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Sunday Overnight Open Thread (2/19/17) Bare Bones Edition
Leave it to the NYT for a puff piece obituary. Poor mistreated Blind Sheikh Abdel Rahman passes on.
Mr. Abdel Rahman, who was known as the blind sheikh, spent years in the most severe solitary confinement, barred from communicating with his followers, praying with other Muslim prisoners or even listening to Arabic radio. Failing blood circulation due to diabetes had killed the sensation in his fingertips, making it impossible for him to read his Braille Islamic texts.
Quotes of The Day
Quote I"If we are serious about the fight against Islamism and terrorism, then it must also be a cultural struggle." — German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel.Quote II
“But the Church will not deny that God created us male and female. We will not confuse respect and compassion with capitulation to a tragic delusion>Most Rev. James D. Conley Bishop of Lincoln, NEQuote III
There’s only one faith, for example, that kills you or wants to kill you if you draw a bad cartoon of the prophet. There’s only one faith that kills you or wants to kill you if you renounce the faith... obviously, most Muslim people are not terrorists. But ask most Muslim people in the world, if you insult the prophet, do you have what’s coming to you? It’s more than just a fringe element.Bill Maher
Three months after an Islamic terrorist attack on their campus. Thee Ohio State University is fighting “Islamophobia.”.
Months before the attacker, Addul Razak Ali Artan, plowed his car into a crowd of students before launching a knife attack, he’d complained in an interview with his student paper about the media’s portrayal of Muslims as terrorists. Lucky him – he didn’t have to worry about being considered a terrorist at OSU, of all places. The Rebel’s Faith Goldy interviewed a number of students after the attack, none of whom would call the attack an act of terrorism. One student referred to the incident as “a misunderstanding.”
Self-driving car race ends about the way you thought.
But self-driving race cars are another matter, as was laid bare by the first ever driverless car race in Buenos Aires. Roborace, a nascent self-driving racing series, hosted the first test of the vehicles in a race format on a professional course this week, and things didn't go quite as planned. While one of the two vehicles completed the race—albeit at far lower speeds than human-controlled Formula E racers typically reach—the runner-up didn’t even finish.
Bald Eagle feeding frenzy.
Not as "Big" as Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair or Rowdy Roddy. But still a star in his own right. RIP George 'The Animal' Steele.
On this day in history, February 19, 1847, The Donner Party is rescued.
Have you ever quit smoking? Have you ever lost weight and kept it off? Fought the bottle and won the battle? If you have, did you have will power? Will power is a dangerous, old idea that needs to be scrapped.
News of the stranded Donner Party traveled fast to Sutter’s Fort, and a rescue party set out on January 31. Arriving at Donner Lake 20 days later, they found the camp completely snowbound and the surviving emigrants delirious with relief at their arrival. Rescuers fed the starving group as well as they could and then began evacuating them. Three more rescue parties arrived to help, but the return to Sutter’s Fort proved equally harrowing, and the last survivors didn’t reach safety until late April. Of the 89 original members of the Donner Party, only 45 reached California.
Ignoring the idea of willpower will sound absurd to most patients and therapists, but, as a practicing addiction psychiatrist and an assistant professor of clinical psychiatry, I’ve become increasingly skeptical about the very concept of willpower, and concerned by the self-help obsession that surrounds it. Countless books and blogs offer ways to “boost self-control,” or even to “meditate your way to more willpower,” but what’s not widely recognized is that new research has shown some of the ideas underlying these messages to be inaccurate.Were you around in the 70s? Did you watch quite a bit of television? If you were and you did perhaps you saw these commercials. Care to offend a Euro-Wienie? Here's how to do it.
On this day in 1966, Nancy Sinatra held the UK No.1 single position with 'These Boots Are Made For Walkin' in the UK.
On this day,1980, AC/DC singer Bon Scott was pronounced dead on arrival at a London hospital after a heavy night's drinking. Scott was found in the passenger seat of a friend's parked car. The official coroner's report stated that he had "drunk himself to death", after suffocating on his own vomit. viathisdayinmusic.com
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Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Angela Merkel at February 19, 2017 09:47 PM (vv8M9)
Posted by: Tami at February 19, 2017 09:47 PM (Enq6K)
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at February 19, 2017 09:48 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Hrothgar at February 19, 2017 09:49 PM (UDXti)
On this day in 1966, Nancy Sinatra held the UK No.1 single position with 'These Boots Are Made For Walkin' in the UK.
Does anyone remember Waco?
Shithead Clinton and that Shit Janet Reno had the FBI blare that song on loudspeakers on a continuous loop for hours before they burned those people alive.
(is that what happened, or am I misremembering?)
Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at February 19, 2017 09:50 PM (gNJ4E)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at February 19, 2017 09:51 PM (EnKk6)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at February 19, 2017 09:51 PM (IcT7t)
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Well he choked on vomit, but they don't know whose vomit it was. You can't dust for vomit.
Posted by: josephistan at February 19, 2017 09:52 PM (ANIFC)
Posted by: fixerupper at February 19, 2017 09:52 PM (vIjh1)
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Given that this is the same company that once got fans to quite literally pay for excrement, I'm sure they'll think of something.
Posted by: junior at February 19, 2017 09:52 PM (nsZ+m)
Posted by: Gary Busey's Cocaine Nostalgia at February 19, 2017 09:53 PM (TVTbq)
Posted by: josephistan at February 19, 2017 09:53 PM (ANIFC)
Posted by: Country Singer at February 19, 2017 09:53 PM (GUBah)
Posted by: logprof at February 19, 2017 09:53 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: John Wilkes Booth at February 19, 2017 09:53 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: ALH at February 19, 2017 09:54 PM (Z56vq)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 19, 2017 09:54 PM (LTHVh)
Posted by: ALH at February 19, 2017 09:55 PM (Z56vq)
Posted by: AnnaS at February 19, 2017 09:55 PM (3mUPf)
Posted by: Afroman at February 19, 2017 09:56 PM (Hme3o)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at February 19, 2017 09:56 PM (kP16F)
President's Agenda Beset by Opposition on Many Fronts...
Prospects of quick Obamacare repeal sinking fast...
WASH POST PAGE ONE MONDAY: Trump supporters see success -- frustrated with critics who don't!
Posted by: William the Wynner at February 19, 2017 09:57 PM (OvkSw)
Posted by: Eromero at February 19, 2017 09:57 PM (zLDYs)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 19, 2017 09:58 PM (LTHVh)
Posted by: Tuna at February 19, 2017 09:58 PM (jm1YL)
I made the wall of shame? Huh. I thought my commenting was rather sparse this week. Apparently not.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 19, 2017 09:59 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at February 19, 2017 09:59 PM (kP16F)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 19, 2017 09:58 PM (LTHVh)
Good idea. They have been known to cut a bitch.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 19, 2017 09:59 PM (0mRoj)
All I can say, pal, is you dodged a bullet on November 8, 2016. Capitulating to tragic delusions would have been demanded of you.
Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at February 19, 2017 10:00 PM (J8/9G)
Posted by: Huckleberry Finn at February 19, 2017 10:00 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Tuna at February 19, 2017 09:58 PM (jm1YL)
Hardly surprising. Much of Brazil is essentially third-world.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 19, 2017 10:01 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Flyboy at February 19, 2017 10:01 PM (bUjWk)
Kind of like a Japanese version of Threes Company.
Posted by: Minuteman at February 19, 2017 10:01 PM (AjjIl)
That's why the 3rd step in 12-step programs is to turn over one's will and life to the care of a higher power. Whether you believe in God or Gaia or whatever, or whether you believe that it's a real higher power or your own subconscious determination, a big part of those programs is eliminating self-will. Willpower can sometimes, for a time, prevent someone from acting on an impulse, but it doesn't eliminate it.
Posted by: hogmartin at February 19, 2017 10:01 PM (8nWyX)
Got moved. Still do not have internet set up so posting from my phone.
I have trouble with hearing that willpower is not useful in quitting something. What else to call the determination/perseverance/pig headedness/ stubbornness, required?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 19, 2017 10:02 PM (B9Zoe)
I think the agents chose it due to their highly appropriate nickname, jackboot govt thugs.
Posted by: teej at February 19, 2017 10:02 PM (mzTVj)
Boo fucking hoo.
Can the New York Times possibly get more repugnant?
Posted by: rickl at February 19, 2017 10:02 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: teej at February 19, 2017 10:02 PM (mzTVj)
How dare you refer to our heroic law enforcement officers that way!
/sarc
Posted by: Insomniac at February 19, 2017 10:04 PM (0mRoj)
his fingertips, making it impossible for him to read his Braille Islamic
texts.
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The captured Jordanian pilot burned alive by ISIS has had a hard time the past several years using his fingertips, too.
The MSM is a bunch of self-centered, self-righteous clowns.
Posted by: Gref at February 19, 2017 10:04 PM (AMIL/)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki
In an alternate reality, Hillary Clinton is President.
Now, on HBO: "The Drunk in the High Castle!"
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....outlaw in America at February 19, 2017 10:04 PM (S6Pax)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 19, 2017 10:04 PM (LTHVh)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 19, 2017 10:05 PM (89UPP)
Posted by: Zombie Francois Rabelais at February 19, 2017 10:05 PM (Rx8Bs)
Can the New York Times possibly get more repugnant?
Posted by: rickl
They are only getting warmed up.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 19, 2017 10:05 PM (IqV8l)
There is a roadside picnic table there too.
Posted by: Minuteman at February 19, 2017 10:05 PM (AjjIl)
Posted by: logprof at February 19, 2017 10:06 PM (GsAUU)
Good evening. Is it news that Katie Walsh is the WH "leaker?" Will they
prosecute? Was Rinse Penis involved? I have been "out" all day and don't
know if this is fake news or truth....
Posted by: AnnaS at February 19, 2017 09:55 PM (3mUPf)
I've seen this mention a could of times here today but I've not seen confirmation.
Posted by: Tami at February 19, 2017 10:06 PM (Enq6K)
Posted by: andycanuck at February 19, 2017 10:06 PM (nlbfN)
Posted by: logprof at February 19, 2017 10:06 PM (GsAUU)
1. You really have to want to quit.
2. Just don't have the first smoke of the day.
Posted by: JAS at February 19, 2017 10:07 PM (Rx8Bs)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 19, 2017 10:07 PM (6FqZa)
Can the New York Times possibly get more repugnant?
Posted by: rickl at February 19, 2017 10:02 PM (sdi6R)
Every time we ask that they seem to prove that they can.
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at February 19, 2017 10:07 PM (aMlLZ)
He's telling them to start.
Posted by: The Gipper Lives at February 19, 2017 10:07 PM (Ndje9)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 19, 2017 10:07 PM (6FqZa)
I like the annoyance list. Someone should do one about the 50 states.
California: "Which movie stars have you met??" :-P
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 19, 2017 10:07 PM (u8kLQ)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 19, 2017 09:58 PM
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Good idea. They have been known to cut a bitch.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 19, 2017 09:59 PM
They've also been known to cut a birch.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 19, 2017 10:07 PM (DMUuz)
Posted by: logprof
Hey, whatever happened to his side kick on "The Man Show", Jimmy Kimmel?
That guy was kind of a loser, really.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....outlaw in America at February 19, 2017 10:08 PM (S6Pax)
Posted by: The New York Times at February 19, 2017 10:08 PM (vv8M9)
I'm not sure what the point was. Is anybody out there saying overcoming addiction is only a matter of "willpower?'
No, of course not. The concept is not defined any one way, but many people overcome addictions and other harmful habits by sticking to a plan, in spite of urges.
I don't know what else one would call that. It better not be the only tool one has, but it sure does help to have it in one's arsenal.
Now, an article written by a pee-sigh-chiatrist is always going to be met by me with a dose of skepticism, but this one... it strikes me as particularly false straw-manning the topic.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 19, 2017 10:08 PM (Pz4pT)
Posted by: John Nada at February 19, 2017 10:08 PM (Rupsx)
You speak English pretty good for a foreigner.
or
How much is this in real money?
Posted by: Minuteman at February 19, 2017 10:09 PM (AjjIl)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 19, 2017 10:07 PM (DMUuz)
Cut a perch? I have heard they do weird things with fish...
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 19, 2017 10:09 PM (B9Zoe)
Huh. I thought one needed the Bishop's approval to officially register with a new parish. The current one is a bit difficult for my mom to navigate at any rate, she has to walk up a flight of steep stairs, and the bathroom is down another flight of stairs.
Posted by: josephistan at February 19, 2017 09:43 PM
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Not at all.
In theory, there are territories, and they would like you to attend the church in your territory. Over the years, I have gone between my territory church and the church where I attended grade shool. I am back to the one where I attended grade school. Pastor is thoughtful, non-political and gives great sermons.
Territorial church? You hear about the pastor's vacations in Europe, he begs for money for improvements or you get the associate pastor who does not speak english. Plus... hippie music and lots of pauses that annoy me.
BTW, I did look it up online and you don't need any official permission to go somewhere else; the new parish just has to agree to sign you up. I'm in SE Michigan, which is awash in Catholic churches.
Posted by: shibumi, a rational single white female and kitteh servant at February 19, 2017 10:09 PM (J5mC3)
For the World Cup in five years, Qatar will have a lot of big, expensive stadiums that will hardly ever be used again.
Which is why only corruption can explain the illogic of staging such events in places like that instead of countries that already have the infrastructure.
Posted by: logprof at February 19, 2017 10:10 PM (GsAUU)
There is a roadside picnic table there too.
There's a state park with a museum, located where someone thought the Donner camp was.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at February 19, 2017 10:10 PM (IcT7t)
Posted by: shibumi, a rational single white female and kitteh servant at February 19, 2017 10:10 PM (J5mC3)
At one time, Taco Bell's jingle was just "Taco Taco Taco Taco Taco Taco Taco Taco Taco Bell!!"
I always joke that it got dumped because their cashiers were tired of having to greet customers: "Hi, welcome to Taco Taco Taco Taco Taco Taco Taco Taco Taco Bell!" :-P
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 19, 2017 10:10 PM (u8kLQ)
Posted by: Miss Sippi at February 19, 2017 10:10 PM (Tcfj+)
That guy was kind of a loser, really.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....outlaw in America at February 19, 2017 10:08 PM (S6Pax)
If by "loser" you mean willing to sell his soul to the Hollowwood Entertainment Industrial Complex, then yes. Yes he is.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 19, 2017 10:10 PM (Pz4pT)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 19, 2017 10:11 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 19, 2017 10:11 PM (u8kLQ)
You have no idea.
I read it closely, not for content, because that sucks donkey dick, but for overt partisanship.
I counted six articles on a recent front page, and all six were anti-Trump.
And it was six only because they couldnt fit seven.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 19, 2017 10:11 PM (rF0hx)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 19, 2017 10:10 PM (u8kLQ)
Anyone else remember : 59, 79, 99! Those were the days. Wasn't Garth Brooks involved in that campaign?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 19, 2017 10:12 PM (B9Zoe)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 19, 2017 10:12 PM (6FqZa)
Posted by: Minuteman at February 19, 2017 10:12 PM (AjjIl)
Posted by: andycanuck at February 19, 2017 10:12 PM (nlbfN)
Alabama: "How long you and your sister been married? Nyuk nyuk!!"
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 19, 2017 10:12 PM (u8kLQ)
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at February 19, 2017 10:12 PM (nQ10o)
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Working from home can offer similar benefits. It's been a long while since I wore pants.
Posted by: John Nada at February 19, 2017 10:12 PM (Rupsx)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 19, 2017 10:13 PM (u8kLQ)
And it was six only because they couldnt fit seven.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
Ah yes. All the news that fits Carlos Slim's agenda.
Times' employees all get to wear a button that says:
I work for a Mexican multi-billionaire !
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....outlaw in America at February 19, 2017 10:13 PM (S6Pax)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at February 19, 2017 10:14 PM (kP16F)
Of course that only means the children at work will store up their whining and dump it all on Tuesday.
Posted by: Tonypete at February 19, 2017 10:14 PM (tr2D7)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 19, 2017 09:58 PM (LTHVh)
Good idea. They have been known to cut a bitch.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 19, 2017 09:59 PM (0mRoj)
That's a running theme in the comic "Scandinavia and the World": https://tinyurl.com/jmnmgrm
Posted by: Country Singer at February 19, 2017 10:14 PM (GUBah)
her Muslim prisoners or even listening to Arabic radio. Failing blood circulation due to diabetes had killed the sensation in his fingertips, making it impossible for him to read his Braille Islamic texts.
So he was like blind blind (or double blind)?
-- Whoopie Cushion Goldberg, Grammarian Par Excellance
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 19, 2017 10:14 PM (v1g1+)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 19, 2017 10:12 PM (u8kLQ)
Kentucky: where's your accent?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 19, 2017 10:14 PM (B9Zoe)
I did, but it's really delicious to drink coffee in your bathrobe at nine on Monday morning.
You get up early.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 19, 2017 10:14 PM (IqV8l)
I think that he and Eva stopped smoking on May 1st, 1945.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 19, 2017 10:14 PM (LTHVh)
In a nutshell.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at February 19, 2017 10:14 PM (tHwdc)
How much "willpower" did it take to attain your career goals? Predestination, Will of God, Hard Work?.....whoa..
Redefining "concepts" that govern life isn't new.....but it's disingenuous to act as if "your" concept is original.
His rational is "reasonable", in his world. Reality is a COMPLETELY Different animal.......
Dr. Carl needs to worry less about tenure.....
Excellent ONT MH......as Always. Thank You.
Posted by: Gary Busey's Cocaine Nostalgia at February 19, 2017 10:14 PM (TVTbq)
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Conversations I've been having in Colorado as a former New Yorker:
Coloradan: You are so nice, I can't believe you're from New York. They're always so arrogant!
Me: Well it's not that New Yorkers are arrogant, it's just that we really are so much better than you.
Coloradan: ......................
Posted by: John Nada at February 19, 2017 10:15 PM (Rupsx)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 19, 2017 10:15 PM (u8kLQ)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at February 19, 2017 10:15 PM (kP16F)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at February 19, 2017 09:51 PM (EnKk6)
It was truly awful. I turned it off when Mr. Spikey made his appearance.
Posted by: Toni at February 19, 2017 10:15 PM (IOntn)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 19, 2017 10:15 PM (LTHVh)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 19, 2017 10:16 PM (u8kLQ)
Damn Gary, that is some insightful commentary. Are you feeling all right?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 19, 2017 10:16 PM (B9Zoe)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 19, 2017 10:16 PM (6z9sL)
Posted by: JAS at February 19, 2017 10:16 PM (Rx8Bs)
Russian, I think...
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at February 19, 2017 10:15 PM (kP16F)
My husband was a Uki, and it looked a little like "good evening" in Ukrainian.
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at February 19, 2017 10:16 PM (nQ10o)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 19, 2017 10:16 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Afroman at February 19, 2017 10:17 PM (Hme3o)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at February 19, 2017 10:17 PM (XB85R)
Posted by: Grump928(C)
Actually, I think that's West Virginia. There is actually a town in West Virginia called "Hico", which comes from the phrase "Hi cousin".
And I am not kidding about that.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....outlaw in America at February 19, 2017 10:17 PM (S6Pax)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 19, 2017 10:17 PM (89UPP)
And why didn't the Donner Party just use I-80??
Posted by: Matthew Yglesias at February 19, 2017 10:18 PM (B6OKy)
South Dakota: "What's the difference between you and North Dakota?"
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 19, 2017 10:18 PM (u8kLQ)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 19, 2017 10:18 PM (Lqy/e)
That European map left out Iceland. Please, allow me...
"Isn't this the place that your drunken continental scandi cousins call 'the home of seriously shit-faced drunks'?"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 19, 2017 10:18 PM (v1g1+)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at February 19, 2017 10:19 PM (kP16F)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 19, 2017 10:19 PM (u8kLQ)
Posted by: RI Red - still deplorable at February 19, 2017 10:19 PM (bzx92)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at February 19, 2017 10:19 PM (tHwdc)
45 There is a marker by the road at Donner Pass commemorating the Donner Party.
There is a roadside picnic table there too.
Posted by: Minuteman at February 19, 2017 10:05 PM (AjjIl)
And a BBQ joint. Seriously.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 19, 2017 10:19 PM (cuZZW)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 19, 2017 10:19 PM (u8kLQ)
Wait, that wasn't real, was it?
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....outlaw in America at February 19, 2017 10:19 PM (S6Pax)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 19, 2017 10:20 PM (u8kLQ)
Posted by: teej at February 19, 2017 10:20 PM (mzTVj)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 19, 2017 10:20 PM (u8kLQ)
South Dakota: "What's the difference between you and North Dakota?"
Either/both: Whatever happened to East and/or West Dakota?
Posted by: Blanco Basura at February 19, 2017 10:20 PM (IcT7t)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at February 19, 2017 10:20 PM (XB85R)
Posted by: Poor Misunderstood Zombie Blind Sheikh at February 19, 2017 10:20 PM (Tyii7)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 19, 2017 10:20 PM (u8kLQ)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 19, 2017 10:21 PM (u8kLQ)
Posted by: concrete girl at February 19, 2017 10:21 PM (WIU1V)
Why is Kansas City in Missouri?
Posted by: Blanco Basura at February 19, 2017 10:21 PM (IcT7t)
"Isn't this the place that your drunken continental scandi cousins call 'the home of seriously shit-faced drunks'?"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 19, 2017 10:18 PM (v1g1+)
--I'd say it's "Do you know Bjork?"
Posted by: logprof at February 19, 2017 10:21 PM (GsAUU)
And why didn't the Donner Party just use I-80??
Posted by: Matthew Yglesias at February 19, 2017 10:18 PM (B6OKy)
They were driving Camaro's and couldn't get the damn chains on?
Posted by: Don Q. at February 19, 2017 10:21 PM (qf6WZ)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 19, 2017 10:19 PM (u8kLQ)
Florida: "Do you all put carrots in your chili?"
Posted by: buzzion at February 19, 2017 10:21 PM (z/Ubi)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 19, 2017 10:21 PM (B9Zoe)
121 100. Biggest Uke vs Russki thing is that where a Rooshian will pronounce a 'g,' a Uke will make it sort of an 'x' or 'h.'
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at February 19, 2017 10:20 PM (XB85R)
Some differences in alphabet and pronunciation between Ukranian and Russion. My husband could understand Russion.
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at February 19, 2017 10:21 PM (nQ10o)
Posted by: JoeF. at February 19, 2017 10:21 PM (8HGb7)
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....outlaw in America at February 19, 2017 10:22 PM (S6Pax)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at February 19, 2017 10:22 PM (tHwdc)
Florida: "How many of your loved ones have been eaten by gators?"
"How much do you love Disney World?"
"Is it true you're America's Wang? Nyuk nyuk!"
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 19, 2017 10:22 PM (u8kLQ)
some dumbfuck liberal from new york.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 19, 2017 10:22 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at February 19, 2017 10:23 PM (IcT7t)
84 and I'm not deliberately offending any Finns.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 19, 2017 09:58 PM (LTHVh)
Good idea. They have been known to cut a bitch.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 19, 2017 09:59 PM (0mRoj)
That's a running theme in the comic "Scandinavia and the World": https://tinyurl.com/jmnmgrm
Posted by: Country Singer at February 19, 2017 10:14 PM (GUBah)
Y'know, it's been ages since I've linked my favorite blog post on Finland.....which starts with a panel from that web comic.
http://tinyurl.com/yd6xet3
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 19, 2017 10:23 PM (cuZZW)
Or for Indiana: "Did you see Breaking Away?"
"What did you think of Dan Quayle?"
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 19, 2017 10:23 PM (u8kLQ)
Posted by: hogmartin at February 19, 2017 10:23 PM (8nWyX)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 19, 2017 10:23 PM (u8kLQ)
I have come here to give THE LIST OF THE DAY!!! (insert cool echo-y effect here)
today the list is top 5 most underrated guitarists...
#5. Rick Neilson - Cheap Trick okay, I know, dude is a dork, but he is rock solid, just doing his job throwin guitar picks and grabbing new ones without missing a note.
#4. Prince - the guy was known for dance pop, songwriting, purple stuff, whatever. He could still shred that shit hard.
#3. Brian May - Queen. He never gets the credit in that band. Yeah, Freddy had the most epic voice in rock music but he wouldn't have been as epic without the rocket scientist layin down some serious guitar shit.
#2. (breathe) Keith Richards - Rolling Stones. I know he isn't flashy, but damn! the guy is having a blast. Just playing like a boss, looks up, sees thousands of people screaming, seems surprised they are there, and gets huge grin on his face. He is still living because he loves what he does and is pretty damned good at it.
#1. Jerry Reed. Seriously, no one even thinks of the man as a guitar player. Singer, songwriter, Burt Reynolds sidekick, sure, but people forget he knew his shit with a guitar.
And that is the TOP(toptoptop)FIVE(fivefivefive) LIST(listlistlist)!
I have one for the most overrated guitar players too but I'm pretty sure calling Eric Clapton an overrated hack could start a fight.
Posted by: madamemayhem at February 19, 2017 10:23 PM (yTnCT)
Posted by: The Donner Party at February 19, 2017 10:23 PM (B6OKy)
Watching Dragnet -The LSD Story. It's everything you'd imagine it to be.
Posted by: Notsothoreau
Go Blue Boy!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 19, 2017 10:23 PM (IqV8l)
Delaware: "Where are your 'dot, not feather' Indian-run 7-11s that Joey Choo-Choo bragged about?"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 19, 2017 10:24 PM (v1g1+)
That is one of the two most historic launch pads in the world. The other one is in Kazakhstan.
LC-39A launched all of the Apollo moon missions except for Apollo 10, which launched from LC-39B.
39A launched about 2/3 of the Shuttle flights.
Today's launch was the first from that pad since 2011. I am thrilled beyond belief to see it come back to life again, and SpaceX has big plans for it going forward.
Posted by: rickl at February 19, 2017 10:24 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2017 10:24 PM (p+Qx5)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at February 19, 2017 10:24 PM (kP16F)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 19, 2017 10:25 PM (6FqZa)
"How many times have you met the president?"
"Is the White House nice?"
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 19, 2017 10:25 PM (u8kLQ)
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at February 19, 2017 10:25 PM (nQ10o)
Posted by: andycanuck at February 19, 2017 10:25 PM (nlbfN)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 19, 2017 10:25 PM (u8kLQ)
Posted by: John Nada at February 19, 2017 10:25 PM (Rupsx)
Posted by: colfax mingo at February 19, 2017 10:25 PM (Ik1WR)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 19, 2017 10:23 PM (u8kLQ)
I did go to the little 500 once at IU (the bike race in Breaking Away), but I do not remember the race. I had been getting drunk every day that week and that morning we started drinking at 10am.
Hoosiers? Have never watched it all the way through.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 19, 2017 10:26 PM (B9Zoe)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at February 19, 2017 10:26 PM (XB85R)
Posted by: thathalfrican - be water my friend at February 19, 2017 10:26 PM (nDcc3)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 19, 2017 10:26 PM (KP5rU)
A 2nd day meal bonus course:
If you've roasted a seasoned chicken on a foil lined roasting pan with some celery/carrots/onion and steamed the chokes with some onion powder and bay leaf, save the steaming water and add the contents of the foil to the steaming liquid.
Let sit for a few and a few more in a gravy fat separator.
Pour, refridge, and serve the next day.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 19, 2017 10:26 PM (4YGWz)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 19, 2017 10:19 PM (u8kLQ)
Florida: "Do you all put carrots in your chili?"
Posted by: buzzion at February 19, 2017 10:21 PM (z/Ubi)
The Everglades is a great place for disposing of dead bodies. Just sayin'.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 19, 2017 10:26 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 19, 2017 10:27 PM (u8kLQ)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 19, 2017 10:27 PM (IDPbH)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 19, 2017 10:28 PM (LTHVh)
Posted by: RI Red - still deplorable at February 19, 2017 10:28 PM (bzx92)
I never thought I could smell a stench of cow manure or whatever it was that I smelled like I smelled then. I practically held my breath for 150 miles.
Posted by: John Nada at February 19, 2017 10:28 PM (Rupsx)
Posted by: PabloD at February 19, 2017 10:28 PM (NahiM)
"Do you know anybody in the Klan? Nyuk nyuk!" :-P
Wyoming: "Been shot in the face by Dick Cheney yet? Nyuk nyuk!" :-P
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 19, 2017 10:29 PM (u8kLQ)
that I smelled like I smelled then. I practically held my breath for 150
miles
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LOL. That happened to me on a trip through Canada.
Posted by: shibumi, a rational single white female and kitteh servant at February 19, 2017 10:29 PM (J5mC3)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 19, 2017 10:29 PM (u8kLQ)
Posted by: Ex-President Eaton Bag O'Dix at February 19, 2017 10:29 PM (B6OKy)
Posted by: Insomniac at February 19, 2017 10:29 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: colfax mingo at February 19, 2017 10:30 PM (Ik1WR)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 19, 2017 10:30 PM (IDPbH)
Posted by: JROD at February 19, 2017 10:30 PM (pHcr7)
There's now a sign out front: "You must have a stack of money THIS HIGH to enter..." :-P
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 19, 2017 10:30 PM (u8kLQ)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at February 19, 2017 10:31 PM (XB85R)
I think that's when I figured out how much I hate the human race.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 19, 2017 10:31 PM (6FqZa)
There's now a sign out front: "You must have a stack of money THIS HIGH to enter..." :-P
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 19, 2017 10:30 PM (u8kLQ)
That's about right.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 19, 2017 10:31 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: concrete girl at February 19, 2017 10:31 PM (WIU1V)
that I smelled like I smelled then. I practically held my breath for 150
miles
You sure it wasn't a Sugar Beet Processor?
Those things - I'm looking at you Scottsbluff, make cow manure smell positively delightful.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2017 10:32 PM (p+Qx5)
I have one for the most overrated guitar players too but I'm pretty sure calling Eric Clapton an overrated hack could start a fight.
Posted by: madamemayhem at February 19, 2017 10:23 PM (yTnCT)
Not with me. If anything, you're being too kind.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 19, 2017 10:32 PM (cuZZW)
Posted by: colfax mingo at February 19, 2017 10:32 PM (Ik1WR)
Btw- a week or two back I mentioned the leader of our trio had learned to play The Claw. Can do it and not miss a note.
Trying to talk him into adding it to the playlist,,, at least sometimes.
Posted by: teej at February 19, 2017 10:33 PM (mzTVj)
*************
I guess there's a certain time of year when a drive through the countryside would be ill-advised.
Posted by: John Nada at February 19, 2017 10:33 PM (Rupsx)
He insists on himself.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 19, 2017 10:33 PM (6FqZa)
I was around when Jesus Christ had His moments of doubt and pain
Pleased to meet you! Hope you guessed my name...
It's Mohammed! All you gotta do is listen to the media. Man, you can learn so much.
Posted by: t-bird at February 19, 2017 10:33 PM (kCDOM)
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2017 10:33 PM (p+Qx5)
++++
Quitting a habit is different in kind than trying to moderate behavior. I quit smoking years ago. It was a 2 pack a day habit and quitting was one of the most difficult things I have ever done. But, if I had tried to just cut down on my smoking, it wouldn't have worked. Oh sure, I could have cut down for a while, but I would have crept back up to 2 packs eventually.
Obviously, you can't do the same thing with food. You have to keep eating something, and for almost everyone who tries to reduce their food consumption, they eventually end up back where they started.
As far as booze, most problem drinkers would love to hit that sweet spot: a few drinks so they are a little loose, but being able to not keep going until they are face down in the gutter. But, for those with that kind of problem, cold turkey is the only thing that will ever work.
Will power can work if it is used in an absolute kind of way. It is the balancing act that is impossible for most people with a bad habit.Trying to smoke, drink, or eat just a bit is where will power fails.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at February 19, 2017 10:33 PM (R+30W)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 19, 2017 10:33 PM (u8kLQ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 19, 2017 10:33 PM (B9Zoe)
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True story: when we moved into our house, the old guy living next door was the inventor of Panavision, and told us Tom Cruise used to live there (later proven by Scientology mail that came our way)
also, Joe Walsh has a house, one of many in the area, and LL Cool J, or whatever his name is, lives nearby. i often see somewhat familiar faces at banks, stores etc, but since i don't GAF about such things, i'm not sure who most of them are.
Resident Evil grew up in the same neighborhood awhile back, and went to school with the kids of that time period's stars... back then she says they were just folks, but the media frenzy these days has ruined all that, in both directions.
Posted by: redc1c4 at February 19, 2017 10:34 PM (HC/uy)
Montana: "Can you direct us to the ranch of that Rooskie submariner who defected to Alec Baldwin?"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 19, 2017 10:34 PM (v1g1+)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2017 10:34 PM (aZq03)
A chainsaw only takes down one tree at a time.
Posted by: Michael the TEXIT at February 19, 2017 10:34 PM (nvMvs)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 19, 2017 10:34 PM (6FqZa)
I think that's when I figured out how much I hate the human race.
Admit it. You were standing outside NRG Stadium taunting Falcons fans as they exited 2 weeks ago.
Posted by: gewa76 at February 19, 2017 10:34 PM (B6OKy)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 19, 2017 10:34 PM (u8kLQ)
--
There is this theory that our lives have four aspects:
work
health
family
friends.
They say that to be really successful, you have to give up one.
To be super successful, you have to give up two.
Well, lately I've given up friends, and wow, my life is so much better! Most of the people I know are crazy ass liberal complainers with more issues that decades of National Geographic.
So really, giving up people can be a big plus.
/yes, for record, my significant other is a cat.
Posted by: shibumi, a rational single white female and kitteh servant at February 19, 2017 10:34 PM (J5mC3)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 19, 2017 10:35 PM (u8kLQ)
Posted by: Afroman at February 19, 2017 10:35 PM (Hme3o)
When was the last time you listend to 'In Concert' by Derek and the Dominos?
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2017 10:35 PM (p+Qx5)
**************
It could have been, and coming from one who would smell the garbage heaps from New Jersey landfills every time I took the turnpike, this actually smelled worse.
Posted by: John Nada at February 19, 2017 10:35 PM (Rupsx)
Does anyone know, or has anyone ever asked, what day and time the weekly commenter scoreboard starts or resets? I think I wanna try and make the list just once.
Posted by: Country Boy - just a humble, occasionally hotheaded poster at February 19, 2017 10:35 PM (P8D8l)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/833397657213222912
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/833398051565871105
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/833398215202463746
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/833398385512026112
Posted by: kbdabear at February 19, 2017 10:35 PM (Ya7zs)
Montana: "Can you direct us to the ranch of that Rooskie submariner who defected to Alec Baldwin?"
Can't. He's dead.
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 19, 2017 10:36 PM (pY+s4)
Posted by: hogmartin at February 19, 2017 10:36 PM (8nWyX)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 19, 2017 10:36 PM (6FqZa)
Posted by: andycanuck at February 19, 2017 10:25 PM (nlbfN)
Thread winner for this inane game
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 19, 2017 10:36 PM (voOPb)
They don't get the credit they deserve.
Clapton, Van Halen, Hendrix are always given more credit than they deserve.
Steve Vai is seriously talented and a lot of people have no idea who he is.
Same with Eric Johnson.
But Clapton and Van Halen are on every single greatest guitar players list. Even though they may not belong there.
Posted by: madamemayhem at February 19, 2017 10:36 PM (yTnCT)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 19, 2017 10:36 PM (u8kLQ)
Posted by: goon at February 19, 2017 10:37 PM (EaQ6/)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/833398561656168450
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/833398721996025856
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/833398833308659712
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/833398937000230916
Posted by: kbdabear at February 19, 2017 10:37 PM (Ya7zs)
Wisconsin: "Is everyone here issued cheesehead headgear? Can I get a picture of you and your family wearing yours?"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 19, 2017 10:37 PM (v1g1+)
***************
Welp, I guess I'm never having breakfast at McDonalds again. :-X
Posted by: John Nada at February 19, 2017 10:38 PM (Rupsx)
Mostly because everyone agrees he sounds clinical.
Like Chet.
Amazing players, both - but no emotion in there.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2017 10:38 PM (p+Qx5)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 19, 2017 10:39 PM (IDPbH)
----------------
Another argument for the more compassionate punishment of Execution ...
Posted by: ShainS at February 19, 2017 10:39 PM (mt8X9)
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2017 10:40 PM (p+Qx5)
To get to Whitewater from Snady Springs take US 41 and go two miles past the Big Chicken.
To get to Chattanooga from Kennesaw head south on Cobb Parkway and turn left just past the big chicken and head north on I-75
If in Sante Fe to achieve total conciousness take I 40 and head south on I-75 take Rosweell Road and go into the Big Chicken and order the number three combo, original recipe.
Posted by: Minuteman at February 19, 2017 10:40 PM (AjjIl)
New Hampshire: "Are you a native or are you one of those carpetbagging taxaholics from Massachusetts?"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 19, 2017 10:41 PM (v1g1+)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at February 19, 2017 10:41 PM (tHwdc)
I did, but it's really delicious to drink coffee in your bathrobe at nine on Monday morning.
_______________________________________
You get up early.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 19, 2017 10:14 PM (IqV8l)
I have dogs. Sigh.
Posted by: Miss Sippi at February 19, 2017 10:41 PM (Tcfj+)
Posted by: The Political Hat at February 19, 2017 10:41 PM (vBeA5)
Posted by: The Political Hat at February 19, 2017 10:42 PM (vBeA5)
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at February 19, 2017 10:42 PM (aMlLZ)
Posted by: Country Boy
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You want to be on the Wall of Shame?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 19, 2017 10:42 PM (ZO497)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 19, 2017 10:43 PM (IDPbH)
Posted by: The New York Times at February 19, 2017 10:43 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Mike Brady at February 19, 2017 10:44 PM (p+Qx5)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 19, 2017 10:39 PM (IDPbH
He is in my top 10 underrated.
216 >>Mark Knopfler might be the only precisely-rated guitarist.
Mostly because everyone agrees he sounds clinical.
Like Chet.
Amazing players, both - but no emotion in there.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2017 10:38 PM (p+Qx5)
I agree.
Posted by: madamemayhem at February 19, 2017 10:45 PM (yTnCT)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki
====================
Energizer batteries have been sold out for months, now ...
Posted by: Bill Clinton at February 19, 2017 10:45 PM (mt8X9)
Posted by: Some Guy On The Internet at February 19, 2017 10:45 PM (uSlc8)
-Pulitzer committee.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 19, 2017 10:45 PM (B9Zoe)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 19, 2017 10:45 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Alice at February 19, 2017 10:46 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 19, 2017 10:47 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Mike Brady at February 19, 2017 10:44 PM (p+Qx5)
I'll see your Oliver and raise you one Ricky Segal.
Posted by: Come On Get Happy, Bitch at February 19, 2017 10:47 PM (uSlc8)
Posted by: JROD at February 19, 2017 10:47 PM (pHcr7)
Posted by: concrete girl at February 19, 2017 10:48 PM (WIU1V)
Have a feeling there will be more than a few names that never get brought up here.
Posted by: teej at February 19, 2017 10:48 PM (mzTVj)
Posted by: Some Guy On The Internet at February 19, 2017 10:45 PM (uSlc
No he isn't.
Posted by: Some Other Guy On The Internet at February 19, 2017 10:48 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: JROD at February 19, 2017 10:48 PM (pHcr7)
Posted by: Some Guy On The Internet at February 19, 2017 10:49 PM (uSlc8)
Posted by: Some Other Guy On The Internet at February 19, 2017 10:48 PM (sdi6R)
Eat shit and Die!
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 19, 2017 10:49 PM (B9Zoe)
Posted by: Olson Johnson at February 19, 2017 10:50 PM (uSlc8)
Posted by: Some Guy On The Internet at February 19, 2017 10:45 PM (uSlc
In addition to being the kindest, warmest, bravest, most wonderful human being I've ever known in my life.
I can't speak to what kind of emotion he put into his playing, since I've only ever heard the studio albums and a few bootlegs, plus there's the story about how he came up with his solos by noodling around and then splicing the recording into the solo he wanted, then teaching himself to play it. Still, an undeniable technical master.
Posted by: hogmartin at February 19, 2017 10:50 PM (8nWyX)
Grant Green
Herb Ellis
Al DiMeola
Django
Wes
Joe Pass
Charlie Christian
McLaughlin
and if Jazz ain't your bag
Mike Fucking Bloomfield
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2017 10:50 PM (p+Qx5)
No he isn't.
Mark Knopfler is the greatest guitar player in the history of Dire Straits.
FIFY
Posted by: gewa76 at February 19, 2017 10:50 PM (B6OKy)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 19, 2017 10:51 PM (B9Zoe)
I mean, the Horde knows he's great, but 99.99% of the people out there hear the name and all they can think of is "Valley Girl".
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at February 19, 2017 10:51 PM (w+Jhj)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 19, 2017 10:51 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at February 19, 2017 10:51 PM (kP16F)
One-way gig: Being the clown hired to entertain the Donner Party.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 19, 2017 10:51 PM (UsFoH)
Posted by: Chuck Berry at February 19, 2017 10:51 PM (uSlc8)
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2017 10:52 PM (p+Qx5)
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2017 10:52 PM (p+Qx5)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 19, 2017 10:52 PM (u8kLQ)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 19, 2017 10:53 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 19, 2017 10:53 PM (IDPbH)
Posted by: vizzy at February 19, 2017 10:53 PM (TdKpj)
Posted by: vizzy at February 19, 2017 10:53 PM (TdKpj)
Posted by: Ian Anderson at February 19, 2017 10:54 PM (uSlc8)
Posted by: Les Paul at February 19, 2017 10:54 PM (p+Qx5)
Posted by: EVLINC! at February 19, 2017 10:54 PM (y3aQB)
Posted by: garrett
Speaking of aliens,
Joe Satriani
I saw him in concert (as I also saw Mark Knopfler and Dire Straits about 32 year ago).
Joe is a pretty incredible guitar player.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....outlaw in America at February 19, 2017 10:54 PM (S6Pax)
Posted by: Some guy from Canned Heat at February 19, 2017 10:54 PM (u8kLQ)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at February 19, 2017 10:54 PM (EnKk6)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 19, 2017 10:55 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2017 10:56 PM (p+Qx5)
Posted by: chavez the hugo
Yes, and he's Irish too. Imagine that!!
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....outlaw in America at February 19, 2017 10:56 PM (S6Pax)
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2017 10:56 PM (p+Qx5)
Posted by: captain james kirk at February 19, 2017 10:56 PM (nlbfN)
Greensburg Pa. own Paul Gilbert Of Racer X & Mr. Big Fame
Posted by: EVLINC! at February 19, 2017 10:57 PM (y3aQB)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 19, 2017 10:53 PM
What the fuck would they know. Fucking hacks. It's always a bunch of flavour-of-the-week picks, somebody or other from some band they loved in 1995 and some random "classics" they know shit about, but feel obligated to include.
Posted by: otho at February 19, 2017 10:57 PM (lmIoG)
Posted by: JROD at February 19, 2017 10:57 PM (pHcr7)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 19, 2017 10:57 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 19, 2017 10:09 PM
Especially the ones who parody folk songs whilst playing guitar. You know, the lute fisks.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 19, 2017 10:58 PM (DMUuz)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 19, 2017 10:58 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: vizzy at February 19, 2017 10:58 PM (TdKpj)
Posted by: hogmartin at February 19, 2017 10:58 PM (8nWyX)
I was hacked by Russians
Posted by: @votermom @vm at February 19, 2017 10:58 PM (Om16U)
You would be amazed how little the people who work there know about music.
Or, not. It's pretty obvious that they are clueless.
Probably the most fun I ever had at a job interview, though.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2017 10:59 PM (p+Qx5)
He'd be so screwed if someone took his digital delay pedal away.
Posted by: gewa76 at February 19, 2017 10:59 PM (B6OKy)
Posted by: Shemp Smith at February 19, 2017 10:59 PM (4YGWz)
I was hacked by Russians
Posted by: @votermom @vm
The Bacardi tells a different story... ;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 19, 2017 10:59 PM (u8kLQ)
You can listen to that on YouTube if you never played the game. Pretty incredible.
Eddie Van Halen is immensely over rated. He's not and never was that good.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....outlaw in America at February 19, 2017 11:00 PM (S6Pax)
Love Tal.
But, there are so many Jazz greats, I just plain forgot to throw him in there.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2017 11:00 PM (p+Qx5)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 19, 2017 11:00 PM (DMUuz)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 19, 2017 11:00 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 19, 2017 11:00 PM (pY+s4)
Like taking away Trey Anastasios daisy chain of Tube Screamers.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2017 11:00 PM (p+Qx5)
I'm sure it won't take a guy like you long with that hint.
Waay past bedtime.
Love each other fellow babies
Posted by: teej at February 19, 2017 11:01 PM (mzTVj)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
No, why do you ask?
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....outlaw in America at February 19, 2017 11:01 PM (S6Pax)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 19, 2017 11:01 PM (IqV8l)
Rolling Stone is to music what Amy Schumer is to comedy.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 19, 2017 11:02 PM (uSlc8)
Mick Taylor?
If not him, check out his opening set for Clapton at Montevideo in 1990.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2017 11:03 PM (p+Qx5)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 19, 2017 11:03 PM (IDPbH)
Posted by: JROD at February 19, 2017 11:03 PM (pHcr7)
I mean, the Horde knows he's great, but 99.99% of the people out there hear the name and all they can think of is "Valley Girl".
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at February 19, 2017 10:51 PM
Groupies must bow down in the presence of the Latex Solar Beef.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 19, 2017 11:03 PM (DMUuz)
Posted by: josephistan at February 19, 2017 11:03 PM (ANIFC)
Posted by: andycanuck at February 19, 2017 11:03 PM (nlbfN)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 19, 2017 11:03 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: shibumi, a rational single white female and kitteh servant at February 19, 2017 11:04 PM (J5mC3)
He was the best.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2017 10:52 PM (p+Qx5)
Wasn't it spelled jimi ray?
Posted by: buzzion at February 19, 2017 11:04 PM (z/Ubi)
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2017 11:04 PM (p+Qx5)
Nowadays, only if it involves a mudshark on campus.
Posted by: gewa76 at February 19, 2017 11:04 PM (B6OKy)
I quit smoking by taking my pack of cigarettes and throwing them in a trash can and not buying more.
Posted by: Apostate at February 19, 2017 11:04 PM (2ilh7)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 19, 2017 11:04 PM (uSlc8)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 19, 2017 11:05 PM (4YGWz)
You would be amazed how little the people who work there know about music.
Or, not. It's pretty obvious that they are clueless.
Probably the most fun I ever had at a job interview, though.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2017 10:59 PM
When was that? They know shit. Even if you know what you're talking about, "top" lists, particularly of guitarists, have to be done in categories, sub categories and specialist/niche form anyway. Any top 100 list that doesn't is pointless.
Posted by: otho at February 19, 2017 11:06 PM (lmIoG)
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 19, 2017 11:06 PM (uZoGM)
Posted by: EVLINC! at February 19, 2017 10:54 PM (y3aQB)
The first version of "Voodoo Child" I ever heard was Vaughan's. I asked my dad what the odd sound was in the intro bit, and he pulled out a 12" LP of Electric Ladyland and said "let's go back to the roots". Then he did the trick with sliding the pick along the length of the strings on the Strat and working the Crybaby pedal so I could see how it was done.
Head asploded.
Posted by: hogmartin at February 19, 2017 11:07 PM (8nWyX)
Posted by: Mary Clogginstien from Brattleboror, VT at February 19, 2017 11:07 PM (WmgTn)
Posted by: colfax mingo at February 19, 2017 11:07 PM (Ik1WR)
Posted by: Mephistefales at February 19, 2017 11:07 PM (qY0hI)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 19, 2017 11:07 PM (KP5rU)
1995, otho.
I think Gutfeld had just got hired at Men's Journal when I was there.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2017 11:08 PM (p+Qx5)
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 19, 2017 11:08 PM (uZoGM)
Posted by: Yoko Ono at February 19, 2017 11:08 PM (DMUuz)
Posted by: vizzy at February 19, 2017 11:08 PM (TdKpj)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 19, 2017 11:08 PM (IDPbH)
He never gets the love he deserves.
Now I GOT to get outta here.
Posted by: teej at February 19, 2017 11:09 PM (mzTVj)
There can be only one riff master, and his name is Tony Iommi.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2017 11:09 PM (p+Qx5)
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Speaking of Victoria, Jenna Coleman could give Audrey Hepburn a run for her money. Greater praise than which can not be given.
Posted by: Vlad the Impaler, whittling away like mad at February 19, 2017 11:10 PM (aBDYc)
Posted by: vizzy at February 19, 2017 11:10 PM (TdKpj)
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 19, 2017 11:11 PM (uZoGM)
Posted by: shibumi, a rational single white female and kitteh servant at February 19, 2017 11:04 PM
Well, I would put Richards above them... but it depends what you're looking at. Same with Blackmore and Gilmour.
Posted by: otho at February 19, 2017 11:11 PM (lmIoG)
He's telling them to start
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Waddaya mean? The press has been doing their job all along.
Attack Republicans, defend Democrats.
Posted by: Vlad the Impaler, whittling away like mad at February 19, 2017 11:12 PM (aBDYc)
Which is pretty damn good as earworms go.
Posted by: rickl at February 19, 2017 11:13 PM (sdi6R)
Eddie Van Halen is immensely over rated. He's not and never was that good.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....outlaw in America at February 19, 2017 11:00 PM (S6Pax)
He is best known for the tapping technique... which he is given credit for invention despite the fact that it was first done by Steve Hackett when he was with Genesis.
Posted by: The Electric Hat at February 19, 2017 11:13 PM (vBeA5)
Posted by: JROD at February 19, 2017 11:14 PM (pHcr7)
Posted by: Quilters Irish Death at February 19, 2017 11:14 PM (z1hGe)
Yngwie. Fucking. Malmsteen.
Posted by: gewa76 at February 19, 2017 11:14 PM (B6OKy)
I don't think Hackett was anywhere near the first to incorporate Tapping.
I could be wrong here, but it's a technique that was around for a long time before anyone thought to name it...but it definitely didn't originate with EVH.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2017 11:15 PM (p+Qx5)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 19, 2017 10:42 PM (ZO497)
Sure why not?
Posted by: Country Boy - just a humble, occasionally hotheaded poster at February 19, 2017 11:15 PM (P8D8l)
1995, otho.
I think Gutfeld had just got hired at Men's Journal when I was there.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2017 11:08 PM
Yeah, Turner was. 1995? Interesting.
Posted by: otho at February 19, 2017 11:15 PM (lmIoG)
Posted by: JROD at February 19, 2017 11:15 PM (pHcr7)
Posted by: Quilters Irish Death at February 19, 2017 11:15 PM (z1hGe)
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2017 11:16 PM (p+Qx5)
Posted by: shibumi, a rational single white female and kitteh servant at February 19, 2017 11:16 PM (J5mC3)
Posted by: vizzy at February 19, 2017 11:16 PM (TdKpj)
Posted by: andycanuck at February 19, 2017 11:17 PM (nlbfN)
Posted by: rickl
Haven't heard much about Brownsville lately?
Posted by: Jean at February 19, 2017 11:17 PM (zZb/S)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 19, 2017 11:18 PM (KP5rU)
Which is pretty damn good as earworms go.
Posted by: rickl at February 19, 2017 11:13 PM (sdi6R)
I've had "Ball of Kerrymuir" going for a few days.
The most bizarre one was when I realized that "Cult of Personality" (which is the only part of the lyrics I actually know) matches up perfectly with Blake's The Tyger, and COULD NOT get it out of my head.
Did He smiiiile
His work to seeeee
Did he who made the Lamb
Make THEEEE
Fuck you, brain.
Posted by: hogmartin at February 19, 2017 11:18 PM (8nWyX)
Posted by: Jean at February 19, 2017 11:18 PM (zZb/S)
However guess who was defending Salon publishing that article? Why the National Review Online's very own Charles Cooke.
Daily Caller: http://tinyurl.com/hcvodpt
Posted by: buzzion at February 19, 2017 11:19 PM (z/Ubi)
I didn't last long. I had a gig as the Assistant to the President of Advertising, there.
I hated that place, and he was moving over to Men's Journal...and I disliked that crew even more.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2017 11:19 PM (p+Qx5)
Posted by: Jean at February 19, 2017 11:19 PM (zZb/S)
Posted by: Quilters Irish Death at February 19, 2017 11:14 PM (z1hGe)
He's not shy about saying some guitarists are overrated .
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 19, 2017 11:20 PM (IDPbH)
Posted by: JROD at February 19, 2017 11:20 PM (pHcr7)
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2017 11:20 PM (p+Qx5)
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 19, 2017 11:08 PM
Which is usually a criminally overlooked factor in this kind of thing. Rhythm Masters don't get enough love.
Posted by: otho at February 19, 2017 11:21 PM (lmIoG)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2017 11:21 PM (uYy21)
Off for a nap, be well all.
Posted by: Farmer at February 19, 2017 11:23 PM (o/90i)
Posted by: Milburn Drysdale at February 19, 2017 11:23 PM (IqV8l)
Charo could play a mean 12 string.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 19, 2017 11:08 PM (IDPbH)
Very true.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 19, 2017 11:23 PM (XMCn6)
Oh, hells no. My problem is I hate people, so, although I can play guitar I have no experience playing with anyone.
None. The only real guitar work I have ever done is laying down rhythm tracks for a friend who writes scores for Film. When I was 15-16.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2017 11:23 PM (p+Qx5)
That's nothing. The guy could do things with a pool cue that you would not believe.
Posted by: Tina Turner at February 19, 2017 11:23 PM (uSlc8)
Nah, I save mine for Tal Wilkenfield, who has some nice bassets.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldt4tWNPSBU
Posted by: GnuBreed at February 19, 2017 11:24 PM (xpfRn)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 19, 2017 11:24 PM (KP5rU)
He's no Bob Weir...who might be the single most underrated rhythm player I have ever heard.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2017 11:24 PM (p+Qx5)
Posted by: JROD at February 19, 2017 11:14 PM
Yeah, it's apples and oranges. Lumping all the different styles and approaches together makes it way too subjective.
Posted by: otho at February 19, 2017 11:25 PM (lmIoG)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 19, 2017 11:27 PM (4YGWz)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at February 19, 2017 11:28 PM (kP16F)
Posted by: hogmartin at February 19, 2017 11:18 PM (8nWyX)
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funny you should say that.... currently playing on Little Steven's Underground Garage on Sirius/Xm #21
https://roundrecords.bandcamp.com/releases
Posted by: redc1c4 at February 19, 2017 11:29 PM (HC/uy)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at February 19, 2017 11:29 PM (3Vlkn)
And remember how the MSM relentlessly mocked him for it?
Well...I remember the first part, at least.
Posted by: gewa76 at February 19, 2017 11:29 PM (B6OKy)
Being someone who played guitar for 45 years, I respect the dudes who have mastered their genre. The ones who hit the top level of ability in their genre. The ones who a very good live, they are hitting on all cylinders and not some studio queen. They are accomplished. There are many, many out there that fit in this group. These are the true masters, but may not be innovators. They are just really good. Having a signature tone or sound doesn't always mean "innovative" either.
then you got meh, the ham and eggers. Might be good performers, might put on a good show, or be in a good band, but ability wise are nothing frigging special at all. The kind of dudes where another guitar player of higher caliber can learn their stuff drunk off their ass. Nothing to see here, move along.
Then you got the true innovators. These guys are very...very far and few between, and I'm not talking about the ones that find some old trick and spam the fucking shit out of it till people think they invented it (EVH anyone?)
Most of the guitar players I saw listed here are just fucking good at what they do, and that's where the vast majority want to be.
Btw, Richards? lol don't make me fucking laugh
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at February 19, 2017 11:30 PM (aMlLZ)
Interesting concept.
Posted by: logprof at February 19, 2017 11:30 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki
He also disagrees with letting grown men into wymens bathrooms.
Posted by: Infidel at February 19, 2017 11:30 PM (ByNzS)
Posted by: redc1c4 at February 19, 2017 11:30 PM (HC/uy)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at February 19, 2017 11:31 PM (mpXpK)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 19, 2017 11:31 PM (KP5rU)
If President Trump meant a specific act and not just the general "Sweden now the rape capital of Europe", it was probably the rape broadcast on Facebook by the Moslem rapists although that happened around January 23rd.
Posted by: andycanuck at February 19, 2017 11:31 PM (nlbfN)
Do you know Matte Henderson?
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2017 11:32 PM (p+Qx5)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 19, 2017 11:32 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at February 19, 2017 11:33 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at February 19, 2017 11:33 PM (3Vlkn)
Posted by: andycanuck at February 19, 2017 11:33 PM (nlbfN)
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2017 11:32 PM (p+Qx5)
Yup, very well.
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at February 19, 2017 11:33 PM (aMlLZ)
Posted by: Adriane the Music Critic ... at February 19, 2017 11:33 PM (AoK0a)
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2017 11:34 PM (p+Qx5)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 19, 2017 11:34 PM (KP5rU)
374: vic, you didn't miss shit. heading down your way in may. can't wait.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 19, 2017 11:32 PM (KP5rU)
Where you headed?
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at February 19, 2017 11:34 PM (mpXpK)
Posted by: JROD at February 19, 2017 11:34 PM (pHcr7)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at February 19, 2017 11:29 PM (3Vlkn)
Keeping wildlife, an amphibious rodent, for uh, domestic, you know, within the city - that ain't legal either.
Posted by: Walter Sobchak at February 19, 2017 11:34 PM (ANIFC)
Posted by: andycanuck at February 19, 2017 11:35 PM (nlbfN)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at February 19, 2017 11:35 PM (mpXpK)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nw7Qg_2JjWk
These Boots are Made are Walking
Flavio Casanova ...
Posted by: Adriane the Music Critic ... at February 19, 2017 11:36 PM (AoK0a)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at February 19, 2017 11:36 PM (kP16F)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 19, 2017 11:37 PM (KP5rU)
He has no humility. That's about as simple as I can state it.
If you sat down with EC and told him how great he was, he'd explain to you that he is nothing more than a student of the greats. Then he would proceed to list all of those influences and provide reasons why they were so good and had such a huge influence on himself as well as on the history of the guitar.
The Edge. Not so much.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2017 11:38 PM (p+Qx5)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at February 19, 2017 11:38 PM (kP16F)
Posted by: MAx at February 19, 2017 11:39 PM (/RZxG)
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2017 11:34 PM (p+Qx5)
Haven't seen him in a few years. I had gotten some guitars from him. Me and him had a funny conversation one day, I went up to see him and pick up a guitar. I told him I was a metal guitar player, not a musician, because if I was a musician I would happy to play different genres.
He said no, you're a musician because you play notes musically on an instrument.
I said yeah metal only, that's where I'm master and commander.
he said but you're still a musician.
I looked at him and said. "but these go to 11"
lol
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at February 19, 2017 11:40 PM (aMlLZ)
They don't listen.
They've spent 8 years covering for the blumling stumblefuck and have just stopped listening. Utterly and completely. LIke your mostly deaf great Aunt Hilda.
Also... Trump can speak in sound bites, but he doesn't always do that. He tells stories, and the MSM just kind of extrapolates.
" you look at what's happening last night in Sweden. Sweden, who would believe this. Sweden. They took in large numbers. They're having problems like they never thought possible."
He did not say there was a terror attack in Sweden. At all.
However, the MSM, who are collectively playing iphone games while looking for Tinder hookups, heard "Sweden " and "safe" and took from that "Trump said Sweden has had Terror Attacks."
Because they were not listening. At all. Even though it is their job.
Posted by: shibumi, a rational single white female and kitteh servant at February 19, 2017 11:40 PM (J5mC3)
Dr. Know is no sluch, either. But i can tell what he's doing.
Matte just leaves me completely flummoxed.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2017 11:41 PM (p+Qx5)
Posted by: Zoltan at February 19, 2017 11:42 PM (ApkN7)
Food commercials of the 70s. The 70s were a lost decade to me. I was in the Navy and mostly overseas from 1972 until 1977. Didn't see any "food commercials".
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party
71 to 75 for me. First ship had no TV. Second ship only had TV when in stateside port.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 19, 2017 11:42 PM (IqV8l)
Trump and Milo have been graced with stupid enemies.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 19, 2017 11:43 PM (VdICR)
434 Posted
Anybody graduating with a degree in nuclear engineering in Germany obviously doesn't care about job prospects. Starbucks is hiring refugees I hear.
Posted by: torabora at February 19, 2017 04:16 PM (oK58D)
So, can anyone let me know if this torabora is a regular poster or a visiting troll?
Posted by: voiceover at February 19, 2017 11:43 PM (JXtuJ)
They will not be jailed, not be punished and not be sent to whatever effing hell hole they came from.
You see, they don't understand you don't livestream rapes. Or rape.
Swedish women need to leave Sweden. Now.
Posted by: shibumi, a rational single white female and kitteh servant at February 19, 2017 11:44 PM (J5mC3)
Posted by: Infidel at February 19, 2017 11:45 PM (ByNzS)
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2017 11:45 PM (p+Qx5)
So, can anyone let me know if this torabora is a regular poster or a visiting troll?
Posted by: voiceover
Regular
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 19, 2017 11:45 PM (IqV8l)
If you can't tell, then how much of a troll...
Posted by: MAx at February 19, 2017 11:46 PM (/RZxG)
Dr. Know is no sluch, either. But i can tell what he's doing.
Matte just leaves me completely flummoxed.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2017 11:41 PM (p+Qx5)
Yeah matte is good, no doubt about that. He thought I was nuts. Yeah I can do a great yngwie, but matte is pretty well rounded.
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at February 19, 2017 11:47 PM (aMlLZ)
As opposed to SMODAY, which may or may not be a huge relief.
Posted by: MetaThought at February 19, 2017 11:48 PM (W+6OH)
Posted by: JROD at February 19, 2017 11:48 PM (pHcr7)
Posted by: voiceover at February 19, 2017 11:43 PM (JXtuJ)
Torabora used to post regularly.
I suppose he or she is commenting on Merkel's silly plan to phase out nuclear energy.
Sounds like a reasonable comment to me.
Posted by: Michael the TEXIT at February 19, 2017 11:49 PM (nvMvs)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 19, 2017 11:49 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 19, 2017 11:50 PM (IDPbH)
Smart dude, too.
He understood, right away, that writing credits were where the money is.
I bet he's still cashing checks for the work he did with Natalie Merchant. ...among others.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2017 11:50 PM (p+Qx5)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at February 19, 2017 11:51 PM (kP16F)
Waterboarding terrorists is !!11!! bad
Rape done by refugees is diversity.
Posted by: Lefty logic at February 19, 2017 11:51 PM (W6Ch1)
386; flying into charleston, then going to st helena for a few days. then ocean isle beach in n.c.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 19, 2017 11:37 PM (KP5rU)
Hopefully by then I will be done with Charleston.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at February 19, 2017 11:52 PM (mpXpK)
I suppose he or she is commenting on Merkel's silly plan to phase out nuclear energy.
Sounds like a reasonable comment to me.
Posted by: Michael the TEXIT
Exactly. Converting to windmills is suicide.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 19, 2017 11:52 PM (IqV8l)
[x] May
[ ] May not
Not that I haven't been enjoying Trump's new show, but that meteor still sounds like sweet, sweet freedom.
Posted by: Geronimo Stilton at February 19, 2017 11:53 PM (10LGw)
Posted by: Don Quixote at February 19, 2017 11:53 PM (p+Qx5)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 19, 2017 11:54 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at February 19, 2017 11:54 PM (kP16F)
He understood, right away, that writing credits were where the money is.
I bet he's still cashing checks for the work he did with Natalie Merchant. ...among others.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2017 11:50 PM (p+Qx5)
Yeah he always preached that shit to me.
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at February 19, 2017 11:54 PM (aMlLZ)
Posted by: Buckethead at February 19, 2017 11:54 PM (XcOXh)
Vic, you have been missed. Glad you are better and continue to heal.
Mrs. Vic has been a joy and we appreciated the updates. I was great to
see her in the food thread today. Prayers for you both!
Posted by: Infidel at February 19, 2017 11:45 PM (ByNzS)
We are converting her to a Moron.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at February 19, 2017 11:54 PM (mpXpK)
Posted by: ErikW at February 19, 2017 11:55 PM (Icc7q)
She was at one time Married to Richard Marx
Posted by: EVLINC! at February 19, 2017 11:55 PM (y3aQB)
Posted by: Infidel at February 19, 2017 11:56 PM (ByNzS)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks. Laugh at a joke, get another joke free! at February 19, 2017 11:57 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 19, 2017 11:57 PM (IqV8l)
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Don't forget "Rape is part of their culture, and we don't have any right to change what they believe, because all cultures are equally beautiful, except Judeo-Christian culture, which is the worst culture ever and has only brought hatred to the world."
Posted by: shibumi, a rational single white female and kitteh servant at February 19, 2017 11:58 PM (J5mC3)
Posted by: EVLINC! at February 19, 2017 11:58 PM (y3aQB)
NBA Sacto Kings trade Center DeMarcus Cousins to New Orleans tonight for several players and the NOLA's #1 draft pick this season.
Posted by: md at February 19, 2017 11:59 PM (uKJIC)
CHESAPEAKE CITY, Maryland - A telephone that was owned by Adolf Hitler sold for $243-thousand at an auction Sunday.
Bidding started at $100-thousand for the red Siemens telephone which includes a Nazi party symbol and Hitler’s name engraved on the back.
The phone was used in vehicles, trains, and Hitler’s field headquarters during WWII.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 20, 2017 12:00 AM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks. Laugh at a joke, get another joke free! at February 19, 2017 11:57 PM (Nwg0u)
Yup, I went through that horror. All those frigging endings were brutal. I spent a few years with it, got decent, then let it all slip because nobody I know in real life speaks the language, so there was no conversational practice.
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at February 20, 2017 12:00 AM (aMlLZ)
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 20, 2017 12:00 AM (bQxkN)
Take what has happened in England and multiply it by a factor of 10.
Posted by: garrett at February 20, 2017 12:02 AM (p+Qx5)
She was at one time Married to Richard Marx
Posted by: EVLINC! at February 19, 2017 11:55 PM (y3aQB)
For 25 years.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 20, 2017 12:03 AM (IDPbH)
Posted by: Ripley at February 20, 2017 12:04 AM (NbRJx)
My preferences are for M-38 carbines and M-38 rifles, as well as the Swedish Match versions thereof.
Plus, about 100k rounds of that sweet 139 gr. Swedish Match ball ammo.
Hell, I'll even buy more safes in which to store them, so as to protect their virtues.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at February 20, 2017 12:04 AM (v5iqM)
Posted by: ErikW at February 20, 2017 12:06 AM (Icc7q)
Posted by: garrett at February 20, 2017 12:07 AM (p+Qx5)
Shithead Clinton and that Shit Janet Reno had the FBI blare that song on loudspeakers on a continuous loop for hours before they burned those people alive.
(is that what happened, or am I misremembering?)
Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at February 19, 2017 09:50 PM (gNJ4E)
************************
Read that he killed more blacks that day than the KKK - ever.
Posted by: gNewt at February 20, 2017 12:07 AM (loJzf)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 20, 2017 12:07 AM (KP5rU)
Little Charlie, from Little Charlie and the Nightcats
case in point
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LqLHe_wEB4
Posted by: redc1c4 at February 20, 2017 12:07 AM (HC/uy)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at February 20, 2017 12:08 AM (kP16F)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 20, 2017 12:08 AM (4YGWz)
--
Here's an interesting report:
http://tinyurl.com/nwchybs
Posted by: shibumi, a rational single white female and kitteh servant at February 20, 2017 12:10 AM (J5mC3)
Posted by: Poor Misunderstood Zombie Blind Sheikh at February 20, 2017 12:11 AM (Tyii7)
Posted by: shibumi, a rational single white female and kitteh servant at February 19, 2017 11:58 PM (J5mC3)
And that's pretty much the Left. Every culture has a right to exist, except Western culture. Non-Western countries having homogenous cultures is fine, but we have to replace ours with diversity for its own sake.
This is cultural imperialism against the West, with the objective of utterly obliterating Western Civilization so that they can replace it with their fascist One-World Government.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at February 20, 2017 12:12 AM (X52ZZ)
My best friend's cousin finished her schoolwork in Germany because her school in Iraq is no more, and she was offered a scholarship there.
Texas A&M contacted her in Germany based upon her excellent reputation in the research field, and the dept wanted her to teach on a visiting fellowship.
Now without the visa she will return to a life in Iraq where her expertise will be ignored.
I wasn't asking for a GoFundMe for her, or a job, or a passport.
I was asking if anyone here knew about approaching a state rep about such matters.
The person in my life who I might've asked, instead of taking up your valuable time, died suddenly two years ago. My father was born in Iran, came here to go to school, met and married my mother after converting to Christianity, and spent 40 years at the same engineering firm, and 40 years at the same church, and 40 years being a tremendous neighbor, local civics leader, and cyclist. In his spare time he was the World's Best Dad, who taught me, among other things, the foundation of my conservatism.
In his spare time, he wrote D.C. on behalf of a few members of his Iranian family, so they were granted visas to come here and go to college. It's what my friend is trying to do now.
Wow, off-topic. What I meant to say: Suck my dick, you rude bastard.
Posted by: voiceover at February 20, 2017 12:13 AM (JXtuJ)
Posted by: Dark horse backer at February 20, 2017 12:14 AM (/ZEVC)
Posted by: Two Dogs Bonking at February 20, 2017 12:17 AM (NnnZy)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 20, 2017 12:18 AM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 20, 2017 12:18 AM (pY+s4)
Posted by: Master of Disguise at February 20, 2017 12:21 AM (NnnZy)
Posted by: Infidel at February 20, 2017 12:21 AM (ByNzS)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 20, 2017 12:23 AM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Infidel at February 20, 2017 12:25 AM (ByNzS)
over Britain's by calling the Falklands Islands the Malvinas, except
he's such a dipshit he called them the Maldives?
Posted by: gewa76
Mots pathetic thing is you just know Obama instinctively took Argentina side because oppressed South America, colonialism etc... Except dipshit doesn't realize Argentina does not consider itself part of South America in that sense. They consider themselves far superior to their neighbors and look down on all that victim hood mentality. But the community organizer of course sides with them to show he is Down For The Struggle.
Posted by: Ripley at February 20, 2017 12:25 AM (NbRJx)
Posted by: Fortunato at February 20, 2017 12:27 AM (/28sZ)
Posted by: Dark horse backer at February 20, 2017 12:14 AM (/ZEVC)
My inspiration, back when I played bass, was Bakithi Kumalo, probably best known for the slap bass solo on "You Can Call Me All" from Paul Simon's Graceland. The televised live show has a longer solo that's much better. I say "inspiration", because I wanted to sound like that, but I was barely competent on the bass even on the best days.
Oh, except my band in high school played the Yardbirds' "For Your Love" at the talent show, complete with a bass solo and a drum solo which we both completely aced. So that was nice. 1997 was pretty much the last time I ever made a bass guitar do exactly what I wanted it to.
Posted by: hogmartin at February 20, 2017 12:30 AM (8nWyX)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 19, 2017 09:54 PM (LTHVh)
He may have lost feeling in his fingertips, but I'm sure the pain receptors in his virtual asshole are running at 110%.
Posted by: Morse Tapir at February 20, 2017 12:35 AM (WDdjT)
That resonates. Hordeworthy, in fact.
A steak, a cigar, a drink. They're all credited to your account here, in my books.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at February 20, 2017 12:37 AM (v5iqM)
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 20, 2017 12:37 AM (pY+s4)
Posted by: hogmartin at February 20, 2017 12:30 AM (8nWyX)
Why did you stop?
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at February 20, 2017 12:38 AM (aMlLZ)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 20, 2017 12:38 AM (u8kLQ)
Posted by: garrett at February 20, 2017 12:39 AM (p+Qx5)
Posted by: hogmartin at February 20, 2017 12:30 AM (8nWyX)
Why did you stop?
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at February 20, 2017 12:38 AM (aMlLZ)
He was going to have to give away another pizza for free if he didn't make the 30 minute delivery window?
Posted by: buzzion at February 20, 2017 12:43 AM (z/Ubi)
Posted by: Bob in Houston-Vast Right Wing Basket of Deplorable! at February 20, 2017 12:43 AM (/Kwzr)
Underappreciated, maybe. But I don't know a single guitarist who isn't a fan or doesn't think Queen was a total waste of a great guitarist.
Posted by: garrett at February 20, 2017 12:44 AM (p+Qx5)
Posted by: garrett at February 20, 2017 12:44 AM (p+Qx5)
Yeah I'll go with that.
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at February 20, 2017 12:45 AM (aMlLZ)
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at February 20, 2017 12:38 AM (aMlLZ)
Same reason athletes or anyone else stops. It got frustrating and I didn't feel like I was getting any better. I hit a plateau, and it would take a lot more effort to get to where I would be satisfied with it, so I ditched it and sold the G ampersand L and went on to do other stuff. Cooking is rewarding and I can tell when it's going right. Programming too; I like going back and tweaking things I wrote years ago to eke a little more out of them. Music, I will never be as good as someone who's born to it, and while I'll noodle on a guitar now and then, it's not something that I feel I'll ever "get right", so I let it go.
Also crippling self-doubt and judgement. It's why I never tried graphic art like painting or anything; if I mess up a chord, it goes off into the ether like it never existed. If I fudge a sketch, I have to look at it forever.
Posted by: hogmartin at February 20, 2017 12:48 AM (8nWyX)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 20, 2017 12:49 AM (Lqy/e)
If you look at Gabriel Malor's Twitter feed, he debunked the story earlier today or yesterday. I forget when exactly.
Posted by: Epobirs at February 20, 2017 12:49 AM (AK5Ni)
Their poor strings lol
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at February 20, 2017 12:49 AM (aMlLZ)
Posted by: garrett at February 20, 2017 12:51 AM (p+Qx5)
Posted by: Bob in Houston-Vast Right Wing Basket of Deplorable! at February 20, 2017 12:52 AM (/Kwzr)
Posted by: garrett at February 20, 2017 12:51 AM (p+Qx5)
Is that what it was? It looked so small on the chart. lol
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at February 20, 2017 12:54 AM (aMlLZ)
if I remember right. Probably 30 years I saw a huge chart of guitar
picks all the big guitarists used. They had a dime for his pick. Another
player in the chart used a flat washer.
Their poor strings lol
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at February 20, 2017 12:49 AM (aMlLZ)<<<
A silver dime?! He's my new favorite musician!
Posted by: Luap Nor at February 20, 2017 12:56 AM (Xpeyq)
Posted by: SFGoth at February 20, 2017 12:59 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Bob in Houston-Vast Right Wing Basket of Deplorable! at February 20, 2017 12:59 AM (/Kwzr)
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at February 19, 2017 10:42 PM (aMlLZ)
Some guitarists not mentioned, who are, nevertheless, very, very good: David Wilcox, Amos Garrett, Jeff Healey, Sonny Landreth.
Posted by: Morse Tapir at February 20, 2017 12:59 AM (WDdjT)
Pretty sure he used a quarter that he cut down. Might have been a dime...but I know he liked having the grooved edge.
Posted by: garrett at February 20, 2017 01:00 AM (p+Qx5)
I could have swore it was a quarter, from an old Guitarist Mag article I read.
Posted by: garrett at February 20, 2017 01:01 AM (p+Qx5)
If you look at Gabriel Malor's Twitter feed, he debunked the story earlier today or yesterday. I forget when exactly.
Posted by: Epobirs at February 20, 2017 12:49 AM (AK5Ni)
I tried looking and gave up since he's one of those on the unhinged whining about Milo.
Posted by: buzzion at February 20, 2017 01:02 AM (z/Ubi)
Posted by: garrett at February 20, 2017 01:00 AM (p+Qx5)
I knew a dude who held his fingers like he was holding a pick, but there was no pick. He said he got tired of buying them and losing them, so he went without. He wasn't a metal dude, so he got away with it. Was nuts, but he sounded fine.
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at February 20, 2017 01:03 AM (aMlLZ)
I would imagine.
Milo gets attention.
Methinks Gabe is mostly butthurt about that.
Posted by: garrett at February 20, 2017 01:04 AM (p+Qx5)
I could have swore it was a quarter, from an old Guitarist Mag article I read.
Posted by: garrett at February 20, 2017 01:01 AM (p+Qx5)
They could have gotten it wrong. Or is the six pence piece about the size of a quarter and maybe that's what you remember?
Posted by: buzzion at February 20, 2017 01:04 AM (z/Ubi)
Jeff Beck re. Picks - "Why would I use 5 Tools to hold 1?"
Posted by: garrett at February 20, 2017 01:05 AM (p+Qx5)
https://tinyurl.com/jgnpcow
Posted by: Bob in Houston-Vast Right Wing Basket of Deplorable! at February 20, 2017 01:05 AM (/Kwzr)
Might have been a 'You can be like Brian May, too. Just use a Quarter.".
Posted by: garrett at February 20, 2017 01:05 AM (p+Qx5)
Posted by: garrett at February 20, 2017 01:07 AM (p+Qx5)
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at February 20, 2017 01:07 AM (aMlLZ)
I would imagine.
Milo gets attention.
Methinks Gabe is mostly butthurt about that.
Posted by: garrett at February 20, 2017 01:04 AM (p+Qx5)
I bet Gabe loves bashing him on twitter too since Milo isn't on there to respond to him.
Posted by: buzzion at February 20, 2017 01:08 AM (z/Ubi)
Posted by: garrett at February 20, 2017 01:07 AM (p+Qx5)
How the hell did you meet him?
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at February 20, 2017 01:08 AM (aMlLZ)
I'm from upper Westchester Co.
Matte was always around.
We only got to know each other once I moved out West, though. Once I started slinging guitars myself instead of wholesaling them to dealers.
I have bought a few guitars from him and a few of his personal guitars (PRS and later Bakers) from others. I haven't talked to him in years, though.
Posted by: garrett at February 20, 2017 01:11 AM (p+Qx5)
Posted by: garrett at February 20, 2017 01:13 AM (p+Qx5)
Posted by: shibumi, a rational single white female and kitteh servant at February 19, 2017 11:44 PM (J5mC3)
They can come to my place. If they are hot.
Posted by: Morse Tapir at February 20, 2017 01:15 AM (WDdjT)
Posted by: garrett at February 20, 2017 01:11 AM (p+Qx5)
Yeah we had baker make us a few LPs. Beautifully made, just not "quite" as accurate as I would have liked.
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at February 20, 2017 01:15 AM (aMlLZ)
Posted by: gracepc at February 20, 2017 01:19 AM (OU4q6)
Went to hundreds and hundreds of shows while I was in HS and College.
Lots of those NE pro players used to buy guitars that came from me, and when I went to shows I got treated pretty well.
I think the first time we met was at an Agnostic Front Show. I knew one of those cats from HS.
Posted by: garrett at February 20, 2017 01:21 AM (p+Qx5)
Those Keeblers were nice. I had 2 come through here.
Posted by: garrett at February 20, 2017 01:22 AM (p+Qx5)
Posted by: garrett at February 20, 2017 01:22 AM (p+Qx5)
yeah mine was from that first batch of 6 or so.
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at February 20, 2017 01:23 AM (aMlLZ)
The trem equipped Lemon Drop one.
That thing was amazing.
Posted by: garrett at February 20, 2017 01:24 AM (p+Qx5)
I wasn't asking for a GoFundMe for her, or a job, or a passport.
I was asking if anyone here knew about approaching a state rep about such matters.
The person in my life who I might've asked, instead of taking up your valuable time, died suddenly two years ago. My father was born in Iran, came here to go to school, met and married my mother after converting to Christianity, and spent 40 years at the same engineering firm, and 40 years at the same church, and 40 years being a tremendous neighbor, local civics leader, and cyclist. In his spare time he was the World's Best Dad, who taught me, among other things, the foundation of my conservatism.
In his spare time, he wrote D.C. on behalf of a few members of his Iranian family, so they were granted visas to come here and go to college. It's what my friend is trying to do now.
Wow, off-topic. What I meant to say: Suck my dick, you rude bastard.
Posted by: voiceover at February 20, 2017 12:13 AM (JXtuJ)
1. There's a sjitload of other countries she could go to.
2. Maybe, if she converted (sincerely) to Christianity, her way would be easier.
3. Bad shit can happen to good people. Fundamentally, her visa problems are the fault of other asshole muzzies.
4. You probably will fail to understand that.
Posted by: Morse Tapir at February 20, 2017 01:25 AM (WDdjT)
The trem equipped Lemon Drop one.
That thing was amazing.
Posted by: garrett at February 20, 2017 01:24 AM (p+Qx5)
Hmm, not sure I remember that one. I remembered a few of his though. I know he had weird ideas of pickup combinations lol
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at February 20, 2017 01:28 AM (aMlLZ)
And odd numbers of strings!
Posted by: garrett at February 20, 2017 01:28 AM (p+Qx5)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 20, 2017 01:30 AM (WDdjT)
Posted by: mudshark at February 20, 2017 01:30 AM (hcggm)
he had Gene build one with a Limba body and neck and an old piece of East Coast Maple.
P90, P90, Hum with a Trem.
https://www.thegearpage.net/board/index.php? threads/baker-crucible.323843/
(remove the space after the ?)
second guitar down in post #3. Apparently the guy who I sold it to posted some pics.
Posted by: garrett at February 20, 2017 01:32 AM (p+Qx5)
he had Gene build one with a Limba body and neck and an old piece of East Coast Maple.
P90, P90, Hum with a Trem.
Posted by: garrett at February 20, 2017 01:32 AM (p+Qx5)
Oh yeah, I remember that one. The sad thing about matte, you would never find him...here.
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at February 20, 2017 01:34 AM (aMlLZ)
Posted by: garrett at February 20, 2017 01:36 AM (p+Qx5)
He doesn't get it.
At all.
Posted by: garrett at February 20, 2017 01:36 AM (p+Qx5)
No, he's definitely of the body.
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at February 20, 2017 01:39 AM (aMlLZ)
I'm gonna get some work done before bed.
Always a nice time when the ONT is guitar-centric.
L8r.
Posted by: garrett at February 20, 2017 01:41 AM (p+Qx5)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at February 20, 2017 01:45 AM (XB85R)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 20, 2017 02:00 AM (WDdjT)
Posted by: voiceover at February 20, 2017 12:13 AM (JXtuJ)
Write your congressman and explain the whole thing just like you did here.
Sometimes they can work near-miracles for their constituents.
Posted by: Deip-Lo, Rabble Extraordinaire at February 20, 2017 02:12 AM (8gh4t)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at February 20, 2017 02:15 AM (XB85R)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at February 20, 2017 02:17 AM (XB85R)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at February 20, 2017 02:28 AM (XB85R)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 20, 2017 02:34 AM (VdICR)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at February 20, 2017 02:39 AM (XB85R)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at February 20, 2017 02:43 AM (XB85R)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 19, 2017 10:27 PM (IDPbH)
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Bingo. The article was garbage, for more reasons than one. My favorite thing about the article is it "proves" its case simply by asserting its case multiple times while filling paragraphs with faux intellectual gibberish and examples that sound like evidence but are instead just familial relations to the hypothesis.
This type of article has the ability to influence only the weak-minded, the disinterested, and of course the political brothers-in-arms.
I could set about proving the color blue doesn't exist simply by saying it every fifth sentence, while talking about every other color, how things absorb colors and only reflect what they don't absorb, how people's eyes can fool them (citing optical illusions involving color), how some animals can't see the color blue at all, how no one even agrees what blue is because sometimes it's more green and sometimes it's more purple, and maybe cite some times when the sky isn't blue. Like when it's cloudy, or night, or when you look from a different angle, such as from space.
All of this sounds really deep and all-encompassing, like I've really thought hard about this issue. Yet none of it proves blue doesn't exist. The author of the article would make a better magician than scientist.
Posted by: Mega at February 20, 2017 03:06 AM (EdXI9)
He has classical music training in his past, which lets him work in other mediums such as keyboard.
Fuck yeah he borrowed; they all do. Maybe he's the Eastwood of Rock; never really recognized for the massive fanbase he has by TPTB, but he just keeps laying down hits.
I probably play his stuff more often than Zeppelin.
******
As to Iraqi nuclear engineers from Iraq, well, Israel put an end to that in the 80s when they took out the Osirik reactor there. And the father of the Paki nuclear weapon program had a western education.
A. Q. Khan, is a Pakistani nuclear physicist and a metallurgical engineer, who founded the uranium enrichment program for Pakistan's atomic bomb project.
and
Receiving his doctorate engineering in 1972, Khan joined the senior staff of the Physics Dynamics Research Laboratory in Amsterdam from a recommendation by his mentor, Martin J. Brabers
(all from wiki quotes)
Posted by: GnuBreed at February 20, 2017 03:14 AM (xpfRn)
Yes, I know 5 posts have happened in the last 45 minutes, give or take
HI! Y'ALL!
Posted by: tbodie at February 20, 2017 03:17 AM (RdIBt)
You, sir, are confusing my incoherence with my unconsciousness.
Posted by: GnuBreed at February 20, 2017 03:22 AM (xpfRn)
If you engage them, take turns 1 making their side feel unsure, 2 bolstering up your side, and 3 making them an ugly spectacle for the undecided.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 20, 2017 03:25 AM (VdICR)
Good morning horde
Posted by: Skip at February 20, 2017 03:44 AM (HDU3V)
Today I Am Muslim Too
Always I Stand with My Neighbors
You forgot to cover your hair
Posted by: Skip at February 20, 2017 04:07 AM (HDU3V)
Posted by: Nathan R. Jessup at February 20, 2017 04:24 AM (TixTl)
Tuesday too.
Posted by: Eric Leidberg at February 20, 2017 04:32 AM (CE5LF)
Posted by: Skip at February 20, 2017 04:51 AM (HDU3V)
Posted by: Skip at February 20, 2017 05:01 AM (HDU3V)
So the DNC is debating having Keith Ellison, Muslim, as its head and Chelsea Clinton attended an I am Muslim rally in New York yesterday. Interesting plan.
Multiple paths to 270 with that strategy. All of which require Muslims be on their very bestest behavior ever for three years and 11 months. I'm not a betting man, but if I was...
Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at February 20, 2017 05:10 AM (ZFUt7)
Posted by: fluffy at February 20, 2017 05:25 AM (jw2Xw)
Posted by: Chelsea Clinton at February 20, 2017 05:26 AM (ZFUt7)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 20, 2017 05:27 AM (VdICR)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 20, 2017 05:42 AM (VdICR)
Lets all fight Sexism, Racism, Bigotry, Homophobia, Islamophobia, War,
"also shut the fuck up, Donnie" (all in the headline, at least the first part)
Posted by: Colin at February 20, 2017 05:44 AM (ec2s9)
Killjoys.
Posted by: Tipper Gore at February 20, 2017 05:56 AM (jw2Xw)
I remember 'the good old days' when Ted Kennedy conspired with the Russians to defeat Ronald Reagan and the democrats thought that was perfectly fine.
Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at February 20, 2017 05:58 AM (ZFUt7)
Posted by: Colin at February 20, 2017 06:05 AM (ec2s9)
http://100percentfedup.com/oops-media-forgot-ted-
kennedy-asked-russia-to-intervene-in-election-help-defeat-ronald-reagan/
File under: Do as we say, not as we do, Mary Jo
Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at February 20, 2017 06:10 AM (ZFUt7)
Can't believe garrett never came up with the guitarist I was referring to. Especially after the second hint. Though it didn't appear much effort went into it.
You would have thought his name would at least have come up at some point in the discussion in an unrelated way but nope.
Posted by: teej at February 20, 2017 06:14 AM (mzTVj)
Wayne Bennett ?
Posted by: ScoggDog at February 20, 2017 06:43 AM (fiGNd)
Fine. Have it your way. Commit national suicide, just don't come begging for help later. I don't even know why we bother with the Europeans who didn't really care about saving themselves from communism either.
Posted by: Ripley at February 20, 2017 06:46 AM (1BQGO)
Because many Republicans ... including many here ... just can't stand the notion of losing all that national presitge that comes with being the global cop.
They're like that prick neighbor that insists on lending you a tool - then reminds you how lucky you are they lent you that tool ... over and over and over again.
Posted by: ScoggDog at February 20, 2017 06:48 AM (fiGNd)
---
It is George Washington's Birthday, otherwise known as George Washington's Birthday.
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at February 20, 2017 06:52 AM (PqqkK)
Posted by: Hilary C. at February 20, 2017 06:53 AM (PqqkK)
I dunno' man ... have you seen the overnight polling for Cornwallis in New York ? I'm pulling for Washington as much as anybody - I just don't want folks to get their hopes up for nothing.
I'm afraid it's going to be an early night.
Posted by: ScoggDog at February 20, 2017 06:55 AM (fiGNd)
Have to work a few hours from home this morning, but I get tomorrow off. Weird schedule this week.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - I speak of the Pompatous of Love at February 20, 2017 06:57 AM (ul9CR)
Well, it's better than spotlighting some obscure activist or labor leader, I suppose.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at February 20, 2017 06:58 AM (EnKk6)
The Donnas "Get Rid of that Girl"
16 year olds being all cute and perky while singing about violently offing their romantic rivals. Gotta love it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0yleULPsq4
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - I speak of the Pompatous of Love at February 20, 2017 07:00 AM (ul9CR)
Posted by: grammie winger at February 20, 2017 07:04 AM (DLIpz)
Posted by: ScoggDog at February 20, 2017 06:48 AM (fiGNd)
And that's why I hate the RINOs so much. Global prestige and 5 bucks will get you a cup of coffee-like product at Starbucks. Nations don't exist for prestige pissing contests, they exist to do right by their citizens. Ours is fucking up by the numbers, where that's concerned.
I'd be just fine with being just another country, and not even particularly loved, as long as we still had the strongest military. I wouldn't mind not being obligated to pay to put out everyone else's fires. "It's not my problem" and "no" are some pretty powerful words when you master their use.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at February 20, 2017 07:04 AM (J+mig)
The only convictions that bunch will ever have will come in criminal court....hopefully.
Posted by: BignJames at February 20, 2017 07:06 AM (x9c8r)
So Chelsea Clinton went to a Muslim For A Day event?
Posted by: grammie winger at February 20, 2017 07:04 AM (DLIpz)
I assume rug sales were a hot item yesterday, along with the arrow pointing to Mecca. Maybe beheading knives also were selling well at the event.
Posted by: Colin at February 20, 2017 07:07 AM (ec2s9)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at February 20, 2017 07:08 AM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at February 20, 2017 07:04 AM (J+mig)
Come on people! If we don't defend Estonia who's going to, The Estonians?
Ha!
Posted by: gnarl at February 20, 2017 07:08 AM (d76uN)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 20, 2017 07:10 AM (MZcWR)
Posted by: Charles Manson at February 20, 2017 07:10 AM (bc2Lc)
Posted by: mustbequantum at February 20, 2017 07:13 AM (MIKMs)
Posted by: Ripley
I have a co-worker who is Swedish (lives in Sweden) and he certainly is not very happy with the situation there. He mentions it periodically when I talk to him.
The average man and woman knows what is going on. It is the government that is in denial. A lot of them are wishing for someone like Trump.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....outlaw in America at February 20, 2017 07:14 AM (S6Pax)
1. Are you a major US ally, presently or historically, and are you still in good standing? (If the answer is yes, we help. If not, proceed to question 2.)
2. Are you a major US trading partner, and not the aggressor in this war? If the answer is yes, can we interest you in Lend-Lease equipment at reasonable interest rates? If the answer to those questions are no, proceed to 3.
3. Are you willing to sign up for US Territory status, upon being rescued from your impending annihilation or annexation? If the answer is no, there is no question four, piss off.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at February 20, 2017 07:15 AM (J+mig)
Posted by: grammie winger
Methodist and Judaism are just words to code things with. I doubt any of them have any true convictions, except stealing whatever is not tied down and getting personal power to mess with people like you and me.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....outlaw in America at February 20, 2017 07:16 AM (S6Pax)
Yeah, I know we can't import tens of million Europeans. We can only do that for the third world.
Posted by: Ripley at February 20, 2017 07:17 AM (1BQGO)
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 20, 2017 07:20 AM (JO9+V)
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 20, 2017 07:20 AM (JO9+V)
Rained like crazy in Aggieland also.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at February 20, 2017 07:21 AM (J+mig)
http://video.foxnews.com/v/5248024459001/?#sp=show-clips
It's an Obama-like dodge that the left is very fond of: if the gov't numbers show something voters won't like, then just change the way the numbers are reported. Problem solved! (or at least, problem covered up, and that's almost as good as far as the dishonest progs are concerned).
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at February 20, 2017 07:21 AM (riF5p)
Posted by: AltonJackson at February 20, 2017 07:21 AM (ZQfW9)
Chelsea Clinton went to a Muslim For A Day event
The power of the virtue klaxon compels you!
The power of the virtue klaxon compels you!
The power of the virtue klaxon compels you!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 20, 2017 07:22 AM (v1g1+)
Even worse: she brought her baby daughter with her and bragged about it being the infant's first protest.
Posted by: RondinellaMamma at February 20, 2017 07:23 AM (fHmjp)
Posted by: All Hail Eris
Bing has a nice aerial view of Mount Rushmore
Posted by: Bruce at February 20, 2017 07:23 AM (8ikIW)
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at February 20, 2017 07:21 AM (riF5p)
Yep. All of their numbers are nothing more than a means of hiding the truth.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at February 20, 2017 07:23 AM (J+mig)
Muslim for a Day, Dogfaced Dumbass Forever.
Good Morning, Horde! Three day weekend, yay!
Posted by: Brother Cavil, at Provisional Basestar at February 20, 2017 07:24 AM (66CWr)
Posted by: Bruce at February 20, 2017 07:24 AM (8ikIW)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, at Provisional Basestar at February 20, 2017 07:24 AM (66CWr)
Maybe if you work in a bank. Does anybody else get President's Day off anymore?
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at February 20, 2017 07:25 AM (J+mig)
When does she go to the Gay For A Day event? aka Folsom Street Fair (see zombie blog if you dare)
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 20, 2017 07:25 AM (JO9+V)
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Yeah, I don't get the sense that the criminal Mezvinsky family (father served time in prison, son is an obvious crook trading on insider info) are exactly observant Jews.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at February 20, 2017 07:27 AM (riF5p)
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Everybody who works in a post office or any other part of the federal government.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at February 20, 2017 07:28 AM (riF5p)
The average man and woman knows what is going on. It is the government that is in denial.
Remember that those governing threw open their countries' doors in the first place because declining birth rates put their social welfare programs, particularly those for older citizens, in danger of financial collapse. They thought newcomers would assimilate and cheerfully take up the financial burden. The fact that those they threw open their country to would outbreed threm and exacerbate the financial rot by cheeing up resources from other social welfare state pillars never crossed the pols' minds.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 20, 2017 07:32 AM (v1g1+)
Posted by: shibumi, a rational single white female and kitteh servant at February 19, 2017 10:09 PM (J5mC3)
Yes. Except we are the Extraordinary Form parish in our diocese, and have people from all over. Though if we are out of diocese (like me), we still need to be on the books of a parish in our own diocese.
For things that are handled on a diocesan basis.
Posted by: Sal at February 20, 2017 07:35 AM (hA4a+)
Posted by: ExurbanDoug at February 20, 2017 03:44 PM (JoORq)
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