Surprise! Defund The Police Didn't Do What The Professional Racists Claimed It Would Do!
It Did The Opposite...Crime Is Way Up In Minority Areas
Well, it's not really a surprise, and it is quite possibly the intended consequence of demonizing the police and restricting their actions via regulation and the explicit threat of legal action against any policeman who does what used to be his job just a few years ago.
This is right out of the communist playbook, which calls for the degradation of the rule of law and the polarization of minorities. Alinsky would be proud! And the willing fools of the media are thrilled to participate, because after all, they're just colored folk and they really don't count. Because let us be honest, the fixation on white victims (preferably young, cut women) is driven not by America's racism, but by the racism of the newsrooms. Who decides what is covered? You and I sure don't! See No Murder: Despite its obsession with race, the media are blind to the nonwhite victims of rising violent crime.In recent years, mainstream media have become obsessed with racism. Whether individual or institutional, racism has never faced greater public disapproval according to many reliable measures, yet publications like the New York Times and Washington Post inject the issue into stories on every conceivable topic—from music to sports to cuisine—all calculated to build up the narrative that America is white supremacist at its core. But in their zeal to highlight every racial microaggression at Ivy League universities or in corporate newsrooms, the media all too often ignore the real victims of crime and societal neglect, who are disproportionately nonwhite.If they question the narrative that aggressive and heavy-handed policing that disproportionately falls on "communities of color" is the cause of so much unrest, then they will inadvertently question the entire basis for the rioting of the last few years. And of course they can't do that! The facts are simple. Much of the violent crime in America is perpetrated by minorities, and their targets are minorities. As Rudy Giuliani demonstrated in NYC in the 1990s, it is easily solved by simply taking all crime seriously...from jumping turnstiles to littering to jaywalking to carrying weapons illegally. I find it difficult to believe that minority communities all across this country are united in their desire to defund the police. A much more rational analysis is that most of them are pretty disgusted by the huge increase in crime and would prefer a more robust police presence. But the narrative must be supported, and if that means that crime will rage out of control in American cities, then that's the price that the NY Times and the Washington Post and AOC and the rest of the retards in the hard-left contingent in congress are willing for other people to pay.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of page)Posted by: Skip at December 05, 2021 12:00 PM (2JoB8)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 05, 2021 12:01 PM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: Skip at December 05, 2021 12:02 PM (2JoB8)
Posted by: Skip at December 05, 2021 12:03 PM (2JoB8)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 05, 2021 12:03 PM (FVME7)
Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Meatbag at December 05, 2021 12:04 PM (4I/2K)
Posted by: Skip at December 05, 2021 12:02 PM (2JoB
Columbia? Was probably a left winger who voted for biden.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 05, 2021 12:04 PM (Irn0L)
Well blow me over!
Posted by: Diogenes at December 05, 2021 12:04 PM (axyOa)
Posted by: Skip at December 05, 2021 12:02 PM (2JoB
I'm sure many NYCers hate this in quiet, while cheering donks in public. To hell with their duplicity.
Posted by: CN...FJB at December 05, 2021 12:04 PM (ONvIw)
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 05, 2021 12:05 PM (oHd/0)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 05, 2021 12:05 PM (VwHCD)
We lost a good man. A patriot
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 05, 2021 12:05 PM (Irn0L)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 05, 2021 12:05 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 05, 2021 12:03 PM (FVME7)
And Beer for my Horses?
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 05, 2021 12:05 PM (oHd/0)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 05, 2021 12:04 PM (Irn0L)
Foreign student
Posted by: CN...FJB at December 05, 2021 12:05 PM (ONvIw)
Posted by: It's Happening at December 05, 2021 12:05 PM (6BljC)
Gee, I wonder why? *sideeyes the Chicago Lightbringer* The blessings of his administration maybe?
Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Meatbag at December 05, 2021 12:06 PM (4I/2K)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 05, 2021 12:04 PM (Irn0L)
Foreign student
Posted by: CN...FJB at December 05, 2021 12:05 PM (ONvIw)
Same thing
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 05, 2021 12:06 PM (Irn0L)
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The Donks always protect the guilty and blame the innocent.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 05, 2021 12:07 PM (FVME7)
Posted by: CN...FJB at December 05, 2021 12:07 PM (ONvIw)
Blaming the world for its "systemic racism" without taking any personal responsibility only makes their situation worse.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 05, 2021 12:07 PM (VxC1e)
We lost a good man. A patriot
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 05, 2021 12:05 PM (Irn0L)
Yeah, that sucks. RIP Senator.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 05, 2021 12:07 PM (VwHCD)
Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Meatbag at December 05, 2021 12:07 PM (4I/2K)
1. Defund the popo
2. Every one that is a career criminal is now retired from the life
3. Peace breaks out everywhere, racism goes extinct
4. ???
5. WTF?
6. Why is the murder rate up?
Posted by: BifBewalski @ (IJES/) - at December 05, 2021 12:08 PM (IJES/)
Blaming the world for its "systemic racism" without taking any personal responsibility only makes their situation worse.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 05, 2021 12:07 PM (VxC1e)
So true, yet it don't have to be that way.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 05, 2021 12:08 PM (VwHCD)
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 05, 2021 12:05 PM
Which they no longer enforce in democrat Cities. Heck in $hitcago the prosecutor won't even charge gang members with any crimes related to gun violence, citing "mutual combat" as the reason not to charge them.
They are clinically insane.
Posted by: Mister Scot (Formerly GWS) at December 05, 2021 12:09 PM (bVYXr)
As the marchers fled Washington DC - Several Uhaul trucks pulled up to drive them off.
These marchers were either Feds or Democrat operatives. Or both.
https://bit.ly/3y02ILt
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 05, 2021 12:09 PM (Do5/p)
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at December 05, 2021 12:10 PM (UHVv4)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 05, 2021 12:10 PM (FVME7)
You always know by the silence of the big US outlets, in ID'ing perps' race, that it's a POC.
Waukesha was an example. They do it every time.
Posted by: Mr Gaga at December 05, 2021 12:11 PM (KiBMU)
https://bit.ly/3y02ILt
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 05, 2021 12:09 PM (Do5/p)
Fascist Bureau of Intimidation?
Posted by: CN...FJB at December 05, 2021 12:12 PM (ONvIw)
Maybe it's a cultural thing and they like it that way.
Maybe all those rap lyrics are telling us something.
You know, like a message.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 05, 2021 12:12 PM (R/m4+)
Who remembers the Maine?
Posted by: mustbequantum at December 05, 2021 12:12 PM (MIKMs)
They are clinically insane.
Posted by: Mister Scot (Formerly GWS) at December 05, 2021 12:09 PM (bVYXr)
Unless you are white and try to defend yerself, then watch out.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 05, 2021 12:13 PM (oHd/0)
Need proof? Look at the "patriot protestors" from the other day. That was such a bunch of glowies that they could probably be seen with the naked eye from space, but the rubes will nod along as the screen tells them it is MAGA folks causing trouble.
Posted by: Pennsyltucky at December 05, 2021 12:13 PM (lNHqD)
And delivered them back to FBI barracks in Quantico.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 05, 2021 12:13 PM (I2/tG)
Posted by: Mister Scot (Formerly GWS) at December 05, 2021 12:09 PM (bVYXr)
Again, no. They are following an evil agenda, but insanity is not part of the picture. Reprehensible does not equal insane.
Posted by: CN...FJB at December 05, 2021 12:13 PM (ONvIw)
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at December 05, 2021 12:15 PM (FUuQA)
That works if "crime" is something the is genuinely harmful to society or better yet 'violations of another citizen's God given Rights.' These days, things like not wearing a mask, standing too close to other people, or speaking out against the universally evil values of progressives (particularly if you're a parent looking to defend your children from the ideological predators in their schools) are considered 'crimes'.
Posted by: Methos at December 05, 2021 12:15 PM (kOpft)
https://bit.ly/3y02ILt
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 05, 2021 12:09 PM (Do5/p)
Fascist Bureau of Intimidation?
Posted by: CN...FJB at December 05, 2021 12:12 PM (ONvIw)
Media and cameras there, film with proof. It's ILLEGAL to ride in Transport trucks like that. And if they cross state lines? That becomes a Federal Problem. So, how about some enterprising Reporter get the license plates of said trucks, and see who rented them?
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 05, 2021 12:15 PM (oHd/0)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 05, 2021 12:16 PM (BFigT)
Sunday Morning Book Thread 12-05-2021
North Reading Room, Doe Library, University of California, Berkeley, CA
Good morning to all you 'rons, 'ettes, lurkers, and lurkettes, wine moms, frat bros, and crétins sans pantalon (who are technically breaking the rules). Welcome once again to the stately, prestigious, internationally acclaimed and high-class Sunday Morning Book Thread, a weekly compendium of reviews, observations, snark, witty repartee, hilarious bon mots, and a continuing conversation on books, reading, spending way too much money on books, writing books, and publishing books by escaped oafs and oafettes who follow words with their fingers and whose lips move as they read. Unlike other AoSHQ comment threads, the Sunday Morning Book Thread is so hoity-toity, pants are required. Even this scowly fellow would qualify, and I hope they're paying him enough money to compensate for this extreme public humiliation they're putting him through.
It Pays To Increase Your Word Power®
Rare Books Occasionally I will get an e-mail from someone who tells me that he has inherited a bunch of old books from a deceased family member and wants to sell them, believing someone would be be willing to pay a good chunk of change on his inventory. Yeah, no. The chance that you have a book worth more than a few dollars on the antiaqe book market is quite small. The collectible book market is fickle and hard to gauge accurately. I claim no expertise in this area, but I have learned a few small things. Generally speaking: 1. Age does not automatically bestow value. 2. The book has to be in very good to excellent condition. 3. In addition, there has to be something very special about the book. For example, a book owned by a very famous person (and provenance can be certified) might be valuable. Perhaps he signed it. Or, a signed, first edition of a book by a well-known author. That last bit is important. I've a number of signed first editions in my collection, but the authors aren't big and famous so all they have for me is sentimental value. Such books you can often purchase from used book sites for a few extra dollars. They're fun to have, but they won't make you rich. 4. Probably the best route to take is to find a book appraiser near you. Use your favorite search engine. Also, AbeBooks has a good overview on what makes a book collectible. Including this short tutorial:
Self-published in 1964 with a run of 500 copies, this is a first edition of Yoko Ono’s piece of conceptual art. Grapefruit offers "instructions to help you through life" divided into five sections - music, painting, events, poetry and objects. This copy is inscribed by Ono to American artist Ken Dewey.The publication date is before the time she broke up the Beatles (Lennon didn't meet her until 1966), so there's that. Anyway, the rest of the list is worth perusing to see what's selling big.
Who Dis:
Moron Recommendations Last week, in response to a request, commenter naturalfake offered up an extensive list of dystopian novels worth reading, and many of them are, or ought to be, classics. I've selected a few that looked particularly interesting. The first is A Regiment of Women, first published in 1973, about which NF says "Feminism takes over the world. Yay! Everything is perfect now! Or is it? Your tolerance of the grotesque will determine whether or not you enjoy this very black comedy." The Amazon blurb says:
Women reign supreme in the not-so-distant future, where Georgie Cornell has no choice but to wear the high heel shoe on the other foot. Swept into the chaotic world of publishing, he is at the mercy of his female bosses, especially if his pencil skirt is an inch too short.Imagine if the USA were run by the Women's Studies department of any Ivy League school. Fun, huh? The Kindle edition is $6.99. Berger has written a number of other novels including, get this, Little Big Man (I never knew the movie came from a book), and the sequel, The Return of Little Big Man. I recommend checking out Berger's other books, some of which sell for as low as $2.99 on Kindle. Naturalfake also recommends This Perfect Day by Ira Levin, wherein all the world's problems have been solved:
Georgie only has one male coworker he can lean on for a bit of support, and his friend Charlie’s fascination with gender roles borders on the scandalous for Georgie’s taste. Still, when Georgie loses his job it’s Charlie he turns to for comfort. Spilling a drink on his expensive dress, he has no choice but to wear the women’s clothes Charlie keeps in secret on the way home. The simple journey quickly turns chaotic when Georgie is taken in by the police for the crime of being a transvestite. A prison escape is only the start of this piercing, insightful, and prescient look at gender norms.
Considered one of the great dystopian novels—alongside Anthony Burgess's A Clockwork Orange and Aldous Huxley's Brave New World—Ira Levin's frightening glimpse into the future continues to fascinate readers even forty years after publication.$12.99 for the Kindle edition. Levin has written other novels which you all should know: The Stepford Wives, Rosemary's Baby, The Boys from Brazil and A Kiss Before Dying An impressive list. Berger has had almost as many of his novels adapted as Philip K. Dick. Here's one more classic dystopian novel, one that I have actually heard of, although I know nothing about it: Facial Justice by LP Hartley. This story takes place in a post-apocalyptic society that has sought to banish privilege and envy, to the extent that people will even have their faces surgically altered in order to appear neither too beautiful nor too ugly.
The story is set in a seemingly perfect global society. Uniformity is the defining feature; there is only one language and all ethnic groups have been eugenically merged into one race called “The Family.“ The world is ruled by a central computer called UniComp that has been programmed to keep every single human on the surface of the earth in check. People are continually drugged by means of regular injections so that they can never realize their potential as human beings, but will remain satisfied and cooperative. They are told where to live, when to eat, whom to marry, when to reproduce. even the basic facts of nature are subject to the UniComp's will—men do not grow facial hair, women do not develop breasts, and it only rains at night.
With a vision as frightening as any in the history of the science fiction genre, This Perfect Day is one of Ira Levin's most haunting novels.
Jael 97 is an Alpha. Deemed over-privileged for her beauty, she is compelled to report to the Ministry of Facial Justice, where her face will be reconstructed. For Jael lives in the New State, created out of the devastation of the Third World War. Under the rule of the Darling Dictator, citizens must wear sackcloth and ashes, and only a 17.5% quotum of personality is permitted to each. Anything that inspires envy is forbidden. But Jael cannot suppress her rebellious spirit. Secretly, she starts to reassert the rights of the individual, and decides to hunt down the faceless Dictator.Facial Justice was first published in 1960. So it's kind of an historical document. ___________
387 Just read a lengthy review of Scott Atlas's book A Plague Upon Our House. Has anyone rad it? I don't usually read this kind of book, but the review makes it sound phenomenal exposing all the players that have made our lives miserable since Covid arrived on our shores.The Brownstone review is here. Seems a bit over-the-top, but I haven't read it, so I don't know. My point is, with a book like A Plague Upon Our House: My Fight at the Trump White House to Stop COVID from Destroying America, by Dr. Scott Atlas what I'd be worried about is being misled by my own confirmation bias. Because I'm really interested in how these Covid decisions were made, who made them, why they were decided they way they were, and what evidence they were based on. Now this book is eyewitness testimony, and should be taken seriously. But remember:
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at November 28, 2021 11:16 AM (Y+l9t)
The one who states his case first seems right, until the other comes and examines him.There might be other witnesses who would tell a different story. For example, Donald Trump is a self-admitted germaphobe (according to his 2004 book 'How To Get Rich'), so did that affect his Covid policy decisions, and if so, how? Also, with a subtitle like 'My Fight at the Trump White House to Stop COVID from Destroying America', that's kind of a tip that this is not going to be an evenhanded, dispassionate factual account, but the author definitely has an agenda. It's highly doubtful that Dr. Atlas is 100% right and everyone else whom he is criticizing in his book is 100% wrong. This is something to keep in mind when you're reading his book. So I intend to read it, but I'm going to hold onto it loosely. ___________
--Prov. 18:17
And Now, a PSA From the AoSHQ Sunday Morning Book Thread:
Comments
(Jump to bottom of page)Posted by: Skip at December 05, 2021 09:01 AM (2JoB8)
Posted by: Biden's Dog at December 05, 2021 09:02 AM (71luh)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 05, 2021 09:03 AM (PiwSw)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 05, 2021 09:03 AM (NQjQK)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 05, 2021 09:04 AM (bFMjy)
Edward Elderman
at_edwereddie
Royal Portuguese Reading Room, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2:34 AM - Dec 5, 2021 - https://bit.ly/3Gj5Kxc
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 05, 2021 09:05 AM (Do5/p)
Loved it, but then love military stories. Had no idea about the Battle so at least a idea how it happened.
Would recommend it, even for young teenage readers.
Posted by: Skip at December 05, 2021 09:05 AM (2JoB8)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 05, 2021 09:06 AM (EZebt)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 05, 2021 09:07 AM (NQjQK)
Posted by: weirdflunky at December 05, 2021 09:07 AM (cknjq)
Posted by: JTB at December 05, 2021 09:07 AM (7EjX1)
Posted by: Skip at December 05, 2021 09:08 AM (2JoB8)
Finished Dante's Inferno - now moving into Purgatorio. Absolutely wonderful even though I know how it ends.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 05, 2021 09:08 AM (mD/uy)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 05, 2021 09:09 AM (bFMjy)
Posted by: Skip at December 05, 2021 09:09 AM (2JoB8)
Posted by: Vic at December 05, 2021 09:09 AM (mpXpK)
https://twitter.com/RT_com/status/
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Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at December 05, 2021 09:10 AM (UHVv4)
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Oh, sure. RadFem syfy dystopia can come true but where are our flying cars?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 05, 2021 09:11 AM (FVME7)
Posted by: SFGoth at December 05, 2021 09:11 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at December 05, 2021 09:12 AM (d9Cw3)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 05, 2021 09:12 AM (bFMjy)
Posted by: weirdflunky at December 05, 2021 09:07 AM (cknjq)
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It's the difference between "the prince of darkness" and "Phil, the prince of insufficient light"
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 05, 2021 09:13 AM (CAJOC)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 05, 2021 09:13 AM (NQjQK)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Iron Fist in Velvet Glove in Iron Gauntlet Clutching an Iron Mace at December 05, 2021 09:14 AM (Dc2NZ)
https://twitter.com/RT_com/status/
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Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at December 05, 2021 09:10 AM (UHVv4)
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A whole new source of Russian youtube dashcam videos.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 05, 2021 09:14 AM (bFMjy)
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And most think Republicans belong in concentration camps
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 05, 2021 09:16 AM (bFMjy)
Those pants....Fagetaboutit!
The Who Dis is that broad who was always making out with John Wayne when he served in the Pacific.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 05, 2021 09:17 AM (R/m4+)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at December 05, 2021 09:18 AM (Dc2NZ)
And another one goes on the "to get" list!
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 05, 2021 09:18 AM (PiwSw)
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at December 05, 2021 09:19 AM (UHVv4)
Posted by: Kindltot at December 05, 2021 09:19 AM (ZMraq)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at December 05, 2021 09:19 AM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: Skip at December 05, 2021 09:21 AM (2JoB8)
Still involved in 100 Days of Dante. What a terrific use of the web! Unfortunately I am still behind (on Inferno XXX -- note the Latian, as Longfellow (Harvard Classics) calls it). It's a great, great work no doubt, but I sometimes get weary of Dante the Poet's naming names and settling scores. I'm also not particularly interested in Italian geography. Various annotations, footnotes, and commentaries help with that. Translator Esolen's inclusion of relevant parts of Virgil's Aeneid (Aeneas visit to underworld) in the notes post script was a genius decision.
For tasty tastiness I re-read moronette Sabrina Chase's Last Mage Guardian and its two follow-ons. Yummy.
Posted by: sinmi at December 05, 2021 09:21 AM (A5IVt)
I imagine the liquor cabinet is just off to the side out of view beside the floor to ceiling bookshelves.
Posted by: JTB at December 05, 2021 09:21 AM (7EjX1)
Two of the three lost destroyers were of the the 1934 Farragut class. The author has a real bone to pick with Bureau of Ships: they knew the class was becoming unstable because of added equipment during the war but did not address the issue even though they were getting complaints of bad rolling.
Fairly interesting. I had not realized that there were growing concerns in the Farragut crews and Halsey actually put the Third Fleet in two typhoons in 1944 and 1945. Rating = 4.0/5.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at December 05, 2021 09:22 AM (pJWtt)
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at December 05, 2021 09:22 AM (xxG/v)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 05, 2021 09:23 AM (bFMjy)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 05, 2021 09:06 AM (EZebt)
Too close to what the collectivists want? Can't let the proles think it's a *bad* idea for the world to be run that way.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 05, 2021 09:25 AM (llON8)
I am also rereading Plutarch's Fall of the Roman Republic because "hey why not?"
Posted by: sven at December 05, 2021 09:26 AM (Lzpvj)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at December 05, 2021 09:26 AM (Dc2NZ)
"Like a growing majority of tech innovations, the invention and proliferation of Samaritan, an app standard on Everyphones, was driven by a mixture of benign utopianism and pseudofascist behavioral compliance. A million shams -- a bastard mash of Samaritan and shame - were posted each day, exposing swervy drivers, loud gym grunters, Louvre line-cutters, single-use-plastic-users, and blithe allowers of infants-crying-in-public. Getting shammed was not the problem. The problem was if you got ID'd and tagged, and if the video got widely shared, commented on, and tipped your Shame Aggregate to unacceptable levels. Then it could follow you for life."
The best part is, the young woman infiltrating the corporation keeps brainstorming these crazy ideas hoping that surely this one is so crazily horrendous it will make people rebel. but they all love them.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at December 05, 2021 09:27 AM (Dc2NZ)
For the same reason Whore E Wood removed the cogent social commentary from the literary "Death Wish."
Moonbats like cockroaches loathe daylight.
Posted by: sven at December 05, 2021 09:27 AM (Lzpvj)
My current recommendation for under 30s of my acquaintance is 'Witches Abroad' about the power of The Narrative.
Posted by: mustbequantum at December 05, 2021 09:28 AM (MIKMs)
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 05, 2021 09:29 AM (QZxDR)
I look forward to the Book Thread every week. I've found many recommendations that I've enjoyed and subjects I'd never have found without the Thread.
Posted by: JerseyDevilRider at December 05, 2021 09:29 AM (XEfn8)
Posted by: SFGoth at December 05, 2021 09:29 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Been Lurking, but clearly been posting too at December 05, 2021 09:30 AM (rDgjh)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at December 05, 2021 09:30 AM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 05, 2021 09:31 AM (QZxDR)
Amazon said I had been a naughty boy, and that I was blocked from leaving further reviews. That was several years ago, and I haven't been unblocked yet. I have not inquired about the matter with Amazon, because f*** them.
Posted by: pep at December 05, 2021 09:31 AM (ZsR3z)
Posted by: ZOD at December 05, 2021 09:31 AM (M3Z2J)
Clancy's main hubris is he thinks the Farm is a monastic order of "great guys."
Posted by: sven at December 05, 2021 09:32 AM (Lzpvj)
Munich has a good French pun but I don't know if it's true or not. The French thought Prime Minister Chamberlain was soft on Hitler and the Germans so they nicknamed him J'aime Berlin, "I love Berlin".
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 05, 2021 09:32 AM (FVME7)
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 05, 2021 09:31 AM (QZxDR)
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Easily!
OM, you are an internet influencer!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at December 05, 2021 09:32 AM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: lin-duh at December 05, 2021 09:33 AM (UUBmN)
has always seemed interesting, sort of an extension of the 18th century explorations and settlements.
Posted by: JTB at December 05, 2021 09:33 AM (7EjX1)
Posted by: pep at December 05, 2021 09:33 AM (ZsR3z)
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 05, 2021 09:33 AM (QZxDR)
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Do they go on the offensive once a month??
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at December 05, 2021 09:33 AM (UHVv4)
Actually a lot of fun, especially the translation scene. But it does end with a boy transitioning into a girl, so beware.
Posted by: Eeyore at December 05, 2021 09:34 AM (7X3UV)
Posted by: mustbequantum at December 05, 2021 09:28 AM (MIKMs)
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That's a very common theme in the Discworld novels. Often the villains have their own preferred "narrative" which is then offset by the heroes more compelling "narrative." The GURPS Discworld role-playing game supplement explicitly says that the way to beat a good story is to tell an even better story.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 05, 2021 09:34 AM (NQjQK)
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The Bee says Santa has abandon his naughty or nice list this year in favor of a vaccinated or unvaccinated list.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 05, 2021 09:34 AM (FVME7)
Also reading "Icebreaker" by Victor Suvorov, which was recommended to me on this thread several weeks ago. Premise is that Stalin was going to invade Germany and central Europe in July 1941, which explains why he had all his armies right up against the new Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact border with Germany when Hitler jumped the starter's pistol on June 22, 1941. This theory is "controversial" amongst historians but Suvarov makes a good case, noting how Stalin had dismantled the USSR's interior defenses and positioned his armies to go on the attack.
Posted by: Sharkman at December 05, 2021 09:34 AM (pTHOC)
Zod left a review of your above post of a review you left of a book you hadn't read on Amazon on Amazon. FWIW.
I have not yet been blocked for my review of your review of that other guy's review.
Posted by: ZOD at December 05, 2021 09:34 AM (M3Z2J)
I have not yet been blocked for my review of your review of that other guy's review.
Posted by: ZOD
How's the relationship between your sister and mooses.
Posted by: pep at December 05, 2021 09:36 AM (ZsR3z)
Posted by: Biden's Dog at December 05, 2021 09:37 AM (71luh)
Posted by: Sharkman at December 05, 2021 09:37 AM (pTHOC)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 05, 2021 09:38 AM (NQjQK)
Posted by: JTB at December 05, 2021 09:38 AM (7EjX1)
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at December 05, 2021 09:33 AM (UHVv4)
"Boots. Made for Walking." Sinema verite.
Posted by: ZOD at December 05, 2021 09:38 AM (M3Z2J)
Posted by: Mr. Midwesterner at December 05, 2021 09:39 AM (faP8w)
Right? I think this guy may have a future as an author.
Posted by: pep at December 05, 2021 09:39 AM (ZsR3z)
That being said, I'm not sure I buy it. Snapping up little Eastern European states when they're being slapped around by Germany is one thing. Taking on a major enemy is another. I suspect Stalin put the armies on the border because that's where you put armies when you want to look threatening and scare your opponent into picking on someone else.
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 05, 2021 09:39 AM (QZxDR)
Posted by: pep at December 05, 2021 09:40 AM (ZsR3z)
Posted by: vmom - link to Red's fundraiser at December 05, 2021 09:40 AM (FcPY7)
Actually a lot of fun, especially the translation scene. But it does end with a boy transitioning into a girl, so beware.
Posted by: Eeyore at December 05, 2021 09:34 AM (7X3UV)
I would argue that change is not at all in the modern sense that stupid collectivists would wish it to be. Not like they wouldn't lie about it to score points though.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 05, 2021 09:40 AM (llON8)
Beautiful. Also, mutated.
Posted by: ZOD at December 05, 2021 09:40 AM (M3Z2J)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 05, 2021 09:03 AM (PiwSw)
A reasonable guess, but sorry, no.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at December 05, 2021 09:41 AM (P9aJ6)
Icebreaker has the unfortunate burden of being true.
When you look at Soviet armor development you see two competing ideas. From an engineering standpoint armor is a problem finding the correct spot on the "survivability, lethality, and mobility" triad. He points out that Soviet kit deployed near the border was geared towards the lethality and mobility corner and that is offensive kit not defensive.
Most powers in interwar development pushed the "corners" which is why the UK had the ultra survivable Matilda and the Frogs had a mix of tanks a 50 cal could perforate with what was likely the best "in the middle" tank of the early war the Souma S-35.
The best all around balanced designs of the allied powers wound up being the T-34 and Sherman.
Posted by: sven at December 05, 2021 09:42 AM (Lzpvj)
Posted by: vin at December 05, 2021 09:42 AM (Z1u3S)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer
I've read speculation that it was for this reason that although a ship has been named after him, he has not been honored with a class of ships being named after him. He was somewhat like Patton in that he was the right man at the right time but once that time was over, he became wrong.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 05, 2021 09:42 AM (FVME7)
Posted by: Qmark at December 05, 2021 09:42 AM (emnp2)
Amazon said I had been a naughty boy, and that I was blocked from leaving further reviews. That was several years ago, and I haven't been unblocked yet. I have not inquired about the matter with Amazon, because f*** them.
Posted by: pep at December 05, 2021 09:31 AM
Yeah, if you write anything that does not help Amazon sell more product they'll block you and/or no longer request your feedback.
I wrote a review of a sous vide machine that went out of control, boiled all the water away (despite having temps that can't be set for higher then 205 degrees F), and the plastic in the sous vide bag could possibly set a kitchen on fire, and they said it was unacceptable and did not publish. So you can see where their concern lies.
Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 05, 2021 09:42 AM (dQvv7)
Now I'm bingeing on Perry Mason again, comparing the books with the TV episodes derived from those specific books. Current book: "The Case of the One-Eyed Witness."
Also, I did a quick dip into the early issues of an '80s comic book, GrimJack. One story merits mention. It had to do with elections in the pandimensional city of Cynosure. The city is run by a council of ministers. "Nobody elected them, so nobody will vote them out." Elections are for bureaucratic posts. Votes are cast through pledges of money. It's solely to generate revenue. Of course, those posts mean money to somebody.
The writer, John Ostrander, lived in Chicago. No surprise where he got his ideas.
Posted by: Weak Geek at December 05, 2021 09:43 AM (ZihT8)
Posted by: ZOD at December 05, 2021 09:43 AM (M3Z2J)
RE: Little Big Man
I recently read "Lakota America" by Pekka Hamalainen and he mentioned an actual Lakota chief who was around in the late 1800s as in the book you mentioned and the subsequent movie.
Posted by: 11B40 at December 05, 2021 09:43 AM (uuklp)
Posted by: naturalfake at December 05, 2021 09:43 AM (5NkmN)
Stalin had equipment and leadership that was better geared for the defensive, they were not on the frontier.
As you said, Hitler and Stalin according to conventional wisdom hated each other but also had complete trust in one another.
Posted by: sven at December 05, 2021 09:43 AM (Lzpvj)
Posted by: Charlottr at December 05, 2021 09:43 AM (d2yqy)
That could be Merle Oberon, though I'm not really familiar with her. Could be Julie Adams of Creature From the Black Lagoon fame?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 05, 2021 09:44 AM (c6xtn)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 05, 2021 09:44 AM (jLszb)
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 05, 2021 09:17 AM (R/m4+)
No, however she was in a film with the Duke way later, toward the end of his career.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at December 05, 2021 09:44 AM (P9aJ6)
Posted by: Biden's Dog
March?!!! They're galloping!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 05, 2021 09:45 AM (FVME7)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 05, 2021 09:46 AM (PiwSw)
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at December 05, 2021 09:46 AM (P9aJ6)
The photo reminds me of the Japanese-themed long-play gifs from YouTube that I like. They generally feature tatami rooms with open shoji panels to watch the rain while drinking tea and reading a pile of books.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at December 05, 2021 09:47 AM (MXdMt)
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 05, 2021 09:17 AM (R/m4+)
Maggie!
Rock!
Posted by: Fox2! at December 05, 2021 09:47 AM (qyH+l)
The protagonist is a girl dressed as a boy to find her artistic idiot-savant brother who may or may not be dead.
Spoilers:
Everyone is female except an officer named Blouse who can pass as female in a dress. The real girls are stopped. In fact, they're so manly that even the pregnant one isn't detected. None of them have menstrual cycles to worry about, either.
And despite Brooks' disdain for religion, they're saved (more than once) by a mad girl possessed by the spirit of the Duchess, to whom everyone prays.
Posted by: NaughtyPine at December 05, 2021 09:48 AM (6j4Tv)
Posted by: Sharkman at December 05, 2021 09:34 AM
the final season of The Expanse drops next Friday and I'm kinda dreading it, after the hash they made of season four and season five being underwhelming
seasons one thru three are quite possibly some of the finest space opera ever...I wish I had read the books before discovering the TV adaptation
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 05, 2021 09:49 AM (DUIap)
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 05, 2021 09:49 AM (DUIap)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 05, 2021 09:42 AM (FVME7)
The Old Man was career Navy (he was a Mustang and retired as a Commander in 1981) and he said the same thing about Halsey.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at December 05, 2021 09:50 AM (pJWtt)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 05, 2021 09:50 AM (iXJM1)
Posted by: lin-duh at December 05, 2021 09:33 AM (UUBmN)
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Well, you have to have giant balls of steel to be seen in that outfit.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 05, 2021 09:51 AM (CAJOC)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 05, 2021 09:51 AM (c6xtn)
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 05, 2021 09:51 AM (QZxDR)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 05, 2021 09:51 AM (jLszb)
IOW, he negatively reviewed their negative review of the book. Curiously, he left four stars. As the Greek deli-owner would've said, "so complications."
Posted by: ZOD at December 05, 2021 09:51 AM (M3Z2J)
Halsey, Patton, and Bomber Harris are all people that "the dignified" decided were problematic after the war.
Posted by: sven at December 05, 2021 09:51 AM (Lzpvj)
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That's what I said!
Posted by: vlad putin at December 05, 2021 09:52 AM (UHVv4)
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 05, 2021 09:49 AM
* snaps mandibles *
Soon, my pretty!
Posted by: The Barrel at December 05, 2021 09:52 AM (a3Q+t)
I don't think that was it. The initial reviewer was a ranting lefty, and his "review" was all bile directed at Schlichter for being a Nazi, etc., and the book was the next Mein Kampf. As I said, the guy hadn't actually read the book, he was just a hate-spewing lefty. My dismissal of his work was short and polite, but to the point. I guess Amazon doesn't like having their worldview questioned.
Posted by: pep at December 05, 2021 09:52 AM (ZsR3z)
Hyperion
Fall of Hyperion
Endymion
Rise of Endymion
NB: Do not read the first one without having the second one in hand. The first one ends...abruptly.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 05, 2021 09:52 AM (PiwSw)
Posted by: Sharkman at December 05, 2021 09:52 AM (pTHOC)
BTW, the 'danger' in Michael Dirda books is that he plays hob with my book budget. His "On Conan Doyle" is just a bit more dangerous, for me, than most.
Posted by: JTB at December 05, 2021 09:53 AM (7EjX1)
Posted by: Sharkman at December 05, 2021 09:53 AM (pTHOC)
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at December 05, 2021 09:54 AM (UvMeP)
Still cutting my way through Chernow's Grant. Loving it.
Last Amazon review was for C. Whiting's Peiper (which relates to my own book). It is a dreadful book, with large segments of it either completely fabricated or pure horsehockey.
Posted by: goatexchange at December 05, 2021 09:54 AM (APPN8)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 05, 2021 09:54 AM (NQjQK)
Patton actually was right when 'the time was over'. IMHO of course. MacArthur was also right.
Posted by: Just a side note at December 05, 2021 09:54 AM (iXJM1)
Posted by: Skip at December 05, 2021 09:54 AM (2JoB8)
One of the things I learned from Churchill's WWII series was that Czechoslovakia was a major arms producer for the world. No wonder Hitler wanted the region. Not having to fight to get it was a serious bonus.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at December 05, 2021 09:55 AM (MXdMt)
Hyperion
Fall of Hyperion
Endymion
Rise of Endymion
NB: Do not read the first one without having the second one in hand. The first one ends...abruptly.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 05, 2021 09:52 AM (PiwSw)
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That's definitely in my TBR pile. I read the first one and really enjoyed it. Started the second and then got distracted...Oh, well. It's on the shelf and it's not going anywhere...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 05, 2021 09:56 AM (NQjQK)
Posted by: Fox2! at December 05, 2021 09:56 AM (qyH+l)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 05, 2021 09:57 AM (jLszb)
Posted by: SFGoth at December 05, 2021 09:57 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: sven at December 05, 2021 09:51 AM (Lzpvj)
Ah yes, "Bomber" Harris. Absolutely correct in how to conduct a night-time bombing campaign (i.e., in total war, the civilians that make war material are targets too), but once peace broke out, the politicians decided the faster to forget about him the better.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at December 05, 2021 09:57 AM (pJWtt)
If your plan was to "liberate the poor workers of EUtopia" by hammering the unholy f*ck out of Fritz and Fritz pantsed you because the kit you had staged on the border was inadequate for defense you might hide too.
The best end of WW2 would have been the annihalation of all tyrants, we decided to cut a deal with one Tyrant in particular and paid the price of a 70+ year cold war with them and the loss of China.
Posted by: sven at December 05, 2021 09:58 AM (Lzpvj)
Posted by: who knew at December 05, 2021 09:58 AM (4I7VG)
The Skoda works gave Hitler the best tanks he used in France.
Posted by: sven at December 05, 2021 09:59 AM (Lzpvj)
Posted by: PabloD at December 05, 2021 09:59 AM (vvvS9)
I don't think the pants guy has ever been in the same building as a weedwhacker,
(if you catch my drift)
Posted by: JT at December 05, 2021 10:00 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: JT at December 05, 2021 10:00 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: SFGoth at December 05, 2021 10:00 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 05, 2021 10:00 AM (c6xtn)
A woman who works for me has wonderful cursive, ascribed by her to her Catholic school education. Mine is a scrawl and unreadable, so I might do what your students are doing, and imitate her style. Practice, in other words.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 05, 2021 10:00 AM (jLszb)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 05, 2021 10:01 AM (iXJM1)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at December 05, 2021 09:47 AM (MXdMt)
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And a cat. Don't forget the cat.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at December 05, 2021 10:02 AM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at December 05, 2021 09:55 AM (MXdMt)
Germany used a bunch of the captured Czech tanks. The Czech Pz-38 was better than the German Pz-III.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at December 05, 2021 10:02 AM (pJWtt)
"The blitzkrieg raged. The bodies stank." -- Heinz Guderian
Posted by: ZOD at December 05, 2021 10:02 AM (M3Z2J)
Posted by: SFGoth at December 05, 2021 10:03 AM (KAi1n)
The STILL make me laugh.
I understand that he has a new novel out: Insane People.
Posted by: JT at December 05, 2021 10:03 AM (arJlL)
Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 05, 2021 10:03 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: SFGoth at December 05, 2021 09:57 AM (KAi1n)
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Communist terror campaigns against their own populations are amazingly effective. Once Lenin showed the way, Stalin, Mao and Pol Pot proved the pattern works. That lesson of history is not going to be lost on present-day totalitarians.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 05, 2021 10:04 AM (jLszb)
has always seemed interesting, sort of an extension of the 18th century explorations and settlements.
Posted by: JTB at December 05, 2021 09:33 AM (7EjX1)
It's a good book. I recommend it. I also recommend visiting the Niagra in Erie, PA.
Posted by: WiNO at December 05, 2021 10:05 AM (EpDzw)
Posted by: SFGoth at December 05, 2021 10:05 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Skip at December 05, 2021 10:06 AM (2JoB8)
Note that I using AD instead of CE for good reason.
Posted by: dantesed at December 05, 2021 10:06 AM (88xKn)
Posted by: ZOD at December 05, 2021 10:06 AM (M3Z2J)
And that mendacious idiot FDR trusted Stalin.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 05, 2021 10:06 AM (Q9lwr)
I have a student this year whose favorite reading material is Gun Digest. Nice kid, special ed, who loves hunting with his grandfather (who is probably a Moron). I know other students who draw violent scenes from video games and movies they like. They're not creeps; they're boys fascinated by masculine bravery and strength.
Posted by: NaughtyPine at December 05, 2021 10:07 AM (6j4Tv)
Comprehensive and has the telling detail, so far.
Groupthink came over the inner circle. And reality did not impinge on their self-satisfied conclusions.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 05, 2021 10:07 AM (u82oZ)
*******
re: 5-star rating schemes, a tangential observation: I once pulled up the website of a prominent regional Children's Hospital and looked at the 5-star ratings of a single specialty department of which I had first hand knowledge. Every single physician (out of some 35-40 docs) had a rating between 4.7 and 4.9 stars. Every. Single. One.
This told me everything I needed to know about the ratings, while telling me nothing at all of any use about the doctors.
Posted by: Muldoon at December 05, 2021 10:08 AM (m45I2)
Palmer Method, with little posters of each two letters circumscribing the classroom, was the favorite of Catholic schools all over the then USofA.
I mostly got "Ds" in "Penmanship" in the 4th grade. I tried to convince my Father that Sister Evangelista mistakenly put my first initial in the grade box. By the time I got out of the military, the rest of the world was finding my cursive masterful.
At Cal Poly in the '90s, all the youngsters could do was print their letters like 1st graders.
Posted by: 11B40 at December 05, 2021 10:08 AM (uuklp)
https://tinyurl.com/yckr48y2
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 05, 2021 10:09 AM (jLszb)
Posted by: SFGoth at December 05, 2021 10:09 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Weak Geek at December 05, 2021 10:09 AM (ZihT8)
This told me everything I needed to know about the ratings, while telling me nothing at all of any use about the doctors.
Posted by: Muldoon at December 05, 2021 10:08 AM (m45I2)
Doctors are people too.
Draw your own conclusions.
Posted by: Napoleon XIV at December 05, 2021 10:09 AM (AiZBA)
I spent a lifetime thinking FDR was "a useful idiot" for Commie Inc, but after reading the Venona papers and looking at his HR moves during his reign (and I use the word reign pointedly he was the closest we have ever come to having a dictator until perhaps the current Obama gang) he is either the dumbest man ever or knowingly complicit.
As I age I think "complicit" is the case.
Posted by: sven at December 05, 2021 10:10 AM (Lzpvj)
Every case is different even those that appear similar on the surface. It was obvious this kid was a potential threat. The entire student body knew it.
Posted by: Just a side note at December 05, 2021 10:10 AM (iXJM1)
Still compelling. Expands the boundaries of the problem of evil.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 05, 2021 10:10 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 05, 2021 10:01 AM (iXJM1)
A very good little book about the Polish military contribution during WWII is Kenneth Koskodan's No Greater Ally. While German propaganda made them out to be fools, the Poles punched way above their weight and ended up having formed Polish units fight in every front of the European Theater. There is a chapter on post-WWII Poland: there was a Polish government in exile until the Communist regime fell decades later.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at December 05, 2021 10:10 AM (pJWtt)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at December 05, 2021 10:10 AM (JzDjf)
They got their butts kicked in Poland in the 20's and later in Finland in 1940, but it was always the plan right up until 1989.
The "Great Patriotic War" was just an interlude but then we had the atomic bomb so once again they were left to plan and wait.
In the meantime, Soviet arms and material ended up being shipped all over the globe to those they supported in their commie plans while their friends in the west apologized for them.
Attack, attack, attack was the Soviet way of warfare, just like the democrats.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 05, 2021 10:11 AM (R/m4+)
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Bring me these interesting totalitalianarians!
Posted by: President For Life, Barack I at December 05, 2021 10:11 AM (jLszb)
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 05, 2021 10:12 AM (QZxDR)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at December 05, 2021 10:13 AM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: sven at December 05, 2021 10:10 AM (Lzpvj)
Possibly, but he was fooled by the hardcore communists in his circle that they were not what they quite obviously were.
I think his desire for power was a natural result of being a politician. I think that getting taken by Stalin was a result of him being a naive fool.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 05, 2021 10:13 AM (Q9lwr)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 05, 2021 10:13 AM (u82oZ)
I do not remember the title. It only remains in my mind because of the era in which it was published.
Posted by: Weak Geek at December 05, 2021 10:14 AM (ZihT8)
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 05, 2021 09:33 AM (QZxDR)
No. It's not. See #81 for correct answer.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at December 05, 2021 10:14 AM (P9aJ6)
Their units in the Battle of Britain were legendary.
Posted by: Just a side note at December 05, 2021 10:15 AM (iXJM1)
Germany lost the war with the failure to capitailize on Tannenburg which was a strategic gift they had no idea would happen.
Germany was ill-prepared for the war contrary to popular belief, and was in a declining not increasing strategic position regarding military readiness.
Turns out having socialists trying to spend their way out of debt is bad for world powers.
Posted by: sven at December 05, 2021 10:15 AM (Lzpvj)
We need at least 10 death clocks to navigate life death. One for cancer...one for flue...one for Germany....just to keep tabs.
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at December 05, 2021 10:16 AM (UvMeP)
And that mendacious idiot FDR trusted Stalin.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 05, 2021
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Stalin was a pipe smoker, and preferred an American brand called Edgeworth. He got it shipped in to him in the diplomatic pouches. If only somebody in the OSS had laced one shipment liberally with some cyanide . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 05, 2021 10:17 AM (c6xtn)
Five stars:
https://tinyurl.com/2p836ekj
https://tinyurl.com/28zsdfxk
Posted by: ZOD at December 05, 2021 10:18 AM (M3Z2J)
Price is not always an indicator of value. I have a paperback copy of "Pirating Plants" from the mid-1970s. It's kind of a fun, hippyish, approach to propagating all sorts of plants. The best price I've found on Amazon is around 50 bucks going up to over seven hundred. It's a fine, enjoyable book but those prices are crazy.
This is why I treasure used bookstores. I have a hardcover one volume edition of all the CS Lewis 'Signature' books. Cost was five dollars. I found a 1942 little hardcover of "Musings of an Angler" in wonderful condition for about 2 bucks. I don't think it's ever been reprinted, which is a shame as it is a delightful series of articles about fishing, methods and philosophy, from around 1900. It is a little treasure of a treatise that was a lucky find.
Posted by: JTB at December 05, 2021 10:18 AM (7EjX1)
Posted by: dantesed at December 05, 2021 10:06 AM (88xKn
I would recommend the New Testament.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at December 05, 2021 10:18 AM (P9aJ6)
Some time ago I looked at my signature when I was about 30 on some real estate documents vs. current. You can tell it's done by the same hand even if it's not exactly the same.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 05, 2021 10:18 AM (BFigT)
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 05, 2021 10:18 AM (QZxDR)
a woman who works for me has wonderful cursive, ascribed by her to her Catholic school education. Mine is a scrawl and unreadable, so I might do what your students are doing, and imitate her style. Practice, in other words.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 05, 2021 10:00 AM (jLszb)
I took a couple of images of Palmer style cursive handwriting, and using them as a reference, and copied out the text of personal letters by Abraham Lincoln, and some of his speeches.
Once I got used to it, I would start noodling on my own. To start with, the larger you write the easier it is to copy, for example writing on a foggy mirror with your finger is easier than using a pen, it will just look better and be easier to do.
English Round-hand and Spencerian were developed for using a dip pen, and Palmer was created for fountain pens, so you might consider getting those tools as well, once you start feeling good about what you are doing.
It is a "slowly at first, and then suddenly" sort of thing.
There are a lot of UT OOnb videos out that will help too.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 05, 2021 10:20 AM (ZMraq)
Still compelling. Expands the boundaries of the problem of evil.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 05, 2021
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I'm pretty sure I've read the sequel, but can't recall it as well as I do Black Easter. That chapter with the industrialist's aide being seduced by the beautiful lamia . . . that's superb stuff.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 05, 2021 10:20 AM (c6xtn)
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 05, 2021 10:20 AM (QZxDR)
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Since so many elite Americans were flirting with Communism and/or fascism both before the war, I guess it isn't surprising FDR was a fellow traveler of sorts.
Yet FDR pulled back from the brink. I always wondered if he replaced Henry Wallace, an obvious Soviet agent, with Truman not just because Wallace was a complete Bernie Sanders-like fool but also because Truman was not a proto-totalitarian while Wallace was.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 05, 2021 10:20 AM (jLszb)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 05, 2021 10:20 AM (iXJM1)
Posted by: Trimegistus
I thought no one would vote for Poopy Pants because we simply couldn't have a brain damaged idiot negotiating with world leaders without preemptive disclaimers to the other leaders to not rely on anything he might say. But I was wrong. Putin and all the other leaders know exactly who and what Joe is without a disclaimer.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 05, 2021 10:21 AM (FVME7)
Posted by: grammie winger at December 05, 2021 10:21 AM (45fpk)
Posted by: Muldoon at December 05, 2021 10:22 AM (m45I2)
Great Lion of God is about St Paul, by the wonderful Taylor Caldwell, a woman of faith who wrote excellent fiction.
Recommend it highly
She also wrote one called Dear Physician about St Luke, but I like the Paul one better.
Posted by: artemis at December 05, 2021 10:22 AM (AwPyG)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at December 05, 2021 10:23 AM (JzDjf)
Thanks, I just read something of his in church this morning.
Posted by: dantesed at December 05, 2021 10:23 AM (88xKn)
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His "Don't believe everything you see on the Internet" is a great speech!
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at December 05, 2021 10:24 AM (UHVv4)
Posted by: who knew at December 05, 2021 10:24 AM (4I7VG)
Posted by: Castle Guy at December 05, 2021 10:24 AM (Lhaco)
Posted by: pep at December 05, 2021 09:52 AM (ZsR3z)
There was a reason why Amazon removed the commenting function on their reviews.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at December 05, 2021 10:25 AM (P9aJ6)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 05, 2021 10:26 AM (jLszb)
Posted by: ZOD at December 05, 2021 10:27 AM (M3Z2J)
Or did he just use "Yellow Rose of Texas" or something?
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 05, 2021 10:27 AM (QZxDR)
Posted by: All Hail Eris
Red Storm Rising is his best book.
Posted by: Sharkman at December 05, 2021 10:27 AM (pTHOC)
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Methinks I will add this to my nightstand. Thanks for the recommendation!
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 05, 2021 10:27 AM (jLszb)
Posted by: Oddbob at December 05, 2021 10:28 AM (nfrXX)
I'd make the argument that WunderWaffe is part of why he lost, Shicklegruber severely misunderstood war economics or he would have done a much better job of utilizing the Baku oil fields.
Germany understood they had a problem, and were hoping that the creation of a 15,000 man "petroleum engineer cadre" would allow them to explout the gained assets.
You have to be able to create your technological solutions to battlefield necesity and then power them to do the work.
Posted by: sven at December 05, 2021 10:28 AM (Lzpvj)
re: 5-star rating schemes, a tangential observation: I once pulled up the website of a prominent regional Children's Hospital and looked at the 5-star ratings of a single specialty department of which I had first hand knowledge. Every single physician (out of some 35-40 docs) had a rating between 4.7 and 4.9 stars. Every. Single. One.
This told me everything I needed to know about the ratings, while telling me nothing at all of any use about the doctors.
Posted by: Muldoon
Rating systems are useful only if comments are enabled.
Comments are useful only if they describe how the product or service was defective. Why? Because people are more likely to devote an effort to tell what went wrong rather than what went right.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 05, 2021 10:29 AM (3l5Yq)
Posted by: Linnet at December 05, 2021 10:29 AM (jaXtv)
(1) No one is sure what the secret sauce is that gets Amazon to start pushing your books for free, but it has to do with the reviews--quality and quantity. Everyone started figuring this out, which is why
(2) Amazon installed a new rule about a year ago where if they catch you in a "review swapping" group, none of you will be able to sell books on Amazon. (Large groups of authors who were agreeing to give each other 5 star reviews)
(3) some people are deemed more "influential" for the algorithm; notice that one of the toggles is "best reviews" which is a subjective standard. Start noticing who Amazon thinks is a "best" reviewer in your genre, and then figure out how to contact them and ask if you can send that person your book.
Posted by: artemis at December 05, 2021 10:29 AM (AwPyG)
Because of those jokes, I thought Poles weren't bright. Then Solidarity and the movie "To Be or Not to Be" made me see them in a new light.
Posted by: Weak Geek at December 05, 2021 10:30 AM (ZihT8)
Posted by: N.L. Urker, the Phillips screwdriver of the gods at December 05, 2021 10:30 AM (eGTCV)
Value to anyone not a Hodgell fan? Pennies. Oh well.
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 05, 2021 10:30 AM (5MpIr)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 05, 2021 10:31 AM (jLszb)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 05, 2021 10:06 AM (Q9lwr)
I think it was more that Delano thought he could work Koba for some obtuse reason, maybe the brotherhood of gimps. It was an astounding level of hubris and characteristic of everything that dimwitted cocksucker touched.
Posted by: Captain Hate won't forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at December 05, 2021 10:31 AM (y7DUB)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 05, 2021 10:31 AM (FVME7)
Posted by: ZOD at December 05, 2021 10:31 AM (M3Z2J)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 05, 2021 10:31 AM (iXJM1)
Posted by: N.L. Urker, the Phillips screwdriver of the gods at December 05, 2021 10:32 AM (eGTCV)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 05, 2021 10:31 AM (jLszb)
Putin should wear Dr. Jill to the meeting.
Posted by: ZOD at December 05, 2021 10:32 AM (M3Z2J)
Posted by: artemis at December 05, 2021 10:32 AM (AwPyG)
I discovered the Bullet Journal concept a couple of years ago and that involves journaling, partially to prevent the tool from becoming simply a to-do list, so I use that to keep up on my cursive. My handwriting isn't very good, but Littlest Kidlet was able to read an entry, much to her surprise, so I guess it isn't that bad either.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at December 05, 2021 10:33 AM (MXdMt)
Posted by: Brett at December 05, 2021 10:33 AM (Zni+K)
Posted by: Skip at December 05, 2021 10:34 AM (2JoB8)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 05, 2021 10:35 AM (jLszb)
After The Fall, I just left it on the shelf. So depressing.
Posted by: motionview (prep train organize) at December 05, 2021 10:35 AM (+W8+H)
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at December 05, 2021 10:35 AM (UvMeP)
Posted by: SFGoth at December 05, 2021 10:35 AM (KAi1n)
My Euro History prof called it "A GREAT place to have a war !"
Posted by: JT at December 05, 2021 10:35 AM (arJlL)
Ain't it the truth. I'm currently reading Daniel Silva's "The Order", about a pope who has died and all the deadly machinations going on behind the scene as the Cardinals elect a new pope. He manages to tie "right-wing" groups to Nazis, and blames "right-wing Christians" for exterminating the Jews. Other than that, it's a pretty good story.
Posted by: grammie winger at December 05, 2021 10:36 AM (45fpk)
Posted by: N.L. Urker, the Phillips screwdriver of the gods at December 05, 2021 10:36 AM (eGTCV)
Posted by: Skip at December 05, 2021 10:36 AM (2JoB8)
Posted by: Trimegistus
Suvarov addresses this in his book. He also presents a very long list of actions Stalin took between August 1939 and June 1941 that you would only take if you were planning an offensive war rather than a defensive one. Too long to write out here. I was skeptical when I picked up the book but Suvarov has done a good job of citing sources.
Posted by: Sharkman at December 05, 2021 10:36 AM (pTHOC)
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 05, 2021 10:12 AM (QZxDR)
Until biden shits on putin's couch, then its war.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 05, 2021 10:37 AM (VwHCD)
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at December 05, 2021 10:24 AM (UHVv4)
I needed something to write that was originally written with a dip pen, because I believe the tools dictate the product. Lincoln had a clear writing style, and was something of a poet in his phrasing, but he also was a reader and a writer and I figured that he would be able to turn a felicitous turn to his writing.
I also figured it would be a good way to immerse myself into a good technical writer's style.
There are four prime American prose writers (IMHO) who excel in clarity, style and compentence: Lincoln, Twain. H. Beam Piper and David Drake.
I once tried to get into sentence diagramming to figure out what made Piper's prose so good.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 05, 2021 10:37 AM (ZMraq)
The exceptions are like our host mentioned, signed first editions.
Also--think about things that appeal to people who collect. Antique maps. Anything Mormon, anything civil war, anything early statehood tends to be worth more.
American Indian, too--they had a soldier's translation of the Lakota language from civil war times that was worth a huge amount.
Posted by: artemis at December 05, 2021 10:37 AM (AwPyG)
"You will give him heroin. Also, pictures taken for laughing later at."
Posted by: ZOD at December 05, 2021 10:37 AM (M3Z2J)
Mine (blue spines) are in a grocery sack in the garage. Except for a few originals I got from Dad, which are in a closet.
Talk about old books -- I fear those will crumble to dust if I were to open them again.
I just can't bring myself to find new homes for my collection. I spent many happy years accumulating them. Let the kids dispose of them.
Posted by: Weak Geek at December 05, 2021 10:38 AM (ZihT8)
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In my locale, block printing was not taught because they used something called D'nealian (sp?) to transition children to cursive without learning printing.
Ridiculous attempts by the kids to make sense of the serifs, because to a little kid the serifs are just as important as the 'letter' so their writing was an incomprehensible mashup of swirls.
Like that poor Jeantel woman who could not read cursive, a lot of the kids I knew could not print block letters.
Posted by: mustbequantum at December 05, 2021 10:38 AM (MIKMs)
Posted by: The Omicron Variant at December 05, 2021 10:38 AM (jLszb)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at December 05, 2021 10:02 AM (Dc2NZ
I *entirely* forgot the cat. In my defense, the cat seems to be a fairly new innovation.
I like the genre so much that I'm slowly transforming the back porch to be like an engawa where I can sit, drink coffee, have a fire and watch the weather go by.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at December 05, 2021 10:38 AM (MXdMt)
Posted by: Billy Madison at December 05, 2021 10:39 AM (M3Z2J)
Posted by: Weak Geek
Let's not forget St. Pope John Paul
Posted by: JT at December 05, 2021 10:40 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 05, 2021 10:40 AM (iXJM1)
Posted by: N.L. Urker, the Phillips screwdriver of the gods at December 05, 2021 10:36 AM (eGTCV)
Same here, why is that?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 05, 2021 10:41 AM (VwHCD)
Posted by: N.L. Urker, the Phillips screwdriver of the gods at December 05, 2021 10:36 AM (eGTCV)
I can't write with a fine-point.
Posted by: grammie winger at December 05, 2021 10:41 AM (45fpk)
William Kent Krueger was a new author whose first book, Ordinary Grace, won a bunch of awards and then his second book was so woke as to be almost unreadable.
Posted by: artemis at December 05, 2021 10:42 AM (AwPyG)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 05, 2021 10:31 AM (jLszb)
Putin should wear Dr. Jill to the meeting.
Posted by: ZOD at December 05, 2021 10:32 AM (M3Z2J)
Lol..frigging ZOD
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 05, 2021 10:42 AM (VwHCD)
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My high school history teacher, "Chicken Legs" Ingraham, speculated that it was because for centuries they seeking their freedom and independence by armed revolt and were continually crushed.
Speaking of the Poles and dystopia, by the way, I'm seeing reports that Polish game designer CD Projekt is creating a multiplayer version of Cyberpunk 2077. No details as to whether this will be DLC or an entirely new game (Cyberpunk 2077 II: The Suck Continues?) but don't hold your breath. They're going to start working on it next year.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 05, 2021 10:42 AM (FVME7)
Posted by: Just a side note
That's because he's dead .
Posted by: JT at December 05, 2021 10:42 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: weirdflunky at December 05, 2021 10:43 AM (cknjq)
AP: US intelligence reports have confirmed that Chinese premier Xi Jinping and Russian president Vladimir Putin have coordinated the timing of the former's invasion of Taiwan and the latter's invasion of Ukraine. According to a transcript of conversation between the two, Putin was said to have claimed that "it would be more fucky-fuck for that babbling fool to handle." The Xi response was reportedly "Yes. His anus will belong to Chinese people."
Posted by: ZOD at December 05, 2021 10:43 AM (M3Z2J)
Posted by: grammie winger at December 05, 2021 10:41 AM (45fpk)
Oh hell no.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 05, 2021 10:43 AM (VwHCD)
I'm approaching the halfway point in reading Jack Carr's "The Terminal List" (201
. It's interesting enough, I guess, but not so gripping as to have me read it in a single sitting, as some reviewers quoted on the early pages claimed.
He does delight in poking TPTB in his glossary of terms at the end of the work, which I enjoyed. An example --
SCI: Sensitive compartmented information. Classified information concerning or derived from sensitive intelligence sources, methods, or analytical processes. Often found on private basement servers in upstate New York or bathroom closet servers in Denver.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 05, 2021 10:43 AM (3l5Yq)
Posted by: Sharkman at December 05, 2021 10:36 AM (pTHOC)
They are also actions he would have taken if he was trying to create a war emergency to solidify his shaky position. War is the health of the state, but it is expensive, better to have a fake emergency since you have to feed the troops and it excuses the shortages in the cities as well.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 05, 2021 10:43 AM (ZMraq)
Posted by: Weak Geek at December 05, 2021 10:43 AM (ZihT8)
My Euro History prof called it "A GREAT place to have a war !"
Posted by: JT at December 05, 2021 10:35 AM (arJlL)
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Let's not forget the Poles also beat the crap out of the invading Swedes, fresh off their yuge victory over the Russkies.
Posted by: The Omicron Variant at December 05, 2021 10:43 AM (jLszb)
sinmi at December 05, 2021 09:21 AM (A5IVt)
Every writer has their own secret goal. Fame, Oprah, blockbuster movie, an obscure award. Me, I want my books to be the kind of thing people re-read for pleasure. So yay Sinmi! I am a very happy scribbler today, for I have achieved my goal.
I would add to the review list: give your full opinion even if it is negative. What you hated might be what someone loves. So "the characters were ok but there were too many spaceships" is NOT a negative review for someone looking for a spaceship-redolent book
Posted by: Sabrina Chase at December 05, 2021 10:44 AM (7IHuq)
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at December 05, 2021 10:44 AM (UHVv4)
Posted by: N.L. Urker, the Phillips screwdriver of the gods at December 05, 2021 10:36 AM (eGTCV)
Same here, why is that?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 05, 2021 10:41 AM (VwHCD)
It seems to have something to do with weight, balance and the thickness of the barrel.
Posted by: N.L. Urker, the Phillips screwdriver of the gods at December 05, 2021 10:44 AM (eGTCV)
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at December 05, 2021 10:44 AM (UvMeP)
Posted by: the low countries at December 05, 2021 10:44 AM (UHVv4)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 05, 2021 10:41 AM (VwHCD)
Some pens have a fine point and some have a ball point. I write better with the fine point for some reason I can't figure out.
Posted by: dantesed at December 05, 2021 10:45 AM (88xKn)
Posted by: artemis at December 05, 2021 10:46 AM (AwPyG)
Can't write with fine point. Much prefer bold point.
Posted by: ZOD at December 05, 2021 10:47 AM (M3Z2J)
Posted by: N.L. Urker, the Phillips screwdriver of the gods at December 05, 2021 10:44 AM (eGTCV)
We talking guns or pens? lol
I like the gel pens, or what I think they call gel pens. They seem to roll smooth. I write way better with those.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 05, 2021 10:47 AM (VwHCD)
I used it for everything, until my wife got angry at me for "yelling" at her in a note.
Posted by: Weak Geek at December 05, 2021 10:48 AM (ZihT8)
Canadians used to have "Goofie Newfie" jokes about their Newfoundland brethren. I can't imagine that the jokes survive even though Newfoundlanders were excessively white.
Posted by: 11B40 at December 05, 2021 10:48 AM (uuklp)
Posted by: SFGoth
I think this is a reasonable alternative theory to the July 1941 date that Suvarov pushes in Icebreaker. Stalin would still have taken the actions Suvarov describes in preparing to invade Europe. Just a timeline adjustment.
Posted by: Sharkman at December 05, 2021 10:48 AM (pTHOC)
No, believe it or not. Most of the awards are voted on by the readers, in the mystery genre, and the readers want a good story, not a lecture.
Posted by: artemis at December 05, 2021 10:48 AM (AwPyG)
Posted by: ZOD at December 05, 2021 10:48 AM (M3Z2J)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at December 05, 2021 10:48 AM (JzDjf)
Posted by: ZOD at December 05, 2021 10:47 AM (M3Z2J)
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As an aside to the bold snark, ZOD just admitted (first time ever?) that he CAN'T do something. Must not be worth doing then.
Posted by: The Omicron Variant at December 05, 2021 10:49 AM (jLszb)
As a left-hander whose writing hand drags over what I have written, I am usually dissatisfied with any pen or pencil. Ballpoint pens and mechanical lead pencils work best for me, but both still fall short of working well for me.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 05, 2021 10:49 AM (3l5Yq)
Posted by: dantesed at December 05, 2021 10:49 AM (88xKn)
Posted by: grammie winger at December 05, 2021 10:41 AM (45fpk)
Where as I *must* have a fine point or my lines will be so thick as to be ridiculous, what a handwriting analyst I read calls "pastiosity". That's why I give at least mild credence to handwriting analysis.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at December 05, 2021 10:50 AM (MXdMt)
Also can't eat cilantro and taste soap.
Posted by: ZOD at December 05, 2021 10:50 AM (M3Z2J)
fine motor coordination is not their strong suit
Posted by: artemis at December 05, 2021 10:50 AM (AwPyG)
All 6 books are highly recommended, and yes, I did leave good reviews on Amazon !
Posted by: TxMarko at December 05, 2021 10:50 AM (7WLRC)
Posted by: N.L. Urker, the Phillips screwdriver of the gods at December 05, 2021 10:51 AM (eGTCV)
Inkblots from fountain pens on one's white shirt pocket were punishable if you got home before Dad.
I've since up graded to Pilot's V7 and now all my inkblots are on my back jeans pockets.
Posted by: 11B40 at December 05, 2021 10:51 AM (uuklp)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 05, 2021 10:52 AM (jLszb)
Posted by: ZOD at December 05, 2021 10:52 AM (M3Z2J)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 05, 2021 10:52 AM (PiwSw)
An engineer joke, from an engineer:
How can you tell an engineer is warning up to you? When talking to you, he looks down at your shoes.
Posted by: motionview (prep train organize) at December 05, 2021 10:53 AM (+W8+H)
My post Civil War American History Professor called his course "Cowboys and Indians".
Posted by: 11B40 at December 05, 2021 10:54 AM (uuklp)
My block printing is as good as it is because I took two years of mechanical drawing in high school. I now wish that I had delved into the vocational classes a little more than I did during those four years -- metalworking, machining and welding come to mind.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 05, 2021 10:54 AM (3l5Yq)
This is a family from Hollywood. No one writes letters to each other, any more--especially milennials
Posted by: artemis at December 05, 2021 10:54 AM (AwPyG)
"When The People Fell", a collection of stories by Cordwainer Smith.
I guess youse guys know I love sci-fi and fantasy, so believe me when I tell you Smith is one of the most original, mind-blowingly creative writers who ever worked in the field. Even the titles of his stories are amazing, like
Scanners Live In Vain
Think Blue, Count Two
Golden The Ship Was ---Oh! Oh! Oh!
Highly Recommended
Posted by: TANSTAAFL at December 05, 2021 10:55 AM (fBtlL)
?? Commenting function is there.
Maybe some books, you mean?
Posted by: artemis at December 05, 2021 10:32 AM (AwPyG)
For me, it's all books. I no longer see the comments. And you can? Weird. I'll have to not sign in and see if they show up. Maybe Amazon thinks I've been a naughty boy.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at December 05, 2021 10:55 AM (P9aJ6)
with a dip pen or a cheap fountain pen there is always the risk of tearing a page, so the pen has to be "coasted " on upstrokes, and "painted" on downstrokes, both of them require minimum pressure to keep the tip in contact with the page, and past the shape of the letters and ligands between the letters, is the main physical skill. The advanced skill is varying the pressure to vary the line width without turning the tip of the pen into a two-tined fork.
If you write like you are trying to make a mark in polished marble, you will have trouble with a dip pen.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 05, 2021 10:55 AM (ZMraq)
Posted by: artemis at December 05, 2021 10:55 AM (AwPyG)
For Whom the Bell Tolls has gotten a lot more enjoyable coincidentally with actual fighting starting and the chapters getting shorter.
Posted by: Captain Hate won't forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at December 05, 2021 10:55 AM (y7DUB)
Chalkboard-writing: The worst.
Posted by: ZOD at December 05, 2021 10:52 AM
The secret? Wet chalk. It flows well and is much more intense, so that even the kids in the back row can see it.
Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 05, 2021 10:56 AM (dQvv7)
Posted by: Just a side note
One of Suvarov's points in Icebreaker is "If Stalin wss afraid of Hitler, why did he invade eastern Poland and annex Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, then dismantle the defensive Stalin Line along the old Ukraine-Poland border?"
Why remove the buffer states between Germany and the USSR and then move all your armies up to that new border? It only makes sense if you arebnot afraid of Germany and are planning to go on the offensive.
Posted by: Sharkman at December 05, 2021 10:56 AM (pTHOC)
Posted by: artemis at December 05, 2021 10:56 AM (AwPyG)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 05, 2021 10:57 AM (3l5Yq)
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 05, 2021 10:57 AM (QZxDR)
Posted by: 11B40 at December 05, 2021 10:48 AM (uuklp)
I googled 'newfie jokes' awhile back. Some of them were pretty funny.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at December 05, 2021 10:58 AM (P9aJ6)
Posted by: motionview (prep train organize) at December 05, 2021 10:53 AM (+W8+H)
I hired a guy a few months ago that NEVER looks at you when speaking. NEVER.
It's weird and off putting. Not an engineer btw.
Posted by: weirdflunky at December 05, 2021 10:58 AM (cknjq)
Posted by: ZOD at December 05, 2021 10:58 AM (M3Z2J)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 05, 2021 10:10 AM (iXJM1)
No, they didn't. Even the "I knew something so I stayed home" teen and his mother referenced social media hoaxes that were going around in November.
Before Christmas, we got hit with a hoax that sent the same same threat but substituted different school names. About 35% of middle-schoolers and ninth-graders didn't come to school because their parents (mostly moms) didn't believe the superintendent report that it had no basis.
Then we had a panic because kids (mostly girls) spread the rumor that the notorious BK's social media showed a gun and a date he was returning to school. Nevermind that BK was suspended in October and has no access to social media. Different moms demanded details of BK's case - things only discussed with BK's legal guardians - and took "no" to mean "It's a conspiracy!"
If all the threats were real, we'd have been assaulted six times and bombed twice.
Posted by: NaughtyPine at December 05, 2021 10:58 AM (/+bwe)
Waterman's Ink in bottles, blue not black. Bladder and lever fountain pens. Then Schaefer ink cartridges.
No ball points in Catholic grammar school. BiCs be gone. Especially when we learned of their spitball potentials.
Posted by: 11B40 at December 05, 2021 10:58 AM (uuklp)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at December 05, 2021 10:58 AM (JzDjf)
Posted by: jerry seinfeld at December 05, 2021 10:59 AM (UHVv4)
Posted by: JT at December 05, 2021 11:00 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: dantesed
Paul, A Biography by NT Wright is excellent.
Posted by: Sharkman at December 05, 2021 11:01 AM (pTHOC)
It's two weeks until Christmas break, so my brain is there already.
Posted by: NaughtyPine at December 05, 2021 11:01 AM (/+bwe)
My sister and I are taking notes regarding our mother's status and visitations during our times on watch with her. Both of us write in block print for this -- we never discussed doing that -- and consequently we have no issues reading one another's notes.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 05, 2021 11:01 AM (3l5Yq)
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at December 05, 2021 11:02 AM (UvMeP)
I googled 'newfie jokes' awhile back. Some of them were pretty funny.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at December 05, 2021 10:58 AM (P9aJ6)
How did the first Newfie get to Toronto?
He was playing hockey at the mouth of the St Lawrence and got a breakaway.
Posted by: N.L. Urker, the Phillips screwdriver of the gods at December 05, 2021 11:02 AM (eGTCV)
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at December 05, 2021 11:02 AM
Space Alien invasion or a zombie apocalypse could do that.
Posted by: Mister Scot (Formerly GWS) at December 05, 2021 11:03 AM (bVYXr)
Posted by: no 6 at December 05, 2021 11:03 AM (hMlTh)
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After dealing with some neighbor kids attempting the serif style printing, I gave an impassioned (for me) lecture to the teachers insisting on that style as 'easier' that it was excluding future engineers and architects because they would have to relearn 'printing'.
Posted by: mustbequantum at December 05, 2021 11:04 AM (MIKMs)
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at December 05, 2021 11:02 AM
Ant infestation. Summer of '78. I've seen things, man.
Posted by: NaughtyPine at December 05, 2021 11:04 AM (/+bwe)
https://bit.ly/3lBxHZi
Remi the Respectful Reindeer
Had a very brown ass nose
And if you ever saw him
You would say, "they, their, those".
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 05, 2021 11:05 AM (FVME7)
Finally finished all 1250 pages of Book 4 in the Brandon Sanderson's series, Rhythm of War. I promised Iris no spoilers so kind of a general review. Like the others, the book builds and builds and the last couple of hundred pages are riveting. Unlike the other 3 however, he seems to forget about characters he has stranded in other parts of his world and sums up their situations in a kind of offhand way. I know there is going to be a book 5 but I don't think he quite knows where he is going to go with it.
I'd be interested in what other Sanderson fans think.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 05, 2021 11:05 AM (eT0JC)
Posted by: Skip at December 05, 2021 11:05 AM (2JoB8)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 05, 2021 11:05 AM (VwHCD)
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional
*OM drops mic from Neptune's orbit*
Posted by: Sharkman at December 05, 2021 11:05 AM (pTHOC)
Posted by: motionview (prep train organize) at December 05, 2021 10:53 AM (+W8+H)
I hired a guy a few months ago that NEVER looks at you when speaking. NEVER.
It's weird and off putting. Not an engineer btw.
Posted by: weirdflunky at December 05, 2021 10:58 AM (cknjq)
Talking with someone crosseyed is an odd experience, like you can't trust anything he said.
Posted by: Captain Hate won't forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at December 05, 2021 11:06 AM (y7DUB)
Why is that?
Posted by: artemis at December 05, 2021 11:07 AM (AwPyG)
Posted by: Captain Hate won't forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at December 05, 2021 11:06 AM (y7DUB)
Talking with a pretty girl with a wandering eye is distracting.
Posted by: N.L. Urker, the Phillips screwdriver of the gods at December 05, 2021 11:07 AM (eGTCV)
I absolutely cannot use a fountain pen for an extended bout of writing by hand because of "lefty drag hand".
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 05, 2021 11:07 AM (3l5Yq)
Posted by: artemis at December 05, 2021 11:08 AM (AwPyG)
Posted by: Skip at December 05, 2021 11:05 AM (2JoB
I have not cared about what Mr. Prager's opinion on anything since 2012.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 05, 2021 11:08 AM (ZMraq)
I should have bought it.
Now I wonder -- do Asians make fun of other Asians, and if so, who?
Posted by: Weak Geek at December 05, 2021 11:08 AM (ZihT8)
Which eye am I supposed to be looking at when I speak with you?
I'm prolly going to hell for asking out loud what everybody else is thinking.
Posted by: weirdflunky at December 05, 2021 11:09 AM (cknjq)
Posted by: Splunge at December 05, 2021 11:10 AM (PQ4Fz)
My handwriting is atrocious. I reverted to print in jr. high and never tried to improve since then. Does anyone know of, or better, have experience with a remedial handwriting course for adults?
Posted by: Oddbob at December 05, 2021 11:11 AM (nfrXX)
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 05, 2021 10:57 AM
I used to photocopy an old teaching manual about drafting lettering and give it to kids who couldn't read their own printed notes. Suddenly they could print faster and legibly. Like other "obsolete skills," drafting lettering has practical use but no class time devoted to it.
Posted by: NaughtyPine at December 05, 2021 11:11 AM (/+bwe)
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at December 05, 2021 11:11 AM (UvMeP)
Posted by: no 6 at December 05, 2021 11:11 AM (hMlTh)
A very smart man.
Posted by: artemis at December 05, 2021 11:11 AM (AwPyG)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 05, 2021 11:11 AM (VwHCD)
Were you there? Are you on the school staff? Again every case is different and cognitive adults should be able to tell the difference.
Posted by: Just a side note at December 05, 2021 11:11 AM (iXJM1)
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Gave my dad a book of Scandinavian Humor years ago: it was blank. He laughed.
Posted by: mustbequantum at December 05, 2021 11:12 AM (MIKMs)
Posted by: N.L. Urker, the Phillips screwdriver of the gods at December 05, 2021 11:07 AM (eGTCV)
Just look at her chest.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 05, 2021 11:12 AM (Q9lwr)
Why is that?
Posted by: artemis at December 05, 2021 11:07 AM (AwPyG)
Maybe there's a drill sargeant way of making it better but it might be something you're born hard wired with.
Posted by: Captain Hate won't forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at December 05, 2021 11:13 AM (y7DUB)
Yeah, Morell's Victorian series is good, for those who like historical mystery.
A big switch from Rambo--which was also good.
Posted by: artemis at December 05, 2021 11:13 AM (AwPyG)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 05, 2021 11:13 AM (iXJM1)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 05, 2021 11:14 AM (t3/qz)
'My wife's on a diet, so she rides the horse every day to lose weight'.
'Oh, does it work?'
'Yes, it does! The horse lost 40 kilograms in a month!'
Posted by: Dr. Varno at December 05, 2021 11:15 AM (vuisn)
They are worth surprisingly little, but I treasure them.
And "Farinacious" was my favorite Our Gang member.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at December 05, 2021 11:15 AM (Bmy3R)
Posted by: artemis at December 05, 2021 11:08 AM (AwPyG)
I have always had extreme difficulty making eye contact. It's something I have to force myself to do. So maybe I'm somewhere on the high end of the autism spectrum.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at December 05, 2021 11:16 AM (sNBgP)
"Light Novel" means young adult I think. They don't seem to be something I'd like, but he writes mysteries that are very very popular in Japan. I don't understand their culture but it looks like most of his characters are teen girls but he is an old dude. Is the target audience teen girls or guys? I don't know. But if that interests you then they have about 40 some of the most popular books and manga in his collection
Posted by: banana Dream at December 05, 2021 11:16 AM (XXeDg)
Posted by: Skip at December 05, 2021 11:16 AM (2JoB8)
Posted by: Captain Hate won't forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at December 05, 2021 11:06 AM (y7DUB)
Talking with a pretty girl with a wandering eye is distracting.
Posted by: N.L. Urker, the Phillips screwdriver of the gods at December 05, 2021 11:07 AM (eGTCV)
I knew a fella who had that eye problem where when he talked to you his eyes darted back and forth real fast the whole time.
Poor bastard.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 05, 2021 11:17 AM (R/m4+)
For the final exercise we had to print the lyrics to our favorite song. If it was less than a couple verses, copy it 3 or 4 times.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 05, 2021 11:17 AM (BFigT)
set around the time of the crimean war, if memory serves
Posted by: no 6 at December 05, 2021 11:17 AM (hMlTh)
I'm prolly going to hell for asking out loud what everybody else is thinking.
Posted by: weirdflunky at December 05, 2021 11:09 AM (cknjq)
Both of them.
Posted by: Captain Hate won't forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at December 05, 2021 11:18 AM (y7DUB)
The North Korean responds "Well, I can't complain."
Posted by: Dr. Varno at December 05, 2021 11:18 AM (vuisn)
A very smart man.
Posted by: artemis at December 05, 2021 11:11 AM (AwPyG)
He also made use of all the Roman-built roads and koine greek being a widely used language.
God did a lot of prep work to insure His gospel would spread quickly.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at December 05, 2021 11:18 AM (sNBgP)
Which makes it illegible to everyone, including me.
Posted by: Sharkman at December 05, 2021 11:18 AM (pTHOC)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 05, 2021 11:14 AM (t3/qz)
Just making public what they were likely already doing. Like any other non-existent feralgov database of things.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 05, 2021 11:20 AM (llON8)
Posted by: moviegique at December 05, 2021 11:21 AM (asXVI)
Posted by: Weak Geek at December 05, 2021 11:22 AM (ZihT8)
||A former co-worker of Chris Cuomo made a sexual misconduct allegation against the former CNN anchor, who was fired Saturday for misleading the cable network about the extent of the role he played trying to mitigate the sexual harassment accusations that took down his brother, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
A well known employment lawyer who represents the accuser contacted CNN Wednesday to tell them of the allegation, according to The New York Times.
The disclosure came as an outside law firm was probing new documents released by by New York's top prosecutor Monday that suggested the younger Cuomo was more involved trying to control damage to his brother's political career than he previously said.||
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at December 05, 2021 11:22 AM (UHVv4)
Cordwainer Smith is fantastic. His life in Meat Space as Pail Linebarger is also fascinating.
Posted by: Sharkman at December 05, 2021 11:22 AM (pTHOC)
-- Jack Vance
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 05, 2021 11:22 AM (QZxDR)
Bought it from an English bookseller (I think through ABE) and when it arrived, I saw that it had been inscribed by Wendy. Unfortunately not to me.
Posted by: Peter (My friends call me Pete) Zah at December 05, 2021 11:23 AM (a4vvV)
Posted by: Sharkman at December 05, 2021 11:24 AM (pTHOC)
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at December 05, 2021 11:22 AM (UHVv4)
Why, it's almost like there's a script for this sort of thing, where the matter has nothing to do with whether the person did something wrong, but whether the person is part of the "in" crowd or not.
Almost.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 05, 2021 11:26 AM (jsU0d)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 05, 2021 11:05 AM
I bought a fountain pen back in the day. Being left handed it did not work out.
Posted by: Mister Scot (Formerly GWS) at December 05, 2021 11:26 AM (bVYXr)
Lately, I'm treating cursive as a bit of art. That means the proper tools for my hand and taking my time. (It helps to be retired with no deadlines.) Pentel 500 or 1,000 mechanical pencils with 2B lead, Blackwing pencils, fine or extra fine nibs on fountain pens and certain dip pen nibs make a big difference. Better quality paper also helps. Just a matter for my own amusement.
Posted by: JTB at December 05, 2021 11:26 AM (7EjX1)
Posted by: 13times at December 05, 2021 11:27 AM (9rMWy)
Posted by: Skip at December 05, 2021 11:28 AM (2JoB8)
Posted by: 11B40 at December 05, 2021 11:29 AM (uuklp)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 05, 2021 11:11 AM (iXJM1)
I have acquaintances who teach there. Crumbley wasn't known to all the staff, let alone all the kids. Oxford High School has more than 1,500 students. What I was told - and I don't know if the staff is supposed to mention - was that during the meeting, he said the drawing was of a video game he wanted to make. That made the concerned teacher look like an ass, and the parents refused to pull their son out of school based on such a stupid accusation.
The "I didn't go to school because I knew something was going to happen" kid and his mother who were interviewed on TV? Somehow neither of them could answer the question how he "knew," let alone show a social media post that predated the shooting. But they got attention in the aftermath, just like another teen who told CNN that Crumbley "looked depressed every day." (That was for a "bullied teen" angle that fizzled.)
Posted by: NaughtyPine at December 05, 2021 11:29 AM (/+bwe)
Re. Sanderson, your observation here is exactly how I felt. I sometimes don't understand how an author can produce a voluminous work like that and then seem to rush to the finish line. I too was expecting the other suspended characters to be woven back into the end of the work. I found that disappointing, to say the least.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 05, 2021 11:30 AM (Xrfse)
I could never be a doctor. You can read both my cursive and print.
Posted by: A. Baldwin at December 05, 2021 11:30 AM (Foq6I)
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Where, oh where, are the pocket protectors? The stiff exemplar of nerddom and the savior of laundries everywhere! /s
Posted by: mustbequantum at December 05, 2021 11:30 AM (MIKMs)
Off dirty sock
Posted by: MkY at December 05, 2021 11:31 AM (Foq6I)
It is an obvious op coordinated between AntiFa and the Feds. Talk about a Reichstag Fire.
Posted by: Sharkman at December 05, 2021 11:31 AM (pTHOC)
Posted by: SFGoth at December 05, 2021 11:32 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: NaughtyPine at December 05, 2021 11:29 AM (/+bwe)
School shootings happen because there is evil in this world, and the world seems to glorify it.
Everyone knows the names of virtually every school shooter we have. That's incentive enough for a lot of these guys.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 05, 2021 11:33 AM (jsU0d)
They're more if you do a lot of writing, and will sit down for a long session, and you like the look coming from a nib, then it's for you. But if you're just looking for something to sign your name then a reliable ballpoint might be better.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 05, 2021 11:33 AM (XXeDg)
The book sat in my attic for 20 years before I looked it up on Abebooks and found it was worth 24k. I put it on Ebay for 18k just to see what would happen. It was sold within a day to a broker in the UK.
It paid for new plumbing...
Posted by: poe at December 05, 2021 11:33 AM (76dsu)
Yeah, I hate that too. Hollywood calls it "the promise of the premise" which is like a contract between the author and the reader. One of which is a character is there for a reason.
To me, it's so annoying when the author spends a lot of time on a character who is only going to be spun off in the next book or series. They do this a lot with the historical romance series.
Posted by: artemis at December 05, 2021 11:34 AM (AwPyG)
Posted by: NaughtyPine
*FistBump*
We've been in the shit! Thank God for black cat firecrackers. Those ants never had a chance.
Posted by: Sharkman at December 05, 2021 11:35 AM (pTHOC)
I'll give you handwriting.
Try learning it in a 1950's parochial school in SW Phila using FRIGGIN' PALMER METHOD!!!!!!
And, yes, using an ink pen.
Posted by: TANSTAAFL at December 05, 2021 11:36 AM (fBtlL)
Posted by: artemis at December 05, 2021 11:36 AM (AwPyG)
Almost.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 05, 2021 11:26 AM (jsU0d)
And it's almost like there's a comparative calculation involved and so when your value to the collective calculated on one side is less than your risk to the collective shown on the other you are no longer protected.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 05, 2021 11:37 AM (XXeDg)
Posted by: artemis at December 05, 2021 11:38 AM (AwPyG)
An old "Wizard of Id" strip embellished that joke:
"I can't complain. It's forbidden."
Posted by: Weak Geek at December 05, 2021 11:22 AM (ZihT
Another Wizard of Id:
A prisoner is chained up to the wall.
Wizard: How's the food?
Prisoner: I can't complain.
Wizard: Why not?
Prisoner: My teeth are stuck together.
Posted by: Splunge at December 05, 2021 11:39 AM (PQ4Fz)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
That dude may come in handy after civilisation collapses when the DemonRats steal the 2024 election.
"The Lay of the Burning Times"
Posted by: Sharkman at December 05, 2021 11:39 AM (pTHOC)
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at December 05, 2021 11:40 AM (UHVv4)
Philly does that to people.
Up in the Bronx, there was a bit of folk wisdom that was about an all-expense-paid trip to Philly lottery. First Prize was a week in Philly. Second Prize was two weeks in Philly.
Posted by: 11B40 at December 05, 2021 11:41 AM (uuklp)
Posted by: Lirio100 at December 05, 2021 11:41 AM (uFOGo)
Greg Price @greg_price11; 18h
It will always remain insane that both Cuomo brothers lost their jobs due to covering up creepy behavior from Andrew and NOT covering up how his covid policies led to thousands of nursing home deaths
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at December 05, 2021 11:42 AM (UHVv4)
Lol.
Get your jab!
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 05, 2021 11:44 AM (P8FxN)
Gas has gone up over 60%
Our enemies are on the march all over the world
And the msm is still obsessed with PDT
Scmucks
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 05, 2021 11:44 AM (Irn0L)
Bottled ink gets more complicated but I've found that Parker Quink is a very good everyday ink. All the colors work, not just black or blue. It also works well with dip pens.
Posted by: JTB at December 05, 2021 11:49 AM (7EjX1)
Lol.
Get your jab!
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 05, 2021 11:44 AM (P8FxN)
It's the end of the world but I feel fine.
Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Meatbag at December 05, 2021 11:50 AM (4I/2K)
Gas has gone up over 60%
Our enemies are on the march all over the world
And the msm is still obsessed with PDT
Scmucks
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 05, 2021 11:44 AM (Irn0L)
An intentional portmanteau of scum + schmucks?
Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Meatbag at December 05, 2021 11:52 AM (4I/2K)
An American captain and a Brit colonel, both in their respective intelligence branches, are trying to find him and puzzle out his mission, which is in play after the nazi surrender.
Very well-described gun tech for us gun nuts. Adolf Eichmann, in captivity the day of surrender, plays a role in the plot.
It is as good as Day of the Jackal.
Posted by: Mr Gaga at December 05, 2021 11:52 AM (KiBMU)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 05, 2021 11:52 AM (BFigT)
Posted by: Tuna at December 05, 2021 11:52 AM (gLRfa)
Posted by: CN...FJB at December 05, 2021 11:53 AM (ONvIw)
The first is a discussion of history and economics with history being a humanities discipline and economics becoming more and more tied to hard sciences, in spite of its poor ability at prediction and defining what the hard numbers mean. It also discusses source materials and what can and cannot be taken for granted as historical economic sources, and why historical understanding of the period is essential to understanding what the source material has to offer.
The second is about types of historical sources and what they offer and why what they show has to be critically reviewed.
Cipolla's opinion is that Economics and History are unwisely divided, that they are both Humanities subjects, and he believes that Economics is nowhere near a "newtonian revolution" putting it on an equal footing with physics or engineering since as a human venture, economics cannot be reduced to mere numbers, forces and physical rules of motion.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 05, 2021 11:53 AM (ZMraq)
Lol. Get your jab!"
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy
Remember that cruise ship right at the beginning of this? That's when I knew it wasn't worth worrying about. An isolated cruise ship with no vaccine or protection and the media was sure they were all going to die, all they did was complain about the food and being bored.
Posted by: lowandslow at December 05, 2021 11:53 AM (4thlk)
Posted by: CN...FJB at December 05, 2021 11:54 AM (ONvIw)
On another note, this week I am reading "All In a Day's Work", the autobiography of Ida Tarbell. She was the muckraking journalist of the turn of the last century, whose groundbreaking "History of the Standard Oil Company" led to Rockefeller's oil monopoly being broken up. Hers is a fascinating life. Yes, she had to deal with the limitations that were imposed on women in the 19th century, but she overcame or bypassed them, without griping about it. She came by her anti-Rockefeller stance honestly, since she was raised in Titusville, Pa., which is where the first oil wells in the US were drilled, and her father's business deal with oil - he made barrels for storing and shipping the stuff. She writes very well, is candid about her mistakes and limitations, and tells lots of good stories. It's available on gutenberg.org for free. Highly recommended.
Posted by: Nemo at December 05, 2021 11:54 AM (S6ArX)
Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Meatbag at December 05, 2021 11:52 AM (4I/2K)
LOL, no just a lousy typist
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 05, 2021 11:54 AM (Irn0L)
Trump on General Milley telling him to leave the military equipment in Afghanistan:
"That's when I realized he was a fucking idiot."
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at December 05, 2021 11:55 AM (UHVv4)
Posted by: lowandslow
Yep. I had the same thoughts then fot the same reasons.
Posted by: Sharkman at December 05, 2021 11:55 AM (pTHOC)
Posted by: moviegique at December 05, 2021 11:21 AM (asXVI)
Another reasonable, but alas, wrong, guess. Correct answer is at #81.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at December 05, 2021 11:55 AM (sNBgP)
Posted by: CN...FJB at December 05, 2021 11:56 AM (ONvIw)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 05, 2021 11:54 AM (Irn0L)
Still, take credit for that one.
Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Meatbag at December 05, 2021 11:56 AM (4I/2K)
Am reading the History of the Atomic Bomb by Rhodes.
Not bad actually. I have found my high school physics allows me to understand the early developed concepts and experiments.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 05, 2021 11:58 AM (axyOa)
Shirer hobnobs with people like Edward R. Murrow, Howard K. Smith, and other WWII-era reporters. He drops lots of names and "lunches" with a lot of foreign government functionaries. His reading list includes classical Greek works and more recent European heavyweights like Mann and Joyce. He lets you know about it. Repeatedly.
Shirer really despises the German people. He sees them as overbearing and brutal in victory and posturing themselves as victims in defeat. All supported the Nazis in 1940 but somehow, all secretly opposed them from the start in 1945, or so they all claim.
He clearly has socialist, if not communist sympathies. Even so, he still comes across as a patriotic American. In that he is so unlike modern "journalists" who would NEVER utter a supportive word for their own country or its system of values. I can imagine him being repulsed by what journalism has become today with its agenda-driven dishonesty and its woke bullshit.
It makes for a very illuminating look into a time capsule from a bygone era.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 05, 2021 11:58 AM (VxC1e)
Lessee what's up thread.
Posted by: naturalfake at December 05, 2021 11:59 AM (5NkmN)
Didn't have any money to go. Sad.
Posted by: torabora at December 05, 2021 12:00 PM (U0p6D)
Posted by: SFGoth at December 05, 2021 11:32 AM (KAi1n)
We all voted you off the island. Go back to sleep.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at December 05, 2021 12:00 PM (sNBgP)
A very smart man.
Posted by: artemis at December 05, 2021 11:11 AM (AwPyG)
He also made use of all the Roman-built roads and koine greek being a widely used language.
God did a lot of prep work to insure His gospel would spread quickly.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at December 05, 2021 11:18 AM (sNBgP)
It also happened at a time that Mithraism, the primary religion of the Legions themselves, was going through some type of crises... as it went away very very quickly, with almost no remnants left to tell us what its doctrines really were.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 05, 2021 12:00 PM (oHd/0)
Posted by: 13times at December 05, 2021 12:00 PM (9rMWy)
Posted by: Skip guy who says NOOD at December 05, 2021 12:01 PM (2JoB8)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 05, 2021 12:01 PM (FVME7)
Trump on General Milley telling him to leave the military equipment in Afghanistan:
"That's when I realized he was a fucking idiot."
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at December 05, 2021 11:55 AM (UHVv4)
Oh what foul language! I am so glad Joe Biden is in the white house.
Now off to fill my car up for $379.00.
Posted by: Democrat voters, grifters and preverts at December 05, 2021 12:01 PM (R/m4+)
I once tried to get into sentence diagramming to figure out what made Piper's prose so good.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 05, 2021 10:37 AM (ZM
It sounds like you love beautiful sentences and figuring out what makes them work. I think you'd love Ward Farnsworth's Classical English Rhetoric. Its a great read; not at all dry or stuffy.
Posted by: LASue at December 05, 2021 12:02 PM (Ed8Zd)
Posted by: BurtTC at December 05, 2021 11:33 AM
For hoaxers, the incentive is the fun of forcing adults to investigate and the possible reward of time off school. It's been really bad since the beginning of November, after the first marking period grades went out and reality set in with the younger teens. School is really staying open. Attendance counts. Missing work can't be blamed on technical difficulties.
The hoaxes have gotten so out of hand that just this Friday, a kid was arrested and charged with a 20-year felony for posting a threat to a middle school in another part of Oakland County. He's only 13.
Posted by: NaughtyPine at December 05, 2021 12:05 PM (/+bwe)
They are liberals (Harvard and Yale educated) but they are on to something with the generational, cyclical patterns of our culture. Eye opening to realize we're now in what they call the Crisis phase, which has always culminated in a major war.
I believe Strauss has passed on, but thankfully he left this gem for us to ponder.
Posted by: squeakywheel at December 05, 2021 12:06 PM (UDSF6)
Posted by: JTB at December 05, 2021 11:49 AM (7EjX1)
I like the Sheaffer ink, it works in all my fountain pens and for the dip pens as well.
The best deals in fountain pens are the Chinese ones, they have a number of providers that mix and match Euro and American fountain pen features. You can buy them on Amazon, You can get packs of three for a very good price, and they last longer than a Bic pen. I think they are all made in the same factory no matter what the branding is.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 05, 2021 12:12 PM (ZMraq)
I believe Strauss has passed on, but thankfully he left this gem for us to ponder.
Posted by: squeakywheel at December 05, 2021 12:06 PM
I've added it to my list, though I almost don't want to read it! Thanks.
Posted by: NaughtyPine at December 05, 2021 12:13 PM (/+bwe)
12/5/21 EMT
Happy Sunday!
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It is the movie that 'Fiddler on the Roof' is based on.
The movie is based on a play written in 1915 called 'Tevya the Milkman'
I don't know if it's any good, just thought it might be interesting.
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Dec 6th, the first kegger.
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Afghans Brought to U.S. by Biden Deliver 250 Children, Securing Birthright American Citizenship
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Posted by: Vic at December 05, 2021 06:11 AM (mpXpK)
We will be lighting the second purple candle on the Advent wreath-the candle of peace. Here are some encouraging Bible verses about peace:
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Posted by: Vic at December 05, 2021 06:11 AM (mpXpK)
Has that staffer been fired yet?
https://tinyurl.com/2p9yvn9w
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Report: Kamala Harris's Staff Endures Constant Fear of Backstabbing
Some group is trying to clear her out before the inevitable and Joe faceplants. Isn't there a single moderate left in the (D)'s?
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Posted by: Ordinary American at December 05, 2021 06:27 AM (we2CT)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 05, 2021 06:29 AM (poMoX)
https://www.upperroom.org/devotionals/en-2021-12-05
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 05, 2021 06:32 AM (poMoX)
Report: Kamala Harris's Staff Endures Constant Fear of
Their master's voice ...
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 05, 2021 06:32 AM (3l5Yq)
Posted by: IanDeal at December 05, 2021 06:33 AM (MGjjz)
Posted by: Skip at December 05, 2021 06:34 AM (2JoB8)
Posted by: olddog in mo at December 05, 2021 06:35 AM (ju2Fy)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 05, 2021 06:35 AM (3l5Yq)
https://tinyurl.com/5f55auuj
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 05, 2021 06:35 AM (poMoX)
Spent all day and part of last night getting the car ready and now it's off to the races. See ya this evening.
Posted by: f'd at December 05, 2021 06:39 AM (Tnijr)
Why does the inside of AOC's mask look like Biden's underwear?
I've never seen every hand of horde members go up as fast as just now ...
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 05, 2021 06:39 AM (3l5Yq)
Posted by: acethepug at December 05, 2021 06:39 AM (pgqW6)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 05, 2021 06:41 AM (3l5Yq)
The Clinton Foundation received roughly $16.3 million in contributions in 2020, according to their newly released Form 990. This was a 93.6% decrease from the nearly $250 million the charitable organization raked in during 2009 after Hillary Clinton was appointed Secretary of State.
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 05, 2021 06:42 AM (yrol0)
https://tinyurl.com/yceeu6x4
MSNBC is getting out in front on a hatchet job on Rosanne Boyland's who was murder by capital police on Jan 6
Posted by: Skip at December 05, 2021 06:43 AM (2JoB8)
Posted by: weirdflunky at December 05, 2021 06:45 AM (cknjq)
Posted by: Skip at December 05, 2021 06:48 AM (2JoB8)
Posted by: Chris Cuomo at December 05, 2021 06:49 AM (VxC1e)
However, falling land-use emissions have counterbalanced rising fossil CO2 emissions, and there is no guarantee these trends will continue in the future.
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 05, 2021 06:51 AM (yrol0)
Posted by: Skip at December 05, 2021 06:48 AM (2JoB
After about 20 minutes they become collectors of airborne diseases and also hold touch transferred for many days.
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 05, 2021 06:52 AM (yrol0)
Posted by: Goliad's Ghosts at December 05, 2021 06:54 AM (QZ/dC)
This morning I go to play Christmas songs in our church service, therefore I feel joyful right now. :-)
Posted by: Long-time Commenter, First-time Reader at December 05, 2021 06:54 AM (Bg96i)
That's great! Thanks for your music ministry and God bless you and your church!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 05, 2021 06:58 AM (poMoX)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Iron Fist in Velvet Glove in Iron Gauntlet Clutching an Iron Mace at December 05, 2021 06:59 AM (Dc2NZ)
Undoubtedly though, used masks are being treated as Hazmat, very much the way "sharps"* are handled? They need special handling for disposal, correct? Everyone knows this and is properly trained, yes?
* I remember when those red sharps disposal containers started showing up in government owned bathrooms. I couldn't figure it out. Were the government employees a bunch of heroin addicts or something? Maybe that explains some of it, though bad acid sounds closer to the observed psychosis, or maybe demon posession.
Posted by: common tater at December 05, 2021 07:00 AM (MAJoQ)
Posted by: Skip at December 05, 2021 07:00 AM (2JoB8)
Posted by: Long-time Commenter, First-time Reader at December 05, 2021 07:02 AM (Bg96i)
Which is why tomorrow is my last day as a contractor for the US government. Je refuse.
Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at December 05, 2021 07:05 AM (l7Kbv)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM)
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Baby's name is "Navy"!?!!
Posted by: olddog in mo at December 05, 2021 07:05 AM (ju2Fy)
Posted by: Colin at December 05, 2021 07:06 AM (QKMKY)
Thanks; I appreciate that prayer and hope.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 05, 2021 07:06 AM (poMoX)
I have a new one and wear it when needed, but was stopped once by a supervisor for it. Was cutting plywood rips and many sheets worth. After but a few minutes those stupid blue mask filled up as if I had a plastic bag over my mouth.
Posted by: Skip at December 05, 2021 07:07 AM (2JoB8)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 05, 2021 07:08 AM (C1Lsn)
Going to rich lib cousin's "surprise" birthday party today. It's not really a surprise because he mistakenly included his wife on the email list. He did not realize this until the helpful Mrs. F. pointed this out.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 05, 2021 07:11 AM (EZebt)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 05, 2021 07:13 AM (C1Lsn)
Posted by: JT at December 05, 2021 07:16 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 05, 2021 07:17 AM (EZebt)
Posted by: JT at December 05, 2021 07:17 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: Colin at December 05, 2021 07:18 AM (QKMKY)
Posted by: Colin
HA!
Posted by: Bruce at December 05, 2021 07:20 AM (vd8XM)
Posted by: Colin
Holly shit ?
Posted by: JT at December 05, 2021 07:22 AM (arJlL)
Apparently Omicron has been known by the CDC to exist since Nov 2020.
Posted by: squeakywheel at December 05, 2021 07:23 AM (UDSF6)
Posted by: SFGoth at December 05, 2021 07:24 AM (KAi1n)
Oh. In that other big game, Georgia crapped themselves again. Congrats to Alabama for another National Title.
Posted by: Puddleglum at December 05, 2021 07:26 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: IanDeal at December 05, 2021 06:33 AM (MGjjz)
Silly rabbit. "Choice" only applies to abortion.
Posted by: Ordinary American at December 05, 2021 07:26 AM (H8QX8)
Posted by: Muad'dib at December 05, 2021 07:26 AM (5SzKU)
Posted by: SFGoth at December 05, 2021 07:28 AM (usM7j)
Posted by: JT at December 05, 2021 07:28 AM (arJlL)
Please show your vax and ID to buy coffee.
Voter ID is rayciss!!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 05, 2021 07:29 AM (EZebt)
https://bit.ly/3olbNeF
Neil Oliver hits the nail on the head again. I cannot recommend watching this monologue highly enough. Eventually, when all government pressures are exhausted, the demand for mandatory vaccination only ends one way, with brute force. However, they are few and we are the many.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 05, 2021 07:30 AM (Do5/p)
Posted by: Colin
Ring brand doorbells can now identify the Omicron variant.
...National Ad....
Posted by: Bruce at December 05, 2021 07:30 AM (vd8XM)
But right-wing groups and anti-mask activists have quickly determined that the new Twitter policy offers an opportunity to strike back at those who might draw attention to their real-world identities.
When the right does it, they are harassing and intimidating women, activists and minorities, who must now be protected by a twitter rule.
When the left does it they are just drawing attention to peoples real world identity, and now need a new twitter rule to protect that behavior.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 05, 2021 07:31 AM (Pw26M)
at_LD_Sceptics
Vaccine advocates in Canada have offered to secretly take children to get jabbed in order to bypass parental authority.
5:07 AM - Dec 5, 2021 - https://bit.ly/3Equ4wB
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 05, 2021 07:31 AM (Do5/p)
You better not pout
You better not cry
You better not shout
I'm telling you why
Omicron is coming
To town!
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 05, 2021 07:33 AM (Pw26M)
Steaming cup of Omicron right here. Remarkably it smells and tastes a lot like coffee.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 05, 2021 07:33 AM (BFigT)
Joe Biden awakes from slumber with drool on his pillow and another pee stain on his sheets....
Fire up AF1! We're off to Cameroon!!
Posted by: Bruce at December 05, 2021 07:34 AM (vd8XM)
Posted by: Colin at December 05, 2021 07:34 AM (QKMKY)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Iron Fist in Velvet Glove in Iron Gauntlet Clutching an Iron Mace at December 05, 2021 07:34 AM (Dc2NZ)
at_AnonCitizenUK
Ben Magden: "Ended up in the emergency room on Wednesday night after taking the 2nd Pfizer shot. Diagnosed with Pericarditis. The Dr. said this is now common after the Pfizer shot, especially with teenage boys and young males."
5:34 AM - Dec 5, 2021 - https://bit.ly/3prqVqc
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 05, 2021 07:35 AM (Do5/p)
It knows if your awake
It knows if your not wearing a mask
So get Vaxed for Leftism sake
Posted by: Skip's Phone at December 05, 2021 07:36 AM (IlH6k)
at_DSM1224
Can someone please help me explain:
- If the vaccine works why are they locking down the unnvaccinated?
- If the vaccine doesn't work why are they locking down the unnvaccinated?
If anyone still thinks it's about an illness they are a big part of the problem.
5:44 AM - Dec 5, 2021 - https://bit.ly/31Ali0s
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 05, 2021 07:37 AM (Do5/p)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 05, 2021 07:37 AM (Pw26M)
at_PrisonPlanet
This is some insidious crap.
It is perfectly possible to support the general concept of vaccination while opposing mandatory government vaccination.
Merriam-Webster definition of "anti-vaxxer": a person who opposes vaccination or laws that mandate vaccination
7:28 AM - Dec 5, 2021 - https://bit.ly/3pskL9t
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 05, 2021 07:40 AM (Do5/p)
Posted by: common tater at December 05, 2021 07:00 AM (MAJoQ) "
- I always figured it was the increasing incidence of diabeetus driving the sharps-boxes everywhere.
- my bets are on demonic possession.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez (03BbD) at December 05, 2021 07:40 AM (03BbD)
Not that I have use for it
Posted by: Skip's Phone at December 05, 2021 07:41 AM (IlH6k)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 05, 2021 07:41 AM (Pw26M)
Steaming cup of Omicron right here. Remarkably it smells and tastes a lot like coffee.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
Sneaky camouflage. Nature finds a way!
Posted by: Puddleglum at December 05, 2021 07:44 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 05, 2021 07:44 AM (CJRR8)
at_AnonCitizenUK
Santa Claus is coming to town..
Nuremberg 2.0 - Crimes against humanity are about to be paid in full. (Video)
"I am an attorney in Germany and in the United States and I have been working with my law firm on behalf of consumers and small and medium sized corporations for 27 years. And we have mostly represented our clients against large, global corporations. ... we now fight the people behind this global pandemic."
7:22 AM - Dec 5, 2021 - https://bit.ly/3djLlf9
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 05, 2021 07:45 AM (Do5/p)
My company put out a statement that as of 1 January we're no longer going to have vacation accrual and scheduled vacation, we're going to unlimited PTO. Uuummmm... OK. I just scheduled my remaining 135 hours of vacation to help them out with the book keeping.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 05, 2021 07:46 AM (fLri9)
Posted by: JT at December 05, 2021 07:46 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: JT at December 05, 2021 07:46 AM (arJlL)
Control words and meanings, control thoughts, control people.
Posted by: Ordinary American at December 05, 2021 07:47 AM (H8QX8)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 05, 2021 07:47 AM (CJRR8)
* throws the flag and whistles the play dead*
Two minute minor for BS
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 05, 2021 07:48 AM (fLri9)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez (03BbD) at December 05, 2021 07:48 AM (03BbD)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 05, 2021 07:47
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And a great joke it was. Morning, Ben Had.
Posted by: olddog in mo at December 05, 2021 07:50 AM (ju2Fy)
Posted by: Bruce at December 05, 2021 07:50 AM (vd8XM)
Capesterre Guadeloupe, Limassol Cyprus, Barcelona, York, Utrecht the Netherlands, New Zealand, Luxembourg, Copenhagen, Edinburgh Scotland, Poland... and more.
Anonymous UK Citizen
at_AnonCitizenUK
https://bit.ly/3dmiZ3Z
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 05, 2021 07:51 AM (Do5/p)
Posted by: JT at December 05, 2021 07:52 AM (arJlL)
--not me but could be
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 05, 2021 07:52 AM (EZebt)
Posted by: JT at December 05, 2021 07:52 AM (arJlL)
I think he invented some kinda microscope.
Posted by: weirdflunky at December 05, 2021 07:53 AM (cknjq)
Chickasaw...Choctaw...I been everywhere o man....
Posted by: JT at December 05, 2021 07:53 AM (arJlL)
Edward Elderman
at_edwereddie
Royal Portuguese Reading Room, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2:34 AM - Dec 5, 2021 - https://bit.ly/3Gj5Kxc
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 05, 2021 07:53 AM (Do5/p)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 05, 2021 07:54 AM (CJRR8)
Posted by: SFGoth at December 05, 2021 07:55 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Ordinary American at December 05, 2021 07:55 AM (H8QX8)
Posted by: JT at December 05, 2021 07:52 AM (arJlL)
I think he invented some kinda microscope.
Posted by: weirdflunky
I thought it was that spray on hair stuff
Posted by: Bruce at December 05, 2021 07:55 AM (vd8XM)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 05, 2021 07:41 AM
they're saving that for the mid-terms
by August 2022, it will be touted as "Trump's (and all the republicans') "failed vaccine" and it will be the worst thing EVAH and the republicans just want PEOPLE TO DIE!!!
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 05, 2021 07:56 AM (DUIap)
Posted by: SFGoth at December 05, 2021 07:57 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 05, 2021 07:57 AM (DUIap)
at_ThreadsIrish
Guess who were not allowed to visit theatres & cinemas, pubs or cafes, swimming pools, libraries & other sporting & entertainment facilities
From this website: https://bit.ly/3DmZW41
Sounds very similar to Ireland 2021. Not allowed to make comparisons though
4:47 AM - Dec 5, 2021 - https://bit.ly/3Et9Imr
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 05, 2021 07:57 AM (Do5/p)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 05, 2021 07:58 AM (fLri9)
I'll just see myself straight to The Barrel
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 05, 2021 07:58 AM (DUIap)
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 05, 2021 07:56 AM (DUIap)
Never. Never will they let go of the vaccine. It's uses are too many and invaluable. It is their Satan-send.
Posted by: Ordinary American at December 05, 2021 07:59 AM (H8QX8)
Posted by: AltonJackson
Be careful.
The next deviant variant is in there too.
Posted by: Bruce at December 05, 2021 07:59 AM (vd8XM)
"They need compartmentalized scrap-grabbers constantly looking down; because if enough people start looking up and seeing through the division, the masses will find unity."
For anyone trying to fit global government's actions to logic and science, this is why you can't.
Posted by: Neo-Kulak at December 05, 2021 07:59 AM (zO9D/)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 05, 2021 07:59 AM (CJRR8)
at_tomselliott
I see at_ProjectLincoln had a field trip this weekend (Video)
7:42 AM - Dec 5, 2021 - https://bit.ly/31rH3Qs
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 05, 2021 07:59 AM (Do5/p)
2:34 AM - Dec 5, 2021 - https://bit.ly/3Gj5Kxc
Posted by: Clyde Shelton
That's nice; but I don't speak Portuguese
Posted by: JT at December 05, 2021 07:59 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 05, 2021 07:59 AM (EZebt)
Posted by: Bruce at December 05, 2021 08:00 AM (vd8XM)
This is Andrew Cuomo
Lana at_WildJackMedia
moe from the simpsons real
3:51 AM - Dec 4, 2021 - https://bit.ly/3lznvQY
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 05, 2021 08:02 AM (Do5/p)
Posted by: Ordinary American at December 05, 2021 08:02 AM (H8QX8)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 05, 2021 08:02 AM (EZebt)
It was a scam and Op from jump street, most sane people realized this immediately.
The problem is to make them stop we would effectively have to sack governments world wide.
The Op is a world wide, Anglosphere, Western Op.
I don't know what to do or say about this anymore and I don't know what will make them stop at this point.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 05, 2021 08:03 AM (oHeld)
Though I wish they wouldn't.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Oh, they can speak the hell out of it, but no one can understand it.
"The Brazilian" was supposed to be " a little off the top and sides"
Posted by: Bruce at December 05, 2021 08:04 AM (vd8XM)
Posted by: REDACTED at December 05, 2021 08:04 AM (us2H3)
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 05, 2021 08:04 AM (DUIap)
Posted by: JT at December 05, 2021 07:59 AM
You just need to stop having sex and then you can learn it easy. I picked up a hot Portuguese waitress after learning it. Of course then stopped my abstinence with her and went back to being stupid.
Posted by: George Costanza at December 05, 2021 08:05 AM (Do5/p)
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 05, 2021 07:56 AM (DUIap)
Never. Never will they let go of the vaccine. It's uses are too many and invaluable. It is their Satan-send.
Posted by: Ordinary American at December 05, 2021 07:59 AM (H8QX
"
not to mention that it would imply that all the anti-science ignoramuses were actually right all along ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez (03BbD) at December 05, 2021 08:05 AM (03BbD)
"Two weeks to flatten the curve," to quarantine camps, to forced injections. Awesome efficiency, progressives.
Posted by: Ordinary American at December 05, 2021 08:02 AM
as Pixy asked this morning: "where would we be without experts?"
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 05, 2021 08:05 AM (DUIap)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Iron Fist in Velvet Glove in Iron Gauntlet Clutching an Iron Mace at December 05, 2021 08:06 AM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 05, 2021 08:06 AM (EZebt)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez (03BbD) at December 05, 2021 08:07 AM (03BbD)
Hail, Eris
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 05, 2021 08:07 AM (DUIap)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 05, 2021 08:07 AM (BFigT)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 05, 2021 08:03 AM
100% agreed. I have been convinced of this for over a year. I felt it was a China-USA Deep State op from the get-go in March 2020. But came to realize it was a worldwide op a few months later. And it's been aggravating ever since where too many people on the right - even still today - consider this a "conspiracy theory" and still think this Plandemic is nothing more than "politics as usual".
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 05, 2021 08:07 AM (Do5/p)
Posted by: AltonJackson
The experts at work after their big plan went pfffftt....
"we didn't try hard enough, so let's lay off a few more and try the same thing again only under a different name"
Posted by: Bruce at December 05, 2021 08:08 AM (vd8XM)
Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at December 05, 2021 08:08 AM (nxdel)
Posted by: Colin at December 05, 2021 07:18 AM (QKMKY)
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Omicron called me the other day to let me know my car's extended warranty was about to expire.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 05, 2021 08:09 AM (CAJOC)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 05, 2021 08:09 AM (CJRR8)
Posted by: JT at December 05, 2021 08:10 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez (03BbD) at December 05, 2021 08:10 AM (03BbD)
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 05, 2021 08:07 AM (Do5/p)
CS:
Even for me, it is very hard to imagine the incredible level of intentional pure evil required to do this at the National levels, let alone coordinate this worldwide!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at December 05, 2021 08:11 AM (hOUT3)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Iron Fist in Velvet Glove in Iron Gauntlet Clutching an Iron Mace at December 05, 2021 08:11 AM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at December 05, 2021 08:11 AM (nxdel)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 05, 2021 08:12 AM (CJRR8)
Dr Scott McLachlan at_Dr_ScottMc
As someone who is most definitely interested in the idea of humaniform robots, and who has a 9yo son who is already building a collection, and coding interest, in robotics... the only words I can think of are:
Fricking Awesome!
Biltek Plus at_biltek_pluss
(Video)
5:32 AM - Dec 5, 2021 - https://bit.ly/3pvV1J1
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 05, 2021 08:12 AM (Do5/p)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 05, 2021 08:13 AM (EZebt)
Posted by: Ordinary American at December 05, 2021 07:59 AM (H8QX
But it is for your own good comrade that ve must force you to do this!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at December 05, 2021 08:14 AM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at December 05, 2021 08:15 AM (hOUT3)
Great to see you. Hope you are doing OK down in SC.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at December 05, 2021 08:17 AM (D3cJf)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 05, 2021 08:18 AM (CJRR8)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at December 05, 2021 08:11 AM
It's probably easier for me to believe this is happening, because I have grown extremely cynical about politicians and the elite the more and more I have learned about politics since I started paying attention on 09/12/2001. 2016 was the ultimate wake-up call for me of going full-cynical, when I saw pretty much everyone in the Republican Party prove they were GOPe when they opposed Trump in the primary and then continued to do so during his Administration.
Plus I already felt people were evil for the horror of abortion and knew they wanted millions of people dead for "climate change". So it was easy for me to believe they could orchestrate this as well. I guess others still have more faith in humanity than I. My faith in humanity is long gone.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 05, 2021 08:18 AM (Do5/p)
Posted by: Colin at December 05, 2021 08:19 AM (QKMKY)
I spent yesterday putting up and decorating a Christmas tree for Mom while listening to baroque music. It was heaven. Except for the trip to Home Depot for more lights. It's already getting crazy out there.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Iron Fist in Velvet Glove in Iron Gauntlet Clutching an Iron Mace at December 05, 2021 08:21 AM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: Ladyl at December 05, 2021 08:22 AM (+4oV5)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 05, 2021 08:22 AM (CJRR8)
at_ollysmithtravel
Two days ago Grant Shapps said the UK wouldn't reintroduce pre-departure tests as it might "kill off" the travel industry. Guess what has just been reintroduced.
Why would anyone ever believe anything this government tells us?
The exact quote from Shapps was that the Government did not want to "kill off the travel sector without knowing that you need to". Bit of an odd choice of words. So now they think they do need to?
1:38 PM - Dec 4, 2021 - https://bit.ly/3xVnnjS
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 05, 2021 08:22 AM (Do5/p)
We will be lighting the second purple candle on the Advent wreath-the candle of peace. Here are some encouraging Bible verses about peace:
https://tinyurl.com/yc2y2bf8
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 05, 2021 06:11 AM (poMoX)
Truly a Blessing indeed. I was a Eucharistic Minister for many years and there is nothing more humbling and joyous. Especially when you are looking people in their eyes and you can see their strong faith.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at December 05, 2021 08:23 AM (D3cJf)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at December 05, 2021 08:23 AM (hOUT3)
Hell, I'm so old I can't attract a deviant let alone a variant.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 05, 2021 07:44 AM
When climbing out of the shower in the master bathroom my 29 X 2 or so male butt and stuff could possibly be visible for a second or two to the neighbor next door if her vision is good for around three hundred feet. Last year an 86 year old woman lived there. No problem right? She would be the voyeur.
Now a 26 year old woman lives there and I have to close the blind. Because of *that* age difference I would be the flasher. It just makes me chuckle.
Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 05, 2021 08:23 AM (dQvv7)
Posted by: Defenestratus at December 05, 2021 08:24 AM (NT8Xb)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at December 05, 2021 08:24 AM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Brett at December 05, 2021 08:25 AM (Zni+K)
https://tinyurl.com/3b2z6mra
They try to explain all the bizarre behavior on the pandemic. Uh.. no. There's just a lot of mentally unstable people walking around that should be in a mental hospital. It's truly scary how many nutcases wander the earth.
Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at December 05, 2021 08:25 AM (nxdel)
All at the same time !
Posted by: JT
I believe Portugal still speaks Portuguese too. Nice beaches there.
Posted by: Puddleglum at December 05, 2021 08:25 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at December 05, 2021 08:26 AM (nxdel)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at December 05, 2021 08:23 AM (hOUT3)
I would expect nothing less than utter spoiling of all pet morons!
Posted by: Ladyl at December 05, 2021 08:27 AM (+4oV5)
Posted by: Puddleglum at December 05, 2021 08:27 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 05, 2021 08:28 AM (CJRR8)
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 05, 2021 08:18 AM (Do5/p)
Yes, my faith in the majority of my fellow citizens departed some time ago, and I never had any faith in the "citizens" of any other country.
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at December 05, 2021 08:29 AM (hOUT3)
Great to see you. Hope you are doing OK down in SC.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at December 05, 2021 08:17 AM (D3cJf)
doing fine.
Posted by: Vic at December 05, 2021 08:29 AM (mpXpK)
Took advantage of a great MT deal, you can cut up to 3 trees from the National Forests with a permit from the local ranger station. The first one we cut down was a bit of a Charlie Brown tree that we decorated for the front porch display. Traveled farther afield and cut down two more that we are using in the house. I like a tall, full tree. Due to our advancing years we stayed close to where we parked and since we couldn't find one large, girthy tree we cut down two smaller ones.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 05, 2021 08:30 AM (2NHgQ)
Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at December 05, 2021 08:25 AM (nxdel)
Why it is almost like you get more of what you coddle!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at December 05, 2021 08:30 AM (hOUT3)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 05, 2021 08:30 AM (PiwSw)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 05, 2021 08:31 AM (CJRR8)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 05, 2021 08:32 AM (2NHgQ)
Pfizer says that their tests show that their vaccine is safe for little kids.
Why should anyone believe them after this? - https://bit.ly/3lB2tSj
NOV 6 - US multinational pharmaceutical corporation Pfizer has come under pressure over alleged data fraud suspicion in its COVID-10 clinical trials, according to British medical journal The BMJ. Pfizer "falsified data, unblinded patients, employed inadequately trained vaccinators, and was slow to follow up on adverse events reported in its pivotal phase III trial," an article published Wednesday in the The BMJ said, quoting a former director at the Texas-based research organization Ventavia Research Group, which managed Pfizer vaccine trial sites.
3:03 AM - Dec 5, 2021 - https://bit.ly/31ymLoq
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 05, 2021 08:32 AM (Do5/p)
Posted by: JT
Dash of Balder would be a good nic. Maybe I'll go with that beginning January 1.
Posted by: Gref at December 05, 2021 08:33 AM (AMIL/)
Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at December 05, 2021 08:25 AM (nxdel)
Why it is almost like you get more of what you coddle!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at December 05, 2021 08:30 AM (hOUT3)
And they vote early and often...
More coffee.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 05, 2021 08:33 AM (R/m4+)
They try to explain all the bizarre behavior on the pandemic. Uh.. no. There's just a lot of mentally unstable people walking around that should be in a mental hospital. It's truly scary how many nutcases wander the earth.
Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at December 05, 2021 08:25 AM
I read somewhere that the US military may deem someone who volunteers but who has contracted covid as unfit to serve. I lost the source, but it makes you wonder if they know something about the effect on the brain. I know my wife got a little loopy and hostile for months. When I contracted it a year later the same thing happened to me.
Then you read about all the fist fights, the arguments on airplanes, the general weirdness and ya gotta wonder. But yes, as to the nutcases walking around, the pharmaceutical companies assured us that closing down mental hospitals was a good thing, because they had all the answers in a pill bottle.
Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 05, 2021 08:34 AM (dQvv7)
Posted by: Colin at December 05, 2021 08:34 AM (QKMKY)
Good doggeh!
I don't think you are going to have any trouble opening a necklace business!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at December 05, 2021 08:34 AM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 05, 2021 08:35 AM (CJRR8)
Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at December 05, 2021 08:25 AM (nxdel)
The ACLU sued to get those crazy people released from the mental hospitals.
Posted by: Vic at December 05, 2021 08:35 AM (mpXpK)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 05, 2021 08:36 AM (PiwSw)
Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 05, 2021 08:34 AM (dQvv7)
Why it is almost like the graft from really big corporations/conglomerates is easier to score!
Nah, that can't be right...
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at December 05, 2021 08:37 AM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 05, 2021 08:37 AM (CJRR8)
Posted by: Colin at December 05, 2021 08:38 AM (QKMKY)
been there, done that, fingers are cringing in sympathy ... hope it all heals up well.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez (03BbD) at December 05, 2021 08:38 AM (03BbD)
Posted by: Vic at December 05, 2021 08:35 AM (mpXpK)
But it was done for the good of the crazy people, how dare you question their motives!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at December 05, 2021 08:39 AM (hOUT3)
Washington DC
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 05, 2021 08:39 AM (Pw26M)
Washington DC
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 05, 2021 08:39 AM
Hollywood
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 05, 2021 08:40 AM (Do5/p)
Amen
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko gender fluid at December 05, 2021 08:40 AM (wuyzR)
The ACLU sued to get those crazy people released from the mental hospitals.
Posted by: Vic at December 05, 2021 08:35 AM
But Hollywood had to warm up the battlefield and get the public behind the issue with the release of 'One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest' which showed all these rascally and lovable patients who would not harm a flea.
Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 05, 2021 08:41 AM (dQvv7)
Posted by: Colin at December 05, 2021 08:38 AM (QKMKY)
My great-grandfather is buried at one down near Poughkeepsie.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at December 05, 2021 08:41 AM (D3cJf)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 05, 2021 08:37 AM (CJRR
Funny, I had the same mental image. Jewells gets a big heavy box from Ben Had and opens it to find...
The screams would be heard for miles!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at December 05, 2021 08:41 AM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Colin at December 05, 2021 08:41 AM (QKMKY)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 05, 2021 08:37 AM (CJRR
*laughng too hard to typ[e*
Posted by: creeper at December 05, 2021 08:42 AM (cTCuP)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 05, 2021 08:42 AM (Pw26M)
Hope all is well with you!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at December 05, 2021 08:42 AM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 05, 2021 08:43 AM (CJRR8)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 05, 2021 08:43 AM (C1Lsn)
lol.. yeah I'm not sure I'd be up for that big of a challenge!
Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at December 05, 2021 08:44 AM (nxdel)
Posted by: Colin at December 05, 2021 08:41 AM (QKMKY)
Why it is almost like our betters do not want the peasants to have even the appearance of a well-ordered society...
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at December 05, 2021 08:45 AM (hOUT3)
Posted by: creeper at December 05, 2021 08:45 AM (cTCuP)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at December 05, 2021 08:46 AM (hOUT3)
Having personal experience in my family about mentally unstable people. They are suppose to take the medication after leaving the institution. Sort of like no parole criminals going back to court with an appearance ticket...good luck with that.
Posted by: Colin at December 05, 2021 08:41 AM
The side effects of some of those drugs are pretty debilitating.
Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 05, 2021 08:46 AM (dQvv7)
Posted by: Alec Baldwin at December 05, 2021 08:46 AM (bFMjy)
Posted by: Colin at December 05, 2021 08:41 AM
Yep. Experience in my family as well. Cousin was in hospital for bipolar disorder. His older sister died years ago from an episode. Went from super-energized to crashing. He found her on the floor unconscious and they were unable to revive her. And he suffers from the same illness. Part of the reason his first marriage ended in divorce is that after she stood by him during his time in the hospital and he promised to keep taking his medication after allowed to be discharged, he eventually got to a point where he felt he was "fine" and "didn't need" the medication anymore.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 05, 2021 08:47 AM (Do5/p)
Trump on General Milley telling him to leave the military equipment in Afghanistan:
"That's when I realized he was a fucking idiot.'
vid
https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/
1467307799864655872
Posted by: vmom - link to Red's fundraiser at December 05, 2021 08:47 AM (FcPY7)
I left you reviews yesterday and then dropped by your shop. You have been a busy girl.
I bet you could do tusks.
Posted by: creeper at December 05, 2021 08:47 AM (cTCuP)
Anti authoritives so wanted them closed
Posted by: Kurt at December 05, 2021 08:49 AM (jekAQ)
Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at December 05, 2021 08:49 AM (nxdel)
Your "interview" was some of the best acting you've done in the last 15 years.
The whole solemn "No no no I never put my finger on the tigger!" routine....
Artek it is a single action colt style pistol can you show how to hold the weapon safe?
Posted by: sven at December 05, 2021 08:50 AM (Lzpvj)
Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 05, 2021 08:46 AM
Take a drug to "cure" one illness and the side effects end up giving you more problems. Which necessitates more "cure" drugs to deal with the side effects. Drugs which come with more side effects... etc. Once you get put on drugs, it's a never-ending cycle of being prescribed more and more drugs. This is a feature, not a bug of Big Pharma. A patient cured is a customer lost. Can't have that.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 05, 2021 08:50 AM (Do5/p)
Kurt is Engish your third or fifth language?
Posted by: sven at December 05, 2021 08:51 AM (Lzpvj)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 05, 2021 08:51 AM (BFigT)
Thanks for posting that. It must have been hard trying to be the CinC when the entire feral government was arrayed against you!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at December 05, 2021 08:51 AM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Skip at December 05, 2021 08:52 AM (2JoB8)
Conservatives thought they would save a lot of money by closing those hospitals
Anti authoritives so wanted them closed
Posted by: Kurt at December 05, 2021 08:49 AM
Maybe some conservatives believed the pharmaceutical industry when they so confidently assured everyone that 'we got this'.
Sort of like right now, right?
Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 05, 2021 08:52 AM (dQvv7)
Maybe time to bring that back...help pay off the national debt.
More coffee.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 05, 2021 08:53 AM (R/m4+)
Posted by: klaftern at December 05, 2021 08:53 AM (taPSh)
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 05, 2021 08:50 AM (Do5/p)
If only Hippocrates had known the money he could make...
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at December 05, 2021 08:53 AM (hOUT3)
Psychology and psychiatry showed their utility as guardians of public weal right around the time they decided they would cave to public pressure and redefine broad swaths of behavior "a-okay" to not piss off those politicians and educrats.
So cross-dressing, and gender dysmorphism became "well within societal norms."
Posted by: sven at December 05, 2021 08:54 AM (Lzpvj)
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Say what you will about Donald Trump, Hawai'i wasn't getting blizzards when he was in the White House.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 05, 2021 08:54 AM (FVME7)
Posted by: Skip at December 05, 2021 08:54 AM (2JoB8)
Trust the science bro.
Posted by: sven at December 05, 2021 08:54 AM (Lzpvj)
Posted by: Skip at December 05, 2021 08:55 AM (2JoB8)
Posted by: Mister Scot (Formerly GWS) at December 05, 2021 08:57 AM (bVYXr)
Posted by: Skip at December 05, 2021 08:55 AM (2JoB
To be fair, he sure has inane babbling down pat!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at December 05, 2021 08:58 AM (hOUT3)
"Advent Health will no longer require its 83,000 employees to be vaccinated against Covid."
and
"Vaccine mandates also suspended at the Cleveland Clinic, across other NE Ohio hospitals"
https://tinyurl.com/yd9mvn65
Posted by: one of the quiet ones at December 05, 2021 08:58 AM (T823z)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 05, 2021 08:58 AM (Irn0L)
The only way the weapon "fired itself" is if it was made to do so or in malfunction repeatably.
The gun gaffer is responsible for monitoring the mechaincs of the weapons, the producer is responsible for the gun gaffer.
Arek Borwin the actor who was the victim of a 64 sided interlocking conspiracy to "make" him blow away the producer is contending that ArekBorwin the producer is to blame for the gun gaffer.
"Neat trick" and it is pissing off law enforcement to have it made so public they were pantsed so easily.
Posted by: sven at December 05, 2021 08:58 AM (Lzpvj)
https://tinyurl.com/2p88ahsb
Posted by: Vic
Remember the racist old movies where some cowboy would ride into town and clean up the corrupt elites with God, guns, and guts? Where are they now?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 05, 2021 08:58 AM (FVME7)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 05, 2021 08:58 AM (Irn0L)
I read that in a Cockney accent....
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 05, 2021 08:59 AM (PiwSw)
How do we "untake the vaccine?"
You have to admit a "vaccine" that doesn't protect you from getting or giving a virus is like a bicycle that lacks a seat and wheels.
Posted by: sven at December 05, 2021 08:59 AM (Lzpvj)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 05, 2021 09:00 AM (bFMjy)
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Say what you will about Donald Trump, Hawai'i wasn't getting blizzards when he was in the White House.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 05, 2021 08:54 AM
I saw that last night and chuckled. My brother is stationed with his family in Hawaii, Schofield Barracks. He began there in 2016 or 2017 I think. And I think his daughter was born there. So she has likely never seen snow. Our family is originally from Chicago. So we are veterans of snowy winters. Prior to going to Hawaii, he was stationed in Kansas, Ft. Riley. I think his son was only a year or so old during winters he was there. So both his young son and daughter could be experiencing snow for the first time in their young lives.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 05, 2021 09:00 AM (Do5/p)
He really just needs to shut the fuck up, but is incapable of that. It is simply vile what leftists are capable of. I would not believe it if I hadn't seen it, over and over and over again.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 05, 2021 09:00 AM (MAJoQ)
Posted by: Skip at December 05, 2021 09:01 AM (2JoB8)
Take a drug to "cure" one illness and the side effects end up giving you more problems.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 05, 2021 08:50 AM
There's some vaccine my wife got a shot for preventing pneumonia. I read the fact sheet she received. One of the side effects is hostility. Yes, she was very hostile for months.
Where was my 'informed consent' as a marriage partner?
Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 05, 2021 09:01 AM (dQvv7)
Posted by: Skip guy who says NOOD at December 05, 2021 09:01 AM (2JoB8)
Good monring internet, I am sven who somehow slept 9 hours and is still tired and I am a veg.
Posted by: sven at December 05, 2021 09:02 AM (Lzpvj)
and
"Vaccine mandates also suspended at the Cleveland Clinic, across other NE Ohio hospitals"
https://tinyurl.com/yd9mvn65
Posted by: one of the quiet ones at December 05, 2021 08:58 AM
So healthcare companies not requiring vaccines, but auto companies are... but only for salaried... contract and UAW exempt.
The Science.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 05, 2021 09:02 AM (Do5/p)
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Berenson is the only one reporting this stuff. It truly is amazing how uniform the press is.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 05, 2021 09:02 AM (bFMjy)
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Kamala-walla-ding-dongs staff dishes the dirt.
https://bit.ly/3rDol3g
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 05, 2021 09:02 AM (FVME7)
Occam's razor says Arek who is always an egotistical shithead, was probably even more of one when he was also producing the piece of shit.
A lot more likely that interview Arek who was casting himself as a besieged poor workaday schlub fearing for his job.
Posted by: sven at December 05, 2021 09:03 AM (Lzpvj)
Maybe time to bring that back...help pay off the national debt.
More coffee.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 05, 2021 08:53 AM (R/m4+)
Allegedly the Prince Regent (later George IV) would charge a fee to let people see his father (that George III) in his madness.
Posted by: Fox2! at December 05, 2021 09:06 AM (qyH+l)
Wife as me doing bullshit errands today and driving her around
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 05, 2021 08:58 AM (Irn0L)
That's some marital quality time together right there. Enjoy!
Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Meatbag at December 05, 2021 09:06 AM (4I/2K)
Posted by: Skip at December 05, 2021 09:15 AM (2JoB8)
Eh is he spotlights how stupid he made the DA and Sherrif look too brightly he may get charged anyway.
THAT is how dumb he is, I would have loved for him to have existed during the old studio system.
Posted by: sven at December 05, 2021 09:17 AM (Lzpvj)
at_Veruschka2021
Here, in Brazil, our president IS AGAINST MANDATED JAB. He hasn't jabbed, but he can't rule the country cause the Supreme Court doesn't allow him to govern It.
So, people here go to the streets cause they support him. But the leftist midia doesn't show It. (Video)
7:20 AM - Dec 4, 2021 - https://bit.ly/2ZUfwX8
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 05, 2021 09:43 AM (Do5/p)
see y'all later
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at December 05, 2021 11:09 AM (UHVv4)
Posted by: RTW at December 05, 2021 11:58 AM (GJnvT)
Daily Tech News 5 December 2021
Top Story
- "I'm going to need your smallest violin."
"This is the Stradicaster 50000. Each one is hand-crafted by an ancient order of Bolivian nuns from a single neutrino. Only three of its kind exist, and nobody knows where the other two are. The price is-"
"I'll take it."
Right-wing activists are openly 'weaponizing' Twitter's new private media policy. (CNN Business)
You'd have to have a heart of basalt not to collapse in a fit of giggles. Twitter's latest attempt to curtail unapproved speech has backfired because it turns out - as everybody except apparently the room-temperature IQ goldfish running Twitter immediately realised - that the new policy banning the sharing of photos, even those taken at public events, without the explicit consent of everyone depicted therein directly targets the most popular pastime of Twitter's own core audience of rabid Maoist lunatics, which is to say, doxxing and destroying the lives of everyone with whom they disagree.
Twitter thought they were targeting conservative pushback against violent left-wing nutcases, but what the rule actually says is that nobody can post photos of people without their consent.
So everyone to the right of Kropotkin has started reporting the offenders en masse and they're getting them banned.In January, Samuel Braslow was covering an anti-mask protest at a Los Angeles mall for the Beverly Hills Courier, the 56-year-old local newspaper where he is a staff reporter. During the public event, Braslow tweeted a video of a standoff between anti-maskers and a mall official – a common practice in the age of digital reporting.
Ahahahahahaha.
Braslow couldn't have known that, this week, someone would file a report about that same photojournalism and cause Twitter to lock down his account. The complaint led to Braslow being unable to tweet until he either successfully appealed the report or deleted the old tweets. He was stuck."The videos in [my] post clearly represent newsworthy content, as they subsequently were picked up for broadcast by multiple affiliate stations and national outlets," said Braslow, who has previously appeared on CNN discussing his coverage of anti-vaccine rallies.
Let me see where Twitter's policy has an exemption for newsworthiness....
Oh wait, it doesn't, because the entire point of this policy is to shut down free speech.The rapidly unfolding campaign highlights how a tool intended to help protect vulnerable individuals has quickly evolved to help shield others from the scrutiny that might stem from their public actions.
Funny how nobody predicted that this is exactly what would happen. Oh wait."It's really important to view the current mass-reporting actions by the far right as just the latest salvo in an ongoing, concerted effort to memory-hole evidence of their crimes," said Chad Loder, an anti-fascist activist* who said they use their Twitter account to document examples of far-right extremism and police misconduct.
Translator's note: "Anti-fascist activist" means fascist.On Thursday, Loder said they were trapped in an "endless cycle" of reports, account locks and appeals as one of their tweets was reported under the policy, restored by Twitter following an appeal, and then reported again on the same day, resulting in another temporary suspension linked to the same tweet.
I am so upset by this that I have the hiccups.The speed, scale and enthusiasm with which some groups have invoked the policy – along with numerous enforcement errors – have prompted some experts to conclude that Twitter's policy is backfiring.
Where would we be without experts?
Probably Alpha Centauri.
Even that idiot Popehat is weighing in:It's impossible they didn't know this would happen, and it's inexplicable they didn't plan for it.
No, Ken, that's easy to explain. They're morons.
Tech News
- Apple's M1 Max CPU has a secret interconnect bus. (Tom's Hardware)
And when I say secret, not only did Apple fail to mention it, they edited the published die photos to hide it.
You guys seeing this or am I just crazy? The actual M1 Max die has an entire hidden section on the bottom which was not shown at all in Apple's official renders of the M1 Max die. Just flip another M1 Max and connect it for an M1 Max Duo chip. Then use I/O die for M1 Max Quadra. https://t.co/McWmofJAls pic.twitter.com/JogRwUGvF6
— Vadim Yuryev (@VadimYuryev) December 2, 2021
Not until someone sacrificed an expensive MacBook Pro and took their own die photos was this discovered.
There are rumours that Apple is working on 20 core and 40 core Arm CPUs to replace Intel in their high-end systems, and now we know exactly how they plan to do that. The M1 Max is a 10 core chip, so two or four of those connected together will produce the rumoured high-end parts.
AMD has been doing this for years - the 32 core Epyc server processors released in 2017 were simply four 8 core desktop chips wired together using the built-in interconnect.
AMD has also done the secret feature trick more recently - apparently all Zen 3 chips shipped in the past year have the circuitry needed for the expanded cache in the recently announced high-end Milan-X server chips. Though I don't think AMD went so far as to edit die photos.
It costs a lot of money to design a new chip and prepare it for production, so if you can bundle in a feature that you're not going to need for a year without delaying anything else, that can make commercial sense.
It's likely that the interconnect, while present, isn't 100% functional yet, and there will be either a respin or a whole new version before the high-end multi-die processors can ship. But in the meantime Apple has an unlimited supply of test units.
- ActiLizzard management are not nice people. (WCCFTech)
"I am shocked, shocked, to find bad behaviour going on in the gaming industry."
"Your underaged Belorussian sex slave sir."
"Oh, thank you very much."
- Windows 11 now lets you set a default browser. (Bleeping Computer)
In earlier releases you had to track down at least four separate settings."Through the Windows Insider Program you will continue to see us try new things based on customer feedback and testing. Most of them will be complete shit because ninety percent of our UX team is on meth, but what are you gonna do? No, seriously, what are we gonna do? These idiots are killing me."
- A hermaphroditic cannibal has washed up dead on a beach near San Diego. (MSN)
Hrm.
Oh, fish. A hermaphroditic cannibal fish has washed up dead on a beach near San Diego.
That's normal.
- Python library of the day is LocalStack, which provides a local test version of AWS. (GitHub)
Without the Amazon part. Install it on your own hardware or hosted server and spin up whichever services you need.
The free version doesn't support every single AWS feature, but it goes a long way:
- ACM
- API Gateway
- CloudFormation
- CloudWatch
- CloudWatch Logs
- DynamoDB
- DynamoDB Streams
- EC2
- Elasticsearch Service
- EventBridge (CloudWatch Events)
- Firehose
- IAM
- Kinesis
- KMS
- Lambda
- Redshift
- Route53
- S3
- SecretsManager
- SES
- SNS
- SQS
- SSM
- StepFunctions
- STS
There's a paid version for €20 per month per developer that has even more features, but that's kind of a problem. What happens to the software running on my own server if I stop paying the monthly license fee?
The answer seems to be, don't do that. Inviting as it might be, this is for testing not for persistent data. Even the paid version has only a very basic persistence mechanism. The free version uses a replay log to restore the state - if you reboot it starts with a blank slate and just runs every API call you've sent since you last explicitly reset the data.
No people. No language. No war. Only spiders.
We communicate through sensation alone, touch, smell, taste. Feeling with our eight long legs. Beady black eyes look out, only to see a swarm of our brothers and sisters. They look back. We click. We scamper.
No air. No sea. No land. Only spiders.
We crawl over the bodies of one another. Suffocate against one another. A dark, writhing mass. We eat one another for sustenance. We lay our eggs in the carcasses of the deceased. Life and death cycle as it can, the living spring from the dead to have their turn. We breed. We rot.
No heat. No time. No space. Only spiders.
Were a wayward, miraculous human scientist to somehow observe us, it could be speculated that our atoms and molecules resemble the mass of our whole selves. Were a wayward, miraculous human scientist to somehow speculate on our universe, the shape of it could be thought to have a large abdomen, and eight scampering legs. We are, everything is spiders.
A Long Walk Down a Windy Beach Video of the Day
Old and Busted / New Hotness Video of the day
Party Like It's 1979 Video of the Day
I think this is the stage of the party where it's getting late and the couples are slow dancing and I'm in the corner talking to the cat.
Disclaimer: You're the only intelligent person here, Miss Fluffyboots.
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(Jump to bottom of page)Posted by: m at December 05, 2021 02:09 AM (6dJKT)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 05, 2021 02:12 AM (csEWM)
Posted by: Miss Fluffyboots at December 05, 2021 02:20 AM (QzkSJ)
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Posted by: Miklos, going shhhhhhh at December 05, 2021 02:29 AM (QzkSJ)
I was watching a stream the other night on Star Citizen and it's particular version of corporate hell. I was struck by leadership and fat frivolity.
One thing that seems to be a common factor in a lot of game companies is: they are lean and mean. They are brilliant. They hit it big. They then either sell out, or grow gigantic. When they talk about layoffs, I always wonder whether they really NEED all that staff. Losing a job is a tragedy to anyone, but for a company it 'might' be a necessity.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 05, 2021 02:30 AM (csEWM)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 05, 2021 02:34 AM (csEWM)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at December 05, 2021 02:39 AM (5G5QC)
>> It's impossible they didn't know this would happen, and it's inexplicable they didn't plan for it.
No, Ken, that's easy to explain. They're morons.
I can't hardly believe I spent any time at Patterico and Popehat. Then again, a few cobs liked to cite Jonah's Liberal Fascism.
Okay, I feel a bit better now. Not much, but better.
And Rick Wilson Is A Friend Of The Blog.
*a burden lifts, a light shines, I throw up*
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 05, 2021 02:41 AM (F0YaR)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at December 05, 2021 02:41 AM (5G5QC)
Posted by: flounder at December 05, 2021 02:43 AM (SH2Zi)
Posted by: Miss Fluffyboots at December 05, 2021 02:20 AM (QzkSJ)
hahahahaha
Posted by: m at December 05, 2021 02:45 AM (6dJKT)
Posted by: Skip at December 05, 2021 02:47 AM (2JoB8)
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 05, 2021 02:41 AM (F0YaR)
They were different before.
Posted by: m at December 05, 2021 02:51 AM (6dJKT)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 05, 2021 02:30 AM (csEWM)
We turned over a $1B fund in record time with about 20 people in a former life. After I left, the place ballooned up 4x. Except maybe in manufacturing and retail, companies can probably operate with 50% headcount, unless they are already in that lean and mean stage.
Posted by: flounder at December 05, 2021 02:55 AM (SH2Zi)
Posted by: Miklos, I done tole ya'll peoples at December 05, 2021 02:57 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 05, 2021 02:41 AM (F0YaR)
They were different before.
Posted by: m
Before the re-assignment surgery?
Posted by: Miklos, just guessing at December 05, 2021 02:58 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: flounder at December 05, 2021 02:59 AM (SH2Zi)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 05, 2021 02:59 AM (poMoX)
Posted by: flounder at December 05, 2021 03:00 AM (SH2Zi)
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 05, 2021 02:41 AM (F0YaR)
They were different before.
Posted by: m
Before the re-assignment surgery?
Posted by: Miklos, just guessing at December 05, 2021 02:58 AM (QzkSJ)
I don't think I'll ever get over Macho Grande.
Posted by: Bruce Jenner at December 05, 2021 03:01 AM (csEWM)
Posted by: Miklos, whispering conspiratorially at December 05, 2021 03:03 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 05, 2021 02:41 AM (F0YaR)
They were different before.
Posted by: m
Nah, I was just a lot more thickheaded. And not in the 'good' way.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 05, 2021 03:07 AM (F0YaR)
He's probably being kept in an Aussie vaccine camp by now.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 05, 2021 03:08 AM (F0YaR)
He's probably being kept in an Aussie vaccine camp by now.
Posted by: GnuBreed
You can't go home, Bill Bailey
You can't go home
Posted by: Ozzenfuhrer Miklos at December 05, 2021 03:16 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 05, 2021 03:28 AM (poMoX)
https://tinyurl.com/ymvs7kbd
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 05, 2021 03:44 AM (poMoX)
Stephen L. Miller
@redsteeze
4h
Generalissimo DeSantis forms a southern army and the very next day CNN surrenders their number one host and disgraced brother of the northeastern alliance.
Posted by: m at December 05, 2021 03:50 AM (6dJKT)
@redsteeze
4h
Generalissimo DeSantis forms a southern army and the very next day CNN surrenders their number one host and disgraced brother of the northeastern alliance.
Posted by: m at December 05, 2021 03:50 AM (6dJKT)
Uncle Desantis wants you.
Posted by: flounder at December 05, 2021 04:02 AM (SH2Zi)
I thought they already had ways to determine which was which so they could censor them easier.
I really don't understand why they're letting their ideological bros and hos get banned over this policy they just thought up.
Posted by: jakee308 at December 05, 2021 04:02 AM (tsmrH)
Posted by: JT at December 05, 2021 04:03 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: JT at December 05, 2021 04:04 AM (arJlL)
Me neither, but I think it's FUNNY AF!!!
Posted by: JQ at December 05, 2021 04:07 AM (dB4Iz)
Posted by: JT at December 05, 2021 04:04 AM (arJlL)
But it is MINE! Funny you should bring that up.
Posted by: jakee308 at December 05, 2021 04:07 AM (tsmrH)
They're corrupt, they're dishonest, they're hypocritical communists who would sooner see the world in flames than ever admit they were wrong about anything, but they are also very, very stupid.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 05, 2021 04:09 AM (MqQvv)
But I don't see why. The Dems wouldn't care and the GOP is gutless and chicken.
Posted by: jakee308 at December 05, 2021 04:09 AM (tsmrH)
Well except for the complaints by those on the right.
Posted by: jakee308 at December 05, 2021 04:11 AM (tsmrH)
Posted by: JT at December 05, 2021 04:14 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: JT at December 05, 2021 04:15 AM (arJlL)
Eh, maybe. Or, perhaps it's just for show... "See? See?! We're not biased..." fkers.
Posted by: JQ at December 05, 2021 04:15 AM (dB4Iz)
Posted by: not, I repeat not JT at December 05, 2021 04:16 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: JQ at December 05, 2021 04:18 AM (dB4Iz)
Posted by: jakee308
Is now for Birthday Happyings
Posted by: Miklos, struggling with the multifarious complexities of the English at December 05, 2021 04:18 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: JQ at December 05, 2021 04:18 AM (dB4Iz)
Posted by: JT at December 05, 2021 04:19 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: JQ at December 05, 2021 04:19 AM (dB4Iz)
Posted by: JT at December 05, 2021 04:20 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: Oldowan at December 05, 2021 04:20 AM (Mfqer)
Posted by: JQ
Unlike in previous years, 1000 pair of used socks will not be donated to the Salvation Army.
Hate me, hate my socks.
Posted by: Miklos, not much sadz having at December 05, 2021 04:23 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: JQ at December 05, 2021 04:24 AM (dB4Iz)
Posted by: Miklos, there are stories about them backwoods folk at December 05, 2021 04:26 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: flounder at December 05, 2021 04:28 AM (SH2Zi)
Posted by: Rbastid at December 05, 2021 04:29 AM (AehQy)
You can't go *anywhere* this time of year, without walking past one of their bell-ringers. I used to tuck in a dollar every time I went to grocery. Not any more!
I chuckled at the cut-out coupons on an earlier (yesterday?) thread-- i.o.u. for a white apology or whatever-- but you know what? That's BS too!
I REFUSE TO APOLOGIZE for my heritage. Period. It is what it is (and oh, how I hate that saying) but I wouldn't change my ancestry even if I could.
Posted by: JQ at December 05, 2021 04:30 AM (dB4Iz)
Ha! PA and NJ morons... see the weather forecast for Wednesday yet? Better get your French toast ingredients early today.
Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 05, 2021 04:31 AM (dQvv7)
Would make french toast, if only I had some maple syrup.
Posted by: JQ at December 05, 2021 04:34 AM (dB4Iz)
It's not like twitter will change its policy now, they'll just have to work faster to but antifa and other commie accounts on its white list so they won't get banned for posting clear pictures of people, thier families, their addresses and places of work, while still suspending Andy Ngo for posting actual news worthy video of Antifa assaulting people and committing other crimes.
Posted by: Rbastid at December 05, 2021 04:29 AM
Yup, that's the answer. One logical field in the database named 'untouchable_leftist'.
Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 05, 2021 04:35 AM (dQvv7)
Posted by: JQ
Oh
So maple syrple is rong?
Posted by: Miklos, aspiring aspirant at December 05, 2021 04:37 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: JQ at December 05, 2021 04:39 AM (dB4Iz)
Hence the overreliance on AI to flatten the flow and ban everything. They simply can't conceive regular folk's heuritics are superior to theirs. Hence the ban hammering.
Time for regular people to take over once again and put the nerds back in their place. The regular world is too much for them to handle
Posted by: Xavier Basora at December 05, 2021 04:39 AM (HZCl6)
Posted by: olddog in mo at December 05, 2021 04:41 AM (ju2Fy)
Ask CBD.
I think it's wonderful! But I don't have any.
Posted by: JQ
Just say "maple syrple" like a five year old, maybe even crusty old CBD would just say "ooooh, so cute, OK".
Posted by: Miklos, seeing Failures to Communicate at December 05, 2021 04:42 AM (QzkSJ)
He can leave me alone while I eat mine with maple syrple.
Live and let live, ya know.
Posted by: JQ at December 05, 2021 04:45 AM (dB4Iz)
Posted by: Miklos, seeing solutions at December 05, 2021 04:47 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 05, 2021 04:49 AM (poMoX)
Posted by: JQ at December 05, 2021 04:51 AM (dB4Iz)
There was a period of time when some individuals figured out how to use an HTML 'background image' feature to post pictures here. Ever wonder why you get an underline when you put the lower case letters IMG together?
I'm not saying Pixy was involved. But I have my suspicions.
I think it was my meme posting of Barack Obama and Jimmy Carter holding hands that caused the crackdown. Maybe also it was because images take up a lot of storage $pace.
Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 05, 2021 04:51 AM (dQvv7)
If only I were capable of that.
*sigh*
Posted by: JQ at December 05, 2021 04:53 AM (dB4Iz)
Posted by: Miklos, with his best Fritz Hollings accent at December 05, 2021 04:55 AM (QzkSJ)
Actual maple syrup has thousands of chemicals in it. Actual maple syrup also has anti-depressive qualities to it, as apparently one of those thousands of chemicals has that effect. When the nation moved from maple syrup to high fructose corn syrup depression rates soared.
Cranky CBD and lack of maple syrup in his diet... correlation or causation?
Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 05, 2021 04:57 AM (dQvv7)
Posted by: JQ at December 05, 2021 04:58 AM (dB4Iz)
Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus
Maple syrup is a poor lubricant for a dildo of any kind (or so I am told).
Posted by: Miklos, true, 'cause Internet at December 05, 2021 05:00 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: JQ at December 05, 2021 05:01 AM (dB4Iz)
Posted by: JQ at December 05, 2021 05:03 AM (dB4Iz)
Posted by: JQ at December 05, 2021 05:04 AM (dB4Iz)
Posted by: JQ
If I start seeing people identifying as Moslems of Color, I will mock them.
Posted by: Miklos, work to do at December 05, 2021 05:04 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Miklos, many workings to do at December 05, 2021 05:05 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: The Miklos English Dictionary at December 05, 2021 05:07 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: jakee308
Send us more money.
We'll show you who's gutless!
...RNC...
Posted by: Bruce at December 05, 2021 05:23 AM (vd8XM)
Posted by: Miklos
Roses is red
Violets is purple
Sugar is sweet
And so in Maple Syrple.
Dang me Dang me
They ought take a rope and hang me...
Posted by: Bruce at December 05, 2021 05:28 AM (vd8XM)
Posted by: Bruce at December 05, 2021 05:30 AM (vd8XM)
I thank you. I never thought I would see what's happened in this country after all my years. In a way I'm glad I've gotten this far and sad that the country and the world is in this state.
We can only pray that God has a plan and pray that we will survive it. Good luck Fenelon and all the other Moron(ette)s and God
bless us and this nation.
Posted by: jakee308 at December 05, 2021 05:31 AM (tsmrH)
Posted by: Bruce at December 05, 2021 05:30 AM (vd8XM)
There are lacunae of comments at this time of day particularly on this day of the week. Doesn't mean anything and you probably well know.
People are getting their coffee and ablutionary activities taking place.
Posted by: jakee308 at December 05, 2021 05:36 AM (tsmrH)
I certainly hope it is. And for all of you all out there in the little plastic box land.
Posted by: jakee308 at December 05, 2021 05:37 AM (tsmrH)
Posted by: jakee308
But usually we have MLiI going off to work,
Skip with the breakfast menu
Wolfus with a cat update.
I feel like Burgess Meredith in the Twilight zone episode
Posted by: Bruce at December 05, 2021 05:39 AM (vd8XM)
g'mornin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 05, 2021 05:43 AM (DUIap)
My wife went down home yesterday to put a wreath on he parents grave.
A short stop at a local place got us poppy seed roll.
Also pork steaks.
Posted by: Bruce at December 05, 2021 05:44 AM (vd8XM)
Posted by: Bruce at December 05, 2021 05:45 AM (vd8XM)
Where would we be without experts?
Probably Alpha Centauri.
Amen
"experts" and their "studies" are the festering boil on the ass of progress
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 05, 2021 05:46 AM (DUIap)
"experts" and their "studies" are the festering boil on the ass of progress
Posted by: AltonJackson
And "Doctors"
Posted by: Bruce at December 05, 2021 05:47 AM (vd8XM)
Posted by: Skip at December 05, 2021 05:49 AM (2JoB8)
Posted by: jakee308
"ablutionary"
I like this
Posted by: The Expanded Miklos English Dictionary at December 05, 2021 05:49 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 05, 2021 05:51 AM (C1Lsn)
maybe the whole twitr thing rests on their assumption that we are Neanderthals incapable of using or understanding their bright shiny toys ... lots of bad decisions are based on that kind of "thinking".
Posted by: sock_rat_eez (03BbD) at December 05, 2021 05:53 AM (03BbD)
Posted by: bill in arkansas
LOL...I forgot that group
Posted by: Bruce at December 05, 2021 05:55 AM (vd8XM)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 05, 2021 05:57 AM (C1Lsn)
Bet the smoke pouring out of their buildings far exceeds CARB limits.
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 05, 2021 05:57 AM (7jFnd)
"experts" and their "studies" are the festering boil on the ass of progress
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 05, 2021 05:46 AM
Remember the movie "Rain Man"? How the long lost brother was a idiot savant who could pick up a phone book and remember the names and numbers of everyone. Or quickly count - a think it was a pile of toothpicks - in the hundreds, at a glance.
Exceptional abilities, but little intelligence. Savants notoriously have low IQ's. Imagine for a moment that through some evolutionary process that savants now number in the hundreds of thousands and with their exceptional ability to memorize get the best grades, attend the best colleges, then get the highest positions in this country. But they're dumb as rocks with no critical thinking skills, and think we should bow down at their success and never question their decisions, no matter how inane.
That's my theory.
Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 05, 2021 05:57 AM (dQvv7)
Posted by: Bruce at December 05, 2021 05:59 AM (vd8XM)
Posted by: Skip guy who says NOOD at December 05, 2021 06:01 AM (2JoB8)
Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 05, 2021 05:57 AM (dQvv7)
. . .and no humanity.
Posted by: m at December 05, 2021 07:04 AM (6dJKT)
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 05, 2021 02:41 AM (F0YaR)
I never liked Popehat. Someone who pops into the comments to constantly shill his site is questionable. Then his posts were 10,000 word essays of lawyerly arguments. Yeah Ken, whatever. The Left is eating our lunch and you're want us to do the same thing that lost last time.
Posted by: WiNO - BLM Terror Strikes Christmas Parade at December 05, 2021 07:09 AM (EpDzw)
Posted by: teo toon at December 05, 2021 08:02 AM (391Lf)
. . .and no humanity.
Posted by: m at December 05, 2021 07:04 AM
Absolutely. Think of the exchange between Rand Paul and 'Dr' Fauci. In the end all Fauci can say is 'you don't know what you're talking about'.
His lack of critical thinking skills prevents him from admitting to any part of the failure. His brain just does not and can not work that way. Nor - at the Nuremburg trials - did you see any tears. The world deserves another Nuremburg trial when this is all over and the truth is revealed. We need some Chinese 'scientists' and Fauci, and a bunch of heads of pharmaceutical companies to all be forced to testify.
Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 05, 2021 08:08 AM (dQvv7)
Saturday Overnight Open Thread (12/4/21)
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Party like there is no tomorrow.
“I FEEL LIKE A SURVIVOR”: INSIDE THE FUNERAL INDUSTRY’S 2021 NATIONAL CONVENTION
After a busy year, morticians let loose at their annual gathering in Nashville.
Going on a road trip? The cost of speeding around the world visualized.
I forgot all about this. I originally found this story on Western Journal but I'm getting a 400 Bad Request. So I searched and found this.
The Washington Post has a good story about this. But, it's behind a paywall.
I'm a Spotify subscriber. I didn't have a problem, unlike others.
Some Spotify fans aren’t getting their yearly review because the music streaming app keeps crashing on them. Furious listeners took to Twitter to air their grievances about the app’s Wrapped feature not working for them when it launched yesterday. For most, their Wrapped 2021 review was delivered on time, but some faced major issues. One user tweeted: ‘Hello Spotify i want to complain about my wrapped stories not working like they should.’
I love fishing. It's hard to explain. Perhaps this will help.
A truly dedicated fisherman is one who has seen it all and still goes back for more.
It took many years for us to become truly skilled anglers. It involved a long learning curve, many failures, and a commitment to never give up. This passion has become a religion for some, but surely there's some point in every angler's life that they realize that fishing is far more important than just what you catch. Dedication to our favorite outdoor pursuits is what makes us tick. Once you become truly dedicated, you'll figure a few things out that would have never occurred to you otherwise.
I have great bosses. I wouldn't object to kicking in for a Christmas present. Would you? This person has a real burr under his sadle.
For many employees, a Christmas party or a bonus goes a long way after a year of hard work. But one unhappy employee was furious after they were asked to put $20 (£15) towards their boss' Christmas presents. The anonymous person shared a screenshot of an email from their HR department reminding them about their contribution to Reddit, where they said: "That money is going to my kids, not to the fat cats at the top who make at least 5x what I make on any given month. "Buy your own damn presents."
Review: The New Jack Daniel’s Release Comes With an Actual Warning
Coy Hill High Proof goes where few whiskeys have dared. Should it have?
What we’re drinking: Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel 2021 Special Release, Coy Hill High Proof Where it’s from: Jack Daniel’s, the Tenneseee whiskey giant that’s released several other short-run single barrel releases in the past few years, including Heritage Barrel and Barrel Proof Rye. Coy Hill also marks a very recent follow-up to their first age-statement release since Prohibition. Why we’re drinking this: Alcohol comes with many warnings. But “due to the high barrel strength, the bottle should remain upright at all times” is a first for us.
Creepy Vintage Santas
Christmas should be all about joy, happiness, and gifts… However these Santas look like something that has creeped out of a fever dream. It seems that Christmas was much more scary in the past…
I thanked the Fabulous Mrs. Mis. Hum. for a wonderful dinner. Does that count?
50 Boyfriends And Husbands Who Raised The Bar Too High For Other Men It’s that time of the year when people put all of their focus on the holiday rituals. Decorating trees, singing Christmas jingles and looking for the right gift for their loved ones. No one can deny that exchanging presents is a significant part of the whole celebration. We all know it feels great, right? Especially if you receive something special and thoughtful that lets you know much others care about you.
Our Christmas Music continues.................
Most homeowners insurance policies don't have an exclusion for Genius Award Winner.
A Maryland homeowner accidentally burned down a house in November while attempting to use smoke to get rid of a snake infestation. Pete Pringer, Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service's public information officer, and other first responders were at the property Thursday to investigate.
Dumb fuck.
Here's a dumber
A surgeon has been fined for accidentally amputating the wrong leg of an elderly patient in Austria. The man, 82, ended up losing both his legs because of the error at the hospital in Freistadt in the state of Upper Austria on May 18. He required the amputation because of his severe diabetes but doctors marked up the wrong limb while preparing him for surgery. Nurses didn’t discover the mistake for two days when it was spotted during a routine bandage change. He then had to go under the knife again so they could amputate the right leg.
Fined? He should have been fired and imprisoned.
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Comments
(Jump to bottom of page)Posted by: Zettai at December 04, 2021 10:00 PM (f4kZ4)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 04, 2021 10:01 PM (NQjQK)
Posted by: Sandy at December 04, 2021 10:01 PM (VxC1e)
And shut up Sandy!
Posted by: Conor at December 04, 2021 10:01 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 04, 2021 10:01 PM (VxC1e)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 04, 2021 10:02 PM (EZebt)
Thanks, MisHum, for doing this for so long and putting up with us ungrateful little shits.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at December 04, 2021 10:02 PM (SchxB)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 04, 2021 10:03 PM (VxC1e)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at December 04, 2021 10:04 PM (5p7BC)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Iron Fist in Velvet Glove in Iron Gauntlet Clutching an Iron Mace at December 04, 2021 10:04 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 04, 2021 10:05 PM (VxC1e)
Posted by: Fredo Cuomo at December 04, 2021 10:05 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at December 04, 2021 10:05 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Boswell at December 04, 2021 10:06 PM (5iUNf)
Posted by: It's Happening at December 04, 2021 10:06 PM (+FlgS)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 04, 2021 10:05 PM (VxC1e)
Sounds like work!
Posted by: Dr House at December 04, 2021 10:06 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Turn two at December 04, 2021 10:06 PM (mO6nR)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient, Believing in America at December 04, 2021 10:07 PM (rwusL)
Also I don't think that guy owns a weedwhacker.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 04, 2021 10:07 PM (llON8)
Posted by: Tuna at December 04, 2021 10:07 PM (gLRfa)
Posted by: Turn two at December 04, 2021 10:06 PM (mO6nR)
What is Zappa Month for $500!
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 04, 2021 10:07 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 04, 2021 10:07 PM (VxC1e)
$20, same as in town.
Posted by: Eromero at December 04, 2021 10:07 PM (0OP+5)
Heading north.
It's been far too long since our B-52 pilots have been able to practice saturation bombing. Not related, just a stray thought.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at December 04, 2021 10:08 PM (SchxB)
Posted by: Every cat, everywhere. at December 04, 2021 10:08 PM (rBtIz)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Iron Fist in Velvet Glove in Iron Gauntlet Clutching an Iron Mace
Had to drop out. Pretty sure I pulled a hammy.
Posted by: Some Rat at December 04, 2021 10:08 PM (r1z5A)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 04, 2021 10:07 PM (llON
But I bet he owns several sets of knitting needles!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at December 04, 2021 10:08 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Iron Fist in Velvet Glove in Iron Gauntlet Clutching an Iron Mace at December 04, 2021 10:08 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: JT at December 04, 2021 10:08 PM (arJlL)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Iron Fist in Velvet Glove in Iron Gauntlet Clutching an Iron Mace at December 04, 2021 10:08 PM (Dc2NZ)
How is that creepy?
Posted by: Kurt Eichenwald at December 04, 2021 10:08 PM (llON8)
Probably confusion about left or right from the doctor or patient's perspective mixed with some occasional directional dyslexia. I'd make sure to write the cut here direction myself though.
Posted by: Walter Freeman at December 04, 2021 10:08 PM (+WWsf)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 04, 2021 10:07 PM (llON
That is EXACTLY what I thought when I saw the picture. Horde mind is real and spectacular.
Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Sexual Racist. at December 04, 2021 10:09 PM (II3Gr)
Also I don't think that guy owns a weedwhacker.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
LOL !!!
Posted by: JT at December 04, 2021 10:10 PM (arJlL)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 04, 2021 10:10 PM (3l5Yq)
Posted by: Eromero at December 04, 2021 10:10 PM (0OP+5)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 10:10 PM (iXJM1)
Yup. They marked my right hip before I went in surgery to have it replaced.
Posted by: Tuna at December 04, 2021 10:10 PM (gLRfa)
Posted by: Boswell at December 04, 2021 10:11 PM (5iUNf)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 04, 2021 10:11 PM (7bRMQ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 04, 2021 10:11 PM (EZebt)
And no, it's inappropriate for a boss to get presents, no matter what. The boss/underling relationship means it can almost never be completely spontaneous.
Posted by: pep at December 04, 2021 10:11 PM (ZsR3z)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 04, 2021 10:11 PM (16EvI)
Yup. They marked my right hip before I went in surgery to have it replaced.
Posted by: Tuna at December 04, 2021 10:10 PM (gLRfa)
Hopefully before you got the really good drugs?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at December 04, 2021 10:12 PM (hOUT3)
I started Noom dieting again. That burger is dreamy... 1750 calories is basicallyi starving for me.
Posted by: Fastly Strokewater at December 04, 2021 10:12 PM (gWAUD)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 04, 2021 10:12 PM (mD/uy)
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 04, 2021 10:13 PM (+lVUW)
The Mexicans can stop this whenever they want. They don't want to, and I don't blame them. They understood Trump, but Biden is so corrupt, they recoil at doing business with him.
Posted by: pep at December 04, 2021 10:13 PM (ZsR3z)
Posted by: Been Lurking, but clearly been posting too at December 04, 2021 10:13 PM (rDgjh)
Umm....I have some unexpected free time.
Can I comment here?
Posted by: Fredo Cuomo
Nope, not until you go take down all the signs naming that bridge after your mobbed up daddy ...
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 04, 2021 10:13 PM (3l5Yq)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 04, 2021 10:12 PM (mD/uy)
I didn't see the hot dogs, what did I miss?
Posted by: Jonah G at December 04, 2021 10:13 PM (hOUT3)
Measure twice, cut once isn't just for tailors.
Posted by: Epobirs at December 04, 2021 10:13 PM (uNrGf)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 04, 2021 10:13 PM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 04, 2021 10:14 PM (16EvI)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 04, 2021 10:14 PM (16EvI)
Yes, an 'ette that gets it.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 04, 2021 10:14 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 04, 2021 10:15 PM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Iron Fist in Velvet Glove in Iron Gauntlet Clutching an Iron Mace
Had to drop out. Pretty sure I pulled a hammy.
Posted by: Some Rat at December 04, 2021 10:08 PM (r1z5A)
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If you think pulling a hamstring gets you in trouble, man. Let me tell you.
Posted by: Jeff "Spanky" Toobin at December 04, 2021 10:15 PM (lNHqD)
I always marked the4 correct part to cut and also, since she lymphedema, marked that arm to avoid punctures and injections.
Two of the hospitals where I did this got pretty pissy about it. They also cut in the right places.
Posted by: Winston, GOPe, not one dime, not one vote at December 04, 2021 10:15 PM (7rP4D)
Can I comment here?
Posted by: Fredo Cuomo
Given how that worked out, and that we haven't been told what the "independent investigation" has found out about Fredo, I'll bet he's too toxic even for MSNBC.
Posted by: pep at December 04, 2021 10:15 PM (ZsR3z)
Every surgeon I keep now has the proper body part to be worked on marked up with a washable marker. The surgical nurse and others are supposed to confirm everything correct and set to go . The surgeon then confirms one last time before he starts.
Even so this crap happens somewhere a few times a year.
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 10:15 PM (iXJM1)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 04, 2021 10:15 PM (kTF2Z)
I remember a shot of something in my IV as they were wheeling me in the OR and thinking "Oh that must be the start of the good stuff."
Posted by: Tuna at December 04, 2021 10:16 PM (gLRfa)
Posted by: ... at December 04, 2021 10:17 PM (7HyDs)
Can I comment here?
Posted by: Fredo Cuomo at December 04, 2021 10:05 PM (QzkSJ)
Did they have a nice retirement party for you? Was there cake? Tell us all about it, you little bitch.
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 04, 2021 10:17 PM (+lVUW)
Nurses didn't discover the mistake for two days when it was spotted during a routine bandage change. He then had to go under the knife again so they could amputate the right leg.
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No obligatory "didn't have a leg to stand on" legal joke?
It's like I don't even know you people.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 04, 2021 10:17 PM (mD/uy)
When my wife recently had a hip replacement, they had her sign her name on herself on the correct side.
Posted by: pep at December 04, 2021 10:17 PM (ZsR3z)
An elderly couple live in a nursing home.
One day, the old lady comes in to find the old man getting a handjob from another old lady.
She flips out, and starts shouting "Harold!!! How could you do this?! What's Hattie got that I don't?!"
Harold says "Parkinson's."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 04, 2021 10:17 PM (2ABQr)
Posted by: CNN at December 04, 2021 10:17 PM (cupoy)
***
A guy could write a Masters Thesis from interviewing the hookers after such a convention.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 04, 2021 10:18 PM (axyOa)
https://youtu.be/9ao5offHNfI
"Bus full of Nuns" - Dan Barr
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at December 04, 2021 10:18 PM (SchxB)
I once spent a weekend at a hotel in downtown Chicago on business.
There was a convention of dentists at the hotel, and I wondered if I had stumbled on the annual meeting of the American Association of Alcoholic Dentists. In the evening, an amazing fraction of the (fairly young) dentists and their wives seemed to be inebriated.
I wondered about it, and then it dawned on me that if you are practicing dentistry in a small town in the Midwest, and you go off the rails, the townspeople and your patients will probably hear about it. But when you go off to the big city, you can do what you want without your neighbors knowing.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 04, 2021 10:18 PM (I2/tG)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 04, 2021 10:18 PM (aA3+G)
I'm still too confused by last night's fish in a box puzzle to worry about low hanging leg jokes.
Posted by: Walter Freeman at December 04, 2021 10:18 PM (+WWsf)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 04, 2021 10:18 PM (a3Q+t)
Posted by: Zettai at December 04, 2021 10:19 PM (f4kZ4)
The good knee, with a skull and bones / saying "do not open"
The knee that needed surgery, "cut here"
My Orthopod was not amused.
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at December 04, 2021 10:19 PM (BgMrQ)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 04, 2021 10:18 PM (I2/tG)
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What happens in Vegas...
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 04, 2021 10:19 PM (VxC1e)
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at December 04, 2021 10:19 PM (Agr8U)
Posted by: Diogenes
They stiffed all the girls.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 04, 2021 10:19 PM (mD/uy)
Posted by: Muad'dib at December 04, 2021 10:19 PM (iH4Z+)
Posted by: Tuna
Son had oral surgery Wed. He has very pleasant when he got home.
Posted by: Some Rat at December 04, 2021 10:19 PM (r1z5A)
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 04, 2021 10:20 PM (+lVUW)
Surgeon: Ok, Mr Lowell...
Me: Call me Duke.
Surgeon: Ok Duke, which eye are we operating on today?
Me: The one that's fucked up.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 04, 2021 10:20 PM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at December 04, 2021 10:21 PM (nxdel)
It's like I don't even know you people.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 04, 2021 10:17 PM (mD/uy)
I'm stumped...
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at December 04, 2021 10:21 PM (BgMrQ)
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at December 04, 2021 10:19 PM (Agr8U)
Spotify is cheaper than Sirius.
I canceled Sirius a long time ago.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 04, 2021 10:21 PM (aA3+G)
Surgeon: Ok, Mr Lowell...
Me: Call me Duke.
Surgeon: Ok Duke, which eye are we operating on today?
Me: The one that's fucked up.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 04, 2021 10:20 PM (kTF2Z)
LOLOLOLOLOL...
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at December 04, 2021 10:21 PM (BgMrQ)
Posted by: Major Hochstetter at December 04, 2021 10:21 PM (JPtHE)
It's like I don't even know you people.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 04, 2021 10:17 PM (mD/uy)
I'm stumped...
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at December 04, 2021 10:21 PM (BgMrQ)
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Come on, Eileen
Posted by: Dexy's Midnight Runners at December 04, 2021 10:22 PM (VxC1e)
Our three year old was gob-smacked- SANTA goes to the potty?
Mind blown.
Posted by: sal at December 04, 2021 10:22 PM (bJKUl)
Posted by: Muad'dib at December 04, 2021 10:19 PM (iH4Z+)
Snowing your way?
Nothing here.
Yet.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 04, 2021 10:22 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: chango butt at December 04, 2021 10:22 PM (oSX/P)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 04, 2021 10:23 PM (VxC1e)
Iowahawk wrote a great article about an issue of a 1954 Chicago nightlife magazine that he found - the kind that they handed out to hotel guests.
For traveling businessmen away from their families, Chicago has always known how to provide some naughty fun.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 04, 2021 10:23 PM (I2/tG)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at December 04, 2021 10:23 PM (2SdPm)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient, Believing in America at December 04, 2021 10:23 PM (rwusL)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 04, 2021 10:23 PM (kTF2Z)
Mind blown.
Posted by: sal
The older you get, the more of life's bitter disappointments are revealed.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 04, 2021 10:23 PM (mD/uy)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 04, 2021 10:24 PM (ufFY8)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 04, 2021 10:23 PM (VxC1e)
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What was the name of his other leg?
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 04, 2021 10:24 PM (CAJOC)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 04, 2021 10:25 PM (IDhUW)
He named his wooden leg Smith?
Posted by: Duke Lowell
'at's nothin' ... he named his remaining leg Wesson.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 04, 2021 10:25 PM (3l5Yq)
It's like I don't even know you people.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 04, 2021 10:17 PM (mD/uy)
I'm stumped...
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard
Joke like that needs to be slow walked...
Posted by: Some Rat at December 04, 2021 10:25 PM (r1z5A)
Me: Call me Duke.
Surgeon: Ok Duke, which eye are we operating on today?
Me: The one that's fucked up.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 04, 2021 10:20 PM (kTF2Z)
NOT the conversation you want with your dentist.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 04, 2021 10:26 PM (axyOa)
Posted by: Muad'dib at December 04, 2021 10:19 PM (iH4Z+)
Snowing your way?
Nothing here.
Yet.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 04, 2021 10:22 PM (aA3+G)
Starting here later tonight. Maybe 2". Then perhaps rain on top of it tomorrow.
Posted by: Muad'dib at December 04, 2021 10:26 PM (iH4Z+)
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 04, 2021 10:13 PM
The patient was 82 with diabetes. He may not have been lucid enough to verify. However, there should have been another doctor/nurse there to verify he was marking the correct leg. Hell, in a casino the pit boss has to verify a $500 buy in.
This is also why when you have a new prescription the pharmacist may ask some questions, just to verify that the script is likely correct.
Posted by: Chuck C at December 04, 2021 10:26 PM (EughT)
Posted by: davidt at December 04, 2021 10:26 PM (0hbQ6)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 04, 2021 10:13 PM (kTF2Z)
You got a sticker?! The cheap bastard that did my eyes just marked my forehead with a sharpie.
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 04, 2021 10:26 PM (+lVUW)
There's a pic in that vid of Nancy sexing Mr. T. Yes there is. She's kissing him right on top of his bald head.
Posted by: Braenyard at December 04, 2021 10:27 PM (FFsBN)
Posted by: Tuna at December 04, 2021 10:27 PM (gLRfa)
I weep for civilization lost.
Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Meatbag at December 04, 2021 10:28 PM (4I/2K)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
I once met a man with great teeth but wooden gums ...
Posted by: Adriane the Helpful Critic ... at December 04, 2021 10:28 PM (okV1R)
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at December 04, 2021 10:28 PM (QzJWU)
Me: Call me Duke.
Surgeon: Ok Duke, which eye are we operating on today?
Posted by: Duke Lowell
Dr: So Mr. Tonypete, what are we in for today?
Me: Don't you know?!
Posted by: Tonypete at December 04, 2021 10:28 PM (mD/uy)
Posted by: Muad'dib at December 04, 2021 10:26 PM (iH4Z+)
7-11" forecasted, then a high of 10 on Tuesday.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 04, 2021 10:28 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: Braenyard at December 04, 2021 10:28 PM (FFsBN)
My uncle promised me a new bicycle for Christmas. I ran downstairs on Christmas morning only to find my uncle shot behind the ear. Plus, no bicycle.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 04, 2021 10:28 PM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: Infidel at December 04, 2021 10:29 PM (qpolg)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 04, 2021 10:13 PM (kTF2Z)
You got a sticker?! The cheap bastard that did my eyes just marked my forehead with a sharpie.
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 04, 2021 10:26 PM (+lVUW
I hear you wouldn't spring for the Frill Procedure.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 04, 2021 10:29 PM (aA3+G)
It's like I don't even know you people.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 04, 2021 10:17 PM (mD/uy)
I'm stumped...
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at December 04, 2021 10:21 PM (BgMrQ)
Guessing it was really hard to put his best foot forward after that!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at December 04, 2021 10:29 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Some Rat at December 04, 2021 10:29 PM (r1z5A)
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There is no way I could eat that like a burger. I'd be finding a fork and it looks like all the flavors would go well together.
Now I'm hungry.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 04, 2021 10:30 PM (IDhUW)
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 04, 2021 10:26 PM (+lVUW)
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It's good to be the Duke!
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 04, 2021 10:30 PM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: Muad'dib at December 04, 2021 10:26 PM (iH4Z+)
7-11" forecasted, then a high of 10 on Tuesday.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 04, 2021 10:28 PM (aA3+G)
Yikers! Hope it's not the heavy wet. 11" of that is a bitch. Monday night is supposed to be -5 here.
Posted by: Muad'dib at December 04, 2021 10:30 PM (iH4Z+)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at December 04, 2021 10:30 PM (2SdPm)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at December 04, 2021 10:30 PM (+WWsf)
Posted by: Some Rat at December 04, 2021 10:30 PM (r1z5A)
That burger looks delicious!
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 04, 2021 10:25 PM
And AK struts in this evening like he owns the place...
Posted by: Zettai at December 04, 2021 10:30 PM (f4kZ4)
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 04, 2021 10:26 PM
I'd rather have the sharpie. A sicker can fall off and be re-placed on the wrong eye.
Posted by: Chuck C at December 04, 2021 10:31 PM (EughT)
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at December 04, 2021 10:21 PM (BgMrQ)
Guessing it was really hard to put his best foot forward after that!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar
You pegged that one.
Posted by: Miklos, hobbled by Circumstance at December 04, 2021 10:31 PM (QzkSJ)
Clooney made some mean comment about the substandard safety on the Rust set, and Baldwin feels terribly hurt. The corpse of the victim didn't have much to say.
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 04, 2021 10:31 PM (+lVUW)
Thank you for the joke. Sent it to a couple I know that may have a few dolls in the box, but no money. 53 years of marriage. I guess child marriages were legal then.
I sent it to my wife so she can start selling the dolls. We need the money.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 04, 2021 10:31 PM (u82oZ)
I weep for civilization lost.
Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Meatbag at December 04, 2021 10:28 PM (4I/2K)
Well, to be fair, at least you were smart enough to avoid WalletMart!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at December 04, 2021 10:31 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 04, 2021 10:31 PM (kTF2Z)
He says to get off our lawn.
Posted by: sal at December 04, 2021 10:32 PM (bJKUl)
Posted by: pep at December 04, 2021 10:11 PM (ZsR3z)
Kind of like why a boss shouldn't date an employee. Unbalanced power relationship. They might feel the need to go out with you just because they fear getting fired if they don't.
Posted by: Rusty Trawler at December 04, 2021 10:33 PM (1gif2)
7-11" forecasted, then a high of 10 on Tuesday.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 04, 2021 10:28 PM (aA3+G)
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My favorite Christmas story: I was chatting with my ex Brother in Law, he was living in CA at the time, while I was living in MN, he asked about the weather, and I said, "It's great, new snow on the ground, warm, sunny day, 28 degrees outside!" (we'd had more than a few days of zero and below before that.)
Looking back, my ex BiL probably thought I was nuts.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at December 04, 2021 10:33 PM (2SdPm)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 04, 2021 10:33 PM (aA3+G)
I canceled Sirius a long time ago.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 04, 2021 10:21 PM (aA3+G)
Wish I could, but the spousal unit insists on having SXM in the car -- even though she could just as easily stream Spotify over Bluetooth.
Oh, well, it gives me a few more dolls to sell ...
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at December 04, 2021 10:33 PM (Agr8U)
Doesn't seem like such a great system now, does it?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 04, 2021 10:33 PM (VxC1e)
Posted by: madtom at December 04, 2021 10:33 PM (go+84)
Posted by: Some Rat at December 04, 2021 10:30 PM (r1z5A)
Funny, that every member of my family has refused to submit to DNA testing!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at December 04, 2021 10:34 PM (hOUT3)
Or Douglas Bader the II. With his own Spitfire and a lot of belted ammo. And anger issues with the political leaders of Austria.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 04, 2021 10:34 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Rusty Trawler
Fired?
This is how one gets hired.
Posted by: GlobalMiklosCorp at December 04, 2021 10:34 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at December 04, 2021 10:34 PM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Zettai at December 04, 2021 10:35 PM (f4kZ4)
Are snakes even sensitive to smoke?
Posted by: PaleRider at December 04, 2021 10:35 PM (3cGpq)
He says to get off our lawn.
Posted by: sal at December 04, 2021 10:32 PM (bJKUl)
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I bow to your dogged persistence.
Also, sal is an 'ette?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 04, 2021 10:35 PM (VxC1e)
I do miss Deep Tracks on occasion.
But, between Premium Spotify and freebie Pandora I have all my music needs covered in my newer vehicles.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 04, 2021 10:35 PM (aA3+G)
Putting up the Christmas tree, watching football and basketball. Went to freaking Costco today to get a wreath and poinsettia. They required a mask! So I just wore mine as a chin diaper. Interestingly enough........the liquor store next door didn't require one
Posted by: westminsterdogshow at December 04, 2021 10:35 PM (/UQ/R)
12ft.io
to deal with paywalled articles
Posted by: ... at December 04, 2021 10:17 PM (7HyDs)
That. Plus, as it's the WashingPoo, one shouldn't be providing them traffic, anyway. An archive.today link would deprive them of clicks and will sometimes defeat paywalls as a bonus. I haven't tried daisy-chaining 12ft.io + archive.today but I'd assume that'd work.
Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at December 04, 2021 10:35 PM (DTX3h)
Posted by: Rusty Trawler at December 04, 2021 10:33 PM (1gif2)
As they should!
Posted by: F Cuomo at December 04, 2021 10:35 PM (hOUT3)
*Respectful tip of the hat*
Guess what I've been singing since Wednesday night?
Should I submit that to the next Saturday night joke collection effort?
We all did the DNA thing, and it cleared up some family mysteries. That will have to do until all the early prison records are digitized.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 04, 2021 10:36 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Miley
Could lead to a lot of knit picking
Posted by: GlobalMiklosCorp, Assistant Regional Sales Manger at December 04, 2021 10:37 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 04, 2021 10:35 PM (aA3+G)
I use YouTube Music on Apple Car Play.
How much is Premium Spotify a month?
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at December 04, 2021 10:37 PM (BgMrQ)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 04, 2021 10:35 PM (aA3+G)
Dayum, I knew there were AoS COB bennies, but I didn't realize it included new vehicles!
Posted by: F Cuomo at December 04, 2021 10:37 PM (hOUT3)
Also, sal is an 'ette?
Posted by: Cicero
Either that or 'she's' being faking it in epic fashion for decades for the Mr!
Posted by: Tonypete at December 04, 2021 10:37 PM (mD/uy)
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Tonight is for being bold. Hello Zettai!
"he" should be "she". No gender confusion here.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 04, 2021 10:37 PM (IDhUW)
We lost that war, so.... yeah.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at December 04, 2021 10:38 PM (SchxB)
My childhood nickname- also 'salt' in Latin.
Posted by: sal at December 04, 2021 10:38 PM (bJKUl)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 04, 2021 10:38 PM (2ABQr)
And I'm drunk, but mostly the drunk thing.
I'm eating chocolate ice cream as a hang over cure.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) Native Texan and Alabama Alumn, Twice as Smug as You at December 04, 2021 10:38 PM (yQpMk)
Um, ... Your Grace, ... why? Has publius been ... bad?
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 04, 2021 10:38 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: GlobalMiklosCorp, Assistant Regional Sales Manger at December 04, 2021 10:37 PM (QzkSJ)
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That's a pearl of a pun.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 04, 2021 10:38 PM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
OO0Wooo-wooa-Woo-wooo
Posted by: Miklos, singing along at December 04, 2021 10:39 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 04, 2021 10:38 PM (kTF2Z)
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I see you're giving everyone the needle.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at December 04, 2021 10:39 PM (2SdPm)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 04, 2021 10:36 PM (u82oZ)
NaCly my boy, my family was AFRAID that DNA tests would clear up too many family mysteries!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at December 04, 2021 10:39 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: GlobalMiklosCorp, Assistant Regional Sales Manger at December 04, 2021 10:37 PM (QzkSJ)
I'm afraid he'd send me to the Purly Gates...
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at December 04, 2021 10:40 PM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at December 04, 2021 10:37 PM (BgMrQ)
$10.95 month.
And I get my money's worth.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 04, 2021 10:40 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at December 04, 2021 10:39 PM (2SdPm)
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Nah, I got no skein in the game.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 04, 2021 10:40 PM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 04, 2021 10:41 PM (2ABQr)
I got ahold of TeeJ. He finished his last gig of the year, to acclaim yesterday.
He says to contact him directly. He has some issues with most of the commenters. Well, some of us do as well. I'm over it.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 04, 2021 10:41 PM (u82oZ)
Um, ... Your Grace, ... why? Has publius been ... bad?
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 04, 2021 10:38 PM (u82oZ)
{{{Salty}}}
Only in a good way. I pointed out that there are a lot of interesting holes in it that could be probed, but he wasn't buying it.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at December 04, 2021 10:41 PM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Rusty Trawler
I saw a big boss lady get immediately tossed out at JPMorganChase after one of her subordinate guy employees ratted her out. (after about a year of playing hide the salami)
It was epic.
*saw plenty of the reverse situation too, over the years*
Posted by: Tonypete at December 04, 2021 10:41 PM (mD/uy)
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"Knit" picking?
Sir you had better start to tow the line.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 04, 2021 10:42 PM (VxC1e)
Posted by: Miley
If it gets too warped, ain't nothing weft
Posted by: Miklos, cross-stitching comments at December 04, 2021 10:42 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 04, 2021 10:42 PM (IDhUW)
And I get my money's worth.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 04, 2021 10:40 PM (aA3+G)
The "free" Pandora ads are beginning to get to me, I may have to give in and pay.
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at December 04, 2021 10:42 PM (hOUT3)
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"Knit" picking?
Sir you had better start to tow the line.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 04, 2021 10:42 PM (VxC1e)
Here, here.
Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at December 04, 2021 10:42 PM (DTX3h)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 04, 2021 10:43 PM (VxC1e)
Reminds me of the boss that was angry at me for not buying my lunch at the grocery store I worked at.
Dude. Even if I wanted microwaved crap, I'm not gonna give you back my paycheck. Dimwit.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 04, 2021 10:43 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Miklos, cross-stitching comments at December 04, 2021 10:42 PM (QzkSJ)
Don't weave perversion into this!
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at December 04, 2021 10:43 PM (Mzdiz)
And I get my money's worth.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 04, 2021 10:40 PM (aA3+G)
Hmmmm...
A couple buck a month difference. The thing is I've amassed such a library of liked video/songs, it would be a chore to recreate it. Especially the music videos that exist on YouTube.
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at December 04, 2021 10:43 PM (BgMrQ)
We were led to believe our family history was pretty exciting. Indians, scallawags, Catholics, Lutherans, and Baptists.
But we had to go back to the 1700s for something non-boring.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 04, 2021 10:44 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 04, 2021 10:44 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Miklos, unconcerned at December 04, 2021 10:44 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: kbdabear at December 04, 2021 10:44 PM (qAR6u)
Me: "Looks like you need to stop calling me dad."
Posted by: Some Rat at December 04, 2021 10:44 PM (r1z5A)
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at December 04, 2021 10:44 PM (vPAxF)
Posted by: Doof at December 04, 2021 10:44 PM (mZUr4)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at December 04, 2021 10:42 PM (hOUT3)
Still beats whats on your radio dial
I normally start the day off with an hour or 2 of Pandora. Then it's usually Spotify until bedtime. Once in awhile we might watch TV.
Since we cut the cord TV is a thing of the past for the most part.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 04, 2021 10:44 PM (aA3+G)
Plumbers will throw moth balls under a house to clear their area from possible snakes.
Wonder if that would work on squirrels?
Posted by: Braenyard at December 04, 2021 10:44 PM (FFsBN)
He says to contact him directly. He has some issues with most of the commenters. Well, some of us do as well. I'm over it.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 04, 2021 10:41 PM (u82oZ)
I miss Teej. Say howdy for me, if you would Salty...
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at December 04, 2021 10:45 PM (BgMrQ)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 04, 2021 10:37 PM
And...Noted!
Sry.
Posted by: Zettai at December 04, 2021 10:45 PM (f4kZ4)
Posted by: Infidel at December 04, 2021 10:45 PM (qpolg)
Mom used to use them to drive away stuff that was nibbling on her plants. It should work but it might take so much you camphor the whole house.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 04, 2021 10:45 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 04, 2021 10:44 PM (u82oZ)
Does Edward Teach ring a bell?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at December 04, 2021 10:45 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess
I am only aiming for a 1000 comment thread count.
Posted by: Miklos, unindicted if not entirely innocent at December 04, 2021 10:46 PM (QzkSJ)
He probably wishes I'd asked for a diamond tennis bracelet.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at December 04, 2021 10:46 PM (Mzdiz)
~~~
Thanks NaCly! I appreciate you making the effort.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 04, 2021 10:47 PM (IDhUW)
Posted by: Infidel at December 04, 2021 10:47 PM (qpolg)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 04, 2021 10:47 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 04, 2021 10:47 PM (u82oZ)
I weep for civilization lost.
Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Meatbag at December 04, 2021 10:28 PM (4I/2K)
I don't have a membership, but I drove into their parking lot to turn around on a Saturday afternoon. Big mistake.
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 04, 2021 10:47 PM (+lVUW)
♠
Zappa Christmas video - really helps us get in the Spirit!!
♠
...fishing is far more important than just what you catch...
Can't I just catch some supper without being drawn into some weird religion?
♠
Puddles - no, thanks
Jingle Bell Rock - sure
♠
Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by Yarn. - I suggest this for the "Pants" link on the book thread.
And here we are.
Posted by: mindful webworker - buttered latte thin neverr at December 04, 2021 10:48 PM (GxM4+)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 04, 2021 10:48 PM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: Miklos, unindicted if not entirely innocent at December 04, 2021 10:46 PM (QzkSJ)
Two words - geezer sheets.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at December 04, 2021 10:48 PM (Mzdiz)
He's putting in coax cable over the whole 40 acres?
Posted by: Miklos, impressed at December 04, 2021 10:48 PM (QzkSJ)
Uncle Coppola's 1992 Dracula film might warrant a rewatch!
Posted by: Walter Freeman at December 04, 2021 10:49 PM (+WWsf)
Funny thing, I am already paying J Bozos money for prime, and the amazong music is the most effed up service I have ever tried!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at December 04, 2021 10:49 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Infidel at December 04, 2021 10:47 PM (qpolg)
As a warning???
You and Ben Had are pretty handy with a knife I see.
How do you hold the little bastards down?
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at December 04, 2021 10:49 PM (BgMrQ)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 04, 2021 10:49 PM (VxC1e)
"Stab it, strangle it, scoop out its guts and throw it over the cliff", I think of the Horde.
Not sure why...
Posted by: sal at December 04, 2021 10:49 PM (bJKUl)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 04, 2021 10:49 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Preznit Joey B. at December 04, 2021 10:49 PM (QzkSJ)
No worries. Thanks for acknowledging my entrances.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 04, 2021 10:50 PM (IDhUW)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 04, 2021 10:50 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Beartooth at December 04, 2021 10:50 PM (aghXp)
Posted by: Half Dozen at December 04, 2021 10:50 PM (dJs6r)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 04, 2021 10:48 PM (kTF2Z)
Me too, but then, I'm not here as often as I used to be.
It's time for more Hallmark Christmas. I need decoration ideas. If I were to go shopping at Balsam Hill, I could drop 10 grand in a few hours.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at December 04, 2021 10:51 PM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel
Wait for the show-stopper exit!
Posted by: Miklos "Busby" Berkeley at December 04, 2021 10:52 PM (QzkSJ)
My new truck came with Sirius XM built in -- first three (3) months free... I didn't sign up, and every other day I get an exhortation in the mail, or an email from them...
Posted by: Zettai at December 04, 2021 10:52 PM (f4kZ4)
If you ever get near Manhattan, let me know. We can have an informal tiny MoMeet. And welcome un advance to Missouri.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 04, 2021 10:52 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Infidel at December 04, 2021 10:53 PM (qpolg)
My childhood nickname- also 'salt' in Latin.
Posted by: sal at December 04, 2021 10:38 PM (bJKUl)
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Lot's wife was named salt.
I think.
Maybe it was Pilar. Pilar O. Salt.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 04, 2021 10:53 PM (VxC1e)
Posted by: westminsterdogshow at December 04, 2021 10:53 PM (/UQ/R)
I think we all know who the 1 Percenters are around here
Posted by: Miklos, poor but proud at December 04, 2021 10:53 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at December 04, 2021 10:49 PM (hOUT3)
This January I'll be cancelling Prime, after about 12 years. It comes in handy for some things (like matching wool rugs in various sizes that are impossible to find in stores), but I've got to cut the cord.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at December 04, 2021 10:54 PM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 04, 2021 10:52 PM (u82oZ)
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That would be an honor. Thank you.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 04, 2021 10:54 PM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: Zettai at December 04, 2021 10:52 PM (f4kZ4)
Same here.
I used it for a day or so...I was not impressed. I'm even less impressed with the snail mail offerings and the email inundation.
I appreciate my own curated lists.
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at December 04, 2021 10:55 PM (BgMrQ)
Posted by: Javems at December 04, 2021 10:55 PM (AmoqO)
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Six month free introductory subscription FTW!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 04, 2021 10:55 PM (VxC1e)
Looking back, my ex BiL probably thought I was nuts.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at December 04, 2021 10:33 PM (2SdPm)
In Michigan a sunny day during winter is something to be celebrated.
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 04, 2021 10:55 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: Miklos, poor but proud at December 04, 2021 10:53 PM (QzkSJ)
No new vehicles for us. Don't want the damned spyware and bells and whistles.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at December 04, 2021 10:55 PM (Mzdiz)
It's time for more Hallmark Christmas. I need decoration ideas.
~~~
I have a mix of large colored lights and icicle lights in the front window. I'm pleased with the results.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 04, 2021 10:56 PM (IDhUW)
Posted by: Miklos, poor but proud at December 04, 2021 10:53 PM
It's my compensation for having to drive a bloody minivan about for over a dozen years!
Posted by: Zettai at December 04, 2021 10:56 PM (f4kZ4)
Posted by: Miley
Seriously. I think we'll run the vehicles we have into the dirt.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 04, 2021 10:56 PM (mD/uy)
Posted by: Javems at December 04, 2021 10:55 PM (AmoqO)
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Dear France,
I notice that this letter is not written in German. You're welcome. Also, fuck you.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 04, 2021 10:56 PM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at December 04, 2021 10:56 PM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: westminsterdogshow
Burned out. Trying to get in the holiday mood.
Good job lil dude!
How are you!
Posted by: Infidel at December 04, 2021 10:56 PM (qpolg)
Posted by: Javems at December 04, 2021 10:55 PM (AmoqO)
...and you paid it?!?!
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at December 04, 2021 10:57 PM (BgMrQ)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 04, 2021 10:57 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Javems at December 04, 2021 10:55 PM (AmoqO)
Le Blow Me
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 04, 2021 10:57 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: Miley
I think you have enough motorized equipment already to build three or five vehicles Of Ingenious Design
Posted by: Miklos, street legal too probably at December 04, 2021 10:58 PM (QzkSJ)
After seven years of refusal, I only hear from them infrequently - generally when I get my car maintained.
Do not give them your credit card number - trying to cancel Sirius XM is apparently so obnoxious that people suggest that you simply cancel your credit card and get a new one, rather than deal with Sirius XM.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 04, 2021 10:58 PM (I2/tG)
Posted by: Rusty Trawler
Actually, f**king the person in charge can be great for your career. Giving him blow jobs is even better.
Posted by: Kamalal at December 04, 2021 10:58 PM (+lVUW)
There was a small 'pop' from under the table. With great care the man stood up, turned and, without a backward glance, lurched unsteadily away.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 04, 2021 10:58 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: GlobalMiklosCorp, Assistant Regional Sales Manger at December 04, 2021 10:37 PM (QzkSJ)
I'm afraid he'd send me to the Purly Gates...
Those are rod iron gates.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 04, 2021 10:58 PM (cMlfp)
Posted by: Miklos, poor but proud at December 04, 2021 10:53 PM
I figured that this new car could be my last if "things" don't go well.
So I treated myself #canttakeitwithyou
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at December 04, 2021 10:59 PM (BgMrQ)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 04, 2021 10:59 PM (IDhUW)
Posted by: Javems
A week or so ago I got a notice from Union City TN for speeding. Camera cam got me on the way home from the MoMe. Bastids.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 04, 2021 10:59 PM (mD/uy)
You just have to know when to kick him to the curb when he is no longer useful to you.
Posted by: Kamala! at December 04, 2021 11:00 PM (I2/tG)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 04, 2021 10:58 PM (I2/tG)
Close.
I had to repeatedly tell them. "I don't fucking want your service anymore".
She couldn't take F off for an answer.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 04, 2021 11:00 PM (aA3+G)
It came back empty. Manager salted it with $20 bill and had it passed around again. Came back empty.
Posted by: Senor Coffee at December 04, 2021 11:00 PM (iSbhf)
Best of Breed and Hound Group 2 at today's Conroe KC show. Not a good show site. The RV parking is a quarter of a mile away from the rings, so I drove Her Majesty and Lila from the rig up there. A butler's life is not a happy one
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 04, 2021 11:00 PM (/U27+)
Posted by: Tonepete
When I had mine in the shop last year for an oil change, I asked that they give it a good once over. It is the last vehicle I was going to buy. I bought it used.
Posted by: Infidel at December 04, 2021 11:01 PM (qpolg)
That dance is still golden in memory. Yet another thing to be thankful for.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 04, 2021 11:01 PM (u82oZ)
lol, how I strutted in on those heels without falling I will never know.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 04, 2021 11:02 PM (IDhUW)
Posted by: Codwallington Faggabeefy III at December 04, 2021 11:02 PM (QU5/8)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 04, 2021 10:58 PM (u82oZ)
***wide eyes***
OK then...
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at December 04, 2021 11:02 PM (BgMrQ)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
I still have the 'turkeys' drawn in the shape of a hand hanging on the fridge.
It even has elbow macaroni glued to it.
This is no chickenshit outfit I'm running here!
Posted by: Tonypete at December 04, 2021 11:02 PM (mD/uy)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 04, 2021 11:03 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at December 04, 2021 11:03 PM (SchxB)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at December 04, 2021 10:55 PM
I got the base Toyota Tacoma experience with four-wheel drive -- the option with my preferred manual transmission would have cost several thousand more! I *think* I've disabled the telemetry by simply pulling the fuse for the transmitter...
Posted by: Zettai at December 04, 2021 11:03 PM (f4kZ4)
So you returned to pick her up?
Things could have been worse IYKWIM
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 04, 2021 11:03 PM (aA3+G)
Given the stories, I'm sure that the Sirius XM phone people work on reverse commission - a high base salary that gets reduced every time you let someone cancel.
Posted by: Kamala! at December 04, 2021 11:03 PM (I2/tG)
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Do you have any idea how big the hole has to be for one of those things?
PRO-TIP: Pre-pay the backhoe service company.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 04, 2021 11:03 PM (VxC1e)
Posted by: Throck "Buffy" Buckmorton IV at December 04, 2021 11:03 PM (QzkSJ)
At this peaceful and holy time of year I greet everyone of whatever race, color or creed with a heartfelt "Go to hell".
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 04, 2021 11:04 PM (/U27+)
He was apparently very, very gay - he claimed he had sex with 10K or more men and was of course molested as a boy.
He was accused of making Batman gay...which he denied, though George Clooney, of all people, admitted Schumacer told him to play the character as gay.
And the only film he made that had any real impact was The Lost Boys...which is a very gay take on a vampire turning a group of boys gay, sorry, vampiric. Quite a metaphor...and very very gay.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 04, 2021 11:04 PM (ESjRY)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 04, 2021 11:03 PM (KZzsI)
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Nobody has ever cancelled Amazon Prime.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 04, 2021 11:05 PM (VxC1e)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
I read that in Slim Pickens's voice.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 04, 2021 11:05 PM (mD/uy)
PRO-TIP: Pre-pay the backhoe service company.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 04, 2021 11:03 PM (VxC1e)
***snort***
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at December 04, 2021 11:05 PM (BgMrQ)
Posted by: Miklos at the Bangalore Call Centre at December 04, 2021 11:06 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 04, 2021 11:05 PM (VxC1e)
Ahhh, Hotel California...
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at December 04, 2021 11:06 PM (BgMrQ)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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SgtMaj Plumley, is that you?
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 04, 2021 11:06 PM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 04, 2021 11:06 PM (IDhUW)
"One thing about living in santa carla I never could stomach... all the damn homos"
--Grandpa
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 04, 2021 11:07 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 04, 2021 11:07 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Robert at December 04, 2021 11:08 PM (ZuEiM)
Posted by: Brian Stelter at December 04, 2021 11:08 PM (ESjRY)
Posted by: Robert at December 04, 2021 11:08 PM (ZuEiM)
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Lucky guess, professor.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 04, 2021 11:09 PM (VxC1e)
Posted by: Robert, needlessly aggro at December 04, 2021 11:09 PM (ZuEiM)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 04, 2021 10:03 PM (VxC1e)
I rate it a 95,000!
Posted by: Bonnie Blue - says FU at December 04, 2021 11:09 PM (hlxe7)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 04, 2021 11:09 PM (VxC1e)
It helps that it's dark outside.
Posted by: Robert at December 04, 2021 11:10 PM (ZuEiM)
Posted by: Miklos, thinking there's better at December 04, 2021 11:10 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: westminsterdogshow at December 04, 2021 11:10 PM (/UQ/R)
Posted by: Boswell at December 04, 2021 10:06 PM (5iUNf)
The cowbell clown little drummer boy was really creepy to me.
Posted by: Bonnie Blue - says FU at December 04, 2021 11:11 PM (hlxe7)
Lost Boys was about making gay vampires? That apparently went way way over my head. Especially with Jamie Gertz.
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 11:11 PM (iXJM1)
Accidentally amputating a leg? No.
Refusing to take an experimental gene therapy? Yes.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 04, 2021 11:11 PM (ESjRY)
Posted by: Javems at December 04, 2021 10:55 PM (AmoqO)
...and you paid it?!?!
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at December 04, 2021 10:57 PM (BgMrQ)
Yeah, what are they going to do if you don't pay, extradite you?
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 04, 2021 11:11 PM (+lVUW)
You can cancel anytime you like, but you can never leave.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 04, 2021 11:11 PM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 04, 2021 11:12 PM (IDhUW)
Went to the big Phoenix gun show today. Got a bunch of things I needed, had a brief chat with Joe Arpaio, and bought a crusty old "parts" revolver for $75. It is an FIE model E15, .22LR, single action only. I messed with it for a couple of hours after getting back to the house, and I am now pretty confident it will shoot.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 04, 2021 11:12 PM (P3gRi)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at December 04, 2021 11:12 PM (vuisn)
Posted by: nerdygirl
You have to have the vaxx to enter France.
Posted by: Miklos, ze probleme she ees unsol-ved at December 04, 2021 11:13 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 04, 2021 11:07 PM (u82oZ)
So I guess I've been doing it all wrong, because it sure has not been finding me!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) - Lie back and think of that sweet graft! ~ at December 04, 2021 11:13 PM (hOUT3)
You can cancel anytime you like, but you can never leave.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 04, 2021 11:11 PM (kTF2Z)
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Watch for the letter from my lawyer.
Posted by: Glenn Frey at December 04, 2021 11:13 PM (VxC1e)
I only vaguely recall that a number of girls I knew liked the movie because all of the pretty boys in it. But...looking back it was definitely playing with the vampire = gay theme. Which is certainly not new.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 04, 2021 11:13 PM (ESjRY)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Idiot.
Let me hold that
Posted by: A. Baldwin at December 04, 2021 11:14 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 04, 2021 10:59 PM (mD/uy)
I got a red light camera ticket in N.O. while driving my Mom' car. I thought about sloughing it off on her but she was in an assisted living facility at the time so...
Posted by: Javems at December 04, 2021 11:14 PM (AmoqO)
Posted by: Infidel at December 04, 2021 11:14 PM (qpolg)
At this peaceful and holy time of year I greet everyone of whatever race, color or creed with a heartfelt "Go to hell".
~~~
Bah! Humbug!
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 04, 2021 11:14 PM (IDhUW)
Dear France,
I notice that this letter is not written in German. You're welcome. Also, fuck you.
Posted by: Duke Lowell
Shut 'er down!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 04, 2021 11:14 PM (3l5Yq)
I wonder how the various vax passports deal with foreign shot records?
Posted by: 18-1 at December 04, 2021 11:15 PM (ESjRY)
Posted by: 18-1 at December 04, 2021 11:04 PM (ESjRY)
Schumacher's Batman couldn't have been gayer if they pierced his batnipples and then 69'd Robin.
Man, I haven't seen The Lost Boys in forever. Like since I was a wee lad. I don't recall it being gay. Then again I didn't recall Interview With The Vampire being gay until I watched it again until a couple of years ago. Holy shit, that was gayer than Zombie's photo essays of Fulsom Street!
Posted by: Robert at December 04, 2021 11:15 PM (ZuEiM)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at December 04, 2021 11:12 PM (vuisn)
I thought that was just for Net Flix
Posted by: Mis Hum's Kids at December 04, 2021 11:15 PM (aA3+G)
The head vampire was trying to bed the kid's mom and the older brother was hot for Jamie Gertz. I don't see a gay theme at all.
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 11:16 PM (iXJM1)
Posted by: Epobirs at December 04, 2021 10:13 PM (uNrGf)
Now there is a nic that Ihave not seen in many a moon! Hope you are doing well.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 04, 2021 11:16 PM (P3gRi)
~~~
Simple and elegant. This might be a good solution for me.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 04, 2021 11:16 PM (IDhUW)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at December 04, 2021 11:16 PM (+WWsf)
Posted by: Mis Hum's neighbor's kids at December 04, 2021 11:17 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Mis Hum's Kids at December 04, 2021 11:15 PM (aA3+G)
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It works for Disney+ too.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 04, 2021 11:17 PM (VxC1e)
Posted by: Mis Hum's Kids
Works for PornHub too
Posted by: Mis Hum's neighbor's kids at December 04, 2021 11:17 PM (QzkSJ)
***SNORT***
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 04, 2021 11:17 PM (aA3+G)
Agree. Interview with a Vampire was overtly gayer than gay.
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 11:17 PM (iXJM1)
Ann Rice is one of those women really, really into male homosexuals. I wonder if she's going to go the Ellen Page route at some point.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 04, 2021 11:18 PM (ESjRY)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at December 04, 2021 11:12 PM (vuisn)
I thought that was just for Net Flix
~~~
I think it would work. Just have to watch adress and payment method when placing an order.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 04, 2021 11:18 PM (IDhUW)
If you ever get near Manhattan, let me know. We can have an informal tiny MoMeet. And welcome un advance to Missouri.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 04, 2021 10:52 PM
Hi NaCly!
If you ever find yourself short a Moron for a miniMoMe, then give me a shout!
I currently have a kid in Lawrence, a kid in KC, and a nephew in Manhattan.
A short roadtrip to see Morons and family would definitely be a welcome diversion from some of my current drudgery.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at December 04, 2021 11:18 PM (tkyK5)
Posted by: Robert at December 04, 2021 11:19 PM (ZuEiM)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 04, 2021 11:19 PM (kTF2Z)
It would be so difficult for clooney to play a character as gay.
Posted by: Braenyard at December 04, 2021 11:19 PM (FFsBN)
I thought that was just for Net Flix
Posted by: Mis Hum's Kids
Geez, that's what mom does.
Posted by: Infidel 's kids at December 04, 2021 11:19 PM (qpolg)
Wish someone would have told me that. I mean that does explain all those guys showering with me after shooting was over though now that I think about it.
Posted by: Tom Cruise at December 04, 2021 11:19 PM (ESjRY)
Thanks, guys!
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 04, 2021 11:20 PM (2ABQr)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at December 04, 2021 11:12 PM (vuisn)
I thought that was just for Net Flix
Posted by: Mis Hum's Kids at December 04, 2021 11:15 PM (aA3+G)
That, too. I also use someone else's Hulu and Disney Plus through a Roku and flat screen someone gave me as a gift. Would never think of paying money for those.
I rarely pay for most of the entertainment I get.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at December 04, 2021 11:20 PM (vuisn)
Posted by: 18-1 at December 04, 2021 11:18 PM (ESjRY)
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Mrs. Cicero has a female friend who's obsessed with gay males. I refuse to hang out with them in West Hollywood bars but that's her thing. To each his/her own, but I don't get it at all.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 04, 2021 11:21 PM (VxC1e)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 04, 2021 11:22 PM (IDhUW)
Posted by: Zettai at December 04, 2021 11:22 PM (f4kZ4)
It would be so difficult for clooney to play a character as gay.
Ok, fine smart alec. I do have the hots for a guy...and please don't tell me wife.
But you see that guy is...me. Would you fuck me? I'd fuck me. I'd fuck me so hard
Posted by: George Clooney at December 04, 2021 11:22 PM (ESjRY)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 11:22 PM (iXJM1)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 04, 2021 11:22 PM (2ABQr)
Along with the poems from Rudyard Kipling, Yeats and Shelley...I could recite the following:
"Arethusa arose
From her couch of snows
In the Acroceraunian mountains,---"
And the Horde would know instantly what movie this was quoted in...
It's an amazing place, this is, of like-minded souls....
Posted by: Boswell at December 04, 2021 11:22 PM (5iUNf)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 04, 2021 11:22 PM (csEWM)
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My oldest son is at KU in Lawrence
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 04, 2021 11:22 PM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: Javems at December 04, 2021 10:55 PM (AmoqO)
...and you paid it?!?!
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at December 04, 2021 10:57 PM (BgMrQ)
Yeah, what are they going to do if you don't pay, extradite you?
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 04, 2021 11:11 PM (+lVUW)
The bill comes through from Hertz, or from whomever you rent from. They have stroke, especially if you want to rent again there.
Posted by: Javems at December 04, 2021 11:23 PM (AmoqO)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 04, 2021 11:23 PM (2ABQr)
Both get liquid protein by sucking on something, so it's not like it's a huge stretch.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at December 04, 2021 11:24 PM (SchxB)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 04, 2021 10:02 PM (EZebt)
*nods* Not only that, but it would take me 3 sittings to eat all that burger. Some of the fries. And a portion of the bun. Carbs, ya know.
*sad eyes*
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 04, 2021 11:24 PM (F0YaR)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 04, 2021 11:24 PM (csEWM)
Posted by: George Clooney at December 04, 2021 11:22 PM (ESjRY)
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No Gerorge I wouldn't fuck you you've fucked yourself so many times there's no there there.
Posted by: Braenyard at December 04, 2021 11:24 PM (FFsBN)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 04, 2021 11:25 PM (QU5/8)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 04, 2021 11:25 PM (2ABQr)
It was good.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 04, 2021 11:26 PM (csEWM)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 11:26 PM (iXJM1)
Posted by: Braenyard at December 04, 2021 11:26 PM (FFsBN)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 04, 2021 11:25 PM (2ABQr)
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The Wizard of Sybian?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 04, 2021 11:26 PM (VxC1e)
This is about me isn't it?
I swear Anderson Cooper ass is just to die for!
Posted by: Kathy Griffin at December 04, 2021 11:26 PM (ESjRY)
Along with the poems from Rudyard Kipling, Yeats and Shelley...I could recite the following:
Posted by: Boswell
. . . . And Animal House, Life of Brian, and can quote from Dante's Divine Comedy and Princess Bride. "There once was a man from Nantucket. . . " is on our radar too.
This makes me smile and scares the hell out of me at the same time.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 04, 2021 11:26 PM (mD/uy)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 04, 2021 11:25 PM (2ABQr)
*goes to IMDB*
Posted by: Shep! at December 04, 2021 11:27 PM (csEWM)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 11:27 PM (iXJM1)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at December 04, 2021 11:12 PM (vuisn)
I also use someone else's Hulu and Disney Plus through a Roku and flat screen someone gave me as a gift. Would never think of paying money for those.
I rarely pay for most of the entertainment I get.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at December 04, 2021 11:20 PM (vuisn)
And if you lived in San Fran, you'd never have to pay for anything at a retail store again. So long as you steal, er, take no more than $950 worth at a time.
Posted by: Rusty Trawler at December 04, 2021 11:27 PM (1gif2)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 04, 2021 11:28 PM (QU5/8)
Posted by: Braenyard at December 04, 2021 11:26 PM (FFsBN)
I don't know. I assume if he's alive, he's still crushing it, though.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 04, 2021 11:28 PM (2ABQr)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 04, 2021 11:25 PM (2ABQr)
*goes to IMDB*
Posted by: Shep! at December 04, 2021 11:27 PM (csEWM)
"Burn After Reading"
Posted by: Javems at December 04, 2021 11:28 PM (AmoqO)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls
They are not!!
-- Bette Midler
Posted by: Tonypete at December 04, 2021 11:28 PM (mD/uy)
The sad part: they see into the mind of Gay Dudes.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 04, 2021 11:28 PM (csEWM)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 11:27 PM (iXJM1)
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Oceans Eleven was good except for some enormous plot holes.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 04, 2021 11:28 PM (VxC1e)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 04, 2021 11:29 PM (2ABQr)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 11:27 PM (iXJM1)
I liked Ocean's 11. I'll admit it even if it was full of douche canoes.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 04, 2021 11:29 PM (csEWM)
George Clooney and the Dildo Factory
Charlie just won the golden ticket...but little did she know she was about to be in for the ride of her life!
Posted by: Obligatory at December 04, 2021 11:29 PM (ESjRY)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 04, 2021 11:22 PM
Mine too! (Junior, this year.)
I see I missed NaCly. I just recently hopped into the comments.
I did not see what prompted his offer of a miniMoMe. Are you coming to NE Kansas from far away?
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at December 04, 2021 11:30 PM (tkyK5)
Let men know you'll put out on the first date and...you'll get a first date? I mean the "gay secret" isn't much of a secret.
Posted by: Obligatory at December 04, 2021 11:30 PM (ESjRY)
Posted by: Infidel at December 04, 2021 11:31 PM (qpolg)
Posted by: Zettai
Cool.
I don't get half the jokes on the shows from Zeta Reticuli
Posted by: Ancient Miklosian Alien Theorists say YES at December 04, 2021 11:31 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 11:32 PM (iXJM1)
Posted by: Infidel at December 04, 2021 11:14 PM (qpolg)
Seems pretty good. He is running for Mayor of Fountain Hills, and is selling pink souvenir skivvies to raise mony.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 04, 2021 11:32 PM (P3gRi)
Posted by: Obligatory at December 04, 2021 11:30 PM (ESjRY)
Yeah, exactly. What I mean, my guess is that they think it will let them in on the thinking of straight men.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 04, 2021 11:32 PM (csEWM)
Posted by: davidt at December 04, 2021 11:32 PM (0hbQ6)
This makes me smile and scares the hell out of me at the same time.
~~~
I agree, the Horde is pretty amazing.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 04, 2021 11:32 PM (IDhUW)
Posted by: Cicero
I could plug those
Posted by: Fredo Cuomo, with "time" on his hands at December 04, 2021 11:33 PM (QzkSJ)
The sad part: they see into the mind of Gay Dudes.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 04, 2021 11:28 PM (csEWM)
Notice how almost none of these chicks are attractive. Theory: it's the only chance they have of hanging out with "hot" guys as no decent-looking straight dude would be seen dead with them.
Posted by: Rusty Trawler at December 04, 2021 11:33 PM (1gif2)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 11:27 PM (iXJM1)
I don't consider it a "Clooney Movie" but I enjoyed "O' Brother Where Art Thou".
Posted by: Javems at December 04, 2021 11:33 PM (AmoqO)
Posted by: davidt at December 04, 2021 11:34 PM (0hbQ6)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls
They are not!!
-- Bette Midler
Posted by: Tonypete
Bear v. cat fight!
Posted by: Miklos, just getting comfortable at December 04, 2021 11:35 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Braenyard at December 04, 2021 11:26 PM (FFsBN)
IIRC, he died tragically young. A great talent.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 04, 2021 11:35 PM (P3gRi)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 11:36 PM (iXJM1)
O Brother Where The Fuck Are You?
Posted by: davidt at December 04, 2021 11:34 PM (0hbQ6)
Wasn't that the Q. Tarantino / S. Jackson remake?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 04, 2021 11:36 PM (llON8)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Lol. He's a character. Pink uni's, tents in the desert and green bologna sammies.
Posted by: Infidel at December 04, 2021 11:36 PM (qpolg)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 04, 2021 11:26 PM (mD/uy)
Indeed Tonypete, we're betwixt and between the knowledge of our forefathers and folly of our youth...which is rather fine or frightening, depending on what we wish to remember upon in any given the moment.
Posted by: Boswell at December 04, 2021 11:36 PM (5iUNf)
I think Rice was explicitly anti-(former)-Catholic at that point in her life, so there was probably some useful crossover there for the Scientologists.
Posted by: Walter Freeman at December 04, 2021 11:37 PM (+WWsf)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 04, 2021 11:37 PM (IDhUW)
The bill comes through from Hertz, or from whomever you rent from. They have stroke, especially if you want to rent again there.
Posted by: Javems at December 04, 2021 11:23 PM (AmoqO)
Well fuck me running...
That's dirty pool!
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at December 04, 2021 11:37 PM (BgMrQ)
I think some women think that the gay guys are some sort of Man Whisperer who will let them in on the secret.
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That's retarded. These chicks all have moms. It's not like they hatched from eggs. Mom can tell them, and so can I ...
I can say it with a whisper or a shout... If you lay it on a mofo and then cook breakfast... you'll probably land him. If you have to get him drunk, then put Alka-seltzer in the OJ at breakfast. All will be forgiven.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 04, 2021 11:38 PM (2ABQr)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 11:36 PM (iXJM1)
Who she does not have to hate. Huh. I'll buy that too. Even a combination of theories is probably too simple even if we set up a string diagram.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 04, 2021 11:38 PM (csEWM)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 11:36 PM (iXJM1)
Correct assessment.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 04, 2021 11:39 PM (2ABQr)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 04, 2021 11:05 PM
I did*. At the start of this year when they decided they would not carry a certain "anti"-trans book. I don't do business with book-banning book sellers.
(if you are being picky, "did not renew", not "cancel")
But I reduced my amazon purchases from an average of $1000 - $2000 a year to $24.99 (bought Sefton's book))
Posted by: Chuck C at December 04, 2021 11:40 PM (EughT)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 04, 2021 11:38 PM (2ABQr)
You have met people, right? We're all retarded.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 04, 2021 11:40 PM (csEWM)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 04, 2021 11:40 PM (IDhUW)
Yeah the gay guy friend can tell her she's being a bitch and she'll take it as advice. Her girlfriend telling her the same thing and they won't talk for a month .
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 11:40 PM (iXJM1)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
and shot of Valu-Rite vodka
Posted by: Miklos, how you think the girls got me at December 04, 2021 11:41 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Javems at December 04, 2021 11:41 PM (AmoqO)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 04, 2021 11:40 PM (IDhUW)
AK has a good point too, guys.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 04, 2021 11:41 PM (csEWM)
Posted by: Infidel at December 04, 2021 11:41 PM (qpolg)
Posted by: Braenyard at December 04, 2021 11:26 PM (FFsBN)
IIRC, he died tragically young. A great talent.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 04, 2021 11:35 PM (P3gRi)
Freddy 's dead...
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at December 04, 2021 11:41 PM (BgMrQ)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 04, 2021 11:38 PM (2ABQr)
You have met people, right? We're all retarded.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 04, 2021 11:40 PM (csEWM)
Not us! We Trust The EXPERTS!!
Posted by: Karen #459157126 at December 04, 2021 11:42 PM (llON8)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at December 04, 2021 11:42 PM (SchxB)
Posted by: Miklos, responsive to ever-changing demand at December 04, 2021 11:42 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: mindful webworker - obliquely intruding at December 04, 2021 11:42 PM (GxM4+)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at December 04, 2021 11:42 PM (+WWsf)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel
Inane's the name, the name's Inane.
Inane in the membrane?
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at December 04, 2021 11:43 PM (SchxB)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 04, 2021 11:43 PM (evAgx)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 04, 2021 11:40 PM (csEWM)
Oh sure, I didn't mean you're retarded. I mean chicks who think that are retarded. A gay dude can't explain why I like chicks any better than I can explain why they want to hammer dudes. It's a mystery.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 04, 2021 11:44 PM (2ABQr)
Posted by: Javems at December 04, 2021 11:41 PM (AmoqO)
I have found that the most bizarre and inane explanation is often at least partially true.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 04, 2021 11:44 PM (csEWM)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 04, 2021 11:40 PM (IDhUW)
AK has a good point too, guys.
~~~
It's about time my inane comments were taken seriously.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 04, 2021 11:44 PM (IDhUW)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 11:44 PM (iXJM1)
Posted by: Inane, the bane of membranes at December 04, 2021 11:45 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at December 04, 2021 11:45 PM (vuisn)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 11:44 PM (iXJM1)
This. It does not make sense. May not be right- it's just true.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 04, 2021 11:45 PM (csEWM)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
I said to Milady Jo, "Here's a good one. Cheesy bacon tater tots!"
She said, "Mmm. Is that one of those things you do in the waffle iron."
Posted by: mindful webworker - obliquely intruding at December 04, 2021 11:46 PM (GxM4+)
Can I get a prayer request?
Would someone pray that I sleep through the night without waking up from either my shoulder hurting or from a giant throbbing erection? Seriously, if it's not one it's the other and they're both really annoying.
Anyway...stay free and keep the faith.
Night!
Posted by: Robert at December 04, 2021 11:46 PM (ZuEiM)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 04, 2021 11:47 PM (csEWM)
Posted by: confederatefifth at December 04, 2021 11:47 PM (K3ZCc)
~~~
Keep the secrets coming Man Whisperers, I'm taking notes.
*get man drunk in morning*
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 04, 2021 11:47 PM (IDhUW)
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at December 04, 2021 10:57 PM (BgMrQ)
Yeah, what are they going to do if you don't pay, extradite you?
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 04, 2021 11:11 PM (+lVUW)
I have a good friend who laughs about how he can never visit Germany again. He got bailed out on drunk driving charges on the Autobahn, and he caught the next plane for the states.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 04, 2021 11:47 PM (evAgx)
Can I get a prayer request?
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Prayer is good but have you tried Ex-Lax?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 04, 2021 11:48 PM (VxC1e)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at December 04, 2021 11:48 PM (vuisn)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 04, 2021 11:48 PM (IDhUW)
Posted by: Cicero
11 and 13, 12 was a shitshow
Posted by: confederatefifth at December 04, 2021 11:49 PM (K3ZCc)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 04, 2021 11:49 PM (IDhUW)
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 04, 2021 11:11 PM (+lVUW)
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I heard they fly you back in Economy class. Can you even imagine?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 04, 2021 11:50 PM (VxC1e)
I think you may be sleepwalking and jerking your shoulder out of place IYKWIM.
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 11:50 PM (iXJM1)
Hookers take warning.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 04, 2021 11:50 PM (csEWM)
Posted by: Tom Servo
The vast majority of American men who have visited Germany were in distinct opposition to German law.
Posted by: Miklos, in the relatively Free Zone of America at December 04, 2021 11:50 PM (QzkSJ)
now I have the understanding it would be more golden girls.
Posted by: confederatefifth at December 04, 2021 11:51 PM (K3ZCc)
1 - take 3 ibuprofen before bed to maybe prevent the shoulder pain.
2 - empty the tank on that other thing before bed.
Posted by: Doof at December 04, 2021 11:51 PM (mZUr4)
now I have the understanding it would be more golden girls.
Posted by: confederatefifth
Now you see
Posted by: Betty White, Criminal Mastermind at December 04, 2021 11:52 PM (QzkSJ)
now I have the understanding it would be more golden girls.
~~~
Hahaha
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 04, 2021 11:52 PM (IDhUW)
Posted by: confederatefifth at December 04, 2021 11:51 PM (K3ZCc)
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Bea Arthur was more of a man than Pete Buttglug will ever be.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 04, 2021 11:52 PM (VxC1e)
1 - take 3 ibuprofen before bed to maybe prevent the shoulder pain.
2 - empty the tank on that other thing before bed.
Posted by: Doof at December 04, 2021 11:51 PM (mZUr4)
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That seems like sound medical advice.
Burn the heretic!
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at December 04, 2021 11:52 PM (2SdPm)
Posted by: A
that is just my general sentiment these days
I say the same thing before I go to work, eat, or have sex these days.
Posted by: confederatefifth at December 04, 2021 11:53 PM (K3ZCc)
now I have the understanding it would be more golden girls.
Posted by: confederatefifth at December 04, 2021 11:51 PM (K3ZCc)
King of Thieves ( 2018 movie)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 11:53 PM (iXJM1)
now I have the understanding it would be more golden girls.
Posted by: confederatefifth at December 04, 2021 11:51 PM (K3ZCc)
Eh, we'd all sit around arguing Star Trek and Boobs while AOP came up with a plan.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 04, 2021 11:53 PM (csEWM)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 04, 2021 11:53 PM (evAgx)
Herr von Doofmeister!
The Collection of All Musics has been found!
It was in a USB drive on the BACK of the computer!!
Hosannas and Thanks!
Posted by: Miklos, absent of mind at December 04, 2021 11:54 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 04, 2021 11:52 PM (VxC1e)
And had milkers that might in fact work, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 04, 2021 11:54 PM (P3gRi)
I haven't slept more than four hours in a row in a couple decades
Waking up to a raging hard on next to me would be lovely. Especially if there was some ooompah to follow.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 04, 2021 11:54 PM (U2p+3)
Posted by: Tom Servo
Everything is always worse than you think.
Posted by: Miklos, positive minded Eeyore at December 04, 2021 11:55 PM (QzkSJ)
qdpsteve would be matt damn
Posted by: confederatefifth at December 04, 2021 11:56 PM (K3ZCc)
Now it's a whole lame thing. You have to change your name and everything. Sad.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 04, 2021 11:56 PM (2ABQr)
Posted by: M
that is waht unimaginative pessimists say
Posted by: confederatefifth at December 04, 2021 11:56 PM (K3ZCc)
I say the same thing before I go to work, eat, or have sex these days.
~~~
And before commenting, I get it.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 04, 2021 11:57 PM (IDhUW)
The Collection of All Musics has been found!
It was in a USB drive on the BACK of the computer!!
Hosannas and Thanks!
Posted by: Miklos, absent of mind at December 04, 2021 11:54 PM (QzkSJ)
Most excellent that you found it! Now you can think of it as a Christmas gift
Posted by: Doof at December 04, 2021 11:57 PM (mZUr4)
Posted by: nurse ratched
Hmmm....
Healthy man-type with lederhosen and Bavarian Oom-pah Band
This may not be easy
But won't say impossible
Posted by: Miklos, always happy to be of assistance at December 04, 2021 11:57 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: confederatefifth at December 04, 2021 11:57 PM (K3ZCc)
This may not be easy
But won't say impossible
Posted by: Miklos, always happy to be of assistance at December 04, 2021 11:57 PM (QzkSJ)
Isn't Weird Al starting another tour?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 04, 2021 11:58 PM (csEWM)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at December 04, 2021 11:58 PM (+WWsf)
Suddenly travel sites are overwhelmed by single 'rons checking on ticket prices to SeaTac.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at December 04, 2021 11:58 PM (SchxB)
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 04, 2021 11:54 PM (U2p+3)
The wee ones at the Wonka factory just perked up
Posted by: Doof at December 05, 2021 12:00 AM (mZUr4)
Of all our 4 kids, he had the worst time of it academically in middle and high school during our post-divorce "shared parenting" battles. He lived with her during most of that time (because lax expectations on him) and she really guided him down the path leading away from success.
When he finally came to live with me as a Junior, he had fewer credits than a Freshman. We worked with his HS counselor and by flat out working his ass off continuously for 2 years, he was able to catch up and graduate with his classmates. But he wasn't prepared to succeed at community college and he flamed out in his first semester.
He's matured and grown a lot in the past 6 years and is now mentally ready to take this on and do well because HE wants it.
God does indeed answer prayers.
Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Meatbag at December 05, 2021 12:00 AM (4I/2K)
Now it's a whole lame thing. You have to change your name and everything. Sad.
~~~
I knew we were being tracked state to state, I didn't realize that we are being tracked country to country. I'm going to run out of aliases.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 05, 2021 12:00 AM (IDhUW)
Healthy man-type with lederhosen and Bavarian Oom-pah Band
This may not be easy
But won't say impossible
Posted by: Miklos, always happy to be of assistance at December 04, 2021 11:57 PM (QzkSJ)
A man's got to have real good wind to play Oom-pah, right Mongo?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 05, 2021 12:00 AM (P3gRi)
Posted by: Blanco Basura
TraVelocity
Posted by: Miklos, thinking some noticeable upticking at December 05, 2021 12:00 AM (QzkSJ)
Fries REALLY don't belong on double burgers.
That room is best used for extra cheese.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 05, 2021 12:01 AM (Q9lwr)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 05, 2021 12:02 AM (IDhUW)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at December 05, 2021 12:02 AM (dKiJG)
This may not be easy
But won't say impossible
Seattle isn't that far from Leavenworth, WA. So it may be more possible than first imagined.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at December 05, 2021 12:02 AM (SchxB)
But yeah they dont fuck around . Lesson learned.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 05, 2021 12:02 AM (SaQaK)
Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Meatbag at December 05, 2021 12:00 AM (4I/2K)
Count, it sure sounds like you helped, good on you!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) - Lie back and think of that sweet graft! ~ at December 05, 2021 12:02 AM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Meatbag at December 05, 2021 12:00 AM (4I/2K)
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Prodigal sons are discussed somewhere in the Bible, from what I've heard. Good luck to your son.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 05, 2021 12:02 AM (VxC1e)
God does indeed answer prayers.
Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Meatbag at December 05, 2021 12:00 AM (4I/2K)
Great news! Now that he is more motivated, he may find the courses easier, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 05, 2021 12:02 AM (P3gRi)
if he is smart he has his clock radio set to use miss american pie as his buzzer.
Posted by: confederatefifth at December 05, 2021 12:02 AM (K3ZCc)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at December 05, 2021 12:03 AM (+WWsf)
Completely.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at December 05, 2021 12:03 AM (SchxB)
Fries REALLY don't belong on double burgers.
That room is best used for extra cheese.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 05, 2021 12:01 AM (Q9lwr)
I would agree with this except in the case of McDonalds. I thought everyone put the fries on the regular hamburgers.
Posted by: Just a side note at December 05, 2021 12:03 AM (iXJM1)
Posted by: jakee308 at December 05, 2021 12:03 AM (tsmrH)
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Sing it, sister.
Posted by: Pete Buttglug at December 05, 2021 12:04 AM (VxC1e)
Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Meatbag at December 05, 2021 12:00 AM (4I/2K)
This sounds like a similar story with my ex-BiL. He finally got away from his good-timin' momma, buckled down, and became a diesel mechanic. He does well now. I stayed friends with him long after we both got rid of his good-timin' sister.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 05, 2021 12:04 AM (2ABQr)
Posted by: jakee308 at December 05, 2021 12:03 AM (tsmrH)
Fishing isn't really about fishing!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) - Lie back and think of that sweet graft! ~ at December 05, 2021 12:05 AM (hOUT3)
more is not more
Posted by: confederatefifth at December 05, 2021 12:05 AM (K3ZCc)
Gotta put the hash browns in their morning sandwiches.
Posted by: Walter Freeman at December 05, 2021 12:05 AM (+WWsf)
That room is best used for extra cheese.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 05, 2021 12:01 AM (Q9lwr)
Poutine is yummy, but there is not nearly enough there to qualify as a serving of poutine.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 05, 2021 12:05 AM (P3gRi)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Depending on what he has been doing the last six years, he may find that his classmates are idjits, and that includes half the teachers.
Posted by: Miklos, taking a college class hisself right now (exam time!) at December 05, 2021 12:05 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Walter Freeman
So...we could make chili with leftover hash browns too?
Posted by: Wendy's at December 05, 2021 12:06 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Meatbag at December 05, 2021 12:06 AM (4I/2K)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at December 04, 2021 11:58 PM (+WWsf)
the funny thing is, if Andrew hadn't gotten so outrageous with the sexual attacks on every woman he came into contact with, he'd be the odds on fave to be the Dem nominee in 2024.
but now the entire Cuomo family has fallen into disgrace - oh this is just so delicious to take in!!! It's like the fall of the Borgia's or something.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 05, 2021 12:07 AM (evAgx)
top some sometimes.
I feel like that, I just don't voice it. He needs to control the asshole part.
Posted by: Infidel at December 05, 2021 12:08 AM (qpolg)
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I never have but after seeing that picture, I might just do so.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 05, 2021 12:08 AM (IDhUW)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 05, 2021 12:07 AM (evAgx)
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The Borgias weren't so bad. Callixtus III was an absolute peach.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 05, 2021 12:08 AM (VxC1e)
Posted by: Brother Miklos, doing humility and bourbon at December 05, 2021 12:10 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 05, 2021 12:10 AM (iXJM1)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 05, 2021 12:10 AM (IDhUW)
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I never have but after seeing that picture, I might just do so.
In high school the cool thing to do was to dip your fries in a chocolate shake. Preferably your own.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at December 05, 2021 12:10 AM (SchxB)
Posted by: Pedagogical Miklos at December 05, 2021 12:11 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 05, 2021 12:12 AM (2ABQr)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at December 05, 2021 12:10 AM (SchxB)
Contingent on the shake machine not being broken.
Posted by: Just a side note at December 05, 2021 12:12 AM (iXJM1)
I am just overjoyed. Thank you all for the responses.
Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Meatbag at December 05, 2021 12:13 AM (4I/2K)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
She was quite OK at any point below 170 pounds.
Posted by: Wait Wait! Stop the Miklos Wedding at December 05, 2021 12:13 AM (QzkSJ)
The best part was the slow motion realization that Humpty Dumpty wasn't gonna be put back together again. Andrew floated a trial balloon about running for NY state AG right before Thanksgiving which was bizarre. And it's not like CNN didn't know all about Chris's political fixer work on behalf of his brother and similar sexual misconduct complaints too.
Posted by: Walter Freeman at December 05, 2021 12:14 AM (+WWsf)
Posted by: Wait Wait! Stop the
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hmmm, pedophile?
Posted by: Braenyard at December 05, 2021 12:14 AM (FFsBN)
Posted by: Y
is that the same as doing a girl that franks sinatra did because frank sinatra did her?
Posted by: confederatefifth at December 05, 2021 12:15 AM (K3ZCc)
It was a long time ago, before they had scheduled breakages.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at December 05, 2021 12:15 AM (SchxB)
Posted by: W
mor than 150 is too much to pay for any girl
Posted by: confederatefifth at December 05, 2021 12:16 AM (K3ZCc)
The best part was the slow motion realization that Humpty Dumpty wasn't gonna be put back together again. Andrew floated a trial balloon about running for NY state AG right before Thanksgiving which was bizarre. And it's not like CNN didn't know all about Chris's political fixer work on behalf of his brother and similar sexual misconduct complaints too.
Posted by: Walter Freeman at December 05, 2021 12:14 AM (+WWsf)
They didn't know. Just like we didn't know about Matt Lauer.
Posted by: MSDNC at December 05, 2021 12:16 AM (llON8)
Posted by: Braenyard at December 05, 2021 12:16 AM (FFsBN)
CBD - I returned from Kentucky today. 8 bottles of bourbon returned with us. When are you planning to take your trip? Standing by for an email from you so I can offer suggestions for your planning.
Posted by: Doof at December 05, 2021 12:16 AM (mZUr4)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 05, 2021 12:16 AM (2ABQr)
Posted by: confederatefifth
Ask not what your President can do for you; ask what you can do for your President
Posted by: Miklos thinks there's a list at December 05, 2021 12:17 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: confederatefifth at December 05, 2021 12:17 AM (K3ZCc)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at December 05, 2021 12:18 AM (+WWsf)
Posted by: Braenyard at December 05, 2021 12:18 AM (FFsBN)
Posted by: confederatefifth
20 quid, same as in town, luv
Posted by: Eliza Doolittle at December 05, 2021 12:18 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: confederatefifth
20 quid, same as in town, luv
Posted by: E
so 150 gets me seven days and unnlimited balls?
Posted by: confederatefifth at December 05, 2021 12:19 AM (K3ZCc)
Posted by: W
mor than 150 is too much to pay for any girl
Posted by: confederatefifth at December 05, 2021 12:16 AM (K3ZCc)
Isn't there a Rule Of Thumb that the woman shouldn't weigh more than 2/3 - 3/4 of what the man weighs?
Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Meatbag at December 05, 2021 12:19 AM (4I/2K)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 05, 2021 12:19 AM (2ABQr)
Posted by: Infidel at December 05, 2021 12:19 AM (qpolg)
Posted by: Miklos thinks there's a list at December 05, 2021 12:17 AM (QzkSJ)
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They would have killed him if they could have gotten away with it.
Posted by: Braenyard at December 05, 2021 12:20 AM (FFsBN)
Posted by: confederatefifth at December 05, 2021 12:20 AM (K3ZCc)
Posted by: Doof
He speled "planning" rite.
I would trust this man.
Posted by: Miklos, still struggling with imperfection at December 05, 2021 12:20 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Braenyard at December 05, 2021 12:20 AM (FFsBN)
If it isn't, it should be.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at December 05, 2021 12:22 AM (SchxB)
Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Meatbag at December 05, 2021 12:19 AM (4I/2K)
That, and as a SEAL Master Chief once told me over Beers, never bed a woman who can whup ya.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 05, 2021 12:22 AM (oHd/0)
Posted by: Infidel at December 05, 2021 12:19 AM (qpolg)
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For sure? No. Was she been fat all her life? Think so.
Posted by: Braenyard at December 05, 2021 12:22 AM (FFsBN)
If it isn't, it should be.
Posted by: Blanco Basura
IIRC, Montana has, or had, a law that no woman weighing over 200 pounds my ride horseback wearing shorts (which you wouldn't want to do anyway).
Posted by: Miklos, eating peanuts in church is illegal in Georgia at December 05, 2021 12:24 AM (QzkSJ)
what's her name, the crawford girl, is cute but 6'1 is a bunch of girl to toss over your shoulder when she is wearing a rig with some ar500 font and back and carrying an ar10
Posted by: confederatefifth at December 05, 2021 12:24 AM (K3ZCc)
My impression of qdp is that he is unsure of how to interact and is trying to find his way.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 05, 2021 12:24 AM (IDhUW)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 04, 2021 10:17 PM (mD/uy)
I'm stumped...
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at December 04, 2021 10:21 PM (BgMrQ)
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He's a shoe-in for a loafer.
Posted by: Ciampino at December 05, 2021 12:25 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Braenyard at December 05, 2021 12:22 AM (FFsBN)
There was a video I just saw where she was on the heavy side of pleasantly plump. Early. Very strong voice.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 05, 2021 12:25 AM (csEWM)
He speled "planning" rite.
I would trust this man.
Posted by: Miklos, still struggling with imperfection at December 05, 2021 12:20 AM (QzkSJ)
I proudly display the Miklos Seal of Approval
Posted by: Doof at December 05, 2021 12:25 AM (mZUr4)
Even if you're into that sort of thing?
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at December 05, 2021 12:25 AM (SchxB)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 05, 2021 12:26 AM (2ABQr)
Posted by: confederatefifth at December 05, 2021 12:24 AM (K3ZCc)
Get her an AR-15. Lighter ammo. And in an apocalypse situation- you WILL be carrying cindy crawford's ammo.
From gratitude to God if nothing else.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 05, 2021 12:27 AM (csEWM)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel
Miss Ace's Finishing School for the Unsure Commenter
Posted by: Miklos, hoping I said that right at December 05, 2021 12:27 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Ciampino at December 05, 2021 12:27 AM (qfLjt)
Even if you're into that sort of thing?
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at December 05, 2021 12:25 AM (SchxB)
SEAL Master Chief... badest of the bad asses... so I don't think that thought ever crossed his mind.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 05, 2021 12:27 AM (oHd/0)
God Bless our troops.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 05, 2021 12:27 AM (U2p+3)
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Was his foot named Jones perchance?
Posted by: Ciampino at December 05, 2021 12:27 AM (qfLjt)
Was just an Alias.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 05, 2021 12:28 AM (oHd/0)
From gratitude to God if nothing else.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
So...you'd share her Fox hole?
Posted by: Miklos, hoping I read that right at December 05, 2021 12:28 AM (QzkSJ)
I was at the post office the other day and there was this black girl in line in front of me - nice looking, but damn! She was about 6'4", 6'3" easy. Athletic build, too. I'm tall enough that it's rare for me to run into a girl that I look up to. As they say, a whole LOT of woman.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 05, 2021 12:28 AM (evAgx)
Posted by: Braenyard
Sadly, I can believe it. Have a cousin that looked great when she got down to 160. I think she weighs over 300 now. It makes me very sad. I always remember they were "large." Seems to run in the family. Can't imagine the food bill.
Posted by: Infidel at December 05, 2021 12:28 AM (qpolg)
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 05, 2021 12:22 AM (oHd/0)
Was this SEAL Master Chief named or related to Joe Tex by any chance?
https://youtu.be/Pkb6OpoL6Z8
Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Meatbag at December 05, 2021 12:28 AM (4I/2K)
he is similar to the girl that is at maury for her fifth show to see which of thirty guys is her baby daddy
Posted by: confederatefifth at December 05, 2021 12:29 AM (K3ZCc)
Sure. I just didn't catch it at first... "Etta was a big bitch when she was 12" didn't land at first. When it finally did, I laughed, but in a guilty way, lol.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 05, 2021 12:29 AM (2ABQr)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 05, 2021 12:29 AM (IDhUW)
God Bless our troops.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 05, 2021 12:27 AM (U2p+3)
Send him some beef jerky. I got sick of fish inside of three days during a week trip.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 05, 2021 12:29 AM (csEWM)
https://youtu.be/Pkb6OpoL6Z8
Posted by: Count de Monet
Joe Tex was ecumenical
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Sdib6gd190
Posted by: Miklos, yeah Brother, I heard THAT at December 05, 2021 12:31 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 05, 2021 12:31 AM (AlkyK)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 05, 2021 12:28 AM (evAgx)
Was in a military club in San Diego... pretty woman sitting there as all her friends were dancing... went up and asked her to dance... she initially said no... so I grabbed her hand, to kind of pull her up to go dance... and she stood up... and up... and up... 6ft 5" Marine Seargeant... Had some fun, but as I was ONLY 6 ft tall... I was too short for her in HER opinion.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 05, 2021 12:31 AM (oHd/0)
Get her an AR-15. Lighter ammo. And in an apocalypse situation- you WILL be carrying cindy crawford's ammo.
From gratitude to God if nothing else.
Posted by: Aet
in that scenario I want her to have something heavier since our doctrine requires her to remain within the fortificatin so the rest of us get to go outside and do the dirty work with 300 bo and baynets.
Posted by: confederatefifth at December 05, 2021 12:31 AM (K3ZCc)
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Amen.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 05, 2021 12:29 AM (IDhUW)
Amen X2
Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Meatbag at December 05, 2021 12:32 AM (4I/2K)
so she was kneeling?
Posted by: confederatefifth at December 05, 2021 12:32 AM (K3ZCc)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 05, 2021 12:32 AM (2ABQr)
Posted by: confederatefifth at December 05, 2021 12:31 AM (K3ZCc)
You've put some thought into this, I see. Not a bad idea to game out likely situations.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 05, 2021 12:34 AM (csEWM)
God Bless our troops.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 05, 2021 12:27 AM (U2p+3)
Prayers up for you and your Marine, nurse. Please let him know that there are many real Americans who respect and appreciate our military men and women and their families.
Posted by: Doof at December 05, 2021 12:35 AM (mZUr4)
Posted by: Aet
I avoid rigid doctirnes, more of a self synchronizing guy, but it is useful to game things out and be aware of the range of optins and capbilities afforded your gang.
Posted by: confederatefifth at December 05, 2021 12:36 AM (K3ZCc)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
"Marinate not on ancient offense or animosity; you gotta sous-vide that shit."
Posted by: Blind Monk Chef Miklos of Shaolin at December 05, 2021 12:37 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 05, 2021 12:37 AM (csEWM)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 05, 2021 12:37 AM (2ABQr)
Or Douglas Bader the II. With his own Spitfire and a lot of belted ammo. And anger issues with the political leaders of Austria.
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LOL, He can never again be the 'sole' of the party.
Posted by: Ciampino at December 05, 2021 12:37 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Infidel at December 05, 2021 12:41 AM (qpolg)
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So we're back on Amazon Prime then.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 05, 2021 12:41 AM (VxC1e)
Posted by: Infidel at December 05, 2021 12:19 AM (qpolg)
my wife and I were just mentioning how in recent years, a local high school football team had no problem finding four 350 pound offensive linemen, all of them 16 years old. yeah it's boys but day-ummm!
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 05, 2021 12:42 AM (evAgx)
Posted by: Miklos, austere bibulous scholar at December 05, 2021 12:42 AM (QzkSJ)
If you're wondering I got my psych degree at a two day stay at the Holiday Inn.
Posted by: Just a side note at December 05, 2021 12:42 AM (iXJM1)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 05, 2021 12:42 AM (evAgx)
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Were they Samoan?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 05, 2021 12:43 AM (AlkyK)
Posted by: Tom Servo
I predict great careers as Samoan Lawyers.
Posted by: Miklos, who might need a Samoan Lawyer one day at December 05, 2021 12:43 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at December 05, 2021 12:44 AM (VxC1e)
Posted by: Miklos, blissfully oblivious at December 05, 2021 12:45 AM (QzkSJ)
If you're wondering I got my psych degree at a two day stay at the Holiday Inn.
Posted by: J
there have been some very specific things such as "do not ever fucking share another fucking lnk from that fucking site, fucking ever, fucking again"
then he did it again.
As I said, I am a fan, but he does seem to enjoy the excitement of bannicide by cob.
Posted by: confederatefifth at December 05, 2021 12:45 AM (K3ZCc)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 05, 2021 12:45 AM (l6b3d)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at December 05, 2021 12:46 AM (SchxB)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 05, 2021 12:46 AM (IDhUW)
Posted by: confederatefifth at December 05, 2021 12:31 AM (K3ZCc)
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But if you're going to carry her on your shoulders you'll be carrying that heavy weapon too?
Posted by: Braenyard at December 05, 2021 12:47 AM (FFsBN)
Whole lotta appropriatin' goin' on up in there
Posted by: Miklos, blissfully entertained at December 05, 2021 12:47 AM (QzkSJ)
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Oh yeah. Those are the things that bounced right off of T-34s.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 05, 2021 12:48 AM (VxC1e)
Posted by: confederatefifth at December 05, 2021 12:48 AM (K3ZCc)
Posted by: B
I made note of that in the initial comment, so yes
Posted by: confederatefifth at December 05, 2021 12:49 AM (K3ZCc)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel
He was kind enough to send a Sample Portion
Monthly subscription costs money though
Posted by: Miklos, blissfully imbibing at December 05, 2021 12:50 AM (QzkSJ)
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Oh yeah. Those are the things that bounced right off of T-34s.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 05, 2021 12:48 AM (VxC1e)
well in this case, it bounced right IN. Oh, but this was an 'Accident". Yeah, everyone has "accidents" where they shove stuff up their ass.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 05, 2021 12:51 AM (evAgx)
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Is this a new Nigerian scam?
Posted by: Ciampino at December 05, 2021 12:51 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at December 05, 2021 12:46 AM (SchxB)
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One of the crew on my Dad's boat in WWII was a brilliant cook, but completely clueless in so many ways. They found him playing with a 40mm antiaircraft round one day and took it away from him...
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 05, 2021 12:51 AM (AlkyK)
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Oh yeah. Those are the things that bounced right off of T-34s.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 05, 2021 12:48 AM (VxC1e)
well in this case, it bounced right IN. Oh, but this was an 'Accident". Yeah, everyone has "accidents" where they shove stuff up their ass.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 05, 2021 12:51 AM (evAgx)
A million to one shot!
Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Meatbag at December 05, 2021 12:51 AM (4I/2K)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 05, 2021 12:52 AM (l6b3d)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 05, 2021 12:51 AM (evAgx)
Go to Africa and get hunted by lions if you want to feel alive. Dear Lord.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 05, 2021 12:52 AM (csEWM)
Posted by: Captai
some friends of friends, which are often the best sort of friends, who were idiots, enjoyed setting off cartridges with the burners of their stove
fired the rounds into the ceiling
Posted by: confederatefifth at December 05, 2021 12:54 AM (K3ZCc)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 05, 2021 12:54 AM (iXJM1)
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Now I want to watch the video of the reunion between the lion and the trainers again.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 05, 2021 12:54 AM (IDhUW)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 05, 2021 12:52 AM (csEWM)
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After the '94 Northridge Hills earthquake, I went to Kaiser Panorama and helped evacuate patients from the upper floors down to the lower floors. That's as alive as I care to feel.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 05, 2021 12:56 AM (AlkyK)
I HATE these people with a violent passion. They talked such a huge fucking game the past four years about how they were speaking truth to power WHEN THEY KNEW NOTHING WOULD EVER BE DONE TO THEM!
But when it come to real consequences like for example Chris Cuomo being pissed at them and affecting their job, they stayed mum as church mice.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 05, 2021 12:57 AM (csEWM)
"One in a million shot, doc!"
I guess?
I imagine an artillery shell in the place where the sun don't shine has to rank up there with the global all-time emergency room stories.
Posted by: rhomboid at December 05, 2021 12:58 AM (OTzUX)
Posted by: Braenyard at December 05, 2021 12:58 AM (FFsBN)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - AoS Ladies' Brigade Plucky Comic Relief at December 05, 2021 12:58 AM (SRRAx)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 05, 2021 12:54 AM (IDhUW)
Those are good videos. The elephant ones are awesome too.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 05, 2021 12:58 AM (csEWM)
Posted by: rhomboid at December 05, 2021 12:59 AM (OTzUX)
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Do you have any idea how big the hole has to be for one of those things?
PRO-TIP: Pre-pay the backhoe service company.
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Have backhoe, will travel.
Posted by: Ciampino at December 05, 2021 01:00 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at December 05, 2021 01:01 AM (SchxB)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - AoS Ladies' Brigade Plucky Comic Relief at December 05, 2021 12:58 AM (SRRAx)
He probably does.
Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Sexual Racist. at December 05, 2021 01:03 AM (II3Gr)
One of the many, many, many indirect and non-concrete reasons 2020 doesn't add up (in addition to whatever direct and concrete evidence is ever developed, though I'm pessimistic in view of what's gone on so far).
Posted by: rhomboid at December 05, 2021 01:03 AM (OTzUX)
Those are good videos. The elephant ones are awesome too.
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I haven't seen those. I will look them up.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 05, 2021 01:04 AM (IDhUW)
Posted by: Miklos, seeing a side gig opportunity at December 05, 2021 01:04 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 05, 2021 01:05 AM (U2p+3)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - AoS Ladies' Brigade Plucky Comic Relief at December 05, 2021 12:58 AM (SRRAx)
He probably does.
Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Sexual Racist. at December 05, 2021 01:03 AM (II3Gr)
*golfclap*
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 05, 2021 01:05 AM (csEWM)
Posted by: Some Rat at December 05, 2021 01:05 AM (r1z5A)
Posted by: Some Rat
You brought the Junior Mints?
Posted by: Miklos, can recap if needed (not the bottle) at December 05, 2021 01:06 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: S
it is as a river, which is never entered twice
Posted by: confederatefifth at December 05, 2021 01:06 AM (K3ZCc)
Crazy days and nights has a blind that most people think means he and Harris dated snd had threesomes
Id believe it.
Posted by: LASue at December 05, 2021 01:07 AM (Ed8Zd)
I'm just wondering how clueless you have to be to not only have a live WWII shell lying about, but then decide it would be a good fit for that orifice. It's my understanding that explosives of that vintage may be a bit less than stable, and a sudden bump could set them off. Like, say, hitting a pothole as you drive to the hospital with a bomb in your ass.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at December 05, 2021 01:07 AM (SchxB)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 05, 2021 01:07 AM (AlkyK)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 05, 2021 01:08 AM (l6b3d)
If by river, you really mean Valu-Rite vodka bottle, then okay; and swigged, not entered.
Posted by: Walter Freeman at December 05, 2021 01:08 AM (+WWsf)
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 05, 2021 01:08 AM (F0YaR)
Posted by: Infidel at December 05, 2021 01:09 AM (qpolg)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 05, 2021 01:04 AM (IDhUW)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcTjPAAF3u4
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 05, 2021 01:09 AM (csEWM)
Posted by: Miklos, can recap if needed (not the bottle)
Oops, wrong theater, sorry doc.
Posted by: Some Rat at December 05, 2021 01:09 AM (r1z5A)
Crazy days and nights has a blind that most people think means he and Harris dated snd had threesomes
Id believe it.
You can do a goofball search and find pics of the two together.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at December 05, 2021 01:09 AM (SchxB)
Posted by: confederatefifth at December 05, 2021 01:10 AM (K3ZCc)
I haven't been around much lately.
Posted by: GnuBreed
Oh, I thought it was like a week time out.
Posted by: Some Rat at December 05, 2021 01:11 AM (r1z5A)
It looks beautiful.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 05, 2021 01:05 AM (U2p+3)
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My Dada was on Okinawa in WWII.
He wasn't one of the people who fought for it, his Rescue Boat Squadron was being transferred there in July of '45.
They were told that they were coming in to Naha, the principal city. So, of course, they were in their Class As, on deck, as they rounded the point and saw that Naha was a smoking wreck.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 05, 2021 01:11 AM (AlkyK)
Posted by: Miklos, who has admittedly been imbibing at December 05, 2021 01:11 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - AoS Ladies' Brigade Plucky Comic Relief at December 05, 2021 12:58 AM (SRRAx)
I forgot there was that website that catalogs stupid things women make their guys wear. That's probably where it's from.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 05, 2021 01:11 AM (l6b3d)
Posted by: M
that is the mint that epstein served in his island theatre
Posted by: confederatefifth at December 05, 2021 01:12 AM (K3ZCc)
Posted by: confederatefifth at December 05, 2021 01:12 AM (K3ZCc)
Posted by: Some Rat at December 05, 2021 01:11 AM (r1z5A)
That's what I thought, too. Which should expire tomorrow, maybe?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 05, 2021 01:13 AM (P3gRi)
Posted by: Some Rat at December 05, 2021 01:11 AM (r1z5A)
Think it was.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 05, 2021 01:13 AM (csEWM)
Posted by: Some Rat at December 05, 2021 01:11 AM (r1z5A)
That's what I thought, too. Which should expire tomorrow, maybe?
Posted by: Alber
isn't that the same as a miniban, banction?
Posted by: confederatefifth at December 05, 2021 01:14 AM (K3ZCc)
Posted by: Some Rat at December 05, 2021 01:11 AM (r1z5A)
Think it was.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
I could go on Quora and ask
Posted by: Miklos, putting self at some risk at December 05, 2021 01:14 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at December 05, 2021 01:15 AM (+WWsf)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at December 05, 2021 01:15 AM (+WWsf)
Be realistic man, most of us would notice no difference.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 05, 2021 01:16 AM (csEWM)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at December 05, 2021 01:15 AM (+WWsf)
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I could have sworn that I saw qdpsteve on line just a few days ago.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 05, 2021 01:16 AM (AlkyK)
Posted by: Miklos, putting self at some risk at December 05, 2021 01:14 AM (QzkSJ)
*golfclap*
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 05, 2021 01:16 AM (csEWM)
Depends on how much you like Yoko, I guess.
Posted by: Walter Freeman at December 05, 2021 01:17 AM (+WWsf)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at December 05, 2021 01:17 AM (+WWsf)
Notice we did not lose any regulars?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 05, 2021 01:18 AM (csEWM)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at December 05, 2021 01:17 AM (+WWsf)
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I saw that video of Yoko singing. I doubt if there is a bucket big enough to carry the tune for her.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 05, 2021 01:18 AM (AlkyK)
Posted by: Ciampino at December 05, 2021 01:19 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: CppThis at December 05, 2021 01:19 AM (UewuT)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 05, 2021 01:20 AM (IDhUW)
Posted by: confederatefifth at December 05, 2021 01:20 AM (K3ZCc)
Wives in delight.
Posted by: Ciampino at December 05, 2021 01:19 AM (qfLjt)
Hah!
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 05, 2021 01:20 AM (csEWM)
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 05, 2021 01:21 AM (F0YaR)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 05, 2021 01:20 AM (IDhUW)
You're welcome. Lot of good elephant videos on the tubes.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 05, 2021 01:21 AM (csEWM)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 05, 2021 01:22 AM (iXJM1)
Posted by: confederatefifth at December 05, 2021 01:22 AM (K3ZCc)
It should be called the Zoolander burger.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 05, 2021 01:23 AM (1t5dY)
Posted by: confederatefifth at December 05, 2021 01:22 AM (K3ZCc)
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We haven't seen any of those people shotgunned, so, no, I think not.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 05, 2021 01:23 AM (AlkyK)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 05, 2021 01:22 AM (iXJM1)
I don't think so. Think he is being lumped in with his brother as safe to expel from the herd. Will give them a bit of an excuse to give the rinos when they go after the next republican.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 05, 2021 01:23 AM (csEWM)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 05, 2021 01:24 AM (IDhUW)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 05, 2021 01:25 AM (P3gRi)
Now it's a whole lame thing. You have to change your name and everything. Sad.
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Name? Now you have to change your face!!
Posted by: Ciampino at December 05, 2021 01:25 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 05, 2021 01:23 AM (csEWM
I figured since it didn't seem that he had any political ambitions that they would keep him as a Leftist mouthpiece somewhere.
Posted by: Just a side note at December 05, 2021 01:25 AM (iXJM1)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 05, 2021 01:26 AM (csEWM)
steve has a brother!?
Posted by: confederatefifth at December 05, 2021 01:26 AM (K3ZCc)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 05, 2021 01:25 AM (iXJM1)
But he was useful as a conduit to his brother. His brother is nothing.
Is he a useful and enormously charismatic individual on his own? Nope.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 05, 2021 01:27 AM (csEWM)
steve has a brother!?
Posted by: confederatefifth at December 05, 2021 01:26 AM (K3ZCc)
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He's Bob from the NSA.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 05, 2021 01:27 AM (AlkyK)
Posted by: confederatefifth at December 05, 2021 01:26 AM (K3ZCc)
Maybe it's ace.
I was thinking while letting out the dog whether the cobs were running a management exercise on us.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 05, 2021 01:28 AM (csEWM)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 05, 2021 01:28 AM (P3gRi)
Posted by: Some Rat at December 05, 2021 01:29 AM (r1z5A)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 05, 2021 01:29 AM (VwHCD)
Posted by: S
STEVE!
Posted by: confederatefifth at December 05, 2021 01:30 AM (K3ZCc)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 05, 2021 01:27 AM (csEWM)
To the angry Left who latch on to anyone spewing the talking points? Possibly.
Posted by: Just a side note at December 05, 2021 01:30 AM (iXJM1)
Posted by: Aet
def
Posted by: confederatefifth at December 05, 2021 01:30 AM (K3ZCc)
To the angry Left who latch on to anyone spewing the talking points? Possibly.
Posted by: Just a side note at December 05, 2021 01:30 AM (iXJM1)
I don't think so. Like I said, I think he was been made the dick in a struggle session of the Red Guard. Too many ambitious assholes who want his spot.
Of course, I could be completely wrong and he could be Maddow's replacement.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 05, 2021 01:31 AM (csEWM)
Posted by: Some Rat at December 05, 2021 01:31 AM (r1z5A)
Posted by: Some Rat
Sounds like you got sump'm to fight about.
Posted by: Miklos, agreeably agreeing at December 05, 2021 01:31 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Some Rat at December 05, 2021 01:29 AM (r1z5A)
Well, that sucks. Who do you go to? The seller or the shipper? I'd guess the seller has more leverage with the shipper.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 05, 2021 01:31 AM (P3gRi)
You can also wear on the nerves at times.
I will shut my pie hole and go to bed now. Be well all.
Posted by: Infidel at December 05, 2021 01:32 AM (qpolg)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 05, 2021 01:32 AM (csEWM)
Posted by: S
just sayin' he was the guy that sent your stuff, he has to be doing something when he is not here
Posted by: confederatefifth at December 05, 2021 01:32 AM (K3ZCc)
You can also wear on the nerves at times.
I will shut my pie hole and go to bed now. Be well all.
Posted by: I
what the fuck are you yammering about
Posted by: confederatefifth at December 05, 2021 01:33 AM (K3ZCc)
Hope you're right. Too many of these assholes never feel the consequences for long. Still can't believe McCabe got his full pension restored and back pay plus attorney fees.
Posted by: Just a side note at December 05, 2021 01:33 AM (iXJM1)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Went with the shipper...and of course it's the weekend.
Posted by: Some Rat at December 05, 2021 01:33 AM (r1z5A)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 05, 2021 01:33 AM (AlkyK)
It should be called the Zoolander burger.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 05, 2021 01:23 AM (1t5dY)
I think it's poutine. There is a place called The Works in Oakville east of Toronto that had a burger like that called the justin. I'm looking at there menu online and they don't carry it anymore. Hmmm..
Posted by: banana Dream at December 05, 2021 01:34 AM (l6b3d)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 05, 2021 01:35 AM (l6b3d)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 05, 2021 01:29 AM (VwHCD)
Yarn boy has a nice target sized hole at the center of his chest which just yells 'Insert Spear Head Here.'
As to those creepy Santas, if I spotted one of them by my mailbox, I'd back up slowly while saying 'nice Santa, that's a good boy' while looking around for a large rock or big stick.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 05, 2021 01:35 AM (F0YaR)
Posted by: confederatefifth at December 05, 2021 01:32 AM (K3ZCc)
Maybe he's doing DoorDash, and drooling on the cargo. "Gee, i wonder if this chicken-fried rat is made from free-range rats?"
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 05, 2021 01:35 AM (P3gRi)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 05, 2021 01:34 AM (l6b3d)
Image search returns poutine in the file name. Lot of posts on pinterest.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 05, 2021 01:36 AM (csEWM)
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I assume that it tastes like postdemocracy.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 05, 2021 01:36 AM (AlkyK)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 05, 2021 01:36 AM (csEWM)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Redchief is heading up this away end of month, hoping for a little meet and greet.
Posted by: Some Rat at December 05, 2021 01:36 AM (r1z5A)
Maybe he's doing DoorDash, and drooling on the cargo. "Gee, i wonder if this chicken-fried rat is made from free-range rats?"
Posted by: Alber
gourmand that he is I think of him adding del taco sauce to everything everybody orders from everywhere
Posted by: confederatefifth at December 05, 2021 01:37 AM (K3ZCc)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 05, 2021 01:37 AM (csEWM)
Posted by: Miklos, with horribly run local Popeye's at December 05, 2021 01:38 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 05, 2021 01:29 AM (VwHCD)
Yarn Boy looks like he is being assimilated by a pot holder.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 05, 2021 01:38 AM (P3gRi)
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 05, 2021 01:35 AM (F0YaR)
Lol, it does actually.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 05, 2021 01:38 AM (VwHCD)
Posted by: SFGoth at December 05, 2021 01:38 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
I would think squirrel, rabbit, rat, would all be similar.
Posted by: Some Rat at December 05, 2021 01:39 AM (r1z5A)
Posted by: Some Rat at December 05, 2021 01:40 AM (r1z5A)
Posted by: confederatefifth at December 05, 2021 01:40 AM (K3ZCc)
Posted by: SFGoth at December 05, 2021 01:40 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 05, 2021 01:41 AM (P3gRi)
1922 Wills Sainte Claire. I like the darker green, but not the lighter shade on the car.
I am always amazed at the number of American car makers there were before the depression. Cord, Auburn and Duesenberg are the ones I think of.
Also makes me think of all the businesses who went out of business due to covid. Man made depression. Fuck us sideways.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 05, 2021 01:41 AM (csEWM)
Posted by: Some Rat at December 05, 2021 01:41 AM (r1z5A)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 05, 2021 01:41 AM (iXJM1)
Thanks -- I've seen that sentiment expressed.
So far, we know this about Moronic. It rips through vaccines like shit through a goose. It appears to cause reinfection even in those with natural immunity.
But so far it appears to be mild. Literally a cold. So far. Vanden Bossche is worried that ADE is possible with it, and what it may mutate into if the public health lunatics keep doing stupid things.
But we can be sure they're gonna keep on doing stupid things.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at December 05, 2021 01:41 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: confederatefifth at December 05, 2021 01:40 AM (K3ZCc)
That's my point.
Except for shit and insects. I'll draw my line there.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 05, 2021 01:42 AM (csEWM)
Auburns were cool looking. Was that the Jessica Rabbit car?
Posted by: Just a side note at December 05, 2021 01:43 AM (iXJM1)
Posted by: Just a side note
Man, trying to pick first out of equals.
Posted by: Some Rat at December 05, 2021 01:43 AM (r1z5A)
Also makes me think of all the businesses who went out of business due to covid. Man made depression. Fuck us sideways.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 05, 2021 01:41 AM (csEWM)
I toured the Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg Museum in Auburn, Indiana. Pretty damned amazing.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 05, 2021 01:44 AM (P3gRi)
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Terminology, please. What means ADE?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 05, 2021 01:44 AM (AlkyK)
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Was "King Rat" made into a movie?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 05, 2021 01:45 AM (AlkyK)
Posted by: Some Rat at December 05, 2021 01:43 AM (r1z5A)
Yeah all good but that's my preference gun to the head.
Posted by: Just a side note at December 05, 2021 01:45 AM (iXJM1)
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Is that disassembled or disemboweled? LOL both would hurt ....
Posted by: Ciampino at December 05, 2021 01:46 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at December 05, 2021 01:41 AM (Mzdiz)
So, at 2am reasoning, I am wondering if this might not be the best thing possible:
-readily transmissible
-the 'vaccines' they have are not vaccines, so the fact that it cuts through them are not surprising.
-it 'might' lend immunity to an actually more deadly covid strain
-It's effects are actually quite mild (like a parallel might be cow pox vs small pox.)
Maybe, this might give natural immunity to enough people that it ends this shit.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 05, 2021 01:46 AM (csEWM)
ADE = Antibody dependent enhancement. It's when antibodies fail to neutralize a pathogen they target, and instead actually enhance the ability of the pathogen to infect.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at December 05, 2021 01:46 AM (Mzdiz)
Doubled up on zinc, vitamin C & D, took an antihistamine -- No symptoms tonight.
Fuckity, I wish I knew about this stuff 29 years ago.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 05, 2021 01:47 AM (F0YaR)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 05, 2021 01:41 AM (P3gRi)
Yup, I have a few. One that I have has a wicked flame along the entire surface of the fingerboard made up of different color pearl inlays. Its cool looking, but I can't play it because I can't figure out where the hell I am on the neck with all the inlays. lol. The funny thing is on a classical guitar there are no dot markers of any kind, and I always seem to know where I am, but on this V all the inlays are dizzying.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 05, 2021 01:47 AM (VwHCD)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 05, 2021 01:44 AM (P3gRi)
My Dad took me there when I was in high school. Ignited my love of classic cars. They are beautiful.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 05, 2021 01:48 AM (csEWM)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 05, 2021 01:46 AM (csEWM)
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AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
They'll never let this shit end.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 05, 2021 01:49 AM (AlkyK)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 05, 2021 01:49 AM (csEWM)
Chicken fried Chicken maybe.
Not sold on the Steak Fried Steak.
Posted by: Crazy Miklos Tzampotli Family Fun Park and self-serve open tequila bar at December 05, 2021 01:49 AM (QzkSJ)
They'll never let this shit end.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 05, 2021 01:49 AM (AlkyK)
Granted- but it might save some old folks lives better than their phoney gene therapy.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 05, 2021 01:50 AM (csEWM)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at December 05, 2021 01:46 AM (Mzdiz)
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Thanks.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 05, 2021 01:50 AM (AlkyK)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
You are more optimistic than I. The bug is the vehicle for control. We will have "variants" forever. All will require more and more loss of freedom.
Posted by: Some Rat at December 05, 2021 01:50 AM (r1z5A)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 05, 2021 01:47 AM (VwHCD)
This one was pretty plain. Mostly an ivory-colored body, pretty much unadorned. Looked like what a Junior Hair Band might start with.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 05, 2021 01:51 AM (P3gRi)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 05, 2021 01:52 AM (csEWM)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 05, 2021 01:52 AM (iXJM1)
If we stopped everything right now, and let Moronic rip through (provided there is no "delayed ADE" -- Vanden Bossche is worried the "mild symptoms" could be an illusion -- only time will tell on that), this thing would end.
Open up, no lockdowns no quarantines, no more vaccination, and let it rip, Moronic could be a "common cold" end state. That is, nature's mutational rolling of the dice and the current selection filters have given us an off-ramp. We should take it.
But they won't.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at December 05, 2021 01:52 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Just a side note
Might need a "NON-GMO HUMAN" t-shirt
Posted by: Miklosian Anti-Marketing SA de CV at December 05, 2021 01:54 AM (QzkSJ)
I think you misspelled "had both legs amputated like his patient that he fucked over."
Just a thought.
Posted by: NC Ref at December 05, 2021 01:54 AM (RAodA)
https://tinyurl.com/2p965j9e I like the redheads.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 05, 2021 01:49 AM (csEWM)
I think that might be a resto-mod, or else a modern reproduction. Wheels look too modern.
Auburns were fast, flashy cars for wealthy young men.
Duesenbergs were big, elegant, and fast cars for old money.
Cords were high tech, front wheel drive, V8 with supercharger, more modern styling.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 05, 2021 01:56 AM (P3gRi)
Just a thought.
Posted by: NC Ref at December 05, 2021 01:54 AM (RAodA)
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kudos, newsletter?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 05, 2021 01:58 AM (AlkyK)
Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 05, 2021 01:58 AM (SaQaK)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 05, 2021 01:56 AM (P3gRi)
I was thinking the same thing after I posted it that the tires looked way too wide. A lot of the pictures have them.
This looks more right:
https://tinyurl.com/ycydmfa4
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 05, 2021 01:59 AM (csEWM)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 05, 2021 01:56 AM (P3gRi)
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The Cord in the original Topper movie was frickin' awesome.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 05, 2021 01:59 AM (AlkyK)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at December 05, 2021 02:00 AM (5G5QC)
Germany has four.
Posted by: Just a side note at December 05, 2021 02:00 AM (iXJM1)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at December 05, 2021 01:52 AM (Mzdiz)
Yup.
Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Meatbag at December 05, 2021 02:01 AM (4I/2K)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 05, 2021 02:02 AM (a4EWo)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
Tips hat at Ms. Schultz.
Posted by: Some Rat at December 05, 2021 02:03 AM (r1z5A)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 05, 2021 02:04 AM (iXJM1)
Posted by: Just a side note
Are you hiring?
Posted by: trans-Gilbert Gottfried at December 05, 2021 02:05 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at December 05, 2021 02:00 AM (5G5QC)
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One of my professors when I was in the CSUN Theater department worked his way thru college by rewiring people's houses. As this was in Chicago, he worked in a lot of places that had damp earth basements. He electrocuted himself so many times, that, by the time I knew him, he had an amazing collection of physical tics. If you didn't know him, it could be hard to look at him. He was known to my friends as "10K Bellman".
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 05, 2021 02:07 AM (AlkyK)
Posted by: Miklos, of the Austro-Hungarian Old School at December 05, 2021 02:07 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 05, 2021 02:07 AM (P3gRi)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 05, 2021 02:04 AM (iXJM1)
Ultimate Fuckstick Stephen Colbert. James Corden. Amy Schumer. Kamala Harris. David Hogg. Greta Thuneberg. Melissa McCarthy. Etc, etc, etc.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 05, 2021 02:08 AM (csEWM)
Posted by: Just a side note
What's in your chamber?
Posted by: A. Baldwin for CapitalOne at December 05, 2021 02:08 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 05, 2021 02:08 AM (csEWM)
Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Meatbag at December 05, 2021 02:09 AM (4I/2K)
Posted by: Miklos, eyelids drooping even more than usual at December 05, 2021 02:09 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: m at December 05, 2021 02:10 AM (6dJKT)
I was referring to her Verizon commercials.
Posted by: Just a side note at December 05, 2021 02:10 AM (iXJM1)
Posted by: NC Ref at December 05, 2021 02:11 AM (RAodA)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 05, 2021 02:11 AM (csEWM)
ONE DOFFS
Posted by: Miklos, of the Austro-Hungarian Old School
Sir, here in AMERICA, we merely tip our hats...No putting on airs here. Nope, by golly.
Posted by: Some Rat at December 05, 2021 02:11 AM (r1z5A)
Posted by: Some Rat
Old ways are best ways
Posted by: Miklos, checking supply of moustache wax at December 05, 2021 02:12 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 05, 2021 02:10 AM (iXJM1)
I know- just could not resist.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 05, 2021 02:14 AM (csEWM)
Posted by: NC Ref at December 05, 2021 02:11 AM (RAodA)
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94th Aero Squadron is a fun restaurant in the San Fernando Valley. Check it out if you're ever there, especially on a Sunday morning when you can sit out by the runway and see the small plane pilots doing touch-and-gos.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 05, 2021 02:15 AM (AlkyK)
Posted by: Captain Obvious
Been to the one in San Diego, good lunch.
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at December 05, 2021 02:18 AM (5G5QC)
Posted by: NC Ref at December 05, 2021 02:21 AM (RAodA)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings
I want to come for Fly Like Vikings Day
Posted by: Miklos adds to list at December 05, 2021 02:21 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: NC Ref
The black leather trenchcoats they wear at The border checkpoints are actually vegan sustainable BetterThanLeather, if that helps.
Posted by: Free Range Miklos at December 05, 2021 02:24 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Free Range Miklos at December 05, 2021 02:24 AM (QzkSJ)
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*gets out thing that looks like torture device but turns out to be hanger for trench coat.*
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 05, 2021 02:25 AM (AlkyK)
What is Number 4? And if the answer is Porsche or Audi nope... Audi and Porsche and VW are 1 company.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 05, 2021 02:29 AM (SaQaK)
Posted by: Miklos
Crash and burn first, then rape and pillage.
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at December 05, 2021 02:29 AM (5G5QC)
Posted by: Miklos, who should probably do his drinking from the safety of the tower at December 05, 2021 02:30 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 05, 2021 02:25 AM (AlkyK)
*golfclap for the reference*
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 05, 2021 02:31 AM (csEWM)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 05, 2021 02:33 AM (AlkyK)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 05, 2021 02:33 AM (AlkyK)
What shall we talk about?*
*night Cap'n.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 05, 2021 02:34 AM (csEWM)
Posted by: Miklos, checking watch at December 05, 2021 02:39 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 05, 2021 02:41 AM (a4EWo)
Same problem with my mother. Bed was too high. We got her one of those adjustable beds (remote control, foot and head lifts). There are no box springs, and the feet are adjustable height. We set it pretty low for her, and it works well for her.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at December 05, 2021 02:47 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: DaveinMA at December 05, 2021 02:51 AM (EXQ3n)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 05, 2021 02:53 AM (csEWM)
Easiest solution is get a plain bedframe, transfer box/mattress stack onto that. Called a "hollywood frame" I believe. Cheap, too. Check thrift stores, they usually have them.
Posted by: JQ at December 05, 2021 03:00 AM (dB4Iz)
Posted by: Fou Troll at December 05, 2021 03:06 AM (HLwmB)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 05, 2021 03:10 AM (a4EWo)
We sleep on the guest bed now, main floor. It's a converted waterbed-- frame rails removed and mattress-only on plywood platform. (There's a row of drawers underneath) Top of mattress is 24 inches from floor.
It's perfect for hubby and quite comfortable, even without boxsprings. Good mattress! Serta, I think.
Posted by: JQ at December 05, 2021 03:15 AM (dB4Iz)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 05, 2021 03:16 AM (a4EWo)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 05, 2021 03:19 AM (a4EWo)
No shin bumping, though I *have* stubbed my toe on the caster before...
Always something gonna get ya, LOL
Posted by: JQ at December 05, 2021 03:22 AM (dB4Iz)
Debby, I want to say the cost was around $1800. There was a sale going on, too. She loves the bed. It's low enough that she can sit on nicely from the floor and get out of it. She has balance problems big time. She had been using a step thing, but she fell one time with that.
The bed has this "zero-g" position that raises the head and a foot to a preset point. She hits that, then adjusts it from there. When she wants to get up, she hits the "return to flat" button, and can easily get out.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at December 05, 2021 03:23 AM (Mzdiz)
Hubby is doing much better than his Dr's expected! He has... who knows? Maybe a year, perhaps even 3, so they say now.
Posted by: JQ at December 05, 2021 03:28 AM (dB4Iz)
Posted by: JQ at December 05, 2021 03:32 AM (dB4Iz)
Posted by: Javems
Send them a Jerry Lewis movie.
Posted by: JT at December 05, 2021 03:41 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 05, 2021 03:42 AM (a4EWo)
Heh, reminds me of one of his (much!) older recordings...
Sunday driving, Sunday driving
Up the steepest hill I'm striving
I'm not quitting
'Til I'm sitting
On the very top...
Posted by: JQ at December 05, 2021 03:45 AM (dB4Iz)
Posted by: JQ at December 05, 2021 03:46 AM (dB4Iz)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 05, 2021 03:51 AM (a4EWo)
If you get that simple frame w/casters, be sure to also get some rubber 'cups' to put under the wheels. Keeps the darned thing from rolling around! Well, unless you *want* to be able to move the bed *very* easily.
Anyway, g'night again.
Posted by: JQ at December 05, 2021 03:59 AM (dB4Iz)
Posted by: tech goon at December 05, 2021 04:55 AM (Bm/pz)
Posted by: tech goon at December 05, 2021 05:00 AM (Bm/pz)
Posted by: tech goon at December 05, 2021 05:01 AM (Bm/pz)
Posted by: Vic at December 05, 2021 05:59 AM (mpXpK)
What I began to notice was that NO ONE was wearing masks except the troopers. Really looked silly.
Yesterday in Atlanta the troopers were finally mask free.
Progress?
Posted by: Just sayin' at December 05, 2021 06:28 AM (jYQlA)
"None", was her quick reply. I smiled that she was so happy. Then she said, "I have never learned how to crochet."
Posted by: EMIL WARREN TURNER at December 05, 2021 08:56 AM (nAWZ8)
Saturday Evening Movie Thread - 12/4/2021 [TheJamesMadison]
Tone Across a Franchise
In my long quest to watch every single surviving John Ford film (there are about 80 of them), I've been taking detours in between just to break up the task. I decided, just because I had the films on my shelves and hadn't reviewed them yet, to give both the Batman films and the Robocop films a go, and I came away with some thoughts.
What we think of the Batman movie franchise really began with 1989's Tim Burton film and ended with Joel Schumacher's Batman & Robin in 1997 before going dormant for a few years to be revived by Christopher Nolan with Batman Begins That eight year period from 89 to 97 saw a massive change in how Warner Brothers wanted to portray the titular character on screen. In a similar vein, the first Robocop film was Paul Verhoeven's movie in 1987, and the series only lasted two more movies with 1993's Robocop 3 before becoming completely defunct to be resuscitated poorly in 2014 as another IP for a studio to try and mine for profit once again in the 2010s.
The same thing happened to both of these franchises: They started out aimed at more mature audiences and went kid friendly. Batman was dark and brooding while Robocop was deeply satirical and violent. How did these end up with the glorified toy commercials that ended the franchises? What happened to the tones of the films that the people loved?
The 80s and Sequels
There are a lot of people my generation who hold up the 80s as the greatest decade in film (my personal opinion puts it on the 50s, but that's another matter). It's full of the kinds of classics that dominated my generation's childhood from adventure films like Back to the Future to action films like Lethal Weapon. However, there was something else going on in Hollywood that was becoming increasingly obvious as the decade went on that Hollywood was in the business of properties, not movies.
Sequels and remakes have been a thing in Hollywood since forever. From The Thin Man movies to the Charlie Chan adventures to the Planet of the Apes movies to the Universal Horror cinematic universe (to adopt a modern phrase), Hollywood has always had an eye for finding a movie with some kind of sequel potential and trying to exploit it. However, it was always the understanding that sequels got smaller and made less money. They were generally sops to a series of fan bases that the studios never took too seriously but knew they could make some bank on. They were more interested in finding whatever would make money next, not just relying on established properties to do everything.
What changed in the 80s was the change in attitude towards the properties at the studios disposal. A change in thinking about how the intellectual property of a recognizable brand was actually a huge asset in terms of selling a new movie brought on by the huge success of the Star Wars sequels. "The dopey little space fantasy from that werido George Lucas made money? And the sequel? And he helped make it happen again with Indiana Jones? We can do that too!"
What followed was the ramping up over the decade of studios trying to create their own franchises, opening doors in movies like First Blood for sequels when the source novels had the main character die. Or taking random scripts and plopping existing heroes into them like what happened with the Die Hard franchise. The money train was rolling, and studios were going to make that cash one way or another.
Children
Something interesting happened as time went on, though.
Some of these movies that were successful enough in theaters to get sequels ended up developing fan bases that were decidedly younger than the original fans were aimed at. Like, ta-da, the Batman and Robocop franchises.
This is most pronounced when talking about Robocop, though. The original film was an original script written by Ed Neumier and directed by Paul Verhoeven, a Dutch filmmaker. It was a gory, bloody film of excess satirizing corporate culture of the 80s while reveling in the aforementioned violence as well as its own share of sex. The second film was...well...it's a mess of studio interference with moments to shine, but it doesn't work. By the time the studio got around to making a third film, though, they looked at their marketing research. It had been more than four years since the first film came out, and the kids loved Robocop. They had made toys, video games, and even a Saturday morning cartoon show that aired in 1988. The fan base was leaning very young, for this franchise that began with scenes like the below:
So what to do? Why, make the third film kid-friendly, of course! It's a great plan! It can't fail!
It failed, by the way. Critically, at least. It made $47 million off of a $22 million budget, which might have been enough for a small profit considering Hollywood accounting, but the critical reaction was awful. There has never been any sort of reappraisal of the movie either because it's simply not worth it. It's a terrible movie that largely misses the appeal of the first film (there's one moment that gets it, but really only one) while watering down the feel of the first film to nothing. What people loved about the first Robocop was, in part, its satirical tone, and by the time Robocop is bonding with a little black girl in the projects of Detroit, it's gone.
The more spectacular example is the Batman movies of the 80s and 90s. Tim Burton began with a combination of film noir and comic book that used exaggerated set design and harsh lighting to create a seedy world in which a man in a rubber suit beat up criminals. With the success of the first film, Warner Brothers gave him complete control for the second, and he ended up creating a dark film about duality set during Christmas where Danny DeVito spits black goo out of his mouth as he dies in his grotesque Penguin makeup.
McDonald's was not pleased.
Why were they not pleased? Because how do you sell toys of the grotesqueries on display to children? Did Warner Brothers not know that Batman was for kids? Sure, the first film may have been dark and scary, but that doesn't matter. Make this behemoth of a franchise more kid-friendly! With Batman Returns making less money than the first one as well, it became an easy decision to simply not invite Tim Burton back for a third film.
They brought on Joel Schumacher, director of The Lost Boys, and when Michael Keaton, star of the first two movies, dropped out as well, replaced by Val Kilmer, Schumacher felt free to break as fully from the Burton films as he could. That wasn't just about changing the visual look of the film (the production design of Gotham City became much more fantastical), it extended to tone as well.< br>
Burton's films, the ones that were so successful that they relaunched the superhero genre completely on their own after the diminishment of the Superman films, were dark and brooding affairs that used heavy shadows visually and tried to take the characters seriously. Schumacher's films did just about none of those things.
What Schumacher ended up doing was making "comic books" as he called them. Not comic book movies, but comic books. He had this idea of garish colors, silly antagonists, and then some level of seriousness around the protagonists that he could never follow through on fully because the movies around them were so inherently silly. There was a massive clash of tone within the films, but they also deviated wildly from the tones of the films that had preceded them. The antagonists were heightened in more comic ways, the visual palate was brighter, and generally the material was simply taken less seriously. Was that why people had started showing up to the theaters in 1989?
No Rules
These sorts of changes can work, of course. The James Bond series has evolved through the years to affect different cultural and cinematic trends, starting with Connery's grounded tales, evolving into Moore's campy displays of gadgets and babes, turning into the grim determination of Dalton that touched on real world stuff ever so slightly, morphing into the more fantastical Brosnan adventures, and finally becoming the interconnected mega-budgets action films of the Craig era. What the Broccoli family has done over the decades with Bond, though, is chasing trends. The Bond movies are not trend setters in the action movie world, they're followers, adapting existing intellectual property to changing mores to try and keep it fresh.
That's not what the producers on the Robocop and Batman films were doing, though. They were devolving a franchise into merchandizing potential over any kind of storytelling. It's less that they were abandoning the things that made the originals appealing (though that's definitely part of it), but that they were sidestepping any kind of storytelling concerns in order to maximize profits in synergistic ways. It's turning a storytelling medium into one part of a product line, robbing the creatives of any way to explore the characters in interesting directions. Could Joel Schumacher have made something good with Batman? Maybe, I'm not his biggest fan, but I don't think it's impossible. Could there have been more great stories to tell about Delta City for Robocop to navigate? Probably.
But other concerns took over.
Movies of Today
Opening in Theaters:
Benedetta
Movies I Saw This Fortnight:
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (Rating 4/4) Full Review "I love this film. It really is one of the best depictions of Batman on screen, and I'm really glad I finally revisited it." [Personal Collection]
The Informer (Rating 4/4) Full Review "The Informer is a brilliant film. A great work from a practiced hand, using an extremely strong script by Dudley Nichols and great performances from everyone involved, John Ford made a small masterpiece." [Library]
Stagecoach (Rating 4/4) Full Review "It's also a bit of a crowd pleaser with high quality action and likeable, not just interesting, characters. There's a reason it helped kick off the Golden Age of the Western in Hollywood." [Personal Collection]
The Plough and the Stars (Rating 3/4) Full Review "Anchored mostly by Stanwyck, this is a good little film that really deserves some reappraisal." [Library]
Wee Willie Winkie (Rating 2.5/4) Full Review "The overtly naive ending as well feels nice in the moment but ultimately feels kind of unrealistic upon reflection, but that's not what Shirley Temple movies were really for. They were for light entertainment starring a precocious and talented child." [Library]
Submarine Patrol (Rating 4/4) Full Review "I absolutely love this movie. It's a bit of a travesty that it seems to have been completely forgotten." [YouTube]
Steamboat Round the Bend (Rating 3/4) Full Review "It really could have used a rewrite in its middle section, a section that dragged the film down a good bit, but that ending is really something else, a madcap race with real stakes and cut quickly for an all around good time. It really won me over by the end." [Library]
Mary of Scotland (Rating 2/4) Full Review "It's handsome and fairly dull. Never digging deeply enough into characters or events to elicit much interest, led by a woman who seems to feel like acting is beneath her. This is far from John Ford's finest work in the 30s, but it's ultimately passable. Barely, though." [YouTube]
Contact
Email any suggestions or questions to thejamesmadison.aos at symbol gmail dot com.
I've also archived all the old posts here, by request. I'll add new posts a week after they originally post at the HQ.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of page)Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at December 04, 2021 07:52 PM (nLrWw)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 07:52 PM (QqY+m)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 04, 2021 07:53 PM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at December 04, 2021 07:53 PM (nLrWw)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 04, 2021 07:55 PM (ufFY8)
Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at December 04, 2021 07:55 PM (nLrWw)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 04, 2021 07:55 PM (ufFY8)
Posted by: artemis at December 04, 2021 07:56 PM (AwPyG)
Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at December 04, 2021 07:56 PM (nLrWw)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 07:57 PM (QqY+m)
Honestly T2 probably found the best way to skate the knife's edge of adult/children.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 04, 2021 07:57 PM (csEWM)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at December 04, 2021 07:57 PM (dKiJG)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 04, 2021 07:58 PM (mD/uy)
Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at December 04, 2021 07:59 PM (DTX3h)
Posted by: Skip at December 04, 2021 07:59 PM (2JoB8)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 04, 2021 07:59 PM (PiwSw)
The first movie was of course awesome. The third was enjoyable. The fourth was a strange combination of a really good movie and a really bad one. And not a well-mixed combination either, it went from good to bad and back several times.
But man, that second was a stinker. Spoiler alert: Jet fuel lying on snow is well below its flash point. Not only would you have a hell of a time lighting it, but it wouldn't burn along the trail at 200+ mph.
And yeah, I know, the first isn't the most plausible movie in the cold light of day, but there were only two real "oh, come on" moments for me. DH2 consisted mostly of them.
Posted by: JPS at December 04, 2021 08:00 PM (D++Xq)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at December 04, 2021 07:57 PM (dKiJG)
I do not think it is just that. We are seeing a confluence of both commie indoctrination and corporate studios wanting to sell toys and seats in theaters. So everything is for kids, which ironically kids do not want to watch.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 04, 2021 08:00 PM (csEWM)
Milady Jo and I have been watching Christmas movies now, mostly. Some movies I think, oh, that's too silly or dumb, and we just watched it last year. Then we watch it again, and I'm glad we did.
Night before last we watched Earnest Saves Christmas, and last night we watched The Santa Clause (Tim Allen). Much could be said about either one, but two things stand out to me.
A) Both movies had great Santa Clauses, right up there with Edmund Gwenn (Miracle on 34th, the real one).
2) Both had Santa as a job passed along over the centuries. Earnest has Santa coming to Florida to recruit his replacement. Santa Clause had Santa slip off a rooftop and die from the fall - which has always been disturbing.
Posted by: mindful webworker - Ho^3 at December 04, 2021 08:00 PM (GxM4+)
Perfect example is the area at Disneyland that is devoted to the awful star wars prequels--you could shoot a cannon off in there.
It very similar to everything else that's happening nowadays--they think they can persuade people that certain politicians or actors are popular, even though they aren't. They think they have the ability to force us to love their "big hits" even though they aren't very good
Posted by: artemis at December 04, 2021 08:00 PM (AwPyG)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at December 04, 2021 08:01 PM (dKiJG)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 04, 2021 08:01 PM (VxC1e)
Posted by: artemis at December 04, 2021 08:01 PM (AwPyG)
Posted by: Skip at December 04, 2021 08:02 PM (2JoB8)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Iron Fist in Velvet Glove in Iron Gauntlet Clutching an Iron Mace at December 04, 2021 08:02 PM (Dc2NZ)
Maybe Santa moonlights as Dread Pirate Roberts
Posted by: artemis at December 04, 2021 08:01 PM (AwPyG)
Inconceivable!
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 04, 2021 08:02 PM (PiwSw)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 08:02 PM (QqY+m)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 04, 2021 08:03 PM (VxC1e)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 04, 2021 08:03 PM (ufFY8)
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Did you just say synergistic? Go sit in the corner.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 04, 2021 08:04 PM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: Reno Williams at December 04, 2021 08:04 PM (kOpft)
My two biggest sequel disappointments.
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 08:02 PM (QqY+m)
Matrix 2. *mic drop*
Actually, Die Hard fought back against the tide with 3. And compared to the rest of the field DH2 is not THAT bad.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 04, 2021 08:04 PM (csEWM)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 04, 2021 08:04 PM (hVqGz)
Knox, of course, was a dick.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Iron Fist in Velvet Glove in Iron Gauntlet Clutching an Iron Mace at December 04, 2021 08:05 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 04, 2021 08:05 PM (FVME7)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 04, 2021 08:05 PM (ufFY8)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 04, 2021 08:05 PM (rz+/y)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 08:06 PM (QqY+m)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 04, 2021 08:06 PM (VxC1e)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt
As good as that may be, once MST3K has roasted it I just can't watch them.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 04, 2021 08:07 PM (rz+/y)
You are correct. Add in Matrix 2 to my list.
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 08:07 PM (QqY+m)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 04, 2021 08:07 PM (ufFY8)
Posted by: Creek at December 04, 2021 08:08 PM (29OXW)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 04, 2021 08:04 PM (hVqGz)
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Eek. I forget to update the IMDb links. My bad. Can't really fix em now.
Sorry.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone, read some movie thoughts at December 04, 2021 08:09 PM (o7bkq)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 04, 2021 08:09 PM (rz+/y)
Posted by: WiNO at December 04, 2021 08:09 PM (EpDzw)
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They were Shakespearean. Sound and fury signifying nothing.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 04, 2021 08:09 PM (FVME7)
So unlike the John Wick films it can only go up.
And the late 80s early 90s were weird. Rambo had a cartoon and there were toys aimed at kids for Aliens and Predator in toy isles, right next to GI Joe which was doing its own weird psudo WWII spinoff thing.
Posted by: Bete at December 04, 2021 08:09 PM (Ojki1)
Posted by: Some Rat at December 04, 2021 08:11 PM (r1z5A)
Posted by: Infidel at December 04, 2021 08:11 PM (qpolg)
45 Clarence Bodikker is one of the most memorable villains in all of cinema for me. I really hated that guy.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 04, 2021 08:09 PM (rz+/y)
Reminds me of Red on Thats 70's Show.
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 08:11 PM (QqY+m)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 04, 2021 08:11 PM (rz+/y)
Now the list includes representation, inoffensiveness, pandering to the international market, etc.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Iron Fist in Velvet Glove in Iron Gauntlet Clutching an Iron Mace at December 04, 2021 08:11 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: Puddleglum at December 04, 2021 08:11 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 04, 2021 08:11 PM (PiwSw)
She made sure that her Star Wars movies would move absolutely no merchandise whatsoever. None.
Rose Tico collectibles anyone? *snort*
Such integrity you rarely see in Hollywood anymore.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 04, 2021 08:12 PM (VxC1e)
Posted by: Infidel at December 04, 2021 08:11 PM (qpolg)
I though Nitro Glycerin was the most dangerous thing in the world as a kid thanks to War Wagon.
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 08:13 PM (QqY+m)
Also, more recently, Dread with Urban.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 04, 2021 08:11 PM (rz+/y)
*lays collateral on the table*
Dread was a far better movie than Buckaroo Banzai.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 04, 2021 08:13 PM (csEWM)
And yes, BM:TAS was totally responsible for the "Batman doesn't use guns and doesn't kill people" thing that became canon for the character, to the point where it's a plot point in Christopher Nolan's films. (Burton's Batman killed a LOT of people.)
As far as I'm concerned, Kevin Conroy IS Batman. Mark Hamill IS the Joker. Michael Ansara IS Mr. Freeze. Etc etc etc.
If you say, "But, but, but, Jared Leto" please stop talking.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 04, 2021 08:13 PM (OU+8W)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Iron Fist in Velvet Glove in Iron Gauntlet Clutching an Iron Mace at December 04, 2021 08:13 PM (Dc2NZ)
Such integrity you rarely see in Hollywood anymore.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
Yet I guarantee a Rose Tico action figure will command big bucks in 20 yrs!
Posted by: Some Rat at December 04, 2021 08:13 PM (r1z5A)
I'll have to see it again to be sure, but if you've got The Criterion Channel, then turn it on to see:
"Throw Down" a film by Johnnie To.
This is a wonderful, heartfelt, entertaining film about 3 people who's lives collide together in Hong Kong. A judo champion turned barely functioning alcoholic, who runs a night club for a gangster but is stealing from him. A young judo fighter, who challenges everyone he can. Though he especially wants to challenge the ex-champ. And a young woman singer, who's trying to break into show biz any way she can.
They meet. collide, and bond together in unexpected ways. The ending is perfect and your liable to be smiling all the way through.
To is a Chinese director who is a huge fan of Kurosawa and this is his tribute to the Japanese master. It's also a great judo movie(!). The fights are thrilling, exciting, surprising and some times humorous in their go for the throat but respectful intensity.
Though a Chinese movie with subtitles, you will be surprised how much "Throw Down" resembles the best buddy pictures that once came out of old Hollywood.
Posted by: naturalfake at December 04, 2021 08:14 PM (5NkmN)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
Yes. Yes, it was. I'd love to see it but I think it did poorly in its original release.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 04, 2021 08:14 PM (rz+/y)
Posted by: Catherine--who generally doesn't curse. at December 04, 2021 08:14 PM (xQ19v)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Iron Fist in Velvet Glove in Iron Gauntlet Clutching an Iron Mace at December 04, 2021 08:13 PM (Dc2NZ)
Who died better Jeff or Dustin?
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 04, 2021 08:14 PM (yrol0)
bezos had original Die Hard on dvd for 3 bucks ... so we will watch it on Christmas eve ...
& I'll buy that for a dollar !
g'night everyone !
see ya on tha Pixy thread maybe ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez (03BbD) at December 04, 2021 08:14 PM (03BbD)
Posted by: Mark1971 at December 04, 2021 08:15 PM (xPl2J)
Posted by: Hasbro accountant in charge of write-offs at December 04, 2021 08:15 PM (Ojki1)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 04, 2021 07:59 PM (PiwSw)
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He does! Because he's intelligent and evil as a bad guy.
George Kennedy was like a big angry ball of pissedoffedness as the bad guy in T&L.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Iron Fist in Velvet Glove in Iron Gauntlet Clutching an Iron Mace at December 04, 2021 08:15 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 04, 2021 08:16 PM (yrol0)
Posted by: Lrrr at December 04, 2021 08:16 PM (jIL4c)
From what I've read, "Big Trouble in Little China" was that sequel.
Obviously mutated through the Hollywood process.
Posted by: naturalfake at December 04, 2021 08:16 PM (5NkmN)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 04, 2021 08:14 PM (rz+/y)
It was great (plus, Anderson was a hottie.) I cannot imagine it cost that much money to make.
Cult favorite.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 04, 2021 08:16 PM (csEWM)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 04, 2021 08:11 PM (rz+/y)
That movie I heard is even better in 3D, it wasn't marketed very well either
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at December 04, 2021 08:17 PM (dKiJG)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 04, 2021 08:17 PM (rz+/y)
Posted by: Infidel at December 04, 2021 08:17 PM (qpolg)
the original source material, for diehard was that gruber was an actual terrorist, and the office tower in question was a facilitator of arms to chile, which was supposed to be a bad thing,
Posted by: no 6 at December 04, 2021 08:17 PM (hMlTh)
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 04, 2021 08:18 PM (yrol0)
Posted by: Bete at December 04, 2021 08:09 PM (Ojki1)
I think part of it was you still had TV watching as a family. So, junior got to see those movies. Also, violence was never quite looked down on as much as on screen sex. Graphic violence was. But, some squibs and killings, not much of a problem.
Speaking from experience, my Dad took me to a late night screening of Jaws. I was eight.
Posted by: WiNO at December 04, 2021 08:18 PM (EpDzw)
I'm not exactly thrilled I remember that, yet forget my debit card pin half the time.
Posted by: Bete at December 04, 2021 08:18 PM (Ojki1)
Posted by: Some Rat at December 04, 2021 08:18 PM (r1z5A)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone, read some movie thoughts at December 04, 2021 08:18 PM (o7bkq)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 08:13 PM (QqY+m)
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If it wasn't nitroglycerine, it was quick sand and/or blasting caps. That's how young Eris thought she'd depart this world.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Iron Fist in Velvet Glove in Iron Gauntlet Clutching an Iron Mace at December 04, 2021 08:19 PM (Dc2NZ)
& now, really g'night ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez (03BbD) at December 04, 2021 08:19 PM (03BbD)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 08:20 PM (iXJM1)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at December 04, 2021 08:21 PM (vuisn)
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at December 04, 2021 08:21 PM (UHVv4)
Posted by: Skip at December 04, 2021 08:22 PM (2JoB8)
Posted by: no 6 at December 04, 2021 08:22 PM (hMlTh)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at December 04, 2021 08:22 PM (+WWsf)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 04, 2021 08:22 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at December 04, 2021 08:21 PM (vuisn)
ha
I brought home VCR
Hooked to TV
Showed to Fam!
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 04, 2021 08:22 PM (yrol0)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 08:23 PM (iXJM1)
And actually, I don't feel all that guilty about that...
Posted by: Just Some Guy at December 04, 2021 08:23 PM (JzDjf)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 04, 2021 08:24 PM (FVME7)
I brought home VCR
Hooked to TV
Showed to Fam!
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 04, 2021 08:22 PM (yrol0)
I gained much cred with friends when Dad stopped the VCR to point out the alien taking out a chunk of Yaphet's skull.
Posted by: WiNO at December 04, 2021 08:24 PM (EpDzw)
Posted by: NaughtyPine at December 04, 2021 08:24 PM (/+bwe)
Posted by: Skip at December 04, 2021 08:22 PM (2
Sound track was great.
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 08:25 PM (iXJM1)
And actually, I don't feel all that guilty about that...
Posted by: Just Some Guy
About any 50's sci-fi for me!
Posted by: Some Rat at December 04, 2021 08:25 PM (r1z5A)
Posted by: Mark1971 at December 04, 2021 08:26 PM (xPl2J)
Posted by: pep at December 04, 2021 08:26 PM (ZsR3z)
Posted by: Splunge at December 04, 2021 08:26 PM (PQ4Fz)
& now, really g'night ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez (03BbD) at December 04, 2021 08:19 PM (03BbD)
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Considering what Amazon has already done to established IP (Wheel of Time) and will certainly do to other IP (Lord of the Rings), I have zero confidence they could do a proper Buckaroo Banzai adaptation. The first was just fine as it was. No need to try and improve the lore...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 04, 2021 08:27 PM (NQjQK)
Posted by: Lrrr at December 04, 2021 08:27 PM (jIL4c)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 08:23 PM (iXJM1)
Crichton had already has several successful movies made from his books. I figure it was more, "We have the technology to make this movie." Plus, sci-fi was still big.
Posted by: WiNO at December 04, 2021 08:27 PM (EpDzw)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 04, 2021 08:24 PM (FVME7)
John Wick's latest dog is sleeping on the fire grate. Santa comes down the chimney and BAM!
Posted by: Splunge at December 04, 2021 08:28 PM (PQ4Fz)
For the second trilogy Lucas aimed for seven-year olds. And sold a billion in merchandise.
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 04, 2021 08:28 PM (ZHVt1)
Posted by: pep
You'd love her in Slapshot.
I bought a Cameo for one of the kids last year from Zack Ward who played Scut Farkis. In the Cameo he wore a coonskin cap. Funny.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 04, 2021 08:28 PM (rz+/y)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 08:28 PM (iXJM1)
Posted by: pep at December 04, 2021 08:28 PM (ZsR3z)
Posted by: Infidel at December 04, 2021 08:29 PM (qpolg)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 04, 2021 08:22 PM (63Dwl)
Here is a Y-Tube Channel that has it, and many more 30s - 60s movies, of all genres.
https://tinyurl.com/yckjmtxu
Posted by: Gref at December 04, 2021 08:29 PM (AMIL/)
Posted by: Mark1971 at December 04, 2021 08:29 PM (xPl2J)
Posted by: no 6 at December 04, 2021 08:29 PM (hMlTh)
Sue Grafton, Robert Crais, and Matt Goldman
So; they don't like what they've seen
Posted by: artemis at December 04, 2021 08:29 PM (AwPyG)
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 04, 2021 08:16 PM (yrol0)
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Don't hear a word they're saying.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 04, 2021 08:30 PM (kTF2Z)
Forbidden Planet and War of the Worlds are great films.
Posted by: WiNO at December 04, 2021 08:30 PM (EpDzw)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 04, 2021 08:06 PM (VxC1e)
Like they say, you know Hollywood is ghey when Batman and Robin have nipples but Batgirl and Wonder Woman don't.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at December 04, 2021 08:30 PM (vuisn)
The Crawling Eye is one of my favorite guilty pleasure movies.
It was the first Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode on the Comedy Channel.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 04, 2021 08:31 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 04, 2021 08:31 PM (ZHVt1)
Sue Grafton, Robert Crais, and Matt Goldman
So; they don't like what they've seen
Posted by: artemis at December 04, 2021 08:29 PM (AwPyG)
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Frank Miller, who cowrote Robocop 2 and 3, said that the screenwriter is the fire hydrant that a dozen dogs are just waiting to piss on after his time with the franchise.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone, read some movie thoughts at December 04, 2021 08:31 PM (o7bkq)
Posted by: Catherine--who generally doesn't curse. at December 04, 2021 08:14 PM (xQ19v)
I just re-watched LA Confidential the other night.
Kim B was deeeeelicious...
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at December 04, 2021 08:32 PM (BgMrQ)
It lives at the corner of Early Tarantino Ave. and Coen Bros Dr. edging into a psychotic episode of Looney Toons by the end.
Basically, a Swedish married couple hate each other and both have plans to murder the other on their "getaway" weekend. And then unexpectedly, things get worse...much worse and they have to cooperate...or do they?
Insanely violent dark comedy with a happy ending.
You'll either love it or hate it. I loved it.
Check it out.
Posted by: naturalfake at December 04, 2021 08:32 PM (5NkmN)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at December 04, 2021 08:30 PM (vuisn)
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It's Hollywood, man. Everyone's a little ghey, don't ya know?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 04, 2021 08:33 PM (NQjQK)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone, read some movie thoughts at December 04, 2021 08:31 PM (o7bkq)
Wait, Frank Miller? Like, the Frank Miller?
Posted by: Splunge at December 04, 2021 08:33 PM (PQ4Fz)
The Outlaw Josey Wales probably by default. Anyone else notice that the kid in TOJW looks just like the kid in Unforgiven?
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 08:34 PM (iXJM1)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone, read some movie thoughts at December 04, 2021 08:31 PM (o7bkq)
Wait, Frank Miller? Like, the Frank Miller?
Posted by: Splunge at December 04, 2021 08:33 PM (PQ4Fz)
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Yes, that Frank Miller, who wrote 300 and The Dark Knight Returns.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone, read some movie thoughts at December 04, 2021 08:34 PM (o7bkq)
Posted by: Mark1971 at December 04, 2021 08:29 PM (xPl2J)
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That's my president!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Iron Fist in Velvet Glove in Iron Gauntlet Clutching an Iron Mace at December 04, 2021 08:34 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone, read some movie thoughts at December 04, 2021 08:31 PM (o7bkq)
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I don't think he's wrong about that. They also have to incorporate all of the Executive Meddling because the shows producers think they know better how to tell a story than someone who writes stories for their livelihood.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 04, 2021 08:34 PM (NQjQK)
Paul Verhoeven had a ten year stretch from the late '80s to late '90s where he directed: RoboCop, Total Recall, Basic Instinct, Showgirls, and Starship Troopers. Kinda noteworthy that he came back around to do gratuitous Nickelodeon slime style violence satire with Starship Troopers. Very strange dude.
Posted by: Walter Freeman at December 04, 2021 08:35 PM (+WWsf)
Not the easiest thing, but I blame doof.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone, read some movie thoughts at December 04, 2021 08:18 PM (o7bkq)
...phew, I'm off the hook for now.
Posted by: Just Todd... at December 04, 2021 08:35 PM (BgMrQ)
Posted by: pep at December 04, 2021 08:28 PM (ZsR3z)
Verhoeven's I'm against violence but will revel in said violence is lame at best. He's nihilistic and have never seen his appeal.
Posted by: WiNO at December 04, 2021 08:35 PM (EpDzw)
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 04, 2021 08:35 PM (ZHVt1)
Posted by: Ignoramus
Shakespeare in Love>>>Saving Private Ryan...NO
The Academy are idiots.
Posted by: Some Rat at December 04, 2021 08:35 PM (r1z5A)
The movie's hints didn't really work, without that.
Posted by: Splunge at December 04, 2021 08:36 PM (PQ4Fz)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at December 04, 2021 08:35 PM (+WWsf)
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And his newest movie, Benedetta, is in limited release this week.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone, read some movie thoughts at December 04, 2021 08:36 PM (o7bkq)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 04, 2021 08:36 PM (rz+/y)
Forbidden Planet and War of the Worlds are great films.
Posted by: WiNO at December 04, 2021 08:30 PM (EpDzw)
"It! The Terror From Beyond Space," 1950-something, may have been an inspiration for "Alien."
Marshall Thompson and Dabbs Greer as astronauts on Mars missions! Female astronauts cooking and serving food to the men! A typical 50's sci-fi/horror flick.
Posted by: Gref at December 04, 2021 08:37 PM (AMIL/)
The Academy are idiots.
Posted by: Some Rat at December 04, 2021 08:35 PM (r1z5A)
It's a mystery.
Posted by: Philip Henslowe at December 04, 2021 08:37 PM (BgMrQ)
The movie's hints didn't really work, without that.
Posted by: Splunge at December 04, 2021 08:36 PM (PQ4Fz)
I hated everything about that movie. Love the first two even though they were different.
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 08:37 PM (iXJM1)
Posted by: Mark1971
lol. I watched the interview with Levin from last weekend today. He doesn't not like Milley. I guess the last hour is tomorrow.
Posted by: Infidel at December 04, 2021 08:39 PM (qpolg)
Posted by: Mark1971
It's not that BREAKING. General Milley is a fucking idiot. It's a known known.
Posted by: Puddleglum at December 04, 2021 08:39 PM (sAmhv)
R. Cop
Posted by: Eromero at December 04, 2021 08:40 PM (0OP+5)
Posted by: Mark1971
Milley must have said something. Trump can't or won't let any comment go unanswered.
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 08:41 PM (iXJM1)
Posted by: Gref at December 04, 2021 08:37 PM (AMIL/)
Let's face it, men will only go to space permanently when women are making the sandwiches.
Posted by: WiNO at December 04, 2021 08:41 PM (EpDzw)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 04, 2021 08:41 PM (rz+/y)
https://tinyurl.com/55d7rtjz
"An American tanker is sunk by a German U-boat, and the survivors spend 11 days at sea on a raft. Their next assignment - bound for Murmansk through the sub-stalked N. Atlantic."
It's a wartime flick so it's very God Bless FDR and our Russian allies!!!, but still good. Bogey and Massey.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Iron Fist in Velvet Glove in Iron Gauntlet Clutching an Iron Mace at December 04, 2021 08:42 PM (Dc2NZ)
Interestingly enough, 1999 was Harvey Weinstein's peak, both in terms of Oscar wins and sexual assault complaints.
Posted by: Walter Freeman at December 04, 2021 08:42 PM (+WWsf)
Let's face it, men will only go to space permanently when women are making the sandwiches.
Posted by: WiNO at December 04, 2021 08:41 PM (EpDzw)
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Yeah, like busty and zero gravity will not be a deciding factor.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at December 04, 2021 08:43 PM (2SdPm)
The gossip sites are openly admitting that Weinstein would decide who got the oscars, and that year Gwynnie was his little pet.
Posted by: artemis at December 04, 2021 08:43 PM (AwPyG)
https://tinyurl.com/55d7rtjz
"An American tanker is sunk by a German U-boat, and the survivors spend 11 days at sea on a raft. Their next assignment - bound for Murmansk through the sub-stalked N. Atlantic."
It's a wartime flick so it's very God Bless FDR and our Russian allies!!!, but still good. Bogey and Massey.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Iron Fist in Velvet Glove in Iron Gauntlet Clutching an Iron Mace at December 04, 2021 08:42 PM (Dc2NZ)
+1
Posted by: Gref at December 04, 2021 08:43 PM (AMIL/)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 04, 2021 08:45 PM (FVME7)
Posted by: JT at December 04, 2021 08:45 PM (arJlL)
The Crawling Eye is one of my favorite guilty pleasure movies.
It was the first Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode on the Comedy Channel.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 04, 2021 08:31 PM (63Dwl)
First one, eh? Never seen their take on it -- the MST3K/Rifftrax thing just never appealed.
I saw The Crawling Eye for the first time when I was 12 or 13 -- the Chicago NBC local used to run a double feature of monster flicks on Saturday night at 10:30 and The Crawling Eye was a regular offering. That's sixty years ago now, and damned if I still don't enjoy watching that sucker from time to time.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at December 04, 2021 08:45 PM (JzDjf)
Posted by: Walter Freeman
Often wonder why he didn't (or his victims) throw most of Hollywood under the bus.
Posted by: Some Rat at December 04, 2021 08:46 PM (r1z5A)
"If thine eye offend thee..."
Posted by: Splunge at December 04, 2021 08:47 PM (PQ4Fz)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 08:47 PM (iXJM1)
Posted by: artemis at December 04, 2021 08:47 PM (AwPyG)
Posted by: Infidel at December 04, 2021 08:48 PM (qpolg)
CNN's Brian Stelter On Cuomo Firing: He Caused 'So Many Headaches' For CNN, Staffers 'Very Unhappy'
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Well, we can't all be paragons of virtue like you, Spud.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 04, 2021 08:48 PM (FVME7)
I managed to chat with the owner, briefly, and asked him if the 240Z was all original.
He said, "No, it has a small block Chev 350 under the hood.
So, now the real explanation for what appeared to be a rough idle.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at December 04, 2021 08:48 PM (2SdPm)
https://tinyurl.com/55d7rtjz
"An American tanker is sunk by a German U-boat, and the survivors spend 11 days at sea on a raft. Their next assignment - bound for Murmansk through the sub-stalked N. Atlantic."
It's a wartime flick so it's very God Bless FDR and our Russian allies!!!, but still good. Bogey and Massey.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Iron Fist in Velvet Glove in Iron Gauntlet Clutching an Iron Mace at December 04, 2021 08:42 PM (Dc2NZ)
Another terrific Battle of the Atlantic movie is a Brit movie, "The Cruel Sea." Based on the book by a Royal Navy escort ship officer. Very realistic. However, it is a very, very sad tale overall, which is why the Sea is labeled Cruel.
Posted by: Gref at December 04, 2021 08:48 PM (AMIL/)
You can't throw the entire town under the bus 'cause there'd be no one left to run them over. Everyone's either directly implicated by behavior or indirectly by ignoring too many rumors for too long without saying anything. I'm convinced that's the only reason why Kathleen Kennedy still has a job.
Posted by: Walter Freeman at December 04, 2021 08:49 PM (+WWsf)
https://tinyurl.com/5e4m8eda
Thanks if you watch!
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 04, 2021 08:49 PM (OU+8W)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 08:23 PM (iXJM1)
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I loved dinosaurs as a child. But for some reason, in the 80s, everything was branded with these stupid, smiling dinosaurs. So I never had dinosaur bedsheets, lunch boxes, or anything like that, because I hated smiling dinosaurs.
Jurassic Park was a godsend. I still have a Jurassic Park comforter that I got when the movie came out.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 04, 2021 08:50 PM (CAJOC)
Yeah, the stuff that's hinted at is pretty horrifying. soho house, the standard hotel.
Bad, bad people
Posted by: artemis at December 04, 2021 08:50 PM (AwPyG)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 04, 2021 08:51 PM (FVME7)
"It's an eye! Seriously!"
Posted by: artemis
"The Emoji Movie". Don't care about the meeting, want the drugs involved.
Posted by: Some Rat at December 04, 2021 08:51 PM (r1z5A)
It has led me to revelations, confirmed by watching Tater videos: he knows he's being humiliated almost every time he goes up against other human beings. He knows that that humiliation, and its entertainment value, is his ticket to the only kind of success he can have, and he enjoys it.
Posted by: Splunge at December 04, 2021 08:51 PM (PQ4Fz)
Posted by: Gref at December 04, 2021 08:48 PM (AMIL/)
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That book is on my To Be Read pile (which is teetering precariously).
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Iron Fist in Velvet Glove in Iron Gauntlet Clutching an Iron Mace at December 04, 2021 08:51 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 08:23 PM (iXJM1)
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I loved dinosaurs as a child. But for some reason, in the 80s, everything was branded with these stupid, smiling dinosaurs. So I never had dinosaur bedsheets, lunch boxes, or anything like that, because I hated smiling dinosaurs.
Jurassic Park was a godsend. I still have a Jurassic Park comforter that I got when the movie came out.
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You mean Jurassic Park was not an homage to Barney?
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at December 04, 2021 08:51 PM (2SdPm)
Damn. Chicago native here. We may have been watching those movies at the same time. My grandmother always let us watch the scary movies on Sat. night whenever we'd stay with her.
Posted by: Tuna at December 04, 2021 08:52 PM (gLRfa)
Things I've watched!
Get Back (Part 1) - Wow, so...boring. Two hours of a whole lotta Jack shit. Paul McCartney talks down to George Harrison briefly. Lots of noodling on instruments. Harrison quits and takes an extra day off. Okay, it's a technical achievement because of how the recovered so much dialogue but it's a snooze fest.
Ralph Breaks The Internet - Yeah, stupid. Looked great, could have been good save for the girl power nonsense shoehorned in at every moment. It could have been a wonderfully bittersweet film about a friendship ending but...no, can't let story telling get in the way of Feminism.
Ghostbusters: Afterlife - First movie I've seen in a theater in 22 months. Strong cast, stupid script. The lead is a 12 year old girl who is cute as a button and a total Mary Sue. It's a kid's movie, but for the dumb kids. Film starts off well, shit happens because they're needed to happen and then the last act is just recreating shots from the last act of the original. I recommend watching Red Letter Media's review because they hit the nail on the head. I would only add I liked it more than they did, but it's not really a good movie.
Posted by: Robert at December 04, 2021 08:53 PM (2J9rC)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 08:54 PM (iXJM1)
What's interesting about Get Back is that's when they were not getting along at all--I mean, not speaking. At all. Barely able to be in the same room together, and they say that Billy Preston constantly had to coax them into the studio.
So how strange that someone has decided to create a cheery-fellows narrative when it wasn't at all true
Posted by: artemis at December 04, 2021 08:55 PM (AwPyG)
Posted by: Gref
Daughter got Apple TV free for a bit. It had a recent Tom Hanks movie called Greyhound based on The Good Shepherd about convoys in North Atlantic. I thought it was one of the best war movies I've ever seen and one of the best movies of any genre I've seen in the last ten years. And barely a drop of blood.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 04, 2021 08:55 PM (rz+/y)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at December 04, 2021 08:51 PM (2SdPm)
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You wanna get added to the list? 'Cause that's how you get added to the list.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 04, 2021 08:55 PM (CAJOC)
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Historian James Holland looks at war movies including The Cruel Sea. 13 minutes.
https://bit.ly/3lAshha
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 04, 2021 08:55 PM (FVME7)
Posted by: JT at December 04, 2021 08:56 PM (arJlL)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at December 04, 2021 08:56 PM (dKiJG)
Could well be. I was in Chicago Lawn and between '61 and '66 devoured not only every monster movie I could find on the tube (NBC on late Saturday, ABC at 3:30 almost every weekday afternoon, etc...), but also lived midway between the Colony and the Marquette Theaters. The Corman Poe pics with Vincent Price, the above-mentioned X-the Man with X-Ray Eyes and anything else that was even remotely sf/horror. One of my earliest memories is seeing Sid Melton get nailed by the triceratops at the end of Lost Continent. They don't make 'em like that any more.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at December 04, 2021 08:57 PM (JzDjf)
Pluck it out!
Posted by: Dr. Varno at December 04, 2021 08:57 PM (vuisn)
"Muh bitches"
"You saying you can't control yo bitches?"
This is not a very professional movie. The lighting looked way off, like someone just learning the trade. The budget must have been rock-bottom. It was almost silly at times. And yet, it made me want to keep watching. It told a story that made made me want to see what happened next. I think the lead, the pimp who went on to be the voice of Grover on Sesame Street, made the movie. It's a shame that he did not make more movies, as far as I know.
Posted by: Splunge at December 04, 2021 08:57 PM (PQ4Fz)
Posted by: Lewis at December 04, 2021 08:58 PM (2LOOk)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at December 04, 2021 08:56 PM (dKiJG)
Ya know? somehow missed that Red Button that blows up your torpedoes before they hit a target...
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 04, 2021 08:58 PM (oHd/0)
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I'll just be over here, staying off your lawn.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 04, 2021 08:58 PM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: Gref
Among the pearls of wisdom my Dad laid on me before I struck out into the wilderness of learning to be an adult was - "You'd better respect Mother Nature 'cause she doesn't give a shit about you."
Posted by: Tonypete at December 04, 2021 08:59 PM (mD/uy)
And Milland figures it's great advice?
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at December 04, 2021 08:59 PM (2SdPm)
Posted by: Infidel at December 04, 2021 08:59 PM (qpolg)
Has anyone else seen War Hunt with Robert Redford ? I saw it once as a young teen and it was at the time the war movie that relayed to me the possible scared feeling one would have in war. I haven't seen it since but wondered what others thought.
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 08:59 PM (iXJM1)
And you know I'm here when I start ripping on Sean Connery's laughable attempt at playing a Lithuanian sub captain.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at December 04, 2021 09:00 PM (vuisn)
Posted by: Skip at December 04, 2021 09:00 PM (2JoB8)
Posted by: Gref
Daughter got Apple TV free for a bit. It had a recent Tom Hanks movie called Greyhound based on The Good Shepherd about convoys in North Atlantic. I thought it was one of the best war movies I've ever seen and one of the best movies of any genre I've seen in the last ten years. And barely a drop of blood.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 04, 2021 08:55 PM (rz+/y)
That is not saying much, The way the Germans just Surfaced for some reason to shoot at the the Convoy was soo dumb especially during Daylight
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at December 04, 2021 09:00 PM (dKiJG)
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Me too. Sunoco gas station had a cigarette machine and one of those injection molding machines that made dinosaurs for a quarter. Could never talk the old man into buying me one.
Posted by: dartist at December 04, 2021 09:01 PM (+ya+t)
Posted by: Gref at December 04, 2021 08:48 PM (AMIL/)
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That book is on my To Be Read pile (which is teetering precariously).
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Iron Fist in Velvet Glove in Iron Gauntlet Clutching an Iron Mace at December 04, 2021 08:51 PM (Dc2NZ)
Read the book before watching the movie. The movie is a very good adaptation, but the book has tons of Royal Navy corvette and North Atlantic convoy warfare details, along with more character development, that made the movie better, IMHO.
Posted by: Gref at December 04, 2021 09:01 PM (AMIL/)
So how strange that someone has decided to create a cheery-fellows narrative when it wasn't at all true
Posted by: artemis at December 04, 2021 08:55 PM (AwPyG)
I just assume they were being typical passive-aggressive English. Paul was clearly in charge but resented. John was...fuck, man, he seemed like the kind of dude you'd have a beer with which is totally contrary to his Christ-like image that's been built since his murder. Ringo was ugly as fuck and kept in his lane and George I guess was avoiding conflict but getting pissed.
I'll probably watch part 2 when I get back home but something better happen. Like explosions. Or titties. Or exploding titties.
Posted by: Robert at December 04, 2021 09:01 PM (2J9rC)
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There was kind of a wink and nod regarding unattended minors in 'R'-rated films during that time. Kids weren't supposed to see them without parents. But there seems to have been a lot of looking the other way. But around that time a push started to start enforcing the age restriction, and all of a sudden the kids had to have an adult present before they could go watch the latest R-rated extravaganza.
I suspect that the creation of the PG-13 rating had a lot to do with that. It meant that you could make a film that was racy or had violence, so the teenagers would be attracted. But it also meant that if you had an actual R-rating, your film crossed certain lines.
Posted by: junior at December 04, 2021 09:01 PM (PTw5h)
Duke, don't sweat the lawn. I'm not too fussy about it. I'd like to pave it and paint it green, but the Actual Management of the house just doesn't like the idea...
Posted by: Just Some Guy at December 04, 2021 09:01 PM (JzDjf)
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Me too. Sunoco gas station had a cigarette machine and one of those injection molding machines that made dinosaurs for a quarter. Could never talk the old man into buying me one.
Posted by: dartist at December 04, 2021 09:01 PM (+ya+t)
Did he buy you a packs of smokes instead?
Posted by: I Am Omni Chron at December 04, 2021 09:02 PM (F6Xpw)
And Milland figures it's great advice?
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at December 04, 2021 08:59 PM (2SdPm)
There's some cinematic lore that there was unused footage of Milland with eyes ripped out saying, "I can still see!"
Posted by: Dr. Varno at December 04, 2021 09:03 PM (vuisn)
Posted by: Skip at December 04, 2021 09:03 PM (2JoB8)
Turned out the movie was called something like "Auntie Mame," and starred Lucille Ball. I didn't know it at the time, but now I realize that that teacher was seriously gay.
Posted by: Splunge at December 04, 2021 09:04 PM (PQ4Fz)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 04, 2021 09:04 PM (VxC1e)
Posted by: Skip at December 04, 2021 09:03 PM (2Jo
The ending gets me every time. Pure American. Or at least how it used to be.
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 09:04 PM (iXJM1)
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I don't remember every bit of the movie. But every time the subs surfaced in the movie made sense to me. And none of it was for casual pot-shots at the merchant ships. Subs had their own set of rules that they had to follow in regards to operations - things such as how long they could stay underwater before they had to surface, etc... When the subs in Greyhound come up to the surface, it's because they don't have a choice in the matter.
Posted by: junior at December 04, 2021 09:05 PM (PTw5h)
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Rented it from Amazon last night, or this morning. Up until 4:30am again. Damn movies.
Posted by: dartist at December 04, 2021 09:05 PM (+ya+t)
No more laughable than Connery as a Berber leader in "The Wind and the Lion". But you know what? I still love that movie. Great score too.
Posted by: Tuna at December 04, 2021 09:05 PM (gLRfa)
Posted by: Robert
Total Recall. Triboob girl, no splody, but shot full of holes.
Posted by: Some Rat at December 04, 2021 09:06 PM (r1z5A)
Posted by: Splunge
We had a weekend track meet where we stayed over once. The coaches selected Looking for Mr Goodbar for us to see. Oh, my goodness, did they regret that.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 04, 2021 09:06 PM (rz+/y)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 04, 2021 09:04 PM (VxC1e)
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Stop motion was state of the art in the 1930s. There was just nothing that could begin to replace it until the 1990s.
And yeah, the CGI of Jurassic Park still holds up surprisingly well. Probably in no small part because it's only in a couple of dozen shots in the whole movie.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone, read some movie thoughts at December 04, 2021 09:07 PM (o7bkq)
Posted by: Splunge at December 04, 2021 09:07 PM (PQ4Fz)
Posted by: Tuna
Brian Keith made that movie for me.
Posted by: Some Rat at December 04, 2021 09:07 PM (r1z5A)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 04, 2021 09:07 PM (FVME7)
But I heard "intolerance" just on it's own today, and that shit rocks.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 04, 2021 09:07 PM (2ABQr)
Posted by: dartist at December 04, 2021 09:01 PM (+ya+t)
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You don't need a goddamn toy dinosaur. Now get your ass back out there and get the north forty plowed before supper!
Posted by: Dartist's Dad at December 04, 2021 09:07 PM (VxC1e)
Oh boy. I'll bet they did.
Posted by: Tuna at December 04, 2021 09:08 PM (gLRfa)
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They were a quarter too but no. I had to save my allowance for those.
Posted by: dartist at December 04, 2021 09:08 PM (+ya+t)
Posted by: Some Rat at December 04, 2021 09:06 PM (r1z5A)
They are currently studying how to create an oxygen supplied living space on a Mars using the caves similar to Total Recall.
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 09:08 PM (iXJM1)
Posted by: Splunge at December 04, 2021 09:07 PM (PQ4Fz)
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Agreed. Connery has "screen presence" that very few actors are able to achieve. Even when his accent makes no sense for his character, you still buy into the notion that he's a submarine captain and a very capable commander.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 04, 2021 09:09 PM (NQjQK)
Posted by: Tuna at December 04, 2021 09:09 PM (gLRfa)
Oh boy. I'll bet they did.
Posted by: Tuna at December 04, 2021 09:08 PM (gLRfa)
In my top ten worst movies list.
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 09:09 PM (iXJM1)
Yeah, the rating system was just kind of a joke. Then Congress started making noises at the end of the 90s and Hollywood and the chains had to pretend to take it seriously. So now for the past 30 years or so they just lowered standards and PG-13 films have the kind of stuff that would have previously gotten R rating.
I've been saying for probably 15 years now the current rating system is broken and needs to be scrapped entirely. Preferably for one that isn't infantilizing like the current one.
Posted by: Robert at December 04, 2021 09:09 PM (Y/Lmr)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 04, 2021 09:07 PM (FVME7)
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David Lean's first movie (codirected with Noel Coward the playwright). A solid first film, especially considering it was a wartime picture.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone, read some movie thoughts at December 04, 2021 09:09 PM (o7bkq)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 04, 2021 09:04 PM (VxC1e)
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Cool thing is, the CGI still holds up today.
Netflix has a series called The Movies That Made Us. One of the episodes is about Jurassic Park. Apparently, they were going to use stop-motion, but the computer guys were sneaky, and managed to sell them on CGI, even though they were explicitly told not to work on it. Felt bad for the stop-motion guy they hired.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 04, 2021 09:10 PM (CAJOC)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 09:11 PM (iXJM1)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 04, 2021 09:12 PM (rz+/y)
Posted by: Robert
Sucks
Mostly sucks
Not too bad, I guess
Good
Die Hard
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 04, 2021 09:12 PM (FVME7)
Posted by: Splunge at December 04, 2021 09:07 PM (PQ4Fz)
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If you can get past that mankini -- and it is admittedly a high hurdle -- Zardoz is actually an interesting exploration of barbarism vs. enervated civilization.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Iron Fist in Velvet Glove in Iron Gauntlet Clutching an Iron Mace at December 04, 2021 09:13 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: davidt at December 04, 2021 09:13 PM (0hbQ6)
Posted by: Jack S. Phogbound, Esq. at December 04, 2021 09:13 PM (9X60i)
Posted by: Epobirs at December 04, 2021 09:13 PM (uNrGf)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at December 04, 2021 09:13 PM (JzDjf)
Posted by: Splunge at December 04, 2021 09:13 PM (PQ4Fz)
Posted by: Geronimo Stilton at December 04, 2021 09:13 PM (sGnvY)
Posted by: Just a side note
Can't argue with that.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 04, 2021 09:12 PM (rz+/y)
Flesh Gordon.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Iron Fist in Velvet Glove in Iron Gauntlet Clutching an Iron Mace at December 04, 2021 09:13 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 09:11 PM (iXJM1)
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The Evil Dead
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at December 04, 2021 09:13 PM (2SdPm)
Posted by: Skip at December 04, 2021 09:14 PM (2JoB8)
Posted by: Infidel at December 04, 2021 09:14 PM (qpolg)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Iron Fist in Velvet Glove in Iron Gauntlet Clutching an Iron Mace at December 04, 2021 09:13 PM (Dc2NZ)
Sounds timely.
Posted by: Splunge at December 04, 2021 09:14 PM (PQ4Fz)
Sue Grafton, Robert Crais, and Matt Goldman
So; they don't like what they've seen
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The thing about licensing your novel to Hollywood is that - outside a few notable exceptions (J.K. Rowling was apparently one of them) - once you get paid for that license, you have no control over the result. Contracts generally allow the scriptwriters to do whatever they want with your property. It's usually in the studio's best interests that the end result bears at least some resemblance to your novel. That's what people who go to see the licensed film are expecting to see, after all. But a studio could take a license about big game hunting and turn it into a movie about growing flowers on the roof of a skyscraper.
That's why very successful authors are wary about having their books licensed.
Posted by: junior at December 04, 2021 09:15 PM (PTw5h)
Posted by: FriscoYoda at December 04, 2021 09:15 PM (+56GQ)
Posted by: Jack S. Phogbound, Esq. at December 04, 2021 09:13 PM (9X60i)
The war movie The Train ?
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 09:15 PM (iXJM1)
Posted by: Splunge
I loved that one. Gumby and Pokie too.
Posted by: Infidel at December 04, 2021 09:15 PM (qpolg)
Posted by: Skip at December 04, 2021 09:14 PM (2JoB
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Shaun of the Sheep
Wallace and Gromit
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at December 04, 2021 09:15 PM (2SdPm)
Posted by: artemis at December 04, 2021 09:16 PM (AwPyG)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Iron Fist in Velvet Glove in Iron Gauntlet Clutching an Iron Mace at December 04, 2021 09:16 PM (Dc2NZ)
Have a great evening everyone
Posted by: Skip at December 04, 2021 09:16 PM (2JoB8)
Probably the most depressing movie I've seen. I mean everything about it was depressing. Just everything.
Posted by: Tuna at December 04, 2021 09:17 PM (gLRfa)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 09:17 PM (iXJM1)
Posted by: Splunge at December 04, 2021 09:17 PM (PQ4Fz)
Posted by: Some Rat
In 30 years we'll be finding piles of them in landfills, like E.T. Atari cartridges. Whoever finds them will be mystified. "Rose *who*??"
Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at December 04, 2021 09:18 PM (OssQ4)
Seems to be a popular idea
Posted by: artemis at December 04, 2021 09:18 PM (AwPyG)
I liked "Fantastic Mr. Fox" at lot, too, although for some reason I feel like I should pretend I didn't.
Posted by: Geronimo Stilton at December 04, 2021 09:18 PM (sGnvY)
Posted by: Puddleglum at December 04, 2021 08:11 PM (sAmhv)
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I thought it was an intentional joke at first until I saw the link for his review.
Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! (Non Compos Anus) at December 04, 2021 09:18 PM (mZ3xv)
Posted by: Infidel
Was it a wagon ?
Posted by: JT at December 04, 2021 09:18 PM (arJlL)
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That's our Word of the Week!
*balloons and dollar bills fall out of the ceiling*
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Iron Fist in Velvet Glove in Iron Gauntlet Clutching an Iron Mace at December 04, 2021 09:19 PM (Dc2NZ)
(I love both those movies, by the way.)
The sequel to "Buckaroo Banzai" is a book (Hardcover and Kindle eBook) on Amazon. "Buckaroo Banzai Against the World Crime League, Et Al: A Compendium of Evils", written by Earl Mac Rauch, the author of the script for the original movie.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 04, 2021 09:19 PM (nRMeC)
Well no fucking shit...
Posted by: FriscoYoda at December 04, 2021 09:19 PM (+56GQ)
Seems to be a popular idea
Posted by: artemis at December 04, 2021 09:18 PM (AwPyG)
I said up thread Abandon Ship was better but both are really good. Abandon Ship was a British movie.
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 09:19 PM (iXJM1)
Posted by: westminsterdogshow at December 04, 2021 09:19 PM (/UQ/R)
wasn't sinbad a stop action one, too? With the cyclops? Or maybe I'm mixing it up with Jason
Posted by: artemis at December 04, 2021 09:19 PM (AwPyG)
Seems to be a popular idea
Posted by: artemis
That's the one.
Posted by: Infidel at December 04, 2021 09:20 PM (qpolg)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 04, 2021 09:07 PM (FVME7)
Seconded.
Americans may not understand the setting. In early 1941 the Royal Navy got its ass kicked by the Luftwaffe as the land battle for Crete was fought, first when the Royal Navy escorted supply ships trying to get to Crete, then when it had to escort ships trying to evacuate as many Commonwealth troops as possible.
Posted by: Gref at December 04, 2021 09:20 PM (AMIL/)
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I don't remember every bit of the movie. But every time the subs surfaced in the movie made sense to me. And none of it was for casual pot-shots at the merchant ships. Subs had their own set of rules that they had to follow in regards to operations - things such as how long they could stay underwater before they had to surface, etc... When the subs in Greyhound come up to the surface, it's because they don't have a choice in the matter.
Posted by: junior at December 04, 2021 09:05 PM (PTw5h)
Subs on the surface were much faster, so if you wanted to get ahead of the convoy for an underwater strike, you surfaced to do it, out of range of any escorts.
Posted by: Oldcat at December 04, 2021 09:20 PM (eoQWY)
Posted by: FriscoYoda
Oh, it's horrible. In addition to Keaton, it was the first time I ever saw Richard Gere and Tom Berenger. Just awful.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 04, 2021 09:21 PM (rz+/y)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at December 04, 2021 09:03 PM (vuisn)
I am one hundred percent sure that I saw that scene when I saw MwtXRE long ago and far away.
Did they cut it out?
Posted by: naturalfake at December 04, 2021 09:21 PM (5NkmN)
Posted by: Infidel at December 04, 2021 09:21 PM (qpolg)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Iron Fist in Velvet Glove in Iron Gauntlet Clutching an Iron Mace at December 04, 2021 09:21 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 09:19 PM (iXJM1)
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I'm reading The Raft by Stephen Baxter right now. Another lifeboat story, but this one is set in a universe where the gravitational constant is a billion times higher than our own. Leads to some very weird situations.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 04, 2021 09:22 PM (NQjQK)
Posted by: Some Rat at December 04, 2021 09:23 PM (r1z5A)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 04, 2021 09:23 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Iron Fist in Velvet Glove in Iron Gauntlet Clutching an Iron Mace at December 04, 2021 09:23 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: naturalfake at December 04, 2021 09:24 PM (5NkmN)
That's it!
I used to love that stuff. I loved Edgar Rice Burroughs books too, and it's a similar vibe
Posted by: artemis at December 04, 2021 09:24 PM (AwPyG)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone, read some movie thoughts at December 04, 2021 09:24 PM (o7bkq)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 04, 2021 09:23 PM (63Dwl)
What, Looking for Krackle?
I can never see that movie title without thinking of that candy bar in the yellow wrapper.
Posted by: Oldcat at December 04, 2021 09:24 PM (eoQWY)
Posted by: Splunge at December 04, 2021 09:25 PM (PQ4Fz)
Posted by: All Hail Eris
"I've got the power pasties and I know how to use them!!"
Posted by: Tonypete at December 04, 2021 09:25 PM (mD/uy)
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My old man was cheap so I never got to find out if they were wax or plastic. Everything was a quarter. Had to go into the restroom for prophylactics though.
Posted by: dartist at December 04, 2021 09:25 PM (+ya+t)
Posted by: Splunge at December 04, 2021 09:25 PM (PQ4Fz)
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Clash of the Titans, remake of Clash of the Titans.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone, read some movie thoughts at December 04, 2021 09:26 PM (o7bkq)
Posted by: artemis at December 04, 2021 09:26 PM (AwPyG)
Probably the most depressing movie I've seen. I mean everything about it was depressing. Just everything.
Posted by: Tuna at December 04, 2021 09:17 PM (gLRfa)
And that was at her "peak", post Annie Hall...
Posted by: Philip Henslowe at December 04, 2021 09:26 PM (BgMrQ)
Posted by: dartist at December 04, 2021 09:25 PM (+ya+t)
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Hopefully they weren't also made of wax or plastic...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 04, 2021 09:26 PM (NQjQK)
Posted by: artemis at December 04, 2021 09:27 PM (AwPyG)
What's the explanation on how humans can survive in that environment?
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 09:27 PM (iXJM1)
Posted by: dartist at December 04, 2021 09:25 PM (+ya+t)
Now you can get menstrual pads there too! Progress!
Posted by: Splunge at December 04, 2021 09:27 PM (PQ4Fz)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 04, 2021 09:27 PM (OU+8W)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 04, 2021 09:27 PM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: dartist at December 04, 2021 09:25 PM (+ya+t)
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Hopefully they weren't also made of wax or plastic...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 04, 2021 09:26 PM (NQjQK)
Or had back spade shaped blades and spikes like Stegosaurus.
Posted by: Oldcat at December 04, 2021 09:28 PM (eoQWY)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
Saran wrap and rubber bands.
Posted by: Some Rat at December 04, 2021 09:28 PM (r1z5A)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at December 04, 2021 09:03 PM (vuisn)
I am one hundred percent sure that I saw that scene when I saw MwtXRE long ago and far away.
Did they cut it out?
Posted by: naturalfake at December 04, 2021 09:21 PM (5NkmN)
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"The scene was indeed discussed, but never filmed."
Supposedly.
https://tinyurl.com/45zcjuzj
Posted by: Dr. Varno at December 04, 2021 09:28 PM (vuisn)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 04, 2021 09:29 PM (VwHCD)
I'm glad I saw Deer Hunter and King of Comedy, but I never want to see either again.
Posted by: Splunge at December 04, 2021 09:29 PM (PQ4Fz)
Posted by: artemis at December 04, 2021 09:27 PM (AwPyG)
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Mars bar was rebranded as Almond Snickers.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 04, 2021 09:29 PM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 09:30 PM (iXJM1)
Posted by: artemis at December 04, 2021 09:30 PM (AwPyG)
Posted by: dartist at December 04, 2021 09:30 PM (+ya+t)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm
What do you use? Just software? We had a BVH2500, it was awesome.
Posted by: Some Rat at December 04, 2021 09:30 PM (r1z5A)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 04, 2021 09:30 PM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 04, 2021 09:27 PM (kTF2Z)
Amazingly enough, there's a bar here in Buffalo that took up the name in the 70's and is still going strong.
Just down the street from Buff State, but it draws a fairly diverse crowd.
Posted by: Philip Henslowe at December 04, 2021 09:31 PM (BgMrQ)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 04, 2021 09:31 PM (FVME7)
Posted by: artemis at December 04, 2021 09:31 PM (AwPyG)
Posted by: Splunge at December 04, 2021 09:29 PM (PQ4Fz)
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See Submarine Patrol and Batman Mask of the Phantasm.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone, read some movie thoughts at December 04, 2021 09:31 PM (o7bkq)
"The Last Starfighter" was a good movie. Remember watching it with my kiddo and enjoying it immensely.
Posted by: Tuna at December 04, 2021 09:31 PM (gLRfa)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 04, 2021 09:30 PM (kTF2Z)
***Pulls out chair***
Come sit by me....MOW!
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at December 04, 2021 09:32 PM (BgMrQ)
Posted by: artemis at December 04, 2021 09:32 PM (AwPyG)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 04, 2021 09:30 PM (kTF2Z)
I did like the POW Russian roulette scene.
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 09:32 PM (iXJM1)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 09:27 PM (iXJM1)
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Hard to say, really. Baxter worked in this novel with help from Larry Niven and David Brin. Between them, they know their physics. There is some sort of phlebotinum that allows humans to survive (somehow), but the gravity does behave really strangely compared to what we are used to in this universe. "Gravitic chemistry" also makes an appearance.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 04, 2021 09:32 PM (NQjQK)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 04, 2021 09:30 PM (kTF2Z)
I'd rather play "Beer Hunter" than watch Deer Hunter...
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at December 04, 2021 09:32 PM (BgMrQ)
Posted by: Oldcat
Thagomized, for her pleasure.
Posted by: mikeski at December 04, 2021 09:32 PM (P1f+c)
Posted by: davidt at December 04, 2021 09:33 PM (0hbQ6)
Adventures in Babysitting is another one that's pretty good, believe it or not.
Posted by: artemis at December 04, 2021 09:30 PM (AwPyG)
I love that because I was in grad school in Chicago at the time.
"Thor O Mighty God of Thunder!"
Posted by: Oldcat at December 04, 2021 09:33 PM (eoQWY)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at December 04, 2021 09:33 PM (JzDjf)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at December 04, 2021 08:56 PM (dKiJG)
Ya know? somehow missed that Red Button that blows up your torpedoes before they hit a target...
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 04, 2021 08:58 PM (
That Admiral Greer brought the red button aboard in his briefcase and plugged it in the console, Chief.
Posted by: Eromero at December 04, 2021 09:34 PM (0OP+5)
Posted by: davidt at December 04, 2021 09:33 PM (0hbQ6)
I'll bet Jason didn't like the end of the Mythology himself, when he started cheating on Medea his wife the sorceress
Posted by: Oldcat at December 04, 2021 09:34 PM (eoQWY)
Posted by: artemis at December 04, 2021 09:30 PM (AwPyG)
Peak, and I mean PEAK
Elisabeth Shue
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at December 04, 2021 09:34 PM (BgMrQ)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone, read some movie thoughts at December 04, 2021 09:31 PM (o7bkq)
A John Ford movie and a cartoon? That's casting a wide net. But sure, why not?
Posted by: Splunge at December 04, 2021 09:35 PM (PQ4Fz)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 04, 2021 09:29 PM (VwHCD)
"Daddy would have gotten us Uzis."
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 04, 2021 09:36 PM (llON8)
Posted by: Splunge at December 04, 2021 09:35 PM (PQ4Fz)
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I watch...um...a lot of movies.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone, read some movie thoughts at December 04, 2021 09:36 PM (o7bkq)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
Yep.
Posted by: Some Rat at December 04, 2021 09:38 PM (r1z5A)
Posted by: artemis at December 04, 2021 09:30 PM (AwPyG)
Peak, and I mean PEAK
Elisabeth Shue
Pffffft. Shue in a one piece was the only tolerable thing about the Karate Kid.
Posted by: pep at December 04, 2021 09:38 PM (ZsR3z)
Adventures in Babysitting is another one that's pretty good, believe it or not.
Posted by: artemis at December 04, 2021 09:30 PM (AwPyG)
I love that because I was in grad school in Chicago at the time.
"Thor O Mighty God of Thunder!"
Posted by: Oldcat at December 04, 2021 09:33 PM (eoQWY)
"Nobody leaves this place without singing the blues."
Posted by: Gref at December 04, 2021 09:39 PM (AMIL/)
Adventures in Babysitting is another one that's pretty good, believe it or not.
Posted by: artemis at December 04, 2021 09:30 PM (AwPyG)
Yes. Do *not* waste time with the remake.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 04, 2021 09:39 PM (llON8)
Posted by: pep at December 04, 2021 09:38 PM (ZsR3z)
Supporting role...
AiBS she had screen time!
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at December 04, 2021 09:39 PM (BgMrQ)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 04, 2021 09:40 PM (FVME7)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 09:40 PM (iXJM1)
Posted by: Gref at December 04, 2021 09:39 PM (AMIL/)
Still an outstanding scene.
***sigh***
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at December 04, 2021 09:40 PM (BgMrQ)
.....
I love that because I was in grad school in Chicago at the time.
"Thor O Mighty God of Thunder!"
Posted by: Oldcat at December 04, 2021 09:33 PM (eoQWY)
"Nobody leaves this place without singing the blues."
Posted by: Gref at December 04, 2021 09:39 PM (AMIL/)
I am drawing a blank but they had a pretty big-name actual blues musician in that scene.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 04, 2021 09:40 PM (llON8)
Johnny Carson once inadvertantly introduced her as Ballullah Tankhead.
Posted by: JT at December 04, 2021 09:41 PM (arJlL)
I remember one episode. Davey is on track to take first place at a soapbox derby .. but he spaced out and forgot to install a cotter pin on a wheel nut, and the wheel fell off. Oops! Davey needed a TI to sign off on his work, and he'd have been OK.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 04, 2021 09:41 PM (MAJoQ)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 04, 2021 09:40 PM (llON
This is correct. Unfortunately I'd have to google it as my mind is a sieve these days.
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at December 04, 2021 09:42 PM (BgMrQ)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 04, 2021 09:40 PM (FVME7)
Having watched the little monsters chase down and play tug-of-war over bugs, I'm pretty sure chickens were the inspiration for the Jurassic Park velociraptors.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 04, 2021 09:42 PM (llON8)
Posted by: Anonosaurus
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That's some fancy science. Newsletter?
Posted by: 2009Refugee at December 04, 2021 09:42 PM (1k5or)
Posted by: Tuna at December 04, 2021 09:42 PM (gLRfa)
Elisabeth Shue
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at December 04, 2021 09:34 PM (BgMrQ)
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Yes, she has some very nice peaks.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 04, 2021 09:43 PM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 09:43 PM (iXJM1)
Posted by: artemis at December 04, 2021 09:43 PM (AwPyG)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 04, 2021 09:44 PM (KZzsI)
Am I the only one who would have liked to see most of the kids in the Jurassic Park movies get eaten?
Posted by: Just Some Guy at December 04, 2021 09:44 PM (JzDjf)
Posted by: 2009Refugee at December 04, 2021 09:44 PM (1k5or)
Posted by: sal at December 04, 2021 09:44 PM (bJKUl)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 09:40 PM (iXJM1)
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So was Real Genius
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 04, 2021 09:45 PM (CAJOC)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at December 04, 2021 09:44 PM (JzDjf)
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No.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at December 04, 2021 09:45 PM (2SdPm)
I remember one episode. Davey is on track to take first place at a soapbox derby .. but he spaced out and forgot to install a cotter pin on a wheel nut, and the wheel fell off. Oops! Davey needed a TI to sign off on his work, and he'd have been OK.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 04, 2021 09:41 PM
It was Sunday mornings right? Saw it occasionally but usually watched a station out of Augusta Georgia which was black gospel, Might Clouds Of Joy, Blind Boys, etc. Then it was off to First Baptist.
Posted by: Eromero at December 04, 2021 09:45 PM (0OP+5)
Posted by: FriscoYoda at December 04, 2021 09:45 PM (+56GQ)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 04, 2021 09:40 PM (llON
This is correct. Unfortunately I'd have to google it as my mind is a sieve these days.
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at December 04, 2021 09:42 PM (BgMrQ)
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B.B. King, if I'm not mistaken.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 04, 2021 09:46 PM (CAJOC)
Posted by: artemis
That was a great scene.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 04, 2021 09:46 PM (FVME7)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 09:46 PM (iXJM1)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at December 04, 2021 09:46 PM (2SdPm)
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 04, 2021 09:45 PM (CAJOC)
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Fun fact: Val Kilmer did Top Gun after Real Genius.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 04, 2021 09:46 PM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: Just Some Guy
Not on camera.
Posted by: Some Rat at December 04, 2021 09:46 PM (r1z5A)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at December 04, 2021 09:44 PM (JzDjf)
No.
Well, he was cute, but she was so annoying.
And I agree, the CGI has held up really well. Re-watched it just last week.
Posted by: sal at December 04, 2021 09:46 PM (bJKUl)
So was Real Genius
And My Science Project. Those were the days when one studio started to work on a kind of project, every other one had to put out their version.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 04, 2021 09:47 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: FriscoYoda at December 04, 2021 09:47 PM (+56GQ)
https://youtu.be/3UZ4Nkk27l4
Also the retro-future World Fair was one of the best things about that version of Gotham.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 04, 2021 09:47 PM (ybIRR)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at December 04, 2021 09:46 PM (2SdPm)
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Wasn't that Dalton?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Iron Fist in Velvet Glove in Iron Gauntlet Clutching an Iron Mace at December 04, 2021 09:47 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 09:43 PM (iXJM1)
There were.
Posted by: Gref at December 04, 2021 09:47 PM (AMIL/)
Posted by: Just Some Guy
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I thought it would have been fitting for goldblum to get eaten right in the middle of one of his speeches. Kind of a Hulk smashing Loki thing. Only with him being eaten
Posted by: 2009Refugee at December 04, 2021 09:47 PM (1k5or)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 04, 2021 09:48 PM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Iron Fist in Velvet Glove in Iron Gauntlet Clutching an Iron Mace at December 04, 2021 09:47 PM (Dc2NZ)
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Crud.
Yes.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at December 04, 2021 09:48 PM (2SdPm)
Yeah, he's at the bottom of my Bond Actor list. He was in a couple good Bond films and he's a much better actor than it looked like in that crap but he wasn't a good Bond. Not really his fault, they decided to go all goofball with the series.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 04, 2021 09:48 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Infidel at December 04, 2021 09:48 PM (qpolg)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 04, 2021 09:49 PM (7bRMQ)
I tried, without success, to find the "try not to forget the cotter pin" episode.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 04, 2021 09:49 PM (MAJoQ)
Posted by: FriscoYoda at December 04, 2021 09:47 PM
Absolutely not.
Posted by: Eromero at December 04, 2021 09:49 PM (0OP+5)
2. Have you seen Ford's The Long Voyage Home yet? An overlooked Ford classic. Wayne is a Swedish sailor whose buddies try to keep from getting drunk so he can get home. Tense, heartbreaking, and hilarious.
3. The '40s was the greatest decade of film, hands down. Would rank them thus: '40s, '30s, '50s (could interchange those two), '70s, '60s, '80s, '90s.
Posted by: Rusty Trawler at December 04, 2021 09:49 PM (1gif2)
Posted by: FriscoYoda
I want to know why one does a ground attack when you control the space OVER your target.
Posted by: Some Rat at December 04, 2021 09:50 PM (r1z5A)
Posted by: artemis at December 04, 2021 09:43 PM (AwPyG)
"Think" is one of my favorites by Aretha, as is "Chain of Fools"
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at December 04, 2021 09:50 PM (BgMrQ)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 09:50 PM (iXJM1)
Posted by: FriscoYoda
Damn space Comanches!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 04, 2021 09:51 PM (FVME7)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 04, 2021 09:51 PM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: Tuna at December 04, 2021 09:42 PM (gLRfa)
The interesting thing about Kerr was everyone acknowledged that she had a simply beautiful voice, but she could not act and sing at the same time, so like Audrey Hepburn for My Fair Lady, for The King and I, they dubbed in Marne Nixion for her.
Posted by: Boswell at December 04, 2021 09:52 PM (5iUNf)
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 04, 2021 09:46 PM (CAJOC)
Looked it up:
Albert Collins.
I knew it wasn't BB King, I was thinking Bo Diddly...
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at December 04, 2021 09:52 PM (BgMrQ)
So was Real Genius
And My Science Project. Those were the days when one studio started to work on a kind of project, every other one had to put out their version.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 04, 2021 09:47 PM (KZzsI)
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That phase lasted a while, up until Armageddon/Deep Impact and Dante's Peak/Volcano. After that, it became remakes and comic book movies. We're about due for something new. I'm thinking that, considering the current crop in charge of Hollywood, that they'll go back to straight documentaries. Things like "Battleship Potemkin" and "Triumph of the Will."
Posted by: Pennsyltucky at December 04, 2021 09:52 PM (lNHqD)
Posted by: Infidel at December 04, 2021 09:48 PM (qpolg)
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My mom's cable package has it, but my cable company doesn't offer it with the basic -- you have to add on a sports megapackage which has TCM! That's bullshite.
But Mom laughs that it guarantees I'll visit.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Iron Fist in Velvet Glove in Iron Gauntlet Clutching an Iron Mace at December 04, 2021 09:53 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: Rusty Trawler at December 04, 2021 09:49 PM
Confession: I have never been able to watch the whole thing.
Badly cast, for one thing.
Posted by: sal at December 04, 2021 09:53 PM (bJKUl)
Posted by: Pennsyltucky at December 04, 2021 09:52 PM (lNHqD)
More like "Fauci".
Posted by: Dr. Varno at December 04, 2021 09:53 PM (vuisn)
Posted by: FriscoYoda
I want to know why one does a ground attack when you control the space OVER your target.
Posted by: Some Rat at December 04, 2021 09:50 PM (r1z5A)
Because that's what Jim Cameron's plot required.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 04, 2021 09:54 PM (llON8)
The Pacific -- never saw that one, but read Eugene Sledge's book With the Old Breed some years back. Well worth a look.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at December 04, 2021 09:54 PM (JzDjf)
Posted by: 2009Refugee at December 04, 2021 09:44 PM (1k5or)
Thank you. I was working my way back up thread when I saw this...
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at December 04, 2021 09:54 PM (BgMrQ)
Posted by: Tuna at December 04, 2021 09:42 PM (gLRfa)
The interesting thing about Kerr was everyone acknowledged that she had a simply beautiful voice, but she could not act and sing at the same time, so like Audrey Hepburn for My Fair Lady, for The King and I, they dubbed in Marne Nixion for her.
Posted by: Boswell at December 04, 2021 09:52 PM
Audrey Hepburn did not have to sing. No sir.
Posted by: Eromero at December 04, 2021 09:54 PM (0OP+5)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 04, 2021 09:54 PM (ybIRR)
Fun fact: back when DNA was getting organized in the late 80's early 90s, they decided to test and compare whatever they could from the remains of early man.
They discovered that Australopithecus, Neanderthal man, homo sapiens, etc, were not part of an evolution, but were separate species. Remember the movie Quest for Fire, and all the different tribes? More like that.
This interferes with the theory of Darwinism, though, so you almost never see it discussed. Instead, we are told things like we "all descended from a skeleton named Alice, found in Africa"
Posted by: artemis at December 04, 2021 09:54 PM (AwPyG)
Every time they did that there was always one clear winner in terms of quality and one in terms of earnings. But usually there were a couple of them that were pretty great even if not the best.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 04, 2021 09:55 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at December 04, 2021 09:52 PM (BgMrQ)
Bo Diddley was in Blues Brothers 2000.
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 09:55 PM (iXJM1)
Posted by: Tuna at December 04, 2021 09:42 PM (gLRfa)
I first saw Kerr in the beautiful film Black Narcissus...Jean Simmons was a teen actor then and played a naughty young thing. But Kerr was the center piece of a very thoughtful movie.
Posted by: Boswell at December 04, 2021 09:55 PM (5iUNf)
I honestly think that science suffers more than almost any other field from really awful, ignorant reporting.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 04, 2021 09:55 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Iron Fist in Velvet Glove in
lol. my cable is already too expensive. I used to watch with mom all the time too. Enjoy it while you can!
Posted by: Infidel at December 04, 2021 09:55 PM (qpolg)
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at December 04, 2021 09:52 PM (BgMrQ)
Bo Diddley was in Blues Brothers 2000.
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 09:55 PM (iXJM1)
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Poor guy.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 04, 2021 09:57 PM (CAJOC)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 09:55 PM (iXJM1)
Never saw it...
I was remembering Bo Diddley from the Bo Jackson "Bo Knows" commercials.
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at December 04, 2021 09:57 PM (BgMrQ)
Mary Queen of Scots is like St Paul, to me--someone with an almost unbelievable life story. I'm surprised no one's tried to do a great film about either.
Posted by: artemis at December 04, 2021 09:57 PM (AwPyG)
Every time they did that there was always one clear winner in terms of quality and one in terms of earnings. But usually there were a couple of them that were pretty great even if not the best.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 04, 2021 09:55 PM (KZzsI)
"Big" vs ... whatever it was that had the nerdy LA detective from "Beverly Hills Cop" ... but even then that one scene towards the end of the movie skeeved me out, and now Tom Hanks seems to have some real-life issues.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 04, 2021 09:57 PM (llON8)
Posted by: Eromero at December 04, 2021 09:57 PM (0OP+5)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 09:55 PM (iXJM1)
Never saw it...
I was remembering Bo Diddley from the Bo Jackson "Bo Knows" commercials.
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at December 04, 2021 09:57 PM (BgMrQ)
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Bo don't know Diddley.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 04, 2021 09:58 PM (CAJOC)
Reporter: WATER CURES CANCER
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 04, 2021 09:58 PM (KZzsI)
I'm watching the film restoration archives show for 2021.
I'm a sucker for film esoterica. This has Mexican TV commercials from the '50s, stuff like that.
Posted by: sal at December 04, 2021 09:58 PM (bJKUl)
the Q types have always said CNN=CIA plants. It would explain why so many unappealing people have the job, despite their lack of ratings
So maybe there's a macro story here, and its not just the cuomos but it's about the bad guys finally getting exposed.
Maybe.
Posted by: artemis at December 04, 2021 09:00 PM (AwPyG)
Still the best channel out there, but the writing's on the wall for their inevitable decline. Recently changed their graphics and music to like something from an Atari commercial circa 1981. And they've been dipping their toes into the "explaining why you should hate X because it isn't woke enough" waters. Slowly sneaking in more modern movies too. As we know, wokeism destroys everything, and TCM will soon fall like every other institution. A shame.
Posted by: Rusty Trawler at December 04, 2021 09:58 PM (1gif2)
Maybe but even so that is so few comparatively speaking.
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 09:58 PM (iXJM1)
Posted by: Gref at December 04, 2021 09:47 PM (AMIL/
Piltdown? /s
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 09:50 PM (iXJM1)
Homo erectus, homo habilis, homo neanderthalensis, homo heidelbergensis, and six or seven more species of genus homo are recognized by anthropologists. Our species is homo sapiens. All the others are extinct. Because?
Posted by: Gref at December 04, 2021 09:58 PM (AMIL/)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 04, 2021 09:55 PM (KZzsI)
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That's because the people reporting on it are generally too stupid to understand it.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 04, 2021 09:59 PM (NQjQK)
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What a badass. I think there are photos of him on Peleliu or Okinawa in "The War" and the look on those guys faces you wouldn't fvck with. Then interviews in his later years he was so humble you wouldn't believe it was the same guy.
Posted by: dartist at December 04, 2021 09:59 PM (+ya+t)
Posted by: Infidel at December 04, 2021 09:59 PM (qpolg)
Posted by: davidt at December 04, 2021 10:00 PM (0hbQ6)
Posted by: Gref at December 04, 2021 09:47 PM (AMIL/
Piltdown? /s
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 09:50 PM (iXJM1)
Homo erectus, homo habilis, homo neanderthalensis, homo heidelbergensis, and six or seven more species of genus homo are recognized by anthropologists. Our species is homo sapiens. All the others are extinct. Because?
Posted by: Gref at December 04, 2021 09:58 PM (AMIL/)
BECAUSE OF GLOBAL WARMING!
Posted by: Greta Thurnberg at December 04, 2021 10:00 PM (llON8)
Posted by: Gref at December 04, 2021 09:58 PM (AMIL/)
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Who the fuck are you calling homo? ;D
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 04, 2021 10:00 PM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: Gref
"Scientists" take a lot of crap on faith...then make fun of me for mine.
Posted by: Some Rat at December 04, 2021 10:01 PM (r1z5A)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 04, 2021 10:01 PM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 04, 2021 10:02 PM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 04, 2021 10:02 PM (ybIRR)
Posted by: Class of 7th grade boys at December 04, 2021 10:02 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Eromero at December 04, 2021 09:54 PM (0OP+5)
The producers for the film got a lot of grief that they didn't cast Julie Andrews at the time in the role of Eliza Doolittle, given Andrews' stage role in My Fair Lady before - but Hepburn was simply lovely in the role and she deserved the accolades she got for it even if she didn't sing most of the songs in it.
Besides, Andrews won best actress that year for Mary Poppins - even though she didn't deserve it and Hepburn did for My Fair Lady.
Posted by: Boswell at December 04, 2021 10:02 PM (5iUNf)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 04, 2021 10:02 PM (iXJM1)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at December 04, 2021 10:02 PM (+WWsf)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 04, 2021 10:02 PM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: Greta Thurnberg at December 04, 2021 10:00 PM
Blah, blah, blah....
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 04, 2021 10:02 PM (rBtIz)
Posted by: Rex B at December 04, 2021 10:03 PM (kromb)
Posted by: sal at December 04, 2021 10:03 PM (bJKUl)
Posted by: Eromero at December 04, 2021 10:03 PM (0OP+5)
Posted by: Rex B at December 04, 2021 10:03 PM (kromb)
Your post had a certain lac
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 04, 2021 10:03 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Rusty Trawler at December 04, 2021 09:58 PM (1gif2)
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They seem to be backing away from the trigger warnings and hand-holding explanations, at least in the intros.
I could do without all the mutual admiration clips and the wine club adverts.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Iron Fist in Velvet Glove in Iron Gauntlet Clutching an Iron Mace at December 04, 2021 10:03 PM (Dc2NZ)
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Don't think I don't notice your emoji privilege.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 04, 2021 10:03 PM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: Infidel at December 04, 2021 10:05 PM (qpolg)
Posted by: Boswell at December 04, 2021 10:02 PM (5iUNf)
File this under the Longbow / Crossbow aguemment.
For the record, for as loverly as Audrey was to look at, Julie deserved that role...#fuckjackwarner
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at December 04, 2021 10:06 PM (BgMrQ)
Posted by: Rusty Trawler at December 04, 2021 09:58 PM (1gif2)
They'd been doing that a bit, even before Osborne died, but under Ben, they've revved it up. I knew that would happen, ever since I saw him lose it on The Young Turks 2016 Election Night coverage.
My hope is that there are so many movies out there that they can't find something wrong with all of them.
But i'm afraid you're right.
Posted by: sal at December 04, 2021 10:07 PM (bJKUl)
Posted by: Boswell at December 04, 2021 09:55 PM (5iUNf)
Absolutely first-rate movie, albeit a slow-burner that requires patience.
You should check out others by the same filmmakers, known as the Archers. A Matter of Life and Death with David Niven and Kim Hunter (way pre-Planet of the Apes) is a real mind-blower. And for very early Deborah Kerr (maybe her first?), another favorite Archers movie is The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, where she plays three roles, I think.
Posted by: Rusty Trawler at December 04, 2021 10:09 PM (1gif2)
You should check out others by the same filmmakers, known as the Archers. A Matter of Life and Death with David Niven and Kim Hunter (way pre-Planet of the Apes) is a real mind-blower. And for very early Deborah Kerr (maybe her first?), another favorite Archers movie is The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, where she plays three roles, I think.
Posted by: Rusty Trawler at December 04, 2021 10:09 PM (1gif2)
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You say The Archers, I say Powell and Pressburger.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone, read some movie thoughts at December 04, 2021 10:11 PM (o7bkq)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at December 04, 2021 08:21 PM
I saw Alien in the theatre when it was released. At age 11. Thanks, dad. (Also got to see The Omen at age
Posted by: Chuck C at December 04, 2021 10:11 PM (EughT)
I was hard up for a movie and just started searching by genre and date. Ended up watching The 10th Victim, which reminded me in tone of Death Race 2000. Similar socially-approved violence and social satire.
I can't think of any modern movies with humorous social satire, but I'm likely just ill-informed and possibly excluding things because all the satire would probably just seem to me to be lefties criticizing what I deem good. I was going to go through Rollerball and some of the older work of similar bent.
Any suggestions?
Posted by: .87c at December 04, 2021 11:29 PM (8w5AQ)
"Any suggestions?"
"Idiocracy" has more than a bit of the flavor of Kornbluth's "Marching Morons" about it.
Posted by: Pope John the 20th at December 04, 2021 11:50 PM (Ap+cR)
You don't want those in that movie. Cause if there are any, they are probably going to be Yoko's.
Posted by: Azjaeger at December 05, 2021 12:36 AM (3/XaG)
CNN: We Have Terminated Fredo
I'm surprised.
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Posted by: Yul Brenner at December 04, 2021 07:50 PM (csEWM)
Love the D on D internecine warfare, but Leticia could be NY's next governor. If so, we'll wish we had Andy back.
Irony is that Chris "Fredo" Cuomo is smather than Andy, but Andy got more of the mother's mafia genes.
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No.
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Posted by: Max Power at December 04, 2021 07:52 PM (QCc6B)
Really, we were damn sick of you, but why kick a man when he's down?
Posted by: Splunge at December 04, 2021 07:51 PM (PQ4Fz)
Because he's a leftist POS and the brother of a mass murderer?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 04, 2021 07:53 PM (llON8)
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Details, details.
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Posted by: Max Power at December 04, 2021 07:52 PM (QCc6B)
Oh look, another conspiracy theory.
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Posted by: Splunge
best time to kick a man if i'm being realistic
Posted by: ace at December 04, 2021 07:54 PM (0G13K)
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Posted by: Infidel at December 04, 2021 07:55 PM (qpolg)
horror
Posted by: ace at December 04, 2021 07:53 PM (0G13K)
On the plus side, now you can do some sort of Tater and Tapper sandwich piece.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 04, 2021 07:55 PM (csEWM)
Nobody watches that crude propaganda outlet anyway, right? Isn't that the big topic of discussion half the time?
Posted by: rhomboid at December 04, 2021 07:56 PM (OTzUX)
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Posted by: ace at December 04, 2021 07:54 PM (0G13K) "
THIS !
Posted by: sock_rat_eez (03BbD) at December 04, 2021 07:56 PM (03BbD)
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 04, 2021 07:56 PM (Vxu+H)
Kamala Harris
Joe Biden
Tater Stelter
I'm sensing a pattern of promoting incompetents way above their station.
Posted by: Splunge at December 04, 2021 07:57 PM (PQ4Fz)
Posted by: Bete at December 04, 2021 07:57 PM (Ojki1)
Because he's easier to reach.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 04, 2021 07:57 PM (ZLI7S)
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Posted by: ace at December 04, 2021 07:58 PM (0G13K)
Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at December 04, 2021 07:58 PM (nLrWw)
Because he's easier to reach.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 04, 2021 07:57 PM (ZLI7S)
You can really get a wind up. Steel toes help.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 04, 2021 07:58 PM (csEWM)
Yea, Alabama! Drown 'em Tide!
Every 'Bama man's behind you,
Hit your stride.
Go teach the Bulldogs to behave,
Send the Yellow Jackets to a watery grave.
And if a man starts to weaken,
That's a shame!
For Bama's pluck and grit have
Writ her name in Crimson flame.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) Native Texan and Alabama Alumn, Twice as Smug as You at December 04, 2021 07:59 PM (yQpMk)
Fight on, fight on, fight on men!
Remember the Rose Bowl, we'll win then.
Go, roll to victory,
Hit your stride,
You're Dixie's football pride,
Crimson Tide, Roll Tide, Roll Tide!!
Posted by: G'rump928(c) Native Texan and Alabama Alumn, Twice as Smug as You at December 04, 2021 07:59 PM (yQpMk)
Posted by: fluffy at December 04, 2021 07:59 PM (UnQlg)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 04, 2021 07:58 PM (csEWM)
I'm not paying good money for steel toes.
Steel heels, yes.
Posted by: Fredo Cuomo at December 04, 2021 07:59 PM (PQ4Fz)
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Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 04, 2021 08:01 PM (csEWM)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) Native Texan and Alabama Alumn, Twice as Smug as You at December 04, 2021 08:01 PM (yQpMk)
just sayin'
Posted by: sock_rat_eez (03BbD) at December 04, 2021 08:02 PM (03BbD)
Posted by: fluffy at December 04, 2021 08:02 PM (UnQlg)
just sayin'
Posted by: sock_rat_eez (03BbD) at December 04, 2021 08:02 PM (03BbD)
I really liked two pairs running of Keens I got. This last pair... I ended up going back to the older pair and putting new insoles in.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 04, 2021 08:03 PM (csEWM)
18 months ago Fake News was calling Andrew Cuomo "America's Boyfriend."
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 04, 2021 08:05 PM (EWxxC)
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Because he would do it to you if he got the chance. Fvck him.
Posted by: dartist at December 04, 2021 08:05 PM (+ya+t)
Posted by: Infidel at December 04, 2021 08:05 PM (qpolg)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez (03BbD) at December 04, 2021 08:06 PM (03BbD)
Posted by: rhomboid at December 04, 2021 08:08 PM (OTzUX)
Posted by: artemis at December 04, 2021 08:09 PM (AwPyG)
Posted by: rhomboid at December 04, 2021 08:08 PM (OTzUX)
This boot says 'Keen'.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 04, 2021 08:09 PM (csEWM)
You don't think Megan Kelly called CNN when she heard this and begged them for the time slot? I think so.
Lots of people did.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 04, 2021 08:09 PM (EWxxC)
Posted by: artemis at December 04, 2021 08:09 PM (AwPyG)
That was a fun meme.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 04, 2021 08:09 PM (csEWM)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 04, 2021 08:10 PM (csEWM)
Thwe committe will arrange it where the first round is not a Al-GA rematch.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) Native Texan and Alabama Alumn, Twice as Smug as You at December 04, 2021 08:10 PM (yQpMk)
Posted by: artemis at December 04, 2021 08:10 PM (AwPyG)
Posted by: Sonny Cuomoleon at December 04, 2021 08:11 PM (Xrfse)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 04, 2021 08:11 PM (EWxxC)
Yeah, hard to get too excited about this game when they are going to play again with more on the line.
Posted by: artemis at December 04, 2021 08:11 PM (AwPyG)
Posted by: Rusty Trawler at December 04, 2021 08:12 PM (1gif2)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) Native Texan and Alabama Alumn, Twice as Smug as You at December 04, 2021 08:13 PM (yQpMk)
I have a feeling the left is not longer able to stop leaks.
See: surprise FAA docs at trial, showing 700 more manifests for Epstein flights.
Posted by: artemis at December 04, 2021 08:14 PM (AwPyG)
Posted by: dartist at December 04, 2021 08:15 PM (+ya+t)
Posted by: Been Lurking, but clearly been posting too at December 04, 2021 08:15 PM (rDgjh)
Thwe committe will arrange it where the first round is not a Al-GA rematch.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) Native Texan and Alabama Alumn, Twice as Smug as You at December 04, 2021 08:10 PM
I am predicting Alabama 1, Michigan 2, Georgia 3, Cincinnati 4.
I just don't see them ranking Cincinnati ahead of any of the top 3 teams. If Michigan loses, then Alabama 1, Georgia 2, Cincinnati 3, Baylor/Notre Dame/Ohio State 4.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 04, 2021 08:15 PM (Do5/p)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at December 04, 2021 08:15 PM (sIxXb)
Yeah, maybe. But no rematch in the frirst round. The committee will make sure of that.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) Native Texan and Alabama Alumn, Twice as Smug as You at December 04, 2021 08:16 PM (yQpMk)
Posted by: artemis at December 04, 2021 08:11 PM (AwPyG
Here's a crazy idea, how about a playoff system bigger than four teams. You know, like every other division and athletic associations.
Posted by: Beartooth at December 04, 2021 08:16 PM (aghXp)
Posted by: "Conservative" Twitter at December 04, 2021 08:17 PM (kOpft)
Posted by: Splunge at December 04, 2021 08:17 PM (PQ4Fz)
Andy,
Did you see where Tucker called Zucker the dwarf king? LOLOLOL!
Chris
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 04, 2021 08:17 PM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: Dirks Strewn at December 04, 2021 08:18 PM (LBiyC)
Posted by: Dirks Strewn at December 04, 2021 08:18 PM (LBiyC)
So Georgia has to be #3 to not rematch first round.
I think you are right Clyde and I am wrong.
Alabama
Michigan
Georgia
Cincinnati
Posted by: G'rump928(c) Native Texan and Alabama Alumn, Twice as Smug as You at December 04, 2021 08:18 PM (yQpMk)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) Native Texan and Alabama Alumn, Twice as Smug as You at December 04, 2021 08:16 PM
Agreed. They have to hope that Michigan wins to make their job easy. If Michigan loses, they then have to figure out who provides the best matchup for Alabama in semi-final.
Iowa is ridiculously overrated, so I don't expect Michigan to have any trouble with them. They have zero offense and rely on defense and special teams to play perfect to win. They were exposed by an average Purdue team. Then further exposed by good Wisconsin team the following week. Then played cupcakes the rest of the season and had things fall their way with Minnesota upsetting Wisconsin.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 04, 2021 08:19 PM (Do5/p)
It helps your blood pressure to look at it that way.
Example: people pitching ohio state as a contender, if Michigan loses.
Posted by: artemis at December 04, 2021 08:19 PM (AwPyG)
This is D on D internecine war. NYAG Leticia James' Brain Trust knocked out the Cuomos so that she can be the next gov.
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 04, 2021 08:19 PM (ZHVt1)
Posted by: Jamaica Queens at December 04, 2021 08:20 PM (b+v9B)
It helps your blood pressure to look at it that way.
Example: people pitching ohio state as a contender, if Michigan loses.
Posted by: artemis at December 04, 2021 08:19 PM (AwPyG)
yeah, and I'm not afraid to say that ESPN sucks SEC cock. We are their money maker.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) Native Texan and Alabama Alumn, Twice as Smug as You at December 04, 2021 08:20 PM (yQpMk)
Posted by: Beartooth at December 04, 2021 08:16 PM
There was a plan in the works to have an 8-team playoff by 2024. But the scroll during the Houston-Cincinnati game stated that that plan is now delayed.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 04, 2021 08:21 PM (Do5/p)
Posted by: artemis at December 04, 2021 08:21 PM (AwPyG)
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 04, 2021 08:22 PM (VxC1e)
Posted by: Jamaica Queens at December 04, 2021 08:23 PM (b+v9B)
Posted by: Splunge at December 04, 2021 08:23 PM (PQ4Fz)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) Native Texan and Alabama Alumn, Twice as Smug as You at December 04, 2021 08:24 PM (yQpMk)
Posted by: artemis at December 04, 2021 08:24 PM (AwPyG)
Posted by: Rusty Trawler at December 04, 2021 08:12 PM (1gif2)
Not true. Joe Biden is on the left, and he leaks all the damn time. It's why those rare press conferences are so short.
Posted by: Splunge at December 04, 2021 08:24 PM (PQ4Fz)
Posted by: artemis at December 04, 2021 08:25 PM (AwPyG)
Posted by: Dr. Fauci at December 04, 2021 08:26 PM (LBiyC)
He's got to be worth at least $10 million.
He'll probably just party with Matt Lauer.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 04, 2021 08:27 PM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: Jamaica Queens at December 04, 2021 08:28 PM (b+v9B)
Posted by: Jamaica Queens at December 04, 2021 08:29 PM (b+v9B)
Posted by: artemis at December 04, 2021 08:25 PM (AwPyG)
I was at Alabama when the Bear won two NCs and was cheated out of a third and yet I say that Saban is the GOAT.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) Native Texan and Alabama Alumn, Twice as Smug as You at December 04, 2021 08:30 PM (yQpMk)
Posted by: banjo at December 04, 2021 08:31 PM (tSiV9)
He's got to be worth at least $10 million.
He'll probably just party with Matt Lauer.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 04, 2021 08:27 PM (ZLI7S)
That sounds close enough to Hell for me.
Posted by: Splunge at December 04, 2021 08:31 PM (PQ4Fz)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) Native Texan and Alabama Alumn, Twice as Smug as You at December 04, 2021 08:24 PM
Alabama was able to pull off the win last week without Jameson Williams. He was back this game and torched the Georgia D. Along with Metchie. Hopefully Metchie is not hurt badly and is back for the playoffs. When he went out of the game tonight, Alabama's offense went cold. He and Williams give Alabama quite the WR threat on offense.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 04, 2021 08:33 PM (Do5/p)
Posted by: artemis at December 04, 2021 08:33 PM (AwPyG)
CNN's statement should read, "We were hoping this would all blow over but seeing that our crappy reputation was going deeper down the shitter and after sticking our finger in the wind we said, 'Fuck it,' and decided to cut our losses. We'll continue producing the same garbage simply because one moronic newsreader means jack shit compared to the many writers, producers and leftist propagandists of all stripes that come together to lie to you every fucking day."
Posted by: Robert at December 04, 2021 08:34 PM (2J9rC)
Posted by: sven at December 04, 2021 08:35 PM (Lzpvj)
Um... I think I'll pass on whatever that drug is for.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 04, 2021 08:35 PM (Do5/p)
Posted by: sven at December 04, 2021 08:35 PM (Lzpvj)
Posted by: artemis at December 04, 2021 08:36 PM (AwPyG)
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 04, 2021 08:36 PM (Do5/p)
Welcome to real life, all you prima donnas.
Posted by: artemis at December 04, 2021 08:39 PM (AwPyG)
Posted by: Robert
Shorter version: CNN to continue finger-fucking their own poopers
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at December 04, 2021 08:39 PM (5G5QC)
You know our receiving corps is down this year with slow whiteboy Bolden playing almost every snap. He didn't get any respect from the Georgia secondary and that let him made some key receptions tonight but man, is that guy slow. Decent top end but no acceleration at all. What he's got when he gets the ball is pretty much what you are going to get on the play.
I old enough to remember when we had arguably the four best receivers in college football on the team at the same time, if not on the field at the same time.
All of three years ago.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) Native Texan and Alabama Alumn, Twice as Smug as You at December 04, 2021 08:42 PM (yQpMk)
For New Yorkers, like waking from a nightmare. Especially us Upstaters.
Posted by: irongrampa at December 04, 2021 08:42 PM (KATBx)
Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 04, 2021 08:43 PM (BPuaD)