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Chess On A Sunday Evening [OregonMuse]
Howdy, folks. This is an open thread, but in memory of the late, unlamented Saturday afternoon chess thread from a couple of years ago, I have some chess content I've been sitting on for awhile. First up, is the upcoming Bobby Fischer biopic, Pawn Sacrifice, due out in September. My comments follow.
There have been some other movies about Fischer I've watched on Netflix, and all of them have been uniformly bad. This one looks like it might be good, so I think I'd like to see it. However:
1. I wish they'd stop portraying Fischer as a child prodigy. ("Who taught him to move like this?" "He taught himself."). Fischer was not a child prodigy, plain and simple. When Bobby started playng serious chess, certainly he rapidly got to the point was a strong player with potential, but I don't think he was all that different than any number of other young, strong players with potential. He didn't start getting really good until about age 12, and he didn't start getting scary good until age 14-15. Up to that point, he was the youngest ever to earn a Grandmaster title, and while that's certainly a remarkable achievement, that doesn't make him a child prodigy. A real child prodigy would be someone like the great Cuban champion Jose Capablanca, who learned the moves at age 3 by watching his father play. Or Sammy Reshevsky, who was doing simultaneous exhibitions against adult competition when he was 6 or 7. 2, What was up with Fischer walking around Reykjavik with a paper bag on his head? And trash talking Boris Spassky on the beach? I remember the shenanigans at the 1972 world championship, but not those incidents. I hate it when they make stuff up; Bobby was nutty enough so they didn't have to embellishit. 3. Another thing that worries me about that "he taught himself" line is, are they going to claim that Fischer achieved what he did without any teachers whatsoever? Because if they are, that's flat out wrong, Bobby had more than one coach, albeit early on in his career But, despite these potential flaws, I think I would like to see this movie.
The second item here is a chess puzzle. Here you see three White pieces on the board, but no Black pieces. To solve this puzzle, you need to provide 3 different possible locations for the Black King. That is, on what squares do you place the Black King such that: 1. The position is a stalemate for Black. That is, it is Black's move, but there's no safe square to move to. 2. Black has just been checkmated 3. It's White's move and it's mate in one. So there are three answers, and they're all different. And, as far as I can tell, there's only one possibility for each solution. Personally, I found the first two fairly quickly. The 3rd one took me awhile, not sure why. So, have at it. As I said, it's an open thread.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Grump928(C) at July 26, 2015 06:30 PM (rwI+c)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 26, 2015 06:31 PM (VPLuQ)
"Checkmate" comes from medieval Persian, "Shah qmat" meaning "The King is dead."
The Europeans learned of chess from of the Persians (who learned of it from its inventors, the Indians), so many Persian terms stuck.
Posted by: zombie at July 26, 2015 06:32 PM (jBuUi)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 26, 2015 06:32 PM (Cn2is)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at July 26, 2015 06:32 PM (VAsIq)
Posted by: lindafell de Spair at July 26, 2015 06:33 PM (xVgrA)
Posted by: meatheadwing plover at July 26, 2015 06:33 PM (/m9uo)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at July 26, 2015 06:33 PM (rwI+c)
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Easy. Too easy for me to even attempt. Wake me when it's THREE DIMENSIONAL.
Posted by: Presn't Obama at July 26, 2015 06:33 PM (VAsIq)
Posted by: NAACP at July 26, 2015 06:34 PM (VAsIq)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at July 26, 2015 06:35 PM (rwI+c)
Posted by: Michelle Obama at July 26, 2015 06:35 PM (VAsIq)
A real child prodigy would be someone like the great Cuban champion Jose Capablanca, who learned the moves at age 3 by watching his father play. Or Sammy Reshevsky, who was doing simultaneous exhibitions against adult competition when he was 6 or 7.
Well, Fischer was a child prodigy in terms of the general population...but chess is littered with child prodicgies, so in chess terms, Bobby Fischer was (as you note) merely a so-so child prodigy compared to others like Reshevsky (who was probably the greatest of them all).
What Fischer really was was a teen prodigy. A great chess players skyrocket in their teens, but Bobby went from random kid player to world class in about 3 years.
Posted by: zombie at July 26, 2015 06:35 PM (jBuUi)
Posted by: zombie at July 26, 2015 06:35 PM (jBuUi)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at July 26, 2015 06:37 PM (VAsIq)
Posted by: lindafell de Spair at July 26, 2015 06:38 PM (xVgrA)
Posted by: Grandmaster Flash at July 26, 2015 06:38 PM (VAsIq)
Posted by: eman at July 26, 2015 06:39 PM (MQEz6)
Glad to see you made it safely.
When they medivac'd me through Hong Kong, I spent three weeks being seen at the hospital there.
Spent more time at the Kadina PX then you could imagine.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 26, 2015 06:39 PM (VPLuQ)
Posted by: eman at July 26, 2015 06:40 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: Inspector Cussword at July 26, 2015 06:41 PM (LlQKJ)
Posted by: Martin O'Malley at July 26, 2015 06:41 PM (VAsIq)
Posted by: Mongo at July 26, 2015 06:43 PM (+1T7c)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 26, 2015 06:44 PM (+4uXG)
Link to One Night in Bangkok.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9mwELXPGbA
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at July 26, 2015 06:45 PM (VAsIq)
Posted by: NAACP
believe it or not, that is actually an issue.
Built into the rules of the game is that "white" (the player with the light-colored pieces) ALWAYS goes first. As a result, white is generally considered (borne out by statistics) to have the advantage throughout the game. So, in chess, there really is "white privilege."
Secondly: the embarrassing absence of world-class black players, in any country in the world.
The US has, I believe, only one or two black grandmasters. One of them, Maurice Ashley, has basically stopped playing to become the main announcer and play-by-play commentator at big chess tournaments, because he's good at maming things sound exciting. But in truth he never was never anywhere near the top 100 in the country, and not even in the top 1,000 in the world.
Africa has a handful of grandmasters, but all of them (or almost all of them) are "white" Africans from South Africa or Zimbabwe/Rhodesia.
And aside from that, I can't really think of any.
Now, similarly, there are basically no good chess players from Japan, because it simply isn't part of their culture, just as it isn't part of the culture of Africa. So that explains much of it.
But in the US and Europe there is no real-world discrimination in chess tournaments and training, and yet still it remains a pursuit in which almost no black players excel.
Sure, there are plenty plenty black "club players" and even black masters, but they almost never rise above that level.
So the question of "Is chess racist" has indeed arisen.
But since chess players are usually intensely apolitical, the attempt to stir the pot goes nowhere.
Posted by: zombie at July 26, 2015 06:45 PM (jBuUi)
While I know the moves of the chess pieces I have never been able to find a book or program that teaches basic stratagey and tactics... which pices to develop first, a few basic attack and defense patterns, etc.
Any help would be appreciated!
Posted by: GONG FARMER at July 26, 2015 06:46 PM (1LhSy)
Eventually some moron is going to post an NSFW link to a scantily-clad woman with spectacular "chess".
That's usually the way it goes on the AoSHQ chess thread.
Posted by: OregonMuse at July 26, 2015 06:47 PM (/LM8/)
Posted by: GONG FARMER
Attack pattern Delta--go now!
Posted by: Luke Skywalker at July 26, 2015 06:47 PM (VAsIq)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 26, 2015 06:48 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: JTB at July 26, 2015 06:49 PM (FvdPb)
The only way I am at all good at it is if I watch others play.
Then I can see several moves ahead.
If I am playing, the pieces all point at me and laugh.
Posted by: eman at July 26, 2015 06:50 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at July 26, 2015 06:53 PM (VAsIq)
1. The position is a stalemate for Black. That is, it is Black's move, but there's no safe square to move to.
2. Black has just been checkmated
3. It's White's move and it's mate in one.
1. Stalemate: King on h1.
2. Checkmate: King on e3.
3. Mate in 1: Hmmmmm......
Posted by: zombie at July 26, 2015 06:53 PM (jBuUi)
One of the speculations that I'd read about Fischer/Spassky was that a LOT of Fischer's insane behavior was calculated. He was trolling Spassky to fuck up the Russian's mind and distract him.
Of course, Fischer was genuinely batshit insane so it wasn't a stretch.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 26, 2015 06:53 PM (egLDQ)
Posted by: locomotivebreath1901 at July 26, 2015 06:54 PM (pwVOR)
I have a copy of "Chessmaster 8000." It's very old, but it is a pretty reasonable program. I am sure they have newer versions.....
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2015 06:54 PM (Zu3d9)
Woo hoo! Governing!:
The Senate in a rare Sunday session has voted to advance legislation reauthorizing the Export-Import Bank, which expired last month.
Over objections from conservatives, the Senate voted 67-26 to end debate on a measure to add language reauthorizing the banks charter to federal highway spending legislation. All of the 26 no votes came from the GOP, while 24 Republicans voted to move forward with reauthorizing the bank.
A vote to formally add the language to the highway bill will come later this week.
Gosh, I wonder if the Ex-Im will be reauthorized on a razor thin oh so close one vote margin in the final vote?
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 26, 2015 06:56 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at July 26, 2015 06:56 PM (VAsIq)
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at July 26, 2015 06:56 PM (+2//H)
Posted by: GONG FARMER at July 26, 2015 06:46 PM (1LhSy)
I have a copy of "Chessmaster 8000." It's very old, but it is a pretty reasonable program. I am sure they have newer versions.....
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2015 06:54 PM (Zu3d9)
Stay away from Chess Wizard, she's a cheatin' bitch.
Posted by: MacReady at July 26, 2015 06:57 PM (egLDQ)
Huzzah! More governing!:
The Senate on Sunday rejected a GOP-led amendment to repeal ObamaCare that fell several votes short of a 60-vote threshold to advance. The largely symbolic vote, which was attached to a three-year highway funding bill, marked the Senates first attempt to repeal ObamaCare since Republicans took control of the chamber in January.
The measure had been certain to fail, lacking support from any Democrats. The final vote was 49-43 along party lines, with eight senators not voting. Several Republican senators blasted it as a show vote that was intended to appease conservatives angry about a planned vote to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 26, 2015 06:58 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Chumlee at July 26, 2015 07:00 PM (gwG9s)
Posted by: zombie at July 26, 2015 06:53 PM (jBuUi)
Yeah, looks like you ran into the same problem I did...
Posted by: OregonMuse at July 26, 2015 07:00 PM (/LM8/)
Posted by: zombie at July 26, 2015 07:01 PM (jBuUi)
Oh, so much governing that one may simply burst from delight!:
The Senate on Sunday blocked Sen. Ted Cruz's (R-Texas) effort to attach the Iran nuclear deal to the long-term highway bill.
Senators, by a voice vote, upheld the ruling of the Senate chair. Because Majority Mitch McConnell had "filled the tree," a procedural move that blocks further amendments, Cruz's maneuver was ruled "not in order."
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 26, 2015 07:01 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: kimoloka at July 26, 2015 07:02 PM (Ra8VF)
Posted by: Shallow HAL 9000 at July 26, 2015 07:03 PM (Gcu5R)
Posted by: Pat at July 26, 2015 07:03 PM (nwnmt)
Seriously, this is so much governing that now -- it's just getting kinda weird:
Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) was rebuked by his Senate colleagues on Sunday as he tried to force a vote on defunding Planned Parenthood. Lee had tried to attach an amendment eliminating all federal funds for Planned Parenthood to the vote on Congresss must-pass highway legislation.
The amendment was rejected by the chair of the Senate, who called it out of order because it was not germane to the highway bill. Lee attempted to override the decision, but couldnt get the support of 10 other senators.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 26, 2015 07:03 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 26, 2015 07:04 PM (ODxAs)
Posted by: eman at July 26, 2015 07:04 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: rhomboid at July 26, 2015 07:06 PM (QDnY+)
Just Google "basic chess strategy" or "basic chess tactics". You'll get lots of book suggestions not to mention a holy crap ton of free material, articles, tutorials, and what have you, so you probably won't even need to buy a book.
And free chess software. There's a crap ton of that, too.
Posted by: OregonMuse at July 26, 2015 07:06 PM (/LM8/)
The Machine grinds on.
Posted by: eman
"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face -- forever."
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 26, 2015 07:07 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: OregonMuse at July 26, 2015 07:07 PM (/LM8/)
The only good one I've ever seen is "Bobby Fischer Against the World." (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Fischer_Against_the_World).
It incorporates many interviews with the people who actually knew him from the era.
It's not without faults, but it has proven to be the best documentary so far.
Posted by: zombie at July 26, 2015 07:08 PM (jBuUi)
Chess is sexist too, one queen, that's it. Turns out she's a free to flutter about in all directions reeking havoc. Just like a woman.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 26, 2015 07:09 PM (ODxAs)
Posted by: Shallow HAL 9000 at July 26, 2015 07:10 PM (Gcu5R)
Gong Farmer, Reinfeld's The Complete Chess Player would be perfect for what you want.
Posted by: Mickey and Sylvia at July 26, 2015 07:11 PM (QP2lF)
Posted by: Mongo at July 26, 2015 07:12 PM (+1T7c)
Posted by: Shallow HAL 9000 at July 26, 2015 07:12 PM (Gcu5R)
My best try:
1. black king on H1
2. E3
3. A8
If any of these are correct, it was by going through each possibility square by square. (Phew!) Tournament timers are not my friend.
Posted by: JTB at July 26, 2015 07:13 PM (FvdPb)
Oh will it ever return?
'Cause it's fate is still unlearned?
That post will ride forever
In the servers of Pixie
It's the thread, that never returned
Posted by: The Weird Dave Trio at July 26, 2015 07:14 PM (+1T7c)
Posted by: Happy Days Season 1 at July 26, 2015 07:14 PM (gwG9s)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 26, 2015 06:58 PM (kdS6q)
And they wonder why we've bleeping had enough. It'll be kabuki with this, kabuki with the Iran surrender... And they'll make an own goal out of the Planned Parenthood stuff. No more kabuki; the rubes have had enough.
Posted by: Agent J at July 26, 2015 07:15 PM (ueOgE)
LDC, love your play-by-play of the "governing" the GOP is showing it can do.
BTW, no kidding, on a "conservative" (but generally GOP shill/hack) radio show two weeks ago, getting the highway bill passed was, I'm not making this up, described as essential to "show the GOP can govern".
Where are the exit polls showing the party winning based on "they can govern"??? WTF does the perennially most porked-up appropriations bill (highway) have to do with addressing this unproven voter requirement?
Gotta love the state of things. Ex-Im is allowed in the amendment tree, and passes! Defunding PP, tossing a stink bomb into the air over the Iran calamity - those are simply excluded by the leadership using the amendment tree tactic. And a *symbolic* vote on O-care cannot even get to cloture levels.
LDC, you can mock all you want, but I'm just gonna wait patiently for trumpetdaddy, UncleRick, Begonia, and Hollowpoint to show up and explain to me how this is simply all that can be done. And how the solution is to ..... support the team, without regard to what the team is doing.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 26, 2015 07:16 PM (QDnY+)
Posted by: Citizen Cake at July 26, 2015 07:16 PM (ppaKI)
64 Oh will it ever return?
Oh will it ever return?
'Cause it's fate is still unlearned?
That post will ride forever
In the servers of Pixie
It's the thread, that never returned
Posted by: The Weird Dave Trio at July 26, 2015 07:14 PM (+1T7c)
Twice for weirddave, having a post removed.
Posted by: eman at July 26, 2015 07:18 PM (MQEz6)
possibility square by square. (Phew!) Tournament timers are not my
friend.
You got 'em.
A useful skill is to be able to see threat "zones" - to see the shape of the areas threatened by each piece.
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at July 26, 2015 07:19 PM (+2//H)
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at July 26, 2015 07:19 PM (YFw5T)
Posted by: Agent J
More!! I want more of this silliness! I'm a rube, and I can't get enough of being lied to and conned!
Do it again, McConnell!
Why, I happened to have Fox News on, and Orrin Hatch was pretty unhappy with Ted Cruz calling McConnell all but a liar the other day. No place for that in the Senate, because they have to protect their phoney-baloney jobs here.
Ted Cruz is a Bad Man, Jerry. Very bad.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative...a rube in America at July 26, 2015 07:19 PM (+1T7c)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 26, 2015 07:19 PM (VPLuQ)
All the GOP knows, is how to lose. They must really like it.
Posted by: Agent J at July 26, 2015 07:20 PM (ueOgE)
Posted by: Jus Sayin at July 26, 2015 07:20 PM (njYc+)
The '72 match... HOLY COW. Even if you don't know move 1 of chess - knowing that, after losing the first game, Fischer FORFEITED the 2nd one due to a fuss over the playing conditions is one of the most crazy sports stories every.
Posted by: Comrade Arthur at July 26, 2015 07:20 PM (h53OH)
Posted by: JTB at July 26, 2015 07:20 PM (FvdPb)
Why?
Because this month, for the first time in HISTORY, the United States has not one, not two, but THREE players in the world's Top Ten!!
This never even came close to happening before, even in the Fischer era.
The players are:
World #4: Hikaru Nakamura, rating 2814
Grew up, I believe, in Seattle. Has for many years been legendary as the world's best "speed chess" (under five minutes) player, and shocked everyone by proving he was just about the best in slow chess too.
World #5, Fabiano Caruana, rating 2808
Born in and grew up in Miami. But because both his parents were Italian citizens at the time of his brith, he had dual Italian citizenship too. So for a while he chose to play for the nation of Italy -- even though he doesn't speak a word of Italian! Eventually he gave up the Italian gimmick, and now plays for his home country the US again.
World #7 Wesley So, rating 2779.
Born in the Philippines, but emigrated to the US to go to college, then stayed to become a chess professional.
All three of these guys have a legitimate shot at the world championship one day, and all are insanely talented. Many would argue that if Bobby Fischer climbed into a time machine in 1972 and traveled to 2015, he would lose to all three of them. (Mostly because of opening theory -- he'd get a lost position out of the opening, and these guys never let the advantage slip).
So the US is in some ways more of a chess power now than back in Fischer's time!
Posted by: zombie at July 26, 2015 07:20 PM (jBuUi)
Posted by: eman at July 26, 2015 07:22 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: Mickey and Sylvia at July 26, 2015 07:22 PM (QP2lF)
So will the Lost WeirdDave Thread become a key part of AOSHQ lore, like the storied Memorial Day ONT, etc.?
Gotta admit, there aren't many (any?) blogs out there offering both the high-quality substantive content and comments, along with amateurish technical chaos, in one place.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 26, 2015 07:23 PM (QDnY+)
It does look like it might be a good movie.
Here's one of Fischer's most famous games (and one of *the* most famous games, period), played in 1956 when he was 13:
http://www.wesdel.com/FarragutCC/Lessons/Byrne-Fischer_1956.pdf
After a stunning Queen sacrifice, watch how he gets all his other pieces to work together seamlessly. "Queen? I don't need no stinkin' Queen!"
Posted by: rickl at July 26, 2015 07:24 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: eman
But especially Ted Cruz. He is very bad man. Orrin Hatch said so. Without naming names.
Because Orrin Hatch is a weasel, just like a lot of his other fellow travelers in the Senate. A highly paid, two-faced crapweasel.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative...a rube in America at July 26, 2015 07:24 PM (+1T7c)
Posted by: Old Blue at July 26, 2015 07:27 PM (9iR5/)
Posted by: JTB at July 26, 2015 07:27 PM (FvdPb)
Yes, I totally agree. In some ways, I think Fischer was overrated as a player. Yeah, I went there. He could have been way greater had he been able to keep his inner demons in check. Which, after 1972, just become to difficult. At that point, he concluded that he had nothing more to prove, so he just let 'em all run free.
And the results were ugly and thoroughly disgusting.
Posted by: OregonMuse at July 26, 2015 07:30 PM (/LM8/)
Posted by: Mickey and Sylvia at July 26, 2015 07:30 PM (QP2lF)
The Senate is a rusted-out Ford LTD that thinks it's a brand new Mercedes.
Posted by: eman at July 26, 2015 07:30 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at July 26, 2015 07:31 PM (YFw5T)
Posted by: Agent J at July 26, 2015 07:31 PM (ueOgE)
Posted by: Old Blue at July 26, 2015 07:31 PM (9iR5/)
Ginseng tea?
Posted by: OregonMuse at July 26, 2015 07:34 PM (/LM8/)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 26, 2015 06:32 PM (Cn2is)
I am so, so sorry. Kadena has far better amenities, maybe you can beg the Security Forces guys to let you on.
Posted by: pookysgirl can almost run at July 26, 2015 07:34 PM (IJeUX)
It's going to be a little incoherent to put some of their arguments against Trump up against the ones they use on Cruz. It's also a little less effective the more they have to go this route. After Cruz, it will be Walker.
Posted by: Dave S. at July 26, 2015 07:35 PM (mhkbv)
Posted by: JTB at July 26, 2015 07:35 PM (FvdPb)
Cloyd, yes, most reductionist explanations ("Chamber of Commerce" in this case) *are* incomplete and overly simplistic.
But have to admit, for many (most?) of the jaw-dropping and serious s**t going on now, I am at a loss for much of an explanation.
So maybe the time for simple, reductionist explanations has arrived.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 26, 2015 07:35 PM (QDnY+)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 26, 2015 07:36 PM (9mTYi)
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at July 26, 2015 07:31 PM (YFw5T)
I thought for a while that they were all being blackmailed by Obama with stuff from the NSA/Patriot Act. I don't believe that any more. They seem positively gleeful in their screwing of us. I think they are content to feed at the trough and be second-place. The amount of money changing hands must be staggering.
Posted by: Agent J at July 26, 2015 07:37 PM (ueOgE)
Around that time I was on vacation with my family, and during a rest stop I purchased a small plastic pegboard-style travel set and Reuben Fine's "Chess the Easy Way".
Posted by: rickl at July 26, 2015 07:37 PM (sdi6R)
So just because I probably haven't clicked on such a "news" source in years, I glanced at the CBSNews thing on Trump attacking Walker that Y-not put in the sidebar.
Curious. He makes several specific and concrete attacks on the heart of Walker's record in WI. Basically that the state's finances are a mess, and that because of this roads and schools are too.
Doesn't sound like either part of that is right. Any of our good WI morons about to debunk/correct? We have a few here who are very on top of WI state guvamint stuff.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 26, 2015 07:38 PM (QDnY+)
Also, in the upcoming movie, the whole scene at the end with the volcano is utterly inaccurate.
Posted by: mindful webworker - pawn to first row.. crown me! at July 26, 2015 07:38 PM (ACs58)
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at July 26, 2015 07:31 PM (YFw5T)
*****
I don't think you have to look much further,thwn the generic "K Street", both for current contibutions and future fat job prospects.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 26, 2015 07:39 PM (cygkw)
Posted by: JTB at July 26, 2015 07:39 PM (FvdPb)
Posted by: seamrog at July 26, 2015 07:40 PM (8tnlS)
I keep hearing "Chamber of Commerce" to explain the GOP's betrayal, but
that doesn't really work. There has to be more to this story.
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed
The Chamber of Commerce is just a political Front for many wealthy American corporatists that are pretty mad at the Middle Class and associated hangers-on (like their children) for expecting to make a decent living and be well-paid in their jobs. So they are looking for new workers who will do these jobs for less, and not rock the boat so much. Thus the Mexican invasion (crime, what crime?), H1-B and L1-B visas. Sure we're gonna take it on the chin here, but so what? Whaddya gonna do, vote against us? Ha-ha-ha.
This dovetails nicely into the plans of the Left and their desire to get a new voting public that will rubber stamp their statist desires and finally kill this Constitutional Republic, and replace it with a Total Democracy (controlled by the Left).Whaddya gonna do? Vote against that? Ha-Ha-Ha.
Got us comin' and goin'. They are not gonna stand for any populist uprising and voters that start to think for themselves.
Yesterday, my wife and I were driving down I-75 in Ohio, and a caravan of cars and pickups was driving north, flying both the American flag and the Confederate Battle flag. In Ohio, on a Saturday afternoon.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative...a rube in America at July 26, 2015 07:40 PM (+1T7c)
Posted by: seamrog at July 26, 2015 07:42 PM (8tnlS)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 26, 2015 07:42 PM (TF10X)
Posted by: Lizzy at July 26, 2015 07:42 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 26, 2015 07:42 PM (9mTYi)
Ask the same question of all these folks and the drones working in DC and Federal FOBs across the Empire.
Empires do not change via reform and voting. They collapse and are replaced.
Everything these guys do is done to keep that from happening until after they are pining for the fyords.
Posted by: eman at July 26, 2015 07:42 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: Vendette at July 26, 2015 07:42 PM (TEpA2)
YouTube search results
http://bit.ly/topless-fishing
Posted by: mindful webworker - fore! cast! whatever! at July 26, 2015 07:43 PM (ACs58)
Around that time I was on vacation with my family, and during a rest stop I purchased a small plastic pegboard-style travel set and Reuben Fine's "Chess the Easy Way".
Posted by: rickl at July 26, 2015 07:37 PM (sdi6R)
Now that I think about it, I must have bought the set and book before the World Championship match, because I remember following the games as they were printed in the newspaper. So I already knew a little about chess beforehand.
Posted by: rickl at July 26, 2015 07:43 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 26, 2015 07:46 PM (cbMSM)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 26, 2015 07:46 PM (9mTYi)
Posted by: rickl at July 26, 2015 07:37 PM (sdi6R)
That's not the easiest book for a beginner to learn chess from. I've heard it referred to as "Chess the Hard Way." I have a copy of it myself and I think I would agree with that assessment.
Posted by: OregonMuse at July 26, 2015 07:46 PM (/LM8/)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill
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Hot enough to melt satellite dishes?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 26, 2015 07:47 PM (9mTYi)
Posted by: seamrog at July 26, 2015 07:48 PM (8tnlS)
Posted by: KWDreaming at July 26, 2015 07:49 PM (Y00o2)
Posted by: vlogforce one at July 26, 2015 07:49 PM (G2IJo)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 26, 2015 07:49 PM (+4uXG)
Rick Wilson has been on the podcast before.
Posted by: Jus Sayin
Lotta round heeled GOP apologists have had the guest seat on the pod.
It's a thing.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 26, 2015 07:50 PM (kdS6q)
Simpler concept...
The Golden rule in Washington is 'he who has the Gold, makes the rules'...
or in this case... Lobbyists, and Campaign contributions rule Washington.
The Corporations bought the Washington culture long ago... and want it to STAY bought. They have created a system whereby they have a competitive advantage, as large businesses can afford to play the legal games the rest of us cannot... thus they are the only businesses really making money.
The top 1% of the wealth in this country has made more money, as the Middle Class's wages have been flat, or even declined.
The LAST thing that the Crony Capitalists want is a real popular uprising.
(note, after the 2008 bank meltdown NOTHING was changed.... not a damn thing... except TARP money was used to consolidate the banking industry).
Posted by: BB Wolf at July 26, 2015 07:51 PM (qh617)
Note.... I as a private IT contractor have paid more in Taxes for the last 5 years running.... than General Electric....
Posted by: BB Wolf at July 26, 2015 07:52 PM (qh617)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 26, 2015 07:52 PM (cbMSM)
'ello?
Posted by: Soothsayer of the Righteous And Harmonious Fists at July 26, 2015 07:52 PM (7CyjY)
Posted by: Little shrimp at July 26, 2015 07:53 PM (W5DcG)
Posted by: seamrog at July 26, 2015 07:53 PM (8tnlS)
See? You can't get rid of me that easily.
Posted by: Soothsayer of the Righteous And Harmonious Fists at July 26, 2015 07:53 PM (7CyjY)
Is everyone Russian out to learn Chess ?
Or hammer a bottle of vodka. either/or
and yes, Cribbage is THE game.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 26, 2015 07:53 PM (ODxAs)
'ello?
Posted by: Soothsayer of the Righteous And Harmonious Fists at July 26, 2015 07:52 PM (7CyjY)
'Ello!
Posted by: OregonMuse at July 26, 2015 07:54 PM (/LM8/)
We've lived long enough to see that proven wrong.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 26, 2015 07:55 PM (cbMSM)
That fraud Neil Degrass Tyson Chicken was just featured on 60 Minutes because of Pluto.
Did you know that Tyson tours as if he was a performer? I didn't. It's no wonder he went full Leftist because that's a good way to find a niche audience.
They just showed some of his show on 60 Minutes and the verbiage was eerily similar to a sermon, making Tyson a reverend in the religion of political science.
Posted by: Soothsayer of the Righteous And Harmonious Fists at July 26, 2015 07:57 PM (7CyjY)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 26, 2015 07:57 PM (ODxAs)
That's not the easiest book for a beginner to learn chess from. I've heard it referred to as "Chess the Hard Way." I have a copy of it myself and I think I would agree with that assessment.
Posted by: OregonMuse at July 26, 2015 07:46 PM (/LM8/)
Yep, I had a couple of false starts where I threw up my hands and said, "This is confusing." But I kept going back to it and at least learned the basics.
Posted by: rickl at July 26, 2015 07:57 PM (sdi6R)
Correction: let me call it politicized science.
We all know political science is bullshit. (Can I get an amen, Amishdude?) But it's really politicized science.
Posted by: Soothsayer of the Righteous And Harmonious Fists at July 26, 2015 07:58 PM (7CyjY)
Is there any such recommended ' bridge ' book for someone who plays chess and wants to move to the next level incrementally?
Posted by: some random meathead at July 26, 2015 07:58 PM (/m9uo)
Posted by: OregonMuse at July 26, 2015 07:59 PM (/LM8/)
changed.... not a damn thing... except TARP money was used to
consolidate the banking industry).
Posted by: BB Wolf
PNC Bank was forced to take TARP money, even though they were in good shape, in 2009. So they took the money and bought out National City Bank, and put about 1000 people out of work in Cleveland and elsewhere when they closed the management offices, etc. for National City.
Winning!!
My nephew works for JP Morgan Chase as a lowly branch manager, and was laughing about Jamie Dimon basically calling Obama an idiot, and then getting a fine for $17 BILLION dollars for some other Big Bank pseudo - scandal, and they still made a profit that quarter after cutting a check for it.
So what the devil is actually going on in this country? I am all out of clues.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative...a rube in America at July 26, 2015 08:01 PM (+1T7c)
BTW if you're wondering why the "GOP apologist worm" ecological niche is filled to overflowing:
Charles C W Cooke charlescwcooke
I'm off to the South of France for a bit. See you all in a couple of weeks!
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 26, 2015 08:01 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: seamrog at July 26, 2015 08:02 PM (8tnlS)
What chess thing??
Posted by: Soothsayer of the Righteous And Harmonious Fists at July 26, 2015 08:03 PM (7CyjY)
and yes, Cribbage is THE game.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
Hearts.
*passes the Queen of Spades and a couple of mid-range hearts*
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 26, 2015 08:04 PM (kdS6q)
Funny there, Wolf, always kinda thought what was good for bizness was for good for the average American.
We've lived long enough to see that proven wrong.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 26, 2015 07:55 PM (cbMSM)
----------In a way I have to disagree. In the Micro Economics level, as an over the road trucker, as the shortage of good drivers increased, I saw my paycheck increase. The same thing happened when I went into IT. There was a shortage of skilled workers, and wages increased by a lot. But once the field was flooded, wages and wage increases went down. The biggest reason that wages are flat right now? Look at the labor participation rate. The lowest its been since Jimmah Cartah. When you have more potential labor than you have jobs, it's an employer market. When you have more jobs than you have bodies to fill them, it's an employee market. Labor is a fungible commodity.
Posted by: Old Blue at July 26, 2015 08:04 PM (9iR5/)
what's been and lost ain't no easy ride. But that's our trek, we gotta'
travel it. And there ain't nobody knows where it's gonna' lead.
Still in
all, every night we does the tell, so that we 'member who we was and
where we came from... but most of all we 'members the Weirddave thread that disappeared. And we lights the city, not just for him,
but for all of them AOS threads that are still out there. 'Cause we knows there
come a night, when they sees the distant light, and they'll be comin'
home
Posted by: nuclear wasteland feral kids from Beyond Thunderdome at July 26, 2015 08:06 PM (/m9uo)
Like the Piltdown man or the jackalope.
The Lost Thread of WeirdDave has never been published on the AOSHQ blog.
There is more evidence for the Cardiff Giant than there is for The Lost Thread of WeirdDave.
Your memories of The Lost Thread of WeirdDave are but false memories implanted by the Elders of Zion in conjunction with the Illuminati.
There has never been a Lost Thread of WeirdDave because there is no WeirdDave.
WeirdDave is a hoax constructed from the upper half of a manatee topped with a John Deere gimme cap sewn together with the bottom half of a spider monkey.
Please do not seek The Lost Thread of WeirdDave or WeirdDave himself.
They are but hoaxes.
Close your eyes and sleep....when you awaken you will feel an intense hunger for Rocky Road Ice Cream in
3...
2...
1...
Posted by: Hypno-Jeb! at July 26, 2015 08:06 PM (KUa85)
Posted by: Soothsayer of the Righteous And Harmonious Fists at July 26, 2015 08:07 PM (7CyjY)
Posted by: some random meathead
The only chess book I've ever read, ever, was "Think Like a Grandmaster" by Kotov. Quite excellent -- he was considered one of the architects of the Soviet training method, and his techniques turned Russia from a third-world backwater to the leading chess nation.
Beware, however, that his other books features anti-US and pro-Soviet propaganda. But luckily "Think Like a Grandmaster" is mostly free from that. It's now considered a great classic in the "learn chess" genre, deservedly so.
However, it is more like a bridge from "intermediate" to "advanced", rather than from "beginner" to "intermediate."
Even so, I do recommend it, if you want o hyper-accelerate your chess knowledge.
Posted by: zombie at July 26, 2015 08:07 PM (jBuUi)
We've lived long enough to see that proven wrong.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill
In part. The really big mega-businesses, banks, corporations are working hand-in-hand with the Federal government and the regulatory state to throttle any possible competition.
Small and medium size businesses, which are the real employment growth drivers, are being crushed by regulation and the rush to control the economy by the government-ruling class - chamber-pot of commerce. Which is a significant part of the dropping labor participation rate.
As has been foreseen by the people that tell Obama what to do.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative...a rube in America at July 26, 2015 08:07 PM (+1T7c)
Posted by: Miss Teen U.S. America at July 26, 2015 08:08 PM (Dwehj)
Leader McConnell SenateMajLdr 6 hours ago
Our country needs a multi-year #highway bill, and we're close to finally passing a fiscally responsible bipartisan one. #DriveAct
Hope the little plastic palm tree in your turtle tank falls on you.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 26, 2015 08:09 PM (kdS6q)
My favourite chess on film is at the beginning of the Russian Sherlock Holmes series made in the late 70s. Holmes and Watson play a game of chess (typical Russian touch!) and I burst out laughing to see how differently chess is portrayed on American and Russian cinema. In an American film, it's White moves a pawn, then Black moves a pawn, then White moves something else, then... long, long pause, which settles down into what will obviously be MINUTES of concentration. With the Russians, it's bam-bam-bam-bam... Eighteen moves in about 15 seconds! And the game is over half a dozen moves later. So that's how Russians play chess!
My other favourite chess on film moment is this ad for Geico: http://tinyurl.com/nux65u3
If chess were color commentaried the way soccer is.
Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at July 26, 2015 08:09 PM (VBbCO)
If chess were color commentaried the way soccer is.
Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at July 26, 2015 08:09 PM (VBbCO)
You're Canadian, aren't you?
Posted by: Vendette at July 26, 2015 08:10 PM (TEpA2)
Posted by: Soothsayer of the Righteous And Harmonious Fists at July 26, 2015 08:10 PM (7CyjY)
Thanks , zombie. I'll give it a go.
Posted by: some random meathead at July 26, 2015 08:10 PM (/m9uo)
I'm probably one of the shittiest chess players on the planet. But I don't mind losing to people, if anyone wants to play. I use the Free game "Chess by post" which is more or less digital correspondence chess. (In that it's asynchronous).
I go by "tsrblke" on the game (I haven't played in a long time. My friend and I had to stop for a while do to busyness.
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) rogue bioethicst at July 26, 2015 08:11 PM (hhQEJ)
Like that thread on your shirt, that you kept pulling at until your sleeve came off ?
Posted by: seamrog at July 26, 2015 08:11 PM (8tnlS)
they said there is a huge poster of the pope thanking him for helping to save the world. plus everyone is in an uproar over shell corporation's plans to drill in the arctic.
raise your hand if you hate the see-era club.
Posted by: concrete girl at July 26, 2015 08:12 PM (ll1q6)
Posted by: Soothsayer of the Righteous And Harmonious Fists at July 26, 2015 08:13 PM (7CyjY)
thanking him for helping to save the world. plus everyone is in an
uproar over shell corporation's plans to drill in the arctic.
raise your hand if you hate the see-era club.
Posted by: concrete girl
You're going to Hell for bashin' the Pope AND the Sierra Club.
You are a very bad girl.
Just like Ted Cruz. He is a very bad man.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative...a rube in America at July 26, 2015 08:15 PM (+1T7c)
True. The age of American Crony-ism is well afoot.
Speaking to labor, my company is a great example. My program is doing 25% more business than it was 2-3 years ago. But, they WILL NOT hire any additional employees to handle it. No sir. "Bad economy" is the reason. So, we are grinding people to the bone, OT all over the place, to meet labor demand. We're walking a knife edge all the time but man hours MUST NOT go up.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 26, 2015 08:15 PM (cbMSM)
So this highway bill will finally shut up the Democrats from saying "roads and bridges" and saying Republicans are opposed to building them, right?
Posted by: Soothsayer of the Righteous And Harmonious Fists at July 26, 2015 08:16 PM (7CyjY)
Posted by: Soothsayer of the Righteous And Harmonious Fists
And the reach around.
Don't forget the reach-around.
Harry Reid was wearing dark sunglasses in the Senate today. The exercise bands are loose again!!
Posted by: Bossy Conservative...a rube in America at July 26, 2015 08:17 PM (+1T7c)
You're Canadian, aren't you?
Posted by: Vendette at July 26, 2015 08:10 PM (TEpA2)
Why yes, I am! How did you know? I carefully excises all the "eh"s from my post. Was it the fact that we used to take the Olympics seriously?
Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at July 26, 2015 08:17 PM (VBbCO)
Posted by: GOP at July 26, 2015 08:18 PM (jvzQQ)
Posted by: Kreplach at July 26, 2015 08:19 PM (WVvzl)
*ducks and covers*
Posted by: Mickey and Sylvia at July 26, 2015 08:20 PM (QP2lF)
excises all the "eh"s from my post. Was it the fact that we used to
take the Olympics seriously?
Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at July 26, 2015 08:17 PM (VBbCO)
"Favourite"
Posted by: Vendette at July 26, 2015 08:20 PM (TEpA2)
No.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 26, 2015 08:20 PM (cbMSM)
If you watched the Sunday morning talk shows, you'll have heard how little all the talking heads think of us. They, both the Left and Right talking tv heads, said Trump was just tapping into our anger...as if we're just a simple-minded mob.
Remember, these are the people who advise the GOP..
Posted by: Soothsayer of the Righteous And Harmonious Fists at July 26, 2015 08:20 PM (7CyjY)
Racist! White chess privilege! Call the DoJ!
Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 26, 2015 08:21 PM (DiZBp)
Posted by: Bossy Conservative...a rube in America at July 26, 2015 08:17 PM (+1T7c)
The sunglasses are permanent.
Posted by: Vendette at July 26, 2015 08:21 PM (TEpA2)
Posted by: Old Blue at July 26, 2015 08:21 PM (9iR5/)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 26, 2015 08:21 PM (cbMSM)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at July 26, 2015 08:22 PM (MYPM9)
Conservatives are going to have to start re-evaluating and recalibrating our relationship with big business among other things.
It seems that like much else in life, the Marxist/progressives have infiltrated big business and are now the jackboots of our own destruction.
Posted by: Kreplach at July 26, 2015 08:23 PM (WVvzl)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 26, 2015 08:21 PM (cbMSM)
Cheque is classier than check.
Posted by: Vendette at July 26, 2015 08:23 PM (TEpA2)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 26, 2015 08:23 PM (cbMSM)
Posted by: Old Blue at July 26, 2015 08:24 PM (9iR5/)
I say, sounds like ripping fun, what?:
LONDON: UK's deputy speaker in the House of Lords resigned on Sunday after he was allegedly pictured snorting cocaine with two prostitutes.
Lord John Sewel, a deputy speaker who oversees standards in the House of Lords, resigned amid claims in The Sun he took the Class A drug at a sex party. Sewel, 69, formerly a Labour peer and ally of former Prime Minister Tony Blair, was said to have been caught on video telling the prostitutes that he wanted to "be led astray".
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 26, 2015 08:25 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 26, 2015 08:23 PM (cbMSM)
It checked out.
Posted by: Vendette at July 26, 2015 08:25 PM (TEpA2)
Has AOSHQ freedom of speech been
Trumped by NSA ?
People wanna know.
Posted by: seamrog at July 26, 2015 08:26 PM (8tnlS)
Posted by: GOP at July 26, 2015 08:18 PM (jvzQQ)<<<
All we know how to do is flog the bishop.
Posted by: Agent Orange and Turtle Power at July 26, 2015 08:27 PM (b8RK4)
Did the moderators at least ask these filthy POS if they thought the anger was justified or legitimate in any way?
I don't watch TV, I've been trying to eliminate sources of anger in my life.
Haven't quit figured out what to do about the wife though.
Posted by: Kreplach at July 26, 2015 08:27 PM (WVvzl)
Posted by: freaked at July 26, 2015 08:28 PM (BO/km)
LDC, excellent! Good to see that "standards" in Lords are being looked after. Was there detail, as in, did he do the coke off the hookers' behinds? I mean, that would be notable.
What nic does he comment here under, you think?
Posted by: rhomboid at July 26, 2015 08:28 PM (QDnY+)
Posted by: Congressional Human Centipede at July 26, 2015 08:28 PM (37aDh)
Where in Canada do you pay your taxes?
(If you didn't know, I'm born and raised there.)
Posted by: Vendette at July 26, 2015 08:28 PM (TEpA2)
Posted by: Canadian Racists at July 26, 2015 08:28 PM (MYPM9)
Posted by: Canadian Racists at July 26, 2015 08:30 PM (MYPM9)
Posted by: Bubba Clinton at July 26, 2015 08:30 PM (Dwehj)
Posted by: Vendette at July 26, 2015 08:30 PM (TEpA2)
Bill Cosby drugged WeirdDave's thread and pulled down its pants.
Posted by: Soothsayer of the Righteous And Harmonious Fists at July 26, 2015 08:31 PM (7CyjY)
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at July 26, 2015 08:31 PM (YFw5T)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 26, 2015 08:31 PM (cbMSM)
Posted by: Weasel at July 26, 2015 08:31 PM (e3bId)
ah hell, just forget it.
Posted by: Agent J at July 26, 2015 08:31 PM (ueOgE)
all imagined it. Maybe we'll wake up, and hot young Victoria Principal
will be there waiting for us. Or Patrick Duffy, for you ladies, or some
of the guys, or, uh, Victoria for some of the ladies too, or--
Posted by: Agent J at July 26, 2015 08:31 PM (ueOgE)
Someone took out the trash for me.
Posted by: Vendette at July 26, 2015 08:32 PM (TEpA2)
that fell several votes short of a 60-vote threshold to advance. The
largely symbolic vote, which was attached to a three-year highway
funding bill, marked the Senates first attempt to repeal ObamaCare since
Republicans took control of the chamber in January.
Sorry. We tried so, SO hard.
*giggle*
Posted by: Mitch McConnell : rolling in sweet donor money at July 26, 2015 08:33 PM (/m9uo)
NGU, small place just south of Naha, on the main road. Best fried rice my wife ever had, she says - and she's a daughter of Nihon. Excellent soki soba, too.
And then get yourself to Family Mart and try some of those sheekwasa gummies. The best.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 26, 2015 08:33 PM (QDnY+)
Posted by: freaked at July 26, 2015 08:33 PM (BO/km)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 26, 2015 08:34 PM (cbMSM)
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at July 26, 2015 08:34 PM (YFw5T)
------------
Hairy Reed walks into a bar and orders a drink. The bartender, being a friendly sort starts chatting with Hairy Reed.
"So, I see you have a wooden leg. What happened?" asked the bartender.
Hairy says "I lost me leg to a Republican broadside in 1996. It was vicious."
So the bartender brings olde Hairy another grog, and asks, "I see that you have a hook for a hand. How'd that happen?" and Olde Hairy says "Arrrgh, I got into a hand fight with that witch Pelosi, and she ripped me hand right from me arm, Arrrgghhhh! And that's why to this day I have a hook instead of a hand!"
So the bartender brings Olde Hairy another grog and says "I can't help myself, Senator, but why are you wearing that eye patch??"
And Olde Hairy replies, "I wear this eye patch because of a pigeon!"
Bartender - "A pigeon put out your eye?"
Old Hairy Reed - "Aye a pigeon put out me eye! It pooped in me eye and it was my first day with the hook!"
Posted by: Old Blue at July 26, 2015 08:35 PM (9iR5/)
Posted by: seamrog at July 26, 2015 08:36 PM (8tnlS)
Sewel, 69, formerly a Labour peer and ally of former Prime Minister Tony Blair, was said to have been caught on video telling the prostitutes that he wanted to "be led astray".
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 26, 2015 08:25 PM (kdS6q)
Nobody does sex scandals like the Brits.
Posted by: rickl at July 26, 2015 08:37 PM (sdi6R)
Instead, only try to realize the truth... there is no thread.
Posted by: the little boy in The Matrix at July 26, 2015 08:37 PM (b8RK4)
Was there detail, as in, did he do the coke off the hookers' behinds?
Posted by: rhomboid
Updating:
Lord John Sewel, a deputy speaker who oversees standards in the House of Lords, resigned amid claims in 'The Sun' he took the Class A drug at a sex party.
The Sun on Sunday revealed video footage of Sewel snorting coke off of a hookers breast. New pictures today show him wearing one womans bra during a sordid session.
Pics and vid at the link:
www.thesun.co.uk
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 26, 2015 08:38 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 26, 2015 08:38 PM (cbMSM)
Do not try and find Dave's thread, that's impossible.
Instead, only try to realize the truth... there is no thread.
Neither Google nor Internet Wayback Machine cached it.
I suspect foul play.
Posted by: some random meathead at July 26, 2015 08:39 PM (/m9uo)
We're gonna go out of style...
Posted by: Vendette at July 26, 2015 08:40 PM (TEpA2)
*giggle*
Posted by: Mitch McConnell : rolling in sweet donor money at July 26, 2015 08:33 PM (/m9uo)
Let me try it, Mitch.
Posted by: Chris Christie : rolling in sweet donut honey at July 26, 2015 08:40 PM (W5DcG)
Cloyd - I've said this many times in the last few years - why oh why can't we trade foreign policies with Canada? (wow, think how much has changed on both sides for THAT swap to be appealing)
Didn't get much attention, but last year (?) Harper did what should have been done by everybody, always (in which case things would be mighty different). He met with the Palestinian "leadership", during which meeting he bitch-slapped them around for their mendacious criminal idiocy, and then already having done what almost nobody does in private, went out and did what *nobody* ever does - repeated the bitch-slapping in public, and piled on.
Only other time - ever - I can remember a western leader just dropping the nonsense and talking plainly (again, it matters, and it made a difference) was when Dubya had his joint appearance with Sharon. Right after the nth Palestinian pledge of good behavior, and immediately after the ship Karine A was nabbed by the Israelis, proving their mendacity (oh, Iranian-supplied weapons for Gaza, if you're wondering). Dubya just talked plainly - as of course did Sharon - and the press, the Beltway, the UN, the Euros were so taken aback they just whimpered and took their beating.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 26, 2015 08:40 PM (QDnY+)
Posted by: rickl
That's a scandal? How--'ow you say--cute.
Posted by: the French at July 26, 2015 08:40 PM (MYPM9)
Posted by: Old Blue at July 26, 2015 08:41 PM (9iR5/)
It's funny the way pols in so many foreign countries, when humiliated or having experienced a stinging political rebuke, resign.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 26, 2015 08:41 PM (cbMSM)
At the sex party, held behind the back of wife Lady Jennifer, he stripped naked and put on one 200 pound-a-night* call girl's bra and leather jacket. He accused them of stealing a rolled-up 10 pound note they had used to snort cocaine on a previous occasion and moaned about his expenses.
The minister, based in Aberdeen, also branded Asian women "whores", claiming he'd have liked an Asian prostitute to join the sex party.
*plus VAT
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 26, 2015 08:42 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 26, 2015 08:43 PM (VPLuQ)
Posted by: seamrog at July 26, 2015 08:43 PM (8tnlS)
Posted by: concrete girl at July 26, 2015 08:43 PM (ll1q6)
Posted by: rickl
That's a scandal? How--'ow you say--cute.
Posted by: the French at July 26, 2015 08:40 PM (MYPM9)<<<
Mama mia, thatsa notta scandal!
Posted by: Pimp Minister Berlusconi at July 26, 2015 08:44 PM (b8RK4)
Anthony Weiner. Twitter, photos. Text messages.
Lord John Sewel. Hookers, blow, cross-dressing, open discussion of various ethnicities and their naughty traits.
In 50 words or less, compare and contrast.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 26, 2015 08:45 PM (QDnY+)
Posted by: Bossy Conservative...a rube in America at July 26, 2015 08:45 PM (+1T7c)
He was a grandmaster, but had a pretty laid-back writing style. Maybe the book was intermediate-to-advanced for its time. But I think it is accessible for beginners. Any casual player who has read it will have a decided advantage over one who hasn't.
Posted by: rickl at July 26, 2015 08:45 PM (sdi6R)
#1-Ten pound note. Who. Cares.
#2-They're HOOKERS. What do you think they do?
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 26, 2015 08:45 PM (cbMSM)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 26, 2015 08:46 PM (W5DcG)
There will be an election in Canada in the fall, unless Harper calls it earlier, which he may. The front-running opposition party is the New Democrats, not the Liberals led by the Spawn of Trudeau. The latter is frightening, but the former is more so. It's a shame that the NDs are surging on the federal front because of their win in Alberta, which had never elected a left-of-centre (doing this intentionally) party since the province was created in 1905. The Alberta NDP was elected because the Progressive Conservative Party (don't ask) had been in power since 1971, had a bunch of scandals, got a new leader, and he called an election too early. They paid dearly, and now Alberta will.
The NDP surge federally is because people think that because they were elected in Alberta, they must be OK. They couldn't be more wrong.
Posted by: Vendette at July 26, 2015 08:46 PM (TEpA2)
My only remaining political ambition is to get on the regular invite list for parties with Lord John Sewel and former PM Berlusconi.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 26, 2015 08:46 PM (QDnY+)
After the session, Sewel paid one of the girls £200 in cash and wrote the other a cheque for the same amount.
The disgraced Lord even invited them to have dinner with him at the Peers Dining Room in the House of Lords ahead of another orgy he had arranged for September.
1. Have a little class and at least stop by the ATM before the cocaine fueled sex orgy so everyone gets cash.
2. Not exactly what you'd call circumspect, what with trolling into the Peers Dining Room with a brace of doxies.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 26, 2015 08:47 PM (kdS6q)
The body of an unidentified Internet post was found face down in a puddle on E Street this morning. Authorities are seeking for questioning an individual who goes by the street name "Weirddave".
Any information should be forwarded to the AOS Threadicide Tipline.
Posted by: some random meathead at July 26, 2015 08:48 PM (/m9uo)
As soon as I saw the header - I knew this thread would devolve into a white privilege discussion. Funny how competition chess boards are green and white. And when invented, I'd bet it was dark wood vs. light wood.
Posted by: GBruno at July 26, 2015 08:48 PM (u49WF)
Posted by: rhomboid
Another triumph for the culture of the Anglosphere?
NOT!
We're ruled by vulgar knaves, fools and miscreants. And you can blame George Bush for all that. Who else?
Posted by: Bossy Conservative...a rube in America at July 26, 2015 08:48 PM (+1T7c)
Posted by: some random meathead at July 26, 2015 08:49 PM (/m9uo)
Posted by: Eromero at July 26, 2015 08:49 PM (go5uR)
I didn't think it was PC anymore, just "Conservative." Or is that just AB?
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 26, 2015 08:49 PM (cbMSM)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 26, 2015 08:50 PM (VPLuQ)
The second region, Antenora, is named for the
Trojan prince Antenor. While the classical sources--notably
Homer's Iliad--present Antenor in a positive (or at least neutral)
light as one in favor of returning Helen to the Greeks for the good of
Troy, medieval versions--histories, commentaries, and romances--view him
as a "treacherous Judas" who plots with the Greeks to destroy the city.
Dante places in this region those who betrayed their political party or
their homeland.
Posted by: Grandma Mimi at July 26, 2015 08:50 PM (u5LFV)
Dear NSA: I will send you $100 in small, unmarked bills for a good quality pic of Boehner or McConnell wearing a bra. I will look at it and laugh, and laugh, and laugh.
Posted by: Agent J at July 26, 2015 08:51 PM (ueOgE)
"When it comes to getting fun out of chess it does not really matter how well you play. If you do not like being beaten with monotonous regularity you can always find someone who plays as badly as you do. And you can gloat over your victories and find excuses for your defeats in much the same manner as has been practiced since dim antiquity by players much better than yourself -- not excluding some masters of the game."
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at July 26, 2015 08:51 PM (jR7Wy)
Vendette, somewhat aware of the tale you tell re Alberta. Very shocking and disappointing. Wondering - since the actual politics of Albertans haven't changed, how can this NDP thing in Edmonton last, or prosper?
And witnessing what we have in the US the last 6 years (or more), and of course what Canada did to itself for a few decades - sadly I can easily imagine Canada falling from its current top-shelf perch, for no good reason.
Was shocked when some Albertans who came in to the museum described the whole sad tale in Edmonton. Which apparently included raiding the Heritage Fund?
Canada is a tiny point of intelligent light in a sea of gloomy idiocy when it comes to foreign policy among the formerly Free World western nations. Then again, things are SO far gone in the US, maybe it's immaterial now.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 26, 2015 08:52 PM (QDnY+)
Tres romantic:
Baron John Sewel, who has been married three times, apparently insisted on turning a framed photograph of his current wife face-down before engaging in the alleged drug-fuelled sex sessions.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 26, 2015 08:52 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Miley's Tongue at July 26, 2015 08:53 PM (+Y3QE)
Baron John Sewel, who has been married three
times, apparently insisted on turning a framed photograph of his current
wife face-down before engaging in the alleged drug-fuelled sex
sessions.
Avoiding splatter?
Posted by: some random meathead at July 26, 2015 08:53 PM (/m9uo)
http://bit.ly/1IpeBfs
Posted by: Grump928(C) at July 26, 2015 08:54 PM (rwI+c)
Posted by: concrete girl at July 26, 2015 08:43 PM (ll1q6)
*Sidles up*
How YOU doin?
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 26, 2015 08:55 PM (cygkw)
The assumption at the time seems to be that some of the comments were getting very rowdy. I was unfortunate enough to miss them, so don't know for sure.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 26, 2015 08:56 PM (GDulk)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice
----------------
I was told that there would be no thinking.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 26, 2015 08:57 PM (9mTYi)
Posted by: freaked at July 26, 2015 08:58 PM (BO/km)
Posted by: Kim K. at July 26, 2015 09:00 PM (LAliD)
Posted by: not Heidi Fleiss at July 26, 2015 09:01 PM (37aDh)
Posted by: rickl at July 26, 2015 09:02 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 26, 2015 08:56 PM (GDulk)
****
I was about the last would comment on that thread, and can verify that it was not any more rowdy than an average to somewhat slow ONT.
Methinks the author of the shredded article may have voiced an objection prior to vaporization.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 26, 2015 09:02 PM (cygkw)
Alberta. Very shocking and disappointing. Wondering - since the actual
politics of Albertans haven't changed, how can this NDP thing in
Edmonton last, or prosper?
And witnessing what we have in the US
the last 6 years (or more), and of course what Canada did to itself for a
few decades - sadly I can easily imagine Canada falling from its
current top-shelf perch, for no good reason.
Was shocked when
some Albertans who came in to the museum described the whole sad tale in
Edmonton. Which apparently included raiding the Heritage Fund?
Canada
is a tiny point of intelligent light in a sea of gloomy idiocy when it
comes to foreign policy among the formerly Free World western nations.
Then again, things are SO far gone in the US, maybe it's immaterial now.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 26, 2015 08:52 PM (QDnY+)
It was a situation where the dominant right-of-centre party got caught up in scandal, turfed the leader, brought in a new one, and he was dumb and called an early election (in Canada, elections are held every 5 years unless the ruling party wants to hold one earlier; in this case, he asked for it earlier).
There is another right-of-centre party in the province, so there was a vote split. On the left, there were 3 parties, but the NDP dominated, and therefore won a bunch of seats because of the right split. I'll add that during the one debate with the party leaders, the NDP leader did really well (I listened online).
The problem is that Albertans are learning that because they elected an inexperienced government (and boy, did they) people are being brought in from other parts of the country to actually run the province and policies are being implemented that people may not like. Congrats, you're stuck until 2020.
I'll also add that Harper is the Prime Minister of Canada because of a left vote split.
Posted by: Vendette at July 26, 2015 09:02 PM (TEpA2)
Was there a warning in the Weird Dave thread? It wasn't all that much different from any other politics thread when I had to go get my kids. I don't think we've received a Notice of Chastisement since the thread got whacked, have we?
Posted by: Agent J at July 26, 2015 09:03 PM (ueOgE)
I'm in Ottawa, actually, but grew up in Vancouver, back when it was conservative. Haven't lived in a conservative riding since I moved back east.
Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at July 26, 2015 09:04 PM (VBbCO)
We're not looking for a hot young thing to screw around with, we want one to run away with.
If it please the Horde , I would like to forward a nomination for Weirddave to fill the COB post formerly held by Gabe *spit* Malor.
Posted by: some random meathead at July 26, 2015 09:05 PM (/m9uo)
Posted by: Soothsayer of the Righteous And Harmonious Fists at July 26, 2015 09:06 PM (7CyjY)
Posted by: freaked at July 26, 2015 09:07 PM (BO/km)
back when it was conservative. Haven't lived in a conservative riding
since I moved back east.
Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at July 26, 2015 09:04 PM (VBbCO)
Based on my post at 253, you'll probably figure out where I'm from. I should visit Ottawa.
Posted by: Vendette at July 26, 2015 09:07 PM (TEpA2)
If you don't condemn Trump, you fully support him AND you believe that he's a true conservative.
Posted by: Soothsayer of the Righteous And Harmonious Fists at July 26, 2015 09:07 PM (7CyjY)
Please tell me you say "the crowd IS" and not "the crowd ARE."
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 26, 2015 09:08 PM (cbMSM)
Posted by: some random meathead at July 26, 2015 09:05 PM (/m9uo)
****
Seconded, because you can tell that WD does not feel like he needs a shower after he "comes down here" to put up posts. And, he will hang out in the comments.
But mostly that first thingy.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 26, 2015 09:10 PM (2z4UX)
Was there a warning in the Weird Dave thread? It wasn't all that much different from any other politics thread when I had to go get my kids. I don't think we've received a Notice of Chastisement since the thread got whacked, have we?
Posted by: Agent J
The question isn't why, the question is who? The who gives us the why.
No wait. The when and how gives us the who, THEN the who gives us the why.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 26, 2015 09:10 PM (kdS6q)
The question isn't why, the question is who? The who gives us the why.
No wait. The when and how gives us the who, THEN the who gives us the why.
What?
Posted by: Soothsayer of the Righteous And Harmonious Fists at July 26, 2015 09:11 PM (7CyjY)
Posted by: AC at July 26, 2015 09:11 PM (TzeLs)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 26, 2015 09:11 PM (cbMSM)
Posted by: Agent J at July 26, 2015 09:12 PM (ueOgE)
The question isn't why, the question is who? The who gives us the why.
No wait. The when and how gives us the who, THEN the who gives us the why.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 26, 2015 09:10 PM (kdS6q)
Third base!
Posted by: Bud Abbott at July 26, 2015 09:13 PM (sdi6R)
I think I know Who.
I think a certain individual patrols the threads here and control-f's his name to see if we're being un-pc regarding his perversion.
Posted by: Soothsayer of the Righteous And Harmonious Fists at July 26, 2015 09:13 PM (7CyjY)
Posted by: freaked at July 26, 2015 09:13 PM (BO/km)
Alberta's conservative party was still called the "Progressive Conservatives". Maybe they'll eventually see the light too and go back to plain conservative principles, but as Vendette says, there are other conservative parties there splitting the vote.
Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at July 26, 2015 09:13 PM (VBbCO)
Posted by: Joe Biden at July 26, 2015 09:13 PM (JG47A)
Posted by: Jus Sayin at July 26, 2015 09:14 PM (6A96L)
The question isn't why, the question is who? The who gives us the why.
No wait. The when and how gives us the who, THEN the who gives us the why.
THEN WHO WAS PHONE?
Posted by: Soothsayer of the Righteous And Harmonious Fists at July 26, 2015 09:14 PM (7CyjY)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 26, 2015 08:56 PM (GDulk)
****
I was about the last would comment on that thread, and can verify that it was not any more rowdy than an average to somewhat slow ONT.
Methinks the author of the shredded article may have voiced an objection prior to vaporization.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 26, 2015 09:02 PM (cygkw)
Yes, I suspect a high priest was pissed.
Posted by: eman at July 26, 2015 09:14 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 26, 2015 09:14 PM (cbMSM)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 26, 2015 09:10 PM (kdS6q)
I haven't got a prayer of parsing that, even though I have NOT been drinking tonight.
Posted by: Agent J at July 26, 2015 09:14 PM (ueOgE)
Posted by: Weasel at July 26, 2015 09:14 PM (e3bId)
Posted by: concrete girl at July 26, 2015 09:15 PM (ll1q6)
Let's just say the circumstances surrounding the WeirdDave thread disappearance are...unresolved.
Posted by: Weasel
As they always do. Not exactly the first time one of his weekend threads got Earhart'd.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 26, 2015 09:17 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Agent J at July 26, 2015 09:17 PM (ueOgE)
Posted by: Weasel at July 26, 2015 09:17 PM (e3bId)
baseballs post up
Posted by: Soothsayer of the Righteous And Harmonious Fists at July 26, 2015 09:17 PM (7CyjY)
of the federal right-of-centre party. They imploded in the 90s,
wandered around in the desert for awhile, some regional conservative
parties also formed, and then they finally reunited under the old
original name of just "Conservative". The "Progressive" was dropped, to
signify a turning away from the squishy drift to the left of the
previous decades.
Alberta's conservative party was still called the "Progressive
Conservatives". Maybe they'll eventually see the light too and go back
to plain conservative principles, but as Vendette says, there are other
conservative parties there splitting the vote.
Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at July 26, 2015 09:13 PM (VBbCO)
There wouldn't be a Prime Minister Stephen Harper if the right-of-centre party named the Reform Party hadn't merged with the Progressive Conservatives, which in 1993 (after Mulroney) melted down from a majority in the Canadian Parliament to 2 seats.
Alberta will pay the price for their collective stupidity. I'm sorry to say that, as someone who grew up there and has family living there.
Posted by: Vendette at July 26, 2015 09:18 PM (TEpA2)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at July 26, 2015 09:18 PM (rwI+c)
More than one crowd, use are and say crowds.
The fact a crowd contains more than one of something is immaterial.
Posted by: eman at July 26, 2015 09:18 PM (MQEz6)
Oh, certainly remember the PC and PM Brian Mulroney.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 26, 2015 09:18 PM (cbMSM)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 26, 2015 09:08 PM (cbMSM)
Of course! I lived in the States (our name for the U.S.) for awhile, and I got a hankering to read some Stephen Leacock. He's a Canadian humorist from circa WWI - *very* funny. He wrote "How We Kept Mother's Day" and "My Financial Career", where he gets so confused trying to open a tiny savings account. Anyway, if you want to buy Canadian books, there's a good chance you'll be buying them from Canada, so I went on AbeBooks and found a seller in B.C. who had some used books for sale. We emailed back and forth, and I wrote "I'll send you a cheque for the total." I got an email back confirming the order and adding, "Yours is the first order from the U.S. I've ever received where the word 'cheque' was spelled properly." So typically Canadian!
Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at July 26, 2015 09:19 PM (VBbCO)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at July 26, 2015 09:20 PM (rwI+c)
Look, my blogging here is a privilege. It is always subject to the aproval of the powers that be. If they don't aporove of something I wrote, they have every right to remove it. Their sandbox, their rules.
Posted by: Weirddave at July 26, 2015 09:20 PM (WvS3w)
racist heteros and proceeds to wag his Twitter finger about how all us
racist white racists heteros hate Messicans vicariously through
Trump...or something.
And he gets a full page defense.
Weirddave takes Rick Wilson (righteously!)to the woodshed and gets his post yanked.
My life sucks that way.
Posted by: some random meathead at July 26, 2015 09:20 PM (/m9uo)
Look, my blogging here is a privilege. It is always subject to the aproval of the powers that be. If they don't aporove of something I wrote, they have every right to remove it. Their sandbox, their rules.
Posted by: Weirddave at July 26, 2015 09:20 PM (WvS3w)
True and revealing, too.
Posted by: eman at July 26, 2015 09:22 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at July 26, 2015 09:23 PM (VBbCO)
Posted by: Weasel at July 26, 2015 09:23 PM (e3bId)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at July 26, 2015 09:23 PM (rwI+c)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at July 26, 2015 09:23 PM (rwI+c)
He and Gingy have their house on the market and had an Open House this afternoon. He may have been busy with that.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 26, 2015 09:24 PM (GDulk)
Posted by: Fox Mulder at July 26, 2015 09:25 PM (/m9uo)
If they don't aporove of something I wrote, they have every right to remove it. Their sandbox, their rules.
Who is They?
This is Ace's blog.
Posted by: Soothsayer of the Righteous And Harmonious Fists at July 26, 2015 09:25 PM (7CyjY)
Posted by: Gingy at July 26, 2015 09:26 PM (WvS3w)
Dumb election call and a vote split on the right. If the PCs and Wildrose don't unite like Reform did with the PCs on the federal level, the NDP can do what they want and get away with it.
Posted by: Vendette at July 26, 2015 09:27 PM (TEpA2)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 26, 2015 09:27 PM (GDulk)
Posted by: freaked at July 26, 2015 09:28 PM (BO/km)
Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at July 26, 2015 09:29 PM (VBbCO)
Posted by: Rick Wilson's Attorneys at July 26, 2015 09:29 PM (/m9uo)
Wow.
Posted by: Agent J at July 26, 2015 09:30 PM (ueOgE)
Posted by: Agent J at July 26, 2015 09:30 PM (ueOgE)
Posted by: RKae at July 26, 2015 09:32 PM (upjBJ)
Posted by: Agent J at July 26, 2015 09:33 PM (ueOgE)
Posted by: eman at July 26, 2015 09:33 PM (MQEz6)
Also, I suspect (could be wrong) that they are trying to insert a Leftist spin on the cold-war with a moral equivalence theme wherein we are as bad and stupid and therefore the same and maybe even worse than the Russians.
Posted by: rrpjr at July 26, 2015 09:34 PM (s/yC1)
Hmmm. Interesting, WDave.
And yes, that racism post on Friday (?) was kind of jaw-dropping.
Kind of another reminder (what? we need ANOTHER one?) of how bad things are - probably hopeless.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 26, 2015 09:36 PM (QDnY+)
To my mind, WD has always emphasized what unites us as a people, and his musings on "race" are usually observations on race mongering and political hackery. He lauds those fundamental principles that are a foundation under everyone's feet, not the race/class/gender identity pandering that builds walls.
Eh. I'm just not easily offended, I guess.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at July 26, 2015 09:36 PM (jR7Wy)
Posted by: eman at July 26, 2015 09:33 PM (MQEz6)
***
It seems you and I guessed it, and WD confirmed it by not specifically confirming it.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 26, 2015 09:36 PM (1eYr7)
I don't believe it was the post. I believe it was the comments that ruffled some dink's feathers.
Particularly mine.
Posted by: Soothsayer of the Righteous And Harmonious Fists at July 26, 2015 09:36 PM (7CyjY)
Posted by: your little sister at July 26, 2015 09:38 PM (/m9uo)
A quick count reveals a single 'fuck' in the post itself.
Tame compared to how I feel.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at July 26, 2015 09:38 PM (rwI+c)
Particularly mine.
Posted by: Soothsayer of the Righteous And Harmonious Fists at July 26, 2015 09:36 PM (7CyjY)
****
Really? I was there. What did you see that I missed that would have been grounds for a thread kill?
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 26, 2015 09:40 PM (1eYr7)
Posted by: Soothsayer of the Righteous And Harmonious Fists at July 26, 2015 09:40 PM (7CyjY)
It involved fellatio...
Posted by: Soothsayer of the Righteous And Harmonious Fists at July 26, 2015 09:40 PM (7CyjY)
Well, at least none of you guys accused Ace of yanking Weirddave's post.
Shit. I'm so screwed.
Posted by: your little sister at July 26, 2015 09:40 PM (/m9uo)
"The Elephant Man."
Damn! I LOVED that movie... and then I read his history.
The movie left out some incredibly dramatic stuff in order to shoehorn in their made-up B.S.
In the movie he tells Dr. Treves' wife that he doesn't know where his mother is, and Mrs. Treves cries.
Gee, that's dramatic, huh?
Except that in reality his mother died when he was a child and right when his deformities were just starting to look gruesome and incurable. She was the only one who loved him, and his father actually beat the hell out of him and threw him out of the house (after bringing a wicked stepmother into his life).
Why the hell would they drop that in favor of utter nonsense?
Instead they invent some showman who beats him. The real showman was actually good to him, gave him a handsome portion of the money from their freak show.
The movie even gets his name wrong. He was Joseph Merrick, not John Merrick.
The book "The True History Of The Elephant Man" by Howell and Ford is excellent!
...And I still like the movie for its mood, music and direction. But, damn! Why not get it right?
Posted by: RKae at July 26, 2015 09:41 PM (upjBJ)
Posted by: Soothsayer of the Righteous And Harmonious Fists at July 26, 2015 09:40 PM (7CyjY)
---
Say it again and let's see if it kills this thread (thus immanentizing the ONT).
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at July 26, 2015 09:41 PM (jR7Wy)
WD bumping against invisible lines on race? WTF? Now granted I haven't memorized all his posts, but that sounds absurd.
In any case, further indication that even this site is plagued by inexperience, narrow-mindedness, and emotions displacing reasoning - i.e., a very naieve "white guilt" no better than that which guides your standard vapid NPR-listening suburbanite.
Wow. I'd prefer to think it was the Rick Wilson thing. Though as I recall the whole post and the comments were very much standard fare for this place. Nothing out of the ordinary.
Well at least now we have a good, solid, inside-baseball "scandal" to discuss and fight over. Those are always fun.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 26, 2015 09:41 PM (QDnY+)
Posted by: some random meathead at July 26, 2015 09:41 PM (/m9uo)
I really don't want to repeat it. There's a 50/50 chance I'll be banned by tomorrow.
Posted by: Soothsayer of the Righteous And Harmonious Fists at July 26, 2015 09:42 PM (7CyjY)
Banned, again, I should say.
I was banned today. Or at least my IP was. But my IP roams daily so...here I be.
Posted by: Soothsayer of the Righteous And Harmonious Fists at July 26, 2015 09:43 PM (7CyjY)
Posted by: Weasel at July 26, 2015 09:43 PM (e3bId)
Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at July 26, 2015 09:43 PM (VBbCO)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at July 26, 2015 09:44 PM (rwI+c)
I barely commented on the Friday racism/Gabe tweet/immigration post. I was too flabbergasted to say very much. Very disappointing.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 26, 2015 09:45 PM (QDnY+)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 26, 2015 09:45 PM (ODxAs)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at July 26, 2015 09:46 PM (rwI+c)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 26, 2015 09:47 PM (VPLuQ)
Posted by: eman at July 26, 2015 09:48 PM (MQEz6)
Yes he did, Guy. And relying solely on the little blurb itself, gonna go out on a limb and declare thatour Pacific commander is yet another one not exactly in the mold of Chester Nimitz. A previous one (apparently) regarded AGW as a serious (and military-related) problem.
Kind of scary, to think such lightweights and dolts have direct influence on US military operations, and the lives of US service members in their hands.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 26, 2015 09:49 PM (QDnY+)
Posted by: some random meathead at July 26, 2015 09:49 PM (/m9uo)
Posted by: Jus Sayin at July 26, 2015 09:50 PM (6A96L)
Posted by: Vendette at July 26, 2015 09:50 PM (TEpA2)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 26, 2015 09:51 PM (ODxAs)
Posted by: some random meathead at July 26, 2015 09:49 PM (/m9uo)
****
I do not think that would go over well with any of us who were commenting in that thread, or most of the Horde in general.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 26, 2015 09:52 PM (cygkw)
I ... I thought I understood this place.
(NSFW warning for those of you at work)
Posted by: Jabari at July 26, 2015 09:53 PM (bqbA8)
It is Ace's house, and his rules.
And I was deeply into commenting on the thread that wasn't there.
Let's see what happens
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 26, 2015 09:56 PM (VPLuQ)
And I was deeply into commenting on the thread that wasn't there.
Let's see what happens
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 26, 2015 09:56 PM (VPLuQ)
*****
Of course it is. However, the commenters along with the posts are what make the place what it has become.
My observation stands.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 26, 2015 10:17 PM (cygkw)
I predict an epic lecture and dressing-down tomorrow.
Posted by: some random meathead
Acela corridor white guy lectures everyone on racism.
Always so illuminating.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 26, 2015 10:33 PM (kdS6q)
I love to play pool and watch others. After a long time at the game, it also comes down somewhat to who has the best memory (of the best shot to play under so many different situations). But, there are so many different games to play (8 ball, 9 ball, straight, snooker, billiards) and you also need the skill and dexterity to actually make the shot after you have decided which is the best shot to try.
Posted by: bergerbilder at July 26, 2015 10:41 PM (+jijM)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 26, 2015 10:43 PM (W5DcG)
Let's see what happens
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 26, 2015 09:56 PM (VPLuQ)
Nothing is going to happen. Nothing will be mentioned tomorrow. That's my prediction.
Posted by: OregonMuse at July 26, 2015 10:56 PM (/LM8/)
"A toast to the Cuyahoga River Fire! For sparking a new era of environmentalism and this brazenly happy Pale Ale. Sometimes, one wrong makes two very right rights."
Posted by: bergerbilder at July 26, 2015 10:57 PM (+jijM)
Always so illuminating.
And predictable.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 26, 2015 10:43 PM (W5DcG)
Like a trial in the USSR.
"Welcome to your trial.
You are guilty.
How do you plead?"
Posted by: eman at July 26, 2015 10:59 PM (MQEz6)
This is Ace's blog.
Posted by: Soothsayer of the Righteous And Harmonious Fists at July 26, 2015 09:25 PM (7CyjY)
Ace has delegated authority to the cobs to yank posts they deem not in the best interests of AoSHQ. This includes content in the post itself, or if the comments go wild.
And by "cobs", I mean those who can post under their own name, which does not include those of us who use the generic "Open Blogger" login.
Posted by: OregonMuse at July 26, 2015 11:05 PM (/LM8/)
Nothing is going to happen. Nothing will be mentioned tomorrow. That's my prediction.
Posted by: OregonMuse
So, secret deletable/bannable topics, ideas and language?
How HotAir.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 26, 2015 11:10 PM (kdS6q)
World #5, Fabiano Caruana, rating 2808
Born in and grew up in Miami
I don't think of Caruana as having been a Miami resident first and foremost. It depends on how you define "grew up in", I suppose, since when I used to see him play in the NY State Championship, he was living in Brooklyn, as I recall. I think his rating was somewhere around 2100 (USCF) when he was 9 or 10 already.
Hooray for the (or a) chess thread!
137
Is there any such recommended ' bridge ' book for someone who plays chess and wants to move to the next level incrementally?
It depends on what your level is now. If you're average tournament strength, for example, there is Silman's How to Reassess Your Chess with accompanying workbook, which, while it's really a somewhat narrowly focused book, is a good way to open your eyes to certain aspects of strategy. Chess Strategy for Club Players by Grooten is a little more broadly useful. I think you can also consider something like Endgame Challenge! by John Hall (if it's still in print).
The problem with recommending the kind of book you describe is that there are various senses of being "beginner" or "advanced" in chess, and those terms can mean different things to different people. For me, for example, I consider pretty much everybody rated up to 900 or so 'beginner' (thus including a fair number of my students), and 'advanced' would mean 2000 and up. Someone else, though, might say 'beginner' is somebody who only just learned the moves of the pieces (and may not even know the castling rules yet), whereas 'advanced' to him/her might mean anybody who has a rating and plays in more than, say, two tournaments a year.
On top of that, there's the fact that you have a whole spectrum of skill levels in between 'beginner' and 'advanced'. There are significant and noticeable differences between the ways people with USCF ratings of 800 and 1200 tend to play, or between the same 1200 and a 1700, or even between 1700 and 1900. So I think at each of these points, there can be a different 'bridge' to cross conceptually.
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