Overnight Open Thread (7-29-2015)

The share of teen girls who reported they've had sex at least once dropped from 51 percent in 1988 to 44 percent in 2013, they found. Abstinence was more pronounced among the guys: 60 percent of teen boys in 1988 said they'd had sex, compared to 47 percent in 2013.

One major hypothesis is that teen sex has declined because smart phone usage is up. Teens are both better informed about the risks of sex and.they have something else to do.

Also pr0n.

Whitewashing the Black Panthers

Just another ~~snake~~ murderous cult in the 60s.

With his arms again bound and a fresh noose around his neck-this one fashioned from a wire coat hanger-Alex Rackley, an illiterate teenager who had joined the Black Panther Party eight months earlier, was led to the edge of the Coginchaug River in Middlefield, Connecticut.
Of course, there was no boat. And there was no escape. "Orders from national [headquarters]," said George Sams, the bloodthirsty ringleader of the hit squad. "Ice him."

Warren Kimbro, a Black Panther party cadre from the New Haven branch, put the first bullet in Rackley's head, collapsing him in the shallow water. As his body heaved, another Panther foot soldier, Lonnie McLucas, took the gun from Kimbro and fired a bullet into his chest, just in case. They didn't bother checking, but Alex Rackley was still alive, gasping and in pain, one expert later speculated, for almost four hours.
According to George Sams, he was merely following orders issued by Bobby Seale, the Black Panther Party's infamous co-founder and "chairman."

Feminists Not Known For Well Laid Plans or Forward Thinking

Or considering the possibility that future employers might google 'Sylva Stoel'.

NTSB: Copilot Error and Inadequate Training Led to the SpaceShipTwo Crash

The investigation found that the co-pilot unlocked the booms 14 seconds early when the craft was travelling at only Mach 0.92 and the low-velocity caused the boom to deploy without any action by the pilot, resulting in the destruction of the craft. This was "indisputably confirmed by telemetric, in-cockpit video and audio data." In addition, the Board found no indication of misleading display indicators and that all information in the cockpit was accurate.
The reason given for the error was that the co-pilot hadn't received sufficient training regarding how to safely unlock the boom, hadn't had enough simulation trainings, and that in flight had been confused by the time pressure and the unexpected vibration and pressure of the rocket firing.
Regarding responsibility, the Board found no mechanical shortcomings with the spacecraft. The engine performed above expectations and all systems operated as designed up until the spacecraft broke apart.

How to Make Your Own Hattori Hanzo Sword

Using the traditional methods. Do not be in a hurry.

A friend of mine who worked part-time with a blacksmith/metal worker while in high school said he tried several times to make his own katana-style sword. But he could never quite get the steel composition and heat treatment just right where it would hold an edge without being so brittle that it cracked or broke as soon as you hit anything hard.

7 Things You May Not Know About Sam Houston

Actually his entire Wikipedia article is worth reading and his life even before he ever stepped foot in Texas could be a movie all by itself.

It was his heroics during the Battle of Horseshoe Bend in 1814 that brought him to the attention of Andrew Jackson who became a mentor and friend to him. Interestingly he was also a great defender of Native Americans his entire life based on his time living with a Cherokee tribe.

After running away from his family as a teenager, Houston lived for nearly three years with the Cherokee tribe in eastern Tennessee. Houston learned fluent Cherokee, embraced the tribe's customs and was given the name "Black Raven." After resigning in disgrace as Tennessee governor, the despondent Houston took refuge with the Cherokee in the Arkansas Territory. There, the tribe formally adopted him, and he married a Cherokee woman, Tiana Rogers, in a tribal ceremony. Houston served as the tribe's spokesman and advocate with the federal government, and as a U.S. senator he pressed for Native American rights. He sometimes wore traditional Cherokee garb to government meetings in Washington, D.C.

Later as Governor of Texas he was opposed to secession and was eventually kicked out of office for his refusal to support the Confederacy. He explained his position thusly:

Let me tell you what is coming. After the sacrifice of countless millions of treasure and hundreds of thousands of lives, you may win Southern independence if God be not against you, but I doubt it. I tell you that, while I believe with you in the doctrine of states rights, the North is determined to preserve this Union. They are not a fiery, impulsive people as you are, for they live in colder climates. But when they begin to move in a given direction, they move with the steady momentum and perseverance of a mighty avalanche; and what I fear is, they will overwhelm the South.

What Watermelons Looked Like Before the Poor Man's GM i.e. Selective Breeding

Divers Find $1 Million in Gold Coins Off Florida Coast

Schmitt and his family found 52 gold coins worth more than $1 million. The star of the haul was an extremely rare coin known as a "Tricentennial Royal" minted in 1715. It had been underwater since a fleet of Spanish ships foundered during a hurricane along Florida's Treasure Coast 300 years ago, Schmitt said.
"These things were known as presentation pieces not meant to be circulated as currency," Schmitt said.

That coin alone is worth about $500,000, according to Schmitt.

And according to Brent Brisben, co-founder of 1715 Fleet - Queens Jewels LLC, the company that owns the rights to dive at the wreckage site where the gold was found, the coin's value comes from the fact that it is in nearly perfect condition and is a rarity.
...Schmitt found the gold while diving near Fort Pierce during his yearly treasure-hunting trip with his wife, his sister and his parents.

The Group knows your sins but doesn't care.

Tonight's post brought to you by we only accept waffle cards here:

Notice: Posted by implicit permission of AceCorp LLC. The ewok is in repose and not to be disturbed. Warning: ONT has been found to cause cancer in laboratory mice. Mice who were just asking for it anyway because they were pussies!

Posted by: Maetenloch at 11:09 PM

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1 Winner, winner, Chicken Dinner.

First FTW.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) T at July 29, 2015 11:10 PM (OQ9R7)

2 Good evening, all.

Posted by: Country Singer at July 29, 2015 11:11 PM (nL0sw)

3 NO !

Posted by: Lucky Gunner at July 29, 2015 11:11 PM (/WmRg)

4 Sup..

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 29, 2015 11:12 PM (+FJFr)

5 Is Waldo in one of those pictures?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 29, 2015 11:12 PM (W5DcG)

6 I think I've been in that store.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, stockpiling mead at July 29, 2015 11:12 PM (m9V0o)

7 I like spotting the boobies in kbdabear's pics myself.

Posted by: CYSTB at July 29, 2015 11:13 PM (ps/ea)

8 But could you find my empathy?

Btw woot woot ONT

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at July 29, 2015 11:14 PM (YuiQg)

9 I don't see any sni-

*ragdoll*

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) T at July 29, 2015 11:14 PM (OQ9R7)

10 *grabs crotch*

can you spot this?

*mutters*

Posted by: JohnnyBoy at July 29, 2015 11:14 PM (KG0mU)

11 Black Panthers, Weather Underground, and Symbionese Liberation Army, not a single nice person amongst them.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 29, 2015 11:15 PM (7Eo8i)

12 Can I spot the kitteh?

Yeesh, I have a hard enough time spotting the [as] logo during Adult Swim breaks.

Posted by: logprof at July 29, 2015 11:15 PM (7WXUO)

13 Yes. It was the middle one.

Posted by: how NOT to be seen at July 29, 2015 11:15 PM (kivUY)

14 Hi everybody!

Also, goodnight!

Posted by: Turd Ferguson at July 29, 2015 11:16 PM (MYPM9)

15 So why does Switzerland have so many bunkers if they're always so neutral?

Zapp Brannigan was right...can't trust the neutrals....

Posted by: Iasonas at July 29, 2015 11:16 PM (DU875)

16 Evening, all.

I really got the fact that I'm an old man thrown in my face today by some college chick. Over the phone no less.

Posted by: Chi at July 29, 2015 11:16 PM (TwyVT)

17 The watermelon painting is very interesting. It'd be fun to try one now sans the GM. Wonder how the taste and texture would vary from the original?

Posted by: Dana author of Outward Frontier available on Amazon at July 29, 2015 11:16 PM (eTvJc)

18 Imagine the outrage if I'd shot a black panther.

Posted by: Walter J. Palmer DDS at July 29, 2015 11:17 PM (gwG9s)

19 At least the sign didn't say that they accept EBT.

Posted by: good on them at July 29, 2015 11:17 PM (w9WoH)

20 #BringBackOurCecil

Posted by: Michelle Obama at July 29, 2015 11:18 PM (qrXL2)

21 "Texas has yet to learn submission to any oppression, come from what source it may."- Sam Houston

Posted by: Arson Wells at July 29, 2015 11:18 PM (UnJ7w)

22 Another fun fact about Sam Houston: When he was a United States Senator he would carve hearts from blocks of wood and send them up to pretty ladies in the Senate gallery.

Posted by: Vendette at July 29, 2015 11:18 PM (TEpA2)

23 I see two Israeli missile launchers, two Swiss bunkers, two snipers, and two kittehs.

And I miss my com-padres, Cecil and Cecil.

Posted by: Clarence the Cross-eyed Lion at July 29, 2015 11:18 PM (MRNTl)

24 g'evenin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at July 29, 2015 11:18 PM (KCxzN)

25 Sam Houston was born in Virginia.

Posted by: logprof, native Virginian at July 29, 2015 11:18 PM (7WXUO)

26 7 I like spotting the boobies in kbdabear's pics myself.
Posted by: CYSTB at July 29, 2015 11:13 PM

Glad you're not on Malors team

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at July 29, 2015 11:19 PM (YuiQg)

27 Is There a Great Teenage Sex Stagnation?

A la Japan?

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at July 29, 2015 11:20 PM (oVJmc)

28 Another fit body in motion -
http://www.ufunk.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/David-Perkins-Home-Stage-9.jpg

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 29, 2015 11:20 PM (7Eo8i)

29 Hooooooooorde!!!!

Who did we piss off?

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Lion Lives Matter at July 29, 2015 11:20 PM (GEICT)

30 Evening morons, how fares the horde?

At work, been a tough one so far.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at July 29, 2015 11:21 PM (b2cFu)

31 I saw the bunker and the kitteh immediately. But then I'm always on the lookout for both in real life.

Posted by: Daybrother at July 29, 2015 11:21 PM (bHr8z)

32 "So why does Switzerland have so many bunkers if they're always so neutral?"

So, the question answers itself.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 29, 2015 11:21 PM (+FJFr)

33 Who did we piss off?

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Lion Lives Matter at July 29, 2015 11:20 PM (GEICT)

You pissed off some who were in the last thread.

Posted by: Vendette at July 29, 2015 11:21 PM (TEpA2)

34 I'm guessing the job prospects are low quality pron or lubing stripper poles for our heroine feminazi who won't be put in the corner and told what to wear.

Posted by: Dana author of Outward Frontier available on Amazon at July 29, 2015 11:22 PM (eTvJc)

35 I saw the bunker and the kitteh immediately. But then I'm always on the lookout for both in real life.

Posted by: Daybrother at July 29, 2015 11:21 PM (bHr8z)

There it is! Thank you.

Posted by: Vendette at July 29, 2015 11:23 PM (TEpA2)

36 ""Texas has yet to learn submission to any oppression, come from what source it may."- Sam Houston"

Great quote.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 29, 2015 11:23 PM (+FJFr)

37 So PIXY, what button uploads photos?

Posted by: Carlos Danger, safely hidden away at July 29, 2015 11:23 PM (Sq5z0)

38
27 Is There a Great Teenage Sex Stagnation?

A la Japan?
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at July 29, 2015 11:20 PM (oVJmc)

Is that.. hair gel?

Posted by: eman at July 29, 2015 11:23 PM (MQEz6)

39 You pissed off some who were in the last thread.

Posted by: Vendette at July 29, 2015 11:21 PM (TEpA2)

Eh, that'll happen from time to time.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Lion Lives Matter at July 29, 2015 11:23 PM (GEICT)

40 I would have made that card a Master Crappie card

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 29, 2015 11:23 PM (9mTYi)

41 Sam Houston also told the militia not to go to Matamoros. They did anyway and the Alamo and Goliad fell (massacred).

Posted by: Daybrother at July 29, 2015 11:23 PM (bHr8z)

42 And Daybrother, if you're looking for a bunker on a regular basis I'm sending my best wishes and prayers to you.

Posted by: Vendette at July 29, 2015 11:24 PM (TEpA2)

43 I think the sex stagnation is a consequence of body spray.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 29, 2015 11:24 PM (9mTYi)

44 Pics aside, the Merkava series are a fighting mo-fo.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 29, 2015 11:24 PM (+FJFr)

45 well you all have a great night. off to take care of the kiddos.

Posted by: Dana author of Outward Frontier available on Amazon at July 29, 2015 11:24 PM (eTvJc)

46 Was that the kitteh taking a nap over the tank's exhaust? And Rangers beat the hated and despised Yankees!

Posted by: Eromero at July 29, 2015 11:24 PM (go5uR)

47 What a weird and simplistic 'conclusion' to blame smartphones for the drop in sexual activity among teenage boys.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 29, 2015 11:25 PM (7Eo8i)

48 "So why does Switzerland have so many bunkers if they're always so neutral?"
Prison Population Soars Despite Huge Drop in Crime

Posted by: the new york times at July 29, 2015 11:25 PM (kivUY)

49 HOOORDE

i wasn't planning on drinking tonight. No plan survives first contact with the enemy.

Posted by: DC in River City at July 29, 2015 11:25 PM (e+1S5)

50 Any of you gamers see this yet? http://tinyurl.com/oykxpxo

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at July 29, 2015 11:26 PM (MRNTl)

51 Durango Blueberry Wheat Ale here. Too girly?

Posted by: Mindy at July 29, 2015 11:26 PM (dg8OI)

52
Re: Black Panthers.

Eldridge Cleaver's book Soul On Ice is interesting. Think of every horrible stereotype about black men being violent rapists, obsessed with sex and white women and having no self control. That's about half the book right there. And he appeared to be proud of every bit of it.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 29, 2015 11:26 PM (egLDQ)

53 "Sam Houston also told the militia not to go to Matamoros. They did anyway and the Alamo and Goliad fell (massacred)."

I think he knew the big fight was coming and pissing away here and there was not the solution.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 29, 2015 11:27 PM (+FJFr)

54 As for the whole kerfluffle over the guy and the lion, guess I could ask a guy in writers' group who returned two months ago from Africa. Part of the time he was teaching but he did go on safari.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 29, 2015 11:27 PM (7Eo8i)

55 Who did we piss off?

Posted by: BCochran1981
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Meh. Fuck you.

Posted by: Chi at July 29, 2015 11:27 PM (1GNm3)

56 47 What a weird and simplistic 'conclusion' to blame smartphones for the drop in sexual activity among teenage boys.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 29, 2015 11:25 PM (7Eo8i)
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Oh, I don't know...Have you ever seen a teenage girl not staring at her phone for more than about five minutes at a time?

Posted by: Carlos Danger, safely hidden away at July 29, 2015 11:27 PM (Sq5z0)

57 "Can you spot the . . ."

Basic training. They marched us up to a line and said, "Can you see the two NCOs in camouflage?"

I was straining my eyes to see, down range, in the trees, all the while a voice in my head was screaming look to your right. While another voice in my head was screaming don't look, don't look. I was paralyzed, unable to turn my head, unable to even move my eyes to the right to see one of the two NCOs standing fifteen feet away. Close enough to have a conversation without shouting.

It's like in the monster movies. There is a monster behind you and if you don't turn around and look. . . You know it's behind you, but don't look, 'cuz then you know there is a monster behind you.

Posted by: Pyro Maniac at July 29, 2015 11:28 PM (hOAJt)

58 Fortified bunkers like the Swiss one have been proven to be useless. See: Line, Maginot.

Posted by: Old Blue at July 29, 2015 11:28 PM (9iR5/)

59 Meh. Fuck you.

Posted by: Chi at July 29, 2015 11:27 PM (1GNm3)

HEY!!! You're not my wife and it's not the 3rd Thursday of the month!!

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Lion Lives Matter at July 29, 2015 11:28 PM (GEICT)

60 Durango Blueberry Wheat Ale here. Too girly?

Posted by: Mindy at July 29, 2015 11:26 PM (dg8OI)

As someone who doesn't like beer, I read that as "Intriguing Beer".

Posted by: Vendette at July 29, 2015 11:28 PM (TEpA2)

61 Old Blue, the Maginot was useless because the Germans took the Belgium Bypass. In modern times, in the era of smart munitions then it is just a matter of getting the right PGM on target.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 29, 2015 11:29 PM (7Eo8i)

62 Sam Houston is badasser than me.

Posted by: Chuck Norris at July 29, 2015 11:29 PM (gwG9s)

63
my MIL went on safari, the non shooting kind

but when you go, they set up everything soup to nuts

any licenses to be gotten were the guides responsibility. the guide, having local knowledge, picked the where and the how

Posted by: ThunderB at July 29, 2015 11:29 PM (zOTsN)

64 Just one of the several hundred varieties of what we call watermelon.
You can still taste it.

Posted by: anon a mouse at July 29, 2015 11:29 PM (NHQQx)

65 The Maginot Line was also undermanned.

Posted by: andycanuck at July 29, 2015 11:30 PM (kivUY)

66 What have they got that I ain't got?

https://youtu.be/LEEyijiTW-I

Posted by: Cecil's grandpa at July 29, 2015 11:30 PM (W5DcG)

67 Vendetta, it is very interesting. Starts out with a definite blueberry taste, finishes with a regular beer taste.

Posted by: Mindy at July 29, 2015 11:30 PM (dg8OI)

68 Posted by: Vendette

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It's too late for me. Leave me here and save yourself.

Posted by: Daybrother at July 29, 2015 11:31 PM (bHr8z)

69 Evenin' everyone.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 29, 2015 11:32 PM (bZQB+)

70
Fortified bunkers like the Swiss one have been proven to be useless. See: Line, Maginot.

Posted by: Old Blue at July 29, 2015 11:28 PM (9iR5/)

Not necessarily. Lots of factors involved. The biggest being that if you're going to build a long, fortified frontier, don't leave a big honkin' hole in it in the Ardennes that allows the Germans to outflank you.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 29, 2015 11:32 PM (egLDQ)

71 Kinda slow tonight. I can't think of anything to liven things up except posting pics, but I'm not that kind of girl.

Posted by: Mindy at July 29, 2015 11:32 PM (dg8OI)

72 Taunts happy fun ball. I got your Waffle House card right here, I dare ya

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at July 29, 2015 11:33 PM (YuiQg)

73 Anna, in the era of smart munitions, a bunker, fortified or not, is a sitting duck target.

Posted by: Old Blue at July 29, 2015 11:33 PM (9iR5/)

74 HEY!!! You're not my wife and it's not the 3rd Thursday of the month!!Posted by: BCochran1981 - Lion Lives Matter at July 29, 2015 11:28 PM (GEICT)

To the tune of "On Wisconsin":

Thank you for the
too much info
please just do her will

Posted by: Vendette at July 29, 2015 11:33 PM (TEpA2)

75 Howdy, howdy!

Posted by: cthulhu at July 29, 2015 11:33 PM (EzgxV)

76 Sam Houston refused to take the oath of allegiance to the Confederacy and also refused to call the legislature back in session to vote for secession.

Posted by: Arson Wells at July 29, 2015 11:33 PM (UnJ7w)

77 Anyone else getting a 404 error message on the Black Panther link? I wanted to read that one.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at July 29, 2015 11:33 PM (KpAcJ)

78 Holy Bev Doolittle!

Posted by: goatexchange at July 29, 2015 11:33 PM (WTZ4S)

79 55 Who did we piss off?

Posted by: BCochran1981

Looks like some of us pissed off HR, although I wasn't trying to.

Posted by: Donna &&&&&& V. (brandishing ampersands) at July 29, 2015 11:34 PM (+XMAD)

80 There's no such thing as a beer being "too girly", IMO. I always liked stouts, but I can't drink them because they give me migraines, so I'm not about to denigrate anyone's beer preferences. I understand there's much more to those choices than taste.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at July 29, 2015 11:34 PM (wKc1L)

81 Other than me, does anyone know I died recently?

Posted by: Zombie E. L. Doctorow at July 29, 2015 11:34 PM (gwG9s)

82 Kinda slow tonight. I can't think of anything to liven things up except posting pics, but I'm not that kind of girl.

Posted by: Mindy
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The night's still young.
Can I interest you in a pudding cup?

Posted by: Chi at July 29, 2015 11:34 PM (Rfh4o)

83 Bob's House, if you're lurking, I posted my email in the last thread you were commenting in. If you use that, you don't need to get approved for the Yahoo group.

Posted by: Mindy at July 29, 2015 11:34 PM (dg8OI)

84 Alright, it's bedtime. I'll see you folks tomorrow night.

Try not to engage in too much friendly fire and make sure you're always properly permitted.

Goodnight!

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Lion Lives Matter at July 29, 2015 11:35 PM (GEICT)

85 Found the kitty and the sniper. If I had to look for the sniper with binoculars or the naked eye, no way I would have found him.

Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at July 29, 2015 11:35 PM (YGnSA)

86 Question: Should I jump in the car and drive the sufficient miles south to experience a Waffle House for the first time? The miles would be less than 20.

Posted by: Vendette at July 29, 2015 11:35 PM (TEpA2)

87 Chi, am I going to have to tell SMFH that you are sharing pudding cups???

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 29, 2015 11:35 PM (7Eo8i)

88 50 Any of you gamers see this yet? http://tinyurl.com/oykxpxo

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at July 29, 2015 11:26 PM (MRNTl)

I didn't see "bread making" in the feature list. FAIL.

I actually hadn't heard of it. Thanks for the link!

Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at July 29, 2015 11:35 PM (EHU9F)

89 16 Evening, all.

I really got the fact that I'm an old man thrown in my face today by some college chick. Over the phone no less.
Posted by: Chi at July 29, 2015 11:16 PM

Hope you told her that you had forgotten more ways to make a woman happy than she will ever know including the 6" strap on stuck in her purse. Asked her if she was current with her clearisil applications?.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at July 29, 2015 11:36 PM (YuiQg)

90 The sword-making video was great! Thanks, Maet.

Was it in "Shogun" where the warriors were all running around with those, cutting each other in half?

The ISIS gang of head-choppers probably get their knives from the Dollar Store.

Posted by: the littl shyning man at July 29, 2015 11:36 PM (U6f54)

91 Chi, it's been way too long since we've had any use for pudding. I blame the GOPe..

Posted by: Mindy at July 29, 2015 11:36 PM (dg8OI)

92 Other than me, does anyone know I died recently?

Posted by: Zombie E. L. Doctorow at July 29, 2015 11:34 PM (gwG9s)[/i/
Does anyone here know I haven't died yet?

Posted by: Abe Vigoda at July 29, 2015 11:36 PM (dcCJA)

94 Other than me, does anyone know I died recently?

Bunga.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 29, 2015 11:36 PM (bZQB+)

95 "Sam Houston refused to take the oath of allegiance to the Confederacy and also refused to call the legislature back in session to vote for secession. "

Damn, Arson, bringing the history. I like old Sam. He spent all those years and lives making Texas part of the U.S. and didn't want it pissed away so easy.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 29, 2015 11:37 PM (+FJFr)

96 Cochran bailed. Noted.

Posted by: Vendette at July 29, 2015 11:37 PM (TEpA2)

97 Q: What's brown and has holes in it?

A: Swiss shit.

Posted by: pH 7.0 at July 29, 2015 11:37 PM (7WXUO)

98 86 Question: Should I jump in the car and drive the sufficient miles south to experience a Waffle House for the first time? The miles would be less than 20.
Posted by: Vendette at July 29, 2015

Oh hell yeah, at closing time is awesome. I suggest you carry

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at July 29, 2015 11:37 PM (YuiQg)

99 Waffle House?

Yeah. Get the hash browns, smothered, covered and topped.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at July 29, 2015 11:38 PM (1ijHg)

100 #86: My answer depends on the following corollaries...

A. Do you really feel like it?

B. Have you been drinking tonight?

If you really want to try Waffle House, and you're still sober (and thus in good shape to drive), I say go for it.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at July 29, 2015 11:38 PM (wKc1L)

101 "Other than me, does anyone know I died recently?"

Who?

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 29, 2015 11:38 PM (+FJFr)

102 Closing time? Was ist closing time?

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at July 29, 2015 11:39 PM (1ijHg)

103 Sylva Stoel is what the Kartrashian girls would be if they had been born into a family with no money.

Stupid poor people are too stupid to understand that he world cuts a lot more slack for stupid rich people.

Posted by: Donna &&&&&& V. (brandishing ampersands) at July 29, 2015 11:39 PM (+XMAD)

104 The swordsmiths who would make the katanas for the samurai would test the newly crafted blades on the living bodies of bound prisoners or criminals.

Might want to read Secrets of the Samurai: The Martial Arts of Feudal Japan by Oscar Ratti and Adele Westbrook. Charles E. Tuttle Company. First published in 1973. First paperback edition 1991.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 29, 2015 11:39 PM (7Eo8i)

105 PW, I find there are very few things I actually dislike. This beer has been fun to try.

I'm such a light drinker that I haven't settled on any favorites except a certain margarita from the local Mexican restaurant.

Posted by: Mindy at July 29, 2015 11:39 PM (dg8OI)

106 Does anyone here know I haven't died yet?

The Barrel knows, now that you've bumped it on your way to posting.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 29, 2015 11:39 PM (bZQB+)

107 I really got the fact that I'm an old man thrown in my face today by some college chick. Over the phone no less.

Posted by: Chi at July 29, 2015 11:16 PM

I apologize on behalf of my my gender.

Posted by: Vendette at July 29, 2015 11:40 PM (TEpA2)

108 I am doomed.

They've released a new Magic the Gathering game on steam.

And its free to play.

Posted by: Methos at July 29, 2015 11:40 PM (ZbV+0)

109 You're a Waffle House virgin?
How is that even possible?

Yes. Run, don't walk. And double yes on the hash browns smothered & covered.

Posted by: Chi at July 29, 2015 11:41 PM (zc45R)

110 "I really got the fact that I'm an old man thrown in my face today by some college chick. Over the phone no less. "

You used verbs, nouns, complete sentences......?

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 29, 2015 11:41 PM (+FJFr)

111 I apologize on behalf of my my gender.
Posted by: Vendette at July 29, 2015 11:40 PM (TEpA2)

I've been doing that a lot lately.

Posted by: Donna &&&&&& V. (brandishing ampersands) at July 29, 2015 11:42 PM (+XMAD)

112 Question: Should I jump in the car and drive the sufficient miles south to experience a Waffle House for the first time? The miles would be less than 20.
Posted by: Vendette
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Many (all?) are franchises, so it varies from location to location. Generally pretty good, but it may be neighborhood dependent.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 29, 2015 11:42 PM (9mTYi)

113 #108: Do they charge for booster packs? If so, run. Run far away. Run, run, run, run away!

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

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at July 29, 2015 11:43 PM (wKc1L)

114 You're a Waffle House virgin?

How is that even possible?

Yes. Run, don't walk. And double yes on the hash browns smothered covered.

Posted by: Chi at July 29, 2015 11:41 PM (zc45R)

I could probably organize a NoVaMee, Waffle House edition.

Posted by: Vendette at July 29, 2015 11:43 PM (TEpA2)

115 Role models throughout history.

Yesterday: Sam Houston.

Today: Pajama Boy

Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at July 29, 2015 11:44 PM (hA1dx)

116 Anna @ 87

She knows that I am who I am. A Moron is gonna Moron...

Posted by: Chi at July 29, 2015 11:44 PM (7FgN5)

117 A WaffNoVaMoMee?

Be far more relaxed and exuberant experience until the quarters ran out for the jukebox.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 29, 2015 11:44 PM (7Eo8i)

118
Fortified bunkers like the Swiss one have been proven to be useless. See: Line, Maginot.
Posted by: Old Blue at July 29, 2015 11:28 PM (9iR5/)

Bunkers with no external, mobile support are just places to die waiting for the enemy to chew its way in.

If you have external, mobile support, then they are a way of breaking your enemy's teeth while your mobile force breaks their legs.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 29, 2015 11:44 PM (3pRHP)

119 "Should I jump in the car and drive the sufficient miles south to experience a Waffle House for the first time? "

I have never eaten at a "Waffle House." They're small, look greasy. Plenty here, never been.

Haven't missed anything so far.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 29, 2015 11:45 PM (+FJFr)

120
Other than me, does anyone know I died recently?

Posted by: Zombie E. L. Doctorow at July 29, 2015 11:34 PM (gwG9s)

Didn't you write that historical novel about menstruation?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 29, 2015 11:45 PM (egLDQ)

121 The swordsmiths who would make the katanas for the samurai would test the newly crafted blades on the living bodies of bound prisoners or criminals.

Might want to read Secrets of the Samurai: The Martial Arts of Feudal Japan by Oscar Ratti and Adele Westbrook. Charles E. Tuttle Company. First published in 1973. First paperback edition 1991.

Posted by: Anna Puma
****

Some were rated for the number of bodies they could pass thru in a single swing.
2-4 were some of the ratings I heard about.

Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at July 29, 2015 11:45 PM (YGnSA)

122 Might want to read Secrets of the Samurai: The Martial Arts of Feudal Japan by Oscar Ratti and Adele Westbrook. Charles E. Tuttle Company. First published in 1973. First paperback edition 1991.
Posted by: Anna Puma
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There is a current controversy in Japan about the korean sex slaves in WWII. The Diet (?) wants to pass statements and text books that pretend they were "Comfort Girls" that were paid to provide companionship only while others in NGOs and other parts of the government say that lying openly about something everyone knows about does the opposite of saving face at this point for Japan. Japan is a strange and wonderful place.

Posted by: Daybrother at July 29, 2015 11:45 PM (bHr8z)

123 "I really got the fact that I'm an old man thrown in my face today by some college chick. Over the phone no less. "

Did you point out that her choices of mate come from the useless unemployed metrosexual wankers around her or a device powered by Eveready, and that her sell-by date is coming up? Faster than she knows.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 29, 2015 11:45 PM (oKE6c)

124 Hey, where all da white wimmen at?

Posted by: Sheriff Bart at July 29, 2015 11:45 PM (oZr5y)

125 Posted by: Zombie E. L. Doctorow at July 29, 2015 11:34 PM (gwG9s)

Nope, nobody really cares you old Commie.

Posted by: Donna &&&&&& V. (brandishing ampersands) at July 29, 2015 11:45 PM (+XMAD)

126 Waffle House is where I go to fight. I'm undefeated. Detroit Rocks!

Posted by: Kid Rock at July 29, 2015 11:45 PM (gwG9s)

127 11 Black Panthers, Weather Underground, and Symbionese Liberation Army, not a single nice person amongst them.

Don't forget the "United Slaves." Home of Kwanzaa.

Posted by: Fox2! at July 29, 2015 11:46 PM (brIR5)

128 g'night, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at July 29, 2015 11:46 PM (KCxzN)

129 Yeah I agree Ricardo he definitely loved Texas. It's funny because my father would tell me stories of all the ancient Persian kings and heroes. Along side them he would tell me about the heroes of the American Revolution and Texas Revolution. I still remember how excited and proud he was to take me to the Alamo for the first time when I was young. To bad we don't have many statesman like Houston around.

Posted by: Arson Wells at July 29, 2015 11:46 PM (UnJ7w)

130 Evening, horde. Popping in at almost midnight. Man, it's only Wednesday!? This week can't end soon enough.

Posted by: Mainah at July 29, 2015 11:46 PM (nHT9Z)

131 "I've been doing that a lot lately."

You wimmenz suck. All respect intended.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 29, 2015 11:46 PM (+FJFr)

132 Good night, AJ!

Posted by: Vendette at July 29, 2015 11:46 PM (TEpA2)

133 120
Other than me, does anyone know I died recently?

Posted by: Zombie E. L. Doctorow at July 29, 2015 11:34 PM (gwG9s)

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Umm, Dr. Doolittle?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 29, 2015 11:47 PM (oZr5y)

134 sup horde

Posted by: thathalfrican at July 29, 2015 11:47 PM (R5HRU)

135 It's probably not true but I've read that they did the final quenching of the blade by shoving it through a death-penalty-condemned prisoner.

I know I've seen a NOVA documentary on modern-day katana making. I think it was about "Japan's living treasures"---the swordsmith was listed as if he were an historical building.

OT: stupid Pale Moon spellchecker dictionary had "wordsmith" in it but not "swordsmith" (until I added it to the dictionary).

Posted by: andycanuck at July 29, 2015 11:47 PM (kivUY)

136 Daybrother, that's nothing. A mayor of Nagasaki was shot by an ultra-nationalist for saying that perhaps Emperor Hirohito shared some of the blame for WWII.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 29, 2015 11:48 PM (7Eo8i)

137 I could probably organize a NoVaMee, Waffle House edition.

Posted by: Vendette
****

I wouldn't drive a long way for one, but they are good. Not too expensive, good portions, and good food.

Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at July 29, 2015 11:48 PM (YGnSA)

138 Evening, horde. Popping in at almost midnight. Man, it's only Wednesday!? This week can't end soon enough.

Posted by: Mainah at July 29, 2015 11:46 PM (nHT9Z)

I will wake up in the morning and wish it is Friday and admit it is Thursday.

Hope you are doing well!

Posted by: Vendette at July 29, 2015 11:48 PM (TEpA2)

139 Do they charge for booster packs? If so, run. Run far away. Run, run, run, run away!

The first review says you can grind everything in game. The second says you can get everything for *just* $70.

Posted by: Methos at July 29, 2015 11:48 PM (ZbV+0)

140 "I have never eaten at a "Waffle House." They're small, look greasy. Plenty here, never been."

....or a truck stop? Where else you gonnna eat at 3am when the bars close and you strike out?

Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at July 29, 2015 11:48 PM (hA1dx)

141 Queering the Child

Boys are not girls nor girls boys. This differentiation doesn't really kick in until puberty, and doesn't fully finish until full adulthood is reached. Yet somehow pre-pubescent children, who don't even know what being an man or a woman means, are increasingly being treated as sexual beings with unchangeable orientations and any gender they want.

More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=9535

Posted by: The Political Hat at July 29, 2015 11:49 PM (/YkzI)

142 Posted by: Anna Puma
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*Bows*

Posted by: Daybrother at July 29, 2015 11:49 PM (bHr8z)

143 70 .... don't leave a big honkin' hole in it in the Ardennes that allows the Germans to outflank you.

Especially when they came at you via that route at least once before.

Posted by: Fox2! at July 29, 2015 11:49 PM (brIR5)

144 Just $70? So what will this do to the MtG card economy?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 29, 2015 11:49 PM (7Eo8i)

145 Night AJ.

Evening horde.

Teen sex down??

Resting bitch face + grrl power + being accused of rape if she regrets it later = mega hits for hellporno

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at July 29, 2015 11:50 PM (XAFOu)

146 Haven't missed anything so far.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 29, 2015 11:45 PM (+FJFr)

******

Never having been, you know that.....how?

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 29, 2015 11:50 PM (cygkw)

147 Tired, which is good.

G'Night, Ev'ry-Buddy!

*static*

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) T at July 29, 2015 11:50 PM (OQ9R7)

148 Watching Jimmy Fallon. How hard can it be to tell a few jokes?

Posted by: Caliban at July 29, 2015 11:50 PM (3GFMN)

149 #135 Actually, now that I think on it the "living treasures" show was probably National Geographic and not NOVA.

Off to Bing to see if it's okay for me to continue killing brain cells with booze.

Posted by: andycanuck at July 29, 2015 11:51 PM (kivUY)

150 " Where else you gonnna eat at 3am when the bars close and you strike out?"

Mc'D's is open.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 29, 2015 11:51 PM (+FJFr)

151 Didn't think the girl's shorts were all that short, but she is stupid for quiting her job and posting a picture of her giving the finger to her old job on social media.

Posted by: Darth Randall at July 29, 2015 11:52 PM (KlVdw)

152 I apologize on behalf of my my gender.

Posted by: Vendette
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It was innocent.

I was trying to track down the org that coordinated the demonstration at PP here yesterday. Students For Life was credited in the newspaper.
After talking with this really sweet girl for a while, she determined it wasn't them, but wanted my email addy.

Me - I would really rather not be on any "list" if that's OK.

Her - I understand. My Dad is like that too. So, I'll have * (national director) call you back then, Mr. * (uses my actual last name).

Damn caller ID. Didn't even show the fake name I made up when I opened this account.
She got my email after that.

Posted by: Chi at July 29, 2015 11:52 PM (6wojC)

153 Have to get up early to work on my cabin.
May build a bunker for my kitteh while I'm at it.

'nite.

Posted by: Daybrother at July 29, 2015 11:52 PM (bHr8z)

154 149. Bing will tell you that?

Posted by: Mindy at July 29, 2015 11:52 PM (dg8OI)

155 "Never having been, you know that.....how?"

Other local greasy spoons that look the same. Hey, I ain't saying, just saying.

Never lured me in. And I'm easy.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 29, 2015 11:53 PM (+FJFr)

156 Love WaffleHouse hash browns.

But I love most hash browns.

If you F up hash browns (c'mon, hash Browns?!?) all ills wished upon you.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at July 29, 2015 11:53 PM (XAFOu)

157 Did you wingnuts know that this week is our Nationwide Pancreas Blowout? Ask about our no down payment financing!

Posted by: Planned Parenthood at July 29, 2015 11:53 PM (oZr5y)

158 148 Watching Jimmy Fallon. How hard can it be to tell a few jokes?

Posted by: Caliban at July 29, 2015 11:50 PM (3GFMN)

Who needs jokes when you can just stare at the camera with a stupid expression on your face and get clapter?

Posted by: Jon Stewart at July 29, 2015 11:53 PM (EHU9F)

159 I will wake up in the morning and wish it is Friday and admit it is Thursday.

Hope you are doing well!

Posted by: Vendette at July 29, 2015 11:48 PM (TEpA2)

Found out yesterday I dropped 10 spots on "the list." Thinking it's time to start throwing some new irons in the fire. Current office environment sucks. People don't, but the work and the politics sure do. So, not the best week so far.
Coming home to a smiley 6 month old little guy and a bigger sister who's happy to see me, too, really helps.

Posted by: Mainah at July 29, 2015 11:54 PM (nHT9Z)

160 Mc'D's is open.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 29, 2015 11:51 PM (+FJFr)

***

You shun Waffle House and suggest the self proclaimed Progressive Burger Company?

Sure.....why not?

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 29, 2015 11:54 PM (2z4UX)

161 Teenagers always do the opposite of what you want them to. The way the culture pretty much emphasizes the idea that sex is everything these days, teenagers, being teenagers, rebel against the idea and go do something else.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at July 29, 2015 11:54 PM (HalrA)

162 #149 Woohoo! National Geographic! I can still keep drinking booze!

I'm still wondering about NOVA too.

Posted by: andycanuck at July 29, 2015 11:54 PM (kivUY)

163 #139: Okay, as a recovered Magic addict... $70 really doesn't seem all that bad, if it gets you everything. I spent way more than that on the cards, and I had nowhere near everything.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at July 29, 2015 11:54 PM (wKc1L)

164
143 70 .... don't leave a big honkin' hole in it in the Ardennes that allows the Germans to outflank you.

Especially when they came at you via that route at least once before.

Posted by: Fox2! at July 29, 2015 11:49 PM (brIR5)

Monsieur, they were just trying to lull us into a false sense of security.

Posted by: The Frogs at July 29, 2015 11:54 PM (egLDQ)

165 I love French toast - something I haven't eaten in years.

Damn, now I want some - I don't have any bread though.

Posted by: Donna &&&&&& V. (brandishing ampersands) at July 29, 2015 11:55 PM (+XMAD)

166 143 70 .... don't leave a big honkin' hole in it in the Ardennes that allows the Germans to outflank you.

Especially when they came at you via that route at least once before.

Posted by: Fox2! at July 29, 2015 11:49 PM (brIR5)

Whereas outflanking Switzerland is a neat trick.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 29, 2015 11:55 PM (oKE6c)

167 151 Didn't think the girl's shorts were all that short, but she is stupid for quiting her job and posting a picture of her giving the finger to her old job on social media.

Posted by: Darth Randall at July 29, 2015 11:52 PM (KlVdw)

She doesn't seem to be the career oriented type so the finger is a stab at the misogyny that holds her back from her lifelong dream of being a President of a Fortune 500.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at July 29, 2015 11:55 PM (XAFOu)

168 72 Taunts happy fun ball. I got your Waffle House card right here, I dare ya

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at July 29, 2015 11:33 PM (YuiQg)

Happy fun ball taunting is on Thursdays. You are a premature taunter.

Posted by: buzzion at July 29, 2015 11:56 PM (zt+N6)

169 Woohoo! Times TWO! Now I can keep on doing doubles!
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/samurai/swor-nf.html

Posted by: andycanuck at July 29, 2015 11:57 PM (kivUY)

170 "You shun Waffle House and suggest the self proclaimed Progressive Burger Company? "

Hey, all I said that was I that like to smoke cigarrettes and like grease but find the WH a little ooky.

Grill me.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 29, 2015 11:57 PM (+FJFr)

171 At 3 am in the morning, my drunken hunger cares not about political affiliation. Besides there are to many drunk assholes out a diners that time of night. I like to get my food and go home and pass out.

Posted by: Arson Wells at July 29, 2015 11:58 PM (UnJ7w)

172 98 86 Question: Should I jump in the car and drive the sufficient miles south to experience a Waffle House for the first time? The miles would be less than 20.
Posted by: Vendette at July 29, 2015

Oh hell yeah, at closing time is awesome. I suggest you carry

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at July 29, 2015 11:37 PM (YuiQg)

Waffle House closes?

Posted by: buzzion at July 29, 2015 11:58 PM (zt+N6)

173 81 Other than me, does anyone know I died recently?
Posted by: Zombie E. L. Doctorow at July 29, 2015 11:34 PM (gwG9s)
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Nobody cares, sucka!

Posted by: Zombie Cecil at July 29, 2015 11:58 PM (cN9Sk)

174 16 Evening, all.

I really got the fact that I'm an old man thrown in my face today by some college chick. Over the phone no less.

Posted by: Chi at July 29, 2015 11:16 PM (TwyVT)

Y'know, after being born male a certain number of years ago, there are worse things you could be. You could be Chi-tlyn Jenner.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 29, 2015 11:59 PM (EzgxV)

175 And with that I gotta check out.....

Hasta and bless.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 29, 2015 11:59 PM (+FJFr)

176 When I was a wee lad 17 years ago Magic was the shit. I found out yesterday from co-workers it's bigger than ever.

Wish I never threw away all my cards.

Posted by: thathalfrican at July 29, 2015 11:59 PM (R5HRU)

177 Don't know if the two nearest Waffle Houses are representative of the norm but I would crawl over broken glass to avoid one. Ihop way better.

Posted by: SpongeBobSaget at July 30, 2015 12:00 AM (zauWW)

178 Posted by: Chi at July 29, 2015 11:52 PM (6wojC)

She's a pro-life young woman then? Well, in that case, she might be rather tactless, but her heart is in the right place.

Posted by: Donna &&&&&& V. (brandishing ampersands) at July 30, 2015 12:00 AM (+XMAD)

179 Later Ricardo.

Posted by: Arson Wells at July 30, 2015 12:00 AM (UnJ7w)

180 Mickey D's are offering black bean veggie McMuffins.

Well, not yet. And until they do that will be a go to for cheap and quick and pretty good.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at July 30, 2015 12:01 AM (XAFOu)

181 Waffle House closes?
Posted by: buzzion at July 29, 2015 11:58 PM (zt+N6)

****

Nope. Even the Manager of the one by my house does not have a key to the doors.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 30, 2015 12:01 AM (cygkw)

182 Cooth. That was awful.

If I didn't know any better, I'd swear Muldoon was shocking you.

Posted by: Chi at July 30, 2015 12:02 AM (ybmra)

183 Teen sex is down because of fat teenage gamers.

Posted by: Humongous Ears at July 30, 2015 12:02 AM (7wyDO)

184 *socking, dammit.

Posted by: Chi at July 30, 2015 12:03 AM (ybmra)

185 How's this for a feel good Moron story? My 3 kids took me to Fredericksburg to see Heart play last night. The stage was in a freshly flooded field (warmup band didn't get to play because of storm) but the sisters were great. They finished with a couple of Zeppelin songs. We all loved it. Twas my mom's day gift. I love that my kids like the old rock.

Posted by: OldDominionMom at July 30, 2015 12:03 AM (GzDYP)

186 So will your French Toast surrender to the Pomme Frites?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 30, 2015 12:03 AM (7Eo8i)

187 Windows 10 upgrade on the laptop is at 15%

Posted by: buzzion at July 30, 2015 12:04 AM (zt+N6)

188 OT. But that vapid Honda Pilot ad, with the quirky family singing separate bits of some song that's supposed to be catchy, but isn't?

A Moron more hip than I, might be able to enlighten Teh Horde on the cultural connotations of that strange ad.

Until then, it remains for me, a mystery.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at July 30, 2015 12:04 AM (RzZOc)

189
Waffle House closes?

Posted by: buzzion at July 29, 2015 11:58 PM (zt+N6)

I don't believe so. Anywhere. Especially the one I believe Vendette is talking about. (Weems-Botts exit)

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at July 30, 2015 12:04 AM (XAFOu)

190 Sesame Street is proud to introduce our newest character: Cecil the Headless Lion. Cecil will advocate for animal rights and use sign language.

Posted by: Sesame Street at July 30, 2015 12:05 AM (gwG9s)

191 ys, teenagers, being teenagers, rebel against the idea and go do something else.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at July 29, 2015 11:54 PM (HalrA)

Thus successfully battling their own hormones. Actually, I'm wondering if the teenaged pajama boys aren't so unappealingly wussy, the girls are turned off despite all those hormones.

Or maybe sex drives are lower. I've wondered if decades of millions of women on the Pill, pissing female hormones into the drinking supply, isn't what might be to blame for the high number of wussy male feminists we see these days.

Posted by: Donna &&&&&& V. (brandishing ampersands) at July 30, 2015 12:07 AM (+XMAD)

192 Anyone heard anything about this Hollywood take on Benghazi?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4172430/?ref_=nv_sr_5

Posted by: rrpjr at July 30, 2015 12:07 AM (s/yC1)

193 Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at July 30, 2015 12:04 AM (XAFOu)

IIRC, the feds and the National Weather Service rate the severity of tornado and storms based on what the local Waffle House is serving. Full menu-everything is fine, coffee only-severe storm. Something like that anyways.

Posted by: Arson Wells at July 30, 2015 12:08 AM (UnJ7w)

194 Jean Seberg in 'BonJour Tristesse' on the Turner classic movie channel now, iffn you got it

nice cheekbones, Jean has. Nice ta-tas, also. Good bone structure

great background shots of Paris in the late 50s.

Posted by: Lou Reed, life coach to the stars at July 30, 2015 12:09 AM (8CdUx)

195 The poor dentist that shot the lion has been doxed on Twitter.
Piers Morgan wants him hunted with bows and arrows.
The anti-hunting nuts have gone rabid again.
So sick of these narcissistic a**holes.

Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at July 30, 2015 12:09 AM (YGnSA)

196 Posted by: Sesame Street at July 30, 2015 12:05 AM (gwG9s)

HA!

Posted by: Arson Wells at July 30, 2015 12:09 AM (UnJ7w)

197 Waffle House is great after a day long Magic tournament.

Posted by: OldDominionMom at July 30, 2015 12:09 AM (GzDYP)

198 181 Waffle House closes?
Posted by: buzzion at July 29, 2015 11:58 PM (zt+N6)

---------

It wasn't down with the struggle.

Posted by: Rachel Corrie at July 30, 2015 12:10 AM (oZr5y)

199 Found out yesterday I dropped 10 spots on "the
list." Thinking it's time to start throwing some new irons in the fire.
Current office environment sucks. People don't, but the work and the
politics sure do. So, not the best week so far.
Coming home to a smiley 6 month old little guy and a bigger sister who's happy to see me, too, really helps.

Posted by: Mainah at July 29, 2015 11:54 PM (nHT9Z)

It does!!!
Prayers up for Mainah, please, to help him get a good job without the bureaucracy.

Posted by: Vendette at July 30, 2015 12:10 AM (TEpA2)

200 Posted by: OldDominionMom at July 30, 2015 12:03 AM (GzDYP)

Ann Wilson (the singer, right?) doesn't look anything like she did in the '70's but still has that dynamite voice.

Posted by: Donna &&&&&& V. (brandishing ampersands) at July 30, 2015 12:10 AM (+XMAD)

201 Thus successfully battling their own hormones. Actually, I'm wondering if the teenaged pajama boys aren't so unappealingly wussy, the girls are turned off despite all those hormones.
Or maybe sex drives are lower. I've wondered if decades of millions of women on the Pill, pissing female hormones into the drinking supply, isn't what might be to blame for the high number of wussy male feminists we see these days.
Posted by: Donna &&&&&& V. (brandishing ampersands) at July 30, 2015 12:07 AM (+XMAD)

Miss me yet?

Posted by: Zombie John Wayne at July 30, 2015 12:10 AM (oKE6c)

202 Arson @ 193

I think that is FEMA. Seriously, the head of FEMA checks the local Waffle House as a gauge for the severity of storm damage in a given locality.

Posted by: Chi at July 30, 2015 12:11 AM (ybmra)

203 Haha!

I spotted the missile launcher, the sniper, and the kitteh!

The bunker proved more difficult.

Awesome ONT Maet.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 12:11 AM (zyIlW)

204 195
The poor dentist that shot the lion has been doxed on Twitter.

Piers Morgan wants him hunted with bows and arrows.

The anti-hunting nuts have gone rabid again.

So sick of these narcissistic a**holes.

Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at July 30, 2015 12:09 AM (YGnSA)

Kill a human, they don't care. Kill a lion, they go apeshit. It's pretty clear to me that they're self-hating, and that's where their bullshit comes from.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at July 30, 2015 12:11 AM (HalrA)

205 Does anyone print a Magic deck with spaceships instead of wizards and trolls? Sort of like Eve instead of Warcraft?

Posted by: SpongeBobSaget at July 30, 2015 12:11 AM (zauWW)

206 Prayers up for Mainah, please, to help him get a good job without the bureaucracy.

Posted by: Vendette at July 30, 2015 12:10 AM (TEpA2)

There are jobs like that?

Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 30, 2015 12:11 AM (oKE6c)

207 Well, I may not be doomed quite yet. As the game won't launch. Seems to be a problem for a lot of folks (but not everyone) according to their community gripe pages.

I didn't realize it launched today, so you know, bugs.

Posted by: Methos at July 30, 2015 12:12 AM (ZbV+0)

208 #178: Yeah, if Chi doesn't want her I'm willing to take her off his hands.

I'm very giving that way.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at July 30, 2015 12:12 AM (wKc1L)

209 G'night, Morons and ettes.

Posted by: Donna &&&&&& V. (brandishing ampersands) at July 30, 2015 12:12 AM (+XMAD)

210 Good night, Donna!

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at July 30, 2015 12:12 AM (wKc1L)

211 Posted by: SpongeBobSaget at July 30, 2015 12:11 AM (zauWW)

Star Wars tried their hand at a Magic like game for awhile

Posted by: thathalfrican - the random walker at July 30, 2015 12:12 AM (R5HRU)

212 195 The poor dentist that shot the lion has been doxed on Twitter.
Piers Morgan wants him hunted with bows and arrows.
The anti-hunting nuts have gone rabid again.
So sick of these narcissistic a**holes.

Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at July 30, 2015 12:09 AM (YGnSA)

Somewhat related: http://journal.ijreview.com/2015 /07/245635-gun-rights- advocates-have-a-devastating-new-argument -against-gun-control-here-it-is/

Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2015 12:12 AM (EzgxV)

213 There are jobs like that?

Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 30, 2015 12:11 AM (oKE6c)

There may be.

Posted by: Vendette at July 30, 2015 12:13 AM (TEpA2)

214 I think that is FEMA. Seriously, the head of FEMA checks the local Waffle House as a gauge for the severity of storm damage in a given locality.
Posted by: Chi at July 30, 2015 12:11 AM (ybmra)

*****

Top. Fcuking. Men.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 30, 2015 12:13 AM (1eYr7)

215
Had to share this. Happened about an hour or so back.

Tonite is garbage nite, so smart people like me put out the recycle and garbage cans while it's still light out.

Guy across the road doesn't, I've heard him wheel the containers at midnite sometimes, in pitch dark.

So tonight I hear him pulling them to the road and suddenly he lets out a yell and start cussing up a storm.

He tripped on a skunk and got himself sprayed pretty good. Hella stench yet, he caught ( I'm guessing, didn't see) the full discharge from Flower.

Now my gut hurts from laughing so damn hard.

Posted by: irongrampa at July 30, 2015 12:14 AM (jeCnD)

216 July 30, 2015, will be the 70th anniversary of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis.

This video had me tearing up.

http://tinyurl.com/ogyu5vm

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 12:14 AM (zyIlW)

217 141 Queering the Child

Boys are not girls nor girls boys. This differentiation doesn't really kick in until puberty, and doesn't fully finish until full adulthood is reached. Yet somehow pre-pubescent children, who don't even know what being an man or a woman means, are increasingly being treated as sexual beings with unchangeable orientations and any gender they want.

More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=9535

Posted by: The Political Hat at July 29, 2015 11:49 PM (/YkzI)

I get what you're saying here and I certainly agree with the overall point, but I do have something from this weekend that isn't countering your point but maybe requires some revision.

I had a family get together over the weekend. One of my cousins has a girl and a boy. The boy is at that age of walking but still in diapers and not quite talking, so somewhere between 1-2 I think (I have a lot of cousins and they have a lot of kids.) So we're all standing around and cousin and son come up to his wife being "stinky" so time for a diaper change. But the boy doesn't want her to change it. He wants daddy to. And while my cousin is off getting the diaper bag, his wife remarks about the difference between her daughter and her son and how even at that age her son is all about his daddy and papau.

Posted by: buzzion at July 30, 2015 12:14 AM (zt+N6)

218 Posted by: Chi at July 30, 2015 12:11 AM (ybmra)

FEMA, I knew it was something like that. Talk about a consistently run operation. Waffle House is a well oiled machine I suppose. This is the beauty of the free market and capitalism.

Posted by: Arson Wells at July 30, 2015 12:14 AM (UnJ7w)

219 Cthulhu, how are you this evening?

Posted by: Mindy at July 30, 2015 12:16 AM (dg8OI)

220 wrong url.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOAg3wCkOkI

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 12:16 AM (zyIlW)

221 Just $70? So what will this do to the MtG card economy?

For the real cards? I don't know. I didn't see an offer to trade computer cards for real cards like I recall from other versions (that I didn't play).

People on the forum are talking as if they expect monthly card updates.

Posted by: Methos at July 30, 2015 12:16 AM (ZbV+0)

222 Now my gut hurts from laughing so damn hard.

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Too bad you don't have a video. I laughed just reading about it.

Posted by: OTB at July 30, 2015 12:17 AM (ShdUd)

223 Fair winds and following seas.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 12:17 AM (zyIlW)

224 Thus successfully battling their own hormones.
Actually, I'm wondering if the teenaged pajama boys aren't so
unappealingly wussy, the girls are turned off despite all those
hormones.

Or maybe sex drives are lower. I've wondered if decades of millions
of women on the Pill, pissing female hormones into the drinking supply,
isn't what might be to blame for the high number of wussy male
feminists we see these days.

Posted by: Donna V. (brandishing ampersands) at July 30, 2015 12:07 AM (+XMAD)

Then there's what radical feminism has done to the female mind. There's a lot of women out there who expect to get everything their way, and after any right-thinking man dates one or two of them, it gives him a priority readjustment. Not stepping into that minefield is more valuable than anything you can haul out of it.
It's been almost 4 years since I withdrew from the dating scene, and I'm not in a hurry to get started again. Women these days are crazy.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at July 30, 2015 12:17 AM (HalrA)

225 Thanks thathalfrican!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Customizable_Card_Game

Posted by: SpongeBobSaget at July 30, 2015 12:17 AM (zauWW)

226 cooth!

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 12:17 AM (zyIlW)

227 Posted by: Donna &&&&&& V. (brandishing ampersands) at July 30, 2015 12:10 AM (+XMAD)

I think she has always battled weight issues. She avoided some high notes, but still has incredible strength and control. They all seemed to really enjoy the loose venue. Wondered why they came; Ann said their parents were married in Fxbg. So maybe that's why.

Posted by: OldDominionMom at July 30, 2015 12:18 AM (GzDYP)

228 188 OT. But that vapid Honda Pilot ad, with the quirky family singing separate bits of some song that's supposed to be catchy, but isn't?

A Moron more hip than I, might be able to enlighten Teh Horde on the cultural connotations of that strange ad.

Until then, it remains for me, a mystery.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at July 30, 2015 12:04 AM (RzZOc)

Weezer - Buddy Holly.

https://youtu.be/kemivUKb4f4

I don't think it really has any special connection. Its just a song that one of them starts singing and they all join in.

Posted by: buzzion at July 30, 2015 12:18 AM (zt+N6)

229 Yeah, I gave the food server a little recognition, but talk about ungrateful.

Posted by: Skunk at July 30, 2015 12:18 AM (MRNTl)

230 215
Had to share this. Happened about an hour or so back.

Tonite is garbage nite, so smart people like me put out the recycle and garbage cans while it's still light out.

Guy across the road doesn't, I've heard him wheel the containers at midnite sometimes, in pitch dark.

So tonight I hear him pulling them to the road and suddenly he lets out a yell and start cussing up a storm.

He tripped on a skunk and got himself sprayed pretty good. Hella stench yet, he caught ( I'm guessing, didn't see) the full discharge from Flower.

Now my gut hurts from laughing so damn hard.

Posted by: irongrampa at July 30, 2015 12:14 AM (jeCnD)

Note to self: Get in the habit of putting cans out earlier before moving anywhere more rural.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2015 12:19 AM (EzgxV)

231 Yeah, Arson.
I first read that article and laughed at how stoopid anything & any in in out gov't is.

Then I thought about it a minute. Y'know what? That's kind of smart.
"If Waffle House is serving a full menu, things can't be that bad. If WH is closed, we better get off our asses - people need help down there!"

Posted by: Chi at July 30, 2015 12:20 AM (ybmra)

232 SMFH, get your internet from the evil tyrants of TWC fixed?

Posted by: buzzion at July 30, 2015 12:20 AM (zt+N6)

233 Posted by: buzzion at July 30, 2015 12:18 AM (zt+N6)

The video for Buddy Holly is great! So is the song.

Posted by: Arson Wells at July 30, 2015 12:20 AM (UnJ7w)

234 >>> 229 Yeah, I gave the food server a little recognition, but talk about ungrateful.
Posted by: Skunk at July 30, 2015 12:18 AM (MRNTl)
---
You're supposed to tip him, not trip him!

Posted by: Mindy at July 30, 2015 12:20 AM (dg8OI)

235 Yeah the Waffle Hosue Index is a quick and dirty way for FEMA to see how rough things are in an area. Because Waffle Houses are so common and try to keep operating no matter what, one being closed or on a limited menu means things are bad. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waffle_House_Index

Posted by: Maetenloch at July 30, 2015 12:21 AM (pAlYe)

236 219 Cthulhu, how are you this evening?

Posted by: Mindy at July 30, 2015 12:16 AM (dg8OI)

Hangin' in there. You?

Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2015 12:21 AM (EzgxV)

237 It does!!!
Prayers up for Mainah, please, to help him get a good job without the bureaucracy.

Posted by: Vendette at July 30, 2015 12:10 AM (TEpA2)
Thanks! Time to get some shut eye. G'night!

Posted by: Mainah at July 30, 2015 12:21 AM (nHT9Z)

238 I truly believe that the story my dad told me about the USS Indianapolis (and the movie Jaws) was the reason I went Army.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 12:23 AM (zyIlW)

239 Then there's what radical feminism has done to the female mind. There's a lot of women out there who expect to get everything their way, and after any right-thinking man dates one or two of them, it gives him a priority readjustment. Not stepping into that minefield is more valuable than anything you can haul out of it.
It's been almost 4 years since I withdrew from the dating scene, and I'm not in a hurry to get started again. Women these days are crazy.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at July 30, 2015 12:17 AM (HalrA)

****

I'm right there with you. The ones who claim to want a Mans Man, an Alpha, are great until you don't kiss their ass and agree with them.

They want someone who acts Alpha to everyone else, and Beta to them. Sad part is, they don't even realize this....

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 30, 2015 12:23 AM (cygkw)

240 I'm going to check out, with the knowledge that I need to visit a Waffle House for the experience.

Good night, all!

Posted by: Vendette at July 30, 2015 12:23 AM (TEpA2)

241 Night horde.

Real feel of 107 tomorrow in Mordor.

Hopefully get home in time to go swimming before it gets overcast yet again.

Two more days until the weekend. And yard work.

But probably more tubing as well

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at July 30, 2015 12:23 AM (XAFOu)

242 Posted by: Chi at July 30, 2015 12:20 AM (ybmra)

I had the same reaction Chi. To think that gov't looks to the private sector because of it's reliability is one of the best arguments for a smaller, limited gov't.

Posted by: Arson Wells at July 30, 2015 12:23 AM (UnJ7w)

243 IED vs. getting chomped on by a shark...

hmmm....

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 12:23 AM (zyIlW)

244 Note to self: Get in the habit of putting cans out earlier before moving anywhere more rural.
Posted by: cthulhu
--------------
I only worry about interrupting a bear's dinner

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 30, 2015 12:24 AM (9mTYi)

245 He tripped on a skunk and got himself sprayed pretty good. Hella stench yet, he caught ( I'm guessing, didn't see) the full discharge from Flower.

Now my gut hurts from laughing so damn hard.

Posted by: irongrampa at July 30, 2015 12:14 AM (jeCnD)

Pro tip: washing with a solution made from sodium bicarbonate, dishwashing liquid added to 3% v/v hydrogen peroxide (the crucial ingredient) will knock out the skunk smell immediately. (The exact proportions don't matter, but can found on the Internet. The hydrogen peroxide oxidizes the mercaptans that make skunk spray stink to the corresponding disulfides, which have essentially no vapor pressure. The dishwashing liquid helps to solubilize the resulting disulfides, while the sodium bicarbonate buffers the pH of the whole concoction. One of our pups got sprayed a month ago, and stunk to high heaven. My wife couldn't believe that the problem was dealt with in a minute, and that marrying a chemist actually hadn't been that bad a move after all.)

Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 30, 2015 12:24 AM (oKE6c)

246 49i wasn't planning on drinking tonight. No plan survives first contact with the enemy.
Posted by: DC in River City at July 29, 2015 11:25 PM

You were minding your own business, when out of nowhere a bottle of whiskey attacked you while you sat on your sofa, blogging?

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 30, 2015 12:24 AM (Vm8WO)

247 bebe!!!

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 12:25 AM (zyIlW)

248 Note to self: Get in the habit of putting cans out earlier before moving anywhere more rural.
Urban areas too. Downtown Toronto and not just the suburbs where I live. And, yes, I put out the trash in daylight or, if after dark, very carefully.

Posted by: andycanuck at July 30, 2015 12:25 AM (kivUY)

249 Posted by: irongrampa at July 30, 2015 12:14 AM (jeCnD)

That there is funny! Since we live "out here" I never go out in the dark without a flashlight. I can use your story to stop hubby from rolling his eyes at me.

Posted by: OldDominionMom at July 30, 2015 12:25 AM (GzDYP)

250 Capt Morgan assaulted me.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 12:25 AM (zyIlW)

251 You know you have a good human pet when... http://tinyurl.com/qb84xa6

Posted by: Kitteh at July 30, 2015 12:25 AM (MRNTl)

252 236 219 Cthulhu, how are you this evening?

Posted by: Mindy at July 30, 2015 12:16 AM (dg8OI)

Hangin' in there. You?

Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2015 12:21 AM (EzgxV)

I'm also feeling bad 'cause I messed up someone's day through cluelessness. It's not at a "drive hundreds of miles to deliver Bourbon" level, but it's registering on that meter.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2015 12:25 AM (EzgxV)

253 SMFH!

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 30, 2015 12:26 AM (Vm8WO)

254 Shake it off, cooth, and drive on.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 12:26 AM (zyIlW)

255 #205: Back in the 90s, collectible card games were everywhere, in every genre. Fantasy, sci-fi, vampires, werewolves, samurai, superheroes... pretty much anything you wanted was out there somewhere.

I don't know about now.

Frankly, a lot of those CCGs sucked, and had nothing like MTG's staying power.

One sure sign that a game sucked, IMO, was if it was impossible to have a come-from-behind victory. I played a few games like that. One of my biggest disappointments in the CCG business was Heresy. The cards were gorgeous; tarot-sized, with many of them painted by Brom. The concept was angels and demons forming up into mixed legions in the Apocalypse.

How could you go wrong with that? Well, the gameplay sucked. Once an opponent started coming out ahead, it was impossible to catch up. All you could do once you realized you were behind was delay your opponent's victory.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at July 30, 2015 12:26 AM (wKc1L)

256 Hi Horde. The wifi at mom and dad's sucks. And Dad is napping in front of a tv at full volume. He was a loadmaster on CF-130 aircraft in the 60s and 70s, and it destroyed his hearing... I bring earplugs.

Posted by: Gingy at July 30, 2015 12:26 AM (NYEU2)

257 Buzzion, thanks.

Now that you I.D.'d it, I can recognize the song. Which I failed utterly in doing while trying to stitch it together from the disparate bits as presented in the ad.

I'd imagine those actors might actually sound fairly decent if arranged differently. The quirkiness overwhelmed me.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at July 30, 2015 12:26 AM (RzZOc)

258 Buddy Holly drove a Honda Cub to the Mason City airport.

Posted by: Internet facts at July 30, 2015 12:27 AM (ps/ea)

259 226 cooth!

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 12:17 AM (zyIlW)

SMFH!

Brad!

Janet!

Rocky!

Ugh!

Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2015 12:27 AM (EzgxV)

260 That there is funny! Since we live "out here" I never go out in the dark without a flashlight.
------------------

Where I grew up, we had *big* Diamondback rattlers. One did not go out in the dark without a flashlight.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 30, 2015 12:27 AM (9mTYi)

261 Yeah the Waffle Hosue Index is a quick and dirty way for FEMA to see how rough things are in an area. Because Waffle Houses are so common and try to keep operating no matter what, one being closed or on a limited menu means things are bad. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waffle_House_Index
Posted by: Maetenloch at July 30, 2015 12:21 AM (pAlYe)

****

Threat Condition?

*Scattered, smothered and covered!*

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 30, 2015 12:28 AM (1eYr7)

262 250 Capt Morgan assaulted me.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 12:25 AM (zyIlW)

With his leg propped up like that attempting to put prominent focus on his crotch.

Posted by: buzzion at July 30, 2015 12:28 AM (zt+N6)

263 Gingy,

Every time I rode on a C-130, Galaxy, or a Chinook, I had to wear earplugs in addition to my iPod earphones.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 12:28 AM (zyIlW)

264 Yet I still suffer from tinnitus...go figure.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 12:29 AM (zyIlW)

265 250 Capt Morgan assaulted me.
Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 12:25 AM (zyIlW)

Ha! I keep hoping to be assaulted by a batch of Kir Royales, but I'm still kinda sneezy and don't want to risk my cold coming back.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 30, 2015 12:29 AM (Vm8WO)

266 Evening, everyone! How are you all doing tonight?

Posted by: Colorado Alex at July 30, 2015 12:29 AM (10ydV)

267 264 Yet I still suffer from tinnitus...go figure.
Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 12:29 AM (zyIlW)

What? Speak up!

Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 30, 2015 12:29 AM (oKE6c)

268 LOL buzzion!

100 proof spiced rum!

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 12:29 AM (zyIlW)

269 Goodnight, Vendette.
When SMFH & I work our way to Arlington for a day trip, we'll have to get that Waffle House MoMe together. Couple months?
ODMom, Jinx, you, anyone else in that area.

Just not that Cochrane guy. Don't tell him about it.

Posted by: Chi at July 30, 2015 12:30 AM (ybmra)

270 Women these days are crazy.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at July 30, 2015 12:17 AM (HalrA)

Present company excepted, of course. WE are 'ettes, after all.

Posted by: tcn at July 30, 2015 12:30 AM (+YMhA)

271 Yet I still suffer from tinnitus...go figure.
Posted by: SMFH

Mahp
Mahp

Posted by: Sterling Archer at July 30, 2015 12:30 AM (klBxV)

272 *one-fingered salute*

Good thing I know sign language.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 12:30 AM (zyIlW)

273 SMFH, such things did not exist. For Dad, they still don't.

One thing the Air Force taught him was how to pack. He could pack my entire apartment into two pickup truck loads.

Posted by: Gingy at July 30, 2015 12:31 AM (NYEU2)

274 Posted by: Maetenloch at July 30, 2015 12:21 AM (pAlYe)

I wonder which intern at FEMA made the connection between the weather and the Waffle Houses.

Posted by: Arson Wells at July 30, 2015 12:31 AM (UnJ7w)

275 Kill a human, they don't care. Kill a lion, they go apeshit. It's pretty clear to me that they're self-hating, and that's where their bullshit comes from.

Posted by: Cato
****

They all justified their hate by the usual "he deserves it."
Translation: I'm such a wonderful person for punishing this guy.

Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at July 30, 2015 12:31 AM (YGnSA)

276 Can't wait for Season 7.

I love Archer.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 12:31 AM (zyIlW)

277 272 *one-fingered salute*
Good thing I know sign language.
Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 12:30 AM (zyIlW)

Lots of freeway driving?

Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 30, 2015 12:31 AM (oKE6c)

278 Cthulhu, I can tell from your comments here that you have a good heart. I bet whoever had their day messed up will keep that in mind and take things less personally than they would have otherwise.

Posted by: Mindy at July 30, 2015 12:31 AM (dg8OI)

279 I can pack four duffle bags into two.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 12:32 AM (zyIlW)

280 Heh Jay,

As a OTR driver, yeah.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 12:32 AM (zyIlW)

281 Always have a flashlight. Bought my niece a Mag Lite when she turned sixteen. Told her to use it on boys - blind 'em and bash 'em. Here in LA the mayor tried to outlaw Mag Lites for LEO. Cops told him to piss off.

Posted by: Weapon of Choice at July 30, 2015 12:33 AM (gwG9s)

282 Dammit. Now I have 'Magic Man' stuck in my head. Saw Heart play at Grant Stadium, Ga. Tech, , 1977(?)

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 30, 2015 12:33 AM (9mTYi)

283 All you could do once you realized you were behind was delay your opponent's victory.

Vampire the Eternal Struggle always felt that way to me. Nothing much seemed to happen and then one player would get a victory and steamroll the table.

Posted by: Methos at July 30, 2015 12:34 AM (ZbV+0)

284
Without knowing (and I refuse to become "informed" about things like this), the whole dentist/lion kerfuffle, if the guy hadn't posted stuff on social media about it, we've never heard of him, right?

(and most of us understand that corruption and bribery and malfeasance and skulduggery and idiocy are afoot every day and probably result in some sort of bad poaching/effed up authorized hunting/etc almost weekly, right?)

Just curious. Another casualty of (inter alia) posting s**t online?

Posted by: rhomboid at July 30, 2015 12:34 AM (QDnY+)

285 I saw a GORGEOUS Pete all chromed out and lights up the wazoo earlier this evening.

*sigh*

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 12:34 AM (zyIlW)

286 I've attempted to play Barracuda and Crazy On You on the guitar.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 30, 2015 12:34 AM (+4uXG)

287 Where I grew up, we had *big* Diamondback rattlers. One did not go out in the dark without a flashlight.

Copperheads here. They've bitten 2 of my dogs. I've seen a coyote and a bear barely on the other side of our back fence.

Posted by: OldDominionMom at July 30, 2015 12:35 AM (GzDYP)

288 Colorado Alex, I almost made contact with Bob's House about Friday lunch. He may join the Yahoo group to see a message I posted for him.

Posted by: Mindy at July 30, 2015 12:35 AM (dg8OI)

289 Los Angeles just banned possession of gun magazines that can hold more than 10 rounds.

Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at July 30, 2015 12:35 AM (YGnSA)

290 Alex! How ya doin?

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 30, 2015 12:35 AM (Vm8WO)

291 Translation: I'm such a wonderful person for punishing this guy.
Posted by: Tilikum
----------------

I think there was a post here about the other day,"Self-virtue", or something like that.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 30, 2015 12:35 AM (9mTYi)

292 IronGrampa

That is a damn funny story.

But I have a disclaimer - For the last few months, I have intentionally been waiting 'til about 3 am to roll my cans out.
Since about the time I found out my ~~friend~~ next-door neighbor was a lying, cheating their.

Which reminds me...
tomorrow is trash can night. I need to put as many loose bottles in there as I can find.

Posted by: Chi at July 30, 2015 12:36 AM (ybmra)

293 Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 30, 2015 12:23 AM (cygkw)

I'm pretty much a stereotypical nerd. For those of us that aren't the usual Alpha, things aren't any fun either. We're expected to basically be slaves and cater to every insane demand. I had one that went and shacked up with an ex-boyfriend for a month (complete and utter waste of air) and expected me to take her back when she remembered why she left him originally. Never going to be that kind of doormat for nobody.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at July 30, 2015 12:36 AM (HalrA)

294 Mahp

Mahp

I sound my barbaric yawp ...

Posted by: that guy who just watched Dead Poets' Society at July 30, 2015 12:36 AM (ps/ea)

295 Los Angeles just banned possession of gun magazines that can hold more than 10 rounds.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale

We'll be sure to turn ours in first thing Monday morning.

Posted by: MS13 at July 30, 2015 12:36 AM (klBxV)

296 Whatever I post online, I have no fucks to give regarding what anyone thinks. Then again, it's not like anyone give a fuck to begin with.

Damn shame that folks care more about dead lions than PP being a chop shop.

Which is fine with me.

It just means that I will have less compunction about busting a cap in a baby-killer's ass than some hunter in Africa.

I can live with that.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 12:38 AM (zyIlW)

297 I don't have any sympathy for a fucking dentist that kills a majestic creature like a lion, especially for a creature that is beloved by his country. What I don't get is how these same concern trolls have no sense of proportion when it comes to Cecil the lion and the infamous butchers at Planned Parenthood.

Posted by: Arson Wells at July 30, 2015 12:38 AM (UnJ7w)

298 Thank God for Texas.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 12:38 AM (zyIlW)

299
Mindy,

It turns out I may not be able to meet you for lunch on Friday. I've got a possible telecon at that time. More to follow.

Bebe,

I'm doing ok. Allergies are bothering me, I want to move out of this crappy apartment, and I went on a date tonight.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at July 30, 2015 12:39 AM (10ydV)

300 Copperheads here. They've bitten 2 of my dogs. I've seen a coyote and a bear barely on the other side of our back fence.
Posted by: OldDominionMom at July 30, 2015 12:35 AM (GzDYP)

We have grizzly bears coming up the creeks from the ocean this time of year chasing salmon. The bike paths are right along the creeks. Makes for some entertaining bike trips with the boy.

Last week, we only saw mama and baby moose. We stopped and the two kids looked longingly at one another.

Boy: What a funny looking kid.
Baby Moose: What a funny looking kid.

Posted by: tcn at July 30, 2015 12:39 AM (+YMhA)

301 Los Angeles will have about the same success with enforcing that idiotic law, as New York is enjoying at present, with their equally insipid magazine limitations and AWB provisions.

Probably far less success, at that. The L.A. region is many times as heavily armed as N.Y. by any measure.

Mark this one under "Things That Won't End Well", I think.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at July 30, 2015 12:39 AM (RzZOc)

302 Posted by: Chi at July 30, 2015 12:30 AM (ybmra)

I don't know if you two will really want any, you know, company?!

Posted by: OldDominionMom at July 30, 2015 12:40 AM (GzDYP)

303
That Waffle House Index is actually pretty typical of such short-hand indices that are used to guage situations where info is scarce.

In some of the more raucous parts of the former USSR in the 90s, where we were always looking for ways to assess the state of the "economy" and the populace, etc, the "banana test" was one of these.

If one of the ubiquitous road-side stands selling cigs/booze/European candy bars had bananas hanging over the counter, then that told us "commerce" was still fairly active, transport from the relevant ports was happening, etc.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 30, 2015 12:40 AM (QDnY+)

304 #239: My experience has been a little different from that.

I'm finding that the gender roles as far as who wants sex, and when, have reversed.

Women now want sex right away once they think they sort of like you, as abortion-on-demand means they don't need to worry about consequences. It's men who have to be careful, now, because it's too easy for her to put you on the hook for child support even if it's not actually your kid that she squeezes out. Or, if you're still in college, she can accuse you of rape and get you thrown out of school just for looking at her funny.

And this "Yes means yes" bullshit... a man who asks for permission to continue at each step of the process will not get laid, because women do not want to play "Mother, May I?" in the sack. And so, with the standards of proof colleges everywhere are adopting, the mere fact that you as a male got laid by a female means you're guilty of rape on today's college campus. All that remains in question is whether or not she decides to report you for it.

Fuck that. No wonder so many young men today would rather play video games and watch porn than date.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at July 30, 2015 12:40 AM (wKc1L)

305 Alex, I'll keep an eye out for your updates.

Hope your date was a worthy young lady and you both had a pleasant time.

Posted by: Mindy at July 30, 2015 12:41 AM (dg8OI)

306 We'll be sure to turn ours in first thing Monday morning.
Posted by: MS13 at July 30, 2015 12:36 AM (klBxV)

Hey, who let these assholes in?

Posted by: tcn at July 30, 2015 12:41 AM (+YMhA)

307 I like lions.

I love tigers.

That said, chopping up human babies (BABIES), takes precedent.

And for you sick motherfuckers that think it's A-OK to swap baby parts for a Lamborghini...well, you better not come across yours truly.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 12:41 AM (zyIlW)

308 ...I went on a date tonight.

Posted by: Colorado Alex
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It's right there on page one...
Pics or it didn't happen.

Posted by: Chi at July 30, 2015 12:41 AM (mzjs7)

309 Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at July 30, 2015 12:36 AM (HalrA)

***

I recently said goodbye to one of those myself. She was completely stunned at my reaction because she was honestly conflicted .

So, to her it was totes cool to bounce back and forth.

*Face Desk*

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 30, 2015 12:42 AM (cygkw)

310 298 Thank God for Texas.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 12:38 AM (zyIlW)

Amen.

Posted by: Arson Wells at July 30, 2015 12:42 AM (UnJ7w)

311 Chi's coming to Texas in September!

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 12:42 AM (zyIlW)

312
Mindy,

Unfortunately not. She was nice enough, but too old, overweight, and too many tattoos. It was a blind date set up by a friend.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at July 30, 2015 12:42 AM (10ydV)

313 And Tucker.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 12:43 AM (zyIlW)

314 Without knowing (and I refuse to become "informed" about things like this), the whole dentist/lion kerfuffle, if the guy hadn't posted stuff on social media about it, we've never heard of him, right?

(and most of us understand that corruption and bribery and malfeasance and skulduggery and idiocy are afoot every day and probably result in some sort of bad poaching/effed up authorized hunting/etc almost weekly, right?)

Just curious. Another casualty of (inter alia) posting s**t online?

Posted by: rhomboid
****

Not from what I understand. Because of rules being broken by his guides, what happened was reported to the govt. His name was made public as a result.
The dentist said he trusted his guides etc. and did not know the lion was "Cecil". 2 of the hunting party have been charged with a crime as a result of their actions.
Sh*t. Just saw where Mia Farrow doxed him too.

Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at July 30, 2015 12:43 AM (YGnSA)

315 278 Cthulhu, I can tell from your comments here that you have a good heart. I bet whoever had their day messed up will keep that in mind and take things less personally than they would have otherwise.

Posted by: Mindy at July 30, 2015 12:31 AM (dg8OI)

Actually, I don't think he takes it personally. I'm just sorry that I so badly misjudged.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2015 12:43 AM (EzgxV)

316 Everything was going great until the explosion...

Posted by: Mission Control at July 30, 2015 12:43 AM (2Hkbk)

317

Fuck that. No wonder so many young men today would rather play video games and watch porn than date.
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at July 30, 2015 12:40 AM (wKc1L)

I'm there with you and I'm an old horny guy

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at July 30, 2015 12:43 AM (YuiQg)

318 Colorado Alex,

Damn.

Tats are overrated.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 12:44 AM (zyIlW)

319 Colorado Alex, well you're a good sport.

Just curious -- how many tattoos is too many?

Posted by: Mindy at July 30, 2015 12:44 AM (dg8OI)

320 SMFH,

I'm willing to date a girl with tattoos, as long as they're concealable. Hers weren't.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at July 30, 2015 12:45 AM (10ydV)

321 I like lions.

Preferably with a spicy BBQ sauce.

Posted by: Methos at July 30, 2015 12:45 AM (ZbV+0)

322
Glad I found a good women and married her.

Posted by: OTB at July 30, 2015 12:45 AM (ShdUd)

323 Sam Houston passed away before the end of the Civil War, so he didn't see its outcome.

He died on Texas Independence Day, and his last words were "Texas, Margaret...Texas".

Posted by: stace at July 30, 2015 12:45 AM (CoX6k)

324
*unstatic*

"And Tucker."
-Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 12:43 AM (zyIlW)

Well, there's your real Star.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) T at July 30, 2015 12:46 AM (OQ9R7)

325 10 years in the Army.

Three years in Iraq.

No tats.

Only ear piercings are those that I had no say in (I was 2 weeks old).

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 12:46 AM (zyIlW)

326 Mindy,
One on each lower arm, and four on her upper chest that were very visible with the low-cut shirt.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at July 30, 2015 12:46 AM (10ydV)

327 A California Court Just Banned The Release Of Another Planned Parenthood Videos

http://preview.tinyurl.com/q3vjkuw

Posted by: The Political Hat at July 30, 2015 12:46 AM (/YkzI)

328 Slap!!!

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 12:46 AM (zyIlW)

329
Magazine ban - CA has had a ban on "high capacity" (greater than 10 round) mags for some time. Previously owned (in CA) and law enforcement exempted.

So what's new in LA? I guess I could always go look it up on Calguns.net, but I have not had the stomach to look at the legal section there for some time.

Many people like to point to the great "victories" in gun rights in recent years, but fail to take into account 1) the worst states are getting worse in their abuses and restrictions 2) the lawlessness that now increasingly defines the US (institutional, top-down, governmental, systematic - not street chaos) is showing up in this area as well. Localities, states, and federal courts basically saying "f**k off" to SCOTUS over Heller/MacDonald.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 30, 2015 12:47 AM (QDnY+)

330 Remember the good old days when bullfighting was good wholesome entertainment?

Now you get crucified for killing a lion.

Posted by: SpongeBobSaget at July 30, 2015 12:47 AM (zauWW)

331 I had battles that tried to get me to get tatted up.

Just could not do it.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 12:47 AM (zyIlW)

332 287 Where I grew up, we had *big* Diamondback rattlers. One did not go out in the dark without a flashlight.

Copperheads here. They've bitten 2 of my dogs. I've seen a coyote and a bear barely on the other side of our back fence.

Posted by: OldDominionMom at July 30, 2015 12:35 AM (GzDYP)

I grew up in California -- the poisonous snakes are clearly marked by having rattles. I know little of other flavors. Can a dog survive being bitten by a copperhead?

Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2015 12:48 AM (EzgxV)

333 Glad I found a good women and married her.

Posted by: OTB at July 30, 2015 12:45 AM (ShdUd)

I was just thinking the same thing.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 30, 2015 12:48 AM (oKE6c)

334 Who doesn't love a mini-pincher with an attitude?

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) T at July 30, 2015 12:48 AM (OQ9R7)

335 Posted by: stace at July 30, 2015 12:45 AM (CoX6k)

He was down with Texas till the very end.

Posted by: Arson Wells at July 30, 2015 12:48 AM (UnJ7w)

336 Here is the story about the killing of Cecil.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/nd4hl8b

Anyone want to bet the people foaming at the mouth about Cecil are also mad over the "phony" PP videos?

Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at July 30, 2015 12:48 AM (YGnSA)

337 I just despise needles.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 12:48 AM (zyIlW)

338 #317: Thanks! I'm a middle-aged sappy romantic, myself.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at July 30, 2015 12:48 AM (wKc1L)

339 Tucker a little bad ass.

Gotta love that.

Takes after his owner.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 12:49 AM (zyIlW)

340
Tilikum, thanks for that info.

I still might argue that "social media" have made the guy's nightmare what it is (doxxing, universal uproar, etc).

Posted by: rhomboid at July 30, 2015 12:50 AM (QDnY+)

341 "Takes after his owner."
-Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 12:49 AM (zyIlW)

I was talking about Tucker's owner.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) T at July 30, 2015 12:50 AM (OQ9R7)

342 Concealable preferred. And never on the chest above the breastesses.

Posted by: buzzion at July 30, 2015 12:50 AM (zt+N6)

343 Alex, I'm sure it gets harder and harder to find young women without graffiti.

Posted by: Mindy at July 30, 2015 12:50 AM (dg8OI)

344 304 #239: My experience has been a little different from that.

I'm finding that the gender roles as far as who wants sex, and when, have reversed.

Women now want sex right away once they think they sort of like you, as abortion-on-demand means they don't need to worry about consequences. It's men who have to be careful, now, because it's too easy for her to put you on the hook for child support even if it's not actually your kid that she squeezes out. Or, if you're still in college, she can accuse you of rape and get you thrown out of school just for looking at her funny.

And this "Yes means yes" bullshit... a man who asks for permission to continue at each step of the process will not get laid, because women do not want to play "Mother, May I?" in the sack. And so, with the standards of proof colleges everywhere are adopting, the mere fact that you as a male got laid by a female means you're guilty of rape on today's college campus. All that remains in question is whether or not she decides to report you for it.

Fuck that. No wonder so many young men today would rather play video games and watch porn than date.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at July 30, 2015 12:40 AM (wKc1L)

Good post. That's my suspicion as well, but worded better.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2015 12:50 AM (EzgxV)

345 Can a dog survive being bitten by a copperhead?
Posted by: cthulhu
--------------

It's the usual variables:

Size of dog
Size of snake
Location of bite

So..., yes, but not necessarily.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 30, 2015 12:51 AM (9mTYi)

346 Now you get crucified for killing a lion.
Posted by: SpongeBobSaget at July 30, 2015 12:47 AM (zauWW)

As you should, there is no sport in killing a lion at distance as opposed to being five feet away from a bull. At least the bull can kill you if you are not up to the task. The lion doesn't even see it coming.

Posted by: Arson Wells at July 30, 2015 12:51 AM (UnJ7w)

347 311 Chi's coming to Texas in September!

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 12:42 AM (zyIlW)

Hot damn!!!!

Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2015 12:51 AM (EzgxV)

348 I don't know if you two will really want any, you know, company?!

Posted by: OldDominionMom
------------------------------
*best Harold Ramis impression*

Well, I am willing to learn...

Posted by: Chi at July 30, 2015 12:51 AM (VJnHJ)

349 >>> with a crime as a result of their actions.
Sh*t. Just saw where Mia Farrow doxed him too

Well damn Mia fucking Farrow doxed him. Guess we are going to have to crucify him.
Fuck the animal rights bullshit.
Time to turn the heat up on PP and baby parts is parts people

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at July 30, 2015 12:53 AM (YuiQg)

350 One on each lower arm, and four on her upper chest that were very visible with the low-cut shirt.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at July 30, 2015 12:46 AM (10ydV)

Yow. Call me a geezer - you wouldn't be wrong - but I hate tattoos. Pretty much all of them, anywhere, except for military guys with globe and anchor or some such on their arms.

My gym is chock-a-block with young people absolutely covered in the damned things. They look like they rolled around in the funny papers.

Back when I was their age, bell bottoms and shoulder length hair (not powdered wigs, which had just gone out of fashion) were fashionable. When those went out of fashion, we threw out the bell bottoms (yay!) and got haircuts. No problem.

What do you do when most of your body looks like a comic book?

Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 30, 2015 12:53 AM (oKE6c)

351 Mindy, it is. I don't even mind some ink, as long as she can cover it up when need be. But even that is getting rarer.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at July 30, 2015 12:53 AM (10ydV)

352 A young copperhead can kill a grown man. A large man.

Like every other snake, they can't control the delivery of venom. End up giving you all they got.

Posted by: Chi at July 30, 2015 12:55 AM (VJnHJ)

353
Hat, I know many have made this observation since this began, but I sure as heck hope that the CMP group has distributed these videos, has done the legal homework on "distribution under stress" i.e. via third parties, and that no court orders will have any effect.

Not that it matters. Yes, yes, yes - NONE of this is new, the country has lived in a Soviet-style information vacuum (on select topics) for a long time, and it has grown to be extreme in recent years. But.

The "press" will - hell, already has - "spiked" this story. Funny, in the old days, that term and concept actually applied. A hot story would run - unless it was "spiked" for some reason.

Now, the entire premise, the entire framework, is radically different. The "press" simply does not/will not "report" facts, hot stories, gigantic blockbuster stories, that they want to hide from the LIVs and HDVs (NPR listeners - High Disinformation Voters).

Posted by: rhomboid at July 30, 2015 12:55 AM (QDnY+)

354 ..."They look like they rolled around in the funny papers."
-Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 30, 2015 12:53 AM (oKE6c)

*HAH!*

Best line of the night. Bunch of Silly-Putty goofballs.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) T at July 30, 2015 12:56 AM (OQ9R7)

355 Actually, I have a very high appreciation for prison tats on an attractive woman.

You see, it does advertise the fact that she's been incarcerated, is certifiably crazy, and not trustworthy in the slightest.

Instant elimination from further consideration, all without the agony of a date, conversation over drinks, etc.

Those tattoos have much to commend them, you see, for they save a good Moron from many agonizes and adverse experiences.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at July 30, 2015 12:56 AM (RzZOc)

356 It's the usual variables:

Size of dog
Size of snake
Location of bite

So..., yes, but not necessarily.
Posted by: Mike
-------------------------

A human surviving a bite by a big low-country Diamondback is unlikely. These things grow 7' long, and 6"-8" in diameter. http://preview.tinyurl.com/qd3on8w

Copperheads are little fellers.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 30, 2015 12:56 AM (9mTYi)

357 I grew up in California -- the poisonous snakes are clearly marked by having rattles. I know little of other flavors. Can a dog survive being bitten by a copperhead?

These assholes are silent. The size of the victim matters. Full grown dogs and people will usually be ok. Pups and children have to be watched closely. Blood clotting can be compromised. Daughter's friend was hospitalized for a week in 3rd grade. Our tiny pup; one night. Adult lab, antibiotics and sent home.

Posted by: OldDominionMom at July 30, 2015 12:56 AM (GzDYP)

358 Just saw where Mia Farrow doxed him too

Mia Farrow, OF ALL PEOPLE, can throw rocks at someone for having done something naff? WTF?

Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 30, 2015 12:56 AM (oKE6c)

359 The only thing you are supposed to hunt in Zimbabwe are farmers. White farmers.

Posted by: Robert Mugabe at July 30, 2015 12:57 AM (W5DcG)

360 Magazine ban - CA has had a ban on "high capacity" (greater than 10 round) mags for some time. Previously owned (in CA) and law enforcement exempted.

So what's new in LA? I guess I could always go look it up on Calguns.net, but I have not had the stomach to look at the legal section there for some time.

Many people like to point to the great "victories" in gun rights in recent years, but fail to take into account 1) the worst states are getting worse in their abuses and restrictions 2) the lawlessness that now increasingly defines the US (institutional, top-down, governmental, systematic - not street chaos) is showing up in this area as well. Localities, states, and federal courts basically saying "f**k off" to SCOTUS over Heller/MacDonald.

Posted by: rhomboid
****

I thought CA had a grandfathered in the hi-cap mags, but didn't for ones after the ban date?

Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at July 30, 2015 12:57 AM (YGnSA)

361 318 Colorado Alex,
Damn.
Tats are overrated.
Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 12:44 AM (

Yeah. I don't get it. They hurt, you have to look at them the rest of your life and they fade & sag. Pass. I don't want to see sleeves, etc on man any more than I would a woman.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 30, 2015 12:57 AM (Vm8WO)

362 So chi is a little bad ass like his dawg?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at July 30, 2015 12:57 AM (YuiQg)

363
Jay, a dermotologist friend who does a lot of contract research/non-clinical patient stuff says the venture capital has been pouring into tattoo removal for years. Pretty clear there will be a GIGANTIC market for this in about 5-10 years. And continuing for a while thereafter.

So there's part of your answer.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 30, 2015 12:57 AM (QDnY+)

364 "My gym is chock-a-block with young people absolutely covered in the damned things. They look like they rolled around in the funny papers."

-------------------------------------------------------------
I don't understand it. Never wanted something permanent myself. And people with tats on the face are getting more common. WTF is up with that.

Posted by: OTB at July 30, 2015 12:59 AM (ShdUd)

365 Anybody remember when "tribal" tattoos were hot? Thank you dad for saving me from the embarrassment.

Posted by: Arson Wells at July 30, 2015 01:00 AM (UnJ7w)

366 Tilikum, thanks for that info.

I still might argue that "social media" have made the guy's nightmare what it is (doxxing, universal uproar, etc).

Posted by: rhomboid
****

It has definitely contributed.

Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at July 30, 2015 01:01 AM (YGnSA)

367 I always said that if I ever got a tattoo, that I would have to draw it myself. It would be hidden on my back, near the right shoulder; visible only when I went shirtless or wore a tank-top.

...heh.

Haven't seen many tank-tops recently.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) T at July 30, 2015 01:02 AM (OQ9R7)

368 You see, it does advertise the fact that she's been incarcerated, is certifiably crazy, and not trustworthy in the slightest.

Instant elimination from further consideration, all without the agony of a date, conversation over drinks, etc.

Those tattoos have much to commend them, you see, for they save a good Moron from many agonizes and adverse experiences.

Happily married to a long-suffering (obviously) woman, but if I were single that's how I'd use them, too. "I'm a brainless slave to fashion! Avoid me at all costs!"

To meld two of the subthreads here, featuring extensive tattoos serves a function rather like the garish coloration of poisonous snakes and other noxious beasts: "I'm bad news, stay away!"

Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 30, 2015 01:02 AM (oKE6c)

369 >>355 Actually, I have a very high appreciation for prison tats on an attractive woman.

See folks in Jims own way he is crying out for help. Hi, I'm Jim and I like to stick my dick in crazy.

All shout back, hi Jim

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at July 30, 2015 01:03 AM (YuiQg)

370 MisHum, that's just cray cray. I'm a pussycat.

And bellbottoms - Remember when they would get caught in the chain of your Schwinn and send you flying over the handlebars? Good times.

Posted by: Chi at July 30, 2015 01:03 AM (VJnHJ)

371 Seriously, women. I am the lion, and you are the gazelle. Let me pursue you for a while!

Don't just lay down like roadkill the instant I look at you and make me feel like a hyena.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at July 30, 2015 01:04 AM (wKc1L)

372 Jay, a dermotologist friend who does a lot of contract research/non-clinical patient stuff says the venture capital has been pouring into tattoo removal for years. Pretty clear there will be a GIGANTIC market for this in about 5-10 years. And continuing for a while thereafter.
So there's part of your answer.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 30, 2015 12:57 AM (QDnY+)

My wife and I have joked about tattoo removal as a primo investment opportunity.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 30, 2015 01:04 AM (oKE6c)

373 Ok, CA does not ban the possession of hi-cap magazines.
However, now if you get caught with one in LA you have broken the law.

Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at July 30, 2015 01:04 AM (YGnSA)

374 Women with visible tats are a "signal", much like cougars in leopard prints. They say, "I can be had for a reasonably priced dinner." They then can be tossed aside like Kleenex.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) T at July 30, 2015 01:04 AM (OQ9R7)

375 Unconcealable tattoos are usually a sign of a personality that's going "look at me! I'm a special snowflake, and I don't need to find a real job!"

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at July 30, 2015 01:05 AM (J+mig)

376
Tilikum, yep, that's what I tried to say - grandfathered in the 10+ mags owned in CA at time the law took effect. I think. Wasn't here at the time.

But in any case the 10-round limit is a well-established feature of the gun world in CA. It is, of course - and like 95% of the dozens of gun laws on the state books - utterly ridiculous, and with no possible material effect on public safety or anything else. Just stupid harassment of the citizenry.

Even though I'm fairly new to gun ownership (had exposure and fun with them when very young, but lived in a stupid gun-hostile eastern city for many years thereafter), gotta say the situation with CA gun laws is sort of a good proxy for my alienation from the citizenry and country.

It makes you come to terms with the fact that most of your neighbors and friends, out of ignorance and bigotry, are fine with a state govt. running rampant with stupid, unconstitutional harrassment that limits your freedom, or even endangers you and restricts your most fundamental right of self-defense. It's far from the only thing like this, but it's very concrete, and very dramatic. America is a mindset, not (unenforced) lines on a map. WAS a mindset. Among huge segments of the populace, it's just gone.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 30, 2015 01:05 AM (QDnY+)

377 To meld two of the subthreads here, featuring extensive tattoos serves a function rather like the garish coloration of poisonous snakes and other noxious beasts: "I'm bad news, stay away!"

Posted by: Jay Guevara
****

I have said that for years. It also attracts fellow headcases.

Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at July 30, 2015 01:06 AM (YGnSA)

378 I don't understand it. Never wanted something permanent myself. And people with tats on the face are getting more common. WTF is up with that.
Posted by: OTB at July 30, 2015 12:59 AM (ShdUd)

I say they want to be real targets for guns not lost in canoe accidents.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at July 30, 2015 01:07 AM (YuiQg)

379 Used to be one tattoo said something like, I was in the navy, I served during that war, etc. Pride.

When you get all covered in ink it just looks messy and dirty. Nothing stands out. Kinda like putting 18 stickers on your car.

Posted by: OldDominionMom at July 30, 2015 01:07 AM (GzDYP)

380 I don't understand it. Never wanted something permanent myself. And people with tats on the face are getting more common. WTF is up with that.
Posted by: OTB at July 30, 2015 12:59 AM (ShdUd)

Hell, I don't even go for vanity license plates. I want the option to decide what I tell people and when.

Re facial tattoos, my favorite story took place once in the Bay Area, where at breakfast I overheard a guy complaining about how tough it was to find a job.

With a black widow tattooed on his forehead.

I blame Bush.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 30, 2015 01:07 AM (oKE6c)

381 Ok, CA does not ban the possession of hi-cap magazines.
However, now if you get caught with one in LA you have broken the law.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at July 30, 2015 01:04 AM (YGnSA)

***

Yep. Previously sales were banned bur posession was grandfathered. Now, in L.A., no posession.

Gangbangers ~~hardest hit~~ laughing hysteically.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 30, 2015 01:09 AM (2z4UX)

382 374 Women with visible tats are a "signal", much like cougars in leopard prints. They say, "I can be had for a reasonably priced dinner." They then can be tossed aside like Kleenex.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) T at July 30, 2015 01:04 AM (OQ9R7)

Kleenex doesn't carry STDs.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 30, 2015 01:09 AM (oKE6c)

383 I equate tattoos on a pretty woman to putting bumper stickers on beautiful new ferrari. I am pretty sure I am the only one in my family sans tatoos

Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura Highway at July 30, 2015 01:11 AM (dULJN)

384 And bellbottoms - Remember when they would get caught in the chain of your Schwinn and send you flying over the handlebars? Good times.
Posted by: Chi at July 30, 2015 01:03 AM

Et tu Chi-Chi?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at July 30, 2015 01:11 AM (YuiQg)

385 Just popped back in for a few minutes before I call it a night. Three things:

1) Waffle House: Love that place. And they are (usually) a very well oiled machine. There's a great IAMA on Reddit somewhere from several weeks ago done by a Waffle House cook. Very informative, with tidbits like what kind and how the server arranges condiment packs on the plate indicates the customer's order.

2) Snakes: Killed a timber rattler this weekend. Damn thing was in the road (so I ran over it) but it was about forty yards from the horses' run-in shelter. That's a vet bill I don't need.

3) Tattoos: I have two, but they are both fairly discrete (one on a shoulder, one on an ankle); if I'm in the office, you'd never know I had them. Both are for significant phases of my life, not some random, trendy crap. My advice to guys wanting to get a tattoo when I was in the military was, "Don't get anything that you'll be embarrassed to show your grandkids." Some followed that advice, some didn't. Told that to one guy fresh out of Great Lakes. He assured me that his new tat would be totally relevant for the rest of his life. He got the logo for "Mortal Combat" put on his chest (*facepalm*). He's a Chief now, incidentally.

And with that, I bid you all a good night.

Posted by: Country Singer at July 30, 2015 01:11 AM (nL0sw)

386 Gangbangers ~~hardest hit~~ laughing hysterically.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 30, 2015 01:09 AM (2z4UX)

I thought that. Banning 10 round magazines? So now gang shootings will only involve at most nine victims at a time?

Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 30, 2015 01:11 AM (oKE6c)

387 But in any case the 10-round limit is a well-established feature of the gun world in CA. It is, of course - and like 95% of the dozens of gun laws on the state books - utterly ridiculous, and with no possible material effect on public safety or anything else. Just stupid harassment of the citizenry.

Even though I'm fairly new to gun ownership (had exposure and fun with them when very young, but lived in a stupid gun-hostile eastern city for many years thereafter), gotta say the situation with CA gun laws is sort of a good proxy for my alienation from the citizenry and country.

It makes you come to terms with the fact that most of your neighbors and friends, out of ignorance and bigotry, are fine with a state govt. running rampant with stupid, unconstitutional harrassment that limits your freedom, or even endangers you and restricts your most fundamental right of self-defense. It's far from the only thing like this, but it's very concrete, and very dramatic. America is a mindset, not (unenforced) lines on a map. WAS a mindset. Among huge segments of the populace, it's just gone.

Posted by: rhomboid
****

And it's getting worse.
I have heard people that fled Communist countries saying this is how it started in their former homeland (including my mother)
They are stunned and upset over what has happened to America in their lifetimes.

Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at July 30, 2015 01:11 AM (YGnSA)

388 Used to be one tattoo said something like, I was in the navy, I served during that war, etc. Pride.

When you get all covered in ink it just says, "I work in a carny."
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Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 30, 2015 01:12 AM (9mTYi)

389 383
I equate tattoos on a pretty woman to putting bumper stickers on
beautiful new ferrari. I am pretty sure I am the only one in my family
sans tatoos

Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura Highway at July 30, 2015 01:11 AM (dULJN)

Finger painting on the Mona Lisa or the Birth of Man. You won't improve the original, no matter how good a finger painter you are.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at July 30, 2015 01:12 AM (J+mig)

390 Time for the old folk. Think I'll laugh myself to sleep tonite.

Remember, y'all, we're Americans, so hold the head HIGH.

Goodnite, good people. Stay safe.

Posted by: irongrampa at July 30, 2015 01:12 AM (jeCnD)

391
Tilikum (continuing with the pinch-myself-where-am-I alienation ramble), it's reached the point where I simply would not take any firearms when visiting friends in San Francisco, not that there would generally be any reason to anyway.

When I go to Reno for skiing (up the hill in the Sierras) I take a Mosin, usually, as there is a great county range up there that's perfect for my "off" day (x-c skiing is not something one does day after day w/out a break). Nevada, no problem.

Thing is, I love the central coast, and there's a great range complex up near Morro Bay I'd love to use next time we're up there wine tasting and hiking. Going through LA is not a big deal. Most of my favorite food stopsare in decent areas close to the freeway (Little Saigon, Little Osaka).

Posted by: rhomboid at July 30, 2015 01:12 AM (QDnY+)

392 Whew! Saved by auto-close.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 30, 2015 01:12 AM (9mTYi)

393 Growing up, Dad always told us how much he regretted his tatoos. Typical Navy kid stuff, but old and faded.
Anchors, flag, etc. Even a Pinup on the forearm.

We always got a kick out of seeing him in the pool.
The words "Sweet" over the right nipple, "sour" over the left.
He hated them. A drunken kid.

Posted by: Chi at July 30, 2015 01:12 AM (VJnHJ)

394 Kleenex doesn't carry STDs.
Posted by: Jay Guevara

VD! What a drag!
https://youtu.be/dXmjnn5Ue0g

Posted by: Joe Namath at July 30, 2015 01:12 AM (klBxV)

395 "...his life even before he ever stepped foot in Texas could be a movie all by itself."

Aaaagghhh!

It's "set foot."

Set foot!

There is no such phrase as "stepped foot." Even so, I have ONLY seen the erroneous version and not seen this correct "set foot" even once over the last five years.

Our native English speakers now have a 100% error rate on this idiom. For some reason, someone said it or spelled it wrong once, and everyone just copied that and copied the copiers and now the wrong way will soon be the "right" way, because if enough people say it wrong then it becomes part of standard language.

Yeah, I know this is how languages evolve, but it just makes me depressed anyway.

Posted by: zombie at July 30, 2015 01:13 AM (jBuUi)

396 375 Unconcealable tattoos are usually a sign of a personality that's going "look at me! I'm a special snowflake, and I don't need to find a real job!"
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at July 30, 2015 01:05 AM (J+mig)

Or saying, "I have shitty judgment, as you can see, and so shouldn't be entrusted with oversight of anything more valuable than a mop."

Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 30, 2015 01:13 AM (oKE6c)

397 G'Night, irongrampa.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) T at July 30, 2015 01:13 AM (OQ9R7)

398 384 And bellbottoms - Remember when they would get caught in the chain of your Schwinn and send you flying over the handlebars? Good times.
Posted by: Chi at July 30, 2015 01:03 AM

Et tu Chi-Chi?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at July 30, 2015 01:11 AM (YuiQg)

And yet, upthread, wasn't Chi complaining about being identified as an old man?

Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2015 01:14 AM (EzgxV)

399 Goodnight everbody!

Posted by: Arson Wells at July 30, 2015 01:14 AM (UnJ7w)

400 Yeah, I know this is how languages evolve, but it just makes me depressed anyway.

Posted by: zombie at July 30, 2015 01:13 AM (jBuUi)

Yeah, we're loosing our linguistic purity.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 30, 2015 01:14 AM (oKE6c)

401
Jay and MWNP, exactly!

Oh, and BTW, LA restricts ammo shipment, so the poor suckers in LA can't even buy bulk ammo online for decent prices and have it shipped.

How the hell ANY of this passes even the most rudimentary constitutional test is, of course, a galactic mystery.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 30, 2015 01:15 AM (QDnY+)

402 OK, here's another Moron feel-good story from out here. Guy is forcing his way into a home up my street. Homeowner's 1st phone call is to neighbor, 2nd is to cops who arrive to find the bad guy on the ground held by said neighbor wielding his shotgun. That's how it's done.

Posted by: OldDominionMom at July 30, 2015 01:15 AM (GzDYP)

403 I just shot at the range near Morro bay. Nice place. Steel out to 700 yards. Well ran, very safe.

Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura Highway at July 30, 2015 01:15 AM (dULJN)

404 Misanthrope....... reading comprehension wasn't really your strong suit in school, right?

'Cause it damn sure is evident here that you've yet to master the concept.

Read the entire post. Context matters, you should know that, you're a Moron.

But, if you insist on sniping at the first snippet of an otherwise coherently written post, then taking said snippet entirely out of context, as a basis for your failure to successfully satirize, then you might perchance peruse the diseased swamps of the Daily Kos as a more preferable haunt for your talentless belches of incoherent infantile upchuck?

They specialize in that, there. They revel in that, there. They'd welcome you, there.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at July 30, 2015 01:15 AM (RzZOc)

405 And it's getting worse.

I have heard people that fled Communist countries saying this is how it started in their former homeland (including my mother)

They are stunned and upset over what has happened to America in their lifetimes.

Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at July 30, 2015 01:11 AM (YGnSA)

This is why I say need more potatoes for five year plan. Nobody wants go through Communism sober. Get farming! For the motherland!

Posted by: Commissar Cato, Communism Coping Commission at July 30, 2015 01:16 AM (J+mig)

406 395 "...his life even before he ever stepped foot in Texas could be a movie all by itself."

Aaaagghhh!

It's "set foot."

Set foot!

There is no such phrase as "stepped foot." Even so, I have ONLY seen the erroneous version and not seen this correct "set foot" even once over the last five years.

Our native English speakers now have a 100% error rate on this idiom. For some reason, someone said it or spelled it wrong once, and everyone just copied that and copied the copiers and now the wrong way will soon be the "right" way, because if enough people say it wrong then it becomes part of standard language.

Yeah, I know this is how languages evolve, but it just makes me depressed anyway.

Posted by: zombie at July 30, 2015 01:13 AM (jBuUi)

You're just going to have to tow the line.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2015 01:16 AM (EzgxV)

407 OH.... and for the record, those are NOT pictures of Swiss Bunkers.... and I can prove it!!!!

There are no holes...

Posted by: BB Wolf at July 30, 2015 01:17 AM (qh617)

408 402 OK, here's another Moron feel-good story from out here. Guy is forcing his way into a home up my street. Homeowner's 1st phone call is to neighbor, 2nd is to cops who arrive to find the bad guy on the ground held by said neighbor wielding his shotgun. That's how it's done.
Posted by: OldDominionMom at July 30, 2015

3. Perp is dead
4 neighbors given medals

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at July 30, 2015 01:17 AM (YuiQg)

409 I just shot at the range near Morro bay. Nice place. Steel out to 700 yards.
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That reminds me. I had a friend who was in the business of making tank targets. They were pretty cool. Mostly eastern-bloc profiles, complete with proper heat signature.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 30, 2015 01:17 AM (9mTYi)

410 Here is the story about the killing of Cecil.

http://preview.tinyurl.com/nd4hl8b

The final words of that article are damning.

"Jericho as a single male will be unable to
defend the two prides and cubs from new males that invade the
territory. This is what we most often see happening in these cases.
Infanticide is the most likely outcome," he said."

The natural infanticide of baby lions a continent away as something to be upset over ... while the nearest PP methodically butchers babies for profit.

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at July 30, 2015 01:17 AM (+2//H)

411 Oh, and BTW, LA restricts ammo shipment, so the poor suckers in LA can't even buy bulk ammo online for decent prices and have it shipped.

I'll bet MS13 gets their shipments on time.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 30, 2015 01:18 AM (W5DcG)

412 407 OH.... and for the record, those are NOT pictures of Swiss Bunkers.... and I can prove it!!!!
There are no holes...
Posted by: BB Wolf at July 30, 2015 01:17 AM (qh617)

They self-identify as bunkers.

H8ter.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 30, 2015 01:18 AM (oKE6c)

413 There is no such phrase as "stepped foot." Even so, I
have ONLY seen the erroneous version and not seen this correct "set
foot" even once over the last five years.

Posted by: zombie at July 30, 2015 01:13 AM (jBuUi)

It's a perfectly cromulent phrase...

Posted by: Edna Krabappel at July 30, 2015 01:18 AM (/YkzI)

414 ..."Yeah, I know this is how languages evolve, but it just makes me depressed anyway."
-Posted by: zombie at July 30, 2015 01:13 AM (jBuUi)

Idiom idiocy is contagious. Mispronunciation and mixed-mataphors can be just as bad. If I meet one more person that says "ashfault" instead of asphalt, I'll take his throat as a trophy.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) T at July 30, 2015 01:19 AM (OQ9R7)

415 Goodnight, all!

Don't get any tattoos you'll regret someday!

Posted by: Mindy at July 30, 2015 01:19 AM (dg8OI)

416 @402

Risk/reward

If you are willing to risk committing a felony you shouldn't be averse to the death penalty should you be nabbed

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at July 30, 2015 01:19 AM (YuiQg)

417 Just passin' through

Posted by: Boo! at July 30, 2015 01:19 AM (mJRr3)

418 I was on a Biz trip to San Diego last month. Stopped at Dick's Last Resort with a client after work. There was about a 25 year old girl there that was simply unbelievable. About a 9.75 on the scale.

She had sleeves, neck, chest and giant back ink. in 20 years that shit will be unrecognizable. A real shame, cuz she had it all.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 30, 2015 01:19 AM (1eYr7)

419 411
Oh, and BTW, LA restricts ammo shipment, so the poor suckers in LA
can't even buy bulk ammo online for decent prices and have it shipped.

I'll bet MS13 gets their shipments on time.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 30, 2015 01:18 AM (W5DcG)

It's like criminals don't follow laws or something... nah... that's not possible. The Party's penmanship fixes everything!

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at July 30, 2015 01:19 AM (J+mig)

420 It appears that the death of Cecil is going to effect the earth's ecology on a scale comparable to Guam tipping over.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 30, 2015 01:20 AM (W5DcG)

421 383 I equate tattoos on a pretty woman to putting bumper stickers on beautiful new ferrari.

Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura Highway at July 30, 2015 01:11 AM (dULJN)

Whenever I see a tramp stamp, or any Chinese ideographs on a tattoo, I always wonder if it's a price list.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 30, 2015 01:21 AM (oKE6c)

422 Get farming! For the motherland!
Posted by: Commissar Cato, Communism Coping Commission

References to gendered parents is verboten comrade. The proper word is Parent1land. You have been issued one demerit.

Posted by: Thought Police at July 30, 2015 01:21 AM (klBxV)

423 "Reach out" is currently driving up my blood pressure. What they mean is "contact", or "get in touch". "Reach out" is intended to be warm, fuzzy, but is bullshit.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 30, 2015 01:21 AM (9mTYi)

424 The natural infanticide of baby lions a continent
away as something to be upset over ... while the nearest PP methodically
butchers babies for profit.

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at July 30, 2015 01:17 AM (+2//H)

Just goes to show how much abortion has devalued human life here.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at July 30, 2015 01:21 AM (J+mig)

425 I thought CA had a grandfathered in the hi-cap mags, but didn't for ones after the ban date?
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at July 30, 2015 12:57 AM (YGnSA)

Some city in CA has voted to ban possession of "hi-cap" mags, regardless of state law grandfathering them.

The news article spouted some nonsense about how a shooter would otherwise be able to use a 100 round mag to mow down the crowd celebrating the vote ... as if any legal shooter would waste the bullets on them.

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at July 30, 2015 01:22 AM (+2//H)

426 How about " I could care less"?

Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura Highway at July 30, 2015 01:22 AM (dULJN)

427
Tilikum, I've got similar (but obviously different) sort of "perspective" stresses to your mother's.

I spent quite a bit of time in totalitarian countries, and fighting them (morally, politically, "coldly"). And then trying to help the transition for some that had thrown off (at least some of) their shackles.

Too many painful anecdotes and crushingly ironic situations to relate here. But here, unlike most of these other places, there was a baseline - a very high one. The America we lived most of our lives in. We can do the side/side, without help or research.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 30, 2015 01:23 AM (QDnY+)

428 3. Perp is dead
4 neighbors given medals

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at July 30, 2015 01:17 AM (YuiQg)

Probably a juvie that got a slap on the wrist. But he and others got a lesson about our hood, didn't they?

Posted by: OldDominionMom at July 30, 2015 01:23 AM (GzDYP)

429 How about " I could care less"?
Posted by: The Jackhole
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Whatever.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 30, 2015 01:23 AM (9mTYi)

430 You have been issued one demerit.

Posted by: Thought Police at July 30, 2015 01:21 AM (klBxV)

Demerits reflect value judgment, which is bigotry. You have been reported.

Posted by: Commissar Cato, Communism Coping Commission at July 30, 2015 01:23 AM (J+mig)

431 423 "Reach out" is currently driving up my blood pressure. What they mean is "contact", or "get in touch". "Reach out" is intended to be warm, fuzzy, but is bullshit.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 30, 2015 01:21 AM (9mTYi)

"Reach out" makes me want to reach out: with a closed fist.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 30, 2015 01:23 AM (oKE6c)

432 .."She had sleeves, neck, chest and giant back ink. in 20 years that shit will be unrecognizable. A real shame, cuz she had it all."
-Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 30, 2015 01:19 AM (1eYr7)

Yeah, man. That ruins it beyond that one awesome night of "blowing your nose".

G'Bye, Kleenex. That was awesome.
-Thank You

-Your Friendly Neighborhood Slapweasel

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) T at July 30, 2015 01:24 AM (OQ9R7)

433 The news article spouted some nonsense about how a shooter would otherwise be able to use a 100 round mag to mow down the crowd celebrating the vote ... as if any legal shooter would waste the bullets on them.

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at July 30, 2015 01:22 AM (+2//H)

And as if dead voters don't still vote Democrat.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 30, 2015 01:25 AM (oKE6c)

434 418 I was on a Biz trip to San Diego last month. Stopped at Dick's Last Resort with a client after work. There was about a 25 year old girl there that was simply unbelievable. About a 9.75 on the scale.

She had sleeves, neck, chest and giant back ink. in 20 years that shit will be unrecognizable. A real shame, cuz she had it all.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson

Similar story in St. Louis last year, throw in a couple of nose rings, eye brow piercings.,you just want to ask, what the fuck is wrong with you girl? Your mommy piss you off?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at July 30, 2015 01:25 AM (YuiQg)

435 Tilikum (continuing with the pinch-myself-where-am-I alienation ramble), it's reached the point where I simply would not take any firearms when visiting friends in San Francisco, not that there would generally be any reason to anyway.

When I go to Reno for skiing (up the hill in the Sierras) I take a Mosin, usually, as there is a great county range up there that's perfect for my "off" day (x-c skiing is not something one does day after day w/out a break). Nevada, no problem.

Thing is, I love the central coast, and there's a great range complex up near Morro Bay I'd love to use next time we're up there wine tasting and hiking. Going through LA is not a big deal. Most of my favorite food stopsare in decent areas close to the freeway (Little Saigon, Little Osaka).

Posted by: rhomboid
****
Ah yes, the 91/30 or M44. Quite the underrated rifles.
I won't go to CA because even the pocket knife I carry would get me arrested (I think).
Yes, avoid SF when carrying even if it's in your car. I have had people from SF and NY tell me anyone carrying a gun is looking for trouble/someone to kill.

Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at July 30, 2015 01:25 AM (YGnSA)

436 Yes, avoid SF when carrying even if it's in your car. I have had people from SF and NY tell me anyone carrying a gun is looking for trouble/someone to kill.

Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at July 30, 2015 01:25 AM (YGnSA)

Spoilt for choice in either city.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 30, 2015 01:27 AM (oKE6c)

437 I won't even entertain the face-jewelery. You gotta' be you someplace else.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) T at July 30, 2015 01:27 AM (OQ9R7)

438 Yeah, man. That ruins it beyond that one awesome night of "blowing your nose".

G'Bye, Kleenex. That was awesome.
-Thank You

-Your Friendly Neighborhood Slapweasel

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) T at July 30, 2015 01:24 AM (OQ9R7)

****

I'm 52, and as far as I could tell, she was not a rental. YMMV.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 30, 2015 01:28 AM (BqAWU)

439 First Impression of Windows 10.

Microsoft is still fucking clueless. Windows Edge blows. They still think people want to use a computer like a smart phone that only has a 6 inch screen.

Posted by: buzzion at July 30, 2015 01:28 AM (zt+N6)

440 How about " I could care less"?
Posted by: The Jackhole
--------------
Whatever.

Irregardless.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 30, 2015 01:29 AM (W5DcG)

441 @255 I don't know about now.

Frankly, a lot of those CCGs sucked, and had nothing like MTG's staying power.
--------------------

The big ones still around, afaik, are Magic, Legend of the Five Rings (which is almost as old as Magic), Pok�mon (basically Magic-lite, and made by the same company), and Yu-Gi-Oh (which I know nothing about).

Fantasy Flight Games has been having a lot of success lately with their "Living Card Game" model. It's still a constructed deck model, where you build your deck before the game out of the cards that you own. But instead of buying a bunch of boosters, all of the cards in the expansion come in a single packet.

Posted by: junior at July 30, 2015 01:29 AM (3m3mw)

442 439
First Impression of Windows 10.

Microsoft is still fucking clueless. Windows Edge blows. They
still think people want to use a computer like a smart phone that only
has a 6 inch screen.

Posted by: buzzion at July 30, 2015 01:28 AM (zt+N6)

I've heard that it's loaded to the gills with spyware, too.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at July 30, 2015 01:29 AM (J+mig)

443 We've put men on the moon. Why someone would want to ape some Stone Age shithead from Borneo surpasseth all understanding.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 30, 2015 01:29 AM (oKE6c)

444 First Impression of Windows 10.

Microsoft is still fucking clueless. Windows Edge blows. They still think people want to use a computer like a smart phone that only has a 6 inch screen.

It still has IE if you want to use it. I hate Edge.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 30, 2015 01:30 AM (W5DcG)

445

Brad!

Janet!

Rocky!

Ugh!

Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2015 12:27 AM

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

Dr. Scott!

Posted by: TJ Camper at July 30, 2015 01:30 AM (YiKMT)

446 387
America is a mindset, not (unenforced) lines on a map. WAS a mindset. Among huge segments of the populace, it's just gone.

Posted by: rhomboid
****

And it's getting worse.
I have heard people that fled Communist countries saying this is how it started in their former homeland (including my mother)
They are stunned and upset over what has happened to America in their lifetimes.

Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at July 30, 2015 01:11 AM (YGnSA)

I've mentioned before that after the 2008 election, it was a sobering experience to walk into a grocery store in my very purple county, and realizing that half the people I saw had no problem with the government killing me and giving them my stuff.

Posted by: rickl at July 30, 2015 01:30 AM (sdi6R)

447
Mike Hammer, don't get me started (on stupid language degradation).

I clearly remember when "impact" (instead of the much better, readily available and reasonably priced "affect") started to show up - early 1980s. Stupid government speak. People whose intellectual level tells them that they seem more serious and intelligent though substitution of jargon for clear speech.

And yes, "reach out" makes me barf, and I've never used the phrase. Even was able to chide (in a jocular manner) some superior who used it once. He readily agreed that "contact" was the better wording. He was pretty self-aware, commented that being in an environment full of govt. and NGO types was affecting("impacting!") his speech.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 30, 2015 01:30 AM (QDnY+)

448 -Posted by: buzzion at July 30, 2015 01:28 AM (zt+N6)

I'll wait six months, until the early adopters have lambasted Microsoft into submission and the bugs are semi-sprayed.

See you in January!

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) T at July 30, 2015 01:30 AM (OQ9R7)

449 Similar story in St. Louis last year, throw in a couple of nose rings, eye brow piercings.,you just want to ask, what the fuck is wrong with you girl? Your mommy piss you off?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at July 30, 2015 01:25 AM (YuiQg)

****

That shit is more likely to be serious Daddy issues.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 30, 2015 01:30 AM (1eYr7)

450 I've mentioned before that after the 2008 election,
it was a sobering experience to walk into a grocery store in my very
purple county, and realizing that half the people I saw had no problem
with the government killing me and giving them my stuff.

Posted by: rickl at July 30, 2015 01:30 AM (sdi6R)

Big part of why I left Florida.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at July 30, 2015 01:31 AM (J+mig)

451 Face Jewelry. I asked a cashier at a local stop n' rob: "Fishing Accident?".

She stopped flirting with me after that.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at July 30, 2015 01:32 AM (RzZOc)

452 That shit is more likely to be serious Daddy issues.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 30, 2015 01:30 AM (1eYr7)

Inside every Leftist, just below the surface, is a small child screaming "Daddy, I hate you!"

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at July 30, 2015 01:32 AM (J+mig)

453 Whenever I hear any numbskull say "reach out" I always think "I'll be there!" channeling the Four Tops.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 30, 2015 01:34 AM (oKE6c)

454 It's been almost 4 years since I withdrew from the dating scene, and I'm not in a hurry to get started again. Women these days are crazy.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at July 30, 2015 12:17 AM (HalrA)

I'm pretty much out too these days. I finally realized that "never stick your dick in crazy" applies to Christian women as much as it does any other. I'll pass.

Posted by: Blano at July 30, 2015 01:34 AM (heN73)

455
Jackhole, I was thinking handgun (OK, I'm an awesome shot with the irons on my Mosin, Vasiliy Zaitsev couldn't carry my ammo can, 600 yds sounds cool).

The Hogue range was what I had in mind - I forget, assume they're next to each other?

Anyway, pretty much decided the next trip we're gonna pack some iron along with the golf clubs and give our palates a rest by turning money into noise.

Central CA, at least to the frequent visitor, seems to resemble America. For now.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 30, 2015 01:35 AM (QDnY+)

456 451 Face Jewelry. I asked a cashier at a local stop n' rob: "Fishing Accident?".
She stopped flirting with me after that.

Beautiful.

I've wondered aloud how they fare at metal detectors. Never got a substantive response, though.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 30, 2015 01:35 AM (oKE6c)

457 @332 I grew up in California -- the poisonous snakes are clearly marked by having rattles. I know little of other flavors. Can a dog survive being bitten by a copperhead?
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iirc, we have coral snakes here in California, as well.

Posted by: junior at July 30, 2015 01:35 AM (3m3mw)

458 Good nite Morons
Be well

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at July 30, 2015 01:35 AM (YuiQg)

459 I'd just like to "give back" to my community.

How's about you shut up and give because it is the right thing to do? Offer time instead of money and I'll let that little affect go.

...until you say it again.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) T at July 30, 2015 01:36 AM (OQ9R7)

460 Posted by: zombie at July 30, 2015 01:13 AM (jBuUi)

Zombie, you're wrong.

English is ultimately what native English speakers actually speak. The fact that you haven't heard the 'set foot' version for years is a pretty strong sign sign that it's on its way out and will eventually an become archaic usage, and the 'stepped foot' version is well on its way to becoming the standard one. Idioms are typically arbitrary set phrases anyway so there really are no right or wrong forms - just standard and non-standard usages. The only languages that stay 'pure' and 'correct' are ones that one actually speaks anymore.

And if using 'stepped' versus 'set' truly makes you depressed, well - I'll be honest here - that's just weird.

Posted by: Maetenloch at July 30, 2015 01:36 AM (wqVD1)

461 G'Night, Misanthropic.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) T at July 30, 2015 01:36 AM (OQ9R7)

462 What a weird and simplistic 'conclusion' to blame smartphones for the drop in sexual activity among teenage boys.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 29, 2015 11:25 PM (7Eo8i)

Probably has less to do with smartphones, and more to do with the fact that fewer teenage boys own and drive cars.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 30, 2015 01:37 AM (IaP9F)

463 I hate the holes in the earlobe thing. I'm like, "oh, you're copying the tribal shit in the museum. Aren't you all prehistoric or something.?"

Posted by: OldDominionMom at July 30, 2015 01:38 AM (GzDYP)

464 Face Jewelry. I asked a cashier at a local stop n' rob: "Fishing Accident?".

Dismayed to find that a cute girl at church had added a nose ring while at college.

If I had a faster wit, I would have told her, "Moooooooooo."

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at July 30, 2015 01:39 AM (+2//H)

465
I clearly remember when "impact" (instead of the much better, readily available and reasonably priced "affect") started to show up - early 1980s. Stupid government speak. People whose intellectual level tells them that they seem more serious and intelligent though substitution of jargon for clear speech.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 30, 2015 01:30 AM (QDnY+)

It's important to stamp out that kind of idiocy, lest we suffer the fate of the German speakers. Bureaucrats in the Hapsburg Empire began their verbs to the end of the sentences to move, and over time that the fashion, and to this day remains, became.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 30, 2015 01:39 AM (oKE6c)

466 I'd just like to "give back" to my community.

That implies that everything I have has been "given" to me rather than earned.

At least that is the way I interpret it.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 30, 2015 01:40 AM (W5DcG)

467 MWNP, next time you're out in America's Finest City, give me some notice. Could get you off the visitor's track for food at least. And if you needed recoil therapy, I'm an RO at the best range complex in the area and have been known to share my Garands, Mosins, Colts, and plastic nine. Most weekdays can open one of the smaller ranges up if the SEALs or agencies don't show up and essentially have a private range.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 30, 2015 01:40 AM (QDnY+)

468 How about "champion" as a verb rather than a noun?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 30, 2015 01:41 AM (W5DcG)

469 Posted by: zombie at July 30, 2015 01:13 AM (jBuUi)

I once received a corporate memo that referred to "polo bears." Obviously from a voracious reader.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 30, 2015 01:41 AM (oKE6c)

470 Well, thanks for reading my ramblings everyone.
Stay safe out there, and don't shoot any lions no matter what the hunting guides tell you.
G'night.

Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at July 30, 2015 01:41 AM (YGnSA)

471 It just means that I will have less compunction about busting a cap in a baby-killer's ass than some hunter in Africa.

I can live with that.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 12:38 AM (zyIlW)

A-freakin'-men.

Posted by: Blano at July 30, 2015 01:41 AM (heN73)

472 First Impression of Windows 10.

Microsoft is still fucking clueless. Windows Edge blows. They still
think people want to use a computer like a smart phone that only has a 6
inch screen.

It still has IE if you want to use it. I hate Edge.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 30, 2015 01:30 AM
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Been running Win10 Pro on my Surface Pro 1 a bit now and it's ok, nothing to write home about. I keep meaning to give Edge another go but it sucked so bad when I first tried it two months ago that I haven't bothered yet.

My main pc is set to d/l win10 any minute but I'm a bit ambivalent about letting that install quite yet.

Posted by: TJ Camper at July 30, 2015 01:41 AM (YiKMT)

473 Definitely won't be updating my desktop with Windows 7 on it. Oh yeah I had to go back through and redo all the color test and brightness stuff because apparently it couldn't keep those settings. And I see no internet explorer. Only this shitty Edge.

Posted by: buzzion at July 30, 2015 01:41 AM (zt+N6)

474 468 How about "champion" as a verb rather than a noun?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 30, 2015 01:41 AM (W5DcG)

Hell, about "verbing" generally? Remember "hoteling?"

Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 30, 2015 01:42 AM (oKE6c)

475 @421 Whenever I see a tramp stamp, or any Chinese ideographs on a tattoo, I always wonder if it's a price list.
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I read once (can't remember where) that a lot of the Asian symbols found in tatoos insult the clueless wearer, who just thinks that they look cool.

Posted by: junior at July 30, 2015 01:43 AM (3m3mw)

476 No coral snakes but a mountain kingsnake looks like one

Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura Highway at July 30, 2015 01:43 AM (dULJN)

477 And yes, "reach out" makes me barf,
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"Dialog", used as a verb.

Calvin: I like to verb words.
Hobbes: What?
Calvin: I take nouns and adjectives and use them as verbs. Remember when "access" was a thing? Now, it's something you do. It got verbed. Verbing weirds language.
Hobbes: Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 30, 2015 01:44 AM (9mTYi)

478 457 @332 I grew up in California -- the poisonous snakes are clearly marked by having rattles. I know little of other flavors. Can a dog survive being bitten by a copperhead?
------------------

iirc, we have coral snakes here in California, as well.

Posted by: junior at July 30, 2015 01:35 AM (3m3mw)

Er, no....

http://www.herpedia.com/gallery /displayimage.php?album=5&pos=0

Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2015 01:44 AM (EzgxV)

479 Been running Win10 Pro on my Surface Pro 1 a bit now and it's ok, nothing to write home about. I keep meaning to give Edge another go but it sucked so bad when I first tried it two months ago that I haven't bothered yet.

My main pc is set to d/l win10 any minute but I'm a bit ambivalent about letting that install quite yet.

Are you crazy? NEVER use even-numbered Microsoft operating systems. They ALL have sucked (the "Vista effect"). And never be an early adopter of any MS OS whatsoever. Let others find all of eff-ups. Wait a year, until MS issues service pack 71.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 30, 2015 01:44 AM (oKE6c)

480 Probably has less to do with smartphones, and more to do with the fact that fewer teenage boys own and drive cars.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 30, 2015 01:37 AM (IaP9F)

****

I have spoken with my 19 year old daughter about this general topic. She has confirmed that the vast majority of guys her age are clueless pussies that would need to call AAA to change a tire or jump a car when dead. She has no time or patience for them, as she can do both.

The unfortunate thing here is because of this she is dating a 27 year old guy who can do all of this and more, but is still an insufferable Leftist prick, IMO.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 30, 2015 01:44 AM (cygkw)

481 And I see no internet explorer. Only this shitty Edge.

It may be under Windows Accessories under "All apps"

I also found it in the program files directory.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 30, 2015 01:45 AM (W5DcG)

482 I read once (can't remember where) that a lot of the Asian symbols found in tatoos insult the clueless wearer, who just thinks that they look cool.

Posted by: junior at July 30, 2015 01:43 AM (3m3mw)

Best one I've heard (perhaps here?) was a tramp stamp with Chinese ideographs that read "Insert here."

Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 30, 2015 01:46 AM (oKE6c)

483 Some of you guys have Windows 10 already? I'm just getting a message that "We'll let you know when Windows 10 is ready to be installed on your computer."

Kind of annoying, really. I've been holding off on a few software updates until I have Windows 10.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at July 30, 2015 01:46 AM (wKc1L)

484 462 What a weird and simplistic 'conclusion' to blame smartphones for the drop in sexual activity among teenage boys.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 29, 2015 11:25 PM (7Eo8i)

Probably has less to do with smartphones, and more to do with the fact that fewer teenage boys own and drive cars.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 30, 2015 01:37 AM (IaP9F)

....and spend far too much time in their pajamas, sipping cocoa and discussing Obamacare.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2015 01:46 AM (EzgxV)

485 Re: Impact

At work, I've noticed a lot of marketing material for our products use "utilize" instead of "use".

One rule of thumb I've heard is to use "utilize" when the solution was McGuyvered from unrelated tools. Like utilizing a hammer as a toothpick. But one uses a hammer to hammer nails.

But I guess bigger words are sexier marketing ...

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at July 30, 2015 01:46 AM (+2//H)

486 Ah found internet explorer. Gotta hide it. Can't let people know that they have another option other than our "streamlined sleek looking" shitty browser.

Posted by: buzzion at July 30, 2015 01:47 AM (zt+N6)

487 MacBook Pro FTW.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 01:47 AM (zyIlW)

488 Definitely won't be updating my desktop with Windows
7 on it. Oh yeah I had to go back through and redo all the color test
and brightness stuff because apparently it couldn't keep those settings.
And I see no internet explorer. Only this shitty Edge.
Posted by: buzzion at July 30, 2015 01:41 AM
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It was installed on the preview versions if you look through programs. I don't have the full official new release yet though. I'm gonna fire up my Win10 VM and see if I can get it to install there first.

Posted by: TJ Camper at July 30, 2015 01:47 AM (YiKMT)

489 Worst new popular phrase....uh..uh..uh. Let me be clear
TFG

Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura Highway at July 30, 2015 01:48 AM (dULJN)

490 "Probably has less to do with smartphones, and more to do with the fact that fewer teenage boys own and drive cars."
-Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 30, 2015 01:37 AM (IaP9F)

I learned my lesson early-on when I picked up our dates and mine said, (in a remarkably condescending tone), "This is your car?"

It was 1988 and I drove a '73 Plymouth Scamp.

I asked her if she still wanted me to buy her dinner.

After two more "dates", we hated each-other.

Just a few years ago, my double-date buddy ran into her. (She was Hotter n' Hades.) She asked how I was and told him that she felt bad about being such a bitch.

-Sweet Vindication.

After owning a tanning salon for many years, I didn't notice the "Femi-Nazi" -thing as much as I noticed the "Open Leg Theory".

One thing I knew, however, was that turning paying customers into One-Night-Stands was no way to run a business.

I didn't need the internet to fill a Kleenex. #humblebrag

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) T at July 30, 2015 01:48 AM (OQ9R7)

491 I once received a corporate memo that referred to "polo bears." Obviously from a voracious reader.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 30, 2015 01:41 AM (oKE6c)

My distant cousins just have a sense of style. As do I.

Posted by: Tux Bear at July 30, 2015 01:48 AM (+2//H)

492
Bertram Cabot - yeeeeeeeearrrrrrrrrggggggggggghhh! (Howard Dean scream)

Spot on, brother! "give back to the community"

That one REALLY drives me nuts, because it's actually full of upside-down thinking, it's not just a stupid drift in idiom or usage.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 30, 2015 01:49 AM (QDnY+)

493 Start Menu still isn't the Start Menu. They just took their shitty full screen crap and reduced it down in size.

Posted by: buzzion at July 30, 2015 01:49 AM (zt+N6)

494 MWNP, next time you're out in America's Finest City, give me some notice. Could get you off the visitor's track for food at least. And if you needed recoil therapy, I'm an RO at the best range complex in the area and have been known to share my Garands, Mosins, Colts, and plastic nine. Most weekdays can open one of the smaller ranges up if the SEALs or agencies don't show up and essentially have a private range.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 30, 2015 01:40 AM (QDnY+)

****

Will do, and thank you.

Was out for back to back LaJolla and Long Beach trips last month, but nothing else currently on the calendar.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 30, 2015 01:51 AM (1eYr7)

495 "I have never eaten at a "Waffle House." They're small, look greasy. Plenty here, never been."

....or a truck stop? Where else you gonnna eat at 3am when the bars close and you strike out?

Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at July 29, 2015 11:48 PM (hA1dx)

I've been to a Waffle House, once. For breakfast. Food was OK, but the presentation was annoying. Eggs on one plate, pancakes on another, bacon on a third plate, biscuits on a fourth. There was not enough room on the damn table for all the plates, and all the items I ordered would have fit on a standard oval restaurant platter. Seemed like the whole exercise was a make-work project for the dish washer.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 30, 2015 01:51 AM (IaP9F)

496 Some of you guys have Windows 10 already? I'm just getting a message that "We'll let you know when Windows 10 is ready to be installed on your computer." Kind of annoying, really. I've been holding off on a few software updates until I have Windows 10.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at July 30, 2015 01:46 AM (wKc1L)

I've heard you can download the installer if you look around ... but I question why you'd want to beta test MS's newest OS for them.

What's the reward for the risk of it fubarring your system? What essential functionality do you see?

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at July 30, 2015 01:51 AM (+2//H)

497 460 Posted by: zombie at July 30, 2015 01:13 AM (jBuUi)

Zombie, you're wrong.

English is ultimately what native English speakers actually speak. The fact that you haven't heard the 'set foot' version for years is a pretty strong sign sign that it's on its way out and will eventually an become archaic usage, and the 'stepped foot' version is well on its way to becoming the standard one. Idioms are typically arbitrary set phrases anyway so there really are no right or wrong forms - just standard and non-standard usages. The only languages that stay 'pure' and 'correct' are ones that one actually speaks anymore.

And if using 'stepped' versus 'set' truly makes you depressed, well - I'll be honest here - that's just weird.

Posted by: Maetenloch at July 30, 2015 01:36 AM (wqVD1)

It's easier to see with an expression like "toe the line". There's a lot of history about scratching a line in the dirt and having people arrayed against it -- where "tow the line" is just a silly way of saying "obey" with too many syllables. With "toe the line", you get a visceral feel for an arbitrary, but obvious, test -- and someone waiting just offstage who both set the rule and will be the judge. "Tow the line" might as well be "toh the lime" for all the sense it makes.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2015 01:52 AM (EzgxV)

498 I read once (can't remember where) that a lot of the Asian symbols found in tatoos insult the clueless wearer, who just thinks that they look cool.

Posted by: junior
------------------------------
Yep. Tattoo artists do it all the time. Especially to the Hollywood crowd.

http://www.hanzismatter.blogspot.com

Posted by: Chi at July 30, 2015 01:52 AM (++X6V)

499 "But when they begin to move in a given direction, they move with the steady momentum and perseverance of a mighty avalanche..."

Or they draft a bunch of Krauts and Micks fresh off the boat and hand them guns. That works too.

Posted by: Richard McEnroe at July 30, 2015 01:52 AM (Kucy5)

500 >>>I once received a corporate memo that referred to "polo bears." Obviously from a voracious reader.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 30, 2015 01:41 AM (oKE6c)<<<

Maybe they just had good taste in cologne?

Posted by: Ralph Lauren at July 30, 2015 01:52 AM (w9WoH)

501 "Hell, about "verbing" generally? Remember "hoteling?""
-Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 30, 2015 01:42 AM (oKE6c)

I don't mind a quality gerund every now and again, but that is ridiculous.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) T at July 30, 2015 01:53 AM (OQ9R7)

502 I still miss my weather gadget that they have stopped supporting on Windows 7. Seriously why couldn't Microsoft figure out how that is actually a decent thing to have. Nope needs to be one of their dumb apps that you have to open up the start menu to see instead of a quick glance up to the corner of your screen.

Posted by: buzzion at July 30, 2015 01:53 AM (zt+N6)

503 465
I clearly remember when "impact" (instead of the much better, readily available and reasonably priced "affect") started to show up - early 1980s. Stupid government speak. People whose intellectual level tells them that they seem more serious and intelligent though substitution of jargon for clear speech.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 30, 2015 01:30 AM (QDnY+)

It's important to stamp out that kind of idiocy, lest we suffer the fate of the German speakers. Bureaucrats in the Hapsburg Empire began their verbs to the end of the sentences to move, and over time that the fashion, and to this day remains, became.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 30, 2015 01:39 AM (oKE6c)

Until they now around the block to walk and in the windows look.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2015 01:53 AM (EzgxV)

504 I've already bitched about misuse of "carrot and stick", and so will not do it again..., except..., I have, haven't I?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 30, 2015 01:53 AM (9mTYi)

505 Every woman should know how to:

Change a tire.

Change the oil.

Zero a weapon.

Fire a weapon.

Sharpen a knife.

Set up a claymore.

Throw a grenade.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 01:55 AM (zyIlW)

506 Freakin' 0600 alarm awaits.

Hasta la nite nite, Horde!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at July 30, 2015 01:56 AM (RzZOc)

507 "Dialog", used as a verb.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 30, 2015 01:44 AM
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*clenches teeth, fists and sphincter*

Posted by: TJ Camper at July 30, 2015 01:56 AM (XAPQR)

508 505

You missed the most important one.

Posted by: Chi at July 30, 2015 01:59 AM (++X6V)

509 making sammiches is just too. Fucking. Easy.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 01:59 AM (zyIlW)

510 -Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 01:55 AM (zyIlW)

I'll go along with changing a tire and sharpening a knife. The rest is just "Added Hotness".

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) T at July 30, 2015 02:00 AM (OQ9R7)

511 Every woman should know how to:

Change a tire.

Change the oil.

Zero a weapon.

Fire a weapon.

Sharpen a knife.

Set up a claymore.

Throw a grenade.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 01:55 AM (zyIlW)

****

Daughter is good up to the Claymore. She is going into Pediatric Nursing, so she may not need the skills beyond sharpening a knife.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 30, 2015 02:00 AM (cygkw)

512 G'Night, Jim.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) T at July 30, 2015 02:00 AM (OQ9R7)

513 Not as easy as warming up MREs.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 02:00 AM (zyIlW)

514 508 505

You missed the most important one.

Posted by: Chi at July 30, 2015 01:59 AM (++X6V)

Well, that means I can't point it out.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2015 02:01 AM (EzgxV)

515 Yeah, well.
it ain't gonna make itself.

Posted by: Chi at July 30, 2015 02:01 AM (++X6V)

516 Combat lifesaver skills is a plus.

Anyone needs a tracheotomy, I'm your gal.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 02:01 AM (zyIlW)

517 Are you crazy? NEVER use even-numbered Microsoft
operating systems. They ALL have sucked (the "Vista effect"). And never
be an early adopter of any MS OS whatsoever. Let others find all of
eff-ups. Wait a year, until MS issues service pack 71.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 30, 2015 01:44 AM
----

With a few minor GUI tweaks to get it back to normal (you really don't need Classic Shell for 8.1) Win8.1 Pro has been great. It's stable and even is a bit snappier than Win 7. They've continued the trend of burying modification options though, and it gets worse in Win10.

I've been happy with 10 so far on my Surface that I use 2-3 times a week when I need to bring a PC with me.

Posted by: TJ Camper at July 30, 2015 02:01 AM (XAPQR)

518 "making sammiches is just too. Fucking. Easy."
-Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 01:59 AM (zyIlW)

Well, then. While you're up...

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) T at July 30, 2015 02:01 AM (OQ9R7)

519 *eyes Chi*

Oh, I'm gonna have so, soooo much fun with you when you get to my AO.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 02:02 AM (zyIlW)

520 509 making sammiches is just too. Fucking. Easy.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 01:59 AM (zyIlW)

Maybe a factor in the decline of teen sex is that so many teen girls seem to think that it's impossibly difficult.....

Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2015 02:02 AM (EzgxV)

521 How about " I could care less"?

That means you do care
(at least a little)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gv0H-vPoDc

Posted by: Word Crimes at July 30, 2015 02:03 AM (ps/ea)

522 Hi Horde. The wifi at mom and dad's sucks. And Dad is napping in front of a tv at full volume. He was a loadmaster on CF-130 aircraft in the 60s and 70s, and it destroyed his hearing... I bring earplugs.

Posted by: Gingy at July 30, 2015 12:26 AM (NYEU2)

Gingy, did you try the new Peter's drive-in at Gasoline Alley in Red Deer yet? I went there on Saturday, but it was lacking in trailer-friendly parking, and the lines to order inside were so long, I said "fuck it", and went into Red Deer and got a burger at Five Guys.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 30, 2015 02:03 AM (IaP9F)

523 Set up a claymore.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 01:55 AM (zyIlW)

Pull my finger...

Posted by: B&B at July 30, 2015 02:04 AM (/YkzI)

524 Anyone needs a tracheotomy, I'm your gal.
Posted by: SMFH
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Nice.
Dealing with sucking chest wounds is secondary.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 30, 2015 02:04 AM (9mTYi)

525 With a few minor GUI tweaks to get it back to normal (you really don't need Classic Shell for 8.1) Win8.1 Pro has been great. It's stable and even is a bit snappier than Win 7. They've continued the trend of burying modification options though, and it gets worse in Win10.

Posted by: TJ Camper at July 30, 2015 02:01 AM (XAPQR)

The nice thing about Windows is that it exposes its objects (?), so you can programmatically customize features, which I do extensively.

The bad thing about Windows is that you have to do that. Why oh why do they move stuff from where it used to be and make you waste time finding where they hid it?

Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 30, 2015 02:04 AM (oKE6c)

526 516 Combat lifesaver skills is a plus.

Anyone needs a tracheotomy, I'm your gal.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 02:01 AM (zyIlW)

Who gets to decide how much they "need" one, and why? I may have a list.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2015 02:04 AM (EzgxV)

527 Mike Hammer,

Duct tape, plastic...we all good.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 02:05 AM (zyIlW)

528 When someone says, "I could care less", I ask them to do it. Really, I dare you to care less.

Now, if you couldn't possibly care any less, that would make more sense.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) T at July 30, 2015 02:05 AM (OQ9R7)

529 >>>Set up a claymore.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 01:55 AM (zyIlW)<<<

**sidles up beside**

How you doin'!

Posted by: zombie William Wallace at July 30, 2015 02:06 AM (w9WoH)

530 LOL Slap,

That shit always made me laugh.

"I could care less."

Really? Let's see.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 02:06 AM (zyIlW)

531 Damn.

Gonna have to go to the Army surplus store in Killeen now.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 02:07 AM (zyIlW)

532 I'm out.
Good night all, and..., what IG said.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 30, 2015 02:08 AM (9mTYi)

533 G'Night, Hammer.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) T at July 30, 2015 02:08 AM (OQ9R7)

534 You gotta admit, SMFH.
You lobbed that one in there. Right across the plate.

Low hanging fruit, I think it's called.

Posted by: Chi at July 30, 2015 02:08 AM (++X6V)

535 The bad thing about Windows is that you have to do
that. Why oh why do they move stuff from where it used to be and make
you waste time finding where they hid it?
Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 30, 2015 02:04 AM
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Yeah. I don't mind the mind the nerd quotient so much but if I wasn't into that I'd be a tad irked at some of the changes.

I'm running Linux Mint 17 in a VMPlayer VM to try and warm up to it and I tell ya' it's the most user friendly Linux I've tried yet. I usually just give up but this one looks promising.

Posted by: TJ Camper at July 30, 2015 02:10 AM (XAPQR)

536 528 When someone says, "I could care less", I ask them to do it. Really, I dare you to care less.
Now, if you couldn't possibly care any less, that would make more sense.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) T at July 30, 2015 02:05 AM (OQ9R7)

Words need to mean something, not just random phonemes from which the listener gathers the speaker's point in spite of the actual language used.

It's why my back goes up when someone characterizes a murder as an "execution," or "assassination." The state executes people (or used to); sometimes people get killed "execution-style," but they are NOT executed. And if they're not political figures, they are NOT assassinated.

To use either term in those contexts in as nonsensical as to say someone was "disemboweled," or "decapitated," when he was in fact shot. It's just an illiterate's way of striving for an intensified version of "murdered."

Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 30, 2015 02:10 AM (oKE6c)

537 Yeah, yeah.

*evil grin*

See what I do to your low hanging fruit...love.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 02:10 AM (zyIlW)

538 When someone says, "I could care less", I ask them to do it. Really, I dare you to care less.

Saying anything at all is a form of caring ...

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at July 30, 2015 02:11 AM (+2//H)

539 >>>Set up a claymore.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 01:55 AM (zyIlW)<<

Could be a damned useful skill, and that right soon.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 30, 2015 02:11 AM (oKE6c)

540 Can you buy Claymore mines with an FFL?

Friend wants to know...

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 02:13 AM (zyIlW)

541 I'm running Linux Mint 17 in a VMPlayer VM to try and warm up to it and I
tell ya' it's the most user friendly Linux I've tried yet. I usually
just give up but this one looks promising.

Mint's good stuff for "just works".

Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 30, 2015 02:13 AM (bZQB+)

542 The bad thing about Windows is that you have to do that. Why oh why do they move stuff from where it used to be and make you waste time finding where they hid it?
Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 30, 2015 02:04 AM (oKE6c)

****

Exactly. When 8 came out, I had a Fan Girl Microsplain to me that Win 8 " made you have to really learn Windows, before it was just clicking Icons".

The response "So, they killed the ONE thing I actually liked about Windows in a quest to have one OS across 3 platforms, and I am supposed to he happy about that?"

The subject suddenly got changed.....

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 30, 2015 02:13 AM (1eYr7)

543 Without knowing (and I refuse to become "informed" about things like this), the whole dentist/lion kerfuffle, if the guy hadn't posted stuff on social media about it, we've never heard of him, right?

(and most of us understand that corruption and bribery and malfeasance and skulduggery and idiocy are afoot every day and probably result in some sort of bad poaching/effed up authorized hunting/etc almost weekly, right?)

Just curious. Another casualty of (inter alia) posting s**t online?

Posted by: rhomboid at July 30, 2015 12:34 AM (QDnY+)

From my understanding of it, he bought a permit from the government of Zimbabwe. Well, right there, he was dealing with organized crime; the government of Zim-bob is not legitimate. Now whether he was a party to luring the critter out of the reserve, where it was "protected" into the "bush" where it was "fair game" is not known. but given that Cecil was something of a celebrity lion, it's kind of unlikely for a would-be lion hunter to not know it by sight. And this dentist had a previous run-in with game laws, having shot a black bear in Wisconsin outside of a legal hunting area, and transporting the carcass into the legal hunting area before tagging it. Got fined $3000 for that. So, a guy who has record of playing fast and loose with game laws.

Having said that, they are just animals. Give the dumb fuck a lifetime ban on hunting anything, but don't destroy his entire life.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 30, 2015 02:14 AM (IaP9F)

544 Saying anything at all is a form of caring ...

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at July 30, 2015 02:11 AM (+2//H)

Yes it is!

BRB, time to genocide the Care Bear Cousins!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wycARJk-Z6E

Posted by: Care Bears at July 30, 2015 02:16 AM (/YkzI)

545 -Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 30, 2015 02:10 AM (oKE6c)

Indeed. In the grand scheme, we live in an Orwellian time. Not only has the grasp of terminology been decimated, (I used that correctly), but there is a push of the Overton Window leftward.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) T at July 30, 2015 02:16 AM (OQ9R7)

546 I really wish I could care about a lion getting capped.

Really do.

Just can't.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 02:16 AM (zyIlW)

547 The bad thing about Windows is that you have to do that. Why oh why do they move stuff from where it used to be and make you waste time finding where they hid it?

Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 30, 2015 02:04 AM (oKE6c)

Whenever I use Excel or Word I still have to go searching through all those stupid fucking tabs at the top that were right there easy to see and use for the decade+ before they went to Office 2007. Now I waste half my time trying to find these common tools that apparently just aren't as important as being able to see what 6 different font/format styles your report can be shown in.

Posted by: buzzion at July 30, 2015 02:18 AM (zt+N6)

548 I should have said that there is a leftward push to the Overton Window.

...I am no stranger to being hoist upon my own petard.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) T at July 30, 2015 02:18 AM (OQ9R7)

549 I really love lions.

They taste just like chicken.

Posted by: Chi at July 30, 2015 02:18 AM (X1EMB)

550 Lions are a common nuisance in Virginia, babe?

Nice to know, so I can buy the appropriate...weaponry.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 02:20 AM (zyIlW)

551 Mint's good stuff for "just works".
Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 30, 2015 02:13 AM
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"Just Works" is where Linux usually goes sideways. I reaslly don't wan't to spend 1/2 hour looking for drivers for common stuff. I haven't really tried to use it in a practical, every-day way yet. I have found that I can't get drivers for my favorite peripherals, my Logitech keyboard and mouse. They work but the assignable buttons don't. It's minor, but that's the kinda thing that'll throw me off. I like my stuff the way I like it, dammit.

Same reason I went back to FF after PaleMoon wouldn't play nice with a few add-ons that I consider game-changers.

Posted by: TJ Camper at July 30, 2015 02:22 AM (XAPQR)

552 Bowl of sticky rice, covered with a pigeon (quail) uncooked egg and a slab of uncooked fish. Mix the egg with the rice, and mince the fish as you can with your chop sticks. Green tea on one side, and Nehi uncarbonated orange drink on the other side. All while the IC plays Schubert's "Ave Maria".

Waffle House isn't so bad.

Posted by: bergerbilder at July 30, 2015 02:23 AM (+jijM)

553 What is the "appropriate" weaponry for "Lion Country"?

AR 15, Desert Eagle .50 cal and a 10-Guage?

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) T at July 30, 2015 02:24 AM (OQ9R7)

554 Of all the various language atrocities mentioned in this thread, "reach out" is the one I find most annoying.

The first time I heard that phrase, it had to do with social workers and troubled teens. To see it used in a business environment is jarring to say the least.

Posted by: rickl at July 30, 2015 02:25 AM (sdi6R)

555 Obviously, you can't buy Claymore mines (not training types) online.

Gotta get with some supply folks.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 02:25 AM (zyIlW)

556 A lion roaming around the streets of downtown Norfolk, Va:

http://tinyurl.com/b74rn47

Posted by: Chi at July 30, 2015 02:25 AM (OoMvj)

557 Until they now around the block to walk and in the windows look.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2015 01:53 AM (EzgxV)

RESIST WE GRAMMAR MUCH?

Posted by: Rev Al at July 30, 2015 02:25 AM (5f5bM)

558 M249 SAW or a M240B will suffice to take care of any lion infestation.

.50 cal would also, but that's a bit of overkill.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 02:26 AM (zyIlW)

559 15 So why does Switzerland have so many bunkers if they're always so neutral?

you really should have socked Fox Butterfield on this one

Posted by: bill-o at July 30, 2015 02:27 AM (AWwDY)

560 546
I really wish I could care about a lion getting capped.

Really do.

Just can't.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 02:16 AM (zyIlW)

Same here. Fucks Given = 0.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at July 30, 2015 02:27 AM (J+mig)

561 A dog shaved like a lion does not count.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 02:28 AM (zyIlW)

562 ...".50 cal would also, but that's a bit of overkill."
-Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 02:26 AM (zyIlW)

Many Alaskans carry Desert Eagles because of bears.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) T at July 30, 2015 02:28 AM (OQ9R7)

563 Not too many bears here in Texas.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 02:29 AM (zyIlW)

564 I'm pretty damn sure a few 7.62 rounds from a M240B would stop anything in it's tracks.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 02:32 AM (zyIlW)

565 "Not too many bears here in Texas."

-Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 02:29 AM (zyIlW)

Yeah, but that lion infestation seems insurmountable.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) T at July 30, 2015 02:32 AM (OQ9R7)

566 That's in Virginia.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 02:33 AM (zyIlW)

567 If I had to use a pistol to stop a bear, I'm definitely reaching for the .50 caliber.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at July 30, 2015 02:33 AM (b2cFu)

568 How about "champion" as a verb rather than a noun?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 30, 2015 01:41 AM (W5DcG)

I think that is a legitimate usage that has been around for a long time.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 30, 2015 02:33 AM (IaP9F)

569 A coaxial gun from an Abrams would also stop any infestation from any four-legged critter.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 02:34 AM (zyIlW)

570 Or two-legged critter.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 02:35 AM (zyIlW)

571 Yeah, but that lion infestation seems insurmountable.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) T at July 30, 2015 02:32 AM (OQ9R7)

There's no need to fear, the BDA is here!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAe6UEUmaJk

Posted by: Lemming of the British Dental Association at July 30, 2015 02:35 AM (/YkzI)

572 If I had to use a pistol to stop a bear, I'm definitely reaching for the .50 caliber.
Posted by: Conservative Crank at July 30, 2015 02:33 AM (b2cFu)

***

A Taurus Judge would also be a sporty choice.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 30, 2015 02:36 AM (1eYr7)

573 "A coaxial gun from an Abrams would also stop any infestation from any four-legged critter."
-Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 02:34 AM (zyIlW)

When those are readily available, I'll start the line.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) T at July 30, 2015 02:36 AM (OQ9R7)

574 But let's be honest....50 cal or 9mm when confronted with a pissed off grizzly.

Duh.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 02:36 AM (zyIlW)

575 Not too many bears here in Texas.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 02:29 AM (zyIlW)

OY!

Posted by: Betty Baylor at July 30, 2015 02:37 AM (iuQS7)

576 If I had to use a pistol to stop a bear, I'm definitely reaching for the .50 caliber.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at July 30, 2015 02:33 AM
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I would take stock of my life choices that led me to that point.

but yeah, if I had to...

Posted by: TJ Camper at July 30, 2015 02:37 AM (XAPQR)

577 572 If I had to use a pistol to stop a bear, I'm definitely reaching for the .50 caliber.
Posted by: Conservative Crank at July 30, 2015 02:33 AM (b2cFu)

***

A Taurus Judge would also be a sporty choice.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 30, 2015 02:36 AM (1eYr7)

If you mean sporty in appearance, I don't care if the bear laughs at me as long as it doesn't f*cking eat me.

If you mean as in a sporting chance, I have no intention of being fair to the bear, and a .410 is not sufficient.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at July 30, 2015 02:37 AM (b2cFu)

578 I'm not going to lie, in my secret of most secret of hearts, I pray for the burning times.

In fact, I giggle.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 02:39 AM (zyIlW)

579 "I would take stock of my life choices that led me to that point.
but yeah, if I had to..."
-Posted by: TJ Camper at July 30, 2015 02:37 AM (XAPQR)

You mean "Going Fishing in Alaska" is a "Life Choice?

Well, please tell me more!

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) T at July 30, 2015 02:39 AM (OQ9R7)

580 How about using "motorboat" as a verb?
We're still allowed to motorboat, right?

Posted by: Chi at July 30, 2015 02:39 AM (IngfV)

581 If you mean as in a sporting chance, I have no intention of being fair to the bear, and a .410 is not sufficient.
Posted by: Conservative Crank at July 30, 2015 02:37 AM (b2cFu)

***

No, in this case sporty=effective x 5 rounds, as pertains to my post. Certainly not looking to argue this point though.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 30, 2015 02:40 AM (cygkw)

582 my dream is to take over Oahu.

Yes, I know my dreams are small...but gotta start small.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 02:41 AM (zyIlW)

583 To use either term in those contexts in as nonsensical as to say someone was "disemboweled," or "decapitated," when he was in fact shot. It's just an illiterate's way of striving for an intensified version of "murdered."

Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 30, 2015 02:10 AM (oKE6c)

"Was he killed?"

"Killed, hell, he was decrapitated."

"No shit?"

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 30, 2015 02:42 AM (IaP9F)

584 New one that I just learned is all the rage in eddymacation circles: to do something "with automaticity."

Look, I'm a translator. I run into German words that don't exist in English in that part of speech all the time. There is *no excuse* for someone who is ostensibly writing in English to coin a phrase like that when "automatically" already exists. And it's a perfectly good word!!

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at July 30, 2015 02:43 AM (iuQS7)

585 "Killed, hell, he was decrapitated."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
------------------------------

Rectum? Damn near killed him!

Posted by: Chi at July 30, 2015 02:43 AM (WWEAt)

586 "Was he killed?"

"Killed, hell, he was decrapitated."

"No shit?"
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 30, 2015 02:42 AM (IaP9F)

***

First you say it, and then you do it.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 30, 2015 02:45 AM (cygkw)

587 You mean "Going Fishing in Alaska" is a "Life Choice?
Well, please tell me more!
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) T at July 30, 2015 02:39 AM
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Well, it is, isn't it?

If we're going to be all serious though, no, I wouldn't let bears stop me from fishing in Alaska but I would definitely be armed. I can't get out of my head, though, some book from many moon ago that had story after story of bear attacks and the unfortunate habit grizzlies have of brushing off round after round, including those bouncing right off their thick, hungry skulls.

Stubborn fellas.

Posted by: TJ Camper at July 30, 2015 02:45 AM (XAPQR)

588 I'm out of wit and gumption. May your days be blessed and your nights without worry.

G'Night Ev'ry-Buddy!

*static*

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) T at July 30, 2015 02:45 AM (OQ9R7)

589 MWNP, I'm about 500 comments behind, so if there was an earlier post your referencing, I haven't read it yet. But if it's multiple shot capability, I'm probably better off with 15 rounds of 9mm hollowpoint and hoping I shred enough lung or liver tissue for the damn thing to bleed out before it can maul me, or else put one through the orbit and let it do it's expanding goodness inside the brain case.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at July 30, 2015 02:46 AM (b2cFu)

590 Conversate.

Posted by: Why, God? Why? at July 30, 2015 02:46 AM (w9WoH)

591 Dedicated to Chi (no matter how crazy I may seem):

Keep On Loving Me by the Whispers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6aRvVTSC0I

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 02:46 AM (zyIlW)

592

Posted by: ( at July 30, 2015 02:47 AM (C9vjV)

593 Bears?
I don't have to be fast enough to outrun the bear. I just have to outrun you .

Posted by: Chi at July 30, 2015 02:49 AM (0gpQT)

594 Wow.

That song came out in 1987, when I grad from hs and went into the Army the first time.

Heh.

1987 was a good year.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 02:50 AM (zyIlW)

595 Chi,

Love of my life.

My heartbeat.

Unless you can outrun a round...

Well...

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 02:51 AM (zyIlW)

596 If we're going to be all serious though, no, I wouldn't let bears stop me from fishing in Alaska but I would definitely be armed. I can't get out of my head, though, some book from many moon ago that had story after story of bear attacks and the unfortunate habit grizzlies have of brushing off round after round, including those bouncing right off their thick, hungry skulls.

Stubborn fellas.

Posted by: TJ Camper at July 30, 2015 02:45 AM (XAPQR)

Growing up in Canada, we all heard the story of the elderly Indian woman who killed an attacking grizzly with a .22, because that's the only weapon she had at hand.

Shot placement is the key. A .22 in the eyeball goes right into the brain, and bounces around a bunch. That get's 'er done.

Having said that, if you are going hunting for grizzlies, it would behoove you to pack a weapon with a bit more punch, because being able to make that eyeball shot under stress isn't a guaranteed certainty.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 30, 2015 02:51 AM (IaP9F)

597 I need glasses to read, not to shoot.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 02:52 AM (zyIlW)

598 I really wish I could care about a lion getting capped.

Really do.

Just can't.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 02:16 AM (zyIlW)

I might think it sucked in a different environment, but when I see the outrage by the same people who are ok with selling baby parts, I just could give a crap.

Even if what the hunter did was wrong, what's being done to him is what should be done to the PP crowd, along with many other nasty things.

Posted by: Blano at July 30, 2015 02:52 AM (heN73)

599 Conversate.
Posted by: Why, God? Why? at July 30, 2015 02:46 AM
--

That one reminds me of Oswald Bates from In Living Color.

Posted by: TJ Camper at July 30, 2015 02:52 AM (XAPQR)

600 MWNP, I'm about 500 comments behind, so if there was an earlier post your referencing, I haven't read it yet. But if it's multiple shot capability, I'm probably better off with 15 rounds of 9mm hollowpoint and hoping I shred enough lung or liver tissue for the damn thing to bleed out before it can maul me, or else put one through the orbit and let it do it's expanding goodness inside the brain case.
Posted by: Conservative Crank at July 30, 2015 02:46 AM (b2cFu)

***

No, no earlier references. You are up to date.

I'm kinda thinking that 15 9mm may kill that bear, but just long after you are already a steaming pile of bear scat. In the near term, most likely to just make it a bit more cranky.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 30, 2015 02:54 AM (2z4UX)

601 Blano,

When I see PP as a chop shop for babies, when I am expecting my 2nd grandbaby in October, lions rate pretty fucking low on my give-a-fuck-o-meter.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 02:55 AM (zyIlW)

602 No, really.

G'Night, Ev'ry-Buddy.

*static*

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) T at July 30, 2015 02:56 AM (OQ9R7)

603 As you and I think Cato said above SMFH, it rates a big ol' zero on mine as well.

Posted by: Blano at July 30, 2015 02:58 AM (heN73)

604 Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 02:55 AM (zyIlW)

I hear you. Yes, poaching is bad--but the wholesale slaughter of innocents is infinitely worse. And if Jesus said that it would be better for those who lead the little ones astray to have a millstone tied around their necks and be thrown into the sea than face God's wrath... how far beyond "it would be better for them if they had not been born" have the PP ghouls gone?

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at July 30, 2015 03:00 AM (iuQS7)

605 States rights? Didn't ol' Sam Houston know the war was all about slavery?

Also, way up above I saw where someone commented about the Japanese and Korean comfort women. Check out Micheal Yon who's revising nearly all of WW2.

Posted by: Bill R. at July 30, 2015 03:01 AM (vfYlO)

606 Feminists Not Known For Well Laid Plans or Forward Thinking

I need to see a picture of her in the "too revealing" shorts in order to form an opinion.

Posted by: rickl at July 30, 2015 03:02 AM (sdi6R)

607 I'm just gonna hypotenuse that Oswald Bates is the Al Sharptonesque prison lawyer, with the extenuating vocabulary.

Been a long time since I've seen that skit (so I forget his name), but my recollection, I mean, reconnoiter of the Damon Wayans conversating like an idiom as he offers legal advice is hysterectomy.

Posted by: Why, God? Why? at July 30, 2015 03:02 AM (w9WoH)

608 606 Feminists Not Known For Well Laid Plans or Forward Thinking

I need to see a picture of her in the "too revealing" shorts in order to form an opinion.

Posted by: rickl at July 30, 2015 03:02 AM (sdi6R)

They're in the twitter link.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2015 03:03 AM (EzgxV)

609 Elisabeth,

I have two grown daughters, my youngest with granddaughter and grandson/daughter in October.

First thing I did was count their fingers and toes when they were born.

Seeing that video two days ago of a 11 or so week old baby's right hand in a petri dish...well...it's on like donkey kong.

Fuck anyone who thinks that's ok...including my own family.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 03:05 AM (zyIlW)

610 Wow. Just got a Firefox crash. This instance is really nearing its last legs.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2015 03:05 AM (EzgxV)

611 As you and I think Cato said above SMFH, it rates a big ol' zero on mine as well.

Posted by: Blano at July 30, 2015 02:58 AM (heN73)

Well, on the one hand, you have unsportsmanlike hunting (at best) or outright poaching (at worst), involving one rich white hunter, and some (black) native guides. No vast conspiracy.

On the other hand, you have an organized conspiracy to market human body parts, taken from human babies killed before birth, for profit, with the yet-to-be-proven, but likely to be, corollary that the women given those abortions were coached or browbeaten into delaying the procedure until such time as the organs were more marketable.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 30, 2015 03:06 AM (IaP9F)

612 Just saw a Coors Light commercial where grown men were playing flag football...

Posted by: The Full Caloried Hat at July 30, 2015 03:07 AM (/YkzI)

613 My oath is still in effect.

And as far as I am concerned, the enemy is very much domestic.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 03:07 AM (zyIlW)

614 Sad as it is to say, it includes my own blood.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 03:07 AM (zyIlW)

615 Yeah, three crashes in a row. Nice.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2015 03:08 AM (EzgxV)

616 but my recollection, I mean, reconnoiter of the
Damon Wayans conversating like an idiom as he offers legal advice is
hysterectomy.
Posted by: Why, God? Why? at July 30, 2015 03:02 AM
---

I can state, suppositorally, that you have correctly interpreted my exjaculation.

Posted by: TJ Camper at July 30, 2015 03:08 AM (XAPQR)

617 Posted by: Why, God? Why? at July 30, 2015 03:02 AM (w9WoH)

Oh, man, don't get me started on thesaurus abuse. The things I saw as a writing tutor....

Funny example: student searching for a non-colloquial way to say "down with"; result was "in decline with."

Funny/sad example: student meant to say something like "an environment so loud you can't hear yourself think"; actual phrasing was "an unthinkable environment." Cue WIIIIDE eyes when I explained what "unthinkable" means!

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at July 30, 2015 03:08 AM (iuQS7)

618 Just saw a Coors Light commercial where grown men were playing flag football...
Posted by: The Full Caloried Hat at July 30, 2015 03:07 AM (/YkzI)

****

The pussification continues apace.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 30, 2015 03:09 AM (cygkw)

619 A Scotsman we'll call Fergus MacLoch
Was cursed from birth with a corkscrew cock

So he spent his life in a fateful hunt
To find the lass with a matching cunt

Well he found that lass, but his mirth turned dread
As her corkscrew cunt had a left-hand thread

Posted by: bergerbilder at July 30, 2015 03:10 AM (+jijM)

620 They're in the twitter link.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2015 03:03 AM (EzgxV)

Didn't work for me, but the text said shorts hit "mid-thigh" so it's not like I am deprived of anything hawt.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 30, 2015 03:11 AM (IaP9F)

621 I played tackle football.

Pussies.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 03:11 AM (zyIlW)

622 Ann Coulter on RedEye (finally a good panel for a change) slicing Juan Ellis Bush like a fucking hammer.

Posted by: and glad JoNo is back, too at July 30, 2015 03:12 AM (w9WoH)

623 Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 03:05 AM (zyIlW)

Sic 'em, Mama Bear.

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at July 30, 2015 03:15 AM (iuQS7)

624 Funny/sad example: student meant to say something like "an environment so loud you can't hear yourself think"; actual phrasing was "an unthinkable environment." Cue WIIIIDE eyes when I explained what "unthinkable" means!

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at July 30, 2015 03:08 AM (iuQS7)

Old, old joke about three foreigners arguing about which English word was the proper descriptor for a woman who could not have children: "The frenchman: she is unbearable; the German: she is impregnable; the Japanese: she is inscrutable."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 30, 2015 03:15 AM (IaP9F)

625 Ann Coulter on Red Eye?

Almost makes me wish I had cable tv.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 03:16 AM (zyIlW)

626 You can see the shorts at http://www.huffingtonpost.com /entry/jcpenney-sylva-stoel-shorts_ 55b7f582e4b0a13f9d1ab2b2? if you don't mind going to huffpo.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2015 03:16 AM (EzgxV)

627 619
A Scotsman we'll call Fergus MacLoch

Was cursed from birth with a corkscrew cock

So he spent his life in a fateful hunt

To find the lass with a matching cunt

Well he found that lass, but his mirth turned dread

As her corkscrew cunt had a left-hand thread

Posted by: bergerbilder at July 30, 2015 03:10 AM (+jijM)

Fun fact -- piggy penises have a corkscrew. Bonus: kitty penises have a barb.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2015 03:18 AM (EzgxV)

628 Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2015 03:16 AM (EzgxV)

***
Thanks, but my browser don't play HuffPo.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 30, 2015 03:18 AM (cygkw)

629 You can see the shorts at http://www.huffingtonpost.com /entry/jcpenney-sylva-stoel-shorts_ 55b7f582e4b0a13f9d1ab2b2? if you don't mind going to huffpo.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2015 03:16 AM (EzgxV)

Nope, all I saw was a blonde in a blue dress.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 30, 2015 03:18 AM (IaP9F)

630

Via Drudge (and top of center column, no less):

ROLLING STONE editor who oversaw U-Va. 'rape' story to step down...

... linking to the NYT:

Will Dana, Rolling Stone's Managing Editor, to Depart

Paragraph 2: Mr. Dana, whose planned last day is Aug. 7, is not leaving for another job, and his successor has not been named.

Sounds like a firing to me.

HAHAHAHAHAHA.

Posted by: Arbalest at July 30, 2015 03:20 AM (FlRtG)

631 Shorts: http://___.huffingtonpost.com//asset /scalefit_630_noupscale/55b7 f8981d000030001430db.jpeg

Spaces to be removed.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2015 03:20 AM (EzgxV)

632 Shorts: http://___.huffingtonpost.com//asset /scalefit_630_noupscale/55b7 f8981d000030001430db.jpeg

Spaces to be removed.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2015 03:20 AM (EzgxV)

404

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 30, 2015 03:22 AM (IaP9F)

633 They showed a clip of him giving an interview en Espanol (of course) interspersed with clips of overly dramatic scenes from, what looked like, one of those Spanish channel soap operas. Pretty funny.

Then Ann basically says, "look, he loves to try and impress everyone with his ability to speak Spanish, he's lived in Mexico, married to a Mexican, bitches about how his kids aren't treated fairly as a Mexican, why the hell is he even living here and not in his beloved Mexico."

Pretty sure Rupert Murdoch, Carl Rove, Brit Hume, and all the Bushie rump swabs on the channel will now have her banned for bashing their precious.

Posted by: and glad JoNo is back, too at July 30, 2015 03:24 AM (w9WoH)

634 I've lost seven former soldier friends of mine to suicide due to the fact that they thought no one gave a shit.

My baby bro died after living one day after he was born. He would have been 44 years old today.

My sis had two miscarriages before she had her first child at 31.

Yet both my mom and sis are cheerleaders for Hillary!.

Neither of them want anything to do with me...though they felt soooo fucking good to send care packages to me while I was in Iraq between 2003-2009.

I love them both...I just really...really dislike them.

And if I have to choose between them and my children and grandbabies...take a wild fucking guess what I'm gonna choose.

It's war. Plain and simple.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 03:24 AM (zyIlW)

635 OH, for cryin' in a bucket--just looked up a word in one of the online German-English dictionaries I use, and one of the translations offered was "effectuate." WHAT'S WRONG WITH "IMPLEMENT"?!

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at July 30, 2015 03:24 AM (iuQS7)

636 Let's see how far this goes: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jcpenney-sylva-stoel-shorts_55b7f582e4b0a13f9d1ab2b2?

Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2015 03:24 AM (EzgxV)

637 And I do very well in a war footing.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 03:25 AM (zyIlW)

638 Will Dana, Rolling Stone's Managing Editor, to Depart

Paragraph 2: Mr. Dana, whose planned last day is Aug. 7, is not leaving for another job, and his successor has not been named.

Sounds like a firing to me.

HAHAHAHAHAHA.
Posted by: Arbalest at July 30, 2015 03:20 AM (FlRtG)

****

Well, they are about to sued out of existence due to stellar management like this, so just think of it as an early exit that will not have to hit the light switches on the way out the door.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 30, 2015 03:25 AM (1eYr7)

639 OH, for cryin' in a bucket--just looked up a word in one of the online German-English dictionaries I use, and one of the translations offered was "effectuate." WHAT'S WRONG WITH "IMPLEMENT"?!

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at July 30, 2015 03:24 AM (iuQS7)

I painted my fridge with Harvester Red effectuate paint, he said affectedly.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 30, 2015 03:26 AM (IaP9F)

640 Night all.

Here is "Eyes of Zamiel" by Demon Lung:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ydnevoAux8

Posted by: The Political Hat at July 30, 2015 03:26 AM (/YkzI)

641 I've noted quite a bit less bitching about long links since I got a nasty malware dropped on me probably through a tinyurl link. I really think the whole "long links" thing was the lesser of two evils, the other being "anonymous links". Tinyurl should be banned rather than encouraged.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2015 03:27 AM (EzgxV)

642 Let's see how far this goes: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jcpenney-sylva-stoel-shorts_55b7f582e4b0a13f9d1ab2b2?

Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2015 03:24 AM (EzgxV)

Well, that worked. Meh. Not like she needs a burqua, but if she wore one, life as we know it would persist.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 30, 2015 03:28 AM (IaP9F)

643 cooth,

Some of us do not post urls unless we check them out ourselves.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 03:28 AM (zyIlW)

644 Some of us do not post urls unless we check them out ourselves.
Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 03:28 AM (zyIlW)

***

Always a grand policy.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at July 30, 2015 03:31 AM (1eYr7)

645 "Trust but verify" is something I have always abided by.

Learned it at a very early age.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 03:32 AM (zyIlW)

646 643
cooth,

Some of us do not post urls unless we check them out ourselves.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 03:28 AM (zyIlW)

....and if someone pops up as "SMFH" here with a link, my gut would say to check it out....while my head would say, "is this something the dear woman I speak to on the phone might say?" and "does this hash match the hash from a couple of minutes ago?"

Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2015 03:34 AM (EzgxV)

647 Oooh!

Looks like the Aiea High School Class of 1987 30th reunion is a GO.

Then again, if 2017 will come around....lol.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 03:34 AM (zyIlW)

648 Well, snooze time for sleepy Peons. Stay well, everyone.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 30, 2015 03:34 AM (IaP9F)

649 cooth,

Here's some verification:

Eat shit and die...but I still loves ya.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 03:35 AM (zyIlW)

650 Some fuckwit disconnected my internet Saturday...due to said fuckwit trying to steal cable internet.

I'm back to my 100 mbps internet speed.

Yay!

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 03:36 AM (zyIlW)

651 Relying on verizon hotspots majorly sucks.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 03:38 AM (zyIlW)

652 I've noted quite a bit less bitching about long
links since I got a nasty malware dropped on me probably through a
tinyurl link. I really think the whole "long links" thing was the lesser
of two evils, the other being "anonymous links". Tinyurl should be
banned rather than encouraged.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2015 03:27 AM
----

I'm rarely going to post any "Must see!" important stuff but still try to remember to at least use the "preview.tinyurl" now.

If you feel like keeping one of their cookies, they'll set a preference that any tinyurl link you click goes to a preview. I'm not sure if you can confirm that by hovering over the link first, though.

Posted by: TJ Camper at July 30, 2015 03:38 AM (XAPQR)

653 649
cooth,

Here's some verification:

Eat shit and die...but I still loves ya.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 03:35 AM (zyIlW)

Good enough for me.

BTW, I understand that there is a serious sammich shortage in Norfolk....while there is a shortage of min-pins in TX. Do you know anything about this?

Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2015 03:38 AM (EzgxV)

654 SMFH, glad to hear you got that fixed.

Rough night tonight, really wishing for a beer or three right now, still have 3 hours left in my shift.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at July 30, 2015 03:39 AM (b2cFu)

655 I post military stuff mostly.

Celebrity shit...no.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 03:39 AM (zyIlW)

656 LOL cooth.

The min-pin situation will be remedied in mid-September.

The sammich situation will be rectified in due time.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 03:40 AM (zyIlW)

657 Ok. Testing. I enabled the preview feature. here's a standard ("anonymous", non-preview) tinyurl link. I'll refresh and see how it works.

http://tinyurl.com/o7sm8zm

Posted by: TJ Camper at July 30, 2015 03:41 AM (XAPQR)

658 CC!

I have nothing but mad respect for ya.

After going though combat lifesaver courses in how to do trachs, sucking chest wounds, tourniquets, and IVs...you are the man.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 03:42 AM (zyIlW)

659 654
SMFH, glad to hear you got that fixed.

Rough night tonight, really wishing for a beer or three right now, still have 3 hours left in my shift.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at July 30, 2015 03:39 AM (b2cFu)

Sorry to hear, CC. Keep fightin' the good fight. God knows we don't want anything serious to happen to us, but if we could pay a small monthly premium and miraculously swap places into your ER from the one closest to our incident, a lot of us would be on the plan.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2015 03:43 AM (EzgxV)

660 Ok. Testing. I enabled the preview feature. here's a
standard ("anonymous", non-preview) tinyurl link. I'll refresh and see
how it works.
http://tinyurl.com/o7sm8zm
Posted by: TJ Camper at July 30, 2015 03:41 AM
---

Cool. That link took me to the tinyurl page showing the destination.

I'll put that cookie on the "Keep" list when running CCleaner from now on.

Posted by: TJ Camper at July 30, 2015 03:44 AM (XAPQR)

661 Amen cooth.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 03:45 AM (zyIlW)

662 I LOVE CCleaner. Use it on my Android phone and my macbook pro.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 03:46 AM (zyIlW)

663 Typical '80's. I wanted to bang this chick if she'd only tale that shit out of her nose.

Jane Child: Don't Wanna Fall in Love...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWd__w5UWVc

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) T at July 30, 2015 03:46 AM (OQ9R7)

664 LOL Slap!

My anthem. Until...

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 03:47 AM (zyIlW)

665 I sent that video to Chi...lol.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 03:47 AM (zyIlW)

666 Is this a thing>?

Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2015 03:48 AM (EzgxV)

667 Ok, so Ann and Andy got into it a little bit during the Halftime review portion of the show (about the Bush segment), and now Ann is gone and Andy is sitting in her chair.

Wonder what went down???

Posted by: pretty fed up with Fox News at July 30, 2015 03:49 AM (w9WoH)

668 Cue WIIIIDE eyes when I explained what "unthinkable" means!

But I thought the Titanic was unthinkable!

Posted by: A lithping purther at July 30, 2015 03:49 AM (sdi6R)

669 I figured you'd like that tune!

Geeks liked this, as I've liked this...

T'Pau

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwrYMWoqg5w

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) T at July 30, 2015 03:51 AM (OQ9R7)

670 I was married for 21+ years. Raised two girls.

Divorced after they left home...and after I came home after my last deployment in 2009.

I learned that 70% of us Iraq/Afghanistan vets divorce within five years.

Three for me.

22 vets a day kill themselves. For a time, I seriously considered eating a bullet.

Fortunately, I found friends here, as well as with my battle buddies. And I found Chi.

The 'horde helped save my life.

Thank you.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 03:52 AM (zyIlW)

671 A word of explanation.....I had 10 computers running when I got a polymorphic malware dropped on me -- one that can attack other computers on the same network. Accordingly, I've been treating each computer as compromised.

I've pulled all their disks for data recovery, and I'm looking to get things back to normal....but I'm using a bunch of half-assed shit and spare parts....and the keyboard I'm using right now doesn't have a forward slash (AKA "virgule") or question mark. I can get them if I stab a hole with a q-tip.

So the reason there's an extra > is because this keyboard is f*ed.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2015 03:55 AM (EzgxV)

672 What a miserable night.
Good morning horde

Posted by: Skip at July 30, 2015 03:55 AM (CFAPf)

673 So on the one hand, we saved your life. On the other hand, we gave you Chi.

*types*

*deletes*

*ducks anyway*

Posted by: Conservative Crank at July 30, 2015 03:58 AM (b2cFu)

674 I LOVE CCleaner. Use it on my Android phone and my macbook pro.
Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 03:46 AM
---

Huh.

Never tried it on the phone. I'll d/l it now. I've been using CCleaner since way back when it was still "Crap Cleaner" including the registry cleaner and I've not once managed to break stuff with it. Seems pretty idiot-proof.

It's irritating to disable all cookies so it's a nice middle-ground. I can choose the ones I want to keep but wipe out all the rest in a clean. Not perfect but at least I can still keep some site settings while not leaving a trail of where I've been with every server in the universe.

That, Adblock Plus and BitDefender seem to do me well despite my distinct lack of click hygiene.

Too little credit is given AdBolcvk Plus when it's suggested as just a way to stop ads.

I don't even run NoScript but AdBlock keeps so much shit from even making it to my browser it serves as much more of a "safe-surfing" tool than just a convenience thing.

Posted by: TJ Camper at July 30, 2015 03:58 AM (XAPQR)

675 We're glad you're here, SMFH.

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at July 30, 2015 03:58 AM (iuQS7)

676 670
I was married for 21+ years. Raised two girls.

Divorced after they left home...and after I came home after my last deployment in 2009.

I learned that 70% of us Iraq/Afghanistan vets divorce within five years.

Three for me.

22 vets a day kill themselves. For a time, I seriously considered eating a bullet.

Fortunately, I found friends here, as well as with my battle buddies. And I found Chi.

The 'horde helped save my life.

Thank you.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 03:52 AM (zyIlW)

Bring them all. You know how I feel about you. Bring them all.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2015 03:58 AM (EzgxV)

677 Slap, haven't you already gone to bed 3 times tonight? I admire your dedication, though.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at July 30, 2015 03:58 AM (b2cFu)

678 -Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 03:52 AM (zyIlW)

Finding like-minded people is a Blessing in and amongst itself.

Finding those who are willing to follow along your particular corridor and help you along the way is serendipity.

Do what you do and do it stronger, Ma'am.

At this point, I'd be hard-pressed to think that you didn't have a War Cock.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) T at July 30, 2015 04:00 AM (OQ9R7)

679 This came out in 2010, but it is still very much relevant.

"I love my country...but it does not love me."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_StCzStBy0&app=desktop

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 04:01 AM (zyIlW)

680 So the reason there's an extra > is because this keyboard is f*ed.

I dumped a bunch of my computer stuff a few months back, but I can dig in the pile to see if I still have a keyboard if you need one.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 30, 2015 04:03 AM (bZQB+)

681 "Slap, haven't you already gone to bed 3 times tonight? I admire your dedication, though."
-Posted by: Conservative Crank at July 30, 2015 03:58 AM (b2cFu)

Shut Up.

I'm-a be Me.

No trophy required.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) T at July 30, 2015 04:03 AM (OQ9R7)

682 Funnily enough, those of us that have multiple deployments under our belts are more able to deal with the betrayal of our country than those that have only one...or none.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 04:04 AM (zyIlW)

683 Glad you're here, SMFH.

I don't engage in too much substantive conversation here since I'm in-n-out so much - a bit too flighty to give proper discourse a chance.

I did years ago but that was when I was still drinking and while I wasn't an ass (as in rude and insulting), I was more that guy that would come up to you when you're having a great conversation with someone, and butt in with a lampshade on my head for a "WASSUUUUP! AMIRIGHT?!".

So, yeah, point is...not sure. Eh, glad you're here.

...the rest o' you miscreants too.

Posted by: TJ Camper at July 30, 2015 04:06 AM (XAPQR)

684 I can understand why this administration would think that we are the greatest threat.

We were trained by the best.

2003-2004, 2005-2006, 2008-2009.

Bayji.

Taji.

Baghdad.

This admin has very much to fear from us.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 04:07 AM (zyIlW)

685 And the fact that MY FUCKING TAX DOLLARS ARE GOING TO PAY FOR MOTHERFUCKERS THAT TRIED TO KILL IN IRAQ ME PISSES ME OFF TO NO. FUCKING END.

Well, I now consider my own govt as. the. enemy.

Come after me.

Please.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 04:10 AM (zyIlW)

686 Then there's this...

Bangles, Hazy Shade of Winter

https://youtu.be/TxrwImCJCqk

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) T at July 30, 2015 04:11 AM (OQ9R7)

687 Thanks for the training, assholes.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 04:12 AM (zyIlW)

688 Settle down, Beavis.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) T at July 30, 2015 04:14 AM (OQ9R7)

689 I want revenge.

I want vengeance against those that want to subject my children and grandchildren to slavery.

I want my pound of flesh.

I will get it.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 04:16 AM (zyIlW)

690 And this govt done fucked up in training me to do just that.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 04:17 AM (zyIlW)

691 Hell hath no fury as a woman.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 04:18 AM (zyIlW)

692 I Don't Want to Lose Your Love Tonight...

https://youtu.be/4N1iwQxiHrs

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) T at July 30, 2015 04:18 AM (OQ9R7)

693 Check your email, Slap.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 04:22 AM (zyIlW)

694 Happy-ish Thursday morning, all y'all ...

Posted by: Adriane the Legal Critic ... at July 30, 2015 04:22 AM (qOsoH)

695 BTW, I used to love Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 04:23 AM (zyIlW)

696 "Hell hath no fury as a woman."
-Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 04:18 AM (zyIlW)

You don't even own your preferred platform, Missy.

I'm no more scared of you than a hissing kitty!

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) T at July 30, 2015 04:23 AM (OQ9R7)

697 Chevelle - Revenge

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVUZx_j7cL4

Posted by: a little more Chevelle at July 30, 2015 04:24 AM (w9WoH)

698 *eyes Slap*

Ok.

*Loads up her .50*

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 04:25 AM (zyIlW)

699 >>>BTW, I used to love Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 04:23 AM (zyIlW)<<<

A Mets fan? Or just Doc and The Straw?

Posted by: a little more Chevelle at July 30, 2015 04:25 AM (w9WoH)

700 ...and back after a restart. Looks like a bunch 'o pre Win10 stuff. Anyhoo...

---
Bangles, Hazy Shade of Winter
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) T at July 30, 2015 04:11 AM
--

This Bangles tune, "Return Post", still earworms me.

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

1986. Jesus...

Posted by: TJ Camper at July 30, 2015 04:26 AM (XS4FL)

701 This kitty knows everything there is to go *bang* and *boom*

But do go on....

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 04:26 AM (zyIlW)

702 In the mid-80s, I was a Mets fan.

as well as an A's fan.

But neither came close to my Silver and Black.

Marcus Allen and Bo Jackson.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 04:28 AM (zyIlW)

703 I bleed Silver and Black.

Since I was five years old.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 04:29 AM (zyIlW)

704 I love baseball.

Love football even more.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 04:29 AM (zyIlW)

705 I played shortstop in high school.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 04:31 AM (zyIlW)

706 Softball, of course.

But in my neighborhood, it was baseball.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 04:31 AM (zyIlW)

707 Now, it's all Silver and Black.

Win, Lose, or Tie, Raiders 'til I die.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 04:33 AM (zyIlW)

708 BTW, it was my Raiders Brigade that caught Saddam.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 04:33 AM (zyIlW)

709 Steadfast and Loyal.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 04:35 AM (zyIlW)

710 >>>In the mid-80s, I was a Mets fan.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 04:28 AM (zyIlW)<<<

Same. Started little league in '86, but didn't really follow a major league team up 'til then.

One of the neighbors, who was here for college, got a job working with the Mets, and got us tickets to see a game. He had our family be welcomed on the scoreboard during the game, got hooked on the team.

Problem was... live in MA. That was awkward when it came to World Series time, but I was little (not even 7 yet) and didn't really care for home team loyalty.

Posted by: a little more Chevelle at July 30, 2015 04:37 AM (w9WoH)

711 Full of Sound and Fury, signifying nothing. LOL

You know that I love you, but I will never break the online bond between us.

Thank You for your trust. I will never betray it.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) T at July 30, 2015 04:37 AM (OQ9R7)

712 Let's see if I can get this through in segments:

And in tonight's episode of random stuff from my Firewall logs -- it
appears that something assigned an IP address in a previous insecure
situation is really trying to phone home.

To Be Continued

Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2015 04:38 AM (EzgxV)

713 I was living in Hawaii at the time when I was a Mets fan.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 04:38 AM (zyIlW)

714 Here are some interesting IP addresses -- feel free to ask my why they're interesting if you think they're interesting, too.

95.110.220.7

To Be Continued

Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2015 04:39 AM (EzgxV)

715 Slap,

You're right. I'm no threat to anyone.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 04:39 AM (zyIlW)

716 Ah, so does that also account for being an A's fan?

Kinda like... uh... nevermind...

**wishes to avoid an unnecessary tracheotomy**

Posted by: a little more Chevelle at July 30, 2015 04:41 AM (w9WoH)

717 I'm just a bitch with a cunt that poses no threat to anyone whatsoever.

Fine.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 04:42 AM (zyIlW)

718 Works for me.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 04:44 AM (zyIlW)

719 Maybe I would have more sympathy for Sylva if she would have tweeted what she looked like in the shorts in question.

Posted by: Skip at July 30, 2015 04:45 AM (CFAPf)

720 Believe it or not, this is where Pixy gets balky.

81.2.199.97

74.125.239.46

To Be Continued

Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2015 04:46 AM (EzgxV)

721 95.110.220.7

arudns3.aruba.it

Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 30, 2015 04:46 AM (bZQB+)

722 My "Online Persona" as "Slapweasel" is something that means nothing when Reality comes-a-calling.

It takes a whole-bunch-of Continuous Something to piss me off.

(I'm really hard to piss-off.)

When you do it, you'll know it.

I'd much rather pray for you and offer words of encouragement.

-Your Friendly Neighborhood Slapweasel

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) T at July 30, 2015 04:48 AM (OQ9R7)

723 74.125.239.32-41

72.21.91.29

65.22.6-9.1

Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2015 04:48 AM (EzgxV)

724 That report on Virgin's Spaceship Two doesn't really surprise me. Despite the many shortcoming of today's NASA, one thing they've seemingly done well is a shitload of training. Years of training.

While I do believe that private enterprise will bring tremendous innovation to the market faster than government ever would, I also realize that private industry is designed to make a profit and long, drawn out, seemingly redundant training is not cost-efficient if it can be avoided. Really, it can't be avoided, but bean counters do not always see it that way.

After all, next year's bonuses have to be earned THIS year.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 30, 2015 04:48 AM (PMlgt)

725 Shows as blacklisted by several sites. Seems to be a less than upstanding ad/crapware thingie.

IP Details for 95.110.220.7
IP Address: 95.110.220.7
Long IP: 1601100807
Hostname: arudns3.aruba.it
Related domain: aruba.it

Country: Italy IT

Latitude: 42.833301544189
Longitude: 12.833299636841

Inetnum : 95.110.220.0 - 95.110.220.255
Netname : ARUBA-NET
Descr : Aruba S.p.A. - Mixed Farm1 Services
Country : IT
Admin-c : SS936-RIPE
Tech-c : AN3450-RIPE
Status : ASSIGNED PA
Mnt-by : ARUBA-MNT

Role : ARUBA NOC
Address : Aruba S.p.A.
Address : Loc. Palazzetto 4
Address : 52011 Bibbiena Stazione - Arezzo
Address : Italy
Abuse-mailbox :
Admin-c : SS936-RIPE
Tech-c : SC279-RIPE
Nic-hdl : AN3450-RIPE
Mnt-by : ARUBA-MNT

Person : Susanna Santini
Address : Aruba S.p.A.
Address : Piazza garibaldi 8
Address : 52010 Soci
Phone : +39 0575 0505
Fax-no : +39 0575 862000
Nic-hdl : SS936-RIPE
Mnt-by : ARUBA-MNT

Route : 95.110.192.0/18
Descr : Aruba S.p.A. Network
Origin : AS31034
Mnt-by : ARUBA-MNT

Posted by: TJ Camper at July 30, 2015 04:49 AM (XS4FL)

726
"I'm just a bitch with a cunt that poses no threat to anyone whatsoever.

Fine.A"
-Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 04:42 AM (zyIlW)

Knock it off, Woman.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) T at July 30, 2015 04:49 AM (OQ9R7)

727 62.148.132.7

43.230.48.1

Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2015 04:49 AM (EzgxV)

728 Eat.

A.

Dick.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 04:50 AM (zyIlW)

729 Who's up for calling +39 0575 0505 and asking if their refrigerator is running?

Posted by: TJ Camper at July 30, 2015 04:51 AM (XS4FL)

730 680
So the reason there's an extra > is because this keyboard is f*ed.

I
dumped a bunch of my computer stuff a few months back, but I can dig in
the pile to see if I still have a keyboard if you need one.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 30, 2015 04:03 AM (bZQB+)

Have plenty -- did you note upthread where I had 10 computers online when malware hit?

Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2015 04:52 AM (EzgxV)

731 72.21.91.29 - nmap thinks that could be a compromised netgear router.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 30, 2015 04:53 AM (bZQB+)

732 SMFH, for your consideration:

Never talk down to a tank girl,
For tank girls aren't notably dim.
Never talk down to a tank girl
Or slip up and call her a him.
Live dragons should never be laughed at,
And poking bears only brings strife,
But never talk down to a tank girl
So long as you value your life.

(Completely off the cuff, so apologies if it barely makes sense.)

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at July 30, 2015 04:55 AM (iuQS7)

733 Have plenty -- did you note upthread where I had 10 computers online when malware hit?

Well, sure, but then I've also seen KVM setups for two or three racks worth of boxes. You're in the heart of the Silly Putty valley, who knows what goodies you've picked up, or not.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 30, 2015 04:56 AM (bZQB+)

734 721
95.110.220.7

arudns3.aruba.it

Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 30, 2015 04:46 AM (bZQB+)

A whole lot of these don't play nice with "ping".

Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2015 04:58 AM (EzgxV)

735 731
72.21.91.29 - nmap thinks that could be a compromised netgear router.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 30, 2015 04:53 AM (bZQB+)

Would make sense. Like I said, I'm sorting through MY logs and they are absolutely clogged with shit. I'm just trying to call out the shit.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2015 05:02 AM (EzgxV)

736 732
SMFH, for your consideration:

Never talk down to a tank girl,

For tank girls aren't notably dim.

Never talk down to a tank girl

Or slip up and call her a him.

Live dragons should never be laughed at,

And poking bears only brings strife,

But never talk down to a tank girl

So long as you value your life.

(Completely off the cuff, so apologies if it barely makes sense.)

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at July 30, 2015 04:55 AM (iuQS7)

That was worthy of Kipling. Applause. Applause. Applause.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2015 05:04 AM (EzgxV)

737 That was worthy of Kipling. Applause. Applause. Applause.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2015 05:04 AM (EzgxV)

*curtsey* Thank you, kind sir!

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at July 30, 2015 05:10 AM (iuQS7)

738 I can't believe that Diver went to all that trouble finding Gold.

He should of just asked Mr. Moo Moo for his spare pocket change.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Proud owner of Luap Nor's Last Brain Cell at July 30, 2015 05:11 AM (1aNPq)

739 737
That was worthy of Kipling. Applause. Applause. Applause.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2015 05:04 AM (EzgxV)

*curtsey* Thank you, kind sir!

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at July 30, 2015 05:10 AM (iuQS7)

I wouldn't have said it if it weren't so. Kudos.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2015 05:15 AM (EzgxV)

740

Well, it is well past stupid o'clock here, so I'd best sign off while I can still mostly type straight. Night, all!

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at July 30, 2015 05:19 AM (iuQS7)

741 On a completely different subject, I just pulled the plug on a bunch of hardware. When it awakes again, it'll have a different login and password.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2015 05:19 AM (EzgxV)

742 I've notified the bossman that I'll be late tomorrow, but his 50 GB of data is on it's way.

Set everything that's pushing bits on autopilot.

And I'll leave you all with a little tune from the band Seether, "Rise Above This": https://youtu.be/MEcwdz3DJL0

G'night everyone.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 30, 2015 05:23 AM (bZQB+)

743 Did I mention 184.105.139.106:55865 yet?

Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2015 05:24 AM (EzgxV)

744 Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at July 30, 2015 04:55 AM (iuQS7)

That was really good.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at July 30, 2015 05:27 AM (J+mig)

745 But neither came close to my Silver and Black.

Marcus Allen and Bo Jackson.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 30, 2015 04:28 AM (zyIlW)

Daryle Lamonica and Warren Wells, with George Blanda for shits and giggles.

Posted by: RickZ at July 30, 2015 05:30 AM (HEtQ3)

746 Good to see Sam Houston mentioned. Read about him years ago. I had a German acquiantance who was in Houston, Texas, on business once and asked about the name. He would definitely be worth a movie script.

Posted by: Buckeye Abroad at July 30, 2015 05:38 AM (FmRUL)

747 I'm getting old. I couldn't even find all the kittehs.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Proud owner of Luap Nor's Last Brain Cell at July 30, 2015 05:41 AM (1aNPq)

748 Those shorts weren't all that short. They were unprofessional for a Department Store and that selfie might prove problematic when it comes time for another job.

This is the United States in 2015. We now have 2 generations who have not been taught how to think things trough.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Proud owner of Luap Nor's Last Brain Cell at July 30, 2015 06:28 AM (1aNPq)

749 "I'm getting old. I couldn't even find all the kittehs."

The Dentist has them.

On his wall.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 30, 2015 06:34 AM (VPLuQ)

750 I've asked before and got a few typical "witty" AoSHQ replies but no real info, so here goes again: Is that Yahoo group really a thing? Maet plugs it on every ONT but when I click Yahoo says "I must be a member to perform this action." And a search turns up no Ace group.

Is this some sort of really committed running gag?

Posted by: Kate58 at July 30, 2015 06:36 AM (oLZsm)

751 What kind of Business will take "Compliments about the Cashiers Beard" as a form of exchange?

LoL

Finally done reading the ONT Content. Wheres the morning thread?

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Proud owner of Luap Nor's Last Brain Cell at July 30, 2015 06:39 AM (1aNPq)

752 "Is this some sort of really committed running gag?"

No, it's not a gag.

Give me a minute to track down the e-mail address to subscribe.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 30, 2015 06:40 AM (VPLuQ)

753 Waiting for Vic...

Posted by: Gmac - 'all politics in this country now is dress-rehearsal for civil war' at July 30, 2015 06:40 AM (4pjhs)

754 And no, the group I can post to any time, even home...
Here? Only when I'm at work and its not busy.

#twoweeks

Posted by: Gmac - 'all politics in this country now is dress-rehearsal for civil war' at July 30, 2015 06:41 AM (4pjhs)

755 Kate, send an e-mail here

aceofspadeshq-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 30, 2015 06:42 AM (VPLuQ)

756 On his wall.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 30, 2015 06:34 AM

Strangely, I'm beginning to feel some sympathy for the Murdering Dentist. Not that he's not 17 kinds of jerk for what he did, but he's generating more Outraged Outrage from the Usual Suspects (the MFM, professional lefty weepers, etc.) than the dude who shot up that theater in Denver. WTF are people thinking? Where's the outrage against Zimbabwe? Do you think those Sweet Little Kiddies weeping over "Cecil" even knew the damn lion existed a week ago?

Nowadays, the severity of the crime is determined by the mileage the Special Snowflakes can get out of it.

Posted by: MrScribbler at July 30, 2015 06:42 AM (rCmeG)

757 Le NOOD

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 30, 2015 06:43 AM (VPLuQ)

758 VIA:

"We are unable to process the message ... to aceofspadeshq-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

Memberships of the AceOfSpadesHQ group are by invitation only. If

you want to join this group, please contact the group moderators..."

Posted by: Kate58 at July 30, 2015 06:48 AM (oLZsm)

759 "Do you think those Sweet Little Kiddies weeping over "Cecil" even knew the damn lion existed a week ago?"'

We have video of Fetus (Feti?) being parted out for what appears to be profit creating levels of payment.

And nothing but a yawn.

Screw em'

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 30, 2015 06:49 AM (VPLuQ)

760 "Memberships of the AceOfSpadesHQ group are by invitation only. If

you want to join this group, please contact the group moderators..."
"

Damn, must have changed something.

Let me climb back under the hood and look around.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 30, 2015 06:50 AM (VPLuQ)

761 Sam Houston - the Mitt Romney of his day.

Posted by: Mickey Shwarma at July 30, 2015 07:12 AM (a4/Ug)

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