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aceofspadeshq at gee mail.com CBD: cbd.aoshq at gee mail.com Buck: buck.throckmorton at protonmail.com joe mannix: mannix2024 at proton.me MisHum: petmorons at gee mail.com | Overnight Open Thread (10-1-2015)Now we have reached the point where a Russian general can barge into a US military office in the Middle East and order us to stop flying our aircraft over Syria. Oh, we're still flying, for now - but you can bet that our flights are restricted and careful to the point of paralysis. Suppose you were a white person with a deep-seated dislike for black people, and you were intent on training your son to feel the same way. Suppose that, day after day, week after week, you instructed him to study the details of every instance of black-on-white crime. Say you advised your son to extrapolate from these incidents the notion that black people are generally dangerous, and that your zeal to present him with disturbing anecdotes along these lines never waned. On Wednesday Ta-Nehisi Coates was awarded a 2015 MacArthur Foundation 'Genius Grant'. "And so what we are trying to do now is ensure that every formation in our Army has the appropriate combination of mobility, protection and lethality to overmatch the enemy," he said. "We don't want 14-hour firefights. We want four-second firefights." How The Gleichschaltung Get Done On the sidelines of a United Nations luncheon on Saturday, Merkel was caught on a hot mic pressing Zuckerberg about social media posts about the wave of Syrian refugees entering Germany, the publication reported.
"I know that preventing Iran from developing nuclear weapons remains the official policy of the international community. But no one should question Israel's determination to defend itself against those who seek our destruction. Seventy years after the murder of six million Jews, Iran's rulers promise to destroy my country. Murder my people. And the response from this body, the response from nearly every one of the governments represented here has been absolutely nothing! Utter silence! Deafening silence. [Here, Netanyahu stared out at the assembly in silence for nearly a minute.]" But Allahpundit is probably right about what the UN General Assembly was really thinking. I think this was meant to be reproachful in a sit-there-and-think-about-what-you've-done way. But this audience being what it is, most of them were thinking, "If Iran had gotten on with it already, we wouldn't need to sit here and listen to this Jew talk." Mark Steyn Visits a Cemetary in Malmo On the bench a yard away sat the only other persons in the cemetery - two Arab teens rocking their skateboards back and forth under their feet and eyeing me with a bored half-curiosity. Man Those Refugees Are a Surly Bunch A 25-year-old Palestinian who stabbed a police officer at an asylum centre in Denmark this week is the same man who attacked a Swedish minister earlier in the year, Danish officials have said. My suggestion: Put him on a train to Germany. They love refugees there. Officer May I Suggest You Use The ensuing violence left six police and 11 refugees injured. Police this week, after viewing video footage of the altercation, arrested 15 suspects on charges including attempted manslaughter. Update: The Master is generous and appreciative. If You Think Of It, Cash Is a Form of Liberty, Isn't It? And likely it will be both horrible and useful at the same time. You can already rate restaurants, hotels, movies, college classes, government agencies and bowel movements online. Five Words: Same-Sex Common Law Marriage Welcome to the state-sanctioned marriage party pal. Yes, folks: there are people out there who suddenly got the ability last summer to retroactively sue a former partner for alimony. And there's gonna be a lot of lawyers who will find it reliably profitable to figure out what the law is now. Because Anthony Kennedy couldn't be bothered to work out those details. It's a coin, issued by a real government. Or, at any rate, the government of New Zealand. It has Liz on the other side and everything. It's a proof coin, so it was only ever intended for collectors. But I have to ask myself.collectors of what? In a one-car garage behind 367 Addison Avenue in Palo Alto, California, on January 1, 1939, two friends flipped a coin. They had an invention -- an automatic foul-line indicator for bowling alleys -- $538 in their pockets, and a dream. William Hewlett won the toss and Hewlett-Packard was born. Related: Did Carly Fiorina Destroy HP? As foretold in the Idiocracy prophecies: Models Now 69'ing Down The Runway at Fashion Show Sorry for the bummer of an ONT - you can go here for a pep talk to perk you up. Yahoo group. That is all. Come on be a smartie and join the yahoo group party! And my lo-fi Twitter spew. Tonight's post brought to you by living it is not the same as knowing it: Notice: Posted by permission of AceCorp LLC. Do not taunt happy-fun ball. He's got a .45 and a shovel along with a Buzzion-sized hole already picked out. Comments(Jump to bottom of comments)1
Woot woot ONT baby
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, Model Citizen at October 01, 2015 11:21 PM (7uC+4) 2
God Bless the murdered......
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at October 01, 2015 11:21 PM (0O7c5) 3
Yay, maybe second?
Posted by: Farmer at October 01, 2015 11:22 PM (o/90i) 4
Ahhh, fresh content...
Posted by: Country Singer at October 01, 2015 11:23 PM (nL0sw) 5
Umpqua shooter was a liberal. Went on a rampage to kill Christians...
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/10/01/umpqua-gunman-id-d-as-chris-harper-mercer.html Posted by: 18-1 at October 01, 2015 11:23 PM (5LOno) Posted by: Father Guido Sarducci at October 01, 2015 11:23 PM (8CdUx) 7
I'll apologize in advance if my nic offends anyone.
Posted by: Mr. Healthy Penis at October 01, 2015 11:24 PM (LYCUN) 8
Wowza!!!!!
Posted by: cthulhu at October 01, 2015 11:25 PM (EzgxV) 9
Woot woot ONT baby
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, Model Citizen at October 01, 2015 11:21 PM Hey MH, how's the weather up there? Cooling down here. Still haven't had to turn on the heat so far here. Posted by: Farmer at October 01, 2015 11:25 PM (o/90i) 10
Why would Putin ever think he could shoot down an aircraft and get away with it? Oh right... because he already did. Malaysian Airlines MH17.
Obama's standing in a puddle right now. Utterly pathetic. Posted by: Multitude at October 01, 2015 11:25 PM (c7WnJ) Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 01, 2015 11:25 PM (JmGFJ) 12
there's a man with a gun over there; tellin' me I got to beware
Posted by: Father Guido Sarducci at October 01, 2015 11:26 PM (8CdUx) 13
Baltimore may yet pull this one out.
Posted by: logprof at October 01, 2015 11:26 PM (vsbNu) 14
Col. Ralph Peters: Not a Modern Man
In a Jane D'oh presidency (you guys wish) he'd be chairman of the Pentagon or Defense Dept. Whatever he'd prefer. Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 01, 2015 11:27 PM (FsuaD) 15
And as I wrote in these pages on Monday, the odds are good that Putin will order the shootdown of a US drone or even a manned aircraft, anyway. Why? Because he can.
*** As an interesting question at one point do China and Russia start to worry about our rapid decline? Russia wants control of Eastern Europe and some presence in the Middle East. China wants the Pacific Rim. But absent America at all, Islam is likely to rage across the globe... Posted by: 18-1 at October 01, 2015 11:28 PM (5LOno) 16
I read all of the content.
I am a better person because of it. Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 01, 2015 11:25 PM I usually feel the same way. Always respect your posts weft. Be well. T Posted by: Farmer at October 01, 2015 11:29 PM (o/90i) 17
Farmer happy early BD wishes
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, Model Citizen at October 01, 2015 11:29 PM (Omh3b) 18
It rather seems like it is 1979 all over again. Except this time Carter figured out how to bribe people with made up dollars he produced out of thin air.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 01, 2015 11:29 PM (5LOno) 19
So since this shooter is not like the Charleston shooter he'll be disappeared in a matter of hours.
Posted by: logprof at October 01, 2015 11:30 PM (vsbNu) Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 01, 2015 11:30 PM (JmGFJ) 21
Heh. O'Reilly interviewing a vet student on the campus.
"What kind of weapon did you have?" Vet: "Concealed" O'reilly: "But what kind of weapon?" Vet student: "A Glock." Gee, that's the same weapon my son carries open/concealed. Yet, son's campus won't allow him to carry on campus. Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 01, 2015 11:30 PM (FsuaD) 22
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So since this shooter is not like the Charleston shooter he'll be disappeared in a matter of hours. Posted by: logprof at October 01, 2015 11:30 PM (vsbNu) Well, he's not a young, white redneck. So yes. Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 01, 2015 11:31 PM (FsuaD) 23
Bring back the $500 bill
Posted by: tmitsss at October 01, 2015 11:32 PM (Pa9vP) 24
Maet, no apology needed. You work with what's out there. Seriously I thank you, ace & the other cobs. Dealing with current affairs day in day out would take the starch out of me
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, Model Citizen at October 01, 2015 11:32 PM (Oy0zJ) 25
Yo....
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at October 01, 2015 11:32 PM (2JASz) 26
Good ONT.
Yelp for people. One of my nightmares is to be accused of something by my neighbors; witchcraft, pedophilia, registered sex offender, racism, or conservative political ideology. Yelp will help those who would accuse their neighbors of some crime against humanity. How do you get your reputation back after being unjustly accused of misogyny, or beating your wife? Posted by: Hayfield Volkovski at October 01, 2015 11:33 PM (Ifu3j) 27
This OT is so much better than the march it down the field, sudden-death FG OTs of the past.
Posted by: logprof at October 01, 2015 11:33 PM (vsbNu) 28
How do you get your reputation back after being unjustly accused of misogyny, or beating your wife?
___ You set the bitches straight. Posted by: Sean Connery at October 01, 2015 11:34 PM (5LOno) 29
Is it wrong to admire how the Italians dispensed with Mussolini after his fascism resulted in defeat and utter devastation?
'Cause we sure are teetering on the brink of defeat and utter devastation. Jim Sunk New Dawn Galveston, TX Posted by: Jim at October 01, 2015 11:34 PM (McRlu) 30
Posted by: Hayfield Volkovski at October 01, 2015 11:33 PM (Ifu3j)
That's a really scary thought, but that's about where we're headed. The internet "social justice" mobs will want a convenient one-stop shop for their denunciations and hate spewings. Posted by: Commissar Cato, Communism Coping Coordinator at October 01, 2015 11:34 PM (HalrA) 31
Hmm. Left the red sock on. Whoops.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at October 01, 2015 11:35 PM (HalrA) 32
The Daily Mail has a photo of the shooter. He looks like he may be another one of those sons Obama never had. Is there a racial as well as religious motivation ?
Posted by: Tuna at October 01, 2015 11:35 PM (JSovD) 33
Hewlett-Packard....Smith & Wesson. Strange how these things get started.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at October 01, 2015 11:35 PM (2JASz) 34
It's so cool that Obama got all fired up over this campus shooting, while Pooty-Poot is eating his lunch and giving Kerry an atomic wedgie.
I told my husband tonight, I'm convinced we've lived long enough to witness (and not necessarily survive) nuclear war. And my husband agreed. Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 01, 2015 11:36 PM (FsuaD) 35
@15. 18-1, no faith in the Chinese or Russians to clamp down on Isis? America will be sucking hind tit if this developers fast
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, Model Citizen at October 01, 2015 11:36 PM (2zd9l) 36
It rather seems like it is 1979 all over again. Except this time Carter figured out how to bribe people with made up dollars he produced out of thin air.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 01, 2015 11:29 PM (5LOno) **** If we're going to back to '79, I at least want my body at the time and girlfriend at that time back. *Brigid, you little minx* Posted by: ManWithNoParty at October 01, 2015 11:36 PM (dwpEi) 37
...and there is something about the news coverage of this shooting in Oregon that just seems . . . different.
Posted by: Hayfield Volkovski at October 01, 2015 11:36 PM (Ifu3j) 38
Peeple, the digital slam book from junior high.
We're regressing as a society. Idiocy Chronicles indeed. Posted by: BackwardsBoy at October 01, 2015 11:36 PM (LUgeY) 39
My initial reaction with the Syria/Putin FUBAR is that Obama is being purposefully embarrassed by Putin. But then I recalled the whole "After the election, I'll have more flexibility" message Obama sent Putin right before the 2012 election and I started wondering if maybe this "Putin embarrasses Obama in Syria" is just a ploy/distraction and everything is going according to plan.
Posted by: Dancing Queen at October 01, 2015 11:36 PM (nJvB1) 40
Is it wrong to admire how the Italians dispensed with Mussolini after his fascism resulted in defeat and utter devastation?
*** I'd like to point out that Italy knew that you take your despot out and shoot him cleanly. Not like Obama's buddies did to Mummar... Posted by: 18-1 at October 01, 2015 11:36 PM (5LOno) Posted by: rickl at October 01, 2015 11:36 PM (sdi6R) 42
Mike Vick has put up a dogged performance tonight.
Posted by: logprof at October 01, 2015 11:36 PM (vsbNu) 43
One of my new favorite denizens of the Internets, also known as "InternetAristocrat" (Jim) or now known as "MisterMetokur", just made a video about this "Yelp for People".
Peeple: The Worst Kind Of People http://tinyurl.com/nszoplu Posted by: Thrawn at October 01, 2015 11:36 PM (wZ2hu) 44
I scrolled for what felt like forever. Which is always GOOD because a Maet content rich ONT can last me well into the next day checking out the links. The guy visits a lot more sites than I do for sure, but I've actually bookmarked several of them linked in various ONTs which I now return to for new content.
I actually had another, important point but totally forgot it. It's either alcohol, the toilet bowl cleaner I used 15 minutes ago and which I can still smell, or both. Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 01, 2015 11:37 PM (4ErVI) 45
'll apologize in advance if my nic offends anyone.
Posted by: Mr. Healthy Penis Well, at least you're not Mr. Sick Dick. He's from Arkansas, from a place called Hope. You dope. Posted by: Bossy Conservative....lost in America at October 01, 2015 11:37 PM (+1T7c) 46
23: They want to get rid of the $100. The elite cabal that runs this place and the work financial system would love to get rid of cash. They use crime and drugs as an excuse. But it's all about control and Big Brother.
And there's other stuff too: Hell, they'd love to implement negative interest rates (their formulae tell them that's what called for to really pump the economy and all that). Can't do that with cash easily. Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at October 01, 2015 11:37 PM (dvuhZ) 47
Hillary Clinton had to ask in 2010 at 60+ years old what fubar means
and this mean old lady want to be presidentin?? Posted by: Jake at October 01, 2015 11:37 PM (UjWpY) 48
"How do you get your reputation back after being unjustly accused of misogyny, or beating your wife? "
It's like "Branded." When you know you're a man, but, live with a lie. Posted by: Ricardo Kill at October 01, 2015 11:37 PM (2JASz) 49
Did Obama actually refer to himself 28 times in a 12 minute speech? That seems mentally ill.
Posted by: Northernlurker, feeling grumpy today at October 01, 2015 11:38 PM (4rzL1) Posted by: Juanita Broaddrick at October 01, 2015 11:38 PM (xzGte) Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at October 01, 2015 11:38 PM (9jeGC) 52
The Daily Mail has a photo of the shooter. He looks like he may be another one of those sons Obama never had. Is there a racial as well as religious motivation ?
*** He identified as mixed race...so yeah just like Obama. Speaking of which, someone pointed out to me if Obama was president of Kenya he would be their first white president... Posted by: 18-1 at October 01, 2015 11:38 PM (5LOno) 53
A healthy penis is a happy penis. And a happy penis makes its owner happy.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at October 01, 2015 11:39 PM (dvuhZ) 54
Pittsburgh may rue that play call on 4th and 1.
Posted by: logprof at October 01, 2015 11:39 PM (vsbNu) 55
Hope he fought & killed dogs better than he passes
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, Model Citizen at October 01, 2015 11:39 PM (vL/IL) 56
6 there's something happening here;
Posted by: Father Guido Sarducci at October 01, 2015 11:23 PM (8CdUx) FIFY. Posted by: Uncle Bob at October 01, 2015 11:39 PM (sdi6R) 57
36 It rather seems like it is 1979 all over again. Except this time Carter figured out how to bribe people with made up dollars he produced out of thin air.
Posted by: 18-1 ----------------------- Unfortunately, I don't see a Dutch on the horizon. Posted by: Chi at October 01, 2015 11:40 PM (d2P4e) 58
29 Is it wrong to admire how the Italians dispensed with Mussolini after his fascism resulted in defeat and utter devastation?
'Cause we sure are teetering on the brink of defeat and utter devastation. Jim Sunk New Dawn Galveston, TX Posted by: Jim at October 01, 2015 11:34 PM (McRlu) The Romanians got pretty efficient with Ceaucescu once they decided they were done with him. Posted by: cthulhu at October 01, 2015 11:40 PM (EzgxV) 59
A healthy penis is a happy penis. And a happy penis makes its owner happy.
___ Hey sharing is caring. Posted by: Barack Obama at October 01, 2015 11:40 PM (5LOno) 60
"Is it wrong to admire how the Italians dispensed with Mussolini after his fascism resulted in defeat and utter devastation? "
No, they did a grand job of it and paid the resipients all due respect. Posted by: Ricardo Kill at October 01, 2015 11:40 PM (2JASz) 61
The Inequality of Flags
It's kinda funny how these alleged supporters of civil liberties don't have a problem with a flag, or any message or exercise of liberty, being banned if they disagree with its message. More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=9978 Posted by: The 21st Century Hat at October 01, 2015 11:40 PM (vBeA5) 62
Still the right call not to kick.
Posted by: All Teh Meh at October 01, 2015 11:40 PM (VviqM) 63
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The Daily Mail has a photo of the shooter. He looks like he may be another one of those sons Obama never had. Is there a racial as well as religious motivation ? Yeah, he lived with his mother in SoCal and moved to Oregon. So, he could be an actual son of Obama, if Obama was into women. Or something. And yes, this story will disappear more quickly than the Clinton's cat, Socks. Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 01, 2015 11:40 PM (FsuaD) 64
How do you get your reputation back after being unjustly accused of misogyny, or beating your wife?
At one time, we had laws against libel and slander. Not so sure they're still around. Treason too. Posted by: BackwardsBoy at October 01, 2015 11:40 PM (LUgeY) 65
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The perpetual child. Me, me, me..... There is no one but me. Posted by: Tuna at October 01, 2015 11:40 PM (JSovD) 66
*taunts Happy-Fun Ball*
Happy-Fun Ball has the accuracy of an Imperial Stormtrooper. SAYS THE DEAD MAN Posted by: buzzion at October 01, 2015 11:40 PM (zt+N6) Posted by: SMOD at October 01, 2015 11:41 PM (5LOno) 68
Hey, where all da white wimmen at?
Posted by: Sheriff Bart at October 01, 2015 11:41 PM (ham8J) 69
47 Hillary Clinton had to ask in 2010 at 60+ years old what fubar means
and this mean old lady want to be presidentin?? Posted by: Jake at October 01, 2015 11:37 PM (UjWpY) Grocery shopping tonight, the National Enquierer front page has Hillary dying in 6 months. I got glances while I was laughing asking out loud who wants to start a pool. Mrs. MH not happy, again Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, Model Citizen at October 01, 2015 11:42 PM (P4OkF) 70
buzzion, wtf is up with the rumors of your death? I was away for a bit.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 01, 2015 11:42 PM (FsuaD) 71
Jane: Please "War Department."
Posted by: CMU VET at October 01, 2015 11:42 PM (ejB0r) 72
Regardless of what fool becomes Prez in 2017, Putin and his Iranian buddies will have had about 16 months uninterrupted to consolidate a Russian-Iranian alliance and spread their influence all throughout the ME. Israel might be able to put the kibosh on part of that, but who knows given the kind of Russian assets now in Syria.
Then we got the upcoming 9-Dash-Line War. Interesting times, donchta think? Posted by: Thrawn at October 01, 2015 11:43 PM (wZ2hu) 73
70 buzzion, wtf is up with the rumors of your death? I was away for a bit.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 01, 2015 11:42 PM (FsuaD) Pixy is our generations Ouija. Woo hoo! Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at October 01, 2015 11:43 PM (9jeGC) 74
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Jane: Please "War Department." Posted by: CMU VET at October 01, 2015 11:42 PM (ejB0r) wut? (it's late) Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 01, 2015 11:43 PM (FsuaD) 75
Has what's his face returned to the blog to imply that this shooting is also all a hoax?
SAYS THE DEAD MAN Posted by: buzzion at October 01, 2015 11:44 PM (zt+N6) 76
buzzion, wtf is up with the rumors of your death? I was away for a bit.
Posted by: Jane D'oh He haunts us, he does. It's a little bit eerie for my tastes. The Haunted AoS. Well, it is getting near Halloween. Posted by: Bossy Conservative....lost in America at October 01, 2015 11:44 PM (+1T7c) 77
70 buzzion, wtf is up with the rumors of your death? I was away for a bit.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 01, 2015 11:42 PM (FsuaD) Buzzion has always been dead. And Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia. Posted by: rickl at October 01, 2015 11:44 PM (sdi6R) 78
Farmer happy early BD wishes
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, Model Citizen at October 01, 2015 TY kind sir. Hopefully you can give me some guidance thru my 60s. You seem a wise man. Posted by: Farmer at October 01, 2015 11:45 PM (o/90i) 79
" wtf is up with the rumors of your death? I was away for a bit."
Horrible whorehouse incident. I died too. But not as bad. Posted by: Ricardo Kill at October 01, 2015 11:45 PM (2JASz) Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at October 01, 2015 11:45 PM (9jeGC) 81
70 buzzion, wtf is up with the rumors of your death? I was away for a bit.
--------- He had a rich, full life. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at October 01, 2015 11:45 PM (ham8J) Posted by: logprof at October 01, 2015 11:45 PM (vsbNu) 83
Buzzion is really Snake Plissken. "I heard you were dead."
Posted by: Thrawn at October 01, 2015 11:45 PM (wZ2hu) 84
buzzion, wtf is up with the rumors of your death? I was away for a bit.
Posted by: Jane ------------------ Ahem. It's wise to be respectful when communicating with The Great Beyond. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 01, 2015 11:45 PM (Z58Xa) 85
Can buzzion channel cat piss girl? That would be...interesting.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 01, 2015 11:45 PM (FsuaD) 86
Damn, Ravens pull it out in Pittsburgh.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at October 01, 2015 11:45 PM (LUgeY) 87
And the Ravens pull their chestnuts out of the fire in Pittsburgh.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....lost in America at October 01, 2015 11:46 PM (+1T7c) 88
The models 69ing down the runway pics are not so good. They're actually really bad.
Posted by: L, Elle at October 01, 2015 11:46 PM (geVJ9) 89
If you want to know what buzzion has to say from the other side... call me now!
Posted by: Miss Cleo at October 01, 2015 11:46 PM (xzGte) 90
Is it wrong to admire how the Italians dispensed with Mussolini after his fascism resulted in defeat and utter devastation?
'Cause we sure are teetering on the brink of defeat and utter devastation. Jim Sunk New Dawn Galveston, TX Posted by: Jim at October 01, 2015 11:34 PM (McRlu) Well, it was Communist partisans that killed Mussolini and his mistress, and I think the real reason for their nastiness in the matter was not so much what Mussolini did, but that he did it under the banner of Fascism, and not under the banner of International Socialism, to which banner they considered him a traitor. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 01, 2015 11:46 PM (0yhH4) 91
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36 It rather seems like it is 1979 all over again. Except this time Carter figured out how to bribe people with made up dollars he produced out of thin air. Posted by: 18-1 ----------------------- Unfortunately, I don't see a Dutch on the horizon. Posted by: Chi at October 01, 2015 11:40 PM (d2P4e) We're not seeing the high interest rates people had to sign up to in order to get a car or a home. Double digit scary stuff. A couple of years ago my Father and I were talking about Carter and he said he didn't see what the big stink was all about. Remembering those years and the fact that Dad had a solid job in sales I was able to tell him he didn't think much of it because he had a job and a job that he held on to throughout that horrible time. Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 01, 2015 11:47 PM (4ErVI) 92
If the shooter turns out to have voted for Obama -- twice -- what are the odds the story will die a quiet death?
Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 01, 2015 11:47 PM (FsuaD) 93
be very nice to Buzzion,
he can watch you fap you know Posted by: Jake at October 01, 2015 11:47 PM (UjWpY) 94
"I got glances while I was laughing asking out loud who wants to start a pool. Mrs. MH not happy, again"
I'll put $20 on March 2017. Posted by: Ricardo Kill at October 01, 2015 11:47 PM (2JASz) 95
Evenin' everyone.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 01, 2015 11:47 PM (YJmuy) Posted by: Jim at October 01, 2015 11:47 PM (McRlu) 97
*Points at Steeler fans and laughs*
Posted by: Raider Nation at October 01, 2015 11:47 PM (zyIlW) 98
I died too. But not as bad.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill ----------------- Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 01, 2015 11:48 PM (Z58Xa) 99
OK nightcrawlers, it really is bedtime for Bonzo this time.
Y'all have fun and try not to trash the place, 'k? Posted by: BackwardsBoy at October 01, 2015 11:48 PM (LUgeY) 100
Mark Steyn is without equal anywhere in today's political commentariat. The fact National Review fired him showed not only had the magazine lost its political way, but its old intellectual chops also left the building many years ago.
Steyn's work grows more profound each day. The world is lucky to have him, if only to record the final days of Western Civilization, a modern Josephus chronicling things he surely finds painful. Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at October 01, 2015 11:48 PM (pq97T) 101
70 buzzion, wtf is up with the rumors of your death? I was away for a bit.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 01, 2015 11:42 PM (FsuaD) Its all Fenelonspoke's fault. SAYS THE DEAD MAN Posted by: buzzion at October 01, 2015 11:48 PM (zt+N6) 102
The models 69ing down the runway pics are not so good. They're actually really bad. Posted by: L, Elle The weird tastelessness and vulgarity of the present culture will continue to get worse until we all go nuts. That's the plan. Posted by: Bossy Conservative....lost in America at October 01, 2015 11:48 PM (+1T7c) Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at October 01, 2015 11:49 PM (W5DcG) 104
"The Facebook CEO was overheard responding that 'we need to do some work'
on curtailing anti-immigrant posts about the refugee crisis. 'Are you working on this?' Merkel asked in English, to which Zuckerberg replied in the affirmative before the transmission was disrupted." Just as with the endless leftist bullshit of Hollyweird, self-proclaimed conservatives will erupt in outrage, but will they cease to use Farcebook? In the vast majority of cases, no. And this is why we lose. Over and over. GIVE US LIBERTY OR GIVE US DEATH!!! Oh, wait. We might lose access to our all-important social media and infotainment? Let's not be hasty here. We better think this through. Perhaps this "liberty" business is negotiable. Posted by: torquewrench at October 01, 2015 11:49 PM (noWW6) 105
Yeah, those 69'ers ain't all that. But I'd still hit it.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at October 01, 2015 11:49 PM (dvuhZ) 106
The weird tastelessness and vulgarity of the present culture will continue to get worse until we all go nuts.
That's the plan. For once I'm ahead of the plan! Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 01, 2015 11:49 PM (YJmuy) 107
Friend just posted this number 202-456-1414.
He had to work the TFG inauguration and had it in his phone since then. He's out now. Supposedly goes directly to someone in the West Wing. Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at October 01, 2015 11:50 PM (9jeGC) 108
Is it wrong to admire how the Italians dispensed with Mussolini after his fascism resulted in defeat and utter devastation?
------------------------- Yes and no. The people that did it, would do the same to you. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 01, 2015 11:50 PM (Z58Xa) 109
I guess my late dad was weird, but when we were kids living in Germany (Air Force) and my mom and dad took us on all their travels, we stayed in a lovely hotel on Lake Como, Italy. And the next day, we did a trip across the lake to see where Mussolini and his mistress were hung.
I still remember the place. It was actually pretty. I suppose I should be f*cked up, but I loved all my dad's history on our trips. Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 01, 2015 11:50 PM (FsuaD) 110
We're not seeing the high interest rates people had to sign up to in order to get a car or a home. Double digit scary stuff.
I'd like to see that on my savings accounts. I don't need to borrow any. Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at October 01, 2015 11:51 PM (W5DcG) 111
97 *Points at Steeler fans and laughs*
Posted by: Raider Nation at October 01, 2015 11:47 PM (zyIlW) --SMFH? Posted by: logprof at October 01, 2015 11:51 PM (vsbNu) 112
Buzzion got squished by the Happy Fun Ball and won't admit it.
We keep burying him and he keeps climbing out. He's sorta a semi-zombie. Head shots won't work. Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at October 01, 2015 11:51 PM (x3GpS) 113
Hillary Clinton had to ask in 2010 at 60+ years old what fubar means
------ "Huma? Bring me a drink. And get someone in here to change my underwear." Posted by: Daybrother disheartened at October 01, 2015 11:51 PM (QaXGs) 114
Good news, everyone! Another year of free credit reports.: T-Mobile said on Thursday that around 15 million of its U.S. customers may have been exposed in a data breach at one of its vendors. The hackers compromised encrypted data at Experian, which processes the telecom carriers credit applications, sometime between Sept. 1, 2013 and Sept. 16 of this year. The stolen data includes Social Security numbers and other ID numbers, such as drivers licenses or passport numbers. On the upside, guess which company also protects data on the Federal Obamacare exchange..... Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at October 01, 2015 11:51 PM (kdS6q) 115
I hope this isn't true or else what does it mean, that the Taliban has some sophisticated portable anti-air missiles?
@ILNewsFlash BREAKING: Taliban says it shot down the crashed US C-130 plane in #Afghanistan that killed 12 including 5 #Americans Posted by: Thrawn at October 01, 2015 11:51 PM (wZ2hu) 116
"It was a hell of a shock when you came around. Sorry about the bruises."
Think nothing of it. Thanks for slapping me back. I owe you one. Posted by: Ricardo Kill at October 01, 2015 11:51 PM (2JASz) Posted by: Raider Nation at October 01, 2015 11:51 PM (zyIlW) 118
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The models 69ing down the runway pics are not so good. They're actually really bad. Posted by: L, Elle The weird tastelessness and vulgarity of the present culture will continue to get worse until we all go nuts. That's the plan. Posted by: Bossy Conservative....lost in America at October 01, 2015 11:48 PM (+1T7c) Wasn't that touched on in Zoolander? Homeless fashion or something Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at October 01, 2015 11:51 PM (9jeGC) 119
It's a comment line.
Posted by: Raider Nation at October 01, 2015 11:52 PM (zyIlW) 120
The San Francisco 69'ers.
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 01, 2015 11:52 PM (PJ0bc) 121
Jane: Col. Peters for Secretary of renamed War Department. The designation it once carried.
Posted by: CMU VET at October 01, 2015 11:52 PM (ejB0r) 122
Yep. Derelicte. The trash trend.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at October 01, 2015 11:52 PM (9jeGC) 123
Steyn's work grows more profound each day. The world
is lucky to have him, if only to record the final days of Western Civilization, a modern Josephus chronicling things he surely finds painful. Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat Did you watch the video of his speech in Copenhagen that Maetenloch linked the other night? It's on his website. The speech is 49 minutes long. It is both funny, sad, tragic and melancholy. A real tour-de-force in summarizing the declining state of free speech in the West today. Posted by: Bossy Conservative....lost in America at October 01, 2015 11:52 PM (+1T7c) Posted by: A Good Steel Shovel at October 01, 2015 11:53 PM (ham8J) 125
Buzzion is kind of a nagging ghost wife. He won't stop running his ghost mouth on threads. It's really becoming burdensome. And here he is again on the ONT reminding us that he is not dead-dead.
Posted by: L, Elle at October 01, 2015 11:53 PM (geVJ9) 126
107 Friend just posted this number 202-456-1414.
He had to work the TFG inauguration and had it in his phone since then. He's out now. Supposedly goes directly to someone in the West Wing. i'll just leave this here in case anyone wants to have some fun https://www.spooftel.com/freecall/ Posted by: All Teh Meh at October 01, 2015 11:53 PM (VviqM) Posted by: Vlad the Impaler at October 01, 2015 11:54 PM (OiFtZ) 128
Is Jeff Goldblum with you?
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 01, 2015 11:54 PM (PJ0bc) Posted by: Hawkins1701 at October 01, 2015 11:54 PM (XiFxt) 130
Hillary Clinton had to ask in 2010 at 60+ years old what fubar means
--------------- Ironic that it is descriptive of everything she has ever touched. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 01, 2015 11:54 PM (Z58Xa) 131
Sweasel: WTF?
True story: Australia issued a gold coin commemorating the Battle of the Coral Sea which featured a battleship. *double facepalm* Posted by: rickl at October 01, 2015 11:54 PM (sdi6R) Posted by: SMFH at it all at October 01, 2015 11:54 PM (zyIlW) Posted by: buzzion at October 01, 2015 11:54 PM (zt+N6) 134
@ILNewsFlash BREAKING: Taliban says it shot down the crashed US C-130 plane in #Afghanistan that killed 12 including 5 #Americans Posted by: Thrawn at October 01, 2015 11:51 PM (wZ2hu) Heard that this evening. Neither the Air Force or Marines are acknowledging the plane, but casualties are expected. I hope to God if there were Marines on board, none of them were friends of our son's. I don't know how he'd handle it. Awful summer for him and his buddies. Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 01, 2015 11:54 PM (FsuaD) 135
Not sure that I'm going to agree with that Ralph Peters conclusion that Putin is 'just bluffing', and would fold if Obama called the bluff.
Posted by: Hayfield Volkovski at October 01, 2015 11:55 PM (Ifu3j) 136
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I think I'll go for a walk. I feel happy! I feel happy! Posted by: buzzion at October 01, 2015 11:54 PM (zt+N6) I, for one, am glad you're alive. (If you're not, can I have your stuff?) Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 01, 2015 11:56 PM (FsuaD) 137
Posted by: Raider Nation at October 01, 2015 11:51 PM (zyIlW)
So it is the White House. I know he posted it because the CinC isn't his CinC anymore but he was asking people to call in and express their disgust. Did TFG do something today (besides the normal enfuckering) Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at October 01, 2015 11:56 PM (9jeGC) 138
Okay, quick question:
We frequently cite/refer to the famous novel The Camp Of the Saints by Jean Raspaile. However, is there a Moron who has read it in full? I have heard nothing but praise for that novel, including from writers who read it 40 years ago, but I'd love to hear a take from someone who's read it recently. . . . Posted by: logprof at October 01, 2015 11:56 PM (vsbNu) 139
out
Posted by: Jake at October 01, 2015 11:56 PM (UjWpY) 140
Polling Horde intelligence - what are factors in dog cancer? Sister had to put down her dog for that this week ... was a little over a year old.
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at October 01, 2015 11:56 PM (1D4Ef) 141
"He won't stop running his ghost mouth on threads. It's really becoming burdensome. And here he is again on the ONT reminding us that he is not dead-dead."
Ya, know, Buzz is of the vapor, but he's transmitting back to us the worries of the afterlife. I thank him for that. It's like having a spy in Heaven. *Tilts one for Buzz* Posted by: Ricardo Kill at October 01, 2015 11:56 PM (2JASz) 142
The San Francisco 69'ers.
San Jose DJ Dennis Erectus promised that if he was erected president in 1984 he would change the the name of the 49'ers to the 69'ers. He also promised some other stuff that upset a few people. For some reason he didn't win. Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 01, 2015 11:56 PM (YJmuy) Posted by: buzzion at October 01, 2015 11:57 PM (zt+N6) Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 01, 2015 11:58 PM (0yhH4) 145
"Bring back the $500 bill
Posted by: tmitsss" Hell, the way things are going it may be more like the $500,000 bill. Posted by: AshevilleRobert at October 01, 2015 11:58 PM (Wo9OY) 146
Is buzzion really dead? Because my priest said it's a lie!
Posted by: cat piss girl at October 01, 2015 11:58 PM (FsuaD) 147
I, for one, am glad you're alive. (If you're not, can I have your stuff?)
Posted by: Jane D'oh ---------------------- That shit was rifled through within minutes of his death. Ace got the best stuff. That was what, a month ago? There is nothing left that you would want, ma'am. Posted by: Chi at October 01, 2015 11:58 PM (d2P4e) 148
Um, RK, buzz ain't in Heaven.
Posted by: L, Elle at October 02, 2015 12:00 AM (geVJ9) 149
"Bring back the $500 bill
Posted by: tmitsss" Hell, the way things are going it may be more like the $500,000 bill. Posted by: AshevilleRobert at October 01, 2015 11:58 PM (Wo9OY) You want the $500 dollar bill You'll accept an inflated $500,000 bill You'll get 1s and 0s controlled by the Federal Reserve Posted by: The Monatary Hat at October 02, 2015 12:00 AM (vBeA5) 150
Hell, the way things are going it may be more like the $500,000 bill.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at October 01, 2015 11:58 PM (Wo9OY) It'll be a 500,000,000,000 bill. And President Camacho will be on it, as well as the new national motto "Haulin Ass and Makin Cash." Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at October 02, 2015 12:00 AM (HalrA) 151
Think you'll ever hear the truth from this admin?
Or its mouthpiece, the MFM? Posted by: SMFH at it all at October 01, 2015 11:54 PM (zyIlW) Told the truth twice as far as I can tell. Prices will rise and fundamental change. Thanks 53 percent. Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at October 02, 2015 12:00 AM (9jeGC) 152
131 Sweasel: WTF?
True story: Australia issued a gold coin commemorating the Battle of the Coral Sea which featured a battleship. *double facepalm* Posted by: rickl at October 01, 2015 11:54 PM (sdi6R) I should explain. The salient feature of the Battle of the Coral Sea was that it was the first naval engagement in history where the opposing fleets never saw each other. That was because they both had aircraft carriers and fought at long range. Posted by: rickl at October 02, 2015 12:00 AM (sdi6R) 153
Put into/Lavrov are kicking ass.
TFG/Kerry are working the late night circuit. Why the F would you book Kerry?!? Even for a LIV or Lib that has to be unwatchable. Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at October 02, 2015 12:02 AM (9jeGC) Posted by: Ricardo Kill at October 02, 2015 12:03 AM (2JASz) 155
Put into= Putin
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at October 02, 2015 12:04 AM (9jeGC) 156
"True story: Australia issued a gold coin commemorating the Battle of the Coral Sea which featured a battleship."
I don't know where it came from, but the imagery and media class all over the world have gotten it into their collective empty heads that any naval surface combatant of any sort must be a "battleship". There are instances of journos referring to unarmored, barely weaponed, built to merchant marine standards LCSes as "battleships". It would be fun to see the test results of an uncrewed LCS taking fire from merely the antiaircraft batteries of an Iowa-class battlewagon. My money is on immediate catastrophic fire, loss of steerage way, loss of watertight integrity, and sinking within ten minutes. Posted by: torquewrench at October 02, 2015 12:04 AM (noWW6) 157
129 Derbyshire's response to Kyle Smith
http://www.vdare.com/posts/derb-the-white-ta-nehisi-coates Posted by: Hawkins1701 at October 01, 2015 11:54 PM (XiFxt) I'm glad to see Derbyshire punched back. That was a bullshit hit piece by Smith. Posted by: Insomniac at October 02, 2015 12:04 AM (kpqmD) Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at October 02, 2015 12:04 AM (ham8J) 159
Buzzion is kind of a nagging ghost wife. Posted by: L, Elle Basically this --- more or less: The Ghost and Mrs. Muir www.youtube.com/watch?v=el4ooVafQ8Y "and Scruffy." Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at October 02, 2015 12:05 AM (kdS6q) 160
The new model for Carls Jr burger advertisement is Kara Del Toro, and for my taste, she will replace Kate Upton as the hottie you wish to motorboat her mammygooglers. Posted by: Doctor Fish at October 02, 2015 12:05 AM (OiFtZ) Posted by: buzzion at October 02, 2015 12:05 AM (zt+N6) 162
150 Hell, the way things are going it may be more like the $500,000 bill.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at October 01, 2015 11:58 PM (Wo9OY) It'll be a 500,000,000,000 bill. And President Camacho will be on it, as well as the new national motto "Haulin Ass and Makin Cash." Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at October 02, 2015 12:00 AM (HalrA) Brought to you by Carl's Jr. Posted by: Insomniac at October 02, 2015 12:05 AM (kpqmD) 163
It's going to be terribly uncomfortable if the shooter/murderer turns out to be a #BlackLivesMatter activist or worse.
Bad enough the douche resembles Obama's imaginary son. The fact the killer was asking "what religion" before he executed the poor victims, sounds like either a whacked out atheist or...practitioner of the Religion of Peace? I wonder how soon we'll know? After Charleston, we knew within hours the killer was a racist, white, redneck. What's different about this shooting? Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 12:06 AM (FsuaD) Posted by: Ricardo Kill at October 02, 2015 12:06 AM (2JASz) 165
Evening, horde. I was watching the Ravens game on delay, so I couldn't risk reading the comments until now. Yay, Sportsball!
Posted by: DC in River City at October 02, 2015 12:07 AM (e+1S5) 166
Posted by: logprof
Sorry read it in full in '74 or '75 I think. Seemed possible but highly unlikely. Same year I read a piece by the son of the Air Force Col stationed in Saudi who was liason with the Pentagon. He lived there growing up and said that Americans had no idea what the Muslim world really thought of them. he predicted the United States would be attacked by Muslims by the turn of the century and be embroiled in a religious war. Guy just passed a few years ago. He was a fucking prophet. I still remember more of his non fiction warning than the "Camp". Posted by: Daybrother disheartened at October 02, 2015 12:07 AM (QaXGs) 167
Ginger Thursday ONT Compliance Pics
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/649627608729169921 https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/649627795480518656 https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/649627968906653696 https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/649628144664739840 Posted by: kbdabear at October 02, 2015 12:08 AM (GrXXa) 168
See you in month bitches.
Posted by: Jack Lew at October 02, 2015 12:08 AM (j29PP) 169
I'm really annoyed that we were all jerked around all day with the identity of the OR shooter. Where did we get the name Shiv Sharma btw???
Posted by: L, Elle at October 02, 2015 12:08 AM (geVJ9) 170
Not sure that I'm going to agree with that Ralph Peters conclusion that Putin is 'just bluffing', and would fold if Obama called the bluff.
Posted by: Hayfield Volkovski at October 01, 2015 11:55 PM (Ifu3j) By "fold," I think that he must mean Putin would double over in laughter. I've got a bad feeling about the Middle East over the next year. We're gonna' need new maps. Posted by: Michael the Hobbit at October 02, 2015 12:09 AM (dPpmC) 171
More Ginger Thursday ONT Compliance Pics
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/649628283810783233 https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/649628456544796672 https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/649628612392579072 https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/649628783834742784 Posted by: kbdabear at October 02, 2015 12:09 AM (GrXXa) 172
165 Evening, horde. I was watching the Ravens game on delay, so I couldn't risk reading the comments until now. Yay, Sportsball!
Posted by: DC in River City at October 02, 2015 12:07 AM (e+1S5) It looked like someone dumped a bunch of Pepto Bismol on the game. SAYS THE DEAD MAN Posted by: buzzion at October 02, 2015 12:09 AM (zt+N6) Posted by: logprof at October 02, 2015 12:09 AM (vsbNu) 174
Right, Heaven.
*Glances around* SAYS THE DEAD MAN Posted by: buzzion at October 01, 2015 11:57 PM (zt+N6) ***** I am, for some reason, beginning to get the impression that Buzz is kinda over this whole he is dead thing. Call it a hunch. Posted by: ManWithNoParty at October 02, 2015 12:10 AM (dwpEi) 175
I've got a bad feeling about the Middle East over the next year. We're gonna' need new maps.
Posted by: Michael the Hobbit It's much easier to redraw them nowadays with computers. Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at October 02, 2015 12:10 AM (W5DcG) Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 12:11 AM (FsuaD) 177
Our problem with the "Muslim World" is that we just don't understand it. They are barbarians, incompatible with Western values. But we just can't admit that....it's too uncomfortable
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at October 02, 2015 12:12 AM (dvuhZ) 178
So will rerun of Kelly file upset me?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, Model Citizen at October 02, 2015 12:12 AM (DmRs2) 179
The US Navy consists of lots of big boats with huge AK-47s. Some of the boats also have the jets that go up.
Posted by: MSM at October 02, 2015 12:12 AM (QaXGs) 180
>>>It looked like someone dumped a bunch of Pepto Bismol on the game.
I dunno, it seemed more subdued than in the past. There's still 30 days left, I'm sure it will get worse, but tonight's game at least wasn't a Rainbow Brite abortion. Posted by: DC in River City at October 02, 2015 12:12 AM (e+1S5) 181
"I've got a bad feeling about the Middle East over the next year. We're gonna' need new maps."
Boy, it's a mess. And it's not going away. We'll deal with this as long as we're alive. Posted by: Ricardo Kill at October 02, 2015 12:13 AM (2JASz) 182
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Our problem with the "Muslim World" is that we just don't understand it. They are barbarians, incompatible with Western values. But we just can't admit that....it's too uncomfortable Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at October 02, 2015 12:12 AM (dvuhZ) We in the Western world do love our toilet paper. And lack of stonings. And child rape. Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 12:13 AM (FsuaD) Posted by: L, Elle at October 02, 2015 12:13 AM (geVJ9) 184
They called a Frigate a Submarine on Bing the other day.
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 02, 2015 12:13 AM (PJ0bc) 185
180 >>>It looked like someone dumped a bunch of Pepto Bismol on the game.
I dunno, it seemed more subdued than in the past. There's still 30 days left, I'm sure it will get worse, but tonight's game at least wasn't a Rainbow Brite abortion. Posted by: DC in River City at October 02, 2015 12:12 AM (e+1S5) Yeah, it starts out subdued. By the end of the month, half the field is pink. SAYS THE DEAD MAN DYINGLY Posted by: buzzion at October 02, 2015 12:14 AM (zt+N6) 186
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Our problem with the "Muslim World" is that we just don't understand it. They are barbarians, incompatible with Western values. But we just can't admit that....it's too uncomfortable Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at October 02, 2015 12:12 AM (dvuhZ) Moral equivalence leads to the irrational belief that all ideas and cultures are equal, which is just absurd. A culture that calls for conversion by the sword can not be the equal of one that does not. Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at October 02, 2015 12:14 AM (HalrA) 187
176 Rise, buzzion, and sin no more! And let's be done with the whole "death" thing. Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 12:11 AM (FsuaD) Agreed. Now can you turn my water into MD 50/50? Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at October 02, 2015 12:14 AM (9jeGC) 188
"After Charleston, we knew within hours the killer was a racist, white, redneck."
Also, after Charleston, we were treated by the media to very detailed accounts of everything the killer had ever said or written. After Roanoke, we knew within hours that the killer was a gay black man. A doubleheader on the protected-class category. So after that, we learned nothing else about him. He sent various media outlets a 21-page single-spaced murder manifesto. Do we get to see that? OH NO we do not. They're sitting on that as diligently as the L.A. Times sits on the tape of Obama at the Rashid Khalidi dinner. From which you may infer that the contents of the Roanoke killer's rant would not be helpful in "shaping the narrative", the overriding concern of modern American journamalism. Posted by: torquewrench at October 02, 2015 12:14 AM (noWW6) Posted by: Farmer at October 02, 2015 12:14 AM (o/90i) 190
Newsflash to the Obama administration: China and Russia will do whatever they can get away with. If you want to make sure they can't get away with something, you have to do it by force.
Posted by: pookysgirl at October 02, 2015 12:15 AM (AK8mB) 191
Every time I hear Obama's voice, I literally want to kill a newborn kitten or puppy.
It's that bad. Well, I'm steeling myself to crawl in bed with my beloved snoring husband. We've tried using various pillows to raise his head, etc. Nothing really works. Sigh. Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 12:16 AM (FsuaD) 192
>>>> 164 "Um, RK, buzz ain't in Heaven."
Why you say that? Buzz seemed liked a Godly, Christian fellow? Posted by: Ricardo Kill at October 02, 2015 12:06 AM (2JASz) ----- You're right, RK. Buzz was so good. He is in heaven. No, he's not. Posted by: L, Elle at October 02, 2015 12:16 AM (geVJ9) Posted by: SMFH at it all at October 02, 2015 12:16 AM (zyIlW) 194
test
Posted by: redbanzai at October 02, 2015 12:16 AM (NPofj) 195
That show looks kinda good! Posted by: L, Elle It was a TV version based on the 40s movie. Nice light romantic sitcom. Youtube has a number of episodes. Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at October 02, 2015 12:17 AM (kdS6q) 196
OK Horde, riddle me this:
Tomorrow is trash day. The truck comes in the morning, and this evening at 7 I had Little take all of the trash from the house and put it in the bin and put the bin at the curb. I just got home from the local pub where I watched the Ravens/Steelers game, and my trash bin has been emptied. So have the bins of my neighbors on each side. Across the street the bins are still full, waiting for morning pickup. WTF? Posted by: Weirddave at October 02, 2015 12:17 AM (WvS3w) 197
Indeed, the National Review contributor John Derbyshire was fired for expressing such sentiments in a blog post three years ago.
He was fired for expressing things that were true. Political correctness demands that people publicly disavow the truth. Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 02, 2015 12:18 AM (zc3Db) 198
Watching the JEF pisses me off. I want to hurt the tv
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, Model Citizen at October 02, 2015 12:18 AM (2zd9l) 199
I know someone has probably said this, but that "Yelp Against People" thing will end with cooling bodies.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 02, 2015 12:18 AM (bLnSU) Posted by: SMFH at it all at October 02, 2015 12:19 AM (zyIlW) 201
191 Every time I hear Obama's voice, I literally want to kill a newborn kitten or puppy.
It's that bad. Well, I'm steeling myself to crawl in bed with my beloved snoring husband. We've tried using various pillows to raise his head, etc. Nothing really works. Sigh. Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 12:16 AM (FsuaD) Done a sleep study to detect OSA? Posted by: cthulhu at October 02, 2015 12:19 AM (EzgxV) 202
If a Yelp for people ever gets going at full blast, I think a person will be able to run for President and win on no other platform than writing a prohibition on it into the Constitution.
Posted by: AD at October 02, 2015 12:20 AM (S9XdH) 203
I just got home from the local pub where I watched the Ravens/Steelers game, and my trash bin has been emptied. So have the bins of my neighbors on each side. Across the street the bins are still full, waiting for morning pickup.
WTF? Posted by: Weirddave Just browsing! Posted by: Bob at NSA at October 02, 2015 12:20 AM (QaXGs) 204
Nice ONT, Maet!
Posted by: PabloD at October 02, 2015 12:20 AM (BcOEh) 205
What's Yelp?
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 02, 2015 12:21 AM (PJ0bc) 206
Dam ambien kicked in fast tonight. Big morning at the dentist tomorrow with a new crown. See you guys later. Maybe tomorrow maybe Sunday. It's cabin time woot woot
Good nite morons Be well Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, Model Citizen at October 02, 2015 12:21 AM (DmRs2) 207
196 OK Horde, riddle me this:
Tomorrow is trash day. The truck comes in the morning, and this evening at 7 I had Little take all of the trash from the house and put it in the bin and put the bin at the curb. I just got home from the local pub where I watched the Ravens/Steelers game, and my trash bin has been emptied. So have the bins of my neighbors on each side. Across the street the bins are still full, waiting for morning pickup. WTF? Posted by: Weirddave at October 02, 2015 12:17 AM (WvS3w) We'd tell you, but then you might ask to see the subpoena..... Posted by: Black Helicopter Guys at October 02, 2015 12:21 AM (EzgxV) 208
203 I just got home from the local pub where I watched the Ravens/Steelers game, and my trash bin has been emptied. So have the bins of my neighbors on each side. Across the street the bins are still full, waiting for morning pickup.
WTF? Posted by: Weirddave That's ewok work. Posted by: Maetenloch at October 02, 2015 12:21 AM (pAlYe) 209
You want a "funny" trash story? About three years ago, because we haul our recyclables away, we barely had one trash can full.
So we called the trash company to get them to pick up just once a week. They informed us they'd need to charge us twice as much because of the paperwork, etc. And so we fired them and now have another company that comes once a week for half the price. My mind still boggles over the original trash collection company. Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 12:21 AM (FsuaD) 210
191 Every time I hear Obama's voice, I literally want to kill a newborn kitten or puppy.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 12:16 AM (FsuaD) I would never, ever want to kill a newborn kitten or puppy. Obama, on the other hand... *types* *deletes* Posted by: rickl at October 02, 2015 12:22 AM (sdi6R) 211
191 Every time I hear Obama's voice, I literally want to kill a newborn kitten or puppy.
It's that bad. Well, I'm steeling myself to crawl in bed with my beloved snoring husband. We've tried using various pillows to raise his head, etc. Nothing really works. Sigh. Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 12:16 AM (FsuaD) Has he ever had a sleep study? Posted by: Insomniac at October 02, 2015 12:22 AM (kpqmD) 212
Actually we don't even understand who we are. There was an interesting paper a while back, dubbing Americans WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic). Cute little acronym.
It's hard to summarize in a short piece here, but basically, there's all you need to know about American Exceptionalism. The authors found that a lot of sacred cows of the social sciences were in fact bullshit. They assumed that Americans' behavior on various psycho/socio tests and experiments were universal for all humans. Not so. And it's very low level brain stuff, stuff you'd think was basically "firmware", including various optical illusions (stuff like two lines the same length, but one looks longer). In short, the West is the tail of the distribution, and Americans are the tail of the tail. We are exceptional. Our way of thinking is something unique, something extraordinary. It's how we put a man on the Moon in 200 years, rather than still sitting around wallowing in our own filth. Now, armed with this realization, you realize that trying to install a Western, American style "democratic society" in the Middle East is a fool's errand. They don't think like we do. In fact, their thinking is anathema to us. Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at October 02, 2015 12:22 AM (dvuhZ) 213
WTF?
Posted by: Weirddave ------------------ I would bet that they are working OT, trying to get ahead of the weather. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 02, 2015 12:22 AM (Z58Xa) 214
what are factors in dog cancer? Sister had to put down her dog for that this week ... was a little over a year old.
Posted by: ConservativeMonster Genetics. Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 02, 2015 12:22 AM (JmGFJ) 215
my trash bin has been emptied. Across the street the bins are still full, waiting for morning pickup. WTF? Posted by: Weirddave Your stuff disappearing mysteriously without explanation? How unusual. Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at October 02, 2015 12:22 AM (kdS6q) Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 02, 2015 12:23 AM (0yhH4) 217
Well, I'm steeling myself to crawl in bed with my beloved snoring husband. We've tried using various pillows to raise his head, etc. Nothing really works.
---------------- Mrs. H uses earplugs. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 02, 2015 12:23 AM (Z58Xa) 218
"I just got home from the local pub where I watched the Ravens/Steelers
game, and my trash bin has been emptied. So have the bins of my neighbors on each side. Across the street the bins are still full, waiting for morning pickup." You've got a bunch of federal agents carefully laying out your bin contents on a long table for examination. They took your immediate neighbors' trash in case you tried the amateurish trick of diverting incriminating material from yours into those bins. Sleep tight! Posted by: torquewrench at October 02, 2015 12:23 AM (noWW6) 219
Two things I'd like to see "leaked" (quotes because these both should be public domain anyway, given the respective circumstances): full police and other reports on Clock Boy and sister; and Roanoke nutcase's manifesto. Not that it would matter, any more. But tormenting the few sentient NPR types among the masses now vandalizing our civilization, culture, and civil society with facts could still be mildly amusing. Posted by: rhomboid at October 02, 2015 12:24 AM (QDnY+) 220
"Are you working on this?" Merkel asked in English, to which Zuckerberg replied...
______________________ Merkel...speaks English?? Why, those sneaky Krauts. Posted by: Stringer Davis at October 02, 2015 12:24 AM (xq1UY) 221
Shooter has been confirmed as a muslim convert and not white.
Here he is posing with a gun. https://twitter.com/CassandraRules/status/649747420318965760/photo/1 Posted by: navybrat at October 02, 2015 12:24 AM (ETxiG) 222
He was fired for expressing things that were true. Political correctness demands that people publicly disavow the truth.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair By Derb's own words, he was NOT fired. He was never an employee of National Review. He wrote for them on a contract basis, they would pick up things that he wrote and pay by the piece. They chose to terminate the contract to buy his columns, which is not the same as being fired. They did the same thing with Mark Steyn, during his dust-ups with the Canadian government speech commission. Because they are frankly a kind of a family of weasels. Bill Buckley must be spinning in his grave. That and his son Christopher voting for Obama in 2008 and making a big deal about it. Spinning. Posted by: Bossy Conservative....lost in America at October 02, 2015 12:26 AM (+1T7c) 223
If You Think Of It, Cash Is a Form of Liberty, Isn't It?
Of course, which is why it's fashionable among leftist slime, nowadays, to call for the abolition of physical cash. Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 02, 2015 12:26 AM (zc3Db) 224
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Dam ambien kicked in fast tonight. Big morning at the dentist tomorrow with a new crown. See you guys later. Maybe tomorrow maybe Sunday. It's cabin time woot woot Good nite morons Be well Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, Model Citizen at October 02, 2015 12:21 AM (DmRs2) Ugh. I used to take a half of one of my husband's Ambien. He witnessed me sitting up in bed, lights on, talking to people who weren't there, walking around the house filling glasses of water, but the worst was my walking into the bedroom one night (while sleep walking), tripping over a bedroom slipper, and falling on my ass, breaking my tailbone and biting a hole in my tongue. And that didn't wake me up. Tailbone still hurts two years later. No more Ambien for me EVER. Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 12:26 AM (FsuaD) 225
>>>>> my trash bin has been emptied. Across the street the bins are still full, waiting for morning pickup. WTF?
Posted by: Weirddave ----- Was Marco Rubio campaigning in your neighborhood today, WD? Posted by: L, Elle at October 02, 2015 12:27 AM (geVJ9) 226
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/03/09/lew-us-will-hit-debt-ceiling-next-week
Posted by: Jack Lew at October 02, 2015 12:27 AM (j29PP) 227
205 What's Yelp?
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 02, 2015 12:21 AM (PJ0bc) It's an app you can use to write reviews about local restaurants, hotels, and the like. That's why people are likening Peeple to Yelp for People because with Peeple, you're essentially writing reviews for people. Aside from all the obvious ways this is really bad, check Maet's linky or the video by MisterMetokur I linked to in my first comment to learn more ways this idea can go bad. Posted by: Thrawn at October 02, 2015 12:29 AM (wZ2hu) 228
226: Jack, that's from mid-March. The accounting tricks you've been doing to hold total public debt constant are gonna hold until the end of Oct.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at October 02, 2015 12:29 AM (dvuhZ) 229
Mrs. H uses earplugs. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 02, 2015 12:23 AM (Z58Xa) Husband wears earplugs. To keep from hearing his own snoring. The night there was a shooting on son's campus, the phone rang next to me at 3:30 a.m. (because for some reason we're still on the university's Blast line). Husband slept straight through the call. And the one at 4:30 a.m., and the one at 6:30 a.m. Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 12:30 AM (FsuaD) 230
Congrats to your Ravens, WD.
Will enjoy taunting Steelers fans for the next week or so. Heh. I was gonna poke you before week 2. Glad I didn't, y'all handed us our asses. Posted by: Weirddave at October 02, 2015 12:31 AM (WvS3w) 231
It seems to be mandatory in the dextrosphere to overdescribe *the fuck* out of what Derbyshire wrote.
Anyone want to put their descriptions of him up against what he actually wrote? I ain't even sayin' I agree with him, but I read that when it was published, and it isn't what damned near *everyone* describes it as. I'll even go so far as to say VDare, his current hangout, has some creeps too creepy for me. But even though his "key" article may have offended you, that doesn't mean that lying about it isn't lying. It does help feed doubts about everything else written by the authors in question. I mean, if you're lying about *this* guy, who else are you lying about? Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 02, 2015 12:31 AM (bLnSU) 232
Zuckergerg copied MySpace, added a few other items... therefore, it's time for him to play god and shape our world for us.
Posted by: RKae at October 02, 2015 12:32 AM (WRL6C) 233
230 Congrats to your Ravens, WD.
Will enjoy taunting Steelers fans for the next week or so. Heh. I was gonna poke you before week 2. Glad I didn't, y'all handed us our asses. Posted by: Weirddave at October 02, 2015 12:31 AM (WvS3w) *Laughs at both of you* Posted by: Bengals fan at October 02, 2015 12:32 AM (zt+N6) 234
Will enjoy taunting Steelers fans for the next week or so.
Posted by: SMFH at it all at October 02, 2015 12:19 AM (zyIlW) Thought this was a 'safe place.' ( Any who, I'll deal with the Ravens fans tomorrow. Have a great night horde. Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at October 02, 2015 12:33 AM (9jeGC) 235
Aside from all the obvious ways this is really bad,
check Maet's linky or the video by MisterMetokur I linked to in my first comment to learn more ways this idea can go bad. Posted by: Thrawn Cell phone apps are written to get people to click on websites, and generate advertising revenue by getting eyes on things. Which is why there will be no bottom to the dumb and recredescent things that cell phone apps (applications, I hate that hipster "apps") that will be created....in the near future. Yes, let's create the Soviet personal criticism app. Sounds like a cracker-jack move to improve Western civilization. Posted by: Bossy Conservative....lost in America at October 02, 2015 12:33 AM (+1T7c) 236
The Merkel/Zuckerberg thing basically just confirms every Facebook Conspiracy Theory, including the one about Zuckerberg personally getting all the pictures of little children at the pool.
Because fuck that asshole, fuck both those assholes. Fucking colluding censoring asshole so-called media shitbirds and their government puppeteers. Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 02, 2015 12:33 AM (bLnSU) 237
"Ugh. I used to take a half of one of my husband's Ambien. He witnessed me sitting up in bed, lights on, talking to people who weren't there, walking around the house filling glasses of water,..."
No more Ambien for me EVER. Posted by: Jane D'oh When I was in practice and Ambien first came out we used to give it to ward patients. Stopped when they would get up and wander the halls at night and freak out the nurses. I had a Doc friend who used to take it sometimes and he would go on ebay and buy weird stuff. A few days later something weird would show up at his door and he thought it was his wife's or sent by friends. They worked different shifts and it took him months to figure out it was him. Hah! Posted by: Daybrother sick at heart at October 02, 2015 12:34 AM (QaXGs) 238
Zuckergerg
Posted by: RKae at October 02, 2015 12:32 AM (WRL6C) **** Fixed. Posted by: ManWithNoParty at October 02, 2015 12:35 AM (dwpEi) 239
You've got a bunch of federal agents carefully laying out your bin contents on a long table for examination. They took your immediate neighbors' trash in case you tried the amateurish trick of diverting incriminating material from yours into those bins.
Sleep tight! All my paper gets cross shredded and I use the bits to start my fires, so all they are going to be able to gather is "Dude drinks beer". One look at my figure could have told them that. Posted by: Weirddave at October 02, 2015 12:35 AM (WvS3w) 240
@121 Peters would get lonesome at the new War Department, since there was a matching, and competing, Navy Department. From 1798, anyway. You going to be all right with that?
No reason not to re-institute the Revenue Cutters and Life-Saving Service, either? Just clearing up the administrative details. Posted by: Stringer Davis at October 02, 2015 12:35 AM (xq1UY) 241
>>>> Shooter has been confirmed as a muslim convert and not white.
Here he is posing with a gun. https://twitter.com/CassandraRules/status/649747420318965760/photo/1 Posted by: navybrat at October 02, 2015 12:24 AM ( ------ Maybe my eyes are failing me, but he looks white or maybe tannish at most to me. Why do all of them shave their heads and pose with guns now? This seems like copy cat behavior to me since Columbine. This is the first white Muslim though. Posted by: L, Elle at October 02, 2015 12:35 AM (geVJ9) 242
However this latest murderous nutcase's details finally shake out, to be prepared in case on of my idiot friends or family barfs up some stupidity about guns and mass shootings soon, I need to confirm some zingers to use on them. * Tucson shooter, major pot smoker, son of big local Dem, mom is close to obnoxious Dem sheriff, whose department could be reasonably blamed for the nutcase getting access to guns, as they did nothing to prevent it despite signals and warnings * Colorado movie shooter, major pot smoker, mental case well known to mental health authorities, incl. potential violent tendencies * Roanoke TV shooter, racist, black, gay, Obama nut (this is pretty much certain) * Crazy LA cop shooter, racist, black, Obama nut I think the Newtown shooter was also a major pot smoker and of course was well known as a nutcase to mental health authorities AND his family. Anyway, as I said, mental illness really is the only relevant factor here, but to torment the lib idiots, these additional facts would be handy - if they are in indeed facts. Posted by: rhomboid at October 02, 2015 12:37 AM (QDnY+) 243
From which you may infer that the contents of the Roanoke killer's rant would not be helpful in "shaping the narrative", the overriding concern of modern American journamalism.
Posted by: torquewrench at October 02, 2015 12:14 AM (noWW6) 219 Two things I'd like to see "leaked" (quotes because these both should be public domain anyway, given the respective circumstances): full police and other reports on Clock Boy and sister; and Roanoke nutcase's manifesto. Not that it would matter, any more. But tormenting the few sentient NPR types among the masses now vandalizing our civilization, culture, and civil society with facts could still be mildly amusing. Posted by: rhomboid at October 02, 2015 12:24 AM (QDnY+) The Roanoke shooter's manifesto is being withheld by the Democrat Sheriff of Franklin County because it is still an "active investigation". That's right, it's still "active" one month after the shooter assumed room temperature. There is something in that manifesto that would be very embarrassing to the media, the Democrats, and "The Cause". Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at October 02, 2015 12:37 AM (Z7G74) 244
After bouncing around looking for info on the OR murderer, I suggest you give it 48 hours before you buy into anything.
I have seen where the dating site profile was created recently and allegedly edited AFTER his death. The MySpace page? Also allegedly a fake. Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at October 02, 2015 12:38 AM (hVdx9) 245
Thought this was a 'safe place.' (
Any who, I'll deal with the Ravens fans tomorrow. Have a great night horde. Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at October 02, 2015 12:33 AM (9jeGC) Hey, before you go, can you get this copy of Kicking for Dummies to Josh Scobee? Thanks in advance. Posted by: Weirddave at October 02, 2015 12:38 AM (WvS3w) 246
But even though his "key" article may have offended you, that doesn't mean that lying about it isn't lying.
It does help feed doubts about everything else written by the authors in question. I mean, if you're lying about *this* guy, who else are you lying about? Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith VDare and Taki's Page do have some weird writers. Derb has cancer, and needs to make money to pay for his health care, and will write for anyone who will publish and pay. When he was at National Review, I e-mailed his several times with comments and questions. He ALWAYS answered me. He is a prince of a fellow; honest, intelligent and a straight shooter. Also knows and wrote quite a bit about science. He was a educated as a mathematician. And married a Chinese woman, so sure, he's a super - racist. Posted by: Bossy Conservative....lost in America at October 02, 2015 12:38 AM (+1T7c) 247
It does help feed doubts about everything else written by the authors in question. I mean, if you're lying about *this* guy, who else are you lying about?
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 02, 2015 12:31 AM (bLnSU) I read the Derbyshire column that was the center of the firestorm. Pretty unremarkable. He just wrote of warning his kids that certain black urban neighborhoods were not safe places to hang out, basically. Not PC, but scarcely raaaaaciss! either. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 02, 2015 12:39 AM (0yhH4) 248
"...whose department could be reasonably blamed for the nutcase getting access to guns, as they did nothing to prevent it despite signals and warnings"
10-4 that. The Sheriff of Pima County (I forget his name) could have logged on to a web site and put the perp's name on a no sale list. Would have taken all of a minute or two. Posted by: navybrat at October 02, 2015 12:39 AM (ETxiG) 249
My father (8 has become absolutely dependent on Ambien over the past few years. And he does the zombie sleep walking on it sometimes, scaring the hell out of my mother. She's called me over and it was strange. He was up and around, but his eyes were, well, lights are on but nobody's home.
He has no memory of it, and thinks we're exaggerating if he believes it all. It varies with people. Now me, 10mg will do nothing. Won't get the slightest bit sleepy or anything. He was in the hospital one time with pneumonia (just getting started) and they gave him 10mg of Ambien. It reacted with the cocktail of other stuff he had and he went wild. It took 4 nurses to hold him down in the bed while they got an order for *haldol*. It took that to put him out. And he had no memory of it whatsoever. Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at October 02, 2015 12:39 AM (dvuhZ) 250
Speaking of drugs - does anyone have any experience with Percocet? The ER doc gave me a prescription for Percocet as a painkiller. I took one Tuesday night after breaking my arm and another one Wednesday morning. As far as I could tell the Percocet did absolutely nothing to lessen the pain. Nada. Zilch. I was very disappointed, to say the least.
Posted by: biancaneve at October 02, 2015 12:40 AM (FWVPu) 251
No more Ambien for me EVER.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 12:26 AM (FsuaD) When I was in Cardiac ICU years ago, the first night there I needed something to help me sleep (after having had seven shocks that day). The nurse asked, 'Ambien?' The doc replied that she hated that drug and did not prescribe it EVER as it had too many side effects. I ended up with Valium or something like that. When you're in Cardiac ICU and a doc doesn't trust a specific 'relaxing/sleep aid' drug, that drug is a problem. Posted by: RickZ at October 02, 2015 12:40 AM (dcIVz) 252
Maybe my eyes are failing me, but he looks white or maybe tannish at most to me. Why do all of them shave their heads and pose with guns now? This seems like copy cat behavior to me since Columbine. This is the first white Muslim though.
Posted by: L, Elle at October 02, 2015 12:35 AM (geVJ9) Pretty clearly he's mixed race, quarter-black, maybe. And he self-described as mixed race on his dating profile. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 02, 2015 12:41 AM (0yhH4) 253
Posted by: publius(not Breitbart publius) at October 02, 2015 12:29 AM (dvuhZ)
Your just hate the truth like the rest. http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/08/politics/jack-lew-booed-jewish-post/index.html Posted by: Jack Lew at October 02, 2015 12:41 AM (j29PP) Posted by: camp songs at October 02, 2015 12:42 AM (tQ6GS) 255
Ambien is bad stuff.
My wife was taking it for a while. She got up and walked around like a zombie at night, and would have no recollection of it whatsoever the next day. I didn't mind this so much, but it became a problem when she would leave the house and wander around the neighborhood in her nighty. I woke up a couple times and couldn't locate her for awhile. That is when I called her doc and told him where he could put those pills he prescribed to her. Posted by: navybrat at October 02, 2015 12:43 AM (ETxiG) 256
*Laughs at both of you*
Posted by: Bengals fan at October 02, 2015 12:32 AM (zt+N6) --Get ready to go down! Posted by: logprof, Chiefs fan at October 02, 2015 12:44 AM (vsbNu) 257
>>>> Posted by: biancaneve at October 02, 2015 12:40 AM (FWVPu)
------ Same here. That is the weakest of pain killers. You're better off taking 1000 mg of ibuprofen. Posted by: L, Elle at October 02, 2015 12:44 AM (geVJ9) 258
He just wrote of warning his kids that certain black urban neighborhoods were not safe places to hang out, basically. Not PC, but scarcely raaaaaciss! either.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon Which wasn't even the point of the article. He was mocking an article written by Toure or some other black nationalist whiner who was 'warning' his sons to be wary of Teh Ebil Whitey. I'm convinced irrationality is contagious. Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 02, 2015 12:45 AM (JmGFJ) 259
250: What was the dose? Percocet is oxycodone (hillbilly heroin) plus acetaminophen (tylenol) in various strengths.
It varies with people, of course. And there are various flavors of opiates/opiods that are well, coke/pepsi/drpepper. Basically the same thing, but slightly different. Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at October 02, 2015 12:45 AM (dvuhZ) 260
When I was in Cardiac ICU years ago, the first night
there I needed something to help me sleep (after having had seven shocks that day). The nurse asked, 'Ambien?' The doc replied that she hated that drug and did not prescribe it EVER as it had too many side effects. I ended up with Valium or something like that. When you're in Cardiac ICU and a doc doesn't trust a specific 'relaxing/sleep aid' drug, that drug is a problem. Posted by: RickZ at October 02, 2015 12:40 AM (dcIVz) Husband told me when he saw me sitting up in bed (the lights were on, but I had fallen into a "deep sleep" earlier) talking to someone who wasn't there, it gave him the creeps. He said to me, "Honey, lie down and go to sleep. There's no one there." And my husband said I turned to him and said, "There are people here you can't see." And then I laid my head down and closed my eyes. Hell, it scares the hell out of me knowing I said those things and have no memory of it. At all. Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 12:45 AM (FsuaD) 261
Didn't read the original Derbeyshire stuff or much about the kerfuffle. But he does pretty much nuke the Commentary article. Pretty pathetic and revealing that the Commentary article has to wrap itself in PC-for-the-"conservative"-blogosphere mythology and genuflect to it (obsequiously - the Smith guy appears to have just made up 90% of his premises) in order to feel comfortable taking down a ridiculous, despicable, uninteresting racist nutjob (Coates). Posted by: rhomboid at October 02, 2015 12:45 AM (QDnY+) 262
243 From which you may infer that the contents of the Roanoke killer's rant would not be helpful in "shaping the narrative", the overriding concern of modern American journamalism.
Posted by: torquewrench at October 02, 2015 12:14 AM (noWW6) 219 Two things I'd like to see "leaked" (quotes because these both should be public domain anyway, given the respective circumstances): full police and other reports on Clock Boy and sister; and Roanoke nutcase's manifesto. Not that it would matter, any more. But tormenting the few sentient NPR types among the masses now vandalizing our civilization, culture, and civil society with facts could still be mildly amusing. Posted by: rhomboid at October 02, 2015 12:24 AM (QDnY+) The Roanoke shooter's manifesto is being withheld by the Democrat Sheriff of Franklin County because it is still an "active investigation". That's right, it's still "active" one month after the shooter assumed room temperature. There is something in that manifesto that would be very embarrassing to the media, the Democrats, and "The Cause". Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at October 02, 2015 12:37 AM (Z7G74) I'm assuming it's pretty much the same as Bernie Sanders' platform. Posted by: cthulhu at October 02, 2015 12:45 AM (EzgxV) 263
Kratos - 4 Stars
I'd give him 5, but he no longer seems to care as much about the impending chaos. Posted by: Garrett at October 02, 2015 12:46 AM (IKzvu) 264
I have, in the past used generic Ambien, Zolpidem, 10 mg.
Knocked me out and no other issues. I do know people who have had very bad reactions to the original and the generic. Posted by: ManWithNoParty at October 02, 2015 12:47 AM (dwpEi) 265
I read (unconfirmed and probably scrubbed by now) that the three-named shooter coward is a registered Dem in Oregon (with Secretary of State).
There is so much crap out there, who knows? Also that his dating profile has been edited about five or six times today and the myspace is odd as well. I do hope the Internet sleuths get to the bottom of this as we sure don't know the truth. Something fishy in Oregon. I do hope the witnesses remember his collection of facial moles. Posted by: ChristyBlinky, aging supermodel Redneck Queen at October 02, 2015 12:47 AM (LJ4iV) 266
263 Kratos - 4 Stars
I'd give him 5, but he no longer seems to care as much about the impending chaos. Posted by: Garrett at October 02, 2015 12:46 AM (IKzvu) Traded in his Blades of Olympus for a fleet of Star Destroyers and Clone Wars era Dreadnoughts manned by clones. Posted by: Bengals fan at October 02, 2015 12:47 AM (zt+N6) 267
/off sock.
Posted by: buzzion at October 02, 2015 12:48 AM (zt+N6) 268
252 Alberta Oil Peon,
He's Ogabe's son by his imaginary white composite girlfriend....Or a faker like Shaun King and NAACP Seattle.... Posted by: Sven10077 at October 02, 2015 12:50 AM (g8Hfr) 269
Oh we built the good titanic, to sail the ocean blue , built her so the water would'nt come through, ...the good lord rais'd his hand and said
this ship would never land . kerpluk she sunk.. good evening friends.... who doesn't love a good camp fire song? Posted by: camp songs at October 02, 2015 12:51 AM (tQ6GS) 270
Ashley Judd's, now remember where you are. Maybe twenty years ago, such info would be embarrassing, and actually a big deal, for the racists and fascists and rent-seeking airheads now dominating society. Today? Literally of no consequence. Posted by: rhomboid at October 02, 2015 12:51 AM (QDnY+) 271
Obama's right, you know. Gun laws need to be changed. There are way too many gun free zones and the lunatics keep taking advantageof them Posted by: Bill R. at October 02, 2015 12:51 AM (jKUeC) 272
250 Speaking of drugs - does anyone have any experience with Percocet? The ER doc gave me a prescription for Percocet as a painkiller. I took one Tuesday night after breaking my arm and another one Wednesday morning. As far as I could tell the Percocet did absolutely nothing to lessen the pain. Nada. Zilch. I was very disappointed, to say the least.
Posted by: biancaneve at October 02, 2015 12:40 AM (FWVPu) Percocet is a mixture of acetaminophen and oxycontin. It is a highly dangerous drug (because of the acetaminophen) and should be avoided. NEVER double-dose this drug because it is worthless, because acetaminophen is the #1 cause of acute liver failure in both the US and UK, and the gap between it doing something noticeable and requiring a liver transplant is the smallest of any common medication. Posted by: cthulhu at October 02, 2015 12:52 AM (EzgxV) 273
237 "Ugh. I used to take a half of one of my husband's Ambien. He witnessed me sitting up in bed, lights on, talking to people who weren't there, walking around the house filling glasses of water,..."
No more Ambien for me EVER. Posted by: Jane D'oh When I was in practice and Ambien first came out we used to give it to ward patients. Stopped when they would get up and wander the halls at night and freak out the nurses. I had a Doc friend who used to take it sometimes and he would go on ebay and buy weird stuff. A few days later something weird would show up at his door and he thought it was his wife's or sent by friends. They worked different shifts and it took him months to figure out it was him. Hah! Posted by: Daybrother sick at heart at October 02, 2015 12:34 AM (QaXGs) Stepfather was on it. My stepbrother said he was staying at his house one night and he came into his room and started talking to him, and didn't remember that the next morning. Several years later, my mom calls early one morning a cant find him. He had gone out looking for his dog, who died 4 months earlier, (he had a puppy at the time that was in its kennel) with only a tshirt/boxers on. It was 10 degrees outside and he had fallen. A week in ICU and 2 months in rehab got him off the Ambien. Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at October 02, 2015 12:53 AM (Z7G74) 274
My sister lived with us for a while between Miami and Atlanta.
She had warned me she was on Ambien, and had driven and a po po had been kind enough to walk her to her door and not thrown her ass in jail. She also warned me she had gotten up in the middle of the night and heated soup on her stove. And had miraculously turned the stove off. The first week she lived with us, I got up one morning and opened the cupboard door, and it looked like a raccoon had run amok in the kitchen. She had "sleep" eaten every damned thing in the cabinet. She still takes Ambien, and brags she has taken it and driven. Ugh. Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 12:53 AM (FsuaD) 275
I have, in the past used generic Ambien, Zolpidem, 10 mg.
Knocked me out and no other issues. I do know people who have had very bad reactions to the original and the generic. Posted by: ManWithNoParty I ordered it for a 60 something year old lady who had a rod insert in her femur. Night after surgery. About 12-14 years ago. I was on call and nurse called me about 3 am because the lady was running around in her room babbling and combative. Never prescribed it again. Posted by: Daybrother sick at heart at October 02, 2015 12:53 AM (jpERE) 276
This whole profile of the shooter is being scrubbed/sanitized/manufactured/manipulated. It's someone far worse than what were being told and fed.
Posted by: L, Elle at October 02, 2015 12:54 AM (geVJ9) 277
Hey everybody.
Years ago (about 2007) there was a blogger I very much enjoyed reading, who called himself "Lee." He worked in Beijing for Technicolor and was of a *very* libertarian bent; his blog was called "Right Thinking from the Left Coast" (he started writing it when he lived in SoCal) and, even though he was absolutely maddening about certain topics (he was very anti-religion, for example) he could also be really right about a lot of things. Anyway, once he went to live in Beijing with a Technicolor promotion and BIG raise, and was away from the wife he had *just* wed most of the time, something in him changed and he turned into Mr. Rock 'n' Roll All Night And Party Ev-er-rey Day. He loved to brag about how he was basically a 16-year-old kid with a 40-year-old's income. Anyway (and to finally get to the point), one night after a lot of heavy partying, he went to bed... and *never* got up. His blog went unupdated, another blog he had about his new Chinese life (called "Lee in China") went silent for a week, and people got concerned. His family had to pick his body up in a horrible, and by their description, beyond-decrepit morgue located in ugly downtown Beijing, away from the newly-built hyperbusiness centers. The best the Chinese doctors could tell, he had taken *one* Ambien... had some drinks (which by itself was a bad idea)... and then, since apparently he was so drunk he forgot about the earlier dose, took *another* Ambien, then went to bed. So Lee basically put himself into an irreversible coma. Sad, sad, sad, and I had my disagreements with the guy, but I still miss him and his blog. Posted by: qdpsteve at October 02, 2015 12:54 AM (ntObR) 278
Pretty clearly he's mixed race, quarter-black, maybe. And he self-described as mixed race on his dating profile.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon Maybe he's a Uyghur? Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at October 02, 2015 12:54 AM (W5DcG) 279
re the Sweden negative interest rates -- I noticed (and commented on, here) that 3 month US Treasuries were, for a brief period of time, at -.023% just a couple of days ago.
So negative rates are already making a showing here as well. Posted by: GnuBreed at October 02, 2015 12:54 AM (gyKtp) 280
I read the Derbyshire column that was the center of the firestorm. Pretty unremarkable. He just wrote of warning his kids that certain black urban neighborhoods were not safe places to hang out, basically. Not PC, but scarcely raaaaaciss! either. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon It was the timing, in the midst of another of our unending series of conversations on race, and the phrasing -- a direct inversion of "The Talk" blacks were supposed to be having. The term, "too cleaver by half" comes to mind. Plus, NR was well into to its electric slide to the cultural left by that point and just looking to clear the decks of "not our kind". Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at October 02, 2015 12:55 AM (kdS6q) 281
I do hope the Internet sleuths get to the bottom of this as we sure don't know the truth. Something fishy in Oregon. I do hope the witnesses remember his collection of facial moles.
What's "fishy" to me - and I'm not going truther or anything here, but I noticed - was that he wasn't IDed for 7 hours, and this his online footprint seems to be minimal. A 20-some year old activist with a minimal social media presence? Sure, I suppose it's possible, but...7 hours seems like a lot of time that may have been used to scrub a lot of links from the web. Posted by: Weirddave at October 02, 2015 12:56 AM (WvS3w) 282
He's Ogabe's son by his imaginary white composite girlfriend....Or a faker like Shaun King and NAACP Seattle....
Posted by: Sven10077 at October 02, 2015 12:50 AM (g8Hfr) Well, those two fakers are pretty convincingly caucasian. Three-named devil has the characteristic Afro nose to a degree. If I had met him under normal circumstances, I would probably have taken him to be caucasian, but if has then said, "no, my Grandma was black," I'd have believed him. But he sounds like a confirmed moonbat. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 02, 2015 12:57 AM (0yhH4) 283
Well, given the latest horrible events, who wants to bet that new firearm sales will explode?
Seems every time Obama or some Democrat starts talking "gun control," S&W and other firearm makers start hearing "ka-ching!!" Not making any moral judgments, just saying. Posted by: qdpsteve at October 02, 2015 12:58 AM (ntObR) 284
276 L, elle,
I assure you it is removing as much info deleterious to Islam/Atheism/Ogabe as possible.... NOT protecting hetero/white/teahadists Posted by: Sven10077 at October 02, 2015 12:58 AM (g8Hfr) 285
With my insomnia, I'd prefer going back to Ambien to the on-and-off stuff I go through now. Half the nights I need to pop a Benadryl to guarantee eight hours' sleep.
Posted by: logprof, Chiefs fan at October 02, 2015 12:59 AM (vsbNu) 286
Well, my husband takes Ambien a few times a month, with no side affects.
I'll never take another one again. It's been two years, and my broken tailbone still hurts. And it still creeps me out that my husband said I spoke with people, with my eyes wide open, who weren't in the room. {{shudder}} Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 12:59 AM (FsuaD) Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at October 02, 2015 12:59 AM (kdS6q) 288
I just saw "The Martian"
Very good movie. Maybe Ridley Scott's second-best SF movie : better than "Blade Runner", not as good as "Alien". Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at October 02, 2015 01:00 AM (aLXXe) Posted by: L, Elle at October 02, 2015 01:00 AM (geVJ9) 290
bth, Ridley redeems himself for "Prometheus"?
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 02, 2015 01:00 AM (ntObR) 291
So is there any real information?
Posted by: donna at October 02, 2015 01:01 AM (hUdMz) 292
Still want to see "Pawn Sacrifice."
In fairness, and given what I assume were its low low box office numbers, it'll probably be on blu-ray by next week. Posted by: qdpsteve at October 02, 2015 01:01 AM (ntObR) 293
I take a couple of melatonin every night. Puts me into a mild sleep, but I wake up in the wee hours (3 a.m or so) every night.
It's frustrating. Husband sleeps like a log, and I barely sleep. Ugh. Normally, I'm sound asleep at this hour. Yikes! Look at the time! Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 01:01 AM (FsuaD) 294
288 I just saw "The Martian"
Very good movie. Maybe Ridley Scott's second-best SF movie : better than "Blade Runner", not as good as "Alien". Posted by: boulder terlit hobo ------------------ Oh shit - here it comes... Posted by: Chi at October 02, 2015 01:02 AM (d2P4e) 295
The "a" in clever is of course silent.....
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at October 02, 2015 12:59 AM (kdS6q) You were awful hard on the Beaver last night, Ward. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 02, 2015 01:03 AM (0yhH4) 296
I wanna know why the student's phones were confiscated...either 400 or everyone in that building at the time.
Did they get them back? Were they afraid of photos by the students...you KNOW someone took photos once they realized they were going to live. People are taking videos of everything now with cell phones. Yeah, since Benghazi I believe nothing. I admit it. But this was totally weird with no name for seven hours and confiscating cell phones. And not much information on this guy (so far), the coincidence of the same school as the Paris train hero. Jewish professor. Christians killed. Posted by: ChristyBlinky, aging supermodel Redneck Queen at October 02, 2015 01:03 AM (LJ4iV) 297
Very good movie. Maybe Ridley Scott's second-best SF movie : better than "Blade Runner", not as good as "Alien".
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo ---- That's very good news. The book was so very good and Ridley Scott can be so erratic. Posted by: Daybrother sick at heart at October 02, 2015 01:03 AM (jpERE) 298
Prometheus was good. What was wrong with it?
Posted by: ryukyu at October 02, 2015 01:03 AM (j29PP) 299
So is there any real information?
Posted by: donna at October 02, 2015 01:01 AM (hUdMz) People are dead, people are wounded, people are grieving, some shithead hurt them, rumors are flying. Different day. Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 02, 2015 01:03 AM (bLnSU) 300
the only people taking it in the butt right now are the left.
this is axtually glorious! Amaerica is still in tact. the left is flaliling around the world. we knew this was coming and this isn't even the 1. talk about sitting in the bush's. There is an old phrase about, letting the universe unfold . Ace will let us know when it's time to panic. (rush says' the same) let your enemy float down the river...... Posted by: duff beer at October 02, 2015 01:03 AM (tQ6GS) 301
MATT DAMON!!!
Posted by: Matt Damon at October 02, 2015 01:03 AM (vsbNu) 302
Ugh.
Normally, I'm sound asleep at this hour. Yikes! Well I've found that 1 Advil PM works for Me... Posted by: donna at October 02, 2015 01:03 AM (hUdMz) 303
Well, Ridley Scott was clearly greasing the skids for "Prometheus II: Electric Boogaloo". There were a *few* nods to "Alien", at least in the soundtrack, and in the machine that goes ping. The machine went ping for every Sol (Martian 24-plus-hour day).
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at October 02, 2015 01:04 AM (aLXXe) 304
No, donna. No "real" information. Just the same media disinformation campaign kicked into high gear running on all 8 cylinders, maybe 10 or even 12 cylinders.
Posted by: L, Elle at October 02, 2015 01:04 AM (geVJ9) 305
The moron who linked the 4chan link got the goods on the shooter early.
Watching the re-run of Hannity. Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 01:04 AM (FsuaD) 306
duff beer, I think two ambiens are enough for you tonight . . .
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at October 02, 2015 01:04 AM (aLXXe) 307
291 Donna,
Yup Obama son looking IRA fan.... Jared Chonson expects us to believe a self-identified religion hating satanism was Oregon GOP delegate or something... He's an evangelical atheist or a Jihadi IMHO and I have a habit of getting these right Posted by: Sven10077 at October 02, 2015 01:05 AM (g8Hfr) 308
Yup Obama son looking IRA fan.... Jared Chonson expects us to believe a self-identified religion hating satanism was Oregon GOP delegate or something... He's an evangelical atheist or a Jihadi IMHO and I have a habit of getting these right So a tea partier... Posted by: donna at October 02, 2015 01:06 AM (hUdMz) 309
ryukyu, basically my prob with "Prometheus" is that Scott took what could have been a great new story and sacrificed its guts out, plus threw in a lot of IMHO implausible bullshit, just so he can feather his already impossibly-soft nest with the revenue from lots of (probably icky straight-to-video) sequels.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 02, 2015 01:06 AM (ntObR) 310
286 Well, my husband takes Ambien a few times a month, with no side affects.
I'll never take another one again. It's been two years, and my broken tailbone still hurts. And it still creeps me out that my husband said I spoke with people, with my eyes wide open, who weren't in the room. {{shudder}} Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 12:59 AM (FsuaD) Wait a second, I talk with people, with my eyes wide open, who aren't in the room all the time.......... Hi, Jane!!!!! Posted by: cthulhu at October 02, 2015 01:06 AM (EzgxV) 311
298 Prometheus was good. What was wrong with it?
Posted by: ryukyu at October 02, 2015 01:03 AM (j29PP) This is just the kind of comment that make Ace weep. And then resolve to write an even more epic movie review that cannot possibly be ignored... Posted by: Maetenloch at October 02, 2015 01:06 AM (pAlYe) 312
But, I'm not bitter... ;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 02, 2015 01:06 AM (ntObR) 313
Your Hugh Hewitt update: today he had Rove on. HH asked about the last "debate". Karl: good nights for Christie, Rubio, Fiorina, and even Yeb! Something about Carson. Clearly correct point about lifeless Walker and how it presaged his exit. Hmm, who's missing? Oh, right. He eventually brought up the front-runner's name, but only in the context of how bad the whole "that face" (Fiorina)thing was for him. And the weasel-wig guy seems to be holding steady atop the heap, according to polling (tho I don't know about the relevance and quality of any of the surveys). Posted by: rhomboid at October 02, 2015 01:07 AM (QDnY+) 314
Negative rates on bonds/bills (well sovereign debt varieties) is something that happens when there's a flight to safety. Buyers bid the price up so in scramble to get them that the yield calculation goes negative. You're paying Uncle (or the German or Swiss govt) to hold your money for you, rather than them paying you.
That's unusual and a sign of severe distress, but the banking system negative rates is when the banks charge you to hold your money, and a borrower actually has to pay back less than he borrowed. You can see that would cause a flight to cash. But the idea is the lower bound of interest rates (zero) is an "obstacle" to our central planner economic wizards of smart. If their mathematical models call for negative interest rates, then by God, that's what they want to do. It's the ultimate attempt at stimulating borrowing. Pay them to borrow (which means charging savers). They actually think this way. Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at October 02, 2015 01:07 AM (dvuhZ) Posted by: camp songs at October 02, 2015 01:07 AM (tQ6GS) 316
Hi, Jane!!!!!
Posted by: cthulhu at October 02, 2015 01:06 AM (EzgxV) OMG! *pokes finger at you* Are you real??? Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 01:08 AM (FsuaD) 317
The only thing missing from Prometheus was a musical number.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 02, 2015 01:10 AM (ntObR) 318
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Ashley Judd's, now remember where you are. Maybe twenty years ago, such info would be embarrassing, and actually a big deal, for the racists and fascists and rent-seeking airheads now dominating society. Today? Literally of no consequence. Posted by: rhomboid at October 02, 2015 12:51 AM (QDnY+) In western Virginia, that manifesto would destroy the Democrats here. As for the media, it would expose that Flannagan was hired because he was black. They kept making a big deal on how could he keep getting hired if he was such a bad employee. Anyone who has ever worked in radio or television will tell you that he was hired because he was black, period. The station probably had some EEOC complaint during their license renewal, and needed to hire more black on-air talent. It happens all the time. Plus, the sheriff in Franklin County was elected about 4 years ago because his GOP predecessor didn't warn a neighboring jurisdiction about one of his deputies going after his ex-wife. The deputy shot her at a gas station, then was killed in a gun battle with a police officer in another jurisdiction. Guess who is up for re-election this November? Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at October 02, 2015 01:10 AM (Z7G74) Posted by: Garrett at October 02, 2015 01:10 AM (IKzvu) Posted by: Daybrother sick at heart at October 02, 2015 01:10 AM (jpERE) 321
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 02, 2015 01:06 AM (ntObR)
I hated it the first time until I realized it wasn't another aliens movie. I've read multiple interviews where he hated the "dragons/aliens." Is there a written history it's supposed to follow? Posted by: ryukyu at October 02, 2015 01:10 AM (j29PP) 322
Woot! Brad Thor coming back to Savannah Book Festival.
I've already bought tickets. Last time he was here, he, his wife, and SiL hung out with us for 15-20 minutes after everyone had left. He's funny as hell. But his SiL kept saying she "knew" my husband from somewhere. She's gorgeous and lives in Savannah. So I'll forgive her. Heh. Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 01:11 AM (FsuaD) 323
ryukyu, basically my prob with "Prometheus" is that Scott took what could have been a great new story and sacrificed its guts out, plus threw in a lot of IMHO implausible bullshit, just so he can feather his already impossibly-soft nest with the revenue from lots of (probably icky straight-to-video) sequels.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 02, 2015 01:06 AM (ntObR) Meh. The original Alien was ridiculously stupid, to begin with. It was fun to watch, though. Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 02, 2015 01:11 AM (zc3Db) 324
The only thing missing from Prometheus was a musical number.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 02, 2015 01:10 AM (ntObR) But it had a musical number. It went "BWAAAAAAAH! BWAAAAAAH! SCREEEEEEE! BWAAAAAH! SCREEEEE! BWAAAAAAH!" Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 02, 2015 01:11 AM (bLnSU) 325
Just for empty fun (what else remains?) how hilarious would it be for you-know-who to come out with a characteristic (and in this case, spot-on) b-slap denunciation of the "president's" disgraceful and stupid behavior today WRT the shooting? "We don't know anything, the WH doesn't know anything. Families are mourning their dead, camped out in ICU hoping their kids recover. And the president of all the people runs out there, grabs a bloody shirt and starts smearing it on some irrelevant thing, some crusade he's on to disarm law-abiding Americans? It's disgraceful, he owes the families an apology, he owes America an apology" Like I said, just for fun. But imagine. Would even be amusing for another candidate to say something 1/10 as clear and focused. Posted by: rhomboid at October 02, 2015 01:12 AM (QDnY+) 326
ryukyu, I admit I'm going on my personal tastes here. I don't know a lot of the backstory on the film.
My hunch is that if I sat through Prometheus again, I'd find myself very bored. Which is another reason it's one of the few movies I genuinely dislike. Posted by: qdpsteve at October 02, 2015 01:12 AM (ntObR) 327
316 Hi, Jane!!!!!
Posted by: cthulhu at October 02, 2015 01:06 AM (EzgxV) OMG! *pokes finger at you* Are you real??? Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 01:08 AM (FsuaD) Ouch!!! That's where the fiancee pokes me in the middle of the night to make sure the BiPAP machine is working. Posted by: cthulhu at October 02, 2015 01:12 AM (EzgxV) 328
Primoridial, that's called "pulpy." ;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 02, 2015 01:12 AM (ntObR) 329
Merovign, Yoko One did the Prometheus soundtrack? Had no idea.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 02, 2015 01:13 AM (ntObR) 330
One? Ono. Geez.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 02, 2015 01:13 AM (ntObR) Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 02, 2015 01:14 AM (JmGFJ) Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 01:14 AM (FsuaD) 333
torquewrench - we did however all get to read Chris Dorner's manifesto. And the Unabom(b)er's.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at October 02, 2015 01:15 AM (aLXXe) 334
Ashley, I sit corrected. Of course I'm thinking on the national level. And in most locales, which are much more far-gone than western VA. Posted by: rhomboid at October 02, 2015 01:15 AM (QDnY+) 335
I've seen those IPAP machines. They look so horribly uncomfortable, you may as well be trying to sleep underwater.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 02, 2015 01:15 AM (ntObR) 336
Goo-goo-ga-joob!
Posted by: Mr. D'oh at October 02, 2015 01:15 AM (EzgxV) 337
Has the buzzion entity been on this thread? I think I just sat in a pile of ectoplasm.
Posted by: andycanuck at October 02, 2015 01:16 AM (gmaUh) 338
ryukyu, basically my prob with "Prometheus" is that Scott took what could have been a great new story and sacrificed its guts out, plus threw in a lot of IMHO implausible bullshit, just so he can feather his already impossibly-soft nest with the revenue from lots of (probably icky straight-to-video) sequels.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 02, 2015 01:06 AM (ntObR) Meh. The original Alien was ridiculously stupid, to begin with. It was fun to watch, though. Very much a guilty pleasure. But, make no mistake about it, NOTHING about the plot made any sort of sense, whatsoever. The Alien sequels were mind-numbingly asinine ... and Prometheus was the final, over-the-top laughably self-important cherry on the "sci-fi" pie of illogic and silliness that was the "Alien" story (if you can call an totally inconsistent collection of events mushed together to be a story). The only saving grace of Prometheus was the cool scene in the beginning where the guy dissolves, and it had a very pretty Charlize Theron acting as if she was all serious and stuff. But, other than that, it was as silly and ridiculous as "Up in Smoke", though not as cleverly funny. Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 02, 2015 01:16 AM (zc3Db) 339
I've seen those IPAP machines. They look so horribly uncomfortable, you may as well be trying to sleep underwater.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 02, 2015 01:15 AM (ntObR) I like it a hell of a lot better than stroking out and dying. Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 02, 2015 01:17 AM (bLnSU) Posted by: ryukyu at October 02, 2015 01:17 AM (j29PP) 341
Well, I'm off to crawl in bed with the snoring walrus.
*sigh* At least he can enjoy his Ambien. Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 01:14 AM (FsuaD) **** #firstworldproblems Buck up. Posted by: ManWithNoParty at October 02, 2015 01:17 AM (dwpEi) Posted by: qdpsteve at October 02, 2015 01:17 AM (ntObR) 343
I heard buzzion died while stroking out.
Posted by: andycanuck at October 02, 2015 01:18 AM (gmaUh) Posted by: ryukyu at October 02, 2015 01:18 AM (j29PP) 345
One? Ono. Geez.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 02, 2015 01:13 AM (ntObR) There's more than one? O, no! Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 02, 2015 01:18 AM (0yhH4) 346
Primordial, not arguing. There's some movies I enjoy although I'm sure people here can find a dozen reasons why they don't make sense.
Tootsie would probably be a good example. Thank God it's so funny. Posted by: qdpsteve at October 02, 2015 01:18 AM (ntObR) 347
The first anit-Alien comment was a misfire I didn't even know it had posted.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 02, 2015 01:19 AM (zc3Db) 348
Alberta, she's reproducing asexually. ;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 02, 2015 01:19 AM (ntObR) 349
1. Wholly unsympathetic characters. Not a single one interesting.
2. Acting. Except for the main Ripley stand-in and Fassbinder, they sucked. 3. A plot driven entirely by the stupidity of the supposed protagonists. THis is the sign of a writer who simultaneously hates his own characters and the audience. 4. Superfluous scenes aplenty. The sequence with the two in the egg chamber: it serves no purpose. ... Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 02, 2015 01:19 AM (JmGFJ) 350
There's some movies I enjoy although I'm sure people here can find a dozen reasons why they don't make sense.
Hi! Posted by: Zardoz at October 02, 2015 01:19 AM (aLXXe) 351
335 I've seen those IPAP machines. They look so horribly uncomfortable, you may as well be trying to sleep underwater.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 02, 2015 01:15 AM (ntObR) They are a serious pain in the ass. Not as bad as waking up at work, falling asleep in meetings you called about your pet causes, blacking-out on the road, or the insidious fog of chronic oxygen deprivation.....so there's that. Posted by: cthulhu at October 02, 2015 01:20 AM (EzgxV) 352
I skipped Prometheus. Slasher flicks hold less attraction for me as I live on. I just have no interest.
It seems it's harder to do non-property (Trek, Star Wars) Sci-Fi unless it's also horror, which, frankly, is just not that interesting to me. Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 02, 2015 01:20 AM (bLnSU) 353
I was curious about the avatar that the shooter had on his Facebook page, Cascadia Rising. I did some searching on the internet and found these two links that are worth reading (sorry about reposting stuff from a previous thread but it seems to have been missed):
If this is the Cascadia Rising that appears on his Facebook page, then it appears to be an environmentalist movement with links to Earth First!: http://tinyurl.com/oda3v7h Yup, this group definitely is tied to Earth First! - same picture as appears as his avatar on Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/qayewbb The CR also was tied in with Occupy protests, too: "The tricolor that waves in a multinational sports companys ad has also boldly risen at Occupy protests." The shooter will be shown to be a leftist radical. Posted by: Sasquatch, the trans-Wookie Original at October 02, 2015 01:21 AM (pP3ae) 354
337 Has the buzzion entity been on this thread? I think I just sat in a pile of ectoplasm.
Posted by: andycanuck at October 02, 2015 01:16 AM (gmaUh) Wasn't me. Mr. Healthy Penis was sitting there. Posted by: buzzion at October 02, 2015 01:21 AM (zt+N6) Posted by: ryukyu at October 02, 2015 01:21 AM (j29PP) 356
Does anyone here know anything else about the group Cascadia Rising, other than what is contained in the two articles in post 353?
Posted by: Sasquatch, the trans-Wookie Original at October 02, 2015 01:22 AM (pP3ae) 357
Idiot characters are one reason I dislike *so many* movies. Hollywood is allergic to competence.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 02, 2015 01:22 AM (bLnSU) 358
non-property hard SF is doing pretty well. "Gravity", "The Martian"...
"Interstellar" was, admittedly, stupid as was "Inception". They really should tell Nolan Ryan to stick with men in tights Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at October 02, 2015 01:22 AM (aLXXe) 359
I went ahead and splurged on a blu-ray of Ex Machina.
I'm prepared to be horribly unimpressed. (There's literally dozens of dozens of pages at IMDB arguing whether it's a 2001-level masterpiece or a pile of steaming dreck.) Posted by: qdpsteve at October 02, 2015 01:22 AM (ntObR) Posted by: andycanuck at October 02, 2015 01:23 AM (gmaUh) 361
oh, and I thought Ex Machina was good too, at the time, but then, I was comparing it to Her which was godawful.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at October 02, 2015 01:24 AM (aLXXe) 362
OMG. Before I go, there's this horror story of my husband on Ambien.
So, he takes a lot of meds in the morning. (He's younger than I am.) He takes a small white pill...and doesn't realize it's Ambien. On the way to his business, he's weaving all over the road, barely makes it to his office, and passes out on his desk. Told me later, he should have pulled over, called one of his employees to pick him up. Ummm. Yeah. Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 01:24 AM (FsuaD) 363
5. Hiring Guy Pearce, covering him in shitty prosthetics, and then - duh-duh-duhnnnnn~! - flushing his character down the proverbial turlet.
6. Again, stupid, stupid, stupid characters. They were improbably dumb from the beginning. Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 02, 2015 01:24 AM (JmGFJ) 364
360 Aaaaaaaahhhhh!
Holy crap! I think I just "felt" buzzion's presence. Posted by: andycanuck at October 02, 2015 01:23 AM (gmaUh) If it was in your knickers, it was probably just the usual crabs. Posted by: cthulhu at October 02, 2015 01:24 AM (EzgxV) 365
Idiot characters are one reason I dislike *so many* movies. Hollywood is allergic to competence.
You'd better check that light out in your celler. Posted by: ryukyu at October 02, 2015 01:25 AM (j29PP) 366
Cascadia Rising seems like an umbrella group that would be more than welcoming to members of ALF and ELF.
Just spit-balling here... Posted by: Sasquatch, the trans-Wookie Original at October 02, 2015 01:25 AM (pP3ae) 367
Tootsie would probably be a good example. Thank God it's so funny.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 02, 2015 01:18 AM (ntObR) LOL. Now, you're just playing with me But, to be serious, I have no problem with movies that don't make sense. Sometimes they can be ridiculous and, yet, the illogic doesn't catch up with people during the 2 hours watching it. That's fine. But the thing with Alien is that people started looking into it as some sort of serious plot long after they had watched it. At taht point someone has to stop them and explain that none of it makes any sense. Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 02, 2015 01:26 AM (zc3Db) 368
I am used to my CPAP machine. It's rarely annoying. Sometimes you get leaks, and frankly headgear is too damned expensive and hard to get, it's basically disposable.
But the damned thing saved my life in spades when that virus tried to kill my heart. And it lets me sleep lying down, which I couldn't otherwise. That scores some points. Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 02, 2015 01:26 AM (bLnSU) 369
If it was in your knickers, it was probably just the usual crabs.
Oh you science types not believing in the Other World interacting with our own! And the shaving took care of my little problem. Posted by: andycanuck at October 02, 2015 01:26 AM (gmaUh) 370
I mean Chris Nolan of course.
Ergh. Obviously past my bedtime. Hope I don't have to spend the night in the barrel Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at October 02, 2015 01:26 AM (aLXXe) 371
Let go of my boobs, buzzion, you idiot!!!
Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 01:26 AM (FsuaD) 372
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Ashley, I sit corrected. Of course I'm thinking on the national level. And in most locales, which are much more far-gone than western VA. Posted by: rhomboid at October 02, 2015 01:15 AM (QDnY+) It's not just western Virginia, it's all the little small towns and rural counties too. The Dems are really good about getting their candidates elected to jobs like Sheriff of rural counties throughout the South. They all run as "old-timey" Democrats, but govern like DeBlasio. This is one of those mask being ripped off moments if that manifesto is leaked. That manifesto being leaked could cost the Dems Virginia, Ohio, PA, MI, CO, and NV next year because some of those rural voters that vote Dem, may just decide that it is no longer in their interests. Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at October 02, 2015 01:27 AM (Z7G74) 373
Cascadia Rising would more correctly be called "Granola Settling."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 02, 2015 01:28 AM (0yhH4) 374
Snoring? Yeah, my other half has a black belt in snoring, she does.
Which is why I made sure we'd bought a very comfy living room sofa. It's a life saver. And if it gets any worse, I'm pulling the ripcord, buying another boat, and it'll be back to the live aboard life for me. Arrrgghh. Jim Sunk New Dawn Galveston, TX Posted by: Jim at October 02, 2015 01:29 AM (McRlu) 375
Idiot characters are one reason I dislike *so many* movies. Hollywood is allergic to competence.
You'd better check that light out in your celler. Posted by: ryukyu Oh, tomodachi, it ain't just Ho'wood that loves stupid protagonists; every other genre fiction novel is predicated on dipshit, dumbfuck, fucknut, rapstank dumbasses in the driver's seat. It's a fucking disease. Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 02, 2015 01:29 AM (JmGFJ) Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 01:29 AM (FsuaD) 377
The boobs are in the bra.
The boobs are in the bra. The power of Valu-Rite compels you! Are you okay now, Jane? Has "it" passed? Posted by: andycanuck at October 02, 2015 01:29 AM (gmaUh) 378
"Interstellar" was, admittedly, stupid as was "Inception". T
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at October 02, 2015 01:22 AM (aLXXe) I didn't see Interstellar, but I thought Inception was exceptional. Truly. It was sad that the word "inception" was incorrect, but ... great movie. And a well-crafted plot. Just a few minor problems here and there, but for that sort of story, outstanding work. Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 02, 2015 01:29 AM (zc3Db) 379
371 Let go of my boobs, buzzion, you idiot!!!
Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 01:26 AM (FsuaD) Goo, goo, ga-joob! Goo, goo, ga-joob! Posted by: Paul at October 02, 2015 01:31 AM (EzgxV) 380
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at October 02, 2015 01:27 AM (Z7G74)
JC you people never fail to make me laugh. Posted by: ryukyu at October 02, 2015 01:32 AM (j29PP) 381
bth, thanks for the upvote on Ex Machina.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 02, 2015 01:32 AM (ntObR) 382
Wow!
Here's an Italian filmmaker with both *almost* my last name, and *almost* my birthdate. (He's older than I am however.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umberto_Lenzi Posted by: qdpsteve at October 02, 2015 01:34 AM (ntObR) 383
And I liked Interstellar, but it was mainly about personalities and family. It was a very emotional movie, with a vision of the near future that was kind of limited and sidelined.
Gravity and the Martian are kind of... Astronaut Dramas. Sure, it's sci-fi, but is it a vision of the future or a thing people have jobs doing *now*? Trek/Wars/Comic movies work with established universes. I am missing the wonder of seeing new, radically different worlds. Even fantasy is usually highly derivative. Or based on a book I read. Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 02, 2015 01:34 AM (bLnSU) 384
This does not sounds good. US and UN partnering to create global police force to fight terrorism:
http://tinyurl.com/nthavbg Another year of this traitor in office. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 02, 2015 01:34 AM (cgZPg) 385
Breaking!: Donald Trump invests in Ridley Scott's new epic blockbuster:
Illegal Alien Jim Sunk New Dawn Galveston, TX Posted by: Jim at October 02, 2015 01:34 AM (McRlu) 386
Latest tracker has Joaquin moving out east over the Atlantic, and the cone just brushing Nova Scotia Tuesday night.
http://www.nchurricane.com/ Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at October 02, 2015 01:34 AM (Z7G74) 387
The thing with the Nolan Bros. material is the high buy-in; you have to be willing to accept a steep suspension of disbelief from frame 1.
Memento: the main character isn't in a facility. Batman: you are watching Batman Inception: dream-rape Interstellar: corn-pone per'fessor, hidden spaceship. IF you are able to swallow those things, the movies generally work. IF not, well, I wish I had the money to refund your purchase. But I don't. So don't ask. Seriously. Don't ask. Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 02, 2015 01:34 AM (JmGFJ) 388
If they don't call it the Impossible Mission Force, they are missing a *huge* opportunity.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 02, 2015 01:35 AM (bLnSU) 389
Jim, great! Trump & Co. can save money by reusing this song as the theme:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_61hzuGGJX0 Posted by: qdpsteve at October 02, 2015 01:36 AM (ntObR) Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 02, 2015 01:37 AM (JmGFJ) 391
JC you people never fail to make me laugh.
Posted by: ryukyu at October 02, 2015 01:32 AM (j29PP) Little hint for ya chief, I used to work in the belly of the beast. I know them. I know how they think. The Dems actually believe their own bullshit that you eagerly eat up and ask for seconds. Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at October 02, 2015 01:37 AM (Z7G74) 392
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 02, 2015 01:29 AM (JmGFJ)
Check out "Wither" if you liked "Evil Dead." I am a fan of the rare "B" movie that turns cult. Posted by: ryukyu at October 02, 2015 01:39 AM (j29PP) 393
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 02, 2015 01:34 AM (JmGFJ)
I think Memento is one of the best movies of all time. The way it was filmed was the key to its greatness. It wasn't just that it was an interesting way to film a movie but that it gave the audience some sort of feeling of the mindset of the main character by piecing the story together backwards in steps. I loved it. You are correct, though, there's the quetion that comes up very soon as to how the guy actually managed to stay out and live like that. All it would take is one mistake that distracted him for a few seconds and he would be totally lost. The thing with the polaroids was cute but certainly would not hold up over time. Even people with good memories would forget what the recent photograph was, etc. I also liked Memento because I saw a documentary about a guy who had that disease. I was convinced that the writer and director must have seen the same documentary because there was a lot of it ... not copied or anything ... but very much I thought it must have been the origin of that story. The subplot of Memento (the actual investigation and his story) was less interesting than the movie and the shooting method, which I considered to be the real "plot". Anyway, Memento stands as one of my all-time favorite movies. Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 02, 2015 01:42 AM (zc3Db) Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 02, 2015 01:43 AM (cgZPg) 395
Check out "Wither" if you liked "Evil Dead." I am a fan of the rare "B" movie that turns cult.
Posted by: ryukyu Will look for it. I'm not a big cult fan. I admire Raimi for his success like I 'admire' Madonna. Evil Dead is funny and succeeds on it's own terms, no doubt. Do i love it. No. I'm just homo for Bruce Campbell like every other geek. Seriously though, has anyone seen the trailer for The Witch? Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 02, 2015 01:46 AM (JmGFJ) 396
Little hint for ya chief, I used to work in the belly of the beast. I know them. I know how they think. The Dems actually believe their own bullshit that you eagerly eat up and ask for seconds.
You misunderstand me. I'm laughing at the names people use here. I used to be a blue dog democrat until the clintons. Now I firmly believe it takes 10 democrats to get 1 dollar to the poor. Posted by: ryukyu at October 02, 2015 01:47 AM (j29PP) 397
People like different movies, people like different food, people like different people.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 02, 2015 01:47 AM (bLnSU) 398
394 Romanian guy takes on Turkish plan to build mega mosque:
http://tinyurl.com/oafuvgb Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 02, 2015 01:43 AM (cgZPg) Romania is a much-misunderstood place. It was a Roman colony, its language is based on Latin, and its culture has more in common with faraway Spain than its immediate neighbors. Posted by: cthulhu at October 02, 2015 01:50 AM (EzgxV) 399
I like Syrian refugees and Russian anti-aircraft crews, oh, and radar operators sitting in little steel boxes all ready to be barbequed.
Posted by: goon at October 02, 2015 01:51 AM (gy5kE) 400
And I keep recommending it probably to an annoyance, but Bound to Vengeance.
Low budg 'horror'esque flick. Super acting. Fast moving plot. Wholly foreseeable twists but still works. Also, Area 51, cool premise; what would it take to break into Area 51. Gets goofy quickly and the 3rd act is tedious but still... Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 02, 2015 01:55 AM (JmGFJ) 401
Well Ashley's far be it from me to make any political predictions any more, not since 2008. But them thar's a lot of very different states you listed, lots of wheels turning, complications, details and such (imagine voice of The Dude here). This ridiculous and disastrous president lost 10 *million* votes in his second run, and still won easily. And he lost educated, over 30 (35?), married women, independents, and white voters by historic margins. And still won easily. And in the awful conditions of 2012, with a GOP candidate 10 times better than McCain (OK low bar, and don't want to get into either candidate here), fewer GOP votes. I was stunned by the close election of 2004. But now the incomprehension, having been doubled by 2008/2012, is accompanied by resignation. Posted by: rhomboid at October 02, 2015 01:56 AM (QDnY+) 402
What did folks here think about the early 1970s scifi classics "Silent Running" and "Capricorn One"???
Both recently became available on blu-ray. I admit I'm intrigued. Posted by: qdpsteve at October 02, 2015 01:56 AM (ntObR) 403
There really are not enough funny pictures on the internet to cope with some days.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/nzvgn8z Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 02, 2015 01:57 AM (bLnSU) 404
399 I like Syrian refugees and Russian anti-aircraft crews, oh, and radar operators sitting in little steel boxes all ready to be barbequed.
Posted by: goon at October 02, 2015 01:51 AM (gy5kE) One of the passing fancies that I've had.....when all the Syrian refugees who laid down their arms or gave them to terrorists and fled, leaving their wives and daughters behind -- when all these studmuffins hit town in someplace nice, like Hamburg.....there's going to be a lot of disgusted and pissed-off engineers and technicians who will be wanting to move themselves, their wives and daughters away from these animals. Why don't we let Merkel take the invaders, and we take the cream of the German middle-class? Posted by: cthulhu at October 02, 2015 01:59 AM (EzgxV) 405
Has anyone yet discovered a motive for the oregon shootings? or are we still in the 100% speculation zone? Haven't looked at the Internet or the media in 5 hours, so I've missed out on the latest.
Posted by: zombie at October 02, 2015 02:00 AM (jBuUi) 406
"Silent Running" will always be one of my favorite moves. "Capricorn One" was good. Loved ""Andromeda Strain"
Posted by: ryukyu at October 02, 2015 02:03 AM (j29PP) 407
I thought this was cute and funny and anyone who had had to take cats to the vet can relate:
Simon's cat tries to avoid a trip to the vet: http://tinyurl.com/ol655tf Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 02, 2015 02:04 AM (cgZPg) 408
405 Has anyone yet discovered a motive for the oregon shootings? or are we still in the 100% speculation zone? Haven't looked at the Internet or the media in 5 hours, so I've missed out on the latest.
Posted by: zombie at October 02, 2015 02:00 AM (jBuUi) 48-hour rule in effect, but from the dismay in the media we're figuring either Allahu akbar or #BlackLivesMatter. Posted by: cthulhu at October 02, 2015 02:04 AM (EzgxV) 409
Has anyone yet discovered a motive for the oregon shootings? or are we still in the 100% speculation zone?
Posted by: zombie at October 02, 2015 02:00 AM (jBuUi) I think we are up to 306% speculation now. Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 02, 2015 02:05 AM (bLnSU) 410
One of the passing fancies that I've had.....when all the Syrian refugees who laid down their arms or gave them to terrorists and fled,
That's when I quite giving a shit about them and the Iraqis. All that US blood and the pussies ran, Posted by: ryukyu at October 02, 2015 02:05 AM (j29PP) 411
406 "Silent Running" will always be one of my favorite moves. "Capricorn One" was good. Loved ""Andromeda Strain"
Posted by: ryukyu at October 02, 2015 02:03 AM (j29PP) Andromeda Strain was awesomesauce.....it's just too bad the movie decided to go with lasers in the core for the visuals. Posted by: cthulhu at October 02, 2015 02:05 AM (EzgxV) 412
Almost certainly utterly academic (for the US, which sort of doesn't exist any more on the geopolitical gameboard), but these Russian activities in Syria will certainly be fun for updating our intel on their gear and operations. Much better coverage than any recent opportunities thanks to geography. Surely the russkis have considered this and have some idea what they'll do, but if/when Israel does the needful on Iran, the Russian presence and co-ordination with IGRC/Hezbollah could become "interesting". Israel's actual strikes on Iran will be 10% of the operation. The rest will be the war on Hezbollah and any IGRC of concern nearby. (minor policing up of stupidity in Gaza too, but Egypt can be expected to not be unhelpful and Hamas is dogs**t anyway) Tartus and the airbase are far from the areas involved, but still. Posted by: rhomboid at October 02, 2015 02:05 AM (QDnY+) 413
Posted by: zombie at October 02, 2015 02:00 AM (jBuUi)
Well,FWIW "The Daily Beast" (I know! I know!) says he admired the Roanoke shooter who got lots of attention. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 02, 2015 02:06 AM (cgZPg) 414
409 Has anyone yet discovered a motive for the oregon shootings? or are we still in the 100% speculation zone?
Posted by: zombie at October 02, 2015 02:00 AM (jBuUi) I think we are up to 306% speculation now. Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 02, 2015 02:05 AM (bLnSU) That's RMS speculation -- Peaks are hitting 6 db above that. Posted by: cthulhu at October 02, 2015 02:06 AM (EzgxV) 415
406 "Silent Running" will always be one of my favorite moves.
Posted by: ryukyu I know a guy who considers himself the uber-ultra-ur-environmentalist. Greener than green. So I said to him, one day, "Then you must really hold a special place in your heart for 'Silent Running'." He revealed that he had not only never seen it, he had never heard of it. I told him it was the ultimate environmentalist film, the film that inspired a million people to devoted their lives to the ecosystem etc., a landmark film in the history of the movement he claims to champion. His response was, basically, that since he had never heard of it, then it must be totally unimportant and stupid. I tried to set him straight about history, but he would not be convinced. Posted by: zombie at October 02, 2015 02:08 AM (jBuUi) Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 02, 2015 02:09 AM (cgZPg) 417
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I have seen where the dating site profile was created recently and allegedly edited AFTER his death. The MySpace page? Also allegedly a fake. Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at October 02, 2015 12:38 AM (hVdx9) The way the government has lock down information on this incident, in 48 hours they will have their official story and we may never know what really happened. Posted by: rickl at October 02, 2015 02:09 AM (sdi6R) 418
What did folks here think about the early 1970s scifi classics "Silent Running" and "Capricorn One"???
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 02, 2015 01:56 AM (ntObR) Capricorn One has an actor best known for slasher films. Oh wait, that wasn't a film O.J. slashed his way through. Posted by: RickZ at October 02, 2015 02:09 AM (dcIVz) 419
48-hour rule in effect, but from the dismay in the media we're figuring either Allahu akbar or #BlackLivesMatter.
Posted by: cthulhu ??? But what about his dating profile in which he self-describes as "Republican" and "conservative"? I thought the media would be running with that by now. I'm surprised it hasn't gotten traction. (Or has it?) Posted by: zombie at October 02, 2015 02:10 AM (jBuUi) 420
RickZ, true.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 02, 2015 02:10 AM (ntObR) 421
I think we are up to 306% speculation now.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith Damn, I miss out on all the fun. Posted by: zombie at October 02, 2015 02:10 AM (jBuUi) 422
??? But what about his dating profile in which he self-describes as
"Republican" and "conservative"? I thought the media would be running with that by now. I'm surprised it hasn't gotten traction. (Or has it?) Since it's been edited multiple times post-shooting, there's some scepticism about it. Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 02, 2015 02:11 AM (YJmuy) 423
That's RMS speculation -- Peaks are hitting 6 db above that.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 02, 2015 02:06 AM (EzgxV) Yeah, but using peak rumor power is cheating. Only disreputable rumormongers do that. Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 02, 2015 02:12 AM (bLnSU) 424
Since it's been edited multiple times post-shooting, there's some scepticism about it.
In related news, Brian Ross just bit all the way through his pencil. Posted by: qdpsteve at October 02, 2015 02:12 AM (ntObR) 425
406 "Silent Running" will always be one of my favorite moves. "Capricorn One" was good. Loved ""Andromeda Strain"
Posted by: ryukyu at October 02, 2015 02:03 AM (j29PP) As a kid I thought Silent Running was great but then I happened to catch it on TV as an adult and realized that it was really just heavy-handed dreck with very good special effects for the time. Posted by: Maetenloch at October 02, 2015 02:12 AM (wqVD1) 426
415 406 "Silent Running" will always be one of my favorite moves.
Posted by: ryukyu I know a guy who considers himself the uber-ultra-ur-environmentalist. Greener than green. So I said to him, one day, "Then you must really hold a special place in your heart for 'Silent Running'." He revealed that he had not only never seen it, he had never heard of it. I told him it was the ultimate environmentalist film, the film that inspired a million people to devoted their lives to the ecosystem etc., a landmark film in the history of the movement he claims to champion. His response was, basically, that since he had never heard of it, then it must be totally unimportant and stupid. I tried to set him straight about history, but he would not be convinced. Posted by: zombie at October 02, 2015 02:08 AM (jBuUi) To be a lefty, you can believe anything -- any damned thing at all. You can believe that up is down and right is left....you can believe that corn is the greatest evil mankind has ever faced and the ultimate salvation of food, energy, spiritualism, and honored labor -- simultaneously[. But what you must never question or even think about is Year Zero. History begins when the right people start recording it. Anything before that is wrongthink. Posted by: cthulhu at October 02, 2015 02:13 AM (EzgxV) Posted by: Harry Caine Joe Quinn at October 02, 2015 02:13 AM (iIVyq) 428
402 What did folks here think about the early 1970s scifi classics "Silent Running" and "Capricorn One"???
Both recently became available on blu-ray. I admit I'm intrigued. Posted by: qdpsteve "Silent Running" is an absolute classic of the sci-fi genre. In the top ten '70s sci-fi flicks at a minimum. It has a slow part in the middle, but a powerful ending. "Capricorn One" is a ridiculous joke film, mostly notable for having OJ Simpson running and jumping over things to imitate the Hertz Rent-a-Car ads he was in at the time. An embarrassment, but enjoyable in a kitchy way. Posted by: zombie at October 02, 2015 02:13 AM (jBuUi) Posted by: rhomboid at October 02, 2015 02:14 AM (QDnY+) Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 02, 2015 02:14 AM (YJmuy) 431
Frankly, with the amount of time passed and secrecy on this one, unless you're an insider there's no way to trust what comes out tomorrow.
It can't help but look like they're rewriting events as they happen. We're rapidly approaching the point where you'll find all these similar descriptions of an event online, then check old paper records and they all tell a different story. People are already living that in their heads, of course. Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 02, 2015 02:15 AM (bLnSU) 432
Since it's been edited multiple times post-shooting, there's some scepticism about it.
Posted by: Blanco Basura Ahhhhh. I suspected as much. There was something odd about his selection of interests -- anarchist punk rock, tattoos, paganism, etc., that just didn't jibe with being a "conservative." Posted by: zombie at October 02, 2015 02:16 AM (jBuUi) 433
zombie, I have for some time given up on trying to educate or help these sorts of people (who dominate the society, culture, coasts, and cities). Also I just don't respect them, or care about them. Haven't nuked a single one, but cut off or drifted away from many, many of them.
Posted by: rhomboid at October 02, 2015 02:18 AM (QDnY+) 434
Posted by: zombie at October 02, 2015 02:08 AM (jBuUi)
I posted here, I think last night, a dipshit self-censoring himself to the point he didn't know what Godwin's Law was. He was saying the wikipedia link I posted defining Godwin'S Law was probaby Reich wing media. I laughed at him. I figure the guys are too lazy to vote so I don't expend too much energy on them. Posted by: ryukyu at October 02, 2015 02:18 AM (j29PP) 435
423 That's RMS speculation -- Peaks are hitting 6 db above that.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 02, 2015 02:06 AM (EzgxV) Yeah, but using peak rumor power is cheating. Only disreputable rumormongers do that. Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 02, 2015 02:12 AM (bLnSU) It's reasonable to look at it -- it's just when people try to validate their polls with bogus peak frothing numbers that it gets a bad name. Everyone knows that the guy the demagogue wants to use as a benchmark is one-tenth of an EEG short of grand mal. Posted by: cthulhu at October 02, 2015 02:19 AM (EzgxV) 436
Thanks for the reviews, guys. Will especially have to check out "Silent Running."
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 02, 2015 02:23 AM (ntObR) 437
As an extract from Merovign's @403.... http://www.pleated-jeans.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/picdump-1428-2-1.jpg
WeirdDave and Chi should both take note -- WD for the bike and Chi for the nipper. Posted by: cthulhu at October 02, 2015 02:23 AM (EzgxV) 438
Posted by: Maetenloch at October 02, 2015 02:12 AM (wqVD1)
Maybe. In the long run I feel powerful people need to kept in check to prevent this as they seem to always be short-sighted. I think that's what this movie means to me. Heavy handed EPA not withstanding. Posted by: ryukyu at October 02, 2015 02:24 AM (j29PP) 439
Sorry, should be WD for the togs and Chi for the nipper.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 02, 2015 02:25 AM (EzgxV) 440
Well, two kinds of possible fall-out from this sad tragedy re gun "control". On the plus side, the idiots try one more time to make the water run uphill, maybe in some places where that can still get their jewels sliced off (NV, PA), so even more Dem losses to (mostly) useless GOP replacements. (think the scent of burnt flesh from the stove in CO is still too fresh for the Dems to try anything there) On the negative side, places like CA may well descend into another paroxysm of unconstitutional, idiotic, completely irrelevant harrassment of gun owners (GOP doesn't really exist here and would probably join in if it did). Which the mostly farcical judicial system will take a decade or more to reverse, if they do. Posted by: rhomboid at October 02, 2015 02:26 AM (QDnY+) 441
Since one report about the killer mentioned an interest in Wicca, I would like to repost an earlier comment.
I once knew a woman who identified as Wiccan. I liked her overall, but she had a seething hatred of Christians that was rather off-putting. I was an agnostic, but I was like, "Geez, can you dial it back a notch?" Posted by: rickl at October 02, 2015 02:27 AM (sdi6R) 442
436 Thanks for the reviews, guys. Will especially have to check out "Silent Running."
Posted by: qdpsteve Be patient with the long scenes where Bruce Dern goes crazy with boredom. Depicting boredom on film almost inevitably makes the audience bored. Also be aware that it is, ultimately, a "deep green" propaganda film. But very well made and well acted, back before environmentalism imploded into a deranged cult. So your forgive its politics. Special effects are notable too - the transition between "2001: A Space Odyssey" and "Star Wars." Posted by: zombie at October 02, 2015 02:27 AM (jBuUi) 443
441 Since one report about the killer mentioned an interest in Wicca, I would like to repost an earlier comment.
I once knew a woman who identified as Wiccan. I liked her overall, but she had a seething hatred of Christians that was rather off-putting. I was an agnostic, but I was like, "Geez, can you dial it back a notch?" Posted by: rickl I know, literally, hundreds of wiccans and other assorted pagans. The vast majority of them got involved in the scene specifically for the purpose of rebelling against the Christianity of their parents. Hating Christianity with burning intensity is the WHOLE PURPOSE of why they're in the pagan scene in the first place. There's no way they can dial it back a notch. Posted by: zombie at October 02, 2015 02:30 AM (jBuUi) 444
425 406 "Silent Running" will always be one of my favorite moves. "Capricorn One" was good. Loved ""Andromeda Strain"
Posted by: ryukyu at October 02, 2015 02:03 AM (j29PP) As a kid I thought Silent Running was great but then I happened to catch it on TV as an adult and realized that it was really just heavy-handed dreck with very good special effects for the time. Posted by: Maetenloch at October 02, 2015 02:12 AM (wqVD1) I think one of the underlying messages was that great irreversible evil may be done for trivial excusable slights. There was no reason for the arks to be destroyed except that they were embarrassing -- but once a dome was destroyed, it could never be re-created. We see that every day when thousands die in the Mid-East to try to cover-up that Obama is a socialist dipshit. These are real lives of real people who might be a great asset to society.....and nobody believes Obama is competent or has more than three fully-functional neurons [and those probably dedicated to bowel control]. And, yet, the actuality of the one is sacrificed -- over and over -- for the false and disbelieved illusion of the other. Posted by: cthulhu at October 02, 2015 02:32 AM (EzgxV) 445
G'night everyone.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 02, 2015 02:32 AM (YJmuy) 446
Zombie, recently ran across your 2012 review of the Little Blue Book by Lakoff.
I'd read reviews before, but yours far more effectively laid out the basics. Reminds me of Sayet's apple speech as far as efficiently dissecting ideas and their consequences. Unfortunately, the consequence is the deliberate manufacture of a class of political advocates programmed to reject debate and argument and simply Push Until It Breaks. I knew they were doing it as a tactic, I hadn't seen their training manual yet. I should have a copy of that, as infuriating as it sounds. I already know so many people it is just impossible to converse with because they literally don't hear what you say, they hear their preconception of what you would say if you fit their stereotype. Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 02, 2015 02:35 AM (bLnSU) 447
I have seen where the dating site profile was created recently and allegedly edited AFTER his death
Ashley Madison is getting into necrophilliacs now? Posted by: Jean at October 02, 2015 02:37 AM (ztOda) 448
"I think one of the underlying messages was that great irreversible evil may be done for trivial excusable slights."
I cry for the Einstein that we may have killed. Posted by: ryukyu at October 02, 2015 02:38 AM (j29PP) 449
. Hating Christianity with burning intensity is the WHOLE PURPOSE of why they're in the pagan scene in the first place.
Shame, I though it was dancing naked in the woods. Posted by: Jean at October 02, 2015 02:38 AM (ztOda) 450
It's been many years since I saw both films, but I remember "Silent Running" as being pretty good. Yes, it was Green propaganda, but well done.
"Capricorn One" was basically a Moon Landing Truther movie, only about a landing on Mars. It was pure entertainment, and not meant to be taken seriously. Although I'm sure some did. Posted by: rickl at October 02, 2015 02:40 AM (sdi6R) 451
Posted by: cthulhu at October 02, 2015 02:32 AM (EzgxV)
Except that there was no reason for the arks to be destroyed nor was one really given in the movie. It was just an artificial plot point to make Dern the hero and manipulate the audience. Plus as I recall there was some godawful hippie folk singing in the middle of the movie. This was one movie that I really wish I hadn't seen as an adult since it ruined my childhood memories. Posted by: Maetenloch at October 02, 2015 02:40 AM (wqVD1) 452
Hating Christianity with burning intensity is the WHOLE PURPOSE of why they're in the pagan scene in the first place. ... and I thought that the whole purpose of becoming a playgan was to justify the use of a saving throw to avoid the punishment for crossing the edicts of Darth Math. Posted by: Arbalest at October 02, 2015 02:44 AM (FlRtG) 453
Maet, I take it you're much more of a fan of the *song* "Silent Running" than the movie. :-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttJsuLmcmiY Posted by: qdpsteve at October 02, 2015 02:46 AM (ntObR) 454
446 Zombie, recently ran across your 2012 review of the Little Blue Book by Lakoff.
I'd read reviews before, but yours far more effectively laid out the basics. Reminds me of Sayet's apple speech as far as efficiently dissecting ideas and their consequences. Unfortunately, the consequence is the deliberate manufacture of a class of political advocates programmed to reject debate and argument and simply Push Until It Breaks. I knew they were doing it as a tactic, I hadn't seen their training manual yet. I should have a copy of that, as infuriating as it sounds. I already know so many people it is just impossible to converse with because they literally don't hear what you say, they hear their preconception of what you would say if you fit their stereotype. Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith I'll let you in on a secret: I know someone who knows a couple who knows a couple who know Lakoff. (None of these people know my online identity or politics.) Anyway, I heard through this grapevine that Lakoff himself saw my review and was speechless with fury and spluttering rage-shame. Even though I only heard this fourth-hand and didn't get to witness it personally, the very image of him reading the review with steam coming out of his ears is comforting to me. I felt it was important to not just draw back the curtain, but to vivisect progressive ideology in full view of the world in real time, so that there is a permanent record of how they think. Posted by: zombie at October 02, 2015 02:47 AM (jBuUi) 455
Just saw FOX run a short clip of local media interviewing Mercer's father, Ian Mercer, a restaurant manager. He's a Brit, and junior was born in Britain I think, but don't hold me to to that. Mother's name was Harper, and the name is Harper-Mercer. They divorced several years ago.
Mom remarried and there's a stepsister. Local media is really playing up the "gun nut" angle, talking about how he loved to target shoot and go to the range. Get ready for a gun grabbing propaganda shitstorm. Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at October 02, 2015 02:48 AM (dvuhZ) 456
448 "I think one of the underlying messages was that great irreversible evil may be done for trivial excusable slights."
I cry for the Einstein that we may have killed. Posted by: ryukyu at October 02, 2015 02:38 AM (j29PP) Yeah, like that -- but it's the sort of message that needs to be shoved back into the faces of the SJW and the PC-policers and the "rape is saying 'nice tits'" folks. When you drum someone out of college and put them on a sexual predators' registry for life just because he was a lousy lay and didn't say "thank-you" enough, you are doing irreversible, serious, lifelong damage because you're a special snowflake. When you're shoving the entire mideast into an inferno and causing thousands of deaths and huge displaced populations, not to mention causing the death of an employee, someone you were responsible for and had good relations with, just because you can't admit your knowledge of real, on-the-ground conflicts was limited to theoretical Marxist bullshit sessions that most people get beyond by the time they're Seniors.....you might just be a special snowflake. When you're being played as an idiot by Posted by: cthulhu at October 02, 2015 02:49 AM (EzgxV) 457
I felt it was important to not just draw back the curtain, but to vivisect progressive ideology in full view of the world in real time, so that there is a permanent record of how they think.
Posted by: zombie at October 02, 2015 02:47 AM (jBuUi) I could see the consequences, the process just makes a lot more sense now. I grew up around a lot of progs, I never, never fully understood the A-->B progress. Both parents were pretty rational and a little libertarianish. I didn't quite know where I was as a teen, but I knew I wasn't left. They would misrepresent things in a conversation in realtime, and not accept that they'd done it. It creeped me out. I did get hold of some Ed Sector creepy left propaganda back then, helped me see *what* they were doing. Sadly, I lost it in a move. 80s far left education training photocopies. Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 02, 2015 02:54 AM (bLnSU) 458
451 Posted by: cthulhu at October 02, 2015 02:32 AM (EzgxV)
Except that there was no reason for the arks to be destroyed nor was one really given in the movie. It was just an artificial plot point to make Dern the hero and manipulate the audience. Plus as I recall there was some godawful hippie folk singing in the middle of the movie. This was one movie that I really wish I hadn't seen as an adult since it ruined my childhood memories. Posted by: Maetenloch at October 02, 2015 02:40 AM (wqVD1) I actually had (and probably still have) the book!!! IIRC, the political party that had launched the Valley Forge and other ark ships with their domes kept getting hammered by the opposition party over what a waste of resources they were.....until they finally said, "fuckitall" and ordered the ships to jettison the domes and destroy them to avoid the continual nagging. It wasn't to avoid the continual expense, it wasn't to reclaim anything -- it was to avoid the continual political nagging. Posted by: cthulhu at October 02, 2015 02:55 AM (EzgxV) 459
Get ready for a gun grabbing propaganda shitstorm.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at October 02, 2015 02:48 AM (dvuhZ) I'm surprised at how mild it was today. But then, we have a pretty non-industrious leadership, they're just getting warmed up. Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 02, 2015 02:55 AM (bLnSU) 460
442
Be patient with the long scenes where Bruce Dern goes crazy with boredom. Depicting boredom on film almost inevitably makes the audience bored. Almost. Posted by: Jack Torrance at October 02, 2015 02:56 AM (YxaXw) 461
I already know so many people it is just impossible to converse with because they literally don't hear what you say, they hear their preconception of what you would say if you fit their stereotype.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 02, 2015 02:35 AM (bLnSU) Or my personal favorite response by some idiot: "I don't want to get into that because it will just divide us." WTF? Posted by: St. Margaret Atheling, Queen of Scotland, aka tcn in AK at October 02, 2015 03:02 AM (+YMhA) 462
459 Get ready for a gun grabbing propaganda shitstorm.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at October 02, 2015 02:48 AM (dvuhZ) I'm surprised at how mild it was today. But then, we have a pretty non-industrious leadership, they're just getting warmed up. Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 02, 2015 02:55 AM (bLnSU) We need a Federal law that says that people who declare "gun-free zones" for law-abiding people MUST provide armed guards sufficient to guarantee safety.....and are financially liable if it turns out that citizens in such zones are not, in fact, safe. Posted by: cthulhu at October 02, 2015 03:02 AM (EzgxV) 463
.....you might just be a special snowflake.
When you argue that while it is okay for people to have those icky guns, they shouldn't have more than 6 bullets in a single magazine at once because then they could shoot too many people without reloading..... you might just be a special snowflake. And.... Posted by: St. Margaret Atheling, Queen of Scotland, aka tcn in AK at October 02, 2015 03:05 AM (+YMhA) Posted by: Mr. Enigma at October 02, 2015 03:06 AM (scOkk) 465
Morpheus beckons. Ta-da!
Posted by: zombie at October 02, 2015 03:08 AM (jBuUi) 466
OK. Black guy, with no father, kills 10. So it's not a race war if Black people kill White people, only the other way around?
Posted by: Nip Sip at October 02, 2015 03:10 AM (jJRIy) 467
They aren't actually *arguing* gun control, they're stating and re-stating their position and ignoring what you say or restating it as their bigoted assumption about what you *really* must believe to oppose their Perfect Possible Moral Outcome that they think you Kulaks are keeping them away from.
And to make sure they don't accidentally hear what you're saying, they make sure the motives they imagine for you are EVIL, because EVIL is never worth considering. It's a rhetorical closed loop. They cut you out of the conversation, and if you manage to be heard they try to carpet-bomb the conversation with "hate children hate the old hate women hate X" crap. Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 02, 2015 03:12 AM (bLnSU) 468
463 .....you might just be a special snowflake.
When you argue that while it is okay for people to have those icky guns, they shouldn't have more than 6 bullets in a single magazine at once because then they could shoot too many people without reloading..... you might just be a special snowflake. And.... Posted by: St. Margaret Atheling, Queen of Scotland, aka tcn in AK at October 02, 2015 03:05 AM (+YMhA) When you look at the facts -- someone charging at you has to be sufficiently ventilated to drop their blood-pressure past a point where they can continue to charge in order to cease to be a threat.....we're not talking about the Hollywood "you done me, copper" bullshit. We're talking the "you can put 9 holes in the guy and he's still going to be able to touch you if he started at 21 feet" real world. Posted by: cthulhu at October 02, 2015 03:15 AM (EzgxV) 469
CNN is confirming the Oregon shooter targeted Christians in particular.
http://tinyurl.com/qx5md43 Posted by: qdpsteve at October 02, 2015 03:18 AM (ntObR) 470
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NkF05D-NJMU
Joan Baez : Rejoice in the Sun. Who could forget Huey, Dewey, and Louie. Posted by: Hanoverfist at October 02, 2015 03:19 AM (acnx4) 471
469 CNN is confirming the Oregon shooter targeted Christians in particular.
http://tinyurl.com/qx5md43 Posted by: qdpsteve at October 02, 2015 03:18 AM (ntObR) Absolutely the sign of an Evangelical Tea-Party Republican. No question. Posted by: cthulhu at October 02, 2015 03:20 AM (EzgxV) 472
cthulhu, it's as if you're reading the MSM's mind.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 02, 2015 03:23 AM (ntObR) 473
Well, gotta call it a night folks. Thanks for another great night.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 02, 2015 03:28 AM (ntObR) 474
472 cthulhu, it's as if you're reading the MSM's mind.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 02, 2015 03:23 AM (ntObR) It's not "as if" -- you just have to look -- http://cantspeakenglish.com /wp-content/uploads/2012/03 /The_worst_toilet_in_Scotland _by_jesushero.jpg Posted by: cthulhu at October 02, 2015 03:32 AM (EzgxV) Posted by: rudy g at October 02, 2015 03:36 AM (tQ6GS) 476
trump/cheney 2016
Posted by: vp d cheney at October 02, 2015 03:38 AM (tQ6GS) 477
Absolutely the sign of an Evangelical Tea-Party Republican. No question.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 02, 2015 03:20 AM (EzgxV) One story I read actually said he was a Republican. Oregon is a known hot bed of Black Republicans. Posted by: Nip Sip at October 02, 2015 03:39 AM (jJRIy) 478
477 Absolutely the sign of an Evangelical Tea-Party Republican. No question. Posted by: cthulhu at October 02, 2015 03:20 AM (EzgxV) One story I read actually said he was a Republican. Oregon is a known hot bed of Black Republicans. Posted by: Nip Sip at October 02, 2015 03:39 AM (jJRIy) You might be surprised at what there is in Oregon outside of Portland.....but I agree that we're getting 90% BS and the shifts and omissions are starting to signal a breakdown in Narrative. Posted by: cthulhu at October 02, 2015 03:42 AM (EzgxV) 479
Just hanging around waiting for 10 inches of rain. Hurricane coming!
Posted by: Nip Sip at October 02, 2015 03:43 AM (jJRIy) 480
Nip,
That was om one of those dating websites that the murderer belong to. There have been accusations on Twitter? or something that it was edited in after the fact. Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old and unimproved. at October 02, 2015 03:43 AM (dOD0J) 481
WeirdDave and Chi should both take note -- WD for the bike and Chi for the nipper.
Posted by: cthulhu --------------------------- That's actually a very cool bike. Probably worth a bit of coin to collectors. I'd loVe to have one now! Late seventies, early eighties CB400's were great entry level bikes. The nipper is pretty cute, too. Jack Russell? Posted by: Chi at October 02, 2015 03:44 AM (qtuwr) 482
At this point, as hill would say, what difference does it make? Asshole lived with his mother, had no job, and killed 10 people.
It's the gun's fault. What I don't understand is where is the spirit of flight 93? Why do these people wait to be killed and not fight back? Posted by: Nip Sip at October 02, 2015 03:46 AM (jJRIy) 483
"Why do these people wait to be killed and not fight back?"
I think you know the answer to that as well as I do. Because they have been taught not to fight back. Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old and unimproved. at October 02, 2015 03:49 AM (dOD0J) 484
481 WeirdDave and Chi should both take note -- WD for the bike and Chi for the nipper.
Posted by: cthulhu --------------------------- That's actually a very cool bike. Probably worth a bit of coin to collectors. I'd loVe to have one now! Late seventies, early eighties CB400's were great entry level bikes. The nipper is pretty cute, too. Jack Russell? Posted by: Chi at October 02, 2015 03:44 AM (qtuwr) Hey, Chi -- it would be SO easy for Tucker to get used to such accommodations......he settled back in, or is he still going, "where were you, and who is that?" Posted by: cthulhu at October 02, 2015 03:49 AM (EzgxV) 485
I felt it was important to not just draw back the curtain, but to vivisect progressive ideology in full view of the world in real time, so that there is a permanent record of how they think.
Posted by: zombie at October 02, 2015 02:47 AM (jBuUi) ____________________ Fantastic attitude, and great job! Posted by: BuckIV at October 02, 2015 03:49 AM (CLfqv) 486
483 "Why do these people wait to be killed and not fight back?"
I think you know the answer to that as well as I do. Because they have been taught not to fight back. Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old and unimproved. at October 02, 2015 03:49 AM (dOD0J) Fighting back is icky. Wanting to resist is icky. Posted by: cthulhu at October 02, 2015 03:51 AM (EzgxV) 487
We need a Federal law that says that people who declare "gun-free zones" for law-abiding people MUST provide armed guards sufficient to guarantee safety.....and are financially liable if it turns out that citizens in such zones are not, in fact, safe.
_________________________ I've been saying for years that liability should attach if a location declared a "Gun Free Zone" fails to keep guns out. They're assuming the risk of your protection. Posted by: BuckIV at October 02, 2015 03:52 AM (CLfqv) 488
Because they have been taught not to fight back.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old and unimproved. at October 02, 2015 03:49 AM (dOD0J) Not in my home. Shelter in place is not an option. Shoot back is. Every room in my home has a weapon somewhere. Posted by: Nip Sip at October 02, 2015 03:53 AM (jJRIy) 489
"Every room in my home has a weapon somewhere."
I wish that was an option in my Home. I have two very inquisitive almost 5 yer olds running around. Weapons have to be kept out of reach. They are just not old enough to understand what happens if you are in front of the barrel of a gun. Even though they have seen both me and shooting they think it is just a loud noise at this point in time. The Watermelon demonstration is not yet understandable to them. Once it is I will feel safe with them out in open some more. Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old and unimproved. at October 02, 2015 04:03 AM (dOD0J) 490
I understand. I have no kids in home. When I did, guns were very secure, aka not available. Both my sons shoot, so they know what it is all about.
Have the ready and have them secure. Posted by: Nip Sip at October 02, 2015 04:05 AM (jJRIy) 491
I think the back of the School Yard fight went out of style in the late 70's.
The anti bully movement came into being in the 80's and picked up steam in the 90's No tolerance was the theme of 00's and has progressed to the point that you can suspended if your Pop Tart resembles a Pistol. So yeah, unfortunately, I can see how fighting back is not an option for those who have been indoctrinated by public schooling. Off hand, name one local Public School that has a Boxing Program or Club. Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old and unimproved. at October 02, 2015 04:09 AM (dOD0J) 492
accommodations......he settled back in, or is he still going, "where were you, and who is that?"
Posted by: cthulhu ---------------------- Oh yeah. He was settled back in pretty quickly. Guarding the house, barking at every shadow or leaf on the front lawn, etc. Chasing off the birds & squirrels. Getting into the trashcan (half a stick of butter? Really, man?) He got spoiled rotten at Mom's, too. You called that one. The wind & rain has been messing with him some. We'll see what the next few days do to him. Posted by: Chi at October 02, 2015 04:09 AM (qtuwr) 493
489 "Every room in my home has a weapon somewhere."
I wish that was an option in my Home. I have two very inquisitive almost 5 yer olds running around. Weapons have to be kept out of reach. They are just not old enough to understand what happens if you are in front of the barrel of a gun. Even though they have seen both me and shooting they think it is just a loud noise at this point in time. The Watermelon demonstration is not yet understandable to them. Once it is I will feel safe with them out in open some more. Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old and unimproved. at October 02, 2015 04:03 AM (dOD0J) When I was a kid, my family didn't have guns.....but my uncle's family did (uncle was a Marine). He had 'em on a gun rack hanging on the wall. One day, my cousin and I were bouncing around on the back of the couch at my uncle's place.....and he made it very, very clear to me that I could bounce my ass onto the floor but that I'd better not try to touch the gun rack on the way down. It really isn't that complicated -- my uncle had quite a few guns in his home while raising 3 kids and his home was safer than ours, because he kept discipline tight. Posted by: cthulhu at October 02, 2015 04:09 AM (EzgxV) Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old and unimproved. at October 02, 2015 04:10 AM (dOD0J) 495
He got spoiled rotten at Mom's, too. You called that one.
Posted by: Chi at October 02, 2015 04:09 AM (qtuwr) Well, it wasn't like it was going to be Top Secret. Heh. I had thought you were taking him with, and was wondering how long it would take him to co-opt SMFH. Posted by: cthulhu at October 02, 2015 04:15 AM (EzgxV) 496
18 It rather seems like it is 1979 all over again. Except this time Carter figured out how to bribe people with made up dollars he produced out of thin air.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 01, 2015 11:29 PM (5LOno) --- 1979 *and* 1939. Morning everyone! Posted by: Cardinal Eris (weapons: fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency, fanatical devotion to the Pope) at October 02, 2015 04:17 AM (jR7Wy) 497
I had thought you were taking him with, and was wondering how long it would take him to co-opt SMFH.
Posted by: cthulhu ------------------------ Next time. I'm sill nervous about him flying, though, to be honest. Posted by: Chi at October 02, 2015 04:17 AM (qtuwr) 498
497 I had thought you were taking him with, and was wondering how long it would take him to co-opt SMFH. Posted by: cthulhu ------------------------ Next time. I'm sill nervous about him flying, though, to be honest. Posted by: Chi at October 02, 2015 04:17 AM (qtuwr) Knowing what I do, I'd be more afraid of him nipping one of the stewardesses -- especially if one were particularly fetching, with tentacles. He seems to get excited around such things. Posted by: cthulhu at October 02, 2015 04:24 AM (EzgxV) 499
Service doggeh?
It's a thought. I should look into what that takes - and if it could be used against me in the future (CCP)? Posted by: Chi at October 02, 2015 04:36 AM (qtuwr) 500
Sackin' it.....
I'm feeling pretty accomplished -- I did some manual IP routing earlier today that seems to have worked.....when it doesn't work, there's a serious possibility of bricking your box. So I'm off to dreamland. Posted by: cthulhu at October 02, 2015 04:42 AM (EzgxV) 501
Not a good night but
Good morning horde Posted by: Skip at October 02, 2015 04:49 AM (HbCsM) 502
that's more like it.
http://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=359284 Posted by: camp songs at October 02, 2015 05:07 AM (tQ6GS) 503
for thoses that need reasusureing.....
Posted by: f 22 at October 02, 2015 05:09 AM (tQ6GS) 504
Good morning roonz and roonettez!
Posted by: GGE of the Traveling Horde, NC Chapter at October 02, 2015 05:10 AM (SDJ4Y) 505
With appropriate changes, Kyle Smith's quote sound like the typical studies department. If you change "white person" to "wombyn" and "black" to man, it's feminism, the most celebrated and influential hateful ideology on the planet.
Posted by: ErisGuy at October 02, 2015 05:12 AM (wqv11) 506
everebody has one , i here they are the best!
can't leave a country with out one. i was building a house. Posted by: f 35 at October 02, 2015 05:13 AM (tQ6GS) 507
Oh and Gen. McMaster - you can plan for 4 second firefights, but you're still going to get 14 hour firefights. So keep that plan in your back pocket.
Posted by: Skip at October 02, 2015 05:15 AM (HbCsM) 508
GGE!
Was it today? Really happy for you two, man. Posted by: Chi at October 02, 2015 05:32 AM (qtuwr) 509
i invented shooting on campus!
Posted by: clock boy at October 02, 2015 05:47 AM (tQ6GS) 510
following winds...
it's us or them. Posted by: duff beer at October 02, 2015 05:51 AM (tQ6GS) 511
Just watched the whole Netanyahu speech to the UN. Man, I wish we had a leader like that.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at October 02, 2015 05:52 AM (J+mig) 512
504
Good morning roonz and roonettez! Posted by: GGE of the Traveling Horde, NC Chapter at October 02, 2015 05:10 AM (SDJ4Y) Married yet? Posted by: Nip Sip at October 02, 2015 05:54 AM (jJRIy) 513
NY Slime has long story on shooter. No picture of him.
Gee, wonder if the fact he is Black has anything to do with that? Posted by: Nip Sip at October 02, 2015 06:06 AM (jJRIy) 514
'Sup, Modern Men?
Posted by: fluffy at October 02, 2015 06:07 AM (2iV3X) Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 02, 2015 06:09 AM (VPLuQ) 516
If Rachel Dolezal had a brother....
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 02, 2015 06:10 AM (VPLuQ) 517
" 'Sup, Modern Men?"
Modern Men sound an awful lot like Metrosexual Beta Pajama Boy sperm donors who wear skinny jeans, and are open too the idea of getting pegged. Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 02, 2015 06:14 AM (VPLuQ) 518
>>> Modern Men sound an awful lot like Metrosexual Beta Pajama Boy sperm donors who wear skinny jeans, and are open too the idea of getting pegged.
You pretty much nailed it. Did you see that thread yesterday? Posted by: fluffy at October 02, 2015 06:16 AM (2iV3X) 519
"Did you see that thread yesterday?"
Saw it's existence. Didn't have time to read and linger on it though. Then saw where Insty had highlighted the item about guns, and crying a lot. Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 02, 2015 06:22 AM (VPLuQ) 520
This shitbird of a murderer in OR as much as screamed that he did this because he'd become famous. What does the media promptly do?
Slather terabytes of attention on him, making him famous. Oh, and blame the hardware he used. Posted by: Jaws at October 02, 2015 06:22 AM (Rbtz3) 521
"Slather terabytes of attention on him, making him famous. Oh, and blame the hardware he used. "
Look for gun sales to soar again. And just as ammo prices were starting to come down too. Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 02, 2015 06:25 AM (VPLuQ) 522
On Wednesday Ta-Nehisi Coates was awarded a 2015 MacArthur Foundation 'Genius Grant'.
_____________________ LOL. And that idiot Coates is as qualified for a genius grant as Barry "I'm really good at killing people" Obama was qualified for a Nobel Peace Prize. Posted by: TrivialPursuer at October 02, 2015 06:32 AM (a31sM) 523
Morning! I read the whole ONT. Contents on down. Good stuff from Maet and some great comments and socks, take a bow, horde.
Life is awful, yes. I'm sorry I live in interesting times. But I can't help chuckling when I think of "the CONUS of Joaquin." It sounds so lewd, for some reason. Posted by: Gem at October 02, 2015 06:36 AM (c+gwp) 524
Le NOOD
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 02, 2015 06:53 AM (VPLuQ) 525
Veteran Chris Mintz rushed the Oregan murderer, got 5 wounds. Will survive.
Link to Daily Beast http://thebea.st/1L0conI A pack not a herd Posted by: tmitsss at October 02, 2015 06:55 AM (Pa9vP) 526
"MacArthur Foundation 'Genius Grant'"
When will these worthless, culturally destructive foundations dry up? They must by necessity, since they add nothing monetarily. Posted by: Wendy at October 02, 2015 11:26 AM (bpemY) 527
UGLY
The U.S. economy added just 142,000 jobs in September, falling short of what most economists had forecast. The unemployment rate remained at 5.1 percent, according to a separate survey. The two reports were released by the Department of Labor. Economists had predicted about 190,000 new jobs were created last month. That would have been an improvement from August's figure of 173,000 jobs -- but last month's figure, already seen as anemic, was revised downward in Friday's report to just 136,000 jobs. Summary: Sept 142,000 Aug 136,000 (revised from 173,000) U-3 5.1% (this will rise at the beginning of a real recovery, then drop) Posted by: Obama For-ks America at October 02, 2015 11:37 AM (e8kgV) 528
As we come to a conclusion on Recovery Summer VI
Posted by: Joe Biden at October 02, 2015 11:38 AM (e8kgV) 529
Hillary Clinton is reportedly returning to "Saturday Night Live."
The Democratic presidential front-runner is poised to appear on the long-running NBC sketch series during its season premiere this weekend, according to The New York Times. Clinton's campaign and NBC would not confirm the under-wraps cameo to the paper. The former secretary of State will reportedly appear in the "cold opening" sketch alongside cast member Kate McKinnon, who portrays Clinton on the show. Posted by: John Belushi at October 02, 2015 11:42 AM (e8kgV) 530
They gave that barely literate racist a genius grant?
Hell, they might as well give Ahmed the Totally Innocent Clockmaking Muslim Victim of Racist Conspiracy a genius grant too. Posted by: TallDave at October 02, 2015 12:54 PM (74ZYB) Processing 0.06, elapsed 0.0654 seconds. |
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