Weird News Dump

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Good morning. Let's take a look at some items that didn't get their due here at the AoSHQ this past week.

As we approach Christmas, are you still looking to purchase some gifts? Check out the sidebar and the wonderful The Deplorable Gourmet. Great recipes and all net proceeds go to Fisher House and Toys for Tots. So as they would say at the company staff meeting, it's a win-win proposition.

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Let's go.

Enjoy these stories or something else that tickles your fancy in this open thread. No jumping on the furniture, no running with sharp objects and no pulling the 'ettes pony or pig tails.

Have a great weekend!!!

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at 08:30 AM

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1 No more coffee please

Posted by: Skip at December 16, 2017 08:25 AM (aC6Sd)

2 Had 1 pot alread, will get the Corgis

Posted by: Skip at December 16, 2017 08:25 AM (aC6Sd)

3 As it was willowed
Every blog artical is about how the FBI has become the investigation arm of Democrat party

Posted by: Skip at December 16, 2017 08:27 AM (aC6Sd)

4 What the hell would we all do without coffee. I suppose tea would be okay. Living once in the UK, coffee in the am, is the beverage of choice. Maybe tea in the afternoon and night, but coffee is big in the UK also.

Posted by: Colin at December 16, 2017 08:29 AM (UQa6l)

5 Morning! Got my copy of the cookbook delivered yesterday.. I am very impressed!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at December 16, 2017 08:30 AM (5tSKk)

6 Cookbook arrived. Go under the tree for the Mrs.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 16, 2017 08:30 AM (BtQd4)

7 Let me count the ways...

Posted by: Robert Molnar Browning at December 16, 2017 08:30 AM (zCyNd)

8
The quote of the Polish mercenary in the ONT cracks me up

Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 16, 2017 08:32 AM (SiINZ)

9 Saying coffee in big in the UK, what do Muslims drink in the am? Between prayers that is. I know some of the middle east coffees are strong as hell and come in a thimble sized cup.

Posted by: Colin at December 16, 2017 08:33 AM (UQa6l)

10 So what are we, chopped liver?

Actually, the chopped liver promotion didn't go too well...

Posted by: Krispy Kreme Donuts at December 16, 2017 08:33 AM (zCyNd)

11 I do cold brew and keep a couple quarts in the fridge at all times. Then I just put about 1/3 cup concentrate and 2/3 cup water and zap it for a minute, great coffee instantly. Also cream, but never sugar.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 16, 2017 08:33 AM (V2Yro)

12 In other weird news, there is more evidence to indicate the politicizing of the FBI than there is to suggest that ....well, than to suggest pretty much anything beyond the sun rising in the east, and setting in the west.

Yet, here we are.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 16, 2017 08:35 AM (EyPfd)

13 ATM theft in Canada.

You could buy lots of Canadian ham with that filthy lucre Eh?

More coffee.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 16, 2017 08:35 AM (EoRCO)

14 Wouldn't it be cool if MisHum could go back in time and get a bootleg recording of Glenn Miller performing "In the Nood"?

Posted by: Mornin' Miklos at December 16, 2017 08:35 AM (zCyNd)

15 I know some of the middle east coffees are strong as hell and come in a thimble sized cup.

I had an Armenian girlfriend in college who made Turkish coffee.

There is sludge at the bottom of the thimble sized cup. Her sister would flip the cup over and read my fortune in the grounds, the way tea leaf reader read tea leaves.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at December 16, 2017 08:37 AM (fuK7c)

16 Just a note: I crack myself up most times.

Posted by: mpfs, Having a Deplorable Christmas! at December 16, 2017 08:37 AM (O5XQi)

17 Weird news dump?

I see nuthin' about eel rustlers.

Anderson Cooper would be all over that.

Posted by: Mornin' "Arabica" Miklos at December 16, 2017 08:38 AM (zCyNd)

18 Save your quatloos, Star Warbles the Last Yeti is not worth the expense. Even when the theater has leather recliners and the children keep quiet.

And remember Leia shot first also.
https://preview.tinyurl.com/ybxweumq

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 16, 2017 08:38 AM (xDfWx)

19 Ever notice that if you go grocery shopping and use a ATM card to buy food, you buy twice as much. If you were using cash, you would look at your nearly empty wallet and just buy milk and eggs, and bread.

Posted by: Colin at December 16, 2017 08:39 AM (UQa6l)

20 Second cup of 8 o'Clock house blend instant. Good enough for this morning.

I work part time on weekends at Harris Teeter, regional grocery chain down south. Anyway, they have bagged beans under their own label. No idea who provides the beans but they're pretty good. When they run a Buy Two, Get Three Free special, with my discount I can get a bag for $2.20. Ground at home, it's easily on par with Peets, at least to my not so discerning palate.

"Spurlock's Liver," wasn't that a Star Trek episode?

Posted by: doomed at December 16, 2017 08:39 AM (UW4Uc)

21 I had an Armenian girlfriend in college who made Turkish coffee.

Better than what the Turks made of the Armenians.

Posted by: Miklos Miklosian at December 16, 2017 08:40 AM (zCyNd)

22 Save your quatloos, Star Warbles the Last Yeti is not worth the expense.

Really? No. 1 Son loved it. He's completely unreliable, though, he always loves everything on the first viewing. It takes five or six viewings and six months to get a reliable opinion out of him.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at December 16, 2017 08:42 AM (fuK7c)

23 With the Mad Pooper story, shouldn't this thread be called Weird Dump News?

Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at December 16, 2017 08:42 AM (b8HGm)

24 Ever notice that if you go grocery shopping and use a ATM card to buy food, you buy twice as much.

That is just retarded, Sir.

The shopping cart is ALWAYS the same size.

Posted by: EBT/SNAP/WIC at December 16, 2017 08:43 AM (zCyNd)

25 Bandersnatch, check the ONT as we tallied up the ways it was bad. Spoilers contained therein it does.

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 16, 2017 08:44 AM (xDfWx)

26 One man's Mad Pooper is perhaps another man's former EPA staffer simply readjusting to life outside.

Posted by: Kindly Uncle Miklos at December 16, 2017 08:45 AM (zCyNd)

27 3 As it was willowed
Every blog artical is about how the FBI has become the investigation arm of Democrat party

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When a Democrat is under the gun it then switches to cover-up and sanitation mode.

Posted by: Vlad the Impaler, whittling away like mad. at December 16, 2017 08:46 AM (PQams)

28 Morning all

Posted by: Phildirt at December 16, 2017 08:46 AM (yGv35)

29 I'm back finally.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at December 16, 2017 08:47 AM (mpXpK)

30 That Arizona transgender family should be the end of weird news because everything else is mundane compared to that
Blazing Cat Fur ca

Posted by: Skip at December 16, 2017 08:48 AM (aC6Sd)

31 As we approach Christmas, are you still looking to purchase some gifts? Check out the sidebar and the wonderful The Deplorable Gourmet.
Great recipes and all net proceeds go to Fisher House and Toys for
Tots. So as they would say at the company staff meeting, it's a win-win
proposition.

I am done with my shopping.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at December 16, 2017 08:48 AM (mpXpK)

32 3
Every blog artical is about how the FBI has become the investigation arm of Democrat party
Posted by: Skip at December 16, 2017 08:27 AM (aC6Sd)

I saw this at Zerohedge yesterday:

https://preview.tinyurl.com/ya4f67k9

Posted by: rickl at December 16, 2017 08:48 AM (sdi6R)

33 NJ SJWs are never satisfied so they should be ignored.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at December 16, 2017 08:49 AM (mpXpK)

34 "the final tax reform bill. It is a watered down mess that bears no resemblance at all to the one Trump had come up with" vic

they got the corporate rate down (21%) which is good, but I read it doesn't help a lot in bringing jobs back (despite the promise). Helps Goldman Sachs boyz, but they will keep making money overseas.

Trade deficit is still rising along with the stock market, which has been good for all those with a million or more in the markets.

But job number one right now is to get the Deep State crime syndicate rooted out ... and two, build the wall ... border crossings also going back up. The Dem run bureaucracy figures they can obstruct for Trump's time in office ... so far they have done pretty well.

But passing a bill is essential for the Republicans, so shit sammich it is. They can probably show it will help the middle working class.

Posted by: illiniwek at December 16, 2017 08:49 AM (otAqJ)

35 did anyone see that photo at drudge of trump cutting a piece of red tape attached to a stack of paper labelled "now"? you have to see the whole thing; the other end of that tape is attached to a very low stack of paper labelled "1960".

this photo-op was early last week and meant to highlight trump's reduction of regulations so far. it's impressive. but the stunt got little play at the time. glad to see it's being shown more widely.

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at December 16, 2017 08:50 AM (Pg+x7)

36 Also at Blazing Cat Fur -Toronto billionaires in a murder suicide ( by hanging)

Posted by: Skip at December 16, 2017 08:50 AM (aC6Sd)

37 The "You Had One Job" twitter page is outstanding. About spit my coffee out a couple times.

Posted by: Dave at December 16, 2017 08:50 AM (sHvES)

38 Hello all, Hello BandAnna!

I'm trying to avoid all Star Wars spoilers until I see it next week.

The recent batch of SW movies seem to provoke hot/cold reactions. I hated Rogue One (save for the robot) but others thought it was the best entry in the franchise since the Olde Trilogy. I found Force Awakens an engaging enough pastiche, others hated it with the heat of binary suns. I don't recall opinions being this divided about Episodes IV - VI.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 16, 2017 08:51 AM (qJtVm)

39 Go under the tree for the Mrs.
Posted by: rhennigantx
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Ummm, what is the Mrs. doing under the tree?

Just curious.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 16, 2017 08:51 AM (tr2D7)

40 I am LMAO at those palm trees.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at December 16, 2017 08:52 AM (mpXpK)

41 Have the Bilderbergers euthanized Punxatawney Phil yet?

An elite team of misfits from the Bohemian Grove are in a race to save him, and humanity.

But first, from their base at the Federal Reserve, the Rosicrucians must be consulted...

For a special discount use code "Templar"

Posted by: Miklos, aspiring writer at December 16, 2017 08:52 AM (zCyNd)

42 All Hail Eris, may I post one observation about how the script tends to make no sense? It is not a main plot point spoiler.

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 16, 2017 08:53 AM (xDfWx)

43 ... trump's statement at the event is also worth noting. he's very articulate in talking about the irresponsibility and danger of legislatures passing law-making to regulators. he's more and more presenting a principled conservative position. i'm impressed.

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at December 16, 2017 08:54 AM (Pg+x7)

44 Anna, the farther away they get from the old Hollywood serial format, the more "complex" they try to be, the worse the films are IMHO.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 16, 2017 08:55 AM (qJtVm)

45 20
Second cup of 8 o'Clock house blend instant. Good enough for this morning.

I
work part time on weekends at Harris Teeter, regional grocery chain
down south. Anyway, they have bagged beans under their own label. No
idea who provides the beans but they're pretty good. When they run a Buy
Two, Get Three Free special, with my discount I can get a bag for
$2.20. Ground at home, it's easily on par with Peets, at least to my not
so discerning palate.

"Spurlock's Liver," wasn't that a Star Trek episode?

Posted by: doomed at December 16, 2017 08:39 AM (UW4Uc)

We used to have a HT here and it was the best grocery store in town. But they closed it because they said it didn't make "enough" profit.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at December 16, 2017 08:56 AM (mpXpK)

46 Anna Puma, Imma gonna spend the quatloos anyway, but thanks for the heads up. I will lower my already-low expectations.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 16, 2017 08:56 AM (EZebt)

47 *waves at Eris*

There was a lightsaber scene in the new SW that reminded No. 1 Son of something (I think it was the scene from Seven Samurai where the monk and the newb watch Bill Wyman fail to convince a guy that he won with wooden swords and have to resort to killing him with a real sword).

So we tried to watch the third Zatoichi movie last night but it was too slow. So we watched the Netflix doc on Toshiro Mifune instead and that was great.

This is just a lot of Japan fodder for certain people, but also really watch the Mifune doc on Netflix.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at December 16, 2017 08:57 AM (fuK7c)

48 This sucks, I'm still banned for some inexplicable reason.

Harrumph!!!

Posted by: Kreplach at December 16, 2017 08:57 AM (5eI4E)

49 We used to have a HT here and it was the best grocery store in town. But they closed it because they said it didn't make "enough" profit.

We have a Harris Teeter almost next door to the Trader Joe's. I've only been in there once, and was kind of appalled by their prices, IIRC.

Posted by: Grey Fox at December 16, 2017 08:58 AM (bZ7mE)

50 my favorite ground coffee currently is Community Coffee Pecan Praline flavor - not sweet, just a hint of the pecans. It's a Louisiana blend.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 16, 2017 08:58 AM (V2Yro)

51 All Hail Eris, I'll take that as a no then.

Bander, you mean Rey as Neo. I'll say no more.

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 16, 2017 08:59 AM (xDfWx)

52 This sucks, I'm still banned for some inexplicable reason.

Harrumph!!!

Posted by: Kreplach at December 16, 2017 08:57 AM (5eI4E)

When Pixy gives you lemons, make dumplings.

Posted by: Miklos, aspiring kosher chef at December 16, 2017 08:59 AM (zCyNd)

53 I always drink plain Maxwell House ground coffee. The store ran out of it one time and I had to go to Folgers. it is OK but more expensive.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at December 16, 2017 09:01 AM (mpXpK)

54 Now this in Episode VIII would have been tres funny

https://i1.wp.com/www.powerlineblog.com/ed-assets/2017/12/Reys-Parents.jpg

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 16, 2017 09:01 AM (xDfWx)

55 There was a lightsaber scene in the new SW that reminded No. 1 Son of something (I think it was the scene from Seven Samurai where the monk and the newb watch Bill Wyman fail to convince a guy that he won with wooden swords and have to resort to killing him with a real sword).

The bass player for the Rolling Stones was in Seven Samurai?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 16, 2017 09:02 AM (SiINZ)

56 49 We have a Harris Teeter almost next door to the
Trader Joe's. I've only been in there once, and was kind of appalled by
their prices, IIRC.

Posted by: Grey Fox at December 16, 2017 08:58 AM (bZ7mE)

It was a little pricier here on the meat department but it was worth it. the rest of the store was about the same as others.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at December 16, 2017 09:02 AM (mpXpK)

57 Willowed, yet refined:

If only Pennsylvania had oil.

I laughed and laughed. My dad is retired from Sun. My pet refinery in the back yard, where my mom's dad and my sister spent their working lives, used to be theirs, but they went into the milk-n-twinkies biz instead. Pew!

Car-guys and bikers used to have a lot of fun with the crossbow/longbow of asphaltic-base Western oils vs pure, sweet paraffin-base Pennsylvania crude. It was Epic. Then Pennzoil went west, and, hell.
Now that most motor oil is reconstructed at the molecular level, it is not as big a deal, but I miss those days. And the smell of real Castrol in the gas.

Then there is Brad Penn. Cute, tiny little boutique refinery in Bradford, right next to the NY border, makes God's Own Oil and it. is. Marvelous.

Posted by: Stringer Davis ]/b] at December 16, 2017 09:03 AM (H5rtT)

58 my favorite ground coffee currently is Community Coffee Pecan Praline flavor - not sweet, just a hint of the pecans. It's a Louisiana blend.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 16, 2017 08:58 AM (V2Yro)

Check to see if it has chicory. Burnt chicory root was used as a Civil War substitute for real coffee, but New Orleans people decided that it wasn't half bad. Since then New Orleans coffee (like Community) has about 8% chicory added into the mix.

Posted by: Miklos, from Cafe du Monde at the french Market at December 16, 2017 09:04 AM (zCyNd)

59 The bass player for the Rolling Stones was in Seven Samurai?

Sort of. I can't keep track of all of the characters' names, so I have the jolly woodchopping guy, and the monk, and the super cool guy who's never perturbed and just wants to perfect is craft is Bill Wyman in my head.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at December 16, 2017 09:05 AM (fuK7c)

60 Then there is Brad Penn. Cute, tiny little boutique refinery in Bradford, right next to the NY border, makes God's Own Oil and it. is. Marvelous.

Posted by: Stringer Davis ]/b] at December 16, 2017 09:03 AM (H5rtT)

They named a refinery Brad?

Posted by: Miklos, from We call it...gunk at December 16, 2017 09:07 AM (zCyNd)

61 You loved Brad. And then you dropped a cigarette...

Posted by: Bandersnatch at December 16, 2017 09:09 AM (fuK7c)

62 They named a refinery Brad?

Posted by: Miklos, from We call it...gunkThey named a refinery Brad?

You had a refinery. You named it Brad. You LOVED Brad.

Posted by: Blutarski-esque 0.0 at December 16, 2017 09:10 AM (+Tibp)

63 This is funny:

WaPo: FBI officials' text message about Hillary Clinton said to be a cover story for romantic affair

"When I say 'We need an insurance policy', that means 'Bring a condom'."

"When I say 'This dossier needs more Russian hookers', that means bring Natalia with you."

"When I say 'He cannot be permitted to become president', that means meet me at the Holiday Inn."

Posted by: The Gipper Lives at December 16, 2017 09:10 AM (Ndje9)

64 "The recent batch of SW movies seem to provoke hot/cold reactions. I hated Rogue One (save for the robot) but others thought it was the best entry in the franchise since the Olde Trilogy. I found Force Awakens an engaging enough pastiche, others hated it with the heat of binary suns. I don't recall opinions being this divided about Episodes IV - VI."

As soon as I read that Han was killed off by his own son I decided to disregard the sequels. No Han, no Star Wars.

Posted by: Tuna at December 16, 2017 09:11 AM (jm1YL)

65 Morning all

Taking a break from work

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 16, 2017 09:12 AM (XiTG6)

66 I had a coffee cup. I named it Brad. I LOVED Brad.

And then I emptied him.

Morning Friends in Grey Boxes!

Posted by: ALH at December 16, 2017 09:12 AM (za7hD)

67 Got a bad feeling here.

Posted by: Brad at December 16, 2017 09:14 AM (zCyNd)

68 *ponders*

Star Wars Episode IX: Revenge of the Brads

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 16, 2017 09:15 AM (xDfWx)

69 I named the body pillow I slept with during my second pregnancy Brad, but it was after a baseball player I loved in my youth (Brad Ausmus), not the commercial.

Posted by: Mrs. Peel at December 16, 2017 09:15 AM (JPRju)

70 I thought a brad was a little nail.

Posted by: ALH at December 16, 2017 09:16 AM (za7hD)

71 I heard a commercial yesterday that said that we will need 3 Earths by 2050 to supply all of our needs.

Posted by: freaked at December 16, 2017 09:16 AM (UdKB7)

72 Bradford, PA is also where Zippo lighters are made. I drove past the factory once. I bet their gift shop would be fun to look at.

Posted by: rickl at December 16, 2017 09:17 AM (sdi6R)

73 I heard a commercial yesterday that said that we will need 3 Earths by 2050 to supply all of our needs.
Posted by: freaked at December 16, 2017 09:16 AM (UdKB7)

Translation: Stop making babies!

Posted by: ALH at December 16, 2017 09:17 AM (za7hD)

74 I heard a commercial yesterday that said that we will need 3 Earths by 2050 to supply all of our needs.

Posted by: freaked at December 16, 2017 09:16 AM (UdKB7)

Bitcoin.

Posted by: visitor "Miklos" from Nubiru at December 16, 2017 09:18 AM (zCyNd)

75 45, 49

I'm still fairly new to this area (from Ohio originally) and learned Kroger bought HT some years ago. I've heard mixed stories from locals on whether that's helped or hurt HT but one thing is for sure, prices went up.

Just bought dog food last night, store brand. Small print on the back, Manufactured in USA by Kroger.

Posted by: doomed at December 16, 2017 09:18 AM (UW4Uc)

76 http://bit.ly/2zhhIIl

Thread about OIG from Conservative Treehouse Sundance

Posted by: MISH McConnell at December 16, 2017 09:18 AM (y3aQB)

77 I heard a commercial yesterday that said that we will need 3 Earths by 2050 to supply all of our needs.

Posted by: freaked at December 16, 2017 09:16 AM (UdKB7)

We can move the left to one of them. Tell them it will be a SJW paradise for them

Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 16, 2017 09:19 AM (SiINZ)

78 Bradford, PA is also where Zippo lighters are made.

Oh, that's right. I had a fetish for American low-tech, things that were just so good they never had to change.

Jeeps, the Winchester '94, and Zippos are at the top of the list.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at December 16, 2017 09:19 AM (fuK7c)

79 It made me wonder when we are going to need 2 Earths. 2030?

Posted by: freaked at December 16, 2017 09:19 AM (UdKB7)

80 I heard a commercial yesterday that said that we will need 3 Earths by 2050 to supply all of our needs.
Posted by: freaked at December 16, 2017 09:16 AM (UdKB7)

Translation: Stop making babies!

If it was in English than they are preaching to the choir, so to speak.

Posted by: Grey Fox at December 16, 2017 09:19 AM (bZ7mE)

81 And the billion or some Muslims can have the other planet.

Then we just must make sure our phones stay sanitized.

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 16, 2017 09:20 AM (xDfWx)

82 Bradford, PA is also where Zippo lighters are made.

The existence of Bradford, PA is fully justified.

Let it be so written.

Posted by: The Grand Imperial Council of Molnars at December 16, 2017 09:20 AM (zCyNd)

83 I like this Earth, plus we have a little equity here, and Mr. H never walks away from equity.

Posted by: ALH at December 16, 2017 09:20 AM (za7hD)

84 Brad is the second-prettiest refinery I've ever seen, and I'm a connou..kannoyze...I really like refineries.
Favorite is Sinclair in Sinclair. It glistens like the Emerald City.
Makes me think of Wyatt's Torch.

Now for the coffee recommendations. Schuil's of Grand Rapids Mich for the mocha-java blend, and, Bendix of South Bend. Don't bother with the little joke; they've beaten you to it.

Posted by: Stringer Davis ]/b] at December 16, 2017 09:21 AM (H5rtT)

85 The deli at this HT (in North Carolina) is SWAMPED every day by New Yorkers and Jerseyites who moved south. They love the Boar's Head meat and cheese which is pretty good, but so is the store brand. It's the biggest draw this store has. Other than that, when I first moved here a few years ago the store did strangely remind me of Kroger, though not for anything obvious. Now I know why.

I also get a discount at the pump, so there's that.

Posted by: doomed at December 16, 2017 09:21 AM (UW4Uc)

86 Bradford, PA is also where Zippo lighters are made.

The existence of Bradford, PA is fully justified.

Let it be so written.
Posted by: The Grand Imperial Council

I live in NEPA and I just bought my husband a Zippo Pipe Lighter for Christmas. I'm going to get engraved this week.

Posted by: mpfs, Having a Deplorable Christmas! at December 16, 2017 09:22 AM (O5XQi)

87 my favorite ground coffee currently is Community Coffee Pecan Praline flavor

The Breakfast Blend is my coffee of choice. I have a standing order since we live outside of their distribution chain. There is no chicory in it, but they do make a coffee with chicory.

Posted by: no good deed at December 16, 2017 09:22 AM (eIQHF)

88 they've beaten you to it.

"to" or "at"?

Posted by: The everyday Council of Molnars at December 16, 2017 09:22 AM (zCyNd)

89 66,
"Morning Friends in Grey Boxes!"

This is so odd to me. The boxes are never grey in my browser, they are the same color as the background - white, the first time I ever saw "grey boxes" is in the cookbook.

Posted by: geoffb at December 16, 2017 09:23 AM (zOpu5)

90 I live in NEPA and I just bought my husband a Zippo Pipe Lighter for Christmas. I'm going to get engraved this week.

Posted by: mpfs, Having a Deplorable Christmas! at December 16, 2017 09:22 AM (O5XQi)

Lucky pipe, luckier husband.

Posted by: Miklos, a Molnar at December 16, 2017 09:24 AM (zCyNd)

91 I heard a commercial yesterday that said that we will need 3 Earths by 2050 to supply all of our needs.
Posted by: freaked at December 16, 2017 09:16 AM (UdKB7)

Translation: Stop making babies!

Posted by: ALH at December 16, 2017 09:17

The left wing marxists can go first. Article in today's local fishwrap says 'conservationists' are sueing the BLM against Arch Coal. Conservationists = wildearthgardians, high country conservation advocates, center for biological divirsity represented by earthjustice.

I fkn hate these people.

Posted by: Infidel at December 16, 2017 09:24 AM (EGFUD)

92 Sticking with Caffeinated as F**k by Black Rifle Coffee Co. 2 cups in the morning and I'm good to go.

Posted by: Tuna at December 16, 2017 09:24 AM (jm1YL)

93 Caffeinated as F**k by Black Rifle Coffee Co. 2

No shaky trigger finger?

Posted by: Marksman Miklos at December 16, 2017 09:25 AM (zCyNd)

94 Lucky pipe, luckier husband.
Posted by: Miklos, a Molnar

I've had him around for almost 37 years. I think I'll keep him... he's useful around the house. He's 6'5" and I'm 5'1" so I need him to reach the high stuff in the cabinets and shelves.

Too much trouble to get rid of him now.

Posted by: mpfs, Having a Deplorable Christmas! at December 16, 2017 09:26 AM (O5XQi)

95 Serious cigar people say you're not supposed to light them with a Zippo, you're supposed to use a match to light a piece of pure virgin paper made from chaste hemlock trees or something, but I like the first hit of petrol fumes.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at December 16, 2017 09:27 AM (fuK7c)

96 Re Vic's story in the EMT about J.K. Rowling thinking that God is a black woman. There was actually a liberal Christian (William P. Young) who wrote a novel several years ago called "The Shack" with that theme. Maybe JK can pen the sequel.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 16, 2017 09:28 AM (/qEW2)

97 I've had him around for almost 37 years. I think I'll keep him... he's useful around the house. He's 6'5" and I'm 5'1" so I need him to reach the high stuff in the cabinets and shelves.

Hmmm. I wonder if short men have higher divorce rates.

Sounds like a grant proposal in the making...

Posted by: Miklos will research for cash money at December 16, 2017 09:28 AM (zCyNd)

98 3
Every blog artical is about how the FBI has become the investigation arm of Democrat party
Posted by: Skip at December 16, 2017 08:27 AM (aC6Sd)
______________________

Not so much an investigation arm as a "making shit up" arm, or a "covering for Democrats' crimes" arm.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at December 16, 2017 09:29 AM (fqUgw)

99 71 I heard a commercial yesterday that said that we will need 3 Earths by 2050 to supply all of our needs.
Posted by: freaked at December 16, 2017 09:16 AM (UdKB7)

Fortunately we have the entire solar system at our disposal.* I don't see a problem.

* Well, except for Europa.

Posted by: rickl at December 16, 2017 09:29 AM (sdi6R)

100 At Doug Ross Journal:
http://tinyurl.com/yb3yvpr5

A timeline of treason. How the DNC and FBI leadership tried to fix a Presidential election.

Posted by: geoffb at December 16, 2017 09:30 AM (zOpu5)

101 My wife has just been informed that she gonna have to have both her knees replaced ue to arthritis. Her sister in Austin says her friend gets stem cell injections for the same ailment. Any info would be appreciated. I'm at home all the time and strong and good shape, so I can care for her 24-7. Do any of you have any experience with this ??

Posted by: sofa saver at December 16, 2017 09:30 AM (4u7kU)

102 I have never seen Brad Penn motor oil outside of that area. I have bought it in Bradford. I forgot Zippo lighters were made there, even having driven down the highway through Bradford. (PA219)

Posted by: Colin at December 16, 2017 09:31 AM (UQa6l)

103 I knew this guy in the Army who named his penis Bradley, but then he cut it off. Go figure?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 16, 2017 09:31 AM (XiTG6)

104 you're supposed to use a match to light a piece of pure virgin paper made from chaste hemlock trees or something,

Close. Traditionally, you should use a shred of a garment made of tree bark snatched from a virgin being sacrificed to the Mayan rain god Chaac.

But they make all that stuff in China these days.

Posted by: Miklos the Mayanist at December 16, 2017 09:32 AM (zCyNd)

105 92 Sticking with Caffeinated as F**k by Black Rifle Coffee Co. 2 cups in the morning and I'm good to go.
Posted by: Tuna at December 16, 2017 09:24 AM (jm1YL)
---
I'm giving CAF and Berserker Blend as Christmas gifts.

Currently drinking Murdered Out. Perfect for that pre-Xmas shopping buzz!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 16, 2017 09:33 AM (qJtVm)

106 Moar WIN!!
Trump has removed climate change from a list of national security threats.
F'ing kills me that Obumbles got away with his shit for 8(!?!) friggin' years.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at December 16, 2017 09:35 AM (ty7RM)

107 My wife has just been informed that she gonna have to have both her knees replaced due to arthritis.

Just had a friends wife get knee replacement. I didn't realize you can't get down on your knees after the replacement....I see Synvisc-One advertised in the doctors office, I wonder if they work?

Posted by: Colin at December 16, 2017 09:35 AM (UQa6l)

108 Sofa saver,

My late MIL had both knees replaced at the same time. It was painful at first but she was relieved she made that decision. If she had one done she never would have had the second knee replaced.

Posted by: mpfs, Having a Deplorable Christmas! at December 16, 2017 09:36 AM (O5XQi)

109 Do any of you have any experience with this ??
Posted by: sofa saver at December 16, 2017 09:30 AM

My mother had a knee replaced about 5 years ago. The recovery and pt take a few weeks, but she says it was the best decision to have it done. She gets around great now.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 16, 2017 09:36 AM (f9FYv)

110 Trump has removed climate change from a list of national security threats.
F'ing kills me that Obumbles got away with his shit for 8(!?!) friggin' years.
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at December 16, 2017 09:35 AM (ty7RM)

He got away with worse than that. Sigh

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 16, 2017 09:36 AM (XiTG6)

111 I had a Zippo lighter named Brad once... I LOVED Brad.

Posted by: mpfs, Having a Deplorable Christmas! at December 16, 2017 09:37 AM (O5XQi)

112 Here is what Disney has done to A Wrinkle in Time.

https://youtu.be/Yh1KKotWzow

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 16, 2017 09:38 AM (xDfWx)

113 A timeline of treason. How the DNC and FBI leadership tried to fix a Presidential election.
Posted by: geoffb at December 16, 2017 09:30 AM (zOpu5)

===

Too few people remember Watergate.

Both The similarities and the differences are striking.

If Hillz had won, none of this perversion of the government and the electoral process would have been revealed.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 16, 2017 09:38 AM (EZebt)

114 106
Moar WIN!!

Trump has removed climate change from a list of national security threats.

F'ing kills me that Obumbles got away with his shit for 8(!?!) friggin' years.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at December 16, 2017 09:35 AM (ty7RM)

That was because our so-called opposition Party took EVERYTHING off the table.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at December 16, 2017 09:38 AM (mpXpK)

115 There is sludge at the bottom of the thimble sized
cup. Her sister would flip the cup over and read my fortune in the
grounds, the way tea leaf reader read tea leaves.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at December 16, 2017 08:37 AM (fuK7c)

Aaaah, I see you are going to have jitters, and later you will want another cup. The grounds they see all, they tell all . . .

(I learned to drink coffee boiled up in a saucepan, and I have become good at it.
But I use a moka pot now)

Posted by: Kindltot at December 16, 2017 09:39 AM (2K6fY)

116 What is even more aggravating now is now that we have a real president everything is on the table despite the fact he is their own Party and they should support him, at least not keep stabbing him in the back.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at December 16, 2017 09:40 AM (mpXpK)

117 Trump has removed climate change from a list of national security threats.

Sanity Reigns!

Not tired of Winning.

Posted by: ALH at December 16, 2017 09:42 AM (za7hD)

118 Still waiting for an updated version of a Christmas Carol. After the visitation, Scrooge wakes up Christmas morning and takes Tiny Tim to an NHS hospital, where they decide his case is hopeless and the most compassionate thing to do is to let him die with dignity. Then he goes to Bob Cratchett and says, "Here's some opioids, Bob. Go kill yourself. I'm replacing you with Mohammed bin Mohammed. And turn down the heat. Are you aware what that's doing to the planet?"

The new ghosts will be the ghost of Western atrocities past, the ghost of wokeness present and the ghost of the future caliphate. They really won't talk to Scrooge about himself at all. Only about what policies he must support in order to achieve smug self righteousness.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 16, 2017 09:43 AM (/qEW2)

119
If Hillz had won, none of this perversion of the government and the electoral process would have been revealed.

I think about this a lot. Scary thought. Shudders!

Posted by: ALH at December 16, 2017 09:44 AM (za7hD)

120 I saw this at Zerohedge yesterday:

https://preview.tinyurl.com/ya4f67k9
Posted by: rickl at December 16, 2017 08:48 AM (sdi6R)

If I were 20 and stupid brave like I was umpty years ago, I'd try to get those printed up and slap them on any untended vehicle with a GS plate.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 16, 2017 09:45 AM (2K6fY)

121 I'm going to get engraved this week.

Posted by: mpfs

You are a remarkable person, even among the Pantheon of 'Ettes.
A lot of folks would settle for just a tattoo.

Disclosure, Sun Oil paid for my Merit Scholarship, and I use Valvoline Blue in my personal vehicles, and AmsOil gear lube. So I'm not a Brad Penn agent.

But, you can order it through the estimable Summit Racing. So, there.

Posted by: Stringer Davis ]/b] at December 16, 2017 09:45 AM (H5rtT)

122 116 What is even more aggravating now is now that we have a real president everything is on the table despite the fact he is their own Party and they should support him, at least not keep stabbing him in the back.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at December 16, 2017 09:40 AM (mpXpK)

Evidently they have a different definition of Party than we do.

Posted by: rickl at December 16, 2017 09:45 AM (sdi6R)

123 Posted by: Bandersnatch at December 16, 2017 09:27 AM (fuK7c)

I usually frost mine with the lighter and then use the cedar strip they give me at the store. But yeah, that little sniff of sweet lighter fluid you get after a zippo fires one off is pretty good.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 16, 2017 09:46 AM (XGGts)

124 Pale pink lipstick.

Who wears it better. Sarah Saunders or Jim Acosta?

Posted by: Barack Obama is a bad, bad man at December 16, 2017 09:46 AM (ylUqT)

125 Here is what Disney has done to A Wrinkle in Time.

https://youtu.be/Yh1KKotWzow
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 16, 2017 09:38 AM

Do NOT get me started on that atrocity!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 16, 2017 09:48 AM (f9FYv)

126 101 My wife has just been informed that she gonna have to have both her knees replaced ue to arthritis. Her sister in Austin says her friend gets stem cell injections for the same ailment. Any info would be appreciated. I'm at home all the time and strong and good shape, so I can care for her 24-7. Do any of you have any experience with this ??
_________________

IIRC, there was someone on here earlier this week talking about getting stem cell injections in the knees. Sorry, but I can't remember who it was, but maybe they'll show up at some point and tell you about their experiences with the procedure.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at December 16, 2017 09:50 AM (fqUgw)

127 So, Amazon pulled my order of the Deplorable Gourmet, because... well they didn't say. And offered me to re-order. Which I did. But I was on travel for work and looking forward to reading it this weekend. Now I have to wait. Longer.

McGyver, out

Posted by: McGyver at December 16, 2017 09:51 AM (5HYYq)

128 When my sister asks for a light, she'll take a deep draw and say "I love the taste of your fluid."

Yeah, she was a union pipefitter and pretty damn popular around the shop, if she does say so herself.

Posted by: Stringer Davis ]/b] at December 16, 2017 09:52 AM (H5rtT)

129 I am glad that there is so much opposition to Trump because it just makes him dig in and also embrace other positions that he may not have normally done just to piss them off.

It is not a personality trait I generally like but selfishly it is the one that I am glad Trump has.

Posted by: Roc Ingersol at December 16, 2017 09:52 AM (2DOZq)

130
Her Majesty's flight from Orlando arrived at 1:45 this morning. Didn't get to bed until nearly 3:00. Woke up 5:30 as usual. I think it's going to be a tough day.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 16, 2017 09:58 AM (ccIyW)

131 "Trump has removed climate change from a list of national security threats."

Not just Global Warming. Everything Obama didn't like was a "national security threat":

Wiretapping reporters: They were NatSec threats!
Waterboarding terrorists to find bin Laden: threat!
Not allowing thousands of men to enlist for their free sex-change: threat!
Not giving the Ayatollah nukes and money was a threat to peace!
Permitting Trump to become president: THREAT!!!

Posted by: The Gipper Lives at December 16, 2017 10:00 AM (Ndje9)

132 IIRC, there was someone on here earlier this week talking about getting stem cell injections in the knees. Sorry, but I can't remember who it was, but maybe they'll show up at some point and tell you about their experiences with the procedure.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at December 16, 2017 09:50 AM (fqUgw)

They sound kinda hokey to me and many of the clinics that offer the injections are run by orientals. Plus, they are not covered by most policies. She is a good candidate for surgery, otherwise in good shape, 5'8" and 130, doesn't smoke. However her pain threshold is low.

Posted by: sofa saver at December 16, 2017 10:01 AM (4u7kU)

133 RedMind, was not planning to see it anyway. But yeah they processed the story though the SJW Grrl Power trash compactor.

And I need to toddle off to that thing called work.

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 16, 2017 10:01 AM (xDfWx)

134 Bah humbug.

Posted by: Insomniac - Nobody in Particular at December 16, 2017 10:03 AM (ywNoU)

135 Off to fight hipsters for bargains at the artisanal boutiques of my twee historic towne.

Behave as if Santa is reverse targeting you, Horde.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 16, 2017 10:04 AM (qJtVm)

136 Grumpy this morning Insomniac?

Posted by: Infidel at December 16, 2017 10:06 AM (EGFUD)

137 112 Here is what Disney has done to A Wrinkle in Time.

https://youtu.be/Yh1KKotWzow
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 16, 2017 09:38 AM (xDfWx)

I will not go see it. I loved the books, and will not in any way support making a mockery of them.

Posted by: Insomniac - Nobody in Particular at December 16, 2017 10:10 AM (ywNoU)

138 My wife has just been informed that she gonna have to have both her knees replaced ue to arthritis. Her sister in Austin says her friend gets stem cell injections for the same ailment. Any info would be appreciated. I'm at home all the time and strong and good shape, so I can care for her 24-7. Do any of you have any experience with this ??

No direct experience...... yet. I have had a substantial number of our golf group have knee replacements. Universally with very good results. None had any problems. One of them actually had both done at the same time. All are much better and back to playing golf with no pain.

Posted by: Agitator at December 16, 2017 10:11 AM (Ht79x)

139 The stem cell treatment is useful in regrowing (some) cartilage in the knee, but if thejoint is severely malformed due to arthritis there may be minimal use to the therapy.

because of the movement reduction the knee replacement causes a lot of people hold off on the surgery. However, if the knees are bad, that might be an improvement.
Dad was told that in his 80's he is too old now for knee replacements, no surgeon wants to take the risk on him. So it is something to do while healthy.

There are risks with any surgery, an acquaintance had a family member who had a knee replacement, which was a success, and then got MERSA in the hospital, and while re-hospitalized for that, had a heart attack and died.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 16, 2017 10:11 AM (2K6fY)

140 The Donald reddit is lit up with a Michigan State report of trillions of dollars of unaccounted Federal budgetary adjustments over the years. Like $21 trillion worth!

Posted by: MAGA at December 16, 2017 10:14 AM (LnOh3)

141 Rahm wants to call in UN troops into Chicago.

*stuffs another 10 PMAGs full of 5.56*

Posted by: Under Fire at December 16, 2017 10:14 AM (r9UYA)

142 Still waiting for an updated version of a Christmas Carol. After the visitation, Scrooge wakes up Christmas morning and takes Tiny Tim to an NHS hospital, where they decide his case is hopeless and the most compassionate thing to do is to let him die with dignity. Then he goes to Bob Cratchett and says, "Here's some opioids, Bob. Go kill yourself. I'm replacing you with Mohammed bin Mohammed. And turn down the heat. Are you aware what that's doing to the planet?"

The new ghosts will be the ghost of Western atrocities past, the ghost of wokeness present and the ghost of the future caliphate. They really won't talk to Scrooge about himself at all. Only about what policies he must support in order to achieve smug self righteousness.

sees that a plague of fast zombies has taken over the streets of London.

Zombie Tiny Tim shambles past Scrooge's window.

He can walk again!

The Ghost of Christmas Future appears next to Scrooge.

"Wow" he says "I did not see that coming."

"God help us everyone." says Scrooge.

FIN

FIFY

Posted by: naturalfake at December 16, 2017 10:16 AM (9q7Dl)

143 There are risks with any surgery, an acquaintance had a family member who had a knee replacement, which was a success, and then got MERSA in the hospital, and while re-hospitalized for that, had a heart attack and died.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 16, 2017 10:11 AM (2K6fY)

WTF !!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Mrs. sofa saver at December 16, 2017 10:17 AM (4u7kU)

144 Oh, that's right. I had a fetish for American low-tech, things that were just so good they never had to change.

Jeeps, the Winchester '94, and Zippos are at the top of the list.

Swing-A-Way can opener.
The one I bought had "As Used on SkyLab" on the label

Posted by: Chuck C at December 16, 2017 10:17 AM (0V2ki)

145 Zippo pipe lighters are great! I use mine for my cigars as well. I need to get a new regular Zippo though as it's awkward to light a cigar. I love Turkish coffee but it's hard to find here in central Washington. Closest place that makes it right is 150 mile round trip across a mountain pass. First time I went there and got a medium size for the drive home the guy thought I was nuts. He's gotten over that.

Posted by: Winston at December 16, 2017 10:18 AM (XlcO7)

146 Good morning Hordelings!

For once, I am actually looking forward to Sunday political shows. How they cover the exposed nerves will be a hoot. Because I live in indigo blue IL, none of this affects me directly, but will they start talking 'privacy' (for public cellphones and computers), stupid redneck morality, or racist/sexist/whatever to excuse blatant election interference.

I would like to see an AL recount and analysis publicly accomplished. Don't give me the 'flawed candidate' nonsense, just the facts -- like Stein's recounts that exposed more than they wanted.

All I am seeing on local news is people running against DJT -- nothing substantive other than moar food and moar multi-millions to 'programs'.

Rauner (current guv) ran an ironic ad with governors of surrounding states saying thank you to Madigan et al because they got the capital and personnel fleeing to their adjoining states. Haven't seen it since.

Posted by: mustbequantum at December 16, 2017 10:20 AM (MIKMs)

147 Rahm wants to call in UN troops into Chicago.

That's insane on soooo many levels. So, State police aren't good enough, National Guard aren't good enough, ONLY the blue helmets will stop gang-banger violence? Trump needs to bitch slap that hack.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at December 16, 2017 10:20 AM (ty7RM)

148 My mom has had both knees replaced. Very good surgeon. That's all he does is hip and knee replacements. Good results with physical therapy. The PTs told my mother they could tell who did the surgery by how "pretty"the incision was. LOL

Posted by: Tuna at December 16, 2017 10:20 AM (jm1YL)

149 18
Save your quatloos, Star Warbles the Last Yeti is not worth the expense. Even when the theater has leather recliners and the children keep quiet.

And remember Leia shot first also.
https://preview.tinyurl.com/ybxweumq

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 16, 2017 08:38 AM (xDfWx)

I know it sucked when my 7yo. daughter started getting bored and squirming about half-way through (after spending the last week-and-a-half watching nearly every minute of all 7 previous episodes AND Rogue One in preparation).Disjointed plot, too many extraneous characters and long, drawn-out scenes.It was worse than The Phantom Menace. And that's saying something.

Posted by: Shepherd Lover at December 16, 2017 10:20 AM (Qrixg)

150 Trump has removed climate change from a list of national security threats.

Sanity Reigns!

Not tired of Winning.

Posted by: ALH at December 16, 2017 09:42 AM (za7hD)

========

The rationalizations for this were pretty lame. It will destroy crops in third world nations, make them act all crazy and become terrorists. I'll bet Brennan tasked with the brainstorming in order to imagine a link between climate change and national security.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 16, 2017 10:22 AM (/qEW2)

151 136 Grumpy this morning Insomniac?
Posted by: Infidel at December 16, 2017 10:06 AM (EGFUD)

Just getting in the Christmas spirit.

Posted by: Insomniac - Nobody in Particular at December 16, 2017 10:23 AM (ywNoU)

152 Regarding the FBI and police bias like shown by Strzok and Page. When going door to door for Trump last year we came upon a retired lobbyist. We talked with him for 20 to 30 minutes and could not get him to say anything that showed any support for one candidate or the other. Apparently the rule was you never, ever show any bias. It was so ingrained in this guy that he still held to it even though he was retired.

Pretty sad that a lobbyist had better professional ethics than the FBI.

Posted by: MAGA at December 16, 2017 10:23 AM (LnOh3)

153 "Rahm wants to call in UN troops into Chicago.

That's insane on soooo many levels. So, State police aren't good enough, National Guard aren't good enough, ONLY the blue helmets will stop gang-banger violence? Trump needs to bitch slap that hack."

He will I'm sure. Probably thinks of him as a gnat just itching to be slapped as soon as he gets around to it.

Posted by: Tuna at December 16, 2017 10:24 AM (jm1YL)

154 Due process

Old and busted:

1. Allegation/Accusation
2. Investigation
3. Interrogation
4. Revelation
5. Trial/Tribulation
6. Jury deliberation
7. Guilt declaraton
8. Sentencing implementation
9. Incarceration
10. Reputation devastation

New and hawt:

1. Allegation/Accusation
Investigation
Interrogation
Revelation
Trial/Tribulation
Jury deliberation
Guilt declaraton
Sentencing implementation
Incarceration
2. Reputation devastation

Posted by: Muldoon at December 16, 2017 10:24 AM (wPiJc)

155 Greetings fappers and fappees.

6 (count 'em, 6!) bowl games on today. I'd settle in for 12 straight hours of football, but I have a gig this evening.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 16, 2017 10:24 AM (tRaq7)

156 How do I take my coffee? Orally.

Posted by: Rdbrewer at December 16, 2017 10:26 AM (EsrQL)

157 The rationalizations for this were pretty lame. It will destroy crops in third world nations, make them act all crazy and become terrorists. I'll bet Brennan tasked with the brainstorming in order to imagine a link between climate change and national security.

I figured it was a way to raid defense spending and re-route to wind farms, solar panels and Elon Musk.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at December 16, 2017 10:26 AM (ty7RM)

158 Posted by: Rdbrewer at December 16, 2017 10:26 AM (EsrQL)

Wow, a blast from the past. RD, how's tricks? Haven't seen you around these parts in quite a while.

It looks like we're getting the banned back together.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 16, 2017 10:28 AM (tRaq7)

159 2. Reputation devastation
=====

Due process has taken a big hit. Intentionally.

Posted by: mustbequantum at December 16, 2017 10:28 AM (MIKMs)

160 157 I figured it was a way to raid defense spending and re-route to wind farms, solar panels and Elon Musk.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at December 16, 2017 10:26 AM (ty7RM)

And 500M of unallocated funds to third world dictators for the Paris scam.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at December 16, 2017 10:28 AM (mpXpK)

161 ONLY the blue helmets will stop gang-banger violence? Trump needs to bitch slap that hack.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at December 16, 2017 10:20 AM (ty7RM)

From what I have read, the blue helmets spend most of their time in the barracks or raping. He would of course want blue helmets from central Africa...And they are armed with BB guns, I'd guess.

Posted by: Colin at December 16, 2017 10:29 AM (UQa6l)

162 He will I'm sure. Probably thinks of him as a gnat just itching to be slapped as soon as he gets around to it.

I'm going to reckon he can't. Wouldn't someone at the federal level have to approve bringing foreign troops into our second or third largest metro are?
"Paging Nikki Haley, please pick up the white courtesy phone..."

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at December 16, 2017 10:29 AM (ty7RM)

163 How do I take my coffee? Orally.
Posted by: Rdbrewer at December 16, 2017 10:26 AM

These days, that's oddly reassuring.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 16, 2017 10:29 AM (f9FYv)

164 How do I take my coffee? Orally.

blah blah blah

Posted by: Coffee Enemas at December 16, 2017 10:29 AM (fuK7c)

165 Are we ruled by judges now?

"A U.S. judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration's new HHS rules that exempt nonprofits and for-profit businesses from covering contraceptive and abortion-inducing drugs.

Many business owners and religious nonprofits felt that the Obama-era mandate compelled them to violate their deeply-held religious beliefs.

U.S. District Judge Wendy Beetlestone in Philadelphia issued a preliminary injunction preventing enforcement of rules the administration announced in October that allowed businesses or non-profits to obtain exemptions on moral or religious grounds."

They want to make damn sure that the Little Sisters of the Poor cough up money for abortions.

Posted by: grammie winger - stunned by Christmas at December 16, 2017 10:30 AM (lwiT4)

166 159 2. Reputation devastation
=====

Due process has taken a big hit. Intentionally.
Posted by: mustbequantum at December 16, 2017 10:28 AM (MIKMs)

Soviet-style denunciations.

Posted by: Insomniac - Nobody in Particular at December 16, 2017 10:30 AM (ywNoU)

167 Woke up this AM to find out that "Jingle Bells" is....RACISSSSSST!1!1!!

https://tinyurl.com/y6wzt2xg

But what isn't...

Posted by: tu3031 at December 16, 2017 10:31 AM (O5Q3r)

168 140,
"The Donald reddit is lit up with a Michigan State report of trillions of
dollars of unaccounted Federal budgetary adjustments over the years.
Like $21 trillion worth!"

Posted by: MAGA at December 16, 2017 10:14 AM (LnOh3)

Gotta keep those Community activists funded and keep it on the down low too.

Posted by: geoffb at December 16, 2017 10:31 AM (zOpu5)

169
"Rahm wants to call in UN troops into Chicago.
That's insane on soooo many levels. So, State police aren't good
enough, National Guard aren't good enough, ONLY the blue helmets will
stop gang-banger violence? Trump needs to bitch slap that hack."
=====

IL has had UN observers for elections as well. Best of my recollection, they were concentrated in Springfield, but were invited by the (D)s to ensure election integrity -- gaaaaah, gag, ptui.

Posted by: mustbequantum at December 16, 2017 10:32 AM (MIKMs)

170 U.S. District Judge Wendy Beetlestone in Philadelphia issued a preliminary injunction preventing enforcement of rules the administration announced in October that allowed businesses or non-profits to obtain exemptions on moral or religious grounds."

Evidently someone said her name aloud three times.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 16, 2017 10:33 AM (tRaq7)

171 ******* Pretty sad that a lobbyist had better professional ethics than the FBI.
Posted by: MAGA
=====

Wouldn't it be refreshing if just one of these alphabet agency lowlifes went Col. Jessup and said "you're damn right I ordered up a coup. That bastard threatened to hold my budget level for next year."

Posted by: 2009Refugee at December 16, 2017 10:34 AM (JyFLk)

172 U.S. District Judge Wendy Beetlestone = Foreign judge appointed by Obama. should be impeached and removed from the bench.

Confirmed by a "voice vote" so the plebes can't see that the DIABLOs and RINOs voted for her.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at December 16, 2017 10:35 AM (mpXpK)

173 IL has had UN observers for elections as well. Best of my recollection, they were concentrated in Springfield, but were invited by the (D)s to ensure election integrity -- gaaaaah, gag, ptui.

That's so amusing to see "Springfield IL", "UN" and "integrity" in the same sentence.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at December 16, 2017 10:35 AM (ty7RM)

174 Evidently someone said her name aloud three times.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy

*****

Heh.

Turn over enough stones you never know what'll come crawling out.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 16, 2017 10:35 AM (wPiJc)

175 Got my cookbooks (one for me, one for family member who occasionally lurks) - fantastic! The back cover is worth the price of the book. Can't wait to make some of the recipes. Well done, y'all, well done.

Posted by: Miss Sippi at December 16, 2017 10:35 AM (pxMj1)

176 148 My mom has had both knees replaced. Very good surgeon. That's all he does is hip and knee replacements. Good results with physical therapy. The PTs told my mother they could tell who did the surgery by how "pretty"the incision was. LOL
Posted by: Tuna at December 16, 2017 10:20 AM (jm1YL)

Her surgeon is supposed to be good. I've gone to him for minor things and a guy that caretakes our property had his shoulder completely redone by him and it turned out great. The wife is not so hot on it but she misses walking with the dogs. If you can't walk around , why live in a place like the Berkshires

Posted by: sofa saver at December 16, 2017 10:37 AM (4u7kU)

177 170,

When will it finally be recognized that District Court judges can only effect things inside their own districts and not have national injunctions. Making District decisions national in scope is insane.

It is like if Ann Arbor declared pot to be legal, they did at one time, and that legalized pot for the entire US.

Posted by: geoffb at December 16, 2017 10:39 AM (zOpu5)

178 Just saw the official Christmas portrait of VP and Mrs. Pence. Very, very nice. Mrs. Pence looks lovely and the VP quite handsome.

Posted by: Tuna at December 16, 2017 10:40 AM (jm1YL)

179 Rahm wants to call in UN troops into Chicago.

How else are you going to increase the child-rape and cholera statistics?

Posted by: Blanco Basura - It's OK, I'm with the banned at December 16, 2017 10:41 AM (IcT7t)

180
Rahm wants to call in UN troops into Chicago.

Somebody has to do the raping.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 16, 2017 10:42 AM (IqV8l)

181 We have a Harris Teeter almost next door to the Trader Joe's. I've only been in there once, and was kind of appalled by their prices, IIRC.
Posted by: Grey Fox at December 16, 2017 08:58 AM (bZ7mE)

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Ha. Same thing in Asheville

Posted by: MAGA at December 16, 2017 10:42 AM (LnOh3)

182 One year anniversary of total knee replacement on right. Very painful, but went whole hog on pt and that made a huge difference. Love the new knee! Doc said don't run or jump, but I can still snowboard. (65 y.o).
I was able to get down on both knees yesterday for the first time. No, butt-munches, working under the sink!

Posted by: RI Red - No step on snek. at December 16, 2017 10:42 AM (1YChx)

183 Blue helmets will do just fine in Chicago.
Chicago hasn't had a cholera epidemic since 1885.
Just like with The Fire, they'll clean the slate and start over.
Erase the Hait-y.

Posted by: Stringer Davis ]/b] at December 16, 2017 10:43 AM (H5rtT)

184 "Rahm wants to call in UN troops into Chicago."

He wants raping on top of the killing?

Posted by: Meremortal, no proseccutions, no peace! at December 16, 2017 10:45 AM (3myMJ)

185 Her surgeon is supposed to be good. I've gone to him
for minor things and a guy that caretakes our property had his shoulder
completely redone by him and it turned out great. The wife is not so
hot on it but she misses walking with the dogs. If you can't walk around
, why live in a place like the Berkshires Posted by: sofa saver at December 16, 2017 10:37 AM (4u7kU)
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My only take is that if you bite the bullet and get it done, do it bilaterally, so recovery and PT is all done in one swell foop. If you have to work a lot, check insurance for rehab hospitals and visiting nurses beforehand. All my relatives and friends who have done it have had very good outcomes.

Posted by: mustbequantum at December 16, 2017 10:45 AM (MIKMs)

186 U.S. District Judge Wendy Beetlestone in Philadelphia issued a preliminary injunction preventing enforcement of rules the administration announced in October that allowed businesses or non-profits to obtain exemptions on moral or religious grounds."

________

Who the hell sued? How did they have standing?

Posted by: MAGA at December 16, 2017 10:46 AM (LnOh3)

187 Thanks, Miss Sippi! I was a little worried about doing the back cover, but it turned out to be way more fun than I thought.

McGyver, sorry to hear of the delay - I think it has to do with the time of year. Weasel has ordered several and the delivery times have varied widely for him. I hope it gets to you soon.

Posted by: bluebell at December 16, 2017 10:46 AM (kNasr)

188 Rahm wants to call in UN troops into Chicago.

Way to go there, Mr. Pretty Ballerina. Nothing like announcing to the world that you gave up enforcing the law and are a miserable failure.

Corrupt Chicago politics has been a bad joke ever since I was a real live Boy. Remind me again how many Illinois pols are now or have been in jail.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 16, 2017 10:47 AM (tRaq7)

189 I haven't been to AoS in several days because I've been so sick with the flu that knocked me for a loop. But yesterday, I finally got my copy of The Deplorable Gourment. My lands! What a nice production! Beautifully done. I was expecting some version of the spiral bound church lady cookbooks and boy, was I impressed!

All I can say is well done, bluebell, Slap and everyone else who brought this together. And 2 of my recipes made it in there, which now adds to my resume that of published author. Heh. Love it. If you haven't gotten it yet, do it.

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at December 16, 2017 10:48 AM (mQ0Mc)

190 "One year anniversary of total knee replacement on right. Very painful, but went whole hog on pt and that made a huge difference"

The same surgeon who did my mom's knees did my hip. I also went whole hog on PT. Really does make a difference!
Still faithful about exercising 2 years later.

Posted by: Tuna at December 16, 2017 10:48 AM (jm1YL)

191 Bluebell! I got my cookbook!

I laughed, I cried, I read Jane D'oh's shrimp recipe 3 times!

Seriously, though, you guys did a fantastic job!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 16, 2017 10:48 AM (f9FYv)

192 Aw, thanks, Lady! I'm sorry you've been sick, hope you heal quickly. Glad you like the book!

Posted by: bluebell at December 16, 2017 10:49 AM (kNasr)

193 I just had my teeth cleaned by a Latina cutie. When she asked if I had any allergies I thought of saying I react to beautiful women.
The thought came a second too late, which was probably just as well.
I remember a time when it was possible to engage in silly flirtation.

Posted by: Northernlurker at December 16, 2017 10:51 AM (TisfY)

194 RMBS! Yes, Weasel and I now talk about our sales in terms of how many copies of Jane's shrimp recipe there are. Last I heard we have sold 4392 shrimp recipes! That was as of yesterday, probably sold a few in the last 24 hours.

Posted by: bluebell at December 16, 2017 10:51 AM (kNasr)

195
Rahm wants to call in UN troops into Chicago.

Earlier, Rahm said that Trump is not welcome in Chicago.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 16, 2017 10:51 AM (IqV8l)

196 I put my DG cookbook in the Amazon cart so I could order it along with one of B'Gal's presents later.

Lo and behold, she decided to get it for me, so she had everything shipped and now I won't see mine until Santa brings it.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 16, 2017 10:51 AM (tRaq7)

197 I remember a time when it was possible to engage in silly flirtation.
Posted by: Northernlurker at December 16, 2017 10:51 AM (TisfY)
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Boy, you're old!

Posted by: bluebell at December 16, 2017 10:52 AM (kNasr)

198 Judge Beetlestone said Pennsylvania had standing to sue the Trump administration because women denied coverage under the new rules were likely to "seek state-funded sources of contraceptive care," generating additional costs for the state.

How is it that every common sense regulation for freedom instantly gets tied up in litigation but the commie usurpations sail right through? Are there no conservative lawyers to file suit?

Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 16, 2017 10:53 AM (WbIyz)

199 197 I remember a time when it was possible to engage in silly flirtation.
Posted by: Northernlurker at December 16, 2017 10:51 AM (TisfY)
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Boy, you're old!

Posted by: bluebell at December 16, 2017 10:52 AM (kNasr)

Sadly yes, yes I am

Posted by: Northernlurker at December 16, 2017 10:53 AM (TisfY)

200 Aw, thanks, Lady! I'm sorry you've been sick, hope you heal quickly.

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Seriously, pat yourself on the back. I'm in awe at what you accomplished. :-)

I think I'm on the upswing. Better to get it out of the way before Christmas. For anyone suffering from severe coughing, trust me when I say...to go out and get yourself a bottle of Bragg's ACV. Put a bit in a glass with equal part of water. Add a spoonful of honey. Drink big swigs. Prepare to be amazed at its effectiveness.

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at December 16, 2017 10:55 AM (mQ0Mc)

201 Rahm wants to call in UN troops into Chicago.

Probably figures if all the gangbangers catch dysentery from them shitting in the lake, it'll cut down on the vilense.

Posted by: tu3031 at December 16, 2017 10:55 AM (O5Q3r)

202 "The goal of these institutes, explains the website of Hanban (their
coordinating headquarters within the Chinese Ministry of Education), is
to help develop "multiculturalism" and build "a harmonious world." But
for the Chinese Communist Party, "harmony" means never being questioned
by society. China's vast global network of some 500 Confucius Institutes
(most of them on university campuses) may be the most benign dimension
of an increasingly visible and troubling Chinese government effort to
penetrate and influence democratic cultures and societies."

https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/283504/

As with Islam, in Communism/Progressive-ism "peace" is only achieved when all opposition has been murdered and buried in mass graves.

Posted by: geoffb at December 16, 2017 10:55 AM (zOpu5)

203 Just saw the official Christmas portrait of VP and
Mrs. Pence. Very, very nice. Mrs. Pence looks lovely and the VP quite
handsome.

Posted by: Tuna at December 16, 2017 10:40 AM (jm1YL)
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They look as if they like each other in that picture. Makes me smile.

Posted by: grammie winger - stunned by Christmas at December 16, 2017 10:55 AM (lwiT4)

204 Boy, you're old!

Same here. If a pretty young thing happens to smile at me these days, it's because I remind her of her Dad.

Or her GrandDad.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 16, 2017 10:56 AM (tRaq7)

205
Judge Beetlestone

A judge named after England's two most famous rock groups.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 16, 2017 10:57 AM (IqV8l)

206 Earlier, Rahm said that Trump is not welcome in Chicago.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 16, 2017 10:51 AM (IqV8l)
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Yeah, well. Just try and keep him out of a Blackhawks game.

Posted by: grammie winger - stunned by Christmas at December 16, 2017 10:57 AM (lwiT4)

207 FYI - Do not purchase those sticker-type gift labels from Walmart. I have two different packages, purchased at separate times. They do not come off the backing without tearing.

Posted by: grammie winger - stunned by Christmas at December 16, 2017 10:59 AM (lwiT4)

208 Corrupt Chicago politics has been a bad joke ever
since I was a real live Boy. Remind me again how many Illinois pols are
now or have been in jail. Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 16, 2017 10:47 AM (tRaq7)
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I think they sacrifice alternate (D) and (R) to keep the 'balance'. Don't think that any of the big 'public' sacrifices are anything more than the Morlochs demanding their due. Just found out that Indiana and Illinois are the hotbeds of Islamist funding and real estate. Dayum.

Posted by: mustbequantum at December 16, 2017 10:59 AM (MIKMs)

209 "They look as if they like each other in that picture. Makes me smile."

President and Mrs. Trump's portrait is also lovely. Mrs. Trump always looks nice but she looks especially pretty in this one.

Posted by: Tuna at December 16, 2017 11:00 AM (jm1YL)

210 I finally got my DG cookbook, and it is way more than I expected. I was picturing a cookbook like my church used to do when I was growing up, with a spiral metal ring binder , about the size of small old style Triple AAA trip tik, LOL.

And what arrived is a fully bound, HUGGGGEEEEE cookbook with an index and everything!. It fits on the cookbook stand. It's got a LOT of recipes. Thanks so much to the Horde for sending in the recipes and to Bluebell and co. for what must have been a truckload of work to get the layout and publishing done with it.

Posted by: Jen the original at December 16, 2017 11:01 AM (dSWC+)

211 Browsing through the cookbook. My favorite so far?

Dysfunctional Family Mashed Potatoes.

"...begin to mash them with a potato masher clenched in an angry fist..."

Posted by: Muldoon at December 16, 2017 11:02 AM (wPiJc)

212 Local radio station has played about 50 different versions of Blue Christmas this morning. Well at noon they switch to damn Beach Music and I will turn it off.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at December 16, 2017 11:03 AM (mpXpK)

213 Just saw the official Christmas portrait of VP and
Mrs. Pence. Very, very nice. Mrs. Pence looks lovely and the VP quite
handsome.

Posted by: Tuna at December 16, 2017 10:40 AM (jm1YL)
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They look as if they like each other in that picture. Makes me smile.
Posted by: grammie winger - stunned by Christmas at December 16, 2017 10:55 AM (lwiT4)

The President and First Lady's portrait is lovely. Pres in a Tux and the First Lady, well , anything she wears is instantly gorgeous. Exudes class all the way.

Posted by: Jen the original at December 16, 2017 11:03 AM (dSWC+)

214 Thanks so much to the Horde for sending in the
recipes and to Bluebell and co. for what must have been a truckload of
work to get the layout and publishing done with it.

Posted by: Jen the original at December 16, 2017 11:01 AM (dSWC+)
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I agree. Bluebell really got her fellow inmates to put together a great work project. I hope it shaves some time off their sentences.

Posted by: grammie winger - stunned by Christmas at December 16, 2017 11:03 AM (lwiT4)

215

https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/283504/

With all the blabbering about Russia we don't hear much about China aside from financially.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 16, 2017 11:03 AM (IqV8l)

216 Remind me again how many Illinois pols are
now or have been in jail.

Just start with the Governors. The Federal Penitentiary and Country Club should have an entire wing just for Illinois Governors.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at December 16, 2017 11:04 AM (ty7RM)

217 Just start with the Governors. The Federal Penitentiary and Country Club should have an entire wing just for Illinois Governors.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at December 16, 2017 11:04 AM (ty7RM)
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Don't run for office if you're not willing to do time.

Posted by: grammie winger - stunned by Christmas at December 16, 2017 11:05 AM (lwiT4)

218 Wow. I'm going to make out if they pass the tax bill.

Bigly and Small-ly.

Posted by: Meremortal, no proseccutions, no peace! at December 16, 2017 11:05 AM (3myMJ)

219 Thanks, Jen! And Muldoon, that was one of my faves too.

It was our intent to keep as much of the original wording as was possible in the recipes, because that reflects the Horde. People who are not Morons will probably look at it and wonder why the directions vary so wildly, but that's Morons for you!

Posted by: bluebell at December 16, 2017 11:06 AM (kNasr)

220 Rahm wants to call in UN troops into Chicago.

Somebody has to do the raping.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 16, 2017 10:42 AM (IqV8l)

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Somebody's got to poop in the water supply. That cholera ain't gonna spread itself.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 16, 2017 11:06 AM (/qEW2)

221 Well, off to today's funeral. Not to be confused with Monday's funeral. Have a great morning!

Posted by: grammie winger - stunned by Christmas at December 16, 2017 11:07 AM (lwiT4)

222 Don't run for office if you're not willing to do time.
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Last one was Blago, so next one will be another statewide (R).

Posted by: mustbequantum at December 16, 2017 11:07 AM (MIKMs)

223 Oh gosh, grammie. Tough time of year for funerals. A pastor's wife never rests!

Posted by: bluebell at December 16, 2017 11:08 AM (kNasr)

224 Hallelujah! Got all the gifts wrapped last night and even made them pretty.

Our sweet Spanky is no longer around to enjoy stealing the bows and ribbons and partially unwrapping them, and Sandy is sad and ignores them.

Now, off to get a cake for church tomorrow, get ready for the Christmas party my husband is throwing on a riverboat for his company tonight, and buy food to take to another party tomorrow night.

*hobbles off--in a spritely fashion*

Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 16, 2017 11:08 AM (ptqGC)

225 Christmas songs shot on steel targets by Black Rifle Coffee.

http://tinyurl.com/y7w9u95b

Posted by: dartist at December 16, 2017 11:08 AM (nisXv)

226 Heh...Eric Greiten's*, (bad-ass) MO, was speaking at an event I was at. He said one great thing Missouri had going for it was having Illinois as a next door neighbor.

*I'm proud to live in a state where the Governor speed-ropes into the middle of a rodeo ring.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at December 16, 2017 11:09 AM (ty7RM)

227 Ugh. Funerals. That's how I broke my foot, at one for one of my oldest friends.

I'm in charge of funeral reception food at church. Thankfully, we don't have any now, or they'd be having a funeral for me.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 16, 2017 11:10 AM (ptqGC)

228
Heh...Eric Greiten's*, (bad-ass) MO, was speaking at an event I was at. He said one great thing Missouri had going for it was having Illinois as a next door neighbor.

Indiana is the Zardoz supplying guns to Illinois!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 16, 2017 11:10 AM (IqV8l)

229 Of course Jingle Bells is racist.

♫♪

"What fun it is to laugh and sing
A slaving song tonight!"

Posted by: Muldoon at December 16, 2017 11:11 AM (wPiJc)

230 >>> Save your quatloos, Star Warbles the Last Yeti is not worth the expense.

Aww Anna Puma and others y'all are going to make me doubt my taste in films! I absolutely loved it. And I had very serious issues with a lot of things in Farce Awakens. New film resolved a lot of that. Could have been trimmed though, and yes a lot of new characters. Will go read ONT and get edumacated on why I'm wrong.

Cannot see Oprah-fied Wrinkle in Time! I just can't. Looks like heresay.

Posted by: LizLem at December 16, 2017 11:14 AM (+pB/d)

231 I never realized that many people had their knees replaced.
Thanks for all the responses and will relay to Mrs. sofa saver, except for:

There are risks with any surgery, an acquaintance had a family member who had a knee replacement, which was a success, and then got MERSA in the hospital, and while re-hospitalized for that, had a heart attack and died.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 16, 2017 10:11 AM (2K6fY

This one I think I'll leave out.

Posted by: sofa saver at December 16, 2017 11:15 AM (4u7kU)

232 nood

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at December 16, 2017 11:18 AM (mpXpK)

233 That Jingle Bells theatre-history prof got her BA in Odd-a-Wah and her MA in Alberta. We imported her, to gnaw at the root of the world-ash.

She's dead wrong about blackface minstrelsy. It was not mere mockery, but a huge step up for the black element of US culture. We would not have ragtime, blues, or jazz today were it not for the founding efforts of Coon Culture. Yes, that is what it was called. And buck-and-wingers were not ashamed of it.

I met Mrs Pence once, at a shooting affair. The inaugural ball events seemed tailor-made to make her seem frumpy. In person, she's lively and fun and definitely somebody you'd want to know. She rides and she shoots.

Hell she could be an 'ette for all we know.

Posted by: Stringer Davis ]/b] at December 16, 2017 11:19 AM (H5rtT)

234 "Pretty sad that a lobbyist had better professional ethics than the FBI. Posted by: MAGA

Rank and file are mostly appalled (imo). As with the pentagon, the fish rots from the head down. Deep State mafia installs their peeps at the top via Clinton types, and they never leave. Good people have been leaving instead.

This audio (link) is good by Jay Sekulow, on the changes made for Comey. Careless and negligence are basically the same, but the "misdirection" was the point.

The original was "EVIDENCE of gross negligence".
The edit was "NO EVIDENCE of (intent to be) extremely careless".

It didn't matter legally, since intent is not the issue. Just the word 'negligence' (or careless) suggests intent is not the point. But as with Comey making his case by leaking to the Times, this is propaganda for public consumption. So the DNC/MFM talking point is "No Evidence, Comey said so".

twitter.com/JaySekulow/status/941714502478848000

Posted by: illiniwek at December 16, 2017 11:19 AM (otAqJ)

235 "Curses, Willowed again."

Posted by: Stringer Davis ]/b] at December 16, 2017 11:20 AM (H5rtT)

236 "The United Nations has a track record of protecting minority populations," [Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin] told Inc. before his meeting. "There was tribal warfare between the Tutsis and the Hutus in Africa, and they deployed peacekeeping troops there to help save those populations and reduce the bloodshed. We have to do something -- black people in Chicago make up 30 percent of the population but 80 percent of those who are killed by gun violence."

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So the Chicago police, the National Guard, etc. are all too racist. Chicago needs to bring in foreign troops to "protect minority populations" from committing genocide (his words) against each other. Note this idiot keeps using words like "minority" and "genocide" to hint that the victims involved are all innocent minorities being persecuted for being minorities, instead of culling themselves.

Why would the Ferguson effect not apply in the case of UN troops? The scum in Chicago will see people in uniform putting a stop to their thuggery and resent it just as much as when native law enforcement does it.

https://tinyurl.com/ybprycp2

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 16, 2017 11:21 AM (/qEW2)

237 Back in the 70s, I once got on a flight from Denver, CO to Cody, WY. It was a direct flight, but with intermediate stops. What I hadn't anticipated was the sheer number of intermediate stops: Ft. Collins, Cheyenne, Rawlings, Douglas, Casper, Riverton, Worland, to finally arrive at the destination Cody.

It took ten hours: an eight hour flight plus two hours to drive to the Denver airport, check-in, board, de-plane, baggage claim, and drive to the hotel.

I could have driven it in nine hours.

Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at December 16, 2017 11:33 AM (o7l6R)

238 Just ordered a copy of the cookbook. Can't wait!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 16, 2017 11:43 AM (hcyUh)

239 Yeah, seems like it's not Rahm, it's Richard Boykin.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 16, 2017 11:47 AM (/qEW2)

240 He compares Chicago to the tribal violence in Africa that the UN helped quell. I wonder if that's racist, saying that they've degenerated to a third world level.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 16, 2017 11:49 AM (/qEW2)

241 There was an ATM burglary using exactly that same M.O. in Trochu, Alberta, about 2 years ago. Wouldn't surprise me if it were the same gang doing it, since I don't know if they were ever caught.

Pro tip for businesses having free-standing third-party ATM's: put them somewhere in the premises where they cannot readily be snatched out the door by a pickup with a tow strap.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 16, 2017 12:05 PM (oPNmq)

242 Check to see if it has chicory. Burnt chicory root
was used as a Civil War substitute for real coffee, but New Orleans
people decided that it wasn't half bad. Since then New Orleans coffee
(like Community) has about 8% chicory added into the mix.

Posted by: Miklos, from Cafe du Monde at the french Market at December 16, 2017 09:04 AM (zCyNd)

Community Coffee is in Baton Rouge, not New Orleans. They do sell chicory blends, but their regular coffee is 100% coffee. I like their traditional dark roast. That is the coffee of choice on all the offshore rigs in the Gulf. And those boys are serious about their coffee.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 16, 2017 12:12 PM (oPNmq)

243 Does OIG have an inside man?

https://tinyurl.com/ybmf7jo5

Posted by: harry lime at December 16, 2017 01:02 PM (ALDN3)

244 Sofa saver - my ex had problems in her upper metatarsals, likely related to surgery done 35 years ago to "correct" some mis-shapen bones at the outside of her foot which made shoes quite painful. She was at the point where she had to wear an ankle brace to restrict its motion, which made walking awkward and difficult. She researched stem-cell treatment, found a local orthopedic surgeon with extensive experience therein, and finding that her Obamacare wouldn't cover it (heh heh) coughed up the $6k in cash. It worked beyond her wildest dreams. No more pain, full use and range of motion, etc. YMMV, but it's surely worth investigating.

Posted by: Cowboyneal - the other Jewish carpenter at December 16, 2017 01:12 PM (k2KmM)

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