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The Morning Rant: J.V. Edition
There is some old lady in a pants suit sitting in a puddle of her own urine, drinking from a bottle of bourbon and muttering something about a "vast right-wing conspiracy." I think I'll throw some poo at her! Kurt Schlichter nails it with this column. But one in particular makes me smile....
Seven Things Conservatives Should Be Thankful For No. 1: Be Thankful That Hillary Is Not Our President. The other ones are important too, but this one makes me smile on this beautiful, crisp, clear morning. I am sitting with a cup of good coffee, ahead of my cooking schedule, thinking about the tough fight we all have ahead of us. It's not going to be easy; saving America from those who would destroy it, but we took a big step last November, and it no longer looks quite so dire. Enjoy the day, eat and drink too much, poke fun at your liberal relatives, and rejoice that we live in a truly exceptional country.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at November 23, 2017 11:30 AM (/qEW2)
Posted by: Traveling Man at November 23, 2017 11:30 AM (Gv6EO)
Posted by: Traveling Man at November 23, 2017 11:30 AM (Gv6EO)
Amen.
Thank you Horde.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 23, 2017 11:32 AM (YOl0X)
Hope everyone has a great turkey day and good times with family and friends.
Posted by: Traveling Man at November 23, 2017 11:32 AM (Gv6EO)
Posted by: Adobe Juan Kenobe at November 23, 2017 11:33 AM (Waz1Q)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 23, 2017 11:34 AM (SjImc)
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my first thought was, what is a transgender feast. My second was....I don't wanna know.
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at November 23, 2017 11:34 AM (vChNs)
Posted by: Deplorable Redneck Bitter Clinger at November 23, 2017 11:34 AM (4KPJT)
Posted by: Skip at November 23, 2017 11:34 AM (aC6Sd)
Posted by: Diogenes at November 23, 2017 11:34 AM (KY8WN)
Posted by: IC at November 23, 2017 11:35 AM (gcme+)
Posted by: Deplorable Redneck Bitter Clinger at November 23, 2017 11:35 AM (4KPJT)
Posted by: Skip at November 23, 2017 11:35 AM (aC6Sd)
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at November 23, 2017 11:34 AM (vChNs)
You have a sick mind my friend.
Posted by: Traveling Man at November 23, 2017 11:36 AM (Gv6EO)
Thanks for taking time this precious day to make my day a bit more fun.
Posted by: craig at November 23, 2017 11:39 AM (UP5A9)
Posted by: Winston at November 23, 2017 11:39 AM (XlcO7)
Posted by: Skip at November 23, 2017 11:35 AM (aC6Sd)
I liked Selfie Monkey.
Posted by: rickl at November 23, 2017 11:39 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 23, 2017 11:40 AM (8+Ozj)
Hope none of y'all have to go through THAT today.
Posted by: Meremortal, no prosecutions, no peace! at November 23, 2017 11:40 AM (3myMJ)
Here's an 8th, from Chateau D'Eez:
Ace, the cob-loggers, and all of the Horde !
Bless alla youse this wonderful Thanksgiving day !
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 23, 2017 11:40 AM (Ktb8D)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at November 23, 2017 11:40 AM (e9G8E)
Actually, that's nothing to be thankful for, as the chances of any group having as many perverts as the liberals is vanishingly small. I've known communities of Bonobos that contain fewer perverts.
Posted by: Punk Chimp at November 23, 2017 11:41 AM (/qEW2)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 23, 2017 11:41 AM (Ktb8D)
Meremortal - thank you!
Posted by: Cheri at November 23, 2017 11:42 AM (DrLHh)
Posted by: jmel at November 23, 2017 11:42 AM (OeWgo)
Stealing that, I am.
Along with 'The Captain Stubing of Conservatism'.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Booking Agent, Aero Pinochet at November 23, 2017 11:43 AM (fA1SL)
A statement issued Thursday morning from his office said that Netanyahu condemns Tzipi Hotovelys offensive remarks regarding the American Jewish community. The Jews of the Diaspora are dear to us and are an inseparable part of our people.
???
I think Hotovely's Statement was 100% accurate and spot on.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 23, 2017 11:43 AM (SjImc)
having as many perverts as the liberals is vanishingly small. I've
known communities of Bonobos that contain fewer perverts.
Sorry you feel that way. What say we make up with some sex.
Posted by: Bonobo, gender unspecified (does it matter) at November 23, 2017 11:43 AM (LAe3v)
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at November 23, 2017 11:43 AM (nUkMr)
Posted by: Deplorable Redneck Bitter Clinger at November 23, 2017 11:44 AM (4KPJT)
Based on the Bernard Cornwell novels. Early English v. Vikings.
Grade it A for story, B+ fpr production. The guy who plays King Alfred is quite good
Many here will like it.
Posted by: Ignoramus at November 23, 2017 11:44 AM (pV/54)
Posted by: Cheri at November 23, 2017 11:42 AM (DrLHh)
Big hugs {{{Cheri}}} Please say hi when you "see" me around.
Posted by: Meremortal, no prosecutions, no peace! at November 23, 2017 11:44 AM (3myMJ)
Posted by: Preezy 44 at November 23, 2017 11:44 AM (bc2Lc)
Posted by: John Roberts at November 23, 2017 11:45 AM (3BFzK)
Reminds me of someone or other - can't recall who - reciting the characteristics of bonobos, bisexuality, matriarchal, communist, paraphrased it as 'Ivy League Women's Studies or English department. '
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Booking Agent, Aero Pinochet at November 23, 2017 11:45 AM (fA1SL)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 23, 2017 11:45 AM (8+Ozj)
Many here will like it.
Posted by: Ignoramus
Agreed, it's pretty good, and Alfred is the best of the lot.
Posted by: pep at November 23, 2017 11:45 AM (LAe3v)
Posted by: Northernlurker, the lurkingest lurker of the north. Still proudly lurking. at November 23, 2017 11:46 AM (nBr1j)
Posted by: booknlass at November 23, 2017 11:46 AM (9mZIr)
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....outlaw in America at November 23, 2017 11:47 AM (S6Pax)
The Trumpening changed their business model and broke their rice bowl.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Booking Agent, Aero Pinochet at November 23, 2017 11:47 AM (fA1SL)
Posted by: booknlass at November 23, 2017 11:46 AM (9mZIr)
And throw poo....
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 23, 2017 11:47 AM (wYseH)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at November 23, 2017 11:48 AM (3BFzK)
Posted by: Skip at November 23, 2017 11:49 AM (aC6Sd)
Posted by: pep at November 23, 2017 11:49 AM (LAe3v)
The turkey is in the oven
The chair is against the wall
John has a long mustache.]/i]
The lunatic in in the hall
Posted by: Fink Ployd at November 23, 2017 11:49 AM (IqV8l)
Meremortal - thank you!
Posted by: Cheri at November 23, 2017 11:42 AM (DrLHh)
I will add you to my prayer list Cherie.
Posted by: Northernlurker, the lurkingest lurker of the north. Still proudly lurking. at November 23, 2017 11:49 AM (nBr1j)
May God Bless us all.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at November 23, 2017 11:49 AM (tRaq7)
The Trumpening changed their business model and broke their rice bowl.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Booking Agent, Aero Pinochet"
"The gods of the full belly are never mocked."
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 23, 2017 11:49 AM (Ktb8D)
Posted by: booknlass at November 23, 2017 11:50 AM (9mZIr)
Posted by: Amy Schumer at November 23, 2017 11:50 AM (3BFzK)
Sounds like a good approach and laughter is good for you!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 23, 2017 11:50 AM (8+Ozj)
Posted by: Cheri at November 23, 2017 11:50 AM (DrLHh)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at November 23, 2017 11:51 AM (3BFzK)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at November 23, 2017 11:53 AM (3BFzK)
I hope alexthechick is having a nice Thanksgiving. I don't often cross paths with her and her raptors.
Posted by: rickl at November 23, 2017 11:53 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Weasel at November 23, 2017 11:53 AM (Sfs6o)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 23, 2017 11:54 AM (SjImc)
Posted by: Meremortal, no prosecutions, no peace! at November 23, 2017 11:54 AM (3myMJ)
at Alice's Restaurant. . ."
Posted by: booknlass at November 23, 2017 11:54 AM (9mZIr)
Posted by: Northernlurker
It is irrelevant to them.
The problem is Trump is a loathsome boorish person to them. And then there are the millions of deplorable idiots like us that voted for him, and ignored the Tru-cons and Nevertrumpers.
We're turrible, and so is Trump.
Trump is just turrible!
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....outlaw in America at November 23, 2017 11:55 AM (S6Pax)
Hillary Clinton will never be president of the United States.
Posted by: Soona at November 23, 2017 11:55 AM (ZAAkQ)
Posted by: Skip at November 23, 2017 11:56 AM (aC6Sd)
It's the tongue, isn't it? Happy Tonguesgiving!
Posted by: Uncle Frankentongue at November 23, 2017 11:56 AM (H7ZyP)
Enjoy the day, eat and drink too much, poke fun at your liberal relatives, and rejoice that we live in a truly exceptional country.
Well said, CBD.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 23, 2017 11:56 AM (YqDXo)
"Federal investigators say they were able to connect Poff to the packages using pieces of the shipping labels, and also matched cat hair found in the box mailed to President Obama with her cat."
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at November 23, 2017 11:56 AM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at November 23, 2017 11:57 AM (e9G8E)
Cool, we are curious about that general part of the state. Pass through the far western slope on our way to Moab and beyond on road trips. We're about 30 minutes west of Winter Park.
Posted by: Meremortal, no prosecutions, no peace! at November 23, 2017 11:57 AM (3myMJ)
I recall seeing some article somewhere about the guy who liked to paint pics of gals with their drawers falling down. I don't know his name, and the paintings always contained some guy who happened to be looking at just the right moment. She'd be carrying a bag of groceries or something, and the bag would be falling... and down went her drawers! Like they do.
Anyhoo, that's what that painting reminds me of.
I'll see if I can find the artist. I bet he's got a Thanksgiving version of it. Apparently he painted tons of these things.
Posted by: BurtTC at November 23, 2017 11:57 AM (Pz4pT)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
*raises John Belushi eyebrows*
"Food Fight!"
Posted by: booknlass at November 23, 2017 11:50 AM (9mZIr)
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we need to discuss your diet
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at November 23, 2017 11:57 AM (vChNs)
Posted by: Northernlurker, the lurkingest lurker of the north. Still proudly lurking. at November 23, 2017 11:58 AM (nBr1j)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 23, 2017 11:59 AM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 23, 2017 11:59 AM (+0jcH)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 23, 2017 11:59 AM (8+Ozj)
Yes. Yes they do. They're fully grown adults with all the powers of observation and reasoning the rest of us have.
They actively chose Her Heinous and all the bad things she'd do to further destroy the country. Bronco Bama hisself said she'd be the continuation of his Reign of Error and she wholeheartedly agreed.
I don't cut them any slack. They know exactly what they're doing. They are anti-American Progressives, aka American Communists. As such, they have no business in politics nor should they be anywhere near the levers of power in any capacity. They are our enemies.
We need to do everything we can to destroy the Progressive Movement (although it's doing a pretty good job of imploding all by itself these days) before it destroys us. There is no middle ground and no compromise with those who hate us.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at November 23, 2017 11:59 AM (tRaq7)
Lileks wrote about it. Of course he did. Wonderful writer, he is. No wonder I remember the story (no, it's not because I am into chicks with falling knickers).
Here's the link to Lileks:
http://www.lileks.com/institute/frahm/
Posted by: BurtTC at November 23, 2017 11:59 AM (Pz4pT)
Farmer- Friend lost his mother, aged 93. She was ready to go, just a couple of yrs ago lost her youngest child, her only daughter to cancer.
Rickl- Lung cancer.
Redc1c4- Employment
Abby- Father has passed. Children have ex-communicated.
Carol- Her Brother's eventual passing.
kbdabear- Mother's dementia.
CaliGirl- Mom's boyfriend Arthur has cancer.
Grump928(c)- Mother, Sally Jo, fell and broke her hip.
Hrothgar- Son killed in accident.
Ritabootoo- Someone who may have colon cancer.
Fenelon Spoke- Supervisor, "D's", Brother had a stroke and is in hospice. Husband's job search. Son acting out in a disturbing manner.
RedMindBlueState- Cousin Agnes, who's too weak for the heart surgery she needs, and whose condition is deteriorating rapidly.
Dr. Strangepork- Friend may have had a stroke.
Bebe's boobs destroy- In a fight over the house with her Sister.
Neil- Back
Jo Anne- Left leg.
Mindful webworker- Wife's health due to longstanding issues.
Patty- Alcoholic husband.
ibguy- Sister's brain cancer, (gioblastoma).
pookysgirl- Husband's suicide attempt and mental health.
Jade Sea- Husband's cancer
tcn- husband's possible lung tumor and swollen lymph nodes.
Moron Pundit- Father-in-law's heart surgery.
junior- Employment
Duke Lowell- Son in need of healing.
Miley- Future employment, big move, Friend Melonie's cracked ribs. Mother's cellulitis of leg.
Captain Whitebread- Mother's health and stable employment.
Jinx- Mother's passing.
Emmie- Relationship with Daughter.
Vic- Return of cancer.
ReneeTX- Terminal brain cancer.
Booknlass- Relationship with Daughter.
Just wondering- Sister, Lisa, has a brain tumor.
Christopher Taylor- Health and depression.
Lin-duh fell- My FIL passed away 9/27/17. Could use the prayers for my husband finding a job.
Blacksheep- Stage 2 prostate cancer.
Weirddave and Gingy- Gingy's father passing away.
Alexthechick- Father's dementia.
Molly K- Neice killed by elderly driver.
Donna V- Bills to be paid and alcoholic Brother.
Gushka- Infection after being bitten by her horse. Her friends' mental health after returning from battle.
TonyPete- Friends' terminal diagnosis, Wife's, (Renee), terminal illness.
bergerbuilder- Multiple strokes, out of hospital at end of September.
Chi- Friend's passing, (Lewis), after battle with cancer.
huerfano- Father's recovery from heart failure.
The Oort Cloud- Thalassemia, genetic blood disorder, complicated my hemolytic anemia. "Given" two years by doctor.
Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing- Job issues.
Hopped up on Something- Immediate Family member with cancer. Bone pain without opioids, Hospital Policy.
Publius- Father's health. Rheumatoid arthritis, severe pain during flare-ups. Stamina, in general.
Cannibal Bob- Two brothers in law. 1. Brain tumor hospice soon.
2. Just diagnosed cancer around heart and in aorta. Biopsy taken. Stage 3.
3. Cousin just completed 5 rounds of chemo for cancer in abdomen. Reoccurance firm many years ago.
Insomniac- 1) That my autoimmune disorder will stay under control. 2) That the work situation I have will continue to come together and grow.
Oregon Muse- Shoulder replacement and recovery.
Slapweasel- Father's dementia and Mother's attitude.
Jane D'oh- My husband's elderly aunt, (89), who was admitted to the hospital 11/20/17 with pneumonia. She has COPD, is a lung cancer survivor. Jane broke her foot, prayer for resolve and healing.
USNtakim- My MIL, (73), is going in for surgery 11/22/17 for bowel re-sectioning. Please pray for her and her family.
Iron Mike Golf- My grandsons. Safety and peace for them.
Cheri- Lost Son, (21), in February to hiking accident.
Teresa in Ft. Worth- Lost Daughter, (26) to suicide on September 7th.
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Any Updates, Corrections or Additions can be sent to the email in my Nic.
On this Blessed day, let us honor our blessings and spend some time to share our Love.
-Thank You.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at November 23, 2017 11:59 AM (Ckg4U)
can you imagine a food fight at your thanksgiving dinner today?
That's going to help me laugh at the liberals.
Posted by: booknlass at November 23, 2017 12:00 PM (9mZIr)
I recall seeing some article somewhere about the guy who liked to paint pics of gals with their drawers falling down. I don't know his name, and the paintings always contained some guy who happened to be looking at just the right moment. She'd be carrying a bag of groceries or something, and the bag would be falling... and down went her drawers! Like they do.
Anyhoo, that's what that painting reminds me of.
I'll see if I can find the artist. I bet he's got a Thanksgiving version of it. Apparently he painted tons of these things.
Posted by: BurtTC at November 23, 2017 11:57 AM (Pz4pT)
Here you go.
http://www.lileks.com/institute/frahm/
Posted by: rickl at November 23, 2017 12:01 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Weasel at November 23, 2017 12:01 PM (Sfs6o)
I recall seeing some article somewhere about the guy who liked to paint pics of gals with their drawers falling down.
Joey Coppertone
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 23, 2017 12:02 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Cheri at November 23, 2017 12:02 PM (DrLHh)
Posted by: Libby McLiberal: SJW at November 23, 2017 12:04 PM (bc2Lc)
I am thankful for so many things, too numerous to completely list. Still thankful for the fifteen years we had with our beloved Jack The Dog, who passed one year ago today, on his fifteenth birthday, bless him. Thankful my college daughter is here with us, healthy now and happier, after a rough year where the college medical system decided to 'treat' her depression with an array of drugs, instead of realizing it was the environment, stupid. And grateful that daughter, who is experimenting with utopian campus Marxism, still has the class not to engage in open argu-warfare with her dad, who fought real Marxism every freaking day of his life. Instead, she has the smarts to find common ground (music, culture, humor) with her fuddy-duddy parents, and to enjoy the holiday. And i am grateful for son, who has entered the workforce, and may miss dinner - responsibilities have burdens, after all. a good boy becoming a good man. and most of all, i am grateful for wifey, who has put up with me for all this time.
Bless you all.
Posted by: goatexchange at November 23, 2017 12:04 PM (YFnq5)
I forgot how entertaining the exchanges between Rhett and Scarlett are. Rhett's alpha maleness is yet another trigger for SJWs. If Scarlett was born 100 years later, she'd be a prettier Hillary Clinton.
Posted by: Donna&&&&V baby, it's cold outside at November 23, 2017 12:04 PM (P8951)
Now if I don't get to Mom's place, she's going to rip me a new one!
*static*
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at November 23, 2017 12:04 PM (Ckg4U)
On this Blessed day, let us honor our blessings and spend some time to share our Love.
-Thank You.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at November 23, 2017 11:59 AM (Ckg4U)
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thankful that I can be a giver and not a need-er of prayers
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at November 23, 2017 12:05 PM (vChNs)
Nice post by Steyn:
https://www.steynonline.com/6684/a-thanksgiving-sampler
Posted by: logprof at November 23, 2017 12:05 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: Donna&&&&V baby, it's cold outside at November 23, 2017 12:06 PM (P8951)
Posted by: saf at November 23, 2017 12:06 PM (cS/ge)
Posted by: rickl at November 23, 2017 12:06 PM (sdi6R)
by embracing "bipartisanship," which means giving that corrupt harpy
everything she wants in the name of "and "reaching across
the aisle." Amnesty, tax hike, gun grabs, speech bans-- it would all be
on the table. Freedom, not so much.
Kurt Schlichter nails it. And this is how Romney, Bush, Corker, McVain, Ryan et al got Trump.
Posted by: Barack Obama is a bad, bad man at November 23, 2017 12:08 PM (SPmZy)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 23, 2017 11:40 AM (8+Ozj)
Don't want to add anything to this just a reminder, with snow season coming to cover up your oil tank filler with some sort of plastic cup or something so that no melting snow gets into your tank.
I think you had a problem before with that. I got enough in my line to be a nuisance and I had to take about a gallon out of my line to get about a cupful of water out.
Stuff you forget when you have two feet of snow on the ground. It's going to slowly melt.
Posted by: Public Service Announcement at November 23, 2017 12:08 PM (ajiE5)
Posted by: booknlass at November 23, 2017 12:09 PM (9mZIr)
Mayonnaise Chavez? I don't get it.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 23, 2017 11:59 AM (+0jcH)
I got that far and came here to see if someone could 'splain it. Might have missed it, though.
Posted by: Peaches at November 23, 2017 12:09 PM (14URa)
Posted by: Barack Obama is a bad, bad man at November 23, 2017 12:10 PM (SPmZy)
Posted by: SPinRHF16 at November 23, 2017 12:10 PM (Ay1Wr)
Posted by: Barack Obama is a bad, bad man at November 23, 2017 12:11 PM (SPmZy)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Divison at November 23, 2017 12:12 PM (aMlLZ)
Thanks. The oil tank is now out of the ground at a big expense.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 23, 2017 12:12 PM (8+Ozj)
Posted by: Kindltot at November 23, 2017 12:13 PM (2K6fY)
Posted by: SPinRHF16 at November 23, 2017 12:10 PM (Ay1Wr)
Happy Thanksgiving to Germany, loved seeing part of your country about 10 years ago!
Posted by: Meremortal, no prosecutions, no peace! at November 23, 2017 12:13 PM (3myMJ)
I was thinking the same thing...I am watching that and The Godfather.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 23, 2017 12:13 PM (SjImc)
Thank you for posting that Slap. Prayers for all the horde. Many of them are struggling under very tough circumstances.
To put our troubles in perspective, consider that NK soldier who was shot 5 times crossing the DMZ. If he has any family, they are dead or being tortured. He was in the army, one of NK's "elite" and - was still malnourished, with tapeworms. So imagine the shape the non-elite are in. People wonder why the North Koreans don't revolt. Hard to revolt when you are starving.
And many of them, born and raised in hell, think the whole world is like that.
We were fortunate enough to be born in the greatest country on earth. That's something.
Posted by: Donna&&&&V baby, it's cold outside at November 23, 2017 12:14 PM (P8951)
Posted by: Joe Biden at November 23, 2017 12:15 PM (QE8X6)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 23, 2017 12:12 PM (8+Ozj)
Damn. I kinda figured that was going to happen. You had some frantic post last year and I pretty much guessed the snow melted, got past your filler threads and into the tank.
The oil people know this happens, but given the opportunity to make a pile of money they'll jump at the chance to scare monger. It's not tough to get the water out of the line, about an hours labor.
Posted by: Public Service Announcement at November 23, 2017 12:17 PM (ajiE5)
What a waste of bourbon...
And I'm thankful that I found my old reading glasses! Whoooohoo!
Meats cooking, everything else is set, so Happy Thanksgiving to all, and may God continue to bless us all.
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at November 23, 2017 12:17 PM (MINbv)
I think our fall leaf color has been particularly good this year.
Posted by: Weasel
Agreed. We even had family pictures taken yesterday with the remnants of our leaf color making a beautiful backdrop. The best things in life may be free, but I'm still paying a mortgage for those leaves. Good investment.
Posted by: pep at November 23, 2017 12:17 PM (LAe3v)
Posted by: Al Franken's Turkey at November 23, 2017 12:17 PM (r9UYA)
Posted by: booknlass at November 23, 2017 11:46 AM (9mZIr)
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Don't let them wear you down. If there's anything that can be learned from Trump, it's that.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at November 23, 2017 12:19 PM (/qEW2)
Word is that 23 Skiddoo came from when the Flatiron Building on 23rd Street was the only tall building in the area and created a wind tunnel effect that would blow up ladies skirts.
Posted by: Ignoramus at November 23, 2017 12:19 PM (pV/54)
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at November 23, 2017 12:19 PM (MINbv)
Posted by: Insomniac - Nobody in Particular at November 23, 2017 12:19 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: washrivergal at November 23, 2017 12:20 PM (tcwn1)
Many thanks.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at November 23, 2017 12:21 PM (tRaq7)
Posted by: Uncle Joe Biden at November 23, 2017 12:22 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: BurtTC at November 23, 2017 11:57 AM (Pz4pT)
Gil Elvgren?
Posted by: Kindltot at November 23, 2017 12:22 PM (2K6fY)
And many of them, born and raised in hell, think the whole world is like that.
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I read Barbara Demick's book Nothing To Envy a few months ago. It's a great depiction of the conditions that ordinary non-elite Norks live under. They are literally slaves, forced to work in order to have a small amount of poor quality food handed to them each week. Every block has its spies and any thoughtless comment can result in days of interrogation, if not a stint in a labor camp. It's hell on Earth.
I have always been grateful for the incredible standard of living that we enjoy as Americans, but that book really renewed my appreciation for the amazing system that yields such bounty.
It also increased my contempt for the assholes on the Left who are either power-mad or oblivious, and would impose a similar regime on us if they could.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 23, 2017 12:23 PM (+0jcH)
It's a nice country to be in.
I wonder if anyone would be interested in a Moron Meet-up at Oktoberfest?
Posted by: SPinRHF16 at November 23, 2017 12:23 PM (Ay1Wr)
Posted by: Cheri at November 23, 2017 12:24 PM (DrLHh)
Ugh, was behind a gaggle of man-buns and their girlfriends and had to listen to their deadly earnest political discourse. Maybe they were warming up for one of your own family get-togethers! Ha! *points and laffs*
I am SO enjoying my solo Second Turkey Day.
Posted by: Goody Eris, She-Wolf of Plymouth Rock at November 23, 2017 12:25 PM (qJtVm)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 23, 2017 12:25 PM (t5m5e)
Revolutions take place when people see an opportunity for greater freedom. North Koreans are blinded by those in power.
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at November 23, 2017 12:25 PM (MINbv)
I read Barbara Demick's book Nothing To Envy a few months ago. It's a great depiction of the conditions that ordinary non-elite Norks live under. They are literally slaves, forced to work in order to have a small amount of poor quality food handed to them each week. Every block has its spies and any thoughtless comment can result in days of interrogation, if not a stint in a labor camp. It's hell on Earth.
Hell? It sounds like the fruition of my five year plan if I had been elected.
*sighs*
*downs another triple vodka*
Posted by: Hillary Clinton, Arms Racketeer, Uranium Peddler at November 23, 2017 12:26 PM (ajiE5)
And many of them, born and raised in hell, think the whole world is like that.
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I read Barbara Demick's book Nothing To Envy a few months ago. It's a great depiction of the conditions that ordinary non-elite Norks live under. They are literally slaves, forced to work in order to have a small amount of poor quality food handed to them each week. Every block has its spies and any thoughtless comment can result in days of interrogation, if not a stint in a labor camp. It's hell on Earth.
I have always been grateful for the incredible standard of living that we enjoy as Americans, but that book really renewed my appreciation for the amazing system that yields such bounty.
It also increased my contempt for the assholes on the Left who are either power-mad or oblivious, and would impose a similar regime on us if they could.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 23, 2017 12:23 PM (+0jcH)
It also shows that people suffering under totalitarianism can expect no help whatsoever from the "global community". Their government is treated as legitimate, and the people are strictly on their own.
Posted by: rickl at November 23, 2017 12:26 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Meremortal, no prosecutions, no peace! at November 23, 2017 12:27 PM (3myMJ)
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at November 23, 2017 12:27 PM (MINbv)
Posted by: Barack Obama is a bad, bad man at November 23, 2017 12:08 PM (SPmZy)
Curious how we got those sanctimonious denunciations of Roy Moore for allegations of misbehavior 40 years ago but nary a peep about Al Frakentonguerape, photographed humiliating a sleeping woman. A cynic would think those a$$wipes want to stymie President Trump's agenda rather than fighting sexual harassment.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at November 23, 2017 12:27 PM (5Yee7)
Posted by: Ignoramus at November 23, 2017 12:28 PM (pV/54)
Posted by: Weasel at November 23, 2017 12:29 PM (Sfs6o)
Liberals realized this was war quite some time ago. The rest of us are still trying to come to grips with that.
Posted by: Meremortal, no prosecutions, no peace! at November 23, 2017 12:29 PM (3myMJ)
Posted by: Insomniac - Nobody in Particular at November 23, 2017 12:30 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 23, 2017 11:59 AM (+0jcH)
Just a guess, but I think he's calling Hillary a white Hugo Chavez.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at November 23, 2017 12:30 PM (+F0Wk)
I have always been grateful for the incredible standard of living that we enjoy as Americans, but that book really renewed my appreciation for the amazing system that yields such bounty.
It also increased my contempt for the assholes on the Left who are either power-mad or oblivious, and would impose a similar regime on us if they could.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 23, 2017 12:23 PM (+0jcH)
--The soldier who defected yesterday was supposed to be part of an "elite" unit (which is probably why he was right at the DMZ), and yet he was infested with foot-long tapeworms and other parasites.
Posted by: logprof at November 23, 2017 12:31 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: Cheri at November 23, 2017 12:31 PM (DrLHh)
Posted by: Goody Eris, She-Wolf of Plymouth Rock at November 23, 2017 12:32 PM (qJtVm)
I also have a new great-nephew, just about a month old. He's the first of his kind, although I have hopes for more down the line.
May God bless you all as he has blessed my family this year.
Posted by: huerfano at November 23, 2017 12:32 PM (Dp2K8)
Caught a nap, and then cooked monkey rolls, (SWIDT?) eggs and sausages for the wife's family who is visiting.
Oh, and the boys are home from college. I think I have everything.
Posted by: igotnothing at November 23, 2017 12:32 PM (yk8Fu)
Obesity not a problem.
No pigeons shitting on everything, they've all been eaten.
No fashion shaming, everyone's clothes are the same.
Posted by: Meremortal, no prosecutions, no peace! at November 23, 2017 12:33 PM (3myMJ)
Just a guess, but I think he's calling Hillary a white Hugo Chavez.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at November 23, 2017 12:30 PM (+F0Wk)
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Yeah. I'm sure that's it.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 23, 2017 12:33 PM (+0jcH)
Posted by: Insomniac - Nobody in Particular at November 23, 2017 12:30 PM (NWiLs)
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I'm thankful today for you, who is somebody quite in particular, unlike any other, who brightens my day with razor-sharp wit and humor.
Posted by: bluebell at November 23, 2017 12:33 PM (UoSKV)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 23, 2017 12:12 PM (8+Ozj)
If you haven't committed to something else get a Roth oil tank. Looks like one of those little sheds for tools except metallic. Are above ground next to the house
Posted by: random lurker commenter at November 23, 2017 12:34 PM (pg3eh)
Yeah, that's gonna be me and B'Gal today, too.
We were going to her elder son's house for dinner today, but that won't be happening.
I just brought her home from the hospital yesterday (complications from CHF) and she needs to rest. She just doesn't have the energy.
She's cute while she's asleep, so there's that. And then there's her purring...
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at November 23, 2017 12:34 PM (tRaq7)
Posted by: Insomniac - Nobody in Particular at November 23, 2017 12:30 PM (NWiLs)
__________________
I'll second that. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Lots to be grateful for this year.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at November 23, 2017 12:35 PM (fqUgw)
Posted by: bluebell at November 23, 2017 12:33 PM (UoSKV)
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Oh now you've done it. He'll be insufferable for weeks.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 23, 2017 12:35 PM (+0jcH)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 23, 2017 12:35 PM (+0jcH)
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Heh. It needed to be said. It was worth the risk.
Posted by: bluebell at November 23, 2017 12:36 PM (UoSKV)
Aw, thanks bluebell. You're a very kind person.
Posted by: Insomniac - Nobody in Particular at November 23, 2017 12:36 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at November 23, 2017 12:34 PM (tRaq7)
Best wishes, bud.
Posted by: Meremortal, no prosecutions, no peace! at November 23, 2017 12:37 PM (3myMJ)
Posted by: Cheri at November 23, 2017 12:38 PM (DrLHh)
Posted by: Meremortal, no prosecutions, no peace! at November 23, 2017 12:29 PM (3myMJ)
The other problem is many of the putative leaders on "our" side aren't. They support many of the globalist shibboleths -- frequently only objecting over utilitarian concerns such as the price tag of the "Prog" utopia. The election of Trump has certainly caused a lot of masks to fall.
A big regret of mine is that I voted for Shrub #2, Mittens and Juan McVain during the past presidential elections. Fvkc those guys in particular; the GOPe never gets my vote again. Better an honest foe to the front than an unreliable "ally" behind.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at November 23, 2017 12:39 PM (5Yee7)
Posted by: Meremortal, no prosecutions, no peace! at November 23, 2017 12:39 PM (3myMJ)
-Thank You.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at November 23, 2017 11:59 AM (Ckg4U)
I love you, Slap. More than you know. You are pretty fuckin' amazing.
Posted by: Peaches at November 23, 2017 12:40 PM (14URa)
And many of them, born and raised in hell, think the whole world is like that.
We were fortunate enough to be born in the greatest country on earth. That's something.
Posted by: Donna&&&&V baby, it's cold outside at November 23, 2017 12:14 PM (P8951)
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I'm guessing it's more than just starvation.
Do an image search on "north korea propaganda evil white americans"
I think that most of their people think that *we* pose a greater threat to them than their leaders. They've got Stockholm syndrome.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at November 23, 2017 12:40 PM (/qEW2)
I can't remember any political talk on Thanksgiving or even liberal relatives. For that matter, before Reagan when we were all Democrats, we were still conservative and thankfully American.
Posted by: Cosda at November 23, 2017 12:41 PM (Q4Dpp)
I take much solace in their complete failure to stop Trump from being elected. That was their best chance to keep the status quo, and they couldn't do it. Bodes well, they can be defeated and many in the world are turning against the globalists.
Posted by: Meremortal, no prosecutions, no peace! at November 23, 2017 12:42 PM (3myMJ)
Posted by: josephistan at November 23, 2017 12:42 PM (ANIFC)
Posted by: Paladin at November 23, 2017 12:42 PM (AK3TZ)
Ace, thanks for the forum. helps the horde cope, me too.
Posted by: azalea city at November 23, 2017 12:43 PM (WX+x0)
Posted by: Peaches at November 23, 2017 12:43 PM (14URa)
Sorry to hear about your gal being in the hospital. Will keep her in prayer for healing and strengthening.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 23, 2017 12:43 PM (8+Ozj)
Sadly, my brother's 10 year old corgi has developed cataracts, the poor thing...
Posted by: Brother Cavil, turkey ain't all that's stuffed at November 23, 2017 12:44 PM (nPcUP)
Off to older daughter's house with the sides we made--pumpkin pies and cranberry bread.
Happy Thanksgiving, good people. May the blessings of the day shine throughout the year.
Posted by: irongrampa at November 23, 2017 12:44 PM (S/hVx)
Of course he's also wrong about guns preventing authoritarians from compelling behavior by "normals". He lives in the LA area, I think. Every part of his life - and especially that concerning guns - features compulsion by his adversaries.
All of Kurt's guns won't allow him to buy ammo at market prices starting in six weeks, or without a special state ID. The list of handguns he can readily buy is shrinking all the time. He can't conceal carry (most likely). And he's paying the new gas tax right now, and subsidizing idiocies like solar power and high-speed rail every day.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 23, 2017 12:45 PM (QDnY+)
Posted by: Ignoramus at November 23, 2017 12:45 PM (pV/54)
I don't pray for specific persons to win as i don't pray for my favorite football/baseball team to win, just that they so their best. The night before the election I prayed to God that the best person to lead our nation would be elected. I believe He gave us President Trump to be that person. I am thankful!
Posted by: arieswoman at November 23, 2017 12:45 PM (fwWWI)
Best stoopid thing I've heard today. Keep going to that place.
Posted by: Meremortal, no prosecutions, no peace! at November 23, 2017 12:45 PM (3myMJ)
there, but I don't have a dog-although in the past we've had some and
enjoyed them-and I don't have guns. I'm also pretty much on the " Stuff
about Roy Moore was basically a hit job" camp.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 23, 2017 11:45 AM (8+Ozj)
Agree with you on Roy Moore. What do we have now, after several weeks of non-stop "revelation"? That he is accused of having sex with precisely zero of the "complainants", and of "inappropriately touching" just one, who is the least credible of the lot.
Seems to me that these "dates" were not so much overtures to sex as they were interviews with prospects for the position of wife, and the "complainants" were found wanting in some way, or else rejected Moore as potential husband material (and may now regret having done so). After all, he did eventually marry a woman who was as much younger than him at the time of the wedding as these girls were at the time of the "dates".
Roy Moore is a very smart man. I really doubt he was boinking teenagers at all; the risks are simply too high, and he would sure to know that. If he was sowing any wild oats, it was probably with older women. "An old woman don't tell, an old woman don't swell, and she's grateful as Hell." (song lyric)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 23, 2017 12:45 PM (oPNmq)
Posted by: Peaches at November 23, 2017 12:43 PM (14URa)
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Aw Peaches, that's so sweet. I'm a hugger too, as in if I am ever about to meet any of you, call me off if you are not a hugger because that's my default. I get it.
Come visit moki and me and we will take good care of you!
Posted by: bluebell at November 23, 2017 12:45 PM (UoSKV)
And very thankful for the 45th President of the United States of America. The Donald has an old testament presence as ruler and slayer of evil. The storm is coming.
Posted by: azalea city at November 23, 2017 12:47 PM (WX+x0)
Posted by: Weasel at November 23, 2017 12:47 PM (Sfs6o)
Posted by: Joe Biden - Franken's tutor at November 23, 2017 12:48 PM (ftdxp)
Im shocked the judge struck it down. a Thanksgiving miracle i guess.
Posted by: #neverskankles at November 23, 2017 12:48 PM (0m90k)
I'm thankful for the wonderful 17 years I got to spend with my lovely Kira.
I'm thankful for the companionship of the Horde.
Posted by: rickl at November 23, 2017 12:48 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: logprof
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Isn't this why the NK/Chinesse troops ate garlic during (and probably after) the Korean conflict? To keep the parasites at bay?
My Dad said he could always smell them (before you saw/heard them) as they tried to infiltrate the wire at the outposts.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 23, 2017 12:49 PM (tr2D7)
Posted by: NativeNH at November 23, 2017 12:50 PM (TlteC)
Posted by: Cheri at November 23, 2017 12:50 PM (DrLHh)
Posted by: bluebell at November 23, 2017 12:45 PM (UoSKV)
Aawwww, now I'm washing my freakin' eyeballs again (as my dad used to call it, bless his heart). I really do need to make some connections here in my new community and it's not that easy, especially with the winter upon us. But, yeah, it's up to me. I'm trying to remember, are you down by St. Louis somewhere? I didn't know you and moki were in the same area as one another.
Posted by: Peaches at November 23, 2017 12:50 PM (14URa)
Posted by: Cheri at November 23, 2017 12:51 PM (DrLHh)
If Moore is acquitted by the only judge and jury that matters -- the voters of Alabama -- and Mitch is shown to have been cahoots with WaPo, then Mitch should swing for it.
Posted by: Ignoramus at November 23, 2017 12:52 PM (pV/54)
Posted by: Meremortal, no prosecutions, no peace! at November 23, 2017 12:52 PM (3myMJ)
Posted by: Kindltot at November 23, 2017 12:53 PM (2K6fY)
Posted by: Peaches at November 23, 2017 12:43 PM (14URa)
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Nothing foolish about that. Just take extra precautions if you ever happen to be in Minnesota.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at November 23, 2017 12:53 PM (/qEW2)
Posted by: no good deed at November 23, 2017 12:53 PM (eIQHF)
My Dad said he could always smell them (before you saw/heard them) as they tried to infiltrate the wire at the outposts.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 23, 2017 12:49 PM (tr2D7)
I just finished Michael Connolly's latest Harry Bosch book, The Wrong Side of Goodbye. He always has a little bit in there about Bosch having been a tunnel rat in 'Nam. In this one he explained to his daughter why he would never eat Vietnamese food. Said he'd had to eat it for his entire tour because his life in the tunnels depended on him smelling like one of them.
Posted by: Peaches at November 23, 2017 12:53 PM (14URa)
It's the Day of the Giving of Thanks!
It seems that, without some "outside" force agitating the soup, the material universe would been evenly-dispersed, instead of forming lumps of galaxies and suns and planets where living beings can exist.
So, I'm thankful God didn't take that left turn at Albuquerque.
Posted by: mindful webworker - the grateful ingrate at November 23, 2017 12:55 PM (ftdxp)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hYGtXIqDa0
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at November 23, 2017 12:56 PM (/qEW2)
After a few weeks of talking it became obvious that she was more interested in acting like my father's lawyer than in being my sister. She kept trying to justify and excuse all his abusive actions in the past, and when I tried to explain to her what he did to me and my mom, she suggested I didn't know anything because I was too young, despite the fact that all this happened before she was even fucking born, and I didn't get it by hearsay like she did from her father, I LIVED through his abuse. And she's saying it never happened. Apparently my father returned, and spread lies about me and my mom to his relatives, then continued to lie for 30 years, and they all lapped it up.
In that time I helped her get a U.S. passport, sent an expensive gift for her birthday, and even went so far as to get the details needed so her father could get another pension. In all that, she did nothing for me except to start treating me with contempt because I wouldn't reconcile with her father, something I would have been open to doing if he could have just stopped being such a lying shit and own up to the truth.
I asked her to drop it and focus on our relationship. Then her father had a second stroke, and she suggested in her email that his stroke was due to the pain of my rejection.
I tried to make it work, but it was clear she was never going to listen to me, so I said my goodbyes and told her to go fuck herself (in the nicest way possible).
This Thanksgiving I am thankful that I only have family members that love me for who I am and are avid Trump fans. The rest can go scratch.
Posted by: Slappypants Fogbottom at November 23, 2017 12:56 PM (uXEPm)
Posted by: Ben Had at November 23, 2017 12:57 PM (QvYpA)
Posted by: Meremortal, no prosecutions, no peace! at November 23, 2017 12:57 PM (3myMJ)
Posted by: Stringer Davis at November 23, 2017 12:58 PM (H5rtT)
Completely irrelevant. Of course.
These are just employees, or proxies, I hire to 1) not do bad things 2) do good things, when needed. Nothing more. If they, against the odds, somehow are positive public influences with impact in general, great. But that's gravy.
Beyond their votes, and their *important* political behavior (example: the GOP as a whole should have been in a non-stop political riot since this idiotic "Russia" crap started, savaging the Dems and the press, not just because their party has the WH, but because it's idiotic crap) - I don't care much.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 23, 2017 01:00 PM (QDnY+)
Keep it up. It really makes people sympathetic to their cause.
Posted by: no good deed at November 23, 2017 01:00 PM (eIQHF)
I remembered the last trip we took by air before the littl'un turned two, and I was in the back of the plane with him across my lap, dead-dog tired asleep. I was very uncomfortable (it was a dreadful CRJ) but so proud to have such a handsome little fella for a son.
Speaking of Thanksgiving, if you love someone, don't miss a chance to tell him.
Excuse me while I clear out the dust here.
Posted by: logprof at November 23, 2017 01:00 PM (GsAUU)
Left for you earlier, info that NFL TV ratings down another 6.3% last weekend after a 5.7% drop the week before. Looks like I was wrong about the damage leveling off.
Posted by: Meremortal, no prosecutions, no peace! at November 23, 2017 01:02 PM (3myMJ)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at November 23, 2017 01:03 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: Weasel at November 23, 2017 01:04 PM (Sfs6o)
X-C skiing, far more than alpine, is utterly dependent on conditions. There's a narrow window of conditions that are worth traveling for, as opposed to just heading outside, if you live there. And being where I am in SoCal, travel is always involved.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 23, 2017 01:05 PM (QDnY+)
family members that love me for who I am and are avid Trump fans. The
rest can go scratch.
Posted by: Slappypants Fogbottom at November 23, 2017 12:56 PM (uXEPm)
Damn, that's not the way I thought that story would play out when I first started reading it. But your family-family sounds great! :-)
Posted by: Peaches at November 23, 2017 01:06 PM (14URa)
Keep it up. It really makes people sympathetic to their cause.
Posted by: no good deed
Check citizenship. Immediately deport those illegal. As in "crossing the border this afternoon"
Posted by: rickb223 at November 23, 2017 01:07 PM (YOl0X)
I got through JJ's and Vic's headlines, and maybe a quarter of the comments on the Report, skipped past the art thread, and jumped to the end of comments here.
Chances are, what with upcoming real-life activity today, I will not get back to what I skipped. Sure hope I didn't miss some vital snark about the art or something.
I'm thankful my AoSHQOCD isn't any worse than it is.
Posted by: mindful webworker - the other one at November 23, 2017 01:07 PM (ftdxp)
https://preview.tinyurl.com/y8lkcan9
Posted by: Kindltot at November 23, 2017 01:07 PM (2K6fY)
Back later...
Posted by: Meremortal, no prosecutions, no peace! at November 23, 2017 01:07 PM (3myMJ)
Posted by: Meremortal, no prosecutions, no peace! at November 23, 2017 01:02 PM (3myMJ)
--I mentioned that ESPN2 has *zero* talk now. Nothing but actual games. We're getting results.
The main station still has the same ol' shit, though. I want to see the Scott Van Pelts and Jemele Hills get pinkslipped.
Posted by: logprof at November 23, 2017 01:07 PM (GsAUU)
No good deed, pie crust has few ingredients, but can be finicky. It just takes practice! The one I like best is from Better Homes and Gardens, and is just flour, salt, shortening (I prefer lard), and ice water. You can find it online.
Posted by: bluebell at November 23, 2017 01:07 PM (UoSKV)
This is why water cannons and flash bangs were invented.
Posted by: Under Fire at November 23, 2017 01:08 PM (r9UYA)
Posted by: no good deed at November 23, 2017 01:09 PM (eIQHF)
Posted by: rhomboid at November 23, 2017 01:05 PM (QDnY+)
I have friends that work at YMCA, and Devil's Thumb is 20 minutes away, so check anytime about conditions. Not good yet, little snow here so far.
Posted by: Meremortal, no prosecutions, no peace! at November 23, 2017 01:09 PM (3myMJ)
Posted by: Meremortal, no prosecutions, no peace! at November 23, 2017 01:07 PM (3myMJ)
You want to make sure it's visible from space, Meremortal. When I do Christmas lights, that's my benchmark.
Posted by: Peaches at November 23, 2017 01:09 PM (14URa)
Posted by: Peaches at November 23, 2017 01:06 PM (14URa)
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Yeah, I was hoping for a happy ending, but that wasn't likely to happen dealing with a bunch of Italian socialist/communists. Blech.
Posted by: Slappypants Fogbottom at November 23, 2017 01:09 PM (uXEPm)
Posted by: no good deed at November 23, 2017 01:11 PM (eIQHF)
Posted by: Mrs. Leggy at November 23, 2017 01:11 PM (prxs+)
Gardens, and is just flour, salt, shortening (I prefer lard), and ice
water. You can find it online.
Posted by: bluebell at November 23, 2017 01:07 PM (UoSKV)
Never made piecrust in my life, bluebell, but I watched my sainted grandmother and my mother make it enough times. I think the key is the ice water (and it doesn't hurt if the shortening/lard is also cold).
Posted by: Peaches at November 23, 2017 01:11 PM (14URa)
Posted by: rickb223 at November 23, 2017 01:12 PM (YOl0X)
Posted by: no good deed at November 23, 2017 01:09 PM (eIQHF)
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There's a fine line between not enough water, and too much. I always have to use more than the recipe says. I don't even measure any more, I just add water until it seems right.
Not a big help, I know.
Posted by: bluebell at November 23, 2017 01:12 PM (UoSKV)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at November 23, 2017 01:12 PM (tRaq7)
Posted by: Stringer Davis at November 23, 2017 12:58 PM (H5rtT)
I recall LTC Hubert talking about the Turks in Korea in his autobiography 'Soldier'. They were nothing to mess around with. Really good with bayonets and eager to do the work. It's a shame how our relations are going now.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at November 23, 2017 01:12 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: Peaches at November 23, 2017 01:11 PM (14URa)
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Yep and yep!
Posted by: bluebell at November 23, 2017 01:13 PM (UoSKV)
Posted by: Ben Had at November 23, 2017 01:13 PM (QvYpA)
Posted by: bluebell at November 23, 2017 01:14 PM (UoSKV)
I'm thankful that Hillary Clinton is not the President.
Nor Commie Bernie.
Nor Jeb Bush. Nor the shrieking Green lady nor that idiot Libertarian. Nor little Rubio.
Nor Ted Cruz!
We didn't just dodge a bullet. We dodged a hail of 'em.
Donald Trump - with Wonder Woman's bracelets and Captain America's shield. And a MAGA hat.
Posted by: mindful webworker - the other one at November 23, 2017 01:14 PM (ftdxp)
Posted by: Kindltot at November 23, 2017 01:14 PM (2K6fY)
No, that's perfect. I am a stickler for the recipe. I knew I should have used more water, but I second guessed myself. Next time, I will just go with my gut.
Posted by: no good deed at November 23, 2017 01:15 PM (eIQHF)
Posted by: no good deed at November 23, 2017 01:16 PM (eIQHF)
The one I like best is from Better Homes and
Gardens, and is just flour, salt, shortening (I prefer lard), and ice
water. You can find it online.
Posted by: bluebell at November 23, 2017 01:07 PM (UoSKV)
Never
made piecrust in my life, bluebell, but I watched my sainted
grandmother and my mother make it enough times. I think the key is the
ice water (and it doesn't hurt if the shortening/lard is also cold).
Posted by: Peaches at November 23, 2017 01:11 PM (14URa)
and handling it as little as possible.
Posted by: phoenixgirl...baseball can't get here soon enough at November 23, 2017 01:18 PM (0O7c5)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Booking Agent, Aero Pinochet at November 23, 2017 01:18 PM (fA1SL)
Roth oil tank. Looks like one of those little sheds for tools except
metallic. Are above ground next to the house
Posted by: random lurker commenter at November 23, 2017 12:34 PM (pg3eh)
Last saw an underground heating oil tank at my parents' home in Vancouver circa 1980. They had switched to natural gas soon after the mains were installed, but the tank, and its contents, AFAIK was never removed. Such a thing these days would be an environmental liability on a par with lead-contaminated soil, were you to believe the "conventional" whizz-dumb.
But these days, if your only choice for heat is heating oil, then an above-ground double-walled tank is the best option.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 23, 2017 01:19 PM (oPNmq)
May you all be blessed and have a wonderful day.
Posted by: Infiel at November 23, 2017 01:19 PM (Ix4M6)
Didn't get any mustard greens though, unfortunately. Just missed out on it being a classical southern food dinner.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at November 23, 2017 01:20 PM (w+Jhj)
So, I'm thankful God didn't take that left turn at Albuquerque.
Posted by: mindful webworker - the grateful ingrate at November 23, 2017 12:55 PM (ftdxp)
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It is amazing that something as boring as the "soup" congealed into something more interesting like suns and planets, which congealed into something even more interesting: bacon.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at November 23, 2017 01:20 PM (/qEW2)
Many thanks for the prayers and well wishes, FenelonSpoke and Meremortal.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at November 23, 2017 01:12 PM (tRaq7)
More from my heathen self, BB. I know how you love that woman. God bless and best wishes for the best possible outcome.
Posted by: Peaches at November 23, 2017 01:21 PM (14URa)
Posted by: Weasel at November 23, 2017 01:23 PM (Sfs6o)
And Jets vs. Ducks is on Amazon Prime!!
And I have permission to watch at least one period.
Eat turkey and prosper, Morons.
Posted by: logprof at November 23, 2017 01:23 PM (GsAUU)
parents' home in Vancouver circa 1980. They had switched to natural gas
soon after the mains were installed, but the tank, and its contents,
AFAIK was never removed. Such a thing these days would be an
environmental liability on a par with lead-contaminated soil, were you
to believe the "conventional" whizz-dumb.
But these days, if your only choice for heat is heating oil, then an above-ground double-walled tank is the best option.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon"
Had a underground tank at my parents old house. Hadn't been used in years and unless you knew where to look you'd never known it was there, but I was trying to sell the house and I made the absolutely stupid mistake of mentioning it. The downside was several months worth of paperwork and setting up the work to get it dug out, and ponying up the 12,000 to do it.
The upside was that at least after I was finished I could apply (and did) to have the majority of that reimbursed from the state government. I think I ended up only spending $500 bucks, plus my time.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at November 23, 2017 01:25 PM (w+Jhj)
Posted by: Little Mrs Spellcheck at November 23, 2017 01:25 PM (5xRXp)
And that's great about your location. If somehow I do manage to get up there this season, I'll certainly look to you for conditions info. I won't stay at Devil's Thumb any more, of course, because it went very very pricey and chi-chi years ago. Used to go there every year when you could get a room in the bunkhouse (perfectly nice) for $30 or something.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 23, 2017 01:27 PM (QDnY+)
Posted by: Infiel at November 23, 2017 01:27 PM (Ix4M6)
That's a No-thanksgiving dinner. Yikes!
Posted by: no good deed at November 23, 2017 01:27 PM (eIQHF)
Posted by: Alien baby at November 23, 2017 01:28 PM (IqV8l)
I think the key is the ice water (and it doesn't hurt if the shortening/lard is also cold).
Posted by: Peaches at November 23, 2017 01:11 PM (14URa)
No, the key to perfect pie crust is in the dairy section of your grocery store. All rolled up neatly, wrapped and boxed. You throw it into your shopping cart, perhaps even pay for it.
When you want to use it you snip off the end of the wrapper, leave it on your counter for ten minutes, then unroll it. Easy as pie.
Is it more expensive than home-made? Well, depends if you paid for it, of course. But compared to the cost of flour and lard? Yeah. Somewhat. But it's so damn easy and perfect.
Posted by: Ace Tractor Seat Supply at November 23, 2017 01:28 PM (ajiE5)
Posted by: no good deed at November 23, 2017 01:16 PM (eIQHF)
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Nope, just the Trolley Trail.
And I don't hate the poor hipster kidz, there's lots to laud in the artisanal/DIY scene, and I am all in on the Beard Renaissance as long as it's not paired with a man-bun and/or a trilby.
Just keep your politics off the trail, man!
Posted by: Goody Eris, She-Wolf of Plymouth Rock at November 23, 2017 01:28 PM (qJtVm)
Posted by: Infidel at November 23, 2017 01:29 PM (Ix4M6)
Posted by: rickl at November 23, 2017 01:29 PM (sdi6R)
Oh yes, I'm a fully on board with this.
Posted by: no good deed at November 23, 2017 01:29 PM (eIQHF)
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But these are the cement that holds our civilization together!
Posted by: Goody Eris, She-Wolf of Plymouth Rock at November 23, 2017 01:30 PM (qJtVm)
Hadn't been used in years and unless you knew where to look you'd never
known it was there, but I was trying to sell the house and I made the
absolutely stupid mistake of mentioning it. The downside was several
months worth of paperwork and setting up the work to get it dug out, and
ponying up the 12,000 to do it.
The upside was that at least
after I was finished I could apply (and did) to have the majority of
that reimbursed from the state government. I think I ended up only
spending $500 bucks, plus my time.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at November 23, 2017 01:25 PM (w+Jhj)
If the law were rational on the matter, there would the option of having the tank sucked dry (really, really dry, as verified by videocam), and then filled with water/bentonite slurry. Would cost way less than digging it out.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 23, 2017 01:30 PM (oPNmq)
Posted by: Little Mrs Spellcheck at November 23, 2017 01:25 PM (5xRXp)
--
Sneak out to a 7-11 and get a hot dog.
Posted by: logprof at November 23, 2017 01:31 PM (GsAUU)
But these days, if your only choice for heat is heating oil, then an above-ground double-walled tank is the best option.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 23, 2017 01:19 PM (oPNmq)
I'm not sure what my 'best' options are. Have oil now. No natural gas line anywhere around. Plenty of solar available. The heat-pump water heating units look interesting.
But the devil is always in the details. Look for the details on solar and the heat-pump units. Almost impossible to find.
It's almost as if an 'educated consumer' is not who they want to sell to.
Posted by: Ace Tractor Seat Supply at November 23, 2017 01:35 PM (ajiE5)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Booking Agent, Aero Pinochet at November 23, 2017 01:37 PM (fA1SL)
Posted by: Infidel at November 23, 2017 01:39 PM (Ix4M6)
Posted by: Drunk Uncle at November 23, 2017 01:40 PM (ALaia)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 23, 2017 01:30 PM (oPNmq)
Some people in this area just crack 'em open, then fill with cement. Seems the cheapest option. Any residual oil may weaken the cement from 4,000 psi down to maybe 3,500 psi but it ain't goin' nowhere.
Posted by: Ace Tractor Seat Supply at November 23, 2017 01:40 PM (ajiE5)
Posted by: Max Power at November 23, 2017 01:41 PM (QCc6B)
Posted by: Goody Eris, She-Wolf of Plymouth Rock at November 23, 2017 01:41 PM (qJtVm)
Oh yes, I'm a fully on board with this.
Posted by: no good deed at November 23, 2017 01:29 PM (eIQHF)
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Getting rid of the man bun and trilby would be part of the Reformation.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at November 23, 2017 01:41 PM (/qEW2)
the option of having the tank sucked dry (really, really dry, as
verified by videocam), and then filled with water/bentonite slurry.
Would cost way less than digging it out.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon"
Soil samples from cores showed the tank had leaked, so required removal and the soil around it. It'd been there for 50 years.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at November 23, 2017 01:43 PM (w+Jhj)
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at November 23, 2017 01:41 PM (/qEW2)
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Cut, jib, thesis, nail it to the doors of my local brewpub.
Posted by: Goody Eris, She-Wolf of Plymouth Rock at November 23, 2017 01:44 PM (qJtVm)
i've actually met the LAPD captain that filed on the City and good for her.
these bastards are lying through their teeth. i've got an active drug dealer across the street, and have forwarded pictures, MOs, etc through channels. they have done squat.
they figure if they don't notice it, or respond to it, the crimes don't count. the Fing vagrant population is totally out of control, as they know the cops aren't going to do shit about petty crime, and that they are effectively "untouchable" because of their victim status.
Lost Angels is a fing hellhole, and only going to get worse.
Posted by: redc1c4 at November 23, 2017 01:44 PM (pJeub)
Posted by: logprof at November 23, 2017 01:45 PM (GsAUU)
i've actually met the LAPD captain that filed on the City and good for her.
these bastards are lying through their teeth. i've got an active drug dealer across the street, and have forwarded pictures, MOs, etc through channels. they have done squat.
they figure if they don't notice it, or respond to it, the crimes don't count. the Fing vagrant population is totally out of control, as they know the cops aren't going to do shit about petty crime, and that they are effectively "untouchable" because of their victim status.
Lost Angels is a fing hellhole, and only going to get worse.
Posted by: redc1c4 at November 23, 2017 01:44 PM (pJeub)
--It sounds like what in The Wire (set in Harm City) was called "juking the stats."
Posted by: logprof at November 23, 2017 01:46 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: Goody Eris, She-Wolf of Plymouth Rock at November 23, 2017 01:46 PM (qJtVm)
Is it like this everywhere?
We cannot wait to get out of here. Moving to the bottom end of FL gulf coast, and the move cannot come too soon.
Happy Thanksgiving, all!
Posted by: Les Kinetic at November 23, 2017 01:47 PM (U6f54)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at November 23, 2017 01:43 PM (w+Jhj)
I expect most of them have leaked, and contaminated the soil a little. BFD. There are bacteria in the soil that will eat up the oil, which is basically harmless, anyway. If there isn't a dead zone around the tank, with no vegetation, and you remove the source of the leak, namely residual oil in the tank, then there never will be a dead zone, and the soil will remediate itself, over decades.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 23, 2017 01:48 PM (oPNmq)
Nah. It'll level off...
eventually at ground level.
Snort
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at November 23, 2017 01:49 PM (MINbv)
Posted by: Skip at November 23, 2017 01:50 PM (qcbvC)
Watching BBC America, which is having "Treksgiving". They started with the first episodes of TOS.
Just started next episode, when Kirk's evil twin gets created by the transporter.
Waiting for the kids to show up, in about an hour.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....outlaw in America at November 23, 2017 01:50 PM (S6Pax)
For which those of us who are dining on bacon-covered turkey today can be thankful.
Just a while ago, daughter sent a pic of the turkey about to go into the oven - bacon wasn't as tight a lattice as the ONT pic, but still looked good.
Posted by: mindful webworker - the other one at November 23, 2017 01:51 PM (ftdxp)
beggars found at the big intersections, and in the parking lots near the
supermarkets, here in Boulder county, CO.
Is it like this everywhere?
We cannot wait to get out of here. Moving to the bottom end of FL gulf coast, and the move cannot come too soon.
Happy Thanksgiving, all!
Posted by: Les Kinetic"
It is here in Asheville. Most of the busy intersections on and off the interstate will have a sign waver camped out at the light. The law is as long as they don't walk up to the cars and ask, it's OK.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at November 23, 2017 01:52 PM (w+Jhj)
http://dysfunctionalparrot.com/rants/fedoras-hipsters/
Posted by: Goody Eris, She-Wolf of Plymouth Rock at November 23, 2017 01:46 PM (qJtVm)
--I completely agree with the sentiment of that blog post.
In my high-flying travelling days I had (and still do) a felt fedora that was awesome. Despite its thickness it helped me stay cool in the sun, and was so strong it worked in the rain. It got nothing but compliments. I forgot it one time at a cafe in the Lake District, and of course I made my way back to get it. The hostess there, in an absurdly charming accent, joked "We sold it for thirty pounds," before returning it to me.
Now if I wore it I'd probably look like a (bigger) dick.
Posted by: logprof at November 23, 2017 01:53 PM (GsAUU)
contaminated the soil a little. BFD. There are bacteria in the soil that
will eat up the oil, which is basically harmless, anyway. If there
isn't a dead zone around the tank, with no vegetation, and you remove
the source of the leak, namely residual oil in the tank, then there
never will be a dead zone, and the soil will remediate itself, over
decades.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon"
Most of their concern was because there's an active well on the property. Over a 100ft from where the tank was though.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at November 23, 2017 01:54 PM (w+Jhj)
intersections, and in the parking lots near the supermarkets, here in
Boulder county, CO.
Yes, in Grand Junction there is seemingly an entire square block park across from the PD. Homeless and non begging all year long. Rarely is anyone arrested and they are all fed by the "do-gooders." It's disgusting. They are also down by the river and about once a year the city goes in and hauls all the garbage out.
They the whiners in the local rag beg for more money to 'help' these people.
Posted by: Infidel at November 23, 2017 01:54 PM (Ix4M6)
It's actually easier to make friends in the winter. Folks start to get stuck in the snow. They help you out in hopes you'll help them out.
Cranberry sauce done. Dressing is in the oven. I'm doing little steaks since we had turkey over the weekend. It's just the two of us today. And I have two frozen pies from Schwans, so will bake those and be done. Thankful for each and every one of the Horde!
Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 23, 2017 01:55 PM (Lqy/e)
Posted by: Clovis Sangrail at November 23, 2017 02:00 PM (w+1rQ)
last minute sex allegations, poorly concocted, fake year book entry should seal the deal. Other facts add to it, but that one is blatant, and was a sorta "Exhibit A", now showing the woman and Allred to be liars.
yeah the guy was not a first choice, (Mo Brooks was) but he will vote right. Moore was not well versed in all the current debate topics, that will probably change. In any case, Mitch once again gets it shoved up his ... nose. (assuming Moore wins by 10)
Posted by: illiniwek at November 23, 2017 02:01 PM (/aIFg)
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Same deal in Colorado Springs, virtually one on every corner.
I'm in New York for a visit and STILL saw one working the exit to the supermarket. I think it's everywhere now, and the difference is only in the quantity. They are annoying to look at and ruin the scenery for me, mostly because I strongly suspect the majority of them are frauds. Hell some of them are even better dressed than I am.
Posted by: The Coloradan New Yorker at November 23, 2017 02:02 PM (uXEPm)
Just my wife and I so there will be a lot of leftovers. Love turkey sandwiches.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone.
Posted by: geoffb at November 23, 2017 02:14 PM (zOpu5)
Posted by: igotnothing at November 23, 2017 02:17 PM (yk8Fu)
Posted by: Weasel at November 23, 2017 02:36 PM (Sfs6o)
Same deal in Colorado Springs, virtually one on every corner.
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There is an intersection with panhandlers I pass on my way home every day, and I have seen them sharing the cane they use to appear to be crippled. I tell you they get pretty fucking lively (and pissed) when I point my car at them and step on the gas.
Posted by: Weasel at November 23, 2017 02:43 PM (Sfs6o)
Posted by: igotnothing at November 23, 2017 03:17 PM (yk8Fu)
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