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Mid-Morning Open Thread
John Atkinson Grimshaw
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at January 18, 2019 09:28 AM (RpM6k)
Posted by: lwc at January 18, 2019 09:29 AM (G8lfi)
Posted by: lwc at January 18, 2019 09:29 AM (G8lfi)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 18, 2019 09:29 AM (AllCR)
Posted by: JayDub Walker at January 18, 2019 09:29 AM (fBFz0)
Posted by: BignJames at January 18, 2019 09:30 AM (cxHbL)
Now, where the hell is my luggage?
If my bags are still on that Air Force bus, they're gonna lose funding for those new bombers.
Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at January 18, 2019 09:30 AM (RpM6k)
Posted by: Majolica at January 18, 2019 09:31 AM (L/iaS)
Posted by: dantesed at January 18, 2019 09:31 AM (88xKn)
Posted by: Anon a mouse at January 18, 2019 09:31 AM (6qErC)
Posted by: Majolica at January 18, 2019 09:31 AM (L/iaS)
iswydt
Posted by: BignJames at January 18, 2019 09:32 AM (cxHbL)
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at January 18, 2019 09:32 AM (RpM6k)
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Get Your Globalist Griefs - Two for One - at The Outrage Outlet! at January 18, 2019 09:32 AM (hLRSq)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 18, 2019 09:33 AM (tHAoL)
I'm first. Because I am co-equal to the President. Got it, knave?
Now, where the hell is my luggage?
If my bags are still on that Air Force bus, they're gonna lose funding for those new bombers.
__________
Nah, just dumped outside your office; pick it up when you pass by your office sometime, it's a trippin hazard.
Posted by: lwc at January 18, 2019 09:34 AM (G8lfi)
Posted by: Someguy at January 18, 2019 09:34 AM (h5Df3)
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Get Your Globalist Griefs - Two for One - at The Outrage Outlet! at January 18, 2019 09:32 AM (hLRSq)
Our portions of haggis are the largest in town!
Posted by: BignJames at January 18, 2019 09:34 AM (cxHbL)
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Get Your Globalist Griefs - Two for One - at The Outrage Outlet! at January 18, 2019 09:35 AM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 18, 2019 09:35 AM (cqNba)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at January 18, 2019 09:35 AM (mzfPu)
Posted by: Warai-MacOtoko at January 18, 2019 09:35 AM (Ct55T)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 18, 2019 09:35 AM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 18, 2019 09:35 AM (UGqF8)
Posted by: Someguy at January 18, 2019 09:34 AM (h5Df3)
Scottish gloom is danker and drearier than the English crap!
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Get Your Globalist Griefs - Two for One - at The Outrage Outlet! at January 18, 2019 09:35 AM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 18, 2019 09:35 AM (7MRhd)
Repeat....
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 18, 2019 09:35 AM (eXA4G)
Posted by: Warai-MacOtoko at January 18, 2019 09:36 AM (Ct55T)
Posted by: eleven at January 18, 2019 09:36 AM (NLLmE)
Should I wear pink pants? It's at the Ritz Carlton.
Posted by: Les Kinetic at January 18, 2019 09:36 AM (+fPHo)
Posted by: dananjcon at January 18, 2019 09:36 AM (xqfqx)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 18, 2019 09:36 AM (UGqF8)
Posted by: Zod at January 18, 2019 09:37 AM (Bdeb0)
Posted by: BignJames at January 18, 2019 09:34 AM (cxHbL)
Hey! Haggis is great. Seriously. I was in Scotland last year and ate it every day with breakfast, and once with lunch. It gets a bad rap because it's absolutely disgusting if one knows the ingredients.
Ignorance is bliss!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 18, 2019 09:37 AM (wYseH)
Posted by: BignJames at January 18, 2019 09:37 AM (cxHbL)
Grimshaw liked to paint nocturnal scenes and was the original inspiration for 'Paint it Black' by the Rolling Stones.
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at January 18, 2019 09:37 AM (kJWoP)
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Get Your Globalist Griefs - Two for One - at The Outrage Outlet! at January 18, 2019
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Good description. It's why I like cold dreary mornings.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 18, 2019 09:38 AM (7MRhd)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 18, 2019 09:38 AM (YndB3)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 18, 2019 09:36 AM (UGqF
It's just West of Copenhagen, Norway.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 18, 2019 09:38 AM (wYseH)
Chief Cryptologic Technician Shannon M. Kent, 35, of upstate New York; Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jonathan R. Farmer, 37, of Boynton Beach, Florida; and civilian operations support specialist Scott A. Wirtz of St. Louis, Missouri, were killed
RIP Chief
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 18, 2019 09:38 AM (bim/x)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 18, 2019 09:39 AM (UGqF8)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 18, 2019 09:37 AM (wYseH)
Oatmeal in a sheep's gut?
Posted by: BignJames at January 18, 2019 09:39 AM (cxHbL)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 18, 2019 09:38 AM (YndB3)
Upstairs, some tars are getting rogered.
Posted by: Zod at January 18, 2019 09:39 AM (Bdeb0)
Posted by: eleven at January 18, 2019 09:39 AM (NLLmE)
Posted by: rickl at January 18, 2019 09:39 AM (xjiRE)
So it's like that mexican chorizo?
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 18, 2019 09:39 AM (YndB3)
I landed via ferry from Nova Scotia there on a cold wet night a few years ago. It was pouring, I was on a motorcycle, the ferry had maybe 15 bikes in the hold.
US Customs was shaking down all us riders. I sat in the rain for over an hour watching all the bikes and riders ahead of me having to get completely unpacked, undressed, and inspected.
Posted by: Les Kinetic at January 18, 2019 09:40 AM (+fPHo)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at January 18, 2019 09:40 AM (mzfPu)
Posted by: josephistan at January 18, 2019 09:40 AM (Izzlo)
Posted by: Granny Rictus at January 18, 2019 09:40 AM (ymnmz)
Glasgow, England.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 18, 2019 09:36 AM (UGqF
It's just West of Copenhagen, Norway.
_________________
And East of Strasbourg, Iceland
Posted by: lwc at January 18, 2019 09:41 AM (G8lfi)
(Yes, technical, I know. But I like things like this.)
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Get Your Globalist Griefs - Two for One - at The Outrage Outlet! at January 18, 2019 09:41 AM (hLRSq)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 18, 2019 09:35 AM (eXA4G)
Don't think so. You know the rules: If you are correct you get a Platinum Membership, but if you are wrong? You have to clean out the barrel.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 18, 2019 09:41 AM (wYseH)
Posted by: Les Kinetic at January 18, 2019 09:40 AM (+fPHo)
It's like it was yesterday...
Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at January 18, 2019 09:41 AM (UGqF8)
Posted by: eleven at January 18, 2019 09:41 AM (NLLmE)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at January 18, 2019 09:41 AM (mzfPu)
And he even gets in a dig at Hillary: look at the lower right. That's a bollard, folks.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at January 18, 2019 09:42 AM (/qEW2)
Posted by: Kris at January 18, 2019 09:42 AM (OyyDO)
Posted by: Warai-MacOtoko at January 18, 2019 09:42 AM (Ct55T)
Posted by: Average Guy at January 18, 2019 09:42 AM (KqRop)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at January 18, 2019 09:40 AM (mzfPu)
And ye be well advised to keep a weather eye out when passing by the monkeys on the Poop Deck.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 18, 2019 09:42 AM (UGqF8)
Posted by: JayDub Walker at January 18, 2019 09:43 AM (fBFz0)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at January 18, 2019 09:41 AM (mzfPu)
Some of the ships have two masts. Must be an English design.
Posted by: Someguy at January 18, 2019 09:43 AM (h5Df3)
Posted by: Tentotwo at January 18, 2019 09:43 AM (yhf6w)
I agree...they look like square-rigged ships.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 18, 2019 09:43 AM (wYseH)
Ignorance is bliss!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 18, 2019 09:37 AM (wYseH)
Oatmeal in a sheep's gut?
Posted by: BignJames at January 18, 2019 09:39 AM (cxHbL)
At Thanksgiving if you haven't the good fortune of a turkey, you can use a haggis. Let's just through it up on the table here and snuggle in behind it. Yeah...that's some good cooking.
Posted by: Wilford Brimley's Arcane Reference Challenge at January 18, 2019 09:43 AM (ymnmz)
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at January 18, 2019 09:44 AM (KUaJL)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at January 18, 2019 09:44 AM (mzfPu)
Schooners weren't square rigged in port? I figured the boom would be traversable across the centerline of the mast under sail. OK, I see. there are at least 3 booms on each mast.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 18, 2019 09:44 AM (YndB3)
Posted by: Zod at January 18, 2019 09:44 AM (Bdeb0)
Posted by: Roland THTG at January 18, 2019 09:44 AM (88+cf)
Posted by: Jimmy Haat at January 18, 2019 09:45 AM (+5OdI)
_______________________________________
Why do you think the Scottish invented single malt?
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at January 18, 2019 09:45 AM (RpM6k)
Posted by: Achmed the Refugee at January 18, 2019 09:45 AM (fBFz0)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at January 18, 2019 09:46 AM (mzfPu)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 18, 2019 09:46 AM (Kpl3J)
Page 2 of my fish wrap (the AP):
Headline: TRUMP DENIES PELOSI USE OF MILITARY PLANE
1st Paragraph: She imperiled his State of the Union address. He denied her a plane to visit troops abroad.
Another day for the AP ending in "y."
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 18, 2019 09:46 AM (ptqGC)
Posted by: kraken at January 18, 2019 09:46 AM (90T4r)
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at January 18, 2019 09:45 AM (RpM6k)
Now I know.
Posted by: eleven at January 18, 2019 09:47 AM (NLLmE)
I don't know, but I don't question goodness like that.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 18, 2019 09:47 AM (YndB3)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at January 18, 2019 09:46 AM (mzfPu)
Is there such a thing as haram haggis?
Posted by: Someguy at January 18, 2019 09:47 AM (h5Df3)
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at January 18, 2019 09:47 AM (/qEW2)
Posted by: red speck at January 18, 2019 09:47 AM (6Krd7)
Posted by: Kris at January 18, 2019 09:42 AM (OyyDO)
And no subtext....just the emotions evoked by the work. I see this as professional, competent, and not great. But that is by no means a criticism. Not everyone can be Caravaggio or Rembrandt, but they at least have to try!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 18, 2019 09:47 AM (wYseH)
https://tinyurl.com/y7c9y43t
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 18, 2019 09:47 AM (AllCR)
That's 852 feet farther than Nancy Pelosi flew on January 17th, 2019.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 18, 2019 09:48 AM (tHAoL)
Posted by: JTB at January 18, 2019 09:48 AM (bmdz3)
Sailing ship mast configurations, by type -
https://preview.tinyurl.com/y8k3ac2a
Posted by: Gref at January 18, 2019 09:48 AM (AMIL/)
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at January 18, 2019 09:42 AM (/qEW2)
But not a super duty heavyweight Hillary bollard.
Posted by: BignJames at January 18, 2019 09:48 AM (cxHbL)
Scratches.
Looks around.
Dang. Can't decide if that's a nice painting or a grim one. One can almost smell the fish though.
Goes looking for coffee.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 18, 2019 09:49 AM (0tfLf)
Posted by: Mikey
----
Don't forget the impressment gangs.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 18, 2019 09:49 AM (Q/obp)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at January 18, 2019 09:49 AM (mzfPu)
1st Paragraph: She imperiled his State of the Union address. He denied her a plane to visit troops abroad.
Another day for the AP ending in "y."
Posted by: Jane D'oh
She is not a member of the military. She is a representative of California.
She has no business in a war zone. Period.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 18, 2019 09:49 AM (tHAoL)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 18, 2019 09:49 AM (KP5rU)
It's on your alternate transportation, Nancy. Fourth ship to the right.
You should be back from your trip to Europe and Afghanistan in, oh, four or five years.
Have fun!
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 18, 2019 09:49 AM (YLHN9)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 18, 2019 09:49 AM (YndB3)
Posted by: eleven at January 18, 2019 09:50 AM (NLLmE)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 18, 2019 09:44 AM (YndB3)
I think one of the basic definitions of "schooner" is a fore and aft rig. Of course sailors being sailors, I think there are also schooners with square rigged topsails.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 18, 2019 09:50 AM (wYseH)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at January 18, 2019 09:50 AM (mzfPu)
There's also a hint that the artist has training as a draftsman. Look at the columned building on the right. Look at how precise the lines are. It has a "different" style than the others.
Posted by: Kris at January 18, 2019 09:50 AM (OyyDO)
Fore and aft sails on schooners.
Fun fact, the last of the great US built schooners, the Coronet, has been undergoing a refit for the last 9 years. She was originally built in 1885. I have a Mecray painting of the Coronet.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 18, 2019 09:51 AM (/tuJf)
TAMI
Reading the reviews the $2 comfort thin handle "lacks heft", so it
might be worth buying a Pace 6 sometime later if the blades work but
the handle feels less than ideal.
Posted by: Moron Robbie Abridged at January 18, 2019 09:51 AM (4E/ZH)
Posted by: KGB at January 18, 2019 09:51 AM (lgGyN)
Yep. The President is commander-in-chief. The Senate has treaty authority. The Constitution provides no foreign policy role whatsoever for the House.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 18, 2019 09:52 AM (YLHN9)
$4.00 2 x Pace Comfort Thin II
$2.75 2 x Pace Comfort Thin II Cartridges, 5 Refills
Free shipping
https://www.dorcousa.com/sale-items-men/
Posted by: Moron Robbie Abridged at January 18, 2019 09:52 AM (4E/ZH)
And I don't mean that the other food was bad.
OK, a lot of their food is pretty bland, but Haggis isn't.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at January 18, 2019 09:52 AM (0TYt/)
Posted by: kraken at January 18, 2019 09:46 AM (90T4r)
I love gloomy days...and rain storms...and snow storms.
Posted by: Tami at January 18, 2019 09:52 AM (cF8AT)
Posted by: kraken at January 18, 2019 09:53 AM (90T4r)
Posted by: Mark Rothko at January 18, 2019 09:53 AM (fBFz0)
Tough old bird...not like the present day snowflakes in the UK
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 18, 2019 09:54 AM (bim/x)
Posted by: The Gipper Lives at January 18, 2019 09:54 AM (Ndje9)
Posted by: Tami at January 18, 2019 09:52 AM (cF8AT)
Cousin!!!!
Posted by: kraken at January 18, 2019 09:54 AM (90T4r)
might be worth buying a Pace 6 sometime later if the blades work but
the handle feels less than ideal.
Posted by: Moron Robbie Abridged at January 18, 2019 09:51 AM (4E/ZH)
The Comfort Thin only had two blades, right? That's why I went with the 6.
Posted by: Tami at January 18, 2019 09:54 AM (cF8AT)
Posted by: Tami at January 18, 2019 09:54 AM (cF8AT)
--
Yes, good. Those, assuming they're still like my old ones, are made of metal and quite solid.
Posted by: Moron Robbie Abridged at January 18, 2019 09:55 AM (4E/ZH)
Posted by: Tami at January 18, 2019 09:52 AM (cF8AT)
Rainy days and Mondays always get me down...
Posted by: Karen Carpenter at January 18, 2019 09:55 AM (wYseH)
Not to mention that weird practice in the British Navy (not sure about the U.S.) where a vessel of one type would be "promoted" or "demoted" to a different type depending on what rank of officer was in command. Lieutenants, say, could only command vessels up to a certain size, while captains, say, would be humiliated by commanding one smaller. So in the former case the vessel would be "demoted" on paper so a lieutenant could command it, while in the latter the vessel would be "promoted" on paper.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 18, 2019 09:55 AM (YLHN9)
Posted by: Moron Robbie Abridged at January 18, 2019 09:56 AM (4E/ZH)
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 18, 2019 09:56 AM (yNMZF)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 18, 2019 09:56 AM (f3oO4)
Posted by: Thomas Kinkade at January 18, 2019 09:56 AM (fBFz0)
https://tinyurl.com/y7c9y43t
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 18, 2019 09:47 AM (AllCR)
Thanks for these. I had not heard of this artist before. I agree about his landscapes being better than his figure studies. The former reminds me of Caspar David Freidrich, while the latter remind me of the Pre-Raphaelites. I like the landscape with the boulders.
Posted by: Kris at January 18, 2019 09:56 AM (OyyDO)
"Bitch, you crazy!"--Donald.
Posted by: Anonymous White Male at January 18, 2019 09:57 AM (3sjI6)
Modern Scotland is like the version of L.A. portrayed in Bladerunner. All of the healthy and competent humans have already left for the colonies.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 18, 2019 09:58 AM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at January 18, 2019 09:58 AM (mzfPu)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 18, 2019 09:54 AM (bim/x)
**
Heh..wonder if an empty bottle of Single Malt was found at the scene?Cut-Jib.
The Duke is a Moron.
Who knew!?
Posted by: dananjcon at January 18, 2019 09:59 AM (xqfqx)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at January 18, 2019 09:59 AM (QviAd)
Posted by: KGB at January 18, 2019 09:51 AM (lgGyN)
It's like Ireland. All the best people left.
Posted by: Anonymous White Male at January 18, 2019 09:59 AM (3sjI6)
Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at January 18, 2019 10:00 AM (ptqGC)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 18, 2019 09:49 AM (tHAoL)
He denied her, Shiff-for-brains, and other Dem Congresscritters and their staffers a plane to go and harass overseas American military commanders and their staffs, and to pretend to care about and listen to some grunts.
Posted by: Gref at January 18, 2019 10:00 AM (AMIL/)
Posted by: Anon a mouse at January 18, 2019 10:00 AM (6qErC)
Posted by: Kate Winslet's boobs at January 18, 2019 10:01 AM (Y8+tJ)
Congresscritters and their staffers a plane to go and harass overseas
American military commanders and their staffs, and to pretend to care
about and listen to some grunts.
Posted by: Gref at January 18, 2019 10:00 AM (AMIL/)
This. And he denied her the opportunity to back-stab him with NATO in Brussels.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 18, 2019 10:01 AM (ptqGC)
Posted by: Zod at January 18, 2019 10:01 AM (Bdeb0)
Sort of like the way that any male with a measurable testosterone level has been leaving Scandinavia since medieval times. Started with the Vikings, ended with South Dakota.
Now all they have left is a bunch of effete, suicidal furniture designers who can't do anything but wring their hands when rapefugees abuse their women.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 18, 2019 10:01 AM (YLHN9)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 18, 2019 09:58 AM (Kpl3J)
My grandfather Campbell did when he was 24. I do still have relatives though in the Highlands who own a few sheep farms.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at January 18, 2019 10:01 AM (QviAd)
Er, dude. It's before lunch, you know?
Eeech.
Posted by: Anon a mouse at January 18, 2019 10:00 AM (6qErC)
The nausea will help with your diet.
Posted by: Anonymous White Male at January 18, 2019 10:01 AM (3sjI6)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 18, 2019 09:51 AM (/tuJf)
Have you read "Tuning The Rig" - interesting book about sailing.
https://www.amazon.com/ Tuning-Rig-Journey-Harvey-Oxenhorn/dp/1581950209
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 18, 2019 10:01 AM (f3oO4)
A nation of Gillettes, in other words.
Posted by: Zod at January 18, 2019 10:02 AM (Bdeb0)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at January 18, 2019 10:01 AM (QviAd)
Sheep farms? Say no more!
Posted by: Anonymous White Male at January 18, 2019 10:03 AM (3sjI6)
Posted by: rickb223
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How do they square the idea that a budget to re-open the government (so desperately needed...) cannot be completed while she is out of the country on a week long field trip?
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at January 18, 2019 10:03 AM (0TYt/)
That's 852 feet farther than Nancy Pelosi flew on January 17th, 2019.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 18, 2019 09
*******
Excellent.
I'm going to use that at least five times today.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 18, 2019 10:03 AM (0tfLf)
And Grandfather Swenson left Sweden when he was 13 . He ended up in NYC.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at January 18, 2019 10:03 AM (QviAd)
Posted by: kraken at January 18, 2019 10:04 AM (90T4r)
I haven't but it looks interesting. Thanks.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 18, 2019 10:04 AM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at January 18, 2019 10:01 AM (QviAd)
Got a number?
Posted by: Ahmed Ben Mohamed Ben Ahmed at January 18, 2019 10:04 AM (wYseH)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at January 18, 2019 10:04 AM (mzfPu)
Posted by: Anonymous White Male at January 18, 2019 10:03 AM (3sjI6)
Why do you think the stayed? Couldn't leave their spouses.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at January 18, 2019 10:04 AM (QviAd)
Posted by: Kris at January 18, 2019 10:05 AM (OyyDO)
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at January 18, 2019 10:03 AM (0TYt/)
She can go wherever the hell she wants....on her dime.
Posted by: BignJames at January 18, 2019 10:05 AM (cxHbL)
Posted by: Just the punchline at January 18, 2019 10:05 AM (+5OdI)
Oh, Donald, Donald
-
I thought is was Oh Captain, My Captain.
https://preview.tinyurl.com/yb7cxafa
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at January 18, 2019 10:05 AM (kJWoP)
Posted by: Zod at January 18, 2019 10:05 AM (Bdeb0)
Posted by: Insomniac at January 18, 2019 10:06 AM (NWiLs)
http://tinyurl.com/yb5rkgjv
But hey, it might be true !
Posted by: McCool at January 18, 2019 10:06 AM (WXSv6)
Posted by: eleven at January 18, 2019 10:06 AM (NLLmE)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 18, 2019 10:06 AM (pUDQf)
Posted by: BifBewalski - from my sofa king we todd did work laptop at January 18, 2019 10:06 AM (td8Ta)
Posted by: rickb223
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How do they square the idea that a budget to re-open the government (so desperately needed...) cannot be completed while she is out of the country on a week long field trip?
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at January 18, 2019 10:03 AM (0TYt/)
By not mentioning it.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 18, 2019 10:07 AM (8Wq0q)
Posted by: kraken at January 18, 2019 10:04 AM
This.
Posted by: Hot Gas at January 18, 2019 10:07 AM (+5OdI)
Posted by: kraken
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Which works as a theory until you look at the US westward emigration....what happened to the West Coast?
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at January 18, 2019 10:07 AM (0TYt/)
Posted by: Slapweasel at January 18, 2019 10:07 AM (Ckg4U)
You are free to contract your voyage with a commercial shipping firm. My Royal Navy vessel is remaining here.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 18, 2019 10:07 AM (pNxlR)
Posted by: eleven at January 18, 2019 10:06 AM (NLLmE)
Gotta give it to the samurai.
Posted by: Kris at January 18, 2019 10:08 AM (OyyDO)
Posted by: eleven at January 18, 2019 10:06 AM (NLLmE)
I'd go with speed over brute force, so Samurai.
Plus the Samurai took the oath seriously to win or die.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 18, 2019 10:08 AM (pUDQf)
Posted by: Thomas Kincaid at January 18, 2019 10:09 AM (2qPhT)
Posted by: eleven at January 18, 2019 10:06 AM (NLLmE)
Gotta give it to the samurai.
Posted by: Kris at January 18, 2019 10:08 AM (OyyDO)
...Although the Viking would fight dirty, so...
Hmm.
Posted by: Kris at January 18, 2019 10:09 AM (OyyDO)
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Get Your Globalist Griefs - Two for One - at The Outrage Outlet! at January 18, 2019 10:09 AM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Kris at January 18, 2019 10:08 AM (OyyDO)
Kurosawa would agree.
Posted by: eleven at January 18, 2019 10:09 AM (NLLmE)
He ran about ten minutes late joining us for dinner. He said his Uber driver couldn't find the place, and her excuse was "I just moved here a week ago from NYC. I don't know my way around yet." Sigh.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 18, 2019 10:09 AM (ptqGC)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 18, 2019 10:01 AM (YLHN9)
If PETA's correct then all they need to do is hang a butternut squash from their zippers and they'll be manly AF.
Posted by: Insomniac at January 18, 2019 10:09 AM (NWiLs)
I see no junks duited for my junket here.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 18, 2019 10:09 AM (pNxlR)
Posted by: eleven at January 18, 2019 10:06 AM (NLLmE)
Gotta give it to the samurai.
Posted by: Kris at January 18, 2019 10:08 AM
Vikings - they used shields and the battle ax. The samurai didn't.
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at January 18, 2019 10:09 AM (kJWoP)
Posted by: McCool at January 18, 2019 10:10 AM (WXSv6)
Posted by: Kris at January 18, 2019 10:05 AM (OyyDO)
Just pretend you're speaking to all of us....naked...
Posted by: Tami at January 18, 2019 10:10 AM (cF8AT)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 18, 2019 10:11 AM (AllCR)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 18, 2019 10:11 AM (pUDQf)
Posted by: Tami
Naked. Who, Kris or us?...Or both
Posted by: Bruce at January 18, 2019 10:11 AM (8ikIW)
Posted by: Jewells45 at January 18, 2019 10:11 AM (kG5hP)
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Vikings. Samurai would require permission to go full throttle.
Posted by: Puddin Head at January 18, 2019 10:11 AM (2LelM)
Posted by: Kris at January 18, 2019 10:05 AM (OyyDO)
Just pretend you're speaking to all of us....naked...
Posted by: Tami at January 18, 2019 10:10 AM (cF8AT
Wait. Are we naked or is Kris?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 18, 2019 10:11 AM (pUDQf)
Posted by: kraken at January 18, 2019 10:12 AM (90T4r)
Posted by: Kris at January 18, 2019 10:05 AM (OyyDO)
Just pretend you're speaking to all of us....naked...
Posted by: Tami at January 18, 2019 10:10 AM (cF8AT)
Giving a speech naked would only add to the anxiety, I would think.
Posted by: Insomniac at January 18, 2019 10:12 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Tami
Naked. Who, Kris or us?...Or both
Posted by: Bruce at January 18, 2019 10:11 AM (8ikIW)
Yes.
Posted by: Tami at January 18, 2019 10:12 AM (cF8AT)
It might also be Aliens, though I'm not saying that.
Who am I kidding, it's Aliens.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 18, 2019 10:12 AM (8Wq0q)
Posted by: offroadaz at January 18, 2019 10:12 AM (RN3+4)
Posted by: Puddin Head at January 18, 2019 10:12 AM (2LelM)
Savannah?
I have been there exactly twice.
Loved the city, and the walkable waterfront.
Had no problem finding ANY location that we wanted to go to.
New Yorkers...
Ass
Both hands
Some assistance required.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 18, 2019 10:13 AM (cqNba)
The warm, cheery glow of the shop-windows evokes Kinkade, is informed by Kinkade, gestures toward Kinkade.
But you're right--it's no Kinkade.
Posted by: Zod at January 18, 2019 10:13 AM (Bdeb0)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 18, 2019 10:13 AM (pUDQf)
Posted by: Kris
Pfffft. You got this.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 18, 2019 10:13 AM (tHAoL)
I'm sure the people attending will find it every interesting and instructive..
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 18, 2019 10:13 AM (AllCR)
Posted by: Bruce at January 18, 2019 10:11 AM (8ikIW)
Yes.
Posted by: Tami
I hope the venue has cloth chairs. Metal will be too cold, and the "leather farts" will have us all laughing too much
Posted by: Bruce at January 18, 2019 10:13 AM (8ikIW)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at January 18, 2019 10:04 AM (mzfPu)
No lightsabers, light axes. And laser-proof round shields.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Get Your Globalist Griefs - Two for One - at The Outrage Outlet! at January 18, 2019 10:13 AM (hLRSq)
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I can recall a time when no respectable person would be in the vicinity of River Street.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 18, 2019 10:13 AM (fZcn6)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 18, 2019 10:14 AM (AllCR)
Which works as a theory until you look at the US westward emigration....what happened to the West Coast?
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at January 18, 2019 10:07 AM
good times begat weak men
it's the circle of life, Simba
Posted by: AltonJackson at January 18, 2019 10:14 AM (KCxzN)
How do they square the idea that a budget to re-open the government (so desperately needed...) cannot be completed while she is out of the country on a week long field trip?
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at January 18, 2019 10:03 AM (0TYt/)
How do they square the idea that the junket was necessary at all (and to be undertaken at our expense)? This sense of "I'm entitled to taxpayer funded trips overseas for no discernable benefit for said taxpayers" on the part of elected officials, particularly those who are decrying the partial shutdown, is obscenity itself.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 18, 2019 10:14 AM (pNxlR)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 18, 2019 10:13 AM (fZcn6)
When was the last time you were here?
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 18, 2019 10:15 AM (ptqGC)
Yeah, 'bout that - an interesting overnight. Was up a few times overnight (nursing a sick puppy. He's fine now) so flipped thru the over the air newz.
After midnight, all were breathless that "they" finally have him! Trump is going DOWN. OMG ELEVENTY!!!
Later, though, one of the (CBS, IIRC) types said the phrase "mixed sources", and my spidey sense went off...
Sure enough, it dissolved into a buzzfeed/NBC thingy, and by the morning nationwide shows, both ABC and CBS opened with TWO segments on...
the weather.
I'm still laughing. The buzz/nbc attempt to defuse the Pelosi disaster utterly failed.
Posted by: Anon a mouse at January 18, 2019 10:15 AM (6qErC)
Tell us more. You are among friends.
Posted by: Zod at January 18, 2019 10:15 AM (Bdeb0)
http://tinyurl.com/yakerwdd
How will CNN explain this ?!
Posted by: McCool at January 18, 2019 10:15 AM (WXSv6)
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at January 18, 2019 10:15 AM (/qEW2)
Just be prepared, and know that you are prepared.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 18, 2019 10:15 AM (8Wq0q)
Posted by: eleven at January 18, 2019 10:06 AM (NLLmE)
Gotta give it to the samurai."
Vikings - 6' 6"
Samurai - 4' 6"
attitude only goes so far.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 18, 2019 10:15 AM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: Kris
Pfffft. You got this.
Posted by: rickb223
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It's like riding a bicycle.
Besides, the folks in the seats don't know anything. That's why they are there.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 18, 2019 10:15 AM (fZcn6)
Posted by: kraken at January 18, 2019 10:12 AM (90T4r)
The Norwegian colonel who put two torpedoes and a few shells into the Blucher was no slouch.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Get Your Globalist Griefs - Two for One - at The Outrage Outlet! at January 18, 2019 10:16 AM (hLRSq)
http://tinyurl.com/yakerwdd
How will CNN explain this ?!
Posted by: McCool
White Hispanic Privilege
Posted by: Bruce at January 18, 2019 10:16 AM (8ikIW)
Posted by: eleven at January 18, 2019 10:06 AM (NLLmE)
It depends. Are the Samurai wearing man buns?
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 18, 2019 10:16 AM (ptqGC)
Posted by: Zod at January 18, 2019 10:15 AM (Bdeb0)
LOL. Nope.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 18, 2019 10:16 AM (AllCR)
Posted by: McCool at January 18, 2019 10:15 AM (WXSv6)
They won't report it.
Posted by: BignJames at January 18, 2019 10:16 AM (cxHbL)
Posted by: eleven at January 18, 2019 10:06 AM (NLLmE)
Samurai expansion:
Japan
Viking expansion:
Denmark
Norway
England
Scotland
Russia
Normandy
Naples
Sicily
England again
Iceland
Newfoundland
Decision: Vikings
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 18, 2019 10:16 AM (UGqF8)
Posted by: CNN, Fairly Unbalanced at January 18, 2019 10:16 AM (cqNba)
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at January 18, 2019 10:15 AM (/qEW2)
*rimshawt*
Posted by: Warai-MacOtoko at January 18, 2019 10:17 AM (Ct55T)
Posted by: kraken at January 18, 2019 10:17 AM (90T4r)
So be excited or fake being excited but produce excited state. The end result is its hard to be nervous when your acting excited about the material. And even if you are nervous, it plays like you're excited.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 18, 2019 10:17 AM (pUDQf)
"Conniving Glasgow", I'd believe, but "canny"? No.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 18, 2019 10:17 AM (pNxlR)
Besides, the folks in the seats don't know anything. That's why they are there.
Posted by: Mike Hammer
When playing trumpet, people will ask me "Don't you get nervous before you play?"
I reply , no, I figure if they could do better they'd be up here.
Posted by: Bruce at January 18, 2019 10:18 AM (8ikIW)
Posted by: McCool at January 18, 2019 10:18 AM (WXSv6)
I feel the same way about REO Speedwagon. Shhhh. Don't tell anyone.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 18, 2019 10:18 AM (UGqF8)
It never was. It was an attempt to "get out of town" during the next phase of talks over the shutdown in a lame attempt to try to fix blame on President Trump.
I'm 100% sure that had Nan and company been out of town, there would've been a coordinated PR push of "see, Trump bad need government now" gibberish.
President Trump is, at this stage, approx. 3,184 steps ahead...
Posted by: Anon a mouse at January 18, 2019 10:18 AM (6qErC)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 18, 2019 10:16 AM (ptqGC)
Top knots. And yes.
Posted by: eleven at January 18, 2019 10:18 AM (NLLmE)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 18, 2019 10:18 AM (pNxlR)
Posted by: eleven at January 18, 2019 10:06 AM (NLLmE)
Gotta give it to the samurai."
Vikings - 6' 6"
Samurai - 4' 6"
attitude only goes so far.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 18, 2019 10:15 AM (Kpl3J)
Unless it is Samurai Jack.
He's the real deal.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Get Your Globalist Griefs - Two for One - at The Outrage Outlet! at January 18, 2019 10:18 AM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Puddin Head at January 18, 2019 10:19 AM (2LelM)
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Nah. They are folksy and warm, evocative of a different, simpler time. I have no problem with that. Sometimes, a painting is just a painting, to be enjoyed rather than critiqued.
Consider the derision heaped on Norman Rockwell over the decades.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 18, 2019 10:19 AM (YvUf/)
Posted by: Anon a mouse at January 18, 2019 10:19 AM (6qErC)
I feel the same way about REO Speedwagon. Shhhh. Don't tell anyone.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 18, 2019 10:18 AM (UGqF
Anybody has a problem with Speedwagon has a problem with me.
Posted by: Johnny Lawrence at January 18, 2019 10:19 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: eleven at January 18, 2019 10:06 AM (NLLmE)
Read some stuff comparing shit like this a while back. No idea if it's true.
Anyway - the book said the Samurai didn't really "fight" with their swords. It was more like a quick-draw thing. Scabbards (or whatever the Hell they called them) were made for the quickest pull - and when two Samurai threw down it was all about who could pull the quickest and gig the other guy first.
Like I said - I have no clue if that's correct. Just what I read. And I never did quite understand how it worked when a group of 'em got together. Do you just gig your guy and then step back, or what ?
Posted by: JayDub Walker at January 18, 2019 10:19 AM (fBFz0)
Neither.
Bath-salt gorilla cavalry.
Posted by: Zod at January 18, 2019 10:19 AM (Bdeb0)
Posted by: kraken at January 18, 2019 10:20 AM (90T4r)
Posted by: Kris at January 18, 2019 10:20 AM (OyyDO)
It never was. It was an attempt to "get out of town" during the next phase of talks over the shutdown in a lame attempt to try to fix blame on President Trump.
2 hour talk with NATO in Brussels. Photo op in Egypt and Afghanistan. 6 days of shopping in Paris.
That and they would have been out of town when the next paychecks need to be cut.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 18, 2019 10:20 AM (tHAoL)
I would think a boondoggle like that would have to be planned weeks ahead no ?
Not something they just throw together in a few days.
I could be wrong
Posted by: McCool at January 18, 2019 10:21 AM (WXSv6)
no Rush today.
But Steyn is always a welcome undocumented guest host.
Probably meeting with PDT to plan the location/time that he will host the SOTU.
Posted by: slowdown at January 18, 2019 10:21 AM (QD9SN)
I feel the same way about REO Speedwagon. Shhhh. Don't tell anyone.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 18, 2019 10:18 AM (UGqF
Anybody has a problem with Speedwagon has a problem with me. "
I heard that Speedwagon was a Vampire band...
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 18, 2019 10:21 AM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: eleven at January 18, 2019 10:06 AM (NLLmE)
Gotta give it to the samurai."
Vikings - 6' 6"
Samurai - 4' 6"
attitude only goes so far.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 18, 2019 10:15 AM (Kpl3J)
There is a historical anecdote that some British sailors were attacked by Samurai. Supposedly, the cabin boy was able to fend off the Samurai using Western swords and fighting techniques. Someone once said that the Orientals raised fighting to an art, while the Europeans raised it to a science.
Posted by: Anonymous White Male at January 18, 2019 10:21 AM (3sjI6)
Posted by: Your Friendly Neighborhood Witch at January 18, 2019 10:22 AM (xZjSg)
Posted by: McCool at January 18, 2019 10:22 AM (WXSv6)
'We don't know if this article which is negative concerning Trump is true, or made of whole cloth.
But...here ya go....
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 18, 2019 10:22 AM (cqNba)
Trump told Cohen to lie to Congress but Mueller didn't charge him for it?
Sure.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 18, 2019 10:22 AM (/tuJf)
If true, I'd have had 6 inches trimmed off the blade.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 18, 2019 10:22 AM (tHAoL)
Posted by: Anonymous White Male at January 18, 2019 10:21 AM (3sjI6)
Swords. Heh.
Posted by: Indiana Jones at January 18, 2019 10:22 AM (UGqF8)
Posted by: JT at January 18, 2019 10:22 AM (x98e1)
Posted by: rickb223
Things Bruce Jenner said
Posted by: Bruce at January 18, 2019 10:23 AM (8ikIW)
Posted by: JayDub Walker at January 18, 2019 10:19 AM (fBFz0)
There's a lot of duel stuff like that later on, towards the end of the shogunate, I suppose, but for the most part a samurai's job was to shovel food into his face, get himself and his horses all dolled up in fancy duds, sit on the horse at the top of a hill, and watch a bunch of peasants murder each other with farm implements until the other samurai got bored and left.
Posted by: Warai-MacOtoko at January 18, 2019 10:23 AM (Ct55T)
Posted by: eleven at January 18, 2019 10:06 AM (NLLmE)
Gotta give it to the samurai."
Vikings - 6' 6"
Samurai - 4' 6"
attitude only goes so far.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 18, 2019 10:15 AM (Kpl3J)
Next up: Samari vs Macedonian Phalanx.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 18, 2019 10:23 AM (8Wq0q)
He's the real deal.
Posted by: Mikey NTH
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Or a Suzuki Samurai, which isn't.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 18, 2019 10:23 AM (YvUf/)
Posted by: Texas A&M Aggies at January 18, 2019 10:24 AM (+5OdI)
Posted by: Anonymous White Male at January 18, 2019 10:21 AM (3sjI6)
Ah, c'mon....didn't you see "Shogun"?
Posted by: BignJames at January 18, 2019 10:24 AM (cxHbL)
Sort of. Cappy Hill types tend to view their calendars as, well... flexible.
Depending on the donors.
Posted by: Anon a mouse at January 18, 2019 10:24 AM (6qErC)
http://tinyurl.com/ybkeq27h
I heard Keith Richards had been doing this for decades
Posted by: McCool at January 18, 2019 10:24 AM (WXSv6)
Posted by: Anonymous White Male at January 18, 2019 10:21 AM (3sjI6)
Swords. Heh.
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Sailors swing Cutlasses. Soldiers swing swords. MS-13 swing Machetes. Vikings and Franks swing axes.
Posted by: Puddin Head at January 18, 2019 10:24 AM (2LelM)
Posted by: Texas A&M Aggies at January 18, 2019 10:24 AM (+5OdI)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 18, 2019 10:25 AM (pUDQf)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 18, 2019 10:25 AM (8Wq0q)
But Steyn is always a welcome undocumented guest host.
Probably meeting with PDT to plan the location/time that he will host the SOTU.
Posted by: slowdown at January 18, 2019 10:21 AM (QD9SN)
Hopefully, they will serve everyone Chik-Fil-A.
Posted by: Anonymous White Male at January 18, 2019 10:25 AM (3sjI6)
Posted by: t-bird at January 18, 2019 10:25 AM (vfOIM)
I would think a boondoggle like that would have to be planned weeks ahead no ?
Not something they just throw together in a few days.
I could be wrong
Posted by: McCool at January 18, 2019 10:21 AM (WXSv6)
No, it was a spontaneous activity cobbled together at the last minute to deflect from sniping in the press that this new Congress hadn't skeedaddled overseas to visit our troops, ever, unlike each and every prior Congress.
Did I recapture the MSM's hypocrisy vis-a-vis Donald and Melania's visit to our troops in Iraq during Christmastime?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 18, 2019 10:25 AM (pNxlR)
Posted by: Kris at January 18, 2019 10:25 AM (OyyDO)
Freshman Arizona senator swings.
Posted by: Zod at January 18, 2019 10:25 AM (Bdeb0)
Posted by: Puddin Head at January 18, 2019 10:25 AM (2LelM)
Posted by: Warai-MacOtoko at January 18, 2019 10:23 AM (Ct55T)
Sounds like good work if you can get it. I wonder if they had dental ? 401K ? Comp Time ?
Posted by: JayDub Walker at January 18, 2019 10:26 AM (fBFz0)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead
"Boom Boom Boom let's go back to my room"
Posted by: JT at January 18, 2019 10:26 AM (x98e1)
DIY baking soda not good enough
What's an oven cleaner I can pick up at the store that works?
Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at January 18, 2019 10:26 AM (BJlbN)
Kris, If you are only half as knowledgeable and expressive in class as you are here, you will do a great job.
Posted by: JTB at January 18, 2019 10:26 AM (bmdz3)
Posted by: Ransom Eli Olds at January 18, 2019 10:26 AM (U2TY5)
My evaluation of Japanese equipment is that it generally appears to be less durable, whereas European swords of the medieval era are very friendly towards smashing right through armor even as high quality armor became mass produced, while Japanese sword styles emphasize aiming at joints and weak spots(Shimazu being a bit different).
Posted by: Someguy at January 18, 2019 10:26 AM (h5Df3)
'We don't know if this article which is negative concerning Trump is true, or made of whole cloth.
But...here ya go...."
Indeed. NBC has gone so far 'round the bend that even George Snuffalufigus won't follow them.
Posted by: Anon a mouse at January 18, 2019 10:26 AM (6qErC)
Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade at January 18, 2019 10:26 AM (bML9A)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 18, 2019 10:23 AM (8Wq0q)
Lol. Also known as mosquito vs. windshield.
Posted by: Warai-MacOtoko at January 18, 2019 10:26 AM (Ct55T)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 18, 2019 10:26 AM (UGqF8)
They want you to think it's prosecutors and/FBI agents
Right.
The janitor at the building next to Muellers office fits that description
Posted by: RoyalOil, Vicroy Canadian Territories at January 18, 2019 10:26 AM (TN1P5)
Posted by: The Winning at January 18, 2019 10:27 AM (Xu4i7)
Posted by: Jewells45 at January 18, 2019 10:27 AM (kG5hP)
Posted by: kraken at January 18, 2019 10:27 AM (90T4r)
Posted by: t-bird at January 18, 2019 10:27 AM (vfOIM)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at January 18, 2019 09:41 AM (mzfPu)
Does seems sumptins mizzen
Posted by: Majolica at January 18, 2019 10:27 AM (L/iaS)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 18, 2019 10:28 AM (39g3+)
Posted by: Bruce at January 18, 2019 10:28 AM (8ikIW)
Posted by: Kris at January 18, 2019 10:25 AM (OyyDO)
Fun fact:
I am in the credits for that show.
Posted by: Warai-MacOtoko at January 18, 2019 10:28 AM (Ct55T)
Posted by: garrett at January 18, 2019 10:28 AM (DNj86)
Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at January 18, 2019 10:26 AM
Slap hot iron to it.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 18, 2019 10:28 AM (+5OdI)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 18, 2019 10:28 AM (bcbK8)
Posted by: Burger Chef at January 18, 2019 10:28 AM (RuIsu)
Posted by: Elizabeth Warren at January 18, 2019 10:28 AM (/qEW2)
Posted by: kraken at January 18, 2019 10:28 AM (90T4r)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 18, 2019 10:28 AM (tHAoL)
Posted by: JayDub Walker at January 18, 2019 10:29 AM (fBFz0)
Picture taking a sword up against a howling madman who has a double bladed axe with a 4 foot long handle, that he's swinging wildly while he screams at you.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 18, 2019 10:29 AM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at January 18, 2019 10:26 AM (BJlbN)
Red Devil Lye
Posted by: BignJames at January 18, 2019 10:29 AM (cxHbL)
Posted by: votermom
Easy Off?
Posted by: rickb223 at January 18, 2019 10:28 AM (tHAoL)
Black Powder?
Posted by: Warai-MacOtoko at January 18, 2019 10:29 AM (Ct55T)
Posted by: Puddin Head at January 18, 2019 10:29 AM (2LelM)
Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at January 18, 2019 10:26 AM (BJlbN)
Try Manuel Labor. He's available for $10 an hour at Home Depot.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 18, 2019 10:29 AM (UGqF8)
Posted by: Kris at January 18, 2019 10:25 AM (OyyDO)
I think there was Spanish steel that was quite good, among other kinds. You also need to understand that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. Samurais swung in an arc. Whatever speed you think the smaller samurais had would be negated by the time to draw the blade and position it for a "chopping" kill. European style: Draw and plunge it into your opponents body.
Posted by: Anonymous White Male at January 18, 2019 10:30 AM (3sjI6)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 18, 2019 10:30 AM (pUDQf)
Posted by: McCool at January 18, 2019 10:30 AM (WXSv6)
It's a powder. Freeze dried, I think, then reconstituted (that can go bad)
Posted by: Anon a mouse at January 18, 2019 10:30 AM (6qErC)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 18, 2019 10:30 AM (U2TY5)
Frenchified Vikings who still had a taste for blood.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 18, 2019 10:31 AM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: kraken at January 18, 2019 10:28 AM (90T4r)
White satin wouldn't protect worth shit against a competently wielded longbow.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 18, 2019 10:31 AM (UGqF8)
IF IT'S GOT TREES, IT'S ART!
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at January 18, 2019 10:31 AM (DVPgb)
Posted by: Kris
----
If, during your lecture, some Moron from the class shouts "Its no Rothko!", well, you'll know at least one of us are there.
Good luck!
Posted by: Tonypete at January 18, 2019 10:32 AM (Un7SJ)
It's a powder. Freeze dried, I think, then reconstituted (that can go bad)
Posted by: Anon a mouse at January 18, 2019 10:30 AM (6qErC)
Q: Why was Nancy Pelosi staring at her box of botox?
A: It said, "Concentrate".
Posted by: Warai-MacOtoko at January 18, 2019 10:32 AM (Ct55T)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 18, 2019 10:31 AM (UGqF
Well...yeah.
Posted by: eleven at January 18, 2019 10:32 AM (NLLmE)
Greetings fappers and fappees.
Another great art selection, CBD. I like this one a lot. Anything that evokes tall ships is wonderful.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at January 18, 2019 10:32 AM (HaL55)
IF IT'S GOT TREES, IT'S ART!
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at January 18, 2019 10:31 AM (DVPgb)
Nice little trees? Just here and there?
Posted by: Zombie Bob Ross at January 18, 2019 10:32 AM (pUDQf)
Posted by: Anon a mouse at January 18, 2019 10:30 AM (6qErC)
meaning...it won't kill you?
Posted by: BignJames at January 18, 2019 10:32 AM (cxHbL)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 18, 2019 10:32 AM (pNxlR)
Posted by: votermom
Probably either Angelina or Isabella. Just ask outside of Walmart or Home Depot.
Posted by: Puddin Head at January 18, 2019 10:32 AM (2LelM)
Posted by: Kris at January 18, 2019 10:25 AM (OyyDO)
I remember that ... and you are right, it was pretty good. I'm a sucker for that stuff.
I hated the food in Japan, but I did get to go to a "castle" that had displays of old weapons and armor. It was pretty cool. Very enjoyable.
Posted by: JayDub Walker at January 18, 2019 10:32 AM (fBFz0)
Posted by: AlaBAMA
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Gloomy. Wet and cold, with the possibility of press gangs.
If there were a snug warm pub in the vicinity, that would be a saving grace.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 18, 2019 10:33 AM (KoKdw)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 18, 2019 10:33 AM (aKsyK)
I can't recall any REO Speedwagon songs off the top of my head-but you and I and the other person who likes REO Speedwagon can slink off together for a drink to some little pub that looks like it could be in a Kincaide painting. I note nobody else but you and I have admitted to the shame of liking anything by Kincaide.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 18, 2019 10:33 AM (AllCR)
Turbo Chef. From Texas. It'll cut thru most anything.
Availability may vary, though...
For a real bad stain, though, I've brought in some Spray Nine. Just make sure you've an open window nearby...
Posted by: Anon a mouse at January 18, 2019 10:33 AM (6qErC)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at January 18, 2019 10:33 AM (QviAd)
So we'll just.... roll with the changes?
Posted by: Anon a mouse at January 18, 2019 10:34 AM (6qErC)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 18, 2019 10:33 AM (AllCR)
Your candor is admirable.
Posted by: Zod at January 18, 2019 10:34 AM (Bdeb0)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at January 18, 2019 10:33 AM (QviAd)
Fuck off.
Posted by: The Sioux, The Commanche, The Pueblo, the Ute, the.... at January 18, 2019 10:34 AM (Ct55T)
If there were a snug warm pub in the vicinity, that would be a saving grace.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 18, 2019 10:33 AM (KoKdw
That explains their inclination to imbibe perfectly.
Posted by: Zombie Bob Ross at January 18, 2019 10:34 AM (pUDQf)
Posted by: Majolica
Kinda going over the topsail, aren't we?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot
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Not very gallant of you.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 18, 2019 10:34 AM (KoKdw)
Posted by: Bruce at January 18, 2019 10:34 AM (8ikIW)
Kris, If you are only half as knowledgeable and expressive in class as you are here, you will do a great job.
Posted by: JTB at January 18, 2019 10:26 AM (bmdz3)
It's part of a lunch-time lecture series for this new academic group I joined. I kick of their Spring series. They research and teach the community about the classical and medieval eras. My talk is about neither of those. Heh.
Posted by: Kris at January 18, 2019 10:35 AM (OyyDO)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 18, 2019 10:35 AM (pUDQf)
Posted by: kraken at January 18, 2019 10:35 AM (90T4r)
Kris, If you are only half as knowledgeable and expressive in class as you are here, you will do a great job.
Posted by: JTB
Seconded.
Posted by: JT at January 18, 2019 10:35 AM (x98e1)
Posted by: Anon a mouse at January 18, 2019 10:35 AM (6qErC)
Swords in the Middle Ages and onward were social killing tools. They were not your primary weapon of war for most knights, men-at-arms or samurai.
The spear is the man killer. So was the bow/bolt.
Against armor, knights would use maces, axes, picks, hammers...stuff that would punch plate armor or concuss it hard enough to break through. The saber was a exception and was used for 'ride by' attacks, but the lance was far more used. Extra reach means a better chance you won't get hit.
The sword was a secondary weapon.
As for the Katana being 'totes the best' sword...no. That differential hardening was a virtue made out of the lack of good steel in Japan. A solid Spanish or Turkish steel is vastly superior for strength and easier to maintain (sharpening a katana to keep the 'appleseed' edge is a very, very specialized skill).
Katanas slice, western swords cut or 'hack'. They are different techniques. Ultimately, as armor got more and more complete in the West, swordsmanship became more point-focused, ramming the point of a Long Sword into a joint, groin or visor. Not at all like the fencing or kendo we see in fiction and film.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 18, 2019 10:35 AM (bcbK8)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 18, 2019 10:35 AM (aKsyK)
So we'll just.... roll with the changes?
Posted by: Anon a mouse at January 18, 2019 10:34 AM (6qErC)
Just ride the storm out.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 18, 2019 10:35 AM (pUDQf)
Posted by: t-bird at January 18, 2019 10:35 AM (Qwtw1)
I think there was Spanish steel that was quite good, among other kinds.
You also need to understand that the shortest distance between two
points is a straight line. Samurais swung in an arc. Whatever speed you
think the smaller samurais had would be negated by the time to draw the
blade and position it for a "chopping" kill. European style: Draw and
plunge it into your opponents body.
A samurai can draw with a striking move. I'm sure many ghosts would tell you they weren't expecting that.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at January 18, 2019 10:35 AM (HaL55)
Posted by: JayDub Walker at January 18, 2019 10:32 AM (fBFz0)
I worked for a Japanese company and frequently had to go to authentic Japanese restaurants with clients. Chicken teriyaki was my go to and even that sucked most of the time. The Japanese like to leave on the pimply skin.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at January 18, 2019 10:36 AM (QviAd)
319 Does seems sumptins mizzen
Posted by: Majolica
Kinda going over the topsail, aren't we?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot
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Not very gallant of you.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 18, 2019 10:34 AM (KoKdw)
We'd best furl this now -- it's bound to hit the poop deck.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 18, 2019 10:36 AM (pNxlR)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 18, 2019 10:36 AM (AllCR)
So that's why Roman swords are short
Posted by: RoyalOil, Vicroy Canadian Territories at January 18, 2019 10:36 AM (TN1P5)
Posted by: JayDub Walker at January 18, 2019 10:36 AM (fBFz0)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 18, 2019 10:36 AM (AllCR)
Posted by: JayDub Walker at January 18, 2019 10:36 AM (fBFz0)
Yes!
One of my favorite books on the evolution of warfare.
Highly recommended.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 18, 2019 10:36 AM (bcbK8)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at January 18, 2019 10:32 AM (HaL55)
I went through a period when I was a kid when all I would read was sailing stories and books.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 18, 2019 10:37 AM (wYseH)
Posted by: Charlotte the sailor at January 18, 2019 10:37 AM (lGLBx)
==
Just imagine everyone is looking at you naked...wait...
Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at January 18, 2019 10:37 AM (BJlbN)
Posted by: Sheila Jackleg Lee at January 18, 2019 10:37 AM (hjaPQ)
Posted by: eleven at January 18, 2019 10:37 AM (NLLmE)
http://tinyurl.com/yaz62jtd
she no longer has an esophogus or stomach
Posted by: McCool at January 18, 2019 10:37 AM (WXSv6)
Not every blade made in Japan was a Katana, and not every blade made in Europe was typical. As more research has been done, they're finding that European smiths were making swords very similar in the folding and forging techniques (even Vikings) and the finest quality European blades were every bit as well constructed and sharp.
Almost as if when your survival requires a good weapon, people will rise to the challenge, wherever they were.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 18, 2019 10:37 AM (39g3+)
Posted by: Kris at January 18, 2019 10:25 AM (OyyDO)
Reach is everything. When I go to the Ren Faire with my friends, the big & tall ones, even my one friend's giganto teenage boy, dispatch everyone else in the mock sword fight in about a minute.
Posted by: josephistan at January 18, 2019 10:37 AM (Izzlo)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at January 18, 2019 10:37 AM (QviAd)
Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at January 18, 2019 10:38 AM (8YazN)
Ah.
It's time for me to fly...
*well, not literally, but that's pretty much their catalog, no?
Posted by: Anon a mouse at January 18, 2019 10:38 AM (6qErC)
"In ten days, I'm giving my first academic art history lecture in years. Gotta say, I'm feeling a tad jittery."
Kris, If you are only half as knowledgeable and expressive in class as you are here, you will do a great job.
Just imagine that your audience is us Morons.
Um, wait. On second thought, that might not be such a good idea.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at January 18, 2019 10:38 AM (HaL55)
Does seems sumptins mizzen
Posted by: Majolica
Kinda going over the topsail, aren't we?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 18, 2019
*
*
Drink some cathead and you'll be fine.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 18, 2019 10:38 AM (7MRhd)
Ah.
It's time for me to fly...
*well, not literally, but that's pretty much their catalog, no?
Posted by: Anon a mouse at January 18, 2019 10:38 AM (6qErC
In your dreams.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 18, 2019 10:38 AM (pUDQf)
So we'll just.... roll with the changes?
Posted by: Anon a mouse at January 18, 2019 10:34 AM (6qErC)
Just ride the storm out.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 18, 2019 10:35 AM (pUDQf)
-------
over to 157 Riverside Avenue
Posted by: jhawk90 at January 18, 2019 10:38 AM (Xvo1a)
Posted by: Tentotwo at January 18, 2019 10:38 AM (yhf6w)
Not a lotta Jews on the High Seas were there?
Posted by: garrett at January 18, 2019 10:39 AM (DNj86)
Does seems sumptins mizzen
Posted by: Majolica
Kinda going over the topsail, aren't we?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 18, 2019
*
*
A lot of bilge.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 18, 2019 10:39 AM (7MRhd)
So we'll just.... roll with the changes?
Posted by: Anon a mouse at January 18, 2019 10:34 AM (6qErC)
Just ride the storm out."
On 157 Riverside Avenue! Where you can tune a piano, but you can't tuna fish.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 18, 2019 10:39 AM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at January 18, 2019 10:39 AM (BJlbN)
I am curious who would win...Vikings v Samurai.
Posted by: eleven at January 18, 2019 10:06 AM (NLLmE)
Read some stuff comparing shit like this a while back. No idea if it's true.
Anyway
- the book said the Samurai didn't really "fight" with their swords. It
was more like a quick-draw thing. Scabbards (or whatever the Hell they
called them) were made for the quickest pull - and when two Samurai
threw down it was all about who could pull the quickest and gig the
other guy first.
Like I said - I have no clue if that's correct.
Just what I read. And I never did quite understand how it worked when a
group of 'em got together. Do you just gig your guy and then step back,
or what ?
Posted by: JayDub Walker at January 18, 2019 10:19 AM (fBFz0)
They had a show on TV showing match ups like this. Like one viking against one samuri. Samauris always won, cause "folded 40,000,000 million times! and oh yeah one guy has a dueling weapon and the other guy had a weapon of war, and the format was duel not melee combat.
Never really explained how they might defend against 50 axe wielding nordic maniacs swinging through your ranks like knocking down wheat.
Plundering a village was not a duel.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at January 18, 2019 10:39 AM (ymnmz)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 18, 2019 10:39 AM (pUDQf)
Heinan era samurai were mounted archers first and foremost. Tokugawa samurai focused more on dueling on foot and even musketry.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 18, 2019 10:40 AM (bcbK8)
my friends, the big tall ones, even my one friend's giganto
teenage boy, dispatch everyone else in the mock sword fight in about a
minute.
Posted by: josephistan at January 18, 2019 10:37 AM (Izzlo)
You ain't shitting. You 'ought to see me get after it with my Remington 700. Sword Guy is totally screwed.
Posted by: JayDub Walker at January 18, 2019 10:40 AM (fBFz0)
Posted by: kraken at January 18, 2019 10:40 AM (90T4r)
So that's why Roman swords are short
Posted by: RoyalOil, Vicroy Canadian Territories at January 18, 2019 10:36 AM (TN1P5)
The Romans used a short sword in an era dominated by spears and sarissas(basically pikes).
When they switch to longswords in the latter day of the empire they also switch shield design.
My guess is that they relied on their abnormally large shields to get them in close, where the short weapon was more effective.
Posted by: Someguy at January 18, 2019 10:40 AM (h5Df3)
Supposedly he was attempting to paint the new earth, a vision of a world without sin and the curse. So he wanted everything to have a kind of glow to it, to denote purity and holiness. I don't dislike his work, but it was not as good as people hyped it as, and all seemed to be part of one big mural.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 18, 2019 10:40 AM (39g3+)
Posted by: Puddin Head at January 18, 2019 10:40 AM (2LelM)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 18, 2019 10:40 AM (UGqF8)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 18, 2019 10:40 AM (pUDQf)
Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at January 18, 2019 09:28 AM (RpM6k)
I laughed. And thsi is why I come here. Hello all.
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at January 18, 2019 10:41 AM (pLgt/)
Posted by: kraken
And scotch and beer. And bourbon.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 18, 2019 10:41 AM (tHAoL)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 18, 2019 10:41 AM (pUDQf)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 18, 2019 10:41 AM (UGqF8)
So that's why Roman swords are short
Posted by: RoyalOil, Vicroy Canadian Territories at January 18, 2019 10:36 AM (TN1P5)
The Romans used a short sword in an era dominated by spears and sarissas(basically pikes).
When they switch to longswords in the latter day of the empire they also switch shield design.
My guess is that they relied on their abnormally large shields to get them in close, where the short weapon was more effective.
Posted by: Someguy at January 18, 2019 10:40 AM (h5Df3)
The Zulus also used short spears and large shields.
Posted by: josephistan at January 18, 2019 10:41 AM (Izzlo)
"In ten days, I'm giving my first academic art history lecture in years. Gotta say, I'm feeling a tad jittery."
Kris, If you are only half as knowledgeable and expressive in class as you are here, you will do a great job.
Just imagine that your audience is us Morons.
Um, wait. On second thought, that might not be such a good idea.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at January 18, 2019 10:38 AM (HaL55)
Just what I need... In the middle of the formal analysis have some guy in the back shout, "Show us bewbs!"
Posted by: Kris at January 18, 2019 10:41 AM (OyyDO)
I like it. I really do. I own one of the mall-sold paintings. It's just a stone staircase in a garden. But I find it soothing. It speaks to me.
His work gets repetitive but I like it. It's fantasy art, though not of a swords and titty variety.
I also like swords and titties art.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 18, 2019 10:42 AM (bcbK8)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 18, 2019 10:30 AM (pUDQf)"
I've been in similar settings over the years. It can be peaceful and pleasant. (Of course, sometimes it's just damn chilly and dank.)
Posted by: JTB at January 18, 2019 10:42 AM (bmdz3)
Posted by: garrett at January 18, 2019 10:42 AM (DNj86)
So we'll just.... roll with the changes?
Posted by: Anon a mouse
Just ride the storm out.
Posted by: AlaBAMA
over to 157 Riverside Avenue
Posted by: jhawk90
Maybe you heard it from a friend, so you take it on the run
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 18, 2019 10:42 AM (39g3+)
Posted by: Anon a mouse at January 18, 2019 10:42 AM (6qErC)
IMO
Red Hot Chili Pipers pretty good too
(in small doses - bagpipes !)
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Posted by: McCool at January 18, 2019 10:42 AM (WXSv6)
Posted by: JayDub Walker at January 18, 2019 10:32 AM (fBFz0)
Hard to see how you can build an effective castle out of rice paper and bamboo.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at January 18, 2019 10:42 AM (/qEW2)
I went through a period when I was a kid when all I would read was sailing stories and books.
I always wanted a sailboat, but never could swing it. A nice 26-foot weekender would've scratched that itch in just the right place.
My favorite seafaring tale is Joseph Conrad's Youth. Talk about being able to smell the ocean, that story did it for me.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at January 18, 2019 10:42 AM (HaL55)
You take it on the run
Keep on loving you
Can't fight this feeling
They had some stuff.
Posted by: t-bird at January 18, 2019 10:42 AM (Bvcbh)
I would have even included large sweeps for the crew on the inside of the hulls below the decks for maneuvering and attacks during calms.
This design would have sweep the seas until it got copied.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 18, 2019 10:42 AM (8Wq0q)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 18, 2019 10:42 AM (pUDQf)
That cheery glow in every Kinkaide painting comes from an oven fueled by the corpses of lost children.
Ponder that.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 18, 2019 10:43 AM (pNxlR)
Posted by: Jimmy the Greek at January 18, 2019 10:43 AM (DNj86)
Posted by: Anonymous White Male at January 18, 2019 10:30 AM (3sjI6)
The old Roman Legion style: The way to a man's heart is through his stomach and up.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Get Your Globalist Griefs - Two for One - at The Outrage Outlet! at January 18, 2019 10:43 AM (hLRSq)
Thanks; I didn't know that. That's good to know It was overhyped but I still like some of it. I guess some of it makes me think of "I go to prepare a place for you". I don't think of it as a mansion, but a warm, welcoming, loving, bright place.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 18, 2019 10:43 AM (AllCR)
Posted by: Someguy at January 18, 2019 10:43 AM (h5Df3)
So that's why Roman swords are short
Posted by: RoyalOil, Vicroy Canadian Territories at January 18, 2019 10:36 AM (TN1P5)
A roman soldier would typically only be drawing the sword after the general melee got closer than spear range. A longer sword could actually be a hindrance.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 18, 2019 10:43 AM (Ct55T)
Posted by: Anon a mouse at January 18, 2019 10:43 AM (6qErC)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 18, 2019 10:40 AM (39g3+)
This is heresy. Repent.
Posted by: Zod at January 18, 2019 10:43 AM (Bdeb0)
But the Dems are not Jews Haters?
Sigh
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 18, 2019 10:44 AM (bim/x)
I think the series "Vikings" has done a pretty decent job of depicting ancient battles fairly well; especially in Viking on Viking battles, which just turned into hackfests where two heavily armed gangs slammed into each other.
It also reminds of the reason the Vikings were so good at killing; when they weren't overseas raping and plundering, they spent the time at home killing each other. Which was why everyone at home was always real glad to see them get in their boats and sail off.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 18, 2019 10:44 AM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 18, 2019 10:36 AM (AllCR)
Yes, he is a professed Christian.I borrowed a CD set from the library in which a composer friend created music to go with his paintings, and it was all religiously inspired.
Posted by: kallisto at January 18, 2019 10:44 AM (aKdV1)
Posted by: kraken at January 18, 2019 10:44 AM (90T4r)
Posted by: Jewells45 at January 18, 2019 10:44 AM (kG5hP)
Posted by: Someguy at January 18, 2019 10:43 AM (h5Df3)
Japanese swords are the height of perfection when duelling someone who also has a Japanese sword.
They're worth pretty much bugger-all against just about any other weapon.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 18, 2019 10:44 AM (Ct55T)
Kids still sign up to do this not to get rich but to serve the only way they can.
Great art.
I would hang this over my couch.
Posted by: USNtakim profoundly deplorable. at January 18, 2019 10:44 AM (0OmEj)
Not just that it was dumped back onto her lap but
She took more luggage than the elites took on an ocean cruise.
Posted by: Braenyard at January 18, 2019 10:44 AM (ePWRo)
Posted by: Ray Van Dune at January 18, 2019 10:45 AM (9GXhn)
Posted by: Anonymous White Male at January 18, 2019 10:21 AM (3sjI6)
Do you remember what book you read that in, or maybe a link?
Posted by: Kate Winslet's boobs at January 18, 2019 10:45 AM (bDsPW)
Posted by: JayDub Walker at January 18, 2019 10:32 AM (fBFz0)
Hard to see how you can build an effective castle out of rice paper and bamboo.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at January 18, 2019 10:42 AM (/qEW2)
It's only a model
Posted by: josephistan at January 18, 2019 10:45 AM (Izzlo)
Posted by: Kris
Just holler back, "But first....."
Posted by: rickb223 at January 18, 2019 10:45 AM (tHAoL)
This also had the beneficial effect of weeding out the weaklings.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 18, 2019 10:45 AM (UGqF8)
Grimm.
Posted by: Zod at January 18, 2019 10:45 AM (Bdeb0)
Posted by: Anon a mouse at January 18, 2019 10:45 AM (6qErC)
Even so...
I had a nice day yesterday.
Posted by: Synova (reversion to pseudonymous) at January 18, 2019 10:45 AM (BD/yx)
389 The katana is not a particularly good dueling weapon imo, it
resembles a cavalry sabre and doesn't have any special built in tricks
as many dueling specific weapons do. Samurai were big on archery though,
particularly horse archery so idk how that'd factor in.
Posted by: Someguy at January 18, 2019 10:43 AM (h5Df3)
Japanese swords are the height of perfection when duelling someone who also has a Japanese sword.
They're worth pretty much bugger-all against just about any other weapon.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 18, 2019 10:44 AM (Ct55T)
And their silk and bamboo armor could stop the penetration of any edged weapon a European could make.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at January 18, 2019 10:46 AM (ymnmz)
So that's why Roman swords are short
Posted by: RoyalOil, Vicroy Canadian Territories at January 18, 2019 10:36 AM (TN1P5)
The Romans used a short sword in an era dominated by spears and sarissas(basically pikes).
When they switch to longswords in the latter day of the empire they also switch shield design.
My guess is that they relied on their abnormally large shields to get them in close, where the short weapon was more effective.
Posted by: Someguy at January 18, 2019 10:40 AM (h5Df3)
Yup. It's the evolution of the Legion killing machine.
They could pack more men per yard with short spears. The large shields protected more of the body. Spanish swords/gladius strikes were aimed at throats and thighs and groins. The shield was also used as a weapon, to bash and to smash the feet of opponents.
In the Rome TV series, you can see how formation fighting and 'rotation' allowed the Legion to keep fighting and fighting and killing far longer than the barbs around them.
They had it down to a science.
But the Republican/early Imperial legion changed as the recruits changed. Eventually the close order drill was largely ignored in favor of cav auxillaries and longer swords.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 18, 2019 10:46 AM (bcbK8)
An actual reporter could have a lot of fun asking her questions.
Posted by: t-bird at January 18, 2019 10:46 AM (Qwtw1)
Posted by: Gillette at January 18, 2019 10:46 AM (KoKdw)
LOL. Talk about an overhyped line-Take it on the run. Now that somebody mentioned it that is the only line from REO Speedwagon I can think of.
How are you holding up, dear one?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 18, 2019 10:46 AM (AllCR)
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The problem with Catamarans during this period is stabilizing the mast. The materials weren't there to do it. I do believe the Romans did have a ginormous catamaran galley that was basically a party boat for Caligula. That Caligula, he could throw a party.
Posted by: Puddin Head at January 18, 2019 10:46 AM (2LelM)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm's PayPal at January 18, 2019 10:46 AM (eUVat)
Posted by: Someguy at January 18, 2019 10:40 AM (h5Df3)
That and large shields cover you and the guy to your left. Swinging a blade in formation is a little dangerous to a tight formation, so altogether: form line, get close, swords out, hit the charge, *hit the enemy* with a shield thrust (and 200 lbs of charging Legionnaire) and start stabbing - in, and up, and repeat.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Get Your Globalist Griefs - Two for One - at The Outrage Outlet! at January 18, 2019 10:46 AM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at January 18, 2019 10:42 AM (/qEW2)
You know - it was well thought out. Interlocking fields of fire, limited access points, three different perimeters, and you could imagine that - back in it's day - it had a commanding view of the surrounding fields.
And the walls had enough raised points that - if you worked your shit out in advance, and I'm sure they did - you could do basic comms with signal flags.
And this one tied into a river - so you had water. But what I did NOT see was enough storage to hold out for very long. Maybe that wasn't the plan.
Posted by: JayDub Walker at January 18, 2019 10:47 AM (fBFz0)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 18, 2019 10:39 AM"
Naw, that was Styx.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 18, 2019 10:47 AM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: kraken at January 18, 2019 10:47 AM (90T4r)
And naturally the movie Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World gets watched repeatedly.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at January 18, 2019 10:47 AM (HaL55)
"CODEL" meant Congressional Delegation, apparently. I also thought it was someone's name.
Posted by: t-bird at January 18, 2019 10:48 AM (Qwtw1)
They have found damasked viking weapons in the bogs, folded steel. Which is pretty amazing given how their only iron came from bog ore, cracked and smelted in coal ovens. Those guys were really dedicated to having a good weapon.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 18, 2019 10:48 AM (39g3+)
Posted by: weew at January 18, 2019 10:48 AM (EaEMG)
Posted by: Puddin Head at January 18, 2019 10:48 AM (2LelM)
And naturally the movie Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World gets watched repeatedly.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at January 18, 2019 10:47 AM (HaL55)
That movie was criminally underrated.
Posted by: Kris at January 18, 2019 10:48 AM (OyyDO)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 18, 2019 10:49 AM (bcbK8)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at January 18, 2019 10:47 AM (HaL55)
Excellent soundtrack. Among other things.
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at January 18, 2019 10:49 AM (KUaJL)
I don't see that. Use the same mast stay technology but with a wider base.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 18, 2019 10:49 AM (8Wq0q)
Posted by: kraken at January 18, 2019 10:49 AM (90T4r)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 18, 2019 10:49 AM (pUDQf)
"Yeah my steel armor works pretty good against anything the Japanese created, too"
--Norman Knight
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 18, 2019 10:50 AM (39g3+)
Posted by: Anonymous White Male at January 18, 2019 10:21 AM (3sjI6
Had a historic fencer friend of mine who got stationed in Japan. While there he started to learn Kendo, and took some other classes in Kenjutsu and such.
He set up some 'demonstrations' with his instructors, where it was Eastern styles, against Western styles... it was interesting Western styles held up very well.
It was more a case of how good the Swordsman was, not the style.
Posted by: Don Quixote at January 18, 2019 10:50 AM (NgKpN)
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Posted by: Archer at January 18, 2019 10:50 AM (gmo/4)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 18, 2019 10:50 AM (pUDQf)
I keep hearing that rumor, and it wouldn't exactly be surprising if true, but no confirmation anywhere.
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I heard Keith Richards had been doing this for decades
Posted by: McCool at January 18, 2019 10:24 AM (WXSv6)
This is right up there with vagina steaming.
Posted by: Jen the original at January 18, 2019 10:51 AM (bLfL5)
US Customs was shaking down all us riders. I sat in the rain for over an hour watching all the bikes and riders ahead of me having to get completely unpacked, undressed, and inspected.
Posted by: Les Kinetic
Wait, what? Everyone was strip searched?
Posted by: Blue Hen at January 18, 2019 10:51 AM (Z04f8)
http://tinyurl.com/yaz62jtd
she no longer has an esophogus or stomach
Posted by: McCool at January 18, 2019
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I guess, no more shrimp, on the barbie or otherwise?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 18, 2019 10:51 AM (7MRhd)
"CODEL" meant Congressional Delegation, apparently. I also thought it was someone's name.
Posted by: t-bird at January 18, 2019 10:48 AM (Qwtw1
Ha! Interesting, and good to know.
Posted by: Synova (reversion to pseudonymous) at January 18, 2019 10:51 AM (BD/yx)
Posted by: kraken at January 18, 2019 10:51 AM (90T4r)
That's the kicker. Not a lot of carbon fiber 2000 years ago...
Posted by: Anon a mouse at January 18, 2019 10:51 AM (6qErC)
Posted by: Pug Mahon at January 18, 2019 10:52 AM (xPJvm)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at January 18, 2019 10:52 AM (QviAd)
Had a historic fencer friend of mine who got stationed in Japan. While there he started to learn Kendo, and took some other classes in Kenjutsu and such.
He set up some 'demonstrations' with his instructors, where it was Eastern styles, against Western styles... it was interesting Western styles held up very well.
It was more a case of how good the Swordsman was, not the style.
Posted by: Don Quixote at January 18, 2019 10:50 AM (NgKpN)
Today on History's Deadliest Warrior..
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at January 18, 2019 10:52 AM (KUaJL)
Gateway Pundit reports that RBG has pneumonia and is fighting for her life.
I keep hearing that rumor, and it wouldn't exactly be surprising if true, but no confirmation anywhere.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 18, 2019 10:50 AM (39g3+)
Run, Pneumonia, run..... you can't win.
Posted by: Cancer at January 18, 2019 10:52 AM (ymnmz)
Regarding that loaded luggage cart..... who owned the Hello Kitty backpack, I wonder??
Prolly some RINO.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at January 18, 2019 10:52 AM (HaL55)
Very good series.
Posted by: Zod at January 18, 2019 10:52 AM (Bdeb0)
Waiting for them to make a comeback in the current uncivil war
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Posted by: Archer at January 18, 2019 10:52 AM (gmo/4)
The Rules:
- Anything good from Scotland, Ireland or Wales is "British"
- Anything bad from Scotland, Ireland or Wales is "Scottish," "Irish" or "Welsh," respectively.
Example of two people from Scotland:
James Watt [inventor] was a great British inventor.
Archibald Hall [serial killer] was a terrible Scottish serial killer.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2019 10:52 AM (I2dne)
Posted by: Jewells45 at January 18, 2019 10:51 AM (kG5hP)
Laudanum, Jewell....
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Posted by: Anachronda at January 18, 2019 10:53 AM (sGtp+)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at January 18, 2019 10:47 AM (HaL55)
That movie was criminally underrated.
Posted by: Kris at January 18, 2019 10:48 AM (OyyDO)
It was instrumental in getting me over the hump regarding the arcane nautical terms and hooked on the entire series. My mental picture of Jack was always Russell Crowe.
Posted by: Captain Hate at January 18, 2019 10:53 AM (y7DUB)
"you're damned fight!!!"
--Democrats
It was more a case of how good the Swordsman was, not the style.
Which shouldn't really be surprising. And they have been uncovering a lot of information that shows the Western style of combat was a lot more advanced and formalized than previously believed. Handbooks teaching technique, etc.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 18, 2019 10:53 AM (39g3+)
Posted by: Jen the original
with or without parsley?
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 18, 2019 10:53 AM (d7Ww2)
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Posted by: weew
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I actually hope that is not true. I would wish it upon no one. The great tragedy here is that Ruth has made a cartoon character of herself. Likely aided/abetted/encouraged by Lefty acquaintances. They are not above using their own for political ends.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 18, 2019 10:53 AM (ZMWtN)
Posted by: Anonymous White Male at January 18, 2019 10:21 AM (3sjI6)
Do you remember what book you read that in, or maybe a link?
Posted by: Kate Winslet's boobs at January 18, 2019 10:45 AM (bDsPW
I'm struggling to think of an instance in which the Royal Navy would have engaged Samurai. Outside of the Shimonoseki punitive campaign of 1863/64 I can't think of any
Posted by: josephistan at January 18, 2019 10:53 AM (Izzlo)
Waiting for them to make a comeback in the current uncivil war
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and formerly employed at the Weekly standard
Posted by: Jim H at January 18, 2019 10:53 AM (4mIHO)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 18, 2019 10:53 AM (pUDQf)
Why are boxing movies so popular?
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at January 18, 2019 10:54 AM (KUaJL)
No True Scotsman would have done that.
So he wasn't a True Scotsman.
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Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at January 18, 2019 10:54 AM (eHOVP)
It also reminds of the reason the Vikings were so good at killing; when they weren't overseas raping and plundering, they spent the time at home killing each other.
This also had the beneficial effect of weeding out the weaklings.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero)
Who's weeding out the weaklings now, blondie?
Posted by: Muhammed Muhammed Muhammed at January 18, 2019 10:55 AM (aKsyK)
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at January 18, 2019 10:54 AM (KUaJL
They are a ringer for awards?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 18, 2019 10:55 AM (pUDQf)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 18, 2019 10:55 AM (8Wq0q)
Posted by: Ted K. at January 18, 2019 10:55 AM (7RqXg)
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at January 18, 2019 10:52 AM (KUaJL)
Technically, history's deadliest warrior is a couple of lab-coat-dicks in chicago fuckin' around with uranium.
And a couple of pilots with nads of steel.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 18, 2019 10:55 AM (Ct55T)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 18, 2019 10:53 AM (pUDQf)
Why are boxing movies so popular?
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at January 18, 2019 10:54 AM (KUaJL)
Masculine men are a rarity in the real world, so we watch boxers instead.
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Posted by: Synova (reversion to pseudonymous) at January 18, 2019 10:51 AM (BD/yx)
So what photogs/media squawkers were along for the ride to photo shop Nancy's Dem tour?
by the way, next time Nan might want to talk to Kristol and get a cruise arranged, although I guess she would want to book a destroyer.
Posted by: Jen the original at January 18, 2019 10:56 AM (bLfL5)
The books are so much better but as far as a movie based of a series it was pretty damn good.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 18, 2019 10:56 AM (/tuJf)
Posted by: kraken at January 18, 2019 10:56 AM (90T4r)
And a couple of pilots with nads of steel.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 18, 2019 10:55 AM (Ct55T)
Those lab-coat-dicks in chicago have nothing on the drunk dicks in germany who shat out the communist manifesto.
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at January 18, 2019 10:57 AM (KUaJL)
Overturn Roe v Wade. Now. Stop the slaughter.
Posted by: USNtakim profoundly deplorable. at January 18, 2019 10:57 AM (0OmEj)
Posted by: Captain Hate
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What the hell? Decades of Hornblower novels on the shelf, and people just fall all over this O'Brien fellow.
The power of Hollywood, I guess.
Posted by: C.S. Forester at January 18, 2019 10:57 AM (ZMWtN)
Posted by: eleven at January 18, 2019 10:57 AM (NLLmE)
Welllll... sorta. "Pneumonia" can be a fairly loosely defined term. Any airway infection at all seems to be called that, but it can be fairly innocuous with proper meds.
As I've said before, if what we've been told is true, she's not having a good time in the least. I would not wish such pains on my worst enemy...
Posted by: Anon a mouse at January 18, 2019 10:57 AM (6qErC)
Those lab-coat-dicks in chicago have nothing on the drunk dicks in germany who shat out the communist manifesto.
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at January 18, 2019 10:57 AM (KUaJL)
Pffft.
Posted by: Uncle Joe Stalin at January 18, 2019 10:57 AM (pUDQf)
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at January 18, 2019 10:54 AM (KUaJL)
Humanizes a brutal sport.
Posted by: Captain Hate at January 18, 2019 10:57 AM (y7DUB)
Posted by: Majolica
Kinda going over the topsail, aren't we?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot
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Not very gallant of you.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 18, 2019 10:34 AM (KoKdw)
We'd best furl this now -- it's bound to hit the poop deck.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 18, 2019 10:36 AM
No, stay....
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 18, 2019 10:57 AM (p+Wdc)
Posted by: Puddin Head at January 18, 2019 10:57 AM (2LelM)
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at January 18, 2019 10:57 AM (KUaJL)
I'd classify them more as murderers than warriors, but potato-potato.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 18, 2019 10:58 AM (Ct55T)
Posted by: kraken at January 18, 2019
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Man, the Ghostbusters 3 and John Wick thread yesterday was terrific.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 18, 2019 10:58 AM (7MRhd)
Posted by: eleven at January 18, 2019 10:57 AM (NLLm
Pffft.
Posted by: Shep at January 18, 2019 10:58 AM (pUDQf)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 18, 2019 10:58 AM (39g3+)
That movie was criminally underrated.
I really liked the effort to make it historically accurate as far as the ships and the cannon were concerned. In that first battle, lots of sailors were injured/killed by flying shards of wood. Overall, there are historical inconsistencies, but I think they got those parts right.
And they recorded the actual sound of a cannon and cannonball to use. Definitely underrated.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at January 18, 2019 10:58 AM (HaL55)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2019 10:58 AM (I2dne)
Posted by: kraken at January 18, 2019
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Man, the Ghostbusters 3 and John Wick thread yesterday was terrific.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 18, 2019 10:58 AM (7MRhd)
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And I, of course, missed it. Because of work.
Bleh.
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Posted by: weew
Who could have saw that coming?
Three broke ribs. Three weeks later a lobe of her lung is removed for cancer.
Duh.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 18, 2019 10:58 AM (tHAoL)
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at January 18, 2019 10:59 AM (wCmLp)
Posted by: kraken at January 18, 2019 10:59 AM (90T4r)
Posted by: JayDub Walker at January 18, 2019 10:59 AM (fBFz0)
Oh my god did you see that he cut the tungsten rod in half!!!!!!!! Folded 40,000,000 times.!!!
Posted by: Deadliest Warrior at January 18, 2019 10:59 AM (ymnmz)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 18, 2019 10:59 AM (8Wq0q)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at January 18, 2019 11:00 AM (QviAd)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 18, 2019 10:55 AM (8Wq0q)
It had to do with how the Greek city states fought. And why they fought.
VDH talks about it at length and I think Steven Pressfield too.
Basically honor required you to face the enemy. Sure there were Cretan cowards or javelin throwing psioli but the latter were lower class who couldn't afford armor.
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too many scenes were so dark I couldn't see what was going on
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Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 18, 2019 10:58 AM (39g3+)
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Convincing water is super hard to do in CGI.
The vast majority of the time, it ends up looking real fake.
I think the key would be green screens, a lot of sourced footage of water, and judicious use of quality miniatures. A lot like what they did in Master and Commander.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, If you've read and enjoyed any of my works, please leave a review on Amazon. at January 18, 2019 11:00 AM (XSSCs)
I keep hearing that rumor, and it wouldn't exactly be surprising if true, but no confirmation anywhere.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 18, 2019 10:50 A
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The situation is the same as it was with mccain. He was "responding well to treatment" one day and literally the next week they made the decision to stop his treatment and he died two days later.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at January 18, 2019 11:00 AM (JUOKG)
and Japanese don't have the balls to kill each other. They'd just slap each other with their limp wrists. Shame.
Oh, I used to wonder who would win, a tiger or a lion. Apparently, this has been documented several times in history, from the Roman Coliseum to the British Raj. The tigers won 80 to 85% of the time. The average tiger is considerably larger than the average lion.
Posted by: Anonymous White Male at January 18, 2019 11:00 AM (3sjI6)
Three broke ribs. Three weeks later a lobe of her lung is removed for cancer.
Duh.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 18, 2019 10:58 AM (tHAoL)
Propaganda for the greater good, comrade.
Posted by: Captain Hate at January 18, 2019 11:00 AM (y7DUB)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 18, 2019 11:01 AM (Ct55T)
Posted by: JayDub Walker at January 18, 2019 10:59 AM (fBFz0)
Raises hand.... I own an assegai....
Posted by: kraken at January 18, 2019 11:01 AM (90T4r)
Given how popular his books have become it's amazing they almost didn't make it to the US.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 18, 2019 11:01 AM (/tuJf)
Posted by: kraken at January 18, 2019
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Man, the Ghostbusters 3 and John Wick thread yesterday was terrific.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 18, 2019 10:58 AM (7MRhd)
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And I, of course, missed it. Because of work.
Bleh.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, If you've read and enjoyed any of my works, please leave a review on Amazon. at January 18, 2019 10:58 AM (XSSCs)
Same
Ah well, maybe next time.
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Posted by: ro-man at January 18, 2019 11:01 AM (RuIsu)
Yea, but he's still dead, Bob. Pieces of him scattered for dozens of yards, smaller than a dime.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 18, 2019 11:01 AM (39g3+)
That movie was criminally underrated.
I really liked the effort to make it historically accurate as far as the ships and the cannon were concerned. In that first battle, lots of sailors were injured/killed by flying shards of wood. Overall, there are historical inconsistencies, but I think they got those parts right.
And they recorded the actual sound of a cannon and cannonball to use. Definitely underrated.
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A heavy influence on how I approached writing The Battle of Lake Erie.
You know...you could...you know...
Link in nic!
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Posted by: C.S. Forester at January 18, 2019 10:57 AM (ZMWtN)
I agree. I've read all of the Hornblower novels, but could only get through about 4-5 of the O'Brien ones. I know they are popular, but I just don't understand why. They seemed to have very little plot, kind of stream of consciousness rambling.
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Posted by: JayDub Walker at January 18, 2019 10:59 AM (fBFz0)
Raises hand.... I own an assegai....
Posted by: kraken at January 18, 2019 11:01 AM (90T4r)
I have a...collection of...tools.
Spears and swords are included.
But my Cold Steel Warhammer is my BAE
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Dodged a bullet yesterday. Had to report for jury duty. Turned out to be a pedophile case. Judge said we would have to look at maybe a hundred horrific images of children taken off his computer. He was also stalking 9 year old girls on online media. State police had the goods on this guy and his lawyer knew he was gonna lose. I didn t want to sit through that. SOB was gonna try to claim malware downloaded the images without his knowledge. Right. God answered my prayer and I didn t have to serve that case. They went through over 20 jurors before seating 12+ alternate. I did not envy them.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at January 18, 2019 11:02 AM (wKcYr)
1) If there are no trees, it ain't art (as noted by BEN above)
2) There's always a sniper
3) Unless it's a Rothko, it's no Rothko
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Posted by: eleven at January 18, 2019 11:02 AM (NLLmE)
Posted by: JayDub Walker at January 18, 2019 10:59 AM (fBFz0)
nice thing about a spear or a stave is that it's so easy to improvise one in a pinch
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Its a textbook lesson in how book sales are. Amazing books, rejected by US publishers after a very small attempt. Only caught on when someone influential liked them and talked them up in the right circles.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 18, 2019 11:02 AM (39g3+)
Waiting for them to make a comeback in the current uncivil war
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Posted by: JayDub Walker at January 18, 2019 10:59 AM (fBFz0)
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My buddy designed and made his own space-age spear out of aluminum and steel stock, and rubber.
I've called him the "Modern Tribal" ever since.
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'Target: Hiroshima'
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A terrific read, lots of behind the scenes detail regarding development and deployment.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 18, 2019 11:03 AM (ZMWtN)
Posted by: Kate Winslet's boobs at January 18, 2019 10:45 AM (bDsPW)
No, I don't. I was researching the issue on the internet, and found it on some sword science site. It was on the internet, so it must be true!
Posted by: Anonymous White Male at January 18, 2019 11:03 AM (3sjI6)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at January 18, 2019 10:47 AM (HaL55)
That movie was criminally underrated."
Absolutley agree. I would add "John Carter" "Open Range" and any westerns starring Tom Selleck and/or Sam Elliot. Screw the critics and give me entertainment and excitement.
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Posted by: literally serious at January 18, 2019 11:03 AM (7faTs)
The vast majority of the time, it ends up looking real fake.
I think the key would be green screens, a lot of sourced footage of water, and judicious use of quality miniatures. A lot like what they did in Master and Commander.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, If you've read and enjoyed any of my works, please leave a review on Amazon. at January 18, 2019 11:00 AM (XSSCs)
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Also, as bad a movie as it was, "Waterworld" looked great. They did it with practical water effects and so the look real because they are.
Water is hard to do with computer-generated graphics because it is so dynamic. Fluid dynamics are really hard on their own - let alone building a convincing render. Doing it with real water is expensive, but the effects work.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2019 11:03 AM (I2dne)
Fun fact. I know that someone. I've even sailed with him.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 18, 2019 11:03 AM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at January 18, 2019 11:03 AM (eHOVP)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 18, 2019 10:55 AM (8Wq0q)
That's called a square, tercio is a passable example, but they handled those potential dfficulties with a second line acting as reserve.
I think it may simply have not been much of a problem at the time. Cavalry charges were not terribly popular. Skirmish cavalry was the in thing(Similarly in Japan charge cavalry is not adopted until the Sengoku Jidai).
Posted by: Someguy at January 18, 2019 11:03 AM (h5Df3)
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Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 18, 2019 11:03 AM (ZMWtN)
Posted by: Majolica
Kinda going over the topsail, aren't we?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 18, 2019
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Drink some cathead and you'll be fine.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 18, 2019 10:38 AM (7MRhd)
wuts the hull is that ????
Posted by: Majolica at January 18, 2019 11:04 AM (L/iaS)
Posted by: kraken at January 18, 2019 11:04 AM (90T4r)
Posted by: JTB at January 18, 2019 11:03 AM (bmdz3)
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Yes!
John Carter!
I so wanted sequels, but not enough of you people went to see it in theaters.
I went twice.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, If you've read and enjoyed any of my works, please leave a review on Amazon. at January 18, 2019 11:04 AM (XSSCs)
Posted by: Braenyard at January 18, 2019 11:04 AM (ePWRo)
Posted by: Deadliest Warrior at January 18, 2019 11:04 AM (ymnmz)
That's not even a fair fight. I've still got half a good lung left.
Posted by: RBG at January 18, 2019 11:04 AM (bm2af)
There are some things you cannot unsee. I have too much of that in my brain already, I don't want any more. I was on a child molestation trial once and it was... scarring. I never want to go through something like that again.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 18, 2019 11:04 AM (39g3+)
Great example. The semi tech sounding terms are quite meaningless, but they sound impressive as bites...
Posted by: Anon a mouse at January 18, 2019 11:04 AM (6qErC)
Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at January 18, 2019 11:00 AM (BJlbN)
A complaint commonly heard about "Barry Lyndon;" Kubrick insisted on candlelight for interior lighting.
Posted by: Zod at January 18, 2019 11:04 AM (Bdeb0)
Fun fact. I know that someone. I've even sailed with him.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 18, 2019 11:03 AM (/tuJf)
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Speaking of Rhode Island sailors...
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Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at January 18, 2019 10:31 AM
Well, that and a happy little bush or two ...
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Posted by: No One of Consequence at January 18, 2019 11:06 AM (8g9zh)
Sounds like the stuff that comes off captured Afghan laptops.
Posted by: Zod at January 18, 2019 11:06 AM (Bdeb0)
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Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2019 11:06 AM (I2dne)
That movie was criminally underrated.
I really liked the effort to make it historically accurate as far as the ships and the cannon were concerned. In that first battle, lots of sailors were injured/killed by flying shards of wood. Overall, there are historical inconsistencies, but I think they got those parts right.
And they recorded the actual sound of a cannon and cannonball to use. Definitely underrated.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at January 18, 2019 10:58 AM (HaL55)
History Buffs on YouTube does a nice analysis of it's historical accuracy. He absolutely loves it.
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Posted by: Someguy at January 18, 2019 11:03 AM (h5Df3)
obliquely related, but there's a funny passage in Xenophon's account of the Ten Thousand escaping Persia where they're just about to go into battle against overwhelming cavalry, and the leader (Clearchus?) basically says, "Hey, when's the last time anyone died by being kicked or bitten by a horse in battle? It's just a dude on a horse. So go kill the dude on the horse. And take his horse."
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 18, 2019 11:06 AM (Ct55T)
Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at January 18, 2019 11:00 AM (BJlbN)
A complaint commonly heard about "Barry Lyndon;" Kubrick insisted on candlelight for interior lighting.
Posted by: Zod at January 18, 2019 11:04 AM (Bdeb0)
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But, the stuff that's candlelit in Barry Lyndon is two things:
1) Gorgeous
2) Highlighting exactly what you need to see in the frame.
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Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2019 11:06 AM (I2dne)
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And I bought the 3D Blu-ray.
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Absolutley agree. I would add "John Carter" "Open Range" and any westerns starring Tom Selleck and/or Sam Elliot. Screw the critics and give me entertainment and excitement.
Posted by: JTB at January 18, 2019
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Quigley Down Under!
Okay, it's not *truly* a Western, but an "Australian." But the story would be the same if Quigley had been hired to travel to Arizona and pick off Apaches instead of to AU to kill aborigines . . . and there's Laura San Giacomo. And Alan Rickman in one of his patented "perfect sneer" villain roles.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 18, 2019 11:07 AM (7MRhd)
Posted by: IC at January 18, 2019 11:06 AM (a0IVu)
++++++++++
They want you to forget that he's a proven and admitted multiple liar.
If something ever goes to trial where he's the key witness, the defense will have a field day on cross. They have to know this. I think it's a combination of "forlorn hope" and "smokescreen"
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2019 11:07 AM (I2dne)
>>541 Dodged a bullet yesterday. Had to report for jury duty.
Turned out to be a pedophile case. Judge said we would have to look at
maybe a hundred horrific images of children taken off his computer.
Sounds like the stuff that comes off captured Afghan laptops.
Posted by: Zod at January 18, 2019 11:06 AM (Bdeb0)
Can a juror simply decline a case like that under the I can't unsee that shit you you make me look, clause?
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at January 18, 2019 11:07 AM (ymnmz)
And there was zero ability to opt out.
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at January 18, 2019 11:07 AM (eHOVP)
There are some things you cannot unsee. I have too much of that in my brain already, I don't want any more. I was on a child molestation trial once and it was... scarring. I never want to go through something like that again.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 18, 2019 11:04 AM (39g3
Wow. I don't know what I would do in that situation. I'd want to convict with the recommendation of death by honey and fire ants but I wouldn't want to see that shit. Why would they make you see that? Give me an affidavit from two people saying it contains that vileness and I'm good.
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Posted by: Deadliest Warrior at January 18, 2019 11:04 AM (ymnmz)
Weird loadout, but i have to ask... Against who?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 18, 2019 11:08 AM (Ct55T)
Posted by: kraken at January 18, 2019 11:04 AM
Cool! Keep us up to date. Glad I (am 4) us!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 18, 2019 11:08 AM (DMUuz)
Well to be accurate I should have said knew. He died a few years ago.
Really great and interesting guy.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 18, 2019 11:08 AM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 18, 2019 11:07 AM (7MRhd)
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I think Australian westerns classify as westerns generally.
It goes beyond the similar iconography but to the isolation from civilization that characters end up exhibiting.
The Proposition is probably my favorite of those.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Order The Battle of Lake Erie in Paperback Today! at January 18, 2019 11:08 AM (XSSCs)
The APA issued "guidelines" in August describing "traditional masculinity" as harmful, but didn't widely publicize them until earlier this month. Pekgoz, a provost's fellow in the Department of English at the University of Southern California, claims Harvard's association with the organization violates Title IX in light of the APA's report.
Posted by: SMOD at January 18, 2019 11:08 AM (QkjLD)
Yep. Funny thing - I have comcast interwebz, and was able to sign up for their beta test "xfinity channel" and watch live TV. I think that's a mistake on someone's part, but hey - until they shut it off...
Posted by: Anon a mouse at January 18, 2019 11:08 AM (6qErC)
I so wanted sequels, but not enough of you people went to see it in theaters.
I went twice.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, If you've read and enjoyed any of my works, please leave a review on Amazon.
I loved that movie! It's criminal how poorly Disney promoted it, they should've made bank with that film.
Posted by: Brother Cavil at January 18, 2019 11:09 AM (AM1GF)
I want throwing knives.
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at January 18, 2019 11:09 AM (pLgt/)
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Remotely worth it? I remember when Home 3D television set manufacturers were making a big push. I also remember being thoroughly unimpressed and shrugging. I am not all that in to 3D in a movie theater setting, let alone at home with goofy glasses (that aren't terribly compatible with my *real* glasses). But if it has gotten a lot better, maybe it's something to reconsider when I buy a new TV set in a few years.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2019 11:10 AM (I2dne)
539 This week on deadliest warrior, a samurai armed with only a katana
and a full grown Bengal tiger that we have starved to a week and punched
in the nuts.
Posted by: Deadliest Warrior at January 18, 2019 11:04 AM (ymnmz)
Weird loadout, but i have to ask... Against who?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 18, 2019 11:08 AM (Ct55T)
OK you got me on the poor grammer.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at January 18, 2019 11:10 AM (ymnmz)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 18, 2019 10:38 AM (7MRhd)
wuts the hull is that ????
Posted by: Majolica at January 18, 2019
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"A cathead is a large wooden beam located on either side of the bow of a sailing ship, and angled forward at roughly 45 degrees. The beam is used to support the ship's anchor."
(It's also a wine, hence the pun)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 18, 2019 11:10 AM (7MRhd)
Posted by: kraken at January 18, 2019 11:10 AM (90T4r)
Posted by: Brother Cavil at January 18, 2019 11:09 AM (AM1GF)
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It's the director's fault. Disney put him in charge of marketing for some reason, and he ended up creating an ad campaign that merely confused everyone.
Go back and look at the first teaser trailer. It's super unclear that it involves Mars at all.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Order The Battle of Lake Erie in Paperback Today! at January 18, 2019 11:11 AM (XSSCs)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2019 11:07 AM (I2dne)
I suppose Mueller is latching on to his 'testimony' like a leech..
Posted by: IC at January 18, 2019 11:11 AM (a0IVu)
Posted by: Zod at January 18, 2019 11:08 AM (Bdeb0)
If pneumonia wins - we all win.
Posted by: JayDub Walker at January 18, 2019 11:11 AM (fBFz0)
Posted by: McCool at January 18, 2019 11:11 AM (WXSv6)
And there was zero ability to opt out.
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at January 18, 2019 11:07 AM (eHOVP)
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IIRC, you can but it isn't easy. It's been a while since I went through Roku setup, but I think I just closed the browser and logged back in. The account exists at that point, and it just takes you in to your account management but the payment details will be blank.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2019 11:11 AM (I2dne)
Posted by: literally serious at January 18, 2019 11:11 AM (7faTs)
A heavy influence on how I approached writing The Battle of Lake Erie.
You know...you could...you know...
Link in nic!
So, I should take that as a hint?
j/k, TJM. I'll check it out. We have some great writers in teh Horde.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at January 18, 2019 11:11 AM (HaL55)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Order The Battle of Lake Erie in Paperback Today! at January 18, 2019 11:07 AM (XSSCs)
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Remotely worth it? I remember when Home 3D television set manufacturers were making a big push. I also remember being thoroughly unimpressed and shrugging. I am not all that in to 3D in a movie theater setting, let alone at home with goofy glasses (that aren't terribly compatible with my *real* glasses). But if it has gotten a lot better, maybe it's something to reconsider when I buy a new TV set in a few years.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2019 11:10 AM (I2dne)
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I've never had a 3D TV.
I like 3D, but I've never splurged for the TV.
I did buy 3D movies as much as I could for a time, so I have about a dozen. I probably won't be able to use them until I build my own house with its own home theater in the basement.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Order The Battle of Lake Erie in Paperback Today! at January 18, 2019 11:12 AM (XSSCs)
There isn't. Was a lame attempt to deflect from yesterday's bombshell...
Posted by: Anon a mouse at January 18, 2019 11:12 AM (6qErC)
Posted by: kraken at January 18, 2019 11:12 AM (90T4r)
Posted by: IC at January 18, 2019 11:12 AM (a0IVu)
Posted by: Kris at January 18, 2019 10:25 AM (OyyDO)
The design had to be that good because of the poor quality steel that was available. They didn't fold them hundreds of times because they enjoyed it, but because it was necessary to remove the impurities in it.
The average European arming sword may have been a simpler design, but it was an effective one, and the better steel would been a major advantage.
Posted by: Cato, Media Delenda Est at January 18, 2019 11:12 AM (J+mig)
I want throwing knives.
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at January 18, 2019 11:09 AM (pLgt/)
Not hard to find at all.
Coldsteel dot com again
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Gil Hibben
Amazon has most of them for sale
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Go back and look at the first teaser trailer. It's super unclear that it involves Mars at all.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Order The Battle of Lake Erie in Paperback Today! at January 18, 2019 11:11 AM (XSSCs)
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Willowed, I know, but I thought it had to do with Mars' name being mud at that time. There were some wretched Mars-based movies around that time, and so they dropped the "Of Mars" from the main title?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2019 11:12 AM (I2dne)
problem at the time. Cavalry charges were not terribly popular. Skirmish
cavalry was the in thing(Similarly in Japan charge cavalry is not
adopted until the Sengoku Jidai).
Posted by: Someguy at January 18, 2019 11:03 AM
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Massed Cavalry charges didn't become effective until some Roman dude invented the stirrup, that changed the whole "cavalry charge" thing. It worked well, unless the Cavalry ran up against a horde of disciplined guys with pikes and then changed again when some European guy invented the bayonet.
By the time of the ACW Cavalry was relegated to fast raids and scouting missions.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at January 18, 2019 11:12 AM (JUOKG)
j/k, TJM. I'll check it out. We have some great writers in teh Horde.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at January 18, 2019 11:11 AM (HaL55)
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We do.
I drag the average down, though.
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I like this nic
Endorsed
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 18, 2019 11:13 AM (bcbK8)
And there was zero ability to opt out.
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Use the link I gave above, and you won't have to put in a credit card. I recently set up an account for my mom, no cc needed.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at January 18, 2019 11:13 AM (8g9zh)
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Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 18, 2019 11:13 AM (DMUuz)
Posted by: kraken at January 18, 2019 11:10 AM (90T4r)
I believe so. Have to research a good brand and build a wooden target. Might as well get some shurikens while I'm at it. Used to have fun with those.
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at January 18, 2019 11:13 AM (pLgt/)
Posted by: kraken at January 18, 2019 11:12 AM (90T4r)
It really is good.
You'd never believe Michael Bay made it.
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Posted by: IC at January 18, 2019 11:06 AM (a0IVu)
Cohen is all over the place. Apparently, Buzzfeed published an article yesterday saying that law enforcement "sources" who are unnamed say that Cohen has documents proving that Trump told him to lie to Congress about the Trump tower Russia meeting.
Then Buzzfeed backed up and said, "well we haven't seen the documents".
Then Cohen has now said he might not testify in front of Congress.
It appears that Buzzfeed was duped or is lying or whatever.
Newt G was asked about this on F&F this morning and couldn't stop laughing, except for when he slapped down Brian Kilmeade's hysterical clamoring of " but what if there are documents or texts, "
Kilmeade is approaching Bill Kristol status.
Posted by: Jen the original at January 18, 2019 11:14 AM (bLfL5)
Floridian loadout: Meth, tire iron, a nail file, the dog, delirium tremens.
The Gorilla: Bath-salts, teeth, bullwhip, net.
Posted by: Zod at January 18, 2019 11:14 AM (Bdeb0)
Posted by: IC at January 18, 2019 11:12 AM (a0IVu)
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Santa Monica Observer. Not sure how much credibility I give it (they seem to be the ones who reported she was going to retire recently)
Posted by: No One of Consequence at January 18, 2019 11:15 AM (8g9zh)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at January 18, 2019 11:03 AM (eHOVP)
Fix bayonets. I think the Brits and Zulus were similar enough to answer the question.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at January 18, 2019 11:15 AM (QviAd)
It never was. It was an attempt to "get out of town" during the next
phase of talks over the shutdown in a lame attempt to try to fix blame
on President Trump.
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From the cheap seats here, I saw it as a signal that the checkbooks are open again. Checkbook diplomacy.
Posted by: mustbequantum at January 18, 2019 11:15 AM (MIKMs)
Kershaw and United Cutlery makes kunai
Gil Hibben
Amazon has most of them for sale
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Thanks Mark!
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Posted by: Cato, Media Delenda Est at January 18, 2019 11:12 AM
??? Check out today's Super White and Super Blue steels. Made from the same ores.
I have 2 knives with Super Blue steel. They can be scary sharp.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 18, 2019 11:16 AM (DMUuz)
Hipster.
Posted by: eleven at January 18, 2019 10:37 AM (NLLmE)
Ach weel noo laddie, wha' aboot Runrig?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 18, 2019 11:17 AM (f3oO4)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 18, 2019 10:55 AM (8Wq0q)
The terrain of Greece, combined with the weight of hoplite arms and armor, relatively equal size of each army, and the limited goals of most conflicts made it unnecessary.
Most conflicts were one battle, fought across a limited area such as a valley or small plain, between groups of heavily armed hoplites who couldn't move all too quickly.
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at January 18, 2019 11:18 AM (wCmLp)
Massed Cavalry charges didn't become effective until some Roman dude invented the stirrup, that changed the whole "cavalry charge" thing. It worked well, unless the Cavalry ran up against a horde of disciplined guys with pikes and then changed again when some European guy invented the bayonet.
By the time of the ACW Cavalry was relegated to fast raids and scouting missions.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at January 18, 2019 11:12 AM (JUOKG)
The stirrup came from Asia and after West Rome had fallen. Alexander's Companion cavalry also were shock cavalry, there simply weren't many imitators.
The charge(infantry or cavalry) tends to kill relatively few but break formations. Conversely, ranged weapons tend to have low impact on formations and morale relative to casualties inflicted.
Posted by: Someguy at January 18, 2019 11:18 AM (h5Df3)
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Remotely worth it? I remember when Home 3D television set manufacturers were making a big push. I also remember being thoroughly unimpressed and shrugging. I am not all that in to 3D in a movie theater setting, let alone at home with goofy glasses (that aren't terribly compatible with my *real* glasses). But if it has gotten a lot better, maybe it's something to reconsider when I buy a new TV set in a few years.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2019 11:10 AM (I2dne)
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I've never had a 3D TV.
I like 3D, but I've never splurged for the TV.
I did buy 3D movies as much as I could for a time, so I have about a dozen. I probably won't be able to use them until I build my own house with its own home theater in the basement.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Order The Battle of Lake Erie in Paperback Today! at January 18, 2019 11:12 AM (XSSCs)
Seems like the industry has abandoned home 3D tech. They've decided 4k is better. Probably because they discovered people aren't that interested in wearing annoying glasses and making sure they sit at precisely the right spot to use them when they are at home.
Posted by: buzzion at January 18, 2019 11:20 AM (cAnNx)
Posted by: Archer at January 18, 2019 11:25 AM (gmo/4)
So now watching on Crunchyroll How Not to Summon a Demon Lord.
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