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Erich Kleiber, "Evening tea time with Chinese Lanterns" (1912)

Posted by: rdbrewer at 12:03 PM

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1 Art hath charms to sooth the savage breast

Posted by: Grump928(c) at July 21, 2015 12:02 PM (evdj2)

2 He should get up and go introduce himself to that lady.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 21, 2015 12:05 PM (LA7Cm)

3 Tea hell, bring me a double brown liquor.

Posted by: Vic - Republicans help Obama commit treason at July 21, 2015 12:05 PM (GpgJl)

4 And there is a nude girl n the wall.

Posted by: Vic - Republicans help Obama commit treason at July 21, 2015 12:06 PM (GpgJl)

5 There actually is some nude art in this art. It's about time.

Posted by: Insomniac at July 21, 2015 12:06 PM (2Ojst)

6 Calming. Much appreciated, rd.

Posted by: fly gal at July 21, 2015 12:06 PM (8TdcF)

7 Huh I thought I was lied to in the Corgi call. But there is actually a nood in the painting.

Posted by: Buzzsaw at July 21, 2015 12:06 PM (81UWZ)

8 Alternate title: Shining the light on how the Patriarchy keeps women imprisoned in the background

Posted by: Moderate Salami, mourning our Republic at July 21, 2015 12:06 PM (/Ho8c)

9 She's checking him out.

Posted by: rdbrewer at July 21, 2015 12:06 PM (Iyg03)

10 That painting won't fit into my Lamborghini, will it?

Posted by: Mary Gatter - PP Flesh Peddler at July 21, 2015 12:07 PM (DlmoZ)

11 The painting within the painting is nekkid.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at July 21, 2015 12:07 PM (YFw5T)

12 A mellow glow to soothe the savage beast.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2015 12:07 PM (U3X+h)

13 He doesn't even know she's there. He likes watching the spider on the floor.

Posted by: rdbrewer at July 21, 2015 12:08 PM (Iyg03)

14 Cultural appropriation with those lamps, burn the painting, stone the painter!

Posted by: Penfold at July 21, 2015 12:08 PM (Fbt5B)

15 Subtitle: La La La I'm Not Looking At You

Posted by: joncelli, Boned like You at July 21, 2015 12:08 PM (RD7QR)

16
at AoS Trump is the new rape

Posted by: Soothsayer at July 21, 2015 12:08 PM (dc0Am)

17 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Posted by: Patrick Stewart pPerforming the Picard Maneuver at July 21, 2015 12:08 PM (so+oy)

18 When can we just order people to vote for Jeb?

Posted by: GOP at July 21, 2015 12:08 PM (oFCZn)

19 Also known as: Just Before Rapey Tuesday Begins

Posted by: Moderate Salami, mourning our Republic at July 21, 2015 12:08 PM (/Ho8c)

20 A quiet moment, before he gets up to hunt Werewolves.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at July 21, 2015 12:08 PM (m9wUQ)

21 I bet that painting costs an arm AND a leg.

Posted by: Mary Gatter - PP Flesh Peddler at July 21, 2015 12:09 PM (DlmoZ)

22 4 And there is a nude girl n the wall.
Posted by: Vic - Republicans help Obama commit treason at July 21, 2015 12:06 PM (GpgJl)

Dang straight! Oh. You meant "wAll," not "wEll."

Posted by: Jame Gumb at July 21, 2015 12:09 PM (vgIRn)

23 I'd mount that painting.

Posted by: Insomniac at July 21, 2015 12:09 PM (2Ojst)

24 *Smacks forehead*

Somehow I missed the nude art.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 21, 2015 12:09 PM (LA7Cm)

25
I bet that painting costs an arm AND a leg.

Posted by: Mary Gatter - PP Flesh Peddler

You almost owed me a keyboard.

Posted by: Moderate Salami, mourning our Republic at July 21, 2015 12:09 PM (/Ho8c)

26 He's lulling her into a false sense of security.

Posted by: Buzzsaw at July 21, 2015 12:10 PM (81UWZ)

27 This is back in the times when women knew how to shut up and sit in the corner while letting a man think.

Ahh.. the good ole days...

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at July 21, 2015 12:10 PM (so+oy)

28 1912 and Chinese lanterns?

Opium's got to be involved somehow.

Posted by: Chupacabras at July 21, 2015 12:11 PM (+hPIb)

29 28 1912 and Chinese lanterns?

Opium's got to be involved somehow.
Posted by: Chupacabras at July 21, 2015 12:11 PM (+hPIb)

OPIUM RUINED CHINA!!!

Posted by: Deez Lamps at July 21, 2015 12:11 PM (2Ojst)

30 Twin baby manatees?

Daddy needs a new pair of boots.

Posted by: wrg500 at July 21, 2015 12:12 PM (kQBSd)

31 Don't any of you see that giant bird/insect hybrid monstrosity walking through the door??!!??

Posted by: Dirty Randy at July 21, 2015 12:12 PM (jjaLl)

32 Yo!

Posted by: Yo! at July 21, 2015 12:12 PM (q+zA9)

33 What's going on in the left side of the painting? Is that an open door?

Posted by: Lincolntf at July 21, 2015 12:12 PM (2cS/G)

34 Well the Mega Millions tonight is worth $91 million cash. So could afford the Lambo, the painting, and some shack in West Palm Beach FL...

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2015 12:12 PM (U3X+h)

35 "Opium's got to be involved somehow."

Cocksucka!

Posted by: Wu at July 21, 2015 12:13 PM (LA7Cm)

36 Say, has anyone, ever, convinced their Mrs. that turning the house thermostat down will not actually cool the house faster?

Posted by: Chupacabras at July 21, 2015 12:13 PM (F26eZ)

37 26 He's lulling her into a false sense of security.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at July 21, 2015 12:10 PM (81UWZ)

Who hasn't been there, amiright? "Pardon me, but now that we've gotten to know each other better, does this rag smell like chloroform to you?"

Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at July 21, 2015 12:13 PM (vgIRn)

38 Ricardo you are slipping.

First with Helga and now this...

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2015 12:13 PM (U3X+h)

39 26 He's lulling her into a false sense of security.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at July 21, 2015 12:10 PM (81UWZ)

That's what the 'ludes are for.

Posted by: wrg500 at July 21, 2015 12:14 PM (kQBSd)

40
Early hookup site. Brick and mortar days.
Life is short. Have some "tea."

Posted by: A Certain Nevada Democrat at July 21, 2015 12:14 PM (4uDUj)

41 'es comtemplatin' 'is White Privilege, 'e is

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at July 21, 2015 12:14 PM (7RXcs)

42 33
What's going on in the left side of the painting? Is that an open door?

Posted by: Lincolntf at July 21, 2015 12:12 PM (2cS/G)

That's what I asked! It's a hideous horror!!!!

Posted by: Dirty Randy at July 21, 2015 12:14 PM (jjaLl)

43 36 Say, has anyone, ever, convinced their Mrs. that turning the house thermostat down will not actually cool the house faster?
Posted by: Chupacabras at July 21, 2015 12:13 PM (F26eZ)

Sure, right after I convince a camel to walk through the eye of a needle.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at July 21, 2015 12:14 PM (m9wUQ)

44 This painting was created before "talking" was required on quiet evenings at home.

Posted by: MTF at July 21, 2015 12:14 PM (DkJ4E)

45 I'm feeling... just... capital!

Posted by: Curly Bill at July 21, 2015 12:14 PM (F26eZ)

46 Yesterday there was a story on Breitbart about how the Social Security admin. plans to deny payments to gun owners.
Is there anything to that?
Nothing surprises me anymore, sadly.

Posted by: Thor's feather duster at July 21, 2015 12:15 PM (JgC5a)

47 sum ting wong here

Posted by: wee tu lo at July 21, 2015 12:15 PM (q+zA9)

48 Which one is the tranny?

Posted by: eman at July 21, 2015 12:15 PM (MQEz6)

49 Left side?

That is either some shrubbery or Zorak trying to pretend to be shrubbery.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2015 12:16 PM (U3X+h)

50 Never had tea with Chinese lanterns. I feel left out.

Posted by: MrScribbler at July 21, 2015 12:16 PM (rCmeG)

51 She put opium in his tea and is watching him nod off so she can ______ him.

Posted by: Ed Anger at July 21, 2015 12:17 PM (RcpcZ)

52 That's not me man

Posted by: Paolo at July 21, 2015 12:17 PM (q+zA9)

53 Paolo must be in the bathroom.

Posted by: Garrett at July 21, 2015 12:18 PM (6oJ3K)

54 The Portrait of Dear Old Mum is best illuminated by Chinese lanterns.

Posted by: eman at July 21, 2015 12:18 PM (MQEz6)

55 51 She put opium in his tea and is watching him nod off so she can ______ him.
Posted by: Ed Anger at July 21, 2015 12:17 PM (RcpcZ)

rob

Posted by: Insomniac at July 21, 2015 12:18 PM (2Ojst)

56

Love the video Fiorina put out on facebook (that Drudge linked).

Good for her.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 21, 2015 12:18 PM (qCMvj)

57 Alternate Title: White Colonialist Contemplating Tea and Rape, But Mostly Rape

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 21, 2015 12:18 PM (/S6j/)

58 so she can shanghai him

Posted by: Grump928(c) at July 21, 2015 12:18 PM (evdj2)

59 "First with Helga and now this..."

I guess I need to reapply myself.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 21, 2015 12:18 PM (LA7Cm)

60 43 36 Say, has anyone, ever, convinced their Mrs. that turning the house thermostat down will not actually cool the house faster?
Posted by: Chupacabras at July 21, 2015 12:13 PM (F26eZ)
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This totally bewilders me. She does it in the car too. I've tried to say it several different ways for years and I am making zero headway.

She doesn't even listen to me anymore, or maybe she turns down the thermostat just to watch me twitch.

Posted by: MTF at July 21, 2015 12:18 PM (DkJ4E)

61 @Ed Anger

rape

Posted by: Curly Bill at July 21, 2015 12:18 PM (F26eZ)

62 rob

Posted by: Insomniac

She could just marry him--it lasts longer.

Posted by: Moderate Salami, mourning our Republic at July 21, 2015 12:18 PM (/Ho8c)

63 Well the Mega Millions tonight is worth $91 million cash. So could afford the Lambo, the painting, and some shack in West Palm Beach FL...

Nothing for Pixy's hamsters!?!

shame! *rings bell * SHAME! *rings bell*

Posted by: Adriane the Socialist Critic ... at July 21, 2015 12:19 PM (qOsoH)

64 Didn't Edward Hopper paint a similar scene in one of his works?

Posted by: JoeF. at July 21, 2015 12:19 PM (we4nf)

65 "They're rapists."

Trump
2016

Posted by: prescient11 at July 21, 2015 12:19 PM (q5APL)

66 She could just marry him--it lasts longer.
Posted by: Moderate Salami, mourning our Republic at July 21, 2015 12:18 PM (/Ho8c)

They only marry unconscious people in Vegas.

Posted by: Insomniac at July 21, 2015 12:19 PM (2Ojst)

67 Is there a zombie version?

Posted by: eman at July 21, 2015 12:19 PM (MQEz6)

68

Fiorina hits Hillary and defunding PP.

Out of the park.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 21, 2015 12:19 PM (qCMvj)

69 That's a strange space. They seem to be indoors, with art on the walls, but do people hang Chinese lanterns indoors? Maybe before light bulbs were standard, I guess. And the tree monster coming to eat them needs to be perkier.

Posted by: Lincolntf at July 21, 2015 12:19 PM (2cS/G)

70 So should that be documented or undocumented hamsters?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2015 12:19 PM (U3X+h)

71 >>What's going on in the left side of the painting? Is that an open door?

It looks like an attempt at a Chinese screen or room divider. There appears to be a peacock on the lower part.

Or maybe the artist sneezed on it.

Posted by: fly gal at July 21, 2015 12:20 PM (8TdcF)

72 And the tree monster coming to eat them needs to be perkier.
Posted by: Lincolntf at July 21, 2015 12:19 PM (2cS/G)

You're saying it needs tits?

Posted by: Insomniac at July 21, 2015 12:20 PM (2Ojst)

73 There's a dragon on the doorway to the left. She put something in his tea.

ZIP UP YOUR PANTS AND RUN, MISTER!!!

Posted by: Dang at July 21, 2015 12:20 PM (2oWD2)

74 They only marry unconscious people in Vegas.

Posted by: Insomniac

So that's how that happened.

*nods thoughtfully*

Posted by: Moderate Salami, mourning our Republic at July 21, 2015 12:20 PM (/Ho8c)

75

Rush is all over the new PP video.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 21, 2015 12:20 PM (qCMvj)

76 You're saying it needs tits?

Posted by: Insomniac

Well, duh.

Posted by: Moderate Salami, mourning our Republic at July 21, 2015 12:20 PM (/Ho8c)

77 The SS gun owners thing was a "leak." AKA trial balloon.

So the feds will not give "our" money back unless we adhere to certain social standards?

Let's hope this "trial" balloon is as leaden as it should be.

Posted by: JohnnyBoy at July 21, 2015 12:20 PM (l2Gqi)

78

heh, now Rush is playing Fiorina's video/audio

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 21, 2015 12:21 PM (qCMvj)

79 After reading the Planned Parenthood news this morning, I found myself wondering... how many hobo parts and organs would Ace have to sell to afford that Lamborghini?

Or would he be pretty much limited to that used Trabant?

Posted by: Keith Arnold at July 21, 2015 12:21 PM (iIzG7)

80 60 43 36 Say, has anyone, ever, convinced their Mrs. that turning the house thermostat down will not actually cool the house faster?
Posted by: Chupacabras at July 21, 2015 12:13 PM (F26eZ)
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This totally bewilders me. She does it in the car too. I've tried to say it several different ways for years and I am making zero headway.

She doesn't even listen to me anymore, or maybe she turns down the thermostat just to watch me twitch.
Posted by: MTF at July 21, 2015 12:18 PM (DkJ4E)

Don't get me started.

Posted by: eman at July 21, 2015 12:21 PM (MQEz6)

81 Good point on the doorway on the left. I'm thinking this may be an indoor/outdoor courtyard-type space. On one hand, Chinese lanterns are not usually hung indoors. On the other, art is usually not hung on exterior walls.

Nice piece. The broad pouring tea wants banged, you can totes tell. Whether or not the pensive chap is the "right" man for the job is up for debate.

Two white thumbs up!

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at July 21, 2015 12:21 PM (7RXcs)

82 Let's hope this "trial" balloon is as leaden as it should be.

Posted by: JohnnyBoy

The trial balloon and its fliers need to popped with pitchforks or burned with torches.

Posted by: Moderate Salami, mourning our Republic at July 21, 2015 12:21 PM (/Ho8c)

83 Alien invaders have been doing it wrong for ages...

To conquer Earth, put some fake tits on... much like a Cardashian....

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2015 12:21 PM (U3X+h)

84 Droopy tree monsters are a sign of our nation's rapidly declining health.

Posted by: Lincolntf at July 21, 2015 12:21 PM (2cS/G)

85 I told her to go outside and do a rain dance, it would probably be more effective.

Wow, did that go over well.

Posted by: Chupacabras at July 21, 2015 12:22 PM (F26eZ)

86 That thing in the back appears to be a false wall (like those things they would stand behind to change clothes, can't remember the name of them) with a design of a bird sitting in a tree on it.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 21, 2015 12:22 PM (LA7Cm)

87 Pretty sure that table is a Karl Farbman piece.

Posted by: Garrett at July 21, 2015 12:23 PM (6oJ3K)

88 I couldn't stomach watching all of Obama's speech, but man, did it have some strange pauses. Things like talking about Chattanooga victims) "He was always the first one up......the hill" and "...and his two daughter he referred to as.......his princesses." Maybe his batteries are low?

Posted by: Lizzy at July 21, 2015 12:23 PM (NOIQH)

89 That thing in the doorway is a transformer. In an earlier painting it looked like a bicycle. There is no third painting.

Posted by: Dang at July 21, 2015 12:24 PM (2oWD2)

90 So should that be documented or undocumented hamsters?

No hamster is illegal!!!!

Stop the H8 there, Missy!

Posted by: Adriane the Policy Critic ... at July 21, 2015 12:24 PM (qOsoH)

91 They both have head lice and will die from cholera a year later.

Posted by: eman at July 21, 2015 12:24 PM (MQEz6)

92 Well lets hope Doctor Who and UNIT show up soon to deal with the alien invader in that painting...

https://youtu.be/lYw80B1v8-I

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2015 12:24 PM (U3X+h)

93 69 That's a strange space. They seem to be indoors, with art on the walls, but do people hang Chinese lanterns indoors?

----------

Dunno, but we have lots of pinatas hanging inside at El Hacienda del Jebster.

Posted by: El Gobernador Jeb Bush at July 21, 2015 12:24 PM (/S6j/)

94 Looks like the center for medical progress has released their new video, showing PP haggling on the price for body parts.

Ugh. Somebody needs to go to prison for this.

Posted by: OregonMuse at July 21, 2015 12:24 PM (qkRol)

95 That thing in the back appears to be a false wall (like those things they would stand behind to change clothes, can't remember the name of them)...

Body hiders.

Posted by: Ed Anger at July 21, 2015 12:24 PM (RcpcZ)

96 He's about to find out why it's a bad idea to have a door so close to the ocean.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at July 21, 2015 12:24 PM (YFw5T)

97 Chinese lanterns? Racist cultural appropriation!

Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at July 21, 2015 12:24 PM (jtStN)

98 83 Alien invaders have been doing it wrong for ages...

To conquer Earth, put some fake tits on... much like a Cardashian....
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2015 12:21 PM (U3X+h)

To conquer earth you gotta put some tits on it
To conquer earth you gotta put some tits on it

/to the tune of Single Ladies

Posted by: Insomniac at July 21, 2015 12:24 PM (2Ojst)

99 You know what, it's too damned bad air conditioners don't cool down faster the lower you set them.

Life would just make more sense that way.

Posted by: JohnnyBoy at July 21, 2015 12:25 PM (l2Gqi)

100 Yeah, now I see the peacock on the branch, definitely one of those dressing screens.

Posted by: Lincolntf at July 21, 2015 12:25 PM (2cS/G)

101 Maybe his batteries are low?

Posted by: Lizzy

Maybe he switched from cocaine to heroin.

Posted by: Dang at July 21, 2015 12:25 PM (2oWD2)

102 Good.
Helluva thing to make a law that says you have to pay your money in to a fund all your life only to find that to get it back there are strings attached.
That would be a recipe for widespread civil unrest.

Posted by: Thor's feather duster at July 21, 2015 12:25 PM (JgC5a)

103 It's creepy how the feds want to make all docs informers. How do you trust your own doctor?

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 21, 2015 12:26 PM (iQIUe)

104 The SS thing was people who had been judged incompetent to manage their finances and the SS admin was sending their checks though an intermediary.

Obama's rational is that if they are mentally incompetent to manage their money they can't manage a gun. However, I am sure it will wind up in court. That used to take a court order from a judge, not a choom asshole said.

Posted by: Vic - Republicans help Obama commit treason at July 21, 2015 12:26 PM (GpgJl)

105 >>Looks like the center for medical progress has released their new video....

Can We just note the beauty of the organization's name - they worked in "Progress" which is usually a big, fat tell that the org. is progressive/lefty activists?

Posted by: Lizzy at July 21, 2015 12:26 PM (NOIQH)

106 The Soviet News says Apple stuff is down.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 21, 2015 12:27 PM (zzASn)

107 That is how to dress up killing that

Agitator aka Community Organizer, "You paid into Social Security all these years. Its your money! Take it back!"

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2015 12:27 PM (U3X+h)

108 The fact that these baby parts sales discussion happen over LUNCH, make me want to lose mine.

What wine goes best when discussing "less crunchy methods"? A soft yet beguiling Pinot Grigio or a robust vampiric Cab?

Posted by: Russkilitlover at July 21, 2015 12:28 PM (Omz+x)

109 Lamborghinis cost an arm and a leg. *laughs*

Posted by: Molech, abortion diety at July 21, 2015 12:28 PM (2oWD2)

110 103 It's creepy how the feds want to make all docs informers. How do you trust your own doctor?

-------

Now you're starting to understand.

Posted by: Pavlik Morozov, Hero of the Soviet Union at July 21, 2015 12:28 PM (/S6j/)

111 Maybe his batteries are low?
Posted by: Lizzy

Maybe he switched from cocaine to heroin.
Posted by: Dang

Maybe he's a dumb fcuk who can't remember which lie he's telling ...

Posted by: Adriane the Psychological Critic ... at July 21, 2015 12:28 PM (qOsoH)

112 >>It's creepy how the feds want to make all docs informers. How do you trust your own doctor?

And this was clear from day one - that centralizing medical records would inevitably lead to abuse.

You can only trust your doctor if he/she has refused to use the electronic medical records software.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 21, 2015 12:28 PM (NOIQH)

113 >>Maybe he switched from cocaine to heroin.
Posted by: Dang

>>Maybe he's a dumb fcuk who can't remember which lie he's telling ...

Posted by: Adriane the Psychological Critic

- - -

Yes

Posted by: Lizzy at July 21, 2015 12:29 PM (NOIQH)

114 Say, has anyone, ever, convinced their Mrs. that turning the house thermostat down will not actually cool the house faster?
Posted by: Chupacabras at July 21, 2015 12:13 PM (F26eZ)
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This totally bewilders me. She does it in the car too. I've tried to say it several different ways for years and I am making zero headway.

She doesn't even listen to me anymore, or maybe she turns down the thermostat just to watch me twitch.
Posted by: MTF at July 21, 2015 12:18 PM (DkJ4E)

Don't get me started.
Posted by: eman at July 21, 2015 12:21 PM (MQEz6)

Here's one for you. Been married 18 years. My wife will always do this.

Her: "We have that party next weekend"

Me: "What about this Saturday and Sunday?"

Her: I just said we have a party

Me: You said next weekend

Her: No, I meant THIS SATURDAY

Me: If this Saturday is NEXT WEEKEND, what the living fcuk is THIS WEEKEND?

Her: .......

Can't tell you how many times we've had similar convos. Now if it were Sunday evening and she said next weekend, I could be OK with that. But on a Freakin' Tuesday, to refer to this weekend as 'next weekend' is just...wow. Who does this?

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at July 21, 2015 12:30 PM (7RXcs)

115 "next weekend"

Obviously your wife is a Time Lord.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2015 12:31 PM (U3X+h)

116 @102: My understanding with the (proposed?) SS/guns proposal is this:
If a person, who collects social security, has a 3rd party administer their funds for them - for whatever reason (not just incompetency) - then they would no longer be able to buy a firearm.

Posted by: OurCountryIsScrewed at July 21, 2015 12:31 PM (DlmoZ)

117 You can only trust your doctor if he/she has refused to use the electronic medical records software.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 21, 2015 12:28 PM (NOIQH)

I would say, or if they put in fake information on the non-medical sections. Of course I expect that to end when they arrest a doctor for falsifying information because he said someone didn't have guns and he did.

Posted by: buzzion at July 21, 2015 12:31 PM (zt+N6)

118 That's a strange space. They seem to be indoors, with art on the walls, but do people hang Chinese lanterns indoors?

Every cheezoid Chinese restaurant I've ever been in -- and that would be one major shitload of them -- had lanterns hanging from the ceiling. Also lotsa lacquered wood and wall-hangings with Chinese stuff written on them.

And naugahyde booths. I think there's a law demanding all those things in any place you can get lo mein and chop suey.

Posted by: MrScribbler at July 21, 2015 12:32 PM (rCmeG)

119 Who does this?

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah

I have similar discussions with my wife. Apparently we have very different definitions of "this" and "next" with regards to dates.

Posted by: Moderate Salami, mourning our Republic at July 21, 2015 12:32 PM (/Ho8c)

120 Can't tell you how many times we've had similar convos. Now if it were Sunday evening and she said next weekend, I could be OK with that. But on a Freakin' Tuesday, to refer to this weekend as 'next weekend' is just...wow. Who does this?

Every wife known to man.

Posted by: wrg500 at July 21, 2015 12:32 PM (kQBSd)

121 @ghost

Mrs. Chupacabras' answer to that is the next Saturday is this Saturday.

Posted by: Chupacabras at July 21, 2015 12:32 PM (+hPIb)

122 as Taiwan sits peacefully.......

Posted by: qmark at July 21, 2015 12:32 PM (wkUEj)

123 Who does this?

People who divide the week on hump day ...

Posted by: Adriane the Psychological Critic ... at July 21, 2015 12:32 PM (qOsoH)

124 Couple of things:

In the "illegal immigration" debate.

There are 'immigrant' visas(IV) and 'non-immigrant visas' (NIV).

Those with IVs are here to 'emigrate' : live, work and remain in the US , and will receive the status of Lawfully Admitted Permanent Resident. This status can potentially be converted to citizenship by going throught the citizenship process but many LAPRs never become citizens.

Those with NIVs are here for a temporary reason: student, visitor, entertainer, or temporary jobs - that can't be filled by US workers. These are the visas that get abused the most . Visa overstays are arguably the largest source of illegal immigration.

NIV holders sign a piece of paper swearing their intention NOT to stay in the US indefinitely and only for the terms of their visas. They lie about this all the time and overstay anyway.

Visa fraud is a crime committed when businesses bring in workers and either lie about the availability of US workers or lie about the availability of the advertised jobs and 'pool' the workers to 'rent them out' to other employers.

The laws are there, they are clear, but they are selectively enforced.

Solving the 'illegal immigration problem' = enforcing the existing law.

Posted by: some random meathead at July 21, 2015 12:33 PM (cNtqS)

125 People who divide the week on hump day ...

Posted by: Adriane the Psychological Critic

Then I'm really baffled.

We don't observe "hump day" at Casa Salami.

Posted by: Moderate Salami, mourning our Republic at July 21, 2015 12:34 PM (/Ho8c)

126 114: My mother uses "this coming weekend", much less confusing.

Posted by: nnptcgrad at July 21, 2015 12:34 PM (Mxs5H)

127 I have similar discussions with my wife. Apparently we have very different definitions of "this" and "next" with regards to dates.

Yea, my wife and me differing definitions of "a couple" of something. To me a couple is 2, to her it's greater than 2.

Posted by: wrg500 at July 21, 2015 12:34 PM (kQBSd)

128 Who does this?

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah

I have similar discussions with my wife. Apparently we have very different definitions of "this" and "next" with regards to dates.
Posted by: Moderate Salami, mourning our Republic at July 21, 2015 12:32 PM (/Ho8c)

she's trying to send me to an early grave. I'm convinced of this.

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at July 21, 2015 12:34 PM (7RXcs)

129 My understanding with the (proposed?) SS/guns proposal is this:
If
a person, who collects social security, has a 3rd party administer
their funds for them - for whatever reason (not just incompetency) -
then they would no longer be able to buy a firearm. Posted by: OurCountryIsScrewed at July 21, 2015 12:31 PM

That's how I read it too.

But I suspect the next step is for Choom Boy to add in data from his new "Get Whitey" databases and refine the regulations further. Old white men won't be packin' in the Preezy's world.

Posted by: MrScribbler at July 21, 2015 12:34 PM (rCmeG)

130 88 I couldn't stomach watching all of Obama's speech, but man, did it have some strange pauses. Things like talking about Chattanooga victims) "He was always the first one up......the hill" and "...and his two daughter he referred to as.......his princesses." Maybe his batteries are low?
Posted by: Lizzy at July 21, 2015 12:23 PM (NOIQH)

Teleprompter was scrolling too slowly. Or he switched to heroin. Not mutually exclusive.

Posted by: joncelli, Boned like You at July 21, 2015 12:34 PM (RD7QR)

131 83
Alien invaders have been doing it wrong for ages...

To conquer Earth, put some fake tits on... much like a Cardashian....
--------------
That supposedly the line of thought behind the origin of Urusei Yatsura, Anna. However, the lust of Earth men overcame alien power in an alluring form.

Earth girls are easy, Earth guys go for the win.

Posted by: exdem13 at July 21, 2015 12:34 PM (ry4ab)

132 Can We just note the beauty of the organization's name - they worked in "Progress" which is usually a big, fat tell that the org. is progressive/lefty activists?

And they're very media-savvy, too, which is a joy to behold: evidently, they've got a crapload of video, but they're only doing one small release at a time, in order to guarantee maximum impact. First the short video, followed by the unabbreviated long video so they can't be accused of "taking things out of context."

As I said in the previous thread, we're winning the war on abortion. One video at a time.

Posted by: OregonMuse at July 21, 2015 12:35 PM (qkRol)

133 At least the guy drinking tea has a Replicator behind his chair, so he can get a scone whenever he wants.

Posted by: Lincolntf at July 21, 2015 12:35 PM (2cS/G)

134 Because I was late back to the thread...Back to my original point about Palin...

If Palin had been asked and agreed to back Flynn in Illinois, he would be the candidate today.

That district is heavily republican and had a low turnout primary. Palin's endorsement would mean a winning percentage would have crawled through glass to vote for her pick.

Everyone in the district would have known his name.

But the writer's guild didn't want to be embarrassed. So they ate a 40 point loss and put a RINO in the congress.

Good job.

Posted by: jwest at July 21, 2015 12:35 PM (P/xrJ)

135 Me: So, what do we have this weekend?

Her: Well, I'm going to get my color touched up, then I'm meeting a friend for a drink...

Me: But what do we have?

Her: Oh, nothing, why, did you want to come?

Posted by: Chupacabras at July 21, 2015 12:35 PM (+hPIb)

136 I heard a guy explain how he got around the thermostat problem. He wired a second thermostat inside a closet and left the original as a decoy.

Posted by: Buzzsaw at July 21, 2015 12:35 PM (81UWZ)

137 We don't observe "hump day" at Casa Salami.

Posted by: Moderate Salami, mourning our Republic at July 21, 2015 12:34 PM (/Ho8c)

Well, you are married after all.

Posted by: Insomniac at July 21, 2015 12:35 PM (2Ojst)

138
Yea, my wife and me differing definitions of "a couple" of something. To me a couple is 2, to her it's greater than 2.

Posted by: wrg500 at July 21, 2015 12:34 PM (kQBSd)

Sounds like a way to suggest a threesome to her.

Posted by: buzzion at July 21, 2015 12:35 PM (zt+N6)

139 "My mother uses "this coming weekend"

That's what my mom always said too and I picked it up from her. "This coming" and "Next" were the terms for the next two weekends in a row.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 21, 2015 12:36 PM (LA7Cm)

140 We don't observe "hump day" at Casa Salami.

TMI, dude ...

WAAAAAAAAY TMI ...

Posted by: Adriane the Snickering Critic ... at July 21, 2015 12:36 PM (qOsoH)

141 If a person, who collects social security, has a 3rd party administer
their funds for them - for whatever reason (not just incompetency) -
then they would no longer be able to buy a firearm.

Right -

Because of the rash of social security recipients shooting up military installations.

Makes total sense.

LIB

Posted by: some random meathead at July 21, 2015 12:36 PM (cNtqS)

142 Irritating puff piece from MSN. This oughta get your blood boiling:

"Looking for God, this former US Army helicopter pilot found Allah" http://tinyurl.com/q6nqfbm

Money quote: "On the day we sat down for an interview outside of a mosque in his hometown of Austin, Texas, Benouis wore a t-shirt, jeans, flip-flops and a ballcap. Throw in his nose ring and some tattoos and his style is decidedly more hipster than anything Islamic."

What an igit-ramus. #WASTF

Posted by: 1bulwetweft at July 21, 2015 12:36 PM (nqiq9)

143 138
Yea, my wife and me differing definitions of "a couple" of something. To me a couple is 2, to her it's greater than 2.

Posted by: wrg500 at July 21, 2015 12:34 PM (kQBSd)

Sounds like a way to suggest a threesome to her.
Posted by: buzzion at July 21, 2015 12:35 PM (zt+N6)

Count me in!

Posted by: Paolo at July 21, 2015 12:36 PM (2Ojst)

144 My mother uses "this coming weekend", much less confusing

"this coming weekend"= this weekend.

any way you slice it

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at July 21, 2015 12:37 PM (7RXcs)

145 >>112 >>It's creepy how the feds want to make all docs informers.

This is going to happen with legal/medical marijuana states.

Got a card? No guns for you.

Posted by: Garrett at July 21, 2015 12:37 PM (6oJ3K)

146 If I get one more fundraising solicitation to "restore America's greatness" I'm going to puke. Just got one from John Kasich (yeah, John, you're the man all right). How about one that says, "want to destroy the radical Left that's destroying America's greatness?"

Posted by: rrpjr at July 21, 2015 12:37 PM (s/yC1)

147 Hex exdem13, maybe we should make a live action Urusei Yatsura. But which annoying actor would we select to get humiliated and electrocuted by Lum?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2015 12:37 PM (U3X+h)

148 The Chinese basket must be hanging in the back room.

Posted by: wth at July 21, 2015 12:37 PM (wAQA5)

149 The Chinese lanterns are too 2-dimensional looking. Kleiber is an asshat.

Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at July 21, 2015 12:38 PM (E5UB0)

150 Sounds like a way to suggest a threesome to her.

Posted by: buzzion at July 21, 2015 12:35 PM (zt+N6)

Great, 2 women who won't have sex with me.

Posted by: wrg500 at July 21, 2015 12:38 PM (kQBSd)

151 88
I couldn't stomach watching all of Obama's speech, but man, did it have
some strange pauses. Things like talking about Chattanooga victims) "He
was always the first one up......the hill" and "...and his two daughter
he referred to as.......his princesses." Maybe his batteries are low?
-----------
Maybe because he is forcing himself to repress what he really wants to say.

Posted by: exdem13 at July 21, 2015 12:38 PM (ry4ab)

152 But which annoying actor would we select to get humiliated and electrocuted by Lum?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2015 12:37 PM (U3X+h)

Robert Redford??

Posted by: 1bulwetweft at July 21, 2015 12:39 PM (nqiq9)

153 142 Irritating puff piece from MSN. This oughta get your blood boiling:

"Looking for God, this former US Army helicopter pilot found Allah" http://tinyurl.com/q6nqfbm

Money quote: "On the day we sat down for an interview outside of a mosque in his hometown of Austin, Texas, Benouis wore a t-shirt, jeans, flip-flops and a ballcap. Throw in his nose ring and some tattoos and his style is decidedly more hipster than anything Islamic."

What an igit-ramus. #WASTF
Posted by: 1bulwetweft at July 21, 2015 12:36 PM (nqiq9)

They're propagandists for the left. The White House said "soft-pedal lone-wolf jihadism" so they bust their asses finding hipster muslims. Remember, they work for the cause, not you.

Posted by: joncelli, Boned like You at July 21, 2015 12:39 PM (RD7QR)

154 >>If Palin had been asked and agreed to back Flynn in Illinois, he would be the candidate today.

AHOY!

Posted by: PALINISTO at July 21, 2015 12:39 PM (6oJ3K)

155 she's trying to send me to an early grave. I'm convinced of this.

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah

It's one of their jobs.

Posted by: Moderate Salami, mourning our Republic at July 21, 2015 12:39 PM (/Ho8c)

156 >>and his style is decidedly more hipster than anything Islamic."

FFS, Taqiyya.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 21, 2015 12:40 PM (NOIQH)

157 I had a Doctor put false info in my medical report once. I went to him because of trouble urinating and he gave me the gloved finger. Then he wrote that I had complained about lower back pain and the other classic symptoms of an enlarged prostate. Which I hadn't.

Maybe he did it so my insurance would cover it. Maybe he did it so he could finger rape me. He was former Marine and seemed a bit too happy to perform the "procedure". When he stepped out of the examining room I looked at what he wrote down. It made me feel double violated.

Posted by: Ed Anger at July 21, 2015 12:40 PM (RcpcZ)

158 Well, you are married after all.

Posted by: Insomniac

Exactly.

Posted by: Moderate Salami, mourning our Republic at July 21, 2015 12:40 PM (/Ho8c)

159 If I get one more fundraising solicitation to "restore America's greatness" I'm going to puke. Just got one from John Kasich....
Posted by: rrpjr at July 21, 2015 12:37 PM (s/yC1)

Just got the same thing! Kinda creepy in a way.... he says "I'm running because I can win."

Really John? Really?

Posted by: Dirty Randy at July 21, 2015 12:41 PM (jjaLl)

160
Also lotsa lacquered wood and wall-hangings with Chinese stuff written on them.

Posted by: MrScribbler at July 21, 2015 12:32 PM (rCmeG)

They all say things like "E Coli Section" and "Gweilo Go Home" in Cantonese.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 21, 2015 12:41 PM (VbHFl)

161 she's trying to send me to an early grave. I'm convinced of this.

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah

It's one of their jobs.

Posted by: Moderate Salami, mourning our Republic

It's in the fine print on the marriage license.

Posted by: wrg500 at July 21, 2015 12:41 PM (kQBSd)

162 157 I had a Doctor put false info in my medical report once. I went to him because of trouble urinating and he gave me the gloved finger. Then he wrote that I had complained about lower back pain and the other classic symptoms of an enlarged prostate. Which I hadn't.

Maybe he did it so my insurance would cover it. Maybe he did it so he could finger rape me. He was former Marine and seemed a bit too happy to perform the "procedure". When he stepped out of the examining room I looked at what he wrote down. It made me feel double violated.
Posted by: Ed Anger at July 21, 2015 12:40 PM (RcpcZ)

What, not even drinks and a show first?

Posted by: joncelli, Boned like You at July 21, 2015 12:41 PM (RD7QR)

163 146
If I get one more fundraising solicitation to "restore America's
greatness" I'm going to puke. Just got one from John Kasich (yeah, John,
you're the man all right). How about one that says, "want to destroy
the radical Left that's destroying America's greatness?"
--------------
Ah, you have been getting those shoved in your mailbox too? I like Kasich as governor here, where he is slowly pulling Ohio back from the Michigan and Illinois brink. Nut he's not the guy to go to D.C. and save the Republic from itself.

Posted by: exdem13 at July 21, 2015 12:41 PM (ry4ab)

164 I think threesomes are a little, well, too casual. Women are generally more relational; the typical threesome is only about sex.

That's why I recommend polygamy.

Posted by: JohnnyBoy at July 21, 2015 12:42 PM (l2Gqi)

165 They all say things like "E Coli Section" and "Gweilo Go Home" in Cantonese.

I haven't been here 4 hour!!!!

Posted by: Typical Buffet Patron ... at July 21, 2015 12:42 PM (qOsoH)

166 I'm gonna drop this in a few threads today, apologies for the spam, but it should be self-explanatory that not everyone reads every thread.

*clambers up on stepstool of awesomeness*

Gettysburg. A few weeks ago the idea of a Horde visit to the battlefield came up and a couple of us thought it would be a good idea to organize it. Clearly, the best thing to do is to consult everyone on dates and schedule it a month in advance.

But really.

So, someone got Her calendar cleared for this weekend and it's a go. At least three Moron/'Ettes will visit Gettysburg this Saturday. The best idea so far is a horseback tour.

My e-mail is in my nick. If you're interested in joining us please let me know.

This non-official HQ excursion is sanctioned under the auspices of Alextopia.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 21, 2015 12:42 PM (JtwS4)

167 Those people are Tea Partiers!!

Posted by: Brian Ross at July 21, 2015 12:42 PM (q+zA9)

168 Lets rephrase that.

Ataru Morobshi is a lecherous high school student. Space Demons show up to conquer the planet. But if Earth can find a champion and defeat the aliens' champion, then Earth is saved.

Somehow Ataru is chosen as champion. And Lum, goddess in a tiger-stripe bikini, is the aliens' champion.

http://www.hlj.com/product/CSP33816/App

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2015 12:43 PM (U3X+h)

169 she's trying to send me to an early grave. I'm convinced of this.

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah

It's one of their jobs.

Posted by: Moderate Salami, mourning our Republic

Life insurance payout.

Wife retirement Plan B.

Posted by: some random meathead at July 21, 2015 12:43 PM (cNtqS)

170 TMI, dude ...

WAAAAAAAAY TMI ...

Posted by: Adriane the Snickering Critic

Well, it seemed germane to the discussion. Or maybe I misunderstood the part about "hump day"...

D'oh...

Posted by: Moderate Salami, mourning our Republic at July 21, 2015 12:43 PM (/Ho8c)

171 147
Hex exdem13, maybe we should make a live action Urusei Yatsura. But which annoying actor would we select to get humiliated and electrocuted by Lum?
-----------
We should cast the show from Disney Network's live-action programming. That should fulfill all our needs presently.

Posted by: exdem13 at July 21, 2015 12:43 PM (ry4ab)

172 I actually did this recently. The Discussion began about 'this weekend' vs. 'next weekend'.

I said "OK. Forget about me. Say one of your friends, someone you actually like said to you on a Wednesday, 'let's meet for a glass of wine next weekend'" At this point I pulled out our calendar we use to keep track of kids' activities. Pointed to 'today' and asked her to show me when she thought her friend wanted to meet.

Wife was not keen on completing the calendar exercise with me. Went downhill from there.

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at July 21, 2015 12:44 PM (7RXcs)

173 They all say things like "E Coli Section" and "Gweilo Go Home" in Cantonese.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 21, 2015 12:41 PM (VbHFl)

Also "That's not chicken, round-eye."

Posted by: OregonMuse at July 21, 2015 12:44 PM (qkRol)

174 What, not even drinks and a show first?

To make things even worse, I had to pay.

Posted by: Ed Anger at July 21, 2015 12:44 PM (RcpcZ)

175 The idea of Chinese lanterns indoors still makes me uneasy. You've got fire and paper in close proximity and a wooden house with flammable furnishings. No Bueno. I know they've been around forever, and I've never heard of a wave of Chinese lantern fires sweeping through a region, but still, not comfortable with the idea.

Posted by: Lincolntf at July 21, 2015 12:44 PM (2cS/G)

176 He's a confirmed bachelor.

Posted by: rdbrewer at July 21, 2015 12:45 PM (Iyg03)

177 >>Maybe he did it so he could finger rape me. He was former Marine and seemed a bit too happy to perform the "procedure".

At the end?

That was a counter-clockwise swirl.

Posted by: Marine Doc at July 21, 2015 12:45 PM (6oJ3K)

178 Carly slaps the Hillbitch.

Posted by: eman at July 21, 2015 12:45 PM (MQEz6)

179 You know Bandersnatch, I am having a difficult time not asking about who will be riding what...

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2015 12:46 PM (U3X+h)

180
174 What, not even drinks and a show first?

To make things even worse, I had to pay.
Posted by: Ed Anger at July 21, 2015 12:44 PM (RcpcZ)

He never called, did he?

Posted by: eman at July 21, 2015 12:46 PM (MQEz6)

181 O'Malley says climate change created ISIS. I say The Three Stooges created foreign policy.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at July 21, 2015 12:47 PM (XUKZU)

182 Selena Gomez as Lum?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2015 12:47 PM (U3X+h)

183 This non-official HQ excursion is sanctioned under the auspices of Alextopia.
Posted by: Bandersnatch

I hope a fun time is had by all.

I can join you only in spirit.

Posted by: Adriane the Critic ... at July 21, 2015 12:47 PM (qOsoH)

184 178 Carly slaps the Hillbitch.

Carly is doing the Lord's work here.

Posted by: OregonMuse at July 21, 2015 12:47 PM (qkRol)

185 She is definitely eye-raping him.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at July 21, 2015 12:47 PM (NjiZL)

186 I heard a guy explain how he got around the thermostat problem. He wired a second thermostat inside a closet and left the original as a decoy.

I like the idea, but I don't think it would work without external temperature sensors. Most thermostats have their temperature sensor built in. So the thermostat would regulate the temperature in the house according to the temperature in the closet.

So you'd have some wild temperature swings in the house. If it's a hot day, the closet heats up more slowly than the rest of the house, so the thermostat doesn't kick on the A/C until the house is 10 degrees or so too hot.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 21, 2015 12:48 PM (jhqr1)

187 It may seem a little crazy to burn Japanese lanterns in a paper house. It is true that they occasionally had massive conflagrations in which entire villages were turned to ash. However, the villages were very quickly rebuilt by simply printing new houses.

Posted by: JohnnyBoy at July 21, 2015 12:48 PM (l2Gqi)

188 Good thing the GOP has Carly's skirt to hide behind.

Posted by: Chupacabras at July 21, 2015 12:48 PM (F26eZ)

189 If a person, who collects social security, has a 3rd party administer
their funds for them - for whatever reason (not just incompetency) -
then they would no longer be able to buy a firearm.

Right -

Because of the rash of social security recipients shooting up military installations.

Makes total sense.
___________________________

Sure, why not put an agency that admits it has been paying out billions of dollars in SS benefits to thousands of people over the age of 112 in charge of determining somebody else's competency?

Bureaucrat, examine thyself.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at July 21, 2015 12:49 PM (kGrdk)

190 Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2015 12:46 PM (U3X+h)

Yeah, prying eyes and all that.....

Hmm???

Posted by: 1bulwetweft at July 21, 2015 12:49 PM (nqiq9)

191 Here is the straight skinny on the Obama proposal to keep SS recipients whose affair are managed by others due to a disability. It is just as I said.

http://fxn.ws/1VkbECA

Posted by: Vic - Republicans help Obama commit treason at July 21, 2015 12:49 PM (GpgJl)

192 Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at July 21, 2015 12:44 PM (7RXcs)

Dude, read your Marriage Manual.

"Never engage teh wife with logic or tests unless you like pain."

It is at the top and bottom of every page.

Posted by: eman at July 21, 2015 12:49 PM (MQEz6)

193 Right now, I just program my thermostat to go back to the temperature I want it set to and blame it all on the gremlins.

Posted by: Chupacabras at July 21, 2015 12:49 PM (F26eZ)

194 "That was a counter-clockwise swirl."

Hey, that's my move.

Posted by: J Seinfeld at July 21, 2015 12:50 PM (LA7Cm)

195 Say, has anyone, ever, convinced their Mrs. that turning the house thermostat down will not actually cool the house faster?
Posted by: Chupacabras at July 21, 2015 12:13 PM (F26eZ)

Lies.

Although I think it's actually more like pushing the button in the elevator when it's already been pushed - just makes you feel better.

Posted by: Lea at July 21, 2015 12:50 PM (lIU4e)

196 OY!

Paint is calling me ... but from buckets not palettes ...

Posted by: Adriane the Art Critic ... at July 21, 2015 12:50 PM (qOsoH)

197 >>
Maybe he did it so he could finger rape me. He was former Marine and seemed a bit too happy to perform the "procedure".

Sounds more like a Navy Doc than a Marine.

Posted by: Garrett at July 21, 2015 12:51 PM (6oJ3K)

198 There. . . are. . four. . lights.

Posted by: Captain Jean-Luc Picard at July 21, 2015 12:51 PM (NjiZL)

199 I have been following this Planned Genocide insanity as much as I can stomach. Does anyone know who is getting this video?
I'm surprised the left hasn't Alinskyed them yet. It's only a matter of time before the hunter becomes the hunted. Progs can't let this scandal roll out much longer.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at July 21, 2015 12:51 PM (5buP8)

200 183 This non-official HQ excursion is sanctioned under the auspices of Alextopia.
Posted by: Bandersnatch

I hope a fun time is had by all.

I can join you only in spirit.
Posted by: Adriane the Critic ... at July 21, 2015 12:47 PM (qOsoH)

Wish I could make it, particularly since it's not all that far from me, but money's tight and the house needs repairing. Enjoy, and send back a report.

Posted by: joncelli, Boned like You at July 21, 2015 12:52 PM (RD7QR)

201 " I say The Three Stooges created foreign policy."

I don't think they could negotiate a worse deal with Iran.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 21, 2015 12:52 PM (LA7Cm)

202 I've just had to come to the realization that we'd never be able to use one of those "learning" thermostats, so I have to program it like a caveman.

Posted by: Chupacabras at July 21, 2015 12:52 PM (F26eZ)

203 197 >>
Maybe he did it so he could finger rape me. He was former Marine and seemed a bit too happy to perform the "procedure".
Sounds more like a Navy Doc than a Marine.
Posted by: Garrett at July 21, 2015 12:51 PM (6oJ3K)

If he had both hands on your shoulders, it was a Marine doc.

Posted by: 1bulwetweft at July 21, 2015 12:52 PM (nqiq9)

204 Somehow Ataru is chosen as champion. And Lum, goddess in a tiger-stripe bikini, is the aliens' champion.
------------
The ownership of the world will be determined by a weel-long game of tag, which in Japan is called "the oni game". (See the visuals here.

) Ataru the typical healthy 16-year old boy is all for it!! Too bad he didn't do any opposition research...

Well Anna, Ataru was originally chosen at random by the Japanese government, which can do those sort of things because Government Authority. And also because Ataru has that sort of luck. (Another joke, his name "Moroboshi Ataru" means "hit by a falling star".) These days the Japanese government would have checked out the user profiles of everyone in the greater Tokyo area and picked Ataru because his online history would have suggested his qualifications. (I.e. he is young male horniness incarnate.)

Posted by: exdem13 at July 21, 2015 12:53 PM (ry4ab)

205
This PP stuff is like a scary science fiction movie.

Posted by: Yo! at July 21, 2015 12:53 PM (q+zA9)

206 There's something called a NEST thermostat that we're planning to get for my mother-in-law.

She's 84, growingly senile, dumb as a post, OCD, and a nasty person. We get calls from her three and four times a week about her 'broken' thermostat.

Truth is she can't leave it alone, fucks it up, and calls us.

The NEST thermostat is networked. We can fix it from our cellphones.

This will probably drive her nuts, but we won't ahve to keep running over to her house (she lives VERY close) to fix it for her.

Now if we can do something similar for her television, we're good.

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at July 21, 2015 12:53 PM (oVJmc)

207 We know who is selling baby gore.

Who is buying it?

Any Federal funding involved?

Posted by: eman at July 21, 2015 12:53 PM (MQEz6)

208 I have a Nest, change it from bed when I have to.

It's passive-aggressive and dumb, but whatchagonnado?

Posted by: Chupacabras at July 21, 2015 12:54 PM (F26eZ)

209 >>Does anyone know who is getting this video?

Center for Medical Progress.

The name would seem to indicate they are familiar w/Alinsky.
But I'm wondering if they've been contacted by the IRS and/or any other federal agency yet...

Posted by: Lizzy at July 21, 2015 12:55 PM (NOIQH)

210 We know who is selling baby gore.

Who is buying it?

Any Federal funding involved?

Now we know why the Lefties screamed about Bush banning fed funding for new stem cell research. Because it's lining their blood-soaked pockets.

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at July 21, 2015 12:55 PM (oVJmc)

211 have been following this Planned Genocide insanity as much as I can stomach. Does anyone know who is getting this video?
I'm surprised the left hasn't Alinskyed them yet. It's only a matter of time before the hunter becomes the hunted. Progs can't let this scandal roll out much longer.
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at July 21, 2015 12:51 PM (5buP

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

Harry the pederast will make a statement that they haven't paid their taxes for ten years.

Posted by: Soona at July 21, 2015 12:55 PM (P25Hh)

212 I would never digitalize house appliances. Ne-ver. That's one of Google's next plans to get into our lives, btw.

And lawmakers just sit on their asses and let these people do anything they want.

Posted by: rdbrewer at July 21, 2015 12:55 PM (Iyg03)

213 Say, has anyone, ever, convinced their Mrs. that turning the house thermostat down will not actually cool the house faster?

That depends on the system. Some A/C units have three states. Off, mid, and high. If the zone cooling is close to the intended temperature, the A/C may be on mid, cooling the zone slowly. If you lower the A/C in that case, it tells the unit you're far from the intended temperature and sends the unit to high.

But if the A/C is already on high, you're correct, lowering the temperature even further won't do anything.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 21, 2015 12:56 PM (jhqr1)

214 If you like your neighbors, you can keep your neighbors.

Posted by: Baraaaaack Obama at July 21, 2015 12:56 PM (bLnSU)

215 I like the idea, but I don't think it would work without external
temperature sensors. Most thermostats have their temperature sensor
built in.>>>

There are those technical issues one could design around. But the biggest technical issue in my house would have been that the wife cleaned the closets and getting caught would be worse than putting up with he thermostat issue. I just thought it was a funny idea.

Posted by: Buzzsaw at July 21, 2015 12:56 PM (81UWZ)

216
"If you like your neighbors, you can keep your neighbors."

ha! nice

Posted by: Yo! at July 21, 2015 12:57 PM (q+zA9)

217 rdbrewer: Nay nay! Lawmakers are drooling over the thought of controlling you through control of your appliances, and information taken from them!

The "Power" in "Smart Power" isn't electricity, you know.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 21, 2015 12:57 PM (bLnSU)

218 Well I need to scoot and attend to this thing called reality.

Something for Vic and others who served aboard USS Forestal
https://youtu.be/aGCnSsjBb8Y

Have fun everyone but don't burn the place down.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2015 12:58 PM (U3X+h)

219 " I would never digitalize house appliances."

Power company had, just had, to replace my meter with a new digital one. Didn't want them to but didn't really have much recourse if I still wanted electricity from them.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 21, 2015 12:58 PM (LA7Cm)

220 Isn't it illegal in some states to unlock you smart grid water heater?

Posted by: Yo! at July 21, 2015 12:59 PM (q+zA9)

221 Bootiful painting.

Posted by: Wi Tu Lo at July 21, 2015 01:00 PM (Dwehj)

222 Power company had, just had, to replace my meter with a new digital one. Didn't want them to but didn't really have much recourse if I still wanted electricity from them.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 21, 2015 12:58 PM (LA7Cm)

Same here.

Posted by: 1bulwetweft at July 21, 2015 01:00 PM (nqiq9)

223 I have been following this Planned Genocide insanity as much as I can stomach. Does anyone know who is getting this video?

This group here:

http://centerformedicalprogress.org

Posted by: OregonMuse at July 21, 2015 01:00 PM (qkRol)

224 Does anyone know who is getting this video?
I'm surprised the left hasn't Alinskyed them yet.

All the "debunking" articles at Salon, StinkProgress, etc attacked the Center for Medical Progress.

It won't stop the videos from coming out though. They've already been filmed, and I'm sure the CMP shared out copies to several groups, so they won't be stolen or erased.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 21, 2015 01:00 PM (jhqr1)

225 181 O'Malley says climate change created ISIS. I say The Three Stooges created foreign policy.
Posted by: The Great White Snark at July 21, 2015 12:47 PM (XUKZU)

How do you say "nyuck nyuck nyuck" in Farsi?

Posted by: joncelli, Boned like You at July 21, 2015 01:01 PM (RD7QR)

226 201 " I say The Three Stooges created foreign policy."

I don't think they could negotiate a worse deal with Iran.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 21, 2015 12:52 PM (LA7Cm)

The 3 Stooges would've been better. With the Stooges, we would've gotten a pie fight.

Posted by: OregonMuse at July 21, 2015 01:02 PM (qkRol)

227 219 " I would never digitalize house appliances."

Power company had, just had, to replace my meter with a new digital one. Didn't want them to but didn't really have much recourse if I still wanted electricity from them.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 21, 2015 12:58 PM (LA7Cm)

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Same here. No choice. But we do have a law that dictates that one has the option to whether to control the temperature yourself or let the power company do it.

Posted by: Soona at July 21, 2015 01:02 PM (P25Hh)

228 >>O'Malley says climate change created ISIS

I would really like to hear how those two are linked. Detailed, scientific explanation.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 21, 2015 01:03 PM (NOIQH)

229 Same here. No choice. But we do have a law that dictates that one has the option to whether to control the temperature yourself or let the power company do it.
Posted by: Soona at July 21, 2015 01:02 PM (P25Hh)

I'm sure the override is just for emergencies.

Posted by: joncelli, Boned like You at July 21, 2015 01:04 PM (RD7QR)

230 I say The Three Stooges created foreign policy

Look at the grouse! Nyuk, nyuk.

Posted by: Curly at July 21, 2015 01:04 PM (Dwehj)

231 How do you say "nyuck nyuck nyuck" in Farsi?
Posted by: joncelli, Boned like You at July 21, 2015 01:01 PM (RD7QR)

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Allah Akbar!

Posted by: Soona at July 21, 2015 01:05 PM (P25Hh)

232 Look at the grouse! Nyuk, nyuk.

Posted by: Curly

Whyyyyy, yooooooou......!!!

Posted by: Moe at July 21, 2015 01:05 PM (/Ho8c)

233 You can only trust your doctor if he/she has refused to use the electronic medical records software.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 21, 2015 12:28 PM (NOIQH)
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If he accepts Medicare/Medicaid, he has to have electronic medical records software. It's mandated by the government.

Posted by: Darth Randall at July 21, 2015 01:05 PM (6n332)

234 My a/c ran continuously for almost an hour and half during the hottest part of the day. It couldn't get that one degree lower needed to shut it off. I could have set the thermostat one degree higher to get it to shut off but I believe it's actually harder on the unit to keep turning off and on.

Posted by: Cruzinator at July 21, 2015 01:05 PM (B7Uun)

235 >>If he accepts Medicare/Medicaid, he has to have electronic medical records software. It's mandated by the government.

Yep, but we found a doctor who was willing to take that hit because he is not on board w/electronic medical records.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 21, 2015 01:06 PM (NOIQH)

236 Saw an article today that said that the guy Mia Love beat in the last election is planning on running against her again.

Do any of the Utah morons know if there have been any noteworthy changes in that district that would justify the guy's apparent optimism?

Posted by: junior at July 21, 2015 01:06 PM (3m3mw)

237 The name would seem to indicate they are familiar w/Alinsky.
But I'm wondering if they've been contacted by the IRS and/or any other federal agency yet...

They probably chose that name to get a 501(c)(3) status from the IRS. Which would be a brilliant strategy.

Posted by: Ed Anger at July 21, 2015 01:07 PM (RcpcZ)

238 Fiorina hits Hillary and defunding PP.

Out of the park.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette

She really is good and interviews quite well even in hostile territory. I wish that she would get more traction.

Posted by: Cheri at July 21, 2015 01:08 PM (oiNtH)

239 218 Something for Vic and others who served aboard USS Forestal
https://youtu.be/aGCnSsjBb8Y

Have fun everyone but don't burn the place down.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2015 12:58 PM (U3X+h)

We had our own disaster on the Enterprise. Nothing like being called to GQ and it ain't a drill and they don't terminate from it right away.

Posted by: Vic - Republicans help Obama commit treason at July 21, 2015 01:09 PM (GpgJl)

240 She really is good and interviews quite well even in hostile territory. I wish that she would get more traction.
Posted by: Cheri

I can't say whether or not she's good.

I do know that the MFM will NOT allow her to gain traction. They've treated her like shit, slanting her comments and downplaying her campaign.

Posted by: Blue Hen at July 21, 2015 01:10 PM (Spluw)

241 I got a tapewoim! What's good enough for him, is good enough for me!

Posted by: Curly at July 21, 2015 01:11 PM (Dwehj)

242 219 Power company had, just had, to replace my meter
with a new digital one. Didn't want them to but didn't really have much
recourse if I still wanted electricity from them.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 21, 2015 12:58 PM (LA7Cm)

Almost all of them are doing that. It has a transmitter in it so they can just drive down the road in front of your house to read the meter and download it to a computer. Saves a lot of meter readers.

Posted by: Vic - Republicans help Obama commit treason at July 21, 2015 01:11 PM (GpgJl)

243 Nood.

Posted by: johnd01 at July 21, 2015 01:12 PM (ukNFU)

244 I posted this in another thread but Kerry is "disturbed" by Iran's rhetoric and anti-American stance.

Really Lurch? This has been going on for at least the last 40 years. Maybe you were too busy throwing your medals or something over a wall. This as he and the choomer do an end run around Congress for UN approval.

Posted by: Cheri at July 21, 2015 01:12 PM (oiNtH)

245 >>If he accepts Medicare/Medicaid, he has to have electronic medical records software. It's mandated by the government.

Yep, but we found a doctor who was willing to take that hit because he is not on board w/electronic medical records.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 21, 2015 01:06 PM (NOIQH)
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With all the hoops they have to jump through and the horrible rate of pay the government gives, I'm surprised more don't.

Posted by: Darth Randall at July 21, 2015 01:13 PM (6n332)

246 We had our own disaster on the Enterprise. Nothing like being called to GQ and it ain't a drill and they don't terminate from it right away.

Posted by: Vic - Republicans help Obama commit treason at July 21, 2015 01:09 PM (GpgJl)

Especially if you're the #1 nozzleman in a repair locker and the fire is in your area.

And yes, it was also the Enterprise.

Posted by: 1bulwetweft at July 21, 2015 01:13 PM (nqiq9)

247 Ace up

Posted by: Vic - Republicans help Obama commit treason at July 21, 2015 01:14 PM (GpgJl)

248 How dare work expects me to work! I thought we had an understanding. They pretend to pay me, and I pretend to work!

Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2015 01:14 PM (XABE6)

249 "Almost all of them are doing that."

Yeah, they are. It was one of the first times I really kinda started thinking about solar.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 21, 2015 01:14 PM (LA7Cm)

250 Reyaad Khan, sob, we hardly knew ye....

British ISIS fighter who posed next to Ed Balls and dreamed of becoming the first Asian Prime Minister 'killed in drone strike'

http://goo.gl/5txnlH

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 21, 2015 01:20 PM (iQIUe)

251 249 Yeah, they are. It was one of the first times I really kinda started thinking about solar.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 21, 2015 01:14 PM (LA7Cm)

You will not like solar. There is only one area in the country that is really advantageous for solar (Southern CA) and it is only because their rates are already through the roof.

Posted by: Vic - Republicans help Obama commit treason at July 21, 2015 01:20 PM (GpgJl)

252 Posting here, since the politics thread seems to have died:

The current Trump story is really about John McCain disrespecting Republican voters. McCain said they were "crazies" and that's what set Trump off. So there are at least a few folks that understand that Trump was standing up for voters. jeb! said he wasn't going to pander to the conservative base. That's another candidate disrespecting voters. You can't just parrot what the MSM is saying about this. You have to look at the entire context and statement.

Posted by: notsothoreau at July 21, 2015 01:31 PM (5HBd1)

253 189 Sure, why not put an agency that admits it has been paying out billions of dollars in SS benefits to thousands of people over the age of 112 in charge of determining somebody else's competency?
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at July 21, 2015 12:49 PM

The SSA doesn't determine competency, a doctor does. When SSA is informed, usually be a family member, that somebody cannot handle money a form, Statement of Capability, is sent to the beneficiary's doctor.

It's odd that somebody deceased would get benefits 199 years after their birth date. At 100, somebody is supposed to verify the bene is still alive. I dunno about periodic updates. SSA offices receive form Statement of Death from funeral homes for every deceased. It seems likely that what happens is that the family doesn't use a funeral home so the death doesn't get reported. A lot of fraud can be committed to get more money.

Posted by: Delurk ergo sum at July 21, 2015 01:37 PM (E/tuE)

254 I just went outside to water my plants. Hot as Hell out there. Supposed to hit 101F, I have a feeling it will get a lot hotter than that. It is already 100.4

Posted by: Vic - Republicans help Obama commit treason at July 21, 2015 01:51 PM (GpgJl)

255 RUwsHasLurch released his full military records yet like he promised to?

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at July 21, 2015 02:11 PM (Qwi+k)

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