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Tuesday Night ONT - I Got Nuthin' Edition [Weirddave]

Well, that's over. Debate discussion continues below. I'm watching the Os game. Tied at 2, top of the 9th.

Quotes of the Day

I like having a very direct and very powerful impact on worker safety and health.  If you put out a reg, it matters.  I think that’s really where the thrill comes from.  And it is a thrill; it’s a high… I love it; I absolutely love it.  I was born to regulate.  I don’t know why, but that’s very true.  So as long as I’m regulating, I’m happy.

Marthe Kent
OSHA director of safety standards program.
National Review’s Internet Update
June 26, 2000



Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.

― C.S. Lewis


Knowledge of birth control is essentially moral. Its general, though prudent, practice must lead to a higher individuality and ultimately to a cleaner race.
Birth control is nothing more or less than the facilitation of the process of weeding out the unfit, of preventing the birth of defectives or of those who will become defectives.

―Margaret Sanger


First they came for the Communists, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a Communist. Then they came for the Social Democrats, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a Social Democrat. And then they realized that all their problems had pretty much been solved, so they stopped coming for people.

-Slavic Nationalist on GAB

It's All About Control

Killing Affordable Housing in Seattle

New York's Latest Anti-Airbnb Effort

Look, I think it's stupid to want to live in a breadbox, but if someone else decides that that's what's best for them, why should Seattle be able to tell them they can't? Why should New York be able to keep me from renting out my home when I'm not using it? Obviously, they shouldn't be able to, and regardless of what specious reasons given, the real objective is control. It's about people like Marthe Kent up top who simply get off on running ruining other people's lives, or it's about people leveraging the power of government to enrich themselves, as in the New York story.

In either case, the problem isn't the people involved. People are people, and they will always try to accrue power and riches to themselves. The problem is a government that is so entwined with everyone’s life that it can be used as a mechanism to accomplish this.

Very simple example. Widget company A makes blue widgets, company B makes yellow ones. Instead of taking it to the market to let consumers decide which color widget they prefer, widget company A lobbies the government to mandate that all widgets be blue. By doing so they either put company B out of business, or they gain a competitive advantage because B isn't set up to make blue. The problem isn't that company A sought profit, it's that because government has involved itself in the widget trade, the easiest way for them to profit is to use the cudgel of government against its competitor, rather than by making a better or cheaper widget and letting the market decide. What needs to be removed from the equation is government. Without that lever of government power, the only way for people who want money or power to get it is by appealing to the population at large. The Founding Fathers knew this. Too bad they were all cis-normative slave holding white men.


I'm With Hillary!

I agree with Hillary 100% here. (Hint: Turn on the sound. Then turn it off so you don't have to hear that harridan)


Are you with Hillary? Or Trump? Let the world know in the totally meaningless and non-scientific world-wide vote! (LOL Right now, Canada is purple-50/50)

And one final Hillary note: Jeff Dunham Unloads on Corrupt Hillary Clinton



Florida Man has competition

Rambunctious naked woman attacks traffic in Costa Rica

New Jersey man, 59, arrested for wearing clear plastic bikini on beach

Florida Man isn't about to be outdone:

Florida man, high on meth, ‘cuts off genitals, feeds them to alligator’

Yes, Yes You Are the Only One



Also from the Twitter files:


Free Legal Tips!


From someone who has been there

Legal Tip.jpg

Our very own Empress adds from personal experience: “Don't show up for a drug hearing wearing a hat that says COCAINE”. I dunno, do judges not like Eric Clapton fans?


Musical Interlude

Let's close with a song that someone linked on the Wednesday ONT a couple of weeks ago, a very Moron-y kind of song:


Tonight's ONT brought to you by rascally scamps in an appliance store:

Porn Fridge.jpg


The Yahoo Group watches you touch yourself at night.

Posted by: Open Blogger at 10:40 PM




Comments

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1 Trumbo batting for the Orioles.

The 15-year old Home Run King.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 04, 2016 10:40 PM (ODkrH)

2 That C.S. Lewis quote would be a good counterpoint to the OSHA hack.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at October 04, 2016 10:41 PM (Pby3z)

3 Dissenters Purged From Venezuelan Civil Service

Faced with a potential recall election, Venezuela's President Maduro has decided to make a convincing case... by firing from the civil service anyone who dares not blindly support him.

More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=12395

Posted by: The Political Hat at October 04, 2016 10:42 PM (vBeA5)

4 I'm voting for Pence.

Posted by: Vasha Nerada at October 04, 2016 10:42 PM (Qvgg/)

5 The timing of this thread's entry was masterful.

Posted by: Meremortal.... at October 04, 2016 10:42 PM (3myMJ)

6 Evening, 'Rons. Nice ONT, complete with refrigerator porn.

Posted by: ALH at October 04, 2016 10:43 PM (Z56vq)

7 Just browsing the headlines to learn more about the debate and i really hope Florida Man kept his activity restricted to his own genitals.....

Posted by: JoshO at October 04, 2016 10:44 PM (ihsAf)

8
Trumbo batting for the Orioles.

The 15-year old Home Run King.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie

Wish he was still an Angel...

Posted by: T-Squared at October 04, 2016 10:44 PM (VkAIj)

9 Time to go vote for Pence on the Drudge Report. BBL.

Posted by: ALH at October 04, 2016 10:44 PM (Z56vq)

10 Tim Kaine is a raging cunt.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 04, 2016 10:45 PM (qpat3)

11 PornHub Fridge!

Ha!

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2016 10:45 PM (0BkbS)

12 2 That C.S. Lewis quote would be a good counterpoint to the OSHA hack.

You're right. In fact, when I originally bookmarked the quote for the ONT, I intended to use it as a companion. I forgot when I was writing this.

Posted by: Weirddave at October 04, 2016 10:45 PM (CTvSA)

13 Holy shit. How can anyone ever want to vote for that soulless monster? So fucking chilling, and I watched it muted.

The transition from fake smile to "I will rip your beating heart out of your chest!" was instantaneous.

Dear Lord, please let all of America see this clip. Let America see the Beast unveiled.

I am getting so drunk on election night.

Posted by: Pug Mahon aka the Deplorable P.U.G. at October 04, 2016 10:46 PM (b3h+X)

14 Who is that fridge made for? Who surfs porn while eating spoons of ice cream?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 04, 2016 10:47 PM (qpat3)

15 porn on the fridge?

who knew, close to the beer

Posted by: origional Jake at October 04, 2016 10:47 PM (ZYYfU)

16 Losing an old sock
Posted by: GrampyB at October 04, 2016 10:45 PM (YLidQ)

****

Whoops, needed an IP change.

Posted by: GrampyB at October 04, 2016 10:47 PM (zbbdN)

17
CNN talking about how smooth, unruffled and conservative sounding Pence was.

Posted by: T-Squared at October 04, 2016 10:48 PM (VkAIj)

18 Who is that fridge made for? Who surfs porn while eating spoons of ice cream?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 04, 2016 10:47 PM (qpat3)


*furtively looks around* Yeah! Who does that!?

Posted by: Lena Dunham at October 04, 2016 10:48 PM (GUBah)

19 What was said in the clip of Cancles? I couldn't make it out.

Posted by: ALH at October 04, 2016 10:48 PM (Z56vq)

20 In the Dunham vid, there's a pristine-looking Johnny Seven OMA. I had one.

Posted by: Fred Weldon at October 04, 2016 10:48 PM (GuPwg)

21 Cannot wait to see how Trump will take every blueprint and opportunity Pence gave provided him for the next debate and fucking squander it because preparation is for f-ggots.

Posted by: Naes at October 04, 2016 10:49 PM (Ypc8j)

22 Gee, WD, that's "Nuthin'?'

Looks pretty jam-packed to me!

And Horde: Please see the sidebar for info on the 3rd annual Southwest Ohio MoMe.

Posted by: ibguy at October 04, 2016 10:49 PM (vUcdz)

23 >>Who is that fridge made for? Who surfs porn while eating spoons of ice cream?


Then he told me to 'Put some Ice Cream on it.'.

Posted by: Apple Pie Testimony at October 04, 2016 10:49 PM (0BkbS)

24 There. C.S. Lewis quote added.

Posted by: Weirddave at October 04, 2016 10:52 PM (CTvSA)

25 IowaHawk sums up the debate perfectly

https://twitter.com/iowahawkblog/status/783495402674802690

Posted by: Votermom the deplorable @vm on gab at October 04, 2016 10:52 PM (Om16U)

26 WTF is that Hillary Clinton thing?

A moment of demonic possession causing her eyes to go wildly about in all directions...

What did possessed Hilary say?

Posted by: Burnt Toast at October 04, 2016 10:52 PM (P/kVC)

27 In the Dunham vid, there's a pristine-looking Johnny Seven OMA. I had one.

Me too. Loved that thing.

Posted by: tu3031 at October 04, 2016 10:53 PM (qJhUV)

28
Trumbo batting for the Orioles.

The commie writer?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 04, 2016 10:54 PM (IqV8l)

29 WTF is that Hillary Clinton thing?

A moment of demonic possession causing her eyes to go wildly about in all directions...

What did possessed Hilary say?

Posted by: Burnt Toast at October 04, 2016 10:52 PM (P/kVC)


Demons don't possess Hilary.

Hilary possessed demons.

Posted by: The Faustian Hat at October 04, 2016 10:54 PM (vBeA5)

30 If Slavic Nationalist on GAB is a reliable indicator of the quality of commenters, I am there!

Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at October 04, 2016 10:54 PM (hVdx9)

31 'Who is that fridge made for? Who surfs porn while eating spoons of ice cream?'

Needs an access port.

Posted by: A Confirmed Appliantologist at October 04, 2016 10:54 PM (BO/km)

32 AirBnB doesn't come without serious drawbacks. Does the room/apartment/homeowner or AirBnB do a background check to see if the renters might be drug dealers, child predators, rapists, burglars, murderers, or arsonists?

Or do they just claim they do and tell the host that they are not liable for any murdering, raping, or stealing done by the renters?

Posted by: kbdabear at October 04, 2016 10:55 PM (Ya7zs)

33 Big league DP by the Orioles.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 04, 2016 10:55 PM (ODkrH)

34 Double play! Orioles/Blue Jays go extra innings.

Posted by: Puddleglum at October 04, 2016 10:55 PM (aANWo)

35 What did possessed Hilary say?


Posted by: Burnt Toast at October 04, 2016 10:52 PM (P/kVC)


Guy yelled "Hillary for prison!"
Hillary!: "Make it happen!"

Posted by: Country Singer (gab @BertG) at October 04, 2016 10:55 PM (GUBah)

36 32 AirBnB doesn't come without serious drawbacks. Does the room/apartment/homeowner or AirBnB do a background check to see if the renters might be drug dealers, child predators, rapists, burglars, murderers, or arsonists?


Or pornographers..

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara, watching the wild card game at October 04, 2016 10:56 PM (SRKgf)

37 Tuesday Night ONT Compliance Pics

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/783369835573026816

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/783370045871226880

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/783370244882661376

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/783370380803203072

Posted by: kbdabear at October 04, 2016 10:57 PM (Ya7zs)

38 I hate comcast with the fury of Alex after having her stepstool stolen.

Posted by: You're Right BCochran1981 at October 04, 2016 10:57 PM (89UPP)

39 Guy yelled "Hillary for prison!"
Hillary!: "Make it happen!"

Her left eye is caddywompus in the video.

That must be a thing with her.

Posted by: ALH at October 04, 2016 10:57 PM (Z56vq)

40
Narrative for tomorrow - Begalia saying Pence threw Trump under the bus and the debate was the beginning of Pences run in 2020.

Just Wow

Posted by: T-Squared at October 04, 2016 10:58 PM (VkAIj)

41 More Tuesday Night ONT Compliance Pics

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/783370569047740417

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/783370713709309953

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/783371015527235584

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/783371204849758212

Posted by: kbdabear at October 04, 2016 10:58 PM (Ya7zs)

42 Kaine should've taken his shirt off. I'll bet he has toned arms!!!

Posted by: Colossus of Ben Rhodes at October 04, 2016 10:58 PM (GdgAM)

43 I am getting so drunk on election night.

Posted by: Pug Mahon aka the Deplorable P.U.G. at October 04, 2016 10:46 PM (b3h+X)

So am I after work.

And if Trump loses I'm 1) taking the next day off, 2) going on a gun buying spree and 3) getting drunk again.

Posted by: Country Boy - Deplorable and proud of it at October 04, 2016 10:59 PM (heN73)

44 Even More Tuesday Night ONT Compliance Pics

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/783371358575165440

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/783371496785936384

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/783371621318950912

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/783371721025937409

Posted by: kbdabear at October 04, 2016 10:59 PM (Ya7zs)

45 Zoning laws are a necessary evil. While nobody likes the government telling them what they can do with their own property, most people would not like it if the property next door to their home was turned into an auto body shop.

Airbnb has the effect for some properties to turn them into a motel. Different people always coming and going.The residents of a city, through their elected representatives, zone the properties in the city for different uses. Industrial, commercial, residential, etc. For the people who have purchased a home in a residential neighborhood, why is it wrong for them to take steps to prohibit those who would violate the law and turn a house into a motel?


Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 04, 2016 10:59 PM (R+30W)

46 I saw Postmodern Jukebox live last night, and they put on one hell of a show.

They just started the North American leg of their 2016 World Tour, and they have shows scheduled through the end of November. Here is their schedule:

http://postmodernjukebox.com/events/

I strongly recommend that if they will be in your area and you're interested, buy your ticket right now, because they will probably sell out. I had fifth row center, and I bought my ticket months ago.

Seriously, drop what you're doing and go see them. You won't be sorry. It's kind of cool to see people in person who I only knew from YouTube videos.

Posted by: rickl the deplorable at October 04, 2016 10:59 PM (sdi6R)

47 I am getting so drunk on election night.

Posted by: Pug Mahon aka the Deplorable P.U.G. at October 04, 2016 10:46 PM (b3h+X)

So am I after work.

And if Trump loses I'm 1) taking the next day off, 2) going on a gun buying spree and 3) getting drunk again.

Posted by: Country Boy
****

I wouldn't wait that long to buy guns and ammo

Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at October 04, 2016 10:59 PM (hVdx9)

48 Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. C.S. Lewis

But in our wretched age, the robber barons - Apple, PayPal, Starbucks, Google, the NFL et al - are moral busybodies.

Posted by: josephistan at October 04, 2016 11:00 PM (7qAYi)

49 Somehow, I got on the Hillary! text list. I didn't disenroll, as it's kinda funny sometimes. Just received a text:

"Tim just showed why he's going to make a great vice president. Chip in $1 to show that you're on the team"

Posted by: Grimaldi at October 04, 2016 11:01 PM (FVYNb)

50 But in our wretched age, the robber barons - Apple, PayPal, Starbucks, Google, the NFL et al - are moral busybodies.

Posted by: josephistan at October 04, 2016 11:00 PM (7qAYi)



All steps into creating a national HOA. Even for those who don't own homes.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara, watching the wild card game at October 04, 2016 11:01 PM (SRKgf)

51 Male squirrels are Morons.
(see url)

Posted by: Lazy Mr Squirrel at October 04, 2016 11:01 PM (uz/Pv)

52 Go Os

Posted by: Madxmom at October 04, 2016 11:01 PM (Ii5dF)

53 Clinton/Pennywise '16!

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at October 04, 2016 11:02 PM (uz/Pv)

54 Hillary has double vision. She wears a contact in her right eye that she can't see thru, so her eyes don't track together.

Posted by: Make America Great Again at October 04, 2016 11:02 PM (BS8yt)

55 Narrative for tomorrow - Begalia saying Pence threw Trump under the bus and the debate was the beginning of Pences run in 2020.

Watch-- everyone knows Kaine was a trainwreck now, but after three or four days of media pounding the issue they'll beat it into the Narrative they want.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at October 04, 2016 11:03 PM (uz/Pv)

56 The trolls were out tonight. Pence must have done better than even we thought.

Posted by: ALH at October 04, 2016 11:03 PM (Z56vq)

57 I wouldn't wait that long to buy guns and ammo


Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at October 04, 2016 10:59 PM (hVdx9)

Fear not. Added another to the collection Saturday. Almost to double digits.

Posted by: Country Boy - Deplorable and proud of it at October 04, 2016 11:03 PM (heN73)

58
Hillary has double vision. She wears a contact in her right eye that she can't see thru, so her eyes don't track together.

Posted by: Make America Great Again at October 04, 2016 11:02 PM
~~~~~She's got a Sixth Nerve Palsy. Probably from a stroke or other brain trauma.

Posted by: Hillary Rambo Clinton at October 04, 2016 11:05 PM (eM2Uz)

59 45 Zoning laws are a necessary evil. While nobody likes the government telling them what they can do with their own property, most people would not like it if the property next door to their home was turned into an auto body shop.

Airbnb has the effect for some properties to turn them into a motel. Different people always coming and going.The residents of a city, through their elected representatives, zone the properties in the city for different uses. Industrial, commercial, residential, etc. For the people who have purchased a home in a residential neighborhood, why is it wrong for them to take steps to prohibit those who would violate the law and turn a house into a motel?


Because it's their fucking property? Property rights are the cornerstone of freedom. Without property rights, freedom is impossible.

As to zoning laws, look up the series Reason did on Houston vs Cleveland (very few zoning laws vs a lot) and the relative prosperity of the two cities.

Posted by: Weirddave at October 04, 2016 11:06 PM (CTvSA)

60 Big league DP by the Orioles.

That's what's on the porn fridge? The letters are too small for me to make them out.

Posted by: t-bird at October 04, 2016 11:06 PM (Z58Xa)

61 Is it too late to flip the ticket?

PENCE/TRUMP 2016
Because fuck it, we'll get this right eventually

Posted by: Brother Cavil, That Deplorable Guy at October 04, 2016 11:06 PM (vyqqu)

62 What was said in the clip of Cancles? I couldn't make it out.

What I heard was

guy: "Hillary for President"
Hillary: "Lets make it happen"


Posted by: An Observation at October 04, 2016 11:06 PM (MimoF)

63 "Tim just showed why he's going to make a great vice president. Chip in $1 to show that you're on the team"
******************

That's some fucking nuclear weapons grade gaslighting right there.

Posted by: #NeverHillary at October 04, 2016 11:07 PM (DQrjB)

64 Mike Royko said that when Bob Dole smiles, he looks as if he's just evicted a widow.

When Tim Kaine smiles, he looks like he just created a MySpace account.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 04, 2016 11:08 PM (ODkrH)

65 guy: "Hillary for President"
Hillary: "Lets make it happen"




Posted by: An Observation at October 04, 2016 11:06 PM (MimoF)

Yeah, no.

Hillary for PRISON.

Posted by: Country Boy - Deplorable and proud of it at October 04, 2016 11:08 PM (heN73)

66 Make sure to open the pic of the refrigerator in its own tab.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 04, 2016 11:08 PM (R+30W)

67 Is it too late to flip the ticket?

PENCE/TRUMP 2016

Because fuck it, we'll get this right eventually

Posted by: Brother Cavil, That Deplorable Guy at October 04, 2016 11:06 PM (vyqqu)


No.

Posted by: Faithless Electors at October 04, 2016 11:08 PM (vBeA5)

68 Dr. Ruth is still among the living?

Posted by: Bill R. at October 04, 2016 11:08 PM (jKUeC)

69 PENCE/TRUMP 2016

Because fuck it, we'll get this right eventually

Posted by: Brother Cavil, That Deplorable Guy at October 04, 2016 11:06 PM (vyqqu)


No, no we won't.

Posted by: GOP at October 04, 2016 11:09 PM (89UPP)

70 If only "they" actually would come for the commies and social democrats...

Posted by: Eli Cash at October 04, 2016 11:09 PM (Dc/ui)

71 Posted by: rickl the deplorable at October 04, 2016 10:59 PM (sdi6R)

Talent fiesta, that bunch. The blonde, just wow-wee.

Posted by: Meremortal.... at October 04, 2016 11:09 PM (3myMJ)

72 >>>She's got a Sixth Nerve Palsy. Probably from a stroke or other brain trauma.


Nonsense. She has a more serious degenerative neurological disease. It's much more than just a wandering eye from SNP.

We can see on the video at 9/11, she didn't faint, her torso and neck froze up in a seizure while she lost complete motor control over her legs.

Posted by: Scalia's Ghost at October 04, 2016 11:09 PM (fgOnp)

73 @61
I had the same thought with Palin.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 04, 2016 11:09 PM (0tfLf)

74 Satan just tweeted that he was very happy with price he got for selling his soul to Hillary. #IknowWhosBoss

Posted by: An Observation at October 04, 2016 11:09 PM (MimoF)

75 "Mike Royko said that when Bob Dole smiles, he looks as if he's just evicted a widow."

When Tim Kaine smiles he looks like he just tricked another young boy into a set of handcuffs.

Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at October 04, 2016 11:11 PM (hVdx9)

76

Fox continues the moderator in trashing Trump.

MeAgain continues the tabloid trash talk.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 04, 2016 11:11 PM (qCMvj)

77 If only "they" actually would come for the commies and social democrats...

We do! All the time!

Posted by: The MFM at October 04, 2016 11:12 PM (nWz6F)

78 MeAgain seems to have two speeds: "Giddy" and "Abrasive."

Posted by: vivi at October 04, 2016 11:12 PM (11H2y)

79 Posted by: An Observation at October 04, 2016 11:06 PM (MimoF)



Yeah, no.



Hillary for PRISON.


He said too many syllables for it to be "prison". Listen again.

Posted by: An Observation at October 04, 2016 11:13 PM (MimoF)

80 that clip of the Beast, switching from cheerful to fury is scary. I was waiting for the pea soup vomit.

Posted by: vivi at October 04, 2016 11:13 PM (11H2y)

81

MeAgain is losing it. She's losing her shit by fighting about TRump.

Wow, Trumps campaign manager just put her in her place. She said we're here to talk about VP debate.

Punch.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 04, 2016 11:13 PM (qCMvj)

82 Hillary has Marty Feldman Eyes.

Posted by: Kim Carnes at October 04, 2016 11:14 PM (XoldI)

83 75 - thread winner. It's funny because it's true. He really looks like a child molester. who wears his wife's panties.

Posted by: vivi at October 04, 2016 11:15 PM (11H2y)

84 If the Yahoo Group is watching me at night, they must be bored to tears.

Posted by: The Deplorable Captain Whitebread at October 04, 2016 11:15 PM (rJUlF)

85 @75...much better.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 04, 2016 11:15 PM (ODkrH)

86 MeAgain is to journalism what the Man From Porlock is to poetry.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at October 04, 2016 11:15 PM (6FqZa)

87 the last photo is entitled "rascally scamps in an appliance store". i don't get it. is that where the kittens are hiding? or the doggies?

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at October 04, 2016 11:16 PM (WTSFk)

88 That internet poll is very interesting. UK and Germany, among many other countries, want Trump to win.

I wonder why?

Posted by: Decaf at October 04, 2016 11:16 PM (8zHLN)

89 Hmmmm.
I see that there crab is watching the Oriole game.
Probably gone through two packs so far.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at October 04, 2016 11:16 PM (Nox3c)

90 .. then it makes sense!

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at October 04, 2016 11:16 PM (WTSFk)

91 Kaine did the impossible tonight--he made Donald Trump seem stable, restrained, and utterly respectable.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, That Deplorable Guy at October 04, 2016 11:17 PM (vyqqu)

92 87
the last photo is entitled "rascally scamps in an appliance store". i
don't get it. is that where the kittens are hiding? or the doggies?

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at October 04, 2016 11:16 PM (WTSFk)

Click on the picture and then zoom in.

Posted by: chemjeff at October 04, 2016 11:17 PM (uAvJJ)

93 MeAgain:

BUT TRUMP CALLED A WOMAN FAT 20 YEARS AGO GODDAMIT CANT YOU SEE THAT SHOULD BE THE ISSUE OF THE DAY???

Posted by: #NeverHillary at October 04, 2016 11:17 PM (DQrjB)

94 Hmmmm.
I see that there crab is watching the Oriole game.
Probably gone through two packs so far.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille
****

Smoked crab?

Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at October 04, 2016 11:18 PM (hVdx9)

95 We need to have Seamus Muldoon moderate the next debate.

He could punish Hiterly, and likely get her head and eyes spinning in three different directions.

That'd be some quality teevee, right there!


Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at October 04, 2016 11:18 PM (v5iqM)

96
Kaine should've taken his shirt off. I'll bet he has toned arms!!!

Posted by: Colossus of Ben Rhodes

Eewwww! - I think Kaine has lactating breasts!

Posted by: T-Squared at October 04, 2016 11:18 PM (VkAIj)

97 83
75 - thread winner. It's funny because it's true. He really looks like a child molester. who wears his wife's panties.

As a kid, his nose buried in his sister's dirty undergarments when he thinks no one else is around.

Posted by: Naes at October 04, 2016 11:19 PM (Ypc8j)

98 UK and Germany, among many other countries, want Trump to win. I wonder why?
*****************

Brexiters in the UK, and German nationals who are fucking fed up with migrants raping their women?

Posted by: #NeverHillary at October 04, 2016 11:19 PM (DQrjB)

99 Because it's their fucking property? Property rights are the cornerstone of freedom. Without property rights, freedom is impossible.

As to zoning laws, look up the series Reason did on Houston vs Cleveland (very few zoning laws vs a lot) and the relative prosperity of the two cities.

Posted by: Weirddave at October 04, 2016 11:06 PM (CTvSA)

++++

Prosperity isn't the only useful measure. If someone turns a house in a residential neighborhood into some business, that affects others. Others who also have rights. I have no problem with Houston deciding on minimal zoning laws if that's what the residents have decided to do. But, other cities have gone in a different direction.

Again, I would not like it if someone decided to start doing body work at the property next door. They want to open a body shop, they need to go to a property zoned for commercial use. Even if they would pay more taxes than just a homeowner would, most people have additional concerns rather than feeding the government's coffers.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 04, 2016 11:19 PM (R+30W)

100 Also, whoever thought the "Internet of Things" was a good idea can lick dog taints.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, That Deplorable Guy at October 04, 2016 11:19 PM (vyqqu)

101 94----Smoked crab?
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at October 04, 2016 11:18 PM (hVdx9)
------------------------
Heh.
That's what it's gonna come to, I fear, unless the O's can pull this out.
Tied in the 11th.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at October 04, 2016 11:20 PM (Nox3c)

102 So what's all this about trannies being moral busybodies?

Seems conflicting?

Posted by: Bossy Conservative....outlaw in America at October 04, 2016 11:20 PM (S6Pax)

103 92: zoomed in, got it. vewy wascally. but i think i'd like some kittens better, nevertheless.

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at October 04, 2016 11:21 PM (WTSFk)

104 Drudge's Hillary quote is hillarious:

She doesn't RECALL suggesting a drones strike to murder a guy that threatens her presidential ambitions.

Not an emphatic, FUCK NO I NEVER SAID THAT BITCH YOU CRAZY????

Nope, it's the standard legal she just doesn't remember line...

Posted by: #NeverHillary at October 04, 2016 11:22 PM (DQrjB)

105 The fridge has the reflection of sum dude sucking on his latte so hard the plastic cup is about to collapse.

Posted by: Burnt Toast at October 04, 2016 11:22 PM (P/kVC)

106 i don't mind toronto winning. i sorta like baseball being popular in canadia.

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at October 04, 2016 11:23 PM (WTSFk)

107 Numbers in: Kaine interrupted Pence over 57 times.

Great job moderator, you stupid DNC shill fuck of a whore.

Still, I'd wreck that shit like Godzilla on Tokyo.

Posted by: #NeverHillary at October 04, 2016 11:23 PM (DQrjB)

108 Zoning laws are a necessary evil. While nobody likes the government
telling them what they can do with their own property, most people would
not like it if the property next door to their home was turned into an
auto body shop.


Houston gets along very nicely without zoning laws - and always has. Zoning is the primary cause of ghettos; once an area is zoned low income housing it is doomed. We have bad areas of town in Houston but nothing even vaguely like Watts in LA or the projects in Chicago.

Zoning is all about allowing politicians to wet their beak from development. It is Democrat inspired crap and nobody is going to build an auto body dump next to your house.


Posted by: An Observation at October 04, 2016 11:23 PM (MimoF)

109 Hillary for PRISON.

He said too many syllables for it to be "prison". Listen again.



Posted by: An Observation at October 04, 2016 11:13 PM (MimoF)

Listened several times. Prison.

Posted by: Country Boy - Deplorable and proud of it at October 04, 2016 11:25 PM (heN73)

110 I bet if I took a 1/8.of good shrooms, Tim Kaine would look normal.

Posted by: Pepe, The Irredeemable at October 04, 2016 11:26 PM (LY6Ds)

111 I'm out of smokes.

That crab is fuckin' killing me.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2016 11:26 PM (0BkbS)

112 AirBnB doesn't come without serious drawbacks. Does the room/apartment/homeowner or AirBnB do a background check to see if the renters might be drug dealers, child predators, rapists, burglars, murderers, or arsonists?

Why? Fair housing laws don't let you do that if your selling or renting your house.

Posted by: Jean at October 04, 2016 11:27 PM (ngn8T)

113 Hmmm.

This Brave browser is pretty awesome.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at October 04, 2016 11:27 PM (1JnAL)

114 So have the Cubs been swept out of the playoffs yet? I predicted that back in May if they won over 100 games.

Posted by: Country Boy - Deplorable and proud of it at October 04, 2016 11:27 PM (heN73)

115

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 04, 2016 11:19 PM (R+30W)

Look, the issue is simple. The government wants control over rentals, and the government also wants occupancy tax from the guests. It's not about rights. It never was.

Posted by: chemjeff at October 04, 2016 11:27 PM (uAvJJ)

116 OT- But before I forget. Has anyone bought one of the Chink small engines from Harbor Freight? The aged Briggs on our tiller is pretty well worn out.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 04, 2016 11:28 PM (R7vCh)

117 Why? Fair housing laws don't let you do that if your selling or renting your house.

Posted by: Jean at October 04, 2016 11:27 PM (ngn8T)

What if I wanted to rent a house to a gang of meth crazed bikers... because I like my neighbors?

Posted by: Burnt Toast at October 04, 2016 11:29 PM (P/kVC)

118
But in our wretched age, the robber barons - Apple, PayPal, Starbucks, Google, the NFL et al - are moral busybodies.
Posted by: josephistan


And their machines never sleep.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 04, 2016 11:29 PM (IqV8l)

119 Prof Jacobson at Legal Insurrection gave it to Pence. It is clear to me that Pence needs to quit for the good of the country.

Posted by: mallfly version 1.00205c at October 04, 2016 11:29 PM (2JQBv)

120 Does Marthe Kent have a counterpart named Marthe Wayne?

MARTHE!!!!!!!!!

Actually...I kind of like what Kent had to say. Not that I am a power person, I'm not. But, I'm a fairness person, so anything I can do to create a level playing field is something I enjoy.

Posted by: TickledPink at October 04, 2016 11:29 PM (TTvjY)

121 Looks like I'll be able to go get those smokes, soon.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2016 11:30 PM (0BkbS)

122 Megyn Kelly's looks have been on a steady decline as she has aged. Current close-up pictures are less than glamorous. Her time to get that big 3 network "News" contract may be running out.

Posted by: cm9000 at October 04, 2016 11:30 PM (vYaiw)

123 They open an auto body shop, I burn it down. Tragedy of the Commons.

Posted by: Jean at October 04, 2016 11:30 PM (ngn8T)

124
Again, I would not like it if someone decided to start doing body work at the property next door.


I wouldn't like it either. The answer is a private, voluntary association, like an HOA. (Voluntary in that you chose to move to the HOA neighborhood). Personally, I will pay more to avoid an HOA and take my chances with the possibility of an auto body shop next door, but that's just me. Others may decide differently, of course.

Tell me, what exactly is the difference between the argument you're making and the one that groups like moms demand make WRT gun ownership? They don't like guns, claim that guns make neighborhoods more dangerous, etc, etc. so they naturally think the solution is for govt to outlaw them, regardless of the rights of the gun owner.

You don't want a body shop next door, so you want the govt to outlaw it, thereby depriving your neighbor of his rights to his property.

What's the difference? I'm honestly asking.

Posted by: Weirddave at October 04, 2016 11:30 PM (CTvSA)

125 I bet if I took a 1/8.of good shrooms, Tim Kaine would look normal.

Posted by: Pepe, The Irredeemable at October 04, 2016 11:26 PM (LY6Ds)

Maybe half-way to normal, like the villain in Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

Posted by: Burnt Toast at October 04, 2016 11:30 PM (P/kVC)

126 by the way, I heard the Mets made the play-offs. Does that mean that they finally have a shot at the Stanley Cup?

Posted by: mallfly version 1.00205c at October 04, 2016 11:31 PM (2JQBv)

127 Chuck Dixon's comment on the debate "Tim Kaine's Roman name would be Pious Interruptous."

Posted by: josephistan at October 04, 2016 11:31 PM (7qAYi)

128 Awesome. Latest track shows hurricane eye passing just 50 miles from us.

Posted by: GOP at October 04, 2016 11:31 PM (89UPP)

129 Looks like Toronto is about to win this play-in game.

Posted by: cm9000 at October 04, 2016 11:31 PM (vYaiw)

130 >> Megyn Kelly's looks have been on a steady decline as she has aged.


The half-life on vagina is not long.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2016 11:31 PM (0BkbS)

131 "112 AirBnB doesn't come without serious drawbacks. Does the room/apartment/homeowner or AirBnB do a background check to see if the renters might be drug dealers, child predators, rapists, burglars, murderers, or arsonists?

Why? Fair housing laws don't let you do that if your selling or renting your house."

-------

Do hotels ask for a background check when you book with them?

Posted by: Decaf at October 04, 2016 11:31 PM (8zHLN)

132 Damn.
Orioles lose.
*sigh*

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at October 04, 2016 11:31 PM (Nox3c)

133 Damn, Encarnacion crushed that ball.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2016 11:32 PM (0BkbS)

134 F'in Jays.

Posted by: Weirddave at October 04, 2016 11:32 PM (CTvSA)

135 42 Kaine should've taken his shirt off. I'll bet he has toned arms!!!
Posted by: Colossus of Ben Rhodes at October 04, 2016 10:58 PM (GdgAM)


He doesn't have the 27 inch pythons like I have!!!!

Posted by: Hulk Hogan at October 04, 2016 11:32 PM (1JnAL)

136 112 AirBnB doesn't come without serious drawbacks. Does the room/apartment/homeowner or AirBnB do a background check to see if the renters might be drug dealers, child predators, rapists, burglars, murderers, or arsonists?

Why? Fair housing laws don't let you do that if your selling or renting your house.

Posted by: Jean at October 04, 2016 11:27 PM (ngn8T)

++++

Wrong, at least as to rentals. Owners are allowed to do background checks on renters, and almost all of them do.

Plus, it's the difference between getting a new neighbor once a year or every weekend.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 04, 2016 11:32 PM (R+30W)

137 116 OT- But before I forget. Has anyone bought one of the Chink small engines from Harbor Freight?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 04, 2016 11:28 PM (R7vCh)

What da herr that supposed to mean?!?

Posted by: Ho Lee Phuc at October 04, 2016 11:33 PM (7qAYi)

138 Megyn Kelly's looks have been on a steady decline as she has aged. Current close-up pictures are less than glamorous. Her time to get that big 3 network "News" contract may be running out.
*******************

Her hair alone is a fucking shitshow, which paired with her thin stick figure, gives me the urge to turn her upside down and use her as a broom to sweep the kitchen.

Posted by: #NeverHillary at October 04, 2016 11:33 PM (DQrjB)

139 re 127: or maybe Biggous Dickus.

Posted by: mallfly version 1.00205c at October 04, 2016 11:33 PM (2JQBv)

140 Refrigerator pron.

Toaster's jealous.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 04, 2016 11:34 PM (EZebt)

141 128 Awesome. Latest track shows hurricane eye passing just 50 miles from us.
Posted by: GOP at October 04, 2016 11:31 PM (89UPP)



*off sock*

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 04, 2016 11:34 PM (89UPP)

142 125
I bet if I took a 1/8.of good shrooms, Tim Kaine would look normal.



Posted by: Pepe, The Irredeemable at October 04, 2016 11:26 PM (LY6Ds)

Or worse.

Posted by: Tommy Chong at October 04, 2016 11:34 PM (XoldI)

143
Great job moderator, you stupid DNC shill fuck of a whore.

You expected different?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 04, 2016 11:34 PM (IqV8l)

144 Weird Dave, anymore in MD need about those guys torched on the road outside of white marsh

Posted by: Jean at October 04, 2016 11:34 PM (ngn8T)

145 According to Laura Ingraham's site, Kaine interrupted Pence over 40 times during the debate.

If you can't counter with facts, then counter with constant interruptions.

Posted by: The Deplorable Captain Whitebread at October 04, 2016 11:35 PM (rJUlF)

146 I already arranged to take the day after election day off from work...

Posted by: Max Power at October 04, 2016 11:35 PM (q177U)

147 Bummer Orioles. No Beltway series this year.

Go Nats!!

(jumping the bandwagon since the Pirates didn't make it.)

Posted by: Puddleglum at October 04, 2016 11:35 PM (aANWo)

148 Megyn Kelly's looks have been on a steady decline as she has aged. Current close-up pictures are less than glamorous. Her time to get that big 3 network "News" contract may be running out."

--------

She is auditioning for Hillary's press secretary.

Posted by: Decaf at October 04, 2016 11:35 PM (8zHLN)

149 everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but only liberals are entitled to their own facts.

Posted by: mallfly version 1.00205c at October 04, 2016 11:35 PM (2JQBv)

150 Anonymous, not in DC or other urban areas.

Posted by: Jean at October 04, 2016 11:35 PM (ngn8T)

151 Posted by: An Observation at October 04, 2016 11:13 PM (MimoF)



Listened several times. Prison.


Are you listening through computer speakers? I have very high quality auxiliary speakers hooked up to my computer and it is clearly 3 syllables and President.


I wish it were Prison but I don't think it is.


Posted by: An Observation at October 04, 2016 11:36 PM (MimoF)

152 116 OT- But before I forget. Has anyone bought one of the Chink small engines from Harbor Freight?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 04, 2016 11:28 PM (R7vCh)



I suspect this post is racist somehow.

Posted by: Puddleglum at October 04, 2016 11:36 PM (aANWo)

153 need about those guys torched on the road outside of white marsh

I'm sorry? Clarify?

Posted by: Weirddave at October 04, 2016 11:37 PM (CTvSA)

154 Knew you could lose teeth using meth but nobody said anything about junk.
Better get those public service ads out there, Board of Health. You to can have Orgasmatron level gratification like that OSHA drone.

Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at October 04, 2016 11:37 PM (FtrY1)

155
Do hotels ask for a background check when you book with them?
Posted by: Decaf


Yes. Visa or Mastercard.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 04, 2016 11:37 PM (IqV8l)

156 Great ONT WeirdDave.

Posted by: Darth Randall at October 04, 2016 11:38 PM (v3DL/)

157 "Chuck Dixon's comment on the debate "Tim Kaine's Roman name would be Pious Interruptous."

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Faux Pious Interruptus.

Posted by: Decaf at October 04, 2016 11:38 PM (8zHLN)

158 I said, "Hillary for fucking prison."

Posted by: Guy in Video at October 04, 2016 11:39 PM (XoldI)

159 I wouldn't like it either. The answer is a private, voluntary association, like an HOA. (Voluntary in that you chose to move to the HOA neighborhood). Personally, I will pay more to avoid an HOA and take my chances with the possibility of an auto body shop next door, but that's just me. Others may decide differently, of course.

Tell me, what exactly is the difference between the argument you're making and the one that groups like moms demand make WRT gun ownership? They don't like guns, claim that guns make neighborhoods more dangerous, etc, etc. so they naturally think the solution is for govt to outlaw them, regardless of the rights of the gun owner.

You don't want a body shop next door, so you want the govt to outlaw it, thereby depriving your neighbor of his rights to his property.

What's the difference? I'm honestly asking.
Posted by: Weirddave at October 04, 2016 11:30 PM (CTvSA)


Government rules and regulations supersede any HOA or deed requirements.

HOA rules have provisions so that you can't have a satellite dish or tv antenna, Congress wrote the law saying "nope, you can't deny someone those services, so dishes/antennas are okay".

Deed restrictions still have wording in some places that the property cant be sold to people of a certain race or religion. Again, illegal under Equal Housing laws.

As for guns, if it is legal in the state/locality for you to conceal carry, you can conceal carry. HOA can't do shit except for send you "pretty please" letters.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at October 04, 2016 11:39 PM (1JnAL)

160 Are you listening through computer speakers? I have very high quality auxiliary speakers hooked up to my computer and it is clearly 3 syllables and President.


I wish it were Prison but I don't think it is.




Posted by: An Observation at October 04, 2016 11:36 PM (MimoF)

No. Just a laptop. I thought there may have been some kind of "hiccup" in the sound, but I could be wrong.

Thought maybe "prison" was why it was put up there.

Posted by: Country Boy - Deplorable and proud of it at October 04, 2016 11:39 PM (heN73)

161 156 Great ONT WeirdDave.
Posted by: Darth Randall at October 04, 2016 11:38 PM (v3DL/)
-----------------------------
I second that --- with mucho enthooooosiasm!

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at October 04, 2016 11:40 PM (Nox3c)

162 "everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but only liberals are entitled to their own facts."

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Half right, everyone is entitled to liberals opinions AND facts.

Posted by: Decaf at October 04, 2016 11:40 PM (8zHLN)

163 F'in Jays.
Ha-ha!

Posted by: nelson muntz vacationing in Toronto at October 04, 2016 11:40 PM (LdMbv)

164 Deed restrictions still have wording in some places that the property cant be sold to people of a certain race or religion. Again, illegal under Equal Housing laws.
-------------

Ours excludes "People of Ill Repute"

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 04, 2016 11:40 PM (R7vCh)

165
That internet poll is very interesting. UK and Germany, among many other countries, want Trump to win.



I wonder why?

Posted by: Decaf at October 04, 2016 11:16 PM (8zHLN)


Because they are painfully aware of how much grief attends muzzie immigration?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2016 11:40 PM (o9m/V)

166 From Hats link the other night. Two white guys dowsed with gas and torched on what looked like RT40, by a bunch of black guys who video's it and posted it.

The guys are in the hospital and I heard there were some arrests, but nothing much.

Posted by: Jean at October 04, 2016 11:40 PM (t8px3)

167 Mike Hammer: I bought an --I think 8 horse-- 'Predator' engine two years ago. Needed a carb to replace from ethanol clogging, cheap and readily available. I think I paid $89 for the thing. Have it on my log splitter.

Would by another of that series.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at October 04, 2016 11:41 PM (RVjrl)

168 "155
Do hotels ask for a background check when you book with them?
Posted by: Decaf

Yes. Visa or Mastercard."

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I'm quite certain drug lords and such have them too.

Posted by: Decaf at October 04, 2016 11:41 PM (8zHLN)

169 Ours excludes "People of Ill Repute"
Posted by: Mike Hammer
--------------

And yet, here I am.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 04, 2016 11:42 PM (R7vCh)

170 Open a body shop next door to me - cool.
Just don't complain about me running my woodshed in the driveway.
I'll buy the beer if you ignore that I ignored the grass again. And burgers on the grill will be done at five sharp.

Plus, I'll just know where to get a good price to fix my truck after the drunk illegal alien with no insurance runs into me again.

Posted by: Tim Kaine's Mom at October 04, 2016 11:43 PM (C6kpX)

171 In Houston we have deed restrictions that we agree to when we buy a property. If I attempted to start doing auto body work my neighbors would sue me , and would win.

The neighborhood I live in is 55 years old, and we don't even have an HOA (thank God) we have a civic club. HOAs are dictatorial scams set up by petty tyrants and lawyers who hope to be able to foreclose on somebody's property. Somebody tried to set up an HOA here but the people pointed out the civic club was working fine and the HOA got voted down.

We don't need your stinking corrupt dictatorial zoning laws - thank you.

Posted by: An Observation at October 04, 2016 11:43 PM (MimoF)

172 166 From Hats link the other night. Two white guys dowsed with gas and torched on what looked like RT40, by a bunch of black guys who video's it and posted it.

The guys are in the hospital and I heard there were some arrests, but nothing much.
Posted by: Jean at October 04, 2016 11:40 PM (t8px3)
----------------------------
You are mistaken.
It didn't happen.
Nothing happens unless we say it does.

Posted by: MSM at October 04, 2016 11:44 PM (Nox3c)

173 Again, I would not like it if someone decided to
start doing body work at the property next door. They want to open a
body shop, they need to go to a property zoned for commercial use. Even
if they would pay more taxes than just a homeowner would, most people
have additional concerns rather than feeding the government's coffers.



Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 04, 2016 11:19 PM (R+30W)


I would have zero problem with a body shop locating next to me, as long as they would let me use their spray booth once in a while.

Take the anti Air BnB thing to its ultimate conclusion, you would even be able to have house guests, and "Hey, you don't have a license to keep those kids there!"

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2016 11:44 PM (o9m/V)

174 Mike Hammer: I bought an --I think 8 horse-- 'Predator' engine two years ago. Needed a carb to replace from ethanol clogging, cheap and readily available. I think I paid $89 for the thing. Have it on my log splitter.

Would by another of that series.
Posted by: Jinx the Cat
-------------

Yeah. That's what I've got in mind. Prices are up a bit, but looks like I can get 6 h.p. for less than $80.00

My instinct is to look for another Briggs, used, but it's likely to be out of the pan into the fire.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 04, 2016 11:44 PM (R7vCh)

175 168
"155

Do hotels ask for a background check when you book with them?

Posted by: Decaf



Yes. Visa or Mastercard."



--------



I'm quite certain drug lords and such have them too.

Posted by: Decaf at October 04, 2016 11:41 PM (8zHLN)

And I'm also sure drug lords have successfully stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night.
It's not the hotel's job to serve as a deputized agent of law enforcement and catch all the drug lords. That is the government's job.
Same with AirBNB. If the owner wants to do a background check on the prospective rentals, then all the better.

Posted by: chemjeff at October 04, 2016 11:45 PM (uAvJJ)

176 Weird Dave

http://preview.tinyurl.com/zov9aeh

Posted by: Jean at October 04, 2016 11:45 PM (t8px3)

177 You are mistaken.
It didn't happen.
Nothing happens unless we say it does.
Posted by: MSM

Except when the idiots post their own video to the Internet

Posted by: Jean at October 04, 2016 11:46 PM (ngn8T)

178 Free Kindle book today (Tuesday) only!


Sorry I forgot to tell the Horde about this earlier.


From a friend in Project Appleseed,


"The Rifleman's Guide to Ambidextrous shooting" - comes right up. I just got a free copy for myself too of course.

Posted by: Steck - Texit at October 04, 2016 11:47 PM (EwReX)

179 It's hard to think of a more truly loathsome human being than Hillary Clinton. It's even harder to think of the kind of mindset that would actually vote for her.

I mean, I'm not the sharpest knife in the moslem's victim, but I simply cannot imagine the lengths to which one must shut down one's curiosity, one's intelligence, and one's perception to think, "I'm voting for Hillary!"

It's like saying "I will never, ever have another idea again...not even a bad one. Not even a stupid one. I have become Liberal."

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 04, 2016 11:47 PM (AroJD)

180 OT- But before I forget. Has anyone bought one of
the Chink small engines from Harbor Freight? The aged Briggs on our
tiller is pretty well worn out.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 04, 2016 11:28 PM (R7vCh)


They are OK until they're not. Replacement parts availability is an issue.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2016 11:48 PM (o9m/V)

181 I don't feel too well, guys. I think I'm gonna puke.

I'll never mix clover pollen and buckwheat pollen again.

Posted by: Buzzbee Berkeley at October 04, 2016 11:48 PM (LdMbv)

182 124
Again, I would not like it if someone decided to start doing body work at the property next door.

I wouldn't like it either. The answer is a private, voluntary association, like an HOA. (Voluntary in that you chose to move to the HOA neighborhood). Personally, I will pay more to avoid an HOA and take my chances with the possibility of an auto body shop next door, but that's just me. Others may decide differently, of course.

Tell me, what exactly is the difference between the argument you're making and the one that groups like moms demand make WRT gun ownership? They don't like guns, claim that guns make neighborhoods more dangerous, etc, etc. so they naturally think the solution is for govt to outlaw them, regardless of the rights of the gun owner.

You don't want a body shop next door, so you want the govt to outlaw it, thereby depriving your neighbor of his rights to his property.

What's the difference? I'm honestly asking.

Posted by: Weirddave at October 04, 2016 11:30 PM (CTvSA)

++++

Not sure what WRT means, and google wasn't much help.

That aside, I think I get your gist. Banning guns because you have feelz that bad things might happen is different from banning liquor stores and bars in single family home neighborhoods, for example.

I don't have a problem with people living in HOAs, where they regulate everything down to what shade of brown you must use to paint your front door. Not my ideal neighborhood, but I don't have a problem with others choosing it for themselves. But, most older neighborhoods are not part of an HOA.

I just don't see the problem with zoning laws in the abstract. Are there bad zoning laws? Have there been abuses? Undoubtedly. But still, the general idea of keeping the commercial and industrial activity out of residential neighborhoods is just, in my opinion. Someone wants to open a small watering hole, they should not think that they can just buy a house in a quiet neighborhood and start serving drinks. They should be the ones who look elsewhere to buy their property.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 04, 2016 11:49 PM (R+30W)

183 well, thank heavens you didn't have the buckwheat clover pollen mead!

Posted by: chemjeff at October 04, 2016 11:49 PM (uAvJJ)

184 Same with AirBNB. If the owner wants to do a background check on the prospective rentals, then all the better.


Posted by: chemjeff at October 04, 2016 11:45 PM (uAvJJ)


But what if said owner is accused of being Islamophobic or hating Hispanics?

Posted by: cm9000 at October 04, 2016 11:50 PM (vYaiw)

185 but I simply cannot imagine the lengths to which one must shut down one's curiosity, one's intelligence, and one's perception to think, "I'm voting for Hillary!"
----------

You've never engaged an FDR Democrat in conversation, have you? Yellow doggers, they are. They would watch the country burn before they would pull a lever marked 'R'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 04, 2016 11:50 PM (R7vCh)

186 Someone wants to open a small watering hole, they should not think that
they can just buy a house in a quiet neighborhood and start serving
drinks. They should be the ones who look elsewhere to buy their property.



Why?

Posted by: chemjeff at October 04, 2016 11:50 PM (uAvJJ)

187 wrt = with regards to

Posted by: andycanuck at October 04, 2016 11:51 PM (LdMbv)

188 159 I don't understand what you are saying. Of course you can't have an HOA that violates the law, by the same token, it is a private market solution to the problem that was being presented: an auto body shop opening next door. (And BTW, I LOATHE HOAs). There's no reason you couldn't have an HOA with legal teeth and leave the govt out of it (beyond the courts enforcing the teeth of the voluntary HOA contract, something well within Constitutional limits)

Posted by: Weirddave at October 04, 2016 11:51 PM (CTvSA)

189 Congrats to the Jays fans. Condolences to the Orioles fans.

Since I didn't have a dog in this fight, I was able to sit back and enjoy it without biting my nails. It was a good game.

Posted by: MSM at October 04, 2016 11:51 PM (P8951)

190 I thought it was funny when someone used AirBNB for a 30 day stay and they didn't leave the apartment, under California law makes the person a Tenant and thus has be evicted.

Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at October 04, 2016 11:52 PM (dKiJG)

191 Off wretched sock.

Posted by: Donna&&&&V.deplorably brandishing ampersands&&&&so there at October 04, 2016 11:52 PM (P8951)

192 Quite frankly I'd be happy if there was a bar down the street from me

Posted by: chemjeff at October 04, 2016 11:53 PM (uAvJJ)

193 But what if said owner is accused of being Islamophobic or hating Hispanics?

Posted by: cm900

Not if, when

Posted by: Jean at October 04, 2016 11:53 PM (ngn8T)

194 Like the American MSM would be pulling for the Jays!

Posted by: andycanuck at October 04, 2016 11:53 PM (LdMbv)

195 Evening roonz and roonettez!


I am being reminded why I don't watch much TV. I have scanned 3 programs in the past 5 minutes and seen nothing but commercials so far.


What's everyone else up to?

Posted by: Deplorable GGE at October 04, 2016 11:53 PM (vbvxt)

196 But what if said owner is accused of being Islamophobic or hating Hispanics?




Posted by: cm9000 at October 04, 2016 11:50 PM (vYaiw)

So? Let them rent to whomever they wish.

Posted by: chemjeff at October 04, 2016 11:53 PM (uAvJJ)

197 Oh, it was Donna.
Good!

Posted by: andycanuck at October 04, 2016 11:53 PM (LdMbv)

198
Thought maybe "prison" was why it was put up there.


Well of course it was. That's what I heard too. You think I agree with "Hillary for president"??

Posted by: Weirddave at October 04, 2016 11:54 PM (CTvSA)

199 That internet poll is very interesting. UK and Germany, among many other countries, want Trump to win.





I wonder why?


Because they aren't completely insane. They see what 8 years of Obama has done to the US, and unlike domestic liberals they don't see the US as the biggest evil in the world. While Europe would like to see the US trimmed down in size some - they don't want a world without us in it. Somebody will fill that power vacuum and they don't like who they see lining up to do it.

Posted by: An Observation at October 04, 2016 11:54 PM (MimoF)

200 That's a whole lot of content for having nuthin'.

Posted by: Insomniac - Irredeemably Deplorable at October 04, 2016 11:55 PM (0mRoj)

201 Hi GGE

Posted by: chemjeff at October 04, 2016 11:55 PM (uAvJJ)

202 I don't feel too well, guys. I think I'm gonna puke.
I'll never mix clover pollen and buckwheat pollen again.
Posted by: Buzzbee Berkeley at October 04, 2016 11:48 PM

Why would you do that?

Question for the Horde:
I went to google something today and the pic above was a birthday cake and cupcakes. Did anyone see that today or was it just because today was my birthday?

Posted by: Farmer at October 04, 2016 11:55 PM (o/90i)

203 Hillary for Poly-Grip!

Posted by: Gums at October 04, 2016 11:55 PM (XoldI)

204 Well, Marthe Kent's checking the salt-pill inventory in a very warm place right now; she checked out in 2014.


Posted by: Sort-of-Mad Max at October 04, 2016 11:55 PM (nd1zx)

205 WRT = With Regard To

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 04, 2016 11:56 PM (1rrYu)

206 Happy Birthday Farmer!

Posted by: chemjeff at October 04, 2016 11:56 PM (uAvJJ)

207 As a long-term lurker recently active in Aces Monday Fitness Blog I just have to say WELL DONE on the ONT's. I think they're even better than Maet's!

Dan

Posted by: Dansgirls at October 04, 2016 11:56 PM (xBbs+)

208 So? Let them rent to whomever they wish.


Posted by: chemjeff at October 04, 2016 11:53 PM (uAvJJ)


Really that's how it works. No lawsuits will be forthcoming?

Posted by: cm9000 at October 04, 2016 11:57 PM (vYaiw)

209 Well, that debate made me feel a little bit better about the campaign than I have since the first one.

The important thing was not only did Pence wipe the floor with Krazy Kaine, the media bias was so obvious that anybody not completely in the tank for cank could see it. I hope (a slight hope) that the undecideds will start tuning out the MSM propaganda just because it's so ridiculously heavy-handed.

Posted by: Donna&&&&V.deplorably brandishing ampersands&&&&so there at October 04, 2016 11:57 PM (P8951)

210 Although, Farmer, next time you can just say "It's my birthday" without inventing the whole Google search story

Posted by: chemjeff at October 04, 2016 11:57 PM (uAvJJ)

211 Wrong, at least as to rentals. Owners are allowed to do background checks on renters, and almost all of them do.

Plus, it's the difference between getting a new neighbor once a year or every weekend.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 04, 2016 11:32 PM (R+30W)


Better make sure that it is just a credit check. Background checks can be a touchy subject with equal housing.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at October 04, 2016 11:58 PM (1JnAL)

212 how did luntz's duntzs undecideds go?

Posted by: yankeefifth at October 04, 2016 11:58 PM (cPsPa)

213 BTW, I thought the TBS baseball announcers did an excellent job.

They're massively better than our regular Jays' announcers who think they're doing radio so they literally do not shut up ever during a game for longer than 5 seconds; think it's their private talk show to discuss their past careers when it's a LIVE sporting event; and spend most of the game blowing the opposition players to show how evenhanded they are (and so better than ordinary fans); and we know the f#cking score and count because it's onscreen for the entire f#cking game so you don't have to repeat it every two batters!

Posted by: andycanuck at October 04, 2016 11:58 PM (LdMbv)

214 As a long-term lurker recently active in Aces Monday Fitness Blog I just have to say WELL DONE on the ONT's. I think they're even better than Maet's!

Dan
Posted by: Dansgirls

Come on, his blogger chair isn't even cold yet, let Maet rest in peace.

Posted by: Jean at October 04, 2016 11:58 PM (ngn8T)

215 Yes, Happy birthday, Farmer!

Posted by: Donna&&&&V.deplorably brandishing ampersands&&&&so there at October 04, 2016 11:58 PM (P8951)

216 Woo-Who! Mr. Plinkett review of Star Wars: the Force Awakens is up.

Posted by: Darth Randall at October 04, 2016 11:59 PM (v3DL/)

217 how did luntz's duntzs undecideds go?
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 04, 2016 11:58 PM (cPsPa)


Overwhelmingly Pence.

Posted by: The Political Hat at October 04, 2016 11:59 PM (vBeA5)

218 Hi Chemjeff.


So I'm checking out this new browser that the dude from Firefox made after he got fired cause he didn't support gay marriage, called Brave. So far it's pretty quick to load, quicker than Firefox.


Apparently it's built on the Chromium platform, there's no search bar and it's got an ad blocker built in so advertisers don't like it.

Posted by: Deplorable GGE at October 04, 2016 11:59 PM (vbvxt)

219 Looks like the Jays stole better players from the Mariners than the Orioles.
BTW, that was some good bird on bird action. Better luck next year, WD.

Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at October 04, 2016 11:59 PM (FtrY1)

220 They are OK until they're not. Replacement parts availability is an issue.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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I'll concede that I'm looking for the easy way out, as opposed to shopping for a used Briggs. That's not how I usually do things, but I weary of having to tinker with every piece of equipment that I own.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 04, 2016 11:59 PM (R7vCh)

221 195 Evening roonz and roonettez!


I am being reminded why I don't watch much TV. I have scanned 3 programs in the past 5 minutes and seen nothing but commercials so far.


What's everyone else up to?
Posted by: Deplorable GGE at October 04, 2016 11:53 PM (vbvxt)

Season 1 of 24.

Jack Bauer gives me the case of the safety FEELZ.

Posted by: Pepe, The Irredeemable at October 04, 2016 11:59 PM (LY6Ds)

222 192 Quite frankly I'd be happy if there was a bar down the street from me

Posted by: chemjeff at October 04, 2016 11:53 PM (uAvJJ)

++++

What if it was right next door. And, they play music. Every day and every night. And, sometimes their patrons come stumbling out (after they have been told to leave) and they start puking in your bushes. Or taking a leak behind your garage. Or sneaking into your garage to fuck.

Having a bar a few blocks away is convenient, but having one next door would be a huge pain.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 05, 2016 12:00 AM (R+30W)

223 Jean. No. I know nothing further.

Posted by: Weirddave at October 05, 2016 12:00 AM (CTvSA)

224 how did luntz's duntzs undecideds go?
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 04, 2016 11:58 PM (cPsPa)

Overwhelmingly Pence.
Posted by: The Political Hat at October 04, 2016 11:59 PM (vBeA5)




thanks.

interesting. sadly, I generally disparage the duntzs so I am not sure how much I can enjoy the undecideds.

Posted by: yankeefifth at October 05, 2016 12:00 AM (cPsPa)

225
how did luntz's duntzs undecideds go?


22-4 for Pence

Posted by: An Observation at October 05, 2016 12:00 AM (MimoF)

226 We had a person running a unregistered Hair Salon in her home, she had people taking up lots of parking spots. The HOA put a stop to it. I agree that HOA can be a pain but thier job is to protect the value of our homes.

Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at October 05, 2016 12:01 AM (dKiJG)

227 who bitch this is moderating? she really sucked balls, which is probably how she got the gig.

Posted by: yankeefifth at October 05, 2016 12:01 AM (cPsPa)

228 212 how did luntz's duntzs undecideds go?
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 04, 2016 11:58 PM (cPsPa)

Overwhelmingly for Pence

Posted by: Donna&&&&V.deplorably brandishing ampersands&&&&so there at October 05, 2016 12:01 AM (P8951)

229 Wasn't Marthe Kent Superman's mom?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 05, 2016 12:01 AM (IqV8l)

230 how did luntz's duntzs undecideds go?

22-4 for Pence

Posted by: An Observation at October 05, 2016 12:00 AM (MimoF)


decisive!

Posted by: yankeefifth at October 05, 2016 12:02 AM (cPsPa)

231 Overwhelmingly for Pence
Posted by: Donna&&&&V.deplorably brandishing ampersands&&&&so there at October 05, 2016 12:01 AM (P8951)




Thanks!

Posted by: yankeefifth at October 05, 2016 12:02 AM (cPsPa)

232 As a long-term lurker recently active in Aces Monday Fitness Blog I just have to say WELL DONE on the ONT's. I think they're even better than Maet's!

Dan
Posted by: Dansgirls



All due respect...Maet and CDR M are the standard bearers.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 05, 2016 12:02 AM (89UPP)

233 I have been doing land use law in San Francisco for 20 years. Without some modicum of planning/zoning, you end up with a horrible hodge-podge of all kinds of uses crammed against each other and stuff. Want a great example? Go to Annandale, Virginia. Until the late 90's or so, it was a quaint suburb that looked like people actually thought about what they were building and where. Now? Good lord, it's awful. There are McMansions next to split level houses, things are just crammed here and there -- it looks awful and it's hard to navigate. Also, yeah, I don't want a hog-rending plant next to my house anymore than some of you want adult bookstores next to elementary schools. Zoning and such can be abused, but there's a lot to be said for it.

Posted by: SFGoth at October 05, 2016 12:02 AM (KAi1n)

234 I went to google something today and the pic above was a birthday cake and cupcakes. Did anyone see that today or was it just because today was my birthday?
Posted by: Farmer
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We know everything. Aren't you glad we wished you a happy birthday?

Posted by: Googley at October 05, 2016 12:03 AM (R7vCh)

235 I'll concede that I'm looking for the easy way out,
as opposed to shopping for a used Briggs. That's not how I usually do
things, but I weary of having to tinker with every piece of equipment
that I own.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 04, 2016 11:59 PM (R7vCh)


Well, I have been scavenging used engines from the dump. Have several old cast-iron Briggs, Kohler, and Wisconsin engines in the 6 to 12 HP range. But the predator engine from HF will be fine until something goes wrong with it, and you cannot find parts. But if you get 2-3 seasons out of it, you got your money's worth.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2016 12:03 AM (o9m/V)

236 As a long-term lurker recently active in Aces Monday Fitness Blog I just have to say WELL DONE on the ONT's. I think they're even better than Maet's!

Dan
Posted by: Dansgirls


All due respect...Maet and CDR M are the standard bearers.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 05, 2016 12:02 AM (89UPP)




no real value in making in comparing either way.

Posted by: yankeefifth at October 05, 2016 12:04 AM (cPsPa)

237 Although, Farmer, next time you can just say "It's my birthday" without inventing the whole Google search story
Posted by: chemjeff at October 04, 2016 11:57 PM

LMAO, it was clever tho? No actually true, I don't ever remember the Google Gods giving me a bday cake before.

It's just creepy.

Posted by: Farmer at October 05, 2016 12:04 AM (o/90i)

238 sigh,

no real value in making a comparison either way.

Posted by: yankeefifth at October 05, 2016 12:05 AM (cPsPa)

239 What's everyone else up to?
Posted by: Deplorable GGE
=====

Enjoying the weather. You folks may get some spin-off rain down there, no?

Posted by: Googley at October 05, 2016 12:05 AM (R7vCh)

240 Unless I've missed one Anon Y Mous, every example you've given of unpleasantries resulting from someone opening a business in your neighborhood is already covered by other laws. For example, your last post: noise ordinances, public urination and drunkeness, trespassing.

There are a lot of neighborhoods in the city and old county neighborhoods her that have bars in converted houses. I used to live in one. It was....nice. Convenient and very much what Cheers pretended to be, a community recreation spot. Some were the heart of their block.

Posted by: Weirddave at October 05, 2016 12:05 AM (CTvSA)

241 Speaking of zoning laws, the street where my employer's place of business is has a weird mix of industrial and residential properties. It must be a holdover from decades ago.

Posted by: rickl the deplorable at October 05, 2016 12:06 AM (sdi6R)

242 Oooops.
*slips off sticky Google sock*

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 05, 2016 12:06 AM (R7vCh)

243 I want Trump to read Martha Kent's quote at his rallies instead of the lyrics of the snake song.

It shows a much scarier and more dangerous type of snake. And our government is full of them.

Posted by: OldDominionMom at October 05, 2016 12:06 AM (GzDYP)

244 A real pitchers' duel; both teams hitting big home-runs for scoring; coaches duelling with pitching and batting changes; double-plays and some great fielding; no errors; and extra innings. So quite the game, Headless Body of Agnew.

Posted by: andycanuck at October 05, 2016 12:06 AM (LdMbv)

245 LMAO, it was clever tho? No actually true, I don't ever remember the Google Gods giving me a bday cake before.



It's just creepy.



Posted by: Farmer at October 05, 2016 12:04 AM (o/90i)


You probably share a birthday with some saint of the progressive Commies.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2016 12:07 AM (o9m/V)

246 Enjoying the weather. You folks may get some spin-off rain down there, no?
Posted by: Googley at October 05, 2016 12:05 AM (R7vCh)



Yep, we had plans to go to Myrtle Beach this upcoming weekend for our anniversary but decided to push it back two weeks because of the hurricane.


You may remember last year for our honeymoon we drove the Blue Ridge...or half of it at least, the Virginia side was closed because of Hurricane Joaquin.


I'm hoping this isn't a trend...

Posted by: Deplorable GGE at October 05, 2016 12:08 AM (vbvxt)

247 Posted by: SFGoth at October 05, 2016 12:02 AM (KAi1n)

I have to agree with you. I thought Houston's strange hodge-podge of skyscraper next to church next to skyscraper next to restaurant was, well, pretty unsightly. I liked the people I met there though.

Posted by: Donna&&&&V.deplorably brandishing ampersands&&&&so there at October 05, 2016 12:09 AM (P8951)

248 some stupid cow talking to cavuto just said "fast food workers can't survive making $7.25 an hour when they are working 80 to 100 hours a week." really? you cannot survive on that when you are making 40 to 60 hours at time and a half.

stupid cow.

Posted by: yankeefifth at October 05, 2016 12:09 AM (cPsPa)

249 Pence was weak but Kaine may have been so over the top to make it a wash. VP debates don't usually matter and this might be the least consequential one in the television era.

Posted by: cm9000 at October 05, 2016 12:09 AM (vYaiw)

250 OK, measured it on giggleearth. 95 yards down the alley from my door to the bar.

Posted by: Country Singer (gab @BertG) at October 05, 2016 12:09 AM (GUBah)

251 I remember when a Farmer's land was zoned for Industrial and he was going to sell all his land, the zoning board was going to repeal it and make it just agricultural, so he said if you ruin my deal I will turn my farm land into the largest pig farm you ever saw. They balked because he was dead serious, I know him and he would have done it, pig farms smell for miles

Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at October 05, 2016 12:10 AM (dKiJG)

252 The Farmer in the birthday
The Farmer in the birthday
Hey ho the derry-o
The Farmer in the birthday!!!!!

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at October 05, 2016 12:10 AM (Nox3c)

253 Well, I have been scavenging used engines from the dump. Have several old cast-iron Briggs, Kohler, and Wisconsin engines in the 6 to 12 HP range.
----------

Heh. I figured that you must have a few around. The one I have is 40 years old, aluminum bore, been re-ringed once, valves freshened twice. Can't see putting anymore effort into it. Local free classified not showing any used ones for sale.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 05, 2016 12:10 AM (R7vCh)

254 I have to agree with you. I thought Houston's strange hodge-podge of skyscraper next to church next to skyscraper next to restaurant was, well, pretty unsightly. I liked the people I met there though.
Posted by: Donna&&&&V.deplorably brandishing ampersands&&&&so there at October 05, 2016 12:09 AM (P8951)



nyc is the posterchild for over zoning and houston is the same for under zoning.

Posted by: yankeefifth at October 05, 2016 12:10 AM (cPsPa)

255 Huh. I guess my previous post didn't make it through. Anyhow, I used to live *95* yards (I was guessing 75) from a bar with a rowdy reputation. It actually was very rarely an issue.

Posted by: Country Singer (gab @BertG) at October 05, 2016 12:11 AM (GUBah)

256 I'm hoping this isn't a trend...
Posted by: Deplorable GGE
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Well... uh.... you guys just stay east of, oh, Raleigh, okay?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 05, 2016 12:12 AM (R7vCh)

257 Evenin' everyone.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 05, 2016 12:12 AM (WnZAV)

258 by the way, no way someone working 80 to 100 hours a week is not getting ahead somehow. I have worked those hours and hardly anyone willing to work those hours stays stuck in a low level position.

Posted by: yankeefifth at October 05, 2016 12:12 AM (cPsPa)

259 test

Posted by: PaleRider at October 05, 2016 12:12 AM (Jen0I)

260 Some good birthdays, (now) yesterday on the 4th:
http://www.onthisday.com/birthdays/october/4

Posted by: andycanuck at October 05, 2016 12:12 AM (LdMbv)

261 222 but what if it's a martini bar that only plays smooth jazz and the guests are well behaved? Would that be ok?

Posted by: chemjeff @ new phone at October 05, 2016 12:13 AM (uAvJJ)

262 The problem with no zoning is it leads to disconformity, and...

...disconformity leads to lowered quality of life and depreciating property values. Depreciating values lead to lower tax revenue and the vicious circle accelerates.

During my career when I saw the word disconformity in an appraisal summary I knew a discount of value was coming.

Posted by: Meremortal.... at October 05, 2016 12:14 AM (3myMJ)

263 Heh. I figured that you must have a few around. The
one I have is 40 years old, aluminum bore, been re-ringed once, valves
freshened twice. Can't see putting anymore effort into it. Local free
classified not showing any used ones for sale.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 05, 2016 12:10 AM (R7vCh)


Look for the Briggs "IC Series", they have iron sleeves, and are more heavy duty. Kawasaki made some good flathead one-lungers; I have a 13 horse on my Dixon mower. Another good brand is Robin, made by Subaru. And Honda, of course, now the gold standard for small engines. The Chinese engines are usually knock-offs of older model Hondas.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2016 12:14 AM (o9m/V)

264 LMAO, it was clever tho? No actually true, I don't ever remember the Google Gods giving me a bday cake before.

It's just creepy.
Posted by: Farmer
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At least it wasn't delivered by a Google Clown.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 05, 2016 12:15 AM (R7vCh)

265 The anti-microhousing stuff is about sewage and waste disposal, along with fire hazard issues with electrical overload and the use of such developments as dumping grounds for alcoholics and drug addicts.

The developers of microhousing do not build for hundreds rather than tens of people pooping and using electricity. Not to mention the parking issues, whether it's cars or bikes (motorcycles and plain old fixies). It's greenwashing.

Posted by: TPC at October 05, 2016 12:15 AM (a6FcN)

266 I guess I'm not using safari anymore unless I remove current copy and re-install. Its been flaking out and pixy rejected any comment.

Posted by: PaleRider at October 05, 2016 12:15 AM (Jen0I)

267 Well... uh.... you guys just stay east of, oh, Raleigh, okay?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 05, 2016 12:12 AM (R7vCh)


Maybe we'll go to DC next year....

Posted by: Deplorable GGE at October 05, 2016 12:15 AM (vbvxt)

268 Posted by: Farmer at October 05, 2016 12:04 AM (o/90i)
You probably share a birthday with some saint of the progressive Commies.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2016 12:07 AM

LMAO AOP. For some reason that struck my funnybone.

I've always liked the way you think.

Posted by: Farmer at October 05, 2016 12:16 AM (o/90i)

269 so tim kaine is the one that tweeted the open marriage thing right?

Posted by: yankeefifth at October 05, 2016 12:17 AM (cPsPa)

270 Pence was just horribly weak. So many attacks he could have made on Hillary that he missed.

Posted by: cm9000 at October 05, 2016 12:17 AM (vYaiw)

271 I'll be glad when this election is over, I'm getting really really tired of all the bullshit political ads.

Posted by: Deplorable GGE at October 05, 2016 12:17 AM (vbvxt)

272 Deed restrictions still have wording in some places that the property cant be sold to people of a certain race or religion. Again, illegal under Equal Housing laws.
-------------

I did deed research for lot surveys in older parts of Boston.

Some neighborhood covenants were quite interesting. One in particular, circa 1850's, I remember: "No chickens, pigs, or Irish".

Posted by: Dusty deed registration books at October 05, 2016 12:18 AM (uz/Pv)

273 I'll be glad when this election is over, I'm getting really really tired of all the bullshit political ads.
Posted by: Deplorable GGE at October 05, 2016 12:17 AM (vbvxt)




GGE!


same. this is my third election hanging out at the hq. funny how much the horde has aged.

Posted by: yankeefifth at October 05, 2016 12:18 AM (cPsPa)

274 188 159 I don't understand what you are saying. Of course you can't have an HOA that violates the law, by the same token, it is a private market solution to the problem that was being presented: an auto body shop opening next door. (And BTW, I LOATHE HOAs). There's no reason you couldn't have an HOA with legal teeth and leave the govt out of it (beyond the courts enforcing the teeth of the voluntary HOA contract, something well within Constitutional limits)
Posted by: Weirddave at October 04, 2016 11:51 PM (CTvSA)


I was answering more along the lines of a HOA banning guns.

As for a HOA banning commercial/industrial uses in a community, I have no problems with it.

WRT zoning laws, I do like that localities have different zoning like residential-commercial-industrial-agricultural because those are all entirely different uses of land.

I know a family that has 250 acres of land in an outlying county that has been in their family for about 100 years. They were farmers, and the property was zoned agricultural, because of that, it is valued by the county much less as the surrounding property. Because of that, they only pay about $500 a year in property taxes instead of about $20,000 a year if it was zoned residential.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at October 05, 2016 12:19 AM (1JnAL)

275 I have been doing land use law in San Francisco for
20 years. Without some modicum of planning/zoning, you end up with a
horrible hodge-podge of all kinds of uses crammed against each other and
stuff. Want a great example? Go to Annandale, Virginia. Until the late
90's or so, it was a quaint suburb that looked like people actually
thought about what they were building and where. Now? Good lord, it's
awful. There are McMansions next to split level houses, things are just
crammed here and there -- it looks awful and it's hard to navigate.
Also, yeah, I don't want a hog-rending plant next to my house anymore
than some of you want adult bookstores next to elementary schools.
Zoning and such can be abused, but there's a lot to be said for it.


Posted by: SFGoth at October 05, 2016 12:02 AM (KAi1n)

Please stay in your zoned Hell Hole and leave us alone in Houston. Don't move here and try to fuck things up here too. One huge advantage that Houston has is that our bad areas can be easily redeveloped into something nicer. Just build better houses than were there before. There is a reason that Houston is such a dynamic growing changing city, and that reason is our lack of zoning laws.

Posted by: An Observation at October 05, 2016 12:19 AM (MimoF)

276 Oh God, that Hillary video. The eyes! THE EYES!!!!

Posted by: Insomniac - Irredeemably Deplorable at October 05, 2016 12:19 AM (0mRoj)

277 happy birthday farmer. hope it was a good one.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at October 05, 2016 12:19 AM (KP5rU)

278 Weirddave, as a fairly nooby poster, my opinion might be seen as only meant to suck up. Even tho this might be or might not be true, I love me some Jeff Dunham and really need some laughs!

So thanks for that link, especially.

Posted by: OldDominionMom at October 05, 2016 12:19 AM (GzDYP)

279 Oh great, just in time for the troll. Was the cm9000 nic hijacked? I thought I remembered it as an occasional poster rather than troll, but perhaps my memory was faulty.

Posted by: PaleRider at October 05, 2016 12:21 AM (Jen0I)

280 It's just creepy.
Posted by: Farmer
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At least it wasn't delivered by a Google Clown.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 05, 2016 12:15 AM

What is up w/ this clown crap? I'm old and still wok, then have to scan this place for the real world. No idea other than clowns are scaring some folks.

Posted by: Farmer at October 05, 2016 12:21 AM (o/90i)

281 An alternative to HOA is deed restrictions.
You buy into a deed restricted neighborhood the rules evident, clear and are legally enforced. The restrictions must be renewed in a designated time frame (ie 5 years) and the neighborhood can vote to alter them .

Posted by: gNewt....in the basket...forever censored at October 05, 2016 12:22 AM (dwNYN)

282 Maybe we'll go to DC next year....
Posted by: Deplorable GGE at October 05, 2016 12:15 AM (vbvxt)


Wasn't it about this time of year when Va. had that earthquake out by North Anna power plant?
100 miles away, The Washington Monument cracked up and down, and The nuclear reactor could've had a meltdon?

Posted by: Tim Kaine's Mom at October 05, 2016 12:22 AM (C6kpX)

283 What is up w/ this clown crap? I'm old and still wok, then have to scan this place for the real world. No idea other than clowns are scaring some folks.
Posted by: Farmer at October 05, 2016 12:21 AM (o/90i)

Sooner or later one of those assholes is going to get shot.

Posted by: Insomniac - Irredeemably Deplorable at October 05, 2016 12:23 AM (0mRoj)

284 Argh, I'm thinking that I won't actually be on the road in 5.5 hours...

Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at October 05, 2016 12:23 AM (jV8Mq)

285 I am thinking of giving up television altogether, especially cable news. having short stories of 1 to 3 minutes running all the time has to be bad for your brain.

Posted by: yankeefifth at October 05, 2016 12:24 AM (cPsPa)

286 240 Unless I've missed one Anon Y Mous, every example you've given of unpleasantries resulting from someone opening a business in your neighborhood is already covered by other laws. For example, your last post: noise ordinances, public urination and drunkeness, trespassing.

There are a lot of neighborhoods in the city and old county neighborhoods her that have bars in converted houses. I used to live in one. It was....nice. Convenient and very much what Cheers pretended to be, a community recreation spot. Some were the heart of their block.

Posted by: Weirddave at October 05, 2016 12:05 AM (CTvSA)

++++

I grew up in a fairly small town. My neighborhood had a small grocery store 2 blocks away, a small tavern about 5 blocks away, and a pinball joint a block away. All of them were long time establishments that were grandfathered in after they did the zoning. None of them could have been started when I was growing up, since the neighborhood was residential. The grocery was handy, the bar catered to old farts, so not many problems, but the pinball joint, that was another story.

The guy that owned it was and alky. At one time or another, he had served food, alcohol, sold groceries, whatever he could do. When he turned it into a pinball joint, there were lots of problems. Kids skipping school would hangout there, and there started to be a lot of problems with vandalism, home break-ins, stolen cars, etc. They finally closed him down, and the problems dropped down to next to nothing almost immediately. At least in our neighborhood. No doubt, the troublemakers went elsewhere, but that was good enough for us.

To answer your point directly: a bar draws a lot of traffic. Lots of strangers coming and going. Some of them are not going to be the kind of people you want hanging around next to your home, your valuables, your children.

That kind of establishment creates more noise than your typical neighbor. Zoning laws allow people to live in a pleasanter environment that they would be able to have if every property could be used for any old thing.

And, you must be aware, the noise laws are different for commercial zones than they are for residential zones. If my neighbor was making the kind of noise you hear outside a bar, the cops would make him stop. But, they don't run all over town making all the bars keep the noise down. That is the advantage of locating bars away from where people are trying to relax in their homes.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 05, 2016 12:25 AM (R+30W)

287 What is up w/ this clown crap? I'm old and still wok, then have to scan
this place for the real world. No idea other than clowns are scaring
some folks.

Posted by: Farmer at October 05, 2016 12:21 AM (o/90i)




I've *heard* it was started by fans of a movie by Rob Zombie called "31" that is evidently about killer clowns.


Here's the trailer: https://youtu.be/_gBCsqmvf3A

Posted by: Country Singer (gab @BertG) at October 05, 2016 12:25 AM (GUBah)

288 So is anyone going to disagree with me that Pence had a disastrous performance? Utterly pathetic how he took all of Kaine's attacks with so little push back.

Posted by: cm9000 at October 05, 2016 12:26 AM (vYaiw)

289 Y'all..always look carefully at Drudge's photos.

I just laughed again at the one of Kaine looking like a loony-bin escapee.

Then I saw the horse's ears. He was scaring horses!

Prayers for all on East Coast. Both sons are going inland and I will not relax til this is over.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Deplorable Infidel Queen at October 05, 2016 12:26 AM (Cx8BK)

290 I think the clown thing had its beginning with American Horror Story.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 05, 2016 12:26 AM (R7vCh)

291 well the Drudge poll is giving Pence 96%

Posted by: yankeefifth at October 05, 2016 12:27 AM (cPsPa)

292 251 I remember when a Farmer's land was zoned for Industrial and he was going to sell all his land, the zoning board was going to repeal it and make it just agricultural, so he said if you ruin my deal I will turn my farm land into the largest pig farm you ever saw. They balked because he was dead serious, I know him and he would have done it, pig farms smell for miles
Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at October 05, 2016 12:10 AM (dKiJG)


Here we had a guy open up a sports camp on agricultural zoned property. The neighbors complained to the county Board who held a hearing about it. The sports camp was allowed under the zoning, but the neighbors didn't like the sound during the day. He told them that he had an offer from a pig farmer to build a hog farm, the neighbors withdrew their complaint.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at October 05, 2016 12:29 AM (1JnAL)

293 happy birthday farmer. hope it was a good one.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at October 05, 2016 12:19 AM

TY Chavez + Donna.

I'm still on the green side! We need a WIMOMEE next yr.

Posted by: Farmer at October 05, 2016 12:30 AM (o/90i)

294 286 I'm still not seeing any violations that are not covered by other laws. They shut down the pinball joint for violating them, even though it was grandfathered into the zoning laws, didn't they? You're proving my point.

Posted by: Weirddave at October 05, 2016 12:30 AM (CTvSA)

295 Urgent Update for Canadian morons: Telus decides to blow Justin over carbon taxes; time to start cancelling accounts!
https://twitter.com/TELUS/status/783444101521891328

Posted by: andycanuck at October 05, 2016 12:31 AM (LdMbv)

296 One of those clowns did get shot yesterday.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at October 05, 2016 12:31 AM (VdICR)

297
Sooner or later one of those assholes is going to get shot.
Posted by: Insomniac - Irredeemably Deplorable


https://www.dailyfinesser.com/fort-wayne-man-dressed-clown-shot-head-condition-critical/

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 05, 2016 12:32 AM (IqV8l)

298 What's all this about zoning commissioners shooting hog-farming clowns outside smooth jazz martini bars?

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at October 05, 2016 12:34 AM (y3bUk)

299 well that's enough fin for one night.



night everyone.

Posted by: yankeefifth at October 05, 2016 12:34 AM (cPsPa)

300 Kaine: Born in Minnesota, raised in Kansas, graduated from University of Missouri (BLM), and then Harvard.

Posted by: gNewt....in the basket...forever censored at October 05, 2016 12:35 AM (dwNYN)

301 Oh they all float down here, Georgie!

Nostalgia Critic just reviewed IT. He vaguely alludes Stephen King's liberal doucheness. The movie is terrible ... I mean utter shit worse than what I remember.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at October 05, 2016 12:35 AM (VdICR)

302 Yeah but the Daily Paul online poll is giving Ron Paul 103% in tonight's debate

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at October 05, 2016 12:35 AM (6FqZa)

303 fun

Posted by: yankeefifth at October 05, 2016 12:35 AM (cPsPa)

304 Out for the night also. Y'all take care.

Posted by: Country Singer (gab @BertG) at October 05, 2016 12:35 AM (GUBah)

305 So is anyone going to disagree with me that Pence had a disastrous performance? Utterly pathetic how he took all of Kaine's attacks with so little push back.

Sorry, didn't watch the debate. I was busy dealing with a two year old child who likes to attack for no reason.

Sounds like Pence was dealing with the same thing.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 05, 2016 12:35 AM (WnZAV)

306 Pence badly failed in stating the anti-Hillary case. Kaine did it relentlessly against Trump. Pence was Ryan from 2012 all over again. Maybe even worse.

Posted by: cm9000 at October 05, 2016 12:35 AM (vYaiw)

307 Posted by: SFGoth at October 05, 2016 12:02 AM (KAi1n)
Please
stay in your zoned Hell Hole and leave us alone in Houston. Don't move
here and try to fuck things up here too. One huge advantage that Houston
has is that our bad areas can be easily redeveloped into something
nicer. Just build better houses than were there before. There is a
reason that Houston is such a dynamic growing changing city, and that
reason is our lack of zoning laws.


Posted by: An ObservationOh, I'm sure it has nothing to do with the fact that Houston is at the tip of a peninsula (i.e., water on 3 sides) and is only less than 49 sq miles of land.

Posted by: SFGoth at October 05, 2016 12:36 AM (KAi1n)

308 Anon Y Mous, I'm not dogging you on this, really I'm not. I respect you as a poster and I'm enjoying the debate, but my larger point is that freedom is messy. It's complicated and contentious. Using govt to limit that, in all but the most egregious cases (I.e. Limiting my "freedom" to murder someone else), the cudgel of govt limiting freedom for "better outcomes" eventually and inevitably leads to no freedom at all. For anyone.

I prefer messy, messy, freedom.

Posted by: Weirddave at October 05, 2016 12:37 AM (CTvSA)

309 I have to agree with you. I thought Houston's strange hodge-podge of skyscraper next to church next to skyscraper next to restaurant was, well, pretty unsightly. I liked the people I met there though.

Posted by: Donna&&&&V.deplorably brandishing ampersands&&&&so there at October 05, 2016 12:09 AM (P8951)



Donna, with respect, what you may have missed in your visit to Houston, was that the same "cheek by jowl" mix of skyscrapers, churches, homes, BBQ joints, etc., makes for a highly liveable area, where homes can be close to work, to church, to dining and entertainment.

Pure "downtown" skyscrapervilles tend to be ghost towns after the 5 o'clock get outta dodge whistle, and then there's the likelihood of the dreaded 2 hr. commute out to the 'burbs.

Yeah, Houston has lots of those commuters, too. But it's more often one hour or less, than more.

And, here's what drives the control freaks (liberals) crazy. The way Houston works? Self-generating, un-forced, integrated and cohesive neighborhoods, with blue collar, white collar and everything else, also all living pretty much cheek-by-jowel, too.

That's one reason you liked the people here. Cause WE like BEING here. It's a cool place.

Check out the neighborhoods along Westheimer, East of the Galleria. As many McMansions as cottages, and the mix, (get this) works!

Go South from Westheimer on Kirby towards the Medical Center. More of the same, plus oh-so-twee shoppes, down n' dirty BBQ joints, righteous music of all kinds and every designer dress, BMW or poodle you might wish to ever see.

All cheek-by-jowel with every manner of neck-bearded hipster, Whole Foods vegefarian, All American construction engineer and worker, too.

We blend. The old Melting Pot > salad bowl.

I've been in too many big city business districts after that 17:00 scramble for the exits.

If they'd had some people downtown, maybe there'd be some restaurants n' bistros and the like open.

Damn few people, damn little demand, damn few places open to serve those few people.

Rinse, lather, repeat.

All that said for Houston, I do like my smaller places by the sea. Or I go through saltwater withdrawls.

So, here I am. Kinda cool here, too, y'know.



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at October 05, 2016 12:37 AM (v5iqM)

310 So is anyone going to disagree with me that Pence had a disastrous performance? Utterly pathetic how he took all of Kaine's attacks with so little push back.
Posted by: cm9000 at October 05, 2016 12:26 AM (vYaiw)

****

We have a long standing policy of not feeding under bridge dwellelers.

Posted by: GrampyB at October 05, 2016 12:39 AM (zbbdN)

311 Oh, I'm sure it has nothing to do with the fact that Houston is at the tip of a peninsula (i.e., water on 3 sides) and is only less than 49 sq miles of land.

Posted by: SFGoth at October 05, 2016 12:36 AM (KAi1n)

Houston, Florida, Right?

Posted by: gNewt....in the basket...forever censored at October 05, 2016 12:40 AM (dwNYN)

312 294 286 I'm still not seeing any violations that are not covered by other laws. They shut down the pinball joint for violating them, even though it was grandfathered into the zoning laws, didn't they? You're proving my point.

Posted by: Weirddave at October 05, 2016 12:30 AM (CTvSA)

++++

They shut him down through semi-extra legal processes. The city kept getting complaints about trouble caused by the people who frequented his joint. But, they didn't do anything while they were in his joint. They would do their deeds after they left. So, the city started hassling him about all kinds of stuff. What finally closed him down is that when he put in the pinball machines, it changed the type of business he was running, so they said he lost his grandfathering. He talked about fighting them, but he couldn't afford it.

But, if there were no zoning laws at all, they wouldn't have been able to do squat. If he had gone back to what the business had originally been, some kind of small grocery / lunch counter (before my time), he could have stayed open. But, the reason he had changed in the first place was because he wasn't making enough money. Adding the pinball machines made him viable, but he was drawing a bad element, so everyone else suffered.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 05, 2016 12:40 AM (R+30W)

313 So freedom is just another word for nothing left to booze?

Posted by: zombie janis joplin at October 05, 2016 12:40 AM (LdMbv)

314 I prefer messy, messy, freedom.

Posted by: Weirddave at October 05, 2016 12:37 AM (CTvSA)



Yep. And the most important freedom...is the freedom to fail miserably.

Posted by: Deplorable GGE at October 05, 2016 12:43 AM (vbvxt)

315 244 A real pitchers' duel; both teams hitting big home-runs for scoring; coaches duelling with pitching and batting changes; double-plays and some great fielding; no errors; and extra innings. So quite the game, Headless Body of Agnew.
Posted by: andycanuck at October 05, 2016 12:06 AM (LdMbv)

True, good thing the Mariners didn't make it. It would have been over in the 5th. Unless somebody knew Heimlich.

Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at October 05, 2016 12:45 AM (FtrY1)

316 Anon Y Mouse you are proving the point. The abuse of zoning laws allowed the city to close down a "troublesome" establishment even though it wasn't breaking any other laws. Zoning laws allow neighbors to stick their noses into places where they don't belong.

Posted by: chemjeff @ new phone at October 05, 2016 12:45 AM (uAvJJ)

317 297
Sooner or later one of those assholes is going to get shot.
Posted by: Insomniac - Irredeemably Deplorable

https://www.dailyfinesser.com/fort-wayne-man-dressed-clown-shot-head-condition-critical/
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 05, 2016 12:32 AM (IqV8l)

Word is that story's fake.

Posted by: Insomniac - Irredeemably Deplorable at October 05, 2016 12:45 AM (0mRoj)

318 Yep. And the most important freedom...is the freedom to fail miserably.

I use that one every time I tell a joke.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 05, 2016 12:45 AM (WnZAV)

319 I use that one every time I tell a joke.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 05, 2016 12:45 AM (WnZAV)



Ain't freedom great?

Posted by: Deplorable GGE at October 05, 2016 12:46 AM (vbvxt)

320 Unless somebody knew Heimlich.
Let's leave David Price out of this.

Posted by: andycanuck at October 05, 2016 12:48 AM (LdMbv)

321 Blue Jays...BOOM!!!

Posted by: Ned Flubber at October 05, 2016 12:49 AM (mkx2w)

322 This joke about the law of diminishing returns gets less successful each time I repeat it.

Posted by: andycanuck at October 05, 2016 12:49 AM (LdMbv)

323 Well good night all

Posted by: chemjeff @ new phone at October 05, 2016 12:49 AM (uAvJJ)

324 308 Anon Y Mous, I'm not dogging you on this, really I'm not. I respect you as a poster and I'm enjoying the debate, but my larger point is that freedom is messy. It's complicated and contentious. Using govt to limit that, in all but the most egregious cases (I.e. Limiting my "freedom" to murder someone else), the cudgel of govt limiting freedom for "better outcomes" eventually and inevitably leads to no freedom at all. For anyone.

I prefer messy, messy, freedom.

Posted by: Weirddave at October 05, 2016 12:37 AM (CTvSA)

++++

No problem. I enjoy telling you why you are wrong.

Freedom is messy. And, I am not entirely unsympathetic to your point of view. There are all kinds of examples of zoning laws run amok, so they are not a perfect solution.

My main concern with respect to zoning is residential. I am much less worried about mixing industrial, commercial, agricultural, etc. But, I think it is worth segregating residential areas from other types of activity, even though it does result in some loss of property rights. Especially if the property owner knew about the restrictions when he bought the property.

When government comes in after the fact and then restricts someone's property usage is a legit concern. People should be compensated for that kind of thing, since it is a taking.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 05, 2016 12:50 AM (R+30W)

325 All Pence had to say after the 3rd or 4th interruption was: "Tim Kaine is interrupting me like he wants government to interrupt your life."

Posted by: SFGoth at October 05, 2016 12:51 AM (KAi1n)

326 All Pence had to say after the 3rd or 4th interruption was: "Tim Kaine is interrupting me like he wants government to interrupt your life."

I've heard he tried that, but Kaine interrupted him.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 05, 2016 12:53 AM (WnZAV)

327 325: I like that come back!

Posted by: Jade Sea at October 05, 2016 12:54 AM (mDx7A)

328 I was surprised to see trolls on the debate thread and now on the ONT?

I DON'T MIND actual real unpaid trolls, I hate these fake ones, they are so fucking creepy. WHO IS PAYING THESE ASSHOLES?

Posted by: Max Power at October 05, 2016 12:54 AM (QCc6B)

329 So Trump is shooting clowns now? Where will this all end???

Posted by: Cicero -- Profoundly Deplorable But Pretty Dependable at October 05, 2016 12:54 AM (4HySM)

330 Word is that story's fake.
Posted by: Insomniac - Irredeemably Deplorable at October 05, 2016 12:45 AM (0mRoj)


Word.

Posted by: Senator Vreenak at October 05, 2016 12:55 AM (vBeA5)

331 So Trump is shooting clowns now? Where will this all end???

Right after he shoots all the clowns in DC.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 05, 2016 12:56 AM (WnZAV)

332 All Pence had to say after the 3rd or 4th interruption was: "Tim Kaine is interrupting me like he wants government to interrupt your life."
Posted by: SFGoth at October 05, 2016 12:51 AM (KAi1n)

****

He was trying to appear and look Presidential. He is not supposed to have to do the moderators job. That should have been on her.

Posted by: GrampyB at October 05, 2016 12:56 AM (zbbdN)

333 God I hope Trump learns something from Pence about debating. Magic 8-Ball says...

Posted by: Naes at October 05, 2016 12:57 AM (Ypc8j)

334
He was trying to appear and look Presidential. He is not supposed to have to do the moderators job. That should have been on her.
Posted by: GrampyB at October 05, 2016 12:56 AM


Yeah, he's supposed to lose like a gentleman.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 05, 2016 12:58 AM (IqV8l)

335 My main concern with respect to zoning is
residential. I am much less worried about mixing industrial, commercial,
agricultural, etc. But, I think it is worth segregating residential
areas from other types of activity, even though it does result in some
loss of property rights. Especially if the property owner knew about the
restrictions when he bought the property.

When government comes
in after the fact and then restricts someone's property usage is a
legit concern. People should be compensated for that kind of thing,
since it is a taking.



Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 05, 2016 12:50 AM (R+30W)


I live on an acreage parcel in the middle of crop land. But if one of my neighbors was to set up a feed lot or a piggery, I'd have no means to prevent it. As it should be. My winter place in AZ has an autobody and paint supply store about 2 blocks away, which is absolutely unobtrusive. The convenience/liquor store/bong/knife shop a block further away is more of a concern, due to the clientele it attracts. The folks that run it are OK, and quite friendly.

I think the elephant in the room is that there is a gulf between those that buy a house because they want a place to live, and those that buy a house because they expect to cash out sometimes on an inflated market. The latter can get downright paranoid about anything that threatens their precious property values.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2016 12:59 AM (o9m/V)

336 333 God I hope Trump learns something from Pence about debating. Magic 8-Ball says...
Posted by: Naes at October 05, 2016 12:57 AM (Ypc8j)

They brought Nigel Farage over from the UK to help out. Farage is a great debater. I hope Donald listens.

Posted by: Donna&&&&V.deplorably brandishing ampersands&&&&so there at October 05, 2016 01:00 AM (P8951)

337 Superb ONT Weird D. Cogent Craftsmanship.
Much Appreciated

I was in the Mtns tech free for the last 3 days. Catchin up

Evenin Y'all.....

Just remember....phone knows.

Posted by: Hillbillyking at October 05, 2016 01:01 AM (JcX1g)

338 Yeah, he's supposed to lose like a gentleman.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 05, 2016 12:58 AM (IqV8l)

****

Given the circumstances, what should he have done differently? Please be very specific.

Posted by: GrampyB at October 05, 2016 01:01 AM (zbbdN)

339 I live on a 2 mile long, dead end rural road with 5 or 6 dead end roads branching off of it. Most homes are on 2-5 acre lots. A group wanted to buy a 3 acre lot close to the main road to build a place of worship.

The meeting to discuss rezoning was well attended by people in opposition. Traffic, noise and access by fire & rescue were all brought up. In the future, they planned to add a cemetery, which would be a problem with every homes' shallow well. The newspaper still painted the community as islamaphobic.

Posted by: OldDominionMom at October 05, 2016 01:02 AM (GzDYP)

340 Hasta la nite nite, Horde!


Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at October 05, 2016 01:02 AM (v5iqM)

341 That's the end of the night for me too. Plus...
https://twitter.com/AceofSpadesHQ/status/783505069840928768

Posted by: andycanuck at October 05, 2016 01:03 AM (LdMbv)

342 Oh good lord. Hannity has Jesse Jackson on and he declares Hillary is morally upright?

I'm going to bed after this idiocy. Sleep well all.

Posted by: Farmer at October 05, 2016 01:04 AM (o/90i)

343
Given the circumstances, what should he have done differently? Please be very specific.
Posted by: GrampyB


Beats me. I didn't watch it.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 05, 2016 01:04 AM (IqV8l)

344 Goodnight horde!

Yes, Farmer definitely a WIMOME next year - spring time?

Posted by: Donna&&&&V.deplorably brandishing ampersands&&&&so there at October 05, 2016 01:05 AM (P8951)

345 Beats me. I didn't watch it.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 05, 2016 01:04 AM (IqV8l)

******

Then it's prolly time to STFD and STFU, no?

Posted by: GrampyB at October 05, 2016 01:05 AM (zbbdN)

346 The Correia Link got imbidafied above.

Fixed.

Posted by: Hillbillyking at October 05, 2016 01:05 AM (JcX1g)

347
Then it's prolly time to STFD and STFU, no?
Posted by: GrampyB


No

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 05, 2016 01:06 AM (IqV8l)

348 No
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 05, 2016 01:06 AM (IqV8l)

******

Awesome. Since you know not of what you speak, admittedly, please tell the class why you think you have any authority to speak on this subject.

Posted by: GrampyB at October 05, 2016 01:09 AM (zbbdN)

349 A did a quick cursory look for online polls by memory from the outlets that put one out one after the first Trump debate.

No online polls from the MFM tonight. Drudge has one though.

They all do have fact checking late night posts though.

Posted by: L, Elle at October 05, 2016 01:14 AM (6IPEM)

350
Oh good lord. Hannity has Jesse Jackson on and he declares Hillary is morally upright?

I'm going to bed after this idiocy. Sleep well all.
Posted by: Farmer at October 05, 2016 01:04 AM (o/90i)

Is it me or is it people just don't give a shit what Jackson or Sharpton have to say?

Posted by: YIKES! at October 05, 2016 01:15 AM (yfObW)

351 Hey, hers an odd thing. Am I getting banhammer end at my home IP.

Posted by: Weirddave at October 05, 2016 01:15 AM (Ga9pP)

352 Guess not, but a post just went missing

Posted by: Weirddave at October 05, 2016 01:16 AM (Ga9pP)

353 People don't know what Sharpton or Jackson say. They need translators.

Posted by: OldDominionMom at October 05, 2016 01:18 AM (GzDYP)

354 For Hat and the other anime reprobates...

https://youtu.be/kyg5ltekAZw


Posted by: Anna Puma at October 05, 2016 01:23 AM (wYI9F)

355 Ok, question for the Horde. We just had our bathroom redone. I had the contractors make a pile of all the garbage wood next to the house.ntiday I attacked the pile with a table saw, cutting it into manageable lengths. I had my son Big haul it out to the fire pit in a wheelbarrow and stack it. This is what I got:

https://twitter.com/weirddave0/status/783532206513917952

Now, I don't want to sound like every other dad, "in my day...whatever", but even though I was a fuckup, I was never like this ( I've asked my dad ). It would have been just as easy, hell, easier, to stack the wood neatly on the rack ( those iron bars in the pic. It's actually an old tire rack from a closed garage, I repurposed it), instead I get.....this.

Yea, the wood is here. And yea, it's the fire pit in the woods, so who cares, but Big is 22 years old. I'm not expecting too much, am I?

Posted by: Weirddave at October 05, 2016 01:28 AM (Ga9pP)

356 351 Hey, hers an odd thing. Am I getting banhammer end at my home IP.

Posted by: Weirddave at October 05, 2016 01:15 AM (Ga9pP)

++++

I know Ace gave you guys carte blanche with the banhammer, but no need to go crazy and start banning yourselves.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 05, 2016 01:29 AM (R+30W)

357 Yea, the wood is here. And yea, it's the fire pit in the woods, so who cares, but Big is 22 years old. I'm not expecting too much, am I?
Posted by: Weirddave at October 05, 2016 01:28 AM
*****
This seems like a trick question.


Posted by: L, Elle at October 05, 2016 01:32 AM (6IPEM)

358 Now, I don't want to sound like every other dad, "in
my day...whatever", but even though I was a fuckup, I was never like
this ( I've asked my dad ). It would have been just as easy, hell,
easier, to stack the wood neatly on the rack ( those iron bars in the
pic. It's actually an old tire rack from a closed garage, I repurposed
it), instead I get.....this.



Yea, the wood is here. And yea, it's the fire pit in the woods, so
who cares, but Big is 22 years old. I'm not expecting too much, am I?

Posted by: Weirddave at October 05, 2016 01:28 AM (Ga9pP)

What you have is a pile of wood, not a stack. I have a similar pile at home, and indeed one at the AZ place, and yes, I used a table saw to cut it, too. I would define "stacked" wood as having the pieces placed in parallel rows. Of course, that is helped by having uniform-length cut wood. With the random cuts you and I have, such stacking is hard to do at all, let alone well.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2016 01:35 AM (o9m/V)

359 I'm biased bc I have a method of how I stack wood so I'll just say that that mess could be improved upon.

That said, those kind of activities tend to require geometrical thinking so maybe that's not how your son thinks naturally.

Posted by: L, Elle at October 05, 2016 01:38 AM (6IPEM)

360 Since the pieces are varied in size and shape, I would have grouped similar sized pieces together in something that resembles a stack.

Posted by: L, Elle at October 05, 2016 01:42 AM (6IPEM)

361 Yep, pile, not stack

Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura Highway at October 05, 2016 01:47 AM (dULJN)

362 The Magnificently Mystical Ban-Tastic......

For ol' times sake......how much for a graphic?

Pictures worth 1000 words....Endorian Flamin Skulls quality for instance....

A ban-nation drive or a hammer-a-thon in support of...






Posted by: Hillbillyking at October 05, 2016 01:48 AM (JcX1g)

363 I'd call that a Heap Big Pile of Wood

Posted by: Elizabeth Warren at October 05, 2016 01:49 AM (0BkbS)

364 AOP, I get that, but what I have is a rack that's shaped like the letter U (there is a shelf across the top branches of the U, but basically that's it). *i* would have stacked the boards parallel to each other, with their differing lengths poking however much farther or closer out. That seems like it would be the most efficient and simplest answer to the problem to me. I dunno. Maybe it's just me. Lord knows Big's brain works differently than mine (that's an observation, not an insult).

Posted by: Weirddave at October 05, 2016 01:50 AM (Ga9pP)

365 Idk. Geometry was my best subject and all math was but I'm terrible at chess and can only do 3 sides of a Rubick's cube. Both of those activities require spatial and geometric thinking I am told.

Posted by: L, Elle at October 05, 2016 01:51 AM (6IPEM)

366 That seems like it would be the most efficient and
simplest answer to the problem to me. I dunno. Maybe it's just me. Lord
knows Big's brain works differently than mine (that's an observation,
not an insult).

Posted by: Weirddave at October 05, 2016 01:50 AM (Ga9pP)

I couldn't see the rack clearly in the picture. Seems to me the solution is to get a fire going in the pit, drink a few beers, and stack a few pieces in the rack every time you throw another one on the fire. Shouldn't take long to get it in shape.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2016 01:55 AM (o9m/V)

367 G'night everyone.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 05, 2016 01:57 AM (WnZAV)

368 365 Idk. Geometry was my best subject and all math was but I'm terrible at chess and can only do 3 sides of a Rubick's cube. Both of those activities require spatial and geometric thinking I am told.

Posted by: L, Elle at October 05, 2016 01:51 AM (6IPEM)


How are you at pool?

Posted by: buzzion at October 05, 2016 02:00 AM (bMG0w)

369 Hi buzzion. I thought I killed the thread by showing up.
I'm great at pool.
What does that mean?
Please don't leave me hanging here without an answer.

Posted by: L, Elle at October 05, 2016 02:04 AM (6IPEM)

370 I used a table saw to cut it, too.

Heh. I actually told Big " You're going to witness a level 101 class on WHAT NEVER TO DO WITH A TABLE SAW. Don't do any of this until you're 50 YO like I am and have my experience". He's not mechanically inclined so I'm not worried about it (he'd call me if he needed it), but I think I blew a fuse a half dozen times when the blade stuck cutting doors, frames and even a bed frame that got tossed on the pile. Truthfully, a chainsaw would have been better for some of it, but I don't trust him to hold the pieces for the precision that would have been required for that. "Stay way over there while I'm using the table saw" is just a leeeetle bit different from "hold this" next to a chainsaw.

Posted by: Weirddave at October 05, 2016 02:05 AM (Ga9pP)

371 Well pool is a lot of geometry

Posted by: buzzion at October 05, 2016 02:06 AM (bMG0w)

372 Heh. Steel Panther has a new album coming out.

https://youtu.be/H9uXm0-tZ1g

Posted by: buzzion at October 05, 2016 02:10 AM (bMG0w)

373 You don't own a circular saw?
You could've picked one up for the price of the new table saw blade you need now...

Posted by: Tim Kaine's Mom at October 05, 2016 02:14 AM (C6kpX)

374 Night all.

Here is "Mad Machine" from Bubblegum Crisis:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVq7WoflC6k

Posted by: The Political Hat at October 05, 2016 02:16 AM (vBeA5)

375 Yea, the wood is here. And yea, it's the fire pit in the woods, so who
cares, but Big is 22 years old. I'm not expecting too much, am I?
---
are you sure he's your kid?



yeah, no... that's just a cluster fuck.

in other news, Resident 3vil and i were over at Lowes today, ordering up the deliver of a Dirty Hand Tools 22 ton gas log splitter.

why? because the smaller one's we've tried didn't crack the logs we have, and because i might be able to make a dime or two selling firewood to the helpless/hopeless Hollyweird types who live near me.


Posted by: redc1c4 at October 05, 2016 02:24 AM (/sv2m)

376 You don't own a circular saw?

You could've picked one up for the price of the new table saw blade you need now...

Posted by: Tim Kaine's Mom at October 05, 2016 02:14 AM (C6kpX)


Speaking for myself, when cutting up scrap wood for the woodpile, I prefer to use the table saw. Using a portable saw to cut small-ish scrap means having to clamp it or hold it down with a foot, with just that much more opportunity for injury. With the table saw, I can put both hands on one side of the blade, and feed the wood through the blade fairly safely. And the rate of production can be way faster, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2016 02:26 AM (o9m/V)

377 Circular saws tend to kick back once the blade gets dull, which is usually too soon.

Posted by: navybrat at October 05, 2016 02:31 AM (w7KSn)

378 369 Hi buzzion. I thought I killed the thread by showing up.
I'm great at pool.
What does that mean?
Please don't leave me hanging here without an answer.

Posted by: L, Elle at October 05, 2016 02:04 AM (6IPEM)

++++

Sounds like trouble.
https://youtu.be/LI_Oe-jtgdI?t=1m

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 05, 2016 02:34 AM (R+30W)

379 Protomen, Light up the Night
https://youtu.be/UpSHC1dqX1o
Because 80s.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at October 05, 2016 02:35 AM (VdICR)

380 Weirddave
All great artists are unrecognized in their time.
Just be thankful it was not performance art.

Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at October 05, 2016 02:36 AM (FtrY1)

381 Table saws look for opportunity to maim. just about lost a finger 3 months ago...still healing

Posted by: A deplorable dude in MI at October 05, 2016 02:36 AM (SxBH1)

382 Table saws look for opportunity to maim. just about lost a finger 3 months ago...still healing


Posted by: A deplorable dude in MI at October 05, 2016 02:36 AM (SxBH1)


You know, I have older table saws without the blade guard. The blade is right there, screaming away, and I show it a healthy amount of respect. I think sometimes the guards can cause injuries, by giving you a false sense of security. Never had a table saw accident, because basically I am afraid of it, and don't get casual with it.

OTOH, I broke my arm with a reciprocating saw! Was trying to cut a sheet of thin steel, on an overturned dresser drawer, and me crouched on top to hold it down. The drawer disintegrated due to the vibration, and I tumbled backwards, falling no more than about 3 feet, and I fractured my left wrist, as a result of trying to check my fall with my outstretched arm.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2016 02:44 AM (o9m/V)

383 Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 05, 2016 02:34 AM
*****
Haha. That's so funny. I hate musicals I general but Music Man is one of my few favorites.
I think pool involves physics too. Speed and spin of the ball involves physics, I think.

Posted by: L, Elle at October 05, 2016 02:44 AM (6IPEM)

384 Haha. That's so funny. I hate musicals I general but Music Man is one of my few favorites.


Posted by: L, Elle at October 05, 2016 02:44 AM (6IPEM)


It's hard to hate anything Robert Preston was in. He was hysterical in S.O.B. Great line:

" I could sue you for that. A sheister, madam, is a disreputable lawyer. I am a quack."

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 05, 2016 02:50 AM (zc3Db)

385 I assumed the blade was sharp....and cutting plexiglass. it got hung up and caught....shattered into 3 pieces

Posted by: A deplorable dude in MI at October 05, 2016 02:52 AM (SxBH1)

386 It was a work related injury. ..that table saw is gone and now have some panel saws and a few portable table saws with the fancy blade guards....so I guess my injury did some good

Posted by: A deplorable dude in MI at October 05, 2016 02:58 AM (SxBH1)

387 The article from the Drudge headline about Kaine's "right hand person" comment is pretty funny. I'm wondering how long before Kaine gets shit from the lunatic left about being "right"-centric and offending left-handers?

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 05, 2016 03:04 AM (zc3Db)

388 I assumed the blade was sharp....and cutting plexiglass. it got hung up and caught....shattered into 3 pieces


Posted by: A deplorable dude in MI at October 05, 2016 02:52 AM (SxBH1)


Heh. I was cutting up some scrap plexiglass to make mixing boards for auto body filler. Had one piece hang up, and the force was so strong it bent the aluminum table insert around the saw blade. No harm to me, or the saw blade, and I was able to straighten the bent insert. No more cutting plexi with the table saw!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2016 03:07 AM (o9m/V)

389 You know, I have older table saws without the blade guard. The blade is right there, screaming away, and I show it a healthy amount of respect.

That's a good point. I joked earlier about what not to do with a table saw 101, but my saw is older, without the plastic guard, and the spinning blade is RIGHT THERE. I keep my hands away from it at all times and use push sticks whenever applicable.

An open screaming blade has a way of, shall we say, focusing your attention.

Not a knock on you deplorable dude, accidents can happen to anyone. My father in law is a master carpenter, better at all of this than any of us here. He's been working, carefully, with power tools for 50 years.

And yet when Big was young he called him "Grandpa no fingers" because dad in law lost the tips of the fingers on one hand (from the last joint up) years ago in a power saw accident. (My wife tells me she learned half the swear words she knows that day. Wife's sister collected the finger bits and put them on ice. Nothing that could be done, however, hence: Grandpa no fingers. And he was lucky at that.)

He was ripping a sheet of plywood when the plywood started to rise up. Unthinking, he went to slap it back down. Heh. Yea.

It can happen to anyone.

Posted by: Weirddave at October 05, 2016 03:09 AM (Ga9pP)

390 It's hard to hate anything Robert Preston was in. He was hysterical in S.O.B. Great line:

" I could sue you for that. A sheister, madam, is a disreputable lawyer. I am a quack."
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair


S.O.B.? The movie from 1981? Man, that was beyond anti-funny. I just winced and cringed for two hours straight. Definitely on my "All-Time Turkeys" list.

Posted by: zombie at October 05, 2016 03:10 AM (jBuUi)

391 And I am going to go to bed. We are done drilling this one, and my report is about 90% done, but tomorrow will be a busy day nevertheless. Clean up the shack, load the truck, get it drug off the lease by the hoe, because, mud. Long road trip home.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2016 03:11 AM (o9m/V)

392 S.O.B.? The movie from 1981? Man, that was beyond anti-funny. I just winced and cringed for two hours straight. Definitely on my "All-Time Turkeys" list.

Posted by: zombie at October 05, 2016 03:10 AM (jBuUi)


Different strokes for different folks. S.O.B. is one of my all-time favorite movies.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 05, 2016 03:13 AM (zc3Db)

393 Colleague heading out for his lunch, asks can he bring me anything?

I ask for a pack of luckies and the biggest bottle of vanilla extract he can find


That kinda night here.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at October 05, 2016 03:18 AM (QNuAR)

394 S.O.B. is one of my all-time favorite movies.
---
you misspelled "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai in the Eight Dimension"

Posted by: redc1c4 at October 05, 2016 03:18 AM (/sv2m)

395 Different strokes for different folks. S.O.B. is one of my all-time favorite movies.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair


That matches the critical response at the time -- it was both hated and loved. According to wiki:

"Critical opinion of [S.O.B.] was sharply divided. In a remarkable contradiction, the screenplay was nominated both for a Writers Guild of America Award for Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen and a Razzie Award for Worst Screenplay. It was also nominated for a Razzie for Worst Director and a Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture -- Comedy/Musical."

I just felt something was terribly wrong from the very first second, like a band trying to play a song and every member has different sheet music in front of them in a different key and tempo.

It must come down to a personality thing -- the movie exactly meshes with some people's personalities, and exactly clashes with other people's personalities. I was in the second group.

The plot of the movie, I felt, was about the making of the movie itself: a director is suicidal because his latest movie is a disastrous flop. It was like self-confessional -- the terrible movie being referenced was the very movie we were watching, and the director "character" was in fact the director of the film we were currently watching. Self-refertial and desperate. Plus, it was 1961-style humor in a 1981 package -- the worst of both worlds.

Posted by: zombie at October 05, 2016 03:23 AM (jBuUi)

396 It was like self-confessional -- the terrible movie being referenced was the very movie we were watching, and the director "character" was in fact the director of the film we were currently watching.

And Julie Andrews was Blake Edwards' real-life wife, too. But that really wasn't the point of the movie. That was just the environment within which the actual movie took place - which was the machinations of the main buddies. The reactions of the hollywood satellite roles was only comedic commentary added to this. The "plot" of the movie wasn't the point, merely the vehicle.

Self-refertial and desperate. Plus, it was 1961-style humor in a 1981 package -- the worst of both worlds.

Posted by: zombie at October 05, 2016 03:23 AM (jBuUi)


As I said, to me a classic. And Robert Preston was hysterical in it. Robert Mitchum also had a great role in it - better than most of the stuff he'd done.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 05, 2016 03:33 AM (zc3Db)

397 you misspelled "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai in the Eight Dimension"

Posted by: redc1c4 at October 05, 2016 03:18 AM (/sv2m)


That was a good movie. Not one of my all-time favorites - probably around the second or third tier for me - but a good movie, nonetheless.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 05, 2016 03:34 AM (zc3Db)

398 As I said, to me a classic.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair


To me, Blake Edwards was trying to recreate the magic of his earlier film "The Party," which in my opinion is a classic, and which was also about filmmaking and a party that spirals out of control. But what was funny and original in 1968 was no longer funny or original in 1981, and Peter Sellers was irreplaceable.

But, I concede, this is all subjective, and I understand that. De gustibus non disputandum.

The flipside of this situation is that I think the 1985 film "Morons from Outer Space" was absolutely hysterical -- I almost died laughing watching it -- and yet every other person I've ever met who has ever seen it absolutely hated it.

Posted by: zombie at October 05, 2016 03:42 AM (jBuUi)

399 S.O.B.... That's the one where Mary Poppins showed us her titties, right?

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 05, 2016 03:43 AM (R+30W)

400 Birdy num num.

Posted by: otho at October 05, 2016 03:45 AM (lmIoG)

401 The crab smoking isn't SpongeBob, Its Mr Krabbs, ark ark ark ark ark

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2016 03:46 AM (sWbjH)

402 I remember watching "Buckaroo Banzai" back in the 1980s and I found it completely meh, while to this day, other people talk about what a great movie it was. I guess I didn't get it, whatever "it" was.

Posted by: rickl the deplorable at October 05, 2016 03:49 AM (sdi6R)

403 Most table saws at work and my Uncle's large shop saw have no guard, still have all my finger cells.

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2016 03:51 AM (sWbjH)

404 and Peter Sellers was irreplaceable.

Aha! ANother point of disagreement in taste. I never cared much for Peter Sellers. I didn't find his antics particularly funny. I also thought Being There sucked donkey shlong, but that wasn't Sellers' fault. He did his job respectably in that movie.

But, I concede, this is all subjective, and I understand that. De gustibus non disputandum.

Not always

The flipside of this situation is that I think the 1985 film "Morons from Outer Space" was absolutely hysterical -- I almost died laughing watching it -- and yet every other person I've ever met who has ever seen it absolutely hated it.

Posted by: zombie at October 05, 2016 03:42 AM (jBuUi)


I only ever saw a trailer for it. The trailer was kind of funny but I wouldn't take the time to watch the whole movie.

S.O.B.... That's the one where Mary Poppins showed us her titties, right?

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 05, 2016 03:43 AM (R+30W)


Julie Andrews, yes. They were well-formed breasts, I would say. Didn't really add anything to the movie - which, I think, is part of zombie's point, since the reveal of her breasts was supposed to be the big selling point in the movie within the movie.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 05, 2016 03:52 AM (zc3Db)

405 I didn't get much from Buckaroo either when it came out

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2016 03:52 AM (sWbjH)

406 I remember watching "Buckaroo Banzai" back in the 1980s and I found it completely meh, while to this day, other people talk about what a great movie it was. I guess I didn't get it, whatever "it" was.

Posted by: rickl the deplorable at October 05, 2016 03:49 AM (sdi6R)


It was an unusually clever movie wrapped up in farcical surroundings.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 05, 2016 03:54 AM (zc3Db)

407 402 I remember watching "Buckaroo Banzai" back in the 1980s and I found it completely meh, while to this day, other people talk about what a great movie it was. I guess I didn't get it, whatever "it" was.
Posted by: rickl the deplorable


A very similar thing happened to me. A while back I was friends with a bunch of nerdy types, and they all raved about their favorite movie, "Buckaroo Banzai," which I said I hadn't seen, so eventually someone checked it out so we could all watch it together and they could introduce me to this fabulous classic that I somehow has never seen.

And then...as the film began, I slowly started to realize that I had seen it before, but it had made so little impression on me that I had forgotten all about it. I didn't mention this to my friends though, so as to not spoil their time. But as I rewatched it, even surrounded by enthusiastic fans this time, it once again left me completely unmoved. It's not that I hated it or even disliked it -- it just made no dent in my psyche. A solid "meh," as you say.

Posted by: zombie at October 05, 2016 03:56 AM (jBuUi)

408 Major announcement in 3...2...1...

Hah hah! Fooled you all! I have no announcement to make.

Posted by: Julian Assange at October 05, 2016 03:57 AM (dtWKK)

409 I also thought Being There sucked donkey shlong, but that wasn't Sellers' fault.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair


Ah! Finally something we both agree fully on.

Yes, "Being There" did indeed suck donkey balls. Harrible.(That's my way of saying that something is is extra-horrible -- by pronouncing it with a 1930s New York accent, "harrible".) Shirley MacLaine was unwatchable.

Posted by: zombie at October 05, 2016 04:05 AM (jBuUi)

410 As the alarm went off I'm officially up.
Good morning horde

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2016 04:08 AM (sWbjH)

411 Buckaroo Banzai: John Lithgow with an ?italian? accent is unbearable.

The fact that Peter Weller wasn't given the lead more than twice (the other movie was Robocop) is unfortunate.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at October 05, 2016 04:12 AM (VdICR)

412 Posted by: zombie at October 05, 2016 04:05 AM (jBuUi)

Melvyn Douglas and Jack Warden were the only good things in that movie, but they couldn't even save it because their roles were too stupid. The story was just idiotic. "Contrived" doesn't even begin to describe it.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 05, 2016 04:13 AM (zc3Db)

413 During Tuesday nights's vice Presidential debate, the Democratic candidate Tim Kaine his mark by acting as obnoxious as humanely possible

I don't know where i saw this, but I thought that it was funny.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke, redeemed and redeemable at October 05, 2016 04:14 AM (EnGQE)

414 Political:

Al Gore will be campaigning these last few weeks. Woe is us, we have chakra'd a sleeping giant.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at October 05, 2016 04:15 AM (VdICR)

415 Haven't gone anywhere to catch what happened at the debate yet, Fenelon has perked up my interest now.

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2016 04:16 AM (sWbjH)

416 Kaine was awful, Tim. They must have coached him to interrupt as much as possible. He was shrill, petulant, obnoxious and unhinged, and the moderator did almost nothing to reign him in aside from interrupting Pence whenever he tried to make a negative critique of Hillary.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke, redeemed and redeemable at October 05, 2016 04:22 AM (EnGQE)

417 At LegalInsurrection - It wasn't even close, Pence trounced Kane

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2016 04:25 AM (sWbjH)

418 Whoops. meant to say "Kaine was awful, Skip" not Tim.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke, redeemed and redeemable at October 05, 2016 04:26 AM (EnGQE)

419 416

That is standard Democrat 'debate' strategy. drown out or interrupt constantly

Posted by: A deplorable dude in MI at October 05, 2016 04:29 AM (SxBH1)

420 Replaying debate on BBC America, Kane already is interrupting

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2016 04:33 AM (sWbjH)

421 Kane is a leftist hack

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2016 04:39 AM (sWbjH)

422 Wher did eveyone go?

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2016 04:56 AM (sWbjH)

423 408
Major announcement in 3...2...1...



Hah hah! Fooled you all! I have no announcement to make.

Posted by: Julian Assange at October 05, 2016 03:57 AM (dtWKK)

=====Of course, Dear. You look like a fool because you failed to anticipate that Putin would withhold the next tranche following his successful negotiation whereupon Hillary promises to confiscate and then cede 62% of combined U.S. private wealth to him by 2019. Your promises from Mr. Putin were just overcome by events.

Posted by: jc at October 05, 2016 04:56 AM (iRJ+A)

424 Vic hope your battened down.

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2016 05:03 AM (sWbjH)

425 Stay safe everyone.

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2016 05:08 AM (sWbjH)

426 -Kane interrupted 57 times, according to Breitbart, which was always a ShillSite. The "Moderator" interrupted Pence, as well.
http://tinyurl.com/japqzqv

-"Mainstream" Shill is much worse...
http://tinyurl.com/j6hku9m

-"Fact-Check" sites will try to save Kaine's idiocy by a 3:1 margin...
http://tinyurl.com/jg8qy4h

-Chris Matthews says that Pence won the debate and Kaine seemed desperate...
http://tinyurl.com/zyysap8

-The "Moderator" and Kaine only helped Pence...
http://tinyurl.com/j5fg2r7

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Deplorable1), (T) at October 05, 2016 05:10 AM (6gk0M)

427 John Podhoretz from "NY Post" says Pence wiped the floor with Kaine , but it probably won't matter. I think John Podhoretz isn't a big fan of Trump although he loathes Hillary. Well, John it might matter in this contest since if people paid attention they might noe relish the idea of unhinged Kaine taking over if Hillary hits the pavement permanently.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke, redeemed and redeemable at October 05, 2016 05:19 AM (EnGQE)

428 "Kainesplaining"; Hillary's V.P. interrupts his way through the debate...

http://tinyurl.com/jbjffln

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Deplorable1), (T) at October 05, 2016 05:24 AM (6gk0M)

429 Posted by: FenelonSpoke, redeemed and redeemable at October 05, 2016 05:19 AM (EnGQE)

Whereas if Trump kicks the bucket or gets himself impeached, the guy replacing him looks restrained and Presidential. Pence really did a good job of showing the contrast there.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at October 05, 2016 05:29 AM (J+mig)

430 Well WD I've got something: Ding Ding its time for VNN.


Good Morning Morons. Today is Wednesday, October 05, 2016. On this day one year ago (yeah a recent one) the news was this:


Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton will propose new gun control measures, including a vow to employ executive action to expand background checks for firearms sellers at gun shows and online.


http://fxn.ws/1Rq9Moo


Yes, the lying Scankles came forth and spewed the same old Democrat lie about guns shows and "loopholes" that do not exist. The broken down old beatch vowed to end this loophole that does not exist and even though all the polls ran by the MFM are lies, she still has some real worshipers that want their free shit. And I would ask, why isn't Trump mentioning this at all?

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at October 05, 2016 05:29 AM (mpXpK)

431 Anybody care to look at AP's version of the VP debate last night. Did any Morons even watch it? As I move through the sites today I am sure I will see more that is more accurate than this.


http://fxn.ws/2cR9pco

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at October 05, 2016 05:30 AM (mpXpK)

432 Here is Fox's take; it's not much better than AP's crap.


http://fxn.ws/2e0dPOu


And here is a different look. As expected, Pence had to fight two Democrats in this so-called debate.


http://bit.ly/2dsvkF5


And here is BB's take. Go to BB for a partial list of all the Kain lies. I will not post them because this thread is getting full and it is a long list.


http://bit.ly/2cRX3Mn


And here is WZ's take.


http://bit.ly/2dDN022

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at October 05, 2016 05:31 AM (mpXpK)

433 And to put to bed the allegation that Fox is a far right Republican news service here is their BS report on a CA food service plant. Yes, they had a host of OSHA paper violations that evidently Fox supports. I have been on the front lines trying to write guidelines and procedures to comply with some of this crap and I am sure there are a lot of other Morons out there who have experienced this kind of shit before. And to make matters worse, I almost got into a fight with our idiot safety rep when I told him the whole OSHA empire was unconstitutional. He didn't like that too much since his overpaid job rested on that BS law.


http://fxn.ws/2dHZPd3

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at October 05, 2016 05:31 AM (mpXpK)

434 Unlike "political non-science" real science is never settled, and here is the proof.


http://fxn.ws/2dISo5x

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at October 05, 2016 05:32 AM (mpXpK)

435 The latest on Himmicane Mathew.


http://fxn.ws/2cR4V5x


Tracking, looks like I will be catching the edge of it, which is good in some ways (rain) bad in others (tornadoes). Time for you folks on the East Coast to do some preps.


http://bit.ly/2djRLQ2

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at October 05, 2016 05:32 AM (mpXpK)

436 Heartbreaking story of the funeral for the 6 year old who died following the school shooting in Townsville, SC. What is not mentioned here is the SC law related to juvenile crime. IF they do not charge the asshole shooter as an adult for what is now multiple murder he will walk when he turns 21 with no record and it is just public beware you are on your own.


http://fxn.ws/2dr2Lc3

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at October 05, 2016 05:32 AM (mpXpK)

437 And speaking of "good and bad" the stupid park service is actually paying money to thin the herds of deer around national parks at old civil war battlefields in MD. Why not issue "free" dear stamps to hunters for this and save some money? Oh that's right, government is not in the business of saving money.


http://fxn.ws/2dIwI5d

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at October 05, 2016 05:33 AM (mpXpK)

438 This is what happens to a small conservative district in the South when it gets swallowed up by a Democrat Urban Hell. One of the first things that is turned to shit are the local schools who turn into a Fascist anti-Christian indoctrination camp. Yes, no matter where you live you are not immune from this kind of shit. The 30-30 rule still applies. Yes, even here in my little hick town population about 6K the schools are just about the same. Why is that? They are firmly under the thumb of the feds and because they love their money AND they love illegally approved property taxes.


http://fxn.ws/2dCm7LP

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at October 05, 2016 05:33 AM (mpXpK)

439 G'Night, Ev'ry-Buddy!

...and Thank You, Vic!!!

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Deplorable1), (T) at October 05, 2016 05:33 AM (6gk0M)

440 Remember when Obamacare was being fought over in the Senate? One sticking point for a scant few Democrats was forced abortion coverage and taxpayer subsidized healthcare for illegals. IOW a plate of food in your kitchen floor for cockroaches. Well the forced coverage for abortions no matter if you are a religious organization in violation of the Hyde Amendment is already a fact. Now CA wants you to pay for health coverage for their illegals. How did this "waiver crap" get into this illegal law without the MFM publishing it? It was probably buried in that ten-mile high stack of shit that nobody read before they signed it. Or, it may not actually be in the "law" and Obama will do it anyway. Who is going to stop him? After all, it's tax.


http://fxn.ws/2dcLdh3

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at October 05, 2016 05:33 AM (mpXpK)

441 Did you know that Obamanite thugs have enlisted the help of local law dogs to scan your license plates and forward your personal information to them if you attend a gun show? I am sure this is most likely illegal but once again, who is going to stop him?


http://fxn.ws/2dmTReE

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at October 05, 2016 05:34 AM (mpXpK)

442 How's this for a headline from that "Republican/far right" news service called Fox.


Portion of Americans stockpiling guns at alarming rate


Yes, Americans who use their "guaranteed" second amendment right are "alarming".


http://bit.ly/2dqLeDh

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at October 05, 2016 05:34 AM (mpXpK)

443 Some of the details on that NJ train crash are starting to leak out. And it is not a good thing for that union train engineer.


http://fxn.ws/2dpCU6y

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at October 05, 2016 05:34 AM (mpXpK)

444 Corrupt DOJ has dropped the charges against a gun broker who "allegedly" supplied guns to Libyan anti-Qadhafi rebels at Scankles' direction. O'Choom does not want Democrats exposed on this one even if it means letting Scankles off the hook. Evidently they were not able to get a totally corrupt judge.


http://politi.co/2cRnGkH

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at October 05, 2016 05:34 AM (mpXpK)

445 Here's a poll for you from left leaning Pew (with no internals). An overwhelming majority of "US adults" don't believe the AGW scam as published by the commies at the UN. Also, remember that the "95% scientist consensus" was placed in that report by politicians, not the scientists themselves and it was an outright lie. And this has been proven by statements from the corrupt UN itself.


http://bit.ly/2dHrNAm

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at October 05, 2016 05:35 AM (mpXpK)

446 And speaking of lying commies and the AGW scam, according to the Liar 'n Chief global warming caused the Syrian civil war. So far this myth is responsible for everything but "ring around the collar" (cue women chiming in the background).


https://binged.it/2dsxbK2


http://bit.ly/2dsxLYz

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at October 05, 2016 05:35 AM (mpXpK)

447
Illegal segregation is allowed at colleges as long as it is "black segregation".


http://bit.ly/2dOtHUV

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at October 05, 2016 05:35 AM (mpXpK)

448 Democrat Obama thug Tom Codsack tells Americans to tighten their belt and go hungry. I am surprised he didn't blame global warming. Hey, maybe this kind of crap will cause Iowa to go red this year. . . naaa, never happen.


http://bit.ly/2dDJk0l

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at October 05, 2016 05:35 AM (mpXpK)

449 The IMF is meeting in the US this week to discuss how anti-globalization (defined as give us some money US) is killing the world economy. Not mentioned is that when the US economy gets a headache, the world economy gets explosive diarrhea and a brain hemorrhage, particularly in other socialist economies. And contrary to Obama and his ass-kissing sycophants in the MFM, the US has been mired in a depression since 2009.


http://bloom.bg/2dGEFYn

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at October 05, 2016 05:36 AM (mpXpK)

450 Do you use Yahoo email? If so the government has been reading your mail. Remember, if a service is free then you are the product.


http://reut.rs/2dGgV67

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at October 05, 2016 05:36 AM (mpXpK)

451 Record numbers of immigrants coming in under O'Choom The Magnificent. And now 23% of the nation's school children are from another country and you will never guess which type of immigrants are exploding there. Well, if you are a real Moron in good standing you will know.


http://washex.am/2dI60ts

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at October 05, 2016 05:36 AM (mpXpK)

452 Do you let your kittehs out to roam the neighborhood? Not a good idea, especially in San Jose. And yes, I know the way to San Jose because it was not too far from where I used to live.


http://bayareane.ws/2dux1S5

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at October 05, 2016 05:36 AM (mpXpK)

453 I said yesterday that the corrupt NY AG's attack and illegal orders to Trump were a blatant political hatchet job. Here is further proof. Also further proof that a State goes to commie Hell when it becomes a one Party State under the Democrats.


http://bit.ly/2dZXTLU

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at October 05, 2016 05:37 AM (mpXpK)

454 Muzzie woman casing a Jewish school in NYC for another terrorist attack?


http://bit.ly/2cRwGX1

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at October 05, 2016 05:37 AM (mpXpK)

455 A sure sign that Bubba's mental faculties are surely gone. He admits Obamacare is a disaster.


http://bit.ly/2dRwN6V

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at October 05, 2016 05:37 AM (mpXpK)

456 There was a lot more than money involved in the Choom's illegal deal with Iran over the hostages. But hey, he can do anything he wants. BB says they misled (short for lying) congress and the public. Hell, it would have made no difference if he had yelled it far and wide, except for maybe a few stupid Scankles' voters.


http://bit.ly/2drS1KC

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at October 05, 2016 05:37 AM (mpXpK)

457 Interesting reveal of Scankles' server that was hacked shows likely illegal transfer of TARP funds to Democrat/Scankles' coffers. But the corrupt DOJ says nobody would prosecute.


http://bit.ly/2dIVAcK

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at October 05, 2016 05:38 AM (mpXpK)

458 District Court Judge Reggie Walton says Scankles' whitewater indictment (that was never prosecuted) is privacy information and forbids it's release. This black liberal judge was appointed by Bush I and confirmed with zero opposition. And since his appointment he has been just as far left as Ginsburg. Tell me again why we must vote for Republicans because of judicial appointments.



http://bit.ly/2cSqopU

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at October 05, 2016 05:38 AM (mpXpK)

459 Who didn't see this coming? Germany's annual beer yoo-hah has the lowest attendance in 15 years but still records a record high sexual assault record from muzzie illegals that Merkel welcomed in.


http://bit.ly/2dDOTM4

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at October 05, 2016 05:38 AM (mpXpK)

460 Ramirez - no update


That's it for today folks.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at October 05, 2016 05:39 AM (mpXpK)

461 Vic is better than my RSS feed homepage.

...Always has been.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Deplorable1), (T) at October 05, 2016 05:41 AM (6gk0M)

462 461
Vic is better than my RSS feed homepage.



...Always has been.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Deplorable1), (T) at October 05, 2016 05:41 AM (6gk0M)


Vic has a talent for finding the best news that mere mortals like ourselves will never have.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at October 05, 2016 05:52 AM (J+mig)

463 ... and, ya know, kittens can be wacally, too!

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at October 05, 2016 06:06 AM (WTSFk)

464 Awwww, you Morons are going to give me the bighead.


And here this from Amazon. As usual right after I buy something they put it on sale. I just bought a 32G microSD memorycard for wifey's Garmin because she was running out of memory on the device. So now they mark it down.


http://amzn.to/2duHFIF

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at October 05, 2016 06:07 AM (mpXpK)

465 ... just something to keep in mind...

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at October 05, 2016 06:07 AM (WTSFk)

466 wascally

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at October 05, 2016 06:08 AM (WTSFk)

467 Thank you Mr Vic. Please be safe.

Posted by: william at October 05, 2016 06:08 AM (JMJJs)

468 didn't watch the vp debate, but from what i've seen, kain was a calculated thug.

so over at "morning joe", they say pence won the thing but that it was a blow against trump

so if i get it right, trump's vp wins and that means trump loses. sheesh.

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at October 05, 2016 06:11 AM (WTSFk)

469 468 so over at "morning joe", they say pence won the thing but that it was a blow against trump



so if i get it right, trump's vp wins and that means trump loses. sheesh.

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at October 05, 2016 06:11 AM (WTSFk)

Well it is MSDNC.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at October 05, 2016 06:12 AM (mpXpK)

470 Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at October 05, 2016 05:29 AM (J+mig)

Yes, indeed/

Posted by: FenelonSpoke, redeemed and redeemable at October 05, 2016 06:15 AM (EnGQE)

471 The counter to that is Trump had the sense to pick a sane,running mate. Clinton-not so much.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke, redeemed and redeemable at October 05, 2016 06:17 AM (EnGQE)

472 Thank you Vic. Very comprehensive news. May you get rain and no tornadoes.

We were under a tornado watch last night. Some very impressive thunderstorms, but no rotating funnel clouds.

In other words, it's Tuesday in Kansas.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 05, 2016 06:18 AM (u82oZ)

473 >>> The counter to that is Trump had the sense to pick a sane,running mate. Clinton-not so much.

Kaine probably got a dose of Hillary's special formula before the debate.

Posted by: fluffy at October 05, 2016 06:21 AM (eiFlk)

474 Hillary's very own "Slow Joe".

Cause, like Obama, she doesn't really need a VP anywaze.

Posted by: Case, Mors Semper Tyrannis at October 05, 2016 06:22 AM (SXa8W)

475 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 05, 2016 06:24 AM (u82oZ)

476 472
Thank you Vic. Very comprehensive news. May you get rain and no tornadoes.



We were under a tornado watch last night. Some very impressive thunderstorms, but no rotating funnel clouds.



In other words, it's Tuesday in Kansas.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 05, 2016 06:18 AM (u82oZ)

Did you get any hail?

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at October 05, 2016 06:24 AM (mpXpK)

477 Heading out to the boat today, going to take off the furling jib and solar panel. Hope she does not beat herself to death on her dock pilings.

Posted by: The irredeemable garbone at October 05, 2016 06:26 AM (9dH/8)

478 @475. "Good morning! Let's smile & be happy..."


I'm more of a burn it down, scatter the stones, salt the earth where it once stood kind of guy.

But yeah, Good morning!

Posted by: Case, Mors Semper Tyrannis at October 05, 2016 06:31 AM (SXa8W)

479 G'morning, all.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 05, 2016 06:32 AM (J+eG2)

480 Totally missed the VP Debate.


Sounds like Pence did good.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 05, 2016 06:32 AM (J+eG2)

481 Well the local station just announced all schools will be closed today and tomorrow.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at October 05, 2016 06:33 AM (mpXpK)

482 Have we talked about Bill Clinton's Obamacare comments?

Morning Joe just had a field day with it. Clinton says O-care is "the craziest thing I've ever seen" and that small business owners and people working 60 hours a week are paying twice the premiums for half the coverage.

Speculation abounds on just how much he wants to sabotage her candidacy. General agreement prevails that he hates Obama.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at October 05, 2016 06:35 AM (mgbwf)

483 Here is my favorite scientific data point that refutes global warming:

http://tinyurl.com/j7kxgwd

Note that recent data points are below the fitted line.

The tragedy of science is the death of a beautiful theory by an inconvenient data point.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 05, 2016 06:35 AM (u82oZ)

484 Vic, north of us got hail the size of ping pong balls.

We had to replace our roof from a hailstorm in May. What fun that was.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 05, 2016 06:40 AM (u82oZ)

485 482
Have we talked about Bill Clinton's Obamacare comments?



Morning Joe just had a field day with it. Clinton says O-care is
"the craziest thing I've ever seen" and that small business owners and
people working 60 hours a week are paying twice the premiums for half
the coverage.



Speculation abounds on just how much he wants to sabotage her candidacy. General agreement prevails that he hates Obama.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at October 05, 2016 06:35 AM (mgbwf)

Covered at #455

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at October 05, 2016 06:41 AM (mpXpK)

486
Must watch:

"Hello Young People, It's Hillary Clinton Again"

https://youtu.be/llkIkLRF26M

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Irredeemable Cycling Stars (TM) at October 05, 2016 06:42 AM (BK3ZS)

487 "A sure sign that Bubba's mental faculties are surely gone. He admits Obamacare is a disaster.

http://bit.ly/2dRwN6V



Posted by: Vic We Have No Party"

Although he blames it on the insurance companies overcharging and being greedy, not the govt that set up the whole insane system and calls or more govt to fix it. This is as expected . Dems blaming insurance companies was predicted by many sane observers along with the failure Obamacare.

Posted by: Ripley at October 05, 2016 06:43 AM (1BQGO)

488 483
Here is my favorite scientific data point that refutes global warming:



http://tinyurl.com/j7kxgwd



Note that recent data points are below the fitted line.



The tragedy of science is the death of a beautiful theory by an inconvenient data point.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 05, 2016 06:35 AM (u82oZ)

Too bad they quit posting the size of that ozone hole caused by A/C and hair spray freon.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at October 05, 2016 06:44 AM (mpXpK)

489 Funny cartoon
https://twitter.com/GrrrGraphics/status/783509447339487232

Posted by: Votermom the deplorable @vm on gab at October 05, 2016 06:45 AM (Om16U)

490 484
Vic, north of us got hail the size of ping pong balls.



We had to replace our roof from a hailstorm in May. What fun that was.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 05, 2016 06:40 AM (u82oZ)

hail is a sure sign that there is a tornado close by. But you probably already know that being from the land of Toto and Dorothy.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at October 05, 2016 06:46 AM (mpXpK)

491 WaPo says Pence won, wow

Posted by: Jean at October 05, 2016 06:47 AM (ngn8T)

492 487 Although he blames it on the insurance companies
overcharging and being greedy, not the govt that set up the whole insane
system and calls or more govt to fix it. This is as expected . Dems
blaming insurance companies was predicted by many sane observers along
with the failure Obamacare.


Posted by: Ripley at October 05, 2016 06:43 AM (1BQGO)

I do lay some blame at Insurance companies who supported it, and Obama voters, and Yellow dog Democrat voters everywhere, and Dread Pirate Roberts the Traitor.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at October 05, 2016 06:48 AM (mpXpK)

493 Based on the Cizzila article at the WaPo, Pence must have killed Kaine. Sadly we live in a Pravda world of reading between the lines.

Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at October 05, 2016 06:49 AM (Ee2nz)

494 Bubba needs Obamacare to struggle and die.
So that we can move on to Federalized Health Care.

O'Care was simply a step in the journey.
Not the goal.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 05, 2016 06:52 AM (J+eG2)

495 Le NOOD

Arriving

Track Two

Stand clear of the platform please.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 05, 2016 06:52 AM (J+eG2)

496 Hah! Jokes on you. I touch myself in the mornings!

Posted by: Semper Why at October 05, 2016 07:14 AM (rPglu)

497 Just started watching the debates and I figured out who Kaine looks like- the Secretary of Education on Idiocracy!

Posted by: JoshO at October 05, 2016 11:06 AM (ihsAf)

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