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Monday Overnight Open Thread (12/30/19)

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The Quotes of The Day


Quote I

“Although the impact of the law is difficult to measure since it is preventative in nature, I believe that the removal of firearms and prevention of future purchases of firearms from individuals in Cranston, where extreme risk protection orders were granted by the court, likely averted potential tragedies,”Cranston Police Chief Michael Winquest


Quote II

“This idea of respectability, this idea of civility, this idea of unity, all of these words—decorum—who invented these words? These words were invented by white men for the benefit of other white men, in systems and institutions that were always designed to be for white men.”Mona Eltahawy


Quote III

“In the last 10 years, UIN [Mexican Naval Intelligence] has become the most trusted Mexican intelligence service for the DEA and DIA,” Dr. Raúl Benitez-Manaut


Quote IV

But the Democrats are so committed to their exotic fairy tale — Trump is a monster, Trump is a Nazi, Trump is a white nationalist, etc. — that they have forgotten how to run an ordinary campaign against an ordinary failure. Kevin D. Williamson


Quote V

“Dealing with firearms, it is irrational, with all due respect to the governor of Texas, irrational what they are doing, “On the very day you see a mass shooting … and we’re talking about loosening access to have guns, to be able to take them into places of worship, it’s just absolutely irrational. It’s totally irrational.” Former VP Joe Biden


Quote VI

“A lot of of people in show business that get really successful at an early age, a lot of them go through a lot of stuff and have issues and drug problems, and all these are self-destructive. And I never had that because I was grounded spiritually."Eddie Murphy

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Who. What. When. Where. How. Basic Journalism 101. Reuters failed BIG TIME.

IT TAKES A ̶V̶I̶L̶L̶A̶G̶E̶ ENTIRE NEWSROOM: Glad to see it took the entire Reuters staff to bollix this up so badly.
Confirmation bias or just plain stupid?


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Pot use among those with depression is increasing.

(Reuters Health) - Regular cannabis use has risen more quickly among people with depression, and they’re less likely to perceive it as risky, compared with people who aren’t depressed, a U.S. study suggests.

Researchers examined data collected from a total of almost 729,000 people aged 12 years and older between 2005 and 2017, including any prior-month cannabis use and any depression experienced over the previous year.

By the final year of the study, about 19% of people with depression reported at least some cannabis use, compared with 8.7% of individuals without a recent history of depression. In 2005, about 10.2% of people with depression and 5.7% of individuals without depression used the drug.


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He's a creep with brass balls.

Yeah, no. You violated our rights to an unbiased law enforcement agency.

Via The Hill:

Former FBI agent Peter Strzok, a onetime member of former special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe, is claiming the FBI and Justice Department violated his rights of free speech and privacy when firing him for uncovered texts that criticized President Trump.

Strzok and his legal team made the claims in a court document filed Monday that pushes back on the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) motion to dismiss the lawsuit he filed in August over his ouster a year earlier.

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The ONT Is Always Looking Out For YouTM The Essential Bottles Of Champagne (And Sparkling Wine) For Every Stage Of Your NYE Party


You're welcome.


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Quite the secret ingredient. Opium laced noodles.

Rather than improve his noodle recipe, a restaurant owner in China’s Guangxi Province would lace his noodles with opium to get patrons addicted and increase the chances of them coming back for more.

The restaurateur’s dirty trick was uncovered by mistake, after someone who ate at his local in Sanjiang Dong Automonous County tested positive for morphine, the active component in opium, during a police inspection. The shocked man insisted that he had not willingly taken drugs, and told investigators that the only thing he had ingested that he couldn’t vouch for was a bowl of noodles at a local restaurant. That’s how police ended up making a surprise visit to the noodle shop in question, where they took a packet of snail powder which tested positive for morphine.

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Mentally unstable woman, stops taking male hormones. Gets knocked up and gives birth. Significant other is also unstable. Transgender man gives birth to non-binary partner's baby with female sperm donor


EXCLUSIVE: Proud dad Reuben Sharpe has revealed how he gave birth to miracle baby Jamie with partner Jay in Britain’s most modern family - and even the couple's doctor was transgender

But he still had maternal instincts and six years ago stopped taking testosterone in the hope of one day having a child.

And that dream came true when he and partner Jay had a bouncing baby.

Jay is non-binary – so does not identify as male or female.

The sperm donor was a trans woman... and even the DOCTOR was transgender.


Just because you want it to be true, doesn't make it true.


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Man bun and plastic straws, icky, icky, icky.


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The Best of Tatter Power Bottom Brian Stelter as narrated by Mark Dice.


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Paste Eatin' Uncle Joe should be banned from Twitter. #LearnToCode just isn't cool.

‘FFS get him away from people’! Guys, Joe Biden basically just said that miners should ‘learn to code’


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More Paste Eater news: Joe Biden says he would consider naming Sen. John McCain a Republican as his running mate.

Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden on Monday said that he would consider choosing a Republican for a running mate if he’s the 2020 Democratic presidential nominee, though he said someone who would fit the proper bill didn’t immediately come to mind.

“The answer is I would, but I can’t think of one now,” Mr. Biden said in response to a questioner at a campaign stop in New Hampshire.

“No, I’m serious. … There’s some really decent Republicans that are out there still, but here’s the problem right now with the well-known ones: they’ve got to step up. You know what I mean?” he said. “I’m not being a wise guy.”

Wonder if Skipper Bill will step up?

🚢 🚢 🚢 🚢 🚢

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You won't be seeing Nicholas de Santo on network television anytime soon. Religion of Peace, It's a Patent-Pending Situation


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Not only can you get a cup of coffee and a piece of pie at the local cafe, shortly you'll be able to enjoy some marijuana there as well in Colorado.

Seven years after Colorado legalized marijuana, the state legislature has finally authorized options for people who want to use it somewhere other than private residences. A law that takes effect on Wednesday will allow cannabis consumption in specially licensed pot shops, restaurants, and other businesses, including mobile "marijuana hospitality establishments" such as tour buses. The law addresses a predicament that has long puzzled out-of-state visitors who stop by dispensaries in cities such as Denver and Pueblo, only to discover that there are virtually no places where they can legally consume the marijuana they have just legally bought.

That gap will not be filled immediately, since businesses that want to create cannabis consumption spaces have to obtain both state and local permission. The Colorado Department of Revenue's Marijuana Enforcement Division has posted a license application form, along with the relevant regulations, which take effect on January 1. But cities need not allow on-site consumption at all. Assuming that local governments go along, Coloradans should eventually see something like Dutch-style "coffeeshops" where customers can enjoy marijuana with food and beverages in a social setting.

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I'm not sure what was going through through these cops head when this photo was taken. Very little good comes from posting on the job photos to social media.

Cops make ‘quilt’ out of homeless signs. Is panhandling free speech?

A photo showing two Alabama police officers bragging about a "homeless quilt" made from confiscated panhandling signs raises questions about the constitutionality of panhandling.

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Alyssa Milano is crazy. Or so she says.

Alyssa Milano on Sunday urged President Donald Trump to stop using terms like “crazy” or “lost his mind” because it hits too close to home for her.

Milano, an actress turned activist, tweeted at Trump to end the use of such language on Twitter, saying it adds “to the stigma of mental illness” and so harms the “44 million of us who suffer.”


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End of the year Climate Review Predictions.


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It's not nice to fool Mother Nature.

The Chinese scientist who created the world’s first genetically altered babies has been sentenced to three years in prison and a lifelong ban from working in reproductive technology, state media reported on Monday.

He Jiankui, a Shenzhen researcher who drew widespread condemnation when he revealed his experiment last year, will also have to pay a 3 million yuan ($430,000) fine, said a report from Xinhua News Agency, citing the verdict of a court in the southern Chinese city.

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The ONT Musical Interlude

RIP Neil Innes

Comedian and musician Neil Innes, who collaborated with Monty Python and played with The Rutles, has died aged 75, his agent has said.

Essex-born Innes wrote music for Monty Python’s albums including Monty Python’s Previous Record and The Monty Python Matching Tie and Handkerchief, after becoming involved with the comedy group in the 1970s.

He appeared in the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail as a head-bashing monk, the serf crushed by the giant wooden rabbit, and the leader of Sir Robin’s minstrels. He also had small roles in Terry Gilliam’s Jabberwocky and Monty Python’s Life of Brian.

Innes is said to have provided the famous whistling on “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life”.​



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Born on this day: 30 Dec 1928
Bo Diddley guitarist, singer, (R&B hits, 'Bo Diddley', 'You Can't Judge A Book By The Cover', 1963 UK No.34 single 'Pretty Thing'). When The Beatles first went to the US, John Lennon was asked what he would like to see; he replied 'Bo Diddley.' Bo Diddley died from heart failure in Archer, Florida aged 79 on 2nd June 2008. via thisdayinmusic.com

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Joy ride or commonly known as a Genius Award Winner.

KELSO, Wash. — A wild scene unfolded Friday in southwest Washington when someone stole an ambulance while medics were treating a patient who was having trouble breathing.

According to Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue, the medic unit was called around noon to a home in the Lexington area where a woman was having breathing issues. While paramedics were treating the woman, a family member jumped into the ambulance, activated the emergency lights and sirens, and took off.

Fire crews alerted police and continued to treat the woman with oxygen


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Strangers help out scammed man. Tonight's Feel Good Story of The Day.

A World War II veteran from California fell on some pretty hard times when scammers took away $10,000 that he meant to put towards retirement, until a couple of strangers got together to gift him enough money to cover what he lost.

Floyd Smith, 92, of Fresno, California, received a check for $12,472.60 on Monday from hundreds of people who donated to his GoFundMe page and heard his story, ABC News reported.


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Comments

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1 First inthe fog

Posted by: Skip at December 30, 2019 10:00 PM (ZCEU2)

2 ?

Posted by: Linn Ridge, Russian bot. This means War. at December 30, 2019 10:00 PM (MIUG6)

3 Evening Horde!

Posted by: Tonypete at December 30, 2019 10:00 PM (Y4EXg)

4 maybe

Posted by: BifBewalski at December 30, 2019 10:00 PM (VcFUs)

5 All grey....

Posted by: Linn Ridge, Russian bot. This means War. at December 30, 2019 10:00 PM (MIUG6)

6 {{Cousin!}}

Posted by: Tonypete at December 30, 2019 10:01 PM (Y4EXg)

7 first.

Posted by: eleven at December 30, 2019 10:01 PM (QLPEO)

8 I'll fetch 'em

Posted by: BifBewalski at December 30, 2019 10:01 PM (VcFUs)

9 Bonsoir, fappettes et fappeurs!

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at December 30, 2019 10:01 PM (7WaWV)

10 Good Evening

Posted by: wing at December 30, 2019 10:01 PM (JFzNN)

11 Fetched them already

Posted by: Skip at December 30, 2019 10:01 PM (ZCEU2)

12 I could have been first but there is a cat on my mouse.

Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid, at December 30, 2019 10:02 PM (Vy7tf)

13 Corgi stampede in progress

Posted by: BifBewalski at December 30, 2019 10:02 PM (VcFUs)

14 Ooooh the grey thing again

Posted by: Sock Monkey..if this be treason, make the most of it at December 30, 2019 10:02 PM (eegGk)

15 The grey look so terribly grey, when they're grey...

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at December 30, 2019 10:02 PM (7WaWV)

16 Hey everybody.

I had the day off, so today feels a lot like Sunday to me.

Posted by: qdpsteve at December 30, 2019 10:02 PM (L2ZTs)

17 Top 20!

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at December 30, 2019 10:03 PM (+ldAm)

18 Proof that Lucy Van Pelt is a Democrat:

https://tinyurl.com/ruwflsl

Posted by: qdpsteve at December 30, 2019 10:03 PM (L2ZTs)

19 And what an ONT! Nice MH, very nice.

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at December 30, 2019 10:03 PM (+ldAm)

20 Mishum, your neck of the woods appeared to be getting hammered . Hope you're not buried.

Posted by: Sock Monkey..if this be treason, make the most of it at December 30, 2019 10:04 PM (eegGk)

21 "That's how police ended up making a surprise visit to the noodle shop in question, where they took a packet of snail powder which tested positive for morphine."

This... this raises more questions than it answers.

Posted by: hogmartin at December 30, 2019 10:04 PM (t+qrx)

22 All cleared up, wonder why we can't have colored boxes

Posted by: Skip at December 30, 2019 10:04 PM (ZCEU2)

23 That last picture. Oof.

Posted by: bluebell at December 30, 2019 10:05 PM (TfsAD)

24 where extreme risk protection orders were granted by the court, likely averted potential tragedies

Lives created or saved, can't argue with the unquantifiable, sign me up!

Posted by: t-bird at December 30, 2019 10:05 PM (Z1eux)

25 that they have forgotten how to run an ordinary campaign against an ordinary failure.

Because Trump is a failure.

I wonder how Williamson would define success?

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 30, 2019 10:05 PM (I2/tG)

26 Hello, Horde! Now, to read the content.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas at December 30, 2019 10:05 PM (SRRAx)

27 qdsteve - practically Friday to me again

Posted by: Skip at December 30, 2019 10:06 PM (ZCEU2)

28 "Ass. fudge"?

It must come from here:

https://www.uranusgeneralstore.com/

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at December 30, 2019 10:06 PM (7WaWV)

29 Ass fudge stand in San Fran?

Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid, at December 30, 2019 10:06 PM (Vy7tf)

30 The Essential Bottles Of Champagne (And Sparkling Wine) For Every Stage Of Your NYE Party

Sovetskoye Shampanskoye.

Sovetskoye Shampanskoye.

Sovetskoye Shampanskoye.

Posted by: Zombie USSR! at December 30, 2019 10:06 PM (I2/tG)

31 20 Mishum, your neck of the woods appeared to be getting hammered . Hope you're not buried.
Posted by: Sock Monkey..if this be treason, make the most of it at December 30, 2019 10:04 PM (eegGk)

Thank you for your concern.
We haven't been hammered too badly. Yet.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 30, 2019 10:07 PM (aA3+G)

32 The trick for me is will I sleep in tomorrow or still be up in the 4am hour.

Posted by: Skip at December 30, 2019 10:07 PM (ZCEU2)

33 I just read elsewhere on the internet (no, not there) that at the end of the new Star Wars flick, The Rise Of Skywalker...

The entire Skywalker family has been wiped out.

BUT... Rey takes the name Skywalker, since she obviously can't go by her grandfather's name, Palpatine.

This franchise is utterly FUBAR. Again, for me there's nothing but the original 1977-1983 trilogy.

(And I'm surprised YouTube doesn't already feature a Star Wars/Cats mashup yet.)

Posted by: qdpsteve at December 30, 2019 10:07 PM (L2ZTs)

34 every day is friday for me. life is good.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 30, 2019 10:07 PM (KP5rU)

35 Posted by: Tonypete at December 30, 2019 10:01 PM (Y4EXg)

{{{Cousin!!}}}

How's life in the great white north-of-us?

Posted by: Linn Ridge, Russian bot. This means War. at December 30, 2019 10:07 PM (MIUG6)

36 25 that they have forgotten how to run an ordinary campaign against an ordinary failure.

Because Trump is a failure.

I wonder how Williamson would define success?
Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 30, 2019 10:05 PM (I2/tG)

Living in a trailer park not shooting Meth.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 30, 2019 10:07 PM (aA3+G)

37 Sock Monkey, I think MisHum likes being buried sometimes.

I would imagine that, in limited amounts, it provides some privacy and quiet time as well as a great excuse to stay home from work.

Posted by: qdpsteve at December 30, 2019 10:08 PM (L2ZTs)

38 That's some reasonably priced ass fudge.

Posted by: eleven at December 30, 2019 10:08 PM (QLPEO)

39 tater looks jaundiced. malaria, aids, what the fuck?

Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 30, 2019 10:08 PM (KP5rU)

40 I don't understand the transgender / non gender whatever family dynamics. I do feel very sad for that poor baby.

Posted by: IC at December 30, 2019 10:08 PM (sYDum)

41 "I'm not being a wise guy."

1) no shit

2) nobody has ever accused you of said offense.

Posted by: citizenslave at December 30, 2019 10:09 PM (Ptg4S)

42 It must come from here:

https://www.uranusgeneralstore.com/
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto



Bwahahahaha - I got Smash a T-Shirt from them for Christmas. It's her favorite gift this year.

Posted by: BifBewalski at December 30, 2019 10:09 PM (VcFUs)

43 Hello Dear, How was your day?

Posted by: ALH at December 30, 2019 10:09 PM (EpeCy)

44 Incarcerate all Dems, we will end potential crimes in the Ukraine.

Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at December 30, 2019 10:09 PM (LOq4H)

45 Did anyone ever hear back from IC?

Posted by: eleven at December 30, 2019 10:09 PM (QLPEO)

46 The answer is I would, but I can't think of one now

That'd be a good way for us to get rid of some troublesome Senators.

Posted by: t-bird at December 30, 2019 10:10 PM (lK7fO)

47 I saw Female Sperm Donor open for Insane Clown Posse at the Bluemont in '06.

Posted by: jsg at December 30, 2019 10:10 PM (H04zT)

48 Who wants to bet Jeb Bush is begging for Biden's VP spot???

Posted by: qdpsteve at December 30, 2019 10:10 PM (L2ZTs)

49 Man Bun or Bitch Biscuit, it's all semantics.

Posted by: ALH at December 30, 2019 10:10 PM (EpeCy)

50 45, eleven - I'm here!

Posted by: IC at December 30, 2019 10:10 PM (sYDum)

51 48

dumb and dumber 2020?

Posted by: citizenslave at December 30, 2019 10:11 PM (Ptg4S)

52 45, eleven - I'm here!
Posted by: IC


I hope everything is ok.

Posted by: eleven at December 30, 2019 10:11 PM (QLPEO)

53 Good evening, Horde.

Posted by: Ladyl at December 30, 2019 10:11 PM (TdMsT)

54 I'm wonderful, how are you?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 30, 2019 10:11 PM (aA3+G)

55 1 First inthe fog
Posted by: Skip
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As long as you stay away from the Ass. fudge.

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at December 30, 2019 10:12 PM (+ldAm)

56 >>> 12 I could have been first but there is a cat on my mouse.
Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid, at December 30, 2019 10:02 PM (Vy7tf)

Don't they usually prefer the keyboard?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 30, 2019 10:12 PM (0ReGO)

57 So,

SOONER OR LATER is a flashback to my youth.

Thanks MisHum.

Now off to read the rest of the ONT.

Posted by: tbodie at December 30, 2019 10:12 PM (nMj2X)

58 Milano, an actress turned activist, tweeted at Trump to end the use of
such language on Twitter, saying it adds "to the stigma of mental
illness" and so harms the "44 million of us who suffer."


________



Wait, I thought it was closer to 65 million who voted for Hillary ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Make the 20's Roar Again! at December 30, 2019 10:12 PM (WqPYg)

59 Because Trump is a failure.

It's pretty funny watching the Democrats frantically casting about to find people who voted for Trump who no longer support Trump. The one guy they found in Erie, PA who claimed to have voted for Trump and now does not support him actually hadn't voted in 2016.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 30, 2019 10:12 PM (I2/tG)

60 That last picture just ain't right.

Snort.

Posted by: ALH at December 30, 2019 10:13 PM (EpeCy)

61 Love the photo up top, Mis Hum. A nice sunset for the penultimate day of the year. Great song to go with it!

Pray for our President.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at December 30, 2019 10:13 PM (fNFgo)

62 52, started meds on Saturday and it's going to be slowly increased every four days or so. So far it's making me somewhat nauseous and tired but I'm keeping it positive.

Posted by: IC at December 30, 2019 10:13 PM (sYDum)

63 G'night, Horde.

That's all I got until tomorrow morning.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 30, 2019 10:13 PM (rBtIz)

64 More Paste Eater news: Joe Biden says he would consider naming Sen. John McCain a Republican as his running mate.

Geez, do us a favor and take that wimp Romney. Or dig up McCain.

Posted by: nerdygirl at December 30, 2019 10:13 PM (+lVUW)

65 >>> 30 The Essential Bottles Of Champagne (And Sparkling Wine) For Every Stage Of Your NYE Party

Sovetskoye Shampanskoye.

Sovetskoye Shampanskoye.

Sovetskoye Shampanskoye.
Posted by: Zombie USSR! at December 30, 2019 10:06 PM (I2/tG)

Evening vear, very nice!!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 30, 2019 10:14 PM (0ReGO)

66 they have forgotten how to run an ordinary campaign against an ordinary failure.

-
Well, you've got to admit, Kevin D. Williamson knows about being an ordinary failure.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at December 30, 2019 10:14 PM (+y/Ru)

67 ...harms the "44 million of us who suffer."
________

Wait, I thought it was closer to 65 million who voted for Hillary ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Make the 20's Roar Again! at December 30, 2019 10:12 PM (WqPYg)
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The rest are dead, so their mental health doesn't enter into the equation.

Posted by: Linn Ridge, Russian bot. This means War. at December 30, 2019 10:14 PM (MIUG6)

68 Rested and Ready !

Posted by: Jeff Flake at December 30, 2019 10:14 PM (H04zT)

69 54 I'm wonderful, how are you?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 30, 2019 10:11 PM (aA3+G)

Never better, thank you for asking. And I agree, you are wonderful!

Posted by: ALH at December 30, 2019 10:15 PM (EpeCy)

70 Kevin Williamson is a repugnant pile of shit.

Lower than whale shit.


In fact lower than the bacteria that feeds on whale shit.

Posted by: White Rabbit Object at December 30, 2019 10:16 PM (1qzr2)

71 How's life in the great white north-of-us?
Posted by: Linn Ridge

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Just fine and dandy! And you?

Posted by: Tonypete at December 30, 2019 10:16 PM (Y4EXg)

72 Too much content tonight.

I'll just say that 2019 was a year to forget.

Shitty, personally.

Praise dog for some relief. These memes were a sliver of light in the darkness:

Dinner Cat

EDKH

MNF Black Cat

Posted by: logprof at December 30, 2019 10:17 PM (oZuI0)

73 Alyssa Milano on Sunday urged President Donald Trump to stop using terms like "crazy" or "lost his mind" because it hits too close to home for her.

What about nuttier than a fruitcake? Is that okay?

Posted by: nerdygirl at December 30, 2019 10:17 PM (+lVUW)

74 "That's how police ended up making a surprise visit to the noodle shop in question, where they took a packet of snail powder which tested positive for morphine."

This... this raises more questions than it answers.
Posted by: hogmartin at December 30, 2019 10:04 PM (t+qrx)

The rabbit powder, no doubt, tested positive for speed.


And greetings, Horde, from AOP's winter quarters in Apache Junction, AZ. where I just turned on a heater, because, cold.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 30, 2019 10:17 PM (LxWV7)

75 That bottom pic is a repeat. It's Trump's fault.

Posted by: RickZ at December 30, 2019 10:17 PM (Y8PSl)

76 Those morphine-laced noodles!

When I was a kid, my father would never allow me to buy anything from the ice cream trucks, because he was convinced that they were lacing their products with drugs to hook the kiddies.

Everyone in the neighborhood knew that my dad was nice enough, but his ideas were a little out there.

I don't think I am going to share that story with him.....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas at December 30, 2019 10:17 PM (SRRAx)

77 I saw the KD Williamson quote - no one in the last three years has spent more unreadable ink on the "Baboon" of Trump than this porcine grotesquery- and now to say the Dems can't get past it?

Man - it's like these people gaslight you 24/7 and when you call them on it, they say what? Not buying it? Such a Trumpkin cultist!

Posted by: Boswell at December 30, 2019 10:17 PM (32YRo)

78 I'll telegraph a big New Year's Eve story ahead of time - Moscow is having the warmest winter in a hundred years, and is trucking in snow for the New Year's celebrations.

Expect the MSM to run major stories over the next day or two blaming gerbil warbeling for this.

About a decade ago, it was also warm in Moscow, and some major media organization ran a big story about this. The day the story ran, there was snow on the ground in downtown Los Angeles - but that was just weather.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 30, 2019 10:18 PM (I2/tG)

79 Posted by: Tonypete at December 30, 2019 10:16 PM (Y4EXg)

Fair to middling! Supposed to be down to freezing tonight, so all the barn animals got nice fluffy fresh straw for bedding tonight.

The puppehs, of course, are asleep in their beds in front of the fireplace. But they're not spoiled.

Posted by: Linn Ridge, Russian bot. This means War. at December 30, 2019 10:18 PM (MIUG6)

80 What about nuttier than a fruitcake? Is that okay?
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 30, 2019 10:17 PM (+lVUW)

Works for me. Ms. Milano is sounding more frazzled than normal. Trump is killing her softly.

Posted by: ALH at December 30, 2019 10:18 PM (EpeCy)

81 I wonder how Williamson would define success?

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 30, 2019 10:05 PM (I2/tG)


Finding a proper fitting tutu in a size 52.

Posted by: RickZ at December 30, 2019 10:18 PM (Y8PSl)

82 At long last: You can play San Francisco Monopoly!

https://tinyurl.com/r8daows

Posted by: qdpsteve at December 30, 2019 10:19 PM (L2ZTs)

83 Well Armed Women ONT Compliance Pics

https://tinyurl.com/wldshp6

https://tinyurl.com/r6j6l5q

https://tinyurl.com/ux2dmud

https://tinyurl.com/vnstdtl

https://tinyurl.com/vtxr3b9

Posted by: kbdabear at December 30, 2019 10:19 PM (qAR6u)

84 The puppehs, of course, are asleep in their beds in front of the fireplace. But they're not spoiled.
Posted by: Linn Ridge

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Of course not!

Posted by: Tonypete at December 30, 2019 10:19 PM (Y4EXg)

85
Ass. Fudge


Buttrig-Peckersniffer Fever: Catch It!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 30, 2019 10:19 PM (pNxlR)

86 Doubling the Hockey Stick Fraud Erasing America's Hot Past sounds like an X rated movie title.

Posted by: Braenyard at December 30, 2019 10:19 PM (iEXgF)

87 These memes were a sliver of light in the darkness:

Dinner Cat

EDKH

MNF Black Cat
Posted by: logprof at December 30, 2019 10:17 PM (oZuI0)
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I have been laughing my ass off at the Dinner Cat memes. Very creative!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at December 30, 2019 10:20 PM (fNFgo)

88 Time to call, it a night.
Sleep tight everyone

Posted by: Skip at December 30, 2019 10:20 PM (ZCEU2)

89 Also, I hear you can pick up lots of FREE ass fudge in SF lately.

Posted by: qdpsteve at December 30, 2019 10:20 PM (L2ZTs)

90
Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by Improper Abbreviations.



So before he was a Mayor, he ran a retail candy shop?

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at December 30, 2019 10:20 PM (sy5kK)

91 It's nice to see that KDW has gotten over his TDS...

Oh wait, apparently not a bit.

Posted by: GnuBreed at December 30, 2019 10:20 PM (Z4rgH)

92 Why doesn't KD Williams get a job writing for Teen Vogue? He'd be a perfect fit.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 30, 2019 10:21 PM (wiXsO)

93 More Well Armed Women ONT Compliance Pics

https://tinyurl.com/s2vecsr

https://tinyurl.com/sojsbma

https://tinyurl.com/wlqdgke

https://tinyurl.com/wyee3yd

https://tinyurl.com/yx3fv4ny

Posted by: kbdabear at December 30, 2019 10:21 PM (qAR6u)

94 Good night, Skip. Pleasant dreams!

Posted by: ALH at December 30, 2019 10:21 PM (EpeCy)

95 bugfuck crazy.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 30, 2019 10:21 PM (KP5rU)

96 83 Well Armed Women ONT Compliance Pics


Yer forgot Michelle's well toned arms.

Posted by: Braenyard at December 30, 2019 10:21 PM (iEXgF)

97 Ass fudge? Must be a shop in San Francisco.

Posted by: Insomniac at December 30, 2019 10:21 PM (NWiLs)

98
Trump is killing her softly


Trump is like those machines that scrape, lift and crumble blacktopped road surfaces. Whatever crosses his path winds up in little pieces, all torn asunder.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 30, 2019 10:22 PM (pNxlR)

99 So before he was a Mayor, he ran a retail candy shop?
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at December 30, 2019 10:20 PM (sy5kK)
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Nah, just a tail candy shop.

Posted by: Linn Ridge, Russian bot. This means War. at December 30, 2019 10:22 PM (MIUG6)

100 The Jesus and Mary Chain -- "Bo Diddley is Jesus"

https://youtu.be/YQPhG5miKPg

Posted by: logprof at December 30, 2019 10:22 PM (oZuI0)

101 Finding a proper fitting tutu in a size 52.
Posted by: RickZ at December 30, 2019 10:18 PM (Y8PSl)

What color?

Posted by: ALH at December 30, 2019 10:22 PM (EpeCy)

102 The charges on the ambulance theft are about the same as for the guy that's been working on our house. Except the motorcycle stalled and wouldn't restart. Cowlitz county is pretty hard assed about crime.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 30, 2019 10:22 PM (Lqy/e)

103 >>Why doesn't KD Williams get a job writing for Teen Vogue? He'd be a perfect fit.

Calling all otters, calling all otters...

Posted by: Boswell at December 30, 2019 10:23 PM (32YRo)

104 dinner cat has the best memes.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 30, 2019 10:23 PM (KP5rU)

105 Although the impact of the law is difficult to measure since it is preventative in nature, I believe that the removal of firearms and prevention of future purchases of firearms from individuals in Cranston, where extreme risk protection orders were granted by the court, likely averted potential tragedies

That first quote is a doozy. Is it possible to insert more weasel words? If you gotta do that, you're just looking for a reason to support whatever it is.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 30, 2019 10:23 PM (z79tQ)

106 AOP, glad to see you made it south for the winter!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at December 30, 2019 10:23 PM (fNFgo)

107 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 30, 2019 10:17 PM (LxWV7)

Dammit AOP I told you to leave the cold in Canada

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 30, 2019 10:24 PM (aA3+G)

108 82 At long last: You can play San Francisco Monopoly!

https://tinyurl.com/r8daows
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 30, 2019 10:19 PM (L2ZTs)

--LMAO



Nevertheless . . .

The creator(s) of that pic totally whiffed on a meatball over the plate: FREE POOPING

Posted by: logprof at December 30, 2019 10:25 PM (oZuI0)

109 Kevin Williamson is a repugnant pile of shit.

Lower than whale shit.

In fact lower than the bacteria that feeds on whale shit.
Posted by: White Rabbit Object at December 30, 2019 10:16 PM (1qzr2)


Hey! Leave us out of this.

Posted by: Bacteria That Feeds On Whale Shit at December 30, 2019 10:25 PM (aS1PU)

110 Greetings, everyone. Hope you are all doing well. Thank you, MisHum, for the ONT.

If you've ever thought to yourself, "I would really like to watch a monster movie that's a horror-comedy..." but then paused, because your next thought was "...but it has to be Irish." Well, I have the solution for you.

"Grabbers." It's wonderful in every respect, and is well worth the cost.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 30, 2019 10:25 PM (l9m7l)

111 Buttrig-Peckersniffer Fever: Catch It!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM)



Pete wants to start a "family" if he's elected. Can you imagine him giving the "talk"? "Well son, when two men love each other very much, they each spit into a petri dish which contains the egg of an idiot, and hopefully you get a sibling who'll end up just as fucked up as you..."

Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at December 30, 2019 10:25 PM (LOq4H)

112 That Williamson piece wasn't even phoned-in, he wiped his backside and faxed it to the editor.

It's embarrassingly bad.

Posted by: JEM at December 30, 2019 10:25 PM (EdMxw)

113 73 Alyssa Milano on Sunday urged President Donald Trump to stop using terms like "crazy" or "lost his mind" because it hits too close to home for her.

What about nuttier than a fruitcake? Is that okay?
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 30, 2019 10:17 PM (+lVUW)

I like fruitcake

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 30, 2019 10:25 PM (aA3+G)

114 zevon is dead. yet, we're still blessed with bette midler. life is a cruel bitch. don't even get me started on bareassed manilow.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 30, 2019 10:25 PM (KP5rU)

115 Nothing better than ass fudge.

Posted by: San Fran Nan at December 30, 2019 10:25 PM (EgshT)

116 What's wrong with whale shit?

Posted by: Pacific Dung Beetle at December 30, 2019 10:26 PM (QLPEO)

117 Who wants to bet Jeb Bush is begging for Biden's VP spot???

How about some RINO debates to grab the D VP slot?

Posted by: t-bird at December 30, 2019 10:26 PM (Z1eux)

118
Who wants to bet Jeb Bush is begging for Biden's VP spot???
Posted by: qdpsteve

======

Good lord, I hadn't thought about Heb! in ages.

And this is a good thing.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at December 30, 2019 10:26 PM (OfeYw)

119 I don't know if AtC is here tonight but she will be relieved to know that the benevolent state of WA has deemed her too tall to be required to ride in a booster seat. The height is 4'9" and weight of 115 pounds. This regulation begins on the First for vehicles in WA state. No idea if/how it'd be enforced for people from sane er states.

Posted by: Winston a dreg of society at December 30, 2019 10:27 PM (Tt761)

120 In the last 10 years, UIN [Mexican Naval Intelligence] has become the most trusted Mexican intelligence service for the DEA and DIA,

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That's like being the smartest hostess on the View.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at December 30, 2019 10:27 PM (+y/Ru)

121 >>>Moscow is having the warmest winter in a hundred years, and is trucking in snow for the New Year's celebrations.

Where are all our Napoleonic rebel friends now?

Posted by: Boswell at December 30, 2019 10:27 PM (32YRo)

122 Buttrig-Peckersniffer Fever: Catch It!

I took a dump... in San Fran-cis-co
High as a kite, it calls to me
To be where little cable cars
Go by sleazy gay bars!
And the morning fog will chill the stench

Posted by: Not Tony Bennett! at December 30, 2019 10:27 PM (I2/tG)

123 dinner cat has the best memes.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 30, 2019 10:23 PM (KP5rU)
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My favorite so far is the cat saying "Bless your Heart." The chick says "Did you just say 'Fuck You' in Southern?" That one always makes me laugh.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at December 30, 2019 10:28 PM (fNFgo)

124 Honestly, when you get down to it is there really any other kind of fudge?

Posted by: Pete Buttplug at December 30, 2019 10:28 PM (3H9h1)

125 If only Napolean had just waited a little while.

Posted by: eleven at December 30, 2019 10:28 PM (QLPEO)

126 114 zevon is dead. yet, we're still blessed with bette midler.


proof that life isn't fair.

but carry on anyway.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at December 30, 2019 10:28 PM (sy5kK)

127 M-O-O-N

That spells ONT

Posted by: blaster at December 30, 2019 10:28 PM (ZfRYq)

128 123; love that one.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 30, 2019 10:29 PM (KP5rU)

129 /more developed that Williamson sock

Posted by: DR.WTF at December 30, 2019 10:29 PM (aS1PU)

130 I like fruitcake

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 30, 2019 10:25 PM (aA3+G)

I had a long-term girlfriend who was a horrorshow, but damn..she made the only good fruitcake I have ever eaten.

It was spectacular (as was her backside...).

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 30, 2019 10:29 PM (wYseH)

131
46 The answer is I would, but I can't think of one now

That'd be a good way for us to get rid of some troublesome Senators.
Posted by: t-bird at December 30, 2019 10:10 PM (lK7fO)


Pick the Alaskan Coke Bear, Jo-Jo! You'd start out six whole electoral votes ahead!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 30, 2019 10:29 PM (pNxlR)

132 Where are all our Napoleonic rebel friends now?

The two coldest winters in Moscow history were 1812 and 1941.

Who loves ya, baby?

Posted by: God! at December 30, 2019 10:29 PM (I2/tG)

133 Wait, I thought it was closer to 65 million who voted for Hillary ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Make the 20's Roar Again! at December 30, 2019 10:12 PM (WqPYg)
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The rest are dead, so their mental health doesn't enter into the equation.
Posted by: Linn Ridge, Russian bot. This means War. at December 30, 2019 10:14 PM (MIUG6)

Damn. Wish I had said that.

Posted by: tbodie at December 30, 2019 10:29 PM (nMj2X)

134 I like fruitcake

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 30, 2019 10:25 PM (aA3+G)


That puts you in the 'nutty' category.

I like fruitcake, too, as a doorstop. Less smelly than a dead cat doorstop. A fruitcake doorstop lasts longer than a dead cat doorstop, too.

Posted by: RickZ at December 30, 2019 10:30 PM (Y8PSl)

135 Don't think of Bette Midler. Think of Shirley Manson.

Posted by: qdpsteve at December 30, 2019 10:30 PM (L2ZTs)

136 Dammit AOP I told you to leave the cold in Canada
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 30, 2019 10:24 PM (aA3+G)

It was warming up when I left. Thought I was bringing the warm weather with me. It was below freezing a couple of nights ago here in AJ. Not quite as cold now.

I spent an hour this afternoon, a few miles south of Kingman, lying on the ground, getting the busted muffler off my Suburban. So now it's very loud, but at least the muffler is not dragging on the road. So there's that.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 30, 2019 10:30 PM (LxWV7)

137 Was just reading about Robert Ben Rhoades.
Yikes.

Posted by: qdpsteve at December 30, 2019 10:30 PM (L2ZTs)

138 Just that thumbnail of Brian Stelter makes me glad I don't watch TV anymore...

Posted by: Flyover at December 30, 2019 10:30 PM (Rbu5d)

139 119 I don't know if AtC is here tonight but she will be relieved to know that the benevolent state of WA has deemed her too tall to be required to ride in a booster seat. The height is 4'9" and weight of 115 pounds. This regulation begins on the First for vehicles in WA state. No idea if/how it'd be enforced for people from sane er states.
Posted by: Winston a dreg of society at December 30, 2019 10:27 PM (Tt761)


wonder what kids with parents, taking an Uber, are supposed to do?

I'm trying to stay positive, Olympia isn't helping.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at December 30, 2019 10:30 PM (sy5kK)

140 Posted by: RickZ at December 30, 2019 10:30 PM (Y8PS

Your taste in bakery products is as poor as your taste in music.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 30, 2019 10:31 PM (aA3+G)

141 Olympia is one of the better reasons to hope for earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions.

Posted by: Winston a dreg of society at December 30, 2019 10:33 PM (Tt761)

142
Pete wants to start a "family" if he's elected.

=======

What if he's not? Never mind. I couldn't care less about him being gay, I can't stand that preening puke for everything else about him. I can't wait for him to lose his boyish charm and be replaced by The Next Pete Buttigieg.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at December 30, 2019 10:33 PM (OfeYw)

143 I like fruitcake

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian

Hate to tell you MisHum - but If "Bless your heart!" is the way you say "Fuck you" in Southern, then sending you a fruitcake is the way the Midwesterner says the same thing...

Posted by: Boswell at December 30, 2019 10:33 PM (32YRo)

144 The two coldest winters in Moscow history were 1812 and 1941.

In 1941, the Moscow area had day after day of -40 temperatures, which is Siberian weather, not Moscow weather.

The freezing German troops were up against well-clothed Siberian soldiers, for whom -40 was "oh yeah, it's a bit nippy".

Posted by: God! at December 30, 2019 10:33 PM (I2/tG)

145 I have been laughing my ass off at the Dinner Cat memes. Very creative!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at December 30, 2019 10:20 PM (fNFgo)

--Lizzie Warren replacing Housewife: "I SAID YOU DRINK TOO MUCH WINE!"

Dinner Cat: "HOLY SHIT! BRING BACK THE OTHER BITCH"

Posted by: logprof at December 30, 2019 10:33 PM (oZuI0)

146 Works for me. Ms. Milano is sounding more frazzled than normal. Trump is killing her softly.
Posted by: ALH


Guess she should up her meds.

Posted by: nerdygirl at December 30, 2019 10:33 PM (+lVUW)

147 Rey takes the name Skywalker, since she obviously can't go by her grandfather's name, Palpatine.

Wait. She's related to ...?

[facepalm]

Posted by: Flyover at December 30, 2019 10:34 PM (Rbu5d)

148 Do they still make Olympia Beer or Rainier Ale?

Posted by: DR.WTF at December 30, 2019 10:34 PM (aS1PU)

149 Posted by: Boswell at December 30, 2019 10:33 PM (32YRo)

My mom made the best damn fruitcake.
Mrs. Mis Hum does a pretty good job.
Moms recipe is in the Horde Cookbook

The secret is Brandy, lots of brandy

I'll have to see if CBD likes it

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 30, 2019 10:35 PM (aA3+G)

150 Remember when Kevin D Williamson's ex-wife wrote that scathing letter to the Atlantic thanking them for firing him and then basically called him a misogynist and racist.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 30, 2019 10:35 PM (wiXsO)

151 I liked the patent pending comic.

Posted by: Easy Andy at December 30, 2019 10:36 PM (2DOZq)

152 Dr WTF
I haven't seen either in a very long time. Olympia was always Coors to my taste. Rainier had the best TV ads though with the Wild Rainiers.

Posted by: Winston a dreg of society at December 30, 2019 10:36 PM (Tt761)

153 Mona BullshitName is quite right. White people invented a lot of our modern social norms.

Mona BullshitName had best hope those norms aren't abandoned, because I'm pretty sure she wouldn't like it.

I know it must suck to realize that your civilization (if it can be called that) hasn't invented anything since the slave-labor pyramid, 6,000 years ago, but that's on you. Not us. Maybe a hundred generations of sister-fucking wasn't such a good idea after all?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 30, 2019 10:36 PM (4QyVs)

154 If I met Kevin Williamson in person, what would I say to him?

"Put a hat on before somebody jerks you off"

Posted by: kbdabear at December 30, 2019 10:37 PM (qAR6u)

155 Your taste in bakery products is as poor as your taste in music.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 30, 2019 10:31 PM (aA3+G)


I think I see your problem. You think fruitcakes are a bakery item. They come from the brick factory.

Posted by: RickZ at December 30, 2019 10:37 PM (Y8PSl)

156 mayor pete wants to start a family. i had no idea toilet fish were tax deductible. note to self, start a new family.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 30, 2019 10:37 PM (KP5rU)

157 I have been laughing my ass off at the Dinner Cat memes. Very creative!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at December 30, 2019 10:20 PM (fNFgo)

--Lizzie Warren replacing Housewife: "I SAID YOU DRINK TOO MUCH WINE!"

Dinner Cat: "HOLY SHIT! BRING BACK THE OTHER BITCH"
Posted by: logprof at December 30, 2019 10:33 PM (oZuI0)
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Hahahahaha!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at December 30, 2019 10:37 PM (fNFgo)

158 Although the impact of the law is difficult to measure since it is preventative in nature,

Um, why not compare before and after statistics?

Posted by: nerdygirl at December 30, 2019 10:37 PM (+lVUW)

159 Maybe someday they'll do Abbott and Costello Meet the Emperor Palpatine.

Posted by: davidt at December 30, 2019 10:39 PM (l3+k2)

160 What an evil man Michael Winquest is.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at December 30, 2019 10:39 PM (9jl/W)

161 The secret is Brandy, lots of brandy

I'll have to see if CBD likes it

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian

Yes, of course, I keed, I keed...my Grandma made a decent one - lots of liquor needed.

No store bought! That stuff is pretty bad.

Posted by: Boswell at December 30, 2019 10:39 PM (32YRo)

162
Yes, Star Wars fans, you precious storyline is nothing more than a gaggle of nickelfucking incest fiends, all of whom are obsessed by galactic-sized planet-destroying Skee balls. Well done!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 30, 2019 10:39 PM (pNxlR)

163 Speaking of crazy . . .

Bill Kristol@BillKristol
What if McConnell has privately signaled Murkowski et al that he's fine with a little rebellion that would "force" him to accede to witnesses and a real trial, which could then accomplish McConnell's true goal of getting rid of Trump while seeming to have been loyal to Trump?

-
What if the Martians send me a semi trailer full of Krugerrands?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at December 30, 2019 10:39 PM (+y/Ru)

164 Um, why not compare before and after statistics?
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 30, 2019 10:37 PM (+lVUW)
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Science denier!!! REEEEEE!!!
--The Left

Posted by: Linn Ridge, Russian bot. This means War. at December 30, 2019 10:40 PM (MIUG6)

165 Pot use among those with depression is increasing.

Pot usage, like most things, follows the 80-20 rule - 20% percent of pot smokers smoke 80% of the pot.

The professional who occasionally smokes a joint on weekends has no idea how damaging heavy pot use can be to one's life.

One thing that is really striking in Portland is that the pot shops tend to be concentrated in poor neighborhoods - you're not seeing a lot of pot shops in affluent neighborhoods.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 30, 2019 10:41 PM (I2/tG)

166 Pete wants to start a "family" if he's elected.

All the craziness of gay parents aside, If he truly wanted to have children it wouldn't have anything to do with getting elected.

Posted by: nerdygirl at December 30, 2019 10:41 PM (+lVUW)

167 Ah, fond memories.

https://tinyurl.com/r6jubhx

Posted by: Panhandler at December 30, 2019 10:41 PM (S/rwf)

168 It's also a great romance film, though the denouement is pretty obvious.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 30, 2019 10:41 PM (l9m7l)

169 A law that takes effect on Wednesday will allow cannabis consumption in specially licensed pot shops, restaurants, and other businesses, including mobile "marijuana hospitality establishments" such as tour buses.

But smoking tobacco in a restaurant is still prohibited.

Posted by: Chuck C at December 30, 2019 10:41 PM (r6GXX)

170 Glad to see it took the entire Reuters staff to bollix this up so badly.

Confirmation bias or just plain stupid?


Reuters knew that the false story would be tweeted millions of times around the world before the correction got its boots on

Posted by: kbdabear at December 30, 2019 10:42 PM (qAR6u)

171 Buttigieg seems to be getting more and more desperate. His internal polling and fundraising numbers must be pretty bad. He is flailing and making himself not good VP material.

Maybe Schlichter is right. It's going to be Biden (though I agree with ace that he won't make it that far physically) with Warren as VP candidate.

Posted by: blaster at December 30, 2019 10:43 PM (ZfRYq)

172 Mona BullshitName is quite right. White people invented a lot of our modern social norms.

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Yeah, but people of color invented cannibalism and human sacrifice so it all equals out.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at December 30, 2019 10:43 PM (+y/Ru)

173 kristol is more delusional than neil young after coming down from a cheap canuck high. what a fucking basket case. i have seen homeless derelects that made more sense than that fuck.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 30, 2019 10:43 PM (KP5rU)

174 Bill Kristol@BillKristol
What if McConnell has privately signaled Murkowski et al that he's fine with a little rebellion that would "force" him to accede to witnesses and a real trial, which could then accomplish McConnell's true goal of getting rid of Trump while seeming to have been loyal to Trump? I also like to masturbate into my own mouth.

Posted by: @Bill Kristol at December 30, 2019 10:44 PM (CLteG)

175 The brewery was bought out. I don't think either Oly or Rainer Ale is still brewed. My late husband may have kept them in business by buying Rainier Ale but quit drinking.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 30, 2019 10:44 PM (Lqy/e)

176 What if the Martians send me a semi trailer full of Krugerrands?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler

Yeah, Cap'n Crazy needs to step away from the crack pipe...

I mean, children write Santa all the time wishing for shit...so it really must be true that when you go over 70 you revert back to 7. Especially when you live in DC

Posted by: Boswell at December 30, 2019 10:44 PM (32YRo)

177 Chick: You said there would be 6-8 inches for Christmas and I would be thrilled!

Cat: Snow, Karen. . . I meant snow.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at December 30, 2019 10:45 PM (fNFgo)

178 Thirst!

Posted by: redc1c4 at December 30, 2019 10:45 PM (iJXSP)

179 Posted by: Boswell at December 30, 2019 10:39 PM (32YRo)



Store bought are horrible
Homemade is the way to go

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 30, 2019 10:46 PM (aA3+G)

180 My brother and his family live in Olympia...they are very...granola and leftist. We don't talk much.

Posted by: lin-duh at December 30, 2019 10:46 PM (UUBmN)

181 I like fruitcake

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 30, 2019 10:25 PM (aA3+G)


My brother used to send my dad some fruitcake from some bakery in Texas. It was good, but really nutty.

Posted by: nerdygirl at December 30, 2019 10:47 PM (+lVUW)

182 Sock Monkey, I think MisHum likes being buried sometimes.

I would imagine that, in limited amounts, it provides some privacy and quiet time as well as a great excuse to stay home from work.
Posted by: qdpsteve

Yep sure. All that quiet time to fire up the snow blower get out the shovel and peacefully contemplate that 18 inches of snow that fell overnight.

Posted by: Sock Monkey..if this be treason, make the most of it at December 30, 2019 10:47 PM (eegGk)

183 Transgender man gives birth to non-binary partner's baby with female sperm donor


******

Meanwhile, in the land formerly known as reality, here's what happened:

Person with functioning uterus and ovaries cos-playing as a man gives birth after insemination with sperm from a person with functional testicles cos-playing as a woman, while an irrelevant bystander looks on.

It's the most mundane of biologic occurrences yet it somehow merits a click bait headline.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 30, 2019 10:47 PM (m45I2)

184 Grabbers." It's wonderful in every respect, and is well worth the cost.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 30, 2019 10:25 PM (l9m7l)

BeckChas, your recommendation is almost enough to mAke me look for a copy and violate my non-viewing vow!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at December 30, 2019 10:48 PM (BiNEL)

185 My favorite screaming woman/confused cat meme...

https://tinyurl.com/wxcrgcb

Posted by: kbdabear at December 30, 2019 10:48 PM (qAR6u)

186 Real Housewife: Epstein didn't kill himself!

Dinner Cat: Finally, we agree

Posted by: logprof at December 30, 2019 10:48 PM (oZuI0)

187 I like fruitcake

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 30, 2019 10:25 PM (aA3+G)

My brother used to send my dad some fruitcake from some bakery in Texas. It was good, but really nutty.
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 30, 2019 10:47 PM (+lVUW)
* * * *

Probably Collin Street Bakery. Loaded with pecans.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at December 30, 2019 10:48 PM (fNFgo)

188 Bill Kristol@BillKristol
What if McConnell has privately signaled Murkowski et al that he's fine with a little rebellion that would "force" him to accede to witnesses and a real trial, which could then accomplish McConnell's true goal of getting rid of Trump while seeming to have been loyal to Trump?

>>>>>>>

It's almost as if Bill wants Civil War 2.0

Posted by: squirrelly dan at December 30, 2019 10:49 PM (aqwWL)

189 Pick the Alaskan Coke Bear, Jo-Jo! You'd start out six whole electoral votes ahead!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM)


Imagine the trouble she could get into with Biden's cokewhore son, Hunter.

Posted by: nerdygirl at December 30, 2019 10:49 PM (+lVUW)

190 It's the most mundane of biologic occurrences yet it somehow merits a click bait headline.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 30, 2019 10:47 PM



And yet, there it is...

*smfh

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at December 30, 2019 10:49 PM (7WaWV)

191 MisHum, don't know where you find these ONT photos but they are beautiful !

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at December 30, 2019 10:49 PM (BiNEL)

192 My brother used to send my dad some fruitcake from some bakery in Texas.

Collins Street Bakery in Corsicana - yet another reason to attend the Tx MoMe.

Posted by: Panhandler at December 30, 2019 10:49 PM (S/rwf)

193 Rainer Ale is still being brewed, albeit down here in Irwindale #Failifornia, so its mountain born of the San Gabriel's.... LOL

|https://rainierbeer.com/

Posted by: redc1c4 at December 30, 2019 10:49 PM (iJXSP)

194 Those freakshows in Jolly Olde are making the case for euthanasia...

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at December 30, 2019 10:50 PM (XeWur)

195 I haven't seen either in a very long time. Olympia was always Coors to my taste. Rainier had the best TV ads though with the Wild Rainiers.
Posted by: Winston a dreg of society at December 30, 2019 10:36 PM (Tt761)

Olympia Gold Lite was the exclusive beer for my old man for years. I tried some and it was, and still is, the only beer I spat out upon tasting. (For years he wondered why when I came to visit I always brought my own beer.)

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at December 30, 2019 10:50 PM (9jl/W)

196 185 My favorite screaming woman/confused cat meme...

https://tinyurl.com/wxcrgcb
Posted by: kbdabear at December 30, 2019 10:48 PM (qAR6u)

--Smudge is not confused. He's pissed.

Posted by: logprof at December 30, 2019 10:50 PM (oZuI0)

197 Romney Aims To Be "Lone Voice of Conscience" In Impeachment Trial

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Mitt, Mitt, Mitt, strap your dog to the car roof, beat up a fag, give someone cancer and settle down.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at December 30, 2019 10:50 PM (+y/Ru)

198 My favorite screaming woman/confused cat meme...

https://tinyurl.com/wxcrgcb
Posted by: kbdabear at December 30, 2019 10:48 PM (qAR6u)
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Good one!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at December 30, 2019 10:51 PM (fNFgo)

199 Collins Street Bakery in Corsicana - yet another reason to attend the Tx MoMe.
Posted by: Panhandler at December 30, 2019 10:49 PM (S/rwf)

Fantastic goodies there!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at December 30, 2019 10:51 PM (BiNEL)

200 Imagine the trouble she could get into with Biden's cokewhore son, Hunter.
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 30, 2019 10:49 PM (+lVUW)

I expect she's too much of high-miler to be attractive to Hunter.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 30, 2019 10:51 PM (LxWV7)

201 Dinner cat was the only thing good about 2019,

Posted by: squirrelly dan at December 30, 2019 10:51 PM (aqwWL)

202 "Store bought are horrible. Homemade is the way to go"

Fruitcake or ass. fudge?

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at December 30, 2019 10:52 PM (XeWur)

203 Store bought are horrible
Homemade is the way to go

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian

Yeah, I think my Grandma used to soak the "fruit" in some sort of brandy or whisky, and the whole cake came out soft and moist and really sweet...really good with a strong cup of coffee like they made in the old days...store bought came out like a brick and every thing tasted stale and you threw it away.

Posted by: Boswell at December 30, 2019 10:52 PM (32YRo)

204 Maybe Schlichter is right. It's going to be Biden (though I agree with ace that he won't make it that far physically) with Warren as VP candidate.
Posted by: blaster
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The Ma and Pa Kettle ticket.

I was assured the other day by a Bernie bot (Who stopped me while walking through a parking lot) that "Bernie is the only one with the strength to beat Trump".

I humored the guy, and we kind of strolled through the weaknesses of the other candidates. I realized afterwards that neither of us mentioned Biden.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 30, 2019 10:52 PM (CDGwz)

205 Romney Aims To Be "Lone Voice of Conscience"

So he's going to masturbate by himself in his basement... again.

Posted by: boulder t'hobo at December 30, 2019 10:52 PM (ykYG2)

206 It's the most mundane of biologic occurrences yet it somehow merits a click bait headline.
Posted by: Muldoon at December 30, 2019 10:47 PM (m45I2)
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Thanks, Muldoon! I had trouble interpreting the given headline. Not getting this "non-binary partner" shit.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at December 30, 2019 10:53 PM (fNFgo)

207 pretty sure the opium noodle thing is a futurama episode

Posted by: Anachronda at December 30, 2019 10:53 PM (2IvUu)

208 Posted by: Sock Monkey..if this be treason, make the most of it at December 30, 2019 10:47 PM (ee

We've only had about 8" today

That beats the rain & drizzle we had over the weekend

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 30, 2019 10:53 PM (aA3+G)

209 Mayor Pete wants to start a "family" if he's elected.


*********


Well, if I understand the biology properly he's going to have to insert a turkey baster into his boyfriends rectum.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 30, 2019 10:53 PM (m45I2)

210 2020 is almost upon us.

I hope everyone on the ONT has a very festive and survivable New Year's Eve.

I will be working tomorrow night, so I won't get to rock in the NY with you folks or Dick Clark.

Bummer.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at December 30, 2019 10:54 PM (Nqutb)

211 I thought Rainier was still being made but haven't seen it here in Eastern WA for a while. Like years.
There are too many good micro breweries around to go back to Vitamin R.

Posted by: Winston a dreg of society at December 30, 2019 10:54 PM (Tt761)

212 188: bill would be the first casualty. toads are always the first to go.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 30, 2019 10:54 PM (KP5rU)

213 So. Much. Content!

Thanks, MisHum!

Happy New Year (in advance...) to all Ye Morons!

Posted by: JQ at December 30, 2019 10:54 PM (gP/Z3)

214 The cookies are outstanding from Collins Street Bakery - the fruitcake...um, I'll pass.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at December 30, 2019 10:55 PM (9jl/W)

215 For those of you still following the Epstein "situation", here's one of my favorite remaining YooToob shitlords, Bearing, discussing Andy Windsor's really weird attempt to defend himself and his quote-unquote "alleged" friendship with Epstein in a TV interview. Bearing posted his commentary in two parts; the second part just hit YooToob today...

Part 1: https://youtu.be/ERqxfNgPsi8

Part 2: https://youtu.be/jWmEGVEx9TY

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at December 30, 2019 10:55 PM (H3MF8)

216 I've never had fruitcake, homemade or store bought, that wasn't nasty.

Posted by: Insomniac at December 30, 2019 10:55 PM (NWiLs)

217
They have forgotten how to run an ordinary campaign against an ordinary failure. - Kevin D. Williamson

Tell us, Mr. Williamson, how does a True Conservative define success against today's Democratic party?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 30, 2019 10:56 PM (7rVsF)

218 Romney Aims To Be "Lone Voice of Conscience" In Impeachment Trial

* * * *

Yo, Mitt! That's. Not. Your. Job.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at December 30, 2019 10:56 PM (fNFgo)

219 209 Mayor Pete wants to start a "family" if he's elected.


*********


Well, if I understand the biology properly he's going to have to insert a turkey baster into his boyfriends rectum.
Posted by: Muldoon at December 30, 2019 10:53 PM (m45I2)

They're going to surgically graft a uterus to his sigmoid colon.

Posted by: Insomniac at December 30, 2019 10:56 PM (NWiLs)

220 I will be working tomorrow night, so I won't get to rock in the NY with you folks or Dick Clark.

Bummer.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger

---

Dick Clark would probably love to be there alas, he est mort.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 30, 2019 10:56 PM (Y4EXg)

221 i have never eaten fruitcake. never will.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 30, 2019 10:56 PM (KP5rU)

222 I will be working tomorrow night, so I won't get to rock in the NY with you folks or Dick Clark.

Bummer.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at December 30, 2019 10:54 PM (Nqutb)

What year is this?

Posted by: Zombie Dick Clark at December 30, 2019 10:57 PM (9jl/W)

223 Posted by: Bitter Clinger at December 30, 2019 10:54 PM (Nqutb)

Hope you cash in big Happy New Years

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 30, 2019 10:57 PM (aA3+G)

224 Top NYC Education official arrested for trying to set up sex with underage boy...

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NTTAWWT

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at December 30, 2019 10:57 PM (+y/Ru)

225
Well, if I understand the biology properly he's going to have to insert a turkey baster into his boyfriends rectum.
Posted by: Muldoon
------------

Well, the proper address is 'wife', or 'husband'...people seem hesitant to openly address the issue.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 30, 2019 10:57 PM (CDGwz)

226 @184 - it was made in 2012, so...

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 30, 2019 10:57 PM (l9m7l)

227 ❘❘❘❙❙❚A

Just passing by and noticed there was an ONT going on, so I thought I'd drop in for a minute or two drinks which ever comes first.

Commenting kind-of slow tonight? (Checks up top for the current comments per hour meter)

I noticed the post starts off with a beautiful pic and ends up with... well, what it ended up with. In the end. um

Anyway, I was thinking, what if the order were reversed and we ended the post with a beautiful picture, so we can forget the assfudge at the start.

Wait, wait, there are problems with this, I know... let me think...

Posted by: mindful webworker - happy new year's eve eve at December 30, 2019 10:57 PM (3/f2v)

228 Is this something?

The woman Paul Pelosi has business dealings with involving a single room occupancy hotel known as "the pit" is now accusing him of forcing her to have an abortion and weaponizing child protective services.

Posted by: blaster at December 30, 2019 10:58 PM (ZfRYq)

229 219 209 Mayor Pete wants to start a "family" if he's elected.


*********


Well, if I understand the biology properly he's going to have to insert a turkey baster into his boyfriends rectum.
Posted by: Muldoon at December 30, 2019 10:53 PM (m45I2)

They're going to surgically graft a uterus to his sigmoid colon.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 30, 2019 10:56 PM (NWiLs)

Mayor Buttygig

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at December 30, 2019 10:58 PM (9jl/W)

230 The old Rainier commercial with the guy riding the motorcycle - and all you heard was him reving up the cycle - "RRRRRRainier"...hilarious.

Posted by: Boswell at December 30, 2019 10:58 PM (32YRo)

231
They're going to surgically graft a uterus to his sigmoid colon.

Posted by: Insomniac


Guessing Madcow would be more than happy to be the baby mule.

Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at December 30, 2019 10:58 PM (LOq4H)

232 Evenin', Horde!

Started my new job today, much of which was spent figuring out all the stuff that was supposed to be set up for me, but wasn't. Can't complain, though.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 30, 2019 10:58 PM (CAJOC)

233 My maternal grandmother made fruitcake.
I drew deep insight as to why my mother could burn water.

Posted by: Winston a dreg of society at December 30, 2019 10:58 PM (Tt761)

234 Just gotta share with the Horde:

I bought an HDMI splitter from Amazon. It lets you plug two HDMI outputs into one HDMI input on a TV.

It was highly rated, so I'm not too worried about the quality, but the brand name on the box is...

TECHOLE

Posted by: qdpsteve at December 30, 2019 10:58 PM (L2ZTs)

235 Well, I am going to go to bed. I just realized how tired I am. Point the fan heater at the bed, crawl in, and pull a dog over me. Road trips can be hard on a guy.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 30, 2019 10:59 PM (LxWV7)

236 I have been watching more of the marble olympics than I will admit.

https://youtu.be/GR3aImy7dWw

Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 30, 2019 10:59 PM (LxTcq)

237 It was highly rated, so I'm not too worried about the quality, but the brand name on the box is...

TECHOLE
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 30, 2019 10:58 PM (L2ZTs)

Made in Mexico?

Posted by: Insomniac at December 30, 2019 10:59 PM (NWiLs)

238 I've never had fruitcake, homemade or store bought, that wasn't nasty.
Posted by: Insomniac

---

My family's was terrible but I've had my mother in laws, and it is fantastic. Totally brandy soaked. Still some in the freezer.

Important note: I've been married 10 years and MIL died 20 years ago.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 30, 2019 11:00 PM (Y4EXg)

239 So, to recap, tonight's subthread topics:

1. Fruits
2. Nuts
3. Fruits and Nuts
4. The fruits of one's nuts
5. Fruitcake with nuts

Did I miss anything or anybody?

Posted by: Muldoon at December 30, 2019 11:00 PM (m45I2)

240 217
They have forgotten how to run an ordinary campaign against an ordinary failure. - Kevin D. Williamson


Tell us, Mr. Williamson, how does a True Conservative define success against today's Democratic party?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 30, 2019 10:56 PM (7rVsF)

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

The D uses lube?

Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 30, 2019 11:00 PM (CAJOC)

241 Speaking of rockin' in the new year with Dick Clark, I wonder how the Odious RBG is feeling right now...

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at December 30, 2019 11:00 PM (7WaWV)

242 Guessing Madcow would be more than happy to be the baby mule.
Posted by: Some rat
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Does she have a wife?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 30, 2019 11:00 PM (CDGwz)

243 It was highly rated, so I'm not too worried about the quality, but the brand name on the box is...

TECHOLE

Posted by: qdpsteve

Should I call the otters?

Posted by: Boswell at December 30, 2019 11:00 PM (32YRo)

244 Insom, nope. China.

Posted by: qdpsteve at December 30, 2019 11:00 PM (L2ZTs)

245 "RRRRRRainier"...hilarious.

Posted by: Boswell


I remember it being 1rst gear: Raaaaaainnnnn. 2nd gear: Eeerrrrrrrrr. 3rd gear: beeeeerrrrrr. But I may have been drunk.

Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at December 30, 2019 11:01 PM (LOq4H)

246 The old Rainier commercial with the guy riding the motorcycle

See # 167

Posted by: Panhandler at December 30, 2019 11:01 PM (S/rwf)

247 Hi Insom!

*runs away*

Posted by: Nurse ratched at December 30, 2019 11:01 PM (PkVlr)

248 The old Rainier commercial with the guy riding the motorcycle - and all you heard was him reving up the cycle - "RRRRRRainier"...hilarious.
Posted by: Boswell at December 30, 2019 10:58 PM (32YRo)


See comment 167, there's a link to it.

Posted by: DR.WTF at December 30, 2019 11:01 PM (aS1PU)

249 We've only had about 8" today

That beats the rain & drizzle we had over the weekend
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 30, 2019 10:53 PM (aA3+G)
* * * *

Didn't you order a new snow blower? Hope it made short work of that snow!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at December 30, 2019 11:01 PM (fNFgo)

250 Fruitcake? Never cared much for it originally, but *once* I was given a small one, purchased from some little local store.

It was actually pretty tasty! Took a slice, buttered it & zapped for just a few seconds to warm up-- great with a cuppa covfefe!

That was decades ago. Can't remember brand or anything else. Tried a few more over the years but never got another one that was even worth the trouble to unwrap.

Too bad.

Posted by: JQ at December 30, 2019 11:02 PM (gP/Z3)

251 Hope you cash in big Happy New Years

.....

Thanks!

I'm working a party at an old Civil War era hotel with an expected 500 attendees.

They are paying me $400 cash to work it in addition to my tips, so it's definitely worth it.

In addition, I'm taking my Russian babe that nearly caused me to poke my eye out a month or so ago with me, so it should be fun.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at December 30, 2019 11:02 PM (Nqutb)

252 245
Those ads were great. The wild Rainiers running through a meadow. The fake Cousteau sounding guy in a rubber boat with the cans all around it. Funny stuff.

Posted by: Winston a dreg of society at December 30, 2019 11:03 PM (Tt761)

253 Fruitcake jokes are very much like factual fruitcake...


...there is only one and it has been passed from person to person and claimed to be original for decades.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 30, 2019 11:03 PM (m45I2)

254 244 Insom, nope. China.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 30, 2019 11:00 PM (L2ZTs)

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

So, not pronounced tech-o-lay, then?

Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 30, 2019 11:03 PM (CAJOC)

255 247 Hi Insom!

*runs away*
Posted by: Nurse ratched at December 30, 2019 11:01 PM

Hi nurse!

Bravely bold nurse ratched
Rode out from Camelot...

Posted by: Insomniac at December 30, 2019 11:03 PM (NWiLs)

256 Kevin D. Williamson: Ass or Failure?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 30, 2019 11:03 PM (XVuno)

257 201 Dinner cat was the only thing good about 2019,
Posted by: squirrelly dan at December 30, 2019 10:51 PM (aqwWL)

--Disagree.

EDKH and MNF Black Cat as well

Especially when any are combined

Posted by: logprof at December 30, 2019 11:03 PM (oZuI0)

258 They are paying me $400 cash to work it in addition to my tips, so it's definitely worth it.

In addition, I'm taking my Russian babe that nearly caused me to poke my eye out a month or so ago with me, so it should be fun.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at December 30, 2019 11:02 PM (Nqutb)

Get some!

Posted by: Insomniac at December 30, 2019 11:04 PM (NWiLs)

259 No one, apparently not.

Reminds me of when I first heard of the Japanese company, Matsushita.

Posted by: qdpsteve at December 30, 2019 11:04 PM (L2ZTs)

260 Kevin D. Williamson: Pretend Thought Leader or Blower of Goats?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 30, 2019 11:04 PM (XVuno)

261 Cicero, embrace the power of 'and'

Posted by: Winston a dreg of society at December 30, 2019 11:04 PM (Tt761)

262 There also used to be a desktop publishing program called...

PublishIt!

Posted by: qdpsteve at December 30, 2019 11:05 PM (L2ZTs)

263 Important note: I've been married 10 years and MIL died 20 years ago.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 30, 2019 11:00 PM (Y4EXg)

Hmmm, that's interesting to me. My wife's mother passed before we were even dating. I never know if I should refer to her as my Mother-in-Law or not. I never actually met the woman. Plant flowers every spring at her gravesite though.

Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at December 30, 2019 11:05 PM (Rz2Nc)

264 256: the dripping rectum should answer that.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 30, 2019 11:05 PM (KP5rU)

265 249 We've only had about 8" today

That beats the rain & drizzle we had over the weekend
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 30, 2019 10:53 PM (aA3+G)
* * * *

Didn't you order a new snow blower? Hope it made short work of that snow!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at December 30, 2019 11:01 PM (fNFgo)


It is in the garage. Pointed in the right direction. I'm waiting until it stops snowing to use it.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 30, 2019 11:05 PM (aA3+G)

266 And Rainier Ale, aka Green Death, was best packed in on a 12 mile backpacking trail and poured in the stewpot with beef and veggies and a can of stewed tomatoes for a hot dinner watching g the sun set over the mountains.

Posted by: Nurse ratched at December 30, 2019 11:05 PM (PkVlr)

267 There's a megabrewery in Los Angeles that cranks out small batches of legacy regional shite beers. I can't remember offhand if Raindog is one of them. Drank a lot of 'em before I was old enough to know better, likewise Lucky Lager, Oly, Schmidt "animal beer" and every other cheapjack beer-like substance sold in the Pacific Northwest.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 30, 2019 11:06 PM (4QyVs)

268 Kevin D. Williamson: Ass or Failure?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 30, 2019 11:03 PM (XVuno)
* * * *

Embrace the healing power of "and."

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at December 30, 2019 11:06 PM (fNFgo)

269 Just perused Kristol feed and boy, what a bunch of nutjobs. They all seem to think that Trump is "guilty" and that it's all going to come out in the trial--unless McConnell is too skeered to actually hold a trial--and if he doesn't, well that just PROVES Trump is guilty.

Also, Mitt can be the "lone voice" of conscience all he wants--no one cares, no one likes him and he'll sway NO ONE either way.....

Posted by: JoeF. at December 30, 2019 11:06 PM (o1fzk)

270 See # 167

Posted by: Panhandler



Thanks! Senility not totally in charge.

Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at December 30, 2019 11:06 PM (LOq4H)

271 209 Mayor Pete wants to start a "family" if he's elected.
*********
Well, if I understand the biology properly he's going to have to insert a turkey baster into his boyfriends rectum.
Posted by: Muldoon


That's not how this works. That's not how any of this works.

Posted by: nerdygirl at December 30, 2019 11:06 PM (+lVUW)

272 Yeah. Not looking forward at all to 2020, but too late. Why does everything keep getting worse?

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 30, 2019 11:07 PM (l9m7l)

273 272 Yeah. Not looking forward at all to 2020, but too late. Why does everything keep getting worse?
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 30, 2019 11:07 PM (l9m7l)

Entropy.

Posted by: Insomniac at December 30, 2019 11:08 PM (NWiLs)

274 Also, Mitt can be the "lone voice" of conscience all
he wants--no one cares, no one likes him and he'll sway NO ONE either
way.....


Posted by: JoeF.




Wonder if a sane LDS Republican will try and primary him.

Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at December 30, 2019 11:08 PM (LOq4H)

275 Let he who has not had a turkey baster up his ass, cast the first stone.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 30, 2019 11:08 PM (XVuno)

276 Who was the Pennsylvania Senator who was a lone voice of Scottish jurisprudence in the Clinton trial?

Posted by: blaster at December 30, 2019 11:08 PM (ZfRYq)

277 "We've only had about 8" today."

ONLY? That's way above average,,,,,

Posted by: JoeF. at December 30, 2019 11:08 PM (o1fzk)

278 275 Let he who has not had a turkey baster up his ass, cast the first stone.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 30, 2019 11:08 PM (XVuno)

*throws stones*

Posted by: Insomniac at December 30, 2019 11:08 PM (NWiLs)

279 I don't know if AtC is here tonight but she will be relieved to know that the benevolent state of WA has deemed her too tall to be required to ride in a booster seat. The height is 4'9" and weight of 115 pounds. This regulation begins on the First for vehicles in WA state. No idea if/how it'd be enforced for people from sane er states.
Posted by: Winston a dreg of society

Mrs. Sock Monkey informed me of that tonight. My comment was, so my soon to be 9 year old grand daughter who legally this year didn't require a booster seat now has to be in one. She informed me it gets better. Apparently the booster seat we have which was legal last year is no longer sufficient ao we have to buy a new one. My response was screw that. I will take the ticket and go to court. Hopefully it will be in Spokane county where her father is a deputy prosecutor. I will enjoy that crap!

Posted by: Sock Monkey..if this be treason, make the most of it at December 30, 2019 11:08 PM (eegGk)

280 Well, if I understand the biology properly he's going to have to insert a turkey baster into his boyfriends rectum.
Posted by: Muldoon

That's not how this works. That's not how any of this works.



**********


Well the only other option I can see is he will have to perform oral sex on the turkey baster. Not sure how that's going to work out.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 30, 2019 11:09 PM (m45I2)

281 Hmmm, that's interesting to me. My wife's mother passed before we were even dating. I never know if I should refer to her as my Mother-in-Law or not. I never actually met the woman. Plant flowers every spring at her gravesite though.
Posted by: Evasiveboat42

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Good man. Never met mine either but from all the stories about her she was very much like my mom. In an odd way, I feel I know her pretty well.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 30, 2019 11:09 PM (Y4EXg)

282 We've only had about 8" today."

ONLY? That's way above average,,,,,
Posted by: JoeF.
----
What are we talking about here???

Posted by: lin-duh at December 30, 2019 11:09 PM (UUBmN)

283 232 Evenin', Horde!

Started my new job today, much of which was spent figuring out all the stuff that was supposed to be set up for me, but wasn't. Can't complain, though.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 30, 2019 10:58 PM (CAJOC)


Congratulations!

Posted by: Ladyl at December 30, 2019 11:09 PM (TdMsT)

284 Also, remember the diet candy that was around in the 1970s, called AYDS?

Their ad campaign didn't help. "Wanna lose weight fast? Get AYDS!!" :-P

Posted by: qdpsteve at December 30, 2019 11:10 PM (L2ZTs)

285 I am TECHOLE! I need USB for my PP!

Posted by: TECHOLE at December 30, 2019 11:10 PM (l3+k2)

286 I grudgingly decided to cheer for UVA in the Orange Bowl, so of course the 'Hoos are shitting theselves against the Gaytors.

Posted by: logprof at December 30, 2019 11:11 PM (oZuI0)

287 Wonder if a sane LDS Republican will try and primary him.
Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at December 30, 2019 11:08 PM (LOq4H)
* * * *

I would settle for "sane" at this point. "Conservative" would be nice too.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at December 30, 2019 11:11 PM (fNFgo)

288 275 Let he who has not had a turkey baster up his ass, cast the first stone.


Does a prostate biopsy count?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 30, 2019 11:11 PM (aA3+G)

289 Let he who has not had a turkey baster up his ass, cast the first stone.
Posted by: Cicero

---

TP walks up and smashes a monster boulder on Buttigig's head.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 30, 2019 11:11 PM (Y4EXg)

290 The height is 4'9" and weight of 115 pounds. This
regulation begins on the First for vehicles in WA state. No idea if/how
it'd be enforced for people from sane er states.

Posted by: Winston a dreg of society at December 30, 2019 10:27 PM (Tt761)


That is my GF. And most of her Korean friends. Tacoma is going to BURN!

Posted by: Kindltot at December 30, 2019 11:11 PM (1glZx)

291 285 I am TECHOLE! I need USB for my PP!
Posted by: TECHOLE at December 30, 2019 11:10 PM (l3+k2)

--Are you threatening me?

Posted by: logprof at December 30, 2019 11:12 PM (oZuI0)

292 Yeah. Not looking forward at all to 2020, but too late. Why does everything keep getting worse?

Posted by: BeckoningChasm

Quite watching MSNBC and things brighten considerable!

Posted by: Boswell at December 30, 2019 11:12 PM (32YRo)

293 Okay. I'm done. Good night all.

Preliminary Happy New Year wishes for all.

Time to reclaim reality from the fruitcakes.

I shall endeavour to persevere, as should you.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 30, 2019 11:12 PM (m45I2)

294 ladyl!

Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 30, 2019 11:12 PM (KP5rU)

295 282 We've only had about 8" today."

ONLY? That's way above average,,,,,
Posted by: JoeF.
----
What are we talking about here???
Posted by: lin-duh at December 30, 2019 11:09 PM (UUBmN)

What it takes to give a woman a cervix orgasm?

Posted by: squirrelly dan at December 30, 2019 11:13 PM (aqwWL)

296 I would settle for "sane" at this point. "Conservative" would be nice too.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient


Can't speak for all, but the LDS folks I know, seems like conservative is pretty baked in.

Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at December 30, 2019 11:13 PM (LOq4H)

297
Rainier Beer, yes, it is back in the grocery stores, original label, same beer.

One of those companies who bought up a lot of the older brand names years ago, now brews it. I believe it is done under license, along with a number of other beers.

Haven't seen Olympia, but have seen Hamm's around, as well as PBR and a few others.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at December 30, 2019 11:13 PM (sy5kK)

298 Posted by: lin-duh at December 30, 2019 11:09 PM (UUBmN)

I'm talking snow

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 30, 2019 11:13 PM (aA3+G)

299 282 We've only had about 8" today."

ONLY? That's way above average,,,,,
Posted by: JoeF.
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What are we talking about here???
Posted by: lin-duh at December 30, 2019 11:09 PM (UUBmN)

INDEED!

Posted by: Shep at December 30, 2019 11:13 PM (SxBH1)

300 Good evening y'all!

Posted by: westminsterdogshow at December 30, 2019 11:13 PM (/UQ/R)

301 214 The cookies are outstanding from Collins Street Bakery - the fruitcake...um, I'll pass.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at December 30, 2019 10:55 PM (9jl/W)


Yeah. I ordered one of those, some years back, thinking "at last, what everyone agrees is the best fruitcake, I will finally understand this fruitcake thing."

It turned out I don't like fruitcake. Maybe people only liked it if you soaked a whole bottle of bourbon into it or something.

Posted by: Splunge at December 30, 2019 11:14 PM (dOV9E)

302 Chavez!

Posted by: Ladyl at December 30, 2019 11:15 PM (TdMsT)

303 That is my GF. And most of her Korean friends. Tacoma is going to BURN!


Posted by: Kindltot



This will NOT please the grandson!!

Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at December 30, 2019 11:15 PM (LOq4H)

304 > Who was the Pennsylvania Senator who was a lone voice of Scottish jurisprudence in the Clinton trial?

Arlen Specter, a true RINO

Posted by: DB at December 30, 2019 11:15 PM (iTXRQ)

305 The best dinner-cat meme was Pelosi yelling and pointing at Trump.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 30, 2019 11:15 PM (LxTcq)

306 > Not looking forward at all to 2020, but too late. Why does everything keep getting worse?


Wall is getting built. Economy is fucking booming. US is a net energy producer. Our government is no longer taking it up the ass from the Chinese. 9th Circus is on the verge of getting flipped. RBG is circling the drain, meaning we'll control the Supreme Court for at least a generation, maybe two.


Things are getting better, not worse. We're winning, not losing.

And the Communists know it. That's why they've gone Full Retard. If Trump is re-elected, they're done for good.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 30, 2019 11:16 PM (4QyVs)

307 When I was 22, I once used a turkey baster in an unsuccessful attempt to retrieve a Xanax from a drain pipe I inadvertently dropped it down after drinking quite a bit of Little King's Cream Ales.

I ultimately was forced to use a shop vac, but because I was drunk, I forgot to empty the shop vac and the Xanax ended up in filthy bilge water.

I still took it. Those were not my proudest days.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at December 30, 2019 11:17 PM (Nqutb)

308 Good man. Never met mine either but from all the stories about her she was very much like my mom. In an odd way, I feel I know her pretty well.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 30, 2019 11:09 PM (Y4EXg)

Thanks, I'll just refer to her as MIL and be fine with it. Thanks again!

Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at December 30, 2019 11:18 PM (Rz2Nc)

309
And the Communists know it. That's why they've gone Full Retard. If Trump is re-elected, they're done for good.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia



Sigh, but we can never stop fighting, the commies are as relentless as a glacier.

Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at December 30, 2019 11:18 PM (LOq4H)

310 "Kevin Williamson is a repugnant pile of shit."

He never defined GW Bush or Obama as a complete failure so we know who is buttering his bread.

Posted by: Josh Brolin's Blistered Taint at December 30, 2019 11:18 PM (i4VKW)

311 295 282 We've only had about 8" today."

ONLY? That's way above average,,,,,
Posted by: JoeF.
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What are we talking about here???
Posted by: lin-duh

---

"To boldly go where no damn few men have gone before!"

Posted by: Tonypete at December 30, 2019 11:18 PM (Y4EXg)

312 WDS!!!

Posted by: Ladyl at December 30, 2019 11:18 PM (TdMsT)

313 I want a Trump Biden debate and at some point I want Trump to say "I've said some crude things on occasion but I don't sniff the hair of little girls."

Posted by: buzzion at December 30, 2019 11:19 PM (Z7lwY)

314 307; that's dedication.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 30, 2019 11:19 PM (KP5rU)

315 Guessing Madcow would be more than happy to be the baby mule.
Posted by: Some rat
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Does she have a wife?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 30, 2019 11:00 PM (CDGwz)


Little Chrissy Hayes.

Posted by: RickZ at December 30, 2019 11:20 PM (Y8PSl)

316 If KDW's idea of success is Mitt Romney, I'll take Trump's "failure"

KDW and the other NT's think that once Trump is out they'll purge everyone not in their circle jerks and somehow they'll have a viable party. No doubt populated by those "natural conservative hispanics"

Posted by: kbdabear at December 30, 2019 11:21 PM (qAR6u)

317 Jeebus, bitter clinger.


You da man!

Posted by: Nurse ratched at December 30, 2019 11:21 PM (PkVlr)

318 I have number 172.
Anyone willing to sell me a lower one?
Who knew the line to screw Kevin Williamson's wife would be so long?

Posted by: SuberE at December 30, 2019 11:22 PM (EPXLU)

319 We've only had about 8" today

That beats the rain & drizzle we had over the weekend
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian

Weather monkeys are predicting 8 to 14 inches for my neck of the woods tonight so I suspect that I will wake up to somewhere between 2 inches and 2 feet. They're batting this year is about even with the number 8 hitter on the Billings (Mt) Mustangs.

Posted by: Sock Monkey..if this be treason, make the most of it at December 30, 2019 11:22 PM (eegGk)

320 ASS FUDGE is Joe Biden's imaginary friend Corn Pops wife.

Posted by: Parker Longbaugh at December 30, 2019 11:22 PM (Pgcou)

321 I want a Trump Biden debate and at some point I want Trump to say "I've said some crude things on occasion but I don't sniff the hair of little girls."
Posted by: buzzion at December 30, 2019 11:19 PM (Z7lwY)

I want Trump to say, " we took your advice and are locking up fossil fuel executives, we started with your son, Nancy Pelosi's son, and John Kerry's step son"

Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at December 30, 2019 11:23 PM (Rz2Nc)

322 Important note: I've been married 10 years and MIL died 20 years ago.





Posted by: Tonypete at December 30, 2019 11:00 PM (Y4EXg)

Wife made some about 2006 or so. I would cut a slab off from time to time, and baste it with Captain Morgan's. I would still have it and be feeding off it if we did not move last year.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at December 30, 2019 11:25 PM (1CjJc)

323 Posted by: Sock Monkey..if this be treason, make the most of it at December 30, 2019 11:22 PM (ee

Here's hoping it's a dusting & not a dumping

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 30, 2019 11:25 PM (aA3+G)

324 I suppose everyone's run off to check the "bilge water" in his Shop Vac...

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at December 30, 2019 11:25 PM (7WaWV)

325 When I was 22, I once used a turkey baster in an unsuccessful attempt to retrieve a Xanax from a drain pipe I inadvertently dropped it down after drinking quite a bit of Little King's Cream Ales.

I ultimately was forced to use a shop vac, but because I was drunk, I forgot to empty the shop vac and the Xanax ended up in filthy bilge water.

I still took it. Those were not my proudest days.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at December 30, 2019 11:17 PM (Nqutb)

Wow, not sure what a Xanax is, I hope it was worth it!

Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at December 30, 2019 11:27 PM (Rz2Nc)

326 Williams needs to reconsider who is living a fantasy. While the democrats are over the top pushing the concept that Trump is evil or a nazi, at least there is a coherent strategy to it.

Objectivity looking at Trump's presidency and calling it an ordinary failure is insane.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at December 30, 2019 11:27 PM (PHotS)

327 I'm not saying she's lonely nowadays but I hear Rosie O'Donnell married her turkey baster.

Posted by: qdpsteve at December 30, 2019 11:28 PM (L2ZTs)

328 Hi Ladyl! Big plans for NYEs?

We will be quiet at home. Unfortunately have to work a couple of hours tomorrow

Posted by: westminsterdogshow at December 30, 2019 11:29 PM (/UQ/R)

329 I ultimately was forced to use a shop vac, but because I was drunk, I forgot to empty the shop vac and the Xanax ended up in filthy bilge water.

I still took it. Those were not my proudest days.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at December 30, 2019 11:17 PM (Nqutb)

Wow, not sure what a Xanax is, I hope it was worth it!
Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at December 30, 2019 11:27 PM (Rz2Nc)

Alprazolam. It's a benzodiazepine. Generally prescribed for anxiety.

Posted by: Insomniac at December 30, 2019 11:29 PM (NWiLs)

330 Wow, not sure what a Xanax is, I hope it was worth it!

Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at December 30, 2019 11:27 PM



It's a notorious benzo with a rapid onset of action... If it was the coveted 2mg "ladder", it was totally worth it!

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at December 30, 2019 11:29 PM (7WaWV)

331 Schmidt "animal beer" and every other cheapjack beer-like substance sold in the Pacific Northwest.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

Da best beer you could buy for 5 bucks a case!

* fist bump

Posted by: Sock Monkey..if this be treason, make the most of it at December 30, 2019 11:29 PM (eegGk)

332 Wow, not sure what a Xanax is, I hope it was worth it!

Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at December 30, 2019 11:27 PM (Rz2Nc)

.....

It wasn't, but I was mildly retarded in those days.

I pretty much still bear the long term effects of an ill spent youth. I think that's why the COBs take pity on me here.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at December 30, 2019 11:29 PM (Nqutb)

333 Bitter Clinger, what kind of misspent youth? Were you a child star on the Disney Channel? ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at December 30, 2019 11:30 PM (L2ZTs)

334 Buttgig wants to start a family if elected. So if you vote against him, you are voting against "family". FFS.

I swear not one thing these assholes say or do is real. Except when they signal they want to take our rights away or help criminals. That's the real shit right there.

Posted by: ... at December 30, 2019 11:30 PM (uEbPt)

335
I swear not one thing these assholes say or do is real. Except when they signal they want to take our rights away or help criminals...
-----
...or take your money.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 30, 2019 11:32 PM (CDGwz)

336 328 Hi Ladyl! Big plans for NYEs?

We will be quiet at home. Unfortunately have to work a couple of hours tomorrow
Posted by: westminsterdogshow at December 30, 2019 11:29 PM (/UQ/R)


Oh no! You can't work!

I'm playing in a special holiday event tomorrow morning, then going out to dinner and to a party with a friend. She made it very clear she won't make it to midnight.

It's always more fun to stay home with your spouse, I think.

I miss my guy...

Posted by: Ladyl at December 30, 2019 11:33 PM (TdMsT)

337 "Anybody who can go down 3000 feet in a mine can sure as hell learn to program as well. ... Anybody who can throw coal into a furnace can learn how to program, for God's sake!" --Coal-Killin' Joe Biden

Attention all men in non-renewable energy jobs soon to be eliminated under President Biden:

New, combination Protective-lens VR Google™ Goggles allow you to learn to code while you mine!...

Posted by: mindful webworker - randomly as usual at December 30, 2019 11:35 PM (3/f2v)

338 Here's hoping it's a dusting & not a dumping
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian

Meh, my snow remover is a John Deere with a 6 way 8 ft blade.

Posted by: Sock Monkey..if this be treason, make the most of it at December 30, 2019 11:36 PM (eegGk)

339 Xanax is wonderful stuff-- IF you're truly anxious.

By "anxious" I mean: running and twitching like a squirrel when it sees a hawk, spazzing out like a kitty on catnip, just generally so wired that you *cannot* process any rational thought...

It. Will. Calm. You. Back into 'normalcy' until you can get a handle on your situation.

If you're just abusing it for the joyride? Eff you, you're part of the problem.

Posted by: JQ at December 30, 2019 11:36 PM (gP/Z3)

340 Little Green Footballs...is how I ended up ...here

2003...there about....went searching back among'st the rubble of that past....jeez he has gone full blown soc/commie these days....must have been the head injury that fateful day while biking up the Palo Verde Pen and him being head slammed into the guardrail....helmet or no helmet, the damage was done. And when he re-appeared to the site...ban hammers upon ban hammers.....and I a target as were many..for Johnson had gone to the DARK side.

Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at December 30, 2019 11:37 PM (kFkpX)

341 Oh Ladyl.....I'm sorry

I promise I am only working a couple of hours and it is just to have a clean slate for 2020

Posted by: westminsterdogshow at December 30, 2019 11:37 PM (/UQ/R)

342 Posted by: Sock Monkey..if this be treason, make the most of it at December 30, 2019 11:36 PM (eegGk)

Nice!

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 30, 2019 11:38 PM (aA3+G)

343 339 Xanax is wonderful stuff-- IF you're truly anxious.

By "anxious" I mean: running and twitching like a squirrel when it sees a hawk, spazzing out like a kitty on catnip, just generally so wired that you *cannot* process any rational thought...

It. Will. Calm. You. Back into 'normalcy' until you can get a handle on your situation.

If you're just abusing it for the joyride? Eff you, you're part of the problem.
Posted by: JQ at December 30, 2019 11:36 PM (gP/Z3)


I could be on Xanax 24/7, except it makes me sleepy and they refuse to prescribe it any more.

Posted by: Ladyl at December 30, 2019 11:38 PM (TdMsT)

344 Objectivity looking at Trump's presidency and calling it an ordinary failure is insane.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at December 30, 2019 11:27 PM (PHotS)

---------

Everyone's entitled to their own delusional reality, right?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 30, 2019 11:38 PM (XVuno)

345 Posted by: qdpsteve at December 30, 2019 11:30 PM (L2ZTs)

.....

Heh.

Minus the molestation, I probably did everything a Disney kid did, only on a dishwasher/bartenders salary.

Which is to say, my stuff came from Julio in the projects.

But yes, from 16 to say, maybe 30, my attitude was pretty much "Sure, let's give it the ol' college try!".

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at December 30, 2019 11:38 PM (Nqutb)

346 I find Ativan to be more effective than Xanax. I take it to help me sleep at night.

Posted by: Insomniac at December 30, 2019 11:38 PM (NWiLs)

347 341 Oh Ladyl.....I'm sorry

I promise I am only working a couple of hours and it is just to have a clean slate for 2020
Posted by: westminsterdogshow at December 30, 2019 11:37 PM (/UQ/R)


I hope you enjoy your NYE. I'll think about you being all relaxed and cozy!

Posted by: Ladyl at December 30, 2019 11:40 PM (TdMsT)

348 It wasn't, but I was mildly retarded in those days.

I pretty much still bear the long term effects of an ill spent youth. I think that's why the COBs take pity on me here.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at December 30, 2019 11:29 PM (Nqutb)

I had an ill spent my youth, too. The I'll spent about a year in mid 30's after my divorce, no kids so no support or alimony.

Thanks everyone for educating me on Xanax.

Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at December 30, 2019 11:40 PM (Rz2Nc)

349 Watching Star Trek (MeTv). Spock just said.. " brace yourselves, the area of penetration will be sensitive ". Them Vulcans, who knew.

Posted by: Sock Monkey..if this be treason, make the most of it at December 30, 2019 11:40 PM (eegGk)

350 Quote II

"This idea of ...decorum... These words were invented by white men"


Has she never heard of CHINA? Or JAPAN? Yumpin' Yiminy, Yimmy!

Posted by: GWB at December 30, 2019 11:41 PM (85yEr)

351 ... #334: Buttgig wants to start a family if elected....

If that transgender gnman and his binary lobed gnwoman can conceive, Buttgig figures he and his butt buddy can, too.

Ugh.

I think I'll go to bed.

A♠❚❙❙❘❘❘

Posted by: mindful webworker - there is not think only do at December 30, 2019 11:41 PM (3/f2v)

352 Xanax is medically classed as a palindrome.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 30, 2019 11:41 PM (XVuno)

353 346
count your days til the monkey be biting yer neck..stupid person....
love,
your nurse who knows the Pharmodeathtoyou....

sweet dreams

Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at December 30, 2019 11:41 PM (kFkpX)

354 352 Xanax is medically classed as a palindrome.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 30, 2019 11:41 PM (XVuno)

Like Bolton.

Posted by: Insomniac at December 30, 2019 11:41 PM (NWiLs)

355 One thing they never tell you about these "coding" jobs

You work at $15 hr for a consultant firm working for a contractor for one of the techs

Then a bunch of H1B's are brought in at $12 hr and you're out the door

Posted by: kbdabear at December 30, 2019 11:41 PM (qAR6u)

356 New Years sucks.
I hate it.
Horrible holiday.

Frankly, I'd rather be in ____ fill in the blank.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 30, 2019 11:42 PM (axyOa)

357 353 346
count your days til the monkey be biting yer neck..stupid person....
love,
your nurse who knows the Pharmodeathtoyou....

sweet dreams
Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at December 30, 2019 11:41 PM (kFkpX)

That doesn't make a lick of sense. I have a rx for it and have experienced no ill effects.

Posted by: Insomniac at December 30, 2019 11:43 PM (NWiLs)

358 356 New Years sucks.
I hate it.
Horrible holiday.

Frankly, I'd rather be in ____ fill in the blank.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 30, 2019 11:42 PM (axyOa)


Bed with someone hot?

Posted by: Ladyl at December 30, 2019 11:43 PM (TdMsT)

359 355

And HMO's were thought to be "a benefit" to medicine

stupid people

Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at December 30, 2019 11:43 PM (kFkpX)

360 But yes, from 16 to say, maybe 30, my attitude was pretty much "Sure, let's give it the ol' college try!".
Posted by: Bitter Clinger

My attitude from about 14 to 24 ( met Mrs. Sock) was, hey if I buy this stuff in large quantities I can make some change and party for free.

Posted by: Sock Monkey..if this be treason, make the most of it at December 30, 2019 11:44 PM (eegGk)

361 Then a bunch of H1B's are brought in at $12 hr and you're out the door
Posted by: kbdabear at December 30, 2019 11:41 PM (qAR6u)

--------

That's how Boeing did the MCAS software for the 737 MAX. It saved a fortune!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 30, 2019 11:44 PM (XVuno)

362 349 Watching Star Trek (MeTv). Spock just said.. " brace yourselves, the area of penetration will be sensitive ". Them Vulcans, who knew.

Posted by: Sock Monkey..if this be treason, make the most of it at December 30, 2019 11:40 PM (eegGk)

After Kirk announced to the crew there would be "one massive thrust forward"

Kirk always knew

Posted by: kbdabear at December 30, 2019 11:44 PM (qAR6u)

363 Like Bolton.

Posted by: Insomniac at December 30, 2019 11:41 PM



British Rail?

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at December 30, 2019 11:44 PM (7WaWV)

364 358 356 New Years sucks.
I hate it.
Horrible holiday.

Frankly, I'd rather be in ____ fill in the blank.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 30, 2019 11:42 PM (axyOa)


Bed with someone hot?
Posted by: Ladyl at December 30, 2019 11:43 PM (TdMsT)

See? Ladyl gets it!

Posted by: Insomniac at December 30, 2019 11:44 PM (NWiLs)

365 "where they took a packet of snail powder which tested positive for morphine"

Which was worse? That it tested positive, or that he was using "snail powder" in his noodles?

Posted by: GWB at December 30, 2019 11:44 PM (85yEr)

366 Bed with someone hot?

Posted by: Ladyl

.....

I like your style.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at December 30, 2019 11:44 PM (Nqutb)

367 Yes, people's bodies process compounds differently and that's why there are different compounds within classes of drugs.

So, yeah, "relief" is spelled differently for various persons.

Anti-anxiety drugs, in their various formulations (of course), have a specific purpose.

What may work best for one, may not work best for another... and so on.

But still there are the a-holes who abuse for their own amusement-- and then the "elites" crack down on ALL of it.

For our own good, of course.

Posted by: JQ at December 30, 2019 11:44 PM (gP/Z3)

368 That doesn't make a lick of sense. I have a rx for it and have experienced no ill effects.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 30, 2019 11:43 PM (NWiLs)


It's got a short half-life, which is nice.

They just don't want to prescribe it these days.

Posted by: Ladyl at December 30, 2019 11:45 PM (TdMsT)

369 Ladyl,
I like how you're thinking.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 30, 2019 11:45 PM (axyOa)

370 368 That doesn't make a lick of sense. I have a rx for it and have experienced no ill effects.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 30, 2019 11:43 PM (NWiLs)


It's got a short half-life, which is nice.

They just don't want to prescribe it these days.
Posted by: Ladyl at December 30, 2019 11:45 PM (TdMsT)

Huh. I've never encountered that problem.

Posted by: Insomniac at December 30, 2019 11:45 PM (NWiLs)

371 hi Insom!

Posted by: Ladyl at December 30, 2019 11:46 PM (TdMsT)

372 Hey Joe,
I hang with the GOP.

Posted by: CORN POP at December 30, 2019 11:46 PM (lMn1U)

373 That's how Boeing did the MCAS software for the 737 MAX. It saved a fortune!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 30, 2019 11:44 PM (XVuno)

Jeez, what a clusterfuck that turned out to be. Software that takes over the plane developed by geeks who never flew a plane.

Posted by: kbdabear at December 30, 2019 11:46 PM (qAR6u)

374 Hi Ladyl! We've already acknowledged each other's presence, but it's still nice to make it official and all...

Posted by: Insomniac at December 30, 2019 11:47 PM (NWiLs)

375 Huh. I've never encountered that problem.

Posted by: Insomniac at December 30, 2019 11:45 PM



We talkin lorazepam or alprazolam here?

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at December 30, 2019 11:47 PM (7WaWV)

376 375 Huh. I've never encountered that problem.

Posted by: Insomniac at December 30, 2019 11:45 PM



We talkin lorazepam or alprazolam here?
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at December 30, 2019 11:47 PM (7WaWV)

Lorazepam.

Posted by: Insomniac at December 30, 2019 11:47 PM (NWiLs)

377 New Years sucks.
I hate it.
Horrible holiday.

Frankly, I'd rather be in ____ fill in the blank.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 30, 2019 11:42 PM (axyOa)

Butte, Montana.

I'm with you. Basically I've never seen it as anything other than an audible click on the ratchet. Same as my birthday. I've never celebrated my birthday. Others do it for me*, against my will. I have never taken my birthday off from work, unless it just happened.

*luv you hunny!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Movie Cricket at December 30, 2019 11:47 PM (x8Wzq)

378 I think somebody asked me about a rickl drink the other day.

I have pretty much concocted something you may like, but I'm waiting on the props for making it before submitting it to CBD in video format.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at December 30, 2019 11:48 PM (Nqutb)

379 "Anybody who can throw coal into a furnace"
Uh, Joe,
1) mining is not throwing coal into a furnace,
2) I would bet there is not one single person currently employed whose job description is "throw coal into the furnace"

Posted by: Chuck C at December 30, 2019 11:48 PM (r6GXX)

380 Valium.

Posted by: squirrelly dan at December 30, 2019 11:48 PM (qN9G0)

381 Huh. I've never encountered that problem.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 30, 2019 11:45 PM (NWiLs)


I've asked for it, because I don't sleep well, and I can't take other sleep aids and play tennis in the morning.

My doc makes a huge fuss about it, like I'm some kind of drug-seeker.

Posted by: Ladyl at December 30, 2019 11:48 PM (TdMsT)

382 Mary had alprazolam
It's buzz was light as snow

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 30, 2019 11:49 PM (XVuno)

383 You work at $15 hr for a consultant firm working for a contractor for one of the techs



Then a bunch of H1B's are brought in at $12 hr and you're out the door



Posted by: kbdabear

Son worked at Nintendo, said it was a lot like McDonalds. Long hrs. free pop and shitty pay. And there were a thousand guys wiping their asses with "coding skills" lined up for your job.

Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at December 30, 2019 11:49 PM (LOq4H)

384 374 Hi Ladyl! We've already acknowledged each other's presence, but it's still nice to make it official and all...
Posted by: Insomniac at December 30, 2019 11:47 PM (NWiLs)


I'm distracted tonight!

Posted by: Ladyl at December 30, 2019 11:50 PM (TdMsT)

385 357
The "DETOX" protocol for Benzodiazepines is 2 months

Heroin protocol....1 week

Meth.....2 weeks

Cocaine...1 week

Dig your Xanax and Ativan...You do you Boo

Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at December 30, 2019 11:50 PM (kFkpX)

386 Hi LadyL!

Posted by: Ghost of Bob Crane at December 30, 2019 11:50 PM (ZRnWI)

387 I think somebody asked me about a rickl drink the other day.

I have pretty much concocted something you may like, but I'm waiting on the props for making it before submitting it to CBD in video format.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at December 30, 2019 11:48 PM (Nqutb)

***

Let us know.
The rickl ricky or the rickl Rocket needs to be published.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 30, 2019 11:50 PM (axyOa)

388 Went and saw "Richard Jewell" today. There were four of us in the theatre, so I think I chose a good day to take advantage.

Pocket review? I had no idea Leonardo diCaprio had gained so much weight.

Actual review: You get your money's worth when Clint is working. Skillfully made, well told tale, several actors of some weight (!) turned in otherwise-Oscar-nominatable performances: moving in a strange way. The lawyer's Ukrainian secretary has a killer line that is the very soul of the film. I had a feeling that he was almost tip-toeing to stay on script from the source documents, as if he knew there would be "journalistic" complaints.

Not mentioned in the film at all, and yet, if you look it up it is true: the outrageous female reporter, whose big spoiler I will skip just now? She killed herself with an overdose five years after her "glory." Poor Richard actually outlived her.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 30, 2019 11:51 PM (oRpiG)

389 378 I think somebody asked me about a rickl drink the other day.

I have pretty much concocted something you may like, but I'm waiting on the props for making it before submitting it to CBD in video format.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at December 30, 2019 11:48 PM (Nqutb)


I would like that recipe.

I miss Rickl.

Posted by: Ladyl at December 30, 2019 11:51 PM (TdMsT)

390 2) I would bet there is not one single person currently employed whose job description is "throw coal into the furnace"



Posted by: Chuck C



We did away with stokers? Why wasn't I told!

Posted by: Capt. Smith at December 30, 2019 11:51 PM (LOq4H)

391 The Norden Bomb Sight in the B-17 was a sort of autopilot. Once turned on, the sight took over the controls so the bombardier was actually controlling the plane.

Surprising that the Germans never reverse engineered it from the B-17's they shot down

Posted by: kbdabear at December 30, 2019 11:52 PM (qAR6u)

392 My doc makes a huge fuss about it, like I'm some kind of drug-seeker.
Posted by: Ladyl at December 30, 2019 11:48 PM (TdMsT)

That strikes me as quite silly.

Posted by: Insomniac at December 30, 2019 11:52 PM (NWiLs)

393 386 Hi LadyL!
Posted by: Ghost of Bob Crane at December 30, 2019 11:50 PM (ZRnWI)


Hi Ghost of Bob!

Posted by: Ladyl at December 30, 2019 11:52 PM (TdMsT)

394 Kirk always knew
Posted by: kbdabear

Ok, now I can't stop laughing because all of the stinking dialogue fits that constuct and Mrs. Sock doesn't understand why I think ST is so funny.

Posted by: Sock Monkey..if this be treason, make the most of it at December 30, 2019 11:52 PM (eegGk)

395 fucking nightwalkers are scary and confusing.

*flings poo and embers*

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Movie Cricket at December 30, 2019 11:52 PM (x8Wzq)

396 Posted by: Ladyl at December 30, 2019 11:51 PM (TdMsT)

.....

It is a coffee-style drink, but I'm jacking it up in honor of the man himself.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at December 30, 2019 11:53 PM (Nqutb)

397 fucking nightwalkers are scary and confusing.

*flings poo and embers*
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Movie Cricket at December 30, 2019 11:52 PM

Really, dude?

Posted by: JQ at December 30, 2019 11:53 PM (gP/Z3)

398 That strikes me as quite silly.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 30, 2019 11:52 PM (NWiLs)


It's a registered drug now, thanks to the jerks who take it recreationally.

Posted by: Ladyl at December 30, 2019 11:53 PM (TdMsT)

399
It is a coffee-style drink, but I'm jacking it up in honor of the man himself.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at December 30, 2019 11:53 PM (Nqutb)

That sounds great!

Posted by: Ladyl at December 30, 2019 11:54 PM (TdMsT)

400 It's a registered drug now, thanks to the jerks who take it recreationally.
Posted by: Ladyl at December 30, 2019 11:53 PM

I rest my case...

Posted by: JQ at December 30, 2019 11:54 PM (gP/Z3)

401 Surprising that the Germans never reverse engineered it from the B-17's they shot down

Posted by: kbdabear at December 30, 2019 11:52 PM



And then do precisely what with it?

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at December 30, 2019 11:56 PM (7WaWV)

402 Not mentioned in the film at all, and yet, if you look it up it is true: the outrageous female reporter, whose big spoiler I will skip just now? She killed herself with an overdose five years after her "glory." Poor Richard actually outlived her.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 30, 2019 11:51 PM (oRpiG)

Reporters were swamping Twitter with "how awful that Cathy isn't alive to defend herself against these smears"

Most were responded to with "she can tell it to Jewell"

Posted by: kbdabear at December 30, 2019 11:56 PM (qAR6u)

403 I've never taken drugs recreationally. Maybe I should start. New Year's resolution!

Posted by: Insomniac at December 30, 2019 11:57 PM (NWiLs)

404 Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 30, 2019 11:51 PM (oRpiG)

I really, really want to see "Richard Jewell," but I'll be honest, going to a movie theater is like reporting for jury duty. "Do I gotta?" *sigh*

I will happily buy the deluxe Blu-ray DVD set, though.

Did the same with the Gosnell movie, but I have yet to actually watch it. I'll need a lot of booze for that.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Movie Cricket at December 30, 2019 11:57 PM (x8Wzq)

405 I take an off the counter sleep aid. Xanax for dentists visits and then they will only prescribe five at a time

Posted by: westminsterdogshow at December 30, 2019 11:57 PM (/UQ/R)

406 And then do precisely what with it?
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at December 30, 2019 11:56 PM (7WaWV)


---------

They could modify it so it works on trains.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 30, 2019 11:57 PM (XVuno)

407 Way, Way Downriver

Spot on! Saw it last week. About 20 of us in the theater and my wife was the youngest one. Star Wars was playing about same time. It looked like there were about 3 people watching. Recommend seeing it if you haven't yet.

Posted by: Sock Monkey..if this be treason, make the most of it at December 30, 2019 11:57 PM (eegGk)

408 Pug.....that's not very nice!

Posted by: westminsterdogshow at December 30, 2019 11:59 PM (/UQ/R)

409 If you are prescribed a controlled substance, and you lose the pills or just cannot access, you are out of luck until the # of days have passed. At least here in NY.

No flexibility. Draconian as all Hell. Just a begging market for the underworld

Posted by: Ghost of Bob Crane at December 30, 2019 11:59 PM (ZRnWI)

410
*flings poo and embers*
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Movie Cricket at December 30, 2019 11:52 PM

Really, dude?
Posted by: JQ at December 30, 2019 11:53 PM (gP/Z3)

Yeah.

Not even kidding.

Come at me brah!

*much hooting and chest thumping*

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Movie Cricket at December 30, 2019 11:59 PM (x8Wzq)

411 I generally hit the doc up for a couple of Xanax if I'm making a transatlantic flight. One over, one back. Snooze most of the way.

I had a friend who dropped a Valium on a flight, put the tray down, and put his head down on the tray to sleep. When he woke up, he was in a puddle of drool.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2019 12:00 AM (CDGwz)

412 405 I take an off the counter sleep aid. Xanax for dentists visits and then they will only prescribe five at a time
Posted by: westminsterdogshow at December 30, 2019 11:57 PM (/UQ/R)


Hmmmm. I never thought of taking it for dental visits.

I've got an old bottle with a few left. I rarely take them because I know I can't get anymore.

Posted by: Ladyl at December 31, 2019 12:00 AM (TdMsT)

413 Yeah.

Not even kidding.

Come at me brah!

*much hooting and chest thumping*
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Movie Cricket at December 30, 2019 11:59 PM

HAAAHHAHAHAHA....

So, how's it going?

Posted by: JQ at December 31, 2019 12:01 AM (gP/Z3)

414 Pug.....that's not very nice!
Posted by: westminsterdogshow at December 30, 2019 11:59 PM (/UQ/R)

Ha!

Not you, dear lady.

Still, you have to admit that the ONT crowd is, well, different.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Movie Cricket at December 31, 2019 12:01 AM (x8Wzq)

415 Ladyl......I don't do well in a dentist chair

Posted by: westminsterdogshow at December 31, 2019 12:02 AM (/UQ/R)

416 Maybe I should start. New Year's resolution!

...,,

NO!!!

Allow me to serve as your warning. Nothing good may come of it.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at December 31, 2019 12:03 AM (Nqutb)

417 415 Ladyl......I don't do well in a dentist chair
Posted by: westminsterdogshow at December 31, 2019 12:02 AM (/UQ/R)


I've never even had a cavity, but I don't like getting my teeth scraped. ***shiver***

Posted by: Ladyl at December 31, 2019 12:03 AM (TdMsT)

418 HAAAHHAHAHAHA....

So, how's it going?
Posted by: JQ at December 31, 2019 12:01 AM (gP/Z3)

*straightens cravat*
*adjusts pince-nez*

Splendid, sir, thanks for asking.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Movie Cricket at December 31, 2019 12:04 AM (x8Wzq)

419 > mining is not throwing coal into a furnace,

Biden really is functionally retarded, isn't he?

Besides the confusion between mining and stoking, he apparently thinks that programming is just banging on a keyboard in a mechanical way.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 31, 2019 12:04 AM (4QyVs)

420 Tomorrow is *Amateur Night* all over the world.

Grocery run tomorrow morning for supper & snacks, then back home to the edge of town until... probably Thursday.

Posted by: JQ at December 31, 2019 12:04 AM (gP/Z3)

421 I've never taken drugs recreationally. Maybe I should start. New Year's resolution!

Posted by: Insomniac

.............
I plan on doing some "research" when pot becomes legal here in Illinois this week.
Mostly for my wife.. She was on Paxil - an anti-anxiety medication for 20 years for an inner ear condition that makes her very dizzy, all day long.
But she had to stop it over the course of last year because it conflicts with her new heart meds for arrhythmia.. She's miserable every day.
Neither of us have smoked pot in 40 plus years..But I'm hoping something will help her, from what I've read.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at December 31, 2019 12:04 AM (CjFDo)

422
Surprising that the Germans never reverse engineered it from the B-17's they shot down
Posted by: kbdabear
----------

The Germans already had the Norden design plans. They had been passed by a German-American worker. They felt that their own design was superior. I believe that it was at least just as good.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2019 12:04 AM (CDGwz)

423 417 415 Ladyl......I don't do well in a dentist chair
Posted by: westminsterdogshow at December 31, 2019 12:02 AM (/UQ/R)


I've never even had a cavity, but I don't like getting my teeth scraped. ***shiver***
Posted by: Ladyl at December 31, 2019 12:03 AM (TdMsT)

That's never really bothered me.

Posted by: Insomniac at December 31, 2019 12:05 AM (NWiLs)

424 I've never taken drugs recreationally. Maybe I should start. New Year's resolution!
Posted by: Insomniac at December 30, 2019 11:57 PM (NWiLs)

Don't bother, either boring, or way more trouble than they are worth.

Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at December 31, 2019 12:05 AM (Rz2Nc)

425 Pug......Happy New Year to you and the lovely Mrs. Pug. Look forward to seeing you in April!

ONT is it's own thing........you got to learn to hang with the big dogs

Posted by: westminsterdogshow at December 31, 2019 12:05 AM (/UQ/R)

426 The Germans already had the Norden design plans. They had been passed by a German-American worker. They felt that their own design was superior. I believe that it was at least just as good.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
---------

The story: https://tinyurl.com/u68lkk5

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2019 12:07 AM (CDGwz)

427 *gives Pug Mahon a hearty slap on the back*

Hey, I'll buy yer next drink! What'll ya have?

Posted by: JQ at December 31, 2019 12:07 AM (gP/Z3)

428 > Son worked at Nintendo, said it was a lot like McDonalds

Game programming is not representative. At all.

Mainly because people like your son see it as glamorous, and will therefore put up with crap pay and shitty working conditions.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 31, 2019 12:09 AM (4QyVs)

429 People in my AO (Southern Tier of Newyorkistan) go to nearby Pennsyltucky for their narcotic needs...

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at December 31, 2019 12:10 AM (7WaWV)

430 ...prescription narcotic needs, I hasten to add...

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at December 31, 2019 12:12 AM (7WaWV)

431 ONT is it's own thing........you got to learn to hang with the big dogs
Posted by: westminsterdogshow at December 31, 2019 12:05 AM (/UQ/R)

Back in the day I was an ONT guy. Had numerous nics (Paleomedic, Arthur Cognomen, etc) and such (Genghis almost banned me once, long ago). But now I work in an office with minimal (as in none) blocking, and they trust me to get my work done. Great situation. And being 29, I prefer the daywalkers. You know, like Alex and Insom, totally normal people.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Movie Cricket at December 31, 2019 12:12 AM (x8Wzq)

432 Neither of us have smoked pot in 40 plus years..But I'm hoping something will help her, from what I've read.
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry

The one area where I think pot has positive benefits. Hope it works CTJ. Prayers up for your wife and you.

Posted by: Sock Monkey..if this be treason, make the most of it at December 31, 2019 12:13 AM (eegGk)

433 427 *gives Pug Mahon a hearty slap on the back*

Hey, I'll buy yer next drink! What'll ya have?
Posted by: JQ at December 31, 2019 12:07 AM (gP/Z3)

*creosote voice*

I'll have the lot!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Movie Cricket at December 31, 2019 12:13 AM (x8Wzq)

434 Back in the day I was an ONT guy. Had numerous nics (Paleomedic, Arthur Cognomen, etc) and such (Genghis almost banned me once, long ago). But now I work in an office with minimal (as in none) blocking, and they trust me to get my work done. Great situation. And being 29, I prefer the daywalkers. You know, like Alex and Insom, totally normal people.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Movie Cricket at December 31, 2019 12:12 AM (x8Wzq)

If one has a flexible enough definition of "normal."

Posted by: Insomniac at December 31, 2019 12:14 AM (NWiLs)

435 Thanks, Sock Monkey.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at December 31, 2019 12:14 AM (CjFDo)

436 The pill...is our ill......benefit? or slaving us to a state of mind that is at the end of the day...making us more "complaint".

Look at how the opioid epidemic is crushing middle America.

Do you really believe this is by happen-chance?

Who is flooding the market?

China and Mexico. Russia guiding the routes.

Warfare without bombs and bullets.....but with the desired end results.....taking out the populous....making us...incapable of focus to the striking enemy.

hey...have a Xanax or an Ativan and go to sleep another night....nothing to see here anyway.....we must impeach....we must impeach.....(tapping the ruby slippers 3 times)

Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at December 31, 2019 12:14 AM (kFkpX)

437 Pug......funny that since Insom is always here

I lurk during the day because I can't post and hang out here occasionally at night

Posted by: westminsterdogshow at December 31, 2019 12:14 AM (/UQ/R)

438 Winter has returned.. snowing at a good pace right now.5 to 7 forecast

Posted by: A dude in MI at December 31, 2019 12:18 AM (4X5xS)

439 .

O.
M.
G?

Hokay, Mr. Pug Creosote....

Pouring entire contents of an 1.75L Valu-Rite into USB port, jusht for yooo. Enjoy! Hope yer glass is big enuf or yu'll hav a messh, hahaha... *hic*

Gud thng Ive a backup, lol.

Makin frens aint ez ennymor.

Posted by: JQ at December 31, 2019 12:18 AM (gP/Z3)

440 "5 to 7", you say... So, about average, then?

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at December 31, 2019 12:19 AM (7WaWV)

441 I saw Neil Innes in concert after "Spamalot" came out, though he was touring supporting a different project. He came off as a genuinely nice person, even more so as he stuck around afterwards happily giving autographs and chatting with people. It's a memory that's always stuck with me. We always hear about the crazy people in show-business, and though they may be rare, the "sane" ones ought to be given credit as well... He even managed staying married to the same person for over 50 years! RIP Mr. Innes.

Posted by: Katja at December 31, 2019 12:19 AM (fFYAm)

442 Alex and Insom, totally normal people.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Movie Cricket at December 31, 2019 12:12 AM (x8Wzq)

If one has a flexible enough definition of "normal."
Posted by: Insomniac at December 31, 2019 12:14 AM (NWiLs)

Sorry. My sarc tag is on the fritz. *jiggles Sarcomatic (tm)*

Heh.

Dammit, I'm getting sentimental.

Ya'll are the fucking best. Ace, the Cobs, the regulars.

You keep me from driving into a gawdamn bridge abutment.

And God Bless President Trump and his wonderful family.

G'night.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Movie Cricket at December 31, 2019 12:19 AM (x8Wzq)

443 Goodnight, Pug.

Posted by: Insomniac at December 31, 2019 12:20 AM (NWiLs)

444 Posted by: Pug Mahon, Movie Cricket at December 31, 2019 12:12 AM (x8Wzq)


Hmmmm

Contemplating

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 31, 2019 12:20 AM (aA3+G)

445 Anyone else confuse Bread and America songs?

Posted by: Easy Andy at December 31, 2019 12:20 AM (2DOZq)

446 Anyone else confuse Bread and America songs?
Posted by: Easy Andy at December 31, 2019 12:20 AM

No.

Why do you ask?

Posted by: JQ at December 31, 2019 12:22 AM (gP/Z3)

447 442
Hand Salute from under the Orange Tree

Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at December 31, 2019 12:23 AM (kFkpX)

448 I mistake Boston songs for other Boston songs.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2019 12:24 AM (CDGwz)

449 {{{{{{Pug}}}}}}}

Night......you know I love ya!

Posted by: westminsterdogshow at December 31, 2019 12:24 AM (/UQ/R)

450 448
More than a feeling

these days

Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at December 31, 2019 12:25 AM (kFkpX)

451 Boston... Got one album, got em all.

They just didn't change anything but the words.

Bread and America were, at least, different performers.

Posted by: JQ at December 31, 2019 12:26 AM (gP/Z3)

452 I saw Bread and America open for Neil Innes at Reading and Leeds in '92...

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at December 31, 2019 12:26 AM (7WaWV)

453 Goodnight all, thanks for the interesting chat!

Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at December 31, 2019 12:27 AM (Rz2Nc)

454 I mistake Boston songs for other Boston songs.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2019 12:24 AM (CDGwz)


Boston mistakes Boston songs for other Boston songs.

Posted by: RickZ at December 31, 2019 12:28 AM (Y8PSl)

455 ONT Greetings, Horde! T'was a beautiful, absolutely gorgeous day here on the Texas Gulf Coast.

Chamber of Commerce weather, with some to follow tomorrow.

But New Year's Day promises to be a saturation of rain.

My only complaint is the pain in my right shoulder, from that roofing fall a few years back.

*pours bourbon*

I'm not cold, but I'm gonna belt a heating pad onto my shoulder for a bit.

Or will that violate some obscure fucking federal guideline, too?




Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at December 31, 2019 12:31 AM (QzJWU)

456 I mistake Boston songs for other Boston songs.



Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2019 12:24 AM (CDGwz)



Boston mistakes Boston songs for other Boston songs.

Posted by: RickZ at December 31, 2019 12:28 AM (Y8PSl)

They have more than 1?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 31, 2019 12:31 AM (9Om/r)

457 Boston's first album was enough for me. Good tunes, nice multi-track mix... was awesome in its day.

Yeah, "29" here, lol.

There's a lot of good stuff out there-- anything and everything (genres)-- in small doses is good, imo.

Posted by: JQ at December 31, 2019 12:32 AM (gP/Z3)

458 Did the same with the Gosnell movie, but I have yet to actually watch it. I'll need a lot of booze for that.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Movie Cricket at December 30, 2019 11:57 PM (x8Wzq)


The movie did not use gore to tell the story. Grossest part that I remember was some CGI fleas jumping off of a dead cat onto one of the protagonists. There was another scene where there were some dead babies being examined, but they only showed enough of their bodies that you could tell what they were.

Posted by: Emmie at December 31, 2019 12:33 AM (87gB3)

459 Goodnight all, thanks for the fun chat tonight.

Posted by: qdpsteve at December 31, 2019 12:33 AM (L2ZTs)

460 Mona Eltahawy is sick and tired of civilization. So let's fold it up and put it away for a while.

Posted by: klaftern at December 31, 2019 12:34 AM (RuIsu)

461 Goodnight, Qdpsteve!

*waves at WDS before I sign off as well*

Just a drive-by for me tonight.

Fight the good fight!

Posted by: Emmie at December 31, 2019 12:35 AM (87gB3)

462 Just who t.a.f. is Mona Eltahawy?

And: why should I care?

Posted by: JQ at December 31, 2019 12:36 AM (gP/Z3)

463 Mona Eltahawy is sick and tired of civilization. So let's fold it up and put it away for a while.

Posted by: klaftern at December 31, 2019 12:34 AM (RuIsu)


This guy gets it!

Posted by: Proggies Everywhere at December 31, 2019 12:37 AM (Y8PSl)

464 bounce da bounce............ping (double half flip to a Marston rotation and...............STUCK THE LANDING!!!!!)

bow north..bow south..bow east..bow west.....smile and strut off the ONT mat

night

Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at December 31, 2019 12:38 AM (kFkpX)

465 > 445 Anyone else confuse Bread and America songs?

Yeah, to the point that the only one I'm sure about is the Horse With No Name one.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 31, 2019 12:41 AM (4QyVs)

466 465 > 445 Anyone else confuse Bread and America songs?

Yeah, to the point that the only one I'm sure about is the Horse With No Name one.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 31, 2019 12:41 AM (4QyVs)

You mean it want Head East?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 31, 2019 12:45 AM (aA3+G)

467 Any popular "music?" since 2010-ish sounds all alike. No need to name any of them...

Posted by: JQ at December 31, 2019 12:46 AM (gP/Z3)

468 Mona Eltawahy is the "journalist" who was sexually assaulted, and had her hand and arm broken, in a mob during the Arab Spring. She has an education because of the American University in Cairo, and has her guts still tucked up inside because she voluntarily became an American citizen.

In some future age, political hypocrisy will be measured in kilo-eltawahy's.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 31, 2019 12:46 AM (oRpiG)

469 > You mean it want Head East?

There's never been any reason to think that.

We're old, aren't we?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 31, 2019 12:48 AM (4QyVs)

470 Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 31, 2019 12:46 AM

Thanks for the info.

So, I don't need to GAF, right? Hahaha...

Posted by: JQ at December 31, 2019 12:48 AM (gP/Z3)

471 URIAH HEEP

work on that for a bit......(it'st a band)

Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at December 31, 2019 12:50 AM (kFkpX)

472 Arab Spring Break. Coming to a beach near you.

Posted by: klaftern at December 31, 2019 12:50 AM (RuIsu)

473 Yeah I don't want to come down too hard on boston. I learned one thing from them when I was young that was extremely important, and thats guitar harmonies. I was amazed by them when I heard boston doing them, so I focused on learning them. I used to multi track them using 2 POS cassette recorders that had the buttons like piano keys. Yeah, those old things. I would play the rhythm on one, then play it back and play one part of the harmony while recording it all on the other tape recorder, then play that back and play the other half of the harmony, etc, and when I got done it was all on one tape and it pretty much sounded like boston. It turned out to be one hell of a thing to know later when the metal invasion started as harmonies were the backbone of bands like iron maiden and some others. It was effortless to figure out because I learned how to do it from boston. It was second nature to be able to hear all the parts at the same time. Yeah, frigging boston.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 31, 2019 12:50 AM (9Om/r)

474 Jim Croce did double dip with Bad Bad Leroy Brown and You Don't Mess Around With Jim.

Posted by: Easy Andy at December 31, 2019 12:51 AM (2DOZq)

475 385 357
The "DETOX" protocol for Benzodiazepines is 2 months

Heroin protocol....1 week

Meth.....2 weeks

Cocaine...1 week

Dig your Xanax and Ativan...You do you Boo


Dammit I was just thinking about trying some of these things and you went and got all honest on us.

Posted by: Parker Longbaugh at December 31, 2019 12:52 AM (Pgcou)

476 > Just who t.a.f. is Mona Eltahawy?

Born Egyptian. Became a US citizen voluntarily at age 44, because America sucks so much. Or something.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 31, 2019 12:53 AM (4QyVs)

477 Haven't seen Olympia, but have seen Hamm's around, as well as PBR and a few others.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at December 30, 2019 11:13 PM (sy5kK)


PBR is brewed by Miller. They agreed to brew when it was just hipsters ironically drinking an old name at a marginal price over cost. Then PBR actually started to eat into market share and when the original contract to brew finished Miller wanted mo money.
They got it.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 31, 2019 12:54 AM (z79tQ)

478 Benzos also have the side benefit of destroying Testosterone. They feel quite nice and can really help with acute panic attacks - which is what they should be used for - as opposed to generalized anxiety, but they are otherwise Devil Pills.

Posted by: ... at December 31, 2019 12:55 AM (uEbPt)

479 474

Record company executives suck. I am glad there are less of them.

Posted by: Parker Longbaugh at December 31, 2019 12:55 AM (Pgcou)

480 URIAH HEEP

Easy Livin!

Posted by: Sock Monkey..if this be treason, make the most of it at December 31, 2019 12:55 AM (eegGk)

481 Yeah, Berserker. F-ing Boston. Massive, excellent tunes.

But afterward, it was more of the same.

Great sound-- don't get me wrong!

But... more of the same.

They were great for their time. Innovative, even.

Posted by: JQ at December 31, 2019 12:56 AM (gP/Z3)

482 Mona Eltahawy is sick and tired of civilization. So let's fold it up and put it away for a while.

Posted by: klaftern at December 31, 2019 12:34 AM (RuIsu)


One night a year should reinforce the necessity of civilized society.
What should we call it?

Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 31, 2019 12:57 AM (z79tQ)

483 Amazing how close the lead pic looks to a local beach - but not quite. Distant beach beyond the channel not quite right, pier not far enough away, and no rock in the foreground.


Certain others have already noted this, but WTF does Williamson use for brains, or facts? Does he ever specify "failure" by topic?


I gather, indirectly, that one of ace's favorite punching bags, Nichols, had some idiotic reaction to the church shooting being stopped almost instantly by the CCer.


Trying to imagine the ignorance, bigotry, and other things needed to make anyone ever have an interest in the opinions of these lightweights and the gang of clueless lightweights like them.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 31, 2019 12:58 AM (El6T/)

484 467 Any popular "music?" since 2010-ish sounds all alike. No need to name any of them...
Posted by: JQ at December 31, 2019 12:46 AM (gP/Z3)

--I like Bastille. "Pompeii" and "Good Grief" are choice.

Posted by: logprof at December 31, 2019 12:58 AM (oZuI0)

485 We're old, aren't we?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

Yea maby but we got to see all the cool bands!

Posted by: Sock Monkey..if this be treason, make the most of it at December 31, 2019 12:58 AM (eegGk)

486 Yeah, Berserker. F-ing Boston. Massive, excellent tunes.



But afterward, it was more of the same.



Great sound-- don't get me wrong!



But... more of the same.



They were great for their time. Innovative, even.

Posted by: JQ at December 31, 2019 12:56 AM (gP/Z3)

True, after I learned a few songs there was no need to actually keep learning them. It became one long song.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 31, 2019 12:58 AM (9Om/r)

487 482

The Purge?

Posted by: Parker Longbaugh at December 31, 2019 12:58 AM (Pgcou)

488 I remember the Boston phenomenon... It was like some great innovation or revelation or something, for a time...

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at December 31, 2019 12:59 AM (7WaWV)

489 Eddie Murphy... spiritually grounded?

Beverly Hills Guru????

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 31, 2019 01:01 AM (UmZFX)

490 One night of anarchy?

"Landru guide us!"

Pass.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 31, 2019 01:02 AM (UmZFX)

491 Beverly Hills Guru????

Okay-- that right there is funny, I don't care who you are!

Posted by: JQ at December 31, 2019 01:02 AM (gP/Z3)

492 Beverly Hills Gumby, Damnit!

Posted by: JQ at December 31, 2019 01:03 AM (gP/Z3)

493 Boston, Chicago, and Bob Seger all had some good music back in the day. Jim Croce was good. I kinda am stuck on '60,70's and some 80's rock music. It dwindles from there. Sometimes I'll tune in some country music.
Southern rock is my favorite. Although Simon and Garfunkle's Bridge over Troubled Water remains in my top two favorite songs.

Posted by: Case at December 31, 2019 01:05 AM (YdAj9)

494 test
pass/fail

Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 31, 2019 01:05 AM (z79tQ)

495 The Boston guy was a mad scientist or an EE. Designed some box he ran his guitar through to make all the songs sound the same. Worked like a charm.

Posted by: klaftern at December 31, 2019 01:06 AM (RuIsu)

496 484

Grateful Dead at the Oakland Civic on New Years Eve?

askin......

Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at December 31, 2019 01:06 AM (kFkpX)

497 Well nevermind then. I was hitting refresh like a crack addict monkey and nothing new was appearing.
Turns out it's just a slow night.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 31, 2019 01:07 AM (z79tQ)

498 test
pass/fail
Posted by: OneEyedJack

Any extra credit questions?

Posted by: Sock Monkey..if this be treason, make the most of it at December 31, 2019 01:07 AM (eegGk)

499 IC, Mr JTB and I send our prayers for you. Hope you feel better soon and that your medications work well.

Posted by: Mrs. JTB at December 31, 2019 01:07 AM (7EjX1)

500 Anybody remember Illinois Speed Press?

Posted by: klaftern at December 31, 2019 01:08 AM (RuIsu)

501 Me neither.

Posted by: klaftern at December 31, 2019 01:10 AM (RuIsu)

502 True, after I learned a few songs there was no need to actually keep learning them. It became one long song.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Same with the pipes. A nail a few embellishments, learn to fold the blanket properly, and a whole weekend just becomes a blur.

Posted by: Jean at December 31, 2019 01:11 AM (B7KlG)

503 I'd guess that some (disadvantaged) employed folks must work tomorrow. My most sincere condolences to them!

I'm on vacay until next week-- enjoying the fruit of my longevity on the job-- and then... Back To The Grind.

*whimpers*

I'm just praying that 2020 isn't nearly as shitty as 2019.

Posted by: JQ at December 31, 2019 01:12 AM (gP/Z3)

504 The Boston guy was a mad scientist or an EE.
Designed some box he ran his guitar through to make all the songs sound
the same. Worked like a charm.

Posted by: klaftern at December 31, 2019 01:06 AM (RuIsu)

He was an MIT dude. When he actually did, well one of them anyway, was invent what they called the power soak. Its basically a box that went between the speaker outputs of the guitar amp and the speakers themselves. It made the amp think it was running full bore to get output tube distortion, which happenes when running the output transformer full out, but at the same time allowed you to adjust volume so you didn't blow the windows out. It ran the amp hard though. In a nutshell, you got big sound at low volume. Really important when miking up speakers for both recording and live.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 31, 2019 01:13 AM (9Om/r)

505 Beware the guru with a banana...

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 31, 2019 01:14 AM (UmZFX)

506 TYE-DYED mayhem....lots of nubile young ladies blazin their brains out with minimal clothing....fun for the nurse ...and the music was pretty dang good...Bill Graham riding a full on Harley(running n' revving) hooked to a wire 40 ft. over our heads to the stage at midnight........Happy New Year....from days gone past....

Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at December 31, 2019 01:15 AM (kFkpX)

507 I will always remember Boston's second album, "Don't Look Back", because it was "Don't look back, we're just replaying our first album in a slightly different way, and we don't want you to notice!!"

Bands that really impress me are those that can change their sound and their style at will, and come up with albums that sound completely different than anything they've done before. The Beatles, the Who, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones. Each new album from a group like that was an adventure.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2019 01:15 AM (V2Yro)

508 URIAH HEEP

work on that for a bit......(it'st a band)

Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at December 31, 2019 12:50 AM (kFkpX)


And a band I saw in concert in 1973, at Norfolk's Scope. Can't finish the HQ meme joke, though, because I do not remember who opened for them.

But I do remember Foghat opening for Mountain at the Hampton Roads Coliseum, also 1973. I did go to a lot of concerts in high school. $3 to $5 for a ticket. Back in 1985, I went to see The Motels open for Supertramp at Radio City. That one set me back around $40 a ticket ($80 with date). Now? I'm not spending over a hundred bucks on a concert ticket, and that's just to be in the nosebleed seats.

Posted by: RickZ at December 31, 2019 01:18 AM (Y8PSl)

509 2020 is going to one for the history books... Put your helmets on, cinch down your belts, and hang on!

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at December 31, 2019 01:19 AM (7WaWV)

510 It was twenty years ago today
There was Y2K to be afraid

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 31, 2019 01:19 AM (UmZFX)

511 510

YES!!!!

we built doom's day bunkers then too.

Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at December 31, 2019 01:21 AM (kFkpX)

512 Berserker, I watched a show on the band Rush on Netflix. im not a fan, but damn, you gotta admire them, prolific as fuck and always walked their own path, had their own sound no matter what record they put out. it was funny...they toured with kiss and with nugent. Gene said they never partook in the debauchery, just stayed in their room writing. I tried to catch the Lifeson chords but to no avail, nice playing though! if ya haven't seen it, highly recommend.

Posted by: choogle at December 31, 2019 01:21 AM (U2DkR)

513 What's often missed about the late '60s and especially the entire '70s LP music scene is this.

It was the era of the "Silver-Face" Hi-Fi.

What once was the realm of doctors and lawyers, with their McIntosh and Scott components, it evolved to be popularized by servicemen returning from the Far East and Military PX prices.

And they brought back their Pioneer, Sansui, JVC, and Kenwood systems by the tens of thousands.

No. HUNDREDS of thousands.

The Silver-Face Stereo era then, was every bit as much an awakening as the Smart Phone era, now.

Imagine, you're a kid in 1964. And your Beatles 45 on your portable player is "tech". And then in '66, you get to hear a Beatles LP, in STEREO, for the first time.

Thing is a tube-driven console from Magnavox, but it was till a revelation.

Next thing you know, Uncle Kenny just brought back a full Pioneer system from the PX on Okinawa.

And it's like nothing you've ever heard, before.

What else was concurrent with all this?

24 channel recording studios, multiplex mixers, pedal effects at the guitarists' feet, and so much more, besides

Mommas and Pappas, Boston, Beach Boys.

Could NOT have happened in the '40s.

The technology was not then yet ready to accommodate their talents and drive.

And I think that all that was the peak of the era of what's done with sound, studio, artist and talent.

It all Apexed in the Michael Jackson era, and went downhill from there.

And now it's autotuned, anodyne talent, voiceless twinks like Taylor Swift n' Brinney Spears.

Say what you want about Christina Aguilera. She can kill you when singing with nothing more than a piano as backup. Brittney? Without electronic processing and twenty dancers, she can't wipe her own ass with a mic, much less SING with one.

Yet, she's sold a zillion records.

That would not have happened in 1975.

I defer the details beyond this to Mr. Berserker.

This is the realm of his expertise, and I hereby yield the floor.



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX



Posted by: Jim at December 31, 2019 01:22 AM (QzJWU)

514 Don't want to spend $$$$$ for concert tix-- gimme the CD and LOLGFY for "the atmosphere"-- I gotta pass drug screening anyway, so no sense dealing with the temptation on top of ridiculous expense, right?

Posted by: JQ at December 31, 2019 01:22 AM (gP/Z3)

515 509 2020 is going to one for the history books... Put your helmets on, cinch down your belts, and hang on!
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at December 31, 2019 01:19 AM (7WaWV)

--You may want to, shall we say, gird your loins.

Posted by: logprof at December 31, 2019 01:23 AM (oZuI0)

516 What I remember most vividly about Y2K is the Libertarian Political Candidate who drank emulsified silver to protect himself from the Diseases that were going to Ravage the Land, and he drank so much of it that it permanently died his skin blue, and he came out looking like some Papa Smurf cosplay character.

that's when I started to realize that there was something seriously wrong with the Libertarians.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2019 01:24 AM (V2Yro)

517 Wait a minute, blue skin?

Fur like real dude?

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 31, 2019 01:27 AM (UmZFX)

518 *gazes at Scott 312C tuner*

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2019 01:27 AM (xSo9G)

519 Loins girded, my friend, and how!

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at December 31, 2019 01:27 AM (7WaWV)

520 512 Berserker, I watched a show on the band Rush on Netflix. im not a fan, but damn, you gotta admire them, prolific as fuck and always walked their own path, had their own sound no matter what record they put out."

I've managed to see Rush live twice over the years, and they put on a fantastic show. I will always vote for 2112 as the Best Concept Album Ever.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2019 01:28 AM (V2Yro)

521 ..What I remember most vividly about Y2K is the Libertarian Political Candidate who drank emulsified silver to protect himself from the Diseases that were going to Ravage the Land, and he drank so much of it that it permanently died his skin blue, and he came out looking like some Papa Smurf cosplay character.

that's when I started to realize that there was something seriously wrong with the Libertarians.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2019 01:24 AM (V2Yro)




In his will, he wanted to be cremated.

Ron Paul stepped in and had him smelted down for junk silver, instead.



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at December 31, 2019 01:28 AM (QzJWU)

522 I defer the details beyond this to Mr. Berserker.



This is the realm of his expertise, and I hereby yield the floor.







Jim

Sunk New Dawn

Galveston, TX









Posted by: Jim at December 31, 2019 01:22 AM (QzJWU)

Don't really have anything to add to what you said. Basically there was a time where you had to be good, because the technology of the time couldn't mask you. There was no hiding behind what didn't exist. One of my big pissoffs to this day are dudes that hide behind a wah pedal for every frigging lead they do. Fuck hiding, thats basically taking yourself off the grid. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 31, 2019 01:29 AM (9Om/r)

523 Reminisces while gazing at Sansui speakers, Teac cassette deck (with *wired* remote control), Denon turntable, Kenwood amp.... cheap, cheap at Pony & Co. just outside the base gate...

(Ex was active duty in Japan, early 80s)

Posted by: JQ at December 31, 2019 01:31 AM (gP/Z3)

524 513

I remember the first time I turned my parent's mahogany speaker stands on their Magnovox record system inward and lay down between them after queuing up an early Led Zeppelin album..........OH BROTHER........

Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at December 31, 2019 01:31 AM (kFkpX)

525 Jim, Christina could move that body too! not quite Shakira, but then who is.

Posted by: choogle at December 31, 2019 01:31 AM (U2DkR)

526

Just a drive by to say goodnight, good people.

Be safe, stay warm and sleep well.

Posted by: irongrampa at December 31, 2019 01:33 AM (KATBx)

527 I saw a case of argyria once, or so I initially thought, but it was actually methaemoglobinaemia, an inherited condition...

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at December 31, 2019 01:33 AM (7WaWV)

528 I will always vote for 2112 as the Best Concept Album Ever.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2019 01:28 AM (V2Yro)


Meatloaf's 'Bat Out Of Hell' is right up there as being a Best Concept Album. Some albums change music history. 'BOOH' was a revelation or a revolution, whichever you prefer. The songs on 'BOOH' are like Harry Chapin story songs on steroids.

Posted by: RickZ at December 31, 2019 01:34 AM (Y8PSl)

529 Don't really have anything to add to what you said. Basically there was a time where you had to be good, because the technology of the time couldn't mask you. There was no hiding behind what didn't exist. One of my big pissoffs to this day are dudes that hide behind a wah pedal for every frigging lead they do. Fuck hiding, thats basically taking yourself off the grid. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 31, 2019 01:29 AM (9Om/r)

--Agreed.

Cray-cray libtard though she may have been, Linda Ronstadt had a fucing great voice.

I love "Long, Long Time"

Posted by: logprof at December 31, 2019 01:35 AM (oZuI0)

530 Tom, watch that show on Rush. pretty sure the record company didn't want it, but they did it anyway.

Posted by: choogle at December 31, 2019 01:35 AM (U2DkR)

531 I watched a Geddy Lee thing just today. Something about bass players. He was showing off the gadgets that allowed him to play keyboards while still holding up the bass end of things.
Kind of a foot operated version of the mini keyboard that Ray Manzarek utilized to play bass lines.

Posted by: klaftern at December 31, 2019 01:35 AM (RuIsu)

532 Read a leftist rant today. He said Trump was to blame for all the violence, that Trump was evil. He said, "Trump should be burned at the stake".

And here I spent all these years thinking the Salem Witch Trials were a precautionary tale.

Posted by: Igotnothing at December 31, 2019 01:36 AM (xf2hT)

533 'Nite, irongrampa! Sleep tight and God Bless!

Love your patriotism-- every. day.

Posted by: JQ at December 31, 2019 01:37 AM (gP/Z3)

534 Berserker, would that describe Kirk Hammet, with the wah pedal?

Posted by: choogle at December 31, 2019 01:37 AM (U2DkR)

535 Anyone else confuse Bread and America songs?
Posted by: Easy Andy at December 31, 2019 12:20 AM (2DOZq)


No, because I was there in person, in the early to middle 70's.

Bread was liked by the chicks and good for the school slow dancing, America was more of a long-haired freaky people thing, a roll a doobie fandom crowd.


But I can kinda see it after all these years.


Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at December 31, 2019 01:38 AM (YImO4)

536 Strange day. But lots of peace in the midst of the storm. Grace. Pure grace.

Posted by: Kazi at December 31, 2019 01:39 AM (0x00j)

537 ..Jim, Christina could move that body too! not quite Shakira, but then who is.

Posted by: choogle at December 31, 2019 01:31 AM (U2DkR)



Shakira dances, and occasionally, sings.

Christina is the opposite. And as time goes on, she sings even better. And then, better still.

She MATURES as an artist, in every measure of the word. Person, Sprit, Voice and Soul.

Music wise, I *want* to pay for the steak.

Groupies clamor to buy the sizzle.



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at December 31, 2019 01:39 AM (QzJWU)

538 And more grace to all of you I meant to finish. Take care and get ready for the moron NYE Extravaganza and Bail Ball.

Posted by: Kazi at December 31, 2019 01:40 AM (0x00j)

539 Bat out of Hell was good, if a bit schlocky (like everything Jim Steinman wrote). 2112 was an Ayn Randian sci-fi epic set to thundering music. Another that I think deserves credit as a concept album is Animals, by Pink Floyd. and of course a Rock Opera like Tommy is in a class of its own.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2019 01:41 AM (V2Yro)

540 Cray-cray libtard though she may have been, Linda Ronstadt had a fucing great voice.

I love "Long, Long Time"

Posted by: logprof at December 31, 2019 01:35 AM (oZuI0)


I saw her open for The Eagles in college. Back in her calico country-look days. 'Poor Poor Pitiful Me' and 'When Will I Be Loved?' era.

Posted by: RickZ at December 31, 2019 01:41 AM (Y8PSl)

541
512 Berserker, I watched a show on the band Rush on Netflix. im not a
fan, but damn, you gotta admire them, prolific as fuck and always walked
their own path, had their own sound no matter what record they put
out."



I've managed to see Rush live twice over the years, and they put on a
fantastic show. I will always vote for 2112 as the Best Concept Album
Ever.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2019 01:28 AM (V2Yro)

Hell yeah. 2112 was intense. When I discovered that album I had learned the damn thing front to back. It became a mission. I never heard anything like it at the time, so I got every album up to the farewell to kings album, which was the current one at the time, and I just went off on a year long voyage to get inside lifeson's head. The voyage ended at the signals album. It just wasn't the RUSH that I was familiar with anymore.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 31, 2019 01:42 AM (9Om/r)

542 Jim, to be clear...im talkin dancing, not singin.
Christina>Shakira singing for sure.

Posted by: choogle at December 31, 2019 01:43 AM (U2DkR)

543 CSNY
Doobie Brothers
Areosmith
Fog Hat
Logins&Messina
Deep Purple
Yes
Joni Mitchell....(sorry, I had a major teen crush)

Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at December 31, 2019 01:43 AM (kFkpX)

544 How about some pretty female harmonies?

From Winnipeg:

"All The Stars" --The Wailin' Jennys

https://youtu.be/hkkRnixGefQ

Posted by: logprof at December 31, 2019 01:43 AM (oZuI0)

545 ..Cray-cray libtard though she may have been, Linda Ronstadt had a fucing great voice.

I love "Long, Long Time"

Posted by: logprof at December 31, 2019 01:35 AM (oZuI0)



Concur.

I am VERY thankful, that Ronstadt didn't go all "political" till pretty much past her recording career.

Track when she went Public Libtard, and it tracks with her Broadway appearance in the play Pirates of *whatever*. And her dating of Brown II of my forsaken homestate of califuckornicatia.

Sixties and Seventies though, she was a Goddess of Voice and Wankful Posters of many a teen boy.


Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at December 31, 2019 01:44 AM (QzJWU)

546 Berserker, would that describe Kirk Hammet, with the wah pedal?

Posted by: choogle at December 31, 2019 01:37 AM (U2DkR)

Yeah, he is definitely numero uno gross offender.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 31, 2019 01:48 AM (9Om/r)

547 ..Don't really have anything to add to what you said..

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 31, 2019 01:29 AM (9Om/r)



This is a highest musical compliment I have received. Better than attaining 1st Chair in Trumpet, in 6th & 7th grade.

Humble thanks, sir.



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at December 31, 2019 01:49 AM (QzJWU)

548 I just read on one of the local Dallas news sites that the church in White Settlement confirmed they had given the shooter food in the past, but they had declined when he asked for money.

If he was there to rob them, that would explain the bad disguise and why he waited a bit before firing the first shot.

Posted by: Abby Normal at December 31, 2019 01:49 AM (zLLOw)

549 Bat out of Hell was good, if a bit schlocky (like everything Jim Steinman wrote).

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2019 01:41 AM (V2Yro)


But it was 'schlocky' with humor. I'm not sure 'Paradise By The Dashboard Light' would even get airplay in this 'woke' age.

Sort of like how they took 10 Years After's minor hit, 'I Want To Change The World', off radio play lists today because of the 'everywhere is freaks and hairies/dykes and fairies, tell me where is sanity' lyrics.

Posted by: RickZ at December 31, 2019 01:50 AM (Y8PSl)

550 The voyage ended at the signals album. It just wasn't the RUSH that I was familiar with anymore.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 31, 2019 01:42 AM (9Om/r)

I agree completely, that's exactly how I felt about them. They've had a few good songs since then, but through the 70's they were getting better and better with each album, and they hit the absolute peak of their abilities with Moving Pictures. And then - they slid off the mountain top and never could get that peak back. I suppose that happens to a lot of performers.

There are few things more thrilling that being on a long, straight, empty West Texas hiway, and seeing if you really can push that V-8 past 120 while listening to Red Barchetta cranked all the way!

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2019 01:50 AM (V2Yro)

551 The Band
Black Oak Arkansas
Todd Rundgren
Steely Dan
ELO
The Cars
Emerson Lake & Plamer
The Pretenders (Chrisi.....grrrr. slurp)

Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at December 31, 2019 01:52 AM (kFkpX)

552 70s kid here...

Lots of garbage "music" that decade. (just like today)

But I liked stuff that --mostly-- didn't make the top 40.

Alan Parsons Project.

Blue Oyster Cult (pre- Spectres).

Genesis. (before Phil Collins, but I liked him, too)

Yes.

P-Funk.

Well, we can't go back. But we *can* remember...

Posted by: JQ at December 31, 2019 01:52 AM (gP/Z3)

553 Berserker, if you could have toured with any three metal bands in their prime, who would they be?

Posted by: choogle at December 31, 2019 01:52 AM (U2DkR)

554 Track when she went Public Libtard, and it tracks with her Broadway appearance in the play Pirates of *whatever*.

Posted by: Jim at December 31, 2019 01:44 AM (QzJWU)


I saw her in that Broadway production of 'Pirates of Penzance'. Also in the cast at the show I saw was Peter Noone, of Herman's Hermits fame.

Posted by: RickZ at December 31, 2019 01:54 AM (Y8PSl)

555 This is a highest musical compliment I have received. Better than attaining 1st Chair in Trumpet, in 6th 7th grade.



Humble thanks, sir.







Jim

Sunk New Dawn

Galveston, TX



Posted by: Jim at December 31, 2019 01:49 AM (QzJWU)


Well lets not get silly, I'm just an asshole metal guitar player. A neanderthal in the music world. My opinion wouldn't get you a dog turd in a famine. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 31, 2019 01:54 AM (9Om/r)

556 When I first heard Alannah Myles sing Black Velvet I proclaimed her, a Canadian, a honorary Southerner. Her song shot into my top ten and remains there today. So yeah, every now and then a great song comes out.

Posted by: Case at December 31, 2019 01:55 AM (YdAj9)

557 Black Oak Arkansas

Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at December 31, 2019 01:52 AM (kFkpX)


Seen them -- twice!

Posted by: RickZ at December 31, 2019 01:56 AM (Y8PSl)

558 556 When I first heard Alannah Myles sing Black Velvet I proclaimed her, a Canadian, a honorary Southerner. Her song shot into my top ten and remains there today. So yeah, every now and then a great song comes out.
Posted by: Case at December 31, 2019 01:55 AM (YdAj9)

a guy who always sounds like he shoulda been from the south, even though he wasn't, is John Fogarty.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2019 01:57 AM (V2Yro)

559 oh it's late, fun talking, see you tomorrow.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2019 01:59 AM (V2Yro)

560 Jeff FU**ING Beck
Robin Trower
Andres Segovia

Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at December 31, 2019 01:59 AM (kFkpX)

561 ..
Well, we can't go back. But we *can* remember...

Posted by: JQ at December 31, 2019 01:52 AM (gP/Z3)



The AM/FM/Cassette Stereo *transformed* the driving experience, back then.

Eight Track was but a hiccup-ing false-start, into that era.

And the sophistication (or lack thereof) in the 8 track era, just weren't yet up to what the mid to late 70s delivered in Car Audio in the cassette era.

My opinion? The late '80s were the finest in automotive stereo.

Before the thumping bass era.

It was all about the delivery of FULL audio, accurate across the spectrum, across the "production/reproduction" barrier.

The goal was to be able to listen to David Benoit on he Piano, the same at 70 mph on the road, as with 0 mph from your living room sofa.

Rap and hip-hop has destroyed mobile audio EQUIPMENT, for the truly musically inclined.


Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at December 31, 2019 02:01 AM (QzJWU)

562 Nightwatch, look up Beck backing Tom Jones sometime, very impressive and all off the top of his head.

Posted by: choogle at December 31, 2019 02:02 AM (U2DkR)

563 So, if you've had a shitty 2019 like I did . . .

The Wailin' Jennys, "By Way of Saorrow"

https://youtu.be/Axq0UYPFRoA

Posted by: logprof at December 31, 2019 02:03 AM (oZuI0)

564 562

check out the set Jeff did with that then 16 year old female bass player (name??)....jaw dropping to the floor

Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at December 31, 2019 02:05 AM (kFkpX)

565 Jeff FU**ING Beck

Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at December 31, 2019 01:59 AM (kFkpX)


Yep. 'Blow By Blow', at the time (1975), was an album out of left field. Jazzy instrumental album like nothing that came from rocker Beck before. Still a great listen as it holds up well.

Posted by: RickZ at December 31, 2019 02:05 AM (Y8PSl)

566 @558. Hey, I was listening to Creedence just a few hours ago. Green River is in my top ten. But then I like all their music.

Posted by: Case at December 31, 2019 02:06 AM (YdAj9)

567 The Rutles All You Need Is Cash was the blueprint for all future music mockumentaries. Innes wrote all of those Beatles rip-off songs they used, and the majority of them are really great. "With A Girl Like You" is arguably better than the song it cribs ("If I Fell").

Posted by: holygoat at December 31, 2019 02:07 AM (tjnPR)

568 539 Bat out of Hell was good, if a bit schlocky (like everything Jim Steinman wrote). 2112 was an Ayn Randian sci-fi epic set to thundering music. Another that I think deserves credit as a concept album is Animals, by Pink Floyd. and of course a Rock Opera like Tommy is in a class of its own.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2019 01:41 AM (V2Yro)

Animals is THE most grossly underrated Floyd, Pink album. Period.

And Rush? I've seen them about a dozen times live. I can't say enough about them. One of my favorite bands, EVER.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at December 31, 2019 02:08 AM (9jl/W)

569 ..Well lets not get silly, I'm just an asshole metal guitar player. A neanderthal in the music world. My opinion wouldn't get you a dog turd in a famine. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 31, 2019 01:54 AM (9Om/r)



Yeah. No.

I'd wager I could take your reputation in the Music World into any given Guitar Center with me, with a written endorsement from you for me.

And walk out with any instrument in the house.



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at December 31, 2019 02:08 AM (QzJWU)

570 Nightwatch, when Beck started to make some money he bought a split window vette, which he crashed. when he had it repaired they couldn't get the vacuum stuff to operate the head lights, so the guy says, lights up or down? Jeff says it looks much cooler with the lights down, lets go with that.

Posted by: choogle at December 31, 2019 02:09 AM (U2DkR)

571 Posted by: Jim at December 31, 2019 02:01 AM

Wow, Jim. Awesome!

Yes, the 80s were, indeed, the *finest* for automotive stereo.

It wasn't ALL ABOUT *thump... thump-thump, thump-thump* f-ing hiphop bass.

Miss those days.

Posted by: JQ at December 31, 2019 02:10 AM (gP/Z3)

572 Berserker, if you could have toured with any three metal bands in their prime, who would they be?

Posted by: choogle at December 31, 2019 01:52 AM (U2DkR)

Well, definitely Iron maiden and judas priest, as for the third, tough choice. Manowar maybe.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 31, 2019 02:12 AM (9Om/r)

573 I can't believe Sheriff Bart has not appeared yet.

Posted by: logprof at December 31, 2019 02:15 AM (oZuI0)

574 Well, definitely Iron maiden and judas priest, as for the third, tough choice. Manowar maybe.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 31, 2019 02:12 AM (9Om/r)

--A redneck friend from college bragged about seeing Maiden, Priest, and Dio, all in the same week, and then punctuated that with, "and they wonder why I got a .86 GPA!!!"



[one for each band]

Posted by: logprof at December 31, 2019 02:18 AM (oZuI0)

575 I can't believe Sheriff Bart has not appeared yet.

He's tired!

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 31, 2019 02:18 AM (UmZFX)

576 Best concept Album of All Time?

Gotta be Quadrophenia.

Posted by: Eleanor, What the Cat Dragged In at December 31, 2019 02:18 AM (QU+qf)

577 Tales of Mystery and Imagination

"Hey guys! Let's make music set to Edgar Allan Poe stories."

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 31, 2019 02:20 AM (UmZFX)

578
Well, if I understand the biology properly he's going to have to insert a turkey baster into his boyfriends rectum.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 30, 2019 10:53 PM (m45I2)



They're going to surgically graft a uterus to his sigmoid colon.

Posted by: Insomniac at December 30, 2019 10:56 PM (NWiLs)

Still wouldn't allow them to produce a child.

Posted by: redbanzai the Southerner at December 31, 2019 02:25 AM (nAiE/)

579 Best concept Album of All Time?

Gotta be Quadrophenia.

Posted by: Eleanor, What the Cat Dragged In at December 31, 2019 02:18 AM (QU+qf)


Some concept albums deserve their bargain bin locale. 'A Passion Play' by Jethro Tull is one such concept album.

Posted by: RickZ at December 31, 2019 02:25 AM (Y8PSl)

580 576 Best concept Album of All Time?

Gotta be Quadrophenia.
Posted by: Eleanor, What the Cat Dragged In at December 31, 2019 02:18 AM (QU+qf)

--Nope

A Grand Don't Come For Free by The Streets.

Posted by: logprof at December 31, 2019 02:27 AM (oZuI0)

581 When I was a budding acoustic guitarist at 15, I used to go down to the original Guitar Center on Sunset. They would let you pick up anything you wanted up to the most expensive Martin's and give them a play. I wanted to go 12 string and my fingers bled for months trying to master the basics on a big bodied De`Angelico that I bought from a friend.Tried to follow Leo Kottke and so wanted to figure out how Joni Mitchell was able to do those complex cord progressions.Took me years to realize she "pre-tuned" in drop D and other pre-tuned settings. Got pretty good in my 20's but never good enough.....life turned to other goals after that....

Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at December 31, 2019 02:27 AM (kFkpX)

582 I will say one thing, the band Raven was thee most fun group of mofos I ever shared a stage with. I laughed my ass off every time with them. To this day I never miss a show if they are in the area, and I still laugh my ass off with them. Really down to earth dudes.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 31, 2019 02:28 AM (9Om/r)

583 Quad might've been a milestone.

But without Quad equipment, it is simply, not.

For my money. And for my bourbon and annual get completely schnockered and play music and regress to decades past.

Dark Side of the Moon. Musically? We can argue without end.

But nothing takes me back to that ONE particular summer, that particular TIME, as does that.

What I lived then, can not have any other sound track, than that.

And that's not because of the music of the era.

But rather, the trauma that was my life at that time.

And with that, I'll bid the ONT, a fond Good Night, and if I'm absent later, a ..

Happy New Year!


Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at December 31, 2019 02:28 AM (QzJWU)

584 Tried to follow Leo Kottke
Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at December 31, 2019 02:27 AM (kFkpX)


Damn, that had to leave a mark.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 31, 2019 02:31 AM (9Om/r)

585 Like trying to master Rachmaninoff's 3rd..........

made me crazy

Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at December 31, 2019 02:33 AM (kFkpX)

586 full disclosure....

I was dyslexic (un-diagnosed at the time)

I insisted on playing up-side down and left handed....so I was kinda doomed from the get go...

Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at December 31, 2019 02:36 AM (kFkpX)

587 Me n hubby top picture many years ago.

Posted by: Summer of Love at December 31, 2019 02:36 AM (FJrl0)

588 sad but true......

Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at December 31, 2019 02:38 AM (kFkpX)

589 I insisted on playing up-side down and left handed....so I was kinda doomed from the get go...

Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at December 31, 2019 02:36 AM (kFkpX


If you mean taking a righty guitar and just flipping it over to the left without restringing it as a lefty, yeah thats rough. I have a met a few over the years that do play like that.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 31, 2019 02:38 AM (9Om/r)

590 th

Posted by: 590th at December 31, 2019 02:39 AM (/LQkF)

591 ..Damn, that had to leave a mark.


Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 31, 2019 02:31 AM (9Om/r)



Amigo, I've sent'cha an instrument, somewhat in jest, but with no disrespect. And I hope still, you'll make the most of it in time.

But what I'd really want? What I'd beseech from you with all ardor, and from a humble heart?

Get your self down to Orlando, and listen to the band Backwards Boy plays with.

A regular gig at B.B. King's Blues Club in Orlando is not to be lightly dismissed.

He's better than he lets on, here in the comments.

What he does is worthy of your travel, attention and appreciations.

You will NOT have wasted your time or efforts.

I believe you'll find that Insomniac will second my motion?



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at December 31, 2019 02:42 AM (QzJWU)

592 I could do a righteous rhythm, blend a melody, but doing anything above a basic lead lick would have required lightning fingers of 10 inch length.....yup

Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at December 31, 2019 02:44 AM (kFkpX)

593 Thanks for letting me trip into what was some good past.
I sold my last guitar during the crash of 08 (a very fine old Guild) which helped keep me in my house when things got so bad.

Let's chat again before the new year

Nightwatch out....

Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at December 31, 2019 02:51 AM (kFkpX)

594 hiya

Posted by: JT at December 31, 2019 02:54 AM (arJlL)

595 Very happy this year only has 26 hours left.

Posted by: Summer of Love at December 31, 2019 03:07 AM (FJrl0)

596 Wish I could join you all in the appreciation of music and stereo systems. Not exactly sure when I lost my hearing, but only real clear/clean things or music that I heard while young ever stuck with me. I could hear tunes in my mind even after my ability to match the note with my voice went haywire. The rest has just been noise.

Got digital hearing aides, now. Who knew a sink faucet makes such a rich sound?! And a robin's chirp scares the crap out of me. Friggen velociraptors in the bushes. I'll teach you to make a grown man pee his pants. I'll leave the blinds open and you'll bash into the windows. The cat'll crunch your bones for his breakfast.

Posted by: Igotnothing at December 31, 2019 03:10 AM (xf2hT)

597 Joe biden's main support are black women voters who don't like guns. They are 30% of democrat voters in primary and will give biden the southern states in democratic primary.

Posted by: raimondo at December 31, 2019 03:24 AM (pVQoE)

598 I bet the black women luuuv them some pasty ol senile white dude

Posted by: A dude in MI at December 31, 2019 03:30 AM (SxBH1)

599 Winter has arrived. Temp dropped, 22° now. Wind and ❄snow#&10052; Looks like 3 - 4"

Mornin', all

Posted by: My life is insanity at December 31, 2019 03:50 AM (892aJ)

600 Shoot! My fingers are dyslexic
❄snow❄

Posted by: My life is insanity at December 31, 2019 03:52 AM (892aJ)

601 Looks like shovelling is in my near future. Yay.

Posted by: My life is insanity at December 31, 2019 03:54 AM (892aJ)

602 Okay, so here's something from a discussion I had with with my mom earlier tonight.

Once the ovaries stop producing ova, is there any point in keeping them? Ovarian cancer is a bitch, so would it be best to take out those 'nads? Or do they need to be kept for estrogen or some other hormones?

I just thought that they were time bombs if they stayed inside, but maybe there's a purpose?

Posted by: logprof at December 31, 2019 03:54 AM (oZuI0)

603 Mornin' MLii.

Posted by: JT at December 31, 2019 03:54 AM (arJlL)

604 Mornin' JT!

Posted by: My life is insanity at December 31, 2019 03:59 AM (892aJ)

605 >>I just thought that they were time bombs if they stayed inside, but maybe there's a purpose?
Posted by: logprof at December 31, 2019 03:54 AM (oZuI0)

Still a part of the endocrine system even after they stop producing eggs. Not sure they should be systematically removed. Maybe only if high risk for ovarian cancer?

Posted by: My life is insanity at December 31, 2019 04:01 AM (892aJ)

606
Mornin' ya'll.

Posted by: Gooshy at December 31, 2019 04:03 AM (9GU9B)

607 Still a part of the endocrine system even after they stop producing eggs. Not sure they should be systematically removed. Maybe only if high risk for ovarian cancer?
Posted by: My life is insanity at December 31, 2019 04:01 AM (892aJ)

--You could've just said +1.

Posted by: logprof at December 31, 2019 04:07 AM (oZuI0)

608 +1

Posted by: My life is insanity at December 31, 2019 04:09 AM (892aJ)

609 Good gravy, no one else commenting on New Year's Eve Eve?

Posted by: logprof at December 31, 2019 04:33 AM (oZuI0)

610 Better get moving. I need to get the walks shoveled before I open the store.

Missing Skip's breakfast

Enjoy all.

Posted by: My life is insanity at December 31, 2019 04:39 AM (892aJ)

611 Good Morning Morons today is Tuesday, December 31, 2019, the last day of the year. On this date in 1907 the first New Year's Eve celebration was held in what became known as Times Square.

Posted by: Vic at December 31, 2019 04:45 AM (mpXpK)

612 Shitty Schumer found a camera to get in front of while trying to get the Senate to be just like the House clown show. Too bad you AH, you are outvoted unless you can get a whole bunch of fake Republicans to cross over.


https://tinyurl.com/srp7mo9

Posted by: Vic at December 31, 2019 04:45 AM (mpXpK)

613 [static]

Posted by: A dude in MI at December 31, 2019 04:45 AM (SxBH1)

614 Washed up singer goes after Trump on closing the border.


https://tinyurl.com/tn7w487

Posted by: Vic at December 31, 2019 04:46 AM (mpXpK)

615
RINO Bush judge throws out a lawsuit by an NSC aid suing over a House subpoena on a technicality.


https://tinyurl.com/uvrkssa

Posted by: Vic at December 31, 2019 04:46 AM (mpXpK)

616 Biden has gone full retard left on the AGW scam and 'fossil fuels'.


https://tinyurl.com/sg33ad5

Posted by: Vic at December 31, 2019 04:47 AM (mpXpK)

617 DeComio pukes out another lie that is laughable.


https://tinyurl.com/rauq9w8

Posted by: Vic at December 31, 2019 04:47 AM (mpXpK)

618 I posted yesterday that the State of NY was not pressing Hate Crime charges on the Hanukkah murderer. So now the feds have stepped in and hit him with federal Hate Crime charges.


https://tinyurl.com/uzglgx9

Posted by: Vic at December 31, 2019 04:47 AM (mpXpK)

619 And the Hanukkah murderer's family are trying to play the 'mental illness' card. Who GAF, execute him anyway.


https://tinyurl.com/rpy6vpr

Posted by: Vic at December 31, 2019 04:48 AM (mpXpK)

620 And now Andrew Cuomo is blaming Trump for the Hanukkah murders. NY sure can elect some winners. NY and CA should be expelled from the union just because the voters in both States are idiots.


https://tinyurl.com/tsbcjsf

Posted by: Vic at December 31, 2019 04:48 AM (mpXpK)

621 And he has finally been identified. He is a career criminal and he was not allowed to own a gun under our current laws so he used a knife to stab all those people. Yes, they work so well don't they. The only thing they do is make it hard and more expensive for honest people to buy a gun. A least the TX church shooter will not be excused and let go.


https://tinyurl.com/tntmp3b

Posted by: Vic at December 31, 2019 04:48 AM (mpXpK)

622 RAMIREZ (repeat)


https://tinyurl.com/sh8l2t5


And that's it for today on this last day of 2019.

Posted by: Vic at December 31, 2019 04:49 AM (mpXpK)

623 597 will give biden the southern states in democratic primary.

Posted by: raimondo at December 31, 2019 03:24 AM (pVQoE)

Don't count on it. Black leadership here in SC has already said SC blacks do not like Biden

Posted by: Vic at December 31, 2019 04:51 AM (mpXpK)

624 614 Washed up singer goes after Trump on closing the border.


https://tinyurl.com/tn7w487
Posted by: Vic at December 31, 2019 04:46 AM (mpXpK)

--and I had just praised her, and aso noted what an El Cubo she is.

Posted by: logprof at December 31, 2019 04:51 AM (oZuI0)

625 Best version of "Wayfaring Stranger" ever?

https://youtu.be/BoTrGWL9_o4

Posted by: logprof at December 31, 2019 04:54 AM (oZuI0)

626

Grrrr,
Asleep at 9. Woke up at 12:30. Tossed and turned for 3 hours.
Got up, made coffee and here I am.

Posted by: teej at December 31, 2019 04:56 AM (EqtM7)

627 And that's it for today on this last day of 2019.
Posted by: Vic

Thanks, Vic.

And Happy New Year to you and yourn.

Posted by: JT at December 31, 2019 05:07 AM (arJlL)

628 teej-

What do you do for a living ?

Posted by: JT at December 31, 2019 05:08 AM (arJlL)

629 "you get more negative reactions than positive reactions as you go through life, but the big lesson is nobody counts you out but yourself... i never have, i never will."

who said it?

Posted by: mjc at December 31, 2019 05:09 AM (Pg+x7)

630 "you get more negative reactions than positive reactions as you go through life, but the big lesson is nobody counts you out but yourself... i never have, i never will."

who said it?
Posted by: mjc

Hitler ?

Posted by: JT at December 31, 2019 05:09 AM (arJlL)

631 --and I had just praised her, and aso noted what an El Cubo she is.

Posted by: logprof at December 31, 2019 04:51 AM (oZuI0)


'Mexicans are the new Jews'.

Shut up and sing, indeed.

Posted by: RickZ at December 31, 2019 05:11 AM (Y8PSl)

632 Shut up and sing, indeed.

OR

Just shut up.

Posted by: JT at December 31, 2019 05:14 AM (arJlL)

633 'Mexicans are the new Jews'.

Shut up and sing, indeed.
Posted by: RickZ at December 31, 2019 05:11 AM (Y8PSl)

--Yeah, I would not gainsay her talent, but libatrds . . . are . . . so . . . fucking . . . stupid.

Posted by: logprof at December 31, 2019 05:14 AM (oZuI0)

634 630 jt "hitler...?"

close:

buddy ebsen

Posted by: mjc at December 31, 2019 05:15 AM (Pg+x7)

635 631 Shut up and sing, indeed.

Posted by: RickZ at December 31, 2019 05:11 AM (Y8PSl)

She can't sing anymore. She went to shit when she gave up her folk/country ballads for rock then went to big band.

Posted by: Vic at December 31, 2019 05:16 AM (mpXpK)

636 627 And Happy New Year to you and yourn.

Posted by: JT at December 31, 2019 05:07 AM (arJlL)

And a Happy New Year to all the Morons

Posted by: Vic at December 31, 2019 05:17 AM (mpXpK)

637 635 631 Shut up and sing, indeed.

Posted by: RickZ at December 31, 2019 05:11 AM (Y8PSl)

She can't sing anymore. She went to shit when she gave up her folk/country ballads for rock then went to big band.
Posted by: Vic at December 31, 2019 05:16 AM (mpXpK)

She also has bad parkinsons and has troubles speaking and singing.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 31, 2019 05:17 AM (JFO2v)

638 buddy ebsen
Posted by: mjc at December 31, 2019 05:15 AM (Pg+x7)

--Fuckin' Gaytor.

Credit for a good quip, though.

Posted by: logprof at December 31, 2019 05:18 AM (oZuI0)

639 637 She also has bad parkinsons and has troubles speaking and singing.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 31, 2019 05:17 AM (JFO2v)

I did not know that.

Posted by: Vic at December 31, 2019 05:18 AM (mpXpK)

640 621 And he has finally been identified. He is a career criminal and he was not allowed to own a gun under our current laws so he used a knife to stab all those people. Yes, they work so well don't they. The only thing they do is make it hard and more expensive for honest people to buy a gun. A least the TX church shooter will not be excused and let go.


https://tinyurl.com/tntmp3b
Posted by: Vic at December 31, 2019 04:48 AM (mpXpK)

Too bad he was not sent to his father Satan like the dickless nonamed cocksucker here Texas. *spits*

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 31, 2019 05:19 AM (JFO2v)

641

Work

Posted by: teej at December 31, 2019 05:19 AM (EqtM7)

642 Good morning! Most folks aren't working but half a day today, so the commute should be pretty easy. Although... I could just call in and 'work' from the office here at home....

*shifty eyes*

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 31, 2019 05:21 AM (5yoXS)

643 Work
Posted by: teej

That narrows it down !

Posted by: JT at December 31, 2019 05:23 AM (arJlL)

644 Still snowing pretty good here, commute home will probably suck

Posted by: A dude in MI at December 31, 2019 05:24 AM (4X5xS)

645 Somebody on here last night reminded me of the excellent MOTUS website--Mirror of the United States--for which I thank the moron.

http://www.michellesmirror.com

Posted by: m at December 31, 2019 05:24 AM (Y3R0d)

646 US Embassy in Iraq has been stormed by hundreds. Ambassador & staff evacuated before hand.

Posted by: Baldy at December 31, 2019 05:38 AM (+EDVk)

647 I'm up early with a little arthritis flare up. I haven't done any research on 646 claim of the Embassy in Iraq getting stormed, but I'm sure orders for that would come out of Tehran. It is probably in response to the recent US bombing of Hezbollah positions. Now, there was a gent on Tucker's show, interviewed by Mark Steyn, who gave some substantial arguments that these bombings were unnecessary from a strategic point of view, and were encouraged by Bush, not Obama holdovers. KAG in 2020, and a clean slate in 2020. PDT should just fire everybody he hasn't personally appointed, and start "encouraging" a lot of flag grade officers to retire.

Posted by: bill in arkansas at December 31, 2019 05:47 AM (C1Lsn)

648 646 US Embassy in Iraq has been stormed by hundreds. Ambassador & staff evacuated before hand.
Posted by: Baldy at December 31, 2019 05:38 AM (+EDVk)

At this point what difference does it make??

Posted by: Rotten Hillary at December 31, 2019 05:47 AM (JFO2v)

649 Good morning everyone, and happy New Year's Eve!

We got some snow overnight. Well, it is December in Michigan.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 31, 2019 05:50 AM (Dc2NZ)

650 If staff is gone..alpha strike it

Posted by: A dude in MI at December 31, 2019 05:52 AM (4X5xS)

651 I was lucky enough to get Monty Python's "Matching Tie and Handkerchief" one Christmas. My parents weren't thrilled that when you pulled the sleeve out of the cover, which just showed a suit with MT&H, it was actually a guy hanging from a gallows.

Well, a Terry Gilliam cartoon of same.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 31, 2019 05:54 AM (Dc2NZ)

652 US military trapped inside embassy

Posted by: Baldy at December 31, 2019 05:56 AM (+EDVk)

653 ha!

A mixed-sex couple from East Sussex is set to become one of the first in the UK to marry in a civil ceremony.

Starting from New Years Eve 2019, mixed-sex couples will be able to register civil partnerships in England and Wales following the approval of a second legislation in the House of Lords.

Posted by: Rotten Hillary at December 31, 2019 06:01 AM (JFO2v)

654 off rotten scrunt sox

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 31, 2019 06:02 AM (JFO2v)

655 Morning all.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2019 06:06 AM (HdZcn)

656 Really just been cat napping since 4am

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2019 06:07 AM (ZCEU2)

657 At CNN ( embarrassed I had to go there) appears they tryed to rush the gates, pro Iranian protesters about US air strikes.
( but then if you need pro Iranian news might as well go to their propaganda machine)

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2019 06:13 AM (ZCEU2)

658 Just a few more hours until the roaring 20's return (hopefully). Looking forward to getting this decade behind us.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at December 31, 2019 06:15 AM (k4dH2)

659 mornin yall. Iraq getting uppity again? That place should still be outgassing from the first time we went in there.

Posted by: freaked at December 31, 2019 06:15 AM (Tnijr)

660 “Although the impact of the law is difficult to measure since it is preventative in nature, I believe that the removal of firearms and prevention of future purchases of firearms from individuals in Cranston, where extreme risk protection orders were granted by the court, likely averted potential tragedies,”
-Cranston Police Chief Michael Winquest


-

Now please increase our budget by $200K for this year so we can buy new firearms for our officers with high school degrees, sociopathic tendencies, and no fear of repercussions.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Rosemary Collyer didn't kill herself at December 31, 2019 06:17 AM (rImxe)

661 Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2019 06:13 AM (ZCEU2)

I'd like to understand the rationale for the military strikes that supposedly triggered this event. What were the targets, how were they selected and who ordered the strike?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 31, 2019 06:19 AM (5yoXS)

662 Good morning!

Let's smile and be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 31, 2019 06:19 AM (u82oZ)

663 Are we going to get flappers and bathtub gin again?

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2019 06:20 AM (ZCEU2)

664 mornin yall. Iraq getting uppity again? That place should still be outgassing from the first time we went in there.

Posted by: freaked at December 31, 2019 06:15 AM (Tnijr)

--

It turns out that wrapping a bow on a country and handing it over to Iran because there's an election coming up and you want to be able to make a "PROMISE KEPT" page on your campaign website so you can keep flying around in AF1 for four more years is not sound foreign policy.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Rosemary Collyer didn't kill herself at December 31, 2019 06:20 AM (rImxe)

665 Morning ALL

FUCK Iraq and all Muslim Countries

So sick of those scumbags

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 31, 2019 06:22 AM (85Gof)

666 Just a driveby today. Still fighting bronchitis.

Have a great day, everyone.

However, head on a swivel and have a Mattis plan is prudent forethought.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 31, 2019 06:23 AM (u82oZ)

667 Just a driveby today. Still fighting bronchitis.

Have a great day, everyone.

However, head on a swivel and have a Mattis plan is prudent forethought.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

Hope you're feeling better tomorrow

Posted by: Bruce at December 31, 2019 06:24 AM (vd8XM)

668 663 Are we going to get flappers and bathtub gin again?
______________

Probably just more "transgenders" and meth.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at December 31, 2019 06:25 AM (k4dH2)

669 But the Democrats are so committed to their exotic fairy tale — Trump is a monster, Trump is a Nazi, Trump is a white nationalist, etc. — that they have forgotten how to run an ordinary campaign against an ordinary failure.
-Kevin D. Williamson


From the article:

"In 2016, Trump promised Americans sustained 3-percent economic growth, but the economy has not met that standard. "

Holy. Crap.

They literally want to run on pointing out how much Trump has improved the economy.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Rosemary Collyer didn't kill herself at December 31, 2019 06:25 AM (rImxe)

670 Take care Salty, gargle with it in warm water also.

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2019 06:25 AM (ZCEU2)

671 661 Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2019 06:13 AM (ZCEU2)

I'd like to understand the rationale for the military strikes that supposedly triggered this event. What were the targets, how were they selected and who ordered the strike?
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 31, 2019 06:19 AM (5yoXS)

It was hezzbollah terrorist camps in Iraq and Syria. PDT??

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 31, 2019 06:25 AM (JFO2v)

672 I'd like to understand the rationale for the military strikes that supposedly triggered this event. What were the targets, how were they selected and who ordered the strike?
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 31, 2019 06:19 AM (5yoXS)

It was hezzbollah terrorist camps in Iraq and Syria. PDT??
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 31, 2019 06:25 AM (JFO2v)

Because they fired on and killed 2 Americans and are an increasing Iranian presence in Iraq.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 31, 2019 06:28 AM (85Gof)

673 townhall.com/us-embassy-in-iraq is being attacked over retaliatory airstrikes
https://tinyurl.com/tqhnax5

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2019 06:29 AM (ZCEU2)

674 5 am comments being, sometimes, the best thoughts, as the brain is yet uncluttered by the coming daywalker flood of inputs and chatter...

Has anyone here yet read Dave Barry's Year In Review for 2019? I swore off his annual piece after the 2017 version, a year-long review rant of OrangeManBad. So I'm looking for a Moron review.

I assume he's still TDS (see the KDW quote at the top of this ONT for an example of its permanency) but I guess I'm curious re DB.

Posted by: GnuBreed at December 31, 2019 06:30 AM (Z4rgH)

675 Posted by: rhennigantx at December 31, 2019 06:25 AM (JFO2v)

It appears they struck 3 in Iraq and 2 in Syria. I suspect the HMFIC in theater authorized it.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 31, 2019 06:31 AM (5yoXS)

676 Anyway the air strikes are just an excuse for Iranian supported Malitias to attack America. Do not be fooled that the air strike really had anything to do with it

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 31, 2019 06:31 AM (85Gof)

677 At least we know teej isn't a professional bum.
I really do wonder what some of you do for a living

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2019 06:32 AM (ZCEU2)

678 3rd world rabble rowsers need very little to start up a protest.

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2019 06:35 AM (ZCEU2)

679 re Iran -- I'm having a recollection of my first visit to the Trinity Site, back when 'they' judged the radiation levels low enough to open the place to the public once a year.

I possibly may have picked up several samples of trinitite during that first visit against all rules and regulations. I also may possibly glow in the dark.

Posted by: GnuBreed at December 31, 2019 06:36 AM (Z4rgH)

680 Just a driveby today. Still fighting bronchitis.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 31, 2019 06:23 AM


Try screaming at the sky.

Hey, it hasn't worked for us yet, but you never know.

Posted by: Snowflakes at December 31, 2019 06:37 AM (DMUuz)

681 GnuBreed - couple days ago some were talking about it favorably I think.

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2019 06:37 AM (ZCEU2)

682 I assume he's still TDS (see the KDW quote at the top of this ONT for an example of its permanency) but I guess I'm curious re DB.
Posted by: GnuBreed

I just glanced thru it. Typical DB. He skewers quite a few peoples

Posted by: Bruce at December 31, 2019 06:38 AM (vd8XM)

683 Anyway the air strikes are just an excuse for Iranian supported Malitias to attack America. Do not be fooled that the air strike really had anything to do with it

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 31, 2019 06:31 AM (85Gof)

Iran is looooong overdue for an ass whippin.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 31, 2019 06:39 AM (5yoXS)

684 I possibly may have picked up several samples of trinitite during that first visit against all rules and regulations. I also may possibly glow in the dark.
Posted by: GnuBreed

Great! We can decorate you for Christmas next year!

Posted by: Bruce at December 31, 2019 06:39 AM (vd8XM)

685 Are we going to get flappers and bathtub gin again?
______________

Probably just more "transgenders" and meth.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer


If it wasn't for prohibition, gangsters, and the "Chicago Typewriter", we'd have legal machine guns today.

Thanks congress.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2019 06:39 AM (HdZcn)

686 Iran is looooong overdue for an ass whippin.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead

It doesn't seem to do any good in the ME.

Some new ass starts to run the "country" and the same crap happens again

Posted by: Bruce at December 31, 2019 06:40 AM (vd8XM)

687 I need to take CBD's advice and start measuring coffee and water, coffee is weak again. I just dump water in Ithink I want then ground coffee it needs but not getting it right.

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2019 06:41 AM (ZCEU2)

688 G'morning, all.

Take care, Salty.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 31, 2019 06:41 AM (tT0V4)

689 Do we have a very discussing troll at 687?

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2019 06:43 AM (ZCEU2)

690 688>> Seriously? You eyeball it?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 31, 2019 06:43 AM (5yoXS)

691 Does a triple homicide count as a mass shooting.

Cause we had another one last night.


Now into record breaking levels of homicides.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 31, 2019 06:44 AM (tT0V4)

692 Great! We can decorate you for Christmas next year!

Posted by: Bruce at December 31, 2019 06:39 AM (vd8XM)


Super. And then the cat will knock me over.

Posted by: GnuBreed at December 31, 2019 06:44 AM (Z4rgH)

693 692 Does a triple homicide count as a mass shooting.

Cause we had another one last night.


Now into record breaking levels of homicides.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 31, 2019 06:44 AM (tT0V4)

Do you get a plaque or something?

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 31, 2019 06:45 AM (JFO2v)

694 Does a triple homicide count as a mass shooting.
Cause we had another one last night.
Now into record breaking levels of homicides.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

Depends on the ethnicity of the deceased.

Jews? Nah, Trumps! fault

Posted by: Bruce at December 31, 2019 06:46 AM (vd8XM)

695 Today looks like a use the cane day, and that might be a good thing. First grinning idiot who says "See you next year" gets the cane. Naproxen and hot shower time.

Posted by: bill in arkansas at December 31, 2019 06:46 AM (C1Lsn)

696 creeper is that you?

Posted by: freaked at December 31, 2019 06:47 AM (Tnijr)

697 Yes every day, mostly get it right, around a week ago had a couple days of very strong now I've gone to weak last few.

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2019 06:48 AM (ZCEU2)

698 Thx for the quick DB reviews, I may rescind my boycott. I own a couple of Dave's novels, and for a while I was a regular at Dave's daily blog/website.

Posted by: GnuBreed at December 31, 2019 06:48 AM (Z4rgH)

699 "Do you get a plaque or something?"

Perhaps, just perhaps,

What we might get is a citizenry which decides that the misery of progressivism and crime reduction initiatives which consist of decriminalizing crime, and refusing to protect law abiding citizens are not such good ideas.

Maybe the levels of pain and suffering will rise to the-point that people rebel against the old platitudes of voting for the same party, election after election, and expecting different results.


One can hope, right?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 31, 2019 06:50 AM (tT0V4)

700 Maybe the levels of pain and suffering will rise to the-point that people rebel against the old platitudes of voting for the same party, election after election, and expecting different results.

One can hope, right?

Or...More money is needed to make the plan work.
And more diversity people..We're making up new diversity recipients every day!

...Dems...

Posted by: Bruce at December 31, 2019 06:53 AM (vd8XM)

701 One can hope, right?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 31, 2019 06:50 AM (tT0V4)


Hopes are meant to be crushed under a bootheel, into an unrecognizable paste. Bon apetit!

Posted by: GnuBreed at December 31, 2019 06:54 AM (Z4rgH)

702 VIA - I think if that slippery slope keeps coming a revort will have to happen.

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2019 06:56 AM (ZCEU2)

703 Starting tomorrow you can buy marijuana legally in Illinois. An ounce will run about 60 bucks because of dispensary costs and the (YAY) 1 percent tax on it.

There will be an increase in street enforcement on street dealers because they can sell the same shit for 30 bucks.

It's not about the tax at all. I'm sure it's for the children.
Or something

Posted by: Bruce at December 31, 2019 06:58 AM (vd8XM)

704 Or like almost every other country we turn into a lawless society that it gets to be how much can you get away with.

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2019 06:59 AM (ZCEU2)

705 Iraq deserved saddam

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 31, 2019 07:01 AM (85Gof)

706 Legalized weed hasn't done jack to improve anything in Colorado.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 31, 2019 07:01 AM (5yoXS)

707 Starting at 0815 Central today is a Thin Man marathon on TCM

Posted by: Bruce at December 31, 2019 07:01 AM (vd8XM)

708 weed hasn't been $60 an ounce since the 80s. So says my friend.

Posted by: freaked at December 31, 2019 07:02 AM (Tnijr)

709 "Hopes are meant to be crushed under a bootheel, into an unrecognizable paste. Bon apetit!"

Perhaps I am too optimistic.

And perhaps I see signs where none truly exist.

But in this area, there is no sheltering bubble of right-wing conservatism, to isolate me from what the Left is talking about.

There is no wall, no barrier, no 'good' side of town.

One is surrounded and immersed in the verbal garbage pail of leftist trope and progressive utopian thinking.

Social Media here is a protected platform for the broadcasting of every single progressive new age 'ism of the day, day in and day out.

Yet....folk are saying small things...little utterances..points of rebellion against this form of crap that we are submerged in daily.

So while I may be completely wrong, I continue to hope.

November 2020 will be my final test.

To see if I am genuinely qualified to graduate, and wear the title of "Village Idiot".

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 31, 2019 07:03 AM (tT0V4)

710 weed hasn't been $60 an ounce since the 80s. So says my friend.
Posted by: freaked

Too much, or too little?
I was just repeating something I just read.

Posted by: Bruce at December 31, 2019 07:05 AM (vd8XM)

711 I like the Thin Man series

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2019 07:05 AM (ZCEU2)

712 Watching the Iraq embassy being attacked. There needs to be some hearts and minds splattered on the sidewalks.

Posted by: freaked at December 31, 2019 07:05 AM (Tnijr)

713 PDT just put Iraq on notice to control the rabble scum

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 31, 2019 07:05 AM (85Gof)

714 Good morning, freaked. No, that wasn't really me and it is not a sock. It is a direct quote. I thought maybe we needed reminding.

Posted by: creeper at December 31, 2019 07:05 AM (XxJt1)

715 "Too much, or too little"

Too little. Some of that stuff is $300 / oz.

Posted by: freaked at December 31, 2019 07:07 AM (Tnijr)

716 Creeper...don't do that again.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 31, 2019 07:07 AM (wYseH)

717 Aw...rickl's quote is gone. My apologies if that was wrong. I woke up thinking of rickl and his words.

Posted by: creeper at December 31, 2019 07:07 AM (XxJt1)

718 Not that I've bought any, but saw some current prices somewhere.

Posted by: freaked at December 31, 2019 07:07 AM (Tnijr)

719 Too little. Some of that stuff is $300 / oz.
Posted by: freaked

Holy crud!

Posted by: Bruce at December 31, 2019 07:07 AM (vd8XM)

720 I remember well the last time Iranian protesters rushed a embassy, these might be Iraqis but doing Iranian work.

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2019 07:08 AM (ZCEU2)

721 @716

Yes, sir.

Posted by: creeper at December 31, 2019 07:08 AM (XxJt1)

722 Not that I've bought any, but saw some current prices somewhere.
Posted by: freaked

With the amounts of it that some people smoke, does it affect the lungs at all?

Posted by: Bruce at December 31, 2019 07:09 AM (vd8XM)

723 It's ok creeper, but a bit surprising. Life is good, and don't ever forget it.

Posted by: freaked at December 31, 2019 07:09 AM (Tnijr)

724 Well, we got enough snow so that I get to shovel it.
Time for some breakfast and then to shoveling

Posted by: Bruce at December 31, 2019 07:11 AM (vd8XM)

725 Skip,

I use about 1.5 ounces (40-45 grams) of coffee for 18 ounces of water.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 31, 2019 07:11 AM (wYseH)

726 720 I remember well the last time Iranian protesters rushed a embassy, these might be Iraqis but doing Iranian work.
Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2019 07:08 AM (ZCEU2)

it is Iranians pretending to be Iraqis

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 31, 2019 07:11 AM (JFO2v)

727 creeper sorry, looked bad and though not one to be much offended at anything was putting me in a foul mood.

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2019 07:11 AM (ZCEU2)

728 it is Iranians pretending to be Iraqis

They should color code their towels

Posted by: JT at December 31, 2019 07:12 AM (arJlL)

729 it is Iranians pretending to be Iraqis
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 31, 2019 07:11 AM (JFO2v)


They are all shites

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 31, 2019 07:12 AM (85Gof)

730 CBD - we have this coffee measuring scoop, my most problem is I start pouring water in for how much I think I want, then its guessing the coffee grounds. No scientific base whatsoever.

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2019 07:14 AM (ZCEU2)

731 "With the amounts of it that some people smoke, does it affect the lungs at all?"

You would think so but it doesn't seem to be a concern.
Tobacco bad though.

Posted by: freaked at December 31, 2019 07:15 AM (Tnijr)

732 I think, and may be wrong, that the $60 price is per 1/4 ounce for pot. Because your statement of $30 per ounce, street price, is about the going rate for a quarter oz or an eighth ounce. And per High Times, the average price per ounce in the US is a touch over $200.

Posted by: GnuBreed at December 31, 2019 07:15 AM (Z4rgH)

733 Finally getting around to breakfast, sausage, cheese omelette and toast.

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2019 07:17 AM (ZCEU2)

734 I think, and may be wrong, that the $60 price is per 1/4 ounce for pot. Because your statement of $30 per ounce, street price, is about the going rate for a quarter oz or an eighth ounce. And per High Times, the average price per ounce in the US is a touch over $200.
Posted by: GnuBreed

I went back and read the article that the guy was commenting on.
Pricing was for an eighth of an ounce.

Waaaayyyyyy to damn much money to me

Posted by: Bruce at December 31, 2019 07:20 AM (vd8XM)

735 You can get a nice scotch for $60

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2019 07:20 AM (ZCEU2)

736 The Hoover Institute interview "The Death of Europe" that Ace tucked in the Greetings from Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco thread is really worth watching. Peter Robinson interviewing Douglas Murray; about 50 minutes.

Posted by: m at December 31, 2019 07:23 AM (Y3R0d)

737 You can get a nice scotch for $60
---

Or you could build a zigurrat of Valu-Rite bottles for that price!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 31, 2019 07:23 AM (Dc2NZ)

738
g'mornin','rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 31, 2019 07:24 AM (DUIap)

739 "This idea of respectability, this idea of civility, this idea of unity, all of these words -- decorum -- who invented these words? These words were invented by white men for the benefit of other white men, in systems and institutions that were always designed to be for white men."

--

Would she rather poo-flinging be the standard? This right here...this Mona Eltahawy broad...is the perfect example of the poisonous toxicity, and useless made-up crap that passes for Ethnic Studies. What a pitiful idiot.

Posted by: Lady in Black at December 31, 2019 07:24 AM (JoUsr)

740 Eris!


(who else uses zigurrat before breakfast?)

Posted by: Bandersnatch at December 31, 2019 07:25 AM (gd9RK)

741 I should watch that, interviews are good to listen to while paintjng

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2019 07:25 AM (ZCEU2)

742 Iran is looooong overdue for an ass whippin.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead

It doesn't seem to do any good in the ME.

Some new ass starts to run the "country" and the same crap happens again
Posted by: Bruce

You're not doing it right

Posted by: The Mongols at December 31, 2019 07:27 AM (B7KlG)

743 Good morning.

DEATH TO 2019!

Posted by: DB at December 31, 2019 07:28 AM (iTXRQ)

744 The morning news is reminding everyone that celebratory gunfire is illegal.

Posted by: freaked at December 31, 2019 07:28 AM (Tnijr)

745 Now into record breaking levels of homicides.

--

Black lives matter.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Rosemary Collyer didn't kill herself at December 31, 2019 07:29 AM (rImxe)

746 Re the embassy attacks in Iraq - as someone who has lived and worked multiple places in the ME, I can say they are a hopeless lot.

Posted by: rammajamma at December 31, 2019 07:29 AM (SwWMX)

747 JJ must be closing out 2019 with a doozy !

Posted by: JT at December 31, 2019 07:31 AM (arJlL)

748 Nood Morning Report

Posted by: Confuzzled at December 31, 2019 07:31 AM (TyVii)

749 Iran is looooong overdue for an ass whippin.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead

It doesn't seem to do any good in the ME.

Some new ass starts to run the "country" and the same crap happens again
Posted by: Bruce

You're not doing it right
Posted by: The Mongols at December 31, 2019 07:27 AM (B7KlG)

Exactly

Posted by: Fat Man at December 31, 2019 07:31 AM (85Gof)

750 744What goes up must come down

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2019 07:32 AM (ZCEU2)

751 Cool pick of a submarine proceeding to sea from (I suspect) Marseilles...

Posted by: Rodney G. Graves at December 31, 2019 10:17 AM (oQfDM)

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