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America: F* Yeah!
In lieu of any original content, here is a bunch of stuff I grabbed from Twitter this 4th of July morning:
Only in America. My life would have been an impossible dream anywhere else, so I tell everyone I am not self-made, I'm American-made. pic.twitter.com/5xjPjM4iFV
— Arnold (@Schwarzenegger) July 4, 2017
America wasn't founded so that we could all be better. America was founded so we could all be anything we damn well please. - P.J. O'Rourke
— Famous-Quote.net (@famousquotenet) July 4, 2017
And this is what makes America great:
If we can help little #CharlieGard, as per our friends in the U.K. and the Pope, we would be delighted to do so.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 3, 2017
Happy 4th of July! 🇺🇸
— Tom Brady's Ego (@TomBradysEgo) July 4, 2017
Here's to life, liberty, and the Falcons blowing a 28-3 lead pic.twitter.com/MyKlhCsug3
Hold my beer:
Boneless watermelon costs more, but I think it's worth it. Especially for the July 4th holiday. 🍉 pic.twitter.com/IpTLcewNRA
— Judge John Anderson (@judgejanderson) July 4, 2017
And here's a real rocket scientist:
Kids, I can't believe I have to say this, but don't do this. #HappyIndependenceDay pic.twitter.com/5hovdfUN6p
— Kurt Michaels (@DatOtherMichael) July 4, 2017
Of course, today's happy sentiments aren't necessarily shared by all:
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: GOULD at July 04, 2017 11:29 AM (segId)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 04, 2017 11:29 AM (/tuJf)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 04, 2017 11:30 AM (rvtDF)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 04, 2017 11:30 AM (rvtDF)
Posted by: Tonypete at July 04, 2017 11:31 AM (tr2D7)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 04, 2017 11:30 AM (rvtDF)
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And possibly both eyes.
Posted by: GOULD at July 04, 2017 11:32 AM (segId)
Posted by: Lizzy at July 04, 2017 11:32 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: beach blanket Choom Boy in Bali at July 04, 2017 11:32 AM (PY9jH)
Posted by: shibumi at July 04, 2017 11:33 AM (aT+Bx)
Reminds me I need to go get some boneless watermelon.
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V sez the Brewers are NO.1 in the NL Central for the next 15 minutes at July 04, 2017 11:33 AM (P8951)
Posted by: Tuna at July 04, 2017 11:33 AM (jm1YL)
Posted by: Lizzy at July 04, 2017 11:34 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Elizabeth at July 04, 2017 11:34 AM (LAe3v)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 04, 2017 11:34 AM (PY9jH)
Posted by: Tonypete at July 04, 2017 11:34 AM (tr2D7)
Happy Fourth everyone! Do try not to blow yourselves up too much.
Posted by: alexthechick - Ragebunny now with MAGIC Jazz Hands at July 04, 2017 11:35 AM (dEQP3)
https://twitter.com/NolteNC/status/882204378207268864
Posted by: Lizzy at July 04, 2017 11:35 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: pep at July 04, 2017 11:37 AM (LAe3v)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 04, 2017 11:37 AM (PY9jH)
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at July 04, 2017 11:37 AM (xAvrH)
And I am very happy we're an ex-British colony, but exceedingly happy we're an EX-British colony.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 04, 2017 11:37 AM (QGoUX)
How quickly do you think she off-loaded that thing?
I'm guessing she gave it to the first staff member she saw and just shook her head, and made a 'shoo-shoo' hand gesture.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 04, 2017 11:38 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Tuna at July 04, 2017 11:38 AM (jm1YL)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 04, 2017 11:39 AM (QGoUX)
Posted by: Lizzy at July 04, 2017 11:39 AM (NOIQH)
How quickly do you think she off-loaded that thing?
I'm guessing she gave it to the first staff member she saw and just shook her head, and made a 'shoo-shoo' hand gesture.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 04, 2017 11:38 AM (NOIQH)
Heh. It would be awesome if she threw it on the floor and crushed it with her heel.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 04, 2017 11:39 AM (PY9jH)
Posted by: JTB at July 04, 2017 11:39 AM (V+03K)
Posted by: Northernlurker at July 04, 2017 11:39 AM (YuKum)
I'm guessing she gave it to the first staff member she saw and just shook her head, and made a 'shoo-shoo' hand gesture.
Posted by: Lizzy
Accompanied by a tart "take it away, it vexes us".
Posted by: pep at July 04, 2017 11:39 AM (LAe3v)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 04, 2017 11:40 AM (0ReGO)
Posted by: pep at July 04, 2017 11:40 AM (LAe3v)
Posted by: pep at July 04, 2017 11:37 AM (LAe3v)
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*slaps you with kid glove*
How dare you sir! That movie is cinematic gold.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 04, 2017 11:40 AM (QGoUX)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 04, 2017 11:37 AM (PY9jH)
Omg Jane I was literally just thinking I wonder what Melania is going to wear.
I hope that Barron gets to shoot off some bottle rockets like a good American kid should get to do. That and the Secret Service taking him to the range to get some shooting in. 'Merica.
Posted by: alexthechick - Ragebunny now with MAGIC Jazz Hands at July 04, 2017 11:40 AM (dEQP3)
Posted by: pep at July 04, 2017 11:39 AM (LAe3v)
"And the sound of his voice annoys the corgis."
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 04, 2017 11:40 AM (PY9jH)
Happy 4th everyone.
Posted by: xnycpeasant at July 04, 2017 11:41 AM (BsGS1)
Love to her in picnic wear. Shorts, tshirt, etc. I think the guys here wouldn't need fireworks were that to happen.
Posted by: Tuna at July 04, 2017 11:41 AM (jm1YL)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 04, 2017 11:41 AM (/tuJf)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 04, 2017 11:42 AM (rvtDF)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez, they are gaslighting us 24/7 at July 04, 2017 11:42 AM (IMGcI)
This is apparently hard for foreigners to get their heads around.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 04, 2017 11:42 AM (mkDpn)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 04, 2017 11:39 AM (QGoUX)
Go on . . .
I, of course, am celebrating the Fourth by watching All The Tennis from England.
Posted by: alexthechick - Ragebunny now with MAGIC Jazz Hands at July 04, 2017 11:42 AM (dEQP3)
Posted by: pep at July 04, 2017 11:39 AM (LAe3v)
Or, "We are not amused."
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at July 04, 2017 11:42 AM (XNL5i)
I hope that Barron gets to shoot off some bottle rockets like a good
American kid should get to do. That and the Secret Service taking him
to the range to get some shooting in. 'Merica.
Posted by: alexthechick - Ragebunny now with MAGIC Jazz Hands at July 04, 2017 11:40 AM (dEQP3)
THIS. He is such a cute kid. I love that he stopped after getting off Marine One and turned and took a picture of it. He clearly loves stuff like that.
By the way, I'll smoosh some homemade peach ice cream thru the USB port later.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 04, 2017 11:43 AM (PY9jH)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2356524/
Happy Independence Day, ya Morons!
Posted by: Browncoat formerly known as Mike at July 04, 2017 11:43 AM (o38N1)
No kidding. I figure HRM knows that and has decided to hang on as long as she can.
I get the feeling that William would rather stay at home and raise his kids with the lovely Kate. Doesn't seem like he's anxious to assume the crown.
Posted by: Tuna at July 04, 2017 11:43 AM (jm1YL)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 04, 2017 11:43 AM (IcT7t)
Posted by: Insomniac at July 04, 2017 11:43 AM (0mRoj)
Preferably as little as possible.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 04, 2017 11:44 AM (rvtDF)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 04, 2017 11:44 AM (7yv+X)
Possibly the only royalty I'd gladly be under.<<<<<<
There is a disturbance in the force--as if a thousand morons fapped at once...
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at July 04, 2017 11:44 AM (x3uSY)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 04, 2017 11:34 AM
--
Later today, former prime minister Gordon Brown will try to watch the DVD's Choom Boy gave him, but they're only readable on North American DVD players.
/sad and true
Posted by: shibumi at July 04, 2017 11:44 AM (aT+Bx)
Damn worth it I say. Now if we can just stop it forming here.
Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2017 11:44 AM (Ot7+c)
Posted by: IC at July 04, 2017 11:44 AM (gcme+)
Posted by: xnycpeasant at July 04, 2017 11:44 AM (BsGS1)
I, of course, am celebrating the Fourth by watching All The Tennis from England.
Posted by: alexthechick
Do they have 4th of July in England?
Posted by: rickb223 at July 04, 2017 11:45 AM (rvtDF)
I like to think that she didn't even waste words - just vamoosed it with an annoyed nod of her head.
The Obamas were so dang tacky.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 04, 2017 11:45 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at July 04, 2017 11:45 AM (xAvrH)
--
Charles- hell no
William- no
Harry- yeah, I like this choice. However, he might not be related to them. Which is probably why I like him.
Posted by: shibumi at July 04, 2017 11:45 AM (aT+Bx)
Fixed for accuracy.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 04, 2017 11:46 AM (rvtDF)
Posted by: George LeS at July 04, 2017 11:46 AM (+TcCF)
Posted by: shibumi at July 04, 2017 11:46 AM (aT+Bx)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 04, 2017 11:45 AM (rvtDF)
Between the 3rd and 5th.
Posted by: BignJames at July 04, 2017 11:46 AM (x9c8r)
DVD's Choom Boy gave him, but they're only readable on North American
DVD players.
That would be legaly blind Gordon Brown, right?
The Obamas: only the best from the WH giftshop or a nearby Best Buy for our closest allies!!
Posted by: Lizzy at July 04, 2017 11:46 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Weasel at July 04, 2017 11:47 AM (Sfs6o)
Oh. Please. Yes.
And the proud father tweeting pictures.
Lefty heads exploding would drown out the fireworks.
(in a good way !)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez, they are gaslighting us 24/7 at July 04, 2017 11:47 AM (IMGcI)
Especially if he marries that actress he's dating. Queen Megan. LOL
Posted by: Tuna at July 04, 2017 11:47 AM (jm1YL)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 04, 2017 11:45 AM (rvtDF)
Well. Yes. I mean, the whole world has the Fourth of July. It's just that we're the ones who celebrate being better in all the ways.
*waits patiently for ice cream*
I am being a bad child and not going out with the 'rents for fireworks tonight because with my brother here last week and some church stuff I've had way too much interaction with other meat sacks. Nope nope nope on dealing with a crowd.
Also it's hot and I'm a delicate flower.
Posted by: alexthechick - Ragebunny now with MAGIC Jazz Hands at July 04, 2017 11:47 AM (dEQP3)
Posted by: josephistan at July 04, 2017 11:48 AM (ANIFC)
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at July 04, 2017 11:48 AM (x3uSY)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 04, 2017 11:34 AM (PY9jH)
Bet that suckah was regifted, STAT!
Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at July 04, 2017 11:48 AM (q3OJ4)
Blythe Danner. Still a very lovely woman.
Posted by: Tuna at July 04, 2017 11:49 AM (jm1YL)
So thank you.
But yeah, is The Donald giving a speech today?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 04, 2017 11:49 AM (QGoUX)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 04, 2017 11:34 AM (PY9jH)
Bet that suckah was regifted, STAT!
Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at July 04, 2017 11:48 AM (q3OJ4)
She sold it on ebay
Posted by: josephistan at July 04, 2017 11:49 AM (ANIFC)
Since Germany is 0 & 2, it's a safe bet it's not being celebrated there.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 04, 2017 11:49 AM (rvtDF)
Posted by: Weasel at July 04, 2017 11:47 AM (Sfs6o)
By persuade, you mean going over and saying look fireworks, right?
Posted by: alexthechick - Ragebunny now with MAGIC Jazz Hands at July 04, 2017 11:50 AM (dEQP3)
Posted by: Barry O at July 04, 2017 11:50 AM (VTfbZ)
Posted by: Don Q at July 04, 2017 11:51 AM (NgKpN)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 04, 2017 11:34 AM (PY9jH)
Bet that suckah was regifted, STAT!
Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at July 04, 2017 11:48 AM (q3OJ4)
She sold it on ebay
Posted by: josephistan
Traded it to Limbaugh for an EIB engraved model
Posted by: Rick in SK at July 04, 2017 11:51 AM (FZYNt)
Posted by: Johnny Rotten at July 04, 2017 11:51 AM (xAvrH)
Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2017 11:51 AM (Ot7+c)
President Trump today is at White House, where he will host a picnic for
armed services members and their families, according to Vanity Fair.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 04, 2017 11:51 AM (NOIQH)
I was talking to my buddy in the UK yesterday. He is a big history buff and when he as over last we went to Boston and did the Freedom Trail with me basically saying "And we kicked your ass here, and over there, and there too.." Kind of a long day for him.
He invited me over for a Brexit celebration. His daughter and son in law have a farm up north and legal guns. He promised I could shoot at the Dutch so I may have to volunteer.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 04, 2017 11:52 AM (/tuJf)
http://mashable.com/2015/04/22/queen-elizabeth-army/#DwO1qVoXbsq0
Elizabeth is more patriotic and useful than the Clintons.
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V sez the Brewers are NO.1 in the NL Central for the next 15 minutes at July 04, 2017 11:52 AM (P8951)
Since Germany is 0 & 2, it's a safe bet it's not being celebrated there.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 04, 2017 11:49 AM (rvtDF)
The part of Germany known as Hesse won't be, that's for sure.
Maybe France celebrates in some small way? After all, they helped....
Posted by: JoeF. at July 04, 2017 11:52 AM (7uYFy)
President Trump today is at White House, where he will host a picnic for WHITE
armed services members and their families, according to Vanity Fair.
Posted by: Lizzy
FIFY
Posted by: CNN at July 04, 2017 11:52 AM (FZYNt)
And the proud father tweeting pictures.
Lefty heads exploding would drown out the fireworks.
(in a good way !)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez, they are gaslighting us 24/7 at July 04, 2017 11:47 AM (IMGcI)
Here's on single shot, and here's the burst - look an that grouping, hey? He's a good kid, a natural.
Here he is at the 600 meter, got that butt tucked in tight to avoid a bruise. . .
Posted by: Kindltot at July 04, 2017 11:52 AM (mkDpn)
By persuade, you mean going over and saying look fireworks, right?
Posted by: alexthechick - Ragebunny now with MAGIC Jazz Hands at July 04, 2017 11:50 AM (dEQP3)
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Yeah, that's about what it'll take.
Posted by: Weasel at July 04, 2017 11:52 AM (Sfs6o)
Posted by: josephistan at July 04, 2017 11:48 AM (ANIFC)
Yes, if there are any Americans there, it is celebrated.
Posted by: Duke of Righteous WTF? at July 04, 2017 11:52 AM (T71PA)
Posted by: Barry O
Scuzi, Señor. I theenk you mean quattro.
Posted by: ¡Jeb! at July 04, 2017 11:53 AM (xAvrH)
This is going to be the best
Veau aux truffes en sauce aux pastèques
evah*
*Traditional 4th of July fare of the storied naturalfake Clan
Posted by: naturalfake at July 04, 2017 11:54 AM (9q7Dl)
Elizabeth is more patriotic and useful than the Clintons.
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V
And she keeps the British JEF away from the Throne
Posted by: Rick in SK at July 04, 2017 11:54 AM (FZYNt)
President Trump today is at White House, where he will host a picnic for
armed services members and their families, according to Vanity Fair.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 04, 2017 11:51 AM (NOIQH)
Hope the organic garden has been converted to horseshoe pits.
Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at July 04, 2017 11:55 AM (q3OJ4)
Posted by: JoeF. at July 04, 2017 11:52 AM (7uYFy)
Prolly couldn't have done it w/o French fleet.
Posted by: BignJames at July 04, 2017 11:55 AM (x9c8r)
He invited me over for a Brexit celebration. His daughter and son in law have a farm up north and legal guns. He promised I could shoot at the Dutch so I may have to volunteer.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 04, 2017 11:52 AM (/tuJf)
"And this is where we bent you over and rogered you mercilessly. I did get that right, it's rogering, right?"
Shooting at the Dutch sounds like a thing that must be done, just on the principle of it.
Hmmm. I can eat the food I have here or I can go to Cookout for hot dogs and a milk shake. Hmmmm.
Posted by: alexthechick - Ragebunny now with MAGIC Jazz Hands at July 04, 2017 11:55 AM (dEQP3)
Posted by: mustbequantum at July 04, 2017 11:56 AM (MIKMs)
Posted by: DonnaV sez the Brewers are NO.1 in the NL Central for the next 15 minutes at July 04, 2017 11:52 AM (P8951)
Elizabeth is also a serious Christian. As befits the head of the Church of England.
She is an extremely gifted, intelligent, and in all ways superior woman. Not one person in the line of succession can even come close to measuring up to her.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at July 04, 2017 11:57 AM (XNL5i)
Posted by: JoeF. at July 04, 2017 11:57 AM (7uYFy)
Posted by: josephistan at July 04, 2017 11:48 AM (ANIFC)
Yes, if there are any Americans there, it is celebrated.
Posted by: Duke of Righteous WTF?
I spent the Fourth of July, 1991 is London. A lot of the pubs were decked out in Red, White, and Blue with American flags waving. Maybe not 'celebrating' but certainly catering to the Americans who were visiting. Many a pint was drunk that day. Well, many a pint was drunk nearly every time I wasn't working. Had to blend in with the natives and drinking is a way of life in the UK. I blame the weather.
Posted by: Puddleglum at July 04, 2017 11:57 AM (Gl9DN)
England is the mother country and all but I'm so glad we weaned ourselves(albeit violently) off mom's tit.
Posted by: Tuna at July 04, 2017 11:38 AM
We moved out of mom's basement.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 04, 2017 11:57 AM (IqV8l)
Posted by: josephistan at July 04, 2017 11:57 AM (ANIFC)
Ooooooooh! Watermelon jello shots!
Posted by: rickb223 at July 04, 2017 11:57 AM (rvtDF)
Ugh, Michelle had it cemented in place right before they moved out, just to make it more difficult to remove.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/
michelle-obama-garden-changes-white-house-229204
Posted by: Lizzy at July 04, 2017 11:57 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Puddleglum at July 04, 2017 11:58 AM (Gl9DN)
=====
Poland!
Posted by: mustbequantum at July 04, 2017 11:56 AM (MIKMs)
That's right. The Plish general they named that bridge in NYC--and whose picture is on that brand of mustard-- was a great help....
Posted by: JoeF. at July 04, 2017 11:58 AM (7uYFy)
Posted by: Northernlurker at July 04, 2017 11:39 AM (YuKum)
Ditto from me.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2017 12:00 PM (XUcIQ)
Posted by: JoeF. at July 04, 2017 11:52 AM (7uYFy)
They're gearing up for their own big party 10 days from now.
Sharpening the razors on their little commemorative guillotines. People auditioning for the role of the aristocrat in the tumbrel...
"Maman, can I play Robespierre this year? "
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V sez the Brewers are NO.1 in the NL Central for the next 15 minutes at July 04, 2017 12:00 PM (P8951)
She is an extremely gifted, intelligent, and in all ways superior woman. Not one person in the line of succession can even come close to measuring up to her.
Posted by: OregonMuse
Watched on Netflix a show about her coming to the throne and the first year or so afterwards. I think it was only the first season in the series.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 04, 2017 12:00 PM (rvtDF)
Posted by: Jeffrey Dahmer at July 04, 2017 12:01 PM (xAvrH)
Posted by: Gaylord Farkemall at July 04, 2017 12:01 PM (+dsLj)
Really? The marrow is the best part.
Posted by: pep at July 04, 2017 11:40 AM (LAe3v)
I'm making watermelon bone broth with mine. For GAINZZZ!
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July 04, 2017 12:01 PM (Id9+8)
Posted by: Weasel at July 04, 2017 11:47 AM (Sfs6o)
Weasel, if that's you next door, come on over and hold my beer.
Posted by: That Deplorable SOB Van Owen at July 04, 2017 12:01 PM (kLtv2)
Shooting at the Dutch sounds like a thing that must be done
Look that up in the Urban Dictionary.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 04, 2017 12:01 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Northernlurker at July 04, 2017 11:39 AM (YuKum)
Ditto from me.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2017 12:00 PM (XUcIQ)
Thank you! I hope the two of you had a happy Canada Day.
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V sez the Brewers are NO.1 in the NL Central for the next 15 minutes at July 04, 2017 12:01 PM (P8951)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 04, 2017 12:02 PM (C8vxs)
Posted by: JoeF. at July 04, 2017 11:57 AM (7uYFy)
I thought the story was that eating enough watermelon would cause massive "shitting".
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at July 04, 2017 12:02 PM (XNL5i)
Posted by: Tuna at July 04, 2017 12:03 PM (jm1YL)
JoMika, her face melting like the butter creme icing on her Treason Day cupcakes...
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 04, 2017 12:03 PM (C8vxs)
Posted by: Tuna
MOM! YOU OWE ME BREAST MILK AS REPARATIONS!
Posted by: Baby Al Sharpton at July 04, 2017 12:03 PM (xAvrH)
Sharpening the razors on their little commemorative guillotines.
People auditioning for the role of the aristocrat in the tumbrel...
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If there was any sign that the US is uniquely gifted in our founding, compare and contrast the others.
Posted by: mustbequantum at July 04, 2017 12:03 PM (MIKMs)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 04, 2017 12:00 PM (rvtDF)
Are you talking about 'The Crown'? We watched that, too. Mrs. Muse and I both liked it very much.
I hope they're going to have a second season.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at July 04, 2017 12:04 PM (XNL5i)
Ugh, Michelle had it cemented in place right before they moved out, just to make it more difficult to remove.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/
michelle-obama-garden-changes-white-house-229204
Posted by: Lizzy at July 04, 2017 11:57 AM (NOIQH)
The Army Engineers need practice in removing field obstructions. With copious quantities of C4.
Posted by: Fox2! at July 04, 2017 12:04 PM (brIR5)
Posted by: Pleistocene Megafauna at July 04, 2017 12:04 PM (GdgAM)
Posted by: t-bird at July 04, 2017 12:04 PM (ZIFyZ)
Who knew?
I've eaten a lot of watermelon in my day and never experienced either as a result.
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V sez the Brewers are NO.1 in the NL Central for the next 15 minutes at July 04, 2017 12:05 PM (P8951)
A nanvdho hates out dear and glorious leader ?
Shame on you
Posted by: Bus rider at July 04, 2017 12:05 PM (8m+ZY)
________________________
Yes, isn't it nice to have an actual American as president on this fourth of July, instead of that half-breed half-wit who spent decades of his pre-presidential life pretending he'd been born in Kenya.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at July 04, 2017 12:06 PM (nS5LK)
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at July 04, 2017 12:02 PM (XNL5i)
But of course. You have to get the "shitting" part over with before you head to the bedroom....
Posted by: JoeF. at July 04, 2017 12:06 PM (7uYFy)
Maybe.
Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2017 12:06 PM (Ot7+c)
michelle-obama-garden-changes-white-house-229204
What a bitch. Trump needs to get a D-10 in there and rip that shit out.
Happy Independence Day, horde!
Posted by: Infidel at July 04, 2017 12:06 PM (gDoff)
Posted by: mustbequantum at July 04, 2017 12:06 PM (MIKMs)
I'm grateful to have found a place to call home here, meet my beautiful wife, and raise a family.
Posted by: EC at July 04, 2017 12:07 PM (cdr7G)
She is an extremely gifted, intelligent, and in all ways superior woman. Not one person in the line of succession can even come close to measuring up to her. "
Regrettably so. Princess Anne seems most like her mother. Wish the sons had turned out better.
Posted by: Tuna at July 04, 2017 12:07 PM (jm1YL)
Posted by: DonnaV sez the Brewers are NO.1 in the NL Central for the next 15 minutes
So are teats on a bull, so low bar. I like Elizabeth nonetheless, and chalk her unfortunate offspring up to inbreeding.
Posted by: pep at July 04, 2017 12:08 PM (LAe3v)
Posted by: JoeF. at July 04, 2017 11:52 AM (7uYFy)
They're gearing up for their own big party 10 days from now.
Sharpening the razors on their little commemorative guillotines. People auditioning for the role of the aristocrat in the tumbrel...
"Maman, can I play Robespierre this year? "
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V sez the Brewers are NO.1 in the NL Central for the next 15 minutes
The French have a very confusing and conflicted psychology, I've heard. They all have varying amounts of pride in Louis XIV, the French Revolution, Napoleon, and all of the other various regime changes they've had, even though each was at odds with the previous one.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at July 04, 2017 12:08 PM (xAvrH)
Posted by: Spypeach at July 04, 2017 12:09 PM (Jcrm4)
Where are you from originally, my fellow American?
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V sez the Brewers are NO.1 in the NL Central for the next 15 minutes at July 04, 2017 12:09 PM (P8951)
Posted by: no good deed at July 04, 2017 12:10 PM (hsb2w)
michelle-obama-garden-changes-white-house-229204
She did that in 2016? Fuck her. I'd at least restore it to 2015's state.
Posted by: t-bird at July 04, 2017 12:10 PM (ZIFyZ)
Posted by: DonnaV sez the Brewers are NO.1 in the NL Central for the next 15 minutes
So are teats on a bull, so low bar. I like Elizabeth nonetheless, and chalk her unfortunate offspring up to inbreeding.
Posted by: pep
To say "X is more useful than the Clintons" is like saying "X is more useful than cancer, Ebola or menengitis".
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at July 04, 2017 12:10 PM (xAvrH)
Look you will get married to a quality woman, have kids and stay that way or you will be cut off from the family at the knees. There is always the next in line.
Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2017 12:11 PM (Ot7+c)
Posted by: Harry Reid at July 04, 2017 12:11 PM (0mRoj)
John Winger: Cut it out! Cut it out! Cut it out! What the hell's the matter with you? Stupid! We're all very different people. We're not Watusi. We're not Spartans. We're Americans, with a capital 'A', huh? You know what that means? Do ya? That means that our forefathers were kicked out of every decent country in the world. We are the wretched refuse. We're the underdog. We're mutts! Here's proof: his nose is cold! But there's no animal that's more faithful, that's more loyal, more loveable than the mutt. Who saw "Old Yeller?" Who cried when Old Yeller got shot at the end?
[raises his hand]
John Winger: [Sarcastically] Nobody cried when Old Yeller got shot? I'm sure.
[hands are reluctantly raised]
John Winger: I cried my eyes out. So we're all dogfaces, we're all very, very different, but there is one thing that we all have in common: we were all stupid enough to enlist in the Army. We're mutants. There's something wrong with us, something very, very wrong with us. Something seriously wrong with us - we're soldiers. But we're American soldiers! We've been kicking ass for 200 years! We're ten and one! Now we don't have to worry about whether or not we practiced. We don't have to worry about whether Captain Stillman wants to have us hung. All we have to do is to be the great American fighting soldier that is inside each one of us. Now do what I do, and say what I say. And make me proud.
...speaks for itself.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 04, 2017 12:11 PM (C8vxs)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 04, 2017 12:12 PM (IqV8l)
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When her grandmother died, Pss Anne walked in uniform with the men after the casket. I thought that was a truly gutsy and respectful gesture.
Posted by: mustbequantum at July 04, 2017 12:13 PM (MIKMs)
Posted by: fly gal at July 04, 2017 12:14 PM (JU+2A)
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at July 04, 2017 12:08 PM (xAvrH)
Probably because France was a powerful country then. During Louis XIV's day, all the foreign courts and educated people spoke French (and you know damn well the French were correcting their pronunciation every time they spoke it). The French Revolution was a massively important world event (and unfortunately, and stupidly, more peoples have modeled their own revolutions on the French one rather than the vastly more successful American one.)
They were a big power in Europe and the world then and now they are not and have not been for a while.
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V sez the Brewers are NO.1 in the NL Central for the next 15 minutes at July 04, 2017 12:15 PM (P8951)
Posted by: EC at July 04, 2017 12:15 PM (cdr7G)
We're trying something new. We're going to grind a beef, and pork roast, and make our burgers from that. Bacon will also be added, assuming the place we buy our bacon is open.
The next potluck at my wife's church is going to be a hot dog and baked potato bar 'theme'. (My idea). Many of the toppings can be shared, so it actually works out well, assuming no one brings bottles of ketchup, or mustard as their potluck offering.
We test drove this idea at my house a couple weeks ago. Things that go really good with both hot dogs and baked potatoes, (in addition to your standard topping fare):
Feta Cheese
Blue Cheese
Cheddar Cheese
Cilantro/lime/jalapeno/mayo sauce
Crumbled bacon
Diced tomatoes and onions
Diced Jalapeno peppers, (prepped mild, and hot)
Diced celery
Basically, we raided the fridge of anything that could be diced, chopped, or sauced. Worked out quite well.
IMO, best hot dog was topped with diced onion, chili, diced tomato, crumbled feta cheese, and the cilantro sauce.
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at July 04, 2017 12:16 PM (NPg09)
I hope they're going to have a second season.
Posted by: OregonMuse
Yes. That's it.
From IMDb:
The series is one of the most expensive television series ever made. Each episode is budgeted at $5m and it had already been commissioned for two seasons, with the intention of four more, before the first episode had even been completed or any episode broadcast.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 04, 2017 12:16 PM (rvtDF)
Elizabeth learned how to fix a transmission and change a spare tire. That's making yourself useful.
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V sez the Brewers are NO.1 in the NL Central for the next 15 minutes at July 04, 2017 12:16 PM (P8951)
Posted by: Weasel
Stop being so narrow minded. Nothing illegal about shit.
Relax, let yourself go. Drop your pants and let off a big steaming pile in the middle of the sidewalk. We don't care.
Posted by: Denver city council at July 04, 2017 12:17 PM (xAvrH)
Posted by: DonnaV sez the Brewers are NO.1
in the NL Central for the next 15 minutes at July 04, 2017 12:00 PM
(P8951)
"I'm not sure, child. Remember, the Marat costume is cheaper, and I'm not sure we can get a flint-lock pistol and bandages on such a short notice"
Posted by: Kindltot at July 04, 2017 12:17 PM (mkDpn)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 04, 2017 12:16 PM (rvtDF)
Wow. Good to know. Thanks.
I wonder what makes it so expensive to film?
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at July 04, 2017 12:17 PM (XNL5i)
When cousins marry cousins. Years and years of cousins marrying cousins. The current generation seems to have figured out it's not a good thing to do so we now have Kate. Annne's daughter married the working class ex rugby player with the squashed nose so you know what she thinks of royal marriage tradition.
Posted by: Tuna at July 04, 2017 12:17 PM (jm1YL)
2 We are not amused.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 04, 2017 11:29 AM (/
Oh, I dunno. QE2 actually has quite the sense of humor. Been known to photobomb even. Remember her goofing on W with a look, in the Rose Garden when he flubbed something in a joint address during a state visit?
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 04, 2017 12:18 PM (VzK6r)
Please take time today to lift up a prayer for the restoration and preservation of this God-blessed Republic and revival of freedom and goodness among her people.
Posted by: Emmie at July 04, 2017 12:19 PM (ZapPq)
"...Eventually he got, as the Europeans always do, to the part about "Your country's never been invaded." ... "You don't know the horror, the suffering. You think war is..."
I snapped. "A John Wayne movie," I said. "That's what you were going to say, wasn't it? We think war is a John Wayne movie. We think life is a John Wayne movie - with good guys and bad guys, as simple as that. Well, you know something, Mister Limey Poofter? You're right. And let me tell you who the bad guys are.
They're us. WE BE BAD.
"We're the baddest-assed sons of bitches that ever jogged in Reeboks. We're three-quarters grizzly bear and two-thirds car wreck and descended from a stock-market crash on our mother's side. You take your Germany, France, Spain, roll them all together and it wouldn't give us room to park our cars.
We're the big boys, Jack, the original, giant, economy-sized, new and improved butt kickers of all time. When we snort coke in Houston, people lose their hats in the Cap d'Antibes. And we've got an American Express card credit limit higher than your piss-ant metric numbers go.
"You say our country's never been invaded? You're right, little buddy. Because I'd like to see the needle-dicked foreigners who'd have the guts to try. We drink napalm to get out hearts started in the morning. A rape and a mugging is our way of saying 'Cheerio.' Hell can't hold our sock-hops. We walk taller, talk louder, spit further, fuck longer, and buy more things than you know the names of. I'd rather be a junkie in New York than king, queen, and jack of all you Europeans. We eat little countries like this for breakfast and shit them out before lunch."
Of course, the guy should have punched me. But this was Europe. He just smiled his shabby, superior European smile.
God, don't these people have dentists?"
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at July 04, 2017 12:19 PM (ul9CR)
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Kosher dill pickle spears.
Posted by: mustbequantum at July 04, 2017 12:19 PM (MIKMs)
The French and Haitians joined forces with our patriots to fight the British, in the area that now houses the Railhouse Museum. They were brutally defeated by the British.
The battlefield has been restored and shortly after, some idiot decided to do donuts on it. So it was restored....again.
There is a statue here commemorating the Haitians who fought to help free us from the British.
And now I'm off to make the blueberry peach pound cake.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 04, 2017 12:20 PM (PY9jH)
Posted by: Infidel at July 04, 2017 12:22 PM (gDoff)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 04, 2017 12:22 PM (PY9jH)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 04, 2017 12:24 PM (mkDpn)
Possibly attention to detail. IMDb never really says.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 04, 2017 12:26 PM (rvtDF)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 04, 2017 12:26 PM (89T5c)
Posted by: sinalco at July 04, 2017 12:28 PM (yODqO)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 04, 2017 12:16 PM (rvtDF)
The actress that plays Elizabeth was also one of the leads in the 2010 adaptation of the Terry Pratchett "Diskworld" novel 'Going Postal'.
Which I very much recommend.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at July 04, 2017 12:28 PM (XNL5i)
http://tinyurl.com/yaqlhvg6
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 04, 2017 12:28 PM (OdK9v)
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V sez the Brewers are NO.1 in the NL Central for the next 15 minutes at July 04, 2017 12:16 PM (P8951)
Transmission? That's more than I can do - I've never heard that about her before. One of the many points where my "man card" would be considered in jeopardy is that I know 0 about cars. I was just expanding on pep's point that if something is good, or neutral, a comparison with something vile like the Clintons is unnecessary.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at July 04, 2017 12:29 PM (xAvrH)
I wonder what makes it so expensive to film?
Possibly attention to detail. IMDb never really says. Posted by: rickb223 at July 04, 2017 12:26 PM (rvtDF)
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My best guess would be that getting rights to some of the old newsreels, etc. would be a labor-intensive and expensive business. Maybe Sefton or MP4 can weigh in on that.
Posted by: mustbequantum at July 04, 2017 12:29 PM (MIKMs)
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at July 04, 2017 12:29 PM (XNL5i)
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Haitians vs. Hessians would have been an interesting battle.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 04, 2017 12:29 PM (QGoUX)
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at July 04, 2017 12:29 PM (XNL5i)
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Here, hold my root beer!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 04, 2017 12:30 PM (QGoUX)
And all of my "friends" who are snowflakes are dead to me; they just don't know how much I loathe them.
Posted by: Ummmm at July 04, 2017 12:30 PM (sPwat)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 04, 2017 12:22 PM (PY9jH)
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I saw a recipe for this in Garden and Gun. This sounds like something that should be in the Moron Cookbook.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 04, 2017 12:32 PM (QGoUX)
Posted by: Harvard Professor Joyce E. Chaplin at July 04, 2017 12:32 PM (OdK9v)
Posted by: Harvard Professor Joyce E. Chaplin at July 04, 2017 12:32 PM (OdK9v)
The charcoal chimneys are staged and full of charcoal.
T-minus 5 hours to ignition.
Be safe!
Posted by: Under Fire at July 04, 2017 12:33 PM (l4aLi)
Posted by: Tuna at July 04, 2017 12:33 PM (jm1YL)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 04, 2017 12:33 PM (VHThc)
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at July 04, 2017 12:35 PM (x3uSY)
http://tinyurl.com/yaqlhvg6
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
That "art" is just abstract monochromatic rectangles. How can anyone consider that art?
Posted by: Mark Rothko at July 04, 2017 12:36 PM (xAvrH)
Posted by: Harvard Professor Joyce E. Chaplin at July 04, 2017 12:32 PM (OdK9v)
The Treat of Paris? Creme brulee!
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V sez the Brewers are NO.1 in the NL Central for the next 15 minutes at July 04, 2017 12:36 PM (P8951)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 04, 2017 12:37 PM (hscyr)
Jane, You are beautiful, especially if you give us the bacon jam recipe. Or did you submit it for The Cookbook? (If the recipe isn't handy, please post it on the next food thread. I can think of several dozen uses for it.)
Posted by: JTB at July 04, 2017 12:38 PM (V+03K)
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader
That's no way to go through life.
Posted by: Dean Wormer at July 04, 2017 12:39 PM (xAvrH)
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V sez the Brewers are NO.1 in the NL Central for the next 15 minutes at July 04, 2017 12:36 PM
Crepes a sucre et buerre!
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 04, 2017 12:40 PM (hscyr)
So much for freedom.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 04, 2017 12:40 PM (rvtDF)
Bourbon Bacon Jam
Ingredients
1 and ½ pounds of bacon
2 cups of shallots, finely chopped
1 cup vidalia onion, or any sweet onion, finely chopped
4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
1 teaspoon chili powder
½ teaspoon smoked paprika
½ cup bourbon
½ cup maple syrup
¼ cup balsamic vinegar
½ cup brown sugar
Read more at
http://www.cravingsofalunatic.com/2014/08/
bourbon-bacon-jam.html#WsYj1FBP3stkcyTV.99
Posted by: Mustard, Pickle, Bratwust Day! at July 04, 2017 12:42 PM (uz/Pv)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/p2nvokf
Or
http://preview.tinyurl.com/ybuu9akh
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 04, 2017 12:42 PM (VHThc)
world/2007/may/09/usa.monarchy
QE2 ribbing GWB.
Posted by: Infidel at July 04, 2017 12:22 PM (gDoff)
Here's what he did to deserve that:
http://tinyurl.com/pemmwg6
Posted by: Vendette at July 04, 2017 12:44 PM (g5XeL)
Possibly attention to detail. IMDb never really says.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 04, 2017 12:26 PM (rvtDF)
I imagine that's a huge part of it. It's a period piece, with multiple periods, and getting almost episode-by-episode period correct, and sometimes exact duplicate, props (like vehicles) must be astounding. And going over the on-location sets to clear out anachronisms is a non-trivial exercise, too.
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at July 04, 2017 12:45 PM (17QyB)
Here i sit, browser on the desktop open to Ace and Insty. Kindle open to Milo's new book. Big ol' pot of coffee at the ready, and no obligations til it's time to cook dinner.
God Bless America.
Even if you're not into the whole transcendent divine thing, just think of that statement in the Pascal's Wager sense.
Have fun everyone!
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 04, 2017 12:47 PM (hcyUh)
http://tinyurl.com/yayq2eax
Posted by: thatcrazy jerseyguy at July 04, 2017 12:47 PM (TPimP)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 04, 2017 12:50 PM (auHtY)
Posted by: Mark Rothko
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Not a good pic, but reduce the size.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 04, 2017 12:51 PM (OdK9v)
T-minus 5 hours to ignition.
OK, totally serious question here. What am I doing wrong with those things? I can never get it to work for squat. I bunch up the newspaper, light it, wait a bit and wind up with a bunch of nasty paper ashes flying around and cold charcoal. Please advise.
Posted by: Bob the Bilderberg at July 04, 2017 12:51 PM (7oUUT)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 04, 2017 12:42 PM (VHThc)
Those are great photos. Also: http://eonli.ne/2um9nyg
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at July 04, 2017 12:52 PM (XNL5i)
Posted by: westminsterdogshow at July 04, 2017 12:53 PM (mMeIQ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 04, 2017 12:54 PM (VHThc)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 04, 2017 12:55 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Bob the Bilderberg at July 04, 2017 12:51 PM (7oUUT)
paper goes in the smaller chamber, which goes to the bottom. Also, don't bunch the paper up too tight. Not very loose, but not crammed into a solid ball either.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 04, 2017 12:55 PM (hcyUh)
Posted by: Bob the Bilderberg
Go over to your hardware or Home Depot, Lowe's or whatever, and get an electric charcoal starter. I've used one for years, my parents used one, and they always work. You make a pile of charcoal over the starter coil, plug it in, and in 15 minutes, the charcoal is ignited and you can spread it out to start cooking.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....unfrozen caveman moron at July 04, 2017 12:55 PM (S6Pax)
T-minus 5 hours to ignition.
OK, totally serious question here. What am I doing wrong with those things? I can never get it to work for squat. I bunch up the newspaper, light it, wait a bit and wind up with a bunch of nasty paper ashes flying around and cold charcoal. Please advise.
Posted by: Bob the Bilderberg
Soak the first layer of charcoal with lighter fluid.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 04, 2017 12:55 PM (rvtDF)
Posted by: NCKate at July 04, 2017 12:56 PM (dGSft)
T-minus 5 hours to ignition.
Does anybody really need this much charcoal?
Posted by: Bernie Sanders at July 04, 2017 12:57 PM (PXj2C)
The President's Own
The Thunderer..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRmRrKB6yXE
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....unfrozen caveman moron at July 04, 2017 12:57 PM (S6Pax)
Posted by: stace at July 04, 2017 12:57 PM (8NLb9)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 04, 2017 12:57 PM (hscyr)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 04, 2017 12:55 PM (rvtDF)
Cue rabid anti-lighter-fluid rants in 3... 2... 1...
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 04, 2017 12:57 PM (hcyUh)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 04, 2017 11:34 AM (PY9jH)
Did you ever wonder what the Queen did with that?
I picture her receiving the "gift," turning the corner, and throwing it in the nearest trash can.
Where it belongs.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 04, 2017 12:58 PM (SRKgf)
http://tinyurl.com/yayq2eax
Posted by: thatcrazy jerseyguy at July 04, 2017 12:47 PM (TPimP)
The improbable good luck charm of the Philadelphia Flyers. When her rendition is played before games, their record is 100-29-5, 4-0 the times she sang live.
Posted by: josephistan at July 04, 2017 12:59 PM (ANIFC)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 04, 2017 01:00 PM (PXj2C)
Posted by: Bob the Bilderberg
Hmmm... Crappy charcoal, maybe?
Because you're doing everything that I do, and mine always works. So I don't know what else could be failing.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at July 04, 2017 01:00 PM (XNL5i)
Posted by: Hank Hill at July 04, 2017 01:00 PM (ANIFC)
The President's Own
Semper Fidelis, official march of the US Marine Corp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW4xkMCkXrI
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....unfrozen caveman moron at July 04, 2017 01:00 PM (S6Pax)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 04, 2017 01:01 PM (QGoUX)
Cornbread!
Chili!
The chili works as a topping for 'dogs and baked potatoes
Posted by: Lizzy at July 04, 2017 01:02 PM (NOIQH)
ways superior woman. Not one person in the line of succession can even
come close to measuring up to her.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at July 04, 2017 11:57 AM
She is also half German DNA (father) and half Scots DNA (mum). You know who else has this not too common mix? Trump.
Posted by: Lester at July 04, 2017 01:03 PM (LfJIn)
"Treason is a charge invented by the winners as an excuse for hanging the losers"
B. Franklin
Posted by: Publius Redux at July 04, 2017 01:03 PM (UOr6C)
1. Get a fire starting chimney.
2. Fill chimney with charcoal.
3. Apply a modest amount of lighter fluid.
4. Throw the whole thing out and buy a gas grill with a wood chip option.
5. Turn gas on and push ignite.
6. Drink copious amounts of rum while the grill heats.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 04, 2017 01:03 PM (/tuJf)
John Winger: Cut it out! Cut it out! Cut it out! What the hell's the matter with you? Stupid! We're all very different people. We're not Watusi. We're not Spartans. We're Americans, with a capital 'A', huh? You know what that means? Do ya? That means that our forefathers were kicked out of every decent country in the world. We are the wretched refuse. We're the underdog. We're mutts! Here's proof: his nose is cold! But there's no animal that's more faithful, that's more loyal, more loveable than the mutt. Who saw "Old Yeller?" Who cried when Old Yeller got shot at the end?
[raises his hand]
John Winger: [Sarcastically] Nobody cried when Old Yeller got shot? I'm sure.
[hands are reluctantly raised]
John Winger: I cried my eyes out. So we're all dogfaces, we're all very, very different, but there is one thing that we all have in common: we were all stupid enough to enlist in the Army. We're mutants. There's something wrong with us, something very, very wrong with us. Something seriously wrong with us - we're soldiers. But we're American soldiers! We've been kicking ass for 200 years! We're ten and one! Now we don't have to worry about whether or not we practiced. We don't have to worry about whether Captain Stillman wants to have us hung. All we have to do is to be the great American fighting soldier that is inside each one of us. Now do what I do, and say what I say. And make me proud.
...speaks for itself.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 04, 2017 12:11 PM (C8vxs)
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And there it is - that monologue alone is worth watching Stripes...
Posted by: Not as lean, not as mean, but still a Marine at July 04, 2017 01:04 PM (+ldAm)
Chili!
The chili works as a topping for 'dogs and baked potatoes
Posted by: Lizzy at July 04, 2017 01:02 PM (NOIQH)
Oooh... i'm think about a chili dog with candied jalapenos, and a cornbread/cornmeal-containing roll. Something like a Pugliese loaf shaped into torpedo rolls, or mini batards....
mmmmm
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 04, 2017 01:04 PM (hcyUh)
OK, totally serious question here. What am I doing wrong with those things? I can never get it to work for squat. I bunch up the newspaper, light it, wait a bit and wind up with a bunch of nasty paper ashes flying around and cold charcoal. Please advise.
Posted by: Bob the Bilderberg at July 04, 2017 12:51 PM
Try it like this:
http://www.smoking-meat.com/charcoal-chimney-starter
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 04, 2017 01:04 PM (IqV8l)
The President's Own
The Washington Post March
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mxrh1CrMmTY
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....unfrozen caveman moron at July 04, 2017 01:04 PM (S6Pax)
Posted by: stace at July 04, 2017 01:06 PM (8NLb9)
They were a big power in Europe and the world then and now they are not and have not been for a while
The French have not been a major power in the world since 1870, possibly even 1850.
Posted by: Fox2! at July 04, 2017 01:06 PM (brIR5)
cornbread/cornmeal-containing roll. Something like a Pugliese loaf
shaped into torpedo rolls, or mini batards....
Niiiice!
I just put the apple crisp in the over - yay!!
Posted by: Lizzy at July 04, 2017 01:06 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Mrs. O'Leary at July 04, 2017 01:07 PM (OdK9v)
Or was that the Boneless Republicans?
Posted by: ShainS at July 04, 2017 01:07 PM (ZcAbN)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 04, 2017 12:50 PM (auHtY)
Challenge accepted!
Posted by: California at July 04, 2017 01:08 PM (SRKgf)
Posted by: RI/NH Red. at July 04, 2017 01:08 PM (0FwWU)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 04, 2017 11:30 AM (rvtDF)
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And possibly both eyes.
Posted by: GOULD at July 04, 2017 11:32 AM (segId)
And their front teeth, apparently.
Posted by: rickl at July 04, 2017 01:08 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Fox2! at July 04, 2017 01:06 PM (brIR5)
Arguably not since 1815.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 04, 2017 01:09 PM (SRKgf)
She had the regimental band play the Star-Spangled Banner for the Changing of the Guard on the day after 9/11.The band also played Sousa's Stars and Stripes Forever; there's a video at http://tinyurl.com/nleqn4l
(Sousa at 2:20; the Star-Spangled Banner at 3:05)
Considering that Francis Scott Key wrote the words to our national anthem after the failed British bombardment of Fort McHenry during the War of 1812, I'd say the Queen did us great honor after 9/11.
Posted by: Basement Cat at July 04, 2017 01:10 PM (3C9q2)
Posted by: Mrs. O'Leary at July 04, 2017 01:07 PM (OdK9v)
Ogg make big fire. Fire good.
Posted by: Ogg at July 04, 2017 01:10 PM (PXj2C)
Uh huh!
*fist bump*
Oh, that was supposed to be an insult? Bless your heart!
Posted by: Lizzy at July 04, 2017 01:11 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at July 04, 2017 01:11 PM (6gk0M)
Posted by: Colin at July 04, 2017 01:11 PM (kk/Md)
Posted by: socalcon at July 04, 2017 01:11 PM (Roy2Z)
Well there was that whole saving their bacon during WWII when Elizabeth was pushing to save the free world so I think she's over the earlier nastiness.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 04, 2017 01:12 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: ShainS at July 04, 2017 01:07 PM (ZcAbN)
The phrase 'boneless Republicans' is a bit redundant, don't you think?
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at July 04, 2017 01:12 PM (XNL5i)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 04, 2017 01:13 PM (EZebt)
Posted by: socalcon at July 04, 2017 01:13 PM (Roy2Z)
Posted by: Frankenstein's Monster at July 04, 2017 01:13 PM (ANIFC)
"Fanfare for the Common Man", the American citizen soldier who would win that war.
This day, this country, our freedom
Brought to you by the American citizen soldier
Our veterans, our heroes
Who climbed the hill
And paid the price
And never let us down
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KxMc_tyQBo
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....unfrozen caveman moron at July 04, 2017 01:13 PM (S6Pax)
else, so I tell everyone I am not self-made, I'm American-made"
Aaaanald
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Americans have to travel, extensively, to realize this since it's not taught anymore. Shame
Posted by: Javems at July 04, 2017 01:13 PM (yOqwj)
Posted by: Colin at July 04, 2017 01:11 PM (kk/Md)
Though I would pay good money to see that.
Posted by: josephistan at July 04, 2017 01:14 PM (ANIFC)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at July 04, 2017 01:15 PM (rJUlF)
The President's Own
The Washington Post March
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mxrh1CrMmTY
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....unfrozen caveman moron
One of the odder false cognates: two great conservatives, John Phillip Sousa and Dinesh D'Souza.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at July 04, 2017 01:16 PM (xAvrH)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 04, 2017 12:18 PM (VzK6r)
My favorite QEII story: an American photographer was presented to Her Majesty, whereupon she graciously said, "How interesting. I have a brother-in-law who's a photographer."
The American photographer replied, "That IS interesting, because I have a brother-in-law who's a queen."
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 04, 2017 01:16 PM (SRKgf)
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at July 04, 2017 01:12 PM (XNL5i)
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Yeah, mixed up the mixed metaphor. A better analogy would have been the Bone-In Repubicans.
;-)
Happy Independence Day to OM, Ace, all the COBs, Pet Morons, real 'Mericans, and Morons in general ...
Posted by: ShainS at July 04, 2017 01:16 PM (ZcAbN)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at July 04, 2017 01:17 PM (PUmDY)
Posted by: Frankenstein monster at July 04, 2017 01:17 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: josephistan at July 04, 2017 01:14 PM (ANIFC)
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She can do that anywhere. She doesn't need to do it on our lawn
I know everyone here knows it, but America really dodged a bullet when she lost and Trump won. That fact hits home every single day. And I am so very grateful.
Posted by: bluebell at July 04, 2017 01:17 PM (UO87s)
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....unfrozen caveman moron at July 04, 2017 01:17 PM (S6Pax)
Posted by: RI/NH Red. at July 04, 2017 01:17 PM (jymWj)
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at July 04, 2017 01:12 PM (XNL5i)
The party faithful are the Boned Republicans.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 04, 2017 01:18 PM (PXj2C)
Posted by: Basement Cat at July 04, 2017 01:18 PM (3C9q2)
There were about 40,000 people in the stands who deserved to win $12,000 more than O.J.'s friend.
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V sez the Brewers are NO.1 in the NL Central for the next 15 minutes at July 04, 2017 01:18 PM (P8951)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 04, 2017 01:18 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at July 04, 2017 01:16 PM (xAvrH)
They both had ancestors who were Portuguese.
Sarah Hoyt and Carmen Miranda are not the only ones.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 04, 2017 01:19 PM (mkDpn)
after about 6-8 of those, i just wait 5-10 minutes, and voila, lit charcoal.
Posted by: redc1c4 at July 04, 2017 01:19 PM (K0Sk0)
Posted by: redc1c4 at July 04, 2017 01:20 PM (K0Sk0)
Uh huh!
*fist bump*
Oh, that was supposed to be an insult? Bless your heart!
Posted by: Lizzy
Don't most communist cretins support Marxism because they want an easy path to government guaranteed gluttony?
How is that working out for you, Venezuela? Suckers. Sorry, I can't feel any sympathy for you until you admit your error.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at July 04, 2017 01:20 PM (xAvrH)
Posted by: Javems at July 04, 2017 01:13 PM (yOqwj)
I'd always sort of subliminally thought that Europeans were pretty much like us apart from superficial aspects.
Living in Europe for many years, I found out different, and learned why right-wingers used to decry things as "un-American." Although at the time, as a kid, I used to laugh, they were right; many of the attitudes evinced in Europe are completely antithetical to American values.
For example, Brits deprecate self-made men, but have no problem with those who inherited their money.
Huh? Why? Because they (generalizing here) consider the pie to be fixed in size, so someone who made a lot of money necessarily must have done so at the expense of others. He's a piggy.
The wealthy do-nothing heir? Not his fault. He didn't choose to be born to wealth. So no foul.
Pretty un-American perspective, yes?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 04, 2017 01:21 PM (SRKgf)
And then of having the experience but looking into Hillary's yellow, bloodshot eyes or Nancy Pelosi insane eyes and the nightmares began.
Posted by: Northernlurker at July 04, 2017 01:21 PM (TisfY)
Posted by: Insomniac at July 04, 2017 01:21 PM (0mRoj)
The American photographer replied, "That IS interesting, because I have a brother-in-law who's a queen."
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 04, 2017 01:16 PM (SRKgf)
That's great!
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V sez the Brewers are NO.1 in the NL Central for the next 15 minutes at July 04, 2017 01:21 PM (P8951)
Just to rat her out, I was misinformed by a wee ginger thing who has indeed made camp fires Outside.
Anyway, I see that OregonMuse has been about and I've been saving this link for him: http://bit.ly/2tdHzhi
Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 04, 2017 01:22 PM (gIRsn)
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at July 04, 2017 01:20 PM (xAvrH)
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We'll let you know in a few years.
Posted by: California at July 04, 2017 01:22 PM (ZcAbN)
The President's Own
"Stars and Stripes Forever"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-7XWhyvIpE
Forever. Long may she wave.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....unfrozen caveman moron at July 04, 2017 01:23 PM (S6Pax)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 04, 2017 01:18 PM (/tuJf)
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Have you taken delivery yet? I've been afraid to ask.
Posted by: bluebell at July 04, 2017 01:24 PM (sBOL1)
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at July 04, 2017 01:24 PM (XNL5i)
Sarah Hoyt and Carmen Miranda are not the only ones.
Posted by: Kindltot
Holy sh*t, the things I learn here. Never knew that about "Goa".
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at July 04, 2017 01:24 PM (xAvrH)
Your dental hygienist is cleaning teeth on the 4th of July? That seems odd.
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V sez the Brewers are NO.1 in the NL Central for the next 15 minutes at July 04, 2017 01:24 PM (P8951)
Why no and thank you for reminding me.
I have a nice cut on my leg, would you like to pour some lemon juice on it?
Posted by: JackStraw at July 04, 2017 01:25 PM (/tuJf)
As I've ranted so many times, many of the worst airheads and commies etc. in California moved here from the Northeast and upper Midwest.
California exerts/exerted a siren call to the best and the worst in the country. The best came because they figured a new shuffle of the cards would give them a better chance to move up. The worst came because a new shuffle of the cards would let them start over among people who were unaware of their previous screw ups.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 04, 2017 01:25 PM (SRKgf)
Bluebell, have you decided on the title of the moron cookbook yet?
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at July 04, 2017 01:25 PM (XNL5i)
We are not Chinese.
Here's my short history of the USA:
We are not European.
Posted by: Ignoramus at July 04, 2017 01:26 PM (pV/54)
275 266 I was getting my teeth cleaned earlier today when I realized how sexy I find it to be looking into a Latina hygienist's when all I can see are her eyes. Yes, I find that oddly sexy. Don't judge. "
Your dental hygienist is cleaning teeth on the 4th of July? That seems odd.
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V sez the Brewers are NO.1 in the NL Central for the next 15 minutes at July 04, 2017 01:24 PM (P8951)
I am Canadian.
Posted by: Northernlurker at July 04, 2017 01:26 PM (TisfY)
Pretty un-American perspective, yes?
Very. I bow to no man who won the "luck of the draw" whose dad slipped the tube steak to him mom.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 04, 2017 01:26 PM (rvtDF)
I have a nice cut on my leg, would you like to pour some lemon juice on it?
Posted by: JackStraw at July 04, 2017 01:25 PM (/tuJf)
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Oh sugar. I figured if you'd named her, you had taken delivery. Sorry about that.
I don't have any lemon juice handy - would rum do?
Posted by: bluebell at July 04, 2017 01:26 PM (sBOL1)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 04, 2017 01:26 PM (SRKgf)
Posted by: Everyone in Alberta at July 04, 2017 01:27 PM (g5XeL)
Pretty un-American perspective, yes?
Very. I bow to no man who won the "luck of the draw" whose dad slipped the tube steak to him mom.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 04, 2017 01:26 PM (rvtDF)
As an American there once put, "You were just pulled out of the right crotch."
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 04, 2017 01:27 PM (SRKgf)
There has never been a problem that rum would not help fix.
Trust me on this, I'm a professional.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 04, 2017 01:28 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Kreplach at July 04, 2017 01:28 PM (9A6UB)
Posted by: bluebell at July 04, 2017 01:28 PM (sBOL1)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 04, 2017 01:18 PM (/tuJf)
Isn't that in violation of the Pun Mandate for boat names?
Posted by: stace at July 04, 2017 01:28 PM (8NLb9)
Trust me on this, I'm a professional.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 04, 2017 01:28 PM (/tuJf)
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I had the feeling you'd see it that way. Good. I'll even throw in an umbrella, because I am a nice person.
Posted by: bluebell at July 04, 2017 01:29 PM (sBOL1)
Posted by: bluebell at July 04, 2017 01:28 PM (sBOL1)
Whatever you guys decide, I think it should have a subtitle, and the subtitle should be two words:
"But first..."
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at July 04, 2017 01:30 PM (XNL5i)
Posted by: stace at July 04, 2017 01:28 PM (8NLb9)
Heh. Good ketch.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 04, 2017 01:30 PM (PXj2C)
Posted by: Northernlurker at July 04, 2017 01:26 PM (TisfY)
Jeez. I just wished you Happy Canada day earlier in the thread.
Short term memory loss is a terrible thing.
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V sez the Brewers are NO.1 in the NL Central for the next 15 minutes at July 04, 2017 01:30 PM (P8951)
Posted by: torquewrench at July 04, 2017 01:30 PM (ujwCG)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 04, 2017 01:27 PM (SRKgf)
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As someone who has delivered five babies, that statement right there just makes me wince.
Posted by: bluebell at July 04, 2017 01:30 PM (sBOL1)
Posted by: Loveulongtime at July 04, 2017 01:30 PM (NqKVb)
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at July 04, 2017 01:24 PM (xAvrH)
Portugal & India even fought a brief war over Goa in 1961.
Posted by: josephistan at July 04, 2017 01:30 PM (ANIFC)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 04, 2017 01:31 PM (/tuJf)
Just to rat her out, I was misinformed by a wee ginger thing who has indeed made camp fires Outside.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 04, 2017 01:22 PM (gIRsn)
Technically, my part in the camp fire making was the fetching of the sticks at which I am damn good, if I do say so myself.
If you haven't seen the Bing homepage today, it's great.
Posted by: alexthechick - Ragebunny now with MAGIC Jazz Hands at July 04, 2017 01:32 PM (dEQP3)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 04, 2017 01:32 PM (OdK9v)
Posted by: Loveulongtime at July 04, 2017 01:30 PM (NqKVb)
Good thing you didn't do that in France. They'd think they'd lost another war.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 04, 2017 01:32 PM (SRKgf)
Posted by: kbdabear at July 04, 2017 01:33 PM (AOrEZ)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 04, 2017 01:32 PM (SRKgf)
Rifles would hit the floor for blocks around.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 04, 2017 01:33 PM (PXj2C)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 04, 2017 01:32 PM (OdK9v)
I learned how to fight by watching West Side Story. I got beat up a lot, but I was well choreographed.
Posted by: josephistan at July 04, 2017 01:33 PM (ANIFC)
Posted by: bluebell at July 04, 2017 01:30 PM (sBOL1)
The upper class twit he said to also winced. Of course, the guy saying it was going for crudeness, obviously.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 04, 2017 01:34 PM (SRKgf)
http://tinyurl.com/yayq2eax
Posted by: thatcrazy jerseyguy at July 04, 2017 12:47 PM (TPimP)
The improbable good luck charm of the Philadelphia Flyers. When her rendition is played before games, their record is 100-29-5, 4-0 the times she sang live.
Posted by: josephistan at July 04, 2017 12:59 PM (ANIFC)
May 19, 1974, Game 6 of the Stanley Cup finals:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pZ1brENIjw
I watched it on TV when I was a kid.
Posted by: rickl at July 04, 2017 01:34 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 04, 2017 01:18 PM (/tuJf)
Isn't that in violation of the Pun Mandate for boat names?
Posted by: stace at July 04, 2017 01:28 PM (8NLb9)
Althea Later?
Althea At The Races?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 04, 2017 01:34 PM (QGoUX)
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at July 04, 2017 01:34 PM (4+8wB)
Posted by: William Eaton at July 04, 2017 01:35 PM (MuTTO)
Posted by: Loveulongtime at July 04, 2017 01:30 PM (NqKVb)
You can scarcely blame them. The last time they heard a bunch of bangs and explosions, it did not go well for them.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at July 04, 2017 01:35 PM (XNL5i)
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at July 04, 2017 01:35 PM (4+8wB)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 04, 2017 01:33 PM (PXj2C)
Imagine how white sales would be skyrocketed as they replaced all their white sheets and pillow cases torn up to hang from windows.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 04, 2017 01:35 PM (SRKgf)
We are not Chinese.
I wish we were allowed to conduct honest (possibly politically incorrect) studies. How come Chinese are such conformists, and Japanese are so much more creative and bizarre? Is it only due to culture? What if you raised a Chinese baby in Japan or vice versa?
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at July 04, 2017 01:35 PM (xAvrH)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 04, 2017 01:22 PM (gIRsn)
Technically, my part in the camp fire making was the fetching of the sticks at which I am damn good, if I do say so myself.
I danced widdershins and howled at the moon.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 04, 2017 01:36 PM (QGoUX)
It's high time they fired their training staff.
Crazy.
Posted by: Kreplach at July 04, 2017 01:36 PM (9A6UB)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at July 04, 2017 01:36 PM (PUmDY)
Who is NOT on the Mets DL?
It's a shame about Thor. He's one of my favorite pitchers, although I'm glad Milwaukee missed him.
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V sez the Brewers are NO.1 in the NL Central for the next 15 minutes at July 04, 2017 01:38 PM (P8951)
Scheisskopf! There's nothing wrong with being from Austria.
Posted by: A. Hitler at July 04, 2017 01:39 PM (PXj2C)
In that vein, Mongolians are entirely different from the Chinese. For that matter, many "Chinese" ethnic groups consider themselves as distinct from the Han majority as well.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 04, 2017 01:39 PM (rp9xB)
t is a shame Arnold is acting more like Benedict these days...
Posted by: William Eaton at July 04, 2017 01:35 PM
Egg on his face.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 04, 2017 01:39 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes
Oh, the whole camp choir is here!
Eat your hearts out, Horde, I spent a weekend in the company of 8 'ette Ds.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 04, 2017 01:39 PM (gIRsn)
The charcoal chimneys are staged and full of charcoal.
T-minus 5 hours to ignition.
OK, totally serious question here. What am I doing wrong with those things? I can never get it to work for squat. I bunch up the newspaper, light it, wait a bit and wind up with a bunch of nasty paper ashes flying around and cold charcoal. Please advise.
a few drops of vegetable oil on newspaper.
Posted by: eye tie at July 04, 2017 01:41 PM (Le1rx)
FWIW, I wouldn't characterize the Japanese as creative. (Bizarre, yes.) They're unexcelled at incrementally improving things, God knows, but their culture subtly discourages stepping out much from the crowd. They have a number of sayings along the lines of "the protruding nail gets hammered."
I spent time at Tsukuba (the Science City), and for the most part, if their scientists were a football team, they'd be a running team, not a passing one.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 04, 2017 01:42 PM (SRKgf)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 04, 2017 01:42 PM (QGoUX)
It's high time they fired their training staff.
Crazy.
Posted by: Kreplach at July 04, 2017 01:36 PM (9A6UB)
From the other side, I'm feeling *slightly* confident that a 7-run lead is enough for the Nats' bullpen to take over in the 8th.
Posted by: Vendette at July 04, 2017 01:42 PM (g5XeL)
Posted by: Vendette at July 04, 2017 01:42 PM (g5XeL)
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I had to stop watching when it was 5-2 but I was feeling pretty confident at that point anyway.
Posted by: bluebell at July 04, 2017 01:43 PM (sBOL1)
I imagine I'll find some place to watch stuff go 'splodey tonight.
You?
Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 04, 2017 01:44 PM (gIRsn)
-Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at July 04, 2017 01:30 PM (XNL5i)
Should be the title to the Appetizers chapter.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at July 04, 2017 01:45 PM (6gk0M)
too bad he's a traitor .
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at July 04, 2017 01:45 PM (WTSFk)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at July 04, 2017 01:47 PM (WTSFk)
I'm wrestling with the decision to buy an lectric scooter.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at July 04, 2017 01:35 PM (4+8wB)
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I'd wait for the self-driving versions to come out.
Posted by: ShainS at July 04, 2017 01:47 PM (ZcAbN)
Posted by: JAS at July 04, 2017 01:47 PM (UnDQI)
Fair enough - I know they have these strong, binding cultural rules, like adopting 28 year old men (sorry ace, you're too old), removing their sandals when entering a house, "politeness levels" in addressing people, or bathing old people.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at July 04, 2017 01:47 PM (xAvrH)
Posted by: Vendette at July 04, 2017 01:42 PM (g5XeL)
I feel the same way about the Brewers, although the BP has improved since we got rid of Neftali ("watch me walk 2 guys and cough up a 3 run homer in the 8th!") Feliz. We've had some heartbreaking late game losses this year.
We're a great offensive team - and we need all the runs we can get because the BP might piss it away.
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V sez the Brewers are NO.1 in the NL Central for the next 15 minutes at July 04, 2017 01:48 PM (P8951)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 04, 2017 01:49 PM (mpXpK)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 04, 2017 01:42 PM (SRKgf)
My older brother once told me of a Japanese lady he used to work with. She would complain about just this thing, that is, the American tendency to want to stick out from the crowd. And she'd talk up the importance of the values of "community" and "family" and why can't America be more like this? This went on for some time until one day my brother finally told her, look, what you're describing is America. This is the way we are. If you're going to be continually dissatisfied with this, perhaps you'd be happier living in Japan where those values you mentioned are held in higher esteem. She didn't have much to say after that.
After all, he told her what she didn't like about America is America.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at July 04, 2017 01:49 PM (XNL5i)
Hillary's yellow, bloodshot eyes or Nancy Pelosi insane eyes and the
nightmares began.
Posted by: Northernlurker at July 04, 2017 01:21 PM (TisfY)
And Maxine's evil eyes, with those big red lips....eeeeeeeekkkkk
Posted by: Colin at July 04, 2017 01:50 PM (kk/Md)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at July 04, 2017 01:51 PM (WTSFk)
They introduced the matchlock to Africa, India and Japan.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 04, 2017 01:51 PM (mkDpn)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at July 04, 2017 01:45 PM (6gk0M)
Oh, that's good. Or maybe the title to the introduction.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at July 04, 2017 01:51 PM (XNL5i)
It's too hot and muggy to contemplate going back Outside. Feh. It also looks like clouds are rolling in.
I'll watch "A Capital Fourth" in air conditioned comfort with a G&T in my non-sweaty paw.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 04, 2017 01:52 PM (QGoUX)
Posted by: Colin at July 04, 2017 01:52 PM (kk/Md)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at July 04, 2017 01:51 PM (WTSFk)
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Just wait 'til we secede.
Posted by: California at July 04, 2017 01:53 PM (ZcAbN)
196 The charcoal chimneys are staged and full of charcoal.
T-minus 5 hours to ignition.
OK, totally serious question here. What am I doing wrong with those things? I can never get it to work for squat. I bunch up the newspaper, light it, wait a bit and wind up with a bunch of nasty paper ashes flying around and cold charcoal. Please advise.
Posted by: Bob the Bilderberg at July 04, 2017 12:51 PM (7oUUT)
First of all, I use the charcoal bag's paper as the ignition source -- as I use the charcoal, I tear up the bag. It's a heavier (kraft) paper, so it doesn't burn as fast. Tear into small sections and loosely crumple. Put crumpled paper under the wire in the chimney as well as some above the wire. You need extended exposure to the flames to ignite the charcoal.
Never use self-igniting charcoal.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 04, 2017 01:53 PM (aBu7s)
-Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at July 04, 2017 01:30 PM (XNL5i)
Should be the title to the Appetizers chapter.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at July 04, 2017 01:45 PM (6gk0M)
Oh YES!
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July 04, 2017 01:53 PM (Id9+8)
Posted by: Mrs. Cannibal Bob at July 04, 2017 01:56 PM (31vnC)
They were certainly trying.
There actually was an "Amend for Arnold" campaign being formally stood up at one point. To change the Constitution so that the weed-and-steroid-addled Austrian android could legally take the big chair in the Oval Office.
After eight years of an Indonesian national illegally sitting in the Oval Office, I for one am going to be sticking strictly to bona fide natural-born U.S. citizens for president from here on out.
Posted by: torquewrench at July 04, 2017 01:56 PM (ujwCG)
I'll watch "A Capital Fourth" in air conditioned comfort with a GT in my non-sweaty paw.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 04, 2017 01:52 PM (QGoUX)
I've got my bathing suit on, but am rethinking this pool thing.
Maybe I'll just watch something amusing on TV with rum coke, and chainsmoke while contemplating my fate.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July 04, 2017 01:57 PM (Id9+8)
Maybe I'll just watch something amusing on TV with rum coke, and chainsmoke while contemplating my fate.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July 04, 2017 01:57 PM (Id9+
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All of these things can be done in a pool, plus, pool boys.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 04, 2017 01:59 PM (QGoUX)
But in one respect they're diametrically opposite: the Brits affectionately indulge (and subtly encourage) eccentrics, whereas the Japanese do exactly the opposite.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 04, 2017 01:59 PM (SRKgf)
I had a Japanese roommate once who was just the opposite. She was young and wildly enthusiastic about everything American and was delighted by the odd characters she saw walking around. She bought 3 pairs of cowboy boots to take back to Japan.
An Argentinian woman I knew had the same reaction. she told me that you just don't see goofs and eccentrics on the streets there.
The only acceptable way to "stand out" there is to be extremely well dressed and beautiful.
I have to admit, I liked the idea of the evening promenade she described to me - couples get dressed up and stroll up and down the boulevards, checking out each other's clothes and showing off their finery before everyone goes to dinner (at about 9 p.m.) She thought that custom came from the Italian emigrants. Yes, it's peacocky and show-offy, but I'd rather look at decked out Argentinian couples than at a bunch of purple-haired lesbians in pussy hats.
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V sez the Brewers are NO.1 in the NL Central for the next 15 minutes at July 04, 2017 02:00 PM (P8951)
too bad he's a traitor .
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at July 04, 2017 01:45 PM (WTSFk)
Trini Lopez "If I Had a Hammer"
Johnny Rivers "Secret Agent Man"
Bob Dylan's 1966 world tour
Kenny Rogers "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town"
...and eventually "Home Improvement"
Uh oh, what did he do now?
Posted by: rickl at July 04, 2017 02:01 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at July 04, 2017 02:02 PM (xAvrH)
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at July 04, 2017 02:03 PM (xAvrH)
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Posted by: Kindltot at July 04, 2017 02:05 PM (mkDpn)
http://www.smoking-meat.com/charcoal-chimney-starter
Sooo... Two things I notice from those pics. First, he makes a loose roll of paper instead of wadding into balls so he's using more paper. Secondly -- and probably more importantly -- his tube has a grate in the bottom whereas mine has a sheet of metal with 7 or 8 quarter-sized holes in it so he's gettting a lot more air flow. Thanks for all the help.
Posted by: Bob the Bilderberg at July 04, 2017 02:10 PM (7oUUT)
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Posted by: ShainS at July 04, 2017 01:07 PM (ZcAbN)
The phrase 'boneless Republicans' is a bit redundant, don't you think?
I do believe you mean spineless republicans.
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Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at July 04, 2017 02:45 PM (PUmDY)
"Hey Dad, you know since I can't set off fireworks here at the White House, I was thinking - the next time they fire off a Minuteman for practice..."
"You'll have to armwrestle me for the button, kiddo!"
Posted by: Ray Van Dune at July 04, 2017 03:11 PM (4hIeD)
irony
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