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Overnight Open Thread (10-7-2015) – Lonely Women and Beardless Men Edition
The world has always been a dangerous place, and the proliferation of nuclear weapons has only made it more so. But not since the Cold War have there been so many potential triggers for major power conflicts. Will we get into a shooting war? Perhaps not, and almost not certainly with the current Commander in Chief. But each time there is a near miss without consequence, as most are, bad actors are encouraged to believe there will never be any consequence. Still, notwithstanding Barack Obama, the United States does have red lines, treaty obligations (to the Philippines, to Japan, to NATO allies) that could force us into conflict where none was planned.
-- Danielle Pletka in How We Get to World War III
Quote of the Day II - The Hero's Journey from Warrior to Helper Edition
The model hero in ancient times was of the conquering, killing sort, a warrior earning renown by slaying piles of enemies on the battlefield. Think of Homer's Achilles, whom Lindberg examines at length: a self-centered, petulant demigod, perhaps, but a warrior of superhuman caliber. Or Julius Caesar, a man so determined to be the greatest man in Rome that he would destroy the Republic in a civil war rather than rein in his ambition.But over the centuries, the slaying hero gradually fell out of fashion, thanks in large measure to the horrors of World War I and Vietnam, not to mention the rise of the literary antihero such as The Catcher in the Rye's Holden Caulfield. Our ideal of the hero morphed instead into a courageous soul who is no less afraid of death but more focused on saving lives than taking them. Achilles' modern counterpart acts not to kill and conquer, but to serve and save others. "From slaying to saving," writes Lindberg, "from the highest, riskiest expression of self-regard to the highest, riskiest expression of generosity and the caring will."
Lindberg uses the history of the Congressional Medal of Honor-the U.S. military's highest decoration-to demonstrate this evolution of heroism. He reviewed the award from its creation during the Civil War to the present, and concluded that "the percentage of citations that include a saving narrative [as opposed to a killing narrative] has increased markedly" over time.
-- Mark Tapson
If government is - to borrow Barney Frank's memorable definition - the "name we give to the things we choose to do together," then in zombie fiction like TWD, the things everyone chooses to do together include panicking, lying, and displaying breathtaking incompetence. To be fair, zombie fiction would be boring indeed if the first undead outbreak were promptly squashed by a squad of bureaucrats from the Centers for Disease Control. Yet even relatively government-friendly fiction, such as the bestselling book World War Z, features a series of catastrophic mistakes before the ship of state finally rights itself. In brief, in zombie world, the man who relies on the government for his safety will be zombie chow in short order.So who lives? Well, it's not Pajama Boy. In zombieland, there are three kinds of people: those who know how to use guns, those who learn how to use guns, and zombies....The groups that survive are the ones whose members understand that trust is hard-earned and there is no such thing as a "safe space." In other words, man is fallen, and you either remember that fact or you die.
-- David French
Now men are afraid to be men. [...] They won't be a gentleman because that makes them appear soft. That's what we're dealing with now, a hundred percent, and girls are settling for that, but I won't. I will wait forever if I have to. That's why I haven't been having sex or even really seeing anybody....I mean I get horny, I'm human, I'm a woman, I want to have sex. But what am I going to do-just find the first random cute dude that I think is going to be a great ride for the night and then tomorrow I wake up feeling empty and hollow? [.] I can't do it to myself. I cannot. It has a little bit to do with fame and a lot to do with the woman that I am. And that saves me."
...It is lonely, but I have so much work to do that I get distracted. I don't have time to be lonely. And I get fearful of relationships because I feel guilty about wanting someone to be completely faithful and loyal, when I can't even give them 10 percent of the attention that they need. It's just the reality of my time, my life, my schedule.
-- Rihanna describing her non-existent love life
There is the love and marriage and family kind of happiness, which is exceedingly boring to describe but nonetheless is important to have and dreadful not to have.
-- PJ O'Rourke
Donald Trump: Eminent Domain, Even For Private Projects Is 'Wonderful Thing'
Hey he and his business and government cronies know how to use your property better than you do so why shouldn't they take it. After all a limousine parking lot for Trump Plaza is an important and necessary civic resource. Oh and it's not really 'taking your property' since they give you some money after they use the courts to take your property.
New York Prison Inmates Beat Harvard Debate Team
Apparently the Eastern Correctional Facility debate team is quite good. Their main advantages seem to be plenty of time to prepare as well as a lot of life experience. And plus they have the eye of the tiger when it comes to the wrestling phase of the competitions.
If the ALI's proposal goes through, we'll all be living under the insane university rules of 'affirmative consent'. Because in the future everyone will be a rapist for 15 minutes.
Why Netanyahu Is Just Like Hitler
See if you can guess why without peeking. Okay time's up....and nope - you're wrong.
Alphabet, which took over as Google's new holding company on Friday, has dropped the tech giant's "Don't Be Evil" mantra from its code of conduct." I mean, there's a limit to how many deals you can make with ruthless non-democratic and totalitarian states before people start wondering what, exactly, your definition of 'evil' is. Certainly Chinese and Russian dissidents might have an opinion on the subject. They may not dare to express that opinion, but they certainly have it.
Don't get me wrong: I still use Google myself. But let's have no illusions about the company, shall we? And certainly no more smugness from them, either.
Adventures in Salon English-Major Math
Remember: They got paid actual money for this article.
Shale Boom Putting Cash in Americans' Pockets This Winter
What It's Like to Land on Mars
Hypergamic Women And Why Love Requires a College Degree These Days
The New York Jets Take No Chances on the Road
On Those Mid-Century Conversation Pits
Beard Transplants: Because You don't want to be the last one at the coffee house without chin pubes
The Group knows your sins but doesn't care.
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Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: redc1c4 at October 07, 2015 10:49 PM (joq+X)
Posted by: redc1c4 at October 07, 2015 10:50 PM (joq+X)
Posted by: cthulhu at October 07, 2015 10:51 PM (EzgxV)
The Progressive left, back-in-the-day, declared they were champions of sexual privacy and that the state had no business "in the bedroom." From this they built a legal cascade that goes from forcing the government to transport contraceptives to guaranteeing abortions. That they have the government forcing private thirds parties to provide abortificients, subsidize organ harvesting, and even moral affirmation of what the Left deems sexually spiffy.
More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=10050
Posted by: The Political Hat at October 07, 2015 10:51 PM (vBeA5)
Posted by: grammie winger, Isa al-Masih for muslims too at October 07, 2015 10:52 PM (dFi94)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at October 07, 2015 10:53 PM (0O7c5)
"I Love Jesus" is back and polluting the very end of the thread below
a bit threatening in tone for the first one IMHO
Posted by: ThunderB at October 07, 2015 10:53 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: cm9000 at October 07, 2015 10:53 PM (2TUVm)
Posted by: Peaches at October 07, 2015 10:53 PM (EgOr3)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 07, 2015 10:54 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 07, 2015 10:54 PM (ntObR)
We're much more likely to get shot at with Third-World Barky occupooping the Oval Office but not very likely to shoot back at anyone. If the Russkies launched nukes at us Barky would turn around and drone hit a bunch of conservatives, here. Then he'd send his FBI, DHS and EPA out with SWAT teams to take down some more Americans. Then he'd seize their property and give it to illegals.
The rest of the world would just watch and laugh.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 07, 2015 10:55 PM (zc3Db)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at October 07, 2015 10:55 PM (zyIlW)
Posted by: somewhere in Hawaii at October 07, 2015 10:55 PM (ECrmY)
I'm a man, I get hungry for something smoked from time to time.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 07, 2015 10:55 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: Blano at October 07, 2015 10:55 PM (heN73)
LOL.
Really. LOL.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 07, 2015 10:55 PM (zc3Db)
-- Danielle Pletka in How We Get to World War III
Pfft, they said that about me having to obey the oath of office and respect the Constitution. These are just words I didn't write and don't feel I need to pay attention to.
Now go away peasants, I'm going to play golf.
Posted by: Teh One at October 07, 2015 10:55 PM (Ojki1)
Posted by: Blano at October 07, 2015 10:55 PM (heN73)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at October 07, 2015 10:56 PM (6Fvvv)
Anybody?? Anybody??? Bueller???
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 07, 2015 10:56 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at October 07, 2015 10:57 PM (Wo9OY)
>Trump has packed the stadium.
>Live on Fox, MSNBC, CNN
>Trump struts to the podium like a badass motherfucker
>Crowd goes fucking insane
>Suddenly, El Chapo himself jumps on stage with a chrome covered Desert Eagle
>El chapo, holding the gun cocked to it's side, empties his extended magazine in Trumps direction.
>Matrix.exe
>Trump reflexively pulls a full Neo and dodges every single round in slow motion
>Recovers his stance
>Reaches into the custom-sewed concealed holster in his Alexander Amosu $100,000 suit.
>Brandishes an American made gold plated Colt 1911, modified to shoot 3 round bursts.
>El Chapo, now defenseless and incredulous, begins visibly shaking on stage. The crowd notices the piss stain on his pants as he urinates himself in fear
>Camera crews zoom in in glorious 1080p HD
>Pointing the gun at his attempted assailant, a small smirk appears on Donald's face
>"El Chapo, You're fired."
>The deafening sound of BAP-BAP-BAP tears through the air
>Miraculously, Trump manages to hit El Chapo in his heart, his left lung, and his fore-head
>That last few synapses in Chapo's brain fire, causing his now-corpse, still standing, to spasm a bit before quickly crumpling into a bloody husk on stage
>The crowd is initially speech less. And then in the blink of an eye becomes delirious with raucous cheering
>Women are fainting, men are frothing at the mouth
>Trump becomes God-Emporer of mankind live on stage
>New Trumpire founded
>Term limits removed
>In a decade, America has already Annexed almost the entirety of the Western Hemisphere
>Our Imperial Lunar Outpost is already growing it's second season of crops
>NASA already prepping for first Mars colonization voyage
>My eventual children ask me how 2016 was
>Mention Trump
>Still very young so he asks me "Daddy, what did Mr.Trump do?"
>I look down at him, a tear in my eye.
>"He made America great again."
Posted by: Community Organizer at October 07, 2015 10:58 PM (Bjvsz)
Huh?
And what happened to WWII? Skipped that little bit, there. The most successful war in human history with the greatest turnaround of the most implacable and savage enemies for the longest period of time after ... Yeah ... never mind, that. Let's ban everything that worked in WWII and then bitch about Viet Nam.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 07, 2015 10:58 PM (zc3Db)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at October 07, 2015 10:58 PM (UpGcq)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, Model Citizen at October 07, 2015 10:58 PM (2zd9l)
http://tinyurl.com/Therealmartian
<quote>
Yet, a remarkable number of people seem to think that the first
interplanetary voyage has already taken place, that Mark Watney is real,
and that he was marooned on Mars and then rescued. Mind, such a voyage
would have been the greatest, most covered event of this century.
Everybody who was of age at the time know where they were when Neil
Armstrong made that first footstep on the moon. Just as many people
would have known where they were when the news came that astronaut Mark
Watney was safe aboard the Hermes and headed home.</quote>
I just wonder how many of these folks are same sort of folks that share those annoying IFLS memes on facebook and quote the gods of the modern Scientism. It would be interesting to see that polling.
Posted by: Charles at October 07, 2015 10:59 PM (sdgg8)
Used to keep a goatee. It filled out fine but just decided to shave a few years ago. Just less maintenance.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at October 07, 2015 10:59 PM (6Fvvv)
Definitely signs of very intelligent sentience coming from Watson lately. At one point it turned to Jennings and shouted "just shut up, you arrogant pig."
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 07, 2015 10:59 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: Lauren at October 07, 2015 10:59 PM (GZ6Pf)
Potentially game-changing oil reserves discovered in Israel
http://tinyurl.com/pj9czac
Posted by: Thrawn at October 07, 2015 10:59 PM (wZ2hu)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 07, 2015 11:00 PM (QU7W6)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at October 07, 2015 11:00 PM (6Fvvv)
Posted by: Zombie Tony Randall at October 07, 2015 11:00 PM (lRwmz)
Sunday book thread assist:
Amazon: The 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books You Must Read Before You Die
http://tinyurl.com/oek8l3f
More than a few of them the current gender-bending fem-left novels that are infesting the genre. To be expected, I guess.
I've read -- 48(!) of 'em. Halfway to the sweet release of The Dark Lady.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at October 07, 2015 11:01 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 07, 2015 11:01 PM (DJ4N8)
I am afraid to find out how more shallow the Western beta male will regress to.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 07, 2015 11:01 PM (QU7W6)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at October 07, 2015 10:55 PM (zyIlW)
Howdy, kiddo! Howzit goin'?
Posted by: cthulhu at October 07, 2015 11:01 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at October 07, 2015 11:02 PM (UpGcq)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at October 07, 2015 11:02 PM (Wo9OY)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 07, 2015 11:02 PM (QU7W6)
Posted by: Hayfield Volkovski at October 07, 2015 11:02 PM (DwLei)
I've got to get back to eating the Blue cheese and club crackers my wife drug out.
This is rocking it w/ the wine I'm drinking.
Posted by: Farmer at October 07, 2015 11:03 PM (o/90i)
Ok.
Just got off the phone with youngest daughter.
She's more than a little anxious to drop her load, heh.
She's not the only one anxious...
Posted by: SMFH at it all at October 07, 2015 11:03 PM (zyIlW)
- Bitches Brew, Miles Davis
- Birth of the Cool, same
- A Love Supreme, John Coltrane
- Soul Bossa Nova, Quincy Jones
- Joe Bonamassa, Dust Bowl
- Muddy Waters, Folk Singer
- Jimmy Reed, Very Best of
- Cab Calloway, Are You Hep to the Jive
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 07, 2015 11:03 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: cm9000 at October 07, 2015 11:03 PM (2TUVm)
Posted by: Chris Brown at October 07, 2015 11:03 PM (wZ2hu)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at October 07, 2015 11:03 PM (Wo9OY)
Why? It's whites and hispanics and the odd black guy anymore.
How do you fix that?
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at October 07, 2015 11:03 PM (6Fvvv)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at October 07, 2015 11:04 PM (UpGcq)
15 minutes?mthanks for the vote of confidence Maet
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, Model Citizen at October 07, 2015 11:04 PM (MwNIp)
Posted by: Hanoverfist at October 07, 2015 11:04 PM (KzvQU)
Posted by: Lauren at October 07, 2015 10:59 PM (GZ6Pf)
****
Tell them to disyou.racial disparity in Basketball and Football, then get back to you.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at October 07, 2015 11:04 PM (tAwiE)
"I'll show ya, you hunk of lead!!"
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 07, 2015 11:04 PM (ntObR)
Shaved it off the next day.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at October 07, 2015 11:05 PM (Wo9OY)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at October 07, 2015 11:05 PM (l3vZN)
My point is that it's not something in need of fixing, yet people write so many, many articles on it.
Posted by: Lauren at October 07, 2015 11:05 PM (GZ6Pf)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at October 07, 2015 11:05 PM (UpGcq)
Posted by: Jim at October 07, 2015 11:06 PM (McRlu)
You know what came of him
They deified him in his life
Then had him murdered just the same
And as they raised the fatal knife
How loud he cried, "You too, my son?"
Yet think upon his case. Alas,
A useful lesson can be won
'Twas Courage that had brought him to this pass:
How fortunate the man with none.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at October 07, 2015 11:06 PM (xq1UY)
Posted by: eman at October 07, 2015 11:06 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 07, 2015 11:06 PM (QU7W6)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at October 07, 2015 11:06 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 07, 2015 11:06 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at October 07, 2015 11:07 PM (Wo9OY)
My sheep and chickens do not live in the house, I'll have you know.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at October 07, 2015 11:07 PM (6Fvvv)
Posted by: Pat Benatar at October 07, 2015 11:07 PM (ntObR)
fast
Posted by: eman at October 07, 2015 11:07 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 07, 2015 11:07 PM (QU7W6)
Realistically when you look at the humanities from pre-WW1 and then up through the end of WW2. There was a large amount of hero destruction and anti-war, anti-violence sentiment given by the folks that had survived the first truly industrialized war. There are some individuals who in studying this writings, art, and theater from that time; seem to say that since the world (and specifically the French and the UK and Germans) hadn't seen a major war lasting longer than a few months with only a few casualties. So when there were whole towns being wiped out in men in just hours, the horrors of chemical warfare and trench experience changed going to combat from something fun and exciting to something that wasn't worthy and to be disdained. WW2 most of the writings except for books like "Catch-22" or "Slaughterhouse Five" were propaganda efforts and didn't have the same sort of disdain and moping that the books like "All Quiet on the Western Front" or even "Johnny Get your Gun". We didn't see that same sort of disdain for combat and war again until the post Vietnam experience. While the Korean conflict was lost in the inbetween even though there were some good books that had that same sort of loss and sense of purpose that WW1 and Vietnam would have, they were just lost in the sea of all the "There I was..." stories and men's action adventure novels that made hero worship good again.
Posted by: Charles at October 07, 2015 11:07 PM (sdgg8)
Ok.
Just got off the phone with youngest daughter.
She's more than a little anxious to drop her load, heh.
She's not the only one anxious...
Posted by: SMFH at it all at October 07, 2015 11:03 PM (zyIlW)
It does seem like quite a burden near the end. As in "FML, get this over with....." 24/7. Hopefully, there's still a great deal of hope and happy anticipation with the other grandbaby as an example.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 07, 2015 11:08 PM (EzgxV)
Life is good!!
Posted by: Navycopjoe at October 07, 2015 11:08 PM (s4Rms)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 07, 2015 11:09 PM (QU7W6)
I remember well.
And yes, there is.
Along with a lot of worry for both grandbabies and daughters.
Posted by: SMFH at it all at October 07, 2015 11:10 PM (zyIlW)
Posted by: redc1c4 at October 07, 2015 11:10 PM (joq+X)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at October 07, 2015 11:07 PM (Wo9OY)
Yeah, but pretty much by default when you look at the other sports.
Posted by: cm9000 at October 07, 2015 11:10 PM (2TUVm)
soy sauce
habanero tabasco
crushed garlic
chimichurri sauce
Was surprisingly good. Thinking would make an especially good side with some steak.
What's the craziest two or more foodstuffs horde members have thrown into a pot, with better-than-expected results? :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 07, 2015 11:10 PM (ntObR)
Oh, I understand.
Why aren't more black kids playing baseball in inner-city America in empty lots?
Lead.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at October 07, 2015 11:10 PM (6Fvvv)
Don't tarry on the screwing, my friend!
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at October 07, 2015 11:11 PM (l3vZN)
"But what am I going to do-just find the first random cute dude that I think is
going to be a great ride for the night and then tomorrow I wake up feeling empty
and hollow?"
I'm not a "cute dude", but I can play one in the bedroom if the lady in question has had a couple of bottles of Value-Rite.
Posted by: Speller at October 07, 2015 11:11 PM (hHs1b)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 07, 2015 11:12 PM (QU7W6)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 07, 2015 11:10 PM
What, into Ramen? Or, in general?
Posted by: otho at October 07, 2015 11:12 PM (EWg9n)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, Model Citizen at October 07, 2015 11:12 PM (ZZgPW)
Dude, you need to add in Mr Robert Johnson, Buddy Guy, Charlie Parker, Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson and some Dave Brubek.
Among several others.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 07, 2015 11:12 PM (iSnzA)
Posted by: cthulhu at October 07, 2015 11:12 PM (EzgxV)
Not just ramen.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 07, 2015 11:12 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: Puddleglum, grumbling Pirates fan at October 07, 2015 11:13 PM (/gchV)
I actually already have "Time Out" by Brubeck. It took 20 years but it's really grown on me.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 07, 2015 11:13 PM (ntObR)
And in smart milblog stuff, vid of the Ruskie Navy cruise missile launches from the Caspian Sea into Syria:
http://tinyurl.com/pmaovxp
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at October 07, 2015 11:14 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: tmitsss at October 07, 2015 11:14 PM (Pa9vP)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 07, 2015 11:15 PM (9mTYi)
I wish her the best. Poor Doris Day never did find a decent man in Hollywood.
"The more I know about men, the more I love my dogs."
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at October 07, 2015 11:15 PM (1ijHg)
And a few weeks back I got Nat King Cole's Gold compliation. 2 CDs of classic late 1940s through early 1960s pop. Nice.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 07, 2015 11:15 PM (ntObR)
The quote isn't about what writers think a "hero" is (though there is that one reference) but what society actually believes a hero to be, citing some silliness in making that case, but claiming to be identifying that "truth".
But what society and normal people tend to regard as a "hero" is less malleable than what writers, government turds or other lights of the public stage might try to push and there is little doubt that most, if not all, of the classical notion of "hero" still reigns. A guy wearing pink and carrying a purse saving baby ducklings will never be a "hero" in the minds of any normal people. Then again, no normal person would ever elect an 84 IQ, anti-Western, anti-American incompetent Indonesian douchebag to run anything, either.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 07, 2015 11:16 PM (zc3Db)
Had an old girl-friend that would boil Ramen and then just go through the fridge and pantry and throw shit in.
She was a cook by profession but it was weird.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at October 07, 2015 11:16 PM (6Fvvv)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at October 07, 2015 11:16 PM (1ijHg)
Because he's not buying Roger Waters latest album?
Posted by: Puddleglum at October 07, 2015 11:17 PM (/gchV)
Posted by: FCF at October 07, 2015 11:17 PM (kejii)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 07, 2015 11:17 PM (iSnzA)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, Model Citizen at October 07, 2015 11:17 PM (+oRxW)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 07, 2015 11:18 PM (iSnzA)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 07, 2015 11:12 PM
Spaghetti bolognese. With bananas, sultanas, salted crackers, pineapple, apple, monte carlo biscuits, cornflakes and a bunch of other stuff I can't remember.
Posted by: otho at October 07, 2015 11:18 PM (EWg9n)
You're supposed to eat the baby and leave the cannoli.
Posted by: derit at October 07, 2015 11:18 PM (jT+gh)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 07, 2015 11:18 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at October 07, 2015 11:19 PM (6Fvvv)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at October 07, 2015 11:19 PM (1ijHg)
IQ, anti-Western, anti-American incompetent Indonesian douchebag to run
anything, either.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 07, 2015 11:16 PM (zc3Db)[\i]
Yet, "America" did. Twice.
Posted by: cm9000 at October 07, 2015 11:19 PM (2TUVm)
Posted by: Hanoverfist at October 07, 2015 11:19 PM (KzvQU)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 07, 2015 11:20 PM (ntObR)
I feel gutsy just throwing some anchovies into my steak sauce recipe.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 07, 2015 11:21 PM (ntObR)
I have a goatee
Deer season I let it go to a full beard
That guy with the implant is a faggot
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, Model Citizen at October 07, 2015 11:21 PM (+oRxW)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3BzAKHCEvo
Not especially jazz, by any means, (lotsa flamenco) but I love the album.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 07, 2015 11:21 PM (iSnzA)
And don't forget the court costs for you, the property owner. The government doesn't have to worry about that since they have their own staff of lawyers.
Plus, it's the peasants, sorry citizens', tax dollars.
Right now, Roanoke City is thinking of using eminent domain against a company because the company had the bad fortune to build its foundry near the Roanoke River. The city has built a "greenway" (bike/walking path) along the river. Their master plan is to have it go from Blacksburg to Smith Mountain Lake, but it would have to go through part of the property that the foundry uses. The City says, "it's totes okay, we just need a little bit of the property, and it won't be a problem for you". The company says, "not so fast, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality issued us a permit based on the square footage of our property, you take any, we lose our certificate". Right now, there is an impasse, but the leftists (who control the City) are in favor of the City taking the property even if it means that the foundry closes.
This is an area that is losing jobs hand over fist, and they don't give a shit about a company that actually MAKES things.
This is the same city that drove a longtime business out of business by eminent domain. They took the property so that the local hospital chain could build a building, which they denied. Only after the case went to court did we find out that , yes, the hospital chain told the city that they wanted the property. Didn't matter, city won the case finally, and after the city "bought" the land, the hospital chain said, "nah, we don't need it now".
I fucking hate how eminent domain has been abused, especially now with Kelo.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at October 07, 2015 11:21 PM (Z7G74)
I feel gutsy just throwing some anchovies into my steak sauce recipe.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 07, 2015 11:21 PM (ntObR)
There's a great trivia question about "what common food item contains tamarinds and anchovies?" The answer, of course, is A-1 Steak Sauce.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 07, 2015 11:22 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 07, 2015 11:18 PM (iSnzA)
*****
Where does he line up on a Michael Buble´?
And....how are you?
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at October 07, 2015 11:22 PM (tAwiE)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 07, 2015 11:21 PM
It wasn't brave. We were hard up, it was the 1970's and we were really, really high. Tasted pretty good, for some reason.
Posted by: otho at October 07, 2015 11:22 PM (EWg9n)
Ever have the urge to shoot a writer? I am actually thinking of breaking their fingers. Why? Asking funding for a book titled - Santa Beiber.
*thud*
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 07, 2015 11:23 PM (QU7W6)
Posted by: Lauren at October 07, 2015 10:59 PM (GZ6Pf)
It's Apartheid, I tell ya!
Posted by: Michael Moore Trying Desperately to be Relevant at October 07, 2015 11:23 PM (kGrwF)
Posted by: cm9000 at October 07, 2015 11:19 PM (2TUVm)
Yep ... a lot of self-hating, nihilistic douchebags - who are, thankfully, self-limiting in any of their attempts to become the new "normal", though they are highly likely to take everything else down with them.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 07, 2015 11:23 PM (zc3Db)
Otho, to paraphrase the old Love's theme, when you're real high, the whole world's delicious. :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 07, 2015 11:24 PM (ntObR)
"...........
Don't tarry on the screwing, my friend!"
Okay, yeah. But then when am I gonna get time to fix the damn porch, huh?
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at October 07, 2015 11:24 PM (McRlu)
Eh, I have found that a lot of critically acclaimed music, books, art, etc is not to my taste.
I think some of it's emperor's new clothes syndrome...
And I also think you have to be a musician to appreciate what they're doing. What he does on the horn may be phenomenal and cray-difficult to do, but it sounds like screeching to me, so I don't appreciate it.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 07, 2015 11:24 PM (iSnzA)
Posted by: Lauren at October 07, 2015 11:25 PM (LzzEz)
30 I'm so sick of the handwringing over the racial make up of baseball.
Posted by: Lauren at October 07, 2015 10:59 PM (GZ6Pf)
Actually, that's not what the article was about. A white pitcher for the Padres made a comment that foreign players to come to the US to play baseball need to learn that bat flips and showboating might be acceptable in Asia and Latin America, but are apt to given offense here (to both white and black American players). The pitcher said, hey, you come here to make big American money, respect our way of doing things.
Predictably HuffPo thought that was 'racist' because why Americans are constantly lectured about how they cannot impose their way of doing things in foreign countries, foreigners don't have to change they ways at all when they come here.
Posted by: Donna&&&&V. (brandisher of ampersands) at October 07, 2015 11:25 PM (P8951)
Posted by: The Click Boom Hat at October 07, 2015 11:25 PM (vBeA5)
I am trying to think of a couple of good jazz drummers. Was Buddy Rich a drummer? If so, I really, really like him, too.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 07, 2015 11:27 PM (iSnzA)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 07, 2015 11:27 PM (iSnzA)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 07, 2015 11:10 PM (ntObR)
A scoop of ice cream in hot chocolate.
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 07, 2015 11:27 PM (kGrwF)
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 07, 2015 11:27 PM (DJ4N8)
Posted by: otho at October 07, 2015 11:22 PM (EWg9n)
Boy does that comment bring back some memories.
Posted by: Blano at October 07, 2015 11:27 PM (heN73)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at October 07, 2015 11:27 PM (l3vZN)
Posted by: cm9000 at October 07, 2015 11:28 PM (2TUVm)
I personally enjoy this piece by Les McCann. It takes a bit to get going, but once it does, it's a nice be-boppy tune IMHO. Recorded live in 1967.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jalH6rF9Mh8
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 07, 2015 11:28 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, Model Citizen at October 07, 2015 11:28 PM (qhUQl)
Now that is stupid. Come on, any baseball fan knows that some crazy shit goes on in the latin american winter leagues. Shit that really would not fly in the majors.
Are we supposed to pretend this is not the case?
Posted by: Lauren at October 07, 2015 11:28 PM (LzzEz)
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 07, 2015 11:28 PM (kGrwF)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/651788044002004992
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/651788199115784192
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/651788370876715008
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/651788579576877056
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/651788767901143044
Posted by: kbdabear at October 07, 2015 11:29 PM (GrXXa)
Good night.
Posted by: Donna&&&&V. (brandisher of ampersands) at October 07, 2015 11:29 PM (P8951)
I think he's one of these like Pat Metheny who's done a little bit of everything in every jazz genre out there.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 07, 2015 11:29 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at October 07, 2015 11:29 PM (6Fvvv)
For some reason, I like to listen to jazz as background music whilst eating supper, but I mostly can't stand it, except for Oscar Peterson and other pianists.
Thor,however, adores it, so I have developed a tolerance.
How is Miss Rosie?
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 07, 2015 11:29 PM (iSnzA)
Dealing with fellow humans who are clever and desperate is much more difficult. Take hostages and keep the finger on the nuke button.
Posted by: Man from Wazzustan at October 07, 2015 11:30 PM (uPxUo)
She is very good. Just spit up alllll over me, little stinker. Thanks for asking
Posted by: Lauren at October 07, 2015 11:31 PM (LzzEz)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 07, 2015 11:31 PM (iSnzA)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/651789042317705216
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/651789237742895106
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/651789434539638785
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/651789610050265088
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/651789758197329920
Posted by: kbdabear at October 07, 2015 11:31 PM (GrXXa)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, Model Citizen at October 07, 2015 11:31 PM (+oRxW)
Posted by: Lauren at October 07, 2015 11:32 PM (LzzEz)
Posted by: The Click Boom Hat at October 07, 2015 11:25 PM (vBeA5)
The link...
http://preview.tinyurl.com/p26fy5j
Posted by: The Click Boom Hat at October 07, 2015 11:32 PM (vBeA5)
Posted by: All Teh Meh at October 07, 2015 11:32 PM (VviqM)
"Against Harvard the inmates had to defend a position they opposed: they had to argue that public schools should be allowed to turn away students whose parents entered the US illegally. The inmates brought up arguments that the Harvard team had not considered."
Who could have guessed that?
Posted by: AD at October 07, 2015 11:32 PM (S9XdH)
Pompey knew that if Caesar was allowed to accept the accolades and triumphs he deserved, Pompey would no longer be the Great Man of Rome. So he worked to discredit Caesar and to take away from his military victorys.
They refused to allow him to keep the protection of his position because they (and he) knew that Caesar would be sued to death in the Roman Courts with false claims and other shenanigans.
The Senate brought it all on themselves through their greed, ego and fear.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at October 07, 2015 11:32 PM (Xo1Rt)
Ha. Oh I'm sure. He was a tool though.
Posted by: Lauren at October 07, 2015 11:32 PM (LzzEz)
Posted by: All Teh Meh at October 07, 2015 11:33 PM (VviqM)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 07, 2015 11:33 PM (iSnzA)
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 07, 2015 11:33 PM (kGrwF)
I'm about halfway down the list, I think, and so far I am unimpressed. Too many are choose-your-own-adventures that run in a browser; and the prose in these makes "Depression Quest" look like Robert Browning.
Oh, and trigger warnings everywhere. Once upon a time you would buy "Space Quest 2" and if you got eaten alive by a carnivorous plant, that mistake was on you. The way not to be gruesomely killed, or killed by a grue for that matter, was to solve puzzles. OH HEY IF YOU VENTURE INTO A DARK CAVERN WITHOUT A LIGHT SOURCE, BAD THINGS MIGHT HAPPEN
At least we're not dealing with too much SJW crap so far, so, there's that.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at October 07, 2015 11:34 PM (aLXXe)
Posted by: buzzion at October 07, 2015 11:34 PM (zt+N6)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, Model Citizen at October 07, 2015 11:28 PM (qhUQl)
Always an overrated genre. Good riddance.
Posted by: cm9000 at October 07, 2015 11:35 PM (2TUVm)
Ever have the urge to shoot a writer? I am actually thinking of breaking their fingers. Why? Asking funding for a book titled - Santa Beiber.
*thud*
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 07, 2015 11:23 PM (QU7W6)
Haven't seen this literary "materpiece," I assume:
https://thefpl.us/also-made/wctfm
Posted by: Snerkel at October 07, 2015 11:35 PM (vBeA5)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at October 07, 2015 11:36 PM (9Fc79)
And by her refusal to acknowledge that and hold herself out as some perfection that any man would die trying to possess, shows that that's exactly what she thinks men should be.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at October 07, 2015 11:36 PM (Xo1Rt)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 07, 2015 11:36 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 07, 2015 11:37 PM (iSnzA)
There are very few new jazz artists.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 07, 2015 11:37 PM (ntObR)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/oxr4sbb
It's check the box Soviet Justice Wanking writing.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 07, 2015 11:38 PM (QU7W6)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 07, 2015 11:24 PM
Pretty much. It was a case of having just a handful of mince to go round the whole band and crew, so anything was used to pad out the sauce. Old tin of champignons? Chuck it in. The remains of a jar of peanut butter? Chuck it in... etc.
Posted by: otho at October 07, 2015 11:40 PM (EWg9n)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 07, 2015 11:40 PM (QU7W6)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, Model Citizen at October 07, 2015 11:41 PM (qhUQl)
Posted by: nerdygirl
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My grandfather did the same thing. I think it had to do with being hungry.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 07, 2015 11:41 PM (9mTYi)
With the exception of my ex.
Actually I think he does compositions for high school bands these days. I'm sure he has some bad band on the side though. I'm not being entirely fair. The guy had some talent with song writing, but man was he an ass. I dated him during my masspirg period if that tells you anything.
Posted by: Lauren at October 07, 2015 11:41 PM (LzzEz)
Optionally getting stoned on some excellent Maui Wowee or Michacon, or Acapulco Gold\ while listening to Led Zeppelin I
Wow, man that's really profound, man.
Dig it.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at October 07, 2015 11:42 PM (Xo1Rt)
Caesar was also a Popularist. Pompey bailed on them. I think the Senate was right to fear the guy.
Posted by: AD at October 07, 2015 11:42 PM (S9XdH)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXom1irjmb0
Posted by: The Kimchi Hat at October 07, 2015 11:42 PM (vBeA5)
If a woman wants a true gentleman she has to uphold her part of the deal too
Posted by: Jake at October 07, 2015 11:43 PM (S8AyM)
Posted by: logprof at October 07, 2015 11:43 PM (vsbNu)
Does that demonstrate flexibility on my part?
Posted by: Northernlurker, feeling grumpy today at October 07, 2015 11:43 PM (4rzL1)
Yes, a friend had it a couple of years ago, she had to keep her arm in a sling for 6 weeks if i remember right.
Posted by: All Teh Meh at October 07, 2015 11:43 PM (VviqM)
Who is Michael Buble?
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 07, 2015 11:33 PM (iSnzA)
******
"Vocal Reinterpreter" is how he is billed. A sample:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=INH0N83ztg0
I have a few of his CDs for date nights.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at October 07, 2015 11:44 PM (tAwiE)
Wait, what? How can this be?
Jazz Shaw over at _Warm Flatus_ assures us that all of the world's nuclear weapons are under tight control by responsible nation-states and that it's very very hard to design, assemble and transport an improvised one.
Jazz apparently doesn't get the whole "gun assembly" concept.
It doesn't make a very neat or efficient nuke, but it makes a nuke that works on the first time, every time. So much so that the Manhattan Project crew did not even bother to test the Little Boy design before it was dropped in combat. Where it worked, first time.
And it uses highly enriched uranium, which is easiest to come by.
Posted by: torquewrench at October 07, 2015 11:44 PM (noWW6)
Navy will challenge Chinese territorial claims in South China Sea
http://tinyurl.com/oe3l5w6
Posted by: Thrawn at October 07, 2015 11:45 PM (wZ2hu)
Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura Highway at October 07, 2015 11:45 PM (dULJN)
Posted by: Lauren at October 07, 2015 11:32 PM (LzzEz)
Mickey Hart?
Posted by: cthulhu at October 07, 2015 11:46 PM (EzgxV)
Does that demonstrate flexibility on my part?
Posted by: Northernlurker, feeling grumpy today at October 07, 2015 11:43 PM (4rzL1)
No, just asks "what took you so long."
Posted by: cm9000 at October 07, 2015 11:46 PM (2TUVm)
Posted by: exdem13 at October 07, 2015 11:46 PM (ry4ab)
Posted by: logprof at October 07, 2015 11:43 PM (vsbNu)
Cut. Jib. Newsletter.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at October 07, 2015 11:46 PM (Z7G74)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at October 07, 2015 11:47 PM (9Fc79)
A great read. Political intrigue, impeachment, Constitutional crisis.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 07, 2015 11:47 PM (9mTYi)
Posted by: Eromero at October 07, 2015 11:47 PM (go5uR)
Posted by: Tony Williams at October 07, 2015 11:47 PM (cGqiy)
Hat has good info. I'd pay heed.
"Ducks back out."
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at October 07, 2015 11:47 PM (6Fvvv)
cereal. I think it was some kind of disgusting Depression era food.
Posted by: nerdygirl"
I used to eat crumbled up saltines with my vegetable beef soup all the time. Haven't had that it a long time though.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at October 07, 2015 11:47 PM (Wo9OY)
Posted by: logprof
---------------
Really?
Is there still donkey basketball?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 07, 2015 11:48 PM (9mTYi)
exposed (I hope) a homey, decent, honorable, faithful, patriotic, fierce
and loving person."
She did her damndest for the furtherance of Barack Obama's presidency and policy agenda, which instantly and definitively refutes every single word of the preceding.
Posted by: torquewrench at October 07, 2015 11:48 PM (noWW6)
Oh, I have a Christmas CD of his, I think.
Very good, gorgeous voice, but a bit too smooth for Thor and I.
We do like Diana Krall, who I believe is a compatriot of this young man.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 07, 2015 11:49 PM (iSnzA)
HOOOOODRE! And I self identify as first.
Posted by: DC in River City at October 07, 2015 11:49 PM (XVBCD)
Nah, the Obama Admin won't go through with this.
Navy will challenge Chinese territorial claims in South China Sea
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I am not really enthusiastic about it either.
Posted by: exdem13 at October 07, 2015 11:49 PM (ry4ab)
And by her refusal to acknowledge that and hold herself out as some perfection that any man would die trying to possess, shows that that's exactly what she thinks men should be.
1. Given Rihanna's history, I certainly don't blame her for being picky.
2. Gentlemen does not have to = door mat, walking wallet, slave, worshipper. If you think that you've been too beaten down by modern times. Think 19th/early 20th century standards. You can be a gentleman and not be a pushover.
Imagine Sean Connery in early Bond films.
Posted by: AD at October 07, 2015 11:49 PM (S9XdH)
Cast Your Fate to the Wind has one of the most complicated riffs, I ever learned to play on the piano.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at October 07, 2015 11:49 PM (Xo1Rt)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 07, 2015 11:49 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: Jake at October 07, 2015 11:50 PM (S8AyM)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 07, 2015 11:37 PM (iSnzA)
My uncle did.
It turned out that he had a pinched nerve in his neck, so the rotator cuff surgery didn't work.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at October 07, 2015 11:50 PM (Z7G74)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXom1irjmb0"
Keep yer hands where we can see 'em boys.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at October 07, 2015 11:51 PM (Wo9OY)
I've gone from being indifferent to Hillary, to disliking Hillary, to utterly loathing Hillary.
Does that demonstrate flexibility on my part?
---------
No it means you are a rational person.
Posted by: exdem13 at October 07, 2015 11:51 PM (ry4ab)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 07, 2015 11:51 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: torquewrench at October 07, 2015 11:48 PM (noWW6)
Hey, wanna know why Rihanna had two black eyes?
I had to tell her something twice.
Posted by: Chris Brown at October 07, 2015 11:51 PM (wZ2hu)
And I hate to break it to the "conservatives" who are all heated up about this, but sometimes the libs on SCOTUS get it right. Public use in the context of the 5th Amendment's eminent domain provision is for Congress, not the court, to decide. Which is what the Kelo decision holds.
The fact that Congress -- including Senators, like Rubio -- haven't restricted it/defined it on the national level in a way you would like is not Trump's (or really any President's) fault. Write your Congressman.
Jaysus H. Keyrist -- this "eminent domain is the ISSUE OF OUR TIME!!" crap is verging on "binders full of women" territory.
Posted by: Dancing Queen at October 07, 2015 11:51 PM (KgGd7)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor
They usually try to fix the pain with cortisone shots first. A really good Doc can get them in just the right spot, and they'll last for quite a while.
A not so good Doc? Painful shot that barely works and doesn't last very long.
Posted by: Icarus at October 07, 2015 11:52 PM (jdPh/)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at October 07, 2015 11:52 PM (l3vZN)
Posted by: exdem13 at October 07, 2015 11:53 PM (ry4ab)
Posted by: Jake at October 07, 2015 11:50 PM (S8AyM)
Real gentlemen should carry rapiers or dueling pistols at minimum.
Posted by: AD at October 07, 2015 11:53 PM (S9XdH)
We do like Diana Krall, who I believe is a compatriot of this young man.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 07, 2015 11:49 PM (iSnzA)
****
They are very analagous. I find I prefer the smooth stuff.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at October 07, 2015 11:53 PM (tAwiE)
Talk about self fulfilling prophecy.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at October 07, 2015 11:53 PM (Xo1Rt)
Posted by: Museisluse at October 07, 2015 11:53 PM (5erTj)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at October 07, 2015 11:50 PM (Z7G74)
I have a type 3 separated shoulder and the rotator cuff tear has been confirmed. (But the kitten didn't have so much as a whisker put out of place, so WINNING!)
I am just not thrilled with the idea of surgery, because it seems like shoulder injuries sometimes get worse after.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 07, 2015 11:54 PM (iSnzA)
They are courteous and polite and have a plan to kill anyone who needs killin' they meet
Posted by: Jake at October 07, 2015 11:54 PM (S8AyM)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, Model Citizen at October 07, 2015 11:55 PM (gmP76)
The Roman Senate by acting on their fear and treating Caesar badly brought on the very thing they feared.
Talk about self fulfilling prophecy.
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Does that mean that the Barrett Plan for President Hillary Clinton or President Joe Biden is called off then?
Posted by: exdem13 at October 07, 2015 11:55 PM (ry4ab)
Posted by: logprof at October 07, 2015 11:55 PM (vsbNu)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at October 07, 2015 11:56 PM (9jeGC)
I can deal with the pain, but I can barely move my arm. It gets old.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 07, 2015 11:56 PM (iSnzA)
Cast Your Fate to the Wind has one of the most complicated riffs, I ever learned to play on the piano.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at October 07, 2015 11:49 PM (Xo1Rt)
A lot of his stuff is very complex -- but it's also very approachable for the average listener.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 07, 2015 11:56 PM (EzgxV)
Okay, that sounds good. Thank you!
And I mean, I know pitchers have the surgery all the time, but I am not likely going to get a fancy sports surgeon!
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 07, 2015 11:57 PM (iSnzA)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger
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I recall that the Ramsey Lewis recording got a lot of airplay.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 07, 2015 11:57 PM (9mTYi)
For the Cubs fans, a classic song from Steve Goodman:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xBxZGQ1dJk
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 07, 2015 11:58 PM (0yhH4)
And although I don't hold with Chiropractic being the end all and be all, it does have a purpose in that that pressure can SOMETIMES be relieved by manipulation.
You have to find someone who's good at it though and a bad one can hurt you. (like any Medical Dr.)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at October 07, 2015 11:58 PM (Xo1Rt)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at October 07, 2015 11:53 PM (tAwiE)
A lot of people do. It certainly makes jazz more tolerable.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 07, 2015 11:59 PM (iSnzA)
Posted by: Jake at October 07, 2015 11:59 PM (S8AyM)
Posted by: cm9000 at October 07, 2015 11:59 PM (2TUVm)
I'm about to have surgery for a torn labrum. Basically the same surgery and recovery. I'm putting the surgery off until late November, but I'll let you know how it goes. Expected recovery time is 6 months. I plan on cutting that in half.
Posted by: DC in River City at October 07, 2015 11:59 PM (XVBCD)
I am just not thrilled with the idea of surgery, because it seems like shoulder injuries sometimes get worse after.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 07, 2015 11:54 PM (iSnzA)
******
The compensatory moves that this type injury practically makes you do can really throw off the body balance. It can also effect the stronger shoulder and bring it down to the weaker level.
IMO, worth getting it done.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at October 08, 2015 12:01 AM (tAwiE)
Chiropractors are rather thin on the ground in Podunk!
I'd have no issue seeing one at all, there just aren't any here.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 08, 2015 12:01 AM (iSnzA)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at October 08, 2015 12:01 AM (iQIUe)
The Steelers are mired in mediocrity so I'm not expecting much from them this year.
Ditto for the Penguins. Maybe if they stay healthy for once.
Posted by: Puddleglum at October 08, 2015 12:01 AM (/gchV)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger
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I recall that the Ramsey Lewis recording got a lot of airplay.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 07, 2015 11:57 PM (9mTYi)
George Winston has two (!) albums of Guaraldi that are excellent.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 08, 2015 12:01 AM (EzgxV)
I do.
Means I did something. Woo hoo.
And although I don't hold with Chiropractic being the end all and be all, it does have a purpose in that that pressure can SOMETIMES be relieved by manipulation.
You have to find someone who's good at it though and a bad one can hurt you. (like any Medical Dr.)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at October 07, 2015 11:58 PM (Xo1Rt)
But good ones can work magic.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at October 08, 2015 12:03 AM (9jeGC)
Mayhem in the streets outside Wrigley tonight!
The Back to the Future prophecy still stands, too.
Gooooo Cubbies!
An aside: for being a progressive town, Chicago CUBS fans sure hang onto old things. There's always signs that say "Holy Cow!" usually accompanied with a sketch of Harry Carey, or "Hey Hey" from Jack Brickhouse. I love this about the team, since I grew up in the '80s I have fond memories of Carey announcing the games and singing the 7th Inning Stretch in his scratchy voice. Losers or not, I find the Cubs warm and fuzzy. And their team song is perfectly corny, too ("Go Cubs Go").
Posted by: Aslan's Girl at October 08, 2015 12:03 AM (xetep)
I think I'm noticing that already. And I know I need to do it.
I just dread the months post-op, especially the PT.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 08, 2015 12:03 AM (iSnzA)
Feel you pain.
From the 'burgh dominating to.....meh. It sucks.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at October 08, 2015 12:05 AM (9jeGC)
Posted by: Puddleglum, watching golf, don't judge at October 08, 2015 12:05 AM (/gchV)
When the buyers dried up due to the publicity, so did the plans.
Key to eminent domain is to pay more than the market. You want to be as close as possible but in fairness you should be offering people a good deal and not "Here's a few bucks, be glad we're not bulldozing it down with you in it".
If you actually listen/read what he said, he said that the deals he's been involved in, the holdouts received some very good offers over what the property was worth and able to put them in a better house in the same neighborhood.
It's why you didn't hear too much bitching about all the seizures for the Interstates. They paid good money to smooth the way. (mostly)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at October 08, 2015 12:05 AM (Xo1Rt)
Posted by: Adriane the Medical Critic ... at October 08, 2015 12:06 AM (qOsoH)
Posted by: jc at October 08, 2015 12:06 AM (iRJ+A)
Baseball is over, for me anyway. Its only been 3 seasons that the
Pirates have been back to being competitive. Still,,,,,WTF? Had they
been in the NL East or West they would have won the division outright.
The Steelers are mired in mediocrity so I'm not expecting much from them this year.
Ditto for the Penguins. Maybe if they stay healthy for once.
Posted by: Puddleglum at October 08, 2015 12:01 AM (/gchV)
The baseball play-offs are incredibly stupid. Two of the best three teams will be out of the post season after the first round.
Posted by: cm9000 at October 08, 2015 12:06 AM (2TUVm)
Posted by: Chris Brown at October 08, 2015 12:07 AM (vsbNu)
Posted by: Jake at October 08, 2015 12:07 AM (S8AyM)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 08, 2015 12:08 AM (iSnzA)
;-)
Posted by: Puddleglum, watching golf, don't judge at October 08, 2015 12:08 AM (/gchV)
http://tinyurl.com/pj9czac
Posted by: Thrawn at October 07, 2015 10:59 PM (wZ2hu)
Sounds very, very promotional to me. Also, they fail to say what kind of rock they have found. Wait until they announce drillstem tests.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 08, 2015 12:09 AM (0yhH4)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 08, 2015 12:09 AM (YJmuy)
Posted by: Cicero Boom chicka boom Kaboom! Kid at October 08, 2015 12:09 AM (t3+lV)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 08, 2015 12:03 AM (iSnzA)
****
It is about 90-120 days of PT. Totally worth it long term. Totally sucks short term.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at October 08, 2015 12:09 AM (tAwiE)
Posted by: McCoy Tyner at October 08, 2015 12:10 AM (cGqiy)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 07, 2015 11:56 PM (iSnzA)
Poor Thor...
Posted by: Colorado Alex at October 08, 2015 12:10 AM (fC9RO)
Posted by: qdpsteve
****
That explains the blood rain and frogs falling from the sky...
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at October 08, 2015 12:10 AM (hVdx9)
Keith Jarrett. If you've never listened, the Koln Concert is a good place to start:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/lxhswlf
Is it jazz? I dunno...
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 08, 2015 12:11 AM (9mTYi)
We live so far out of town, and frankly, I"ll be lucky if I don't have to go even further. That's my biggest dread.
Plus I just effing hate to HAVE to do anything on a regular basis. It's almost a neurosis with me.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 08, 2015 12:11 AM (iSnzA)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 08, 2015 12:12 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale
The froggy froggy dew.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at October 08, 2015 12:12 AM (9Fc79)
jc!!!
Adriane!
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 08, 2015 12:08 AM (iSnzA)
===sorry about the shoulder. hope it goes well. take good care of yourself cuz you deserve it.
how you doing otherwise?
Posted by: jc at October 08, 2015 12:12 AM (iRJ+A)
Ain't nothin' wrong with my mouth, son!
FILTERS ENGAGING.......
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 08, 2015 12:12 AM (iSnzA)
Understandable, but Reggie has nothing to worry about, because I have no idea how you'd even get a callus.
Posted by: Barky O'Douche at October 08, 2015 12:12 AM (mxCgt)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 08, 2015 12:13 AM (iSnzA)
FILTERS ENGAGING.......
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 08, 2015 12:12 AM (iSnzA)
Hey, I was just talking about your inability to make a proper sandwich. You're the one with the dirty dirty mind..
Posted by: Colorado Alex at October 08, 2015 12:13 AM (fC9RO)
And although I don't hold with Chiropractic being the end all and be all, it does have a purpose in that that pressure can SOMETIMES be relieved by manipulation.
You have to find someone who's good at it though and a bad one can hurt you. (like any Medical Dr.)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at October 07, 2015 11:58 PM (Xo1Rt)
When I herniated the disk in my back originally, I thought I had just pulled my hamstring.
4 months later, it felt like my hamstring was cramping like crazy.
1 week later, I'm going under the knife.
6 hours later, pain free.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at October 08, 2015 12:13 AM (Z7G74)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 08, 2015 12:14 AM (9mTYi)
Be ready for some serious rehab to bring it back up to power.
Mine still hurts, not like it hurt before but I don't sleep on it.
Posted by: Ralph at October 08, 2015 12:14 AM (cGqiy)
I think I'm noticing that already. And I know I need to do it.
I just dread the months post-op, especially the PT.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 08, 2015 12:03 AM (iSnzA)
Just explain to the therapist that you understand that the PT is boring as hell, mildly painful, and a drag on your sanity -- and ask if it can be combined with sex at home in a way that you'll look forward to it, won't associate it with discomfort, and be more interested in the process.
It likely won't be possible to make the PT fun, but you'll be the therapist's favorite patient.
And if you're extending the months pre-op to avoid the months post-op, you're just increasing the misery. Best do the op, avoid as many of the pre-ops as possible, and get to post-post-op ASAP.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 08, 2015 12:15 AM (EzgxV)
Plus I just effing hate to HAVE to do anything on a regular basis. It's almost a neurosis with me.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 08, 2015 12:11 AM (iSnzA)
*****
I hate that too, except for that work thingy. OK, maybe I hate that too, sometimes.
I had a bad ankle, did the surgery and PT about 5 years ago after ten years of pain. IMO, I wasted a lot of 10 years. YMMV.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at October 08, 2015 12:15 AM (tAwiE)
Finally got around to watching the new Minority Report tv series. It's set in the future, so Beyonce recordings are old classics. ^^;;
Read Brandon Sanderson's new book (came out yesterday). Good but painful (and very unexpected) ending. Casts the title of the sequel (which has already been written) in a very different light.
For those who are familiar with the author Jim Butcher, I recently found out that he's engaged. His fiance's name is Kitty...
My Facebook page has finally quieted down with regards to the Oregon shooting. I was about to start putting temporary blocks on people...
Hope all is well with you!
Posted by: junior at October 08, 2015 12:15 AM (PVi+Q)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 08, 2015 12:16 AM (iSnzA)
Posted by: jc at October 08, 2015 12:06 AM (iRJ+A)
jc!!!! Long time no see!!!! Howzit goin'? Whassup?
Posted by: cthulhu at October 08, 2015 12:16 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Danube River Guide at October 08, 2015 12:17 AM (mcm0N)
What nasty little self hating joo this Igal Sarna is. Spit!
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at October 08, 2015 12:17 AM (iQIUe)
Well, maybe 7-8 minutes average.
Posted by: Hillary's alcoholic depression at October 08, 2015 12:17 AM (NBhge)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at October 08, 2015 12:18 AM (Xo1Rt)
You so funny!
And of course I know you're right.
If it were Thor, I'd have bullied him in to having it done by now.
Ugh.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 08, 2015 12:18 AM (iSnzA)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 08, 2015 12:19 AM (iSnzA)
Well, maybe 7-8 minutes average.
Posted by: Hillary's alcoholic depression at October 08, 2015 12:17 AM (NBhge)
Would you believe 90 seconds?
Posted by: cthulhu at October 08, 2015 12:19 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Tammy
---------------
Can become tedious.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 08, 2015 12:20 AM (9mTYi)
I have very few liberal-leaning FB friends left. One rarely posts on politics so he's tolerable. But I have another, a female and a poker dealer in Vegas, who, although she *says* she understands and "respects" the other side, obviously doesn't when it comes to gun rights. It's obvious she just wants to take away guns because she finds them icky. None of her friends or anything posted to her can ever change her mind either. I should mention she's also one of these people who socially speaking, is always talking about all of the rules she has for her baby son, her husband, etc. etc. etc. She comes across as a control freak frankly.
I don't want to block/unfriend her but fear that in a year she'll be all-in for Hillary and by then let her "moderate" face down, calling everyone who disagrees with her a gun-fetishizing nazi. At least this time I can see the carnage coming.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 08, 2015 12:20 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: DC in River City at October 08, 2015 12:21 AM (XVBCD)
It really is the perfect background music in numerous situations.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 08, 2015 12:22 AM (ntObR)
Someone took their binky away from them at some point and they've never forgiven the world for that.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at October 08, 2015 12:24 AM (Xo1Rt)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 07, 2015 11:49 PM (iSnzA)
Check out Holly Cole, another Canadian female jazz singer with a very pure voice:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZ7EvYTCXGw
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 08, 2015 12:25 AM (0yhH4)
"An agreement signed last year that allows U.S. forces to use Philippine military facilities has been a signature accomplishment in the Obama administration's strategic pivot to Asia."
Uh, OK. After generally destroying US credibility, and specifically discarding US credibility in the western Pacific (former CINCPAC: our greatest threat is climate change), the administration's "accomplishment" is getting a desperate Philippines to agree to hosting our naval units. Oh - and this was part of a "pivot to Asia" - in itself a stupid slogan or idea for the world's only global superpower, and hilarious considering the aforementioned negligence in the face of histrionic, crude, and clumsy Chinese chauvinism.
I fully understand why regular people have no f***ing idea about almost any public policy issue, as they marinate in distortion, fantasy, and crap 24/7 from "news", and now pop culture and "education". Doesn't make it any less calamitous, or infuriating.
Posted by: rhomboid at October 08, 2015 12:25 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: nerdygirl
One of my favorite breakfasts is a bunch of saltines crushed over 4 soft-boiled eggs. Man ... that is great stuff!!
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 08, 2015 12:25 AM (zc3Db)
4 months later, it felt like my hamstring was cramping like crazy.
1 week later, I'm going under the knife.
6 hours later, pain free.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at October 08, 2015 12:13 AM (Z7G74)
I went into my doctor because my pulled hamstring wouldn't get better. He told me without looking that I had a herniated disk and needed to go for an MRI. Sure enough, that was it. One cortisone shot and physical therapy and lots of fixing my bad habits.
He's a 70-something Vietnamese man who was trained in RVN originally. Thousands and thousands of patients over the years. He does not waste my time and is always spot on with diagnosis.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at October 08, 2015 12:26 AM (5f5bM)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 08, 2015 12:20 AM (9mTYi)
Which is weird, because I love George Winston and David Nevue. NO idea why they don't ever become tedious for me.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 08, 2015 12:26 AM (iSnzA)
Posted by: cthulhu at October 08, 2015 12:28 AM (EzgxV)
Well, maybe 7-8 minutes average.
Posted by: Hillary's alcoholic depression at October 08, 2015 12:17 AM (NBhge)
Would you believe 90 seconds?
Posted by: cthulhu at October 08, 2015 12:19 AM (EzgxV)
You guys are into tantric sex?
Posted by: Sting at October 08, 2015 12:29 AM (Z7G74)
Also very smooth! Seems like I have something of hers as a duet...
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 08, 2015 12:29 AM (iSnzA)
One of her 'rules' is that she absolutely will not allow her baby son (who just passed the age of 1) to be in a home of anyone, friend, foe or stranger, who has a gun in their home. Now she acknowledges that she's not going to go to said gun-owners houses and demand they toss their guns in the trash, she'll just avoid visiting them, and her son IS hers to raise the way she sees fit, but honestly IMHO...
She's talking about people she admits she likes and trusts. Does she believe that somehow, the big bad ol' gun will inch out of its safe or faraway bedroom drawer, and telepathically convince her friend to suddenly pull it out, put it in her face and do something horrible? This kind of magical thinking just annoys the crap out of me. Again, it's her kid, she's allowed to raise him how she likes, but IMHO it's maddening.
She also had a friend mention to her how many Korean (and other) shopowners would have been massacred by gangs and riots during the 1992 LA riots, if not for the fact they had their guns at the ready. Did she care? No, she just said "we're not going to agree. No one needs weapons like that." Nice of her to completely ignore the issue and the situation and continue with her fantasy that the guns themselves are somehow evil-spirit possessed. Geez.
Hopefully the son at some point (probably around age 14) will discover Ted Nugent and she'll get some payback. We'll see. :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 08, 2015 12:30 AM (ntObR)
Like Subic Bay and Cubi point?
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at October 08, 2015 12:31 AM (Xo1Rt)
Anyway he just posted this:
"Okay, I am fasting tonight and tomorrow. But hear me out:
A 9 x 9 inch baking pan, fill the lower third with chocolate chip cookie dough. Then cover in Oreo cookies (either crushed or whole but double stuff) then cover in brownie mix. Bake, double chocolate frosting.
Right? Yeah. Praise God.
The best time to create new food ideas is when you are fasting.
I think it is when the spirit is clearest."
Posted by: Lauren at October 08, 2015 12:31 AM (GZ6Pf)
I link for you ... what i been up to recently.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsieHehNZLo
I hope your projects are progressing.
Posted by: Adriane the Home Improvement Always Needs Behr Paint Critic ... at October 08, 2015 12:31 AM (qOsoH)
Posted by: cthulhu at October 08, 2015 12:31 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Lauren at October 08, 2015 12:31 AM (bYGAR)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 08, 2015 12:31 AM (iSnzA)
jc, how's your woodworking project coming along? And how have you been?
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 08, 2015 12:13 AM (iSnzA)
=======been busy on other stuff lately, but here is what it looks like while it's waiting for me to get back to it -- (hope these links work)
tinypic.com/r/2eanvie/8
tinypic.com/r/23m3skz/8
--
as for how I've been -- I am living in interesting times. Not complaining though.
Posted by: jc at October 08, 2015 12:32 AM (iRJ+A)
My response, and keep in mind that I'm a total asshole and most people hate me, is...meh. You're not getting my means of self defense, or my wife's.
I spend a few nights a week on the road, and I will not leave her defenseless. Cougar is a tough chick, but she's no match for an average sized man in hand to hand combat. Biology is a bitch.
The question is, are you willing to kill me and my wife to disarm us? If your answer yes, pack a lunch. And make sure your will is up to date.
Posted by: DC in River City at October 08, 2015 12:33 AM (XVBCD)
He'll join the Marines as a transgender.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at October 08, 2015 12:33 AM (Xo1Rt)
Posted by: Adriane the Home Improvement Always Needs Behr Paint Critic ... at October 08, 2015 12:34 AM (qOsoH)
One of her 'rules' is that she absolutely will not allow her baby son (who just passed the age of 1) to be in a home of anyone, friend, foe or stranger, who has a gun in their home. Now she acknowledges that she's not going to go to said gun-owners houses and demand they toss their guns in the trash, she'll just avoid visiting them, and her son IS hers to raise the way she sees fit, but honestly IMHO...
She's talking about people she admits she likes and trusts. Does she believe that somehow, the big bad ol' gun will inch out of its safe or faraway bedroom drawer, and telepathically convince her friend to suddenly pull it out, put it in her face and do something horrible? This kind of magical thinking just annoys the crap out of me. Again, it's her kid, she's allowed to raise him how she likes, but IMHO it's maddening.
She also had a friend mention to her how many Korean (and other) shopowners would have been massacred by gangs and riots during the 1992 LA riots, if not for the fact they had their guns at the ready. Did she care? No, she just said "we're not going to agree. No one needs weapons like that." Nice of her to completely ignore the issue and the situation and continue with her fantasy that the guns themselves are somehow evil-spirit possessed. Geez.
Hopefully the son at some point (probably around age 14) will discover Ted Nugent and she'll get some payback. We'll see. :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 08, 2015 12:30 AM (ntObR)
When you start by denying reality and progress logically, you're unlikely to come to a good place.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 08, 2015 12:34 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Tammy
-----------------
I regard Winston and Jarrett as being of the 'Peanuts School', i.e., it seems the style.
Mark Almond?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 08, 2015 12:34 AM (9mTYi)
I have very few liberal-leaning FB friends left. One rarely posts on politics so he's tolerable. But I have another, a female and a poker dealer in Vegas, who, although she *says* she understands and "respects" the other side, obviously doesn't when it comes to gun rights. It's obvious she just wants to take away guns because she finds them icky. None of her friends or anything posted to her can ever change her mind either. I should mention she's also one of these people who socially speaking, is always talking about all of the rules she has for her baby son, her husband, etc. etc. etc. She comes across as a control freak frankly.
I don't want to block/unfriend her but fear that in a year she'll be all-in for Hillary and by then let her "moderate" face down, calling everyone who disagrees with her a gun-fetishizing nazi. At least this time I can see the carnage coming.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 08, 2015 12:20 AM (ntObR)
My Facebook newsfeed is still full of the libs with teh sadz.
My response to them is Article V of the Constitution. You want to ban guns? Good, get 2/3 of the House, 2/3 of the Senate and 38 states to pass an amendment replacing/repealing the 2nd. Their responses are all about teh sadz.
They know the Dems will be steamrolled in 2016 if they go all-in on gun control, and they just want to gin themselves up, but they don't have the sack to go after it.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at October 08, 2015 12:34 AM (Z7G74)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 08, 2015 12:35 AM (YJmuy)
Unfortunately I've had other FB friends who start off "moderately liberal" and by the time the next POTUS election has come and gone, they're full-blown Stalinists. It happened over the course of about 8-10 years with Marc Cooper, I've seen it happen a lot faster with others. I'm steeling myself for when this 'friend' goes bad.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 08, 2015 12:35 AM (ntObR)
+1 Irish reference.
Posted by: andycanuck at October 08, 2015 12:35 AM (//bLW)
Freaking amazing!!!! Wow.
I hope the interesting times are also bringing you a measure of peace.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 08, 2015 12:35 AM (iSnzA)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 08, 2015 12:36 AM (9mTYi)
jc!
I link for you ... what i been up to recently.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsieHehNZLo
I hope your projects are progressing.
Posted by: Adriane the Home Improvement Always Needs Behr Paint Critic ... at October 08, 2015 12:31 AM (qOsoH)
===Cool. New floor?
Posted by: jc at October 08, 2015 12:36 AM (iRJ+A)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 08, 2015 12:36 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at October 08, 2015 12:36 AM (Xo1Rt)
Posted by: Vertov at October 08, 2015 12:39 AM (rRr9n)
I know that Cher is publicly supportive of "Chas" Bono, but that behind the scenes she can't believe how much her daughter/son/whatever has messed up his/her/its life. My hunch is it could be the same for this woman and her husband, they seem to be pretty normal except that the more this woman reads of Soros-backed propaganda, the more she believes and parrots.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 08, 2015 12:39 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: thathalfrican at October 08, 2015 12:39 AM (R5HRU)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 08, 2015 12:40 AM (iSnzA)
you have my sympathies. When I met Cougar, she was shocked I owned a pistol. Now she is the gun nut and I'm just a hobbyist.
Posted by: DC in River City at October 08, 2015 12:40 AM (XVBCD)
242 Hey Kids
Posted by: jc at October 08, 2015 12:06 AM (iRJ+A)
jc!!!! Long time no see!!!! Howzit goin'? Whassup?
Posted by: cthulhu at October 08, 2015 12:16 AM (EzgxV)
====just causing trouble for everyone that will put up with it. And you?
Posted by: jc at October 08, 2015 12:40 AM (iRJ+A)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 08, 2015 12:40 AM (iSnzA)
Posted by: GnuBreed, hating all things pumpkin at October 08, 2015 12:41 AM (gyKtp)
Posted by: Vertov at October 08, 2015 12:39 AM (rRr9n)
****
It was done in the comments in the last thread.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at October 08, 2015 12:41 AM (tAwiE)
Unfortunately I've had other FB friends who start off "moderately liberal" and by the time the next POTUS election has come and gone, they're full-blown Stalinists. It happened over the course of about 8-10 years with Marc Cooper, I've seen it happen a lot faster with others. I'm steeling myself for when this 'friend' goes bad.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 08, 2015 12:35 AM (ntObR)
Explain that she needs to be able to identify when a gun is safe and how to handle one, in case she finds one in the road and needs to haul it into a box without accidentally blowing her head off. Then take her out to the range.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 08, 2015 12:41 AM (EzgxV)
DC, LOL. You created a monster... a sexy, sexy monster. :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 08, 2015 12:42 AM (ntObR)
+1 Irish reference.
For further reference see: www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1WHkcovci8
Posted by: DC in River City at October 08, 2015 12:42 AM (XVBCD)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 08, 2015 12:42 AM (ntObR)
When the mashed taters are done, spread atop the nuked meatballs, and scatter the grated cheese on top. Return to microwave, and nuke until the cheese melts.
Made it last night, and it was not too bad. Put the leftovers in the frig, and re-nuked them for lunch today, and it was even better.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 08, 2015 12:43 AM (0yhH4)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at October 08, 2015 12:34 AM (Z7G74)
One can but hope.
Posted by: The Center-fire Hat at October 08, 2015 12:44 AM (vBeA5)
Posted by: thathalfrican at October 08, 2015 12:44 AM (R5HRU)
Behave yourselves, now.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 08, 2015 12:45 AM (iSnzA)
Posted by: thathalfrican at October 08, 2015 12:44 AM (R5HRU)
WOOOOHOOOOO!!!!
Do you think she suspects anything??
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 08, 2015 12:45 AM (iSnzA)
Posted by: ChristyBlinky, aging supermodel Redneck Queen at October 08, 2015 12:46 AM (LJ4iV)
242 Hey Kids
Posted by: jc at October 08, 2015 12:06 AM (iRJ+A)
jc!!!! Long time no see!!!! Howzit goin'? Whassup?
Posted by: cthulhu at October 08, 2015 12:16 AM (EzgxV)
====just causing trouble for everyone that will put up with it. And you?
Posted by: jc at October 08, 2015 12:40 AM (iRJ+A)
I have a bunch of deadlines and problems pushed on my process stack, so I'm gonna be a busy pup for a bit. First up, finish 2014 taxes by 10/15. Additional obstacles -- all the data are on drives potentially compromised in May.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 08, 2015 12:46 AM (EzgxV)
The only downside I witnessed: DH got depressed and single minded at some point after the surgery. He need "field trips" but I was working so it was difficul to keep him upbeat. Good luck.
Posted by: Waiting at October 08, 2015 12:46 AM (VWCx7)
Nope. She even told my mom she's dying for a ring.
Posted by: thathalfrican at October 08, 2015 12:47 AM (R5HRU)
Shouldn't have shared that server with Hillary. ;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 08, 2015 12:47 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: redc1c4 at October 08, 2015 12:48 AM (joq+X)
B) now I'm listening to Irish rebel music instead of going to bed. And I blame all of you degenerates for that.
Posted by: DC in River City at October 08, 2015 12:48 AM (XVBCD)
Posted by: cthulhu at October 08, 2015 12:46 AM (EzgxV)
=====yeesh. I hate that kinda crap. Maybe you can claim you have couple of the hildabeasts emails on there and the FBI can reconstruct it for you.
Posted by: jc at October 08, 2015 12:48 AM (iRJ+A)
Oh and Waiting, I excel at lying around doing nothing all day so I am not too worried about getting depressed!
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 08, 2015 12:49 AM (iSnzA)
Posted by: All Teh Meh at October 08, 2015 12:49 AM (VviqM)
Posted by: Bruce Jenner at October 08, 2015 12:50 AM (0yhH4)
Alright my darlings, me and my gimpy shoulder bits is calling it a night.
Behave yourselves, now.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 08, 2015 12:45 AM (iSnzA)
====sweet dreams, MissT.
Posted by: jc at October 08, 2015 12:50 AM (iRJ+A)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 08, 2015 12:50 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 08, 2015 12:47 AM (ntObR)
****
The letters are all in your post, but some deletions and changing of order are required in this case.
With that, as I have been drinking my way across the Country all day, I bid you all good night. Stay frosty and be well.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at October 08, 2015 12:50 AM (tAwiE)
Okay, good, less nerves for you!
I love that she is close enough to your mama to have that conversation, too!
God bless you both.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 08, 2015 12:51 AM (iSnzA)
Posted by: redc1c4 at October 08, 2015 12:48 AM (joq+X)
Didja take out all the spaces? I regularly insert them to avoid blowing the margins here, but take it as given that folks know to take them back out.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 08, 2015 12:51 AM (EzgxV)
Christy and Waiting, thank you. It helps to hear about good outcomes!
Oh and Waiting, I excel at lying around doing nothing all day so I am not too worried about getting depressed!
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 08, 2015 12:49 AM (iSnzA)
==here's wishing your PT will be a tall, hunky thing that keeps you smiling.
Posted by: jc at October 08, 2015 12:51 AM (iRJ+A)
And your note reminds me of an old Eddie Rabbit song, "Drivin' my Life Away." Maybe change it to "Drinkin' my Life Away..."
;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 08, 2015 12:51 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 08, 2015 12:51 AM (iSnzA)
===Cool. New floor?
Posted by: jc at October 08, 2015 12:36 AM (iRJ+A)
Old floor ... new mosaic ...
: -))))
Yeah verily. Started with a template from a book, then at my teacher's suggestion, expanded it to a cinca sized tessera instead of a 3/4 -ish size. Way easier on the hands!!!!
Might do 3 or 4 randomly placed about the room. Might do 3 or 4 different sized/ different colored versions of same pattern around the room.
I think a checkerboard would be way too busy.
Might use standard sized floor tile around the mosaics or might use circa sheets so the tiles are all the same height.
Thanks for the tinypic of the railing.
Chores calling my name, so be back mucho later ...
Posted by: Adriane the Home Improvement Always Needs Behr Paint Critic ... at October 08, 2015 12:51 AM (qOsoH)
Posted by: thathalfrican at October 08, 2015 12:52 AM (R5HRU)
Since I was in the Navy, I didn't have mine until I was out and bought my first firearm as a civilian and as an adult.
I felt 20 foot tall. Which scared me and then I dealt with that and recognized that with the power of life and death comes great responsibility and liability. Very sobering.
But for the first time I not longer feared being physically assaulted. Strangely enough, the mentality that that inspired carried on even when I wasn't armed or even owned a weapon.
Only now as I've grown a bit creaky and the miscreants are growing bolder and more plentiful have I felt the need to become "equalized" again.
Let no one tell you you can't protect yourself because they're afraid.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at October 08, 2015 12:52 AM (Xo1Rt)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 08, 2015 12:53 AM (ntObR)
Unfortunately I've had other FB friends who start off "moderately liberal" and by the time the next POTUS election has come and gone, they're full-blown Stalinists. It happened over the course of about 8-10 years with Marc Cooper, I've seen it happen a lot faster with others. I'm steeling myself for when this 'friend' goes bad.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 08, 2015 12:35 AM (ntObR)
It is really scary to see how fast someone "center-left" will go full on socialist in the matter of about a year.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at October 08, 2015 12:54 AM (Z7G74)
Posted by: thathalfrican at October 08, 2015 12:44 AM (R5HRU)
Best wishes for many happy years together!
Posted by: Adriane the Home Improvement Always Needs Behr Paint Critic ... at October 08, 2015 12:54 AM (qOsoH)
Hat and others, I used to joke (right here in these comments, probably) that I really hoped the Dems would go kamikaze on "gun control", under the standard electoral calculation (i.e. it would be a holocaust for them).
Now? After 2008, 2012, and the still-unbelievable degradation of the country, collapse of the civic culture, substantial evisceration of the constitutional framework? Without a peep from the mainstream?
Outside a few states (VA, PA, NV, CO), Dem idiocy on "gun control", as on most things, presents little risk any more. Every major policy the Dems push is wildly unpopular (nationally - medical insurance nonsense, gun control, amnesty, even envy-based class warfare). Doesn't matter. The linkages between the public will and actual policy and law is more broken than it's ever been in US history.
Posted by: rhomboid at October 08, 2015 12:55 AM (QDnY+)
DH did about 15 triathlons after that so I guess the surgery worked.
Posted by: Waiting at October 08, 2015 12:56 AM (VWCx7)
I'm a bachelor and we have a tendency to just throw some stuff together and not care too much what it tastes like.
For a cold winter's day:
2 cans mushroom soup (You may substitute creamed chicken or some other cremed soup)
2 cans tuna
2 cans niblet corn
mix, heat, stir maybe add a bit of milk.
It's best thick so don't water down the soup.
I call it Tuna Chowder.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at October 08, 2015 12:57 AM (Xo1Rt)
it is, been a while since i've listened to it, need to do that soon, always fun listening to something you haven't heard in a while.
Posted by: All Teh Meh at October 08, 2015 12:58 AM (VviqM)
Posted by: chemjeff at October 08, 2015 12:58 AM (uZNvH)
Posted by: redc1c4 at October 08, 2015 01:01 AM (joq+X)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 08, 2015 01:01 AM (9mTYi)
Posted by: DC in River City at October 08, 2015 01:01 AM (XVBCD)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 08, 2015 01:02 AM (9mTYi)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at October 08, 2015 12:57 AM (Xo1Rt)
Sounds good, BC.
(I was going to make a "clam chowder" joke with the prior sock, but I am trying to eat.)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 08, 2015 01:03 AM (0yhH4)
>.>
The good news is that someone called them on it.
Posted by: junior at October 08, 2015 01:03 AM (PVi+Q)
Posted by: cthulhu at October 08, 2015 12:46 AM (EzgxV)
=====yeesh. I hate that kinda crap. Maybe you can claim you have couple of the hildabeasts emails on there and the FBI can reconstruct it for you.
Posted by: jc at October 08, 2015 12:48 AM (iRJ+A)
It's like I said when it happened -- it'll probably take about a year and many thousands of dollars to clean up. I know enough that everything is handled via protocols designed to compartmentalize and extinguish infection. For example, I'm currently looking at the data files I want using Kali Linux boot from live CD in forensics mode (which doesn't mount drives by default).....then mounting the drive in read-only.....then accessing it through bash (which treats EVERYTHING as a file that it's not very curious about). Nothing is attached to my networks or the internet. It's why I'm having trouble doing a simple copy -- it's in the cyber equivalent of a biohazard glove box.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 08, 2015 01:03 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: chemjeff at October 08, 2015 01:03 AM (uZNvH)
Posted by: thathalfrican at October 08, 2015 01:04 AM (R5HRU)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 08, 2015 01:05 AM (ntObR)
I hope you get well soon
Posted by: chemjeff at October 08, 2015 01:03 AM (uZNvH)
Left something for you @296. Take out the spaces.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 08, 2015 01:07 AM (EzgxV)
Oh, and the amendment/referendum passed easily. So I suppose a "states rights" stance on ED would be tolerable in a candidate.
Posted by: GnuBreed at October 08, 2015 01:08 AM (gyKtp)
Echidna's Arf, are 168g HPBTs an AR load?
I am unfamiliar with just about everything related to black plastic rifles - just not enough time/energy/money for everything, and I'm deep into other things that go bang.
And was that movie about Entebbe? I'm just guessing, based on "Yonatan" and the year.
Posted by: rhomboid at October 08, 2015 01:12 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: chemjeff at October 08, 2015 01:12 AM (uZNvH)
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at October 08, 2015 01:12 AM (J+mig)
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at October 08, 2015 01:13 AM (J+mig)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 08, 2015 01:14 AM (9mTYi)
let's hope the fire stays away in time for the baseball game
Posted by: chemjeff at October 08, 2015 01:12 AM (uZNvH)
I figured you'd be more informed of local conditions -- so as to know whether to dismiss entirely or choose a direction to run. But I wanted to make sure you had heard about it.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 08, 2015 01:15 AM (EzgxV)
Add in a slash of sherry and voila! Tuna Bisque!
Posted by: OldDominionMom at October 08, 2015 01:16 AM (GzDYP)
Posted by: cthulhu at October 08, 2015 01:17 AM (EzgxV)
Somebody above had a wood-working project. I just finished a project - too crude/simple to call wood-working, basically just assembling pieces of wood according to a design.
Fire-resistant wood boxes for storing smokeless powder and primers, per the National Fire Protection Assn. guidelines. One-inch+ thick boxes, basically.
Kind of a hollow sense of accomplishment (though they turned out nicely). Because if the house is burning enough for these boxes to matter, then they don't matter, as the house would be a total loss anyway. Oh well. Might have another positive outcome - the kid at Home Depot who cut the lumber up per my specs will probably now join CMP and get a Garand. I told him he absolutely had to do it (he brought it up, he's got a "gun uncle"), and that his field grade M1 was well within his finances and would be worth 30% more than he paid the minute he gets it.
Posted by: rhomboid at October 08, 2015 01:18 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: chemjeff at October 08, 2015 01:18 AM (uZNvH)
Posted by: chemjeff at October 08, 2015 01:21 AM (uZNvH)
But to be fair, it probably has a lot to do with the fact that I'm fugly. And an asshole.
Posted by: JohnJ at October 08, 2015 01:22 AM (TF/YA)
Splash. Splash of sherry, dammit.
JC, that handrail is gorgeous!
Posted by: OldDominionMom at October 08, 2015 01:23 AM (GzDYP)
Seems to me that if you have a "structure-involved" fire, it will be hot enough to ultimately burn through an inch of wood.
Or is the intent of the boxes simply to buy enough time for the occupants to exit, in the event of a furniture/cooking/whatever fire withing the house?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 08, 2015 01:23 AM (0yhH4)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 08, 2015 01:25 AM (ntObR)
Here's another link for it:
http://tinyurl.com/pfo4e2l
Sounds like crap to me. "Nuclear waste" like radium dials? Fire causing a
And the comments probably blame the Jooooos.
Posted by: andycanuck at October 08, 2015 01:29 AM (//bLW)
jc -- have you had that evaluated as python erotica?
Posted by: cthulhu at October 08, 2015 01:17 AM (EzgxV)
====dinna know there was such a thing, and I'm afraid to ask how you might of come across it.
Posted by: jc at October 08, 2015 01:30 AM (iRJ+A)
Women who get college degrees have less men to marry up to ... so let's go against women's nature to make them marry down instead ... rather than questioning the value of their getting degrees in the first place.
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at October 08, 2015 01:31 AM (1D4Ef)
Posted by: JohnJ at October 08, 2015 01:32 AM (TF/YA)
Posted by: JohnJ at October 08, 2015 01:34 AM (TF/YA)
Posted by: JohnJ at October 08, 2015 01:35 AM (TF/YA)
Cato, I like this: "Bolivarian Socialist hellhole".
Though to be accurate, most of Latin America suffers from a unique combo of old pathologies (rigid class structures/lack of social dynamism/the state as ruthless tool of an upper class) and newer ones (modern statism/fascism/collectivism).
Posted by: rhomboid at October 08, 2015 01:36 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: andycanuck at October 08, 2015 01:41 AM (//bLW)
Posted by: andycanuck at October 08, 2015 01:42 AM (//bLW)
-----------------
(ahem)
Not strictly speaking. What is important is rotation vs. bullet mass. So, velocity is a player. Two different twists (with the same bullet) might produce the same stability because two different loads were used which produced off-setting velocities.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 08, 2015 01:42 AM (9mTYi)
US News has been ranking US universities since 1983. The company began publishing global rankings last year, listing the world's top 750 universities overall, as well as by region and country. A school's research influence by academic subject is the benchmark for its rank.
Although Tsinghua University ranked 59th in the global list - compared with MIT's No 2 and Peking University's No 41 - the university exceeded all of its competitors in the field of engineering research.
... don't bother to thank me
Posted by: President Barack "Unexpectedly" Obama at October 08, 2015 01:42 AM (e8kgV)
AOP, nope, raw untreated ("green") basic lumber, 2X4s and pine plywood.
Yes, your logic is impeccable, and I have no answer. Pretty sure the point is to delay combustion of powder/popping of primers (that's all they really do) in a fire situation. One inch+ of wood will delay both in a structure fire, logically. Boxes have loose-fitting top lids without hatches or locks, so no mini-bomb situation arises (pressure can easily vent if combustion occurs).
Of course there are infinite possible scenarios. But if a fire is licking these boxes in two closets at opposite ends of the house, then the structure/smoke damage will, I assume already be catastrophic. As I said, a uniquely hollow sense of satisfaction in completing this project.
For those curious about the actual behavior of ammunition in fires, check out the SAAMI-funded tests on YouTube (done for education of fire-fighters who might encounter fires with ammo present). Haven't checked lately to see if they've added tests for powder and primers vs. loaded ammo - that would be interesting.
Posted by: rhomboid at October 08, 2015 01:45 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: Moon Unit at October 08, 2015 01:45 AM (e8kgV)
Posted by: The Unsurprised Hat at October 08, 2015 01:49 AM (vBeA5)
Echidna's if I didn't just miss you - F-Class, that's a whole other world I know little about. Some day, perhaps.
There is such a variety of sub-disciplines in the shooting sports/hobbies. F-Class (serious rifle precision shooting), black powder (very cool, some day, I think), various versions of bullseye, both handgun and rifle, Schutzenguild ("breech-seated" rifles, usually works of art/historical artifacts in themselves), action handgun and rifle, 3-gun. And of course all the shotgun sports.
Posted by: rhomboid at October 08, 2015 01:50 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: Same Old Plantation at October 08, 2015 01:50 AM (gwG9s)
Posted by: Farmer at October 08, 2015 01:52 AM (o/90i)
Posted by: rhomboid at October 08, 2015 01:45 AM (QDnY+)
Well, wood is a pretty fair insulator of heat, so it would certainly delay the powder/primers cooking off in the event of the fire.
That 1" lumber. Is it true thickness one inch, or do they mean "one-by" stock finished lumber, which is 3/4" thick? Pretty hard to find the former, unless you can slice some 2" planks in a bandsaw. Or does the standard allow for laminated wood? You could laminate two thicknesses of half-inch plywood together, with the surface grains crossing, and make some super-strong 1" planks.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 08, 2015 01:53 AM (0yhH4)
My first post in many a moon, hot off the presses:
http://tinyurl.com/oesqq2h
“Interrupting Whiteness”: National education conference to blame white teachers and students for school woes
"A major national conference for teachers and school administrators starting on Saturday, October 10 in Baltimore will focus exclusively on race and racism, featuring workshops on “interrupting whiteness” in American schools, the “dominance of White supremacy” in society, “White privilege” enjoyed by Caucasian students, “white domination of thought,” and how to “decenter whiteness.”
The conference, officially titled The National Summit for Courageous Conversation 2015, is organized by the Pacific Educational Group (PEG), a large and influential consulting firm hired by hundreds of school districts nationwide — often under pressure from the federal government — to address “racial gaps” in scholastic performance and behavior problems in the classroom."
...
(A sample workshop description from the dozens in the post
"It Ain’t H1N1, But It’s Just as Deadly: The Negative Effects of White Privilege for People of Color
Explore the realities of white privilege and the deep wounds that many people of color have felt due to this ugly reality. Hear historical perspectives and learn how the evolution of white privilege has been parented by white supremacy, racism, and institutional racism from the past to the present. Take a different look at white privilege and consider how many people of color have been conditioned to believe that they shouldn’t be afforded the privilege that white folks receive, which gives white privilege the power to positively affect many white people and negatively affect all people. Engage in this challenging opportunity to examine yourself critically and to look at the effects that white privilege has had on society and communities of color."
...etc.
Posted by: zombie at October 08, 2015 01:53 AM (jBuUi)
Posted by: cthulhu at October 08, 2015 01:58 AM (EzgxV)
AOP, it's "2X4", so thickness is actually 1 1/2" - that is, just right, as it's 1-inch+. Top/bottom is two pieces of 3/4" plywood, so, again 1 1/2". And yes, such boxes would indeed provide a fair amount of temperature shielding, which is the point.
Smokeless powder combusts (burns, does not "explode") at certain temps; primers (I think) "cook off" at certain temps. The thing with primers is the density - thousands of them in a small space, so cooking off (popping - sure, a robust "pop" but a pop nonetheless) can lead to greater-than-the-parts effects or quasi-explosive results.
In the 34 seconds' thought I've given this, I figure it's hard to imagine a scenario where the powder/primers are protected by the boxes and the fire/smoke damage to the house is less than catastrophic, anyway.
Posted by: rhomboid at October 08, 2015 02:02 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: Zakn at October 08, 2015 02:04 AM (d2pTe)
Mr. Happy Penis is new to me, but seems to play well with others; not trollish AFAIK.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 08, 2015 02:05 AM (0yhH4)
Posted by: rhomboid at October 08, 2015 02:02 AM (QDnY+)
Well, the other side of the coin is, that if the powder and primers are in nice handy boxes, you can scoop them up, and take them with you when you flee the burning building in your jammies. Powder and primers run into money. You can always get another house.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 08, 2015 02:08 AM (0yhH4)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
I'm glad to see that you're exploring alternative sexualities!
Posted by: zombie at October 08, 2015 02:08 AM (jBuUi)
Posted by: GnuBreed at October 08, 2015 02:10 AM (gyKtp)
zombie, thanks and kudos as always for your diligence.
What is there to say? The racism, idiocy, and pernicious vapidity of these people and their delusional crap are the perfect exemplars of the degradation of the "education" profession (at least its "highest" levels).
And their nonsense simply builds on the catastrophically stupid mindset of so many in the so-called "community" of color.
The only thing that should be studied in this regard is the experience of the Japanese-American community, 1942-present. Or maybe 1942-1955.
Um - camps. Literal, fucking CAMPS. Dispossession. Blah blah blah.
Oh - oops, scads of volunteers from said camps for critical military intelligence work, or combat (442nd RCT, 25th Division). Followed by 100%+ "recovery" to full pre-war econ/social status ...... in 10 years .... without a single "program" or any kind of "help".
That's it. Teaching anything else is child abuse and a hate-crime against civilization.
Posted by: rhomboid at October 08, 2015 02:11 AM (QDnY+)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKoQlyonEb4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAFvAcXXfFg
Posted by: The Political Hat at October 08, 2015 02:13 AM (vBeA5)
I have made quite a number of bin boxes, same size and shape as your typical parts-store cardboard bin box of yore, using 3/8 plywood for the ends, and 1/8 plywood or Masonite/whatever for the sides and bottom. Coat joints with Gorilla glue, assemble using air stapler, and set aside to let the glue set. Partitions, where used, simply glued in. They hold up much better than the cardboard boxes, and even look semi-professional.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 08, 2015 02:16 AM (0yhH4)
Echidna got the hammer? Huh? Harry is NewNewHandle, and Mr HP has been around for a bit. What's with the neighborhood Committee for the Defense of the Revolution thing here?
AOP, SoCal (not a marginal area, or even close). Powder/primers have come back to "normal" prices (influx of Euro brands in both categories has helped). So no, reloading components are not much up against house value. But - insurance.
Posted by: rhomboid at October 08, 2015 02:16 AM (QDnY+)
Mr. Happy Penis is new to me, but seems to play well with others; not trollish AFAIK.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 08, 2015 02:05 AM (0yhH4)
I beg pardon for being sensitive -- someone from here raided my email account to take it over, read my emails, impersonated me to an ex-boss who should have known better than to talk about golf, dropped a keylogger on me, and riffled through my finances. And I remain suspicious of Conservative Monster, Harry Paratestes, and Happy Penis....
In case anyone cares, I believe Ira has progressed beyond using one proxy to using two proxies simultaneously. It was evident that he was ADHD enough to manually post a bazillion times before, it's not a stretch to think he could post a half-bazillion each as two separate identities. Especially after he's warmed up as "Jesus loves me" or whatever.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 08, 2015 02:17 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: zombie at October 08, 2015 02:08 AM (jBuUi)
LOLOL! Wipes rum and coke off screen.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 08, 2015 02:17 AM (0yhH4)
Posted by: GnuBreed at October 08, 2015 02:10 AM (gyKtp)
Thanks for the warning!!! I'd already been there, but purged my cache files.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 08, 2015 02:19 AM (EzgxV)
Um - camps. Literal, fucking CAMPS. Dispossession. Blah blah blah.
Oh - oops, scads of volunteers from said camps for critical military intelligence work, or combat (442nd RCT, 25th Division). Followed by 100%+ "recovery" to full pre-war econ/social status ...... in 10 years .... without a single "program" or any kind of "help".
Posted by: rhomboid
I once met an old Japanese guy at a neighborhood party. He revealed that he had been a teenager in Tanforan and Manzanar.
Someone there asked him if he was angry, miffed, furious, resentful and disgusted by the evil America who put him in a camp.
His response blew everyone's mind:
"Angry? Oh dear no, we were proud to be doing our part for the war effort! If locking everyone up was the only way to catch those traitors amongst us who were spying for the Japanese government and coordinating invasion plans, then I was glad to do what was necessary. I think everyone there with me in the camp deserved a medal for cooperating to help win the war. Yeah, it was inconvenient, and I was frustrated that I was barely too young to volunteer, but I never felt anger, then or now."
Left every liberal within earshot totally speechless.
Posted by: zombie at October 08, 2015 02:23 AM (jBuUi)
I typed in "413" on the wikipediaz.
I was shocked.
I typed in "302".
Wikipedia failed again.
Great googly-moogly, I said to myself, wikipedia is almost woefully-ignorant of the '60s Dodge 413, the '80s-era Ford "5-litre" and other classic engine sizes, passed on down to us by Wilson, Cube, Hagar Co.
Wikipedia does reference 302 as "Category 302, a medical code for LGBT persons and pedophiles in the Singapore military".
In the year 2000 ....
*facepalm*
Posted by: creepy music at October 08, 2015 02:23 AM (4SIeU)
Echidna got the hammer? Huh? Harry is NewNewHandle, and Mr HP has been around for a bit. What's with the neighborhood Committee for the Defense of the Revolution thing here?
AOP, SoCal (not a marginal area, or even close). Powder/primers have come back to "normal" prices (influx of Euro brands in both categories has helped). So no, reloading components are not much up against house value. But - insurance.
Posted by: rhomboid at October 08, 2015 02:16 AM (QDnY+)
I believe that the remedy for badspeach is goodspeach.....but already-bumped old trolls are up for banning even if they sneak in with a mask. Echidna sounded very familiar and was probably unmasked.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 08, 2015 02:24 AM (EzgxV)
In case anyone cares, I believe Ira has progressed beyond using one proxy to using two proxies simultaneously. It was evident that he was ADHD enough to manually post a bazillion times before, it's not a stretch to think he could post a half-bazillion each as two separate identities. Especially after he's warmed up as "Jesus loves me" or whatever.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 08, 2015 02:17 AM (EzgxV)
I am well aware of your travails with Ira Weatheral/MUMR.
Conservative Monster, Harry Paratestes, and Mr. Happy Penis are all legitimate commenters, and show up in the daywalker threads quite regularly.
Please don't let your bad experience with Ira poison your trust of the basic decency of most Morons.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 08, 2015 02:24 AM (0yhH4)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 08, 2015 02:26 AM (9mTYi)
In case anyone cares, I believe Ira has progressed beyond using one proxy to using two proxies simultaneously. It was evident that he was ADHD enough to manually post a bazillion times before, it's not a stretch to think he could post a half-bazillion each as two separate identities. Especially after he's warmed up as "Jesus loves me" or whatever.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 08, 2015 02:17 AM (EzgxV)
I am well aware of your travails with Ira Weatheral/MUMR.
Conservative Monster, Harry Paratestes, and Mr. Happy Penis are all legitimate commenters, and show up in the daywalker threads quite regularly.
Please don't let your bad experience with Ira poison your trust of the basic decency of most Morons.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 08, 2015 02:24 AM (0yhH4)
Believe me, I try not to -- but I now know he is out there. It is an amazing and wonderful thing to have a friend in every city.....but knowing that I've got a psychopath right here puts a crimp in it.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 08, 2015 02:28 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: cthulhu at October 08, 2015 02:30 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: zombie at October 08, 2015 02:23 AM (jBuUi)
Liberals don't like to hear it, but one of the effects of the internment of Japanese-descended persons, which we did here in Canada, too, was to protect those people from being targeted by the Imperial Japanese spy agency, the Kempetai (spelling?). They would have been subjected to blackmail, threats against family members still in Japan, and bribery had they remained on the Coast in roles useful to Japan's spymasters. Moving them to remote Interior communities made them less useful as targets for corruption, and also made it easier to detect any attempts to get to them.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 08, 2015 02:32 AM (0yhH4)
Posted by: cthulhu
A old lady up the street from me revealed this afternoon while out walking her dog that she had somehow a week ago found herself on a Web page with one of those malware-implanting double-negative yes/no buttons that confused her. It said something like, "Warning! This page may have infected your computer! If you don't not want to not have your computer restored safely, make sure you you don't click on the "No" button below!"
In typical old-lady confusion, she clicked "Yes," and boom, that's what initiated the infection.
Since then, like you she's had these villains stealing her financial passwords and committing identity fraud against her, using "keyloggers" or whatever the hell.
So far, that hasn't ever happened to me, but I have encountered those kinds of pages more and more (like the "conversation pits" page above), and they scare the bejeepers out of me. Whenever I get one, I just instantly force-shut-down the computer and leave it unplugged for five minutes. So far, that technique has worked.
Posted by: zombie at October 08, 2015 02:37 AM (jBuUi)
And I drive a Focus; I'm not that much of a gearhead.
Posted by: Play - Album - Endless Summer at October 08, 2015 02:37 AM (4SIeU)
Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at October 08, 2015 02:38 AM (0eQ/u)
Posted by: zombie at October 08, 2015 02:37 AM (jBuUi)
A good firewall program can help a lot. You can configure it to allow only known-safe programs or services access the Internet. A keylogger can't "call home" if it cannot reach an open port. I had ZoneAlarm for a long time, but I don't know if it is good any more.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 08, 2015 02:42 AM (0yhH4)
zombie - great anecdote. And far from unusual.
All this would be included in the lesson I propose be taught. It supports the central point: act as though your fate is largely in your own/God's (fate's)hands - because it is.
The Japanese-Americans fully recovered (and surpassed) their pre-war, pre-internment socio-economic status, despite literal dispossession and internment, in less than a decade (I think that's accurate). Long before such concepts as compensation, or "help", were even widespread, much less given concrete form in govt. programs.
That is the point. How they "recovered" and surpassed their original status is the lesson. Nothing unusual. Hard work, integrity, standards. Period.
Of course in a country so historically illiterate, we can hardly expect most people to note how sickeningly similar this racist garbage that is being pushed is to the hallucinogenic anti-semitism of a certain short-lived European outfit that proved to be treatable via mass bombings and utter destruction.
Posted by: rhomboid at October 08, 2015 02:42 AM (QDnY+)
"It Ain't H1N1, But It's Just as Deadly: The Negative Effects of White Privilege for People of Color
Explore the realities of white privilege and the deep wounds that many people of color have felt due to this ugly reality. Hear historical perspectives and learn how the evolution of white privilege has been parented by white supremacy, racism, and institutional racism from the past to the present. Take a different look at white privilege and consider how many people of color have been conditioned to believe that they shouldn't be afforded the privilege that white folks receive, which gives white privilege the power to positively affect many white people and negatively affect all people. Engage in this challenging opportunity to examine yourself critically and to look at the effects that white privilege has had on society and communities of color."
...etc.
Posted by: zombie at October 08, 2015 01:53 AM (jBuUi)
I wish they would just come out and admit that what they really want to do is exterminate white people. That would be clarifying.
Posted by: rickl at October 08, 2015 02:44 AM (sdi6R)
But again, immigration is the most pressing issue. We fail to fix that, we'll never be able to fix anything ever again. I wish the trumpetdaddies and Begonias could at least get it through their heads as to why supporters are unmoved by things like "unseriousness", supposed gaffes, "inexperience". All secondary.
Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at October 08, 2015 02:46 AM (0eQ/u)
430 Posted by: GnuBreed
Posted by: cthulhu
A old lady up the street from me revealed this afternoon while out walking her dog that she had somehow a week ago found herself on a Web page with one of those malware-implanting double-negative yes/no buttons that confused her. It said something like, "Warning! This page may have infected your computer! If you don't not want to not have your computer restored safely, make sure you you don't click on the "No" button below!"
In typical old-lady confusion, she clicked "Yes," and boom, that's what initiated the infection.
Since then, like you she's had these villains stealing her financial passwords and committing identity fraud against her, using "keyloggers" or whatever the hell.
So far, that hasn't ever happened to me, but I have encountered those kinds of pages more and more (like the "conversation pits" page above), and they scare the bejeepers out of me. Whenever I get one, I just instantly force-shut-down the computer and leave it unplugged for five minutes. So far, that technique has worked.
Posted by: zombie at October 08, 2015 02:37 AM (jBuUi)
The worst thing that I've had happen to me was on the ONT when people were throwin' tinyurl links. I believe that Ira threw me a jpg of a chicken that was loaded with an overlay of malware. I figured that a fellow moron could be trusted, and I've been acting weird ever since.
Since Ira the asshole decided to make me an expert about this shit against my will, I have noted that the huge majority of exploits involve Windows, Java, and Flash. Change operating systems away from Windows, set noscript in your browser, and eschew Flash, and you're ahead of most malware.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 08, 2015 02:46 AM (EzgxV)
Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa were two of the best.
Posted by: Iamfelix at October 08, 2015 02:48 AM (3E49o)
Note -- I have no affiliation with them except as a satisfied user.
Posted by: GnuBreed at October 08, 2015 02:50 AM (gyKtp)
Posted by: Iamfelix at October 08, 2015 02:48 AM (3E49o)
And Chick Webb!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 08, 2015 02:51 AM (0yhH4)
Posted by: zombie at October 08, 2015 02:37 AM (jBuUi)
A good firewall program can help a lot. You can configure it to allow only known-safe programs or services access the Internet. A keylogger can't "call home" if it cannot reach an open port. I had ZoneAlarm for a long time, but I don't know if it is good any more.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 08, 2015 02:42 AM (0yhH4)
The funny thing is that most Linux guys are just, "oh, yeah, if you're worried.....firewall" -- where Linux firewalls are built into the kernel and can just shut shit down. You can have a trapped malware trying to phone home locked inside your firewall and just leave it.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 08, 2015 02:51 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: that guy from "Whiplash" at October 08, 2015 02:52 AM (4SIeU)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
I use something called "Little Snitch" which is a brilliant little program that monitors each and every attempt of any application or widget to "call home", and I have to "give permission" for the connection to be allowed through. You can deny each attempt, or deny "forever" which includes all future attempts. It's amazing how much sneaky behind-the-scenes shenanigans even "commercial" software was pulling! Adobe and Microsoft products are the worst offenders; without telling the user, they are sending data from your computer back to their headquarters CONSTANTLY.
But not any more, thanks to Little Snitch!
And of course it stops any malware type stuff as well. At least it seems to so far.
Posted by: zombie at October 08, 2015 02:52 AM (jBuUi)
Posted by: rickl at October 08, 2015 02:54 AM (sdi6R)
"I wouldn't want to belong to a club that would have me for a member".
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at October 08, 2015 02:55 AM (Xo1Rt)
Posted by: and I watched all that utter shit at October 08, 2015 02:55 AM (4SIeU)
AOP, you make a very important point WRT Japanese internment (both US and Canada).
So I'll jump right in with my usual spiel, right through the window you opened.
I admit I haven't done the legwork to confirm in detail, but in general I know I'm on solid ground with the following points.
The Geneva Conventions, which everyone reveres and no one understands or has read, were created primarily to protect non-combatants. The European 19th/early 20th Century context makes it unsurprising that one of the chief concerns was to protect "enemy aliens" (citizens of an enemy belligerent on the wrong side of a border when the shooting started). So important was protecting this hapless cohort that the Conventions specified that internment was required, for protection, by the belligerent Party where they were resident."
Ahemm. What % of the internment camps in Canada/US were Japanese citizens, or dual-nationals? I've heard 40%. If true, this portion of the internees were interned in strict compliance with Geneva (well, maybe not strict - they should not have been dispossessed).
Second, AOP's point about hostage/pressure/intel operations. The main tactic used by intel services (of authoritarian states) to exploit expats. It's not about the decency or "loyalty" of certain people - it's entirely about their vulnerability to blackmail. (check out the travails of those with East Bloc roots and families during the Cold War in getting US security clearances)
Same reason Italian-Americans (what?!horrors!what?!) were "removed" from strategic west coast port areas (SF, San Diego). Joe Freakin' DiMaggio's parents lost their restaurant in Fisherman's Wharf. Did the War Dept. think the DiMaggios were likely Axis spies? Of course not. This is a story still almost completely unrecorded and unexplored - probably, mostly, cuz it doesn't tick any "racism!" boxes.
Finally, there's the issue of ACTUAL Japanese intelligence penetration (non-zero, BTW). AOP, in languages with different writing systems or alphabets, it's a question of transliteration, not spelling (your cost-free, unrequested pedantic moment of the evening, you're welcome!). And "Kempetai" is the usual transliteration for the Japanese secret police - though I don't know which actual agency would have been involved for intel in Hawaii and the Americas.
So, as with so many other misportrayed, poorly understood chapters of even recent history, the internment story utterly fails as the morality tale retailed by the usual suspects.
As a final footnote, I'm not sure how the executive order and SCOTUS action thereon hold up when considered in a serious fashion (not the ludicrous b.s. that now passes for "constitutional jurisprudence"). SCOTUS was even then derailing (Wickard v. Filburn), so as all too often any more one must assess major US institutions with hardly any presumption of integrity or seriousness whenlooking at thebigger issues.
Posted by: rhomboid at October 08, 2015 03:02 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 08, 2015 03:03 AM (0yhH4)
If they're speculating or theirs some personal animosity or if they're doing on the cheap so there's more bucks to grease other wheels then people can get screwed.
Lots of states have rules that have to be followed (how much is offered, who appraises the property, what projects it can be used for and what it can't) and most do an ok job.
A lot of it is local and local is filled with people skimming and bribing and playing fast and loose with op money.
Eminent domain exists to prevent a public need not being met due to the recalcitrance of one or two property owners who may be trying to make a killing.
I can even understand the reasoning behind eminent domain in the case of bringing in business or raising the tax base.
That said, in cases where it's another private entity that's going to make a profit, then the owner being dispossessed should receive a bonus price.
But greed is one of the seven deadly sins for a reason.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at October 08, 2015 03:03 AM (Xo1Rt)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twKsU1Qv4k8
I don't know if it's all that hot, but it's better than clench-jawed Ma'am Knightley pretending she's a genius codebreaker and Alan Turing's intellectual equivalent or whatever.
Posted by: we have only 20 minutes to save this convoy! at October 08, 2015 03:04 AM (4SIeU)
Usually read the ONT the day after rather than posting live; so I feel familiar reading your posts, but I can see why I'm a stranger to you.
Don't blame you for being suspicious, but I'm me and not anyone else. Anyways, appreciate what you bring to the ONT and AoSHQ.
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at October 08, 2015 03:07 AM (1D4Ef)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 08, 2015 03:09 AM (0yhH4)
No wonder these kids these days are so pathetic.
The brapp of wide open pipes, the smell of high octane gasoline. Burnt rubber. The squeal from the tires.
Nothing else like that honk sound when you open up a pair of quads on a large block v8.
And getting patch at 60 mph when you shift.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at October 08, 2015 03:11 AM (Xo1Rt)
Posted by: rhomboid
KEY detail to incorporate into your narrative:
The US government did not seize a single dollar, item or piece of property from any Japanese-American interned during the war. Not one dime, not one house, not one pair of socks, not one farm.
Why, then, do we frequently hear that many internees "lost everything" while in the camps?
Well, in every case, they either:
a. Sold all their property below value in a panic; or
b. Had their property or business gypped or chiseled out of them by unscrupulous shysters who were private citizens. The Japanese owners in the camps were not present to prevent the illegal seizure of their stuff by crooks (who sometimes had friends on the inside of county assessors' offices who declared the property "abandoned" or whatever).
But it was never official US government policy to "dispossess" the people sent to the camps. It's just what happened to SOME (not all) internees who were victims of criminal mischief in their absence.
Also note that not every Japanese lost their land or business or possessions. I know a Japanese family that had a strawberry farm on the Palos Verdes Peninsula before the war...and after they got out of the camps, they just went right back to work on their farm as if nothing had happened. The land was still there, still under deed in their name, waiting for them.
Posted by: zombie at October 08, 2015 03:18 AM (jBuUi)
Usually read the ONT the day after rather than posting live; so I feel familiar reading your posts, but I can see why I'm a stranger to you.
Don't blame you for being suspicious, but I'm me and not anyone else. Anyways, appreciate what you bring to the ONT and AoSHQ.
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at October 08, 2015 03:07 AM (1D4Ef)
Don't take it personally -- I'm suspicious of everyone these days, and it's nothing I take pleasure in. I used to figure that just being a Moron was good enough to trust someone. And, honest to God, I've shown up in faraway cities and been able to trust someone I knew only as a Moron.
But, since Ira, I need more. I can't trust another Moron who hasn't done a face-to-face trust with a Moron that I trust. And that particularly includes you.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 08, 2015 03:19 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Arbalest at October 08, 2015 03:25 AM (FlRtG)
Posted by: rhomboid
In case you are unaware:
The internment was successful in stopping the invasion of Los Angeles!
Why this part of the story is so little known remains mystifying to me.
There was in fact a ring of Japanese spies in LA who were helping to coordinate a Japanese naval invasion (or raid) at the Port of Los Angeles. They had set up a communications point on Signal Hill in Long Beach, through which they were apparently communicating with Japanese subs offshore.
The guys in this spy ring were caught up in the internment order and sent to Tule Lake -- which was the whole purpose behind interning the Japanese in the first place. The State Department and military intelligence knew that spies were operating on the West Coast -- they just didn't know who the spies were. So, round 'em all up, and they did indeed get the spies in he net.
As a result, the invasion/raid was cancelled.
Posted by: zombie at October 08, 2015 03:26 AM (jBuUi)
Not profiling is so irrational it leaves me speechless whenever I hear anyone speak against it.
They themselves use some form of profiling in their everyday interactions with others especially strangers.
The Nation has become mentally ill. This illness has been induced by liberals and the media presenting perfectly logical ideas and ways of thought as being negative or harmful or hurtful.
We've driven ourselves insane. (well some of us.)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at October 08, 2015 03:30 AM (Xo1Rt)
And it's such a pleasure and relief that the sense of well being aroused is transferred to Trump himself.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at October 08, 2015 03:34 AM (Xo1Rt)
Here is a medly of music from Star Wars performed by the Harp Twins Camille and Kennerly:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAxdlPZ37Gc
Posted by: The Political Hat at October 08, 2015 03:34 AM (vBeA5)
cthulhu
CM has been around for a long while. He is highly unlikely to be a troll.
Posted by: Arbalest at October 08, 2015 03:25 AM (FlRtG)
There is a reason that I've been hanging around the ONT with a probationary and temporary system. Even if you only click on links from folks you "recognize", they might not be from people you know.
And I'm not all that sanguine about CM.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 08, 2015 03:36 AM (EzgxV)
Out-Esotericing the Esoteric-Taste-in-Music Hat:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=106&v=rs4E_rknWPk
Rare Audio - Carly Simon
Posted by: Arbalest at October 08, 2015 03:37 AM (FlRtG)
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at October 08, 2015 03:45 AM (1D4Ef)
Wow. Not the kind of coherent and rational thought I would have expected at 4 in the morning!
Posted by: Optimizer at October 08, 2015 03:46 AM (/q6+P)
Still MORE coherent and rational thinking at such an hour! Maybe people are sobering up...
The way I like to put it is that he's "throwing a brick through the plate-glass window of political correctness". It might be the most important positive, although people don't seem to realize it. 4 or 8 years of THAT, and we may be able to get out of this Orwellian dystopia that we've allowed Progressives to inflict upon us.
Posted by: Optimizer at October 08, 2015 03:52 AM (/q6+P)
No offense taken. G'night.
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at October 08, 2015 03:45 AM (1D4Ef)
I'd love to be proven wrong and have a beer with you when I was in an unfamiliar place.....but you're still at riskassessment 9.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 08, 2015 03:53 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Optimizer at October 08, 2015 03:55 AM (/q6+P)
Nothing else like that honk sound when you open up a pair of quads on a large block v8.
And getting patch at 60 mph when you shift.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at October 08, 2015 03:11 AM (Xo1Rt)
The MS Gulf Coast is in the midst of our annual Cruisin The Coast classic car gathering ; there are about 8,000 classic cars on the roads here right now. Lots of burnt rubber marks on the roads, too.
And oh, the smell -- Tons of incompletely burned hydrocarbons mixed with that fried rubber scent.
It's the second largest CC gathering in the US (Vegas is still the king).
Posted by: GnuBreed at October 08, 2015 03:58 AM (gyKtp)
And nowadays we have vapid, empty suit politicians who are willing to destroy the Repubic for the sake of petty greed.
>>>Our ideal of the hero morphed instead into a courageous soul who is no less afraid of death but more focused on saving lives than taking them.
I call bullshit. Liberals are more interested in saving certain lives, but not as a general moral principle. Only as a self serving principle that operates at a tribal or personal level (think abortions or BLM). Liberals are just as barbaric and feral as any ancient culture. Their veneer of ethics is a sham. They pretend to espouse certain principles taken from the Juseo-Christian ethic and then pervert them in self serving ways, so that they can rationalize acting according to the worst human impulses.
Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at October 08, 2015 04:07 AM (0eQ/u)
Posted by: we have only 20 minutes to save this convoy! at October 08, 2015 03:04 AM (4SIeU)
LOL.
I especially liked the part where they found out that all the German messages ended in "Heil Hitler" and the pretend Turing just ran to the computer, flipped a few switches and .... voila! Decoded. I was laughing hysterically when I saw it and I'm laughing now as I recall it.
It's a shame because it could have been an excellent movie.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 08, 2015 04:10 AM (zc3Db)
Any attack on Los Angeles would have been a small raid at most. The Pearl Harbor raid ran the Japanese fleet right up to the end of its logistics limits, iirc. Los Angeles was much further away than Hawaii. At most, you're probably talking about whatever a handful of subs could do. That's not to say that it would have been completely inconsequential. But the results would have been more psychological than immediately practical (much like the Doolittle raid was).
Posted by: junior at October 08, 2015 04:11 AM (PVi+Q)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old and unimproved. at October 08, 2015 04:13 AM (dOD0J)
Posted by: junior at October 08, 2015 04:11 AM (PVi+Q)
Then the Japanese decided to try any another psychological attack when they released paper balloon bombs launched from Japan and carried by the prevailing winds. Six people were killed in Oregon (one pregnant woman and five children) in the Japanese balloon bomb campaign. The Government hushed up the campaign in the media, but relented to having the balloon bomb story released to prevent further deaths.
Posted by: RickZ at October 08, 2015 04:25 AM (dcIVz)
And contrast that attitude with the attitude of Muslims in the US today. Instead of them thinking along the lines of "I understand why some people might not want a mosque a few blocks away from ground zero", we get grievance hoaxers like clockboy. There are some cultures that do not desire to assimilate, but to supplant. And we've no moral obligation to let them in. None.
Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at October 08, 2015 04:27 AM (0eQ/u)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at October 08, 2015 04:28 AM (UQGss)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois
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You misspelled "Brian Williams".
Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at October 08, 2015 04:29 AM (0eQ/u)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at October 08, 2015 04:28 AM (UQGss)
Whazzup Mr. GGE, who's got a Mrs.?
Posted by: cthulhu at October 08, 2015 04:31 AM (EzgxV)
Good morning horde
Posted by: Skip at October 08, 2015 04:33 AM (gY61M)
Can I get an Amen. My view as a free born American is, I hit the parental lottery jackpot. Thanks mom and dad. You've created me, a citizen of the finest and freest country the world has ever known.
So to all potential immigrants to the US -- Recognize that, if we allow you in, you need to know in your BONES that we are giving you a shot at winning the exact same lottery, with the richest prize in the world, US citizenship if you can make the cut.
To do that, you need to acknowledge that you are worthy of this immense gift, and will do honor to it.
Otherwise, gtf away.
Posted by: GnuBreed at October 08, 2015 04:37 AM (gyKtp)
Posted by: cthulhu at October 08, 2015 04:31 AM (EzgxV)
Yep. Just call me Mr. Hades. I might have to change my nic.
Posted by: GGE Hades of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at October 08, 2015 04:40 AM (UQGss)
Posted by: cthulhu at October 08, 2015 04:31 AM (EzgxV)
Yep. Just call me Mr. Hades. I might have to change my nic.
Posted by: GGE Hades of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at October 08, 2015 04:40 AM (UQGss)
And now for important stuff.....which way has the GGE/Hades household decided to unroll the TP off the roll -- 'gainst the wall, or towards the terlit???
Posted by: cthulhu at October 08, 2015 04:45 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at October 08, 2015 04:29 AM (0eQ/u)
No. The Title to the Documentary I watched was "1941"
John Belushi was flying his P-40 and single handed stopped the Japs.
I'm sure brian the liar was not involved in any way.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old and unimproved. at October 08, 2015 04:45 AM (dOD0J)
Posted by: Skip
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Is it better to have your house confiscated so as to provide parking for a casino, or to be given to syrian refugees?
Neither is ideal, but I suspect the compensation would be greater in the former case.
Again, it's a case of "the others are so bad, that at his worst, Trump is no worse than they are". It's like the Life of Brian stoning scene.
GOPe Pharisee: I'm warning you, stop saying 'Trump'. You're only making it worse for yourself!
pro-Donald peasant: Worse? How could it possibly get any worse??? Trump, Trump, Trump!
Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at October 08, 2015 04:46 AM (0eQ/u)
GGE/Hades household decided to unroll the TP off the roll -- 'gainst the
wall, or towards the terlit???
Posted by: cthulhu at October 08, 2015 04:45 AM (EzgxV)
Towards the terlit for the time being...until such a time as Herself convinces me that a feline is required for household bliss (oh rue the day). Upon that instance I will wait until the wisdom of 'gainst the wall in households ruled by felines becomes self-evident.
Posted by: GGE Hades of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at October 08, 2015 04:47 AM (UQGss)
That looks awesome. Not sure how that slipped through the cracks. Thanks for the tip.
Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at October 08, 2015 04:51 AM (0eQ/u)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old and unimproved. at October 08, 2015 04:53 AM (dOD0J)
Never seen it, maybe that's why I never heard of it, though I recall seeing that image of Belushi in goggles. But Belushi, Ackroyd, Spielberg, Zemeckis certainly sounds like a winning combination. I'll have to check that out.
Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at October 08, 2015 05:11 AM (0eQ/u)
Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at October 08, 2015 05:49 AM (0eQ/u)
Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at October 08, 2015 05:50 AM (0eQ/u)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 08, 2015 06:02 AM (VPLuQ)
But I think the most common error is that the person has two tags, and forgets to add / to the second. ex. [ i ] blah blah [ i ]. Now that does cause a barrel. Therefore I suggest to the maintainers of pixy that they should add two implicit tags to every comment, so: [ /i ][ /i ][ /s ][ /s ][ /b ][ /b ].
Even that seems a bit kludgy, but it should basically eliminate the barrel forever.
Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at October 08, 2015 06:07 AM (0eQ/u)
Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at October 08, 2015 06:08 AM (0eQ/u)
Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at October 08, 2015 06:07 AM (0eQ/u)
No barrel, no peace!
Posted by: GGE Hades of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at October 08, 2015 06:14 AM (UQGss)
That's also about how I see it. My view on immigration, in a nutshell: If you are moving to America, it should be because you want to be an American. If you want to be an (insert anything else here), just better off financially, then you've got no business being here. If you're the kind of person who waves another flag and refuses to learn the language, you've got no business being here. You have no right to move into another person's home and demand accommodation, neither do you have a right to move into another people's country and demand accommodation.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at October 08, 2015 06:17 AM (J+mig)
And maybe after that, we could just fill in the Grand Canyon, and straighten the mighty Mississippi river.
Some things are an ingrained part of the fabric of our national identity.
Don't fcuk with the Barrel.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 08, 2015 06:18 AM (VPLuQ)
Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at October 08, 2015 06:33 AM (yxw0r)
Posted by: Vic-we have no party at October 08, 2015 06:33 AM (t2KH5)
Posted by: Brown Line at October 08, 2015 06:34 AM (a5bF3)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 08, 2015 06:35 AM (gf8BH)
Jerusalem mayor urges residents: 'Carry your weapons'
Nir Barkat says that civilians with 'operational combat experience' can help foil terror attacks and increase residents' confidence.
Sanity in Israel
Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 08, 2015 06:37 AM (gf8BH)
I was listening to the local Baltimore talk radio station yesterday, when the black conservative host was railing against inner city shootings, and the community members who won't assist Police.
Interesting comment from a black caller.
He didn't say he had knowledge of the recent shooting, but suggested that as a policy, he was willing to trade information for a concealed carry permit in order to legally protect himself.
And suddenly, there was actual discussion, not about getting rid of firearms, but why aren't city residents allowed to exercise their 2A rights.
I thought it was interesting.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 08, 2015 06:42 AM (VPLuQ)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 08, 2015 06:43 AM (VPLuQ)
Opened up the fridge to get milk for my coffee and found a martini I'd forgotten I'd made last night (put it in there to chill while I did something else).
So, should I start my day off with coffee or gin?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Wrapped in Bacon at October 08, 2015 06:48 AM (jR7Wy)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 08, 2015 06:49 AM (VPLuQ)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Wrapped in Bacon at October 08, 2015 06:48 AM (jR7Wy)
I guess that depends on whether you like your job or not.
Posted by: RickZ at October 08, 2015 06:51 AM (dcIVz)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Wrapped in Bacon at October 08, 2015 06:53 AM (jR7Wy)
Posted by: Skip at October 08, 2015 04:33 AM (gY61M)
I've got to do a little more investigation, but if Teh Donald is really all hot and horny for Kelo, he's off my list. The right to property is one of the foundations of the Republic, and Trump either doesn't know that or - more likely - doesn't care.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 08, 2015 06:53 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: RickZ at October 08, 2015 06:51 AM (dcIVz)
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I love my job.
I hate that I have to have a job at all, but it's fine. Apart from the tyranny of pants.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Wrapped in Bacon at October 08, 2015 06:54 AM (jR7Wy)
Posted by: @votermom at October 08, 2015 06:55 AM (cbfNE)
So I called in sick and put bourbon in my coffee.
I guess that's a vote for "and".
Posted by: Bandersnatch, Team Lefty and Scamp at October 08, 2015 06:57 AM (1xUj/)
Might be going in to work later today so I have some goof-off time this morning.
What to do, what to do...
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Wrapped in Bacon at October 08, 2015 06:59 AM (jR7Wy)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Wrapped in Bacon at October 08, 2015 06:54 AM (jR7Wy)
That's one of the 'benefits' of being disabled 'retired'. Forget tes, I haven't worn hard soled shoes in over 12 years. In the summer, in my un-air conditioned apartment, pants are definitely optional. And if you come knocking at my apartment door uninvited, SURPRISE!
The joys of being able to live the 'I don't give a shit' lifestyle.
Posted by: RickZ at October 08, 2015 07:01 AM (dcIVz)
Posted by: RickZ at October 08, 2015 07:02 AM (dcIVz)
The question I ask gun-grabbers is: How many blacks and Hispanics are
you willing to throw into prison for gun possession? The War on Drugs
will be nothing compared to the War on Guns when it comes sending people
up the river.
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It may be morning, but I hesitate to call it good yet.
Brow Line, the gun-grabbers have no thought of the real-world consequences of their actions. They live in a shiny happy Care Bears world where words trump fists and weapons every time and the benevolent Big Brother never oppresses anyone without due cause.
Posted by: exdem13 at October 08, 2015 07:03 AM (ry4ab)
So I called in sick and put bourbon in my coffee.
I guess that's a vote for "and".
Posted by: Bandersnatch, Team Lefty and Scamp at October 08, 2015 06:57 AM (1xUj/)
I have contacts but I've never slept in them; I have a fear of them somehow sliding up under my upper eyelid during the night.
I would love to call in sick, but the way my job (which, unlike the lovely Eris, I hate) is set up, there's no one to immediately cover. Even my vacations have to be arranged months in advance.
But I do have Columbus Day off, so there's that bright spot. Except I'll be too busy sleeping to be on the morning thread.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 08, 2015 07:03 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: exdem13 at October 08, 2015 07:04 AM (ry4ab)
you willing to throw into prison for gun possession? The War on Drugs
will be nothing compared to the War on Guns when it comes sending people
up the river.
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It may be morning, but I hesitate to call it good yet.
Brow
Line, the gun-grabbers have no thought of the real-world consequences
of their actions. They live in a shiny happy Care Bears world where
words trump fists and weapons every time and the benevolent Big Brother
never oppresses anyone without due cause.
.
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.From what I have read in most cases that involve criminal use of a gun, the weapon charges gets plea bargained away to get the idiot to agree to the lesser charge(s) to avoid a trial. I can't recall the last time I read the "legal" section of the paper and saw anyone convicted of any sort of gun crime.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at October 08, 2015 07:08 AM (iONHu)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Wrapped in Bacon at October 08, 2015 07:09 AM (jR7Wy)
http://pjmedia.com/zombie/?p=7900
Name rings a bell.
Just can't place the face.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 08, 2015 07:11 AM (VPLuQ)
Think people.
Posted by: Kreplach at October 08, 2015 07:12 AM (TT7sr)
Posted by: no good deed at October 08, 2015 07:13 AM (GgxVX)
Now, Douglas county is an economic disaster. The feds and the state have sewn the forests up tight, the mills are running at a level barely above idle, there is no industry, there are few taxes, the county Sheriff is down to only a few deputies (for an area a bit smaller than Connecticut), and the only time there is a good influx of money is when the wildland fire fighters come because the forests are burning every summer from mis-management by the USDA/USFS and because of lawsuits.
And everyone blames the president and his EPA and his USFS and his special friends in the ecological lawfare business.
I don't think he realizes how unpopular he is there. I think his handlers and media manipulators are going to have problems making his speak seem to be yet a another sermon on the mount.
Has he personally gone to a community that he has done so much damage to in the past? Usually he goes while the federal money is still flowing so his victims are still dependent on his beneficence.
Posted by: Kindlto at October 08, 2015 07:16 AM (3pRHP)
At least it's a three day weekend.
Posted by: Lea at October 08, 2015 07:17 AM (75eh2)
Easy prediction. Any new congressional legislation will be 2100 pages long, have a lot of fine print no one can account for until the fuse burns down in Court, and, no one but no one will read it before voting. Or "deeming," as laws go now.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at October 08, 2015 07:18 AM (xq1UY)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 08, 2015 07:21 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 08, 2015 07:22 AM (VPLuQ)
Posted by: Case, Mors Semper Tyrannis at October 08, 2015 07:22 AM (j2xmV)
http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/27169.html
Posted by: Stringer Davis at October 08, 2015 07:24 AM (xq1UY)
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