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Tuesday Overnight Open Thread (6/18/19)
Quote I
You're indeed fortunate none of the roadworkers going about their jobs were injured, or killed ... that could easily have occurred. It's mindless driving conduct on your part, whichever way you look at it. Judge Richard Russell
Quote II
"Grid girls belong in Formula 1 as much as the cars do. Only an idiot sees a beautiful woman as a problem. The rest of the people love it." Roy van AlastH/T redc1c4
Quote III
“It sounds to me like he is looking for some way to take offense. There is no way we won’t address this problem appropriately. We have in the past and we will again in the future.” Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Quote IV
“That’s a very good question. The hope is that over time they can become capable of governing.” Jared Kushner
There is a special place in hell for this woman. Woman drowns her elderly golden retriever.
A heartless New Hampshire woman pushed her elderly golden retriever into a lake and did nothing as the helpless dog drowned, according to a new report. Nancy Bucciarelli, 66, was walking 11-year-old Bailey around Naticook Lake in Merrimack on June 8 when the pooch became winded, local station WMUR reported. Bucciarelli allegedly shoved the already weakened Bailey into the lake from a dock at Wasserman Park — leaving the dog to struggle in the water. Witnesses came to Bailey’s aid, but it was already too late, Merrimack Police Chief Denise Roy told the station.
Don't worry folks it's only a misdemeanor.
Son-of-A-Bitch. Now I'm regretting the boot from Twitter.
According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, President Trump plans to live tweet the first Democrat presidential debate. Because everyone and their momma’s dog has decided to run for president in the Democrat primary this year, the debate will be spread across two days with 10 candidates participating each day.That should be a hoot.
How can The ONT delicately dance around this issue? Premeditated homicide is wrong. Sharing a video of a mass murder is downright disgusting. What happens when you don't have a First Amendment right? Serious jail time in New Zealand.
Philip Arps was sentenced in a New Zealand court today for sharing video of the Christchurch massacre, a terrorist attack on two mosques that killed 51 people on March 15. Arps, who has compared himself favorably to Adolf Hitler’s deputy Rudolf Hess, pleaded guilty to two counts of sharing the video and received a sentence of 21 months in prison for sending it to roughly 30 people. Arps told the judge overseeing his case that video of the bloody massacre was “awesome,” according to New Zealand news outlet RNZ and he even asked one person to add crosshairs and a body count graphic to “make it more fun.” Dead children are plainly visible among the many bodies of victims in the video.
The terrorist attack was livestreamed on Facebook for 17 minutes before being taken down by the social media giant, but the video circulated online for days as companies like Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube scrambled to delete it. New Zealand’s top government censor quickly moved to classify the Christchurch video as “objectionable” in the wake of the terrorist shootings allegedly committed by Brenton Tarrant, a 28-year-old Australian national who pleaded not guilty to the murders last week. New Zealand has a common law tradition of free expression, but the government can declare certain controversial materials as illegal to own and distribute.
The problem with "Controversial" is the old slippery slope.
Becoming a doctor is a difficult. I can't imagine being a pediatric physician working with children who have cancer. Dr. Alastair McAlpine asks terminally ill children what really matters in life.
Dr. Alastair McAlpine spends every day caring for children with life-threatening and life-limiting illnesses, working for the non-profit organization PaedsPal. McAlpine recently decided to ask his terminally-ill patients what they enjoyed most in life and then shared their answers on Twitter. In a tweet, he explained: “For an assignment, I asked some of my terminal pediatric palliative care patients what they had enjoyed in life, and what gave it meaning. Kids can be so wise, y’know.” All of these children are between the ages of four and nine years old. Even though they are young, they still managed to hit the nail on the head when it comes to what makes life worth living.
In a marketing gimmick that was almost definitely conceived after several bong rips, Kraft has officially introduced a new product that it calls “Salad Frosting.” It is — spoiler — ranch dressing, packaged in a festive squeeze bag. In a release, Kraft calls it “a match for dinnertime bliss.” In our mind, Grub Street calls it “the logical conclusion of the American Experiment.”
Mark Dice reviews Jim Acosta's recent book and CNN in general.
As usual, the Left is silent.
Iran’s foreign minister reaffirmed last week his country's right to execute people for homosexual behavior. Mohammad Javad Zarif defended the practice of killing gay people by saying that “these are moral principles concerning the behavior of people in general,” in an interview with German magazine Bild . After the comments became public, the Jerusalem Post contacted U.S. ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell, who said that such behavior from Iran “[violates] basic UN principles. UN members should agree with the Declaration in order to be members. Criminalizing homosexuality violates the Declaration, plain and simple.”
I wonder what the tax cheating Congress critter from Minneapolis has to say?
A look at Wisconsin the Dairy State...........
Quite the dilemma, if you are a gun owner. Do you choose to use medically approved marijuana for a medical condition? Or choose to own firearms?
As more states legalized medical marijuana — let alone recreational use — the Congress will face more pressure to ease federal laws prohibiting gun ownership for those who use weed. Across the country, states have incrementally embraced legalizing medical marijuana despite its federal classification as a Schedule 1 controlled substance. Federal law enforcement has largely looked the other way, deferring to state legislatures when it comes to medical cannabis — but not when it comes to guns, which are illegal to buy under federal law if you use marijuana.
What's going on in the Dominican Republic?
For decades, the Dominican Republic has been one of the most popular spots in the Caribbean for Americans to visit. Its proximity to the U.S. mainland, crystal clear waters, and an absolute glut of all-inclusive resorts have made it the obvious choice for millions of U.S. travelers — to the tune of 2.1 million visitors in 2017 alone. But a recent spate of mysterious tourist deaths on the island has would-be visitors rethinking whether it’s safe to go to the Dominican Republic. There haven’t been any clear answers yet as to why these deaths have occurred and whether they are related. Toxicology reports are out in all cases (with the FBI helping). Meanwhile, Dominican officials insist it’s still safe to visit the island — but with at least seven deaths and dozens of cases of extreme illness on record, it makes sense for holidaymakers to be a little wary.
Humans domesticated dogs about 30,000 years ago. Since then, we've worked with them, hunted with them, played with them, and come to rely on them for companionship. And, in the process, we've bred them for everything from general cuteness to the ability to guard and fight for us. Figuring out who's manipulating whom and who's getting more out of the relationship is a hopeless task. But that doesn't mean that some aspects of the changes dogs have undergone aren't amenable to study. After studying the facial muscles of dogs and wolves, a US-UK team of researchers has now found that dogs have two muscles that wolves mostly lack. These muscles control the movements of the face near the eyes, and the researchers suspect that the muscles' presence helps the dogs make a sad-eyed face that we find appealing.
Is AOC a thin skinned
The freshman New York Democrat “unleashed her lawyer” on Latino activist Ramon Ramirez, a former campaign aide who wrote a book about her improbable 2018 win, the New York Post reported. Ocasio-Cortez defeated an incumbent Democratic, former Rep. Joseph Crowley, who was ranked 4th in the party at the time. But the democratic socialist isn’t looking to share the wealth, as she had her lawyer send a cease and desist letter to Ramirez for a self-published memoir titled, “Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: The Democrats’ Surprise.” The cease and desist letter claims Ramirez’s efforts, which includes a second book he has written, according to the Post, “seek to profit off the Congresswoman’s name and likeness, without her involvement or permission.”
AT&T too big to fail? It is in the process of cutting jobs. Lots of jobs.
About two years after Dallas-based AT&T championed corporate tax cuts and pledged they'd lead to job creation, the company plans to cut nearly 2,000 jobs, according to the telecom union that represents its workers. Officials from Communications Workers of America say AT&T began notifying employees Thursday about the upcoming cuts. It will eliminate 1,880 jobs by the end of September in 23 states, including Texas and Oklahoma, the union said. The cuts are aimed at technicians, such as those who do home installations or lay fiber optic cable.
Thoughts and prayers for singer/songwriter Dave Mustaine.
Now, that's Diversity.
He'll have fun, fun, fun until Daddy takes the internet away. Genius Award Winner.
A gaming addict allegedly tried to poison his own parents after they forced him to stop playing - by unplugging the internet router. Sak Duanjan, 29, returned home drunk and started playing games on his smartphone with the volume turned up while his parents were trying to sleep, it is claimed.
His stepfather, Chakri Khamruang, 52, said he woke up and unplugged the wi-fi box, attempting to stop Sak from disturbing other people at home.
Researchers from the University of British Columbia have figured out how to convert blood types A, B and AB into the universal Type O, which all patients can receive in a transfusion regardless of their own blood type. Enzymes can be used to convert A and B type red blood cells into O type, however, the enzymes available to date have not worked well on whole blood. That was until scientists considered looking inside the human gut. "The human gut is covered with mucins, large glycoproteins presenting a variety of glycan structures on their surface, including those of the blood group antigens," said Peter Rahfeld, a researcher at the University of British Columbia.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)I'm reposting this one anyway.
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Well, dang, tuned in too late for the big announcement, but we're watching the beginning now.
Two observations:
A.
Seems t'me that Donald J. Trump is having the time of his life.
2.
I didn't see another bit of yellow* in that whole stadium, which lit up with that glorious (as in, sending off rays) canary-dress of Melania's.
*(well, there was a guy with what looked like a Simpsons character on his tee-shirt, but that's more a mustard color than yellow)
Posted by: mindful webworker - click for webworks at June 18, 2019 09:57 PM (/IMJl)
Posted by: Charles the Simple at June 18, 2019 09:58 PM (w7U7L)
Posted by: filbert at June 18, 2019 09:59 PM (Lz9fr)
Posted by: irright at June 18, 2019 09:59 PM (RVcmP)
Posted by: SMH at June 18, 2019 09:59 PM (RU4sa)
Posted by: ALH at June 18, 2019 09:59 PM (htgmn)
Nice pic up top in so many ways.
(that's all the content I've seen so far)
Posted by: mindful webworker - click for webworks at June 18, 2019 10:00 PM (/IMJl)
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at June 18, 2019 10:00 PM (sy5kK)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at June 18, 2019 10:01 PM (AZxMX)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 18, 2019 10:01 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: wing at June 18, 2019 10:01 PM (JFzNN)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at June 18, 2019 10:01 PM (AZxMX)
I know, I know.......
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 18, 2019 10:02 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: filbert at June 18, 2019 10:02 PM (Lz9fr)
My day was sweaty. I soaked another T-shirt this afternoon. It's been a while since I was regularly soaking T-shirts with sweat.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 18, 2019 10:02 PM (f1Vqw)
I just wanted to note that ex-Rep David Jolly is a preson in desprate need of a couple of dozen broken bones.
Posted by: Vlad the implaer, whittling away like mad at June 18, 2019 10:03 PM (mmUZQ)
Damn.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2019 10:03 PM (axyOa)
Posted by: ALH at June 18, 2019 10:04 PM (htgmn)
Damn.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2019 10:03 PM (axyOa)
And my Feedly subscription and I thank you very much. Thanks Diogenes
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 18, 2019 10:04 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: Vlad the implaer, whittling away like mad at June 18, 2019 10:03 PM (mmUZQ)
Sounds like a guy what needs him some "social" justice!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at June 18, 2019 10:04 PM (AZxMX)
Posted by: Ladyl at June 18, 2019 10:04 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2019 10:04 PM (axyOa)
Posted by: ALH at June 18, 2019 10:04 PM (htgmn)
Posted by: tbodie at June 18, 2019 10:05 PM (XkxK0)
My favorite Andrews Sisters song, "The Boogie Woggie Bugle Boy":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8of3uhG1tCI
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 18, 2019 10:05 PM (f1Vqw)
Me too. And by "read the content" I mean "spent a long time looking at the cheerleaders".
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2019 10:05 PM (Vy4a0)
Posted by: ALH at June 18, 2019 10:04 PM (htgmn)
We got lots of rain today. Which was totally unnecessary.
Posted by: Ladyl at June 18, 2019 10:05 PM (TdMsT)
Mrs. Mis. Hum and I were walking our dog when I told her about it. She's usually reserved, she wasn't then.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 18, 2019 10:06 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2019 10:05 PM (Vy4a0)
****
Well...of course!
Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2019 10:06 PM (axyOa)
Such hearty rain,
a constant flow!
So well
the grassy meadows grow!
Now quit
so we can finally mow!
Posted by: mindful webworker - click for webworks at June 18, 2019 10:07 PM (/IMJl)
Nancy Bucciarelli assured herself of a hot hereafter with that heartless act of drowning her dog. What kind of soulless creature can do that to an animal that was their companion for many years.
I am sickened and disgusted.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 18, 2019 10:07 PM (dPMBY)
He's a good guy and doesn't hate America like the rest of those rat bastards.
Posted by: Whatever at June 18, 2019 10:07 PM (rRxrm)
But I hope there is a heaven, where Dr. McAlpine's kids can play with that poor golden retriever. And I hope there is a hell awaiting Nancy Bucciarelli, in the fullness of time. Except Bailey wouldn't want her to go there if there were.
Posted by: JPS at June 18, 2019 10:07 PM (UgdG5)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at June 18, 2019 10:08 PM (AZxMX)
Posted by: ALH at June 18, 2019 10:08 PM (htgmn)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2019 10:08 PM (axyOa)
ROFLMAO!
As if I needed another reason to laugh at the Eurotrash dirtbags.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 18, 2019 10:09 PM (weya0)
Posted by: Lurking Lurker at June 18, 2019 10:09 PM (FiUMj)
Posted by: Jewells45 at June 18, 2019 10:10 PM (dUJdY)
Posted by: G marks the spot at June 18, 2019 10:10 PM (r6yPR)
Posted by: rickl at June 18, 2019 10:10 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Jewells45 at June 18, 2019 10:10 PM (dUJdY)
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You mean firefly?
Posted by: Lurking Lurker at June 18, 2019 10:10 PM (FiUMj)
Posted by: redc1c4 at June 18, 2019 10:11 PM (2/z/x)
Posted by: G marks the spot at June 18, 2019 10:10 PM (r6yPR)
It was awesome! Enjoyed every minute.
Posted by: ALH at June 18, 2019 10:11 PM (htgmn)
AT&T began notifying employees Thursday about the upcoming cuts. It will eliminate 1,880 jobs by the end of September in 23 states, including Texas and Oklahoma, the union said. The cuts are aimed at technicians, such as those who do home installations or lay fiber optic cable.
Yeah, that will help service.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2019 10:11 PM (aKsyK)
FIFY.
Posted by: shibumi, eagerly awaiting SMOD at June 18, 2019 10:11 PM (sktRI)
Kevin Williamson will tell the fired techs "learn to code" from whatever connected buddy decided to keep his paychecks coming after he's been fired from whatever waste of code publishes him.
Posted by: kbdabear at June 18, 2019 10:11 PM (0Ntuf)
AOC certainly has a lust for $$$, does she not? How does she square that with her other significant lust for socialism?
'Splodey head!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 18, 2019 10:12 PM (dPMBY)
Posted by: Lurking Lurker at June 18, 2019 10:12 PM (FiUMj)
g'evenin, 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at June 18, 2019 10:12 PM (KCxzN)
He's a good guy and doesn't hate America like the rest of those rat bastards.
Posted by: Whatever at June 18, 2019 10:07 PM (rRxrm)
Yeah, I was sorry to hear that. I'm not a metal fan, but I've always heard that he is highly regarded.
Posted by: rickl at June 18, 2019 10:13 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: ALH at June 18, 2019 10:13 PM (htgmn)
Posted by: Jewells45 at June 18, 2019 10:13 PM (dUJdY)
Posted by: jmel at June 18, 2019 10:13 PM (OeWgo)
code" from whatever connected buddy decided to keep his paychecks
coming after he's been fired from whatever waste of code publishes him.
Posted by: kbdabear at June 18, 2019 10:11 PM (0Ntuf)
No, I want them to die.
Posted by: Kevin Williamson at June 18, 2019 10:13 PM (rRxrm)
Posted by: 2009Refugee at June 18, 2019 10:13 PM (41KRL)
Posted by: ebola outbreak map.com at June 18, 2019 10:14 PM (quE/K)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 18, 2019 10:02 PM (f1Vqw)
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turn on the AC, or take off the clothes before you start having sex.
#Duh.
Posted by: redc1c4 at June 18, 2019 10:14 PM (2/z/x)
I've talked about that with an older friend who's also given the topic a lot of thought over the years, and we concluded that when we die, either we'll go someplace wonderful, or we're going to have a very nice long rest. And we were both okay with either one.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2019 10:14 PM (V2Yro)
https://tinyurl.com/y3x2de9w
https://tinyurl.com/yyj9kbb2
https://tinyurl.com/y57ea8uv
https://tinyurl.com/yy769oqx
https://tinyurl.com/y5gpb754
Posted by: kbdabear at June 18, 2019 10:14 PM (0Ntuf)
A person that can betray a companion dog would betray a fellow human in a heartbeat!
There needs to be a special reserved circle of Hell for people like this!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at June 18, 2019 10:14 PM (AZxMX)
Research has shown that dogs making sad-eye faces are clear proof that dopamine regulates "want" in humans and not "like". Also smiling rats helped out in establishing this concrete fact about humans that we know, for sure, and have no doubt about.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 18, 2019 10:14 PM (weya0)
Posted by: redc1c4 at June 18, 2019 10:14 PM (2/z/x)
Posted by: ALH at June 18, 2019 10:13 PM (htgmn)
Let me have your password
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 18, 2019 10:14 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: Defenestratus at June 18, 2019 10:15 PM (kI/3T)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 18, 2019 10:15 PM (dPMBY)
Tomato, ToMAHto.
Posted by: Jewells45 at June 18, 2019 10:13 PM (dUJdY)
you guys ever take that online test where they ask you what term you use for various things? It was done by some collegiate researcher as I recall. If they ask you enough questions they can pretty accurately guess where you are from in the U.S.
Posted by: Quint at June 18, 2019 10:15 PM (n13/j)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2019 10:16 PM (EZebt)
https://tinyurl.com/y65fhhnm
https://tinyurl.com/y3mfy4uu
https://tinyurl.com/y6k5vbma
https://tinyurl.com/y3n8zgar
https://tinyurl.com/yxrzd8x7
Posted by: kbdabear at June 18, 2019 10:16 PM (0Ntuf)
Posted by: Dr. T at June 18, 2019 10:16 PM (Vgw1E)
Posted by: ALH at June 18, 2019 10:13 PM (htgmn)
Problem is you lose all your contacts (carefully curated over years) and can't get them back.
Don't ask me how I know this!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at June 18, 2019 10:17 PM (AZxMX)
Posted by: Quint at June 18, 2019 10:15 PM (n13/j)
If they asked what I call Democrats, they'd never guess I live in California.
Posted by: Splunge at June 18, 2019 10:17 PM (ed8K1)
I thought long and hard about it. I saw it this morning and it just stayed with me all day. And I decided to put it in the ONT about 1/2 hr before it went up.
I miss our reds that we said good bye to this past winter. I couldn't imagine doing what she did to any pet no matter what.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 18, 2019 10:17 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: ebola outbreak map.com at June 18, 2019 10:14 PM (quE/K)
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That website is horrible.
Trying to read anything there is an exercise in futility.
Posted by: SMH at June 18, 2019 10:17 PM (RU4sa)
'Splodey head!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 18, 2019
****
I doubt that ignorant bint can spell Socialism.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2019 10:17 PM (axyOa)
Posted by: Quint at June 18, 2019 10:15 PM (n13/j)
1. Do you own a gun?
Posted by: Whatever at June 18, 2019 10:17 PM (rRxrm)
Posted by: Splunge at June 18, 2019 10:17 PM (ed8K1)
ha!
Posted by: Quint at June 18, 2019 10:18 PM (n13/j)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 18, 2019 10:18 PM (aA3+G)
Tomato, ToMAHto.
Posted by: Jewells45 at June 18, 2019 10:13 PM (dUJdY)
Tomatoe.
Posted by: Dan Quayle at June 18, 2019 10:18 PM (weya0)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 18, 2019 10:12 PM (dPMBY)
Every Marxist I've seen hates capitalism but they sure do love money.
Posted by: kbdabear at June 18, 2019 10:19 PM (0Ntuf)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at June 18, 2019 10:14 PM (AZxMX)
this.
that story just deflates me.
poor dog.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at June 18, 2019 10:19 PM (sy5kK)
A person that can betray a companion dog would betray a fellow human in a heartbeat!
There needs to be a special reserved circle of Hell for people like this!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at June 18, 2019 10:14 PM (AZxMX)
{{{Hrothgar}}}
Add this to the folks on the left who think it's perfectly fine to murder a new born baby. It makes me sick to think I breathe the same air that they do.
Posted by: Ladyl at June 18, 2019 10:19 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 18, 2019 10:14 PM (aA3+G)
You can read Twitter without having an account on it. For example, use one of kbdabear's lovely young lasses to get you in the ballpark, then click on his avatar and from there do a search for @realDonaldTrump and then click on his avatar to link to his twitter work flow. You can't comment, but you can enjoy his unfettered self taunting dim people.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 18, 2019 10:19 PM (dPMBY)
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I wonder why no journalist has asked her.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2019 10:19 PM (EZebt)
Posted by: Jewells45 at June 18, 2019 10:10 PM (dUJdY)
We've had them for a couple weeks now 'round here. They are truly wonderful to behold.
Posted by: Dr. T at June 18, 2019 10:19 PM (Vgw1E)
Posted by: Quint at June 18, 2019 10:15 PM (n13/j)
1. Do you own a gun?
Posted by: Whatever at June 18, 2019 10:17 PM (rRxrm)
delete DC, NJ, and probably IL. But they ask things like what you call a water fountain, soda, lighting bugs, etc.
Posted by: Quint at June 18, 2019 10:20 PM (n13/j)
Posted by: Garry Trudeau at June 18, 2019 10:20 PM (rRxrm)
Posted by: Dr. T at June 18, 2019 10:19 PM (Vgw1E)
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And they're going extinct.
Posted by: SMH at June 18, 2019 10:20 PM (RU4sa)
Took the grandkids out to dinner after spending the day at Childrens Hosp for allergy testing. No known allergies were discovered. What a shock.
My vegan had bacon and eggs and my 'allergic to everything - but the medical establishment says - nope!' had pancakes, eggs, and half a cup of my coffee. She had a tough day but was a trooper.
We all watched the rally - the kids had lots of questions about the 'Big Boss'.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 18, 2019 10:20 PM (Y4EXg)
I figured it took some reflection before posting, but a suggestion--please don't cross-post this on the pet thread!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at June 18, 2019 10:21 PM (AZxMX)
After the first blowback on Twitter, AOC doubled down and said conservatives don't know the difference between concentration camps and death camps.
Needless to say, lots of self-gassing Jews backed her up.
Posted by: kbdabear at June 18, 2019 10:21 PM (0Ntuf)
Was just researching crime stats.
The Caribbean and the surrounding countries is the most violent region in the world.
Not sure why anyone would think it a destination.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 18, 2019 10:21 PM (DrqHq)
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Why should it be a dilemma? I mean, we had a big discussion not too long ago around here about "will" and "shall" -- so, what part of "shall not be infringed" is in conflict with marijuana use?
Posted by: FireHorse at June 18, 2019 10:22 PM (ta49A)
Thanks for the info.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 18, 2019 10:22 PM (aA3+G)
According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, President Trump plans to live tweet the first Democrat presidential debate. Because everyone and their momma's dog has decided to run for president in the Democrat primary this year, the debate will be spread across two days with 10 candidates participating each day.
Oh, this is going to be fun.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at June 18, 2019 10:22 PM (LxTcq)
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I wonder why no journalist has asked her.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2019 10:19 PM (EZebt)
Because they want to win a Pulitzer some day. If they were to ask her anything hard, that dream would never happen.
Posted by: DR.WTF at June 18, 2019 10:22 PM (aS1PU)
Posted by: vmom superior, order of sweet merciless ninjas at June 18, 2019 10:22 PM (dm05u)
Posted by: Quint at June 18, 2019 10:20 PM (n13/j)
Hoagies (vs subs) are a dead giveaway.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 18, 2019 10:22 PM (weya0)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 18, 2019 10:19 PM (dPMBY)
Come for the boobs, stay for the Trump snark!
Posted by: kbdabear at June 18, 2019 10:23 PM (0Ntuf)
Posting it on the pet thread never crossed my mind. I attempt to make that a happy thread.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 18, 2019 10:23 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: tomorrow's trends today at June 18, 2019 10:23 PM (xTFXi)
Posted by: SMH at June 18, 2019 10:23 PM (RU4sa)
SJWs ruin everything.
Posted by: Puddleglum at June 18, 2019 10:23 PM (o8adb)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 18, 2019 10:22 PM (weya0)
yeah that was one. There are a few other pics to. I think hero and dagwood were two.
Posted by: Quint at June 18, 2019 10:24 PM (n13/j)
Hate the sinner, love the sin. ...wait...
Posted by: BourbonChicken at June 18, 2019 10:24 PM (LxTcq)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 18, 2019 10:21 PM (DrqHq)
Great sailing and fun bars....and lots of women in bikinis.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 18, 2019 10:24 PM (wYseH)
Posted by: Ladyl at June 18, 2019 10:19 PM (TdMsT)
{{{Ladyl}}}
Glad to see my President calling them out on this, especially the reference to Virginia. Wish he had called out GOV Gosnell-Northam by name and party though!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at June 18, 2019 10:25 PM (AZxMX)
The Caribbean and the surrounding countries is the most violent region in the world.
Not sure why anyone would think it a destination.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 18, 2019 10:21 PM (DrqHq)
Yup. I went, once, not to the DR. Beautiful beaches. Great setting. And most of the time in the oasis I was imagining what could go wrong in getting out of the place and back home. No, thanks.
Posted by: Splunge at June 18, 2019 10:25 PM (ed8K1)
"The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter - 'tis the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning."
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2019 10:25 PM (V2Yro)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at June 18, 2019 10:25 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2019 10:26 PM (axyOa)
Even more problematic than banning the video is banning the killer's manifesto. The killer described himself as an "eco-fascist", and expressed great appreciation for the government of the People's Republic of China.
The media, of course, has portrayed him as a Trump supporter, and has sought to link him to conservative politics in Australia (where's he's from).
Without being able to quote the manifesto, it is impossible to push back against the false media claims that the guy was a conservative.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 18, 2019 10:26 PM (I2/tG)
Posted by: cfo mom at June 18, 2019 10:27 PM (RfzVr)
I didn't think you would cross post, but that link upset me very much.
And yes, the Pet Thread is a very special and very happy place!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at June 18, 2019 10:27 PM (AZxMX)
especially the reference to Virginia. Wish he had called out GOV
Gosnell-Northam by name and party though!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at June 18, 2019 10:25 PM (AZxMX)
Hey, I'm still trying to track down the guy dressed like me in either black face or klan robes. This isn't easy.
Posted by: Ralph Northam at June 18, 2019 10:27 PM (rRxrm)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at June 18, 2019 10:25 PM (KP5rU)
You're welcome Chavez
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 18, 2019 10:27 PM (aA3+G)
That sounds interesting. I was raised everywhere being an Air Force brat. Lived in the south, north and west coast. Settled in the midwest.
Posted by: Jewells45 at June 18, 2019 10:27 PM (dUJdY)
I'm *really* hating on my fellow American Jews right now (see: AOC & Holocaust).
Posted by: ibguy at June 18, 2019 10:27 PM (EHVbt)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at June 18, 2019 10:28 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Municipal Golf Course of Gor at June 18, 2019 10:28 PM (I2/tG)
WOMP WOMP. I was tempted to go dude, WTF, you seem like a smart guy, what the fuck is the matter with you? Oh well. I'll offer him $2K off his asking and see what happens.
Posted by: Lurking Lurker at June 18, 2019 10:28 PM (FiUMj)
Why can't that former campaign aide who wrote a book, write that book?
Is AOC some secret agent from a hidden society or something? Is there some secret law that forbids him from writing about a US Rep?
Even if she is, the guy can write his book, unless he signed an NDA. That would be unusual, right?
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at June 18, 2019 10:28 PM (sy5kK)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 18, 2019 10:29 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at June 18, 2019 10:29 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Ralph Northam at June 18, 2019 10:27 PM (rRxrm)
I'm sure OJ would be glad to help track him down!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at June 18, 2019 10:29 PM (AZxMX)
Posted by: ibguy at June 18, 2019 10:27 PM (EHVbt)
Did you see that wormy little cocksucker who claimed the mantle of "JEW!" to proclaim that the U.S.A. is running concentration camps?
I hope he gets punched in the mouth by the grandchild of a Holocaust survivor.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 18, 2019 10:30 PM (wYseH)
LOL, and you have a good memory as well.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 18, 2019 10:30 PM (aA3+G)
******
Mustaine just announced yesterday has has throat cancer
Posted by: Deep State is in DEEP SHIT at June 18, 2019 10:30 PM (BqBId)
Posted by: Ha at June 18, 2019 10:31 PM (MAstk)
It may be the earliest. The song is a remake of a calypso tune, and the original does not have that beat.
Right after it was recorded, it was common on a lot of blues and R&B recordings. The theory I like best is that it comes from the "Shave and a haircut" rhythm. That was popular before the war, and became more popular since it was used (according to a couple wartime biographies I have read) to identify Americans since only an American would know how to end the first beats.
I have followed wikipedia on this subject over the years, and last time I looked they did not even have the shave and a haircut connection. I just checked now and they have added it. They mention the Andrews sisters song, but don't give it credit for being first recording. They credit some vague statement about other songs.
I like the Andrews sisters origin story since they played a lot of USO shows and could have picked it up then.
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at June 18, 2019 10:31 PM (LWu6U)
Posted by: Jewells45 at June 18, 2019 10:31 PM (dUJdY)
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at June 18, 2019 10:31 PM (ykYG2)
After the first blowback on Twitter, AOC doubled down and said conservatives don't know the difference between concentration camps and death camps.
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I know, what a dumbass. Millions of people don't flee into concentration camps.
That's not how any of this works.
These people want to land there, knowing they'll be processed out, and sent out into El Norte and never bothered again. If they come to Denver, they're even allowed to beat their wives, drive drunk, etc. without having it count as a felony like it does for dirty Americans.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2019 10:32 PM (5aX2M)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at June 18, 2019 10:32 PM (KP5rU)
https://gatesofvienna.net/2019/06/sad-news-and-a-blogging-hiatus/
That has been one of the very best blogs on the internet for many years. It mostly focuses on European politics and the Islamic invasion. You really can't find that information in many other places.
It was run by her and her husband, Baron Bodissey. I've read and commented there in the past, but less so in recent years. Nothing wrong with their blog; I've just been cutting back on the places where I read and comment. I've been running out of things to say, and sometimes the news is just too depressing to deal with.
I never met either one of them, but I've been tearing up quite a bit today since I heard about it. RIP, Dymphna.
Posted by: rickl at June 18, 2019 10:32 PM (sdi6R)
Now why didn't I think of that? I can shut down any author who writes bad things about me!!!
Posted by: Hic! Hillary! at June 18, 2019 10:34 PM (I2/tG)
It would be hilarious (fishing is actually rather poor, but CARP!)
Posted by: Miklos, aspiring humor rapper at June 18, 2019 10:34 PM (QzkSJ)
That website (ebola) is horrible.
Trying to read anything there is an exercise in futility.
Posted by: SMH at June 18, 2019 10:17 PM (RU4sa)
It would easily have qualified for Mirsky's Worst of the Web back in the day.
I'd steer clear of it as I would not be surprised if it's infected with one or more bad actors.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 18, 2019 10:34 PM (dPMBY)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2019 10:34 PM (aKsyK)
I need to take a road trip downhill soon. Been too long. Last time I was in Ohio was when my wife's pop passed. that was a decade ago.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at June 18, 2019 10:34 PM (SUV+r)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2019 10:35 PM (CSYCT)
being an Air Force brat. Lived in the south, north and west coast.
Settled in the midwest.
Posted by: Jewells45 at June 18, 2019 10:27 PM (dUJdY)
I saw one at the NYT but I don't use the site and won't sign up The original came from Cambridge I think but that site wants you to give a ton of info. It is likely legit but not worth my time. I took it for free online somewhere a few years ago. There is probably a site out there with the quiz, other than the NYT but I can't find it right now. I recall it was pretty accurate though I moved around too as a yute.
here is the NYT link if anyone is interested.
https://tinyurl.com/yak4ee54
Posted by: Quint at June 18, 2019 10:35 PM (n13/j)
I call a water fountain a water fountain.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2019 10:34 PM (aKsyK)
And I call it a bubbler.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 18, 2019 10:35 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: Joe Biden's entire campaign strategy at June 18, 2019 10:35 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Jewells45 at June 18, 2019 10:35 PM (dUJdY)
these are my exact mindthoughts when I hear her EXPOUND on the damn radio
it's PAINFUL
she is loving this, now. she is the Queen.
Posted by: BlackOrchid at June 18, 2019 10:36 PM (Rarvo)
Coooooooooooonman!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 18, 2019 10:37 PM (dPMBY)
Nazism started when the Nazis started keeping Jews from sneaking illegally into Germany!
Everyone knows that!
Posted by: AOC! at June 18, 2019 10:37 PM (I2/tG)
I need to take a road trip downhill soon. Been too long. Last time I was in Ohio was when my wife's pop passed. that was a decade ago.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at June 18, 2019 10:34 PM (SUV+r)
I didn't realize there were places with no lightening bugs.
Posted by: Ladyl at June 18, 2019 10:37 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Pug Mahon
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If you come soon, bring a boat and some oars.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 18, 2019 10:37 PM (Y4EXg)
I miss that dog so very much, and that evil beast pushed her dog in the water? That dog loved her for 11 years, and that is what she did? I don't have words to describe how angry that makes me.
Posted by: Moki at June 18, 2019 10:37 PM (mFoNl)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2019 10:38 PM (CSYCT)
That woman who drowned her golden better not cross my path. Got my
golden laying here next to me as I type this and an 8 week old golden
just joined our family this past weekend.
Posted by: Defenestratus
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agreed.. If I had been there, I woulda run out on the pier and "accidentally" shoved her into the water to see how she fared.. bitch..
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at June 18, 2019 10:38 PM (438dO)
Give me 5 minutes in a room alone with her. Karma needs to visit her long and hard.
Posted by: Jewells45 at June 18, 2019 10:35 PM (dUJdY)
Please line up a PPV deal before you do this. Really, and please.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 18, 2019 10:38 PM (dPMBY)
Posted by: Jewells45 at June 18, 2019 10:39 PM (dUJdY)
You heard me. I firmly believe that a lot of the riffs you hear on Ride the Lightning were Dave's.
Still, Dave can be, well, prickly.
That said, Megadeth is one of my all-time favorite metal bands.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at June 18, 2019 10:39 PM (SUV+r)
I call a water fountain a water fountain.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2019 10:34 PM (aKsyK)
And I call it a bubbler.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 18, 2019 10:35 PM (aA3+G)
My parents always called it a bubbler, and as you probably know, turns out that's mainly a Milwaukee-Chicago thing.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2019 10:39 PM (V2Yro)
1. Do you own a gun?
Posted by: Whatever at June 18, 2019 10:17 PM (rRxrm)
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no, but i was born with one...
Posted by: redc1c4 at June 18, 2019 10:39 PM (2/z/x)
Posted by: Lurking Lurker at June 18, 2019 10:28 PM (FiUMj)
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Man, I had to run out for an emergency at work. Didn't have a car, didn't want to bother with a cab/reimbursement, so I took a crosstown bus for the first time in awhile, into Denver proper. I saw the bus had a BIG "Vote Blue 2020" sticker in the front, in a most-definitely-not-a-paid-ad part of the bus.
I figured the driver was just a lawbreaking asshole, because it's a government agency vehicle.
On my way back from the City & County, that bus had it too. The union goons must be giving these out to the goon drivers, and the goons at RTD feel sufficiently emboldened to permit this in the new Commie Denver.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2019 10:39 PM (5aX2M)
Did you see that wormy little cocksucker who claimed the mantle of "JEW!" to proclaim that the U.S.A. is running concentration camps?
I hope he gets punched in the mouth by the grandchild of a Holocaust survivor.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
I heard a judge interviewed on npr right after the 9/11 attacks. He claimed to have worked on the Nuremberg trials. He said we shouldn't go to war against the terrorists and instead should have "police agencies" bring those responsible in to face justice.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2019 10:40 PM (aKsyK)
If I could A/C the outdoors, I would, but I can't. Been putting poles in holes and tampin' em in good. Auger a hole out good, then ram the pole in, and tamp in down.
One works up a sweat.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 18, 2019 10:40 PM (f1Vqw)
A couple years back I adopted a (very) senior cat who had been dumped on top of a pile of snow and ice heaped up by the snowplows downtown after the last of four heavy January-into-February snowstorms. The vet said that she had obviously been someone's pet and had most likely been on the snow pile for at least five days, maybe a full week. She was hungry, but staying where she was probably saved her from being run over trying to cross a very busy street. She was pulled off the snow pile by a friend of mine who volunteers at the same cat shelter where I help out. I named her The Pirates Queen in honor of a college bud who lives in The Burgh (Queen Yinzer was not an option).
I knew I wouldn't have her for too many years because she was somewhere between 12 and 14 years old (vet's estimate) when she was dumped-- but I spoiled her to the hilt for the 3-1/2 years I did have her. She was sweet, affectionate, and bonded with my other senior kitteh. Not surprisingly, her favorite napping spot was the heated cat bed in my bedroom.
What kind of soulless creature abandons a cat who had obviously been their pet for many years in that kind of weather? Sadly, I don't think the NH woman who drowned her dog is unique.
Posted by: Basement Cat at June 18, 2019 10:41 PM (pPNCa)
My parents always called it a bubbler, and as you probably know, turns out that's mainly a Milwaukee-Chicago thing.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2019 10:39 PM (V2Yro)
There's more to Wisconsin than Milwaukee, just sayin'
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 18, 2019 10:41 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
He had Waldzheimers.
Posted by: Miklos with reference to when you forget what Nazis were like at June 18, 2019 10:42 PM (QzkSJ)
Kathie Lee Gifford has another TAKL ad out, but she's not (pretending) to sing in this one. So thank the Lord for the small things.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 18, 2019 10:42 PM (f1Vqw)
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They are pretty much in full bloom here. It's particularly neat because the ravine behind the house sinks down, placing us at about eye level with the trees in back, which are all aglitter with fireflies.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 18, 2019 10:42 PM (fZcn6)
Posting it on the pet thread never crossed my mind. I attempt to make that a happy thread.
Unavoidably bittersweet, though, almost every week.
Posted by: mindful webworker - click for webworks at June 18, 2019 10:42 PM (/IMJl)
Posted by: Jewells45 at June 18, 2019 10:39 PM (dUJdY)
Probably too dry?
Posted by: Ladyl at June 18, 2019 10:42 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2019 10:42 PM (CSYCT)
There's more to Wisconsin than Milwaukee, just sayin'
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 18, 2019 10:41 PM (aA3+G)
Ditto, Michigan and Detroit.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 18, 2019 10:42 PM (dPMBY)
I'm the grandnephew of one. He and his wife couldn't have children of their own.
I might not punch him in the mouth. A kick in the nuts, I'm thinking.
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at June 18, 2019 10:43 PM (ykYG2)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2019 10:43 PM (EZebt)
No Nurse Comment At All
Posted by: Miklos, thinking he's just makin' us jealous at June 18, 2019 10:43 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: 2009Refugee at June 18, 2019 10:13 PM (41KRL)
Well, the "racing" is kind of tedious, so you need some sort of entertainment, I guess.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2019 10:43 PM (CXcDy)
A lightning bug smashed in my truck windshield last night. The goop glowed for about 10 seconds, then went out.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 18, 2019 10:44 PM (f1Vqw)
OMG, right? I would say she sounds like someone grabbed a cat's tail but that would be kind.
Posted by: Jewells45 at June 18, 2019 10:44 PM (dUJdY)
Remember when she said, right after she was sworn in, that people shouldn't say bad things about her, because she now had Congressional subpoena power?
She must have spent her years as a bartender plotting revenge against everyone who failed to treat her with the respect that she thinks she deserves.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 18, 2019 10:44 PM (I2/tG)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 18, 2019 10:41 PM (aA3+G)
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There better be... because if the NPCs don't get their way at the Convention, they're gonna burn that muthaphukka down.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2019 10:45 PM (5aX2M)
Posted by: Anna Puma
But we...uh
Posted by: Hollywood-Africa Adoptions, Inc. at June 18, 2019 10:45 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at June 18, 2019 10:45 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Jewells45 at June 18, 2019 10:45 PM (dUJdY)
Posting it on the pet thread never crossed my mind. I attempt to make that a happy thread.
Unavoidably bittersweet, though, almost every week.
Posted by: mindful webworker - click for webworks at June 18, 2019 10:42 PM (/IMJl)
The pet thread has its triumphs and its disappointments. Pets, love and the circle of life.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 18, 2019 10:45 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 18, 2019 10:41 PM (aA3+G)
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Yeah, there's Appleton, La Crescent and.....Green Bay.
Beyond that?
Nope.
Posted by: blake - used sock salesman at June 18, 2019 10:45 PM (WEBkv)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2019 10:45 PM (CSYCT)
Posted by: Jewells45 at June 18, 2019 10:45 PM (dUJdY)
Yes. That too.
Posted by: Ladyl at June 18, 2019 10:45 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at June 18, 2019 10:46 PM (KP5rU)
Whoever closes the last brewery, please turn out the lights
Posted by: Miklos' Best at June 18, 2019 10:46 PM (QzkSJ)
It is indeed horrifying, innocent people being shot in cold blood as they huddled under a window.
Under a window...that they possibly could've gone through to get away.
They huddled together on the floor, making themselves easy targets.
People like him should be put down with all the detachment of putting down a rabid dog. He has an incurable mental disease & he's not fit to live, so a bullet to the back of the head is actually a mercy to him, as well as a benefit to society.
Posted by: Fred Weldon at June 18, 2019 10:47 PM (Jxkji)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2019 10:45 PM (5aX2M)
As long as the Cheesehead Morons & 'Ettes get out of there, I'm ok with that.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 18, 2019 10:47 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 18, 2019 10:47 PM (fZcn6)
Wisconsin had 229 murders in 2016. 168 of those murders were in Milwaukee.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 18, 2019 10:48 PM (I2/tG)
Trying to read anything there is an exercise in futility.
Posted by: SMH at June 18, 2019 10:17 PM (RU4sa)
Indeed. It's just clickbait crap.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2019 10:48 PM (CXcDy)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at June 18, 2019 10:48 PM (oVJmc)
Beyond that?
Nope.
Posted by: blake
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Elkhart Lake, Road America.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 18, 2019 10:49 PM (fZcn6)
Posted by: Pug Mahon at June 18, 2019 10:39 PM (SUV+r)
Duh.
Posted by: Kirk Hammett at June 18, 2019 10:49 PM (rRxrm)
Quite the dilemma, if you are a gun owner. Do you choose to use medically approved marijuana for a medical condition? Or choose to own firearms?
Easy.
Smoke the dope, and put the shooties in a trust.
Posted by: Miklos, not an abogado in your state or province at June 18, 2019 10:49 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2019 10:49 PM (CSYCT)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2019 10:34 PM (aKsyK)
And I call it a bubbler.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 18, 2019 10:35 PM (aA3+G)
Growing up in Chicago there were water fountains, and there were bubblers. I remember the massive stone bubblers at Lincoln Park Zoo, where five people could drink at the same time, and the water was always icy cold because it was constantly bubbling up. Loved those.
Sox win!!! And Gialito pitches tomorrow night. I would love to see him pitch.
Posted by: Gem at June 18, 2019 10:51 PM (XoAz8)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at June 18, 2019 10:51 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 18, 2019 10:22 PM (weya0)
Heroes and Po' Boys are a better class of sammich, anyway.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2019 10:52 PM (CXcDy)
Posted by: Pug Mahon
Same here. I visited family in PA when I was eight. I ran around like a nut trying to catch them.
The next greatest thing was seeing the Milky Way in the sky when I was 16.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 18, 2019 10:52 PM (DrqHq)
Posted by: Anna Puma
The interests of fence posts are often neglected.
Posted by: Chesterton's Gate at June 18, 2019 10:52 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Lurking Lurker at June 18, 2019 10:52 PM (FiUMj)
The synchronized lightning bugs are a rare -- there's only a few places in the world where they do that.
And the chemical reaction they use to make light is very efficient. Almost all of the energy makes visible light.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 18, 2019 10:52 PM (f1Vqw)
Posted by: chavez the hugo
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Except when it comes to HIS intellectual property.
Posted by: FireHorse at June 18, 2019 10:53 PM (ta49A)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair
Call the bread "artisanal ciabatta" and triple the price.
Posted by: Blue City Business Models by Miklos at June 18, 2019 10:53 PM (QzkSJ)
When I lived in Wichita Falls as a kid we used to catch them in big jars. Had several of them in there. Then we would let them go. It was fun trying to catch them. Many an evening wasted doing fun kid things.
Posted by: Jewells45 at June 18, 2019 10:54 PM (dUJdY)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 18, 2019 10:35 PM (aA3+G)
I have never heard a water fountain called a bubbler.
I akways learn stuff here. Even when i don't intend to.
Posted by: tbodie at June 18, 2019 10:54 PM (XkxK0)
I spent a couple summer's at my grandpa's country place out near Adams/Friendship. It was nice! Now that was being out and away.
To him and his friends, the big deal, the big town was to go up to the Point. Stevens Point.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2019 10:54 PM (V2Yro)
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More to WA than Seattle
More to OR than Portland
More to IL than Chicago.
And so forth.
Posted by: Lurking Lurker at June 18, 2019 10:55 PM (FiUMj)
Posted by: JTB at June 18, 2019 10:56 PM (bmdz3)
Posted by: gp is covered with mucins at June 18, 2019 10:56 PM (mk9aG)
Posted by: Quint at June 18, 2019 10:58 PM (n13/j)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at June 18, 2019 10:59 PM (KP5rU)
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But they ask things like what you call a water fountain, soda, lighting bugs, etc.
Posted by: Quint at June 18, 2019 10:20 PM
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Lighting bugs?? Where the hell ARE you from?
Posted by: irright at June 18, 2019 10:59 PM (RVcmP)
Fireflies have different flight paths they use in courtship.
https://scifundchallenge.org/ecotome/2015/05/30/
lightning-bugs-and-fireflies-provide-flashes-of-ecological-insight-on-summer-nights/
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 18, 2019 10:59 PM (dPMBY)
At least down here with the Southers
When my Father was here
He did like his beer
The bubbles all came from the growler
Posted by: Anon. at June 18, 2019 11:00 PM (QzkSJ)
'Splodey head!
I guess the same way that the commies in China do. Communism is big business. "But Leonid, what if the communists come back?"
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at June 18, 2019 11:00 PM (Clxcy)
Beautiful area. I'm surprised they didn't go to Wis. Rapids, but Point isn't that far away either.
WI has 72 counties. I live in one that has no traffic signals.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 18, 2019 11:00 PM (aA3+G)
I think I remember bubbler on the test. Most people call it a water fountain or drinking fountain. Today they probably call it gross and just drink from their bottle.
Posted by: Quint at June 18, 2019 11:00 PM (n13/j)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at June 18, 2019 10:51 PM (KP5rU)
also a rather mediocre drummer. It would be easier to list the drummers who are lazier (I had "worse," but this is more apt) than he is.
I can't read his mind, but I bet he was very intimidated by guys like Dave Lombardo, Mike Portnoy, Paul Bostaph, Nick Menza, Jason Bittner, and on and on and and on...
To sum up: Megadeth>>>Metallica
Posted by: Pug Mahon at June 18, 2019 11:00 PM (SUV+r)
Posted by: Quint
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If it is the test I remember, one of the questions was what do you call a beat up car? Hoopdy or beater were two answers I remember.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 18, 2019 11:01 PM (Y4EXg)
Not fair.
Posted by: torabora at June 18, 2019 11:03 PM (hhrZn)
I think we called them lightning bugs in Michigan's Upper Peninsula when I was a kid, but I've referred to them as fireflies for decades now as my time in the UP became more and more distant.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 18, 2019 11:03 PM (dPMBY)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at June 18, 2019 11:03 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: fmr. resident at June 18, 2019 11:03 PM (QzkSJ)
Lawn ornament?
Posted by: gp is covered with mucins at June 18, 2019 11:04 PM (mk9aG)
Posted by: Quint at June 18, 2019 10:20 PM
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Lighting bugs?? Where the hell ARE you from?
Posted by: irright at June 18, 2019 10:59 PM (RVcmP)
all over the joint They caught the two main regions as I recall.
Posted by: Quint at June 18, 2019 11:04 PM (n13/j)
Lawn ornament?
Posted by: gp is covered with mucins at June 18, 2019 11:04 PM (mk9aG)
i am not going to guess but I could.
Posted by: Quint at June 18, 2019 11:05 PM (n13/j)
I have never heard a water fountain called a bubbler.
I akways learn stuff here. Even when i don't intend to.
Posted by: tbodie at June 18, 2019 10:54 PM (XkxK0)
I saw a very cool website a few years ago that had maps showing where different words for different things were popular. It was probably linked here. I don't know where it is now.
Posted by: rickl at June 18, 2019 11:05 PM (sdi6R)
But they ask things like what you call a water fountain, soda, lighting bugs, etc.
Posted by: Quint at June 18, 2019 10:20 PM
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Where I live it's a drinking fountain. Carbonated beverages are called pop.
Posted by: Ladyl at June 18, 2019 11:05 PM (TdMsT)
Not fair.
Posted by: torabora
Why do you think Linda McMahon left the Trump administration?
It's in the works.
Posted by: Miklos, ringside with a folding chair at June 18, 2019 11:06 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Tonypete at June 18, 2019 11:01 PM (Y4EXg)
Hooptie is apparently of Korean origin, and is fairly new to the vernacular. You had beater, jalopy, boiler, junker, and heap, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2019 11:06 PM (CXcDy)
Posted by: mindful webworker - click for webworks at June 18, 2019 10:42 PM (/IMJl)
The pet thread has its triumphs and its disappointments. Pets, love and the circle of life.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 18, 2019 10:45 PM (aA3+G)
I'd say more like triumphs and lesser triumphs, I can't remember any disappointments. It is a cross-section of real life as lived by real people!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at June 18, 2019 11:06 PM (AZxMX)
Punch Buggy or Slug Bug?
I was in Slug Bug land.
Oh. Also, saltines were called soda crackers.
And my folks had a davenport, not a couch or sofa.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at June 18, 2019 11:06 PM (SUV+r)
Lawn ornament?
Posted by: gp is covered with mucins at June 18, 2019 11:04 PM (mk9aG)
i am not going to guess but I could.
Posted by: Quint at June 18, 2019 11:05 PM (n13/j)
I will sounds like he's from Lyndon Station, WI
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 18, 2019 11:06 PM (aA3+G)
https://youtu.be/d0lsdvdOdQs
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2019 11:06 PM (CSYCT)
Posted by: torabora at June 18, 2019 11:06 PM (hhrZn)
One aspect of this is that smash-and-grabs from cars is absolutely rampant in San Francisco - to the point where some people now have signs on their cars begging crooks not to break the car's windows.
This is now migrating to Portland, of course - it used to be that parking your car on the street was problematic, but a security guard for a garage downtown wrote that parking in garages is now no longer safe, either - that his garage now gets hit every other day or so.
The cops do nothing, of course - they tell you to just file a police report online.
Responses to the security guard's post ranged from:
Portland is a big, sophisticated city! Of course your car is going to get broken into! It's just the price of urban life!
You're OK if there is nothing visible in your car! (Several people responded that their windows had been broken, even with nothing visible in your car.)
You're OK if you leave the doors unlocked! (Several people noted that your windows still get broken, and it makes it trivially easy to steal your car - car theft is also rampant in Portland.)
Somebody suggested keeping your car unlocked, and rolling your windows down. (More data is needed.)
One does wonder if there is a breaking point, eventually, and whether Portland and San Francisco will stop electing people who are apologists for criminals. Probably not - virtue signaling is worth having to replace your car windows occasionally for most Portland voters.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 18, 2019 11:06 PM (I2/tG)
Posted by: gp is covered with mucins at June 18, 2019 11:07 PM (mk9aG)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 18, 2019 11:07 PM (dPMBY)
Posted by: Miklos, HOA ain't too damn happy, neither at June 18, 2019 11:07 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Keto not Beto at June 18, 2019 11:08 PM (JziUy)
Some New Englanders call them grinders.
Other regional differences:
Baby buggy, baby stroller, or baby carriage
Pavement or sidewalk
Rubber band, gum band, or elastic
Posted by: Basement Cat at June 18, 2019 11:08 PM (pPNCa)
was what do you call a beat up car? Hoopdy or beater were two answers I
remember.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 18, 2019 11:01 PM (Y4EXg)
hoopdy? Is that some Midwest thing? It could be Maine too I guess. Who knows?
The Aunt question is an interesting one. There are cultural differences but most in the South say ANT. There is a part of Tidewater Virginia that uses Aawwnt.
Posted by: Quint at June 18, 2019 11:09 PM (n13/j)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at June 18, 2019 11:03 PM (KP5rU)
fuckinay. Cliff was the soul of Metallica.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at June 18, 2019 11:09 PM (SUV+r)
Posted by: tbodie at June 18, 2019 11:10 PM (XkxK0)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at June 18, 2019 11:10 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: VMom's phone at June 18, 2019 11:11 PM (dm05u)
Posted by: Miklos, Nawlins Dawlin at June 18, 2019 11:11 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Floridachick at June 18, 2019 11:12 PM (7Jyv5)
Banquette
Posted by: Miklos, Nawlins Dawlin at June 18, 2019 11:11 PM (QzkSJ)
Macadam.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at June 18, 2019 11:12 PM (SUV+r)
was what do you call a beat up car? Hoopdy or beater were two answers I
remember.
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Brad
Posted by: VMom's phone at June 18, 2019 11:12 PM (dm05u)
Yeah, but there are parts of western PA where they use it to refer to what those of us east of the Alleghenies call sidewalks.
Posted by: Basement Cat at June 18, 2019 11:12 PM (pPNCa)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at June 18, 2019 11:12 PM (KP5rU)
I think the question that nailed it was "What do you call the grassy area between your sidewalk and the street?" We always called it the tree lawn, but when I moved away I found that no one knew what that meant. Evidently the word is particular to a very small geographical area.
Posted by: cfo mom at June 18, 2019 11:12 PM (RfzVr)
Whatever you call them, I bet they are prohibited from bike lanes
Posted by: Miklos, bettor at June 18, 2019 11:13 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Floridachick at June 18, 2019 11:12 PM (7Jyv5)
We can't jump, either.
Posted by: tbodie at June 18, 2019 11:13 PM (XkxK0)
Posted by: Floridachick at June 18, 2019 11:12 PM (7Jyv5)
hay caramba! No me gusta!
Posted by: Pug Mahon at June 18, 2019 11:13 PM (SUV+r)
At the public school fountains, I was always afraid some sh!thead would shove me in and bust out my front teeth on the metal spigot thingie.
Posted by: gp is covered with mucins at June 18, 2019 11:13 PM (mk9aG)
Posted by: Floridachick at June 18, 2019 11:12 PM (7Jyv5
Que?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 18, 2019 11:13 PM (pUDQf)
Posted by: rickl at June 18, 2019 11:13 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Quint at June 18, 2019 11:09 PM (n13/j)
I think it is a trace back To Elizabethan English as spoken by the early settlers.
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at June 18, 2019 11:14 PM (AZxMX)
I think the question that nailed it was "What do you call the grassy area between your sidewalk and the street?" We always called it the tree lawn, but when I moved away I found that no one knew what that meant. Evidently the word is particular to a very small geographical area.
Posted by: cfo mom at June 18, 2019 11:12 PM (RfzVr)
It's called a tree lawn or Hell strip where I live.
Posted by: Ladyl at June 18, 2019 11:14 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 18, 2019 11:14 PM (nDe2U)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2019 11:15 PM (aKsyK)
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The grass strip where the dogs poop.
Posted by: VMom's phone at June 18, 2019 11:15 PM (dm05u)
Posted by: irright at June 18, 2019 11:15 PM (RVcmP)
Posted by: Basement Cat at June 18, 2019 11:15 PM (pPNCa)
Posted by: Quint at June 18, 2019 11:09 PM (n13/j)
I think it is a trace back To Elizabethan English as spoken by the early settlers.
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at June 18, 2019 11:14 PM (AZxMX)
yes. they have their own thing going there.
Posted by: Quint at June 18, 2019 11:15 PM (n13/j)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 18, 2019 11:15 PM (pUDQf)
Posted by: Miklos, doesn't quite work but still at June 18, 2019 11:16 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at June 18, 2019 11:16 PM (AZxMX)
Posted by: Ladyl at June 18, 2019 11:14 PM (TdMsT)
That almost sounds like a mutually exclusive condition.
Posted by: tbodie at June 18, 2019 11:16 PM (XkxK0)
Posted by: Basement Cat at June 18, 2019 11:17 PM (pPNCa)
I think the question that nailed it was "What do you call the grassy area between your sidewalk and the street?"
Posted by: cfo mom at June 18, 2019 11:12 PM (RfzVr)
I have that, but I don't have a word for it. I've never heard it called anything.
Posted by: rickl at June 18, 2019 11:17 PM (sdi6R)
Old Indian name: Wishidinthavetomowit.
Posted by: gp is covered with mucins at June 18, 2019 11:17 PM (mk9aG)
Posted by: cfo mom at June 18, 2019 11:12 PM (RfzVr)
In my lexicon it's "public right of way." Except the homeowner is still responsible for its upkeep.
Why yes, I am in the civil engineering/land surveying field.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at June 18, 2019 11:17 PM (SUV+r)
I've heard people call it "the dog toilet."
Posted by: Basement Cat at June 18, 2019 11:15 PM (pPNCa)
That seems to be its primary function.
Posted by: Ladyl at June 18, 2019 11:17 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 18, 2019 11:06 PM (I2/tG)
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Aren't they a sanctuary city, as well?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2019 11:17 PM (5aX2M)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 18, 2019 11:17 PM (pUDQf)
Mis. Hum., you don't even have to get on twitter to read Prez. Trump's tweets
just go to his twitter page @realdonaldtrump
i go most days just for the news from that VSG
Posted by: booknlass at June 18, 2019 11:18 PM (xIKXj)
The future route of the California Bullet Train!
Posted by: gp is covered with mucins at June 18, 2019 11:18 PM (mk9aG)
Posted by: Miklos, doesn't quite work but still at June 18, 2019 11:16 PM (QzkSJ)
Ha! Good effort.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at June 18, 2019 11:19 PM (SUV+r)
"Cerveza por favor."
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar
"El Sabor que Conquista"
Posted by: Montejo beer, named after a Conquistador at June 18, 2019 11:19 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Puddleglum at June 18, 2019 11:19 PM (o8adb)
Posted by: Miklos, doesn't quite work but still at June 18, 2019 11:16 PM (QzkSJ)
Ha! Good effort.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at June 18, 2019 11:19 PM (SUV+r)
We can't all be Weird Al.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at June 18, 2019 11:19 PM (SUV+r)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at June 18, 2019 11:20 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Ladyl at June 18, 2019 11:05 PM (TdMsT)
I would guess the midwest but it could be really anywhere in the North. In most of the South they call carbonated beverages soda. In Texas, back in the day, many called them Cokes.
Posted by: Quint at June 18, 2019 11:20 PM (n13/j)
Can Hispanics learn to speak German? (or Austrian?)
Posted by: Basement Cat at June 18, 2019 11:20 PM (pPNCa)
Of course. An illegal raped a dog in Portland (the dog had to be euthanized), and the county sheriff still refused to tell ICE when the guy was going to be let out of jail, so that ICE could pick him up for deportation proceedings.
Dog rapers deserve sanctuary in Portland!
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 18, 2019 11:21 PM (I2/tG)
And we grew up only about 500 miles from each other.
Posted by: Lurking Lurker at June 18, 2019 11:21 PM (FiUMj)
Posted by: Miklos, making no attempt at June 18, 2019 11:21 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: tbodie at June 18, 2019 11:21 PM (XkxK0)
Posted by: White peopel living in Spain at June 18, 2019 11:21 PM (I2/tG)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 18, 2019 11:21 PM (I2/tG)
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OMG. I've been working on an MS-13 lifestyle magazine parody... that may have to go into it.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2019 11:22 PM (5aX2M)
Can Hispanics learn to speak German? (or Austrian?)
Posted by: Basement Cat
Ist good qvestion.
Posted by: Certain Argentines of Pure Aryan extraction at June 18, 2019 11:22 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 18, 2019 11:22 PM (pUDQf)
Posted by: cfo mom at June 18, 2019 11:23 PM (RfzVr)
Posted by: Basement Cat at June 18, 2019 11:23 PM (pPNCa)
Posted by: booknlass at June 18, 2019 11:23 PM (xIKXj)
I would guess the midwest but it could be really anywhere in the North. In most of the South they call carbonated beverages soda. In Texas, back in the day, many called them Cokes.
Posted by: Quint at June 18, 2019 11:20 PM (n13/j)
You guessed it! Ohio!
Posted by: Ladyl at June 18, 2019 11:23 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Basement Cat at June 18, 2019 11:15 PM (pPNCa)
That seems to be its primary function.
Posted by: Ladyl at June 18, 2019 11:17 PM (TdMsT)
Ugh. My office is close to some high-end flats populated by millennials with dogs, and the owners of the land have already changed out the sod in the right-of-way grass strip twice, because of the caustic nature of dog piss. This building is less than five years old. They should just do the xeriscape boulders and gravel thing, which is a thing our city is okay with.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at June 18, 2019 11:24 PM (SUV+r)
Either way, they are the coolest insects in the world. Beautiful and utterly harmless.
Posted by: rickl at June 18, 2019 11:24 PM (sdi6R)
Why??
What a worthless excuse of a person!
(I am trying to control myself as I write this I promise! I am breathing into a bag and trying to control my tears.)
May that elderly golden retriever RIP. He was more of a human than she will ever be.
Posted by: Floridachick at June 18, 2019 11:24 PM (7Jyv5)
Posted by: cfo mom at June 18, 2019 11:23 PM (RfzVr)
I sure am!
Posted by: Ladyl at June 18, 2019 11:24 PM (TdMsT)
"Best neck tats for Fall foldout section!"
Posted by: Miklos from the Creative Team at June 18, 2019 11:24 PM (QzkSJ)
Out in the country, the easement is the ditch. Well, the property line usually goes to the middle of the road, but the state has control for so many feet. Utilities also "own" that area as well.
There are some variations on that, but that's the way it usually goes.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 18, 2019 11:24 PM (f1Vqw)
That would be a yellowish green.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 18, 2019 11:25 PM (2kj6M)
Posted by: Pug Mahon
And indoor plumbing.
Posted by: City Council Comrades for the Children at June 18, 2019 11:26 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Quint at June 18, 2019 11:26 PM (n13/j)
Posted by: Floridachick at June 18, 2019 11:27 PM (7Jyv5)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 18, 2019 11:15 PM (pUDQf)
here in Texas it's hard to keep that strip watered and in late summer it's usually yellow and brittle, even if the rest of the yard is good. I had a neighbor that never really tried with hers, it was mainly dirt, and she called it the Gaza Strip.
It never caught on with anybody else, but it always made me laugh.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2019 11:28 PM (V2Yro)
Posted by: Lurking Lurker at June 18, 2019 11:21 PM
Is one of you a yinzer?
Posted by: VMom's phone at June 18, 2019 11:28 PM (dm05u)
Posted by: Floridachick at June 18, 2019 11:27 PM (7Jyv5)
I like daddy long legs too.
Posted by: Ladyl at June 18, 2019 11:28 PM (TdMsT)
But we both learned that eggs are best when you add salsa (we met at Fort Sam Houston).
Posted by: Pug Mahon at June 18, 2019 11:28 PM (SUV+r)
Posted by: Basement Cat at June 18, 2019 11:28 PM (pPNCa)
Posted by: Quint
In the South, it's called either RC or Nehi.
The rest comes from furriners, like them big city Atlanta people.
Posted by: Miklos, RC Cola demands a good anejo rum at June 18, 2019 11:28 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Floridachick at June 18, 2019 11:27 PM (7Jyv5)
Lady bugs are nice, too. I read somewhere that their spots are as individual as fingerprints.
Posted by: rickl at June 18, 2019 11:29 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: cfo mom at June 18, 2019 11:29 PM (RfzVr)
Posted by: cfo mom at June 18, 2019 11:29 PM (RfzVr)
The rest comes from furriners, like them big city Atlanta people.
Posted by: Miklos, RC Cola demands a good anejo rum at June 18, 2019 11:28 PM (QzkSJ)
with peanuts too.
Posted by: Quint at June 18, 2019 11:30 PM (n13/j)
Posted by: Floridachick at June 18, 2019 11:27 PM (7Jyv5)
I like daddy long legs too.
Posted by: Ladyl at June 18, 2019 11:28 PM (TdMsT)
I like rolly-pollies too, except we called them potato bugs for some reason. They're the little gray ones that look like tiny armadillos.
I also love bumble bees. Like wing'ed bears.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at June 18, 2019 11:30 PM (SUV+r)
Posted by: Miklos, who does squeeze the tail at June 18, 2019 11:30 PM (QzkSJ)
Fireflies and others use a compound which is dubbed luciferin. Luciferin is oxidized by an enzyme dubbed luciferase. The resulting molecule is produced in an excited state. It relaxes and emits the light. It is about 90% efficient in making light.
They are looking at trying to exploit that for lighting purposes. It would make some very efficient light bulbs.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 18, 2019 11:30 PM (f1Vqw)
But we both learned that eggs are best when you add salsa (we met at Fort Sam Houston).
Posted by: Pug Mahon at June 18, 2019 11:28 PM (SUV+r)
A tissue was always called Kleenex.
I'm a picky eater, but I can't watch anyone eat eggs with catsup or salsa...
Posted by: Ladyl at June 18, 2019 11:31 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Lance Foods, in your friendly local machine device at June 18, 2019 11:31 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Elizabeth at June 18, 2019 11:32 PM (9SkN+)
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The only two bugs that I like: fireflies and lady bugs.
Posted by: Floridachick at June 18, 2019 11:27 PM (7Jyv5)
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Female barflies.
Posted by: Drunk dude at 2 AM at June 18, 2019 11:32 PM (RVcmP)
I like daddy long legs too.
Posted by: Ladyl
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I don't think I have ever been camping, in temperate weather, when I didn't find a daddy long legs in my tent. How the hell they get in there, I have no idea.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 18, 2019 11:32 PM (2kj6M)
I like rolly-pollies too, except we called them potato bugs for some reason. They're the little gray ones that look like tiny armadillos.
I also love bumble bees. Like wing'ed bears.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at June 18, 2019 11:30 PM (SUV+r)
I love rolly pollies too! And most beetles.
Posted by: Ladyl at June 18, 2019 11:32 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Miklos from the Dept of Neologisms at June 18, 2019 11:33 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Sheriff Bart at June 18, 2019 11:33 PM (9SkN+)
Posted by: Ladyl at June 18, 2019 11:31 PM (TdMsT)
My mom used to put ketchup (hey yet another regional thing) on my scrambled eggs. Blech.
Salsa is a different animal. I love salsa on my eggses.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at June 18, 2019 11:33 PM (SUV+r)
Posted by: Ladyl at June 18, 2019 11:31 PM (TdMsT)
I thought it was the grossest thing ever too until I tried it. I don't go out of my way to use hot sauce with eggs but it is ok. I prefer dill and butter.
Posted by: Quint at June 18, 2019 11:33 PM (n13/j)
Posted by: Don Q at June 18, 2019 11:33 PM (NgKpN)
Could you Fedex me a Xerox of your Kleenex?
Posted by: Miklos from the Dept of Neologisms at June 18, 2019 11:33 PM (QzkSJ)
Oh you.
Posted by: Ladyl at June 18, 2019 11:33 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 18, 2019 11:33 PM (pUDQf)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 18, 2019 11:30 PM (f1Vqw)
I think that is the chemical basis for light sticks.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2019 11:34 PM (CXcDy)
Getting that 'Wournos' vibe too. I hope she's not a nurse somewhere.
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at June 18, 2019 11:34 PM (ykYG2)
Posted by: publius
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That 1.2mW figure is impressive.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 18, 2019 11:34 PM (2kj6M)
Posted by: Miklos, at least in Yucatan at June 18, 2019 11:34 PM (QzkSJ)
Trained Navy SEAL was READY TO KILL.
uh... isn't that what their job is?
Posted by: Don Q at June 18, 2019 11:33 PM (NgKpN)
this headline alarms me far less than:
NAVY SEAL SAYS KILLING IS ICKY
Posted by: Pug Mahon at June 18, 2019 11:35 PM (SUV+r)
I don't think I have ever been camping, in temperate weather, when I didn't find a daddy long legs in my tent. How the hell they get in there, I have no idea.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 18, 2019 11:32 PM (2kj6M)
They are very very quiet.
Posted by: Ladyl at June 18, 2019 11:35 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Miklos from the Dept of Neologisms at June 18, 2019 11:33 PM (QzkSJ)
yes but not from my Jacuzzi
Posted by: Quint at June 18, 2019 11:35 PM (n13/j)
I like praying mantises, but I don't think I see more than one or two a year.
Posted by: rickl at June 18, 2019 11:35 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Ladyl at June 18, 2019 11:31 PM (TdMsT)
BBQ sauce FTW.
Posted by: tbodie at June 18, 2019 11:35 PM (YyH4g)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 18, 2019 11:35 PM (pUDQf)
Posted by: irright at June 18, 2019 10:59 PM (RVcmP)
all over the joint They caught the two main regions as I recall.
Posted by: Quint at June 18, 2019 11:04 PM (n13/j)
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In northeast PA we called them lightning bugs.
Posted by: Cosda at June 18, 2019 11:35 PM (MBC/B)
The only time I ever saw the term was on a website that sells drinking fountains for pets-- it used "bubbler" to refer to a specific type that pumps the water to the surface of a small low opening rather than pumping it higher so that it flows downward like a waterfall from a spout. My kittehs definitely prefer the waterfall type.
Posted by: Basement Cat at June 18, 2019 11:35 PM (pPNCa)
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MSN Headline.
Trained Navy SEAL was READY TO KILL.
uh... isn't that what their job is?
Posted by: Don Q at June 18, 2019 11:33 PM
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No kidding. If he wasn't ready then we wasted our money.
Posted by: irright at June 18, 2019 11:35 PM (RVcmP)
Posted by: Floridachick at June 18, 2019 11:35 PM (7Jyv5)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 18, 2019 11:33 PM (pUDQf)
Salsa yes.
Ketchup. Emphatic Nuh-uh!
Posted by: Pug Mahon at June 18, 2019 11:36 PM (SUV+r)
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at June 18, 2019 11:34 PM (ykYG2)
I wonder if she is a Democrat?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2019 11:36 PM (CXcDy)
Posted by: Miklos, prolly accurate at June 18, 2019 11:36 PM (QzkSJ)
Could you Fedex me a Xerox of your Kleenex?
Posted by: Miklos from the Dept of Neologisms
I'll put it in the Frigidaire.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2019 11:36 PM (aKsyK)
I like praying mantises, but I don't think I see more than one or two a year.
Posted by: rickl at June 18, 2019 11:35 PM (sdi6R)
Praying mantises and walking sticks are my two favorite insects. I haven't seen a walking stick in a long time.
Posted by: Ladyl at June 18, 2019 11:37 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: irright at June 18, 2019 11:38 PM (RVcmP)
Posted by: Charles the Simple at June 18, 2019 11:38 PM (w7U7L)
Posted by: irright at June 18, 2019 11:38 PM (RVcmP)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2019 11:36 PM (CXcDy)
Don't Democrats believe that after a certain age, you've lived long enough?
I think Jug Ears McFuckstick said that.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 18, 2019 11:38 PM (pUDQf)
Posted by: irright at June 18, 2019 11:38 PM (RVcmP)
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Now I have to fight you.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at June 18, 2019 11:39 PM (9SkN+)
Posted by: Ladyl at June 18, 2019 11:31 PM (TdMsT)
BBQ sauce FTW.
Posted by: tbodie at June 18, 2019 11:35 PM (YyH4g)
Oh no.
Posted by: Ladyl at June 18, 2019 11:39 PM (TdMsT)
Do you care if it has Jello or Spam stains? BRB as soon as I put a Band-Aid on the paper cut.
Posted by: Basement Cat at June 18, 2019 11:39 PM (pPNCa)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 18, 2019 11:40 PM (pUDQf)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot
In Hungary, "frigidaire" is a generic term for any kind of refrigerator.
Posted by: Miklos, hoovering the cigar ash from the floor at June 18, 2019 11:40 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Miklos, who does squeeze the tail at June 18, 2019 11:30 PM (QzkSJ)
East Texas or Western Louisiana,
Posted by: tbodie at June 18, 2019 11:40 PM (YyH4g)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 18, 2019 11:40 PM (pUDQf)
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....outlaw in America at June 18, 2019 11:41 PM (S6Pax)
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no carrots
Posted by: irright at June 18, 2019 11:38 PM (RVcmP)
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Now I have to fight you.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at June 18, 2019 11:39 PM
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You'll win easily. I'm deficient in beta-carotene.
Posted by: irright at June 18, 2019 11:41 PM (RVcmP)
I love rolly pollies too! And most beetles.
Posted by: Ladyl at June 18, 2019 11:32 PM (TdMsT)
There are more species of beetles than plants, believe it or not.
A biologist was once asked, "What does your study of nature tell you about God?"
He replied, "He has an inordinate fondness for beetles."
Posted by: rickl at June 18, 2019 11:42 PM (sdi6R)
In redneck around here, frigidaire is a generic term for refrigerator, although that usage is dying out. Some old timers will still use it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 18, 2019 11:42 PM (f1Vqw)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 18, 2019 11:40 PM (pUDQf)
My granny used to call it the icebox, which was, of course, the predecessor to the mechanical refrigerator.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2019 11:42 PM (CXcDy)
Instrumental, unfortunately
https://youtu.be/hutrKt3XpEQ
Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2019 11:42 PM (hSQmw)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 18, 2019 11:42 PM (pUDQf)
Posted by: Miklos, who does squeeze the tail at June 18, 2019 11:30 PM (QzkSJ)
East Texas or Western Louisiana,
Posted by: tbodie
Crawfish that lit up would be oh so cool
Posted by: Miklos, time for some genetic modification at June 18, 2019 11:42 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Quint at June 18, 2019 11:42 PM (n13/j)
Posted by: Quint at June 18, 2019 11:43 PM (n13/j)
Posted by: Pinochet's Sunglasses at June 18, 2019 11:43 PM (J2E9n)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 18, 2019 11:43 PM (pUDQf)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Not when the power goes out
Posted by: Miklos, subject to intermittent service at June 18, 2019 11:43 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: cfo mom
It's called a park strip where I hale from.
Which is about a mile or two from Tonypete's house.
I don't know what they say over there. It's like a different country. And LadyL, she's way over there in Greater Columbus.
Sheesh.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....outlaw in America at June 18, 2019 11:43 PM (S6Pax)
He replied, "He has an inordinate fondness for beetles."
Posted by: rickl at June 18, 2019 11:42 PM (sdi6R)
I love that!
Posted by: Ladyl at June 18, 2019 11:44 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: irright at June 18, 2019 11:44 PM (RVcmP)
Posted by: Gem at June 18, 2019 11:45 PM (XoAz8)
Posted by: Miklos, time for some genetic modification at June 18, 2019 11:42 PM (QzkSJ)
Yes they would.
Posted by: tbodie at June 18, 2019 11:46 PM (YyH4g)
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I'll bite.
What did grandma from PA call them?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at June 18, 2019 11:46 PM (9SkN+)
I don't know what they say over there. It's like a different country. And LadyL, she's way over there in Greater Columbus.
Sheesh.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....outlaw in America at June 18, 2019 11:43 PM (S6Pax)
I grew up in Upper Arlington and I've never heard the term "park strip."
Posted by: Ladyl at June 18, 2019 11:46 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: AlaBAMA
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I recall ice being delivered to my grandparents farm, by mule-drawn wagon.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 18, 2019 11:46 PM (KoKdw)
In New Orleans they have the "neutral ground".
Helps the cops separate the drunk/drugged drivers from the serious drunk/drugged drivers.
Posted by: Miklos, streetcar comin'! at June 18, 2019 11:46 PM (QzkSJ)
A biologist was once asked, "What does your study of nature tell you about God?"
He replied, "He has an inordinate fondness for beetles."
Posted by: rickl
He loves them, yeah yeah yeah
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2019 11:47 PM (aKsyK)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at June 18, 2019 11:47 PM (9SkN+)
Posted by: Ladyl at June 18, 2019 11:49 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
The invention of the wheel probably helped a lot.
Posted by: Miklos, a youthful 28 and three quarters at June 18, 2019 11:49 PM (QzkSJ)
Intentionally runs over traffic cones in a workzone that actually has workers in it, refuses DUI blow. Result: $300 in restitution for the cones, 12 month DL suspension, and 120 hours community service.
Posted by: Chuck C at June 18, 2019 11:49 PM (zCabI)
Posted by: Miklos, a youthful 28 and three quarters at June 18, 2019 11:49 PM (QzkSJ)
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The invention of ice was what spurred the revolution.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at June 18, 2019 11:50 PM (9SkN+)
The Multnomah County sheriff also refused to cooperate with ICE when a methhead illegal was arrested repeatedly - the illegal then raped a 65 year old woman in Portland at knifepoint.
I hope that Trump wins by a big, big margin, and then orders US Marshals to frogmarch the Multnomah County sheriff out of his office, and into custody.
We didn't tolerate Southern sheriffs defying Federal authority in the '60's - I don't think that we should be tolerating equivalent defiance now.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 18, 2019 11:51 PM (I2/tG)
Posted by: Miklos, good enough for Spiro Agnew at June 18, 2019 11:51 PM (QzkSJ)
down and said conservatives don't know the difference between
concentration camps and death camps.
Needless to say, lots of self-gassing Jews backed her up.
Posted by: kbdabear at June 18, 2019 10:21 PM (0Ntuf)
Concentration camps is where the British feed the Boer children ground glass.
Oh, and where the Spanish herded the Cubans together to die of typhus (at a slightly slower rate than the Spanish, but whatever).
Duh.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2019 11:51 PM (hSQmw)
We called it that also (due to granny). She also when referring to automobiles would call them "machines". As in "Look out for the machine!" or "Ray just bought a new machine."
Posted by: cfo mom at June 18, 2019 11:52 PM (RfzVr)
Posted by: Floridachick at June 18, 2019 11:52 PM (7Jyv5)
Intentionally runs over traffic cones in a workzone that actually
has workers in it, refuses DUI blow. Result: $300 in restitution for the
cones, 12 month DL suspension, and 120 hours community service.
Posted by: Chuck C at June 18, 2019 11:49 PM (zCabI
They should add no Sauvignon Blanc for at least a month.
Posted by: Quint at June 18, 2019 11:52 PM (n13/j)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
I hope they gave Vic a nice tip.
Posted by: Miklos, re-memeing at June 18, 2019 11:52 PM (QzkSJ)
https://t.co/VFp9GBgjGt
Posted by: David "King Cuck" French at June 18, 2019 11:54 PM (jY1B4)
The terms "concentration camp" and "guerilla" both originated in the Spanish-Cuban unpleasantness.
The best account of which, of course, is Mencken's "Gore in the Carribees".
Posted by: Miklos, re-Menckening at June 18, 2019 11:55 PM (QzkSJ)
The ice trade used to be a YUGE business. A Boston Brahmin by the name of Frederic Tudor became the Ice King of International Ice Trade.
They'd cut up blocks of ice from New England ponds and ship them all over the world.
The resulting ice lobby fought refrigeration technology and tried to kill it. They lost of course.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 18, 2019 11:55 PM (f1Vqw)
Posted by: cfo mom at June 18, 2019 11:55 PM (RfzVr)
When I was visiting New Zealand, they did a sobriety checkpoint near Christchurch. They caught 80 or so people the first night, 50 or so people the second night, and one guy who they arrested both nights.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 18, 2019 11:55 PM (I2/tG)
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The Germans claimed they got the idea for concentration camps from the practices of the British in Africa.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at June 18, 2019 11:56 PM (9SkN+)
Posted by: irright at June 18, 2019 11:57 PM (RVcmP)
Hornets are scary as fuck. Like up-armored wasps.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at June 19, 2019 12:00 AM (SUV+r)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2019 12:00 AM (CXcDy)
Ok. Another Parkland in the making unfortunately. The cali equivalent of Floridas Promise program.
Posted by: Floridachick at June 19, 2019 12:00 AM (7Jyv5)
https://t.co/VFp9GBgjGt
Posted by: David "King Cuck" French at June 18, 2019 11:54 PM (jY1B4)
Without clicking on the link, I do think schools have become too prison-like. It's like they're teaching the kids to submit to authority without question in all times and all places. That's not the America I grew up in.
Posted by: rickl at June 19, 2019 12:00 AM (sdi6R)
The military has warehouses of frozen blood in Korea. The water is replaced with glycerol before freezing and is replaced back with water before transfusion.
This process removes all antigens (A and B, as well as others like Duffy and Rh), making the blood even more universal than regular O but costs even more money and must be used within 24 hours.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4921532/
Posted by: Lumpy at June 19, 2019 12:01 AM (aCNzp)
The Hard Rock hotel, and some of the other ones down there might want to start vetting their employees better. Someone is putting the equivalent of anti-freeze in those little booze bottles found in all the rooms.
Posted by: Orson at June 19, 2019 12:01 AM (QV/W3)
Look up the story of Dr. John Gorrie, a Florida physician. He realized that if he could lower the temperature of hot hospital wards, infectious disease wouldn't spread as readily. Long story short, but invented the first A/C device 50 years before Carrier.
He filed a patent for it in 1951, and called it an "ice making machine", rather than an air cooling device.
Well, that alarmed the ice lobby and they conspired to destroy him. Which they did.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 19, 2019 12:01 AM (f1Vqw)
Posted by: Pug Mahon at June 19, 2019 12:02 AM (SUV+r)
TMI WARNING: If either of my parents haven't pooped in a while, they take a physic.
Posted by: irright
I knew you were going to say that.
Posted by: A psychic at June 19, 2019 12:02 AM (aKsyK)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at June 19, 2019 12:03 AM (NMAzL)
Posted by: publius,
My they freeze in hell.
Posted by: Miklos, chilled at June 19, 2019 12:03 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
The invention of the wheel probably helped a lot.
Posted by: Miklos
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Not everything was on wheels. At that same time, tobacco was harvested into sleds drawn by mules. My job as a little kid was to unhitch the empty sled after it was dragged into the field, and hitch the full sled to be dragged back back to the pack house.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 19, 2019 12:03 AM (2qPhT)
Posted by: rickl at June 19, 2019 12:00 AM (sdi6R)
Of course, now, if they start wanding only likely gang-bangers, they will be accused of "profiling". Bank on it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2019 12:03 AM (CXcDy)
And we might be about to see yet another serious set-back in $$$ bill for border disaster [would make it 3rd in a row]. Probably WH doesn't dare accept amnesty outrage, but as yet they have never nixed visa expansions that harm working Americans' wages and add yet more illegals via over-stays.
But in humorous related newz, saw a headline that upstate NYers are "outraged" by idiot Cuomo's driver licenses for illegals move. Funny. What are they going to do about it? Answer: continue to suffer the mayhem and insurance costs, with no relief in sight.
Posted by: rhomboid at June 19, 2019 12:04 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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I was running on the UPS for about an hour today.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 19, 2019 12:06 AM (2qPhT)
ATT began notifying employees Thursday about the upcoming
cuts. It will eliminate 1,880 jobs by the end of September in 23 states,
including Texas and Oklahoma, the union said. The cuts are aimed at
technicians, such as those who do home installations or lay fiber optic
cable.
Yeah, that will help service.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2019 10:11 PM (aKsyK)
ATT ran cable through our neighborhood a few months ago. I went out and tried to ask the workmen a question. None, out of the three, could speak a word of English.
Posted by: NOT THAT GUY at June 19, 2019 12:06 AM (OMAvJ)
I and all the other little kids pulled tobacco! (Got to know, ripens from the bottom up) We never considered it work, and the best part was riding on the sledges pulled by the tractors.
Posted by: Miklos, not exploited as a child at June 19, 2019 12:06 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2019 12:07 AM (WG6O9)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2019 12:08 AM (WG6O9)
Posted by: cfo mom at June 19, 2019 12:08 AM (RfzVr)
Posted by: Miklos, re-memeing at June 18, 2019 11:52 PM (QzkSJ)
Remnant glaciers
Posted by: A dude in MI at June 19, 2019 12:09 AM (SxBH1)
Posted by: Ladyl at June 18, 2019 10:37 PM (TdMsT)
Oregon doesn't have lightening bugs. I had to go to South America to see them.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 19, 2019 12:09 AM (hSQmw)
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Holy shit. I'll leave that one out... it's kind of a humorous thing, and some things are not funny, even to a twisted freak like me.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 19, 2019 12:09 AM (5aX2M)
Posted by: NOT THAT GUY
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Two days ago, my mail program could no longer connect with the AT&T server to send mail. It would receive, but not send.
I spent the better part of an hour with 'Reggie', presumably in Calcutta...or New Delhi, he wouldn't tell me.
Reggie had no good solution, and now it will neither send nor receive, and I can not connect via the 'net with AT&T to reset the password.
FUBAR.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 19, 2019 12:10 AM (2qPhT)
Posted by: Kindltot
Well good.
Oregonians wouldn't want any alien invasive stuff.
Posted by: Miklos, harrumphing on behalf of Oregon at June 19, 2019 12:11 AM (QzkSJ)
He filed a patent for it in 1951, and called it an "ice making machine", rather than an air cooling device.
Well, that alarmed the ice lobby and they conspired to destroy him. Which they did.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 19, 2019 12:01 AM (f1Vqw)
Is that a typo? 1951 sounds awfully late. Lots of movie theaters were air-conditioned before then.
Posted by: rickl at June 19, 2019 12:11 AM (sdi6R)
Here's an article on Dr. Gorrie's refrigerator:
http://www.phys.ufl.edu/~ihas/gorrie/fridge.htm
Basically, he compressed air, then cooled down with water. Which was then expanded back to atmospheric pressure, achieving very low temperature
He made ice with it. He cooled brine down to 26F, which would readily freeze water.
This was patented in 1851, now.
The ice lobby, headed by Tudor was scared to death at the thought of a machine that could make ice. They paid newspapers to ridicule him, and did the equivalent of "deplatforming" him.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 19, 2019 12:11 AM (f1Vqw)
Posted by: Kindltot
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Doing the jobs American lightening bugs won't do.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 19, 2019 12:11 AM (KoKdw)
Fat chance.
Posted by: rhomboid at June 19, 2019 12:13 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
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My maternal Grandfather was an ice man. My Mom used to ride with him on his horse drawn wagon during deliveries.
Posted by: NOT THAT GUY at June 19, 2019 12:13 AM (OMAvJ)
That's how you know it's bogus.
ALL the guys in India are named Greg.
I know this.
Posted by: Miklos, so enjoying for share such informations at June 19, 2019 12:13 AM (QzkSJ)
Yes, it was 1851, 50 years before Carrier.
They speculate if he had called it an "air cooling" machine, which is what he designed it for, the ice lobby wouldn't have pounced, and it might have gotten off the ground.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 19, 2019 12:13 AM (f1Vqw)
The declare the State to be in a state of insurrection, send in the Army, and shoot all the democrats.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2019 12:14 AM (WG6O9)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2019 12:14 AM (WG6O9)
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Shoot Democrats?
I am intrigued by your ideas and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at June 19, 2019 12:16 AM (9SkN+)
I would like to build an upscaled Einstein-Szilard refrigerator for house cooling. Not too difficult, if I understand properly.
Posted by: Miklos, shade tree physicist at June 19, 2019 12:16 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Halfwise at June 19, 2019 12:17 AM (CoQYJ)
Posted by: Miklos from the Creative Team at June 18, 2019 11:24 PM (QzkSJ)
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Heh. It'll be a digital layout. But my "cover model" has prominent neck tats:
https://tinyurl.com/y5yclxke
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 19, 2019 12:17 AM (5aX2M)
That was a typo, it was 1851. The Ice Trade peaked around 1880 - 1900. Ice plants in cities became a thing. It still wasn't feasible for household refrigeration but on a large scale, it would quite easy. That killed the ice trade.
I'm remembering YUGE ammonia compressors. Which could be quite dangerous.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 19, 2019 12:18 AM (f1Vqw)
And this is why the employees are angry. They feel those should be ATandT jobs, as they used to be. I am of mixed feelings. Yeah, it's where my boy works, but they have a fiduciary obligation to the shareholders, but what does the contract say and why were the union leaders so dumb as to allow this to happen.
Posted by: cfo mom at June 19, 2019 12:18 AM (RfzVr)
Posted by: Basement Cat at June 19, 2019 12:18 AM (pPNCa)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 19, 2019 12:18 AM (f1Vqw)
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Big Freon put an end to that idea.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at June 19, 2019 12:19 AM (9SkN+)
Posted by: rhomboid at June 19, 2019 12:19 AM (QDnY+)
We called it that also (due to granny). She also when referring to automobiles would call them "machines". As in "Look out for the machine!" or "Ray just bought a new machine."
Posted by: cfo mom at June 18, 2019 11:52 PM (RfzVr)
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My Great Grandmother called Cokes "dopes." She never drank one because she never really believed they'd removed the cocaine.
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at June 19, 2019 12:21 AM (hjaPQ)
It has been proposed that Oregon forbid ICE agents from entering courthouses (which are open to the public).
Since the Multnomah County sheriff refuses to cooperate with ICE, ICE has to use riskier tactics to take illegals into custody, like arresting them on the street outside the courthouse.
Technically, all of Oregon is a "sanctuary state", but the rural sheriffs don't appear to have this issue - I'm sure they have ways of 'informally" cooperating with ICE. Thus far, Oregon hasn't been brave enough to do anything about the rural sheriffs ignoring state law.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 19, 2019 12:24 AM (I2/tG)
"SM-Santa Maria or Sin Mujer?"
Ask Tio Miklos, pendejos
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New Faces of Nueva Generacion de Jalisco
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Zetas or Betas? Bring it on!
Posted by: Miklos, shade tree newspaper ed. (ret.) at June 19, 2019 12:24 AM (QzkSJ)
We called it that also (due to granny). She also when referring to automobiles would call them "machines". As in "Look out for the machine!" or "Ray just bought a new machine."
Posted by: cfo mom
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I recall having my new bicycle out for a ride, and stopping to speak to an elderly neighbor. I recall her saying, "My, that's a handsome wheel". I was puzzled at the time, but much later figured it out.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 19, 2019 12:24 AM (4bd7D)
See what brown can do for you . . .
Posted by: Basement Cat
brown out
Posted by: Miklos, third shift copy editor at June 19, 2019 12:26 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Third-Stage Guild Navigator at June 19, 2019 12:27 AM (aKsyK)
those should be ATandT jobs, as they used to be. I am of mixed feelings.
Yeah, it's where my boy works, but they have a fiduciary obligation to
the shareholders, but what does the contract say and why were the union
leaders so dumb as to allow this to happen.
Posted by: cfo mom at June 19, 2019 12:18 AM (RfzVr)
I can't fault the workers, from Honduras or Guatemala or wherever. It was hot as hell and the work looked hard. They did a good job, digging underneath my driveway and sidewalk with no damage. I'm sure they helped keep the cost, and wages low.
Posted by: NOT THAT GUY at June 19, 2019 12:28 AM (OMAvJ)
Posted by: Miklos, shade tree physicist at June 19, 2019 12:16 AM (QzkSJ)
How does that differ from a Servel home refrigerator, or the absorption fridges used in RV's?
I guess the big issue is energy efficiency. Which cooling mechanism gets you the most BTU's of coolth for the least kWhr of power used?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2019 12:29 AM (WG6O9)
Yep, Gorrie had figured your basic heat pump, or refrigerator. But he just used compressing and expanding air.
The trick, discovered later, was to use a phase change, liquid to vapor, making use of the high heat of vaporization to greatly increase the heat transfer capacity.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 19, 2019 12:29 AM (f1Vqw)
Posted by: Miklos, bishabel! at June 19, 2019 12:30 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at June 19, 2019 12:31 AM (hjaPQ)
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I think it is pesticides or herbicides. A local woman on the news barely survived the trip home and says she has never had a drink in her life.
Posted by: BunkerInTheBurbs, still needs a new Nic! at June 19, 2019 12:31 AM (9dQxE)
Freon was developed looking for the perfect working fluid for that vapor-liquid refrigeration cycle. Something not toxic or corrosive, with boiling points and temperatures in the desired range.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 19, 2019 12:31 AM (f1Vqw)
Not much at all. Just the heat source.
Posted by: Miklos, thinking bigger at June 19, 2019 12:31 AM (QzkSJ)
I'm remembering YUGE ammonia compressors. Which could be quite dangerous.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 19, 2019 12:18 AM (f1Vqw)
They're still using ammonia for cooling the International Space Station, if I'm not mistaken. I don't know why. It can't be expense, because NASA doesn't care much about saving money.
Posted by: rickl at June 19, 2019 12:32 AM (sdi6R)
Malmo, the most culturally enriched urban area of the country, just had a *big* bomb blow out most of a small apartment building.
But everyone's favorite aspect of it all is that most blasts are from grenades [yes]. All the rage in the home country of the International Peace Research Institute. Family leave policies, sex-change operations, and now widespread use of grenades as another tool in the criminals' toolbox - Sweden continues to lead the west. Nice furniture stores, too!
Posted by: rhomboid at June 19, 2019 12:33 AM (QDnY+)
I call dibs on that great entry from the palindrome contest a few weeks back: "Taco Cat."
Posted by: Basement Cat at June 19, 2019 12:34 AM (pPNCa)
Posted by: Miklos, thinking bigger at June 19, 2019 12:31 AM (QzkSJ)
Servel fridges, using electric heaters to drive the absorption cycle, are apparently popular in Europe.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2019 12:34 AM (WG6O9)
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at June 19, 2019 12:31 AM (hjaPQ)
And I shall be known as Mr. Skinny Mc Skin-Skin
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 19, 2019 12:36 AM (aA3+G)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at June 19, 2019 12:36 AM (LxTcq)
Kommonska senska Grenaden Kontrollen
Posted by: Miklos, too lazy for umlauts n' shit at June 19, 2019 12:36 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Miklos, too lazy for barrels n' shit at June 19, 2019 12:37 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: rhomboid at June 19, 2019 12:37 AM (QDnY+)
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Family leave policies, sex-change operations, and now widespread use of grenades as another tool in the criminals' toolbox - Sweden continues to lead the west. Nice furniture stores, too!
Posted by: rhomboid at June 19, 2019 12:33 AM
Don't forget the meatballs!
Posted by: Stockholm Travel Agency at June 19, 2019 12:38 AM (RVcmP)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 19, 2019 12:39 AM (aA3+G)
Ammonia is the most efficient of all the reasonable refrigerants, and also the lightest. I looked it up. They only use it for external cooling of the solar panels. And the Russian section used some other fluid.
The internal cooling is done by water systems.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 19, 2019 12:39 AM (f1Vqw)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 19, 2019 12:39 AM (aA3+G)
Posted by: Joey B. at June 19, 2019 12:40 AM (RVcmP)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 19, 2019 12:40 AM (aKsyK)
Posted by: rickl at June 19, 2019 12:32 AM (sdi6R)
Weight, maybe? Ammonia, NH3, has a molecular weight of 17, if I worked it right. R12, dichlorodifluoromethane has a MW of 120.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2019 12:41 AM (WG6O9)
When you least expect it...Surprise! You're on Candid MisHum!
Posted by: Miklos, considering this a bartending opportunity at June 19, 2019 12:41 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 19, 2019 12:41 AM (aA3+G)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 19, 2019 12:42 AM (aKsyK)
Posted by: rhomboid at June 19, 2019 12:42 AM (QDnY+)
Spanish speakers have bad accents because they can't get their speaking around all the funny diphthongs and liquid consonants and novel-to-Spanish combinations of consonants (like S+T without an initial vowell) that English has, and English speakers don't restrict themselves to just the sounds that Spanish has when they learn Spanish.
Now, Mexicans who grew up speaking Nauhuatl or Mixteco seem to get better accents faster in English, but those languages have sounds that Spanish doesn't have either.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 19, 2019 12:43 AM (hSQmw)
Posted by: Miklos, thinking more Popeye's at June 19, 2019 12:43 AM (QzkSJ)
It's outcome based education. You get as many as you want or need
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 19, 2019 12:43 AM (aA3+G)
Man, months ago, I decided to do a nice turn for my girlfriend - I actually listened for once and got her expensive tickets to a concert she wanted to see.
The performer is Jennifer Lopez.
I had planned to beg off a week ahead of time, and tell her to just take a girlfriend to the show because blah blah work 'n' stuff, but I completely spaced it out... now she's texting me "I'm so excited for the show tomorrow!"
FUCK. I'm going to a J-Lo concert.
Posted by: A Total Moron at June 19, 2019 12:44 AM (5aX2M)
I looked it up. Ammonia is the lightest, and has a low viscosity and a low freezing point. Your pumping losses per heat exchanged as well as temperature range you can deal with are about the best of all.
And I see, because of CFC concerns, they are moving back to ammonia. They claim modern technology makes it much safer than it used to be.
You can't use copper pipe with it, though. Corrosive to copper.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 19, 2019 12:44 AM (f1Vqw)
Posted by: rhomboid
Life Experience, Doctor.
And a small processing fee.
Posted by: University of Miklos at June 19, 2019 12:44 AM (QzkSJ)
had a friend who once convinced a teller to record his name on his atm card as "sex poodle"; when he stuck the card in the machine it would say "hello, sex poodle".
Posted by: Anachronda at June 19, 2019 12:45 AM (conHw)
Posted by: rhomboid at June 19, 2019 12:45 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at June 19, 2019 12:46 AM (LxTcq)
Posted by: Anachronda
I have actually seen one guy pick up chicks at an ATM. And he wasn't as calculating as that.
Posted by: Miklos, who saw Charleston Frank at work at June 19, 2019 12:47 AM (QzkSJ)
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"I'm so excited for the show tomorrow!"
FUCK. I'm going to a J-Lo concert.
Posted by: A Total Moron at June 19, 2019 12:44 AM
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1. Pea Soup
2. Ipecac
Posted by: irright at June 19, 2019 12:47 AM (RVcmP)
Posted by: rickl at June 19, 2019 12:48 AM (sdi6R)
What ever happened to "flowers" or "nice perfume" or a private Chippendales show when doing "something nice for the girlfriend"?
Posted by: rhomboid at June 19, 2019 12:49 AM (QDnY+)
The Russian sections used something really different. They use a triol fluid for internal cooling and polymethyl siloxane for the external loops.
We use water and ammonia. The internal section, the living space, uses water which goes through a liquid-liquid heat exchanger with the external ammonia system.
The Rooskies go with the above shit.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 19, 2019 12:49 AM (f1Vqw)
Posted by: rhomboid
Accent grave, accent aigu. Accent grave, accent aigu.
Now....circonflex
Very good everyone! We'll start with umlauts next week.
Posted by: The Miklos Academy of Linguistic Yoga, which a buch of chicks would even pay for at June 19, 2019 12:50 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 19, 2019 12:52 AM (hSQmw)
You can't use copper pipe with it, though. Corrosive to copper.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 19, 2019 12:44 AM (f1Vqw)
Well, modern refrigerator mechanisms are pretty well leak-proof. And I could see having some sort of small solid-state ammonia leak detector built into any ammonia-charged appliance, that would sound an alarm if any ammonia began to seep out.
As a point of curiosity, last week, I scrapped out an old deep freeze which had died on me in storage. All the R12 had leaked out. Turned the cooling coils wrapped around the inner shell, and the condenser coils, wrapped around the inside surface of the outer shell, were both made of steel tubing, and they had rusted through in several places.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2019 12:53 AM (WG6O9)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 19, 2019 12:54 AM (hSQmw)
MisHum, is there a formal procedure for expelling a Moron who admits to attending a J-Lo concert?
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Bullshit. This is against my will and better judgment... I've been shanghai'd by my lack of organization and guile.
I'm spending a night in the box. A bad box. I oughta get "Get Out of the Barrel Free" card this.
Posted by: A Total Moron at June 19, 2019 12:55 AM (5aX2M)
Credible tales.
Posted by: rhomboid at June 19, 2019 12:55 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: Kindltot
Hungarian old men make a point of being loud. Otherwise they couldn't hear each other.
Might be a legacy of the Communist days, when hearing aids were made of steel and glass and weighed 7 or 8 kilos.
Posted by: Miklos, ears up-pricked at June 19, 2019 12:56 AM (QzkSJ)
After the cedilla, the tilde, the diaeresis, and the macron.
Posted by: Basement Cat at June 19, 2019 12:56 AM (pPNCa)
Posted by: Miklos, ears up-pricked at June 19, 2019 12:56 AM (QzkSJ)
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And fired on bunker oil. Took 20 minutes to warm up.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 19, 2019 12:57 AM (5aX2M)
Posted by: rhomboid at June 19, 2019 12:59 AM (QDnY+)
I'm spending a night in the box. A bad box. I oughta get "Get Out of the Barrel Free" card this.
Posted by: A Total Moron
Hope it's not a Morsi box.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 19, 2019 01:00 AM (aKsyK)
Yep. Big commercial refrigeration units use it.
The main reason it's not used in home refrigerators and air conditioners is that it's poisonous as hell, and they don't want granny killing herself when she decides to defrost the freezer by beating on a screwdriver with a claw hammer.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 19, 2019 01:01 AM (Vy4a0)
Posted by: rhomboid at June 19, 2019 12:55 AM (QDnY+)
We, um, have to do a spacewalk. To, er, fix the cooling system. Yeah, that's the ticket.
Posted by: Sergei and Vladimir at June 19, 2019 01:01 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Basement Cat
Admission to the Advanced Class is highly selective, on a point score basis. Every extra zero on the tuition-ah-cultural program support has significant point score impact in assessing an Aspirant (whether aspirated or non-aspirated).
Posted by: Miklos, was in Charleston, fulla suckers like that at June 19, 2019 01:01 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: rhomboid at June 19, 2019 12:55 AM (QDnY+)
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It's hard to say because it's "official" Soviet "numbers," but in the early 80s, alcohol sales were about 35% of all state revenues.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 19, 2019 01:02 AM (5aX2M)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2019 01:03 AM (WG6O9)
You used oil? We dreamed of oil!
Our hearing aids were powered by wood or coal. That's the way it was, and we liked it!
Posted by: The Four Minskmen at June 19, 2019 01:03 AM (Vy4a0)
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I'm spending a night in the box. A bad box. I oughta get "Get Out of the Barrel Free" card this.
Posted by: A Total Moron
Hope it's not a Morsi box.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 19, 2019 01:00 AM
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Worse boxes exist.
Posted by: Huma A. at June 19, 2019 01:04 AM (RVcmP)
There's a documented case of an Alaska Airlines flight to Siberia having to get permission to buy gallons of vodka from the state store to deice the plane, because the Russian ground crews had....diverted...all the fluid intended for that purpose.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 19, 2019 01:05 AM (Vy4a0)
Posted by: Waitress at Bob's Country Box and Barrel Bunker at June 19, 2019 01:07 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2019 01:07 AM (WG6O9)
I'll see your aspirated consonants and raise you three sibilants.
Posted by: Basement Cat at June 19, 2019 01:08 AM (pPNCa)
IMO, in this case, his sin is carrying its own punishment with it.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 19, 2019 01:08 AM (Vy4a0)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
Don't know, but in the early 80's about half of the space in any Hungarian shop was alcohol, tobacco, and sweets.
All dirt cheap, an aftereffect of 1956.
Posted by: Miklos, remembering 80 cent bottles of stoli at June 19, 2019 01:10 AM (QzkSJ)
This "polymethyl siloxane" shit intrigued me. WTF is that. Well, it's likely polydimethylsiloxane, which is part of some family known as silicone oil.
Why the hell the Rooskies decided to use it as coolant/refrigerant, I don't know.
I see it is used for some cooling in RF equipment. I landed on a web page for some "Bird" outfit that calls itself the "RF experts". They use that shit as a coolant in their shit, and sell it in 1 gallon jugs, dubbed PMX-200 Silicone Oil.
Sounds like a transformer oil. Very high dielectric strength, and water repellant and non-toxic.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 19, 2019 01:11 AM (f1Vqw)
Very amusing when some uber-woke bullshit artist demands using Spanish instead of English on the grounds of "colonialism".
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 19, 2019 01:13 AM (Vy4a0)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 19, 2019 01:14 AM (aKsyK)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 19, 2019 01:02 AM (5aX2M)
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no wonder they lost...
the pussies!
Posted by: redc1c4 at June 19, 2019 01:15 AM (vZj1b)
Don't know, but in the early 80's about half of the space in any Hungarian shop was alcohol, tobacco, and sweets.
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Yeah. It's always hard to say - I read this awhile back from some Soviet-era apparatchik... He was saying that by that point, booze purchases were over a third of their cash. He criticized Gorbachev for the restrictions he imposed on consumption and sale, because it drove people to still it at home (or drink deicer or whatever). Apparently, it became commonplace for small stills to be in apartments. He said this was a painful blow to the ailing Soviet budget.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 19, 2019 01:16 AM (5aX2M)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
Well, America was named after Amerigo Vespucci, so everybody should speak Eyetalian.
Capisce?
Posted by: Miklos, tutto buono at June 19, 2019 01:17 AM (QzkSJ)
Both looked at each other and thought of 10 different times they really needed that. This demonstration was conducted without Ammonia, R-12 or any other previously mentiond coolants.
Posted by: DBCooper at June 19, 2019 01:18 AM (bttOm)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 19, 2019 01:13 AM (Vy4a0)
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prompt response:
besa mi culo, pendejo.
Posted by: redc1c4 at June 19, 2019 01:18 AM (vZj1b)
Big enough amplifier and you can use it for cooking.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Not scanning your email for ad targetting at June 19, 2019 01:20 AM (0bu2O)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
I was in Hungary when Gorbi did his anti-alcohol campaign.
Didn't work. Alcohol (in the USSR) could not be served until 1 pm. So everybody skipped work to be there at 1.
No increase in productivity.
They enforced it at my university for about 3 months. Officially.
Posted by: Miklos, beer was 12 to the US dollar at the college bar at June 19, 2019 01:21 AM (QzkSJ)
Capisce?
Posted by: Miklos, tutto buono at June 19, 2019 01:17 AM (QzkSJ)
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F you buddy: we won that war.
Posted by: redc1c4 at June 19, 2019 01:21 AM (vZj1b)
Posted by: Miklos, not overestimating at June 19, 2019 01:22 AM (QzkSJ)
It's also great when they demand the return of, say, California to Mexico because "colonialism".
Because the Spanish totally didn't colonize California, and the pre-Columbian Aztecs totally controlled the San Francisco Bay Area.
If you took a poll of California Indians, how many of them would say "Yeah, turn us over to Mexico!"
My guess: none.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 19, 2019 01:22 AM (Vy4a0)
Very amusing when some uber-woke bullshit artist demands using Spanish instead of English on the grounds of "colonialism"
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This is good, and the Great Spirit is pleased when the paleface uses the ancient Spanish language of my proud people.
Posted by: Betsy Warren at June 19, 2019 01:23 AM (5aX2M)
Old Norse is the only true language of Vinland.
Posted by: Leif Ericsson at June 19, 2019 01:23 AM (Vy4a0)
ROFL. I'm watching a Hitchcock episode where he constructs the dystopian future where the human lifespan has been extended to 125 years with "no end in sight".
The problem is that old fogies are now the vast majority, and are ruling society with a iron fist, passing all sorts of laws agin' the young whipper snappers.
Dick York, Derwood himself is part of this resistance movement. For a donation to his group, he'll kill off granny and gramps for you and make it look like an accident.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 19, 2019 01:23 AM (f1Vqw)
Posted by: Miklos, not in California at June 19, 2019 01:24 AM (QzkSJ)
Derwood just pushed granny in her wheelchair off a pier. Wasn't a cliff, but close enough.
Hitchcock was a hoot.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 19, 2019 01:25 AM (f1Vqw)
My guess: none.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
That's actually what the Californios said (NO). As did the central Americans, the Sonorans, the Yucatecos, and finally the Tejanos. Nobody really wanted to be ruled from Mexico City.
Posted by: Miklos, del Norte de Yucatan at June 19, 2019 01:27 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: RickZ at June 19, 2019 01:28 AM (Y8PSl)
Being colonized by Belgians would be preferable to that.
At least they have good waffles and decent firearms.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 19, 2019 01:28 AM (Vy4a0)
It's also great when they demand the return of, say, California to Mexico because "colonialism".
Because the Spanish totally didn't colonize California, and the pre-Columbian Aztecs totally controlled the San Francisco Bay Area.
If you took a poll of California Indians, how many of them would say "Yeah, turn us over to Mexico!"
My guess: none.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 19, 2019 01:22 AM (Vy4a0)
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you are being rational: this is the ONT and we have no space for that here.
#heathen
Posted by: redc1c4 at June 19, 2019 01:28 AM (vZj1b)
At least they have good waffles
They put mayonnaise on their fries. And to make it worse, they call fries "Pommes frites".
Won't go into the Belgian approach to "French" toast.
The horror
Posted by: Col. Miklos Kurtz at June 19, 2019 01:32 AM (QzkSJ)
This is why I feel quite at home.
Posted by: Col. Miklos von Lettow-Vorbeck at June 19, 2019 01:33 AM (QzkSJ)
Shit-for-brains AOC was clearly drawing an allusion to the Nazi death camps which is laughable (if in poor taste) and everyone knows it.
Problem is, what do we have to draw an allusion to it in US history? The (much milder) Japanese Internment? Well, it's still a pig ignorant comparison - the Japanese actually had their rights violated, particularly the Nisei. And that was done by Prog hero FDR, anyway.
Or does she care to talk about the actual, honest-to-G-d POW concentration camps with a ridiculously high fatality rate that both sides built in the Civil War? The ones for, you know, white people? Because that's the only time we've done anything like what she's describing.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 19, 2019 01:36 AM (5aX2M)
Posted by: RickZ
Concentration camps? Build a big figure, burn it, play crap music, and call them "Festivals".
Posted by: Burning Miklos Man at June 19, 2019 01:36 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: StellasTwoCents at June 19, 2019 01:38 AM (Z0huu)
Excellent beers, though.
In some things they imitate the Dutch, in other things they imitate the French.
This works well when they get it right, but is horrific in the cases where they pick the wrong one.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 19, 2019 01:38 AM (Vy4a0)
Eh, cher.
Nous avons d'un histoire.
Posted by: The cajuns at June 19, 2019 01:39 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Friar Miklos at June 19, 2019 01:40 AM (QzkSJ)
Our $2k LG fridge has been out of commission for a week. Few weeks ago the fridge warmed up to 57 degrees for a couple of days. I unplugged it then plugged it back in, and over a day or so it worked its way back down to 37. Then a week later it went back up to 50+. The freezer section never had a problem. The thing is only 3.5 years old, so out of warranty except for the compressor which has a 10 year warranty.
Called LG and 5 days later a service tech came out. He looked it over, then said it was likely spillage got into the return air duct and froze, restricting air flow to the fridge section. I asked why the problem would come and go and he couldn't come up with a good answer. His remedy was to unplug the fridge for two days to let everything thaw out and clear the air path. Whatever. Paid him ($125 for "dispatch fee" plus $65 for the service call itself) and he left.
Unloaded the fridge into a couple of big coolers, then unplugged it and cleaned the whole thing out. Then I decided to do what the tech could have taken 15 minutes to do while he was here, and removed the air duct assembly. Waddaya know the damper at the bottom of the duct assembly was broken, just hanging limp in the duct opening. It makes perfect sense that the damper which, you know, controls the flow of cold air from the freezer to the fridge, might be the source of our problems, but the tech couldn't be bothered to do a simple check of this part.
Called LG and chewed them out something fierce. Got the usual runaround. They said they'd have their service center call me to send another tech out to fix it. I said don't bother, just send the part & I'll do it myself. They said that'd void the warranty on the compressor. Fine, I said, send a tech. OK, someone will call to schedule the service, what three days would be convenient for you? Gee, I said, let's see, since I don't have a working refrigerator, how about tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, or the day after that? OK, someone will call.
That was Monday morning. By this morning (Tuesday) I still hadn't received a call. So I called back and they told me to expect a call in 24 to 48 hours. Grrrrrrrr. I reminded them that I AM WITHOUT A WORKING REFRIGERATOR AND I HAVE LOST OR WILL LOSE AT LEAST $100 WORTH OF FOOD. "We'll put a rush on it." Right.
So here's Plan B: When they eventually call to schedule the service (which will undoubtedly be several days hence), I'll decline the follow-up service and demand a refund for the initial, worthless service call. I'll order the part I need online ($50 to $160 depending on if there is other damage in the duct assembly, which there may be) and install it myself. Damn the remaining warranty. I already know that if the compressor goes south even under warranty it'll be a minimum of $375 to have LG replace it. I could buy a new compressor for about $250 and I have a friend who's an HVAC tech who could help me replace it. Besides, we'll probably be moving within 5 years and we won't be taking the fridge with us.
Anyway, sorry for the rant, but I'm a little pissed. And I haven't had ice cream since Friday.
Posted by: Average Guy at June 19, 2019 01:43 AM (LMcFk)
Posted by: Puddleglum at June 19, 2019 01:47 AM (o8adb)
Posted by: Average Guy
File a claim for the whole amount of purchase plus whatever in your local small claims court, and fax it to the senior VP for LG North America.
Posted by: Miklos Gangnam Style at June 19, 2019 01:50 AM (QzkSJ)
I'd say fuck that warranty, and/or fix and don't tell 'em about it. I hate this crap about not fixing things yourself. Fuck that.
Can you fix that damper yourself. Glue and/or duck tape style?
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 19, 2019 01:53 AM (f1Vqw)
Publius: Yes, I probably could. It would be a temporary fix, as the part of the damper that broke is a bit dainty, and I don't think I can beef it up very much. Plus some little bits of metal also came out of the duct assembly, which I don't think came from the damper, so there could be another damaged component. I'd have to dig deeper. This is why the replacement parts could be anywhere from $50 to $160.
Posted by: Average Guy at June 19, 2019 02:00 AM (LMcFk)
What's the model number of that thing, Average Guy? I'm wondering if there's a repair manual or schematic.
Most refrigerators work with this split air system. You have one coil. The brunt of the air flow goes into the freezer, with some shunted off to the fridge.
Now, here's the thing, the thermostat is usually in the fridge compartment. If it weren't getting enough air, the thing would run and run, with the freezer getting very cold, but the fridge part not. But it would run and run.
So that makes wonder if that LG thing is a little different with the temp controls or something.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 19, 2019 02:03 AM (f1Vqw)
Posted by: Average Guy at June 19, 2019 02:09 AM (LMcFk)
You can run it without the damper, maybe, or rig something temporary, maybe a piece of cardboard or something to block some of the air.
Here, you can get a nice cold fridge, but the freezer temp might get too high.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 19, 2019 02:09 AM (f1Vqw)
Posted by: Tonypete at June 18, 2019 11:01 PM (Y4EXg)
shitbox
Posted by: free tibet at June 19, 2019 02:15 AM (WmScx)
Posted by: Average Guy at June 19, 2019 02:17 AM (LMcFk)
Sorry I digress. Watch Trump's rally tonight it was f****** awesome. I can't recall when I've ever wanted to see political rallies just for the sheer entertainment value Trump Roxette. And that's Roxette no Rock s stupid smartphone. And the crowd loved Sarah Huckabee Sanders her reception was awesome.
A good add would be to compare Trump's announcement for running for president and these dams who have like 20 or 30 people in the room lol
Posted by: Farmer at June 19, 2019 02:17 AM (Bk+ct)
Another Dominica Republic illness, this time a woman who was a contestant on "The Bachelor".
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7156585
Severe stomach cramping and low BP.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 19, 2019 02:18 AM (f1Vqw)
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OK, then that's classic. Freezer too cold and fridge no cold enough. The fridge temp control is the actual temperature control, while the freezer control is the baffle/damper adjustment.
You could just try to shove a piece of cardboard or something -- I'd shoot for about 50% airflow -- until you can get it fixed right. You can keep your food cold that way at least.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 19, 2019 02:22 AM (f1Vqw)
Posted by: Average Guy at June 19, 2019 02:22 AM (LMcFk)
I'll probably end up doing just that; repairing the damper temporarily, some way, until either LG steps up or I order a replacement part.
Posted by: Average Guy at June 19, 2019 02:25 AM (LMcFk)
There were always alternatives in rural areas.
Posted by: Samogon at June 19, 2019 02:31 AM (I2/tG)
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Belgian ale is different. Good but definitely unique.
Posted by: Puddleglum at June 19, 2019 01:47 AM
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Bought a sixpack of Hoegaarden once that actually tasted like garbage. (at least like how garbage smells)
I guessed it was a bad batch or something.
Posted by: irright at June 19, 2019 02:33 AM (RVcmP)
Posted by: Average Guy at June 19, 2019 02:22 AM (LMcFk)
and sherbet ... and sorbet ... and ice cream sandwiches ...
Posted by: Adriane the Absurd Critic ... at June 19, 2019 02:36 AM (LPnfS)
That split air system makes for some paradoxical behavior. As ambient temperature drops, the freezer will get warmer!
It seems crazy at first, but consider the extreme. Suppose ambient temperature is less than the fridge set point. What will happen? The thing won't run at all, and the freezer would never get below ambient temp.
It must run long enough to keep the freezer cold enough.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 19, 2019 02:36 AM (f1Vqw)
Posted by: Samogon
Heh. Everywhere.
They were called taxi drivers.
Or, the classic tapping fingers on chest.
Posted by: Miklos MOCKBA Style at June 19, 2019 02:39 AM (QzkSJ)
You'll notice that behavior if you keep a refrigerator in an unheated area. In winter time, when ambient temp drops low, you'll note the freezer will get warmer.
The solution is to close the baffle to compensate, reducing air flow to the fridge.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 19, 2019 02:41 AM (f1Vqw)
This should be in the mandate of the Trump Commission on Reform of Higher Education.
Posted by: Miklos, reformer,also relighting cigar at June 19, 2019 02:44 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Beldar at June 19, 2019 02:45 AM (NpvYf)
I remember that freezer getting warmer in colder weather stumping some highly edmucated types. That's impossible. When they accepted that yes, indeed it happens, they began to wonder about higher order refrigerant effects and etc.
The behavior is quite simple. It's a lesson in assumptions. They didn't know how your basic refrigerator worked, and their assumptions about the givens were wrong.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 19, 2019 02:48 AM (f1Vqw)
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the alleged reason is that the thing doesn't cycle as much. the thermostat being in the fridge, not the freezer, the freezer just gets the full blast of the AC when it comes on.
if it's in a cold garage, but not freezing cold, the fridge part stays acceptably cold but doesn't run oft enough to give the freezer the kick it needs.
Posted by: Keto not Beto at June 19, 2019 03:01 AM (JziUy)
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Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2019 03:37 AM (BbGew)
Bless you Melania & Donald Trump & kids
Posted by: Summer of Love at June 19, 2019 03:43 AM (FJrl0)
Posted by: Quilp at June 19, 2019 03:57 AM (Bf3hj)
Posted by: David Fwench at June 19, 2019 04:08 AM (yhf6w)
but then again, neither was the low tech generic we bought to replace that buggy POS.
Posted by: redc1c4 at June 19, 2019 04:11 AM (vZj1b)
WTF is the point of having X capacity, if you're only supposed to use X-, where X- = 1/2 to 2/3rds, max of the total volume?
F these miserable bastards, and the stupid Federal "standards" that cause this shit.
Posted by: redc1c4 at June 19, 2019 04:14 AM (vZj1b)
Posted by: Miklos, just Miklos at June 19, 2019 04:33 AM (QzkSJ)
My mom said she thinks Merkel was dehydrated, has happened to her.
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Posted by: Gooshy at June 19, 2019 05:53 AM (PxIoz)
Good night Slap!"
-Posted by: Miklos, just Miklos at June 19, 2019 04:33 AM (QzkSJ)
*HAH!* I just woke-up, you Silly Bastard!
...I appreciate the sentiment, however.
Posted by: Slapweasel, White Enthusiast, Blond at June 19, 2019 05:54 AM (Ckg4U)
...and then I have to trim the hedges, weed-whack the yard, pick-up another set of keys from John Deere, get screening for the front door and make a salad.
I've also been meaning to put lattice on the front porch for over a year, but I'm going to put that off for another
Posted by: Slapweasel, White Enthusiast, Blond at June 19, 2019 06:01 AM (Ckg4U)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 19, 2019 06:08 AM (cqNba)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2019 06:13 AM (Wx/+I)
Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2019 06:17 AM (sRczR)
What happened to F-1 grid girls other than some places it is kids because of local cultural hang ups?
Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2019 06:18 AM (BbGew)
Posted by: ALH at June 19, 2019 06:19 AM (htgmn)
Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2019 06:19 AM (BbGew)
Posted by: Gooshy at June 19, 2019 06:22 AM (PxIoz)
occasional cortex is has gone way beyond annoying to dangerous. she and all her fellow travelers have to be exposed and stopped
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 19, 2019 06:24 AM (V+Su2)
What happened to F-1 grid girls other than some places it is kids because of local cultural hang ups?
Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2019 06:18 AM (BbGew)
At NASCAR we have Monster Energy gals. Racing without beer and titties is just driving around in circles!
Posted by: rhennigantx at June 19, 2019 06:24 AM (JFO2v)
occasional cortex is has gone way beyond annoying to dangerous. she and all her fellow travelers have to be exposed and stopped
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 19, 2019 06:24 AM (V+Su2)
She is a harmless know nothing. Burns bright and will burn out soon.
Posted by: rhennigantx at June 19, 2019 06:27 AM (JFO2v)
https://tinyurl.com/y4obso59
Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2019 06:27 AM (BbGew)
https://tinyurl.com/y4obso59
Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2019 06:27 AM (BbGew)
Speaking the truth seems to be popular with this crowd.
Posted by: rhennigantx at June 19, 2019 06:30 AM (JFO2v)
Posted by: m at June 19, 2019 06:30 AM (5AuVV)
Posted by: rhennigantx at June 19, 2019 06:27 AM (JFO2v)
She personally is harmless, but she and other's like her are mainstreaming the minimization of the Holocaust. The push back from so called main stream democrats becomes less and less with each affront until there is nor protest at all and acceptance of the underlying premise. Just like the mainstreaming of things like global warming, transsexuals, no borders, no drug laws, free healthcare for all and on and on.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 19, 2019 06:31 AM (V+Su2)
Posted by: Puddleglum at June 19, 2019 06:33 AM (o8adb)
So there's some more doing things that Americans won't do.
Posted by: Bruce at June 19, 2019 06:37 AM (vd8XM)
If by mainstreaming you mean publicly sayin what they think I believe that is good. For year the Socialist have slipped around the edge of society with fancy words and trite phrases. At least we now know in their words what their agenda is:
1. >70% incomes rich (ha)
2. VA for All
3. Abortion until first birthday
4. Boy can be girls
5. Media (speech) control
6. Open border and unlimited immigration
7. Reparations
8. Total lifestyle control via global climate agenda
Posted by: rhennigantx at June 19, 2019 06:38 AM (JFO2v)
Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2019 06:39 AM (BbGew)
Be good and try and stay out of trouble.
Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2019 06:40 AM (BbGew)
1. >70% incomes rich (ha)
2. VA for All
3. Abortion until first birthday
4. Boy can be girls
5. Media (speech) control
6. Open border and unlimited immigration
7. Reparations
8. Total lifestyle control via global climate agenda
Posted by: rhennigantx at June 19, 2019 06:38 AM (JFO2v)
Yes exactly and it is like the old fable about putting a frog in boiling water or just slowly turning up the temp
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 19, 2019 06:41 AM (V+Su2)
Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2019 06:39 AM (BbGew)
Yes sigh. G-D would I love to move
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 19, 2019 06:41 AM (V+Su2)
Posted by: Slapweasel, White Enthusiast, Blond at June 19, 2019 06:42 AM (Ckg4U)
Posted by: Bruce at June 19, 2019 06:43 AM (vd8XM)
Salah Abdel-Shafi, who serves as the PA representative to Austria, signed the non-proliferation treaty in the name of the "State of Palestine," together with IAEA Chief Yukiya Amano.
According to the agreement, IAEA inspectors are allowed to visit and conduct inspections at sites under PA authority, in order to ensure the correct use of atomic energy.
"Signing this agreement constitutes additional proof that the State of Palestine is a full and active partner in the international community," Abdel-Shafi said.
LOL...are they kidding. What they gonna inspect in that shit hole?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 19, 2019 06:44 AM (V+Su2)
Posted by: golfman at June 19, 2019 06:44 AM (zAmE9)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 19, 2019 06:45 AM (V+Su2)
Posted by: Slapweasel, White Enthusiast, Blond at June 19, 2019 06:45 AM (Ckg4U)
Posted by: Bruce at June 19, 2019 06:43 AM (vd8XM)
Thank you for asking. I felt it went very well. They seemed impressed by the breadth of my experience and didn't seem troubled at all by my lack of engineering experience, saying my technical chops were established. They also liked what I had to say about having a passion for IP as well as my searching abilities.
I doubt I'll be picked.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2019 06:46 AM (Wx/+I)
Posted by: Slapweasel, White Enthusiast, Blond at June 19, 2019 06:46 AM (Ckg4U)
Posted by: Nevergiveup
Ended.
That's all you can do with commies.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2019 06:46 AM (sRczR)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 19, 2019 06:44 AM (V+Su2)
--------
There's a Palestine?
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 19, 2019 06:48 AM (jUVms)
Posted by: Slapweasel, White Enthusiast, Blond at June 19, 2019 06:48 AM (Ckg4U)
Posted by: Bruce at June 19, 2019 06:48 AM (vd8XM)
Posted by: golfman
It doesn't have to be unapproved. They might just be using a shit ton of it, badly. Considering that they would be working between room bookings, and venting the rooms probably isn't practical, the risk grows. Some family of four was killed tat way in such a resort several years ago.
Posted by: Blue Hen at June 19, 2019 06:49 AM (nEOLy)
Posted by: Slapweasel, White Enthusiast, Blond at June 19, 2019 06:50 AM (Ckg4U)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 19, 2019 06:53 AM (cqNba)
...she'll be swingin' by dawn.
Posted by: Slapweasel, White Enthusiast, Blond at June 19, 2019 06:48 AM (Ckg4U)
yeah? Any dems come out to condemn her this time? Most Jews stayed silent also
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 19, 2019 06:54 AM (V+Su2)
I hope Californicators get what they asked for, good and hard!
Posted by: rhennigantx at June 19, 2019 06:55 AM (JFO2v)
AND a nickel per bag surcharge on paper and other compostable bags as well
As someone once told me.
You want to know what is important?
Simply see that which gets accomplished.
Stopping the running gun battles on the streets?
Yeh....not so much.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 19, 2019 06:55 AM (cqNba)
I hope Californicators get what they asked for, good and hard!
Posted by: rhennigantx at June 19, 2019 06:55 AM (JFO2v)
that scrunt coumo is giving full drivers liscences to illegals in NY and THAT can be used to vote also?????
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 19, 2019 06:56 AM (V+Su2)
By-the-by, she'll have her district gerrymandered by every Powerful Demoncrap on The Hill.
She won't even have the chance to run again is What I've Heard.
...I may be wrong, as I am quite often.
Posted by: Slapweasel, White Enthusiast, Blond at June 19, 2019 06:59 AM (Ckg4U)
Posted by: Secret Square at June 19, 2019 07:00 AM (9WuX0)
...she'll be swingin' by dawn.
Posted by: Slapweasel, White Enthusiast, Blond at June 19, 2019 06:48 AM (Ckg4U)
I wish the principle worked. Look at Hillary Clinton.
Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at June 19, 2019 07:01 AM (H8QX8)
Posted by: Slapweasel, White Enthusiast, Blond at June 19, 2019 07:03 AM (Ckg4U)
AND a nickel per bag surcharge on paper and other compostable bags as well
As someone once told me.
You want to know what is important?
Simply see that which gets accomplished.
Stopping the running gun battles on the streets?
Yeh....not so much.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 19, 2019 06:55 AM (cqNba)
So a researches in EU found those cotton bags needed to be reused 20k times and paper bags 50 times to be as clean and energy efficient as the plastic bags.
Posted by: rhennigantx at June 19, 2019 07:03 AM (JFO2v)
It's fading out, but in the sixties in the greater Boston area it was tonic. Not quinine water, coke and ginger ale and everything else was tonic.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 19, 2019 07:04 AM (fuK7c)
g'mornin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson (link in nick for the June MiMoMe) at June 19, 2019 07:04 AM (9C0cu)
I shared the link to that study with city officials yesterday.
Not that it will change any minds.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 19, 2019 07:06 AM (cqNba)
-Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at June 19, 2019 07:01 AM (H8QX
She's a House Rat and a Popular Flavor. The "mainstream"... *HAH!* ...Democrats don't like the waves she's making.
Posted by: Slapweasel, White Enthusiast, Blond at June 19, 2019 07:06 AM (Ckg4U)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice
The city officials read it, now they're thinking...
"Soooo, we should raise the taxes on plastic bags to 15 cents?"
Posted by: Bruce at June 19, 2019 07:07 AM (vd8XM)
Posted by: saf at June 19, 2019 07:08 AM (5IHGB)
Posted by: Bruce at June 19, 2019 07:08 AM (vd8XM)
Posted by: Off the reservation at June 19, 2019 07:08 AM (vWMNq)
"If it moves, Tax It.
If it keeps moving, Regulate It
If it stops moving, Subsidize It."
Typical Chamber of Commerce Bullshit.
Posted by: Slapweasel, White Enthusiast, Blond at June 19, 2019 07:11 AM (Ckg4U)
Posted by: Slapweasel, White Enthusiast, Blond at June 19, 2019 07:12 AM (Ckg4U)
...she'll be swingin' by dawn.
Posted by: Slapweasel, White Enthusiast, Blond at June 19, 2019 06:48 AM (Ckg4U)
I wish the principle worked. Look at Hillary Clinton.
Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at June 19, 2019 07:01 AM (H8QX
I'd say that with Hillary, it's working. Slowly. She will never be President of the United States of America.
Posted by: m at June 19, 2019 07:13 AM (5AuVV)
I'll admit that this is counter intuitive to me. The inputs on a cotton bag are 20k greater than a single set of plastic bags?
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