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Monday Overnight Open Thread (2/18/19) President's Day Edition

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The Quotes of The Day


Quote I

I suppose that in the end our fate is decided by market sentiment: Things can continue as they are as long as people believe that they can. Personally, I don’t believe that they can continue, but I don’t know at what precise moment impossibility will supervene. Therefore I keep calm and carry on, enjoying my panic at third hand.Theodore Dalrymple


Quote II

“Amazon just took their ball and went home. “And what they did was confirm people’s worst fears about corporate America. Here’s the 1 percent, dictating to everyone else even though we gave them a fair deal. And I think it’s going to frustrate people all over this country to see a company treat a neighborhood and a city like that.”Mayor Bill de Blasio


Quote III

I think the oddest thing about the advanced people is that, while they are always talking about things as problems, they have hardly any notion of what a real problem is. G. K. Chesterton

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The Smollett case unraveled.
The ongoing collapse of the claimed hate crime against actor Jussie Smollett has been an example of bottom-up, not top-down news gathering. Chicago’s Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson and the CPD’s official communications have at every opportunity defended the original narrative. But the rank-and-file cops, quite probably outraged at what was fairly quickly seen by them as an obvious fraud, leaked to their friends in the local media. And two outstanding local websites, Second City Cop and especially CWB Chicago (which reports honestly about crime in the Windy City, and which depends on donations – donate here), have been to go-to sources putting it all together many steps ahead of what the more established media were willing to publish.

CWB Chicago has a round-up of the latest developments in the fast-breaking case. Some excerpts, but be sure to read the whole thing


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Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, was the scene of a horrific mass killing. Law enforcement agencies perhaps could have stopped the shooter. But hey, let's leave it up to AI backed solutions to stop these tragedies.

Schools are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence-backed solutions to stop tragic acts of student violence such as the shooting at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, a year ago.

Bark Technologies, Gaggle.Net, and Securly Inc. are three companies that employ AI and machine learning to scan student emails, texts, documents, and in some cases, social media activity. They look for warning signs of cyber bullying, sexting, drug and alcohol use, depression, and to flag students who may pose a violent risk not only to themselves, but classmates.

When potential problems are found, and depending on the severity, school administrators, parents – and under the most extreme cases – law enforcement officials, are alerted.


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Shocked, shocked I say. Rep. AOC seems to have an ethics problem.

New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s boyfriend, Riley Roberts, was found to have a government email address. Her team was quick to say that Roberts was not a member of AOC’s staff. Therefore he’s not earning a salary. But their denial doesn’t really pass the smell test. If they’re being honest and Roberts is not on the payroll, it’s a different violation of Congressional ethics,

From Daily Mail:

Her chief of staff Saikat Chakrabarti also argued the move was normal for a spouse or partner.


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Amazon is spending some big coin. Electric truck startup company has been formed.

On Friday, electric truck startup Rivian announced a $700 million funding round led by Amazon. The announcement is notable not just for the size of the investment but also due to Amazon's involvement.

The e-commerce giant has made a variety of investments in mobility, and electric trucks and SUVs like the kind Rivian debuted at the Los Angeles Auto Show in November could help the company further its ambitions in that regard.


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Blu-ray players are on their way out.

Slowly but surely, spinning discs are dying out, and Samsung just put another nail in their coffin. The company told Forbes that it’s done producing 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray players — and CNET was able to confirm that Samsung is halting production on at least some of its 1080p Blu-ray players as well.

“Samsung will no longer introduce new Blu-ray or 4K Blu-ray player models in the US market,” a Samsung spokesperson told CNET.

Technically, there’s still the possibility that Samsung may continue to produce its existing Blu-ray players for months or years to come — the company still has quite a few models on sale — or introduce new ones in specific countries outside the US. We’ve asked Samsung to clarify.


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Kaboom didn't even get an 'Honorable Mention'. 14 cereals that defined our childhood.


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The ONT Musical Interlude


February 18, 1933, Born on this day, Yoko Ono, Japanese artist, singer, poet, author and peace activist and wife of John Lennon. Ono moved to New York City from Tokyo aged 14 and first met John Lennon in London in 1966, the couple married in 1969. via thisdayinmusic.com


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February 18, 1953, Born on this day, Robbie Bachman from Bachman Turner Overdrive who had the 1974 US No.1 & UK No.2 single 'You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet'. via thisdayinmusic.com


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"Over Your Shoulder"

TV pirates push a 25 year old song in Japan.

Last week, an alt-rock mystery puzzled the music press. Almost 25 years after its release, the Dinosaur Jr. song “Over Your Shoulder” appeared at number 18 on Japan’s Hot 100 chart, beating out major new releases like Ariana Grande’s “7 Rings.”

The fuzzy, mournful closer to Dinosaur Jr.’s 1994 album Without a Sound, “Over Your Shoulder” is an unlikely candidate for a hit single. Indeed, it was never released in that format. Stranger still, the track rocketed up Japan’s charts thanks to over eight million video plays—earning the country’s top spot for video streams—despite no YouTube upload of the song having anywhere close to that many views.


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RIP, W.E.B. Griffin

W.E.B. Griffin, the prolific author of nearly 250 books, nearly 160 of which were military fiction, died on February 12, his publisher, Putnam, confirmed. He was 89.


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Louder with Crowder examines Twitter

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Three wives, at one time? Genius Award Winner.

A man has impressed Chinese netizens with his level of deceit and dedication, managing to juggle three different wives and families at the same time by settling them all down in close proximity to one another.

The 36-year-old man, surnamed Zhang, was able to get hitched three times in a period of three years (2015-2017) to three different women by exploiting a loophole in the system, marrying each time in a different province.


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Canada is in the news. Tonight's Feel Good Story of The Day.

The Republic of Ireland surprisingly has no year-round ice-skating rinks, so the nation’s youth hockey teams have struggled to find suitable practice space—but that’s about to change, thanks to a world famous hockey fan in Canada.

Ever since the Dundalk Ice Dome closed in 2010, the hockey clubs have been practicing on inline roller skates, until the winter holidays when the seasonal rinks open for about seven weeks.

Despite this, more Irish kids are developing a passion for the sport.


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Notice: Posted with permission by the Ace Media Empire and AceCorp, LLC. Contrary to popular belief today's downtime was not a result of yours truly


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Posted by: ALH at February 18, 2019 09:59 PM (SqKDB)

2 Hi!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 18, 2019 09:59 PM (aKsyK)

3 Here's my happy dance!

Posted by: ALH at February 18, 2019 09:59 PM (SqKDB)

4 Abaft, ſodomites!

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at February 18, 2019 09:59 PM (CLcKT)

5 Evening Horde!

Posted by: Tonypete at February 18, 2019 10:00 PM (Y4EXg)

6 Holy matrimony, Batman

Posted by: Robin's eggs are blue at February 18, 2019 10:00 PM (Z4rgH)

7 Job killers, Jew haters and baby murderers. The Dem party just gets better all the time.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 18, 2019 10:00 PM (UGqF8)

8 America is a great country!

I got PAID!

Posted by: Colin Kaepernick at February 18, 2019 10:01 PM (sy5kK)

9 Yoko. Oh.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 18, 2019 10:01 PM (UGqF8)

10 Geo. Washington's Birthday, MH.

'Presidents Day' don't exist.

Just saying...

Posted by: The Jawas at February 18, 2019 10:02 PM (HTHlp)

11 Yoko is a truly underappreciated talent.

She managed to break up the Beatles AND John Lennon's marriage.

Studette!

Posted by: ALH at February 18, 2019 10:03 PM (SqKDB)

12 3 Here's my happy dance!
Posted by: ALH at February 18, 2019 09:59 PM (SqKDB)

I like what I see.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 18, 2019 10:03 PM (aA3+G)

13

Yoko! Yay!!! Great track choice MisHum.

Posted by: otho at February 18, 2019 10:03 PM (LkFnL)

14 Maybe I missed the memo but what is supposed to tale the place of Blu-ray players? Or is it just all streaming all the time?

Posted by: Jewells45 at February 18, 2019 10:03 PM (dUJdY)

15 So how exactly does Bob Barr, new AG, root out the FBI/DoJ corruption and not end up napping in Ft Marcy Park?

popcorn, please.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 18, 2019 10:03 PM (sy5kK)

16 Some people say that you can't go home again. This is probably especially true when you've wandered the world confronting demons, vampires, and immortal death-queens. Pulp fiction meets poetry in Robert E. Howard's Solomon Kane's Homecoming

https://tinyurl.com/SKHomecoming

Posted by: Zaklog the Great at February 18, 2019 10:03 PM (2ibu9)

17 Holy shit. Their solution to school shootings is Big Brother.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 18, 2019 10:04 PM (jXrK7)

18 America is a great country!

I got PAID!

Posted by: Colin Kaepernick at February 18, 2019 10:01 PM (sy5kK)


I do not care enough to research this, but insanity abounds it seems!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at February 18, 2019 10:04 PM (f3oO4)

19 The Nigerian brothers were born here

Posted by: CN at February 18, 2019 10:04 PM (U7k5w)

20 Posted by: The Jawas at February 18, 2019 10:02 PM (HTHlp)


Obviously you haven't seen my Boys Town 2019 calendar or my company's announcement about being off today.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 18, 2019 10:04 PM (aA3+G)

21 Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 18, 2019 10:03 PM (aA3+G)


Giggles.

Posted by: ALH at February 18, 2019 10:04 PM (SqKDB)

22 >>> 14 Maybe I missed the memo but what is supposed to tale the place of Blu-ray players? Or is it just all streaming all the time?
Posted by: Jewells45 at February 18, 2019 10:03 PM (dUJdY)

Betamax!!!


...more Babylon Bee, just because:
https://tinyurl.com/y2fpznht

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 18, 2019 10:04 PM (0ReGO)

23 No Bill, it won't.

Posted by: Quint at February 18, 2019 10:05 PM (n13/j)

24 15: Hopefully he will, and imprison McCabe, Sessions and Rosenstein.

Posted by: CN at February 18, 2019 10:05 PM (U7k5w)

25 Very nice! I like the top picture. It's not your usual - aside from the subject - but I like the exposure and saturation.

Posted by: hogmartin at February 18, 2019 10:05 PM (t+qrx)

26 Their solution to school shootings is Big Brother.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 18, 2019 10:04 PM (jXrK7)


Please tell me you didn't expect a different solution!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at February 18, 2019 10:05 PM (f3oO4)

27 I can see how A. I. would be much better than No I., the system which the Broward Sheriff's Dep't has been using.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 18, 2019 10:06 PM (V2Yro)

28 > The Nigerian brothers were born here

The Nigerian Brothers will be played in the movie version by Cheech and Chong in blackface.

What? Why is it okay for them to play Corsican brothers, but not Nigerian brothers? Neither one of them is Corsican, either.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 18, 2019 10:06 PM (0OWcv)

29 Howdy y'all!

That was quite the experience this afternoon, no? I'm so glad we all survived. Better have your bug out bag stocked and ready to go!

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 18, 2019 10:06 PM (PkVlr)

30 Very nice! I like the top picture. It's not your usual - aside from the subject - but I like the exposure and saturation.

Posted by: hogmartin at February 18, 2019 10:05 PM (t+qrx)

This...
Fantastic picture, great screensaver as well!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at February 18, 2019 10:06 PM (f3oO4)

31 14 Maybe I missed the memo but what is supposed to tale the place of Blu-ray players? Or is it just all streaming all the time?
Posted by: Jewells45 at February 18, 2019 10:03 PM (dUJdY)

I believe so. And credit cards will be replaced by Apple Pay or it's android equivalent.

There is always something new on the horizon.

Posted by: ALH at February 18, 2019 10:06 PM (SqKDB)

32 I like the top picture. It's not your usual

yeah, MH finally stopped torturing me with beach pics.

Posted by: Jewells45 at February 18, 2019 10:06 PM (dUJdY)

33 You sure you're looking at the correct William Barr?
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at February 18, 2019 09:56 PM (2DOZq)
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Ok, upon further research of several articles it appears there are 2 Jeffrey Rosen's.
Jeffrey A Rosen seems to be the one Barr has picked.
Wikipedia even has it wrong as they have added an update stating the other Jeffrey Rosen is the one Barr has selected.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 18, 2019 10:06 PM (hECVl)

34 Not Last!

Posted by: tankdemon at February 18, 2019 10:06 PM (heyMB)

35

That last picture has to be Florida Man.


Or maybe Alabama Man.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at February 18, 2019 10:07 PM (HaL55)

36 I expected super-super cereal gun free zones, but Big Brother nanny will drive the kids to more school shootings.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 18, 2019 10:07 PM (jXrK7)

37
Yo oh ko ko ko ko!
Yo oh ko ko ko ko!

G'day eh, and welcome to The Japanese Howler Monkey.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 18, 2019 10:07 PM (pNxlR)

38 > Their solution to school shootings is Big Brother.

Well, yeah. The communist solution to ANY problem is MOAR COMMUNISM!

"Global warming"? MOAR COMMUNISM!
Racism? MOAR COMMUNISM!
Sexism? MOAR COMMUNISM!
Economic malaise? MOAR COMMUNISM!
Foot odor? MOAR COMMUNISM!

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 18, 2019 10:07 PM (0OWcv)

39 Evening horde!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 18, 2019 10:07 PM (438dO)

40 Schools are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence-backed solutions to stop tragic acts of student violence such as the shooting at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, a year ago.

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A year ago, huh? Tragic acts of student violence that kill tens of people every year need millions of dollars of AI instead of just enforcing existing law. Or something.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - ace, make a mirror image liberal site for ads at February 18, 2019 10:07 PM (LX21o)

41 33: Do you think Trump would be OK with the Prof who writes for the Atlantic?

Posted by: CN at February 18, 2019 10:07 PM (U7k5w)

42 I cheated being first in the last thread, by exploiting a proxy loophole. I am not ashamed.
Jane D'oh tough doo-doo.

Posted by: Eustace Haverkamp at February 18, 2019 10:07 PM (C1NyB)

43 >>Maybe I missed the memo but what is supposed to tale the place of Blu-ray players? Or is it just all streaming all the time?
Posted by: Jewells45

That seems to be the plan.

Posted by: Aviator at February 18, 2019 10:07 PM (2cuLk)

44 24 15: Hopefully he will, and imprison McCabe, Sessions and Rosenstein.

Posted by: CN at February 18, 2019 10:05 PM (U7k5w)

I like the way you think!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at February 18, 2019 10:08 PM (f3oO4)

45 I believe so. And credit cards will be replaced by Apple Pay or it's android equivalent.

Oh, God my poor husband. He still has a fucking flip phone.

Posted by: Jewells45 at February 18, 2019 10:08 PM (dUJdY)

46 PDT is a pretty good president but let's not forget George Washington was a great President and CiC. Sure PDT can play the politics game, but I can't see him leading an army across the Delaware.

Posted by: freaked at February 18, 2019 10:08 PM (UdKB7)

47 AI backed solutions to stop these tragedies.


Robocop. I'm good with that.

Nancy Allen was a cutie. Doesn't act anymore. Live quietly with her family.

Posted by: Puddleglum at February 18, 2019 10:08 PM (C5Fyy)

48 > Hopefully he will, and imprison McCabe, Sessions and Rosenstein.

Also Comey.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 18, 2019 10:09 PM (0OWcv)

49
Oh, God my poor husband. He still has a fucking flip phone.
Posted by: Jewells45 at February 18, 2019 10:08 PM (dUJdY)

Does he still write checks?

Posted by: ALH at February 18, 2019 10:09 PM (SqKDB)

50 18
America is a great country!



I got PAID!



Posted by: Colin Kaepernick at February 18, 2019 10:01 PM (sy5kK)



I do not care enough to research this, but insanity abounds it seems!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at February 18, 2019 10:04 PM (f3oO4)

Over the weekend the NFL "settled" a case that Kaep brought, saying the ownership colluded to keep him from being hired.

The Roger Goodell wing of the NFL ownership group decided that there was enough negative press on the Kaep/kneeling/SJW mumbo-jumbo, they would just pay him (and 1 other guy) to go away.


There is no official amount, but rumors have the settlement anywhere from $20 million to $100 million, and the guesses are hovering around $60 million.

Kaep is suddenly not available for quotes or comments.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 18, 2019 10:09 PM (sy5kK)

51 Those binoculars are gonna have her seeing double in no time.



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at February 18, 2019 10:09 PM (QzJWU)

52 Yoko Ono? Really, MisHum! What did we do to deserve that????

Posted by: Ladyl at February 18, 2019 10:09 PM (TdMsT)

53 Unscrewing my invisible comment.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 18, 2019 10:09 PM (Y4EXg)

54 Hey, I still have a flip phone. And I tell everyone it doesn't do text. (It does, but they don't need to know that.)

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 18, 2019 10:09 PM (jXrK7)

55 44: It's a fairly popular view at CTH now as well. Stealthjeff is holding on to his fantasy, but most are starting to see Sessions and Roddy as totally malignant

Posted by: CN at February 18, 2019 10:09 PM (U7k5w)

56 32 I like the top picture. It's not your usual

yeah, MH finally stopped torturing me with beach pics.
Posted by: Jewells45 at February 18, 2019 10:06 PM (dUJdY)


Note to self:
Self, find beach photo with American flag in it.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 18, 2019 10:09 PM (aA3+G)

57 Fucking auto cucumber.

I exploited a PIXY loophole.

Posted by: Eustace Haverkamp at February 18, 2019 10:09 PM (C1NyB)

58 Lucky Charms, they were my favorite.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger, Now with more click-bait at February 18, 2019 10:10 PM (kE761)

59 I, for one, appreciate a bit of Yoko from time to time... Or Tanya Tagaq...

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at February 18, 2019 10:10 PM (CLcKT)

60 >>> 51 Those binoculars are gonna have her seeing double in no time.



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at February 18, 2019 10:09 PM (QzJWU)

Ha!

...maybe she has two guns?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 18, 2019 10:10 PM (0ReGO)

61 52 Yoko Ono? Really, MisHum! What did we do to deserve that????
Posted by: Ladyl at February 18, 2019 10:09 PM (TdMsT)

It's her birthday.
ENJOY!

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 18, 2019 10:10 PM (aA3+G)

62 electric truck startup Rivian announced a $700 million funding round led by Amazon.

If only the Obama Administration were still around! I know could get a $olyndra out of them for a hybrid truck. A diesel engine and big banks of batteries... filled with diesel fuel.

Posted by: t-bird at February 18, 2019 10:10 PM (jyVW0)

63 Does he still write checks?

Yep!! I stopped years ago but he still writes checks.

Posted by: Jewells45 at February 18, 2019 10:10 PM (dUJdY)

64
19 The Nigerian brothers were born here
Posted by: CN at February 18, 2019 10:04 PM (U7k5w)

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So they're Native Americans then. I'd like to see how they handle a buffalo.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 18, 2019 10:10 PM (UGqF8)

65 Ugh, 16 states sued against the emergency declaration. Guess where they filed it.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 18, 2019 10:10 PM (jXrK7)

66 BTO! GnuBreed approved. I linked a song of theirs last night.

Ed Driscoll linked that 14 cereals thingy at Insty, but he made sure to link-mention Ace's (in)famous Kaboom post.

I'm surprised JG hasn't plagiarized it yet.

Posted by: GnuBreed at February 18, 2019 10:11 PM (Z4rgH)

67 That was quite the experience this afternoon, no? I'm so glad we all survived. Better have your bug out bag stocked and ready to go!
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 18, 2019 10:06 PM (PkVlr)


That was a little weird. I still wonder if there's another identical hogmartin trapped in that one thre- no, that's him on the couch over there.

'sup, bro.

Also when we were all running through the in-between space to the new thread and ended up at the thread we'd just left, someone grabbed my ass, and I'm pretty sure it wasn't me.

Posted by: hogmartin at February 18, 2019 10:11 PM (t+qrx)

68 61 52 Yoko Ono? Really, MisHum! What did we do to deserve that????
Posted by: Ladyl at February 18, 2019 10:09 PM (TdMsT)

It's her birthday.
ENJOY!


Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 18, 2019 10:10 PM (aA3+G)


You can be so cruel, MisHum...

Posted by: Ladyl at February 18, 2019 10:11 PM (TdMsT)

69 Ugh, 16 states sued against the emergency declaration. Guess where they filed it.


Were they all states with dem governors, perchance?

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 18, 2019 10:11 PM (Rarvo)

70 Lucky Charms, they were my favorite.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger, Now with more click-bait at February 18, 2019 10:10 PM (kE761)


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They're always after me Lucky Charms.

Posted by: The Leprechaun at February 18, 2019 10:12 PM (UGqF8)

71 -
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So how exactly does Bob Barr, new AG, root out the FBI/DoJ corruption and not end up napping in Ft Marcy Park?

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Avoiding the dirt nap might be a tough one. ID-ing the bad guys, EASY.

Anybody who gets a FBI/DoJ paycheck: GUILTY

Posted by: irright at February 18, 2019 10:12 PM (RVcmP)

72 Jim, is there any thought of doing another postal match? I really enjoyed that first one.

Posted by: Eustace Haverkamp at February 18, 2019 10:12 PM (C1NyB)

73 "Some devices, such as DVD/Blu-ray players, are in the declining phase of their product life cycle as streaming devices gain prominence,"

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This irritates me, too, unless we're moving to USB drives with pre-loaded .MKVs, which I know we're not. We're just streaming now, without actually ever owning any media we pay for.

Anyway, there are lots of people in flyover country that don't have internet service capable of streaming 720p videos worth a crap, much less 4K. So let's kill the HD options that these people can actually use.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - ace, make a mirror image liberal site for ads at February 18, 2019 10:12 PM (LX21o)

74 Dude in the bottom picture has the perfect amount of backside exposure for the situation.

Posted by: Emmie at February 18, 2019 10:12 PM (4HMW8)

75 I changed all my bill statements to electronic. It's so much safer than the US Mail.

The only place I write a check is to church. They aren't very automated there. Tres Old School.

Posted by: ALH at February 18, 2019 10:12 PM (SqKDB)

76 Were they all states with dem governors, perchance?

You know, I didn't bother to check. Just assumed so.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 18, 2019 10:12 PM (jXrK7)

77
Does he still write checks?
Posted by: ALH


I write checks to pay taxes because the state and feds use an external company for credit card payments which charge a fee.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 18, 2019 10:12 PM (aKsyK)

78


Holy shit. Their solution to school shootings is Big Brother.


Yeah, 49 trips out to the shooter's place by the fuzz for his disruptive behavior should've been detected by a live human cop. Or two. At least.
And TFG's Promise Program never ever gets mentioned. If an AI program were to dare to mention that was the root cause of that massacre, they'd unplug its ass faster than HAL in 2001.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at February 18, 2019 10:13 PM (HaL55)

79 61; MisHum, who's next? The caterwalling of Cher? Fucking Tiny Tim? Might as well have Neil Young howl at the moon.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 18, 2019 10:13 PM (KP5rU)

80 There is no official amount, but rumors have the settlement anywhere from $20 million to $100 million, and the guesses are hovering around $60 million.

Kaep is suddenly not available for quotes or comments.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg


Non-disclosure agreement, or he forfeits it all. This is probably as much about getting Kaepernick to shut up as it is about the NFL avoiding disclosure and discovery if the suit went forward.

Most pro-sports teams are owned/managed by very rich dirt bags.
I'm not envious or want punishment of the wealthy for being wealthy, but sports team owners are always feeding at the public trough while making themselves rich.
The Green Bay Packers might actually be the only exception that proves the general rule.
The very definition of crony capitalism/corporatism.

Posted by: Bozo Conservative....lost in America at February 18, 2019 10:13 PM (S6Pax)

81 America is a great country!



I got PAID!



Posted by: Colin Kaepernick at February 18, 2019 10:01 PM (sy5kK)



I do not care enough to research this, but insanity abounds it seems!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at February 18, 2019 10:04 PM (f3oO4)

Same here, it seem too gross to research. From all I know the NFL did not collude and the guy is just bad at football*. The NFL has several lefty owners and several lefty fan bases/cities. If one of these teams signed the guy, they could have done ok and sold a lot of jerseys at least. They would have had the entire media asking them to try on dresses.
Now they have paid off a guy who was basically retired. What is going to prevent another 30 guys who see the writing on the wall to take a knee next year? If you realize your skills or body are declining, why not just take a knee as an insurance policy?
I am thinking the NFL has made it's decision and there is no going back. Even their machinations of international expansion are all starting to make sense now. KFC gets all of its growth abroad, China means a hell of a lot more to them than the US. The NFL plan might be similar.

*they might have colluded but why has nothing leaked? Everything leaks these days.

Posted by: Quint at February 18, 2019 10:14 PM (n13/j)

82 Does he still write checks?
Posted by: ALH
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Hey, I still write checks for some things but never at the grocery store...I know better than that!

Posted by: lin-duh at February 18, 2019 10:14 PM (kufk0)

83 Tomorrow's going to be a great day!

At 10 AM tomorrow, Washington time, Ruth Bader Ginsburg will be present in the Supreme Court to listen to oral arguments!

Pinkie swear!

Ruth may have only allegedly appeared at a couple of functions recently (without any pictures), but this is going to be an open, public court session!

I assume that she will show up, because I can't believe that Roberts and the court administration have the stones to announce that she is going to show up if she is actually incapable of showing up, but imagine the hilarity if she doesn't!

Posted by: The ARC of History at February 18, 2019 10:14 PM (I2/tG)

84 14 cereals that defined our childhood.

The writer must not yet be 29, as I am, but she nailed it with Crunch Berries.

Posted by: t-bird at February 18, 2019 10:14 PM (Ry8mf)

85 I am watching the history channels first episode of Presidents at War. They just showed images of Eisenhower*s Italian campaign in 1943. One of the images is of a B-52 on a bombing run over Italy. The producers of this series must be graduates of the public school system and an Ivy League education.

Posted by: Archer at February 18, 2019 10:14 PM (vzk+c)

86 I never upgraded to a Blue Ray player. I still have an old fashion standard DVD player. I even still use it now and then.

Posted by: Puddleglum at February 18, 2019 10:14 PM (C5Fyy)

87 CTH has a pic of the correct Jeffrey Rosen up to view. Gotta be better than Roddy

Posted by: CN at February 18, 2019 10:14 PM (U7k5w)

88 79 61; MisHum, who's next? The caterwalling of Cher? Fucking Tiny Tim? Might as well have Neil Young howl at the moon.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 18, 2019 10:13 PM (KP5rU)


What's wrong with you? Why are you giving MisHum ideas?

Posted by: Ladyl at February 18, 2019 10:14 PM (TdMsT)

89 iAnyway, there are lots of people in flyover country that don't have internet service capable of streaming 720p videos worth a crap, much less 4K. So let's kill the HD options that these people can actually use.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - ace, make a mirror image liberal site for ads at February 18, 2019 10:12 PM (LX21o)


The camps will all have high speed 4K CNN available, and that's all you really need!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at February 18, 2019 10:15 PM (f3oO4)

90 Of course ice hockey would be popular in Ireland. It's fisticuffs on ice.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2019 10:15 PM (NWiLs)

91
Yoko is a truly underappreciated talent.
She managed to break up the Beatles


Beatles haters should love her.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 18, 2019 10:15 PM (aKsyK)

92 Fun ONT - Thanks, MisHum!

And that Irish ice skating story is great!!

Posted by: ibguy at February 18, 2019 10:15 PM (EHVbt)

93 BC.. I stand corrected. I did write a check to the state for sales tax I owed and also to State Dept for my passport but it had been quite a long time since I had written one.

Posted by: Jewells45 at February 18, 2019 10:15 PM (dUJdY)

94 Oh, God my poor husband. He still has a fucking flip phone.

Posted by: Jewells45 at February 18, 2019 10:08 PM (dUJdY)

---

But do you know who isn't being tracked, monitored, and eavesdropped on anytime the phone is powered up and the microphone where it can hear your voice, ambient sounds, etc.?

Your husband.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - ace, make a mirror image liberal site for ads at February 18, 2019 10:15 PM (LX21o)

95 https://www.bing.com/images/search?

q=flags+on+the+beach&

FORM=HDRSC2

Posted by: Ask and ye shal.... at February 18, 2019 10:15 PM (vqIkG)

96
40 Schools are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence-backed solutions to stop tragic acts of student violence such as the shooting at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, a year ago.


Oh, that was so tough.

First, who were the bullies? It's dollars to doughnuts the teachers knew.

Second, who were they bullying? Again, the teachers knew.

Looks like the bullies were well ensconced in the Protected Class.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 18, 2019 10:15 PM (pNxlR)

97 7 Job killers, Jew haters and baby murderers. The Dem party just gets better all the time.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero)


Wow. This would be a great campaign slogan for the next democrat nominated for president.

Posted by: nerdygirl at February 18, 2019 10:15 PM (+lVUW)

98 65
Ugh, 16 states sued against the emergency declaration. Guess where they filed it.


Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 18, 2019 10:10 PM (jXrK7)

Filed in Northern California district, exactly as President Trump publicly declared said it would happen.

Is this Don guy a sage, or what?


Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 18, 2019 10:15 PM (sy5kK)

99 79 61; MisHum, who's next? The caterwalling of Cher? Fucking Tiny Tim? Might as well have Neil Young howl at the moon.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 18, 2019 10:13 PM (KP5rU)

Be. Very. Careful. For. What. You. Wish. For.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 18, 2019 10:16 PM (aA3+G)

100 88: Shit, really? I didn't think anybody listened to me!

Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 18, 2019 10:16 PM (KP5rU)

101 Ugh, 16 states sued against the emergency declaration. Guess where they filed it.

I'd point out that there are four states on the border.

Posted by: t-bird at February 18, 2019 10:16 PM (Ry8mf)

102
The camps will all have high speed 4K CNN available, and that's all you really need!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar


It will be beamed into your implanted chip.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 18, 2019 10:16 PM (aKsyK)

103
Holy shit. Their solution to school shootings is Big Brother.

Of course. What, you expect them to actually do their jobs?

Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2019 10:16 PM (NWiLs)

104 whenever I see the video of Yoko screaming into the mic I don't know what's worse, that Yoko thinks she has any talent or the people applauding afterwards.

Posted by: Creek at February 18, 2019 10:16 PM (13BOh)

105 China means a hell of a lot more to them than the US.

China could give a rip about concussions in the NFL, which are an increasingly visible issue in the United States.

Posted by: The ARC of History at February 18, 2019 10:16 PM (I2/tG)

106

Thanks for the flag picture, MH. Never get tired of seeing my flag depicted respectfully.


Now off to read content.

Posted by: irongrampa at February 18, 2019 10:16 PM (S/hVx)

107 That top picture is the flag of my team, Team USA.

An excellent selection, MH. Thank you.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 18, 2019 10:17 PM (u82oZ)

108 Of course ice hockey would be popular in Ireland. It's fisticuffs on ice.

And hurling at higher speeds. They'll probably do away with the helmets.

Posted by: t-bird at February 18, 2019 10:17 PM (Ry8mf)

109
They just showed images of Eisenhower*s Italian campaign in 1943. One of the images is of a B-52 on a bombing run over Italy.


Oh FFS.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 18, 2019 10:17 PM (pNxlR)

110 92 Fun ONT - Thanks, MisHum!

And that Irish ice skating story is great!!
Posted by: ibguy at February 18, 2019 10:15 PM (EHVbt)


Good evening, Little Bro!

Posted by: Ladyl at February 18, 2019 10:17 PM (TdMsT)

111 That was quite the experience this afternoon, no? I'm so glad we all survived. Better have your bug out bag stocked and ready to go!
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 18, 2019 10:06 PM (PkVlr)

I was out having a life. What happened?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 18, 2019 10:17 PM (nPGq2)

112 The Roger Goodell wing of the NFL ownership group decided that there was enough negative press on the Kaep/kneeling/SJW mumbo-jumbo, they would just pay him (and 1 other guy) to go away.

Seems like a plan.

Posted by: Aethelraed at February 18, 2019 10:17 PM (ykYG2)

113 Posted by: Moron Robbie - ace, make a mirror image liberal site for ads at February 18, 2019 10:15 PM (LX21o)

Oh believe me, I know. And he knows. Probably why he refuses to buy one.

Posted by: Jewells45 at February 18, 2019 10:17 PM (dUJdY)

114 Meh, some feel good story. Trudeau twisted Irish gub'mint arms to fund an indoor ice rink during trade talks.

Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at February 18, 2019 10:17 PM (jUcoH)

115 Electric pickup. Range on a single charge: X. Range on a single charge with any useful load: X - a shit ton. Not seeing the usefulness of that.
And good evening Horde. Had three days off and spent most of the time sleeping. I've got to get a life.

Posted by: joncelli tries Windows 10 at February 18, 2019 10:18 PM (1FhAQ)

116 108 Of course ice hockey would be popular in Ireland. It's fisticuffs on ice.

And hurling at higher speeds. They'll probably do away with the helmets.
Posted by: t-bird at February 18, 2019 10:17 PM (Ry8mf)

Helmets are for Limey poofters anyway.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2019 10:18 PM (NWiLs)

117 I was out having a life. What happened?

Corgi's chased their tails for about 20 minutes.

Posted by: Jewells45 at February 18, 2019 10:18 PM (dUJdY)

118 At 10 AM tomorrow, Washington time, Ruth Bader Ginsburg will be present in the Supreme Court to listen to oral arguments!

Pinkie swear!

-------

Only if she can get her Harley started. Those things are terrible in cold weather.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 18, 2019 10:19 PM (UGqF8)

119 Oh, and guy holding the fridge either has extraordinary balance or a belly full of hooch.

Posted by: joncelli tries Windows 10 at February 18, 2019 10:19 PM (1FhAQ)

120 I write checks to pay taxes because the state and feds use an external company for credit card payments which charge a fee.



Posted by: Bertram Cabo
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In the not too distant past, a VERY large global financial firm routinely paid their quarterly Federal Income tax bill by check and hand delivered it.

It took months for the IRS to get it into their system and cash it.

The delay in cashing the checks was worth hundreds of millions USD to the firm.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 18, 2019 10:19 PM (Y4EXg)

121
The Roger Goodell wing of the NFL ownership group decided that there
was enough negative press on the Kaep/kneeling/SJW mumbo-jumbo, they
would just pay him (and 1 other guy) to go away.

But what precludes other guys from doing the same thing?

Posted by: Quint at February 18, 2019 10:19 PM (n13/j)

122 I was out having a life. What happened?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 18, 2019 10:17 PM (nPGq2)


How familiar are you with the many-worlds theory of the universal wavefunction?

Posted by: hogmartin at February 18, 2019 10:19 PM (t+qrx)

123 Hey everybody I'm back.

What happened to the site earlier? Were the hamsters staging another pro-union work stoppage again?

It may be time to bring back out the ol' wet-dry vac and make some of their leaders disappear... :-P

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2019 10:20 PM (miE9U)

124 How familiar are you with the many-worlds theory of the universal wavefunction?
Posted by: hogmartin at February 18, 2019 10:19 PM (t+qrx)

*fistbump*

Posted by: Zombie Hugh Everett at February 18, 2019 10:21 PM (UGqF8)

125 Yoko is a truly underappreciated talent.
She managed to break up the Beatles

Beatles haters should love her.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.


Oh, they were fighting with each other for years before Yoko showed up. Ringo actually walked away for a while when the guys were all in India getting up on Eastern Religion.

Posted by: Bozo Conservative....lost in America at February 18, 2019 10:21 PM (S6Pax)

126 Do you think Trump would be OK with the Prof who writes for the Atlantic?
Posted by: CN at February 18, 2019 10:07 PM (U7k5w

******************
He's been given some pretty lousy advice so nothing would surprise me.
We have FBI director Christopher Wray we need
Joe DiGenova, Greg Jarrett, Tom Fitton or a Dan Bongino type.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 18, 2019 10:21 PM (hECVl)

127
It took months for the IRS to get it into their system and cash it.

The delay in cashing the checks was worth hundreds of millions USD to the firm.
Posted by: Tonypete


They cash my check immediately.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 18, 2019 10:21 PM (aKsyK)

128 109: Ike stole Ace's time machine? B-52's?

Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 18, 2019 10:21 PM (KP5rU)

129 I'm a bit disappointed that the "monster cereals" did not appear on the list.

I regularly enjoyed Boo Berry, but also ate Count Chocula, Franken Berry and Fruit Brute upon occasion.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at February 18, 2019 10:21 PM (kE761)

130 Yep. Just give those Danes some geld and we'll be done with them and can put this behind us.

Posted by: NFL-land at February 18, 2019 10:22 PM (RVcmP)

131 AI? didn't one or more people report that Cruz kid to law enforcement about his crazy posts on youtube?

Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at February 18, 2019 10:22 PM (ZqRa6)

132
So they're Native Americans then. I'd like to see how they handle a buffalo.


Have they any recipes to share? Pow-Wow Chow 2 is coming out soon and Lizzie Fauxcahontas has been told specifically NOT to submit anything.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 18, 2019 10:23 PM (pNxlR)

133 111 That was quite the experience this afternoon, no? I'm so glad we all survived. Better have your bug out bag stocked and ready to go!
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 18, 2019 10:06 PM (PkVlr)

I was out having a life. What happened?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 18, 2019 10:17 PM (nPGq2)



I was out all day, and when I came home I went to check the news on Ace. Only the banner appeared and then not even that. I called another 'ette and she was having the same problem. So we talked until Ace returned.

Posted by: Ladyl at February 18, 2019 10:23 PM (TdMsT)

134 126: I hope they're saving a cell for Wray, maybe next to Sessions'.

Sadly the Stealthjeff Twatter is still calling Roddy a saint, guess he thinks Trump is lying for some 6D chess coup

Posted by: CN at February 18, 2019 10:23 PM (U7k5w)

135
Ike stole Ace's time machine? B-52's?
Posted by: chavez the hugo


The Final Countdown II - Bomber Boogaloo

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 18, 2019 10:23 PM (aKsyK)

136 >>whenever I see the video of Yoko screaming into the mic I don't know what's worse, that Yoko thinks she has any talent or the people applauding afterwards.


There are idiots all over the audiophile forums who pretend to be fans of her, uh - music?.

Posted by: garrett at February 18, 2019 10:23 PM (N/Ix2)

137 If only the Obama Administration were still around! I know could get a $olyndra out of them for a hybrid truck. A diesel engine and big banks of batteries... filled with diesel fuel.
Posted by: t-bird at February 18, 2019 10:10 PM (jyVW0)

The only way that bullshit truck could have a 400 miles range is if the entire cargo bed were filled with batteries. Which sort of negates its usefulness as a truck.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 18, 2019 10:24 PM (nPGq2)

138 121


The Roger Goodell wing of the NFL ownership group decided that there

was enough negative press on the Kaep/kneeling/SJW mumbo-jumbo, they

would just pay him (and 1 other guy) to go away.

But what precludes other guys from doing the same thing?


Posted by: Quint at February 18, 2019 10:19 PM (n13/j)


I don't think any of them thought that far ahead yet.


Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 18, 2019 10:24 PM (sy5kK)

139 AI? didn't one or more people report that Cruz kid to law enforcement about his crazy posts on youtube?

Yeah, but they can't blame that on a computer.

Posted by: t-bird at February 18, 2019 10:24 PM (Ry8mf)

140 I don't think any of them thought that far ahead yet.




Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 18, 2019 10:24 PM (sy5kK)

Agreed.

Posted by: Quint at February 18, 2019 10:24 PM (n13/j)

141 There are idiots all over the audiophile forums who pretend to be fans of her, uh - music?.
Posted by: garrett at February 18, 2019 10:23 PM (N/Ix2)

--------

She's no Cher.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 18, 2019 10:24 PM (UGqF8)

142 ...also, this way they have an excuse to get all your data. You know, for the children.

Posted by: t-bird at February 18, 2019 10:24 PM (Ry8mf)

143 122 How familiar are you with the many-worlds theory of the universal wavefunction?

Posted by: hogmartin at February 18, 2019 10:19 PM (t+qrx)


Quantum mechanics on the ONT?

That's a double barrelin'.

Posted by: GnuBreed at February 18, 2019 10:25 PM (Z4rgH)

144 They cash my check immediately.



Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr
----
Mine too but I'll wager you mail it to the proper PO Box in the proper taxing district - and not hand it over to the main IRS office in the Treasury Dept in DC.

These days they won't accept them there but they use to. It only took them years to correct that mistake.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 18, 2019 10:25 PM (Y4EXg)

145 I was out all day, and when I came home I went to check the news on Ace. Only the banner appeared and then not even that. I called another 'ette and she was having the same problem. So we talked until Ace returned.
Posted by: Ladyl at February 18, 2019 10:23 PM (TdMsT)

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

I still have the Kristol thread tab open, just in case.......

Posted by: Calm Mentor at February 18, 2019 10:25 PM (ffYR/)

146 There's an actual manga called 'What Should I Do With My Brother'.

I hope Ilhan Omar wasn't consulted for suggestions

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 18, 2019 10:25 PM (ykYG2)

147 I hear shibumi and Bozo spent the time with the site down by going in the bedroom and... well you know... icky grown-up stuff...

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2019 10:25 PM (miE9U)

148 Joe DiGenova on Laura's show.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 18, 2019 10:26 PM (hECVl)

149 🛸

Helen Benson:

"Klatoon! Barnabas Nictones! um...

"Kalgon! Barrabas Ditko! no, it was...

"Klavan! Breitbartis Limbaugh...?"

The robot:

ZZZZZZAP!!

🛸

The Day the Earth Wiped Out

Posted by: mindful webworker's dark and gritty update at February 18, 2019 10:26 PM (RJYOZ)

150 LeftCoast Dawg, I sent nurse an email with my address to give to you because I think there is a story that you need to know.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 18, 2019 10:26 PM (j0Zty)

151

AI? didn't one or more people report that Cruz kid to law enforcement about his crazy posts on youtube?

Yup. That was after all the visits out to his place by the cops themselves. They all knew he was a troublemaker.

Every member of the Coward County Sheriff's dept, the school board and the county government should be in jail and also sued for gross negligence. There was absolutely no excuse for allowing that to happen.


None.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at February 18, 2019 10:26 PM (HaL55)

152 I hear shibumi and Bozo spent the time with the site down by going in the bedroom and... well you know... icky grown-up stuff...
Posted by: qdpsteve


Well, we're about 200 miles apart right now. Not that we did anything this afternoon, by the way. As if there is anything wrong with that....

Posted by: Bozo Conservative....lost in America at February 18, 2019 10:27 PM (S6Pax)

153 Daisy Dukes ONT Compliance Pics

https://tinyurl.com/y5ookfy8

https://tinyurl.com/yxgcumb6

https://tinyurl.com/y5qv9hnz

https://tinyurl.com/y3monnt5

https://tinyurl.com/y237nglp

Posted by: kbdabear at February 18, 2019 10:27 PM (0Ntuf)

154 Bozo, hmmm ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2019 10:27 PM (miE9U)

155 I still have the Kristol thread tab open, just in case.......
Posted by: Calm Mentor at February 18, 2019 10:25 PM (ffYR/)


Smart guy, right here.

Posted by: hogmartin at February 18, 2019 10:28 PM (t+qrx)

156 -
--
I hear shibumi and Bozo spent the time with the site down by going in the bedroom and... well you know... icky grown-up stuff...


Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2019 10:25 PM

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

UGH... Paying taxes, comparing insurance policies? Disgusting.

Posted by: irright at February 18, 2019 10:28 PM (RVcmP)

157
Yeah, but they can't blame that on a computer.
Posted by: t-bird at February 18, 2019 10:24 PM (Ry8mf


Keep codin', codin', codin',
Though payrolls are erodin'.
Keep those urinalists codin';
Pink slip tide!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 18, 2019 10:29 PM (pNxlR)

158 118 At 10 AM tomorrow, Washington time, Ruth Bader Ginsburg will be present in the Supreme Court to listen to oral arguments!

Pinkie swear!

-------

Only if she can get her Harley started. Those things are terrible in cold weather.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 18, 2019 10:19 PM (UGqF

Check the glow plugs

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 18, 2019 10:29 PM (aA3+G)

159 And that Irish ice skating story is great!!
Posted by: ibguy at February 18, 2019 10:15 PM (EHVbt)

Meh. They give credit to that worthless twat Trudeau, and I am sure he only did whatever he did because one of his handlers told him it would be useful to him politically.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 18, 2019 10:29 PM (nPGq2)

160 Bozo/shibumi: ;-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckM51xoTC2U

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2019 10:29 PM (miE9U)

161 138 121


The Roger Goodell wing of the NFL ownership group decided that there

was enough negative press on the Kaep/kneeling/SJW mumbo-jumbo, they

would just pay him (and 1 other guy) to go away.

But what precludes other guys from doing the same thing?


Posted by: Quint at February 18, 2019 10:19 PM (n13/j)


I don't think any of them thought that far ahead yet.


Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg



So the NFL Titanic decided to go around that iceberg after hitting it?

Posted by: Puddleglum at February 18, 2019 10:29 PM (C5Fyy)

162 Life ain't easy for a man named Juicy.

Posted by: Zombie Johnny Cash at February 18, 2019 10:29 PM (MI74Q)

163 More Daisy Dukes ONT Compliance Pics

https://tinyurl.com/yx9yrarn

https://tinyurl.com/y4cobjm5

https://tinyurl.com/y2vxk8u6

https://tinyurl.com/y4dwtwxj

https://tinyurl.com/y3vnudja

Posted by: kbdabear at February 18, 2019 10:30 PM (0Ntuf)

164

UGH... Paying taxes, comparing insurance policies? Disgusting.

It's worse than that: estate planning on St. Valentine's Day.

The horror...

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at February 18, 2019 10:30 PM (HaL55)

165 I find Yoko enigmatic and alluring in a lunatic kind of way.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 18, 2019 10:31 PM (EZebt)

166 Hey, Bozo Conservative! Don't recall if you and shibumi had gotten copies of these.

https://stoatnet.org/krzysztofkrawczyk.jpg
https://stoatnet.org/merrytrumpmas.jpg

There are more but I haven't uploaded the rest.

Posted by: hogmartin at February 18, 2019 10:31 PM (t+qrx)

167 That same Presidents at War series showed a Japanese flagged AEGIS destroyer in the role of a WWII era tin can.

Producers need to hire Anna Puma, as Accuracy Director.



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at February 18, 2019 10:31 PM (QzJWU)

168 I shot a man named Juicy
Just to watch him cry.

Posted by: Zombie Johnny Cash at February 18, 2019 10:31 PM (UGqF8)

169
I hear shibumi and Bozo spent the time with the site down by going in the bedroom and... well you know... icky grown-up stuff...


Separating whites from colors? Folding laundry? What? I'm dyin' to know here!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 18, 2019 10:31 PM (pNxlR)

170 Damn. W.E.B. Griffin.
I've always enjoyed his military series books.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 18, 2019 10:32 PM (0tfLf)

171


I find Yoko enigmatic and alluring in a lunatic kind of way.


She's a Beatle-boiler.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at February 18, 2019 10:32 PM (HaL55)

172 Meant to be sneaky - became eternal viral meme

Binoculars could hold, what, 6 oz per eyepiece?

Posted by: mindful webworker's dark and gritty update at February 18, 2019 10:32 PM (RJYOZ)

173 150
LeftCoast Dawg, I sent nurse an email with my address to give to you because I think there is a story that you need to know.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 18, 2019 10:26 PM (j0Zty)

I will read it. But as I am leaving now, so I won't be able to respond in this thread. But I will get back to you about it, Ben.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 18, 2019 10:33 PM (sy5kK)

174 You down wit RGB?




I'm down wit RGB!




#rgbdirtnap

Posted by: Dirtnap at February 18, 2019 10:33 PM (9dzlp)

175 14 cereals that defined our childhood.

I can only wish my brothers and I had had such marvelous modern cereals. In my day, we ate dirt for breakfast, with maybe a little honey on it once a month. And that was enough to fortify us to walk to school, 12 miles, with a 7,500-foot vertical rise, through 8-foot high snow drifts. That was in September and May. I shudder at the memories of the snow drifts and the polar vortex winds we braved from September to April each year.

Posted by: Gref at February 18, 2019 10:33 PM (AMIL/)

176 Separating whites from colors? Folding laundry? What? I'm dyin' to know here!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 18, 2019 10:31 PM (pNxlR)

-------

Shining Bozo's giant shoes.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 18, 2019 10:33 PM (UGqF8)

177 Posted by: hogmartin at February 18, 2019 10:31 PM (t+qrx)


I love the AOS box and the MAGA hat Christmas ornament!

Posted by: Ladyl at February 18, 2019 10:33 PM (TdMsT)

178 Separating whites from colors?

....

Is Doing Laundry Racist?

Read 6 Reasons Why Some Experts Think it May Be!

Posted by: Bitter Clinger, Now With Clickbait Headlines at February 18, 2019 10:34 PM (kE761)

179 Dear Mayor de Blasio,

You built this socialist NYC mess, AOC just got too upfront about it and scared even the Silicon Valley Oligarchs away.

New movie coming. "Amazon, Escape from New York."

Posted by: geoffb at February 18, 2019 10:34 PM (zOpu5)

180 110 LadyL

Hey Big Sis, how are you this fine evening?

Posted by: ibguy at February 18, 2019 10:35 PM (EHVbt)

181 172 Binoculars could hold, what, 6 oz per eyepiece?

Posted by: mindful webworker's dark and gritty update at February 18, 2019 10:32 PM (RJYOZ)


Everclear ftw!

Posted by: GnuBreed at February 18, 2019 10:35 PM (Z4rgH)

182

OK Hordelings, it's bedtime for Bonzo here at stately Casa Backwardio.

Y'all try to behave.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at February 18, 2019 10:35 PM (HaL55)

183 165 I find Yoko enigmatic and alluring in a lunatic kind of way.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 18, 2019 10:31 PM (EZebt)


There are special services to deal with whatever you've got.

Posted by: Ladyl at February 18, 2019 10:36 PM (TdMsT)

184 End of BluRay? Discs are so last millennium.

What can a blu-ray player do that any good computer, software, and data file can't simulate? Besides protect proprietary copyrighted $#!+, I mean?

Posted by: mindful webworker's dark and gritty update at February 18, 2019 10:36 PM (RJYOZ)

185 Oh, I bet that entire thing is just a hollow binocular-shaped bottle.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - ace, make a mirror image liberal site for ads at February 18, 2019 10:36 PM (LX21o)

186 181 172 Binoculars could hold, what, 6 oz per eyepiece?

Posted by: mindful webworker's dark and gritty update at February 18, 2019 10:32 PM (RJYOZ)

Everclear ftw!
Posted by: GnuBreed at February 18, 2019 10:35 PM (Z4rgH)


She looks like a 151 Rum & Diet Coke kinda girl

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 18, 2019 10:36 PM (aA3+G)

187 I cheated being first in the last thread, by exploiting a proxy loophole. I am not ashamed.
Jane D'oh tough doo-doo.

Posted by: Eustace Haverkamp at February 18, 2019 10:07 PM (C1NyB)

Have no idea what this means.

Evening all.

Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at February 18, 2019 10:36 PM (mJP7y)

188 So if you threw away your Blu-ray and now stream, what do you do for entertainment when your internet service craps out?

Posted by: kbdabear at February 18, 2019 10:36 PM (0Ntuf)

189 That's a good point about ripping discs you bought. Someone will figure out how to capture the streams, of course, but killing blu-ray will take that variable out of their equation.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - ace, make a mirror image liberal site for ads at February 18, 2019 10:37 PM (LX21o)

190 180 110 LadyL

Hey Big Sis, how are you this fine evening?
Posted by: ibguy at February 18, 2019 10:35 PM (EHVbt)


I'm as fine as can be. I had a wonderful day. I hope all is well with you and your family!

Posted by: Ladyl at February 18, 2019 10:37 PM (TdMsT)

191 188 So if you threw away your Blu-ray and now stream, what do you do for entertainment when your internet service craps out?
Posted by: kbdabear at February 18, 2019 10:36 PM (0Ntuf)

--------

You could fold laundry and separate colors.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 18, 2019 10:37 PM (UGqF8)

192 I love the AOS box and the MAGA hat Christmas ornament!
Posted by: Ladyl at February 18, 2019 10:33 PM (TdMsT)


That was from the Polish Art Center in Hamtramck (Poles ❤ PDT). One of us at the December MiMoMe found them and arranged them for the picture.

Posted by: hogmartin at February 18, 2019 10:37 PM (t+qrx)

193 Posted by: Ladyl at February 18, 2019 10:36 PM (TdMsT)

You be nice to other commenters

Different strokes for different folks

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 18, 2019 10:38 PM (aA3+G)

194 In my day we rarely got those sweet cereals. But somehow Quaker instant oats passed by the radar. And if you threw in some chocolate chips from the freezer, it was pretty much the same thing.

Posted by: Quint at February 18, 2019 10:38 PM (n13/j)

195
178 Separating whites from colors?
....

Is Doing Laundry Racist?

Read 6 Reasons Why Some Experts Think it May Be!
Posted by: Bitter Clinger, Now With Clickbait Headlines at February 18, 2019 10:34 PM (kE761)


I KNEW the Horde would not disappoint on that one! Well done, BC!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 18, 2019 10:38 PM (pNxlR)

196 Fucking auto cucumber.

I exploited a PIXY loophole.

Posted by: Eustace Haverkamp at February 18, 2019 10:09 PM (C1NyB)

I still don't know what this means.

Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at February 18, 2019 10:38 PM (mJP7y)

197 >>what do you do for entertainment when your internet service craps out?


Uno

Posted by: garrett at February 18, 2019 10:38 PM (N/Ix2)

198 You could fold laundry and separate colors.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 18, 2019 10:37 PM (UGqF


Chop wood, carry water.

Posted by: hogmartin at February 18, 2019 10:39 PM (t+qrx)

199 I shot a man named Juicy
Just to watch him cry.
Posted by: Zombie Johnny Cash at February 18, 2019 10:31 PM (UGqF

Juicy claimed he had the shit beaten out of him, but it was just pulp fiction.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 18, 2019 10:39 PM (nPGq2)

200 And I think it's going to frustrate people all over this country to see a company treat a neighborhood and a city like that.

Oh no, I think he's going to cry...

Posted by: Ollie Weaver at February 18, 2019 10:39 PM (7s3Gx)

201 Blu-ray will not go away as long as streaming services don't show porn

Posted by: kbdabear at February 18, 2019 10:39 PM (0Ntuf)

202 Good evening to all of you, but especially our Nigerian MAGA friends! Drop me a message as I have extra coupons for rope!

Posted by: The Hoser at February 18, 2019 10:40 PM (v3UCk)

203 I knew a man named Sue. He became a lawyer.

Posted by: Quint at February 18, 2019 10:40 PM (n13/j)

204 193 Posted by: Ladyl at February 18, 2019 10:36 PM (TdMsT)

You be nice to other commenters

Different strokes for different folks
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 18, 2019 10:38 PM (aA3+G)


My most heartfelt apologies, MisHum. I'll try to behave myself in the future. If I can.

Posted by: Ladyl at February 18, 2019 10:40 PM (TdMsT)

205 >>what do you do for entertainment when your internet service craps out?

Uno
Posted by: garrett


Cribbage ...

Posted by: Adriane the FORTRAN Power User Critic ... at February 18, 2019 10:40 PM (LPnfS)

206 Cribbage ...
Posted by: Adriane the FORTRAN Power User Critic ... at February 18, 2019 10:40 PM (LPnfS)


Muggins!

Posted by: DR.WTF at February 18, 2019 10:41 PM (aS1PU)

207 America is a great country!



I got PAID!



Posted by: Colin Kaepernick at February 18, 2019 10:01 PM (sy5kK)

You still are, and always will be, a pathetic, worthless piece of shit. Bring on the hot war.

Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at February 18, 2019 10:41 PM (mJP7y)

208
187 I cheated being first in the last thread, by exploiting a proxy loophole. I am not ashamed.
Jane D'oh tough doo-doo.

Posted by: Eustace Haverkamp at February 18, 2019 10:07 PM (C1NyB)


Wasn't someone here placed in bannination time out for several days about nine months ago for gaming the first to comment in new threads "race"?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 18, 2019 10:41 PM (pNxlR)

209 "That was quite the experience this afternoon,
no? I'm so glad we all survived. Better have your bug out bag
stocked and ready to go!

Posted by nurse ratched

what DID happen? I guess this refers to when the blog was just a header? Or was there a tactical nuke that knocked out ace for an hour? ...
I've already bugged out ... but would rather not lose modern conveniences. ha

Posted by: illiniwek at February 18, 2019 10:42 PM (Cus5s)

210 188 So if you threw away your Blu-ray and now stream, what do you do for entertainment when your internet service craps out?

Posted by: kbdabear at February 18, 2019 10:36 PM (0Ntuf)


Rip them to thumb/hard drives? It's just data.

Posted by: GnuBreed at February 18, 2019 10:42 PM (Z4rgH)

211 Fucking auto cucumber.



I exploited a PIXY loophole.



Posted by: Eustace Haverkamp at February 18, 2019 10:09 PM (C1NyB)



I still don't know what this means.


Eustace was trying to be firstest in a thread by exploiting the site software. Thing is, the last set of folks that did something like that got put in the Dunce Corner on the right sidebar and had a significant timeout.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM guy at February 18, 2019 10:42 PM (7s3Gx)

212 Posted by: Ladyl at February 18, 2019 10:40 PM (TdMsT)



Thanks LadyL I knew I could count on you, now go enjoy the Yoko video it's a good one

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 18, 2019 10:42 PM (aA3+G)

213 what do you do for entertainment when your internet service craps out?



Uno

Posted by: garrett



Cribbage ...

Posted by: Adriane the FORTRAN Power User Critic ... at February 18, 2019 10:40 PM (LPnfS)

Pigeon post.

Posted by: Quint at February 18, 2019 10:42 PM (n13/j)

214 what do you do for entertainment when your internet service craps out?

Get out the old magazines?

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at February 18, 2019 10:43 PM (2DOZq)

215 Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM guy at February 18, 2019 10:42 PM (7s3Gx)


Rookie mistake bragging about it.could be a time out in the near future

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 18, 2019 10:44 PM (aA3+G)

216
Thanks LadyL I knew I could count on you, now go enjoy the Yoko video it's a good one
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 18, 2019 10:42 PM (aA3+G)



Grrrrrrrr.

Posted by: Ladyl at February 18, 2019 10:44 PM (TdMsT)

217 Yoko's most listenable cuts, for certain definitions of, were on the two albums she and John did at the end. Whatever else her silly art and screaming act might make you think of her, the squeaky little voice could be halting and passionate. She did see her husband murdered, flat out of nowhere, right in front of her.

This cut? I made it only 0:15, 'cause I cracked up at the lyrics which you could actually make out, I want to note!

Posted by: mindful webworker's dark and gritty update at February 18, 2019 10:44 PM (RJYOZ)

218 Wasn't someone here placed in bannination time out for several days about nine months ago for gaming the first to comment in new threads "race"?

That was me. And Steve#Bear. A few other morons.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 18, 2019 10:44 PM (ykYG2)

219
213 what do you do for entertainment when your internet service craps out?


Dig out the paper-based pron and engage in fappin' to the oldies?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 18, 2019 10:45 PM (pNxlR)

220 Job killers, Jew haters and baby murderers. The Dem party just gets better all the time.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero)

Wow. This would be a great campaign slogan for the next democrat nominated for president.

Posted by: nerdygirl at February 18, 2019 10:15 PM (+lVUW)

Think I'm gonna put that on a tshirt.

Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at February 18, 2019 10:45 PM (mJP7y)

221 Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at February 18, 2019 10:38 PM (mJP7y)

Late this afternoon the blog was having a meltdown. By copying the acecomments dot mu dot nu and post number URL, I snuck in and commented before the post was created.

Go to the last post. Look at when ace posted it, and note the time stamp for my "First!" comment. It's almost an hour before the thread posted. I was worried I would get auto-banned...

Posted by: Eustace Haverkamp at February 18, 2019 10:46 PM (C1NyB)

222 >>>213 what do you do for entertainment when your internet service craps out?



Hawt sex

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 18, 2019 10:46 PM (aA3+G)

223 206 Cribbage ...
Posted by: Adriane the FORTRAN Power User Critic ... at February 18, 2019 10:40 PM (LPnfS)

Muggins!
Posted by: DR.WTF at February 18, 2019 10:41 PM (aS1PU)


Slander !

LIBEL !!!!

I've never mugged anybody ... and gotten caught ...

Posted by: Adriane the FORTRAN Power User Critic ... at February 18, 2019 10:46 PM (LPnfS)

224 Rut Roh

Posted by: Tonypete at February 18, 2019 10:47 PM (Y4EXg)

225 Tomorrow's statement from Ruth Bader Ginsburg's spokesman:

Justice Ginsburg was unable to attend oral argument today, because it is taking longer than expected to train for her next ultramarathon

Posted by: The ARC of History at February 18, 2019 10:47 PM (I2/tG)

226 That was quite the experience this afternoon, no? I'm so glad we all survived. Better have your bug out bag stocked and ready to go!
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 18, 2019 10:06 PM (PkVlr)

Once when I was talking prepping with my kids my daughter called it a "to go" bag.

Son and I laughed and teased her mercilessly.

Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at February 18, 2019 10:47 PM (mJP7y)

227 Wow. What a day. Locke wins an overnight stay in The Barrel to wrap things up.

Goodnight, everybody! I'm out!!

Posted by: Eustace Haverkamp at February 18, 2019 10:47 PM (C1NyB)

228 Locke Common,

Posted by: ba barl at February 18, 2019 10:47 PM (ykYG2)

229 If an AI program were to dare to mention that was the root cause of that massacre, they'd unplug its ass faster than HAL in 2001.

It won't, though. Software companies will soon be or already are expected to detune their algorithms and bias them to produce politically correct predictions.

For a machine-learning algorithm that exhibits this kind of discrimination, Hardt's team suggested switching some of the program's past decisions until each demographic gets erroneous outputs at the same rate. Then, that amount of output muddling, a sort of correction, could be applied to future verdicts to ensure continued even-handedness.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 18, 2019 10:47 PM (2lndx)

230 Evening Horde,

Hows life been to the rest of yous?

Posted by: USNtakim profoundly deplorable. at February 18, 2019 10:47 PM (0OmEj)

231

Watching MST3K on Pluto. They just had a skit which featured a box of Kaboom cereal.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 18, 2019 10:48 PM (aKsyK)

232 they funny thing is I don't know shit about the net, URL, html, etc. I am not careful in the least. But I have never been barreled. It might be my software, it is certainly not me.

Posted by: Quint at February 18, 2019 10:48 PM (n13/j)

233 mindful, are you speaking of Double Fantasy and Milk & Honey?

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2019 10:48 PM (miE9U)

234 Posted by: Locke Common at February 18, 2019 10:46

Good lord

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 18, 2019 10:48 PM (aA3+G)

235 Binoculars. Clever.

Posted by: Tuna at February 18, 2019 10:49 PM (jm1YL)

236
Locke Common


Bwahahahahahahahahahaha!

Your table for one in the Barrel awaits!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 18, 2019 10:49 PM (pNxlR)

237 I KNEW the Horde would not disappoint on that one! Well done, BC!

....

Could Color-Safe Bleach Ruin Your Life?

One Hollywood Actor's Story May Have You Rethinking How You Do Laundry!

Posted by: Bitter Clinger, Now With Clickbait Headlines at February 18, 2019 10:49 PM (kE761)

238 We gather tonight to mourn
that poor little temporary thread
when the blog had technical difficulties.
All those pixels, gone,
like floppies near a magnet.

Posted by: mindful webworker's dark and gritty update at February 18, 2019 10:49 PM (RJYOZ)

239 My scrolling finger needs a holiday...

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at February 18, 2019 10:50 PM (CLcKT)

240 PDt is tweeting:

Remember this, Andrew McCabe didn't go to the bathroom without the approval of Leakin' James Comey!

Posted by: IrishEi at February 18, 2019 10:50 PM (NtglE)

241 We gather tonight to mourn
that poor little temporary thread
when the blog had technical difficulties.
All those pixels, gone,
like floppies near a magnet.
Posted by: mindful webworker's dark and gritty update at February 18, 2019 10:49 PM (RJYOZ)


That was beautiful, man.

Posted by: DR.WTF at February 18, 2019 10:50 PM (aS1PU)

242 Locke Common, please pick up the white courtesy phone

Posted by: The Barrel at February 18, 2019 10:50 PM (0Ntuf)

243 Wasn't someone here placed in bannination time out for several days about nine months ago for gaming the first to comment in new threads "race"?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 18, 2019 10:41 PM (pNxlR)

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

Yep. I was one of those that got a soft timeout for 3 days for trying this. I'm not going to describe what I tried, but someone upthread already did.

Posted by: Calm Mentor at February 18, 2019 10:50 PM (ffYR/)

244 ''Posted by: Locke Common at February 18, 2019 10:46 PM (f0rIR)''

Locke him up!

Posted by: Tuna at February 18, 2019 10:51 PM (jm1YL)

245 Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM guy at February 18, 2019 10:42 PM (7s3Gx)

In my defense, I only did it because the blog was gagging on some huge log file. If I remember it correctly, the others were doing it during normal operations....

Posted by: Eustace Haverkamp at February 18, 2019 10:51 PM (C1NyB)

246 Posted by: Calm Mentor at February 18, 2019 10:50 PM (ffYR/)


Middle management is reviewing the issue

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 18, 2019 10:52 PM (aA3+G)

247 235
Posted by: Locke Common at February 18, 2019 10:46



Good lord

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 18, 2019 10:48 PM (aA3+G)

Right?!?

Posted by: Jordan61 at February 18, 2019 10:52 PM (Wb0yh)

248 That's Trudeau for you. Any time he does something worth a shit, it's for non-Canadians.

And I didn't read the cereal list, but King Vitamin better be on there!

Posted by: The Hoser at February 18, 2019 10:52 PM (v3UCk)

249
Oh, God my poor husband. He still has a fucking flip phone.

Posted by: Jewells45 at February 18, 2019 10:08 PM (dUJdY)



Does he still write checks?
Posted by: ALH at February 18, 2019 10:09 PM (SqKDB)


I do both. Bite me.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 18, 2019 10:53 PM (mUa7G)

250 When I first saw the pictures of those muscular Nigerian brothers I thought this whole episode might have been gay sex gone sideways but seeing that Jussie was scamming them makes it ok since I was scammed by Nigerian princes and their oil money promises at least four times, lol

Posted by: Don_in_Central Jersey at February 18, 2019 10:53 PM (mYFQb)

251 She's no Cher.
Posted by:Cicero

There's no Cher there.


Posted by: JuJuBee at February 18, 2019 10:54 PM (4KIAS)

252 I had cataract surgery on my left eye this morning.

When I heard that I would be sedated but awake during the procedure I imagined that I would see the surgeon pointing a scalpel towards my eye, which would be terrifying even with sedation.

I don't know how they did it, but even though I was awake during the surgery, all I saw were lights, shapes, and colors. Nothing recognizable and nothing frightening at all.

I think it went well. I didn't hear the doctor say "oops" or "uh-oh" during the surgery.

I have to wear a plastic shield over my left eye today, but I will be able to take it off tomorrow and only wear it at night for a week. I expect to go to work tomorrow.

*eyedrop*

Posted by: rickl at February 18, 2019 10:54 PM (sdi6R)

253 mindful, are you speaking of Double Fantasy and Milk & Honey?
Posted by: qdpsteve


Every man has a women who loves him
- from Double Fantasy -
is a very good song.

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

Posted by: Adriane the FORTRAN Power User Critic ... at February 18, 2019 10:54 PM (LPnfS)

254 re: Logistical Engineers

While in college, I was helping a friend move and that friend just happened to be left-handed (important detail later). I was popular in the moving department because I had a VW Squareback, so loading up a lot of shit was easy. This one time, we were moving my friend's mattress. We put it on the roof and he reached out his right hand and held on to the little loop on the side of the mattress. I was driving and reached out with my left hand to hold on to the loop on the other side of the mattress. (Rope? What's that?) The Big Bug was, of course, a stick. So as we start, my right hand on the steering wheel, I push the clutch in and tell him 'First'. He uses his left hand on the floor stick to shift into first. I apply gas and we move along. I punch the clutch and say 'Second', which he does. We do this for a few miles through the college town, me driving with my right hand and him shifting gears with his left hand, all the while getting looks from other drivers, even a few 'thumbs up'. The mattress survived as did we. Many beers and bong hits were our reward for such a well done coordinated driving/moving job.

Posted by: RickZ at February 18, 2019 10:54 PM (Y8PSl)

255 Why is Amazon so interested in an electric truck company?

Because they know fuel costs will skyrocket once Bezos gets another Democrat-Socialist elected, and once they develop the driverless trucks they can eliminate paying delivery drivers.

Posted by: kbdabear at February 18, 2019 10:54 PM (0Ntuf)

256 LadyL

Hey Big Sis, how are you this fine evening?

Posted by: ibguy at February 18, 2019 10:35 PM (EHVbt)

Are you two really siblings, or is that just a fetish you two share??

Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at February 18, 2019 10:55 PM (mJP7y)

257 231
Evening Horde,



Hows life been to the rest of yous?



Posted by: USNtakim profoundly deplorable. at February 18, 2019 10:47 PM (0OmEj)

I had a GREAT day, as a matter of fact. After several rounds of job interviews for a job I really really want, I met with the CEO this morning and found out I am the last (wo)man standing and they are preparing a job offer for me.

Posted by: Jordan61 at February 18, 2019 10:55 PM (Wb0yh)

258
I have to wear a plastic shield over my left eye today, but I will be able to take it off tomorrow and only wear it at night for a week. I expect to go to work tomorrow.

*eyedrop*
Posted by: rickl at February 18, 2019 10:54 PM (sdi6R)


Congrats, Rickl! One of my best friends just had it done and she's really happy with the results!

Posted by: Ladyl at February 18, 2019 10:55 PM (TdMsT)

259 Yoko's most listenable cuts, for certain definitions of, were on the two albums she and John did at the end. Whatever else her silly art and screaming act might make you think of her, the squeaky little voice could be halting and passionate. She did see her husband murdered, flat out of nowhere, right in front of her.

This cut? I made it only 0:15, 'cause I cracked up at the lyrics which you could actually make out, I want to note!


Posted by: mindful webworker's dark and gritty update at February 18, 2019 10:44 PM


It's a great track from 1973 during one of her more conventional pop/rock phases... she was doing stuff like Double fantasy + Milk and Honey for ages, but most know her weird stuff. I like both approaches. She pushed the boundaries of what music could be in strange directions. As an indie, "fuck you music industry" type, I applaud her in your face style.

Posted by: otho at February 18, 2019 10:56 PM (LkFnL)

260 >>When I first saw the pictures of those muscular Nigerian brothers I thought this whole episode might have been gay sex gone sideways



Those are not lesbians.

Posted by: garrett at February 18, 2019 10:56 PM (N/Ix2)

261 Middle management is reviewing the issue
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 18, 2019 10:52 PM (aA3+G)

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

Hey now! I already sat in the corner with my dunce cap on, drooling, for 3 days months ago. I rehabbed and have been clean ever since.

Posted by: Calm Mentor at February 18, 2019 10:56 PM (ffYR/)

262 Welp. Heck of a day. I might be around a bit later, but I hope not. A couple hours sleep would be pretty nice right about now.

So, tomorrow then? Cool. 'night!

Posted by: hogmartin at February 18, 2019 10:56 PM (t+qrx)

263
Posted by: ibguy at February 18, 2019 10:35 PM (EHVbt)

Are you two really siblings, or is that just a fetish you two share??
Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at February 18, 2019 10:55 PM (mJP7


We are blog siblings.

Posted by: Ladyl at February 18, 2019 10:56 PM (TdMsT)

264 257 ECB

Who wants to know?

Posted by: ibguy at February 18, 2019 10:57 PM (EHVbt)

265 Which Ah-nuld movie had the "Johnny Cab"? Was it Total Recall?

Posted by: kbdabear at February 18, 2019 10:57 PM (0Ntuf)

266 I think it went well. I didn't hear the doctor say "oops" or "uh-oh" during the surgery.

I have to wear a plastic shield over my left eye today, but I will be able to take it off tomorrow and only wear it at night for a week. I expect to go to work tomorrow.

*eyedrop*
Posted by: rickl at February 18, 2019 10:54 PM (sdi6R)


That surgery works. My mom had it done a week ago. They replaced the lens in one eye because it was so bad. She is now astounded how bad her eye was and how good it is now. Amazing.

Oh, and the eye drop routine gets old.

Good luck.

Posted by: DR.WTF at February 18, 2019 10:57 PM (aS1PU)

267 I have to wear a plastic shield over my left eye today, but I will be able to take it off tomorrow and only wear it at night for a week. I expect to go to work tomorrow.

*eyedrop*
Posted by: rickl


And a parrot on your shoulder !!!!

Posted by: Adriane the FORTRAN Power User Critic ... at February 18, 2019 10:57 PM (LPnfS)

268 Amazon IMHO definitely seems to be setting itself up as the next Standard Oil...

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2019 10:57 PM (miE9U)

269 266
Which Ah-nuld movie had the "Johnny Cab"? Was it Total Recall?



Posted by: kbdabear at February 18, 2019 10:57 PM (0Ntuf)

Yes.

Posted by: Jordan61 at February 18, 2019 10:57 PM (Wb0yh)

270
266


Yes

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 18, 2019 10:57 PM (pNxlR)

271 I have to wear a plastic shield over my left eye today, but I will be able to take it off tomorrow and only wear it at night for a week. I expect to go to work tomorrow.

*eyedrop*
Posted by: rickl at February 18, 2019 10:54 PM (sdi6R)

Had the same surgery last April, and again in July for my right eye. Sounds like you got the same post-op protocol that I did.

You will enjoy your new-found vision.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 18, 2019 10:58 PM (nPGq2)

272 I remember when Amazon was just an online book seller. They even deigned to advertise on the radio. There were probably six or seven major competitors such as borders and Barnes and Noble. TIME put a picture of Bezos on the cover, his face was in a shipping box surrounded by shipping peanuts/foam. He looked like a goober then too.

Posted by: Quint at February 18, 2019 10:58 PM (n13/j)

273 Posted by: Locke Common at February 18, 2019 10:46 PM (f0rIR)

LOL

Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at February 18, 2019 10:59 PM (mJP7y)

274 I have to wear a plastic shield over my left eye today, but I will be able to take it off tomorrow and only wear it at night for a week.

.....

Dan Crenshaw is rocking that look!

Posted by: Bitter Clinger, Now With Clickbait Headlines at February 18, 2019 10:59 PM (kE761)

275
Locke Common

Bwahahahahahahahahahaha!

Your table for one in the Barrel awaits!

---------

Have Tom Servo recommend a nice wine.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 18, 2019 10:59 PM (UGqF8)

276 the blog was gagging on some huge log file

It wasn't THAT huge.

Posted by: kamala harris at February 18, 2019 10:59 PM (ykYG2)

277 Quint, me too.

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2019 10:59 PM (miE9U)

278 I had cataract surgery on my left eye this morning.

When I heard that I would be sedated but awake during the procedure I imagined that I would see the surgeon pointing a scalpel towards my eye, which would be terrifying even with sedation.

I don't know how they did it, but even though I was awake during the surgery, all I saw were lights, shapes, and colors. Nothing recognizable and nothing frightening at all.

I think it went well. I didn't hear the doctor say "oops" or "uh-oh" during the surgery.

I have to wear a plastic shield over my left eye today, but I will be able to take it off tomorrow and only wear it at night for a week. I expect to go to work tomorrow.

*eyedrop*
Posted by: rickl at February 18, 2019 10:54 PM (sdi6R)

I'm glad it went well. That would freak me out, the only surgery shows I won't watch is when it's the eye.

Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at February 18, 2019 10:59 PM (Rz2Nc)

279 Yoko Ono. Linda McCartney

Shame that Patty Harrison and Barbara Bach Starr didn't have a desire to sing

Posted by: kbdabear at February 18, 2019 10:59 PM (0Ntuf)

280 I have to wear a plastic shield over my left eye
today, but I will be able to take it off tomorrow and only wear it at
night for a week. I expect to go to work tomorrow.



Posted by: rickl
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Good for you!
I had it done two years ago. No issues at all.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 18, 2019 11:00 PM (Y4EXg)

281 >> Yoko Ono. Linda McCartney


At least Linda was hottish...and rich, no?

Posted by: garrett at February 18, 2019 11:01 PM (N/Ix2)

282 6
Holy matrimony, Batman

Posted by: Robin's eggs are blue at February 18, 2019 10:00 PM (Z4rgH)

With all these Horde hookups, it will only be a matter of time until a 'ron or an 'ette will be discovered to have three simultaneous spouses.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at February 18, 2019 11:01 PM (8iiMU)

283 Late this afternoon the blog was having a meltdown. By copying the acecomments dot mu dot nu and post number URL, I snuck in and commented before the post was created.

Go to the last post. Look at when ace posted it, and note the time stamp for my "First!" comment. It's almost an hour before the thread posted. I was worried I would get auto-banned...

Posted by: Eustace Haverkamp at February 18, 2019 10:46 PM (C1NyB)

Yeah I saw your time stamp then. I guess I don't understand how one can get in here before a thread posts, and I probably never will.

Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at February 18, 2019 11:01 PM (mJP7y)

284
I had it done two years ago. No issues at all.
Posted by: Tonypete at February 18, 2019 11:00 PM (Y4EXg)


Greetings!

Posted by: Ladyl at February 18, 2019 11:01 PM (TdMsT)

285 Hawt sex
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 18, 2019 10:46 PM (aA3+G)

--------

Yeah. Use the left hand tonight.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 18, 2019 11:01 PM (UGqF8)

286 Quint, me too.

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2019 10:59 PM (miE9U)


I should have bought and held the stock. Same thing with Priceline. There were so many competitors, particularly against Priceline. How could anyone have known who would win? Priceline stock did damn well, but at least they haven't tried to take over the world like Amazon.

Posted by: Quint at February 18, 2019 11:01 PM (n13/j)

287 In the early 1960s, Charles Schulz did a series of strips where Charlie Brown's sister Sally gets amblyopia and has to wear an eye patch.

A great strip was when she was looking in the mirror with the patch and remarks, "I feel like an ad for men's shirts!"

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2019 11:02 PM (miE9U)

288
It wasn't THAT huge.
Posted by: kamala harris at February 18, 2019 10:59 PM (ykYG2)


Another "strong and capable" woman. * snort *

By any other name, a whore.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 18, 2019 11:02 PM (pNxlR)

289 Posted by: Quint at February 18, 2019 10:58 PM (n13/j)

I remember when you got a mug with each was it 20 dollar purchase? I had soooo many of those. Should have kept one. I do still have my Samsung flip phone of roughly the same era, thereabouts.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 18, 2019 11:02 PM (yrZmO)

290 "February 18, 1933, Born on this day, Yoko Ono, Japanese artist, singer, poet, author and peace activist and wife of John Lennon. Ono moved to New York City from Tokyo aged 14 and first met John Lennon in London in 1966, the couple married in 1969. via thisdayinmusic.com"

*Edited for accuracy

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 18, 2019 11:02 PM (Ct55T)

291 Okay, de Blasio, you go with whatever gets you through the night.

People like de Blasio are always shocked when they find out there's a point beyond which extortion won't be paid.

Posted by: Blake - used bridge salesman at February 18, 2019 11:03 PM (WEBkv)

292 90 Of course ice hockey would be popular in Ireland. It's fisticuffs on ice.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2019 10:15 PM (NWiLs)


I'm shocked it took until #90 for that to come up. Was my first thought.

Posted by: GWB at February 18, 2019 11:03 PM (pay+s)

293 That was me. And Steve#Bear. A few other morons.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 18, 2019 10:44 PM (ykYG2)


See, my plan was to not scream first! but to put in some tightly written screed with multiple bullet points, links and subclauses, that would be about five paragraphs long in support of something like desirability of hard currencies or the history of soap.



I had a pretty good idea I would be banned or suspended for being a jackass, but at least I would have deserved it.

However I am lazy and unmotivated in my jackassery.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 18, 2019 11:03 PM (mUa7G)

294 Yoko Ono will never be a Beatle.

Posted by: Hillary at February 18, 2019 11:04 PM (MI74Q)

295 I have a flip phone.
I pay all bills by check.
I don't do online banking.
I don't do taxes on line either. Paper. Snail mail.
All of my clocks are analog.
I use maps. Paper maps.
It's all very sad.

*sigh*

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 18, 2019 11:04 PM (Rxduq)

296 I had a GREAT day, as a matter of fact. After several rounds of job interviews for a job I really really want, I met with the CEO this morning and found out I am the last (wo)man standing and they are preparing a job offer for me.


Posted by: Jordan61 at February 18, 2019 10:55 PM (Wb0yh)

Excellent!!

Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at February 18, 2019 11:05 PM (mJP7y)

297 My most heartfelt apologies, MisHum. I'll try to behave myself in the future. If I can.
Posted by: Ladyl at February 18, 2019 10:40 PM (TdMsT)

===

No need to apologize on my account. I'm not a fan of Yoko as much as I am of the phenomenon she has successfully created around herself, a talentless lunatic. She is both a testament to and critique of our popular "culture."


Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 18, 2019 11:05 PM (EZebt)

298 Margarita DeVille, so you're an old-fashioned woman.
NTTAWWT.

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2019 11:05 PM (miE9U)

299
I remember when Amazon was just an online book seller. They even deigned to advertise on the radio.

I've seen Amazon TV commercials lately. I wondered why they bothered.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 18, 2019 11:05 PM (aKsyK)

300 Those (few) of you who have cheered the death of physical media and touted the conveniences of streaming are going to really miss movie discs when they're gone. If you can't hold it, you NEVER owned it, no matter who you paid, or what receipt you think you have. UV is already gone. iTunes will strip you of purchased movies or music at the drop of a hat over a change in contracts. You have no recourse. You never owned anything.

Thankfully, most of us are 29 here, and likely know what I'm saying.

Posted by: Rusty Nail at February 18, 2019 11:05 PM (ju9gW)

301 However I am lazy and unmotivated in my jackassery.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 18, 2019 11:03 PM (mUa7G)


Have I got a seminar for you!

Posted by: Tony Robbins at February 18, 2019 11:05 PM (Y8PSl)

302 R.I.P., Butterworth, I loved your books.

Posted by: Braenyard at February 18, 2019 11:05 PM (ePWRo)

303 Posted by: Jordan61 at February 18, 2019 10:55 PM (Wb0yh)

Awesome!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 18, 2019 11:05 PM (yrZmO)

304
I have a flip phone.

I pay all bills by check.

I don't do online banking.

I don't do taxes on line either. Paper. Snail mail.

All of my clocks are analog.

I use maps. Paper maps.

It's all very sad.



*sigh*



Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 18, 2019 11:04 PM


Well, you're here, so not a complete Luddite!

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at February 18, 2019 11:06 PM (CLcKT)

305 I am completely out of ideas.

Is this what that feels like?

How...curious.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 18, 2019 11:06 PM (l9m7l)

306 ECB

Who wants to know?



Posted by: ibguy at February 18, 2019 10:57 PM (EHVbt)

Probably quite a few.

Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at February 18, 2019 11:06 PM (mJP7y)

307 If the sailor who kissed the nurse in Times Square did that today, he would be courtmartialed for sexual assault under today's standards.

Posted by: Abraham Lincoln at February 18, 2019 11:06 PM (2TUDB)

308 Rusty Nail, you just described why I like owning discs.

And if the day comes when no discs are produced anymore, I'm definitely backing everything up to physical media that's not connected to the cloud or anything else.

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2019 11:06 PM (miE9U)

309 Hawks Win!


Hawks Win!

Posted by: garrett at February 18, 2019 11:07 PM (N/Ix2)

310 Greetings!

Posted by: Ladyl
----
Greetings also to your fine self!





Posted by: Tonypete at February 18, 2019 11:07 PM (Y4EXg)

311 I exploited a PIXY loophole. 

Posted by: Eustace Haverkamp at February 18, 2019 10:09 PM (C1NyB) 

Don't worry about the auto-banning...it's going to be a nice old fashioned manual one.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 18, 2019 11:07 PM (an4cH)

312 I had a GREAT day, as a matter of fact. After several rounds of job interviews for a job I really really want, I met with the CEO this morning and found out I am the last (wo)man standing and they are preparing a job offer for me.
Posted by: Jordan61 at February 18, 2019 10:55 PM (Wb0yh)
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Congrats!

Posted by: Blake - used bridge salesman at February 18, 2019 11:07 PM (WEBkv)

313 Amazon has so much stock money, they are trying to figure out how to spend it all ... so they'll just use conglomerate power to chisel away all other business ... (UPS/FedEx will lose market share, then grocers, auto, whatever) ... momentum stock that lost money for 20 years ... easy money policy did that.

Posted by: illiniwek at February 18, 2019 11:07 PM (Cus5s)

314 >>Don't worry about the auto-banning...it's going to be a nice old fashioned manual one.



Just rub some dirt on it and walk it off.

Posted by: garrett at February 18, 2019 11:08 PM (N/Ix2)

315 If the sailor who kissed the nurse in Times Square did that today, he would be courtmartialed for sexual assault under today's standards.
Posted by: Abraham Lincoln at February 18, 2019 11:06 PM (2TUDB)


There is a giant 25 foot statue of that kiss in San Diego right next to the aircraft carrier Midway.

Posted by: DR.WTF at February 18, 2019 11:08 PM (aS1PU)

316 "Hi, I'm Jeff Bezos! Thanks for tuning into Amazon's commercial! You know we here at Amazon have big plans that you're all gonna love. Besides selling all your favorite books, movies, music, appliances and everything else, we have plans to move into car sales, insurance, fright movement, airlines, tax prep, world domination, you name it! Thanks for tuning in and keep on coming to Amazon for all your daily needs."

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2019 11:08 PM (miE9U)

317 If one can't physically possess it one can't claim it.

Read too many times how electronic books have been edited, redacted or retracted.

Posted by: Braenyard at February 18, 2019 11:09 PM (ePWRo)

318 I have a flip phone.


I pay all bills by check.


I don't do online banking.


I don't do taxes on line either. Paper. Snail mail.


All of my clocks are analog.


I use maps. Paper maps.


It's all very sad.





*sigh*






Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 18, 2019 11:04 PM
I have never taken an Uber. I was discussing a cab recently and a Millennial looked at me like I was from Mars. Also, I tried to buy a map at a gas station recently and the guy had no idea what I was talking about. Then again, he might know of heard of the word "map".

Posted by: Quint at February 18, 2019 11:09 PM (n13/j)

319 Because they know fuel costs will skyrocket once Bezos gets another Democrat-Socialist elected, and once they develop the driverless trucks they can eliminate paying delivery drivers.
Posted by: kbdabear at February 18, 2019 10:54 PM (0Ntuf)

I foresee an entirely new class of crime: driverless truck hijacking. You get a forklift with long forks, and a semi truck with a long trailer, and convert that trailer into a Faraday cage, so that radio signal can neither get in or out. Station the truck in a handy parking lot, and the forklift a block or two away, on a moderately busy road with traffic lights. Forklift driver spots driverless delivery truck bopping along, and pulls up behind it at a stoplight, and slips the forks under the truck, and picks it up. Light turns green, and off he goes, straight the semi-trailer, which has a ramp down. Up the ramp into the semi, pull up the ramp, and lock the door, and the truck's plaintive electronic cries for help are silenced. Semi takes off, and blends into traffic, and disappears. Witnesses, if any, would be inclined to believe it was a service operation by the truck's owners, if they paid any attention at all.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 18, 2019 11:09 PM (nPGq2)

320 I have a flip phone.
I pay all bills by check.
I don't do online banking.
I don't do taxes on line either. Paper. Snail mail.
All of my clocks are analog.
I use maps. Paper maps.
It's all very sad.

*sigh*


Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 18, 2019 11:04 PM (Rxduq)


Luddites' Local # 832 is always looking for new members. I can put in a good word for you if you like as I'm a proud member in good standing.

Posted by: RickZ at February 18, 2019 11:10 PM (Y8PSl)

321 >>I have never taken an Uber.


I have never taken an Uber
I have never been on a Waterslide
I have never owned a Microwave

Posted by: garrett at February 18, 2019 11:10 PM (N/Ix2)

322 Sad to hear of WEB Griffin's passing. He created my nic.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 18, 2019 11:10 PM (gC2IV)

323 There is a giant 25 foot statue of that kiss in San Diego right next to the aircraft carrier Midway.
Posted by: DR.WTF at February 18, 2019 11:08 PM (aS1PU)


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That will end up right next to the Nathan Bedford Forrest statue pretty soon, in the name of the Glorious Socialist Utopia that awaits all of us.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 18, 2019 11:10 PM (UGqF8)

324
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2019 11:08 PM (miE9U)
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Been reading a book about RV's. The gal mentions that Amazon is really cool about delivering to RV parks. Let management know in advance, pick up your package.

Not anywhere near a park? No problem, send general delivery to nearest post office.

Posted by: Blake - used bridge salesman at February 18, 2019 11:11 PM (WEBkv)

325 There is a giant 25 foot statue of that kiss in San Diego right next to the aircraft carrier Midway.

Posted by: DR.WTF-----
Visiting the Midway is a terrific tour! Loved it.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 18, 2019 11:11 PM (Y4EXg)

326 PDT reminded us to remember that McCabe didn't go to the bathroom without Comey's permission in his latest tweet. LOL

Posted by: Tuna at February 18, 2019 11:12 PM (jm1YL)

327
There is a giant 25 foot statue of that kiss in San Diego right next to the aircraft carrier Midway.
---------
That will end up right next to the Nathan Bedford Forrest statue pretty soon, in the name of the Glorious Socialist Utopia that awaits all of us.


Might be replaced with two men kissing.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 18, 2019 11:12 PM (aKsyK)

328 317 If one can't physically possess it one can't claim it.

Read too many times how electronic books have been edited, redacted or retracted.
Posted by: Braenyard at February 18, 2019 11:09 PM (ePWRo)

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Yeah. Real books are permanent.

Posted by: The Library at Alexandria at February 18, 2019 11:12 PM (UGqF8)

329 I have never taken an Uber.





I have never taken an Uber

I have never been on a Waterslide

I have never owned a Microwave

Posted by: garrett at February 18, 2019 11:10 PM (N/Ix2)

I didn't go Luddite until after the Millenium. It was the people mostly.

Posted by: Quint at February 18, 2019 11:12 PM (n13/j)

330 I have a flip phone.
I pay all bills by check.
I don't do online banking.
I don't do taxes on line either. Paper. Snail mail.
All of my clocks are analog.
I use maps. Paper maps.
It's all very sad.

*sigh*
Posted by: Margarita DeVille
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All the same here. Except, we DO pay some bills, but not all, via electronic banking

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 18, 2019 11:13 PM (HTHlp)

331 I was discussing a cab recently and a Millennial looked at me like I was from Mars.

I was discussing getting a cab about a year ago with a cab company dispatcher in San Diego. She talked to me like I was from Mars. "You're downtown. Just go look for one."

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 18, 2019 11:13 PM (2lndx)

332 Blake, yup. Amazon also has pickup locations all over the country now. A lot of them in my area are at 7-Eleven stores.

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2019 11:13 PM (miE9U)

333 Might be replaced with two men kissing.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 18, 2019 11:12 PM (aKsyK)
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Or an anatomical addition under the skirt the gal is wearing....

Posted by: Blake - used bridge salesman at February 18, 2019 11:14 PM (WEBkv)

334 295 I have a flip phone.
I pay all bills by check.
I don't do online banking.
I don't do taxes on line either. Paper. Snail mail.
All of my clocks are analog.
I use maps. Paper maps.
It's all very sad.

*sigh*
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 18, 2019 11:04 PM (Rxduq)

I don't think any of that is sad. A lot of people don't have any of those skills today, that's what sad.

Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at February 18, 2019 11:14 PM (Rz2Nc)

335 That was one of the scenes in the Watchmen movie. Silk Silhouette was the one who kissed the nurse after WW2.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 18, 2019 11:14 PM (ykYG2)

336 I've completely phased out 5 1/4 inch floppies.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 18, 2019 11:15 PM (UGqF8)

337 Cicero, progress!

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2019 11:15 PM (miE9U)

338 "I have never taken an Uber
I have never been on a Waterslide
I have never owned a Microwave"

Savage...

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at February 18, 2019 11:15 PM (7s3Gx)

339 Might be replaced with two men kissing.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 18, 2019 11:12 PM (aKsyK)

And we'll all be so relieved they're only kissing that we won't protest.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 18, 2019 11:15 PM (yrZmO)

340 I think it was priceline but there was a point where you got a card and could even bid on gas. Of course you had to go all over hell and creation to find the place. They also let you bid on groceries you had to pick up, but there were many snags. This was a good 20 years ago.

Posted by: Quint at February 18, 2019 11:15 PM (n13/j)

341 I have never taken an Uber.

Voluntarily get in the car of a complete stranger??

Oh hell no.

Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at February 18, 2019 11:16 PM (mJP7y)

342 329 I have never taken an Uber.





I have never taken an Uber

I have never been on a Waterslide

I have never owned a Microwave

Posted by: garrett at February 18, 2019 11:10 PM (N/Ix2)

I didn't go Luddite until after the Millenium. It was the people mostly.
Posted by: Quint at February 18, 2019 11:12 PM (n13/j)



You haven't lived until you've been on a giant water slide! Best ones I was on were in Germany. Spa Lippspringer.

Posted by: Ladyl at February 18, 2019 11:16 PM (TdMsT)

343 I don't think any of that is sad. A lot of people don't have any of those skills today, that's what sad.
Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at February 18, 2019 11:14 PM (Rz2Nc)
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Then there are those of us who have those skills and decided online banking was the way to go.

However, I've still got enough luddite I want the paper bill in my hand. Not a fan of auto pay, at all.

Posted by: Blake - used bridge salesman at February 18, 2019 11:16 PM (WEBkv)

344 I've completely phased out 5 1/4 inch floppies.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 18, 2019 11:15 PM (UGqF

Haz sad.

Posted by: Shep Smith at February 18, 2019 11:16 PM (nPGq2)

345 Yes, yes...just keep buying via Amazon. Eventually local retailers will be driven from their businesses altogether.

Use whatever rationalization that makes you comfortable.

Posted by: Blotto at February 18, 2019 11:16 PM (kXPT5)

346 332
Blake, yup. Amazon also has pickup locations all over the country now. A lot of them in my area are at 7-Eleven stores.

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2019 11:13 PM (miE9U)

A girl I work with went home at lunch today to pick up a package Amazon showed as delivered. Turned out it was delivered to one of those pickup locations at a gas station. I had no idea there were such things.

Posted by: Jordan61 at February 18, 2019 11:16 PM (Wb0yh)

347 I don't think any of that is sad. A lot of people don't have any of those skills today, that's what sad.
Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at February 18, 2019 11:14 PM (Rz2Nc)

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

Ask someone under 50 to find an address using a map. Hilarity will ensue.

Posted by: Calm Mentor at February 18, 2019 11:17 PM (ffYR/)

348 I have never taken an Uber

-------

Did you know that your Uber driver gives you a rating as a passenger? If you're a jerk, word soon gets around.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 18, 2019 11:17 PM (UGqF8)

349 microwaves are great for reheating coffee etc. But they were sold as the end of ovens, you were to make all your fine cuisine in it. No go.

Posted by: Quint at February 18, 2019 11:17 PM (n13/j)

350 Water Slide?

WTAF?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 18, 2019 11:17 PM (UGqF8)

351 Voluntarily get in the car of a complete stranger??

Oh hell no.
Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at February 18, 2019 11:16 PM (mJP7y)

Just tell Uber that you want a car driven by an amputee.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 18, 2019 11:17 PM (nPGq2)

352 I've completely phased out 5 1/4 inch floppies.
Posted by: Cicero
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*ponders 8" IBM floppy on the shelf in the basement*

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 18, 2019 11:18 PM (HTHlp)

353 Paper maps are full of roads and many other features. They are also accurate and gives one context as to where he is.

Not to much those electronics.

Posted by: Braenyard at February 18, 2019 11:18 PM (ePWRo)

354 Use whatever rationalization that makes you comfortable.
Posted by: Blotto at February 18, 2019 11:16 PM (kXPT5)
--------------

Yep, Amazon might put Sam's Club or Walmart out of business.

Posted by: Blake - used bridge salesman at February 18, 2019 11:18 PM (WEBkv)

355 Just tell Uber that you want a car driven by an amputee.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 18, 2019 11:17 PM (nPGq2)


Johnny Cab.

The circle is complete.

Posted by: DR.WTF at February 18, 2019 11:18 PM (aS1PU)

356 Just tell Uber that you want a car driven by an amputee.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 18, 2019 11:17 PM (nPGq2)
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The one with the hook in place of a hand?

Posted by: Blake - used bridge salesman at February 18, 2019 11:19 PM (WEBkv)

357 343
I don't think any of that is sad. A lot of people don't have any of those skills today, that's what sad.

Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at February 18, 2019 11:14 PM (Rz2Nc)

-----------



Then there are those of us who have those skills and decided online banking was the way to go.



However, I've still got enough luddite I want the paper bill in my hand. Not a fan of auto pay, at all.

Posted by: Blake - used bridge salesman at February 18, 2019 11:16 PM (WEBkv)

Same.

Posted by: Jordan61 at February 18, 2019 11:19 PM (Wb0yh)

358 I do the paper taxes. Too cheap to buy Turbo, plus I usually owe them a small bit and oh yes I am going to make some IRS employee deal with it vs just letting their computers spin.

Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at February 18, 2019 11:19 PM (jUcoH)

359 he one with the hook in place of a hand?
Posted by: Blake - used bridge salesman at February 18, 2019 11:19 PM (WEBkv)


Ha! Good one.

Posted by: DR.WTF at February 18, 2019 11:19 PM (aS1PU)

360
I have never taken an Uber



-------



Did you know that your Uber driver gives you a rating as a passenger? If you're a jerk, word soon gets around.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 18, 2019 11:17 PM (UGqF

I don't need that word getting around. It is like almost every simple transaction these days, even ordering a pizza. They want to put you in their database. In my America, I give you the money, you give me the stuff!
Jack Nicholson spelled it out in The Departed.

Posted by: Quint at February 18, 2019 11:19 PM (n13/j)

361 Everything will have to be streamed because cable and satellite providers won't unbundle service. Meanwhile, we will let the Chinese take the lead in 5G technology, so Trump can't have the win. But it makes it easier to cut the entertainment industry off

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 18, 2019 11:19 PM (Lqy/e)

362 Just tell Uber that you want a car driven by an amputee.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
----
He'll need a hand to get where you want to go.


Posted by: Tonypete at February 18, 2019 11:19 PM (Y4EXg)

363 ''I don't know how they did it, but even though I was awake during the surgery, all I saw were lights, shapes, and colors. Nothing recognizable and nothing frightening at all.''

When my doc did my right eye I thought I was seeing a psychedelic light show. It was kind of trippy. The left eye not so much. Just blurry shapes.

Posted by: Tuna at February 18, 2019 11:19 PM (jm1YL)

364 NFL should have had the worst team in the league offer Kaepernick the starting role for competitive money. If he turns it down, collusion suit is DOA. If he signs, play him until he sets the record for most sacks given up in one season and you have the number 1 draft pick. Either way, problem solved.

Posted by: JB1000 at February 18, 2019 11:20 PM (tjr3U)

365 microwaves are great for reheating coffee etc. But they were sold as the end of ovens, you were to make all your fine cuisine in it. No go.
Posted by: Quint at February 18, 2019 11:17 PM (n13/j)

Those of us who bought them knew that was bullshit. But the things they are good for, they are very good for. And fast.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 18, 2019 11:20 PM (nPGq2)

366 "I've completely phased out 5 1/4 inch floppies."

Careful when you transition over to 3.5" floppies. The data on them degrade after several years... >8^>

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at February 18, 2019 11:20 PM (7s3Gx)

367 Voluntarily get in the car of a complete stranger??

Oh hell no.
Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at February 18, 2019 11:16 PM (mJP7y)


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Once you order your Uber, you can check the bio on the driver. So far a large plurality of mine have been named Mohammed.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 18, 2019 11:20 PM (UGqF8)

368 rickl
Congratulations on the surgery.
I had both mine done a couple of years ago and am delighted with the results. I had to wait three weeks between the surgeries but from 20/500 to 2030 made me a believer.

Posted by: Winston a dreg of society at February 18, 2019 11:21 PM (vVLnV)

369 Posted by: Blotto at February 18, 2019 11:16 PM (kXPT5)

Valid point. Wal Mart already did that in the rural areas where I am. But I am 3 hours away from a mall or shopping center that has anything other than WM, so I do almost all my shopping online. Not all from Amazon, but almost all online. I even order my groceries online, then go to WM to pick them up. 50 mile round trip, but no stress once I get there.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 18, 2019 11:21 PM (yrZmO)

370 96
40 Schools are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence-backed solutions to stop tragic acts of student violence such as the shooting at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, a year ago.

Oh, that was so tough.

First, who were the bullies? It's dollars to doughnuts the teachers knew.

Second, who were they bullying? Again, the teachers knew.

Looks like the bullies were well ensconced in the Protected Class.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 18, 2019 10:15 PM (pNxlR)

The real problem is that if you fight back against the bullies, you will be suspended or kicked out of school.

when you can't take your own defense into your own hands, then the bullies will win.

Posted by: Don Q at February 18, 2019 11:21 PM (NgKpN)

371
Those of us who bought them knew that was bullshit. But the things they are good for, they are very good for. And fast.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 18, 2019 11:20 PM (nPGq2)


Any kind of protein cooked or reheated in a microwave gets really weird.

Posted by: Ladyl at February 18, 2019 11:22 PM (TdMsT)

372 Then there are those of us who have those skills and decided online banking was the way to go.

However, I've still got enough luddite I want the paper bill in my hand. Not a fan of auto pay, at all.
Posted by: Blake - used bridge salesman at February 18, 2019 11:16 PM (WEBkv)

Yes, my wife handles the bill paying duties, and does them online. I don't understand the auto pay in the sense that I don't think younger people know about balancing their checkbook.

Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at February 18, 2019 11:22 PM (Rz2Nc)

373 Hi all. Dig the BTO song. Used to love that and drove my parents nuts playing their stuff loud.

Posted by: turambar at February 18, 2019 11:22 PM (s2J6c)

374 I told Teh Elder Spawn that he ought get a GPS navigation app for his mobile what works offline... He just looked at me as if I were a side dish he hadn't ordered!

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at February 18, 2019 11:23 PM (CLcKT)

375 366 "I've completely phased out 5 1/4 inch floppies."

Careful when you transition over to 3.5" floppies. The data on them degrade after several years... >8^>
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at February 18, 2019 11:20 PM (7s3Gx)

True story... got called into a client who kept loosing data from floppy disks, so of course the computer had to be bad.

Got there, and computer was fine... asked the female admin, OK, so show me the problem...

'Well, this disk where I keep my backups keep going bad', as she pulls a disk off the metal filing cabinet she had put there with... a refrigerator magnet.

/facepalm

Posted by: Don Q at February 18, 2019 11:24 PM (NgKpN)

376 The fact that the Stoneman Douglas shooter was a criminally bad player was a known fact. He had been given multiple passes per the Obama brain-child, 'The Promise Program'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 18, 2019 11:24 PM (U2TY5)

377 ''I had both mine done a couple of years ago and am delighted with the results. I had to wait three weeks between the surgeries but from 20/500 to 2030 made me a believer.''

No more halos around lights when driving at night or in the rain. Such a relief. It's kind of miraculous when you think about. My great grandma had her cataracts removed and had to wear those thick, thick lenses glasses.

Posted by: Tuna at February 18, 2019 11:25 PM (jm1YL)

378 Did you know that your Uber driver gives you a rating as a passenger? If you're a jerk, word soon gets around.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 18, 2019 11:17 PM (UGqF

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I used to drive Uber. Drivers have to rate the passengers before ending the ride and getting another one. Passengers have up to a week to trash the driver via ratings. Guess what star rating I gave every passenger?

Posted by: Calm Mentor at February 18, 2019 11:25 PM (ffYR/)

379 Yes, my wife handles the bill paying duties, and does them online. I don't understand the auto pay in the sense that I don't think younger people know about balancing their checkbook.
Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at February 18, 2019 11:22 PM (Rz2Nc)
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I get paid once a month. As soon as that started, I put together a spread sheet and I track every single expense. Nothing like only getting paid once a month to make one focus on the budget.

Posted by: Blake - used bridge salesman at February 18, 2019 11:25 PM (WEBkv)

380 There is a giant 25 foot statue of that kiss in San Diego right next to the aircraft carrier Midway.

Posted by: DR.WTF at February 18, 2019 11:08 PM (aS1PU)

Sarasota has one that big at the Marina Park. The only art sculpture that doesn't look it was done by a sheet metal welder on acid.

Posted by: kbdabear at February 18, 2019 11:25 PM (0Ntuf)

381 Once you order your Uber, you can check the bio on the driver. So far a large plurality of mine have been named Mohammed.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 18, 2019 11:20 PM (UGqF

Doesn't matter. Complete stranger.

And who verifies all that stuff? No thanks.

Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at February 18, 2019 11:25 PM (mJP7y)

382 Careful when you transition over to 3.5" floppies. The data on them degrade after several years

I was amazed at the resiliency of 5.25 floppies. We had a house fire, put out by water, and by the time we were allowed back in some of the floppies were both warped and covered in mold. But they still read. The wonders of low data density. (And these were real low density. For a TRS-80 Model I.)

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 18, 2019 11:26 PM (2lndx)

383 'Well, this disk where I keep my backups keep going bad', as she pulls a disk off the metal filing cabinet she had put there with... a refrigerator magnet.


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*eyeroll*

Posted by: Walter White at February 18, 2019 11:26 PM (UGqF8)

384 BS on the microwave, It does incredible lobster and shrimp and I baked a carrot cake in one last week.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 18, 2019 11:26 PM (j0Zty)

385 microwaves are great for reheating coffee etc. But
they were sold as the end of ovens, you were to make all your fine
cuisine in it. No go.


Posted by: Quint at February 18, 2019 11:17 PM (n13/j)


Science Ovens!

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 18, 2019 11:27 PM (QLvwG)

386 The "Salon Cuckery" piece is timeless, classic Ace Of Spades. Yes, he still has it, and that's why we're all here.

Posted by: Al Crapton at February 18, 2019 11:27 PM (T8/UU)

387 True story... got called into a client who kept loosing data from floppy disks, so of course the computer had to be bad.

Got there, and computer was fine... asked the female admin, OK, so show me the problem...

'Well, this disk where I keep my backups keep going bad', as she pulls a disk off the metal filing cabinet she had put there with... a refrigerator magnet.

/facepalm
Posted by: Don Q at February 18, 2019 11:24 PM (NgKpN)
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Heh, had a computer die due to my son sticking a hub to the side of the computer. For whatever reason, the hub had a magnet built into it.

Posted by: Blake - used bridge salesman at February 18, 2019 11:27 PM (WEBkv)

388 384 BS on the microwave, It does incredible lobster and shrimp and I baked a carrot cake in one last week.
Posted by: Ben Had at February 18, 2019 11:26 PM (j0Zty)

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Meh. It's a complete fail for drying clothes.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 18, 2019 11:28 PM (UGqF8)

389 Once you order your Uber, you can check the bio on the driver. So far a large plurality of mine have been named Mohammed.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 18, 2019 11:20 PM (UGqF

So that is just like a cab. Only exception is London where they they hold onto the cab licenses like gold. They might inherit them but I am not sure about that. The test to get one is like the Ranger land nav course.

Posted by: Quint at February 18, 2019 11:28 PM (n13/j)

390 319 I foresee an entirely new class of crime: driverless truck hijacking.

AOP, I'll go you one better -- Drone bank/jewelry store heists. Theft by joystick. Go in via the roof, where no one is watching... yet.

Posted by: GnuBreed at February 18, 2019 11:28 PM (Z4rgH)

391 What's with all the gay and biracial couples in commercials lately?

Posted by: Jordan61 at February 18, 2019 11:29 PM (Wb0yh)

392 Margarita DeVille:
I have a flip phone.
I pay all bills by check.
I don't do online banking.
I don't do taxes on line either. Paper. Snail mail.
All of my clocks are analog.
I use maps. Paper maps.
It's all very sad.
*sigh*


Zettai Roshia-no Botto:
Well, you're here, so not a complete Luddite!

Yeah, my first thought was,
"You post here. All is well."
__________

BeckoningChasm #305:
I am completely out of ideas.
Is this what that feels like?
How...curious.


See now, when you can produce poetry like that,
you clearly aren't out of ideas.

May inSpiration fill you to overflowing.

Posted by: mindful webworker's dark and gritty update at February 18, 2019 11:29 PM (Iynsv)

393 Doesn't matter. Complete stranger.

And who verifies all that stuff? No thanks.
Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at February 18, 2019 11:25 PM (mJP7y)

That's why I suggested Uber driven by an amputee. Incomplete stranger, don't you know?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 18, 2019 11:29 PM (nPGq2)

394 is this where i fess up that i sent the link for the Yoko song to MissHum?

i wanted it to be on the Wedding Shower ONT...

i blame Chris Carter's "British Invasion" show on Little Steven's Underground Garage on Sirius/XM, rock channel #21

Posted by: redc1c4 at February 18, 2019 11:29 PM (NQJ+w)

395 I have taken Uber because the only vehicle we have is a POS truck my husband loves.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 18, 2019 11:29 PM (Lqy/e)

396 Any kind of protein cooked or reheated in a microwave gets really weird.

Posted by: Ladyl at February 18, 2019 11:22 PM (TdMsT)

I'm an asshole for giggling.

Anybody wanna take this?

Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at February 18, 2019 11:29 PM (mJP7y)

397 *groan*

Got a Doc appointment in the a.m., presumably he wants to see if I miraculously survived the flu...and then, there is that infected cat bite that he wants to follow up on.

Then, have to pick up new glasses which have been waiting since before I got sick. Then, I have to go by the Vets to pick up prescription food for the adorable Miss Sophie, THEN, I have to prep for a 4:00 meeting that will likely go on until six o'clock.

All I want to do is take a nap.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 18, 2019 11:30 PM (ZMWtN)

398 The United Way realized that it had never received a donation from the city's most successful lawyer.

So a United Way worker paid the lawyer a visit in his lavish office. The United Way guy opened the meeting by saying, 'Our research shows that even though your annual income is over two million dollars, you don't give a penny to charity.

Wouldn't you like to give something back to your community through the United Way?'



The lawyer thinks for a minute and says, 'First, did your research also show you that my mother is dying after a long, painful illness and she has huge medical bills that are far beyond her ability to pay?'

Embarrassed, the United Way rep mumbles, 'Uh . . . no, I didn't know that.'

'Secondly,' says the lawyer, 'did it show that my brother, a disabled veteran, is blind and confined to a wheelchair and is unable to support his wife and six children?

The stricken United Way rep begins to stammer an apology, but is cut off again.

'Thirdly, did your research also show you that my sister's husband died in a dreadful car accident, leaving her penniless with a mortgage and three children, one of whom is disabled and another that has learning disabilities requiring an array of private tutors?'

The humiliated United Way rep, completely beaten, says, 'I'm so sorry. I had no idea.'

And the lawyer says, 'So, if I didn't give any money to them, what makes you think I'd give any to you?'

Posted by: Kindltot at February 18, 2019 11:30 PM (mUa7G)

399 Doesn't matter. Complete stranger.

And who verifies all that stuff? No thanks.
Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at February 18, 2019 11:25 PM (mJP7y)

That's why I suggested Uber driven by an amputee. Incomplete stranger, don't you know?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 18, 2019 11:29 PM (nPGq2)

Oh, NOW I get it!!!! LOL

Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at February 18, 2019 11:30 PM (mJP7y)

400 That's why I suggested Uber driven by an amputee. Incomplete stranger, don't you know?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 18, 2019 11:29 PM (nPGq2)


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Now I get it. You had me stumped.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 18, 2019 11:30 PM (UGqF8)

401 BS on the microwave, It does incredible lobster and shrimp and I baked a carrot cake in one last week.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 18, 2019 11:26 PM (j0Zty)

overgrown popcorn machine.

I kid, I realize you can do some good stuff. A carrot cake? that is new to me. I go with ovens and cast iron but I am a luddite.

Posted by: Quint at February 18, 2019 11:30 PM (n13/j)

402 321 have never taken an Uber
I have never been on a Waterslide
I have never owned a Microwave

Posted by: garrett at February 18, 2019 11:10 PM (N/Ix2)


I was totes with you until 'microwave' oven. Fn' luddites.

Posted by: GnuBreed at February 18, 2019 11:30 PM (Z4rgH)

403 Less concerned about the chubby dude in flip flops balancing on the trunk than I am that it looks like they didn't put anything under the fridge.

Posted by: wodun at February 18, 2019 11:31 PM (lFga6)

404
Anybody wanna take this?
Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at February 18, 2019 11:29 PM (mJP7y)



Hey! What?

Posted by: Ladyl at February 18, 2019 11:31 PM (TdMsT)

405
Posted by: garrett at February 18, 2019 11:10 PM (N/Ix2)

I was totes with you until 'microwave' oven. Fn' luddites.
Posted by: GnuBreed at February 18, 2019 11:30 PM (Z4rgH)

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Don't even ask how he mows his lawn.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 18, 2019 11:31 PM (UGqF8)

406 Even the motorcyclists in ads are pussies, these days.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 18, 2019 11:32 PM (ZMWtN)

407 Posted by: Kindltot at February 18, 2019 11:30 PM (mUa7G)
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heh.

Posted by: Blake - used bridge salesman at February 18, 2019 11:32 PM (WEBkv)

408
Had both eyes done, one after another, the visual clarity now is astonishing.

Downside was the eye drops. Beyond tired of that procedure.

Posted by: irongrampa at February 18, 2019 11:32 PM (S/hVx)

409 ''BS on the microwave, It does incredible lobster and shrimp and I baked a carrot cake in one last week.''

Baked potatoes and sweet potatoes when you're in a hurry. Frozen veggies. Defrosting meat, casseroles, etc. So many uses it would take hours just to name them. It makes life easier when you're a busy working mom or dad.

Posted by: Tuna at February 18, 2019 11:32 PM (jm1YL)

410 My husband is going to have a benign growth under his eye removed at OSHU in a month. They will knock him out for the procedure so he has to have a physical beforehand. When they took the sample for testing, they put a needle into the growth to numb it. That was very painful so glad he'll be knocked out for this.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 18, 2019 11:33 PM (Lqy/e)

411 Ask someone under 50 to find an address using a map. Hilarity will ensue.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at February 18, 2019 11:17 PM (ffYR/)

LOL ,that's true. I just got rid of an old car, cleaned about 15 state maps, and some local type books out of it.Wife and I look at each other and ask do we need these? We kept them, internet drops while you're driving here, lots of hills and trees.

Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at February 18, 2019 11:33 PM (Rz2Nc)

412 ugh.

Posted by: michelle fields at February 18, 2019 11:33 PM (ykYG2)

413 Shit. W.E.B. Griffin was one of dad's favorites. Many copies were donated to various groups after his passing.

Posted by: I'm Brother Cavil, and I recommend The Courage To Be Disliked at February 18, 2019 11:33 PM (lLeln)

414 OK, flogged that recommendation long enough.

Posted by: I'm Brother Cavil, and I ain't recommending shit at the moment at February 18, 2019 11:33 PM (lLeln)

415 413 Shit. W.E.B. Griffin was one of dad's favorites. Many copies were donated to various groups after his passing.
Posted by: I'm Brother Cavil, and I recommend The Courage To Be Disliked at February 18, 2019 11:33 PM (lLeln)


My dad loved WEB Griffon, too.

Posted by: Ladyl at February 18, 2019 11:34 PM (TdMsT)

416 Downside was the eye drops. Beyond tired of that procedure.
Posted by: irongrampa at February 18, 2019 11:32 PM (S/hVx)

You still on them? My eyedrop prescription ran for a month; that's all. Sometimes I wake up in the morning with dry eyes. A drop of Visine takes care of that for me.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 18, 2019 11:34 PM (nPGq2)

417 Don't even ask how he mows his lawn.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 18, 2019 11:31 PM (UGqF

goat or straight razor.

Posted by: Quint at February 18, 2019 11:35 PM (n13/j)

418 I keep a Rand McNally Road Atlas in my car just in case.

And an ice scraper, even though I'm in Texas.

Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at February 18, 2019 11:35 PM (mJP7y)

419 I am going to mention W.E.B. Dubois here because I don't think anyone else can mention another person with the first name of W.E.B.

Posted by: Quint at February 18, 2019 11:35 PM (n13/j)

420 I've nuked steak in my microwave... It isn't bad!

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at February 18, 2019 11:36 PM (CLcKT)

421 goat or straight razor.
Posted by: Quint
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Scythe, or sling.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 18, 2019 11:36 PM (w54mS)

422 Re microwaves:

I've heard of motels that claim each room has a 'kitchen.' The kitchen is a microwave and a hot plate in the bathroom. :-P

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2019 11:36 PM (miE9U)

423 "I was amazed at the resiliency of 5.25 floppies."

I have some that are thirty years old and they're still readable. You can't guarantee that with a 3.5". Gotta copy them over to CD or DVD before they fail to read.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at February 18, 2019 11:36 PM (7s3Gx)

424 My autopays are done via credit cards. You have recourse with them.

- Credit cards are paid in full, monthly and I have a monthly receipt of my transactions.

Posted by: Braenyard at February 18, 2019 11:36 PM (ePWRo)

425 I am going to mention W.E.B. Dubois here because I don't think anyone else can mention another person with the first name of W.E.B.
Posted by: Quint
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Well....

Posted by: J.E.B. Stuart at February 18, 2019 11:37 PM (w54mS)

426 Is there anyone here who's close by any of the following cities?:

- Tucumcari, NM
- Amarillo, TX
- Winslow, AZ
?????

If so, please let me know. I may be passing through all three this fall.

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2019 11:38 PM (miE9U)

427 Quint, the carrot cake was a what the hell since I don't have an oven. I was more surprised than anyone could be at the way it turned out and it only took 10 minutes.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 18, 2019 11:38 PM (j0Zty)

428 410
My husband is going to have a benign growth under his eye removed at
OSHU in a month. They will knock him out for the procedure so he has to
have a physical beforehand. When they took the sample for testing, they
put a needle into the growth to numb it. That was very painful so glad
he'll be knocked out for this.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 18, 2019 11:33 PM (Lqy/e)

Yikes!

Posted by: Jordan61 at February 18, 2019 11:38 PM (Wb0yh)

429 That Jimmy Fallon is sooooooo funny with all of those Trump jokes, I don't think anything he says is funny except those super intelligent Trump jokes. Hilarious!!!

Posted by: ChasAtlas at February 18, 2019 11:38 PM (ddXcI)

430 I've heard of motels that claim each room has a 'kitchen.' The kitchen is a microwave and a hot plate in the bathroom. :-P
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2019 11:36 PM (miE9U)

My present "kitchen" here in Arizona is a mini-fridge and microwave perched on a set of bureau drawers. And the bathroom sink. And I have a charcoal Weber grill outside.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 18, 2019 11:39 PM (nPGq2)

431 AOP, not too bad I guess, especially if the cost of living there is low.

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2019 11:39 PM (miE9U)

432 Posted by: Tuna at February 18, 2019 11:25 PM (jm1YL)

Got mine done, but I should have gone for the astigmatism corrective lenses, I still have halos when night driving. 20/30 though

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at February 18, 2019 11:40 PM (f3oO4)

433 I get paid once a month. As soon as that started, I put together a spread sheet and I track every single expense. Nothing like only getting paid once a month to make one focus on the budget.
Posted by: Blake - used bridge salesman at February 18, 2019 11:25 PM (WEBkv)

Yes ,we get paid once a month in the sense that we have x amount of money transferred to our checking account once a month. I pay cash for everything except gas, because pay at plump. My wife uses a credit card. We just take her credit card bill and my receipts and go through the bank statement (ok, we do this online) and make sure it all adds up.

Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at February 18, 2019 11:40 PM (Rz2Nc)

434
I've nuked steak in my microwave... It isn't bad!


Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at February 18, 2019 11:36 PM (CLcKT)

I never did a steak from raw, maybe a reheat. I remember when microwave bacon was all the rage. It was ok but usually a bit dry. There are better methods for sure.

Posted by: Quint at February 18, 2019 11:40 PM (n13/j)

435 ...I am going to mention W.E.B. Dubois here because I don't think anyone else can mention another person with the first name of W.E.B.
Posted by: Quint
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Well....

Posted by: J.E.B. Stuart at February 18, 2019 11:37 PM (w54mS)




Please clap.

Posted by: J.E.B.ush at February 18, 2019 11:42 PM (QzJWU)

436 Posted by: Ben Had at February 18, 2019 11:38 PM (j0Zty)

Daughter H has done cheesecake in an instapot iirc!

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at February 18, 2019 11:42 PM (f3oO4)

437 Headline at HotAir: "Democrats are tearing themselves apart over Amazon."

Let's hope so.

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2019 11:42 PM (miE9U)

438 - Tucumcari, NM
- Amarillo, TX
- Winslow, AZ
?????

If so, please let me know. I may be passing through all three this fall.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2019 11:38 PM (miE9U)

If you have a plan to motor East,

Take my way, the highway that's the least.

Get sporty, on old I-40.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 18, 2019 11:42 PM (nPGq2)

439 @416

No, I.m done with the drops, just that there were 3 types, some 4x per day, and for a while, I was doing both eyes.

Tiresome.

Posted by: irongrampa at February 18, 2019 11:42 PM (S/hVx)

440 410 My husband is going to have a benign growth under his eye removed at OSHU in a month. They will knock him out for the procedure so he has to have a physical beforehand. When they took the sample for testing, they put a needle into the growth to numb it. That was very painful so glad he'll be knocked out for this.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 18, 2019 11:33 PM (Lqy/e)

I hope it all goes well.

Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at February 18, 2019 11:43 PM (Rz2Nc)

441
Headline at HotAir: "Democrats are tearing themselves apart over Amazon."



Let's hope so.

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2019 11:42 PM (miE9U)

First the Starbucks guy, now Amazon. This could get ugly. And by that I mean a lot of tweeting.

Posted by: Quint at February 18, 2019 11:43 PM (n13/j)

442 JFC, now the Woke Mobs on Twitter have their bowels in an uproar over a 48 year old magazine interview of a man who died 42 years ago.

Yup, they're digging up John Wayne

Posted by: kbdabear at February 18, 2019 11:44 PM (0Ntuf)

443 Ben Had--Why don't you have an oven?

Posted by: Ladyl at February 18, 2019 11:44 PM (TdMsT)

444 AOP, not too bad I guess, especially if the cost of living there is low.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2019 11:39 PM (miE9U)

I am building a new kitchen. Plumbing is roughed in, and I am doing wiring. Kitchen lights are in, and working as planned.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 18, 2019 11:44 PM (nPGq2)

445 Tucumcari, NM

- Amarillo, TX

- Winslow, AZ

?????

two of those are mentioned in great songs. The first might be difficult.

Posted by: Quint at February 18, 2019 11:45 PM (n13/j)

446 My present "kitchen" here in Arizona is a mini-fridge and microwave perched on a set of bureau drawers. And the bathroom sink. And I have a charcoal Weber grill outside.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 18, 2019 11:39 PM (nPGq2)



A freezer and you would be set.

Posted by: Braenyard at February 18, 2019 11:45 PM (ePWRo)

447 AOP, that's the highway that's the best for the trip I'm taking, for better or worse.

If you listen to KKJZ, you realize EVERYONE has covered "Get Yer Kicks on Route 66," from the Stones to Ella Fitzgerald.

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2019 11:45 PM (miE9U)

448 .I am going to mention W.E.B. Dubois here because
I don't think anyone else can mention another person with the first
name of W.E.B.

Posted by: Quint

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Well....



Posted by: J.E.B. Stuart at February 18, 2019 11:37 PM (w54mS)







Please clap.



Posted by: J.E.B.ush at February 18, 2019 11:42 PM (QzJWU)

well done. king of the JEB's.

Posted by: Quint at February 18, 2019 11:46 PM (n13/j)

449 two of those are mentioned in great songs. The first might be difficult.
Posted by: Quint at February 18, 2019 11:45 PM (n13/j)

"Willin'" by Little Feat.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 18, 2019 11:47 PM (nPGq2)

450 Good shit, as always MH.
Panic is always best third hand. Allows room to enjoy without getting the mess on you.
Too bad those currently in panic mode haven't been paying attention.

Posted by: HI&QI at February 18, 2019 11:48 PM (Tc6m0)

451 Hrothgar, I am so looking forward to meeting Daughter H.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 18, 2019 11:48 PM (j0Zty)

452 My dad always went on and on about Tucumcari. He loved it there.

Of course, that was 50 years ago, and things may have changed since then......

Posted by: Eustace Haverkamp at February 18, 2019 11:48 PM (C1NyB)

453 >>"Willin'" by Little Feat.


Ton'e pah /Tonopah

Posted by: garrett at February 18, 2019 11:48 PM (N/Ix2)

454 Tucumcari, NM, I'm "Willing"

Posted by: Braenyard at February 18, 2019 11:48 PM (ePWRo)

455 I hear it's not hard to find a burger with green chile on it anywhere in NM. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2019 11:49 PM (miE9U)

456 > My dad always went on and on about Tucumcari.


It's...sparse. Or it was back in 93.

Posted by: garrett at February 18, 2019 11:49 PM (N/Ix2)

457 A freezer and you would be set.
Posted by: Braenyard at February 18, 2019 11:45 PM (ePWRo)

I'm getting a side-by-side fridge/freezer (mit eismacher) from a friend shortly. Then will hunt for an electric range.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 18, 2019 11:49 PM (nPGq2)

458 two of those are mentioned in great songs. The first might be difficult.


Posted by: Quint at February 18, 2019 11:45 PM (n13/j)


Willin', Lowell George and Little Feat.

--SNIP--

I've been from Tucson to Tucumcari
Tehachapi to Tonapah

--SNIP--

Posted by: RickZ at February 18, 2019 11:49 PM (Y8PSl)

459 Yoko, OH NO!

Posted by: HI&QI at February 18, 2019 11:49 PM (Tc6m0)

460 two of those are mentioned in great songs. The first might be difficult.

Posted by: Quint at February 18, 2019 11:45 PM (n13/j)



"Willin'" by Little Feat.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 18, 2019 11:47 PM (nPGq2)

well done. I never heard that before. I am a bit of a country snob. Always cool to branch out though.

Posted by: Quint at February 18, 2019 11:50 PM (n13/j)

461 I admit the word 'Tucumcari' sounds vaguely dirty to me. "Stupid tourists left their tucumcari all over the sheets!" :-P

It's one of those words that sound dirty but isn't, like 'matriculate.'

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2019 11:50 PM (miE9U)

462 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNqv85coyTw

Posted by: Braenyard at February 18, 2019 11:50 PM (ePWRo)

463 LadyL because I live in the middle of a barn and there is no room for one.

Question? Have you been to all the Ohio Mo Me's?

Posted by: Ben Had at February 18, 2019 11:51 PM (j0Zty)

464 Headline at HotAir: "Democrats are tearing themselves apart over Amazon."

Let's hope so.
Posted by: qdpsteve

First the Starbucks guy, now Amazon. This could get ugly. And by that I mean a lot of tweeting.
Posted by: Quint


The corporate commies (aka "would-be aristocrats") vs. the rank-and-file believers (aka "the rabble"). Popcorn-worthy.

Posted by: I'm Brother Cavil, and I ain't recommending shit at the moment at February 18, 2019 11:52 PM (lLeln)

465 >>It's one of those words that sound dirty but isn't, like 'matriculate.'


Titicaca!

Posted by: garrett at February 18, 2019 11:52 PM (N/Ix2)

466 Ask someone under 50 to find an address using a map. Hilarity will ensue.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at February 18, 2019 11:17 PM


I think this was an episode of Duck Dynasty.

Posted by: Chuck C at February 18, 2019 11:52 PM (zCabI)

467 Uber, never taken, not available here.
Water Slide, nothing against, but never been on one.
Microwave, I've made popcorn and melted butter in one.

Goodnight, have a great night everyone!

Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at February 18, 2019 11:52 PM (Rz2Nc)

468 >> I am a bit of a country snob. Always cool to branch out though.


Well, it's actually a bit too country.

Posted by: Zombie Zappa at February 18, 2019 11:53 PM (N/Ix2)

469
I admit the word 'Tucumcari' sounds vaguely dirty to me. "Stupid tourists left their tucumcari all over the sheets!" :-P



It's one of those words that sound dirty but isn't, like 'matriculate.'

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2019 11:50 PM


You're not going to like the official national alcoholic beverage of Hungary then, either...

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at February 18, 2019 11:53 PM (CLcKT)

470 NM is crazy about the green chili, I hear they put it in everything. I've even had green chili beer.

Posted by: USNtakim profoundly deplorable. at February 18, 2019 11:53 PM (0OmEj)

471 It's a little odd, but I have occasionally pondered the fact that the highway system is easily the largest structure in the world.

In theory, my house is attached to the driveway, the driveway to the street, a couple of miles away I-40 is attached to that.

If any of you were to run outside, put an ear to the pavement, and wait for me to give it a good whack, why, we could do Morse. In theory. There may be a decay issue...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 18, 2019 11:54 PM (/dN1M)

472 "AOP, that's the highway that's the best for the trip I'm taking, for better or worse. "

Good luck with the damned 18-wheelers that are always flying formation and cutting you off passing on hills on that interstate. Drove it from Clines Corner to Las Vegas and I was ready to murder someone by the time I hit the AZ border...

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at February 18, 2019 11:54 PM (7s3Gx)

473 It's one of those words that sound dirty but isn't, like 'matriculate.'

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2019 11:50 PM (miE9U)


'Masticate' sounds ever dirtier.

We won't go into the word 'tittup'. And, no, that's not a derivation of 'tit's up'.

Posted by: RickZ at February 18, 2019 11:54 PM (Y8PSl)

474 Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2019 11:50 PM (miE9U)

Gospel.

Posted by: Eustace Haverkamp at February 18, 2019 11:54 PM (C1NyB)

475 Willin':

https://hooktube.com/watch?v=RNqv85coyTw

Impressive to see how many musicians have covered it, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 18, 2019 11:54 PM (nPGq2)

476 429 That Jimmy Fallon is sooooooo funny with all of those Trump jokes, I don't think anything he says is funny except those super intelligent Trump jokes. Hilarious!!!
Posted by: ChasAtlas at February 18, 2019 11:38 PM (ddXcI)

Huh... I remember early on in the first days of the Trump Ascendancy, Fallon was one of the few actually making funny Trump jokes, kinda Leno/Carson style, where it was biting and funny but not malicious. Has he gone full Derangement Syndrome too? I don't watch any TV anymore either way, but that's a shame if so.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 18, 2019 11:54 PM (Ct55T)

477 463 LadyL because I live in the middle of a barn and there is no room for one.

Question? Have you been to all the Ohio Mo Me's?
Posted by: Ben Had at February 18, 2019 11:51 PM (j0Zty)


You live in a barn? That sounds pretty cool! I've been to three Ohio MoMes: one in Columbus and two in Dayton. I believe the Dayton MoMes started about five years before I joined Ace.

Posted by: Ladyl at February 18, 2019 11:55 PM (TdMsT)

478 All I want to do is take a nap.

A good start, but let me work on those lyrics a bit ...

Posted by: Sheryl Crow at February 18, 2019 11:55 PM (poslC)

479 Hatch chilies make everything better.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 18, 2019 11:55 PM (Ct55T)

480 Posted by: Ben Had at February 18, 2019 11:48 PM (j0Zty)

Well she has Moronette tendencies, but she's not formally a member, doesn't even have the cardboard membership card, so I warnt sure she could attend!

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at February 18, 2019 11:56 PM (f3oO4)

481 I stopped in Tucumcari in 1995 during a dry windy day.

If you love dry windy places in the middle of nowhere, you'll love it there.

At least it's in northern NM where it's mountainous. Beats the shit out of Lordsburg and Deming in southern NM.

By now, I imagine Tucumcari is the kind of southwestern town that you need to read the road signs to reassure you that you're not in Mexico.

Posted by: kbdabear at February 18, 2019 11:56 PM (0Ntuf)

482 to reassure you that you're not in Mexico.
Posted by: kbdabear at February 18, 2019 11:56 PM (0Ntuf)

Or California.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 18, 2019 11:57 PM (Ct55T)

483 LadyL, do you remember ibguy doing a mock lable on a 160z size can?

Posted by: Ben Had at February 18, 2019 11:58 PM (j0Zty)

484 By now, I imagine Tucumcari is the kind of southwestern town that you need to read the road signs to reassure you that you're not in Mexico.
Posted by: kbdabear at February 18, 2019 11:56 PM (0Ntuf)

I passed though it in 2015. Passed through the whole State in one day.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 18, 2019 11:59 PM (nPGq2)

485 I am a bit of a country snob. Always cool to branch out though.





Well, it's actually a bit too country.

Posted by: Zombie Zappa at February 18, 2019 11:53 PM (N/Ix2)


I just missed out on these guys, simple as that. Of course I have heard of them but never listened to their music. I have enjoyed lots of bands with a similar sound. It was a good song AOP.

Posted by: Quint at February 18, 2019 11:59 PM (n13/j)

486 483 LadyL, do you remember ibguy doing a mock lable on a 160z size can?
Posted by: Ben Had at February 18, 2019 11:58 PM (j0Zty)


No. Could it have happened three years ago or more?

Posted by: Ladyl at February 19, 2019 12:00 AM (TdMsT)

487 It's one of those words that sound dirty but isn't, like 'matriculate.'
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2019 11:50 PM (miE9U)


"Security isn't a dirty word, Blackadder. Crevice is a dirty word, but security isn't"

Posted by: Kindltot at February 19, 2019 12:00 AM (mUa7G)

488 I knew some people from Taos. They were crazy about the roasted chilies.

Posted by: Quint at February 19, 2019 12:00 AM (n13/j)

489 Two brothers, owner-operators whose run was from OK city to CA, ordered their KWs built to cruise at 120.

Posted by: Braenyard at February 19, 2019 12:00 AM (ePWRo)

490 Gah, I'm reading an unnamed blog whose comment section is more interesting than the blog itself. It' devolved into TDS and name-calling and bomb throwing. That kind of shit gets old.

Posted by: USNtakim profoundly deplorable. at February 19, 2019 12:01 AM (0OmEj)

491 It' devolved into TDS and name-calling and bomb throwing. That kind of shit gets old.
Posted by: USNtakim profoundly deplorable. at February 19, 2019 12:01 AM (0OmEj)

Some places consider that kind of shit a "business model".

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 19, 2019 12:02 AM (Ct55T)

492 LOL ,that's true. I just got rid of an old car, cleaned about 15 state maps, and some local type books out of it.Wife and I look at each other and ask do we need these? We kept them, internet drops while you're driving here, lots of hills and trees.
Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at February 18, 2019 11:33 PM (Rz2Nc)

Keep those maps and put them in your new car! In a real emergency, the GPS is useless. During a California wildfire, the GPS was blocked by the evacuation notice. Neither I nor my passenger are from CA so getting out of Dodge was a bit hairy and we were wishing we had a map and a compass. Another time back home on the East Coast there was flash flooding after a freak summer storm and the GPS couldn't react fast enough to get around the flooding and the instant traffic jams.

Posted by: RondinellaMamma at February 19, 2019 12:03 AM (9Ni3Z)

493 Gah, I'm reading an unnamed blog whose comment
section is more interesting than the blog itself. It' devolved into TDS
and name-calling and bomb throwing. That kind of shit gets old.



Posted by: USNtakim profoundly deplorable. at February 19, 2019 12:01 AM


Sounds a bit like the HQ... Except for the TDS, name-calling, and bomb throwing...

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at February 19, 2019 12:04 AM (CLcKT)

494 I just missed out on these guys, simple as that. Of course I have heard of them but never listened to their music. I have enjoyed lots of bands with a similar sound. It was a good song AOP.
Posted by: Quint at February 18, 2019 11:59 PM (n13/j)

If there is a definitive Little Feat Album, then Waiting For Columbus is it. A live album, and very well produced.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2019 12:04 AM (nPGq2)

495
I just missed out on these guys, simple as that. Of course I have heard
of them but never listened to their music. I have enjoyed lots of bands
with a similar sound. It was a good song AOP.

Posted by: Quint at February 18, 2019 11:59 PM (n13/j)



If there is a definitive Little Feat Album, then Waiting For Columbus is it. A live album, and very well produced.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2019 12:04 AM (nPGq2)I'll check it out.

Posted by: Quint at February 19, 2019 12:06 AM (n13/j)

496 Back to the microwave topic, I seem to remember ace did a treatise on adventures in microwave cooking, but I have no idea when.

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at February 19, 2019 12:07 AM (f3oO4)

497 my guess for the unnamed blog would be H.A. R.S. seems to have improved markedly. Of course my blog world universe if pretty small.

Posted by: Quint at February 19, 2019 12:08 AM (n13/j)

498 Thing about Tucumcari was, the Interstate didn't get finished for several miles on either side of the city for ages and ages, so you had to drive through the old Rt66 through town. We celebrated it, and it was a historic and sad day when they eventually put the Interstate through.

When I first went to NM, a friend took us to a greasy spoon (long gone) on the Plaza in Santa Fe to introduce us to NM style chile verde. As we walked in, I saw a grizzled vagabond with a bowl in front of him with what appeared to be some green-glowing nuclear waste. He was shoveling it in.

My "friends" insisted we start, not with the turista mild, but go right for the local caliente. ARRIBA! ANDELE! YONO-OKO! AQUA POR FAVOR!

I did learn to enjoy even the extra-hot NM style green chile, and Milady and I frequently import some and cook it up and slather it on everything, but, I could never consume a raw bowl of the nuclear gruel like that hobo in Santa Fe.

Posted by: mindful webworker's dark and gritty update at February 19, 2019 12:08 AM (Iynsv)

499 Hrothgar, it will be all about the horses and she has platinum membership there.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 19, 2019 12:08 AM (j0Zty)

500
"Democrats are tearing themselves apart over Amazon."

Food for the piranhas.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 19, 2019 12:09 AM (aKsyK)

501 Posted by: Ben Had at February 19, 2019 12:08 AM (j0Zty)

I will take that as a green light, and I thank you in advance!

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at February 19, 2019 12:11 AM (f3oO4)

502 Santa Fe is another good song. I know it is mostly lib and weird these days at least that is what I have heard.

Posted by: Quint at February 19, 2019 12:11 AM (n13/j)

503 The 36-year-old man, surnamed Zhang, was able to get hitched three times in a period of three years (2015-2017) to three different women by exploiting a loophole in the system, marrying each time in a different province.

If he were an "Uighur" he could have done it legally under sharia.

Oh wait, the Chinese aren't stupid and nutless enough to allow two incompatible legal systems in their country like, say, England.

Posted by: Jussie Smollett at February 19, 2019 12:13 AM (/qEW2)

504 Santa Fe was lib and weird in the mid-70s when we were there, but so were we at the time, so it was... okay, it was educational on why you don't want to be in the "Land of Enchantment."

Posted by: mindful webworker's dark and gritty update at February 19, 2019 12:13 AM (Iynsv)

505 mindful, sounds tasty. :-)

Ever see the green pickle relish that Chicago hot dog places put on their dogs? The stuff glows in the dark.

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 19, 2019 12:13 AM (miE9U)

506 Posted by: USNtakim profoundly deplorable. at February 19, 2019 12:01 AM (0OmEj)

Were you not here during the last GOP primary?

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 19, 2019 12:13 AM (yrZmO)

507 498 Thing about Tucumcari was, the Interstate didn't get finished for several miles on either side of the city for ages and ages, so you had to drive through the old Rt66 through town. We celebrated it, and it was a historic and sad day when they eventually put the Interstate through. "

I remember getting to see Tucumcari in the old days, it was when the parents would take all of us on these 2 week long excursions through the west. Now looking back, I can't see how they managed to keep their sanity, 2 adults, 3 kids, locked into a hot Rambler station wagon in the middle of the summer with an AC that barely worked half the time. Oh, but those memories - kids today have no idea what they're missing. We saw it all.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 19, 2019 12:13 AM (V2Yro)

508 Hrothgar, tell her I will get one of the older cutters in shape so that she can work a cow .

Posted by: Ben Had at February 19, 2019 12:14 AM (j0Zty)

509 If there is a definitive Little Feat Album, then Waiting For Columbus is it. A live album, and very well produced.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2019 12:04 AM (nPGq2

I need to dig out my cds, I know I've got some LF, but sure if I've got that one.

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at February 19, 2019 12:14 AM (f3oO4)

510 Santa Fe was lib and weird in the mid-70s when we
were there, but so were we at the time, so it was... okay, it was
educational on why you don't want to be in the "Land of Enchantment."

Posted by: mindful webworker's dark and gritty update at February 19, 2019 12:13 AM (Iynsv)

I just rechecked the song by the Bellamy Brothers. Really it was just decent, not quite good.

Posted by: Quint at February 19, 2019 12:15 AM (n13/j)

511 I hear them calling me...

toothbrush... pillow... dreams...

The pillow and dreams are like a melodic dreamscape from a Little Nemo comic.

But the toothbrush sounds like a dental drill.

Posted by: mindful webworker's dark and gritty update at February 19, 2019 12:15 AM (Iynsv)

512 BH , this is getting better and better!

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at February 19, 2019 12:16 AM (f3oO4)

513 If there is a definitive Little Feat Album, then Waiting For Columbus is it. A live album, and very well produced.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2019 12:04 AM (nPGq2)


I have many Feat albums. My favorite is 'The Last Record Album'.

Little Feat is one of the bands I'm proud to say I saw live, in 1977, before Lowell George died.

Posted by: RickZ at February 19, 2019 12:16 AM (Y8PSl)

514 Tom Servo, wow, sounds like MY childhood. :-)

My dad would insist we go on these two-week excursions at least twice every summer. Usually we'd start by going to Yosemite (with a stop at the Motel 6 in Fresno on Blackstone), then we'd keep heading north. (My parents liked northern California, which I can understand.)

We had a VW bus, then that blew its gasket and from 1978 on we had a funky blue ChevyVan 20. My dad had built restaurant-style seating around a wooden table in the back. No seat belts, of course. And there we sat for thousands and thousands of miles over the years.

Oh, and because my dad was stick of stopping every hour or so, we also carried a porta-potti right in the bus/van with us, which of course helped make everything smell great. Once my 7-year old sister sat down on it to pee... and I caught that she had forgotten to take her panties off first. :-P

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 19, 2019 12:18 AM (miE9U)

515 Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 19, 2019 12:13 AM (yrZmO)

You beat me to it. I didn't think he was a noob, but...

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at February 19, 2019 12:18 AM (f3oO4)

516 qdpsteve: Ever see the green pickle relish that Chicago hot dog places put on their dogs? The stuff glows in the dark.

I didn't indulge in Chicago style dogs from street vendors very often in the fourteen years we lived in the windbag city, but when we did, you know we had it Chicago style.

Chicago - the Big Potato
mindfulwebworks.com/tales/big-potato-1

Posted by: mindful webworker's dark and gritty update at February 19, 2019 12:18 AM (Iynsv)

517 I passed though it in 2015. Passed through the whole State in one day.

If you're on I-10 headed to Phoenix from El Paso, you can pass through New Mexico in about 4 hours. But best trip I ever took in New Mexico was a while back, when I was allowed to take a company car on vacation. Started at Carrizozo and took off on gravel backroads, visiting Anasazi sites that are off the beaten path. Stayed on gravel for about 250 miles, ending up all the up top at Chaco. Got to see the Sun Dagger on June 21st, just before they closed the spot to the public because it was too fragile.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 19, 2019 12:18 AM (V2Yro)

518 mindful, yup.

I also only learned about the legendary Chicago stockyards about 10 years ago, watching C-SPAN late at night. Closed down for good in 1971.

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 19, 2019 12:20 AM (miE9U)

519 qdpsteve: Ever see the green pickle relish that Chicago hot dog places put on their dogs? The stuff glows in the dark.



I didn't indulge in Chicago style dogs from street vendors very
often in the fourteen years we lived in the windbag city, but when we
did, you know we had it Chicago style.



Chicago - the Big Potato

mindfulwebworks.com/tales/big-potato-1

Posted by: mindful webworker's dark and gritty update at February 19, 2019 12:18 AM (Iynsv)

There used to be a trivia question about what facility sold the most hot dogs in the US.

spoiler below
it was the Chicago O'hare airport. I doubt things have changed much, it is probably still the case.

Posted by: Quint at February 19, 2019 12:22 AM (n13/j)

520 Sorry, once again gotta side with Sandy Equine-Cortez.

Interesting, how the DeDumbass quote is juxtaposed with Chesteron, for Chesterton wrote:

It cannot be too often repeated that what destroyed the Family in the modern world was Capitalism. No doubt it might have been Communism, if Communism had ever had a chance, outside that semi-Mongolian wilderness where it actually flourishes. But, so far as we are concerned, what has broken up households and encouraged divorces, and treated the old domestic virtues with more and more open contempt, is the epoch and Power of Capitalism. It is Capitalism that has forced a moral feud and a commercial competition between the sexes; that has destroyed the influence of the parent in favour of the influence of the employer; that has driven men from their homes to look for jobs; that has forced them to live near their factories or their firms instead of near their families; and, above all, that has encouraged, for commercial reasons, a parade of publicity and garish novelty, which is in its nature the death of all that was called dignity and modesty by our mothers and fathers.

Posted by: logprof at February 19, 2019 12:22 AM (e7oj4)

521 I have been on 40 from Wilmington to Barstow and back more times than I care to think about. Family in SoCal, and it was a relatively cheap way to keep multitudes of children occupied over a large chunk of summer.I definitely remember when that one stretch was still 66. Tucumcari and Gallup mostly filled with drunk Indians staggering around. Stuckeys.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 19, 2019 12:24 AM (yrZmO)

522 My HQ habit took a break over the primaries. I was a Cruise guy myself up until the choice was hillbitch or the Don. Then I was MAGA all the way and have not regretted it either. I would crawl over broken glass to vote Trump again.

Posted by: USNtakim profoundly deplorable. at February 19, 2019 12:24 AM (0OmEj)

523 492 ... Neither I nor my passenger are from CA so getting out of Dodge was a bit hairy and we were wishing we had a map and a compass.

Rondinella, my previous car had a built-in compass, which I consulted fairly regularly, so a few months ago I added one to the new(er) car. It comes in handy, especially for those of us w/o GPS.

*yeah yeah, after giving garrett luddite grief, I've got my own cheering section.

Posted by: GnuBreed at February 19, 2019 12:24 AM (Z4rgH)

524 426 Is there anyone here who's close by any of the following cities?:

- Tucumcari, NM
- Amarillo, TX
- Winslow, AZ
?????

If so, please let me know. I may be passing through all three this fall."

That's enough to let us know you're gonna be on I-40!

As far as place names in song lyrics, it's gotta be unfair to pull out "I've been everywhere, man!"

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 19, 2019 12:25 AM (V2Yro)

525 As far as place names in song lyrics, it's gotta be unfair to pull out "I've been everywhere, man!"

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 19, 2019 12:25 AM (V2Yro)

Kokomo

Posted by: Quint at February 19, 2019 12:27 AM (n13/j)

526 Kingman seems to have become a thing. Has really built up. It always gave me the creeps, although just when you thought you had finally seen the armpit of America, you'd roll in to Needles.
Needles has most assuredly not become a thing.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 19, 2019 12:28 AM (yrZmO)

527 Chesterton was Socialist-curious, sadly.

Some of his Father Brown stuff hasn't aged well either. He's pretty solid but he's English and has that quirk that the government knows best so long as the 'right people' are in charge of it.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, link fixed at February 19, 2019 12:29 AM (xJa6I)

528 Kokomo
Posted by: Quint at February 19, 2019 12:27 AM (n13/j)

--For some strange reason, Kokomo is some paradisaical locale in the Caribbean in a Beach Boys song, and also a town in Robbie Robertson's song "Somewhere Down the Crazy River."

Posted by: logprof at February 19, 2019 12:30 AM (e7oj4)

529 Weird hearing about a place where I was born (Chicago), yet not knowing anything about it.

Not that I'm complaining or anything.

Posted by: SMH at February 19, 2019 12:30 AM (RU4sa)

530 *exhalation*

gnite world

Posted by: mindful webworker's dark and gritty update at February 19, 2019 12:31 AM (Iynsv)

531 Posted by: USNtakim profoundly deplorable. at February 19, 2019 12:24 AM (0OmEj)

I knew you'd been around longer than that!I finally took a break, too; it was just Crazytown. Really sad that we lost so many regulars and Cobs.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 19, 2019 12:31 AM (yrZmO)

532 The idea that Capitalism is even a thing is a Marxist construction.

Capitalism, as opposed to Corporatism or Mercantilism, is merely the free market operating without government control.

Capitalism can't break up families or undermine marriages. People do that. Culture does that.

But here I am arguing with a man long, long dead.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, link fixed at February 19, 2019 12:31 AM (xJa6I)

533 Some of his Father Brown stuff hasn't aged well either. He's pretty solid but he's English and has that quirk that the government knows best so long as the 'right people' are in charge of it.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, link fixed at February 19, 2019 12:29 AM (xJa6I)

--Hardly the sum of his thoughts on capitalism. Does exporting jobs to China for the benefit of stockholders and moguls equal Christianity?

Posted by: logprof at February 19, 2019 12:32 AM (e7oj4)

534 Tammy, Needles is just sad.
Detroit in the desert.

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 19, 2019 12:33 AM (miE9U)

535 What famous American country singer wrote a song with Saskatoon in the title?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2019 12:33 AM (nPGq2)

536 well it wasn't Saskatoon, Michigan.

Posted by: Quint at February 19, 2019 12:36 AM (n13/j)

537 And I've been from Tucson to Tucumcari,Tehachipi to Tonapah,Driven every kind of rig that's ever been made,Drivin' the backroads so I didn't get weighed,And if you give me weed, whites and wine

Posted by: Old Blue at February 19, 2019 12:36 AM (gEvQ8)

538 Posted by: qdpsteve at February 19, 2019 12:33 AM (miE9U)

I will never understand the appeal of the desert. (No offense intended, AOP!)

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 19, 2019 12:36 AM (yrZmO)

539 So many great songs about Saskatoon!

"In Saskatoon I Met a Loon"
"Just a Goon In Saskatoon"
"The Moon In Saskatoon Last June"
:-P

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 19, 2019 12:37 AM (miE9U)

540 I knew you'd been around longer than that!I finally took a break, too; it was just Crazytown. Really sad that we lost so many regulars and Cobs.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 19, 2019 12:31 AM (yrZmO)

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I was a lurker then. Bodies were hitting the floor regularly during the primaries here. I waited until Trump had been elected for a few months to start commenting. This was no place for a FNG during that time.

Posted by: Calm Mentor at February 19, 2019 12:37 AM (ffYR/)

541 The ONLY state I 've never been to is Wisconsin.
1) Wisconsin is not on the way to anyplace else.
2) Buncha Crazy Leftists.
3) Why? Cheese curds!?

Posted by: 49 other States at February 19, 2019 12:37 AM (bE2ic)

542 Chesterton was fantastic on spirituality and morality, but really didn't know squat about economics. On the other hand, I would say most good economists don't know squat about spirituality and morality.

A very simplified answer to Chesterton's complaints about capitalism is that the evils he lists are caused by too great a concentration of power in too few hands (large corps), but he and the other socialists propose to fix that problem by concentrating even more power in even fewer hands. It's a solution guaranteed to fail, which it always has.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 19, 2019 12:37 AM (V2Yro)

543 Tammy, really? I kinda liked the desert.
I'd probably live in Bullhead City if I could.

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 19, 2019 12:37 AM (miE9U)

544 DeBlasio is whining about Amazon picking up its marbles and going home---or at least away from New York City. DeBlasio and Cuomo offered some tax credits (actually not cash out of pocket, but a reduced tax bill in future). The deal that was offered Amazon has been essentially open to anyone who is willing to locate a new business in the State of New York. Nothing special about it at all.

DeBlasio and Cuomo can't control the neighbors in Long Island City, they can't control the union bosses who demnd that a new business unionize, they can't control the environmental wackos who delay the permitting process etc.

DeBlasio and Cuomo ought to take a look in the mirror. They think that NYC is a "great place to do business" and they are, figuratively speaking the Queen of the Prom. In reality they resemble Zelda Zitface Gluz, who wonders why nobody will ever ask her to the prom. NYC just isn't that attractive a place to do business. Zelda is going to have to offer a little bit more to get that invite to the prom.

Posted by: Comanche Voter at February 19, 2019 12:37 AM (WRSbt)

545 Mojave desert is pretty cool. Particularly at night.

Posted by: Quint at February 19, 2019 12:38 AM (n13/j)

546

I guess this is not what you were looking for:

"Runnin' Back to Saskatoon" is a song written by Burton Cummings and Kurt Winter.

The song was recorded by the Canadian rock group The Guess Who on May 22, 1972 for the album Live at the Paramount

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 19, 2019 12:38 AM (aKsyK)

547 If I had to live in California the rest of my life, but could choose any city, it'd most likely be a desert city.

Ridgecrest, Borrego Springs, Blythe, La Quinta, Lone Pine.

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 19, 2019 12:39 AM (miE9U)

548 The Beach Boys' "Kokomo" is by Papa John Phillips, who was just not a nice person at all.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 19, 2019 12:39 AM (8ZmvG)

549 I will never understand the appeal of the desert. (No offense intended, AOP!)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 19, 2019 12:36 AM (yrZmO)

Well, it's simply beautiful. I was out in it today. Everything is so darned green. Poppies are blooming, cacti are greening up, grass is lush. Even got hit by a little snow today.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2019 12:40 AM (nPGq2)

550 Oops, forgot Temecula.

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 19, 2019 12:40 AM (miE9U)

551 I was a Cruise guy myself

Posted by: USNtakim profoundly deplorable. at February 19, 2019 12:24 AM (0OmEj)


Cuck Kristol Cruise guy?

Posted by: RickZ at February 19, 2019 12:41 AM (Y8PSl)

552 The only states I've never been in are in the Northeast, although a spent 3 days in Boston once, and on an overseas flight I spent 2 hours on the concourse at LaGuardia, which is all I have ever seen, or want to see, of New York. Everything west of the Mississippi and though, I've traveled in extensively, excepting Alaska and Hawaii.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 19, 2019 12:41 AM (V2Yro)

553 Capitalism can't break up families or undermine marriages. People do that. Culture does that.

But here I am arguing with a man long, long dead.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, link fixed at February 19, 2019 12:31 AM (xJa6I)

--Maybe capitalism can't, but governments sure can. Without the consent of the governed.

When did we get a vote on flooding the country with people enamored of illegitimacy, welfare, and stealing jobs?

*I* Sure as shit never voted for the sewerage in our school systems, any where I've lived.

Posted by: logprof at February 19, 2019 12:41 AM (e7oj4)

554 Posted by: 49 other States at February 19, 2019 12:37 AM (bE2ic)

I've been to 47; have yet to hit Alaska and Hawaii. No real interest in Hawaii, but once we get Alaska under our belts, we're going almost have to go. My FIL has a condo there, need to go before he starts selling everything off.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 19, 2019 12:42 AM (yrZmO)

555 Posted by: qdpsteve at February 19, 2019 12:37 AM (miE9U)

Too much sun, too hot, too dry, too brown for 51 weeks, and did I mention too much sun?

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 19, 2019 12:44 AM (yrZmO)

556 Tammy, Needles is just sad.
Detroit in the desert.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 19, 2019 12:33 AM (miE9U)

Bleak. You want BLEAK!????
Ha.

Posted by: Barstow, CA at February 19, 2019 12:44 AM (bE2ic)

557 "Runnin' Back to Saskatoon" is a song written by Burton Cummings and Kurt Winter.

The song was recorded by the Canadian rock group The Guess Who on May 22, 1972 for the album Live at the Paramount
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 19, 2019 12:38 AM (aKsyK)

Heh. Playing that right now, because I like it. Title I was looking for is "Girl In Saskatoon" by Johnny Cash. I think Johnny Horton had a hand in it, too.

https://hooktube.com/watch?v=Ez4X7mhLrHU

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2019 12:45 AM (nPGq2)

558 541 The ONLY state I 've never been to is Wisconsin.
1) Wisconsin is not on the way to anyplace else.
2) Buncha Crazy Leftists.
3) Why? Cheese curds!?

Posted by: 49 other States at February 19, 2019 12:37 AM (bE2ic)

--Been there twice.

Never been to: Arkansas (even less a place on the way to anywhere else than WI), Utah, Oregon, Hawaii, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, and . . . that's it.

Been to all 10 Canadian provinces, b ut none of the Territories.

Posted by: logprof at February 19, 2019 12:45 AM (e7oj4)

559 "he and the other socialists propose to fix that problem by concentrating even more power in even fewer hands."

I never got the impression that Chesterton was a socialist -- I always thought his big thing was Distributism -- spreading the economic power among as MANY "hands" as reasonably possible, for example, by encouraging individual and family-run businesses. If he was critical of capitalism it was most likely because he thought capitalism = big business.

Posted by: Secret Square at February 19, 2019 12:45 AM (9WuX0)

560 They think that NYC is a "great place to do business" and they are, figuratively speaking the Queen of the Prom. In reality they resemble Zelda Zitface Gluz, who wonders why nobody will ever ask her to the prom. NYC just isn't that attractive a place to do business. Zelda is going to have to offer a little bit more to get that invite to the prom.

Posted by: Comanche Voter at February 19, 2019 12:37 AM (WRSbt)


I'm thinking NYC is more Norma Desmond, an over-the-hill senile actress ready for her close-up, Mr. Bezos.

Posted by: RickZ at February 19, 2019 12:46 AM (Y8PSl)

561 Alaska is the only state I have not been to.

Have no real desire to either.

Posted by: SMH at February 19, 2019 12:46 AM (RU4sa)

562 Tammy, I'm weird. I'd rather be too hot than too cold.

Barstow, at least you've got Del Taco ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 19, 2019 12:47 AM (miE9U)

563 561 Alaska is the only state I have not been to.

Have no real desire to either.
Posted by: SMH at February 19, 2019 12:46 AM (RU4sa)

--It's beautiful.

The Earthquake Museum alone is super cool.

Posted by: logprof at February 19, 2019 12:48 AM (e7oj4)

564 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2019 12:40 AM (nPGq2)

I'll cut you some slack, you Great White North types do need a chance to thaw out, My inlaws were snow birds, too; lived in Palm Desert from October to May, then back to MN/ND from May to October.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 19, 2019 12:48 AM (yrZmO)

565 The Earthquake Museum alone is super cool.

Posted by: logprof at February 19, 2019 12:48 AM (e7oj4)

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I'll take your word for it.

Posted by: SMH at February 19, 2019 12:48 AM (RU4sa)

566 The only two states I've never been in have been Vermont and Alaska. As an OTR driver, for some odd reason or another I never made it to Vermont. And I really never went to Alaska either in the military or as a driver. Actually never had the desire to go there. I really don't like cold anymore and that sucks what with the the new little Ice Age just getting started. I may have to move further south.

Posted by: Old Blue at February 19, 2019 12:49 AM (gEvQ8)

567 Posted by: SMH at February 19, 2019 12:46 AM (RU4sa)

Hey you!
Alaska is the one I"ve wanted to see the most, lol.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 19, 2019 12:49 AM (yrZmO)

568 Well, it's simply beautiful. I was out in it today. Everything is so darned green. Poppies are blooming, cacti are greening up, grass is lush. Even got hit by a little snow today."

They're blooming? People have no idea how incredibly beautiful that is, I'm jealous, wish I could be there. But even when it's not green, people who haven't stood in the desert have no idea how epic it is, how with those wide open skies that stretch so far you feel just how vast the world is. They have no idea what it is to get on top of a ridge and be able to see 80 miles in every direction. When you're there, you feel yourself to be a small and mostly insignificant piece in a vast and majestic world, the feeling sweeps over you uninvited.

On a related note, it's why I loved taking hikes down into the Grand Canyon. It is so huge, and so removed from everything outside, that the times I have been in it are the only times that I can say that I truly felt as if I was in some other world, one that had almost no relation at all to this one. And I've always felt a great sense of loss at having to leave that one and return to this one. Maybe that's the Call of the Wild, I don't know.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 19, 2019 12:49 AM (V2Yro)

569 Tucker is going off about pouncing.

Posted by: Quint at February 19, 2019 12:49 AM (n13/j)

570 Hey you!
Alaska is the one I"ve wanted to see the most, lol.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 19, 2019 12:49 AM (yrZmO)

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Heh.

Just not all that crazy about cold or snow.

Posted by: SMH at February 19, 2019 12:50 AM (RU4sa)

571 I'll cut you some slack, you Great White North types do need a chance to thaw out, My inlaws were snow birds, too; lived in Palm Desert from October to May, then back to MN/ND from May to October.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 19, 2019 12:48 AM (yrZmO)

Three of the folks on our little desert excursion today are from Minnesota. We all had fun, despite the chill and the rain.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2019 12:50 AM (nPGq2)

572 Arkansas (even less a place on the way to anywhere else than WI)
Hey now......

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 19, 2019 12:51 AM (yrZmO)

573 Joni Mitchell was from Saskatoon, though at different points in her mental disease of a life she's claimed to hate the place and its people. She called her backing group The Sask-A-Toons for a couple of albums. It is also fun to blame her on West Virginia -- she went to some university there.

While everybody was playing a round of "you won't believe who performed in blackface," when that was the national scandal way back a week ago, there she popped up, bigger'n hell, telling me about spots on the apples and how not to be. In shoe polish.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 19, 2019 12:52 AM (8ZmvG)

574 Capitalism is nowhere near Big Corps sloughing largess from taxpayers to establish offices in a given locale.

Cities and states spreading their legs for big-ass corps is not capitalism, either.

Posted by: logprof at February 19, 2019 12:52 AM (e7oj4)

575 If I ever set foot on another plane to go anywhere, it will be to Israel.

As far as traveling to another state for S&Gs, I've had my fill of that.

Posted by: SMH at February 19, 2019 12:52 AM (RU4sa)

576 Just not all that crazy about cold or snow.
Posted by: SMH at February 19, 2019 12:50 AM (RU4sa)

The North in high summer is neither cold nor snowy. But there be bugs.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2019 12:53 AM (nPGq2)

577 Tammy, Arkansas is where I'm headed.
I also want to visit Choctaw Pocola Casino.

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 19, 2019 12:53 AM (miE9U)

578 572 Arkansas (even less a place on the way to anywhere else than WI)
Hey now......

Petit Jean State Park, in the fall - very beautiful, people who've been to both say it looks just like upstate New York.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 19, 2019 12:53 AM (V2Yro)

579 I'm with Mark Steyn: I think cetertis paribus Kameltoe is attractive, but that said . . . no damn way I'd stick myself in anywhere Willie Brown has been, even with someone else's dick, with two condoms on.

Posted by: logprof at February 19, 2019 12:54 AM (e7oj4)

580 The North in high summer is neither cold nor snowy. But there be bugs.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2019 12:53 AM (nPGq2)

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Yeah, not crazy about mosquitos the size of 747s either.

Posted by: SMH at February 19, 2019 12:54 AM (RU4sa)

581
I'll take your word for it.
Posted by: SMH at February 19, 2019 12:48 AM (RU4sa)

--Heh, I notice you did not take my word for it that it's beautiful.

Posted by: logprof at February 19, 2019 12:55 AM (e7oj4)

582 Posted by: Tom Servo at February 19, 2019 12:49 AM (V2Yro)

Lived in SoCal most of my adult life. Camped in the desert, hiked in the desert, went hunting for trilobites in the desert... I have any amount of ideas about the desert, none fit to be repeated in polite company!
I will admit without hesitation that the desert night-sky is incomparable. High desert is best, since it is less likely to be in the 90s at 2a.m.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 19, 2019 12:56 AM (yrZmO)

583 TMZ has a video of RBG going through the airport. Shuffling slowly and holding the arm of a female, with 2 large men accompanying them. She didn't look good and I wonder why she wasn't in one of those motor carts. Parading her through the airport is proof of life according to them.

Posted by: Abby at February 19, 2019 12:56 AM (71Jtx)

584 Alaska is the only state I have not been to.
Have no real desire to either.
Posted by: SMH

Alaska has wonderful salmon fishing!

Posted by: The Bears at February 19, 2019 12:57 AM (bE2ic)

585 Posted by: Tom Servo at February 19, 2019 12:53 AM (V2Yro)

Most of NW Arkansas is gorgeous, including our little piece.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 19, 2019 12:58 AM (yrZmO)

586 Okay, this is funny.
Presidents Day at IHOP...

http://tinyurl.com/yxre43wh

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 19, 2019 12:58 AM (miE9U)

587 Yeah, not crazy about mosquitos the size of 747s either.

Posted by: SMH at February 19, 2019 12:54 AM (RU4sa)


No one needs assault 747's. Ban them!

Posted by: Camera Hogg, Millennial Extraordinaire at February 19, 2019 12:58 AM (Y8PSl)

588 While everybody was playing a round of "you won't believe who performed in blackface," when that was the national scandal way back a week ago, there she popped up, bigger'n hell, telling me about spots on the apples and how not to be. In shoe polish.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 19, 2019 12:52 AM (8ZmvG)

Radio played the hell out of that song, and ignored many of the really pretty ones she wrote. And I will give her props for not aborting an out-of-wedlock child she had, but instead gave up for adoption.

A Joni song I always liked:

https://hooktube.com/watch?v=dSSi4jZsDmo

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2019 12:59 AM (nPGq2)

589 Lived in SoCal most of my adult life. Camped in the desert, hiked in the desert, went hunting for trilobites in the desert... I have any amount of ideas about the desert, none fit to be repeated in polite company! "

Admittedly the Mojave Desert, and the area near Death Valley is dismal. The Sonoran Desert is the one I really love, that I think is the most fascinating and beautiful of all the deserts. The Chihuahuan Desert (much of West Texas) is like the Sonoran with all of the real interesting stuff taken out, because it freezes too often in the winter.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 19, 2019 01:00 AM (V2Yro)

590 Alaska has wonderful salmon fishing!
Posted by: The Bears at February 19, 2019 12:57 AM (bE2ic)

And the Treadwell buffet, too!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2019 01:00 AM (nPGq2)

591 Posted by: qdpsteve at February 19, 2019 12:53 AM (miE9U)

We have had this conversation, yes? Remind me what part of AR you'll end up in? (No idea where your casino is, but I'm not a gambler. Take care not to run out of money before you get out of AZ and NM... tons on and around 40.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 19, 2019 01:01 AM (yrZmO)

592 RBG may be alive, I would not expect that she should buy any green bananas. The sad part is she should have retired years ago. I seriously doubt she has all her faculties left.

Ruthie dear get on the cart.

Posted by: USNtakim profoundly deplorable. at February 19, 2019 01:01 AM (0OmEj)

593 Saskatoon is like Winnipeg: Not a great place to visit, but a good place to live. When I last visited Saskatoon, it was developing a space on the North Saskatchewan modeled after The Forks in the 'Peg.

Canadian Prairies folks are among the friendliest people on the planet. Miss it up there, and I don't mind the chilly weather so much. Makes the women more amorous.

Posted by: logprof at February 19, 2019 01:01 AM (e7oj4)

594 Tammy, I'm going to Mansfield, which is far west Arkansas. I have family there. :-)

I'll keep you posted. Thanks for the reminder.

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 19, 2019 01:02 AM (miE9U)

595 Drive down the back roads in Arkansas during the summer time with your windows down. Every couple of miles there used to be a BBQ shack and the smell would water your mouth. If you stopped and ate at every one, you would weigh about a hundred pounds heavier that when you started across the state.

Posted by: Old Blue at February 19, 2019 01:04 AM (gEvQ8)

596 Yeah, not crazy about mosquitos the size of 747s either.
Posted by: SMH

Mosquitoes are the Canadian National Bird! Those mosquitoes won but dammit, we came second place.

Posted by: Black Flies at February 19, 2019 01:04 AM (bE2ic)

597 Tom Servo- You described it beautifully. I love the desert, even during the summer. In another life, I could become one of the desert rats, living in my post apocalyptic shack made of scavaged materials.

Posted by: Abby at February 19, 2019 01:05 AM (71Jtx)

598 Posted by: Tom Servo at February 19, 2019 01:00 AM (V2Yro)

Dear God, West Texas. I'll keep my opinion to myself... and honestly, millions of people adore the desert! I just hate the heat and the sun. Being redheaded is probably a big part of that. Growing up in Rabun County GA is probably an even bigger part. I am used to the mountains... full of thick green forests, with rivers and waterfalls everywhere.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 19, 2019 01:05 AM (yrZmO)

599 Gonna call it a night. Thanks for the great chat tonight, everyone.

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 19, 2019 01:08 AM (miE9U)

600 Posted by: qdpsteve at February 19, 2019 01:02 AM (miE9U)

Oh yes, near Ft Smith, I remember now. That's about 4 hours from me; keep me posted, maybe we can meet up!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 19, 2019 01:09 AM (yrZmO)

601 595 Drive down the back roads in Arkansas during the summer time with your windows down. Every couple of miles there used to be a BBQ shack and the smell would water your mouth. If you stopped and ate at every one, you would weigh about a hundred pounds heavier that when you started across the state.
Posted by: Old Blue at February 19, 2019 01:04 AM (gEvQ

--I thought a few years ago I'd get to see Arkansas when a college buddy got married to a girl whose parents were from there.

The Ozarks are on my bucket list; Los Angeles is not.

Posted by: logprof at February 19, 2019 01:10 AM (e7oj4)

602 Well, I am going to call it a night, too. I want to get a few hours of work done on the house tomorrow. Be well, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2019 01:10 AM (nPGq2)

603 Dear God, West Texas. I'll keep my opinion to myself... and honestly, millions of people adore the desert! I just hate the heat and the sun. Being redheaded is probably a big part of that. Growing up in Rabun County GA is probably an even bigger part. I am used to the mountains... full of thick green forests, with rivers and waterfalls everywhere.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 19, 2019 01:05 AM (yrZmO)

--Live in El Paso.

Love the food (hey I'm 1/4 Beaner), but the climate sucks.

Posted by: logprof at February 19, 2019 01:11 AM (e7oj4)

604 *face palms*

So I find on Pluto an old show with Christopher Lee celebrating a century of Sci-Fi. This episode was about the 1950s, atomic power, and the effect on movies. To bolster their 'creds' as it were they intersperse commentary about 'real science.'

So they make the snide insinuation that irradiated food will kill you. And then critique the movie Them because no ant that size could be structurally sound.

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at February 19, 2019 01:13 AM (YaklE)

605 AOP, my old GF and I used to half-joke that you had to hide the razor blades before you put on her middle-period albums. I liked her, looking back at it, immoderately. Something I used to do a lot.


I did always get a kick out of the road songs like Barangrill, she was a half-decent jazz singer out in front of the Breckers, but I have a hard time getting along with things like A Free Man in Paris, once you find out who and what it's glorifying.

How things have changed: back in the day, dumping an unwanted kid into adoption was what we held against someone. I knew people who tossed away their dreams of one or another kind of big-time life and career, and kept the kid. Now, as long as you don't chop them up in little bits, you get some credit. Sliding scale

Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 19, 2019 01:14 AM (8ZmvG)

606

Posted by: logprof at February 19, 2019 01:11 AM (e7oj4)
*thanks the good Lord she did not call out El Paso as a particular hellhole as was her original intent*No one said anything about food, now. Mexican food is my reason for living. Did I know you were in EP or have you moved there in the last few years?

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 19, 2019 01:15 AM (yrZmO)

607 My foreign country list still beats my states list handily - state list is 30. Of course there's great variation - from record shortest times (5 hours, in OK) to a few years (overseas country).


Deserts are great. Have never lived in what people think of as desert - intense, apparently barren, like the Mojave or the Syrian or the Great Western - but have lived in technical desert most of my life (SoCal).


Posted by: rhomboid at February 19, 2019 01:17 AM (QDnY+)

608 I, too, shall retire.... goodnight, y'all!

And if Robert stops by, ask how his first assignment goeth. I do worry about that boy.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 19, 2019 01:18 AM (yrZmO)

609 Posted by: logprof at February 19, 2019 01:11 AM (e7oj4)
*thanks the good Lord she did not call out El Paso as a particular hellhole as was her original intent*No one said anything about food, now. Mexican food is my reason for living. Did I know you were in EP or have you moved there in the last few years?

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 19, 2019 01:15 AM (yrZmO)

--Moved here five years ago. You may have known earlier from my interactions with TexasJew.

The flautas here will be the death of me.

Posted by: logprof at February 19, 2019 01:18 AM (e7oj4)

610 Deserts are great. Have never lived in what people think of as desert - intense, apparently barren, like the Mojave or the Syrian or the Great Western - but have lived in technical desert most of my life (SoCal).


Posted by: rhomboid at February 19, 2019 01:17 AM (QDnY+)

--First desert I ever saw was the Judean Desert. It was amazing that two millennia later, those Roman roads could still be driven by modern autos.

Posted by: logprof at February 19, 2019 01:21 AM (e7oj4)

611 Wow, I done killed the thread.

Posted by: logprof at February 19, 2019 01:26 AM (e7oj4)

612 El Paso does that...

First desert I experienced was White Sands Missile Range in a chem suit during an exercise. You can keep the desert.

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at February 19, 2019 01:28 AM (YaklE)

613 ...Admittedly the Mojave Desert, and the area near Death Valley is dismal. The Sonoran Desert is the one I really love, that I think is the most fascinating and beautiful of all the deserts. The Chihuahuan Desert (much of West Texas) is like the Sonoran with all of the real interesting stuff taken out, because it freezes too often in the winter.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 19, 2019 01:00 AM (V2Yro)



Used to rough camp and backpack 'round the area of Ocotillo Springs, CA.

Anza-Borrego Desert.

That's some high desert that'll kill you morning, noon or night.

Rules be dammed, I was fourteen and fifteen and ARMED the whole time I was there.

Know what the Park Rangers were really rabid about protecting then in the early '70s?

The "desert patina" on the rocks and old rusted steel here n' there.

They didn't care where you backpacked.

Just don't fuck up or scar the "patina".

Cold as all, fk, camping in the high desert on a summer night. Most of our van-load of gear for a three day weekend, was wood to burn in the campfire, cause if you burned any desert wood, your shit was in the Ranger's wringer, bigly.

I actually was warmer when camping in the high Sequoias, at timberline, with unmelted snow 'round the mountain lakes there. And water wasn't quite the worry as it was in the desert.

Even at Ocotillo Springs... you could only fill up SO many canteens for the hike, and that was the limit to your range and day, always.



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: J.E.B.ush at February 19, 2019 01:31 AM (QzJWU)

614 You can keep the desert.
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at February 19, 2019 01:28 AM (YaklE)

--Patagonia would probably be the one desert I could stand year round, because it's cooler in summer. Well, except for the Gobi, but the Gobi is *too* cool.

Posted by: logprof at February 19, 2019 01:32 AM (e7oj4)

615 559----I never got the impression that Chesterton was a socialist -- I always thought his big thing was Distributism -- spreading the economic power among as MANY "hands" as reasonably possible, for example, by encouraging individual and family-run businesses. If he was critical of capitalism it was most likely because he thought capitalism = big business.
Posted by: Secret Square at February 19, 2019 12:45 AM (9WuX0)
---------------------------------
Yes. There was much about modern industrialism that gave him pause.

He often said that he might be a "socialist" if anyone would define the term for him. But he noted that no one would define it, either in its form or its precise goals.
This left him skeptical and very suspicious.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 19, 2019 01:35 AM (Rxduq)

616 --First desert I ever saw was the Judean Desert. It was amazing that two millennia later, those Roman roads could still be driven by modern autos.
Posted by: logprof


Well yeah, but weaving thru the chariot traffic can be tricky ...

Posted by: Adriane the FORTRAN Power User Critic ... at February 19, 2019 01:35 AM (LPnfS)

617 Mosquitoes are the Canadian National Bird

DH.98s? A nation could do a lot worse than that.

Posted by: greatest twin-engine plane of WW2? at February 19, 2019 01:39 AM (poslC)

618 Well yeah, but weaving thru the chariot traffic can be tricky ...

"Judah! He has a beaked chariot!"

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at February 19, 2019 01:39 AM (YaklE)

619 Unless it's a Ta 154 Moskito....

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at February 19, 2019 01:42 AM (YaklE)

620 Backroads Ozarks is paradise. If you try to go fast you'll heat up the brakes.

Posted by: Burger Chef at February 19, 2019 01:45 AM (RuIsu)

621 Well yeah, but weaving thru the chariot traffic can be tricky ...
Posted by: Adriane the FORTRAN Power User Critic ... at February 19, 2019 01:35 AM (LPnfS)

--Chariots are worth 200 points each.

Posted by: logprof at February 19, 2019 01:45 AM (e7oj4)

622 620 Backroads Ozarks is paradise. If you try to go fast you'll heat up the brakes.
Posted by: Burger Chef at February 19, 2019 01:45 AM (RuIsu)

--There's a reason Skyline Drive is 25 MPH all the way down.

Also, the Davis Mts. here in Texas, the Cabot Trail on Cape Breton Island, and the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland down to Cape St, Mary.

Posted by: logprof at February 19, 2019 01:48 AM (e7oj4)

623 The Ozarks are on my bucket list; Los Angeles is not.
Posted by: logprof at February 19, 2019 01:10 AM (e7oj4)

Last time I was in LA, the smog was so bad I got a nosebleed. Needless to say, I haven't been back since.

Posted by: Surfperch at February 19, 2019 01:48 AM (tVQUs)

624 --Chariots are worth 200 points each.
Posted by: logprof


What about chariots ... carrying the maids to work?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahqu1nd3Zu8

Posted by: Adriane the FORTRAN Power User Critic ... at February 19, 2019 01:50 AM (LPnfS)

625 By my count, Ace has posted 108 threads so far this month.

At $0.25 a thread, I owe him $27.00, to be paid on March 1st.

Posted by: Surfperch at February 19, 2019 01:51 AM (tVQUs)

626 "Judah! He has a beaked chariot!"
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR)


Just stay in the chariot, Chuck. I'm sure you're going to win the race ...

https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=k6TUgccyzNs

: -))

Posted by: Adriane the FORTRAN Power User Critic ... at February 19, 2019 01:52 AM (LPnfS)

627 Yo, Blood!

Check out my bitchin' chariot!!!!

Posted by: Ice Pirates at February 19, 2019 01:52 AM (e7oj4)

628 If your local politician has backed Smollett by all means encourage them to continue to do so. Nothing succeeds like failure.

The only chance to defeat the likes of Harris here in California is her continued support of Fake News.

Posted by: torabora at February 19, 2019 01:55 AM (gHn8h)

629 Hola, morons.
Well, I actually listened to the 3.5 hours of the Lara Logan interview...wow, what a woman.
Pretty tough to hear, at some points, but I felt I owed it to her.
Probably the best interview I've ever heard.
Not that I have a high opinion of journalists, but she's one that deserves to be at least listened to.

Posted by: Oedipus at February 19, 2019 01:56 AM (CXLVd)

630 I had to explain the facts of life to a young kid tonight... not sex, the TV takes care of that, sadly.

I was explaining why he should listen to his mom and dad, since they're looking out for them.

That he could end up like me... constantly believing he knows better than these old jerks.

That you shouldn't just run off at seventeen and think you have it all figured out.

That you shouldn't just ignore the old lessons, from old jerks, until those old lessons rear their ugly heads in the form of real life disasters.

Everyone says "Who cares about the difference between soaps and surfactants? That's old loser science that won't effect me." Until you're cleaning soap residue from your carpets and walls after you put Dawn in your dishwasher.

Everyone learns that all that nerd stuff about coefficients of friction actually matters during that first near-fatal car crash on the icy road.

And I now realize that I'm officially old.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 19, 2019 01:57 AM (5aX2M)

631 Justice Smollette's father fought with me at the battle of San Juan Hill.

We beat back the Jamaican mercenaries until there was no Spaniard left.

True fact.

Posted by: Joe the Biden at February 19, 2019 01:58 AM (e7oj4)

632 I get the feeling that this videographer is a proto-Moron judging by the camera focus...

https://youtu.be/_7zXLxJhMrw

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at February 19, 2019 02:00 AM (YaklE)

633 630 I had to explain the facts of life to a young kid tonight... not sex, the TV takes care of that, sadly.


Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 19, 2019 01:57 AM (5aX2M)

--So . . . Tootie, or Jo?

Posted by: Joe the Biden at February 19, 2019 02:00 AM (e7oj4)

634 /Fuckin' Pluggo sock

Posted by: logprof at February 19, 2019 02:01 AM (e7oj4)

635 When Jussie's buds got off the plane from Nigeria, I wonder how many species of tropical ass-disease they had tucked in their foreskins.

Posted by: gp at February 19, 2019 02:01 AM (mk9aG)

636 635 When Jussie's buds got off the plane from Nigeria, I wonder how many species of tropical ass-disease they had tucked in their foreskins.
Posted by: gp at February 19, 2019 02:01 AM (mk9aG)

--or meningitis in their foreheads?

Posted by: logprof at February 19, 2019 02:04 AM (e7oj4)

637 Yo, Blood!



Check out my bitchin' chariot!!!!

Posted by: Ice Pirates at February 19, 2019 01:52 AM (e7oj4)



Great movie. "Hey Jack, hey blood, ya'll want some titties?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 19, 2019 02:05 AM (9Om/r)

638 "meningitis" How hard would it be for active gays to bring African STDs straight to Boystown, Chicago (where they reportedly live?) Yes, I'm a bigot, I'm assuming those two guys are active gays for some reason.

Posted by: gp at February 19, 2019 02:06 AM (mk9aG)

639 Oyasumi minna

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at February 19, 2019 02:07 AM (YaklE)

640 > But here I am arguing with a man long, long dead.

Marx needs to join Hitler on the ash heap of history.

>That surgery works. My mom had it done a week ago. They replaced the lens in one eye because it was so bad.

Everyone I know who's had the cataract surgery (and I know quite a few....sadly the older relatives aren't getting any younger) has been thrilled with it.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 19, 2019 02:09 AM (0OWcv)

641 Prager's got a good one on how the lefties don't even believe the sh!t they shovel. He's so right. How can we survive living with totalitarians for whom the truth means nothing?

Posted by: gp at February 19, 2019 02:11 AM (mk9aG)

642 LMAO, I remembered the lines wrong after decades, but here be:

https://youtu.be/i8Msu2cXM8A

Posted by: logprof at February 19, 2019 02:13 AM (e7oj4)

643 "The desert is beautiful..."

back in the late '90's, i was serving with the 1/18h Armored Cav, and we did much/most of our training on Planet Irwin, just a few hours north of the Inbred Empire, where most of the unit was located.

after a particularly unfun Annual Torture, i come bact to Ft Living Room, where, the Lady Friend informs me, with great enthusiasm, that we were going to Vegas the next weekend, for bowling league finals...

since my plans for said weekend revolved around copious consumption of alcohol, good food, and experimenting with as many stable surfaces/platforms i could find on the property with her present, i was less than enthused.

that's when she trotted out the line at the top...

to which i replied, "where the (@(*YRFY#RO@!!!! HAVE I BEEN THE LAST THREE WEEKS?"




Posted by: redc1c4 at February 19, 2019 02:13 AM (NQJ+w)

644 > At least Linda was hottish...and rich, no?

Yeah, her dad was a wealthy entertainment lawyer.


Yoko's dad was rich, too. A prominent Japanese banker.



Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 19, 2019 02:15 AM (0OWcv)

645 Daddy always said lawyer's and marketer's daughters were trouble...

Posted by: HI&QI at February 19, 2019 02:17 AM (Tc6m0)

646 "At least Linda was hottish" She was to Paul. The Wings lyrics are full of their bawdy horny love.

Posted by: gp at February 19, 2019 02:17 AM (mk9aG)

647 Whoops Bankers daughters

Posted by: HI&QI at February 19, 2019 02:18 AM (Tc6m0)

648 The only chance to defeat the likes of Harris here in California is her continued support of Fake News.

Posted by: torabora at February 19, 2019 01:55 AM (gHn8h)


I'd wish just one reporter, just one, would ask Kameltoe: "You jumped on the Smollett bandwagon right off the bat, jumping to conclusions in your rush to judgment. Is that the type of president the US needs, one jumping to conclusions while rushing to judgment without all the facts at hand?"

I imagine the sour look on her face would be precious.

Posted by: Camera Hogg, Millennial Extraordinaire at February 19, 2019 02:18 AM (Y8PSl)

649 Oops! Bye soon-to-be Hahvahd moron.

Posted by: RickZ at February 19, 2019 02:19 AM (Y8PSl)

650 So, a guy walks out of the welfare office, and straight into the nearest bar.

He doesn't know it's a gay bar, though.

So, after a while, some guy comes up and whispers in his ear: "Hey buddy, ya want a blow job?"

He doesn't reply - he just hauls him out of the bar and kicks his ass, and then walks back in and sits back down at the bar.

The bartender's confused, and asks "What did that guy say to you anyway?"

He says "I don't know. Something about a job."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 19, 2019 02:20 AM (5aX2M)

651 Too bad "reporters" never ask leftists real questions

Posted by: HI&QI at February 19, 2019 02:21 AM (Tc6m0)

652 > Prager's got a good one on how the lefties don't even believe the sh!t they shovel.

Of course they don't.

Example 1
1) Soldiers are baby killers.
2) Police are racist murders.
3) Trump is Hitler.
4) Only the military, police, and government should have guns.

It is not possible to reconcile 1,2, and 3 with 4.

Example 2 -- Assuming Trump is Hitler, are you:

1) In a mass grave with a bullet in your skull?
2) In a death camp? (meaning a camp where people are actually put to death. Being in a regular detention facility with lawyers and trial dates because you broke the law does not count.)
3) Hiding in the attic or basement, and shitting yourself every time there's a knock on the door?
4) Ranting about Trump on social media 24/7/365, under your own name?

Example 5 -- again, assuming that Trump is Hitler and hates Hispanics are:

1) Hispanics fleeing the country?
2) Hispanics still somehow unaccountably trying to get into the country?



Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 19, 2019 02:23 AM (0OWcv)

653 HA! Kamala owes her job to blow job!

Posted by: HI&QI at February 19, 2019 02:24 AM (Tc6m0)

654 I'd wish just one reporter, just one, would ask Kameltoe: "You jumped on the Smollett bandwagon right off the bat, jumping to conclusions in your rush to judgment. Is that the type of president the US needs, one jumping to conclusions while rushing to judgment without all the facts at hand?"

I imagine the sour look on her face would be precious.
Posted by: Camera Hogg, Millennial Extraordinaire at February 19, 2019 02:18 AM (Y8PSl)

--Same goes for Spartacus Cockgobbler Booker.

Posted by: logprof at February 19, 2019 02:27 AM (e7oj4)

655 LMAO, I remembered the lines wrong after decades, but here be:



https://youtu.be/i8Msu2cXM8A





Posted by: logprof at February 19, 2019 02:13 AM (e7oj4)



Yeah I saw that movie a lot when it came out. "this be my bad chariot" is something I said for years anytime I saw a killer harley or car, or after building myself something. I still say it. That was a typical 80's sci-fi.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 19, 2019 02:29 AM (9Om/r)

656 > Prager's got a good one on how the lefties don't even believe the sh!t they shovel.

Of course they don't.


Fen's Law ...
iirc

Posted by: Adriane the FORTRAN Power User Critic ... at February 19, 2019 02:42 AM (LPnfS)

657 "this be my bad chariot" is something I said for years anytime I saw a killer harley or car, or after building myself something. I still say it. That was a typical 80's sci-fi.

No matter where you go, there you are ...

Posted by: Adriane the FORTRAN Power User Critic ... at February 19, 2019 02:43 AM (LPnfS)

658 Example 5 -- again, assuming that Trump is Hitler and hates Hispanics are:

1) Hispanics fleeing the country?
2) Hispanics still somehow unaccountably trying to get into the country?

---------

Right? Jews tried to come up with every explanation for staying in Germany, but none of us were breaking down the door to get in during the Nazi period.

The idea that illegal immigration from Mesoamerica is anything but a favor provided by our avaricious politicians is laughable.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 19, 2019 02:49 AM (5aX2M)

659 Prager is full of crapola. the millennials even those who are not leftists are saddled with student debt they see no way of getting out from under thanks to reagan's idea of tax cuts for the rich instead of low cost collage tuition starting when he was gov. of california. your lucky most millennials are democratic socialists and not communists!

Posted by: ramondo at February 19, 2019 02:52 AM (jn2Qc)

660 Oh look. Somebody forgot to flush again!

Posted by: RickZ at February 19, 2019 02:57 AM (Y8PSl)

661 Yet another boring ONT from her Highness MisHum. Dull. Dumb. Nothin new there tho.

Posted by: ace is the place at February 19, 2019 03:01 AM (TRRTo)

662 i love dick. i mean, you can love something and not truly have a passion for it. i love this shit... it's not just a job. it's a hobby.

Posted by: ramondo at February 19, 2019 03:05 AM (5aX2M)

663 661 Yet another boring ONT from her Highness MisHum. Dull. Dumb. Nothin new there tho.
Posted by: ace is the place at February 19, 2019 03:01 AM (TRRTo)

--You again?

If its so boring, go play your fellatio games instead of beshitting this thread.

Posted by: logprof at February 19, 2019 03:07 AM (e7oj4)

664 Zhang, dude, why would anyone want more than one wife?
One is plenty.
Sometimes one is too much!

Posted by: navybrat, sometime commentater at February 19, 2019 03:07 AM (w7KSn)

665 Oh, yes, horrible student debt.
Debt which can't be forgiven by declaring bankruptcy, thanks to Obama, a former university type.
Good luck with that.

Posted by: navybrat, sometime commentater at February 19, 2019 03:11 AM (w7KSn)

666
K. First off, MisHum always comes through with good content.

Secondly, coming off with some crappy AoS jargon is better than we usually get from the trolls, but it's not convincing.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 19, 2019 03:12 AM (5aX2M)

667 665 Oh, yes, horrible student debt.
Debt which can't be forgiven by declaring bankruptcy, thanks to Obama, a former university type.
Good luck with that.
Posted by: navybrat, sometime commentater at February 19, 2019 03:11 AM (w7KSn)

--LMAO, here we go:

https://youtu.be/ATTMB4gH3sU

Posted by: logprof at February 19, 2019 03:14 AM (e7oj4)

668 665 obama did such a great job for corporate establishment democrat donors that 6 million democrats wouldn't come out and vote for the corporate stooge clinton and another million vote for jill stein! Obama's corporate donors hated bernie sanders more then they hated trump!

Posted by: ramondo at February 19, 2019 03:18 AM (jn2Qc)

669 Life ain't fair, ramondo.
You may as well learn now rather than later.

Posted by: navybrat, sometime commentater at February 19, 2019 03:20 AM (w7KSn)

670 I just saw some commercial about a new drug that straightens out bent dicks.
Something called PD.
LOL.
Dudes were bending carrots and holding cucumbers.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at February 19, 2019 03:21 AM (8iiMU)

671 Ocasio-cortez not establishment donor stooge pelosi now leads democrat party. the young pioneer is now commissar of democrat party and pelosi stays out of her way.

Posted by: ramondo at February 19, 2019 03:22 AM (jn2Qc)

672 669 don't get angry get even.

Posted by: ramondo at February 19, 2019 03:23 AM (jn2Qc)

673 I roll with the punches and when mother nature lets down her guard I counter punch just as har as I can. (But mother nature seldom lets down her guard!)

Posted by: ramondo at February 19, 2019 03:27 AM (jn2Qc)

674 our new young maoist is the future she will lead us from the helicopters to the ground i am also a fag

Posted by: ramondo at February 19, 2019 03:27 AM (5aX2M)

675 ever notice how the conservative repressed hmosexuals here think calling someone a fag would have a big an impact as they being called a queer. not everyone here is a closet queen that you never left since high school. call me names all you want we know you mean you.

Posted by: ramondo at February 19, 2019 03:33 AM (jn2Qc)

676 674 our new young maoist is the future she will lead us from the helicopters to the ground i am also a fag
Posted by: ramondo at February 19, 2019 03:27 AM (5aX2M)

--You're waaaaaaaaaaay more boring than MisHum on a bad day.

Posted by: logprof at February 19, 2019 03:34 AM (e7oj4)

677 i can't emphasize enough my dick love sometimes i try to say others are gay but its only because i can't get enough its a disease really and i wish i could no english but i cant god im so dumm

Posted by: ramondo at February 19, 2019 03:39 AM (5aX2M)

678 *stumbles back in rubbing eyes and yawning so hugely her pointy incisors are visible*

Nyah? Trool humans are dumber than a bio-ball and less useful. Oyasumi again minna.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2019 03:42 AM (YaklE)

679 Trool humans

Drool humans? Just the thorazine kicking in.

Posted by: RickZ at February 19, 2019 03:47 AM (Y8PSl)

680 Managed a couple day trips to the Smoke Creek Desert
Was shown remnants of sheep rancher cabin. Little left. Bed springs, stove iron parts ..late 1800's he had ran his flock to Reno. Got paid, whorehouse meal etc. When he returns to his cabin a killer was waiting inside for his return and murdered him. There's a wooden marker those who know the story maintain. His place is at a spring...I flushed ducks out of the brush. The view is the dry salt pan of the evaporated lake ahead and the escarpment of the lake bowl behind. Desolate as all get out.

Posted by: torabora at February 19, 2019 03:47 AM (7DwRV)

681 Lousy night, was up awhile a couple hours ago

Posted by: Skip at February 19, 2019 03:58 AM (/rm4P)

682 The cereal list- Super Sugar Crisps was one i remember, had a bear on the box!

Mornin' all

Posted by: My life is insanity at February 19, 2019 04:04 AM (7Lklb)

683 682 The cereal list- Super Sugar Crisps was one i remember, had a bear on the box!

Mornin' all
Posted by: My life is insanity at February 19, 2019 04:04 AM (7Lklb)

--Que' pasa, Sugar Bear?

Posted by: logprof at February 19, 2019 04:07 AM (e7oj4)

684 Yes! Hah. I seem to remember in the commercials his nemesis would say 'l don't care, bear'

Posted by: My life is insanity at February 19, 2019 04:13 AM (7Lklb)

685 I has Sugar Crisp often, loved Quisp and Quake

Posted by: Skip at February 19, 2019 04:18 AM (/rm4P)

686 I suspect Sugar Bear was phased out because he was a little too jive talkin'.

Posted by: logprof at February 19, 2019 04:20 AM (e7oj4)

687 Cracks me up that later they changed the name to 'super crisp'

Quisp and Quake! forgot about those.

I also ate shredded wheat- mini hay bales, what's not to like? Of course i added a spoonful of sugar (or so)

Posted by: My life is insanity at February 19, 2019 04:28 AM (7Lklb)

688 Years (and years) ago my oldest brother helped design and build a homecoming float that was Quisp. It was HUGE and awesome! Propeller on his hat turned. I think the slogan on it was 'we will burn em to a quisp' Won 1st place.

Posted by: My life is insanity at February 19, 2019 04:37 AM (7Lklb)

689 Made blueberry Craisin oatmeal again.

Posted by: Skip at February 19, 2019 04:43 AM (/rm4P)

690 Oatmeal with brown sugar and cinnamon added for me today.

I found an instant oatmeal -Kroger's brand- cinnamon apple walnut. It was pretty good.

Posted by: My life is insanity at February 19, 2019 04:47 AM (7Lklb)

691 I am not at all at ease that I'm seeing ads for "El Paso's most trusted end-of life provider" on a Youtube clip I'm watching.

Fuck you, Reaper and your actuarial underlings!

Posted by: logprof at February 19, 2019 04:49 AM (e7oj4)

692 Kroger's brands are generally pretty good.

Posted by: eleven at February 19, 2019 04:51 AM (NLLmE)

693 I'll never understand why the blog clock never matches the world clock.

Posted by: eleven at February 19, 2019 04:52 AM (NLLmE)

694 >>> I'll never understand why the blog clock never matches the world clock.

Real time < Ace time

Posted by: My life is insanity at February 19, 2019 05:00 AM (7Lklb)

695 I always have instant oatmeal around for short mornings like yesterday.

Posted by: Skip at February 19, 2019 05:00 AM (/rm4P)

696 693 I'll never understand why the blog clock never matches the world clock.
Posted by: eleven at February 19, 2019 04:52 AM (NLLmE)

--It's a mystery, like the Holy Trinity, the sound of one hand clapping, or how Corholio is King of Bungholio.

Posted by: logprof at February 19, 2019 05:01 AM (e7oj4)

697 The clock here is a feature, part of which has to do with the AoSHq Time Machine.

Posted by: Skip at February 19, 2019 05:03 AM (/rm4P)

698 Occasionally getting ads on my tablet here, fairly sure its my end because hitting it goes directly to Play Store.

Posted by: Skip at February 19, 2019 05:15 AM (/rm4P)

699
I'll never understand why the blog clock never matches the world clock.

Posted by: eleven at February 19, 2019 04:52 AM


You ever tailgate outside a stadium when a football game is being played? You have a radio or television turned on and you hear the crowd roar inside the stadium, then a couple seconds later you watch the big play on television.

Reality must be censored.

Posted by: Newest Nic at February 19, 2019 05:18 AM (jYje5)

700 Just found the cereal link
I get Fruit Loops, Apple Jacks, Corn Pops and Frosted Mini Wheats still. Bigger piece cereal is better as I eat it on the road.

Posted by: Skip at February 19, 2019 05:23 AM (/rm4P)

701 0532hrs

Posted by: Skip at February 19, 2019 05:26 AM (/rm4P)

702 See?

Posted by: eleven at February 19, 2019 05:27 AM (NLLmE)

703 5:32! I got to get rolling, Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at February 19, 2019 05:28 AM (/rm4P)

704
670 I just saw some commercial about a new drug that straightens out bent dicks.
Something called PD.
LOL.


I would love to know the process by which that became the problem to solve.

"Let's see the list of outstanding medical ills remaining to be solved. Okay, cancer - too crowded with folks working on that. Heart disease, ditto ..."

* continues to scan & reject problems on list until *

" ... bent dick syndrome ... "

* long, disbelieving pause *

" ... fellers, we found our calling! Bent johnsons it is! Who wants to join us, the wankers? Show of hands!"

Posted by: Wandering Willie the Whacker at February 19, 2019 05:30 AM (pNxlR)

705
Skip - can you get Twitter videos to play? There are a lot of videos at the link below of the French police beating up on protestors. Another reason to avoid socialism at all cost -- apparently the police will always side with whoever is signing their check. Some brutal stuff.

https://twitter.com/sotiridi/status/1085129853509271552

Posted by: Newest Nic at February 19, 2019 05:33 AM (jYje5)

706 Reality must be censored.

Posted by: Newest Nic at February 19, 2019 05:18 AM (jYje5)


All radio and TV call in shows have a delay, you never know what people are going to say. Mostly words that are used that might be offensive to the station, or words that the host might not like, been done for ages.

Posted by: Colin at February 19, 2019 05:34 AM (cprq8)

707 " ... bent dick syndrome ... "

* long, disbelieving pause *

" ... fellers, we found our calling! Bent johnsons it is! Who wants to join us, the wankers? Show of hands!"
Posted by: Wandering Willie the Whacker



Said like man without a bent dick!

Posted by: eleven at February 19, 2019 05:34 AM (NLLmE)

708 Said like man without a bent dick!
Posted by: eleven at February 19, 2019 05:34 AM (NLLmE)

Every man is the most critical and invested in those things within his personal sphere of experience.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 19, 2019 05:35 AM (ycWCI)

709 Thanks for the ONT, btw.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 19, 2019 05:35 AM (ycWCI)

710 Dear sir,

I believe the man on the trunk of the car holding the box on the roof is a serious disservice to your view and reading public. It is a clear safety violation on many level. Please add the boxholder should have safety boots, hat, and eyewear.

Regards

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 19, 2019 05:36 AM (JFO2v)

711 Old films of the Paris police saluting Hitler as he arrived in Paris.....They know who the boss of the moment is. Not sure the actual individual cop feels the same way.

Posted by: Colin at February 19, 2019 05:38 AM (cprq8)

712
All radio and TV call in shows have a delay, you never know what people are going to say. Mostly words that are used that might be offensive to the station, or words that the host might not like, been done for ages.

Posted by: Colin at February 19, 2019 05:34 AM


You're right. In the case of the football game you ever see a career ending hit where someone goes off the field on a stretcher, twitching in agony? You might see it on replay, but they cut that stuff off in the couple seconds they have to decide if it should be seen or not.

Posted by: Newest Nic at February 19, 2019 05:40 AM (jYje5)

713 You're right. In the case of the football game you ever see a career ending hit where someone goes off the field on a stretcher, twitching in agony? You might see it on replay, but they cut that stuff off in the couple seconds they have to decide if it should be seen or not.
Posted by: Newest Nic at February 19, 2019 05:40 AM (jYje5)

Joe Theisman and... that guy who had a really bad lower leg break for the... Bengals(I think that was the game?) during their Superbowl with the 49ers in '89.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 19, 2019 05:44 AM (ycWCI)

714 Krumrie.

Posted by: eleven at February 19, 2019 05:47 AM (NLLmE)

715 714 Krumrie.
Posted by: eleven at February 19, 2019 05:47 AM (NLLmE)

Thanks. Had to look it up. Dude had a steel pin inserted and played 6 more years and was ready to go for the '89 season.

Damn, modern pharmacology can only take you so far.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 19, 2019 05:49 AM (ycWCI)

716 The PD treatment ins a 2 step plan

1) Injection
2) Gentle stretching and straightening activities help reduce erectile curvature and straighten the penile shaft

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 19, 2019 05:51 AM (JFO2v)

717 Funny. The three quotes are two guys whose books I read around one whom I'd never bother with. OK Dalrymple isn't GKC, but he's good. Bill De Bolshevik has got to be one of the most worthless piles of human filth in existence. And nowadays, it takes some doing to get that status.

Posted by: Eeyore at February 19, 2019 05:51 AM (VaN/j)

718 716 The PD treatment ins a 2 step plan

1) Injection
2) Gentle stretching and straightening activities help reduce erectile curvature and straighten the penile shaft
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 19, 2019 05:51 AM (JFO2v)

That's what she said.

Posted by: That Guy at February 19, 2019 05:51 AM (ycWCI)

719 717 Eyeore

Was not KC write of the Father Brown stories?

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 19, 2019 05:54 AM (JFO2v)

720 717 Funny. The three quotes are two guys whose books I read around one whom I'd never bother with. OK Dalrymple isn't GKC, but he's good. Bill De Bolshevik has got to be one of the most worthless piles of human filth in existence. And nowadays, it takes some doing to get that status.
Posted by: Eeyore at February 19, 2019 05:51 AM (VaN/j)

I was going to say I missed Chesterton, but was not sure when he passed away (knew he was long dead- just not sure when.) He passed away in 1936. Hmm, interesting time to go. You miss the later World War but were there for the first and it's resultant unpleasantness. Indeed, at that time it seems socialism is springing up everywhere. You miss out on the finest moment for England, but also miss the subsequent... deterioration.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 19, 2019 05:56 AM (ycWCI)

721
What was the reason for the outage yesterday? Anyone know?

Posted by: Newest Nic at February 19, 2019 05:56 AM (jYje5)

722 Newest Nic. Thought I read it was a disc space issue.

Posted by: never enough caffeine at February 19, 2019 06:01 AM (N3JsI)

723 The the Amazon Rivian deal. There is a $1,500,000,000 Big Govt transfer of wealth with the tax credit system to get these companies started.

Amazon does nothing for free.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 19, 2019 06:02 AM (JFO2v)

724 We got to move these refrigerators,
We got to move these color TV's.

Posted by: franksalterego at February 19, 2019 06:02 AM (3cq8T)

725 724 We got to move these refrigerators,
We got to move these color TV's.
Posted by: franksalterego at February 19, 2019 06:02 AM (3cq8T)

that aint workin!

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 19, 2019 06:03 AM (JFO2v)

726 Good morning!

Let's smile and be happy and strike fear in the heart of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 19, 2019 06:04 AM (u82oZ)

727 725 724 We got to move these refrigerators,
We got to move these color TV's.
Posted by: franksalterego at February 19, 2019 06:02 AM (3cq8T)

that aint workin!
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 19, 2019 06:03 AM (JFO2v)

That's the way you do it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 19, 2019 06:06 AM (ycWCI)

728 Texas-born Monica Witt is charged with defecting to Iran and working as a spy.

She needs one of those motorcycle delivered briefcases attached to her car!

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 19, 2019 06:07 AM (JFO2v)

729 G'morning, all.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2019 06:08 AM (cqNba)

730 Life at the Bottom: The Worldview That Makes the Underclass by Theodore Dalrymple is one of the few foundational books I use to understand what is happening in the world.

I used it to explain the actions of my next door neighbor's daughter to her. A sad time.

And a J.J. Sefton note, the original essays were published in the City Journal, one of the very few reliable sources of good information even today. J.J links them.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 19, 2019 06:10 AM (u82oZ)

731 It has begun. kirsten powers from USA Today has "apologized" for her biased coverage of the Covington kids.


You can bet your last dollar the Corporate lawyers made her issue a very public apology.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at February 19, 2019 06:11 AM (JUOKG)

732 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta morning to ya, guvnor.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 19, 2019 06:11 AM (u82oZ)

733 The Great White Scotsman

This is great. Those kinds of moments do not go away, in the vacuous mind of the media operators.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 19, 2019 06:13 AM (u82oZ)

734 It must have been something right after WW2 when Churchill was out and the Socialist were in. Labor party nationalizing all large industry. Coal, steel, RR, and others. The coming of utopia for England. What happened to utopia?

Posted by: Colin at February 19, 2019 06:13 AM (cprq8)

735 ha!

Faced with competition from a robust black market, the legal cannabis industry in California has not experienced the growth that supporters had expected. Newsom who enjoyed hundreds of thousands in campaign donations from the marijuana lobby wants to aid the industry by redeploying at least 150 California National Guard troops from the U.S.-Mexico border and instead use them to combat illegal grows in Northern California.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 19, 2019 06:13 AM (JFO2v)

736 rhennigantx

Sure sounds like the CA government is a cartel, doesn't it.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 19, 2019 06:14 AM (u82oZ)

737 "Top o ta morning to ya, guvnor."

Good morning, Salty.

Let us go forth, and smirk in the face of stupidity and hatred.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2019 06:15 AM (cqNba)

738 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Oooh, I like it.

Much better than my dream idea. OPSEC.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 19, 2019 06:17 AM (u82oZ)

739 I sometimes weep for the situation.

And sometimes....I don't.


https://tinyurl.com/y2vgjxhc

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2019 06:17 AM (cqNba)

740 Good Morning, Glories! Forecast is rain, rain, rain.

Now where are the keys to the boat?

Posted by: ALH at February 19, 2019 06:17 AM (SqKDB)

741 Let us go forth, and smirk in the face of stupidity and hatred.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2019 06:15 AM (cqNba)


Smirk, like in the Coventry boys, Who should know better being from a outstanding Catholic school, may God forgive them. /sarc

Posted by: Colin at February 19, 2019 06:19 AM (cprq8)

742 ALH

Have you heard a deep voice from the heavens? And can your crew deal with what is in the bottom of the Arc?

Arc B is where we put the media.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 19, 2019 06:19 AM (u82oZ)

743 "Good Morning, Glories! Forecast is rain, rain, rain.

Now where are the keys to the boat?"

You call that a boat?

Now THIS is a boat!


* Spreads arms wide to show many cubits*

Posted by: Zombie Noah at February 19, 2019 06:20 AM (cqNba)

744 What am I hearing that in Bill Cosby's voice?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 19, 2019 06:22 AM (u82oZ)

745 736 rhennigantx

Sure sounds like the CA government is a cartel, doesn't it.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 19, 2019 06:14 AM (u82oZ)

Progressives love to nationalize, then subsidize, then cronyize markets and industries!

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 19, 2019 06:22 AM (JFO2v)

746 So tomorrows weather forecast is basically white death silently descending from above.

All scheduled to start at 0600 .


But at least the absolute last of the sidewalk concrete got poured yesterday.

Once the white death is melted, I need to re-set the three precast steps.

And then that royal pain in my ass is done!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2019 06:23 AM (cqNba)

747 Why am I hearing that in Bill Cosby's voice?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 19, 2019 06:23 AM (u82oZ)

748 744 What am I hearing that in Bill Cosby's voice?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 19, 2019 06:22 AM (u82oZ)


I'm hearing Crocodile Dundee.

Posted by: ALH at February 19, 2019 06:24 AM (SqKDB)

749 747 Why am I hearing that in Bill Cosby's voice?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 19, 2019 06:23 AM (u82oZ)

Because you are of a certain age?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 19, 2019 06:24 AM (ycWCI)

750 745 736 rhennigantx

And then they fail, except for those few in the inner, inner circle.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 19, 2019 06:24 AM (u82oZ)

751 Salty..


Would you like some Jello?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2019 06:25 AM (cqNba)

752 750 745 736 rhennigantx

And then they fail, except for those few in the inner, inner circle.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 19, 2019 06:24 AM (u82oZ)

Depends on the iteration. Pretty sure zombie Beria, Yagoda, Yezhov, Trotsky, and Rohm might disagree with you.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 19, 2019 06:28 AM (ycWCI)

753 Democrats once again show their true colors on firearms.

https://tinyurl.com/y4b3dekx

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2019 06:28 AM (cqNba)

754 And then they fail, except for those few in the inner, inner circle.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

So, socialism is like the Pyramid Scheme?

Posted by: Bruce at February 19, 2019 06:28 AM (8ikIW)

755 750 745 736 rhennigantx

And then they fail, except for those few in the inner, inner circle.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 19, 2019 06:24 AM (u82oZ)

Yep, look at the sub thread here on England and socialism. Things destroyed by England: 1) Car industry 2) Telecom 3)Steel 4) Railways 5) Medicine (just off top of my head)

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 19, 2019 06:28 AM (JFO2v)

756 Aetius451AD


Yes, back when Bill Cosby was funny. In public.

Maybe he was always creepy in private. He was a hospital corpsman when he was in the Navy. But then he went to Temple on an athletic scholarship.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 19, 2019 06:30 AM (u82oZ)

757
But at least the absolute last of the sidewalk concrete got poured yesterday.


Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2019 06:23 AM


I hope your temps are staying above freezing. While the cement will give off it's own heat as it sets it's not the greatest idea to leave it exposed to below freezing elements. If there's an question of temps going below 30 degrees or so the first couple of days I'd be covering it up with something that will protect it and insulate it. Paper bags, straw, newspaper, that sorta stuff.

Cement takes about 30 days total to hit maximum strength.

Posted by: Newest Nic at February 19, 2019 06:30 AM (jYje5)

758 So all the blue states (and maybe some red states) are suing Trump over his National Emergency and the black robes are backing that up. Hawaiian judges are in high demand now days.

Posted by: Colin at February 19, 2019 06:30 AM (cprq8)

759 Reading the De Blasio quote about Amazon above,
He sounds almost Trumpian.
Has anyone demanded his Impearchment yet?

Posted by: Bruce at February 19, 2019 06:30 AM (8ikIW)

760 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Honey, here is some jello I got from Bill Cosby.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 19, 2019 06:31 AM (u82oZ)

761
Faced with competition from a robust black market, the legal
cannabis industry in California has not experienced the growth that
supporters had expected. Newsom who enjoyed hundreds of thousands in
campaign donations from the marijuana lobby wants to aid the industry by
redeploying at least 150 California National Guard troops from the
U.S.-Mexico border and instead use them to combat illegal grows in
Northern California.



AAaaaaand the state becomes just another cartel.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at February 19, 2019 06:32 AM (oVJmc)

762 Maybe he was always creepy in private. He was a hospital corpsman when he was in the Navy. But then he went to Temple on an athletic scholarship.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 19, 2019 06:30 AM (u82oZ)

I have mentioned this before but, my parents had a lot of Cosby's records. They also had one which was 'Cosby, after Dark' or something like that, which included his more 'risque' humor. It always felt off. I always attributed it to just seeming to be so out of character from his other work, but in recent years, I am not so sure.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 19, 2019 06:33 AM (ycWCI)

763 Aetius451AD Pretty sure zombie Beria, Yagoda, Yezhov, Trotsky, and Rohm might disagree with you.

All of those had a great time in the inner circle, until that circle got even smaller. Tis ever thus.

Beria, now there was an extremely creepy guy. But he was raping girls for years while in power.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 19, 2019 06:34 AM (u82oZ)

764 Morning all and a special Hello for you Salty.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 19, 2019 06:34 AM (5hE5B)

765 Aetius451AD

Let us remember the good Cosby. He was a force for good, in his public persona.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 19, 2019 06:35 AM (u82oZ)

766 He was a force for good, in his public persona.
Posted by: NaCly Dog


Sounds like some Senators still in office.

Posted by: Bruce at February 19, 2019 06:36 AM (8ikIW)

767 So all the blue states (and maybe some red states)
are suing Trump over his National Emergency and the black robes are
backing that up.
Posted by: Colin at February 19, 2019 06:30 AM (cprq


This is my shocked face.

Posted by: Steve Borden at February 19, 2019 06:37 AM (fBFz0)

768 Tips hat in the direction of the estimable Ben Had.

Have a blessed day. And may your horses and pet cow have a great day as well.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 19, 2019 06:37 AM (u82oZ)

769 Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 19, 2019 06:34 AM (u82oZ)

Hmm, interesting. One could also point to examples from the French Revolution as well. Robespierre's fate is great reading.

I am trying to think of other examples (granting that I do not know very much about the inner circle machinations of say Cambodia, China or other Far Eastern Flavors.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 19, 2019 06:38 AM (ycWCI)

770 The grim reaper slacking on the job while we are infested with ancient politicians is costing me a ton of money.

Posted by: Backhoe rental service at February 19, 2019 06:39 AM (yhf6w)

771 Have a great morning everyone.

Work preps for a busy day await.

May you never find a YOLO Darwin Award candidate driving in your vicinity.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 19, 2019 06:39 AM (u82oZ)

772 And todays real fukn stupid criminals:

https://tinyurl.com/y28ez72e

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 19, 2019 06:39 AM (JFO2v)

773 Replying to: Serious Cat (Post: 767 @ 06:28 AM)

Testing 1, 2, 3 ...

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Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.

Posted by: Serious Cat at February 19, 2019 06:40 AM (Xqo6t)

774
So all the blue states (and maybe some red states)
are suing Trump over his National Emergency and the black robes are backing that up.


I know of a guy who worked for an assisted living facility here in my state. He took a transfer to another one in a state along the border. Here in Pennsylvania, no security guard whatsoever.

There?

An armed guard on duty 24/7. Yeah, judges, there's no problem.

Posted by: Newest Nic at February 19, 2019 06:40 AM (jYje5)

775 Replying to: Serious Cat (Post: 767 @ 06:28 AM)

Testing 1, 2, 3 ...

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

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.

Posted by: Serious Cat at February 19, 2019 06:41 AM (Xqo6t)

776 Salty, sorry I didn't answer on the pet thread. Bully was only 6/8 weeks old when he turned up in the pasture so I would call him forced weaned.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 19, 2019 06:43 AM (5hE5B)

777 Replying to: Serious Cat (Post: 767 @ 06:28 AM)

Testing 1, 2, 3 ...

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

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.

Posted by: Serious Cat at February 19, 2019 06:46 AM (Xqo6t)

778
Maybe they need an armed guard to protect the winner of the old folks high-stakes bingo games. Walking across the border into Mexico with their winnings.

Posted by: Newest Nic at February 19, 2019 06:49 AM (jYje5)

779 Bernie Sanders is running.

Posted by: Serious Cat at February 19, 2019 06:55 AM (Xqo6t)

780 Bernie has officially announced his candidacy for 2020

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2019 06:55 AM (cqNba)

781 advanced people is that, while they are always talking about things as problems

It is very interesting that the War on Poverty costing $22 Trillions is about the same as our national debt also at $22 Trillion.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 19, 2019 06:56 AM (JFO2v)

782 Maybe a Sanders/AOC ticket?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2019 06:56 AM (cqNba)

783 So the dead migrant headline:

Meehan says the official cause of death is not yet known, but the medical center diagnosed him with cirrhosis of the liver and congestive heart failure when he was admitted.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 19, 2019 06:56 AM (JFO2v)

784 Bernie Sanders is running.


Posted by: Serious Cat at February 19, 2019 06:55 AM

---

The democrats can't let an old rich white guy win the nomination no matter how well he is polling.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at February 19, 2019 06:56 AM (JUOKG)

785 If we won the War on Poverty, who will be left to povert?

Posted by: Corona at February 19, 2019 06:57 AM (MceDl)

786 Bernie is shambling his way into the 2020 race.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 19, 2019 06:58 AM (5hE5B)

787 Maybe a Sanders/AOC ticket?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2019 06:56 AM (cqNba)

She is too young, but would just make it for 2024 race.

Posted by: Serious Cat at February 19, 2019 06:58 AM (Xqo6t)

788 785 If we won the War on Poverty, who will be left to povert?
Posted by: Corona at February 19, 2019 06:57 AM (MceDl)

Look south young man! Tear down that wall!

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 19, 2019 06:58 AM (JFO2v)

789 780 Bernie has officially announced his candidacy for 2020
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2019 06:55 AM (cqNba)

-----

He's running against Trump's war on socialism.

Posted by: MAGA at February 19, 2019 06:59 AM (I5LRE)

790 Bernie Sanders is running.
Posted by: Serious Cat at February 19, 2019 06:55 AM (Xqo6t)

Bernie has officially announced his candidacy for 2020
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2019 06:55 AM (cqNba)


If a commie declares his candidacy, but he forgets to tap "call" on his phone, does anyone hear it?

Posted by: hogmartin at February 19, 2019 06:59 AM (t+qrx)

791 "She is too young, but would just make it for 2024 race."

That is under the old rules.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2019 07:01 AM (cqNba)

792 So all the blue states (and maybe some red states)
are suing Trump over his National Emergency and the black robes are backing that up.



Only four states with standing.
Cali, Aridzona, New Mexico & Texas.
I know Texas isn't suing.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 19, 2019 07:01 AM (Gv8zm)

793 That is under the old rules.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2019 07:01 AM (cqNba)

AKA Constitution!

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 19, 2019 07:02 AM (JFO2v)

794 " So all the blue states (and maybe some red states)
are suing Trump over his National Emergency and the black robes are backing that up. "

Maryland's AG spends more time fighting Trump than he does on the business of Maryland.

Trump is his white whale.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2019 07:03 AM (cqNba)

795 hiya

Posted by: JT at February 19, 2019 07:04 AM (Tv8Ly)

796 Bernie is shambling his way into the 2020 race.
Posted by: Ben Had

He's looking for his neck.

Posted by: JT at February 19, 2019 07:05 AM (Tv8Ly)

797 NYC attorney general has sued Trump so many times, I have lost track. Most I never hear about again. The MFM makes a big deal about it, then it disappears from the news cycle.

Posted by: Colin at February 19, 2019 07:08 AM (cprq8)

798 I wonder if RBG still looks like a capable judge, instead of a frail, sickly waif of an old woman who should be peacefully rocking in her chair and smiling vaguely when her visitor says Hi mom.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, mobile at February 19, 2019 07:08 AM (Jgdrs)

799
It is very interesting that the War on Poverty costing $22 Trillions is about the same as our national debt also at $22 Trillion.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 19, 2019 06:56 AM


I noticed that, too. That 22 trillion also equals the amount of retirement savings that Americans have salted away.

The 'rainy day' fund for socialists.

Posted by: Newest Nic at February 19, 2019 07:08 AM (jYje5)

800
Bernie's just hoping to get another dacha from running. The commies love them dachas.

Posted by: Newest Nic at February 19, 2019 07:10 AM (jYje5)

801 I interpret Beenie deciding to run as a plea for a new vacation home. A better one this time.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, mobile at February 19, 2019 07:10 AM (Jgdrs)

802 I wonder what Bernie ever did with his wifes' corpse.

Posted by: Corona at February 19, 2019 07:11 AM (MceDl)

803 For those asking about RBG. Video of her arriving back in DC. Goes to TMZ.
https://tinyurl.com/y28qe9pd
And yes she looks frail. To be expected based on age and medical history.

Posted by: never enough caffeine at February 19, 2019 07:13 AM (N3JsI)

804 " I wonder what Bernie ever did with his wifes' corpse."

She is spending time with RBG

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2019 07:13 AM (cqNba)

805 Look for the screeching to become ultrasonic now that Bernie is in.

Is he running as a Dem again or a Socialist?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 19, 2019 07:14 AM (0OWcv)

806 Has there ever been a time when there was a more clear distinction between the Republican and Democrat candidates for President?

A nationalist vs a socialist. Doesn't get much clearer than that.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2019 07:14 AM (/tuJf)

807 800 comments and just arriving, I know it has been covered but the AI surveillance piece just being reported as regular news and likely "a good thing" is chilling. We all know we are being watched (hi NSA Bob) but just laying it all out there is pretty brazen.

Posted by: rammajamma at February 19, 2019 07:15 AM (xceTB)

808 For those asking about RBG. Video of her arriving back in DC. Goes to TMZ.
https://tinyurl.com/y28qe9pd
And yes she looks frail. To be expected based on age and medical history.





Posted by: never enough caffeine at February 19, 2019 07:13 AM

---

She can't walk unassisted. Surprised that tmz would actually release that video.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at February 19, 2019 07:15 AM (JUOKG)

809 Things are not going well for Juicy

https://tinyurl.com/yxb9nul3

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2019 07:15 AM (cqNba)

810 > So all the blue states (and maybe some red states)
are suing Trump over his National Emergency and the black robes are backing that up.


Meanwhile, Alaska's governor is volunteering to send our National Guard troops to help secure the border.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 19, 2019 07:15 AM (0OWcv)

811
A nationalist vs a socialist. Doesn't get much clearer than that.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2019 07:14 AM


But it's still to be determined whether the Bolsheviks or the Mensheviks get the nod.

Posted by: Newest Nic at February 19, 2019 07:16 AM (jYje5)

812 Sal has an interesting article concerning Africa and Europe.

https://tinyurl.com/y4y4vlt7

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2019 07:18 AM (cqNba)

813 > So all the blue states (and maybe some red states)
are suing Trump over his National Emergency and the black robes are backing that up.

"Joining California in the lawsuit were Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Virginia and Michigan."

All but Maryland have D governors.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 19, 2019 07:18 AM (0OWcv)

814 J.J. has arisen!!!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2019 07:19 AM (cqNba)

815 JJ is NOOD!

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 19, 2019 07:19 AM (iAhR6)

816 "All but Maryland have D governors. "

Maryland's Democratic run Legislature passed a Bill giving the AG the authority to initiate law suits without the approval of the Governor.

Frosh runs amok freely, and with no control by the Governor.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2019 07:21 AM (cqNba)

817 A nationalist vs a socialist. Doesn't get much clearer than that.Maybe we need someone to fill the gap

Posted by: Zombie Adolf Hitler at February 19, 2019 07:21 AM (3HNOQ)

818 Schools are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence-backed solutions to stop tragic acts of student violence such as the shooting at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, a year ago.

Its because of the lawyers, threats of suits and charges of racism, bigotry, etc. if the school teachers actually to action to identify and deal with the bullies and thugs.

Same reason why we use credit scores. Certain demographics are just terrible at financial responsibility but accusations of racism and bigotry would result if anyone other than a computer were to recommend something less than ideal.

Posted by: Blue Bird of F'ing Joy at February 19, 2019 07:36 AM (lD3vL)

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The Ace of Spades HQ Sex-for-Money Skankathon
A D&D Guide to the Democratic Candidates
Margaret Cho: Just Not Funny
More Margaret Cho Abuse
Margaret Cho: Still Not Funny
Iraqi Prisoner Claims He Was Raped... By Woman
Wonkette Announces "Morning Zoo" Format
John Kerry's "Plan" Causes Surrender of Moqtada al-Sadr's Militia
World Muslim Leaders Apologize for Nick Berg's Beheading
Michael Moore Goes on Lunchtime Manhattan Death-Spree
Milestone: Oliver Willis Posts 400th "Fake News Article" Referencing Britney Spears
Liberal Economists Rue a "New Decade of Greed"
Artificial Insouciance: Maureen Dowd's Word Processor Revolts Against Her Numbing Imbecility
Intelligence Officials Eye Blogs for Tips
They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan
Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq
Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town
When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool
What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means
Wonkette's Stand-Up Act
Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour
Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)
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