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Mid-Morning Open Thread
Island Of The Dead
Arnold Böcklin
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Annalucia at July 31, 2017 09:19 AM (a5bF3)
Posted by: Zombie Jerry Garcia at July 31, 2017 09:19 AM (bc2Lc)
Posted by: Blacksheep at July 31, 2017 09:19 AM (knDqF)
Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at July 31, 2017 09:19 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: steevy at July 31, 2017 09:20 AM (rmVvL)
Posted by: RickZ at July 31, 2017 09:20 AM (84p6I)
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Posted by: undocumented illegal SMOD at July 31, 2017 09:20 AM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 31, 2017 09:21 AM (mpXpK)
Posted by: josephistan at July 31, 2017 09:21 AM (7HtZB)
Posted by: Deadhead in a van at July 31, 2017 09:21 AM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Tim Marchman at July 31, 2017 09:21 AM (/CuPS)
Posted by: Blacksheep at July 31, 2017 09:22 AM (knDqF)
Posted by: DaveA at July 31, 2017 09:22 AM (FhXTo)
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Posted by: undocumented illegal SMOD at July 31, 2017 09:20 AM (e8kgV)
So, messages from the wife reminding him to wear clean underwear or RUSSIA!?
Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at July 31, 2017 09:22 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Insomniac - Not Disappointed, Just Angry at July 31, 2017 09:22 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 31, 2017 09:22 AM (Qq3ZN)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at July 31, 2017 09:22 AM (AM1GF)
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 31, 2017 09:22 AM (kerX3)
Posted by: Chris De Burgh at July 31, 2017 09:22 AM (r5KeJ)
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 31, 2017 09:23 AM (kerX3)
Posted by: Chris De Burgh at July 31, 2017 09:22 AM (r5KeJ)
At least not until he gets you to the other side.
Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at July 31, 2017 09:23 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: grammie winger - 5 pounds heavier but with a great tan at July 31, 2017 09:24 AM (lwiT4)
Posted by: Tim Marchman at July 31, 2017 09:21 AM (/CuPS)
Its fidelity to its own surrealism made it a tough one indeed.
Posted by: Insomniac - Not Disappointed, Just Angry at July 31, 2017 09:24 AM (0mRoj)
Not much of an island of the dead. Just enough spaces to hide snipers and let the kittehs roam.
Posted by: Brother Cavil
The dead must shrink.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 31, 2017 09:24 AM (IqV8l)
Fluke Island?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 31, 2017 09:24 AM (mbhDw)
Posted by: JTB at July 31, 2017 09:24 AM (V+03K)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at July 31, 2017 09:24 AM (AM1GF)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 31, 2017 09:25 AM (mbhDw)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 31, 2017 09:25 AM (mpXpK)
Posted by: Kris at July 31, 2017 09:25 AM (nwqNw)
Posted by: grammie winger - 5 pounds heavier but with a great tan at July 31, 2017 09:26 AM (lwiT4)
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy
Eventually that hole would be filled up with all the copies of the games Atari got stuck with.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at July 31, 2017 09:26 AM (AM1GF)
Oh the good old days, when games were inventive and the story telling rich.
Posted by: Kreplach at July 31, 2017 09:26 AM (D95+j)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at July 31, 2017 09:26 AM (vRcUp)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 31, 2017 09:25 AM (mbhDw)
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Really? I am a font collector. Let me see if DaFont has him...
Posted by: grammie winger - 5 pounds heavier but with a great tan at July 31, 2017 09:27 AM (lwiT4)
>> if you ask me.
That's what I thought of when I saw it. The entrance to a "wild garden" surrounded by thunder thighs. But I didn't want to say anything, lest I reveal where my mind goes all the time.....
But I think that horse is long out of the barn....
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at July 31, 2017 09:27 AM (8O3HH)
MYST!! That brings back some frustrating memories.
Posted by: Tim Marchman at July 31, 2017 09:21 AM (/CuPS)
I'll say
Posted by: undocumented illegal SMOD at July 31, 2017 09:28 AM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 31, 2017 09:28 AM (kerX3)
Posted by: steevy at July 31, 2017 09:28 AM (rmVvL)
Posted by: Roy at July 31, 2017 09:28 AM (7n4KQ)
Posted by: Eromero at July 31, 2017 09:29 AM (zLDYs)
I got all the way through that game; and the very last challenge was to pick which brother was bad (I can't remember the plot...) you had to pick blue or red IIRC. I chose poorly. Man that sucked!
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at July 31, 2017 09:29 AM (ty7RM)
Posted by: Kris at July 31, 2017 09:29 AM (nwqNw)
Posted by: grammie winger - 5 pounds heavier but with a great tan at July 31, 2017 09:29 AM (lwiT4)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at July 31, 2017 09:30 AM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 31, 2017 09:30 AM (X6fMO)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 31, 2017 09:31 AM (Qq3ZN)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at July 31, 2017 09:31 AM (KP5rU)
"Isle of the dead . . ."
"You depraved f*ck"
"ISLAND! ISLAND of the dead. Clean out your ears!"
Posted by: Kindltot at July 31, 2017 09:31 AM (mkDpn)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 31, 2017 09:31 AM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Stringer Davis at July 31, 2017 09:31 AM (H5rtT)
A quick overview of Latin American revolutions, mostly from the
aspect of Bolivar, and a bit from San Martin, is Mike Duncan's
www.Revolutionspodcast.com.
He did a series on Bolivar and the
South American Revolution - Missing Brazil and without much to say about
Paraguay . . . because no one really has much to say about Paraguay.
Any how, start with episode 5.01 The Conquest
http://www.revolutionspodcast.com/2016/06/501-the-conquest.html
And Duncan's indexing sucks canal water.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 31, 2017 09:32 AM (mkDpn)
Posted by: The Great White Soctsman at July 31, 2017 09:32 AM (0pcwX)
Binge watched "The Last Tycoon" this weekend on Amazon. Adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald's last unfinished book of 1930's Hollywood.
Interesting but no idea how close it mirrored 1930's "Hollywoodland".
Starred Kelsey Grammer & Matt Bomer. Have you seen it?
Posted by: rickb223 at July 31, 2017 09:32 AM (Qq3ZN)
I passed my most recent flight physical with flying colors last month.
Last week, I passed the 17,000 flight hour milestone, which equates to nearly 1.94 years in the air. Good Lord willing, I intend to make it to 20,000 (will take about three years or a little longer) and hang it up then.
Take stock of all the good in your life and dwell on that. It's easy to get consumed by the negative, such as those lying GOPe congresscritters, but remember in the end, all that matters is your relationship with your family, friends and your Creator.
Posted by: Grizzledcoastie at July 31, 2017 09:32 AM (zh0nm)
Posted by: Eromero at July 31, 2017 09:29 AM (zLDYs)
As long as you sacrifice the occasional fisherman, the ghosts might agree to keep the island quiet and private.
Posted by: Kris at July 31, 2017 09:32 AM (nwqNw)
Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at July 31, 2017 09:19 AM
No reminders needed lately. Kthx.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 31, 2017 09:33 AM (p+Wdc)
Posted by: Kreplach at July 31, 2017 09:33 AM (D95+j)
I don't play video games but I like the painting. Eerie.
Posted by: Blacksheep at July 31, 2017 09:19 AM (knDqF)
I think it is Lake Ontario, not Lake Eerie.
Posted by: The Mouse that Roared, Americans don't Serf at July 31, 2017 09:33 AM (DxWUs)
Posted by: Joe Biden at July 31, 2017 09:33 AM (2z74n)
A future career shaving corporate logos into the feminine bush?
Could do worse.
Posted by: JEM at July 31, 2017 09:34 AM (TppKb)
Posted by: davidt at July 31, 2017 09:34 AM (XoldI)
that. It's easy to get consumed by the negative, such as those lying
GOPe congresscritters, but remember in the end, all that matters is your
relationship with your family, friends and your Creator.
Posted by: Grizzledcoastie at July 31, 2017 09:32 AM (zh0nm)
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Amen. And Happy Birthday!
Posted by: grammie winger - 5 pounds heavier but with a great tan at July 31, 2017 09:34 AM (lwiT4)
Posted by: votermom pimping great books! at July 31, 2017 09:34 AM (hMwEB)
I got all the way through that game; and the very last challenge was to pick which brother was bad (I can't remember the plot...) you had to pick blue or red IIRC. I chose poorly. Man that sucked!
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at July 31, 2017 09:29 AM (ty7RM)
...
saving is your friend
Posted by: TexasDan at July 31, 2017 09:34 AM (yL25O)
Posted by: kallisto at July 31, 2017 09:35 AM (eO2Z0)
Posted by: Kreplach at July 31, 2017 09:33 AM (D95+j)
PICK UP TORCH
Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at July 31, 2017 09:35 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at July 31, 2017 09:36 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Strobe at July 31, 2017 09:37 AM (gbWkA)
Boecklin is best known for his five versions (painted in 1880-1886) of the Isle of the Dead, which partly evokes the English Cemetery, Florence, close to his studio and where his baby daughter Maria had been buried.
That seems a cold and stark place to bury your little girl.
Posted by: grammie winger - 5 pounds heavier but with a great tan at July 31, 2017 09:37 AM (lwiT4)
A quick overview of Latin American revolutions, mostly from the
aspect of Bolivar, and a bit from San Martin, is Mike Duncan's
www.Revolutionspodcast.com.
He did a series on Bolivar and the
South American Revolution - Missing Brazil and without much to say about
Paraguay . . . because no one really has much to say about Paraguay.
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But Paraguay has one of the most interesting histories of the Latin American republics. One of the smallest countries on the continent decides to conquer the two largest & most advanced. It did not end well.
Posted by: josephistan at July 31, 2017 09:39 AM (7HtZB)
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Sounds like you're doing it right! Happy Birthday!
Posted by: Geronimo Stilton at July 31, 2017 09:39 AM (10LGw)
Posted by: Strobe at July 31, 2017 09:40 AM (gbWkA)
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 31, 2017 09:40 AM (kerX3)
Posted by: BignJames at July 31, 2017 09:40 AM (x9c8r)
And happy birthday, Grizzledcoastie. Sounds like allis well with you, and that's very good indeed.
Posted by: bluebell at July 31, 2017 09:41 AM (UoSKV)
I got all the way through that game; and the very last challenge was to pick which brother was bad (I can't remember the plot...) you had to pick blue or red IIRC. I chose poorly. Man that sucked!
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at July 31, 2017 09:29 AM (ty7RM)
I used a tape deck to record the sounds to solve one of the puzzles. The tube, I think.
That was one of the truly great PC games.
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at July 31, 2017 09:42 AM (17QyB)
My reply got willowed, too.
No, I haven't seen it; my TV isn't set up for Amazon and I dislike watching things on a computer. I should see it, though, as it's one of those books I've always wanted to read and the character of Monroe Starr is based on MGM producer Irving Thalberg.
I don't know what you mean by "1930s Hollywoodland," though. Do you mean the development?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 31, 2017 09:42 AM (X6fMO)
Posted by: Eromero at July 31, 2017 09:42 AM (zLDYs)
Posted by: USNtakim at July 31, 2017 09:43 AM (zZWkn)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 31, 2017 09:43 AM (p+Wdc)
Posted by: Under Fire at July 31, 2017 09:43 AM (mcI77)
Posted by: Kreplach at July 31, 2017 09:33 AM
That reminds me. There used to be a commenter over at Hot Gas who called himself The Grue in the Attic. Sign off every comment with *eats*. That always made me chuckle.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 31, 2017 09:44 AM (p+Wdc)
My NC was kind of a shithead. I wanted a flag flown over the Capital and that didn't happen. At least the required paperwork got done, or else I might still be in!
Anyway; now a few years later, that NC works with me. He's not very well thought of.
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at July 30, 2017 10:04 PM (17QyB)
Yeah, still a shithead. Turns out he had a set of files that we use and disseminate for *months* and didn't tell anyone. When I called him out, he said "you're not putting this on me, you know these things come out every quarter".
So I'm supposed to query *him* about this, even though he *had* this shit and no one knew?
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at July 31, 2017 09:44 AM (17QyB)
Posted by: WisRich at July 31, 2017 09:44 AM (G0vdT)
Posted by: JEM at July 31, 2017 09:45 AM (TppKb)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at July 31, 2017 09:45 AM (tzdWp)
Posted by: The Great White Soctsman at July 31, 2017 09:32 AM (0pcwX)
Lunar Lander.
Posted by: WisRich at July 31, 2017 09:44 AM (G0vdT)
On a VAX. (Which I've played. Yes, I grew up with dinosaurs.)
Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at July 31, 2017 09:46 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 31, 2017 09:46 AM (p+Wdc)
baby boy. She has a severe case of lupus. It is a wonder the baby even
made it. The father is not involved past making said child. Pray for
baby max and his mother. They both need prayers.
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Will do. I have lupus as well. Each of my pregnancies and births were touch and go. Both my children are now strong healthy adults. I will pray that your friend and her baby have a wonderful outcome, and that the father will be supportive all along the way. Blessings.
Posted by: grammie winger - 5 pounds heavier but with a great tan at July 31, 2017 09:46 AM (lwiT4)
I'm sure the cocksucker McCain will fall all over himself to rush back to DC to vote for it.
Posted by: bicentennialguy at July 31, 2017 09:47 AM (vg8iE)
Posted by: Strobe at July 31, 2017 09:47 AM (gbWkA)
Posted by: kallisto at July 31, 2017 09:48 AM (eO2Z0)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at July 31, 2017 09:48 AM (tzdWp)
Posted by: Peruvia at July 31, 2017 09:49 AM (nlbfN)
Posted by: fixerupper at July 31, 2017 09:49 AM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at July 31, 2017 09:50 AM (tzdWp)
Posted by: Newton N. Minow at July 31, 2017 09:50 AM (bc2Lc)
Seems the libs got the message that it was back firing on them and dropped it like a hot potato.
Posted by: The Great White Soctsman at July 31, 2017 09:50 AM (0pcwX)
That was one of the truly great PC games.
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at July 31, 2017 09:42 AM (17QyB)
...
My computer did not have speakers. I brute force mapped that train tunnel puzzle.
...
83 It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
Posted by: Kreplach at July 31, 2017 09:33 AM
....
In another Infocom game, Enchanter, there was a spell to create light. Frotz, I think (holy cow why why why can I remember crap like that?). Anyway there was a point in the game where you actually needed to leave the light behind and enter the room in the dark.
This was a complete jerkoff move on the part of the game developers, because we had all learned from Zork to never wander around in the dark.
It also really, really didn't work for me because the first time through the game I had, early on, used the frotz spell on my arm. which was funny. But you couldn't leave it behind, of course, and couldn't undo it. Had to restart.
Posted by: TexasDan at July 31, 2017 09:51 AM (yL25O)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at July 31, 2017 09:51 AM (tzdWp)
Posted by: broseidon, semi-official komodo dragon shifter at July 31, 2017 09:51 AM (oZ6kz)
If you had a boat, though, you could lay some flies in the creases of those rocks and probably do well.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 31, 2017 09:52 AM (gIRsn)
Posted by: Jack Sock at July 31, 2017 09:52 AM (7+uJ1)
Whether it works or not depends on what sticks and carrots they have as opposed to what the investigators/prosecutors have available and will use. Mobs usually insure that their "buffers" can be forces to endure the gov. buffeting as the other option is to be skinned as humps.
Posted by: geoffb5 at July 31, 2017 09:52 AM (d3wbb)
Meanwhile, Simon Bolivar actually did conquer much of the northern half of South/Latin America.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 31, 2017 09:53 AM (/tuJf)
Seems the libs got the message that it was back firing on them and dropped it like a hot potato.
Posted by: The Great White Soctsman at July 31, 2017 09:50 AM (0pcwX)
We'll find something and re-stoke this fire. You can bank on it.
Posted by: Robert Mueller at July 31, 2017 09:53 AM (mcI77)
you couldn't leave it behind, of course, and couldn't undo it. Had to
restart.
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Posted by: michelle fields at July 31, 2017 09:53 AM (nlbfN)
That was one of the truly great PC games.
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at July 31, 2017 09:42 AM (17QyB)
...
My computer did not have speakers. I brute force mapped that train tunnel puzzle.
...
83 It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
Posted by: Kreplach at July 31, 2017 09:33 AM
....
In another Infocom game, Enchanter, there was a spell to create light. Frotz, I think (holy cow why why why can I remember crap like that?). Anyway there was a point in the game where you actually needed to leave the light behind and enter the room in the dark.
This was a complete jerkoff move on the part of the game developers, because we had all learned from Zork to never wander around in the dark.
It also really, really didn't work for me because the first time through the game I had, early on, used the frotz spell on my arm. which was funny. But you couldn't leave it behind, of course, and couldn't undo it. Had to restart.
Posted by: TexasDan at July 31, 2017 09:51 AM (yL25O)
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I see virgins.
They're EVERYWHERE.
Posted by: Haley Joel Osment from the Sixth Sense at July 31, 2017 09:53 AM (8XRCm)
Or is it from Waterworld . . hmmmmm
Posted by: Publius Redux at July 31, 2017 09:53 AM (Fb9aZ)
Odd, that.
Posted by: blaster at July 31, 2017 09:54 AM (ckY2x)
sure looks like it influenced the design of the set they used for the
Grey Havens in the end of Lord of the Rings.
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.
.My first thought also.
Posted by: The Great White Soctsman at July 31, 2017 09:54 AM (0pcwX)
Posted by: Elizabeth Warren at July 31, 2017 09:55 AM (vRcUp)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-leYc4oC83E
(This version has Final Fantasy sprites, but there are others. I first hear it on Dr. Demento's radio show. Good times.)
Posted by: Lance McCormick at July 31, 2017 09:55 AM (u0s1P)
Posted by: JTB at July 31, 2017 09:55 AM (V+03K)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at July 31, 2017 09:55 AM (tzdWp)
Posted by: Lance McCormick at July 31, 2017 09:55 AM (u0s1P)
histories of the Latin American republics. One of the smallest countries
on the continent decides to conquer the two largest most
advanced. It did not end well.
Posted by: josephistan at July 31, 2017 09:39 AM (7HtZB)
Paraguay was the most stable and technologically advanced country in South America at the time, having ironworks, and a period of stability under president/dictator Francia that Argentina and Uruguay had spent in revolution and fighting each other.
Solano Lopez was perhaps not the best war time or diplomatic leader, and the conflict may not have been avoidable, but the idea that Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay would combine to fight Paraguay was almost unimaginable with their history. He also managed to mobilize his country to fight nearly to the last man.
However, once Paraguay got independence and convinced the cliques in Buenos Aires it was better to keep fighting the Uruguayans, not a lot happened there. So not as fun as the rise and collapse of Gran Colombia or the Pacific war
Posted by: Kindltot at July 31, 2017 09:56 AM (mkDpn)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 31, 2017 09:58 AM (mkDpn)
*yawn*. Amirite?
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at July 31, 2017 09:58 AM (tzdWp)
If someone like Pelosi tried to enter a confessional the whole church might implode
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at July 31, 2017 09:59 AM (tzdWp)
This was a complete jerkoff move on the part of the game developers, because we had all learned from Zork to never wander around in the dark.
It also really, really didn't work for me because the first time through the game I had, early on, used the frotz spell on my arm. which was funny. But you couldn't leave it behind, of course, and couldn't undo it. Had to restart.
Posted by: TexasDan at July 31, 2017 09:51 AM (yL25O)
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I see virgins.
They're EVERYWHERE.
Posted by: Haley Joel Osment from the Sixth Sense
Sheldon Cooper, is that you?
Posted by: rickb223 at July 31, 2017 09:59 AM (Qq3ZN)
Posted by: Peruvia at July 31, 2017 10:00 AM (nlbfN)
Posted by: Jack Sock at July 31, 2017 10:00 AM (7+uJ1)
Tried to bugger off. He was stopped and he's still here busily trying to sell off some of his many real estate holdings.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 31, 2017 10:00 AM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Elizabeth Warren at July 31, 2017 10:00 AM (vRcUp)
Posted by: Jack Sock at July 31, 2017 10:01 AM (7+uJ1)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at July 31, 2017 10:01 AM (tzdWp)
They're EVERYWHERE.
Posted by: Haley Joel Osment from the Sixth Sense at July 31, 2017 09:53 AM (8XRCm)
...
Ha.
I was 15 at the time. But I also waited until marriage, so guilty as charged!
Posted by: TexasDan at July 31, 2017 10:02 AM (yL25O)
He was talking about DWS and the Pakistani apprehended at Dulles. He said when they make a movie about it, it will have to be called "Debbie Does Dulles."
I was dying.
Posted by: bicentennialguy at July 31, 2017 10:02 AM (vg8iE)
Posted by: Elizabeth Warren at July 31, 2017 10:03 AM (vRcUp)
There's a mystery here: What's that white thing in the weird lump? I think it is likely a guano stained rock formation. Even the birds don't disturb the peace of the cypress.
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at July 31, 2017 10:03 AM (CPk08)
Posted by: Dang at July 31, 2017 10:03 AM (8b+oT)
Posted by: Peruvia at July 31, 2017 10:04 AM (nlbfN)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at July 31, 2017 10:01 AM (tzdWp)
...
I expect the FBI to lose track of him
Posted by: TexasDan at July 31, 2017 10:04 AM (yL25O)
Posted by: John Foster Dulles at July 31, 2017 10:05 AM (8O3HH)
Cabins are always nice.
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at July 31, 2017 10:05 AM (CPk08)
Posted by: LASue at July 31, 2017 10:05 AM (hZ+us)
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83 It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
Posted by: Kreplach at July 31, 2017 09:33 AM
Holy shit.
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at July 31, 2017 10:05 AM (17QyB)
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Are you sure it isn't Argentina's First Lady?
Posted by: Peruvia at July 31, 2017 10:06 AM (nlbfN)
Posted by: USNtakim at July 31, 2017 10:06 AM (zZWkn)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at July 31, 2017 10:01 AM (tzdWp)
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I expect the FBI to lose track of him
Posted by: TexasDan
#TwoWeeks!
Posted by: rickb223 at July 31, 2017 10:07 AM (Qq3ZN)
Posted by: Chris M at July 31, 2017 10:07 AM (eAZVt)
Why they let his wife go is a mystery I would like an answer to. They actually stopped her carrying $12K in cash, their kids and a belief that she was never coming back. So why let her leave?
Posted by: JackStraw at July 31, 2017 10:07 AM (/tuJf)
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Are you sure it isn't Argentina's First Lady?
Posted by: Peruvia
She's into that? I didn't know she was German.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 31, 2017 10:07 AM (Qq3ZN)
*turns over in grave*
Posted by: John Foster Dulles at July 31, 2017 10:05 AM (8O3HH)
Maybe he's just a skeleton by now, and all he'll be able to manage is a boner.
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at July 31, 2017 10:08 AM (CPk08)
Why they let his wife go is a mystery I would like an answer to.
They actually stopped her carrying $12K in cash, their kids and a belief
that she was never coming back. So why let her leave?
.
.
.And she was not charged with failing to report taking over $10K in currency out of the Country which is a serious Felony.
Posted by: The Great White Soctsman at July 31, 2017 10:09 AM (0pcwX)
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Probably a similar reason why naked illegal aliens are allowed to harass people in NYC with no consequences whatsoever. One set of rules for the chosen few and one set for the rest of us.
I just wonder how long people will continue to put up with it.
Posted by: bicentennialguy at July 31, 2017 10:09 AM (vg8iE)
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Are you sure it isn't Argentina's First Lady?
Posted by: Peruvia
She's into that? I didn't know she was German.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 31, 2017 10:07 AM (Qq3ZN)
Maybe she's a jaeger.
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at July 31, 2017 10:09 AM (CPk08)
Posted by: TexasDan
Walls that don't keep people out, can hardly be expected to keep people in...
especially if some VERY important people might be embarrassed by future testimony
Posted by: Hrothgar at July 31, 2017 10:10 AM (gwPgz)
Posted by: JTB at July 31, 2017 10:10 AM (V+03K)
Posted by: Philosomoron at July 31, 2017 10:11 AM (ctuyM)
I'd almost like to run a test and see if I could get out of the country with one way ticket and a final destination in a muz country and $12,000 sewn into the lining of my briefcase!
Posted by: Hrothgar at July 31, 2017 10:12 AM (gwPgz)
Myst, but to be fair I have played very few computer games.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 31, 2017 10:12 AM (4aVpH)
Posted by: Max Power at July 31, 2017 10:12 AM (QCc6B)
Posted by: Philosomoron at July 31, 2017 10:11 AM (ctuyM)
Or they might be in Copro-Helle.
Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at July 31, 2017 10:13 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Hrothgar at July 31, 2017 10:12 AM (gwPgz)
You'd be boned if you passed the test though.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 31, 2017 10:13 AM (4aVpH)
For real, "I made a fool of myself over John Foster Dulles".
Now my little brother, Allan, I think he was gay....
Posted by: John Foster Dulles at July 31, 2017 10:14 AM (8O3HH)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 31, 2017 10:15 AM (4aVpH)
I SEE NO XXX HERE
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 31, 2017 10:20 AM (4aVpH)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 31, 2017 10:13 AM (4aVpH)
True dat. Hence the "almost" caveat!
Posted by: Hrothgar at July 31, 2017 10:20 AM (gwPgz)
Posted by: alexthechick - summons the Parallamas at July 31, 2017 10:21 AM (mf5HN)
Seems the libs got the message that it was back firing on them and dropped it like a hot potato.
Crystal Wright just Tweeted a story from Buzzfeed* about Putin's Media Czar being murdered. In D.C. Just before meeting w/Feds. Russian hit job...
*Yeah, I know, consider the source.
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at July 31, 2017 10:21 AM (ty7RM)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 31, 2017 10:22 AM (BWL+E)
apprehended at Dulles. He said when they make a movie about it, it will
have to be called "Debbie Does Dulles."
I was dying.
Posted by: bicentennialguy at July 31, 2017 10:02 AM
*searches for brain bleach*
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 31, 2017 10:22 AM (p+Wdc)
*Yeah, I know, consider the source.
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at July 31, 2017 10:21 AM (ty7RM)
I will make an exception to my sources say rule for sources say Putin had so and so whacked. That I assume is true.
Posted by: alexthechick - summons the Parallamas at July 31, 2017 10:23 AM (mf5HN)
Posted by: Dane Vogel at July 31, 2017 10:24 AM (eYSxB)
http://tinyurl.com/ycsqyg2a
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at July 31, 2017 10:25 AM (TPimP)
88 On a VAX. (Which I've played. Yes, I grew up with dinosaurs.)
We'd play Star Trek on a VAX in grad school and, when you won your game, we'd have a certificate attesting to that fact printed.
With someone else's name.
And printed on a commonly accessed queued printer in a public area near the lab director's office.
We may have been a$$holes.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 31, 2017 10:25 AM (4aVpH)
Posted by: Chilling the most at July 31, 2017 10:29 AM (9Ej78)
Yeah, I guess it's not too bad when you've got millions and can pay people to pack up and haul your shit across the country.
I don't think Mrs. Zobrist and Mrs. Utley are hauling in boxes off the UHaul and treating all their friends to pizza and beer for carrying in the mattresses and sofas.
It's astounding to me that the ad people thought that ordinary people would look at that ad and think, "Gee, I thought moving was a big pain in the ass, but these ladies have convinced me it's no big whoop!"
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at July 31, 2017 10:30 AM (ZM2xo)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 31, 2017 10:33 AM (gIRsn)
Butch Cassidy: Jeesh, all Bolivia can't look like this.
Sundance Kid: How do you know? This might be the garden spot of the whole country. People may travel hundreds of miles just to get to this spot where we're standing now. This might be the Atlantic City, New Jersey of all Bolivia for all you know.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 31, 2017 10:33 AM (4aVpH)
Fun fact. Bolivia is one of the few countries to be named after a person, Simon Bolivar.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 31, 2017 10:34 AM (/tuJf)
The law on proxy services, signed by Putin on July 29 and published by the government on July 30, was promoted by lawmakers who said it is needed to prevent the spread of extremist materials and ideas.
Critics say Putin's government often uses that justification to suppress political dissent.
... this comes on the heels of Apple removing VPN apps from Chinese app store.
Posted by: undocumented illegal SMOD at July 31, 2017 10:35 AM (e8kgV)
Finnland was named after Huck Finn.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 31, 2017 10:36 AM (gIRsn)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 31, 2017 10:36 AM (Vs8id)
Yeah, I guess it's not too bad when you've got millions and can pay people to pack up and haul your shit across the country.
I don't think Mrs. Zobrist and Mrs. Utley are hauling in boxes off the UHaul and treating all their friends to pizza and beer for carrying in the mattresses and sofas.
It's astounding to me that the ad people thought that ordinary people would look at that ad and think, "Gee, I thought moving was a big pain in the ass, but these ladies have convinced me it's no big whoop!"
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at July 31, 2017 10:30 AM (ZM2xo)
*****
20 years in the Army. 12 moves.
Mrs Diogenes laughs in a slightly maniacal way at that commercial.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 31, 2017 10:36 AM (0tfLf)
https://twitter.com/seanspicer/status/891852200124829696
I type out for those you wise enough to stay away from twitter:
Maxine Waters: Mike Pence is somewhere planning an inauguration. Priebus and Spicer will lead the transition.
Which Spicer, the real one, not the parody account, then quotes and replies with this: When and if Mike Pence runs in 2024 I would proudly play any role he asks Good to know you have already conceded that
BOOOOOOOOOOM.
The replies to that are as lovely as you'd imagine, of course.
Posted by: alexthechick - summons the Parallamas at July 31, 2017 10:36 AM (mf5HN)
Posted by: Insomniac - Not Disappointed, Just Angry at July 31, 2017 10:36 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: undocumented illegal Mel Gibson at July 31, 2017 10:37 AM (e8kgV)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 31, 2017 10:34 AM (/tuJf)
It is a handier name than "Upper Peru"
Posted by: Kindltot at July 31, 2017 10:38 AM (mkDpn)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 31, 2017 10:36 AM (gIRsn)
*flat stare*
I'm so peeved you thought of that and I didn't.
Posted by: alexthechick - summons the Parallamas at July 31, 2017 10:38 AM (mf5HN)
Posted by: undocumented illegal SMOD at July 31, 2017 10:35 AM (e8kgV)
Comrade Stalin would be so proud of Apple
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 31, 2017 10:39 AM (5y11N)
Posted by: broseidon, semi-official komodo dragon shifter at July 31, 2017 10:40 AM (oZ6kz)
Has he ever clearly pushed back against the Democratic Party or the media?
Posted by: Northernlurker, Phillips screwdriver of the gods at July 31, 2017 10:40 AM (hJrjt)
https://youtu.be/aANGqzjTn8g?t=9m34s
Posted by: Captain Midnight at July 31, 2017 10:40 AM (3Znbm)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 31, 2017 10:36 AM (gIRsn)
Nah, it's called Finland because originally there were five of them.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 31, 2017 10:40 AM (mkDpn)
====
See also: Libya. ("Libby" was Queen Elizabeth I.)
And Madagascar is one of the *very* few countries to be named after an animated movie.
Posted by: Geronimo Stilton at July 31, 2017 10:40 AM (10LGw)
Weasel Zippers
Outstanding
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 31, 2017 10:40 AM (5y11N)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 31, 2017 10:34 AM (/tuJf)
Ay! What's a matter You, eh?
Posted by: JoeF. at July 31, 2017 10:41 AM (7uYFy)
Don't forget Chad which everyone knows as named for Chad Everett. He was so dreamy.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 31, 2017 10:41 AM (/tuJf)
You know,, when I moved outta' the White House, I was dead broke and deeply in debt.
What Happened...
*hic*
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at July 31, 2017 10:41 AM (UMWic)
Posted by: Northernlurker, Phillips screwdriver of the gods at July 31, 2017 10:40 AM (hJrjt)
"you have nothing to fear from Fredo"
does that answer you question?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 31, 2017 10:41 AM (5y11N)
Fun fact. Bolivia is one of the few countries to be named after a person, Simon Bolivar.
Upper Volta, too!
(Well, maybe not...)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 31, 2017 10:41 AM (4aVpH)
My Daughter-in-Law is being induced (or do we say the baby is being induced?) this morning. Right now.
A little spare prayer always welcome from those who do that kind of thing - for my son's wife, my son, and, of course, my li'l grandson. Their first.
Posted by: mindful webworker, simply deplorable at July 31, 2017 10:42 AM (tBimT)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 31, 2017 10:34 AM (/tuJf)
Ay! What's a matter You, eh?
Posted by: Amerigo Vespucci at July 31, 2017 10:42 AM (7uYFy)
Posted by: Jack Sock at July 31, 2017 10:42 AM (7+uJ1)
Burma was named after a shaving cream...
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 31, 2017 10:42 AM (4aVpH)
Bolivia was where Che got his just deserts. When captured he supposedly said, "Don't shoot, I'm worth more alive than dead!"
They quickly ordered him shot dead.
Supposedly, we wanted him alive and sent to Panama so's we could interrogate him further.
Klaus Barbie is rumored to have helped find Che. After the war, we helped him escape to Bolivia. They were afraid he knew too much about our spies in the commie blocks and refused to hand over to the French, who were infiltrated with commies.
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at July 31, 2017 10:43 AM (8O3HH)
Posted by: kallisto at July 31, 2017 10:43 AM (AAbgH)
Posted by: Corona at July 31, 2017 10:43 AM (PsMRi)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 31, 2017 10:34 AM (/tuJf)
It is a handier name than "Upper Peru"
Better than Lower Colon, Panama.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 31, 2017 10:43 AM (Qq3ZN)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 31, 2017 10:34 AM (/tuJf)
My dear man, such a fool.....
Posted by: Cecil Rhodes at July 31, 2017 10:44 AM (7uYFy)
Posted by: Amerigo Vespucci
Pfft. It was Richard Americk, a prominent trader who exploited the cod fish trade.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 31, 2017 10:44 AM (gIRsn)
A country? Pshaw. How about a continent?
HOW ABOUT TWO?!?!
Posted by: Amerigo Vespucci at July 31, 2017 10:44 AM (ckY2x)
Posted by: Amerigo Vespucci
====
E nessuno mi ricorda...
/gestures with hands
Posted by: Cristoforo Colombo at July 31, 2017 10:44 AM (10LGw)
Posted by: I'm Anonosaurus Wrecks and I approved this message at July 31, 2017 10:44 AM (Nwg0u)
Panama was named after "A man, a plan, a canal - Panama!"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 31, 2017 10:44 AM (4aVpH)
Just think, we could have had "Net Neutrality", which eventually would have necessitated the FCC making VPNs illegal, just to ensure fairness!
Posted by: Hrothgar at July 31, 2017 10:45 AM (gwPgz)
Posted by: Jack Sock at July 31, 2017 10:45 AM (7+uJ1)
208 Double threat from Drudge: Hotdog-eating champion now also taco-eating champion.
Fish tacos? 'Cause that'd be awesome!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 31, 2017 10:45 AM (4aVpH)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 31, 2017 10:44 AM
I thought it was named after a Van Halen song....
Posted by: JoeF. at July 31, 2017 10:46 AM (7uYFy)
https://twitter.com/PrisonPlanet/status/892035102741540864
Posted by: Lizzy at July 31, 2017 10:46 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Cecil Rhodes
You still drinking? You're living in the past, man.
Posted by: Zimbabwe at July 31, 2017 10:46 AM (gIRsn)
Posted by: Rachel Maddow at July 31, 2017 10:46 AM (vg8iE)
Posted by: Geronimo Stilton at July 31, 2017 10:46 AM (10LGw)
Posted by: Jack Sock at July 31, 2017 10:47 AM (7+uJ1)
taco-eating champion.
Posted by: I'm Anonosaurus Wrecks and I approved this message
________________________________
I've been known to eat some taco...
*hic*
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at July 31, 2017 10:47 AM (UMWic)
A helpful place to look to start understanding things like the Deep State or what is often referred to around here as the Uniparty is the Council on Foreign Relations.
If you look at the roster of members, both past and present including not just politicians but members of the banking world and virtually all of the mainstream media, you will get a pretty good idea why people act the way they do. And yes, McCain is a longtime member of the CFR as are the Clintons and so many others.
Obama was also blessed by the CFR which probably explains why McCain was so quick to defend him. As it turned out a large number of Obama's cabinet members were CFR members. That's where the allegiance is established and that is the agenda they follow.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 31, 2017 10:47 AM (/tuJf)
The first in depth map of the American Continent was made by Amerigo Vespucci ( he named Venezuela from his views of Maricaibo) and the map was called "mappa di Amerigo" which made everyone think the continent was called America.
Meh, better than Vespucci Land.
Puerto Rico was supposed to be called San Juan and the main port, Puerto Rico.
Idiot doing the official engraving of the plates got the names mixed up.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 31, 2017 10:47 AM (mkDpn)
Posted by: unsure if deplorable, moron at July 31, 2017 10:48 AM (9MlEz)
Posted by: Diogenes at July 31, 2017 10:48 AM (0tfLf)
You still drinking? You're living in the past, man.
Posted by: Zimbabwe at July 31, 2017 10:46 AM (gIRsn)
Don't pay any attention to that White fool....
Posted by: Bob "the Butcher" Mugabe at July 31, 2017 10:48 AM (7uYFy)
Posted by: Bonecrusher at July 31, 2017 10:49 AM (JNTt1)
Posted by: kallisto at July 31, 2017 10:49 AM (AAbgH)
Posted by: I'm Anonosaurus Wrecks and I approved this message at July 31, 2017 10:44 AM (Nwg0u)
So he swings both ways, eh?
Posted by: Insomniac - Not Disappointed, Just Angry at July 31, 2017 10:49 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Jack Sock at July 31, 2017 10:42 AM (7+uJ1)
...
Named after an Italian doesn't count.
Posted by: TexasDan at July 31, 2017 10:49 AM (yL25O)
At least they are being honest about the goal now.
Posted by: goodluckduck at July 31, 2017 10:50 AM (yqvys)
Posted by: blaster at July 31, 2017 10:50 AM (ckY2x)
Posted by: Diogenes at July 31, 2017 10:50 AM (0tfLf)
Posted by: Ignoramus at July 31, 2017 10:50 AM (+7/1f)
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at July 31, 2017 10:51 AM (CPk08)
"There's a mystery here: What's that white thing in the weird lump? I
think it is likely a guano stained rock formation. Even the birds don't
disturb the peace of the cypress."
I see that as a passageway cut through the rock to a well lit place behind the cliff walls. If you mean the white thing at the base of the trees.
Posted by: geoffb5 at July 31, 2017 10:51 AM (d3wbb)
Posted by: Diogenes at July 31, 2017 10:50 AM (0tfLf)
I thought it was named after a type of sleeveless tee-shirt....
Posted by: JoeF. at July 31, 2017 10:52 AM (7uYFy)
Sweden was named after a Swedish guy.
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at July 31, 2017 10:51 AM (CPk0
The wanted to call it Ikea, but that name was already trademarked.
Posted by: The Mouse that Roared, Americans don't Serf at July 31, 2017 10:52 AM (DxWUs)
Posted by: Jack Sock at July 31, 2017 10:42 AM (7+uJ1)
...
Named after an Italian doesn't count.
Posted by: TexasDan at July 31, 2017 10:49 AM
Hey...what you talking about!!??
Posted by: Guinea at July 31, 2017 10:53 AM (0tfLf)
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at July 31, 2017 10:53 AM (jjaLl)
Posted by: deplorable Jewells45 at July 31, 2017 10:53 AM (zRZaJ)
I know the Canadians have been shitting on us lately but, I think this is a bit too much.
Posted by: Under Fire at July 31, 2017 10:54 AM (mcI77)
Posted by: Jack Sock at July 31, 2017 10:54 AM (7+uJ1)
Could be because there are a shitload of German ex-pats in Chile. There is an entire town down in the Lakes Region that looks like a Bavarian village plotted down at the foot of the Andes.
I think it was back in the early 1920s or around that time that Chile aggressively went after German immigrants to help settle the land. Pretty interesting place.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 31, 2017 10:54 AM (/tuJf)
Obama isn't a radical revolutionary. He's more of a leftie fascist who wanted to co-opt major institutions. Which is why he gave Big Banks a big bailout, while Liz Warren's vision has undermined smaller banks. Big Banks are easier to milk -- just ask ACORN. I could go on.
Posted by: Ignoramus at July 31, 2017 10:55 AM (+7/1f)
Posted by: kallisto at July 31, 2017 10:55 AM (AAbgH)
Early '20's or mid '40's.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 31, 2017 10:56 AM (Qq3ZN)
I know the Canadians have been shitting on us lately but, I think this is a bit too much.
Posted by: Under Fire at July 31, 2017 10:54 AM (mcI77)
Niagara Falls! Slowly I turned...
Posted by: josephistan at July 31, 2017 10:56 AM (7HtZB)
Posted by: JoeF. at July 31, 2017 10:56 AM (7uYFy)
Actually, I was off by a bit. Started in the mid 1800s.
And yea, not all that surprising that a bunch of Nazis ended up there.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 31, 2017 10:57 AM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Jack Sock at July 31, 2017 10:58 AM (7+uJ1)
Posted by: Under Fire at July 31, 2017 10:58 AM (mcI77)
Grassroots group calls for "The Million Regulators March" on Washington, supported by all who fear the loss of their betters telling them what to do
Heh.
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at July 31, 2017 10:58 AM (6gDC3)
Posted by: Fritz at July 31, 2017 10:59 AM (2Mnv1)
https://quenya101.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/numenor.jpg
Describes the scope, but not the nature of the total ruin of a civilization. The breadth of disaster and loss is remarkably well done in what is the bible of Middle Earth.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 31, 2017 10:59 AM (rnAwa)
Posted by: kallisto at July 31, 2017 10:59 AM (AAbgH)
I could see that. Wasn't that about the time of a big push here in the states also?
Posted by: rickb223 at July 31, 2017 11:00 AM (Qq3ZN)
Posted by: john doesky at July 31, 2017 11:01 AM (Zpygp)
-
And the single payer will be you, not him.
Posted by: I'm Anonosaurus Wrecks and I approved this message at July 31, 2017 11:01 AM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: blaster at July 31, 2017 10:50 AM (ckY2x)
THAT is the movie I was trying to think of the other day. That's the one where MR is playing an assassin who wakes up to discover the he is now a she and not so much with he wanting to be a she. Hilarity, by which I mean lots of shooting, ensues.
Posted by: alexthechick - summons the Parallamas at July 31, 2017 11:02 AM (mf5HN)
Posted by: kallisto at July 31, 2017 10:59 AM (AAbgH)
Hey kallisto - you planning on going to the 1210 speaker series to see Sheryl Attkisson?
Posted by: josephistan at July 31, 2017 11:02 AM (7HtZB)
. . .
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 31, 2017
*
*
MP4, I'm no fan of F. Scott Fitzgerald. But I liked Last Tycoon. I went into it knowing it was unfinished, and was having a good time with it. Got to page nnn, turned it, and -- that was it! I'd be curious to see what this new series/film does to end the saga.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 31, 2017 11:02 AM (zpYxD)
Posted by: kallisto at July 31, 2017 10:59 AM (AAbgH)
Yes, we do have "no go" zones here in America.
We have "no go" zones in some black neighborhoods.
We have "no go" zones in some Hispanic neighborhoods.
We have "no go" zones in some Chinese neighborhoods.
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at July 31, 2017 11:02 AM (6gDC3)
I think so. It was also at the time of the March Revolution in Germany and a few other countries.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 31, 2017 11:03 AM (/tuJf)
Will his fat ugly wife be on single payer when she's in federal prison?
Posted by: Under Fire at July 31, 2017 11:03 AM (mcI77)
Posted by: kallisto at July 31, 2017 11:04 AM (AAbgH)
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I thought it was confusing that time when Peru had a President with a Japanese name. Somehow I kept thinking that "Fujimori's Palace" was the Japanese embassy or something. And then the rest of the story wouldn't make any sense.
(And I already pre-denounced myself in May for a whole summer's worth of microaggressions.)
Posted by: Geronimo Stilton at July 31, 2017 11:04 AM (10LGw)
Barf.
Posted by: fly gal at July 31, 2017 11:05 AM (8TdcF)
I liked Shepherd in The Right Stuff and Thunderheart. I'm not sure that I saw any of his other stuff.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 31, 2017 11:05 AM (4aVpH)
I think so. It was also at the time of the March Revolution in Germany and a few other countries.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 31, 2017 11:03 AM (/tuJf)
That's about when my German ancestors came over. Family legend has it that the great-great, etc Grandmother was noble, but married beneath her class & was cut out of the royal goodies so they made a new start in America.
Posted by: josephistan at July 31, 2017 11:06 AM (7HtZB)
The ugly sorry Truth is we are headed exactly that way no matter what---especially if this no "Pre-exisitng" conditions crap stands
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 31, 2017 11:06 AM (5y11N)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 31, 2017 11:07 AM (PXj2C)
Posted by: kallisto at July 31, 2017 11:04 AM (AAbgH)
I think I might. If a fellow Moron or 'ette was also going to go, it would be an incentive.
Posted by: josephistan at July 31, 2017 11:07 AM (7HtZB)
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at July 31, 2017 11:02 AM (6gDC3)
Chinese Neighborhoods too? I saw "Chinatown", but I didn't know that....
Posted by: JoeF. at July 31, 2017 11:07 AM (7uYFy)
Posted by: Soothie at July 31, 2017 11:08 AM (LROLY)
Donkey Kong?
Posted by: Soothie at July 31, 2017 11:08 AM (LROLY)
Posted by: Captain Kirk at July 31, 2017 11:08 AM (zpYxD)
Posted by: Soothie at July 31, 2017 11:09 AM (LROLY)
I am thinking I want to write something for the movie post about it - or at least something that triggered me from it. Because, despite the shooty parts, it really seemed like it was written and performed as a play.
Posted by: blaster at July 31, 2017 11:09 AM (ckY2x)
Posted by: josephistan at July 31, 2017 11:09 AM (7HtZB)
Posted by: kallisto at July 31, 2017 11:09 AM (AAbgH)
Asteroids
Posted by: Soothie at July 31, 2017 11:10 AM (LROLY)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 31, 2017 11:10 AM (PXj2C)
Panama was named after ...
I thought it was named after a Van Halen song....
... did you ever wonder who's idea it was to have almost all Civil War battles on park land ?
Posted by: undocumented illegal Mel Gibson at July 31, 2017 11:11 AM (e8kgV)
Chinese Neighborhoods too? I saw "Chinatown", but I didn't know that.
For a time in the late 70s Chinese gangs were shooting up restaurants in San Francisco's Chinatown. It added a certain zesty thrill to dining out, as it were.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 31, 2017 11:11 AM (4aVpH)
Posted by: Soothie at July 31, 2017 11:12 AM (LROLY)
Posted by: Ralph at July 31, 2017 11:12 AM (gBOw8)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero)
They get their copy of the Handbook for the Recently Deceased.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at July 31, 2017 11:12 AM (AM1GF)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 31, 2017 11:12 AM (PXj2C)
Same reason there were so many pockets of German, Italian and other immigrants flocking into South America, opportunity they couldn't find at home. And they were welcomed with open arms.
Brazil didn't get rid of slavery until the mid-1800's and after they did there was an enormous vacuum of workers. Somebody had to work those plantations and work in the mines.
South America is a melting pot much like here but much less talked about.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 31, 2017 11:13 AM (/tuJf)
281 So, once the dead get off the boat, what happens next?
Thorough and exhaustive body cavity searches
** dons latex gloves **
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 31, 2017 11:14 AM (4aVpH)
Posted by: scottish DnD player at July 31, 2017 11:14 AM (nlbfN)
The Chilean Model gets a lot of attention.
Posted by: garrett at July 31, 2017 11:15 AM (hLhtd)
Posted by: kallisto at July 31, 2017 11:15 AM (AAbgH)
... did you ever wonder who's idea it was to have almost all Civil War battles on park land ?
Posted by: undocumented illegal Mel Gibson
They wanted to use the picnic tables for chow.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 31, 2017 11:16 AM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Oliver at July 31, 2017 11:16 AM (XoldI)
Posted by: barack hussein you-know-who at July 31, 2017 11:16 AM (nlbfN)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 31, 2017 11:12 AM (PXj2C)
Damn.... Beach Grues?
A new sub species?
I thought they only inhabited Attics, and basements...
Posted by: Don Q. at July 31, 2017 11:16 AM (NgKpN)
I see that as a passageway cut through the rock to a well lit place behind the cliff walls. If you mean the white thing at the base of the trees.
Posted by: geoffb5 at July 31, 2017 10:51 AM (d3wbb)
No, I mean the white thing, center left foreground. Possibly the bleached rostrum of a whale. But I think guano covered stone is most likely.
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at July 31, 2017 11:17 AM (CPk08)
Posted by: JB1000, EAJ at July 31, 2017 11:17 AM (16OL0)
281 So, once the dead get off the boat, what happens next?
Thorough and exhaustive body cavity searches
** dons latex gloves **
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 31, 2017 11:14 AM (4aVpH)
Well, if they're all dead, there's only one thing to do.... go through their pockets and look for loose change...
Posted by: Miracle Max at July 31, 2017 11:18 AM (NgKpN)
The key to holding most parks is to take the Gazebo and neutralize the water-balloon launchers early in the battle.
Posted by: garrett at July 31, 2017 11:18 AM (hLhtd)
Posted by: LizLem at July 31, 2017 11:18 AM (hvf9s)
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That would be my plan.
Posted by: George Soros at July 31, 2017 11:19 AM (PXj2C)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 31, 2017 11:19 AM (4aVpH)
Posted by: kallisto at July 31, 2017 11:19 AM (AAbgH)
Probably the most successful of all of them. I like Chile a lot. I want to go back to Southern Chile someday and go fishing. Absolutely stunning area and the people are generally very nice.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 31, 2017 11:19 AM (/tuJf)
I heard German being spoken, and not just by older people, in southern Brazil in the 1980s. I recall BBQs in southern Brazil where my fledgling Portuguese was less useful than my buried/fading German (including for Chileans who were also guests there).
I think Portuguese only became the official national language of instruction in Brazil in 1942 - after the Allies had "rented" Brazil for WWII, via goodies for the then-strongman Getulio Vargas. Like the most South American strongmen at the time, he was neutral/pro-Axis, though mostly not for any ideological reasons. It was a bit awkward to have large swaths of Brazil where the three languages of the Axis - German, Italian, and Japanese - were taught in public schools. (I think, characteristically, the huge Japanese community in Sao Paolo already taught Portuguese along with Japanese)
Posted by: rhomboid at July 31, 2017 11:19 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: fly gal at July 31, 2017 11:19 AM (8TdcF)
Panama was named after ...
I thought it was named after a Van Halen song....
... did you ever wonder who's idea it was to have almost all Civil War battles on park land ?
Posted by: undocumented illegal Mel Gibson at July 31, 2017 11:11 AM (e8kgV)
/OK.... cleaning coffee off the keyboard...
Posted by: Don Q. at July 31, 2017 11:19 AM (NgKpN)
So, once the dead get off the boat, what happens next? Orientation?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero)
They get their copy of the Handbook for the Recently Deceased.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at July 31, 2017 11:12 AM (AM1GF)
Beetlejuice...beetlejuice...bet ya thought I was gonna say it a third time.
Posted by: The Mouse that Roared, Americans don't Serf at July 31, 2017 11:20 AM (DxWUs)
Posted by: George Soros at July 31, 2017 11:19 AM (PXj2C)
Don't forget the gold teeth George.
Posted by: Satan at July 31, 2017 11:20 AM (r5KeJ)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 31, 2017 11:20 AM (PXj2C)
It was a Civil War.
Posted by: garrett at July 31, 2017 11:21 AM (hLhtd)
I thought it was named after a Van Halen song....
If you listen closely, they're actually singing, "Canada."
Posted by: Bob MacKenzie at July 31, 2017 11:22 AM (XoldI)
This is where Vernon Walters got his big start, as translator/liaison to the Brazilian forces for the US Army.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 31, 2017 11:22 AM (QDnY+)
It was a Civil War.
Posted by: garrett at July 31, 2017 11:21 AM (hLhtd)
Well.... yeah.... until that Sherman guy decided he needed to go to the Beach...
Posted by: Don Q. at July 31, 2017 11:22 AM (NgKpN)
Gotta claim all the picnic tables and installed bbq's, too!
Posted by: Lizzy at July 31, 2017 11:22 AM (NOIQH)
Too much Carrot for me...
Really, though. I have clients who go down there all the time...
Then they come up here and catch bigger Browns. On. The. Dry.
Posted by: garrett at July 31, 2017 11:22 AM (hLhtd)
For work I had to go to Argentina several times, it always turned out to be during their summers. I called it the land of long legs and short skirts, but good Catholic girls all.
Posted by: Ignoramus at July 31, 2017 11:22 AM (+7/1f)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at July 31, 2017 11:23 AM (vRcUp)
And then they have these Welsh areas. Yeah, go figure.
Posted by: blaster at July 31, 2017 11:24 AM (ckY2x)
Posted by: Carrot Top at July 31, 2017 11:25 AM (bc2Lc)
I thought it was named after a Van Halen song....
If you listen closely, they're actually singing, "Canada."
Posted by: Bob MacKenzie
♪ Canaduh, Canaduh, Canaduhuh!
Posted by: rickb223 at July 31, 2017 11:26 AM (Qq3ZN)
Posted by: a different DnD player at July 31, 2017 11:27 AM (nlbfN)
Posted by: Edward Van Halen at July 31, 2017 11:27 AM (UMWic)
Posted by: Zimbabwe at July 31, 2017 11:27 AM (gIRsn)
The two most dominant institutions in the development of South America were the Catholic Church and the military. A lot of that influence remains today.
Not too surprising when you realize the groundworks was laid by the Portuguese, the Spanish and the Catholic Church under the Treaty of Tordesillas.
Also explains whey Brazil is the only Portuguese speaking country in South America.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 31, 2017 11:28 AM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 31, 2017 11:12 AM (PXj2C)
Damn.... Beach Grues?
A new sub species?
I thought they only inhabited Attics, and basements...
Posted by: Don Q. at July 31, 2017 11:16 AM
We do go on vacation you know...
Posted by: A Grue at July 31, 2017 11:28 AM (p+Wdc)
I see virgins.
Posted by: Haley Joel Osment.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 31, 2017 11:28 AM (Qq3ZN)
Chinese Neighborhoods too? I saw "Chinatown", but I didn't know that.
For a time in the late 70s Chinese gangs were shooting up restaurants in San Francisco's Chinatown. It added a certain zesty thrill to dining out, as it were.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 31, 2017 11:11 AM (4aVpH)
Same thing happened in South Philly Italian restaurants in the 80s. You could usually sneak out on the check in all the commotion.
Posted by: josephistan at July 31, 2017 11:28 AM (7HtZB)
Posted by: Homer at July 31, 2017 11:29 AM (hLhtd)
"If ObamaCare is hurting people, & it is, why shouldn't it hurt the insurance companies & why should Congress not be paying what public pays?"
IIRC, Congresscritters exempted themselves and their staff from lots of OCare by declaring each individual office to be a "small business." (Which should have been a scandal at the time). If so, HHS Price should be able to undo this easily.
Posted by: Ignoramus at July 31, 2017 11:30 AM (+7/1f)
And then they have these Welsh areas. Yeah, go figure.
Posted by: blaster at July 31, 2017 11:24 AM (ckY2x)
There are pockets of Brits throughout South America. They're descendants of British veterans who were recruited to fight in the Wars of Independence from Spain.
Posted by: josephistan at July 31, 2017 11:30 AM (7HtZB)
Posted by: blaster at July 31, 2017 11:32 AM (ckY2x)
Posted by: Miracle Max
Check the eyes for antique coins. Trust me on this one.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at July 31, 2017 11:32 AM (AM1GF)
Posted by: josephistan
Do they still look to the crown, or are they independent?
Posted by: rickb223 at July 31, 2017 11:33 AM (Qq3ZN)
This is why the Alpacca now have bad teeth.
Posted by: garrett at July 31, 2017 11:34 AM (hLhtd)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 31, 2017 11:34 AM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone
Beetlejuice...beetlejuice...bet ya thought I was gonna say it a third time.
Posted by: The Mouse that Roared, Americans don't Serf
But if you say "Winona" three times, BSG appears behind you.
(Seriously, I served one up in his wheelhouse and nothing...)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at July 31, 2017 11:34 AM (AM1GF)
Posted by: Richard McEnroe at July 31, 2017 11:36 AM (L7t0A)
I suspect that there are no warm and happy places for a father to bury his little girl.
Posted by: An Observation at July 31, 2017 11:41 AM (Wf/fS)
Posted by: josephistan at July 31, 2017 11:43 AM (7HtZB)
Posted by: andycanuck #CNNBlackmail at July 31, 2017 11:44 AM (nlbfN)
But the more interesting losers who were there, probably all gone now, were the crew of the German pocket battleship Graf Spee, surrounded by the Brits and trapped in (neutral) Montevideo. Ship was scuttled off shore, crew was "interned" per Geneva, but of course most made their way across the river to Buenos Aires. There was a German restaurant in B.A., on Calle Lavalle, called "ABC". I ate there in 1985. Idiotically, I never followed up and did any interviews or stories on the proprietors/staff, most of them old guys who won the German WWII lottery: instead of dying in a Katyusha barrage on the eastern front, or being ground under by Patton's advance, they passed the war in a quiet, prosperous, beautiful place bypassed by "history".
Posted by: rhomboid at July 31, 2017 11:50 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: Glenn John at July 31, 2017 12:17 PM (LilNs)
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