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Thanksgiving Eve ONT

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, and before we all sit down with our loved ones, maybe we should take a moment to think about what we have to be thankful for. Everybody has been talking about the presidential election, but almost overlooked in that is this small factoid:


States.jpg


While the left has been busy with their long march through the institutions, the Republicans have had their own long march through the statehouses going on. One more state and....BOOM! IF they have the will to use it, that is.

How to Employ a Dry Wit


It's Only Money

The $20,000 Rare Craft Beer That Comes Packaged in a Squirrel

Yes, an actual taxidermied squirrel. Picture at link.

The Left is Losing its Mind


An Insider's View: The Dark Rigidity of Fundamentalist Rural America


Another in a seemingly endless series of articles explaining why rural, Christian, white Americans are wrong to oppose the coastal liberals, who, because they are not rural, Christian, white Americans, know better than mouthbreating rural, Christian, white Americans. Rural, Christian, white Americans better come to understand this, all for the good of rural, Christian, white Americans. As you might guess, this one is pretty repetitive. I only made it about 2/3 of the way through, but if you manage to read the whole thing you get a coupon for 50% an Ace of Spades Platinum Membership (but only if you're a rural, Christian, white American).

Related: Gwyneth Paltrow Is Just F***ing Nuts

In addition to steam cleaning her VeeJayJay, Paltrow says“I am fascinated by the growing science behind the energy of consciousness and its effects on matter,...I have long had Dr Emoto’s coffee table book on how negativity changes the structure of water, how the molecules behave differently depending on the words or music being expressed around it.”


Troll Level : Master

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News You Can Use


There's a colony of herpes-infected monkeys in Florida

Strange as it may seem, the article makes the valid point that perhaps the monkeys should be worried by the number of herpes-infected humans that also live in Florida. Maybe the monkeys should just stay away from The Villages.


Dogs


Mother dog reunited with puppies at shelter


Gentle giant polar bear cuddles up with dog in Churchill


This next one came from Twitter and is all jpgs, so I'm just going to put a link to the tweet. For those of you not familiar with Twitter, you can click on the first image and then scroll through all four using the arrow prompts on the side which tell a story sure to bring tears to the eye.


Get the Kleenex ready

Don't put it away just yet

No Bird Brains Here

Does this count as “making and using tools”? I think it does.


Bad Sex


The six finalists for this year’s Bad Sex in Fiction awards

“‘Anne,’ he says, stopping and looking down at me. I am pinned like wet washing with his peg. ‘Till now, I thought the sweetest sound I could ever hear was cows chewing grass. But this is better.’ He sways and we listen to the soft suck at the exact place we meet. Then I move and put all thoughts of livestock out of his head.”


It makes one want to burst out in song. Maybe this song. Rated R for language.


Hero

Iowa Lawmaker Introduces "Suck It Up, Buttercup" Bill To Stop Student-Coddling At Universities

“That’s a waste of taxpayer dollars and that also doesn’t prepare kids for life. In life there’s winners and losers and when your car breaks down, your kids get sick or you have to take a second job to pay your mortgage, you don’t get to go to a cry zone, you don’t get to pet a pony. You have to deal with it,” Bobby Kaufmann told Fox and Friends on Wednesday.


Thanksgiving

Not prepared yet? Take heart, here's everything you need to know The Art of Manliness Guide to Thanksgiving. Covers everything from cooking the bird to how to throw perfect spirals to the kids with a football.

Or you could just automate the process:


Tonight's ONT brought to you by Art? In this case it appears to be a poster for Vivid Entertainment's production of De BergeraXXX. Looks like it stars Sir Patrick Stewart.

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The Yahoo Group is already sleeping off a big feed. Why should tomorrow be any different?


Posted by: WeirdDave at 10:20 PM




Comments

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1 Really?

Posted by: Flyboy at November 23, 2016 10:22 PM (L+dg+)

2 Corgis called.

Posted by: Flyboy at November 23, 2016 10:23 PM (L+dg+)

3 De BergeraXXX Uncut?

Posted by: Pete in TX at November 23, 2016 10:24 PM (2RBkF)

4 Where da kittehs?

Posted by: Basement Cat at November 23, 2016 10:25 PM (3C9q2)

5 I've already hit my bunk twice after reading (looking over) the content.

Posted by: Pepe, Proud American Nationalist at November 23, 2016 10:25 PM (77jVU)

6

Dear Heavenly God.


Posted by: Mortimer, Finish Her! at November 23, 2016 10:26 PM (zu88C)

7 Michigan just confirmed for Trump by 10,00 +.

Posted by: CMU VET at November 23, 2016 10:26 PM (C+wjz)

8 I don't know where to start! There's too much on the menu. First - that map looks real pretty. Second - I think I'll look at that article about stupid rural Christians. Maybe my name will be mentioned!

Posted by: grammie winger - Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift at November 23, 2016 10:26 PM (bpfzP)

9 Michigan just confirmed for Trump by 10,000 +.

Posted by: CMU VET at November 23, 2016 10:27 PM (C+wjz)

10 Gwyneth Paltrow Is Just F***ing Nuts
And water is wet.

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 23, 2016 10:28 PM (+lVUW)

11 Domo arigato Doctor Emoto.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 23, 2016 10:29 PM (IqV8l)

12 Good gravy!

Posted by: Votermom the Deplorable @vm on Gab.ai at November 23, 2016 10:29 PM (Om16U)

13 Poster looks like it could be a raunchily updated version of "Cyrano De Bergerac."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 23, 2016 10:29 PM (tOcW/)

14 I don't know where to start! There's too much on the menu. First - that map looks real pretty.

Yup. Red, white, and blue. Mostly red, a lovely color.

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 23, 2016 10:29 PM (+lVUW)

15 that nose is as big as his arm!

Posted by: MTF at November 23, 2016 10:29 PM (r+9iT)

16 What constitutional amendment would it be?

Posted by: Votermom the Deplorable @vm on Gab.ai at November 23, 2016 10:30 PM (Om16U)

17 Great ONT, Weirddave. You always find such fun stuff. And weird. Weird but fun.

Love the Hitler tweets and also the ones between Old Spice and Taco Bell.

Posted by: bluebell at November 23, 2016 10:31 PM (uHcnA)

18 I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm thankful for Hillary getting her ass kicked up and down the field. Best Thanksgiving in years.

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 23, 2016 10:31 PM (+lVUW)

19 That's a Trumpshadenboneschnozz!

Posted by: Oschisms at November 23, 2016 10:31 PM (ZsN9X)

20
Gentle giant polar bear cuddles up with dog in Churchill



Did not read the details of the follow-up articles to that, but apparently there was a "dark underside" to that picture too.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at November 23, 2016 10:31 PM (kdS6q)

21 puppy vid no worky for me

Posted by: davidt at November 23, 2016 10:31 PM (XoldI)

22
Lou Dobbs just beat Mitt Romney like a rented mule.


Posted by: Mortimer, Finish Her! at November 23, 2016 10:31 PM (zu88C)

23 13
Poster looks like it could be a raunchily updated version of "Cyrano De Bergerac."


Did you even read the caption?

Posted by: Weirddave at November 23, 2016 10:32 PM (Ga9pP)

24 Thanksgiving Eve ONT Compliance Pics

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/801512961152000000

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/801513068475940864

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/801513185941614592

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/801513355961888768

Posted by: kbdabear at November 23, 2016 10:32 PM (Ya7zs)

25 Yeah, but I didn't deserve it.

Posted by: Rented Mule at November 23, 2016 10:32 PM (ZsN9X)

26 Jack Straw, if you missed it, there's a poast for you at the bottom of the last thread, re: The Dead.

i'll be watching for e-mail.

Posted by: redc1c4 at November 23, 2016 10:33 PM (cqiFV)

27 Did you even read the caption?
Posted by: Weirddave at November 23, 2016 10:32 PM (Ga9pP)
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Do you even realize this is the Moron Horde?????!!!


Posted by: bluebell at November 23, 2016 10:33 PM (uHcnA)

28 If we could get Constitutional amendments through, perhaps prohibiting public employee unions or gifts of federal money to 501 c-3's or their affiliates, or maybe an amendment requiring electoral confirmation of SCOTUS judges after five years....

I would be a happy customer.

Posted by: MTF at November 23, 2016 10:33 PM (r+9iT)

29 More Thanksgiving Eve ONT Compliance Pics

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/801513736083226624

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/801514176845905924

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/801514257493983232

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/801514339081588736

Posted by: kbdabear at November 23, 2016 10:33 PM (Ya7zs)

30 puppy vid no worky for me

It's hosted on some weird platform. I had to fiddle with the Javascrip restrictions in my browser to make it work. I'll look to see if it's on YouTube (which I should have done in the 1st place).

Posted by: Weirddave at November 23, 2016 10:34 PM (Ga9pP)

31 Oh boy is this great!!

Posted by: Flounder at November 23, 2016 10:34 PM (5VO4Y)

32
Sub Portrayed in 'Hunt for Red October' Ends Last Deployment

The USS Dallas attack submarine that appeared in "The Hunt for Red October" has returned to its Connecticut homeport from its last scheduled deployment after 35 years in the fleet. The Los Angeles-class submarine arrived back at the Navy base in Groton on Tuesday.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MehBu5crI2s

"Come on, Big D -- fly!"

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at November 23, 2016 10:34 PM (kdS6q)

33 Look, I have no kids and it is very unlikely I ever will. With that in mind:
That Mommy dog reunited with puppies was beautiful.

Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at November 23, 2016 10:35 PM (hVdx9)

34 Apropos of not putting the Kleenex away just yet: here's a tribute to a K-9 police officer who had to take that last trip to the veterinary hospital-- only Zeus got the full departmental honors: squad car escort, fellow officers lined up to salute, flag at half staff, everything but the bagpipes:

http://tinyurl.com/z7xr5jr

Posted by: Basement Cat at November 23, 2016 10:36 PM (3C9q2)

35 tell me the walnut video is not some celebration of canine euthanasia video. how fucking depressing.

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 23, 2016 10:36 PM (cPsPa)

36 Constitutional Amendment through the state legislatures? If someone can herd those cats, I'm willing to watch and learn. I'm not going to put any money on it.

Posted by: irright at November 23, 2016 10:36 PM (vqzjE)

37 Found a YouTube source for the puppies vid and switched it out.

Posted by: Weirddave at November 23, 2016 10:37 PM (Ga9pP)

38 worky

Posted by: davidt at November 23, 2016 10:38 PM (XoldI)

39 seriously sad dog vids and then someone posts pics of sky witches? is the internet out of porn?

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 23, 2016 10:38 PM (cPsPa)

40 It strikes me that liberals know nothing whatsoever about those icky conservatives they hate so much. They're nowhere near the target with their bombs.
But maybe it's just about reinforcing their own prejudices.

Posted by: Northernlurker at November 23, 2016 10:38 PM (MHoxV)

41 Well I tried to work my way through the article about how white rural Christians are stupid. I almost made it to the end, but then I realized I was too stupid to understand it, so I quit.

Posted by: grammie winger - Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift at November 23, 2016 10:39 PM (bpfzP)

42 Okay that poster is just wrong in so many ways.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 23, 2016 10:39 PM (IDPbH)

43 Mark your calendars: January 20th will mark the end of "unexpected" bad economic news. In fact, you may never see the word "unexpected" again.

Posted by: Hillary Gonna Win at November 23, 2016 10:39 PM (EdXI9)

44 Regarding fundamentalist protestants. I grew up as a Catholic in an area with fundamentalist Protestants. They're nice people. They take care of their homes and go to church twice on Sunday. They make the best neighbors. In the old days some of them looked askance if you mowed the lawn while drinking a beer on Sunday, but they never bothered you about it.

Liberals on the other hand are constantly trying to dictate how others are supposed to live, what they're allowed to say, and what they're allowed to think. They're a lot more sanctimonious than Christians. I had some idiot in a grocery store correct me for using a plastic bag. I never got that kind of interfering crap from Baptists and Calvinists.

I don't know how those liberals in California can stand themselves. You'd think they'd find each other annoying.

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 23, 2016 10:39 PM (+lVUW)

45 Oh my gosh it's quarter to ten! Bye

Posted by: grammie winger - Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift at November 23, 2016 10:39 PM (bpfzP)

46 Well everyone, big day tomorrow so I'm hitting the hay now.

I wish a happy and blessed Thanksgiving to all of you. We have much to be thankful for as a country, for sure.

I am thankful for ace and the cobs for giving us a great place here, and to all of you for making it so fun. You all make me think, and make me laugh. Thank you.

God bless.


Posted by: bluebell at November 23, 2016 10:39 PM (uHcnA)

47
For those that missed it in the previous thread.

Nikki Haleys replacement , Henry McMaster, was the first elected official to publicly support Trump.


Apparently Darlin ' Nikki's qualifications were sorta...moot.

Nice move...Governor McMaster.

Posted by: Mortimer, Finish Her! at November 23, 2016 10:39 PM (zu88C)

48 I'm watching the only Alex Baldwin movie I own (where he isn't a puppet).

It's "The Shadow" which was a big box-office bomb, but it's a lot of fun. Great design, cool effects, and a great score by Jerry Goldsmith.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 23, 2016 10:39 PM (MZcWR)

49
27 Did you even read the caption?
Posted by: Weirddave at November 23, 2016 10:32 PM (Ga9pP)
----------------

Do you even realize this is the Moron Horde?????!!!


Posted by: bluebell at November 23, 2016 10:33 PM (uHcnA)


Talk about a teachable moment

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 23, 2016 10:40 PM (voOPb)

50 Nose-job?

Posted by: davidt at November 23, 2016 10:40 PM (XoldI)

51 I hope the little doggie and her pups found good homes.

Posted by: Tuna at November 23, 2016 10:40 PM (JSovD)

52 Did you even read the caption?
~~~
Hmm, I get thru the content faster by looking at the pics...most videos are too long, but that 'Worst Sex' vid was worth it!

Mucho dankas.

Posted by: socalcon at November 23, 2016 10:40 PM (UXScn)

53 The Alternet guy is yet another of those small-town folks who think they are bigger than their small town.

Posted by: Hugh Jorgen at November 23, 2016 10:40 PM (Y+IGD)

54 MisHum!!!! Nice to see you back. See you tomorrow, I hope?

Good night!

Posted by: bluebell at November 23, 2016 10:41 PM (uHcnA)

55 Baldwin was good in Miami Blues.

Posted by: davidt at November 23, 2016 10:41 PM (XoldI)

56 Michigan just confirmed for Trump by 10,000 +.
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Yes but is there consensus among college statistics professors that he won the state?

Because otherwise it's #NotSettledScience

Posted by: Methos at November 23, 2016 10:42 PM (3Liv/)

57


...the boogers.






...the boogers





Posted by: Mortimer, Finish Her! at November 23, 2016 10:42 PM (zu88C)

58 Baldwin was best in my opinion in The Cooler.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 23, 2016 10:42 PM (IDPbH)

59 I found a candidate for tomorrow's mid morning thread cover art!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 23, 2016 10:43 PM (EZebt)

60 What constitutional amendment would it be?
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Well we could start by repealing the mistakes (direct election of senators, I'm looking at you).

Posted by: Methos at November 23, 2016 10:44 PM (3Liv/)

61 I nominate WD to do the pet thread if MisHum ever needs to take a break one weekend.

Posted by: Chi - #FreeCthulhu at November 23, 2016 10:44 PM (9WLeS)

62 That painting is even better as you scroll down to see it.

Posted by: josephistan at November 23, 2016 10:44 PM (7qAYi)

63 Are they still tabulating the votes in NY and NE?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 23, 2016 10:44 PM (EZebt)

64 I remember when sex the night before thanksgiving was a wonderful thing. Sneaking it in at night avoiding the girl friends parents or in-laws and other family members. This was a yearly event from hughschool and ended with my divorce.

So it's still a thing yes?

Posted by: Pepe, Proud American Nationalist at November 23, 2016 10:45 PM (77jVU)

65 60
What constitutional amendment would it be?



repeal the 16th, NEXT

Posted by: Mortimer, Finish Her! at November 23, 2016 10:45 PM (zu88C)

66 The mother dog reunited with puppies is a good one. I can't possibly watch the last walk video though.

I think I'll listen to the bad sex song again instead.

Posted by: MTF at November 23, 2016 10:46 PM (r+9iT)

67 16 What constitutional amendment would it be?
Posted by: Votermom the Deplorable @vm on Gab.ai at November 23, 2016 10:30 PM (Om16U)


Anyone born or marrying that has the surname of "Clinton" or "Bush" are banned from elected office.

Also, family members of Presidents are banned from holding any federal office for 3 family generations.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at November 23, 2016 10:46 PM (1JnAL)

68 I remember when sex the night before thanksgiving was a wonderful thing. Sneaking it in at night avoiding the girl friends parents or in-laws and other family members. This was a yearly event from hughschool and ended with my divorce.

So it's still a thing yes?
Posted by: Pepe, Proud American Nationalist at November 23, 2016 10:45 PM (77jVU)




well the whole sneaking in with the girlfriend kind of explains the divorce thing.

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 23, 2016 10:46 PM (cPsPa)

69 Plowed into the ground...

Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at November 23, 2016 10:46 PM (hVdx9)

70 I find the "Cyrano" pic to be oddly titillating. Hello people!

Posted by: madamemayhem (goddess of brownies) at November 23, 2016 10:47 PM (yTnCT)

71 That painting is by Alessandro Biffignandi - it's one of his tame works.

Posted by: josephistan at November 23, 2016 10:47 PM (7qAYi)

72 I remember when sex the night before thanksgiving
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What is this "sex" ?

Posted by: Mortimer, Finish Her! at November 23, 2016 10:47 PM (zu88C)

73 what sort of sick freak makes a you tube video about their dogs last walk. hope they do the same for him.

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 23, 2016 10:47 PM (cPsPa)

74 Polar bear kills Husky dog.
Anthropomorphizers & Disney hardest hit.

Posted by: andycanuck at November 23, 2016 10:47 PM (7cmcE)

75 I remember when sex the night before thanksgiving
===

What is this "sex" ?


Posted by: Mortimer
****

So how long have you been married?

Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at November 23, 2016 10:48 PM (hVdx9)

76 production of De BergeraXXX. Looks like it stars Sir Patrick Stewart.
-----------------

Or Yul Brynner?

Posted by: Chi - #FreeCthulhu at November 23, 2016 10:48 PM (9WLeS)

77
27 Did you even read the caption?
Posted by: Weirddave at November 23, 2016 10:32 PM (Ga9pP)
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We don't need no stinkin readin!!

Posted by: The guy with the hair at November 23, 2016 10:49 PM (aAlFX)

78 lmao at the picture at the end wtf

Posted by: thathalfricanplayafromthehimalayas - be water my friend at November 23, 2016 10:49 PM (R5HRU)

79 I don't know how those liberals in California can stand themselves. You'd think they'd find each other annoying.
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 23, 2016 10:39 PM (+lVUW)
====

Mrs. Franpsycho, is that you?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 23, 2016 10:49 PM (EZebt)

80 Yes but is there consensus among college statistics professors that he won the state?

Because otherwise it's #NotSettledScience
Posted by: Methos at November 23, 2016 10:42 PM (3Liv/)


Nate Silver has called "bullshit" on the results being off.

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/demographics-not-hacking-explain-the-election-results/

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at November 23, 2016 10:49 PM (1JnAL)

81 41 Well I tried to work my way through the article about how white rural Christians are stupid. I almost made it to the end, but then I realized I was too stupid to understand it, so I quit.

Posted by: grammie winger - Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift at November 23, 2016 10:39 PM (bpfzP)


Don't all those rural, Christian hicks drop out of school after 8th grade?

Posted by: entertainment industry shitbag at November 23, 2016 10:50 PM (+lVUW)

82 So how long have you been married?

Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale

==

Two Hundred and Twenty Six Years

Posted by: Mortimer, Finish Her! at November 23, 2016 10:50 PM (zu88C)

83 The Nazi's had a "dark underside"?
No way!

Posted by: tu3031 at November 23, 2016 10:50 PM (qJhUV)

84
Another in a seemingly endless series of articles explaining why rural,
Christian, white Americans are wrong to oppose the coastal liberals,
who, because they are not rural, Christian, white Americans, know better
than mouthbreating rural, Christian, white Americans.








You forgot "cousin-humping". How could you forget the best part of being a knuckle-dragging, neanderthal, racist, conservative redneck?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 23, 2016 10:50 PM (LuZz8)

85 Damn. Even Nate Silver says FU to the a-holes. Gotta give him credit there.

Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at November 23, 2016 10:50 PM (hVdx9)

86 I still like the idea of splitting up California into five or six states. It would definitely be a net gain for conservatives.

Posted by: rickl - THE MEDIA IS LYING TO YOU at November 23, 2016 10:51 PM (sdi6R)

87 66 The mother dog reunited with puppies is a good one. I can't possibly watch the last walk video though.

I think I'll listen to the bad sex song again instead.
Posted by: MTF
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It's really not so bad.
Sad, but touching.

Posted by: Chi - #FreeCthulhu at November 23, 2016 10:51 PM (9WLeS)

88 WOW Dave - now that's what I call a Thanksgiving banquet of an ONT!

Off to read the content. But first, I bring a schadenlicious take-down of the "60 Minutes" narrative on the poor, poor refugees of Sweden.





http://tinyurl.com/jtuazuv

Posted by: Miley, Duchess of the DSR at November 23, 2016 10:51 PM (tHwdc)

89 >>>Also, family members of Presidents are banned from holding any federal office for 3 family generations.

Only 3?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 23, 2016 10:51 PM (voOPb)

90 I'm watching the only Alex Baldwin movie I own (where he isn't a puppet).

No "Red October?"

Tsk, tsk.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at November 23, 2016 10:51 PM (+wjl1)

91 So how long have you been married?

Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale

==

Two Hundred and Twenty Six Years


Posted by: Mortimer
****
Dog years?

Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at November 23, 2016 10:51 PM (hVdx9)

92 Ummm, Dave,

You do know that the polar bear came back a couple of days later and ate the dog, don't you?

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/polar-bear-dog-video-churchill-manitoba-1.3855128

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at November 23, 2016 10:52 PM (1JnAL)

93 WeirdDave, major props on the ONT. You have been locked in a zone the past few weeks. Laser focus. Incredible content. Pushing the boundaries. Establishing themes and consistancy on what to expect.

You are in the zone.

Posted by: Pepe, Proud American Nationalist at November 23, 2016 10:53 PM (77jVU)

94 What is this "sex" ?
Posted by: Mortimer, Finish Her! at November 23, 2016 10:47 PM (zu88C)

=======

My Ex is still mystified by this whole thing. She thinks sex dying is the natural order of things after a period of time. Bases this on the fact that her Mom froze him out after Menopause at age 50.

I met the man. Guaranteed he was dining away from home.

Posted by: Flyboy at November 23, 2016 10:53 PM (L+dg+)

95 It's "The Shadow" which was a big box-office bomb, but it's a lot of fun. Great design, cool effects, and a great score by Jerry Goldsmith.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 23, 2016 10:39 PM (MZcWR)


There are some good movies out there that never really got much play in the theaters.This one time I was at the video store and I picked up a movie called "Taking Chance". It was one of the best movies I'd seen in ages.

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 23, 2016 10:53 PM (+lVUW)

96 Hillary should blame Jill Stein for her loss in Michigan. The Green party candidate garnered 51,000 votes.

Posted by: Guam tipper at November 23, 2016 10:53 PM (/DvFd)

97 The Nazi's had a "dark underside"?
No way!


Posted by: tu3031
****

They didn't poop Skittles?

Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at November 23, 2016 10:53 PM (hVdx9)

98 I still like the idea of splitting up California into five or six states. It would definitely be a net gain for conservatives.

Posted by: rickl - THE MEDIA IS LYING TO YOU at November 23, 2016 10:51 PM (sdi6R)
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give these idiots TEN Senators instead of just 2?

please G*d NO!

trust me: unless/until President Trump does something about illegals and voting fraud, there's no way a majority of those "states" would NOT be leftard strongholds, just as they are now.

Posted by: redc1c4 at November 23, 2016 10:54 PM (cqiFV)

99 Thanksgiving Eve and the house smells like it! Turkey and goose in the brine, smoker's prepped. Cranberries are cooked and chilling. 3 lbs of necks and giblets simmering. Our Britanny is in constant olfactory orgasm.

Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at November 23, 2016 10:54 PM (di1hb)

100 Dog years?
====

You have no idea.


Posted by: Mortimer, Finish Her! at November 23, 2016 10:54 PM (zu88C)

101 Rather plowed right now. Anyone want to see pics of me at 25?
Rated G pics.

Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at November 23, 2016 10:54 PM (hVdx9)

102 I found a candidate for tomorrow's mid morning thread cover art!

Something tells me that Nude Model Resting (aka Nekkid Dude of Pallor) is about to reappear.

Posted by: Basement Cat at November 23, 2016 10:55 PM (3C9q2)

103
Well I tried to work my way through the article about how white rural Christians are stupid. I almost made it to the end, but then I realized I was too stupid to understand it, so I quit.

Posted by: grammie winger - Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift


I won't read it because I don't like books, foreigners or oceans.
Or books about foreign oceans.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 23, 2016 10:55 PM (IqV8l)

104 what sort of sick freak makes a you tube video about their dogs last walk. hope they do the same for him.

It's not bad. He walked on this beach with his dog for years. The dog loved it. When it was time for the dog to be put down, he went for a last walk with Walnut on the beach, and several thousand people showed up with their dogs to accompany him. Touching in a good way. Celebrating his life with Walnut.

Posted by: Weirddave at November 23, 2016 10:56 PM (Ga9pP)

105 I doubt the Dems want any investigations into any voting 'irregularities'.

Posted by: davidt at November 23, 2016 10:56 PM (XoldI)

106 Anyone born or marrying that has the surname of "Clinton" or "Bush" are banned from elected office.

You left out "Kennedy". Oh, wait, are there any left who haven't killed themselves off with their stupid shit behavior?

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 23, 2016 10:57 PM (+lVUW)

107 .This one time I was at the video store and I picked up a movie called "Taking Chance". It was one of the best movies I'd seen in ages.
Posted by: nerdygirl
--------------------

The Kevin Bacon vehicle?
Great flick. It's been a while - I should look for that again...

Posted by: Chi - #FreeCthulhu at November 23, 2016 10:57 PM (9WLeS)

108 My Ex is still mystified by this whole thing. She
thinks sex dying is the natural order of things after a period of time.
Bases this on the fact that her Mom froze him out after Menopause at age
50.



I met the man. Guaranteed he was dining away from home.

Posted by: Flyboy at November 23, 2016 10:53 PM (L+dg+)

---
every woman i've ever known in a relationship has, sooner or later, has used denying sex as a weapon. they have all been universally mystified when it didn't achieve the goals they had in mind.

hell, as a kid, i watched my (alleged) mother do it to my dad.

Posted by: redc1c4 at November 23, 2016 10:57 PM (cqiFV)

109 Hey, it's over 100 comments.



Can we go OT on an OT thread?



I need some help buying an F-150 next week.

Posted by: Steck at November 23, 2016 10:57 PM (uNyh1)

110 Thanksgiving is, to me, one of the two great patriotic holidays in America. With my kids, tomorrow, turkey, etc., but tamales, too, because Texas, and the day after, a feast with my angel and her clan, with beef pho and bbq, because Texas VN. It's something people don't see - this holiday is uniquely 'Murican and everybody makes it their own.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at November 23, 2016 10:57 PM (ESOYR)

111 Tilikum Killer Assault Whale,
How old are you now?

Posted by: @lindafelldespair(gab.ai)-deplorable gobsmacked rage-monkey staying alive, ahhhh! at November 23, 2016 10:58 PM (JNDQi)

112 It's not bad. He walked on this beach with his dog for years. The dog
loved it. When it was time for the dog to be put down, he went for a
last walk with Walnut on the beach, and several thousand people showed
up with their dogs to accompany him. Touching in a good way. Celebrating
his life with Walnut.
==


Dusty in here.

Posted by: Mortimer, Finish Her! at November 23, 2016 10:58 PM (zu88C)

113 You do know that the polar bear came back a couple of days later and ate the dog, don't you?

Well, I do now.

My wife will be pleased (no, not about THAT). She's from the north, and that story offended her sense of the natural order of things.

Posted by: Weirddave at November 23, 2016 10:58 PM (Ga9pP)

114 98
trust me: unless/until President Trump does something about illegals and voting fraud, there's no way a majority of those "states" would NOT be leftard strongholds, just as they are now.
Posted by: redc1c4 at November 23, 2016 10:54 PM (cqiFV)


From what I have read, only the coast and the Sacramento area would be moonbat territory. The rest of the new states would contain normal people for the most part.

Posted by: rickl - THE MEDIA IS LYING TO YOU at November 23, 2016 10:59 PM (sdi6R)

115 We're visiting friends for Thanksgiving, and I'm in charge of dessert. I've got two pumpkin pies almost ready to come out of the oven. They'd have been done sooner, except the igniter in the oven chose to die today. Had someone out to replace it a few hours ago.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at November 23, 2016 10:59 PM (BXC+l)

116 110 Thanksgiving is, to me, one of the two great patriotic holidays in America. With my kids, tomorrow, turkey, etc., but tamales, too, because Texas, and the day after, a feast with my angel and her clan, with beef pho and bbq, because Texas VN. It's something people don't see - this holiday is uniquely 'Murican and everybody makes it their own.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at November 23, 2016 10:57 PM (ESOYR)

My people call it "Thanks-taking."

Posted by: Elizabeth Warren at November 23, 2016 11:00 PM (7qAYi)

117 Tilikum Killer Assault Whale,
How old are you now?

Posted by: @lindafelldespair
****

Just turned 43

Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at November 23, 2016 11:00 PM (hVdx9)

118
The colorful folk who live in America's Wang:

A man in Florida charged for catching a shark and punching it to death before posing for pictures with the lifeless animal has claimed he was trying to 'resuscitate it and get the air out of its lungs'.

Daily Mail

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at November 23, 2016 11:00 PM (kdS6q)

119 I won't read it because I don't like books, foreigners or oceans.
Or books about foreign oceans.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 23, 2016 10:55 PM (IqV8l



What about foreign books about oceans?

Posted by: buzzion at November 23, 2016 11:00 PM (bMG0w)

120
You do know that the polar bear came back a couple of days later and ate the dog, don't you?

Walnut?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 23, 2016 11:00 PM (IqV8l)

121 hell, as a kid, i watched my (alleged) mother do it to my dad.
Posted by: redc1c4 at November 23, 2016 10:57 PM (cqiFV)

*snort*

Posted by: Pepe, Proud American Nationalist at November 23, 2016 11:01 PM (77jVU)

122
I am thankful that after that 18 inches of snow buried my drive, that my Ariens cleared it right out without a hiccup.

I am equally thankful that I was able to fix the problem the very next day that same machine refused to run when I went out to clean up the mess the snowplow left in my drive when the county pushed the snowbanks back. I am a believer that machines are supposed to run; you turn the key, it starts, it runs, you park it; that is what they do.

So when this machine refused to run, I, like, totally, freaked, man. Thought it was bad gas. Something broke in the carburetor, plugged fuel line.

I had read somewhere that you need to check the oil and water, and pay attention to the blinking warning indicators on the dash (check engine light). So I checked the oil, and it was at the 'add' mark, but I was prepared for that because I was planning on changing the oil anyway. So I did that, and the machine ran perfectly fine after that.

Who knew that a small engine like that had a low oil sensor? The things you learn from machines.

Posted by: Tachnik at November 23, 2016 11:01 PM (S0pA1)

123 weirdest ont efer.

Posted by: eleven at November 23, 2016 11:02 PM (qUNWi)

124 Hey everybody.

I'm not a yuge fan of Mayim Bialik, she's posted stuff at her blog that's REALLY bugged me, but here's a "meeting politically adversarial loved ones for the holidays" bit that shares useful info re how to *avoid* the subject, rather than confront.

http://groknation.com/faith/when-home-for-the-holidays-feels-uncomfortable/

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 23, 2016 11:02 PM (u8kLQ)

125 every woman i've ever known in a relationship has, sooner or later, has used denying sex as a weapon. they have all been universally mystified when it didn't achieve the goals they had in mind.

hell, as a kid, i watched my (alleged) mother do it to my dad.
Posted by: redc1c4 at November 23, 2016 10:57 PM (cqiFV)

=======

Yeah. My daughter has asked me about our split.

My only answer was a relationship should be 100/100, not 50/50, and NEVER use sex as a weapon. That was it. She seems to have gotten it.

Posted by: Flyboy at November 23, 2016 11:02 PM (L+dg+)

126 Sure, my polar-bear-eats-husky comment at #74 gets ignored.

Posted by: andycanuck at November 23, 2016 11:02 PM (7cmcE)

127 Posted by: Weirddave at November 23, 2016 10:58 PM (Ga9pP)

Fistbump to Gingy. I couldn't get past the thought that the bear was testing the dog for ripeness (no, I did didn't watch the video, didn't I just say I only foresaw tragedy there?)

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at November 23, 2016 11:03 PM (GDulk)

128 Just turned 43
---------
You're still young. Men have more time than women to start families.

Posted by: @lindafelldespair(gab.ai)-deplorable gobsmacked rage-monkey staying alive, ahhhh! at November 23, 2016 11:03 PM (JNDQi)

129 Anybody else watch "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving" tonight?

I still watch these things every year whenever I can catch them. I don't care how many times I've seen them before, they just make me feel good.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 23, 2016 11:04 PM (u8kLQ)

130 every woman i've ever known in a relationship has, sooner or later, has used denying sex as a weapon. they have all been universally mystified when it didn't achieve the goals they had in mind.

hell, as a kid, i watched my (alleged) mother do it to my dad.
Posted by: redc1c4 at November 23, 2016 10:57 PM (cqiFV)

You watched you parents not have sex? Not sure what to make of that.

Posted by: josephistan at November 23, 2016 11:04 PM (7qAYi)

131 Dissolving the Last Remnants of the Old Republic

The following was from one of the 873,035 voices crying out in terror and suddenly silenced following a terrorist attack by "rebels"...

More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=12771

Posted by: The Political Hat at November 23, 2016 11:04 PM (vBeA5)

132 At least Bialik is pro-Israel although I was upset alot at her recent anti-Trump comments too.

Posted by: andycanuck at November 23, 2016 11:04 PM (7cmcE)

133 It's not bad. He walked on this beach with his dog for years. The dog loved it. When it was time for the dog to be put down, he went for a last walk with Walnut on the beach, and several thousand people showed up with their dogs to accompany him. Touching in a good way. Celebrating his life with Walnut.
Posted by: Weirddave at November 23, 2016 10:56 PM (Ga9pP)





when your dog is down to the last several mins of his life you spend it with him, not making a video of it for your youtube or facebook accoint so you can post it next to pics of your lunch and garner a few thousand likes. a pox upon him and his house.

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 23, 2016 11:04 PM (cPsPa)

134 >>I need some help buying an F-150 next week.



Pro Tip : Wear a low cut blouse.

Posted by: garrett at November 23, 2016 11:04 PM (pyZce)

135 every woman i've ever known in a relationship has, sooner or later, has
used denying sex as a weapon. they have all been universally mystified
when it didn't achieve the goals they had in mind.
==

"It's not me it's you"

"It's not you it's me"

"If I only had ____ , things would be different"

"Don't know what's wrong with me"

Tired, headache, I'm ugly, Your ugly, It's Tuesday, It's Thursday, hadda bad experience, hadda a good experience, moon, stars, planetary alignments, GPS coordinates, relative humidity, bank account balance, bank account imbalance, too loud, too late, too early, makes me hurt all day, I stink, You stink, just don't feel like it, "all you ever want is sex"...

Posted by: Mortimer, Finish Her! at November 23, 2016 11:04 PM (zu88C)

136 The Kevin Bacon vehicle?
Great flick. It's been a while - I should look for that again...
Posted by: Chi - #FreeCthulhu at November 23, 2016 10:57 PM (9WLeS)


Yes. As a matter of fact, I think they played it on Starz or Showtime recently but I missed it.

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 23, 2016 11:04 PM (+lVUW)

137 85 Damn. Even Nate Silver says FU to the a-holes. Gotta give him credit there.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at November 23, 2016 10:50 PM (hVdx9)


Nate even said before the election that the Dem's "Blue Firewall of States" looked very shaky and could fall. It's why he gave Trump a 30% chance of winning.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at November 23, 2016 11:05 PM (1JnAL)

138 Goodbye, History Channel:
Mike and Frank have to calla "transgender" "Mary" to pick an old magician's stuff from relatives.

Oh wait, I get it: magic!

Not anymore, wierdos.

:-/

Posted by: 80's music fan at November 23, 2016 11:05 PM (PHcLa)

139 News about someone who's NOT Jeffrey Wells:

I found out that the psychologist who got me fired from my last job, is getting married in 2017.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 23, 2016 11:05 PM (u8kLQ)

140 Posted by: No One of Consequence at November 23, 2016 10:59 PM (BXC+l)

Good thing you were able to get it repaired and the baking done. Did they charge extra for (nearly) being a holiday?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at November 23, 2016 11:05 PM (GDulk)

141 Polar bear eats husky dog
The "Bear is loose"!!!

Posted by: president o'bumbles at November 23, 2016 11:05 PM (7cmcE)

142 Thanks for the Walnut video.

Had to put my 13 year old best friend to sleep today.

Been a rough day.

Posted by: Malcolm Tent at November 23, 2016 11:05 PM (qAqPY)

143
Ok, speaking of fake news, and who isn't these days.

If we area being buried under fake news, is there a possibility that we have also been buried under fake history and don't know it?

Posted by: Tachnik at November 23, 2016 11:06 PM (S0pA1)

144 Me at 25

http://preview.tinyurl.com/gp2ncqv

Yeah, pic of a pic. Sorry for the crappy quality And no, not looking for compliments.
Hell, some ladies posted their hooters here.
Least I can do is show my face.

Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at November 23, 2016 11:06 PM (hVdx9)

145 --
Another in a seemingly endless series of articles explaining why rural,

Christian, white Americans are wrong to oppose the coastal liberals,

who, because they are not rural, Christian, white Americans, know better

than mouthbreating rural, Christian, white Americans. ---

You
forgot "cousin-humping". How could you forget the best part of being a
knuckle-dragging, neanderthal, racist, conservative redneck?


Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 23, 2016 10:50 PM
--------------

Cousin-humpin...?
I wish you knew how much that hurts.

Posted by: One Really Lonely Hick, whose ma and pa ain't got no siblings but each other at November 23, 2016 11:06 PM (vqzjE)

146 Gentle giant polar bear cuddles up with dog in Churchill

++++

The guy behind all this is a serious asshole. He chains up the dogs within reach of the polar bear. On top of that, in his own words, "That was the only day we didn't feed the f--king bears, the only night we didn't put anything out."

Surprise, surprise surprise. Bear satisfies his hunger with the dog.

Nature can be brutal. Bears eat dogs and more when they have the opportunity. But, chaining up a dog and letting a bear eat it is something else.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at November 23, 2016 11:06 PM (R+30W)

147 I need some help buying an F-150 next week.



Pro Tip : Wear a low cut blouse.

Posted by: garrett at November 23, 2016 11:04 PM (pyZce)




Garrett, noted ;-) I heard it worked well for you!




Anyone here work for Ford / have a friend at Ford? Dealer tells me I can save $2500 if I turn up with an X-Plan / Family & Friends number/code/whatever.

Posted by: Steck at November 23, 2016 11:07 PM (uNyh1)

148 You forgot "cousin-humping". How could you forget
the best part of being a knuckle-dragging, neanderthal, racist,
conservative redneck?
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 23, 2016 10:50 PM (LuZz



Hey, hey, hey. Some of us happen to like sitting on the front porch, toothless, playing the banjo.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 23, 2016 11:07 PM (vU79J)

149
The guy behind all this is a serious asshole. He chains up the dogs within reach of the polar bear. On top of that, in his own words, "That was the only day we didn't feed the f--king bears, the only night we didn't put anything out."

Surprise, surprise surprise. Bear satisfies his hunger with the dog.

Nature can be brutal. Bears eat dogs and more when they have the opportunity. But, chaining up a dog and letting a bear eat it is something else.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at November 23, 2016 11:06 PM (R+30W)




well as long as I am in the swing, a pox upon him and his house too.

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 23, 2016 11:07 PM (cPsPa)

150 andycanuck, yup. Bialik isn't as hateful, but she has a lot of the same cognitive dissonance issues Jeffrey Wells has. She's literally said in the *same sentence,* that people have to respect conservatives, although they have (in her opinion) "idiotic" beliefs.

She also posted a completely hysterical and IMHO hypocritical piece a few months ago, where she claims she had to flee from a small mom-and-pop store in LA, after she discovered they were playing Christian music on their PA system.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 23, 2016 11:07 PM (u8kLQ)

151 Doctor Emoto solves the ridfle of how Moses crossed the Red Sea. Apparently he yelled at it, hurt its feelings and it split.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 23, 2016 11:07 PM (0tfLf)

152 Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine,
Lucky you. I love tamales. I always look out for a TexMex restaurant that has them.
This friend of mine had a shower with a fiesta theme. She had tamales, Margaritas, and (I believe it's) tres leche cake. Yummy.

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 23, 2016 11:07 PM (+lVUW)

153 Holy shit WD! Weasel
Zippers motto is scouring the bowels of the internet but they've got NOTHING on you!

Posted by: keena at November 23, 2016 11:08 PM (RiTnx)

154 now where did I put my fucking voodoo dolls. going to settle some scores as soon as I find those dolls.


dinner is going to be late tomorrow.

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 23, 2016 11:08 PM (cPsPa)

155 Tamales are yummy.


Night.

Posted by: Mortimer, Finish Her! at November 23, 2016 11:08 PM (zu88C)

156 Happy Thanksgiving for 2016!

More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=12781

Posted by: The Political Hat at November 23, 2016 11:09 PM (vBeA5)

157
The Kevin Bacon vehicle?

Is that anything like an Oscar Mayer Wienermobile?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 23, 2016 11:09 PM (IqV8l)

158 You forgot "cousin-humping". How could you forget
the best part of being a knuckle-dragging, neanderthal, racist,
conservative redneck?
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 23, 2016 10:50 PM (LuZz




interestingly, it is legal to marry your cousin in wisconsin. I don't have any relatives in wisconsin.

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 23, 2016 11:09 PM (cPsPa)

159 Anyone here work for Ford / have a friend at Ford? Dealer tells me I can save $2500 if I turn up with an X-Plan / Family & Friends number/code/whatever.
Posted by: Steck at November 23, 2016 11:07 PM (uNyh1)

=======

I used to work for them. That was called the "A" plan back in the day. Family only.

Posted by: Flyboy at November 23, 2016 11:09 PM (L+dg+)

160 Jeffrey Wells actually *liked* the new Wahlberg flick about the Boston bombing, "Patriot's Day." Said it was very taut and suspenseful.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 23, 2016 11:10 PM (u8kLQ)

161
ya, that guy with the polar bear video feeds the bears. Says it keeps the bears from eating his dogs that he keeps chained up outside.

It feels like, to me at least, that there is a flaw in his logic, depending on what he intends. You always have to examine motive. All the detective novels explain this.

Posted by: Tachnik at November 23, 2016 11:10 PM (S0pA1)

162 Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at November 23, 2016 11:06 PM (hVdx9)

Shit we need more hooter posting. Keeps spirits high and camaraderie even higher!

Posted by: thathalfricanplayafromthehimalayas - be water my friend at November 23, 2016 11:10 PM (R5HRU)

163 >>I need some help buying an F-150 next week.


The X-Plan requires a skirt and a low cut bluse.

Posted by: garrett at November 23, 2016 11:11 PM (pyZce)

164 Malcolm....damn, that's a bummer. Condolences, and lots of 'em.

I've done it more than I could ever bear, then I also know I'll have to do it a few more times, more likely than not.

Still, each and every one of them has been more than worth the pain at their passing.

Prayers for you, sent.


Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at November 23, 2016 11:11 PM (v5iqM)

165 Anyone here work for Ford / have a friend at Ford? Dealer tells me I can save $2500 if I turn up with an X-Plan / Family & Friends number/code/whatever.
Posted by: Steck at November 23, 2016 11:07 PM (uNyh1)




which one are you getting?

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 23, 2016 11:11 PM (cPsPa)

166 Steck,
I forgot. I know a guy in Plano who might be able to help you. My husband got his last two Chevys through him but he deals with all makes and models. I shot you an email.

Posted by: @lindafelldespair(gab.ai)-deplorable gobsmacked rage-monkey staying alive, ahhhh! at November 23, 2016 11:11 PM (JNDQi)

167 Grooming Chelsea.

Posted by: Open Mouthed Drooler in Chappaqua at November 23, 2016 11:11 PM (Fp4vv)

168 Damn. Even Nate Silver says FU to the a-holes. Gotta give him credit there.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at November 23, 2016 10:50 PM (hVdx9)


Nate even said before the election that the Dem's "Blue Firewall of States" looked very shaky and could fall. It's why he gave Trump a 30% chance of winning.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper
****

Only 30%? Nate blew it. But to his credit, he is trying to maintain some integrity.

Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at November 23, 2016 11:11 PM (hVdx9)

169 I used to work for them. That was called the "A" plan back in the day. Family only.

Posted by: Flyboy at November 23, 2016 11:09 PM (L+dg+)





Flyboy, apparently "A" plan is worth a lot more. The "X" plan is supposedly pretty easy to get.

Posted by: Steck at November 23, 2016 11:12 PM (uNyh1)

170 when your dog is down to the last several mins of his life you spend it with him, not making a video of it for your youtube or facebook accoint so you can post it next to pics of your lunch and garner a few thousand likes. a pox upon him and his house.

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 23, 2016 11:04 PM (cPsPa)

++++

It's kinda like they do it on death row. Inmate gets to chow down for his last meal.

With the dog, it's a nice day at the beach getting tweeted and selfied. Then it's off to the gas chamber.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at November 23, 2016 11:12 PM (R+30W)

171 152. Tres leches.....so much wonderful. And if you have it with VN coffee. Heh, introduced the Colonel and the rest of her family to that confectionery perfection. It's heart-stopping, mish-grabbing goodness.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at November 23, 2016 11:12 PM (ESOYR)

172 hell, as a kid, i watched my (alleged) mother do it to my dad.

One of the comments upthread had just that line in it. I thought, wow, that's kind of disgusting. Then farther down I saw the whole quote. Heh.

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 23, 2016 11:13 PM (+lVUW)

173 They never did let me pet a pony.

Posted by: Trigglyflake at November 23, 2016 11:13 PM (Tyii7)

174
Grooming Chelsea.
Posted by: Open Mouthed Drooler in Chappaqua


Picking the nits off

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 23, 2016 11:13 PM (IqV8l)

175 Good thing you were able to get it repaired and the baking done. Did they charge extra for (nearly) being a holiday?
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at November 23, 2016 11:05 PM (GDulk)

We have a deal through our gas company where we pay a monthly fee, and they'll come out and fix our appliances when we have issues (came in really handy a few winters ago when our boiler started acting up). Wasn't sure they'd be able to make it out today, but they did.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at November 23, 2016 11:14 PM (BXC+l)

176 That CNN show that charged the alt right guy with saying Jews aren't people was an entire hit job. The guy was talking about the media and reporters who unthinkingly parrot lib talking points.

There was absolutely no way to have mistaken what he was saying.

Posted by: Make America Great Again at November 23, 2016 11:14 PM (BS8yt)

177
Anyone here work for Ford / have a friend at Ford? Dealer tells me I can save $2500 if I turn up with an X-Plan / Family & Friends number/code/whatever.
Posted by: Steck
-------------------

You're a few years late for me to help you.
The Norfolk plant closed down. OlD next door neighbor worked there.
But yeah, you can get a discount if you know someone.
Good luck. And go for whatever is closest to the SVT.

Posted by: Chi - #FreeCthulhu at November 23, 2016 11:14 PM (9WLeS)

178 I was following Nate and when he had Trump's odds so low, I thought it couldn't be right. I didn't want him to be right.
It didn't FEEL right. My gut told me it should be much closer than he predicted.
However, I did not foresee a Trump win.

Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at November 23, 2016 11:15 PM (hVdx9)

179 hell, as a kid, i watched my (alleged) mother do it to my dad.

One of the comments upthread had just that line in it. I thought, wow, that's kind of disgusting. Then farther down I saw the whole quote. Heh.
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 23, 2016 11:13 PM (+lVUW




it is funnier without the full context.

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 23, 2016 11:15 PM (cPsPa)

180
Gwenyth is puzzled by how readily water becomes frigid in her presence.

Some say frigid, while others say struck by dumb...

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Gob-Smacked Rage Monkeys (Suck It, NR!) at November 23, 2016 11:15 PM (5seeI)

181 As for the female moron hooters- magnificent. Majestic even.

Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at November 23, 2016 11:15 PM (hVdx9)

182 --
173
They never did let me pet a pony.


Posted by: Trigglyflake at November 23, 2016 11:13 PM (Tyii7)
----------------
They had some trepidations. (see polar bear/husky story)

Posted by: irright at November 23, 2016 11:16 PM (vqzjE)

183 when your dog is down to the last several mins of his life you spend it with him, not making a video of it for your youtube or facebook accoint so you can post it next to pics of your lunch and garner a few thousand likes. a pox upon him and his house.

Some people are getting to a point where EVERYTHING goes on social media. There are people who announce a death in the family on facebook. I don't care for it, but this is where a lot of people are heading.

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 23, 2016 11:16 PM (+lVUW)

184 interestingly, it is legal to marry your cousin in wisconsin. I don't have any relatives in wisconsin.

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 23, 2016 11:09 PM (cPsPa)

++++

Only if the woman is at least 55, or either is permanently sterile

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cousin_marriage_
law_in_the_United_States_by_state

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at November 23, 2016 11:16 PM (R+30W)

185 Okay, I tried. Couldn't finish the article. (liberal twat's rant against Rural, White, Christian People)

Sick and tired of it. Just. f*cking. sick. and. tired.

Warning: Rant /On!

It's not enough that I work, pay taxes (which are wasted on the ne'er-do-well, gimme gimme FSA, and sh*t I'd never contribute to, *willingly*) and get lectured regularly that everything I've ever known or believed is "wrong" or "backward" or "racist."

It's not enough that I take care of those things and situations that are nobody else's responsibility-- or *business* for that matter!

Sick. And. Tired.

Of being called names because ALL I WANT is to be left the f*ck alone to live my life My Way, just like these f*cksticks that demand their "safe space" to keep them shielded from me and my kind---

Where is MY "safe space", in which *I* can be shielded from these azzholes, and their ilk? Huh? Where's MINE?????

Rant /Off

Thanks Ace, this is my safe space, for as long as you'll put up with me. Hope nobody was offended....

Happy Thanksgiving, all-- Hillary will never be president!!!

Posted by: JQ Flyover: rural white christian, etc. etc. at November 23, 2016 11:17 PM (044Fx)

186 164

Thanks Jim.

She was a good girl. She helped me raise my daughter in a lot of ways.

I'm pretty sure God keeps a Golden Retriever as His personal pet.

Posted by: Malcolm Tent at November 23, 2016 11:17 PM (qAqPY)

187 Garrett, yes, I'll dig out both a skirt and a low-cut blouse, and maybe even stockings with seams, for the X-Plan.


which one are you getting?

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 23, 2016 11:11 PM (cPsPa)



Y5, hi! Current favorite is the supercab XLT 4wd. I need something pretty flexible that'll last for a long time.


I know a guy in Plano who might be able to help you. My husband got his last two Chevys through him but he deals with all makes and models. I shot you an email.


LindaFell, thank you!
Hey, what's this I heard about a heart attack?

Posted by: Steck at November 23, 2016 11:17 PM (uNyh1)

188 Well, I do now.

My wife will be pleased (no, not about THAT). She's from the north, and that story offended her sense of the natural order of things.
Posted by: Weirddave at November 23, 2016 10:58 PM (Ga9pP)


Yeah, I knew some Inuits from up in Nunavut, and they HATED polar bears contrary to public opinion. They were always breaking into their fishing cabins, and once they did that, they always came back until they were killed.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at November 23, 2016 11:18 PM (1JnAL)

189
Blossom hates Trump?

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 23, 2016 11:19 PM (tjXrB)

190 I believe WeirdDave is on PEDs for the ONTs he has been putting together the last few weeks.

Posted by: Pepe, Proud American Nationalist at November 23, 2016 11:20 PM (77jVU)

191 Only if the woman is at least 55, or either is permanently sterile

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cousin_marriage_
law_in_the_United_States_by_state

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at November 23, 2016 11:16 PM (R+30W)




Yep, that was Ratboy's mom & her 2nd cousin, right there.

Posted by: Steck at November 23, 2016 11:20 PM (uNyh1)

192 Only if the woman is at least 55, or either is permanently sterile

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cousin_marriage_
law_in_the_United_States_by_state

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at November 23, 2016 11:16 PM (R+30W)




on the one hand. hmm. on the other hand motherfucker, or more appropriately counsinfucker, there are a whole bunch of states where you can marry your first cousin.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Cousin_marriage_law_in_the_United_States_by_state

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 23, 2016 11:20 PM (cPsPa)

193 2nd HUSBAND, rather.

Posted by: Steck at November 23, 2016 11:21 PM (uNyh1)

194 Nate even said before the election that the Dem's "Blue Firewall of States" looked very shaky and could fall. It's why he gave Trump a 30% chance of winning.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at November 23, 2016 11:05 PM (1JnAL)


Then he understands what happened with Trump better than a lot of them. I listen to all the crap about racism and not voting for Hillary because she's a woman.

They have no idea why Trump took Michigan. It's his talk about NAFTA and renegotiating trade deals. Michigan is a state that went down the toilet because of these issues, and the people in California and New York seem to have no concept of that. There were union members who normally vote for democrats who voted for Trump because he's been talking about these issues for years. I get very frustrated with the people in the media who keep harping on racism. They don't have a clue.

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 23, 2016 11:22 PM (+lVUW)

195 Donald Trump won the presidency, unexpectedly

Posted by: Joe at November 23, 2016 11:22 PM (vhbai)

196 Posted by: yankeefifth at November 23, 2016 11:20 PM (cPsPa)

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Please either find tinyurl, or put spaces in long ass links. Thank you.

Posted by: Flyboy at November 23, 2016 11:22 PM (L+dg+)

197 Happy Thanksgiving Rons and Ettes. Dream well.

Posted by: Pepe, Proud American Nationalist at November 23, 2016 11:22 PM (77jVU)

198 Yeah, I knew some Inuits from up in Nunavut, and they HATED polar bears contrary to public opinion. They were always breaking into their fishing cabins, and once they did that, they always came back until they were killed.

Yes, and that video was taken by a guy in Churchill, just on the south edge of Hudson Bay where the polar bears will break into peoples' homes. There was a video where the woman in the home was freaking out because the bear tried breaking in through the window; seriously freaking out, hysterical even, and not in a good way.

Posted by: Tachnik at November 23, 2016 11:23 PM (S0pA1)

199 Heh....wonder if fapplebee's is open tomorrow, or if he'll have to eat a gas station turkey sandwich in his cold and empty house as he reflects on, and rails against, the fact that the world won't listen to him and that he will never, ever, know the warm touch of a woman.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at November 23, 2016 11:23 PM (ESOYR)

200
on the one hand. hmm. on the other hand motherfucker, or more appropriately counsinfucker, there are a whole bunch of states where you can marry your first cousin.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cousin_marriage_law_in_the_United_States_by_state
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 23, 2016 11:20 PM (cPsPa)

Well, well, well - with a few exceptions, cousin-humpin' is legal in the blue states, and outlawed in the red states.

Posted by: josephistan at November 23, 2016 11:23 PM (7qAYi)

201 Steck,
Yeah, I had a bit of a heart attack on the 15th......

Posted by: @lindafelldespair(gab.ai)-deplorable gobsmacked rage-monkey staying alive, ahhhh! at November 23, 2016 11:23 PM (JNDQi)

202 Is there hysterical in a good way?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 23, 2016 11:24 PM (IqV8l)

203 Anybody here tried to read Charles Blow's foaming rant at the NYT, the one he did in response to Trump's meeting at NYT HQ?

The "opinion piece" is the most over-the-top batch of screaming hate and condescension one can find anywhere since Trump's victory.

But to cap it, you gotta read the comments.

Us Morons were pretty butt-hurt in '08 and again in '12, but for these guys, Blow and his commenting fellow travelers (and all their sobbing 8- and 10-year-olds), the fucking world has ended.

Posted by: the littl shyning man at November 23, 2016 11:24 PM (U6f54)

204

funny hysterical?

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 23, 2016 11:25 PM (tjXrB)

205 Is there hysterical in a good way?

Hysterical funny.

Posted by: Tachnik at November 23, 2016 11:25 PM (S0pA1)

206 Please either find tinyurl, or put spaces in long ass links. Thank you.
Posted by: Flyboy at November 23, 2016 11:22 PM (L+dg+)



?

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 23, 2016 11:25 PM (cPsPa)

207 Sorry about your dog, Malcolm Tent. Take it easy.

And I recall dog owners here at the HQ suggesting that after you've done some grieving time that you get a new dog. Not as a replacement or to forget but to start a new relationship that will be its own reward.

Posted by: president o'bumbles at November 23, 2016 11:25 PM (7cmcE)

208 Cousin humpin' book readin' foreigner near the ocean.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 23, 2016 11:26 PM (IqV8l)

209 #207 Sorry, Malcolm, for not taking off the wildly-inappropriate sock.

Posted by: andycanuck at November 23, 2016 11:26 PM (7cmcE)

210
the fucking world has ended.

Good.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 23, 2016 11:26 PM (tjXrB)

211 Well, well, well - with a few exceptions, cousin-humpin' is legal in the blue states, and outlawed in the red states.
Posted by: josephistan at November 23, 2016 11:23 PM (7qAYi)



yeah, except for red states in the south.

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 23, 2016 11:26 PM (cPsPa)

212 A welder I worked with told me "I got half my 12th grade.I got my 6th grade."

He may have been the same guy that told me later, regarding an explosion, "I wasn't scared but I passed two guys that were."

Deadpan, funny as hell.

Posted by: Halfwise at November 23, 2016 11:27 PM (rB/gm)

213 Malcolm tent,
Sorry about your dog.
You better be bring that stuffed turkey side dish tomorrow.

Posted by: @lindafelldespair(gab.ai)-deplorable gobsmacked rage-monkey staying alive, ahhhh! at November 23, 2016 11:27 PM (JNDQi)

214 but for these guys, Blow and his commenting fellow travelers (and all
their sobbing 8- and 10-year-olds), the fucking world has ended.


Not going to click over and read it-- it's enough just knowing they're getting a dose of their own BS. Eff Them.

Posted by: JQ Flyover: rural white christian, etc. etc. at November 23, 2016 11:28 PM (044Fx)

215 *Raises glass to Malcolm's pup...

I can't imagine.
It's been a long time for me.

Posted by: Chi - #FreeCthulhu at November 23, 2016 11:28 PM (9WLeS)

216 Well, well, well - with a few exceptions, cousin-humpin' is legal in the blue states, and outlawed in the red states.

Posted by: josephistan at November 23, 2016 11:23 PM (7qAYi)

++++

Interestingly, if it is only sex, it is allowed in almost all the states. But when it comes to marriage, then most states say no. And, as you point out, it is the South and Midwest where it is banned, while the Northeast and the West Coast are ok with it.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at November 23, 2016 11:28 PM (R+30W)

217 Charles Blow has ALWAYS been screaming hate and condescension.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 23, 2016 11:28 PM (IqV8l)

218 Blossom hates Trump?
Dr Amy Farrah Fowler?

Posted by: andycanuck at November 23, 2016 11:29 PM (7cmcE)

219 ?
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 23, 2016 11:25 PM (cPsPa)

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Whether you see it or not, those of us that use a phone get the margins blown out when a long string of text gets posted. Please either put spaces in the link or use tinyurl to shrink it.

Thank you.

Posted by: Flyboy at November 23, 2016 11:29 PM (L+dg+)

220 212. In my experience, education is rarely or poorly correlated to wit and intelligence. And I'm an educated man saying this, so the blue state pricks MUST LISTEN.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at November 23, 2016 11:29 PM (ESOYR)

221 Watching De Bergera XXX beats talking about Obamacare with your relatives. Plus I'm magnificent in it!

Posted by: YUGE Brynner at November 23, 2016 11:29 PM (Fp4vv)

222
Dr Amy Farrah Fowler?

Yeah, isn't that who you're talking about?

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 23, 2016 11:29 PM (tjXrB)

223
He may have been the same guy that told me later, regarding an explosion, "I wasn't scared but I passed two guys that were."
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Heh.
I don't have to outrun the bear. I just have to outrun YOU.

Posted by: Chi - #FreeCthulhu at November 23, 2016 11:30 PM (9WLeS)

224 Posted by: @lindafelldespair

Oh, no! Prayers up for you and yours.

Be well!

Posted by: JQ Flyover: rural white christian, etc. etc. at November 23, 2016 11:30 PM (044Fx)

225 Is there hysterical in a good way?
Having won a large lottery? First sex... etc.?

Posted by: andycanuck at November 23, 2016 11:31 PM (7cmcE)

226 He may have been the same guy that told me later, regarding an explosion, "I wasn't scared but I passed two guys that were."
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Heh.
I don't have to outrun the bear. I just have to outrun YOU.

Posted by: Chi -
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Real life bear attack story. Bear passed up slower guy to chase down faster guy. F'ing over achieving bears.

Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at November 23, 2016 11:31 PM (hVdx9)

227 Only 30%? Nate blew it. But to his credit, he is trying to maintain some integrity.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at November 23, 2016 11:11 PM (hVdx9)


When you saw the polls, that was probably him being generous to Trump.

I think this time around he didnt have the internal polling like he got in 08 and 12 that he got from the Obama campaign. I dont think Ttrump was doing much internal polling, and the Clinton camp didnt want to release the internals to him because it would have taken away her aura of invincibility.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at November 23, 2016 11:31 PM (1JnAL)

228 35 tell me the walnut video is not some celebration of canine euthanasia video. how fucking depressing.
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 23, 2016 10:36 PM (cPsPa)

Walnut lived to be 18 and was well-loved. I found it touching, not depressing. Putting an old pet who is suffering to sleep is very difficult but calling it "canine euthanasia" kinda trivializes human euthanasia.

The man wanted to send his beloved dog out in style and get some comfort from fellow dog lovers.

Posted by: Donna&&&&V(deplorably brandishing ampersands&&&&and so there at November 23, 2016 11:32 PM (P8951)

229 Whoa! I was told by my betters that the Republican party was on the road to becoming a rump remnant, doomed by its extremism and failure to align itself with the Right Side of History.

I may lose my faith in the probity of our journalistic Tribunes of the People! Oh, the disillusionment!

Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at November 23, 2016 11:32 PM (J8/9G)

230 Bon erev, pengyou zangu!

Posted by: Zettai Ryōiki, #FreeCthulhu at November 23, 2016 11:32 PM (kP16F)

231
Next up on the AoS Holiday Dead Animal Special, the beginning of 'Bambi' and the end of 'Old Yeller'...

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at November 23, 2016 11:32 PM (kdS6q)

232 Whether you see it or not, those of us that use a phone get the margins blown out when a long string of text gets posted. Please either put spaces in the link or use tinyurl to shrink it.

Thank you.
Posted by: Flyboy at November 23, 2016 11:29 PM (L+dg+)




hmm. on the one hand I kind of feel bad for accidentally posting something that would make it hard for a moron to enjoy the overnight thread. on the other the deliberately dickish tone of your request makes me want to post more long links.

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 23, 2016 11:33 PM (cPsPa)

233 Yes, Soothsayer, but the same actress as a child played Blossom in Blossom (oddly enough) that I only knew about at the time from Married With Children (that I did watch!) mocking the show at least once.

Posted by: andycanuck at November 23, 2016 11:33 PM (7cmcE)

234 (((HUGS))) Malcolm. I'm sorry for your loss. Its a heavy burden when we have help a pet across the rainbow bridge. Small repayment for all the love given but it hurts.

Posted by: PaleRider with link to the funeral expense fund for SMFH's Carl at November 23, 2016 11:33 PM (Jen0I)

235 Only 30%? Nate blew it. But to his credit, he is trying to maintain some integrity.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at November 23, 2016 11:11 PM (hVdx9)


When you saw the polls, that was probably him being generous to Trump.

I think this time around he didnt have the internal polling like he got in 08 and 12 that he got from the Obama campaign. I dont think Ttrump was doing much internal polling, and the Clinton camp didnt want to release the internals to him because it would have taken away her aura of invincibility.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper
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You may have nailed it. I suspected he had sources in the past few others had. Again, gut feeling.

Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at November 23, 2016 11:33 PM (hVdx9)

236 Whoa! I was told by my betters that the Republican party was on the road to becoming a rump remnant,

Well, when you realize the GOP has become the democrat party, and those who were once republicans have faded into obscurity. . .

Posted by: Tachnik at November 23, 2016 11:34 PM (S0pA1)

237 Pouring a Terry Lennox - black coffee and Old Granddad - in memory of my friend and colleague Ray. Died a month ago, on the job. Man had a - phoney - HS diploma, but lived in a solar-powered house with its own homebrew AC, all hand-built by himself. A fine man and would have been a 'ron, save that he distrusted all ELCOMMS.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at November 23, 2016 11:34 PM (ESOYR)

238 217 Charles Blow has ALWAYS been screaming hate and condescension.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 23, 2016 11:28 PM (IqV8l)

Well, he does literally Blow.

Posted by: josephistan at November 23, 2016 11:34 PM (7qAYi)

239 Had to put my 13 year old best friend to sleep today.

Been a rough day.

Posted by: Malcolm Tent at November 23, 2016 11:05 PM (qAqPY)



My sincere condolences. I had to put my 11 year old best friend to sleep some years ago on Christmas Eve. I cried several times on Christmas Day.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 23, 2016 11:34 PM (SRKgf)

240 . I dont think Ttrump was doing much internal polling


Um.... Kellyanne Conway is the CEO of a polling company. You don't think she wasn't having internal polling done? You can't really think that she was having Trump campaigning in Wisconsin and Michigan at the end for shits and giggles do you?

Posted by: buzzion at November 23, 2016 11:35 PM (bMG0w)

241 213 Malcolm tent,
Sorry about your dog.
You better be bring that stuffed turkey side dish tomorrow.



It's in the brine.

Posted by: Malcolm Tent at November 23, 2016 11:35 PM (qAqPY)

242 The man wanted to send his beloved dog out in style and get some comfort from fellow dog lovers.
Posted by: Donna&&&&V(deplorably brandishing ampersands&&&&and so there at November 23, 2016 11:32 PM (P8951)




nope it is wrong.

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 23, 2016 11:35 PM (cPsPa)

243 Whoa! I was told by my betters that the Republican party was on the road to becoming a rump remnant,

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Now, its Trump eminent.

Posted by: josephistan at November 23, 2016 11:36 PM (7qAYi)

244 Had to put my 13 year old best friend to sleep today.

Been a rough day.

Posted by: Malcolm Tent
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OMG. So sorry.

Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at November 23, 2016 11:36 PM (hVdx9)

245 Next up on the AoS Holiday Dead Animal Special, the beginning of 'Bambi' and the end of 'Old Yeller'...
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I don't want to hear about it.

Posted by: Marlin at November 23, 2016 11:36 PM (3Liv/)

246 I dont think Ttrump was doing much internal polling

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That's not what Gloria Allred's Dirty Dozen were saying

Posted by: josephistan at November 23, 2016 11:37 PM (7qAYi)

247 I am kind of conflicted. loathe nikki haley but hard to think of worse punishment than getting sent to the un.

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 23, 2016 11:37 PM (cPsPa)

248 Wait until everyone switches over to devices with three inch screens.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 23, 2016 11:37 PM (IqV8l)

249 231
Next up on the AoS Holiday Dead Animal Special, the beginning of 'Bambi' and the end of 'Old Yeller'...
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at November 23, 2016 11:32 PM (kdS6q)

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lol

Posted by: SMFH - #Free Cooth at November 23, 2016 11:37 PM (CRotO)

250 I dont think Ttrump was doing much internal polling


Um.... Kellyanne Conway is the CEO of a polling company. You don't think she wasn't having internal polling done? You can't really think that she was having Trump campaigning in Wisconsin and Michigan at the end for shits and giggles do you?

Posted by: buzzion
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But was she releasing it to others? I THINK that is what he meant.

Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at November 23, 2016 11:37 PM (hVdx9)

251 Yeah, I had a bit of a heart attack on the 15th......

Posted by: @lindafelldespair(gab.ai)-deplorable gobsmacked rage-monkey staying alive, ahhhh! at November 23, 2016 11:23 PM (JNDQi)


LindaFell, got that e-mail, thank you!


Holy cow, ya take a few days off and you miss *everything*. Isn't 29 a bit young for a heart attack?

Posted by: Steck at November 23, 2016 11:37 PM (uNyh1)

252 233 Yes, Soothsayer, but the same actress as a child played Blossom in Blossom (oddly enough) that I only knew about at the time from Married With Children (that I did watch!) mocking the show at least once.
Posted by: andycanuck at November 23, 2016 11:33 PM (7cmcE)


And prior to being Blossom, she was Molloy

Posted by: No One of Consequence at November 23, 2016 11:37 PM (BXC+l)

253 Now, its Trump eminent.
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God-Emperor Trump's eminent demesne.

Posted by: andycanuck at November 23, 2016 11:37 PM (7cmcE)

254 Mexican cement company offers to build Trump's wall

http://hill.cm/COVaJV9

Posted by: The Political Hat at November 23, 2016 11:38 PM (vBeA5)

255 hmm. on the one hand I kind of feel bad for accidentally posting something that would make it hard for a moron to enjoy the overnight thread. on the other the deliberately dickish tone of your request makes me want to post more long links.
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 23, 2016 11:33 PM (cPsPa)

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Well, sure, I could see that. Assuming of course that using phrases like "please" and "thank you" are considered "dickish".

Posted by: Flyboy at November 23, 2016 11:38 PM (L+dg+)

256 Ms Bialik was in Adam-12!? Cool!

Posted by: andycanuck at November 23, 2016 11:38 PM (7cmcE)

257 Well, sure, I could see that. Assuming of course that using phrases like "please" and "thank you" are considered "dickish".
Posted by: Flyboy at November 23, 2016 11:38 PM (L+dg+)




of course tone has nothing to do with communication.

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 23, 2016 11:39 PM (cPsPa)

258 I was looking forward to rump remnant.

Posted by: Barney Frank at November 23, 2016 11:39 PM (IqV8l)

259 Cousin marriage laws are a holdover from Europe, where they were a way to end bad marriages when the church wouldn't allow for divorce. The priest or lawyer would find a supposed common relative that connects the couple and made it incest.

Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at November 23, 2016 11:39 PM (g2PuH)

260 --
Gloria Allred's Dirty Dozen
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You do know that children read the internet, don't you?

Posted by: irright at November 23, 2016 11:39 PM (vqzjE)

261 Palpatine,
You know I'm your neighbor, right? So......anytime y'all are having a pho Thanksgiving.......
Hmmmmm, I need to call my friend Linh, her husband is an excellent cook.....

Posted by: @lindafelldespair(gab.ai)-deplorable gobsmacked rage-monkey staying alive, ahhhh! at November 23, 2016 11:39 PM (JNDQi)

262 But was she releasing it to others? I THINK that is what he meant.

Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at November 23, 2016 11:37 PM (hVdx9)


Nope. Because that is what he said about Clinton's campaign. AJPS was differentiating his opinion between Hillary not releasing her internal poll information and Trump not conducting any.

Posted by: buzzion at November 23, 2016 11:39 PM (bMG0w)

263 Oh. "Molloy" and not "Malloy".
Never mind.
Bitch.

Posted by: andycanuck at November 23, 2016 11:40 PM (7cmcE)

264 Putting an old pet who is suffering to sleep is very difficult but calling it "canine euthanasia" kinda trivializes human euthanasia.

Posted by: DonnaV(deplorably brandishing ampersandsand so there at November 23, 2016 11:32 PM (P8951)

++++

Yep, euthanasia is one of those words, another is murder, that applies exclusively to human beings. There is no such thing as either murder or euthanasia when it comes to animals.

Even if you chain up a dog so that a polar bear can eat it alive, it's not murder. Although, the dog might debate the point if he could speak.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at November 23, 2016 11:40 PM (R+30W)

265 That dude's nose/cock is even more blatant than Owen Wilson's.

And that's saying something.

Posted by: Sharkman at November 23, 2016 11:40 PM (CS7jF)

266 I want to see the Director's Cut of Bambi, with the field dressing, butchering and roasting scenes.

Venison! Yum!


Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at November 23, 2016 11:40 PM (v5iqM)

267 I wonder if he can also lick the alphabet.

Posted by: Sharkman at November 23, 2016 11:40 PM (CS7jF)

268 254. Hat, is that CeMex? I've got stock in those dudes - a good company. Pro tip: third-world cement companies are ALWAYS a good investment.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at November 23, 2016 11:40 PM (ESOYR)

269 >>>the AoS Holiday Dead Animal Special, the beginning of 'Bambi' and the end of 'Old Yeller'..


With musical interlude of yoko

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 23, 2016 11:41 PM (voOPb)

270 I have other options for viewing the site. I was just pointing out you are screwing others. If you are cool with that, then please own it and rock on.

Posted by: Flyboy at November 23, 2016 11:41 PM (L+dg+)

271 Ms Shyning and I were strolling around in the outdoor shopping plaza after seeing "The Accountant" yesterday evening, and chatted up a guy who was walking two very large and beautiful dogs.

One was a short haired St. Bernard, one he got via rescue, the other was the real beauty of the pair, a Landseer Bouvier. Ten years old and 150 pounds, a retired therapy dog, the calmest coolest hunk of black and white fur we've ever seen.

We lost our old girl last year, a gorgeous Groenendahl Belgian Sheepdog, prettiest sweetest thing ever, her littermate won best of breed at Westminster, but she was undersized so the breeders sold her after they had done their litter pick. Every time we see a good looking dog we see if the owner is willing to chat, and we pet, we hug, and we think, should we do it again.

So tonight we are doing a search to see if someone has a pretty little Landseer puppy within a thousand miles. We cannot get another Belgian because we think anything other than the one we had could not be as pretty, as well-behaved, as perfect.

Posted by: the littl shyning man at November 23, 2016 11:41 PM (U6f54)

272 Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 23, 2016 11:41 PM (voOPb)

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That's just mean.

Posted by: SMFH - #Free Cooth at November 23, 2016 11:42 PM (CRotO)

273 FWIW,
A couple of software updates ago, long links don't F with me near as badly as they used to.
But, Y5 -
You know Flyboy. And he did "ask" & use please and thank you.

*and I will forever regret sticking my nose in that one...

Posted by: Chi - #FreeCthulhu at November 23, 2016 11:42 PM (9WLeS)

274 Um.... Kellyanne Conway is the CEO of a polling company. You don't think she wasn't having internal polling done? You can't really think that she was having Trump campaigning in Wisconsin and Michigan at the end for shits and giggles do you?

Posted by: buzzion at November 23, 2016 11:35 PM (bMG0w)



Trump proved amazingly adept for a retard.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 23, 2016 11:42 PM (SRKgf)

275 At this time of year, we all quietly reflect and share on those things we are thankful for.

I am thankful that my Chappaqua is sufficiently set back that I don't have to deal with the common people I care so much about.

I am thankful that I don't have to spend the holiday season staffing a bunch of office positions (what a nightmare that would be!).

I am thankful that so many people understand the importance of the plebiscite count, rather than some archaic historical tradition.

I am thankful that the honest media will never, even under the goading of hateful people, refer to honest protests as "riots", no matter the level of destruction, damage or harm to others.

I am thankful for my family, especially Bill, who finally learned to properly dodge an ashtray, so I don't have to keep answering those sexist questions from the a-holes down at the ER or the state police.

I am thankful for the warm, loving embrace of true Scotch Whiskey.

And finally, I am thankful that my laptop's video player has an automatic repeat function so I can endlessly loop the C-SPAN record from that time I was assigned Pro Tempore duties in the senate. All those republicans, forced to address me as "Madame President".

So sweet, so lovely...

It could have been.

It could have been...forever.

I...I can almost touch it....

Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up.

Posted by: Captain Comic at November 23, 2016 11:42 PM (+3pjI)

276 Steck,
Yes 29{{47}} is young for a heart attack. I blame the JEF!

Posted by: @lindafelldespair(gab.ai)-deplorable gobsmacked rage-monkey staying alive, ahhhh! at November 23, 2016 11:42 PM (JNDQi)

277 It was the sound of your text-voice.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at November 23, 2016 11:43 PM (VdICR)

278 Hey again everybody.

I think one of the great lessons of 2016 is, "polling" is really, to a large extent, psy ops. If you can pull together enough polls that say you're gonna lose, it can be a *big* mental impediment to supporters of the underdog.

There are some polls I'd still take seriously, but IMHO most of them have been exposed as the hack exercises they are.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 23, 2016 11:43 PM (u8kLQ)

279 Then he understands what happened with Trump better than a lot of them. I listen to all the crap about racism and not voting for Hillary because she's a woman.

They have no idea why Trump took Michigan. It's his talk about NAFTA and renegotiating trade deals. Michigan is a state that went down the toilet because of these issues, and the people in California and New York seem to have no concept of that. There were union members who normally vote for democrats who voted for Trump because he's been talking about these issues for years. I get very frustrated with the people in the media who keep harping on racism. They don't have a clue.
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 23, 2016 11:22 PM (+lVUW)


Silver's take was that Ohio was the key. That Michigan, PA, Wisconsin and Iowa were all kind of the same state with OH being the most GOP. If Ohio went bigly to Trump, those states were then in play.

I don't think anyone saw Minnesota being in play.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at November 23, 2016 11:43 PM (1JnAL)

280 Putting an old pet who is suffering to sleep is very difficult but calling it "canine euthanasia" kinda trivializes human euthanasia.

Posted by: DonnaV(deplorably brandishing ampersandsand so there at November 23, 2016 11:32 PM (P8951)





what's the difference?

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 23, 2016 11:43 PM (cPsPa)

281 Just saw a news blurb on facebook that Trump will be ending funding for NASA "climate research" division. I like that, I like it a lot.

Posted by: madamemayhem at November 23, 2016 11:43 PM (yTnCT)

282 *and I will forever regret sticking my nose in that one...
Posted by: Chi - #FreeCthulhu at November 23, 2016 11:42 PM (9WLeS)

You & me both.

Posted by: The guy in that last painting at November 23, 2016 11:43 PM (7qAYi)

283 --
Well, sure, I could see that. Assuming of course that using phrases like "please" and "thank you" are considered "dickish".

Posted by: Flyboy at November 23, 2016 11:38 PM (L+dg+)------------I had the same reaction as yankeefifth. My first instinct was to say:"Get a bigger screen. Thank you."

Posted by: irright at November 23, 2016 11:44 PM (vqzjE)

284 *and I will forever regret sticking my nose in that one...
Posted by: Chi - #FreeCthulhu at November 23, 2016 11:42 PM (9WLeS)

---

*glances at the last pic*

Heh.

Posted by: SMFH - #Free Cooth at November 23, 2016 11:44 PM (CRotO)

285 With musical interlude of yoko
===========
And dogs barking Christmas carol melodies.

Posted by: andycanuck at November 23, 2016 11:44 PM (7cmcE)

286 261. Linda, if I showed up to dine with my angel, the colonel, her passle of aunts, and her clutch of sisters, with an 'ette...... well, they'd never find my body. Trust me - it took two years to win their grudging tolerance. Hell, they even let me park in front of their house and use the front door and everything. Can't risk that......

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at November 23, 2016 11:44 PM (ESOYR)

287 In the meantime, you know what it means after tomorrow: PUMPKIN SPICE EVERYTHING!!!!

People are already throwing pumpkin spice into everything: their foods, their drinks, their pets...

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 23, 2016 11:44 PM (u8kLQ)

288 of course tone has nothing to do with communication.
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 23, 2016 11:39 PM (cPsPa)

======

"Tone" is kinda difficult in a textual format. Agreed?

Posted by: Flyboy at November 23, 2016 11:44 PM (L+dg+)

289
How was The Accountant?

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 23, 2016 11:45 PM (tjXrB)

290 I was also told by my moral, intellectual and ethical superiors that Trump was utter poison down ticket and his very candidacy would wipe out the House and Senate majorities forever .

And who lost? Ayotte and Kirk, two of the biggest squishes running.

Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at November 23, 2016 11:45 PM (J8/9G)

291 >>>the AoS Holiday Dead Animal Special, the beginning of 'Bambi' and the end of 'Old Yeller'..





With musical interlude of yoko

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 23, 2016 11:41 PM (voOPb)



Yixe! Have we been...BAD?

Posted by: Miley, Duchess of the DSR at November 23, 2016 11:45 PM (tHwdc)

292 Posted by: PaleRider with link to the funeral expense fund for SMFH's Carl at November 23, 2016 11:33 PM (Jen0I)


She was ready. Cancer had already taken almost half her weight. Had to carry her the last couple of days, but she still managed to bark at a couple of squirrels.

She already beat the odds. Vet said she was dysplastic at 12 weeks old and wouldn't make it. I kept her anyway. She proved him wrong.

Coonhound paralysis when she was 2, they said she wouldn't recover. Wrong again.

Great bird dog, better companion.

Posted by: Malcolm Tent at November 23, 2016 11:45 PM (qAqPY)

293 "Tone" is kinda difficult in a textual format. Agreed?
Posted by: Flyboy at November 23, 2016 11:44 PM (L+dg+)




no.

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 23, 2016 11:45 PM (cPsPa)

294 287 In the meantime, you know what it means after tomorrow: PUMPKIN SPICE EVERYTHING!!!!

People are already throwing pumpkin spice into everything: their foods, their drinks, their pets...

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 23, 2016 11:44 PM (u8kLQ)



That starts in October

Posted by: buzzion at November 23, 2016 11:45 PM (bMG0w)

295
ya, that guy with the polar bear video feeds the
bears. Says it keeps the bears from eating his dogs that he keeps
chained up outside.



It feels like, to me at least, that there is a flaw in his logic,
depending on what he intends. You always have to examine motive. All the
detective novels explain this.

Posted by: Tachnik at November 23, 2016 11:10 PM (S0pA1)








Motive? Polar Bears are pretty much the only predator that regularly and actively hunts man. With sharks it's largely mistaken identity (thinking people are seals), the big cats generally hunt men only when the cats are older and outcast from their social groups.

Polar Bears evidently think of man as walking, talking, tasty Slim-Jims.

That dude is giving the bears an easier meal, to save his own ass.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 23, 2016 11:45 PM (LuZz8)

296 what's the difference?
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 23, 2016 11:43 PM (cPsPa)

I love dogs, but if you don't know the difference between taking your old pet in to be put asleep and having your mother put to death by a doctor, I can't help you.

Here's a big hint: animals are not people.

Posted by: Donna&&&&V(deplorably brandishing ampersands&&&&and so there at November 23, 2016 11:46 PM (P8951)

297 287 In the meantime, you know what it means after tomorrow: PUMPKIN SPICE EVERYTHING!!!!

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 23, 2016 11:44 PM (u8kLQ)

I hear Old Spice is re-branding as Pumpkin Spice

Posted by: No One of Consequence at November 23, 2016 11:46 PM (BXC+l)

298 287 In the meantime, you know what it means after tomorrow: PUMPKIN SPICE EVERYTHING!!!!

People are already throwing pumpkin spice into everything: their foods, their drinks, their pets...
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 23, 2016 11:44 PM (u8kLQ)

Not one smidge of pumpkin shit anywhere in the house.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 23, 2016 11:47 PM (voOPb)

299
Now I'm hungry for spice cake.

Posted by: Tachnik at November 23, 2016 11:47 PM (S0pA1)

300 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/in-writing-tone-is-the-author%E2%80%99s-attitude/

Posted by: SMFH - #Free Cooth at November 23, 2016 11:47 PM (CRotO)

301

Just saw a news blurb on facebook that Trump will be ending funding for NASA "climate research" division.

It's like he's already president!

Suck it, obama!

And gtfo the White House.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 23, 2016 11:47 PM (tjXrB)

302 287 In the meantime, you know what it means after tomorrow: PUMPKIN SPICE EVERYTHING!!!!

People are already throwing pumpkin spice into everything: their foods, their drinks, their pets...
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 23, 2016 11:44 PM (u8kLQ)

Even pies.

Posted by: josephistan at November 23, 2016 11:47 PM (7qAYi)

303 no.
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 23, 2016 11:45 PM (cPsPa)

=======

Posted by: Flyboy at November 23, 2016 11:48 PM (L+dg+)

304 Ha!
To both of you.

*waves at the pretty lady with the guns & nice legs.

Posted by: Chi - #FreeCthulhu at November 23, 2016 11:48 PM (9WLeS)

305 Palpatine,
I'd bring my husband if it would help.

Posted by: @lindafelldespair(gab.ai)-deplorable gobsmacked rage-monkey staying alive, ahhhh! at November 23, 2016 11:48 PM (JNDQi)

306 LOL guys. Yep.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 23, 2016 11:49 PM (u8kLQ)

307 no, Einstein
Fixed!

Posted by: andycanuck at November 23, 2016 11:49 PM (7cmcE)

308 I love dogs, but if you don't know the difference between taking your old pet in to be put asleep and having your mother put to death by a doctor, I can't help you.

Here's a big hint: animals are not people.
Posted by: Donna&&&&V(deplorably brandishing ampersands&&&&and so there at November 23, 2016 11:46 PM (P8951)




maybe you should think about it some more and get back to me.

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 23, 2016 11:49 PM (cPsPa)

309
Today was one for the books. Mrs. Krebs and I are in Upper Michigan visiting my mother. We drove over at 1:00 PM, found her place locked, but I could hear her in her bathroom when I knocked on its window. Long story short: she may have had a mild heart attack, passed out briefly, and then was too weak to get herself back on her feet. She's resting confortably at the hospital for overnight and is likely to be released tomorrow.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Gob-Smacked Rage Monkeys (Suck It, NR!) at November 23, 2016 11:49 PM (5seeI)

310 Linda - you made me flashback to the time I came, kids in tow, to pick up my angel for a shashka recital. Me, two daughters, and son, all wearing those zhupanii (those big cossack coats) standing on the doorstep. Her father, the colonel, opened the door, gave me the gimlet eye, and called over his shoulder for her. Let us in so the neighbors wouldn't see, I think.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at November 23, 2016 11:49 PM (ESOYR)

311 Posted by: qdpsteve at November 23, 2016 11:44 PM (u8kLQ)
I've never had a pumpkin spice latte from Starbucks. I haven't even had a skinny latte in about 2 years.

Posted by: CaliGirl at November 23, 2016 11:50 PM (Q5Ymk)

312 Happy Thanksgiving, all-- Hillary will never be president!!!
Posted by: JQ Flyover: rural white christian, etc. etc. at November 23, 2016 11:17 PM (044Fx)


And don't forget, she got her ass kicked up and down the field.
MWA,HA,HA,HA

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 23, 2016 11:50 PM (+lVUW)

313 Sheesh, ya try and diffuse a thing and ya hit a brick wall. Dayum...

Posted by: Flyboy at November 23, 2016 11:51 PM (L+dg+)

314 You may have nailed it. I suspected he had sources in the past few others had. Again, gut feeling.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at November 23, 2016 11:33 PM (hVdx9)


Yeah, and when you would see him going state by state and would discount a poll because he said the company wasn't that great, but then later would use that same company to predict another state. That told me that he had another set of numbers he was using, and internal polling is way more accurate because of the volume of calls that the campaigns make.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at November 23, 2016 11:51 PM (1JnAL)

315 Regarding the libsplaining, I got about halfway through the first paragraph and pulled the plug. Life is too short to allow dodos into my brain.

Loved the puppies, but have no idea why Walnut's owner wanted a bunch of strangers milling about him on his last beach visit. I think he would have preferred a peaceful time of it.

People abuse social media for the dumbest things. Then I cried, of course, because every death is a tearjerker for me nowadays. And death is everywhere and unavoidable.

So I watched the puppy vid again and that cheered me up.

Posted by: Miley, Duchess of the DSR at November 23, 2016 11:51 PM (tHwdc)

316 CaliGirl, I've had a few but have been more or less boycotting Starbucks for the past year.

McDonalds' pumpkin spice latte is just as good.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 23, 2016 11:52 PM (u8kLQ)

317 Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Gob-Smacked Rage Monkeys (Suck It, NR!) at November 23, 2016 11:49 PM (5seeI)

Hope everything works out okay.

Posted by: Malcolm Tent at November 23, 2016 11:52 PM (qAqPY)

318 305. Linda, maybe.... but make sure you wear clean socks, cause those people take your shoes at the door. And bring some bourbon for the Colonel, and some good tea for Angel-mom, and make sure to pretend the aunts are angel-sisters. And be ready to watch Chinese soap operas.......

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at November 23, 2016 11:53 PM (ESOYR)

319 p.s. regarding Cyrano there - the nose is actually a very sensitive area, and you can indeed suck on the tip a little. Surprisingly erotic.

Posted by: Miley, Duchess of the DSR at November 23, 2016 11:53 PM (tHwdc)

320 309 - That's a hell of a way to start Thanksgiving! Glad to hear that she'll pull through OK. Prayers for you all.

Posted by: josephistan at November 23, 2016 11:53 PM (7qAYi)

321 BBIAB...my daughter brought me the wrong size pan for the bird, so I gotta drive to Cove to pick it up.

Kids.

Posted by: SMFH - #Free Cooth at November 23, 2016 11:53 PM (CRotO)

322 Heya Chi : )

Posted by: SMFH - #Free Cooth at November 23, 2016 11:54 PM (CRotO)

323 Motive? Polar Bears are pretty much the only predator that regularly and actively hunts man. With sharks it's largely mistaken identity (thinking people are seals), the big cats generally hunt men only when the cats are older and outcast from their social groups.

Polar Bears evidently think of man as walking, talking, tasty Slim-Jims.

That dude is giving the bears an easier meal, to save his own ass.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 23, 2016 11:45 PM (LuZz

++++

The article didn't lay it out very well, but his stated reason for chaining the dogs is that if he lets them run free, they bark. But, if they are chained up, they are quiet. His explanation of that is that the dogs know they are vulnerable if they are chained, so they keep quiet to avoid drawing attention to themselves.

Of course, the strategy falls apart if the asshole chaining the dogs up feeds the bears, teaches them to play with the chained dogs, and then fails to feed the bears one night. When their normal free food isn't there, they just go for that other source at the end of the chain.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at November 23, 2016 11:54 PM (R+30W)

324 Huma not coming for Thanksgiving. That hurts.

Posted by: Anthony Weiner at November 23, 2016 11:54 PM (Fp4vv)

325 Teams of crack Mexican tunnel diggers are already hard at work in anticipation of The Wall. Lighting, air filtration, high-speed rail, elevators. The whole enchilada.

Posted by: Hank at November 23, 2016 11:54 PM (Zqo+9)

326 maybe you should think about it some more and get back to me.
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 23, 2016 11:49 PM (cPsPa)

What's there to think about?

You seem to think animals and people are equivalent. They are not - not under the law, not morally and not using basic common sense. Do you OWN a human being in the same way you own a dog or cat? Are they your pets? Do you see ads in the paper "5 year old boy, housebroken, free to good home?"

Posted by: Donna&&&&V(deplorably brandishing ampersands&&&&and so there at November 23, 2016 11:54 PM (P8951)

327 319 p.s. regarding Cyrano there - the nose is actually a very sensitive area, and you can indeed suck on the tip a little. Surprisingly erotic.
Posted by: Miley, Duchess of the DSR at November 23, 2016 11:53 PM (tHwdc)

---

Oook.

Posted by: SMFH - #Free Cooth at November 23, 2016 11:54 PM (CRotO)

328 The Accountant was very good, and we could not understand why MRQE was giving it a 51.

Violent scenes of cold-hearted killing by the "good?" guy, Affleck, and also the bads.

But a great execution of a superior original screenplay, with a complex story-line.

Art fans will like the use of the Monet and Pollack works.

Posted by: the littl shyning man at November 23, 2016 11:56 PM (U6f54)

329 Palpatine,
Hah! I get it, I understand the "culture." My friend Linh was living with her boyfriend, now husband, for about 6 years before they got married. Every time her dad came to town, he had to move all his stuff out and her sister "moved in." Being single, they weren't allowed to live alone and most certainly not allowed to live with a guy. She has 4 sisters, they are all named Linh.

Posted by: @lindafelldespair(gab.ai)-deplorable gobsmacked rage-monkey staying alive, ahhhh! at November 23, 2016 11:56 PM (JNDQi)

330 Donna, you mean outside of Florida?

Posted by: Kindltot at November 23, 2016 11:56 PM (vU79J)

331 Sorry for Malcolm's loss. Was this posted in an earlier thread, couldn't find what happened in this thread?

Posted by: Farmer at November 23, 2016 11:57 PM (o/90i)

332 Do you see ads in the paper "5 year old boy, housebroken, free to good home?"

Posted by: Donna&&&&V(deplorably brandishing ampersands&&&&and so there at November 23, 2016 11:54 PM (P8951)


Some parents wish such ads were, indeed, possible.

Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at November 23, 2016 11:58 PM (J8/9G)

333 Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 23, 2016 11:45 PM (LuZz. Nope. Feeding wildlife routinely is known as inviting them to come around every day. Skipping after getting them into a routine of expecting a free meal when you don't have some kind of bear proof den or kennel for the dogs? So stupid its almost criminal.

Posted by: PaleRider with link to the funeral expense fund for SMFH's Carl at November 23, 2016 11:58 PM (Jen0I)

334 Posted by: qdpsteve at November 23, 2016 11:52 PM (u8kLQ)
I'd like to try one. I was unaware McDonald's had them. Now I'm going to try them.
I get my coffee from a local place. They are much better than starbucks.

Posted by: CaliGirl at November 23, 2016 11:58 PM (Q5Ymk)

335 You seem to think animals and people are equivalent. They are not - not under the law, not morally and not using basic common sense. Do you OWN a human being in the same way you own a dog or cat? Are they your pets? Do you see ads in the paper "5 year old boy, housebroken, free to good home?"
Posted by: Donna&&&&V(deplorably brandishing ampersands&&&&and so there at November 23, 2016 11:54 PM (P8951)




your obligations for moral behavior are not simply determined by the capacities of the entity you are dealing with.

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 23, 2016 11:58 PM (cPsPa)

336 329. Yep. My angel lives with her family, even at her age. Makes things tricky, but there is very much the 'sneaking out as in high school days' flavor to it all.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at November 23, 2016 11:59 PM (ESOYR)

337 "Loved the puppies, but have no idea why Walnut's owner wanted a bunch of strangers milling about him on his last beach visit. I think he would have preferred a peaceful time of it. "

I don't think it was about Walnut, who clearly was ready to go to doggie heaven. I think it was about getting comforted and supported by fellow dog owners. I wouldn't do it myself, but I can't blame or judge the man for wanting to deal with his grief in his own way. It clearly helped him, and that's OK with me.

Posted by: Donna&&&&V(deplorably brandishing ampersands&&&&and so there at November 23, 2016 11:59 PM (P8951)

338 Linda, maybe.... but make sure you wear clean socks, cause those people take your shoes at the door. And bring some bourbon for the Colonel, and some good tea for Angel-mom, and make sure to pretend the aunts are angel-sisters. And be ready to watch Chinese soap operas.......
-----------------
Palpatine, I laugh because this brings back memories.....

Posted by: @lindafelldespair(gab.ai)-deplorable gobsmacked rage-monkey staying alive, ahhhh! at November 23, 2016 11:59 PM (JNDQi)

339
There's a Colony of Herpes-Infected Monkeys in Florida


Look, we get it, they're Floridians. Must we continually abuse them?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Gob-Smacked Rage Monkeys (Suck It, NR!) at November 23, 2016 11:59 PM (5seeI)

340 Megan loves nasal!!!

Posted by: andycanuck at November 24, 2016 12:00 AM (7cmcE)

341 That starts in October
Posted by: buzzion
--------------

Yep.
Sorry, Steve.
But Pumpkin Spice started here a month ago. We were still in theits of 80 degree days, fercryingoutloud.

Posted by: Chi - #FreeCthulhu at November 24, 2016 12:00 AM (9WLeS)

342 You seem to think animals and people are equivalent. They are not - not under the law, not morally and not using basic common sense. Do you OWN a human being in the same way you own a dog or cat? Are they your pets? Do you see ads in the paper "5 year old boy, housebroken, free to good home?"
Posted by: Donna&&&&V(deplorably brandishing ampersands&&&&and so there at November 23, 2016 11:54 PM (P8951)


your obligations for moral behavior are not simply determined by the capacities of the entity you are dealing with.
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 23, 2016 11:58 PM (cPsPa)

=======

Munching fresh popcorn....

Posted by: Flyboy at November 24, 2016 12:01 AM (L+dg+)

343 53--- The Alternet guy is yet another of those small-town folks who think they are bigger than their small town.
Posted by: Hugh Jorgen at November 23, 2016 10:40 PM (Y+IGD)
----------------------------
I'd like to see this small town of his, where the girls wear "calico skirts" and "gingham dresses."

I guess it's possible that he's in his 80's and is remembering a childhood of the 30's and 40's. But I can't help but suspect he's basing his visual picture of small-town America on episodes of "Gunsmoke" or "The Waltons."

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at November 24, 2016 12:02 AM (Nox3c)

344 340 Megan loves nasal!!!

Posted by: andycanuck at November 24, 2016 12:00 AM (7cmcE)

++++

Miley does nose stuff.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at November 24, 2016 12:02 AM (R+30W)

345 Do you see ads in the paper "5 year old boy, housebroken, free to good home?"
Only if the kid voted for Trump in the grade school's mock election.

Posted by: andycanuck at November 24, 2016 12:02 AM (7cmcE)

346 'Police have capitalized on the craze for all things pumpkin spice,
from lattes to cookies to cereal and everything in between. And people
are already raving about this new pepper spray flavor.

"It's just like Thanksgiving in my eyes, nose and throat,"
screamed one product tester in agonizing pain, his face red and covered
in a mixture of tears and snot.'

Posted by: Kindltot at November 24, 2016 12:02 AM (vU79J)

347 I'm sorry but putting a dog or any pet out of their misery is a different story from killing a human. We should not have that choice, human life is a precious and special. You know we Christians see humans as being the image and likeness of God. Just my 2 cents.

Posted by: Usntakim at November 24, 2016 12:02 AM (hMqvx)

348 There's a Colony of Herpes-Infected Monkeys in Florida...


Voting Precinct 241, Coral Gables.

Amiright? I winna prize?



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at November 24, 2016 12:03 AM (v5iqM)

349 guy with the polar bear video feeds the
bears. Says it keeps the bears from eating his dogs


There was a link or article below that one. Headline: "Dog gets eaten on the ONE DAY he forgot to feed the polar bear"

Posted by: t-bird at November 24, 2016 12:03 AM (7H/2n)

350 Think I'm going to head to bed. Play nice, Horde

Posted by: josephistan at November 24, 2016 12:03 AM (7qAYi)

351 Yes, Jim. But how did they vote is the question

Posted by: Kindltot at November 24, 2016 12:03 AM (vU79J)

352 your obligations for moral behavior are not simply determined by the capacities of the entity you are dealing with.
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 23, 2016 11:58 PM (cPsPa)

He did nothing immoral.

I'm not sure what your exact objections to what he did are. Are you saying it is immoral to put a dog to sleep? Or is it immoral to have a get together on the beach and film it? I wouldn't do the latter myself, but I certainly don't think it's morally wrong.

Posted by: Donna&&&&V(deplorably brandishing ampersands&&&&and so there at November 24, 2016 12:03 AM (P8951)

353 I dont think Ttrump was doing much internal polling, and the Clinton camp didnt want to release the internals to him because it would have taken away her aura of invincibility.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac


That's interesting. I assumed that he had internal polling that told him he could get Michigan. He decided to add appearances the day before the election.

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 24, 2016 12:04 AM (+lVUW)

354 If you are curious about polar bears, read the chapter in Barry Lopez's "Arctic Dreams" in which he gives you everything you could ever want to know about them.

A prize male can go 2,000 pounds and stand at 12 feet.

His description just of their heat regulation system takes maybe three full pages.

They are relatively recently evolved from brown (grizzly) bears, and a mating between a brown and a polar bear can result in fertile young.

Lopez says that to witness one come silently to the water's surface in a lead between sea ice masses, the bear totally fixed on a seal it senses nearby, makes one wonder why we call both the griz and the polar "bears."

Posted by: the littl shyning man at November 24, 2016 12:04 AM (U6f54)

355 Oook.

Posted by: SMFH - #Free Cooth at November 23, 2016 11:54 PM (CRotO)


No, really.
---------------
I don't think it was about Walnut, who clearly was
ready to go to doggie heaven. I think it was about getting comforted
and supported by fellow dog owners. I wouldn't do it myself, but I
can't blame or judge the man for wanting to deal with his grief in his
own way. It clearly helped him, and that's OK with me.



Posted by: DonnaV(deplorably brandishing
ampersandsand so there at November 23, 2016 11:59 PM
(P8951)


If I couldn't shake my head and tsk at some of the bizarre needs that people have...well, then, I guess I'd just get off the internet.

Posted by: Miley, Duchess of the DSR at November 24, 2016 12:05 AM (tHwdc)

356 347 I'm sorry but putting a dog or any pet out of their misery is a different story from killing a human. We should not have that choice, human life is a precious and special. You know we Christians see humans as being the image and likeness of God. Just my 2 cents.
Posted by: Usntakim at November 24, 2016 12:02 AM (hMqvx)

This.

Posted by: Donna&&&&V(deplorably brandishing ampersands&&&&and so there at November 24, 2016 12:05 AM (P8951)

357 338. Favorite memory so far has to be when the Colonel, hearing his wife and five - yes, five - sisters in law all yammering about me, said, 'Don't worry. They hated me, too.'

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at November 24, 2016 12:05 AM (ESOYR)

358 Look, we get it, they're Floridians. Must we continually abuse them?

Heh. I thought the best line of the ONT was in that segment, and nobody has mentioned it yet.

Posted by: Weirddave at November 24, 2016 12:06 AM (Ga9pP)

359 Megan blows nose.

That just dribbles with double meaning, right there.


Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at November 24, 2016 12:06 AM (v5iqM)

360 Kindletot,
My husband walked in and found me laughing like a hyena about the pumpkin spice pepper spray.

Posted by: @lindafelldespair(gab.ai)-deplorable gobsmacked rage-monkey staying alive, ahhhh! at November 24, 2016 12:06 AM (JNDQi)

361 Miley does nose stuff.



Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at November 24, 2016 12:02 AM (R+30W)


Not anymore. Don't do nuthin' anymore.

Posted by: Miley, Duchess of the DSR at November 24, 2016 12:07 AM (tHwdc)

362 If I couldn't shake my head and tsk at some of the bizarre needs that people have...well, then, I guess I'd just get off the internet.
Posted by: Miley, Duchess of the DSR at November 24, 2016 12:05 AM (tHwdc)

I don't know that it's all that bizarre. 'Rons and 'ettes come here and share their grief at putting their beloved pets to sleep, tell stories about them - and the other pet owners offer sympathy and share their own pet stories.

So this guy wanted that same sort of comfort in person. Big deal.

Posted by: Donna&&&&V(deplorably brandishing ampersands&&&&and so there at November 24, 2016 12:09 AM (P8951)

363 I've read that polar bears are the best swimmers of all land-based mammals. And they can swim from Greenland to Iceland with the aid of ice floes along the way.

That's it for me tonight. Ciao.

Posted by: andycanuck at November 24, 2016 12:09 AM (7cmcE)

364 Nope. Because that is what he said about Clinton's campaign. AJPS was differentiating his opinion between Hillary not releasing her internal poll information and Trump not conducting any.
Posted by: buzzion at November 23, 2016 11:39 PM (bMG0w)


You both are right.

Trump was doing polling, but not the usual polling that campaigns do. A lot of the "internal polling" is done by volunteers that call the voting roll of their congressional district. I ran this for a statewide campaign in VA in the 80's, and each congressional district was getting about 300 respondents a night. There were no demographics, no age groups, just 300 per night per congressional district. That was 3000 surveys a night. We saw the movements weeks before they started to show up in the "major polls". Getting a major polling firm to do that would cost about $40K a night. With volunteers, it cost about $300 for the pizza and sodas.

I'm sure this is the type of polling that Hillary did, and that is why she stopped campaigning in the states the media kept saying she was going to flip even though all the "major polls" said she was winning.

When wanting to get what is really happening in a race, watch where they are campaigning in the last weekend, and look at their ads. If they are still running negative ads against the other candidate, they are in trouble. If they are running the "Presidential" ad, they are winning.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at November 24, 2016 12:10 AM (1JnAL)

365 345 Do you see ads in the paper "5 year old boy, housebroken, free to good home?"

Only if the kid voted for Trump in the grade school's mock election.
Posted by: andycanuck
----------------

Golf clap.
Well played, sir.

Posted by: Chi - #FreeCthulhu at November 24, 2016 12:11 AM (9WLeS)

366 Linda, it is strange, though. Her family think I'm crazy because she's too old to have children of her own, and distrust me because I'm not only not a VN Catholic, but a divorced jew, but they put up with me, which they don't have to do. Hell, there's even a mat for my shoes right by the door. I'm encouraged, but cautious.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at November 24, 2016 12:11 AM (ESOYR)

367 I don't know that it's all that bizarre. 'Rons and
'ettes come here and share their grief at putting their beloved pets to
sleep, tell stories about them - and the other pet owners offer sympathy
and share their own pet stories.



So this guy wanted that same sort of comfort in person. Big deal.

Posted by: DonnaV(deplorably brandishing
ampersandsand so there at November 24, 2016 12:09 AM
(P8951)


What we do here isn't dragging a dog out into the midst of a bunch of strangers. And if I happen to think he's a bit weird for doing it, I will. My viewpoint doesn't need to be beaten out by yours.

Posted by: Miley, Duchess of the DSR at November 24, 2016 12:12 AM (tHwdc)

368 Megan loves nasal!!!///

Yeah!!11!!

Posted by: Afrin at November 24, 2016 12:13 AM (5YWSF)

369 Only if the kid voted for Trump in the grade school's mock election.
Posted by: andycanuck

Liberal moms don't bother placing an ad. They just kicke the kid right out on the curb.

Posted by: Donna&&&&V(deplorably brandishing ampersands&&&&and so there at November 24, 2016 12:14 AM (P8951)

370 Heh, my daughters call him 'sir, ' and my son addresses him as 'Colonel,' so at least I'm in solid with her old man. But the women of the family are much harder sells.....

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at November 24, 2016 12:14 AM (ESOYR)

371 My viewpoint doesn't need to be beaten out by yours.

Posted by: Miley, Duchess of the DSR at November 24, 2016 12:12 AM (tHwdc)

You are not going to win the internetz with an attitude like that Lady.

I suggest you adjust it.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois at November 24, 2016 12:15 AM (d76uN)

372 I'm not sure what your exact objections to what he did are. Are you saying it is immoral to put a dog to sleep? Or is it immoral to have a get together on the beach and film it? I wouldn't do the latter myself, but I certainly don't think it's morally wrong.
Posted by: Donna&&&&V(deplorably brandishing ampersands&&&&and so there at November 24, 2016 12:03 AM (P8951)




you are confusing two things. first, the guy who made the vid is a dick.

second, you seem to think that the varying capacities or legal status of entities create different moral obligations.

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 24, 2016 12:16 AM (cPsPa)

373 Golf clap.

Well played, sir.





Agreed!

Posted by: Miley, Duchess of the DSR at November 24, 2016 12:16 AM (tHwdc)

374 Palpatine,
They are cautious but they have accepted you. They will give you a grudging, hard time and that is good thing. When they ignore you like you're not there then you're in trouble. As long as they keep giving you the side-eye and talking about you you're good.

Posted by: @lindafelldespair(gab.ai)-deplorable gobsmacked rage-monkey staying alive, ahhhh! at November 24, 2016 12:16 AM (JNDQi)

375 There is nothing Hillary could have done better. When people see more of her, her negatives go up and her positives stay the same. That and Steiner never showed up.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at November 24, 2016 12:16 AM (VdICR)

376
Maybe some dogs deserve a Viking Funeral?

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 24, 2016 12:16 AM (tjXrB)

377 Tomorrow is going to be a get to know an entire family. My daughter's boyfriends cabin up in Blue Ridge is the destination. No pressure there. None at all.

Should be good though. I have been reliably informed that they are of a similar mind.

Posted by: Flyboy at November 24, 2016 12:17 AM (L+dg+)

378 You are not going to win the internetz with an attitude like that Lady.



I suggest you adjust it.





Posted by: Tim in Illinois at November 24, 2016 12:15 AM (d76uN)



If the internet were a big prize to be won, I wouldn't want it, Timbo!

Posted by: Miley, Duchess of the DSR at November 24, 2016 12:17 AM (tHwdc)

379 Flyboy,
That just remindered me that I meet my husbands mom for the first time on Thanksgiving. We'd only been dating for a few weeks, that's when I knew it was serious.

Posted by: @lindafelldespair(gab.ai)-deplorable gobsmacked rage-monkey staying alive, ahhhh! at November 24, 2016 12:20 AM (JNDQi)

380 374. Yep, I know. And, viewed from a distance, it's funny, in its own way. Perspective is key, and patience. 'Maybe, " she says, 'it would be easier if we were much younger, or they wete much older.'

But I think she's the one. My kids love her, and she them, and the kids of her family and mine like each other. I can wait.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at November 24, 2016 12:20 AM (ESOYR)

381 My viewpoint doesn't need to be beaten out by yours.
Posted by: Miley, Duchess of the DSR at November 24, 2016 12:12 AM (tHwdc)

I didn't say my viewpoint "beats" yours. (What does that mean, anyway? We're all just giving our opinions.) I wouldn't do what he did either. I'm just not interested in judging him. You are perfectly free to do so.

At any rate, it is an excellent ONT, weirddave. Thank you.

Posted by: Donna&&&&V(deplorably brandishing ampersands&&&&and so there at November 24, 2016 12:20 AM (P8951)

382 That whole Chinese Cultural Revolution where they made students leave the universities and work on farms. That was bad why again?
(Sarcasm off)

Posted by: JB1000 at November 24, 2016 12:20 AM (JVww9)

383 second, you seem to think that the varying capacities or legal status of entities create different moral obligations.
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 24, 2016 12:16 AM (cPsPa)

I'm tired of this topic, but again, what are you getting at? Are you saying that dogs and people should be treated identically?

Posted by: Donna&&&&V(deplorably brandishing ampersands&&&&and so there at November 24, 2016 12:22 AM (P8951)

384 My father, bedridden from stroke for 5 years, died 6 years ago on Thanksgiving Day.

I found him in his house two days after his stroke. At the hospital, they asked my siblings and I if we wanted to let him die. Being of Christian faith, we instructed them to do erything within their power.

Most of his friends wouldn't come by to see him. They said they "couldn't stand to see him like that". I had to move in with him and take my daughter and my dog and stay with him pretty much around the clock. My sister helped when I worked. My mother (they were divorced) swallowed her outrage and helped. My three year old helped. I wiped butt, bathed him, fed him, changed him.

I was pretty much a captive for 5 years. But I will tell you this, his mind never stopped working, though his body did. He read the paper every day, voted, helped me with his business dealings, and most important of all, came to know the Lord.

While everybody else "couldn't stand to see him that way", I learned a whole different side to my father and ultimately learned a whole different side to humanity. People don't stop growing, and sometimes that thing you think that ruined their life, actually is what changes their life in a new a better way. I know it certainly made a better person out of me as well.

I was very sad to lose my dog today, but I had to do what was best for her and I do not regret it.

I was sad when my father had his massive stroke, but he was not a dog that needed me to put him out of his misery.

Humans and animals are not the same.

Posted by: Malcolm Tent at November 24, 2016 12:22 AM (qAqPY)

385 Worked for Chinese for more than a decade, and know Confucian culture like the back of my hand. Hell, the colonel thought I was a russian who'd spent time in China for the longest time. Yeah, when they ignore you, you're doomed.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at November 24, 2016 12:23 AM (vBRlx)

386 That whole Chinese Cultural Revolution where they made students leave
the universities and work on farms. That was bad why again?
---
You H8ter.

That comment makes me emotionally fucking pissed!!!

Posted by: Keith Olbermann at November 24, 2016 12:24 AM (3Liv/)

387 *pours Malcolm a glass of the Good Bourbon through the USB port*


Sir, that's Moronity of the Finest Sort.


Salute!




Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at November 24, 2016 12:25 AM (v5iqM)

388 Malcolm,
You are a good person.

Posted by: @lindafelldespair(gab.ai)-deplorable gobsmacked rage-monkey staying alive, ahhhh! at November 24, 2016 12:26 AM (JNDQi)

389 Flyboy,
That just remindered me that I meet my husbands mom for the first time on Thanksgiving. We'd only been dating for a few weeks, that's when I knew it was serious.
Posted by: @lindafelldespair(gab.ai)-deplorable gobsmacked rage-monkey staying alive, ahhhh! at November 24, 2016 12:20 AM (JNDQi)

===

She has been seeing him for a while. I finally asked her why she was seeing a 27 y/o. She responded with "have you seen what kind of pussies are my age?".

She is 20. Can't argue with that.

Posted by: Flyboy at November 24, 2016 12:26 AM (L+dg+)

390 That whole Chinese Cultural Revolution where they made students leave the universities and work on farms. That was bad why again?
(Sarcasm off)
Posted by: JB1000
----------------

My recollection is that it was the Professors that were marched off by the students?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 24, 2016 12:27 AM (CxB0h)

391 383 second, you seem to think that the varying capacities or legal status of entities create different moral obligations."

Of course they do. You can leave a cat or dog home alone all day while you go to work. Do that with a 1 year old and you will be a negligent parent.

Posted by: Donna&&&&V(deplorably brandishing ampersands&&&&and so there at November 24, 2016 12:28 AM (P8951)

392 Linda, I recall the first visit with them. They watched me make a pot of proper tea with some amazement and remarked - as my angel told me - on the adroit but old fashioned way I handled chopsticks when we ate. 'Dad thinks you're not American, ' she said. 'And everybody else thinks you're a russian. It's the nose and hair and eyes,' she explained.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at November 24, 2016 12:29 AM (yLd3w)

393 I'm tired of this topic, but again, what are you getting at? Are you saying that dogs and people should be treated identically?
Posted by: Donna&&&&V(deplorably brandishing ampersands&&&&and so there at November 24, 2016 12:22 AM (P8951)





well, don't start something you can't finish. i think I have been pretty clear but you keep moving the target.

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 24, 2016 12:29 AM (cPsPa)

394 388 Malcolm,
You are a good person.
Posted by: @lindafelldespair(gab.ai)-deplorable gobsmacked rage-monkey staying alive, ahhhh! at November 24, 2016 12:26 AM (JNDQi)

Yes, he is.

Posted by: Donna&&&&V(deplorably brandishing ampersands&&&&and so there at November 24, 2016 12:30 AM (P8951)

395 Of course they do. You can leave a cat or dog home alone all day while you go to work. Do that with a 1 year old and you will be a negligent parent.
Posted by: Donna&&&&V(deplorably brandishing ampersands&&&&and so there at November 24, 2016 12:28 AM (P8951)




well then what is the difference for according humans greater rights than animals? where is the mental capacity line when do they cross over the line?

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 24, 2016 12:30 AM (cPsPa)

396 Posted by: yankeefifth at November 24, 2016 12:29 AM (cPsPa)

No, you are not being clear. Do you think animals should be treated as if they are people?

Posted by: Donna&&&&V(deplorably brandishing ampersands&&&&and so there at November 24, 2016 12:31 AM (P8951)

397 evening horde

Posted by: Spawn of Mayhem at November 24, 2016 12:31 AM (C+vbB)

398 I remember when sex the night before thanksgiving
===

What is this "sex" ?


Posted by: Mortimer, Finish Her! at November 23, 2016 10:47 PM (zu88C)

My definition:

Something other people get to enjoy.

Posted by: Country Boy - Deplorable and proud of it at November 24, 2016 12:32 AM (Jcg9Q)

399 I mentioned it earlier, but a slightly longer version:

I met this neighbor from a few blocks away while he was walking his Doxie "Oocho" this summer, and we became friends as the dogs became running buddies

He's a real nerd, mid 50s & never married, no family here. IT guy for the local Sherrif's Dept. Real nice guy (no homo), but a bit lonely, it seems.

Anyway, knowing that he has no one else, I invited him to Thanksgiving at Mom's. I assumed he would adamantly but politely refuse.
Good news, I got an emphatic "Yes! thank you! I'd love to."
Bad news, I took him to lunch one day, and the little guy can really put it away. I figure that'll be at least 2 helpings of leftovers that I don't get to bring home with me.

Oh well, if I manage not to knock my alcoholic asshole crackhead brother out while we're there, then it'll be a win.
At least politics won't be a topic unless I bring it up.
Christmas promises to be a different scene - that's when the sisters, BIL's & their kids come for the day. Always a treat.

/s

Posted by: Chi - #FreeCthulhu at November 24, 2016 12:32 AM (9WLeS)

400 well, don't start something you can't finish. i think I have been pretty clear but you keep moving the target.
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 24, 2016 12:29 AM (cPsPa)

====

Well, you really are being kind of an asshole, and I think you are projecting when you talk about moving the target.

Posted by: Flyboy at November 24, 2016 12:32 AM (L+dg+)

401 I would love to have met a polar bear! Bet they're funny & cuddly like in the Coke commercials!

Posted by: Timothy Treadwell at November 24, 2016 12:33 AM (Fp4vv)

402 Posted by: Miley, Duchess of the DSR at November 24, 2016 12:17 AM (tHwdc)

I have no retort for that. You win.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois at November 24, 2016 12:33 AM (d76uN)

403 Flyboy,
That just remindered me that I meet my husbands mom for the first time on Thanksgiving. We'd only been dating for a few weeks, that's when I knew it was serious.
Posted by: @lindafelldespair(gab.ai)-deplorable gobsmacked rage-monkey staying alive, ahhhh! at November 24, 2016 12:20

That just reminded me, I proposed to J on the farm, day before Thanksgiving 1980. We announced it to our parents the next day when we had Tday together.

My grandmother, who I'd lived w/ for the past yr since she was widowed, burst into tears. LOL, not a good sign, it all worked out in the long run.

We were her local support while she lived on her own for the next 28 yrs. She lived on her own till 102.5, amazing woman. Almost reached 104, just shy a month.

Posted by: Farmer at November 24, 2016 12:34 AM (o/90i)

404 Chi,
That was really sweet of you. You have always shown you have a big heart. The guy probably really appreciates it.

Posted by: @lindafelldespair(gab.ai)-deplorable gobsmacked rage-monkey staying alive, ahhhh! at November 24, 2016 12:34 AM (JNDQi)

405 Posted by: Spawn of Mayhem at November 24, 2016 12:31 AM (C+vbB)

Lovely to see you! How have you been?

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 24, 2016 12:35 AM (i6Bi+)

406 --
...It's the nose and hair...
.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at November 24, 2016 12:29 AM
----------------

"and" Hah! there was no "and" there, and you know it.

Posted by: irright at November 24, 2016 12:35 AM (vqzjE)

407 Well, you really are being kind of an asshole, and I think you are projecting when you talk about moving the target.
Posted by: Flyboy at November 24, 2016 12:32 AM (L+dg+)




you should go work on your tone.

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 24, 2016 12:35 AM (cPsPa)

408 Re dogs and other animals:

The way we treat and think of the less than human is a hint to the way we treat humans.

Compassion, above all else.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at November 24, 2016 12:37 AM (yLd3w)

409 If I were in charge of higher edumacation, to get a degree, a year of hard work out in some job like, oh, picking up hay bales in 90 degree heat, hard construction, etc, etc would be required.

This would be waived for those who've already done it somehow, or do it anyway, but I want to get those idiots raised up in enclaves of privilege and wealth where they never have to do any real work.

Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at November 24, 2016 12:37 AM (DW+jj)

410 you should go work on your tone.
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 24, 2016 12:35 AM (cPsPa)

=======

Awesome. No real response.

Posted by: Flyboy at November 24, 2016 12:37 AM (L+dg+)

411 Tammy, good to hear from you! I'm a little older, a little bolder, and just as ugly as ever. How have you been?

Posted by: Spawn of Mayhem at November 24, 2016 12:38 AM (C+vbB)

412 Let's be nice here. We all have lots to be thankful for, like Hillary will never be president, so let's enjoy it and not fight.

Posted by: @lindafelldespair(gab.ai)-deplorable gobsmacked rage-monkey staying alive, ahhhh! at November 24, 2016 12:38 AM (JNDQi)

413 Posted by: Spawn of Mayhem at November 24, 2016 12:38 AM (C+vbB)

Same as you!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 24, 2016 12:38 AM (i6Bi+)

414 well then what is the difference for according humans greater rights than animals? where is the mental capacity line when do they cross over the line?
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 24, 2016 12:30 AM (cPsPa)

Again, I'm coming at this from a Christian viewpoint. We are made in the image and likeness of God. We owe it to animals to treat them well and we develop close bonds with some of them, but they are not human. We own pets. We do not own people.

"Rights" are an entirely human concept. My dogs never worried much about the rights of squirrels and a pack of wolves would not concern themselves with the rights of my dogs.

Do you consider eating a steak to be equivalent to cannibalism? If not, why not?

Posted by: Donna&&&&V(deplorably brandishing ampersands&&&&and so there at November 24, 2016 12:39 AM (P8951)

415 406. I'll have you know my nose hairs are well trimmed, as befits a man of my age and genetics, and that the mustache is entirely real.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at November 24, 2016 12:40 AM (yLd3w)

416 As you can see, after a 2 week hiatus from tearing each other apart over the election, we are back at tearing each other apart over other things.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 24, 2016 12:40 AM (i6Bi+)

417 My theory is that progressives aren't afraid of hypocrisy because they think it has something to do with being hip.

Posted by: Rational Thought at November 24, 2016 12:40 AM (GdgAM)

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 24, 2016 12:41 AM (cPsPa)

419
Wow, it really is like Thanksgiving around here.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 24, 2016 12:41 AM (tjXrB)

420 Posted by: Rational Thought at November 24, 2016 12:40 AM (GdgAM)

My theory is that they're completely blind to their own hypocrisy.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 24, 2016 12:41 AM (i6Bi+)

421 As you can see, after a 2 week hiatus from tearing each other apart over the election, we are back at tearing each other apart over other things.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 24, 2016 12:40 AM (i6Bi+)

======

Posted by: Flyboy at November 24, 2016 12:42 AM (L+dg+)

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 24, 2016 12:42 AM (i6Bi+)

423 As you can see, after a 2 week hiatus from tearing each other apart over the election, we are back at tearing each other apart over other things.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 24, 2016 12:40

Otherwise called the Thanksgiving Eve ONT!

Posted by: Farmer at November 24, 2016 12:43 AM (o/90i)

424 Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 24, 2016 12:40 AM

Agreed, at least during election season we were able to have a semi-common enemy instead of tearing at each other

Posted by: Spawn of Mayhem at November 24, 2016 12:43 AM (C+vbB)

425 139 >> I found out that the psychologist who got me fired from my last job, is getting married in 2017.

Posted by: qdpsteve

I bet he didn't have a bag of dicks on his gift registry, so feel free to send him one.

As to Mr. Dry Wit, he shows another example just a few tweets down in his timeline -- "Welcome to Trump's America".

I award him a BOD too.

Posted by: GnuBreed at November 24, 2016 12:43 AM (b/kAv)

426 you should go work on your tone.
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 24, 2016 12:35 AM (cPsPa)

=======

Awesome. No real response.
Posted by: Flyboy at November 24, 2016 12:37 AM (L+dg+)




so you called me an asshole and made a useless comment. what would you have had me comment on? your increasing lack of civility and the poor job your parents did on instilling manners in you?

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 24, 2016 12:44 AM (cPsPa)

427 Don't get me started on those damn nose hairs. It's like pubic hair growing out of your nose.

Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at November 24, 2016 12:44 AM (DW+jj)

428 "My theory is that they're completely blind to their own hypocrisy."

I would say willfully blind. As someone pointed earlier, the progressive will scream islamophopia and homophobia in the same sentence.



Posted by: Tim in Illinois at November 24, 2016 12:44 AM (d76uN)

429 Wow, it really is like Thanksgiving around here.
---
Jane, you ignorant slut!

Posted by: Uncle Bob addressing Grandma Phyllis after drinking enough to forget no one watches SNL anymore at November 24, 2016 12:44 AM (3Liv/)

430 Yankeefifth and Donna &&&


You've both amply made and reinforced your points, now you're just counting votes hanging chads in Michingan Florida.

Really, there's no reason to be all Soros with one another. Take the moment, and just MoveOn, right?

A Supreme outcome would be that you both accept the outcome, and don't depend on a never ending recount of the thing here in the comments.

*grin*


Jim
Sunk Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at November 24, 2016 12:45 AM (v5iqM)

431 423 As you can see, after a 2 week hiatus from tearing each other apart over the election, we are back at tearing each other apart over other things.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 24, 2016 12:40

It wasn't my intent to tear anybody apart. I'm genuinely baffled by Yankeefifth's POV and I'm trying to understand where he's coming from.

Posted by: Donna&&&&V(deplorably brandishing ampersands&&&&and so there at November 24, 2016 12:45 AM (P8951)

432 so you called me an asshole and made a useless comment. what would you have had me comment on? your increasing lack of civility and the poor job your parents did on instilling manners in you?
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 24, 2016 12:44 AM (cPsPa)

======

I said you were acting like one. Go back and take a look.

Posted by: Flyboy at November 24, 2016 12:45 AM (L+dg+)

433 Posted by: Spawn of Mayhem at November 24, 2016 12:43 AM (C+vbB)

Not this one, LMAO!

We fought the Battle of Trump really, really hard here.

Like... I quit coming around for months, hard.

Now we're back to the usual fighting.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 24, 2016 12:46 AM (i6Bi+)

434 Posted by: Donna&&&&V(deplorably brandishing ampersands&&&&and so there at November 24, 2016 12:45 AM (P8951)


Oh you aren't tearing anyone! The boyz are. Good, strong manly men with healthy opinions.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 24, 2016 12:47 AM (i6Bi+)

435 Malcolm Tent,
Wow.
Where do I start? Thanks for sharing.

I went through a similar situation 15 years ago, but God didn't ask me to step up like He did you.
You are a man among men, and you have my sincere admiration and respect.
I don't know if I could handle that ...

Dad was diagnosed with lung cancer, and we lost him about a year later. I spent every moment I could with him, but wasn't a primary caregiver. He made every effort to come see me at work for as long as he could, too.
He eventually passed at home, per his wishes.

Eyes too blurry to keep typing.
God Bless You.

Posted by: Chi - #FreeCthulhu at November 24, 2016 12:48 AM (9WLeS)

436 Saw the Medal of Freedom awards earlier tonight, and it just clicked.

If Grace Hopper can get it posthumously what about Andrew Breitbart! That should make some leftist heads go splodey.

Posted by: Farmer at November 24, 2016 12:49 AM (o/90i)

437 Again, I'm coming at this from a Christian viewpoint. We are made in the image and likeness of God. We owe it to animals to treat them well and we develop close bonds with some of them, but they are not human. We own pets. We do not own people.

"Rights" are an entirely human concept. My dogs never worried much about the rights of squirrels and a pack of wolves would not concern themselves with the rights of my dogs.

Do you consider eating a steak to be equivalent to cannibalism? If not, why not?

Posted by: Donna&&&&V(deplorably brandishing ampersands&&&&and so there at November 24, 2016 12:39 AM (P8951)




you seem to be missing the point that rights and morality are not dependent upon the capacity of the one afforded the rights. if that were true the mentally disabled and incapacitated would not have rights.

further, the greater your capacity the greater your requirement to behave morally.

your dog does not have the ability to appreciate the rights of the cat so there is nothing immoral about your dog's behavior towards the cat.

as for the cannibalism question, well that is just silly.

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 24, 2016 12:50 AM (cPsPa)

438 Isn't it a little early for the "Airing of Grievances"?

Posted by: dissent555 at November 24, 2016 12:51 AM (GdgAM)

439 Why aren't I fifty points ahead??!!!??
Why? Why?

Posted by: Hillary, eyes a-rollin' at November 24, 2016 12:51 AM (Nox3c)

440 I am not in the least baffled by yankeefifth (I feel we have known the same kind of evil people and loved the same kind of dogs and cats), but I have enjoyed the rigorous debate between you.



Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 24, 2016 12:51 AM (i6Bi+)

441 so you called me an asshole and made a useless comment. what would you have had me comment on? your increasing lack of civility and the poor job your parents did on instilling manners in you?
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 24, 2016 12:44 AM (cPsPa)

======

I said you were acting like one. Go back and take a look.
Posted by: Flyboy at November 24, 2016 12:45 AM (L+dg+)




difference without distinction

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 24, 2016 12:51 AM (cPsPa)

442 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMuWVsPQbwM

A blast from the past. Back when we were blue.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois at November 24, 2016 12:52 AM (d76uN)

443 Posted by: dissent555 at November 24, 2016 12:51 AM (GdgAM)

It's like you don't even know who we are anymore......

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 24, 2016 12:53 AM (i6Bi+)

444 Speaking of cannibalism....

D'ya think chewing their nails is too much temptation for them?



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at November 24, 2016 12:54 AM (v5iqM)

445 Wow, it really is like Thanksgiving around here.
---
Jane, you ignorant slut!
Posted by: Uncle Bob addressing Grandma Phyllis after drinking enough to forget no one watches SNL anymore at November 24, 2016 12:44 AM (3Liv/)

LMAO, that sig was funnier than the SNL Tday special. 2 skits were funny, about 10 were dismal. Sad. Bigly.

Posted by: Farmer at November 24, 2016 12:55 AM (o/90i)

446 as for the cannibalism question, well that is just silly.
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 24, 2016 12:50 AM (cPsPa)

But I don't see why it's silly. If you are going to extend human rights to dogs and cats and insist that there is no difference between putting a dog to sleep and putting grandma to sleep, why not cows and pigs? All those deer hunters freezing their asses off in the Wisconsin woods this weekend are intent on committing murder, if I follow your logic.

Posted by: Donna&&&&V(deplorably brandishing ampersands&&&&and so there at November 24, 2016 12:55 AM (P8951)

447 Posted by: Jim at November 24, 2016 12:54 AM (v5iqM)

I need new categories of emoji for that!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 24, 2016 12:55 AM (i6Bi+)

448 My theory is that they're completely blind to their own hypocrisy.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor
--------

For the hard Left, hypocrisy is a tool. All that matters to them is the elimination of the bourgeoisie, by any means possible.

The rest are simply ignorant, and not given to self-examination or awareness.

As an aside, smoke heavier than ever today. Irritating to lungs and eyes. Some chance of light rain tonight

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 24, 2016 12:56 AM (8zL5i)

449 Disagreement is fine if you can reasonably defend your own positions. If you can't defend them think some more. If there is some cognitive dissonance think some more. Emotional arguments are not enough. Read, think, consult experts. Explore the reasons you hold any values.

Posted by: Usntakim at November 24, 2016 12:57 AM (hMqvx)

450 404 Chi,
That was really sweet of you. You have always shown you have a big heart. The guy probably really appreciates it.
Posted by: @lindafelldespair
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I know he does, Linda.
The whole reason I took him to lunch?
After Hurricane Matthew, he came walking by with Oocho one day & I was across the street in the old ladies yard cutting up all the tree limbs from her dying maple tree (front yard was COVERED).

He walked his dog home, then drove right back over with a bow saw to help me. Just for something to do.
I had an Applebee's gift card, and told him were going to lunch tomorrow.
Good guy.

Posted by: Chi - #FreeCthulhu at November 24, 2016 12:57 AM (9WLeS)

451 Posted by: Chi - #FreeCthulhu at November 24, 2016 12:48 AM (9WLeS)

There aren't really any "good men". You just have to do what is necessary.

I think somebody once said bravery isn't being fearless, it's fighting in spite of being afraid.

More people are out there doing the right thing (even if it isn't the easy thing) than we probably give credit to. I'm no better than anyone else, I just did what was necessary and correct.

Posted by: Malcolm Tent at November 24, 2016 12:58 AM (qAqPY)

452 Isn't it a little early for the "Airing of Grievances"?
Posted by: dissent555


It's been a trying year.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 24, 2016 12:58 AM (1G5R8)

453 Why aren't I fifty points ahead??!!!??
Why? Why?
Posted by: Hillary,
------------

Look, the faceplant was a winner. You should have done that a few more times. It was my favorite moment during the campaign.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 24, 2016 12:58 AM (8zL5i)

454 Do you consider eating a steak to be equivalent to cannibalism?
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Helpful information (via Slate):

In his 1931 book "Jungle Ways", American adventurer and journalist William Buehler Seabrook provided the world's most detailed written description of the taste of human flesh. Seabrook noted that, in raw form, human meat looks like beef, but slightly less red, with pale yellow fat. When roasted, the meat turned grayish, as would lamb or veal, and smelled like cooked beef. As for the taste, Seabrook wrote, "It was so nearly like good, fully developed veal that I think no person with a palate of ordinary, normal sensitiveness could distinguish it from veal."

Posted by: RioBravo at November 24, 2016 12:59 AM (NUqwG)

455 I have no retort for that. You win.





Posted by: Tim in Illinois at November 24, 2016 12:33 AM (d76uN)


Then I hereby grant you domain over the entire internet, Your Timness.

Posted by: Miley, Duchess of the DSR at November 24, 2016 12:59 AM (tHwdc)

456 Don't get me started on those damn nose hairs. It's like pubic hair growing out of your nose.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at November 24, 2016 12:44

Was this a topic of discussion? ROTFLMAO

Pro Tip: Don't look at what's growing out of your ears. It's kinda freaky.

Posted by: Farmer at November 24, 2016 12:59 AM (o/90i)

457 It's been a trying year.
Posted by: weft
-----------

*hands weft the aluminum pole*

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 24, 2016 12:59 AM (8zL5i)

458 Why aren't I fifty points ahead??!!!??
Why? Why?
Posted by: Hillary


You are, my queen, you are!

Posted by: Wyll Binn at November 24, 2016 01:00 AM (1G5R8)

459 "Sorry to ruin your dreams, but that dog-petting polar bear just ate a husky alive. - Well, that escalated quickly.

http://tinyurl.com/jqjrxr5

Another piece about the Bear-dog video. Bad situation and no one comes off very good.

Posted by: geoffb5 at November 24, 2016 01:00 AM (d3wbb)

460 Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 24, 2016 12:53 AM (i6Bi+)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdLIerfXuZ4


Posted by: dissent555 at November 24, 2016 01:00 AM (GdgAM)

461 Alrighty folks. Fifteen lb. bird into the oven at OMG thirty a.m.

Time to attaint horizontality.

Hasta la nite nite, Horde!



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at November 24, 2016 01:00 AM (v5iqM)

462 I was getting ready to skip though the commercials but then a genuine Juan Valdez commercial came on.

I am easily amused.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois at November 24, 2016 01:02 AM (d76uN)

463 I have no retort for that. You win.
Posted by: Tim
-----------

I think it might be inconsiderate to discuss retorts when chemjeff isn't here.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 24, 2016 01:02 AM (8zL5i)

464 G'night, Jim.
If I don't bump into you on the morrow, Happy Thanksgiving. Be well.

Posted by: Chi - #FreeCthulhu at November 24, 2016 01:03 AM (9WLeS)

465
Just saw a news blurb on facebook that Trump will be ending funding for NASA "climate research" division.

It's like he's already president!

Suck it, obama!

And gtfo the White House.
Posted by: Soothsayer at November 23, 2016 11:47 PM (tjXrB)


Remember back in 2008 when people were saying that the whole "transition" thing was an anachronism, and Obama should just take over immediately? Good times, good times.

Posted by: rickl - THE MEDIA IS LYING TO YOU at November 24, 2016 01:03 AM (sdi6R)

466 *hands weft the aluminum pole*
Posted by: Mike Hammer,


Today-ay-ay-ay, I consider myself-elf-elf-elf the luckiest man-an-an-an alive-ive-ive-ive.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 24, 2016 01:03 AM (1G5R8)

467 Zomg... Jodi Powells teenage daughter has tears in her eyes!

I has a sadz.......

Posted by: Tim in Illinois at November 24, 2016 01:04 AM (d76uN)

468 I just assumed that Texas turkeys were like, 40 lbs.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 24, 2016 01:04 AM (8zL5i)

469 Posted by: RioBravo at November 24, 2016 12:59 AM (NUqwG)

Well, I don't find that all that helpful. People might taste like veal. So what? Does that mean the neighborhood butcher is no different from Jeffrey Dahmer?

Posted by: Donna&&&&V(deplorably brandishing ampersands&&&&and so there at November 24, 2016 01:04 AM (P8951)

470 Ofd to snooze, but OMG, as the kids say. The colonel wants me to bring the shaska to the day after thanksgiving feast at his house, to carve the turkey and brisket in style, as he says.

Fingers crossed, a father's blessing might be coming my way......

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at November 24, 2016 01:04 AM (yLd3w)

471 Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 24, 2016 12:56 AM (8zL5i)

I think you give them too much credit, the majority of them, I mean.

I have no doubt about the goal, but the average Liberal I know is blind to the hypocrisy.

Regardless of the situation, it's "different" when one of them does it.

All these Leftist business owners not wanting to serve Republicans is totally different than a baker not wanting to make a cake for a gay wedding.

The Libs holding signs saying "Not MY President" is fine, but Conservatives doing so when Obama was elected would have been totally different and evil, of course.

Absolutely blind.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 24, 2016 01:05 AM (i6Bi+)

472 Today-ay-ay-ay, I consider myself-elf-elf-elf the luckiest man-an-an-an alive-ive-ive-ive.
Posted by: weft
------------

*hmm. I think we could do something with that*

Posted by: Hollywood at November 24, 2016 01:05 AM (8zL5i)

473 459 "Sorry to ruin your dreams, but that dog-petting polar bear just ate a husky alive. - Well, that escalated quickly."

The polar bear was not very respectful of the husky's rights.


Posted by: Donna&&&&V(deplorably brandishing ampersands&&&&and so there at November 24, 2016 01:06 AM (P8951)

474 343
53--- The Alternet guy is yet another of those small-town folks who think they are bigger than their small town.

Nah, I think it's a gen Xer who still has a VHS copy of A Boy and His Dog.

Posted by: Richard McEnroe at November 24, 2016 01:06 AM (Kucy5)

475 Does that mean the neighborhood butcher is no different from Jeffrey Dahmer?
Posted by: Donna
----------

Depends on the neighborhood.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 24, 2016 01:07 AM (8zL5i)

476 Why aren't I fifty points ahead??!!!??
Why? Why?
Posted by: Hillary,
------------
Look, the faceplant was a winner. You should have done that a few more times. It was my favorite moment during the campaign.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 24, 2016 12:58

Mine too, I laughed and laughed when I read your post.

My question is...will that shoe left in the street end up in the Smithsonian? It should.

Posted by: Farmer at November 24, 2016 01:07 AM (o/90i)

477 Peace, prayers and good vibes to the Horde. Be safe and have a Happy Thanksgiving.

Posted by: dissent555 at November 24, 2016 01:07 AM (GdgAM)

478 Posted by: RioBravo at November 24, 2016 12:59 AM (NUqwG)


Pro'lly would turn gray if it wasn't overcooked, just sayin'.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 24, 2016 01:07 AM (i6Bi+)

479 463. He's here. The passive-aggressive lowlife even grumbled that another 'ron had been made a cob in recent days.

Hey, hope fapplebee's is open tomorrow, otherwise it's a gas statiom sandwich for you, you poor, mish-unknowing loser.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at November 24, 2016 01:08 AM (yLd3w)

480 Posted by: dissent555 at November 24, 2016 01:07 AM (GdgA

Ditto! Who who!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 24, 2016 01:08 AM (i6Bi+)

481 I think it might be inconsiderate to discuss retorts when chemjeff isn't here.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 24, 2016 01:02 AM (8zL5i)

I'm one of those oddballs. ChemJeff doesn't bother me.
I just refuse to engage him on a kind of politics.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois at November 24, 2016 01:09 AM (d76uN)

482 Hush now, no bashing chemjeff. You know damn good and well you'd be happy to welcome him for the holiday.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 24, 2016 01:10 AM (i6Bi+)

483 Ofd to snooze, but OMG, as the kids say. The
colonel wants me to bring the shaska to the day after thanksgiving feast
at his house, to carve the turkey and brisket in style, as he says.



Fingers crossed, a father's blessing might be coming my way......

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at November 24, 2016 01:04 AM (yLd3w)



I'm certain that you'll cut an impressive figure, Uncle!

Posted by: Miley, Duchess of the DSR at November 24, 2016 01:11 AM (tHwdc)

484 The score is now 58-12. The good guy is winning.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois at November 24, 2016 01:11 AM (d76uN)

485 468 I just assumed that Texas turkeys were like, 40 lbs.
Posted by: Mike Hammer
--------------------

I don't know - Rick Perry has to go about 180 or so, don't you think?

Posted by: Chi - #FreeCthulhu at November 24, 2016 01:11 AM (9WLeS)

486 Thank you, Tim, that's exactly how I feel.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 24, 2016 01:11 AM (i6Bi+)

487 Pro'lly would turn gray if it wasn't overcooked, just sayin'.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor
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Okay, I read that as 'ghey', because ONT. But it caused me to wonder what became of poster Anderson Cooper's Smoked Sausage.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 24, 2016 01:11 AM (8zL5i)

488 Fingers crossed, a father's blessing might be coming my way......


Oh you know you got this, but the proprieties and rituals must be observed and maintained.

You don't get to just walk off with angels you know.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 24, 2016 01:13 AM (i6Bi+)

489 But I don't see why it's silly. If you are going to extend human rights to dogs and cats and insist that there is no difference between putting a dog to sleep and putting grandma to sleep, why not cows and pigs? All those deer hunters freezing their asses off in the Wisconsin woods this weekend are intent on committing murder, if I follow your logic.

Posted by: Donna&&&&V(deplorably brandishing ampersands&&&&and so there at November 24, 2016 12:55 AM (P8951)



first, my point is and has been that the obligation for moral behavior is the capacity of the entity/agent, not the entity they are acting with. you are moral or immoral based upon your behavior.

second, I am not extending human rights to animals I am saying that to be a moral person you are required to treat them morally. can yo ueat a cow of course. I eat them all the time. should I go our of my way to increase the cow's suffering no. should I take reasonable actions to minimize the cow's suffering of course. not because of the cow's rights but because of the demands of being a moral person.

since the logic is escaping you I will help you by explaining that every hunter I know who is freezing his ass off feels a moral obligation to minimize the suffering of every deer he shoots.

you insist that there is some essential fundamental distinction between humans and animals that establishes different levels of behavior between the two groups has not been supported by anything you have offered so far. well, other than someone told you God told them so.

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 24, 2016 01:14 AM (cPsPa)

490 Tim is a better 'ron than I. The passive-aggressive flounces - there have been many - the idiocy, the flat, one dimensional character, all in all, he won't be missed until he comes back, as he always has, to show his concern and untreated PDD, not otherwise specified
Done with him.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at November 24, 2016 01:14 AM (yLd3w)

491 Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 24, 2016 01:11 AM (8zL5i)

Anderson Cooper's Smoked Sausage would be an epic name for an alt-rock band.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 24, 2016 01:14 AM (i6Bi+)

492 Well, I don't find that all that helpful. People might taste like veal. So what? Does that mean the neighborhood butcher is no different from Jeffrey Dahmer?
Posted by: Donna&&&&V(deplorably brandishing ampersands&&&&and so there at November 24, 2016 01:04 AM (P8951)
------------------------------------------------
It means (to answer a "question" posed) that "eating a steak [is not] equivalent to cannibalism" but "eating veal" is. It's a joking comment. It was not actually,truly, and fundamentally intended to be helpful.

Posted by: RioBravo at November 24, 2016 01:15 AM (NUqwG)

493 482 Hush now, no bashing chemjeff. You know damn good and well you'd be happy to welcome him for the holiday.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 24, 2016 01:10 AM (i6Bi+)


Nope, not me.

Posted by: rickl - THE MEDIA IS LYING TO YOU at November 24, 2016 01:16 AM (sdi6R)

494 Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at November 24, 2016 01:14 AM (yLd3w)


But you have only seen this most recent (admittedly trying) iteration of chemjeff.

He's a good guy. I like him muchly.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 24, 2016 01:16 AM (i6Bi+)

495 I'm one of those oddballs. ChemJeff doesn't bother me.
I just refuse to engage him on a kind of politics.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois
-------------------

Church.
I was always one of his srngest supporters. I hate to see people bashing him while he isn't here.
Petty & juvenile.

I don't engage in politics with him - my scroll button still works.

Posted by: Chi - #FreeCthulhu at November 24, 2016 01:16 AM (9WLeS)

496 alt-rock band
---------------------------
Are those the racists that voted for Trump?

Posted by: RioBravo at November 24, 2016 01:16 AM (NUqwG)

497 Okay, look, 'retort' was a double entendre. It had nothing to do with personality, and everything to do with chemistry.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retort

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 24, 2016 01:17 AM (8zL5i)

498 483 and 488. The colonel humblese with his request, and, yeah, it's always a struggle to win an angel.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at November 24, 2016 01:17 AM (yLd3w)

499 Prayers for your mother Krebs.

Good night horde, for the crankypants I give you:

Hillary Clinton will never be POTUS. Take that blessing and enjoy it.

Posted by: PaleRider with link to the funeral expense fund for SMFH's Carl at November 24, 2016 01:17 AM (Jen0I)

500 Dan Quayle wins a Senate Seat!

I'm hungry for Potato


e

Posted by: Tim in Illinois at November 24, 2016 01:18 AM (d76uN)

501 I think Rio was trying to lighten the mood with the veal thing, not add to the discussion.


Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 24, 2016 01:19 AM (i6Bi+)

502 Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at November 24, 2016 01:17 AM (yLd3w)

And only the very best of men win them, as it should be.

So yea, you got this.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 24, 2016 01:20 AM (i6Bi+)

503 You guys are stuck with 1980 Election night stuff. I don't know why but this stuff is fascinating.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois at November 24, 2016 01:20 AM (d76uN)

504 Dick-nose is seriously creeping me out.

But not as much as the chick.

Posted by: SMFH - #Free Cooth at November 24, 2016 01:21 AM (CRotO)

505 "Potatoe" is totally eclipsed by "corpse."

Posted by: Miley, Duchess of the DSR at November 24, 2016 01:21 AM (tHwdc)

506 497 Okay, look, 'retort' was a double entendre. It had nothing to do with personality, and everything to do with chemistry.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retort
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 24, 2016 01:17 AM (8zL5i)


I got that joke.

Posted by: rickl - THE MEDIA IS LYING TO YOU at November 24, 2016 01:22 AM (sdi6R)

507 other than someone told you God told them so.
---
God is the only authority on morality.

If you mean 'what we can convince ourselves is okay' the word "ethics" is probably more appropriate. At least in English.

Posted by: Methos at November 24, 2016 01:22 AM (3Liv/)

508 Yes, "corpse" absolutely stunned me and I am still not convinced it wasn't intentional, or a Freudian slip at best.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 24, 2016 01:23 AM (i6Bi+)

509 brb have to go put the first turkey in the oven.




humanely raised, free range turkey.

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 24, 2016 01:23 AM (cPsPa)

510 Miss Tammy!!!

Have to chime in with the biggest thing I'm thankful for this week: Monday's medical test. I won't have the final results until next week sometime, but the preliminary results were much better than I'd feared. Whatever this is, it looks like we've caught it before it can do major damage.

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at November 24, 2016 01:23 AM (G4y5c)

511 502. Got the oil stone out, and am prepping to ool and wax the sheath. It must ne perfect....

Lord, but I love this girl. May all the world know such happiness.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at November 24, 2016 01:24 AM (yLd3w)

512 God is the only authority on morality.


*blinks*

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 24, 2016 01:24 AM (i6Bi+)

513 God is the only authority on morality.

If you mean 'what we can convince ourselves is okay' the word "ethics" is probably more appropriate. At least in English.
Posted by: Methos at November 24, 2016 01:22 AM (3Liv/)




well most of us did not receive a lot of firsthand information from God.

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 24, 2016 01:25 AM (cPsPa)

514 I powered my way through that whole rant about fundamentalist Christian white rural Americans. The only thing I learned is there is zero chance the author spent the first 24 years of his life there as claimed. Absolutely. No. Chance. I'd be surpised if ever spent 24 consecutive hours in a rural area. Reads like some fantasy distopia of a paranoid, sheltered snowflake. Do liberals actually believe this BS?

Hey, don't I get prize for suffering through that insane jumble of liberal talking points?

Posted by: Ripley at November 24, 2016 01:25 AM (NbRJx)

515 humanely raised, free range turkey.
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 24, 2016 01:23 AM (cPsPa)

---

*tosses him a medal*

Posted by: SMFH - #Free Cooth at November 24, 2016 01:25 AM (CRotO)

516 Phrasing, Uncle?

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 24, 2016 01:25 AM (i6Bi+)

517 Yes, "corpse" absolutely stunned me and I am still not convinced it wasn't intentional, or a Freudian slip at best.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 24, 2016 01:23 AM (i6Bi+)


Ramifications. Oy!

Posted by: Miley, Duchess of the DSR at November 24, 2016 01:25 AM (tHwdc)

518 Have to chime in with the biggest thing I'm thankful for this week: Monday's medical test. I won't have the final results until next week sometime, but the preliminary results were much better than I'd feared. Whatever this is, it looks like we've caught it before it can do major damage.
Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at November 24, 2016 01:23

Congrats Elisabeth. Be well.

Posted by: Farmer at November 24, 2016 01:25 AM (o/90i)

519 oops



MissTammy!

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 24, 2016 01:25 AM (cPsPa)

520 Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at November 24, 2016 01:23 AM (G4y5c)


Dr Wolfe!


You have me a little nervous now... and prayers are being said!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 24, 2016 01:27 AM (i6Bi+)

521 516. You prepare your way, I prepare mine....

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at November 24, 2016 01:27 AM (omf4Z)

522 Lord, but I love this girl. May all the world know such happiness.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at November 24, 2016 01:24 AM (yLd3w)


I find this so uplifting, Uncle, and even though I don't know you, I wish you all possible blessings tomorrow.

Posted by: Miley, Duchess of the DSR at November 24, 2016 01:28 AM (tHwdc)

523 Posted by: Ripley at November 24, 2016 01:25 AM (NbRJx)

Yes, you do.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 24, 2016 01:28 AM (i6Bi+)

524 *waves to SMFH*

Elisabeth, glad they caught it early.

Need another thousand words on story for tonight, so back to slinging the adjectives to see what sticks.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 24, 2016 01:28 AM (/PDOv)

525 Posted by: Miley, Duchess of the DSR at November 24, 2016 01:25 AM (tHwdc)

Right?! It gives me the creeps every time I think about it.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 24, 2016 01:29 AM (i6Bi+)

526 Heya Anna : )

Posted by: SMFH - #Free Cooth at November 24, 2016 01:29 AM (CRotO)

527
Need another thousand words on story for tonight, so back to slinging the adjectives to see what sticks.
Posted by: Anna Puma
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Try "Bigly."

Posted by: Chi - #FreeCthulhu at November 24, 2016 01:29 AM (9WLeS)

528 I got that joke.
Posted by: rickl
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I felt bad, having to offer an explanation. Humor that needs to be explained is bad humor.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 24, 2016 01:30 AM (8zL5i)

529 524 How about "sticky"?

Posted by: Miley, Duchess of the DSR at November 24, 2016 01:30 AM (tHwdc)

530 Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 24, 2016 01:30 AM (8zL5i)


I don't think anyone needed it explained!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 24, 2016 01:31 AM (i6Bi+)

531 Remember the Cubs!

Posted by: Detroit Lions at November 24, 2016 01:31 AM (Fp4vv)

532 "'Anna,' he says, stopping and looking down at me. I am pinned like wet washing with his peg. 'Till now, I thought the sweetest sound I could ever hear was cows chewing grass. But this is better.' He sways and we listen to the soft suck at the exact place we meet. Then I move and put all thoughts of livestock out of his head."

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I can't stop laughing.

Posted by: SMFH - #Free Cooth at November 24, 2016 01:32 AM (CRotO)

533 Be well you Morons. Dragging the last dog upstairs. Hope the young one isn't sleeping in my spot.

Happy Thanksgiving.

Posted by: Farmer at November 24, 2016 01:32 AM (o/90i)

534 Have to chime in with the biggest thing I'm thankful for this week:
Monday's medical test. I won't have the final results until next week
sometime, but the preliminary results were much better than I'd feared.
Whatever this is, it looks like we've caught it before it can do major
damage.

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at November 24, 2016 01:23

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that's always good news....

/dancing rodents

Posted by: redc1c4 at November 24, 2016 01:32 AM (cqiFV)

535 Thanks, Farmer and Miss Tammy! It's not anything life-threatening; of the possibilities, I think it's most likely to be Crohn's. But Lord willing, catching it now will mean it will be easier to manage with meds and won't get to the point of being a serious problem.

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at November 24, 2016 01:33 AM (G4y5c)

536 We're doing a prime rib roast instead of the buzzard. I've got to do it, and I did a practice run a few months ago and got the hang of it.

It's one expensive hunk of meat, but damn, it's good.

I stopped by the grocery store early this morning, and they were cleaned out of the various cooking stocks. Come Thanksgiving or Christmas, they get a shit ton of the stuff. Swanson's. Chicken, beef, vegetable....which they put out on a big table. That thing was cleaned out.

I didn't need any, but I noticed that last year, and it sort of blew me away. They get a special order of the stock in right before, looks like a truckload of nothing but stock, and it's all gone in a day or two.

Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at November 24, 2016 01:34 AM (DW+jj)

537 *waves to AP and red, too*

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at November 24, 2016 01:34 AM (G4y5c)

538 Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at November 24, 2016 01:33 AM (G4y5c)

Crohn's can be very life-threatening, but as you say, hopefully you will keep it well-managed!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 24, 2016 01:35 AM (i6Bi+)

539 The Left that know the hypocrisy love it, because it's their victory over law or decency or whatever.

The Left who don't know the hypocrisy they spew ... are solipsistic garbage babies. Maybe they're young, or their mind has been made soft by a life that is free of long-term rewards or long-term consequences.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at November 24, 2016 01:35 AM (VdICR)

540 I powered my way through that whole rant about fundamentalist Christian white rural Americans. The only thing I learned is there is zero chance the author spent the first 24 years of his life there as claimed...
Posted by: Ripley at November 24, 2016 01:25 AM (NbRJx)
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I picked this up from the article and will use it as often as possible in the future:

"That's your education talking."

Posted by: RioBravo at November 24, 2016 01:36 AM (NUqwG)

541 SMFH, yes that little paragraph makes me feel so much better about my writings. Though why oh why did he have to name that bovine Anna? That was simply a cud to far for me to endure without lowing of my complaint.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 24, 2016 01:37 AM (/PDOv)

542 Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at November 24, 2016 01:34 AM (DW+jj)

Kitchen Basics is better than Swanson's IMHO.

I buy all of it when I see it.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 24, 2016 01:37 AM (i6Bi+)

543 you insist that there is some essential fundamental distinction between humans and animals that establishes different levels of behavior between the two groups has not been supported by anything you have offered so far. well, other than someone told you God told them so.
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 24, 2016 01:14 AM (cPsPa)

Whoa. You began this by referring to "canine euthanasia" and I objected to the term, since I do not believe that putting an 18 year old dog to sleep is the same as giving the needle to grandma. That's what started this whole thing. I did not advocate cruelty to animals. I simply said that animals are not people.

As I said, I believe in the Christian view that we are made in the image and likeness of God, and you answer with Bill Maher style sneering. If you, like PETA, wish to insist that a boy is a rat is a monkey and there is no difference, well, good for you. I still don't get how you can justify eating meat with such a view, but that's alright, spare me another snottily condescending demonstration of your moral equivalence.

I regret to say that you are yet another demonstration that we really do live in the Age of Stupid.

Good night to you, sir.

Posted by: Donna&&&&V(deplorably brandishing ampersands&&&&and so there at November 24, 2016 01:38 AM (P8951)

544 solipsistic garbage babies


Thread winner!

Perfect.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 24, 2016 01:39 AM (i6Bi+)

545 Thank you, Miley. If the Horde be with me, who can be against me? And I am tempted to ask again if my angel will be my bride.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at November 24, 2016 01:39 AM (2+HQO)

546 The stores here, in the normal times, carry several brands of stock and broth, but Swanson's is apparently the popular one and that's what they load up on for the holidays. They set up a YUGE table out in a open area and just puts piles and piles of the Swanson's.

It will all be cleaned out.

Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at November 24, 2016 01:40 AM (DW+jj)

547 Crohn's can be very life-threatening

When it's advanced, true. And it can affect one's ability to maintain proper nutrition. I was thinking more in terms of the big bads like cancer.

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at November 24, 2016 01:40 AM (G4y5c)

548 Coupons, I reckon.

Swanson's always has coupons, and is usually on sale right about now.

Combine the coupon with the sale and you will get runs on whatever is being sold, because a smart shopper will buy in bulk when she can get the best price.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 24, 2016 01:42 AM (i6Bi+)

549 My daughter received one of these at work.
https://www.gobblegobble.com/

Between that turkey and the one I got soaking in its briny orange juice bath (25 lbs), that should be enough.

Oh, making this in lieu of pies or cakes:

Cheesecake-stuffed strawberries

http://www.yummly.co/#recipe/Cheesecake-Stuffed-Strawberries-with-Chocolate-Drizzle-1859753

Posted by: SMFH - #Free Cooth at November 24, 2016 01:43 AM (CRotO)

550 Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at November 24, 2016 01:40 AM (G4y5c)

Definitely! So very glad it's not that!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 24, 2016 01:44 AM (i6Bi+)

551 Too much acrimony for me on Thanksgiving Eve.
Peace out for a while.

Posted by: Chi - #FreeCthulhu at November 24, 2016 01:45 AM (9WLeS)

552 Combine the coupon with the sale and you will get runs on whatever is being sold, because a smart shopper will buy in bulk when [SHE] can get the best price.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 24, 2016 01:42 AM (i6Bi+)
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She ?

Posted by: RioBravo at November 24, 2016 01:45 AM (NUqwG)

553 Polar bears pet huskies for only one reason.

In the grocery store, have you ever thumped a watermelon?

Posted by: Furious Mustache at November 24, 2016 01:45 AM (uz/Pv)

554 Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at November 24, 2016 01:39 AM (2+HQO)

I feel utterly obtuse in missing that she is in fact NOT your bride.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 24, 2016 01:45 AM (i6Bi+)

555 Rum Cheesecake-Stuffed Strawberries

http://www.yummly.co/#recipe/Rum-Cheesecake-Stuffed-Strawberries-1887758

Posted by: SMFH - #Free Cooth at November 24, 2016 01:45 AM (CRotO)

556 And I am tempted to ask again if my angel will be my bride.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at November 24, 2016 01:39 AM (2+HQO)



I would advise that you pray on it. Timing is important. You'll know when the time is right.

Posted by: Miley, Duchess of the DSR at November 24, 2016 01:46 AM (tHwdc)

557 Posted by: RioBravo at November 24, 2016 01:45 AM (NUqwG)

Hey, I'm one of those old-school chicks who does all the grocery shopping in our husehold!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 24, 2016 01:47 AM (i6Bi+)

558 556 And I am tempted to ask again if my angel will be my bride.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at November 24, 2016 01:39 AM (2+HQO)

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Tomorrow is not guaranteed.

Ask her.

Posted by: SMFH - #Free Cooth at November 24, 2016 01:48 AM (CRotO)

559 Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 24, 2016 01:44 AM (i6Bi+)

Ditto! I didn't think it was *likely*--but my grandfather had colon cancer, so naturally that was one of the many what-ifs the little anxiety voice in my brain kept chirping. But thanks be to God, the worst-case scenarios have now been banished to the far future, if they even become probable at all.

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at November 24, 2016 01:48 AM (G4y5c)

560 Heh...had a photo shoot of a young lady half my age ... she was downcast, seeing my angel there with me. Might as well have been photographing machine parts, for all the attention I paid the client.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at November 24, 2016 01:49 AM (2+HQO)

561 And I am going to call it a night.... blessed be, you Morons, all of whom I love dearly!

I am truly thankful for each of you, and this nuthouse amazing place ace has created for us.

Happy, happy Thanksgving!!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 24, 2016 01:50 AM (i6Bi+)

562 You too Tammy : )

Posted by: SMFH - #Free Cooth at November 24, 2016 01:51 AM (CRotO)

563 Night, Miss Tammy!

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at November 24, 2016 01:51 AM (G4y5c)

564 558 SMFH

2nded.

FWIW

Posted by: ibguy at November 24, 2016 01:53 AM (vUcdz)

565 Whoa. You began this by referring to "canine euthanasia" and I objected to the term, since I do not believe that putting an 18 year old dog to sleep is the same as giving the needle to grandma. That's what started this whole thing. I did not advocate cruelty to animals. I simply said that animals are not people.

As I said, I believe in the Christian view that we are made in the image and likeness of God, and you answer with Bill Maher style sneering. If you, like PETA, wish to insist that a boy is a rat is a monkey and there is no difference, well, good for you. I still don't get how you can justify eating meat with such a view, but that's alright, spare me another snottily condescending demonstration of your moral equivalence.

I regret to say that you are yet another demonstration that we really do live in the Age of Stupid.

Good night to you, sir.
Posted by: Donna&&&&V(deplorably brandishing ampersands&&&&and so there at November 24, 2016 01:38 AM (P8951)



when you get around to reading what you wrote, starting at 326 would be a good place, you can try and reconcile what you typed here and before.

there is nothing snotty or condescending maherish or otherwise. you have gone out of your way to distinguish the differences between animals and humans. you have managed to avoid my primary point that moral behavior is primarily determined by the capacities of the actor. it does seem appropriate that you would close your argument with insults; though I do have to concede it is the most forceful point you have made in this thread.

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 24, 2016 01:53 AM (cPsPa)

566 http://www.yummly.co/#recipe/Pomegranate-Stuffing-1930490

Posted by: SMFH - #Free Cooth at November 24, 2016 01:54 AM (CRotO)

567 Heh, I just now read that a Mexican construction company wants to build The Wall. Or wants to bid on it.
The winning. I can't take it.

Posted by: navybrat at November 24, 2016 01:54 AM (w7KSn)

568 night MissTammy

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 24, 2016 01:54 AM (cPsPa)

569 558. The first tine was he hardest; the second will be the most important. There can be no third, I know.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at November 24, 2016 01:54 AM (2+HQO)

570 The score is now 252-12 for the good guy.

Looks like a short night.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois at November 24, 2016 01:57 AM (d76uN)

571 ibguy,

Will be getting the pretzels later on.

And I have six pomegranates.

I love Texas.

Posted by: SMFH - #Free Cooth at November 24, 2016 01:58 AM (CRotO)

572

Some of us have no loved ones to sit down with.

Not a whine, but a statement.

Work is springing for a meal, which is nice. Beats the Turkey and Broccoli Lean Pockets.

Posted by: Some Guy at November 24, 2016 02:04 AM (qul7b)

573 Don't know why but listening to GHWB back in 80 but I get the impression he would been just fine with a loss.

Hindsight is 20/20 I guess.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois at November 24, 2016 02:06 AM (d76uN)

574 There can be no third, I know.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at November 24, 2016 01:54 AM (2+HQO)


<with Russian accent> Don't let there be a turd.

Posted by: Miley, Duchess of the DSR at November 24, 2016 02:06 AM (tHwdc)

575 In the grocery store, have you ever thumped a watermelon?
Posted by: Furious Mustache
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Yeah, they do that with igloos too:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/lhxhhh

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 24, 2016 02:07 AM (CxB0h)

576 Perusing the content. The shelter dog reunited with her puppies was awww-inspiring, of course. The shelter worker was pretty, but those godawful tattoos. Yuck. I could tolerate an occasional tattoo here or there, but why would you want your whole arms covered with them? I just don't get it. And Lord only knows what else she has that I can't see.

The polar bear petting the dog: Yeah, no. That story reminds me of the guy who thought it was cool to live among bears, right up until the moment he stopped. Living, that is.

And that bird absolutely made and used a tool. It's clear as day. Amazing!

Posted by: rickl - THE MEDIA IS LYING TO YOU at November 24, 2016 02:08 AM (sdi6R)

577 Yep. You are weird, Dave.

Posted by: jackw at November 24, 2016 02:09 AM (fO+6C)

578 That election was called pretty quick. 8:15 Eastern time by nbc.

Fun watching some history.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois at November 24, 2016 02:09 AM (d76uN)

579 572
Work is springing for a meal, which is nice. Beats the Turkey and Broccoli Lean Pockets.
Posted by: Some Guy at November 24, 2016 02:04 AM (qul7b)


Swanson's Hungry Man Turkey Dinner FTW.

Posted by: rickl - THE MEDIA IS LYING TO YOU at November 24, 2016 02:11 AM (sdi6R)

580 Right, signing off before I start citing Aquinas at people. Night, all.

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at November 24, 2016 02:11 AM (G4y5c)

581 What Morons are on Mountain time?

Posted by: Chi - #FreeCthulhu at November 24, 2016 02:12 AM (aqmEj)

582 Feeding the bears to keep them from eating his dogs? Really?


I'll tell you what feeding the bears accomplishes. It teaches the bears that there is stuff to eat at your place.


Never feed the bears.

Posted by: Muldoon at November 24, 2016 02:13 AM (wPiJc)

583 > Will be getting the pretzels later on.
And I have six pomegranates.

The chair is against the wall.
I repeat: The chair is against the wall.

Posted by: Furious Mustache at November 24, 2016 02:17 AM (uz/Pv)

584 Some of us have no loved ones to sit down with.

Not a whine, but a statement.

Work is springing for a meal, which is nice. Beats the Turkey and Broccoli Lean Pockets.
Posted by: Some Guy at November 24, 2016 02:04 AM (qul7b)

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You're welcomed at our table, Some Guy.

I spent many a Thanksgiving away from loved ones.

It sucks.

Posted by: SMFH - #Free Cooth at November 24, 2016 02:17 AM (CRotO)

585 Posted by: Furious Mustache at November 24, 2016 02:17 AM (uz/Pv)

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lol

Posted by: SMFH - #Free Cooth at November 24, 2016 02:18 AM (CRotO)

586 It's Funny 'Cause There Were Two of Them - a limerick


A Canadian Network reporter
Tells a story 'bout north of the border
Two bears, so they say
Ate his girlfriend one day
Seems she suffered bi-polar disorder!

Posted by: Muldoon at November 24, 2016 02:19 AM (wPiJc)

587

SMFH, you are a scholar and a gentle person. Thank you.

Posted by: Some Guy at November 24, 2016 02:21 AM (qul7b)

588 What Morons are on Mountain time?

Posted by: Chi


******


I can be counted in that number. I suppose. Why do you ask?

Posted by: Muldoon at November 24, 2016 02:23 AM (wPiJc)

589 http://www.americanthinker.com/cartoons/2016/11/11_22_2016_13_6.html

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The artist really speaks to me in this painting...

Cartoon, I mean.

Posted by: SMFH - #Free Cooth at November 24, 2016 02:23 AM (CRotO)

590 Been there Some Guy.
After my divorce friends would ask me over for Thanksgiving.
The first 5 or 6 years I thanked them but declined as I was going hunting. Which I did. Had hunted Thanksgiving morning for years and it gave me an excuse not to invade their family time.

Then one year one of my buds and his wife said look, you're family. We really want you there.
I accepted.
Couple days later another asked. Explained why I had begged off for years but had already accepted an invitation this year.
"Good! Then you're coming over for Christmas Eve dinner this year and spending the night!"
Have at least spent Thanksgiving with someone every year since.
The holidays have been better.

I guess the moral of the story is, if some friends invite ya, accept.
They want ya there.

Posted by: teej at November 24, 2016 02:25 AM (JEx0Z)

591 You have WA labeled wrong. One of the Dem Senators caucuses with the Republicans, so the State Legislature is split

Posted by: Protest Manager at November 24, 2016 02:27 AM (zXPat)

592 The artist really speaks to me in this painting...
Cartoon, I mean.
Posted by: SMFH

Bigly.

Posted by: Furious Mustache at November 24, 2016 02:28 AM (uz/Pv)

593 Posted by: Furious Mustache at November 24, 2016 02:28 AM (uz/Pv)

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Notice the TPP on the TP?

Posted by: SMFH - #Free Cooth at November 24, 2016 02:29 AM (CRotO)

594 I can be counted in that number. I suppose. Why do you ask?
Posted by: Muldoon
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Not crucial - a Moron friend was trying to send out Thanksgiving Greetings by time zone before he racks out.
Not sure he has your email (I know I don't).


*and for the record - I think you're probably one the the funniest posters here. Certainly one of my favorite reads daily.

Posted by: Chi - #FreeCthulhu at November 24, 2016 02:33 AM (v2HEy)

595 > Notice the TPP on the TP?

Not until you mentioned it.

The next sheet is 'Obama Care', correct?

Posted by: Furious Mustache at November 24, 2016 02:37 AM (uz/Pv)

596 I guess the moral of the story is, if some friends invite ya, accept.
They want ya there.
Posted by: teej
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Look up at #399.

Posted by: Chi - #FreeCthulhu at November 24, 2016 02:37 AM (v2HEy)

597 Two of the three families that I'm that close to I met through playing music.
The other at church.

At the risk of losing them, I'm going to say thank you God, for Sam and Janice, Gary and Jan and Alan and Julie.
And all their kids who I love like my own.

Posted by: teej at November 24, 2016 02:38 AM (JEx0Z)

598 Yep.

Posted by: SMFH - #Free Cooth at November 24, 2016 02:38 AM (CRotO)

599 Posted by: Malcolm Tent at November 24, 2016 12:22 AM (qAqPY)

What a very powerful post about your dad. Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 24, 2016 02:39 AM (tOcW/)

600 Capt. Picard's dick-nose is really creepy.

Gonna catch a few zzzz until 0600.

TTYL

Posted by: SMFH - #Free Cooth at November 24, 2016 02:40 AM (CRotO)

601 Prayers up to you and yours, Malcolm.

Posted by: SMFH - #Free Cooth at November 24, 2016 02:41 AM (CRotO)

602 *and for the record - I think you're probably one the the funniest posters here. Certainly one of my favorite reads daily.
Posted by: Chi


******

Heh! Thanks, I suppose. I have my moments. What I lack in quality I more than make up in quantity. Blind squirrels and acorns, as they say.

And for the record, it is 12:46 MST

Posted by: Muldoon at November 24, 2016 02:42 AM (wPiJc)

603 Speaking of time zones, anyone heard from The Peon this eveneing?

Posted by: Chi - #FreeCthulhu at November 24, 2016 02:44 AM (v2HEy)

604 Another 2,500+ words written for today. Whee.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 24, 2016 02:44 AM (/PDOv)

605 How am I similar to Hillary Clinton?
Out of work, poor health, over 60, and will never be Preident!

And that's OK.

Posted by: Furious Mustache at November 24, 2016 02:45 AM (uz/Pv)

606 Congrats, Anna!

Happy Thanksgiving ...

Posted by: Adriane the Practical Critic ... at November 24, 2016 02:46 AM (AoK0a)

607 Seamus,
Even a blind squirrel fucks a pumpkin twice a day, right?

Posted by: Chi - #FreeCthulhu at November 24, 2016 02:46 AM (v2HEy)

608 , President, damnit. Fvckin' autocucumber...

Posted by: Furious Mustache at November 24, 2016 02:47 AM (uz/Pv)

609 Have at least spent Thanksgiving with someone every year since.

The holidays have been better.



I guess the moral of the story is, if some friends invite ya, accept.

They want ya there.

Posted by: teej at November 24, 2016 02:25 AM (JEx0Z)


Glad to know you'll be spending Thanksgiving with people dear to you, teej.

Posted by: Miley, Duchess of the DSR at November 24, 2016 02:49 AM (tHwdc)

610 "Anybody here tried to read Charles Blow's foaming rant at the NYT, the one he did in response to Trump's meeting at NYT HQ?"

Most suitable last name in journalism.

Posted by: FOAF at November 24, 2016 02:49 AM (p0JMG)

611 you insist that there is some essential fundamental distinction between humans and animals that establishes different levels of behavior between the two groups has not been supported by anything you have offered so far. well, other than someone told you God told them so.

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 24, 2016 01:14 AM (cPsPa)

++++

There is a fundamental difference. People can be unwilling to face the reality of what they believe inside, so they say things like they are putting an animal down for the sake of the animal. It is rarely true. I would grant it in the case of an animal that is hit by a car and no amount of heroics will save it. Then, difficult as it may be for some, ending the animals suffering is merciful.

But, how about something closer to the old dog story. There was someone up thread who talked about his grandfather medical problems at the end of his life. The grandfather came to stay with him and he spent 5 years of his life caring for him. He talked about how the grandfather still had his faculties and about how much they both got out of the experience. Then he talked about how he had his pet put down because the pet was old. He tells himself that he is doing it for the pet's sake.

No. He is doing it for his own sake. He did not want to put the kind of effort into caring for that pet like he did for his grandfather. I can understand not wanting to spend the next however many years and untold expenses trying to extend the life of an infirm dog. But, it is not for the dog's sake that it will be killed. If you were to try to kill that dog by strangling it with your bare hands, it would fight back. As long as it is able to do so, it wants more life.

When an adult tries to explain it to a kid why they are putting down an old, sick animal, they tell him it's for the animal's sake, but when the kid asks why they don't do the same for Grandma, you know, to ease her suffering too, the response to the kid will be some kind of gibberish. Nothing logical. They will not come out and say we just can't spend that kind of time and money on the life of an animal, so they instead try to maintain the fiction that they are doing the animal a favor by killing it. But, Grandma is a person, so it's different.

It is different. Grandma is a person, so we are willing to spend a lot of money and energy to keep her alive.

None of which is remarkable, except for the lie about killing animals for their own good. Some even believe this lie they tell themselves and others. But, it is a lie, through and through.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at November 24, 2016 02:49 AM (R+30W)

612 Some of us have no loved ones to sit down with.



Not a whine, but a statement.



Work is springing for a meal, which is nice. Beats the Turkey and Broccoli Lean Pockets.

Posted by: Some Guy at November 24, 2016 02:04 AM (qul7b)






They really make turkey and broccoli Lean Pockets?



You just never know what's in your future. Things can change like that <snaps fingers>.


I hope you have the occasion to give thanks with someone special next year,

Posted by: Miley, Duchess of the DSR at November 24, 2016 02:51 AM (tHwdc)

613 Even a blind squirrel fucks a pumpkin twice a day, right?


******


I changed my approach when after reading comments, during the campaign season it became evident that virtually every comment was a variation on:

"_______ sucks!"


There are only so many ways to express that sentiment, so I started trying different ways of saying the same thing. Some people get it, others not so much.

Posted by: Muldoon at November 24, 2016 02:52 AM (wPiJc)

614 Chi, hope it works out well for ya.

Heh, "The little guy can really put it away."
I resemble that remark.

Btw, that Christmas Eve thing. It's a two family get together that started with Gary's wife's grandparents and a couple that they were friends with before either had children.
My how it's grown. The families are spread across the country now, of course, but they come back to that tiny little town for Christmas.
There were I think 46 for dinner, the yoj ngest 2 months and the oldest 92 and 24 people spent the night at Gary and Jan's.
Incredible.

Posted by: teej at November 24, 2016 02:53 AM (JEx0Z)

615 And for the record, it is 12:46 MST

Posted by: Muldoon at November 24, 2016 02:42 AM (wPiJc)

---
hmmm...

Posted by: redc1c4 at November 24, 2016 02:53 AM (cqiFV)

616 I don't know much about how to tell a kid you had to put down the family pet other than to recommend that you not tell them that Mr. Bubbles the goldfish is going to "be with the angels" as you flush him down the toilet. This causes much philosophical distress and anguish about the living conditions of angels in a six-year-old's mind.

Posted by: Muldoon at November 24, 2016 02:56 AM (wPiJc)

617 What are you working on Anna?

Posted by: Muldoon at November 24, 2016 02:58 AM (wPiJc)

618 Columbo'clock on MeTV.
Eddie Albert & Suzanne Pleshette.
Hmm...


Back to "gone mode."

Posted by: Chi - #FreeCthulhu at November 24, 2016 02:58 AM (v2HEy)

619 Thanks Miley.

And Anna, I saw a comment of yours this morning something about how you were going to have breakfast and then second breakfast and then go to the store I think it was.
I thought "My God, she's going to miss elevensies."

Gonna head back to bed. Try to get some more sleep.
Happy Thanksgiving good people.
And Saturday night I get to play for the fine folks in that small town.

And you know, there's a song on utube for a lot of you here.
I can't do links but True North Live at Liberty Hall in the search box will bring it up for ya.
Gary is the front man.
Goodnight.

Posted by: teej at November 24, 2016 03:05 AM (JEx0Z)

620 Trump "Thanksgiving Message":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUnv6Kb7syQ

Posted by: RioBravo at November 24, 2016 03:09 AM (NUqwG)

621 Ah well! I seem to have brought my Kevorkian touch to yet another thread. 'Twas fun while it lasted. I'm out.

Endeavor to persevere.

Posted by: Muldoon at November 24, 2016 03:12 AM (wPiJc)

622 618
Columbo'clock on MeTV.

Eddie Albert Suzanne Pleshette.

Hmm...





Back to "gone mode."

Posted by: Chi - #FreeCthulhu at November 24, 2016 02:58 AM (v2HEy)

I saw Peter Falk in an Alfred Hitchcock episode last night (or I think it was last night). pre-Columbo.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at November 24, 2016 03:16 AM (8iiMU)

623 I changed my approach when after reading comments, during the campaign season it became evident that virtually every comment was a variation on:

"_______ sucks!"

There are only so many ways to express that sentiment, so I started trying different ways of saying the same thing. Some people get it, others not so much.
Posted by: Muldoon


Repetitive commenting sucks!

Posted by: zombie at November 24, 2016 03:49 AM (jBuUi)

624 Good evening everyone. Enjoy the consumption of mass quantities on Thanksgiving Day.

Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at November 24, 2016 03:50 AM (FtrY1)

625 There is a fundamental difference. People can be unwilling to face the
reality of what they believe inside, so they say things like they are
putting an animal down for the sake of the animal. It is rarely true. I
would grant it in the case of an animal that is hit by a car and no
amount of heroics will save it. Then, difficult as it may be for some,
ending the animals suffering is merciful.


How about an animal with terminal cancer? Talk about fundamental differences, the animal with cancer is going to struggle on, clinging to life because that is what living things do, but there is never going to be any purpose other than that. His 50th day with cancer is going to be no more meaningful or different to the animal than his first. What is the difference besides the length of time before the inevitable death, and what is time to an animal?

But, how about something closer to the old dog story. There was someone
up thread who talked about his grandfather medical problems at the end
of his life. The grandfather came to stay with him and he spent 5 years
of his life caring for him. He talked about how the grandfather still
had his faculties and about how much they both got out of the
experience. Then he talked about how he had his pet put down because the
pet was old. He tells himself that he is doing it for the pet's sake.


The five years that he got with his grandfather were geometrically greater than five years he might have gotten from caring for a cat in the same circumstances. Oh, he might have learned the same lessons (the value of nurturing life, the nobility of wiping shit from a being who couldn't do it for themselves (I'm serious)) from caring for a cat. The grandfather, OTOH, wouldn't have grown or learned those lessons in the least, and the cat wouldn't have been able to learn and grow itself.

No. He is doing it for his own sake. He did not want to put the kind of
effort into caring for that pet like he did for his grandfather. I can
understand not wanting to spend the next however many years and untold
expenses trying to extend the life of an infirm dog. But, it is not for
the dog's sake that it will be killed. If you were to try to kill that
dog by strangling it with your bare hands, it would fight back. As long
as it is able to do so, it wants more life.


Every living thing wants more life. That's baked into the cake. But in the story above, the poster's grandfather learned and grew from during his infirm time. He came to know god, he imparted wisdom that would have been lost if he didn't have that time. He was a different and better man when he crossed over the rainbow bridge. A dog? A dog has many admirable traits, but he would still be exactly the same at the end as he was at the beginning.

When an adult tries to explain it to a kid why they are putting down an
old, sick animal, they tell him it's for the animal's sake, but when the
kid asks why they don't do the same for Grandma, you know, to ease her
suffering too, the response to the kid will be some kind of gibberish.
Nothing logical. They will not come out and say we just can't spend that
kind of time and money on the life of an animal, so they instead try to
maintain the fiction that they are doing the animal a favor by killing
it. But, Grandma is a person, so it's different.


It is different, and it is logical, because pets and people are NOT the same. A person who has been evil and brutal to their loved ones might repent and give solstice to their loved ones (and gain it for themselves) before they die. A person who is neither evil nor brutal can still enhance their life and the lives of their loved ones. Pets can certainly enhance both their lives and the lives of their humans, but they do it by being what they are. That's not going to change on their deathbed. Human beings can and do change on their deathbeds.

It is different. Grandma is a person, so we are willing to spend a lot of money and energy to keep her alive.

It has nothing to do with money and energy. It has everything to do with, to put it in those terms, with the possibility of the return on the investment.

None of which is remarkable, except for the lie about killing animals
for their own good. Some even believe this lie they tell themselves and
others. But, it is a lie, through and through.


A human being can endure pain and suffering and through it become better than they were. They can learn from the pain and suffering and reach out and make their loved one's lives better (of course the opposite is true as well). An animal suffering is simply going to be......suffering. And that doesn't change if the suffering lasts for ten days or ten thousand. There is no benefit to the animal in extending that suffering. So, yes, i would say ending that suffering is to the animal's benefit. In a similar situation, there can be considerable benefit to the human in not ending the suffering.

Gah! I've avoided this debate all night and now I get sucked into it just as I have to go to bed. If anyone wants to respond, I will reply tomorrow after the big feed. You'll just have to look back at this thread to find it. Sorry.

Posted by: Weirddave at November 24, 2016 03:52 AM (Ga9pP)

626 625 ... Dave, That was really well put.

Posted by: JTB at November 24, 2016 04:06 AM (V+03K)

627 They don't have to control 13 state legislatures to block a constitutional amendment. They just have to control one house in 13 state legislatures. In other words, the Republicans would have control 38 state legislatures to force passage of an amendment, and they control 32 after the recent election, so they would need to pick up 6 more.

Posted by: bof at November 24, 2016 04:25 AM (Bu4wL)

628 Gah! I've avoided this debate all night and now I get sucked into it just as I have to go to bed. If anyone wants to respond, I will reply tomorrow after the big feed. You'll just have to look back at this thread to find it. Sorry.
Posted by: Weirddave at November 24, 2016 03:52 AM (Ga9pP)




put it into the overnight tomorrow

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 24, 2016 04:33 AM (cPsPa)

629 yankeefifth: "first, my point is and has been that the obligation for moral behavior
is the capacity of the entity/agent, not the entity they are acting
with. you are moral or immoral based upon your behavior."

Define moral behavior in relation to a pet.


Anon Y. Mous, unlike humans, you cannot find out from your pet if it wants to live or die. You cannot ask it how much pain it is in. It is even worse given that most animals are very, very good at masking the effects of pain, since acting lame in the wild marks you as easier prey.

Since you own your pet, you are responsible for it.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at November 24, 2016 04:43 AM (ZBO0C)

630 On this day of Thanksgiving, I am thankful for many things, but the one that stands out in my mind is this:

Hillary Clinton will never be president.

Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at November 24, 2016 04:46 AM (rgZEV)

631 Wasn't coming for politics but in Pa there was a bill to keep Police officer's names from being released after a on job shooting for like 30 days. A combined effort bill but Tom Wolf vetoed it. It might be possible they can override it. It would keep incident from getting out of hand before the investigation.
Good morning horde

Posted by: Skip-hoping Trump at least does random conservative acts at November 24, 2016 04:47 AM (Hh+Gc)

632 Not prosecuting Hillary means in 4 years a innocent trouble free Hillary could run again, and 52 % of the country will vote for her again.

Posted by: Skip-hoping Trump at least does random conservative acts at November 24, 2016 04:49 AM (Hh+Gc)

633 Cracking my first beer & lighting the deep fryer. It's 5 o'clock!

Posted by: Turducken Ted at November 24, 2016 04:57 AM (Fp4vv)

634 The only death for a pet that I have known that I would wish for myself was to fall asleep in the bright sunlight of July summer heat, stretched out on a favorite garden rock, surrounded by flowers in full bloom.

G'Bye Spike, you sometimes friendly old cat.

More than a few people I've known do not deserve such a peaceful end.

Posted by: Furious Mustache at November 24, 2016 04:59 AM (3hIZX)

635 Does a deep fryer need warming up this early?
I'm still debating with myself to get out of bed or not.

Posted by: Skip-hoping Trump at least does random conservative acts at November 24, 2016 04:59 AM (Hh+Gc)

636 >> Does a deep fryer need warming up this early?

Well, all those bacon wrapped link sausages won't be ready for breakfast otherwise!

Posted by: Furious Mustache at November 24, 2016 05:10 AM (3hIZX)

637 Ahhhhhhh, never thought for that.
The getting out side is loosing.

Posted by: Skip-hoping Trump at least does random conservative acts at November 24, 2016 05:18 AM (Hh+Gc)

638 Actually I hope the Trump Presidency proves fruitful and the centrist people relize what doldrum the Barak years were.

Posted by: Skip-hoping Trump at least does random conservative acts at November 24, 2016 05:22 AM (Hh+Gc)

639 And there's coffee. And fresh baked cinnamon rolls...

Posted by: Furious Mustache at November 24, 2016 05:25 AM (3hIZX)

640 Did I miss Thanksgiving? I've been under the weather for two weeks.

Posted by: Hillary! at November 24, 2016 05:35 AM (Fp4vv)

641 Birds just went in the smoker over here!

Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at November 24, 2016 05:37 AM (di1hb)

642 >>>>>Birds just went in the smoker over here!
.
.
.
.That girl was as pretty as a smoked turkey!

Posted by: Jethro Bodine at November 24, 2016 05:41 AM (iONHu)

643 Up thread comment had me remindering some nice Thanksgivings as a young man. Dad and brothers, dogs, guns, and pheasants. Did that until noon, then football and Hoppes #9 while Mom and sisters did their thing in the kitchen and dining room.

Goodness, I miss him!

Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at November 24, 2016 05:49 AM (di1hb)

644 That girl was as pretty as a smoked turkey!

There was a time when that was no contest.

Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at November 24, 2016 05:50 AM (di1hb)

645 Has anyone said that hillary will never ever be President of the US yet?

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at November 24, 2016 05:53 AM (iONHu)

646 IF they have the will to use it, that is.



This is why I think it is high time for an Art V convention. And the States should not be "bought off" by consistory gestures from congress as they have been in the past when it looked like the States were ready to call for one.


The 14th amendment needs a major rewrite to correct the problems caused by bad interpretations made by the black robes. The same thing goes for the "commerce clause" and for the same reasons.


And thanks to those reasons the judicial branch needs a major rewrite to prevent them from causing those problems in the first place. A major step to prevent that would be to take control of the courts away from the federal government. Maker appointment to the federal courts a State function with each State nominating and controlling one Supreme Court justice. Also all federal judges to be appointed by the State in which they reside, and that includes appellate courts.


Also give the States the power to remove a federal judge appointed by their State by a 60% popular vote. Supreme court judges to be subject to removal by a 50%+ vote of all States or a 70% vote of both houses of congress. With that removal subject to a veto by the appointing State.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at November 24, 2016 05:53 AM (mpXpK)

647 Vic, how about some system where you don't get to pick whose courtroom you litigate in? Some sort of lottery?

Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at November 24, 2016 05:58 AM (di1hb)

648 647
Vic, how about some system where you don't get to pick whose courtroom you litigate in? Some sort of lottery?

Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at November 24, 2016 05:58 AM (di1hb)

I have been an advocate of eliminating all tort law except in the case of a written contract. And a warranty to be considered a written contract. That would eliminate judge shopping for civil suits.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at November 24, 2016 06:01 AM (mpXpK)

649 I would also eliminate use of tort law to attack States that the corrupt DOJ does not like for what ever reason.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at November 24, 2016 06:02 AM (mpXpK)

650 So, no liability, Vic? I think that's a stretch. Talking citizen to citizen here. Incident resulting in huge medical bills and no longer able to work, for example.

Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at November 24, 2016 06:14 AM (di1hb)

651 That last bit is to stop asshole like Obama and Holder/Lynch from using civil courts for abusing States who have their own voting laws and illegal laws. Rules od conduct and procedure are vastly different between civil courts and criminal courts.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at November 24, 2016 06:17 AM (mpXpK)

652 OK, got it

Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at November 24, 2016 06:19 AM (di1hb)

653 650
So, no liability, Vic? I think that's a stretch. Talking citizen to
citizen here. Incident resulting in huge medical bills and no longer
able to work, for example.

Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at November 24, 2016 06:14 AM (di1hb)

There are already medical liability laws separate from the normal tort system. However the tort system is being abused in those cases as well by ambulance chasing lawyers. Some States like TX have already rewritten their laws to eliminate that problem, or at least greatly reduce it.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at November 24, 2016 06:20 AM (mpXpK)

654 JJ up already

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at November 24, 2016 06:24 AM (mpXpK)

655 I knew I should have saved that piece of art last night.

Any hints where one might find it to share with Family and friends?

Posted by: Pepe, Proud American Nationalist at November 24, 2016 04:26 PM (H4GNL)

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