Monday Overnight Open Thread (3/26/18 )

(Dancin' in The ONT)

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The Quotes of The Day

Quote I

"'I'm doing my job mom, that's all.'" Col. Arnaud Beltrame

Quote II

… “Tax burdens should not be increased slightly,” , a member of Seattle’s Progressive Revenue Task Force on Housing and Homelessness told a council finance committee Wednesday.
“We have to go big or go home,” she said. We must make a discernible impact on the situation and the number of people living in public and experiencing homelessness. Proposals that fumble around and don’t achieve that mark should not be supported.” Lisa Daugaard

Quote III

All of my high school male teachers were WWII and/or Korean War veterans. They taught my brothers and me the value of service to our country and reinforced what our dad had shown us about the meaning of service. Oliver North

Quote IV

“I feel for these kids from Parkland high school. They’ve obviously been affected. They have a right to speak out and they should. But forgive me if I don’t want a lesson on the Second Amendment on a 16-year-old. Forgive me if I don’t want to watch a 9-year-old tell me that her dream is a world without guns. My world––I want a world without Islamists! I wish that was true too. It’s just not the case. The reality is the Second Amendment’s not about hunting, it’s not about self-defense only, it’s about free people and checks on a tyrannical government… they shouldn’t be giving me lessons on the Second Amendment, they should be in civics class.” Pete Hegseth

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"Mad" Mike Hughes finally becomes 'Rocket Man'.

Self-declared Flat Earth researcher and DIY steam rocket enthusiast “Mad” Mike Hughes has finally managed to prove the haters wrong about his ability to blast himself some 1,875 feet into the sky without being crushed or scalded to death, the Associated Press reported on Sunday.

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Paul Joseph Watson addressing mean comments. NSFW-Language

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The Apple iPhone, supposedly can't be unlocked. A company called Grayshift says it can. And the US State Department is using their product.

Grayshift, a company that offers to unlock modern iPhones for as little as $50 each, has caused a buzz across law enforcement agencies, with local police already putting down cash for the much sought-after tech. Now, it appears a section of the US State Department has also purchased the iPhone cracking tool, judging by procurement records reviewed by Motherboard.M

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A large ice block and a trampoline, some assembly required.

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Men, vegans and masculinity.

This article analyzes qualitative interviews conducted with twenty vegan and vegetarian men in a semi-urban area of the southeastern United States to better understand how they conceptualize and explain their food consumption identities in relation to their broader identity practices. I find their performances of masculinity often defy the conventional feminization of meatless diets, while also upholding gendered binaries of emotion/rationality and current tropes of white, middle-class masculinity.

......Or the crux of the biscuit is the apostrophe.

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One man and a skeleton vs. City Hall.

A biker got so fed up waiting for the [town] council to fill a huge pothole he staged these hilarious photos - of a skeleton in a helmet peering out of it.
Brian Joce, 64, says he was forced to take drastic action to highlight how big and dangerous the hole on the A3083 at the entrance to his village had become.

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The ONT Musical Interlude

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How I went dark in Australia. Two years escaping the surveillance state.

August 1, 2016. The day I'd been dreading. Sydney had finally abolished paper train tickets and I was getting ready to erase my identity.
The Australian state of New South Wales had been gradually transitioning away from paper tickets for more than two years. In the interests of entering the digital era, Transport NSW introduced the new 'tap-on, tap-off' Opal card. A contactless travel card, named after Australia's distinctive rainbow-hued Opal gemstone, it's similar to London's Oyster card and San Francisco's Clipper.
Welcome to the future! No more paper tickets! Top up your Opal card online! Set up a direct debit, download the accompanying app and track your spending, you mouth-breathing luddite -- this is the 21st century!
But if this was my ticket to the future, I was not on board

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Skype, Face Time and Go To Meeting.com be damned. ~~Global warming experts~~ Lawyers, gypsies, tramps and thieves gather at Global Warming conference.

Some of the world's brightest minds are gathering in Christchurch this week to discuss how best to tackle the ever-pressing issue of climate change.
The city will host 120 scientists from 59 countries as they examine how to manage some of the thorniest problems caused by our rapidly-changing environment.
As members of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – a global coalition of scientists and academics – they will spend the next five days drafting a report that will inform and influence how governments deal with the problem in the decades ahead.

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The perversion of culture continues to charge full speed ahead. The book, 'Little Women' experiences a re-write.

According to an exclusive by Entertainment Weekly, Louisa May Alcott's classic novel "Little Women" will be "reimagined" in a graphic novel in honor of its 150th anniversary. Except this one will have a twist: The title character Jo March will be lesbian.
"A whole new generation is about to be introduced to Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, the classic novel will be adapted into a vibrant graphic novel form for young readers, in celebration of its 150th anniversary," reports EW.

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The old rule, when going on a trip, tell someone where you are going and what time you can be expected back. Is still good advice.

A Southern California attorney survived for five days lost in the desert by drinking his own urine and eating cactus after breaking his heel and pelvis on what was supposed to be a half-day hike.
La Mesa attorney Paul Hanks, 54, set out to celebrate his birthday with a hike in Joshua Tree National Park. Clad only in shorts and a T-shirt, Hanks took just a couple of energy packs and a few hours’ worth of water with him on his March 11 hike.

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Numerous 2nd degree charges for a 1st degree Genius Award Winner.

A 37-year-old man police say tried to destroy the golden arches at a McDonald’s restaurant in Oregon after workers refused to make him 30 double cheeseburgers is facing charges.
The News-Review reports that police arrested Jedediah Ezekiel Fulton on March 16 on suspicion of second-degree disorderly conduct, second-degree criminal trespass, second-degree criminal mischief and harassment.

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A good Samaritan helps out two people stranded. Tonight's Feel Good Story of The Day.

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Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by Food For Thought.

Notice: Posted with permission by AceCorp, LLC.

Weekly commenter stats for week of 3-25-2018

Top 10 commenters:
1 [645 comments] 'Insomniac - Nowhere Man' [90.69 posts/day]
2 [478 comments] 'yankeefifth'
3 [406 comments] 'Under Fire'
4 [403 comments] 'rickb223'
5 [370 comments] 'Grump928(C)'
6 [352 comments] 'Deplorable Jay Guevara'
7 [345 comments] 'Christopher R Taylor'
8 [344 comments] 'Jane D'oh'
9 [330 comments] 'Cannibal Bob'
10 [330 comments] 'Nevergiveup'

Top 10 sockpuppeteers:
1 [68 names] 'Duncanthrax' [9.56 unique names/day]
2 [62 names] 'Surfperch'
3 [57 names] 'Under Fire'
4 [48 names] 'REDACTED'
5 [43 names] 'Hands'
6 [41 names] 'mindful webworker - willowed wallowed'
7 [38 names] 'Rick in SK'
8 [38 names] 'Adirondack Patriot'
9 [33 names] 'Insomniac - Nowhere Man'
10 [32 names] 'LeftCoast Dawg'

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at 10:03 PM

Comments

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1 Thirſ!

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at March 26, 2018 09:57 PM (e9G8E)

2 The Japanese call it *honne* and *tatamae*, what we truly believe, and what is socially acceptable for us to say. Dunbar calls it *the mask* and says it covers anguish we dare not share.

https://tinyurl.com/ycc8kfg4

Posted by: Zaklog the Great at March 26, 2018 09:57 PM (KMq/5)

3 First on the ONT?

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler, Keyboard Cossack at March 26, 2018 09:57 PM (wSC8T)

4 Nope, not first.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler, Keyboard Cossack at March 26, 2018 09:57 PM (wSC8T)

5 Like a virgin, on the ONT for the very first time.

Posted by: Shep at March 26, 2018 09:57 PM (DMUuz)

6 Oh thank God.

Posted by: Insomniac - Nowhere Man at March 26, 2018 09:58 PM (NWiLs)

7 Boy, I'm graying out for some reason...

Posted by: GuyfromNH at March 26, 2018 10:00 PM (Gs5TH)

8 Ingraham reporting on Trump's trade war backfiring on the Democrats

Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at March 26, 2018 10:00 PM (KxbBq)

9 7 Boy, I'm graying out for some reason...
Posted by: GuyfromNH at March 26, 2018 10:00 PM (Gs5TH)

I for one have no idea of what you are speaking of

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 26, 2018 10:01 PM (3Pma+)

10 Thank goodness for the ONT! And possible top 20.

Posted by: Mrs. Leggy at March 26, 2018 10:01 PM (prxs+)

11 Fox: "...after (the reporter) was taken hostage in 2012, the FBI monitored his accounts as Al Qaeda terrorists used his money to buy at least a dozen computers and tablets.

While he was tortured and held by al Nusra, the brutal Al Qaeda franchise in Syria, Schrier claimed the FBI put intelligence gathering ahead of his personal security, hoping to track the computers and tablets to learn more about Al Qaeda recruits and future plots. After his harrowing escape, Schrier started demanding answers from the FBI, which at the time of his kidnapping was led by Mueller."

Top.

Posted by: The Gipper Lives at March 26, 2018 10:02 PM (Ndje9)

12 Aaaand I'm still a YUUUGE loser.

Posted by: Insomniac - Nowhere Man at March 26, 2018 10:02 PM (NWiLs)

13 Insomniac, I'd buy you another lap dance in recognition of another outstanding WoS performance, but you didn't seem to really appreciate the last one.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 26, 2018 10:02 PM (DMUuz)

14 Wow, I was really trying to foist myself upon you!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at March 26, 2018 10:02 PM (nWc4E)

15 Evening Horde!

Posted by: tonypete at March 26, 2018 10:03 PM (9rIkM)

16 13 Insomniac, I'd buy you another lap dance in recognition of another outstanding WoS performance, but you didn't seem to really appreciate the last one.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 26, 2018 10:02 PM (DMUuz)

Well, if you hadn't taken me to a gay bar...

Posted by: Insomniac - Nowhere Man at March 26, 2018 10:04 PM (NWiLs)

17 The grey look so terribly grey, when they're grey...

Posted by: Eva Lovea at March 26, 2018 10:04 PM (e9G8E)

18 First day at new job. Already better than the last job.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - It's OK, I'm with the banned at March 26, 2018 10:04 PM (IcT7t)

19 So, I know Postmodern Jukebox has some fans around here. And I'm sure there are also some folks who think what do is kinda cool, but maybe aren't into jazz and would like other musical styles better for those quirky covers.

Well, you folks are in luck! PMJ has has indeed started branching out into other musical genres.

Here's their Beach Boys-style cover of Aqua's Barbie Girl...
https://youtu.be/4ReSV3CCRzg

And here's their awesome bluegrass rendition of Robin Thicke's Blurred Lines...
https://youtu.be/Nz-OMn1o22Y

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler, Keyboard Cossack at March 26, 2018 10:05 PM (wSC8T)

20 First day at new job. Already better than the last job.

Great news!

Posted by: Adriane the Vocational Critic ... at March 26, 2018 10:05 PM (AoK0a)

21 Wonderful ONT, MisHum - Thank you!!!

That last pic is perfect.

Baby Sister Update follows.

Posted by: ibguy at March 26, 2018 10:05 PM (vUcdz)

22 Sunday night ONT. casting pearls before Hogg's.

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at March 26, 2018 10:05 PM (cF8CQ)

23 Can you imagine "The Nun's Story" retold today by the SJW/s?

Posted by: PJ at March 26, 2018 10:05 PM (qlTN9)

24 Fast & Furious jihad style

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 26, 2018 10:05 PM (3Pma+)

25 Baby Sister Update

Today was an Avastin day, and as usual she did fine with it. On the other hand, Hubby tells me that she's developed a slight cough which they're closely monitoring to make sure it's not pneumonia or the like. She has an appointment later this week with her Primary Care doc to see about it.

As Roni noted yesterday, her physical situation has deteriorated somewhat, and she is now unable to walk by herself. Hubby isn't sure whether this is due to tumor progression or the fact that they'd begun tapering off her steroids. Hopefully they can sort this out soon.

For now, though, it's wait and see, and hoping and praying for the best.

[Horde: To my fellow Hordelings, thank you all in advance for your prayers and well-wishes for my sister and her family]

Posted by: ibguy at March 26, 2018 10:06 PM (vUcdz)

26 Have you ever danced with the ONT in the pale moonlight?

Posted by: The Joker at March 26, 2018 10:06 PM (0PjM1)

27 WOOT!! Cheesy monster movies on TCM!!

Them! is on now.

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 26, 2018 10:06 PM (pY+s4)

28 This article analyzes qualitative interviews conducted with twenty vegan and vegetarian men in a semi-urban area of the southeastern United States to better understand how they conceptualize and explain their food consumption identities in relation to their broader identity practices. I find their performances of masculinity often defy the conventional feminization of meatless diets, while also upholding gendered binaries of emotion/rationality and current tropes of white, middle-class masculinity.

I'll bet this person is a lot of fun at a party.

Posted by: nerdygirl at March 26, 2018 10:06 PM (+lVUW)

29 18 Blanco

Mazel tov!

Posted by: ibguy at March 26, 2018 10:07 PM (vUcdz)

30 Well, if you hadn't taken me to a gay bar...
Posted by: Insomniac - Nowhere Man at March 26, 2018 10:04 PM

So those weren't the chaps you were going on about?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 26, 2018 10:07 PM (DMUuz)

31

Paul Hanks set out that day for a three hour hike.
A three hour hike.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 26, 2018 10:08 PM (IqV8l)

32 Veganism turns you into a weak, emaciated pussy with a low sperm count. How that's masculine I simply don't know.

Posted by: Insomniac - Nowhere Man at March 26, 2018 10:08 PM (NWiLs)

33 Honestly, wanting to eat McDonalds 30 double cheeseburgers should be enough all by itself to be charged with suspicion of second-degree disorderly conduct, second-degree criminal trespass, second-degree criminal mischief and harassment if the truth be told.

Posted by: tonypete at March 26, 2018 10:08 PM (9rIkM)

34 So those weren't the chaps you were going on about?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 26, 2018 10:07 PM (DMUuz)

I'm gonna go with...no.

Posted by: Insomniac - Nowhere Man at March 26, 2018 10:09 PM (NWiLs)

35 I hope I can stand this job for a few more months. They fired our experienced guy, we've had one quit and another fired. They hired one guy but it takes about a month to get up to speed. We just don't have enough people. I'm going to give notice before I retire but that's not too far off. Just gotta list the house and see how quickly it sells.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 26, 2018 10:09 PM (Lqy/e)

36 27 WOOT!! Cheesy monster movies on TCM!!

Them! is on now.
Posted by: Puddleglum at March 26, 2018 10:06 PM (pY+s4)

Has Ben Mankowitz opined on how this relates to the Hollywood Blacklist yet?

Posted by: josephistan at March 26, 2018 10:10 PM (ANIFC)

37 Hmm... funny how the moon is in front of the clouds in that top photo...

Posted by: Average Guy at March 26, 2018 10:10 PM (LMcFk)

38 27 WOOT!! Cheesy monster movies on TCM!!

Them! is on now.
Posted by: Puddleglum at March 26, 2018 10:06 PM (pY+s4)

Do you people want giant, mutant radioactive ants? Because that's how you get giant, mutant radioactive ants!

Posted by: Insomniac - Nowhere Man at March 26, 2018 10:11 PM (NWiLs)

39 That photo was taken a couple of billion years ago, when the Moon was much closer to the Earth.

Posted by: rickl at March 26, 2018 10:11 PM (sdi6R)

40 >>>The Apple iPhone, supposedly can't be unlocked. A company called Grayshift says it can. And the US State Department is using their product. <<<

Don't call it a comeback!

Posted by: BlackBerry at March 26, 2018 10:11 PM (0PjM1)

41 39 That photo was taken a couple of billion years ago, when the Moon was much closer to the Earth.
Posted by: rickl at March 26, 2018 10:11 PM (sdi6R)

And dwelt in the ocean.

Posted by: Insomniac - Nowhere Man at March 26, 2018 10:12 PM (NWiLs)

42 Ah . . . "Der Kommisar" in the original Austrian just came up on my radio feed.

Posted by: filbert at March 26, 2018 10:12 PM (953wK)

43 And here's their awesome bluegrass rendition of Robin Thicke's Blurred Lines...
https://youtu.be/Nz-OMn1o22Y
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler, Keyboard Cossack at March 26, 2018 10:05 PM (wSC8T)

Robin Adele Anderson (the chick singing) is too skinny. She needs two cheeseburgers and about 7 lbs 8 oz of bouncing baby boy.

Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at March 26, 2018 10:13 PM (Tnhbr)

44 Love the ONT MH.. thanks much.. and that pic takes me back to my Hawaiian days. Mahalo

Posted by: NALNAMSAM - not as lean, not as mean, still a Marine at March 26, 2018 10:13 PM (+ldAm)

45 36 27 WOOT!! Cheesy monster movies on TCM!!

Them! is on now.
Posted by: Puddleglum at March 26, 2018 10:06 PM (pY+s4)

Has Ben Mankowitz opined on how this relates to the Hollywood Blacklist yet?
Posted by: josephistan

Not yet. He does his EVERYTHING relates to the Hollywood Blacklist shtick at the end of the movie.

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 26, 2018 10:14 PM (pY+s4)

46 I think I will learn from my cat and call it a night

may Trump continue to shove thorns into the establishment's members' jock straps.

Amen.

Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at March 26, 2018 10:14 PM (KxbBq)

47 Veganism turns you into a weak, emaciated pussy with a low sperm count. How that's masculine I simply don't know.
Posted by: Insomniac

Kill, fuck, marry game.

A Vegan, A cross fitter, a cyclefag.

Posted by: Monk at March 26, 2018 10:14 PM (ZghNV)

48 I can't believe how well I'm typoing.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 26, 2018 10:14 PM (yQpMk)

49 dammit

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 26, 2018 10:14 PM (yQpMk)

50 Thanks for the ONT.

My sister lives in Seattle. However, I think she is one of the ones who should be forced to live with the consequences of her actions.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 26, 2018 10:15 PM (pgZbm)

51 >>>The Apple iPhone, supposedly can't be unlocked. A company
called Grayshift says it can. And the US State Department is using their
product. <<<

And why the State Department?

Is there a new Samantha Powers doing a super spy routine?

Posted by: an indifferent penguin at March 26, 2018 10:15 PM (0PjM1)

52 Saw Zappa three or four times... true story.

Posted by: Paul Meyer at March 26, 2018 10:16 PM (sM+h7)

53 48 I can't believe how well I'm typoing.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 26, 2018 10:14 PM (yQpMk)

49 dammit
Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 26, 2018 10:14 PM (yQpMk)

The Vodka seems to have a good command of the language.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 26, 2018 10:16 PM (pgZbm)

54 Kill, fuck, marry game.

A Vegan, A cross fitter, a cyclefag.
Posted by: Monk at March 26, 2018 10:14 PM (ZghNV)

She can't fuck the cyclefag, because he's impotent thanks to the seat and the spandex.

She could probably fuck the vegan, as limp-dicked as he is. The crossfitter, despite the high potential for douchebaggery, is likely to enjoy red meat and keep himself in good shape. Plus, since he can afford to go to Crossfit, he probably has a job.

Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at March 26, 2018 10:16 PM (Tnhbr)

55 Colorado Alex, I could do that for her.

You gotta admit, though, that she's way sexier in those Daisy Dukes than Miley Cyrus was when twerking against Thicke's crotch.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler, Keyboard Cossack at March 26, 2018 10:16 PM (wSC8T)

56 My python boots are too tight.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 26, 2018 10:16 PM (yQpMk)

57 Posted by: ibguy at March 26, 2018 10:06 PM (vUcdz)

Continued prayers for Joyce

Posted by: CaliGirl at March 26, 2018 10:16 PM (2DYau)

58 A biker got so fed up waiting for the [town] council to fill a huge pothole

He's got pretty luxurious standards. We have bigger ones all over El Camino Real.

Posted by: t-bird at March 26, 2018 10:17 PM (7R/qA)

59 Ibguy,
Prayers for Joyce and your family, as always.

Tomorrow is the two year anniversary of my sister Lisa's admission to the emergency room for what turned out to be a large brain tumor. She is gradually getting stronger, gaining weight and feeling better now that she is some six months past the end of her chemo (she couldn't tolerate any more, even at a maintenance level). Horde, please continue your prayers for her to stay symptom free and on the road to a better quality of life. Thank you all for your support through this trying time. You friends in gray boxes mean more than you'll ever know!

Posted by: Just wondering at March 26, 2018 10:17 PM (WBYpW)

60 I could probably row this morning's boat out and touch that moon.

Posted by: t-bird at March 26, 2018 10:17 PM (7R/qA)

61 >>>48

I misspelt 'Thirſt!'...

Posted by: Abuela Danger at March 26, 2018 10:17 PM (e9G8E)

62 57 CG

Thank you, ma'am!

Posted by: ibguy at March 26, 2018 10:18 PM (vUcdz)

63 Colorado Alex, I could do that for her.

You gotta admit, though, that she's way sexier in those Daisy Dukes than Miley Cyrus was when twerking against Thicke's crotch.
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler, Keyboard Cossack at March 26, 2018 10:16 PM (wSC8T)

Heh, same here. I find myself picturing any pretty girl as pregnant and pushing a stroller. And yes, Ms. Anderson rocks Daisy Dukes.

Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at March 26, 2018 10:18 PM (Tnhbr)

64 56 My python boots are too tight.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 26, 2018 10:16 PM (yQpMk)

That's because you're supposed to kill the pythons first, dummy.

Posted by: Insomniac - Nowhere Man at March 26, 2018 10:18 PM (NWiLs)

65 All of my high school male teachers were WWII and/or Korean War veterans. They taught my brothers and me the value of service to our country

Ditto. Except that they taught us not to fuck with teachers.

Posted by: t-bird at March 26, 2018 10:18 PM (7R/qA)

66 RIP Col Beltrame.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 26, 2018 10:19 PM (0tfLf)

67 Pete Hegseth is what makes watching Fox Morning tolerable. Ainsley, Doocy, and Kilmeade are just stupid.

Posted by: Jen the original at March 26, 2018 10:19 PM (m0lmR)

68 The Seattle City Clowncil is excellent at spending other people's money.

It's just what they do. They understand nothing else, except irrational DJT hate.

They do that really well, too.

But the city has a lot of good seafood restaurants, so there is that.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at March 26, 2018 10:19 PM (UsCnO)

69 59 Just Wondering

Wonderful news!

And thank you!

Don't forget to reach out to Slap to make sure she's on the Horde Prayer List.

Posted by: ibguy at March 26, 2018 10:19 PM (vUcdz)

70 Oh, and since Alex brought up Robin Adele Anderson... she also has her own YooToob channel where she does cool covers. Here's her ragtime cover of YMCA...
https://youtu.be/efk7YnGDPZs

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler, Keyboard Cossack at March 26, 2018 10:20 PM (wSC8T)

71 48 I can't believe how well I'm typoing.
Posted by: Grump928(C)

49 dammit
Posted by: Grump928(C)

Hall of Fame, Classics, Candidate.

Posted by: t-bird at March 26, 2018 10:20 PM (7R/qA)

72 I saw Frank Zappa with Jimmy Carl Black on the boarkwalk in Asbury Park in August of '68

true story, boring, but true. I'm so f*ckin old...

Posted by: Purity of Essence at March 26, 2018 10:20 PM (Co9e8)

73 A 37-year-old man police say tried to destroy the golden arches at a McDonald's restaurant in Oregon after workers refused to make him 30 double cheeseburgers is facing charges.

++++

Once again, reporters demonstrate how completely useless they are. They didn't answer the first question I had when I saw the headline. Why in the world didn't McDonald's want to fill his order. No doubt they had a good reason, but it would sure be interesting to know the reason why.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 26, 2018 10:20 PM (pvjTE)

74 The text boxes were usually gray, but now are usually tan. What gives? Does it depend on what device and browser I am using, or is it something else?

Posted by: The Inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at March 26, 2018 10:20 PM (NPYdq)

75 67
Pete Hegseth is what makes watching Fox Morning tolerable. Ainsley, Doocy, and Kilmeade are just stupid.

Posted by: Jen the original at March 26, 2018 10:19 PM (m0lmR)

I like staring at Ainsley.

But then, I am a man, and I'm 40!*
*stolen from that OK State coach from a few years ago.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at March 26, 2018 10:21 PM (UsCnO)

76 >>>48 I can't believe how well I'm typoing.

Posted by: Grump928(C)

49 dammit

Posted by: Grump928(C)<<<

I got nothing to add.

Posted by: Alanis Morissette at March 26, 2018 10:21 PM (0PjM1)

77 Hmm... Middle East suddenly heating up. Just learned that on Sunday night Saudi Arabia was attacked by seven ballistic missiles fired from Yemen targeted at residential areas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szU3FSyWJsY

Posted by: Anonymous 7 at March 26, 2018 10:21 PM (Wv9jW)

78 Thank you Mis Hum for another entertaining and informative ONT. I look forward to it every night, although I may not read it until too late to comment. The photos you find are awesome!

Posted by: Just wondering at March 26, 2018 10:22 PM (WBYpW)

79 27 WOOT!! Cheesy monster movies on TCM!!

Them! is on now.
Posted by: Puddleglum at March 26, 2018 10:06 PM (pY+s4)

------------------

"What would open up a sugar filled boxcar like a can of sardines?" "A raging horde of type 2 diabetics or maybe large mutant ants."

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at March 26, 2018 10:22 PM (cF8CQ)

80 jeesh.

Posted by: booknlass at March 26, 2018 10:22 PM (xGMkv)

81 Jebediah Ezekiel Fulton should've hired me. I'm available for contract work.

robble robble!

Posted by: The Hamburglar at March 26, 2018 10:22 PM (EzdLW)

82 Beautiful opening picture MH. And evening all.

Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 26, 2018 10:23 PM (nBr1j)

83 Has Ben Mankowitz opined on how this relates to the Hollywood Blacklist yet?
Posted by: josephistan

Not yet. He does his EVERYTHING relates to the Hollywood Blacklist shtick at the end of the movie.
Posted by: Puddleglum

Social Justice Warriors, what can't they ruin?

Posted by: nerdygirl at March 26, 2018 10:23 PM (+lVUW)

84 Posted by: Just wondering at March 26, 2018 10:17 PM (WBYpW)

Prayers for Lisa as well.

Posted by: CaliGirl at March 26, 2018 10:24 PM (2DYau)

85 18 First day at new job. Already better than the last job.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - It's OK, I'm with the banned at March 26, 2018 10:04 PM (IcT7t)

That's a good sign. I've only had one job in my life where I didn't want to quit after the first day.

It's been 28 years now.

Posted by: rickl at March 26, 2018 10:24 PM (sdi6R)

86
[Horde: To my fellow Hordelings, thank you all in advance for your prayers and well-wishes for my sister and her family]

Posted by: ibguy at March 26, 2018 10:06 PM (vUcdz)

Check.
Your sister has been added to my list.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at March 26, 2018 10:24 PM (UsCnO)

87 Bottle's empty. I don't think I will opebn a new one since it's a work night.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 26, 2018 10:24 PM (yQpMk)

88 Why in the world didn't McDonald's want to fill his order. No doubt they had a good reason

Do you know how much a pound of beef costs? They don't keep that much (beef or cash) on hand!

Posted by: t-bird at March 26, 2018 10:25 PM (7R/qA)

89 Not wishing an earthquake on Christchurch but hopefully these man made climate change people don't have the Al Gore effect where nature likes to fuck with them.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 26, 2018 10:25 PM (2DOZq)

90 Well ... Sorry to hi-jack the thread. But this is kinda' important.

The Barrel and I ... we're... well, we're an item.

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 26, 2018 10:25 PM (fiGNd)

91 Once again, reporters demonstrate how completely
useless they are. They didn't answer the first question I had when I saw
the headline. Why in the world didn't McDonald's want to fill his
order. No doubt they had a good reason, but it would sure be interesting
to know the reason why.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 26, 2018 10:20 PM (pvjTE)

I remember back in the day calling up a Taco Bell and ordering 58 soft chicken tacos. They took the order.

Posted by: M3tal H3ad at March 26, 2018 10:25 PM (sXefu)

92 Not wishing an earthquake on Christchurch but hopefully these man made climate change people don't have the Al Gore effect where nature likes to fuck with them.

I'm wishing for a blizzard.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 26, 2018 10:26 PM (yQpMk)

93 Them and the original Thing From Another World have some great acting in them, and I don't mean the ants and the monster (hey--isn't Jim Arness in both of those?). I'm just crazy about the chicks in those SF movies. Like real women, if we still had those. And the noble old scientists, always their dad -- where the hell did those guys go?

Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 26, 2018 10:26 PM (H5rtT)

94 73 A 37-year-old man police say tried to destroy the golden arches at a McDonald's restaurant in Oregon after workers refused to make him 30 double cheeseburgers is facing charges.

++++

Once again, reporters demonstrate how completely useless they are. They didn't answer the first question I had when I saw the headline. Why in the world didn't McDonald's want to fill his order. No doubt they had a good reason, but it would sure be interesting to know the reason why.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous

30 double cheeseburgers? He must have been really REALLY high.

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 26, 2018 10:26 PM (pY+s4)

95 Too much content.

*taps out for 40 min*

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 26, 2018 10:27 PM (aPsQQ)

96 Thought ya all would like this.

Bataclan survivor Jesse Hughes calls March for Our Lives "pathetic"

https://tinyurl.com/y9fd4a9r

Posted by: prof disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at March 26, 2018 10:27 PM (02wWr)

97 I like the Bobby being eaten in The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms. It's so unexpected.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 26, 2018 10:27 PM (yQpMk)

98 Posted by: Alanis Morissette at March 26, 2018 10:21 PM (0PjM1)

Chicken shit

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 26, 2018 10:27 PM (3Pma+)

99 Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 26, 2018 10:26 PM (yQpMk)

That would be freaky because it may snow once every 2 or 3 years there.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 26, 2018 10:28 PM (2DOZq)

100 Sup horde

Posted by: thathalfrican - Stay Woke! - Leigon of Gloom founding memeber/too sweet at March 26, 2018 10:28 PM (IYHxL)

101 90
Well ... Sorry to hi-jack the thread. But this is kinda' important.

The Barrel and I ... we're... well, we're an item.

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 26, 2018 10:25 PM (fiGNd)

The first step is the hardest, ScoggDog. We have your back.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at March 26, 2018 10:28 PM (UsCnO)

102 Sup horde
Posted by: thathalfrican - Stay Woke! - Leigon of Gloom founding memeber/too sweet at March 26, 2018 10:28 PM (IYHxL)

Heya.

Posted by: hogmartin at March 26, 2018 10:29 PM (y87Qq)

103 90 Well ... Sorry to hi-jack the thread. But this is kinda' important.

The Barrel and I ... we're... well, we're an item.
Posted by: ScoggDog at March 26, 2018 10:25 PM (fiGNd)

------------------

You realize the barrel has seen and done things even Stormy Daniels wouldn't do, right?

Posted by: Blake at March 26, 2018 10:29 PM (WEBkv)

104 What is the movie with the Giant Tarantula that they kill with a T-Bucket full of nitro?

Man, I'm starting to sound like Plovewing.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 26, 2018 10:29 PM (yQpMk)

105 Posted by: Just wondering at March 26, 2018 10:22 PM (WBYpW)

You're welcome. Glad you enjoy

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 26, 2018 10:29 PM (3Pma+)

106 Has anyone explained to the geniuses that run Seattle that steep increases in taxes makes it even harder for people to afford to pay their living expenses, such as rent?

Posted by: nerdygirl at March 26, 2018 10:29 PM (+lVUW)

107 The Mickey D's didn't want to fill the order because that guy tried to pay with:

* a 1-liter bottle of ValuRite
or
* 30 used pudding cups
or
* a half-empty box of Kaboom cereal
or...?

Posted by: Helena Handbotsket at March 26, 2018 10:30 PM (0ReGO)

108 89 Not wishing an earthquake on Christchurch but hopefully these man made climate change people don't have the Al Gore effect where nature likes to fuck with them.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth

If Al Gore shows up, New Zealand will disappear under neath a mile of ice and snow.

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 26, 2018 10:30 PM (pY+s4)

109 Social Justice Warriors, what can't they ruin?

Well he has sure as hell ruined that whole channel.

Robert Osborne: I haven't missed a flamin' ghey so much since that one time at band camp. What a wonderfully thoughtful and well-informed talent he was.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 26, 2018 10:30 PM (H5rtT)

110 106 Has anyone explained to the geniuses that run Seattle that steep increases in taxes makes it even harder for people to afford to pay their living expenses, such as rent?
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 26, 2018 10:29 PM (+lVUW)

Forget it, they're rolling.

Posted by: Insomniac - Nowhere Man at March 26, 2018 10:30 PM (NWiLs)

111 You realize the barrel has seen and done things even Stormy Daniels wouldn't do, right?

Posted by: Blake at March 26, 2018 10:29 PM (WEBkv)

Can't help it, man. Have you seen those ... well, that curve ?

The heart wants what it wants.

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 26, 2018 10:30 PM (fiGNd)

112 Maybe he wanted to pay for the burgers with bitcoin.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 26, 2018 10:30 PM (2DOZq)

113 106
Has anyone explained to the geniuses that run Seattle that steep
increases in taxes makes it even harder for people to afford to pay
their living expenses, such as rent?

Posted by: nerdygirl at March 26, 2018 10:29 PM (+lVUW)

They have to be willing to listen first.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at March 26, 2018 10:30 PM (UsCnO)

114 >>>Why in the world didn't McDonald's want to fill his order. No doubt they had a good reason, but it would sure be interesting to know the reason why.

looks like a biker.
maybe for his gang.

Posted by: concrete girl at March 26, 2018 10:31 PM (fbfaJ)

115 Scogg, you looking for an intervention, or is it all good?
I'm no use; never been in The Barrel. So to speak.

Posted by: RI Red at March 26, 2018 10:31 PM (iRuyB)

116 I've had all my shots. Trust me. *wink*

Posted by: The Barrel at March 26, 2018 10:32 PM (EzdLW)

117 It's different Red. I mean ... it's hard to hold hands. Or anything really.

But its real.

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 26, 2018 10:32 PM (fiGNd)

118 When I first listened to Robyn adele Anderson's cover of YMCE, I thought, "Something's not right with that third verse; she's just repeating the second verse."

Thought about it a little, and I realized why. That third verse makes zero sense coming from a woman. Clearly, she realized this and nixed it. The third verse is all about how, "I was once where you are, young sir, and then a friendly stranger referred me to the YMCA, just like I'm doing for you now." Yeah, a woman would not be referred to the Young Men's Christian Association to get her life together. So, losing that third verse makes more sense when a woman is covering the tune.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler, Keyboard Cossack at March 26, 2018 10:32 PM (wSC8T)

119 I've had all my shots. Trust me. *wink*

Posted by: The Barrel at March 26, 2018 10:32 PM (EzdLW)

Amateur.

Posted by: Sandra F. at March 26, 2018 10:32 PM (sXefu)

120
Has anyone explained to the geniuses that run Seattle that steep
increases in taxes makes it even harder for people to afford to pay
their living expenses, such as rent?
Posted by: nerdygirl

That's a myth propagated by the Koch brothers!

Posted by: Seattle City Fathers at March 26, 2018 10:33 PM (IqV8l)

121 What ever came of the flaming car attack at Travis?

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 26, 2018 10:33 PM (yQpMk)

122 104 What is the movie with the Giant Tarantula that they kill with a T-Bucket full of nitro?

Man, I'm starting to sound like Plovewing.
Posted by: Grump928(C)

On Golden Pond

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 26, 2018 10:33 PM (pY+s4)

123 Once again, reporters demonstrate how completely useless they are. They didn't answer the first question I had when I saw the headline. Why in the world didn't McDonald's want to fill his order. No doubt they had a good reason, but it would sure be interesting to know the reason why.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous

I had the same question. I hardly ever go to McD's., but the double cheeseburger used to be one dollar. It's probably a loss leader. I worked in a diner in college. They don't make a lot of profit on meat. They make a lot of profit on beverages. Or he was drunk and disorderly and they wanted him out of of the store.

Posted by: nerdygirl at March 26, 2018 10:34 PM (+lVUW)

124 This really makes me mad and sad.-
Jo March from the classic novel, "Little Women" will now be a lesbian to celebrate it's 150th anniversary edition
Disney making Elsa in Frozen a lesbian... it never ends with the Left.
How is this acceptable? The Left are warping children's minds at a rapid speed & if parents don't speak up or take action it will be too late.
Kids are being brainwashed into becoming something or someone they were never meant to be.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 26, 2018 10:34 PM (PvFoN)

125 110 106 Has anyone explained to the geniuses that run Seattle that steep increases in taxes makes it even harder for people to afford to pay their living expenses, such as rent?
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 26, 2018 10:29 PM (+lVUW)

Forget it, they're rolling.
Posted by: Insomniac - Nowhere Man at March 26, 2018 10:30 PM (NWiLs)

--------------------

They'll just raise taxes in order to help people pay their rent.

I'll just point and laugh when they do, because the people of Seattle brought it on themselves.

Yeah, started off as a joke until I realized that's how those people, umm, feel. No way I can call it thinking because it sure ain't that.

Posted by: Blake at March 26, 2018 10:34 PM (WEBkv)

126 Amateur.

Posted by: Sandra F. at March 26, 2018 10:32 PM (sXefu)

See ? Everybody wants to take it "there". But its not like that.

Usually, we just sit around. Well, I kinda' float. But its cool.

Oh, quit it. Behave.

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 26, 2018 10:34 PM (fiGNd)

127 Out of Africa?

Posted by: Quint at March 26, 2018 10:35 PM (n13/j)

128 That's a good sign. I've only had one job in my life where I didn't want to quit after the first day.

It's been 28 years now.
Posted by: rickl at March 26, 2018 10:24 PM (sdi6R)

-------

***Fist bump******

Rickl, I'm done in 2 more years at my job of 29 years. Out then with a full pension with bennies.

Need to find something else to do, but looking forward to having choices.

Posted by: Calm Mentor at March 26, 2018 10:35 PM (p9gsJ)

129

Old Yeller is gay!

Posted by: Disney 2018 at March 26, 2018 10:35 PM (IqV8l)

130 Stink-Foot is bad. Stinkfist is worse.

https://youtu.be/U-IR9oNzdrA

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 26, 2018 10:36 PM (pvjTE)

131 Usually, we just sit around. Well, I kinda' float. But its cool.

Oh, quit it. Behave.

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 26, 2018 10:34 PM (fiGNd)

Yes, we all float down here.

Posted by: Sandra F. at March 26, 2018 10:36 PM (sXefu)

132 93 Them and the original Thing From Another World have some great acting in them, and I don't mean the ants and the monster (hey--isn't Jim Arness in both of those?). I'm just crazy about the chicks in those SF movies. Like real women, if we still had those. And the noble old scientists, always their dad -- where the hell did those guys go?
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 26, 2018 10:26 PM (H5rtT)

********

Emphysema

Sincerely
John Agar

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at March 26, 2018 10:36 PM (cF8CQ)

133 The best part of Them is the showdown in the bullfighting arena at the end, and the electric harpoon where the Mexican gunner gets electricuted because the sad sack private didn't turn the electricity off after the first miss.

"I get heem dis time .... arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr"

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 26, 2018 10:36 PM (yQpMk)

134 I'll soon be celebrating my 17th anniversary at my job. Best place I ever worked, and I'm really happy there!

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler, Keyboard Cossack at March 26, 2018 10:36 PM (wSC8T)

135 So, scogg, I guess what you're saying is that, on the scogg scale, The Barrel is a 1?

Posted by: RI Red at March 26, 2018 10:36 PM (iRuyB)

136 >>> 129

Old Yeller is gay!
Posted by: Disney 2018 at March 26, 2018 10:35 PM (IqV8l)

Old Yeller identifies as a cat, or sometimes a large ornate fire hydrant.

Posted by: Helena Handbotsket at March 26, 2018 10:36 PM (0ReGO)

137 From the Mad Mike Hughes story, there's this tidbit:

Video of the launch posted by AP freelancer Matt Hartman captured the moment the rocket took off, which seemed to take onlookers by surprise, including a nearby group of boys who appeared to be idly throwing rocks into a bigger pile of rocks.

Good to know boys will be boys still holds true out there.

Posted by: Hands at March 26, 2018 10:36 PM (EzdLW)

138 So, scogg, I guess what you're saying is that, on the scogg scale, The Barrel is a 1?

Posted by: RI Red at March 26, 2018 10:36 PM (iRuyB)

Man ... that's tough.

We're saving it. You know. For that "special day".

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 26, 2018 10:38 PM (fiGNd)

139 "A French waiter fired for being “aggressive, rude and disrespectful” says his behaviour wasn’t out of line – he’s just French.

Guillaume Rey, who worked at a Vancouver restaurant on Canada’s Pacific coast, filed a complaint with British Columbia’s Human Rights Tribunal against his former employer, claiming “discrimination against my culture”.

Bwahahaha hahahaha

In the incredibly stupid times we live in, he is actually getting a hearing instead of it being dismissed outright.

I can't even.

Posted by: prof disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at March 26, 2018 10:38 PM (02wWr)

140 Old Yeller identifies as a cat

Old Yeller was about to identify as a wolf, and got put down before that could happen.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 26, 2018 10:38 PM (6FqZa)

141 >>> 140 Old Yeller identifies as a cat

Old Yeller was about to identify as a wolf, and got put down before that could happen.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 26, 2018 10:38 PM (6FqZa)

...and now he votes Democrat in every election!

Posted by: Helena Handbotsket at March 26, 2018 10:39 PM (0ReGO)

142 So, Scogg, The Barrel is a one.

But is it the One?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 26, 2018 10:39 PM (DMUuz)

143 In the incredibly stupid times we live in, he is actually getting a hearing instead of it being dismissed outright.

Posted by: prof disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at March 26, 2018 10:38 PM (02wWr)

Screw it.

Tell the Gendarme to take that son-of-a-bitches serving tray NOW !!!

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 26, 2018 10:40 PM (fiGNd)

144 Geez, I'm getting a craving for a cheeseburger. And I'm too lazy to go out and get one.

Posted by: nerdygirl at March 26, 2018 10:40 PM (+lVUW)

145 People have asked me how to cite the Federal civil rights laws. Copy the following paragraph down and put it in your wallet or purse so that you have it with you should you encounter people discussing how to implement "gun control" anywhere online or in the real world.

It is not protected free speech to discuss oppressing anyone's
constitutional rights - it is a felony violation of 18 U.S. Code 241 to
do so. It is not necessary that there be any overt action to implement
that conspiracy - just having the discussion is punishable by 10 years in federal prison.

It is time to end the "national discussion" of gun control. Kick ass and take names.

Posted by: An Observation at March 26, 2018 10:40 PM (UR3h8)

146 Posted by: prof disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at March 26, 2018 10:38 PM (02wWr)

Wonder if Trudeau is pulling for him, "If I had a waiter he would be a lot like Guillaume"

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 26, 2018 10:40 PM (3Pma+)

147 I just realized that I only have three weeks left to do my taxes.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 26, 2018 10:40 PM (yQpMk)

148 A French waiter fired for being 'aggressive, rude and disrespectful' says his behaviour wasn't out of line - he's just French.

Awesome. So if I'm called up for being supercilious, arrogant, and slightly gay I'll tell them I'm just English.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 26, 2018 10:40 PM (6FqZa)

149 But is it the One?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 26, 2018 10:39 PM (DMUuz)

We're taking it slow. And viscous.

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 26, 2018 10:41 PM (fiGNd)

150 We're saving it. You know. For that "special day".
Posted by: ScoggDog at March 26, 2018 10:38 PM (fiGNd)

That's, *sniff*, beautiful. I'm going to bed now, having affirmed that the world is truly Moronic.

Posted by: RI Red at March 26, 2018 10:41 PM (iRuyB)

151 "Geez, I'm getting a craving for a cheeseburger. And I'm too lazy to go out and get one."
-Posted by: nerdygirl at March 26, 2018 10:40 PM (+lVUW)

Offer someone your pocket change to get one for you. That's what logprof used to do.

...at least I think it was logprof.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at March 26, 2018 10:42 PM (Ckg4U)

152 Posted by: prof disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at March 26, 2018 10:38 PM (02wWr)

Yeah, and I bet he wins.

Posted by: Quint at March 26, 2018 10:42 PM (n13/j)

153 109 Social Justice Warriors, what can't they ruin?

Well he has sure as hell ruined that whole channel.

Robert Osborne: I haven't missed a flamin' ghey so much since that one time at band camp. What a wonderfully thoughtful and well-informed talent he was.
Posted by: Stringer Davis

I watch the movies and mute the commentary. God gave us remotes with a mute button because He loves us.

Posted by: nerdygirl at March 26, 2018 10:42 PM (+lVUW)

154 146 Posted by: prof disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at March 26, 2018 10:38 PM (02wWr)

Wonder if Trudeau is pulling for him, "If I had a waiter he would be a lot like Guillaume"
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 26, 2018 10:40 PM (3Pma+)

------------

I loved him on that show Benson

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at March 26, 2018 10:43 PM (cF8CQ)

155 Has anyone explained to the geniuses that run Seattle that steep increases in taxes makes it even harder for people to afford to pay their living expenses, such as rent?
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 26, 2018 10:29 PM (+lVUW)

Forget it, they're rolling.
Posted by: Insomniac - Nowhere Man at March 26, 2018 10:30 PM (NWiLs)

And of course, more people will flock there when they hear about the free hand outs. So then taxes will need to increase again. I wonder how many are illegal to boot.

Boggles.the.mind.

Posted by: prof disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at March 26, 2018 10:43 PM (02wWr)

156 Them! is so fake. All the LEO's and Government officials are competent.

The acting is pretty good for a cheesy monster movie from 1954.

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 26, 2018 10:44 PM (pY+s4)

157
A French waiter fired for being 'aggressive, rude and disrespectful' says his behaviour wasn't out of line - he's just French.

Isn't that sort of the same argument used for not punishing certain behaviors of certain groups in public schools?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 26, 2018 10:44 PM (IqV8l)

158 Nite all, have to work tomorrow.
Be well.

Posted by: Farmer at March 26, 2018 10:45 PM (yJ1e6)

159 And of course, more people will flock there when they hear about the free hand outs. So then taxes will need to increase again. I wonder how many are illegal to boot.

Boggles.the.mind.
Posted by: prof disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at March 26, 2018 10:43 PM (02wWr)

----------------

Then I think we should encourage them to raise taxes, all in the name of "fairness."

Posted by: Blake at March 26, 2018 10:45 PM (WEBkv)

160 Isn't that sort of the same argument used for not punishing certain behaviors of certain groups in public schools? - Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 26, 2018 10:44 PM (IqV8l)

It is, and that's why this Frog floated that particular thought-balloon.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 26, 2018 10:45 PM (6FqZa)

161 "Mad" Mike Hughes finally becomes 'Rocket Man'.

From a steam-powered rocket to a steam-powered aereoplane:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN0iOkMNZqQ

Posted by: rickl at March 26, 2018 10:45 PM (sdi6R)

162 Once again, reporters demonstrate how completely
useless they are. They didn't answer the first question I had when I saw
the headline. Why in the world didn't McDonald's want to fill his
order. No doubt they had a good reason, but it would sure be interesting
to know the reason why.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 26, 2018 10:20 PM (pvjTE)

My guess is since it is Sutherland, he was tweeking.

However, as to the quality of the reportage, I think the true answer is that the original story is from the Roseburg News-Review and the reporter is described as:

Saphara Harrell

Crime Reporter

Bio:
Saphara
Harrell is the crime and public safety reporter for The News-Review.
She previously worked at The World in Coos Bay. Follow her on Twitter
@daisysaphara.

She has clearly worked her way up

Posted by: Kindltot at March 26, 2018 10:46 PM (2K6fY)

163 155 Has anyone explained to the geniuses that run Seattle that steep increases in taxes makes it even harder for people to afford to pay their living expenses, such as rent?
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 26, 2018 10:29 PM (+lVUW)

I thought Trump shut down Russian Consulate in Seattle?

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at March 26, 2018 10:46 PM (cF8CQ)

164 G'Night, Farmer.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at March 26, 2018 10:46 PM (Ckg4U)

165 We're taking it slow. And viscous.
Posted by: ScoggDog at March 26, 2018 10:41 PM

Well, congratulations! I hope you have many long rolls in the moonlight.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 26, 2018 10:46 PM (DMUuz)

166 … “Tax burdens should not be increased slightly,” , a member of Seattle’s Progressive Revenue Task Force on Housing and Homelessness told a council finance committee Wednesday.

“We have to go big or go home,” she said. We must make a discernible impact on the situation and the number of people living in public and experiencing homelessness. Proposals that fumble around and don’t achieve that mark should not be supported.” Lisa Daugaard

Uh, Lisa, you realize you're making an assumption that is not warranted, right?

Now be a big girl, and redeem yourself in my eyes, by telling me what that assumption is.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 26, 2018 10:48 PM (YqDXo)

167

Wonder if Trudeau is pulling for him, "If I had a waiter he would be a lot like Guillaume"
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 26, 2018 10:40 PM (3Pma+)

Okay what did Prime Minister Dumbass Bollywood do now?

Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 26, 2018 10:48 PM (nBr1j)

168 That's a good sign. I've only had one job in my life where I didn't want to quit after the first day.

It's been 28 years now.

I've got the cube by the window. Which I may hate come June.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - It's OK, I'm with the banned at March 26, 2018 10:48 PM (IcT7t)

169 Bio:
Saphara
Harrell is the crime and public safety reporter for The News-Review.
She previously worked at The World in Coos Bay. Follow her on Twitter
@daisysaphara.

She has clearly worked her way up

Posted by: Kindltot at March 26, 2018 10:46 PM (2K6fY)

++++

I'm glad I don't have to tell people that I'm from Coos Bay.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 26, 2018 10:49 PM (pvjTE)

170 … “Tax burdens should not be increased slightly,” , a member of Seattle’s Progressive Revenue Task Force on Housing and Homelessness told a council finance committee Wednesday.

“We have to go big or go home,” she said. We must make a discernible impact on the situation and the number of people living in public and experiencing homelessness. Proposals that fumble around and don’t achieve that mark should not be supported.” Lisa Daugaard

So ... we take tax tampons and birth control pills at $20 apiece. It's for the homeless!

Happy now?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 26, 2018 10:49 PM (YqDXo)

171 Awesome. So if I'm called up for being supercilious, arrogant, and slightly gay I'll tell them I'm just English.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 26, 2018 10:40 PM

Sure, if you also smell of elderberries.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 26, 2018 10:50 PM (DMUuz)

172 Was the French guy working at Mcdonalds? That would solve the mystery.

Posted by: Quint at March 26, 2018 10:50 PM (n13/j)

173 Posted by: Kindltot at March 26, 2018 10:46 PM (2K6fY)

Who
What
Where
When
Why
How

High school journalism class taught me that much

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 26, 2018 10:50 PM (3Pma+)

174
*peruses Wall of Shame*
*sits back smugly*

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 26, 2018 10:51 PM (9tO1t)

175 Evening horde.

Well, it finally happened. We have been banned from the family seder this year.

Mrs. Franpsycho finally admitted she got mouthy with her uber rich liberal cousins about immgration, while I wasn't watching last year.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2018 10:51 PM (EZebt)

176 Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 26, 2018 10:49 PM

Good job with the close tag. We wouldn't want to be interrupting Scogg right now.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 26, 2018 10:52 PM (DMUuz)

177 Here's another great non-jazz tune from PMJ... a cover of NSYNC's Bye Bye Bye, in a surf-rock style inspired by the theme song of Pulp Fiction...

https://youtu.be/qnHVMcPyMXc

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler, Keyboard Cossack at March 26, 2018 10:52 PM (wSC8T)

178 A French waiter fired for being 'aggressive, rude and disrespectful' says his behaviour wasn't out of line - he's just French.

My parents visited me when I was in college, and we went to a chi-chi restaurant in La Jolla. The waiter was a snotty prick with a faux French accent who smarted off to us.

I told him to go fuck himself, and led the assembled family out to another place.

We're not paying top dollar to put up with shit from some smelly sock faux-Frog shirtlifter.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 26, 2018 10:52 PM (YqDXo)

179 My disappearance from the Wall of Shame must mean I'm getting a life again.

Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 26, 2018 10:52 PM (nBr1j)

180 Guten abend.

Posted by: Robert at March 26, 2018 10:53 PM (ayUOl)

181 An Observation at 145 - thanks for posting that. Great point.

Ibguy, CaliGirl, Mis Hum and all - thanks! Lisa reaching the two year mark is a cause for celebration, and I need to remember to be grateful and dwell on the good, not worry about the future.

Posted by: Just wondering at March 26, 2018 10:54 PM (WBYpW)

182 Gorgeous photo!

And prayers for all.
I

Posted by: Iris at March 26, 2018 10:54 PM (kdgv3)

183 Well, it finally happened. We have been banned from the family seder this year.

On the plus side, now God will hear your prayers.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 26, 2018 10:54 PM (yQpMk)

184 Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2018 10:51 PM (EZebt)

My kind of 'ette

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 26, 2018 10:54 PM (3Pma+)

185 A French waiter fired for being 'aggressive, rude and disrespectful' says his behaviour wasn't out of line - he's just French.

Sounds like an admission that French "culture" just means being an asshole.

Posted by: Insomniac - Nowhere Man at March 26, 2018 10:54 PM (HN3VU)

186 Something called a Sussex Spaniel, that looks like a chopped down, short legged version of an irish setter with twice as much long hair, and runs like a twirling mop, just won the Sporting Group.

Posted by: Escaped Oaf at March 26, 2018 10:55 PM (UUIvJ)

187 Good job with the close tag. We wouldn't want to be interrupting Scogg right now.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 26, 2018 10:52 PM (DMUuz)

Yep. Close tags will set you free.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 26, 2018 10:55 PM (YqDXo)

188 I'll soon be celebrating my 17th anniversary at my job.

3rd coming up. Only a year as a full employee, but after the Obama Years? Hell, yes, I'm celebrating.

Posted by: t-bird at March 26, 2018 10:56 PM (fR+If)

189 Nice show from Detroit...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TRoGUTBJlHs

Posted by: CCosmic Charlie at March 26, 2018 10:56 PM (PUmDY)

190 wait .. was that too catty? In my defense, I'll buzzed.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 26, 2018 10:56 PM (yQpMk)

191 Do we really need a graphic novel retelling of Little Women with Jo as a lesbian? No, no we do not.

This crap needs to stop. They already ruined Anne of Green Gables with the awful "Anne with an E" series that turned Anne Shirley into a lesbian. Why do progressives find it necessary to ruin everything?

Posted by: biancaneve at March 26, 2018 10:56 PM (A/iod)

192 185 A French waiter fired for being 'aggressive, rude and disrespectful' says his behaviour wasn't out of line - he's just French.

Sounds like an admission that French "culture" just means being an asshole.
Posted by: Insomniac - Nowhere Man at March 26, 2018 10:54 PM (HN3VU)

The French try their best to engender sympathy for the Germans, but it's a dead heat as to who comprises the larger group of assholes.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 26, 2018 10:57 PM (YqDXo)

193 err, I'm buzzed.

I think I will go out and come back in again.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 26, 2018 10:57 PM (yQpMk)

194 So I was reading that Nickelodeon and Viacom fired a producer by the name of Dan Schneider and also reading a bunch of other things about the guy and hooooooolyyyyyyy shit but this dude is father of all sick fucks.

If we go to war with the NorKs, is it possibly to egg them on to making a nuclear first strike on Hollyweird?

Cuz, yeah...that fuckig town needs to be burned to the ground.

Posted by: Robert at March 26, 2018 10:57 PM (ayUOl)

195 Awesome. So if I'm called up for being supercilious, arrogant, and slightly gay I'll tell them I'm just English.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo
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Go with Barcelona.

Posted by: Manuel at March 26, 2018 10:57 PM (c/EDo)

196 Mrs. Franpsycho finally admitted she got mouthy with her uber rich liberal cousins about immgration, while I wasn't watching last year.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2018 10:51 PM (EZebt)

You have to watch those wives every dang minute!

Posted by: prof disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at March 26, 2018 10:58 PM (02wWr)

197 195 Awesome. So if I'm called up for being supercilious, arrogant, and slightly gay I'll tell them I'm just English.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo
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Go with Barcelona.
Posted by: Manuel at March 26, 2018 10:57 PM (c/EDo)

Cathtilian

Posted by: Insomniac - Nowhere Man at March 26, 2018 10:58 PM (HN3VU)

198 Awesome. So if I'm called up for being supercilious, arrogant, and slightly gay I'll tell them I'm just English.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo
-------------

Go with Barcelona.
Posted by: Manuel

But then you have to say 'Barthelona'.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 26, 2018 10:59 PM (aPsQQ)

199 Whoa, whoa, easy on the cyclefag stuff. Can't speak for the entire cycling community but this "cyclefag" will rip your wing mirror off and steal your girlfriend because I can.

Posted by: JROD High Testosterone Conservative at March 26, 2018 10:59 PM (2NtJa)

200 A French waiter fired for being 'aggressive, rude and disrespectful' says his behaviour wasn't out of line - he's just French.

Isn't that sort of the same argument used for not punishing certain behaviors of certain groups in public schools?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 26, 2018 10:44 PM (IqV8l)

They didn't say anything about the French waiter being of low intelligence.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 26, 2018 10:59 PM (YqDXo)

201 heh. Watching, kinda, The Terror. Odd that just a couple of weeks ago we talked a little here of the Franklin Expedition.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 26, 2018 10:59 PM (w1zJX)

202 I'm glad I don't have to tell people that I'm from Coos Bay.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 26, 2018 10:49 PM (pvjTE)

Ahem:
from WIKI:

"Coos Bay is a city located in Coos County, Oregon, United States, where the Coos River enters Coos Bay on the Pacific Ocean. The city borders the city of North Bend, and together they are often referred to as one entity called either Coos Bay-North Bend or the Bay Area."

It used to be called Marshfield.

(go ahead, tell me I am making this up. Then prove it)

Posted by: Kindltot at March 26, 2018 10:59 PM (2K6fY)

203 "This crap needs to stop. They already ruined Anne of Green Gables with the awful "Anne with an E" series that turned Anne Shirley into a lesbian. Why do progressives find it necessary to ruin everything?"
-Posted by: biancaneve at March 26, 2018 10:56 PM (A/iod)

As Andrew Breitbart said, "Politics is downstream of culture."

They change the culture and the language and make us submit to what is obviously untrue.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at March 26, 2018 10:59 PM (Ckg4U)

204 Yeah, I'm kinda proud of her.

I always thought she was just mouthy to me.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2018 10:59 PM (EZebt)

205 Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2018 10:51 PM (EZebt)

You should hire some illegals to crash it.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 26, 2018 10:59 PM (2DOZq)

206 well, nearly making the top spot in the top ten is embarrassing. would like to point out that it is somewhat unfair to be competing with someone who rarely if ever sleeps. maybe he should have an asterisk by his name.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 26, 2018 11:00 PM (MTjB1)

207 Why do progressives find it necessary to ruin everything?
Posted by: biancaneve at March 26, 2018 10:56 PM (A/iod)

Why did that one guy peel of women's faces and wear them like a hat?

It's just what they do. Man. It's just what they do.

Posted by: Robert at March 26, 2018 11:00 PM (ayUOl)

208 199 Whoa, whoa, easy on the cyclefag stuff. Can't speak for the entire cycling community but this "cyclefag" will rip your wing mirror off and steal your girlfriend because I can.
Posted by: JROD High Testosterone Conservative at March 26, 2018 10:59 PM (2NtJa)

And we'll unexpectedly open car doors at inopportune moments, because we can. Consider it our contribution to the cyclic space program.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 26, 2018 11:00 PM (YqDXo)

209 You should hire some illegals to crash it.

Do they have an Open Borders policy?

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 26, 2018 11:00 PM (yQpMk)

210 "We have to go big or go home," she said. We must make a discernible impact on the situation and the number of people living in public and experiencing homelessness.

Cisco just announced a $50 million donation to help the homeless down here. It will, however, go to 'supportive' homes and homeless organizations. In other words, it finances the people making a living off the homeless.

Posted by: t-bird at March 26, 2018 11:01 PM (7R/qA)

211 This crap needs to stop. They already ruined Anne of Green Gables with the awful "Anne with an E" series that turned Anne Shirley into a lesbian. Why do progressives find it necessary to ruin everything?
Posted by: biancaneve at March 26, 2018 10:56 PM (A/iod)

They did WHAT?!

That's just wrong. I hadn't heard about that.

Posted by: prof disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at March 26, 2018 11:01 PM (02wWr)

212 Why did that one guy peel of women's faces and wear them like a hat?

Yeah ... wait. Is this a real thing? Should I google Women+face+hat ?

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 26, 2018 11:02 PM (yQpMk)

213 Well, it finally happened. We have been banned from the family seder this year.

Wasn't planning on visiting those fools anyway. Save a spot?

Posted by: elijah at March 26, 2018 11:02 PM (6FqZa)

214 A French waiter in Vancouver?
_________________
Well right there's your problem.

Award him one train ticket to Quebec and call it even.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 26, 2018 11:02 PM (H5rtT)

215 Yeah ... wait. Is this a real thing? Should I google Women+face+hat ?
Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 26, 2018 11:02 PM (yQpMk)

Well, it was one of them crazy ass serial killers from back in the day. I can't think of the names.

Posted by: Robert at March 26, 2018 11:03 PM (ayUOl)

216 "Coos Bay is a city located in Coos County, Oregon, United States, where the Coos River enters Coos Bay on the Pacific Ocean. The city borders the city of North Bend, and together they are often referred to as one entity called either Coos Bay-North Bend or the Bay Area."

Once, driving up to Vancouver while in grad school with several buddies, I stopped at Coos Bay, and ... left a memento that ... well, there's no politic way of saying it ... would not flush down.

But now I'm retrospectively pleased.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 26, 2018 11:03 PM (YqDXo)

217 "Little Wymynz"

Tell you what, the re-write of Black Beauty will be some strong stuff.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 26, 2018 11:04 PM (H5rtT)

218 199 Whoa, whoa, easy on the cyclefag stuff. Can't speak for the entire cycling community but this "cyclefag" will rip your wing mirror off and steal your girlfriend because I can.

Posted by: JROD High Testosterone Conservative at March 26, 2018 10:59 PM (2NtJa)

++++

Lol. Nothing that says all man like ripping the wing mirror off a car.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 26, 2018 11:04 PM (pvjTE)

219 "cyclic" --> "cyclist"

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 26, 2018 11:04 PM (YqDXo)

220 That little excerpt from the article on the IPCC conference in NZ is an outstanding illustration of the make-believe world the press has created for the masses (including the "elite" masses).

Fisking it, listing its false assertions and false premises (both explicit and implicit), would take some time. "brightest minds" "ever-pressing issue"

The sort of thing for which the expression "what a stupid time to be alive" was developed.

Posted by: Very Unstable Semi-Genius, AKA rhomboid at March 26, 2018 11:04 PM (QDnY+)

221 SCIENCE! ONT Compliance Pics

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/978328412292083712

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/978328518768693248

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/978328621231243264

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/978328753272213504

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/978328882662211584

Posted by: kbdabear at March 26, 2018 11:05 PM (eh0Va)

222 That's no moon.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 26, 2018 11:06 PM (5eT3f)

223 Hey, Rhomb. May I drunkly say that I am very glad you joined up with this band of reprobates. I lub you man.

no homo.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 26, 2018 11:06 PM (yQpMk)

224 well, red states and cities should be educating their homeless about the opportunities available in san fran and seattle and buying them bus tickets to those cities so they can avail themselves of these opportunities.

suppose they should educate them that these cities are the ones that will lead the way in building solyent green plants.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 26, 2018 11:06 PM (MTjB1)

225 "wing mirror"

O God. He's English.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 26, 2018 11:06 PM (H5rtT)

226 @208 Deplorable Jay Guevara-Only a F'ing retard that needs to be culled from the herd rides that close to cars that a door suddenly opening takes them out. Sorry bro, won't work on me. It's embarrassing to most road rage billy badasses to have their asses stomped by a fag in spandex.

Posted by: JROD High Testosterone Conservative at March 26, 2018 11:07 PM (2NtJa)

227 202 I'm glad I don't have to tell people that I'm from Coos Bay.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 26, 2018 10:49 PM (pvjTE)

Ahem:
from WIKI:

"Coos Bay is a city located in Coos County, Oregon, United States, where the Coos River enters Coos Bay on the Pacific Ocean. The city borders the city of North Bend, and together they are often referred to as one entity called either Coos Bay-North Bend or the Bay Area."

It used to be called Marshfield.

(go ahead, tell me I am making this up. Then prove it)
Posted by: Kindltot

Bandon Dunes Golf Resort is near there. I'd love to visit someday. The coastline there looks lovely and the golf resort is one of the best in the world. Airline travel will have to dramatically improve before that happens. Airline travel is probably the safest its ever been. Sadly the Airline service is cratering.

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 26, 2018 11:07 PM (pY+s4)

228 More SCIENCE! ONT Compliance Pics

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/978329036794531841

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/978329156080619521

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/978329265405079553

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/978329370937962496

Posted by: kbdabear at March 26, 2018 11:07 PM (eh0Va)

229 219 "cyclic" --> "cyclist"
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 26, 2018 11:04 PM (YqDXo)

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I saw "Cyrillic" and thought, one more commenter falls to the Russian bots.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 26, 2018 11:08 PM (5eT3f)

230 A reminder that the AoSHQ prayer list is posted on Wednesday by OregonMuse on the Gorilla Pundit thread.

Please send your prayer requests to home made gravy 71, (all one word) at the Hooya dot com.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at March 26, 2018 11:09 PM (Ckg4U)

231 223 Hey, Rhomb. May I drunkly say that I am very glad you joined up with this band of reprobates. I lub you man.

no homo.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 26, 2018 11:06 PM (yQpMk)

--------

Get a room.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 26, 2018 11:09 PM (5eT3f)

232 I've been seeing trailers for "Chappaquiddick" on tv tonight, they use the Donovan song "Atlantis"

I guess Teddy left the car to look for his shine box

Two bad he wasn't kicked to death to that song.

Posted by: kbdabear at March 26, 2018 11:09 PM (eh0Va)

233 Slap him JROD! Slap him so hard!

Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 26, 2018 11:09 PM (H5rtT)

234 This article analyzes qualitative interviews conducted with twenty vegan and vegetarian men in a semi-urban area of the southeastern United States to better understand how they conceptualize and explain their food consumption identities in relation to their broader identity practices. I find their performances of masculinity often defy the conventional feminization of meatless diets, while also upholding gendered binaries of emotion/rationality and current tropes of white, middle-class masculinity.

Typical meaningless sociology blather. Sociologists are such utterly useless burdens on society. And they're embarrassments to civilization, too.

I find their performances of masculinity often defy the conventional feminization of meatless diets

They still piss standing up?

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at March 26, 2018 11:10 PM (8gDQu)

235 Col. Arnaud Beltrane > "French Waiter Guy in Canada"

Posted by: Quint at March 26, 2018 11:10 PM (n13/j)

236 Hmm, one of kbdabear's Scientists has a riding crop. I wonder what branch of natural philosophy her doctorate is in.

Posted by: spectacles at March 26, 2018 11:10 PM (ERSkr)

237 Whoa, whoa, easy on the cyclefag stuff. Can't speak for the entire cycling community but this "cyclefag" will rip your wing mirror off and steal your girlfriend because I can.

Posted by: JROD High Testosterone Conservative at March

mighty big words for a guy with such a purty mouth and tassels on his bike.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 26, 2018 11:11 PM (MTjB1)

238 Hmm, one of kbdabear's Scientists has a riding crop. I wonder what branch of natural philosophy her doctorate is in.

Posted by: spectacles at March 26, 2018 11:10 PM (ERSkr)

Animal husbandry, obviously.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at March 26, 2018 11:11 PM (8gDQu)

239 Next on the Monster Fest on TCM.

The Magnetic Monster.

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 26, 2018 11:12 PM (pY+s4)

240 mighty big words for a guy with such a purty mouth and tassels on his bike.
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 26, 2018 11:11 PM (MTjB1)

-------

I'll bet his bike has a pretty basket.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 26, 2018 11:12 PM (5eT3f)

241 Whoa, whoa, easy on the cyclefag stuff. Can't speak for the entire cycling community but this "cyclefag" will rip your wing mirror off and steal your girlfriend because I can.

Posted by: JROD High Testosterone Conservative at March

Keep talking like that and I'm going to put the seat back on your bike. Where's your fun, then?!

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at March 26, 2018 11:13 PM (8gDQu)

242 Robert,
I see you are here. I was wondering how you are doing, as you reported losing your job the same day I lost mine. Hope you landed in a good place. I'm doing OK, and am determined to avoid putting myself in a position where I am subject to the whims of management again. So yeah, probably self employment, maybe sales or contract work.

Posted by: Just wondering at March 26, 2018 11:13 PM (WBYpW)

243 "I'll bet his bike has a pretty basket."
-Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 26, 2018 11:12 PM (5eT3f)

We use that for carrying our tampons, jerk.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at March 26, 2018 11:13 PM (Ckg4U)

244 226 @208 Deplorable Jay Guevara-Only a F'ing retard that needs to be culled from the herd rides that close to cars that a door suddenly opening takes them out. Sorry bro, won't work on me. It's embarrassing to most road rage billy badasses to have their asses stomped by a fag in spandex.
Posted by: JROD High Testosterone Conservative at March 26, 2018 11:07 PM (2NtJa)

Fair enough. Unsignaled unexpected right turns it is, then.

As a former cyclist,* let's compromise: any cyclist who rides two abreast on a narrow street deserves to have a car door opened on him.

*Who once had a car door opened on him on the passenger side by a stupid bitch in a car stuck in traffic. Who could have anticipated that? I rode up the back of a parked car, and ended up on its roof. And, unlike the typical contemporary cyclist, I wasn't being an asshole.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 26, 2018 11:14 PM (YqDXo)

245 We use that for carrying our tampons, jerk.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at March 26, 2018 11:13 PM (Ckg4U)

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J.Crew makes one but they call it a "messenger bag" because it sounds so butch.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 26, 2018 11:15 PM (5eT3f)

246
Why would a restaurant not want to sell as many hamburgers as they could?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 26, 2018 11:15 PM (r+sAi)

247 mighty big words for a guy with such a purty mouth and tassels on his bike.
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 26, 2018 11:11 PM (MTjB1)

And playing cards in the spokes.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 26, 2018 11:15 PM (YqDXo)

248 239 Next on the Monster Fest on TCM.

The Magnetic Monster.
Posted by: Puddleglum at March 26, 2018 11:12 PM (pY+s4)

And Reelz has Rhe Outlaw Josey Wales

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 26, 2018 11:16 PM (3Pma+)

249 "J.Crew makes one but they call it a "messenger bag" because it sounds so butch."
-Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 26, 2018 11:15 PM (5eT3f)

I have three. I use those for my "accessories".

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at March 26, 2018 11:16 PM (Ckg4U)

250 Animal husbandry, obviously.

It was inevitable that we'd be getting around to the Welsh in this thread.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 26, 2018 11:17 PM (6FqZa)

251 Grump I am humbled by your sentiment. Though the humility is tempered by knowing you are s**t-faced ......

And the lub is mutual. Except for how you torture me by bringing all kinds of great gunzzz dealz to my attention, when I cannot pursue them.

Posted by: Very Unstable Semi-Genius, AKA rhomboid at March 26, 2018 11:17 PM (v9gSJ)

252 Why would a restaurant not want to sell as many hamburgers as they could?

Sometimes they object to the payment terms suggested.

Posted by: J. Wellington Wimpy at March 26, 2018 11:17 PM (ERSkr)

253 from an email

NOT ALL THIEVES ARE STUPID!

1. LONG - TERM PARKING

Some people left their car in the long-term parking at San Jose while away, and someone broke into the car. Using the information on the car's registration in the glove compartment, they drove the car to the people's home in Pebble Beach and robbed it. So I guess if we are going to leave the car in long-term parking, we should NOT leave the registration/insurance cards in it, nor your remote garage door opener. This gives us something to think about with all our new electronic technology.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 26, 2018 11:17 PM (yQpMk)

254 I saw "Cyrillic" and thought, one more commenter falls to the Russian bots.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 26, 2018 11:08 PM (5eT3f)

Я говорю по-русски.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 26, 2018 11:18 PM (YqDXo)

255 186 Something called a Sussex Spaniel, that looks like a chopped down, short legged version of an irish setter with twice as much long hair, and runs like a twirling mop, just won the Sporting Group.
Posted by: Escaped Oaf

I once asked someone at a dog show how they got their dogs to be all fluffed up and have so much coat.
She said that she used cream rinse and did a lot of blow drying. I'll bet most sussex spaniels don't look like that.

Posted by: nerdygirl at March 26, 2018 11:18 PM (+lVUW)

256 do people even us GPSes anymore?

2. GPS:

Someone had their car broken into while they were at a football game. Their car was parked on the green which was adjacent to the football stadium and specially allotted to football fans. Things stolen from the car included a garage door remote control, some money and a GPS which had been prominently mounted on the dashboard. When the victims got home, they found that their house had been ransacked and just about everything worth anything had been stolen. The thieves had used the GPS to guide them to the house. They then used the garage remote control to open the garage door and gain entry to the house. The thieves knew the owners were at the football game, they knew what time the game was scheduled to finish and so they
knew how much time they had to clean out the house. It would appear that they had brought a truck to empty the house of its contents. Something to consider if you have a GPS - don't put your home address in it. Put a nearby address (like a store or gas station) so you can still find your way home if you need to, but no one else would know where you live if your GPS were stolen.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 26, 2018 11:18 PM (yQpMk)

257 77 Anonymous 7 -- Saudi Arabia has become a very interesting place recently since King Salmon booted his nephew, son of the late Prince Naif, out of the line of succession and promoted his own son, Prince Muhamid bin Salmon, to the position of Crown Prince. MbS has made one glaring mistake, getting mixed up with and promoting the civil war in Yemen, but he's doing a lot of stuff I would have sworn would never happen in Saudi Arabia or the Middle East. He is urging Muslims to quit harassing both Christians and Jews. Just a couple days ago, El Al got permission to fly over rather than around Saudi Arabia. He is curbing the religious police and the Wahhabi clerics. He has declared that women will be allowed to drive come summer. He is encouraging movie theaters to open in SA, and women now are allowed to attend soccer matches.

From what I have read, MbS understands that Saudi oil no longer rules the world and that the ibn Sauds are rapidly running out of the money they formerly employed to pay off the population and keep them firmly under control. He is part of the younger generation that far outnumbers his uncles and father's generation and which is bored out of their skulls with current Saudi culture and is desperately unemployed.

It will be interesting to see if MbS can maintain both his stamina and his position as Crown Prince. I'm not sure if he's all that he seems to be, but if he can drag Saudi Arabia out of the Middle Ages, more power to him.

Posted by: Deplorable Lady with Only Two Deplorable Cats at March 26, 2018 11:19 PM (V67nb)

258 246 Why would a restaurant not want to sell as many hamburgers as they could?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 26, 2018 11:15 PM (r+sAi)

Never underestimate laziness as motivation. I remember walking into a small family carry out restaurant ten or so minutes before closing, and as we were walking in, the entire kitchen staff ran out the back door.

Posted by: Quint at March 26, 2018 11:19 PM (n13/j)

259

1. LONG - TERM PARKING

Some people left their car in the long-term parking at San Jose while away, and someone broke into the car. Using the information on the car's registration in the glove compartment, they drove the car to the people's home in Pebble Beach and robbed it. So I guess if we are going to leave the car in long-term parking, we should NOT leave the registration/insurance cards in it, nor your remote garage door opener. This gives us something to think about with all our new electronic technology.

2. GPS:

Someone had their car broken into while they were at a football game. Their car was parked on the green which was adjacent to the football stadium and specially allotted to football fans. Things stolen from the car included a garage door remote control, some money and a GPS which had been prominently mounted on the dashboard. When the victims got home, they found that their house had been ransacked and just about everything worth anything had been stolen. The thieves had used the GPS to guide them to the house. They then used the garage remote control to open the garage door and gain entry to the house. The thieves knew the owners were at the football game, they knew what time the game was scheduled to finish and so they
knew how much time they had to clean out the house. It would appear that they had brought a truck to empty the house of its contents. Something to consider if you have a GPS - don't put your home address in it. Put a nearby address (like a store or gas station) so you can still find your way home if you need to, but no one else would know where you live if your GPS were stolen.

3. CELL PHONES:

I never thought of this! This lady has now changed her habit of how she lists her names on her cell phone after her handbag was stolen. Her handbag, which contained her cell phone, credit card, wallet, etc., was stolen. Twenty minutes later when she called her hubby, from a pay phone telling him what had happened, hubby says, "I received your text asking about our Pin number and I've replied a little while ago." When they rushed down to the bank, the bank staff told them all the money was already withdrawn. The thief had actually used the stolen cell phone to text "hubby" in the contact list and got hold of the pin number. Within 20 minutes he had withdrawn all the money from their bank account.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 26, 2018 11:19 PM (yQpMk)

260 More SCIENCE! ONT Compliance Pics

You sir, are a great American.

Posted by: An Observation at March 26, 2018 11:19 PM (UR3h8)

261 JROD, joke's on you. I don't even have a girlfriend. Ha!

*sob*

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler, Keyboard Cossack at March 26, 2018 11:19 PM (wSC8T)

262 crap, over copied.

Posted by: Grump928(C) dancing on the rim of the barrel at March 26, 2018 11:20 PM (yQpMk)

263 I saw Cher open for Zappa on the ONT in '18.

Posted by: mindful webworker - snuck in at March 26, 2018 11:20 PM (3tLP6)

264 Something to consider if you have a GPS - don't put your home address in it.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 26, 2018 11:18 PM (yQpMk)

Modern GPS units require input of a code to work if you're remote from your home.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 26, 2018 11:21 PM (YqDXo)

265
Moral lesson:
a. Do not disclose the relationship between you and the people in your contact list. Avoid using names like Home, Honey, Hubby, Sweetheart, Dad, Mom, etc.
b. And very importantly, when sensitive info is being asked through texts, CONFIRM by calling back.
c. Also, when you're being texted by friends or family to meet them somewhere, be sure to call back to confirm that the message came from them. If you don't reach them, be very careful about going places to meet "family and friends" who text you.

4. PURSE IN THE GROCERY CART SCAM:
A lady went grocery-shopping at a local mall and left her purse sitting in the children's seat of the cart while she reached something off a shelf/ Wait till you read the WHOLE story! Her wallet was stolen, and she reported it to the store personnel. After returning home, she received a phone call from the Mall Security
to say that they had her wallet and that although there was no money in it, it did still hold her personal papers. She immediately went to pick up her wallet, only to be told by Mall Security that they had not called her. By the time she returned home again, her house had been broken into and burglarized. The thieves knew that by calling and saying they were Mall Security, they could lure her out of her house long enough for them to burglarize it.

Posted by: Grump928(C) dancing on the rim of the barrel at March 26, 2018 11:21 PM (yQpMk)

266 Modern GPS units require input of a code to work if you're remote from your home.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 26, 2018 11:21 PM (YqDXo)

Yet another password to remember. Yay!!

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at March 26, 2018 11:21 PM (8gDQu)

267 Many cyclists - most, in my observation - aren't aggressive or stupid or incompetent in their traffic behavior. But that's judging by one area.

The car door thing is terrifying. Up near Jay's 'hood, I think, there finally will be some change to the only really scary stretch of the coast highway (Leucadia), where parking is allowed on side of the road. Or so someone told me. Only place I would divert to a side road on the ride from La Jolla to Carlsbad.

Thing is, I'm half-terrified most of the time *in the car* by the incompetent, selfish, aggressive driving that is now the norm for half the populace in SoCal. I always have tried to bike the emptiest streets and roads, but the fear of dangerous drivers is increasing.

Posted by: Very Unstable Semi-Genius, AKA rhomboid at March 26, 2018 11:22 PM (v9gSJ)

268 "wing mirror"

O God. He's English.
Posted by: Stringer Davis
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Ask him about his 'bonnet'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 26, 2018 11:22 PM (nBBdT)

269 These strike as a modern version of The Hook scary stories.

Posted by: Grump928(C) dancing on the rim of the barrel at March 26, 2018 11:22 PM (yQpMk)

270 Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 26, 2018 11:19 PM (yQpMk)

Who would be stupid enough to fall for that? Seriously, you'd have to be a Democrat candidate for Congress.

"You don't know your fucking PIN? Good. Then you're too stupid to withdraw any money."

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 26, 2018 11:23 PM (YqDXo)

271 Change your passwords twice-a-year.

That's the only thing Daylight Savings Time is good for.

Yes, that is a prepositional phrase. Bite Me.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at March 26, 2018 11:23 PM (Ckg4U)

272 Many cyclists - most, in my observation - aren't aggressive or stupid or incompetent in their traffic behavior. But that's judging by one area.

Posted by: Very Unstable Semi-Genius, AKA rhomboid at March 26, 2018 11:22 PM (v9gSJ)

But it doesn't even matter. They're on roads clogging up traffic. Even the nice ones.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at March 26, 2018 11:24 PM (8gDQu)

273

I meant to do that!

Posted by: Pee Wee Herman crashing a bicycle at March 26, 2018 11:24 PM (IqV8l)

274 Posted by: nerdygirl at March 26, 2018 11:18 PM (+lVUW)

When we were in the show world, our setters were bathed with Pantene Shampoo, shampoo & conditioner in one

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 26, 2018 11:25 PM (3Pma+)

275 The Little Women somebody's a lesbian thing is so 2005. Call me when xe's played by Benedict Cumberwhatshisnuts in a dress transitioning on hormones.

Posted by: The Really Gay Agenda at March 26, 2018 11:25 PM (H5knJ)

276 As to Ollie's comment about all of his teachers being WW II vets, mine weren't. But what me and my friends had were fathers and uncles who were vets. Very few of our fathers and uncles weren't. We learned at a very early age that the US of A was top dog, we owed that to our fathers and uncles, and that we were the luckiest people in the world to have been born in this country rather than a war ravaged country or a third world country.

Posted by: Deplorable Lady with Only Two Deplorable Cats at March 26, 2018 11:26 PM (V67nb)

277 An anagram for Louisa May Alcott is "A llama coitus toy".

Posted by: Anagram Nation at March 26, 2018 11:26 PM (Q7M5N)

278 Damn, that's a good point about long-term parking. Haven't traveled much for a while, but if I use that sort of parking, taking the registration and other identifying info and any opener will be a thing.

Actually have disabled garage door opener and then locked door with a padlock in the past a few times. That would have covered the opener problem.

Posted by: Very Unstable Semi-Genius, AKA rhomboid at March 26, 2018 11:26 PM (v9gSJ)

279 What ever came of the flaming car attack at Travis?

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 26, 2018 10:33 PM (yQpMk)

Immigrant from India named Hafiz Kazi. Nothing to see here, of course, as "terrorism has been ruled out"...but no motive has been determined.

Posted by: Bert G aka Country Singer at March 26, 2018 11:27 PM (yzxic)

280 On the top sox list again. Three weeks in a row is it now? After being off the list for so long...! Well, dropped from #2 anyway.

I often realize, in the week before Easter, what it is from which I should have abstained for Lent. I should've abstained from AoS commenting!

Posted by: mindful webworker - plainly at March 26, 2018 11:27 PM (3tLP6)

281 New to me Cat CGI

http://bit.ly/2ulVHr8

Posted by: Grump928(C) dancing on the rim of the barrel at March 26, 2018 11:27 PM (yQpMk)

282 Ask him about his 'bonnet'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 26, 2018 11:22 PM

That's where the engine is. The hookers go in the boot.

Posted by: otho at March 26, 2018 11:27 PM (qGuLD)

283 A couple of today's stories at CTH.

KORUS Trade Deal - No Steel Tariffs For South Korea In Exchange for 50,000 Exports per U.S. Automaker...

http://tinyurl.com/yd7qw84t

India Invests $500 Million In Two U.S. Steel Operations...

http://tinyurl.com/y8d92quv

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 26, 2018 11:27 PM (pvjTE)

284 I do not understand these references to 'Text', and 'GPS'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 26, 2018 11:27 PM (w1zJX)

285 Here in Denver, bicyclists are very aggressive on the downtown streets. They never, ever stop for anything. Red light? Don't give a shit. Light rail rolling across my path? Let him drop all his $10k worth of emergency stop protocols; doesn't cost me nothin'. I can't stop for ten seconds to let that train go by!

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler, Keyboard Cossack at March 26, 2018 11:28 PM (wSC8T)

286 Somebody further up the line mentioned duct tape.

Duct tape is like the Force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together.

Posted by: Deplorable Lady with Only Two Deplorable Cats at March 26, 2018 11:29 PM (V67nb)

287 Posted by: mindful webworker - plainly at March 26, 2018 11:27 PM (3tLP6)

Oh bullshit

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 26, 2018 11:29 PM (3Pma+)

288 222 That's no moon.
Posted by: Ciceo

When the clouds on the horizon are BEHIND the moon, some basic realities have been altered.

Posted by: Escaped Oaf at March 26, 2018 11:29 PM (UUIvJ)

289 @244 Deplorable Jay Guevara-Unexpected right turns will not work either. I ride smart. I did the math long ago, 4,000+ lbs vs 200=Ride smart and don't piss off the person behind the wheel. I don't ride like an asshole, I won't ride with an asshole(s).

Everyone on here, especially you old timers, had tassels on their bikes when they were purchased and playing card held by a clothes pin on your bike making noise was pretty cool.

Posted by: JROD High Testosterone Conservative at March 26, 2018 11:29 PM (2NtJa)

290 As a former cyclist, I refused to clog-up roads with my exercise hobby. I had a mountain bike that I took off-road because I didn't want to be a hindrance to traffic.

I would drive to my starting location and either use bike paths or get into the dirt.

Yeah... I wore "bike shorts". Spandex, as it were.

Because I will fight you.

Not saying I will win. I'm simply stating that I'll fight you.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at March 26, 2018 11:29 PM (Ckg4U)

291 An anagram for Lisa Daugaard is "U add liar saga".

Posted by: Anagram Nation at March 26, 2018 11:29 PM (Q7M5N)

292 >> An anagram for Louisa May Alcott is "A llama coitus toy"

Of all the things I am bound to forget this week, this one might make me the saddest.

Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2018 11:29 PM (tDPnv)

293 249 "J.Crew makes one but they call it a "messenger bag" because it sounds so butch."
-Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 26, 2018 11:15 PM (5eT3f)

I have three. I use those for my "accessories".
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at March 26, 2018 11:16 PM (

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Barbie's Dream House?
Bank robbery lookout?
Stick-on rear spoiler?

Be specific, man!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 26, 2018 11:30 PM (5eT3f)

294 "Barbie's Dream House?
Bank robbery lookout?
Stick-on rear spoiler?

Be specific, man!"
-Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 26, 2018 11:30 PM (5eT3f)

So?

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at March 26, 2018 11:31 PM (Ckg4U)

295 TPOP, not where I am. Have never seen cyclists numerous enough to be any factor at all in traffic, much less add to congestion. Can't speak for other areas. Any smart and reasonably polite biker is a non-factor for car traffic, in all respects.

It's that "smart and reasonably polite" thing that's the catch, but not just with bikers, in today's Amerikkka.

Reminds me, have never had any sort of problem with a car, with two exceptions. Three- or four-way stop, or something. Clipped in to the pedals, so, careful to adjust speed approaching line so that it's "my turn" when I get there, and can pedal on.

Idiot drivers "politely" "wait" for me - as I motioned and begged them to go ahead. Nope. Too stupid - and/or ignorant. So I barely avoid disaster falling over sideways as I come to a stop, all because ignorant, stupid drivers won't respond to someone begging them to just do what they normally do, go when it's their turn at a stop sign.

Posted by: Very Unstable Semi-Genius, AKA rhomboid at March 26, 2018 11:33 PM (QDnY+)

296 Mostly Beanie Babies, but there were other things I refuse to talk about @Cicero.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at March 26, 2018 11:33 PM (Ckg4U)

297
An anagram for David Hogg, is White Obama.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 26, 2018 11:33 PM (r+sAi)

298 Dayton has a whole network of bicycle roads completely separate from the streets. It's damn nice, but kind of a Dayton thing. Like the bike was invented there, or some famous bicycle mechanic was from there, or something. Can't be the weather.

So, people can run with their dogs, and jog and shit like that, no cars. I wonder if they ever have mo-ped issues. When my kid lived in Alpha!, it was cool because the Kil-Kare speedway was just over a mile away via bikeway. The damn bikeway ran where the back alley used to be, so, bike out the former garage door, admission free with military ID, beer was some ridiculous price, a quarter?, and, ride home careful!

Up in Amish country there's real interest in building "water-bound macadam" stone roads for the horse'n'buggies. This will be the greatest thing evah for Wilbur and Mister Ed. Jobs for shit-shovelers, too.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 26, 2018 11:34 PM (H5rtT)

299 as i tell bicycle fanatics here in #Failifornia, as a long time bike rider who has been hit by more than one car, one of which was my fault for riding stupidly as a kid:

"the CA Motor Vehicle Code may be in your favor, but the Laws of Physics are not... GTFOTW, dumb ass."

Posted by: redc1c4 at March 26, 2018 11:34 PM (S7P+p)

300 "All of my high school male teachers were WWII and/or Korean War veterans. They taught my brothers and me the value of service to our country and reinforced what our dad had shown us about the meaning of service. Oliver North"

I can't say all of my male teachers were veterans, but more than a few were (WWII, Korea, Vietnam).

My physics teacher lost most of his left hand in Korea. He carved a prosthetic hand that fit like a glove--he had most of his thumb intact. He was absolutely terrifying, but was a very good teacher.

Our driver's Ed teacher had a nervous tic that made his face muscles move involuntarily. Some of us joked that he got that tic from being a driver's Ed teacher.

Our economics teacher, another Korean War Vet, set us straight. Mr. "Smith" was a Marine who had been wounded on Guadalcanal.

Needless to say, we saw Mr. "Smith" in a whole different light.

I know there are still men such as these in America, my own brother being one of them. But I hate the direction things are going.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at March 26, 2018 11:34 PM (Mkuv2)

301 Mostly Beanie Babies, but there were other things I refuse to talk about @Cicero.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at March 26, 2018 11:33 PM (

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Oh.

*looks uncomfortably at feet*

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 26, 2018 11:35 PM (5eT3f)

302 Just broke the news to Cannibal Bob that he's on the wall of shame....he is hanging his head in disbelief and well...shame.

Posted by: Heidi at March 26, 2018 11:35 PM (o7tuA)

303 285 Here in Denver, bicyclists are very aggressive on the downtown streets. They never, ever stop for anything. Red light? Don't give a shit. Light rail rolling across my path? Let him drop all his $10k worth of emergency stop protocols; doesn't cost me nothin'. I can't stop for ten seconds to let that train go by!

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler, Keyboard Cossack at March 26, 2018 11:28 PM (wSC8T)

I'm starting to get an irrational hatred of bicyclists, they demand 50 percent of road construction and repair budget but comprise 1 percent at most of commuters.

Posted by: kbdabear at March 26, 2018 11:36 PM (eh0Va)

304 267 Many cyclists - most, in my observation - aren't aggressive or stupid or incompetent in their traffic behavior. But that's judging by one area.

The car door thing is terrifying. Up near Jay's 'hood, I think, there finally will be some change to the only really scary stretch of the coast highway (Leucadia), where parking is allowed on side of the road. Or so someone told me. Only place I would divert to a side road on the ride from La Jolla to Carlsbad.

Thing is, I'm half-terrified most of the time *in the car* by the incompetent, selfish, aggressive driving that is now the norm for half the populace in SoCal. I always have tried to bike the emptiest streets and roads, but the fear of dangerous drivers is increasing.
Posted by: Very Unstable Semi-Genius, AKA rhomboid at March 26, 2018 11:22 PM (v9gSJ)

With the greatest respect - and I mean sincerely - I disagree. Cyclists, especially in groups, are highly prone to be aggressive, stupid, incompetent, AND militant. Riding N abreast on a constricted road - e.g., the PCH - is obnoxious, and uncalled for. I refused to drive down the PCH from Carlsbad to Leucadia because of militant asshole cyclists. Share the road? Yeah, great - you too!

A case in point: we were recently in the Sequoia National Forest, which features narrow winding roads on which cyclists are required to ride single file, per signage all along the highway. Some asshole was riding side by side with his girlfriend as we were overtaking him/her, when suddenly a truck appeared around a bend. White knuckle time. I split the difference between the truck and the retards. After we'd stopped and gotten out, the male retard later rode up and gave me some shit, saying I should have honked the horn to remind him to obey the fucking law and get into single file. Then he threatened to assault me, little realizing that I'd grown up in Hunter's Point. I wordlessly stood my ground, and then, thinking the better of it, he mouthed off about what he would have done, and then rode off. He didn't understand, had he pressed the issue, and I'd won, I'd have dealt with this white pansy Hunter's Point style.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 26, 2018 11:37 PM (YqDXo)

305
Who will offer up the softball questions for Comrade Strelnikov to hit out of the ballpark to deflect from his by now obvious lying as to where he was during the shooting at Stoneman High?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 26, 2018 11:37 PM (pNxlR)

306 285 Here in Denver, bicyclists are very aggressive on the downtown streets. They never, ever stop for anything. Red light? Don't give a shit. Light rail rolling across my path? Let him drop all his $10k worth of emergency stop protocols; doesn't cost me nothin'. I can't stop for ten seconds to let that train go by!

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler, Keyboard Cossack at March 26, 2018 11:28 PM (wSC8T)

I agree. Before I'd find for a cyclist, I'd demand rock-hard substantiation of his claims. Ties go to the motorists.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 26, 2018 11:38 PM (YqDXo)

307 "Justice" is served in Barbarian-World.

Pakistan rapist 'let off' after sick deal 'allowing victim's brother to rape his sister'

http://tinyurl.com/y87q3fsx

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 26, 2018 11:40 PM (pvjTE)

308 kbdabear, I don't know any cyclist who supports *any* special expenditures for bikes. I know many who loathe this idiocy along with all the other idiocies afflicting most cities. Don't know any biker who would ever ride in a downtown, if you paid them to. I wouldn't, even *if* you paid me.

Posted by: Very Unstable Semi-Genius, AKA rhomboid at March 26, 2018 11:41 PM (v9gSJ)

309 232 I've been seeing trailers for "Chappaquiddick" on tv tonight, they use the Donovan song "Atlantis"
I guess Teddy left the car to look for his shine box
,,,,
Posted by: kbdabear
I've seen the trailer a couple of times. My prediction is that for most of the movie they discuss what a bad boy he was. Then it ends with his redeeming himself with the brilliant tv speech where he "took full responsibiiity". Of course he didn't take responsibility at all. He should have gone to prison and he got a ridiculously easy slap on the wrist.

Then there will be a text message at the end of the movie about how he went on to a brilliant senate career where he stood up for women by making it easy to kill their fetuses.

I may be wrong, but this is my prediction.

Posted by: nerdygirl at March 26, 2018 11:41 PM (+lVUW)

310 Gonna chime in: cyclists fucking suck. and they know it. And do not care. Which makes them all the more shitty.

My older son is a devout Christian, one of the best young men you'd ever want to meet. But even he, as we drive down the side roads in Colorado will ask me, "Dad, did you pack the 2 by 4?"

Posted by: Pug Mahon at March 26, 2018 11:42 PM (Mkuv2)

311
Who will offer up the softball questions for Comrade Strelnikov (Pasha)

Pasha: The private life is dead - for a man with any manhood.
Zhivago: I saw some of your 'manhood' on the way at a place called Minsk.
Pasha: They were selling horses to the Whites.
Zhivago: It seems you've burnt the wrong village.
Pasha: They always say that, and what does it matter? A village betrays us, a village is burned. The point's made.
Zhivago: Your point - their village.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 26, 2018 11:43 PM (QxXRY)

312 as i tell bicycle fanatics here in #Failifornia, as a long time bike rider who has been hit by more than one car, one of which was my fault for riding stupidly as a kid

I used to do a lot of bike touring in the Bay Area/Napa Valley back in the day, and had no problem. We rode single-file, obeyed traffic laws, etc.

Nowadays, however, riding a fucking bike is a political statement. I've seen cyclists riding five abreast (literally) down the PCH here, and refusing to get over for vehicles, and giving the finger to motorists. For my money, if they get freight-trained, it's Darwinian.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 26, 2018 11:44 PM (YqDXo)

313 Let's say you waive the laws of physics. Arguendo.
Cars still have bigger lug wrenches and tire irons.

What holster with spandex?
Yeah, I didn't think so.

Bring it, mouthy little prick. You gonna swing that tire pump at me?

Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 26, 2018 11:44 PM (H5rtT)

314 "the CA Motor Vehicle Code may be in your favor, but the Laws of Physics are not... GTFOTW, dumb ass."

Posted by: redc1c4 at March 26, 2018 11:34 PM (S7P+p)

They need to be reminded that ~~illegals~~ DREAMERS know that cops are getting less likely to bust them for DUI's because "sanctuary".

Anyone with half a dozen CA driver licenses under fake names isn't going to sweat a 6 month suspension.

Posted by: kbdabear at March 26, 2018 11:44 PM (eh0Va)

315 That McDonald's in the story above is a frequent "pit stop" for me when I'm traveling I-5. The fact that it was trashed by a guy named Jedediah will surprise exactly nobody who has ever been to Sutherlin, Oregon.

Posted by: PabloD at March 26, 2018 11:45 PM (P5MdX)

316 Bicyclists in any area with significant traffic are basically a white version of Chapelle's old skit When Keeping It Real Goes Wrong. They can't seem to process that being "right" don't mean shit if your dead.

Posted by: Bear with Assymetrical Balls at March 26, 2018 11:45 PM (H5knJ)

317 My elementary school principal was missing an arm from WWII.

Posted by: An Observation at March 26, 2018 11:46 PM (UR3h8)

318 Gonna chime in: cyclists fucking suck. and they know it. And do not care. Which makes them all the more shitty.

A recent story from LA: 40-50 cyclists blew through a red light and got pissed at motorists who honked at them.

Let the laws of physics enforce the laws of men.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 26, 2018 11:46 PM (YqDXo)

319 RottenTomatoes is listing a lot of high-rated movies out on 6 April. Chappaquiddick is the "bad" one, at 64%.

Given critics these days, of whom 41% rated Wrinkle In Time (which was shit) as worth watching, Chappaquiddick's 64% rating implies it pisses off 36% of Leftists.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 26, 2018 11:48 PM (6FqZa)

320 My elementary school principal was missing an arm from WWII.

Posted by: An Observation
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My math teacher worked on the Manhattan Project. Retired full bird Col.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 26, 2018 11:48 PM (nBBdT)

321 308 kbdabear, I don't know any cyclist who supports *any* special expenditures for bikes. I know many who loathe this idiocy along with all the other idiocies afflicting most cities. Don't know any biker who would ever ride in a downtown, if you paid them to. I wouldn't, even *if* you paid me.

Posted by: Very Unstable Semi-Genius, AKA rhomboid at March 26, 2018 11:41 PM (v9gSJ)

Sarasota is pushing for turning at least 1 street into a primary bike street, and they're considering taking a major 4 lane street that is also a hurricane evac route into a 2 lane for 1/4 mile to make room for bicyclists. This in a city with a heavily senior population that can't bicycle for 2 blocks in the summer heat and humidity.

Posted by: kbdabear at March 26, 2018 11:48 PM (eh0Va)

322 Well Jay we're dealing with limited unreliable data sets. As noted I was speaking about in my direct experience. I've seen idiot bikers - from solo to groups - doing idiot things. But not often. And compared to the insanely dangerous behavior of drivers, which seems to be increasing, the problem bikers aren't even memorable any more.

Anybody who doesn't single file - and also look and wait/accelerate to clear exits cleanly, for example north-bound at that busy intersection in Cardiff where the stupid surfer statue is - on PCH is an idiot.

Could be that I'm not on PCH as much these days. Whereas the rude, stupid, dangerous to reckless behavior of drivers as seen while driving is literally a *daily* occurrence. Often several times a day.

Posted by: Very Unstable Semi-Genius, AKA rhomboid at March 26, 2018 11:49 PM (v9gSJ)

323 My loathing of cyclists is profound.

I say this as one who was on my bike and was totalled by a motorist, two and a half decades ago in Phoenix, weeks before going off to Basic Training.

It was entirely my fault. Well, almost. The city had changed the traffic light cycle without alerting me personally. Still. My bad.

Sucks. It was a nice bike.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at March 26, 2018 11:50 PM (Mkuv2)

324 I had a lot of WWII vets in school. They were American men. Some were great guys, and others were miserable pricks. Lot of left-wing Dem union officials who thought they were real conservative and patriotic

We used to have a saying at the VFW post across from the office: there were two types of WWII vets -- the ones who had won the war single-handedly, and the ones who'd actually seen action. Because it seemed like there was no middle ground, to hear them talk.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 26, 2018 11:52 PM (H5rtT)

325 Light rail trolley coming soon to Milwaukee. Hee, hee. Can't wait. This is really gonna be something special.

Posted by: Pete Seria at March 26, 2018 11:52 PM (2WfB0)

326 Gentlemen I think what this country needs is common sense bike control.

Posted by: Very Unstable Semi-Genius, AKA rhomboid at March 26, 2018 11:52 PM (v9gSJ)

327 307 Anon-y-mous -- I have been railing about this kind of barbarous behaviour for years. When I owned my bookstore, I had tons of writers I'd "friended" over the years. Occasionally, I would repost some savage event, followed by a request to write their Congress critter or even the country's consulate. I don't think it did any good, though. The vast, vast majority of writers on my page were a pack of liberals shivering in their footed pjs at some American male who'd dared wander off the ever shrinking reservation. Just pissed me off to no end.

Posted by: Deplorable Lady with Only Two Deplorable Cats at March 26, 2018 11:53 PM (V67nb)

328 kbdabear, I don't know any cyclist who supports *any* special expenditures for bikes.

We have "cyclists may use whole lane" signs all over the place, including uphill stretches.

It's leftist bullshit. How many people in SoCal actually ride bikes? I'd guess 0.1%, and they're exclusively white males aged 20-35, and do so occasionally, for fun, not transportation.

I've never seen a black or female cyclist here, and rarely a Hispanic one. You'd think that leftists would ban cycling on that basis.

Yeah, when I lived in Europe, I used to ride my bike for transportation, but it's not the same thing. First, I was in Europe, not here. Second, I wasn't wearing faggy cycling clothes, but generally suit and tie.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 26, 2018 11:53 PM (YqDXo)

329 Posted by: Pete Seria at March 26, 2018 11:52 PM (2WfB0)

Belling will be a blast to listen to after the first blizzard that hits Milwaukee

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 26, 2018 11:53 PM (3Pma+)

330 Too many bicyclists have turned into radical activists with an attitude of smugness as if they're personally saving Mother Earth from us evil motorists.

I've gotten the attitude that the only people who should be riding bikes are children, those who've had their licenses suspended, and the Amish.

Posted by: kbdabear at March 26, 2018 11:53 PM (eh0Va)

331 well, you would do well to learn from cleveland's experience with light rail trolley. tore the city up for years. ruined the down town for businesses. ruined the down town for cars. built nearly all of the infrastructure for the trolleys, ran out of money to buy trolleys, put in buses.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 26, 2018 11:55 PM (MTjB1)

332 Hey everybody.

I'm shocked that it's not a hatecrime in Canada for CBC to publish this:

https://tinyurl.com/yd3c7j6r

Pro-gun teens of the Parkland generation want to be heard, too

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 26, 2018 11:55 PM (eMKNe)

333 Light rail trolley coming soon to Milwaukee. Hee, hee. Can't wait. This is really gonna be something special.
Posted by: Pete Seria at March 26, 2018 11:52 PM (2WfB0)

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You can't be a real city without light rail, no matter how many people don't ride it.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 26, 2018 11:56 PM (5eT3f)

334
I've gotten the attitude that the only people who should be riding bikes are children, those who've had their licenses suspended, and the Amish.

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In SoCal, the other key bike-riding demo is illegal aliens.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 26, 2018 11:57 PM (5eT3f)

335 the ones who had won the war single-handedly, and the ones who'd actually seen action. Because it seemed like there was no middle ground, to hear them talk.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 26, 2018 11:52 PM (H5rtT)

Yup. One teacher was a Vietnam Vet, but, holy shit he was a prick. And, yes, he was 100% REMF, S3, most likely. The only action he ever saw was likely a bad case of saber tooth crotch crickets.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at March 26, 2018 11:57 PM (Mkuv2)

336 We used to have a saying at the VFW post across from the office: there were two types of WWII vets -- the ones who had won the war single-handedly, and the ones who'd actually seen action.

My maternal grandfather was in that latter part. He was in His Majesty George VI's service, posted to Eritrea / Ethiopia after 1941. Military-police.

Mostly he rated it an annoying waste of time, stopping this or that tribe of Fuzzy Wuzzies (his term) from killing each other. He ended up in British Palestine after that. Where he also had to put up with savage tribes who wanted to kill each other.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 26, 2018 11:58 PM (6FqZa)

337 It's further evidence of the country's near-certain doom that "light rail" can continue to spread, despite the (I believe) perfect record of it never being financially solvent or coming close to ridership goals.

As is noted often, the country has quite a bit too many people, and a catastrophic shortage of intelligent citizens.

Posted by: Very Unstable Semi-Genius, AKA rhomboid at March 26, 2018 11:58 PM (v9gSJ)

338 Well Jay we're dealing with limited unreliable data sets. As noted I was speaking about in my direct experience. I've seen idiot bikers - from solo to groups - doing idiot things. But not often. And compared to the insanely dangerous behavior of drivers, which seems to be increasing, the problem bikers aren't even memorable any more.

True enough. Insanely dangerous drivers are a feature of SoCal, God knows. We need to impose a driver test on those entering the state from the east and (especially) the south.

But I've seen not just idiotic but aggressive behavior from cyclists on the PCH south of Carlsbad so often that I refuse to drive it any more. It's pretty much routine.

Don't think so? Drive down from Carlsbad to Torrey Pines on the PCH this weekend, and I bet you'll encounter LOTS of militant cyclists riding many abreast and weaving out into traffic to make a point.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 26, 2018 11:58 PM (YqDXo)

339 when you get to cleveland you wonder "why would someone put these huge medians and bus stops down the middle of the street"? in some areas literally half of the space between the sidewalks is taken up by bus lanes and the medians for the bus stops. then you realize - oh failed trolly system.

rabid traffic signal prioritization for buses in the trolley lanes too. when a bus is within tow or three blocks of an intersection or leaving a bus stop the signal resets to allow the bus through unimpeded.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 26, 2018 11:59 PM (MTjB1)

340 There's a great story I read earlier today at Quora.

The topic was, has you ever been told on your job, "Do you know who I am?!"

The very first reply is from someone who works airport security, and a number of years ago, had to deal with a "well-known politician." The writer said that drugs were found in their luggage, so a more intrusive search had to be performed behind closed doors

Anyway, according to this writer, said politician not only screamed and threatened his way through the whole thing, but was seen handcuffed and seated in a corner of the examination room, wearing women's undergarments.

The term "Republican" was never mentioned, so it just HAD to have been a prominent liberal. Would love to know who it was. Any guesses, anyone?

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 26, 2018 11:59 PM (eMKNe)

341 Moron Brackets update. Crinky still in the lead with 80 but he can only max out at 96 points. Meanwhile I have moved up into the top 25 baby!

And if you want to taunt some people. BCochran the carrot chili eater is in 27 but his brackets are busted and can earn no more points so he will continue to fall. And CBD is in 56 and he is also finished and can only continue to fall. Suckers!

Posted by: buzzion at March 27, 2018 12:00 AM (cAnNx)

342 BTH, I visited the small British military cemetery near Keren, northern Eritrea, when I traveled there (think it was Keren .....). Was fun explaining to my travel companions what little I knew of the action in WWII in that neck of the woods.

The evidence of more recent action (the longest war of the 20th Century, the Eritrean war of independence) was everywhere, and easier to explain.

Posted by: Very Unstable Semi-Genius, AKA rhomboid at March 27, 2018 12:01 AM (v9gSJ)

343 "drinking his own urine and eating cactus"

But was it free range, shade grown, organic, non-conflict, carbon-neutral, diversity-centric, equal pay, non-judgmental, gender-identity-respecting urine and cactus?

Posted by: Vegan at March 27, 2018 12:01 AM (Dp6qK)

344 308 kbdabear, I don't know any cyclist who supports *any* special expenditures for bikes. I know many who loathe this idiocy along with all the other idiocies afflicting most cities. Don't know any biker who would ever ride in a downtown, if you paid them to. I wouldn't, even *if* you paid me.

Posted by: Very Unstable Semi-Genius, AKA rhomboid at March 26, 2018 11:41 PM (v9gSJ)

Sarasota County is putting a measure on the ballot for a 65 million dollar bond issue to extend the Legacy Trail to the outskirts of the city to buy the old railroad right of way and pave it for bicycling and hiking.

For those bicyclists who complain about motorists who damn near kill them, I've seen more than a few bicyclists who damn near kill pedestrians.

Posted by: kbdabear at March 27, 2018 12:02 AM (eh0Va)

345 A modest proposal: if cyclists are considered to be equal to motorists, they should be subject to the same laws.

Run a red light or stop sign? $500 fine and a blot on your record (I've almost smoked several who were doing this.)

Here's a case in point: http://abc7.com/cyclist-pulls-driver-from-car-after-koreatown-crash/2275370/

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 27, 2018 12:03 AM (YqDXo)

346 Well Jay turns out I'll be heading up to Encinitas on Sunday for a family thing, so I'll make a point of using the coast starting at Torrey Pines (where I used to start my northbound rides ...... which gave me that nice grinding climb at the end when I returned). Haven't been riding the PCH much at all the last 2 years, so things may have (sharply) deteriorated.

Posted by: Very Unstable Semi-Genius, AKA rhomboid at March 27, 2018 12:04 AM (v9gSJ)

347 The term "Republican" was never mentioned, so it
just HAD to have been a prominent liberal. Would love to know who it
was. Any guesses, anyone?

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 26, 2018 11:59 PM (eMKNe)

Ted kennedy.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Divison at March 27, 2018 12:05 AM (aMlLZ)

348 Yes, the WW II Vet teachers were tough and all that, but we had Nuns....with rulers.

Posted by: CMU VET at March 27, 2018 12:05 AM (C+wjz)

349 The evidence of more recent action (the longest war of the 20th Century, the Eritrean war of independence) was everywhere, and easier to explain.

IIRC there are parts of New England where the locals commemorate King Philip's War more than the War of Independence.

If we'd beat you lot in that unpleasantness, you'd still be speaking English and you'd still be you. If the natives had won King Philip's War... not so much

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 27, 2018 12:06 AM (6FqZa)

350 [latter, 1775] unpleasantness

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 27, 2018 12:08 AM (6FqZa)

351 330 Too many bicyclists have turned into radical activists with an attitude of smugness as if they're personally saving Mother Earth from us evil motorists.
I've gotten the attitude that the only people who should be riding bikes are children, those who've had their licenses suspended, and the Amish.

Posted by: kbdabear
We just don't have a lot of cyclists where I live. So I don't know if they are obnoxious or not. Generally, when I see an adult riding a bike, I assume it's because he lost his license due to drunk driving.

Posted by: nerdygirl at March 27, 2018 12:09 AM (+lVUW)

352 Omaha lost its collective mind a few years back and hired an " alternative transportation specialist" at a really obscene rate of pay. This guy was a really big fan of bike lanes. It didn't matter if a street had the space for an actual bike lane; he'd just have the city workers paint bike lane signs on the outside lanes. The way I drive to and from the Y has narrow bike lanes gouged out of two way streets. Do you think the bikers use them? Hell no. They still peddle merrily down the center of the car lanes.

The only satisfaction I get is that Omaha finally elected a Republican mayor, and one of the first things she did was get rid of that clown.

Posted by: Deplorable Lady with Only Two Deplorable Cats at March 27, 2018 12:09 AM (V67nb)

353 346 Well Jay turns out I'll be heading up to Encinitas on Sunday for a family thing, so I'll make a point of using the coast starting at Torrey Pines (where I used to start my northbound rides ...... which gave me that nice grinding climb at the end when I returned). Haven't been riding the PCH much at all the last 2 years, so things may have (sharply) deteriorated.
Posted by: Very Unstable Semi-Genius, AKA rhomboid at March 27, 2018 12:04 AM (v9gSJ)

Please do report back. I may be full of shit, but after a series of unpleasant experiences, I avoid driving the PCH over that stretch. It just wasn't worth the aggravation.

And I say that as a former bike touring fan (back in era when road bikes ruled, and no one had ever heard of mountain bikes, which for some reason have taken over even on roads).

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 27, 2018 12:10 AM (YqDXo)

354
Based on his own testimony, Comrade Strelnikov should be able to land an endorsement deal from the maker of his bike.

His three mile-long dash back to Stoneman High was exactly like Paul Revere riding out to warn of the British forces heading to Lexington and Concord.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 27, 2018 12:10 AM (pNxlR)

355 The news about the graphic (no shit!) Little Women makes me angry, sad, and resigned, I guess, at the inevitability of it all. Sounds like fanfic wish-fulfillment at best.

Posted by: When I think about you, I touch Bill Self at March 27, 2018 12:10 AM (QRQUw)

356 First day at new job. Already better than the last job.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - It's OK, I'm with the banned at March 26, 2018 10:04 PM (IcT7t)

Congratulations!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 27, 2018 12:12 AM (Dbv1R)

357 Twenty minutes later when she called her hubby, from a pay phone
telling him what had happened, hubby says, "I received your text asking
about our Pin number and I've replied a little while ago." When they
rushed down to the bank, the bank staff told them all the money was
already withdrawn. The thief had actually used the stolen cell phone to
text "hubby" in the contact list and got hold of the pin number.
Within 20 minutes he had withdrawn all the money from their bank
account.

This is why I have no banking or other personal info on my phone or my laptop. All that is handled from my pc only.

And may I add that while it certainly may be different in various places and with various banks, I have never had an account that would allow me to withdraw more than $500 in a 24 hour period. No way could they drain my accounts. If this story is true (and I'm sure variations of it have occurred) then hubby is a dumbass.

Posted by: cfo mom at March 27, 2018 12:12 AM (RfzVr)

358 Now that I think about it, most of the unpleasantness has arisen on the southbound part of PCH over the stretch we're talking about.

Not sure why. Do northbound cyclists take a different route, have a different ethos, have more clement roads?

No idea.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 27, 2018 12:12 AM (YqDXo)

359 Pro-gun teens of the Parkland generation want to be heard, too
Posted by: qdpsteve

Mainstream media coverage is one sided? They're pushing their own liberal agenda by shoving teenage douchebags down the publics's throat?
I know it's wrong of me, but I'd love to see someone knock the smug off Hogg's face.

Posted by: nerdygirl at March 27, 2018 12:13 AM (+lVUW)

360 Dude... I'm "Old-School Cyclist". I take my shit off-road or ride on designated paths. I have plenty to choose from and off-roading is a risky form of travel.

These "modern" bastards are trying to make some point that needs not to be made.

Environmentalist Shit-Stirrers need to find another way because people are going to be fed-up with their bullshit sooner or later.

Car > Cycle.

Physics can be a bitch.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at March 27, 2018 12:15 AM (Ckg4U)

361
My lone WWII vet as a teacher taught sixth grade. Army Air Force pilot who flew bombing missions over Getmany. Shot down in '44 and spent the remainder of the war in a Getman POW camp.

Remarkable man, stellar role model and outstanding teacher.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 27, 2018 12:17 AM (pNxlR)

362 Honestly, wanting to eat McDonalds 30 double
cheeseburgers should be enough all by itself to be charged with
suspicion of second-degree disorderly conduct, second-degree criminal
trespass, second-degree criminal mischief and harassment if the truth be
told.

Posted by: tonypete at March 26, 2018 10:08 PM (9rIkM)

Why would they refuse him, unless it was clear he had no means to pay for them?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 27, 2018 12:18 AM (Dbv1R)

363 Anyway, according to this writer, said politician not only screamed and threatened his way through the whole thing, but was seen handcuffed and seated in a corner of the examination room, wearing women's undergarments.

The term "Republican" was never mentioned, so it just HAD to have been a prominent liberal. Would love to know who it was. Any guesses, anyone?
Posted by: qdpsteve

I don't want to think about any of them in a bra and panties.

Posted by: nerdygirl at March 27, 2018 12:18 AM (+lVUW)

364 Toronto has just started transit passes like the Aussie's one that I use myself.

As far as tracking your movements by where you pay your fare, yes, but about 1/3 of the time it's completely wrong. Just a few days ago my account webpage said the bus that picked me up was at "Mount Dennis Garage" (I assume the bus repair garage) instead of the street name.

And about 1/3 of the time it hasn't charged me for a trip but 'it' thought it was a free "transfer" between buses instead.

It also strikes me that it would be a useful tool for providing an alibi for committing a crime. "I couldn't have thrown the bag of flaming dog-shit at P.M. Trudeau, officer. I was 20 miles away at Wilson Station. My Presto card will corroborate it!" Although you'd have to work out something with an accomplice because there are cameras on the buses now.

Posted by: andycanuck at March 27, 2018 12:18 AM (ewxPW)

365 Twenty minutes later when she called her hubby, from a pay phone telling him what had happened, hubby says, "I received your text asking about our Pin number and I've replied a little while ago." When they
rushed down to the bank, the bank staff told them all the money was already withdrawn. The thief had actually used the stolen cell phone to text "hubby" in the contact list and got hold of the pin. Within 20 minutes he had withdrawn all the money from their bank account.

Frankly, this was pretty stupid. He accepted a TEXT from his wife regarding their PIN? He didn't demand to talk with her? "You need cash? Where are you? I'll meet your there."

Or demand some verification of identity. Did he seriously think his wife had forgotten her PIN (note: not PIN number.

Sheesh.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 27, 2018 12:18 AM (YqDXo)

366 Nowadays, however, riding a fucking bike is a political statement. I've seen cyclists riding five abreast (literally) down the PCH here, and refusing to get over for vehicles, and giving the finger to motorists. For my money, if they get freight-trained, it's Darwinian.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 26, 2018 11:44 PM (YqDXo)

They're the ones who get a whiff of "rolling coal"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdDxjge5hmY

Posted by: kbdabear at March 27, 2018 12:20 AM (eh0Va)

367 360 Dude... I'm "Old-School Cyclist". I take my shit off-road or ride on designated paths. I have plenty to choose from and off-roading is a risky form of travel.

These "modern" bastards are trying to make some point that needs not to be made.

Environmentalist Shit-Stirrers need to find another way because people are going to be fed-up with their bullshit sooner or later.

Car > Cycle.

Physics can be a bitch.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at March 27, 2018 12:15 AM (Ckg4U)

This.

I'm of two minds. I LOVE cycling, and still have my bike from back when. But I'm reluctant to do it on city streets/roads. Riding off heavily trafficked roadways would be great.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 27, 2018 12:21 AM (YqDXo)

368 Ken Levine has a great blog post up today, "Who's Your Favorite...?"

Gonna share it here. I'll let him know.

Who's your favorite Superman?

Who's your favorite James Bond?

Who's your favorite Darren Stephens?

Who's your favorite Dolly (as in "Hello")?

Who's your favorite Olsen twin?

Who's your favorite Sherlock Holmes?

Who's your favorite RoboCop?

Who's your favorite Danny Ocean?

Who's your favorite Captain Kirk?

Who's your favorite Lois Lane?

Who's your favorite Norman Bates?

Who's your favorite Elizabeth Bennett?("Pride & Prejudice")

Who's your favorite Batman?

Who's your favorite Spiderman?

Who's your favorite Catwoman?

Who's your favorite Wonder Woman?

Who's your favorite Anna Coleman? ("Freaky Friday")

Who's your favorite "King Kong" heroine?

Who's your favorite Sarah Conner? ("Terminator")

Who's your favorite Incredible Hulk?

And finally, who's your favorite Dr. Who?

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 27, 2018 12:21 AM (eMKNe)

369 nerdygirl, oh yeah. I'd PAY to see someone give Boss Hogg the attitude adjustment treatment.

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 27, 2018 12:23 AM (eMKNe)

370 From the link Kay Guevara provided:

"It's just road rage to me, really," Pak said. "You see a big group of bikers ... you let them go through. There's no point in trying to test them."

Bullshit. The point is to let them know that lawlessness will not be tolerated.

This grandiose behavior of Environmental Freaks is going to get them killed in one way or another.

The media may be sweet to their cause, but physics and Real World American Law will not.

Suffer the consequences of your actions, Freaks. I'll light no candles for your demise.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at March 27, 2018 12:24 AM (Ckg4U)

371 Berserker, Ted would be my guess as well.
His family also has (or, used to have) the power to squelch stories like that.

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 27, 2018 12:24 AM (eMKNe)

372 They're the ones who get a whiff of "rolling coal"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdDxjge5hmY
Posted by: kbdabear
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That's the hardest I have laughed in days. Maybe weeks.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 27, 2018 12:25 AM (cp1if)

373 RE: The desecration of Little Women...

Perhaps a re-write of "Brokeback Mountain" or "Tales of the City" is in order, with all straight characters.

Posted by: Average Guy at March 27, 2018 12:26 AM (LMcFk)

374 *Jay, of course.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at March 27, 2018 12:26 AM (Ckg4U)

375 And we'll unexpectedly open car doors at inopportune moments, because we can. Consider it our contribution to the cyclic space program.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 26, 2018 11:00 PM (YqDXo)

Reminded me of this Sopranos episode

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDDixd7McCs

Posted by: kbdabear at March 27, 2018 12:27 AM (eh0Va)

376 From the link Kay Guevara provided:

Thank you. Although I'm not yet transitioning, if I stay in Cali, I may be forced to.

All joking aside, there's a difference between cycling for fun and cycling as political statement. Cyclists who obey traffic laws - as I did - are one thing. Assholes like those in the line, who do not, are another.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 27, 2018 12:28 AM (YqDXo)

377 My favorite Bond is Daniel Craig.
My favorite Batman is Christian Bale.
My favorite Doctor Who is David Tennent.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at March 27, 2018 12:28 AM (rnAwa)

378 371 Berserker, Ted would be my guess as well.
His family also has (or, used to have) the power to squelch stories like that.
Posted by: qdpsteve

And he probably had the manboobs to fill out a bra.

Posted by: nerdygirl at March 27, 2018 12:29 AM (+lVUW)

379 Has anyone explained to the geniuses that run
Seattle that steep increases in taxes makes it even harder for people to
afford to pay their living expenses, such as rent?

Posted by: nerdygirl at March 26, 2018 10:29 PM (+lVUW)

Heel, the money-grubbing landlords will absorb the tax increase. (exhales cloud of pot smoke)

Posted by: Seattle Silly Counswill at March 27, 2018 12:29 AM (Dbv1R)

380 My favorite Bond is Daniel Craig.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at March

why even have a favorite in a franchise you so obviously despise?

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 27, 2018 12:31 AM (MTjB1)

381
Has anyone heard speculation that the FIU pedestrian bridge collapse was caused by improper placement of its left side jack when the completed structure was lifted into place on the support pillars? Major screw up if true.

https://youtu.be/JvmvFQKTrMY

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 27, 2018 12:32 AM (pNxlR)

382 seriously, saying craig is my favorite bond is like saying obama is my favorite president.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 27, 2018 12:32 AM (MTjB1)

383 "Who's your favorite Captain Kirk?"

This is galactic-overlord level trolling.

Posted by: Bear with Assymetrical Balls at March 27, 2018 12:32 AM (H5knJ)

384 Today is the 73rd anniversary of Iwo being declared secure.

In the event you need to test your throat and tear ducts, check out the 2-minute video that's the first item at the top of Marines.mil

Posted by: Very Unstable Semi-Genius, AKA rhomboid at March 27, 2018 12:32 AM (v9gSJ)

385 First day at new job. Already better than the last job.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - It's OK, I'm with the banned at March 26, 2018 10:04 PM (IcT7t)

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Good luck!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 27, 2018 12:33 AM (5eT3f)

386 someone declaring craig is my favorite bond would be like a straight guy declaring his favorite gay sex act and who he would like to perform it.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 27, 2018 12:34 AM (MTjB1)

387 Favorite Batman is Kevin Conroy.

Posted by: buzzion at March 27, 2018 12:34 AM (cAnNx)

388 Okay... I've been sufficiently arrogant, controversial and self-righteous.

I'ma call it a night.

-Reminders about the AoSHQ prayer list that will be posted by OregonMuse on Wednesday...

home made gravy 71 (all one word) at 'the Hooya' dot com.

Without doing for others, we live an empty life.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at March 27, 2018 12:34 AM (Ckg4U)

389 @357 "Heh." I unnerstann.
Wife retired not long ago, and among the bookkeeping was that she'd no longer be across the hall from the place-of-employment credit union, so why not transfer our "grocery account" to our other CU, just around the corner from home? I'm game. So we go in there, and there are all these new wonderful features to a checking account that I do not want or need. You get a percentage kickback if you use the chip debit card a certain number of times per month. Card? I can write a check and record it faster that the damn stoners can find and swipe their cards. Sigh, OK, it's a new century. Let's get hep.

First shoppe I stop in, who knew, there's an 80-cent charge for swiping, because, lotto bums, bad and stolen cards. So that's out. At the liquor store where I'm very popular, clerk makes an oo-wie face, "It says there's not enough..." This has never happened to me, as I told the girl at the picnic.

There's $600 in that account. So I pay cash, and write a check instead of the card for the groceries. "Casually" mention it to Little Miss I.T. at home, and she phones the bank with "That Look" on her face.

Sure as shit. They'd linked the cards to the wrong accounts, and as she had used her regular credit card to get ready for a trip, she'd unwittingly spent the $600 I'd have used for a month of booze, smokes and groceries. Oopsie! "Oh well." Just a little computer error, as we say in my country.

We had a Little Chat with the management. Some of our "trust" is in that little establishment. Matter of fact, we're about their largest depositor, on the Plus side. And now my "trust" in them is about zero.

Argle frickin chips and so-called computers. I used to manage a big damn database, way bigger than this mere financial crap, and none of my clients ever got hosed like that. "Computer problem!" Bullshit. Screw-up is the word.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 27, 2018 12:34 AM (H5rtT)

390 From the Mad Mike Hughes story, there's this tidbit:

Video of the launch posted by AP freelancer Matt Hartman captured
the moment the rocket took off, which seemed to take onlookers by
surprise, including a nearby group of boys who appeared to be idly throwing rocks into a bigger pile of rocks.

Good to know boys will be boys still holds true out there.

Posted by: Hands at March 26, 2018 10:36 PM (EzdLW)

Another example of a reporter who doesn't get the five "W's". No mention was made of how Mad Mike got safely back to the planar surface of the Earth.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 27, 2018 12:34 AM (Dbv1R)

391
Who's your favorite Captain Christopher Pike? Why, Shrillery, of course!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 27, 2018 12:36 AM (pNxlR)

392 well, according to the reporter, the biggest concern was that when mad mike's rocket returned to earth it would punch a whole straight through an all the water would drain out.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 27, 2018 12:37 AM (MTjB1)

393 G'Night, Ev'ry-Buddy.

*static*

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at March 27, 2018 12:37 AM (Ckg4U)

394 Bear, I think Ken Levine meant to write, who's your favorite Star Trek Enterprise captain.

Of course, the answer is still Kirk/Shatner.

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 27, 2018 12:38 AM (eMKNe)

395 It has been 74 years since you gave your last full measure but welcome home Lt. Fazekas.

http://thisainthell.us/blog/?p=78502

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at March 27, 2018 12:38 AM (ILWp4)

396 ...spent the $600 I'd have used for a month of booze, smokes ~~and groceries~~.
Fixed for accuracy.

Posted by: andycanuck at March 27, 2018 12:39 AM (ewxPW)

397 Who's your favorite Elizabeth Bennett?("Pride Prejudice")

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1CfXj_ihpc

Posted by: wait, what? at March 27, 2018 12:40 AM (ERSkr)

398 Major screw up if true.

https://youtu.be/JvmvFQKTrMY
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot
-------------

That guy's been around a chalkboard before. Also, engineer, or possibly industrial designer.

His explanation seems plausible, but I'm waiting of the forensic guys to do their job. It won't be easy.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 27, 2018 12:42 AM (9tO1t)

399 nerdygirl, LOL!

"My back specialist ordered me to wear this!" - Ted

"Okay, now explain the pasties." - TSA worker

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 27, 2018 12:42 AM (eMKNe)

400 *unstaic*

P.S. I have missed prayers that were requested on this thread.

If you could copy and paste them, I'd be grateful.

*static*

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at March 27, 2018 12:43 AM (Ckg4U)

401 Another example of a reporter who doesn't get the five "W's". No mention was made of how Mad Mike got safely back to the planar surface of the Earth.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
---------

Trampoline.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 27, 2018 12:44 AM (c/EDo)

402 Posted by: yankeefifth at March 27, 2018 12:34 AM (MTjB1)

But first you will blow me

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 27, 2018 12:45 AM (3Pma+)

403 Trampoline.

As in made by Acme and Wile Coyote certified?

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at March 27, 2018 12:46 AM (ILWp4)

404 Anna, also don't forget Cher's hit "Gypsies, Trampolines and Thieves."

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 27, 2018 12:46 AM (eMKNe)

405 398 Major screw up if true.

https://youtu.be/JvmvFQKTrMY
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot
-------------

That guy's been around a chalkboard before. Also, engineer, or possibly industrial designer.

His explanation seems plausible, but I'm waiting of the forensic guys to do their job. It won't be easy.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 27, 2018 12:42 AM (9tO1t)

The moron's take is good, too.

https://youtu.be/KtiTm2dKLgU

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at March 27, 2018 12:47 AM (Dp6qK)

406 I had *German nuns* so the war never came up. You didn't, however, follow the rules. Been whacked by a ruler many times.

Posted by: Fre tibet at March 27, 2018 12:47 AM (CL76w)

407 Now that I think about it, most of the unpleasantness has arisen on the southbound part of PCH over the stretch we're talking about.

Not sure why. Do northbound cyclists take a different route, have a different ethos, have more clement roads?

No idea.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 27, 2018 12:12 AM (YqDXo

Southbound is the side of the road closest to the Ocean View.

And with a deft twitch of the wheel at the right moment of time, an adroitly administered fender-punt will afford the offending cyclist a closer view of said ocean, than they'd ever imagined.

*sigh*

Yeah, we can't DO it. But we can darkly, imagine.

Oh, and woe to the cyclist who'd ever imagine to drag me out of my F-150. I turn 60 in three weeks, and I have certain limitations from injuries.

I'm NOT going to "fight'cha".

But, you're GOING to LOSE. And that, long before I even have to remember that there's a S&W .357 in the truck.

I have many tools, many skills, and have long ago lost the merest fuck to give.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at March 27, 2018 12:48 AM (QzJWU)

408 Trampolines? So that is how Sonny did it...

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at March 27, 2018 12:48 AM (ILWp4)

409 Fre tibet, LOL.

"Sister Margaret, who was Adolf Hitler?"

**thwackk**

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 27, 2018 12:48 AM (eMKNe)

410 My favorite Doctor Who is David Tennent.
Posted by: BourbonChicken

This is how I know you're trolling. Don't make me strangle you with Tom Baker's scarf.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 27, 2018 12:48 AM (6FqZa)

411 Oh pulease... Jon Pertwee for the win.

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at March 27, 2018 12:49 AM (ILWp4)

412 384 Today is the 73rd anniversary of Iwo being declared secure.

In the event you need to test your throat and tear ducts, check out the 2-minute video that's the first item at the top of Marines.mil
Posted by: Very Unstable Semi-Genius, AKA rhomboid at March 27, 2018 12:32 AM (v9gSJ)

My father was there. In B company, 25th Marines, after suffering 85% casualties.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 27, 2018 12:50 AM (YqDXo)

413 Not to be confused with Sister Mary Stigmata of the Immaculate Smackdown.

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at March 27, 2018 12:50 AM (ILWp4)

414 Casino Royale was better than From Russia With Love. And Skyfall was better than Goldfinger.

Triumph, Just a game

https://youtu.be/GSfiGWiKAZE

Posted by: BourbonChicken at March 27, 2018 12:52 AM (rnAwa)

415 knew how much time they had to clean out the house.
It would appear that they had brought a truck to empty the house of
its contents. Something to consider if you have a GPS - don't put your
home address in it. Put a nearby address (like a store or gas station)
so you can still find your way home if you need to, but no one else
would know where you live if your GPS were stolen.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 26, 2018 11:18 PM (yQpMk)

Who puts their home address into a GPS? I know how to get home, FFS.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 27, 2018 12:55 AM (Dbv1R)

416 hmmmmmmm

da cubbies

Posted by: the legend known as NCJ at March 27, 2018 12:55 AM (t6+RR)

417 Jim!

have you checked your Spam file for my latest e-mails? there's a knowledge deal i believe you will want to grab, whilst it's still available.

Posted by: redc1c4 at March 27, 2018 12:55 AM (S7P+p)

418 Jim!

have you checked your Spam file for my latest e-mails? there's a knowledge deal i believe you will want to grab, whilst it's still available.

Posted by: redc1c4 at March 27, 2018 12:55 AM (S7P+p)

Text it to me. Email system is a fustercluck at best, right now.

"Cloud Based Systems" are ob de debbil.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at March 27, 2018 12:58 AM (QzJWU)

419 The thieves knew that by calling and saying they
were Mall Security, they could lure her out of her house long enough
for them to burglarize it.

Posted by: Grump928(C) dancing on the rim of the barrel at March 26, 2018 11:21 PM (yQpMk)

That e-mail makes the rounds every dozen years or so.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 27, 2018 12:58 AM (Dbv1R)

420 And while I'm spewing unpopular opinions
Cobra Kai did nothing wrong

https://youtu.be/xCwwxNbtK6Y

A burned out douche bully, finally a protagonist I identify with.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at March 27, 2018 12:59 AM (rnAwa)

421 Sister Salutaris. 60years and I still remember. They did love us, but it was hard to see that, once in awhile. They wanted us to be tough, as Sister Cecelia told me, in the 8th grade.

Posted by: Fre tibet at March 27, 2018 12:59 AM (CL76w)

422 Immigrant from India named Hafiz Kazi. Nothing to
see here, of course, as "terrorism has been ruled out"...but no motive
has been determined.

Posted by: Bert G aka Country Singer at March 26, 2018 11:27 PM (yzxic)

Well, it's not a Sikh name, nor a Hindu name, so odds are he's a muzzie. So jihad is definitely on the table. Sudden jihad syndrome, maybe, but certainly some flavor of jihad.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 27, 2018 01:01 AM (Dbv1R)

423 Some of the world's brightest minds are gathering in Christchurch this
week to discuss how best to tackle the ever-pressing issue of climate
change.
---
This is mostly notable as the first and last time the word "Christ" will cross their lips before they meet Him.

Posted by: Methos at March 27, 2018 01:03 AM (XQvuQ)

424 **TOP FIVE LEAST LETHAL FORMS OF JIHAD**

5. John McCain Temper Tantrum Jihad

4. Red Bull Overdose Jihad

3. Wal-Mart Lawn Chair Sale Jihad

2. Barbra Streisand Comeback Concert Jihad

1. Norwegian Jell-O Jihad

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 27, 2018 01:04 AM (eMKNe)

425 422 Sudden jihad syndrome, maybe, but certainly some flavor of jihad.

dude get with the times
he was triggered because trump cheated with a porn star and it diminished all women
see, trump's fault

Posted by: the legend known as NCJ at March 27, 2018 01:04 AM (t6+RR)

426 he'd lived in the Bay Area long enough... odds are he was just a garden variety Commie Kazi.

/stolen from another moron a few days ago.

Posted by: redc1c4 at March 27, 2018 01:05 AM (S7P+p)

427 Dunkirk was a lot better than I xpected.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 27, 2018 01:06 AM (aPsQQ)

428 420 And while I'm spewing unpopular opinions
Cobra Kai did nothing wrong

https://youtu.be/xCwwxNbtK6Y

A burned out douche bully, finally a protagonist I identify with.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at March 27, 2018 12:59 AM (rnAwa)

Nah. They did wrong. They listened to their prick teacher. And really based on that trailer, his teacher would have a freakout about the rejects he's teaching.

Posted by: buzzion at March 27, 2018 01:07 AM (cAnNx)

429 Who's your favorite Spiderman?

Steve Ditko is the only Spider-Man and Doctor Strange. All else is imitation.

Get off my parched, barren former lawn.

Posted by: mindful webworker's doppleganger with a goatee at March 27, 2018 01:08 AM (SCOa6)

430 But definitely will be better than that dumb Karate Kid movie with Will Smith's kid and Jackie Chan.

Posted by: buzzion at March 27, 2018 01:08 AM (cAnNx)

431 429 Who's your favorite Spiderman?

Steve Ditko is the only Spider-Man and Doctor Strange. All else is imitation.

Get off my parched, barren former lawn.

Posted by: mindful webworker's doppleganger with a goatee at March 27, 2018 01:08 AM (SCOa6)

1990's Spider-man Animated series version.

Posted by: buzzion at March 27, 2018 01:09 AM (cAnNx)

432 Jim: can i call? my flip phone cell doesn't text for shit.

go here: https://www.youroldtimebookstore.com/product-p/l4l5.htm

select "1", then before purchase, click on "coupons"... if the 75% off deal is still there, you can get all that knowledge for maybe $255, on paper, so EMP is NOT an issue. shipping for two boxes was dirt. IL to TX should be less.

good enough for McGyver and AOP, was good enough for Resident 3vil.

Posted by: redc1c4 at March 27, 2018 01:10 AM (S7P+p)

433 400
*unstaic*

P.S. I have missed prayers that were requested on this thread.

If you could copy and paste them, I'd be grateful.

*static*

Dear Lord,
Please let a meteor wipe all life on this planet. At least I could say I was right. AaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaMeeeeeeeennnnnnnnnnnnnnn.

Posted by: El Carbon Azzprint at March 27, 2018 01:10 AM (foYMy)

434
/stolen from another moron a few days ago.
Posted by: redc1c4

https://tinyurl.com/yb2p8uay

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 27, 2018 01:12 AM (aPsQQ)

435 433 Please let a meteor wipe all life on this planet.

he needs to wait
I want to see how far deep Da Bears go in the playoffs this year

Posted by: the legend known as NCJ at March 27, 2018 01:12 AM (t6+RR)

436 1. Norwegian Jell-O Jihad..................

Nooooooooooooooooooooo not that. Anything but that.

Posted by: El Carbon Azzprint at March 27, 2018 01:13 AM (foYMy)

437 Don't know if it's true but, there's a story at FB about a McDonalds employee who got fired for...

putting copies of his personally-recorded rap album in Happy Meals. LOL.

Hey, at least the kid's halfway good at marketing.

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 27, 2018 01:13 AM (eMKNe)

438 A recent story from LA: 40-50 cyclists blew through a red light and got pissed at motorists who honked at them.

Let the laws of physics enforce the laws of men.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 26, 2018 11:46 PM (YqDXo)

If I had to contend with that shit on a frequent basis, I would mount launching tubes under the front bumper of my truck, disguised as fog lights. Fire a small blunt projectile, trailing about ten feet of 30# test nylon fishing line, with a big treble hook on it. Get one of those through the spokes, and biker boy is going to Lipstand City.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 27, 2018 01:13 AM (Dbv1R)

439 Jim: can i call? my flip phone cell doesn't text for shit.

go here: https://www.youroldtimebookstore.com/product-p/l4l5.htm

select "1", then before purchase, click on "coupons"... if the 75% off deal is still there, you can get all that knowledge for maybe $255, on paper, so EMP is NOT an issue. shipping for two boxes was dirt. IL to TX should be less.

good enough for McGyver and AOP, was good enough for Resident 3vil.

Posted by: redc1c4 at March 27, 2018 01:10 AM (S7P+p)

I will follow that digital trail, in the morning.

For now though, Hasta la nite nite, Horde!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at March 27, 2018 01:14 AM (QzJWU)

440 430
But definitely will be better than that dumb Karate Kid movie with Will Smith's kid and Jackie Chan.

Those kids would have fed WS's kid to Koi IRL.

Posted by: El Carbon Azzprint at March 27, 2018 01:15 AM (foYMy)

441 Who puts their home address into a GPS? I know how to get home, FFS.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 27, 2018 12:55 AM (Dbv1R)
---
who the hello relies on a GPS?

i bought one to carry around, when they became available, towards the end of my military "career", not because i needed one, but because i needed a Trump card: "Yes 'NCO de jour/Sir" you out rank me, and we are undoubtedly on the grid you insist we are on, but it would appear that $5 billion dollars worth of satellites and technology agree with me..."

and yes, i used words to that effect more than once. i'm still trying to figure out why i never made E-5 in 19+ years as an E-4.

Posted by: redc1c4 at March 27, 2018 01:17 AM (S7P+p)

442 441 i'm still trying to figure out why i never made E-5 in 19+ years as an E-4.

on the bright side you still advanced more than an ***spit*** ensign

Posted by: the legend known as NCJ at March 27, 2018 01:21 AM (t6+RR)

443 438
A recent story from LA: 40-50 cyclists blew through a red light and got pissed at motorists who honked at them.

had that happen to me once....I wanted to make a left hand turn.
didn't because manslaughter. still assholes

Posted by: El Carbon Azzprint at March 27, 2018 01:21 AM (foYMy)

444 443 everyday I dream of taking out a cyclist or three
but then I remember I'm not built for prison and being sold for a pack of cigarettes would be bad for my ego

Posted by: the legend known as NCJ at March 27, 2018 01:24 AM (t6+RR)

445 Please let a meteor wipe all life on this planet. At least I could say I was right. AaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaMeeeeeeeennnnnnnnnnnnnnn.
----
That's from the back of the throat

Posted by: Methos at March 27, 2018 01:24 AM (XQvuQ)

446 438
A recent story from LA: 40-50 cyclists blew through a red light and got pissed at motorists who honked at them.

had that happen to me once....I wanted to make a left hand turn.
didn't because manslaughter. still assholes

Posted by: El Carbon Azzprint

You wanna scare the shit out of them, look down and start texting. They will move.

Posted by: Jean at March 27, 2018 01:25 AM (MS0+a)

447 404 Anna, also don't forget Cher's hit "Gypsies, Trampolines and Thieves."
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 27, 2018 12:46 AM (eMKNe)

Nice!

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 27, 2018 01:26 AM (5wyzv)

448 A recent story from LA: 40-50 cyclists blew through a red light and got pissed at motorists who honked at them.

had that happen to me once....I wanted to make a left hand turn.didn't because manslaughter. still assholes

Posted by: El Carbon Azzprint at March 27, 2018 01:21 AM (foYMy)
---
i don't honk, i just pull out if i have the RoW.

slowly, carefully, because i'm not about sending my own ass to jail, but enough to enrage them so they do something stupid....

because Fuck You, That's Why.

i'm in the belly of the beast, so i am surrounded by targets of opportunity.

Posted by: redc1c4 at March 27, 2018 01:26 AM (S7P+p)

449 okay kiddies
my visit is over
gotta go get nck from the movies
maybe central booking, who knows with her anymore

Posted by: the legend known as NCJ at March 27, 2018 01:26 AM (t6+RR)

450 Finally saw a bit of Stormy Pronstar from the 60 Wasted Minutes interview where she did look like she'd visited the eye doctor that day.

A little while later, we watched a TV show where a gal was infested with a demon and her special-effect eyes went all black.

"Stormy Daniels Eyes" is now officially a thing.

Posted by: mindful webworker's Gordion knottiness at March 27, 2018 01:30 AM (SCOa6)

451 Posted by: El Carbon Azzprint at March 27, 2018 01:21 AM (foYMy)
---
i don't honk, i just pull out if i have the RoW.

slowly, carefully, because i'm not about sending my own ass to jail, but enough to enrage them so they do something stupid....

because Fuck You, That's Why.

i'm in the belly of the beast, so i am surrounded by targets of opportunity. ...

My car is mostly plastic. So they would have bounced.
but 20 on1 are not good odds.

Posted by: El Carbon Azzprint at March 27, 2018 01:32 AM (foYMy)

452 select "1", then before purchase, click on
"coupons"... if the 75% off deal is still there, you can get all that
knowledge for maybe $255, on paper, so EMP is NOT an issue. shipping for
two boxes was dirt. IL to TX should be less.

good enough for McGyver and AOP, was good enough for Resident 3vil.

Posted by: redc1c4 at March 27, 2018 01:10 AM (S7P+p)

My books arrived today. Woo-hoo! Mostly nice glossy-cover paperbacks, but a couple are hardbound.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 27, 2018 01:34 AM (Dbv1R)

453 El Carbon Azzprint: Dear Lord,
Please let a meteor wipe all life on this planet. At least I could say I was right. AaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaMeeeeeeeennnnnnnnnnnnnnn.

Okay, here goes... oh, oh, no, wait a minute...

There's still ten righteous people scattered around the planet.

I'll wait.

Posted by: Jehovah's Hellfire and Brimstone Emporium at March 27, 2018 01:34 AM (SCOa6)

454 If my professors were even half as good with he chalk as that guy, I would have had 4.0 in college

Posted by: Jean at March 27, 2018 01:35 AM (MS0+a)

455 here's a serious WTF for y'all... a Moron poasted this link earlier today:

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/replace-anti-civil-rights-
citigroupcitibank-provider-official-credit-cards-united-states-government

and it w*rked just fine. re-booted my browser a bit ago and got a FF message that:

The owner of petitions.whitehouse.gov has configured their website improperly. To protect your information from being stolen, Firefox has not connected to this website.

This site uses HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) to specify that Firefox may only connect to it securely. As a result, it is not possible to add an exception for this certificate.
/end quoted text

yeah, right... i believe that shit. they don't even TRY to pretend any more.

Posted by: redc1c4 at March 27, 2018 01:35 AM (S7P+p)

456 This site uses HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS)
to specify that Firefox may only connect to it securely. As a result,
it is not possible to add an exception for this certificate.
/end quoted text

yeah, right... i believe that shit. they don't even TRY to pretend any more.

Posted by: redc1c4 at March 27, 2018 01:35 AM (S7P+p)

Time to shitcan Firefox. They have all gone SJW. Using Pale Moon here, but Brave is also good.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 27, 2018 01:38 AM (Dbv1R)

457 My car is mostly plastic. So they would have bounced.
but 20 on1 are not good odds.

Posted by: El Carbon Azzprint at March 27, 2018 01:32 AM (foYMy)
---
i was Mech Infantry and Armored Cav: "engage with front bumper" is a driver command i recognize.

besides, this is Lost Angels: i am NOT going to be Reginald Denny #2.

Posted by: redc1c4 at March 27, 2018 01:39 AM (S7P+p)

458 ""Stormy Daniels Eyes" is now officially a thing." is now officially a thing.

She''s got a **** full of blacks...
Her lips hit the ground.
Her thighs are never cold.
She's got Stormy Daniels Eyes
She put the lube on you.
You have to be tested twice.
She's as pure as LA snow (up your nose)
She got Stormy Daniels Eyes

Posted by: El Carbon Azzprint at March 27, 2018 01:39 AM (foYMy)

459 Time to shitcan Firefox. They have all gone SJW. Using Pale Moon here, but Brave is also good.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 27, 2018 01:38 AM (Dbv1R)
----
still on Vista 32 bit... i know Brave won't w*rk, not sure about Pale Moon.

Posted by: redc1c4 at March 27, 2018 01:42 AM (S7P+p)

460 LOL, El Carbon.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 27, 2018 01:42 AM (Dbv1R)

461 still on Vista 32 bit... i know Brave won't w*rk, not sure about Pale Moon.

Posted by: redc1c4 at March 27, 2018 01:42 AM (S7P+p)

Pale Moon uses what is basically the older Firefox engine, so it ought to run on vista.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 27, 2018 01:43 AM (Dbv1R)

462 She will blow until she owns you.
The director will yell cut twice.
You hope the rubbers hold.
She got Stormy Daniels Eyes.

Posted by: El Carbon Azzprint at March 27, 2018 01:48 AM (foYMy)

463
Frankly, this was pretty stupid. He accepted a
TEXT from his wife regarding their PIN? He didn't demand to talk with
her? "You need cash? Where are you? I'll meet your there."

Or demand some verification of identity. Did he seriously think his wife had forgotten her PIN (note: not PIN number.

Sheesh.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 27, 2018 12:18 AM (YqDXo)

This is simply not possible, a wife that forgot her 4 digit numeric code to get a fistful of cash.Now if a flying Unicorn was to tap you on the shoulder, say that she was your wife, and asked in person for the PIN, I can possibly believe that.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at March 27, 2018 01:48 AM (UsCnO)

464 Watch This! 2018-03-26 video playlist

Woolery on Hillary, PraegerU on Power, real survivor, Dice does Stormy, Bolton is the Best. Also, oldest rocks, Ozzy Man, Slow-Mo splatters, Berens keeps it movin', and Potato Vsauce.

Also, Ice v Trampoline, freshly lifted from sommmmewherrrre....

https://otherpeoplesvideos.wordpress.com/

Posted by: mindful webworker's othered websites at March 27, 2018 01:49 AM (SCOa6)

465 Work is stroking right along here at Casa de Peon. I have called the city, and asked them to send the building inspector on Thursday. Have not heard back from them yet. Got the last of the collar ties done today, and moved on to adding diagonal braces to the pony walls that support the roof purlins on the inner walls of the block rooms.

Got a little better than half the smaller side done, and I have a friend coming over tomorrow to work downstairs, and cut lumber for me. He can pass it up to me in the attic, and I can glue/screw it into place. Should be done tomorrow.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 27, 2018 01:51 AM (Dbv1R)

466 PIN numbers!
ATM machines!
Hot water heaters!

*sound of fingernails on chalkboard*

Do da keeds nowadays even have chalkboards?

Posted by: mindful webworker's age of redundancy time at March 27, 2018 01:51 AM (SCOa6)

467 I need Muldoon to finish this song.

It would be awesome.

Posted by: El Carbon Azzprint at March 27, 2018 01:52 AM (foYMy)

468 ...She's got Stormy Daniels Eyes
Posted by: El Carbon Azzprint

That was fast.

Posted by: mindful webworker's Billboard Top 100 nomination at March 27, 2018 01:52 AM (SCOa6)

469 Got a little better than half the smaller side done,
and I have a friend coming over tomorrow to work downstairs, and cut
lumber for me. He can pass it up to me in the attic, and I can
glue/screw it into place. Should be done tomorrow.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 27, 2018 01:51 AM (Dbv1R)
have you thought of a Yert instead.

Posted by: El Carbon Azzprint at March 27, 2018 01:54 AM (foYMy)

470 I'm really bored right now.

Posted by: El Carbon Azzprint at March 27, 2018 01:56 AM (foYMy)

471 First thing I do on any platform - cell, tablet, laptop, desktop - is install Opera as the default browser. Also set DuckDuckGo as the default search engine.

Partly it's just that I'm a stick-with-what-I-know kind of guy. I'd still be using Netscape if they hadn't ruined it.

Plus...

Guck Foogle.

Posted by: mindful webworker's also against Daylight Slaving Crime at March 27, 2018 01:57 AM (SCOa6)

472 I'm really bored right now.

Posted by: El Carbon Azzprint at March 27, 2018 01:56 AM (foYMy)
---
they have medication for that...

Posted by: redc1c4 at March 27, 2018 01:58 AM (S7P+p)

473 * sets off M-80 under El Carbon Azzprint *

BORED? BORED? Entertain us, monkey! You have no right to be bored! Dance!

Posted by: mindful webworker's other personality at March 27, 2018 01:59 AM (SCOa6)

474 have you thought of a Yert instead.

Posted by: El Carbon Azzprint at March 27, 2018 01:54 AM (foYMy)

A shanty or hovel would be nice.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 27, 2018 02:01 AM (Dbv1R)

475 working working....

Posted by: El Carbon Azzprint at March 27, 2018 02:01 AM (foYMy)

476 She'll let you pay her off
Sign NDA.
Your lawyer will find a way.
She got Stormy Daniels Eyes.

Posted by: El Carbon Azzprint at March 27, 2018 02:04 AM (foYMy)

477 She will bite you.
That will excite you.
Until a divorce your wife will invite you.
She litigious and shot is what takes
To make you not itches.

Posted by: El Carbon Azzprint at March 27, 2018 02:08 AM (foYMy)

478 anyone else.........come on.

Posted by: El Carbon Azzprint at March 27, 2018 02:08 AM (foYMy)

479 yeah, i miss Nutscrape too... never understood building a product people love, only to fuck it up beyond saving, in the name of "features" or "improvement"

#idiots

Posted by: redc1c4 at March 27, 2018 02:09 AM (S7P+p)

480
She will bite you.
That will excite you.
Until a divorce your wife will invite you.
She litigious and shot is what takes
To make you not itches.

Posted by: El Carbon Azzprint at March 27, 2018 02:08 AM (foYMy)

Now we need to get some of the Horde musicians to put a band together, and get one of the 'Ettes to sing it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 27, 2018 02:11 AM (Dbv1R)

481 Big finish......

SHEEEEEEEEEEEE's
GOT
STORMY
DANIELS
EYE'S

Dunta Dunta Dunta Dunta Dunta Dun Nanaaaaaaaaaaaa.
Cymbal Crash

Posted by: El Carbon Azzprint at March 27, 2018 02:23 AM (foYMy)

482 Thank you and gooood NITE...

Posted by: El Carbon Azzprint at March 27, 2018 02:26 AM (foYMy)

483 Now we need to get some of the Horde musicians to put a band together, and get one of the 'Ettes to sing it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 27, 2018 02:11 AM (Dbv1R)
---
"we're on a mission from Ace"...

messenger bags full of Val-U-Rite, open and CCW weapons, bandoliers of bacon, it's an army that can't be stopped.

coming soon to a theater near you!

Posted by: redc1c4 at March 27, 2018 02:27 AM (S7P+p)

484 472
I'm really bored right now.

Posted by: El Carbon Azzprint at March 27, 2018 01:56 AM (foYMy)
---
they have medication for that...

Stopped that once it became legal.
No fun after that...taxes and all

Posted by: El Carbon Azzprint at March 27, 2018 02:27 AM (foYMy)

485 That's the third time I linked to the trailer at AoS and it has been burning a hole in my brain so I better finally rant about it.

1) If they can make a protagonist out of a 2D bully, like Biff from Back to the Future, then they can do this treatment to anyone. In fact the writers might have regarded it as a challenge and succeeded admirably. The meta-narrative is really strong here. Did anyone think, 30 minutes in, that Mr. Miyagi was making a sap out of the guy who painted fences and waxed cars? The Karate Kid was one of the best movies of that year. That said, there was little for the audience to feel conflicted about.

2) It seems to be hitting a zeitgeist. You could overlay a paragraph by Jordan Peterson or Bill Burr to that trailer, and if you were clever it would match pretty well. Being tough and strong are virtues in their own right. It is easier to be good when you are wealthy, strong and secure. Being weak is effectively being tempted to do sneaky immoral things.

3) Everyone has struggles to the point they deserve our sympathy, to include bullies who practice the Dane Cook of martial arts.

4) Daniel has had very little opportunity to practice being a good person without Mr. Miyagi there. Johnny on the other hand has huge regrets to motivate him. And now Sensei Kreese (sp?), the only real villain, is gone.

5) Daniel is a huge punk, and soon the crowd will be hoping and waiting for someone to Sweep. The. Leg. His karate form is garbage.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at March 27, 2018 02:29 AM (rnAwa)

486 Yea. but the crane kick is illegal IRL.

Posted by: El Carbon Azzprint at March 27, 2018 02:33 AM (foYMy)

487 now for real good night whoever is left...

Posted by: El Carbon Azzprint at March 27, 2018 02:33 AM (foYMy)

488 redc1c4: ...never understood building a product people love, only to fuck it up beyond saving, in the name of "features" or "improvement"...

And yet, that happens to product after product, year after year.

Only software I can think of that has been consistently reliable, only good improvements, is Forte Agent for email and newsgroups. Of course, the systems with which it interfaces have been pretty much static for decades. But they've kept up with what has changed.

I think we hit peak human interface ease about 1996, and it's been downhill since then. I blame Goggle.

Posted by: mindful webworker's failed life at March 27, 2018 02:37 AM (SCOa6)

489 Living on standard time. It's 2:30 by EDST. It's 1:30 CDST here. But, it's merely 12:30 by Righteous Time, on the clock on the mantle. Which is still past my bedtime, but not as badly as those delusional numbers.

Posted by: mindful webworker's timekeeping dilemma at March 27, 2018 02:40 AM (SCOa6)

490 can i access Usenet through Forte Agent, or is that still a function of my ISP, necessitating long searches for unblocked news servers who may, or may not, carry the froups i 'm seeking?

Posted by: redc1c4 at March 27, 2018 02:47 AM (S7P+p)

491 #490

It's a lot like email. You need to have an account recognized by the server. ATT stopped running their servers around the same time they stopped providing their own email instead of telling their customers to use Yahoo. Around that time I got my own domain for email (having an extremely rare last name makes it easy to have a vanity address that is firstname@lastname.com) and a while later switched to cable for broadband service. By then I'd gotten so out of the Usenet habit I never checked to see if they had any Usenet access.

Posted by: epobirs at March 27, 2018 02:57 AM (AJKgl)

492 I think we hit peak human interface ease about 1996, and it's been downhill since then. I blame Goggle.

Posted by: mindful webworker's failed life at March 27, 2018 02:37 AM (SCOa6)
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and people in general. was it just earlier this week a COB linked Suck.com? they were awesome, and then they were gone.

and i see that someone is trying to resurrect yall.com"covering the South like kudzu"

then, of course, there is the more recent "West Virginia Surf Report" http://thewvsr.com/

*sigh*... it's always September now.

Posted by: redc1c4 at March 27, 2018 02:58 AM (S7P+p)

493 Time to hit the sack. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 27, 2018 02:59 AM (Dbv1R)

494 Her hair is Harlow gold
Her ass brown surprise
Her snatch is never cold
She has Stormy Daniels eyes

She'll turn her big boobs on you
You will have to duck twice
She's pure as New York snow
She's got Stormy Daniels eyes

And She'll tease you
She'll squeeze you
Swallow deeply just to please you
She's precocious and she knows just
What it takes to make a pro blush
She got Andy Cooper standoff sighs
She's got Stormy Daniels eyes

She'll let you take her home
It whets her inner thighs
She'll swallow any bone
She's got Stormy Daniels eyes

She'll take a tumble on you
Ride you and give you lice
Your balls will never be blue
She's got Stormy Daniels eyes

She'll expose you
When she blows you
Off your feet with the coke she throws you
She's ferocious and she knows just
What it takes to make a pro blush
60 Minutes knows she's high
She's got Stormy Davis eyes.

And she'll tease you
And squeeze you
Swallow deeply just to please you
She's precocious and she knows just
What it takes to make a pro blush
Tossing salad like a Russian spy
She's got Stormy Daniels eyes.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at March 27, 2018 03:00 AM (UsCnO)

495 redc1c4: can i access Usenet through Forte Agent

Agent is a newsreader. You have to have a usenet provider.

The main Agent improvements regard better binary post recognition. Posts which use to be dozens of lines are now compacted to a single line. Pretty good at unscrambling and fixing of RAR files.

IIRC, Agent's creators sold the program, but eventually bought it back, and have maintained it since. In that way, unique, AFAIK, among all software.

Posted by: mindful webworker's timekeeping dilemma at March 27, 2018 03:02 AM (SCOa6)

496 Posted by: epobirs at March 27, 2018 02:57 AM (AJKgl)

---
IIRC, you're the one helping go thought JP's papers here in The Valley, right?

Posted by: redc1c4 at March 27, 2018 03:03 AM (S7P+p)

497 I'm in the mood for a melody,
I'm in the mood for a melody,
I'm in the mood ...

I'm in the mood for a melody,
I'm in the mood for a melody,
I'm in the mood ....

Posted by: Adriane the Music Critic ... at March 27, 2018 03:03 AM (AoK0a)

498 I don't recall the Betty Davis Eyes song well enough to appreciate the riffs on it, but they're chuckleworthy.

I... don't think I'll make it to the 666

number tonight.

I feel myself faaading like Marty in the photo in Back to the Future.

Which fading-as-timeglitch idea was hilariously echoed in Krypton s01e01 btw.

Posted by: mindful webworker's macarena fit at March 27, 2018 03:07 AM (SCOa6)

499 Kim Carnes original video Bette Davis eyes.

https://www.vevo.com/watch/kim-carnes/bette-davis-eyes/USEM30100819

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at March 27, 2018 03:10 AM (UsCnO)

500 #441

I've had a lot of jobs that had me driving home from an unfamiliar locale around 2 AM, so I'm not too proud to take some guidance until I had my bearings and knew the rest of the way. If there are advisories for road construction this is really helpful as such is always an issue at that hour in SoCal.

There were some night when I felt wide awake and restless, so I'd instead make an educated guess as to which direction would get me somewhere familiar. If I head west I'll eventually get to the coastline and the choice is a bit obvious from there.

OTOH, the voice of the guidance system can be really irritating. If I'm going somewhere unfamiliar, I don't turn on the guidance until I'm approaching the point where it's actually needed.

Posted by: epobirs at March 27, 2018 03:10 AM (AJKgl)

501 #496

Yep, I've almost got the proto-Falkenberg novella formatted enough to create an EPUB file.

The other book is over twice as long, so it will take a good while. I have the PDF scan OCRed, so I can copy the text into Word but there is a huge amount of work from there to eliminate the massive amount of artifacts that creep in and generate bizarre misspellings. For example, the letter W in certain places really drives the OCR software nuts. Plus it thinks ever line is a paragraph and so a zillion errant CR/LF removals have to happen. Importing the text with all formatting removed is actual worse because you end up with a single paragraph for hundreds of pages.

There is a western novel that never sold that may get the ebook treatment, too. It depends if there is enough perceived interest.

Posted by: epobirs at March 27, 2018 03:17 AM (AJKgl)

502 Associate Professor Bronwyn Hayward, a political scientist at the University of Canterbury and IPCC lead author who is helping host the meeting, said: "It is a wonderful opportunity for the city to host 120 world specialists on land use and climate change - issues that are central for New Zealand's future.

"And it's a great chance to showcase some of the science and social science, alongside community activities, that are taking place already here in the wider region."

The science is settled. The political science, that is.

Posted by: Al Gore at March 27, 2018 03:18 AM (/qEW2)

503 Suddenly a shot rang out.

A woman screamed.

Everyone heard the sound of a body, wetly, heavily thumping to the drawing room floor.

A murmur of fearful, excited voices. Two of the women fainted.

Then the lights came back up.

And mindful webworker was nowhere to be seen.

Everyone heaved a huge sigh of relief.

As Janet confessed her affair with Robert, Bianca sobbed and wailed. The other guests shifted uncomfortably, sipping at their champagne.

Outside, the Professor readied his nega-ray apparatus, while his assistant snickered moistly.

Posted by: mindful webworker's neverending nonsense at March 27, 2018 03:23 AM (SCOa6)

504 still on Vista 32 bit... i know Brave won't w*rk, not sure about Pale Moon.

Posted by: redc1c4 at March 27, 2018 01:42 AM (S7P+p)

++++

Pale Moon supports Vista, both 32 & 64 bit.

http://www.palemoon.org/palemoon-win32.shtml

http://www.palemoon.org/palemoon-win64.shtml

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 27, 2018 03:48 AM (pvjTE)

505 500/501: yeah, in unfamiliar suburban developments, etc, i can agree with the utility to navigate the street spaghetti.

out in the sticks with Uncle Sam, with clearly defined terrain features, especially areas you train in time and time again? that's just lame.

anywhere in SoCal that isn't part of my usual, if i have a paper map of major streets and know where i'm going, i'm good. i just do a map recon and write down the last fidly bits from the closest intersection.

as for the other, if you're coming through the area again anytime soon, i'd be pleased if we could set up a mini-mini MoMe. whether he lived in Laurel, or maybe Coldwater, or even in the Flats north of the river, it's all reasonably close to me, and lots of neutral sites to meet at.

there aren't so many of us Horde members here in The Valley that we can generally afford to be strangers, so, if you're inclined, tell MisHum or CBD i said to give you my IRL contact info, and lets see what we can arrange.

Posted by: redc1c4 at March 27, 2018 03:49 AM (S7P+p)

506 Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 27, 2018 03:48 AM (pvjTE)

---
thank you for that bit...

Posted by: redc1c4 at March 27, 2018 03:52 AM (S7P+p)

507 Up in middle of night for at least 1 1/2 hrs. Oh well.

Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2018 03:54 AM (aC6Sd)

508 Doesn't say how the rocket proves the earth is flat.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at March 27, 2018 03:58 AM (/qEW2)

509 #508

He thinks if he goes high enough he'll be able to beyond the disc and spot the giant elephants riding atop the turtle.

The sad thing is that humans figured out the earth was round thousands of years ago when they made journeys out to sea and could see the shoreline feature drop below the horizon while they were still readily distinguished.

Posted by: epobirs at March 27, 2018 04:10 AM (AJKgl)

510 A few days ago I saw a pic of a text from the Flat Earth Society, saying they have correspondents all around the world.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at March 27, 2018 04:18 AM (UsCnO)

511 I got coffee now
Good morning horde

Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2018 04:33 AM (aC6Sd)

512 Everyone sleeping in?

Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2018 04:59 AM (aC6Sd)

513 day walkers!!!!

arrrrgh!

there goes the neighborhood.

/me pops smoke

hasta, y'all!

Posted by: redc1c4 at March 27, 2018 05:04 AM (S7P+p)

514 Have to pick up parts for well casing connection, a 4 foot deep x 4 foot wide hole is in my immediate future, and its still winter here no matter what that calender or groundhog says.

Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2018 05:08 AM (aC6Sd)

515 If they're rewriting Little Women, then I've got an idea for a rewrite of Huck Finn.

Posted by: Shep Smith at March 27, 2018 05:09 AM (Pby3z)

516 and its still winter here no matter what that calendar or groundhog says.

Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2018 05:08 AM (aC6Sd)

Weather forecast for next week is cold, cold and snow possible. I'd like to get those Global Warmest to meet at my house. Someone commented on the large entourage that Obama has while traveling the world: From that article......

All these leaders don't give a stuff about climate change. Instead they are travelling around in v8 bmw 7 series. Classic example was Obama last week. Private helicopter from Auckland all the way up to that golf course hundreds of kilometres north. Then when he was in Sydney I paused it on the motorcade he was in on the highway. A total of 15 vehicles for 1 man... 9 police motorbikes and 5 reasonably big suvs. If the leaders of the world can't lead by example then who says the rest of the world is going to follow. What a joke it all is really..
All these
leaders don't give a stuff about climate change. Instead they are
travelling around in v8 bmw 7 series. Classic example was Obama last
week. Private helicopter from Auckland all the way up to that golf
course hundreds of kilometres north. Then when he was in Sydney I paused
it on the motorcade he was in on the highway. A total of 15 vehicles
for 1 man... 9 police motorbikes and 5 reasonably big suvs. If the
leaders of the world can't lead by example then who says the rest of the
world is going to follow. What a joke it all is reallyAll these
leaders don't give a stuff about climate change. Instead they are
travelling around in v8 bmw 7 series. Classic example was Obama last
week. Private helicopter from Auckland all the way up to that golf
course hundreds of kilometres north. Then when he was in Sydney I paused
it on the motorcade he was in on the highway. A total of 15 vehicles
for 1 man... 9 police motorbikes and 5 reasonably big suvs.

Posted by: Colin at March 27, 2018 05:22 AM (5aLl1)

517 Sorry for the double post, early you know!

Posted by: Colin at March 27, 2018 05:24 AM (5aLl1)

518 515 If they're rewriting Little Women, then I've got an idea for a rewrite of Huck Finn.
Posted by: Shep Smith at March 27, 2018 05:09 AM (Pby3z)

Shep A little late on that. I have a gay black prof in college tell me that Jim was slipping the black snake to Huck.

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 27, 2018 05:28 AM (BtQd4)

519 Another day out in the world, Comrades. Everybody prepared? Got your Second Amendment handy? Close at hand? Is it safe?

Posted by: Eromero at March 27, 2018 05:29 AM (zLDYs)

520 502 Associate Professor Bronwyn Hayward, a political scientist at the University of Canterbury and IPCC lead author

You mean these people?
Mann:

the important thing is to make sure theyre loosing the PR battle. Thats what
the site [Real Climate] is about.

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 27, 2018 05:37 AM (BtQd4)

521 2 North African Religion of Peas workers doing door to door Proselytizing in Paris accidently stabbed (11 times) and burned an 85 year old Jewish lady.

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 27, 2018 05:45 AM (BtQd4)

522 >>>If the leaders of the world can't lead by example then who says the rest of the world is going to follow. What a joke it all is really..

I think Obama wants to send the message that he's still a "leader" with special rights, and the rest of us are serfs. And he's got plenty of people willing to humor him in his narcissistic fantasy.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at March 27, 2018 05:49 AM (/qEW2)

523 Always read the story about Harry Truman (love him or hate him) went back home after leaving the White House, and became just mostly an ordinary citizen again. No big entourages with big cars and police escorts, world tours, etc.

Posted by: Colin at March 27, 2018 05:56 AM (5aLl1)

524 I think Obama wants to send the message that he's still a leader with special rights, and the rest of us are serfs. And he's got plenty of people willing to humor him in his narcissistic fantasy.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at March 27, 2018 05:49 AM (/qEW2)

Leader or RULER? Remember he said after his first election he was ready to RULE and did not want to wait until Jan 20.

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 27, 2018 05:57 AM (BtQd4)

525 G'morning, all.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 27, 2018 06:10 AM (EyPfd)

526 I see where last night's internet kerfuffle about Hogg not being at school the day of the shooting has been straightened out.

Yes...he was there.

Writer of original article has problems with english.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 27, 2018 06:13 AM (EyPfd)

527 Good Morning.
I got an email from Consumer Reports yesterday telling me how to combat Facebooks intrusions into my life. In it, the state on how it was used in the 2016 election, which I know is code for TRUMP!. I thought I had read in AoS that Oblablas cronies used FB similarly in 2012. Is that correct?

Posted by: Bruce at March 27, 2018 06:14 AM (8ikIW)

528 "I thought I had read in AoS that Oblablas cronies used FB similarly in 2012. Is that correct?"

Yes.

But, that was different.

Because.

And shit.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 27, 2018 06:17 AM (EyPfd)

529 I thought I had read in AoS that Oblablas cronies used FB similarly in 2012. Is that correct?

Yes. Yes they did. Then bragged about it. The MSM followed up by swooning.

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 27, 2018 06:17 AM (pY+s4)

530 527 Good Morning.
I got an email from Consumer Reports yesterday telling me how to combat Facebooks intrusions into my life. In it, the state on how it was used in the 2016 election, which I know is code for TRUMP!. I thought I had read in AoS that Oblablas cronies used FB similarly in 2012. Is that correct?
Posted by: Bruce at March 27, 2018 06:14 AM (8ikIW)

It was used by Trump in the primaries. In the election he used the RNC data.

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 27, 2018 06:18 AM (BtQd4)

531
Yes. Yes they did.

Thank you. That's what I had thought. I found it strange (/s) that CR didn't mention that in their emailed report. Only the 2016 incident (TRUMP!)

Posted by: Bruce at March 27, 2018 06:20 AM (8ikIW)

532 Only in New York City would they think of this - making ice cream/gelato that looks like sushi... *thud*

http://www.ufunk.net/en/food/ice-cream-sushi/

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at March 27, 2018 06:20 AM (ILWp4)

533 526 what do you mean, VIA? Link?

Posted by: Votermom's phone now on Team Gloom Sub Duty at March 27, 2018 06:22 AM (hMwEB)

534 A few days ago I saw a pic of a text from the Flat Earth Society, saying they have correspondents all around the world.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at March 27, 2018 04:18 AM

From all around the 'globe' you mean. Globe inferring a round object.

You messed up the punchline.

Posted by: Forgot My Nic at March 27, 2018 06:24 AM (LOgQ4)

535 Link to the Hogg story, and correction.

https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/292357/

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 27, 2018 06:26 AM (EyPfd)

536 Chicago spending big bucks cleaning up the area where Amazon might want to build their second world headquarters. the beautiful "art" created by Graffiti artist being scrubbed off the walls. Oh the humanity of it all.

Meanwhile another billion dollars lost in the person fund, its only money they say.....

Posted by: Colin at March 27, 2018 06:26 AM (5aLl1)

537 526 I see where last night's internet kerfuffle about Hogg not being at school the day of the shooting has been straightened out.

Yes...he was there.

Writer of original article has problems with english.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

So the video interviews in his own words where he was speaking on tape are wrong? Because I just listened to one. They did a side by side of the day of interview and then one later where he said he got on his bike and rode the three miles to school.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 27, 2018 06:28 AM (z8tEv)

538 > All these leaders don't give a stuff about climate change. Instead they are travelling around ...

Why not schedule an online video conference next time?! ConnectMe, GoToMeeting, etc work just fine.

Posted by: Escaped Oaf at March 27, 2018 06:30 AM (zyUO8)

539 Why not schedule an online video conference next time?! ConnectMe, GoToMeeting, etc work just fine.

Posted by: Escaped Oaf

They hav a 7 day meeting in Bora Bora next year to discuss the possibilities of maybe video conferencing in the near future. Something about "laser focus"

Posted by: Bruce at March 27, 2018 06:35 AM (8ikIW)

540 Seems the entire Hogg story is as hinky as the Vegas, Pulse Nightclub, & San Bernardino shootings.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 27, 2018 06:36 AM (z8tEv)

541 hinky as the Vegas, Pulse Nightclub, & San Bernardino shootings.
Posted by: rickb22

Huh? When did those happen?

...MSM...

Posted by: Bruce at March 27, 2018 06:37 AM (8ikIW)

542 >>>>Link to the Hogg story, and correction.

https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/292357/

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 27, 2018 06:26 AM
.
.
.That's why I invoked the 24 hour rule on that yesterday. Something didn't seem to add up with that story.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at March 27, 2018 06:40 AM (+Dllb)

543 If I move to, or at least set up an address in, a sanctuary city, can I tell the IRS to stuff it this year?

Posted by: Bruce at March 27, 2018 06:42 AM (8ikIW)

544 So the video interviews in his own words where he was speaking on tape are wrong? Because I just listened to one. They did a side by side of the day of interview and then one later where he said he got on his bike and rode the three miles to school.

Just rewatched the video.
NOWHERE does Hogg say, "at 6:00 pm" I got on my bike...

He says, "I got on my bike". Looks like CBS added the "at 6 pm" in a written transcript.

I think CBS is trying to play "Oops, CYA".

Posted by: rickb223 at March 27, 2018 06:43 AM (z8tEv)

545 That's why I invoked the 24 hour rule on that yesterday. Something didn't seem to add up with that story.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at March 27, 2018 06:40 AM (+Dllb)

I'm telling you ... that kid is the physical incarnation of Phineus from Phineus and Ferb.

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 27, 2018 06:49 AM (fiGNd)

546 Good morning horde - where does Mis Hum get all these beautiful pictures? The one up top is gorgeous.

Posted by: grammie winger - blessed Holy Holidays to all, at March 27, 2018 06:54 AM (lwiT4)

547 Good morning horde - where does Mis Hum get all these beautiful pictures? The one up top is gorgeous.
Posted by: grammie winger

Maybe they are CDB's art thread rejects?

Posted by: rickb223 at March 27, 2018 06:56 AM (z8tEv)

548 North African Religion of Peas workers doing door to
door Proselytizing in Paris accidently stabbed (11 times) and burned an
85 year old Jewish lady.

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 27, 2018 05:45 AM (BtQd4)
===========================

Oh dear God.

Posted by: grammie winger - blessed Holy Holidays to all, at March 27, 2018 06:57 AM (lwiT4)

549 Maybe they are CDB's art thread rejects?

Posted by: rickb223 at March 27, 2018 06:56 AM (z8tEv)
======================

Maybe Mis Hum and CBD could switch art pieces. Remember "Ballet Dancer"? Uff da.

Posted by: grammie winger - blessed Holy Holidays to all, at March 27, 2018 06:58 AM (lwiT4)

550 I must be psychotic, er I mean psychic.... just today I was contemplating doing a rewrite of one of the obscure Victorian novels that I've reprinted.

I was going to ask the Horde if that sounded like a doable idea for a published book, but then I saw this thread, and figured if that twat can make one of the Little Women a lesbo there should be no reason I can't do my project. No, I'm not going to turn anyone gay or tranny or feminazi, but just develop the characters and tweak the plot a bit to make it more realistic and not as preachy or over the top as the original. All names would be changed to protect the innocent but the setting (St Louis before and during the Civil War) would stay the same. What say you?

Posted by: Secret Square at March 27, 2018 06:58 AM (9WuX0)

551 Maybe Mis Hum and CBD could switch art pieces. Remember "Ballet Dancer"? Uff da.
Posted by: grammie winger

*snort.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 27, 2018 06:58 AM (z8tEv)

552 Was the early early morning thread a one off or am I one off?

Posted by: Tentotwo at March 27, 2018 06:59 AM (yhf6w)

553 Maybe Mis Hum and CBD could switch art pieces. Remember "Ballet Dancer"? Uff da.

Posted by: grammie winger

It was no "Fat Guy On Ottoman" ... but Hell - what is, really ?

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 27, 2018 07:00 AM (fiGNd)

554 Was the early early morning thread a one off or am I one off?
Posted by: Tentotwo

Not a one time off, but maybe a three time off in a decade.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 27, 2018 07:00 AM (z8tEv)

555 https://tinyurl.com/y7szj95y

Atheist author Richard Dawkins is warning his followers against celebrating Christianity's demise, calling Christianity a "relatively benign" faith compared to Islam.

"Before we rejoice at the death throes of the relatively benign Christian religion, let's not forget Hilaire Belloc's menacing rhyme: 'Always keep a-hold of nurse For fear of finding something worse,'" Dawkins tweeted.

Posted by: grammie winger - blessed Holy Holidays to all, at March 27, 2018 07:02 AM (lwiT4)

556 In one of the Global Warming articles I was reading yesterday, they mentioned that vegetarians were less hostel and more peaceful humans. Did anyone bring up Hitler....no.

Posted by: Colin at March 27, 2018 07:03 AM (5aLl1)

557 Well, I'm awake. This is a most unwelcome development.

Posted by: Insomniac - Nowhere Man at March 27, 2018 07:05 AM (NWiLs)

558 545 That's why I invoked the 24 hour rule on that yesterday. Something didn't seem to add up with that story.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at March 27, 2018 06:40 AM (+Dllb)

I'm telling you ... that kid is the physical incarnation of Phineus from Phineus and Ferb.
Posted by: ScoggDog at March 27, 2018 06:49 AM (fiGNd)

Without the intelligence, charm or good nature.

Posted by: Insomniac - Nowhere Man at March 27, 2018 07:06 AM (NWiLs)

559 Well, I'm awake. This is a most unwelcome development.

Posted by: Insomniac - Nowhere Man at March 27, 2018 07:05 AM (NWiLs)
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I'm always glad to see you here. Most welcome.

Posted by: grammie winger - blessed Holy Holidays to all, at March 27, 2018 07:08 AM (lwiT4)

560 557 Well, I'm awake. This is a most unwelcome development.
Posted by: Insomniac - Nowhere Man at March 27, 2018 07:05 AM (NWiLs)

I thought being awake was the definition of insomnia.

Good Morning!

Posted by: ALH at March 27, 2018 07:09 AM (9RjeI)

561 I'm always glad to see you here. Most welcome.
Posted by: grammie winger - blessed Holy Holidays to all, at March 27, 2018 07:08 AM (lwiT4)

You're too kind, grammie.

Posted by: Insomniac - Nowhere Man at March 27, 2018 07:09 AM (NWiLs)

562
Good Morning!
Posted by: ALH at March 27, 2018 07:09 AM (9RjeI)

That remains to be seen.

Posted by: Insomniac - Nowhere Man at March 27, 2018 07:10 AM (NWiLs)

563 Well, off to the shower. Time to get ready to go in for my daily dose of being unappreciated and underpaid.

TTFN

Posted by: ALH at March 27, 2018 07:11 AM (9RjeI)

564 You're too kind, grammie.

Posted by: Insomniac - Nowhere Man at March 27, 2018 07:09 AM (NWiLs)
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Stop. You'll ruin my reputation.

*snarls. bares teeth*

Posted by: grammie winger - blessed Holy Holidays to all, at March 27, 2018 07:12 AM (lwiT4)

565 "Louisa May Alcott's classic novel "Little Women" will be "reimagined" in a graphic novel in honor of its 150th anniversary."

The Left will not be content until they pervert EVERYTHING. Nothing can remain untouched. But they still won't be content.

We've got to figure out a better way to fight these people.

Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at March 27, 2018 07:12 AM (H8QX8)

566 564 You're too kind, grammie.

Posted by: Insomniac - Nowhere Man at March 27, 2018 07:09 AM (NWiLs)
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Stop. You'll ruin my reputation.

*snarls. bares teeth*
Posted by: grammie winger - blessed Holy Holidays to all, at March 27, 2018 07:12 AM (lwiT4)

Oh. Eek. The horror.

Posted by: Insomniac - Nowhere Man at March 27, 2018 07:13 AM (NWiLs)

567 Well, I'm awake. This is a most unwelcome development.

Posted by: Insomniac

Be of good cheer !

This is proof that you're not a vampire.

Posted by: JT at March 27, 2018 07:14 AM (ojwL9)

568
Atheist author Richard Dawkins is warning his followers against celebrating Christianity's demise, calling Christianity a "relatively benign" faith compared to Islam.

Snake Oil Salesman.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at March 27, 2018 07:16 AM (oVJmc)

569 Morning all

Ohhh by the skin of my teeth I snuck into the top 10. LOL

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 27, 2018 07:16 AM (5y11N)

570 This is proof that you're not a vampire.
Posted by: JT at March 27, 2018 07:14 AM (ojwL9)

Meh. They get supernatural powers and castles and capes. Not so bad.

Posted by: Insomniac - Nowhere Man at March 27, 2018 07:16 AM (NWiLs)

571 Worst photoshop moon rise ever.

Posted by: Dang at March 27, 2018 07:16 AM (8b+oT)

572 534
A few days ago I saw a pic of a text from the Flat Earth Society, saying they have correspondents all around the world.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at March 27, 2018 04:18 AM

From all around the 'globe' you mean. Globe inferring a round object.

You messed up the punchline.

Posted by: Forgot My Nic at March 27, 2018 06:24 AM (LOgQ4)

Yeah, I messed up. All my creative juices were spent on Stormy Davis eyes at 494. I was inspired by fellow 'Ron, El Carbon Azzprint. Got here after he left, otherwise we could have co-written it.
After reading his stuff, I would change out some of my stuff for his. It was just inspiring. A leftie friend of mine had just sent me a version of "Stormy", with a bunch of stuff about Trump cheating on Melania. It wasn't very funny, just cruel against Melania, even if you hate Trump.

He sends me a lot of that kind of stuff (FB, articles) from his circle. The general theme is that how can supposedly right-leaning Christians support a cheater. It doesn't compute for them.
I tell him that the Left is trying to take away their guns and their religious freedom, and forcing unacceptable things down our collective throats by fiat instead of by passing laws. like losing your bakery livelihood if you won't bake a Gay wedding cake. I say to him that if a playboy billionaire that banged anything in a skirt up until a decade ago is the one to save our most cherished rights, so be it.

His circle still doesn't get it. I texted him the Stormy Daniels eyes blurb, and changed out some of my stuff with El Carbon's. He laughed pretty hard. Even if he has become a leftie, he has a warped sense of humor like mine.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at March 27, 2018 07:17 AM (UsCnO)

573 So I see CA is taking the federal gov to court again..

Getting real old

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 27, 2018 07:17 AM (5y11N)

574 568
Atheist author Richard Dawkins is warning his followers against celebrating Christianity's demise, calling Christianity a "relatively benign" faith compared to Islam.

Snake Oil Salesman.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at March 27, 2018 07:16 AM (oVJmc)

He's just an arrogant jerk who's so full of himself there's no room for anything else.

Posted by: Insomniac - Nowhere Man at March 27, 2018 07:17 AM (NWiLs)

575 It has begun. CA is going to sue Trump because the Census Chief has put the Citizenship question back into the Census for 2020.

By some estimates California could lose as many as 4 or 5 of their Congressional Representatives if non Citizens are removed from the Census.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at March 27, 2018 07:17 AM (+Dllb)

576 Good morning!!! lefty idiots better not touch Pride and Prejudice making Mr Darcy gay and the Bennet sister lesbians..

Posted by: IC at March 27, 2018 07:18 AM (gcme+)

577 Israeli forces detained three suspects near a military base after they infiltrated Southern Israel from Gaza on Tuesday morning.

The arrest came after footprints were discovered near the Gaza border fence. The three were carrying knives and hand grenades, and were located within Israel, 20 kilometers from the border.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 27, 2018 07:19 AM (5y11N)

578 Just wait till they rewrite The Hardy Boys.

The Hardly Boys and their boyfriends Biff and Chet no longer investigate crimes, having given their detective agency to lesbian allies Callie and Iola, but now instigate for social justice.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at March 27, 2018 07:19 AM (Dn4Uq)

579 We've got to figure out a better way to fight these people.

Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at March 27, 2018 07:12 AM (H8QX

The ways are already figured out. How do you think they keep winning?

For an example see: Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at March 27, 2018 07:17 AM (+Dllb)

Posted by: dDan at March 27, 2018 07:20 AM (hwYmz)

580 The arrest came after footprints were discovered near the Gaza border fence. The three were carrying knives and hand grenades, and were located within Israel, 20 kilometers from the border.
Posted by: Nevergiveup

Just some yutes on a snipe hunt. Nothing to see here

Posted by: Bruce at March 27, 2018 07:20 AM (8ikIW)

581 I went to 5 grocery stores looking for matzoh bread. No luck. I ended up paying $16 dollars to Amazon. It arrived yesterday morning. Last night I went to Walmart and they had it for $2.97.

Unbelievable.

Posted by: grammie winger - blessed Holy Holidays to all, at March 27, 2018 07:22 AM (lwiT4)

582 Good morning everyone!

Posted by: Nationalist Pikachu - the only guy who didn't bang Stormy Daniels at March 27, 2018 07:24 AM (z8Nrh)

583 NOOD

Posted by: Bruce at March 27, 2018 07:25 AM (8ikIW)

584 Reading about footprints near the Gaza border...Has anyone thought of quick sand along borders, or lots of sticky gum. Might be an idea for our border with Mexico. No one dies, they are just stuck.

Posted by: Colin at March 27, 2018 07:25 AM (5aLl1)

585 Good morning Nationalist Pikachu.

Posted by: grammie winger - blessed Holy Holidays to all, at March 27, 2018 07:25 AM (lwiT4)

586 I always wanted to start a group called The Village Mensches and record a parody song called "Matzoh Man."

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at March 27, 2018 07:25 AM (Dn4Uq)

587
By some estimates California could lose as many as 4 or 5 of their Congressional Representatives if non Citizens are removed from the Census.

And the Electoral Votes, too.

Exactly as they should.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at March 27, 2018 07:29 AM (oVJmc)

588 575
It has begun. CA is going to sue Trump because the Census Chief has put the Citizenship question back into the Census for 2020.

By
some estimates California could lose as many as 4 or 5 of their
Congressional Representatives if non Citizens are removed from the
Census.
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Judge Nap on Fox said that the courts would only require they count heads, everything else is under "you can't be forced to incriminate yourself".
But if the state of Calif conspires to corrupt their voting rolls, can the Congress deny their results for Federal Elections? They do have that power, although I don't think it has ever been used.

Me, I'd just as soon do another Sherman-Atlanta burn it all down thing to Los Angeles , but I'm probably in the minority on that. Too many OSHA requirements.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at March 27, 2018 07:31 AM (UsCnO)

589 According to an exclusive by Entertainment Weekly, Louisa May Alcott's classic novel "Little Women" will be "reimagined" in a graphic novel in honor of its 150th anniversary. Except this one will have a twist: The title character Jo March will be lesbian.

Why not be totally imaginative - with the biggest twist ever - like ghostbusters - rewrite the title characters as men?? Now thats diversity....

Posted by: cathymv at March 27, 2018 07:40 AM (UjbpM)

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