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Overnight Open Thread (12-21-2014)
The two officers [Wenjin Liu & Rafael Ramos] were pronounced dead at Woodhull Hospital, where their colleagues and family members huddled tearfully.City Council President Melissa Mark-Viverito and Mayor Bill de Blasio were less than welcome guests at the poignant gathering.
"We're all in this together," the mayor told grieving cops, according to a cop who was there.
"No we're not," one officer said tersely in response.
-- "Gunman executes 2 NYPD cops as 'revenge' for Garner," in the New York Post.
Tweet of the Day: PETA Honors A Man Who Killed A Groundhog On National TV
NYPD Union Chief: Mayor de Blasio Has Blood on his Hands
A throng of NYPD officers at New York's Woodhull Hospital turned their backs on Mayor Bill de Blasio as he arrived at a press conference on the execution-style murder of two New York cops, with police union president Pat Lynch claiming the mayor has "blood on [his] hands."
...Many NYPD officers were angry at de Blasio even before the killings, accusing the mayor of inciting weeks of protests and maligning an entire police department after a Staten Island grand jury decided not to try the cop who killed Garner.
And of course: De Blasio Attacks NYPD Officers That Turned Their Backs on Him
And why is the NYPD so angry at de Blasio? Mainly it has to do with the fact that he relies on the efforts of the police in keeping crime at an all-time low for his popularity yet at every opportunity he criticizes them and recently has been encouraging anti-NYPD protesters even as they chanted, "What do we want? Dead cops. When do we want it? Now!" He even met with protester group leaders secretly making promises to them while talking out the other side of his mouth in public. And the NYPD rank and file have had just about enough of his public defamation of them.
Matthew Hennessey explains in City on the Brink how the anti-cop attitudes among the city's progressive elites have created a rift between police on the streets and the city government.
And Neo-neocon points out that we may be returning to the 70s when 'revolutionary' assassination of police by groups such as the BLA were a regular threat. And there are hints that the NYPD may simply stop doing any more active policing:
"At least two units are to respond to EVERY call, no matter the condition or severity, no matter what type of job is pending, or what the opinion of the patrol supervisor happens to be," an e-mail widely circulated among cops advised Saturday night....The memo also pointed to potential slowdowns in arrest and ticketing activity: "IN ADDITION: Absolutely NO enforcement action in the form of arrests and or summonses is to be taken unless absolutely necessary and an individual MUST be placed under arrest," the statement said.
"These are precautions that were taken in the 1970s when police officers were ambushed and executed on a regular basis," the statement added.
Jonathon Last on Sony Pulling the Interview
I'm being flip here, but the truth is that I'm very, very sympathetic to Sony and the theater owners and if I were in their position, I would have done something very similar. Because this threat-however un-credible it is-points to an existential vulnerability of modern film-making....In one of the stories about The Interview a security consultant was quoted noting that while America has done a good job "hardening" big sporting events and airports, lots of targets-like shopping malls and movie theaters-remain soft, and are in need of hardening.
Maybe I'm wrong, but I suspect that people would not tolerate the "hardening" of the multiplex. They'd just stay away from it.
Which points to the real problem: You cannot "harden" the whole of American life. That's a logistical impossibility in a country this size. What you could do, in theory, is harden the American people. But I'm doubtful about that, too. This isn't a judgment; just an observation.
As a wise man once said, "Peace has cost you your strength; victory has defeated you."
Intimidating a studio to drop a film is outrageous - unless the Clintons do it
Mandy Rice-Davies of the Profumo Affair Dies at 70
Famous for the Profumo Affair (she was the roommate of Christine Keeler) and her dismissal of Lord Astor:
She became notorious for claiming to have had an affair with Lord Astor and for dismissing his denial when in the witness box during the trial at the Old Bailey.When told he had denied the affair, she famously retorted: "Well he would, wouldn't he?"
The quote was later added to the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations.
As for the Affair itself I'll let Mark Steyn explain:
It began like a movie: July 8th 1961. An unusually warm evening at a grand country estate. A girl in the swimming pool. She pulls herself up out of the water. She's beautiful, and naked. A larky lad in the water has tossed her bathing costume into the bushes. And among the blasé weekend guests dressed for dinner and taking a stroll on the terrace one man reacts with more than nonchalant amusement as the girl hastily wraps a towel around her. She leaves with someone else the next day. But not before the man on the terrace has enquired after her name.It was Christine Keeler. The house was Cliveden, country home of Lord Astor. The name of the fellow who threw away her swimsuit was Stephen Ward, to whom Bill Astor had rented a cottage on the estate for one pound a year. Ward was, formally, a society osteopath and basked in the dingy glow of reflected celebrity: his client list included Winston Churchill, Anthony Eden, and, when in town, Averell Harriman, Elizabeth Taylor and Frank Sinatra. The man in the dinner jacket so taken by the girl in the dripping towel was the Right Honorable John Profumo, Her Majesty's Secretary of State for War. The man the girl left with was another guest of Stephen Ward's, Yevgeny Ivanov.
Miss Keeler was a showgirl at Murray's cabaret club in Soho. Commander Ivanov was the Soviet naval attaché in London. "Showgirl" was a euphemism for call girl, "naval attaché" a euphemism for KGB intelligence officer.
It's hard to devise a precise contemporary parallel for "the Profumo affair" - imagine Donald Rumsfeld is having an affair with one of Mullah Omar's wives? - but in London it became the standard by which were measured all subsequent political sex scandals.
...In 1963, "Profumo" was shorthand for establishment hypocrisy. Across 40 years, he reclaimed the narrative, as a story of shame and redemption, of acting honorably, making the best of a sticky wicket and all the other allegedly obsolescent virtues of his class the sex and hookers had supposedly rendered risible. Had Stephen Ward not thrown a teenage girl's bathing suit into the topiary, John Profumo would have been noted as the last surviving member of the House of Commons to vote in the confidence motion of May 8th 1940, after the fall of Norway. He was one of only 30 Conservative MPs to join the opposition in declining to support the continued leadership of Neville Chamberlain and thus to usher Churchill into Downing Street. That vote changed the course of the war. But instead his place in history is as the man who saw a call-girl naked in a swimming pool.
The Winner and Still Champion After 10 Years
Even though it no longer exists.
Ibuprofen: The Key to a Longer Life?
In a series of experiments, the popular painkiller extended the life of yeast, worms and flies by around 15 per cent.What is more, the extra years were healthy ones.
In human terms, this would equate to an extra 12 years of good quality life. Put another way, people would be in good health for longer.
It also seems to help prevent skin cancer.
Hmm: Autism Linked to 3rd Trimester Pollution Exposure
It's just one study which means more studies need to be done to see if there's anything to it. No word yet from Jenny McCarthy.
Christmas in the 70s Versus Now
Weekly Commenter Standings
Top 10 commenters:
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5 [401 comments] 'Costanza Defense'
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Top 10 sockpuppeteers:
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2 [90 names] 'Blue Hen'
3 [72 names] 'Thin veneer of civility'
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7 [33 names] 'Woolly Bully'
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9 [28 names] 'Adriane'
10 [27 names] 'Nip Sip'
The group. Never heard of it.
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Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Arbalest at December 21, 2014 10:24 PM (FlRtG)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 21, 2014 10:24 PM (9kWyt)
Ibuprofen ... isn't it a kidney/liver killer?
Posted by: Arbalest at December 21, 2014 10:25 PM (FlRtG)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at December 21, 2014 10:28 PM (+Fae7)
Crap. Reid and Pelosi are going to live forever.
Posted by: Splunge at December 21, 2014 10:28 PM (qyomX)
Ibuprofen ... isn't it a kidney/liver killer?
Posted by: Arbalest at December 21, 2014 10:25 PM (FlRtG)
You're thinking acetaminophen (Tylenol) -- comparing the two in terms of toxicity is like comparing rat poison to beer.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 21, 2014 10:28 PM (T1005)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 21, 2014 10:29 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Country Singer at December 21, 2014 10:29 PM (nL0sw)
The longest night is the Obama Presidency.
Posted by: Splunge at December 21, 2014 10:29 PM (qyomX)
Posted by: Arbalest at December 21, 2014 10:25 PM (FlRtG)
No that's acetaminophen.
Posted by: Maetenloch at December 21, 2014 10:30 PM (wqVD1)
"So my line was held up when a guy was disputing the cost of an item. It was ticketed at 5.99 but he was charged a little of 6. Turns out, it was the tax. This was hard for him to accept, but once he realized it, the purchase was no longer economically reasonable. So everything had to be reset. "
Maybe the reason our message of lower taxes isn't reaching the LIVs is because they're so low information they don't even understand the existence of taxation.
Posted by: Lauren at December 21, 2014 10:30 PM (eJjhT)
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 21, 2014 10:30 PM (KCxzN)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 21, 2014 10:31 PM (9kWyt)
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at December 21, 2014 10:31 PM (RzZOc)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 21, 2014 10:31 PM (BNIaE)
acetaminophen
Excellent. The possibility for an extra 12 years of quality life gets my attention. When due to a not-problematic drug, that's even better.
Posted by: Arbalest at December 21, 2014 10:31 PM (FlRtG)
acetaminophen
Excellent. The possibility for an extra 12 years of quality life gets my attention. When due to a not-problematic drug, that's even better.
Posted by: Arbalest at December 21, 2014 10
After this weekend I no longer care
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 21, 2014 10:33 PM (9kWyt)
Never trust anyone that changes their name.
Posted by: Kreplach at December 21, 2014 10:33 PM (bKSy7)
Apparently 'Satan uses bunself pronouns, and that bun changed buns name from Lucifer to Satan due to transness'
More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=7638
Posted by: The Political Hat at December 21, 2014 10:34 PM (lN8KC)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 21, 2014 10:34 PM (BNIaE)
'The Bells of Christmas' by Loreena McKennitt
More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=7678
Posted by: The Political Hat at December 21, 2014 10:35 PM (lN8KC)
Posted by: The Political Hat at December 21, 2014 10:35 PM (lN8KC)
Posted by: Buzzion at December 21, 2014 10:36 PM (z/Ubi)
Posted by: Marion Morrison at December 21, 2014 10:37 PM (qyomX)
Posted by: Tmitsss at December 21, 2014 10:37 PM (Pa9vP)
Posted by: Jay Cutler at December 21, 2014 10:38 PM (qfd4W)
Posted by: Winter at December 21, 2014 10:38 PM (z/Ubi)
But it is awesome for musculoskeletal pain.
Posted by: Moki at December 21, 2014 10:38 PM (bAB8f)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 21, 2014 10:38 PM (BNIaE)
Posted by: Infidel at December 21, 2014 10:39 PM (1YT1i)
Posted by: Dirty Dingus McGee at December 21, 2014 10:39 PM (9R4HJ)
They were pretty cool.
Bob Hope always had hot chicks on.
Dean Martin practically licked their cleavage.
Posted by: eman at December 21, 2014 10:39 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: fairweatherbill bucking the wind at December 21, 2014 10:40 PM (r2vMO)
Posted by: Splunge at December 21, 2014 10:40 PM (qyomX)
How many of the cops vote for liberals and democrats?
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 21, 2014 10:40 PM (2pq7O)
Millions of dollars to suck and ride the bench. Life's not what it use to be.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 21, 2014 10:41 PM (BNIaE)
A 70s NYC is the desired endstate.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at December 21, 2014 10:41 PM (10ydV)
Posted by: Sven10077 at December 21, 2014 10:41 PM (0w913)
The NYPD shouldn't take any chances.
Stay home and rest.
Posted by: eman at December 21, 2014 10:41 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 21, 2014 10:34 PM (BNIaE)
I switched to Ibuprofen so I could take it with whiskey.
Posted by: Jean at December 21, 2014 10:41 PM (lPB7F)
Posted by: Splunge at December 21, 2014 10:42 PM (qyomX)
Go to the acetapimphen when I heed a pain killer.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 21, 2014 10:34 PM (BNIaE)
I'd advise that everyone avoid acetaminophen whenever possible. It has the lowest differential between "clinical dose" [the amount when it does any measurable good] and "LD-50" [when it kills half of those who receive the specified amount] of any OTC drug, and is either the #1 or #2 cause of acute liver failure in the US and UK every year. There are many safer and more effective alternatives, and its recurrent popularity is strong circumstantial proof that "the fix is in" with medications.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 21, 2014 10:42 PM (T1005)
Voxed!
Posted by: vox splainin' at December 21, 2014 10:43 PM (AbfZY)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 21, 2014 10:43 PM (9kWyt)
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 21, 2014 10:43 PM (2pq7O)
Screw it. NYC voted for DeStalino, they deserve everything they are going to get and more. Stupidity is its own reward.
Posted by: Sven10077 at December 21, 2014 10:43 PM (0w913)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 21, 2014 10:43 PM (BNIaE)
[cough; cough]
Posted by: mister bates' zombie wife at December 21, 2014 10:44 PM (AbfZY)
Please keep in mind that another thing you can take with whiskey is "more whiskey."
Posted by: Diageo at December 21, 2014 10:44 PM (qyomX)
Spent the weekend with the Scout troop at a climbing gym. Lots of fun had by all, but I am glad that a two week hiatus from Scoutmaster duties is at hand.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) at December 21, 2014 10:44 PM (ekmuQ)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 21, 2014 10:45 PM (BNIaE)
20
Go to the acetapimphen when I heed a pain killer.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 21, 2014 10:34 PM (BNIaE)
I'd
advise that everyone avoid acetaminophen whenever possible. It has the
lowest differential between "clinical dose" [the amount when it does any
measurable good] and "LD-50" [when it kills half of those who receive
the specified amount] of any OTC drug, and is either the #1 or #2 cause
of acute liver failure in the US and UK every year. There are many safer
and more effective alternatives, and its recurrent popularity is strong
circumstantial proof that "the fix is in" with medications.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 21, 2014 10:42 PM (T1005)
Oh, and that "margin of safety" shrinks markedly with alcohol consumption -- even amounts that won't even give you a buzz.
If acetaminophen is on the ingredients list, I won't have it in my house.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 21, 2014 10:46 PM (T1005)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at December 21, 2014 10:46 PM (eLjug)
It slags their livers, too.
Stay away from it.
It wouldn't make it past initial tox studies if it were newly discovered.
In the Pharma biz there are drugs we nickname "monkey killers".
Posted by: eman at December 21, 2014 10:46 PM (MQEz6)
Its because it is an anti-inflammatory... thus lets blood flow.... including white blood cells...
This has been talked about in medical circles for a couple of years....
Posted by: The Big Bad Wolf at December 21, 2014 10:47 PM (qh617)
http://tinyurl.com/qdpm9lz
Posted by: Splunge at December 21, 2014 10:40 PM
87.9% of statistics are made up
Trust me, I do math for a living
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 21, 2014 10:47 PM (KCxzN)
Posted by: Kids call for strike at December 21, 2014 10:47 PM (KG1MP)
Cause and effect are tools of the white devil...
The whole left caucus is a suicide coalition.
Posted by: Sven10077 at December 21, 2014 10:47 PM (0w913)
http://tinyurl.com/otrbevu
Posted by: The Political Hat at December 21, 2014 10:48 PM (lN8KC)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 21, 2014 10:48 PM (BNIaE)
Trust me, I do math for a living
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 21, 2014 10:47 PM (KCxzN)
****
I was told there would be no math on this blog.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at December 21, 2014 10:49 PM (z2f1n)
Posted by: eman at December 21, 2014 10:49 PM (MQEz6)
Well I'll be a monkey's uncle!
Posted by: fluffy at December 21, 2014 10:49 PM (Ua6T/)
This will end well. Argentina will be the first country with "Rape by Orangutan" in their official crime statistics.
Posted by: Splunge at December 21, 2014 10:49 PM (qyomX)
57 Less corporal punishment means more Autism
Posted by: Kids call for strike at December 21, 2014 10:47 PM (KG1MP)
Fewer abortions means more autism
More worthless parents means more autism
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 21, 2014 10:50 PM (9kWyt)
Posted by: Sven10077 at December 21, 2014 10:50 PM (0w913)
Leonard Maltin noticed in the model shop where they make character models for the animators to reference a Captain Hook statue even though Peter Pan would not be produced for over a decade.
What caught my eye was the female zebra centaur statuette. Because that could only come from one movie of Disney's - Fantasia.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 21, 2014 10:50 PM (om3D0)
This will end well. Argentina will be the first country with "Rape by Orangutan" in their official crime statistics.
Posted by: Splunge at December 21, 2014 10:49 PM (qyomX)
Orangs better be ready when they find out they have to pay taxes and can get drafted.
Posted by: eman at December 21, 2014 10:51 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 21, 2014 10:48 PM (BNIaE)
Leave the heroin alone and you will be ok.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 21, 2014 10:51 PM (9kWyt)
http://tinyurl.com/ohfwsoq
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 21, 2014 10:52 PM (kgisg)
Posted by: Splunge at December 21, 2014 10:42 PM (qyomX)
That's assuming that the people are capable of learning. They knew exactly what de Blasio was when they voted for him. Same goes for Jugears.
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 21, 2014 10:52 PM (2pq7O)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 21, 2014 10:52 PM (BNIaE)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 21, 2014 10:53 PM (om3D0)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 21, 2014 10:53 PM (BNIaE)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 21, 2014 10:54 PM (BNIaE)
I fervently hope that you are wrong about that. And having met some LIV types, I also believe that you are wrong about that.
Posted by: Splunge at December 21, 2014 10:54 PM (qyomX)
I'd feel terrible about the next generation and the transplants; they have no idea what's coming or how to survive it, but they voted for this, so (shrug).
Every native NY'er my age knows how to survive, and even thrive, in the coming chaos. There is going to be an evolutionary reckoning in NYC.
Posted by: Oschisms at December 21, 2014 10:54 PM (uqV2n)
Posted by: otho at December 21, 2014 10:55 PM (tBSrv)
Posted by: Infidel at December 21, 2014 10:55 PM (1YT1i)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 21, 2014 10:55 PM (BNIaE)
No. Don't you know nothing?
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 21, 2014 10:56 PM (BNIaE)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGgZpdguTbM
Posted by: Splunge at December 21, 2014 10:56 PM (qyomX)
Stand back, gimme some room.
Posted by: eman at December 21, 2014 10:56 PM (MQEz6)
No. Don't you know nothing?
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 21, 2014 10:56 PM (BNIaE)
Fess Parker, dude.
Posted by: eman at December 21, 2014 10:57 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: Frank Costanza at December 21, 2014 10:57 PM (fBxC6)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 21, 2014 10:57 PM (BNIaE)
Posted by: eman at December 21, 2014 10:56 PM (MQEz6)
******
Y'all hold my beer and watch thi......Shit!
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at December 21, 2014 10:58 PM (eLjug)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at December 21, 2014 10:49 PM
I use that line at least twice a week in a room full of accountants & finance people. Hilarity ensues, then I math-stomp their asses into the ground
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 21, 2014 10:58 PM (KCxzN)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 21, 2014 10:58 PM (BNIaE)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 21, 2014 10:59 PM (BNIaE)
Posted by: Jean at December 21, 2014 10:59 PM (lPB7F)
Posted by: Y-not, evil Hobbit at December 21, 2014 10:59 PM (9BRsg)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 21, 2014 10:56 PM
Were Crockett and Boone around at the same time? Because they could have been brothers.
Posted by: otho at December 21, 2014 10:59 PM (tBSrv)
Posted by: The Macaque Liberation Front of Argentina at December 21, 2014 10:59 PM (4IFRz)
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 21, 2014 11:00 PM (2pq7O)
Anyway, what the widget looks like is a pair of scissors. It's heavy-duty, looks somewhat antique, and has some decorative elements to it. There's a leaf-spring to open it. There's a bit of an offset, so it that your hand doesn't rub the work that you're doing while you're using 'em.....and here's the kicker -- the top blade looks like any pair of heavy sewing scissors that you might have around, but the bottom blade is twice as long and rotated 90 degrees so that it lays flat.
Trying this again because it's odd. The top blade is about 1/2" tall, and tapers from about 1/8" wide at the top to a sharp edge at the bottom, and is about 2-1/2" long. The bottom blade is about 5" long, and about 1/2" wide perpendicular to the top blade. The bottom blade's edge where they meet is only about 1/8" thick.
Anyone have any idea what this is? The closest I've found so-far is "bandage-cutting scissors".
Posted by: cthulhu at December 21, 2014 11:00 PM (T1005)
Planet of the Apes was an omen? Yikes.
Posted by: Infidel at December 21, 2014 11:00 PM (1YT1i)
Posted by: Y-not, evil Hobbit at December 21, 2014 10:59 PM (9BRsg)
That's gonna be unpopular
Posted by: Jean at December 21, 2014 11:00 PM (lPB7F)
Posted by: Ken's Truffle Shuffle at December 21, 2014 11:01 PM (HKvMD)
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 21, 2014 11:01 PM (KCxzN)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 21, 2014 11:01 PM (BNIaE)
Posted by: The Macaque Liberation Front of Argentina at December 21, 2014 10:59 PM (4IFRz)
Look, I'm just passing through, I only stopped to get some directions.
I don't want any trouble.
Posted by: eman at December 21, 2014 11:01 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: Thrawn at December 21, 2014 11:02 PM (Oo0Xc)
Jenny McCarthy will hate this. Please, someone, tell her. Videos encouraged.
Posted by: Splunge at December 21, 2014 11:02 PM (qyomX)
A Snark Too Far. We don't need this stuff with everything else we have on de Blasio.
Posted by: CJ at December 21, 2014 11:02 PM (jbdp1)
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 21, 2014 11:00 PM (2pq7O)
Closest thing I've seen to a Spurwing Plover post in a long time.
Posted by: eman at December 21, 2014 11:03 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at December 21, 2014 11:03 PM (Mw9or)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 21, 2014 11:03 PM (BNIaE)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at December 21, 2014 10:58 PM (eLjug)
Every time you guys bring that up I get an urge to watch America's Funniest Videos.
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 21, 2014 11:04 PM (2pq7O)
Posted by: The Argentinian Macaque Liberation Front at December 21, 2014 11:04 PM (AbfZY)
Posted by: Jean at December 21, 2014 11:04 PM (lPB7F)
88 Posted by: AltonJackson
I use that line at least twice a week in a room full of accountants & finance people. Hilarity ensues, then I math-stomp their asses into the ground
Well you are learning. Math always wins.
Posted by: Darth Math at December 21, 2014 11:04 PM (FlRtG)
Never hurts to remember this: most studies are false.
http://tinyurl.com/qdpm9lz
Posted by: Splunge at December 21, 2014 10:40 PM (qyomX)
====and they are getting worse:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/oxpjck6
http://youtu.be/zMX2DBEiI08
Posted by: jc at December 21, 2014 11:04 PM (iRJ+A)
These were quite popular in pre-war Italy. I'd say this one is worth about $5.
Posted by: Antiques Roadshow at December 21, 2014 11:04 PM (4IFRz)
Posted by: Tmitsss at December 21, 2014 11:05 PM (Pa9vP)
Sail/tent makers shears. Were used for cutting heavy fabric in
commercial production. Also popular in San Fran for adult circumcisions.
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at December 21, 2014 11:03 PM (Mw9or)
I thought they might be, but couldn't find a link that would show 'em. Got a pic for that?
Posted by: cthulhu at December 21, 2014 11:05 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Splunge at December 21, 2014 11:02 PM (qyomX)
*******
Yes, even though she is bug tuck cray cray, any video of Jenny McCarthy is encouraged.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at December 21, 2014 11:05 PM (z2f1n)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 21, 2014 11:05 PM (9kWyt)
Posted by: Lauren at December 21, 2014 11:06 PM (eJjhT)
http://tinyurl.com/ohfwsoq
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 21, 2014 10:52 PM (kgisg)
I didn't know that. Never really paid it any attention, I guess. But the blogger's slurs against Timmy's coffee and donuts are heresy. Probably some left-wing wanker from Ontario, BIRM.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 21, 2014 11:06 PM (gvtTX)
Posted by: Infidel at December 21, 2014 11:06 PM (1YT1i)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 21, 2014 11:06 PM (BNIaE)
Posted by: RWC at December 21, 2014 11:06 PM (WlUIO)
Posted by: Infidel at December 21, 2014 10:39 PM (1YT1i)
Anyone under 45 doesn't remember the urban decay of the 60's and 70's because by the time they were teenagers, the cities for the most part had been cleaned up due to proactive police work.
Now they just remember that proactive police work means that the NYPD targeted black males only because "racism". They don't know that the NYPD was targeting all young males since they were the ones most likely to commit violent crimes. Once the dickheads were locked up, crime dropped.
Again, the kiddies only think that the cops/DA's were putting guys away for life for having a joint on them. No, they stabbed someone, robbed a bodega, and then were caught with 3 lbs of dope and a kilo of coke. In the desire to speed things up, they took a plea bargain where they copped to simple possession.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at December 21, 2014 11:06 PM (+Fae7)
I saw him two days ago when I brought him his Surface Pro 3 and got him set up on the local WiFi. I also loaded up a 64GB microSD card with videos and e-books for the Nook app.
For more updates the best place to check is Alexander Pournelle on Facebook.
Posted by: Epobirs at December 21, 2014 11:06 PM (IdCqF)
Cthulhu, sounds like the bottom blade separates the fabric from the next
layer or something else delicate. Should work well on bra straps.
Posted by: Jean at December 21, 2014 11:04 PM (lPB7F)
Special-purpose shears for pole-dancing establishments? Could be, but how the fiancee's parents ended-up with a pair would be quite a tale......
Posted by: cthulhu at December 21, 2014 11:07 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Jean at December 21, 2014 11:07 PM (lPB7F)
Posted by: andycanuck at December 21, 2014 11:07 PM (AbfZY)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 21, 2014 11:07 PM (BNIaE)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 21, 2014 11:08 PM (BNIaE)
Posted by: Splunge at December 21, 2014 11:02 PM (qyomX)
I had my doctor's appointment last week. He went on about how people aren't getting their kids vaccinated. There have been a couple of outbreaks in Michigan of things like Whooping Cough.
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 21, 2014 11:08 PM (2pq7O)
Posted by: Mirror Universe Ima Dickhead at December 21, 2014 11:08 PM (Mw9or)
Grape Sissors perhaps
Posted by: Tmitsss at December 21, 2014 11:05 PM (Pa9vP)
A pic with positive ID would be golden. Having trouble imagining why this would be optimal for grapes, though. "Lower blade separates layers" is more my take.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 21, 2014 11:09 PM (T1005)
I was told there would be no CAD.
Posted by: fluffy at December 21, 2014 11:09 PM (Ua6T/)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at December 21, 2014 11:10 PM (5kNXS)
'tis the Season:
Sealab 2021 - Feast of Alvis
http://vimeo.com/11725623
"Most religions think Alvis' love of liquor and guns and revenge was..."
"-- Creepy."
"Well, maybe most religions can hash it out in hell for all eternity."
"Alvis'll smoke those bitches."
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 21, 2014 11:10 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 21, 2014 11:10 PM (BNIaE)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 21, 2014 11:00 PM (T1005)
Whale-circumcision clippers.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 21, 2014 11:11 PM (gvtTX)
Spurwing has been commenting pretty regularly at Small Dead Animals lately.
Posted by: andycanuck at December 21, 2014 11:11 PM (AbfZY)
Which points to the real problem: You cannot "harden" the whole of
American life. That's a logistical impossibility in a country this size.
What you could do, in theory, is harden the American people. But I'm
doubtful about that, too. This isn't a judgment; just an observation. As a wise man once said, "Peace has cost you your strength; victory has defeated you."
Sure you can, let us concealed carry with only minimal rules, and you'll see how hard the American people can be.
Posted by: KG at December 21, 2014 11:11 PM (Vzxhp)
Good to hear! I have a great amount of respect for him (actually just finished rereading Lucifer's Hammer a few weeks ago). Please pass along best wishes for a speedy recovery.
Posted by: Country Singer at December 21, 2014 11:11 PM (nL0sw)
106 95 Disney used to have these series, IIRC, that were on "Mickey Mouse Club". They had one called "Spin and Marty", and some that had Annette Funnicelo (sp?). I used to like those. There was also one that had a girl with what looked like a white German Shepherd.
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 21, 2014 11:00 PM (2pq7O)
I think Annette's tits are getting bigger.
I notice the A and the E are stretching on the side.
(You morons better get that)
Posted by: RWC at December 21, 2014 11:11 PM (WlUIO)
I'm in Nashville, saw the Rockettes this afternoon and am currently doing a little Christmas shopping on tshirthell.com.
I hope your Sunday has been half as awesome as mine.
Posted by: DC in River City, taking the traditional 15 day Christmas weekend at December 21, 2014 11:11 PM (RbkUj)
_20
Go to the acetapimphen when I heed a pain killer.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 21, 2014 10:34 PM (BNIaE)
I'd
advise that everyone avoid acetaminophen whenever possible. It has the
lowest differential between "clinical dose" [the amount when it does any
measurable good] and "LD-50" [when it kills half of those who receive
the specified amount] of any OTC drug, and is either the #1 or #2 cause
of acute liver failure in the US and UK every year. There are many safer
and more effective alternatives, and its recurrent popularity is strong
circumstantial proof that "the fix is in" with medications.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 21, 2014 10:42 PM (T1005)
Three 200MG OTC = 1 tab prescription pain killer. If 1 or 2 every 4 hours don't help, it's time to see a doc. Acetaminophen is a killer.
Posted by: CO at December 21, 2014 11:12 PM (WUuhi)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 21, 2014 11:12 PM (BNIaE)
Posted by: Edward Scissorhands at December 21, 2014 11:12 PM (fBxC6)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 21, 2014 11:12 PM (wr4LJ)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 21, 2014 11:13 PM (om3D0)
Posted by: Tmitsss at December 21, 2014 11:13 PM (Pa9vP)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 21, 2014 11:13 PM (kgisg)
Trying this again because it's odd. The top blade is about 1/2" tall, and tapers from about 1/8" wide at the top to a sharp edge at the bottom, and is about 2-1/2" long. The bottom blade is about 5" long, and about 1/2" wide perpendicular to the top blade. The bottom blade's edge where they meet is only about 1/8" thick.
Rick says I can't give you more than ten bucks for it.
Posted by: chumlee at December 21, 2014 11:13 PM (AbfZY)
Posted by: Dr. Zaius at December 21, 2014 11:13 PM (HKvMD)
Posted by: Sven10077 at December 21, 2014 11:14 PM (0w913)
Posted by: Epobirs at December 21, 2014 11:14 PM (IdCqF)
Posted by: Mirror Universe Ima Dickhead at December 21, 2014 11:14 PM (Mw9or)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 21, 2014 11:14 PM (om3D0)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 21, 2014 11:14 PM (BNIaE)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 21, 2014 11:15 PM (kgisg)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 21, 2014 11:15 PM (BNIaE)
Posted by: Sven10077 at December 21, 2014 11:16 PM (0w913)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 21, 2014 11:16 PM (om3D0)
Posted by: Frank Fritz at December 21, 2014 11:16 PM (fBxC6)
I fervently hope that you are wrong about that. And having met some LIV types, I also believe that you are wrong about that.
Posted by: Splunge at December 21, 2014 10:54 PM (qyomX)
They knew what they were voting for, but they had no idea what they were voting for would bring.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at December 21, 2014 11:16 PM (+Fae7)
http://bit.ly/1wBiKY5
Posted by: Tmitsss at December 21, 2014 11:17 PM (Pa9vP)
148 Epobirs, please let Jerry know his fans are rooting for him.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 21, 2014 11:13 PM (om3D0)
Ditto.
I should dig up my old copy of "Janissaries".
Posted by: eman at December 21, 2014 11:17 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 21, 2014 10:52 PM (2pq7O)
Yes, and they voted for the JEF again after they had four years to see his style and character!
Posted by: Hrothgar at December 21, 2014 11:18 PM (fL/7/)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at December 21, 2014 11:16 PM (+Fae7)
******
True, but I would also add that they didn't think it would effect THEM so much.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at December 21, 2014 11:18 PM (5kNXS)
Posted by: andycanuck at December 21, 2014 11:19 PM (AbfZY)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 21, 2014 11:20 PM (BNIaE)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 21, 2014 11:20 PM (NtzGn)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at December 21, 2014 11:16 PM (+Fa7)
They never have felt it. This time I think they will.
*popping popcorn*
F' them.
Posted by: RWC at December 21, 2014 11:20 PM (WlUIO)
Posted by: andycanuck at December 21, 2014 11:19 PM (AbfZY)
Fuck.
Posted by: eman at December 21, 2014 11:20 PM (MQEz6)
Nick Mangold walks onto field wearing NYPD hat. (Twitchy -- http://tinyurl.com/petvhqo)
At Yahoo! Sports they had to include this -- "Mangold has been politically
active in the past, even campaigning for Republican presidential
candidate Mitt Romney during the 2012 election. He said he had an
overwhelming desire to support the families of the victims in a small
way."
Kinda surprised he wasn't surrounded by tard teammates wearing "They Not Breathing" or "They Had It Coming" t-shirts as a counter to his hat.
Posted by: glad to see this at December 21, 2014 11:20 PM (qfd4W)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 21, 2014 11:21 PM (BNIaE)
I can't believe what is happening to our Country and the world. Not good.
Posted by: Infidel at December 21, 2014 11:21 PM (1YT1i)
in Miami who confirmed that they had received a call about a sunken boat
and that they reported the incident to the Cuban Coast Guard."
Fat lot of good that would do, eh?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 21, 2014 11:22 PM (gvtTX)
Posted by: andycanuck at December 21, 2014 11:23 PM (AbfZY)
Posted by: rickl at December 21, 2014 11:23 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 21, 2014 11:23 PM (kgisg)
Posted by: eman at December 21, 2014 11:23 PM (MQEz6)
Assuming that HL Mencken is still welcome here:
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at December 21, 2014 11:24 PM (AVEe1)
Googled it. Yep, real. We are a f'ing laughingstock.
Posted by: RWC at December 21, 2014 11:24 PM (WlUIO)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 21, 2014 11:24 PM (kgisg)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 21, 2014 11:24 PM (om3D0)
Posted by: Ricardo
--------------------
Creeks?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 21, 2014 11:23 PM (kgisg)
Shoshone?
Cherokee ?
Heckawe ?
Posted by: eman at December 21, 2014 11:24 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 21, 2014 11:25 PM (om3D0)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at December 21, 2014 11:25 PM (10ydV)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at December 21, 2014 11:25 PM (Mw9or)
Must have found out that it made too much to qualify for Obamacare subsidies.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 21, 2014 11:25 PM (UVfht)
Posted by: Ricardo
--------------------
Creeks?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 21, 2014 11:23 PM (kgisg)
Shoshone?
Cherokee ?
Heckawe ?
Posted by: eman
------------------
Lumbbee?
Pembroke?
Arapahoe?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 21, 2014 11:25 PM (kgisg)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 21, 2014 11:25 PM (BNIaE)
Posted by: Raul Castro at December 21, 2014 11:26 PM (qyomX)
Stephen Fry demos grape Sissors
http://bit.ly/1wBiKY5
Posted by: Tmitsss at December 21, 2014 11:17 PM (Pa9vP)
OK, that ain't 'em.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 21, 2014 11:26 PM (T1005)
Acetaminophen is like soy, it is in just about everything, but soy desn't have the LD-50 or ruin your liver. My doc said that he can't understand how the FTC can let you purchase a lethal dose of acetaminophen at the nearest drug store without some sort of regulation, so yes, the fix is in?
BTW, I predict that acetaminophen will soon be the primary drug prescribed for pain under Obamacare, unless you are one of our betters (like Congress or the Executive Branch)!
Posted by: Hrothgar at December 21, 2014 11:27 PM (fL/7/)
Posted by: rickl at December 21, 2014 11:23 PM (sdi6R)
That's a birch.
Posted by: eman at December 21, 2014 11:27 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 21, 2014 11:27 PM (kgisg)
Posted by: speedster1 on the (new) ipad at December 21, 2014 11:27 PM (C0wzD)
----------------
It's all I can take.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 21, 2014 11:28 PM (kgisg)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 21, 2014 11:28 PM (om3D0)
looked it up, acetaminophen is in more than 600 over the counter products.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 21, 2014 11:20 PM (NtzGn)
Yep, and that makes it much worse -- you could easily take tylenol, then one of those OTC products, then have a nightcap....and end up at a dosage where you have a 50% chance of dying of liver damage.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 21, 2014 11:28 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Ricardo
--------------------
Creeks?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 21, 2014 11:23 PM (kgisg)
Shoshone?
Cherokee ?
Heckawe ?
Posted by: eman
------------------
Lumbbee?
Pembroke?
Arapahoe?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 21, 2014 11:25 PM (kgisg)<<<
Warrens?
Posted by: Lieawatha at December 21, 2014 11:28 PM (qfd4W)
Posted by: CO at December 21, 2014 11:28 PM (WUuhi)
Posted by: eman at December 21, 2014 11:29 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at December 21, 2014 11:18 PM (5kNXS)
They are from a generation that thinks when you have your enemy on his back with knife to his throat and knee on his chest is to give them whatever they want.
Barack Obama is what they think of as an "Alpha Male" because he struts.
They would need to change their diapers if they ran into a member of the US Armed Forces.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at December 21, 2014 11:29 PM (+Fae7)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 21, 2014 11:29 PM (kgisg)
In 1991 GHW Bush should have not only killed Saddam, he should have also overthrown Castro.
No one would have seen it coming.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 21, 2014 11:29 PM (wr4LJ)
Hehehehe.......oh.....hehehehe.
Yeah. They will.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 21, 2014 11:29 PM (BNIaE)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 21, 2014 11:30 PM (kgisg)
Posted by: rickl at December 21, 2014 11:23 PM (sdi6R)
It's trying to get the poinsettia to join in.
Posted by: eman at December 21, 2014 11:30 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: t-bird at December 21, 2014 11:31 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 21, 2014 11:31 PM (BNIaE)
Willie Nelson and Beyonce were the worst we could come up with. Sinead O Connor has a sweet version. Johnny Cash was...um...interesting. Gladys Knight & the Pips was meh.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon, a solid man at December 21, 2014 11:31 PM (NeFrd)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 21, 2014 11:31 PM (BNIaE)
Full auto?
Posted by: eman at December 21, 2014 11:31 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: rickl at December 21, 2014 11:23 PM (sdi6R)
That's a birch.
Posted by: eman at December 21, 2014 11:27 PM (MQEz6)<<<
Pining for the fjords.
Posted by: ol' Tannenbaum at December 21, 2014 11:31 PM (qfd4W)
Some leftist asshole responded to Bristol Palin's tweet against DeBlasio by claiming two Bundy Ranchers killed some cops in Vegas, *with the support* of "Sean Hannity and Fox." My response:
"Hannity was never elected to a damn thing. And those two nuts were already expelled from Bundy Ranch. #STFU."
May request some reinforcements here if he responds... ;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 21, 2014 11:32 PM (EvYMx)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 21, 2014 11:32 PM (BNIaE)
Ricardo - They'll do the same thing to you at the casino.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 21, 2014 11:27 PM (kgisg)
Indian casinos: an entire industry predicated upon the fact that the white man is the only animal that can be skinned more than once.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 21, 2014 11:32 PM (gvtTX)
Posted by: Infidel at December 21, 2014 11:32 PM (1YT1i)
Posted by: Tmitsss at December 21, 2014 11:33 PM (Pa9vP)
Posted by: rickl at December 21, 2014 11:23 PM (sdi6R)
Did it get laid off?
Damn evil corporations laying off Christmas trees the week of Winter Solstice.
Posted by: Amelia Fautz-Hernandez-Levin-Lee-Ali at December 21, 2014 11:33 PM (+Fae7)
My Christmas tree stopped working.
Posted by: rickl at December 21, 2014 11:23 PM (sdi6R)
Nah, you just need to spruce it up a bit.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 21, 2014 11:34 PM (8v9fw)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 21, 2014 11:34 PM (BNIaE)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 21, 2014 11:32 PM (EvYMx)
Please do.
Posted by: RWC at December 21, 2014 11:34 PM (WlUIO)
Worst Christmas song: Madonna singing Santa Baby.
Posted by: Lauren at December 21, 2014 11:34 PM (eJjhT)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon, a solid man at December 21, 2014 11:34 PM (NeFrd)
Over 1,000 Just Gathered for the Largest Felony Civil Disobedience Rally in US History
"Over the weekend the largest felony civil disobedience rally ever held in American history took place. It is estimated that anywhere from 1,000 to 3,000 well armed gun owners showed up to the state capital in Olympia to openly violate the unconstitutional gun law, i594. "
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 21, 2014 11:34 PM (wr4LJ)
Posted by: Christmas Tree Union Local #666 at December 21, 2014 11:35 PM (Mw9or)
Posted by: rickl at December 21, 2014 11:23 PM (sdi6R)
Fir sure?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 21, 2014 11:35 PM (gvtTX)
cthulhu:
http://www.jwissandsons.com/shears-scissors.pdf
The cover is an Egyptian bronze shear, 3rd C BC.
Posted by: Arbalest at December 21, 2014 11:35 PM (FlRtG)
Posted by: Amelia
----------------
See the *picture* here:
http://tinyurl.com/9kxjkqf
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 21, 2014 11:35 PM (kgisg)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 21, 2014 11:36 PM (UVfht)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 21, 2014 11:36 PM (UVfht)
Only if you grease my palm.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 21, 2014 11:36 PM (8v9fw)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 21, 2014 11:31 PM (BNIaE)
http://youtu.be/eiM-RzPHyGs
Posted by: Country Singer at December 21, 2014 11:37 PM (nL0sw)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 21, 2014 11:20 PM (NtzGn)
Acetaminophen
is like soy, it is in just about everything, but soy desn't have the
LD-50 or ruin your liver. My doc said that he can't understand how the
FTC can let you purchase a lethal dose of acetaminophen at the nearest
drug store without some sort of regulation, so yes, the fix is in?
BTW,
I predict that acetaminophen will soon be the primary drug prescribed
for pain under Obamacare, unless you are one of our betters (like
Congress or the Executive Branch)!
Posted by: Hrothgar at December 21, 2014 11:27 PM (fL/7/)
Like I said -- I see it on the label, the shit containing it goes in the toilet. I won't have it in my house.
As an additional little gem -- it occupies a peculiar little niche in suicides, in that it is close to irreversible without a liver transplant, but can lead to a prolonged and ugly end. Accordingly, people with other ugly terminal conditions will sometimes use it as the ultimate DNR order.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 21, 2014 11:37 PM (T1005)
"Full auto?"
Off course not.
*Glares
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 21, 2014 11:34 PM (BNIaE)
He had one.
Just didn't like to brag, that's all.
Posted by: eman at December 21, 2014 11:37 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 21, 2014 11:37 PM (NtzGn)
"And the guy who killed the cops in NY was a nut from my state Georgia & deBlasio never called cops killers. Get real"
I responded:
"nevertheless deBlasio has managed to completely alienate about 98% of the NYPD. He needs to go."
I'm @qdpsteve, if anyone wants to come see me in action. :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 21, 2014 11:37 PM (EvYMx)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at December 21, 2014 11:37 PM (Mw9or)
Posted by: Blanco Basura
Only if you grease my palm.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur
Please close your raincoat and leave, sir.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 21, 2014 11:37 PM (wr4LJ)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 21, 2014 11:36 PM (UVfht)<<<
Oakay! Oakay!
Posted by: ol' Tannenbaum at December 21, 2014 11:38 PM (qfd4W)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 21, 2014 11:38 PM (4IFRz)
Fir God's sake, yew need to do something rather than pine away the hours.
Posted by: seamrog at December 21, 2014 11:38 PM (IRivr)
I predict that acetaminophen will soon be the primary drug prescribed for pain
----------------
It's all I can take.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 21, 2014 11:28 PM (kgisg)
Sorry to hear, man.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 21, 2014 11:38 PM (T1005)
he was awesome.
Posted by: north and judd at December 21, 2014 11:39 PM (zPZd9)
I think they're barking up the wrong tree.
Posted by: RWC at December 21, 2014 11:39 PM (WlUIO)
I think they're barking up the wrong tree.
They do seem rather poplar this evening.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 21, 2014 11:40 PM (UVfht)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 21, 2014 11:40 PM (NtzGn)
NO WAY ancient humans had metal cutting shears! Impossible! MUST have been ALIEN TECHNOLOGHY!
No human would ever stack books like that!
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at December 21, 2014 11:41 PM (Mw9or)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 21, 2014 11:41 PM (NtzGn)
Posted by: RWC at December 21, 2014 11:39 PM (WlUIO)
If you weren't out on a limb, you'd twig onto it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 21, 2014 11:41 PM (gvtTX)
Posted by: RWC at December 21, 2014 11:39 PM
Yeah, it won't be so funny if everyone leaves.
Posted by: otho at December 21, 2014 11:41 PM (tBSrv)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon, a solid man at December 21, 2014 11:41 PM (NeFrd)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 21, 2014 11:41 PM (EvYMx)
They do seem rather poplar this evening.
Posted by: Blanco Basura
247
Tree Puns are very Poplar.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
Close, but no cedar.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 21, 2014 11:42 PM (wr4LJ)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 21, 2014 11:36 PM (8v9fw)
At least branch out into some other topic.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 21, 2014 11:42 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: eman at December 21, 2014 11:42 PM (MQEz6)
Was not expecting the history and manufacturing lessons in there. A good read.
Posted by: t-bird at December 21, 2014 11:42 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 21, 2014 11:42 PM (EvYMx)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at December 21, 2014 11:42 PM (Mw9or)
---------
If you live in NY, it's no use calling the copse.
*sad trombone*
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 21, 2014 11:43 PM (4IFRz)
IIRC, some of the lower level opiate pain killers are laced with acetaminophen as well. RTFL for any OTC drug, because the FTC is not looking out for you!
Posted by: Hrothgar at December 21, 2014 11:43 PM (fL/7/)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon, a solid man at December 21, 2014 11:43 PM (NeFrd)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at December 21, 2014 11:43 PM (Mw9or)
Posted by: andycanuck at December 21, 2014 11:43 PM (AbfZY)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 21, 2014 11:43 PM (4IFRz)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 21, 2014 11:43 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: andycanuck at December 21, 2014 11:43 PM (AbfZY)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 21, 2014 11:44 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 21, 2014 11:44 PM (om3D0)
Posted by: Hrothgar at December 21, 2014 11:44 PM (fL/7/)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 21, 2014 11:44 PM (EvYMx)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 21, 2014 11:44 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Hrothgar at December 21, 2014 11:45 PM (fL/7/)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at December 21, 2014 11:45 PM (Mw9or)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 21, 2014 11:45 PM (NtzGn)
Posted by: Blanco Basura
<<<
We should really stop before he gets sycamore puns.
Posted by: ol' Tannenbaum at December 21, 2014 11:45 PM (qfd4W)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 21, 2014 11:37 PM (EvYMx)
My Twitter is jacked right now I guess. Won't let me follow or tweet and there is a shit load of messages that I didn't send.
Posted by: RWC at December 21, 2014 11:45 PM (WlUIO)
Within a minute, I get a rather snide response from Bathtub Boy himself, and issue two more rounds of cheap-shot trolling. He has the self-control of a mean 12-year-old girl when some other 12-year-old goes THERE first. Oh no you ditt-int!
Check @KeithOlbermann or @JohannaLapp if you care in the slightest. I'd probably be ashamed of myself were he not such a dickless blusterer. Keith, have a nice hot cup of chill.
I had an extremely hostile day today.
Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at December 21, 2014 11:45 PM (z899H)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at December 21, 2014 11:41 PM (Mw9or)
Speaking of shears, more or less. I drove through Beaverlodge, Alberta, on Friday afternoon. Big tourist-oriented sign near town limits, featuring "Giant Beaver Attraction". (that's what the sign says) Sign on a beauty salon in town: "The Clipped Beaver".
I don't make 'em up. I just report 'em.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 21, 2014 11:45 PM (gvtTX)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 21, 2014 11:46 PM (T1005)
Posted by: RWC at December 21, 2014 11:46 PM (WlUIO)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at December 21, 2014 11:46 PM (Mw9or)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon, a solid man at December 21, 2014 11:43 PM (NeFrd)
I saw what you did there!
Posted by: Hrothgar at December 21, 2014 11:46 PM (fL/7/)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 21, 2014 11:46 PM (EvYMx)
Posted by: weft cut-Foxworthy at December 21, 2014 11:46 PM (wr4LJ)
It's just a little Charlie Brown-sized artificial tree with attached lights and miniature ornaments. I found it in the attic and have been using it for at least 10 years. I don't know how old it is. It was convenient since all I had to do was set it on the windowsill and plug it in.
I thought it might be one of those deals where if one bulb burns out, the whole string goes out. There were two replacement bulbs that came with it. I started replacing bulbs, but then one of the bulbs pulled loose from its holder, and I can't get the holder out of the socket. So I guess it's time to replace the tree.
Anybody have any ideas about a replacement?
Posted by: rickl at December 21, 2014 11:46 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 21, 2014 11:46 PM (NtzGn)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at December 21, 2014 11:47 PM (Mw9or)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 21, 2014 11:47 PM (EvYMx)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 21, 2014 11:47 PM (4IFRz)
Posted by: Hrothgar at December 21, 2014 11:47 PM (fL/7/)
Posted by: Blanco Basura
Okay, okay, we'll prune it a bit.
Posted by: eman at December 21, 2014 11:47 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: davidt at December 21, 2014 11:47 PM (fBxC6)
Posted by: Piercello at December 21, 2014 11:48 PM (JybVy)
Posted by: rickl at December 21, 2014 11:48 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 21, 2014 11:49 PM (UVfht)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at December 21, 2014 11:49 PM (Mw9or)
Posted by: eman at December 21, 2014 11:49 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 21, 2014 11:49 PM (oKE6c)
Anybody have any ideas about a replacement?
They actually sell the Charlie Brown Replica tree now, all bare and bent over with one ornament on it.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 21, 2014 11:49 PM (NtzGn)
http://tinyurl.com/mpzyfwl
If somebody wants to formally start WWIII, now's their time.
Posted by: Thrawn at December 21, 2014 11:49 PM (Oo0Xc)
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Don't lumber off yet.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 21, 2014 11:49 PM (4IFRz)
Posted by: andycanuck at December 21, 2014 11:49 PM (AbfZY)
She was the original Peter Pan on Broadway and TV.
Mother of Hawaii Five-O's original Danno.
Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at December 21, 2014 11:49 PM (z899H)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at December 21, 2014 11:49 PM (Mw9or)
Posted by: eman at December 21, 2014 11:47 PM (MQEz6)
Everybody, leaf it alone.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 21, 2014 11:49 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: rickl at December 21, 2014 11:46 PM (sdi6R)
A good pine branch interlaced with other branches to make it full.
Posted by: RWC at December 21, 2014 11:49 PM (WlUIO)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 21, 2014 11:50 PM (EvYMx)
You're all closet Druids.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 21, 2014 11:50 PM (kgisg)
Posted by: weft cut-Foxworthy at December 21, 2014 11:50 PM (wr4LJ)
Posted by: rickl at December 21, 2014 11:46 PM (sdi6R)
Three hookers wearing Santa hats?
Posted by: Ho, ho, ho! at December 21, 2014 11:50 PM (lN8KC)
Posted by: goatexchange at December 21, 2014 11:51 PM (sYUHT)
Posted by: RWC at December 21, 2014 11:51 PM (WlUIO)
Maybe arrange for a nice dose of urine in his next cognac shipment? Then go public with it, of course.
Posted by: Splunge at December 21, 2014 11:51 PM (qyomX)
Also, it was funny. Very funny.
Posted by: puddleglum not at work at December 21, 2014 11:51 PM (3rXdF)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at December 21, 2014 11:51 PM (Mw9or)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 21, 2014 11:51 PM (oKE6c)
Must be a challenge to get all of the bowls lit at the same time.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 21, 2014 11:51 PM (UVfht)
Or as I define it, a popular 1970s-era medium for people to chew the fat and talk turkey about their political beefs.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 21, 2014 11:51 PM (EvYMx)
Posted by: ol' Tannenbaum at December 21, 2014 11:52 PM (qfd4W)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at December 21, 2014 11:52 PM (Mw9or)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 21, 2014 11:52 PM (NtzGn)
Posted by: Piercello at December 21, 2014 11:53 PM (JybVy)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 21, 2014 11:53 PM (EvYMx)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 21, 2014 11:53 PM (kgisg)
Posted by: rickl at December 21, 2014 11:46 PM (sdi6R)
Are those the tiny bulbs with a green plastic base formed into two prongs, with a strand of copper wire emerging from the end of the prong and folded back along the side of it? Needle-nose pliers might work to remove the errant base. If it is a threaded metal base, put some 5-minute epoxy on the end of a suitably-sized wooden stick, force it into the broken base, and allow it to set. Unscrew once it has set.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 21, 2014 11:53 PM (gvtTX)
Posted by: Piercello at December 21, 2014 11:53 PM (JybVy)
Posted by: Flaming Bush at December 21, 2014 11:53 PM (Mw9or)
... and if the J. Wiss bibliography does not have the answer, this link should
http://queersheers.blogspot.com/2009/11/antique-tool-collectors-guide-to-value.html
Apparently, there is an antique scissors market ...
Posted by: Arbalest at December 21, 2014 11:53 PM (FlRtG)
Maybe arrange for a nice dose of urine in his next cognac shipment? Then go public with it, of course.
Posted by: Splunge at December 21, 2014 11:51 PM (qyomX)
Nah. Let's kick his ash.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 21, 2014 11:53 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: rickl at December 21, 2014 11:46 PM (sdi6R)
Three hookers wearing Santa hats?
Posted by: Ho, ho, ho! at December 21, 2014 11:50 PM (lN8KC)
How about two and some blow?
Posted by: eman at December 21, 2014 11:54 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 21, 2014 11:53 PM
Oooooohhh... I'm petrified.
Posted by: otho at December 21, 2014 11:54 PM (tBSrv)
Posted by: qdpsteve
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...and their antennas.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 21, 2014 11:54 PM (kgisg)
Posted by: Flaming Bush at December 21, 2014 11:54 PM (Mw9or)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 21, 2014 11:55 PM (om3D0)
Posted by: qdpsteve
You can try, but going against the grain here is rough going.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 21, 2014 11:55 PM (wr4LJ)
Posted by: Suzanne Sommers at December 21, 2014 11:56 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 21, 2014 11:56 PM (EvYMx)
334 There will be mulch weeping if someone gets willowed.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 21, 2014 11:55 PM (om3D0)
Maple, maple not.
Posted by: eman at December 21, 2014 11:56 PM (MQEz6)
*bows* (boughs)
I accept! The flaming ampersand trophy will really spruce up the place.
Posted by: Piercello at December 21, 2014 11:56 PM (JybVy)
They actually sell the Charlie Brown Replica tree now, all bare and bent over with one ornament on it.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 21, 2014 11:49 PM (NtzGn)
Yeah, I just saw that on Amazon.
Posted by: rickl at December 21, 2014 11:56 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Is That A WoodPecker? at December 21, 2014 11:56 PM (Mw9or)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 21, 2014 11:55 PM (om3D0)
Oh, we woodn't do that.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 21, 2014 11:57 PM (oKE6c)
???
Her son was Larry Hagman, of I Dream of Jeannie and Dallas fame. Jeannie still had three seasons to go when Hawaii 5-0 started, so it seems unlikely he'd even have appeared in the pilot and been replaced.
James 'Danno' MacArthur was the son of Helen Hayes.
Posted by: Epobirs at December 21, 2014 11:57 PM (IdCqF)
Posted by: chemjeff with beer at December 21, 2014 11:57 PM (9GG/0)
She was the original Peter Pan on Broadway and TV.
Mother of Hawaii Five-O's original Danno.
Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at December 21, 2014 11:49 PM (z899H)
She was the mother of Larry Hagman.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at December 21, 2014 11:57 PM (W5DcG)
It's a nice little thing to keep in the hallway.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 21, 2014 11:57 PM (EvYMx)
Posted by: Buzzion at December 21, 2014 11:58 PM (z/Ubi)
Posted by: Piercello
You son of a birch.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 21, 2014 11:58 PM (wr4LJ)
Posted by: Adriane ... at December 21, 2014 11:59 PM (P+IZm)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 21, 2014 11:59 PM (kgisg)
Posted by: ol' Tannenbaum at December 21, 2014 11:59 PM (qfd4W)
Posted by: Piercello at December 21, 2014 11:59 PM (JybVy)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 21, 2014 11:59 PM (EvYMx)
hi all
Posted by: chemjeff with beer at December 21, 2014 11:57 PM (9GG/0)
Hi chemjeff.
Um, give us a minute to spruce up the place.
Posted by: eman at December 22, 2014 12:00 AM (MQEz6)
Posted by: Clive Barker at December 22, 2014 12:01 AM (Mw9or)
Posted by: otho at December 22, 2014 12:01 AM (tBSrv)
Posted by: qdpsteve
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...and their antennas.
Here we go with the "Super Penetrator 500" jokes.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 22, 2014 12:01 AM (UVfht)
http://flindallguitars.com/?page_id=181
Warning, sharp elbows.
Posted by: Piercello at December 22, 2014 12:01 AM (JybVy)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 22, 2014 12:01 AM (EvYMx)
Posted by: Epobirs at December 22, 2014 12:02 AM (IdCqF)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 22, 2014 12:02 AM (EvYMx)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 22, 2014 12:03 AM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Epobirs at December 22, 2014 12:02 AM (IdCqF)
Dude, your Mom is hot.
Posted by: eman at December 22, 2014 12:03 AM (MQEz6)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 22, 2014 12:01 AM
Oh, ok. I would've guessed early 70's.
Posted by: otho at December 22, 2014 12:03 AM (tBSrv)
Plot idea: harmless Ent rampages with chainsaw after being possessed by evilCCC spirit...
Posted by: Clive Barker at December 22, 2014 12:01 AM (Mw9or)
Hoom-Hom, Let's not be hasty, now.
Posted by: Treebeard at December 22, 2014 12:04 AM (fBxC6)
Or you could pay $40 on eBay for one of the Dancing Groot figures.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 22, 2014 12:04 AM (om3D0)
Posted by: Piercello at December 22, 2014 12:04 AM (JybVy)
hi all
Posted by: chemjeff with beer at December 21, 2014 11:57 PM (9GG/0)
Howdy, CJ!!!! Are you well-stocked?
Posted by: cthulhu at December 22, 2014 12:04 AM (T1005)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 22, 2014 12:04 AM (EvYMx)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 22, 2014 12:02 AM
Ah, that sounds right.
Posted by: otho at December 22, 2014 12:04 AM (tBSrv)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2014 12:05 AM (wr4LJ)
Posted by: Gina at December 22, 2014 12:05 AM (YLxhC)
Make an appointment with my treeceptionist.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 22, 2014 12:05 AM (NtzGn)
Posted by: Epobirs at December 22, 2014 12:06 AM (IdCqF)
Posted by: Gina at December 22, 2014 12:05 AM (YLxhC)
He was inches away from Barbara Eden's puppies.
Damn.
Posted by: eman at December 22, 2014 12:07 AM (MQEz6)
Posted by: Johhny Cottenseed at December 22, 2014 12:07 AM (Mw9or)
Posted by: jc at December 22, 2014 12:07 AM (iRJ+A)
Posted by: Gina at December 22, 2014 12:07 AM (YLxhC)
Or you could pay $40 on eBay for one of the Dancing Groot figures.
NOOOO!!! Give the tree one more chance ...
Posted by: Adriane ... at December 22, 2014 12:07 AM (P+IZm)
Posted by: jc at December 22, 2014 12:07 AM (iRJ+A)
Teak a minute to relax.
Posted by: eman at December 22, 2014 12:08 AM (MQEz6)
By root branch, I will never be pruned again!
Posted by: Scarlet O'Yewa at December 22, 2014 12:08 AM (Mw9or)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 22, 2014 12:08 AM (om3D0)
Posted by: Epobirs at December 22, 2014 12:08 AM (IdCqF)
Posted by: Adriane
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I agree. Save the tree!... Save the tree!
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 22, 2014 12:09 AM (kgisg)
Posted by: eman at December 22, 2014 12:09 AM (MQEz6)
Posted by: Farmer at December 22, 2014 12:09 AM (o/90i)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2014 12:10 AM (wr4LJ)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 22, 2014 12:10 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Russian Olive at December 22, 2014 12:10 AM (Mw9or)
OK Christmas Tree, I'll just take this ball, now turn your head cough...
Posted by: Tree Surgeon at December 22, 2014 12:12 AM (Mw9or)
"Oak hey can yew see ..."
Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 22, 2014 12:12 AM (oKE6c)
Da leetle bastiches, they kicked me right in my fruits!
Posted by: Russian Olive at December 22, 2014 12:10 AM (Mw9or)
Do you know "Olive, the other reindeer"?
Posted by: cthulhu at December 22, 2014 12:12 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 22, 2014 12:12 AM (UVfht)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2014 12:10 AM (wr4LJ)
Moe: "Canapes!"
Larry: "Can o' peas."
Whack!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2014 12:13 AM (gvtTX)
Posted by: eman at December 22, 2014 12:13 AM (MQEz6)
Posted by: You Racist Bastards at December 22, 2014 12:13 AM (Mw9or)
Posted by: Particle Boa'd at December 22, 2014 12:13 AM (KG1MP)
Posted by: Particle Boa'd at December 22, 2014 12:13 AM (KG1MP)
How come they never take any from the Black Forest?
Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 22, 2014 12:14 AM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Gina at December 22, 2014 12:14 AM (YLxhC)
Posted by: Piercello at December 22, 2014 12:14 AM (JybVy)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2014 12:15 AM (wr4LJ)
Posted by: Old Crotchety Treehead at December 22, 2014 12:15 AM (Mw9or)
Whatever. At this point I'm just ridiculing and goading him.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 22, 2014 12:15 AM (EvYMx)
Posted by: jc at December 22, 2014 12:17 AM (iRJ+A)
Posted by: chemjeff with beer at December 22, 2014 12:17 AM (9GG/0)
Posted by: Clive Barker at December 22, 2014 12:17 AM (Mw9or)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 22, 2014 12:15 AM (EvYMx)
Agree with him! "Yeah, it's all gone downhill since Giuliani made the cops give up their nuclear weapons."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2014 12:18 AM (gvtTX)
Oh brudder. Now the Twitter asshole is claiming everything that's gone wrong with the cops in NY is the Republicans' fault.
Whatever. At this point I'm just ridiculing and goading him.
Hit HARD
Posted by: Gina at December 22, 2014 12:18 AM (YLxhC)
Whole grains.
Posted by: Ardor or Arbor, it's all about wood at December 22, 2014 12:18 AM (KG1MP)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 22, 2014 12:19 AM (EvYMx)
"Admit it: you'd rather see cops killed than Democrats held accountable."
I imagine he'll throw a nuclear tantrum in just a few minutes now...
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 22, 2014 12:19 AM (EvYMx)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at December 22, 2014 12:19 AM (Mw9or)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 22, 2014 12:15 AM (EvYMx)
*******
Dude *points to door* there's like real world meat space stuff to do and shit. Why argue with a Leftist? They drag everything down to idiot level and then beat you cuz experience.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at December 22, 2014 12:20 AM (5kNXS)
tree puns???
i've been pining all day to offer some tree puns!
Posted by: chemjeff with beer at December 22, 2014 12:17 AM (9GG/0)
Is that anything like four candles? http://tinyurl.com/85nj96w
Posted by: cthulhu at December 22, 2014 12:21 AM (T1005)
heheheh eh heheh... "meat space"... heheheh...
Posted by: beavis at December 22, 2014 12:21 AM (tBSrv)
And MWNP, also good advice but at this point I have no interest in arguing with him. I just want to go full Nick Searcy on his ass and turn him to screaming turd pudding like most leftists are on the inside.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 22, 2014 12:22 AM (EvYMx)
Posted by: Grham Chapman at December 22, 2014 12:26 AM (lN8KC)
no interest in arguing with him. I just want to go full Nick Searcy on
his ass and turn him to screaming turd pudding like most leftists are on
the inside.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 22, 2014 12:22 AM (EvYMx)
Your antagonist is from Maryland right? He said the cop-killer was a nut from his state, didn't he? Why did cop-killer travel to and from B'more and NYC? Smuggling cigarettes to Garner, of course. When the cops killed Garner, they ended his lucrative smuggling racket. And the cops killed Garner on whose orders, hmmmm? Who loses the most when smokes are smuggled? Conspiracy fabrication 101.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2014 12:27 AM (gvtTX)
Since AoP mentioned nuclear weapons.
http://youtu.be/iqBUlBqieu0
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 22, 2014 12:27 AM (om3D0)
Have you seen the Chinese movie, might have been the first 'Sex and Zen' where the lonely lady writes calligraphic love letters with her cooter?
Posted by: Epobirs at December 22, 2014 12:28 AM (IdCqF)
Mr. President, next time to remove your teeth before sucking el Jefe. Hung like a mountain pony he is!
Posted by: Cuban Denture Repairman at December 22, 2014 12:29 AM (Mw9or)
first 'Sex and Zen' where the lonely lady writes calligraphic love
letters with her cooter?
Posted by: Epobirs at December 22, 2014 12:28 AM (IdCqF)
Does not compute. If she was that talented, why was she lonely?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2014 12:31 AM (gvtTX)
Are those the tiny bulbs with a green plastic base formed into two prongs, with a strand of copper wire emerging from the end of the prong and folded back along the side of it? Needle-nose pliers might work to remove the errant base.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 21, 2014 11:53 PM (gvtTX)
I just tried that, and it worked. So I set about trying a replacement bulb in each socket, but I soon became confused as to which ones I had tried and which ones I hadn't.
I then decided that the only way to do a thorough job was to remove the lights from the tree and try them one by one. After I had unwrapped the cord enough to get four bulbs off the tree, the lights suddenly came back on. I re-wrapped the cord around the tree and set it up in the window again, and it's working now. I don't know what happened.
Posted by: rickl at December 22, 2014 12:31 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at December 22, 2014 12:32 AM (Mw9or)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 22, 2014 12:34 AM (om3D0)
Posted by: Infidel at December 22, 2014 12:34 AM (1YT1i)
Posted by: Epobirs at December 22, 2014 12:34 AM (IdCqF)
Posted by: Infidel at December 22, 2014 12:34 AM (1YT1i)
Christmas is saved!
Posted by: rickl at December 22, 2014 12:35 AM (sdi6R)
Gentlemen, We have to protect our phoney, baloney jobs !!!!
Posted by: Christmas Tree Electricians, local 765... at December 22, 2014 12:35 AM (P+IZm)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at December 22, 2014 12:35 AM (Mw9or)
Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura Highway at December 22, 2014 12:35 AM (dULJN)
And thanks to Fourth Horseman for your support!! :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 22, 2014 12:36 AM (EvYMx)
Posted by: Arbalest at December 22, 2014 12:36 AM (FlRtG)
The hell with Corgis.....that's a Beaver Whistle if I ever heard one!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at December 22, 2014 12:37 AM (RzZOc)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 22, 2014 12:37 AM (EvYMx)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at December 22, 2014 12:37 AM (Mw9or)
trying a replacement bulb in each socket, but I soon became confused as
to which ones I had tried and which ones I hadn't.
I then decided that the only way to do a thorough job was to remove
the lights from the tree and try them one by one. After I had unwrapped
the cord enough to get four bulbs off the tree, the lights suddenly
came back on. I re-wrapped the cord around the tree and set it up in
the window again, and it's working now. I don't know what happened.
Posted by: rickl at December 22, 2014 12:31 AM (sdi6R)
It's all good. The joys of series-string Christmas lights. Had them when I was a kid. What I did then was take a known good bulb, and use it to replace a bulb at one end of the string. If the string lit, well, that was the dead bulb. If not, then the removed bulb was used to replace #2 in the string. Repeat until the string comes good; the bulb in your hand at that point is the dead one, so throw it away.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2014 12:37 AM (gvtTX)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at December 22, 2014 12:39 AM (Mw9or)
"The Dems own NY, they own the hate they've earned from NYPD. Period."
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 22, 2014 12:40 AM (EvYMx)
It's all good. The joys of series-string Christmas lights. Had them when I was a kid. What I did then was take a known good bulb, and use it to replace a bulb at one end of the string. If the string lit, well, that was the dead bulb. If not, then the removed bulb was used to replace #2 in the string. Repeat until the string comes good; the bulb in your hand at that point is the dead one, so throw it away.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2014 12:37 AM (gvtTX)
That's what I figured I was going to have to do, but in this case the lights came back on with the original bulbs, while I was in the process of unwrapping the cord from the tree. I guess something wasn't making contact somewhere, and I jarred it into place.
Posted by: rickl at December 22, 2014 12:42 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at December 22, 2014 12:39 AM (Mw9or)
Heh. A hanging curve ball, it was. "Comes good" = opposite of "Goes bad". The term is used a lot by electrical geeks chasing bad circuits. I first heard it on a seismic crew, when we tried to find bad traces in 96-pair cables.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2014 12:42 AM (gvtTX)
Cheer up, tomorrow will be abrighter day...
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at December 22, 2014 12:37 AM (Mw9or)
According to Weather Underground, today was "9h 35m" and "Tomorrow will be 0m1s longer."
Posted by: cthulhu at December 22, 2014 12:43 AM (T1005)
Posted by: chemjeff with beer at December 22, 2014 12:44 AM (9GG/0)
No problem was I was enjoying watching James Woods tweets he's on fire tonight.
Posted by: Fourth Horseman at December 22, 2014 12:44 AM (A7LEa)
Posted by: rickl at December 22, 2014 12:42 AM (sdi6R)
The military had a term for that, "percussive maintenance".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2014 12:44 AM (gvtTX)
Posted by: Indigenous tree anti defamation league at December 22, 2014 12:45 AM (DYLMq)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 22, 2014 12:45 AM (EvYMx)
not sure what I'll do with that extra second of daylight, woohoo
Posted by: chemjeff with beer at December 22, 2014 12:44 AM (9GG/0)
Better start working on it now -- by the time the equinox rolls around, you'll be getting extra seconds by the hundreds every day.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 22, 2014 12:46 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Infidel at December 22, 2014 12:46 AM (1YT1i)
"The Dems own NY, they own the hate they've earned from NYPD. Period."
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 22, 2014 12:40 AM (EvYMx)
Damn right they do.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 22, 2014 12:47 AM (FMbng)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 22, 2014 12:43 AM (T1005)
Whatever. There was enough daylight for me to get my tractor started, and get the rough-cut mower off the 3-point hitch, and the grader blade on in its place. And to use the loader to get some stuff unloaded from the car trailer and set down out of the way. And to use the grader blade to move the remains of a snowdrift out of my driveway. All without getting uncomfortably cold.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2014 12:48 AM (gvtTX)
"They should announce a sequel to 'Groundhog Day,' and then just re-release the original."
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 22, 2014 12:48 AM (EvYMx)
that a weather-forecasting agency named itself after a 1960s/70s TERRORIST org?
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 22, 2014 12:49 AM (EvYMx)
Posted by: Infidel at December 22, 2014 12:51 AM (1YT1i)
Posted by: Piercello at December 22, 2014 12:51 AM (JybVy)
My kids turned out okay.
Posted by: eman at December 21, 2014 10:49 PM (MQEz6)
Someone sent Playboys back in time??http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_McCarthyJennifer Ann "Jenny" McCarthy (born November 1, 1972) is an American model, television host, comedic actress, author, and anti-vaccine activist. She began her career in 1993
Posted by: Methos at December 22, 2014 12:51 AM (A6vWB)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 22, 2014 12:51 AM (EvYMx)
that a weather-forecasting agency named itself after a 1960s/70s TERRORIST org?
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 22, 2014 12:49 AM (EvYMx)
I think that is conscious irony. Mocking the terrorist org by appropriating its name for their own useful service.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2014 12:52 AM (gvtTX)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 22, 2014 12:52 AM (EvYMx)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 22, 2014 12:53 AM (EvYMx)
Posted by: Clive Barker at December 22, 2014 12:17 AM (Mw9or)
Hey, Ent! You're trunk, so leaf me alone, you weed!
Posted by: Angus mac Bogus at December 22, 2014 12:53 AM (HI5t7)
Against my better judgement, I just finished watching 'Appleseed Alpha'. Dub only on the blu-ray. Oddly enough, even though there are multiple language options (French, German, Spanish), Japanese isn't one of them. The story's passable - which, unfortunately, seems to be par for the course whenever we get another animated Appleseed treatment. It doesn't clash with the manga continuity *too* badly. The only real "can't be hand-waved away" continuity conflict I noted off the top of my head is that in the manga, Deunan and Briareos have never heard of Olympus when Hitomi finds them. In Alpha, there are rumors running rampant about the existence of the city even before the story starts. And the post-credits stinger gives us yet another lame justification for the title. I wish they'd give up on that.
And, of course, since the third thing that always pops to mind when discussing Appleseed (right after Briareos and Deunan) is *spoiler*, we have *spoiler* turn up mid-way through the movie. I wish they'd used something else instead.
The animation does look nice. It's all 3D CGI. And while it's obvious that you're not looking at real people, it's still pretty slick. In contrast with Ghost in the Shell, Appleseed has cyborgs that don't disguise their part-machine nature. Shirow came up with a wide variety of styles and parts, and many of his designs end up reused in the movie. The animation team did a good job with them, and they never look like something that shouldn't work.
Posted by: junior at December 22, 2014 12:55 AM (N+HLW)
"An atheist, a vegan, a libertarian, a crossfit trainer and a BMW owner walk into a bar...
I know because they told everyone within 2 minutes"
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 22, 2014 12:57 AM (EvYMx)
They should also specifically announce Al Sharpton's address as well and specifically say that since that address has been tied to threats of violence and past incitement to violence, that they will not patrol that address nor respond to any burglar alarms.
Same for deBlasio's house - say it is an area crawling with communists who incite violence against police, so they won't patrol his 4 doors on x y and z sides of his house nor have anything to do with ensuring his power cutoff at 104 feet from curb Z at 4' 8" from the ground on the north side of the alleyway is secure from being shut down.
Shit like that. Effective shit.
Posted by: Inspector Cussword at December 22, 2014 12:58 AM (scgac)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 22, 2014 12:59 AM (EvYMx)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 22, 2014 12:52 AM
Ummmmm, yeah, vaguely. Wasn't that a goldenage title? Before my time.
Posted by: otho at December 22, 2014 01:00 AM (tBSrv)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 22, 2014 12:52 AM (EvYMx)
No, But I remember White Lunch Comix. It was an undergound comic published in Vancouver, B.C. in the late '60s - early '70s. Sort of a ripoff on the comics of Robert Crumb. The White Lunch was an actual cafe, open 24/7, back in the day when such a thing was quite unusual. It was a fixture on the Vancouver scene, and the counter-culture rubbed elbows with the straight culture there.
http://www.comicvine.com/white-lunch-comix-1/4000-146137/
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2014 01:00 AM (gvtTX)
I saw a quick blurb about it at another blog. Never heard of it, and I thought I knew about most comics.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 22, 2014 01:01 AM (EvYMx)
Posted by: Inspector Cussword at December 22, 2014 01:01 AM (scgac)
Back when Tower Records was around, they distributed for free their in-store magazine, called Pulse!
It used to contain some stuff that was very inside-baseball regarding cutting-edge newbie rock artists and the record companies, but they also did some really funny stuff.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 22, 2014 01:03 AM (EvYMx)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 22, 2014 01:01 AM
Oh. I got a feeling it was from the golden age, originally, or something. Don't recall what it was about, or anything, just recall the pricing and whatnot, they were kinda expensive, for what they were IIRC. If it is GA era, there were a boat load of weird titles nobody's sort of heard of, they have collectible $$$$ attached to them
Posted by: otho at December 22, 2014 01:05 AM (tBSrv)
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Yes, and no.
No, in that I never saw the series myself. Yes, in that a sibling once picked up a comic book that was about Millie's daughter. Unfortunately, I can't remember the name of it off the top of my head, though I think it was part of Marvel's short-lived Star brand (not to be confused with the Starbrand from Marvel's New Universe brand...
).
Posted by: junior at December 22, 2014 01:05 AM (N+HLW)
Posted by: Inspector Cussword at December 22, 2014 01:01 AM (scgac)
Toss a few colander face masks on their lawn with a note that says good luck.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 22, 2014 01:06 AM (FMbng)
Alls I knows is, wish I could find someplace that still carries Harvey Comics. ;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 22, 2014 01:07 AM (EvYMx)
It used to contain some stuff that was very inside-baseball
regarding cutting-edge newbie rock artists and the record companies, but
they also did some really funny stuff.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 22, 2014 01:03 AM (EvYMx)
The art work in some of those underground comics was very good, indeed. Because they didn't print in color, they made a lot more use of shading in the black and white art work. Characters' faces had real personality, and many of the panels were loaded with detail, and often there were running jokes in the details, as well as the main story. Highly collectable, now.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2014 01:09 AM (gvtTX)
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It's black comedy watching how quickly people distance themselves from the killings. "We're totally against murdering cops, even though we participated in those rallies were people talked about and chanted about killing cops."
I just hope nothing like that starts up here in Los Angeles.
Posted by: junior at December 22, 2014 01:10 AM (N+HLW)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 22, 2014 01:07 AM
Oh yeah. Those were great. Had a bunch of those when young. Were Beetle Bailey and Sad Sack HC's? I'm pretty sure the one about the ghost that was a dick was HC. Part of the Cxasper line. Ccan't recall the name... getting senile.
Posted by: otho at December 22, 2014 01:12 AM (tBSrv)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 22, 2014 01:07 AM (EvYMx)
You'd need to borrow that time machine that Ace doesn't have.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at December 22, 2014 01:12 AM (rJUlF)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millie_the_Model
Character ran a pretty long time. I guess she was the Timely/Atlas/Marvel answer to Archie.
Posted by: Epobirs at December 22, 2014 01:13 AM (IdCqF)
Maybe you're thinking of Spooky. Wore a derby and talked with a Brooklyn accent.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at December 22, 2014 01:13 AM (rJUlF)
They basically convinced me early: the armed forces are *not* a place for me. :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 22, 2014 01:14 AM (EvYMx)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at December 22, 2014 01:13 AM
That's it. Spooky. Had those.
Posted by: otho at December 22, 2014 01:15 AM (tBSrv)
Posted by: puddleglum not at work at December 22, 2014 01:15 AM (3rXdF)
I *do* think they could have been funnier about him, however.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 22, 2014 01:15 AM (EvYMx)
"Richie Rich and the 'Visit' from Occupy"
"Richie Rich and the DNC/Sharpton Shakedown"
"Richie Rich and the Dead Debutante in his Bentley"
"Richie Rich's Runoff with Romney at the RNC"
;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 22, 2014 01:18 AM (EvYMx)
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Star was slightly different. It was an attempt to create comics aimed at very young kids. For a while, they licensed a number of kids TV shows, and stuck the resulting comics under the name Star. For instance, the Thundercats comic book ended up with Star. The two notable exceptions were GI Joe, and Transformers, both of which stayed under Marvel proper.
Star also had some original series. The most famous of such series was probably "Peter Porker, The Spectacular Spider-Ham". As the title suggests, it was a comedic take on Marvel's popular Spider-man character, but with anthropormophic animals instead of humans. Peter Porker was a pig, his boss was J. Jonah Jackal, etc...
I think the series with Millie's daughter (who was also a model) was a part of this line-up, but I don't remember for certain.
Posted by: junior at December 22, 2014 01:19 AM (N+HLW)
Posted by: garrett at December 22, 2014 01:19 AM (dBJ+6)
http://bit.ly/16HV4Yd
Posted by: The Conspiratorial Hat at December 22, 2014 01:19 AM (lN8KC)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 22, 2014 01:15 AM
Yeah, I had those too. I remember the concensus at the time in my circle was that Scrooge McDuck was much, much better. Richie sort of wrung his hands a lot about his wealth, though he was still fairly ostentatious. Scrooge swam in swimming pools of money and didn't give a fuck. That got the thumbs up from us.
Posted by: otho at December 22, 2014 01:21 AM (tBSrv)
http://bit.ly/16HV4Yd
Posted by: The Conspiratorial Hat at December 22, 2014 01:19 AM (lN8KC)
These people are fucking insane.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 22, 2014 01:22 AM (FMbng)
somehow I am suddenly not feeling very well.
ugh.
must be the solstice
Posted by: chemjeff at December 22, 2014 01:26 AM (9GG/0)
Have you seen the current Spider-verse storyline going on right now? It brings in every version of Spider-man from across the multiverse, including Peter Porker and 60s cartoon Spider-man. It's pretty insane.
Posted by: Epobirs at December 22, 2014 01:26 AM (IdCqF)
Posted by: garrett at December 22, 2014 01:19 AM (dBJ+6)
I never got the hang of inflatable punch toys. Why would I want to punch a cute cartoon character? He didn't do anything to me.
I'm a lover, not a fighter.
Posted by: rickl at December 22, 2014 01:28 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: puddleglum not at work at December 22, 2014 01:31 AM (3rXdF)
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No, I haven't paid much attention to any of it lately. But Spider-ham has always been popular with the fans, even after all these years. During the "Other" storyline, iirc they did *EIGHT* different cover variants for one of their issues, each focusing on a different version of Spiderman. Spider-ham was one of them.
Posted by: junior at December 22, 2014 01:31 AM (N+HLW)
Posted by: garrett at December 22, 2014 01:36 AM (dBJ+6)
492 #486
Have you seen the current Spider-verse storyline going on right now? It brings in every version of Spider-man from across the multiverse, including Peter Porker and 60s cartoon Spider-man. It's pretty insane.
Posted by: Epobirs at December 22, 2014 01:26 AM (IdCqF)
That's been done before In other media that it wouldn't surprise me if its been a comic story before. The 90s Spider-Man had a Spider-Man multiverse finale. The video game Spider-Man shattered dimensions was also a multiverse game. With a spiderham cameo at the end of the game. And I believe that the current animated series ultimate Spider-Man will also have a multiverse arc.
Posted by: buzzion at December 22, 2014 01:47 AM (DYLMq)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 22, 2014 01:50 AM (EvYMx)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shmoo
Fascinating. The whole country evidently went crazy for shmoos from 1948-1950. And don't miss the Science section:
"Shmoos are essential; without them, we would have neither bread nor beer."
Posted by: rickl at December 22, 2014 01:59 AM (sdi6R)
The current storyline is building on those past works, such as the May Parker Spider-girl and her infant brother Ben from the M2 universe.
In the midst of this, the second Ultimate Universe Spider-man, Miles Morales, is dealing with the original X-men being dumped in his universe after they were brought forward in time and got stuck in the main 616 Marvel verse. This isn't a huge shock to him as he has previously met the 616 Spider-man.
Left unanswered so far is whether the X-men show up before or after the Spider-verse arc. Or why the Ultimate Universe Kitty Pryde doesn't seem to know Miles despite being on a team together for the last year.
Posted by: Epobirs at December 22, 2014 02:06 AM (IdCqF)
Posted by: buzzion at December 22, 2014 02:09 AM (z/Ubi)
Posted by: buzzion at December 22, 2014 02:09 AM
Just ignore all the "Ultimate" stuff. I know I did.
Posted by: otho at December 22, 2014 02:11 AM (tBSrv)
I'd barely heard of it when one day in sixth grade they packed us on buses over to a local junior high to see a performance by their drama class of Dogpatch USA, which had been a Broadway musical and film in the 50s.
The girl they had playing the very skimpily clad Daisy Mae was very, um, mature for an 8th grader. I heard one of the teachers remark to another that half the audience was spontaneously entering puberty as a result.
Posted by: Epobirs at December 22, 2014 02:15 AM (IdCqF)
He was also bitten by a genetically modified spider from Oscorp but it was a different experiment and gave him a somewhat different power set. He has a camouflage ability and a sort of energy sting similar the 616 universe's Jessica Drew Spider-woman.
He didn't have any web shooters for a good while until he became friendly with May Parker and Gwen Stacy. (Both alive though Gwen was dead for a while and became the Ultimate universe version of Carnage. She got better.) They made him a gift of the deceased Peter Parker's web shooters and the formula for making the fluid. But then recently a ressurected by means unknown Parker took them back. He has since decided to share the tech with Miles. The Ultimate Universe's Jessica Drew, who is a female clone of Peter Parker, presumably knows how to make the shooters and fluid but doesn't need them herself as she has it built-in Jake Gyllenhal-style.
It's very simple. Really.
Posted by: Epobirs at December 22, 2014 02:23 AM (IdCqF)
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He's got powers. I can't remember the explanation on it, but he's got powers that are similar to Peter Parker's (but slightly different, including his sting ability). His webbing is tech based as normal. May gave him Peter's old webshooters.
@502 Just ignore all the "Ultimate" stuff. I know I did.
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Ultimate Spider-man had some good storylines. The rest of the Ultimate universe was completely forgettable, but most of the Spider-man line was much better. However, the last issue I saw was before they killed Peter off.
I did see the cross-over issue. The thing that stuck with me most was Peter's dodge when Gwen asked about her 616 counterpart.
Posted by: junior at December 22, 2014 02:29 AM (N+HLW)
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If I were to ever take control of Marvel, I'd have the writers implement a storyline in which the 616 May (who was kidnapped by Osborne just after being born, and then completely ignored) comes back out from under the rug that she's been conveniently swept under, and tongue lashes her parents for doing the deal with the devil that undid their marriage.
Posted by: junior at December 22, 2014 02:32 AM (N+HLW)
If you consider how the universe was retconned by Mephisto's alterations, that May Parker was likely never conceived.
Posted by: Epobirs at December 22, 2014 02:38 AM (IdCqF)
507 #506
If you consider how the universe was retconned by Mephisto's alterations, that May Parker was likely never conceived.
Posted by: Epobirs at December 22, 2014 02:38 AM (IdCqF)
Yeah because deals with satan are always nice and tidy and he'd never do something like that to screw it over.
Posted by: buzzion at December 22, 2014 02:42 AM (z/Ubi)
Posted by: junior at December 22, 2014 02:29 AM
I'll take your word for it as I didn't follow spiderman all that much. I only remember something about a hip latino "spiderman" and some sort of setup that sounded a bit like the clone saga dealie. Anyway, I have heard SOME good things about USM... so there's that. Ultimat X-Men was shit. Overpriced poitless shit. A bunch of the others looked similarly inclined, all flash, no bang. It hastened my getting out of comics... I was just going through the motions at the time. They already started fucking up the line after booting Harras and the movies *ugh*.
Posted by: otho at December 22, 2014 02:43 AM (tBSrv)
Posted by: navybrat at December 22, 2014 02:49 AM (JgC5a)
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Yup. That had also occurred to me. I figure that's just *one* of the many reasons why she's pissed off at her parents.
:p
Posted by: junior at December 22, 2014 02:55 AM (N+HLW)
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The "Latino" Spider-Man is the Milo guy that we've been talking about. He didn't show up until After Peter was killed off. IIRC his Dad's black, and his Mom's Puerto Rican. And he's twelve years old. The brief bits that I saw didn't suggest much hipness.
As for the rest of the setting, Cap's a jerk. And Nightcrawler, one of the nicest X-Men around in the regular setting, was turned into a crazed homophobic stalker/kidnapper. It's like the writers wanted to write "edgy" and forgot about "fun".
Posted by: junior at December 22, 2014 03:03 AM (N+HLW)
When's the last time you watched the Hulk cartoon shorts from the '60's?
Or Iron Man or Thor? They're kinda odd.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Imaginary Home For Incorrigible Boys & Girls at December 22, 2014 03:05 AM (fWEL6)
Posted by: junior at December 22, 2014 03:03 AM
Oh, ok. I might be retconning my memories of when things happened in USM. Maybe it started out fine and I can't recall. Man, I hear you about "edgy" that's what really pissed me off about X-Men. It had already started in the regular line, late 90's early 00's?? before the *spit* movie came out. They dropped the comics code approval thing and it was like "Fuck this" and "fuck that" and X-Men bonking X-chicks and gay X-men round the clock. Fuck you, Marvel. Then they changed the comics to fit the movies... Fuck you, Marvel. I started on the 60's stuff and like my comics to be kids oriented but clever enough for adults too. If I wanted "indie style" comics about gay orgies I'd buy indie comics about gay orgies. Fuck you, Marvel.
Posted by: otho at December 22, 2014 03:13 AM (tBSrv)
Posted by: Kreplach at December 21, 2014 10:33 PM
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*eyes the wife suspiciously*
Posted by: Men All Over The World at December 22, 2014 03:27 AM (aZPTA)
The Ultimate Universe had a set of objectives. To make use of the IP in a way that let them ignore the mountain of old continuity and also to have versions that would line up better with the movies then in development. There was some pretty good stories in there but some offended those overly attached to the canon versions.
Consequences are much more real in the UU. Death isn't so readily shrugged off and things like city destroying disasters have repercussion forever afterward. For instance, at the start of the Ultimates it is noted that the last time Bruce Banner became the Hulk around 800 people were killed and he is regarded more like a nuclear bomb that once went off accidentally. Fury would have him killed if he didn't think the Hulk was needed as a weapon against something far worse.
I'm not in the habit of buying comics. I get via torrent. A recent complete set of the UU is around 11 GB these days. It was about half that when I got back into comics about eight years ago. It was a worthwhile download.
Posted by: Epobirs at December 22, 2014 03:29 AM (IdCqF)
Ah well, you should definitely check out Savage Dragon #200. Sexual tension that had been years in the making is shattered. Largely off-screen but the resulting conversations are very funny.
Posted by: Epobirs at December 22, 2014 03:32 AM (IdCqF)
We just have to face the reality that men who write comic books are weirdos.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Imaginary Home For Incorrigible Boys & Girls at December 22, 2014 03:36 AM (fWEL6)
Ok. Sounds complicated. I had clicked to the raison d'etre of the UU... It pissed me off as a stickler of the old continuity. Unfortunately, it wasn't just a matter of ignoring UU and sticking with the trad line as the already started breaking that for the movie/s with the X line. How about the Spider line? Is it still running without major changes, post UU and movies? I couldn't get back into it now, even if the stories and art are more old school. What with screwing up title continuity (issue number 1 every 6 months) and "writing for the trade"... I just couldn't follow it.
Posted by: otho at December 22, 2014 03:38 AM (tBSrv)
Posted by: Weirddave at December 22, 2014 03:42 AM (KAmzK)
While I was never in love with the 'cast iron' laptops, I'm not enthralled with the trend for feather-weight ones either. Of course, I wouldn't mind a laptop with a hybrid SSD/HD system either... not that anyone is rushing forward to market one.
Posted by: CPT. Charles at December 22, 2014 04:12 AM (/mTq0)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30571911
"France, Dijon: Driver targets city pedestrians
A driver shouting the Islamic phrase "God is great" in Arabic has run down pedestrians in Dijon, France, injuring 11, two seriously, French media say.
He was arrested after targeting pedestrians in five different parts of the city in the space of half an hour.
...
Witnesses told police the driver, aged around 40, had also said he was "acting for the children of Palestine", an unnamed source close to the investigation told AFP news agency."
Posted by: zombie at December 22, 2014 04:23 AM (K4YiS)
I was most struck by the fact that Emma Stone was 24 years old at the time and yet her character was 16. She may be cute 'n' all, but... nuh-uh.
Even worse, the lead Spiderman guy was 29 years old at the time, and he was supposed to be in high school classes with her.
It was like Welcome Back Kotter, but with fewer afros.
Oh yeah, there was something about a lizard man and some bad acting and some stunt doubles doing skateboard tricks and most everything was computer generated...the rest is a blur.
Posted by: zombie at December 22, 2014 04:30 AM (K4YiS)
Not that the truth will ever reach the LIVs, but the chain of events unfolding in NY should be a lesson for the ages...
...and final proof that raving Leftists shouldn't be allowed to play with adult toys, or manage complex systems.
Functioning civilizations don't survive being handled by spoiled, witless children.
Posted by: CPT. Charles at December 22, 2014 04:30 AM (/mTq0)
Posted by: zombie at December 22, 2014 04:32 AM (K4YiS)
...and let the crows have their eyes.
Posted by: CPT. Charles at December 22, 2014 04:34 AM (/mTq0)
...and final proof that raving Leftists shouldn't be allowed to play with adult toys, or manage complex systems.
Functioning civilizations don't survive being handled by spoiled, witless children.
Posted by: CPT. Charles
I've long argued that leftism can only function as an outsider ideology. As soon as it actually gets the power it craves, it either becomes totalitarianism, or becomes a disastrous farce. (Or boht.)
I think they're happier being on the sidelines griping and pointing out the flaws of their oppressors. It makes them feel morally superior.
Fine. Be oppressed but morally superior outsiders. Enjoy your fantasy world. I just hope you never gets the reigns of power again, but you (leftists) have no clue how to run a civilization.
Posted by: zombie at December 22, 2014 04:35 AM (K4YiS)
(By that I mean someone capable of doing Shakespeare... and looking good while doing it.)
Posted by: CPT. Charles at December 22, 2014 04:38 AM (/mTq0)
I won't say you're wrong, but...
...you're missing a vital point: the true construct of Leftism only has one real purpose... the unmaking of Western Civilization.
Everything else about it is just shadow-puppet play...
Posted by: CPT. Charles at December 22, 2014 04:46 AM (/mTq0)
Posted by: Bob's House of Insomnia at December 22, 2014 05:56 AM (yxw0r)
Entertain me!
Posted by: Bob's House of Insomnia at December 22, 2014 05:56 AM (yxw0r)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2Je1CEPkUM
Posted by: Confuse a Bob at December 22, 2014 06:00 AM (lN8KC)
It's the accent.
Americans are very xenophobic in re; movie villains. (talk funny = you must be a bad guy)
(or is it just Hollywood?)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at December 22, 2014 06:00 AM (RZzX3)
Time to rise and shine, grab your socks, and greet the new day.
And shit.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 22, 2014 06:03 AM (irGEw)
Grain of salt time.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at December 22, 2014 06:06 AM (RZzX3)
Nah, accents are 'cool'...
...and cool villains are more important to Hollyweird than cool heroes.
(Unless a cool hero makes them more money...)
Posted by: CPT. Charles at December 22, 2014 06:07 AM (/mTq0)
Branagh talks however you want. Hugh Laurie sounds more American than I do.
Makes you wonder why Olivier had to sound like a bombastic Hamlet even when he played a Nazi. Greatest actah evah, though. Just ask.
Hugh Grant did a lot to damage the Brit nice-guy thing, though.
Thee weddings and a hooker in the front seat...NTTAW.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at December 22, 2014 06:08 AM (xq1UY)
...yeah, I know... I'm being delusional.
Posted by: CPT. Charles at December 22, 2014 06:10 AM (/mTq0)
I don't know about cool and all but a German or Slavic accent is fairly common for the villains Hollywood likes to produce.
So. NO.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at December 22, 2014 06:13 AM (RZzX3)
Nah, you're just attempting to be optimistic.
Nothing wrong with that.
Till reality bitch slaps you upside the head so hard that a hearing aid cracks, your dentures fly out, and a glass eye pops out.
In the meanwhile, let's hope for a pleasant Monday.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 22, 2014 06:14 AM (irGEw)
Posted by: Vic at December 22, 2014 06:15 AM (u9gzs)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 22, 2014 06:17 AM (irGEw)
Posted by: Confuse a Bob at December 22, 2014 06:00 AM (lN8KC)
Pure awesomnity.
Posted by: Bob's House of Insomnia at December 22, 2014 06:21 AM (yxw0r)
Warm up the Atwater Kent tubes y'all.
Transmitter signal is live. Carrier beam on.
Stand by For News.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at December 22, 2014 06:22 AM (xq1UY)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at December 22, 2014 06:00 AM
If it's the accent that's the key here (not those who can do decent american accents)... It's not really a xenophobic thing. It's more to do with believeability, suspension of disbelief and whatnot. You CAN cast him in a "decent" regular role, but in most cases, you're going to have the audience wondering "why is this english guy the police chief (or whatever)?" For a supervillain this is not aproblem, because it's not a "regular" character... and the accent adds a layer of "sophistication and education", making him more threatening. The upshot being the audience will buy into the character and not ask questions. This would not necessarily work for LOW level villains. If you cast your, say, English actor as a mugger in an urnab crime film, the audience will be pulled out of the film, in the same way as they would if you cast him as the police chief.
Posted by: otho at December 22, 2014 06:28 AM (tBSrv)
Von Braun and Kissinger are behind us now. We're in the era of Soros.
Just what the hell was Goldfinger supposed to sound like, anyway?
Frobe didn't sound like that in Chitty Chitty...or did he?
The real Goldfinger, they tell me, was a dentist, Fleming's neighbor who pissed him off. Makes you wonder where the other villains came from.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at December 22, 2014 06:41 AM (xq1UY)
You never hear the Knickerbocker accent any more. That was good for villains.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at December 22, 2014 06:44 AM (xq1UY)
Posted by: teapartydoc at December 22, 2014 08:36 AM (QStGO)
Remarkable, the power of a peaceful protest.
Lie of the day: "We have never protested suggesting violence." Al Sharpton. Except for that whole "What do we want, Dead Cops" thing in New York; then there was that "Burn it down Step-Father rant" thing in Ferguson. Other than that, God's children praying for peace and understanding...
Posted by: That new person running HHS at December 22, 2014 11:04 AM (MelgH)
Posted by: regmodels.ru at December 22, 2014 07:42 PM (LxyDe)
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