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Mid-Morning Open Thread
Gabriel von Max
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Tami at February 11, 2019 09:26 AM (cF8AT)
Posted by: Chlamydia Thundershart at February 11, 2019 09:26 AM (ymnmz)
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Posted by: BignJames at February 11, 2019 09:27 AM (cxHbL)
Posted by: Vic at February 11, 2019 09:27 AM (mpXpK)
The Democrats are so self righteous and ANGRY! Loosen up and have some fun. The Country is doing well!
Posted by: Tami at February 11, 2019 09:27 AM (cF8AT)
Posted by: josephistan at February 11, 2019 09:28 AM (Izzlo)
Posted by: WitchDoktor, as if you give a damn at February 11, 2019 09:28 AM (tVWQB)
That is one evolved squirrel, not only is it contemplating its own mortality it has a pen and an ink jar and pages of observations jotted down.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 11, 2019 09:28 AM (fuK7c)
Posted by: WisRich at February 11, 2019 09:28 AM (G0vdT)
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Posted by: Cato, Media Delenda Est at February 11, 2019 09:29 AM (J+mig)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at February 11, 2019 09:29 AM (HaL55)
Zombie Ruth explaining to her law clerk how she wants to vote.
Posted by: WisRich at February 11, 2019 09:28 AM (G0vdT)
LOL, there's a thread winner there.
Posted by: Vic at February 11, 2019 09:29 AM (mpXpK)
Posted by: Methos at February 11, 2019 09:30 AM (kOpft)
Posted by: BignJames at February 11, 2019 09:30 AM (cxHbL)
Posted by: JoeF. at February 11, 2019 09:30 AM (NFEMn)
Posted by: blaster at February 11, 2019 09:31 AM (9VeU0)
Doctor: "ook ook eek eek"
Socialized medicine at work.
Posted by: mindful webworker's skeletal remains, hanging around at February 11, 2019 09:31 AM (cNEwX)
Posted by: zombie Bob Ross at February 11, 2019 09:31 AM (DMUuz)
Posted by: Skeletor at February 11, 2019 09:31 AM (RZ6R1)
Posted by: Michigan J Ginsburg at February 11, 2019 09:32 AM (ymnmz)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 11, 2019 09:32 AM (fuK7c)
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Posted by: IC at February 11, 2019 09:32 AM (LJUs+)
Posted by: Dem Monkey at February 11, 2019 09:33 AM (MI74Q)
Posted by: Retard Strength Trumps Smart Power at February 11, 2019 09:33 AM (RKQ/v)
Posted by: IC at February 11, 2019 09:33 AM (LJUs+)
Posted by: pookysgirl, Foxfire Ninja Babe at February 11, 2019 09:33 AM (XKZwp)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at February 11, 2019 09:34 AM (HaL55)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 11, 2019 09:34 AM (8yFrc)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 11, 2019 09:35 AM (p+Wdc)
Embiggen it and look at the brush strokes on the monkey's fur. And the shading on the skeleton. It's really well-done.
Posted by: bluebell at February 11, 2019 09:35 AM (U5tDi)
Posted by: Brother Cavil at February 11, 2019 09:35 AM (AM1GF)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at February 11, 2019 09:35 AM (HaL55)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at February 11, 2019 09:36 AM (VaFXs)
Posted by: Skeletor at February 11, 2019 09:36 AM (RZ6R1)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at February 11, 2019 09:37 AM (HaL55)
Posted by: Kris at February 11, 2019 09:37 AM (OyyDO)
Friday is the deadline on the funding deal.
I mam trying t figure out how Trump wins this, but alas it is beyond me.
Posted by: blaster at February 11, 2019 09:37 AM (9VeU0)
Posted by: usntakim profoundly deplorable at February 11, 2019 09:37 AM (0OmEj)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 11, 2019 09:35 AM (p+Wdc)
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It will be a study of farm life called Bros Before Hoes
Posted by: No One of Consequence at February 11, 2019 09:37 AM (8BySX)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 11, 2019 09:39 AM (UGqF8)
Posted by: Delaforce the Air Mechanic at February 11, 2019 09:39 AM (D6sFs)
This one seems to be enjoying a wry twist on the study by having a monkey contemplate its own mortality.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 11, 2019 09:39 AM (fuK7c)
Posted by: Puddin Head at February 11, 2019 09:39 AM (2LelM)
Zombie Ruth explaining to her law clerk how she wants to vote.
Vic #18:
LOL, there's a thread winner there.
Seconded.
Posted by: mindful webworker's seconding manner at February 11, 2019 09:40 AM (cNEwX)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 11, 2019 09:40 AM (FKi9J)
https://is.gd/JhR1dN
Posted by: Brother Cavil at February 11, 2019 09:41 AM (AM1GF)
Posted by: Darwin at February 11, 2019 09:41 AM (/qEW2)
Posted by: usntakim profoundly deplorable at February 11, 2019 09:41 AM (0OmEj)
Posted by: Parker at February 11, 2019 09:41 AM (MFwf8)
Posted by: Tami at February 11, 2019 09:41 AM (cF8AT)
Posted by: Puddin Head at February 11, 2019 09:41 AM (2LelM)
Posted by: Anonymous White Male at February 11, 2019 09:42 AM (3sjI6)
Posted by: Skeletor at February 11, 2019 09:42 AM (RZ6R1)
Posted by: Puddin Head at February 11, 2019 09:41 AM (2LelM)
He'd have to do at at night, since RBG can't get out of her coffin before the sun goes down.
Posted by: Anonymous White Male at February 11, 2019 09:43 AM (3sjI6)
Or do you need more monkeys for that?
Posted by: Parker at February 11, 2019 09:41 AM (MFwf
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I'm working on that painting right now. How long do you think it will take to paint infinite monkeys? Two, three weeks, tops?
Posted by: No One of Consequence at February 11, 2019 09:44 AM (8BySX)
https://tinyurl.com/y6mxeuyo
They are within a few years of each other, and both seem German artists. I wonder if von Max was thinking of the Reinhold, giving his own interpretation of the theme.
And what is the theme?
Posted by: Kris at February 11, 2019 09:44 AM (OyyDO)
Link goes to Variety:
https://tinyurl.com/y4ajq85p
Posted by: bluebell at February 11, 2019 09:45 AM (U5tDi)
Posted by: steevy at February 11, 2019 09:46 AM (BXMxN)
Every animal group has a right to its own dedicated human painter.
We will support whichever political party will enshrine this as law.
Posted by: Canine Poker Society at February 11, 2019 09:47 AM (/qEW2)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 11, 2019 09:47 AM (AllCR)
Link goes to Variety:
https://tinyurl.com/y4ajq85p
Posted by: bluebell
She's been doing that for a couple of years now. That takes guts in that business.
Posted by: Brother Cavil at February 11, 2019 09:48 AM (AM1GF)
Posted by: Tami
>So 1% either didn't show preference or were on the fence about Trump.
I have feeling that's the RINOs showing their opinion.
Posted by: Delaforce the Air Mechanic at February 11, 2019 09:48 AM (D6sFs)
The Rheinhold one is a little more in your face, as the chimp is sitting on a Darwin book.
He's also clasping a compass (the circumscribing kind, not the navigation kind) in his toes. I wonder if the chimp is a Freemason.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 11, 2019 09:49 AM (fuK7c)
look at this. Joy Villa, a conservative black artist (who previously
wore a blue "Make America Great Again" dress) dressed up like the border
wall and tells why she wants the wall and why she believes in President
Trump.
Link goes to Variety:
https://tinyurl.com/y4ajq85p
Posted by: bluebell at February 11, 2019 09:45 AM (U5tDi)
Wow, she makes that look amazing! She's a real sweetie, too, from the interviews I've seen.
Posted by: pookysgirl, Foxfire Ninja Babe at February 11, 2019 09:49 AM (XKZwp)
https://tinyurl.com/y4ajq85p
Ha! Years ago I had a plaster copy of that sitting on my desk. It amused me.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 11, 2019 09:50 AM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: No One of Consequence at February 11, 2019 09:44 AM (8BySX)
Easy peasy.
You paint a monkey, then you paint a mirror on one side, then paint a mirror on the other.
Voila, infinite monkeys.
Posted by: blaster at February 11, 2019 09:50 AM (9VeU0)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 11, 2019 09:50 AM (1ISKN)
Posted by: JoeF. at February 11, 2019 09:50 AM (NFEMn)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 11, 2019 09:51 AM (gC2IV)
Posted by: HA at February 11, 2019 09:51 AM (MAstk)
Posted by: Brother Cavil at February 11, 2019 09:48 AM (AM1GF)
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It sure does. And she doesn't back down either - she's very pleasant and keeps making her point.
Posted by: bluebell at February 11, 2019 09:51 AM (U5tDi)
And to think, it's only going to get worse.
Peak Crazy! Does it even exist??
Posted by: AlaBAMA at February 11, 2019 09:51 AM (pUDQf)
Posted by: blaster at February 11, 2019 09:51 AM (9VeU0)
I think the curiosity of the monkey is appealing. It is set in a library or study. Is it a meditation on intelligence? We see the skeleton from the back which hides the distinctive simian features of the skull's face. Except for the hip bones, would I be able to tell that wasn't a human skeleton? Is there a evolutionary theme here? "What truly separates us from monkeys?"
CBD, you got me today. This is a good one.
Posted by: Kris at February 11, 2019 09:52 AM (OyyDO)
Posted by: Tami
I could be mistaken, but isn't this a new high for the president? I always thought 52-53% would be his ceiling....
Posted by: JoeF. at February 11, 2019 09:52 AM (NFEMn)
Posted by: blaster at February 11, 2019 09:52 AM (9VeU0)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 11, 2019 09:53 AM (1ISKN)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 11, 2019 09:53 AM (AB9tT)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 11, 2019 09:53 AM (9Om/r)
"The Democrats haven't been this angry since the Republicans outlawed slavery and kicked their ass in the Civil War!!!"
I would pay good money to see the firestorm resulting from that quip.
Posted by: Sharkman at February 11, 2019 09:53 AM (2eKoI)
Posted by: JoeF. at February 11, 2019 09:54 AM (NFEMn)
Well, also that its arms reach the ground.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 11, 2019 09:54 AM (fuK7c)
https://is.gd/JhR1dN
Posted by: Brother Cavil at February 11, 2019 09:41 AM (AM1GF)
+++++++++++++
I can't think of any other president besides maybe Reagan who would have done that. Here's the jist for those who can't follow the link:
- High school class was having a Skype chat with Manchin about issues raised during the SOTU
- Manchin gets call from the Trump; places the Skype chat on hold
- Manchin tell the Trumpthat he is meeting with some high schoolers
- Trump tell Manchin to put Trump on speakerphone and reconnect the call
- Trump talks to the class for a few minutes, thanks Manchin for his bipartisanship during the SOTU
Obama, Clinton, either Bush - none of them would have done it. They would have left the class on hold and told Manchin what they called to tell him. Trump really seems to be a non-aristocrat, which is the first time we've had in the White House for a very long time.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 11, 2019 09:54 AM (I2dne)
I could be mistaken, but isn't this a new high for the president? I always thought 52-53% would be his ceiling....
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Usually when Trump approaches 50% is when a manufactured dogpile is launched. Have they run out of Dogpiles? Is Mueller uncooperative in launching pre dawn raids? Is it the end of the world as we know it?
Posted by: Puddin Head at February 11, 2019 09:54 AM (2LelM)
Jumping on the Michele Fields bandwagon is supposed to just be forgotten? That was one bandwagon that shouldn't have been jumped on.
F her.
Posted by: Sodom Chamber of Commerce at February 11, 2019 09:55 AM (talIc)
Posted by: Kris at February 11, 2019 09:52 AM (OyyDO)
AOC, if we're talking living examples.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 11, 2019 09:55 AM (9Om/r)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 11, 2019 09:53 AM (1ISKN)
Put a skeleton in front of him ??
Posted by: REDACTED at February 11, 2019 09:55 AM (RZ6R1)
Posted by: Puddin Head at February 11, 2019 09:55 AM (2LelM)
I need to learn more about the artist and see other works of his. It seems unlikely he began a successful career with paintings like this.
Posted by: JTB at February 11, 2019 09:56 AM (bmdz3)
Really ought to be "monkey vs. skeleton" though.
Posted by: hogmartin at February 11, 2019 09:56 AM (IqOTP)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 11, 2019 09:53 AM (1ISKN)
++++++++++
Deliver a Republican SOTU.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 11, 2019 09:56 AM (I2dne)
Posted by: Puddin Head at February 11, 2019 09:54 AM (2LelM)
Yeah, you're right. Expect something to drop today. It will be bullshit of course, but if Trump hits 55%, they'll be in danger of losing the narrative.
Posted by: JoeF. at February 11, 2019 09:56 AM (NFEMn)
Posted by: JoeF. at February 11, 2019 09:52 AM (NFEMn)
Ras says the highest since just before his inauguration.
Posted by: Tami at February 11, 2019 09:56 AM (cF8AT)
Posted by: What's a Seawolf? at February 11, 2019 09:56 AM (yTfbH)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 11, 2019 09:54 AM (I2dne)
And that's why all of the aristocrats and wannabe aristocrats hate him.
Posted by: Cato, Media Delenda Est at February 11, 2019 09:57 AM (J+mig)
Posted by: steevy at February 11, 2019 09:57 AM (BXMxN)
Posted by: Puddin Head at February 11, 2019 09:54 AM (2LelM)
Well, I feel fine!
Posted by: pookysgirl, Foxfire Ninja Babe at February 11, 2019 09:57 AM (XKZwp)
*********
Speaking of infinite monkeys, U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (Who?- CO) teases a possible Presidential bid on Meet The Press. The money quote:
"So, I think we have an opportunity to have a presidential campaign, you know, we've got a million people that are going to run, which I think is great..."
They're going to need a bigger stage.
Posted by: Muldoon at February 11, 2019 09:57 AM (m45I2)
Posted by: Puddin Head at February 11, 2019 09:57 AM (2LelM)
Snowed in. Going to try to get off my street and onto the main road to get to work.
Be kind, choose your words carefully, especially if you're angry and say a prayer for the last person who made you mad.
Xoxo
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 11, 2019 09:58 AM (PkVlr)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at February 11, 2019 09:58 AM (pUDQf)
Posted by: Puddin Head at February 11, 2019 09:54 AM (2LelM)
Just wait until Trump announces an emergency and builds the wall without congress.
He'll be in the mid 50s overnight, and the gnashing of teeth in the tyrant media will be glorious.
Posted by: What's a Seawolf? at February 11, 2019 09:58 AM (yTfbH)
Posted by: Furious George at February 11, 2019 09:58 AM (rDq8D)
Posted by: the Chicken at February 11, 2019 09:58 AM (/qEW2)
Posted by: steevy at February 11, 2019 09:57 AM (BXMxN)
If he did that, it would backfire bigly....
Posted by: JoeF. at February 11, 2019 09:59 AM (NFEMn)
That's the way I took it.
Posted by: Sodom Chamber of Commerce at February 11, 2019 09:59 AM (talIc)
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Impalement works.
Posted by: Puddin Head
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I had a very successful technique that I used with birds.
Posted by: Audubon at February 11, 2019 09:59 AM (Ou6XS)
that 52% of Likely U.S. Voters approve of President Trump's job
performance. Forty-seven percent (47%) disapprove.
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That can't be right, I was told he lost the shutdown
Posted by: Methos at February 11, 2019 09:59 AM (kOpft)
Ok Kris, two clues that Rheinhold gave us in the work: first, he's sitting on a book labeled Darwin, which makes you ponder the monkey's musing: "Did you really come from me? Am I gonna turn into you?" and since the human is dead, and the monkey is alive, was the Monkey in the end more fit for survival than man?
and then, farther down, a bit more obscure is a latin phrase "Eritus sicut deus"; "You will be like God", which are the first words the Serpent speaks to Eve in the Garden of Eden story.
Is the monkey pondering whether it is worth eating the forbidden fruit? (ie, Gaining the Knowledge of Good and Evil)
And, why is the monkey there - is that all that's left of human civilization? Did mankind use his knowledge of good and evil to finally choose evil, and destroy himself utterly? Does the monkey now face the same choice, and is he thinking that mankind was just one big mistake?
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 11, 2019 09:59 AM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: HA at February 11, 2019 09:59 AM (MAstk)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 11, 2019 09:59 AM (AllCR)
The Rheinhold one is a little more in your face, as the chimp is sitting on a Darwin book.
He's also clasping a compass (the circumscribing kind, not the navigation kind) in his toes. I wonder if the chimp is a Freemason.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 11, 2019 09:49 AM (fuK7c)
He's also sitting on a Bible, open to the temptation of Eve. It seems to be discussing, among other things, the nature of our origins. Creation vs. Evolution? There are also many works of art that depict God holding a compass to highlight His role as the Great Creator/Designer. The chimp holding it in his foot while contemplating the human skull could be playing on that idea.
I don't know Reinhold's theology (or lack of), nor von Max's, so this is when art interpretation becomes fun.
Posted by: Kris at February 11, 2019 09:59 AM (OyyDO)
Posted by: HA at February 11, 2019 09:59 AM (MAstk)
If they keep this up.....
Posted by: JoeF. at February 11, 2019 10:00 AM (NFEMn)
Posted by: Retard Strength Trumps Smart Power at February 11, 2019 10:00 AM (RKQ/v)
Posted by: Kate Winslet's boobs with MAGA pasties at February 11, 2019 10:00 AM (SRv8e)
That's the way I took it.
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Given that man is a skeleton and the monkey is alive it may suggest who the real monkey is? As I said, this painting is perfect for a bar. Get couple in you and then shit happens.
Posted by: Puddin Head at February 11, 2019 10:01 AM (2LelM)
Posted by: Monkey Lawyer at February 11, 2019 10:01 AM (RZ6R1)
Posted by: HA at February 11, 2019 10:01 AM (MAstk)
Posted by: HA at February 11, 2019 09:59 AM (MAstk)
++++++++++++
Federalize them.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 11, 2019 10:01 AM (I2dne)
Posted by: kraken at February 11, 2019 10:01 AM (90T4r)
Posted by: Kate Winslet's boobs with MAGA pasties at February 11, 2019 10:00 AM (SRv8e)
To thwack him with a monkey wrench.
Posted by: JoeF. at February 11, 2019 10:02 AM (NFEMn)
120 CA. pulling Guard troops from border.
Posted by: HA at February 11, 2019 09:59 AM (MAstk)
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Be a great time to close a few military bases in California.
Posted by: Puddin Head at February 11, 2019 10:02 AM (2LelM)
Posted by: Sodom Chamber of Commerce at February 11, 2019 10:02 AM (talIc)
Posted by: HA at February 11, 2019 09:59 AM (MAstk)
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Just another reason to build the wall.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at February 11, 2019 10:02 AM (RpM6k)
Posted by: George Pickett at February 11, 2019 10:02 AM (OyyDO)
Trump's highest level of approval since shortly after his inauguration.
Posted by: HA at February 11, 2019 10:01 AM (MAstk)
This might be all the "cushion' he needs to declare an emergency.
Posted by: JoeF. at February 11, 2019 10:03 AM (NFEMn)
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 11, 2019 10:03 AM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: steevy at February 11, 2019 10:03 AM (BXMxN)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 11, 2019 10:03 AM (gC2IV)
He has them reading books and doing all sorts of human things.
https://bit.ly/2USInD8
He, like Rheinhold whom Kris referenced above, seems to have spent a lot of time trying to wrap his head around Darwin.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 11, 2019 10:03 AM (fuK7c)
Posted by: Monkey Lawyer at February 11, 2019 10:04 AM (RZ6R1)
Monkey men all
In business suits
Teachers and critics
All dance the poot
Are we not men?
We are Devo!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 11, 2019 10:04 AM (aKsyK)
Posted by: Puddin Head at February 11, 2019 10:04 AM (2LelM)
Posted by: Jane Goodall at February 11, 2019 10:04 AM (/qEW2)
Dian Fossey
Posted by: steevy at February 11, 2019 10:05 AM (BXMxN)
He has them reading books and doing all sorts of human things. "
SO it was kinda like Mexicans and those little dead stuffed frogs.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 11, 2019 10:05 AM (Kpl3J)
Isn't that racist?
Posted by: JoeF. at February 11, 2019 10:05 AM (NFEMn)
Posted by: Mick Jagger at February 11, 2019 10:05 AM (NFEMn)
Let's not be marrow-minded about it.
Posted by: Sodom Chamber of Commerce at February 11, 2019 10:02 AM (talIc)
But bones are my stock and trade
Posted by: Skeletor at February 11, 2019 10:05 AM (RZ6R1)
Well, also that its arms reach the ground.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 11, 2019 09:54 AM (fuK7c)
Posted by: Kris at February 11, 2019 10:06 AM (OyyDO)
Buddy Guy won a Grammy last night for Best Traditional Blues Album. Good for him! He's like 82 and still touring.
Alan Parsons also won one for Best Immersive Audio Album for a 5.1 mix of Eye in the Sky 35th Anniversary Edition. Had a buddy in HS who had a discrete 4-channel sound system that sounded awesome. I'd like to hear a good 5.1 CD on a comparable system.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at February 11, 2019 10:06 AM (HaL55)
Isn't that racist?"
So you mean that both the gay men who watched it said that? Since that was the total audience.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 11, 2019 10:06 AM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at February 11, 2019 09:58 AM (pUDQf)
Yup...and Mysticism, so your guess is as good as (probably better than) mine.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 11, 2019 10:06 AM (wYseH)
Posted by: USNtakim profoundly deplorable. at February 11, 2019 10:06 AM (0OmEj)
Well, also that its arms reach the ground.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 11, 2019 09:54 AM (fuK7c)
Posted by: Kris at February 11, 2019 10:06 AM (OyyDO)
Let's try this again...
This is probably why I didn't become a doctor.
Posted by: Kris at February 11, 2019 10:07 AM (OyyDO)
Posted by: steevy at February 11, 2019 10:07 AM (BXMxN)
Posted by: Col. Taylor at February 11, 2019 10:07 AM (aKsyK)
Well, also that its arms reach the ground.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 11, 2019 09:54 AM (fuK7c)
It's the skeleton of LeBron James.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 11, 2019 10:08 AM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: kraken at February 11, 2019 10:08 AM (90T4r)
Posted by: Ron DeSantis at February 11, 2019 10:08 AM (/qEW2)
I have the first King Crimson and Yes's Tales from Topographic Oceans in Steven Wilson's 5.1 mixes. Amazing stuff. It's like they're playing in your living room.
Posted by: Sodom Chamber of Commerce at February 11, 2019 10:08 AM (talIc)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at February 11, 2019 10:08 AM (HaL55)
Posted by: pincorrect at February 11, 2019 10:09 AM (eGoh8)
Well I hope we're not too messianic
Or a trifle too satanic
But we love to play the blues
But well I am just a monkey man
I'm glad you are a monkey woman too
Monkey woman too babe
Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 11, 2019 10:09 AM (fuK7c)
Posted by: Skeletor at February 11, 2019 10:10 AM (RZ6R1)
With this one secret trick!
Posted by: Goodwife Cleo at February 11, 2019 10:10 AM (8VsQb)
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at February 11, 2019 10:10 AM (hjaPQ)
Pyramid was my favorite Parsons album. Came out just after the US King Tut tour, when Egyptian stuff was all the rage. (just like Steve Martin's King Tut)
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 11, 2019 10:11 AM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: JTB at February 11, 2019 10:11 AM (bmdz3)
Posted by: kraken at February 11, 2019 10:08 AM (90T4r)
Johnny Cash handpicked Phoenix to play him after seeing him in Gladiator--one of Cash's favorite movies.
Alas, neither Johnny or June lived to see Walk the Line completed....
Posted by: JoeF. at February 11, 2019 10:12 AM (NFEMn)
Ooooh, Alan Parsons in 5.1 must be awesome. I'd prefer Tales of Mystery Imagination or I, Robot though.
I have the first King Crimson and Yes's Tales from Topographic
Oceans in Steven Wilson's 5.1 mixes. Amazing stuff. It's like they're
playing in your living room.
That's what my buddy's 4-channel system sounded like. His stepfather was a stereo wholesaler. Always had the latest and best audio gear.
Good times listening to stuff like Pearl on that system.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at February 11, 2019 10:12 AM (HaL55)
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at February 11, 2019 10:12 AM (CPk08)
The same can't be said about the skeleton.
Posted by: Semi-engaged scroller at February 11, 2019 10:13 AM (RfnqA)
(And good morning Horde. Snow again in SEPA. Joy joy. And may everybody have the best day that an indifferent universe will permit.)
Posted by: joncelli, because somebody had to at February 11, 2019 10:14 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 11, 2019 10:11 AM (Kpl3J)
Parson's always gets props from me for his work on Abbey Road and Dark Side of the Moon.
He also produced Al Stewart's Year of the Cat--which sonically sounds like a APP album.....
Posted by: JoeF. at February 11, 2019 10:14 AM (NFEMn)
And this time, chooses a skeleton and a monkey.
The day after the food thread, CBD chooses a monkey and a skeleton.
Perhaps a bit of gristle caught between the teeth?
Posted by: Blake - used bridge salesman at February 11, 2019 10:14 AM (WEBkv)
Posted by: kraken at February 11, 2019 10:15 AM (90T4r)
Posted by: Jewells45 at February 11, 2019 10:15 AM (kG5hP)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at February 11, 2019 10:15 AM (pUDQf)
If I am not mistaken, that is a chimpanzee skeleton, not a macaque.
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut
Now you tell me!
Posted by: George Allen at February 11, 2019 10:15 AM (aKsyK)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at February 11, 2019 10:15 AM (TD9KB)
Posted by: kraken at February 11, 2019 10:15 AM (90T4r)
So then we invade.
Posted by: What's a Seawolf? at February 11, 2019 10:15 AM (yTfbH)
Posted by: Northern Lurker, irritable, so very irritable. Have I mentioned I'm irritable? at February 11, 2019 10:15 AM (MkcN1)
We watched a BluRay of " Walk the Line" last night. Excellent movie about Cash, and Carter....
I ran across a listicle of Best Music Movies over at a classic rock website the other day. What a lame list, didn't even have Walk the Line on it. And they barely mentioned The Commitments.
Kids these days...
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at February 11, 2019 10:15 AM (HaL55)
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at February 11, 2019 10:12 AM (CPk0
Hah! You have your monkey skeletons all wrong, simian neophyte. That is a Langur skeleton, or I'm a monkey's uncle.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 11, 2019 10:16 AM (UGqF8)
I'm a total nerd for that kind of stuff.
Posted by: Sodom Chamber of Commerce at February 11, 2019 10:17 AM (talIc)
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 11, 2019 10:06 AM (Kpl3J)
Yes. Unfortunately, one of the gay men who watched was Matt Drudge.
Posted by: JoeF. at February 11, 2019 10:17 AM (NFEMn)
Posted by: The Monkees at February 11, 2019 10:17 AM (fuK7c)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at February 11, 2019 10:17 AM (TD9KB)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 11, 2019 10:17 AM (p+Wdc)
Posted by: josephistan at February 11, 2019 10:18 AM (Izzlo)
Posted by: josephistan at February 11, 2019 10:18 AM (Izzlo)
+++++++++++
I call those meetings "Ace Time"
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 11, 2019 10:18 AM (I2dne)
Posted by: Duke Lowell
If Mickelson holds on, it will be win #44.
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 11, 2019 10:19 AM (aZZa7)
On Aqualung, Martin Barre's guitar jumps out of the speakers.
Posted by: JoeF. at February 11, 2019 10:19 AM (NFEMn)
There's a very cool "Making of Dark Side of the Moon" video where Alan
Parsons sits at the control board faders and shows you how different
parts of it were put together.
I'm a total nerd for that kind of stuff.
So am I. Been recording a cover of a John Lennon semi-blues song here at Studio Backwardio just to see what I sound like on all the instruments. It's more fun than a barrel of monkeys.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at February 11, 2019 10:19 AM (HaL55)
Always a sucker for Submarine Movies.
And Sandwiches.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at February 11, 2019 10:19 AM (pUDQf)
Posted by: SMOD at February 11, 2019 10:20 AM (QkjLD)
He just wants my secret bread recipe.
Posted by: the Monkey at February 11, 2019 10:20 AM (/qEW2)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 11, 2019 10:16 AM (UGqF
tail?Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at February 11, 2019 10:21 AM (CPk08)
Posted by: kraken at February 11, 2019 10:21 AM (90T4r)
Posted by: JTB at February 11, 2019 10:21 AM (bmdz3)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 11, 2019 10:21 AM (gC2IV)
Well, also that its arms reach the ground.
Posted by: Bandersnatch
General Sheridan's skeleton ?
Posted by: JT at February 11, 2019 10:22 AM (+Yxdh)
That's a really...peculiar...painting.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 11, 2019 10:22 AM (0tfLf)
Posted by: Diogenes at February 11, 2019 10:22 AM (0tfLf)
I WARNED YOU ALL WHY DIDN'T YOU LISTEN!11!11!11!!
Posted by: Al Gore at February 11, 2019 10:22 AM (yTfbH)
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at February 11, 2019 10:23 AM (hjaPQ)
And Sandwiches.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at February 11, 2019 10:19 AM (pUDQf)
++++++++++++++
"Hunt for Red October" was better than "Crimson Tide."
Discuss.
Alternatively:
"Das Boot" was better than "Run Silent, Run Deep."
Discuss.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 11, 2019 10:23 AM (I2dne)
Posted by: Northern Lurker, irritable, so very irritable. Have I mentioned I'm irritable? at February 11, 2019 10:15 AM (MkcN1)
That's their job. The new paradigm for journalists is to be indignant, or write about something that someone else will get indignant about. Someday, one of them is going to have their hands crushed and tongue cut out. Then will see if they're still angry about meaningless shit.
Posted by: Anonymous White Male at February 11, 2019 10:23 AM (3sjI6)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 11, 2019 10:23 AM (BWL+E)
And Sandwiches.
When I watch movies, my favorite snack is Rhesus Pieces.
Posted by: the Monkey at February 11, 2019 10:24 AM (/qEW2)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at February 11, 2019 10:24 AM (pUDQf)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 11, 2019 10:24 AM (ptqGC)
https://bit.ly/2N0f6Up
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 11, 2019 10:24 AM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at February 11, 2019 10:25 AM (0O7c5)
There's a very cool "Making of Dark Side of the Moon" video where Alan
Parsons sits at the control board faders and shows you how different
parts of it were put together.
I'm a total nerd for that kind of stuff.
So am I. Been recording a cover of a John Lennon semi-blues song here at Studio Backwardio just to see what I sound like on all the instruments. It's more fun than a barrel of monkeys.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at February 11, 2019 10:19 AM (HaL55)
Paul McCartney did a special for PBS a while back for his Chaos & Creation album. He demonstrated how they were able to make some of their more complex songs with only 6 recording tracks. It was an interesting look into the process.
Posted by: Kris at February 11, 2019 10:25 AM (OyyDO)
Posted by: kraken at February 11, 2019 10:25 AM (90T4r)
"Das Boot" was better than "Run Silent, Run Deep."
Discuss.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 11, 2019 10:23 AM (I2dne)
********
My 'Ol man was on subs for 20 years including throughout the War. He told me Das Boot was the most realistic sub movie he'd ever seen.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 11, 2019 10:26 AM (0tfLf)
And Sandwiches.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at February 11, 2019 10:19 AM (pUDQf)
++++++++++++++
"Hunt for Red October" was better than "Crimson Tide."
Discuss.
Alternatively:
"Das Boot" was better than "Run Silent, Run Deep."
Discuss.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 11, 2019 10:23 AM (I2dne)
If a submarine in the bloodstream counts, I vote for Fantastic Voyage. Not because it was a good movie, but because of Raquel's tits.
Posted by: Anonymous White Male at February 11, 2019 10:26 AM (3sjI6)
Posted by: Anonymous White Male at February 11, 2019 10:26 AM (3sjI6)
+++++++++++++
Always a plus. Well, two plusses.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 11, 2019 10:27 AM (I2dne)
Posted by: Jewells45 at February 11, 2019 10:27 AM (kG5hP)
Borzoi are judged today at Westminster at 4:00 Eastern. Live streaming is on the Westminster site (www.westminsterkennelclub.org).
I looked at the competition. I would be happy if Delilah got an Award of Merit, as she's still a year or two away from her prime, but if there's anyone who can pull it off, it's the Field Marshal.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 11, 2019 10:27 AM (BWL+E)
Posted by: josephistan at February 11, 2019 10:18 AM (Izzlo)
Beginning of every conference call involving three or more locations:
"Hello, everyone! Okay, let's go around and see who's on. I've got Troy, Eric and Dana here with me. Houston, are you on?"
*silence*
"Okay, I guess Houston isn't on yet... Jason, are you on?"
"Yeah, I'm here."
"All right. Jason McDermott, are you on?"
"This IS Jason McDermott."
"Oh, I'm sorry, I thought that was Jason Smith. Jason Smith, are you on?"
"I think he's in Houston."
"Yeah, here!"
"Who's here? Houston or Jason Smith?"
"Houston!"
"Okay, is Jason Smith with you?"
"No!"
"Okay, hang on everyone. Is Jason Smith on?"
"Hey, all!"
"Is that you, Jason?"
"No, this is Mike."
"Mike! You're in New Orleans, right?"
"No, I'm on the road, I don't know who's in New Orleans."
Etcetera ad infinitum....
Posted by: Vanya, Literary Critic at February 11, 2019 10:27 AM (7PLM4)
And Sandwiches.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at February 11, 2019 10:19 AM (pUDQf)
++++++++++++++
"Hunt for Red October" was better than "Crimson Tide."
Discuss.
Alternatively:
"Das Boot" was better than "Run Silent, Run Deep."
Discuss.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 11, 2019 10:23 AM (I2dne
Hunt is great, Baldwin notwithstanding.
Also loved U571.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at February 11, 2019 10:28 AM (pUDQf)
Posted by: Anonymous White Male at February 11, 2019 10:26 AM (3sjI6)
+++++++++++++
Always a plus. Well, two plusses."
If that's the only standard, then 1,000,000 Years B.C. was Better.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 11, 2019 10:28 AM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: kraken at February 11, 2019 10:28 AM (90T4r)
I could be mistaken, but isn't this a new high for the president? I always thought 52-53% would be his ceiling....
Posted by: JoeF. at February 11, 2019 09:52 AM (NFEMn)
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Right after inauguration - Ras. had some 57-59 approval numbers going into March 17.
Posted by: theATL at February 11, 2019 10:28 AM (yFgwo)
Posted by: Caliban at February 11, 2019 10:28 AM (qEujL)
Posted by: Poltergeist fapping in Phoenix girl's bathroom at February 11, 2019 10:29 AM (gC2IV)
Morning Jane! Going into week two of taking the turmeric. Hoping, hoping...
Posted by: Jewells45 at February 11, 2019 10:27 AM (kG5hP)
Good luck! It takes a while to kick in, but you'll notice a big difference. I'm trying to convince our son to take it for his back, bad knees, bad ankles, and now an arthritic right hand. He's 29 (for real) and hurts like an old person. Thanks, Shitcanistan.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 11, 2019 10:29 AM (ptqGC)
Posted by: HA at February 11, 2019 09:59 AM (MAstk)
If they keep this up.....
Posted by: JoeF.
_NS_RR_CT_ON _CT
I'd like to buy a vowel.
California needs to buy a clue. Fast.
Posted by: Brother Cavil at February 11, 2019 10:29 AM (AM1GF)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at February 11, 2019 10:25 AM (0O7c5
You have Hobos in your attic.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at February 11, 2019 10:29 AM (pUDQf)
Xoxo
Posted by: nurse ratched
I have a theory about anger : when a person gets angry about someone or something, they're really angry at themselves.
Posted by: JT at February 11, 2019 10:29 AM (+Yxdh)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at February 11, 2019 10:29 AM (0O7c5)
Etcetera ad infinitum....
Posted by: Vanya, Literary Critic at February 11, 2019 10:27 AM (7PLM4)
Thanks to modern technology, things now take ten times longer than they used to.
The effort in setting up a meeting is directly proportional to the cube of the number of people involved.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 11, 2019 10:30 AM (BWL+E)
Kids these days...
Posted by: BackwardsBoy
"The Iorish are the blacks of Europe, and Dubliners are the blacks of Ioreland, and Nort' Dubliners are the blacks of Dublin.
So say it wit' me boys , and say it loud; I'om black and I'm proud!"
Posted by: Royde, Sally Royde at February 11, 2019 10:30 AM (nEOLy)
"We apologize that such a disgusting trick was perpetuated on the reading public," Vodenichar said on the paper's website. "The Butler Eagle will discontinue that comic immediately."
One panel of Sunday's "Non Sequitur" cartoon, which encouraged readers to color it in themselves, appears to include the hidden message: "We fondly say go f-ck yourself to Trump."
Posted by: SMOD at February 11, 2019 10:30 AM (QkjLD)
Posted by: Hikaru at February 11, 2019 10:30 AM (UnA8+)
I am a very part time teacher at a state university and they keep telling me that that makes me a state employee and as such I need to take Diversity Training. I've shirked until now but they're getting mad.
So I have to choose between on of two sessions (three hours each!):
"Guest speaker will focus on implicit bias"
or
"Guest speaker will focus on LGBTQ issues"
Which of these will make me a better German teacher?
Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 11, 2019 10:30 AM (fuK7c)
He is the spitting image of Bill O'Reilly. And he's from the NE. It's very distracting.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 11, 2019 10:30 AM (ptqGC)
Posted by: Poltergeist fapping in Phoenix girl's bathroom at February 11, 2019 10:30 AM (gC2IV)
Posted by: red speck at February 11, 2019 10:30 AM (6Krd7)
Palsi Pelosi rattles her dentures about forcing Trump to release his tax returns
Haven't we already seen this movie?
I seem to remember an msnbc countdown clock and a semi-animatronic talking cashew...
Posted by: mikeyG at February 11, 2019 10:31 AM (LL1Be)
I propose to test that theory by poking you in the eye with a sharp stick. For no reason at all.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 11, 2019 10:31 AM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: the Monkey at February 11, 2019 10:31 AM (/qEW2)
https://bit.ly/2N0f6Up
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 11, 2019 10:32 AM (+y/Ru)
Zombie Ruth explaining to her law clerk how she wants to vote.
Posted by: WisRich at February 11, 2019 09:28 AM (G0vdT)
Alternate could be Justice Kagan receiving her daily RBG update briefing.
Posted by: Roy at February 11, 2019 10:32 AM (8RFw7)
Posted by: monkey at February 11, 2019 10:32 AM (FTPVM)
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at February 11, 2019 10:32 AM (RpM6k)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 11, 2019 10:30 AM (fuK7c)
"LGBTQ issues" might make you better able to explain Scheisse Porn to the class.
Posted by: Hikaru at February 11, 2019 10:32 AM (UnA8+)
Which of these will make me a better German teacher?
Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 11, 2019 10:30 AM (fuK7c)
Neither, but I'd pick implicit bias. You're less likely to be assaulted.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 11, 2019 10:32 AM (BWL+E)
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at February 11, 2019 10:32 AM (RpM6k)
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at February 11, 2019 10:12 AM (CPk0
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Long time no see, my friend!
Posted by: bluebell at February 11, 2019 10:32 AM (U5tDi)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 11, 2019 10:32 AM (BWL+E)
I see Moochelle graced the Grammy's last night.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 11, 2019 10:32 AM (ptqGC)
Posted by: mikeyG at February 11, 2019 10:32 AM (LL1Be)
Posted by: kraken at February 11, 2019 10:32 AM (90T4r)
Posted by: TEH BARREL at February 11, 2019 10:33 AM (7PLM4)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 11, 2019 10:33 AM (ptqGC)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 11, 2019 10:33 AM (BWL+E)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at February 11, 2019 10:33 AM (pUDQf)
Posted by: SMOD at February 11, 2019 10:34 AM (QkjLD)
Posted by: Brother Cavil at February 11, 2019 10:34 AM (AM1GF)
He is the spitting image of Bill O'Reilly. And he's from the NE. It's very distracting.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 11, 2019 10:30 AM (ptqGC)
Is he just looking out for the "folks?"
Posted by: JoeF. at February 11, 2019 10:34 AM (NFEMn)
Posted by: Kris at February 11, 2019 10:34 AM (OyyDO)
I miss the Italicans already.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at February 11, 2019 10:33 AM (pUDQf)
Much nicer than the Hittites, the dirty goniffs.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 11, 2019 10:34 AM (BWL+E)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at February 11, 2019 10:33 AM (pUDQf)
They make the best piazza.
Posted by: Vanya at February 11, 2019 10:34 AM (7PLM4)
Posted by: monkey at February 11, 2019 10:34 AM (FTPVM)
Pearls before swine
Posted by: as good as any, better than some at February 11, 2019 10:34 AM (pNxlR)
When I watch movies, my favorite snack is Rhesus Pieces.
Posted by: the Monkey at February 11, 2019 10:24 AM (/qEW2)
That's shocking.- Peter Gabriel
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at February 11, 2019 10:35 AM (HaL55)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Read Some Movie Thoughts at February 11, 2019 10:35 AM (XSSCs)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at February 11, 2019 10:36 AM (pUDQf)
Not my circus, not my monkey
Posted by: sure, why not? at February 11, 2019 10:36 AM (pNxlR)
Posted by: The Etruscans at February 11, 2019 10:36 AM (fuK7c)
He was at an event last week and spoke with the publisher, who we've considered a friend. He complained about the far-left direction the paper has gone, going so far as to use headlines from the WaPo to trash PDT.
Publisher "friend's" reply was, "So don't read it."
Alrighty then. They're bleeding subscribers. They can DIAF.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 11, 2019 10:36 AM (ptqGC)
Posted by: JT at February 11, 2019 10:36 AM (+Yxdh)
Posted by: kraken at February 11, 2019 10:36 AM (90T4r)
"Guest speaker will focus on implicit bias"
or
"Guest speaker will focus on LGBTQ issues"
Which of these will make me a better German teacher?
Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 11, 2019 10:30 AM (fuK7c)
+++++++++++++
Neither. That said, if they're forcing you into it, go for the LGBTQ one. "Implicit Bias" training is extremely dangerous. It is unknown whether it even exists or not, and if does whether it is even dangerous. Despite that, they seek to "fix the problem" through what is in effect subtle brainwashing. I wouldn't even give them the opportunity to try it on you. The LGBTQ crap is just going to be blunt-instrument cultural Marxism, which is far easier to deal with than fine scalpel cultural Marxism.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 11, 2019 10:37 AM (I2dne)
Because Chief Justice Roberts has said that her (unelected, unconfirmed, wildly liberal, and all from the ACLU) staff can do her job for her, as long as they want, and he'll go along with pretending that it's her doing it.
And because no other branch has any authority at all over sitting Supreme Court Justices, only the SCOTUS itself, acting through the Chief Justice.
(technically Congress could impeach - yeah, go ask Nancy Pelosi when she's firing those hearings up)
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 11, 2019 10:37 AM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 11, 2019 10:37 AM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 11, 2019 10:36 AM (ptqGC)
The market for coders is going to be saturated pretty quickly, here.
Posted by: Vanya at February 11, 2019 10:37 AM (7PLM4)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 11, 2019 10:38 AM (AURKQ)
I miss the Italicans already
They were never going to be a match for the Metallicans - we all knew that
Posted by: pelicans, sittin' this one out at February 11, 2019 10:38 AM (pNxlR)
Posted by: kraken at February 11, 2019 10:38 AM (90T4r)
Posted by: monkey
Alas, I wish I were a wizard.
Then I could save you from the Barrel.
Posted by: mikeyG at February 11, 2019 10:38 AM (LL1Be)
Fantastic Voyage. Not because it was a good movie, but because of
Raquel's tits.
Posted by: Anonymous White Male at February 11, 2019 10:26 AM (3sjI6)
Pretty sound logic.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 11, 2019 10:39 AM (9Om/r)
42 years ago today I got out of the Navy.
Posted by: JT at February 11, 2019 10:36 AM (+Yxdh)
74 years ago today , Churchill and Roosevelt met with Stalin at Yalta and gave him half of Europe.....
Posted by: JoeF. at February 11, 2019 10:39 AM (NFEMn)
Posted by: as good as any, better than some at February 11, 2019 10:34 AM (pNxlR)
That aphorism would make more sense if you could get bacon out of pearls....
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 11, 2019 10:39 AM (AURKQ)
Posted by: Jewells45 at February 11, 2019 10:39 AM (kG5hP)
Posted by: JT at February 11, 2019 10:36 AM (+Yxdh)
What rate?
Posted by: hogmartin at February 11, 2019 10:39 AM (IqOTP)
"...So say it wit' me boys , and say it loud; I'om black and I'm proud!"
Everyone else in the room thinks, "What the fook?" That's a great flick. Had to watch it about 3 times before I understood what they were saying. Besides "fook" every two minutes, that is.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at February 11, 2019 10:40 AM (HaL55)
The retail space next to Bob's always has a pun name of the store. My two most recent favorites were 'Whole Lotta Shaker Furniture Going On' and 'Gloves Actually ' .
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at February 11, 2019 10:40 AM (TD9KB)
Posted by: Weasel at February 11, 2019 10:40 AM (MVjcR)
Posted by: Poltergeist fapping in Phoenix girl's bathroom at February 11, 2019 10:30 AM (gC2IV)
dying.....
Posted by: phoenixgirl at February 11, 2019 10:40 AM (0O7c5)
Posted by: kraken at February 11, 2019 10:38 AM (90T4r)
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I would say that he's an institutionalist who believes that the image of the court is more important than constitutional concerns.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Read Some Movie Thoughts at February 11, 2019 10:40 AM (XSSCs)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 11, 2019 10:30 AM (fuK7c)
The LGBTQWERTY one. You can focus on, how when the Muz enforce their will on Germany, all the Qwertys are going to land headfirst on the sidewalk.
What's German for "I'll convert, please don't kill me"?
Posted by: Vanya at February 11, 2019 10:40 AM (7PLM4)
Posted by: skeleton at February 11, 2019 10:41 AM (FTPVM)
Guest speaker will focus on LGBTQ issues
Ask if LGBTQ folk are capable of being "good Germans", then duck.
Posted by: stir that shit at February 11, 2019 10:41 AM (pNxlR)
Posted by: JT at February 11, 2019 10:41 AM (+Yxdh)
My oldest kid was required to take either a class on women, African americans, or indians. He picked indians and came out a big fan of Andrew Jackson. All of their required outreach to the homeless during high school had the opposite effect, esp when one was mugged in the parking lot.
Mandatory sensitivity backfires.
I once read this exchange or heard it, don't remember which:
Guy 1: You took the sensitivity training?
Guy 2: Yep
Guy 1: You more sensitive?
Guy 2: Only my frenulum
Posted by: dagny at February 11, 2019 10:41 AM (nRWPy)
Posted by: Vanya at February 11, 2019 10:40 AM (7PLM4)
Ich bin Franzoeser
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 11, 2019 10:41 AM (AURKQ)
Alan Parsons also won one for Best Immersive Audio Album for a 5.1 mix of Eye in the Sky 35th Anniversary Edition. Had a buddy in HS who had a discrete 4-channel sound system that sounded awesome. I'd like to hear a good 5.1 CD on a comparable system.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at February 11, 2019 10:06 AM (HaL55)
Good for Buddy! He is a hard-working musician. Many years ago, when he was touring with Junior Wells, they played the club in Calgary, and I got to meet them and shake their hands. Because that's what they did. They worked the crowd between sets.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 11, 2019 10:42 AM (nPGq2)
Posted by: JoeF. at February 11, 2019 10:39 AM (NFEMn)
"I'm going to need those Cossacks back, too."
Posted by: Vanya at February 11, 2019 10:42 AM (7PLM4)
Oops, crossed the stream. World ends in five minutes.
Posted by: RI Red at February 11, 2019 10:42 AM (jbWXM)
Posted by: hogmartin at February 11, 2019 10:42 AM (IqOTP)
Posted by: Jewells45 at February 11, 2019 10:39 AM (kG5hP)
Ah. I take a version that includes boswellia ( aka frankincense) that is good for pain and inflammation. For a year now... zero side effects... the stuff holds aches and pains at bay. Higly recommend.
Posted by: kraken at February 11, 2019 10:42 AM (90T4r)
I mean, all the newspapers need to to do dispel the rumors is call her on the telephone and talk to her.
Has any reporter even tried to do that?
Just a telephone call?
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at February 11, 2019 10:43 AM (RpM6k)
So ripe with possibilities.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at February 11, 2019 10:43 AM (pUDQf)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at February 11, 2019 10:43 AM (iXnsK)
Posted by: dagny at February 11, 2019 10:41 AM (nRWPy)
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The problem is that Indians weren't a monolith and any actual study of them will show them to be warring clans who hated each other more than they hated the white men for the majority of their history.
That doesn't engender them to much sympathy, in my mind.
Yeah, it's sad that they lost their land, but they sold most of it, and lost the rest by fighting each other as much as they fought the English and the French (and Spanish and...)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Read Some Movie Thoughts at February 11, 2019 10:43 AM (XSSCs)
Posted by: Vanya at February 11, 2019 10:40 AM (7PLM4)
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My German is a little rusty but I think it's AAAAAAAAAHHHH SPLAT
Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 11, 2019 10:43 AM (gC2IV)
Posted by: JuJuBee, just generally being shamey at February 11, 2019 10:44 AM (zmIJL)
No doubt Mooch stole the show,I'm sure her dress was "stunning" as well.
Posted by: steevy at February 11, 2019 10:07 AM (BXMxN)
For the love of God, set me my prongholes free!
Posted by: Michele's Belt at February 11, 2019 10:44 AM (ymnmz)
Posted by: JT at February 11, 2019 10:41 AM (+Yxdh)
I think they might have merged before I joined.
Posted by: hogmartin at February 11, 2019 10:44 AM (IqOTP)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Read Some Movie Thoughts at February 11, 2019 10:40 AM
Yes, and because he personally dislikes Trump. he's not going to hand him victories....
Posted by: JoeF. at February 11, 2019 10:44 AM (NFEMn)
Posted by: Philosomoron at February 11, 2019 10:44 AM (sRkoB)
I was thinking of turning it around on them.
The first "cultural journal" passage in the book is a dialog between a dark haired woman and a German man who keeps asking where she's from because she speaks German so well.
She's from Hamburg, Mom's from Hamburg, finally they get to Dad's from Muenster but he was born in Iran. So the German says, "oh that explains it, you're not really German".
So the book wants the very first cultural note to beginning students to be "Germans are racist against dark hair".
I don't teach that part, but I did circle back to it at the end of last term and say "here's something I didn't teach you" and they were all appalled at the huge bias in that piece.
I'm thinking of using this story against the Implied Bias people.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 11, 2019 10:45 AM (fuK7c)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at February 11, 2019 10:43 AM (iXnsK)
Short film. Doesn't last long. Funny though. Really a comedy.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at February 11, 2019 10:45 AM (pUDQf)
Bezos dick pics are free through Amazon Prime.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at February 11, 2019 10:43 AM (iXnsK)
I like the way he puts it on every amazon box he delivers.
Posted by: Michele's Belt at February 11, 2019 10:45 AM (ymnmz)
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at February 11, 2019 10:45 AM (ymnmz)
Which of these will make me a better German teacher?
Neither. Me: "I don't need to take either of those classes. When have I ever exhibited a behavior that you think I need to attend?"
"Hmmm?"
And if they forced me to, I'd just play with my smartphone and and earbuds and just tune everything out. "Hey, I'm here like you wanted."
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at February 11, 2019 10:45 AM (HaL55)
Posted by: Michele's Belt at February 11, 2019 10:45 AM (ymnmz)
\
eew
Posted by: JoeF. at February 11, 2019 10:46 AM (NFEMn)
Posted by: kraken at February 11, 2019 10:46 AM (90T4r)
...
Posted by: dagny at February 11, 2019 10:41 AM (nRWPy)
+++++++++++
Often, yes. Just like DARE often backfired by turning kids on to drugs.
I don't know how serious it is. My company has some "training" that is globally required and they will hunt you down to take it like Bander's situation. I have only pushed back once, and that was the "unconscious bias" training. I got the E-Mail to tell me to take it. I told my boss that this was a hard line for me and I would not comply with a scientifically bankrupt idea whose stated goal is to reprogram how I think subconsciously. I put my job on the line over that. I told him directly that I would not be taking it, and he could do about that what he chose to do.
He told me, "Ignore it and we'll see what happens." So far, so good. Unlike normal "sensitivity training," this crap has no basis and I don't think that companies want to attract litigation over it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 11, 2019 10:46 AM (I2dne)
Has any reporter even tried to do that?
Just a telephone call?"
Have we really all forgotten that we went through the first 8 months of 2018 without a SINGLE person being allowed to publicly speak to John McCain? 8 months without him ever once being seen in any public setting, while all his friends and allies said "Oh he's doing great, he's gonna be back in DC any day now!"
And then finally, 8 months after he disappeared, it was "Oh guess what, he's dead, what a surprise!!!"
EXACT SAME THING HAPPENING TODAY. The only question as to the end date is how long they want to milk the game.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 11, 2019 10:46 AM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: Puddin Head at February 11, 2019 10:47 AM (2LelM)
Discrimination is good and a critically important survival trait.
Posted by: mikeyG at February 11, 2019 10:47 AM (LL1Be)
Posted by: Anachronda might be a jelly doughnut at February 11, 2019 10:47 AM (sGtp+)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 11, 2019 10:47 AM (fuK7c)
Posted by: dagny at February 11, 2019 10:47 AM (nRWPy)
Posted by: skeleton at February 11, 2019 10:41 AM
I was working on quadratic equations when you started flapping your mandible. You sound like you have a bolt up your ass.
Posted by: The Monkey to The Skeleton at February 11, 2019 10:47 AM (zmIJL)
Posted by: dagny at February 11, 2019 10:47 AM (nRWPy)
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A well armed (with history) kid could do some real damage in a class like that.
"I got this blanket from the Shawnee!"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Read Some Movie Thoughts at February 11, 2019 10:48 AM (XSSCs)
Posted by: Puddin Head at February 11, 2019 10:48 AM (2LelM)
Posted by: blaster at February 11, 2019 10:48 AM (9VeU0)
Posted by: GoldDust at February 11, 2019 10:49 AM (skFw3)
Posted by: JT at February 11, 2019 10:41 AM (+Yxdh)
I think they might have merged before I joined.
Posted by: hogmartin
The AM rate was plit 3 ways; AMS, AMH and AME in those days.
Posted by: JT at February 11, 2019 10:49 AM (+Yxdh)
Posted by: blaster at February 11, 2019 10:48 AM (9VeU0)
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Fits the bill.
Privatize profits and socialize loses.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Read Some Movie Thoughts at February 11, 2019 10:49 AM (XSSCs)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 11, 2019 10:49 AM (OLCnA)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 11, 2019 10:49 AM (OLCnA)
+++++++++++
I wonder if it's "supports" or "doesn't strenuously object." If it is the latter, I might buy it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 11, 2019 10:50 AM (I2dne)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at February 11, 2019 10:50 AM (iXnsK)
BLAZING SKULL
Recall
those ATIFA thugs who are now on trial for attacking those two
Marines. Well it turns out that they had connections with high level
Democrats including Mouthy Mad Maxine.
https://tinyurl.com/y2gza3hv
Posted by: Vic at February 11, 2019 10:50 AM (mpXpK)
Like I said a few weeks back, we need a writ of habeas corpus for the Supreme Court to produce her.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at February 11, 2019 10:50 AM (RpM6k)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 11, 2019 10:50 AM (xfb67)
Posted by: Caliban at February 11, 2019 10:28 AM (qEujL)
Well, it actually has a brain.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 11, 2019 10:51 AM (nPGq2)
Posted by: skeleton at February 11, 2019 10:41 AM (FTPVM)
That's because he's got work.
Bones and I are still waiting for a redux
Posted by: Jason at February 11, 2019 10:51 AM (RZ6R1)
Posted by: dagny at February 11, 2019 10:51 AM (nRWPy)
Posted by: kraken at February 11, 2019 10:51 AM (90T4r)
I'm really going to have to pull the trigger and set up the Julius Streicher Award for Excellence in Journalism. So much fodder since 2016, and this year has some doozies already.
Posted by: Vanya at February 11, 2019 10:51 AM (7PLM4)
Posted by: dagny at February 11, 2019 10:47 AM
I could use a good campaign advisor. Call me.
Posted by: Elizabeth Warren at February 11, 2019 10:51 AM (sRkoB)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 11, 2019 10:50 AM (I2dne)
About where I'm at on it. "The Rich" don't give two shits about me. The feeling is mutual. Bonus - if they're busy dodging the tax, maybe they'll be too busy to stick their noses in my business.
Posted by: GoldDust at February 11, 2019 10:51 AM (skFw3)
Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'looking for my spark of divinity in my hippocampus' at February 11, 2019 10:51 AM (FJqw3)
Posted by: kraken at February 11, 2019 10:51 AM (90T4r)
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Troglodyte.
I'm a Fair Tax supporter.
Only tax consumption!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Read Some Movie Thoughts at February 11, 2019 10:52 AM (XSSCs)
"Guest speaker will focus on implicit bias"
or
"Guest speaker will focus on LGBTQ issues"
Which of these will make me a better German teacher?
Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 11, 2019 10:30 AM
Neither. The answer, of course, is "mango".
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 11, 2019 10:52 AM (p+Wdc)
Posted by: kraken at February 11, 2019 10:51 AM (90T4r)
You are not alone.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at February 11, 2019 10:52 AM (TD9KB)
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at February 11, 2019 10:52 AM (RpM6k)
Posted by: Peter G at February 11, 2019 10:53 AM (eAZVt)
Posted by: Minnfidel at February 11, 2019 10:53 AM (L3YlV)
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at February 11, 2019 10:52 AM (RpM6k)
I belieeeeeve that my heart has gone on....
Posted by: Monkey Skeleton Movie Soundtrack at February 11, 2019 10:53 AM (7PLM4)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 11, 2019 10:30 AM (fuK7c)
Tell them you want to take half of each. For diversity's sake.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 11, 2019 10:54 AM (nPGq2)
Posted by: skeleton at February 11, 2019 10:41 AM
We currently own the copyright on smug. Just sayin' ...
Posted by: Covington Kids at February 11, 2019 10:54 AM (sRkoB)
Schock den Affen!
Posted by: Peter G at February 11, 2019 10:53 AM (eAZVt)
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About monkeys and French, but funny from Eddie Izzard:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1sQkEfAdfY
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Read Some Movie Thoughts at February 11, 2019 10:54 AM (XSSCs)
Turned my wife's life around.
https://whole30.com/step-one/
Posted by: MarkY at February 11, 2019 10:54 AM (i022r)
________________
Well for starters, we know that CA has hundreds of thousands of ineligible recipients on its Medicaid rolls. (That's the # it admits to, who knows how many there actually are). And it probably has millions of ineligible food stamp recipients. If we stopped those payments, and also said that CA can't participate in any more federal elections until it gets all the ineligible voters off its voter rolls, we'd start to make a dent in the problem.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at February 11, 2019 10:54 AM (fqUgw)
Posted by: GoldDust at February 11, 2019 10:51 AM (skFw3)
++++++++++++
I don't want it. I'm not in the tax group and never will be, but high marginal rates only serve two purposes:
1) They employ accountants by the wheelbarrow-full to find ways to dodge it. High marginal rates have no bearing on actual receipts, they just cause dislocations.
2) Today the limit is a whopping $10 million. Tomorrow, it'll be a million. Next week it'll be a hundred grand. Next year it'll be 75 thousand.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 11, 2019 10:54 AM (I2dne)
The Harry's section was decimated. The shick section was picked over. The Bic section was mostly full. Gillette was well stocked.
I chose the 3 blade Wallyworld brand with lubricated strip. I found that it works just fine. A handle and six cartridges $3.54. Instead of $15 for three. Adios Gillettee, you need to do better. I Gillette was the lats big brand name anything I would buy....out of lazy habit.
As Glenn Campbell said in his last song....I won't miss you or even know you are crying.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at February 11, 2019 10:54 AM (ymnmz)
That entire example is racist and stupid, and shows that the author knew nothing about actual Germans. Dark Hair and dark complexions have always been common in the southern, Swabian and Bavarian regions - this goes back to the tribes who lived there in Roman times. The light headed Blonde look is predominant near the Baltic, because the Nordic people spent the last millennia overrunning those areas. It only got mythologized as being the "German" look when Hitler started pushing his ridiculous racial fantasies.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 11, 2019 10:55 AM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: Vic at February 11, 2019 10:55 AM (mpXpK)
Posted by: mikeyG at February 11, 2019 10:55 AM (LL1Be)
Posted by: kraken at February 11, 2019 10:25 AM (90T4r)
+++++++++++
Last I checked, CA is one of the minority of states that is a net federal taxpayer. They have massive flow of money from the feds, but those Silicon Valley companies and Hollywood pay an awful lot, too. Cutting them off would actually be double-plus good for the Federal budget, since every penny cut would just go to the general fund - there's no fed-to-state deficit to overcome first...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 11, 2019 10:56 AM (I2dne)
Posted by: GoldDust at February 11, 2019 10:51 AM (skFw3)
I don't begrudge them If they are using the tax laws to legally avoid taxes. The solution is not in raising the tax rates.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at February 11, 2019 10:56 AM (TD9KB)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 11, 2019 10:54 AM (I2dne)
I get it - I wouldn't vote for it either.
But ... I just ain't feeling the urge to fight against it either. My Betters can take care of this on their own. Or not. Doesn't matter to me. I hate them that much.
Posted by: GoldDust at February 11, 2019 10:57 AM (skFw3)
Posted by: kraken at February 11, 2019 10:57 AM (90T4r)
Posted by: BignJames at February 11, 2019 09:27 AM (cxHbL)
Heh! Got "minkey" in there pretty fast!
Posted by: m at February 11, 2019 10:57 AM (hl9+B)
So I have to choose between on of two sessions (three hours each!):
"Guest speaker will focus on implicit bias"
or
"Guest speaker will focus on LGBTQ issues"
Which of these will make me a better German teacher?
Will they be addressing German Bias?
Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'looking for my spark of divinity in my hippocampus' at February 11, 2019 10:58 AM (FJqw3)
Discuss.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 11, 2019 10:23 AM (I2dne)
Crimson Tide was a bit too hysterical. Everyone was emoting way too much...but I did like the movie.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 11, 2019 10:58 AM (wYseH)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 11, 2019 10:58 AM (gC2IV)
Posted by: dagny at February 11, 2019 10:59 AM (nRWPy)
I endorse a Flat Tax of no more than 10% of income combined with a law that forbids deficit spending of any type. This legislation would also require the immediate expulsion of any congresscritter who proposed spending one penny more than is taken in.
Government needs to be treated like a monkey and kept in a small cage.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at February 11, 2019 10:59 AM (HaL55)
Andrew Jackson is unfairly vilified by people with no real understanding of the history.
He was not racist. He adopted a native child he found wandering orphaned by a battle, raised him as his own son, and got him into West Point. Hardly the actions of a racist.
His plan for relocation was to protect Natives from greedy state governments like that of Georgia, which routinely provoked conflicts between Natives and settlers as a means of opening up more land for development. He believed that letting the status quo persist would lead to their annihilation, and that buying time by moving them would help them acclimate. It was not a plan carried out with ill intent, it was at its worst, well-intentioned meddling gone wrong.
Posted by: Cato, Media Delenda Est at February 11, 2019 11:00 AM (J+mig)
Das Boot was good, U571 was a steaming load.
Posted by: Vanya at February 11, 2019 11:00 AM (7PLM4)
But ... I just ain't feeling the urge to fight against it either. My Betters can take care of this on their own. Or not. Doesn't matter to me. I hate them that much.
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A few points:
1. A lot of rich are very conservative. More than you would think.
2. High marginal tax rates would hurt people at the bottom more than at the top.
3. I get the sentiment. And if the rich lost the support of the conservative middle class, maybe they would be more willing to give the conservative middle class something too - you know for the electoral effort.
Posted by: SH at February 11, 2019 11:00 AM (sX1BW)
"These sessions do not only support this initiative but enhances our sense of community."
You want to nag me about implicit bias and you can't manage subject and verb agreement? At a university?
Codswallop!
Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 11, 2019 11:00 AM (fuK7c)
Posted by: monkey at February 11, 2019 11:01 AM (FTPVM)
Nowhere in your proposal did you mention wood-chippers. Are we really going to go with half-measures at this point ?
Posted by: GoldDust at February 11, 2019 11:01 AM (skFw3)
Posted by: Monkey at February 11, 2019 11:01 AM (RZ6R1)
That cuts to the heart of the problem - who would issue it? The Executive Branch is constitutionally barred from interfering with the Judiciary. Anything from the Congress has to go through Nancy Pelosi. And lower Courts are forbidden, by law, from attempting to interfere in any way by any higher court.
So who does that leave? John Roberts, that's who. It's all up to him, and if he decides nothing is going to be said, then nothing will be said.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 11, 2019 11:01 AM (Kpl3J)
Andrew Jackson is unfairly vilified by people with no real understanding of the history.
He was not racist. He adopted a native child he found wandering orphaned by a battle, raised him as his own son, and got him into West Point. Hardly the actions of a racist.
His plan for relocation was to protect Natives from greedy state governments like that of Georgia, which routinely provoked conflicts between Natives and settlers as a means of opening up more land for development. He believed that letting the status quo persist would lead to their annihilation, and that buying time by moving them would help them acclimate. It was not a plan carried out with ill intent, it was at its worst, well-intentioned meddling gone wrong.
Posted by: Cato, Media Delenda Est at February 11, 2019 11:00 AM (J+mig)
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I get the feeling that he might have had some kind of bi-polar disorder.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Read Some Movie Thoughts at February 11, 2019 11:01 AM (ANN96)
That's the factual history I was able to learn. Presentism is a hell of a drug.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at February 11, 2019 11:02 AM (TD9KB)
Posted by: hogmartin at February 11, 2019 10:42 AM (IqOTP)
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Howdy hogmartin! Glad you made it home in one piece. I'm working from home today and taking one of what will likely be many breaks with WeaselDog.
Posted by: Weasel at February 11, 2019 11:02 AM (MVjcR)
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A great rewatchable movie, as Hackman and Denzel films usually are. Plus Gandolfini.
Posted by: SH at February 11, 2019 11:02 AM (sX1BW)
Government needs to be treated like a monkey and kept in a small cage.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at February 11, 2019 10:59 AM (HaL55)
++++++++++++
I can see a couple of things this might need. For income tax, I am all for this. If we're going to have one at all, it should be capped low and kept flat. I could even be talked into 15%. But there are other revenue sources, too, like sales taxes, excise taxes, tariffs, etc. I think you need to have it be something like
- Income taxes are flat and at 10-15%. No deductions.
- Budgets must be balanced. No deficits are permitted unless there is a properly declared ware that needs direct financing. If this happens, any debts incurred may only be in the form of war bonds to specifically finance the conflict.
- Government spending must not exceed 18% of the last three year's moving-average GDP.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 11, 2019 11:02 AM (I2dne)
You can thank Estruscans for paved streets and swamp drainage, btw.
Posted by: dagny at February 11, 2019 11:02 AM (nRWPy)
Like I said a few weeks back, we need a writ of habeas corpus for the Supreme Court to produce her."
That cuts to the heart of the problem - who would issue it? The
Executive Branch is constitutionally barred from interfering with the
Judiciary. Anything from the Congress has to go through Nancy Pelosi.
And lower Courts are forbidden, by law, from attempting to interfere
in any way by any higher court.
So who does that leave? John Roberts, that's who. It's all up to
him, and if he decides nothing is going to be said, then nothing will be
said.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 11, 2019 11:01 AM (Kpl3J)
When RBG finally shits the bed the media will be like "Wow a bolt out of the blue" .
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at February 11, 2019 11:03 AM (ymnmz)
Be of interest to know how much money Uncle Sugar shovels into Cali on a
regular basis. Drying that up would have a way of getting the attention
of their regime.
Posted by: kraken at February 11, 2019 10:25 AM (90T4r)
+++++++++++
Last I checked, CA is one of the minority of states that is a net
federal taxpayer. They have massive flow of money from the feds, but
those Silicon Valley companies and Hollywood pay an awful lot, too.
Cutting them off would actually be double-plus good for the Federal
budget, since every penny cut would just go to the general fund -
there's no fed-to-state deficit to overcome first...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 11, 2019 10:56 AM (I2dne)
Do not trust those article that publish whether a State takes in more federal dollars than it pay in. They count every federal dollar budged to projects in the State vs every dollar paid to the government in taxes.
Any State with a lot of military bases and national parks gets a lot of federal dollars. CA's military bases are slimming down because they really do not want them. But they still have a metric shit-ton of national parks.
Posted by: Vic at February 11, 2019 11:03 AM (mpXpK)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 11, 2019 11:03 AM (xfb67)
Just got some Dorco blades to try. After about a week, I'd say they're ok. Not as good as Gillette, but not bad. If they let me give Gillette a pass, they'll work for me.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 11, 2019 11:04 AM (p+Wdc)
Posted by: Tom Bombadil at February 11, 2019 11:04 AM (FTPVM)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at February 11, 2019 10:59 AM (HaL55)
Very well put.
Posted by: Cato, Media Delenda Est at February 11, 2019 11:05 AM (J+mig)
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Two of my favorite basketball teams.
Posted by: SH at February 11, 2019 11:05 AM (sX1BW)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 11, 2019 11:04 AM (p+Wdc)
++++++++++
I am a Dollar Shave Club customer, and I use their four-blade razor. That particular razor *is* a Dorco and I will probably just switch to the OEM instead of paying twice via DSC. I have same conclusion you do: it is not as good as my Gillette Mach 3 razor because they only last about 2/3 as long (the shave quality until that point is on par), but they are so much cheaper that it doesn't matter.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 11, 2019 11:05 AM (I2dne)
I just hit it with the electric when I'm in the mood. And I don't get real close. It gives me that "Perv in a Van by the River" look that all the ladies are wild about.
Posted by: GoldDust at February 11, 2019 11:05 AM (skFw3)
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 11, 2019 11:01 AM (Kpl3J)
Brought this up a couple of days ago.
What happens if someone whose case was upheld by a lower court comes to the Supreme Court and loses, with the vote being 5-4 and Ginsburg being one of the five.
After the announcement, the party in question (it would have to be a state, I think) announces: "That's nice, but until we see proof that Ruth Bader Ginsburg is alive and in command of her senses, which has not happened in [insert number of weeks or months], we regard this as a 4-4 deadlock and we defer to the lower court ruling."
Posted by: Vanya at February 11, 2019 11:06 AM (7PLM4)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 11, 2019 11:06 AM (gC2IV)
Posted by: kraken at February 11, 2019 11:06 AM (90T4r)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 11, 2019 11:05 AM (I2dne)
On the last Harry's cartridge. After that, straight razor and styptic pen.
Posted by: Zod at February 11, 2019 11:06 AM (Bdeb0)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 11, 2019 11:07 AM (I2dne)
Posted by: Vic at February 11, 2019 11:07 AM (mpXpK)
Posted by: jim at February 11, 2019 11:07 AM (gjGvH)
Posted by: Zod at February 11, 2019 11:06 AM (Bdeb0)
++++++++++
I envy both your steady hands and your patience.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 11, 2019 11:07 AM (I2dne)
Will be heading to El Paso very soon. Big speech on Border Security and much else tonight. Tremendous crowd! See you later!
Posted by: Tami at February 11, 2019 11:07 AM (cF8AT)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 11, 2019 11:07 AM (gC2IV)
Posted by: kraken at February 11, 2019 11:08 AM (90T4r)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 11, 2019 11:08 AM (I2dne)
Posted by: Cato, Media Delenda Est at February 11, 2019 11:08 AM (J+mig)
Posted by: Zod at February 11, 2019 11:06 AM (Bdeb0)
Surprising. I always figured you just regulated your facial hair to the desired length via force of will.
Posted by: GoldDust at February 11, 2019 11:08 AM (skFw3)
It's all up to him, and if he decides nothing is going to be said, then
nothing will be said.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 11, 2019 11:01 AM
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At some point Trump will force the issue, trust me on that.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at February 11, 2019 11:08 AM (JUOKG)
Posted by: Chris M at February 11, 2019 11:08 AM (eAZVt)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 11, 2019 11:07 AM (gC2IV)
Should take a three wood or iron off tee. But it is Phil.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at February 11, 2019 11:08 AM (TD9KB)
contemplating its own mortality
Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 11, 2019 09:28 AM (fuK7c)
There's some great discussion, and great art, of memento mori at The Art of Manliness site:
https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/memento-mori-art/
Posted by: m at February 11, 2019 11:08 AM (hl9+B)
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About time.
Posted by: Shep at February 11, 2019 11:09 AM (sX1BW)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 11, 2019 10:30 AM (fuK7c)
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It depends on your particular talents.
If you excel at appearing attentive (or at least awake) during mind-numbing monotony, pick the "implicit bias" one.
OTOH, if you are highly adept at stifling guffaws, pick the LGBTQWERTY one.
I do better with the first, although I often have to mentally sing 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall to get through them. This keeps me from slipping into the arms of Morpheus.
I even look like I'm thinking.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 11, 2019 11:09 AM (Rxduq)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 11, 2019 11:06 AM (gC2IV)
I didn't realize Casey is that old .41
Posted by: REDACTED at February 11, 2019 11:09 AM (RZ6R1)
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at February 11, 2019 10:54 AM
Just
got some Dorco blades to try. After about a week, I'd say they're ok.
Not as good as Gillette, but not bad. If they let me give Gillette a
pass, they'll work for me.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 11, 2019 11:04 AM (p+Wdc)
I don't like mail order things that you have to sign up for and then they come automatically , and hit your CC automatically. I use razors to the bitter end, and would end up having a pile of them in my drawer.Yeah Gillette is marginally better, but $15 for three vs 3.54 for six? I grew up poor and know what saving a dollar is like. Gillette was one of the few brand name luxuries I allowed myself. Shit, I can even eat Wallyworld brand tuna if I have too. I can live with out Gillette.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at February 11, 2019 11:09 AM (ymnmz)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 11, 2019 11:07 AM (gC2IV)
... and two tremendous man boobs.
Posted by: GoldDust at February 11, 2019 11:09 AM (skFw3)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 11, 2019 11:08 AM (I2dne).
Tomorrow I think.
Posted by: Tami at February 11, 2019 11:10 AM (cF8AT)
Posted by: Balrog of Morgoth at February 11, 2019 11:10 AM (FTPVM)
Posted by: GoldDust at February 11, 2019 11:08 AM (skFw3)
Well...yeah. But all the cool kids are talking about their razors 'n' stuff, and Zod just wants to fit in.
Posted by: Zod at February 11, 2019 11:11 AM (Bdeb0)
Anyone tried Barbasol's razors? I use their basic red-stripe shaving cream and have forever, but never tried their new products.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 11, 2019 11:07 AM (I2dne)
I use the red stripe cream. I didn't know they made razors. I would have tried them.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at February 11, 2019 11:11 AM (ymnmz)
Posted by: dagny at February 11, 2019 11:11 AM (nRWPy)
I just
hit it with the electric when I'm in the mood. And I don't get real
close. It gives me that "Perv in a Van by the River" look that all the
ladies are wild about.
Posted by: GoldDust at February 11, 2019 11:05 AM
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I bought a bag of disposal razors from Walmart about a decade ago. there are three left I think.
If I need to trim my beard, I use a electric beard trimmer. Haven't shaved my beard off but one time since April 14th 1999 when I retired from the Navy.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at February 11, 2019 11:11 AM (JUOKG)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 11, 2019 11:07 AM (gC2IV)
Only a cheater could blow this 1
Posted by: REDACTED at February 11, 2019 11:11 AM (RZ6R1)
Posted by: kraken at February 11, 2019 11:12 AM (90T4r)
Posted by: Tami at February 11, 2019 11:10 AM (cF8AT)
++++++++++
I'm thinking of trying out MLB's online subscription this year so I can watch games. They black out local markets, though, and my TV service (DirecTV Now - owned by AT&T) doesn't have a carriage contract with Root Sports (also known as AT&T Sports Net), which is extremely annoying. I am looking for a way around that...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 11, 2019 11:12 AM (I2dne)
Posted by: What's a Seawolf? at February 11, 2019 11:12 AM (yTfbH)
Posted by: Vic at February 11, 2019 11:12 AM (mpXpK)
Posted by: kraken at February 11, 2019 11:12 AM (90T4r)
+++++++++
*snort*
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 11, 2019 11:12 AM (I2dne)
Bastard only had to shave about once a week.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 11, 2019 11:13 AM (xfb67)
Posted by: Puddin Head at February 11, 2019 11:13 AM (2LelM)
After the announcement, the party in question (it would have to be a state, I think) announces: "That's nice, but until we see proof that Ruth Bader Ginsburg is alive and in command of her senses, which has not happened in [insert number of weeks or months], we regard this as a 4-4 deadlock and we defer to the lower court ruling.""
Not possible unless the lower court goes along - but every lower court in this situation is going to say "no you're wrong, we're issuing an immediate injunction against you."
If you could invent some theoretical scenario where the 5th circuit goes rogue and tries to ignore the Supreme Court, maybe - but everyone knows that only the liberal 9th Circuit is allowed to do that.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 11, 2019 11:13 AM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: dagny at February 11, 2019 11:13 AM (nRWPy)
Standard issue: Potted meat product on Saltines.
Splurge: Underwood Deviled Ham on Ritz.
I'm down.
Posted by: Zod at February 11, 2019 11:13 AM (Bdeb0)
Posted by: Tami at February 11, 2019 11:10 AM (cF8AT)
++++++++++
I'm thinking of trying out MLB's online subscription this year so I can watch games. They black out local markets, though, and my TV service (DirecTV Now - owned by AT&T) doesn't have a carriage contract with Root Sports (also known as AT&T Sports Net), which is extremely annoying. I am looking for a way around that...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 11, 2019 11:12 AM (I2dne)
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I've done it for the last few years, and I love it.
I live in SC, but I'm an A's fan, so I don't have to worry about missing any home games. And, the closest team they play is in Baltimore, which I'm definitely not in the market of, so I get all road games too.
If I were a Braves fan, it wouldn't be worth it, I think, because I'm in market for nearly everything.
I'll listen to games while driving home and then turn on the telecast as soon as I get home. It's my favorite yearly purchase.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Read Some Movie Thoughts at February 11, 2019 11:14 AM (ANN96)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 11, 2019 11:08 AM (I2dne).
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And college baseball starts next weekend!!!
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 11, 2019 11:14 AM (Rxduq)
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 11, 2019 11:01 AM (Kpl3J)
Why not just dream up some (superficially plausible) BS lawsuit against RBG, and try to serve her with a summons?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 11, 2019 11:15 AM (nPGq2)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Read Some Movie Thoughts at February 11, 2019 11:01 AM (ANN96)
The Bell Witch will do that to you.
Posted by: Bert G at February 11, 2019 11:18 AM (tOP4K)
Posted by: GoldDust at February 11, 2019 11:08 AM (skFw3)
A real man just hammers them in, and chews them off on the inside.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 11, 2019 11:19 AM (nPGq2)
Friday is the deadline on the funding deal.
I mam trying t figure out how Trump wins this, but alas it is beyond me.
Posted by: blaster at February 11, 2019 09:37 AM (9VeU0)
I'm concerned too. Coming off the high of his SOTU speech, and the good poll numbers, Trump might well figure that he's doing what people want, and no harm will come from welshing on the wall. If so, he'll be stunned and probably aggrieved by the collapse of his support.
But he has a history of acting this way. As Ann Coulter wrote a few weeks ago: "Trump seems to be mystified about what he needs to do to maintain the support of his most devoted backers. He's saying the right things, isn't he? He's holding press conferences, giving Oval Office addresses and tweeting that he wants a wall. " He does seem to think that talking big is nearly as good as doing: it lifts the spirits and makes people happy, so why isn't that good enough?
Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at February 11, 2019 11:29 AM (kS0sG)
It should be easy.
I'm more inclined to believe that Trump has a reliable source that gives him regular updates on her condition.
Posted by: Sooner at February 11, 2019 11:41 AM (Fs5vw)
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