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Overnight Open Thread (11-10-2015)
I understand why the idiot children at Yale are so sensitive. Really, I do. I sometimes list in my mind all of the poor, suffering people who get a raw deal in this life, and Yale students are always right at the top, with the Bangladeshi orphans and women traded by sex traffickers in Vietnam. Yale isn't a safe space, Congo isn't a safe space - it all makes sense, as long as you don't expect it to make sense.No, genocide isn't a joke. I'm sure that the women and children being raped to death by Boko Haram appreciate that the idiot children at Yale are making stern faces and pumping their fists. As for me, I think that they're clowns, and worse than that, really: They're bad citizens, and defective people from defective families. They aren't motivated by good will, but by fear: of the dawning realization that they, as people, aren't really all that important, despite having been told all their lives how important they are.
-- Kevin D. Williamson on Yale's Idiot Children
Were the lungs the seat of wisdom, Fox News host Bill O'Reilly would be wise, but they are not and he is not. So it is not astonishing that he is doubling down on his wager that the truth cannot catch up with him. It has, however, already done so....He began his profitable paltering with America's past with "Killing Lincoln." Historians advising the National Park Service, which administers Ford's Theatre, found a multitude of errors in the first, uncorrected version, in which, for example, O'Reilly repeatedly places Lincoln in the Oval Office, which was built in 1909. The Theatre bookstore still does not sell "Killing Lincoln." The Theatre gift shop, a commercial rather than educational entity, does. Four "histories" later, O'Reilly remains slipshod.
In "The Great Gatsby," F. Scott Fitzgerald writes of Tom and Daisy Buchanan, who "smashed up things" and then "retreated back into . . . their vast carelessness . . . and let other people clean up the mess they had made." Tidying up after O'Reilly could be a full-time job but usually is not worth the trouble. When, however, O'Reilly's vast carelessness pollutes history and debases the historian's craft, the mess is, unlike O'Reilly, to be taken seriously.
-- George Will on Bill O'Reilly's Killing Reagan
How generous of campus police to note that "hateful and hurtful speech are not crimes," but - no - MU's "Office of Student Conduct" cannot lawfully take disciplinary action against First Amendment-protected speech, even if a student or faculty member claims hurt feelings.In times like these I sometimes wish I was still litigating First Amendment cases. The university is acting as if the law doesn't exist - as if it can set its own revolutionary rules. It's one lawsuit away from a rude - and expensive - awakening.
-- David French
So, as Amy Miller points out, a lot of people are puzzled about what Wolfe and Loftin did or did not do that deserve canning as punishment. I can answer that question quite simply: they didn't deserve it, the social justice warrior mob demanded it, and what the social justice warrior mob wants on college campuses the social justice warrior mob gets. Enlisting the football team in the fight was the icing on the cake, because football is very powerful on the college campus as well.As I wrote yesterday, for the most part the American university died quite some time ago.
-- NeoNeocon
But ultimately, the decline of Twitter can be boiled down to just four words: "Has Justine Landed Yet?"
-- Ed Driscoll
Once every generation or so, history abruptly floors the accelerator and leaps off the road. In 1789, 1848, 1917, 1933, 1968, and 1989 regimes fell, astonishing events erupted daily, ideologies realigned, new movements were born, past experience was rendered obsolescent and irrelevant. Each of these revolutionary years took contemporaries by surprise: only after the smoke had cleared did historians find the underlying causes that should have been obvious to everyone.
If you ask whether the Bastille was stormed because bread prices were skyrocketing, or because Louis XVI was inept, or because his tax system was hopelessly corrupt and his government couldn't pay its bills, or because the armed forces had been humiliated in military adventures, or because the Enlightenment had undermined faith in the established order, or because the lower classes wanted an end to feudalism, or because the middle classes wanted power, most historians would answer: "Sure." Revolutions never have single causes; they take off only when multiple dysfunctions coincide in a perfect political storm. And right now storm clouds are gathering everywhere. If indeed we once again hit the historical jackpot, it will be frightening and enthralling to watch. Brace yourselves.
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Hello Feces, my old friend
I've come to draw with you again
Because a swastika needs to be here
In a medium come from my rear
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Upon tile walls of bathrooms
Posted by: Exlax and Garstinkel at November 10, 2015 05:22 PM (0cMkb)
The New Face of American Fascism
Meanwhile the Journalism faculty are debating whether to revoke Prof. Melissa Click's courtesy appointment to the department.
Robert Tracinski: Mizzou And Yale Show Why It's Time To Burn Universities To The Ground
Notice also that all this claptrap about "safe spaces" is a dodge. The protesters are so concerned about "safe spaces" that they formed into an angry mob to surround a lone individual and shout obscenities at him. Where is the safe space for the Christakises?Obviously, this isn't about safety and comfort at all. It's about raw power. It's about whose demands will get met whenever they make them-and who will be sacrificed to those demands.
The most prescient thing said about this kind of student protest culture was an observation made by Ayn Rand back during the first go-around, in the 1960s. The purpose of all the marches and sit-ins and riots, she wrote, was to condition students to accept mob rule. Here we are fifty years later, and this is quickly becoming the openly declared purpose of universities.
This is higher ed's time for choosing. If this is the new purpose of the universities-to nurture a crop of activists trained at whipping up angry mobs, and a generation of college graduates conditioned to submit to those mobs-then there is no longer any purpose served by these institutions. There is certainly no justification for the outrageous claim they are making on the economic resources of the average family, who sends their kids to schools whose tuition has been inflated by decades of government subsidies.
Sadly I've slowly come around to Tracinski's view. The modern university is not only expensive and useless but has become an actual menace to our democratic republic. Academia delenda est.
Like many educated people in Cameroon, Timothee Awanga found that a college degree did not guarantee him a better life. His life changed for the better when he learned to cultivate an abundant natural resource in his home village - bees. He became an entrepreneur selling bees and their by-products, honey and beeswax. Now he is using bees to transform the lives of many others near Yaoundé. He is teaching hundreds of young people to set up little honey enterprises of their own.
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He's the perfect libertarian superhero: he wants to enjoy his own life to the fullest, in perhaps a somewhat hedonistic style, but he has no interest in telling anyone else what to do. In fact, he's willing to risk his life for the sheer enjoyment of the adventure to protect everyone else's freedom from the domination of reclusive billionaires with secret organizations run from high-tech mountaintop lairs. Because somebody's got to do that.In short, Bond represents a benevolent and socially acceptable form of self-assertiveness. On one level, we're told that selfishness is bad, that we should be compassionate and community-minded and have a low carbon footprint. But on another level, we know that self-assertiveness is necessary to life.
To begin with, it's a practical necessity of survival, the most elemental form of self-assertion. Bond is the embodiment of Orwell's (supposed) reminder that "we sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm" (except that Bond isn't rough).
But it's more than that. Bond is a reminder that self-assertiveness is more than a practical necessity. It's part of what makes life interesting and exciting and worth living: it provides us with the lust for adventure, for pleasure, for the enjoyment of life.
And I agree with Tracinski's observations about Daniel Craig as James Bond. He's a good actor and arguably closer to the book version of Bond in some ways yet his version of Bond doesn't seem to particularly enjoy being James Bond like the previous incarnations did. And a Bond without a joie de Bond is ultimately a boring Bond.
So far the reviews of 'Spectre' by people I trust have been underwhelming which is unfortunate - and Rotten Tomatoes concurs. But as Tam points out if you like the 007 giraffes, you'll probably like 'Spectre' along with its fidelity to all the Bond tropes:
Ultimately, this film as much as any other lives up to Eleanor Ringel's comment in her review of View to a Kill: "Going to a James Bond movie is like going to the zoo. Either you're happy to see the giraffes again, or you're not." Despite the occasionally tedious cinematic insertions between car chases, gunfire, and explosions, I was happy to see the giraffes again.
Here is one of my favorite James Bond themes, from 1967's 'You Only Live Twice'. Both it and the theme to 'Goldfinger' on my main playlist.
The Perfect Bond Movie by the Numbers: Sean Connery, Judi Dench, And A Watch That Blows Stuff Up
But with a run spanning 24 films over 53 years, Bond is the most prolific franchise in movie history. Its format has been so refined over the decades that there's an 8,500-word Wikipedia page devoted strictly to its motifs. As much as anything, the Bond series is defined by the very tropes that today's directors spend so much time grappling with.
Instead of denying them, then, let's celebrate the ones worth preserving.
Forty Years On, the Edmund Fitzgerald Lives on in Song and Memory
Yet except for regional coverage in newspapers in Lakes-related cities and a brief note on some of the evening network newscasts, the "Edmund Fitzgerald" sank into anonymity as it slipped beneath the 35 or 40 foot waves on that awful night.
Or it would have, as we all know, but for the artistry of a single Canadian singer-songwriter who was at the crest of an unprecedented period of international popularity. Gordon Lightfoot had already scored four "Billboard Magazine" top ten single records including a #1, "Sundown" in 1974, and no Canadian singer prior to GL had ever had such a run. Lightfoot had been disturbed by both the relative indifference of the U.S. press to the disaster and by the inaccuracies in some of the reporting (most famously, "Newsweek" misspelling the vessel's name), and though he hesitated to record this song for fear that he would be accused of commercializing the deaths of more than two dozen people for personal profit (accusations which did in fact surface aggressively and nearly immediately, scarcely allayed by his very public contribution of all the proceeds from the composition in perpetuity to the widows and children of the crew), he included the song on his "Summertime Dream" album on Reprise Records. The single record reached the #2 spot on Billboard, no mean feat for a folk-rock-ish number in a market about to be awash in BeeGee's-styled disco tunes.
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Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: cthulhu at November 10, 2015 10:07 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Cave Johnson at November 10, 2015 10:08 PM (VNgld)
Posted by: cthulhu at November 10, 2015 10:08 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: anon a mouse - now with more puppy! at November 10, 2015 10:10 PM (uiVGU)
The introduction of the private casting of ballots served to protect the voter against any and all who would apply pressure on the voter to vote a certain way... or else.
More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=10357
Posted by: The Political Hat at November 10, 2015 10:16 PM (vBeA5)
Just remember kiddos, he was the one the only conservative voice that warned against the motor-voter legislation that swept the nation and will sweep us all into the toilet.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 10, 2015 10:16 PM (rSTkb)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at November 10, 2015 10:17 PM (FkBIv)
Woot woot ONT
So OReilly has a crush on Doris Goodwin Kearns? Sweet
Bloviating doucheweasel
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, Model Citizen at November 10, 2015 10:17 PM (7uC+4)
Posted by: Blano at November 10, 2015 10:17 PM (heN73)
HOW IN THE FUCK DO PEOPLE LIKE MELISSA CLICK CONTINUE TO GET SO LUCKY ?
Is it because they stay at spots like college commons, away from grown people ?
Straight up - I don't get it. I don't understand how they don't get checked in place, hard, before they get this far.
Posted by: Irony at November 10, 2015 10:18 PM (qmMG2)
Posted by: OregonMuse at November 10, 2015 10:18 PM (DWhVq)
So does the Federal government.
Posted by: rickl at November 10, 2015 10:18 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, Model Citizen at November 10, 2015 10:19 PM (2zd9l)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 10, 2015 10:21 PM (eSVZ1)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at November 10, 2015 10:22 PM (fdp9r)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, Model Citizen at November 10, 2015 10:22 PM (2zd9l)
warned against the motor-voter legislation that swept the nation and
will sweep us all into the toilet.
George Will is right some and wrong some. George Will is never unsure that George Will should be in charge.
Posted by: Irony at November 10, 2015 10:22 PM (qmMG2)
and Maria is tres hot; tres chaud
Posted by: English guy who makes tangential comments at November 10, 2015 10:23 PM (8CdUx)
I paid money to see Zardoz.
Posted by: OregonMuse at November 10, 2015 10:18 PM (DWhVq)
You need only feel shame if you paid money twice....
Posted by: cthulhu at November 10, 2015 10:23 PM (EzgxV)
-- Ed Driscoll
Except for the fact that conservatives on Twitter hold their own, if not do a fantastic job of kicking lefties in the nuts on a routine basis.
Twitter is one of the few mass social media platforms where we can routinely flip the narrative and beat lefties at their own game of snark, facts, and bullrushing.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 10, 2015 10:24 PM (rSTkb)
Posted by: anon a mouse - now with more puppy! at November 10, 2015 10:24 PM (sdPF/)
Posted by: Cave Johnson at November 10, 2015 10:08 PM (VNgld)
Well, the deaths the 2nd amendment chiefly has in mind are those of politicians and other tyrants, so it's all good.
Posted by: OregonMuse at November 10, 2015 10:24 PM (DWhVq)
Posted by: English guy who makes tangential comments at November 10, 2015 10:24 PM (8CdUx)
Posted by: Count de Monet at November 10, 2015 10:25 PM (JO9+V)
Posted by: OregonMuse at November 10, 2015 10:26 PM (DWhVq)
HOW IN THE FUCK DO PEOPLE LIKE MELISSA CLICK CONTINUE TO GET SO LUCKY ?
Is it because they stay at spots like college commons, away from grown people ?
Posted by: Irony at November 10, 2015 10:18 PM (qmMG2)
Personally, I liked the university. They gave us money and facilities, we didn't have to produce anything! You've never been out of college! You don't know what it's like out there! I've *worked* in the private sector. They expect *results*.
Posted by: Ray Stantz at November 10, 2015 10:27 PM (o98Jz)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zOzk0keqU8
Eight of them will be used as an emergency launch escape system on the crewed version of the Dragon capsule, and eventually will be used for controlled propulsive landings on dry land, instead of parachutes.
Posted by: rickl at November 10, 2015 10:27 PM (sdi6R)
I denounce myself.
Posted by: Irony at November 10, 2015 10:27 PM (qmMG2)
Posted by: English guy who makes tangential comments
The '70's as best as I can remember were full of lava rocks, faux wood paneling, vomit colored carpet, and a malaise of failure.
It's no wonder I'm the prime specimen I am today.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 10, 2015 10:28 PM (rSTkb)
Posted by: OregonMuse at November 10, 2015 10:28 PM (DWhVq)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 10, 2015 10:28 PM (rSTkb)
yes, the carpet it was shag, and in three colors it came: Lime green, brick red, and 'harvest gold' ( puke orange ). Big, loopy shag you could lose your car keys in
Posted by: English guy who makes tangential comments at November 10, 2015 10:30 PM (8CdUx)
Yes, down, down with Patriarchy!
They'll never again intrude on my Safe Space!
Posted by: SWJ Tumblr-ette at November 10, 2015 10:31 PM (wZ2hu)
Posted by: John Cleese in that sketch at November 10, 2015 10:31 PM (8CdUx)
for 1974, Zardoz was a good movie. Overall, 1974 sucked
Posted by: English guy who makes tangential comments
The '70's as best as I can remember were full of lava rocks, faux wood paneling, vomit colored carpet, and a malaise of failure.
It's no wonder I'm the prime specimen I am today.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 10, 2015 10:28 PM (rSTkb)
Bell bottoms
White-guy afros
Malaise
Lust in my heart
Soft Corinthian Leather
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 10, 2015 10:32 PM (o98Jz)
The 70s were merely an extension of the 60s. The 60s should have been killed at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in 1968, but no, it somehow got away and shat all over the place.
Posted by: OregonMuse at November 10, 2015 10:32 PM (DWhVq)
Zardoz, never heard of it.
George Will and Bill O'Reilly - - what?
Twitter - - don't get
Justin who and why is he landing?
James Bond - - I saw Goldfinger, don't remember much.
Posted by: Hayfield Volkovski at November 10, 2015 10:33 PM (KPcL5)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 10, 2015 10:33 PM (eSVZ1)
Posted by: John Cleese in that sketch at November 10, 2015 10:34 PM (8CdUx)
Some of you hear know of my Dad's battle with lung cancer. He went to be in God's presence early Monday morning. I'm here with the family this week, waiting for more relatives to arrive before the funeral Thursday.
I got the call from my sisters Sunday that it was time to come home. I arrived just after midnight Monday and told Dad, "I'm here. Everyone will be alright."
He was gone just three hours later. My mom said he was just waiting for me before he went. Maybe he was. Only God can say.
I know it's customary for children to say of their fathers, "He was the best man I knew". In my case, that's true.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at the old homestead at November 10, 2015 10:34 PM (TqpQV)
Posted by: cthulhu at November 10, 2015 10:35 PM (EzgxV)
The 70s were merely an extension of the 60s. The 60s should have been killed at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in 1968, but no, it somehow got away and shat all over the place.
Posted by: OregonMuse at November 10, 2015 10:32 PM (DWhVq)
actually, the carpet, when it was laid, was off white or cream, the vomit color was added, naturally, after installation.
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 10, 2015 10:35 PM (vb33c)
BREAKING NEWS: John Harwood was spotted strapping on an ACME rocket launcher and trying to break into the RNC debate, but only managed to throw himself down a cliff. #beepbeep
(Posted this earlier in the debate thread. Gonna keep reposting 'til it gets a laugh from somebody dammit!)
;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 10, 2015 10:36 PM (ntObR)
Some of you hear know of my Dad's battle with lung cancer. He went to be in God's presence early Monday morning. I'm here with the family this week, waiting for more relatives to arrive before the funeral Thursday.
I got the call from my sisters Sunday that it was time to come home. I arrived just after midnight Monday and told Dad, "I'm here. Everyone will be alright."
He was gone just three hours later. My mom said he was just waiting for me before he went. Maybe he was. Only God can say.
I know it's customary for children to say of their fathers, "He was the best man I knew". In my case, that's true.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at the old homestead at November 10, 2015 10:34 PM (TqpQV)
Thoughts and prayers, CW.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 10, 2015 10:36 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: SMFH at November 10, 2015 10:37 PM (nPI1N)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread
G'Bless.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 10, 2015 10:37 PM (rSTkb)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 10, 2015 10:37 PM (ntObR)
It looks like a set piece from some asian film, I assume??
Posted by: Max Power at November 10, 2015 10:37 PM (q177U)
Posted by: SMFH at November 10, 2015 10:37 PM (nPI1N)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at the old homestead at November 10, 2015 10:37 PM (TqpQV)
Danial Craig is the best Bond since Sean Connery, precisely BECAUSE he is the grim killer that was Bond in the novels, the embittered antihero that has wrapped a real heart in duty and death after endless betrayal and loss... the antithesis of the smirking smarmy Roger Moore who failed to realize that Bond was not 'The Saint' ...
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at November 10, 2015 10:38 PM (CNua6)
It looks like a set piece from some asian film, I assume??
Posted by: Max Power at November 10, 2015 10:37 PM (q177U)
It's from Zardoz. It also flies and dispenses firearms like a Pez.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 10, 2015 10:38 PM (EzgxV)
Thoughts & Prayers
Posted by: The Political Hat at November 10, 2015 10:39 PM (vBeA5)
It looks like a set piece from some asian film, I assume??
Posted by: Max Power
Zardoz
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 10, 2015 10:40 PM (rSTkb)
I did a google image search by dragging that picture into a google image search:
ZARDOZ a movie starring Sean Connery
Posted by: Max Power at November 10, 2015 10:40 PM (q177U)
Posted by: Insomniac - Pale Horse/Death 2016 at November 10, 2015 10:40 PM (kpqmD)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 10, 2015 10:40 PM (ntObR)
It looks like a set piece from some asian film, I assume??
Posted by: Max Power at November 10, 2015 10:37 PM (q177U)
You know nothing, now get off the ONT's lawn.
Posted by: Maetenloch at November 10, 2015 10:40 PM (pAlYe)
Posted by: Max Power at November 10, 2015 10:40 PM (q177U)
It was .....odd. John Boorman made odd movies. I don't think he makes movies anymore because they were too odd. Like David Lynch. Does he make movies anymore? I thought not.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....lost in America at November 10, 2015 10:40 PM (+1T7c)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at the old homestead at November 10, 2015 10:34 PM (TqpQV)
I am very sorry for the loss of your father.
Posted by: Insomniac - Pale Horse/Death 2016 at November 10, 2015 10:41 PM (kpqmD)
Posted by: Count de Monet at November 10, 2015 10:41 PM (JO9+V)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/664134488792932354
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/664135145943908352
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/664135656269049856
Posted by: kbdabear at November 10, 2015 10:41 PM (GrXXa)
Posted by: cthulhu at November 10, 2015 10:38 PM (EzgxV)
Not seeing the problem there.
Posted by: Insomniac - Pale Horse/Death 2016 at November 10, 2015 10:41 PM (kpqmD)
Posted by: cthulhu at November 10, 2015 10:35 PM (EzgxV)
"When I ain't drinkin'
I'm thinkin' 'bout drinkin'
When I ain't thinkin'
I'm tryna drink you offa my mind."
--The Meat Purveyors
Posted by: Snoodling World Champion 1997 at November 10, 2015 10:41 PM (k9qR4)
for 1974, Zardoz was a good movie.
No it wasn't.
Posted by: OregonMuse
You know, kinda was. Pre-Star Wars 70s SF movie were kinda few and sorta meh:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_science_fiction_films_of_the_1970s#1974
Better than Zardoz: Dark Star, The Terminal Man, Uhhh - I forget, Phase IV, and Flesh Gordon.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at November 10, 2015 10:42 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Paddy O' at November 10, 2015 10:42 PM (8CdUx)
You are absolved because nekkid Carlotte Rampling. This would also get you off the hook for paying to see 'Orca.' (which also had the then future Bo Derek but not nekkid.)
Posted by: Epobirs at November 10, 2015 10:42 PM (IdCqF)
Posted by: Insomniac - Pale Horse/Death 2016 at November 10, 2015 10:42 PM (kpqmD)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, Model Citizen at November 10, 2015 10:44 PM (7uC+4)
Posted by: Adriane ... at November 10, 2015 10:44 PM (jnAIZ)
Zardoz was a bizarre, nearly incomprehensible movie. On the other hand, tits.
Posted by: Insomniac - Pale Horse/Death 2016
Yes. This.
I saw it with a bunch of high school buddies.
Tits. They were good.
Charlotte Rampling. Hot.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....lost in America at November 10, 2015 10:44 PM (+1T7c)
Can't unsee that, can't gain back those precious sweet moments wasted...
Posted by: Max Power at November 10, 2015 10:45 PM (q177U)
Dark Star was about the best pure Sci-Fi movie I have ever seen. Far better than the big-budget remake with Sigourney Weaver, which ended up as a pure horror schlockfest (great though it was).
Posted by: Snoodling World Champion 1997 at November 10, 2015 10:45 PM (k9qR4)
Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 10, 2015 10:45 PM (dULJN)
Also, just learned today that Barnes & Noble has their Criterion blu-rays and DVDs on sale again for a limited time, half off. Time to get that copy of "The Battle of Algiers."
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 10, 2015 10:46 PM (ntObR)
My condolences, Captain.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 10, 2015 10:47 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Adriane the Drinking Critic ... at November 10, 2015 10:47 PM (jnAIZ)
Oh, canning. I thought he said caning.
Well, maybe next week the students will get to that.
Posted by: Socratease at November 10, 2015 10:48 PM (2GbWn)
Posted by: Daybrother at November 10, 2015 10:49 PM (nldne)
Posted by: eman at November 10, 2015 10:49 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: Fecal Men at November 10, 2015 10:49 PM (JO9+V)
"Poker Karma"
http://tinyurl.com/okp3uro
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 10, 2015 10:49 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 10, 2015 10:50 PM (rSTkb)
well ... but what if it is money to get in and then money to get out?
Posted by: Adriane the Movie Critic ... at November 10, 2015 10:51 PM (jnAIZ)
Posted by: SMFH at November 10, 2015 10:37 PM (nPI1N)
Howdy, howdy. Really trying to shake this Holodomor thing.....
It goes back to a short discussion with my doctor about Obamacare before it passed, where I expressed some concern and invited some discussion about going forward, and his response was essentially, "it's not perfect, but Something Must Be Done." He's technically very good, and I was amused to find that the managing partner of the office of the national CPA firm I worked at when I first moved here is also a client. The doctor's surname is shared with a city in Ukraine.
And I got to thinking about how many Ukrainians had said, "Something Must Be Done" before Stalin starved their countrymen, and probably sent my doctor's family into exile.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 10, 2015 10:51 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Hayfield Volkovski at November 10, 2015 10:52 PM (KPcL5)
Posted by: rickl at November 10, 2015 10:52 PM (sdi6R)
Good night.
Posted by: Daybrother at November 10, 2015 10:52 PM (nldne)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 10, 2015 10:53 PM (eSVZ1)
Got a copy at Costco last Christmas, and am still working my way through it. The last one I watched a few weeks ago was "Licence to Kill."
Been surprised which ones I've liked and which I haven't that much.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 10, 2015 10:54 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....lost in America at November 10, 2015 10:54 PM (+1T7c)
Good night.
Posted by: Daybrother
Not clear.
Were you or were you not trying to paste copied text into your comment?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 10, 2015 10:54 PM (rSTkb)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, Model Citizen at November 10, 2015 10:54 PM (+oRxW)
Holomodor?
I avoid doctors and hospitals like the plague.
Just being in one gives me the heebie jeebies.
Hope you get better.
Posted by: SMFH at November 10, 2015 10:54 PM (nPI1N)
Posted by: weft cut-loop
No. Can't you read?
Posted by: Daybrother at November 10, 2015 10:55 PM (nldne)
I avoid doctors and hospitals like the plague.
Just being in one gives me the heebie jeebies.
Hope you get better.
Posted by: SMFH at November 10, 2015 10:54 PM (nPI1N)
and you avoid plague as yo uavoid doctors and hospitals
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 10, 2015 10:56 PM (vb33c)
Posted by: SMFH at November 10, 2015 10:57 PM (nPI1N)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 10, 2015 10:57 PM (vb33c)
No. Can't you read?
Posted by: Daybrother
Well, you're posting now, jackass. So what the fuck was the hot tip?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 10, 2015 10:58 PM (rSTkb)
Posted by: OregonMuse at November 10, 2015 10:32 PM (DWhVq)
70's also gave us this:
http://tinyurl.com/qz727k9
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at November 10, 2015 10:58 PM (Z7G74)
No it wasn't.
Posted by: OregonMuse at November 10, 2015 10:28 PM (DWhVq)
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If you dig seeing 007 run around post-apocalyptic Britain in a red diaper, it's a fantastic movie.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Michigangsta at November 10, 2015 10:58 PM (jR7Wy)
Posted by: Vendette at November 10, 2015 10:58 PM (TEpA2)
Posted by: SMFH at November 10, 2015 10:57 PM (nPI1N)
I can actually perform minor surgery with my swiss army knife. after I get my new leatherman I will be approved under obamacare for major surgery, so if you need any help let me know.
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 10, 2015 10:59 PM (vb33c)
I think so. I was surprised when the 'official' count was only 24.
Ya, that was it, Bond 50. I see the price has come down. I could almost, in a moment of recklessness, buy it, until I look at the pile of DVDs I already have and realize how much I've spent. Shameful to think of the money I've wasted over my lifetime.
Posted by: Hayfield Volkovski at November 10, 2015 11:00 PM (KPcL5)
Posted by: the real ch3 at November 10, 2015 11:00 PM (dUNhv)
Posted by: SMFH at November 10, 2015 11:01 PM (nPI1N)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at November 10, 2015 11:01 PM (b2cFu)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 10, 2015 11:01 PM (vb33c)
Posted by: SMFH at November 10, 2015 11:01 PM (nPI1N)
Judi Dench? These people have no idea what they're talking about. She was the worst thing in the Bond movies. Rotten old harridan bitch put in there to PC the shit out of the movies. The best part of Skyfall was that bitch dying.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at November 10, 2015 11:03 PM (45oDG)
Posted by: SMFH at November 10, 2015 11:04 PM (nPI1N)
George Romero's Empire Of The Dead Reportedly Set To Be AMC's "New Big Zombie Series"
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 10, 2015 11:04 PM (rSTkb)
Posted by: Count de Monet at November 10, 2015 11:04 PM (JO9+V)
Hi everybody. Just a quick pop in to announce- my new book is finally available both on Kindle and in paperback from Amazon.
"To Save Us All From Ruin- A Muldoon Adventure"
Link in my nick to my blog with the first chapter for your reading enjoyment. If it suits your tastes, there are links at the blog for purchase. Otherwise, thanks for putting up with my silliness through the years. It's been fun.
/Seamus
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at November 10, 2015 11:04 PM (NeFrd)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at November 10, 2015 11:03 PM (45oDG)
agreed.
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 10, 2015 11:05 PM (vb33c)
Posted by: Vendette at November 10, 2015 11:05 PM (TEpA2)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, Model Citizen at November 10, 2015 11:05 PM (QdyoO)
But I've got really low standards when it comes to movies.
Posted by: Burn the Witch at November 10, 2015 11:05 PM (Wckf4)
Posted by: Count de Monet at November 10, 2015 11:04 PM (JO9+V)
who is threatening whom?
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 10, 2015 11:05 PM (vb33c)
Posted by: cthulhu at November 10, 2015 10:51 PM (EzgxV)
My repeating answer to the "Something Must Be Done" quandary - nuke it all from orbit,
.
Kinda related, I've been listening to the "Atom Bomb Baby" song made for the Fallout 4 promotionals for a while now. It's catchy,
. It should also be snuck into the playlists for '50s themed parties and dances.
http://tinyurl.com/qa4spl7
Posted by: Thrawn at November 10, 2015 11:06 PM (wZ2hu)
In the books, Bond was fiercely loyal to M in as a surrogate father, and vice versa. In the books it is understood, in a way the movies could never properly convey, that every time 007 got called to M's office he was being sent to a probable death.
The idea of James Bond being called into the office by his mom's b****iest friend, and being scolded for his misogynist ways before being sent on a mission is patently absurd. A real man would have resigned and told her to send 008.
Posted by: Oschisms at November 10, 2015 11:06 PM (ZsN9X)
Posted by: Vendette at November 10, 2015 11:06 PM (TEpA2)
But I've got really low standards when it comes to movies.
Posted by: Burn the Witch at November 10, 2015 11:05 PM (Wckf4)
Craig as Bond would have grown on me better if Craig didn't look like Vladimir Putin when playing the role.
Posted by: Thrawn at November 10, 2015 11:07 PM (wZ2hu)
Posted by: 0302 at November 10, 2015 11:07 PM (hDDgx)
SMFH - Welcome back!
Everyone have a great night. We'll see how the world continues to smolder tomorrow. Soon people...soon....
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at November 10, 2015 11:07 PM (AC0lD)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, Model Citizen at November 10, 2015 11:08 PM (7uC+4)
Posted by: Vendette at November 10, 2015 11:06 PM (TEpA2)
Three center two electron bond is best...
Posted by: The Boron Hat at November 10, 2015 11:08 PM (vBeA5)
Posted by: Vendette at November 10, 2015 11:06 PM (TEpA2)
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Best: Sean Connery (duh)
Worstest: Roger Moore (and I like Rog).
Moore always looked like you made him spill his martini, dash it all.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Michigangsta at November 10, 2015 11:08 PM (jR7Wy)
Posted by: Count de Monet
****
They bravely ran away...
Posted by: Animatronic Kasich Controller at November 10, 2015 11:09 PM (hVdx9)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 10, 2015 11:11 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: Vendette at November 10, 2015 11:06 PM (TEpA2)
Three center two electron bond is best...
Posted by: The Boron Hat at November 10, 2015 11:08 PM (vBeA5)
I dunno, the triple covalent in H2C2 is pretty exciting.
Posted by: Snoodling World Champion 1997 at November 10, 2015 11:12 PM (k9qR4)
yes, not the best interpretation but still...
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 10, 2015 11:12 PM (rSTkb)
Students are petitioning the profs to be excused from class the rest of the week. Those profs that do not pre-emptively excuse everyone from attending classes are being targeted and hounded for not promoting "safety."
Posted by: Count de Monet at November 10, 2015 11:12 PM (JO9+V)
Posted by: Insomniac - Pale Horse/Death 2016 at November 10, 2015 11:13 PM (kpqmD)
Worstest: Roger Moore (and I like Rog).
Moore always looked like you made him spill his martini, dash it all.
Seconded.
Hey, was it Old Sailor's Poet who wrote the Amy Lynn books? I got the first one for my Kindle to read while here at Mom's. It was incredibly good. I'm going to get the other two in the series.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at the old homestead at November 10, 2015 11:13 PM (TqpQV)
Posted by: Count de Monet at November 10, 2015 11:04 PM (JO9+V)
Fine. Whatever. Let's get this party started.
Does anybody still seriously think we're not headed for a civil war at this point?
Posted by: rickl at November 10, 2015 11:13 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at November 10, 2015 11:13 PM (AC0lD)
Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 10, 2015 11:13 PM (zGZdd)
Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at November 10, 2015 11:14 PM (EHU9F)
Is that the "draw the turtle in the hat" thing? I did great on that although I did use tracing paper and even then it ended up looking like a Jew cock with four tiny balls.
Posted by: joey biden at November 10, 2015 11:15 PM (xodPA)
Posted by: Count de Monet
****
I smell a set-up. Or it's the poop swastika.
Posted by: Animatronic Kasich Controller at November 10, 2015 11:15 PM (hVdx9)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 10, 2015 11:15 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at November 10, 2015 11:15 PM (NeFrd)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at the old homestead at November 10, 2015 11:15 PM (TqpQV)
You can get the entire plot line just by listening.
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at November 10, 2015 11:16 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at the old homestead at November 10, 2015 11:13 PM (TqpQV)
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Yes, it's OSP. The second was even better. Downloaded the third and am looking forward to it.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Michigangsta at November 10, 2015 11:16 PM (jR7Wy)
Students are petitioning the profs to be excused from class the rest of the week. Those profs that do not pre-emptively excuse everyone from attending classes are being targeted and hounded for not promoting "safety."
Posted by: Count de Monet at November 10, 2015 11:12 PM (JO9+V)
*****
One gets you ten that whoever the Yik Yak poster is, they are SJW and not likely to be of European descent.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at November 10, 2015 11:16 PM (fdp9r)
Posted by: JoeF. at November 10, 2015 11:18 PM (8HGb7)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at the old homestead at November 10, 2015 11:15 PM (TqpQV)
I like the hard edge Craig gives to the character. Connery was suave, but too soft in my view.
Posted by: Insomniac - Pale Horse/Death 2016 at November 10, 2015 11:18 PM (kpqmD)
If you lasses and lads haven't seen Croupier, book it.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 10, 2015 11:18 PM (rSTkb)
Just How Autistic Are You?
I scored 2/3 of the way to the "glasses repaired with tape" marker.
How seriously should I take this on-line version of a "Psychic Friends"-$3.99 per-minute call?
Posted by: Manfred von Brauerei-Mehrwertsteuer, Member, The League of Ugly Shirted Gentlemen at November 10, 2015 11:19 PM (FlRtG)
But last night's discussion was about the tradeoffs between safety and privacy w/r/t "big data".....and, sad to say, the way we drifted into the conversation had him saying, "we all have to make sacrifices in order to be safer" -- which just made my skin crawl.
I'm going to end up puttin' him some knowledge next Monday, but it's left me tonight with visions of hapless Ukrainian parents deciding to starve Svetlana to feed Ivan in the hope that Ivan can scavenge enough calories that some part of the family might survive.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 10, 2015 11:20 PM (EzgxV)
Does anybody still seriously think we're not headed for a civil war at this point?
Posted by: rickl at November 10, 2015 11:13 PM (sdi6R)
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It's the fucking Red Guard, denouncing their parents and destroying the lives of academics who don't toe the line.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Michigangsta at November 10, 2015 11:20 PM (jR7Wy)
I might have had Breaking Bad playing in the background while doing it.
(relevant thread for other other nerds: http://preview.tinyurl.com/ognab9s)
Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at November 10, 2015 11:20 PM (EHU9F)
Posted by: speedster1 at November 10, 2015 11:20 PM (1brdf)
debates over.... Corgis should be showing up...
Posted by: BB Wolf, wondering why no one seems to care about what Congress is doing to Vets at November 10, 2015 11:20 PM (qh617)
Posted by: George Orwell de Leon at November 10, 2015 11:20 PM (0vsws)
Posted by: Puddleglum, apologizes for nothing at November 10, 2015 11:21 PM (Bhf1u)
Posted by: John Kasich at November 10, 2015 11:21 PM (zHKuc)
Beep, boop, boop.
Posted by: Bob @ NSA at November 10, 2015 11:22 PM (rSTkb)
He desperately wanted to be Abner Doubleday so he's permanently pissed off.
He not quite as bloviating as O'R but he's still a blowhard with fuddy duddy thrown in.
Both of them shouldn't have careers in the Infotainment Industry.
They give conservatism a bad name.
O'R cause he's actually a liberal.
Will because he's a fuddy duddy and no one wants to be that so they reject conservatism.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at November 10, 2015 11:22 PM (Xo1Rt)
Posted by: George Orwell de Leon
He probably should be. Trust me.
Posted by: Maximilien Robespierre at November 10, 2015 11:22 PM (zn5Cm)
so there's that...
Posted by: Paddy O' at November 10, 2015 11:22 PM (8CdUx)
It is such a great testament to your Dad that you feel this way, and obviously with great passion.
May his memory be a comfort to you.
Posted by: speedster1 at November 10, 2015 11:22 PM (1brdf)
Posted by: Vendette at November 10, 2015 11:06 PM (TEpA2)
barry is pretty much the worst bond.
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 10, 2015 11:22 PM (vb33c)
Posted by: Fonzie at November 10, 2015 11:22 PM (FkBIv)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon
The first chapter was nice.
I recall my Dad telling me they all went down to enlist on Dec 8 (he was 17) and the Army recruiter told them to go home, they would call them (draft them) when they were needed.
He got called in October, 1942 (just turned 1
, and was inducted in December 1942, I think.Posted by: Bossy Conservative....lost in America at November 10, 2015 11:22 PM (+1T7c)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at November 10, 2015 11:23 PM (zHKuc)
Worst: Lazenby.
Posted by: Diogenes at November 10, 2015 11:24 PM (08Znv)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 10, 2015 11:24 PM (vb33c)
I guess what I'm asking is, is this just a repeat of history, or did we learn something back then? If we did learn something, then we won't repeat the sorry rest of the 20th century. We will come to our senses and stop teaching this utter crap of pseudo-Marxist America-hating.
Posted by: PJ at November 10, 2015 11:24 PM (cHuNI)
I lost my mom to cancer on November 16 1985 (good Lord, it has been 30 years) andI still miss her very very much.
Posted by: Donna &&&&V. (Brandishing ampersands) at November 10, 2015 11:24 PM (P8951)
Posted by: George Orwell de Leon
Tell him to sit on it.
Posted by: Fonzie
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 10, 2015 11:25 PM (rSTkb)
Posted by: Barack Obama, Reggie Love, Bawny Fwank, Rahm Emanual at November 10, 2015 11:25 PM (/f6Nd)
Just remember kiddos, he was the one the only conservative voice that warned against the motor-voter legislation that swept the nation and will sweep us all into the toilet.
George Will; he will have my undying gratitude of bitch slapping Bill Maher on one of those Sunday Morning news shows.
Posted by: Puddleglum, apologizes for nothing at November 10, 2015 11:25 PM (Bhf1u)
Posted by: rickl at November 10, 2015 11:13 PM (sdi6R)
As we talked about here yesterday, the Civil War is already upon us.
Posted by: Blano at November 10, 2015 11:25 PM (heN73)
Posted by: Cave Johnson at November 10, 2015 10:08 PM (VNgld)
They are innocent until proven guilty. How do you try a dead man? See all innocent.
Posted by: Burnt Toast at November 10, 2015 11:25 PM (T78UI)
Stateless, you are quite welcome. ;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 10, 2015 11:15 PM (ntObR)
Here's one of my best casino stories.
I'm standing at an empty table around 3AM, the casino is pretty quiet and a guy comes up to my table. He looked like he had a rough night.
I ask him "Are you alright. You look like you had a tough night..."
He says "I just lost a hundred grand.." to which I could only ask him what happened.
He tells me the story. He was sitting down at a Caribbean Stud (I think) poker table. Someone gets up and walks away. The table encourages some lady to sit down at the table. She declines. The dealer could have started handing out the hands from the machine but didn't.
"Aw c'mon," the crowd at the table says to the woman. She declines. The dealer could have started the game.
One last time, the people at the table encourage the lady to join the table. She sits down and gets the hand the guy would have received if the dealer had dealt earlier.
Royal flush. The lady ends up winning the $100,000 bonus prize and not being much of a gambler tips the dealer a small amount.
The guy finishes his story and I told "I honestly don't know what to tell you. That's unbelievable..." and he walked off into the cold morning. I did feel bad for the guy.
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at November 10, 2015 11:26 PM (AC0lD)
Posted by: Vendette at November 10, 2015 11:27 PM (TEpA2)
Yes and no.
Are we repeating them? - Looks like it.
Will it make any difference? - hard to say, depends.
What do we do about it? - - avoid crowds.
Drudge links to a headline about street crime in Washington, D.C. (yes, it is anecdotal)
Posted by: Hayfield Volkovski at November 10, 2015 11:27 PM (KPcL5)
fake but accurate argument except he did not get a fake memo, he just
never saw the memo, at all.
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 10, 2015 11:24 PM (vb33c)
He's betting Fox News won't call him out and can him.
Posted by: Vendette at November 10, 2015 11:28 PM (TEpA2)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 10, 2015 11:28 PM (vb33c)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at November 10, 2015 11:28 PM (9jeGC)
Of course, I'd like to think most all of us are on both ends. A few weekends ago I was at a machine at Pechanga that wouldn't stop paying me; I made about $300 total. But you gotta think of the person ahead of me who tried the exact same machine and couldn't wring a nickel out of it.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 10, 2015 11:29 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: logprof at November 10, 2015 11:29 PM (vsbNu)
Posted by: Vendette at November 10, 2015 11:28 PM (TEpA2)
well he is probably right, he is the franchise player. I think he is ready to go anyway but they do not have anyone to replace him, except George Will.
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 10, 2015 11:30 PM (vb33c)
escape system on the crewed version of the Dragon capsule, and
eventually will be used for controlled propulsive landings on dry land,
instead of parachutes.
Posted by: rickl at November 10, 2015 10:27 PM (sdi6R)
They should rely on simpler technology that has been proven to work... but then again, they amortize their experiments by charging their 'customers' more on the front end. So, who really cares if it has ever worked, or likely to work enough to bet your life on it.
Posted by: Burnt Toast at November 10, 2015 11:30 PM (T78UI)
Posted by: OneEyedJack, looking for minions to rule at November 10, 2015 11:30 PM (kKHcp)
Don't ram your car into a local motel...
Posted by: Vendette at November 10, 2015 11:30 PM (TEpA2)
Posted by: Stateless Infidel
Ah, the old 3rd base myth.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 10, 2015 11:30 PM (rSTkb)
Posted by: logprof at November 10, 2015 11:29 PM (vsbNu)
great song, stupid movie.
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 10, 2015 11:30 PM (vb33c)
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I do not recall any resignations, but they allowed the students to ride roughshod over them. Riots, 'occupations', shut-downs. It reached a climax at the 1968 Democrat convention.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,etc. at November 10, 2015 11:31 PM (mxCgt)
Posted by: Vendette at November 10, 2015 11:32 PM (TEpA2)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 10, 2015 11:30 PM (vb33c)
Kelly is his replacement.
Posted by: OldDominionMom at November 10, 2015 11:32 PM (GzDYP)
Hey, was it Old Sailor's Poet who wrote the Amy Lynn books? I got the first one for my Kindle to read while here at Mom's. It was incredibly good. I'm going to get the other two in the series.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at the old homestead at November 10, 2015 11:13 PM (TqpQV
Yes it was. Bought it, haven't read it yet.
My condolences CW.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at November 10, 2015 11:32 PM (9jeGC)
Pretty much a repeat. School Prezzies didn't resign so much as get fired after enough SHTF.
Let's face it, then at least the Univs had to bow to the fact that the whole point of the Univs was the students. Without their participation the Univ pretty much was useless.
The real violent ones were marginalized but the ones who could adapt are in the system as we speak. Which is why the system is so screwed up. It's by design.
And they would always hit the big four; racism, sexism, the poor and the military (the military included the big spy orgs) as the reasons for their discontent.
It was just those out of power, denied power or not sophisticated enough to gain power who were protesting to try to overthrow the system/people who WERE in power.
So; power game. Nothing really got done. A few chairs were endowed and some ethnic studies majors created but pretty much nothing productive nor resolving of the problems.
In four years every one moves on. To family, to a job, to a career, to jail or to death.
Everything's different but everything's the same.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at November 10, 2015 11:32 PM (Xo1Rt)
Posted by: yankeefifth
What would you rather be forced to re-watch; Moonraker or Skyfall?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 10, 2015 11:33 PM (rSTkb)
No. Race riots in a lot of cities, that set the table for the ruin of a lot of cities over the next 40 years. Why Detroit is a wreck today.
College demonstrations "against the War". The birth of the SDS, and the Weathermen (Bill Ayers and buddies who were domestic terrorists). Upheavel and ugliness.
With all the economic turmoil of the last 7-8 years and the general lawlessness of the Obama Regime, I'm surprised there hasn't been MORE violence than we've seen. People have become soft, scared and complacent. Talking on their cell phones soothes their nerves, I guess.
I think that no matter who gets elected in 2016 as President, there will be a lot more turmoil. This childish silliness at Mizzou is just a dress rehearsal, a warm-up, to see what happens. This Melissa Click is a nobody that was pushed up in front by whomever is creating this agenda and paying for it.
No, nothing like the 60's....yet. But things will get more interesting soon.
Soon.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....lost in America at November 10, 2015 11:33 PM (+1T7c)
Posted by: Insomniac - Pale Horse/Death 2016
That's not what
Posted by: sean connery at November 10, 2015 11:33 PM (xodPA)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 10, 2015 11:30 PM (vb33c)
Kelly is his replacement.
Posted by: OldDominionMom at November 10, 2015 11:32 PM (GzDYP)
well, yeah but then who takes her place?
so you have a kid in logistics?
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 10, 2015 11:33 PM (vb33c)
Posted by: Vendette at November 10, 2015 11:34 PM (TEpA2)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 10, 2015 11:30 PM (vb33c)
This cracked me up.
Skyfall vs Home Alone
http://tinyurl.com/otujy5d
Posted by: Thrawn at November 10, 2015 11:34 PM (wZ2hu)
Posted by: yankeefifth
What would you rather be forced to re-watch; Moonraker or Skyfall?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 10, 2015 11:33 PM (rSTkb)
isn't there an addendum to the geneva convention about that type of torture. moonraker, the girls were hotter.
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 10, 2015 11:35 PM (vb33c)
I'm done gambling. I only played the slots once with my cousin. We were hanging out which we never really do together and somehow ended up at the casino, which we said we both hated.
I remembered from my casino days the slot attendants telling me that machines by the door seem to pay off more because who wants to walk into a quiet casino. We went to the first machine -$5. Put in $20. Lost. I was ready to press the button but my cousin chipped in another $10. We won over a grand. The rest of the night was nice.
I told her that gambling's like crack. The first big hit is free.
You have a good night. The rest of the Horde too.
Much more outrage tomorrow...
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at November 10, 2015 11:35 PM (AC0lD)
O'R and GW, 69ing, when they finally stop the hostile BS and admit they love each other in a gay BDSM serial killer rape torture cannibal vision of Tomorrow Land...
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at November 10, 2015 11:35 PM (CNua6)
"Parents! Tired of your kids growing up. For $50,000 we can turn them back into a fucking baby"
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at November 10, 2015 11:35 PM (9jeGC)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 10, 2015 11:30 PM (vb33c)
--Stupid movies can still be fun to watch.
Posted by: logprof at November 10, 2015 11:36 PM (vsbNu)
Posted by: yankeefifth
So, we'll mark you down for 'missile tits'.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 10, 2015 11:36 PM (rSTkb)
Posted by: PJ at November 10, 2015 11:24 PM (cHuNI)
Bite me hippie.
Posted by: Sam Hayakawa at November 10, 2015 11:36 PM (vBeA5)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 10, 2015 11:36 PM (eSVZ1)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 10, 2015 11:37 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, Model Citizen at November 10, 2015 11:37 PM (s0Kry)
Posted by: sean connery at November 10, 2015 11:33 PM (xodPA)
Didn't know ashes could talk. You must be chafing like hell too.
Posted by: Insomniac - Pale Horse/Death 2016 at November 10, 2015 11:37 PM (kpqmD)
Posted by: Vendette at November 10, 2015 11:38 PM (TEpA2)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 10, 2015 11:38 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: Vendette at November 10, 2015 11:38 PM (TEpA2)
-- George Will on Bill O'Reilly's Killing Reagan
Oh, George. You're such a serious, scholarly sort of guy. Shouldn't you be out writing more intelligent think-pieces about jeans, or something. I heard that you and David Brooks were to collaborate on a tome summing up the state of denim and creases. Good luck with that. Maybe O'Reilly will help you guys out by guest authoring a chapter called "Killing Levi".
Don't kid yourself, George, you guys are all around the same level. A bunch of arrogant nitwits.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at November 10, 2015 11:38 PM (zc3Db)
Wouldn't surprise me though if he wanted too much money.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 10, 2015 11:39 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, Model Citizen at November 10, 2015 11:39 PM (pahrJ)
They have Katy Perry singing "let's go all the way tonight" one minute then scolds telling them, "you must get verified consent for every move" the next.
Posted by: kbdabear at November 10, 2015 11:39 PM (GrXXa)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 10, 2015 11:30 PM (vb33c)
--Stupid movies can still be fun to watch.
Posted by: logprof at November 10, 2015 11:36 PM (vsbNu)
I think I have watched all the Bond movies and have wanted to like em all but I have not liked any of the craig movies. craig makes me miss Dalton.
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 10, 2015 11:39 PM (vb33c)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian
I've been called worse. #lawn
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 10, 2015 11:39 PM (rSTkb)
http://tinyurl.com/qabqhuh
Shirley is in her 70s here and is still gorgeous.
Posted by: baldilocks at November 10, 2015 11:39 PM (ys2UW)
I loved the scene of Bond (Moore) rolling his eyes and saying to said figure skater, after she's bragged about how experienced she already is at 14, "yes, dear. Now let's go out and get you an ice cream."
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 10, 2015 11:40 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: Vendette at November 10, 2015 11:40 PM (TEpA2)
so you have a kid in logistics?
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 10, 2015 11:33 PM (vb33c)
1. John Katshit
2. No, but I've played Tetris!
Posted by: OldDominionMom at November 10, 2015 11:40 PM (GzDYP)
Posted by: Auscolpyr at November 10, 2015 11:40 PM (Ht/4p)
Happy Birthday to all US Marines, past, present and future! 240 years of kicking ass all over the damn world. Since we were born in a bar, I'm celebrating with a beer.
Posted by: DC in River City at November 10, 2015 11:41 PM (e+1S5)
Now the threats are straight up terrorism. Pickup trucks flying confederate flags are (reportedly) circling campus like the movie Maximum Overdrive.
There's an outpouring of social proofing in offering safe rides home and safe spaces for any and all who feel unsafe, condemning racism, calling out the KKK, sending up prayers for calm and safety, and on and on. "Look how much I care!"
Posted by: Count de Monet at November 10, 2015 11:42 PM (JO9+V)
Melissa Clink appears to have had some type of mythical thang poop on her sweater (after eating pea soup). I mean, gross on many levels. The only perfection I can suggest for her would be cat-eye glasses for that total retro vibe.
Morons, girls/boys/trans-caitlyns. Here is a bit of knowledge regarding wearing the color green... from an old supermodel who still looks like the Duchess of Alba after a hard dazed night with her boyfriend (who apparently inherited a bazillion) from moving West. Ok. Carly got the color right tonight: emerald. Hilz got the color wrong with her bile-colored pleather coat (we will not talk, tonight, of her vast need of an underwire bra to hoist her petards). This Melissa skank got the color so wrong it pales on the shade of Baroque I's chartreuse skin. And nothing makes you look worse than the wrong color of green and a photo.
I have green eyes. I know this stuff. I am a former supermodel prior to practically rebuilding a house while i lived in it after crossing the country in a covered wagon pulled by oxen (ok, a Delta jet but who's counting). I think it was actually a Saratoga wagon. Or maybe one of those spiffy phaetons (the sports cars of carriages). Or, preferably, the royal gilded carriage of Catherine The Great. Regardless, if looks could kill, I look like I came west on a rickshaw driven by a drunken Ferguson rioter. But I know my greens. And this Melissa is wearing some type of odd putrid green knitted thang...possibly knitted from cat hair and dyed in kale juice. (I am not kidding, at all, as I saw, on Amazon, an entire book for knitting cat hair into felted crafts. If my dear departed and demented brother was still alive I would buy it or him. My other brother would laugh but his weird wife would probably think it was not funny).
Tomorrow is, sadly, the last day of the tile guys. I found out, today, that the glass shower people, who need to come out with a special laser thing, will come but the dammm shower door might not be done for three effing weeks. I am not good at this contracting crap. I am not going to make it into new bedroom and bath, am I? arf. Barking mad. xoxo
Posted by: ChristyBlinky, aging supermodel Redneck Queen at November 10, 2015 11:42 PM (yG5Nj)
Revolutions never have single causes; they take off only when multiple dysfunctions coincide in a perfect political storm. And right now storm clouds are gathering everywhere. If indeed we once again hit the historical jackpot, it will be frightening and enthralling to watch. Brace yourselves.
I think just about everyone sees something awful on the horizon, but revolution isn't it.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 10, 2015 11:42 PM (39g3+)
I loved the scene of Bond (Moore) rolling his eyes and saying to said figure skater, after she's bragged about how experienced she already is at 14, "yes, dear. Now let's go out and get you an ice cream."
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 10, 2015 11:40 PM (ntObR)
Dunno if you're a fan of or even heard of that animated spy-comedy show called Archer, but there's an episode where Archer has to protect a German big-wig's 14 year old daughter.
I thought that was inspired by something, but I didn't know what until now.
btw, I've never seen "Moonraker", but there's no way that's worse than "Die Another Day".
Posted by: Thrawn at November 10, 2015 11:42 PM (wZ2hu)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, Model Citizen at November 10, 2015 11:42 PM (8PcKC)
Skyfall vs Home Alone
http://tinyurl.com/otujy5d
Posted by: Thrawn
Now THAT'S FUNNY!
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....lost in America at November 10, 2015 11:43 PM (+1T7c)
I guess what I'm asking is, is this just a repeat of history, or did we learn something back then? If we did learn something, then we won't repeat the sorry rest of the 20th century. We will come to our senses and stop teaching this utter crap of pseudo-Marxist America-hating.
Posted by: PJ at November 10, 2015 11:24 PM (cHuNI)
I was little back then, but I remember my parents going to San Francisco to get my sister, who had run away. Lots of fights, she married a bad dude who held me and her son at gun point, and called in a bomb threat to my parent's place of work. She died a few years ago, alone, drunk, and apparently in a horrible rage.
So, how does this have any relation to today's yutes? They are the same shrill, self righteous asses who think they can do what they want and someone else will be required to pay the price. They don't care who it is, as long as it's not them. When reality hits them, it hits hard.
Posted by: Moki at November 10, 2015 11:43 PM (x303I)
It is weird. She's 15 or so and he's 50. It's sort of a Jarrod from Subway scenario.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 10, 2015 11:44 PM (eSVZ1)
http://tinyurl.com/qabqhuh
Shirley is in her 70s here and is still gorgeous.
Posted by: baldilocks at November 10, 2015 11:39 PM (ys2UW)
Hey, Baldi -- great to see you!!! How have you been? I've been worried about you.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 10, 2015 11:44 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: buzzion at November 10, 2015 11:44 PM (zt+N6)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 10, 2015 11:44 PM (ntObR)
This event I'm on wills side
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, Model Citizen at November 10, 2015 11:42 PM (8PcKC)
I've made fun of Will's occasional fuddyduddism in the past but anyone who seriously thinks Will is in any way equivalent to Bill O'Reilly is simply a fool.
Posted by: Maetenloch at November 10, 2015 11:45 PM (pAlYe)
Yeah. I went from skeptical that universities were worth the cost, to realizing they are absolutely not, to knowing we have to cut them out of the culture as a cancer.
Yes, there are good colleges out there where you can get a quality education. But they are few and far between, and almost nobody needs the education given its cost.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 10, 2015 11:46 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, Model Citizen at November 10, 2015 11:46 PM (VROg+)
http://www.arcamax.com/healthandspirit/lifeadvice/anniesmailbox/s-1748163
I could not read it all the way through I was laughing so hard, from it reminding me of the post bashing men about controlling the air conditioners
Posted by: Picric at November 10, 2015 11:46 PM (QnQ+g)
Posted by: flashoverride at November 10, 2015 11:46 PM (iCnPr)
Happy Birthday to all US Marines, past, present and future! 240 years of kicking ass all over the damn world. Since we were born in a bar, I'm celebrating with a beer.
Posted by: DC in River City
I'd wish the USMC a 'Oorah' but, alas, I am a civilian.
So you'll have to do with a bagpipes ( reduce the volume control on your listening device )
https://youtu.be/d5X3HHoqWcw
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 10, 2015 11:46 PM (rSTkb)
Although watching it again recently you can see she's clearly in her 20s playing a youngster. Bond handles it well though, he's not even remotely interested, she's just a kid to him.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 10, 2015 11:47 PM (39g3+)
No, nothing like the 60's....yet. But things will get more interesting soon.
Soon.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....lost in America at November 10, 2015 11:33 PM (+1T7c)
The difference between then and now is that now the Left is in total control of the government.
Posted by: rickl at November 10, 2015 11:47 PM (sdi6R)
I don't know about that but there was a contestant who did a Sean Connery impression mentioning SNL (but not saying, "That's [not] what your granny said last night, Trebek!") during the contestant interviews that I saw relatively recently. (A few months ago?)
Posted by: andycanuck at November 10, 2015 11:47 PM (xodPA)
Not really. Nitwit battles almost always end when one trips over something and goes tumbling down the stairs. Then the remaining nitwit celebrates, but spastically falls backward out the window and lands on the third nitwit.
This event I'm on wills side
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, Model Citizen at November 10, 2015 11:42 PM (8PcKC)
Meh. Who reads O'Reilly for history? Who reads Will for history? I have no idea what O'Reilly said about Reagan but I really can't be moved to care.
Will still has to contend with the fact that Reagan liked to wear jeans, which I'm sure has caused George many a sleepless night over the past decades.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at November 10, 2015 11:48 PM (zc3Db)
Yes there is. Its hands down the absolutely worst bond film, ever. Its absolutely dreadful. The worst bond movie period.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 10, 2015 11:48 PM (39g3+)
And the MSM. E.g. TIME was conservative back then.
Posted by: andycanuck at November 10, 2015 11:48 PM (xodPA)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 10, 2015 11:49 PM (Lqy/e)
Posted by: John Kasich at November 10, 2015 11:49 PM (zt+N6)
Posted by: qdpsteve
And you call yourself a AoSHQ reader...
Shame.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 10, 2015 11:49 PM (rSTkb)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at November 10, 2015 11:49 PM (l3vZN)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, Model Citizen at November 10, 2015 11:49 PM (7uC+4)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 10, 2015 11:44 PM (ntObR)
My little brother is into the show; I binge-watched up through Season 4 when I visited my family for Christmas last year. It's fairly clever and I like the art and animation styles.
Oh, and piece of information I omitted was that the 14 year old girl has a huge crush on Archer and is constantly trying to seduce him.
"The age of consent in Germany is 16."
"So, Germany is the Alabama of Europe?" - Loved that line.
Posted by: Thrawn at November 10, 2015 11:49 PM (wZ2hu)
1. John Katshit
2. No, but I've played Tetris!
Posted by: OldDominionMom at November 10, 2015 11:40 PM (GzDYP)
yeesh, kasich is a franchise killer.
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 10, 2015 11:49 PM (vb33c)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair
A president wearing dungarees...the mere thought makes me nauseated.
Posted by: George Will at November 10, 2015 11:50 PM (zn5Cm)
Posted by: Maetenloch at November 10, 2015 11:45 PM (pAlYe)
So, I'm a fool. Doesn't bother me. But, at least, I can rest easy in the fact that both O'Reilly and Will are bigger fools ... about equivalent in their massive foolishness.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at November 10, 2015 11:50 PM (zc3Db)
Well, I found out how.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 10, 2015 11:50 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: logprof at November 10, 2015 11:51 PM (vsbNu)
Yes there is. Its hands down the absolutely worst bond film, ever. Its absolutely dreadful. The worst bond movie period.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 10, 2015 11:48 PM (39g3+)
both of em are pretty awful, View to a Kill was awful too.
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 10, 2015 11:51 PM (vb33c)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at November 10, 2015 11:51 PM (YJmuy)
Posted by: cthulhu at November 10, 2015 11:44 PM (EzgxV)
Hey, hon! I'm here. Things are better. I've been back to blogging.
Posted by: baldilocks at November 10, 2015 11:51 PM (ys2UW)
The sfx were abominable.
And surfing a fucking tsunami... sweet Jesus tapdancing Christ that was bad.
Posted by: Pierce Brosnan at November 10, 2015 11:51 PM (REdlt)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 10, 2015 11:52 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Arson Wells at November 10, 2015 11:52 PM (UnJ7w)
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
and
Barack Obama wore "mom" jeans, because he is light in the loafers.
Richard Nixon wore black florsheims with black socks when he walked on the beach near his house at San Clemente. And probably never wore jeans.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....lost in America at November 10, 2015 11:53 PM (+1T7c)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 10, 2015 11:53 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 10, 2015 11:54 PM (B8JRQ)
lotsa riots and deaths during the MLK riots in April 68; RFK killed two months later.
Vietnam, 100-200 guys killed each week during the late Sixties.
so there was that...
Posted by: Paddy O' at November 10, 2015 11:54 PM (8CdUx)
Posted by: logprof
You've got that backwards, asshole.
Posted by: H. John Something something at November 10, 2015 11:54 PM (rSTkb)
His problem is he thinks he is rebel.
He isn't, he's a collaborator.
He sat there when his Sunday show ran the casualty lists every week. And sat there when they stopped, but the causuaties did not.
He spoke about other things and cashed his check.
Fuck him.
Posted by: eman at November 10, 2015 11:54 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 10, 2015 11:54 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: John Kasich at November 10, 2015 11:54 PM (zt+N6)
So you see my joy in the nitwit war. I believe that will is a better historian on Reagan than OR could ever be with his ghostwriter. I've read a couple of reviews and OR Killing Reagan is shredded to bits. There are enough 3rd world pols who have been killed in the last 20 years. Go write about them. Leave the Gipper alone you fucking ego whore
I admire Reagan and fuck BOR
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, Model Citizen at November 10, 2015 11:54 PM (+oRxW)
We'd previously gotten some bullshit mailing with a $2 bill. It's supposed to be some questions about healthcare. Don't these idiots realize that I'm only going to talk about health issues with my doctor, and since Obamacare eviscerated doctor-patient privilege, I'm not going to be fully honest with him?
Posted by: cthulhu at November 10, 2015 11:55 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Arson Wells
Jesus said I get an extra 30 seconds for every answer.
Posted by: John Kasich at November 10, 2015 11:55 PM (zn5Cm)
Posted by: Moki at November 10, 2015 11:55 PM (x303I)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 10, 2015 11:53 PM (39g3+)
I liked View to a Kill, even though it was awful. Having one of the highoints of the movie being Bond rescuing a girl via fire ladder and having a fight on a ladder truck is not in keeping with the Bond of yore.
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 10, 2015 11:55 PM (vb33c)
I grew up in the 60's and 70's, too. I think that the kids today are repeating mistakes. The "cause" de jour is not only something to do, but an excuse to have fun, sex, pizza and pot or drink instead of work or class. They don't care that they're being used by the Alinsky/Obamas/Zuckerbergs of the world. I felt sorry for that type as I watched my tv back then. They are the ones to challenge because they are actually very few.
Posted by: OldDominionMom at November 10, 2015 11:55 PM (GzDYP)
Yeah, pretty bad. Horrible plot.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 10, 2015 11:56 PM (eSVZ1)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 10, 2015 11:56 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Maetenloch at November 10, 2015 11:45 PM (pAlYe)
******
I consider him to be many levels above the bloviating BO. I also consider him to be a 90s "Conservative", who has not truly grocked the Party split.
IOW, he thinks he is a Conservative of today. Nope.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at November 10, 2015 11:56 PM (fdp9r)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, Model Citizen at November 10, 2015 11:54 PM (+oRxW)
No argument from me ... unless you mean that you really fuck BOR ...
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at November 10, 2015 11:57 PM (zc3Db)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 10, 2015 11:48 PM (39g3+)
I'll take your word for it. But IMHO, all the Bond movies with Brosnan took the trip down the slippery slope of awfulness after Goldeneye. While Die Another Day was worse than The World is Not Enough, the latter has the worst Bond girl in Denise Richards as a "scientist" named Christmas.
Although Denise Richards is only #2 in the list of awful actresses acting as scientists; the #1 spot goes to Tara Reid in "Alone in the Dark". *shudders*
Posted by: Thrawn at November 10, 2015 11:57 PM (wZ2hu)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, Model Citizen at November 10, 2015 11:57 PM (8PcKC)
Posted by: Donna &&&&V. (Brandishing ampersands) at November 10, 2015 11:57 PM (P8951)
I've seen exactly one episode of "Bob's Burgers" and thought......that guy sounds just like "Archer."
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 10, 2015 11:58 PM (eSVZ1)
Posted by: logprof at November 10, 2015 11:58 PM (vsbNu)
Posted by: ginaswo at November 10, 2015 11:58 PM (qxNrP)
Posted by: logprof at November 10, 2015 11:58 PM (vsbNu)
so I suppose they were all Trump fans before the debate but now are kasich and bush fans.
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 10, 2015 11:59 PM (vb33c)
Happy Birthday to all US Marines, past, present and future! 240 years of kicking ass all over the damn world. Since we were born in a bar, I'm celebrating with a beer.
Posted by: DC in River City at November 10, 2015 11:41 PM
DC! Happy Birthday! And to Grimmy & our radio silent Heavy Rains. And to my Daddy & Uncle B, enjoy your whisky & cigar with Chesty!
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at November 10, 2015 11:59 PM (Vm8WO)
Posted by: Thrawn
Umm like, the quarks are totally metastasizing like my mutant bewb job.
Posted by: Tara Reid, Super Scientist at November 11, 2015 12:00 AM (zn5Cm)
I've seen exactly one episode of "Bob's Burgers" and thought......that guy sounds just like "Archer."
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 10, 2015 11:58 PM (eSVZ1)
--Yeah, it took my brother, a big Archer fan, to point that out, since It had been over a year since I last watched Archer and first watched Bob's Burgers.
And I'm pissed that Adult Swim seems to have disappeared Bob's Burgers.
Posted by: logprof at November 11, 2015 12:00 AM (vsbNu)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 11, 2015 12:00 AM (vb33c)
Well, I guess she got it.
And, now, so is he.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 11, 2015 12:01 AM (eSVZ1)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, Model Citizen at November 11, 2015 12:01 AM (s0Kry)
Posted by: Moki at November 11, 2015 12:01 AM (x303I)
Posted by: cthulhu at November 10, 2015 11:44 PM (EzgxV)
Hey, hon! I'm here. Things are better. I've been back to blogging.
Posted by: baldilocks at November 10, 2015 11:51 PM (ys2UW)
Good to hear that things are at least trending the right way. You are in my thoughts and prayers. I hope you're well enough that I can remove you from my "Scary" list [that's actually not what it says, it says O-, F---!].
Posted by: cthulhu at November 11, 2015 12:02 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 10, 2015 10:57 PM (vb33c)
Best, Barbara Bach, worst, Denise Richards. If you're gonna have Denise in a movie, she better be nekkid.
Captain, sorry for your loss. I'll say a prayer for you and your family.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at November 11, 2015 12:02 AM (Z7G74)
Posted by: Donna &&&&V. (Brandishing ampersands) at November 11, 2015 12:02 AM (P8951)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 11, 2015 12:02 AM (39g3+)
I don't care what your lawn guy said, shut up!
Posted by: Blanco Basura at November 11, 2015 12:02 AM (YJmuy)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at November 11, 2015 12:02 AM (l3vZN)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 11, 2015 12:02 AM (Lqy/e)
https://youtu.be/XTQHb_Is9xY
Posted by: George Will at November 11, 2015 12:02 AM (zt+N6)
Posted by: yankeefifth
I was a super-huge Trump supporter until his debate performance tonight. Now I think my support will go to Gov Bush, who seems like he can fix it.
Posted by: Normal Everyday American at November 11, 2015 12:03 AM (zn5Cm)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at November 11, 2015 12:03 AM (FkBIv)
Posted by: baldilocks at November 11, 2015 12:04 AM (ys2UW)
Posted by: Thrawn
Denise Richards is never awful. And the Number 1 worst female scientist acting was clearly Elizabeth Shue in The Saint. Man ... that was one stupid movie and she played one totally retarded part. She had perhaps the most embarrassing monologue in all of filmdom, with her explanation of cold fusion and something about molecules wanting to get it on or something.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at November 11, 2015 12:04 AM (zc3Db)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, Model Citizen at November 11, 2015 12:05 AM (7uC+4)
Fuzzy is reminding "Bail Out" Cavuto of the existence of the FDIC.
Posted by: Donna &&&&V. (Brandishing ampersands) at November 11, 2015 12:05 AM (P8951)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 11, 2015 12:05 AM (39g3+)
Posted by: Notsothoreau
Um, WTF meeting was this?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 11, 2015 12:05 AM (rSTkb)
Posted by: Moki at November 11, 2015 12:01 AM (x303I)
--Alas, I don't. Pissed that SN still shows The Cleveland Show instead.
Posted by: logprof at November 11, 2015 12:05 AM (vsbNu)
CRUZ JUST BUSTED CAVUTO'S GOTCHA BULLSHIT WITH THE FDIC
BOOOOOOM Bitch
Said if you want all the voters who'll bail all out Wall Street and the big banks, take 'em, I'll take everyone else
YAAAAAAAS
Posted by: flashoverride at November 11, 2015 12:06 AM (iCnPr)
Posted by: Donna &&&&V. (Brandishing ampersands) at November 11, 2015 12:06 AM (P8951)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 11, 2015 12:06 AM (eSVZ1)
My dad wasn't much on the internet, but he would have loved this place.
Goodnight!
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at the old homestead at November 11, 2015 12:07 AM (TqpQV)
Took the wife out for Chinese for her bday, nice time.
We took the staples and stitches out of Bailey tonight that the vet missed. Grr.
Didn't seem to mind it much.
She seems to be well.
T
Posted by: Farmer at November 11, 2015 12:07 AM (o/90i)
Posted by: Donna &&&&V. (Brandishing ampersands) at November 11, 2015 12:06 AM (P8951)
LOL.
I think you might have to go to the urban dictionary for that explanation.
AI is wonderful, isn't it? I can't wait until our cars all have autocorrect controlling the steering.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at November 11, 2015 12:08 AM (zc3Db)
Posted by: dogfish at November 11, 2015 12:09 AM (0O2Lr)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 11, 2015 12:09 AM (39g3+)
Posted by: logprof at November 11, 2015 12:09 AM (vsbNu)
Claudine Auger from thunderball was effin hot as was the greek girl Carole Bouquet in FYEO. sigh
it is pretty effin hard messin up the bond girl role. I have only seen it very badly done once.
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 11, 2015 12:10 AM (vb33c)
Posted by: logprof at November 11, 2015 12:09 AM (vsbNu)
Its an entrepreneurial act!
Posted by: George Will at November 11, 2015 12:10 AM (zt+N6)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 11, 2015 12:11 AM (eSVZ1)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 11, 2015 12:11 AM (39g3+)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at November 11, 2015 12:11 AM (FkBIv)
Missouri hunger striker?
The one oppressed by white privilege?
His dad is a railroad exec.
Worth 20 million bucks
Posted by: ThunderB at November 11, 2015 12:12 AM (zOTsN)
http://tinyurl.com/q564bab
Nothing about Trebek and Connery meeting but Jeopardy did reference the sketches several times.
Posted by: andycanuck at November 11, 2015 12:12 AM (xodPA)
Posted by: ChristyBlinky, aging supermodel Redneck Queen at November 11, 2015 12:12 AM (yG5Nj)
her explanation of cold fusion and something about molecules wanting to
get it on or something.
HEY, WE HAVE NEEDS TOO!!!!!
Posted by: Carbon atoms looking to make some bonds at November 11, 2015 12:12 AM (uZNvH)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at November 11, 2015 12:12 AM (l3vZN)
Posted by: buzzion at November 11, 2015 12:12 AM (zt+N6)
Bebe!! Stop frigging hiding! A toast to your dad, uncle and Chesty, wherever they are.
Posted by: DC in River City at November 11, 2015 12:12 AM (e+1S5)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 11, 2015 12:12 AM (eSVZ1)
That's not right. One more player changes the number of cards dealt, which changes the order of each hand.
CW, thoughts and prayers.
Posted by: Weirddave at November 11, 2015 12:13 AM (N8hFs)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair
--------------
And intersection negotiation.
"You go.."
"No, YOU go."
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 11, 2015 12:14 AM (oFSUK)
Posted by: Monsieur Mew Mew at November 11, 2015 12:14 AM (0LHZx)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 11, 2015 12:14 AM (39g3+)
You and your road trips, you son of a gun. Any stories?
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 11, 2015 12:14 AM (eSVZ1)
https://youtu.be/UHRyODdneds
Beautiful voice as well . . .
Posted by: logprof at November 11, 2015 12:14 AM (vsbNu)
Posted by: buzzion
In which direction?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at November 11, 2015 12:14 AM (FkBIv)
Posted by: Jean at November 11, 2015 12:14 AM (4U131)
Posted by: logprof at November 11, 2015 12:09 AM (vsbNu)
*****
They permanently conflate the issue. If the word illegal got used in any banner or headline I would be amazed. To them they are all Immigrants, just hard workers seeking to better themselves and their families.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at November 11, 2015 12:15 AM (fdp9r)
Is it bad that I still cannot read that Amazon review (VEET hair removal) without laughing hysterically and crying? I keep trying, but, nope.
Welp, gonna go to bed and hope the Duchess of Alba is gone tomorrow when I look in the mirror.
Posted by: ChristyBlinky, aging supermodel Redneck Queen at November 11, 2015 12:15 AM (yG5Nj)
Posted by: Insomniac - Pale Horse/Death 2016 at November 11, 2015 12:16 AM (kpqmD)
Posted by: Normal Everyday American at November 11, 2015 12:16 AM (zn5Cm)
And I always thought I was just a socially inept dickhead.
Gosh, thanks... maybe I should go back to college...
Posted by: pjf at November 11, 2015 12:16 AM (lFpNC)
But he had the one, the only, Contessa Teresa di Vicenzo.
Mrs. Peel, we're needed.
Posted by: Fox2! at November 11, 2015 12:17 AM (brIR5)
Posted by: Karl Stromberg at November 11, 2015 12:17 AM (wFY0d)
Posted by: Monsieur Mew Mew at November 11, 2015 12:17 AM (0LHZx)
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I don't have any problem with 'alien criminals', or 'criminal aliens'.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 11, 2015 12:17 AM (oFSUK)
Now it is late, thanks for saying hello.
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at November 11, 2015 12:18 AM (l3vZN)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 11, 2015 12:18 AM (39g3+)
Posted by: Notsothoreau
Um, WTF meeting was this?
Posted by: weft cut-loop
Infantry Basic, week 4
Posted by: Jean at November 11, 2015 12:18 AM (4U131)
No. Race riots in a lot of cities, that set
the table for the ruin of a lot of cities over the next 40 years. Why
Detroit is a wreck today.
Summer 1968 was bad. Blacks and whites facing off over the North Kansas City Bridge, anyone?
Kent State on the horizon.
Posted by: free tibet, etc. at November 11, 2015 12:18 AM (lAXNl)
Posted by: andycanuck at November 11, 2015 12:19 AM (xodPA)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 11, 2015 12:20 AM (eSVZ1)
Took the wife out for Chinese for her bday, nice time.
We took the staples and stitches out of Bailey tonight that the vet missed. Grr.
Didn't seem to mind it much.
She seems to be well.
T
Posted by: Farmer at November 11, 2015 12:07 AM (o/90i)
This is the same dog where your wife was sleeping down on the floor to comfort her pre-surgery.....yeah, "Didn't seem to mind it much." Unlike humans, a dog's got enough class to know "after taking care of me in my darkest hour, I'll be damned if I'll be difficult now". She knew that the most honorable thing was to keep calm and lick one of you every so often, so that's what Bailey did while you removed the stitches and staples.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 11, 2015 12:20 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 11, 2015 12:20 AM (39g3+)
Posted by: andycanuck
I like "criminal invader." Accurate and descriptive enough that even LIVs can get it.
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the #Problematic at November 11, 2015 12:20 AM (zn5Cm)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 11, 2015 12:18 AM (39g3+)
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Which is why any gun control that is linked to mental health is bullshit. Since everyone is "on the spectrum" guess what, everyone is crazy and ineligible to own a gun.
Posted by: Monsieur Mew Mew at November 11, 2015 12:20 AM (0LHZx)
Posted by: andycanuck
and they're all criminal illegal aliens, some are violent criminal illegal aliens.
Posted by: Jean at November 11, 2015 12:21 AM (4U131)
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Claymores
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 11, 2015 12:21 AM (oFSUK)
But, worry not, unless I start talking about Ronald Raven urging for bold colors and not pale pastels.
Posted by: Right Said Ted at November 11, 2015 12:22 AM (REdlt)
hehehe
Email me. j-o-e-in-tx@msn.com. Take out the dashes.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 11, 2015 12:23 AM (eSVZ1)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 11, 2015 12:18 AM (39g3+)
The last I remember is the commercials claim 1 in 88. They may have decided to drop that even more.
Posted by: buzzion at November 11, 2015 12:23 AM (zt+N6)
Oh goody. Can I just be a curmudgeon then? Me like that idea. Thank you.
Now, get off my lawn.
Posted by: pjf at November 11, 2015 12:24 AM (lFpNC)
Posted by: navybrat at November 11, 2015 12:24 AM (ETxiG)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, Model Citizen at November 11, 2015 12:24 AM (09Lhy)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 11, 2015 12:20 AM (eSVZ1)
--Really? To quote a comment from an earlier version of the video "Just start making out already!"
Eh, Emma and Miki will always be eye candy to me.
Posted by: logprof at November 11, 2015 12:25 AM (vsbNu)
She was just about the only female who didn't get naked in the otherwise execrable Starship Troopers. Which bore only the most passing relationship to RAH's masterwork.
Posted by: Fox2! at November 11, 2015 12:25 AM (brIR5)
Posted by: T at November 11, 2015 12:25 AM (NctcF)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 11, 2015 12:25 AM (39g3+)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian
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Geeze, you take them with you ice fishing?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 11, 2015 12:26 AM (oFSUK)
Posted by: Samantha Carter, Capt USAF at November 11, 2015 12:26 AM (brIR5)
Posted by: navybrat at November 11, 2015 12:26 AM (ETxiG)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, Model Citizen at November 11, 2015 12:26 AM (2zd9l)
Posted by: Thrawn at November 10, 2015 11:42 PM (wZ2hu)
Yes, there is and yes, it was.
It sucked horribly.
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Staring at the Lake in the rain at November 11, 2015 12:26 AM (szPB3)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 11, 2015 12:27 AM (rSTkb)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bnm-4kSLKdI
Posted by: Old Blue at November 11, 2015 12:27 AM (9iR5/)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 11, 2015 12:27 AM (39g3+)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at November 11, 2015 12:27 AM (FkBIv)
Posted by: DC in River City at November 11, 2015 12:12 AM
Semper Fi!
Not hiding, just tired trying to work, take care of all the chores around here & work out. I need a semi-permanent boytoy that likes helping with yard work.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at November 11, 2015 12:27 AM (X8HOp)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 11, 2015 12:28 AM (oFSUK)
Thank goodness we don't have any gu's. Only craz people would have those.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 11, 2015 12:28 AM (eSVZ1)
Posted by: chemjeff at November 11, 2015 12:28 AM (uZNvH)
Ass.
Privates.
Charge: Soldier covered up with mud, hid in hole after shooting
http://thisainthell.us/blog/?p=62722
Kudos to SPC Atkinson for providing medical aid to the shooting victim.
Boy, to be a fly on the wall in the CO/1SG's office when PVT Dumbass' blotter report hits their desks.
Posted by: SMFH at November 11, 2015 12:28 AM (nPI1N)
That's not right. One more player changes the number of cards dealt, which changes the order of each hand.
--
Caribbean Stud is dealt from a card dealing machine, five cards at at time to each seat, not 1 card to each seat five times, so you in fact can "steal" someone else's jackpot hand
Posted by: Chuck C at November 11, 2015 12:28 AM (Yn+MY)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 11, 2015 12:29 AM (39g3+)
LOL!!!
People you have GOT to see the google doodle for veterans day. It's just....I can't even...
It's a perfect capstone to this week.
Posted by: Max Power at November 11, 2015 12:29 AM (QCc6B)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, Model Citizen at November 11, 2015 12:29 AM (Omh3b)
Posted by: Max Power at November 11, 2015 12:29 AM (QCc6B)
Posted by: SMFH at November 11, 2015 12:29 AM (nPI1N)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 11, 2015 12:29 AM (oFSUK)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 11, 2015 12:30 AM (eSVZ1)
LOL! Now if I ever meet Cruz I'm going to have a hard time not calling him Fuzzy.
Posted by: Weirddave at November 11, 2015 12:30 AM (N8hFs)
Posted by: logprof at November 11, 2015 12:31 AM (vsbNu)
You tell us. Radar sent a whole Jeep home via the U.S. Mail.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 11, 2015 12:33 AM (eSVZ1)
Posted by: Monsieur Mew Mew at November 11, 2015 12:33 AM (0LHZx)
Some nice people asked again about walking in a parade tomorrow.
3rd year in a row.This is getting to be a thing.
So the A's are clean and knife edge pressed and the brass is bright. I hate dull brass, looks sloppy.
Not gonna wear the bus driver's hat, the garrison cap looks better. Plus I think I'll pin on all my authorized shit.
Posted by: irongrampa at November 11, 2015 12:33 AM (jeCnD)
People you have GOT to see the google doodle for veterans day. It's just....I can't even...
It's a perfect capstone to this week.
Posted by: Max Power at November 11, 2015 12:29 AM (QCc6B)
So one in seven military veterans are white men?
"Hey! Yo! Back here! Look at me!"
Posted by: rickl at November 11, 2015 12:34 AM (sdi6R)
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You have politely avoided the common name for that cap.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 11, 2015 12:35 AM (oFSUK)
Posted by: Weirddave at November 11, 2015 12:36 AM (N8hFs)
"Hey! Yo! Back here! Look at me!"
Posted by: rickl at November 11, 2015 12:34 AM (sdi6R)
And not a single one in anything you could actually FIGHT in....
Posted by: BB Wolf, wondering why no one seems to care about what Congress is doing to Vets at November 11, 2015 12:36 AM (qh617)
Posted by: John Kasich at November 11, 2015 12:36 AM (zt+N6)
Funny name, good movie. That's my thing with Moore. He weathered a decade and a half series of varying quality scripts and did so a gentleman.
Connery, as much as I love him, was a prima donna.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 11, 2015 12:36 AM (eSVZ1)
Though I did have to get some alterations done on.
Stay-Brite works wonders. No brass-shining needed.
Posted by: SMFH at November 11, 2015 12:36 AM (nPI1N)
Hell yeah on that solid work, the boy heeds a vacation so we get pictures of his sojourns
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, Model Citizen at November 11, 2015 12:36 AM (09Lhy)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 11, 2015 12:36 AM (oFSUK)
That's a little like saying Jindal had a great performance at the GOP debate.
It was a Roger Moore Bond flick, and those did the run silent run deep number after Live And Let Die.
Posted by: JEM at November 11, 2015 12:37 AM (o+SC1)
Posted by: logprof at November 11, 2015 12:38 AM (vsbNu)
Posted by: pookysgirl at November 11, 2015 12:40 AM (K27gs)
Posted by: irongrampa at November 11, 2015 12:33 AM
As you should IG!
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at November 11, 2015 12:41 AM (Vm8WO)
Oh no. No.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 11, 2015 12:42 AM (eSVZ1)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 11, 2015 12:43 AM (eSVZ1)
Bond. He's a good actor and arguably closer to the book version of Bond
in some ways yet his version of Bond doesn't seem to particularly enjoy being James Bond like the previous incarnations did. And a Bond without a joie de Bond is ultimately a boring Bond."
Fuckin' A, Maet.
Posted by: otho at November 11, 2015 12:43 AM (EWg9n)
Posted by: logprof at November 11, 2015 12:43 AM (vsbNu)
BTW, the Canadian Bing page has a very good photo of a field of poppies.
Posted by: andycanuck at November 11, 2015 12:43 AM (xodPA)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 11, 2015 12:44 AM (vb33c)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at November 11, 2015 12:45 AM (Vm8WO)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at November 11, 2015 12:45 AM (FkBIv)
I still use Brasso, SMH. Old habits die hard.
Once a year I get all of the old stuff on for the parade and look at me in the mirror, and remember.
Then marvel--did I do all that? Wonder I lived through some of it.
Posted by: irongrampa at November 11, 2015 12:45 AM (jeCnD)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 11, 2015 12:46 AM (0yhH4)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 11, 2015 12:47 AM (0yhH4)
Posted by: andycanuck at November 11, 2015 12:48 AM (xodPA)
You're not all that far from Pendleton. Just saying. And the pickings are probably pretty good tonight, but you know the company gunny has a brutal PT session planned for tomorrow.
In other surprising news, Camp Pendleton has a 4.5 star Yelp rating. I'm not quite sure what to make of that.
Posted by: DC in River City at November 11, 2015 12:48 AM (e+1S5)
Posted by: SMFH at November 11, 2015 12:48 AM (nPI1N)
Posted by: rickl at November 11, 2015 12:49 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: SMFH at November 11, 2015 12:49 AM (nPI1N)
"Source at Mizzou: Death threats, campus shooting threats, the Klan spotted near campus. "This place is literal hell right now.""
"The Klan" is now riding on Mizzou. Right. I responded
"cats and dogs, living together.....mass hysteria!
Grow up. "The Klan". Like that's even a thing. LMAO"
Posted by: Weirddave at November 11, 2015 12:49 AM (N8hFs)
Posted by: OldDominionMom at November 11, 2015 12:50 AM (GzDYP)
Posted by: chemjeff at November 11, 2015 12:50 AM (uZNvH)
Posted by: pookysgirl at November 11, 2015 12:40 AM (K27gs)
Are you refering to the ARISE series?
Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at November 11, 2015 12:51 AM (vBeA5)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 11, 2015 12:51 AM (eSVZ1)
Posted by: English guy who makes tangential comments at November 10, 2015 10:30 PM (8CdUx)
Heh. I just drug (past perfect of drag) home a 1974 Vogue motorhome, and what does it have on the floor? Harvest gold shag carpets, with mucho, mucho mouse turds. Nasssty, it is.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 11, 2015 12:52 AM (0yhH4)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at November 11, 2015 12:54 AM (zc3Db)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at November 11, 2015 12:54 AM (zc3Db)
--How about Defiance? I have not yet seen it, but have heard it was good.
Posted by: logprof at November 11, 2015 12:55 AM (vsbNu)
The locks on the Great Lakes were mostly made at the later 1800s and early 1900s. Steam power and still mostly wooden vessels.
Most would not have been more than 200 ft. long, and the beam, maybe 50 ft. or so.
So, as steel ships evolved from wood, it was found that the could be made in proportions to dwarf the oaken hulls.....but alas, the canals and locks were only so wide, and it would cost multiple fortunes to begin the 100s of miles of re-dredging, and building entirely new lock systems.
Not to mention, you couldn't shut down the existing system while building, as industry could NOT afford the logistical break that such an undertaking would require.
So, they found that they could make the locks longer, but not wider. And so they did.
Which is why the E.G. was over 700 ft. long, but with a narrow beam to fit the locks. Y'all can wiki the ship to get the exact beam, but consider this. A 700 ft. ocean going ship will have a beam of 80 to 100 ft. on average.
The Ore Carriers on the lakes are purpose built ships, to carry as much as possible through those narrow locks.
The "house" forward and "plant" aft design of the E.F., was to help stabilize the ship when sailing "in ballast", or in other words, empty.
And a taller "house", aft, would not help much with stability, either.
I'd rather sail an Island Packet 32 ft. sloop, trans Atlantic, than be on any vessel in a storm on Lake Superior.
Everything that makes waves steep, high and close together exists on the Great Lakes, and those are the waves that kill ships of all sizes, and virtually at will.
Those who sail upon the Great Lakes have my highest regard and respect.
**** break ****
As for you, Capt. Whitebread. Condolences to you and your family.
Mourn your Dad, as is the right and honorable thing for you, now.
As for me, I will raise a toast to The Best Man You've Ever Known.
*Salute!*
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at November 11, 2015 12:56 AM (McRlu)
I got the call from my sisters Sunday that it was time to come home. I arrived just after midnight Monday and told Dad, "I'm here. Everyone will be alright."
He was gone just three hours later. My mom said he was just waiting for me before he went. Maybe he was. Only God can say.
I know it's customary for children to say of their fathers, "He was the best man I knew". In my case, that's true.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at the old homestead at November 10, 2015 10:34 PM (TqpQV)
Damn, CW. Just damn. Been there, done that. It has been decades now, and I still miss my Dad. But I treasure the time we had together. Be strong, and be the man he wanted you to be.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 11, 2015 12:56 AM (0yhH4)
Posted by: logprof at November 11, 2015 12:55 AM (vsbNu)
I really wanted to like that movie but I found it boring. Everyone else I know liked it a lot.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at November 11, 2015 12:56 AM (zc3Db)
Posted by: pookysgirl at November 11, 2015 12:57 AM (gZN4h)
Posted by: OldDominionMom at November 11, 2015 12:58 AM (GzDYP)
Happy birthday to you Marines--you deserve the best.
And remember,y'all, you're Americans, so the head is held HIGH.
Goodnite, good people. Stay safe.
Posted by: irongrampa at November 11, 2015 12:59 AM (jeCnD)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at November 11, 2015 12:59 AM (zc3Db)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at November 11, 2015 12:56 AM (zc3Db)
--Why do you think that was?
Posted by: logprof at November 11, 2015 01:00 AM (vsbNu)
Everything that makes waves steep, high and close together exists on the Great Lakes, and those are the waves that kill ships of all sizes, and virtually at will.
Posted by: Jim at November 11, 2015 12:56 AM (McRlu)
I remember seeing a TV show where a guy said that he had sailed in the North Atlantic for years, but the Great Lakes were worse, because you could have huge waves converging on you from three directions at once.
Posted by: rickl at November 11, 2015 01:02 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: logprof at November 11, 2015 01:00 AM (vsbNu)
I have different tastes in movies than most.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at November 11, 2015 01:02 AM (zc3Db)
Posted by: flashoverride at November 11, 2015 01:02 AM (iCnPr)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 11, 2015 01:02 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: Insomniac - Pale Horse/Death 2016 at November 10, 2015 10:40 PM (kpqmD)
Me, too. Sort of suspect that "studious" and "introspective" puts one into the "autism spectrum" theses days, instead of just being personality traits. Which is probably why our society is so fucked up: traits that were formerly viewed as being socially positive are now deemed to be pathologies.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 11, 2015 01:02 AM (0yhH4)
Posted by: flashoverride at November 11, 2015 01:03 AM (iCnPr)
Posted by: flashoverride at November 11, 2015 01:03 AM (iCnPr)
How come the @USARMY is not being sent to #Mizzou to protect black #students against white supremacist #terrorists?
and
If you're against #ConcernedStudent1950 you're racist. I don't know how else to put it.
*points awarded for correct use of the contraction "you are"* Must be a grad student.
Posted by: Count de Monet at November 11, 2015 01:04 AM (JO9+V)
He is a part of you, and you of him.
Posted by: Old Blue at November 11, 2015 01:04 AM (9iR5/)
Being reminded made me look it back up. It's still there, in an article on public restrooms. The little crossed out silhouettes are depicting things that should not be done in the bathroom and the guy drawing with crap on the wall is - get this - making a poop swastika.
Did someone print out and post the sign to shame their gross dorm-mates into not making their restroom a disgusting mess, and the rumor mill turned a cartoon of a guy making a poop swastika into the real thing?
I wouldn't be surprised. College students being what they are, someone would have taken a picture of the real thing.
Posted by: Locarno at November 11, 2015 01:05 AM (Ms7bu)
Posted by: Locarno at November 11, 2015 01:05 AM (Ms7bu)
Did anyone else get a 3 minute uninterrupted rant like the High Priest of the Church of Government did?
Posted by: buzzion at November 11, 2015 01:06 AM (zt+N6)
Wife aksed me to pull out my class A's from the attic and try them on (she likes a man in uniform). I had to remind her that I was fitted for those when I was 18. Can you fit into anything you were wearing at 18? Yeah.
Posted by: Buckeye Abroad at November 11, 2015 01:06 AM (BCFc+)
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I weigh about what I did when I got out of the service, but the distribution of mass has shifted.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 11, 2015 01:09 AM (oFSUK)
Posted by: OldDominionMom at November 11, 2015 01:09 AM (GzDYP)
Posted by: donna at November 11, 2015 01:10 AM (/dSsq)
Posted by: Locarno at November 11, 2015 01:05 AM (Ms7bu)
People who like to shit on police cars in public?
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at November 11, 2015 01:11 AM (zc3Db)
Posted by: fly gal at November 11, 2015 01:12 AM (4eh02)
I think both were a good decision, and St. Peter will too.
Posted by: Son of a Mailman at November 11, 2015 01:12 AM (REdlt)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yp0hfHwdTk4
Yes I know that you're dissatisfied with your position and you place
Don't you understand it's not my problem?
Posted by: rickl at November 11, 2015 01:12 AM (sdi6R)
Actually, the President of the University of Oregon committed suicide over this sort of nonsense in 1969. There's a good book detailing the story.
Posted by: Vertov at November 11, 2015 01:12 AM (PTGoe)
Posted by: rickl at November 11, 2015 01:13 AM (sdi6R)
Took the autism quiz. My score was well above average. I'm not surprised.
- Insomniac - Pale Horse/Death 2016
Me, too.
- AOP
Excellent. This means that this on-line version of a "Psychic Friends"-$3.99 per-minute call really is for entertainment purposes only. I will disregard their helpful suggestion of discussing things with my physician.
Posted by: Manfred von Brauerei-Mehrwertsteuer, Member, The League of Ugly Shirted Gentlemen at November 11, 2015 01:13 AM (FlRtG)
Yes they did resign... This is very reminiscent of My days in College in the late 60's early 70's
Posted by: donna at November 11, 2015 01:14 AM (/dSsq)
Most would not have been more than 200 ft. long, and the beam, maybe 50 ft. or so.
So, as steel ships evolved from wood, it was found that the could be made in proportions to dwarf the oaken hulls.....but alas, the canals and locks were only so wide, and it would cost multiple fortunes to begin the 100s of miles of re-dredging, and building entirely new lock systems.
Not to mention, you couldn't shut down the existing system while building, as industry could NOT afford the logistical break that such an undertaking would require.
Posted by: Jim at November 11, 2015 12:56 AM (McRlu)
It's telling that we could easily build with 19th century technology what is now economically prohibitive to do in the 21st.
Yup, We've passed peak civilization.
Posted by: The Decivilizational Hat at November 11, 2015 01:14 AM (vBeA5)
Posted by: pookysgirl at November 11, 2015 12:57 AM (gZN4h)
Only seen the first two. The character designs were... different.
Interesting how they changed the story behind the Major becoming cyborged...
Posted by: Tachiakoma's Hat at November 11, 2015 01:15 AM (vBeA5)
I still fit in the cars I was driving at 18 does that count?
Posted by: Willy J. at November 11, 2015 01:16 AM (wHX4r)
Who are these people and why are they so stupid and they think they can run a freaking economy?
Like Linus says - ARRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
Posted by: Old Blue at November 11, 2015 01:20 AM (9iR5/)
Yes they did resign... This is very reminiscent of My days in College in the late 60's early 70's
Posted by: donna at November 11, 2015 01:14 AM (/dSsq)
As I see it, the big difference is that today the government is firmly on the side of the radical commies, and against normal Americans.
Posted by: rickl at November 11, 2015 01:20 AM (sdi6R)
You are right...
Posted by: donna at November 11, 2015 01:22 AM (/dSsq)
Posted by: OldDominionMom at November 11, 2015 01:23 AM (GzDYP)
Posted by: OldDominionMom at November 11, 2015 01:25 AM (GzDYP)
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Ayup, government jobs are forever. You could sit in your cubicle and surf porn all day long and never get fired. And we pay their salaries, retirement, and all their benefits, and never even get kissed.
Posted by: Old Blue at November 11, 2015 01:28 AM (9iR5/)
It would really be satisfying to see the shocked reactions of the professors in these departments when they realize that the public has had enough with their horses**t.
Posted by: The Wise Old Food Man of the Mountains at November 11, 2015 01:34 AM (btn6O)
Posted by: EPA hallway crapper at November 11, 2015 01:35 AM (REdlt)
This shouldn't be too difficult to do.
Posted by: The Wise Old Food Man of the Mountains at November 11, 2015 01:35 AM (btn6O)
Posted by: Sasquatch, the trans-Wookie Original at November 11, 2015 01:35 AM (btn6O)
... the time has come to start eliminating entire departments in the liberal arts/social sciences/studies programs in our public colleges and universities.
Allow me to offer my consulting services.
Posted by: Jarles Chonson, Banmaster at November 11, 2015 01:39 AM (FlRtG)
Posted by: the real ch3 at November 11, 2015 01:41 AM (hSjjZ)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 11, 2015 01:45 AM (0yhH4)
Posted by: Willy J. at November 11, 2015 01:45 AM (wHX4r)
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That is because the 60's radicals have populated every nook and cranny of the government(s) and associated agencies.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 11, 2015 01:48 AM (oFSUK)
Posted by: Grandma Mimi at November 11, 2015 01:50 AM (u5LFV)
Posted by: Grandma Mimi at November 11, 2015 01:51 AM (u5LFV)
Posted by: Richard McEnroe at November 11, 2015 01:53 AM (Kucy5)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 11, 2015 01:53 AM (oFSUK)
".. the time has come to start eliminating entire departments in the liberal arts/social sciences/studies programs in our public colleges and universities. "
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Governor McCrory is doing just that in NC:
http://tinyurl.com/plnen69
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 11, 2015 01:54 AM (oFSUK)
We keep trying to move south of them, but we pay them a stipend for commuting. Arrrgghhh!
Posted by: OldDominionMom at November 11, 2015 01:57 AM (GzDYP)
Today, we've issued about $10T dollars of debt for "government" over the last 8 years. Will this be repaid with interest from the benefits that we have all seen?
Posted by: cthulhu at November 11, 2015 02:00 AM (EzgxV)
finally, someone recognizes "you only live twice" as one of the best bond themes. great song by the king of counterpoint, john barry
on james bond, patrick macnee's take is interesting. he was one of several english actors considered for the role. when he got "the avengers" he told the producers he would be the opposite of the bond character, who he called "repulsive and sadistic". i've read the books and there's something to that.
i think it's worth pointing out that the activists of the universities are the government bureaucrats of the future. that's what i find chilling.
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at November 11, 2015 02:16 AM (WTSFk)
http://tinyurl.com/plnen69
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 11, 2015 01:54 AM (oFSUK)
Not really. It looks to me like the Board of Governors is periodically reviewing degree programs that have graduated fewer than 11 students in the past year or fewer than 20 in the past two years. For example, the jazz major at NC Central is now the jazz concentration within the music major. No jazz faculty have been let go, and NC Central still has a music department. No mention that Gov. McCrory has anything to do with this, just a routine audit by the Board of Governors.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at November 11, 2015 02:35 AM (5f5bM)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 11, 2015 12:09 AM
ROFLMAO
Believe me one is plenty! Don't have enuff hide for more than that!
Posted by: Farmer at November 11, 2015 02:40 AM (o/90i)
Posted by: cthulhu at November 11, 2015 12:20 AM
Bailey is a good doggeh. Unlike most those in the Rep debate tonight. She was tough and let us get the last stitches and staples out tonight that the vet forgot.
Don't know who I trust anymore. I was a Walker guy but he's fizzleded out.
No Hilldebeast for me, that's all I know...
Be well all.
Posted by: Farmer at November 11, 2015 03:01 AM (o/90i)
Coast to Coast AM guest is talking about a 30km SMOD possibility for earth...
(Actually, SC(omet)OD...)
Posted by: Spun and Murky at November 11, 2015 03:06 AM (4DCSq)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at November 11, 2015 03:09 AM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at November 11, 2015 03:10 AM (iQIUe)
Posted by: the real ch3 at November 11, 2015 03:12 AM (hSjjZ)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at the old homestead at November 10, 2015 10:34 PM (TqpQV)
Truly sorry CW. Condolences for your loss.
T & J
Posted by: Farmer at November 11, 2015 03:22 AM (o/90i)
I like Art Bell but he is only one from 10 pm to 1 am. He shd be on longer.
Daniel Craig shd stop bitching about Bond. It made him filthy rich.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at November 11, 2015 03:24 AM (iQIUe)
So very sorry for your loss fly gal. We lost my Mom just a year and a half ago. Tough to deal with still.
Posted by: Farmer at November 11, 2015 03:38 AM (o/90i)
What the hell has happened to me
Posted by: the real ch3 at November 11, 2015 03:57 AM (hSjjZ)
Have to go find out how the debate went.
Good morning horde
Posted by: Skip at November 11, 2015 04:00 AM (Zix3k)
I've been thinking about my dad all day. He was finally able to lay his weary old dirt-clothes down 4 years ago come Saturday to be "swallowed up by life" (2 Cor. 2:5...ish).
Having not made it in time myself, I'm especially glad you were able to be there.
I'll put in a word to our Big Father tonight that His Holy Spirit covers and sustains your mom and brings her peace along with comfort to the CW family.
Take care, man.
Posted by: TJ Camper at November 11, 2015 04:09 AM (A9LZ+)
Posted by: Skip at November 11, 2015 04:33 AM (Zix3k)
Posted by: at November 11, 2015 12:26 AM
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Heh.
Miss that show. It was a fun show that knew it was just a show about aliens and 'splodey fun.
Posted by: TJ Camper at November 11, 2015 04:40 AM (A9LZ+)
Posted by: The Monocle Popping Hat at November 11, 2015 04:49 AM (vBeA5)
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
Posted by: The 11th Hat at November 11, 2015 04:55 AM (vBeA5)
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
Posted by: The 11th Hat at November 11, 2015 04:55 AM (vBeA5)
There is a long-standing relationship between poppies and battlefields. The tiny seeds of the poppy tend to lie dormant for long periods, sprouting only in earth freshly disturbed. A farmer's fields might be planted in wheat for decades, but after charges and retreats, trenches and explosions, foxholes and bivouacs, poppies might sprout -- seemingly from nowhere.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 11, 2015 05:10 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: The Monocle Popping Hat
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This is why the APA and the DSM should be ignored. They want to change morality under the guise of making pronouncements about health, as if they were real MDs.
But you can't decide ethical matters by vote. That's perverse. How many Muslim psychologists were involved, I wonder?
Posted by: Bruce Boehner at November 11, 2015 05:20 AM (DOie7)
Posted by: Bruce Boehner at November 11, 2015 05:24 AM (DOie7)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 11, 2015 05:29 AM (ptqRm)
Posted by: Bruce Boehner at November 11, 2015 05:34 AM (DOie7)
Posted by: Bruce Boehner at November 11, 2015 05:43 AM (DOie7)
Posted by: Bruce Boehner at November 11, 2015 05:43 AM (DOie7)
For now.
But then, who would have thought a decade ago that Gary Marriage would not only be legal, but pastors would be punished for refusing to celebrate it?
With so much cultural capital, it'll be some time before we reach rock bottom... a long, long way...
Posted by: The Heathenistic Hat at November 11, 2015 05:49 AM (vBeA5)
That's a euphemism, right?
Armistice Day. I'm kind of lying low.
Posted by: HR trinken trinken trinken at November 11, 2015 05:55 AM (vn2q2)
So I start the day by reading that.
And I realize that this wins the innernetz for the week.
HR, Please come to the window, and collect your winnings.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 11, 2015 05:59 AM (ptqRm)
Posted by: Golfman - Xenophobe Extrodinaire at November 11, 2015 06:02 AM (48QDY)
Just having seen the Vicksburg Battlefield Site it was awesome.
*trundles back off to bed*
Posted by: Farmer at November 11, 2015 06:04 AM (o/90i)
Posted by: The Political Hat at November 11, 2015 06:10 AM (vBeA5)
Posted by: @votermom at November 11, 2015 06:14 AM (cbfNE)
Posted by: Epobirs at November 11, 2015 06:24 AM (IdCqF)
>>> Bond is the embodiment of Orwell's (supposed) reminder that "we sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm"
It's why we can joke about ISIS instead of cowering in fear, as Christians and Yezidis must do in the ME. And Obama would love to change that via his immigration policies. May he eventually meet the fate that traitors like him deserve.
Posted by: Bruce Boehner at November 11, 2015 06:30 AM (DOie7)
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That doodle has more minorities in it than the entire Google workforce.
Posted by: George Orwell de Leon at November 11, 2015 06:40 AM (1BQGO)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 11, 2015 06:43 AM (ptqRm)
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