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Overnight Open Thread (3-16-2015)

Quote of the Day I

No you don't get to get away with that. You don't get to advocate policies [i.e., higher minimum wage laws] which allow you to use force to deprive people of their jobs and their opportunities, and then claim that those who would have provided the jobs are the heartless ones. You don't get to trot out the insipid, mindless, tendentious talking points about how you are morally or intellectually superior when every "solution" you proffer is destructive and is based upon forcing others to do your bidding. You don't get to decide whose job is worth preserving and whose isn't and still claim the moral high ground.

-- Commenter on Seattle lefties' angst over restaurant closings

Quote of the Day II

"Rule 34" asserts that if it exists, there is porn of it. To that, I offer a codicil: If there is porn of it, there is art of that porn.

-- Kevin D. Williamson reporting from the AVN awards in Las Vegas

How Bad Was Hillary's Role in Whitewater/Castle Grande?

Well as Paul at PowerLine reminds us it was pretty damn bad. Really she should have gone to jail along Webb Hubbell but then all records having to do with Hillary's role in the scam mysteriously disappeared for several years...

Romney vs. Holyfield, Salt Lake City, May 15

It's on. And yes this is real. I tried to come up with a nice rhyming moniker for the fight but SLC is a tough one to work with...

...[Mitt] Romney is slated to fight former heavyweight boxing champion Evander Holyfield in the marquis event during a several-bout evening at the Rail Event Center near the Union Pacific Depot in Salt Lake City on May 15.

"It will either be a very short fight, or I will be knocked unconscious," Romney quipped in an interview recently. "It won't be much of a fight. We'll both suit up and get in the ring and spar around a little bit."

romneyholyfield

ISIS Starting to Have a Tough Time

Internal criticism is not the only problem ISIL is facing in 2015. ISIL has recently suffered prominent defeats in Iraq and Syria as well as continued rebellions in both countries. Even the Syrian Army is retaking ground from ISIL. The Kurds are defeating ISIL forces outside Kobane in Syria and near the Iraq border. In Iraq Kurds, Iraqi soldiers and Sunni and Shia militias are both stopping ISIL attacks and pushing back ISIL forces outside of Mosul, Kirkuk and Tikrit. An offensive to retake Mosul is expected before June. Meanwhile air attacks not only continue but are more frequent and more damaging. This makes it more difficult to stockpile supplies or move large numbers of gunmen quickly. More leaders are being found and killed by these air attacks. Important economic targets like oil refineries are being destroyed. Inside the ISIL run "caliphate" (eastern Syria and western Iraq) there are growing shortages of everything and ISIL is finding that conquest is easier than running an economy. The economic problems fuel the rebellions and desertions and it's a vicious circle that is destroying ISIL from within. The problem with ISIL is that so far it has solved its supply (logistical) problems via looting. But there has been no new conquests to loot for over six months and the stockpiles of plunder taken in 2014 is nearly exhausted. It's another example of the old military maxim, "amateurs study tactics while professionals study logistics." The accountants always win in the end.

'Yippee-ki-yay, Mr. Falcon!'

"This is what happens, Larry! This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps!"
"That better be one charming mightyfriendly pig!"
"I have had it with these monkey-fighting snakes on this Monday to Friday plane!"

The Russian Foreign Legion

As of 2015 Russia has made it easier for foreigners to join the Russian military. Now all you have to do is be able to speak passable Russian and have no criminal record and meet physical and educational standards. These recruits join for five years as "contract soldiers" in the military or para-military (Interior Ministry) forces. The navy and air force are particularly short of technically qualified personnel and don't care if the new guys speak with an accent. Successful completion of the five year contract makes it easier for the foreign soldier to become a Russian citizen. Russia had earlier begun accepting foreigners but only those that could prove some connection to the old Soviet Union. By late 2014 only a few hundred foreigners were serving. The new rules aren't expected to bring in many more recruits, but every new one counts as Russia is desperate to attract enough volunteers to be able to eliminate the use of conscription.

...The most successful recruiter of foreigners have been the United States, which recently had about 50,000 non-citizens in service (out of some 2.2 million active duty and reserve troops, about 2.2 percent of all troops). The navy, not the army, has the largest number (nearly half). That's something of a navy tradition, as hiring foreigners to serve on U.S. warships is a custom that goes back over a century. Currently, the proportion of foreigners in the U.S. military is historically low. It's been much higher in the past, often reaching 25 percent or more. This caused alarm, then as now, but there were never a lot of problems with uncertain loyalties.

OMG California Only Has One Year of Water Left

The thing about California water is that 80% of it is used by farmers. So even if every person cuts back their personal usage by say 10%, it would be literally a drop in the bucket as far as overall usage is concerned. If California is really as short of water as the experts claim, then state agriculture will simply have to be cut back. And VDH weighs in as well.

Bride Walks out of Wedding after Groom Fails Math Test

It was my understanding that there would be no math. Apparently, so did a groom in Rasoolabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. He and his bride were partners in an arranged marriage.

The bride suspected that the groom's family had lied to her family about his education. So at the wedding, she presented him with a simple math test that consisted of only one question. The Canadian Press describes it:

How much is 15 plus six?

His reply: 17.

She left immediately. Now they're trying to get the wedding gifts returned
weddingimg-thing weddingimage13

Rule 34: Clippy Edition

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Comments

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1 Huh...

Posted by: shredded chi at March 16, 2015 10:30 PM (9dfN4)

2 Howdy, y'all!

Posted by: cthulhu at March 16, 2015 10:31 PM (T1005)

3 Woot woot ONT hi Morons

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitaran, Wis momee at March 16, 2015 10:33 PM (YOPoU)

4 Props to that math test gal. Beats 18 years of a loveless marriage followed by whoring for 12 months.

Posted by: Y-not at March 16, 2015 10:33 PM (9BRsg)

5 Hmmm. Finally stayed up late enough to see the Ont live!

Now what do I do?

Posted by: tbodie at March 16, 2015 10:33 PM (8oSoU)

6 #9?

Posted by: Kentucky Kid at March 16, 2015 10:34 PM (1weFB)

7 The Russian Foreign Legion


Oohhhh, MU-MU! Wherefore art thou, Mu-mu?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 16, 2015 10:34 PM (Q/1Jp)

8 Hello, ONT....

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 16, 2015 10:35 PM (Hmple)

9 How many of the Horde think things have gone so far off the rails that it can't be fixed, and how many still have hope?

Posted by: AshevilleRobert at March 16, 2015 10:35 PM (Wo9OY)

10 "Rule 34" asserts that if it exists, there is porn of it. To that, I offer a codicil: If there is porn of it, there is art of that porn.

-- Kevin D. Williamson


Um, kinda redundant, no?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 16, 2015 10:35 PM (Q/1Jp)

11 literally a drop in the bucket

I'm literally shocked.

Posted by: 440V 3-phase at March 16, 2015 10:35 PM (Q819Q)

12 Romney is going to kick Holyfield's ASS!

Posted by: Genghis Cohen at March 16, 2015 10:36 PM (fLKzW)

13 Is anyone else hoping that Romney and Holyfield dance around a bit.....until Holyfield says, "that's all for charity....and this is for throwing the big match...", then hammers him?

Posted by: cthulhu at March 16, 2015 10:36 PM (T1005)

14 Hmmm. Finally stayed up late enough to see the Ont live!

Now what do I do?
Posted by: tbodie

TAKE OFF YOUR PANTS

AND DO THE ANTLER DANCE!

Posted by: Bossy Conservative.... waiting for spring at March 16, 2015 10:36 PM (+1T7c)

15 Props to that math test gal. Beats 18 years of a loveless marriage followed by whoring for 12 months.
Posted by: Y-not at March 16, 2015 10:33 PM (9BRsg)


That adds up to almost 14 years!

Posted by: Indian Dude Who Totally Has a Great Education at March 16, 2015 10:37 PM (Q819Q)

16 4 Props to that math test gal. Beats 18 years of a loveless marriage followed by whoring for 12 months.
Posted by: Y-not at March 16, 2015 10:33 PM (9BRsg)

No kidding. Quite a Hobson's choice the guy had. Let his whoring whore of a whore wife whore around, or throw her whoring whore ass out and probably get divorce-raped.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 16, 2015 10:37 PM (mx5oN)

17 I got NO problem with the math problem for marriage. Who wants to marry a complete dumbshit? (I know.)


In fact, it's backwards. The dude outta be asking the chick this stuff. I would.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 16, 2015 10:37 PM (Hmple)

18 Clippy deleted all my emails!

Posted by: Cankles Clinton 2016! at March 16, 2015 10:37 PM (c+Y7q)

19 4 Props to that math test gal. Beats 18 years of a loveless marriage followed by whoring for 12 months.
Posted by: Y-not at March 16, 2015 10:33 PM (9BRsg)

Nothing says I love you like whoring about

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitaran, Wis momee at March 16, 2015 10:38 PM (YOPoU)

20 Is anyone else hoping that Romney and Holyfield dance around a bit.....until Holyfield says, "that's all for charity....and this is for throwing the big match...", then hammers him?
Posted by: cthulhu at March 16, 2015 10:36 PM (T1005)


"This is for losing to a fruitcake who married a t****y!"

Posted by: Anderson Cooper's Goodlife Knitting Klatsch at March 16, 2015 10:38 PM (Q819Q)

21 Evening all. Please, please let us stop using ISIL. It is ISIS. Using ISIL lets Syria off the hook. Thanks in advance.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at March 16, 2015 10:38 PM (3F6F8)

22 How many of the Horde think things have gone so far off the rails that it can't be fixed, and how many still have hope?
Posted by: AshevilleRobert


It's been said that there is a lot of ruin in a country. Ours?

A lot more to go, so no sense worrying about it beyond providing for your loved-ones.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 16, 2015 10:38 PM (Q/1Jp)

23 7 The Russian Foreign Legion


Oohhhh, MU-MU! Wherefore art thou, Mu-mu?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 16, 2015 10:34 PM (Q/1Jp)

Why would he do that? He makes more in a week than the entire payroll of the Russian Foreign Legion for a year!

Posted by: Insomniac at March 16, 2015 10:39 PM (mx5oN)

24 ugh, look at this place. no one have anything that is not at least 100 proof.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 16, 2015 10:39 PM (gsfK5)

25 I would rather see MCCain vs. Holyfield, beat that old man like a rented maverick

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitaran, Wis momee at March 16, 2015 10:39 PM (YOPoU)

26 >>Nothing says I love you like whoring about

It's a tie with saying, "honey, I'd rather have my dick snipped than have a kid with you." o.O

Posted by: Y-not at March 16, 2015 10:39 PM (9BRsg)

27 5
Hmmm. Finally stayed up late enough to see the Ont live!



Now what do I do?

Posted by: tbodie at March 16, 2015 10:33 PM (8oSoU)


Confess your innermost secrets. Just don't start quite yet, as I need to go make popcorn.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 16, 2015 10:39 PM (T1005)

28 Hey, cth. Glad you're here so early.
I'm gonna check out for a while, so, you're the one Moron I care to let know.

Please don't call the cops on me. I'm just a little mad at the world, a lot disappointed in the commenters (more than the news, oddly enough), and feel that I could use a break.
I'll most likely be lurking, but not really present.

Been locked out of yahoo email again, and after my F laden email to them, that acct may be toast...
you have my generic gmail acct, or SMFH does if you want it.

Peace out.

Posted by: shredded chi at March 16, 2015 10:39 PM (9dfN4)

29 First of all, I didn't need to know about Clippy FanFiction.



Second, how does someone find out about Clippy FanFiction? And if you answer "Search engine" that's not good enough.

Posted by: Vendette at March 16, 2015 10:40 PM (TEpA2)

30 In fact, it's backwards. The dude outta be asking the chick this stuff. I would.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill


Oh, shit. So we're gonna have another one of those thread wars again tonight?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 16, 2015 10:40 PM (Q/1Jp)

31 ...[Mitt] Romney is slated to fight former heavyweight boxing champion Evander Holyfield

You know who this benefits?

Posted by: Hugh Hewitt at March 16, 2015 10:40 PM (mx5oN)

32 >>> Hmmm. Finally stayed up late enough to see the Ont live!
Now what do I do?
Posted by: tbodie at March 16, 2015 10:33 PM (8oSoU)

GIVE US ALL YOUR ALCOHOL AND WEED

Posted by: L, Elle at March 16, 2015 10:40 PM (iUBwE)

33 If I'd have given a geography test to my wife before our marriage, she would have failed it. She has the worst sense of direction as well.

Posted by: AshevilleRobert at March 16, 2015 10:40 PM (Wo9OY)

34 Mitt don't do it. Remember Kim Duo-koo.

Posted by: cm9000 at March 16, 2015 10:41 PM (8zCR+)

35 Sekrit to SMFH and any other aspiring screenwriters/filmmakers among the Horde: Taliesin Nexus has just opened up applications for their 2015 programs. http://www.talnexus.com

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at March 16, 2015 10:41 PM (iuQS7)

36 In fact, it's backwards. The dude outta be asking the chick this stuff. I would.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 16, 2015 10:37 PM

That's why you are somdamn single

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitaran, Wis momee at March 16, 2015 10:41 PM (YOPoU)

37 {{{Shredded Chi}}}

Posted by: Vendette at March 16, 2015 10:41 PM (TEpA2)

38 g'evenin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 16, 2015 10:41 PM (4gN5w)

39 Posted by: shredded chi at March 16, 2015 10:39 PM (9dfN4)

Be well. Hope the breather does you good.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 16, 2015 10:42 PM (mx5oN)

40 >>> a lot disappointed in the commenters (more than the news, oddly

Not so fast. What did we do? Give us a chance to say sorry and do penance before you cut out.

Posted by: L, Elle at March 16, 2015 10:42 PM (iUBwE)

41 If he'd lend an ear, I'd offer some fighting tips to Romney.

Posted by: Mike Tyson at March 16, 2015 10:43 PM (t2aeH)

42 Hey Chi you and Tucker should do something fun

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitaran, Wis momee at March 16, 2015 10:43 PM (YOPoU)

43 Yo, Horde! I had three different and unrelated good things happen today. I needed this.

Posted by: DC in River City at March 16, 2015 10:43 PM (e+1S5)

44 G' evening all!

Posted by: Mr. Natural at March 16, 2015 10:43 PM (/pOl7)

45 "That's why you are somdamn single"



And not miserable. Wishing I could take it all back. Wondering where it all went wrong.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 16, 2015 10:43 PM (Hmple)

46 shredded chi, I hope things work out for you. I'm sorry things have been rough lately, but I understand. My rage meter has been in the red for so long my kids told me that they don't want me reading or watching news anymore, because I'm angry all the time. Gotta work on that.

Best wishes for you

Posted by: Moki at March 16, 2015 10:44 PM (bAB8f)

47 34: Wasn't it Do Koo Kim?

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at March 16, 2015 10:44 PM (ucDmr)

48 42 Hey Chi you and Tucker should do something fun
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitaran, Wis momee at March 16, 2015 10:43 PM (YOPoU)

Hey, what about me?

Posted by: Dale at March 16, 2015 10:44 PM (mx5oN)

49 Maybe Mitt will bite on Evander's ear.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 16, 2015 10:44 PM (JO9+V)

50 Now what do I do?

Posted by: tbodie at March 16, 2015 10:33 PM


Deliver a grilled cheese sammich to me. I can provide coordinates...

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 16, 2015 10:44 PM (4gN5w)

51 Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 16, 2015 10:43 PM (Hmple)

Sounds like I wasn't funny after all. Sorry RK

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitaran, Wis momee at March 16, 2015 10:44 PM (YOPoU)

52 45 "That's why you are somdamn single"



And not miserable. Wishing I could take it all back. Wondering where it all went wrong.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 16, 2015 10:43 PM (Hmple)

I feel you. Believe me.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 16, 2015 10:45 PM (mx5oN)

53 And I hoped that a bad sense of direction was endearing...

Posted by: Marybel at March 16, 2015 10:45 PM (mxd0k)

54 A lot more to go, so no sense worrying about it beyond providing for your loved-ones.
Posted by: weft cut-loop
------------------

Um..., sorry. All of your belongings transfer to The State when you pass away. And..., we'll be monitoring any transfers prior to that.

Posted by: Betty Warren at March 16, 2015 10:45 PM (l1zOH)

55 >>>What did we do? Give us a chance to say sorry and do penance before you cut out.

You know what you did.

Posted by: DC in River City at March 16, 2015 10:46 PM (e+1S5)

56 53 And I hoped that a bad sense of direction was endearing...
Posted by: Marybel at March 16, 2015 10:45 PM (mxd0k)

Not so much, no.

Posted by: Donner Party at March 16, 2015 10:46 PM (mx5oN)

57 The Cryin' in Zion?

The Aspersions under the Inversion?

Mountain Meadows: The Revenge?




I got nothin.

Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at March 16, 2015 10:46 PM (yxw0r)

58 No you don't get to get away with that. You don't get to advocate policies [i.e., higher minimum wage laws] which allow you to use force to deprive people of their jobs and their opportunities, and then claim that those who would have provided the jobs are the heartless ones. You don't get to trot out the insipid, mindless, tendentious talking points about how you are morally or intellectually superior when every "solution" you proffer is destructive and is based upon forcing others to do your bidding. You don't get to decide whose job is worth preserving and whose isn't and still claim the moral high ground.

-- Commenter on Seattle lefties' angst over restaurant closings



That is some good stuff.

Posted by: rickl at March 16, 2015 10:46 PM (sdi6R)

59 Deliver a grilled cheese sammich to me. I can provide coordinates...
Posted by: AltonJackson at March 16, 2015 10:44 PM (4gN5w)

****
If you have at least $21.73 in your pocket and available, done and on the way.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at March 16, 2015 10:47 PM (cIoI4)

60 55 >>>What did we do? Give us a chance to say sorry and do penance before you cut out.

You know what you did.
Posted by: DC in River City at March 16, 2015 10:46 PM (e+1S5)

Wait, you're a woman?

Posted by: Insomniac at March 16, 2015 10:47 PM (mx5oN)

61 The mistake in Salt Lake?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 16, 2015 10:47 PM (W5DcG)

62 www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCpdkbo-_co

There ya go Chavez

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitaran, Wis momee at March 16, 2015 10:48 PM (YOPoU)

63 Um..., sorry. All of your belongings transfer to The State when you pass away. And..., we'll be monitoring any transfers prior to that.
Posted by: Betty Warren


Betty?

Is that your animal spirit name, Elizabeth?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 16, 2015 10:48 PM (Q/1Jp)

64 Fanfic, if you're into that sort of thing:
http://www.xenoworks.com/SMB/smb.htm

Posted by: Anderson Cooper's Goodlife Knitting Klatsch at March 16, 2015 10:48 PM (Q819Q)

65 I got nothin.

Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at March 16, 2015 10:46 PM


You?

Posted by: Dindu Nuffins at March 16, 2015 10:48 PM (4gN5w)

66 Seems really stupid of Nascar to give $ to Sharpton. I'm sure they were just buying him off - he probably threatened to call them racist if they don't give him $. Classic Sharpton/Jesse extortion racket.

Watchdog Calls on NASCAR to End Funding to Al Sharpton via @FreeBeacon http://bit.ly/1GfLJmu

Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 16, 2015 10:48 PM (ZPrif)

67 61- okay, I laughed a lot at that. Why is mitt doing that? What does he gain, other than some bruises, and perhaps a broken jaw? That is seriously stupid.

Posted by: Moki at March 16, 2015 10:48 PM (bAB8f)

68 She has the worst sense of direction as well.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert
---------------

Robert, it is well-known that the map-reading gene is weak among...., uh....., some people.

Posted by: Betty Warren at March 16, 2015 10:48 PM (l1zOH)

69 >>>Wait, you're a woman?

Heh. Well played.

Posted by: DC in River City at March 16, 2015 10:48 PM (e+1S5)

70 Heh. Russian Foreign Legion. Truth catches up to AOP's wish list. I've suggested before that Putin could earn a lot of cred amongst the Western "Christian Right" by setting up a foreign legion and dedicating it to, well, a Crusade. He's half way there. A little Crusading could do a lot of good for his geopolitical aspirations. Leastwise, that's what some of the original Crusaders thought.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 16, 2015 10:49 PM (UwPGL)

71 At least Romney ain't getting in the ring with Boom-Boom Mancini....

Posted by: JoeF. at March 16, 2015 10:49 PM (8HGb7)

72 >>> 43 Yo, Horde! I had three different and unrelated good things happen today. I needed this.
Posted by: DC in River City at March 16, 2015 10:43 PM (e+1S5)

Yay! Good news finally. It makes me happy when things go right for one of us. We're all putting up with so much crap. It's nice to see life reverse course for once.

Posted by: L, Elle at March 16, 2015 10:49 PM (iUBwE)

73 Test was a pretty good way to make sure you weren't going to have stupid kids

Posted by: ThunderB, PinUpWhoreBabyMachine at March 16, 2015 10:50 PM (zOTsN)

74 "
And I hoped that a bad sense of direction was endearing...



Posted by: Marybel"

Oh, she has many excellent points in her favor. It's just when she gives directions:

Her: "Well, I don't know the street name, but there was this really cute store that had all these 50's decorations just to the left of where you turn right onto this other street which I can't name, and then you have to go a few miles and that's where it is!"

Me: "........."

Sigh.

Posted by: AshevilleRobert at March 16, 2015 10:50 PM (Wo9OY)

75 62: Thanks.

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at March 16, 2015 10:50 PM (ucDmr)

76 21 Evening all. Please, please let us stop using ISIL. It is ISIS. Using ISIL lets Syria off the hook. Thanks in advance.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at March 16, 2015 10:38 PM (3F6F



It's worse than that. ISIL means "Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant". The "Levant" is a geographic region that includes Israel.

Obama calls it ISIL for a reason.

Posted by: rickl at March 16, 2015 10:51 PM (sdi6R)

77 13 Is anyone else hoping that Romney and Holyfield dance around a bit.....until Holyfield says, "that's all for charity....and this is for throwing the big match...", then hammers him?
Posted by: cthulhu at March 16, 2015 10:36 PM (T1005)



This is for all my love slaves out there!

When that meatball Balboa tried that, he got to see the ultimate male up close and personal!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvmImH6LhY4

Posted by: Thunderlips at March 16, 2015 10:51 PM (+Fae7)

78 "How much is 15 plus six?"

Trick question. You can't add a number and a word.

Posted by: FireHorse at March 16, 2015 10:52 PM (lHZsI)

79 Mitt don't do it. Remember Kim Duo-koo.
Posted by: cm9000 at March 16, 2015 10:41 PM (8zCR+)
********
It was Duk Koo Kim

Posted by: Genghis Cohen at March 16, 2015 10:52 PM (fLKzW)

80 So much help!

1A. Knew about the pantsless proviso.
1B. Don't know that dance. Got 2 keft feet..

2. Confess your innermost secrets.

Short and boring story. Hope you didn't spend too much in the popcorn.

3. Give us all your alcohol and weed.

Even more disappointing then my innermost secrets.

I'd have thought 2&3 were obvious when I said
Hmmm... finally stayed up late enough for the Ont live.


Posted by: tbodie at March 16, 2015 10:52 PM (8oSoU)

81
75 62: Thanks.
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at March 16, 2015

Still doing the momee on Saturday?,

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitaran, Wis momee at March 16, 2015 10:53 PM (YOPoU)

82 It's worse than that. ISIL means "Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant". The "Levant" is a geographic region that includes Israel.

Obama calls it ISIL for a reason.
Posted by: rickl at March 16, 2015 10:51 PM (sdi6R)

*****
True. Time to take the language back.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at March 16, 2015 10:53 PM (XrHO0)

83 >>>Why is mitt doing that? What does he gain, other than some bruises, and perhaps a broken jaw? That is seriously stupid.

are you kidding? I would love the chance to fight Holyfield. Or any major fighter, just to see how I stack up.

Sure, I might lose, but it would be a cool story to tell the grandkids, and if I win I would literally, not Biden literally, never stop telling people about it.

There's probably some charity angle or something, but I would do it just for the hell of it. Then again, I'm...let's go with "different".

Posted by: DC in River City at March 16, 2015 10:53 PM (e+1S5)

84 If you have at least $21.73 in your pocket and available, done and on the way.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at March 16, 2015 10:47 PM


OK, $21.73 & it's exact coordinates. For $17.89, I will settle for within 200 yards.

I gots a good flashlight...

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 16, 2015 10:53 PM (4gN5w)

85
Kim Duo-Koo

Duk Koo Kim


Let's call the whole thing off.

Posted by: eleven at March 16, 2015 10:53 PM (MDgS8)

86 "It was Duk Koo Kim

Posted by: Genghis Cohen"

Which caused no end of problems when people would shout his first name.

Posted by: AshevilleRobert at March 16, 2015 10:54 PM (Wo9OY)

87 In fact, it's backwards. The dude outta be asking the chick this stuff. I would.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 16, 2015 10:37 PM (Hmple)


On the other hand if you haven't deduced her basic aptitude in arithmetic and other areas by the time the wedding is approaching, you haven't done your part of pre-marriage due diligence.

Posted by: Maetenloch at March 16, 2015 10:54 PM (pAlYe)

88 "Sounds like I wasn't funny after all. Sorry RK"


Not at all. No apologies needed. Quit that.

Heh. I ain't worth a shit but women don't have anything to do with it.




Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 16, 2015 10:54 PM (Hmple)

89 Be good, Chi and be back sometime.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at March 16, 2015 10:54 PM (l3vZN)

90 81: Fo Sho. Unless I'm dead or soething.

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at March 16, 2015 10:54 PM (ucDmr)

91 Thank you Vendette - hugs back (I hear you're really hawt, btw. Don't take that hug the wrong way!)

L'Elle, just go read any thread that mentions Ferguson, and relish in the racism.
Then read the Psaki thread & see how much more respectable WE are - compared to those ugly Libs.

MH, I'm trying to think of something fun for the little stinker. I wonder how much extra it would cost to fly him to TX with me?

Posted by: shredded chi at March 16, 2015 10:55 PM (9dfN4)

92 On the other hand if you haven't deduced her basic aptitude in arithmetic and other areas by the time the wedding is approaching, you haven't done your part of pre-marriage due diligence.
Posted by: Maetenloch at March 16, 2015 10:54 PM (pAlYe)

Sammich making and blow job giving?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitaran, Wis momee at March 16, 2015 10:56 PM (YOPoU)

93 I prefer to use The Islamic State. That way there's no confusion about who and what they are. Plus, most people have no idea what the Levant is.

Posted by: Michael the Hobbit at March 16, 2015 10:56 PM (0RdKg)

94 If you have at least $21.73 in your pocket and available, done and on the way.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at March 16, 2015 10:47 PM


I'm just glad to see someone remembers the meme

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 16, 2015 10:56 PM (4gN5w)

95 "are you kidding? I would love the chance to fight Holyfield. Or any major fighter, just to see how I stack up.



Sure, I might lose, but it would be a cool story to tell the
grandkids, and if I win I would literally, not Biden literally, never
stop telling people about it.



There's probably some charity angle or something, but I would do it
just for the hell of it. Then again, I'm...let's go with "different".





Posted by: DC"

You could always try the M.A.S.H. trick of putting Ether on the fronts of your gloves.

Posted by: AshevilleRobert at March 16, 2015 10:56 PM (Wo9OY)

96 "I feel you. Believe me."



Wimminz. What can you do?

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 16, 2015 10:56 PM (Hmple)

97
Holy cats, the most recent (and perhaps last) Republican nominee is now about to do celebrity boxing.

Posted by: Soothsayer's imaginary twitter feed at March 16, 2015 10:56 PM (OCKzv)

98 California needs a gigantic Delta Smelt Fish Fry.

Posted by: Oldy, not so goody at March 16, 2015 10:57 PM (Pa9vP)

99 Thank you Vendette - hugs back (I hear you're really hawt, btw. Don't take that hug the wrong way!)




Posted by: shredded chi at March 16, 2015 10:55 PM (9dfN4)

Studies have shown that the average person needs four hugs a day. I need to meet my quota.

Posted by: Vendette at March 16, 2015 10:57 PM (TEpA2)

100 MH, I'm trying to think of something fun for the little stinker. I wonder how much extra it would cost to fly him to TX with me?
Posted by: shredded chi at March 16, 2015 10:55 PM

Get a certificate saying he's your emotional rescue dog. Lots of service dogs out there. You might as well scam the system

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitaran, Wis momee at March 16, 2015 10:57 PM (YOPoU)

101
question for anyone who has or had a touchscreen pc: Is it worth it, or just a nifty gadget?

Posted by: Soothsayer's imaginary twitter feed at March 16, 2015 10:58 PM (OCKzv)

102 Chi, it's cool to take a break. I do it a few times a year, usually right about when I start to imagine that the words we type into the magic internet box actually matter in the real world.

Pro tip: they don't.

Posted by: DC in River City at March 16, 2015 10:58 PM (e+1S5)

103 Friday, May 15. Evander "Big Daddy" Holyfield and Mitt "the Stormin' Mormon" Romney. It's the Spree in SLC.

Posted by: Don King at March 16, 2015 10:58 PM (GuwT9)

104 96 "I feel you. Believe me."



Wimminz. What can you do?
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 16, 2015 10:56 PM (Hmple)

Rhetorical, I know, but...Drink. Enjoy friends and hobbies. And learn to enjoy quiet solitude.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 16, 2015 10:58 PM (mx5oN)

105 We had a celebrity political boxing match here in Canada a couple of years ago. Justin Trudeau, the scrawny son of former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, and current leader of the Federal Liberal Party, versus Conservative Senator Pat Brazeau, an Indian or Metis who had had a background of martial arts and service in the military. Shoulda been a no-brainer, right? Well, Trudeau won, basically because Brazeau never even tried.


http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/03/31/justin-trudeau-boxing/

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 16, 2015 10:58 PM (UwPGL)

106 On the other hand if you haven't deduced her basic aptitude in arithmetic and other areas by the time the wedding is approaching, you haven't done your part of pre-marriage due diligence.

Posted by: Maetenloch at March 16, 2015 10:54 PM


Some of us have had that conversation: "I know we still have checks left; but the money is all gone"

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 16, 2015 10:59 PM (4gN5w)

107 I remember that Mancini/Kim fight. It ruined Boom Boom as a fighter. He was never the same after that fight. Painful to watch as Kim was getting beat to a pulp and the ref just let it go on and on and on. Tough to watch.

Posted by: Genghis Cohen at March 16, 2015 10:59 PM (fLKzW)

108 Hi, everyone.

Didn't read the comments. Executive summary?

Posted by: Captain Whitebread (Face For Radio, Voice For Print) at March 16, 2015 10:59 PM (rJUlF)

109 It's not easy for ISIS to have a St. Patrick's Day Parade when the A10s want to supply fireworks

Posted by: Oldy, not so goody at March 16, 2015 10:59 PM (Pa9vP)

110 No kidding. Quite a Hobson's choice the guy had. Let his whoring whore of a whore wife whore around, or throw her whoring whore ass out and probably get divorce-raped.
Posted by: Insomniac at March 16, 2015 10:37 PM (mx5oN)

Yeah, but giving wifey permission to screw other men is pretty emasculating. At least if he'd divorced her, he'd lose half his assets, but he might still have his balls. And the whore published a story about it. So now all his pals and his relatives know he's a wimp.

Posted by: nerdygirl at March 16, 2015 10:59 PM (KzWjU)

111 Some of us have had that conversation: "I know we still have checks left; but the money is all gone"

Or "but there's still available credit on the Visa."

Posted by: Insomniac at March 16, 2015 11:00 PM (mx5oN)

112 Leastwise, that's what some of the original Crusaders thought.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon


A neo-fascist thug is going to earn credit among the Christian Right?

The Children's Crusade had geopolitical aspirations?

Sorry, AOP, love ya' buddy, but that there is a mess of horseshit.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 16, 2015 11:00 PM (Q/1Jp)

113 NASCAR probably thinks it is cheaper to quietly buy off Sharpton and avoid any issues with its perceived racist, redneck fan-base.




Posted by: cm9000 at March 16, 2015 11:00 PM (8zCR+)

114
Justin Trudeau, the scrawny son of former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, and current leader of the Federal Liberal Party, versus Conservative Senator Pat Brazeau, an Indian or Metis who had had a background of martial arts and service in the military. Shoulda been a no-brainer, right? Well, Trudeau won, basically because Brazeau never even tried.


So like real-life politics, then?

Posted by: Soothsayer's imaginary twitter feed at March 16, 2015 11:00 PM (OCKzv)

115 It bears repeating since this is the ONT.

For the Morons of the Horde. If you were trapped on a deserted island.

Jen Psaki or Cherry 2000?*

*Mad props to any of the Horde who want to go all Gilligan's Island Professor to see if Cherry's chip can be installed in the Jen-bot*

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 16, 2015 11:00 PM (d2MTZ)

116 "I prefer to use The Islamic State. That way there's no confusion about who and what they are. Plus, most people have no idea what the Levant is."

America's propaganda efforts on this are pathetic.

Posted by: FireHorse at March 16, 2015 11:01 PM (lHZsI)

117 Posted by: nerdygirl at March 16, 2015 10:59 PM (KzWjU)

I'm not saying either one is exactly a winner...

Posted by: Insomniac at March 16, 2015 11:01 PM (mx5oN)

118 17 I got NO problem with the math problem for marriage. Who wants to marry a complete dumbshit? (I know.)
In fact, it's backwards. The dude outta be asking the chick this stuff. I would.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 16, 2015 10:37 PM (Hmple)

The guy couldn't add 2 numbers. Can you imagine how stupid the kids would be?

Posted by: nerdygirl at March 16, 2015 11:01 PM (KzWjU)

119 >>Some of us have had that conversation: "I know we still have checks left; but the money is all gone"


Pro tip: Never try and "teach" one of those types by making them responsible for paying all the household bills.

Posted by: Aviator at March 16, 2015 11:01 PM (sQzB6)

120 On the other hand if you haven't deduced her basic
aptitude in arithmetic and other areas by the time the wedding is
approaching, you haven't done your part of pre-marriage due diligence.


Posted by: Maetenloch at March 16, 2015 10:54 PM (pAlYe)


Pretty hard to do due diligence with an arranged marriage, Maet. Which is part of the evil of it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 16, 2015 11:02 PM (UwPGL)

121 Mitt is gonna bite Evander's other ear off.

Posted by: toby928(C) at March 16, 2015 11:02 PM (rwI+c)

122 >>>question for anyone who has or had a touchscreen pc: Is it worth it, or just a nifty gadget?

I bought a laptop last year, didn't even know it was a touch screen until I got it set up. It's...ok. If you're used to working on an ipad or similar, it adds some valuei, but I usually use the little mousepad thingy or a wireless mouse.

The extra reach required to touch the screen means it's not nearly as intuitive as a tablet.

To my knowledge, they're pretty common now, and you don't really pay any extra for it.

Posted by: DC in River City at March 16, 2015 11:02 PM (e+1S5)

123 ISIS and ISIL are the same thing.

Ahem:

ISIS = Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham

The English press substitutes Syria for the last 's' but:

MEMRI
April 8, 2013
"ISI Confirms That Jabhat Al-Nusra Is Its Extension In Syria, Declares 'Islamic State Of Iraq And Al-Sham' As New Name Of Merged Group"

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 16, 2015 11:02 PM (Q/1Jp)

124
58 No you don't get to get away with that. You don't get to advocate policies [i.e., higher minimum wage laws] which allow you to use force to deprive people of their jobs and their opportunities, and then claim that those who would have provided the jobs are the heartless ones. You don't get to trot out the insipid, mindless, tendentious talking points about how you are morally or intellectually superior when every "solution" you proffer is destructive and is based upon forcing others to do your bidding. You don't get to decide whose job is worth preserving and whose isn't and still claim the moral high ground.

-- Commenter on Seattle lefties' angst over restaurant closings


That is some good stuff.
Posted by: rickl at March 16, 2015 10:46 PM (sdi6R)

Well, if you were looking for a creed for the third party, here it is.

Posted by: eman at March 16, 2015 11:02 PM (MQEz6)

125 The fight in Salt Lake City
isn't even worth tree-fitty

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 16, 2015 11:03 PM (zRby/)

126 Pretty hard to do due diligence with an arranged marriage, Maet. Which is part of the evil of it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 16, 2015 11:02 PM (UwPGL)


Um that was exactly my point re RK.

Posted by: Maetenloch at March 16, 2015 11:03 PM (pAlYe)

127 Pro tip: Never try and "teach" one of those types by making them responsible for paying all the household bills.

Posted by: Aviator at March 16, 2015 11:01 PM


This.

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 16, 2015 11:03 PM (4gN5w)

128 100
MH, I'm trying to think of something fun for the little stinker. I wonder how much extra it would cost to fly him to TX with me?

Posted by: shredded chi at March 16, 2015 10:55 PM



Get a certificate saying he's your emotional rescue dog. Lots of service dogs out there. You might as well scam the system

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitaran, Wis momee at March 16, 2015 10:57 PM (YOPoU)


At airport - Chi: "He's my emotional rescue dog. Must stay with me."

On plane - Chi: "He's my emotional rescue dog. Must stay with me."

Mid-flight - Tucker: *toot* *what's everyone looking at?*

Mid-flight - Chi: "How'd that end-up on this plane???"

Posted by: cthulhu at March 16, 2015 11:03 PM (T1005)

129 DC in River City- you are a guy. Guys think that's cool. I'm a mom, who just sees pain, ER visits, and followup appointments at physical therapy. I know, I'm a downer. But I grew up with a bunch of "hold my beer" types, so it warped me. Especially since I had to take them to the ER.

A side note-ALWAYS wear clean underwear. Seriously.

Posted by: Moki at March 16, 2015 11:03 PM (bAB8f)

130 Mitt vs. Holyfeld: The Mismatch on the Wasatch

Posted by: sulla at March 16, 2015 11:04 PM (0GucZ)

131 Pro tip: they don't.

Posted by: DC in River City
-------------------------
I'm not your audience (eh, maybe I am?)

Tell that to the respected Morons here that remind us every day that they have a mansion, four cars in the driveway, 15 high-end watches & 20,000 rounds of ammo stored...

Posted by: shredded chi at March 16, 2015 11:04 PM (9dfN4)

132 I had a cool afternoon today. Live in Atl, and daughter asked me for help with gas money to get to Myrtle Beach for spring break. I said, No, but if you can be at this coordinate at this exact time you may be surprised at what will happen.

Long and short of it, flew her and 2 friends to spring break. She now gets to crow all week about how cool she and Dad are, and I got an hour and a half with the kiddo and friends.

Going back to pick them up Sunday. Life can be good at times. That is all.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at March 16, 2015 11:04 PM (3F6F8)

133 >>>>>> L'Elle, just go read any thread that mentions Ferguson, and relish in the racism.

Ahh. I get it. I deal with that by telling myself that people here are fed up and being careless with their words. I do not believe that we have a bunch of racists among us.

Anyway, enjoy your time away. I hope it does you good. You'll certainly be missed.

Posted by: L, Elle at March 16, 2015 11:04 PM (iUBwE)

134 Rhetorical, I know, but...Drink. Enjoy friends and hobbies. And learn to enjoy quiet solitude.
Posted by: Insomniac at March 16, 2015 10:58 PM (mx5oN)



Troof.

Closest thing I had to a girlfriend just moved permanently about 7 states away with about a week's notice.

Yeah, she's flighty and hippie-ish, but the well-adjusted ones don't find poverty a turn-on.

Better days. *clink*

Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at March 16, 2015 11:06 PM (yxw0r)

135 Tell that to the respected Morons here that remind us every day that they have a mansion, four cars in the driveway, 15 high-end watches & 20,000 rounds of ammo stored...
Posted by: shredded chi

I have a mansion and a yacht.

Posted by: Elmer J Fudd, Millionaire at March 16, 2015 11:06 PM (GuwT9)

136 It's Mitt "Oh my God, is that Huey Lewis?" Romney versus Evander "Oh my God, did he just kill Huey Lewis?" Holyfield in the fight of a lifetime!

Posted by: Anderson Cooper's Goodlife Knitting Klatsch at March 16, 2015 11:06 PM (Q819Q)

137 That Seattle minimum wage story and the comments illustrate why these leftist, socialist, collectivist experiments always end in violence.

It's an ego thing. The leftist can not accept the possibility that the ideology might be wrong, or that the true believer has made a mistake. It is inconceivable that they are wrong.

When the policy fails, it is always the fault of some saboteur. Someone is to blame, never the leftist who then concludes that the saboteur must be found and forced to behave, that people must be forced to make it work. It was why the USSR put up walls, barbed wire on the border with check points and guard towers; to keep people in, to prevent people from escaping. They turned the entire country into a gulag.

Posted by: Lessly H. at March 16, 2015 11:06 PM (fZKX8)

138 Posted by: shredded chi at March 16, 2015 11:04 PM (9dfN4)

The only two people I can think of who talk shit about those first three things aren't exactly respected around here. The ammo thing, well, I actually believe that. You can build quite a stockpile over time.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 16, 2015 11:06 PM (mx5oN)

139 132- That is totally awesome. You are a great dad.

Posted by: Moki at March 16, 2015 11:06 PM (bAB8f)

140 * recalls Plimpton/Moore match *

Excerpt from the story:
"The two men met at the center of the ring. Then the bell rang to start the action: "He came at me quite briskly," Plimpton remembered, "and as I poked at him tentatively, his left reached out and thumped me alarmingly. As he moved around the ring he made a curious humming sound in his throat, a sort of peaceful aimless sound one might make pruning a flowerbed, except that from time to time the hum would rise quite abruptly, and bang! He would cuff me alongside the head. I would sense the leaden feeling of being hit, the almost acrid whiff of leather off his gloves, and I would blink through the sympathetic response and try to focus on his face, which looked slightly startled, as if he could scarcely believe he had done such a thing."

Moore just kind of used Plimpton as a punching bag. During the second round, in a clinch, Moore whispered in Plimpton's ear, "For God's sake man, just fall down".

Plimpton later remarked on the third round, "That round seemed awfully short".

Very funny Plimpton write-up:
http://tinyurl.com/mub52a6

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 16, 2015 11:07 PM (l1zOH)

141 "Tell that to the respected Morons here that remind us every day that they have a mansion, four cars in the driveway, 15 high-end watches & 20,000 rounds of ammo stored... "

I have a mansion and a yacht.

Posted by: Elmer J. Fudd, Millionaire at March 16, 2015 11:07 PM (lHZsI)

142 Example #1,123,904 of "Was Japan Nuked Enough?"

Big boob themed ramen promotion for a game.
http://www.ufunk.net/en/food/weird-ramen-festival/

SJW getting the vapours and trying to find the fainting couch in 3, 2, ...

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 16, 2015 11:07 PM (d2MTZ)

143 133 >>>>>> L'Elle, just go read any thread that mentions Ferguson, and relish in the racism.
Ahh. I get it. I deal with that by telling myself that people here are fed up and being careless with their words. I do not believe that we have a bunch of racists among us.
Anyway, enjoy your time away. I hope it does you good. You'll certainly be missed.
Posted by: L, Elle at March 16, 2015 11:04 PM (iUBwE)


Sadly there are simply some topics that Simply Cannot Be Discussed Here. Because certain commenters cannot contain themselves and must Go There. And none of the cobs feel like having to police the thread for hours afterwards.

This is why we can't have nice things.

Posted by: Maetenloch at March 16, 2015 11:08 PM (pAlYe)

144 do cars up on blocks count?

asking for a friend

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 16, 2015 11:08 PM (4gN5w)

145 134 Rhetorical, I know, but...Drink. Enjoy friends and hobbies. And learn to enjoy quiet solitude.
Posted by: Insomniac at March 16, 2015 10:58 PM (mx5oN)



Troof.

Closest thing I had to a girlfriend just moved permanently about 7 states away with about a week's notice.

Yeah, she's flighty and hippie-ish, but the well-adjusted ones don't find poverty a turn-on.

Better days. *clink*
Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at March 16, 2015 11:06 PM (yxw0r)

To better days. *clink*

Posted by: Insomniac at March 16, 2015 11:08 PM (mx5oN)

146 "Rhetorical, I know, but...Drink. Enjoy friends and hobbies. And learn to enjoy quiet solitude."



Quiet is good. Drinking is fun. Friends are there by choice, not by contract.


It ain't so bad. Can't say I won't ever get marr(i)ed but it's not a priority.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 16, 2015 11:08 PM (Hmple)

147 Posted by: shredded chi at March 16, 2015 11:04 PM (9dfN4)

Tell Moo & Nip to f-off

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitaran, Wis momee at March 16, 2015 11:08 PM (YOPoU)

148 When the policy fails, it is always the fault of some saboteur the people.

-----

Therefore, the people must be controlled.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 16, 2015 11:09 PM (l1zOH)

149 A neo-fascist thug is going to earn credit among the Christian Right?



The Children's Crusade had geopolitical aspirations?



Sorry, AOP, love ya' buddy, but that there is a mess of horseshit.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 16, 2015 11:00 PM (Q/1Jp)


Absolutely. I said some of the Crusaders were doing that as a way of gaining or cementing their power at home. Not all. And yes, if Putin started doing something that we (conservatives, Christians, anti-Islamists) thought to be useful, we'd be inclined to say, "Yeah, Putin's an asshole, but..."

And prosecuting a Crusade against the islamic middle east could net old Vlad some nice loot in the form of oilfields and warm-water ports.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 16, 2015 11:09 PM (UwPGL)

150 And it is now waaaay past my bedtime. Y'all have fun and I'll read about it sometime tomorrow.

Posted by: tbodie at March 16, 2015 11:10 PM (8oSoU)

151 Help me.

Posted by: Zombie Ernest Hemingway's Liver at March 16, 2015 11:10 PM (Dwehj)

152 To the leftists in Seattle complaining about the closing restaurants, here is my reply:

If you truly believe you can make a profit while paying 15 dollars an hour and providing full medical, then these closing restaurants are a huge investment opportunity. Buy the restaurants, pay the waiters a living wage, provide full medical, use only renewable energy then use your profits to buy more restaurants and run those the 'right' way.
You have the opportunity to do all the right things you have been advocating for decades. Stop talking about and do it! Show us how! If you are right, then you owe it to the people you would employ. If you don't, you are depriving those wonderful people of living wage jobs and full medical and what sort of good liberal would you be if you did that?

Posted by: JB1000 at March 16, 2015 11:10 PM (WLJbV)

153 A side note-ALWAYS wear clean underwear. Seriously.

Posted by: Moki at March 16, 2015 11:03 PM (bAB8f)

I'm going to regret this...
Define "clean underwear".

Posted by: Vendette at March 16, 2015 11:10 PM (TEpA2)

154 153 A side note-ALWAYS wear clean underwear. Seriously.

Posted by: Moki at March 16, 2015 11:03 PM (bAB8f)

Like Bill Cosby said, if you're in an accident you're going to have soiled underwear. Cause first you say it, then you do it!

Posted by: Insomniac at March 16, 2015 11:12 PM (mx5oN)

155 >>>Tell that to the respected Morons here that remind us every day that they have a mansion, four cars in the driveway, 15 high-end watches & 20,000 rounds of ammo stored...

Hmm...I bet if I sell the watches and three cars I could stock another 20K rounds.

Oh, that wasn't the point you were making.

My point was that when the people what type here start impacting your *real* life, it is time to step back. Happens to me whenever I get in an argument with a respected moron. I don't care about the trolls, they can take a flying fuck at a rolling donut. The thing is, It. Just. Doesn't. Matter.

I can type here that I think the US ought to nuke Russia for invading Ukraine. Or I can type that we should all enlist in Russia's new program for foreigners to make the Rodina strong again. Neither is going to happen, and it's just senseless noise.

When it stops being fun, it stops being worthwhile.

Posted by: DC in River City at March 16, 2015 11:12 PM (e+1S5)

156 "Define "clean underwear"



Turned inside out. Day before yesterday.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 16, 2015 11:12 PM (Hmple)

157 Tell Moo Nip to f-off

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitaran, Wis momee at March 16, 2015 11:08 PM (YOPoU)


And jwest.

Posted by: Vendette at March 16, 2015 11:12 PM (TEpA2)

158 At airport - Chi: "He's my emotional rescue dog. Must stay with me."On plane - Chi: "He's my emotional rescue dog. Must stay with me."Mid-flight - Tucker: *toot* *what's everyone looking at?*Mid-flight - Chi: "How'd that end-up on this plane???"

Posted by: cthulhu at March 16, 2015 11:03 PM



You think you're one of a special breed

You think that you're his pet pekinese

You'll be his saviour, steadfast and true

You'll come to his emotional rescue

Oooh, ooh, oooh ooo... ooh oooh, OOO!!

Posted by: mick jagger at March 16, 2015 11:12 PM (tBSrv)

159 The spree in SLC!

Anyway. The wife is hating her new job, we're just barely keeping our heads above water and I need to hold out until June to have 19 years of sobriety. And sometimes a drink sounds really good so I can get relaxed like old Papa Hemingway there.

Posted by: joncelli at March 16, 2015 11:12 PM (ohKF9)

160 I'm going to regret this...
Define "clean underwear".

Posted by: Vendette
-------------------------
Any underwear you haven't worn to a NoVaMoMe?

Posted by: shredded chi at March 16, 2015 11:12 PM (9dfN4)

161 I'm going to regret this...
Define "clean underwear".

Posted by: Vendette at March 16, 2015 11:10 PM


"Clean underwear" should be gender-specific &...

there was something else...

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 16, 2015 11:13 PM (4gN5w)

162 And please define a clean swimsuit, as well.

Posted by: Uncle Busyhands at March 16, 2015 11:13 PM (Dwehj)

163 Strategy Page has always been optimistic about the fight against ISIS. The Long War Journal has been pessimistic, and they have been more correct than Strategy Page. Let's ignore the fact that the Iraqi military is only succeeding in attacking Tikrit because they are getting Iranian help (And they haven't come close to taking the city yet.) or the only 'Iraqi' forces that can attack Kirkuk right now are Kurdish troops...

Posted by: TKYC at March 16, 2015 11:13 PM (XpzeV)

164 153-lol

Washed within 24 hours. more cloth than holes. OR actually wearing underwear. I know the ER people have seen it all, but dang, I don't want to.

Posted by: Moki at March 16, 2015 11:13 PM (bAB8f)

165 "Tell Moo Nip to f-off"



This must be about money.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 16, 2015 11:13 PM (Hmple)

166 Therefore, the people must be controlled.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 16, 2015 11:09 PM (l1zOH)

And there lies the rub. I don't want to be controlled

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitaran, Wis momee at March 16, 2015 11:14 PM (YOPoU)

167 Anyway. The wife is hating her new job, we're just
barely keeping our heads above water and I need to hold out until June
to have 19 years of sobriety. And sometimes a drink sounds really good
so I can get relaxed like old Papa Hemingway there.

Posted by: joncelli at March 16, 2015 11:12 PM (ohKF9)


Prayers up.

Posted by: Vendette at March 16, 2015 11:14 PM (TEpA2)

168 Any underwear you haven't worn to a NoVaMoMe?


Posted by: shredded chi at March 16, 2015 11:12 PM (9dfN4)


Who the hell wears underwear to a MoMe?

Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 16, 2015 11:14 PM (10ydV)

169 If I am wearing underwear..... they are, by definition, not clean.

Posted by: Genghis Cohen at March 16, 2015 11:14 PM (fLKzW)

170 Mitt "the Stormin' Mormon" Romney

LOL.

Posted by: rickl at March 16, 2015 11:15 PM (sdi6R)

171 so I can get relaxed like old Papa Hemingway there.
Posted by: joncelli
---------------

It didn't end well.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 16, 2015 11:15 PM (l1zOH)

172 Posted by: joncelli at March 16, 2015 11:12 PM (ohKF9

Day at time, even if it is an hour at a time.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitaran, Wis momee at March 16, 2015 11:15 PM (YOPoU)

173 Man with no party:

Super cool. You have achieved legend status.

Posted by: LASue at March 16, 2015 11:15 PM (8Ljms)

174 -------------------------
Any underwear you haven't worn to a NoVaMoMe?
Posted by: shredded chi at March 16, 2015 11:12 PM (9dfN4)

Good Lord, what are y'all doing at the NoVaMoMe? And can I come this year?

Posted by: Moki at March 16, 2015 11:15 PM (bAB8f)

175 The GOP should replace the primaries with a series of gladiatorial death matches at the convention. I want to see Walker and Jeb fighting it out while Jonah Goldberg plays those Vulcan instruments from Amok Time.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 16, 2015 11:16 PM (10ydV)

176 This must be about money.

I made more in an hour today than all of you combined.

Posted by: Mr. Foo Foo at March 16, 2015 11:16 PM (Dwehj)

177 5:00 comes too soon, friends. See you in the morning.

Posted by: joncelli at March 16, 2015 11:16 PM (dUqfn)

178 Prayers up for the morons going through rough patches. Hope things improve for you. In the meantime, try to remember what's important and enjoy the small things.

Posted by: Y-not at March 16, 2015 11:16 PM (9BRsg)

179 MoMes are assuming Fight Club status.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 16, 2015 11:16 PM (d2MTZ)

180 153
A side note-ALWAYS wear clean underwear. Seriously.



Posted by: Moki at March 16, 2015 11:03 PM (bAB8f)

I'm going to regret this...
Define "clean underwear".


Posted by: Vendette at March 16, 2015 11:10 PM (TEpA2)


Have you been selling used underwear, again?!?

Posted by: cthulhu at March 16, 2015 11:16 PM (T1005)

181 Tell that to the respected Morons here that remind
us every day that they have a mansion, four cars in the driveway, 15
high-end watches 20,000 rounds of ammo stored...



Posted by: shredded chi at March 16, 2015 11:04 PM (9dfN4)


Mansion, no. Small house, about 1000 square feet, check. Garage, check. Shop, check. Barn, check. Four (old) Suburbans in the driveway? Check. Couple dozen other old cars in the shop and yard, check. Twenty-dollar watch, check. Couple hundred rounds of ammo? Check.

Shit, I got all my priorities wrong, I guess.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 16, 2015 11:17 PM (UwPGL)

182 And there lies the rub. I don't want to be controlled
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitaran
---------------

I interpret that to mean that we need to co-ordinate our fields of fire.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 16, 2015 11:17 PM (l1zOH)

183 "...but the well-adjusted ones don't find poverty a turn-on. "

Tell me about it. I can't have much of a dating life on my salary. I guess it's a good thing I'm too shy to ask anyone out...

Posted by: Captain Whitebread (Face For Radio, Voice For Print) at March 16, 2015 11:17 PM (rJUlF)

184 178- same goes for me. Take care y'all, and prayers your way. Sleep well.

Posted by: Moki at March 16, 2015 11:17 PM (bAB8f)

185 "Mitt "the Stormin' Mormon" Romney
"



Well, the neighborhood bike riders were more aggressive than he, so.

Jehovah's Witness for the win. And nobody pays any attention to them.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 16, 2015 11:17 PM (Hmple)

186 AoP don't forget the M-29

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 16, 2015 11:17 PM (d2MTZ)

187 "Have you been selling used underwear, again?!?


Posted by: cthulhu"

You can buy that out of vending machines in Japan.

So I've heard....

Posted by: AshevilleRobert at March 16, 2015 11:18 PM (Wo9OY)

188

It's on. And yes this is real. I tried to come up with a nice rhyming moniker for the fight but SLC is a tough one to work with...


THE KILLAH Vs. VANILLA!

Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at March 16, 2015 11:18 PM (MMC8r)

189 I'm sorry so many of us seem to be in a funk tonight. Tomorrow's a new day.

Posted by: Jenny Hates Her Timing at March 16, 2015 11:18 PM (Yz5ZM)

190 And yes, if Putin started doing something that we (conservatives, Christians, anti-Islamists) thought to be useful, we'd be inclined to say, "Yeah, Putin's an asshole, but..."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon


Again, this "we" shit - count me out of it.

He's not just an asshole. He's fascist fucking fascist fuck of a fascist fuck if a fascist fuck ever fascististically fucked.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 16, 2015 11:19 PM (Q/1Jp)

191 Have you been selling used underwear, again?!?
Posted by: cthulhu
-------------

Sell? Ha ha ha ha.
Why bother?
I just donated Bill's to GoodWill, and claimed a $3.50 deduction per pair.

Posted by: Hillary! true fact. at March 16, 2015 11:19 PM (l1zOH)

192 181: Sounds like you got your shit straight to me.

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at March 16, 2015 11:19 PM (ucDmr)

193 If you need a chuckle, check out Ace's thread earlier today on the Ted Cruz SCANDAL! Great comments from the horde.

Posted by: Y-not at March 16, 2015 11:19 PM (9BRsg)

194 Evening all.

Hope the horde the leftist bills to ban all center fire rifle ammo being introduced.

Normally I'd laugh, but they never ever stop.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 16, 2015 11:19 PM (/cvEu)

195 110 No kidding. Quite a Hobson's choice the guy had. Let his whoring whore of a whore wife whore around, or throw her whoring whore ass out and probably get divorce-raped.
Posted by: Insomniac at March 16, 2015 10:37 PM (mx5oN)



Yeah, but giving wifey permission to screw other men is pretty emasculating. At least if he'd divorced her, he'd lose half his assets, but he might still have his balls. And the whore published a story about it. So now all his pals and his relatives know he's a wimp.



So, did the cuckolded husband take advantage of the "open" part of there "marriage"?? Or did he just do nothing while his whore wife whored around?

Posted by: puddleglum not at work at March 16, 2015 11:19 PM (Ggbti)

196 182
I interpret that to mean that we need to co-ordinate our fields of fire.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 16, 2015 11:17 PM (l1zOH)

Ready aim, fire

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitaran, Wis momee at March 16, 2015 11:20 PM (YOPoU)

197 Tomorrow's a new day.
Posted by: Jenny Hates Her Timing at March 16, 2015 11:18 PM (Yz5ZM)
*********
That will suck just as bad as today... Just kidding. I am at a point right now where it simply HAS to get better.

Posted by: Genghis Cohen at March 16, 2015 11:20 PM (fLKzW)

198 Where can I find info on the WI momee? I sent an email to to link in your nick MisHu

Posted by: lurking grandma at March 16, 2015 11:20 PM (2VaQu)

199 I'm sorry so many of us seem to be in a funk tonight. Tomorrow's a new day.
Posted by: Jenny
--------------------------------

St. Patrick's day, actually.

Posted by: Hillary! true fact. at March 16, 2015 11:20 PM (l1zOH)

200 "I interpret that to mean that we need to co-ordinate our fields of fire.

Posted by: Mike Hammer"

You hit 'em from the north side Hammer, and I'll come at them from the west. We'll meet downtown near the drum circle and catch them in a crossfire.

Posted by: AshevilleRobert at March 16, 2015 11:20 PM (Wo9OY)

201 So, did the cuckolded husband take advantage of the "open" part of there "marriage"?? Or did he just do nothing while his whore wife whored around?

According to the story, he shacked up with a 24-year-old, so it wasn't a complete loss on his part.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 16, 2015 11:21 PM (mx5oN)

202 >>>I do not believe that we have a bunch of racists among us.

Not a bunch. Not even a few dozen. But there's a reason I don't comment on the day threads. Life's too short, and I got shit to do.

In totally unrelated news, I just poured the last of the bourbon. I have to get more within 24 hours or they're gonna kick me out of Kentucky. It's a state law, much like the "he needed killin'" law in Texas.

Posted by: DC in River City at March 16, 2015 11:21 PM (e+1S5)

203 132- That is totally awesome. You are a great dad.
Posted by: Moki at March 16, 2015 11:06 PM (bAB8f)

*****

Thank you. She is a Freshman at Alabama, and is so busy that I don't get to see her much. It was golden time, and she gets to crow about how cool it is that Dad flew them there and back.

These days, as many days should be, I simply enjoy the moments.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at March 16, 2015 11:21 PM (3F6F8)

204 Prognosis:
1% chance of being enacted

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 16, 2015 11:21 PM (/cvEu)

205 He's not just an asshole. He's fascist fucking fascist fuck of a fascist fuck if a fascist fuck ever fascististically fucked a bear

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 16, 2015 11:19 PM


...for emphasis...

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 16, 2015 11:21 PM (4gN5w)

206 READY, FIRE, AIM??!??!??

Posted by: REVEREND AL! at March 16, 2015 11:21 PM (rJUlF)

207 This must be about money.


Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 16, 2015 11:13 PM (Hmple)


*Stands upon soapbox*
This place is filled with all sorts of people, from the barely-getting-by to the fully-loaded, the socially-liberal to the socially-conservative and everything in between, and from the atheist to the conservative evangelical/ most-Catholic-person-you-have-ever-met.
Come for the posts, stay for the prayer meeting. Watch the posts and notice that we indeed cover the spectrum of social thought. Watch the posts and see how the Horde comes through when a monetary need is made known.
If you post about how much you have in the bank, good for you. But you can, pay it forward.

Posted by: Vendette at March 16, 2015 11:21 PM (TEpA2)

208 Tell me about it. I can't have much of a dating life on my salary. I guess it's a good thing I'm too shy to ask anyone out...
Posted by: Captain Whitebread (Face For Radio, Voice For Print) at March 16, 2015 11:17 PM (rJUlF)


You can get a guitar for $50 & a shitty old Suzuki for $300. Mind you, you're only going to have shallow, meaningless sex with dozens of hard-bodied 19-year-olds who have daddy issues, but if you can put up with that, you might get a couple of decent conversations out of the whole thing.

Posted by: Anderson Cooper's Goodlife Knitting Klatsch at March 16, 2015 11:21 PM (Q819Q)

209 #9

Rails.

No hope but the White Throne Judgement/Lake o' Fire.

Posted by: John Q Normal at March 16, 2015 11:21 PM (scgac)

210 199 I'm sorry so many of us seem to be in a funk tonight. Tomorrow's a new day.
Posted by: Jenny
--------------------------------

St. Patrick's day, actually.


----

Well there you go! You can all look forward to pinching people tomorrow. Sometimes really pinch-able people forget to wear green.

Posted by: Jenny Hates Her Timing at March 16, 2015 11:22 PM (Yz5ZM)

211 Where can I find info on the WI momee? I sent an email to to link in your nick MisHu
Posted by: lurking grandma at March 16, 2015 11:20 PM (2VaQu)
***********
I am sure there is a town up there by the name of Wismomee. Plausible.

Posted by: Genghis Cohen at March 16, 2015 11:22 PM (fLKzW)

212 You hit 'em from the north side Hammer, and I'll come at them from the west. We'll meet downtown near the drum circle and catch them in a crossfire.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert
----------------

Metaphorically speaking, of course.

Posted by: Hillary! true fact. at March 16, 2015 11:22 PM (l1zOH)

213 So I'm not the only one who has had a crappy day. Ironically, that makes me feel a little better.

Posted by: Captain Whitebread (Face For Radio, Voice For Print) at March 16, 2015 11:22 PM (rJUlF)

214 "I'm sorry so many of us seem to be in a funk tonight. Tomorrow's a new day."



Who's in a "funk?" Seems about right.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 16, 2015 11:23 PM (Hmple)

215 Next project: getting a bottle of high-proof rye certified as a companion animal so I can take it on the airplane with me.

"Sir, that's not an animal."
"What? Look at that label! Does it say Whistlepig or not?"

Posted by: Splunge at March 16, 2015 11:23 PM (qyomX)

216 198 Where can I find info on the WI momee? I sent an email to to link in your nick MisHu
Posted by: lurking grandma at March

Contact me at setterguy2014 at the gmail
Saturday Oneida casino Green Bay

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitaran, Wis momee at March 16, 2015 11:23 PM (YOPoU)

217 >>>+He's not just an asshole. He's fascist fucking fascist fuck of a fascist fuck if a fascist fuck ever fascististically fucked.

But he loves the country he leads/rules. Russia 1, USA 0 at the half.

Posted by: DC in River City at March 16, 2015 11:23 PM (e+1S5)

218 "The GOP should replace the primaries with a series of gladiatorial death matches at the convention."

That's the problem now with the GOP. There're too many net-and-trident Republicans who refuse to stand up for sword-and-shield ideals.

Posted by: FireHorse at March 16, 2015 11:23 PM (lHZsI)

219 We washed 50,000 cows today at $45 dollars a head. Top that!

Posted by: Mr. Foo Foo at March 16, 2015 11:24 PM (Dwehj)

220 Always call ISIS Islamic State, it will establish a connection with Islam and bad things with the LIVs. This is what the Left does to us all the time. Turn the tables.

Posted by: cm9000 at March 16, 2015 11:24 PM (8zCR+)

221 *shoves a box of Twinkies to Capt Whitebread*

At least you missed earlier today the Non-Sacred Bovine tap-dancing on a land mine explaining how the mullahs of Tehran really don't want to blow up the whole world. Whatever is in that cow's cud has to be banned by the DEA.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 16, 2015 11:24 PM (d2MTZ)

222 Vendette is going all out.....

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 16, 2015 11:25 PM (Hmple)

223 "Metaphorically speaking, of course.

Posted by: Hillary!"

Of course.

Posted by: AshevilleRobert at March 16, 2015 11:25 PM (Wo9OY)

224 Me. Hammer my response was hypothetical

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitaran, Wis momee at March 16, 2015 11:25 PM (YOPoU)

225 Posted by: Vendette at March 16, 2015 11:21 PM (TEpA2)

Preach it, sister.

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at March 16, 2015 11:26 PM (iuQS7)

226 "Always call ISIS Islamic State, it will establish a connection with Islam and bad things with the LIVs. This is what the Left does to us all the time. Turn the tables."

Call the bad guys what you want. I'm calling the conflict the Third Iraq War.

Posted by: FireHorse at March 16, 2015 11:26 PM (lHZsI)

227 Evening morons. Twitter pic of Son of Crank was posted earlier, as promised. I'm in for a long night, get in some St. Paddy's pre-drinking for me.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at March 16, 2015 11:26 PM (b2cFu)

228 >>>215 Next project: getting a bottle of high-proof rye certified as a companion animal so I can take it on the airplane with me.

"Sir, that's not an animal."
"What? Look at that label! Does it say Whistlepig or not?"


Do you by chance happen to publish a newsletter to which one such as myself may subscribe?

Posted by: DC in River City at March 16, 2015 11:26 PM (e+1S5)

229 217 >>>+He's not just an asshole. He's fascist fucking fascist fuck of a fascist fuck if a fascist fuck ever fascististically fucked.

But he loves the country he leads/rules. Russia 1, USA 0 at the half.
Posted by: DC in River City at March 16, 2015 11:23 PM (e+1S5)

You left out fuckity

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitaran, Wis momee at March 16, 2015 11:27 PM (YOPoU)

230 >>> Sadly there are simply some topics that Simply Cannot Be Discussed Here. Because certain commenters cannot contain themselves and must Go There. And none of the cobs feel like having to police the thread for hours afterwards.

This is why we can't have nice things.
Posted by: Maetenloch at March 16, 2015 11:08 PM (pAlYe)

Yes, but isn't it really just a handful of people? I get the not wanting to spend your time hear playing cop. I can't imagine any one of you signed up as cob so you can spend your time banning the dumb people. What I see are a handful of people who test the boundaries without quite crossing it. I expect that eventually, they'll cross it and get banned.

It kinda sucks to be a cob, huh? Great ONT btw. Lots a stuff to read.

Posted by: L, Elle at March 16, 2015 11:27 PM (iUBwE)

231 You must want to go to war with Russia!

Posted by: Goo Goo Dah Dah at March 16, 2015 11:28 PM (W5DcG)

232 Heh, vendette.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 16, 2015 11:28 PM (Hmple)

233 "Mind you, you're only going to have shallow, meaningless sex with dozens of hard-bodied 19-year-olds who have daddy issues, but if you can put up with that, you might get a couple of decent conversations out of the whole thing."

Heh. No 19-year-old is going to have anything to do with this graying, still-out-of-shape-but-working-on-it guy.

Posted by: Captain Whitebread (Face For Radio, Voice For Print) at March 16, 2015 11:28 PM (rJUlF)

234 '...net & trident Republicans..."

Spot on.

We need to find a couple of dozen who'll wade into the fray with a bronze cod-piece & a ball peen hammer

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 16, 2015 11:28 PM (4gN5w)

235 DC -

A) I have plenty of cheap bourbon, so open the floppy disc port...

2) I don't think I ever saw the "3 good things" from today...

Do tell.

Posted by: shredded chi at March 16, 2015 11:28 PM (9dfN4)

236 201 So, did the cuckolded husband take advantage of the "open" part of there "marriage"?? Or did he just do nothing while his whore wife whored around?


According to the story, he shacked up with a 24-year-old, so it wasn't a complete loss on his part.



Ah, a "happy ending" of sorts. I'm so glad I lead a dull and boring life. I never could understand why some insist on making obviously fucked up decisions and then wonder why everything goes to shit.

Posted by: puddleglum not at work at March 16, 2015 11:28 PM (Ggbti)

237 221 *shoves a box of Twinkies to Capt Whitebread*

Eh, what the hell...screw you, diabetes.

Posted by: Captain Whitebread (Face For Radio, Voice For Print) at March 16, 2015 11:29 PM (rJUlF)

238 He's not just an asshole. He's fascist fucking fascist fuck of a fascist fuck if a fascist fuck ever fascististically fucked.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 16, 2015 11:19 PM (Q/1Jp)


But enough about Moo Moo. What do you think of his good buddy Putin?

Posted by: Anderson Cooper's Goodlife Knitting Klatsch at March 16, 2015 11:29 PM (Q819Q)

239 WHO FUNK DIS IS!?!


HUH!!!


WHO FUNK DIS IS?!?

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 16, 2015 11:29 PM (/cvEu)

240 216
Done, thanks

Posted by: lurking grandma at March 16, 2015 11:29 PM (2VaQu)

241 Hammer my response was hypothetical
---------------------

Everything that I post here is hypothetical.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 16, 2015 11:29 PM (l1zOH)

242 If you're still lurking, Chi, you've got email (I think).

Posted by: cthulhu at March 16, 2015 11:29 PM (T1005)

243 Anyone in the New Jersey region with $15k burning a hole in their pocket? Want to add an extra vehicle to your hidden retreat?

1945 Studebaker M-29C Weasel for sale on eBay.
http://tinyurl.com/ltokkem

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 16, 2015 11:29 PM (d2MTZ)

244 241 Hammer my response was hypothetical
---------------------

Everything that I post here is hypothetical.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 16, 2015 11:29 PM (l1zOH)

Literally?

Posted by: Insomniac at March 16, 2015 11:30 PM (mx5oN)

245 "Heh. No 19-year-old is going to have anything to do with this graying, still-out-of-shape-but-working-on-it guy."



Sounds like you gotta adjust the money, Capin'.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 16, 2015 11:30 PM (Hmple)

246 Son of Crank has grown so much!



*Feels old*




I bet he flirts with ladies in the grocery store.

Posted by: Vendette at March 16, 2015 11:31 PM (TEpA2)

247 >>I'm so glad I lead a dull and boring

That sounds like me

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitaran, Wis momee at March 16, 2015 11:31 PM (YOPoU)

248 Everything Mike Hammer posts is actually something his mendacious furry minion the Cat types out for him. So his fingerprints aren't on any keyboard.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 16, 2015 11:31 PM (d2MTZ)

249 Everything that I post here is hypothetical.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 16, 2015 11:29 PM


I thought it was "theoretical"? What'd I miss?

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 16, 2015 11:32 PM (4gN5w)

250 Ah, a "happy ending" of sorts. I'm so glad I lead a dull and boring life. I never could understand why some insist on making obviously fucked up decisions and then wonder why everything goes to shit.

It beats a life of crazy drama, for sure.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 16, 2015 11:32 PM (mx5oN)

251 230
>>> Sadly there are simply some topics that Simply Cannot Be
Discussed Here. Because certain commenters cannot contain themselves and
must Go There. And none of the cobs feel like having to police the
thread for hours afterwards.



This is why we can't have nice things.

Posted by: Maetenloch at March 16, 2015 11:08 PM (pAlYe)



Yes, but isn't it really just a handful of people? I get the not
wanting to spend your time hear playing cop. I can't imagine any one of
you signed up as cob so you can spend your time banning the dumb
people. What I see are a handful of people who test the boundaries
without quite crossing it. I expect that eventually, they'll cross it
and get banned.



It kinda sucks to be a cob, huh? Great ONT btw. Lots a stuff to read.



Actually, great ONT as we've been spoiled rotten to receive night-after-night. How many is this for you, Maet? We should start having parties every hundredth one, MoMes at every thousandth, and Manhattan "Eyes Wide Shut" events every ten-thousandth.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 16, 2015 11:32 PM (T1005)

252 No 19-year-old is going to have anything to do with this graying, still-out-of-shape-but-working-on-it guy.

Guitar. Motorcycle. It only works on maybe 5% of young, hot things, but it is like crack mixed with catnip.

Posted by: Anderson Cooper's Goodlife Knitting Klatsch at March 16, 2015 11:33 PM (Q819Q)

253 >> try to remember what's important and enjoy the small things



At a certain point, I think you've fapped enough. It's time to move over and let someone else do the fapping.

Posted by: Barack Hussein Obama at March 16, 2015 11:33 PM (ZtyJy)

254 I bet he flirts with ladies in the grocery store.
Posted by: Vendette at March 16, 2015 11:31 PM (TEpA2)

He flirts with ladies EVERYWHERE. And they love it.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at March 16, 2015 11:33 PM (b2cFu)

255
Citizens, just remember, when we enter the voting booth, I'm the only candidate with a pussy. As a somewhat black female, married to the first black president, I ain't no where near tired, and I'm ready to suppress white privilege and encourage Congress to vote for reparations for one and all.

Let us pray.....

Posted by: Miss Rodham the Invincible at March 16, 2015 11:33 PM (P330y)

256 "That sounds like me"


Up there in Wisconsin, all the beer and women. You are yanking us around.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 16, 2015 11:33 PM (Hmple)

257 The earthquake in Salt Lake?

Posted by: otho at March 16, 2015 11:34 PM (tBSrv)

258 Tonight is St Patricks day eve. I have tomorrow off. My son just spun me up over college costs and scholorships that he's going to pass on. I am so going to get drunk. I might not sober up till next week.

Oh, and a big FU to Barky.

Posted by: fairweatherbill looking for the sweet spot at March 16, 2015 11:34 PM (FviSe)

259 backing up: I thought it was "Rule 32"?

maybe that explains why my (friends') pron searches are so lame

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 16, 2015 11:34 PM (4gN5w)

260 >>>A) I have plenty of cheap bourbon, so open the floppy disc port...

2) I don't think I ever saw the "3 good things" from today...

A) I have this policy where I never turn down a free drink, so pour away.

B) I didn't clarify, it seemed inappropriate considering so many are having a rough go of it. But one was professional, one personal, and the last was me diagnosing and fixing a problem with my car.

Posted by: DC in River City at March 16, 2015 11:34 PM (e+1S5)

261 Manhattan "Eyes Wide Shut" events every ten-thousandth.

So no more frequently than once every 27 years or so?

Posted by: Insomniac at March 16, 2015 11:34 PM (mx5oN)

262 Literally?
Posted by: Insomniac
---------------------------

No, metaphorically.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 16, 2015 11:35 PM (l1zOH)

263
Lousy or no, I figure any day that you look down at the grass instead of up at the roots is a victory.

Words from my Granma.

Posted by: irongrampa at March 16, 2015 11:35 PM (jeCnD)

264 He flirts with ladies EVERYWHERE. And they love it.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at March 16, 2015 11:33 PM (b2cFu)


He loves it too.

Take him to your grocery store's bakery. You'll likely get goodies out of his flirtation.

Posted by: Vendette at March 16, 2015 11:36 PM (TEpA2)

265 I am not looking for extra-curricular activity, but I can't imagine spending "time" with someone more than about 10 years age difference. Shared experiences and all that.

Posted by: lurking grandma at March 16, 2015 11:36 PM (2VaQu)

266 246
Son of Crank has grown so much!



*Feels old*




I bet he flirts with ladies in the grocery store.


Posted by: Vendette at March 16, 2015 11:31 PM (TEpA2)


Grrr....I've been trying to get current on the thread before haring off to figure out twitter....

Posted by: cthulhu at March 16, 2015 11:36 PM (T1005)

267 Lousy or no, I figure any day that you look down at the grass instead of up at the roots is a victory.

I guess so, considering that in the latter scenario you'd be buried alive.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 16, 2015 11:36 PM (mx5oN)

268 261 Manhattan "Eyes Wide Shut" events every ten-thousandth.

So no more frequently than once every 27 years or so?

---

I...don't want to think about what we'll all look like in 27 years or so. At all.

Posted by: Jenny Suddenly Understands Trigger Warnings at March 16, 2015 11:36 PM (Yz5ZM)

269 "The earthquake in Salt Lake?"


Don't worry, Australia. They didn't even know about it.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 16, 2015 11:36 PM (Hmple)

270 How many of the Horde think things have gone so far off the rails that it can't be fixed, and how many still have hope?
Posted by: AshevilleRobert

It's been said that there is a lot of ruin in a country. Ours?

A lot more to go, so no sense worrying about it beyond providing for your loved-ones.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 16, 2015 10:38 PM



Look at Venezuela, Argentina, what was Yugoslavia. There is a lot of design margin in a country, but eventually you run into the wall/over the cliff. And it is damned near impossible to bring back the good old days.

If America falls, it will be like the Fall of Rome and Constantinople simultaneously. Except we are more likely to end up with a nuclear wasteland and a thousand year dark age. because the idiots that end up in charge are more than willing to rule in Hell.

Posted by: rd at March 16, 2015 11:37 PM (JMsTM)

271 Hey everybody.

For anyone here who's planning to share their trail mix with the President, be sure to remove the M&Ms first. ;-)

"Here's what it's like when President Obama gets mad" (link to msn.com)

http://tinyurl.com/kusrbs6

(Apparently, Barack is a Van Halen fan.)

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 16, 2015 11:37 PM (elbY7)

272 I'll bet Hemingway would have extracted Hilldovs Form 1090 by now, or whatever the fuck it's called. Jen Psaki's smug little attitude would evaporate in the face of a furious Papa-esque assault, complete with justified accusations of fascism in the State Dept (a wholly owned subsidiary of the Clinton Global Initiative LLC).

The State Department really is a third rate place now, with Horseface running all over the place getting insulted and the Theta girls flacking for him, but at least it's no longer a quasi-criminal enterprise. There's that.

Posted by: MTF at March 16, 2015 11:37 PM (QZIW8)

273 RK its a quiet life with Mrs. MH up here. Will cut lose with Chavez the Hugo at the wis momee

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitaran, Wis momee at March 16, 2015 11:38 PM (YOPoU)

274 Time to rest for the night. Have fun ya'll.

Posted by: AshevilleRobert at March 16, 2015 11:38 PM (Wo9OY)

275 Hell, Chi, I tried showing you a picture of my house once and couldn't find one. Remember?

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at March 16, 2015 11:38 PM (l3vZN)

276 the Theta girls flacking for him

Call in the Scientologists and those girls will be gone in no time.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 16, 2015 11:38 PM (mx5oN)

277 261
Manhattan "Eyes Wide Shut" events every ten-thousandth.



So no more frequently than once every 27 years or so?

Posted by: Insomniac at March 16, 2015 11:34 PM (mx5oN)


With all the old farts attending, would you want 'em more frequently?

Posted by: cthulhu at March 16, 2015 11:38 PM (T1005)

278 Lousy or no, I figure any day that you look down at the grass instead of up at the roots is a victory.

Words from my Granma.
Posted by: irongrampa at March 16, 2015 11:35 PM (jeCnD)

*****

Yep. Any day on the right side of the grass is a great day. Takes some time to garner that perspective though...

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at March 16, 2015 11:38 PM (cIoI4)

279 Read that VDH article. Spot on. He writes some really good stuff. I read a three of four part essay he did a couple of years back on the situation in Cal and sorry to say, the place is going tits up. Kind of sad really. Back in the old days when I was just a sprout, California was THE place. Industry, Aerospace, beautiful weather and Hollywood. California in the early to mid sixties was truly the American Dream. Now it's about two inches from being a third world craphole. It's fallen light years from what it used to be.

Posted by: Old Blue at March 16, 2015 11:39 PM (AxABj)

280 Tell that to the respected Morons here that remind us every day that they have a mansion, four cars in the driveway, 15 high-end watches & 20,000 rounds of ammo stored...

I would think you meant Moo Moo, but you said 'respected.'

Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at March 16, 2015 11:39 PM (MMC8r)

281 Chi, if you're lurking, the type of commenter you referenced, I think will eventually get banned. Patience.

Posted by: L, Elle at March 16, 2015 11:40 PM (iUBwE)

282 Being buried alive is probably my greatest fear, after Hillary being the next president.

Posted by: cm9000 at March 16, 2015 11:40 PM (8zCR+)

283 " Will cut lose with Chavez the Hugo at the wis momee"


There had better be pictoral, and biologic, proof and the end.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 16, 2015 11:40 PM (Hmple)

284 But he loves the country he leads/rules. Russia 1, USA 0 at the half.
Posted by: DC in River City


So he would be a bad guy in your eyes if it was only narcissism on his part?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 16, 2015 11:40 PM (Q/1Jp)

285 Heh, Jinx - it's a very fond memory...
How have you been?

Posted by: shredded chi at March 16, 2015 11:41 PM (9dfN4)

286 Oh, and a bit later I'll share the news I promised to share a few weeks ago. Tell you all what, I'll let you all guess what it is. Here's the candidates:

(a) Small but still decent-sized inheritance
(b) finally got a nice car
(c) Small but still decent-sized lotto win, allowing me to pay for a Vegas meetup if others want to come
(d) interview for a job with people who might actually hire me
(e) finally got a really nice video camera I can make a movie with, and am hiring Horde members as extras
(f) approval for gender reassignment surgery finally came through

Looking forward to your votes!!
:-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 16, 2015 11:41 PM (elbY7)

287 @ shredded chi (if still here)

a moment of your time please. post will mainly be directed to you & cthulhu

Posted by: dDan at March 16, 2015 11:41 PM (hwYmz)

288 Holy crap, he's figuring out how to take that pool thing apart -- you can see it in his eyes.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 16, 2015 11:41 PM (T1005)

289 I would think you meant Moo Moo, but you said 'respected.'
Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at March 16, 2015 11:39 PM (MMC8r)

***snorts ***

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitaran, Wis momee at March 16, 2015 11:41 PM (YOPoU)

290 "At"


At the end.


This damn blog.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 16, 2015 11:41 PM (Hmple)

291 a couple nights ago cthulhu posted events that occurred w/ Joffen.

I would like permission to send that post to a friend.

Sometimes, they don't understand why I like this site.

Posted by: dDan at March 16, 2015 11:43 PM (hwYmz)

292 before haring off to figure out twitter....
Posted by: cthulhu
--------------

You're gonna need a psychiatrist to help with that.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 16, 2015 11:43 PM (l1zOH)

293 Oh yeah coming up real fast is the shutting down of the last aircraft production line in California. Boeing's last C-17 will come off the line this summer and 2,200 jobs in California will go away.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 16, 2015 11:43 PM (d2MTZ)

294 OK, I'm out.

Tomorrow night, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 16, 2015 11:43 PM (4gN5w)

295 Posted by: qdpsteve at March 16, 2015 11:41 PM (elbY7

(G) all of the above?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitaran, Wis momee at March 16, 2015 11:43 PM (YOPoU)

296 California needs to be fenced off.

Posted by: Barack Hussein Obama at March 16, 2015 11:43 PM (ZtyJy)

297 At FB, people keep writing up about Hillary words to the effect of "will THIS finally land her royal pantsuited posterior in jail?!?!?!?"

Tell ya what. I don't need Hillary to go to jail. I really don't. It wouldn't really make my life better in any real way if she did. Let her make a billion dollars on speeches.

I. Just. Don't. Want. Her. President.

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 16, 2015 11:44 PM (elbY7)

298 >>> 289 I would think you meant Moo Moo, but you said 'respected.'
Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at March 16, 2015 11:39 PM (MMC8r)

No. The other guy. I think Maet or another cob actually banned him but just for one thread.

Posted by: L, Elle at March 16, 2015 11:44 PM (iUBwE)

299 MH, LOL. You're close. ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 16, 2015 11:45 PM (elbY7)

300 California needs to be fenced off.
Posted by: Barack Hussein Obama


A fine way to treat your biggest donors, Herr Obama.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 16, 2015 11:45 PM (Q/1Jp)

301 Guitar. Motorcycle. It only works on maybe 5% of young, hot things, but it is like crack mixed with catnip.

Posted by: Anderson Cooper's Goodlife Knitting Klatsch at March 16, 2015 11:33 PM (Q819Q)



I'm not saying jack shit.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 16, 2015 11:45 PM (FMbng)

302 286
Oh, and a bit later I'll share the news I promised to share a few weeks
ago. Tell you all what, I'll let you all guess what it is. Here's the
candidates:



(a) Small but still decent-sized inheritance

(b) finally got a nice car

(c) Small but still decent-sized lotto win, allowing me to pay for a Vegas meetup if others want to come

(d) interview for a job with people who might actually hire me

(e) finally got a really nice video camera I can make a movie with, and am hiring Horde members as extras

(f) approval for gender reassignment surgery finally came through



Looking forward to your votes!!

:-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 16, 2015 11:41 PM (elbY7)


Well, as far as inheritances go....I don't have very many or very valuable ones ('cause I'm not related to wealthy folks), but in every case I'd much rather have my relation back.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 16, 2015 11:45 PM (T1005)

303 (d) interview for a job with people who might actually hire me
-------
Fingers crossed!

Posted by: Old Blue at March 16, 2015 11:45 PM (AxABj)

304 Goodnight Robert.
Regards to Liecester, Leicester..., whatever.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 16, 2015 11:45 PM (l1zOH)

305 These people always have long social media trails.

@Glipsee 53m53 minutes ago
Found: Girl Who Filmed Viral Indianapolis Beat Down of Unarmed Teen White Girl and Unarmed Preteen Little Brother http://bit.ly/18zhPye

Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 16, 2015 11:46 PM (ZPrif)

306 Eh, I may be kvetching, but life is good. My health is a lot better these days, I have good friends who are there for me when I need them, I have the Horde...and there is this early-30s beauty who comes to the karaoke bar just to hear me sing...so there's still hope, eh?

Posted by: Captain Whitebread (Face For Radio, Voice For Print) at March 16, 2015 11:46 PM (rJUlF)

307 Being buried alive is probably my greatest fear, after Hillary being the next president.
Posted by: cm9000 at March 16, 2015 11:40 PM (8zCR+)
************
Getting my Penis cut off by a table saw is probably my greatest fear, after Hillary being the next president.

Posted by: Genghis Cohen at March 16, 2015 11:46 PM (fLKzW)

308 Doing well Chi. Middle son is going to graduate in a few weeks and is looking for police work (a hell of a time for that)

Youngest is back for break and seems to be thriving at what is a pretty dang hard school.

Last of the snow piles melted today and we are in the middle of the big thaw, road is really bad.

Hope things are well for you and better for your BIL.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at March 16, 2015 11:46 PM (l3vZN)

309 Damn. Forgot to de-sock.

Posted by: Garrett at March 16, 2015 11:46 PM (ZtyJy)

310 292
before haring off to figure out twitter....

Posted by: cthulhu

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



You're gonna need a psychiatrist to help with that.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 16, 2015 11:43 PM (l1zOH)


I got it, though ( @288 ) -- thank goodness the browser remembered all the tricky parts!

Posted by: cthulhu at March 16, 2015 11:46 PM (T1005)

311 cthulhu, that's my philosophy about it.

Old Blue, hope you can stick around to find out.

Will announce the answer at 12:30 EDT, about 45 mins from now. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 16, 2015 11:47 PM (elbY7)

312 DC @260

Heck,
I didn't see anyone bellyachin' except me - and I really have nothing to complain about, to be honest. I think I'm just a dick.
I'm not hungry, I can afford to buy cheap bourbon (for now), I have a few good friends here...

And I get to call the prettiest, coolest, baddest 'ette at the HQ mine. How that happened, I still don't know, but I'm gonna run with it.

Who here can say they were were so lucky to fall for an 'ette?

Posted by: shredded chi at March 16, 2015 11:47 PM (9dfN4)

313 but in every case I'd much rather have my relation back.
Posted by: cthulhu
----------------

Well.., I'm with you there...., I'm thinking that I might rue the missing surgically removed bits also.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 16, 2015 11:47 PM (l1zOH)

314 but in every case I'd much rather have my relation back.
Posted by: cthulhu
----------------

Well.., I'm with you there...., I'm thinking that I might rue the missing surgically removed bits also.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 16, 2015 11:47 PM (l1zOH)

315 >>>> 301 Guitar. Motorcycle. It only works on maybe 5% of young, hot things, but it is like crack mixed with catnip.

Posted by: Anderson Cooper's Goodlife Knitting Klatsch at March 16, 2015 11:33 PM (Q819Q)

Wrong! Lead guitar and lead singer get everything they want.

Posted by: L, Elle at March 16, 2015 11:48 PM (iUBwE)

316 Being buried alive is probably my greatest fear, after Hillary being the next president.
Posted by: cm9000 at March 16, 2015 11:40 PM (8zCR+)


You could be buried alive with Hillary.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 16, 2015 11:48 PM (W5DcG)

317 291
a couple nights ago cthulhu posted events that occurred w/ Joffen.



I would like permission to send that post to a friend.



Sometimes, they don't understand why I like this site.

Posted by: dDan at March 16, 2015 11:43 PM (hwYmz)


You'll know when I deny reposting of something here, 'cause I'll be using every effort to have a COB disappear it.....which, to my shame, I have done.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 16, 2015 11:49 PM (T1005)

318
One of the nice things about living this long is you no longer give a damn what anyone thinks of you.

Even better is having the love of your life along for the ride.

Posted by: irongrampa at March 16, 2015 11:49 PM (jeCnD)

319 L Elle, and we get all the p***y...

Posted by: Starr, Bonham & Jones, et al at March 16, 2015 11:49 PM (elbY7)

320 Will announce the answer at 12:30 EDT, about 45 mins from now. :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve

Hope we are all still up

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitaran, Wis momee at March 16, 2015 11:49 PM (YOPoU)

321 Guitar. Motorcycle. It only works on maybe 5% of young, hot things, but it is like crack mixed with catnip.
Posted by: Anderson Cooper's Goodlife Knitting Klatsch at March 16, 2015 11:33 PM

Add a couple more elements and the %age goes way up.

Posted by: otho at March 16, 2015 11:50 PM (tBSrv)

322 Heyyy! How 'bout those Dodgers?!? ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 16, 2015 11:50 PM (elbY7)

323 >>I'm not saying jack shit.


Dude. You wrote 'Unskinny Bop' and 'Every Rose Has Its Thorn'.

You must have had to beat them back with a stick.

Posted by: Garrett at March 16, 2015 11:50 PM (ZtyJy)

324 296
California needs to be fenced off.

Posted by: Barack Hussein Obama at March 16, 2015 11:43 PM (ZtyJy)


Great idea and I'll willingly help build it -- just as soon as the fiancee and I are on the proper side......

Posted by: cthulhu at March 16, 2015 11:50 PM (T1005)

325 And I get to call the prettiest, coolest, baddest
'ette at the HQ mine. How that happened, I still don't know, but I'm
gonna run with it.



Who here can say they were were so lucky to fall for an 'ette?



Posted by: shredded chi at March 16, 2015 11:47 PM (9dfN4)


Without answering the latter question, with respect to the former, you are a lucky man.

Posted by: Vendette at March 16, 2015 11:51 PM (TEpA2)

326 286 Oh, and a bit later I'll share the news I promised to share a few weeks ago. Tell you all what, I'll let you all guess what it is. Here's the candidates:

(a) Small but still decent-sized inheritance
(b) finally got a nice car
(c) Small but still decent-sized lotto win, allowing me to pay for a Vegas meetup if others want to come
(d) interview for a job with people who might actually hire me
(e) finally got a really nice video camera I can make a movie with, and am hiring Horde members as extras
(f) approval for gender reassignment surgery finally came through

Looking forward to your votes!!
:-)


---

Wait...where's the more likely option "(g) began dating woman who wears red pumps even in the pool?"

Posted by: Jenny Suddenly Understands Trigger Warnings at March 16, 2015 11:51 PM (Yz5ZM)

327 I just sent my daughter's half drank (drunk? drinked?) bottle of water to California.


#savintheplanetnshit

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at March 16, 2015 11:51 PM (z+4T3)

328 Night all. Back to the writing.

https://youtu.be/hcRlypUPvGI

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 16, 2015 11:51 PM (d2MTZ)

329 >>>and there is this early-30s beauty who comes to the karaoke bar just to hear me sing


Is that a 1980-ish birthday, or one that is pre-WWII?



Be of good cheer, Horde, we are down but not out.

Posted by: Piercello at March 16, 2015 11:51 PM (QJCCx)

330
I'm real close to pulling the trigger on a used Mac Book Pro for about $450.





Posted by: Soothsayer's imaginary twitter feed at March 16, 2015 11:51 PM (OCKzv)

331 I'll go with:"(d) interview for a job with people who might actually hire me"


But if it's:"(e) finally got a really nice video camera I can make a movie with, and am hiring Horde members as extras", you can count me in. I'm at least two extras, three if you're filming widescreen.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 16, 2015 11:51 PM (UVfht)

332 Jenny, LOL.

Wanted to post options that sounded like they could actually happen in the real world. ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 16, 2015 11:51 PM (elbY7)

333 Blanco, you may not be disappointed with my reveal at 1230. ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 16, 2015 11:52 PM (elbY7)

334 >>> 319 L Elle, and we get all the p***y...
Posted by: Starr, Bonham & Jones, et al at March 16, 2015 11:49 PM (elbY7)

Whoevers sock that is, I almost wrote it that way, but I decided not to be all dirty. That's what I meant.

Posted by: L, Elle at March 16, 2015 11:52 PM (iUBwE)

335
Posted by: irongrampa at March 16, 2015 11:49 PM (jeCnD

Amen IG

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitaran, Wis momee at March 16, 2015 11:52 PM (YOPoU)

336 287
All ears, and a a little drunk - take advantage of it

Posted by: shredded chi at March 16, 2015 11:52 PM (9dfN4)

337 327 I just sent my daughter's half drank (drunk? drinked?) bottle of water to California.

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

My backyard fountain thanks you.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 16, 2015 11:53 PM (ZbCKc)

338 Blanco, you may not be disappointed with my reveal at 1230. ;-)

You're gonna need a bigger thread!

Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 16, 2015 11:53 PM (UVfht)

339 Wrong! Lead guitar and lead singer get everything they want.

Posted by: L, Elle at March 16, 2015 11:48 PM (iUBwE)


There may *cough* or may not be serious truth to that.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 16, 2015 11:53 PM (FMbng)

340 1945 Studebaker M-29C Weasel for sale on eBay.
http://tinyurl.com/ltokkem


Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 16, 2015 11:29 PM (d2MTZ)


That's a pretty good-looking Weasel, Anna. Mine does does not have the flotation tanks, although it carries an M29C ID plate. A lot of user who bought them for hunting and bushwhacking got rid of the amphibious gear because it made the Weasel a lot less capable in rough terrain.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 16, 2015 11:53 PM (UwPGL)

341 316
Being buried alive is probably my greatest fear, after Hillary being the next president.

Posted by: cm9000 at March 16, 2015 11:40 PM (8zCR+)



You could be buried alive with Hillary.



Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 16, 2015 11:48 PM (W5DcG)


AAAaaaaiiiiiiieeeeee!!!!!

There are some things too horrible for Cthulhu.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 16, 2015 11:53 PM (T1005)

342 You'll know when I deny reposting of something here, 'cause I'll be using every effort to have a COB disappear it.....which, to my shame, I have done.


Posted by: cthulhu at March 16, 2015 11:49 PM (T1005)

appreciate it, thanks.

Posted by: dDan at March 16, 2015 11:53 PM (hwYmz)

343 One of the nice things about living this long is you no longer give a damn what anyone thinks of you.

Even better is having the love of your life along for the ride.


Posted by: irongrampa at March 16, 2015 11:49 PM (jeCnD)


Who puts you into place...
And the walking grandbaby will put you into place if really necessary.

Posted by: Vendette at March 16, 2015 11:53 PM (TEpA2)

344 Hemingway looks like a guy who's roasted a hobo or two in his day.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 16, 2015 11:54 PM (ZbCKc)

345 My hunch is that Robert Plant was probably the most indulged lead singer ever. Perfect band, perfect fans, perfect time, perfect opportunities.

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 16, 2015 11:54 PM (elbY7)

346 Is that a 1980-ish birthday, or one that is pre-WWII?

Heh. Good one. 1980s. I'm ratcheting up the courage to ask her to dinner. At the rate I'm going, I should be able to do it by 2027.

Posted by: Captain Whitebread (Face For Radio, Voice For Print) at March 16, 2015 11:55 PM (rJUlF)

347 >>>>> There may *cough* or may not be serious truth to that.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 16, 2015 11:53 PM (FMbng)

Quit being coy and SPILL

Posted by: L, Elle at March 16, 2015 11:55 PM (iUBwE)

348 Quit being coy and SPILL

From the way he said I'd guess he's already "spilled". Many times over.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 16, 2015 11:56 PM (UVfht)

349 Wrong! Lead guitar and lead singer get everything they want.

Posted by: L, Elle at March 16, 2015 11:48 PM (iUBwE)


There may *cough* or may not be serious truth to that.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 16, 2015 11:53 PM (FMbng)

===
Well, I have the singing part already down. *Check yp.com for guitar lessons*

Posted by: Captain Whitebread (Face For Radio, Voice For Print) at March 16, 2015 11:57 PM (rJUlF)

350 Anyway. The wife is hating her new job, we're just
barely keeping our heads above water and I need to hold out until June
to have 19 years of sobriety. And sometimes a drink sounds really good
so I can get relaxed like old Papa Hemingway there.
Posted by: joncelli at March 16, 2015 11:12 PM (ohKF9)


Dude, hang in there. I won't try to jolly you along, but you being sober means a Hell of a lot for someone.


Posted by: Kindltot at March 16, 2015 11:57 PM (t//F+)

351 318

One of the nice things about living this long is you no longer give a damn what anyone thinks of you.

Even better is having the love of your life along for the ride.


Posted by: irongrampa at March 16, 2015 11:49 PM (jeCnD)
---------irongrampa, I am grateful for many things now that I'm getting later on in life. I'm married to the most beautiful, wonderful, loving woman ever created (at 73 she is still a hottie, with a smile to die for), we have a home to call our own.
I still bowl better more days than I bowl bad. Even with two different heart issues, I'm still above ground.
I haven't lost my curiosity about the world around me.
As much as I can bitch about all the idiocy around me, I'm still here to bitch.
I have the Horde. What a bunch of absolute miscreants and malefactors. They make me laugh, and sometimes they make me cry.Yes, God has been good to me. I may not be his favorite, but He's been good.

Posted by: Old Blue at March 16, 2015 11:57 PM (AxABj)

352 >>>I'm ratcheting up the courage to ask her to dinner.


You could let the Horde be your Cyrano de Bergerac, but I wouldn't advise it.

Although I would be sure to read the thread.

Encouragement, from the peanut gallery.

Posted by: Piercello at March 16, 2015 11:59 PM (QJCCx)

353 cthulu, OT: You said a while back that you'd changed software, ditching Intuit:


1) What'd you switch to?


2) Was it hard to switch?

Posted by: Steck at March 16, 2015 11:59 PM (5i94q)

354 whenever I am in her I feel like I need a dose of penicillin and a confession.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 16, 2015 11:59 PM (gsfK5)

355 My hunch is that Robert Plant was probably the most indulged lead singer ever. Perfect band, perfect fans, perfect time, perfect opportunities.
Posted by: qdpsteve


Too lazy to look it up: wasn't Led the model for the fictitious band in 'Almost Famous'?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 16, 2015 11:59 PM (Q/1Jp)

356 SJWs win again.

Left forced DC Comics to cancel the cover of The Joker -- a homicidal maniac and mass murderer -- and Batgirl. Cause Joker looked to threatening and the SJWs said it promoted domestic violence.

Brandon Morse @TheBrandonMorse
The Joke Killers: DC Cancels "Batgirl" Joker Variant Cover wp.me/p5mfmD-4E via @lizzyf620 #CHANGETHECOVER

Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 16, 2015 11:59 PM (ZPrif)

357 weft-cut, yep.

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 17, 2015 12:00 AM (elbY7)

358 Posted by: Old Blue at March 16, 2015 11:57 PM (AxABj)

-----/-/-
That's inspiring. Thank you,

My goal is to one day bowl in shoes that don't say RENTAL on the back.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 17, 2015 12:00 AM (ZbCKc)

359 Sup everyone.

Posted by: thathalfrican at March 17, 2015 12:01 AM (R5HRU)

360 whenever I am in her I feel like I need a dose of penicillin and a confession.
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 16, 2015 11:59 PM (gsfK5)

*****
Uuuummmm...What the actual fuck...?

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at March 17, 2015 12:01 AM (3F6F8)

361 Sup everyone.
Posted by: thathalfrican


hola, que pasta?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 17, 2015 12:01 AM (Q/1Jp)

362 Help me out Horde ty....

What was the name of the NYC chap that capped some thugs on the subway?
And that WZ vid was disturbing.

Posted by: Lost Tom Servo at March 17, 2015 12:02 AM (YChHQ)

363 Posted by: Captain Whitebread (Face For Radio, Voice For Print) at March 16, 2015 11:55 PM (rJUlF)

Come on, go for it Captn. If she comes around every week that's a hint

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitaran, Wis momee at March 17, 2015 12:02 AM (YOPoU)

364 Mick Jagger or any of the Beatles were more indulged than Robert Plant.

Posted by: cm9000 at March 17, 2015 12:02 AM (8zCR+)

365 >>> Anyway. The wife is hating her new job, we're just
barely keeping our heads above water and I need to hold out until June
to have 19 years of sobriety. And sometimes a drink sounds really good
so I can get relaxed like old Papa Hemingway there.
Posted by: joncelli at March 16, 2015 11:12 PM (ohKF9)

If it helps, alot of people are struggling just as much. Don't feel like you're alone. I really hope life gives you and your wife a break and some good things too.

Posted by: L, Elle at March 17, 2015 12:02 AM (iUBwE)

366 Bernie Goetz.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 17, 2015 12:02 AM (ZbCKc)

367 Sup everyone.

I had a physical today. The doctor said I was healthy as a horse. Then she gave me the address for the glue factory.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 17, 2015 12:02 AM (UVfht)

368 356

It was a *variant* cover. The SJW's could have bought issue with the regular cover, but no, that's not enough. Some were even threatening the artist's life...over an illustration they say promoted domestic violence. Then again, SJW's wouldn't know cognitive dissonance if it held them at gunpoint...

Posted by: Captain Whitebread (Face For Radio, Voice For Print) at March 17, 2015 12:03 AM (rJUlF)

369 Hemingway Hurls Havana Hooch, Horridly Hurts Hand, Hits Hungover Hasselhoff.

Posted by: Don't hassle the Hoff at March 17, 2015 12:03 AM (NbYvL)

370 Bernard Goetz?

Posted by: shredded chi at March 17, 2015 12:03 AM (9dfN4)

371 367

Ba-dum TISH!

Posted by: That guy who goes "Ba-dum-TISH!" at March 17, 2015 12:03 AM (rJUlF)

372 What was the name of the NYC chap that capped some thugs on the subway?
And that WZ vid was disturbing.


Posted by: Lost Tom Servo at March 17, 2015 12:02 AM (YChHQ)


Bernard Goetz.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2015 12:04 AM (UwPGL)

373 Time for the old folk. Keep the heads high, you're Americans, living in the yet most exceptional country on the planet--remember that.


Goodnite, good people. Stay safe.

Posted by: irongrampa at March 17, 2015 12:04 AM (jeCnD)

374 Blanco, ya don't get no respect. No respect at all, do ya?!?
((yanks tie back and forth while sweating profusely))

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 17, 2015 12:04 AM (elbY7)

375 I had a physical today. The doctor said I was healthy as a horse. Then she gave me the address for the glue factory.

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

IT'S A TRAP!!!!!!

Posted by: Jean F. LeKerry, Secretairie de'Etat at March 17, 2015 12:05 AM (ZbCKc)

376 363

More like every other week, but you're right. I need to do it.

Posted by: That guy who goes at March 17, 2015 12:05 AM (rJUlF)

377 Off, incomplete sock!

Posted by: Captain Whitebread (Face For Radio, Voice For Print) at March 17, 2015 12:05 AM (rJUlF)

378 weft, been good man all things considered. Mom got her scans back from the doctor and the news was much better than expected. Other than looking for a job, I'm pretty blessed.

Blanco, not bad, not bad at all.

Posted by: thathalfrican at March 17, 2015 12:05 AM (R5HRU)

379 Hey, halfrican.



*sounds like a couple Morons could use a Slap prayer about now...

Posted by: shredded chi at March 17, 2015 12:05 AM (9dfN4)

380 *comes stumbling in*

It...is...FINISHED.....

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 17, 2015 12:05 AM (GEICT)

381 >>> Too lazy to look it up: wasn't Led the model for the fictitious band in 'Almost Famous'?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 16, 2015 11:59 PM (Q/1Jp)

Yes. And the kid is supposed to be Cameron Crowe

Posted by: L, Elle at March 17, 2015 12:05 AM (iUBwE)

382 "Sadly there are simply some topics that Simply Cannot Be Discussed Here.
Because certain commenters cannot contain themselves and must Go There."

Don't you have a tool that will keep those commenters out of the threads?

Anna, you did not run me off the other night. I got hit with sudden nap syndrome.


Posted by: Luap Nor's last brain cell at March 17, 2015 12:06 AM (GoyxN)

383 354 whenever I am in her I feel like I need a dose of penicillin and a confession.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 16, 2015 11:59 PM (gsfK5)


What is something uttered by the guy screwing Sandra Fluke.

Posted by: buzzion at March 17, 2015 12:07 AM (zt+N6)

384 Cicero, buy your own ball. The pro shop will drill it to fit your hand. Definitely get your own shoes. You'll be much more comfortable. Get a couple of lessons from the pro shop. Your scores will increase and you will have a lot more fun. Join a short season (16 weeks) league. Find a nice mixed league (men and women) where there really isn't a lot of pressure to bowl out your mind. Go have fun. As your scores improve, start looking at bowling the local tournaments. They are all handicapped, so even if you are a low average bowler, you still have the chance to cash. Bowling is one of those sports that you can enjoy for a lifetime.

Posted by: Old Blue at March 17, 2015 12:07 AM (AxABj)

385 Blanco, ya don't get no respect. No respect at all, do ya?!?

((yanks tie back and forth while sweating profusely))


I do it for the LOLs. I may not get 'em, but that's what I do it for.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 17, 2015 12:07 AM (UVfht)

386 I had a physical today. The doctor said I was healthy as a horse. Then she gave me the address for the glue factory.
Posted by: Blanco
---------------

I had my last physical Tuesday from my doc of 15 years. He's quitting. Taking early retirement, doesn't need the evolving bureaucratic hassles of running a practice. Sad day..., and I'm left twisting in the wind.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 17, 2015 12:07 AM (l1zOH)

387 It's after midnight here.

So here's some Tuesday drinking music for y'all.


https://youtu.be/NonD4oquvug

Posted by: Country Singer at March 17, 2015 12:07 AM (nL0sw)

388 Posted by: Old Blue at March 16, 2015 11:57 PM (AxABj)



Best wishes to you and Mrs. Old Blue!!!

Posted by: Vendette at March 17, 2015 12:08 AM (TEpA2)

389 *comes stumbling in*

It...is...FINISHED.....
Posted by: BC
---------------

Another podcast?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 17, 2015 12:09 AM (l1zOH)

390 What is something uttered by the guy screwing Sandra Fluke.

"My God, it's full of sores!!"

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 17, 2015 12:09 AM (elbY7)

391 Woo-hoo! Got my wristwatch back on. The cast came off my arm last week, but I didn't immediately begin wearing my watch again because the battery in it had died. Got a new battery today, and installed. A non-trivial task, those little screws are tiny. But it's working now, and it's on! And the arm feels a lot better today than it did yesterday. Must have passed some sort of healing milestone. Still weak, but it aches less, and my range of movement in it is slowly increasing.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2015 12:09 AM (UwPGL)

392 I had my last physical Tuesday from my doc of 15 years. He's quitting. Taking early retirement, doesn't need the evolving bureaucratic hassles of running a practice. Sad day..., and I'm left twisting in the wind.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 17

That sucks Mr. Hammer

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitaran, Wis momee at March 17, 2015 12:09 AM (YOPoU)

393 Thanks Vendette! Like I said, all things considered, I have much to be thankful for.

Posted by: Old Blue at March 17, 2015 12:10 AM (AxABj)

394 >>> 380 *comes stumbling in*

It...is...FINISHED.....
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 17, 2015 12:05 AM (GEICT)

You and the cheerleader wife just had sex?

Posted by: L, Elle at March 17, 2015 12:10 AM (iUBwE)

395 I had my last physical Tuesday from my doc of 15 years. He's quitting. Taking early retirement, doesn't need the evolving bureaucratic hassles of running a practice. Sad day..., and I'm left twisting in the wind.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 17


If you like your doctor you can keep your doctor.

Posted by: Ha Ha Suckers! at March 17, 2015 12:10 AM (zt+N6)

396 353
cthulu, OT: You said a while back that you'd changed software, ditching Intuit:





1) What'd you switch to?





2) Was it hard to switch?

Posted by: Steck at March 16, 2015 11:59 PM (5i94q)


I went from Turbotax to HR Block for taxes -- it read in last year's Turbotax files, but I haven't completed the current year yet, so my assessment is still incomplete.

I went from Quicken to AceMoney for personal finance tracking. It read in all the historical stuff from Quicken fine, but I'm still dorking around with linking the bank auto-updates. It can simulate linking as various versions of Quicken, and the institutions do better with some than with others. You can do manual date-range updates, so I'm reasonably confident in the software.....but it hasn't gotten back to the ease that I had when I foolishly trusted Quicken not to fuck me over.

And, BTW, I hope that Intuit ceases to exist as a company within the next 12 months.

Finally.....there's such a thing as OT on the ONT?!?!? Why wasn't I told?

Posted by: cthulhu at March 17, 2015 12:11 AM (T1005)

397 Woo-hoo! We're goin to Vegas!!
Or maybe not. Either way, we're all waiting to feel good for a moron for...something! Congratulations Mr. QDPSteve!

Posted by: OldDominionMom at March 17, 2015 12:11 AM (GzDYP)

398 Another podcast?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 17, 2015 12:09 AM (l1zOH)



Ayup.

It'll be up at 945am tomorrow morning at the link in my nic.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 17, 2015 12:11 AM (GEICT)

399 Must have passed some sort of healing milestone. Still weak, but it aches less, and my range of movement in it is slowly increasing.
Posted by: Alberta
---------

.... now..., where is that hacksaw that I was using?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 17, 2015 12:11 AM (l1zOH)

400 It...is...FINISHED.....

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 17, 2015 12:05 AM (GEICT)



You and the cheerleader wife just had sex?

Posted by: L, Elle at March 17, 2015 12:10 AM (iUBwE)


HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Posted by: Vendette at March 17, 2015 12:11 AM (TEpA2)

401 Posted by: Old Blue at March 17, 2015 12:07 AM (AxABj)

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Sad to say, but my mad bowling skillz won't support a custom-drilled ball.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 17, 2015 12:11 AM (ZbCKc)

402 Good news, AOP! Now, just one question. Did you spring forward on your watch? Or are you still an hour behind? Minor details and all that.

Posted by: Old Blue at March 17, 2015 12:12 AM (AxABj)

403 You and the cheerleader wife just had sex?

Posted by: L, Elle at March 17, 2015 12:10 AM (iUBwE)



Don't I wish.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 17, 2015 12:12 AM (GEICT)

404 What is something uttered by the guy screwing Sandra Fluke.

Posted by: buzzion
-------------------------
"I'd like to use a lifeline. No. A REAL Fucking lifeline - a rope with a flotation device connected. PLEASE!"

Posted by: shredded chi at March 17, 2015 12:12 AM (9dfN4)

405 390 What is something uttered by the guy screwing Sandra Fluke.

"My God, it's full of sores!!"
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 17, 2015 12:09 AM (elbY7)

A Georgetown twat

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitaran, Wis momee at March 17, 2015 12:12 AM (YOPoU)

406 Thanks Cicero (@cicero) and all that responded.

Have a great St. Pats!

Posted by: Lost Tom Servo at March 17, 2015 12:13 AM (YChHQ)

407 Oh, nevermind my last comment BC.

I meant what Hammer said. I just forgot to write it that way.

Posted by: L, Elle at March 17, 2015 12:13 AM (iUBwE)

408 168. Who the hell wears underwear to a MoMe?
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 16, 2015 11:14 PM

OMG, i sleep on that couch you were sitting on! TIMMUH!!!!!!!!

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at March 17, 2015 12:13 AM (Ca5ze)

409 Thanks Vendette! Like I said, all things considered, I have much to be thankful for.


Posted by: Old Blue at March 17, 2015 12:10 AM (AxABj)


And you're an inspiration.

Posted by: Vendette at March 17, 2015 12:14 AM (TEpA2)

410 404 What is something uttered by the guy screwing Sandra Fluke.

Posted by: buzzion
-------------------------
"I'd like to use a lifeline. No. A REAL Fucking lifeline - a rope with a flotation device connected. PLEASE!!

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

If we can find my car keys we could drive out.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 17, 2015 12:14 AM (ZbCKc)

411 Cicero, wrong! Your mad bowling skillz would be even madder if you had your own ball. The span will fit your hand and be more comfortable.

Posted by: Old Blue at March 17, 2015 12:14 AM (AxABj)

412 OldDominionMom: thanks!! :-)

Will reveal at 1230, just 15 mins from now.

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 17, 2015 12:15 AM (elbY7)

413
Good news, AOP! Now, just one question. Did you spring forward on your
watch? Or are you still an hour behind? Minor details and all that.


Posted by: Old Blue at March 17, 2015 12:12 AM (AxABj)


Heh. I went to "spring it forward", and that's when I found the battery was dead. So I set it by the cell phone just a few minutes ago. So it is sprung forward.

Confucious say "man with two clocks never knows what time it is."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2015 12:15 AM (UwPGL)

414 What is something uttered by the guy screwing Sandra Fluke.

"My God, it's full of sores!!"

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 17, 2015 12:09 AM (elbY7)


My god its full of people.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 17, 2015 12:15 AM (FMbng)

415 And, BTW, I hope that Intuit ceases to exist as a company within the next 12 months.

Finally.....there's such a thing as OT on the ONT?!?!? Why wasn't I told?
Posted by: cthulhu
--------------

I've told my Intuit story before, but it basically boils down to a call from the office of the President (of Intuit), telling me to screw off. I explained that I already had, with my purchase of H&R Block.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 17, 2015 12:15 AM (l1zOH)

416 qdpsteve, do you live in Vegas?

Posted by: Old Blue at March 17, 2015 12:15 AM (AxABj)

417 My god its full of people.
Posted by: Berserker
--------


... and the horses they rode in on.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 17, 2015 12:16 AM (l1zOH)

418 If you like your doctor you can keep your doctor.

I liked it better back when "period" didn't mean "I just told a whopper!"

Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 17, 2015 12:16 AM (UVfht)

419 Sad to say, but my mad bowling skillz won't support a custom-drilled ball.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 17, 2015 12:11 AM (ZbCKc)



Bwahahaha! I got a ball, shoes, and Bowling bag way back in the day. I sucked then, and now, but I still got that crap.
(it's was a rite of passage in the Milw. area once upon a time)
So now if bowling is on the agenda, I root around until I find it, and act like Mr. Bowler until we start. It's a one time expense for a lifetime of mockery and fun.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 17, 2015 12:16 AM (XmOA9)

420 What is something uttered by the guy screwing Sandra Fluke.
Posted by: buzzion


"I feel anemic"?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 17, 2015 12:16 AM (Q/1Jp)

421 Sad to say, but my mad bowling skillz won't support a custom-drilled ball.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 17, 2015 12:11 AM (ZbCKc)


Just drill one big-ass hole, and shove your whole fist into it. Works for me.

Posted by: Lena Dunham at March 17, 2015 12:17 AM (UwPGL)

422 Good night, all! Keep your skivvies under good regulation.

Posted by: Vendette at March 17, 2015 12:17 AM (TEpA2)

423 Well, I'm off to try to dose myself to sleep with benadryl - back is painful and ibuprophen isn't working anymore.

Have a good time.

Posted by: Inspector Cussword at March 17, 2015 12:17 AM (scgac)

424 Old Blue, I do not. I admit I wouldn't mind moving to either Nevada or Arizona however.

Reno seems nice. So do Lake Tahoe, Fallon, Fernley, Incline Village (although it's pricey), Laughlin, Bullhead City, and Kingman. Someplace that's out of California, but not that far from the border.

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 17, 2015 12:17 AM (elbY7)

425 And then there was Paul Kersey.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 17, 2015 12:18 AM (W5DcG)

426 422
Good night, all! Keep your skivvies under good regulation.
--------
Skivvies? Ummm.....no one told me I had to wear skivvies here. I thought everyone except Moo Moo was commando. And that's because I always thought he had his tighty whities wound up a little....tight.

Posted by: Old Blue at March 17, 2015 12:19 AM (AxABj)

427 Just drill one big-ass hole, and shove your whole fist into it. Works for me.


Posted by: Lena Dunham at March 17, 2015 12:17 AM (UwPGL)

Thank you. I needed the laugh.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 17, 2015 12:20 AM (XmOA9)

428 Reno seems nice. So do Lake Tahoe, Fallon, Fernley, Incline Village (although it's pricey), Laughlin, Bullhead City, and Kingman. Someplace that's out of California, but not that far from the border.
Posted by: qdpsteve


I'd by a ranch in the NV valley, buy a set of rentals in Tahoe so's I could hike up the mountain, have fun, get disgusted with the tourists, and then hike back down.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 17, 2015 12:20 AM (Q/1Jp)

429 weft-cut, yep. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 17, 2015 12:21 AM (elbY7)

430 Just drill one big-ass hole, and shove your whole fist into it. Works for me.

-----------

That's how they used to catch monkeys in the Congo. No thanks.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 17, 2015 12:21 AM (ZbCKc)

431 Reno seems nice. So do Lake Tahoe, Fallon, Fernley,
Incline Village (although it's pricey), Laughlin, Bullhead City, and
Kingman. Someplace that's out of California, but not that far from the
border.

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 17, 2015 12:17 AM (elbY7)


Can't get any closer than Yuma. You can stand inside Yuma city limits and piss on California. Which would be a worthy undertaking.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2015 12:21 AM (UwPGL)

432 Reno seems nice.
----
I love Reno. Being an avid bowler, the National Bowling Stadium is there and I love bowling there. It's not as frenetic as Vegas, I get to gamble and most times do better in Reno than Vegas, and the climate is more temperate. It's just more laid back.

Posted by: Old Blue at March 17, 2015 12:22 AM (AxABj)

433 Nite Vendette

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitaran, Wis momee at March 17, 2015 12:22 AM (YOPoU)

434 AOP, true. Could also do the same to Mexico from Yuma. ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 17, 2015 12:22 AM (elbY7)

435 It'll be up at 945am tomorrow morning at the link in my nic.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 17, 2015 12:11 AM (GEICT)

Woot! CW Jr and I are big fans.

Posted by: Captain Whitebread (Face For Radio, Voice For Print) at March 17, 2015 12:23 AM (rJUlF)

436 Old Blue, nice. :-)

Seems like there's some decent places to live there too, that won't leave you bankrupt forever.

I'd just have to get used to the climate. I assume it can get pretty cold in the wintertime.

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 17, 2015 12:23 AM (elbY7)

437 Weft, we spent a weekend in Tahoe. The people from California were a pain in the ass, but the casinos were ok. Beautiful country though.

Posted by: Old Blue at March 17, 2015 12:24 AM (AxABj)

438 Skivvies? Ummm.....no one told me I had to wear skivvies here. I thought everyone except Moo Moo was commando. And that's because I always thought he had his tighty whities wound up a little....tight.
Posted by: Old Blue at March 17, 2015 12:19 AM (AxABj)

They're underwire panties.

And with that, I'm outta here! Be good to each other, y'all.

Posted by: Captain Whitebread (Face For Radio, Voice For Print) at March 17, 2015 12:24 AM (rJUlF)

439 AOP, true. Could also do the same to Mexico from Yuma. ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 17, 2015 12:22 AM (elbY7)


Yuma is actually a pleasant little city. Except it gets screamin' hot in the summer. But I think it would be a fine place to live if you had a job there.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2015 12:24 AM (UwPGL)

440 Posted by: qdpsteve at March 17, 2015 12:23 AM (elbY7)

So what's the deal? Did you win enough money to buy a stretch of mostly-uninhabited land from a poor country to build Greater Moronia or Alextopia upon?

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 17, 2015 12:25 AM (3HxZe)

441 Woot! CW Jr and I are big fans.

Posted by: Captain Whitebread (Face For Radio, Voice For Print) at March 17, 2015 12:23 AM (rJUlF)



That's awesome! Thank you both very much.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 17, 2015 12:25 AM (GEICT)

442 Can't get any closer than Yuma. You can stand inside Yuma city limits
and piss on California. Which would be a worthy undertaking.


Yuma? Got a sort-of relative there. Which is why I don't go there now that Momma Basura is gone.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 17, 2015 12:26 AM (UVfht)

443 AOP, also yep. I admit I adapt much faster to extreme heat than cold.

Cato, hmm... ;-)
Will reveal in 4 minutes.

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 17, 2015 12:26 AM (elbY7)

444
I'd just have to get used to the climate. I assume it can get pretty cold in the wintertime.
-----
Fair to middling. Reno is actually in what's called a "Rain Shadow". Since they are at the bottom of the Sierra range, what happens is all the snow and rain hit the west side of the mountains and dries out before it gets there. They still get some of the weather, but not like the west side of the range.

Posted by: Old Blue at March 17, 2015 12:26 AM (AxABj)

445 Bowling balls?

I actually have one, custom drilled for me just a few years ago.
My ex's SIL used to GM a bowling alley & needed people to fill out a league. We got wrangled...
After the season ended, we got "$150" balls, drilled to our specs for free. I wish I left it in the cardboard box I received it in, so I could sell it for $50...

I bet my average is lower than my IQ, which ain't saying much.
haven't bowled in over two years, and doubt I'll ever take the thing out of the closet until I move into a retirement home.

Posted by: shredded chi at March 17, 2015 12:26 AM (9dfN4)

446 Mike Hammer,
I'm sorry you lost your doctor. I went through it ten years ago & won't bore Horde with details.
I've been going to doctor 35 miles away one way on Southeast Expressway, IMO, one of three worse roads in state for ten years. Ride gives me high BP.

I've spent months asking friend's wife to recommend doctor near me. I've called all & none are taking new patients or they have opening in June-August.
One woman told me of dr. that she knows is accepting new patients. I saw my doctor last Wednesday & have most recent tests & have appt. Wednesday at one & plan to make sure I like her or I'll continue with one 35¥+ miles away because we are leaving MA for Texas!!!

Posted by: Carol at March 17, 2015 12:26 AM (sj3Ax)

447 Old Blue, good news then. ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 17, 2015 12:27 AM (elbY7)

448 Bebe, I'll restate, "What 'ette wears underwear to a MoMee?"

And just so you know, I wore underwear the whole time, and my naked butt never touched the couch. Thus, you are safe.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 17, 2015 12:27 AM (10ydV)

449 Cato, hmm... ;-)
Will reveal in 4 minutes.
Posted by: qdpsteve
---------------------

Preemptively dons clean shorts.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 17, 2015 12:27 AM (l1zOH)

450 Romney vs. Holyfield, Salt Lake City, May 15

Upon re-reading this, it sounds like BS.

The SLTRIB article doesn't reference any Romney staffers and the internal links go back to SLTRIB or to sources that have no events listed.

The Rail Event Center only has a Facebook site with sporadic posts.

This is one of those leftie, spoof the media con jobs.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 17, 2015 12:27 AM (Q/1Jp)

451 Preemptively dons clean shorts.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at

So you were shortless?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitaran, Wis momee at March 17, 2015 12:29 AM (YOPoU)

452 Carol - I've bemoaned it here too much, but Mrs. H's doctor has cashed it in also. Neither of us now have a primary care physician.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 17, 2015 12:29 AM (l1zOH)

453 What did you morons do with my cat?

Posted by: Dtwin at March 17, 2015 12:29 AM (ZbCKc)

454 Carol, that reminds me: not sure of the situation in Copperas Cove, but Marble Falls is better for doctors than Blanco--quite a few good docs there in town, with more coming soon to the Scott and White specialty clinic/hospital, and not a bad drive into Austin if you need a specialist who's not in town. MF also has an excellent opthamologist, should you need one.

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at March 17, 2015 12:30 AM (iuQS7)

455 Preemptively dons clean shorts.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at

So you were shortless?
Posted by: Misanthropic
---------------

his is the ONT , dammit. It's a rule..., wait..., unless people have been jerking me around.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 17, 2015 12:30 AM (l1zOH)

456 Okay folks, time for the reveal. Let's review those choices again:

(a) Small but still decent-sized inheritance
(b) finally got a nice car
(c) Small but still decent-sized lotto win, allowing me to pay for a Vegas meetup if others want to come
(d) interview for a job with people who might actually hire me
(e) finally got a really nice video camera I can make a movie with, and am hiring Horde members as extras
(f) approval for gender reassignment surgery finally came through


Annnnnddd....

Old Blue gets the cookie. It's (d). Have been told the attorneys I'm interviewing with are VERY interested in me and my transcription skills. So I'm excited.

Having said that... once I can get some financial footing back (assuming of course I get the job), I have definite designs on (b), the meetup part of (c), and the movie part of (e). Will keep you all posted.

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 17, 2015 12:31 AM (elbY7)

457 qdpsteve, I was just asking if you were in Vegas because Mrs. Old Blue and I will be out there for about a week in late May early June for an Old Farts tournament. I figured if you were close, we could at least sit down and have a beer. Then we leave straight from there to go to Reno for the Women's National tournament and we'll be in Reno for at least five or six days.

Posted by: Old Blue at March 17, 2015 12:31 AM (AxABj)

458
453 What did you morons do with my cat?
Posted by: Dtwin at March 17, 2015 12

Sandra Flukes pussy?,

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitaran, Wis momee at March 17, 2015 12:32 AM (YOPoU)

459 Is there ever a western Wyoming/eastern Idaho momee?

Posted by: Comrade Moron April at March 17, 2015 12:32 AM (Dj1wH)

460 Mike, good idea. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 17, 2015 12:32 AM (elbY7)

461 Ooooohhhhhh. Cookie! NOM NOM NOM!

Posted by: Old Blue at March 17, 2015 12:32 AM (AxABj)

462 Posted by: qdpsteve at March 17, 2015 12:31 AM (elbY7)

Congratulations. Good luck in the new job.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 17, 2015 12:32 AM (3HxZe)

463 * cancels plan to intervene on (f) *

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 17, 2015 12:33 AM (l1zOH)

464 Great news, qdpsteve! You might be another Horde candidate for that Taliesin Nexus workshop I mentioned waaaay upthread. I went to the 2012 workshop, and it was VERY well worth the time.

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at March 17, 2015 12:33 AM (iuQS7)

465 Steve good luck on the job thingy!

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitaran, Wis momee at March 17, 2015 12:33 AM (YOPoU)

466 Old Blue, sounds lovely but don't think I will be able to make it. Apologies as it sounds like fun. Thanks for the invite of course.

You have no idea how often I'd jet off from here in SoCal to Nevada, if money and time weren't issues.

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 17, 2015 12:33 AM (elbY7)

467 Fair to middling. Reno is actually in what's called a "Rain Shadow". Since they are at the bottom of the Sierra range, what happens is all the snow and rain hit the west side of the mountains and dries out before it gets there. They still get some of the weather, but not like the west side of the range.
Posted by: Old Blue


A friend used to host a group of us in a time share that faced the NV valley.

One Easter there we sat and watched a rain storm passing over the valley. You could see the clouds dropping their cargo on the valley and up the slopes. Thunderheads all around. Lightening, quiet and rolling.

'Twas awesome.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 17, 2015 12:33 AM (Q/1Jp)

468 Oh, yeah. Good on you qdpsteve! Good luck!

Posted by: Old Blue at March 17, 2015 12:34 AM (AxABj)

469 'grats steve!

On that good note, I'm out for the eve.

Late yall

Posted by: thathalfrican at March 17, 2015 12:34 AM (R5HRU)

470 448 Bebe, I'll restate, "What 'ette wears underwear to a MoMee?"

And just so you know, I wore underwear the whole time, and my naked butt never touched the couch. Thus, you are safe.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 17, 2015 12:27 AM

Oh thank God! ; p

The real question is, did GGE go regimental in his kilt.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at March 17, 2015 12:34 AM (Ca5ze)

471 Old Blue, enjoy. You won it!

Thanks to all for good wishes. Of course will have an update tomorrow night. Could be starting as soon as Wednesday morning.

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 17, 2015 12:34 AM (elbY7)

472 I figured it was (a), (c), and (e). He'd come into money and wanted us all to participate in a "movie" that he was shooting at an undisclosed location in Vegas.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 17, 2015 12:34 AM (10ydV)

473 I am proud to say that the first quote in the ONT is mine --- posted under one of my many internet identities. I never went back to see how it went over because I always try to say my piece and move on, but Livefyre keeps sending me e-mails about that thread being active so it may have drawn flak.

People always let the lefties claim the moral high ground unchallenged and I have owned enough small businesses to understand just how untrue that really is in practice. When you have to let someone go because the government has made the decision for them that their jobs aren't worth having then it really drives the point home.

That makes two posts I have left in comment sections that have been quoted here over the past year or so. Hopefully, one of these days I might write something good enough on my blog to get a link to it too.

Posted by: Thatch at March 17, 2015 12:35 AM (xwAcF)

474 I bet my average is lower than my IQ

My average is 300. Just like my IQ. And my salary.

Posted by: Goo Goo Dah Dah at March 17, 2015 12:35 AM (W5DcG)

475 The real question is, did GGE go regimental in his kilt.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at March 17, 2015 12:34 AM (Ca5ze)


Mostly likely.

BTW: July, Gushies b-day. Plans must be made.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 17, 2015 12:35 AM (10ydV)

476 Good night horde.
Be well
And all of you morons feeling down, John 3:16

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitaran, Wis momee at March 17, 2015 12:36 AM (YOPoU)

477 Good luck on the job prospects, qdpSteve.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2015 12:36 AM (UwPGL)

478 Wait, chi has an 'ette lover? I have been gone a long time...

Posted by: Conservative Crank at March 17, 2015 12:37 AM (b2cFu)

479 I'm sorry to drop in & comment & leave but I've been finding affordable homes in Marble Falls, Texas.

Im using Mercury browser on iPad so they don't remember name, etc. brokers are jerks! My name is long & when I look at profile one has home address, phone number etc.
I'm going to put in gmail address in this browser.

Have a good ONT!!@

Posted by: Carol at March 17, 2015 12:37 AM (sj3Ax)

480 Posted by: Thatch at March 17, 2015 12:35 AM (xwAcF)

Abandoning the moral high ground and not challenging the base assumptions of their narratives are two of the biggest mistakes we make.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 17, 2015 12:38 AM (3HxZe)

481 Mike, LOL. Actually it may be too late on that one...

And Colorado Alex, thanks. :-) Believe it or not, I *do* have plans to produce and shoot a movie in the Mojave within the next two years. It's going to be a horror flick of course, but nothing too weird/occult/bloody. It's been a dream of mine my whole life to make a *real* movie.

And I WILL need extras, no joke, so I will be giving you all more details as time passes this summer.

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 17, 2015 12:38 AM (elbY7)

482 Weft, fun fact. I80 goes over Donner Pass, and Emigrant Pass. Site of the most famous cannibalism episode outside of Boulder Co, when Alfred Packer ate all the Democrats in Boulder county.

Posted by: Old Blue at March 17, 2015 12:38 AM (AxABj)

483 475 BTW: July, Gushies b-day. Plans must be made.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 17, 2015 12:35 AM

Absolutely. Talk to her & Grimmy about dates & let me know.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at March 17, 2015 12:39 AM (Ca5ze)

484 And I WILL need extras, no joke, so I will be giving you all more details as time passes this summer.
=====
Ooh, ooh, ooh! I want to be a zombie extra! At my age, I'd have to be a slow zombie, but I can die with the best of them.

Posted by: Old Blue at March 17, 2015 12:41 AM (AxABj)

485 Thatch - Kudos! I am always pleased when an articulate Left-skewering counter-opinion is posted. We all ought to be doing that in the venues where they live.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 17, 2015 12:43 AM (l1zOH)

486 Old Blue, you're already hired. :-)

Will have more news before long.

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 17, 2015 12:43 AM (elbY7)

487 Nighters MH, I'm out too.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 17, 2015 12:44 AM (l1zOH)

488 The Mormon Mauler... The Thrillah in Vanilla...

Posted by: Colonel Haiku at March 17, 2015 12:46 AM (Y8JQ4)

489 Weft, fun fact. I80 goes over Donner Pass, and Emigrant Pass. Site of the most famous cannibalism episode outside of Boulder Co, when Alfred Packer ate all the Democrats in Boulder county.
Posted by: Old Blue


Yes, driven past it several times. I'm still not convinced regarding the Donner Party story.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 17, 2015 12:46 AM (Q/1Jp)

490 17-20 July.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 17, 2015 12:46 AM (10ydV)

491 Site of the most famous cannibalism episode outside of Boulder Co, when Alfred Packer ate all the Democrats in Boulder county.

"Tasted like chicken!!"

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 17, 2015 12:47 AM (elbY7)

492 Elisabeth, just saw your note. Thank you! :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 17, 2015 12:48 AM (elbY7)

493 That was Lake County, Blue - home of slumgillion pass

Posted by: Pedantic Joe at March 17, 2015 12:48 AM (jXxBp)

494
Saw a tv ad for lasik @ $299 per peeper. Contemplating...

Posted by: Soothsayer's imaginary twitter feed at March 17, 2015 12:49 AM (OCKzv)

495 ---Have been told the attorneys I'm interviewing with are VERY interested in me and my transcription skills. So I'm excited.

Woo-hoo and congrats for reals!

Posted by: OldDominionMom at March 17, 2015 12:49 AM (GzDYP)

496 Yay! qdpsteve says I get to be an extra in a movie! In the Mojave Desert! I'm really excited. Something to add to my resume.
On a different note, I used to run a couple of cowboy bars here in Denver. At Nashville West, one of my regular customers had his own sound company and he knew that I was really interested in doing sound. One night he comes in and asks me if I could get a Friday and Saturday night off. I was the manager, so I said sure, and he asked me if I wanted to do the onstage monitors for an act he had booked and I said sure. When I asked him who the talent was, he told me it was Marty Robbins. So my one claim to fame was that I got to do the onstage sound for Marty Robbins and his band. Mr. Robbins was a class act, and one of the nicest people that you would ever want to meet. And the concert was just freaking awesome!

Posted by: Old Blue at March 17, 2015 12:50 AM (AxABj)

497 Mazel tov, qdpsteve!

Posted by: speedster1 on the (new) ipad at March 17, 2015 12:50 AM (1brdf)

498 490 17-20 July.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 17, 2015 12:46 AM

Otay. Short trip. You gonna be able to squeeze everything in?

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at March 17, 2015 12:50 AM (Ca5ze)

499 Thatch, I've mentioned this before, but during a recent campaign, the Qualcomm founder/tycoon cut a radio ad supporting a (defeated, as it turned out) local referendum item to raise the minimum wage.

It was jaw-dropping. He said he had worked as a young kid at his parents' NYC restaurant. And ..... so??? Your point, Mr. Billionaire? Do you speak supply, demand, equilibrium price point? He was, unwittingly, making the case *against* the proposition. But that's how fence-post stupid today's America is (or a large portion of it) - a comically self-refuting ad can run without the backers recognizing it.

Reminds me of another - pinch me, am I really hearing this? - radio moment. A few years back, prior to another election, ads ran with local firefighters essentially making thinly veiled threats that "protection services will not be adequate" if ..... (drum roll) .... they didn't get even MORE money! Proposition was defeated. But that pretty much put the finish touches on my perceptions of "public service" personnel (unionized ones). Simply unbelievable how degraded the civic culture has become just since I was a teenager.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 17, 2015 12:50 AM (afQnV)

500 Thanks to OldDominionMom, AOP, and anyone else I've forgotten to mention my name for the good wishes.

Love the camaraderie here, I really do.

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 17, 2015 12:50 AM (elbY7)

501 494
Saw a tv ad for lasik @ $299 per peeper. Contemplating...

Posted by: Soothsayer's imaginary twitter feed at March 17, 2015 12:49 AM (OCKzv)


Had Lasik 17 years ago... WELL worth it...

Just make sure to check out the Doctor...

Posted by: BB Wolf at March 17, 2015 12:50 AM (qh617)

502 Weft, fun fact. I80 goes over Donner Pass, and Emigrant Pass. Site of
the most famous cannibalism episode outside of Boulder Co, when Alfred
Packer ate all the Democrats in Boulder county.


Where's Alfred when we need him?

Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 17, 2015 12:51 AM (UVfht)

503 Soothsayer, from Dr. Nick Riviera no doubt. ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 17, 2015 12:51 AM (elbY7)

504 Yes, driven past it several times. I'm still not convinced regarding the Donner Party story.
-----
Yeah, but you have to admit, it's a great story.

Posted by: Old Blue at March 17, 2015 12:52 AM (AxABj)

505 And remember "an apple a day keeps the doctor away"??

"If the doctor's practice is in a van, run and stay far far away if you can."

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 17, 2015 12:52 AM (elbY7)

506 Otay. Short trip. You gonna be able to squeeze everything in?

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at March 17, 2015 12:50 AM (Ca5ze)


Probably not Unfortunately it's all the time I can spare at the moment.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 17, 2015 12:54 AM (10ydV)

507
And I WILL need extras, no joke, so I will be giving you all more details as time passes this summer.

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 17, 2015 12:38 AM (elbY7)


I can build some wicked Harley type mad max desert bikes. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 17, 2015 12:54 AM (FMbng)

508 G'evening Horde!

Posted by: ConserativeMonster at March 17, 2015 12:54 AM (+2//H)

509 Posted by: rhomboid at March 17, 2015 12:50 AM (afQnV)

We are however in a very weird place economically...

As only Manager Wages have increased for the last 10+ years... while worker wages have actually decreased.

Average Household incomes, are down... because of the type of jobs being created today...

Less people are working full time, than when Obama came into office... and almost all of the job growth, has gone to immigrants...

Minimum wage is not the answer.... but there are some serious problems with the US economy....

Posted by: BB Wolf at March 17, 2015 12:55 AM (qh617)

510 Where's Alfred when we need him?
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If I'm not mistaken, the cafeteria at CU is named the "Alfred Packer Memorial Cafeteria". Do not eat the mystery meat. Even if it does taste just like chicken.

Posted by: Old Blue at March 17, 2015 12:55 AM (AxABj)

511 Berserker, that might actually be useful. Glad you told me, thanks. There's gonna be some weird stuff going down in this flick.

Again, will stay in touch. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 17, 2015 12:55 AM (elbY7)

512 494
Saw a tv ad for lasik @ $299 per peeper. Contemplating...

Posted by: Soothsayer
-------------------------
Wait -
I think I saw you saying earlier today that anyone that watches TV is an idiot...

Posted by: shredded chi at March 17, 2015 12:56 AM (JGsfD)

513 Old Blue, you are correct. It's the "Alferd Packer Grill."

Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 17, 2015 12:57 AM (10ydV)

514 506 Probably not Unfortunately it's all the time I can spare at the moment.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 17, 2015 12:54 AM

Bummer. But part if something is better than all if nothing, right? Gonna ride Grimmy's teacup of death while we all stand & point, cause never again!

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at March 17, 2015 12:57 AM (Ca5ze)

515 I've had a good month...

Posted by: GGE of the Mobile Horde at March 17, 2015 12:57 AM (FIK5C)

516 "The King of Queens" actually did a great episode about Carrie getting lasik from an.. unreputable doctor.

Would enjoy that show more if her character hadn't been turned into such a bitch.

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 17, 2015 12:57 AM (elbY7)

517 Whichever year it was (2010?), after voting at the elementary school, I was at the light nearby, waiting for the green. On the open ground at the corner, to my right, two fire-fighters, in their gear, standing holding a "Yes on Proposition X" banner.

Unbelievable. Not that laws matter any more, but how could this be legal? In uniform? The whole thing was so infuriating, and sickening.

I just smiled thinly (polite always) when I glanced over. What was in my mind? Rolling down the passenger side window, and yelling "hey guys, if you don't like the department, do something else! Public service is not Wall Street, and you should be ashamed standing there begging for even more money. The generation just ahead of you would be ashamed of you if they saw this!".

Aside from being polite, why didn't I give them some guff?

Dude, it's 2010. This is not the America of our lives. Those guys work for the state. Don't mess with them. They can take down your license plate. THAT is America as it has become. Spent a lot of time in authoritarian countries .... sickening to even have that thought while in my own neighborhood. Alas.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 17, 2015 12:58 AM (afQnV)

518 And Colorado Alex, thanks. :-) Believe it or not, I *do* have plans to produce and shoot a movie in the Mojave within the next two years. It's going to be a horror flick of course, but nothing too weird/occult/bloody. It's been a dream of mine my whole life to make a *real* movie.

And I WILL need extras, no joke, so I will be giving you all more details as time passes this summer.

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 17, 2015 12:38 AM (elbY7)


Suuure, horror. And by "horror" you really mean "porn".

Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 17, 2015 12:58 AM (10ydV)

519 Of. Of. Fucking autocucumber

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at March 17, 2015 12:59 AM (Ca5ze)

520 Yes, Alferd Packer Grill in the UMC - students named it that ironically - Alferd did his dirty work up in the San Juan's

Posted by: Pedantic Joe, Buff for life at March 17, 2015 12:59 AM (jXxBp)

521 515 I've had a good month...
Posted by: GGE of the Mobile Horde at March 17, 2015 12:57 AM

Mmmhhhmmm. So the car gal WAS interested?

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at March 17, 2015 01:00 AM (Ca5ze)

522 Bummer. But part if something is better than all if nothing, right? Gonna ride Grimmy's teacup of death while we all stand & point, cause never again!

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at March 17, 2015 12:57 AM (Ca5ze)


Bring. It. On.

Of course, I read somewhere that they installed regulators that limit how fast you can spin.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 17, 2015 01:00 AM (10ydV)

523 Colorado, when I finish the script I'll send you a PDF and let you decide. ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 17, 2015 01:00 AM (elbY7)

524 I know folks here won't believe it, but I'm one of these weirdo heterosexuals who's never had the slightest interest in porn.

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 17, 2015 01:01 AM (elbY7)

525 Berserker, that might actually be useful. Glad you told me, thanks. There's gonna be some weird stuff going down in this flick.

Again, will stay in touch. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 17, 2015 12:55 AM (elbY7)


Yeah, well the way this country is going I was going to build one for myself anyway, so...

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 17, 2015 01:02 AM (FMbng)

526 BBD, yes she was.

Posted by: GGE of the Mobile Horde at March 17, 2015 01:03 AM (FIK5C)

527
I think I saw you saying earlier today that anyone that watches TV is an idiot...

Wrong. I said people who sit through commercials when they watch their shows are idiots. When I watch certain programs, such as the news, I can't help but be subjected to tv ads, even though I don't pay attention, really.

Posted by: Soothsayer's imaginary twitter feed at March 17, 2015 01:03 AM (OCKzv)

528 Congratulations, GGE!

*high fives*

Posted by: Piercello at March 17, 2015 01:04 AM (QJCCx)

529 522 Bring. It. On. Of course, I read somewhere that they installed regulators that limit how fast you can spin.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 17, 2015 01:00 AM

I dunno, he had that thing moving, & with 4 girls crammed inside with him. I staggered off sideways, trying not to spew. I believe you saw the before picture?

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at March 17, 2015 01:04 AM (Ca5ze)

530 Ooh, ooh, ooh! I want to be a zombie extra! At my age, I'd have to be a slow zombie, but I can die with the best of them.
Posted by: Old Blue at March 17, 2015 12:41 AM

That's what I told my wife a few yrs back when they had some contest for extras on TWD. This was before my hip replacement and I certainly had the gait down.

Posted by: Farmer at March 17, 2015 01:04 AM (o/90i)

531
Dr Nick Riviera indeed. Turns out the $299/eye is just a scam. Avg cost is $1500-2400/eye.

Posted by: Soothsayer's imaginary twitter feed at March 17, 2015 01:04 AM (OCKzv)

532 526 BBD, yes she was.
Posted by: GGE of the Mobile Horde at March 17, 2015 01:03 AM

Yay!!!!!! She like your kilt?

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at March 17, 2015 01:05 AM (Ca5ze)

533 Hopelessly old-fashioned prude here, qdpsteve. You're in good company.

(Don't drink, either, yet I still hang out here. Go figure.)

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at March 17, 2015 01:07 AM (iuQS7)

534 Posted by: BB Wolf at March 17, 2015 12:55 AM (qh617)

A lot of the distortions in the US economy right now are due to illegal immigration. By artificially increasing the supply of labor against a static demand, they've driven the price down. Housing markets are also affected, as those 11-30 million extra people (depending on estimate) have to live somewhere, and supply is relatively inelastic. More competition for scarce resources and falling wages has pretty much put the screws to the working class.

Until we restore the rule of law, gain control of our border, and get legitimate free-market capitalism back in operation by clearing a lot of the regulatory burden, the problem is only going to keep getting worse.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 17, 2015 01:08 AM (J+mig)

535 Posted by: qdpsteve at March 17, 2015 01:01 AM (elbY7)

There's nothing weird about it. Although porn has been around since probably cave men scratching dirty pictures on the walls and certain societies thought of as puritanical had a of it-such as Victorian England and-it's exploded by the internet, people have existed for thousands of years without it and done fine. In fact, it's probably part of the decline of the culture to try to make people feel bad for not looking at it-"Your're not coo", you've got hand ups. Blah, blah, bah, nonsense.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 17, 2015 01:08 AM (DXzRD)

536 Elisabeth, I don't drink either. ;-)
Thanks.

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 17, 2015 01:08 AM (elbY7)

537 Fenelon, correctamundo. Also thanks.

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 17, 2015 01:09 AM (elbY7)

538 >>> I know folks here won't believe it, but I'm one of these weirdo heterosexuals who's never had the slightest interest in porn.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 17, 2015 01:01 AM (elbY7)

I believe it, and good for you. What little I've seen of it, it's gross. It actually makes sex look bad.

Posted by: L, Elle at March 17, 2015 01:09 AM (iUBwE)

539 I know folks here won't believe it, but I'm one of these weirdo heterosexuals who's never had the slightest interest in porn.

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 17, 2015 01:01 AM (elbY7)


You know, I never gave a shit about porn either.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 17, 2015 01:10 AM (FMbng)

540 qdpsteve you aren't the only one. I would say anyone that respects women would reject porn.

Posted by: cm9000 at March 17, 2015 01:10 AM (hPU3O)

541 L, Elle, that's what I think. Thanks.

And it's all fake and forced as ever IMHO.

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 17, 2015 01:10 AM (elbY7)

542 ****looks around****

yo
20 days to go.......

Posted by: ncj at March 17, 2015 01:10 AM (Yd3vm)

543 Berserker and cm9000, also thanks.

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 17, 2015 01:11 AM (elbY7)

544 Before I really go to bed...



Congrats to GGE! A great guy. I yes, did get all flustered when he showed up at the last NoVaMoMee in his kilt.

Posted by: Vendette at March 17, 2015 01:11 AM (TEpA2)

545 yo
20 days to go.......

Posted by: ncj at March 17, 2015 01:10 AM (Yd3vm)


I thought that the Cubs were already mathematically eliminated?

Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 17, 2015 01:12 AM (10ydV)

546 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 17, 2015 01:08 AM (DXzRD)
---------
I was watching a documentary on the History Channel last night on Pompeii. Some of the artwork on the walls of the local bath houses were very pornographic. It seems that it was fairly commonplace.

Posted by: Old Blue at March 17, 2015 01:12 AM (AxABj)

547 Not a fan of the kilt so much, but much to my amazement she seems to dig the ol' GGE pretty good.

Posted by: GGE of the Mobile Horde at March 17, 2015 01:12 AM (FIK5C)

548 545 I thought that the Cubs were already mathematically eliminated?

I absolutely guarantee the cubbies wil be playing in oct!!!

holy crap, lester got torn the hell up today

Posted by: ncj at March 17, 2015 01:13 AM (Yd3vm)

549 I have an ex-boss who actually invited me to help him make a porno video.

When I told him no, he just couldn't believe it and kept pestering me. Thankfully I didn't give into his peer pressure.

I was with my sister at a restaurant that night instead who cracked me up when she said, "I bet the actress they hired is really a cop." LOLOLOL.

"Okay, action!!"
"Okay guys. You're under arrest!"
"Whaaa---??"

;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 17, 2015 01:13 AM (elbY7)

550 Wise words as usual, FenelonSpoke. Thanks.

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at March 17, 2015 01:13 AM (iuQS7)

551 I thought that the Cubs were already mathematically eliminated?
--------
Why yes, yes they are. Right along with the Colorado Rockies, according to Vegas.

Posted by: Old Blue at March 17, 2015 01:14 AM (AxABj)

552 Why yes, yes they are. Right along with the Colorado Rockies, according to Vegas.


Posted by: Old Blue at March 17, 2015 01:14 AM (AxABj)


Good. Should make it easier to get around Denver on a Saturday afternoon.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 17, 2015 01:15 AM (10ydV)

553 546 It seems that it was fairly commonplace

the people of the Naples area are and always were pervs of the highest order

Posted by: ncj at March 17, 2015 01:15 AM (Yd3vm)

554 It's also nonsense that porn is a victimless crime former porns stars have often talked about how much coercion and drugs are often involved and signifgant others talk about how sometimes their partner distance from them because there's a perfect person who looks exactly the way and does what you want you want and you don't have to deal with a real relationshipi just-excuse me-talk to your hand.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 17, 2015 01:15 AM (DXzRD)

555 L, Elle, that's what I think. Thanks.

And it's all fake and forced as ever IMHO.

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 17, 2015 01:10 AM (elbY7)


I was just never into window shopping. Its probably why I was never into the go-go bars either.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 17, 2015 01:15 AM (FMbng)

556 Fenelon and Berserker, also good points.

Never cared for the strip bars either. Just a completely fake experience IMHO.

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 17, 2015 01:17 AM (elbY7)

557 Lunch break over, back to the grind. Later roonz and roonettez, fear no evil!

Posted by: GGE of the Mobile Horde at March 17, 2015 01:19 AM (FIK5C)

558 496
Yay! qdpsteve says I get to be an extra in a movie! In the Mojave Desert! I'm really excited. Something to add to my resume.
On
a different note, I used to run a couple of cowboy bars here in Denver.
At Nashville West, one of my regular customers had his own sound
company and he knew that I was really interested in doing sound. One
night he comes in and asks me if I could get a Friday and Saturday night
off. I was the manager, so I said sure, and he asked me if I wanted to
do the onstage monitors for an act he had booked and I said sure. When I
asked him who the talent was, he told me it was Marty Robbins. So my
one claim to fame was that I got to do the onstage sound for Marty
Robbins and his band. Mr. Robbins was a class act, and one of the nicest
people that you would ever want to meet. And the concert was just
freaking awesome!


Posted by: Old Blue at March 17, 2015 12:50 AM (AxABj)



Marty Robbins?!?!?!?

Little family history here......my dad cannot cannot carry a tune in a bucket. His sense of pitch is undetectable with even the most sensitive instruments. When given "do-re-me-fa-so-la-ti-do" and asked to reply with "re-la", he will not only miss the interval but also the octave.

But I'd grown up hearing him do certain rhythmic shticks under his voice as he was doing something else. Didn't make much sense to me at the time.

.....then my mom found Marty Robbins' "Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs" in a remainder bin somewhere, put it on the record player.....and we discovered that my dad's tuneless inchoate ramblings were actually badly-performed versions of Marty Robbins tunes.

It's just awesome that you did the onstage sound for Marty Robbins.....maybe more than you know.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 17, 2015 01:19 AM (T1005)

559 555 B-D
new san dimas body
i'm sanding it down literally right now

Posted by: ncj at March 17, 2015 01:19 AM (Yd3vm)

560 546 I was watching a documentary on the History Channel last night on Pompeii.
Posted by: Old Blue at March 17, 2015 01:12 AM (AxABj)

Do NOT watch the movie of the same name. We were cheering for the volcano to kill everyone. Well except for the horse. We wanted the horse to get away.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at March 17, 2015 01:19 AM (Ca5ze)

561 Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 17, 2015 01:08 AM (J+mig)

I also think we are seeing the end result of all the 'Free Trade' agreements we made, that were not really free.

We destroyed a large part of our industrial base... the part of the economy that actually makes stuff.

And IMO the way you create Wealth, is to make something... or add value to something... not by just moving money from one pile to another pile...

Service economies live off wealth... they do not create wealth... and a large part of the US economy, is now a service economy.

IMO its a question of balance... and we are out of balance...

Posted by: BB Wolf at March 17, 2015 01:21 AM (qh617)

562 naples italy or florida?

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 17, 2015 01:21 AM (gsfK5)

563 naples italy or florida?

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 17, 2015 01:21 AM (gsfK5)

564 501
494

Saw a tv ad for lasik @ $299 per peeper. Contemplating...



Posted by: Soothsayer's imaginary twitter feed at March 17, 2015 12:49 AM (OCKzv)





Had Lasik 17 years ago... WELL worth it...



Just make sure to check out the Doctor...

Posted by: BB Wolf at March 17, 2015 12:50 AM (qh617)



Have used as a general principle -- never shop on "cost" for life-support. If you're going to do LASIK, do the best you can afford....'cause you don't have spare eyes.....

Posted by: cthulhu at March 17, 2015 01:21 AM (T1005)

565 >>>> I was just never into window shopping. Its probably why I was never into the go-go bars either.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 17, 2015 01:15 AM (FMbng)

I hate window shopping too. I think you're the male version of me.

No really. I think porn exists for people who aren't actually having sex IRL and for all the freaks that get off on the really weird kink and fetish garbage porn.

Posted by: L, Elle at March 17, 2015 01:22 AM (iUBwE)

566 545 I thought that the Cubs were already mathematically eliminated?

I absolutely guarantee the cubbies wil be playing in oct!!!

holy crap, lester got torn the hell up today
Posted by: ncj at March 17, 2015 01:13 AM (Yd3vm)

yeah, the will be playing with themselves but not baseball.



Posted by: yankeefifth at March 17, 2015 01:23 AM (gsfK5)

567 515
I've had a good month...


Posted by: GGE of the Mobile Horde at March 17, 2015 12:57 AM (FIK5C)


Do tell.....

Posted by: cthulhu at March 17, 2015 01:23 AM (T1005)

568 "No really. I think porn exists for people who aren't actually having
sex IRL and for all the freaks that get off on the really weird kink
and fetish garbage porn."

By sheer bad luck, I visited tumbler once.

Once.

Posted by: Luap Nor's last brain cell at March 17, 2015 01:24 AM (U7H1n)

569 562 hmmmm, I was talking about Italy but could easily be both

564 I had lasiks last year, cost me about $5g, best money ive ever spent and because I drive for a living it was a tax write off

Posted by: ncj at March 17, 2015 01:24 AM (Yd3vm)

570 565 I think porn exists for people who aren't actually having sex IRL and for all the freaks that get off on the really weird kink and fetish garbage porn.
Posted by: L, Elle at March 17, 2015 01:22 AM

Hey lady, we need jobs too. Least we work hard for the money!

Posted by: Thai Trannie Midget Pron Stars at March 17, 2015 01:27 AM (Ca5ze)

571 Porn is a victimless crime like prostitution.

Posted by: cm9000 at March 17, 2015 01:27 AM (bjBcs)

572 And I WILL need extras, no joke, so I will be giving you all more details as time passes this summer.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 17, 2015 12:38 AM

Ill do it, but, I don't do "extra". I expect top billing, before the movie title and at least one close up, per minute in the final edit. I want my own trailer and security and I expect you to keep away the riff raff. Oh, and I write my own dialogue.

Posted by: otho at March 17, 2015 01:27 AM (tBSrv)

573 >>> By sheer bad luck, I visited tumbler once.
Once.
Posted by: Luap Nor's last brain cell at March 17, 2015 01:24 AM (U7H1n)

Don't feel bad, I googled Lemon Party and bukake like an idiot. Because of here.

Posted by: L, Elle at March 17, 2015 01:28 AM (iUBwE)

574 Oh, Tentacled One, trust me, it was one of the highlights of my life. One of those kind of things that you never forget. A true gentleman and the music was awesome. I was thrilled, and a little intimidated. The man was a legend in country music. And I was doing the sound that he heard. The second night of the show, he introduced me to the audience. I was elated and embarrassed all at the same time. He went out of his way to acknowledge a peon like me. I felt like a rock star. That's the kind of man that he was. I will never forget his kindness.

Posted by: Old Blue at March 17, 2015 01:28 AM (AxABj)

575 Posted by: BB Wolf at March 17, 2015 01:21 AM (qh617)

Nailed it. Say's Law was articulated in one of the first commentaries on Smith's The Wealth of Nations. Simply put, wealth is created by production, when you make something that's worth more than the sum of its parts and the labor that went into building it.

Selling something you've produced is a wealth transfer, trading that new wealth you've created for other forms of wealth. When an entire economy runs on wealth transfer, it essentially becomes a closed system where growth stops. Decline never stops, however, as the system is still subject to the universe's primary law: Entropy. Things break, become obsolete, rot, and rust away.

We're not outproducing entropy, and we've got a constant increase in demand versus relatively static supplies. This does not end well, unless we get production back.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 17, 2015 01:29 AM (J+mig)

576 So, on another non porny note, I have to go in and talk to my son's history teacher. I haven't actually met him, because my son started in the class after the "Back To Schooll Night" but every interaction I have with him by e-mail has been pleasant. My son loves history and except for some problems with writing- which is not unique to kids with Asbergers-he does well in class. Anyway, her's the issue, This is the third project they have had to do that involved "revolution" With the first one they had to pretend to be a French peasant and develop a flyer explaining the problems of the poor in France. In the second one, they had to pick the leader of a 19th century revolution and make a cereal box explaining what the revolting about and what freedoms were gained. In this last one, he has to design a Faberge Type egg-only it's supposed to be about the Russian revolution. My tart comment to FenelonSpouse was "What, the egg going to open up so that we can there can be a little pop of the Russian family being executed?" I'm sensing a pattern here a (Bill Ayers probably designed the curriculum, right?) and I don't like it, but I don't want to come off as some maniac Rw'er and hurt my son's grade.

Homeschooling is not an option. I did it for two years. He's 15. It's harder for him to listen to what I have to say and because of health issues I can't really do that right now. We also cannot afford to send him to private schoolSo I guess I have to bear with this stupidity. My son is a conservative. It's not like he's buying into this stuff, but what about the parents who don't pay that much attention and don't care?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 17, 2015 01:30 AM (DXzRD)

577 Don't feel bad, I googled Lemon Party and bukake like an idiot. Because of here.

Posted by: L, Elle at March 17, 2015 01:28 AM (iUBwE)

You are much braver than I am.

Posted by: Luap Nor's last brain cell at March 17, 2015 01:30 AM (U7H1n)

578 The very notion of a service economy is an absurdity.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 17, 2015 01:31 AM (J+mig)

579 Don't feel bad, I googled Lemon Party and bukake like an idiot. Because of here.
Posted by: L, Elle at March 17, 2015 01:28 AM (iUBwE)

1. comment 354 was supposed a say "here" not "her", which should solve some confusion, not necessarily all.

2. see comment 354.

3. good for you on getting the bukake spelling right after only one googling.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 17, 2015 01:31 AM (gsfK5)

580 osted by: cm9000 at March 17, 2015 01:27 AM (bjBcs)

I hop[e you're being facetious because it really isn't a victimless crime.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 17, 2015 01:32 AM (DXzRD)

581 otho, thanks for the advance notice.

As Stanley Kubrick used to say, "you're fired!"
;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 17, 2015 01:32 AM (elbY7)

582 L Elle, yep.

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 17, 2015 01:33 AM (elbY7)

583 577
D%on't feel bad, I googled Lemon Party and bukake like an idiot. Because of here.



Posted by: L, Elle at March 17, 2015 01:28 AM (iUBwE)
=======
Rule number one. Do not google or search for about 99% of the things posted on this site. You'll be better off for it.

Posted by: Old Blue at March 17, 2015 01:34 AM (AxABj)

584 incidentally, I have not idea what a lemon party is but I know I am not gonna take it to google.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 17, 2015 01:34 AM (gsfK5)

585 Yeah, it was facetious.

Posted by: cm9000 at March 17, 2015 01:35 AM (y+xDa)

586 Oh, and don't click on most of the links, unless it's kbdabear, because compliance pics.

Posted by: Old Blue at March 17, 2015 01:35 AM (AxABj)

587 man is my typing bad.




Posted by: yankeefifth at March 17, 2015 01:35 AM (gsfK5)

588 Rule number one. Do not google or search for about 99% of the things posted on this site. You'll be better off for it.
Posted by: Old Blue at March 17, 2015 01:34 AM (AxABj)

If you don't know what a word means, and it's probably some kind of modern slang, look it up on Urban Dictionary. Reading about it is a lot less traumatic than seeing it in living color.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 17, 2015 01:36 AM (J+mig)

589 Sorry; I hope the long post on History/World Studies was understandable I type badly at the best of times, much more so when I am dealing with chronic insomnia.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 17, 2015 01:36 AM (DXzRD)

590 I haven't clicked on a pic since Rum posted a shot of her legs years ago.

Posted by: Luap Nor's last brain cell at March 17, 2015 01:36 AM (U7H1n)

591 >>>> 1. comment 354 was supposed a say "here" not "her", which should solve some confusion, not necessarily all.

Lol. I read that in real time right after you posted it and thought it was some kind of reference to Sandra Fluke or something.

Thanks for clearing that up.

Posted by: L, Elle at March 17, 2015 01:37 AM (iUBwE)

592 587
man is my typing bad.
----
Not to worry. It's because you're a yankee and you can't speak southern. :-)

Posted by: Old Blue at March 17, 2015 01:37 AM (AxABj)

593
545 yo 20 days to go....... Posted by: ncj at March 17, 2015 01:10 AM (Yd3vm) I thought that the Cubs were already mathematically eliminated?
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 17, 2015 01:12 AM (10ydV)


Prediction, NCJ will only be talking about the Bears going to the Super Bowl by the All Star Break and will pretend as if the Cubs don't exist.

Posted by: buzzion at March 17, 2015 01:37 AM (zt+N6)

594 What Cato said.

Posted by: Old Blue at March 17, 2015 01:38 AM (AxABj)

595 Lol. I read that in real time right after you posted it and thought it was some kind of reference to Sandra Fluke or something.

Thanks for clearing that up.
Posted by: L, Elle at March 17, 2015 01:37 AM (iUBwE)


I was a little perplexed by the reaction but I never thought to go back and see what I typed.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 17, 2015 01:39 AM (gsfK5)

596 Cubs are supposed to go over .500 this year according to some predictions. That would be a pretty darn good improvement.

Posted by: Luap Nor's last brain cell at March 17, 2015 01:39 AM (U7H1n)

597 Yeah, it was facetious.

Good, 'cause I was gonna refute with this: http://streetlightusa.org/

Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 17, 2015 01:39 AM (UVfht)

598
591 >>>> 1. comment 354 was supposed a say "here" not "her", which should solve some confusion, not necessarily all. Lol. I read that in real time right after you posted it and thought it was some kind of reference to Sandra Fluke or something. Thanks for clearing that up.
Posted by: L, Elle at March 17, 2015 01:37 AM (iUBwE)


Hence my comment at 383

Posted by: buzzion at March 17, 2015 01:39 AM (zt+N6)

599
So no surgery in motel rooms, is what you're recommending?

Posted by: Soothsayer's imaginary twitter feed at March 17, 2015 01:39 AM (OCKzv)

600 Miss Tammy would always search some of the weird terms she would hear here, usually to her horror. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 17, 2015 01:40 AM (FMbng)

601 Russian porn is the best.

Posted by: They call me...PUTIN! at March 17, 2015 01:40 AM (gwG9s)

602 Posted by: yankeefifth at March 17, 2015 01:35 AM (gsfK5)

You're a rank amateur. ;^) I am the typo monarch!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 17, 2015 01:40 AM (DXzRD)

603
I go through these lasik desires every year or so...it will fade.

Posted by: Soothsayer's imaginary twitter feed at March 17, 2015 01:40 AM (OCKzv)

604 574
Oh, Tentacled One, trust me, it was one of the highlights of my life.
One of those kind of things that you never forget. A true gentleman and
the music was awesome. I was thrilled, and a little intimidated. The man
was a legend in country music. And I was doing the sound that he heard.
The second night of the show, he introduced me to the audience. I was
elated and embarrassed all at the same time. He went out of his way to
acknowledge a peon like me. I felt like a rock star. That's the kind of
man that he was. I will never forget his kindness.


Posted by: Old Blue at March 17, 2015 01:28 AM (AxABj)


He introduced you?


What do you do for an encore after that? "Hey, yeah, Marty Robbins called me out by name in a concert.....but I've also run the board for The Arkansas Hack-Jobs....."

Posted by: cthulhu at March 17, 2015 01:41 AM (T1005)

605 596
Cubs are supposed to go over .500 this year according to some predictions. That would be a pretty darn good improvement.
--------
I was really disappointed when Vegas picked the Rockies to be last in the NL West. That ranks us with the Cubs, and we didn't even have the curse of the goat.

Posted by: Old Blue at March 17, 2015 01:41 AM (AxABj)

606 FenSpoke

All those assignments are clearly loaded propositions with a desired response expected. Tread carefully.

Posted by: L, Elle at March 17, 2015 01:41 AM (iUBwE)

607 600 Miss Tammy would always search some of the weird terms she would hear here, usually to her horror. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 17, 2015 01:40 AM (FMbng)

Everyone does that when they're new to the internet. Eventually, they learn to ask instead of look, or find the answer some other way that's less likely to make your eyeballs bleed.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 17, 2015 01:41 AM (J+mig)

608 FS, good reaction to that assignment--maybe it's the hour, but I have no blessed clue how one is supposed to incorporate the Russian Revolution into the *design of the egg.* A report on Faberge, sure, but the egg itself?
Personally, I'd be tempted to make a Ukranian-style Easter egg with the Orthodox cross and an inscription like "You forgave, we forgot." But that's partly because I've always wanted to try making Ukraninan Easter eggs.

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at March 17, 2015 01:41 AM (iuQS7)

609 Who wants their daughter to be in porn usually ends the discussion.

Posted by: cm9000 at March 17, 2015 01:42 AM (4BTn2)

610
Let's all get motorhomes and travel the country meting out justice.

Posted by: Soothsayer's imaginary twitter feed at March 17, 2015 01:42 AM (OCKzv)

611 From everything I've read, Marty Robbins was a great guy.

One of my first CDs was a compilation of his hits.

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 17, 2015 01:43 AM (elbY7)

612 All those assignments are clearly loaded propositions with a desired response expected. Tread carefully.
Posted by: L, Elle at March 17, 2015 01:41 AM (iUBwE)

Litmus tests, basically. They have to make sure that the Approved Truth is bashed into every young skull they can get at.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 17, 2015 01:43 AM (J+mig)

613 otho, thanks for the advance notice. As Stanley Kubrick used to say, "you're fired!" ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 17, 2015 01:32 AM

You loss, buddy. Good luck trying to market it without a studly sex symbol like me in a lead role. My demands are no less than I would expect for my genius.

Posted by: otho at March 17, 2015 01:43 AM (tBSrv)

614
609 Who wants their daughter to be in porn usually ends the discussion.
Posted by: cm9000 at March 17, 2015 01:42 AM (4BTn2)


Brian Williams.

Posted by: buzzion at March 17, 2015 01:43 AM (zt+N6)

615 Let's all get motorhomes and travel the country meting out justice.

Posted by: Soothsayer's imaginary twitter feed at March 17, 2015 01:42 AM (OCKzv)

Boondock Saints on wheels?

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 17, 2015 01:43 AM (J+mig)

616 I just ran across a blog post about a movie named The Arroyo. Anyone seen the full movie?


Looks pretty good for a low budget indy release. I might have to buy a copy.


https://youtu.be/c4GRFHmlQrU

Posted by: Country Singer at March 17, 2015 01:43 AM (nL0sw)

617 FenelonSpouse-who is a more artistic person than I am (I do acting and director, Spouse paints and can do paper mach) found a you tube involving making a egg with paper mache and we will show it to our son to learn. The teacher gives out ideas for it, but it's the glamorization of revolution that bothers me

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 17, 2015 01:45 AM (DXzRD)

618 otho, looked you up on IMDB.

Don't see much under your name, except for your cameo in that Flomax infomercial. ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 17, 2015 01:45 AM (elbY7)

619 He introduced you?
-----
Yeah, cooth, he did. And I never worked a concert venue again after that. It was a one and done. And after that, the guy that owned his own sound business screwed the pooch at Red Rocks with another concert, and never worked in Denver again. If you'd like to read a good book about the Denver concert scene, read Barry Fey's "Backstage Passsed". I used to bowl with a couple of his ex security guys. Really good people.

Posted by: Old Blue at March 17, 2015 01:45 AM (AxABj)

620
The Boondock Saints meets the A-Team.

Posted by: Soothsayer's imaginary twitter feed at March 17, 2015 01:45 AM (OCKzv)

621 Tread carefully.

I agree bit how do I do that?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 17, 2015 01:46 AM (DXzRD)

622 Country Singer, haven't seen The Arroyo myself, but one of the minds behind it was Bill Whittle. Probably well worth the price of the DVD.

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at March 17, 2015 01:46 AM (iuQS7)

623 The Boondock Saints meets the A-Team.'

"I pity da fool who messes wit da Horde!!!1!"

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 17, 2015 01:46 AM (elbY7)

624 593 Prediction, NCJ will only be talking about the Bears going to the Super Bowl by the All Star Break and will pretend as if the Cubs don't exist.

that's pretty much a given, isn't it?

okay, guitar is sanded....need to decide what i'm going to put on it AND figure out a way to stop nck from "borrowing" it

Posted by: ncj at March 17, 2015 01:47 AM (Yd3vm)

625 Posted by: Soothsayer's imaginary twitter feed at March 17, 2015 01:42 AM (OCKzv

Jib, newsletter, and all that. I think my husband would be on board with this plan.

Posted by: Comrade Moron April at March 17, 2015 01:47 AM (Dj1wH)

626 >>> 598
591 >>>> Hence my comment at 383
Posted by: buzzion at March 17, 2015 01:39 AM (zt+N6)

Ahhh, this thread makes sense now. Thanks for filling in the blanks. That comment seemed random to me, and then you got everyone on to the Sandra Fluke comments.

Posted by: L, Elle at March 17, 2015 01:47 AM (iUBwE)

627 Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at March 17, 2015 01:46 AM (iuQS7)



Sounds like a pretty good recommendation to me!

Posted by: Country Singer at March 17, 2015 01:47 AM (nL0sw)

628 FenelonSpouse-who is a more artistic person than I
am (I do acting and director, Spouse paints and can do paper mach) found
a you tube involving making a egg with paper mache and we will show it
to our son to learn. The teacher gives out ideas for it, but it's the
glamorization of revolution that bothers me

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 17, 2015 01:45 AM (DXzRD)


Maybe your son could do an egg with Anastasia screaming in vain. (referencing the Rolling Stones song, Sympathy for the Devil)

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2015 01:47 AM (UwPGL)

629 okay, guitar is sanded....need to decide what i'm going to put on it AND figure out a way to stop nck from "borrowing" it

Posted by: ncj at March 17, 2015 01:47 AM (Yd3vm)


What body are you sanding?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 17, 2015 01:49 AM (FMbng)

630 624 hmmmm, speaking of...
where the hell is my daughter? awfully quiet around here

Posted by: ncj at March 17, 2015 01:49 AM (Yd3vm)

631 LOL. My cynical side can come up with all kinds of these quips too, but he can't actually do that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 17, 2015 01:49 AM (DXzRD)

632 Sorry, that's "Backstage Past". Barry died a couple of years back. The FBI had him up on charges related to horse racing. He was a really good handicapper. The FBI didn't even want him, he was just a means to an end.

Posted by: Old Blue at March 17, 2015 01:49 AM (AxABj)

633 631 LOL. My cynical side can come up with all kinds of these quips too, but he can't actually do that.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 17, 2015 01:49 AM (DXzRD)

If it were me, I'd do a parody of what he wants. IE, the usual soviet propaganda style Scenes of Glorious Revolution, but with a puppet's strings being controlled by a skeleton hand. Which is also on fire.

Come to think of it, that would also make a great metal album cover.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 17, 2015 01:51 AM (J+mig)

634 The Boondock Saints meets the A-Team. When did this happen? Did I miss something?

Posted by: cm9000 at March 17, 2015 01:52 AM (m6mkf)

635 got a used USA san dimas body off craigslist
beat up pretty bad
I filled in all the dents and cracks around the bridge and humbucker, filled in the slot for the single and plugged the hole for the selector switch

going with a rose (of course) and a single screaming demon (of course)

Posted by: ncj at March 17, 2015 01:52 AM (Yd3vm)

636 I'm with Sooth. I can see all these RV's rolling across the salt flats brandishing weapons and dragging an alien in the front truck. Or the Hildebeast, same difference.

Posted by: Old Blue at March 17, 2015 01:53 AM (AxABj)

637
635 got a used USA san dimas body off craigslist beat up pretty bad I filled in all the dents and cracks around the bridge and humbucker, filled in the slot for the single and plugged the hole for the selector switch going with a rose (of course) and a single screaming demon (of course)
Posted by: ncj at March 17, 2015 01:52 AM (Yd3vm)


I'd put a phone booth on it.

Posted by: buzzion at March 17, 2015 01:53 AM (zt+N6)

638 617
FenelonSpouse-who is a more artistic person than I am (I do acting and
director, Spouse paints and can do paper mach) found a you tube
involving making a egg with paper mache and we will show it to our son
to learn. The teacher gives out ideas for it, but it's the glamorization
of revolution that bothers me

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 17, 2015 01:45 AM (DXzRD)


It's your job to tell him why "Day Zero" is so horrific; why revolutions so often turn out badly, and why the US Constitution is such a brilliant innovation -- and why subverting its plain meaning (as well-documented by the Federalist Papers) is so dangerous.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 17, 2015 01:53 AM (T1005)

639 I once stared in a informercial featuring lace wigs and womens handbags. It did not go over too well and was pulled in favor of one featuring steel doors and machines.


Posted by: Luap Nor's last brain cell at March 17, 2015 01:53 AM (U7H1n)

640 >>> 621 Tread carefully.

I agree bit how do I do that?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 17, 2015 01:46 AM (DXzRD)

You could go full Bullworth and have an egg with the resurrected Jesus pop out or have your son display a crushed egg with a note that says "Lots of people die."

Idk. I know you don't want him to get a bad grade. This is a tough one.

Posted by: L, Elle at March 17, 2015 01:53 AM (iUBwE)

641 And if i actually write to the history teacher and say "Can the pop up in the center of the egg be the Russian Royal Family being shot to death or Anasatasia screaming in vain?" he probably won' get the dark humor which is why I think I need to go in in person and discuss it and ask how many more revolutions are they going to glamorize in projects but in a way that's not so heavy hitting.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 17, 2015 01:54 AM (DXzRD)

642 637 I'd put a phone booth on it.

hmmmm
like Dr Who?
I could easily sell that

Posted by: ncj at March 17, 2015 01:54 AM (Yd3vm)

643 Luap nor: as they say in Hollywood, work is work!! ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 17, 2015 01:54 AM (elbY7)

644 Let's all get motorhomes and travel the country meting out justice.
Posted by: Soothsayer's imaginary twitter feed at March 17, 2015 01:42 AM

Hey, I found another one, flag one more Moron.


Posted by: Bob from NSA at March 17, 2015 01:54 AM (o/90i)

645
See the country. Help people. Kick some ass.

Posted by: Soothsayer's imaginary twitter feed at March 17, 2015 01:54 AM (OCKzv)

646 Hope I have my camera by the time you all embark on your journey of justice. Will make a great TV series!! ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 17, 2015 01:56 AM (elbY7)

647 Posted by: cthulhu at March 17, 2015 01:53 AM (T1005)

And then it's my job to explain to my son why his grade went from 92 to 70. ;^)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 17, 2015 01:56 AM (DXzRD)

648 oh, T said to cool it with the custom gun builds for a while so since i'm a OCD type, back to guitars to pass time

btw, anyone use truglo's?
I bought a set of the new FTXs for the Kimber
my novaks suck

Posted by: ncj at March 17, 2015 01:56 AM (Yd3vm)

649 got a used USA san dimas body off craigslist
beat up pretty bad
I filled in all the dents and cracks around the bridge and humbucker, filled in the slot for the single and plugged the hole for the selector switch

going with a rose (of course) and a single screaming demon (of course)


Posted by: ncj at March 17, 2015 01:52 AM (Yd3vm)


A newer San Dimas, or an 80's one? I have an '83 san dimas. It was a single humbucker, but some ass hat routed it for a neck pickup. I guess I can't blame them, I use a neck humbucker for shred leads, but still, it was a crime to do that. Jake E Lee owned the one I have for a real short period.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 17, 2015 01:56 AM (FMbng)

650 645 See the country. Help people. Kick some ass.
SHOOT THEIR DOGS!!!

too much?

Posted by: ncj at March 17, 2015 01:57 AM (Yd3vm)

651 619
He introduced you?
-----
Yeah, cooth, he did. And I never worked a
concert venue again after that. It was a one and done. And after that,
the guy that owned his own sound business screwed the pooch at Red Rocks
with another concert, and never worked in Denver again. If you'd like
to read a good book about the Denver concert scene, read Barry Fey's
"Backstage Passsed". I used to bowl with a couple of his ex security
guys. Really good people.


Posted by: Old Blue at March 17, 2015 01:45 AM (AxABj)


And out of that chaos and crap, you got a golden -- and I mean GOLDEN -- memory. You lucky choomstick.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 17, 2015 01:57 AM (T1005)

652 And after that, the guy that owned his own sound business screwed the pooch at Red Rocks with another concert, and never worked in Denver again.

What did he do, make the Replacements sound sober?

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 17, 2015 01:59 AM (elbY7)

653
I reckon we'll be shooting lots of snakes and all kinds of critters. And shooting any monkeys we run across, of course.

Posted by: Soothsayer's imaginary twitter feed at March 17, 2015 01:59 AM (OCKzv)

654 539 I know folks here won't believe it, but I'm one of these weirdo heterosexuals who's never had the slightest interest in porn.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 17, 2015 01:01 AM (elbY7)
You know, I never gave a shit about porn either.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 17, 2015 01:10 AM (FMbng)
540 qdpsteve you aren't the only one. I would say anyone that respects women would reject porn.
Posted by: cm9000 at March 17, 2015 01:10 AM (hPU3O)


It's like I don't even know you guys anymore....

And yes we're all too good for that icky, no-good, bad, totally not stimulating, un-sexy porn-o-graphy smut full of naked chicks doing the nasty. Which by the way we're totally not interested in at all. But still mind you very much into chicks and sex like a normal heterosexual would be. But just not any recorded representations of such because that would be bad and stuff. Plus also not appealing in any way. [This is where I really wish we had a wanking emoticon as well]

Posted by: Maetenloch at March 17, 2015 02:01 AM (wqVD1)

655 647
Posted by: cthulhu at March 17, 2015 01:53 AM (T1005)



And then it's my job to explain to my son why his grade went from 92 to 70. ;^)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 17, 2015 01:56 AM (DXzRD)


And his likely lifespan went from 70 to 92....

Posted by: cthulhu at March 17, 2015 02:01 AM (T1005)

656 LOL

Posted by: otho at March 17, 2015 02:01 AM (tBSrv)

657 649 its an 86 and I have an 88 neck spare for it

I never could figure out the neck pick-up for lead, its why I plugged it

a real Jake ax? sweet!!!
my goal is a real Warren charvel but he kept his as far as I know except for the ones he gave to the hard rock cafes

Posted by: ncj at March 17, 2015 02:02 AM (Yd3vm)

658 What did he do, make the Replacements sound sober?
--------
I'll be damned if I can remember the name of the band, but it was all acoustic, with strings, cello, violin, etc., but he had a horrible time with feedback. Made them sound really bad, although they were very good. He never got another big gig after that.

Posted by: Old Blue at March 17, 2015 02:02 AM (AxABj)

659 ...think I need to go in in person and discuss it and ask how many more revolutions are they going to glamorize in projects but in a way that's not so heavy hitting.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 17, 2015 01:54 AM

Good for you. Be diplomatic, but if you feel the least dismissed I'd take it further w/ the school admin. Parents need to keep an eye on this crap which is sometimes more indoctrination than education.

Posted by: Farmer at March 17, 2015 02:03 AM (o/90i)

660 654 And yes we're all too good for that icky, no-good, bad, totally not stimulating, un-sexy porn-o-graphy smut full of naked chicks doing the nasty

I always had a thing for lisa ann in her early days
go figure I found a wife who looks kind of looks like her (minus the fake boobs and giant butt of course)

Posted by: ncj at March 17, 2015 02:04 AM (Yd3vm)

661 In a way, it really sucked. He had done so many good concerts in large venues where nothing went wrong. He had that one concert at Red Rocks where it went horribly bad. No one remembers all the good concerts. Just the one bad one.

Posted by: Old Blue at March 17, 2015 02:05 AM (AxABj)

662 The local Midddle School has sign outside it saying

"Eizabeth Cady Stanton" or her partner at the women's right convention

Rosa Parks

Rachel Carson

Do you know who these women are?

It's women's history month)

I don't actually have a problem with ECS, but I probably know more about them and not in smoke good ways than the people who actually designed the sign or put it out

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 17, 2015 02:05 AM (DXzRD)

663 Maet, to each his own. I'm just not into that stuff.

I've never tasted beer I thought was that great either. ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 17, 2015 02:06 AM (elbY7)

664 Posted by: Old Blue at March 17, 2015 02:05 AM (AxABj)

That's the way of the world, really. Reference the old joke about the old guy and the goat.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 17, 2015 02:06 AM (J+mig)

665 It's like I don't even know you guys anymore....

And yes we're all too good for that icky, no-good, bad, totally not stimulating, un-sexy porn-o-graphy smut full of naked chicks doing the nasty. Which by the way we're totally not interested in at all. But still very much into chicks and sex like a normal heterosexual would be. But just not any recorded representations of such because that would be bad and stuff. Plus also not appealing in any way. [This is where I really wish we had a wanking emoticon as well]


Posted by: Maetenloch at March 17, 2015 02:01 AM (wqVD1)

Well...in my case I was playing in metal bands in the metal clubs since I was 18, then moved up a few levels. I was up to my neck in tits and ass and wild parties, so I didn't need to "dream". Porn and go-go bars were a fake distraction from the real world I was indulging in like a fucking Viking. I think I'm justified in my belief. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 17, 2015 02:07 AM (FMbng)

666 Now?

Posted by: Piercello at March 17, 2015 02:07 AM (QJCCx)

667 >>> Posted by: Maetenloch at March 17, 2015 02:01 AM (wqVD1

So, the Mrs. ONT is still abroad?

* ducks and runs *

Posted by: L, Elle at March 17, 2015 02:07 AM (iUBwE)

668 OK, gentle Hordlings! Time to hit the rack. See you all tomorrow.

Posted by: Old Blue at March 17, 2015 02:08 AM (AxABj)

669 Heh. Out on a high note tonight.

Posted by: Piercello at March 17, 2015 02:08 AM (QJCCx)

670 I reckon we'll be shooting lots of snakes and all kinds of critters. And shooting any monkeys we run across, of course.
Posted by: Soothsayer's imaginary twitter feed at March 17, 2015

Holeecrap! Look at all them trigger words, highlight this Moron! Bethcha it's a Teapartier for sure, terrorist.

Yeah, so we missed those nice Boston brothers, but we got a good one here.

Posted by: Bob from NSA at March 17, 2015 02:09 AM (o/90i)

671 And his likely lifespan went from 70 to 92...

I hope so.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 17, 2015 02:09 AM (DXzRD)

672 667 >>> Posted by: Maetenloch at March 17, 2015 02:01 AM (wqVD1
So, the Mrs. ONT is still abroad?
* ducks and runs *
Posted by: L, Elle at March 17, 2015 02:07 AM (iUBwE)


Well it's been a long three weeks....

Posted by: Maetenloch at March 17, 2015 02:09 AM (wqVD1)

673
The revolutions are part of the world's history.
Another way to look at them is by asking the simple question: Were the people better off because of their revolt?

Are the Cubans better off under Castro? Were the French peasants better off? Did Lenin deliver his communist utopia?

Who says the egg has to open up and show something positive for the revolution?

Posted by: Soothsayer's imaginary twitter feed at March 17, 2015 02:10 AM (OCKzv)

674 Well...in my case I was playing in metal bands in the metal clubs since I was 18, then moved up a few levels. I was up to my neck in tits and ass and wild parties, so I didn't need to "dream". Porn and go-go bars were a fake distraction from the real world I was indulging in like a fucking Viking. I think I'm justified in my belief. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 17, 2015 02:07 AM (FMbng)


Well I am willing to offer a pr0n dispensation based on an actual viking lifestyle...

Posted by: Maetenloch at March 17, 2015 02:10 AM (wqVD1)

675 Funny meme at FB.

9-year-old kid: "Dad, are we Irish??"

Dad: "Shut up and finish yer whisky."

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 17, 2015 02:11 AM (elbY7)

676 And I actually don't have a problem-obviusly-with integration of buses, but can we stop the fiction that Rosa Parks was just some tired middle aged lady who spontaneously got the idea not to give up her seat instead of being coached into the action.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 17, 2015 02:11 AM (DXzRD)

677 Who says the egg has to open up and show something positive for the revolution?
Posted by: Soothsayer's imaginary twitter feed at March 17, 2015 02:10 AM (OCKzv)

It could be one of those nested eggs, with each deeper scene being a part of Soviet decline, up until the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 17, 2015 02:11 AM (J+mig)

678 Prediction, NCJ will only be talking about the Bears going to the Super Bowl by the All Star Break Opening Day Seventh Inning Stretch and will pretend as if the Cubs don't exist.

FIFY

Posted by: Fox2! at March 17, 2015 02:12 AM (brIR5)

679 There hasn't been a good shoe conversation for years. Whats the deal ettes?

Posted by: Luap Nor's last brain cell at March 17, 2015 02:12 AM (U7H1n)

680 678 Opening Day Seventh Inning Stretch

wow!!

I usually wait till may 1st to be honest

Posted by: ncj at March 17, 2015 02:14 AM (Yd3vm)

681
the egg opens and a tiny cuban is on the toilet...but no toilet paper

Posted by: Soothsayer's imaginary twitter feed at March 17, 2015 02:15 AM (OCKzv)

682 Posted by: Soothsayer's imaginary twitter feed at March 17, 2015 02:10 AM (OCKzv)

Good point.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 17, 2015 02:15 AM (DXzRD)

683 Once in my HS economics class, we had to rank types of economies (range from free market to command economy) in order from best to worst, then write an essay arguing why the worst was actually the best. I got dinged for using "dated" terms like politburo, to which I wanted to reply--but didn't--"It's a dated system!!"

I'd never make it in public school now.

(And I'm already off your lawn. Sheesh.)

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at March 17, 2015 02:16 AM (iuQS7)

684 Posted by: Soothsayer's imaginary twitter feed at March 17, 2015 02:15 AM (OCKzv)

I thought it was Russia? Works well if you've got a tiny Russian in a ushanka hat, holding a corncob in one hand and the empty cardboard spool of a toilet paper roll in the other, with oversized tears on his face for easy visibility.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 17, 2015 02:17 AM (J+mig)

685 its an 86 and I have an 88 neck spare for it

I never could figure out the neck pick-up for lead, its why I plugged it

a real Jake ax? sweet!!!
my goal is a real Warren charvel but he kept his as far as I know except for the ones he gave to the hard rock cafes

Posted by: ncj at March 17, 2015 02:02 AM (Yd3vm)


Well for yngwie type leads, or any of that neo-classical style shred the sound IS the neck pickup. A lot of leads may be the bridge pickup, but a good amount of stuff is done on the neck.


Yeah mine was originally bought by jake E lee, but it had the Jackson style headstock, and he wanted the fender style headstock, so he returned it after a short while. The dude who worked at the store scooped it up, then sold it to my other guitar player at the time who kept it probably near 20 years, then I got it from him. I had it for about 12 years. I have a really old Duncan distortion that Seymour himself wound around 30 years ago in it. That's the only pickup I'll use with a Floyd. Its a blow torch.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 17, 2015 02:18 AM (FMbng)

686 685 sweet

okay, to bed I go since I have to be up in 3 hrs
see you guys in a few

Posted by: ncj at March 17, 2015 02:21 AM (Yd3vm)

687 I usually wait till may 1st to be honest

I'll probably be writing off the Mets by the home opener.

Posted by: Fox2! at March 17, 2015 02:22 AM (brIR5)

688 Well, obviously not all Revolutions are a bad thing but the subtle training of the kids to be the future Occupy warriors is not a good thing,

I have to say that as much of a problem as I have with some facts in the history book they didnt glamorize the brutality of the French revolution (Robespierre was a socipath). of course, I have have a stroke when we get to modern history ;^)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 17, 2015 02:22 AM (DXzRD)

689 if it were not for the internets I would have never had any knowledge of porn

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 17, 2015 02:25 AM (gsfK5)

690 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 17, 2015 02:22 AM (DXzRD)

Of course, they probably try to make Robespierre sound like some kind of right-wing lunatic, because everything evil in history has to be ascribed to the right wing, no matter where it actually came from.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 17, 2015 02:25 AM (J+mig)

691 Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at March 17, 2015 02:16 AM (iuQS7)

Good for you, Elizabeth. :^)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 17, 2015 02:25 AM (DXzRD)

692 If you follow the logic of The Cousins War, the true American Revolution was the Civil War. The American Revolution was just Act III of the English Civil War.

Posted by: Fox2! at March 17, 2015 02:26 AM (brIR5)

693 Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 17, 2015 02:25 AM (J+mig)

No, they actually didn't do that but it will probably get worse.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 17, 2015 02:28 AM (DXzRD)

694 I have strong feelings that if anything happened here its going to be a blend of American revolution, French revolution, and American civil war. Its definitely going to have elements of all 3.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 17, 2015 02:28 AM (FMbng)

695 Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 17, 2015 02:11 AM (J+mig)

LOL. The project is due next week. :^)
However, if it were up to me I;d make you the history teacher.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 17, 2015 02:30 AM (DXzRD)

696 i am pretty tired of how bad this all has gotten. I grew up in North Shore Oahu during the seventies and watching that kid getting beat down reminded me of some of the uglier moments in my life. I never imagined it would become "Kill Haole Day" every day on the mainland. especially in places like ohio and stuff. i have been going to church, prodded by one of the girls who keeps her pony with me. I figured if i was gonna go, i was gonna go to one where i could get the full effect and chose the Full Gospel Church with the African and Tongan fellowships that also meet there.


it has been hope renewing and inspiring. There is a Swahili and a Tongan service every sunday, and a mixed service where everyone who doesnt want to get up early goes, some in dashikis and some clearly cowboys and two marine families, and a whole bunch of Filipinos. the music is great (you cannot beat a Tongan Choir) and the people are real and wonderful too. Every week i have been they have prayprayed for the members of ISIS to be confronted with their evil and repent, and for the people of Ferguson and the United States to be overcome with the spirit of brotherhood and reconciliation. That we might all live together as God's family in peace and sin no more. i had a Kenyan woman shyly take my hand and offer to pray for me if i would pray for her, and frankly this made me want to pray my brains out for her.

i am a sinner. a very confirmed one. And yet here i am planning to try going back on Wedsnesdays maybe for a visit with Jesus two days a week or at least make up for the sundays i miss.


Not everybody is all screwed up. just we are all human and left to our own devices. But its the craziest thing and i keep going back Fenelon, feeling hope and being comforted. i had to tell you because you are one of the few people in the box who really seem to care. So if you are praying for Morons to get saved its funny how it works... i am not sure i want to commit to a building and people but it seems God and i are working our our problematic relationship.

Posted by: gushka can has Kittys what plays fetch! at March 17, 2015 02:30 AM (f858s)

697 Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 17, 2015 02:28 AM (FMbng)

I'm just expecting the collapse of central power, with nothing to replace it with, and all of the not-fun crap that's going to entail.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 17, 2015 02:31 AM (J+mig)

698 i am a sinner. a very confirmed one.

Posted by: gushka can has Kittys what plays fetch! at March 17, 2015 02:30 AM (f858s)


Hell, the skeletons in my closet have their own skeletons. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 17, 2015 02:33 AM (FMbng)

699 Thanks, gushka. That's a wonderful story.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 17, 2015 02:33 AM (DXzRD)

700 I'm just expecting the collapse of central power, with nothing to replace it with, and all of the not-fun crap that's going to entail.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 17, 2015 02:31 AM (J+mig)


Yeah, colander face mask world is going to be interesting.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 17, 2015 02:34 AM (FMbng)

701 And I will pray for you, gushka and yes, I do care. :^)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 17, 2015 02:35 AM (DXzRD)

702
I'm just expecting the collapse of central
power, with nothing to replace it with, and all of the not-fun crap
that's going to entail.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 17, 2015 02:31 AM (J+mig)


i dread that scenario. i am a good shot, even without glasses, and i am very good at healing wounds on man and beast with various scrounged up items...but... i require several medications, and thats one of the first things that are not available to people when things go to hell. i fear i wont live long. and i am stuck in California. That makes me sad. Thus i will keep going to church and praying for reconciliation. a second french revolution would be horror.

Posted by: gushka can has Kittys what plays fetch! at March 17, 2015 02:36 AM (f858s)

703 However, if it were up to me I;d make you the history teacher.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 17, 2015 02:30 AM (DXzRD)

Wish I could, we need more conservative teachers, but I'd never make it through any major university's Education program. Too outspoken for my own benefit, there.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 17, 2015 02:36 AM (J+mig)

704 And I will look forward to hearing more about how it goes. God bless you, dear.

Every Sunday we have been praying for the conversion of ISIS members and I read a story about one who looked at some video about the Gospel and the love of Christ and he was coverted.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 17, 2015 02:37 AM (DXzRD)

705
Hell, the skeletons in my closet have their own skeletons. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 17, 2015 02:33 AM (FMbng)

Bers, i fear mine put most people's to shame. though you might laugh at some and wince at others... and its possible our skeletons have even met.

Posted by: gushka can has Kittys what plays fetch! at March 17, 2015 02:37 AM (f858s)

706 Bers, i fear mine put most people's to shame. though you might laugh at some and wince at others... and its possible our skeletons have even met.


Posted by: gushka can has Kittys what plays fetch! at March 17, 2015 02:37 AM (f858s)


Nothing shocks me. Although, if our skeletons met it would be popcorn worthy. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 17, 2015 02:41 AM (FMbng)

707 I'd never make it through any major university's Education program. Too outspoken for my own benefit, there.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 17, 2015 02:36 AM (J+mig)


Ditto. I feel beyond blessed that I'm able to teach at a conservative Christian college--the pay's not great, but I can say things in my recorded lectures like "(Milton's Areopagitica) is worth reading if you're of a conservative or libertarian bent" and not worry about losing my job over it.

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at March 17, 2015 02:43 AM (iuQS7)

708 *wavies to the Horde*

I think I am going to go gonzo, stay up all night, and see what my addled brain can inflict upon poor Sluggor.
---

Luap Nor, 1/72d scale? How faithful in detail and how deep the pockets? Best and priciest in that scale is the Hasegawa offering
http://www.modelingmadness.com/scott/allies/previews/has/02026.htm

Though if you attend a model show vendors might have it for a cheap price. Here is the list of IPMS/USA events - http://www.ipmsusa.org/events/index.asp

Or muddle through with the Testors kit which is a -5 and only $7 on eBay.
---

Gushka!!!! Glad you finding some goodness no matter where.

And now off to write like an idiot with a mission.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 17, 2015 02:45 AM (d2MTZ)

709 I hate having to go the the emergency room...

Posted by: The Political Hat at March 17, 2015 02:45 AM (0Ew3K)

710 What's up, Hat?

Also, gushka, that sounds like an amazing church. Glad you found it.

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at March 17, 2015 02:47 AM (iuQS7)

711
Every Sunday we have been praying for the
conversion of ISIS members and I read a story about one who looked at
some video about the Gospel and the love of Christ and he was coverted.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 17, 2015 02:37 AM (DXzRD)

i believe it is possible. they are dying for their lives to have meaning, and killing too... i think that if confronted with their horror and the possibility that they could be forgiven and live in the Kingdom of God some people would drop everything. even some people here who think they are hardasses. its that they think like i once did when i was at my rock bottom that love and a soul and a Kingdom of God, if real, are certainly not meant for them.
I wonder what some really awesome missionaries could do in our inner cities, to tame the wild children before they get to the gangs, and get them over the effects of their broken families. i get this weird feeling somehow the municipalities dont allow much of that any more, or discourage community outreach at least in Los Angeles area. Fenelon, do you know?

Posted by: gushka can has Kittys what plays fetch! at March 17, 2015 02:47 AM (f858s)

712 Hat, have you been doing 'exercises' to the various animes you are watching?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 17, 2015 02:48 AM (d2MTZ)

713 ANA HI!!!!

Posted by: gushka can has Kittys what plays fetch! at March 17, 2015 02:48 AM (f858s)

714 Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at March 17, 2015 02:43 AM (iuQS7)

That actually sounds pretty good. What kind of credentials would a person need to teach at that kind of college? I've been thinking of going back to school and changing my major from a business-related field to computer programming, but I've always loved history - just never thought I could make a living in the field.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 17, 2015 02:50 AM (J+mig)

715 Swollen lower eyelid that turned out to be a chalazion. Doctor I saw sent me over to the emergency room to get it drained.

Not fun.

And I have to rub anti-bacterial goop into the opening.

Again... not fun.

Posted by: The Drained Hat at March 17, 2015 02:50 AM (0Ew3K)

716 That math test? The arranged marriage? The dude got his first look at his intended bride and tanked the test.

Give him a little credit.

Posted by: Hank at March 17, 2015 02:50 AM (iI355)

717 709 I hate having to go the the emergency room...
Posted by: The Political Hat at March 17, 2015 02:45 AM (0Ew3K)

Everything ok, Hat?

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 17, 2015 02:50 AM (J+mig)

718 So you look like Coulda Been A Contender Hat?

And to write I go. Really. Take care Gushka.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 17, 2015 02:52 AM (d2MTZ)

719 So if you are praying for Morons to get saved its funny how it works... i am not sure i want to commit to a building and people but it seems God and i are working our our problematic relationship.
Posted by: gushka can has Kittys what plays fetch! at March 17, 2015 02:30 AM

Went to the Baptist church here in town yesterday where my folks were md 59 yrs ago.
It was the first anniversary of her death, Dad and I did it to honor her.

It was very nice and some remebered Mom. I might go back, they were just the right degree of friendly.

Posted by: Bob from NSA at March 17, 2015 02:53 AM (o/90i)

720 Fenelon, praying for ISIS, really? You are an inspiration. To have forgiveness and love is beyond me. I just want to kill them.

Posted by: cm9000 at March 17, 2015 02:54 AM (8zCR+)

721 So I need to go to sleep so I can get up in three hours, (5:30 EST) but I think I'll leave this here for the people interested in Christian spirituality. It was in our bulletin on Sunday, I don't know who wrote it. The only attributor was by "Fred' from a Christian history site, but I, of course, love the writings of Fenelon.

The presence proceeds the plan

For years younger people have asked me how they could know God's plan for their life. While reading Fenelon and other Saints, I find they are not concerned with that question. Their concern is not with the plan but with the Presence. When we have a guide we don't need a map. Without the presence we attempt to work for God instead of letting God work through us. Francois Fenelon said Put side your self interest and simply let God's will enfold around you...Worship him without having to know and see everything. Continue doing the good things that you do since you feel that you should and can do them so easily, but be careful that your extra energy does not lead you into trouble, and above all, live in the presence of God and God will give you all the grace you need. Live your daily life out in the presence of God. God will give you all you need, God's glory and his purpose are the end of all things. You will find happiness there but not as an end in itself. It is all for God.

Keep on praying folks. for those that pray. Grace and peace be with you. See you in a few days, God willing, and if if I'm on the insomnia train again. :^)

Happy Saint Patrick's Day, Patrick was a remarkable man.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 17, 2015 02:55 AM (DXzRD)

722 Hey all, thanks for the great chat tonight, and thanks to all for the wonderful well wishes on the interview tomorrow. Of course I will update tomorrow night. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 17, 2015 02:57 AM (elbY7)

723 Anna

"Though if you attend a model show vendors might have it for a cheap
price. Here is the list of IPMS/USA events -
http://www.ipmsusa.org/events/index.asp"

LoL. I am most definitely not in that league. My motor skills are mostly gone because of strokes. I will be lucky to get the small parts off the tree without breaking them.

Trying a smaller model to improve what coordination I have left. The kit I am getting is an Airfix. If I can do a halfway decent job with it and a Dewotine 520 also in 1/72, I plan on doing some more. I really want a Pzl 11c floating around maybe attached by fish line to the ceiling.

Posted by: Luap Nor's last brain cell at March 17, 2015 02:57 AM (U7H1n)

724 Fenelon, praying for ISIS, really? You are an inspiration. To have forgiveness and love is beyond me. I just want to kill them.

Posted by: cm9000 at March 17, 2015 02:54 AM (8zCR+)


Man, no shit. I don't want them saved, I want them blowtorched where they stand, and if they take a few steps on fire while they scream all the better. They did no less to their victims.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 17, 2015 02:58 AM (FMbng)

725 I don't know, Gushka but I appreciate your thoughts and compassion. Good night!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 17, 2015 02:58 AM (DXzRD)

726 I'm more pessimistic today about the state of American culture than I think I have ever been.

The straw that broke the camel's back was a triple-blow combination of the Indianapolis beating video, the "restorative justice" in schools article in the NYPost, and the "white privilege" meeting engendered by the W. Kamau Bell incident in Berkeley.

But those are just the final straws; there's an entire haystack of similar straws behind them.

For first time ever, I really would not be surprised if the country devolved into a race war.

But, typical of me, I look not at now, but try to discern the future. Where could this all lead? What is the goal?

It seems fairly obvious that the left is trying -- trying its absolute damnedest -- to engender as much racial resentment as possible. And not just blacks against whites, but white against blacks. The goal seems to be to manufacture entire new generations of racists -- or at least people who harbor a great deal of racial resentment.

Every outlandish fringe fantasy that the left has been pushing for decades is suddenly, in a very short span of time, actually coming true, and becoming official government policy.

Just today Obama hosted an event at the White House to "celebrate" schools that have "improved" their black suspension rates. One of the invitees was some functionary from the Oakland School District. Why? because Oakland implemented Obama's new Federal guidelines to lower the black suspension rate from public school. And it "worked."

How it "worked" is that they simply stopped punishing all the kids who were misbehaving at school. So the suspension rate went down. But the misbehavior rate went way up. The schools went from being merely "bad" and "dangerous" to being uncontrollable anarchy zones.

For implementing this completely insane policy, the administrators are rewarded.

As of this year, although Oakland's overall population is 35% white, the public schools are now only 11% white.

That means that TWO-THIRDS of Oakland white parents -- almost all of whom are liberal or progressive -- keep their kids out of public school. Specifically to keep them away from black kids's violence, threats, tense atmosphere, atrocious academic environment, and relentless "white privilege" shame-mongering.

And that 11% are mostly limited to the elite wealthy mostly-white schools within Oakland.

The end result is a near-total segregation. And this is in the city that constantly brags about being "the most racially integrated city in America."

The reality is the exact opposite.

And this is not due to some crazy rednecks standing in front of schools with shotguns. This is in the most extreme liberal la-la-land.

If the most compliant progressives flee to segregated schools, segregated neighborhoods, segregated social activities, segregated culture, just imagine how much more extreme it is and/or will be with less compliant non-progressives.

And that is just one aspect of race relations in one city. Everywhere you look, in every city, every region, every aspect of society and culture, the racial tension and resentment is escalating, escalating, escalating, primarily goaded on by the federal government and the power-crazed progressive/communist extremists whose moment has arrived.

America has become a powder keg.

I see no solution, no way out. Obama and his minions have gotten their wish -- Helter Skelter looms.

Posted by: zombie at March 17, 2015 03:01 AM (K4YiS)

727 America has become a powder keg.

I see no solution, no way out. Obama and his minions have gotten their wish -- Helter Skelter looms.

Posted by: zombie at March 17, 2015 03:01 AM (K4YiS)


If the powder keg goes off, they lose...badly.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 17, 2015 03:03 AM (FMbng)

728 *hisses in sympathy at Hat's owie*

Cato, depends on the school. Minimum requirement for an adjunct most places is 18 hours of graduate credits in the subject you're teaching; most prefer at least the MA/MS. If you want tenure-track, you're probably looking at needing to be ABD before you start the job search. I have no idea what the market's like in history--or in CompSci, for that matter--but there are job boards like Higher Ed Jobs and Chronicle Vita that would give you an idea.
Fair warning, though: adjuncts make peanuts, no matter where you go. I'm still doing other freelance work while I teach. But it's worth it, to me, because the situation at Baptist College of Florida is pretty much ideal for me in every other way. I get to teach classes I enjoy; the students all seem to be good kids; and it's a *teaching* college, which means I don't have the pressure of "publish or perish." (Helps that my immediate superior is one of my best friends, too.)

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at March 17, 2015 03:04 AM (iuQS7)

729 America has become a powder keg.

I see no solution, no way out. Obama and his minions have gotten their wish -- Helter Skelter looms.

Posted by: zombie at March 17, 2015 03:01 AM (K4YiS)

If the powder keg goes off, they lose...badly.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 17, 2015 03:03 AM (FMbng)


I am not so optimistic.

I could easily see Whites being offed in most cities (especially gays), with Blacks vs. Hispanics fights breaking out immediately thereafter. Asians might escape while Krystallnacht goes on... or they might be lumped in with White people.

Posted by: Hatter Skeltor at March 17, 2015 03:07 AM (0Ew3K)

730 Just have fun Luap. Don't go OCD okay?

Praying for your enemies is a very hard thing, but remember though they want to kill you they are still children of G-d. Homicidal and misguided but still G-d's children.

My go to story in these cases is that of Jacob DeShazer. He was one of the eight Doolittle Raiders captured by the Japanese. Three of his fellow Raiders had been shot by the Japanese. Another died due to malnutrition. All locked in isolation. Jacob hated the Japanese with all his heart. Jacob wanted a copy of the Bible. After much pestering his captors gave him a Bible and he devoured it. And as he was doing it, the scales of hate fell from his eyes and he say his captors in a different light. He suddenly felt compassion for them, because they had never been shown a different way so brutality was all they could do. He started to pray for them, day after day he prayed. Then he says one day he heard a voice telling him to stop praying. That day was Aug 9th, 1945.

But his story does not end there. He came home and became an ordained minister. And promptly went back to Japan to preach the Word. IIRC he founded 33 churches in Japan.

My personal challenge is thus; if Jacob can do that with people who killed his friends and tortured him, how can I not try to match 1/10th of his efforts?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 17, 2015 03:08 AM (tr/8D)

731 Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at March 17, 2015 03:04 AM (iuQS7)

Thanks. I think I'll do some more research and see what the market and growth forecasts are like. Sounds like it's an option I could keep open, though.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 17, 2015 03:10 AM (J+mig)

732 My personal challenge is thus; if Jacob can do that with people who killed his friends and tortured him, how can I not try to match 1/10th of his efforts?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 17, 2015 03:08 AM (tr/8D)


When you need to stop the bastards from doing evil, killing them has a higher success rate.

Posted by: Hat 'em All at March 17, 2015 03:10 AM (0Ew3K)

733 My personal challenge is thus; if Jacob can do that
with people who killed his friends and tortured him, how can I not try
to match 1/10th of his efforts?


Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 17, 2015 03:08 AM (tr/8D)

I wish I had your way with words.

Posted by: Luap Nor's last brain cell at March 17, 2015 03:11 AM (U7H1n)

734 When you need to stop the bastards from doing evil, killing them has a higher success rate.
Posted by: Hat 'em All at March 17, 2015 03:10 AM (0Ew3K)

Well, we did have several brutal years of war with Japan before he was able to do that. Sometimes you have to wield the stick before they appreciate the carrot.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 17, 2015 03:13 AM (J+mig)

735 Do you kill out of a desire to protect life? Or do you kill because you want them dead?

Answer carefully. One leads to the Dark Side of the Force.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 17, 2015 03:15 AM (tr/8D)

736 *Pokes head up*



Yikes!!!!!!!

Posted by: cthulhu at March 17, 2015 03:15 AM (T1005)

737 Cato notice the date he was told to stop praying. It was the day Nagasaki got visited by a B-29 named Bocks' Car.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 17, 2015 03:16 AM (tr/8D)

738 If the powder keg goes off, they lose...badly.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 17, 2015 03:03 AM (FMbng)

They think they're smart enough to control chaos, and ride the tiger into power. Chaos is saying "yes please, break my chains and I'll do exactly what you want, swearsies." Chaos is the oldest and trickiest thing in the universe, and old age and treachery beats youth and idealism every time.

Once the powderkeg goes off, all bets are off.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 17, 2015 03:16 AM (J+mig)

739 Do you kill out of a desire to protect life? Or do you kill because you want them dead?

Answer carefully. One leads to the Dark Side of the Force.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 17, 2015 03:15 AM (tr/8D)


Which one had cookies again?

Posted by: C is for Cookie at March 17, 2015 03:17 AM (0Ew3K)

740 737 Cato notice the date he was told to stop praying. It was the day Nagasaki got visited by a B-29 named Bocks' Car.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 17, 2015 03:16 AM (tr/8D)

Ah, didn't make the link right away. Thanks for pointing it out.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 17, 2015 03:17 AM (J+mig)

741 Light Side cookies aren't fattening but are still delicious.

And I am going to toddle off to write. Really.

Yes Cato, the 'smart' set always think they can control the rabble once they are in power. French Revolution? Nope. Russian Revolution? Nope. In Germany in the 1930s, all the ones who thought they could manage Adolph ended up fleeing, dead, or starved to death in camps. The Iranian Revolution of 1979? Nope. We can notice a pattern, others apparently refuse to connect the dots and then act all surprised when it explodes in their face - if they are lucky to live long enough.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 17, 2015 03:22 AM (tr/8D)

742 Liberal elites with means will shield their children from the consequences of the things they advocate for the masses.

Posted by: cm9000 at March 17, 2015 03:23 AM (8zCR+)

743 Liberal elites with means will shield their children from the consequences of the things they advocate for the masses.

Posted by: cm9000 at March 17, 2015 03:23 AM (8zCR+)


It's the new feudalism

http://tinyurl.com/k5st9o3

Posted by: The Political Serf at March 17, 2015 03:26 AM (0Ew3K)

744 Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 17, 2015 03:22 AM (tr/8D)

The reason they never connect the dots is because all of their movements reject history. They believe that they know better, and that their pet ideas can change human nature, thus all of previous experience is null and void. The Devil whispers confirmation and stokes their egos, and history comes up with another awful rhyme for the previous verse.

Until people learn that human nature is eternal and that you can't improve it with top-down imposition, it'll keep happening. Change can only come from within.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 17, 2015 03:28 AM (J+mig)

745 It's the new feudalism

Posted by: The Political Serf at March 17, 2015 03:26 AM (0Ew3K)

I've been saying that they're trying to go back to feudalism for years. Make it impossible for the young to succeed, make it difficult for the old to leave them anything of value, and society reverts to its historical norm of a two-class society of a wealthy ruling elite and starving masses.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 17, 2015 03:31 AM (J+mig)

746 Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 17, 2015 03:28 AM (J+mig)

Cf. Kipling, "The Gods of the Copybook Headings."

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at March 17, 2015 03:33 AM (iuQS7)

747 Cf. Kipling, "The Gods of the Copybook Headings."
Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at March 17, 2015 03:33 AM (iuQS7)

You can learn a lot from reading Kipling. Just about every time I have some great idea, one of my friends who's a big Kipling fanatic will demonstrate that he reached the same conclusion a long time before I ever got there.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 17, 2015 03:36 AM (J+mig)

748 BRB, time for "Lesbian Bear Storm"

Posted by: 政治的な帽子~クマ at March 17, 2015 03:36 AM (0Ew3K)

749 I wonder how much of the chaos we now see is due to the fact that the central government actively prevents self organization among people in the midst of the chaos.


If you look at most of humanity over most of history, chaos is actually pretty unusual. People tend to get together and organize their activity. Sadly, this organization often takes the form of a warlord and his armed cronies dominating the local serfs and expropriating most of what they have. Still, the self organization of Americans is one of the things that de Toqueville comented on and I think that you can make a pretty good case that the Texas war for independence was fought by a bunch of people who organized themselves into an effective government and army.


Whether that has any relevance to what is likely to happen in the future if present trends continue is an open question.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 17, 2015 03:36 AM (KDbAT)

750 Whether that has any relevance to what is likely to happen in the future if present trends continue is an open question.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 17, 2015 03:36 AM (KDbAT)

People don't organize themselves along the same lines that they used to, but they still organize themselves. What are we doing here?

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 17, 2015 03:38 AM (J+mig)

751 Kipling was just re-hashing human nature in a singularly brilliant way.

Posted by: cm9000 at March 17, 2015 03:40 AM (8zCR+)

752 I need to read more Kipling, honestly, but I find the same thing with Chesterton (another on my "need to read more" list), and to a certain extent also with Lewis. Wise men, all.
Currently plotting how to squeeze Kipling into my World Lit class this fall, as it happens. I'm leaning toward "How the Elephant Got His Trunk," but I might change my mind.

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at March 17, 2015 03:42 AM (iuQS7)

753 751 Kipling was just re-hashing human nature in a singularly brilliant way.
Posted by: cm9000 at March 17, 2015 03:40 AM (8zCR+)

And that's why he's still relevant. Human nature never changes. Our words change, we forget what we knew, we learn it again... usually the hard way.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 17, 2015 03:51 AM (J+mig)

754 Tempted to start celebrating St Paddy's Day early. Please give me the strength to pour the vodka in the toilet.

Posted by: Another Insomniac at March 17, 2015 03:52 AM (3F6F8)

755 A progressive is someone who took a common sense written test, received a major failing grade and was awarded a letter of participation for the effort.


Posted by: Luap Nor's last brain cell at March 17, 2015 03:54 AM (U7H1n)

756 And that's why he's still relevant. Human nature never changes. Our words change, we forget what we knew, we learn it again... usually the hard way.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 17, 2015 03:51 AM (J+mig)


That's about right. I always saw mankind hasn't changed in 10,000 years. This is why I say the left will lose badly in colander face mask world. They are hive mind, not individuals. They don't posses critical thinking. They won't overcome or adapt.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 17, 2015 03:55 AM (FMbng)

757 Elisabeth read Witness by Whittaker Chambers.

Posted by: cm9000 at March 17, 2015 03:55 AM (8zCR+)

758 Chatty bunch of morons tonight. Gives me something to do while avoiding catching up on documentation...

Posted by: Conservative Crank at March 17, 2015 03:58 AM (b2cFu)

759 755 A progressive is someone who took a common sense written test, received a major failing grade and was awarded a letter of participation for the effort.


Posted by: Luap Nor's last brain cell at March 17, 2015 03:54 AM (U7H1n)

I like that.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 17, 2015 04:00 AM (J+mig)

760 cm9000, looks interesting. Alas, my own to-read list is a mile long, and slots for reading assignments in my classes are limited. For World Lit, I've got all of three weeks in my draft reading schedule for the nineteenth and twentieth centuries! But that's the trade-off for spending a week each on Parzifal, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and Hamlet.

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at March 17, 2015 04:04 AM (iuQS7)

761 A progressive is a Chatty Cathy doll masquerading as a thinking human being.

Posted by: Another Insomniac at March 17, 2015 04:05 AM (cIoI4)

762 A progressive is a Chatty Cathy doll masquerading as a thinking human being.

Posted by: Another Insomniac at March 17, 2015 04:05 AM (cIoI4)


I'd rather vote for the Chatty Cathy doll.

Posted by: The Not-so-chatty Hat at March 17, 2015 04:06 AM (0Ew3K)

763 A progressive is an adult with the certainty of the wrong convictions and the morality of a toddler, who believes rules apply to everyone but them.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at March 17, 2015 04:11 AM (b2cFu)

764 Night all.

Here is "Leprosy" by Death:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFyZvw84T3g

Posted by: The Political Hat at March 17, 2015 04:17 AM (0Ew3K)

765 Hey Kids,


anyone still up?

Posted by: jc at March 17, 2015 04:25 AM (iRJ+A)

766 I'm still here, jc, slogging through an editing project.

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at March 17, 2015 04:26 AM (iuQS7)

767 Hey Elisabeth,


you must be having a late night. Project due too soon?

Posted by: jc at March 17, 2015 04:31 AM (iRJ+A)

768 Hey Kids,


anyone still up?


Posted by: jc at March 17, 2015 04:25 AM (iRJ+A)

yup. Watching some keith urban guitar lesson infomercial. Laughing my ass off how they talk about these Chinese pieces of fucking shit as if Antonio Torrez built the things.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 17, 2015 04:31 AM (FMbng)

769 Yeah, tight schedule, but I may have to call it a night before much longer.

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at March 17, 2015 04:33 AM (iuQS7)

770 yup. Watching some keith urban guitar lesson
infomercial. Laughing my ass off how they talk about these Chinese
pieces of fucking shit as if Antonio Torrez built the things.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 17, 2015 04:31 AM (FMbng)


======I had fretless put away in a closet for awhile. some offbrand thing I bought just so I would have a fretless when I felt like it. when I put an axe away for awhile I always loosen the strings.

so the other day I get invited to go to the local U and play with a jazz combo that is obviously desperate for a bass player. So last night I go to the closet to pop out the fretless and see if I can become reacquainted.
damn bridge had popped off -- all 4 screws were complete pulled out of the holes. dinky little things. the nut also had popped loose and was laying in the case.
fun fun fun.

Posted by: jc at March 17, 2015 04:37 AM (iRJ+A)

771 I'm gonna guess Antonio Torrez, who I never heard of before, made guitars?

Posted by: cm9000 at March 17, 2015 04:38 AM (8zCR+)

772 Has the Tournament group been set up yet? I haven't had all my finalists eliminated in the middle rounds in roughly a year, so it must be around that time.

Posted by: resurgemus at March 17, 2015 04:47 AM (rll89)

773 Very much still awake here, managing a few patients and catching up on charting from the madness earlier in the shift.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at March 17, 2015 04:48 AM (b2cFu)

774 Antonio Torres, credited as the inventor of the acoustic guitar.

Posted by: cm9000 at March 17, 2015 04:49 AM (8zCR+)

775 If I had twitter, Crank, I'd challenge you on the cuteness of the newest Morons - my grandnephew might stand a chance against SOC...

good to see you. Hope you & yours are doing well.

Posted by: shredded chi at March 17, 2015 04:50 AM (xU93L)

776 so today I had one of those gubmint things ---


I had to call soc security when my wife passed and stop her disability checks. so they made me set up a telephone appointment, and the earliest date they had was today.


well, after I spoke to them I got a call from her credit union cuz SS had notified them they were going to claw back her last direct deposit, and sure enough they did.


so I get on the phone with them today and they give me this standard spiel about answering questions under penalty of perjury. then we do this little Q-n-A bit for awhile so I can get a $250 death benefit. yup, penalty of perjury threats over $250 bux. fun.


then comes the best part -- turns out I have an underpayment -- so I asked how much. yup, the same amount they took out of her account. and, that is no surprise at all -- they pay a month behind, so it was always supposed to be hers. so they are going to send me a form to get the underpayment back.


so, they have a group of people that go around taking the last payment back from folks, a group of people making you sit at home waiting for a phone call, a group of people sending folks forms to get their underpayments back after they took them away, and probably a group of people processing underpayment forms for the money they took back so they can send it to you again.


good thing there is nowhere to cut a budget.

Posted by: jc at March 17, 2015 04:57 AM (iRJ+A)

777 good thing there is nowhere to cut a budget.
Posted by: jc at March 17, 2015 04:57 AM (iRJ+A)

I'd laugh at the stupidity, except it makes me sad.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 17, 2015 05:00 AM (J+mig)

778 jc if you were a Democrat you could keep getting the payments and have two votes.

Posted by: cm9000 at March 17, 2015 05:03 AM (8zCR+)

779 777 good thing there is nowhere to cut a budget.
Posted by: jc at March 17, 2015 04:57 AM (iRJ+A)

I'd laugh at the stupidity, except it makes me sad.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 17, 2015 05:00 AM (J+mig)

And remember, this is the BEST government that tax money can buy...

Posted by: Conservative Crank at March 17, 2015 05:04 AM (b2cFu)

780 777
good thing there is nowhere to cut a budget.

Posted by: jc at March 17, 2015 04:57 AM (iRJ+A)



I'd laugh at the stupidity, except it makes me sad.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 17, 2015 05:00 AM (J+mig)


===then I won't tell you about the part of the conversation where we discussed why when SS deducts 50% from people who make too much during retirement we are not supposed to think it is a 50% tax.

Posted by: jc at March 17, 2015 05:05 AM (iRJ+A)

781 778
jc if you were a Democrat you could keep getting the payments and have two votes.

Posted by: cm9000 at March 17, 2015 05:03 AM (8zCR+)

===and if I were a D I'd probably need them -- and they probably wouldn't help all that much anyway.

Posted by: jc at March 17, 2015 05:07 AM (iRJ+A)

782 I heard SS has a list of recipients over 110 years old that numbers more than 6 million. I doubt they are still making payments to all of them, but they haven't figgered out how to close up the paperwork.



I also heard that about the worst thing that can happen to anyone is to end up on their dead list when you are still alive. They screw up all your money everywhere so you can be rich and starving and homeless all at the same time.

Posted by: jc at March 17, 2015 05:09 AM (iRJ+A)

783 Rich, starving, homeless and dead, but still voting Democrat.

Posted by: cm9000 at March 17, 2015 05:14 AM (Yvzyo)

784 783
Rich, starving, homeless and dead, but still voting Democrat.

Posted by: cm9000 at March 17, 2015 05:14 AM (Yvzyo)

====rich, starving, homeless, ALIVE and dead. try getting off that list.

Posted by: jc at March 17, 2015 05:16 AM (iRJ+A)

785 783 Rich, starving, homeless and dead, but still voting Democrat.
Posted by: cm9000 at March 17, 2015 05:14 AM (Yvzyo)

That's the Chicago way!

Posted by: The Honorable Richard M. Daley (dec.) at March 17, 2015 05:16 AM (b2cFu)

786 If, a big if, we cut out fraud, there would be no money crisis in SS.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 17, 2015 05:17 AM (u82oZ)

787 786 If, a big if, we cut out fraud, there would be no money crisis in SS.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 17, 2015 05:17 AM (u82oZ)

Racist!

Posted by: Welfare Queens Local #1306 at March 17, 2015 05:19 AM (b2cFu)

788 786
If, a big if, we cut out fraud, there would be no money crisis in SS.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 17, 2015 05:17 AM (u82oZ)

====I'd have to see the math on that one. Looks to me like the actuaries screwed up bad enough that the fraud just adds to the disaster.

Posted by: jc at March 17, 2015 05:20 AM (iRJ+A)

789 G'morning, all.

I guess we watch the Israeli elections today?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 17, 2015 05:21 AM (j3OmN)

790 I thought most of the fraud was in SSDI.

Posted by: cm9000 at March 17, 2015 05:23 AM (6KyOm)

791 789 G'morning, all.

I guess we watch the Israeli elections today?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 17, 2015 05:21 AM (j3OmN)

Might as well, if I have anything to say about it this will be the last one...

Posted by: Ayatollah Kookimanie at March 17, 2015 05:25 AM (b2cFu)

792 @776 Posted by: jc at March 17, 2015 04:57 AM (iRJ+A)
------
One of the assumptions behind SS is that people cannot be trusted to save their own money. But it sounds like they are trying mightily hard not to give you access to your money anyway.

Seems, if given a choice I'd at least have had more fun blowing my own money on myself, than having it sucked into the vortex you describe.

Posted by: Another Insomniac at March 17, 2015 05:28 AM (3F6F8)

793 Made the mistake of watching CNN closed caption while eating at the restaurant last night.

They get to the Republican open letter, and about the only truth in the reporting is the name of the reporter. Everything else is either lies or half truths.

Ferguson?
That story had more lies and incomplete statements in it then a Clinton tax return.


Don't watch the news while trying to enjoy food.

Hell...don't watch the news with throwable objects in your hands, for that matter.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 17, 2015 05:29 AM (j3OmN)

794 Don't watch the news while trying to enjoy food.

Hell...don't watch the news with throwable objects in your hands, for that matter.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 17, 2015 05:29 AM (j3OmN)

I generally cannot watch the news in public spaces any more as I have a tendency to yell, "bullsh*t!" regularly.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at March 17, 2015 05:33 AM (b2cFu)

795 Hell...don't watch the news with throwable objects in your hands, for that matter.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 17, 2015 05:29 AM (j3OmN)

===why I took the cable box back for $600, Alex.
I no longer pay people to treat me like that.

Posted by: jc at March 17, 2015 05:33 AM (iRJ+A)

796 Well, VIA the one thing you can be sure about Leftists is that they lie about everything. All the time.

Posted by: cm9000 at March 17, 2015 05:36 AM (xcHSl)

797 @791 Posted by: Ayatollah Kookimanie at March 17, 2015 05:25 AM (b2cFu)
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Pardon me, sir. Are you in good health? And let's assume you croak, would it make a difference, or are your associates all cookie cutter images of you? And do you really want to dabble in nuclear science? That's evil Jew shenanigans. Don't sully your great nation with such things.

Posted by: Another Insomniac at March 17, 2015 05:36 AM (cIoI4)

798 I no longer pay people to treat me like that.
Posted by: jc at March 17, 2015 05:33 AM (iRJ+A)

We know. Have you gotten your latest fundraising e-mail?

Posted by: The RNC at March 17, 2015 05:36 AM (b2cFu)

799 Pardon me, sir. Are you in good health? And let's assume you croak, would it make a difference, or are your associates all cookie cutter images of you? And do you really want to dabble in nuclear science? That's evil Jew shenanigans. Don't sully your great nation with such things.
Posted by: Another Insomniac at March 17, 2015 05:36 AM (cIoI4)

Enough of them are.

Posted by: Ayatollah Kookimanie at March 17, 2015 05:38 AM (b2cFu)

800 798
I no longer pay people to treat me like that.

Posted by: jc at March 17, 2015 05:33 AM (iRJ+A)



We know. Have you gotten your latest fundraising e-mail?

Posted by: The RNC at March 17, 2015 05:36 AM (b2cFu)

====I only paid you fuckers once and I have regretted it ever since.

I have this general thought about the establishment R's these days:
when a noble soldier fights and is captured by my side, we will exclude him from the remainder of the war. he will not be mistreated, and when the war is over he will be released to go live a peaceful life of his choosing back in his home country.
when someone from my side is a traitor he will be shot or hanged.
this is not a threat of violence, it is a statement about how I feel.

Posted by: jc at March 17, 2015 05:41 AM (iRJ+A)

801 I no longer pay people to treat me like that.


Posted by: jc at March 17, 2015 05:33 AM (iRJ+A)


Word. Cut the cable years ago and don't regret it. Don't even listen to news on the radio much anymore, for that matter--especially not since the time (last year?) when my dad and I caught a report about economic numbers that used the adjectives "solid" and "robust" for... low single-digit percentages. We laughed.
I do try to stay informed, but I can't be the news junkie I was during the Bush years. There's too much to be outraged about, and I have to spend my limited energy on keeping the bills paid.

And speaking of limited energy (and patience), I think I'm fed up enough with this project to justify stopping for the night. Later, taters.

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at March 17, 2015 05:43 AM (iuQS7)

802 Later, taters.

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at March 17, 2015 05:43 AM (iuQS7)

===goodnight. have a lovely day tomorrow.

Posted by: jc at March 17, 2015 05:47 AM (iRJ+A)

803 "Well, VIA the one thing you can be sure about Leftists is that they lie about everything. All the time.'

They lie so often, even their cell phones give the wrong time.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 17, 2015 05:50 AM (j3OmN)

804 Off, anti-Semite sock

Posted by: Conservative Crank at March 17, 2015 05:53 AM (b2cFu)

805 A number of people are reporting that they used to be news junkies but now all the news only puts them in risk of rage stroke.


I have found that I am a lot less pissed off since I cancelled cable and got a Roku Box. It has Sky News so I can watch the British take on news. They actually seem to have a less biased take on US news than most US news organizations and when they get some strange take on things, it is a kind of odd British viewpoint. One of my favorite examples is a reporter in the US explaining to the anchor in London that in the United States if you try to grab a policeman's gun, you are very likely to be shot dead. The anchor seemed to react to this enlightening new bit of information as if it had never occurred to him before with a kind of nod.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 17, 2015 05:54 AM (KDbAT)

806 @801 "I do try to stay informed, but I can't be the news junkie I was during the Bush years. There's too much to be outraged about"
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Exactly. One knows what's at issue anyway, so reading the details of a new instance wouldn't inform, only aggravate. Like the hate crime story in the prior thead. I know that would just ruin the rest of the day and not tell me anything new.

Posted by: Another Insomniac at March 17, 2015 06:03 AM (cIoI4)

807 Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 17, 2015 05:54 AM (KDbAT)

Despite its tabloidish nature at times, I get a lot of my news from Daily Mail these days. Their reporting on US topics is a lot more honest than what you get in US papers, and the comments have less progressive trolls than average.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 17, 2015 06:05 AM (J+mig)

808 I no longer pay people to treat me like that.

Posted by: jc at March 17, 2015 05:33 AM (iRJ+A)

***

It's not even a question of feeling you're paying for something worthless. It feels masochistic. Paying people to insult your intelligence and your person. But they've done me a favor. As a kid, I watched too much, and now you couldn't pay me to watch that stuff.

Posted by: Another Insomniac at March 17, 2015 06:13 AM (3F6F8)

809 789
G'morning, all.



I guess we watch the Israeli elections today?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

I will until my BP forces me to turn off the news or I go to sleep. Then again there's yard work I have to do to get spring kicked off before it rains again tomorrow so that might keep me busy till noon or so at which point my body will simply turn off.

Sleep is highly over rated but inevitable.

Also, good morning daywalkers, someone go poke Vic!

Posted by: Gmac - Driving into the future from the past at March 17, 2015 06:15 AM (4pjhs)

810 Hey.....look at this... Texas is on the verge of passing open carry: http://tinyurl.com/lpq9qfs

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 17, 2015 06:24 AM (60Vyp)

811 *Waits in the rafters for Vic to unleash the daily outrage*

Posted by: 2L at March 17, 2015 06:29 AM (TaO1J)

812 BTW, have the lunatic libs outlawed lurking yet?

Posted by: 2L at March 17, 2015 06:31 AM (TaO1J)

813 "TW, have the lunatic libs outlawed lurking yet?"

Not yet.
So jump on in.
The water's fine.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 17, 2015 06:32 AM (j3OmN)

814 Likud might not be the biggest party after the election but I will predict that Bibi will still be PM after all votes have been counted and a new government is formed.

Posted by: Luap Nor's last brain cell at March 17, 2015 06:34 AM (QLqUE)

815 810 Hey.....look at this... Texas is on the verge of passing open carry: http://tinyurl.com/lpq9qfs
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 17, 2015 06:24 AM (60Vyp)

It's about damn time. No Amendment out of the Bill of Rights is optional, and shall not be infringed is one of the clearest sentence fragments in the history of the language.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 17, 2015 06:40 AM (J+mig)

816 See that look of dismay on the opening newsbabes face as she announced that the open carry bill passed?

Geez, wonder which side she is on.


Posted by: Luap Nor's last brain cell at March 17, 2015 06:40 AM (QLqUE)

817 The NOODs...
we still mention their arrival, yes?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 17, 2015 06:41 AM (j3OmN)

818 Quote of the Day 1 is the best comment I have seen in a long, long while.

Posted by: FrodoDLB at March 17, 2015 07:58 AM (IRQmX)

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