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Wednesday Overnight Open Thread (7/7/21)
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Quote I Likewise, a woman attempting to represent the United States at the Olympic games can turn her back on the flag and the national anthem, insist that America is a racist, no-good, oppressive nation with a history of genocide, and still take all the taxpayer money that went into her training, sustenance, healthcare and general well-being, washed through the bureaucracy of the "Olympic Committee". Someone please oppress me in this fashion? It's just another form of welfare.Matthew Noto
Quote II “If Black lives really matter, it can’t only be against police abuse. It has to be against the violence that’s ripping apart our communities,” NYC Mayoral Candidate Eric Adams
Quote III I’ve had people from all over the globe messaging me which is completely insane. It’s really heartwarming that so many people are so determined to help, even though they know nothing about Rosie and out of the goodness of their heart they just want to help.18-year-old Josie Wheel
Quote IV "It certainly doesn’t mean that we are blessing everything that happens in China by any means. We are at root an American company, and so we follow U.S. government policy. But it’s my expectation that we will continue to distribute our games in China… and that we can play a productive role in helping the people of the United States and the people of China have a better understanding of each other, and see that we’re all human beings and that there is commonality between us." NBA CommissionerPenis HeadAdam Silver
Heinz Ketchup Calls on Hot Dog and Bun Makers to End Inequality in Size of Packs
Why do hot dog wieners come in packs of 10 while buns are delivered in packs of eight?
I don't know about you. I'm perfectly content to look old. So is the Fabulous Mrs. Mis. Hum.
According to new research, there may be a surprisingly effective way for men to increase their lifespans — but it requires a pretty severe alteration to the physical body that may not appeal to everybody. An international team led by researchers from the University of Otago in New Zealand were able to show that castration of male sheep delays the aging of DNA, and the same principles could apply to humans as well. “Both farmers and scientists have known for some time that castrated male sheep live on average much longer than their intact counterparts; however, this is the first time anyone has looked at DNA to see if it also ages slower,” said Victoria Sugrue, a researcher at the University of Otago and lead author of a paper about the research published in the journal eLife, in a statement.
A prisoner participating in California’s controversial inmate-firefighter program stole a fire engine while on the job for a July 4 fireworks-related vegetation fire and crashed, causing thousands of dollars in damage. The 31-year-old inmate, whose identity was not disclosed other than he is from Orange County, had been serving his sentence since 2015. The state’s program trains prisoners and deploys them to help fight wildfires in exchange for time off their sentence as well as $2 to $5 in pay per day. On Sunday around 10.50pm, the Cal Fire Amador-El Dorado Unit responded to a vegetation fire in Shingle Springs related to illegal fireworks, The Sacramento Bee reported. The inmate who was part of the crew went behind the wheel of the firetruck and accelerated around 12.40am on Monday.Rehabilitation, yeah that works.
Last night we discussed we aren't voting our way out of this. I hate to be the Cob of gloom and doom. But.................
A new deep dive into the 2020 electorate by Pew Research contains mostly bad news for Republicans, whose approaching demographic doom is less racial than it is generational. While it shouldn't be news to anyone at this point that young voters are a solidly blue voting bloc, the more worrisome developments for the GOP are the unexpectedly elderly nature of the party's coalition and the unyielding Democratic lean of younger voters as they age. If Pew's numbers are to be believed, the only solidly Republican age demographic last year was 75 and over, meaning that every time the sun comes up, the GOP's struggle to win a majority of American voters gets harder. Pew's in-depth study uses validated voter files – matching panelists to a registration database confirming whether or not they turned out – to offer a different, and possibly more accurate, view of the electorate than the exit polls taken on Election Day. Often this new data can challenge narratives that set in stubbornly and immediately after the votes are counted – in 2016, for example, Pew's research found that Donald Trump won white women by a considerably smaller margin than Election Day surveys indicated, upending one prevailing story about who was most responsible for Hillary Clinton's stunning loss.I found this morning before Dave in Fla posted his well written thread this morning.
Everything you wanted to know about municipality names in the US of A and then some.
The weirdest U.S. city names
American Fork (Utah), Atomic City (Idaho), Bangs (Texas), Blue Grass (Iowa), Bluff (Alaska), Briny Breezes (Florida), Canadian (Texas), China (Texas), Climax (Michigan), Colon (Michigan), Concrete (Washington), Cool (Texas), Okay (Oklahoma), Cut and Shoot (Texas), Dinosaur (Colorado), Fries (Virginia), Hooker (Oklahoma), Hurt (Virginia), Kill Devil Hills (North Carolina), Last Chance (Iowa), Ninety Six (South Carolina), Oblong (Illinois), Placentia (California), Popejoy (Iowa), Okay (Oklahoma), Pink (Oklahoma), Rainbow City (Alabama), Soda Springs (Idaho), Speed (North Carolina), Superior (Wyoming), Three Way (Tennessee), Truth or Consequences (New Mexico), Whynot (North Carolina), Winnebago (Minnesota), Uncertain (Texas).
If I was in High School and this girl's date, I would ask, "How do I get this damn thing off of you?"
Ottawa teen creates prom dress entirely out of duct tape OTTAWA -- We’ve all heard the saying, “you can fix anything with duct tape,” but one Ottawa teen is going above and beyond with an idea she had, and she’s sticking to it. It’s called the Stuck at Prom Scholarship Contest, put on by Duck Brand duct tape. High schoolers across North America are given the chance to win US$10,000 by making a tuxedo or dress entirely out of duct tape. “It’s not like your average scholarship where you have to write essays, so I thought it would be super fun,” says Erika Avellaneda.
Avellaneda is now a finalist, beating 102 other dresses to make it to the top five. “I worked for about 143 hours. Some days, I worked five hours, other days one or two,” says Avellaneda. “It was a hard process. A lot of sitting down and working, but it was worth it.” The dress is made of roughly $100 worth of duct tape, 17 rolls, and it weighs about six pounds.
Personally, I wanted us to leave Afghanistan. Perhaps I should have made myself clear, "Don't leave the goddamn weapons and ammo behind." Duh!
KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban have showed off containers full of weapons and military hardware seized from the Afghan military as American forces withdraw from the country and the militants march across the country. The weaponry includes 900 guns, 30 light tactical vehicles and 20 army pickup trucks, according to NBC News' U.K. partner Sky News, which was granted access to the Sultan Khil military base in the Wardak province close to the Afghan capital, Kabul. District after district has fallen to the Taliban. The militants have seized 120 districts since May 1, according to an ongoing assessment by the Long War Journal. The map is a moving patchwork, but at last count the Taliban controlled 193 districts and contested 130, while 75 were under the control of the government or are undetermined, according to the publication, which reports on the global war on terror and is a project of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a hawkish Washington think tank.
Born on this day: 7 Jul 1940
Richard Starkey, ( Ringo Starr, ) drums, vocals, Rory Storm, The Beatles. He sang lead vocals on one track on most Beatles albums, The Beatles scored 21 US No.1 & 17 UK No.1 singles. Starr had the solo 1974 US No.1 & UK No.4 single 'You're Sixteen' plus 9 other US Top 40 hits. Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band have made many tours and has featured; Joe Walsh, Howard Jones, Ian Hunter, Peter Frampton, Todd Rundgren, Edgar Winter Greg Lake along with other guests. via thisdayinmusic.com
On this day: 7 Jul 1980
Led Zeppelin played their last-ever concert with drummer John Bonham when they appeared at Eissporthalle, West Berlin at the end of a European tour. The set included: 'Black Dog', 'The Rain Song', 'Hot Dog', 'All My Love', 'Trampled Under Foot', 'Since I’ve Been Loving You', 'Kashmir', 'Stairway To Heaven' and 'Rock And Roll'. They finished the show with a 17-minute version of 'Whole Lotta Love'.
Old enough to know better. Young enough not to care. Genius Award Winners.
Naked Old Guys Arrested For Public Tryst
Florida officially emerges from COVID doldrums JULY 2--If you need further proof that Florida has fully emerged from the pandemic doldrums, two nude old guys were arrested Wednesday evening after police spotted them having sex in public, records show. According to an arrest report, a St. Petersburg cop caught Daniel McCleary, 60, and Donald Engstrom, 59, “engaged in sexual acts while completely naked and in public view.” The duo was collared around 10:25 PM in the vicinity of a small park. After the pair was arrested, Engstrom reportedly admitted that “they were in fact having sex,” Officer Zachary Lamour reported.
It's OK to stop a parade at times. Tonight's Feel Good Story of The Day.
BRIDGETON, Mo. – Joan Cather has been instructing martial arts students for years. She experienced a first on Sunday when her ATA Martial Arts crew was part of the Bridgeton Fourth of July parade. A fellow instructor, an off-duty area police officer, stopped their float after noticing someone along the parade route in need of medical attention. “The two of us ran to the gentleman,” Cather said. “My instructor started doing compressions; I was checking for a pulse.” Cather said they began performing CPR. She said, “When we got there, we know there was no pulse.”
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Tonypete at July 07, 2021 09:07 PM (mD/uy)
Posted by: JT at July 07, 2021 09:07 PM (arJlL)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at July 07, 2021 09:07 PM (CZkqB)
Posted by: Lord Squirrel at July 07, 2021 09:07 PM (K5n5d)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Your Fearless Leaders Have, and Deserve, Special Privileges! at July 07, 2021 09:07 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: wing at July 07, 2021 09:07 PM (JFzNN)
Posted by: Bete at July 07, 2021 09:08 PM (Ojki1)
Posted by: Dave in Fla (5p7BC) at July 07, 2021 09:08 PM (5p7BC)
A positive attitude and well received.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 07, 2021 09:08 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: Herr Frau Doktor vmom at July 07, 2021 09:08 PM (oEn12)
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at July 07, 2021 09:09 PM (WFMLs)
Posted by: Tonypete at July 07, 2021 09:09 PM (mD/uy)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at July 07, 2021 09:09 PM (CZkqB)
Posted by: Sandy at July 07, 2021 09:09 PM (VxC1e)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 07, 2021 09:10 PM (SVruV)
Sports is stupid enough, but FFS these idiotic "commissioners" and the other suits. Just look at the craven, stupid, and childish crap Silver is barfing up there. It could come from a random airhead political candidate pandering to his platitude-stupid audience.
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at July 07, 2021 09:11 PM (OTzUX)
Posted by: JT at July 07, 2021 09:11 PM (arJlL)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 07, 2021 09:10 PM (SVruV)
LOL. Why can I perfectly picture you doing that?
Posted by: JordanKai61 at July 07, 2021 09:12 PM (K0bra)
Why don't you two put your heads together and make an ass of yourselves.
Posted by: Monty Capuletti at July 07, 2021 09:12 PM (CZkqB)
Posted by: Sandy at July 07, 2021 09:09 PM (VxC1e)
Leave to Sandy to ruin a perfectly fine evening!
Posted by: Conor at July 07, 2021 09:12 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at July 07, 2021 09:09 PM (CZkqB)
To quote Speed, "Mister I'm already there."
Posted by: Bete at July 07, 2021 09:13 PM (Ojki1)
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at July 07, 2021 09:13 PM (OTzUX)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 07, 2021 09:13 PM (SVruV)
Posted by: Ben Had
I can just imagine her voice, molded by cigarettes and whiskey for um. . . . 29 years or so.
"Would ya buy a lady a drink?"
Posted by: Tonypete at July 07, 2021 09:13 PM (mD/uy)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at July 07, 2021 09:09 PM (CZkqB)
Better late than never!
Posted by: Conor at July 07, 2021 09:13 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Lord Squirrel at July 07, 2021 09:14 PM (K5n5d)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 07, 2021 09:14 PM (DMUuz)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 07, 2021 09:15 PM (SVruV)
Posted by: Jmel at July 07, 2021 09:15 PM (bVhJi)
Posted by: Jewells45 at July 07, 2021 09:15 PM (nxdel)
Yet Joe the Plumber, you, I, and the average dude next door cannot own a class 3 automatic weapon while achmed the goat fucker can.
Oh, and I could have been first, but I read the content so as to not piss of ace and the cobs.
*rubs brown substance from nose*
Posted by: BifBewalski @ (VcFUs) at July 07, 2021 09:16 PM (VcFUs)
Posted by: Tonypete at July 07, 2021 09:16 PM (mD/uy)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 07, 2021 09:16 PM (SVruV)
Posted by: Lord Squirrel at July 07, 2021 09:14 PM (K5n5d)
I've always been suspicious of the source material MisHum uses for those lead photos, some are so unbelievably gorgeous!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Your Fearless Leaders Have, and Deserve, Special Privileges! at July 07, 2021 09:16 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: pep at July 07, 2021 09:17 PM (ZsR3z)
Posted by: Eugene the Eunuch at July 07, 2021 09:17 PM (JPtHE)
Posted by: Tonypete at July 07, 2021 09:16 PM (mD/uy)
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Is the baby Irish? It makes a difference.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 07, 2021 09:17 PM (VxC1e)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at July 07, 2021 09:09 PM (CZkqB)
Better late than never!
Posted by: Conor
Conor! Sic balls!
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at July 07, 2021 09:17 PM (CZkqB)
My woke coworker today explaining why she needs a certain day off "I don't know if I've mentioned before - my teen is transgender " and blah blah blah.
I said "I did not know that" and ignored that minefield and just talk about the schedule.
Nothing I can do but pray for that poor kid
Posted by: Herr Frau Doktor vmom at July 07, 2021 09:17 PM (oEn12)
More shit the MSM and Big Tech won't tell you about. And why "Warp Speed" isn't a good idea:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/
doi/10.1111/ajt.16735
That's a paper from the UK. They've been transplating organs from people who died of VITT, that's Covid vaccine induced blood clots, basically, to patients. Turns out the transplanted organs are *causing the same blood clots* in the recipients in some cases.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at July 07, 2021 09:18 PM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Tonypete at July 07, 2021 09:16 PM (mD/uy)
Depends on the refresh interval!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Your Fearless Leaders Have, and Deserve, Special Privileges! at July 07, 2021 09:18 PM (hOUT3)
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Something tells me that it isn't the convict they are protecting by concealing his identity.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 07, 2021 09:18 PM (hVqGz)
Posted by: Dr. T at July 07, 2021 09:19 PM (Vgw1E)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 07, 2021 09:19 PM (SVruV)
Posted by: Ben Had
Into the sippy cup it goes!
Posted by: Tonypete at July 07, 2021 09:20 PM (mD/uy)
Posted by: Dr. T at July 07, 2021 09:19 PM (Vgw1E)
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Leave your phone at home!
Posted by: Lord Squirrel at July 07, 2021 09:20 PM (K5n5d)
a solidly blue voting bloc.........."
Like I would tell them, if they asked, "It's your country now, if you want to fuck it up, go ahead. I'll probably be dead before to do anyway."
Posted by: Javems at July 07, 2021 09:20 PM (rTxB7)
Posted by: JT at July 07, 2021 09:20 PM (arJlL)
*rubs brown substance from nose*
Posted by: BifBewalski @ (VcFUs) at July 07, 2021 09:16 PM
Winners and Navy personnel claim first, and go home with the prom queen. Non-firsts and dogfaces whine about reading the (admittedly outstanding) content.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 07, 2021 09:21 PM (DMUuz)
Posted by: Fastly Strokewater at July 07, 2021 09:21 PM (gWAUD)
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My MIL said just rub some on the baby's gums
Posted by: Herr Frau Doktor vmom at July 07, 2021 09:21 PM (oEn12)
That last picture.
Reminds me of a mother in law I once had. From 16 to 92 she smoked a pack of unfiltered Camels every day, From 18 to 75 she also consumed a pint of bourbon. Every day.
Sharp as hell and I was very sad when she passed.
I don't miss her daughter at all.
Posted by: Winston, GOPe, not one dime, not one vote at July 07, 2021 09:21 PM (FtJ1S)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Your Fearless Leaders Have, and Deserve, Special Privileges! at July 07, 2021 09:22 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Ben Had
Into the sippy cup it goes!
Posted by: Tonypete at July 07, 2021 09:20 PM (mD/uy)
I vividly remember giving my nephew, who posts on the fb morons group, 3 ounces of good beer when he was 3 because he was being a little shit. He slept pretty good a while later. Kept him on the couch with me to watch him. He turned out alright. Go ahead with it.
Posted by: BifBewalski @ (VcFUs) at July 07, 2021 09:22 PM (VcFUs)
Posted by: Tonypete
If you're already a bourbon drinker, you'll likely need a lot more than 1 oz.
Posted by: SFGoth at July 07, 2021 09:23 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: redc1c4 *OTUS Zhou Bai-Din Cheated & we all know it. at July 07, 2021 09:23 PM (5Vl6w)
Usually when people bring up funny place names, they mention Blue Ball, Intercourse, and Bird-in-Hand, Pennsylvania. As I recall all three are near each other, and major Amish areas.
Posted by: Quint at July 07, 2021 09:23 PM (F2/Ok)
' Doc how will this effect my ability to have an erection because I consider the rest of my body just a life support system for my penis'
Posted by: Just a side note at July 07, 2021 09:23 PM (2DOZq)
Ottawa teen creates prom dress entirely out of duct tape
I hope her underwear wasn't made of duct tape too
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 07, 2021 09:23 PM (L2ZTs)
Well, its not Placenta. Which would be extra gross.
The list of weird city names missed the obvious George (Washington), Martha (Washington) Ohanapakosh (also Washington), Zzzzyxx (Nevada) and Pahrump..
Posted by: LASue at July 07, 2021 09:23 PM (Ed8Zd)
That pic up top... it's just like the view out my window... except for, um, um, well, except for all of it. We did (finally, late) have some blue sky today.
After two weeks of a badly clogged ear, I got my hearing back today. Listening happily to Talking Heads. And, wow, "take me to the river" behind a pic of a river. MisHum is really cooking tonight. (Now for moar poaste.)
Posted by: mindful webworker - deaf, dumb, and blind - one problem at a time at July 07, 2021 09:24 PM (F8EBp)
Winners and Navy personnel claim first, and go home with the prom queen. Non-firsts and dogfaces whine about reading the (admittedly outstanding) content.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 07, 2021 09:21 PM (DMUuz)
I totes beez a dogface. Where's the nco club?
Posted by: BifBewalski @ (VcFUs) at July 07, 2021 09:24 PM (VcFUs)
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Yet Gallup's data continues to show that conservative political outlook enjoys a solid plurality advantage. And the GOP picked up 10 house seats, plus down ballot races.
Trump increased his vote total over 2016 by 11,231,329 votes. So I'm not yet willing to accept Pew's research as gospel.
Posted by: Dave in Fla (5p7BC) at July 07, 2021 09:24 PM (5p7BC)
My woke coworker today explaining why she needs a certain day off "I don't know if I've mentioned before - my teen is transgender " and blah blah blah.
I said "I did not know that" and ignored that minefield and just talk about the schedule.
Nothing I can do but pray for that poor kid
Posted by: Herr Frau Doktor vmom at July 07, 2021 09:17 PM (oEn12)
Had a coworker (if lasting 3 weeks counts) so happy her trans daughter found her new name-comic book character of course-and would soon be celebrating "her" 8th birthday.
Seriously, whatever God decides to throw at us, we deserve it and more.
Posted by: Bete at July 07, 2021 09:25 PM (Ojki1)
Posted by: Jewells45 at July 07, 2021 09:25 PM (nxdel)
I hope her underwear wasn't made of duct tape too
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 07, 2021 09:23 PM (L2ZTs)
Well, I guess that would be a home made way to wax.
Posted by: Bete at July 07, 2021 09:27 PM (Ojki1)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 07, 2021 09:27 PM (63Dwl)
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It's so sweet when a girl shaves her beard for the first time!
*memories*
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 07, 2021 09:27 PM (VxC1e)
a solidly blue voting bloc.........."
Like I would tell them, if they asked, "It's your country now, if you want to fuck it up, go ahead. I'll probably be dead before to do anyway."
Posted by: Javems
And if'n they're your younguns, be sure to let 'em know their inheritance is going up in smoke for hookers, blow, and skydiving
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at July 07, 2021 09:27 PM (CZkqB)
Posted by: Teething Baby at July 07, 2021 09:27 PM (2DOZq)
Standing united, locked arm-in-arm, in opposition to Communism and tyranny. That commonality?
Posted by: mindful webworker - bamboo curtain remains closed at July 07, 2021 09:27 PM (F8EBp)
(Manteca is Espanol for 'lard.')
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 07, 2021 09:27 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 07, 2021 09:27 PM (SVruV)
Posted by: banana Dream at July 07, 2021 09:27 PM (f6xX0)
That's why I found your thread this morning somewhat uplifting
Posted by: Mis Hum cell phone at July 07, 2021 09:28 PM (jGqoT)
Posted by: Bete
Word
It's so creepy how happy the mom is about having a transgendered kid. Horror- creepy
Posted by: Herr Frau Doktor vmom at July 07, 2021 09:28 PM (oEn12)
"Digital circuits are made of analog parts."
Not sure what that's about.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 07, 2021 09:28 PM (Ink9N)
One of the few, perhaps only, US town named for a TV show.
Posted by: Gref at July 07, 2021 09:29 PM (AMIL/)
The man was certifiably insane by the time he passed in 1975.
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 07, 2021 09:29 PM (L2ZTs)
I find anyone claiming an accurate view of the 2020 electorate to be blowing smoke - hopefully for obvious reasons.
Also are they looking at actual *votes*? Or just party affiliation? Because I think Trump won more Democrats in 2020 than anyone will ever possibly know.
Posted by: ... at July 07, 2021 09:29 PM (Sq5xa)
I said "I did not know that" and ignored that minefield and just talk about the schedule.
Nothing I can do but pray for that poor kid
Posted by: Herr Frau Doktor vmom at July 07, 2021 09:17 PM (oEn12)
Weird. I guess I totally wasted "my daughter just had her first period" and "my son just had his first make out session with a person of the opposite sex" excuses for missing work?"
Posted by: LASue at July 07, 2021 09:29 PM (Ed8Zd)
Posted by: mindful webworker
Funny, same here. Halfway through the second bottle of Debrox, and the head-tilting, and the hot water and bulb-squeezing, I got stereophonic sound again, today. It's definitely a relief. Can't believe how much wax an ear can contain.
Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at July 07, 2021 09:29 PM (OssQ4)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 07, 2021 09:29 PM (VpwBr)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Psychos Rule! No, really. They're in charge now. (HaL55) at July 07, 2021 09:29 PM (HaL55)
*memories*
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 07, 2021 09:27 PM (VxC1e)
Hair falls into the sink like stock prices into the toilet...
Posted by: Gillette, the best a man can stop using at July 07, 2021 09:29 PM (Ojki1)
Of course. It's the next big thang.
If we just lob off all male genitalia at birth, men can live forever! It's ♥Science!
Posted by: mindful webworker - no, thanks at July 07, 2021 09:30 PM (F8EBp)
Posted by: Dr. T at July 07, 2021 09:30 PM (Vgw1E)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 07, 2021 09:30 PM (L2ZTs)
The man was certifiably insane by the time he passed in 1975.
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 07, 2021 09:29 PM (L2ZTs)
Ah yes, they called him The Irishman.
Posted by: ... at July 07, 2021 09:30 PM (Sq5xa)
Posted by: yoeman is now ungrateful servant at July 07, 2021 09:30 PM (BYNHj)
One of the few, perhaps only, US town named for a TV show.
Posted by: Gref at July 07, 2021 09:29 PM (AMIL/)
OH FUDGE - I missed it in the list. Indicating it is past my bedtime.
Posted by: Gref at July 07, 2021 09:30 PM (AMIL/)
So the dogs can have some without the humans having leftover buns, duh.
Posted by: Blanco Basura -(SchxB)- moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at July 07, 2021 09:30 PM (SchxB)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 07, 2021 09:29 PM (L2ZTs)
And probably still sitting and ruling as an SC justice.
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Your Fearless Leaders Have, and Deserve, Special Privileges! at July 07, 2021 09:30 PM (hOUT3)
Apparently going down to the courthouse to get xis name changed
Posted by: Herr Frau Doktor vmom at July 07, 2021 09:31 PM (oEn12)
It's so creepy how happy the mom is about having a transgendered kid. Horror- creepy
Posted by: Herr Frau Doktor vmom at July 07, 2021 09:28 PM (oEn12)
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Mom's approval is probably responsible for it. Anyone who encourages this in their kid should DIAF.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 07, 2021 09:31 PM (VxC1e)
Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at July 07, 2021 09:31 PM (OssQ4)
Not sure what that's about.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 07, 2021 09:28 PM (Ink9N)
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Probably code for "We are spying on you through your own NSA and there's nothing you can do about it."
Posted by: Lord Squirrel at July 07, 2021 09:31 PM (K5n5d)
Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at J
eeeeewwwwwww.
pics?
Posted by: LASue at July 07, 2021 09:31 PM (Ed8Zd)
Posted by: t-bird at July 07, 2021 09:31 PM (lIIT7)
Posted by: Teething Baby at July 07, 2021 09:31 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Mis Hum cell phone at July 07, 2021 09:31 PM (jGqoT)
Great content as usual!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 07, 2021 09:31 PM (wAcdS)
One of the few, perhaps only, US town named for a TV show.
Posted by: Gref at July 07, 2021 09:29 PM (AMIL/)
but it didn't leave it out.
Posted by: Quint at July 07, 2021 09:31 PM (F2/Ok)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 07, 2021 09:27 PM (SVruV)
Not 'kitchen tabke'?
Left you a comment on the thread below. I'll e-mail you on or about the 15th for better planning.
Posted by: BifBewalski @ (VcFUs) at July 07, 2021 09:31 PM (VcFUs)
Posted by: NC Ref at July 07, 2021 09:32 PM (we2l3)
Posted by: Infidel at July 07, 2021 09:32 PM (dYrVA)
If we just lob off all male genitalia at birth, men can live forever! It's Science!
Posted by: mindful webworker - no, thanks at July 07, 2021 09:30 PM (F8EBp)
It isn't like Soi boyz need them though.
Posted by: Bete at July 07, 2021 09:32 PM (Ojki1)
Posted by: Tonypete
One ounce for mom to ease labor pains (you did say 9 months!)
Two ounces plus a finger for you.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at July 07, 2021 09:32 PM (WFMLs)
They out to lobby hot dog companies for two more mystery meat innard-dogs.
Bastards.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at July 07, 2021 09:32 PM (/NTIz)
Posted by: Bruised Gender at July 07, 2021 09:32 PM (8iyB1)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 07, 2021 09:32 PM (SVruV)
In 1972 Douglas wrote that *trees and other inanimate objects* have standing to sue in court.
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 07, 2021 09:32 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at July 07, 2021 09:33 PM (OssQ4)
"...helping the people of the United States and the people of China
have a better understanding of each other, and see that we're all human
beings and that there is commonality between us."
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I'll give the flak credit. No way I could give that statement with a straight face.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at July 07, 2021 09:33 PM (8AONa)
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And then charge you the same amount, of course.
Posted by: Lord Squirrel at July 07, 2021 09:34 PM (K5n5d)
I never dared to be radical when young
for fear it would make me conservative when old.
-Bob Frost's Idiotic po'try
Posted by: mindful webworker - fire and ice, Frost's only choices at July 07, 2021 09:34 PM (F8EBp)
Spoiler: they're not.
Posted by: t-bird at July 07, 2021 09:31 PM (lIIT7)
What, you think an esteemed Research Center would lie to us?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Your Fearless Leaders Have, and Deserve, Special Privileges! at July 07, 2021 09:34 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Mis Hum
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Glad someone did, I kinda felt like slitting my wrists after reading through the comments.
Oh well, CBD and I agreed that it would generate fireworks, and it did indeed
Posted by: Dave in Fla (5p7BC) at July 07, 2021 09:34 PM (5p7BC)
Posted by: yoeman is now ungrateful servant at July 07, 2021 09:30 PM (BYNHj)
++++
Not even! It posted 6 minutes past the hour. I managed not to panic though.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 07, 2021 09:34 PM (hVqGz)
What could possibly go wrong?
Hey MH, how many times will you ban tonight so I can time my IP resets?
Posted by: Rolla at July 07, 2021 09:35 PM (/sgIY)
sign outside Zion
Posted by: yoeman is now ungrateful servant at July 07, 2021 09:35 PM (BYNHj)
Obama lost 4 million votes and still destroyed Romney.
The fact that Trump, with all the headwinds, media lies and plandemic, gained *11 million votes* (that we know of) is a minor miracle. The fact that he lost anyway is not within the realm of the plausible.
Posted by: ... at July 07, 2021 09:35 PM (Sq5xa)
Posted by: Tonypete at July 07, 2021 09:35 PM (mD/uy)
In 1972 Douglas wrote that *trees and other inanimate objects* have standing to sue in court.
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 07, 2021 09:32 PM (L2ZTs)
*Nods* As opposed to a sitting US president, who doesn't.
Posted by: Dread Justice Roberts and his merry band of post legal miscreants at July 07, 2021 09:35 PM (Ojki1)
Posted by: Teething Baby at July 07, 2021 09:36 PM (2DOZq)
The man was certifiably insane by the time he passed in 1975.
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 07, 2021 09:29 PM (L2ZTs)
A Washingtonian. Caught between the incompatible world of Walla Walla/Yakima /La Grande Oregon and Yale Law. Not suprising he went nuts.
Posted by: LASue at July 07, 2021 09:36 PM (Ed8Zd)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 07, 2021 09:36 PM (DpkTQ)
Posted by: Herr Frau Doktor vmom at July 07, 2021 09:28 PM (oEn12)
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Mom's approval is probably responsible for it. Anyone who encourages this in their kid should DIAF.
Posted by: Cicero
Up against the wall!
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at July 07, 2021 09:36 PM (CZkqB)
For weird Oklahoma town names, I nominate "Heavener." Which is not pronounced Heaven-er, as my brother found out when visiting there; expectations crushed.
Posted by: mindful webworker - Miami OK -- my-am-uhh at July 07, 2021 09:36 PM (F8EBp)
The bun makers figure that at least two hot dogs will be dropped sometime between taking them off the grill and putting them into buns, and the family dog will get them before the cook can pick them up.
Posted by: Gref at July 07, 2021 09:37 PM (AMIL/)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 07, 2021 09:37 PM (Ink9N)
Nice Talking Heads song.
If Grandma wants to light up using her birthday candles, then let 'er rip! You go, girl!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient, Believing in America at July 07, 2021 09:37 PM (rwusL)
However, it looks like the FDA is getting ready to ban all those products including orajel. Something called methemoglobinemia can happen which they say is potentially lethal.
So, I guess you are left with liquoring up your babies.
Posted by: banana Dream at July 07, 2021 09:37 PM (f6xX0)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Psychos Rule! No, really. They're in charge now. (HaL55) at July 07, 2021 09:37 PM (HaL55)
Posted by: Tonypete at July 07, 2021 09:37 PM (mD/uy)
In 1972 Douglas wrote that *trees and other inanimate objects* have standing to sue in court.
Posted by: qdpsteve
That was just before he moved to Hooterville.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 07, 2021 09:37 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 07, 2021 09:37 PM (SVruV)
From their reports, it is also difficult to determine whether or not their earlier surveys indicated loss of panel respondents from one election to another or whether past voting claims were validated.
Essentially, the Pew Survey suggests that Bush crapped in the nest during the Millenial formative voting period and that Millenials have continued to vote blue since then and that Trump's most solid support came from old people. The snarky The Week story overplays the data from Pew and ignores the whole idea behind disasters in governance affecting future voting patterns.
Posted by: whig at July 07, 2021 09:38 PM (pO7gM)
I've got the hots for the bass player.
Posted by: Braenyard, (Zd0xi) at July 07, 2021 09:39 PM (ri5Bo)
I like it and will take it to heart
Posted by: vmom stabby stabbyt stabby stabamillion at July 07, 2021 09:39 PM (oEn12)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 07, 2021 09:36 PM (DpkTQ)
You forgot to sock JFK's pop on that.
Posted by: Bete at July 07, 2021 09:39 PM (Ojki1)
The FNM claims that sure Trump did better with every demographic across the board - except Biden got *all* the votes in a handful of big blue shitholes.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 07, 2021 09:39 PM (DpkTQ)
Posted by: Infidel at July 07, 2021 09:39 PM (dYrVA)
Chief Justice Burger finally had to order everyone at the court to refuse to help him, *and* had every justice finally write a letter to him saying in effect, "you don't work here anymore, please get out and never return."
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 07, 2021 09:39 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Heresolong at July 07, 2021 09:39 PM (spsWF)
Posted by: ...
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I share you skepticism. As almost everyone knows, I've been looking at *actual* vote tallies from 2016 and 2020 for the last 3 days. I don't think the raw numbers support their assertion, unless you accept the 2020 results to be legitimate. And if they are legitimate, then there are some VERY odd results buried in there, that do not bear out Pew's thesis.
Posted by: Dave in Fla (5p7BC) at July 07, 2021 09:39 PM (5p7BC)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 07, 2021 09:40 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: a dude in MI at July 07, 2021 09:40 PM (+I6Y/)
I've got the hots for the bass player.
Posted by: Braenyard
Tina Weymouth?
Oh yeah! Two hubbas.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 07, 2021 09:40 PM (mD/uy)
Posted by: Mis Hum
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Glad someone did, I kinda felt like slitting my wrists after reading through the comments.
Oh well, CBD and I agreed that it would generate fireworks, and it did indeed
Posted by: Dave in Fla (5p7BC) at July 07, 2021 09:34 PM (5p7BC)
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It was a very interesting read and I can sort of empathize with both sides of the debate. However, I wonder if there is a THIRD option available. We know the game is rigged. They rigged it and are gleefully rubbing it in our faces. It's a con, through and through. Perhaps our goal is to play the game by DIFFERENT rules, and con the conmen by playing a completely different game altogether. What that looks like, I have no idea, but it's something to contemplate...
Posted by: Lord Squirrel at July 07, 2021 09:40 PM (K5n5d)
Well, you could live longer, but what's the point of that?
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at July 07, 2021 09:40 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: banana Dream
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Or, and hear me out on this, we publish a list of FDA Officials' home addresses, and leave irritable babies on their porches.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at July 07, 2021 09:40 PM (8AONa)
That said I liked Rush's TV show and could tell he was telling the truth about the Clintons, well before I understood anything worthwhile about politics.
Posted by: ... at July 07, 2021 09:40 PM (Sq5xa)
Posted by: Mis Hum cell phone at July 07, 2021 09:41 PM (jGqoT)
Posted by: Muad'dib at July 07, 2021 09:41 PM (KCUTM)
The Donks have set the level of chest, no other
GOP candidate can get 74 million votes, not even close to that.
Trump will need somewhere in the vicinity of 90 million votes to win in 2024.
Can he get that? Possibly.
Can the Donks cheat enough to overcome that?
Probably.
We ain't voting our way out of our predicament.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 07, 2021 09:42 PM (VpwBr)
Hint: I would not stop there for pie. Or anything else...
Posted by: Legally Sufficient, Believing in America at July 07, 2021 09:42 PM (rwusL)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at July 07, 2021 09:42 PM (u82oZ)
Okay, Oklahoma, is listed twice.
Okay, Oklahoma, is listed twice.
I've been there, honestly it's only one town.
Posted by: LRob in TN at July 07, 2021 09:42 PM (jboH3)
Oh well, CBD and I agreed that it would generate fireworks, and it did indeed
Posted by: Dave in Fla (5p7BC) at July 07, 2021 09:34 PM (5p7BC)
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I marked It but haven't read it closely yet. I bet that I'll agree with you=either way, we all appreciate your hard work.
Posted by: LASue at July 07, 2021 09:42 PM (Ed8Zd)
Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at July 07, 2021 09:43 PM (SDdx5)
Posted by: PabloD says start up the rotors at July 07, 2021 09:43 PM (/1eYZ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at July 07, 2021 09:40 PM (u82oZ)
Funny, when I say that my shrink ups my meds.
Posted by: Bete at July 07, 2021 09:43 PM (Ojki1)
Joe Biden sure won the fraudulent vote in 2020
Posted by: will choose a nic later at July 07, 2021 09:43 PM (bTQ72)
You're never going to live to an old age if you keep smoking, gramma! Oh, wait...
Seriously, I'm so glad Mom gave up her lifetime cig habit a couple of decades ago. Just celebrated her 101st two weeks ago.
Thx 4 the WONT, MisHum.
Posted by: mindful webworker - "Never thought I'd live to be a hundred..." at July 07, 2021 09:43 PM (F8EBp)
That has now colored my interactions from here on out.
Posted by: SMH at July 07, 2021 09:44 PM (a/6Gi)
I've got the hots for the bass player.
Posted by: Braenyard
Tal Wilkenfeld?
Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at July 07, 2021 09:44 PM (OssQ4)
Well, you could live longer, but what's the point of that?
I'm really hoping that table is covered in bacon.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Psychos Rule! No, really. They're in charge now. (HaL55) at July 07, 2021 09:44 PM (HaL55)
Hint: I would not stop there for pie. Or anything else...
Posted by: Legally Sufficient, Believing in America at July 07, 2021 09:42 PM (
Uppity Ute
Posted by: Mis Hum cell phone at July 07, 2021 09:44 PM (jGqoT)
Posted by: Teething Baby at July 07, 2021 09:45 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: SMH at July 07, 2021 09:44 PM (a/6Gi)
Like you say, there are ignats everywhere.
(Ok, maybe didn't spell that right)
Posted by: Bete at July 07, 2021 09:45 PM (Ojki1)
Or alternatively...
Small children typically eat a hotdog without the bun so the two extra dogs are the children's share.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 07, 2021 09:45 PM (VpwBr)
Love the Zeppelin reference. Greatest rock band ever. Interesting tidbit -- I was born on the day Zeppelin first performed "Stairway to Heaven" live. I have a bootleg recording of the show. The crowd was less than enthused about that particular song. Little did they know!
Posted by: Doof at July 07, 2021 09:45 PM (mZUr4)
I appreciated your essay. You said what needed to be said to connect people to an objective reality.
Thank you, Dave in Fla.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at July 07, 2021 09:45 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 07, 2021 09:46 PM (nS4Je)
Posted by: SMH at July 07, 2021 09:46 PM (a/6Gi)
Posted by: Undone at July 07, 2021 09:46 PM (Weyc+)
Posted by: callsign claymore at July 07, 2021 09:46 PM (waV4y)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 07, 2021 09:47 PM (DpkTQ)
Oh well, CBD and I agreed that it would generate fireworks, and it did indeed
Posted by: Dave in Fla
Your thread was good.
If people can't see the truth... maybe they can't handle it.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 07, 2021 09:47 PM (Uv+O+)
Posted by: Achmed bin-Achmed at July 07, 2021 09:47 PM (lACLv)
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at July 07, 2021 09:13 PM (OTzUX)
That's not sex. it's buggery.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 07, 2021 09:47 PM (nS4Je)
Posted by: Tonypete
For the teething infant, just a little bit rubbed on the gums.
For the weary parent, might take several more than one shot.
Posted by: mindful webworker - no drinking while on duty at July 07, 2021 09:48 PM (F8EBp)
Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at J
That runs in my family. I swear I've pulled a candle out before. Dis-fricken-gusting! I got into a car accident which was bad enough to knock me out for a short time. The only missing time I've ever experienced. Note, if you ever have the opportunity to not slam into the side of a concrete embankment at 55mph in a pre-airbag 1970s vehicle I'd suggest avoiding it.
Anyway, at the hospital, they had to stick an optical thingy up in my ears to see if my brains were leaking out. But they were full of wax. So they hook me up to this device that shoots high-pressure ice-cold water into your ear to clear it out. The ER guy was explaining to me, (I was perfectly conscious at that point) with a loud voice that one of the great advantages of this device is it normally brings unconscious people wide awake due to the terrible shock. Oh, you don't fucking say. I can actually see that now think you so much.
Posted by: banana Dream at July 07, 2021 09:48 PM (f6xX0)
Posted by: will choose a nic later at July 07, 2021 09:43 PM (bTQ72)
Those are forbidden words here. MH will ban you.
Posted by: Undone at July 07, 2021 09:48 PM (Weyc+)
Naaa a a Na a a a
Posted by: Braenyard, (Zd0xi) at July 07, 2021 09:48 PM (ri5Bo)
No way that could go wrong, right?
https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN2ED1A6
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 07, 2021 09:49 PM (XGAZE)
Thanks for your earlier analytical post. In general, the GOP has a number of actual voters and contra Pew has at least a competitive chance in fair elections through 2024 or so.
The GOPe is slowly realizing that their voters are pissed enough to at least try to make kabuki movements toward electoral integrity in some states and some real advances in others. Florida and Ohio show quite a bit of evidence that if the GOP actually enforces the laws on election integrity in states where it controls, that it can reduce the margin of fraud significantly. The Scotus ballot harvesting decision also means that GOP states can curb most of the obvious problems where it can pass and enforce laws.
What though is truly explosive is exactly how broad the fraud machine's reach was and whether or not this will effect elections in the future. Even most Dems do not want their votes taken for granted and support ideas like Voter ID. Likewise, our current crop of oligarchs worshipping China and big corporations is not exactly popular nor are the companies that they run. Covid will continue to have legs in the policy debate as well.
Posted by: whig at July 07, 2021 09:49 PM (pO7gM)
I like that Ace has given Dave the platform to create content. Blogging is difficult, time consuming, and mostly unrewarding. Dave's a longtime moron in good standing, and he's certainly taken more lumps than most.
But there would be little point to any of this if we were all always on the same page. There are reasonable arguments on both sides of the "vote" issue, and I find them all fairly compelling. I also find it interesting to see who falls on which side, because it's not the split you would necessarily predict.
Posted by: ... at July 07, 2021 09:49 PM (Sq5xa)
Posted by: BifBewalski @ (VcFUs) at July 07, 2021 09:50 PM (VcFUs)
Posted by: LASue at July 07, 2021 09:42 PM (Ed8Zd)
Yes, this. I may disagree with you, Dave, but that doesn't mean I don't appreciate your efforts, because I do.
Posted by: JordanKai61 at July 07, 2021 09:50 PM (K0bra)
Posted by: callsign claymore at July 07, 2021 09:46 PM (waV4y)
Yo, Double C!!
Posted by: Doof at July 07, 2021 09:50 PM (mZUr4)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 07, 2021 09:47 PM (Uv+O+)
This post was sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce or whatever its name in Chinese is.
Posted by: Loving at July 07, 2021 09:50 PM (2gMtq)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 07, 2021 09:51 PM (XGAZE)
Posted by: LASue at July 07, 2021 09:23 PM (Ed8Zd)
I have been to Concrete, Washington. They mined limestone there for the manufacture of cement. So they came by the name honestly.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 07, 2021 09:51 PM (nS4Je)
Posted by: JordanKai61
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For some here, disagreement equates to being a commie coward who hates America.
Posted by: SMH at July 07, 2021 09:51 PM (a/6Gi)
Posted by: Surfer at July 07, 2021 09:52 PM (/rmQf)
Posted by: SFGoth at July 07, 2021 09:52 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: callsign claymore at July 07, 2021 09:52 PM (waV4y)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Psychos Rule! No, really. They're in charge now. (HaL55) at July 07, 2021 09:52 PM (HaL55)
Not my team, but respect the accomplishment.
Posted by: Doof at July 07, 2021 09:53 PM (mZUr4)
By the way, take the sterilization vaccine. You're welcome!
Posted by: t-bird at July 07, 2021 09:53 PM (lACLv)
Posted by: pep at July 07, 2021 09:17 PM (ZsR3z)
Economic reality will smack them in the face. If their stupid enough not to learn, well...
Posted by: clutch at July 07, 2021 09:53 PM (9UmRs)
Posted by: Parametric at July 07, 2021 09:53 PM (eOSuW)
What could possibly go wrong?
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California still has prisoners?
Posted by: SFGoth at July 07, 2021 09:53 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: SMH at July 07, 2021 09:44 PM (a/6Gi)
Well thankfully it's not everybody.
Just mark cards, like I do. There's a certain panache to marking someone's card.
Posted by: ... at July 07, 2021 09:53 PM (Sq5xa)
Posted by: kbdabear at July 07, 2021 09:53 PM (qAR6u)
Posted by: whig at July 07, 2021 09:49 PM (pO7gM)
On what planet do you live?
Posted by: Mortral at July 07, 2021 09:55 PM (CHX9P)
What I hoped to convey in my post is that you should NOT participate in a rigged game. We all know now that it is rigged. Voting for R because it is better than D is not a good strategy, and I hope that point was made in what I wrote.
Where I do recommend participation is when your vote can make an actual difference, such as voting for a sheriff who will not enforce gun regulations or voting out a school board member.
Speaking for myself, I do not consider you a communist for not participating in elections. Refusing to vote R after what they did is a rational choice, IMO. It just isn't a choice I am making.
Posted by: Dave in Fla (5p7BC) at July 07, 2021 09:55 PM (5p7BC)
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Nah... I mean a couple people are dicks about it. But most are just very committed to a political party. They have been for decades, and it's going to take a lot to change that... But, change it will. Not because any of us will convince them, but because their party does.
No use getting angry at them about any of it. Or vice versa.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 07, 2021 09:55 PM (Ink9N)
Posted by: Teething Baby at July 07, 2021 09:55 PM (2DOZq)
Sadly, you can no longer buy Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, which had morphine in it in addition to alcohol.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 07, 2021 09:55 PM (XGAZE)
Respect, or no convo.
Posted by: callsign claymore at July 07, 2021 09:56 PM (waV4y)
Posted by: will choose a nic later at July 07, 2021 09:43 PM (bTQ72)
Those are forbidden words here. MH will ban you.
Posted by: Undone at July 07, 2021 09:48 PM (Weyc+)
Wut???
Posted by: Doof at July 07, 2021 09:56 PM (mZUr4)
That's exactly why the 2024 team should be Trump/DeSantis. DeSantis appeals to conservatives but Trump appeals to the multitude.
By the time 2028 rolls around DeSantis will have much better voter recognition and voter appeal.
#twelve years
Posted by: Braenyard, (Zd0xi) at July 07, 2021 09:56 PM (ri5Bo)
Posted by: SMH at July 07, 2021 09:51 PM (a/6Gi)
Yeah, that was some bullshit. But from what I've seen from Dave, he at least respects our opinions.
Posted by: JordanKai61 at July 07, 2021 09:56 PM (K0bra)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 07, 2021 09:56 PM (BFigT)
Posted by: ... at July 07, 2021 09:57 PM (Sq5xa)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at July 07, 2021 09:57 PM (CZkqB)
Posted by: Winston, GOPe, not one dime, not one vote at July 07, 2021 09:57 PM (FtJ1S)
>Is this a trick question? It's so you can use the last two hotdogs to make a fucking sandwich. Morons!
Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 07, 2021 09:58 PM (3/BtT)
The old saying "a conservative is a liberal who just got mugged" still holds
Posted by: kbdabear at July 07, 2021 09:58 PM (qAR6u)
Posted by: Infidel at July 07, 2021 09:39 PM (dYrVA)
It's a horrible story. University of Chicago student. Shot while commuting from his summer internship. He was the same age as one of my kids.
I cannot imagine the pain.
Posted by: DaisyB at July 07, 2021 09:58 PM (Hswbs)
I respect your choice.
There are some here that do not respect mine.
That too is their prerogative.
Mine is to no longer interact with them.
Posted by: SMH at July 07, 2021 09:58 PM (a/6Gi)
https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN2ED1A6
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
yikes!
Posted by: vmom stabby stabbyt stabby stabamillion at July 07, 2021 09:58 PM (oEn12)
Posted by: Taqiyyologist
No kidding. Two weeks of Debrox, and the big ol' plug was softened up enough for the nurse to pull it out. Immediate and joyous recovery. She was almost as giddy about the success as I was. (She has a daughter who has had similar problems since infancy.)
Now I have no excuse of not hearing when Milady says something. It's a worthy trade-off.
Posted by: mindful webworker - Whhhaaaaaat? at July 07, 2021 09:58 PM (F8EBp)
Posted by: Braenyard, (Zd0xi) at July 07, 2021 09:59 PM (ri5Bo)
The old saying "a conservative is a liberal who just got mugged" still holds
Posted by: kbdabear at July 07, 2021 09:58 PM (qAR6u)
The current gen seems slow to learn, and instead blame their job for not paying enough.
Posted by: Bete at July 07, 2021 09:59 PM (Ojki1)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 07, 2021 09:39 PM (L2ZTs)
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My first lawyer job, all over again.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 07, 2021 09:59 PM (VxC1e)
Posted by: Dave in Fla (5p7BC) at July 07, 2021 09:55 PM (5p7BC)
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At one level, voting is an application of game theory and we should acknowledge that. In a game where two people are competing on a level playing field (vote or not vote), then it usually makes sense to vote more often than not. However, when one player cheats all the time, then the rational response over time is to either cheat as well or not play at all. I think we are long past that point.
Posted by: Lord Squirrel at July 07, 2021 09:59 PM (K5n5d)
My favorite is Big Otter.
Posted by: Doof at July 07, 2021 09:59 PM (mZUr4)
There are rarely only two options regarding what to do. Obviously, fighting politically to prevent general Vote by Mail is imperative. Laws against ballot harvesting are also important as are laws that punish misconduct by election officials including imprisonment and harsh fines. Banning any private entity from financing poll operations and workers is also quite doable. Removal of election officials in a county for misconduct, similar to removal of sheriffs, is also necessary. Louisiana passed a law (vetoed but might be overridden) going to paper ballots for example.
The major thing is that most people commenting have never actually done much in political fieldwork. Personal contact with potential voters bypasses the automatic disregard for campaign ads, flyers, robocalls, etc. Grassroots campaigns can work and overcome even very large financial differences and it is because an individual voter's opinions and vote is asked for. Read Robert Heinlein's Take Back Your Government how things used to work and can do so again.
Posted by: whig at July 07, 2021 09:59 PM (pO7gM)
*scroll down
Posted by: kbdabear at July 07, 2021 09:53 PM (qAR6u)
Where are the naked pics? Cheater.
Posted by: Vote for Marco Rubio, Best Russiagate Senator Ever at July 07, 2021 09:59 PM (IuKnD)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 07, 2021 09:51 PM (XGAZE)
Beats Bumfuck, Iowa, which probably doesn't exist but has been used by my parents on occasion when they are deciding where to send their ornery kids. Oddly, there is also a Bumfuck, Egypt, but I think that costs more in transportation costs.
Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at July 07, 2021 10:00 PM (SDdx5)
Posted by: ... at July 07, 2021 10:01 PM (Sq5xa)
Posted by: mindful webworker - for medical record purposes only at July 07, 2021 10:01 PM (F8EBp)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient, Believing in America at July 07, 2021 10:01 PM (rwusL)
Now I have no excuse of not hearing when Milady says something. It's a worthy trade-off.
Posted by: mindful webworker - Whhhaaaaaat? at July 07, 2021 09:58 PM (F8EBp)
I've felt near deaf on a couple occasions. And even Debrox seems to say "Nah, it ain't happening" on a few of them.
Posted by: Bete at July 07, 2021 10:01 PM (Ojki1)
Posted by: ... at July 07, 2021 09:57 PM (Sq5xa)
*wonders what Ellipsis has written on my card...*
Posted by: JordanKai61 at July 07, 2021 10:01 PM (K0bra)
Posted by: Just a side note at July 07, 2021 10:01 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: SFGoth at July 07, 2021 10:01 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: SMH at July 07, 2021 09:58 PM (a/6Gi)
Their loss IMHO!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Your Fearless Leaders Have, and Deserve, Special Privileges! at July 07, 2021 10:01 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Infidel at July 07, 2021 10:02 PM (dYrVA)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 07, 2021 10:02 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: whig at July 07, 2021 10:02 PM (pO7gM)
The storm wasn't too bad. I was mostly concerned with two ceramic pots I have in my front yard with small palm trees. I think I paid $400 per pot and felt like I was buying a new car when I brought them home last year. Muh babies!
Posted by: banana Dream at July 07, 2021 10:02 PM (f6xX0)
Posted by: ... at July 07, 2021 10:03 PM (Sq5xa)
Posted by: SMH at July 07, 2021 10:03 PM (a/6Gi)
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Laws are only as effective as the will to enforce them. As we all know now, laws are selectively enforced against the politically unfavored. So, what's the alternative?
Posted by: Lord Squirrel at July 07, 2021 10:03 PM (K5n5d)
Posted by: Tonypete at July 07, 2021 10:03 PM (mD/uy)
Posted by: Tonypete at July 07, 2021 09:16 PM (mD/uy)
You'll need to drink at least two of those, then rub some paregoric on the kid's gums.
Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman at July 07, 2021 10:03 PM (II3Gr)
Posted by: whig at July 07, 2021 10:02 PM (pO7gM)
Tell me more...
Posted by: Quentin Tarantino at July 07, 2021 10:04 PM (Ojki1)
Posted by: SMH at July 07, 2021 10:04 PM (a/6Gi)
That has now colored my interactions from here on out.
Posted by: SMH at July 07, 2021 09:44 PM (a/6Gi)
I'm loathe to say any more after this shitshow of a day at the HQ, but your thoughts echoed mine, so I'll do one last post to back you up and say some final thoughts.
I may be off base on this, but I feel like the two sides battling today are the CivNat Boomercons who get very angry when some people point out that our entire civic system has broken down and cynical, red-pilled GenXers who realize that no one's looking out for us and there's not going to be any deus ex machina (which is where I bin myself). There's a fundamental chasm in our views, and I don't know if it will be bridged. Being shrieked at by someone acting like an assmad proggie because you don't agree with their premises doesn't make one want to find common ground either.
You're cool, SMH, and I hope you stay active here.
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at July 07, 2021 10:05 PM (DXFDM)
Stop being so naive.
Posted by: Vote for Marco Rubio, Best Russiagate Senator Ever at July 07, 2021 10:05 PM (IuKnD)
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Saying something is "unimaginable" is probably overused, but what those parents endured truly is unimaginable to me.
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at July 07, 2021 10:05 PM (sWM8x)
Note to self
Keep this political stuff out of ont
Posted by: Mis Hum cell phone at July 07, 2021 10:05 PM (jGqoT)
Posted by: Dave in Fla (5p7BC) at July 07, 2021 10:05 PM (5p7BC)
Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at July 07, 2021 09:43 PM (SDdx5)
Favorite ptarmigan story: flying to Yellowknife, NWT, where the big charter outfit was Ptarmigan Airways. Drive to town, see a tumble-down log cabin, bearing huge letters that read: "Ptarmigan Pterminal".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 07, 2021 10:06 PM (cDujR)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Psychos Rule! No, really. They're in charge now. (HaL55) at July 07, 2021 10:06 PM (HaL55)
You are wise.
Posted by: ... at July 07, 2021 10:07 PM (Sq5xa)
Knew a prof of political science that claimed voting was irrational and so did not vote. His reasoning was that the potential payoff or loss was inconsequential versus the real cost of voting. The problem with that is that the payoffs or avoiding potential losses versus the relatively known costs are indeterminate because the payoff and avoidance of losses rely on players outside the individual vote in the voting game. The not voting supposition relies on the idea that the status quo on policy and society will move toward or at least not away from the non participating voter's wishes.
Posted by: whig at July 07, 2021 10:07 PM (pO7gM)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 07, 2021 10:06 PM (cDujR)
My husband came home with an art sticker that had a picture of a ptarmigan on it and the words "I gotta P!"
Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at July 07, 2021 10:07 PM (SDdx5)
Posted by: Infidel at July 07, 2021 10:07 PM (dYrVA)
Note to self
Keep this political stuff out of ont
Posted by: Mis Hum cell phone at July 07, 2021 10:05 PM (jGqoT)
So something more crowd uniting, like Zappa appreciation or ABBA night?
Posted by: Bete at July 07, 2021 10:07 PM (Ojki1)
So something more crowd uniting, like Zappa appreciation or ABBA night?
Posted by: Bete at July 07, 2021 10:07 PM (Ojki1)
Crossbows RULE!
Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman at July 07, 2021 10:08 PM (II3Gr)
Posted by: Mis Hum cell phone at July 07, 2021 10:08 PM (jGqoT)
But you're OUR America Hating commie coward, and we love you, Sis! *COB whispers into JSND's ear*
What? You mean she's not an America Hating commie coward, but just respectfully disagrees with a contentious assertion? Well, I never! ONT Greetings, Horde! *pours bourbon* CHEERS!
SMH
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at July 07, 2021 10:09 PM (QzJWU)
The Conservative Case for Voting GOP
This is how much the GOP has failed us.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at July 07, 2021 10:09 PM (5We2S)
Not my team, but respect the accomplishment.
Posted by: Doof at July 07, 2021 09:53 PM (mZUr4)
Good. They beat the insufferable Froggies.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 07, 2021 10:09 PM (cDujR)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at July 07, 2021 10:09 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: callsign claymore at July 07, 2021 10:09 PM (waV4y)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 07, 2021 10:09 PM (VxC1e)
Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman at July 07, 2021 10:08 PM (II3Gr)
Can you fire a tire iron as a bolt out of a big enough one?
Posted by: Bete at July 07, 2021 10:09 PM (Ojki1)
Something I did not know:
A lick is a small watercourse or an ephemeral stream. It ranks hydrologically between a rill and a stream.
*Flippin is not a typo either
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 07, 2021 10:10 PM (BFigT)
Vicinage (justice within a district--i.e. jury and judge) is an important concept that should not be discarded but vicinage has never had to apply to the prosecutors brought into a district as special prosecutors.
Posted by: whig at July 07, 2021 10:10 PM (pO7gM)
Posted by: Muldoon at July 07, 2021 10:11 PM (Xwt96)
Posted by: Mis Hum cell phone at July 07, 2021 10:08 PM (jGqoT)
Saturday nights all right (for fighting)?
Posted by: Bete at July 07, 2021 10:11 PM (Ojki1)
Posted by: Joe Pesci at July 07, 2021 10:11 PM (mD/uy)
Apparently the Engineers are mad at humans because we killed Jesus. Seriously, they sent the bio-weapon ship to kill us all because of it, decided we were too violent and had too much hubris.
And so when old guy Guy Pearce mouths off and has his flunkie beat up the annoying girl it sets the Engineer off.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 07, 2021 10:12 PM (DpkTQ)
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Your choice isn't mine, but it isn't unreasonable. I understand it. I certainly won't criticize you for it.
Personally, I think we can't possibly win, but we have to fight anyway.
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at July 07, 2021 10:12 PM (sWM8x)
Very much appreciate you making a reasoned, non-invective argument for your viewpoint. Again, I respect you even though I don't necessarily agree with you. I personally don't care if people vote or don't vote. I have no purity test there.
I wish others would quit trying to stir up drama saying you were being attacked, when I saw little to none of that.
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at July 07, 2021 10:12 PM (DXFDM)
The eventual downfall of the Toad Suck Fairy was when he followed a women outside of the shoe store,tackled her and started sucking her toes (sandals). Got a good id of the perp and thus he went to prison.
Potential movie title, Once Upon A Time in Toad Suck.
Posted by: whig at July 07, 2021 10:12 PM (pO7gM)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 07, 2021 10:10 PM (BFigT)
So it takes small watercourses to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop? No wonder the world will never know.
Posted by: Bete at July 07, 2021 10:12 PM (Ojki1)
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I thought Flippin was in Arkansas. Lotta nice bass boats made there.
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at July 07, 2021 10:13 PM (sWM8x)
Posted by: Bete at July 07, 2021 10:09 PM (Ojki1)
Sure, but then it's more ballista than crossbow.
Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman at July 07, 2021 10:14 PM (II3Gr)
Posted by: Bete at July 07, 2021 10:14 PM (Ojki1)
Posted by: Herr Frau Doktor vmom at July 07, 2021 09:28 PM
I picture her as the mom in the red dress at the wake in The Sixth Sense. The one that poisoned/killed the first daughter and was working on the second.
Posted by: Chuck C at July 07, 2021 10:14 PM (EughT)
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Saying something is "unimaginable" is probably overused, but what those parents endured truly is unimaginable to me.
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at July 07, 2021 10:05 PM (sWM8x)
Maybe taking him off life support is the wrong answer? What happens if, 5 years from now, some means is found to regenerate severed nerves?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 07, 2021 10:14 PM (cDujR)
I know you're the limerick king but have you ever done off the cuff verse?
I thought of you while telling someone about my late partner, who was a writer, poet and photographer.
Coming back from hikes she'd make her notes for the article she'd write and then ask me for a word.
Something random. She'd spell the word out and using the first letter for each line she'd produce a poem.
It was fascinating to watch.
Posted by: Winston, GOPe, not one dime, not one vote at July 07, 2021 10:14 PM (FtJ1S)
Posted by: callsign claymore at July 07, 2021 10:15 PM (waV4y)
Posted by: Just a side note at July 07, 2021 10:15 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Just a side note at July 07, 2021 10:16 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Muldoon at July 07, 2021 10:11 PM (Xwt96)
There once was a fan of Pat Boone
Who woke up each day around noon
But he drank at the bar
And locked himself in his car
When he couldn't amuse Muldoon
Posted by: ... at July 07, 2021 10:16 PM (Sq5xa)
Posted by: Blanco Basura -(SchxB)- moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at July 07, 2021 10:17 PM (SchxB)
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I couldn't object regardless of what they chose. Way over my pay grade.
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at July 07, 2021 10:17 PM (sWM8x)
Posted by: Blanco Basura -(SchxB)- moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at July 07, 2021 10:17 PM (SchxB)
I don't know.
Posted by: Just a side note at July 07, 2021 10:18 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Bete at July 07, 2021 10:14 PM (Ojki1)
Well I don't know about Muldoon, but that amused the hell out of me.
Posted by: JordanKai61 at July 07, 2021 10:18 PM (K0bra)
Posted by: Blanco Basura -(SchxB)- moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at July 07, 2021 10:18 PM (SchxB)
Posted by: Blanco Basura -(SchxB)- moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at July 07, 2021 10:17 PM (SchxB)
I don't know.
Posted by: Just a side note at July 07, 2021 10:18 PM (2DOZq)
Because.
Posted by: Bete at July 07, 2021 10:18 PM (Ojki1)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 07, 2021 10:19 PM (pbStR)
Posted by: SMH at July 07, 2021 10:19 PM (a/6Gi)
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at July 07, 2021 10:19 PM (DXFDM)
Posted by: Winston, GOPe, not one dime, not one vote at July 07, 2021 10:14 PM (FtJ1S)
*cough* me *cough*
Posted by: JordanKai61 at July 07, 2021 10:20 PM (K0bra)
That's why I'm going to take my reduced benefit at 62.
Posted by: Just a side note at July 07, 2021 10:20 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Muldoon at July 07, 2021 10:11 PM (Xwt96)
A muse, abuse, a ruse, cut loose, Panama!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 07, 2021 10:21 PM (cDujR)
The list could have included Pumpkin Center, though. Pronounced "punkin." Or Arab, AL. Pronounced "ay-rab."
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at July 07, 2021 10:22 PM (sWM8x)
Thought I'd try to give our Muldoon a slight lift.
But the Muse was too shy, and my wit left me dry.
And left me Muldoomed, and that is no shit.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at July 07, 2021 10:22 PM (QzJWU)
I was not going to fee up to it though without your consent.
How are you? Staying cool and out of the smoke, I hope?
Posted by: Winston, GOPe, not one dime, not one vote at July 07, 2021 10:22 PM (FtJ1S)
Deafening chorus of kids: "YELLLL!"
Posted by: mindful webworker - a quiet little town at July 07, 2021 10:23 PM (F8EBp)
That has now colored my interactions from here on out.
Posted by: SMH at July 07, 2021 09:44 PM (a/6Gi)
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Think ellipsis caught some flame too.
There was a time when that would result in punitive action.
Posted by: Braenyard, (Zd0xi) at July 07, 2021 10:23 PM (ri5Bo)
Posted by: Just a side note at July 07, 2021 10:18 PM (2DOZq)
There is also a Nowhere, AZ.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 07, 2021 10:23 PM (cDujR)
Something random. She'd spell the word out and using the first letter for each line she'd produce a poem.
It was fascinating to watch.
Posted by: Winston, GOPe, not one dime, not one vote at July 07, 2021 10:14 PM (FtJ1S)
Beautiful minds are so amazing. I love to watch creative people at work. Where this fountain of creation, this muse comes from is a complete mystery to me. I can only watch. Creative people doing beautiful things forms a part of my hope for the future.
Posted by: banana Dream at July 07, 2021 10:23 PM (f6xX0)
Timbuktu is the classic. Bumfuck may be a corruption of that.
I've heard "Motherfucking Wisconsin" used in Chicago as a means of suggesting that a location is somewhat remote or inconvenient.
Speaking of ptarmigans, Chicken, Alaska was originally supposed to be named Ptarmigan, but when the miners were filling out the form to request a post office they couldn't agree on how to spell it. So, Chicken it is.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 07, 2021 10:23 PM (XGAZE)
Then I wrote it off saying there was no way I'd ever get to retire anyway.
Now I write it off saying the US government probably can't make it that long as a going concern.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 07, 2021 10:24 PM (Ink9N)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 07, 2021 10:23 PM (cDujR)
Where's that located?
Posted by: Just a side note at July 07, 2021 10:25 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Winston, GOPe, not one dime, not one vote at July 07, 2021 10:22 PM (FtJ1S)
It hasn't been very smoky here at all, strangely enough. And we're keeping cool, at least since the two power outages we had last week.
Posted by: JordanKai61 at July 07, 2021 10:25 PM (K0bra)
Nah, some of us are just frustrated by GOP impotence and taking it out on anyone implying our vote will count. Lucy with the football, again.
It's a sticky situation because in our hearts we know what it means, what must come next, and we don't have the Will for it. We believed in violence only as a last resort, never thought it would come to that, but it's now looming in the background as more and more alternatives get crossed of the list. And that's frightening.
We can't fight the Left, so we kick the puppy instead.
I still don't agree with you premise, but I admit that doing *something* at the local level (your idea) is better than venting online and pretending anyone with spirit is an FBI mole.
Posted by: Hoyt's Paid Turkish Provocateur at July 07, 2021 10:25 PM (83lwH)
Posted by: Just a side note at July 07, 2021 10:20 PM (2DOZq)
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Odds are you'll live long enough to come out ahead.
Just be sure and sign up for part B.
And a drug plan, you'll need 'em by then.
Posted by: Braenyard, (Zd0xi) at July 07, 2021 10:25 PM (ri5Bo)
Watching her work magic with words was always something to treasure. Throw in a wicked sense of humor and we had a lot of fun.
Posted by: Winston, GOPe, not one dime, not one vote at July 07, 2021 10:26 PM (FtJ1S)
Posted by: Just a side note at July 07, 2021 10:25 PM (2DOZq)
It is a disused microwave tower between Wickenbug and Wickiup, on Hwy. 93.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 07, 2021 10:26 PM (cDujR)
Posted by: Blanco Basura -(SchxB)- moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at July 07, 2021 10:26 PM (SchxB)
"Don't let the bastards grind you down "
Posted by: Doof at July 07, 2021 10:26 PM (mZUr4)
We were probably 10 minutes into the conversation before I realized that she was talking about a different place...Philadelphia, MS.
Nothing came of it.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 07, 2021 10:27 PM (1vynn)
Just be sure and sign up for part B.
And a drug plan, you'll need 'em by then.
Posted by: Braenyard, (Zd0xi) at July 07, 2021 10:25 PM (ri5Bo)
I think it takes about 12 years to get to the point where I lose money.
Posted by: Just a side note at July 07, 2021 10:27 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: ... at July 07, 2021 10:27 PM (Sq5xa)
I know you're the limerick king but have you ever done off the cuff verse?
Every couple of years I do a take-off of The Night Before Christmas. Most recently I did A Deer Camp Christmas.
Also, this year my local town library is publishing an anthology of COVID-inspired poetry and such. I took one of my COVID limericks (about the barmaid who went up the stair to see what was there and came down with a case of Corona) and wrote a poem about Corona where the first letter of each word spells out the limerick, just to see if I could sneak it past the judges. I think they are going to publish it because they sent me an e-mail saying they didn't have enough submissions, would I do another. Heh!
And then there was The 500 Masks of Bartholomew Cubbins.
https://tinyurl.com/500-masks-cubbins
Posted by: Muldoon at July 07, 2021 10:28 PM (Xwt96)
Power outages always suck. I've been lucky so far this summer.
It's actually been a very pleasant day today with a nice breeze. Not much use of the a/c yet.
No real local fires as yet but there are a lot of fools out there.
Posted by: Winston, GOPe, not one dime, not one vote at July 07, 2021 10:28 PM (FtJ1S)
Sadly yes. I still remember when two members of the Sad Puppies did unto me as was done to them. You would think they of all people would know better.
Sorry you took some hits.
Posted by: Hoyt's Paid Turkish Provocateur at July 07, 2021 10:29 PM (83lwH)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 07, 2021 10:29 PM (1vynn)
I've heard "Motherfucking Wisconsin" used in Chicago as a means of suggesting that a location is somewhat remote or inconvenient.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 07, 2021 10:23 PM (XGAZE)
Which is why we lovingly call them FIBS.
Our Friendly Illinois Buddies.
Posted by: Bete at July 07, 2021 10:30 PM (Ojki1)
Posted by: ... at July 07, 2021 10:27 PM (Sq5xa)
Dude - I would love to read that! I love palindromes. Such as...
Go hang a salami, I'm a lasagna hog.
Posted by: Doof at July 07, 2021 10:30 PM (mZUr4)
The Hungarian tennis star Fucsovic,
Has a girl who is a smoke-show bitch,
Which prompted Boris Becker,
To say "I'd serve her my pecker",
On live tv, that's no Djok-ovic.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at July 07, 2021 10:31 PM (5We2S)
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 07, 2021 10:31 PM (U2p+3)
There's no listing. There *is* a Nothing, Arizona. It's a ghost town.
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 07, 2021 10:32 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: callsign claymore at July 07, 2021 10:32 PM (waV4y)
Posted by: ... at July 07, 2021 10:27 PM (Sq5xa)
Wow, her verbal IQ must be off the charts
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at July 07, 2021 10:32 PM (DXFDM)
That's terrific. Do the people editing that book also edit for AP?
I ask because I have a genuine respect for writers and AP doesn't seem to have any that know how to use spell check or do research.
Makes me nuts somedays.
Posted by: Winston, GOPe, not one dime, not one vote at July 07, 2021 10:32 PM (FtJ1S)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 07, 2021 10:32 PM (cDujR)
https://tinyurl.com/500-masks-cubbins
Posted by: Muldoon at July 07, 2021 10:28 PM (Xwt96)
that was a classic.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, (x8Wzq) Unassuming Gentleman at July 07, 2021 10:33 PM (x8Wzq)
This calls for a song!
https://youtu.be/JUQDzj6R3p4
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at July 07, 2021 10:34 PM (DXFDM)
There's no listing. There *is* a Nothing, Arizona. It's a ghost town.
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 07, 2021 10:32 PM (L2ZTs)
Of course, it's not listed. You wouldn't want the tourist to spoil it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 07, 2021 10:34 PM (cDujR)
I'd love to see the palindrome work. That's a work of art.
Posted by: Winston, GOPe, not one dime, not one vote at July 07, 2021 10:34 PM (FtJ1S)
Posted by: Doof at July 07, 2021 10:26 PM (mZUr4)
LOL, thanks buddy. Only those absolutely closest to me know my true weaknesses - I have one or two. Being called names or a coward or feckless or whatever the fuck I'm supposed to be today ain't ever gonna be one of them.
The problem is while I do not seek it out, I find the combat fun and will grind my opponent into dust should I so choose. It makes people uncomfortable. Embarrasses them to watch. So I try to reel myself in because it's not my house or my rules.
That said, like the quiet man enjoying his drink at the bar, I will only ever take so much.
Posted by: ... at July 07, 2021 10:34 PM (Sq5xa)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 07, 2021 10:35 PM (yQpMk)
Posted by: Muldoon at July 07, 2021 10:35 PM (Xwt96)
https://bit.ly/36jW0mv
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 07, 2021 10:35 PM (yQpMk)
...Seriously, no way I click something that advertises that.
Posted by: Bete at July 07, 2021 10:37 PM (Ojki1)
Posted by: Doof at July 07, 2021 10:37 PM (mZUr4)
Posted by: SFGoth at July 07, 2021 10:37 PM (KAi1n)
Good thing we will be farther south, where the temps will be only in the mid 90s. But, altitude and arid conditions means I should be fine. It's always the humidity what makes me miserable.
80 degrees in Ohio feels much more turrible than 95 in the Rocky Mountain West.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, (x8Wzq) Unassuming Gentleman at July 07, 2021 10:37 PM (x8Wzq)
https://bit.ly/36jW0mv
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 07, 2021 10:35 PM (yQpMk)
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Thank's I needed that.
Posted by: Braenyard, (Zd0xi) at July 07, 2021 10:37 PM (ri5Bo)
There once was a barmaid named Mona
Who worked at a club in Sedona
She went up the stair
To see what was there
And came down with a case of Corona!
Posted by: Muldoon at July 07, 2021 10:37 PM (Xwt96)
Posted by: Muldoon at July 07, 2021 10:35 PM (Xwt96)
You're so good I had to make sure that wasn't a palindrome.
Posted by: Just a side note at July 07, 2021 10:37 PM (2DOZq)
Yeah, there's one in Arkansas, too.
It's a family name.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 07, 2021 10:37 PM (XGAZE)
Posted by: Winston, GOPe, not one dime, not one vote at July 07, 2021 10:34 PM (FtJ1S)
Unfortunately it was burned. Long story. It really did work, too. Her mind is just on another level for certain things.
Posted by: ... at July 07, 2021 10:38 PM (Sq5xa)
****
So the entire three pages read the same backwards and forward? Or was it a story told with a series of palindromes?
Posted by: Muldoon at July 07, 2021 10:40 PM (Xwt96)
There once was a 'ron called Muldoon
His limericks made all the 'ettes swoon
He knows it's not cool
To flaunt the 100 comment rule
So he makes sure not to post them too soon
Posted by: JordanKai61 at July 07, 2021 10:40 PM (K0bra)
"I'd love to, but I've got a bad case of gonorrhea."
"Bring it over, these people will drink anything."
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 07, 2021 10:40 PM (XGAZE)
Posted by: ... at July 07, 2021 10:40 PM (Sq5xa)
There is most certainly a Nowhere, AZ.
I've been there.
Bought a round for the bar. Nice folks.
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 07, 2021 10:40 PM (vBO1h)
Posted by: Pod Hamp at July 07, 2021 10:40 PM (RBFmA)
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 07, 2021 10:41 PM (vBO1h)
His limericks made all the 'ettes swoon
He knows it's not cool
To flaunt the 100 comment rule
So he makes sure not to post them too soon
Posted by: JordanKai61 at July 07, 2021 10:40 PM (K0bra)
Noice!!
Posted by: Pug Mahon, (x8Wzq) Unassuming Gentleman at July 07, 2021 10:41 PM (x8Wzq)
That is sad. Utah State University has a long term project to collect and digitize both poetry and outdoor writings.
They contacted me and asked for her archives. Along with any books taht inspired her. 17 bankers sized boxes later thyey have it all. I warned them to have a large number of interns, grad students and other such literary coolies to go through it all.
Posted by: Winston, GOPe, not one dime, not one vote at July 07, 2021 10:42 PM (FtJ1S)
Posted by: Pod Hamp at July 07, 2021 10:40 PM (RBFmA)
Nowh- ere
Posted by: Just a side note at July 07, 2021 10:42 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Muldoon at July 07, 2021 10:42 PM (Xwt96)
Posted by: Muldoon at July 07, 2021 10:40 PM (Xwt96)
Entire three pages read the same forward and backwards. It was not perfectly grammatical but it was a clear story. She's not all there.
Posted by: ... at July 07, 2021 10:42 PM (Sq5xa)
I hear ya. We all have our points that we won't be pushed past. Just sucks to see that crap around here. This place is a crucial respite for me. I can find arguments anywhere. Don't want any here. (My "feud" with TJM doesn't count --- haha)
Posted by: Doof at July 07, 2021 10:42 PM (mZUr4)
LOL one of those plots that was better off staying vague.
Like how Nick Fury lost his eye.
Or how Han Solo got his name.
Posted by: Hoyt's Paid Turkish Provocateur at July 07, 2021 10:43 PM (83lwH)
Posted by: Winston, GOPe, not one dime, not one vote at July 07, 2021 10:43 PM (FtJ1S)
Trippin in Flippin. Somewhere a photo exists. Not digital
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah (sJHOI) at July 07, 2021 10:43 PM (sJHOI)
Posted by: ... at July 07, 2021 10:45 PM (Sq5xa)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, (x8Wzq) Unassuming Gentleman at July 07, 2021 10:37 PM (x8Wzq)
Safe travels, Pug!!
Posted by: Doof at July 07, 2021 10:45 PM (mZUr4)
Posted by: Just a side note at July 07, 2021 10:37 PM (2DOZq)
Heh, glad it wasn't just me.
Posted by: JordanKai61 at July 07, 2021 10:45 PM (K0bra)
https://IMGur.com/a/X5lDCSf
I don't think you can argue here that the GOPe is a rational path to an improved nation. And I also don't think you can argue for complete avoidance of civic duty. Both of those are strawmen arguments of course and probably weren't an element of the arguments here. Just trying to highlight different dead ends.
As for me, I wish to dismantle any authoritarian power structure that minimizes me the individual. If that means participating with the Rs to destroy the Rs from the inside. Sure. But I'm never going to support a politician again in the hopes that they or their party will advance. I vote for me and mine. I'm that wrecker you always hear leftists complain about; which is funny because their efforts in 2020 to now have helped make me who I am.
I very much welcome Dave's input and will use it towards my own goals which are completely unconnected with what the GOPe wants.
Posted by: banana Dream at July 07, 2021 10:46 PM (f6xX0)
Posted by: Winston, GOPe, not one dime, not one vote at July 07, 2021 10:42 PM (FtJ1S)
That is super cool.
Posted by: ... at July 07, 2021 10:46 PM (Sq5xa)
Life is a risk, click at your own:
youtube.com/watch?v=ePFWvEI1gFc&t=954s
Posted by: mindful webworker - no matter what you do it's going to look like a mistake at July 07, 2021 10:47 PM (F8EBp)
Posted by: JordanKai61 at July 07, 2021 10:49 PM (K0bra)
Posted by: Muldoon at July 07, 2021 10:49 PM (Xwt96)
Posted by: Just the punchline at July 07, 2021 10:49 PM (HLwmB)
https://IMGur.com/a/X5lDCSf
Posted by: banana Dream at July 07, 2021 10:46 PM (f6xX0)
So it wasn't ghosts? Bummer.
Posted by: JordanKai61 at July 07, 2021 10:50 PM (K0bra)
*Narrows eyes*
Now what was he getting into?
Posted by: Bete at July 07, 2021 10:50 PM (Ojki1)
*****
Heh!
Shorty
Shorty's Beer Bar and Hamburger Grill in Chattanooga Tennessee
Posted by: Muldoon at July 07, 2021 10:51 PM (Xwt96)
Posted by: JordanKai61 at July 07, 2021 10:50 PM (K0bra)
Could be ghost rats.
Or soon to be ghost rats.
One of the two.
Posted by: Bete at July 07, 2021 10:51 PM (Ojki1)
Posted by: Douglas Hofstadter at July 07, 2021 10:53 PM (HLwmB)
Posted by: JordanKai61 at July 07, 2021 10:53 PM (K0bra)
Posted by: Just a side note at July 07, 2021 10:53 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Pod Hamp at July 07, 2021 10:53 PM (RBFmA)
The tattoo says Little, unless I get a bit excited. Then it says Little Rock Arkansas Junior Chamber of Commerce, Executive Vice President.
Posted by: Another Punchline at July 07, 2021 10:54 PM (XGAZE)
Posted by: JordanKai61 at July 07, 2021 10:53 PM (K0bra)
Maybe it is like Iceland and Greenland, named to make sure the riff raff go to the wrong place?
Posted by: Bete at July 07, 2021 10:54 PM (Ojki1)
Posted by: Doof at July 07, 2021 10:45 PM (mZUr4)
Thanks. I am avoiding the "quicker" route of Denver to I-70. Going over the hill to Steamboat, Craig and Meeker, then to Rifle. Sounds like a much longer drive, but it really is not much different, especially given the abundant mudslide activity in Glenwood Canyon.
Besides, I love that part of CO.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, (x8Wzq) Unassuming Gentleman at July 07, 2021 10:54 PM (x8Wzq)
Posted by: JordanKai61 at July 07, 2021 10:50 PM (K0bra)
No, unless they're ghost-possessed rats. I have a "rodent exclusion" team coming by to talk next steps. I can't figure out how they're getting up there and I want to stop that. I think the fact that my crawl space feral cats seeming to be gone and now I see rats up there may be connected.
Posted by: banana Dream at July 07, 2021 10:54 PM (f6xX0)
Posted by: Just a side note at July 07, 2021 10:53 PM (2DOZq)
Why did I think this was a Muldoon?
Posted by: ... at July 07, 2021 10:55 PM (Sq5xa)
Posted by: James E OBrien at July 07, 2021 10:55 PM (k0caX)
Or soon to be ghost rats.
One of the two.
Posted by: Bete at July 07, 2021 10:51 PM (Ojki1)
You asked for it!
https://youtu.be/Efup3SWRBOA
Posted by: Doof at July 07, 2021 10:56 PM (mZUr4)
the very first rul of fight club
Posted by: confederatefifth at July 07, 2021 10:57 PM (jd3OK)
Posted by: J
you new to the hq?
we had / have a jordan but you are bunches funnier.
Posted by: confederatefifth at July 07, 2021 10:57 PM (jd3OK)
Posted by: Blanco Basura -(SchxB)- moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at July 07, 2021 10:57 PM (SchxB)
Is it just me or goes Ghost give off a Spinal Tap vibe?
Posted by: JordanKai61 at July 07, 2021 10:58 PM (K0bra)
Posted by: Just a side note at July 07, 2021 10:58 PM (2DOZq)
we had / have a jordan but you are bunches funnier.
Posted by: confederatefifth at July 07, 2021 10:57 PM (jd3OK)
Nope, still me. I changed my nic to go with my new hash.
Posted by: JordanKai61 at July 07, 2021 10:59 PM (K0bra)
Posted by: Blanco Basura -(SchxB)- moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at July 07, 2021 10:57 PM (SchxB)
In accordance with the way of AtC's people, you now have to burn your house down.
Sorry, cultural rules.
Posted by: Bete at July 07, 2021 10:59 PM (Ojki1)
****
Yeah- I-70 has been sketchy the last few weeks with frequent unpredictable mudslides in the canyon due to wildfire burn scar from last year.
On top of that, the other main E-W Hwy, US 50 through Gunnison is only open on weekends and short weekday stretches due to construction, probably into mid 2022.
So east-west travel through Colorado is severely affected.
The route through Steamboat and the southern tier (Hwy 160) from Walsenburg to Durango via Wolf Creek Pass are the only two reliable routes.
Posted by: Muldoon at July 07, 2021 10:59 PM (Xwt96)
Posted by: JordanKai61 at July 07, 2021 10:59 PM (K0bra)
Oh nice, I didn't notice that until now.
Posted by: banana Dream at July 07, 2021 11:00 PM (f6xX0)
Posted by: confederatefifth at July 07, 2021 11:00 PM (jd3OK)
Posted by: CppThis at July 07, 2021 11:01 PM (8h1h1)
Posted by: Bete at July 07, 2021 10:54 PM (Ojki1)
Could be. Especially since it's not far from Portland.
Posted by: JordanKai61 at July 07, 2021 11:01 PM (K0bra)
Posted by: JordanKai61 at July 07, 2021 10:58 PM (K0bra)
Yeah they're slightly odd enough. I enjoy the music of Ghost - but I struggle with that because they sure do seem to dabble in darkness
Posted by: Doof at July 07, 2021 11:01 PM (mZUr4)
Posted by: Doof at July 07, 2021 11:01 PM (mZUr4)
They sing too well. They need to have the gravelly demon possessed voice with that kind of music,
Posted by: Just a side note at July 07, 2021 11:03 PM (2DOZq)
The route through Steamboat and the southern tier (Hwy 160) from Walsenburg to Durango via Wolf Creek Pass are the only two reliable routes.
Posted by: Muldoon at July 07, 2021 10:59 PM (Xwt96)
I had considered I-80 through Wyoming, but I loathe, and I do mean loathe, that stretch of interstate; far too many trucks. Plus my destination is Torrey, which is in the canyon lands of Utah, which would have added hours to my trip. So, all in all I am content with my current plan.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, (x8Wzq) Unassuming Gentleman at July 07, 2021 11:05 PM (x8Wzq)
Posted by: CppThis at July 07, 2021 11:01 PM (8h1h1)
You might even just call that "text".
Meanwhile I love this "commonality" shit. Such a beautiful thing.
Someone from the NBA should publicly ask the Chinese what they think about black people, and then announce this stuff about "commonality" again.
Posted by: ... at July 07, 2021 11:05 PM (Sq5xa)
Posted by: Muldoon at July 07, 2021 11:05 PM (Xwt96)
Posted by: Just a side note at July 07, 2021 11:03 PM (2DOZq)
Opeth did this well, a bit of creepy melody building to cookie monster then back to creepy melody. The lead had a very pleasing voice when he wanted to show you, draw you in.
But they went a bit too far into prog for me after ghost reveries.
Posted by: banana Dream at July 07, 2021 11:09 PM (f6xX0)
The German view on hold/scoot was always split, between different personalities and level of command. Once the extent of the Italian collapse (military) had become clear, and of course when Mussolini was deposed, there was unanimity - fight a delaying action but don't risk any of the quality units that had been sent to reinforce, get them out when before they are trapped.
And it was no cake walk. Not in the latter stages, against the better German formations - and against, of course, possibly the most defense-friendly terrain that saw battle in WWII. Mountainous, few roads or passable routes.
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at July 07, 2021 11:09 PM (OTzUX)
Posted by: CppThis at July 07, 2021 11:09 PM (8h1h1)
Posted by: Muldoon
Warm water and one of those bulb thingies...effective and disgusting.
Posted by: Some Rat in the Swamp at July 07, 2021 11:10 PM (r1z5A)
What a fucking shitshow that sounds like.
I love the implication, by the way: That way back in 2010 it was considered "okay" for someone like Raylan to bash a bad guy's head into a steering wheel. So now instead of setting the show in grimy 1981 Detroit and bringing another Leonard world to life, we need to correct Raylan Givens and pay penance for ever more of the Left's lies.
If that's the case, count me way the hell out. And I wouldn't be half as worried were it not for everything being destroyed in this direction.
Posted by: ... at July 07, 2021 11:11 PM (Sq5xa)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 07, 2021 11:12 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: rhomboid
******
How long did the Sicily campaign laast? A few weeks? My understanding on a superficial level is that the American forces were very inexperienced, and didn't really face any substantial as they crossed North Africa so they looked at Sicily as a sort of training exercise before the 'main eevent'. Couldn't they have just bypassed Sicily a la the Pacific island hopping technique?
Posted by: Muldoon at July 07, 2021 11:13 PM (Xwt96)
Posted by: Some Rat in the Swamp at July 07, 2021 11:10 PM (r1z5A)
Yes, this is the way. The air wax remover drops probably help a bit. But it's the bulb that gets it out. And it is a massive amount too, like the OP up top said.
Posted by: banana Dream at July 07, 2021 11:13 PM (f6xX0)
Posted by: Muldoon at July 07, 2021 11:13 PM (Xwt96)
Posted by: Doof at July 07, 2021 11:01 PM (mZUr4)
Mr. Jordan61 likes them and has been to a couple of concerts. I don't know why, but they have always struck me as very campy. Hence my Spinal Tap vibe.
Posted by: JordanKai61 at July 07, 2021 11:13 PM (K0bra)
Posted by: ... at July 07, 2021 11:14 PM (Sq5xa)
Posted by: Some Rat in the Swamp at July 07, 2021 11:14 PM (r1z5A)
As for comparing Ghost to Kiss, that's like comparing filet mignon to doggie doo (except for Ace, he's cool).
Posted by: Pug Mahon, (x8Wzq) Unassuming Gentleman at July 07, 2021 11:14 PM (x8Wzq)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 07, 2021 11:15 PM (cDujR)
clearly this is a conspiracy of Big Mustard
Posted by: Kindltot at July 07, 2021 11:15 PM (ySM85)
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at July 07, 2021 11:15 PM (OTzUX)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 07, 2021 11:16 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: banana Dream at July 07, 2021 11:13 PM (f6xX0)
Sounds like somebody needs the Ronco Ear Auger.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 07, 2021 11:16 PM (cDujR)
I might have misread something.
Posted by: confederatefifth at July 07, 2021 11:16 PM (jd3OK)
Posted by: Muldoon at July 07, 2021 11:17 PM (Xwt96)
What a fucking shitshow that sounds like.
I love the implication, by the way: That way back in 2010 it was considered "okay" for someone like Raylan to bash a bad guy's head into a steering wheel. So now instead of setting the show in grimy 1981 Detroit and bringing another Leonard world to life, we need to correct Raylan Givens and pay penance for ever more of the Left's lies.
If that's the case, count me way the hell out. And I wouldn't be half as worried were it not for everything being destroyed in this direction.
Posted by: ... at July 07, 2021 11:11 PM (Sq5xa)
I kinda had a feeling they'd woke it up. I'll watch it but already have my head turned sideways slightly and am squinting.
I'm finishing the PRONTO book soon. Next will be RIDING THE RAP. Then I'll read CITY PRIMEVAL
Posted by: Doof at July 07, 2021 11:18 PM (mZUr4)
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at July 07, 2021 11:18 PM (UHVv4)
Posted by: CppThis at July 07, 2021 11:18 PM (8h1h1)
Posted by: Muldoon at July 07, 2021 11:17 PM (Xwt96)
That, and a little hydrazine, and you could have a nice weekend on Mars.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 07, 2021 11:18 PM (cDujR)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 07, 2021 11:19 PM (63Dwl)
clearly this is a conspiracy of Big Mustard
Posted by: Kindltot at July 07, 2021 11:15 PM (ySM85)
Nathan's hot dogs come in 8 packs. Problem solved.
You hitched yet?
Posted by: JordanKai61 at July 07, 2021 11:19 PM (K0bra)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, (x8Wzq) Unassuming Gentleman at July 07, 2021 11:19 PM (x8Wzq)
Posted by: Muldoon
So, we got an oxidizer and a fuel source.
Posted by: Some Rat in the Swamp at July 07, 2021 11:19 PM (r1z5A)
Posted by: JordanKai61
-------
I have been to Paradise MI. It wasn't.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 07, 2021 11:20 PM (1vynn)
Posted by: JordanKai61 at July 07, 2021 11:13 PM (K0bra)
Nice hash and clever change to your nic!!
Posted by: Doof at July 07, 2021 11:20 PM (mZUr4)
Posted by: Pug Mahon
***
Safe travels Pug. Wave at G Jitty City for me as you pass through!
Posted by: Muldoon at July 07, 2021 11:20 PM (Xwt96)
Posted by: Some Rat in the Swamp at July 07, 2021 11:21 PM (r1z5A)
Posted by: CppThis at July 07, 2021 11:18 PM (8h1h1)
I wasn't a KISS fan but I went to a concert (connection to our Civic Center) and i have to say it was good.
Posted by: Just a side note at July 07, 2021 11:21 PM (2DOZq)
There was a House M.D. plot like that.
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at July 07, 2021 11:21 PM (UHVv4)
if not I would suggest that we refer to that as the confedratefifth gambit.
Posted by: confederatefifth at July 07, 2021 11:21 PM (jd3OK)
Posted by: Marco Rubio, Russiagate Senator at July 07, 2021 11:21 PM (2eov2)
Posted by: Doof at July 07, 2021 11:18 PM (mZUr4)
Awesome to hear. I remember really enjoying the first two but don't remember much about them. I believe Riding the Rap is the one they based episode 3 of season 1 off of. You will recognize things.
You HAVE to let me know when you start City Primeval! Such a fun read.
Posted by: ... at July 07, 2021 11:22 PM (Sq5xa)
Aw, dry your eyes, I'll be back.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, (x8Wzq) Unassuming Gentleman at July 07, 2021 11:19 PM (x8Wzq)
Safe travels, Pug.
Posted by: JordanKai61 at July 07, 2021 11:22 PM (K0bra)
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at July 07, 2021 11:22 PM (UHVv4)
Posted by: InCali at July 07, 2021 11:23 PM (ov5G+)
Posted by: Funsize (EiPf6) at July 07, 2021 11:23 PM (EiPf6)
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at July 07, 2021 11:18 PM (UHVv4)
Nice
Posted by: ... at July 07, 2021 11:23 PM (Sq5xa)
Posted by: Some Rat in the Swamp
--------
*ponders ear-cleaner called Wax Blaster*
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 07, 2021 11:23 PM (1vynn)
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at July 07, 2021 11:23 PM (UHVv4)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, (x8Wzq) Unassuming Gentleman at July 07, 2021 11:19 PM (x8Wzq)
may your travels be as smooth as the waters of mount ararat, throws water over car.
Posted by: confederatefifth at July 07, 2021 11:24 PM (jd3OK)
Actually the US faced a few rough spots in North Africa - most famously Kasserine - but those led to changes, and by the end of the Tunisia campaign, the US forces were starting to find their rhythm a bit.
Of course the British generally had much more combat experienced, having been at it for almost 2 years before we were in the war, and their vastly greater experience vs. the Americans was a factor in giving British forces the "main" job in Sicily - landing on the eastern side and driving north to Messina. The Americans did such a good job taking all of western Sicily quickly (albeit against crumbling Italian opposition) that by the time came for the final phase, Alexander and Montgomery had a lot more confidence in the US ground forces.
As to skipping Sicily. Sardinia and Corsica were also considered (and included in deception efforts) as targets. It was felt that Sicily offered the best geographic option - air cover from Malta and North Africa being the biggest consideration. Mainland Italy would have been beyond the range of intensive/constant air operations (air power was not carrier-based, as in the Pacific).
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at July 07, 2021 11:24 PM (OTzUX)
Posted by: Muldoon at July 07, 2021 11:24 PM (Xwt96)
Posted by: Vote for Marco Rubio, Best Russiagate Senator Ever at July 07,
2021 09:59 PM (IuKnD)
for that you go to Madame Voyeur
Posted by: Kindltot at July 07, 2021 11:24 PM (ySM85)
Posted by: JordanKai61
I have been to Paradise MI. It wasn't.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
Climax, MN, induces nothing of the sort.
Posted by: mikeski at July 07, 2021 11:24 PM (P1f+c)
Posted by: The Mountain Goats at July 07, 2021 11:25 PM (HLwmB)
Posted by: Doof at July 07, 2021 11:20 PM (mZUr4)
Thanks, I can't remember who suggested I add the "kai."
Posted by: JordanKai61 at July 07, 2021 11:25 PM (K0bra)
You HAVE to let me know when you start City Primeval! Such a fun read.
Posted by: ... at July 07, 2021 11:22 PM (Sq5xa)
Will let you know! Pronto is fun. Some differences for Raylan (former Marine and father of 2 boys) compared to Justified. I like the "prequel" glimpse into Tommy Bucks, the guy Raylan shot in the pilot episode. I should finish it this weekend.
My son really enjoyed watching Justified. We got him the paperback collection of Elmore Leonard's short stories with Fire in the Hole for his birthday. He asked for it. So cool that he's into it!!
Posted by: Doof at July 07, 2021 11:26 PM (mZUr4)
I think it was a wolf.
Posted by: T
I think it is stan in the tan van you are trying to find.
Posted by: confederatefifth at July 07, 2021 11:26 PM (jd3OK)
*****
Yeah, I thought that might be the overriding concern. Wasn't sure about distances involved. So Sicily served as a static aircraft carrier, heh.
Posted by: Muldoon at July 07, 2021 11:26 PM (Xwt96)
Good to know there is no use or nobility in trying to save the things that made this country great.
Posted by: sven at July 07, 2021 11:27 PM (Lzpvj)
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at July 07, 2021 11:22 PM (UHVv4)
Heh. I don't remember exactly but it was somebody like Iron Maiden or Judas Priest.
Posted by: Just a side note at July 07, 2021 11:28 PM (2DOZq)
"Dábale arroz a la zorra el abad"
It means: "The fray gave rice to the female fox"
Posted by: Little Rubio, Russiagate Senator at July 07, 2021 11:28 PM (i7zNK)
My son really enjoyed watching Justified. We got him the paperback collection of Elmore Leonard's short stories with Fire in the Hole for his birthday. He asked for it. So cool that he's into it!!
Posted by: Doof at July 07, 2021 11:26 PM (mZUr4)
Can't ask for more than that. I wish I had discovered Leonard earlier than I did. I didn't know anything about him when Jackie Brown (Rum Punch) came out. That's another fun book, and worth reading even if you saw the movie.
Posted by: ... at July 07, 2021 11:29 PM (Sq5xa)
Posted by: JordanKai61 at July 07, 2021 11:29 PM (K0bra)
Ah well at least Greta Bork Bork will be happy-that's what matters.
Posted by: sven at July 07, 2021 11:29 PM (Lzpvj)
Posted by: Muldoon at July 07, 2021 11:29 PM (Xwt96)
Posted by: Funsize (EiPf6) at July 07, 2021 11:29 PM (EiPf6)
Posted by: sven
They are not capable of construct, so they always opt for destruct.
Posted by: Some Rat in the Swamp at July 07, 2021 11:29 PM (r1z5A)
bar band at best. Their relevant discography consists of, what, one
barely intelligible live album? But I do have some respect for the
incredible marketing genius of Gene Simmons.
Posted by: CppThis at July 07, 2021 11:18 PM (8h1h1)
At the time kiss was good for young guitar players to hone their skills, because Ace Frehley was good, but just easy enough to learn shit at a decent pace, since we were learning shit from vinyl, and that was a pain in the fucking ass lifting the needle off the album every 5 seconds. You did have have to get the fuck out after a bit, because you will eventually hit a wall. Once you learn a few albums you're not going to learn anything more skill wise and its best to move on.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 07, 2021 11:30 PM (VwHCD)
And to address one more part of Muldoon's question, yes, the whole operation was seen as a learning experience prior to the cross-Channel invasion planned for less than a year hence. And it was a ground-breaker in many ways. Largest amphibious op in history, to date, first major Allied joint operation, first major operation against European continent.
Debut of the amazing American logistics machine, that kept forces in the west supplied during their rapid advance, despite the primitive and difficult conditions. This particularly caught the eye of Alexander and Montgomery, as it was beyond anything the Brits had ever managed. So in this way too a foretaste of the campaign in France and into Germany.
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at July 07, 2021 11:31 PM (OTzUX)
Posted by: Muldoon at July 07, 2021 11:31 PM (Xwt96)
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at July 07, 2021 11:31 PM (UHVv4)
No way that could go wrong, right?
https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN2ED1A6
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 07, 2021 09:49 PM (XGAZE)
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One word: Hitlerian.
Posted by: Biden's Dog at July 07, 2021 11:32 PM (lEZJY)
Posted by: Muldoon at July 07, 2021 10:11 PM (Xwt96)
biohackers are creating a brew-your-own bioreactor to make insulin at near zero cost: Open Insulin Foundation
https://tinyurl.com/p9c3z45a
Posted by: Kindltot at July 07, 2021 11:32 PM (ySM85)
Posted by: ... at July 07, 2021 11:29 PM (Sq5xa)
He's a great writer for sure. I'm hoping to read stuff that was made into movies before seeing said movies. There's a bunch I haven't read/seen.
Evidently there was a TV movie of Pronto in the 90s. Not good according to reviews
Posted by: Doof at July 07, 2021 11:32 PM (mZUr4)
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at July 07, 2021 11:33 PM (UHVv4)
Pretty sure they've done a cannonball into the deep end.
Posted by: callsign claymore at July 07, 2021 11:33 PM (waV4y)
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at July 07, 2021 11:34 PM (9d8OE)
Posted by: Muldoon at July 07, 2021 10:11 PM (Xwt96)
Republicans are fighting for YOU! and not their bank accounts
Posted by: a dude in MI at July 07, 2021 11:35 PM (+I6Y/)
But for now, I'm checking out.
Posted by: Muldoon at July 07, 2021 11:35 PM (Xwt96)
Posted by: confederatefifth at July 07, 2021 11:36 PM (jd3OK)
If the country becomes a one party state without the martial zeal FDR had we will be dislodged abruptly within 15 years as the pre-eminent global logistic power.
Americans take a lot of the benefits of our power for granted, I am past caring at this point if the young are ineducable by life and forensic artistry to protect what should be their birthright.
Rather than exerting the spiritual, political, and social effort to try to stop the rain I will become a hermit and take up gardening.
Posted by: sven at July 07, 2021 11:36 PM (Lzpvj)
Posted by: Doof at July 07, 2021 11:32 PM (mZUr4)
Yes to both counts and Raylan was played by none other than James LeGros. AKA Wade Messer.
Equally I recommend Out of Sight and then watch the movie if you can stand Clooney. I've never rated Jennifer Lopez as an actress but she plays Karen Sisco, Female Raylan - and I think she pulls it off.
Posted by: ... at July 07, 2021 11:36 PM (Sq5xa)
But it wasn't always thus. One of the more interesting and obscure but important theaters was the Med from spring 1940 (when Italy entered the war) on. Italy's navy was hamstrung by fuel shortages, and lack of coordination/cooperation from their air force. Notwithstanding this, the Reggia Marina was a serious problem for the UK, and no joke, as many perceive WWII Italian forces to have been.
But by July '43 the Brits, with US help, dominated the Med completely.
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at July 07, 2021 11:36 PM (OTzUX)
Posted by: confederatefifth at July 07, 2021 11:36 PM (jd3OK)
They weren't run off so much as they slipped on banana peels
Posted by: ... at July 07, 2021 11:37 PM (Sq5xa)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 07, 2021 11:38 PM (ySM85)
I will either be like the Siberians who had no idea the Soviet Union existed or I will be somewhere else.
Posted by: sven at July 07, 2021 11:38 PM (Lzpvj)
Thanks. As always, I appreciate your insights.
G'night all.
Endeavour to persevere!
Posted by: Muldoon at July 07, 2021 11:39 PM (Xwt96)
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at July 07, 2021 11:39 PM (9d8OE)
Pronto was Peter Falk playing peter Falk not Harry Arno....
I am a Falk fan so I tolerated it, but the literary Raylan is more like the character in Pronto than parts of Justified.
Posted by: sven at July 07, 2021 11:40 PM (Lzpvj)
And anyone who hasn't seen Denzel in the film of Mosely's "Devil in a Blue Dress" (1995) is missing a treat. Don Cheadle as Mouse steals every scene he's in, plus you got yer Tom Sizemore, yer Maury Chayken, and others.
Posted by: Fou Troll at July 07, 2021 11:40 PM (HLwmB)
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at July 07, 2021 11:40 PM (9d8OE)
Posted by: ... at July 07, 2021 11:40 PM (Sq5xa)
Yes - a plaster plant is there (still, I think).
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at July 07, 2021 11:41 PM (OTzUX)
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at July 07, 2021 11:42 PM (9d8OE)
Posted by: Methos at July 07, 2021 11:43 PM (kOpft)
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at July 07, 2021 11:41 PM (OTzUX)
Home town of the famous only non-ghey fashion designer, Plaster of Paris.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 07, 2021 11:43 PM (cDujR)
Posted by: ... at July 07, 2021 11:43 PM (Sq5xa)
that's is put a period in there. get this over with.
the big thing as their success goes, was violent guys that talkd very slowly.
Posted by: confederatefifth at July 07, 2021 11:43 PM (jd3OK)
Posted by: Infidel at July 07, 2021 09:39 PM (dYrVA)
I hate to say it, but I think if I were family this would turn me into a very bad person with a very dark purpose, for the remainder of my life.
Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at July 07, 2021 11:43 PM (OssQ4)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 07, 2021 11:44 PM (QU5/8)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 07, 2021 11:44 PM (cDujR)
abolutely fucking stupid
maybe tied with that ozarks show.
Posted by: confederatefifth at July 07, 2021 11:44 PM (jd3OK)
It died off at the last moment it could avoid the woke cannon....
even then Wynona recucking Raylan was idiotic, I far preferred the literary Raylan being well rid of her but not the boys.
Posted by: sven at July 07, 2021 11:44 PM (Lzpvj)
https://twitter.com/TheBabylonBee/status/
1412882493854949378
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at July 07, 2021 11:44 PM (UHVv4)
Posted by: s
agreedPosted by: confederatefifth at July 07, 2021 11:45 PM (jd3OK)
Posted by: callsign claymore at July 07, 2021 11:45 PM (waV4y)
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at July 07, 2021 11:45 PM (9d8OE)
Nah they will likely blame the NRA not the gangbanger.
It is the new way of the world, the rain does not fall on the just and the unjust it falls because your neighbor has a car.
Posted by: sven at July 07, 2021 11:45 PM (Lzpvj)
are guaranteed to win until they are dislodged by the legit communists
they mainstreamed
If pew were even close to right, the Democrats wouldn't have had to steal elections in seven states to get their guy in.
Posted by: Methos at July 07, 2021 11:46 PM (kOpft)
Didn't look at the Pew thing that was discussed earlier, but gather from comments that it asserts what I find implausible: that Trump/GOP have been demographically outpaced, or something?
PA had record levels of party registration gainzz for the GOP after 2016. A few other states, as well. Trump won counties never before won by a GOP prez candidate in 2020. He had 50% or above approval, and increased his vote by more than any incumbent in history. All of which makes sense, when one remembers he was partly responsible for (not just a bystander) for the best economy in generations, possibly the best since the now mythical age-mist-shrouded 50s.
But there has been some magical tectonic shift towards defund the police, open borders, and a sluggish economy with high prices? Nah.
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at July 07, 2021 11:47 PM (OTzUX)
The Conservative Case for Voting GOP
This is how much the GOP has failed us.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger
"I know, I know. It seems unbelievably retarded, but hear me out..."
Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at July 07, 2021 11:48 PM (OssQ4)
Well DOOM! is regaled a lot....who knows?
I would have thought our fucking to fruition and not aborting our kids would send the trend our way eventually, BUT evidently educrat mind control is ironclad we are fucked en perpetual.
If only some republicans had been warning since the 80s that literal communists were "educating" our kids on history and civics and economics....
if only.
Posted by: sven at July 07, 2021 11:49 PM (Lzpvj)
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at July 07, 2021 11:49 PM (9d8OE)
Pretty sure they've done a cannonball into the deep end.
Posted by: callsign claymore at July 07, 2021 11:33 PM (waV4y)
I think you're right. I want to be able to like listening to them. But I know I shouldn't
Posted by: Doof at July 07, 2021 11:49 PM (mZUr4)
Posted by: CppThis at July 07, 2021 11:51 PM (8h1h1)
Oh sorry, I was just sharing a Pew "poll" from 2016.
Posted by: ... at July 07, 2021 11:51 PM (X4Ded)
Posted by: Doof at July 07, 2021 11:32 PM (mZUr4)
Yes to both counts and Raylan was played by none other than James LeGros. AKA Wade Messer.
Equally I recommend Out of Sight and then watch the movie if you can stand Clooney. I've never rated Jennifer Lopez as an actress but she plays Karen Sisco, Female Raylan - and I think she pulls it off.
Posted by: ... at July 07, 2021 11:36 PM (Sq5xa)
I have heard Out of Sight is really good. I hate Clooney but I do think he is a pretty good actor. And I don't mind looking at a young J Lo.
Wade Messer as Raylan. Interesting. I guess Damon Herriman (Dewey Crowe) wasn't available -- haha
Posted by: Doof at July 07, 2021 11:53 PM (mZUr4)
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at July 07, 2021 11:55 PM (9d8OE)
Posted by: ... at July 07, 2021 11:55 PM (X4Ded)
Posted by: CppThis at July 07, 2021 11:56 PM (8h1h1)
Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at July 07, 2021 11:56 PM (OssQ4)
Posted by: ... at July 07, 2021 11:56 PM (X4Ded)
Oh - and Natalie Zea can do ANYTHING she would like to me
Posted by: Doof at July 07, 2021 11:56 PM (mZUr4)
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at July 07, 2021 11:56 PM (9d8OE)
No worries,
Steiner will come
Posted by: Hoyt's Paid Turkish Provocateur at July 07, 2021 11:57 PM (83lwH)
On my fandom for Peter Falk, my final acceptance if DOOM DOOM! demographics are correct, or my general disdain for Wokeified?
There was not one alteration the showrunners made to the character of Raylan Givens that was superior to Leonard's character.
Posted by: sven at July 07, 2021 11:57 PM (Lzpvj)
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at July 07, 2021 11:58 PM (9d8OE)
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at July 07, 2021 11:58 PM (UHVv4)
Forge has talent...God-given talent.
Posted by: callsign claymore at July 07, 2021 11:58 PM (waV4y)
My counterpoint is "golly they said the same shit since 2004" but fuck it, optimism sucks ass and we should all move to NY so Fredo Fredo Gropo Cuomo can kill us with healthcare workers.
Posted by: sven at July 07, 2021 11:58 PM (Lzpvj)
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at July 07, 2021 11:55 PM (9d8OE)
Yeah she was easy on the eyes
Posted by: Doof at July 07, 2021 11:59 PM (mZUr4)
Posted by: Farmer at July 07, 2021 11:59 PM (55Qr6)
The character was an idiot, I resented the f*ck out of every level of interlocking "TAKE THAT!" from EVERY female he was involved with.
Posted by: sven at July 07, 2021 11:59 PM (Lzpvj)
Too bad you didn't really like Justified (my favorite show) but I was talking about the life and death stuff. I promised I wouldn't rehash and I won't, but we disagree on the current utility of certain voting and support strategies.
Posted by: ... at July 08, 2021 12:00 AM (X4Ded)
Anyone under 40 understands that you have to be out of your flipping mind to tell strangers that you're anything other than a lefty.
"I'm currently playing Fallout 4, with 40 mods. It's a start. My Skyrim build has 704 mods. But modding Fallout 4, while using mostly the same tools and techniques, is much more difficult. The engine is a bit more complex, and a lot more buggy. So far I've replaced all the textures, menus, maps, and done a sound and weather overhaul, plus numerous engine fixes and bug fixes. I'm going to do a playthrough before adding weapon, armor, animations, quests, areas, and combat overhauls.
Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at July 07, 2021 11:56 PM (OssQ4)"
I used to do a lot of that - but these days all the free time goes into preparing for doing mostly the same thing but IRL.
Posted by: somedood at July 08, 2021 12:01 AM (TZivQ)
Using FO4edit to pull a decent patch is vital to balancing bookoo mods.
I gave a lesson on it on an ONT a few years back.
Posted by: sven at July 08, 2021 12:01 AM (Lzpvj)
Is Devil in a Blue Dress the one where the killer identity jumps from person to person and sings a song? Or maybe that's Fallen.
Nah. I've seen that one, though, and it's creepy as hell.
DIABD is Rawlins getting laid off from his LA job in the late 40's/mid 50's (he's a vet, but I don't recall whether WWII or Korea) and having to find another line of work. Sizemore (evil incarnate) gives him work tracking down a woman that the mayor is trying to find. It's the first Mosely/Rawlins book. Lots of twists and turns.
Posted by: Fou Troll at July 08, 2021 12:01 AM (HLwmB)
Freaks me out every time. But then I don't have a cat.
Posted by: Blanco Basura -(SchxB)- moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at July 08, 2021 12:02 AM (SchxB)
Forge has talent...God-given talent.
Posted by: callsign claymore at July 07, 2021 11:58 PM (waV4y)
There's a really good live version of that song. Recorded in San Francisco. I have it on an Amazon Music playlist.
Posted by: Doof at July 08, 2021 12:02 AM (mZUr4)
Forge has talent...God-given talent.
Posted by: callsign claymore at July 07, 2021 11:58 PM (waV4y)
Yeah, that's a good one--and far higher quality than the typical all-hat-no-cattle shock rock act. It's stuff like that that makes me think if he/they dropped the theatrics for a little while and just focused on making some top quality content, the result could be really fantastic.
Posted by: CppThis at July 08, 2021 12:02 AM (8h1h1)
You vote or you don't complain-it is kind of like when i bolted on 14,000 followers on twatter because "voluntary insanity."
I "hate" justified so much I own it on digital media and physical media at a cost of about 130 bucks and gave away whole sets to elderly folks who needed a western in their twilight gratis on several occasions.
I am funny that way, acknowledging that Whore E Wood did what they do is accepting reality.
The Literary Rayalan would have laughed at Wynoma and left again.
Posted by: sven at July 08, 2021 12:03 AM (Lzpvj)
Posted by: sven at July 07, 2021 11:59 PM (Lzpvj)
You gotta stop sugarcoating things -- tell us how you really feel!! Haha
Posted by: Doof at July 08, 2021 12:04 AM (mZUr4)
Justified was good... and had its moments..
But... I'd put Babylon 5 above it...
and maybe the first couple seasons of hell on wheels.
And... Above and Beyond...
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 08, 2021 12:04 AM (oHd/0)
Posted by: sven at July 07, 2021 11:59 PM (Lzpvj)
I liked the way they represented the Leonard Females. Yeah not so much the ones with Raylan but they were all lively and none of them took shit, and NOT in the wahmen way. Hated that idiot social worker in Season 5.
Posted by: ... at July 08, 2021 12:04 AM (X4Ded)
backward (or mirror image) have a talent for palindromes or is that a
different part of the brain?
Posted by: Muldoon at July 07, 2021 10:49 PM (Xwt96)
I don't know, I can write sort of that way, it is a matter of resetting my mental references, but I can't do palindromes.
Once upon a time, when I was living the go-go-go no-margin lifestyle, I found I could ask for a word, pretty much any word and then spell it back with the letters in alphabetic order. (Cat is ACT, house is EHOUS) I was so wound up all the time I could dismember words like that, on the fly.
Can't do that any more, and my life is so much nicer now.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 08, 2021 12:04 AM (ySM85)
Posted by: Funsize (EiPf6) at July 08, 2021 12:05 AM (EiPf6)
Him getting shot by the bartender that looked like the gal I almost left the wife for was "meh", essentially the writers slipped into hate writing at the audience after season three.
and I am well "known" for my absolute subtle humor....
Posted by: sven at July 08, 2021 12:06 AM (Lzpvj)
The only animal that is welcome in my bed...
is a Hawt Female Human.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 08, 2021 12:06 AM (oHd/0)
I did not have a problem with the poker chick, or even the hill billy weed queen.
What I did have a problem with was Raylan's arc's fruition...so he gets Baretta's hat by the end.
Posted by: sven at July 08, 2021 12:07 AM (Lzpvj)
Posted by: ... at July 08, 2021 12:08 AM (X4Ded)
Posted by: SFGoth at July 08, 2021 12:09 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: SFGoth at July 08, 2021 12:09 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Jessica Yaniv at July 08, 2021 12:09 AM (HLwmB)
Posted by: Methos at July 07, 2021 11:46 PM (kOpft)
---
Piece if Cake...
Challenge Accepted!
Posted by: The DNC at July 08, 2021 12:10 AM (5Vl6w)
even then Wynona recucking Raylan was idiotic, I far preferred the literary Raylan being well rid of her but not the boys.
Posted by: sven at July 07, 2021 11:44 PM
If Raylan had any kind of self control, he would have stuck with Ava, and we would have had a much different show. Probably a few seasons shorter.
Posted by: Chuck C at July 08, 2021 12:10 AM (EughT)
Freaks me out every time. But then I don't have a cat.
Posted by: Blanco Basura -(SchxB)- moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at July 08, 2021 12:02
Can you give me the # of your pot connection?
Posted by: Farmer at July 08, 2021 12:10 AM (55Qr6)
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at July 08, 2021 12:10 AM (UHVv4)
Posted by: callsign claymore at July 08, 2021 12:10 AM (waV4y)
Posted by: SFGoth at July 08, 2021 12:11 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Jessica Yaniv at July 08, 2021 12:09 AM (HLwmB)
Uh... Hawt... FEMALE... human...
Strike three, the umpire said...
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 08, 2021 12:11 AM (oHd/0)
Great, good luck.
Their opponents literally want to take your car, your hot water, and eventually at a minimum your liberty and at worst gulag you until you are worked to cession.
It is important not just to cut off your nose to spite your face but to join the Arianan Dollar Shave Club I guess.
Me, I will vote even if I withhold my wealth from the nicklefuckers because get this I want my son to have freedom.
Posted by: sven at July 08, 2021 12:11 AM (Lzpvj)
Raylan was smart enough not to breed with the Neanderthal chick.
Posted by: sven at July 08, 2021 12:12 AM (Lzpvj)
Posted by: callsign claymore at July 08, 2021 12:13 AM (waV4y)
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 08, 2021 12:13 AM (oHd/0)
Posted by: JordanKai61 at July 07, 2021 11:19 PM (K0bra)
Next Saturday. It should be a nice day, but my only remaining Aunt won't be coming due to health reasons.
There will be a potluck afterwards.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 08, 2021 12:13 AM (ySM85)
Posted by: ... at July 08, 2021 12:13 AM (X4Ded)
also a k3wl PBS series in the early 80's, IIRC, up to and into the Battle of Britain, with an RAF fighter squadron
Posted by: The DNC at July 08, 2021 12:14 AM (5Vl6w)
Yes they had a chat on the vital nature of airpower to US efforts.
I am going to pass out, wife gets 2d jab tomorrow....
and yes she and I have probably killed ourselves by getting vaccinated or so the line went here on the ONT for a bit.
Luckily lad will live then, and inherit about 1.35 million in insurance if she and I cash out this year.
Posted by: sven at July 08, 2021 12:14 AM (Lzpvj)
Posted by: Blanco Basura -(SchxB)- moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at July 08, 2021 12:16 AM (SchxB)
Posted by: sven at July 08, 2021 12:11 AM (Lzpvj)
Here you said the key word. I don't see opponents in this game, I see partners in theft, and an otherwise illusory system. A system I have no intention of being an activr part of unless it's in support of someone who has *earned* my trust that they are not a fucking collaborator.
Meanwhile I did promise not to do this so I am happy to let you say what you want back and leave it there. I've made it clear where I stand and why. You can bet I am neither blind nor brainless.
Posted by: ... at July 08, 2021 12:18 AM (X4Ded)
Posted by: Blanco Basura -(SchxB)- moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at July 08, 2021 12:16 AM (SchxB)
Isn't it amazing that some shows have a cultural impact DECADES later.... that were not long lived?
Prisoner only had 17 episodes.
Star Trek the original Series? 3 seasons.
Kolchak, the Night Stalker? ONE season.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 08, 2021 12:20 AM (oHd/0)
Optimism is fine, as long as it's not displacement for something else. Like the battered wife who hopes if she keeps his dinner warm she won't get hit again.
Posted by: Hoyt's Paid Turkish Provocateur at July 08, 2021 12:21 AM (83lwH)
Right, well look you are a far nobler soul than I.
I think I have said "good luck" to you "FUCK THIS FUCK THIS KAYFABE NEVEr vote nomnomnom" TYPES what 20 times today?
Let's try again, your surrendering your franchise's use to the ballot harvesters who will happily vote on your behalf means you have in fact untied the gordian knot and are not only more moral than me, you are wiser, and probably smell better.
If only I had grasped back in 1988 when I started volunteering for the GOP and working door to door that there is no difference between actual legit no bullshit Antifa enabling communists and the spineless retards we send to combat them I could have saved thousands of dollars and manhours of my life.
Thank you, and good luck.
Posted by: sven at July 08, 2021 12:23 AM (Lzpvj)
Posted by: irongrampa at July 08, 2021 12:23 AM (KATBx)
Posted by: callsign claymore at July 08, 2021 12:23 AM (waV4y)
true but my fav scene is still Gutterson saying "miss" with so much contempt haha
https://tinyurl.com/ypthfnsr
Posted by: Hoyt's Paid Turkish Provocateur at July 08, 2021 12:24 AM (83lwH)
We have held legislative power more often than the left the last 20 years.
Yes "retards" but like the communists did with the sane democrats the key is the removal of your Cousin Olivers through primarying.
Posted by: sven at July 08, 2021 12:24 AM (Lzpvj)
You know I was once a pretty big NFL fan, and come to think on it MLB as well.
When I was 4 years old the Big Red Machine was in its heyday, and I was rather spoiled by their success.
My young mind grasped as the reds declined that even though a team may well be guaranteed not to win they still play the game, if only I had grasped that the NFL season should end week 4 when 31 of the teams destined not to be superbowl champs all quit.
Posted by: sven at July 08, 2021 12:28 AM (Lzpvj)
Yes "retards" but like the communists did with the sane democrats the key is the removal of your Cousin Olivers through primarying.
Posted by: sven at July 08, 2021 12:24 AM (Lzpvj)
But that is the exact reason some of us are willing to throw in the towel.
5 years ago... JUST 5 years ago... we gave the Repubs the House, the Senate, and the Presidency.... and essentially not a damn thing went our way.
NO major change... just maybe slowing down the opposition a bit.
So... you say we should vote for the Repubs???? WHY?
When they do nothing when we DO put them into power?
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 08, 2021 12:29 AM (oHd/0)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 08, 2021 12:29 AM (ySM85)
I find wangst to be unseemly, and I will not wallow in it for months like I did at my "best*" I tend to wade in the shallow end and then focus on things I enjoy more, like discussion of the Anglo-Dutch naval wars, or the similarities between the Roman and American openings of Britain and Japan.
Yes we were rolled with too much GOP "help" by a legit dementia addled fool who was borderline mongoloid at his "peak" through the willful actions of the civil service and media.
Guess we all oughta lie down then.
Posted by: sven at July 08, 2021 12:32 AM (Lzpvj)
Posted by: Romeo13
That's the problem. You are putting *them* into power and not *us*. Get involved. Reinvigorate local and state politics, especially state and local offices like secretary of state, school boards, etc. There's only so much we lawyers can do when you get to the "we need to sue" stage because you let bad legislation get enacted.
Posted by: SFGoth at July 08, 2021 12:32 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: SFGoth at July 08, 2021 12:11 AM (KAi1n)
That's where one of my kittehs sleeps though on top of the blanket. I make sure my legs are wide enough where she's in a comfortable valley and then I eventually move one leg or the other.
Posted by: Just a side note at July 08, 2021 12:33 AM (2DOZq)
Posted by: callsign claymore at July 08, 2021 12:33 AM (waV4y)
Posted by: confederatefifth at July 08, 2021 12:33 AM (jd3OK)
Posted by: SFGoth at July 08, 2021 12:34 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: callsign claymore at July 08, 2021 12:34 AM (waV4y)
whose "votes" were counted.
So not being registered may be the wise/complete move for those not intending to vote. You can de-register yourself.
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at July 08, 2021 12:34 AM (OTzUX)
Posted by: Xipe Totecl at July 08, 2021 12:35 AM (eJn7u)
Been there... done that... watched the process... and got shut the fuck out.
Even when me and some of my IT cronies put a business plan together to give a STATE a FREE IT infrastructure... with State of the Art Web Design...
They decided to PAY for someone with connections to do it for them... even though we would have not only been better... but free.
The system is corrupt. Period. The Repubs are, IMO, part of the Problem... not the solution.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 08, 2021 12:36 AM (oHd/0)
The democrats lost power in 1994 at the House level for the first time in 42 years. They kept the speaker for one term after that then they went full retard for Pelosi a commie curious c*nt.
Every time they have been rebuked at the polls do they tack to the middle?
F*ck no they tack left they are so far left in a hundred years they will be to the right of Reagan.
I am not saying not to make examples, I am not saying that ANY of these retards is worth keeping I am saying vote like your life depends on it because get this it just might.
Posted by: sven at July 08, 2021 12:36 AM (Lzpvj)
Sorry, to clarify, we offered these services to a State Republican Party... not a state government.
Turned down mainly because we were TEA Party types.
/spit.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 08, 2021 12:38 AM (oHd/0)
BTW, hello and it IS good to see you post again. Long time past when we posted on Hotair isn't it?
Posted by: irongrampa at July 08, 2021 12:38 AM (KATBx)
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 08, 2021 12:39 AM (oHd/0)
As with most things my knowledge of Sicily is micron-deep, but I am reading a book about the campaign and Muldoon has been bouncing his impressions off me for reaction.
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at July 08, 2021 12:39 AM (OTzUX)
Republicans were eerily quiet while Obama and Co gutted the country and stocked up our intelligence agencies and military. I pointed the sound of silence out at the time and got told I was an idiot, crazy etc, that they were "Fightin". But even among those who could hear the quiet, the excuse for the GOP back then was they didn't want to appear "racist".
Yet that same eerie quiet has settled over them again. Including most importantly about what happened this last "election".
There is a REASON for the silence and IMO it isn't blackmail or wanting to please the press. Or certainly not being afraid of being called racist.
Still haven't figured out what it is but I am becoming one with my theory that most of them have knowingly benefited from electoral fraud in the past, be it in primaries or whatever. I know I'll be called an idiot for that too, but that is where my speculation has lead me.
Posted by: ... at July 08, 2021 12:40 AM (X4Ded)
Part of what convinced me to walk away was hanging out here, funnily enough. It just became clear to me that I want vastly different things than most conservatives, who seem mostly interested in conserving whatever the status quo is at any given moment. That's a soulless endeavor that isn't worth a moment of my time or effort. I cannot achieve what I want with the GOP. We just have too little in common.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 08, 2021 12:41 AM (QU5/8)
It was and it has been and it is.
It's good to read you got your haircut. Yes most ONTs were politics free zones back in the day and I honored it for the most part unless it was a presidential cycle. I was sorta surprised to see DEMOGRAPHIC DOOM! tuning in tonight.
The wife retires this year, I may finally get to go home. I love my job for the most part, and I turned 49 this year. Believe it or not I am deciding whether or not to stop giving a damn about the direction of the country and human civilization.
I think I may finally just say "f*ck it" and go back to reading 60 history books a year and waiting to die.
Posted by: sven at July 08, 2021 12:42 AM (Lzpvj)
the problem is it did not START with Obama. It started with the Elder Bush.
I watched it happen, in both the military, AND Intelligence communities.
ergo, it started with REPUBLICANS. Dems just piled on later.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 08, 2021 12:42 AM (oHd/0)
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at July 08, 2021 12:43 AM (OTzUX)
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 08, 2021 12:43 AM (oHd/0)
Posted by: SFGoth at July 08, 2021 12:43 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: ... at July 08, 2021 12:43 AM (X4Ded)
Vote harder, more ruthlessly, and smarter or do what I may do when I go home finally and switch parties and try to stop the AOC communists from getting nominations.
Even that exercise in counter-intuitive civics is better than "WAHHHH WAHHHH the Karen Wine Moms of the Suburbs do not let us make real change!"
That has been a problem the GOP was aware of since 86.
Posted by: sven at July 08, 2021 12:44 AM (Lzpvj)
/fistbump
I'm old... for me it started with Perot... then accelerated with the TEA Party... then was Trumped.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 08, 2021 12:45 AM (oHd/0)
Posted by: Xi
the good thing is that arkansas got its revenge against tx with 30 years of the clintns. they got the rest of the country too.
Posted by: confederatefifth at July 08, 2021 12:45 AM (jd3OK)
Posted by: ... at July 08, 2021 12:46 AM (X4Ded)
Related, one I read a few years, ago, I'd strongly recommend "Struggle for the Middle Sea" by Vincent O'Hara. It's mostly about UK vs Italy, Royal Navy vs. Reggia Marina, which is a big story generally not well known. Pretty interesting. As I noted in a comment way above, Italy was no laughingstock or push-over for the Brits, when it came to the Med. They were a major problem.
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at July 08, 2021 12:49 AM (OTzUX)
Posted by: sven at July 08, 2021 12:52 AM (Lzpvj)
The car will likely get parted out. I don't think there is a way to make it not stink. And the mouse pee has rusted holes where rust holes should never be.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 08, 2021 12:55 AM (cDujR)
and this too is the story of Barack Obama and Mick E Maus....
Good seeing you AOP night-o....hopefully no churches get burned down near you.
Posted by: sven at July 08, 2021 12:57 AM (Lzpvj)
Posted by: irongrampa at July 08, 2021 12:57 AM (KATBx)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 08, 2021 12:55 AM (cDujR)
Which is a viable comment on the current US Government...
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 08, 2021 12:57 AM (oHd/0)
I gave a lesson on it on an ONT a few years back.
Posted by: sven
Yep, that's one of the tools I'm learning to use.
Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at July 08, 2021 12:57 AM (OssQ4)
Not specifically WWII only, but naval, and excellent, is Drachinifel. He recently had Jonathan Parshall, the leading US scholar of the Battle of Midway, on for 2 separate interview segments (long).
TIK is an interesting young Brit who focuses on the eastern front, and interacts/relies on many of the leading historians - British, American, German, and Russian.
One I only recently came across, very interesting stuff on the southwest Pacific, because Australian, is hypohystericalhistory. Operations Room does very high quality animated bits on specific battles.
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at July 08, 2021 12:58 AM (OTzUX)
Posted by: SFGoth at July 08, 2021 01:05 AM (KAi1n)
I was a USAF cop in the Carter years. Was detailed on a few occasions to secure various Crypto facilities.
Those Crypto pukes were so fucking proto-DeepState and leftward, as to be the grandparents of today's snowflakes. Thing about max-scoring induction test savants. They take those rankings to heart, and believe they're better than the rest. Not so much as one of them could change the tire on a '706, and maybe one could shoot Expert with the '16, out of a hundred. I dated a hawt Crypto chick. Head case by the end of the first dinner, and I opted to not close the deal. Even though she clearly disclosed the security key well before dessert.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at July 08, 2021 01:12 AM (QzJWU)
I did a brief stint in sales for a funeral home, pre-arranged where you pay off your funeral, casket and plot while you are younger. The whole "save your loved ones the burden so they aren't preyed on while they are grieving over you" spiel.
Needless to say, it was a very hard sell, everyone had horrible numbers except for this ONE lady who the manager kept holding up as proof the sales goals could not be met but even exceeded. Couldn't figure out what her secret was and I quit in frustration.
Came back a year later on other business and poked my head in to say hello. Guess what? The manager was now the "top salesmen" and the lady was the "manager". They were both managers, they just swapped places every few years when they got a batch fresh fish and played their roles. Pretending they were meeting the goals no one else could.
I think something similar is in play the GOP. Its the Establishment Party (E), the whole Dem-GOP dynamic is a ruse.
Posted by: Hoyt's Paid Turkish Provocateur at July 08, 2021 01:15 AM (83lwH)
85 I was in Hawaii... NavCamsEastPac... Wahiawa.
Largest Navy Com Station in the world.
We were ALL crypto types. Yes, lots of head cases... everyone had huge clearances...
But the parties were pretty crazy! LOL. Only base I was stationed at where the womenz outnumbered the Men.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 08, 2021 01:17 AM (oHd/0)
In the midst of this shit y'all need to remember that we are Americans, so you hold that head HIGH and PROUD. Our heritage requires this, especially now.
Goodnight, good people. Be safe and sleep well.
Posted by: irongrampa at July 08, 2021 01:19 AM (KATBx)
The proof that you're not far wrong, is the Granny Mothballs smell of the GOPe, and the long since rotted to moths corpse stench of the DNC.
Otherwise, at the viewing. Canapes, Hoyt's? Oh, and do vote harder, yes? Granny League of Women Voters would have wished it so, from you. *undertaker's leer*
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at July 08, 2021 01:20 AM (QzJWU)
A large part of the silence, is that they have SEEN others who rocked the boat, and got squashed.
When your job and the economic health of your family is on the line, its very easy to remain silent.
I WATCHED IT HAPPEN. Those who would agree with you privately, would Kow Tow to the 'politically correct' line, when asked.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 08, 2021 01:21 AM (oHd/0)
But I already knew I wanted to be nothing more than a One Hitch Wonder. I enlisted so as to get my Mom on as a dependent in her final years. Rules changed, and I failed. But did send her all but pocket change of my miserable Carter Years E-1 to E-3 salary.
Only regret was turning down a cush Pentagon assignment, as that would've tripled my distance from Mom. But it would've been a career-maker had I taken it. It was offered by a Lt. Gen., who thought I was an Outstanding Airman and Cop. But had I taken it, when my Mom was on her deathbed, I'd have not got that one final squeeze from her dying hand. And that was the world to me then. And now.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at July 08, 2021 01:26 AM (QzJWU)
NavCamsEastPac... Wahiawa.
I was there (D/W of XH) 85-88. He was at the Cal Lab
Posted by: JQ at July 08, 2021 01:30 AM (09wCi)
The story is about Biden's "Race war" he is stirring up among ranchers. I didn't know this, but there's a new debt relief bill for ranchers stricken by COVID. Except.... it specifically says "no whites allowed." Literally. No white ranchers are allowed to apply. This is Jim Crow level.
The Deseret News article actually interviews a green card Mexican rancher and a white female rancher who both oppose Biden's racist stuff. A federal judge slapped an injunction on it, saying "the way to stop discriminating on race is to stop discriminating on race." One of the few good lines from Roberts, I believe.
Link to the surprisingly good article: bit.ly/3AC6MT3
Posted by: Vance at July 08, 2021 01:31 AM (DN0pc)
Yeah, I kinda fell into the Navy... buddies car had broken down and he wanted a ride to the Navy Recruiter... 3 weeks late I was in boot camp (once they saw my test scores). Did not expect to make it a career, but its a very strange thing when you find something you are VERY VERY good at. Stuck it out as long as I could.
Never was a Hero... never wanted to be. Just did my job and made sure my Men made it home... but saw things, and did things... that when I tell the stories? Most think are bullshit... LOL.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 08, 2021 01:32 AM (oHd/0)
Posted by: SFGoth at July 08, 2021 01:32 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: JQ at July 08, 2021 01:35 AM (09wCi)
NavCamsEastPac... Wahiawa.
I was there (D/W of XH) 85-88. He was at the Cal Lab
Posted by: JQ at July 08, 2021 01:30 AM (09wCi)
85 I was in Consolidated Maintenance... shit... Main Comm building.... lived in the Barracks there.
87 I moved down Island to ComSubPac...
Electronics Tech... Hell... if you were there in 85? did you hear about the Tsunami Party? That was us... LOL.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 08, 2021 01:36 AM (oHd/0)
Yep that one line from Roberts is one of his only good ones. Another is his dissent in Hamdan v. Bush, where he unfortunately foreshadowed his own disastrous future by fairly angrily asserting that SCOTUS's frivolous behavior in that matter (military tribunals) threatened to unravel the entire constitutional order. Yeah, pal, tell us about it.
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at July 08, 2021 01:37 AM (OTzUX)
OH, and the Toga Party... that was us too... /smile
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 08, 2021 01:38 AM (oHd/0)
I had a silly little stuffed reindeer guarding my tip jar.
Posted by: JQ at July 08, 2021 01:40 AM (09wCi)
This April, I was able to visit my Mom's grave in Whittier, CA, for the first time, since she passed in 1978. My life has been a Texas Whirlwind, ever since that time. Literally. Choices you make young, become earthquakes you endure, older. Not complaining, but it is what it is.
The visit was profound, and I took pics of her marker. I'll not now discuss the "profound" part, other than that it ruined the moment, and the day.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at July 08, 2021 01:43 AM (QzJWU)
Either way the mayor's next 4 years are going to be filled with fixing this ever growing shit hole, so hopefully they don't have the time to push more bad ideas.
I'm surprised (or I missed) there wasn't a quick hit about little bitch Lebron being a little bitch and crying that an announcer pointed out his kid's special treatment. Never has a giant man, with so much money, been such a tiny little pussy.
Posted by: Rbastid at July 08, 2021 01:43 AM (XwTyM)
I had a silly little stuffed reindeer guarding my tip jar.
Posted by: JQ at July 08, 2021 01:40 AM (09wCi)
At the enlisted barracks we had a Pahteee.... started out with me sitting in my lawnchair, with my surfboard behind me... waiting for the 'wave'. Then Big Murph, a friend of mine, brought out his dive gear, and sat beside me... within a few hours we had over 100 people partying at the barracks.. would not let you join us unless you were at LEAST in a bathing suit.
Then... as every was on 2 2 2 and 80.... at 11 the Next crew got off work, and the party started all over again...
Actually got security to make a beer run for us... good times.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 08, 2021 01:43 AM (oHd/0)
Posted by: SFGoth at July 08, 2021 01:44 AM (KAi1n)
It was Treasure Island... near SAN FRANCISCO....
You had to be careful when asking about... 'head'...
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 08, 2021 01:46 AM (oHd/0)
Naw, I hung out mostly w/the Chiefs. XH was probly hotdoggin at the barracks' soiree...
Posted by: JQ at July 08, 2021 01:47 AM (09wCi)
Posted by: JQ at July 08, 2021 01:48 AM (09wCi)
Naw, I hung out mostly w/the Chiefs. XH was probly hotdoggin at the barracks' soiree...
Posted by: JQ at July 08, 2021 01:47 AM (09wCi)
Yeah, I was a Second Class PO then... made first that year, but was not hanging with the CPO set...
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 08, 2021 01:49 AM (oHd/0)
Posted by: JQ at July 08, 2021 01:48 AM (09wCi)
Scary... may have known them... LOL...
It was a very social atmosphere...
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 08, 2021 01:50 AM (oHd/0)
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at July 08, 2021 01:51 AM (OTzUX)
Posted by: Sjg at July 08, 2021 01:52 AM (gDSJf)
Posted by: JQ at July 08, 2021 01:54 AM (09wCi)
Uh, you do realize that posting any solution beyond voting, will get you on a Government watch list?
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 08, 2021 01:54 AM (oHd/0)
Posted by: JQ at July 08, 2021 01:56 AM (09wCi)
Crypto and Combat Controller, the highest.
I had the high scores, and opted for the lower rated position. Knew lots of cops, in my yooot. Lower Scores, they knew not. They'd have put many of the higher scores to shame.
From them, I learned much.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at July 08, 2021 01:57 AM (QzJWU)
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 08, 2021 01:54 AM (oHd/0)
If you're burnt out on national politics, you realize there's still city/county/state elections and measures?
Absolutely no one should be so far gone they think bullets are the only way out of this.
Posted by: Sjg at July 08, 2021 01:58 AM (gDSJf)
Posted by: JQ at July 08, 2021 02:03 AM (09wCi)
position.
(snipage)
Posted by: Jim at July 08, 2021 01:57 AM (QzJWU)
---
i had a GT of 133, and went 11H/B.
because, idiot, apparently. (that and too many John Wayne movies)
Posted by: The DNC at July 08, 2021 02:08 AM (YGF2X)
Posted by: The DNC at July 08, 2021 02:10 AM (YGF2X)
Posted by: JQ at July 08, 2021 02:10 AM (09wCi)
Surf Nazis?
Did not Hollywood teach us that "Surf Nazis Must DIE!
Hmmmmmmmmmmm!
Posted by: MachiasPrivateer at July 08, 2021 02:12 AM (EMi53)
Posted by: JQ at July 08, 2021 02:15 AM (09wCi)
Posted by: The DNC at July 08, 2021 02:16 AM (YGF2X)
Posted by: redc1c4 *OTUS Zhou Bai-Din Cheated & we all know it. at July 08, 2021 02:17 AM (YGF2X)
(sips coffee)
Posted by: Puddleglum at July 08, 2021 02:17 AM (QFVV9)
Posted by: redc1c4 *OTUS Zhou Bai-Din Cheated & we all know it. at July 08, 2021 02:17 AM (YGF2X)
Posted by: redc1c4 *OTUS Zhou Bai-Din Cheated & we all know it. at July 08, 2021 02:17 AM (YGF2X)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 08, 2021 02:18 AM (a4EWo)
Posted by: redc1c4 *OTUS Zhou Bai-Din Cheated & we all know it. at July 08, 2021 02:19 AM (YGF2X)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 08, 2021 02:21 AM (a4EWo)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 08, 2021 02:18 AM (a4EWo)
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at least i'm good for something besides being a bad example, eh?
Posted by: redc1c4 *OTUS Zhou Bai-Din Cheated & we all know it. at July 08, 2021 02:24 AM (YGF2X)
Had a laugh at the O Club one afternoon:
Raggy 2Lt was dishing me crap for my reindeer-mascot, CWO4 dressed the lil bitch down for not having any sense of humor.
Posted by: JQ at July 08, 2021 02:24 AM (09wCi)
Posted by: JQ at July 08, 2021 02:25 AM (09wCi)
Posted by: JQ at July 08, 2021 02:25 AM (09wCi)
Posted by: My Life is Insanity at July 08, 2021 02:31 AM (oph++)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 08, 2021 02:31 AM (a4EWo)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 08, 2021 02:32 AM (a4EWo)
Posted by: My Life is Insanity at July 08, 2021 02:34 AM (oph++)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 08, 2021 02:31 AM (a4EWo)
The NBA already views that slogan as a hate crime.
Posted by: Sjg at July 08, 2021 02:38 AM (gDSJf)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 08, 2021 02:43 AM (a4EWo)
I certainly was wrong!
Posted by: My Life is Insanity at July 08, 2021 02:47 AM (oph++)
Posted by: redc1c4 *OTUS Zhou Bai-Din Cheated & we all know it. at July 08, 2021 02:48 AM (YGF2X)
Posted by: Skip at July 08, 2021 02:51 AM (Cxk7w)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 08, 2021 02:51 AM (a4EWo)
because "LOLGF" is SOP here to dumbshit.
Posted by: redc1c4 *OTUS Zhou Bai-Din Cheated & we all know it. at July 08, 2021 02:53 AM (YGF2X)
Posted by: Skip at July 08, 2021 02:55 AM (Cxk7w)
Posted by: Skip at July 08, 2021 02:57 AM (Cxk7w)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 08, 2021 03:01 AM (a4EWo)
My art teacher niece made a dress out of film for a project when she was a student. It was amazing
Posted by: My Life is Insanity at July 08, 2021 03:02 AM (oph++)
Posted by: Summer of Love at July 08, 2021 03:02 AM (FJrl0)
Posted by: My Life is Insanity at July 08, 2021 03:02 AM (oph++)
Posted by: Skip
It's almost time for our local grocer to have MI blueberries here for sale by the 5lb box. Can't miss it this year
Posted by: My Life is Insanity at July 08, 2021 03:04 AM (oph++)
Posted by: My Life is Insanity at July 08, 2021 03:07 AM (oph++)
Posted by: Skip at July 08, 2021 03:15 AM (Cxk7w)
Posted by: Skip at July 08, 2021 03:16 AM (Cxk7w)
Still a stressful day for me, even after 13 years. Especially this year after my sister's crappy news.
I plan to do a bike ride after to deal with the stress
Posted by: My Life is Insanity at July 08, 2021 03:19 AM (oph++)
Posted by: Skip at July 08, 2021 03:19 AM (Cxk7w)
Posted by: My Life is Insanity at July 08, 2021 03:20 AM (oph++)
I really should be out the door but I'm still contemplating something to eat or not.
Posted by: My Life is Insanity at July 08, 2021 03:22 AM (oph++)
Posted by: m at July 08, 2021 03:31 AM (cME97)
Posted by: m at July 08, 2021 03:31 AM (cME97)
Posted by: My Life is Insanity at July 08, 2021 03:22 AM (oph++)
Eat a bite. It's always better to have that.
Posted by: m at July 08, 2021 03:34 AM (cME97)
Posted by: My Life is Insanity at July 08, 2021 03:35 AM (oph++)
Posted by: m at July 08, 2021 03:36 AM (cME97)
Posted by: My Life is Insanity at July 08, 2021 03:37 AM (oph++)
Posted by: My Life is Insanity at July 08, 2021 03:41 AM (oph++)
Posted by: Skip at July 08, 2021 03:54 AM (Cxk7w)
Posted by: Skip guy who says NOOD at July 08, 2021 04:11 AM (Cxk7w)
Posted by: JT at July 08, 2021 04:14 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: fenderbender at July 08, 2021 05:15 AM (r72iY)
I disagree. It's not a psy-op to point out that our current strategy isn't yielding results and that we should consider alternatives.
Some of those alternatives can't be discussed in a public forum. But even if someone doesn't have a solution, they can still identify which solutions aren't working.
For example, I don't know how to get the electricity turned back on, but I'm certain that stabbing the electrical socket with a knife over and over again is not getting us there
Posted by: Hoyt"s Paid Turkish Provocateur at July 08, 2021 06:20 AM (8bwM8)
Posted by: creeper at July 08, 2021 06:25 AM (XxJt1)
Posted by: creeper at July 08, 2021 06:28 AM (XxJt1)
Posted by: Biden's Dog at July 08, 2021 07:44 AM (lEZJY)
Ask a reasonable question, how many hotdogs?
Get a clear concise answer to your question and then FALSELY accuse your professor of being a spammer, repeatedly, even after several attempts to comply with your instructions and try changing the text as directed.
Poor baby, do you have a hangover this morning?.
Posted by: MachiasPrivateer at July 08, 2021 08:28 AM (EMi53)
@Muldoon/rhomboid:
Sicily was necessary in order to secure transit routes to Malta and the Suez. Malta was the key to the entire war in the Med, but the Germans, specifically, were not convinced. The Italians and British certainly knew it. German strategic planning centered on Italy and Greece as the important places.
Securing the route to Malta was certainly important in 1940-41, when NA was the only theater in which the British could engage the Axis, however, with the defeat of the Africa Corps in 1942 and the surrender of Italy the following year, the Sicilian and subsequent Italian campaigns became (mostly) irrelevant.
So, basically, we secured passage to Malta at exactly the moment it no longer became vital to secure passage to Malta.
Still, there was much learned that came in handy for Overlord.
Posted by: Matt Noto at July 08, 2021 12:51 PM (ZaYq5)
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