 2018 11:20 AM (1g7ch)

510
Revolutionary art interlude:

Cobblestone: Weapon of the Proletariat

https://tinyurl.com/ybzdqgv8

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 08, 2018 11:24 AM (eXA4G)

511 On a related note, I've always thought it would be kind of neat if there was some sort of fantasy movie in which they call up from the past the greatest warrior to have ever lived, and instead of Ghengis Khan or Alexander the Great the result is some guy wielding a flint-tipped spear and a club whom no one has ever heard of - it turns out he did more with less resources than anyone else, but since he lived in the neolithic era his name was forgotten thousands of years before writing was invented.
Posted by: Grey Fox at December 08, 2018 11:18 AM (bZ7mE)

Maybe some Aryan warlord in a chariot and iron appurtenances with a hoard similarly kitted swarming across eurasia.

Posted by: Burnt Toast at December 08, 2018 11:24 AM (1g7ch)

512 Given the endless capacity of the human race for solving problems through violence, I dare say that most places that have been inhabited for millennia have been the site of some battle or another. It just that we don't remember it anymore....

On a related note, I've always thought it would be kind of neat if there was some sort of fantasy movie in which they call up from the past the greatest warrior to have ever lived, and instead of Ghengis Khan or Alexander the Great the result is some guy wielding a flint-tipped spear and a club whom no one has ever heard of - it turns out he did more with less resources than anyone else, but since he lived in the neolithic era his name was forgotten thousands of years before writing was invented.
Posted by: Grey Fox at December 08, 2018 11:18 AM (bZ7mE)

Likewise, there are memorials to be found, for war heroes who were given medals for their actions.

It must be noted, for nearly every person rightfully honored, up to and including Medal of Honor winners, there are probably several, perhaps dozens, whose honorable actions are not remembered, because there was no one around to witness it, to write it up afterwards.

And those men lay buried where they died, unremembered.

Which is another reason why it rankles me so, that Memorial Day and Veterans Day get jumbled up, and the distinction is lost.

Those who came home have their day. Those who did not, have theirs, and it is MUCH more sacred, because we don't know. We'll never know, and they deserve that we stop and honor them. Just them.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2018 11:27 AM (cY3LT)

513 It's probably been mentioned by now, but isn't it interesting that a 9 year old has accomplished more to reduce the size of government than the entire Cuckoldry Caucus has for more than 6 decades.

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at December 08, 2018 11:27 AM (5RXy6)

514 Of course, virtually none of his innovative thought on the armored spearhead in war was used by the Frogs at the beginning of WWII. I have a sneaking suspicion that a big part of that was that the Frog high command was annoyed by his arrogance and ignored his theories. Oops.
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Good point. OTOH, there was so much armor theory floating around at that time, it was hard to tell who was right or wrong. Liddell-Hart, for example, proposed divisions entirely composed os tankettes and light tanks.

Posted by: Captain Obvious at December 08, 2018 11:28 AM (tfbws)

515
Seven cars a-burning
Six packs of Gaulois
FIVE! RIOT! SHIELDS!
Four galled Gauls,
Three French maids,
Two Renault hubcaps
And a Coke bottle full of cat pee
Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 08, 2018 10:06 AM (f3oO4)
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We need to sing this at Le MoMee!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 08, 2018 11:29 AM (kQs4Y)

516 513 It's probably been mentioned by now, but isn't it interesting that a 9 year old has accomplished more to reduce the size of government than the entire Cuckoldry Caucus has for more than 6 decades.
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at December 08, 2018 11:27 AM (5RXy6)

Which 9-year-old did this? Or are you speaking of 9-year-olds in general?

Posted by: Emmie at December 08, 2018 11:38 AM (4HMW8)

517 516
Oh. Snowball-throwing 9-year-olds. Answered my own question.

Kid has a bright future.

Posted by: Emmie at December 08, 2018 11:40 AM (4HMW8)

518 Those who came home have their day. Those who did not, have theirs, and it is MUCH more sacred, because we don't know. We'll never know, and they deserve that we stop and honor them. Just them.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2018 11:27 AM (cY3LT)

THIS!!!!

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 08, 2018 11:40 AM (f3oO4)

519 We need to sing this at Le MoMee!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 08, 2018 11:29 AM (kQs4Y)

Viewez le 455!

We need to commission a MoMee song, using either the "Twelve Days" or "The Internationale" as the background theme music.

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 08, 2018 11:45 AM (f3oO4)

520 Which 9-year-old did this? Or are you speaking of 9-year-olds in general?
Posted by: Emmie

Snowball fight 9 year old. Makes 1 speech to a city council and gets a stupid law overturned. The cucks have been running their mouths about small government since the 50s and achieved zilch. It's almost as if they never really believed any of that...

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at December 08, 2018 11:45 AM (5RXy6)

521 Din't refresh fast enough. Question auto-answered.

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at December 08, 2018 11:47 AM (5RXy6)

522 "vive le lafayette. that shit is over."

It never really began. The French only aided our revolution to bring America under their sphere of influence. They wanted to be our new Master, not our friend.

I'm sure you already knew that. I'm just venting for those who somehow were never exposed to the idea.

As a child I was Baron von Steuben in a school play. I remember the Prussian was first introduced to Ben Franklin by the French. I was young and patriotic and grateful to France. Ah to be so idealistic again.

Now, as a former Marine, when I think of France it's all about their cowardice and betrayals. To hell with them.

Posted by: Fenrisulven at December 08, 2018 11:50 AM (iBdzh)

523 We need to commission a MoMee song, using either the "Twelve Days" or "The Internationale" as the background theme music.
Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 08, 2018 11:45 AM (f3oO4)
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I'm more prose than poetry, but betwixt you and Muldoon and all the other troubadours at the HQ we should be able to cobble together something magnifique.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 08, 2018 11:52 AM (kQs4Y)

524 Hey, you want to hate the frogs and forget about Lafayette? Your choice of course. I won't, and I know the French have been fighting side by side with us to this day, some dying with us.

And I'm talking about the French people. Not the government.

And yeah, I have three family members planted in Europe from WW II. So screw de Gaulle. But he's not the French people.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 08, 2018 11:59 AM (ELo06)

525 Nood

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at December 08, 2018 12:06 PM (5RXy6)

526 "The cucks have been running their mouths about small government since the 50s and achieved zilch. It's almost as if they never really believed any of that."

Fen's Law. The Left doesn't really believe in the things they lecture the rest of us about. Sadly, when I first coined it back during the Clinton impeachment, I was naive enough to believe Conservatives were more principled.

Professor Jacobson over at Legal Insurrection is just the latest example. He gets deplatformed by Amazon without even the courtesy of an explanation. His follow up queries to face his accusers are rudely ignored. And what does he do? He turns around and bans criticism without explanation or due process. While pretending to take the principled high road that refuses to stray outside the Rule of Law. Hypocrite. Really no different than the nazi censors at Twitter. Be warned.

These days I'm trying to convince myself that passivity and cowardice is a bug of Conservative philosophy and not a feature. Our mistakes tend to err on the side of caution. I cant remember the last time we overplayed played our hand. We get dealt a full house on the flop and we check. We turn a rout into an orderly retreat and consider it a victory. We crack open champagne to celebrate the rescue of Kavanaugh who never should have been captured and burned at the stake to begin with.

I'm losing faith. The passivity and hypocrisy of the Republican party and conservatives is radicalizing me. I think I'm beginning to understand how extremists rise - they get results, not 500 word essays expressing outrage that yet another Jewish family was taken by the Gestapo in the middle of the night.

Posted by: Fenrisulven at December 08, 2018 12:17 PM (iBdzh)

527 Found written on a wall at Leavenworth:

"In every Revolutionary Cell containing 2 or more agents, assume at least 1 FBI informant."

Posted by: Fenrisulven at December 08, 2018 12:21 PM (iBdzh)

528 395 See there is vacillation ...using the crosswalks during a riot.
Posted by: Paladin at December 08, 2018 10:29 AM (pCSlt)

C'est vrai!

Posted by: m at December 08, 2018 12:23 PM (bAsK/)

529 "I know the French have been fighting side by side with us to this day, some dying with us. "

In Desert Storm we placed French allies on the far left flank of our maneuver element, far away from the FEBA where any sudden and inevitable betrayal would have the least impact.

I love Layfayette, but I think France's manhood died in the trenches of WW1.

Posted by: Fenrisulven at December 08, 2018 12:26 PM (iBdzh)

530 "In every Revolutionary Cell containing 2 or more agents, assume at least 1 FBI informant."

Reminds me of a movie I want to write. Grumpy old man starts underground militia cell consisting of 5 other recruits. Each of the 5 is an undercover gov agent, all unaware of each other, all tripping over each other and setting each other up. Kind of a spy vs spy vs spy. Grumpy old guy is the sole survivor.

Posted by: Fenrisulven at December 08, 2018 12:36 PM (iBdzh)

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