Saturday Morning Weird News [Mis. Hum.]

Here are a few weird things that didn't make the dump this past week.

Enough weird news for awhile. Have a happy and safe 4th of July weekend. I suspect the founders are rolling over in their graves. Open Thread!!! Play nice.

Posted by: Open Blogger at 08:35 AM

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1 Getting ready for a parade. I'm driving a candidate in it.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 02, 2016 08:37 AM (hyuyC)

2 Was waiting and almost gave up.

Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2016 08:45 AM (Yo9Lf)

3 Wasn't my job but informed the horde

Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2016 08:47 AM (Yo9Lf)

4 Really? And I read the content!

Posted by: Bacon Jeff at July 02, 2016 08:47 AM (VSenK)

5 Morning, Weirds.....

Posted by: Ricardo Kill.....TEXIT at July 02, 2016 08:48 AM (hWoqO)

6
"Tennessee Magnesium" was the original title of that Patty Page standard.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 02, 2016 08:49 AM (p4UlV)

7 omg I read all the content while I was staring at frist.

Posted by: iforgot at July 02, 2016 08:51 AM (5o5ek)

8
How the hell did we go from Clark Gable, Doug Fairbanks, John Wayne and Humphrey Bogart to . . . Seth Rogan????

The world wonders . . .

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 02, 2016 08:51 AM (p4UlV)

9
Okay, I guess it's the "we-don't-have-a-life-gang" on Saturday morning.

Posted by: iforgot at July 02, 2016 08:52 AM (5o5ek)

10 9 Okay, I guess it's the "we-don't-have-a-life-gang" on Saturday morning.
Posted by: iforgot at July 02, 2016 08:52 AM (5o5ek)

Clothing in dryer. One day, on my deathbed, I'll bemoan this wasted time.

Or not.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 02, 2016 08:53 AM (p4UlV)

11 Lots of people cooking and sleeping in? Of course not unless they are using a crock pot.

Posted by: 9:00AM at July 02, 2016 08:55 AM (CRXed)

12 Dang it.

Got bacon grease on my touch screen.

.

Posted by: Love Hertz at July 02, 2016 08:55 AM (no0Da)

13
10 Facts About Firecrackers That Will Blow You Away

And a whole lot of cool vintage firecracker package labels

https://tinyurl.com/pd4j5fy

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 02, 2016 08:56 AM (kdS6q)

14 Good morning fellow mouth breathers and slackers. What's the plan for the day?

Looks like we're (I'm) gonna do some painting and then (we're) gonna go adopt a new puppy.

Posted by: The Uni-Party, the FSA and millions of voting illegal aliens at July 02, 2016 08:56 AM (DIhU5)

15 Clothes out of dryer but haven't hung outside the other load yet. Waiting for Q3

Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2016 08:56 AM (Yo9Lf)

16
How the hell did we go from Clark Gable, Doug Fairbanks, John Wayne and Humphrey Bogart to . . . Seth Rogan????

The world wonders . . .
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 02, 2016 08:51 AM (p4UlV)
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To be fair, we had funny wimp character actors back then, too. Elisha Cook, Morey Amsterdam, Sterling Holloway, I could go on.

Posted by: iforgot at July 02, 2016 08:57 AM (5o5ek)

17 FML!!! Stinky sock OFF!

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 02, 2016 08:57 AM (DIhU5)

18 "Clothes out of dryer but haven't hung outside the other load yet. Waiting for Q3"

Party. Animal.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill.....TEXIT at July 02, 2016 08:58 AM (hWoqO)

19 Good morning horde!

Just finished my monthly wrap up post.
Lots of horde-friendly books for a summer read.

Link in nic

Posted by: @votermom at July 02, 2016 08:59 AM (7lVbc)

20 Comparing the best of the old actors to the worst of the new isn't really fair, J.J.

Now, if you want to say how did we go from Paul Lynde to Seth Rogan...

Posted by: Chupacabra at July 02, 2016 08:59 AM (McglG)

21
I did not win MegaMillions, damn it!

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 02, 2016 08:59 AM (iQIUe)

22 After qualifying is over hang clothes out, have a plumbing leak but think I can drain line and fix without taking anything apart. Want to clean out truck and get tools in were they go.

Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2016 09:00 AM (Yo9Lf)

23
Good morning fellow mouth breathers and slackers. What's the plan for the day?
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I've got a little list of errands and then I'm going to try to research some strange family members. They're an elusive lot who don't throw a single leaf on ancestry.com.

Posted by: iforgot at July 02, 2016 09:00 AM (5o5ek)

24 I put clothes in the washing machine, activate it, move clothes to dryer at proper time, activate it, hang clothes up at proper time and also read/comment here all the time.

My wife wants to take that chore from me because it looks easy. Then complains because it takes timing and planning to do it efficiently. I don't understand. Isn't she suppose to figure out what helps us the most and just do it?

Why am I complaining? Is it an infections meme I caught from my wife. Is there a condom that will block it? Earplugs?

Posted by: 9:00AM at July 02, 2016 09:01 AM (CRXed)

25 It's not a "driver's license." It's a "driving license."

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at July 02, 2016 09:02 AM (ZEzaq)

26
Clothes out of dryer but haven't hung outside the other load yet.

Party. Animal.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill.....TEXIT

When he really wants to dance on the razor's edge, he drys a load without tossing in a sheet of Bounce.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 02, 2016 09:02 AM (kdS6q)

27 Won't be shoving bats with lots of disease in my mouth though.

Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2016 09:02 AM (Yo9Lf)

28 That article about the TV reporters and their baby makes me see red. What the hell kind of people are doing cocaine around their baby? And what the kind of hell mother does cocaine and then breast-feeds the baby?

Posted by: bluebell at July 02, 2016 09:04 AM (805dc)

29
Sean Lennon and Marissa Tomei's parents are duking it out over a tree. It's blue on blue violence by a bunch of reds. lol

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 02, 2016 09:04 AM (iQIUe)

30 Now, if you want to say how did we go from Paul Lynde to Seth Rogan...

--

Or from Carol Burnett to Amy Schumer...

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at July 02, 2016 09:04 AM (+FSld)

31 9
Okay, I guess it's the "we-don't-have-a-life-gang" on Saturday morning.
Posted by: iforgot at July 02, 2016 08:52 AM (5o5ek)

Beats mowing the lawn, by a large margin.

Gonna have to do it one of these weekends, though.

Posted by: rickl at July 02, 2016 09:05 AM (sdi6R)

32 Happy 100th birthday to Olivia de Havilland!

Posted by: Donna&&&&&V. (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege) at July 02, 2016 09:05 AM (P8951)

33 On the other hand, love the article about the idiot crooks posting their video bragging about their crime on Facebook, then getting arrested. Even better is that they are blaming Facebook for snitching.

Posted by: bluebell at July 02, 2016 09:05 AM (805dc)

34 Plan for today is to go boating. Sadly the high is only suppose to be 73.....but the beer is on ice so no turning back now.

Posted by: Molly k. at July 02, 2016 09:06 AM (YUgLc)

35 Timing and scoring stopped working

Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2016 09:08 AM (Yo9Lf)

36 I'm going to go outside and inspect my roof again.

Had it re-shingled and some wood replaced last November. The 110-120 degree temps we've had lately have exposed some poor workmanship practices by the company that did it.

They're going to make it right but I'm still disappointed.

.

Posted by: Love Hertz at July 02, 2016 09:09 AM (no0Da)

37 Woman killed in crash believed to be 1st bike-sharing death in U.S.

In Chicago. 25. Tragic.

But that's gotta be worth, like, what? 100 likes on social media?

I denounce myself.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at July 02, 2016 09:09 AM (4ErVI)

38 Everything seems rude and crude these days. But they were rude and crude in Roman times and they were rude and crude in Tudor times, too. Thru the centuries fart jokes have always been big.

One thing that puzzled me about the movie Spy was their use of dick pixs and shit in my pants jokes. They used the shit in my pants line 5 times. Bad story editing?

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 02, 2016 09:09 AM (iQIUe)

39 Molly, a high of 73 sounds perfect! I hope you have a great day on the water.

Posted by: bluebell at July 02, 2016 09:11 AM (805dc)

40 ISIS managed to pull off a blood bath yesterday.

The Turkish army officer trying to rescue his son from ISIS, I wonder if his kid knows he was killed by ISIS and if he cares?

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 02, 2016 09:12 AM (iQIUe)

41 It's supposed to get up to 86 here today. 73 sounds like my idea of heaven.

Posted by: rickl at July 02, 2016 09:13 AM (sdi6R)

42 Got it jogged again for end.
On a quickly drying track (after a quick rain) we have

Hamilton, Rosberg (with a penalty coming, Hulkenberg,Vettel, Button and Raikkonen

Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2016 09:14 AM (Yo9Lf)

43 G'mornin' Horde !

Painting (&replacing) trim on the house.

Nice cool, cloudy day so far.

In the near term, gonna make coffee.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez_ at July 02, 2016 09:14 AM (gUoN4)

44 Everyone else is sleeping in. I might start making bacon now.

Posted by: @votermom at July 02, 2016 09:15 AM (7lVbc)

45 Supposed to just hit 80 here, no humidity, clear sky light breeze otherwise know as a perfect summer day.

Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2016 09:15 AM (Yo9Lf)

46 Even better is that they are blaming Facebook for snitching.

Posted by: bluebell at July 02, 2016 09:05 AM (805dc)

They blamed face book? LoL

I quit reading as soon as I read "Raderius and Marcus Terrell"

Didn't want to know no mo.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at July 02, 2016 09:16 AM (WVsWD)

47 Well I've got lots to do.
Have fun horde.

Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2016 09:16 AM (Yo9Lf)

48 Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 02, 2016 09:09 AM (iQIUe)

I don't remember hearing the word fuck very much when I was a child. in the '60's. In fact, when I was about 6, I embarrassed my parents at Sunday dinner when I asked them what it meant. I had seen graffiti on the sidewalk in the park and it was a strange new word to me. They told me never to say that word, but did not (unsurprisingly) tell me what it meant.

Now it seems I hear it everywhere - on the street, at work, in the grocery store - and nobody worries about little kids hearing them either.

Posted by: Donna&&&&&V. (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege) at July 02, 2016 09:17 AM (P8951)

49 The one and only time I heard my father swear was when I was 12 or 13.

Scared me to death.

.

Posted by: Love Hertz at July 02, 2016 09:20 AM (no0Da)

50 Hey Skip - back from my Normany D-Day tour. wasnt it you with an interest in Engineers at Omaha Beach?

Posted by: goatexchange at July 02, 2016 09:20 AM (8pDb8)

51 I don't know what to think about the Chinese woman who divorced her paralyzed husband (at his insistence) and married his best friend and now all live together with the wife and second husband caring for the paralyzed man. Weird? Tender? A story of true sacrifice and devotion? It did make me a little teary.

Also, I'm watching the Christmas Shepherd on Hallmark right now - it's about a runaway dog, so a tearjerker.

Posted by: biancaneve at July 02, 2016 09:21 AM (3fayT)

52 Sir or madam, I'd just like to give you this pamphlet about 10 Racist Meat Facts to make anyone stay away from the grill this holiday, and Forever. Would you care to make a donation?

Posted by: Stinkflower Hippiepants at July 02, 2016 09:21 AM (Kr74t)

53 31 9
Okay, I guess it's the "we-don't-have-a-life-gang" on Saturday morning.
Posted by: iforgot at July 02, 2016 08:52 AM (5o5ek)

Morning all.

At the gym this morning, then a very boring day at work later. So yeah.

Posted by: Blano at July 02, 2016 09:22 AM (pZe82)

54 That link about the bride and the sparkler reminds me of my brother-in-law's wedding a few years ago.

At the reception, I smelled smoke and asked my husband if he smelled it too. He did, and started looking around. He realized that the 80-year-old woman who was a long-time family friend was sitting too close to a candle, and the back of her hairspray-shellacked hair was getting singed.

He put his hand on the back of her hair to extinguish it. She said, "oh hi honey" and gave him a pat on the head too. He smiled and said "I'm just putting out the fire in your hair Mrs. F."

She said "thanks sweetie" and went back to sipping her Scotch.

Posted by: bluebell at July 02, 2016 09:24 AM (805dc)

55 If you want to watch pure stupid, go to the Daily Mail and see the guy that stuck the lit firecracker under his chin. It's everything you would expect.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 02, 2016 09:25 AM (2yDBn)

56 Don't think I've ever heard Rosberg so "up with people."

.

Posted by: Love Hertz at July 02, 2016 09:25 AM (no0Da)

57 55 If you want to watch pure stupid

If I wanted to watch pure stupid, I'd tune into MSNBC.

Posted by: Donna&&&&&V. (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege) at July 02, 2016 09:27 AM (P8951)

58 Posted by: biancaneve at July 02, 2016 09:21 AM (3fayT)
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I'm with you on the Chinese husband-wife story. I don't know what to think about it either. I couldn't do what they did. But it seems like everyone's happy with the arrangement.

But how sad is it that soon after the paralyzing accident the husband's friends started telling him that surely his wife was going to leave him? Some friends.

Posted by: bluebell at July 02, 2016 09:28 AM (805dc)

59 Thru the centuries fart jokes have always been big.

*****

"This Nicholas anon leet fle a fart,
As greet as it had been a thonder-dent,
That with the strook he was almoost yblent..."

("...let fly a fart
as loud as it had been a thunder-clap,
and well nigh blinded Absalom, poor chap.")

Posted by: zombie Geoffrey Chaucer at July 02, 2016 09:28 AM (NeFrd)

60 That's it for me.

Have a wonderful holiday weekend, horde!

Posted by: Donna&&&&&V. (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege) at July 02, 2016 09:28 AM (P8951)

61 Plan for today is to go boating. Sadly the high is only suppose to be 73.....but the beer is on ice so no turning back now.
Posted by: Molly k. at July 02, 2016 09:06 AM (YUgLc)

*****

I was out on the lake yesterday afternoon and it was already so busy I was getting slammed around in a 29' Sea Ray. Have fun but be careful out there.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at July 02, 2016 09:29 AM (YLidQ)

62
Olivia de Havilland is going deaf and blind but can still get around. She does look good for a 100 though.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 02, 2016 09:29 AM (iQIUe)

63 Trump tweets that the speaker slots at the convention are filled, and there was a long list of those that wanted to speak but couldn't.

Release the list, Donald!

Sad!

Posted by: the littl shyning man at July 02, 2016 09:30 AM (U6f54)

64 8
You got that right. The majority of today's male movie stars are about as swoon worthy as that proverbial dead skunk in the middle of the road.

Posted by: Tuna at July 02, 2016 09:30 AM (JSovD)

65
March for Europe in London, today. It is an anti Brexit, anti-democracy demonstration in London.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 02, 2016 09:31 AM (iQIUe)

66 Posted by: zombie Geoffrey Chaucer at July 02, 2016 09:28 AM (NeFrd)
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Seamus, I knew that was you before I even looked at the hash.

Posted by: bluebell at July 02, 2016 09:31 AM (805dc)

67 Engineers at Omaha Beach?

Posted by: goatexchange

*****

So.

What'd you find out?

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at July 02, 2016 09:31 AM (NeFrd)

68 Woman killed in crash believed to be 1st bike-sharing death in U.S.

In Chicago. 25. Tragic.

But that's gotta be worth, like, what? 100 likes on social media?

I denounce myself.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at July 02, 2016 09:09 AM (4ErVI)

I'm not making light of someone dying but the assholes on bikes think they own the streets. The cut in front of cars and trucks and zip through intersections and act like everyone is supposed to stop or get out of their way because they're morally superior to us because they're on a bike. I'm surprised more people on bikes haven't gotten hit due to their recklessness and arrogance.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 02, 2016 09:33 AM (GILMl)

69 *cough*cough*cough**cough*cough*cough*can't recall*cough*cough*cough**cough*cough*cough**cough*cough*cough*can't recall*cough*cough*cough**cough*cough*cough**cough*cough*cough*can't recall*cough*cough*cough**cough*cough*cough**cough*cough*cough*can't recall*cough*cough*cough*

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary being "interviewed"by FBI at July 02, 2016 09:33 AM (SeD0w)

70 Posted by: Donna&&&&&V. (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege) at July 02, 2016 09:17 AM (P8951)

Me too Donna.

I used to try so hard to keep the kids from hearing bad words.
Now I've just given up.

Posted by: @votermom at July 02, 2016 09:33 AM (7lVbc)

71 Gotta love Drudge; there's currently three headlines on his site about Loretta Lynch getting her crooked tit caught in the Clinton's money laundering wringer, and then this:

"Dead whale stranded on Los Angeles beach for holiday weekend"

Ouch. And Loretta's certainly tubby enough for 'whale'.

Posted by: Sort-Of-Mad Max at July 02, 2016 09:33 AM (+KhRe)

72 59 Thru the centuries fart jokes have always been big.

*****

"This Nicholas anon leet fle a fart,
As greet as it had been a thonder-dent,
That with the strook he was almoost yblent..."

("...let fly a fart
as loud as it had been a thunder-clap,
and well nigh blinded Absalom, poor chap.")
Posted by: zombie Geoffrey Chaucer at July 02, 2016 09:28 AM (NeFrd)

I remember a story from Aubrey's Lives (if Aubrey lived today he'd be a gossip columnist. )

Some English nobleman was presented to Elizabeth I at court and when he bowed to kiss her hand, he farted. According to Aubrey he was so mortified that he went abroad for 7 years.

When he returned to England, he met Elizabeth at some event and she said to him:

"My Lord, we hath forgot the fart."

Posted by: Donna&&&&&V. (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege) at July 02, 2016 09:34 AM (P8951)

73
Drone footage captures key battlefields and memorials as nation remembers #Somme100

http://bbc.in/2983r1j

It's only 2 minutes long and very well done.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 02, 2016 09:35 AM (iQIUe)

74 Frequent lurker and sometimes new guy off to start the man chores.

Celebrate your independence with enthusiasm.

Have a great weekend, all.

Posted by: Love Hertz at July 02, 2016 09:36 AM (no0Da)

75
Some English nobleman was presented to Elizabeth I at court and when he bowed to kiss her hand, he farted. According to Aubrey he was so mortified that he went abroad for 7 years.

When he returned to England, he met Elizabeth at some event and she said to him:

"My Lord, we hath forgot the fart."
Posted by: Donna&&&&&V. (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege) at July 02, 2016 09:34 AM (P8951)
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One of the Thousand and One Tales of the Arabian Nights is about a fart, too. Similar storyline.

Posted by: iforgot at July 02, 2016 09:37 AM (5o5ek)

76 Me too Donna.

I used to try so hard to keep the kids from hearing bad words.
Now I've just given up.
Posted by: @votermom at July 02, 2016 09:33 AM (7lVbc)
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Donna and votermom, I agree. At this point the best I can do is just be happy they don't hear it in our house.

To be honest, it has taken me a long, long time to get used to seeing it all here. I can't even type out swear words, let alone speak them. It's just jarring to me.

I recognize that I am in the minority.

Posted by: bluebell at July 02, 2016 09:38 AM (805dc)

77
The youngest British soldier to see action in the First World War, 12-year-old Sidney Lewis, fought at the Somme.

Served, was decorated, and served again in WW2.

https://goo.gl/Axsc95

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 02, 2016 09:39 AM (iQIUe)

78 >>Won't be shoving bats with lots of disease in my mouth though.
Posted by: Skip

I've had no ill effects.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at July 02, 2016 09:43 AM (c7vUv)

79 I was having a great day, and you assh*les just HAD to start hating on cyclists. I am a former road racer and current triathlete. I've been hit by cars 3 times. 1 of them arguably intentionally. I also drive daily for a living. Are there idiot cyclists out there?
Yes. And, they typically get called out by other riders.
Compared to the number of absolutely horrible, rude, erratic drivers? I'll take a horrible cyclist over a horrible driver any day. I'll never forget reading some poster on this blog, "Gristle Encased Head" talk about rolling up on a traffic wreck, and being pleasantly surprised when he saw a mangled bike under a car.
F'ng people are sick.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at July 02, 2016 09:44 AM (SeD0w)

80
I find this photo haunting:

https://goo.gl/bXfJKO

I dont know who came up with the idea but it was brilliant. Young men dresses as soldiers were all over the UK. Each one represented a soldier who fought at the Somme.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 02, 2016 09:44 AM (iQIUe)

81 Yesterday I got an envelope from Trump. Had a Make America Great Again bumpersticker and a letter detailing Hillary's inept and corrupt dealings, which I didn't read because I know about them from the Horde (and would never vote for her since she's scared me with her abuse of power back when she was FLOTUS ).

The thing is, I voted for Cruz in the primary and simply haven't bothered to unregister as a Republican. Trump is the first candidate for any office to acknowledge my existence in the three years I've lived here. Is he sending this letter to *all* R registered voters? It started out by saying that the thing Hillary! feared most was the R party unifiying, which is certainly true.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 02, 2016 09:45 AM (GDulk)

82
ISIS managed to pull off a blood bath yesterday.

The Turkish army officer trying to rescue his son from ISIS, I wonder if his kid knows he was killed by ISIS and if he cares?
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 02, 2016 09:12 AM (iQIUe)
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Read a story in the past few days something like "From Ivy League to ISIS." Kid was so stupid that only Harvard would take him (maybe it was Princeton or whatever) and he figured joining a terror state in a desert wasteland and killing non-Muslims was life's fulfillment. He got to Syria, discovered to his distaste that they were all about violence, asked them to utilize his intellectual talents behind the front lines, and was basically done within a few months. Managed to escape and got back to the U.S., where he was arrested and he's pled guilty.

I don't care how much he cooperates, I want the little bastard to do hard time in federal prison.

Posted by: iforgot at July 02, 2016 09:47 AM (5o5ek)

83 Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at July 02, 2016 09:44 AM (SeD0w)

I try not to be 'that guy' when I'm riding the hog but cagers just flat out don't look for bikes; pedaled or otherwise. Add to that the shit-for-brains on cell phones and man, you'd better be on your A game when you're out and about.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 02, 2016 09:48 AM (DIhU5)

84
I find this photo haunting:

https://goo.gl/bXfJKO
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Damn it I read those numbers and I get all teary-eyed. I'm pathetic. Good for a cry at any battle statistic. Over the years, all those young men dying. Europe's productivity poured into the ground.

Posted by: iforgot at July 02, 2016 09:51 AM (5o5ek)

85 Apparently the State Highway Administration in Maryland is determined to add bike lanes to all state roads, whether it's appropriate or not. Last month I attended a meeting for property owners about possible road expansion/improvements in a commercial area. Most of the property owners already do not have enough parking because the road has already been widened from two lanes to four. Now the state wants to add a median or center turn lane, bike lanes on both sides of the road, sidewalks and trees, which would completely eliminate parking for some of the business owners. Finally someone asked, "Do we have to have bike lanes? on both sides of the road?" and someone else added, "I'm a cyclist and I would never ride through this intersection. We shouldn't be encouraging people to ride bikes on this stretch of the road." Somehow, though, I doubt that the highway people will see it that way.

Posted by: biancaneve at July 02, 2016 09:52 AM (3fayT)

86 A bike group came up on my right side two weeks ago and one of the people slapped the rear of my car in passing. They had plenty of room and I am a paranoid driver anyway (used to be called 'defensive driving'). Well, that bit of courtesy startled me so much I almost swerved. It is that kind of stuff that really seems to upset people.

Posted by: mustbequantum at July 02, 2016 09:53 AM (MIKMs)

87 http://www.wideopenspaces.com/black-bear-goes-bender-drinks-much-beer-passes-lawn/

Who's not accounted for?

Posted by: Jean at July 02, 2016 09:55 AM (Doh4+)

88 Hey Seamus. had a great time in Europa. First week was a tour group in Normandy. Was OK. Highlight was being on Omaha on 6 June, in MISERABLE weather - cold, low overcast, windy, rain. Just like '44. Found a plaque highlighting Special Sea Service Engineers.

Second week was brother and me renting a car and exploring Bulge and Remagen sites. Found LOTS of cool stuff, if you like discovering bridges that stopped Peiper. Wonderful time, turning it into a....book?

Posted by: goatexchange at July 02, 2016 09:55 AM (8pDb8)

89 biancaneve, they've gotta burn off those tax dollars somehow. I see the same thing all over, completely unnecessary road work being done.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez_ at July 02, 2016 09:59 AM (gUoN4)

90
There was a film, Mrs. Dalloway, which is not for everyone. However, one of the characters is a shell shocked veteran from WW1 and is played so poignantly by Rupert Graves, I thought he deserved an Oscar.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 02, 2016 09:59 AM (iQIUe)

91
Posted by: Hillary being "interviewed"by FBI at July 02, 2016 09:33 AM (SeD0w)

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It's 10:00 EST. I imagine the courtesies are almost under way at her D.C. residence.

Guys in suits? Did they bring their own recording equipment? Are they in a room big enough for all the lawyers and note-takers (so Bill and Chelsea can know what to say if their turns come)? Has Hillary had her Ambien?

I hope Catherine Herridge lets us know. "Bret, my source spoke to someone who was present at the interview, and he says the atmosphere was tense but civil. Secretary Clinton's lawyers advised her not to answer 58 of the 62 questions that were asked, and she followed their advice...."

Posted by: iforgot at July 02, 2016 09:59 AM (5o5ek)

92 "71 Gotta love Drudge; there's currently three headlines on his site about Loretta Lynch getting her crooked tit caught in the Clinton's money laundering wringer, and then this:

"Dead whale stranded on Los Angeles beach for holiday weekend"

Ouch. And Loretta's certainly tubby enough for 'whale'."

I was a bit shocked when I saw that full body photo of Lynch. How does she stuff her feet into her shoes? Talk about cankles..yikes. Maybe Bubba was offering Hillary's hand me down pantsuits to her. Knit suits are not your best look Madame Attorney General.

Posted by: Tuna at July 02, 2016 10:00 AM (JSovD)

93 Here's more on the men dressed as WWI soldiers to commemorate the centenary of the Battle of the Somme.
http://tinyurl.com/z2sapr5

This was an art installation - 'living art' - and the guy who came up with the idea looks like your typical douchey modern artist, but kudos to him for creating a moving memorial. The participants rehearsed for several months before the big day.

Posted by: biancaneve at July 02, 2016 10:00 AM (3fayT)

94
Damn it I read those numbers and I get all teary-eyed. I'm pathetic. Good for a cry at any battle statistic. Over the years, all those young men dying. Europe's productivity poured into the ground.

Posted by: iforgot at July 02, 2016 09:51 AM (5o5ek)
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That's how many British soldiers died on the first day.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 02, 2016 10:01 AM (iQIUe)

95
There was a film, Mrs. Dalloway, which is not for everyone. However, one of the characters is a shell shocked veteran from WW1 and is played so poignantly by Rupert Graves, I thought he deserved an Oscar.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 02, 2016 09:59 AM (iQIUe)
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Thanks for the suggestion. I was a big fan of Virginia Woolf, who is not for everyone, before I was really aware about WWI. I'll go back and re-read her.

Posted by: iforgot at July 02, 2016 10:01 AM (5o5ek)

96 87- That's too funny.

Posted by: Infidel at July 02, 2016 10:03 AM (ml68g)

97 So many good men died in WWI.
Europe was left with beta male survivors and scum.
This explains the next generation's decline.

Posted by: @votermom at July 02, 2016 10:03 AM (7lVbc)

98 I hope Catherine Herridge lets us know. "Bret, my source spoke to someone who was present at the interview, and he says the atmosphere was tense but civil. Secretary Clinton's lawyers advised her not to answer 58 of the 62 questions that were asked, and she followed their advice...."

Posted by: iforgot

Still holding out hope for a cuff and perp walk.

Posted by: Jean at July 02, 2016 10:04 AM (Doh4+)

99 Still holding out hope for a cuff and perp walk.

Not to be a total downer: read the link at Drudge from Rush. "We're being played."

or don't.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at July 02, 2016 10:07 AM (SeD0w)

100 Philadelphia-- The Spirit of '76
A Limerick in Three Acts

The Founders declared "Independence"
In a moment of heav'nly Transcendence.
Pledged their Lives and their Honor
Knowing they might be Goners.
On behalf of their Sons and Descendants.

They captured the popular Sentiment
In a rebellious Action most Provident
They hastened Delivery
Of our Lives and our Liberty
By declaring "these Truths are self-evident"

So today raise a Glass and remember
Those Giants of steadfastly Timbre
As that cracked Bell tolls
They live on in our Souls
Though Life's dark, Freedom glows like an Ember

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at July 02, 2016 10:07 AM (NeFrd)

101
10 big myths about World War One debunked

http://goo.gl/5g6qjf

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4. The upper class got off lightly

Although the great majority of casualties in WW1 were from the working class, the social and political elite were hit disproportionately hard by WW1. Their sons provided the junior officers whose job it was to lead the way over the top and expose themselves to the greatest danger as an example to their men.

5. Lions led by donkeys

During the war more than 200 generals were killed, wounded or captured. Most visited the front lines every day. In battle they were considerably closer to the action than generals are today.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 02, 2016 10:08 AM (iQIUe)

102 79
Are there idiot cyclists out there?
Yes.
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at July 02, 2016 09:44 AM (SeD0w)

I live in Pennsylvania, drive, and haven't encountered any arrogant cyclists. I'm polite and give them plenty of room.

A number of years ago I lived closer to work and used the bicycle on nice days. I always obeyed the traffic laws and was well aware of the laws of physics regarding masses in motion. I never had a problem.

That said, I've read lots of stories about cyclists who think they are morally superior to car drivers due to their lack of a carbon footprint. It sounds like it's mainly a West Coast phenomenon.

Posted by: rickl at July 02, 2016 10:08 AM (sdi6R)

103
"To be fair, we had funny wimp character actors back then, too. Elisha Cook, Morey Amsterdam, Sterling Holloway, I could go on."

Yes, but they were talented and you knew somehow that the wimp factor did not extend beyond their movie personas.

Posted by: Tuna at July 02, 2016 10:10 AM (JSovD)

104 Im not sure the British Army could field 20K infantryman in a parade today.

Posted by: Jean at July 02, 2016 10:10 AM (Doh4+)

105 Posted by: goatexchange at July 02, 2016 09:55 AM (8pDb

*****

I wonder how much of the engineering accomplishments on D-Day were anticipated, planned in advance and executed on the big day as opposed to jerry-rigged, improvised and hastily put into place out of necessity on the beaches.

Breaching barriers, scaling cliffs, securing emplacements, etc.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at July 02, 2016 10:11 AM (NeFrd)

106 Hillary Dindoo Nuttin Clinton 2016

Posted by: @votermom at July 02, 2016 10:12 AM (7lVbc)

107 92 Knit suits are not your best look Madame Attorney General.

Posted by: Tuna at July 02, 2016 10:00 AM (JSovD)

Her only appropriate suit would be one of those muzzie sacks that cover women from head to toe with only a small slit visible for their eyes. Must also have a ball gag so she can not talk.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 02, 2016 10:12 AM (mpXpK)

108 97 So many good men died in WWI.

If you're ever within 100 miles of KC, make every effort to see the WWI monument and museum there. It's one of the best museums I've ever been to. It's laid out chronologically*, and starts with a detailed exploration of world conditions prior to the war. They have full scale, immersive simulations of trenches, and it's creepy good. What a terrifying time to be alive: There was an influenza epidemic at the same time as the war, and it killed more than the war.
*Americans were very late comers to the war. I guess our foreign policy has been been isolationist v. interventionist forever.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at July 02, 2016 10:14 AM (SeD0w)

109 Trump tweeted this:

The speakers slots at the Republican Convention are totally filled, with a long waiting list of those that want to speak - Wednesday release

--

I believe him. It will be the most watched convention in recent history. No one will want to pass up that publicity.

Posted by: @votermom at July 02, 2016 10:14 AM (7lVbc)

110
Protesters chant "no more lies, no more hate, we are the 48" as #marchforeurope reaches Westminster.

Topped by: "No more EU, we are the 52!"

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 02, 2016 10:14 AM (iQIUe)

111
The Wicker Man director Robin Hardy dies.

Will Ace go into morning? You know how he loves the Wicker Man.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 02, 2016 10:16 AM (iQIUe)

112 >>Hillary Dindoo Nuttin Clinton 2016

Hillary 'Time to Move On' Clinton 2016

Lewinsky affair--->MoveOn.org
Benghazi ---> "Time to move on!"

Gawd, I hate the Clintons

Posted by: Lizzy at July 02, 2016 10:16 AM (NOIQH)

113 Gus who bike a lot - is there or isn't there a possible risk to the family jewels?

Posted by: @votermom at July 02, 2016 10:17 AM (7lVbc)

114 Seamus - yes, agree. I think in a Omaha's case, the plan was to throw as many resources (men and material) onto the beaches and hope some of them survived long enough to sort it out. Also, the role played by the USN destroyers is significant. one look at the bluffs over looking the beaches, and you really get a feel for, "How in the world can ANYONE survive and move on with ANY organized effort?" Some of the answer lies with DDs firing 5" guns at MG positions from 1500yds away. This was noted by senior officers in the aftermath. The main weakness of the defenders was insufficient numbers/positions. Take out one defensive point and a 25yd gap opens that isn't covered.

Posted by: goatexchange at July 02, 2016 10:18 AM (8pDb8)

115 test

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at July 02, 2016 10:18 AM (SeD0w)

116 In battle they were considerably closer to the action than generals are today.

Unless your fighting us, our sigint and deep strike stuff is hunting for you.

Posted by: Jean at July 02, 2016 10:20 AM (Doh4+)

117 With legs like that, the only appropriate attire for Lynchnak the Barbarian would be a bearskin draped over her, clinched by a string of baby skulls on a rope.

Watch out for her spear and magic indictment (its invisible).

Posted by: Dwarven Assassin's Guild at July 02, 2016 10:20 AM (Kr74t)

118 "Are there idiot cyclists out there?
Yes. "

Ran into some this week. Something called the "Continental Divide." Cyclists ride from Canada to Mexico all along the Divide. Route changes year to year. Met some Brits and Swiss.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill.....TEXIT at July 02, 2016 10:21 AM (hWoqO)

119 Love how Drudge continues to needle the Clinton on his site in new and creative ways. He must have a yuuuge folder full of ugly Hillary pics.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 02, 2016 10:22 AM (NOIQH)

120 Ive done combined drop-ex/arty/naval gunfire tests -- the navy guns are incredibly accurate. It doesnt make sense, they're rolling & pitching, but damn.

Posted by: Jean at July 02, 2016 10:23 AM (Doh4+)

121 "It will be the most watched convention in recent history."

I won't be among those watching. I want to hear Trump about as much as I want to hear Preznit Cocksuck.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at July 02, 2016 10:23 AM (ZEzaq)

122 111
Will Ace go into morning? You know how he loves the Wicker Man.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 02, 2016 10:16 AM (iQIUe)

I didn't know that. I think it was a great movie. The original, that is. The remake was so awful it was practically a comedy.

Posted by: rickl at July 02, 2016 10:24 AM (sdi6R)

123 Bravo, Muldoon !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez_ at July 02, 2016 10:25 AM (gUoN4)

124 119
Love how Drudge continues to needle the Clinton on his site in new and
creative ways. He must have a yuuuge folder full of ugly Hillary pics.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 02, 2016 10:22 AM (NOIQH)

I "wondered" on that a few days ago. He somehow manages to scrounge up absolutely ghastly pics of Scankles to post with articles about her.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 02, 2016 10:25 AM (mpXpK)

125 >>I won't be among those watching. I want to hear Trump about as much as I want to hear Preznit Cocksuck.

Yes, Trump can be cringe-inducing, but did you see his speech 1 1/2 weeks ago? Calm, followed a teleprompter, and he absolutely eviscerated Hillary. It was devastating. I would think Trump would do a similar performance at the convention instead of his usual 'guy at the barstool next to you' story-telling/rambling speech.
*fingers crossed*

Posted by: Lizzy at July 02, 2016 10:26 AM (NOIQH)

126 120
Ive done combined drop-ex/arty/naval gunfire tests -- the navy guns are
incredibly accurate. It doesnt make sense, they're rolling
pitching, but damn.

Posted by: Jean at July 02, 2016 10:23 AM (Doh4+)

There was a reason the Navy was instrumental in developing computers.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 02, 2016 10:26 AM (mpXpK)

127 I didn't know that. I think it was a great movie. The original, that is. The remake was so awful it was practically a comedy.
Posted by: rickl at July 02, 2016 10:24 AM (sdi6R)
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Shhhhh! You'll hurt his feelings. He's always had a man crush on Cage.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 02, 2016 10:27 AM (iQIUe)

128 Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at July 02, 2016 10:07 AM (NeFrd)
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Lovely, Seamus.

Forget cowboy poetry. The NEA needs to fund doctor poetry.

Posted by: bluebell at July 02, 2016 10:27 AM (805dc)

129 Posted by: rickl at July 02, 2016 10:24 AM (sdi6R)

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Take your pick. You can stream or download:

http://putlocker.plus/?s=wicker+man

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 02, 2016 10:29 AM (iQIUe)

130 For the grillin' morons, Lowes here (SE Texas) is having again their charcoal sale. Twin 18.6 lb bags of Kingsford for $9.88, That's $0.266 per pound. Get your smokey grill on!

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 02, 2016 10:32 AM (JO9+V)

131
The boy forgot a Quran verse so the mosque imam tortured him as punishment.

https://goo.gl/a4FJKC

Freaks!

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 02, 2016 10:32 AM (iQIUe)

132 There was a reason the Navy was instrumental in developing computers.

Posted by: Vic

Right, but now the Army has those too.

Posted by: Jean at July 02, 2016 10:32 AM (Doh4+)

133
Will Ace go into morning?

Do not go gently into that good afternoon.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 02, 2016 10:33 AM (IqV8l)

134 I don't remember hearing the word fuck very much when I was a child. in the '60's.

-
There used to be a TV show called Judd for the Defense starring Mr. Donna Reed, Carl Betz. He said "Hell" on the air and I thought the dead would rise from their graves, the moon would turn to blood, and SMOD was imminent.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Racist for Dinosaurs at July 02, 2016 10:35 AM (Nwg0u)

135 129
Take your pick. You can stream or download:

http://putlocker.plus/?s=wicker+man
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 02, 2016 10:29 AM (iQIUe)

In the original, when Edward Woodward was burned, the villagers were all happily dancing and singing. Which I imagine is the way a human sacrifice would have gone back in the day.

Among the many problems with the remake, when Nicholas Cage was burned, some of the people in the crowd turned away and seemed queasy about the whole thing. But Cage's character was such a douche that he practically deserved it.

Posted by: rickl at July 02, 2016 10:38 AM (sdi6R)

136 Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at July 02, 2016 10:11 AM (NeFrd)

They sure did practice a lot, but to your point....

One of the advantages of a draft is that the armed forces got an incredible cross-section of the country. the guy next to you while you were trying to figure out how to do something might have been an engineer or a bricklayer or a farmer or a car mechanic...all with different experience.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 02, 2016 10:39 AM (Zu3d9)

137 The boy forgot a Quran verse so the mosque imam tortured him as punishment.

Bet those two sick bastards went away with the blue-balls when they were done with him.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 02, 2016 10:42 AM (6FqZa)

138 The old 155mm towed howitzers with the silver tube (don't remember the M-designation) weren't too shabby. And that was with azimuth, deflection and powder charge figured with "rulers" on a map.
Almost always battery firing for effect by 3rd call.

Posted by: not the real me at July 02, 2016 10:43 AM (E9vLe)

139 "That said, I've read lots of stories about cyclists
who think they are morally superior to car drivers due to their lack of a
carbon footprint. It sounds like it's mainly a West Coast phenomenon.

Posted by: rickl"

Not so. There are plenty of the arrogant variety here in Atlanta that insist on blocking the road, even in rush hour traffic, but then blow thru red lights. I have to admit, they are a brave (if stupid) bunch. I would never count on a vehicle 100 time more massive yielding or playing by your rules. Not to mention lousy drivers that have a hard time in the best of situations. I suppose their moral superiority and bike helmet will protect them from 3000 lbs of metal rolling over them.

Posted by: Ripley at July 02, 2016 10:44 AM (1BQGO)

140 Europe was left with beta male survivors and scum.

Posted by: @votermom at July 02, 2016 10:03 AM (7lVbc)

The British army and the British people would disagree with your assessment.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 02, 2016 10:44 AM (Zu3d9)

141 Sorry, there's only one The Wicker Man. If it ain't got Christopher Lee, it just ain't the genuine article.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at July 02, 2016 10:45 AM (8hmWQ)

142
But Cage's character was such a douche that he practically deserved it.
Posted by: rickl at July 02, 2016 10:38 AM (sdi6R)

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BANNED!

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 02, 2016 10:45 AM (iQIUe)

143 [i[the guy next to you while you were trying to figure out how to do
something might have been an engineer or a bricklayer or a farmer or a
car mechanic

But not an Arkansas rapist lawyer!

Posted by: deferment at July 02, 2016 10:46 AM (qSFCL)

144 He said "Hell" on the air and I thought the dead would rise from their graves, the moon would turn to blood, and SMOD was imminent.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
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I recall a local radio station playing 'Greenback Dollar' by the Kingston Trio, and then airing profuse apologies because the word 'damn' was in the lyrics.

Why, it's almost as if we live in a decaying society... as if we have slipped our moral moorings and are sliding into degeneracy..

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 02, 2016 10:46 AM (9mTYi)

145 141 Sorry, there's only one The Wicker Man. If it ain't got Christopher Lee, it just ain't the genuine article.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at July 02, 2016 10:45 AM (8hmWQ)

=========

You're BANNED, too!

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 02, 2016 10:47 AM (iQIUe)

146 "Ugly Hillary Pic" is redundant. They're just "Hillary Pics."

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 02, 2016 10:48 AM (sl+zA)

147 "That said, I've read lots of stories about cyclists
who think they are morally superior to car drivers due to their lack of a
carbon footprint. It sounds like it's mainly a West Coast phenomenon.

Posted by: rickl"
---------------

The same here. They are often in pods, and thus engaged in a pastime/entertainment as opposed to meaningful transport from point A to point B.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 02, 2016 10:50 AM (9mTYi)

148 I recall a local radio station playing 'Greenback Dollar' by the Kingston Trio, and then airing profuse apologies because the word 'damn' was in the lyrics.

-
And yet top 40 radio played Lou Reed's Walk On the Wild Side with lyrics about giving head. Nobody knew what the hell he was talking about.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Racist for Dinosaurs at July 02, 2016 10:51 AM (Nwg0u)

149 >>"Ugly Hillary Pic" is redundant. They're just "Hillary Pics."

Yup.
One thing I've noticed (thanks a lot, Drudge!) is that one of her front teeth has yellowed. One. How does that even happen?

Posted by: Lizzy at July 02, 2016 10:51 AM (NOIQH)

150 I do appreciate the re-enactors. They are pretty committed to getting the kit right and living up to the ideal, at least where it shows.

Anyhow,

This is French re-enactor/history site that focuses on the French at Verdun (Dec 1916)

but the information covers the french kit and various elements for the great war.

Main page for those of you who speak French (I don't speak it but I can sort of mumble along)

http://www.lesfrancaisaverdun-1916.fr/

You navagate by hitting the links on the Left side. "Uniformes" takes you to all the uniform variations. They went from what was essentially the uniform of the Franco-Prussian war and went to the final Horizon Blue with the helmet

The hyperlinks below each uniform ensemble shows details about each listed part of the kit.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 02, 2016 10:51 AM (ry34m)

151 Bruce -

Heh.... As if a man can be banned for stating a simple, obvious truth......

Christopher Lee for the win!

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at July 02, 2016 10:51 AM (8hmWQ)

152 "Snakes On a Plane"

[snicker]

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Racist for Dinosaurs at July 02, 2016 10:52 AM (Nwg0u)

153 One thing I've noticed (thanks a lot, Drudge!) is that one of her front teeth has yellowed. One. How does that even happen?

That's my bourbon tooth. *hic*

Posted by: Ready For Hillary!!11!! at July 02, 2016 10:53 AM (Tyii7)

154 Where's Y-Not today? She is normally up by 1- am on Sat.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 02, 2016 10:53 AM (mpXpK)

155 10 am damnit.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 02, 2016 10:54 AM (mpXpK)

156 151 Bruce -

Heh.... As if a man can be banned for stating a simple, obvious truth......

Christopher Lee for the win!
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at July 02, 2016 10:51 AM (8hmWQ)

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DOUBLE BANNED!

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 02, 2016 10:55 AM (iQIUe)

157 ...one of her front teeth has yellowed. One. How does that even happen?

*******

'snuff said.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at July 02, 2016 10:56 AM (NeFrd)

158 One of the dead in Bangladesh was an American so that makes two yank victims of Islamic terror in as many days and Obozo does and says nothing.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Racist for Dinosaurs at July 02, 2016 10:59 AM (Nwg0u)

159 The hyperlinks below each uniform ensemble shows details about each listed part of the kit.

*****

Le bagge equipage l'homme, d'Europe*

*European man purse

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at July 02, 2016 10:59 AM (NeFrd)

160 The yellow tooth is specially adapted for opening the carotids of young virgins, I think.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 02, 2016 10:59 AM (sl+zA)

161 156
DOUBLE BANNED!
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 02, 2016 10:55 AM (iQIUe)

You prefer the remake? OK then.

*backs slowly away*

Posted by: rickl at July 02, 2016 10:59 AM (sdi6R)

162
One of the dead in Bangladesh was an American so that makes two yank victims of Islamic terror in as many days and Obozo does and says nothing.

It's not who he is.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 02, 2016 11:00 AM (IqV8l)

163 "One thing I've noticed (thanks a lot, Drudge!) is that one of her front teeth has yellowed. One. How does that even happen?"

Not brushing properly. Or not getting teeth cleaned by a competent dental hygienist. I've noticed that dentist will now put up with incompetent dental hygienist.

Use baking soda and be sure to brush all visible areas.

Posted by: 9:00AM at July 02, 2016 11:01 AM (CRXed)

164 I heard somewhere that in the UK, the original The Wicker Man was like Rocky Horror here. The audience would sing along with the songs.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Racist for Dinosaurs at July 02, 2016 11:02 AM (Nwg0u)

165 162
One of the dead in Bangladesh was an American so that makes two yank victims of Islamic terror in as many days and Obozo does and says nothing.

It's not who he is.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 02, 2016 11:00 AM (IqV8l)

They've disappointed him so.

Posted by: josephistan at July 02, 2016 11:02 AM (7qAYi)

166 I just love a good opportunity to sit and jaw about my grand babies. Charlotte and, uh, that other one.

Posted by: Bill Clinton at July 02, 2016 11:04 AM (sl+zA)

167 You prefer the remake? OK then.

*backs slowly away*
Posted by: rickl at July 02, 2016 10:59 AM (sdi6R)

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I told you Ace will not tolerate any Cage bashing. You're double banned, too!

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 02, 2016 11:04 AM (iQIUe)

168
Not to be a total downer: read the link at Drudge from Rush. "We're being played."

or don't.
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at July 02, 2016 10:07 AM (SeD0w)
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I listened to it, and he's adamant that there will be no indictment. I'll take his word on that -- it's unavoidable after the tarmac meeting -- but I think the door is still open to Obama's Revenge:

FBI recommends indictment, Obama shoves Hillary out and parachutes Biden in, Obama pardons Hillary on his way out the door.

Posted by: iforgot at July 02, 2016 11:04 AM (5o5ek)

169 So we're slagging on cyclists? In my neck of the woods, I'd say a good 90% of all cyclists I see on the road completely disregard all stop signs, lights, and other traffic control devices. They never signal and routinely cut off oncoming cars that have the right of way. I used to cycle a lot, and meticulously followed the traffic laws, so I don't have a lot of sympathy for these folks. Also, Direct Action can suck it.

Posted by: Insomniac at July 02, 2016 11:05 AM (A6ryA)

170 The Wicker Man. If it ain't got a butt naked Britt Ekland, it just ain't the genuine article.

Posted by: 9:00AM at July 02, 2016 11:05 AM (CRXed)

171 >>One of the dead in Bangladesh was an American so that makes two yank
victims of Islamic terror in as many days and Obozo does and says
nothing.

Oh man - hadn't seen that.
The bodies just keep piling up.
WTF?

Posted by: Lizzy at July 02, 2016 11:06 AM (NOIQH)

172 170
The Wicker Man. If it ain't got a butt naked Britt Ekland, it just ain't the genuine article.

Finally - a voice of reason and sanity.

Posted by: goatexchange at July 02, 2016 11:06 AM (8pDb8)

173 167
I told you Ace will not tolerate any Cage bashing. You're double banned, too!
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 02, 2016 11:04 AM (iQIUe)

I missed your meaning. *Ace* prefers the remake? Okily dokily.

Posted by: rickl at July 02, 2016 11:06 AM (sdi6R)

174 170 The Wicker Man. If it ain't got a butt naked Britt Ekland, it just ain't the genuine article.
Posted by: 9:00AM at July 02, 2016 11:05 AM (CRXed)

From what I have read, the nekkid scenes weren't actually her. But they were close enough.

Posted by: rickl at July 02, 2016 11:08 AM (sdi6R)

175 I'm thinking of seeing the Big Friendly Giant (BFG) movie. Anyone see it yet? Any good?

Posted by: StrawMan at July 02, 2016 11:09 AM (lidp8)

176 there will be no indictment.

-
Might not be an entirely bad thing. That would allow Trump to rail against the obvious corruption of Hillz, Obozo, and the Donks generally.

Gentleman Rombley wouldn't have done that but this is a new ballgame.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Racist for Dinosaurs at July 02, 2016 11:09 AM (Nwg0u)

177 I mean, I would have definitely hit her stunt woman.

Posted by: rickl at July 02, 2016 11:10 AM (sdi6R)

178 Bruce, you want Nicolas Cage?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPWD4XwVcV4

Posted by: Kindltot at July 02, 2016 11:10 AM (ry34m)

179 Much has been said of the strumpets of yore,
Of wenches and bawdyhouse queens by the score,
But I sing of the baggage that we all adore-
The landlord's daughter!

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at July 02, 2016 11:12 AM (apldt)

180
178 Bruce, you want Nicolas Cage?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPWD4XwVcV4
Posted by: Kindltot at July 02, 2016 11:10 AM (ry34m)
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No. And if I did, Ace would scratch my eyes out.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 02, 2016 11:13 AM (iQIUe)

181 one of her front teeth has yellowed. One. How does that even happen?

The Tooth of Dorian Gray.

Posted by: t-bird at July 02, 2016 11:13 AM (w35Hj)

182 Why didn't I come to you like a man and tell you that there was a new post.

NOOD

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 02, 2016 11:14 AM (sl+zA)

183 One of the advantages of a draft is that the armed forces got an
incredible cross-section of the country. the guy next to you while you
were trying to figure out how to do something might have been an
engineer or a bricklayer or a farmer or a car mechanic...all with
different experience.

Similar dynamic back in 1745-6, when the New England colonies, fed up with the inability of the British government to capture the French fortress of Louisburg, put together an army and went to take it themselves. They had no siege cannon, but their plans called for capturing some French cannon, so they brought along a bunch of ammo for the guns they intended to capture.

Well, they capture the guns - spiked - but there were a bunch of gunsmiths serving in the ranks and they were able to reactivate the weapons. Then the carpenters in the ranks figured out how to build causeways over the swamps to get the guns into position.

Louisburg fell, against all logic, though it cost the colonists something like 25 percent casualties. The British gave it back to the French in the peace treaty several years after, and had to retake it in the French and Indian War. It is story that really deserves to be better known.

Later on the Revolution, the early Continental Army stunned the British with the speed with which they could dig massive fortifications. Farmers could dig really, really fast....

Posted by: Grey Fox at July 02, 2016 11:14 AM (bZ7mE)

184 To all you Horde People who think my teeth looks bad now, you should have see them before I had them fixed.

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Posted by: Hilldie Beastie at July 02, 2016 11:14 AM (hgwL9)

185 "Damn it I read those numbers and I get all teary-eyed. I'm pathetic.
Good for a cry at any battle statistic. Over the years, all those young
men dying. Europe's productivity poured into the ground."

I have a battered copy of Alan Clark's _The Donkeys_ somewhere in the back numbers on the bookshelves. It'll be pulled out and re-read this weekend.

Posted by: torquewrench at July 02, 2016 11:22 AM (noWW6)

186 Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at July 02, 2016 09:44 AM (SeD0w)

Gristle Enacsed Head (Haven't seen hum around lately) likes to say outrageous things merely to get a reaction; I don't think he even believes some of what he posts. I mean, his handle is ":Gristle encased Head", for goodness sake- which doesn't lead on the believe he's always serious/ Yes, there are some cyclists that behave badly but many more car drivers who do. You're probably gone now, but people are often surly on these threads. If it's not one thing it's another. If you haven't get, go out and enjoy your day

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 02, 2016 11:38 AM (frf5f)

187 They got me with movie magic:
The Swedish actress Britt Ekland was cast as the innkeeper's lascivious daughter, although two body doubles were used for her naked scenes, as Ekland was three months pregnant with her son Nic, to Lou Adler. Stuart Hopps (the film's choreographer) called upon the services of a London-based exotic dancer called Miss P who gyrated at the doorway, whilst local 18-year-old extra, Jane Jackson was filmed in the wall scenes (although in reality, the bedrooms of Willow and Sergeant Howie were not through the wall from each other: Willow's was upstairs in the Cally Estates offices in Gatehouse of Fleet whilst Howie's was 35 miles (56 kilometres) away in a family home in the Main Street of Whithorn). Her dialogue and singing voice were later dubbed by Scottish singer Annie Ross.

Posted by: 9:00AM at July 02, 2016 11:50 AM (CRXed)

188 "there will be no indictment."

Because she's too big to indict?

Hillary has had a Big Exposure for months, but MSM has ignored it, or obscured it with disinformation. As I write, Fox continues to do so with legal "experts" who say that Hillary didn't have the intent to cause leaks to our enemies and how can you ever get into someone's head to prove intent anyway, so this is all a nothing burger. They couldn't be more wrong.

If the facts of this case involved a Secretary of State not Hillary Clinton, the FBI would have issued a report concluding that there were a range of crimes that could be prosecuted which included felonies, and that many of these crimes did not require proof of specific intent, just recklessness. Hillary's working with Pagliano to set up the home brew server by itself is proof of intent for many of the elements of these crimes.

After the FBI finished its investigation of a Secretary of State not Hillary, the DOJ could decide to prosecute or not, or could negotiate a plea. While a Secretary of State not Hillary might not get jail time, there's no way that such a person would get off Scot Free. There's no way such a person would have a security clearance ever again. Such a person would never pass a Senate confirmation hearing for appointed office.

For Hillary to skate here, you have to believe that (1) the FBI will whitewash its investigative report, and (2) that Lynch would then not act and grant clemency by prosecutorial discretion. #2 is off the table now , if it ever was, thanks to Bill meeting with Lynch. While Hillary is still running to be President, I don't see how there can be a plea negotiation.

So the Big Known Unknown here is the range of charges the FBI says can be brought based on the facts established by its investigation. A big fact likely to be established is that Hillary's minions with security clearances (I'm looking at you Huma and Cheryl) were copying messages and documents off the secure government server and then putting the copies onto Hillary's home brew server. There are many felonies right there, and there's proof in the public domain that Hillary was specifically aware of this. The wild card is whether the FBI investigated Clinton Cash Corruption, which is the other Big Known Unknown.

So expect word to leak soon that the FBI/DOJ will be seeking felony indictments against Hillary, Huma, Cherl and Jake.

Posted by: Ignoramus at July 02, 2016 02:22 PM (bQxkN)

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