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As most honest New Yorkers would admit, the city is fast decaying into a funhouse mirror reflection of the 1970s and 1980s. The wealthy have their enclaves, but even they are increasingly garbage-filled and rat-infested. The roads are decaying, the uncontrolled construction and the carefully-laid plans to destroy automobile traffic has made driving a nightmare, and the explosion of homeless and the decriminalization of low-level crime has brought back fears that new Yorkers haven't felt in a generation. The great exodus out of America's blue cities
With between up to 50 percent of their paycheck going to a combination of federal, local and city taxes, not including other consumer taxes baked into every aspect of their consumer practices, residents don't even have the comfort of knowing that their tax expenditures are going to the improvement of their lives in the city. New York infamously misuses the hard-earned tax revenues of its citizens in ways that scarcely benefit them. Eventually, city and state taxes, fees, and regulations become so burdensome that people and corporations jump ship. More people are currently fleeing New York than any other metropolitan area in the nation. More than 1 million people have moved out of New York City since 2010 in search of greener pastures, which amounts to a negative net migration rate of 4.4 percent.Go to any busy midtown Manhattan intersection during rush hour. Count the number of traffic officers compared to the number of parking enforcement clerks (because that's really what they are). The city is more interested in its revenue stream than in smoothing traffic flow. Then check a street with those awful "No Parking from 9:00am to 11:00am" signs. That is so the street is clear for sweeping. But the sweepers never come...just the parking ticket people. And how to get from midtown to a more residential neighborhood? Take a subway. But don't bother buying a ticket, because jumping the turnstiles will not get you arrested! I saw the first iteration of New York City's descent into madness, and I have no desire to see it repeated. But De Blasio and his crooked cronies simply don't care about the middle class, who make up most of the city's population. They cater to the ultra-rich and to the rabid leftists who keep them in power. It is a sad time, mostly because the normals enjoyed years of a vibrant, clean and safe city, so we have a stark comparison to make.
Oh look! The jack-booted thugs of government are here for your property, and there isn't a damned thing you can do about it!
In New York, Blight Is Whatever Officials Say It Is
The left will dead serious have black people debating whether or not Kylie Jenner wearing corn rows in her hair is “appropriation”.
— Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) April 23, 2018
Can I be among the first black to say that I have never given a remote fuck about how someone else wears their hair?!!
BRAINWASH. NONSENSE.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2018 10:55 AM (cSHRr)
...and then the Dinkins years came.
And we were not grateful.
Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2018 10:56 AM (cSHRr)
Posted by: biblio at April 24, 2018 10:56 AM (6FY0P)
Posted by: Monk at April 24, 2018 10:57 AM (J567a)
Posted by: biblio at April 24, 2018 10:57 AM (6FY0P)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 24, 2018 10:57 AM (Tgext)
Damn, does that make me one of those deplorable sexist?
Posted by: USMC8541 at April 24, 2018 10:58 AM (xGZ+b)
Posted by: Monk at April 24, 2018 10:58 AM (J567a)
I like that she is cool with my corn rowed bush.
Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2018 10:59 AM (cSHRr)
Posted by: biblio at April 24, 2018 10:59 AM (6FY0P)
https://bit.ly/2HqktbE
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at April 24, 2018 10:59 AM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: Burger Chef at April 24, 2018 11:00 AM (RuIsu)
Posted by: Monk at April 24, 2018
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Probably the period 1958-1964.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 24, 2018 11:00 AM (Tgext)
Posted by: USMC8541 at April 24, 2018 11:01 AM (NmR1a)
My plate is kinda full, I've got Seattle and Vancouver to take care of..
Posted by: Juan de Fuca at April 24, 2018 11:02 AM (cSHRr)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 24, 2018 11:02 AM (rp9xB)
No worries.
The beads keep the zipper a safe distance from the goods.
Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2018 11:03 AM (cSHRr)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 24, 2018 11:03 AM (mpXpK)
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Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at April 24, 2018 11:04 AM (+y/Ru)
The line to rent a 1500/ month 500 square foot apartment would be longer than you could imagine.
Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2018 11:05 AM (cSHRr)
Posted by: Monk at April 24, 2018 11:05 AM (J567a)
Posted by: Monk at April 24, 2018
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Probably the period 1958-1964.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 24, 2018 11:00 AM (Tgext)
Yeah.... we had it under control.... but then those damn kids....
Posted by: Officer Krupky at April 24, 2018 11:05 AM (NgKpN)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 24, 2018 11:03 AM (mpXpK)
$1500?? I think it's much higher than that....
Posted by: JoeF. at April 24, 2018 11:05 AM (7uYFy)
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They love the nightlife,
They got to boogie on the disco 'round, oh yea.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at April 24, 2018 11:05 AM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2018 11:05 AM (cSHRr)
Thinking the same.
Posted by: Quint at April 24, 2018 11:06 AM (n13/j)
Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2018 10:56 AM (cSHRr)
I remember the squeegee thugs at the entrance to the Willis Ave bridge off the Deegan.
Take the exit. Stop and wait for the light to change 75 yards away. Drive halfway there, then stop and observe.
The cops would hang out in the McDonalds parking lot on the corner. If you tried to avoid being accosted by the bums by cutting through the parking lot they would ticket you.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 24, 2018 11:06 AM (wYseH)
Posted by: Monk at April 24, 2018
I'll go with the Mad Men Years....
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 24, 2018 11:06 AM (jjaLl)
Posted by: Ted Cruz at April 24, 2018 11:06 AM (r9UYA)
The idiocy is almost painful to behold.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 24, 2018 11:06 AM (0tfLf)
Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2018 11:07 AM (cSHRr)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 24, 2018
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The excerpt? Yes. "With between up to 50 percent of their paycheck"? Ugh. Somebody (a) doesn't understand English syntax, or (b) didn't proofread before hitting "Publish."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 24, 2018 11:07 AM (Tgext)
Posted by: JoeF. at April 24, 2018 11:07 AM (7uYFy)
The wretched refuse of your teeming city, send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to upstate so that Brooklyn can become the bonanza for real estate speculators and fill city hall with much moola.
Posted by: Gumby at April 24, 2018 11:08 AM (2LelM)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at April 24, 2018 11:08 AM (+y/Ru)
Damn, does that make me one of those deplorable sexist?
Posted by: USMC8541 at April 24, 2018 10:58 AM
Consider what you might be if you DIDN'T like them.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 24, 2018 11:08 AM (0tfLf)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 24, 2018 11:09 AM (ptqGC)
Posted by: doomed at April 24, 2018 11:09 AM (UW4Uc)
Posted by: Monk at April 24, 2018
Depends on where in Manhattan. I guess where the rich people lived. But even the Village was probably kind of cool in the '50's before it got crazy....
Posted by: JoeF. at April 24, 2018 11:10 AM (7uYFy)
Posted by: Gumby at April 24, 2018 11:10 AM (2LelM)
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They love the nightlife,
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
I've always wanted to get mugged.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 24, 2018 11:10 AM (pQplJ)
Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2018 11:10 AM (zi4Qo)
Posted by: Ted Cruz at April 24, 2018 11:06 AM
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When I said this, everyone wanted to kill me.
Posted by: John Rocker at April 24, 2018 11:10 AM (iys0/)
Posted by: Quint at April 24, 2018 11:10 AM (n13/j)
Damn, does that make me one of those deplorable sexist?
Posted by: USMC8541 at April 24, 2018 10:58 AM
Consider what you might be if you DIDN'T like them.
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Somebody Ignorance Is Joy Reid makes fun of?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at April 24, 2018 11:10 AM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: Hikaru at April 24, 2018 11:10 AM (WDCYi)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 24, 2018 11:11 AM (ptqGC)
Yeah, she's kinda hot.
Posted by: JoeF. at April 24, 2018 11:11 AM (7uYFy)
Posted by: WisRich at April 24, 2018 11:12 AM (G0vdT)
all the same we take our chances
laughed at by time
tricked by circumstances
plus ca change,
plus c'est le meme chose
the more that things change,
the more they stay the same
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 24, 2018 11:12 AM (k1TUh)
Posted by: Diogenes at April 24, 2018 11:12 AM (0tfLf)
Note the stereotypical commie white woman ("problem" glasses and all) who promptly jumps in and "whitesplains" why Ms Owens is wrong.
Posted by: Anagram Nation at April 24, 2018 11:13 AM (Q7M5N)
never had any desire to live there.
Posted by: JoeF. at April 24, 2018 11:07 AM (7uYFy)
Which direction?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 24, 2018 11:13 AM (wYseH)
Posted by: Debbie Wasserman Schultz at April 24, 2018 11:13 AM (FZYNt)
Posted by: davidt at April 24, 2018 11:13 AM (djCea)
So many articles lately have been so badly written that I'm starting to suspect English isn't the first language of many journalists. Looking at by-lines seems to confirm that. If they hadn't canned all the editors to save money it wouldn't matter as much, but the combination makes it small wonder people don't read news when there are other ways to get the information.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 24, 2018 11:13 AM (rp9xB)
Posted by: Debbie Wasserman Schultz
I agree.
Posted by: Stormy D at April 24, 2018 11:14 AM (r9UYA)
Posted by: Diogenes at April 24, 2018 11:14 AM (0tfLf)
never had any desire to live there.
Posted by: JoeF. at April 24, 2018 11:07 AM (7uYFy)
Which direction?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 24, 2018 11:13 AM (wYseH)
Passaic County, NJ
Posted by: JoeF. at April 24, 2018 11:14 AM (7uYFy)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at April 24, 2018 11:14 AM (+y/Ru)
you walk and see so many democrat faces
its a shithole ,yes a shithole , holy shithole
its a shithole ,what a shithole, a frigging shithole
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Divison at April 24, 2018 11:15 AM (aMlLZ)
Posted by: Todler at April 24, 2018 11:15 AM (8D42x)
Posted by: Astronaut Achmed at April 24, 2018 11:15 AM (+JcZS)
So many articles lately have been so badly written that I'm starting to suspect English isn't the first language of many journalists. Looking at by-lines seems to confirm that. If they hadn't canned all the editors to save money it wouldn't matter as much, but the combination makes it small wonder people don't read news when there are other ways to get the information.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 24, 2018
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The rest of her article is pretty good. Perhaps it was a case of "We need your piece NOW!", she didn't have a chance to proofread it, and there are (as you point out) few editors nowadays.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 24, 2018 11:16 AM (Tgext)
Some news stories today (especially sports stories) aren't even written by human beings. For real.
Posted by: Anagram Nation at April 24, 2018 11:16 AM (Q7M5N)
Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2018 11:16 AM (ta0Uo)
Posted by: Penfold at April 24, 2018 11:16 AM (Fbt5B)
Posted by: WisRich at April 24, 2018 11:12 AM (G0vdT)
that's not her jib you're staring at....
Posted by: Todler at April 24, 2018 11:16 AM (8D42x)
Posted by: Diogenes
pretty sure it has it's own MSDS section
Posted by: Rick in SK at April 24, 2018 11:17 AM (FZYNt)
I have been travelling a lot to DC and I have to say, I would move out of New York and go to DC instead.
The new development, jobs, a Metro system that is better than the New York subway system and a conservative presence in DC by virtue of Congress (where in NYC there is absolutely NO conservative presence).
Yes, DC the city has a liberal city council, but they are limited. In New York, the City Council has its tentacles in Albany and Washington DC in its Congressional emissaries.
New York is cratering day by day.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at April 24, 2018 11:17 AM (ATVNj)
Posted by: DaveA at April 24, 2018 11:17 AM (FhXTo)
Nope.
I'll never go back.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 24, 2018 11:17 AM (0tfLf)
pop on over to Newark for night out.
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Be sure to enjoy the nightlife in East Orange.
Posted by: Gumby at April 24, 2018 11:17 AM (2LelM)
just writing the articles Americans won't write.
Posted by: Anachronda at April 24, 2018 11:17 AM (sGtp+)
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 24, 2018 11:17 AM (k1TUh)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 24, 2018 11:18 AM (wYseH)
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 24, 2018 11:18 AM (QLvwG)
Posted by: In Vino Veritits at April 24, 2018 11:18 AM (UFLLM)
Heck, I would move out of New York and go to Pyongyang instead.
Posted by: Anagram Nation at April 24, 2018 11:18 AM (Q7M5N)
The point of her article was definitely valid, it was just very painful getting to it.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 24, 2018 11:18 AM (rp9xB)
pop on over to Newark for night out.
Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2018 11:16 AM (ta0Uo)
Newark dreams of being upgraded to shithole.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Divison at April 24, 2018 11:19 AM (aMlLZ)
pop on over to Newark for night out.
Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2018 11:16 AM (ta0Uo)
....be chillin' in Paterson.
Posted by: BignJames at April 24, 2018 11:19 AM (0+nbW)
Posted by: Anagram Nation at April 24, 2018 11:16 AM (Q7M5N)
I could believe that.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 24, 2018 11:19 AM (rp9xB)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at April 24, 2018 11:19 AM (QQ+il)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 24, 2018 11:19 AM (IqV8l)
Baltimore recently for my Penfoldette's cheer competition (they won),
and Penfold Jr. remarked that downtown Baltimore smelled a lot cleaner
than Downtown Manhattan, i.e., not like pi$$ and $hit. Let that sink in
for a moment.
Posted by: Penfold at April 24, 2018 11:16 AM (Fbt5B)
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Add in rotting trash all over the sidewalks along with vomit and you'll have the French Quarter of New Orleans.
Posted by: RioBravo at April 24, 2018 11:19 AM (5NMZN)
Posted by: Zombie Roberto Rossellini at April 24, 2018 11:19 AM (ta0Uo)
Posted by: Gumby at April 24, 2018 11:19 AM (2LelM)
She thinks the Tea Party antics are bat shit crazy.
From her website Degree180.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 24, 2018 11:19 AM (pQplJ)
The line to rent a 1500/ month 500 square foot apartment would be longer than you could imagine.
Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2018 11:05 AM (cSHRr)
Our company will be closing its PA offices (where I work) and moving everything up to North Jersey. even with the 10% raise they're dangling in front of us, that's not nearly enough to cover the cost of living up there.
Posted by: josephistan at April 24, 2018 11:19 AM (7HtZB)
Posted by: Hikaru at April 24, 2018 11:19 AM (WDCYi)
Am I a conspiracy nut if I suspect that this is a deliberate tactic to spread Leftism?
Posted by: rickl at April 24, 2018 11:20 AM (xjiRE)
Anyone with a (D) by his name gets the votes....
Posted by: JoeF. at April 24, 2018 11:20 AM (7uYFy)
Yeah I think this guy is in for a bad week.
He will probably get a weapons transfer to an improper person charge, and perhaps he is going to get state charges for accessory, and pretty sure the civil suits are going to do him in.
Posted by: blaster at April 24, 2018 11:20 AM (Z5y53)
Yet oddly enough, when the shooter is identified, the local media refuses to disclose the NRA membership status of the suspect..
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 24, 2018 11:20 AM (EyPfd)
I have been travelling a lot to DC and I have to say, I would move out of New York and go to DC instead.
The new development, jobs, a Metro system that is better than the
New York subway system and a conservative presence in DC by virtue of
Congress (where in NYC there is absolutely NO conservative presence).
Yes, DC the city has a liberal city council, but they are limited.
In New York, the City Council has its tentacles in Albany and Washington
DC in its Congressional emissaries.
New York is cratering day by day.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at April 24, 2018 11:17 AM (ATVNj)
Everyone goes their own way, that is my philosophy. But if you did pull up stakes and got to DC, I would keep going South or West, and I would not stop for a long time. Yeah yeah, I know South and West are pretty much the only directions you could go at that point.
Posted by: Quint at April 24, 2018 11:20 AM (n13/j)
Posted by: Burger Chef at April 24, 2018 11:21 AM (RuIsu)
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Look, we can either teach grammar or gender inclusiveness but not both.
Posted by: Sociopathic Public School Teachers of Soviet America at April 24, 2018 11:21 AM (+y/Ru)
pop on over to Newark for night out.
Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2018 11:16 AM (ta0Uo)
....be chillin' in Paterson.
Posted by: BignJames at April 24, 2018 11:19 AM (0+nbW)
Some of America's earliest submarines are on display in Paterson's museum, but no way will I make that trek.
Posted by: josephistan at April 24, 2018 11:21 AM (7HtZB)
Posted by: Gumby at April 24, 2018 11:21 AM (2LelM)
Looking at you Turtle dick.
PS: Born and raised on LI and worked in Manhattan for 5 years. NYC is shit and I hate every part of it. I hate going back there for family events.
Posted by: Under Fire at April 24, 2018 11:22 AM (r9UYA)
I would be hard pressed to prove that you would be wrong.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 24, 2018 11:22 AM (EyPfd)
Posted by: Colin at April 24, 2018 11:22 AM (7gKLI)
Posted by: Anagram Nation at April 24, 2018 11:22 AM (Q7M5N)
work) and moving everything up to North Jersey. even with the 10% raise
they're dangling in front of us, that's not nearly enough to cover the
cost of living up there.
Posted by: josephistan at April 24, 2018 11:19 AM (7HtZB)
You leave PA for NJ you give up a few rights too.
Posted by: Quint at April 24, 2018 11:23 AM (n13/j)
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Better hurry up, DC will become a majority white city within 10-15 years.
Posted by: Gumby at April 24, 2018 11:23 AM (2LelM)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 24, 2018 11:23 AM (IEVqH)
To be fair, big cities just aren't my thing anyway.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at April 24, 2018 11:23 AM (AM1GF)
What was the best time to live in New York in the past 60 years?
Posted by: Monk at April 24, 2018 10:58 AM (J567a)
Before January 1, 1966, when John V. Lindsay became mayor.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 24, 2018 11:23 AM (BWL+E)
Posted by: In Vino Veritits at April 24, 2018 11:24 AM (UFLLM)
Young professional moved to NYC.
Married, Manhattan.
Add 2 kids, a dog, moved to Brooklyn.
Some nice things about Brooklyn: great old brownstone, Prospect Park, some terrific neighbors.
But.. incessant race-based politics, just too much "Diversity" (crime, filth, noise) and it was a haul for our older son to go to a decent (test in) school (Mark Twain).
We were looking at private school for the younger who missed Twain by "that much" --as our zoned school was NOT an option. That was more a catalyst than a reason, as there were already many, many reasons to move.
Moved to Westchester, which has its own issues (too many affluent liberals and some smug-itis).
But: much bigger/nicer house with a bit of property to garden, great neighbors, great schools, great friends for the boys, beautiful parks and watrerfront, real sports programs, lots of social trust, etc etc etc
Never looked back.
Posted by: xnycpeasant at April 24, 2018 11:24 AM (FLifI)
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Hey, I lived in Rahway and worked in Newark. You had a cake walk.
Posted by: Gumby at April 24, 2018 11:24 AM (2LelM)
Posted by: Northernlurker at April 24, 2018 11:24 AM (sILsL)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 24, 2018 11:24 AM (fuK7c)
I actually met Hillary Clinton on the train, at least that's how he self-identified. He was with his entourage. It was interesting, to say the least. The people we met there were all nice to the hicks from the sticks. So there's that.
Posted by: ALH at April 24, 2018 11:25 AM (uLuPn)
But: much bigger/nicer house with a bit of property to garden, great neighbors, great schools, great friends for the boys, beautiful parks and watrerfront, real sports programs, lots of social trust, etc etc etc
Not to mention the MILFS and the Nannies!
Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2018 11:25 AM (ta0Uo)
They will hold themselves up as so much more cosmopolitan and smart and diversity inclusive...yada, yada, yada, and proceed to make their present city of residence EXACTLY the same as NYC by electing the same type of politician (above the law socialist communists) and supporting the same tax laws.
Just stay there, Yankees. We will do just fine without your "help".
Posted by: Charlotte the sailor at April 24, 2018 11:25 AM (2Pd3s)
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They love the nightlife,
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
They got to boogie.
On the disco round, oh yeah.
Posted by: Gloria Gaynor at April 24, 2018 11:25 AM (IEVqH)
(1) A guaranteed federal government job for everybody;
(2) Open borders!
(3) ?????
(4) Socialist Paradise!!!
Posted by: Bernie Sanders, Sooper-Genius! at April 24, 2018 11:26 AM (fqUgw)
This describes just about every American city.
Posted by: Insomniac at April 24, 2018 11:26 AM (NWiLs)
That the inventor of yoga pants has not won a Nobel is a great injustice of our times.
Posted by: xnycpeasant at April 24, 2018 11:26 AM (FLifI)
Posted by: Northernlurker at April 24, 2018 11:24 AM (sILsL)
Surely you don't expect people to vote for those mouth breathing inbred Xian RethugliKKKans, do you?
Posted by: josephistan at April 24, 2018 11:26 AM (7HtZB)
Posted by: xnycpeasant at April 24, 2018 11:24 AM (FLifI)
That's where I grew up.
It sure is getting crowded though....
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 24, 2018 11:26 AM (wYseH)
Posted by: Gumby at April 24, 2018 11:24 AM (2LelM)
Damn....
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Divison at April 24, 2018 11:27 AM (aMlLZ)
Yup. There are those New Yorkers who like to scoff at whatever city/town they're in, and tell you all the ways "the city" is superior. My policy is to agree with them wholeheartedly and encourage them to go back.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2018 11:27 AM (W+vEI)
Inevitably, another couple who wants to destroy the sense of community in a neighborhood because they just have to have the perfect dream home.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 24, 2018 11:27 AM (EyPfd)
Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2018 11:28 AM (ta0Uo)
Posted by: Anagram Nation at April 24, 2018 11:22 AM (Q7M5N)
Don't forget the Chicago Tribune is moving out of their namesake building. Maybe into a doublewide somewhere, I don't know. I have a nephew who's daughter is graduating from college with a journalism degree. She is looking at newspapers or TV news. Good luck.....
Posted by: Colin at April 24, 2018 11:28 AM (7gKLI)
Posted by: Night at the Roxbury at April 24, 2018 11:28 AM (QLvwG)
Posted by: southdakotaconservative at April 24, 2018 11:28 AM (CuDAv)
Makes me wonder how clearly nasty governments, who show no concern for the voter, continuously get re-elected.
Posted by: Northernlurker
Because liberals are incapable of seeing the connection between cause and effect.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 24, 2018 11:28 AM (BWL+E)
But even if the end of SALT hits me personally I'm down with it ,as I see a glimmer of hope it might actually spark some sense of local outrage at how they waste money on Moar Gubmint and New Stuff.
Might even slow the blueing of the greater NYC suburbs.
Posted by: xnycpeasant at April 24, 2018 11:29 AM (FLifI)
Add in rotting trash all over the sidewalks along with vomit and you'll have the French Quarter of New Orleans.
Posted by: RioBravo at April 24, 2018
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A topic I'm uniquely qualified to expound on. I grew up in the Quarter in the Sixties and the first half of the Seventies, before it became a giant T-shirt shop, revenue generator, and theme park. I suppose it's rather like growing up in Manhattan and being astonished and revolted by what your old neighborhood has become.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 24, 2018 11:29 AM (Tgext)
Posted by: rickb223 at April 24, 2018 11:29 AM (pQplJ)
She thinks the Tea Party antics are bat shit crazy.
From her website Degree180.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 24, 2018 11:19 AM (pQplJ)
Didn't know the Tea Party had antics.
Posted by: Insomniac at April 24, 2018 11:29 AM (NWiLs)
Am I a conspiracy nut if I suspect that this is a deliberate tactic to spread Leftism?
Posted by: rickl at April 24, 2018 11:20 AM (xjiRE)
Muslims like to call it "hirjah".
Posted by: Hikaru at April 24, 2018 11:29 AM (WDCYi)
I lived in Bedford and worked in Newark.
That dichotemy was pretty bold.
Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2018 11:29 AM (ta0Uo)
They will hold themselves up as so much more cosmopolitan and smart
and diversity inclusive...yada, yada, yada, and proceed to make their
present city of residence EXACTLY the same as NYC by electing the same
type of politician (above the law socialist communists) and supporting
the same tax laws.
Just stay there, Yankees. We will do just fine without your "help".
Posted by: Charlotte the sailor at April 24, 2018 11:25 AM (2Pd3s)
The NYC of movies always seemed quite provincial to me. Some anecdotal encounters have not changed my perception on that.
Posted by: Quint at April 24, 2018 11:29 AM (n13/j)
Posted by: Night at the Roxbury at April 24, 2018 11:28 AM (QLvwG)
Bullshit made up by Big Greeting Card, Big Chocolate, Big Diamond and Big Flower to boost sales.
Posted by: Insomniac at April 24, 2018 11:30 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Night at the Roxbury at April 24, 2018 11:28 AM (QLvwG)
Bullshit made up by Big Greeting Card, Big Chocolate, Big Diamond and Big Flower to boost sales.
Posted by: Insomniac at April 24, 2018 11:30 AM (NWiLs)
That's not how it works.
Posted by: ALH at April 24, 2018 11:31 AM (uLuPn)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 24, 2018 11:31 AM (EyPfd)
Again.
Just. Fucking. Swell.
Posted by: DocJ at April 24, 2018 11:31 AM (NYS7S)
Yup. There are those New Yorkers who like to scoff at whatever
city/town they're in, and tell you all the ways "the city" is superior.
My policy is to agree with them wholeheartedly and encourage them to go
back.
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In the old times, when IL had an economy, corporate gypsies from the East Coast were rude, parochial, and ludicrously snobbish. West Coasties were ignorant, but well-meaning, and you could talk and explain how and why something was done locally. Coasties were a serious problem, but North and South was not.
Posted by: mustbequantum at April 24, 2018 11:31 AM (MIKMs)
Posted by: In Vino Veritits at April 24, 2018 11:31 AM (UFLLM)
Posted by: Publius Redux at April 24, 2018 11:31 AM (Fb9aZ)
Posted by: RioBravo at April 24, 2018 11:32 AM (5NMZN)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine at April 24, 2018 11:32 AM (irbB/)
I lived in Bedford and worked in Newark.
That dichotemy was pretty bold.
Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2018 11:29 AM (ta0Uo)
Colonia was next to Rahway, talk about dichotomy.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Divison at April 24, 2018 11:32 AM (aMlLZ)
Posted by: In Vino Veritits at April 24, 2018 11:31 AM (UFLLM)
In linkage veritas.
Posted by: Muad'dib at April 24, 2018 11:32 AM (sjdRT)
Posted by: Night at the Roxbury at April 24, 2018 11:28 AM (QLvwG)
Bullshit made up by Big Greeting Card, Big Chocolate, Big Diamond and Big Flower to boost sales.
Posted by: Insomniac at April 24, 2018 11:30 AM (NWiLs)
That's not how it works.
Posted by: ALH at April 24, 2018 11:31 AM (uLuPn)
Oops, left out Big Marriage and Big Divorce.
Posted by: Insomniac at April 24, 2018 11:33 AM (NWiLs)
I moved to NYC in '83 and it was still pretty much the New York of the Scorcese movies. Subways had grafitti, Times Square had grindhouse movies and bars where a Brazilian stripper might make out with you for free if she thought you were cute.
I am in the distinct minority of people who disapproved of Giuliani fixing up the place.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 24, 2018 11:33 AM (fuK7c)
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And did you see what's happening in Totally Not a Shithole Mexico?
Mexico murder rate soars with 7,667 killed in 3 months
By way of contrast, there were about 17,000 murders in the US through out 2016, or about half the number per quarter as Mexico and Mexico has less than half our population.
Posted by: Sociopathic Public School Teachers of Soviet America at April 24, 2018 11:33 AM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at April 24, 2018 11:33 AM (AM1GF)
Posted by: Insomniac at April 24, 2018 11:33 AM (NWiLs)
You just haven't met the right lady yet.
Posted by: ALH at April 24, 2018 11:34 AM (uLuPn)
Posted by: Night at the Roxbury
$100/hr.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 24, 2018 11:29 AM (pQplJ)
I hope your not talking about Roxbury the suburb of Boston! We had to visit that area two years ago on business, was never so glad to get out!
Posted by: Colin at April 24, 2018 11:34 AM (7gKLI)
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What Is Love?
Posted by: Night at the Roxbury
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I want to say it has something to do with tennis, or something.
Posted by: irright at April 24, 2018 11:34 AM (pMGkg)
Talked with my insurance broker, he said some of the "short term" plans are getting popular as alternatives, but I would be fined this year for getting one since it's not until next year the Individual Mandate tax is officially gone.
Still pissed at McCain for not repealing this.
Posted by: Maritime at April 24, 2018 11:34 AM (lKmt3)
Oops!
Anyway - before I hit post by accident, I was going to say that Kelo is, by the way, the worst decision, perhaps, the Supreme Court has made since Marbury v. Madison.
Point of order - does an accidental empty post warrant any embarreling? I hope not as I have lots to do today.
Posted by: Publius Redux at April 24, 2018 11:34 AM (Fb9aZ)
Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at April 24, 2018 11:34 AM (/xxOG)
Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2018 11:28 AM (ta0Uo)
You strike me as one of those Briarcliff snots. Maybe Hackley (shudder).
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 24, 2018 11:34 AM (wYseH)
So it looks like proggie Blue America city-dwellers are starting to flee the unsafe shitholes their preferred policies and politicians have created and are set to inflict their persons and politics on the rest of us.
Blow up the bridges.
Flood the tunnels.
Bomb the airports.
Keep them there.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 24, 2018 11:34 AM (BWL+E)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine at April 24, 2018 11:35 AM (irbB/)
That's not what this is really about
Posted by: Dems, building our voter base. at April 24, 2018 11:35 AM (EyPfd)
Posted by: Publius Redux
Only if it was part of that whole "cut and paste from Word" dealio.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at April 24, 2018 11:35 AM (AM1GF)
of course, LA is a shithole these days too, in part, i believe, because so many assholes form New York* came here, and promptly voted to make it just like home.
there are only two reasons left to live here: the weather and you can turn right on a red light. *if* the Fing tourist in front of you gets their head out of their ass and doesn't wait for the light to turn green before moving.
*and all the other east coast/midwest shitholes too.
Posted by: redc1c4 at April 24, 2018 11:35 AM (osJAv)
Posted by: Publius Redux
No. Warrants awe. I can't do an empty post.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 24, 2018 11:36 AM (pQplJ)
Posted by: Insomniac at April 24, 2018 11:36 AM (NWiLs)
I am in the distinct minority of people who disapproved of Giuliani fixing up the place.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 24, 2018 11:33 AM (fuK7c)
I know LOTS of New Yorkers who preferred gritty Times Square to Disney Times Square.
I don't get the allure.
All the animals come out at night - whores, skunk pussies, buggers, queens, fairies, dopers, junkies, sick, venal. Someday a real rain will come and wash all this scum off the streets. I go all over. I take people to the Bronx, Brooklyn, I take 'em to Harlem. I don't care. Don't make no difference to me. It does to some. Some won't even take spooks. Don't make no difference to me.
Posted by: blaster at April 24, 2018 11:37 AM (Z5y53)
But Lord love a duck the food is expensive.
A sandwich and beer cost about $35. The beer was excellent and the sandwich was fine but why was it so expensive?
Faye would be upset.
Posted by: Northernlurker at April 24, 2018 11:37 AM (sILsL)
It's relentless, you think you're far enough away and then suddenly you have to wait to get out of your neighborhood and you're petitioning the state for a traffic signal.
Posted by: ALH at April 24, 2018 11:37 AM (uLuPn)
You just haven't met the right lady yet.
Posted by: ALH at April 24, 2018 11:34 AM (uLuPn)
LOL
Posted by: Insomniac at April 24, 2018 11:36 AM (NWiLs)
Insomniac's ladies are restricted to plastic sporks only.
Posted by: Muad'dib at April 24, 2018 11:37 AM (sjdRT)
(Why not right?)
https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/294954/
Posted by: steevy at April 24, 2018 11:38 AM (LiyEm)
Posted by: Muad'dib at April 24, 2018 11:37 AM (sjdRT)
That's not love, either. That sounds worse than a colonoscopy.
Posted by: ALH at April 24, 2018 11:39 AM (uLuPn)
Why did I read that in Rick Decker's voice?
Posted by: rickb223 at April 24, 2018 11:39 AM (pQplJ)
NL, Faye is fine with you being there, spending a bit of hard earned cash and spending time getting the inside of your head outside. It's gift, take it as such, and breath in serenity, breath out bullshit...
Posted by: In Vino Veritits at April 24, 2018 11:39 AM (UFLLM)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 24, 2018 11:40 AM (EyPfd)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine at April 24, 2018 11:40 AM (irbB/)
***
Shouldn't they be cleaning the streets overnight in business districts anyway? Yes, that means the sweepers will have to work 2nd or 3d shift...but so what?
Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2018 11:40 AM (eSx+E)
at whatever city/town they're in, and tell you all the ways "the city"
is superior. My policy is to agree with them wholeheartedly and
encourage them to go back.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2018 11:27 AM (W+vEI)
I'd
like to think a conservative that leaves a blue city would do it for
good reasons and want to be a part of their new, more free community.
No doubt in general you are correct. Many from the lets just say,
Southern Impaired areas move South and West to get more economic and
personal freedoms for themselves, but for some reason retain the
political outlook of the place they fled. You only have to see most
Democratic politicians in formerly red states if you are looking for
examples.
Posted by: Quint at April 24, 2018 11:40 AM (n13/j)
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at April 24, 2018 11:17 AM (ATVNj)
I had a response to your post about Nicaragua in the last thread, but I got Willowed. Ortega is far from a doctrinaire Communist, and a lot closer to that old cynical populist Somoza. His number one biggest failing has been trying to buy the loyalty of the people with money the country doesn't have. That never ends well.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2018 11:40 AM (WFV7d)
Posted by: blaster at April 24, 2018
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*
I first saw her at Palantine Campaign headquarters at 63rd and Broadway. She was wearing a white dress. She appeared like an angel. Out of this filthy mess, she is alone. They... cannot... touch... her.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 24, 2018 11:40 AM (Tgext)
I'm sure you don't feel that way when you think about your kids, "Damn: I gotta spend some money to get a card or a present for the four people who share my last name."
Every company wants sales. If you think "Well, I had one opportunity at love and that was it" and stay in the house and nurse your anger, and don't try to find ways to overcome your social anxiety you won't find love. You have to give love in order to get it and sometimes it's a risk to trust people. Obviously from what you shared here you were treated badly and the ex had major issues (although I don't know the other side) but you don't think anyone here has had a divorce, recovered and found another partner? Of course they have. They're shared that. Please try to find way to overcome your negative thinking. It IS possible.
Besides, you don't think people love you who are here in their horde-like fashion? O.k. we're not all some sexy 35 year old (I'm far from that anyway) but if you don't think people are concerned, you're just wrong.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2018 11:41 AM (tpDAe)
It's relentless, you think you're far enough away and then suddenly you have to wait to get out of your neighborhood and you're petitioning the state for a traffic signal.
Posted by: ALH
We lived in Newton County for 10 years. 1990-2000. It was a great place to live until about 1995. We bailed when my downtown Atlanta commute went from 20mins to 1.5 hrs.
Posted by: Under Fire at April 24, 2018 11:41 AM (r9UYA)
Why did I read that in Rick Decker's voice?
Posted by: rickb223 at April 24, 2018
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*
Be fair. Rick Deckard had better grammar than that.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 24, 2018 11:41 AM (Tgext)
You're using the wrong end of the spork
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 24, 2018 11:40 AM (EyPfd)
The visual of that is disturbing.
Posted by: ALH at April 24, 2018 11:41 AM (uLuPn)
have to wait to get out of your neighborhood and you're petitioning the
state for a traffic signal.
***
I remember when the left ran around like nuts, when America had 160M people, claiming that we were overpopulated and everyone was going to starve.
And then they let in another 160M people so...I guess they were wrong and knew it?
Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2018 11:41 AM (eSx+E)
Whatchoo Talkin' 'Bout Willis is the black Joe Biden; the only difference being that Ollie molests Filet O'Fish sandwiches instead of little girls.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 24, 2018 11:42 AM (kqsXK)
Posted by: rickb223 at April 24, 2018 11:39 AM (pQplJ)
I prefer the theatrical release with the voiceover.
Though I recently watched the Director's Cut and there is a certain cleanness to the non-voiceover.
Posted by: blaster at April 24, 2018 11:42 AM (Z5y53)
Posted by: Travis Bickel at April 24, 2018 11:42 AM (fuK7c)
Posted by: Muad'dib at April 24, 2018 11:37 AM (sjdRT)
The scar tissue on my back is pretty thick, so standard silverware may be OK. Nothing too sharp, though.
Posted by: Insomniac at April 24, 2018 11:42 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: RioBravo at April 24, 2018 11:42 AM (5NMZN)
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last i heard, i thought Trump had ordered the IRS to not enforce the penalty.
or was that #FakeNews?
Posted by: redc1c4 at April 24, 2018 11:42 AM (osJAv)
New Yorkers simply dont care enough to improve their lives, a good number are foreign born a good number are on the dole a good number mental defectives or drug addicts.
I got out of this shit hole 15 years ago, the problem is the place I fled is becoming a shit hole as well.
I once had plans to escape to PA but thats being infected by transplants.
We may need an off world colony.
Posted by: Kreplach at April 24, 2018 11:42 AM (dKVBW)
(Why not right?)
https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/294954/
Posted by: steevy at April 24, 2018 11:38 AM (LiyEm)
The Future Must Not Belong to those who Blaspheme The Prophet of Islam.
Posted by: King Barry, Professional Semen Holding Tank at April 24, 2018 11:42 AM (WDCYi)
My son and his GF are moving there this summer for their work. They're looking at the upper east side/Harlem and Queens.
Posted by: regular joe at April 24, 2018 11:42 AM (kb0cx)
Posted by: southdakotaconservative at April 24, 2018
THIS. SO. MUCH. THIS. It's like locusts -- they vote for Dems and strip everything to the bone, then fly off looking for a new place to decimate.
Posted by: maureenthetemp@Yahoo.com at April 24, 2018 11:42 AM (5KWnQ)
Posted by: Under Fire at April 24, 2018 11:41 AM (r9UYA)
They've moved on to Rockdale. Conyers used to be a nice place to live but not no more.
Posted by: ALH at April 24, 2018 11:42 AM (uLuPn)
Posted by: Colin at April 24, 2018 11:43 AM (7gKLI)
One of the flights I was on, Cathay Pacific I think, had travel size metal sporks on the tray. Nifty. Would like in my travel utensil kit, with the knife, fork, spoon and chopsticks.
Posted by: In Vino Veritits at April 24, 2018 11:43 AM (UFLLM)
Huh. I'm frankly astonished. I figured he'd have slunk away in shame long before now.
Posted by: WitchDoktor, AKA VA GOP Sucks at April 24, 2018 11:43 AM (tVWQB)
Mexico murder rate soars with 7,667 killed in 3 months
We have to let them in so they will be safe!
Posted by: GOPe Amnesty Intentional at April 24, 2018 11:43 AM (IqV8l)
--
What Is Love?
Posted by: Night at the Roxbury
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I want to say it has something to do with tennis, or something.
Posted by: irright at April 24, 2018 11:34 AM (pMGkg)
Old joke - What is endless love?
Stevie Wonder & Ray Charles playing tennis
Posted by: josephistan at April 24, 2018 11:43 AM (7HtZB)
They're donating $10 to the NRA with every sale of their (made in U.S.A.) coolers.
https://twitter.com/pelicancoolers/status/988472608017604608
Posted by: Anagram Nation at April 24, 2018 11:43 AM (Q7M5N)
You're using the wrong end of the spork
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 24, 2018 11:40 AM (EyPfd)
The visual of that is disturbing.
Posted by: ALH at April 24, 2018
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Aaaand . . . I'm not hungry any more.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 24, 2018 11:44 AM (Tgext)
Skunk pussies? Form of weasel?
Posted by: Under Fire at April 24, 2018 11:44 AM (r9UYA)
Why did I read that in Rick Decker's voice?
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Or Rorschach's.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at April 24, 2018 11:44 AM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: steevy at April 24, 2018 11:44 AM (LiyEm)
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It is interesting how no matter how much the population of urban areas has increased...10, 20, even 50% that the traffic has become a multiple of that.
The population increases are a problem, but the government across much of the country is intentionally making traffic worse.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2018 11:44 AM (eSx+E)
Needs to have bed with no bedbugs, working wifi, working toilet.
Anything else is gravy.
Posted by: Anagram Nation at April 24, 2018 11:44 AM (Q7M5N)
Posted by: ALH at April 24, 2018 11:45 AM (uLuPn)
Posted by: rickb223 at April 24, 2018 11:45 AM (pQplJ)
Posted by: JoeF. at April 24, 2018 11:14 AM (7uYFy)
I'm in Bergen.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 24, 2018 11:18 AM (wYseH)
Somerset county, here. Among the dairy and horse farms. And stuff.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at April 24, 2018 11:45 AM (TPimP)
Posted by: steevy at April 24, 2018 11:45 AM (LiyEm)
Just so we're clear, what do you mean by "vibrant"? Other people are telling us about how diversity and vibrancy are synonymous. If so, maybe vibrant is not such a good thing?
Posted by: Anonymous White Male at April 24, 2018 11:46 AM (9BLnV)
Filing here:
https://preview.tinyurl.com/ycnbn9z3
Posted by: bonhomme at April 24, 2018 11:46 AM (iv0p7)
Skunk pussies? Form of weasel?
Posted by: Under Fire
Stank walkers.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 24, 2018 11:46 AM (pQplJ)
Posted by: Flawless Male Logic at April 24, 2018 11:46 AM (lKyWE)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 24, 2018 11:46 AM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Hikaru at April 24, 2018 11:46 AM (WDCYi)
I moved to NYC in '83 and it was still pretty much the New York of
the Scorcese movies. Subways had grafitti, Times Square had grindhouse
movies and bars where a Brazilian stripper might make out with you for
free if she thought you were cute.
I am in the distinct minority of people who disapproved of Giuliani fixing up the place.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 24, 2018 11:33 AM (fuK7c)
In the Old West boom towns and cattle towns the Sheriff made a load of money. But his job was precarious. He had to keep the respectable people relatively safe and also keep punters in the brothels, saloons, and casinos. If the place was very unsafe, fired. If the place was too safe, fired.
Posted by: Quint at April 24, 2018 11:47 AM (n13/j)
Posted by: steevy at April 24, 2018 11:47 AM (LiyEm)
I hope governor LePage tears those terrorist-felching traitors a new asshole.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 24, 2018 11:47 AM (kqsXK)
Then reality bitch slaps me from my safe space.
Is there a bottom to the -Ism? Progressivism, liberalism, socialism, communism all seem to represent a black hole with no end.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 24, 2018 11:47 AM (wQ9BN)
All the animals come out at night - whores, skunk pussies, buggers...
Skunk pussies? Form of weasel?
Posted by: Under Fire
Stank walkers.
Posted by: rickb223
Not to mention the beavers!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 24, 2018 11:47 AM (IqV8l)
Sounds like a cartel war. Someone probably thinks they can take over another cartel's business.
Posted by: bonhomme at April 24, 2018 11:48 AM (iv0p7)
Rudy Giuliani was as 'conservative" as NYC will EVER get.
Posted by: JoeF. at April 24, 2018 11:48 AM (7uYFy)
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Speaking only for myself, I have a burning urge to do things with Candace Owens. I could watch her read out of the phone book.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 24, 2018 11:48 AM (AzW6q)
I'm very cynical (obviously) about the "romance" industry. To me it's loads of codswallop. And for someone like me, yes, I only get one shot.
Posted by: Insomniac at April 24, 2018 11:48 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 24, 2018 11:49 AM (5y11N)
"Every animal is some sort of weasel" spake the Prophet.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 24, 2018 11:49 AM (fuK7c)
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at April 24, 2018 11:49 AM (/qEW2)
Posted by: Roy at April 24, 2018 11:49 AM (7n4KQ)
We are weasels
Posted by: Insomniac at April 24, 2018 11:49 AM (NWiLs)
Green Acres. He had to flee the city after it became known that he'd knocked up the family's black maid. Twice. The illegitimate kids were fobbed off on his gay half-brother Phillip Drummond to raise.
Posted by: Anagram Nation at April 24, 2018 11:49 AM (Q7M5N)
Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2018 11:44 AM (eSx+E)
They want you to take mass transit and live in an apartment or condo.
Which is the opposite of what people want. They want to drive their own car and live in a single family detached house on a nice lot in a safe neighborhood.
Posted by: ALH at April 24, 2018 11:49 AM (uLuPn)
Posted by: Anonymous White Male at April 24, 2018 11:46 AM (9BLnV)
NYC was always diverse, but it also exemplified the "melting pot" concept of America. So there were 50 different ethnic neighborhoods, but they were also proud of being new Yorkers and Americans.
That's what I mean by "vibrant."
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 24, 2018 11:50 AM (wYseH)
Posted by: mustbequantum at April 24, 2018 11:50 AM (MIKMs)
That's what I mean by "vibrant."
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 24, 2018 11:50 AM (wYseH)
Well put.
Posted by: JoeF. at April 24, 2018 11:51 AM (7uYFy)
Posted by: In Vino Veritits at April 24, 2018 11:39 AM (UFLLM)
True. But this is off season, too late for the skiers, too early for the hikers. Wonder what prices would be in high season.
Posted by: Northernlurker at April 24, 2018 11:51 AM (sILsL)
Warriors! Come out to play-ay! Warriors! Come out to play-ay. clink. clink.
Posted by: Roy
Just heard that on the radio!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 24, 2018 11:51 AM (IqV8l)
Posted by: ALH at April 24, 2018 11:49 AM (uLuPn)
"Poppycock. You're going to live on the 108th floor and consume nothing but pureed kale and like it. Or we're gonna kill you!"
--Your Betters.
Posted by: Hikaru at April 24, 2018 11:52 AM (WDCYi)
Posted by: Roy
Can you dig it?
Posted by: JoeF. at April 24, 2018 11:52 AM (7uYFy)
Right. The effete bourgeois want their kids to go to school without worrying about getting shanked or shot, and expect there to be parks without piles of discarded hypodermic needles lying around. Pathetic!
Posted by: Anagram Nation at April 24, 2018 11:52 AM (Q7M5N)
They're donating $10 to the NRA with every sale of their (made in U.S.A.) coolers.
https://twitter.com/pelicancoolers/status/988472608017604608
Posted by: Anagram Nation at April 24, 2018 11:43 AM (Q7M5N)
The term "Yeti flap" has an unfortunate connotation with Moochelle.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2018 11:52 AM (WFV7d)
rip-offs, muggings... kids can't leave the house - you gotta walk them
to school."
Posted by: Chief Brody at April 24, 2018 11:52 AM (ctuyM)
NYC was always diverse, but it also exemplified the "melting pot" concept of America. So there were 50 different ethnic neighborhoods, but they were also proud of being new Yorkers and Americans.
That's what I mean by "vibrant."
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
The ethnic New Yorker in a WW2 movie
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 24, 2018 11:52 AM (IqV8l)
The big difference between the 70s and now is that in the 70s, popular media (movies, books, TV) showed how awful things were in New York City. Today, they cover it up and pretend its wonderful.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 24, 2018 11:52 AM (39g3+)
In Baltimore, Vibrant seems to be synonymous with, or code for 'lot's of Non-NRA members shooting at each other, and stealing other people's cars"
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 24, 2018 11:53 AM (EyPfd)
Posted by: Northernlurker at April 24, 2018 11:53 AM (sILsL)
They're donating $10 to the NRA with every sale of their (made in U.S.A.) coolers.
https://twitter.com/pelicancoolers/status/988472608017604608
Brilliant!!!
Posted by: Diogenes at April 24, 2018 11:53 AM (0tfLf)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 24, 2018 11:53 AM (wQ9BN)
everything to the bone, then fly off looking for a new place to
decimate.
***
This is the way people traditionally lived.
Hunter-gathers would strip a region and move to a new one. Horse tribes would burn and loot sedentary tribes and move on.
Leftwing politics is generally a regression, and this is no exception.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2018 11:53 AM (eSx+E)
So that they can push non-car alternatives.
In Denver, one way they've been doing this is loosening up on the parking space requirements associated with high-rises (i.e. # of units vs. # of parking spaces provided low). This has caused issues when you have, say, a couple who move into a fancy apartment/condo in Cherry Creek, but only have one parking space (which they use to store their sports equipment). Now 2 cars parking on the street. It's like the city looked at Boston parking wars and said, "Yes, that is exactly what we want!" Our suspicion is they want to make owning a car such a hassle you choose not to have one (or fewer, if you have multiple cars).
Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2018 11:54 AM (W+vEI)
Posted by: Northernlurker at April 24, 2018 11:53 AM (sILsL)
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There's always Maine, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.
Posted by: RioBravo at April 24, 2018 11:54 AM (5NMZN)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 24, 2018 11:54 AM (39g3+)
Posted by: Symbian at April 24, 2018 11:55 AM (ctuyM)
Posted by: JoeF. at April 24, 2018 11:55 AM (7uYFy)
What's this?
Bloomberg Fake Business News today: Some Small Businesses Want Higher Trade Tariffs
I dont know anymore than this yet. Fake story coming up soon...
Posted by: Soothie at April 24, 2018 11:55 AM (RDDN8)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 24, 2018 11:53 AM (wQ9BN)
The whole world is that way.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 24, 2018 11:55 AM (kqsXK)
or was that #FakeNews?
Posted by: redc1c4
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I heard that too, then I think some Obama IRS department head overruled that recommendation and was eventually fired.
No idea where it landed, but the Individual Mandate I believe stands until the beginning of 2019, so it's a risky bet to see what the IRS will do and not worth the gamble.
My understanding is non-compliance is 2% of your gross pay or $795, whichever is greater.
Posted by: Maritime at April 24, 2018 11:55 AM (lKmt3)
Ace made the humorous observation that a large hodgepodge of weird animals fit into the weasel family.
There are 65 species of Mustelids, aka "some sort of weasel".
Posted by: bonhomme at April 24, 2018 11:56 AM (iv0p7)
Please send requests by 5:00 EST today. The list will be posted tomorrow on Oregon Muse's Wednesday Daily Rant. Please note, due to space requirements prayer requests of more than five weeks can't be posted unless you send an update. Updates are appreciated. Hopefully people are copying and pasting the requests, so it doesn't mean we aren't praying for the older requests. It just means we don't want the list to take over the entire thread. Thanks to SlapWeasel who had this idea and was the faithful coordinator until now and to OM for including it.
Thanks for sharing your prayers and for praying for others! It's a nice thing we as believers here at ASHQ do this for each other, and prayer is a command of God as well as a blessing and privilege!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2018 11:56 AM (tpDAe)
Bunch of dem lying scrunts.
Posted by: rhennigantx at April 24, 2018 11:56 AM (JFO2v)
No question about it. They are trying to use misery and traffic to push people to mass transit, walking, and bicycling. Parts of down town Eugene Oregon are closed off to cars.
The problem is people drive in town not because they love the traffic, noise, slow movement, and fumes, but because they need to.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 24, 2018 11:56 AM (39g3+)
Posted by: mustbequantum at April 24, 2018 11:56 AM (MIKMs)
Oh, Obama was busy placing refugees all over the country, in red states and small towns. See: Somalis in Maine, Syrians in Idaho, etc.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2018 11:56 AM (W+vEI)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 24, 2018 11:49 AM
As written on the subway walls.
Posted by: Simone & Garfinkle at April 24, 2018 11:56 AM (ctuyM)
Posted by: Under Fire at April 24, 2018 11:57 AM (r9UYA)
Uranus smells like rotten eggs?
Science, people. Science.
https://bit.ly/2HUinBZ
Posted by: TexasDan at April 24, 2018 11:57 AM (yL25O)
Posted by: bonhomme at April 24, 2018 11:56 AM (iv0p7)
Surprisingly, skunks aren't one of them.
They were up until 1997, though.
Posted by: Hikaru at April 24, 2018 11:57 AM (WDCYi)
Posted by: steevy at April 24, 2018 11:58 AM (LiyEm)
No kidding?
Posted by: The Rove GOP at April 24, 2018 11:58 AM (r9UYA)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
I think that's more along the lines of "the yeti's piss flaps".
Posted by: rickb223 at April 24, 2018 11:58 AM (pQplJ)
Posted by: Lizzy
____________
I would love to see them all come into DC and their kids go to the same tony ones the politicians send their kids to.
Boy that would get some policy changes real quick.
Posted by: Maritime at April 24, 2018 11:58 AM (lKmt3)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 24, 2018 11:58 AM (39g3+)
Posted by: Snake Plissken at April 24, 2018 11:58 AM (5OO3x)
Posted by: Kamala H. at April 24, 2018 11:58 AM (sBMuQ)
14 states report lowest unemployment ever!
Biased media doesn't report that and instead pushes
fake Russian collision and Stormy Daniels! Pathetic!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2018 11:59 AM (tpDAe)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
I think that's more along the lines of "the yeti's piss flaps".
Posted by: rickb223
Lunch is officially cancelled
Posted by: Rick in SK at April 24, 2018 11:59 AM (FZYNt)
What happens when blue cities become too filthy and dangerous for illegals and Syrian refugees?
They elect a communist mayor.
Or a muslim one.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster at April 24, 2018 11:59 AM (GdWl+)
Every State University Town.
Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2018 11:59 AM (ohG/P)
Posted by: Archer at April 24, 2018 11:59 AM (gbWkA)
Posted by: pookysgirl at April 24, 2018 11:59 AM (XKZwp)
Posted by: Roy at April 24, 2018 11:49 AM (7n4KQ)
Say what?
Posted by: Steph Curry, Kevin Durant, Draymond Green, Andre Iguodala, etc. at April 24, 2018 11:59 AM (BHXAq)
Posted by: Snake Plissken
Dude! I thought you were dead...
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at April 24, 2018 12:00 PM (AM1GF)
Posted by: Insomniac at April 24, 2018 11:48 AM (NWiLs)
You only get one shot because you don't want to try again.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2018 12:00 PM (tpDAe)
Posted by: pookysgirl at April 24, 2018 11:59 AM (XKZwp)
Hold my beer!
Posted by: DC establishment at April 24, 2018 12:00 PM (n13/j)
Posted by: pookysgirl
We love it here.
Posted by: FOX News Studios at April 24, 2018 12:01 PM (r9UYA)
So many articles lately have been so badly written that I'm starting to suspect English isn't the first language of many journalists.
-
Look, we can either teach grammar or gender inclusiveness but not both.
Posted by: Sociopathic Public School Teachers of Soviet America at April 24, 2018 11:21 AM (+y/Ru)
Have y'all seen the way modern college graduates write, regardless of their major? A depressingly large number of them can't communicate a coherent thought in the English language.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 24, 2018 12:01 PM (XWkhW)
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The same thing that happens when their countries become that way. See: 'The Camp of the Saints'
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 24, 2018 12:01 PM (5OO3x)
Green Acres. He had to flee the city after it became known that he'd knocked up the family's black maid. Twice. The illegitimate kids were fobbed off on his gay half-brother Phillip Drummond to raise.
Posted by: Anagram Nation at April 24, 2018 11:49 AM (Q7M5N)
Mr. Haney found out about it and tried to blackmail Oliver, which is why he was killed off in a mysterious accident in the final season
Posted by: Flawless Male Logic at April 24, 2018 12:01 PM (lKyWE)
Posted by: steevy at April 24, 2018 12:01 PM (LiyEm)
and traffic to push people to mass transit, walking, and bicycling.
Parts of down town Eugene Oregon are closed off to cars.
The problem is people drive in town not because they love the traffic, noise, slow movement, and fumes, but because they need to.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 24, 2018 11:56 AM (39g3+)
Careful with that axe, Eugene!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2018 12:01 PM (WFV7d)
Posted by: FOX News Studios at April 24, 2018 12:01 PM (r9UYA)
Well, yeah, that's because it's where your cosmetic surgeons are.
Posted by: pookysgirl at April 24, 2018 12:02 PM (XKZwp)
Posted by: Anagram Nation at April 24, 2018 12:02 PM (Q7M5N)
Which is the opposite of what people want. They want to drive their own car and live in a single family detached house on a nice lot in a safe neighborhood.
You haven't lived until you've taken a cross-town bus in a big city a couple hours from the time the soup kitchens start serving dinner.
Oh, the wondrous diversity of crackheads, screaming idiots, schizophrenic terrors, and those clearly wrestling with rage, each reeking of their own waste.
What fascinating conversations I've overheard. Such as the one where they were happily recounting beating the teeth out of a man who dared to appear to be looking through someone's stuff.
Posted by: bonhomme at April 24, 2018 12:02 PM (iv0p7)
I heard it was in tenement halls.
embrace the healing power of "and"
Posted by: Anachronda at April 24, 2018 12:02 PM (v3pYe)
Posted by: gNewt at April 24, 2018 12:02 PM (DKDOJ)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur
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In fairness, their thoughts aren't coherent, so....
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 24, 2018 12:02 PM (5OO3x)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2018 12:03 PM (tpDAe)
Posted by: Anagram Nation at April 24, 2018 12:02 PM (Q7M5N)
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Live on journal articles!
Posted by: RioBravo at April 24, 2018 12:03 PM (5NMZN)
New York? Man, I couldn't escape from there fast enough.
Posted by: Snake Plissken
Dude! I thought you were dead...
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at April 24, 2018 12:00 PM (AM1GF)
And taller....
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 24, 2018 12:03 PM (XWkhW)
I don't want to put my hand on a hot burner either.
Posted by: Insomniac at April 24, 2018 12:04 PM (NWiLs)
Have y'all seen the way modern college graduates write, regardless of their major? A depressingly large number of them can't communicate a coherent thought in the English language.
They can, however, put a condom on a banana in no time flat while telling you all about the latest activities of the Kardashian Koven.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster at April 24, 2018 12:04 PM (GdWl+)
Have y'all seen the way modern college graduates write, regardless of their major? A depressingly large number of them can't communicate a coherent thought in the English language.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur
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In fairness, their thoughts aren't coherent, so....
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 24, 2018 12:02 PM (5OO3x)
That goes without sayin'.....
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 24, 2018 12:04 PM (XWkhW)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 24, 2018 12:04 PM (4ugnK)
There's a reason Caitlyn doesn't live in NYC.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 24, 2018 12:04 PM (ctuyM)
Posted by: steevy at April 24, 2018 12:05 PM (LiyEm)
Well, I mean you have a combination of teachers not correcting mistakes because they don't want to damage fragile young egos an encourage creativity... and a lack of overall education... and a group of people who are basically dumb... and finally, people relying on spellcheck and grammar check rather than learning themselves.
I've noticed more and more errors in printed books from major publishing houses lately. That's always been a knock on self publishing (bad editing! typos!) but its in everything now.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 24, 2018 12:05 PM (39g3+)
In Colorado we have lower taxes, lower crime, lower unemployment, a less retarded governor. Even though it's becoming a solid blue state, CO's a damn paradise compared to NY.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at April 24, 2018 12:05 PM (3dsTO)
They were up until 1997, though.
Posted by: Hikaru at April 24, 2018 11:57 AM (WDCYi)
Rabbits were classified as rodents until 1912. The giveaway was that they'd eat the carrots but discard the chili.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at April 24, 2018 12:05 PM (/qEW2)
Oh, and does PunkPunditMonkey not throw poo anymore? Where's the fun in a non-poo-throwing monkey?
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 24, 2018 12:05 PM (XWkhW)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 24, 2018 11:56 AM (39g3+)
Not any more. They opened it up to vehicular traffic a while back.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at April 24, 2018 12:05 PM (BHXAq)
Posted by: BluesFish at April 24, 2018 12:06 PM (/sqY6)
Apparently it is used something like, "We need to emphasize the mattering of social equity."
Verbed, it has been.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 24, 2018 12:06 PM (cp1if)
They were up until 1997, though.
Posted by: Hikaru at April 24, 2018 11:57 AM (WDCYi)
There have been a lot of changes in taxonomy of animals in recent years, some of those may be only useful to taxonomists.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2018 12:06 PM (WFV7d)
I heard it was in tenement halls.
embrace the healing power of "and"
Either way, its echoed in the sounds of silence.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 24, 2018 12:06 PM (39g3+)
The upside is that she must be backed by hyenas who think they're going to get 1/3 plus expenses of some ridiculous settlement. The hyenas are going to lose. That means the hyenas will lose millions of their own money.
May the weasels piss on them.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 24, 2018 12:06 PM (fuK7c)
I read somewhere that "Let's get out of here" is the most-used phrase in movies. Someone should do a count of how many times variants of But - you're dead!" have been uttered.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 24, 2018 12:07 PM (kqsXK)
Surprisingly, skunks aren't one of them.
They were up until 1997, though.
I saw Skunk Pogram open for Platypusdomor at the Sydney Opera House back in the noughties.
Posted by: Anachronda at April 24, 2018 12:07 PM (v3pYe)
I figured that wasn't going to last. I get what they were trying to do but its miserable for businesses.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 24, 2018 12:07 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 24, 2018 12:07 PM (kqsXK)
Posted by: Boulder t'hobo at April 24, 2018 12:08 PM (TXZiW)
Posted by: wth at April 24, 2018 12:08 PM (HgMAr)
Genetic testing has taken all the art out of taxonomy, but is also revealing some very surprising relationships.
Posted by: bonhomme at April 24, 2018 12:08 PM (iv0p7)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 24, 2018 12:07 PM (kqsXK)
"I've got a bad feeling about this..."
Posted by: hobbitopoly at April 24, 2018 12:08 PM (MX7xj)
from major publishing houses lately. That's always been a knock on self
publishing (bad editing! typos!) but its in everything now. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 24, 2018 12:05 PM (39g3+)
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That is my main knock on Thor and all the other 'bestsellers'. Throws me right out of the story and it is over.
Posted by: mustbequantum at April 24, 2018 12:08 PM (MIKMs)
Posted by: bonhomme at April 24, 2018 12:09 PM (iv0p7)
-WZ
It's amazing when data that has been around for years disappears. Magical.
Posted by: Under Fire at April 24, 2018 12:09 PM (r9UYA)
Posted by: IC at April 24, 2018 12:09 PM (a0IVu)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster at April 24, 2018 12:09 PM (GdWl+)
And thats how the cabal of the wealthy, the Democrat machine and lefty activists want you to see the city. God forbid you are a hard working dry cleaner whose property a developer is either too lazy to negotiate to buy or for whom its cheaper to pay DeCommio and steal.
Posted by: Huck Follywood, Vigilence Committee supporter at April 24, 2018 12:09 PM (KOaTi)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing
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I know the feeling.
Posted by: Ivan the Terrible at April 24, 2018 12:09 PM (cp1if)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 24, 2018 12:09 PM (4ugnK)
Posted by: RioBravo at April 24, 2018 12:09 PM (5NMZN)
So many articles lately have been so badly written that I'm starting
to suspect English isn't the first language of many journalists.
Well, I mean you have a combination of teachers not correcting
mistakes because they don't want to damage fragile young egos an
encourage creativity... and a lack of overall education... and a group
of people who are basically dumb... and finally, people relying on
spellcheck and grammar check rather than learning themselves.
I've noticed more and more errors in printed books from major
publishing houses lately. That's always been a knock on self publishing
(bad editing! typos!) but its in everything now.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 24, 2018 12:05 PM (39g3+)
You get 800 on Verbal! And you get 800 on verbal!
Posted by: Oprah at April 24, 2018 12:09 PM (n13/j)
Apparently it is used something like, "We need to emphasize the mattering of social equity."
So they're nattering about mattering?
Posted by: Flawless Male Logic at April 24, 2018 12:10 PM (lKyWE)
Posted by: Roland THTG at April 24, 2018 12:10 PM (xBSm0)
Posted by: bonhomme at April 24, 2018 12:08 PM
Given there's no r in taxonomy, it's hard to see how that could be the case.
Posted by: A Pirate at April 24, 2018 12:10 PM (ctuyM)
Yeh....magical.
Anybody know the science behind altering wayback archives, and who would have access?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 24, 2018 12:10 PM (EyPfd)
"They've gone too far this time."
"Its off the charts!!!!"
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 24, 2018 12:10 PM (39g3+)
What are you nattering about, scattering thoughts like that?
Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 24, 2018 12:10 PM (fuK7c)
look and act alike but only because of convergent evolution. linsangs
are an example.
Posted by: Boulder t'hobo at April 24, 2018 12:08 PM (TXZiW)
IIRC, the whole notion of clades didn't exist in traditional taxonomy. Taxonomy is a tool towards understanding the natural world, not really a science in itself.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2018 12:10 PM (WFV7d)
Constipation.
Too many bananas. Things are like cement.
Posted by: Under Fire at April 24, 2018 12:11 PM (r9UYA)
"I've got a bad feeling about this..."
"They've gone too far this time."
Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster
"It's quiet...too quiet."
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 24, 2018 12:11 PM (w1zJX)
from major publishing houses lately. That's always been a knock on self publishing (bad editing! typos!) but its in everything now.
There are few things more frustrating than trying to understand a subtle and complicated algorithm, only to discover hours later there is a typo in the book and that's the reason it doesn't make sense.
Posted by: bonhomme at April 24, 2018 12:11 PM (iv0p7)
Posted by: steevy at April 24, 2018 12:11 PM (LiyEm)
Posted by: Roland THTG at April 24, 2018 12:11 PM (xBSm0)
Posted by: Boulder t'hobo at April 24, 2018 12:11 PM (TXZiW)
Posted by: IC at April 24, 2018 12:09 PM (a0IVu)
........
Trump flicked a speck off Macrons shoulder this morning in front of the cameras. BIG NEWS
Posted by: wth at April 24, 2018 12:11 PM (HgMAr)
"I've got a bad feeling about this..."
"They've gone too far this time."
Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster at April 24, 2018 12:09 PM (GdWl+)
"We have a situation..."
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 24, 2018 12:12 PM (XWkhW)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at April 24, 2018 12:12 PM (3dsTO)
Posted by: Insomniac at April 24, 2018 12:12 PM (NWiLs)
..
Yeti's defensive pretend apology contained this in consecutive sentences:
"Further, the NRA-ILA... Nothing is further from the truth."
Your brand is on the line. Hire a writer.
Posted by: TexasDan at April 24, 2018 12:12 PM (yL25O)
Posted by: An Weasel at April 24, 2018 12:12 PM (fuK7c)
Posted by: Roland THTG
Something about Pine Marten's. Another form of weasel.
Posted by: Under Fire at April 24, 2018 12:13 PM (r9UYA)
Heh. Always liked that one.
Posted by: Publius Redux at April 24, 2018 12:13 PM (Fb9aZ)
"They've gone too far this time."
"Its off the charts!!!!"
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 24, 2018 12:10 PM (39g3+)
"you killed my brother!:
Posted by: Kung fu movie script at April 24, 2018 12:13 PM (n13/j)
"They've gone too far this time."
Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster
"It's quiet...too quiet."
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 24, 2018 12:11 PM (w1zJX)
"Did you hear something?"
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 24, 2018 12:13 PM (kqsXK)
A mattering of weasels should be a thing.
Like a herd of cows.
Posted by: Roland THTG at April 24, 2018 12:11 PM (xBSm0)
A murder of crows
Posted by: Flawless Male Logic at April 24, 2018 12:14 PM (lKyWE)
"They've gone too far this time."
Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster at April 24, 2018 12:09 PM (GdWl+)
"We have a situation..."
Posted by: IllTemperedCur
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"Huston..."
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 24, 2018 12:14 PM (w1zJX)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 24, 2018 12:14 PM (XWkhW)
Posted by: IC at April 24, 2018 12:09 PM (a0IVu)
........
Trump flicked a speck off Macrons shoulder this morning in front of the cameras. BIG NEWS
Posted by: wth at April 24, 2018 12:11 PM (HgMAr)
CNN: Bad Hair Summit!!!!
Posted by: Roy at April 24, 2018 12:14 PM (7n4KQ)
Posted by: bonhomme at April 24, 2018 12:14 PM (iv0p7)
planners revamped the medians and put in piles of ostrich egg sized
boulders instead on concrete for the sections at the traffic lights.
Yes it looks more stylish but they did it to keep the panhandlers from
walking up and down the median begging for money.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 24, 2018 12:09 PM (4ugnK)
There was a tag team of bums working a major intersection in a light industrial sector of Calgary yesterday. I would have been accosted, but was fortunate enough to be in the middle lane.
Forty-second Ave. and Blackfoot Trail SE, for those keeping score.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2018 12:15 PM (WFV7d)
Not everyone who lives in a large city votes Democratic and not everyone from a "blue state" does either. Neither do all "red staters" vote Republican Seems to me there a number of looney leftist flapping their gums when the vibrant city of Houston, Texas had their terrible flooding.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2018 12:15 PM (tpDAe)
Posted by: Insomniac at April 24, 2018 12:12 PM
And that's just around here.
Posted by: AoSHQ Bureau of Standards and Measurements at April 24, 2018 12:15 PM (ctuyM)
Posted by: mustbequantum at April 24, 2018 12:08 PM (MIKMs)
...
His repetition of idioms is unbearable.
It's like every chapter is just a re-arrangement of the same exact expressions into a new word salad. I can't stand it.
Posted by: TexasDan at April 24, 2018 12:15 PM (yL25O)
@_VachelLindsay_
WOW. Uncharted territory.
Gorka reveals that emails exist between Obama & Clinton, proving their role as originators/chief planners in the conspiracy to smear, illegally spy on and undermine citizen & POTUS Trump, as well as to rig a US Presidential election.
Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at April 24, 2018 12:15 PM (hMwEB)
They're just differently grammared. Stop trying to impose your values on them and accept their diversity, shitlords.
Posted by: Bear with Assymetrical Balls at April 24, 2018 12:15 PM (zoyKY)
"They've gone too far this time."
Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster
"It's quiet...too quiet."
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 24, 2018 12:11 PM (w1zJX)
"Did you hear something?"
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing
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"It's coming from the basement."
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 24, 2018 12:15 PM (w1zJX)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at April 24, 2018 12:15 PM (pw+jk)
Posted by: wth at April 24, 2018 12:11 PM (HgMAr)Normally I would ask why on earth would that be big news but with our stupid press, I can guess.
Posted by: IC at April 24, 2018 12:15 PM (a0IVu)
Posted by: bonhomme at April 24, 2018 12:15 PM (iv0p7)
John Carpenter got that "I thought you were dead" from a John Wayne movie.Big Jake I believe.
Posted by: steevy at April 24, 2018 12:05 PM (LiyEm)
Not hardley!
Posted by: Zombie John Wayne at April 24, 2018 12:15 PM (ymnmz)
Your brother killed my master!
Posted by: bonhomme at April 24, 2018 12:14 PM (iv0p7)
*lips continue moving*
Posted by: Insomniac at April 24, 2018 12:15 PM (NWiLs)
May the weasels piss on them.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 24, 2018 12:06 PM (fuK7c)
A Shocking lack of Vultures.
Posted by: Hikaru at April 24, 2018 12:15 PM (WDCYi)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
Can never see my own typos. Can pick one out from a moving vehicle.
Yesterday - Brand new gas station under construction. Construction vehicle in parking lot.
Company sets up parking lots.
"Stripping" them.
Um, don't you mean "striping" them?
Posted by: rickb223 at April 24, 2018 12:15 PM (pQplJ)
Posted by: Bo Derek at April 24, 2018 12:15 PM (IeDO8)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 24, 2018 12:07 PM (39g3+)
You bet. Downtown was attracting a permanent underclass of riff-raff like hair clogging a sink drain. The bums are mostly gone now.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at April 24, 2018 12:16 PM (BHXAq)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 24, 2018 12:16 PM (4ugnK)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2018 12:16 PM (tpDAe)
There was a recent article about IKEA's planning for future business and it is based on assumption that in 10, 20, 30 years most people will live in major cities, so they're planning on moving stores to urban areas, furniture for in-city living (small unit), etc.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2018 12:17 PM (W+vEI)
"We can do this the easy way, or the hard way."
"You just don't get it, do you?"
"Is that all you've got?"
"It's/she's gonna blow!"
"I could tell you, but I'd have to kill you."
"Did I just say that out loud?"
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 24, 2018 12:17 PM (39g3+)
OT-So, have they determined the motive of the murderer by van yesterday in Toronto?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2018 12:16 PM (tpDAe)An Armenian man with mental health problems it appears.
Posted by: IC at April 24, 2018 12:17 PM (a0IVu)
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The list is long, but the most predictably notorious are the University/College towns.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 24, 2018 12:18 PM (Zdm89)
Posted by: NCKate at April 24, 2018 12:18 PM (bCtf/)
Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at April 24, 2018 12:18 PM (hMwEB)
Trudeau is personally investigating the killers motive. Said so this morning.
Posted by: Under Fire at April 24, 2018 12:18 PM (r9UYA)
Posted by: Bo Derek at April 24, 2018 12:15 PM
Yeah, but you quit when you were only half-done.
Posted by: Noted AoSHQ Commenter at April 24, 2018 12:18 PM (ctuyM)
Posted by: Insomniac at April 24, 2018 12:12 PM
And that's just around here.
I still have problems with commas, colons, and semi-colons. Also, do you capitalize Mom and Dad, or not?
One of these days I need to take a Udemy course on grammar. I was an Air Force brat, so moving around played havoc in the continuity of my English lessons.
Posted by: bonhomme at April 24, 2018 12:18 PM (iv0p7)
Posted by: steevy at April 24, 2018 12:19 PM (LiyEm)
Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2018 12:17 PM (W+vEI)
...
IKEA loves to build 325 square foot spaces to push the idea that they're liveable.
Those 325 square foot spaces have 8 foot openings on three walls and no ceiling, so they feel cozy and fun on the showroom floor. And nothing at all like they would feel with actual walls and a low ceiling.
Posted by: TexasDan at April 24, 2018 12:19 PM (yL25O)
I wonder who he could possibly have gotten the idea of mass murder by van from?!!/s
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2018 12:19 PM (tpDAe)
Posted by: RioBravo at April 24, 2018 11:54 AM (5NMZN)
Naw, Minnesota is trying to import all of Somalia, soon the Twin Cities will be Mogadishu-St Paul.
Posted by: The Mouse that Roared, Americans don't Serf at April 24, 2018 12:19 PM (DxWUs)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 24, 2018 12:20 PM (pQplJ)
Posted by: Jane D'oh
It will take six months for Chick0fil-A to turn the place around.
Posted by: Dirks Strewn at April 24, 2018 12:20 PM (IeDO8)
Also, a lack of formality. Their articles read like a coffee shop conversation, an odd mix of opinion and pop culture-signaling in there with the facts..
Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2018 12:20 PM (W+vEI)
Posted by: SSgt. Coach at April 24, 2018 12:20 PM (ctuyM)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at April 24, 2018 12:20 PM (3dsTO)
Our schools create good left wingers not people who know reading ,writing and 'rithmatic
Posted by: steevy at April 24, 2018 12:11 PM (LiyEm)
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An occasional conferential conversation:
Professor: Half of our new students require remedial courses to be ready for even our watered-down entry-level classes. Why aren't you doing a better job preparing our students?Teacher: I don't know. Who admitted that half of your students requiring remediation?
Posted by: RioBravo at April 24, 2018 12:20 PM (5NMZN)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 24, 2018 12:21 PM (IqV8l)
That is my main knock on Thor and all the other 'bestsellers'. Throws me right out of the story and it is over.
Posted by: mustbequantum at April 24, 2018 12:08 PM (MIKMs)
...
His repetition of idioms is unbearable.
It's like every chapter is just a re-arrangement of the same exact expressions into a new word salad. I can't stand it.
Posted by: TexasDan at April 24, 2018 12:15 PM (yL25O)
Same thing used to annoy me about Tom Clancy, even before he started farming out the writing.
On the subject of bad editing, as much as I enjoy the stable of authors at Baen, their editing is awful. Homonyms and homophones really trip them up.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 24, 2018 12:21 PM (XWkhW)
Posted by: Boulder t'hobo at April 24, 2018 12:21 PM (TXZiW)
Then there were the stripped cars lining the streets. Escape from New York wasn't far off.
Posted by: AZ Hi Desert at April 24, 2018 12:21 PM (O9qtX)
Posted by: wth at April 24, 2018 12:22 PM (HgMAr)
1: "They knew we were coming."
2: "How can you tell?"
1: "They baked a cake..."
Posted by: Rob Crawford at April 24, 2018 12:22 PM (LMH/U)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at April 24, 2018 12:22 PM (pw+jk)
Posted by: Your "companion" at April 24, 2018 12:22 PM (RD7QR)
Professor: Half of our new students require remedial courses to be ready for even our watered-down entry-level classes. Why aren't you doing a better job preparing our students?
Teacher: I don't know. Who admitted that half of your students requiring remediation?
You did. When you allowed them to graduate when they couldn't pass.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 24, 2018 12:22 PM (pQplJ)
Call the episode "It Was A Dark And Stormy Night"
Posted by: Big V at April 24, 2018 12:23 PM (ZvLtE)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 24, 2018 12:23 PM (4ugnK)
WOW. Uncharted territory.
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vm -- I thought I was the only VachelLindsay fan. Hmmmmm, Daniel in the Lions' Den.
Posted by: mustbequantum at April 24, 2018 12:24 PM (MIKMs)
Your comma usage there was fine. Colons are generally when you are going to provide an example: there's one right there. Semi-colons are like a brief pause in thought; it gives you a moment to find le mot juste.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 24, 2018 12:24 PM (kqsXK)
"They've gone too far this time."
Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster
"It's quiet...too quiet."
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 24, 2018 12:11 PM (w1zJX)
"Did you hear something?"
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 24, 2018 12:13 PM (kqsXK)
"This time it's personal. Very personal."
Posted by: troyriser at April 24, 2018 12:24 PM (qUD5Q)
Jaw still tingling, coming out from under the juice.
I might wish to live in the future when they can eliminate decay and regrow lost and broken teeth...
But I'm mighty glad not to live in the past. Which I did. As a slightly-over-29 person, I remember dentistry from over half a century ago. I still have the dread, anticipation, anxiety, waiting for the pain which doesn't happen anymore. Today I tried a new meditation technique to ease all that. I decided lying there getting drilled & filled was... boring. It helped.
Posted by: mindful webworker's terrible teeth at April 24, 2018 12:25 PM (3tLP6)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable
Showing up on time. Yeah.
Ask the dinosaurs just how important it was to show up to Noah's ark on time.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 24, 2018 12:25 PM (pQplJ)
Posted by: Quint at April 24, 2018 12:25 PM (n13/j)
https://www.libertynation.com/texas-redistricting-at-supreme-court/
Posted by: Under Fire at April 24, 2018 12:25 PM (r9UYA)
I definitely could live in a 350sq ft abode ( I've done that before) .
The problem is not me being able to stand it. The problem is where do I
put my stuff.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 24, 2018 12:23 PM (4ugnK)
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Comrade we take stuff from you. Problem solved.
It is going to be a glorious future comrade, GLORIOUS!!!!!
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at April 24, 2018 12:25 PM (pw+jk)
Posted by: Shep Smith at April 24, 2018 12:25 PM (/qEW2)
Posted by: SFgoth at April 24, 2018 12:25 PM (dZ756)
Posted by: Jefe El Donaldo at April 24, 2018 12:25 PM (HgMAr)
Posted by: Jen the original at April 24, 2018 12:25 PM (m0lmR)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 24, 2018 12:25 PM (9tO1t)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2018 12:25 PM (tpDAe)
So long as you have access to a shower and a safe place to sleep you would be surprised at how little space you need.
Posted by: Big V at April 24, 2018 12:26 PM (ZvLtE)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth
I have more ammo than 350 sq ft.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 24, 2018 12:27 PM (pQplJ)
Its very hard to see your own mistakes in print because you read what you intended to say instead of what you actually said. It helps a lot to read it out loud, that forces you to read and think about the words. Just... tiring.
Idiom and colloquialism in inappropriate settings pushes me to near-rage. Unless you're doing a parody or a comedic work, that is completely wrong and forbidden. The setting and time deterimines what language you can and cannot use. Reading some fantasy set in ancient times of another world and reading things that only show up in the urban dictionary or modern American colloquialisms such as "not the sharpest crayon in the box" is just annoying as hell to me.
Walking on eggshells can be shared in all cultures and times. Revved his engine, not so much. The best is when you can come up with your own in such a way that people get what you mean -- or find ones from the culture and time you're writing about that people can understand. For example, in Life Unworthy a particularly neat one I grabbed from German was "butcher's mess" for "making a mess of things." You can envision what it means easily.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 24, 2018 12:27 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2018 12:27 PM (tpDAe)
Ya mean that was wrong?
Posted by: George Costanza at April 24, 2018 12:27 PM (5y11N)
inbreeding. not even once.
Posted by: Boulder t'hobo at April 24, 2018 12:21 PM (TXZiW)
Of COURSE!!!
Posted by: Cenk Uygur at April 24, 2018 12:28 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 24, 2018 12:21 PM (XWkhW)
I should see if they want a proofreader. I can do that.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 24, 2018 12:28 PM (kqsXK)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 24, 2018
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Case in point: You've Got Mail. NYC looks like a GREAT place to live in that film ca. 1999.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 24, 2018 12:28 PM (Tgext)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 24, 2018 12:20 PM
Hey...what about Corvallis OR???
Posted by: Benny Beaver at April 24, 2018 12:28 PM (0tfLf)
I definitely could live in a 350sq ft abode ( I've done that before) . The problem is not me being able to stand it. The problem is where do I put my stuff.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 24, 2018 12:23 PM (4ugnK)
A buddy of mine spent a lot of time trying to convince me to buy a sailboat and live aboard when I was in SoCal. I'll admit that there was a romantic appeal to that.
Then a few of us purchased a 35 ft Hunter sailboat in order to refurb and resell her (made a fair amount of money on the deal). I did a good portion of the work, which meant that I ended up living aboard for several days a week that summer.
It SUCKED.
Living in that small of a space is horrible.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 24, 2018 12:28 PM (XWkhW)
Posted by: Jen the original at April 24, 2018 12:28 PM (m0lmR)
Posted by: rickb223 at April 24, 2018 12:27 PM (pQplJ)
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I have 12 foot tall ceilings. 350 FT^2 is doable.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at April 24, 2018 12:28 PM (pw+jk)
Yep, think it was someone here who linked to (then) Imperator Rex account a few months ago. Good stuff!
Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2018 12:28 PM (W+vEI)
No, and usually, titles are only capitalized when combined with a proper name. The president is not capitalized, but President Trump is.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 24, 2018 12:28 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster
"It's quiet...too quiet."
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 24, 2018 12:11 PM (w1zJX)
"Did you hear something?"
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 24, 2018 12:13 PM (kqsXK)
"This time it's personal. Very personal."
"And we'll finish this wall with shiplap".
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 24, 2018 12:28 PM (EyPfd)
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/32.11.1/
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 24, 2018 12:29 PM (k1TUh)
Gorka reveals that emails exist between Obama & Clinton, proving their role as originators/chief planners in the conspiracy to smear, illegally spy on and undermine citizen & POTUS Trump, as well as to rig a US Presidential election.
Well, teh SCOAMF did endorse Her Heinous as the continuation of his Reign of Error, so that comes as no genuine surprise.
The emails that provide proof of collusion? That's something that needs investigating immediately. Too bad Sessionzzzz has recused himself from his duty to the country and to the law and to his oath of office and to the Constitution...
Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster at April 24, 2018 12:30 PM (GdWl+)
the defendant's request for a 'remedial spanking' is hereby denied.
Posted by: Boulder t'hobo at April 24, 2018 12:30 PM (TXZiW)
unable to do some basic journalistic work and ask appropriate questions
related to France and issues of concern to both they and America. Just
shoddy!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2018 12:27 PM (tpDAe)
They are just looking up France on Wikipedia now. I keep telling them France is the one who beat the Indians in that war long no one remembers.
Posted by: Quint at April 24, 2018 12:30 PM (n13/j)
Alek Minassian stood out for being unusual at Thornlea Secondary School in the northern suburbs of Canadas largest city, but was never violent, the person said.
He wasnt a social person, but from what I remember he was absolutely harmless, said classmate Shereen Chami.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 24, 2018 12:30 PM (5y11N)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at April 24, 2018 12:30 PM (pw+jk)
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'Dog's breakfast'. Use the tools in Word because those red and green lines force you to double-check. There is no excuse for some of this dreck.
Posted by: mustbequantum at April 24, 2018 12:30 PM (MIKMs)
Copy editing is mostly outsourced nowadays, to the extent that it's even done at all. The same is true of book design/typography, cover art, and basically everything else involved with producing the book.
Printing is outsourced to the lowest bidder (generally in China). That's why most new "hardback" books are really just paperbacks with thicker cardboard covers, and why they fall apart after one reading.
The only think "publishers" do nowadays is have fancy offices in Manhattan, go to a lot of ritzy parties, and suck up 85% of the money.
It's no wonder that self/indy publishing is booming.
Posted by: Anagram Nation at April 24, 2018 12:31 PM (Q7M5N)
https://tinyurl.com/yctop6v4
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2018 12:31 PM (tpDAe)
Posted by: steevy at April 24, 2018 12:31 PM (LiyEm)
it WAS a great place to live in 1999.
Posted by: Boulder t'hobo at April 24, 2018 12:31 PM (TXZiW)
Posted by: Benny Beaver at April 24, 2018 12:31 PM (0tfLf)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 24, 2018 12:31 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: mindful webworker's vocal stylings at April 24, 2018 12:31 PM (3tLP6)
To where? A boiler room in Bangladesh?
Posted by: Insomniac at April 24, 2018 12:31 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: mindful webworker's corgi whistle at April 24, 2018 12:32 PM (3tLP6)
Posted by: Bear with Assymetrical Balls at April 24, 2018 12:32 PM (zoyKY)
A lot:
"Don't be a fool"
"You little fool!"
"What?!"
Lines I like:
"The fools! They have no idea what they are meddling with"
"There were some things man was not meant to know."
"You Americans are all alike. Always overdressing for the wrong occasions"
"My offer is this: Nothing."
"You're taking the fall"
Posted by: Publius Redux at April 24, 2018 12:32 PM (Fb9aZ)
Didn't she have a YouTube channel that was pulled. It looks like her, from links on the OTN.
Saw the movie "Broken City" over the weekend. I think it captured the graft, corruption, liberal BS. I think the Mayor character was projecting a Trump persona. Zeta-Jones had small part, but damm did she look elegant, and Smok'en Hot, but mostly Smok'en Hot! Wahlberg has a great line when he slams the leading man co-star in his girlfriends movie to the ground. "F##$%'en Actors" **snort**
Posted by: Paladin at April 24, 2018 12:32 PM (c2pxW)
Posted by: rickb223 at April 24, 2018 12:32 PM (pQplJ)
academic publishers also. some of the errors and typoes I see are just amateurish.
Posted by: Boulder t'hobo at April 24, 2018 12:32 PM (TXZiW)
Posted by: Hawkpilot at April 24, 2018 12:33 PM (0Le4j)
Teacher: I don't know. Who admitted that half of your students requiring remediation?
My wife works in a middle school. Significant numbers of the students are already years behind by that point. There are many common reasons.
Poor people farm their kids out to relatives. Often this is because the parents are young, stupid, and addicted. The relatives are poor too, and can't take the additional burden for long, so the kids move to another relative for a while. It's pretty typical to have kids disappear for weeks at a time and then suddenly show up again for this reason.
Poor people also don't typically see the reason for education. They get by on gov't assistance, why not you too?
Plenty of these kids have parents who are poorly educated themselves. So the parent can't help with the math the kid is learning in school. (Hi Barack!) At my wife's school, they gave up on giving homework. Something like 2% of the kids did it, and the parents complained because they couldn't help. So all that additional work that students did at home in the past is now reserved for school hours.
Plenty of parents of my wife's students don't even speak English. The kid acts as translator at parent teacher conferences. Imagine what you could get away with!
Teacher: Your kid hasn't been attending classes.
Kid: Teacher says my attendance is excellent.
Posted by: bonhomme at April 24, 2018 12:33 PM (iv0p7)
And the title of the sign in sheet was 'Guess the number of XXX in the Jar.
In the entry section it said 'How many YYY in the jar"
So I asked the poor girl running it if they wanted me to guess the number of XXX, or the number of YYY.
It had been previewed at multiple levels, and nobody caught it.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 24, 2018 12:33 PM (EyPfd)
Posted by: Insomniac at April 24, 2018 12:31 PM
You being sounding like this is bad thing?
Nooo...not bad thing. Is good. Very very good.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 24, 2018 12:33 PM (0tfLf)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 24, 2018 12:34 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at April 24, 2018 12:34 PM (pw+jk)
NYC is even infecting the relatively sane Upstate part where I reside. Because of the easy access by the highway system we are seeing an increase in drug activity and the perps are unfailingly from the city.
The lbgt prog disease has had an uptick also.
Disconcerting, when we moved up here 9 years ago, drugs and the rest of it were nearly nonexistent.
Our county still voted trump overwhelmingly and his support hasn't dropped off though so that is s big plus.
Posted by: irongrampa at April 24, 2018 12:35 PM (S/hVx)
Posted by: Al Sharpton at April 24, 2018 12:37 PM (QxXRY)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster
"It's quiet...too quiet."
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 24, 2018 12:11 PM (w1zJX)
"Did you hear something?"
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 24, 2018 12:13 PM (kqsXK)
"This time it's personal. Very personal."
"And we'll finish this wall with shiplap".
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 24, 2018 12:28 PM (EyPfd)
We're gonna need a bigger boat.
Posted by: Chief Brody at April 24, 2018 12:37 PM (XkilK)
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Typographers and printers are not as literate as they used to be?
Posted by: mustbequantum at April 24, 2018 12:38 PM (MIKMs)
I know that much of the media from other countries is leftist biased too, but I have heard very thought provoking questions from say-a reporter from India- asked in Sarah Sanders' gigs , Having a reporter ask "Are you going to pardon Michael Cohen?" is-as Trump said "a stupid question" when dealing with the President of France. It displays his ignorance and lack of curiosity. He's no "citizen of the world". Heck, pay me the big salary, I could do a better job of asking appropriate questions. Anyone here could, even without a degree in journalism or perhaps because of it!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2018 12:39 PM (tpDAe)
And he carries the reminders
Of every glove that laid him down or cut him
'Til he cried out in his anger and his shame
I am leaving, I am leaving, but the fighter still remains
So New York City....yeah. Whatever.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....living on the prison planet at April 24, 2018 12:40 PM (vcOmj)
Hmm. That looks more Egyptian than Greek to me. I suppose I have more things to learn.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 24, 2018 12:41 PM (fuK7c)
Thornlea Secondary School in the northern suburbs of Canadas largest
city, but was never violent, the person said.
He wasnt a social person, but from what I remember he was absolutely harmless, said classmate Shereen Chami.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 24, 2018 12:30 PM (5y11N)
Weirdo loners are a fertile field from which jihadis recruit.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2018 12:41 PM (WFV7d)
NICK and Disney tween shows.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at April 24, 2018 12:42 PM (3dsTO)
Posted by: irongrampa at April 24, 2018 12:35 PM (S/hVx)
Mine went Trump by 19% after not voting R for POTUS since Reagan in '84.
I cast my vote days before moving.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at April 24, 2018 12:44 PM (3dsTO)
speak English. The kid acts as translator at parent teacher
conferences. Imagine what you could get away with!
Teacher: Your kid hasn't been attending classes.
Kid: Teacher says my attendance is excellent.
Posted by: bonhomme at April 24, 2018 12:33 PM (iv0p7)
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A nephew was doing something similar regarding notifications sent home. Lasted until, during a visit, a question was asked of me related to a notification.
Posted by: RioBravo at April 24, 2018 12:44 PM (5NMZN)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2018 12:45 PM (tpDAe)
No, and usually, titles are only capitalized when combined with a proper name. The president is not capitalized, but President Trump is.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 24, 2018
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I think you would capitalize "Mom" and "Dad" when used in direct address or referring to a certain individual, i.e., "You know, Mom, I think Dad here is a total loser. Why'd you marry him?" If you're merely talking about "my mom and dad," then you wouldn't use capitals.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 24, 2018 12:47 PM (Tgext)
In the 80% that remain Democrats are a dead bang loser.
Posted by: torabora at April 24, 2018 12:51 PM (Y274z)
I capitalize my parents referring to them for any reason--just because they are Mom and Dad.
Posted by: irongrampa at April 24, 2018 12:53 PM (S/hVx)
Yike$. It would be cheaper to fly a naked Eskimo in to sit on my beer.
Posted by: Downcast at April 24, 2018 12:59 PM (Iln9u)
So this should be the ongoing open thread until the end of Ace's work day.
Let's hit 1000.
Hello...? hello...? o...?
Posted by: mindful webworker's punning clan at April 24, 2018 01:01 PM (3tLP6)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2018 12:41 PM (WFV7d)
My son told me the Taliban use mentally challenged children and young men for suicide bombing attacks when they can. Slow children and adults are easier to manipulate.
I strongly doubt this attacker was in it alone. I know it doesn't take much to plow through pedestrians but he would probably need direction and support from someone close by, someone IRL and not online.
Posted by: troyriser at April 24, 2018 01:06 PM (qUD5Q)
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